Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1884 — SMALL TALK [ARTICLE]

SMALL TALK

The “Confederate ro6e” is a singular flower grown by Joseph C. Bailey, of New Orleans. It is white in the morning, but red at night. It grows iu large bunches. A FARMER in Stokes county. N. C., got into a frenzy over his short crops this season, and cursed hoavon and earth. YY’hilo he was cursing he was suddenly paralyzed. A sparrow flew against a man as he was briskly rounding the corner of an old wall In Ky, The bird’s bill entered the corner of the man’s eyey destroying the sight. A curious lawsuit is now pending In Lausanne. A dog chased a cat, which fled down toe air shaft loading from the street into a wine vault. The dog followed, and the two fell against too tap of a largo e**k of Yvorne, and the wine began to flow. The wine merchant claimed he had a cause of action for the loss of his wine, and as the owner cf the cat was not known, he sued tho dog. Plymouth church, Brooklyn, received but seven new members last year.