The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-11-29
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Interesting Facts Called from Here ana
There.


--Nevada reports 80, 087 horses within its
borden, and 15s, 1877 cattle.
Daniel Webster is to have SO, 600
bronze statue ct Concord, N. H.
In certain Arkansas towns liquor deal.
ers are required to pay 81 900 year for
their licenses.
1t is estimated that upward Of 10000
lives have been destroyed by the explosive
products of petroleum.
The new Chicago Directory contains
1885, COO names, which are calculated to rep
resent a population of $50 600.
The business of raising Angora goats
for their wool and skins is proving to be
quite profitable on the Humboldt, near Hat
tic Mountain.
During late storm in Indiana D water
spout is said to have chased railroad train
which rnnds the best time possible to get
out Of Its reach and succeeded. Had it not,
the result might have been terrible.
Captain Stubs, OF Gainesville, Ark,
the champion rifle shot, exhibited his skin
the other day by breaking n grain Of corn
tossed up, shooting niokle from the finger
of o friend and breaking the point of pen-
Gil.
The annual interest on the public debt
is now about 81 0s for every inhabitant.
In 1876 it was more than twice this, being
81 20 per capita, and in 1866 it was as high
as $4 20 per capita, or $3.50, 979, 697, to be
paid by 35,469,ooo people.
"A dog at Sumter, Ga, meets guests at
the gate of his masters residence, escorts
them to the house, and then goes to the
yard and catches chickens for the days din
ner. holding them till the mistress comes
and kills them. 1t would spoil this story to
doubt II.
Captain Obed Starbuck, one of Nam
tucket's oldest whaling captains, died recent
ly at the age of eighty-fiye. In 1910 he was
captured by pirates off the Chilean coast,
but after the captain of his ship had been
put to death he reoaptured the vessel and
brought her safely home.
-"See here l' yelled the farmer to the
city chap who had just fired into flock of
ducks on the pond down back of the house
"those are not wild ducks; those are do
nestle ducks, SIR" "Can't help it, sir, If
they are" answered the city chap, calmly
reloading. They're just as good for my
purpose, exactly "-LoteeH Citizen
=" What shall 1 preach about ?" said the
minister to the pastor of colored flock
which he was about to address. swell,
mos any subjec' will be ceptable," was the
reply; "only I'd like to give you one word
of caution" "Ahl what is TINT ?" WELL
ef / was You, I'd tech very light on the
Eighth Commandment" Indeedl and
why ?" "0h, cos, hab noticed dat it mos
always hab dampnin' effec' upon dis con-
gregation, especially now, de moon bein'
small an de fat pullets whot don roost too
high mighty temptin.'
This is the way they fish in Mono coun-
ty, CAL, according to the Bodie Free Press;
"The enthusiastic fisherman quietly slides
into the hardware store aud fYs his pockets
with giant powder cartridges, and thence
takes TO the streams. Once ON the banks of
a trout stream 1t is but the work of mo-
ment for him to blow out hundred or more
trout. Satisfied with his SPLENDID luck, he
returns home and tells the boys all about his
trip aud how the fish took the hook with an
eagerness that denoted enthusiasm"