Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1883-04-21
NO. 5.
ODDS AND ENDS.


strong in his affection as in his will.
de was one evening sitting in his
drawing-room at Southgate with his
sister and other members of the
family; all were engaged in reading.
Looking up from his book in which
he had been engrossed, he discovered
that his wife had left the room
where's motherY said he to one of
his daughters. ''She's upstairs"
replied the girl. He returned to his
book, and looking up again few
minutes later, put the same question
to his daughter and received the
same answer. Once more he returned
to his reading, and once more he
looked up with the same question ON
his lips. His sister broke in: why.
really, John, it would seem as if you
could not get on for FIVE minutes
without your wife" "That's why /
married her." he replied.
RECOVERY FROM INsANITY.-A sim
gular case of recovery from insanity.
through an injury, occurred recently
in the New York Homeopathic State
Asylum for the Insane A male pa
tient, twenty four years old, when in
a state of violent irritation, sprang up
to the gas-fxture, caught hold of
slender tubing, and swung himself
with considerable force. The fixture
gave way. and the patient fell, strik
ing his head on the stone pavement.
Instantly he arose, walked out of the
ward, and gave clear account or the
accident he had met with. He had,
in fact, recovered his mind, though
he suffered greatly from the external
injuries to his scalp. The case is not
alone of its kind. Some physicians
have tried to raise the question of
the application of sudden and violent
shaking of the head to the treatment
of insanity; but, as the question of
the dose is one of great difficulty,
this heroic method remains optional
with the patients themselves.
Cox was sentenced to a months
Imprisonment at Rutland, VT, for
selling alcoholic beverages, but had
the alternative of paying fine. in
stead at any time within twenty four
hours. He refused to pay for his lib
erty until he found that, as a pris
oner. he must part with his beard,
which reached to his waist, and had
been twenty-five years growing. The
warden said it was then too late, and
ordered the barber to do his duty.
Cox was held fast and his face
roughly shaved without using any
lather or first clipping off the whiskers
with the scissors. He caught cold
and nearly died. as a consequence of
this treatment. He sued for DANA
ges, and two trials have resulted in
verdicts of heavy amounts against
the warden; but each time there was
an informality, and third jury will
hear the case.
always" said papa, as he drank
his coffee and enjoyed his morning
beefsteak, always. children, change
the subject when anything unpleasant
has been said. 1t is both wise and
polite" That evening on his return
from business he found his carnation
bed despoiled, and the tiny imprint of
feet silently bearing witness
to the small thief.
mabel he said to her, "did you
pick my fowers?"
Papa" said Mabel, "did you see
in town?"
"Never mind that Did you pick
my fiowers9"
"Papa, what did gran'ma send me?"
mabel, what do you mean? Did
you pick my flowers? Answer me yes
or no."
"Yes, papa, I did; but I fout I'd
change the subject"
An indignant landlord writes de-
the name of the party who
first suggested putting coils of rope in
sleeping rooms as protection against
fire. He said he had provided
every room in his house with a coil
of rope. and the first night three OF
his guests lowered their baggage
from the sixth window and skipped,
leaving six days board bill unpaid.
He allows that being burned to death
is bad enough, but running hotel
for fun is a good deal worse.
The value of the berry crop of New
Jersey probably exceeds 100000
annually, including the cranberry
crop, which, as rule, is the most
profitable of all the small fruits
grown in that State. The black
berry is also an important fruit there,
of which, beside the large quantities
every summer to neighbor-
ing cities, thousands of bushels are
dried for winter consumption.
A Michigan man has just been re-
leased after serving twenty nine years
for murder which he
never committed. AS he has served
the penalty for murder, it seems that
he has fairly earned the right to kill
some one, and to us it would seem
that his only hope of getting even
rests on his removing" either the
Judge or the principal witness for tho
prosecution S. +. Exchange.
Precarious and uncertain gains are
usually as speedily dissipated. Try,
if possible, to save a portion of what
ever you receive, to lay by. The i'm
providence of literary individuals
has often been a subject of reproach
to the profession, and not without
reason.