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Hydrophobia.
There is no greater reason why dogs iti
this city should be muzzled in summer than
in winter, yet an edict always goes forth
about every year commanding the owners
of dogs to resort to this cruel practice.
hy, then, are dogs muzzled in summer
and not in winter?
It cannot be because the animals are
more likely to go mad in hot than they are
in cold weather; for ascording to the best
collected statistics on tliatisubject, the pre
ponderance of hydrophobia is in the depth
of winter.
I nder these circumstances, therefore, it
BCI Ul * the height of cruelty to miftzlfe dogs
m { he hottest period of summer, when such
82 Appliance necessarily prevents them from
partaking of water, which is essential to
'ur comfort and healthy and is especially
Crue l w hen there is really no conclusive
licence that it is any benefit, except to the
ho have a "contract sot construct
muzzles.
’ w often have we said these things?
i'- 'Unees of hydrophobia occuring lately
‘Uian beings who had never been bit
k" ' a ra bid dog, or, indeed, by any dog,
or sound, show that rabies may be
i ? vradie ix meu as well as in dogs, and
Muzzling is advisable in the one as a
* re ' Cr -hve of the conveyance of hydrophobia
*' ‘ s as necessary as the other.— Phila~
City Item.
' Times at Baltimore. —Pink, the
‘ York correspondent of the Charles- .
Courier says: ‘ 1
Ai;P a uti-Greeley Democrats are thCr
' disgusted with the prospects of the
--paign. At last they are becoming sat-
that there is not a shadow of a chance
ar '-fig Greeley at Baltimore.
* -‘-aistration Republicans here have con- i
'"i to a large sum of money, which
u '’n sent on to Baltimore, or, at least,
lV : n ‘ on °* h, to be used iji defeating the
"* Cincinnati; Even so desperate
e become thfii they have resolved
***** coition with New York
an d resort to force to seeure his re
st .. , n the convention. Prominent
, , r Democrats are also said to have
‘ in this crusade, and the pres
r.°uiise is that the session of the con-
QQwill be an exceedingly exciting
Hut Jliiiem §ii).
VOL- VIL
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Going a Fishing.
Thp following is an “order ioi supplies”,
recently sent to an Americus (-615 t,,) grocer
'ey a fishing excursion party: .
Dear Sib— Myself and a couple of friends
leave this morning on a fishing excursion,
imd you will please send us by bearer, the
following articles, which if you prefer it,
you can charge to either Jack Brown •or
Jim Smith. Either is the safest.
Four pounds of salt and a Binall cask of
Whiskey.
One pound of ground black pepper and a
dimijohn of whiskey.
Ten pounds of lard and a large jug of
whiskey.
One canvassed ham and six quart bottles
of whiskey.
Three good, stout fishing lines and three
pocket flasks of whiskey
One paper of largo Limerick hooks, and
a gallon of whiskey in any vessel you don’t
use about the store.
Also, send one pound of white sugar and
a small jug of whiskey.
Hurriedly yours,
O. and G.
P. S, —As we %hall be gone several days
and as snakes are bad on the river at this
season, my physician has just stepped in,
aud suggested that we had better take a
little whiskey.—Send it, and enter it on
yout books with the other items above.
N. B.—Our cook who goe§ with us, ac
companies the bearer of this. Let him have
a small barrel of whiskey for his own use,
and charge as above. Lest something
might happen, also, be so good as to send
by our cook one bottle of good peach.
A Wonderful Old Man.
The New York Tribune has a correspond
ent who writes from Coldwater, Michigan,
to say that he is sixty-eight years of age,
that he has never uttered ait oath, never
used a-dimes worth of tobacco, never bought
or sold*a drop qf w,hiskey for himself, al
■mvugtnwt K-fint aJujiftL-in
one of the Southern States, never played a
game of marbles, or checkers, or billiards,
and only twice in lii3 life has he had a pack
of cards in his hands. He has traveled
over one hundred thousand miles, and never
met with an accident, nor has he ever been
a moment Jlate. Among other accomplish
ments, he declares that he call repeat more,
of the bible than any man living of whom
he has any knowledge; and he father de
poses that he has preached for fifteen years
that he has traveled five hundred miles to
attend overfifty funerals and all the salary
he ever received was a pound of tea worth
seventy-five cents. For fifty seven years,
he has not been confined to the house by
bodily indisposition for forty-eight hours
at a time. Often he has walked twenty
four miles to attend divine service. Oid as
he is, he can read without glasses.
