Huntsville gazette., 1889-04-13
OF GENERAL INTEREST,


lady having pet dog whose hair is a
rich mahogany color, desires to engage
footman with whiskers to match"
Widows have the call In the East.
With all the superfnity of women in
New England it is said that seven out
OF every ten widows under thirty-five
re-marry within two years after widow
hood.
The expression "by hook or by
crook originated in an old custom in
regard to gathering wood in forests
The wood gatherer was permitted to
have all the wood fallen on the ground,
and all that he could reach with his
crook from the branches of trees.
The thrifty Washington trades
man knows how to make hay while
the sun shines and money while the
rain falls. A grocer during the re-
cent Inauguration charged Philadel-
phian twenty-five cents for four crack
ers and two red herrings, which is
about on q par with the old cost Of ten
cracker and pepper sauce.
"A New Jersey bird dog went into
room where parrot was at liberty,
when he stopped and pointed. The
bird approached, looked the dog
square in the eye, and said: You're
a rascalm The dog was so surprised
at hearing a bird speak that he
dropped his tail. wheeled and ran
away, and from that day to this he
has never been known to point bird.
The Bank of England is said to be
the most extensive banking institution
in the world. 1t employs over 1000
clerks and its buildings cover more
than eight acres. Several other inter-
esting things might be mentioned
about this famous institution. For
one, it issues no note but once. If a
customer were to receive note at the
paying teller's window and i'm
mediately hand it in again at the re-
ceiving tellers desk, the note would
be at once retired.
In Brazil there is tribe called
Cafusos, which has sprung into exist
ence by marriage between the long,
stiff-haired natives AM the imported
negro slaves. As might be expected
from the admixtures of these extremes,
these people possess hair of very ex-
traordinary kind. 1t rises perpendic-
ularly from the head in thick curly
masses, and forms wig of such enor-
nous dimensions that the possessors
must stoop low when entering their
huts.
A Boston lady has presented to
the Bostonian Society three-page
letter that John Hancock wrote from
London. March 2. 1851, to Rev.
Daniel Perkins, OF Bridgewater. In it
Hancock said: II shall with salts
faction bid adieu to this grand place,
with all its pleasurable enjoyments, for
the more substantial pleasure | prom
ise myself in the enjoyments of my
friends in America The greatest
estate in England would be but poor
temptation to me to spend my days
here"
"A young exquisite who thought
that an eyeglass would improve his
appearance. went into an opticians
and was long time trying to find one
to suit him. None of them would do:
they were either too strong or to weak
for his sight. AT length he found one
that was just right, and inquired the
price. Surprised at the selection he
had made, the optician, after looking
at him in blank astonishmeEt, vent
ured to ask what number OF glass he
would like for the empty frame he had
picked out.-N. Y. Ledger
Philip Volkert, silk hat manu-
facturer Of Cincinnati, was working
away quietly one day lately when q
customer entered and handed him his
hat to be ironcd. Something besides
the evident antiquity of the tile at
tracted Mr.. Volkert's attention, and
upon turning down the leather he re-
cognized his private mark, placed
there when he make the hat as a
Jour" halter. over thirty years ago.
The customer departed with a new
hat, and Mr.. Volkert possesses the
other as precious relic of the way
they did things when he was boy.
Checking babies at balls is the
latest wrinkle, says the Buffalo On
VI Commercial. At ball given in
that city, recently. a woman became
tired of carrying her little one about
in her arms. She took the child to the
hat-room and put it in a box. The
little sleeper was then duly checked,
the mother paying ten cents for the
privilege 'I'll keep this baby here
till it wakes up, but you must come
and get it when it begins to cry" said
the man in charge of the hat-room.
"All right" replied the mother. and
away she went to the ballroom, where
she enjoyed two-hours' recreation. At
the end of that time, the mother was
called out OF a set to take care of the
baby.