Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-07


The New Port News, OF las. week,
| publishes the following, Item, winch re
iates to an event that took place at
Mar, sville few days previous, Ou.
readers have often heard about .'nIg
ger l1 q woodpile.' In this t..n there
| lives a coiured widuwer and a white
grss, widow, whose charms woG for her
the affections of the chivai:uus African
The noIher of the young woman did
not admire the familiarity rh-t existed
between the two and to sat sfy herseii
whether her suspicious we're well
iouuSed or not she noted the move
meI,s OF the festive .'cUon" ore even-
ing evening and followed hln to Ter
dsughter's home Entering uurpuuunc-
Ell sh. found the ooioIed geh:l.man' $
coat hanging on the bedpest. Tie
! daughter pretended TO be 10 little an
10, ed that ter mother should 50 uncer-
ewonicus!y arouse her from heC slum.
| jers without special cause, zad SAID
the coat had been lett with Ber tor re-
pairs. This statement was not accept
ed without question, Oh the part OF the
mother, who peered unoer the bed and
beheid the dery eyebalIs OF the bnld
coiored Widower sparkling and -glisirn
ing like satellites IN the starry 6rma
nent. He said he had just come for his
washing and was frightened by the de
tecrlve's appearance, anu crawled un
| der the bed 10 save his reputation, Tor
cruel wecid would accept no state
ment that his presence there was ior
the purpose OF carrying home bis clean
linen; hence be concluded the better
part would be to find q cain and quiet
nook in which 10 hide and thus avoid
the necessity Ct embarrassing eIpisna-
lions.
A letter freN China, in tbs TRY
Tunes says. IL, Canton we visited a
restaurant where osts, rats and oogs.
were served for fcod. Dog steak, fr,ed
sat or Cat stew we're to be had q; aay
hour 1t has been often denied aud
GIdbN cIht IL t16t - 20 'Hc vi tif'
old Peter Psrley'x stories that the
Chinese eat these things. But il les
trse. We saw . whs!s puppy stewed IN
q lkrge kettle. We saw table full Of
mon satisfying their hunger with dog
meat, and they ate with hearty relish
We saw cats and pups IN cages for sale
snd>ats hung up Hai'icg Tor purchasers
The dishes looked savosy and the price
of meal was ''dog sheap." but We did
not indSIee in any SHOW bow" soup or
feline steak or rodent pot pie. We
weren't sknDgrey just thea. The Celes
iisIs will tell you "rat sumber one
good eatee," and show you rats skin
ned, rats -ssited, rats dried, rats hung
up by the tails and rats strung on
striags. If sou doubt the gesuineness,
of the article the proprietor will show
you the meat with the hair aud tail at
tscheA for Identification. Ca. meat ia
said ia be fne tonic and rat is good
for basd-headsd men. Puppies aud
kittens are generally preferred Old
dogs and Tom cats are apt to be rsth-
er tough. Black cats are supposed to
be- more Nutritious than white ones.
hence the following advertisement seen
in . shop wiado~ BLACK cats served
no, at all hoars: alse snakes, rats and
dogs"
A factory in Cory is manufacturing
an invention called a "b.by jumper"
Araminta thinks seriously of apply
ing for divorce on the ground of fraud
She was induced to marry Frederick,
she said, principally because every body
said be was a rising ycung man. bu;
when 1t comes to getting M tn build
the kitchen FIRE these cold mornings, he
doesn't rise worth q cent. Hence
Arsminta's griesancA-Boston Trsn.
script.