The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-04-27
Pith and Point.

The following letter to French states
man is printed in LIE Temps: Il have the
honor to give fair notice to tho first minis
ter that if he refuses me the pension for
which l have applied, shall henceforth
vote as my conscience Dictates"
Another marriage in high life is impena.
ing at Berlin, the parties being the Hun
galien giant Drasal and the Prussiau giant
es5 Marian. E.ch is said to b. ovsr eight
feet high. This will be the third Union of
the kind in recent years.
The city Of Charleston, S. c., is one OF
the cities which has entered vigorously up
on the policy Of reducing its public debt.
In 1870 the debt of The city was s.. PAL, :
1921 IT is nnw little oEor 81 2yn, eco,
areduction of about 81 100000
At Mentone, fortnight ago, was made a
balloon ascension that came near ending in
a fatal disaster. An aeronaut named Joyis
assembled at five o'clock in the morning, &C.
companied by a Paris journalist. At the
offset they were carried over the hills so
that they had a fine view of the snowclad
Alps. but suddenly the balloon got into an
air current that bore it rapidly forward to
the sea, where it fell with tremendous Vs.
lo2lty. There was heavy sea at the time,
and once or twice both men came very near
CSAAAS. ShAAACN away ny ~ duu OIOWu0tl. DuE
by sacrificing their instruments and soma
of their clothes they cont,ived to keep afoat
until whaler sent from Mentone had TAX
en- them up.
Osc'r Wilde who is in New Orleans look
after his claim to share in an estate down
that way, which, it is thought will change
the wclsbipper Of q sunfower into full
blown millionaire, was greatly impressed
With the wierdly strange scenery along the
Mississippi. What particularly impressed
him were "the fantastic lines Of picturesque.
ness. the moss hung swamps, and the roars
Of hi2eous, scaly alllgato1s." Oscar resa DIS
New Orleans as city for one 10 dream, to
paint. to chisel and to plan in"
Great Paul, the new monster bell for st.
Pauls Cathedral in London, was succ IS.
fully rung two weeks ago at the foundry in
Loughborough. It was swung at the time
on its own head stock, being supported
two feet from the ground on temporary
1i;nbe1ing. It was lifted by 50-ton iron
crane and IS men were required to ring ii
properly, though four men could make it
speak. While shut in by walls and hous IS
the bell was heard s5ven miles away. It is
s id that tits is the first c SO Of bell of
anything like the 2ht Of Great Paul be-
ing swung. All the large bells Of Russi.
are struck (they are never swung), white
the great bell In Notre Dame at Paris is
worked by treadle or some other mechan-
lcal arrangement.
The determined mutilation of Andres
monument recalls paragraph in Charles
Lambs Essays of Ella. He is pleading
with the keeper Of Westminster Abbey for
the privilege of free Abundance to the
poor. Answering the objection that indis.
eliminate admission might lead to mutila-
years that 1 have known the>tabric, the on
" wel!'attestel charge Of violation adduced
has been ridiculous ACKNOWLEDGMENT com.
ultted upon the etfigy OF that amiable spy.
Maj. Andre. This was but the wanton mis-
chief of some school. bov, fired, perhaps,
with raw notions of Transatlantic freedom. =
It is singular that poor Andre is so pertin-
aciously followed beyond the grave.
A proof reader, while doing his spring
painting, fell seventy feet from scatfold,
but, as he was tough, the fall did not in
convenience him much. Are you hurt?"
asked a man who was passing. The proof
reader angrily retorted, "Sir, in an acct
dent like this, you should make an excla-
nation, not an interrogation" well" re-
turned the pa:ser, II know that, but I've
observed that in your paper there is often
an interrogation point where all authorities
agree there should be point Of exclama-
ton. 1t was entirely in Difference to your
self, sir, that made the interrogation.
Here the proof. reader, with his forefpger,
made in the dirt he had loosened by his
fall the sign for more space, and the passer
moved mournfHlly around the corner.