New-York tribune., 1885-01-03
THE TALK OF THE D1Y.

THE TALK OF THE Day
| man in York Comfy. Penn, has had bis via.
arrested for pouring gallon OF m,lasses On hI. ,ss
| lie said he didn't want his tahy that way.
A New-Orleans correspondent says that at the onen
ans s onS tae BAND and Iayea
tears. Some bands have that effect human bes -
no matter what tune they mey play. It ia wanis =
the band wasn't mo obed. Il Norfislown IIeraid '''s
A Church OF h'England clergyman not long a..
advertised himself to lecture at Nantucket on Waless
Quite an audience gathered expecting to hear enter
Englands bosom. Imagine their surprise and dsgust
when tbe learned landubbcr" unfOled his theme onT
proceeded Co cnghten audience OF old NantucIet ss
captains on rho!es As well lecture Trojan on stoyes
| and collars. lTroy Times.
kind-hear lady or Gilroy Kan, has constituted
herself the good angel OF all tramps She not oulv
| gives them square meal but wine and cigars.
1t is the young lady with the brand new sealskn VII,
less fortunate sister. with nothing summer jasses
Is Just sufering.fr0m the heat though the thernom-
eter be twenty degrees below Transcrpt
plous temperance lady expressed her delight when
she read that many gin houses are burning down in
Georgia. But killed all her Joy by informing
her that the gin houses referred to cotton gin
| houses.
| There are in London hfty-nne fire engine stations
and 600 remen constantly employed. besides coachmen
and pilots. The 1remen selected from seamen
whose discharges pronounce them very good Ia
They measure q certain number OF inches round
the waist be strong In muscle and possess Ierfect yson
Troy Times.
that alcohol is poison, but four fast young In
westmoreland County have made the discovery all at
wood alcohol into the stews and it, Two OF them
dead and the other two have hardly done wishing
that they dead too sick die tile mess make them
-lPhiladelphia Times.
Tom Matthews, famous clown is living at Brighton.
England. eighty years Old, hale aud hearty The Jokes
| older tEan eighty years. - Boston Transcript.
In some towns here is more demand for roller skating
| rinks than for churches.
From single grain of wheat planted in 1881 grex22
| stalks each bearing fd!l head: These yielded $50
| Ing one-nGh OF a bushei OF splendid wheat This
planted last spring yielding II bushels making ly2o
pounds OF wheat from grain IN three years-Gra1
| Valley Cali Record.
The catalpa twigs which were set out by the Evans
| ville Terre Haute Railroad Company two years ago
about three inches In diameter and In three
years Will be large enough for cross TIES ecme
five year ago Lawrence Mass gentleman planted aies
eight feet tall which this year bosSomed for the s
time Catapas have recently been set out IN the Boston
raise in Iowa. the idea being to use the wood for fence
rails These trees grow 40 rapidly that the matter o.
attention OF all interested in iorestry-ioronto Globe
The Editor of The Luling Texas Wdsp explains to
his readers how economically he is living. I'VE
utilize he says all OF stale envelopes split open
envelopes get at the unwrittcn side, ana call into
service the brown wrapping paper in which we carry
home bundles from the store Our special teeerams
are gotten through while the operator is away at dinner
and we compel the proprietor to set type sweep out tho
Office monthy) kndle fires. fetch water, make up the
FORMS entertain visitors discourage boies and deliver
the parer TO city subscribers We don't intend to bank
rupt oil this line"
"Yes" said he, speaking Of the church choir, they
all have good voices; but they don't know how 20 use
"Oh!" exclaimed she, "you are wrong there. Inc
best of feeling exists between them "-tBoston Tran
script.
fond father presented his four -yesr-od boy with
trumpet. with which he was greatly infatuated All
S1 The Sy Ty c hm 70 s NE @
and say his prayers the little fellow said: on Mi %
keep on blowing."-tTroy Times.
Sweet potatoes are selling at % cents bushel In
Paatka Fla while good whiskey can't be bought for
less than 80 cents glass.
Miss Georgia Iaramore OF Amercus. Ca.
engaged De married. but her lover wrote asking fora
70 Ward Holt railroad CONDUCTOR Just as n1a he was na
have agreed 10 that II he 10 not ready. am. and
you know love YOU VIII you marry mep Ths
answer vas yes The conductor DELAYED his II tram ,n
IT, the two made one Five minutes later the con-
ductor whrling of with his train. -lPhiadelphis
Inquirer.
entirely OF habitua .wifebeaters. The object OF the
club is mutual assistance and protection. Whom
member beats his wife and a benghted magistrate
fines him. the fine is paid out OF the club funds. ana the
gentleman goes home and gives his wife another beating
Just for luck. The noble Briton must have his fun.
The Ciereiand Reporters evening paper with
mission. A bookbnder with attachment FOR $50
came last Saturday and The Rp0rer succumbed 10 the
pressure. 1t Is presumed the mission was fulhed.
Certainly another hole In the newspaper graveyard no
longer has its. long felt want for 1t Is filled Buffalo
Express.
Chicago who stole $4,000 fed to Canada, AID
was OF course perfectly safe from arrest But unIuckiy
for him he sw Drc out loud day and he Irompty
jugged Those Canadians will not tolerate any immor1
practices.
In Piedmont Ca. there is a forty-cent man Rhe
hires any one he only pays him forty cents per day;
he hires himself any lie only asks forty GEMS;
he makes bid offer for anything tbs only forty
cents II he swaps horses, cows or anything else no
either asks or pays forty cents difference There are
forty-cent men in other towns than Piedmont-lPha-
delphia Press
Begoe, OF Michigan, who has something to DO with tn.
overnorship that state. is turning the convictso
the state loose. He has probably heard about the
Democratic cry, Turn the rascals out"
A newly imported bush fruit from South America is
being introduced among the fruit growers OF Los
Angeles It Is called the melon shrub II bears
luscious the size OF ana produces
fruit all tho year round.lCouncil Blnis Nonl areii
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COLD RECEPTION OF ARDENT ADVANCES.
From me Ner. York Grdphic (Defn
Civil Service Commissioner Eaton has began paw