The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1882-04-07
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away, they suspect some boycotter.
The faculty at Oberlin will not allow
the boys to have chess club.
Another extensive blast furnace will
be put in operation the coming summer
at Birmingham, Ala.
Wheat-fields in the entire belt of coun-
ties of northern Pennsylvania are re-
ported to be promising.
A Fall River turkey in being prepared
for the spit was found to have a hand
some gold thimble in its gizzard.
Mr.. Cobbrecently married Miss Webb;
he knew they were intended for each
other as soon as he spider.
The girl that has the most freedom
and runs at large most persistently at
this age is the one that's maid fast.
The young man who boosted that he
could marry any girl he pleased, found
that he couldn't please any.
''My daughter" exclaimed fashion,
able mother, sis innocence itself. You
can't say anything in her presence that
will make her blush"
Sham At curiosity shop-"Oh, the
"No, madam, it is modern" "What a
pity-it was so prettyr'
Miss Alice Longfellow, the daughter
of the poet, has strong and cleverface,
with charming brown eyes, and deli
cate, soft color in her cheeks.
The Zurich doctors took advantage of
Lavater's remains having lately to be
moved to examine his skull, which they
found small but well-proportioned.
A COW at Vicksburg ran her tongue
through a lattice-work, when an un-
neighborly mule made snap and bit off
four inches of it.
Meetings of miners in the bituminous
coalfields of Pennsylvania are now of
constant occurrence, but for what pur-
pose does not appear, they being con-
Quoted with the utmost secrecy.
A party of lumbermen, while cutting
large ash tree in Parton swamp, Yer
mont, discovered that the inside was
alive with coons, and after an exciting
chase captured six nearly full grown.
The state reform school at Meriden,
Conn, received 1876 boys last year, dis
charged 146, and now contains 357. The
expenditures for the year were $4,000,
of which $12, 1869 were for salaries.
''Boy, I'll teach you to tear your
pants" said an irate parent, swinging
strap; '1'll teach YOU" Don't hit me,
pa; know how already. Just look at
'em."
Two considerations: ''What a change"
exclaims the novelist Roe, zone little
Sc faE
actly; and what heapof ''change" she
requires while doing it.
Her loving salutation II thought,
Miss S., that you hated that flirty mink.
Yet you went up and kissed her." Miss
ST do hate her, and that is why l
did it. Look at the big freckles on her
cheek where kissed the powder of"
81 don't mind the pi-anner much"
said fond but perplexed mother re-
Gently, ''but when Marier gets to sally
in around in front of the lookin' glass
and disputin' in French with her own
shadder, it makes me right nervous"
Miss Henrietta Dewcome-In answer
to your question about "unkissed kiss
es," we may say we are prepared to un-
kiss any kisses we may have kissed out
side the family for the last live years.
Harvard Lampoon.
A celebrated lawyer said that the three
most troublesome clients he ever had
were young lady who wanted to be
married, amarried woman who wanted
divorce, and an old maid who didn't
know what she wanted.
A Boston artist discovered an ancient,
moss-grown, vine-clad stone mill in
Maine, and sat down to sketch it, much
to his own delight as well as that of the
owner. When night fell he had his
sketch half done. and the next morning
he returned to finish it. Meanwhile the
owner had "tidied up" the place by
grubbing up the vines, scraping off the
moss, and giving the stones fine coat
of whitewash.