The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-01-14

= The average size of an American
farm is 610 acres.
- There are one hundred and sixty
nine Confederate flags in the collection OF
war relics al Washington.
- The cost PER family Of food in tho
United States is S243.G5 year against
$222.52 in Europe.
- Kentucky is boasting of seven one
pound ears of corn growing on one stalk.
The great question now is their yield in
quarts and pints.
= The entire population of the town of
Buttsville, Warren county, n. j., are
said to be down with the grip, there not
being we'll person in the town.
- The use of the bridal veil originated
in the custom Of performing the nuptial
ceremony under square piece of cloth
held between .he bride and bridegroom
to conceal the bushes Of the former.
In Vienna there is club Of rich
mon pledged to marry poor girls. If q
member marries rich girl he is fined
$4,000, the money being presented to
some worthy impecunious couple en-
gagged to be married.
Damon Stewart, of Chicago, claims
that he has wonderful liquid which,
when taken internally, will turn the
skin of the blackest negro as white as
that OF a -blooded Caucasian. He
says that it has been tried in Chicago
with complete success.
= There was almostas much betting IN
Washington on the race for Speakership
as thero is on an ordinary horse race.
The largest winner was w. T. Blackwell
of North Carolina, who is reported to
have won $4,000 in sums from $500 on
| down.
- The Rev. j. Addison Smith, of Bal
timore, says that after careful eXamina-
! ton it has been discovered that there are
| 30,O0O,OOO persons in this country who
never darken a church door. OF these
100000 are in Chicago and $4,000 In New
| York. Last year it has been estimated
| that there were 10000 young men in this
country who have died without being
| prepared. In Baltimore there are 347,-
600 persons who nevor 60 otho church
"A snake moves by means of the
ribs and tho scales on the abdomen to
| which each rib is attached by o set of
short muscles. These scales take hold Of
| the surface over which the serpent may
| be passing, ana in that manner aid the
creature to glide, often very rapidly,
around the trunks Of trees and along the
smaller branches. Some species climb
trees with wonderful agility, gliding up
| the straight trunks with as much ease as
if they were moving along on The level
ground.
"A few days ago at Buena Vista, Ark,
James Brooks fired two bullets in the
head of Frank Robinson, his father-in
law. The bullets lnado four holes, from
each of which the brain oozed out. The
shooting occurred week ago and Rob
inson still lives, his physicians are conf
dent of his recovery. He is resting easy
and talks as intelligently as he did before
the shooting. The row was the result OF
q family feud. Brooks is in Jail awaiting
tho result of his father-in-law's inju-
ries.
Tho Masonic Chronicle Of London,
Eng, says: Rev. II. NJ. Wharton has
received Masonic apron from South
Carolina, which he is to present to tho
Master of the Lodge at Jerusalem, the
birthplace of Masonry. Some time ago
the Jerusalem Lodge senta gavel, made
of olive wood, to the South Carolina Ma
sons, who now send the apron in return
The square and compasses and the all
seeing eye, are stamped in gold OIL the
apron.