Griggs courier., 1891-05-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

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There are three things that beat q
drum for noise-one is q small bov and
the other two are Observation-Disclosures
Gazette.
-'Mr. Van Stump. I suspect that you
want to marry my daughter only on ac-
count Of her fortune" 80, beg Won
just ask my father! He will tell you
that the last thing ever think Of is
money. y."-Fliegende Blatter.
Mrs. Bellows Ito daughter Cora)-
''Why did you throw kisses at Mr.. Jimp-
son across the aisle at church to-day?"
Cora (complacently)-"I wasn't near
enough to reach HMM. Y. Herald.
Mr.: Figg- Tommy, my son, do you
know that it gives me as much pain as
1t does you when punish you?' Tom
my-"Well, there's some satisfaction in
that anyhow. ow."-Indianapolis Journal.
Little Girl (timidly)-"Please, Mr..
storekeeper, I want to get some shoe
strings" Storkeeper-"How long do
you want them?" Little Girl-'I want
them to keep, sir, if you please. Jour
nal Of Education.
Stranger - "How is it that you
charge me $s day instead of 81, the
usual price?" Landlord-'My dear sir,
when you came here you took the only
vacant room in the house, SO had to
turn away two men who subsequently,
applied for board and lodgings You
don't expect me to lose what they might
have paid if you hadn't come, do you?'
"A new form of watershed is designed
to utilize the flow of streams where a
dam cannot be constructed and where
the current alone is available. The ap-
paratus consists of a series of wheels
shaped like propeller blades, each
wheel operating independently, but all
connected with a common shaft.
Farmer Little, of Ohio, began
sneezing the other day and couldn't
stop, nor could the doctors do anything
for him. The hired man hauled off and
hit him on the proboscis and the sneez-
ing disappeared as the blood came. The
sn,ezer was grateful, of course, but he's
gd.ng to lick the hired man some day
this spring.
John Turner Ingraham, of Provi-
dence, r. l., was so Indifferent to cold
weather that he never wore an overcoat
or necktie. He always slept, even in
the coolest weather, with his bedroom
window open, and for sixty years
boarded with one family and occupied
the same room. His death occurred the
other day, from severe cold, at the age
Of ninety.
I'm Georgia there is tree on the
mountain above the large cliff of mar
bic on the line of the Marietta & North
Georgia railroad that has been burning
for five months. The whole mass is red
hot, and the material when taken out is
very much like chop cinder, but after
being exposed for few hours it slacks
like lime. 1t is very strong with alkali
and smells like sulphur.
"A farmer living near Goylon post
Office, in Emmons county, N. D.. lost
$50 lambs by a singular accident. When
he entered the sheep sheds the other
morning he found q number of dead
lambs piled in heap. The only reason
he can assign for this is that his shep-
herd dog was accidentally locked up
among the sheep over night by his
herder, and the dog stampeded the
lambs into one compact mass and they
smothered to death in that shape.
The Other Side. AT the perform
ance of ''Lohengrin" last Wednesday,
there sat in the gallery young woman
who had evidently come for the music,
and whose enjoyment was spoiled by
the persistent conversation of man
directly behind her. AS looking at him
produced no impression, she finally
asked him if he would not please to
followed. Upon this she turned to her
companion, saying. ''Then will put on
. my hat, and she atonce produced from
its concealment one of the largest-sized
fashionable hats, which she quietly put
on and fastened securely. That man
did not see the stage again that evening.
Attached to freight train passing
through York, Pa, the other day was q
car containing q number of horses, one
of which leaped from the car when
about two miles from the city. He de-
scribed several somersaults on the
ground, arose, and, finding the way to
the track, trotted after the fast receding
train until he came to culvert, through
which his forelegs went. The brute
tried in vain to extricate himself. He
was held fast until word could be sent
to Brill Hart's station, short distance
away. where a gang of railroad men
were working. They Immediately went
to the spot and removed the animal,
which was badly, though not seri ,usly
injured, thus averting q horrible rail-
road disaster.
The Society of California Pioneers
are the owners of wonderful curiosity.
1t is section of timber taken from the
side of the ship Powhatan. It includes
a portion of the ''skin," which is
four inches thick, and piece of abut-
ting knee. which is nine inches thick;
transversely through the whole of this
swordfsh has dashed his sword, and
the portion broken off is still imbedded
in the timber. The sword pierced
/! through thirteen inches of this solid
! oak, and the fish was going in the same
direction as the vessel at that, the ship
being under good head of steam at the
time. An idea of the strength which
| must have been exerted can be obtained