The Colfax chronicle., 1890-12-20
JOURNALISTIC PLuMs.

RECENTLY mother and two daugh-
tcrs il New York State all gave birth to
twins on the same day.
A NEosHo County, Kan, farmer sent
this mixed order to Chanute merchant:
''Send me sack of -four, five pounds of
cofc and one pound OF tee My wife
gave birth to big baby boy last night,
also Eve pounds of corn starch. a screw
driver and fiytrap. 1t weighed ten
pounds and a straw hat"
A BosroN young man, clerk in a re-
tail dry-goods store. was granted fort
nights vacation, and amused himself by
daily visiting the store for half an hour,
marching up and down, and pleasantly
nodding to his associates. When asked
for an explanation, he replied that he
had felt for long time desire to DO
able to do as he pleased in the store,
and he had now been able to do SO.
A snoEr courtship is reported from
Maine. Deacon Marvin. one of the early
settlers of Buckfield, one day mounted
his horse with only sheepslin for a
saddle, rode in front of the house where
Betty Lee lived, and, without dismount
ing, reqacsted Betty to come to him
On her coming he told her that the Losd
had sent him there to marry her. Betty,
without much hesitation, replied: ''The
Lords will be DONE"
THE New York Tribune tells of IA fss-
tidious lady who drove to her butchers
and told that individual that whenever
he or his assistants spoke to her through
the telephone they must wash their
hands and put on coat. ut is highly
indelicate," "she said, for you to speak
TO lady with unclean hands and in
your shirt sleeves, and unless yon cease
doing so shall have to trade with the
other butcher person"
IRIS an obliging world. sure enough.
A New York woman mailed letter to
Baltimore. 1t had a paper pocket sewcd
on tho outside of tho envelope with
white thread On the pocket was mes
sage to the postmaster that it contained
ten cents and that the writer desired the
postal authorities TO buy special deliv-
cry stamp for the letter and deliver 1t as
soon as it reached there. The injunction
was obeyed and the letter promptly for
warded.
A CITIZEN of Lee County, Georgia,
tells tho following story: Last spring
planted lot of English peas. One
day the chickens got in the garden,
scratched them up and acc them. |
didn't have time just then to send to
town after more pea seed to plant, so |
decided to cut the chickens' craws open,
take the seed out and plant them. did
that; then sewed up the craws with a
common needle and thread. l never
saw liner crop of English peas than l
raised last spring. and ] think those
chickens were the best ever tasted, for,
grew to be of good size."
A CURIOUS story of burglary comes
from London. twas at a grocer's shop.
At a very carly hour in the morning be-
fore tho inmates sleeping three stories
above were awake, man, ostensi5ly a
groccrs' assistant, unlocked the door
from outside, and, putting on an apron.
started with a brisk air of business to
take the shutters down. As he was so
engaged q cart with two other men
drove up, aud by and by the three were
busily removing a dozen chests of tea
from the stores into tho street and load
ing the cart. Having completed their
task they drove off, no one then sus-
pecting that any thing was wrong. The
robbery was an adroit one, and the
thieves were not caught. 1t appeared,
later. however, that their booty was
only some chests filed with sawdust and
used as dummies in the window.