The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1884-01-04

Edith: A first-class Summer resort is
one at. which the cottagers will not
speak to the hotel guests. A second
class resort is one at which the hotel
guests viii not speak to the cottagers.
A .third-class resort is one at which
everybody tries to have good time.
Philadelphia Nesos.
|. A Burlington, Iowa, tailor and hair
dresser got drunk together and the
tailor took the other man home. His
surprise was great when on ringing the
door. bell, the BARRIERS wife suddenly
appeared and gave him q sound thrash
ing with rawhide for keeping her hus.
band ont all night.
While one jury at Gallatin, Mo-, was
acquilting Frank James another at
Mexico, in the same state, was timing
Hamilton Hall $5 for selling on Sunday
zone cigar of the value of cents, and
one glass of sOda-water of the value of
5 cents, contrary to the peace and dig
nifty of the state"
/ Sparrows are eaten in England and
Germany. Neither the Irish or the
Scotch will modest the pert little birds,
and both IN Ireland and Scotland they
know no fear, because they never knew
any danger there. To harm a sparrow
in either country would be considered
an outrage.
The Anamese are huge eaters. Pub
lie dinners are = great institution, and
the guests are allowed to carry of with
them the remnants of the feasts. The
imperial chief is a person Of great con-
sequence, as he has to prepare twelve
or fifteen dinners daily for the Emper-
or.
The Lawrence (Mass.) Eayle reports
scarcity of help for the factories in
that city. in: one room of one of the
largest weaving departments in the city
over One'hundred looms are stopped for
want of help. In spinning-rOom $50
children will be sent out to 60 to school
this week. Factory wages are advanc-
ing, and are likely to 60 higher before
all the help needed is secured.
An old gentleman has just died in
France at the ripe age of seventy, leav-
ing behind him a logbook of all he had
drank for the last fiftv wears. His hab-
It's in this respect were very regular, his
daily allowance being four litres of wine
(seven pints), a couple of glasses of
absinthe before each of his three meals,
and twelve petits Uerres of cognac, rum
or some other spirit, ito drive away de-
spondency." The total for the half
century thus comes to: Wine, 1881
pints; absinthe. 1O9. $50 glasses; spirits,
PIG. 1872 glasses. The old gentleman
boosted that he had never had days
illness in his life
The first woman who ever edited a
newspaper in this country is Mrs. Har:
rict N. Prewett. She lives in a small
farm house in Yazoo City. with wisteria
vines climbing over the dOorwavs and
low windows. and magnolia trees shad-
ing the wide pOrches. In 1s4S Mrs.
.Prewett was left a widow with three
small children and Il newspaper. and
for number of years she was editor.
proprietor, news editor. agent. and
bOokkeeper, her paper being especially
famous in that region for its sparkle
and strong editorials She also kept
house and did all the family mending.
and supported and educated her children
by means OF her newspaper.
The city of Newark, N. j.. is noted
rs the home of Il large number of liter
airy people. Mrs. +. c. Kinney, whose
husband founded the advertiser; her
son, the poet Stedmah; DIR William II.
Ward. editor of the Independent; Ma
rian Harland and Amanda NJ. Douglas;
Ray Palmer, the hymnologist, and Rev.
DIR. Hepworth; DIR Abraham Coles, the
author of "The Microcosm," translator
of the "Dies Ire," and an accomplished
writer of hymns; William A. Whitehead,
the historian of New Jersey; Thomas
Dunn English, Edmund Kirke, and John
Y. Foster, editor of Frank Leslie's HAS,
rated Newspaper. the late Professor,
James j. Mapes; his pupil, Mr.. p. L.
Quinn. the. pear culturist and his
daughter, Mrs. Mary Mapes Dodge, ed
itOr of st. Nicholas The editor of the
Century and the editors of the Critic, it
seems, were also at one time residents
of the smoky city on the shores of the
Passaic.
ChautauGua Lake is f.4OO feet above
sea level. 1t is the highest navigable
waters in the State of New York, if
Dot in all the States. Lake George is
346 feet only above sea level Lakes
placid and Saranac, and some others in
the Adirondack region. are 1.6OO feet
above but are not navigable for large
boats, rs Chautauqua Lake is. Its
i. length is twenty-five miles, and it is
three miles in width. and nearly score
of beautiful steamers sail it by day and
night, carrying the thousand of visitors
eager for. instruction or pleasure. or
both. The scenery about the lake is
quite picturesque. Villages are plant
ed along its banks and nestle amid the
oVerbranching trees, adding life and
vigor to this scene of great beauty.
Edward Everett Hale compares it to
Lake Como, in Italy. and the compare
son is quite just. 1t is well stocked
with fish, and the anglers pour bene-
dictions on Seth Green for his active
work in behalf OF piscatorial interest.
81. The principal scuriosiiies that Potts
town has to boast of are ringing rocks
on one of the high. ridges skirtlng the
town. The rocks cover an area of about
ono acre. Collectively they resemble
low, broad-based pyramid, The separ-
ate rocks may be compared in average
size to hOgshead. Several thousand
in number, they are piled in confusion
one upon another, the spaces between
them consisting of myriads of dark,
treacherous holes of various extent, the
largest admitting the entrance of mans
body: These little caves are the abodes
of foxes. rs the occasional sight of a
protruding bush tcstifies. Upon the rocks
themselves is no sign of vegetation. In
color they range from grayish-blue to
a pale-brown, the latter being the pre-
vajling hue. On being struck with a
heavy sledge-hammer, they gave forth
clear, ringing sounds like q bell. A
sturdy mountaineer, who does the
pounding for small consideration has,
after years OF practice, become able to
hammer Yankee Doodle out of them so
it can be heard and recognized q mile