The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-04-28
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fever. Has the Senator forgotten the
story of the man who declined Noah's
invitation to enter the ark, because he
thought the flood would be only a
temporary shOwer-CdTOlinG Watch
man..
At the Old Bailey, it was customary
to sentence the whole of the prisoners
found guilty at the sessions at one
time. 1t fell to Baron Graham's lot to
perform this duty, and he accordingly
went over the list with due sOlemnity,
but omitted one person brought up for
sentence-Mr. John Jones. The Judge
was on the point of finishing the SEN
fences, when the officer reminded his
lordship of this omission. Whereupon,
the Judge said, gravely: "Oh! l am
sure I beg John Jones' pardon" and
then sentenced him to transportation
for life.
When the Emperor of Brazil was en-
tertained at the White House, he had
been told by a confused Senator that it
would be expected that he, the en-
peror. should be the last of the guests
to depart. The Presidents wife, how
ever, informed her other guests that
they would be expected to follow, not
precede, the royal party in leaving the
house. The result was that no one
dared to go for fear of a breach of ETH
quette. But at three o'clock in the
morning, a tired woman pretended i'll
ness, and the deadlock was broken.
Great is etiquette, but common sense
is, sometimes, allowable.
In My Life" T. Sidney Cooper
says: One year, when I was up in the
lake country, I was sketching at Rydal
Water, when a gentleman came up be-
hind me, and, after watching me as I
painted for some time, said: 1.-The
man who can do that should have a
name" 1 answered, just as he moved
away: 1.-The man who can see that
ought to have a name, too" He looked
very very peculiar, and l asked some
men, who were working in a stone
quarry close by, if they knew who he
was. ooh, yes" they said; "why,
that's Southey, the poet. He's afunny
fellow" How funny?" 1 asked.
"Why, he's mad, they answered.
George the Fourth asked DIR. Gregory
what was the longest sitting after din
ner that he had ever heard of on cred
ible authority. The doctor answered:
g TIo 1O-orOC+ T I-oOu- OF woo - 4lo
house of a learned Scottish Judge, Lord
Newton. A gentleman called at his
house in York Place, Edinburgh, at a
late hour and was informed that his
lordship was at dinner. Next day the
same gentleman called at an early
hour, and, being again informed that
the Judge was at dinner, expressed
surprise that the dinner of that day
should be so much earlier than the
dinner of the day before. 1t is the
very same dinner, replied the servant;
his lordship has not yet risen from
table,"
A young French advocate, in the
course of his address to the court,
1ourished about his hand in such a
manner as to show off a magnificent
diamond ring. He was young, good
looking and pleading for a lady of
quality, who demanded a separation
from her husband. The husband, who
happened to be present, interrupted
him in the middle of a period, and,
turning to the Judges, exclaimed theat-
ricallY: my lords, you will appre-
ciate the zeal which M. NJ is dis
playing against me, and the sincerity
Ofhis argument, when you are Uniformed
that the diamond ring he wears is the
very one which I placed on my wife's
finger on the day of that union he is so
anxious to dissolve" The court, said
M. Berger, who relates the story, was
struck, and rose immediately.-Ar-
gOnGut.
HALF A IN 1890.
During 1890 the total number of i'm
migrants arriving in the United States
from foreign countries was 491, O26,
gain over the preceding year of IS, 1000,
or Is per cent. The bulk of the increase
was found in arrivals from three cOun-
tries in Central and Southern Europe
-Austria-Hungary Poland, Italy
and, in fact, these three countries may
be credited alone with supplying more
than the entire increase noted, as their
total gain over 1889 was SO, 900, or
1000 more than the total net gain. The
arrivals of British immigrants showed
a heavy falling off. German arrivals