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The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22
The Saloon-Keeper's Joke.

A few weeks ago a Detroit saloon
keeper got hold of the fact that certain
customer of his had invested in lottery
ticket, and on the night of the drawing
the saloon was filed with crowd to en-
Joy joke which the saloonist was to let
loose on his man. The man with the
ticket dropped in at the usual hour for
his beer, and while drinking 1t he heard
the saloon-keeper remark that ticket No.
63, 256 had drawn $1,000
''How do you know that?' was quickly
asked.
'sWeH, also hold a couple of tickets,
and friend of mine in Chicago has tele-
graphed me the winning numbers.
Lets see the telegram
1t was produced. 1t had been speci-
ally prepared for the occasion and ap-
peared genuine.
1 hold that very ticket" gasped the
citizen as he produced his wallet.
MOP
Here it isr'
Congratulations were in order, and
only hint was needed to bring an order
for beer and cigars without limit. At
the end of a grand hurrah the saloonlst
presented bill for Sl3.25, and was met
with the reply:
''See you later-too excited to make
change tonight"
Yesterday the man of beer went to a
Justice to see about suing the Dill and
learned that his debtor was In Colorado
Just how much he made out OF the Joke
can't be figured until he gets over kick
ing himself.-Detroit Free fTeSS-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22
A Reasonable Request.

An Austin young man has been boring
a young lady with his attentions for
some time past, although on various and
sundry occasions she had given him to
understand that he was distasteful tn
her. A few evenings ago he assured
her that he was anxious to fulfill her
every wish.
us it really fact that you viii do
whatever | ask of you?"
Your slightest wish is law. Com
mand me. and l shall obey
.'Well, then, wish you would see
you can induce my mother to marry
you. Sheis widow, and is not as par
ticular about whom she marries as /
am. - Teras Siftinqs.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22
Clouds as Weather Signals.

Mr.. Clement Ley, the English meteor
olorist, reports a recent incident OF
British weather which most strikingly IL
lustrates the value of clouds as storm
signals. He states in Nature that recent
lv a storm center passed over Sc tland
with progressive velocity OF forty-tlVe
miles per hour, and ''indications of its
progress were afforded by cloud obser-
vations at a distance of more than 500
miles in advance OF the center, the ve-
locity of propagation being supposed
uniform The significance OF this fact
in its bearing upon the British weather
forecasts is enhanced by the recent sig
nal failure of the London Meteorological
Office TO obtain timely intimatiOn by
means of its barOmetric and other in
strumental observations of the disastrous
Atlantic cyclone which lately visited En-
Gland This storm extended over a wide
ofS. sweeping away bridge on the
rSYestern Rrs2way and damaging
fwts = s s'irsi sad = ...fhe
eekdge which has as5Ferwhelmed the Brit
ish Isles and sent the Thames surging over
its banks causes the curious to consult
more critically than. usual the descrip-
tions or vaticinations of the weather
which we publish daily" If the British
give timely warnings of the hurricanes
which sometimes rush upon their coasts,
from the Central Atlantic with a pro-
gressive velocity of more than sixty
miles an hour they can do more with
that inveteratelv sluggish monitor than
has ever been done before. Though its
monitions are invaluable they can never
be relied on for promptness and timeh-
ness. But the clouds which invariably
pre cede a cyclonic depression, and often
precede the vortex by several hundred
miles, are both timely and trustworthy
monitors, as in the case reported this
month by Mr. Ley. During the slow
passage of last September's hurricane
over the West Indies its approach was
indicated at Cardenas, according to a
report published in the Signal SerUicc
ReUieW, by '4Small clouds moving
rapidly along the horizon over thirty
hours before its center crossed the meri-
dian of this place, and the Havana re-
cords evidently show that that the cloud
and rain indications announced the hur-
ricane's advance at least sixteen hours
before its arrival on the meridian OF
Havanna Had these places been in the
storm central track, and hence ex-
posed to its greatest force. they would
probably have had still earlier and more
emphatic cloud indications of Its ap-
proach. The timidity with which me
teorologists make storm predictions
based solely on cloud and rain indica-
tions is eNeusable in the present very de-
fective system of observing and report
ing these aqueous meteOrs. But if they
were properly observed and telegraph
cally reported they would generally
afford the data necessary for reliable
forecasts, even when the barometric and
other instrumental data taken alone
were inconcIusiYe.-N. Y Herald.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22
Didn't Know His wife's Name.

