The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1889-03-28
ALI SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.

= Charles Vail, an undertaken Of
Madison, Ind, is proud Of the fact
that he has buried more than 20 900 pco.
pie.
= An exchange in speaking oithe bad
coudition,of the wagon roads i'll Georgia
says they arc paved with single trees..and
profanity.
= Slore college students come from
Connecticut in proportion TO the l'opula'
ton than from any other State. She
sends one 10 every $40 persons.
= Michigan lumbermen are investing
largely in sou!heru:pine. Recently co..
600 acres, situated in Southern Missis'
sippi ard Louisiana, were purchased
at rcmuneraliye figures by!. Michigan
men.
"A section hand carelcssly laid down
for a nap on the Air Linc..Railroad track
near Tugalo River. Both his hands,
which were lying across the rails, were
cut of by a passing train, leaving only
his thumbs.
= The cos!liest book owned in Chicago
is copy Of the first folio edition of
Shakespeare, published in 1892. 1t is
regarded as the finest copy in America,
and is valued at SO, 900. 8 It's owner is
man who made fortune on the Chicago
board of trade.
j. T. Fletcher, Of Jenkins Bridge
Va, was in his grave and men were
bricking it up, when they heard groan.
They opened the coffin and found Fetch
er's heart beating. He was taken home,
but died two days afterward without re.
gaining consciousness.
- Mrs. Eaton, one of President Harri-
sons sisters, wore at the inaugural ball
lace shawl, which belonged to her
grandmother, the first President Harri-
sons wife. She also wore locket once
the property Of Mrs. Benjamin Harrison
of Revolutionary fame.
"A young lady of Orlando, Fla, is
the proud owner of large Thomas cat
which is an expert bird catcher. His
style of hunting is peculiar and decided
original. He has learned to initiate the
notes of birds, and in that way entices
them within bis reach.
= Mary Beard, an old colored woman
living in Guyton, Ga, has just returned
from Florida, where she was reunited
with her mother, from whom she was sep.
arated fifty four years ago, and had never
seen since. She was taken from her
mother when only 5 years old.
In Philadelphia the average number
ofpersons living on an acre OF ground is
only 13 the number Of dwellings per
acre is q, and the number of persons per
dwelling 6. In New York the number of
persons on each acre ofspace is 50; the
number Of dwellings per acre 4, and the
number Of persons per dwelling is.
= Two fishermen at pushaw lake
baitcd line with sinner and put it
through the.ice. Noticing great com.
motion, they took it from the water, when
it vas found that a white perch, weighing
about half a pound, had swallowed the
bait, and then an enormous pickcrsl
had swallowed both the perch and lis
prize.
"A writer in an..Ensiisll paper claims
for Woodbridge the credt.of possessing
the meanest msn.in the person ola mis-
erly yeomsn who refused 10 allow his
daughter to receive sealskin JACKET as a
present because he could not afford to
pay for the camphor which would be
needed to keep the moths out Of it during
the summer.
= An. honest blacksmith was once
grossly insulted and his character infa.
mously DETAINED. Friends advised him
to seek redress by means of law, but to
one, and Ill he replied, "No; I will go
to my forge and there in six months l
will have worked: out such character
and earned such name as all thejudges,
law courts and lawyers in the world could
not give me-" He was right. 1t was by
honest labor, manly courage, and a con-
science void of offence that we assert our
true dignity and prove our honesty and
respectability.
No member of President Harrison's
Cabinet is a total abs.ainer, though
Wanamaker publicly frowns upon intox-
icants. Mr.. Harrison likes 9 swallow of
Irish whiskey now and then. Blaine is
a connoisseur of French wines, Window
enjoys dinner at which each course has
its appropriate stimulant, Tracy is fond
of q pint of champagne at lunch, Nobk
likes malt drinks, and indulges every day
in bottle of imported ale, Miller seldom
takes anything but rye and scltzer, while3
Rusk swallows his corr juice plain. Eli
iah Halford has nevcritasted w!liskey, but
has slipped champagne now aud then on
conyivial occasions.
Editor stovall, of the Augusta
Chronicle. writing of the Charleston
tragedy, says: Gallant Dawson, thc''
brilliant editor, the gallant chevalier, is
no more. What transpired during the
tragic moments of his taking off we may
not know. What plea he made for an
unfortunate girl, what cxpostulatiogs1
fered to misguided man, what not
words passed, what blow was offered,
what provocation given-these are not in
our possession. We believe his interfer.
ence in matter, which in some degree
concerned his house, was inspired by an
intrepid, chivalrous nature, which actea
up to lofty conception of duty and wnlen o,
yielded its life we must accept, IN IS n'sn
minded endeayor as ever s'oiineu ~
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