Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-02-03
MISCELLANEOUS,

The sleepiest man win wake up II
You say ball game in his ear.
The best place to see the average
museum freak is in the picture in the
advertisement. 1t there excels itself in
monstrosity. - Germantown I,sdepend-
ent.
Civ Is are so scarce in Dakota that
when a new girls enters the territory
all the brass bands turn out en- masse
and serenade her with Sweet Violets."
-MtSanthropic Erchanqe.
"A Chicago man bought $3.50 in
cul ator, put $25 worth of eggs in it,
and Matched out bluebottle fly. He
now brags of having the only 5000 blue
bottle fly in the country Cincinnati
Times.
First Low Comcdy-'I like this
road much better than the B. & O.,
Claudius," Tragedy-"Whys so, Hora-
tiop' First Low Comedy-"All the
ties are planned on the upper side!'-
Puck.
why don't you mend your
clothesp" asked gentleman of very
weather-beaten tramp. Sos" was
the reply. 'T've got it from the Scripter
that it don't pay to sew tears. ~ Wash
ngton Critic.
The annual product ofbutter in the
State of Vermont is stated at q, 900. 600
pounds; of maple sugar at 10000, 900
pounds; of wool at 100000 pounds.
and of hay at 10000 tons.- Farm,
Field and Stockman.
Good buttermilk made from sweet
cream and taken fresh is form of food
found serviceable in cases of diabetes.
A diet of pure buckwheat flour cakes
has also proved advantageous in gly-
cosuria Indianapolis Journal.
"A man in the western part of Ne
braslla, vito has been bound up in
wedlock only five months, has ap-
piled for divorce upon the singular
charge that his wife will not trim her
toenails, which he AYERS are of mon
strous size.-DetroH Free Press.
The way they talk out West.-First
Speaker-"Let me see, Uncle Billy,
you're the oldest inhabitant in Yeast
vile, amt YEP" Second dtto-.Me
the oldest inhabitantp 0, no. What
put that idea in your headp There's
old Ferguson who's been here five or
six months longer than me-"
A Dubuque grocer named Scott
offered to let woman named Taylor
strike him with Goldfish for TWENTY
five cents. 1t was all joke, you know,
but she paid the money, gave the cod
fish whirl or two, and when it hit
grocer Scott it broke his jaw and tore
off part of his ear.
In entering horse car it is not re-
allied by everybody that to occupy the
rear end of the car while there is plenty
of room ahead is needless injury to
the horses. When the weight behind is
greater than that in the front of the car
it makes drawing the load much harder
for the horses.
Growing Too Fast.-A man with a
large family was complaining of the
difficulty of supporting all of them.
But, said friend, 'you have sons
big enough to earn something for YOU
now. "The difficulty is they are too
big to work." was the disconsolate
fathers reply.-N. Y. Ledger
veal ocollops: Chop any refuse
pieces of veal very fine, put layer on
the bottom of deep, buttered baking
dish. Season with salt and pepper.
Cover with Il layer of powdered
crackers and bits of butter Proceed
until the dish is full. Spread over the
top thick layer of crackers pounded,
butter, two beaten eggs, and teacup
of cream. Bake SLOWLY.
In view OF the more or less aggres-
siye attacks upon the Jews in several
countries of Europe during the current
year, the statistics of the Jewish Annual
for 1886 are of current interest. From
the figures printed in this useful alma
: oac it appears that there are $500, 900
Jews in the world. OF this large num-
Der only $4,000 are in Palestine, and
New York City alone has probably as
: many. The number of Jews in the
United States is 230,000 Germany has
562, 600 Jewish citizens, while France
has but $4,000. In proportion to its
t size and population Russian Poland,
f with its 76S, 900 Jews, is probably more
} nearly strictly Jewish country than