Balky Horses.
It is rarely well to whip or kick or scold
a balky horse, as is the common practice.
One of the best modes is to feed him where
he stands with any accessible food, such as
oats, ears of corn, or even grass by the way
side, or hay from the wagon,' which can be
provided for the emergency. Forgetting
his whim, he will generally start without
trouble. Another good way is to do some
thing not harmful, but new; as filling his
inouth with loose .dirt, which a desire to
get rid of will divert his thoughts, and be
fore he knows it he will be jogging uncon
sciously along. We have often seen this
done with most satisfactory success. Some
times, if one can spare the day, it is best to
■wait till, from weariness and liunger, the
animal submits to your will, and the triumph
in this instance is generally complete.— Ex.
fecsFLowERS. —Let me urge upon my
brother farmers to put in patch of sunflow
ers. The yield is about equal to corn, and
they require but the same attention ; as food
for poultry and hogs far exceeding corn. A
little occassionallv mixed with horse feed*
gives a fine coat. Every farmers wife es
pecially on the prairie, will be pleased to
see a goodly lot stacked near the kitchen.
For kindling it has no superior, and is easi
ly prepared ; for a feeble child can break
the largest stalk across the knee. It makes
splendid bean poles j«plant as soon as the
frost is out of the ground, and when it
comes time to plant the beans the sunflow
er will be knee high ; then thin out a to sin
gle stalk and plant the bean at the root—
you will thus get two crops. Chemists tell
us its ashes contain fohrfold more alkali
tViftTi ordinary wood. It is also a splendid
protection from cold winds when set against
Noath and west fences. Cattle take to it
and do not pull it down as they do straw or
I stalk®. —-Rural World.
irAIJBinWE OAj, JULY 6th. 1872.
Northern Democratic Sentiments.
Trenton, N. J., June 2o. —Gov. Ran
dolph, on taking chair, sr.'J at this time
when our Democratic bretheren in other
States weem to havo become touched with
tbic lever - of politic 1 revolution, our f.e on
ordinarily discreet, teir. oewite, and diwp'v**
sionate, will be looked to with more t. n
orJirtnrT inioraai in aS Giber
•States have given hasty utterance of opin
ion and preferences we should give sober and
thoughful utterances. The Baltimore Con
vention will be composed of men who have
higher motives than merely to beat Grant,
and their motives will be £0 beat a corrupt
and despotic administration. A Chief
Magistrate who has brought hi3 worse mili
tary habits of thought and action to the
administration of civil affairs. With Grant
ism broken, we know ho worse can com*
and believe a better can be had. That wo
shall obtain at Baltimore all that we deem
desirable does not now seem pro
bable, unless sojno unexpected reaction oc
curs. The action of the Convention is a
foregone conclusion. Indorsed at Balti
more, I deem Greely’s election assured.
Defeated there, his chances are* unworthy
of attention.
It is well known that my judgment has
been against the indorsement of.the Cincin
nati ticket. The Grovemdr proceeded to
• state the purpose of the recent Fifth Avenue
conferrence. He claimed that this confer
ence was not a fiasco, but a succees, because
it concentrated reliable information as to
the weakness or strength of the Cincinnati
ticket in nearly every State, and thus gave
a basis for the decision that no new ticket
could be now named with any political
advantage. I think a more suitable nomi
mation and a more acceptable candidate to
tlie great body of Democratic votes could
have been found. I know that we shall be
charged with placing our life-long oppo
nent at the head of our column in a day 6f
■iirr^yVM^tlv ; only take
the leadership of a party that elects him
after he has pronounced himself fully in
favor of such old-fashioned Democratic
principles as hostility to centralization, Op
position to Federal interference in State
and local affairs, condemnation of the sus
pension of the writ of habeas corpus, fitil
support of amnesty, a rigid adherence to
cilvil service reform, opposition to the bay
onet election laws and the like. Now if
Greely can Accomodate himself to such un
compromising Democratic views as these,
we can accept his conversion even if it be
a trifle unexpected.
In conclusion, Gov. Handolph said that
they had to contemplate the almost certain
indorsement of Greely at Baltimore, and
with it the assured defeat of Centralism—
a great victory, because, if Greely had no
loftier views, no greater intelligence, than
Grant, he would be powerless, where
Grant’s power is almost without limit.
