Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1885 — Not So Remarkable. [ARTICLE]

Not So Remarkable.

One day a soleinn mail entered a Washington saloon, and asked: “Is this the saloon where Booth got a drink of brandy before killing the president?’ “Yes, sir.” “Have you any of the same brandy left? “Yes, sir.” “Give me some of the same brandy out of the same decanter.” It is given to him and he puts down the 50 cents and the liquor. ‘ls that the same brandy that Booth drank that night?” “Yes, sir.” “And then he went out and shot the president?” “Yes, sir.” “I don’t wonder. One drink of that brandy would .make a man go out and* kill his grandmother,”— N. Y. Mail and Express. Fifteen tons of grasshoppers’ comprising, it is estimated, 60,000,000 separate insects, were captured at the Natoma Vineyard, near Folsom, California. by drowning ill the irregating ditches. Curled maple is only an accidental form of sugar maple, in which the grain is beautifully contorted. This form is highly prized by cabinet makers, and SI,OOO has been given for a single tree. A bullet travels a mile in three and two-tenths seconds.