Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1884 — SMALL TALK. [ARTICLE]

SMALL TALK.

Mark Twain is learning to ride a bicycle. Look out for a new book. Mr. Story, the sculptor, is at work on a new bust of Gen. Washington. J. J. Ray, Davis, Mo., inventor of a selffeeding water trough, went crazy over it last week. The total number of separate farms in the United States is 4,000,000, and their aggregate value is $19,000,000,000. At Madison, Ky., Thomas Gentry’s dog caught a twelve-pound pike in the river, and brought it ashore in his teeth. A COLORED preacher in Buffalo gave notice to his congregation that he wanted less shouting and more money in the future.’ A son of Patrick Finnell, of Danbury, Conn., only G years of age, helped himself to three drinks of whisky and died two dayß later. Utica, N. Y., has started a reading-room exclusively for girls.