Greely would bo the occupant of a high
office, but his power to abase it would be
jeaously guarded by Loth. friends and foes.
Jlis might be the place, *but the power with
Grant defeated will bo i v legated to the peo
ple and there representatives.
A Child Attacked by a Leopard.
The excessive heat which has prevailed
for some days past rendered the animals in
the Central Park menagerie, New York,
unusually morose and irrit#>M<*» visitors
we re warned not to opproach their cage,
last Sunday evening the house containing
the lions, tigers, and leopards was densely
packed with sightseers. Among these con
greated before the cage of a magnificient
leopard were Mr. Wm. C. Coffee, of 2GI
West Houston street, and his little son,
about five years of age. Mr. Coffe, lost in
gazing at the leopard, failed to notice that j
the child had passed under the outer bar,
and was standing with hisr face prssed
against the cage. The savage beast within, |
however, was not slow to observe it, and,
bounding suddenly to the bars, he imbed
ded his claws.in the boy's face. The child’s
shrieks induced the belief that some of the
beasts had broken loose, and a rush for the
! door ensured, the panic being increased by
the roars of the other animals, and the wild
est excitement prevailed. Meanwhile the
father tore his child away, but not before
his face had been badly lacerated. Tbe
leopard was subsequently removed into one
of the upper cages.— N. 1. Sun.
A Gorgeous Ccitis. —The burial casket
in which the remains of the late James
Gordon Bennett were incased was made in
Rochester, New York, and was nearly
square in shape, and constructed of a pe
culiar wood, which lasts for many years.
The side pannels were covered with costly
FOR THE RIG3S} —JUSTICE TO ALL.
; Lions silk velvet, and the eight handles
i wire of anew design, made expressly for
tile occassiou. The lid which consisted of
iffcpannd of French crystal plate glass,
cfpjsred, when required by two black silk
t-'-nrr nn sliver hincres and
with two • -vv.- hi-"ks. Th* entire
rr fi:n- \ \n a r fr-une
'inoniclihirof. chaste design.
I m*'de fast in such a manner
ih.'-l it ci]rti r '-t fall apart. The inside was
and decorated in white silk,
si'i;3SyjA|ttl Venetian lace.
h ■' " Lil
"firesipe reaping.
' GOOD-NIGHT.
* T Manx j. ottarsos.
Opd-night! good-night! the old church bell
Inufh slowly chimed ils midnight warning;
Fir-o'er the Fast, the echoes swell.
As if to meet the flush of morning.
Tfajßfdof Bleep. with potent finger,
ijpmbpenied the eyes of brute and mortal,
AM T alone a moment linger
fei-say-Good-night! ftien pass his portal.
CHight? good-night! to all the earth,
ffijlevery joy and every sorrow ;
Gi^piigbt! to all of woman's birth - ;
Ipty angels guard them till the morrow 1
If fUgly I have injured any,
jlhrge the plea of human weakness
Vvyat t have suffered front the many,
Forget, forgive, or bear with meekness.
Grfef world of straggling life* good-night!
#tod-Ulght! ye proud, ye poor, and weary ;
Fr.#well! thou silver, soft mOdnlight;
•jfood-night! to all. both sad and cheery.
G dlfi-nigh c! good-night! »o rhyming numbers;
Fire well! ye stars, so purely bright;
To Me great Power that never Humbert,
JOftieiJ- me now. Good-night! Goodnight!
ileslAF OPERATION.
’
WT SYLVANTS COBB. JK
‘Say, John, —didn’t that woman go away ery
ing ?’
•She was sniffling a bit,’ answered John Gled
den. slipping around from behind his counter.
‘I should call it crying. sa»d George Austin, the
first speaker. ‘What was it ?’
•Why —fact is, old fellow, she pawned a brooch
here a few weeks ago, ar.d just now she wanted to
redeem it; but the time was more than up, and I
couldn't do it.”
‘Couldn’t do it? l?y not V • t
•Why—bless your soul! the brooch was pearls
and garnet in one of the finest settings I ever-savf
the pearls pure oriental, and the garnet like a
crimson rubjo
‘And how much h&d you advanced on it V
* Ten dollars.'
‘And it was wortji— *
‘Fifty, at least.’
