Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1883-08-01
GLEANINGs.

ilSt aDOllSncd ana the queen placed on
a salary of $4,000 a year.
Thomas jefferson wrote that great
cities were ''pestilential to the morals,
the health and the liberties of man"
The Legislatures of North Carolina
and Tennessee have granted pensions
Confederate service.
There are 10000 square miles OF al.
most unbroken forests in North Caro-
lima. comprising pine. chestnut. oak,
maple, beech and hickory timber.
The latest mathematical question runs
as follows: Two girls met three other
girls aud all kissed. How many kisses
were exchangedP
A colored grave-diggcr aged 112
years was married a few weeks ago in
Yonkcrs. N. Y, to pretty nulattugiri
pist out of her teens.
The Canadian Parliament remains in
session an average of seventy working
days and costs $23 minute, or aboEt
S5S2.O00 per session.
The City Council of Chattanooga pro-
presses to impose II privilege license Of
800 on drummers who sell goods to the
merchants of that city.
Gail Hamilton SAYS tina: mormon is
husband who h"rnes es his w.. }
abreast, and man who has been wild.
over three times is one " no drives them
tandem.
Mrs. Sally Turner. an elderly lady re-
siding in Athens. Me-. has become so
habituated to the use of opiates that she
takes eight bottles of morphine week
or over one each day.
Over 10000 Canadians returned to tho
po.ninion from the United States last
year. The Manitoba craze carried them
back. and took with them thousands Of
Americans. In due time the Americans
will be returning to their native land
followed by \ stream of Canucks.
The late ex-senator Matt Carpenters
son, who is said to have inherited his
fathers genius, was asked when little
boy what he would be when he grew
up, and repled: "Oh, would like to
be a coachman. but l suppose I've got
TO be 4 SENATOR"
Poultry per pound, let the breed be
what it may, will cost very near the
same. One bushel Of corn will produce
nine to eleven pounds of poultry. l,
makes no difference whether Leghorns,
Plymouth Rocks or Brahams eat the
corn.
The scayengers having brought to
light the pav"mcnts of Philadelphia, the
composition OF which had been hearty
forgotten, the Times SAYS it is discover
cd hat-there are not ten miles of even
moderately good pavement ia the en-
tire city; the rest is worn out, broken.
and irreparahle.
AR English lady once asked Richard
Grant White, mt London reception,
whether the people of Chicago were
troubled by wolves now. Mr.. Mapleson
SAYS that an Englishman once asked
him gravely whether the American In
dians enjoyed the Cincinnati opera fes-
tival
What was probably the finest collec-
ton of flags in the country was recently
destroyed with the Piper Opera House
at Virginia City. New. The owner had
epent ten years OF time and $4,000 in
money in making it, and it was thought
10 be complete, all nations being repre-
sented.
One ton of cotton seed Yields thirty.
six gallons of crude oil, worth about
el8. The hull from ton of seed weighs
about 900 pounds. and meal before
pressing weighs LOO pounds. The Oil
cake is worth 1927 to $50 per ton, 1t 10
calculated that there is net profit OF
snout SO in grix !sng the seed OF bale
81 cotton.
How Far it Was to Catfish.
Lord Glendale. who is now travelling
in Arkansas, when asked the other day
how he liked the country. said:
"Oh, I'm much pleased with the
country and very much enjoy travelling
in it. but, do you know. tBat your rail-
road eaipg-housa system is very annoy
ing? just as man settles down and
persuades himself into nap. a negro
comes along, shakes him and says:
"'Suppcr ut Cattish?'
you tell him yes, and arouse your
self. You are, OF course. very hungry,
and every time the train stops you ex-
pccs to hear some one shout Catfish;
twenty minutes for supper. but the
train rolls on. After aW.ile the negro
that aroused you comes along, and you
say:
"How far is ii to Catlish?'
".Sah?'
..How far is ii TO Caiiishe'
g. Bout twenty-five miles. sah.'
".Wbat made you arouse me, back
yonder?'
..Wanted to know whueier yer want
ed supper. SO could telegraph ahead.
Da Gully cooks what ordered, sah.'
Twenty miles. to a hungry man, Is
long distance. and YOU !ol around
with cigar awhile. and finally drop of
to sleep. After awhile YOU awake, and
wait for the train to get to tie station.
The negro came through again.
".How far is il 10 Caitish?'
.Sah?
"'I asked, how fan is it TO CatGshF
".We'se dun passed dar. s;:h.
".Why the devil didn't you wake
me?'
lease yer got mad when woke
yer afo', sab. - .d,aansaW 1rdtelcr.