Milford chronicle., 1885-05-01
THE MYSTERIES OF A DAY..
THINGS STRANGE AND CURIOUS WE
FIND IN THE PAPERS.
A story Of Mrs. Custer-The Drummer Laid
Up-BeatinR an Avalanehe-A story OF
the Wnr-A sad sight, Etc, ktcs

OK the pay-list of large business
house in New York is a man OF nifty, who
ten years ago was the most successful
sdrummer' attached to the establish
ment. He would 60 to a Southern city,
sit around socially with the merchants,
and take their orders with regularity
and success that had few equals. To
dav the firm has pensioned him in view
Of his past services. The present meth
ods Of drumming" are so different, and
reouire the exercise of such different
faculties, that he can scarcely sell his
salts worth. Most of the "drummers.
of the last decade are similarly afflicted
with dry-rot. Their places are filled by
others. The contemporaneous rule OF
the profession is, "a possible puyer
must be forced to buy" 1t used to be,
''He must be coaxed into it. F"
Mis-. GEORGE W. CHI1Ds, of Phila-
delphia. is said to have the finest col
lection of table china in the country.
Her dinner plates include Sevres, Wor-
cester, Derby, Dresden, Minton, and
Copelands; no two, as q rule, are alike,
and each is a gem. Many Of her plates
have cost several hundred dollars a
dozen. She gives orders to people OF
experience to be on the lockout for very
rare specimens. It is said that for
A dinner of twenty persons Mrs. Ohllds
can without any difficulty set a table
the decorations of which alone will rep
resent an expenditure of S3O,OOO or
$4,000.
A CONFEDERATE officer tells the fol-
lowing story of one of mis- associates:
WWhen Lieutenant Rochelle was on
duty in Charleston, S. O., and while the
beautiful Episcopal wedding service was
beinp performed, which should make
himself and Miss Annie Pickens (daugh-
fer OF General Pickens) husband and
wife. the city was shelled by gunboats.
shell struck the house-the bride
elect was struck down. Faint and fail
inc fast. she said: Let the ceremony go
on. I cannot die satisfied unless die
Mrs. Rochelle The ceremony was
gcarcely finished ere the bride was
dead.
ONE of the saddest sights we have
witnessed for some time, says a Western
naDer was an Indian funeral last week.
The bodv was that of a little child, and
was inclosed in rough box from some
Store drawn on q hand sled by a ragged
little Indian boy. The only mourner
was the mother, who trudged wearily
after tbe corpse through the snow.
Then followed half dozen sympathetic
s0uaws. and another little boy carrying
a cross. 1t was a sight to touch the
heart Of a white mother, and one not
! .., l., I,o fornOffan
COUNT MoLTKE not long ago, leaving
the Reichstag early, did not hnd ms
carriage waiting and so took a cab to hii
! Office. On alighting he drew out MS
purse to pay his fare, when the cabmar
wbipped up his horse and dashed away
CRYING. ssNo gold, Herr Field-Marshal
T6e honor is sufficient !" But Moltkt
IncI,iIv had noticed the drivers number
] nv which means he found ont his name
and address. and next day he sent him
} his photograph with the autograph in
scription. ''Moltke, to his cabmani
, March 8, 1884"
t WArTFR T. FORBES Of Atlanta, Ga.
= claims TO have discovered a new prlnclpli
= in hydraulics that will revolutionlz
2 ,,urnDino. Hitherto it has been an estaD
r Iished belief that water will not rise IN
5 vacuum to a hight of more than 80 leeI
For that reason pumps are generally Sc
within 26 feet of the water. BY the neV
discovery the pumping maehlnerX,sS3s
+ be mt on the surface Of the -
e as far from the water as ~, %
d The inventor claims to 'tofy s577Tif7ii Fii7ii
FFnos W nnt # sBBme erte1itY
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