Sacetiae.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 75, 16 December 1875, Page 7

Sacetiae.

Tl\er§ has been a /contest between thdldw£ -i newspapers aa to which dan turn out the tallest : ; and man in the State.. ; After,, some Q srnaiVcoTn'petition the palm was finally awarded 1 to 0. Sanborn. Esq. The following is an.accurata v description of~M-ivSanbofn'a appearance :—" l&f '' Sanborn stands 7ft. 5^ inches nigh, weighs 381bs. "4 and is so that a, prayer.- inscribed on a three ■% cent piece' can" iVe'reW through his body by the i ligb.^ of. a, .tallqw j candle with .the greatest ease. , .'% fie was" never-k'-ridwn toQsasfca's¥ado^^and is so '| airy and transparent that he, can lie,dow:n sand5 and go ;!| to sleep on the bank of a heavy fog. ?>: '?'- % .f?| An American, paper r^tbßr^sleßpilVsays it was • ; -,| a curious thing^ recently^ to^see a horse in lowa ; " to pull the plu^out r 6f me bunglhole of a barrel ; ;!;| and. slake his thirsty \W,q ;do not see anything - 'M extraordinftry 1 ih f the ; ocourrence. If the horse .v| had pulled the.barrel out of the bungrhole and *f| slaked hia'tnirst with ; th« plug, or if the barrel • ,;^ 'had;pulled ithe bung-hole out of : th^plug and £l slaked "its "thirst with the horse, or. if the plug 1:« - :« ; hadpuUedf^the horse out of the barrel: and slaked .'-vs its thirst with the bung-hple, or if the bung-hole t| liadspulled:thetthirst oat of 7 thehorse.anA slaked 'r^Ji its plii'g with s We~ barrel, Vpr^if th'e 1 Barrel had 1 i pulled the,E«rß>;.'put,of-jbb;e V^j-liole axid plugged Mm jits thirst with aslake, it migntbe worth while ' I'JM to make'a'fuss'bverifc -f:rn H ! V.3MO'vT s ; - % Josh Billings ]:has'become, sentimental pn> the - honey bW He sent "the^ follbj^ng' to theVlasfc -:[M spelling bee»;ijf hi4:l^cality:^^hj| ;^tinnjr ; beeis '^m about 10 times the size of the liovrae J3iy.^-rl:neyer ' O^M meazured them-rrthey. 3?on't stand still long enpff, }:•■ : -?M but i thinki hay got their dimenahunVnbout^right.' : !^ If i harma^blunder inthis.matteri- tarn ready ifS to repent andHe forgiven for : it. EfunnyVbees : 3 are .built with sfcing, ; which -is quicker; than a ■■'•Im ■' glibst M^ne^Tshanc^off^'; but 1 >3 never kpu opeto uao it juit-for* tpb d«vil^ry ,ol ;.|S , the thing. _Hunny. pep have a queen f fiufc heyer't^ffl a king ; this iz'a w g*a|el koinpliment to/.th^e sex, .^^B .aud,is. ap Rights.' --„J :~Wm ' luv the v hiiniiy -IbeiMr i b*ekause t Wey?*&re 1 7^ll and hay a stinger' all Vvusahoi'and ? reddv- : §M -for-the JSzV^' ,<"•*£!s*s. !'£*■ iii?s v'fl-N'W >""'• • ; ■' ; .'^3j H3_iK- gfn-^Je.'pani tVh^has-just /^urned^frQinChe"roTcee courityi Kanfasi'w JtflV^yft^frfm^Bßejpcea^^H wilratand^around' for^'an ho'u^-r'ela^iugJthe^^ breadfcbj!sca^3 ,9| t^s^^|&^ < W $h? ?h6p|fera i^^ have completely .overruif,}and who; are? leaving-qiiy ttheir hottfes a^dMe^jn^6^tKe^f^^!%s^url^e;^9 . The traveller i^itfclinedA to ' tha. crimes atcHb^wito^h^ : Ja^^^D^b^*are^ be traced ,tp the moreharderied and"del6lut^gfaio;|i^^ the Btovo, and went put WfieeKneighbo 'nOTreturafafwrfa^h^urifSb^ seven thouMWd-brmheb of gras3hopperß^eh|fete^M % the' heat, Uteralty2e'atii|g*Be|;!ou| |of^Ko^ 4 an^m|