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Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4381, 18 January 1883, Page 2

Outrage by a policeman i Sam Johnsing was up again yesterday. " What brings you here this time ?" asked the. recorder. " De policeman ; de same What brung me heah last time." " I mean, what did you do?" "I was jess passin' a grocery store, when I struck my head agin a ham what was hanging by de dore.i I tuckde ham down to put it somewafes wbar 'it. would be safe, from folks bursting their braioa out agin it, when de fust I knowd a poliecman tried to get de ham away from me, and bekase I wouldn't let de ham go he jess brung me along,, too," : : An Indiana mob hung a member of the Legislature by mistake for a horse~thief, and when they found it;out gave three cheers to think they had done so much better than they expected. A Vermont debating society will tackle the question: " Which is the;most fun— to see a man try to thread a needle, or a woman try to drive a nailP " ' L _ The much talked of transit ofT«nui is a mere trifle in companion with the tranifbrma* tiou that; has juat taken place 4fr Oaittus MoLiveb'o. Call in and Me th« grand di«< play of ChriMmM Toyt, Card*, and General Fauoy aoodi.~[A»rT.j