AMERICAN NOTIONS.

Evening Star, Issue 4337, 22 January 1877, Page 1

AMERICAN NOTIONS.

wfn f? wa . «ays a man may ": legally kiss his hired servant if h6 j» th R % . tho “ ghb ifc was ws -mßSfe# Yanki • And ’ adds fW J ? arna !» everybody will admit the spot. “ ay leßally 811001 him »t This is the way they “do ” railway accidents in the States Dick Carti telescoped a locomotive last Friday nf R S if Ba “ k fctati ° n> 0n fch « i K k- . Jt a PP ears he had been to Columbia to celebrate the election of the successful Presidential candidate, and got so badly mangled that after the doctors examined him, they cone nded he would die. He is, however, slowly recovering. » PotterT A1 f tma . nn ’ 8 <*>V7 Of Paid .rotters masterpiece in the Hetherands Gallery of the art annexe at the Centennial stood two rural dames. One found the right number in th£ catalogue, and read—“ The young bulk after Potter.” “ There's s the bull/’ said the other, “ but where’s Potter f*. *Qb that must be him behind the tree.'*replied the first, pointing to the figure f the herdsman. She evidently inter* preted the picture as meaning that the bn! was “after Potter,” in such a Way that the poor fellow had found it prudent to take refuge from the animal. If more attention were paid to dims both through the papeis and letters, there would not be so much necessity of resortipg to the last necessity—the A man when ho sends you a polite invitation to settle accounts does not always expect the money, but when he finds his demands are treated with silent contempt, his indignation is aroused, and the debtor must suffer. When, you are notified that books must be settled, whether you have wherewithal to cancel the debt or not, let the man ydii owe know the circumstances of you case,so that he may act intelligently. Your tailure to respond to his call creates a feeling of distrust that ends, if be be a business man, in a lawsuit.

INofc far from Jersey city lived two young lawyers, Archy Brown and ihomas Jones. Both were fond of dropping into Mr Smith’s parlor and spending an; hour or two with his only daughter Alary. One evening, when Brown and Alary had discussed almost every topic, Brown, suddenly, in his sweetest tones, struck out as follows ‘‘ Bo you think, Alary, you could leave father and naother, this pleasant home, with all its ease and comforts, to go far to the West with a young lawyer, who has little besides his profession to depend on, and with him search out a new home, which it would .be your joint duty to beautify and make delightful and happy like this 1 ” Dropping her head softly on his shoulder, she whispered, “ I think 1 could, Archy.” “Well, said he, “there’s Tom Jones, whose going Weso, and wants a wife ; I’ll speak to him.”

In Philadelphia electric signals are used by residents to fetch doctors, policemen, or fire extinguishers from remote blocks. Few persons in the States can afford such an expensive luxury as an errand boy, unless they are able to provide him with constant employment all day long. What people do, therefore, is to make terms with a telegraph company. The company keeps a staff of boys, and lets them autattherateof about 7an hour. J-he uniform the boys wear is a guarantee of trustworthiness. One signal sounded once, indicates that No. 254 wants a messenger, and a boy immediately starts off to attend his summons, Should the signal be made twice they understand that he wants a doctor, and they hasten to find one, or if three times, that some burglar has broken into his house, and that he is in urgent need of the services of a policeman. When a house is first connected with a telegraph office, it is necessary for the inmates to masterthe signals thoroughly lest the wrong persons should appear. It is rtdated of a lady in New York that, anxious to finger the new toy, she undertook to call a messenger, and when her husband went down to the door to. hand him the note he wished delivered, he was knocked down by a man who dashed in with a fire extinguisher on his shoulders, and then picked up and “ overpowered ” by two policemen. Warehouses and banks are rendered burglar-proof by wires much, ip the same way that they are .rendered .-fireproof. Nobody can enter safely unless he carries the owner’s key. Should he steal in unbidden by some window or door, when the premises have been vacated, and nobody is at home, the telegraph office at once hears of it, and despatches two policemen to the front door and two to -the back. They have him before he has fbundout the whereabouts of the safe.

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