Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1886-10-28
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Pieu ny u SoluinDuS professor.
Mary Howett, the well-known En-
glish religious writer, has entered the
Roman Catholic Church.
The lumbermen of Fairfield, Me-, are
preparing to cut upward of 25,000000
feet of lumber next winter
Lieutenant Hem, the owner of the
British yacht Galatea, is an Irishman of
distinguished old Ulster family.
A Canadian grcat-grandfather recent
ly was present at the christening of his
one hundred and seventeenth descend
ant.
Miss Jessie Watson, of Australia. was
recently naturalized in California, so
that she might take up homestead in
that State.
A Fresno, Cal, horticulturist recently
picked 1,149 pounds of apricots from a
single tree, grown on land that five
years ago was desert
Henry Bircher, of Ducks Prairie, ILL.,,
owns mule which eats ducks, chick
ems, fish, cheese, meat and bread, pre-
ferring the latter when thickly spread
with jelly.
Ward Lannon's life of Lincoln is said
to owe much of its literary finish to the
tacile and eloquent pen of Chauncey f.
Black, democratic candidate for COVER
nor of Pennsylvania.
The queen of Spain is said to be suf-
fering from pulmonary disease, which
IS making alarming progress. The af-
lection is similar to that which caused
the death of Kinp Alfonso.
Mrs. Gen. w. S. Hancock has been
engaged during the summer in writing
volume of "reminiscences of her late
husband. 1t is now about completed,
and will be published this winter.
Charles Monckey, inventor of the
Monckey wrench Ggnorantly called the
monkcy-wrench), is living in poverty in
Brooklyn. He sold the patent for ST.
600, and now millions are made annual
ly out of the invention.
Mr. Webb. of the London & North
western Railway, England, stated in
recent speech in London that a new To-
connective is placed on that road on the
average every five days, to repair the
loss caused by ordinary depreciation.
Indian bellies of Alaska wear thick
coating of oil and SCOT on their faces
when not in full toilet This is said to
preserve the complexion, which, after a
thorough scrubbing, looks as fair and
smooth as good article of soft soap.
There are good many queer people
in this world. Just at present Balti-
more contains rs odd a parsonage as
Charles Dickens Mr. Dick. He is a
bookkeeper who runs his house by
rules, which he has printed and hung
in the rooms and halls.
The Indians of Morelos, Mexico, are
said to be quite original in the art of
exchanging wives. When one of the
bartered females is considered more
valuable than the other by the contract
ing parties, cat, dog. or couple of
pigeons are given to equalize the bar
| gain.
The extinction of starlight in the
daylight is not due to the vapors in the
atmosphere, but to the stronger vi
brations of sunlight. which prevent our
eyes perceiving the weaker vibrations
of starlight, exactly rs stronger sound
say cannon shot-prevents us from
hearing n smaller noise.
Mr.. David McWilliams, merchant
of Dwight, ILL.,, has an original photo
graph of Abraham Lincoln, which was
taken at Springfield six weeks before his
nomination for president, in 1860. 1t
is a perfect representation. 1t looks
precisely as Mr.. Lincoln appeared at
that period, rs those of his old friends
who have seen it testify.
The Worcester (Mass.) Spy pleads
for change of Thanksgiving Day
from the cold and discomfort of the last
Thursday in November to an earlier
date. at ought TO be-" says the Spy,
'in the splendid days of October, when
the world is brilliant, when outdoor
games are n luxury, and there is a moon
to make the night almost as light as
day
A mammoth well is being dug on
Breaker Island, near Albany, N. Y 1t
is over twenty feet in diameter and will
be sunk below the bed of the river o
distance of several hundred feet, so that
the water will be of the purest quality
that can be secured. About four mill
ion gallons will be consumed on the
island every day when the blast fur
naces arc in operation.
A Bostonian, seeking to be free-and-
easy and to keep cool, thrust his cellu-
loid cuffs into his coat pocket and
spread the coat upon bench that the
coat might serve as cushion. But in
thus sitting he rubbed match that
happened TO be in the same pocket
against the cuffs, which took fire.
When he got up he got up in hurry.
1t was his best coat, and now he is
without so much as a scrap of best
coat.
Ambrose Dawson, of Washin cton
township, Indiana, has two grown sons
and a daughter. He also had on his
farm one lot in which were a number of
stumps "I'll give you thousand dol
lars apiece if you'll have family re-
union 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 n check for
$1,000.
Daniel Mccain, of West Middle
town, Pa, is veteran of three wars,
having served in the Florida war, the
Mexican war, and the war of the re-
bellion. He has been an object of
charity ever since the late war. He is
now blind, and sits in his log cabin and
talks of trying to get q pension. His
friends have been trying to get a pen
sion for him for years, but his papers
are worn out and many of them are lost,
and their efforts have thus far been un-
successful.
An old rat-catcher says it's regular
thing for swarm of ship rats to '.climb
up the hawsers an riggin' an get on to
the docks. There they'll bunch them
selves together, and by squeakin' or
some other means draw out all the
neighborin' land and dock rats onto the
dock an go for 'em. 1t don't matter
how many or how few there are, you'll
always find the dead bodies of the land
rats left on the field after the fight"
Ship rats will not live on land. When
driven from one ship they Immediately
seek another.
Mrs. Hem, wife of the master of Gal
atca, is little dark-haired woman, who
dresses only to suit herself She Is apt
to appear in the morning with little
worsted toque ON her head, black
waist, and red skirt. Her Jewels are
beautiful. and utterly unlike any worn
by any other lady in the city. Those
who know her have the impression that
if her husband should say to her, my
dear, how soon can you get ready to go
to Iceland?'' she would reply: Let me
get my hat and I'll be all ready" The