The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-09-09
MISCELLANEOUS.

placed in the Hudson River this season.
"A Delaware farmer claims to own a
harness which has been in use for sixty
two years. The less oats you feed a
horse the longer a harness will last
Detroit Free Press.
Fifty New Workers have organized
the "Order of Cranks." The founda-
ton rule of the order is that no member
shall agree with another in any ex-
pressed opinion.-N Y. Mail.
1t is of intense interest and supreme
Importance to the depositors of plum
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES bank to know that
the safe which once held their valuables
weighed 10000 pounds Chicago NeUS.
"A soldier at Carondelet, Mo, kicked
a horse to death. A Police Justice fined
him 81; but court martial took more
serious view of his crime, and sent him
to prison for six years.
"A new observatory has been erected
on the top of Slide Mountain, the high
est peak of the Catskills, and visitors
there can now look out from an eleva-
ton of 4,240 feet above the sea level
N. Y. Times
"A large cave has been discovered in
the mountain side two miles north of
Glen Haven, Cayuga County, n Y. An
exploration party penetrated to the
depth of forty feet, where large cham
Der was found. The indications are that
the cavern extends for long distance
under the hill.
"A contractor at Saratoga bored Mr..
Vanderbilt about fifth track for the
Central. The railroad monarch eyed
the intruder quietly for moment and
remarked, as reported: young man,
you may make as many tracks as YOU
please, only | want the heels toward
me-" The hint was sufficient. -Iroy
On. W Times.
1t is wonderful how easy it is to
discover new beauties in the character
of young lady to whom you are paying
court if it suddenly transpires that an
East Indian has just died and left her
his fortune, 1t is not the filthy lucre
which you admire, but the gentle grace
of humility with which she receives it,
and then makes you her trustee for life.
1t is fair to conclude from the fol-
lowing advertisement, which lately APP
peared in the Cayuga CHIEF, published
at Weedsport, that meat is high in west
ern New York: ''Wanted-A gentle
man desires to find partner with capt.
tai to assist him in the purchase of beef
steak One who owns frying-pan and
a piece of pork preferred,
The Litchfeld Comm E,Q1sirey
says that five workmen at Il quarry near
that town ran into Toulouse on the
approach of a thunderstorm few days
ago and sat on an iron bar. The light
ming struck derrick Just outside and,
entering the shop, followed the iron bar.
The first and last of the five men were
severely shocked and burned, the middle
man was killed, the other two escaped
uninjured.
The brief tale of Solomon Grundy,
born on Monday" is long drawn out
compared to that which might be told of
Chinaman of Passaic, N. j. He was
taken sick in the morning; at noon he
| shot himself; at two O clock he was dead;
at six O'Clock he was buried; at night
fall his effects were burned; and before
the next day he was forgotten.-De
Post.
"A gentleman, while bathing at sea,
saw his lawyer rise up at his side, after
q long dive. After exchanging saluta-
tons, says he, ''By the way, how about
Gunter?" ''IIe is in Jail, - replied the
lawyer, and dived again. The gentle
man thought no more of it, but on get
ting his account he found: ITO consul
tation at sea, anent the incarceration OF
Gunter, IS. Sd
The unheard of temerity of ayoung
lady who, instead of running and
screaming at the sight of rat which
crossed her path, stepped upon the
rodents tail and held him fast till dis
patched by some men, was a matter of
so great surprise that an inquiry as to
her identity was made, and it was found
that ''she'' was well-known young
man masquerading in girls attire.
Two muscular men of Kildare,
Ark, agreed to settle their quarrel with
a single blow of the fist, to be struck by
the winner of tossed coin and unresist-
ingly received by the loser anywhere
above the belt. The man whom chance
condemned to take the blow stood up
bravely, and though he sought to avoid
some of its force, it felled him heavily,
breaking his nose and rendering him in
sensible for several hours. ~ o. Rica-
y2tne.