The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1891-07-10
MISCELLANEOUS.

Railway Superintendent Ito woman
applicant) are your qualitica-
tons for the position of station-agent?"t
Woman applicant-"I have had twenty
years experience with trains and,
switches
Sober Spring Gowns.-First Dress
maler-"Have you had many successes
this season." Second dressmaker
(proudly)-"O, dear, yes. One of my
dresses caused a runaway accident.
Boston Post.
The revenue of the Brooklyn Bridge
amounts to million and quarter dol
lars a year, derived almost exclusively
from fares. The other items of revenue,
last year, were So, 900 from rentals and
$4,000 from telegraph and telephone
companies. The lightest month in the
year for business on the bridge is July.
Thinking that the conductor could
not change 500 bill, note of that
denomination was handed to him to
deduct his fare, by passenger on the
Old Colony Road. The conductor tele-
graphcd to Boston, for which city the
passenger was bound, and on arriving
there he was led to the ticket Office,
where he received ninety-nine silver
dollars.
"A Newburyport landlady," the
Boston Herald tells us, has a black
board protected by glass door placed
at one end of her dining-room. When
any boarder fails to pay for two sue
cessivc weeks his name is written in
large letters on the board. and is not
erased until Il satisfactory settlement is
made
"A strange pair of bird-hunters be
long to Mr.. Williams, of Mud Turtle
Lake, Ga. They are a pointer dog and
large brown cat. They ramble off on
hunting expeditions, and the dog points
the birds and attracts their attention,
while the cat, with stategic movement
in the rear never fails to secure bird.
They never banquet until they have
secured four birds, when each of them
dimes on two birds.
"A whirlwind which occurred at Shell
Bluff, Ga, recently was so severe and of
such Il dry. parching nature that it
destroyed between four and five acres
of cotton. After the wind passed the
vigorously, would crumble to powder
in the hand when touched. The i'm
mcnsc cloud of sand and dust raised
frightened good many persons
A New Haven postman accidentally
caught the chain to which his post office
key was attached in the door of street
letter box recently, and snapped the
spring lock on the box before he noticed
the fact. He was obliged to stand by
the box some time, it being about 1880
o'clock in the evening, before any one
passed who could send Il messenger to
the post office for duplicate key and
release him.
Tightening played queer freaks at
Lcary, Ca, few days ago. 1t struck
several trees during the rain in the
afternoon, one of which was in the
swamp just south of the town, which
was fired by the bolt, but did not break
out until after supper. Being Just be-
yOnd the stores from the residence
portion of the town, it was taken for a
store on fire, and the department was
called out, only to return in disgust at
not finding any fire to fight.
All East she SalOOnkecper has q
pug dog that is drunk nearly every day,
says the Buffalo Courier. The dog first
acquired an appetite for strong drink
by tapping the contents of Il pan which
sits under the faucet of Il beer key in
the saloon. At first he would have
been quite as well pleased with water,
but now he must have his booze
with regularly and precision, and it
seems to go right to the spot where it
will do the most good. His dogship
gets very rocky under the inspiration
of the foaming beverage, but he seldom
falls down, as a man does who has Jag
on, because he has twice as many legs.
More than one brave fellow will go
down to his death this summer in river,
pond, and sea. In the van went a thir-
teen year old New York "llid" recently.
Patsy Connolly was his name. He
played hockey" from school, took his
soul-stirring harmonica, went down to
dance, But Patsy's tune-maker got
f1irted into the river, and promptly
Patsy jumped in after it. But there
was mud there, and then the swell of a
passing boat banged him against an
other boat. Then Patsy, coming up the
last time, shouted to the kids on the
dock: Don't let EN- take me body home
if l drown. It'll make mudder feel bad.
Take me to de undertaker's shop"
Then Patsy went down. and that was
all.