The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-06-05
FACT AND FANCY.

EEL the heaviest in the hand.
Ii seems to be Gin the air. that
skating-rinks are losing favor through
out the country.
There is a large demand at Port
and, OregoG, for good servant-girls
to take the places now occupied by
Cinnamon.
Fifteen thousand shad have been
taken in the Susquehanna this season.
and snad-bakes are the fashionable
amusement.
No time is lost at elections in Brit
lsh Columbia. The recent elections
we're held two days after the nomina-
tons were made.
The important discovery has beer
made in Paris that the crocodile a
bring its jaws together with a force OF
over three hundred pounds.
The abstract of the Newfoundland
census for 1884, just published, shows
that the total population of Newfound-
land and Labrador is at present 1885,
AL.
An observer of small distinctions in
speech says that when you hear a man
say to another, 81 certainly am glad
to see you; l certainly am" you may
be sure he is from Virginia.
"Salt should be eaten with nuts to
aid digestion" Water can be drunk
to take away the effects of the salt,
and then more nuts can be eaten to
take away the taste of the water.
A Vermont husband is reported to
have frustrated the intended elope-
ment of his wife by taking possession
Of her silk dress. He knew she
wouldn't run away in a calico gown.
All the shoe-dealers of Pittsburgh
~abbreviate the names of their goods,
and SO many cartoons are labeled
"Cur Kid" that the citizens of the
"Smoky City, fully believe, it is said,
that they are wearing dog skin shoes.
The problem of whether an elevator
is a vehicle or an apartment remains
unsolyed, and the average man, i'm
prisoned in the thing with a lady,
hesitates about taking off his hat in
the draft.
The brevet seaside hotel now puts
in a new pane of glass and adds a
picket to the front fence, and adver-
tises that costly improvements have
been made in preparation for the COM
ing season.
A farmer near Sequel. Cal, has put
up a scare-crow in his orchard that is
said to be so lifelike ] n its appearance
that his neighbors often address it and
depart In a rage at not receiving a re-
ply. They must have notwithstanding
people in that section.
In the year 1777 considerable inter-
est was manifested in an announce
ment that six stoves had been com
pleted in Philadelphia. The annual
product of the stove foundries in that
city is now valued at 81, 600, 900, and
the industry supports about twelve
thousand people.
Mr.. S. s. Stratton has just compiled
q ssbill of mortality of the musical
profession during 1884. The death
roll contains 210 names. The average
age is 81 years and 2 months, against
SO years and 6 months in 1888. The
three years combined give an average
of go years and a few days.
Buried treasure-seekers are at work
in Georgia. Near Covington, accord
ing to The Star of that place, a col
ored man and several assistants have
been making excavations for several
months in hope of finding 800, 900,
which the principal in the scheme
AYERS was buried there three years
ago.
In some giddy regions even sealing
wax is made to convey tender senti-
ments. The ordinary red wax signi-
ies business, and black is used only
for mourning and coincidence. But
blue means love, and the different
tints portray each stage of the tender
passion. Pink means congratulatlon
and white is used for wedding invita-
tions. Variegated colors show con
ficting emotions.
A Clergyman desiring contributions
for a special object, fitted up an OK
horn at the church door. Upon this
he inscribed his aspirations to thi;
effect: This 'orn was once on the
'ead of a hox, and now hit his a mis-
~sionary box 1t might have been the
odd jingle, and it might have been the
old Englishman's zeal, or q combina.
ton of the two, but certain it is thai
this special missionary box attracted
contributions in an extraordinary
manner
Some people are I'VE stisfied. The
water works of the city OF Troy ar
full of cells, and by simply tapping the
pipes fish two feet and a half long car
be secured for breakfast. and SO de
lightfully fresh! Such an abundance o.
cheap food would be considered q
boon in any community, yet the Tro
jams are running to and fro and com.
planning to The water board that Their
supply of water is choked off by the
cells. The idea of complaining of q
supply Of fresh fish with their water!
A letter describing the market Of
New Orleans says that everything j
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