The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-05-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

a crank who has been tied to single
idea and stuck in the mud for quarter
of century.-N o. Picay,tne.
Over 1000 more brass bands in this
country this year than last, and yet the
base drum Founders 90 at their work
without the culver of lip.-NeW HGUen
Register
Jamaica ginger has been declared
contraband by Maine Sheriff In the
coming summer time when that Sheriff
gets too much cucumber aboard, the in
habitants of that district will dance in
glee about him while be suffers, and no
Jamaica ginger will assuage his grief
Courter-Jotrndl.
Mr. Partridge. the newly-appointed
Minister to Peru, has been for MANY
years widower, and is now childless,
his two daughters having died not long
ago. He is tifty-four years old, and was
graduated at Harvard. He has travelled
much abroad, and has some literary
tastes Chicago Tribune
Dan Rice tells with great gusto
story how he once played draw poker
on Long Island with Count Louis, who
was afterwards known to the world as
Napoleon Ill. & beat him." SAYS the
famous circus mar 90 He died in my
debt. Peace to his remains! Like him,
too, have found my Sedan.-N Y.
Post
P. T. Barnum says: ''Some people
think it fine social thing to say when
they meet their friends: How are YOU,
my boy? Let's take drink 1t would
be more sensible thing for man to 90
out with his pocket. full of baked pota-
toes and say, when he meets friend:
How are you, my boy? Let's eat po-
tato, >. ,... .,a. .4E .r..
Near Blacksbury, Va, there was
lately born a wonderful lamb which has
its heart on the outside of its body,
where 1t may be seen throbbing and pal
pitating as normally as if it were in its
proper place. The lamb apparently
swooned away upon q mans LAYING his
hand upon its heart, and when the hand
was removed the lamb recovered again
In tearing down the old Postoffice
building in Cleveland copper box was
taken from the cornerstone, but the
contents, with the exception of few
coins of 1850 and 1855, were so decayed
from mold and dampness as to be en-
tirely illegible. The box had, however,
not been properly sealed, and the place
/ where it was deposited was nearer the
roof than the ground. - Cleveland Lea
der.
-" Joaquin Miller's wife, Minnie
Myrtle is dying over in New jersey"
says the New York correspondent of the
indianapolis Journal. "She wrote
poetry after he left her, then lectured,
then married { have forgotten his
nancy but life has been too severe for her
and she has succumbed. Miller still
lives with his new wife nee Leland
but he never speaks of her to his friends
never acknowledges that he is married.
always goes into society without her,
and has never been seen with her even
on the street. .... .s.....
In the winter of 1854, twenty-eight
years ago, DR.. w. G. Avery, of Green's
boro, Ala, while hunting, lost a gold
watch, hunting-case English lever.
This watch was returned to him one day
last week by colored man, who found
it on that day, about one mile from the
house, in the woods. The watch is in
good condition and, considering the
length of time it has been exposed to the
weather, is comparatively bright. 1t
was identified by the initials of the
owner, engraved on the outside of the
case.
One of the most singular of the many
pistol accidents was that by which
woman was killed at Georgetown, Cal
Her brother was explaining how friend
had been shot with weapon supposed
to be unloaded. He illustrated the ac-
count by taking revolver from his
pocket "But," he said, 81 won't be
foolish enough to point it at anybody"
Then he turned round, and as he did so
it went off, the bullet striking his sister.
He declares that he had not cooked it,
and did not touch the trigger. Chicago
Herald. p ..l
"A few days ago the ferryman at
Meals Ferry, on the Chattahoochie
River, while putting some passengers
over in his flat, discovered a box floating
down the river. After the flat had landed
its passengers, the ferryman seized
batteau and made his way to the box.
which he soon overhauled, and was
astonished to find that it contained
sweet little babe. 1t was white child,
well dressed, with plenty of good
clothes besides. Some old people who
live in the neighborhood have taken and
will raise the little Moses. = Chicago
Times
Miss Maggie Kingsley, of Bombay,
Franklin County, New York, niece of
William Kingsley, prominent Brook
lyn politician, apparently died few
days ago, and lay as if dead for nine
days. While the body was being pre-
pared finally for interment she came to
life, having been in a trance, and is still
living She would have been buried,
but that she had once before been in
similar trance, though for less length
of time. The original cause of her sick
ness is said to have been grief because
of the departure of a brother from home.
N Y. Sun. t-....
"A Prickly Pear, Montana, farmer
has pointer dog with dissipated habits,
contracted from too intimate association
with his former owner. With an other
wise correct character, this dog is given
to pipe-smoking, tobacco chewing and
whisky drinking, in all of which habits
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