The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-12-02
ITEMs' OF INTEREST.
Facts, Fancies and C0nceIfs Picked From
Here and There.

" Wanted in Garfield county--G69 girli
for wives, " says the Glenwood (Col) Echo
In the college at Yankton, Oak, there il
a strip of slate blackboard 260 feet long.
A single chandelier in the mountain castle
Of that spendthrift the King of Bavaria
cost Il 800.
The honey crop of Maine is worth $40,
900 and is produced by $4,000 colonies o
bees.
Whatever the streets of heaven may b,
paved with, those of Salisbury, n G., arr
being macadamized with gold quartz, wortl
$l5 ton.
Veterinary surgeons think that the over
draw check rein, by reason of muscular
strain upon the eyes, produces blindness in
horses.
Eight acres of sunfowers in Kansas pro.
luces six hundred baskets of seed, which
sold for $3.50 per bushel.
Derby, Mass, declines bequest of S5,-
900 because of the condition that the town
should not touch the money until it had nc
cumulated to $1,000, 600.
In a Western town the other day Mr..
Dunn was married to Miss Wright and al
the papers went and put Dunn Wright
over the account of the wedding.
In Iowa, it is said, there are. $50 farms
owned by women. Twenty of these are
dairy farms and are managed entirely by
women. There are in the State 122 women
physicians and five women lawyers.
An anxious pair of clippers, in their search
FOR parson to complete their unioa, went
to a cemetery when n funeral WINS in pro
gress, seized the minister the moment the
services were concluded, and, Leading him
away short distance, were married on the
spot.
The able young attorney, Mr. John Bar
rett, has gone into partnership with Mr..
James Grim, of Greensboro. This will
make good law frm-name. When parties
down there 60 TO law, they will go to Grim
Z Barrett, and if they get beaten, they will
awe to " Grin and bear it,
A lady from Michigan relates very pref
ty story of her little boy whom she took
Inst summer for the first time to the seaside
The little fellow WAS greatly pleased with
the sight. One day, when lie saw tho first
ocean steamer approach the coast, he was
exuberant: "0h, mamma, just come out
and see. There's big locomotive taking
BATH
Nectar IN the flowers is controlled largely
by electricity in the atmosphere. When
storms nre frequent the general report is
That the blossoms contain no nectar. Cy-
clones, tornadoes, hail storms, thunder and
lightning are largely the cause of poor
honey crop. The past two seasons were
surprising examples of too much electricity
n the atmosphere, with corresponding lack
Of honey american Bee Journai
1t took away the breath of n benevolent
little maid down at Rome, in Georgia, the
other day when she was told that the nick
els which she had dropped in the street car
cash box would not go to help the poor
heather, but would be seized upon by the
purse-proud railway company She had
been III the haDit OF dropping two or three
nickels in the box in the course of ride, at
great personal sacrifice in the matter OF
naramels and cream chocolates
The growth of Dakota has been phenomo-
nal even among our suddenly developing
States. In 1880 its population was 1876, 1T |
it is now AIS, 6G4, with 2,467 FARMS out.
ranking already in this respect seventeen
Of our thirty-eight States. II has more farms
Than Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and Con-
necticut together, and moro than Oregon,
Nevada, Colorado, Rhode Island, Delaware
and Florida. Last year it stood No. IL |
among the States as q producer of wheat,
the crop exceeding 500 600 600 bushels.
Not State east of the Alleghenies stood
ahead of it in this respect, nor one south
of the Ohio, and even Wisconsin failed to
equal it.