The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1886-10-06
sTErrs OF INTEREST.
Facts, Fancics and C0nceits Picked
From Here and There.

Facts, Fancics and Conceits Picked
From Here and There.
He ION horseback shall we take the
highway home? She-No, I would prefer
the bridal path, think.
A remarkable COW is the Holstein Cio-
thilde. She has given during the last SIX
years 1000 pounds of milk, or about
seventy pounds day.
The birds of paradise are in danger Of
extinction in New Guinea, SO many are
required by fashion for the decoration Of
dress aud for ornaments.
An old lady correspondent of paper
writes to the editor, like your paper very
much. have only one objection to it. II
hasn't deaths enough"
Two of the thrones of the last Napoleon
are for sale in France at 800 each. Re
duced 10 Sc and equipped with rockers
they might find purchaser in this coun.
try.
Customer-But amt the trousers too
long? Merchant-Too long2 Dey is made
to fit a man ezzakly your size. If yonr legs
happen to be drife short you must quar-
rel nit nature-not de tailor
A Michigan Sheriff recently found fugi.
tive horse-thief at the bottom of a well
forty-two feet deep and made him crawl
out. In Texas il would have been differ
emily. They would simply have filed in
the well.
In the fourteenth century the little village
Of Worsted, near Norwich, England, first
produced that stuff which still bears its
name, and worsted work hangings did for
the middle classes that which tapestry did
for the upper.
Buyers of wedding presents who are hest
tating upon the merits of appropriate arti-
cles for purchase might be pleased with the
presents selected by nice old lady. She
sent pair of fiatirons, q rolling pin and a
motto worked on cardboard reading Fight
On
Tom Anjerry, of the University of Texas,
has trouble in meeting his bills. To 0
pressing creditor he said: II can't pay
You anything this MONTH" That's what
you told me last MONTH" "Well, kept
my word, didn't / ?n
A Columbia man who has for years beer
walking on crutehes on account of rheu.
matism abandoned his crutehes during the
earthquake on Tuesday night and went on
into the yard like q young colt. He nov
gets about very well without crntchos. :
Columbia, s. O., Register.
How are You, old hoss?" somewha
disrespectfully remarked a man 10 Deacon
Gilpin, MS he entered the store. Sir
do not like to be chased among the quad
rupeds.' "Oh, we don't--eh2 Well,
called you old boss cause see by the bill
you sent me yesterday that you was (
pretty good charger
The tube of the great Lick telescope nov
constructing will be fifty-six feet long, and
with the enormous spectroscope attached
the extreme length of the instrument will
approach sixty-fve feet. The only move
feature in tile plans of the observatory is
the use of hydraulic power to raise md
lower the floor of the DOME thereby OBJ
Waiting the necessity Of an observing chnir.
United States Marshal Neiins of Cobb
county. Ga. is not enyied by his neighbors.
The moonshineis have threatened to kill
him, and the Marshal thinks TINT they mean
it, and that they are quite likely to succeed.
But he doesn't weaken particle.
Louisville has 10000 colored people
many of whom are prosperous and some of
whom are rich. Some of the best real
estate in the city is owned by colored men,
there are three or four large furniture deal
ars, and many coal yards, groceries, and
saloons owned by negroes.
A Nova Scotia farmer, hunting for his
cows at dusk, came upon big black bear
that at once showed fight The farmer was
about to seek safety in flight, when his
three cows, believing loudly, with tails
erect and fire in their usually placid eyes,
charged the bear 50 iercely that he turned
tail and fled.
Ambrose Dawson of Washington town
ship, Ind, has two grown sons and a
daughter. He also had on his farm one
lot in which were a number of stumps
s'Tll give You thousand dollars apiece il
you'll have a family reunion at home, and
bring along some dynamite and blow up
them stumps," he said to his children.
The reunion was held, the stumps were
blown up, and each offspring got check
for 81 900.
Henry Bleyins Of Poplar Bluff. Mo-,
while squirrel hunting heard a pig sqneal
rs If in great distress. He went toward
the sound and saw big bear just in tbs
act Of squeezing the last squeal out of pooi
piggy. Mr.. Bleyin's gun was not LOADED
for bear, but he found in his pocket No
buckshot. This he rolled in paper unit
the wad just fitted the gun, rammed i
home on top of the squirrel shot, aimed a
the bears head and pulled the trigger. Til
aim was true, the buekshot dill its work