The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-10-14
MISCELLANEOUS.

oiueSt mouse In the United State
Is said to be in Guilford, Conn. It wa
used in olden times as block-house
Inc place is well cared for and does no
show its age. ~
In Germany it Is considered IN,
height of vulgarity for q gentleman anr
lady to siton the same sofa. Emiora.
ton to this country increases annuailv
--Phiiadelphia News.
Punch describes the English summer
Three months of gloom that ZACH va.v .ro-
mat sums the sell that is called Enrlfsh
"A convict says he was sent to prison
Ior being dishonest, and yet he is com
Peled every day to cut out pieces of
Pasteboard, which are put between the
soies Of the cheap shoes made there and
Paimed off on the innocent public a.
leather.-Phstadelphia Neys.
The new station of the S;onal s.,rv.
Ice on Pixies Peak is to 30 81 .t,.,,,,
44x29 feet in size. 1t will conts;n an
oiilce. reception-roop,. kitchen and two
bedrooms. The v<ork of const,mo, 49,
GOES ;Uso ~ ~ eass for everything which
gues 'h no tne ~uilding. except the stone,
t .nuss De packed up the trail, a dis
. ao a fifteen miles. covering rise of
- feet The station will cost about
1900. ~
Near the village of Kirkmansville.
IN Todd County, KY, there lives man
who has twice learned to walk, twice
learned to talk, is blind in one eve, is
deaf in one ear, is married to his aunt.
which makes him cousin to his children.
uncle to his brothers and sisters and
cousins, brother-in-law to his father and
mother, and-well, for further informa-
ton call on the gentleman himself
Chicago Times.
"A gigantic kite has been success
iully and easily flown at Brockport. It's
frame was made of lumber two inches
wide by half an inch thick, and was
covered with MANILA paper. The sur
face contained nearly two hundred and
fifty square feet, After the monster had
hoated . mile high, for a couple of
hours, it was hauled down by means Of
Sun.
"A French photographer boasts of
having been able to catch the impression
OF flying bird. There is nothing at all
wonderful about that An Austin man,
who has no scientific attainments what
ever. without any effort on his part,
caught the impression of flying bat. 1t
was avery clear impression. The iyinQ
bat was brick-bat- He was offering a
resolution at ward meeting when the
accident occurred.--Tsras Si}finqs.
What does life consist of with most
OF us? OF nothing more nor less than
making tremendous noise in the world |
during our babyhood and then awaking
to the fact that during the. rest of our |
mortal career the world will like us best |
If we keep still and mind our own bust |
ness. The children who give promise of |
becoming great men are somehow ham
pered by circumstances and never come
to much.-N 2. Herald.
The Gridley (Cal.) Herald is re-
sponsible for the following: A private
letter from Prattville informs us that p.
r. Welsh. OF Humbug. caught four
pound trout, in the bladder Of which he
found small pellet Of tin-foil. Inside
the pellet, covered with sealinR-wax, was
ten-dollar greenback dated Washing.
ton, April 10, 1876. As the object was
held in the bladder by q growth of thin
skin over it, it is clearly evident that the
flsh must have swallowed it some time
ago. What motive caused the currency
TO De thus fixed up and thrown away IS
a mystery.
"A man named John Naulty died in
Buenos Ayres in 1879, leaving a half
million dollars. He had met while there
q beautiful girl. whom he sent to Phila-
delphia to be educated and then to be
made his wife. Then he came to claim
fulfillment of her promise. She had
met another. younger. fairer. She was to
marry him, though he had not q dollar.
The old man gave up all his claim. /,
Marry" he said, land God bless
you." When his will was opened the /
name of the bride, whom he had edu-
Gated for another. was found there
Chicago Herald.
The cold glare of mathematics often
exposes what otherwise would pass un. +,
noticed. A pauper in San francisco G
claimed to be ninety-three years old and q
he nephew of the historically renowned I
Pocahontas. A troublesome chan. with a
IN aptitude Of dates and calculations.
ma something OF q memory, heard the 6
mans claims and calculated that the i
'auper's mother must have been 146 8
ears old when her son was born, and
hat Pocahontas did not become his aunt =
Until III years after her death. she hay- :
ng died of smallpox in England in 1917 :
Denver Tribune.
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