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What Mystified Him

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Day
22
Month
September
Year
1871
Copyright
Public Domain
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-Recently, two persons travelinL on the rond to Gothum n a light wagon were smoking oigan, 'rom tho fire of Whioll soino straw at the uottom ignited. 'íhe flames soon drove ihcm from their seats, and while they were busy extingutsliing the fire a oouu:ryman wllo had been following theiil tor siiiin; timoj on horxebaek, alighted tú assist tlium. " I ha?e been w-atchlng the smoke for somo time" said he. " Why, theti, did yoU not give us notice V" askpd the travolers. "Well," replied the rustte, "there are so many new-fangld notiotls now-a-days, ;hat I thoughtyou wore going by steaïu." Italy, during the school year from 1870 to 1871, had 38,300 public schools, with 1,577,654 pupils. Of the teachers 2,002 were ladies. Public schools are more numerous in the northern part of thut lOUntry than in tho BoUthern. Wlnle the proiinw ot' Turin contaiiia ü.DrtS, tliat of Oaítaniaetta has only 141. A woman went into a store and asked the proprietor if he had any bluck heli's eggs ''Bort't know one kind from the other," said he ; " but there's a basketful of eggs there on tho counter." "I can ell them " said the custoiner. " Well hen help yourself," said the dealer. She did so, paying the ordinary prico. What was the grocef's chagrín upon the custoraer's depiirturo to find all of his large eggs gone und nothing but small unsalablo on!S reinaining. A fumily re-unión took place at the residence of the Rov. Peter Curtwright, near Pleasant Plains, Sangamon county, 111., on the lst inst., in nonor of the 87th birthday of that fmitleinaii. One hundrod and twenty children', grandchildren and great -grandchildren of the patïHareh Wen pteseut on the occasion. He has been minister of tho gospel some 6( years, and a preeiding eider of the Methodist Episcopal Church for over fifty y o ars. ProW t)w íadHoa r,'th- vro loara tlmt duiitig themoiith of August sixteen convicta wore receivofi ut Che State Prison, a foUing off of seven from the preceding month, Six carne from Detroit, threo from Allegan oouiity, two from Lapeer connty, tt) fioia Branch cott&tVt IWö ♦■-Din Kent oounty, uu) one bom HUlsdale nounty. At the bezinning of the month there rare (:iö convicta in prison, and af lii-cscnt tuero are olí, a Mliing ott oí 18 iluring the moiith. The hoarlinfí partios ni the Bhavaneunk tunnel, a milo long, on tlu; Midland Railway, met List Monday night. ïrains w-ill p iss throngh the tuimel by thelstof Januaiy noxt. Thi S;tn cisco IMkin-, tn viow of tho Ulerease. ih óveriand rsilroad íreighto, advooate making San Francisco a freo port. CluVf .Tnsticft ('luis ,'irri ved in CVluinbus Monday evening. Ho expocis to be in Washington in season f.jr the adjoorned Beseion of tlie Supremo Coari in Óctober.

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Michigan Argus