The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1888-11-22
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MISCELLANEOUS
B "A change Is coming over the face
OF California. Where the old mines
used to be now forests are springing
up. The wind and the birds have done
the planting.
Ats Buffalo '.half of :" sale II was
proven that cashmere worth sixty-nine
cents per yard was sold for ninety
three cents by placing II on the ..bar-
gain counter. Thinge are not always
what they seem.
High water and consequent floods
are often boon to Southern towns.
The Augusta Chronicle Of Georgia says
that the years after the freshets have
always been the most healthy, and that
that city is to-day one Of the cleanest
in the world.
In Delaware little theft is severely
punished. A man who stole q door
mat was sentenced to pay for the mat.
t6 receive ten lashes at the public
hitching post and then was sent to jail
for thirty days.
A $40 bill came into the hands of q
banker with these words written in q
bold, legible hand on its face: This
is the last of 100000" The sentence
epitomizes the story of spendthrift, q
speculator or debauchee.
The most original suicide comes
from Yadkin County, N. G., where one
Rufe Revis broke into his neighbours
still room and putting one end of 4
syphon in barrel OF whisky and the
other in his mouth. got so entirely full
that he had not space for breath.
Scientists rank the habits of bees
the most reliable Of all weather prog
nostications. They become restless
and irritable before a storm, and in
eight or nine instances within three
years their indications have proven
correct when the barometer has failed.
What sort of labor is best paid in
this country?" asked a visiting En-
glishman of an American. "Field la
bor." was the prompt reply. ''You sur
prise mel" ''It's fact. You ought to
see the salaries paid to our baseball
players. Pittsburgh Chronicle.
-''Ma." said little student of natur-
al history, ''do frogs go to Ireland in
the winter time, when every thing is
froze up?'' mo, my dear; what makes
you ask such question?'' because
teacher says they always hibernate in
winter,' was the reply of the observing
young hopeful.
"A man of Brazil, Ind, who died
suddenly the other day, had most
curious mania for stealing women's
shoes. A few years ago he was ar
rested. and forty or fifty pairs or shoes
and slippers were recovered. After
his death over sixty pairs of women 8
shoes were found in the hut where he
lived alone.
"A Michigan farmer, after losing
three shoats, moored a large boar to
the hog-pen to grapple with the bear
that was feasting on his stock. The
boar possessed long tusks, and bounced
upon bruin the moment he appeared.
The bear attempted to hug his enemy,
but the porker was too cute, and, after
hard fight, ripped the intruder open
with his tusks. The farmer then came
| up with a lantern and Drained the
| depredator with an axe.
The following paragraph appeared
the other day in the Sharp County
(Ark.) Record: 1--WE want within the
next sixty days, delivered at our sane
tum, east end of Main street, or at our
wife's residence, south side of town,
within legal hours, $1,000 good and
lawful money of United States, eighty
one gallons of first-class sorghum, 100
bushels of prime wheat, twenty bar
rels OF corn in shuck (no stalks needed),
1900 new subscribers, orders for fifty
more new business cards and ADVERTISE
ments for our columns which would
show that business men appreciate the
home paper.
Probably the first prohibition petit
ton issued in this country has been dis
covered in the State archives of North
Carolina. On May 26, 1856, King Hag-
Ter, of the Catawbas, thus petitioned
Chief Justice Henley: Il desire a
stop may be put to the selling of strong
liquors by the white people to my peo-
pie, especially near the Indians. If the
white people make strong drink lei
them sell it to one another. or drink il
in their own families. This will AVOID
a great deal of mischief which other
wise will happen from my people get
ting drunk and quarreling with the
white people, The Chief Justice, as
appears from an Endorsement, prom.
ised to bring the matter to the Govern.
! or's notice.