Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-01-16

"A Mihlin (Pa.l woman threw some
medicine in the fire, and an explosion
took place which carried the stove out
Of doors
A man shot sixteen times at a spar
row and finally killed it, but one COW,
dog and two eats went along with the
sparrow.
When you want TO compliment a
woman on the uncertain side of thirty,
speak of some one little older than she
is as a girl 49, SomcrVille journal.
As Peter Baur, Of Pottsville, was
opening a large oyster a strange FISH
Tipped out 1t had eaten part of the
oyster. 1t had the head of a catfish.
"A Newark, Ohio, woman bought a
lot of Christmas gifts for her husband
and children, and hid them away 50
carefully that She is now unable to find
them.
"A grocer in Wheeling, W. Va, after
a three days search for his favorite pug
dog, found the animal in a back room OF
the store, under an inverted half-bushel
measure
-"Cigarcttcs for ladies' smoking are
prepared mouthpieccs. They are per-
funicd with musk and violet, and they
are enjoying very extensive sale.
"A fearful widow at Charleston w.
Va, obtained an order for four dollars
worth of groceries from the poor COM
missioners. Next day the provisions
were spread as the refreshments at her
wedding banquet.
"A Psychologist in France has been
observing the working Of flies in flying,
and has arrived at the conclusion that
the wings Of fly maze about $50 beats
a second, and that such fly can travel
at the rate Of s, 2sO feet minute
The schoolmams Of ST. Paul not
long ago we're instructed to give oc-
casional instruction il plain and fancy
sewing to the girls under their charge,
and the horrible fact came out that few,
If any Of the teachers, could DO any kind
OF sewing whatever.
"A watch made in France during the
reign OF Louis Nv, is owned in New
York, and still keeps good time II was
made by hand, and is ineloscd in "a
karat fine case. which is ornamented in
Louis XIV style with sixteen corners.
The works are no thicker than a silver
dollar
- A Washington County (Kan.l man
named Steers mortgagcd -four white
steers 10 a loan company. The fore
closure proceedings developed the fact
that the man mortgagcd his four chill
dseu. The loan company bad Steers
arrested, as one Of the children was girl
In parts Of Brooklyn the excellent
custom has boon adopted u placing on
street lamps the number Of the houses
nearest 70 which they stand, This is
great convenience 10 people who are
searching for certain number in the
dark Of the evening, since the general
methods Of displaying house numbers
are far from satisfactory. The idea is
not new, having been adopted in New
York at least ten years ago.
Who says a dog has not intelligence
a Gardiner Me lady set dish Of soup
out in her yard the othcr day to cool.
The dish was very hot, but had a handle.
The house dog soon came along 10 the
dish, lured by the fascinating fragrance,
contemplated the contents long enough
TO find that ii was his fayorite soup,
then taking tho handle between his
teeth, he backed OF several rods very
carefully pulling the dish after him TO
place which hc considered both cooler
and more scqucstcrcd. lie waited for
tho broth TO cool, devoured IL with in
finato relish, then dragged the dish back
10 the spot where he found it, Bangor
Commercial.
Recently toe dentists OF 81. Louis
have begun 10 employ young women as
Office assistants. Probably dozen arc
thus employed. They are paid from -
TO $40 week. Among other things, it
is their duty 10 assist in bracing the
nerves Of patients One OF them says:
IF the patient is a woman | frequently
stand by her side and hold her hand
sym patLetically. Some people may
laugh at this but it's an immense help
70 tho person in the chair. Once or
twice when a very nervous man was
being operated on have taken his hand
and It really braccd his nerve wonder
fully"
"A young poet. not ayerse 70 letting
strangers know that he was poet, was
one day in the country with a party Of
friends. Stopping for SOME milk az an
humble farmhouse, they saw an old
lady weaving a rag-carpet on an old
fashioned loom in small out-building
Several Of the party had never before
seer a rag-carpet woven, among the
number the young poet After watch
ing the process for several minutes, he
said, in patronizing tone: That looks
simple, but | dare say grandmother !
could write a poem easier than could
weave a yard Of that carpet. Like
enough, replied the aged weaver,
simply, with no intention Of placing the
young man in an embarrassing position
before his friends like enough, sir;
for, after all il takes some brains 70 do
this Youths Companion.