The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1885-09-16
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as insane.
The Baptist Watchman says tha,
Robert Bonner is the only man ii
this country who can keep fss
horse and his reputation for morality
at the same time.
The Chicago Herald bemoans the
fact that there is not enough civility
in this country. We haven't heard
any pretty women or rich men com
plain Of any scarcity. VA
! Charles Swift, Of Dubuque, attemp
ted to burglarize his own house to
secure $500 his wife had laid away,
and she put two bullets into him with
neatness and dispatch.
The citizens Of Parsons, KS, sci
dom question stranger unless he il
seen with a saddle and bride on his
arm. Then they simply ask him
whether he prefers to be hung OF
shot.
A man at Lowell, Mass, offered
his baby in exchange for a drink Of
whisky the other day, but the bar.
tender wanted three cents to boot.
The price Of New England babies
must be DOWN.
An Indiana farmer who wanted bis
neigb0rs to remember him after he
was dead. grew six acres Of Canadian
thistles and sent them flying through
four counties. He is remembered.
Stanley says that when you cant
whip nor buy an African king you
can scare him out OF his boots with q
ghost story. It's a good deal cheap.
er than the other ways, and the effect
lasts longer. ~
aFor Fifty cents cash / guarantees
to make you dream that your lover
has proposed marriage" is the sign
which ha. brough Chicago woman
in heap Of money in the last two
years.
A man who died In Cincinnati the
other day owned up 10 having six
living siyes. He did'n want the
afflicted widows to 60 to the expense
Of putting on mourning and they
probably won't.
A chief Of the Cheyenne tribe ol
Indians declares that the agent Of bis
reservation is an honest man. The
declaration ought to be preserved In
letters Of brass. It's the first Of the
kind ever known.
Henry Adams, Of vincennes. Ind.
wanted his horse To drink a glass Of
whisky. The animal refused, and
Henry pitchforked him and is in jail
FOR six months. Temperance horses
should be protected.
Forepaugh has an elephant which
has to be prodded with pitchforl
regularly every Sunday morning oil
he capt half enjoy shimself through
the week. An elephant has a natur'
q good deal like q hoodlum.
The circulation Of The Detroi
Weekly Free Press in Europe is nov
close upon 100000 copies. The idel
that the people over the way can
appreciate a good thing from thiI
side Of the water Is all nonsense.
A California squash broke from
the vine the other day and rolled
down hill and smashed In the sid,
Of q barn and killed q horse. Their,
ought to be a law against a mai
growing such dangerous objects h
life and limb,
Philadelphia averages one divorc,
TO every thirty-four marriages, whicl
Is not so very bad. The man VIII
dosen't get bitten but once out o
thirty-four times on q Philadelphia
girl may be considered lucky.
A Vermont boy has done prett!
we'll in the last six weeka he ha
caught four different hunters In th,
same bear trap, and he says that al
indications point to the capture Of q
least three more before winter set
In.
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A girl in Northerp Indiana wa
Tout terrying when q rattlesnak
struck at her and caught his fangs Il
her dress. Her lover, who had al
ways wanted to die, made q skip 70
} home, and she dragged the reptil,
half mile before 0 traveller came ;
her relief.
A farmer Ia the Shenandoah Val
ley gave q strange woman $500
show him where $4,000 in gold wa
buried on his farm. Tf she hadn'
been called away by o telegram q
soon as she got his cash she mig
have shown him the spot, but as
J was he was lett 70 dig over eight
acres.