The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1856-03-13
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M the Dukes perfect GOODNESS, on the most try
ins OCCASIONS, Colonel Gurwood gaye ms IN" III
ne wa. once In great danger Of being drowned
=. sea Il was bed thine when the captain OF the
vessel came TO him and said, TT WIN soon be al
over with us" VERY WE'LL answered 'ne Duke
Then shall NOT take of my boots"
SYDNEY SMITH
ia ,s,d that -- was % fond Of contradiction
that he would throw up the window In the middle
of he night and contradict the Waterman who wa
calling the hour.
upon an empty 'tomAeh'" Smith asked Upon
,aaIady Cork" said Smith, twas once 80 moved
By charity sermon that she begged me to lend
her guinea for her contribution. did 30. She
never repaid me, and spent il ON herself
- ERskIHE -
When Lord Erskine heart that somebody had
died worth two hundred thousand pounds, he OBJ
served, well, that's very pretty sum to begin
the next world with
from a continual wax Guinness and various meth.
DDS were tried to send him to sleep, but In vain
At last his physicians resorted 70 an experiment
which succeeded perfectly: they dressed hin, in q
watchmans coat put lantern into his hand.
To ali letters soliciting his 'subscriptiou to .nv.
thing Erskine had regular form of reply. viz:
'sir feel much honored by your application to
me, and beg to sabscribe"-here the reader had
to turn over the leaf-'myself your very obedient
servant" &C. s..sF = ft-s' s.fe-.t
Latteriy Erskine was very poor: and no won.
der, for he always contrived to sell out of the
when they were very high. "By heaven he
would say, II am perfect kite, all paper; the
boys might fly me-" Yet poor as he was he still
kept the best society; i have met him at the Duke
ofYorks, &c.
Fox, Gin his earlier days, L mean) Sheridan, Fitz.
patrick, &c, led such life Lord Tankervile as
sured me that he has played cards with Fitzpatrick
at Brooks from 10 o'clock at night till near aclk
the next afternoon, a waiter standing by to tell
them whose deal it was" they being too sleepy
to know. 800
After losing large sums at hazard, Fox would 20
home-not to destroy himself, as his friends some.
times feared but-to sit down quietly and read
Greek
He once won about Sc 900: and one of his bond
creditors, who soon heard of his good luck, pre-.
scented himself and asked for payment 'Impossi-
Bile, Sir" replied Fox II must first discharge NV
debts of honor" The bondcreditor demonstrated.
well, Sir, give me your bond" 1t was delivered
to Fox, who tore it in pieces and threw them into
the fire. Now, Sir" said Fox, my debt to you
is q debt Of honor" and immediately paid him
Combe recollected having seen Mrs. SiddonS,
when very young woman, standing by the side
OF her fathers stage, and knocking pair of snuff
fers against candlestick to initiate the sound of
windmill during the representation of some Har.
lequin piece. -.r
A friend of mine in Portland place has a wife
who intiicts upon him every season two or three
immense evening parties. At one of those ma rites
hs was standing in very forlorn condition. lean.
ing against the chimney piece, when gentleman
coming up to him, said 'Sir as neither of us is ac
quainted with the people here, think we had best
60 home"
Lord Seaforth. who was born deaf and dumb
was to dine one day with Lord Melville. Just be.
fore the time of the company's arrival Lady Mel.
vile sent into the drawing-room a lady of her &C
quaintance, who could talk with her fingers TO
dumb people that she might receive Lord Seaforth
Presently Lord Guilford entered the room. and the
lady, taking him for Lord Seaforth, began to DIV
her fingers very nimbly; Lord Guilford did the
same; and they had been carrying on a converse.
ton in this manner for about ten minutes when
Lady Melville joined them. Her female friend
Immediately said "Well, I have been talking
away to this dumb man" "Dumb!" cried Lord
Guilford; bless me, 1 thought you were dumb"
told this story (Which is perfectly true) to Mat
thews; and he said that he could make excellent
use OF II AZ one OF MS evening entertainments, but
know not If ever he did.
Humphrey Howarth, the surgeon. was called
out and made his appearance in the field start ma.
ked, to the astouishment of the challenger. who
asked him what he meant. II know" said H.,
that if any part of the clothing is carried into
the body by gunshot wound fostering en-
sues; and therefore have met you thus" His an.
tagonist declared, that fighting with man in pu.
ris ndtarali6us woule be quite ridiculous: and ac
cordingiy they parted without further discussion
Lord Alvanley, on returning home after his duel
with young OConnel, gave guinea to the hack
neycoachman who had driven him out and
brought him back. The man, surprised at the
largeness OF the sum, said, my Lord, 1 only took
you to, Alvaney interrupted him, '.My friend.
the guina is for bringing back not for taking ms
out. -A0