‘And very likely it was’a keepsake.’
‘So she said. "But it isn't safe. to believe the
stories of the poor creatures that corne to pawn
jewelry. She had her needs, and I have my rules.
She ktiew the rules before she left the brooch, and
she hrrl no business to come back for it after the
time fas up.’
John -Gieddm and Georgs Austin were cousins
George's uother had tic."./ to Johns ?a
--tfc-.-r; bur ’.lie mother and the father were h-ah
drad. ijud John and Gaovge were orpr.ans. '-.•eorge
had lejrnsd the printer's trade a 1 was at, present
engag'd upon a daily paper, while John hat work
ed his-way into a pawn-brokers office ; and. though
only ie-ami-twenty, had learned all the uicks of
trade that can extort money from the poor and
the needy. But John Gleddin did not do busi
ness under ftis o.ra name. The man before him
h adjust! the name of ‘Joshua Sluhr, - ami this same
name John ured. ‘Joshua Slurr’ appeared be
neath the thrpe golden balls over the door; and it
was ’liso upon the business cards ; and, further
more. ah his receipts and pawn tickets John sign
ed ‘J. Slurr.’
‘I don't know, John,’ said George, who was his
cousins junior by two years, after a season of re
flecticfi, ‘but I think I would rahter plod on at my
type <kse than be in .your business.’
‘Psiaw ! You're soft-headed.' I tell you. George,
Iam 1 making momey. You have no idea of the
profit ' .* .
‘Fq instance.’ said George, ‘you have made per
haps twenty, dollars on that brooch ?’
‘Ay—thirty.’
‘Will—l wouldn't have the weight of that poor
womfi s sobs and tears on my cocsience for ten
tiroeathe amount. So you can just see how I feel.’
‘Pijarf!’
Sbirtly afterward George Austin went away to
the printing-office and as it was well into the eve
ning >ohn made preparations for closing up. He
had jilt most of his jewelry into the safe when
tbe dor of his office was opened, and an enderly
gentljnan entered—a good looking man he was.
and try respectablv dressed, though his garb was
muchworn, and* considerably soiled, and smelled
stronjy of salt water.
‘ls,he proprietor in ?’ asked the gentleman.
Jon nodded assent.
‘>l Slurr, I think V
Jqn repeated his assenting nod.
‘I b caught, in a tight place,’ said the geritle
i manWith a grim aid ghastly smile, as though a
1 pawnbroker s shop was about the most uncomforh-
able place he could have selected in* which to ea*
cape from his tightness, ‘i have just landed, hera
in yoht city, and discover that my luggage, by the
most ridiculous oversight on my part, has gone on
to New York. In London I took a bill of
change on Boston, and not only that, but a few
five and ten -pvand notes of the Bank of England
which I had with me arc 1 v this'time iD the dis
tant nfctwjpoiiA. Ro Tam forced (another grim,
ghastly -mile* to have recourse to an establish
ment where credit, un%y be laid upon a ready col
lateral.’
«JA. i Gleddin howr-d politely, and said he should
| be happy to ba of service.
Then tire .gentleman' took from his pocket a
morocco case, upon opening which he exposed a
gold watch. John took the watch and turned to
the gas jef, and upon examining it he found it to
be a masterpiece of one Cf the most celebrated
Swiss makers—a st&ni-w inder, full ruby-jewelled
of most exquisue adjustment and finish. He knew
that the first cost of that watch had been not loss
than three hundred dollars in gold. • *
‘ How much did you want on this?’ he a«ked,
returning the watch to the case.
*1 want enough to get me safely to New York.’
John started off upon an explanation of the
many and extreme risks of his business ; but the
gentleman stopped him abruptly.
‘I ask you to run no risk on my account. Ido
not propose to sell the watch. I only wish to
leave it with you as security for a vury small sum-
I have another jfist like it, —I bought them*as
presents for two friends of mine, and would not
sell them for ten tirnea their value. Fifty dollars
will answer.’
John tried to cough down the idea of advanc
ing so much, but the cough stuck in his throat.
‘For how long db )du want the fifty dollars Y
‘For—say—two weeks’
Never mind the various dodges attending the
transaction on the part of the broker. Suffice it_
to say that he dt length counted oilt fifty dollars
to his customer, and took the watch ; and the
‘trade,’ as he termed it, stood thus: At any time
within two weeks the gentleman could redeem Jbe
watch upon the payment of sixty dollars.
