The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1889-11-29
MISCELLANEOUS,


atand the weather until the thermomc-
ter goes to GA below zero. Then her
feathers won't save her. Wild ducks
can 90 twelve degrees lower and come
out g.. OPP.
- unch of dates that weighed
tbirty-!ive pounds was picked on
ranch at Winters, Cal, recently. The
owner set out a few trees as an expert
ment twenty-five years ago, and they
have been bearing for ten years.
1t seems that the average New En-
gland father reserves the right to tan
his SON jacket until the very day that
the boy reaches his majority. while in
the West the ''old man" lets up at the
ace of about sixteen. Some one should
collect statistics to show which prac-
tice proves the most beneficial to the
boy.
"A writer in the Liverpool Mercury
thinks 1.-The multiplication of theaters
in London is a remarkable social de-
yelopment. They are now almost too
numerous to count. At this moment
there are twenty recognized houses of
dramatic entertainment open nightly"
This in population of about five mil
lions.
The name 'Kanogan, which is now
applied to a county in Washington
Territory, was given by the Indians to
the head of river now called by that
came. 1t signifies the rendezvous. :"
The Indians, even to this day, assem-
bic there from all over the territory.
from British Columbia, and even from
Alaska, for their annual potlatch and
20 lay in their year supply of fish and
game.
"A Buffalo girl got rid of an unde-
sirable sutton in an unique way. He
proposed on the way home from church,
and the fair creature, who is 10 er
young to marry said Eyes" but
added that she would not marry him till
he gained the consent of her father.
The young man discovered the next
day that the young lady's father died
several years ago, and the disappointed
lover emigrated for distant parts.
There is a sad and discouraged
man at Kreslin. Pa. Twenty years ago
he bought 3 coffin for himself at bar
gain. and kept it in the house until the
other day, when fire came along and
his bargain was consumed. elf | had
only died two weeks ago." he said,
when he fully realized the extent of
his loss, Il would have saved my coffin. 3"
During the Franco-Prussian war,
corporal came to the doctor with
one of his men who was unfit for the
saddle. The doctor examined him,
and found him suffering from rheuma-
tism. The corporal proceeded to fill
up the requisite form for the man S ad-
mission to the nearest military hospi-
tai. Can you spell rheumatism, cor
poral?" said the doctor. Il think I
Gun, doctor, thank you," replied ne,
saluting. The corporal was Louis
Coetloyon. one of the leading journal
lists of Paris.
"A young Frenchman named
liquet was recently sentenced at Paris
to Imprisonment for defrauding several
persons. He protested that he was
innocent, but his accusers swore to his
identity. The next day another man
was before the court on a similar
charge. He presented so wonderful a
resemblance to Tiquet that the magis-
trate determined to investigate, and
the result was that Tiquet was found to
be innocent. and that the fraud was
perpetrated by his unknown double.
"A man, or woman either, can set a
men, although they can not sit her;
neither can they set on her, although
the old hen might sit on them by the
hour if they would allow. A man can
not set on the wash bench, but he could
set the basin on it, and neither the
basin nor the grammarians would OBJ
lect He could sit on the dogs tail if
the dog were willing or he might set
his foot on it. But if he should set on
the aforesaid tail, or sit mis- foot there,
the grammarians as well as the dog
would howl. And yet. strange as it
may seem the man might set the tail
aside and then sit down, and neither
be assaile6 by the dog nor the gram
marians. Union.
The curious story of the travels of a
letter is told by the following: On April
D. 1887. letter bearing nearly dozen
postmarks, was received at Takoma,
ID. I. Where it has been since it was
committed to the mail at South Water
ford, Me-, on March 1, could only
partly be guessed; but the synopsis of
the history of some of its travels may
be given thus: March 10, arrived at
Tacoma, w. t., remailed for return
eastward; March 10. received at Chi
cago post-office; March l9. mailed to
1akoma. d. c.; April 8, again mailed
at Chicago post-office; April 5, re-
celved at Washington and forwarded
to Iakoma, d. c.
1t is no light thing to disturb a
religious meeting in Georgia The
other evening while prayer was being
offered in the Oconee church the sharp
snap of an igniting match disturbed
the congregation. Just before the
oeneolctlon was pronounced the
preacher said: eff the young man who
struck that match will come forward
alter services and acknowledge it. or
say it was accidental, we will excuse
MIN. but if he does not there is man
IN this house who will sift it out, and
IL Will cost him more than one thou