Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1884 — SHALL TALK. [ARTICLE]

SHALL TALK.

4*^ Make Twain is learning to ride a bicycle. Look out for a new book. Mb. Stoby, the sculptor, is at work on a ■lew. bust of Gen. Washington. J. 3. Rat, Davis, Mol, 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, WO, and their aggregate value is $19,000,000,000. _ At Madison, Xy., 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. JL SON of Patrick FinnelJ, qjf Danbury, Conn., only 6 years of age, helped himself to three drinks of whisky and died two later. UTICA, N. Y., has started a reading-room exclusively for girls. • *