Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1890 — Recollections Come High. [ARTICLE]

Recollections Come High.

Ylteggnde Blatter. j Guest—My room pleases me rerj mueh. What a host of pleasant recollections this view of the mind brings to mind! Proprieter (to clerk) —Make a note of that! Room 27, host of pleasant recollections brought to mind; five marks! Joluuue Was Barred Out; Epoch. “ George (to Johnny, who is standing at the parior door): “Why don’t you come in?” Johnny: “I dassent” George: “Why notP” Johnny: “Cause sister says If I come in Pil say something that’ll drive you away, an’ she doo’t want that to happen, ’cause ma says if she loses you she’ll boon the shelf, sure pop." - I ll . . I I I ■ Probably tbe oldest house in the Unithd States is a decaying stone dwelling that stands at Guilford, Conn, It was built in 1640 and is still occupied. In colonial times it did duty occasionally as a fort, and was a place of refuge Tor settlers when King Phillip was on the war-path. A cork rope is one of the latest inventions. It is made of small corks placed end to end, and the whole covered with a braiding of cotton twine; over this is h coarser braiding in heavy strains. According to the inventor, a o ne inch thick rope will stand a strain of 1,000 pounds. Two young girls in Abbeville county, North Carolina, have made two bales of cotton apiece this year, and besides that have supported themselves for some time by their beautiful . machine work, They do this regardless of their father’s aid,, who is a wealthy farmer, The current of the river Amazon is distinctly perceptible for more than two hundred miles from shore.