The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1892-05-19
THE ODD SIDE OF LIFE.
Some Curious Happenings Among the Sons
and Daughters OF Men.
THE FUNERAL WAS POSTPONED.

consumption. Her thoughtful husband
having business in the village, foul
miles of, engaged the undertaken and
minister to come to the funeral on Fri
day-so as to save an extra journey in
that bitter weather, over roads badly
blocked by snow. Somehow the sick
woman heard of this on Wednesday, and
arousing herself, she declared, "There'll
be no funeral in this house this week =
The funeral was postponed until Friday
of last week-forty years after it was
originally set. The husband buried her,
after all, for be is still alive at the age Of
eighty.
he WON THE BET.
a man in Brooklyn bet four pints OF
beer that he could cause 500 persons TO
gather around him within FIVE minutes
To do this he lay down on the sidewalk
and howled and howled, and great crowd
collected. Believing that the man was
hart, a policeman called an ambulance,
but before the doctor arrived the man had
won his bet. He will not receive the
stakes for four weeks, however, as jus
tice Goetting sent him to jail for twen-
ty.nine days for disorderly conduct.
A WISE JUSTICE.
There is justice down in Alabama
who pays no attention to lawyers who ap-
pear before him. When he goes home
he states the case to bis wife and she
gives the opinion, which he announces
in the morning. His wifc does not
know line Of law, but simply applies
her strong common sense to the case.
A PRIMITIVE OLD CIT.
There i, man living in Calhoun,
Ga , seventy yeals old, who boasts that
he never iu all his life wore pair Of
boots, bought suit Of clothes, a white
shirt, or any store clothes; or wors q
collar or necktie.
AN UNAPPRECIATED PARsoN.
The women belonging to a church in
a town near Chicago became Interested
in bright young man, and raised mon
ey enough to educate him for the minis
try. After his ordination he went to
his native town to preach his first ser
mon. The good ladies we're surprised
and indignant when he announced a.
his text the passage: "Let your women
keep silence in the churches"
NO ACCOUNTING FOB THE WOMEN.
Miss Maude z. Williams, young
lady of New Boston, Ill.,, who could
have selected husband from among q
dozen thrifty farmers, preferred to marry
Honey G. Holt, g full-blood Winnebago
Indian, whom she met Hhi!e he wa
travelling with number of bis tribe ad
vertisipg patent medicine.
HE MADE a SPEECH.
In the Circuit Court at West Point
Miss, on Monday of last week, a negro
boy on trial for theft, having no lawyer
Judge Campbell asked him if he desired
to speak. he got up at once and spoke
"The Boy stood on the Burning Deck. =
What the judge gave him is not reported
WANTS TO GET HIM BACK.
A woman in Illinois publishes q care
offering s25 to anybody who will induce
her husband to return to her.
A "cRowNER's" VERDICT.
A Coroner's jury in Peoria, III.
brought in the following verdict one day
last week: 1--WE find that the deceased
came to her death by being found deae
In her bed"
VERY MUCH ALIVE.
Ten years ago, Pittsburgh man while
in Dakots, received the intelligence o
the death of his wife, and paid all he
fuperal expenses. 4 few days sgo h'
was surprised at receiving word that sh'
vas alive and had begun suitagainst him
for desertion.
MISS FLORA LAUGHED.
About three weeks ago Miss Flor'
Springer, of Goshen, N. j., while in
Philadelphia dry goods store, laughed
violently over joke perpetrated by
friend. The laughing brought on an at
tack of hiccoughs, which has continued
ever since. Her doctors have used ever!
remedy known to medical science, bu
have been unable to relieve her. The.
despair of saving her life.
JUST A woMAN's REASON.
Irwin W. Lezire and Mrs. Fred Hub
bell have been engaged for nearly
year, and arrangements for the wedding
in Danbury, Conn, we're completed las
week-troussea purchased, guests in
vited, presents received, and marriag
license purchased On Wednesday las
she sent word to Lezire that she hat
changed her mind, and she returned hi
presents. The only reason that sh'
would give was that "she guessed sh'
wouldn't marry just ther."
RETURNING GOOD FOR EVIL.
Louis Becker, of Terre Haute, Ind.
gave one of his sons severe whipping
and then went to the barn and attempt
ed suicide by hanging. The boy wa
hiding in the barn to escape further pun
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