The pretty custom of parents address
ing each other as papa" or mama in
the presence of their children soon bo
comes a confirmed habit, even when the
youngsters are not around. Some time
ago a well-known New York journalist,
with his wife, acted as sponsors at the
christening of child, and at the con-
clusion of the ceremony, the minister
asked s.Air Blank, what is your wife's
Christian nameP'' The newspaper man
hesitated, stammered, and then turned 10
your first nameP" OF course everybod
laughed; but when that journalist 60
home bis wife gave him blessing minus
the benediction-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22
ESTABLISHED F5e HICKMAN. FULTON COZ s.

Il guess / should rather have new
dressand shawl for mother than anythlqg
else''
"Why, of course we'd like lots 81
things for other folks. but Just for your
self; what do you want mostfor yoursel'
Mary?''
'-Well, l want piano dreadfully; hat
| shan't ever have that, so didn't sa}
it." replied Mary
''Guess you II have one as quick rs ue
shall get cur things. Don't you thins
so. Sarah?"
Like enough replied Sarah VIII
scowf; Il never expect to have any q 8
Nobody does in Cotton Hollow.
whoever has the mills. That thel1.1
to keep poor folks; screw 'em q. -
close, and put the money in yonr o.
pocket to buy fur eloaks and blue casf
mere dresses withr'
s.Sarah Grant, whispered Gertg Snslfk
hurEiedly as they rushed upstairs at
sound of the bel; Il do believe u Esss
nrf-zsr< tfssr -
a glimpse of solpeFsay."
''Don't care: Hope she heardp' was
Sarah's response.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22
Fly away east. and 5.l tiy away west, : t

Show me where lives the one ike pest
Should this little insect chance to fly
| in the direction of the house where the
loved-one resides, it is regarded as a
most favorable omen.
Another species of love divination
once observed consisted in obtaining five
bay leaves, four of which the anxious
maiden pinned at the four corners of her
pillow, and the fifth in the middle. If
She was fortunate enough to dream of
her lover. it was sure sign that he
would be married to her in the course of
the year.
In selecting the time for the marriage
ceremony precautions of every kind
have generally been taken to avoid an
unlueky month and day for the knot to
be tied. Indeed, the old Roman notion
that the May marriages are unlucky sur
wives to this day in England. June is a
highly popular month, Friday, on ac-
count of its being regarded as an inau-
spicious and evil day for the commence
ment of any kind of enterprise, is gem
orally avoided.
In days gone by Sunday appears to
have been popular day for marriages.
1t is, above all things, necessary that
the sun should shine on the bride, and it
is deemed absolutely necessary by very
many that she should weep on her we'd
ding day, if it be only few tears; the
omission of such an act being considered
ominous of her future happiness.
In Sussex, a bride on her return home
from church is often robbed of all her
pins about her dress by the single women
present. from the belief that whoever
possesses one of them viii be married in
the course of a year, and evil fortune
will sooner or later inevitably overtake
the bride who keeps even one pin used
in the marriage toilet.
'Flinging the stocking was an old
marriage custom in England. The
young men took the brides stockings,
and the girls those of the bridegroom.
each of whom, sitting at the foot of the
bed. threw the stockings over their
heads, endeavoring TO make it fall upon
that of the bride or her spouse. If the
bridegroom's stockings, thrown by the
girls, fell upon the bridegroom's head.
II was a sign that they themselves would
soon he married.. and shniiar luck was
derived from the falling of the brides
stockings thrown by the young men,
Something to Read.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22

- ohm J. Brown. a druggist in Eos
ton. recently died at the of ninety
two having been in the drug business
since 1907, being fifty-two years at one
stand. He was one of four brothers
who had drug stores in different parts
of Boston NAM of the most success
fal druggists in Boston began as clerks
with the Browns. .-Bostoa I,rdnscript.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22
Bows and Tobacco.

