The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1897-08-04
ALI Sorts Of Paragraphs.

= In South America there is a race
of cats which does not know how to
new.
= bumblebee has been known to
distance a locomotive going 20 miles
an hour.
ALL the really best things in
human life are as accessible to the
poor as to the rich.
- Many hundreds Of sheep have
died in Montana through eating the
poisonous plant larkspur.
= The people who are most careless
as to their duties are usually most
exacting as to their rights.
= The training Of a tree the FIRST
season from planting determines its
future shape as we'll as life.
= Miss Spinster-I think it very
impolite for a gentleman to throwa
kiss to a lady. Miss Flippant-Sodo
I. He should deliver it in person.
= Benham-"Well, if you want to
know it, I married you for your
money" Mrs, Benham-"I wish
could tell as easily what I married
you for"
- Mrs. Henpeck (after a little diff.
ference Of opinion)-"I suppose you
felt like a fool when you proposed to
me ?" Mr.: Henpeck-"No, didn't;
but I was"
= Flies are infested with parasites
which prey upon and destroy them
and these, in turn, as has been shown
by the microscope, are killed by still
smaller parasites.
= A new industry has been started
in Michigan. Blocks of sawdust stuck
with rosin are made and sold for fuel,
and it is said that for a quick, hot fire
this has no equal.
- "Well Tom, now you've had q
second quarrel [ suppose your wife
will be packing up and going to her
mother ?" "No such luck, dad. Her
mothers coming here II
= Frogs and toads have remarkably
acute hearing. The slightest noise
in the vicinity of a pond will at once
attract the attention Of the frogs and
put them on their guard.
- In Norway village, Me-, is cat
that appears to take to water as would
a duck. It is said she may be seen
every day taking a swim in the stream
q short distance back of the store.
-"Dc you think it's true that
every man has his price p asked the
heiress. "Im sure I don't know,
he answered thoughtfully, "but if you
want a bargain you needn't look any
further"
= The largest fruit farm in the:
world is said to be at Olden, Mo. 1t
consists Of $500 acres, on which are
more than 100, 900 peach trees, &C, 200
apple trees, 1900 pear trees, and 40
acres Of blackberries.
An extraordinary railroad trip
was recently made over the Chicago;
Burlington and Quincy, from Chicago.
to Denver. The distance is 1,025
miles, and the trip was made in 1853
minutes actual running time.
EDO I understand you to say,
prisoner, that you knocked him down
because he called you a dirty liar
eyes, Your Honor. couldn't stand
it. If there is one thing l have al
ways prided myself on more than any
thing else, it is my cleanliness.
= The Hessian fly is SO called be-
cause it was supposed to have been
brought from Germany during the
Revolutionary War, in wheat imported
for the use of the Hessian m%ercenaries
in the British army. 1t has travelled
west at the rate of Is or 20 miles a
year.
-"That man Nibley isn't to be
trusted. He'd take advantage of you
quicker than a winkif he saw q chance
to do So" Glow do you know that
IT overheard him and his wife in an
argument last night, and when he saw
that she was getting ahead of him, he
yelled, Look out ! There's a mouse!
= In the neighborhood Of the Ber-
mudas the sea is extremely transparent,
so that the fishermen can readily see
the horns Of the Holsters p%rotruding
from their hiding places in the rocks
at a considerable depth. To ensice
the crustaceans from their crannies
they tie a lot of snails in a ball and
dangle them in front of the cautious
lobster. When he grabs the ball they
haul him up.
The fishermen. of Holland take
the precaution of killing all fish caught
as soon as they are landed, while
British fishermen, on the contrary,
allow them to die from asphyxiation.
It is urged that the Dutch custom
should be universally followed, not
only from consideration Of mercy, but
because fish that are promptly killed
are in muck better condition for the
table.
= Saturday afternoon as some boys
were following a seine in the canal at
Warren, O., a large turtle fastened to
the toes of one of the lads, and but
for the assistance of che men present
would have drowned the boy. To
u~uloose the reptile its head had to be
cut off close to it's jaws, and then not
for some time could the teeth be
loosened from the flesh and bone.
The turtle weighed about 80 pounds.
= Wesley Donahue, ID years of age,
fell from a ladder at Louisville a few
days ago. He dropped about fourteen
feet and was not injured. He was
stunned, however, and was removed to
his home in an unconscious condition.
Then it was discovered that every hair
in the boys head had turned gray.
The attending physician said the hair
would probably resume its natural
color.
AS an illustration Of the new
methods for cheapening production
that have been introduced of late
years, it is noticed that during the
visit Of the business men from South
America to Lynn, Mass, a day or two
ago, they saw a pair of women's shoes
made in fourteen minutes and four
teen seconds. During the process fifty
odd pieces of leather passed through
niphtv-iye pair of hands. :