Year: 1873

be remembered, was the most 0utspoken and
pronounced of the opponents of the disgrace
full salary grab by which Members of Congress
took $4,000 apiece of unearned money and
doubled the Presidents salary.


II may not be of much consequence now. but as
we shall probably have tolerably warm weather be-
fore next December we may mention fright-inspir-
ing paragraph about ice which lately has been
in every newspaper except THE TRIBUNE. The de-


ioious and refreshing article which Is in such de-
mand when the thermometer stands at 9O' is a COM
bination all too often of French clay and some pol
sonous ooloring matter. We doubt the truth OF the
latter statement because there are pigments In plenty
which arc perfectly harmless. "Cochineal," when
is described as "a treacherous compound coming
from the cochneal bug" is not poison at all-in
fact it makes one Of tho best medicines which we
have for the alienation of whoOping g-cough But
the paragraph in question also tells us that "a con-
tnuous course" of ice cream such az is sold in the
shops will cause first dyspepsia, then scrofulous
eruptions, then loosening of the teeth, then
dropping ont of the hair" And this sweet article OF
refreshment, we are informed, is sold IN innumer
able glded saloons and places of fashionable resort
We doubt it,


America is not the only land which is blessed with
intelligent and unprejudiced juries The Marquis Oh
Harrington stated the other night in the British
House of Commons that at the Glare Asszes,
recently, in Ireland it was discovered to be the
practice of some of the jurors to answer Here for
their absent companions when the panel was called
lust as schoolboys respond for their truant chums
and in one case after the verdict had been given 1t
was ascertained that one of the jurors understood
no language but Irish, and the foreman could not
sign the issue paper because he had never got lar
enough in his education. What Jury that Wouid
have been for Mr.. Tweed!


most frgbtful desecrstion of the NewEngland
Sabbath occurred at :Chicopee. Mass, last week.
The State Constables mot appearing to comprehend
the religious duty of eating baked beans on the Sab
BATH actually went about in the morning and closed
all the bakeries, with the beans intended for many
domestic dinner left in the ovens The moral lesson
of the morning Sermon if it happened to be against
profane swearing must have been, we fancy,
strangely disregarded by the head of many hungry
family. There was an equal scarcity of brown
bread, and altogether we suspect that the Sabbath
in ChicOpee, on that occasion, was hardly sweet
day Of rest.


The business of making fancy nominations for the
next Presidency has already commenced. This Is q
free country, and anybody can nominate anybody
for any Office without being sent to the penitentary
for doing so But still there may be such thing as
using privilege rather too freely. There Is news
paper in Indiana which "hoists the flag" of o. p
Morton for President and Benjamin +. Butler for
Vice President in 1876 We don't know how Morton
feels about this, but both he and Butler have sense
enough to know that these wildcat nominations are
apt to be particularly fatal to all hopes of an cleo
ton.


In tho Supreme Court of Errors in Connecticut
the case of the State agt Morgan has been decided
against the respondent This sustains the law
furnishing man for the reputation of selling liquor
At first glance this novel; but it is in the same
way that keepers of houses Of ill-fame have always
been convicted. By the way, speaking of special
legislation, we observe that legislator in Ohio
seeking to distinguish himself has presented reso-
luton making it illegal to name any more babies
John Smith," The project was 80 far considered
that it was referred to a committee of which John
Smith was chairman.


most extraordinary woman was passenger on a
horse car in Cleveland, March 4, 1873 She had with
her pet poodle and she had something else with
her. as we shall presently. The gentlemanly
conductor stated to her in the mildest manner that
dogs were not permitted to ride in that car and that
hers must be put out. The damsel straightway
arose, drew revolver from her pocket. and said,
Unless you drive without molesting my dog
I'll make you eat this straw" There was scene.
Ladies left the car But the woman with the pistol
did MT. And the dog didn't.


II is astonishing how some sweet young women
can tell fbs. 1t was only on Monday that we pub
lished the story of the Chicago damsel who said
that she had been abducted and kept close prisoner
in a chamber. &c. She is enc of the artful ones.
The fact is she had been to Joliet the sly to
Young gentleman of whom she is fond and who is
fond of her. She went in company with female
friend and thus, for the sake of alark, lacerated
the feelings of her parents. humbugged the police,
excited the public and worse than all, deceived the
newspapers.


melancholy death occurred in St. Paul about
week ago, the sequel of a sad story. There was
priest named Schmiver, who greatly sympathized
with friend, also priest who had been deposed.
He kept up friendly correspondence with tho dis
graced man, and for this he was in turn deposed by
the Bishop. he Immediately fell into very critical
condition of nervous excitement, which recurred
upon every allusion to his disgrace and this finally
resulted in paralysis and death. just arrangements
for his reinstatement had been acceded to by his
Bishop.


A Montreal husband who married O Montreal
widow, has brought discredit on his proud sex by
letting his feelings run away with him. Exasper
ated by continuous recital of his predecessors vr
tues he rushed to the cemetery aud vented his feel
isgs by smashing No. rs monutAent being himself
afterwards subjected TO Of scratches, from
which he is slowly recovering. 1t is curious that so
many DeODle find humOr i'm paraprapbs like this