The Boston Journal has made an in
vestigat on concerning the use OF to-
bacco by the school-boys of Boston,
with a result that is so astonishing that
doubtless the attention of parents
everywhere win be drawn to the figures.
The best detailed inquiry. judiciously
made in schools of all grades, leads TO
the conclusion that the age at which
the non users of tobacco come to be in
the minority is but few months over
ten wears. Worse yet. it was Incl
deutally learned that among girls the
smoking of mild cigarettes is not by
any means unknown. On first inquiry
among the teachers OF boys. the esti-
mates given about the extent of to-
bacco-us no ranged from ninety to ten
per cent, according to the class and
age of the pupils and the master s
knowledge of the subject. When in
duced to make q detailed investigation
the instructors were astonished at the
revelation.
The testimony as to the effect OF the
narcotic upon the boys an the methods
of dealin with the practice by some of
the masters are full OF suggestive points.
The head master of the Latin school had
no doy6fS that half the boys, ranging
from fourteen to eig hteen years. use
tobacco to some extent. but he did not
believe that the habit Affected the intel
lectual standing OF the school as q
whole. In some eases he had traced
falling of in the health and scholar
ship directly to the inordinate use of
tobacco. Most of the boys did their
smoking surreptitiously, though a few
said lev used tobacco openly at home,
- sir parents consent. The use
lin ornear the school prem
+ = Ajted. fhe head master of
sc&Sl, wherein are
yndred >s5ys. didn believe
* - the bows smoked-an
(which greatly amused the
lads&fen questioned out of his hear
ing. In making individual remonstran-
ces with the smokers, the master of this
school had often learned that the boys
were encouraged to smoke by their par
ents at difficult matter to deal
with he continued. " Many parents
reason as does a much esteemed Judge
| know. He was afraid his boy would
smoke whether forbid en- or not; so he
prohiDee9tthe use OF cigarettes, but fur
nished him with money to buy good
cigars and told the boy to smoke, if at
all. openly at home, and not skulk be-
hind somebody 5 back fence or at the
bottom OF some alley. Other fathers do
the same thing, because they prefer the
smoking to the bad company it lea to
if forbidden at home.''
Among the grammar school masters
there was great difference Of opinion
as to the extent OF the evil, and there
was found a corresponding difference
among the boys, according to the place
in wh ch the schools are situated.
Information from tobacco dealers
showed an immense trade among school
bows. "But 20 you know. said a
Washington street dealer, that nearly
half m trade in cigarettes is directly or
in irectly among women and girls?
Girls. some of them in the high an /
normal schools, l know are in the habit
Of taxing an occasional Whit, for the
sake of their nerves. as they say.N
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22

An engineer in the employ of the
Philadelphia company that is reclaiming
II, ZOO, 900 acres of Florida lands saws
that the ground so reclaimed will be
found most valuable for the cultivation
of sugar cane, rice and trophical fruits. -
PHILADELPHIA Press.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22

