Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-04-26
Items OF Interest for sunday Readers,
Gathered From All Quarters.


may not be too gaping, he throws himself
into the breach with an ode, Hail, Gentle
Spring, in this manner:
Hail, Aperisll
| In SEVERAL
stanzas, hail oh month imperial
| All, well,
| smell
The brush pile In my neishbor's dell;
The sweet
Scent Of the burning boots In bonares in the
street.
CLANS
| Askans
Al the empty cans
fiung IN my yard by the neighhorlng clans.
| And stones,
Which nobody owns;
And scraps OF tin,
And shattered barrels with heads caved In,
| Ana cast-oh garments, vile as sin,
these line my path with namelsss fear
Thihgs you can see with your nose; loud smells
that you can hear;
Tell me, in numbers more or less clear,
| mat spring is here,
| Right on this mundane sphere.
Over at Washington q. "A. two men of
family named Frauk Coe and Ambrose Ford,
have been jailed for chicken stealing. 1t is
said they have robbed the hen. n.roosts of that
county of fifteen hundred chickens during the
past winter. One grocer says he has pur-
chased 5000 worth from them during the last
three months.
The wife OF T. G. James, the Xenia mer-
chant, now at the home of her parents in Yel-
low Springs, has filed a cross-petition against
James for divorce, charging him with adul-
terry, extreme cruelty and other sins and
shortcomings.
Dayton Herald: 1t is rumoled that Post
master Wit has suggested reform in post
age stamps so that twos can be distinguished
from Ones even in the darkest night. He
proposes to have the mucilage on the twos
favored with vanils, and that on the ones
with lemon. When this Is done newspapers
will no longer receive n two-cent commune
cation under a one-cent stamp, put on by
mistake.
| The Postmaster General has forbidden the
delivery OF money orders or registered letters
to G. F. Smidt 4 Co., Of Detroit, Mich, who
have been convicted Of dealing in fraudulent
! lottery tickets.
Sandusky Local. Maumee river water is so
thick and dirty that thu Toledo laundry men
have to run it through a threshing machine
70 ilter it. Town just waiting for the first
| cholera call.
The Little Miami train men report a case
of wonderful canine sagacity. Mr.. John
Bryson lives near Enon, a little station be-
tween Xeuia aud Springfield. The trains do
not stop at this station except on signal, bu,
every morning when the train whistles a large
dog starts acrose the fields from Mr.. Bryson &
, residence, and the train men throw off q
daily paper and other mail matter for Mr.
Bryson, which are picked up and carried
back to ,he house by the dog, who never
makes a mistake in the train or losses any of
the mail. The express men are very proud
Of the dog, calling him the "dog messenger, II
aud frequently feeding him.
Speaking of young girls making their debut
iu This country makes the account of the
Piute Indian girls debut of special interest,
Just before she reaches womanhood her
grandmother has especial charge of her. To
that old lady, whose years are supposed to
have brought wisdom, the girl is given. She
schools her in domestic duties and explains to
her the nature and importance OF the witely
relation.
The girl then goes with two older female
relatives to teepee, which is a small wig
wan, where she remains with them twenty
FIVE days. During this time she performs
work which is supposed to be strengthening.
1t con 'ists chiefly OF piling wood. Three
times day, at morning, noon and night she
stack five piles Of wood, making fifteen each
day. Every FIVE days her relations take her
to the river to batke, and at the end of the
time she gives her clothing to her attend dants
and returns to the family lodge. Very fire.
quently the wardrobe which she presents her
female attendants is quite extensive and is re-
garded by them as valuable present When
the young girl has spent twenty five days in
the teepee she has made her debut into the
society of her tribe, and that is considered as
public announcement that she is ready to
marry.
II is always proper TO be correct gram.
matically, and the-e may be something in
the education that We get from our associs-
tons, as the following would indicate:
Do you know that there 10 a great difer-
ence between the country owl and the Boston
owl2"
mo"
"Well, there is, the unculturtd bird, YOU
know, says Tu whit tu whoo,' but the cul-
tured one says, 'Tu whit tu whom"
A New York dispatch says: "a lot on
Fifth avhnue, New York, was sold Saturday
to Mrs. Soto, wife Of Marco A. Soto, ex-
President of Honduras, tor 100000 This
property adjoins the house and lot purchased
by the wife Of President Bsrrios." Does
this indicate . prudent guarding against the
possibility OF revolutions in the Central
American States, which may end iD render
ing their rulers iugitives7
The wife OF "Bill Jones the avenger," who
attempted TO kill Guitssu, has filed bill for
divorce, charging him with habltual drunk
ennsss and cruelty, alleging that on several
occasions be menaced her with firearms.
Two thieves were successful. last week, In
stealing about enc hundred yards of black
silk from the wholesale house OF Miles, Ban.