The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1882-09-13
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Alligator fat Is now used for COOKING
purposes IN some paris Oh riorida.
A museum of Confederate relics is to bt
established In raleigh, n. Y.
Mormon missionaries are active in Ken
lucky, and Is converts were lately baptizeo
in Grayson county.
The girls call telegraph operators cleo
trio sparks. But they always receive then
without being shocked
Fred Black has been sent to the Cali
fornia State Prison for two years for run
ming away with girl under legal age
The friends OF George Washington feel
little encouraged The Italians, after 1884
years, have raised monument to Savona.
rola.
-"Open pocket Baptistsp is the desig-
nation given to the class of generous givers
of that denomination in the churches OF
Wisconsin.
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Ine growth OF tea cultivation IN INDIA
10 s'0'oy "nu piosioss'o ooino o'ooo
acres more are devoted 10 tea gardens every
year. Last years crop is estimated at 40,
100000 pounds.
An extensive coal mine, comprising
ebout 5000 acres, has been discovered in
Wise county, Texas. 1t is said to be of su.
perior quality. The coal bed is from two to
three feet in thickness.
There is an apricot tree in Fresno
county, CAL. that measures sixty inches
around the trunk, three feet from the
q L. Al.
y ton of fruit on the tree.
s--Alabama has over 10. 900 soaare n,ilss
OF bituninous coal fields. The busipess OF
mining is rapidly increasing. In 1872 but
10000 tons were taken out, while last year
the amount was 100000 tons.
A colored student at the Hampton Nor.
NAL School being asked TO illustrate the diff.
ference between the preiixes 9pron and
icon y grayely offered the two words "p pro.
gress ami ''congress." Who now dares
say that the colored people know nothing of
what is going on2
The estate of the late George r Reid
OF Wilcox county, Georgia, when was civi-
ded among eleven heirs few days ago,
comprised 10000 acres of land, nearly
1000 sheep and about 1000 head of cattle
The heirs divided the land and stock with.
out mourning the expenses of sale.
Tho living skeleton of San Francisco
side show went out for walk on railroad
track. A locomotive knocked him down and
ran over him. He arose and continued his
walk The four inches between the cow
catcher and the ties had been sufficient for
his thinness. He was incidentally well adj
yertised, but paid for 1t in bruises and
scratches.
"A negro living in Jefferson county,
Florida, went to church recently and listened
to sermon from the text which advises the
plucking out of the eye and cutting off of the
hand when offensive, and upon going home
attempted to literally obey the scriptural in
junction by using razor on his hand and
plucking out his eye
"A Kentucky negro, who was sentenced
to the Penitentiary for three years for steal
ing copper worth 1925, when asked by the
Judge if he had anything to say, remarked
that he had not, but only regretted that he
hadn't stolen drove of cattle instead of that
piece of copper. The joke lay in the fact
that o man had just been sentenced for one
year for stealing eighteen head of cattle
Poor Penhecker, his Joke: awhy. nv
dear" said poor little Mr.. Penhecker. with
CHASTITY smile, swhy would the world with
out woman, lovely woman DO like a blank
sheet of paper ~ Mrs p, who had lust
been giving the little man " piece of her
mind, " smiled and couldn't think" ''why,
because, don't you see, love-" said the long