The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-04-02
All Sorts Of Paragraphs.
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All Sorts OF Paragraphs.
"A man with lot of money is gene.
rally satisfied with his lot.
Why is the letter D like squalling
child? Because it makes ma, mad.
= Congress, while in session, cost the
people thirty thousand dollars day.
= God always has an angel of help for
those who are willing to do their duty. ].
= There is only one sudden death
among women to every eight among
men.
"A ton and half of bread is eaten
every day in Girard College, Philadel-
phia.
= Canada does not allow liquor deal
er or saloon keeper to hold any munich
pal Office.
= Eat to live and do not take any
more food than you find to be necessary
tc maintain health and strength.
California now has six ostrich FARMS.
This country spends about $3,000,000
year for ostrich feathers.
Good lawyers, like good ministers, Z
are the salt of the nation, but one. horse
lawyer is nuisance to any community.
The largest county in the United
States is Custer County, Montana, which ]
contains thirty.six thousand square
miles.
A number of settlers in Minnesota :
have written to Mayor Grant, of New !
York, to ship them a carload of women
for matrimonial purposes.
George Vanderbilts castle in North
Carolina will require ten years o. labor
and the expenditure of from s8,OOO,OOOa
to s1O,O00OO0 before it is completed. 81 n
= The number of national banks in
the South IS FIVE hundred and ninety, I.
with an aggregate capital of $50, ,763, ,705,
an increase during last year Of one hun
dred and four banks and $40, 1886, 900 .inS
capital. Only two Southern banks failed
during the year 1890. l'.s.sss; g;
= Mrs. J. F. Irviss, Of Shaker Station I:
Conn, has reversed the rule, and instead
of putting stamp on letter has put s !
letter on stamp, and sent it through thes;
mail to her friend, Miss Lizzie L. Kibbe..
The letter was of considerable length, and
was written on the back of a two:cent3s 3
stamp.
= In Columbia, Mo-, the girls attend
ing college have organized an engages.
ment and marriage club. Every time onel
of them has gentleman escort to whom
she is not engaged she pays Is cents into
the treasury. When member becomes
engaged she pays in IS, and when 8
member gets married the club presents 5
her s1OO.
"A genius in Berlin has invented an
apparatus by means ofwhich daylight can s
be distributed into the darkest rooms. The
power of lighting any room by this apps
ratus is sad to be unsurpassed. It retains
that power for years, and requires no res
pairs or attendance while being in func-
ton all day. s.;
The Minnesota legislative commit:
tee on expenditures has unearthed apes.
culiar fraud. It was found that it had
cost the State s25, 900 the last season for,-
wolf bounties, SIS being allowed for each
scalp. Inquiry developed the fact that
regular wolf farms existed in the
northern counties of the State where
wolves were raised in large numbers sim.
ply for the purpose of selling their scalps
to the State.
John, I think Pm becoming 8 bet
ter housekeeper every day" 'I am glad
of that" said the gratifed young husband
who wasent tired just yet of praising his
little wife. "What is your latest won. !
derful accomplishment" "Well, L
thought it all out by myself" she contin.
ued enthusiastically. "When I found +
could open the canned tomatoes with the.
az I used your razor, and it worked just
beautifully"
"A lawsuit at Chicago involved the
recovery Of cent and the expenditure of
slOO in Court and counsel fees. The
postmaster sold a postage stamp to an
Englishman, who, after placing it on q
letter, rendered Canadian penny IS part
payment. An argument followed, then
a row, and then an appeal to the Courts.
Eventually the postmaster got judgment
and genuine unadulterated United
Ste.es cent.
Gen. John B. Gordon, it is anuounc.
ed, is to be elected president of the Geor-
gia Farmers Alliance. He was initiated
into the order only few weeks ago, but
when pressing his candidacy for the Uni.s
ted States Senatorship he announced his
endorsement Of the leading principles of
the order. It. given out that, while not
seeking the place, General Gordon will
accept the presidency of the Georgia Al.
1;oroo IF n ia offared him.
Some time ago traveller had an ex.
citing experience in Lee County, Ga,
hotel. On the day of the arrival of the
traveller, who was music teacher, the
proprietor of the hotel had purchaced a
live wildcat, which had been caught in q
trap in the Muckalee swamp. That night
the beast was chained in the yard, and
when the last guest had retired to rest the
proprietor went through the halls to put
out the lights. These lights worked with
chain, and in moving them up and
down considerable noise was made. This
was heard by the music teacher, and
sounded very much like the growing of
wild beast. 1t did not cesse, but SEEM
ed to come nearer and nearer. The music
teacher was convinced that the wildcat
had escaped and was dragging its chain
through the house. He stood it as long