The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-02-10
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| ASe sn0 Cutu jaw Winoss sAA0 "SatueA IL
on wrong Boston Globe.
i z. B. Waldoo, of Syracuse. who ha,
been . Spiritualist for twenty years
announced that he would expose the So
called delusion and humbug. with its
phenomena and philosophy. last Sunday
evening. and he did.
The habit of announcing that peaches
and things have been ruined by cold
weather has finally got around to the ice
men. We shall hear to morrow that the
ice is ruined by the same severity.-El-
mira Free Press
A Brooklyn undertaken failed recently.
Ii is supposed his customers got too
proud to ride 10 his shabby old hearse.
Brooklyn psopIe have soma style about
them, ii Mr.. Talmsge does live there
Norristown Herald
a church 10 Albany has bseu chang ID
into & vinegar depot, another lnto the
Novelty City1rheatre, another one into
the Capital Thsater. aud now it is report
ed the Middle Dutch Church is to be made
into shirt factory.
Gould bsught paper collar the other
day. and the entire country was excited
until it learned that hs didn't intend
building railroad uack 70 c)oasct the
two front button holes, -Phiiadslphia
Chronicle Herald
The introduction of American street
ears into Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, has pro
duced a great change ia tbs social aud
business life of the people, There are two
kinds oS cars-ons Tor ba.sfootsd paople
esnts, ana one for Those who wear shoes
10 cents,
A Scotch Clergyman at Ayr, teg Sun
days ago, prayed: 20. Lard, bisss the
Establish Church. aud the Free Church
and all tho other churches. Thou knowest
the various nickaamos, Lord, by which
they ara call,'; bless them all.'
| That's III :toket. Ls;'s number the
hours OF time right up to - o'clock. Il will
ssuld odd to sag Is o'a!.ck, but nn more
% tt.4a the psos.lt Gxares SOUNDED A.
arst. We will lead off by re.narkiug tina,
the counting room Of this papsr is open for
business from to I6 o'clo;k, -Dstrois
Free Press,
A youag lady in Roma says shs has
often Heard of the backbone of Winter but
she never knew what it really was uneil
she attempted to walk oa the ridges of
snow which are politely termsd sidewalks
She thinks the aforesaid backbone should
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Rome Sentinel
4 prudent and far seeing mother u ar
ried her two daughters soms years ago to
q plumber and an ice man, and now no
matter whether there is a mild Winter or
q severe one. she has box at the Charity
Ball and spends the next Summer at New
port OF goss to Europe with one or the
othsr of her sons in law-P9ck
joel Scudder. Esq, lives near James
town, N. Y. Two years ago his father
and mother. both over 80 years of age,
died on the Same day within two hours
of each other. and Monday week, Mrs. Scud-
der's father and mother, MIR. and Mrs.
Robert Talbot, both over so years of age
died on tbs sans day, within two hours of
each other.
Ii 10 fact not generally noted that the
snow svsn when not exposed to the sun
and with the mercury continuously far be-
low the melting point. gradually diminish
es in volume. It evaporatss, just as the
water in wet clothing. If hung out into the
cold first turns into ice, aud then passes
into the air. leaving ths chothing limp and
dry,
Judge" said Western lawyer. isn't
s-q-u-i the way to spell equinomical?'
Il think SO" said thu Judge; "but I'll
look it up in Webster's Dictionary" He
fumbled over the pages for FIVE minutes
aud then said. in heat: well, I've been
q Webster map, aud veted for him for
President. but any man that will write a
dictionry and leave out such a common
word as 'equinomicsP can't have my vote
any more.