The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-11-29
Passing Events.

The matrim oniai chances OF an Amer
lean Young lady have been partially de-
termined by an old maid IN Phllaoe'-
uf1ia, She kept the record OF HUI o.
her acquaintance who were LED 10 'he
altar. She finds that the chances De
tween the ages of IA and 40 are as 1911
lows: 81 at IA and ID, lt4 at 10 ana az -.
2l8 at 8 and 10, $50 at 20 and IL NO d,
22 and 90, So at "a and 70, ~ a. 20 snt ~
81, As at % and %, 10 at 10 ana % 81, - % a.
81 and 81, 8 at "a and 80, AZ 80 anu o.,
and 2 at SO and 80. It Will therefore, s;I 1s
If n,atrimony, and that it is at those ages
that the most chances are taken In the
great lottery.
The opposition press at Honolulu
states that the bankruptcy of the govern
ment was prevented recently. by the
kindness of Colonel Spreckles IN paying
his taxes in advance.
A New York fire insurance president
has lust losta country seat valued at ST.
QUO, and he hadn't cent of insurance.
He was probably looking around lor q
reliable company.
A fish was recently caught at Kendall,
England, which had two pairs OF eyes:
It was small specimen of the spotted
tay or skate. One pair of eyes were on
the upper side and the other on the
lower side of the fish, so that It could
see both above and below.
Trinity College has just come into pos
| session of map Of America in la22. IL
is supposed to have been made from
Columbus ideas, and was published IN
| Madrid. The gull of Mexico and CUBA
| are rightly located, but their details are
| of course, very poor.
| DR.. l.. de Plasse, in an article transla-
ted for La Cousine, highly comnends
the oyster, eaten raw, as VIII jlesome
| and digestible article of food. But "ali
the preparations OF oysters" he says,
ARE indi ,estiule. Oyster up, baked
oysters roast oysters, pan-roast oysters,
ETC., all these preparations are suiec
O .Iy to torment an disturb the stomach
and to develop dyspepsia and gastrl'ls.
The roast and pan roast oysters are very
indigestlble, for the liquid Is not pre-
served, and all the al5umen has been
coayulated ny heat
| Mr.. William Gliick. a Lousianlan by
b ~. told the New York Tribune that
the most remarkable feature of south
ern development he has noticed IN his
recent southern trips is the leading part
taken by Hebrews in trade and INDUS
trial matters. "Wherever you observe
unusual activity and prosperity IN any
southern community" he sand, you
will find an influential Jewish element"
He added: ga most remarkable Illus
l - o1 lSt In
where Mr.. Solomon Cohen is the
moving power" This indicates re-
markable breakup in caste predsudiGes
in the south, Tor at one time the ne
brew, the ''poor white" anu the freed
men were alike os, racized, not merely
in society but in trade, at the nth.
Gen. Carnahan, a'jutant general Of
: Indiana, has addressed letter to the
secretary of war proposing that a ma
tional encampmeht, to consist OF some
: of the best companies, battalinns, reyl-
, ments. batteries and troops OF the ma,
! tional guard from every state, be helo
in Washington next May.
There is lively contest now going on
between the citizens of the little town
of Mary Ann, Ark. A number or the
residents have applied to have the town
! r6lnCOrpOrat60 anu Cdileu Ma '>''hS',
! while the old settlers object ana say, IN
tn cir paper, that "if the dudes don't
) feel satisfied with May Ann they can
, get up and git"
. A correspondent Of the Boston Post
sends the following extract from the
will of Lewis Morris, the father OF Cow
; ernenr Morris, statesman and diploma
!. fist, from which itappesls that this gen.
tleman had not high opinion of Con-
, necticut morals. The will proved in
, 1850, saws: SIT is my wish that my son,
', Gouyenenrr, shall have the btst ednca-
!. ton that can be furnished him in Eng
land or America: but my express Will and
; direction are, tat under no clrcnm-
stances shall he be sent to the colony OF
6 Connecticut Tor that purpose, lest In his
/ youth he should imhibe that low craft
and cunning so incident 20 the people 0
that country, and which are so lnterwo,
| ven in their constitution that they cannol
. conceal it from the world, though many OF
them, under the sanctified grace OF I =
: llgion have attempted to impose them,
selves upon the world as honest men,