The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1892-10-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

AN AtchiSOn girl OF whom IL was
predicted that she would surely marry
n king, is in Colorado supporting her
husband by keeping boarders. s.--Atch-
ison Daily Globe.
MIR WiclSwire-"Here is something
you ought to read--au article on ways
woman can save money" Mrs. Wick
wire--'Does it say anything about her
remaining single?"
AN Absent-Minded Professor. =
Friend-'1 haven't seen you in a long
time, professor. How are you coming
on?" Professor-'I really can't tell you.
l pay so little attention to such mat
ters."-TeXas Siftings.
-Teacher-"I am pleased to notice
that your daughter has grown very
methodical since she has been with us"
Mother-'Well, that all comes of send
in her to this school. Me an her pa
hoped she would be a Baptist"
The word garden is twenty-five
times mentioned in the Bible although
gardener who attended them is mem
toned but once The word was former
ly spelled gardner, and in the middle
English gardiner, gathener, and prob
ably gyardener and gardinger, as all
the different spelling of garden is
found.
Three pieces of the first calico
printed in the United States will be
presented to the worlds fair commits
sioners for exhibition through Commo-
dore Bradley, one of the best known
men in northern New York, who got
them from Judge Waldron, of North
Creek. The calico was printed at Johns
burg, Warren county, and ono of the
pieces is from the wedding dress of the
first lady married in that town.
O-The queer boarder had been at the
Cass avenue boarding house for three
weeks and in that time had averaged
two eccentricities day, right along
"By gum" said the man across the
table, when he had gone out, "that fell
low is liable to do anything The
landlady sighed "From the indica-
tion," she said, in tone of deep dis
couragement, 81 don't think he is liable
to pay me his last two weeks board"
and then a solemn hush pervaded the
dining-room. Detroit Free Press.
in an Irish daily there recently APP
pcared this advertisements: WANTED
A gentleman to undertake the sale OF
patent medicine; the advertiser guar
antees it will be profitable to the under
talier." This is even an unhappier
mode of expression than that adopted
recently in a local paper, when the edi-
tor regretted to have to announce the
death of Mr.. So and So, but was not as
tonished to hear of the sad event, as de-
ceased had been attended for some time
by Dr. Smith"
While digging potatoes d. ?. Gear
hart, OF Brookville, Pa, made an un.
usual discovery. Turning over fur.
row he found six eggs, the size of d
bantam's product, although different in
shape. They were knitted together by
a small ligament. He ecarried them into
the house on fiat stone. They acci-
dentally fell into pail of water. He
was amazed Mt what followed. One o1
the eggs broke and out crawled black
snake over four inches long. He at
once broke the other eggs and each one
contained snake. All were alive and
active. They showed fight and came
very near biting his finger. He killed
all of them.
One of our exchanges gives half 6
page to the fecundity of flies, and
figures out how a common house hy lay.
ing four times during the summer sea
son, each time an average of eighty
eggs, together with her daughters ano
granddaughters for four generations
can produce in one season 9, ,090, $50 new
flies 1t has been estimated that if eact
fly Matched should live to be four year.
old, they will by that time form solid
mass around the earth, extending to the
height of fifty miles. That there is al
if in the way of this stupendous result
is at least one small consolation fol
those who find that even one fly car
spoil a nap.
"A disinterested person recently
| made an unintentional test of the
| thorough manner in which the Society
for the Organization of Charities doe,
| its work. Having seen a woman beg
| ging with babe at her breast and
| larger child at her knee he learned heI
story and reported it at the Office of thu
society. A few days later he received
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mute report upon the woman's case
Three weeks later he received anothe
report, showing that the society hac
investigated the former life of th,
family in Europe. Another week o.
ten days elapsed when third repor
came, saying that the woman and hel
children had returned to England.
| Massachusetts was years ago givel
the title of "Old Bay State" Massa
chusetts was one of the 13 origina
states. First settlement, 1909; aban
doned the same year First permanen
settlement made by English Puritan
Mt Plymouth, 1920. Explored 1914 b,
Capt. John Smith. Pilgrims landed ol
Plymouth Rock December 22. Bostol
settled 1880 First American newspa
per, Boston, 1890. Battle of Lexington
first blood of Revolution. Ratified Uni
ted States constitution February Q
17SS Massachusetts was active in bring
ing on Revolution. Boston massacr
March 5, 177O. Destruction of tea De
cember is, 1878. Boston port bill passe
March, 1774.
speaking generally, though the din
ner hour then, as now, was later in thi
country than in France, Louis XIV di
not dine until IL, while his contempc
raries, Cromwell and Charles H., too
the meal at l. In 100 the hour was ac
vanced to 2, and in 1851 we find tina
the Duchess of Somerset's dinner tim
was 8. In 1850 Cowper speaks of
o'clock as the then fashionable time
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