Richland beacon. [volume] (Rayville, La.) 1869-1890, 1888-03-03
MYSTERIES OF A DAY.
NOTABLE EVENTS THOUGHT
WORTHY OF A RECORD.
At a Country Fair-Thc COnduc; or's
Punch-StOry of the PiS-How
Many Stars arc Therc?-Pcasant
aud Pastor, &c. &c.

A BRIDE and groom of Springfield, ILL.,,
and some twenty-five or thirty guests,
rather awkward situation,
that was at the same time exceedingly
Mr.. Joseph Patterson Won
the heart of Miss Lulu Donegan of De
catur, and furnished house in Spring
field, and the couple invited their friends
to the wedding, which was to take place
at their new home. After the guests
had assembled and the bride appeared
in her pretty white gown and veil, the
party waited for the arrival OF minis
ter. After waiting about an hour some
one asked what minister had been en-
gagged, when Mr.. Patterson realized Tor
the first time that lie had neglected to
engage any one. A preacher was sent
for at once and the couple were married.
A wEIL-KNOwN Partisan portrait
painter lived orce, before his fame came,
in n common lodging house at an alti-
tude of seven stories. Fearing he could
not induce the public to come so high,
he put up placard on the basement
of The house: PORTRAITS taken here.
Only ten francs. Studio on third floor.
On reaching the third floor, plncard,
Ten frame portraits; the studio has
been removed to the fifth floor would
greet the eye. After much painting and
putting the picture seeker was greeted
with Tin franc portraits; the studio
has, owing to rebuilding OF the premises,
been temporarily removed to the seventh
floor" The customer did not mind suf-
fering more after he had reached that
period of ascent, and the artist got his
patron.
The latest craze is one peculiar to
railroad conductors only. With them
it takes the place of the common auto
graph hunter. After the u1lnl courte-
sizes, when one conductor meets another
now, he draws from his pocket a little
book that is kept especially for the
punch marks % his conductor friends.
The figures Of these punches comprise
over one hundred varieties, many of
them very odd and unique. There is
the crescent, cross, birds, hearts, and
many pcrplexing figures. These charac-
tcrs are, of necessity, very small, but
tho name of the conduct n and that of
the railroad he is serving makes it Il
very interesting book for tEeir lefer-
ence.
They tell down East of poor fellow
who owned remarkably fat hog, and
who also owed q rich man. The hog was
about all the property the poor debtor
had worth levying on, and tho law ex-
emptcd mans only pig. One day the
creditor meeting the deltor sad, You
need another pig. let me send you II
nice little on" The poor man was as
tonishcd. "Why, owe for the hog I've
got now, he ammered. "Nev,r mind,
you neel another one, and Ill send it, ="
and he did, and the little pig was put in
the pen by the side of the Fat one. In
less than an hour the constable came
and attached the IA. hog and took it
away, aud thus the Law and the rich
man were salts i"d.
At a fair held in the Young viIagt Of
Pembroke, D,tko.a,a set oi Eickcus' nov
els was offered To the Enndsomcst and
most popular .;oung lady in the county.
| to b. decided nv the votes OF those at
tending the fair. There is nothing re-
markab.e about this, Of course. hut it
ia something remarkable that in the
four days os The fair there were 2S1 yotes
| cast, and every one of them was for
Miss Laur, Kean, who, i'll company
with Ter brother, lives on a claim two
miles out of town Miss kcan is ora l.
uate of the hica9o public schools, is
Ill /: 1,n1
woman, and can fairly lay claim, or her
friends will for her, OF being the most
beautiful woman in the Territory.
TMcHINK are still greatly dreaded in
Germany. A peasant was arrested 70.
not having his pigs examined hofort
selling the pork. ooh but that's no.
necessary he said. 81 love IA perfectly
certain metho of Il 'termining my pigs
condition" Under fear of Punishment
the man cd:-"My pastor is always
hungry, so l make mp first sausage
from each pig for him and sc,rl it as a
| present. l know that he eats it at once
| Then, after week, ] 90 toin1uirc about
| his health, and if he is well can safely
sell the pork, and save the examination
| fees, too"
LORD LEyESoN, son of Lord and Lndy
Granville, while coniuiing with hall
crown. accidentally let TIE coin slip
down his throat, and it stuck there.
Medical aid was ut hand, and, not he
| ing able to remove the coin, pushed il
| down into the stomach. No bad conse
quences have yet been felt. Arrange
ment has been made with the local sur
| geon for an excessive operation the mo
ment that symptoms of fever appear.
FLORIDA promises to become large
producer of opium. The poppy grows
there very r. ably, ar.d larg r than any
| where else in the Upit,'d States. Six
teen plants will pro luce an ounce OF
opium, AMI ~ acre shoud give profit
Of l,0lo. As the plants i'iil thrive
among trees the ian,l on which ar,
yeiing an nrn Tearing oran3, orchard.
,4n l'c MI izc.l while the trees are
reaching mat,ritv.
A WOMAN. aged 30, who had been ,
cook in the family of an English county
magistrate, was charged with the thief
of some plum pudding, butter, and othe1
foo 1t -as proven that she had boel
in different situations three, five, anf
six .ears, and in service ever since til,
age of II years, and bore an excellent
character, but she was sentenced to 81,
months imprisonment with hard labor
So Much Fun.