Recent returns give the Italian pop
ulation on January 1, 1882. at 2S. .951. .374.
a gain in ten years of nearly four mil
lions, and this Notwithstanding the eEor-
nous emigration.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22

hats, NBsnmered the board beneath
the seat until the minister had to stop.
The sexton came rushing in to find out
what was the matter, and the Major,
after explaining the difficulty in a whis-
per, asked the sexton to let him lean
on him while he charge on the front
door. As soon as the Major got into
the aisle that dislocated leg kicked the
sexton sixteen or seventeen times in a
most inselezt manner, varying the ex-
ercses by Making eccentric swoops of
to one side. during which it kicked
eight of the high hats at the pew doors
ingo black six chaos.
By the time the Major reached the
vestibule the leo had become perfectly
reckless. 1t few up before and it few
up behind. 1t butted against the good
leg, and darted out sidewise, and de-
scribed circles, and tried to insert its
toes in the Major 5 coat-t2il pockets.
and to whack hun on the nose. When
the sexton came with the hack and put
the Major in it the leg banged through
the window-glass. and when the driver
got down 10 see about it the leg brand
ished itself in his face, and concluded
the exercise By planting a terrible blow
in his stomach. j hen the Major told
the driver that he would give him ten
dollars to take the leg of. and the
driver accepted The offer. For several
minutes it eluded all his efforts to catch
it as it danced about, but finally he got
hold of it and hung on while the Major
tried to unbuckle the straps Then it
came off and rolled the driver in the
mud. lie got up TO watch 1T. 1t
writhed and kicked and jumped and
throbbed and hoped; and whenever it
would make q dash 10 one side or the
other the crowd would scatter in order
to give it.uil play. Finally Ben Wool
lev set his dog on it. and a most eXcit-
ing contest ensued. the leg two or three
times running OF with the dog; and it
seemed likely that the dog would get
whipped. Mr.. Woolley got a crow bar
and aiEsAsA blow at the leg with the
inten t&ksQash it But he missed it
and nNH ! I tlied-she dog. A. soon as
the dQsSf fred, Mr.. Woolley whacked
1t aga1i Id burst it into flinders, and
then there was peace. T Ma or
drove home and got his crutches, and
since then he has confined hims elf to
the use of wooden leg without
/ springs. Chicago Herald.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22

"A New Yorker who was robbed OF
1000 in cash didn't 60 to the detectives
nor give it away to the newspapers. de
simply watched his wife until ne found
her paving s207 for the making OF y
single drsss.-N. +. Herald.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22
A WINTER song.


q. Summer has its roses
And the auEhing light south wind,
And the merry meadows lined
With dewy. danciiig posies;
But Winter has the sprites
And the witching frosty nights.
o. Summer has the splendor
OF the corn-helds wide and deep.
Where scarlet p0ppies sleep
And wary shadows wander:
But Winter feids are rare
With diamonds everywhere.
o, Summer has the wild bees.
And the ringing. singing note
In the robins tuuefJl throat,
And the leaf-talk a the trees:
But Winter has the chime
Of the merry Christmas time.
o, Summer has the iuster
or the sunbeams warm and bright
And rains that fail nj night
Where reeds and lilies cluster,
But ceop-in Winters Snow
The Hires of Christmas glow.
--Cre0r, Tf.srffrtf IN N;r5of,r<
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22
superstitions About Lare.


FROM the earliest times 90 event in
nnman life has been associated with q
more extensive folk lore than marriage.
oeginning with. love divinations, these
are pf every conceivable kind. the, anx-
sous maiden apparently having left no
stone unturned'in her anxiety to ascer-
tam her lot in the marriage state. Som9
g. the common brake or fern just above
'tne root to ascertain the initials of the
future husbands name. Again. nuts
and apples are very fayorite love tests.
'1ne mode of procedure is for agirl. to
Place on the bars of q CRATE nut, re-
pealing this Incarnation:
u he loves rue- pop and fly:
II he hates me, lie and die.
Great is the dismay if the anxious face
St the inquirer gradually perceives the
nut. instead of making the houed-for
pop: die and make no sign. One means
OF iYination is to throw.a lady-bird into.
ft6sl "a. aud srelseating I1eanS ilest he.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22

