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Show LKUGS. An exchange tells ot'a negro who in-pisted in-pisted that hi- race was mentioned in the Biblo. Ho said he had heard the preacher read about how "Nigger De-mua De-mua wunted to be born again." A minister at Cony, N. Y., ruar ned a couple lately. Vhcn ho madt-the madt-the usual proclamation concerning the impediinenty, the blushing bride re plid; "(Jo ahead, stranger; I'm all right" He went ahead. An Ohio paper publishes its social announcements under the heads ot "Hatohcd," "Matched," "Patched," "Snatched," "Detached," '"Di-patch-ed." as an improvement on "B.rn," " Betrothed,' "Married," "Elupod, " "jOivorced,1, and "Died." The International Typographical Uuion has canvassed the leturnsot taut type-setting and awad to George Arnaburg, of Phi'ade phia. the lir-it prige; W. A. Edwards, of Norfolk, th-(ieoond, th-(ieoond, and James A. Butl-r, of Little Rock, Ark., the third. The number of ems, solid nonpareil, composed in one hour were 1,832, 1,706 aud 1,620, reepeo lively. Anothar ins'unco of tho purchase and ante of a wife has been revealed in Kngland. The woman, who applied to the stipendiary magistrate for a relief, stated that her purchaser, who had recently re-cently deserted her, bought her of her husband twenty-five years ago, ratifying ratify-ing the transaction hy standing in that gentleman'a shoes fur a lew moments. On tbe preat farm of Col. Thompson, Thomp-son, in Wells, Miuoetotft, is a cheese faotory which has a capacity for mak ing into obeese the tin Ik of 3,000 cows, ut now on'y works up the daily products pro-ducts of 225 It ia three stories hi;lj; the maiu buildiu is 35 by 82 fct buih of brick. A steam entitle of 24 horse power drives the machinery. Water it-supplied it-supplied from an arte.-ian well. There is a butter room attached with t-teaui churns and all DiCti-suiy appliance-. Col. Thompson intends to increabe tbe number of cows to 600 toon. |