‘Esther steep interest,’ said the elderly gentle
man, with a smile far more grim and severe than’
any which bad preceded it.
John would have again explained the enormous
Y»#k*. oi his business, bat tbs cusitytiiet wo^d
•What name ?’ said John, holding* his pen over
his entry-book.
‘Put it down Simon Snibbs, if you must have
a name.’
So John put it down, and then he put the watch
away, and the customer departed with thri fifty
dohara. ,
After the man had gone John Giedden took out
the watch arid looked at it again. His eyes spark
led eagerly. Suppose anything should happen to
preterit the prompt redemption of the valuable
pledge? The thought thrilled him through and
through.
The days passed—and a week passed. The
days passed again, and another weA had sped bjr.
At length the elderly gentleman returned, and
asked for his watch•
‘What hdme?, aske’d John., professing to hath
forgotten.
‘Snibbs—Simon Snibbs.’
‘Ah. yes. I remember. Let me see.’ And he
looked ever his-books. ‘Really, Mr: Snibbs, you
must have made a mistake. I have no watch of
years.’ "
•ilow, sir?’ cried the customer, in blank amaze
mc;r, ‘Did I cot leave with you a valuable gold
wat.:b as security for a certain sum which I bor
rowed of you?’ . .
John smiled blandly.
‘Not exactly as you put it, Mr. Snibbs. If you
will i . fresh your memory, you will recollect that
1 bought tbe watch—that, for value received, you
gave me a re f , liar hill of sale—with the proviso,
however, that u, wi;hia two waeks from the date
thereof, you should pay to me the sura of sixty
dollars iu current funds, the watch should become
your property. The weeks expired yester
day, sir!’ •
* ‘But—Sir! Will you— ’
John put up lu3 hand reprovingly.
‘There i3 no need of going into passion, my dear
sir. You see ju t how the matter stands.’
From.a towermg rage the old naan descended to
argun.ent and explanation. He told how he had
been detained in New York by an unavoidable ac
cident, and how he hid embraced the first possi
ble opportunity to call tor his watch.
‘I had not worried much,’ he said, ‘because I
had not thought that any man coull be.so con
summately mean and cold-bloodedly heartless and
vile as to rob me upon such a pretext.’
At this John waxed wroth, aud ordered the
man to leave his office.
And. the old gentleman, evidently fearing that
He should be led to the commission of some fool
ish outrage if he remained longer within the vil
lainous influence, closed hi* clips tightly together,
and went away.
On the afternoon of that very day John Gled
den sold the wyitch to an ageut of a Philadelphia
house for two hundred and seventy-five dollars. *
‘H?-waK ?He cried, *s George Austin dropped
in during the evening. ‘Plod on at your type-case,
old fellow on P
‘What's up, John?’
‘The greatest operation I ever ftia.de —two hun
dred and t wenty-five dollars, in pocket at a single
turn of the die—interest on fifty dollars for two
weeks ? What d'ye think of that?'
‘lf money were mans chief end,’ said George*
soberly—‘if money were the sole source of happi
ness—l should say ’you were on tho road. But
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Os every description ne*V
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* from all quarters. Scud ns your •rdera.
NO 3.
you know my sentiments, *nd we won't argue th*
point. And, besidee, ‘we haven't time. 1 ? I cam*
to let you know that Unci* Most* baa got ho hid.'
‘Uncle Mo*m!' cried John, clapping hi* bauds.
‘Yes. He has but just arrived, and called am
me this afternoon. He wints you and l(V0 coni*
and see him at the Tremont this evening.'
‘Ot "course we ll go «rd Jsee him,” said John,
starting at once to put away kis ‘Th*
old fellow must be rich <*» mud and you aud lari
j his only relaUtW l*
•He is certainly rich,* responded George quietly,
and we ire his only near relatives; but I don’t
j think of that. 1 only .remember,} how I uaod to
i love him in the cld ; days, when my mother waft
| alive, and he nsed to cheer and comfort h«,r, and
used to play.with me under the great trees'.’
‘And I remember.’ added John, ‘how he used to
tell me that 1 ought to have my ears boxed be
cause I robbed lord's nests and stole apples and
peaches from the neighbors’ gardens. But that
was a long time ago. 1 have forgiven him for all
that. I say, George, if he should take a fancy to
us. We re in luck, au't ’we ? You Won't say any
thing about—about—’
‘About what?’
