The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-08-29
MISCELLANEOUS.

The Sarcastic Business Man.
Stamp Collector-''Do you get many
letters with Columbian stamps on
them?'' Business Man-"No, but we
get lots of the new Columbian stamps
with letters on 'em. - Somerville Jour
nal.
Feminine Intuition -Cicely-'sW why
do you always have Mrs Markham for
your chaperon?" Nina = Because
she's such an excellent one.'' Cicely-
Hypnotic subject or morphine eater. >"
Judge.
Father writes TO a schoolmaster:
81 desire that you give my son, Johnny,
sound thrashing whenever he misbe-
HAYES himself or neglects his lessons.
You may rest assured that | will be
ready to return you the compliment at
any time.-Fliegende Batter.
There are several fearless fellows
in Saginaw, Mich. Although 1t has
been reported. that a lovely young
damsel, with silvery laugh, jumps
out of dark corners, kisses young men
on the street, and then bounds out of
sight, the aforementioned young fell
lows are not afraid to prowl the streets
at night.
"A new patent Misunderstanding
chair, which projects from the window
sill and upon which the maid can sit
while she shines the glass, has found
favor with Brooklyn folks, and In one
part of the city where an agent
worked" a block of flats it is put in
~ 20 Mt I,ry ,~f
who in this way manage to create de-
cided sensation.
&C. L. Maxwell, of Oakland CAL.
owns a bulldog that has always been
very fond of music. Several days ago
an Italian stopped In front of his mas
ter's house and played some topical
melodies. This was all very well until
the organ began to screeeh ''Ta-ra-ra
Boom-de-ay." which was more than the
dog could stand, so he proceeded TO
chew the organ into fragments.
The bodies of John Shull and wife
were exhumed and reburied in st. Jo-
seph's cemetery, at Tiffin, o., one day
lately Shull had been buried for
years, and his hair it is said, has grown
to the length of eighteen inches His
wife had been buried about seven
years, and her body was found to be
completely petrified and required the
strength of four men To lift il from the
grave.
In February, 1881, an arrangement
was made between the Legislature of
Vermont and a convention held at
Corinth, by which the New Hampshire
grants east of the Connecticut river
and west of the maine line" were
taken into union with the former state
and on April the union of the grants
east and west of the Connecticut river
was consummated. On the following
day thirty-five representatives from the
grants east of the river took their seats
in the assembly of Vermont.
While quarrying for rock near
Broken Bow, Neb., recently, workmen
discovered a ledge of limestone on
which the print of several gigantic feet
was clearly outlined In shape these
marks are of human foot. though
four out of the seven of the prints have
six toes, the rest have the regular mum
Der, and are the marks of well-shaped
slender foot. The latter appear To-
follow the others, which are nearly
twice as large and much broader and
better defined In the rock, sinking
nearly quarter of an inch below its
surface.
The map of New Jersey is poly
glot spelling book, for the local names
are Indian, Dutch, English, French
and even Hebraic. The Indian names
survive In great natural features. and