The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1885-09-30
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The town of Good Hatchet, in Idaho, i,
offset by Bad Axe, in Michigan.
Pulp made out OF yucca palm is sent from
Lancaster, CAL, to London, and there
turned into paper upon which to print the
Telegraph.
An Indianapolis citizen who is said to b.
the heaviest game and poultry dealer in The
country, his yearly sales amounting to ST..
100000, began life with capital of SIS.
A lady of Richmond. Va, has q sor
twenty months old who cannot speak
word, but sings herself to sleep nightly with
the airs that he has heard sung, played oil
whistled during the day.
When marry" said budding school
girl, Pll want tall, fne-looking man. u
There's where you're wrong, sis, said her
more practical sister. You'll have less
trouble watching an ugly man, and enjoy
more of his company"
There is tin cup or tin can at the peak
of every mountain in Colombo. The cups
and cans are put there by tourists, prospec-
tors and other mountain climbers, who use
them as miniature post offices, in which to
leave written records OF their exploits.
He who runs may read on q monument
at Columbia, s. c., that General s. Il.
Gist" lies there. But he who pauses
moment may learn that his full name is
State Rights Gist, and straightway o great
chapter in the country's history is unfolded.
Writers of sea stories who describe waves
as mountains high will be thrown upon
their beam ends to learn that the extreme
height of ocean waves is forty-eight feet,
and that the average of great waves is about
thirty feet. A forty-eight foot mountain
would be good deal OF molehill
Fifteen million horses are now owned in
America and more than 100000 year
must be bred to keep up the supply. The
largest portion of these are used for agricul-
tural and heavy draught purposes, and such
horses bring from $175 to $240 each. Five
hundred stations are now annually import
ed from France to the United States.
1t is estimated that foreign capitalists
hold in large tracts about Is, 600, 900 acres
of Western land That is $4,000 square
miles, or an area nearly as large MS the State
of Indiana. Besides this, American capital
lists and companies hold at least 10, 900, 900
acres in tracts of from 100, 900 to 2, 900, 900.
HAS American agriculture nothing to fear
from these landlords
There is n man in Americas, Ga, one side
of whose face is never damp with perspira-
ton. No matter how hot the weather, nor
how much the right side OF his face may
sweat, then Is never drop on the left side,
beginning a, the roots Of his hair, extending
to the ear on the back and to the centre OF
the nose in front, and reaching to the lower
edge of the chesk bone.
When couple are engaged In Russia a
betrothal feast is held, aud the brle-elect
has lock Of hair cut off in the presence of
witnesses and given to the bridegroom, who
in return, presents silver ring set with
turquoise, an almond. cake, and a gift OF
bread and salt. Among poor people who
cannot afford silver and turquoise, tin and a
bit of bluestone are substituted.
A man went into the country for walk
He carried his overcoat on his arm, but find.
Ing it burdensome hung IL on fence. TAX
Ing card from his pocket he wrote. "Do
not touch this coat; infected with small.
pox." He came back two hours later and
found the card, upon which was written,
underneath his warming THANKS for
the coat; I've had the smallpox"
Yesterday morning AT tho Ifn;or da,,ot
says the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle, a squad
OF nine monkeys and large dog attracted a
great deal of attention. Upon inquiry il
was learned that the party owning them was
teaching them TO play baseball, aud they
had progressed under his tuition 30 far as
to be able TO play tolerable fair game.
The dog captains the nine. The whole thing
is not only comical to look at, but in the
imagination calls forth everything that ID
ridiculous and funny.
Lightning performs curious freaks. Al
Scotland Neck, N. c., a zigzag streak struck
the house of ]. p. Savage, and, working its
way to back room, destroyed Mrs. Saw
lge's brand new best bonnet, no other dam
age being done. At Covington, La, pecan
tree smelled of sulphur twelve hours after
1t had been struck. AT Monticello, H., a
thunderbolt from the clear sky dug hole
four feet deep in the soil At Rockingham,
N. c.. boy named Quick was slain by
lightning, and some one more witty than
considerate wants his epitaph TO be, "wil-
liam Quick, killed by something quicker"