The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1891-04-18
RANDOM REFLECTIONS.

The oldest bell in the United States is
in the belfry of tannery at Cumber-
land, Md. 1t was selected from lot OF
old Spanish bells shipped to this coun-
try, and according to an inscri ption upon
it was made for the Lady Frances Ana
ba1rete, abbess at Porto Carrero, in the
year 636. The man who put on that in
scriptlon must lave had as clear head
as Ben Butler.
A Bath husband knocked his spouse
down. dragged her about by the hair,
beat her on the head. and then threat
ened to brand her with irons, and an
English Judge fined him sixpence. If
the brute haze killed his wife the judge
would probably have made him clerk of
the court. III he had refused to pay his
landlord he 1ould have been thrown
into prison to rot. That is good ex-
ample of English justice.
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Not long sgo, in Rochester, boy was
killed by the effect of the explosion OF
firecrackers. A reporter volunteered
the information in a local paper that his
afflicted and bereaved parents would have
the sympathy of the community. 1t got
printed his afflicted and bereaved
s'pants,' and the journal was charged
with a breach OF proprietY. This, of
course. only goes to show how impor-
tant accuracy in newspaper work is.
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The playful Southron and his double
barreled shotgun are again In the field.
Near Liberty, Miss, colored school
was having an entertainment and the
building was full Of people, white and
colored, when some gentleman On the
outside, too modest tc reveal his ident-
ity, fired two charges of buckshot into
the room. woundipg fourteen people, one
fatally. What pity he did not fire
those shots into his own worthless frame!
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| Parties in St fouls are said to do a
! fine business renting tnrtles to restau-
rants the day before turtle soup is to be
served. They are kept alive all the sea-
| son, and the patrons imagine they taste
them in the soup. Those turtles never
s.get into the SOUP" 1t is the patrons
OF the restaurants who "get into the
SOUP" and from their appearance it can
be reasonably inferred that they take a
bath in 1T occasionally.
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| Queen Victoria insists upon a speed of
only 20 miles an hour when she is travel
ing at night by rail on the continent.
Thus Sc disarranges the schedule time
Of hundred or more trains. One might
suppose the queen would have sufficient
leisure to travel by day. But perhaps
she can't afford to spend the time like
others of us. Il she travelled bV day she
might be waited on by delegation from
some orphan home, and as she rs poor
the situation would be annoying, to say
the least.
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! Edward Everett Hale told San Fran
cisco reporter WHO wanted his photo
graph that he hadn't one, adding
"Yhere was one published III q we'll
known magazine few years ago; that
is, is Was supposed to be picture OF me.
NV friends called it the Yelled Prophet
Of khorassan." Mr.. Hale seems deter
mined to avoid repetition Of the expe'
renee. Aa long as he does not initiate
KING Humbert, who practically declared
war against the Tinted States because he
was pictured as s. monkey, all will be
we'll
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1--WE are late this week, dear brothers, -
writes Georgia editor. ''On Monday
last we hired horse and buggy for So
and started ont on collection tour.
After travelling four days the horse died
with the blind staggers, and we had to
foot ii seven miles, having collected 70
cents during our trip. We are not com,
planning, however, as this sort OF thing
| is not new to us. We have been LII the
newspaper business seven years. The
Georgian editor has the sympathy OF all
members OF the profession. They were
all s'there before many time"
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The telegraph informs d startled ma
tion that for many years IN the Boston
state house has stood q marble bust la
beled Sam Adams" Investigation by
expert busters has revealed the fact that
it should have been labeled "a. Wash
| ington," for the latter is the party the
maker of the bust intended TO represent.
Boston is curious place for such a mis-
take TO occur in. Yet when one consld.
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