Brookings County sentinel. (Brookings, Dakota [S.D.]) 1882-1890, 1883-02-01
CLIPPED FRAGMENTS.

AZ great a nuisance as Niagara Falls
hackmen.
The authorities Of Cleveland, O. are
making an example Of peanut-veuders
who use false measures.
Mr.. r. McKISsTRY, Of Hudson, n. Y,
owns the largest apple orchard in the
world-30, coo trees on 800 acres.
A PARsoS in Philadelphia publishes 8
marriage notice with this addition: "No
fee for the minister; empty envelope
dodge"
Nh. J. G. PEBLEY, gentleman resid-
ing on Pensacola Bay. has pecans graft
ed on the common hickory, and all OF
them doing well.
A TORONTO scotsman has sent a large
assortment of Canadian forest tree seeds
to Germany, to be used in replenishng
the German forests.
The bird-hunt Of the Selma (Ala. gun
club, which took place a few days ago.
resulted in the death of about $500
birds, besides several deer and hundreds
Of squirrels.
A GIRL employed ms n spinner in d
Lowell mill has taken the first prize Of
fered by the Boston Musical Society tor
the best criticism OF vocal and instrll-
mental music.
A CITIZEN coming to La Fayette,
Georgia, last week, reported that from
point seven miles north of that place he
met 81 one-gallon jugs IN wagons, and
seven on horses, all going to the ",lry
county" Of Randolph.
No Oh" ever supposed the prairie dogs
towns to be of any value in the west uu-
til Yankee besicged one and began to
capture the animals for their skins,
which, it is said, can be made into
gloves that rival the finest kid.
A MASSACHUSETTS Yankee is before
congress with patent ballot boxes which
he offers to sell for $50 each. As he es-
Inmates that 500, 600 would be required
to supply all the polling places of the
United States, be would reaiza = verv
pretty sum.
The Philadelphia Chronicle man been
around among 'em and discovered that
"among the articles used for adulter-
ating wine are tannin. alum, sugar, log
wood, beef juice, litharge, and arsenic.
When tannln Is scarce they throw IN q
few old boots.
WRAPPED in the stars and stripes, and
carrying pitchfork 10 his hand, Joseph
France, lunatic. walked from West Mid
Gletown to Washington, Pa. Society is
divided ss to whether be intended TO i'm
persouate the Goddess Of Liberty, or old
Neptune, with his trident.
The overflow of the Mississippi.
which CAUSED go much devastation lsst
summer III Louisiana, apparently was
not az unmixed evil. The sugar and
cotton crops. planted Immediately after
the waters receded, now promise
greater yield than has been known for
years.
NEAR Pictou, Out.. lis a remarkable
freak Of nature. Two elm trees stand
about twenty feet apIrt, aud one wnen
twenty-five teet high bends over aLi
JOINS the other, forming a perfect and
magnificent tree. 1t Is then perfectly
round, and extends upwards about
twenty-five feet.
THREE commercial travellers, two IN
the grocery and one IN the drug line,
from Winnipeg, were caught IN biz
zard while driving across prairie, and
could not escape from it. They put up
for a day and night in a friendly hay.
stack, and consumed all their samples,
including the drugs.
CAPT. PAUL Fl. DENNIS, Chicagos
weather prophet of nature, VINO bases his
prOgnostics upon the instructive move
ments Of insects and animals, hits it right
every time. His spiders in September
correctly indicated long and pleasant
autumn, ard his muskrats in December
warned him Of very severe winter.
LAST month there died in a private
luuatic sylum at Bonn, Peter Grass, a
man of humble origin, selt-made, and
self-tausht as painter on glass. He
was very secretive, and many of his
technicalities died with him. A number
OF the windows IN Cologne cathedral aud
in various famous churches were by
him.
4 LARGE portion Of the cargo Of cocoa
nuts brought from the West Indies 10
Philadelphia in the brig Senorita was
ruined by rats, which guawed ont the
eyes of the nuts to reach the milk.
There were ten cats on board, bat
though they were put on short ratiors
they seemed Incapable of dealing with
the marauders.
A LIVERY man was sued for damages
at Nebraska City because the horse
which he had hired out to a young
couple for drive ran away and threw
them out of the sleigh; but he proved
by the plaintiffs own testimony that a
struggle for kiss was the cause OF the
accident, and the jury acquitted the
horse of all blame.
BOYS employed on the New Yc.k aud
New England Railroad are required to
obtain the signatures Of their parents 10
contract, by which il is agreed that
they shall not sue for damages in case
their children are killen by an accident.
1t is considered that youths are apt to be
careless, and the company makes the
provision to protect itself.
A MAN in gaping dislocated his jaw.
A surgeon restored the bone to the
proper position aud made his charge,
which the man thought too high, and
refused TO pay. The surgeon changed
the conversation and soon told his best
story. The patient laughed so heartily
that the bone became again displaceG,
and the surgeon reset it after receiving
payment in advance.
A CURIOUS present was made to Gov
ernor Bate, of Tennessee, on his in
auguration, by an old friend in Texas.
1t was huge chair, big enough to hold
three or four men-some even say big
enough to hold the President of the
United States senate-snd composed Of
twepty-four elk-horns. The card of
prese ntation read: "Governor W. b.
Bate: You take the horns.
A CONSCIENTIOUS member Of the legis-
lature of Georgia, who during the ses-
sion obtained five postage stamps from
clerk in one of the state departments,
insisted upon paying tor them, although
they were TO be used for state business.
This looks very commendsble in the
legislator, but il is asserted that at the
same time he had railroad passes in his
pocket, and had used them, and charged
the state mileage both ways.