Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-02-26
Inlsn HosplrALlrY.-"WiII 70 dino with m,

tho by-aws this six mOnthsr
Inlsn nHosplrALlrY.-"willy 20 dino with me
tomorrow, BarneyP
"Faith, an' / will with all my heart"
"Remembcr It's only q family dinner In
asking ye to-"
@oeh.. a family dinner is a mighty pleasant
4 thing What liaye We Sosf"
/ "JiSt an Elegant pace Of cnrn0d hate and
..By the powers! that bates the world Jist
! my own dinner to a hair--oagriag The oesfl"
4 STONE DEAp.--At au inquest lately held on
! the body OF u man found drowned, a nOyol at
tempt at rssuscatioR, but ono, we should i'm
| agine, that would prove quite effective, was
brought TO light the witnesses examined were
two rather rough-looking Irisllmen in pea-jac-
kctS and red whiskcrS.
.Wcll.' said the coroner when you first took
! this body from the ~Tter, did you endeavor to
restore anmation2'
.That wo did, yer honor, replied tho spokes-
man.
what measures did you resort to p eontin-
ned the coroner
.Plaae yer honor, Teddy and l rifcd his poe
kcts, and he niver once stirred.
'The jury Immediately pronounced verdict
Of taken from the water stone dead
4 correspondent of one of our weekly con
teniporarics, writing from Cleveland, describes
i like to have introduced into this part of the
country ..Ouu of our clerks, on Saturday,
/ bought n Shanghac rooster, and, at night, un-
/ known to us, put it for safe keeping in the safe.
! That night our establishment was destroyed by
fire. and the safe and its contents were exposed
10 a tremendous heat for thirty-six hours, at
the end OF which time it was hoisted out red
hot. As soon as possible it was opened, and,
Won may Judge of our surprise, when we found
within il the ShanghaC rooster, leaning against
tho ledgcr-fro2en to DEATH
MIeEI4GE FsE.--Thc late DR.. Boyington
was once disputing with farmer about tho
ease with which a minister earned money.
..Now,'' said the farmer, ''when you are cal
led ON 10 marry couple you never expect 4
less sum than three dolars-this for few min
utrs service"
pooh = replied tho doctor, 81 would agree
10 give you hall of my very next marriage fee
for Il buahcl oi potatoes"
..yrry wcll' said the farmer, "I'll take
yuur Offer, and bring you the potatoes
4 few days afterwards, the doctor was called
nn TO splice loving couple at Dogtown, q
place about four miles from whore he lived
When tho ceremony was over, the bridegroom
said tn the worthy minister;
sWel. parson, ltsposc ] must look after
something ior yeur trouble. What say you to
taking ou1 U'my terrier pups! The best breed
| tcll you in the country, shocking nice to have
: in the barn. Worth full five dollars, and
: sposc figure would do for the splice, chg
J The doctor took the pup with JOY, The Joke
h was too good he fastened TO the farmer, say,
h ing .Now friend, here is my fee, how shal
. we divide it ~
n The farmer relished the joke so well, that he
{ increased the potatoes to hall dozen bushels
IA -=---
Tng WAY THEY MARRY, SOMETIMES, IS lsDi
n ANN.--Our IIoosier friends have way Of theil
Il own Of indnlging their passions and sentiments
even to the sacrifice, sometimes, oi cohVen
st tonalitics. We have heard of AN instance II
. which a father and son married two sisters
~ the Young man marrying first, and the iathe
81 t.kinp n liking 10 his daughter-in-iaw, sOugh
~ the acquaintance OF her sister, proposed, an W,
- was married to her. Thus, IN addition 70 .i
nd natural siSteriy connection whleh eN,Stcu, ~.
II, eister wa, made gtepsmother anu the utie yum
~ stc,,.dau..b;cr-in-la,S to her own sister LAC
Nv. ,,. bs,.inl. issue. it is novelty to trace IN
w riafinnShip of the offspring TO the old folRs
~, and ia carh other. TIE old gchtlenan va
. grandfather and uncle 10 his sons ehiarel
IN while his bettcrhaf stood botn as ny,
:" md oiint 10 the same hopeful sciohs. IN
ra,,r,, man becamo his fathers brother-in-iav
, yI G,,;n,,sd the same relationship TO his cruz
,,,l steunlothcr, while he wIs uhcie anu nan pr'
1 ioF liar n his fathers children The desoenden
. nv nr rarb have eventually become entangiea
r., the ties OF conSanguinty, that =. last acco9'
@ ,' ,bn oldest son Of one oi the parties was enus
ha- M or;nr 10 prove, upon genealogical prime
~, II, ,ias 3bat he was his sisters grand-tat4s
~ w. hear that 'spolitics makes strange bedi'
~ an, lows /, we have certainly shewn thaf love a
~ matrimony sometimes make strange relate
the ships.
ieir prnuIBrr1oN Ix New YORK.-A new prph
70 itory law has been reporSed IN tho state Seni
ner by a majority of the select committee up
Nv. ~" that subject. 1t Iiakes u u nisoemeanor
)en- nass.or,s,a nun;aaabe by fine and mprisopm(