\ .. n
. s. <; 3 {.
= "A good deal ii e al <1II
food are wasted q ez .s;'y zl'I IF Ca I 81 S
feeders ar8 l 81 "a .se }ea;z .1 s.
for feeding. IN fi1:> ss;lI. 81 IS 1z[s} 81 !I <
to resort to the flse s.f {. s. II Szz| i 9 s
the selection Of hiaIa M | 81 W
ground Is essent,a <l III 4; IS q <z<
economy ia the lses 9f fs5sl iX N s 81 4
should feed IN mud - s s. &
The calsse ct ft;; # III; 4 s'
cream * u<.1aliT n, s1 s. S. & ~ q /; s;
Which affects fi..::t.as,. L q: III <z
through E1k. of The: S & S zI;s5 & q.
move the 4uble 7fs,: 81 ~ Ii
ponnd Of ap s5sil 81 Ii 81 <, n s s. IS & & s
aftery-artf. o31e 3Iz|< & b< 81 s. is s (
soda; sepeating ;iszt f<' =
NothHf s. fs.:;s -. j. < IS d =
wil hsft - ~ 49,
q ;3.:5>z z><s ~
bs5s,rsle.5e- "A A.
IT, -
20: ~ .l.eaha.1 81
te,. = : 5,,er -
c9lstoned 5Trartice of ,,,si[sy| -
hntter and boIdino for. yvinte,. ,,sa sbr,,'7l
be one of the tbin9s OF the nast. The :
dairvman must accommodate his mode
of operations to the qualified tastes and
interests of the consumer Until this is
done the dairy interest of this country
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22

A pew in DR.. John Halls church,
New York, sold the other day for S2.-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22

A Colorado Sheriff undertook to ar
rest cinnamon bear last spring and is
in bed yet
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-12-22
Is Artificial Leg.

i of Bangor, Me. lost his
h battle fredericksburg
/. ago he purchased ar ar
y a man in Washington.
e stem of springs which
sA[Sr to use it in such a
srihat when he was walk
Street nobody would for a
lese that he had not both
I. while the Major was on
lreh, he slipped up on the
the store leg n severe
nust have dislocated some
1; for, after reaching the
Sling his seat, and while
Ehas- reading the Script
Nenly flew up and rest
aAo seat in front OF
49, =. --ss-~lxad at him
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-06
The MSrkets,

BALTIMORE, Mar. 6.-Vireinia 6's Gersrto,
=; do consolidated GC1 do I'd series -; rs,
due COUPONS -: new 10 4ns S94 bid TO-DAY .
Cotton firm; middlings liz. Flour STEADY
and active; Howard street ard Western surcr
3 5OsS4 50 do extra 75s$5 IS; DO family GO.
S. 90 City Mills tuper 50sSi 80; do extra ia
S575; do Rio brsld, SG75; Pst,p:co family
ST IS. Wheat-Southern quiet; Western Opened;
hrmer. declined and closed easier; Southern d
lS0alG5; do amber l@5al44; No Nd les asked:
No Western winter red spot 1sSI.l2S2; Mar
100 asked April 1912 .l3!3 May 1929 Abb juno
l30slG0t {; July l!S2,ll9; Aug Halls. Germ
Southern steady; Western dull Southern wh.o
asked; M.r Gi3.Gsh; May 7C3; June 7Os7Q!::
steamer GIL bid. Oats higher Southern 4Ss55
Western white 5ls52; do mixed 1880; Fenrs
As .e2. Rye ssnsde better at 95aeS Hay dull ::
prime to choice Pennsylvania ard Msrylsrj
l5iS!7. Cofes finn; hio csrgoes cr!intry 70
fair 9al0. Sugar firm; A soft %. wh Slcy
quiet at l7a$l Is.
NEW YORK. Mar. G.-Stocks lower and ;s,r,y
active. Money i. Cotton quiet and steary:
uplsndI III; Orleans r. Flour cub and door,
ing. Wheat heavy and dun snd 3;!c lower,
Corn dull and shade easier.
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET Mlr.G-
Csitle-msrket fair; sales 2l0J; primo 7.,l =.
good G1sG5; medium Cs.Gs; Common isaSl,
Sheep-msrket active; salea SJQO primo / -;
good 63a7; madium 53s63; common i!,5:.
Culls 3is4l. Lamb, Gas. calves $50 Eops--
market active; selling from st.l0i; sslo: %0Nl
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-06
NJ rs or TIE DAY.

