The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-12-28
Things In General.

L
en- with erysipelas from vaccination in an
English town, has not been permitted to
pass without use by the enemies of vac
cinnation. But it seems the operator
was bungler of super-economic turn Of
mind, whose practice it was to use ivory
points over and over again. The suppo-
sition is that failure to thoroughly cleanse
the points resulted in adherent lymph
becoming purified, thus poisoning the
children's blood.
Several students of Madison Universe
ty, at Clinton, New York, who attended
those who died recently of diphtheria,
are seriously i'll with the same disease.
The students are greatly alarmed. Many
have gone home. The faculty has taken
no action. No apprehension is felt
among the citizens, the trouble being
confined to the college buildings nearly
a mile away.
The occupatian of the members Of the
next assembly of New York are given as
follows in the Clerks Manual: lawyers,
II, business men, 40; farmers, 10; liquor
clerks, 4; gentleman, Il. physician, l;
dentist, /; printer, /; justice OF the
peace, /; police Justice, l; train dispatch,
II
politics the members are divided between
81 democrats, AZ republicans, l inde-
pendent, aud republican and work
ingman.
A carpet manufacturing firm Of elias
COW, Scotland, are making a carpet for
the White House at Washington. Some
time since they made ore for the King
of Siam, measuring 100 feet by a., it's
center being three-headed white ele-
plant. One which represented a whole
menagerie was manufactured by them
for the KING of Denmark, as gift to the
Mikado.
In his inaugural address Governor
Thompson, Of South Carolina, said: "ln
making appointments to public Offices
and in the discharge ofother duties which
by law will devolve upon me, I shall
| stand squarely upon the platform adopt
! ed by the convention which nominated
me-" This platform contained the fol-
| lowing: "Civil-service reform. APP
pointments to minor Offices under tests
| that viii in iicate the qualifications Of the
applicant. Promotion by merit, fixed
tenure of Office, and no removals except
| for cause"
A stove dealer at Toronto would not
clean out his pastors kitchen range on
Sunday when sent for, and subsequently
charged the clergyman, who is rector OF
Grace church, with having tried to lead
him into the sin Of breaking the Sabbath.
| The rector accommodated him, and
now there Is schism in the church.
A sportsman in Dallas county, Texas,
went on hunt the other day, and for
getting to take supply of wads used
paper in lieu of them. Becoming inter.
ested in the sport he forgot that he had
! with his Wadding, and after shooting
away over $50 in bills found that he was,
perhaps the only man in the country
who used greenbacks for wads.
The American Architect varies its
competitive prizes by Offering three
prizes of SIS for each Of the three best
designs for home to cost So, 900, intend
ed for a man with an income of 81 500,
"but whose social position is unexcep-
tionable." Few people whose means
are so limited realize how much can be
done to improve the results of their out.
lay by employing trained talent, and the
proposal of the American Architect, apart
from its professional value, is valuable
as suggesting line of work in which the
public ignore the value Of architects
work, and architects are too apt to ignore
custom.
"You have driven horses great deal
haven't you, George dear?" said girly
girly voice from the depth of $3.50 seal
skin sacque, last night, ''Oh, yes" replied
George, chirping to his trotter, II hatter
myself that l can handle horse about
as we'll as the next one." "Doyou think
you could drive with one hand without
any danger of the horse running away?''
came softly through the night air. An
hour later we noticed George driving
with one hand and it looked very dam
gerous, but not that the horse would
run away; oh, no, indeed; the ''danger''
was of different kiud.