The Irish standard., 1890-01-18
THE IRISH sTANDARD:z SATURDAY. JANUARY 1a. D
!; RANDOM B LEOTIoNS.

1FjI!S RANDOM REF LEOTIoNs. 81
Ia i little town Of Schleswig- a olstein
there il . tax exenp i'm for d ,gs that
sleep with their % asters and mistresses,
and so preserve them from govt, rheu-
matism aud like pains. It such were
the custom 10 Minneapolis the dog
would have nothing 70 do during the
summer months.
The army reports for November show
158 desertisns from the force of $4,000
enlisted men, The desertions among
the colored regiments are fewer than
among the white troops TIE colored
boys know a good thing when they see
it. Army life nowadays is far ahead Of
working IN the woods, and until times
get better the soldier boy should stick
to his gun.
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The doctors who attended the late
King of Portugal during the last few
weeks of his illness presented bills for
their services amounting to nearly $780,
600. They must evidently have taken
Ed A. Stevens bill against the city of
Minneapolis for compiling the city char
ter and ordinances as standard. A
good example, like a kind word. goes q
long way some times.
It took fifty-one serious accidents dur
ing the last season to put and keep "
foot ball PLAYERS in the field for seven
colleges. This, however, does not in
clude the accidents that happened on
the bleaching boards or the grand stand;
neither has it any reference to the acct
dent that happened the holder of one of
the box receipts, who left without the
managers permission. and loomed mp a
month afterwards in Canada as whole
sale liquor dealer.
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A West Chester paper tells of man
who was s'draggei down stairs and over
stone wall by stubborn mule" That
is nothing. For the past five years a
number of Minneapolis people have
been constantly dragged from South
Minneapolis to the business centre of
the city by mules, but they were not
stubborn mules. The Street Railway
Company came to the mules rescue a
few days ago, and both the people and
the mules are happy now.
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Farmer John Macy, Of Uniondale, N.
Y, IS clearly entitled to the champion
ship for corn husklng, He was recently
backed for $l0O to husk 100 bushels of
corn IN seven hours, taking the corn as
it stood stacked ia the field. He was to
pull down the stacks himself and tie and
set up the empty sheaves. He won the
money. If prizes were offered the pri-
soners at the workhouse to get out
quicker these days on the rock piles,
would it have any effect? Doubtless
not, as some of them are almost too lazy
to draw their breath.
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Speaking of Sam Jones, contempor-
arY has this to say Sam Jones shot hard
at an old fellow in one of his Kentucky
congregations when the latter corrected
one of the preachers expressions. The
preacher spoke of t'raislDg children, .
,, when the critic shouted out ''We raise
horses and bring up children" "Yes,'
responded jones, ''you raise horses
worth $50. 900 apiece and bring up child.
rem worth about So head" Sans col
lections in Kentucky evidently did not
equal that of the distillers, otherwise he
never would have made such break.
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Journalism is looking up in China.
There are now three newspapers pub
blished il that country, aud there is a
prospect that another will som be start
ed. Tho prospectors are waiting until
they can find out whether it will be a
loug-felt want. In China. by the way,
il a paper publishes an untrue statement
about any one not only are the editors
punished, but all the readers as we'll.
What time tie editors of some Mime
apolis and st. Paul papers would have
did they live in China. How would