Tho Maryland LEGISLATURE has rsss,I i'll
TO publicly whip wifi -3e;tars.
Tht1a w;ro ut d'oihs 10 B.t:m5ry LIST
w!tk, sSd th7a2 c:soS CT em,ILp tX were repor.
CG OF the h2a.h ctEao.
The Utrh l. esiatura hal adopted resolution
osilItg a oJcvanion fer hptil l0:h to frsm, Q
c,Gsi ion ana take s:eIs for tho admission OF
U.ah 81 Sota.
Tho Wilmington tDsI.l Every Evening pub
lshcs letters from peGcL -srCw;rs 1ud dealers Of
Delaware AID tho Eastern Shore OF Maryland
which say Lhs! tho rrcspcc. of q good crop is
highly favorable.
A report c>rnea f:tm Boston tia! General
l5ltler ts to tsSs chaIgs for the defense ia the
Guitcau cast; ais, that nov evidence Of Gu-
lesu's Gssri:y h,a b:oo discovered, upon which
motion will be inside Tor & new tria
The cclabr*!icn IF tho sclqu,-c ntennisl Of
tho establishment OF MasoDry 10 tho CommGr-
wealth Ct Pennsylvania wl!i b. observed 90
Juso 81 EcXt ra q tc.Ie that will eclipse any
MssoaIc demonstration sroo 1876. The cels-
braioa Wilt be entirely under tho direction If
the 0Tsud Lodge oftho STATE, sod preparations
ar1 already b2iOg made.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1882-03-06
Letter From L0utiOun.

Correspondence CT the Alexandria Gsz,tte
WATERFORD. Va, March 3-Mtj Geo. J..
MOORE, who was paralS z d last Monday, died ct
his home. pear Wheat|oud. on Wednesday God
was buried at Catcc 10 Fec Church DAY. His
funeral was largely attended. Rev. II. Br:nct
preached au able sermon upon tho OCCASION. lie
was assisted 10 thu funers ceremonies by Elder
Warner, OF the Baptist Church. ard the Rev.
Nh Ware. of the Episcopal Church. Msj,
Moore was in hia 18th year, and was one Of
Loudoun's best men. His hospitality Was u:
bounded, his house beirg always open to those
Who called upon him. and they we're legion.
The county officers mado bis hous, headquarters
for this part of tho county. and during o cam
psIgn candidates did the same. and they Wero
always wec,me. NJ matter whether he agreed
With them politically or not, the string of the
latch was on The outside, end when within, the
host and bis guest we're friends NJ man will be
missed by larger circle ef friends and &C.
qusintancas. and no man's death be mere geL
orally or sincerely mourned than his. Full ef
age and OF honor, he has gone to his grave, aod
We that sro left will seldom lock upon his like
again.
Several days ago weE-kuoWD colored mar,
living near Hamilton. bought horse of o
noted dealer near Putoeilvllc. 1hs horse got
away and want to Bowe's at Clsrk's Gar, and
sure enough he Was at home. II seems the
holss was stolen from Mr.. B. about Christmas
and bad not been heard of until be put in so
appearances as above indicsted. Ofo,urss MIR.
Bowie held on to his property aud as the dealer
failed TO respond to the demands Of the coorsd
purchaser. be, yesterday. swcro out warrant
before Esquire Vspdeyanter srG appeals TO the
majesty of the law for relief. Tao case has not
come to trial yet. bat when it does from what
We can learn, We suppose the adventures of that
horse will prove little romantic.
March oame 10 like lamb tho weather 10
foe. people are blowing, though tho ground is
wet. JABEE,