The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1884-02-02
MISCELLANEOUS,

--FrOm thunder shower to zero wea-
2her within twenty-four hours would
Sstier a fine illustration of American
climatic N Y. Post.
Three men stood on the center of
the Brooklyn Bridge at twelve o'clock
zhss other night, during the heaviest of
sts storm, and drank a bottle of wine.
They were there on account of q bet
made Een years before, to the effect that
IF the bridge was finished in ten years
they you'd drink bottle of wine c>l it
sIf midnight. -Broobiyn Eagle.
a remark made some time since by
Mr. Spurgeon, that he considered the
Scotch people owed much of their
strength of character to the regard paid
-s0 che book of Proverbs. has led a
Preach Christian to print and circulate
rwbSeiy a copy of the Proverbs of Solo
s1lOn as an antidote to the lax morality
which now obtains in France.
Chinese slavery in American cities
IS not, the San Francisco Chronicle
says, new discovery made by the
lady who recently addressed the East
.ern press. 1t exists in that city in an
exaggerated form, and even the courts
are p0werless in their efforts to draw
out the truth. The slaves dare not
sell IL
The boy who fastened the rope of
his sled to a spoke in the hind wheel of
d milk wagon was little shaver who
had never travelled, but since he came
down and was picked out of the slush
by n kind-hearted man he has been
heard inquiring for various works on
the subject of gravitation and natural
phiiosophy.-Detroit Free Press.
--Ebenezer, Ga, is a dead town 1t
was settled in 1874 by immigrants who
followed Oglethorpe's arrival year
before. In 1876 mulberry trees were
planted, and the inhabitants followed
Silk-Kaising with some success so long
as Ebenezer remained inhabited. At
the time of the Revolution Ebenezer
was n fiourishing village, but was cap
ture6 and occupied by the British after
The reduction Of Savannah. This
marked the beginning of Ebenezer' S
decay, and in 1885 the village was prac-
ficaliy abandoned, the lands in the vi
ciHity having become worn out. There
Is nothing now to be seen but deserted
ruins Atlanta Constitution.
Nerve and presence of mind saved
,JohH A- Feldkamp's life. He is cut
Ser Tn q Cincinnati clothing store
While he was operating a machine a
spring broke, and as he reached to pick
up "a detached piece his long beard was
eessught and rapidly wound into the ma
cchiNery, which threatened to draw in
his nsad and crush it, Instantly he
-tbEegv out his arms and braccd them
against the frame of the cutter, and thus
he stood until his beard had been pulled
ont by The roots and a part of his cheek
had been torn of, exposing the gum of
ms lawer Jaw Cincinnati Times.
Colonel A. S. NJ. Morgan, of Pitts
bUrgSa- Pa, has in his possession an
autograph letter written TO his mother
in so hv Thomas Jefferson. She had
sent him The prospectus of a society, of
WHICH she was founder, whose object
was so encourage American manufac-
sures by piedging ladies to wear only
Anlgrican-made dress goods, and he
wru&e; The effort which is the subject
of your letter is truly laudable. =
No one has been more sensible than
myself of the advantage of placing the
consumer by the side of the producer
nor disposed to encourage it by exam
pile "--Pittsb@rgh Post.