The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1882-03-25
MISCELLANEOUS.

IA SMILE in the bar-room makes
tears in the home; remember that, young
man. Chicago Inter Ocean,. z Z ~ ~ -
-Fifty-eight thousand four hundred
and fifty persons sought homes in Minne-
sofa last year, of which number 42,700
came from foreign countries.
The pall-bearers at the funeral of the /.
late Clarkson N. Potter of New York
were his seven brothers, who laid the
coffin in the grave and covered it with
earth with their own hands.
"A Buffalo photographer takes pic
lures by electric light. The instantaneous
gelatlne dry-plate process, which is pecu-
liarly susceptible to the influence of cleo
tric light, is employed.
The average daily error of the Yale
Observatory standard clock which dis.
tributed the daily time signals TO the
railroad telegraph offices of Connecticut
during the month ended January 81,
1882, was 25-100 of one second.
The richest man in Wyoming Coun-
ty, New York, lives in the plainest
manner and fights his taxes. He has
been voter in the same county fifty-five
years, but has never voted for a Legisla-
tive candidate who was elected.
The Board of Health of Arcade N.
Y, served notice on farmer living
near that village to wash himself. He
had not done so, it is claimed, for forty
years, and so filthy had he become that
committee was appointed to abate the
nuisance.
Lieutenant Hays, who lost his life
with General Custer at the time of that
fearful massacre, left two orphan sisters
who are now i'm Washington in destitute
circumstances. Thew have been making
underclothes for ten cents apiece in or
der to buy bread.
"A "gallery boy writes to the New
York Sun complaining Of the admission
TO the gallery of Wallack's Theatre of a
man who wore swallow-tail coat.
Every class in the community has its
rights, and even those of the gallery
boys should be respected.
"A drove of thirty-fve hogs drank
long and deep of barrel of sirup skim.
mings near Buena Vista, Ga. and in 8
few hours every big and little porkel
was drunk as lord. They cut up al
manner of didos, and finally the whole
gang got weak in the knees and dropped
off to sleep.
"A singular case of contagious vac
cination was reported at the Health
Office in Baltimore the other day. A
Young lady living in West Baltimor'
was recently vaccinated by prominen
physician, and, while suffering with thu
fever attending vaccination, borrowed ;
pair of earrings from a lady friend TO
day. Upon the return of the earring
the owner put them on, and in day o
two was astonished to find that she wa
thoroughly vaccinated iifthe ears.
Travelling in Florida is expensive
The hotels range in price from $3.50 +
81 per day, but are first-class in ever
respect. Board may be had in privat
houses from 80 to So day. Steamboa
fares are about Sc for day and night
travel, including fare and berths. Th
boats are very much crowded now an
cots are used nightly in the cabins fo
the comfort of passengers. 1t is not
good idea to buy return tickets on tn
steamers, as the discount is small an
the return tickets are good on certai
boats.
George w. Cramer, formerly an e.
tensive builder in Troy, n. Y. and VIII
was buried several days ago, made peel
liar provisions for his funeral four weel
before his death. He ordered that h
coffin be made of red cedar, and that ii
trimmings be of brass; that two blac
horses and one gray horse leading dra
the hearse, and that ten coaches wit
black horses be provided: also that pc
sons attending the funeral be attired
black clothes and silk hats. These a
engagements were carried out to the lie
ter.
"A number of years ago elergym'
named Cleyinger was one OF the mo
popular men in two States. His hou
was built in such manner that lar,
hall which ran throughit was exactly {
the State line between Kentucky al
Tennessee, and whenever runawi
couple came to him to be married 4
cbliging parson, on the first intimate
of an approaching pursuit, would ush
them across the hall into the State fro
which they had not come, and fro
which they could not be legally bragg
by relentless parent
I'm getting your photograph tax
observe the following rules: Keep yo
eyes fixed upon the floor until the N
ment comes to keep steady" Practi
your sweetest expression before the 81;
in advance, and begin to express VIII
YOU see the man advance with the SOUS
box. Try to think Of something ca
and placid molasses, for example. he
something in your, hand to steady yc
neryes-a corn cobis good thing. Nev
pay; the entire sum in advance, and
ways remember that the plainest iooki
peotjleI make the most successful p
John Gyumber, who achieved gre
ness about a year ago by means Of his
trasrdinary capacity for sleeping, a
thereby became such natural curios
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