The Sheboygan Mercury in nan mitring
the close r>| ns second volume remarks:
“ When our paper was established, this
place was little more than a hamlet, having
a siiikll population and hut httleciiminerriui
importiHtPe. The <tr«'ain of emigration
flowed past us" to Milwaukee, no I even a
large portion of the Merchandize for the
country l>a k went there too —indeed, but
two or three boats could
at »nr piers. The change has l«een won
derful—though that is no matter ofsur
prt-i to those amjiiaiinc*! with the growth
Ol \\ r stern towns—,an I we feel n natt:ral
pri le 111 vhrnni.-ltiig the fart. Ihe amount
of papiilat.on wo are unable to -tatc, hut it
is estimated at tw o thousand. Within the
past year, according to the actual count of
.a Iriend, 104 new buildings have lieen eree
trd—and he say* that there is no doubt Imt
that 101 accurate eouijwitaiMwi would inerea**'
tiie nnmlHsr to I J«>. Tlie m ist nf tlo-se have
Imen of the l*etter class of dwellings— niativ
of them rlrga>tt edifice*. Two churches
aiar included, one ('aiholir ai d one llnhtist,
the latter a haStkuM building with o brick
burateut.”
The Oherlin Institute recently couferred
the title of Bachelor of Arts upon a young
lady. I’ehaps *he would larfer the bache
lor w ithout the art*.
Cleanings.
Isaac can you describe a bat?—“ \es sir ;
lie’s a flying insect, about the size of a stop
ple,-has India rubber wings, and 11 shm
-triiig tail ; be sees w ith his eyes shut, and
bites like the old hoy.”
Col. Johnson of Louisiana, generally
known through nit the country as the “ Na
poleon of the Turf,” died at Mobile a few
days ago.