‘I was going to say. about my buklbe^s; bhi
■ever mind. Only those who have been behind
j the scenes know the crooks and turns.’ %
‘You need not fear i hat I shall say *nythiAg td
; your cusadvAfttage, John. You lljtnd Uncle M.osea
i just one of the jolliest and kindest hearted m*n
you ever saw.’ .
And as'soon as John had lockcd.his and
finished h;1 toilet, the tWd Cousins ket forth*.
Uncle ilosesGleddin had been brother to John|S
father and to George’s mother, and for
he had beeu away in Europe engaged in responsi*
Me agencies for American houses; and it was
known that he had amaSsed 'ft fortune. He baj
married in youth ; but bis wife had died leAVing
no children, and he had never married agaifi; t'o
that the hopes of the expectant nephews were not
without foundation. , (
At length the young tuAn reached the hotel, and
as George had been there before he led the way.
* ‘Uncle Moses,’ he said, upon entering the rb&m
where a genial-faced, smiling, portly, elderly gen
tleman arose to receive hiux, ‘this is John—John
this is Uncle Moses.’
John looked, and turned pale as death.
.Uncle Moses looked, and flushed like * Scarlet
uuii i .■mi I ..■MM.H.—M.ii.ih t.
‘Of course it is John, sir,’ said George, lh answer.
‘An(f not Joshua Slurr ?’
‘O,’ cried George, thinking that by some acci
dent Moses might have seen John’s face beneath
the pawu-brt>ker's sign, ‘ that is the faame of the
man who was in business before him/ t
‘And,’ added Uncle Moses, severely, ‘if I hue
take not, it is tfc'e name under which he nolV doe*
business for himself.’
John Giedden could hot deny it, for he sritk, in
his Uncle M.ofces, the man from whom he ha(j so
meanly taken the valuable vratch. He tried to
say something, but the words choked him ; arid ha
stood like a whipped cur before his relativfe. fi
nally he mustered up Courage to ask the old tnan
to forgive him* ; .
*1 tody forgive you,” answered Uncle Moses, ‘dul
I cinnot take you into my confluence just yet. I
think you had better go home and sleep upoh it.
Let us both sleep upon it. I would rathefr hot
talk of it now. The wound is too fre£h. , ,
John Giedden was no more anxious to stop than
his uncle was to detain hirii; and without farther
•fcords he took his departure. Once more It hi»
office lie thought of the watch he had sold, arid of
the two Hqiidred and twenty-fire dollars pisfst ha
kad made ; and the conviction was forced upon
him that his great Operation was likely to prove a
very heavy settler upon his great expectations.
And so it ultimately proved. Unale John corikJ
not take the dishonest, unscrupulous nephew to hia
confidence, nor to his love ; nor could John mua*
ter up the impudence to claim the tender regardi
of one whom he tad so meanly and so unnfitig*-
tedly wronged and abused. The fcesult kW, that
the true hearted printer ere type-set
ting to “Assume "the wealth upc'n wfiibh Uhdb Clo
ses deemed him worthy and well-qualified to en
joy. What the pawn-broker may gain in time we
cannot say; but if he ever regains the confidence
he ha3 lost, it will be when he has shown by hia
works that he regards truth and honor as of more
value than the sordid profits of such operations a*
have heretofore, soiled his hands.
A literary gentleman, a believer in Spir
itualism, said that he was birrtfeelf-R sub
ject of spiritual influence, under which ho
always wrote his articles, thlis being, in tho
work of*authorship, a medium. “ That,”
remarked a pleasant friend, “may account
for your mediocrity.”
“Why, Emily, how do you do ? ’Where
have you been and what have you been do
ing since I say you ?” “ I am very well;
Julia. I celebrated my wooden wedding
last week.” “Why, 1 didn’t know y#j
were married. How did you celebrate * f
“ By marrying a blockhead.”
A lady who recently made a<ss’ j ono
our most fashionable resident g wag som6 .
what astonished by the sefrf &
portation, replying to h«f a tha
mistress of tbe house * . thomo . .-Well,
leddy, I donnaw, __ r
TJ i - yez can give me yer
tmtet, (card) an atheyll belattirf
yer come