The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1890-02-13
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.

ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
- A true friend is one who is not
| afraid to tell us of our faults. ~ ).
- a goat in Tennesse died ofgrief from
losing its young master.
Woman's hand may be pale and
delicate, but she can pick up a hotter
plate than man. 80
"A married mao of Rome, N. ~
eloped with a widow and six children,
carrying off the entire family.
-"Ma," said little girl, willie
wants the biggest piece of pie, and sink
I ought to have it, cause be was eatin'
pie two years fore / was borned."
There is slight additional difference,
between hill and pill other than the {
difference of one letter. The Grsti is hard :
to get up aud the secoud is hard TO get
down.
= Illinois ia staggering to the 'front.'
with what is claimed to be the largest
hog on record. 4 CLARK county farmer
has porker that tips the scales at 935S
pounds. SIS S,
: The Whisky Trust, representing q;
capital of more than S30,000,OO0, has
thrown up the sponge, and will resolve
itself into an every day corporation in
fear of inimical State legislation.
-. There have been heavy blockades in !
the Sierra mountains, where the snow:iss
in some places fifteen feet deep. In parts
of Utah there has been more snow thiss
winter than for the last twenty five
years.
"A little tot, saying her prayers, vas:
asked by her mother;lwhy she had not
asked Gods forgiveness for some special
act of disobedience. "Why, mamma, Isss
didn't s'pose you wanted it mentioned
outside the family"
"A Massachusetts man, rs years Of
age, has just found in his leg pin which
he lost when be was s. Some boys
would have let the pin 60, but those
Massachusetts people are 80 saving they
never give up anything
The Centeryille Alliance, of Laurenss
County, has passed resolution requesting
merchants not 'c sell pistols or pistol
cartridges; and the members pledge
themselves not to trade with any merchant
who disregards this request. 49,
--It costs 100000 day to run the
city government of New York. THERE'S
a large suspicion that the taxpayers I'M
that town do not get their moneys WORTH
Tammany, however, manages to hayea
good time. .-Baltimore american.
= The longest bridge in the world .isa
said to be at Language, China, over am
arm of the China Sea. 1t is as much as &
five miles long, built entirely Of stone,
and has 400 arches, each seventy feet
wide The roadway is alao seventy
feet. ss:;S:s
The largest tea and coffee importer
in the United States is J. w. Doan,E of
Chicago. Mr. Doan keeps one man
buying teas in China at a salary of Sl2 "a rs
600 year. Another gets the same AMOUNT
in Chicago for grading teas by inhaling
the aroma.
= The potato cr.p Of the country siss:
estimated at 213, 100000 bushels, an lin
crease of 100000 bushels over that Of
last year. Estimating the population at
65,0O0,0OO souls, it will be seen that there
are over three and one half bushels fors
each man, woman and child in the Uni-sN
ted States. sss
= To show the capacity Of his stomach.
Pennsylvania man few days ago ate az
mixture composed of q pound of fig, fifty
raw oysters, and pound of sugar, and Z
topped off the mess with pound of f.lard. z:
he said on wager he would eat box of
wagon grease, but the spectators would
let him go no farther.
An eagle was killed near Holmap;F
Ind. After being wour led made a des.
perate fight. Itwas estimated that the &
bird was 250 years old. rs measured q
feet and 4 inches from tip to tip, and
weighed 1O4 pounds. His taloDs we're g
inches broad and his claws II inches
in length. 1t was the largest eagle ever
shot.
- The snow blockade in the westerns
mountains is the worst ever experienced.
Many passenger trains are caught in the
drifts, which are reported to be from 10 to-
to 80 feet. The chief trouble is on the :
Central Pacific near Truckee, Cal, and
on the Union Pacific, near Baker City,
Oregon. There has been much suffering
among the Imprisoned travellers.
-"Do you feel any changer" said the
minister solemnly, as he walked back
during the revival meeting, and PLACED
his hand gently on the sailors shoulder.
The sailor, thinking he was expected los
contribute something, quickly ran his
hands down into his pockets, then looking
up into the minister's face with q bland
smile, answered "Not cent, parson. Z.
- A farmer writes that twenty-five
years ago he set split white oak:posts for.
his garden fence, putting peck Of air