Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1905-04-27
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A Conn acticut farmer was lacer-
a'ed by dog which he bought for
so cents. His feelings at being chew
ed to pulp by a cheap dog like
that can readily be imagined.
A man who goes out with gun or
a fishing pole generally becomes for
time being untruthfui, and it is not
known that presidential hunting par
ties are an exception to the rule.
A hat pin was found imbedded in
a mans thigh. He thought he had
appendicitis, until it was found to be
a hat pin, and he now thinks he got
1t on ladies' day at the exit at the
baseball ground.
The Il any friends of Vanderbilt
Unive rsity will learn with keen re-
gret of the fire hica destroyed one
of the hands 'tnesl buildings of that
we'll -knoWa auu IuH .eu lal institu-
ton of learning.
Nashville, Tenn, April 22.-The
main bui dug of Il eVanderUI1t Uni.
versity, destroyed by fire Thursday,
will be rebuilt, the pl Us helng per-
tected at the next met tin, of the
board Of tra,tt es. The des5r .ction OF
the main building Will in no way in
terfere with the operation Of the
school.
When President Roosevelt sur
passes Pres mt Diaz, of Mexico in
originality he vii have to get up
at an unusually early hour in tie
While President Roose-
welt hunts grizzlies Presid ,nt D:ez
makes matters warm for deer III tbs
of Mexico. OF course, il
is more dangerous to hunt bob cats
and grizzly bears than it is 80 hunt
deer, but then President Diaz j.
older than President Roosevelt and
the younger man must be permitted
a trif1e more strenu0sity in his sport.
An Ohio girl who was caught in
some machinery and issued forth
much the worse for wear has just
been furnished with a pair Of rubber
ears that command ones admiration
The advantages of having rubber
ears are numerous. In the first place
her rubber ears-fortunately-Will
not burn when people make unkind
and in winter time she will
be able to scorn ear muffs and the
nipping breath of Old Boreas. More
over, she can take her ears off and
wash them whenever so disposed.
What blessing detachable rubber
ears would be for the small boy.
Jas. Whitcomb Riley, the Hoosier
poet, has been appealed TO by citi-
zens of Hancock county, Indiana,
for assistance in their fight to have
"The Ole Swimming Hole' on
BraudyWine creek preserved. The
march of commercialism which
threatens to straighten the course of
the creek would destroy the site of
the ''hole' made famous by Riley in
his poem. 1t is pleasant to cOntem-
plate the true aestheticism revealed
by the Indianans Wh) wish to pro-
tect this sacred spot from defamation.
Certain property holders desire to
''improve" the creek but Hlosiers
with poetic temperament object.
Twas ever thus. Progress pays scant
heed to the localities made dear by
tradition. 1t is to be hoped that
''The Ole Swimming Hole" Will be
spared, although it is probably not
in the same class with bath tub for
sanitary purposes.
A par y of railroad officials were
seated in hotel lobby trying to de-
eide which road in the country is
most happily named. A long list
was gone over, including the Burl-
ington, the Seaboard, the Rock Is
land, the Alton Road, :he santa Fe,
the International and Great North
ern, the Southern Pacific, the Union
Pacific, the Northern Pacif., the
Denver Road, the Illinois Central,
! the Frisco, the Southern, the Bllti-
more and Ohio and many others.
Railroad systems as whole and the
names oftheir composite lines were
considered, but it was agreed that nc
route was more prettily named than
the "Queen and Crescent" route
from Cincinnati to New Orle MS
from the Queen City 10 the Crescent
City. Close after this line the .sSun.
set ROute,o which is The Southern
Pacific from New Orleans to Sar
! Francisco, was favor d. Among the
trains, the stKaty F!yer'' of the Mis-
souri,, Kansas and Texas railroad
the "Sunset Limited" of the South
ern Pacifi ;, the esPalm Limitedo O
the Atlantic Coast Line, and ths
"Empire State Express of the New
York Central, were complim entee
for possessing distinctive names.
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