ECCENTRIC PUNCTUATION

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1879, 28 June 1888, Page 3

ECCENTRIC PUNCTUATION

A man who waa suddenly taken alck " hastened home while every means for his recovery were resorted to. In spite of all their efforts, he died In the triumphs of the Christian religion." "A man was killed by a railroad car running into Boston, supposed to be deaf." "We have decided to erect a schoolhouse large enough to accommodate 500 scholars five itorfes high." An old editjon of a geography has this ; << Albany has 400 inhabitants, all standing with their gable enda to the street." Op a certain railway the following luminous direction was printed ; — " Hereafter, when trains m opposite directions are approaching etch other on separate lines, conductors and engineers will be requested to bring their respective trains to a dead halt before the point of meeting, apo* be carefol not to proceed till each train has passed the other." A steamboat captalo, advertising an exourelon. says: — " Tloketß, 25 cents; children half-prloa, to be had at the office." Coroner's verdict. — That A. B. oame to bis death by excessive drinking, producing apoplexy m the minds of the jury." A hotel wss thns advertised:— "Tbls hotel will be kept by tbe widow of the former landlord, Mr Brown, who died last summer on a new and Improved Plan." 11 Wanted, a fsaddle-horae for a lady weighing about 950! b." An Lowa editor says:—" We have reoetved a basket of fine grapes from our friend W., for which he will please accept our compliments, some of which are nearly 21n m diameter." " Board may be had at No 4 Pearl street, for two gentlemen with gas, 1 ' •' Over' a- bridge at Athens, Ga., is the fohbwlng :— " Any person driving over ibis bridge In & pace faster than a walk, shall, If a white man, be fined *>dol, and \f "a negrp, receive 2| lashes. Half the penalty to' ho bestowed on the Informer.'! A npvspaper contained this:— "We haye Vvo iphoolrooma nufjiclently large tp accommodate 300 pupils one above another/ - Another newspaper, In describing the doingi of a convention at Cleveland ftyi t-~-" The procession was very fine and nearly two miles long, as was also the prayer of Dr Perry, the ohaplaln."