New Ulm weekly review., 1882-06-07

Inc sum OF 4o.67, winch remained OF
the fund used in celebrating in Ports
mouth, N. H.. on the 22d Of February,
1882, the centenary Of Washington's
birth, was deposited in the local savings
bank against the bi-centennial 4celebra-
,tion, and now, at the expiration Of half
the time, amounts TO $143.58.
The curious enterprise is being con-
Quoted in New Jersey of grinding up
worn-out india-rubber overshOes to mako
what is called ''stock.'' This material
is supplied in barrels and is pressed by
the manufacturers into new india-rubber
goods. A thin coating of fresh rubber
varnish makes them look quite equal to
articles of the best quality, but they are
said to have an outrageous lack Of dura-
bility.
Under the head of Yankee Notions
the Boston Globe tells the following
yarn: "A Newbury milkman put into
his wagon hen secured, as he thought,
in bag. a day or two ago, for one Of
his customers, but the hen and bag dis
appeared on the road, and how the fowl
could fly away inside bag is mystery
which the man cannot explain. He only
knows that the bird is gone.''
Had not Lamson been in such q hurry
to secure a few pounds to put an end to
the absolute want from which he suffer-
ed, he might have. escaped discovery.
Everything requires time; don't hurry
to speak, said the italian Count Buon-
delamente, as he stood weeping and sob
bing by the bedside of his dying wife,
who had been fading away for more
than year. G s'But must hasten to tell
my SIM" gasped the wife. II cannot
die without confessing that have been
unfaithful to- my marriage vow: and
that I have loved Count Malvazzi.' y II
know it well enough" returned the
Count blandly, and that is why be-
gan to poison you from the moment he
first entered the house"
The Philadelphia Record is grumbling
at the want of sagacity displayed by the
late Mr.. Penn. Listen to this: when
William Penn laid out the streets Of
Philadelphia he had the whole state to
90 and come in. If he had made them
100 feet wide he would have encroached
upon the territory of no other proprietor.
He could not have foreseen that the city
would swallow up the county in which
it was located, and that its growing traf-
fic would choke up the narrow roadways
upon which it is concentrated. He was
a great man, but he was not 80 great
that he could fully grasp the measure of
his undertaking. His narrow streets
are mistake
The rarest circus feat is beyond doubt
the triple-somersault. 1t requires phe-
nomenal dexterity, and is so dangerous
that few have even attempted it. Fame
and fortune await any performer who
can do it score of times during the
tenting season. 1t is said that there are
but two men living who have accomplish
ed the almost miraculous feat, those being
Sam Reinhardt, now in Columbus, O.,
and Bob Stickney, a performer in Robin
sons show. In attempting to throw
triple-somersault, circus man broke
his neck at Mobile, Ala, in 1842. An
other was killed at Astley's, in London,
four years later, while making the same
attempt. John Aymar, who travelled
with Rice's circus, tried it in 1859, and
fractured his spine.
A very unpleasant account is given
by Brazilian paper of the proceedings
of huge water snake called the '.sucu-
ruyu,' which is to be found in some of
the rivers of Brazil. An accident occur
red recently on the banks of the Rio
Arassuahy, owing to the voracity of one
of these reptiles. A slave, with some
companions, was fishing with net in
the river, when he was suddenly seized
by sucuruyu, and, in spite of his re-
sistance, was dragged under the water
in the presence Of the Mortified specta-
tors. He never appeared again, and no
doubt is entertained that he was swal-
lowed by the sucuruyu. who made an
effort with it's hinder coils to carry off
at the same time another of the fishing
party. 1t is the exception for the sucu-
ruyu to attack human beings; but it loses
no opportunity of seizing deer, calves
and other quadrupeds when they come
to drink.