Bridgeton pioneer., 1885-12-17
ODDS AND ENDS.

Love is like painter, who in draw
ing portrait of a friend having blem-
lsh in one eye, would picture only the
other side of the face.
Jimmy, when told that he was made
OF dust, stoutly refused to believe it,
saying quickly: Then why don't I
soak to mud when Deanie puts me in
the baff-tub?'
If we ate more deliberately, half our
accustomed quantity of food would be
sufficient, and we would save ourselves
from dyspepsia, or tendency to over
increase in weight.
The war on Sunday theatricals has
beenrevived in Cincinnati. Adespatch
from there says that the managers and
actors, although they count Sundays
profits larger than those of any other
day in the week, appear willing to rest
on that day provided all close.
An editor in Kinslor, n. C. who doesn't
object to good produce in lieu of cash
subscriptions gives very emphatic and
pointed notice that he will draw the
line at ''8 or 10year old roosters" which
some subscribers have been in the
habit of passing on him for chickens.
A clock that was made by Nat. Null
liken in 1774, and which was taken for
safety at the time of the battle of Lex
ington, Mass, from house the British
had set fire to in that town, has been
purchased by Lexington man for
$118. 1t is said to be in good order.
A picture in Broadway, n. Y, win
dow is said to bear, to a passer-by
coming down town, the likeness of the
Crown Prince of Prussia; to those look
ing at it going up town, it is perfect
picture of Bismark; while by those di-
rectly facing it the features of Emperor
William are seen.
y father of Peabody, Kan, lost his
watch in the field the other day, and
his hunt for it was made doubly trou-
blesome by the long grass. To this he
applied a match, hoping to clear the
ground for few feet, but a prairie fire
that did several hundred dollars dam
age was the result.
The great American volcano. Popo-
catepetl, has been found to be 1904
feet above the sea. The crateri about
two and one-half miles in circuit, and
1000 feet deep The entire centre of
the top of the mountain appears to be
solid sulphur, which isdeposited at the
rate of ton per day.
Practicing economy: Young house
keeper docking over the market re-
ports Bertha, I shall want you to go
to market this morning" Bertha
"Yismum. Wot'llI get, mum?n Young
housekeeper-'I see that beef is much
cheaper on the hoof, and l presume it
is just as good. Get a nice roast off of
the hoof."
One of a flock of maillard ducks flying
south, struck the ball on the flagstaff
over the Court House, at Alexandria.
Dakota, the other day, breaking the
shank and throwing the ball clear off
the building. The bird fell in front of
the house with its breast torn off. 1t
is said the staff was strong enough to
hold a man on its top.
In Warsaw. Belmont County, Ohio,
few days ago, a young woman. suf-
fering from eye affection, was chloro-
formed, and one of her eyes was sue
cessfully removed. When she recov-
cred consciousness lit was found that
the good eye had been removed, and
the physician was so overcome that he
for malpractice.
At Silver Cliff, Colorado, one evening
recently, an explosion of giant powder
occurred in the boiler room of the Bull
Domingo mine. The building caught
fire and the flames extended to the
shaft house and the timbers at the en-
trance of the mine, cutting off the es-
cape of the men in the lower levels.
Ten men lost their lives, and their
bodies We're found after it became DOS
sible to descend the mine.
In casting an old shoe after his bride
daughter for luck, according to the
ancient notion that it would bring the
happy couple good fortune, Lyons
father used 50 much enthusiasm that
the shoe, which lodged under the bride
groom's ear, knocked the latter out of
a carriage in which he was starting
with the bride for Il railway station.
The bride tainted and the tour was
temporarily spoiled.
The marriage of a couple who had
never met until the time set apart for
their wedding, has occurred in Rut-
land county, Vermont. The proposal
and the circumstances attending the
affair, as related by the Reuie,r. of Rut-
land, are as follows: "A farmer in this
county, who was a widower, wrote to
a lady in an adjoining town, whom he