The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-01-01
MISCELLANEOUS.
We wish the brethren of the Sou

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nation at yellow Dirt Baptist Church. -
There is fashion in names as in 9TH
er things. To-day country names are
in vogue in France. The boys are called
Jean, Andre, Jacques. Eustache, Mar
Gel, Claude, Pierre, Francois and An
tome. The girls Claudine, Collette,
Jeanne, Yvonne, Odette, Aritte, Hell
lette, Jacqueline, Georgette, Milquette
and Nicolette.
Mrs. Mary Orem, aged 104 years,
rode in one of the professions during
the Baltimore celebration. She was
born near Baltimore on April %, 1776,
being daughter of Robert Peake, who
came with the British army to America,
but who deserted and served in the
Continental army as drummer. She
has twenty-five grandchildren and sixty
great grandchildren living.
Shepherd Cowley, who starved lit
tie children in the dismal retreat which
he called a "Fold," in New York, has
been learning how it is to suffer himself.
He has been working in the New York
Penitentiary for seven months making
shoes and lately succumbed to confine-
ing as hospital nurse.
"A joint stock company is about to
be organized to purchase the white sui
phur springs, near Cokesbury, S. e.. 1t
is proposed to raise $4,000 to build a
large hotel and to improve the place
generally. A number of gentlemen of
means have already consented to lend
financial aid and the prospects are very
encouraging that AbbevIlle will have
watering-place equal to any in the
State.
Every prince of the royal family in
Germany is taught, when young, some
useful trade, tor the purpose of sober
ing the mind and bringing it face to face
with the material world and the reali-
ties of life, and among the profusion of
curiOsities and artistic relics which
crowd the Emperor Williams private
cabinet may be seen specimens of book
binding, carving, carpentering and 9TH
or handiwork performed by his sons and
grandsons.
"A Danville paper tells of man who
tainted dead away while being measured
for suit of clothes. 1t was not so much
on account of the novelty of the thing
as the fact that he happened to glance
up at the end of the store and saw the
legand, No trust.'' Clothing dealers
should have more regard for the health
of their customers. The dreary sign,
+" Terms Cash." has Frustrated many
fair and promising youth.
AT the recent annual dinner of the
Latin School, Boston, Mayor Oliver of
Salem, President of the evening, said
that the records of Boston showed that
the Town Council voted in 1915 that
thereafter "there should be no more
horses pastured among the cows on
Boston Common except the horse of
Elder Thomas Oliver, for his godly
character" MIR. Oliver said that he
had many time driven his fathers
cow to the Common.
Presence of mind was worth 1926
to Tennessee market gardener as he
was driving along a lonely country
road. He was halted by two highway
men after dark. and ''his money or his
life" demanded. He had 1926 in green
backs in pocketbook, and S75 in coin
in purse. He threw the pocketbook
away as he got out of the wagon, they
not seeing the motion for the darkness
and gave them the $75. When they
were gone he found the pocketbook
where he had thrown it.
"A brakeman on the Maine Central
freight train, by the name of Starrett,
is deaf and dumb. He is about twenty
four years old and his home is in Burn
ham. For number of years past he
has been employed on the train and is
now considered one of the best brake
men on the road. Ifthere is any trouble
with any part of the train Starrett
is one of the first to discover it, and he
is always at his post when the brakes
are wanted. How he can tell just when
the brakes are required is a mystery,
but he never fails.
There was ram of tremendous |
butting power at Thornbury, Pa. Two
stalwart brothers, Stephen and Abra-
ham Taylor. were divided on the Presi- |
Dental question, and they agreed that |
the one whose candidate was beaten |
should permit the ram to butt him an |
hour, in the presence of spectators. A |
crowd gathered at the appointed time |
and the loser presented himself for tor |
ture, but the ram was found with a
broken leg--to the seemingly great as
tonishment of the man who was to have |
been butted.
"A Spiritualist medium and an
avowed sleight-of-hand performer met |
in what was supposed TO be real COM
petition at fremont Temple, Boston.
The advertisement said that the admis-
sion money would be given to the me-
dunn if he produced any manifestations
which the other could not duplicate
and explain and to the latter If the re.
suit was contrary. There was great
crowd and the exposer was victorious.
But it is now said that they Were AMIGA
Bile partners in the enterprise and had
rehearsed the tricks together.
An old Vermont farmer came home
drunk the other night, and became the
victim of an irrepressible desire to get
still drunken So he thought he would /