Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-08-06

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10 lons experience has made him sage.
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2 An hitlnrrant female musician knocked sni,
Eonng man into the gutter at Cincinnati. OF
:, "aS last week, for attempting to kiss her.
: An itincrant female musician not far fra,
CINCINNATI, knocked ffnice young man. int
+ teuar short time ago, and mudied his ne,
n her. =" A'S
\ clergyman asked of his Scripture pupil
"nHthGr ~! 'the leopard could change his spots
70 be sure replied Billy, as prompt a
, lillght be Ewhen he's got tired of one SPOT N
goes to another" 'i'o' :"
fShall we take sbus' IN Broadway p, said
N9nAg New Yorker, who was showing nj,
country cousin the wonders of that civ. %
year, no r said the frightened girl, 81 would
not do that in the strcet.''
Mrs. Jameson says: "The bread of lifa !.
inEei the sal: OF life is work: the snpar N
ne is poetry the water of life, faith. . Hand
20, tne bread and sugar. never mind the
Sllt'-- BostoH Posi-.
A iady's maid hooked one Of the best of
WIKI; Hgr inislreass dresses the other day, but the
behind @ Ts ts passed oyer Rsf4R fere Vas y no5ody
! - testify to the fact.
Among the ancient nations, the husband
purchased his wife. Among the Assyrians. tht,
women were put up at auction, and the price
ootaihed Tor the beautiful was always given to
the homply. So" w
II Is said that Barnum is at present in hll
.tn5,' stiase aiter chap who helped his wife at
steamboat table, in preference to another iadY
VINO sat near him. lie is considered the
greatest curiosity extant.
Joe, what makes your nose red7 Friondsh;r
HOW do you make that out J've oot 4 friarhai
| VINO is very fond Of brandy and as he is Zoo
| his faster. ii'' 'eh
A painter, who was desirous of tiatterine
Cllnarosa, once SAID to him, that he Considered
nun superior to Mozart as a compuser stT
SIT e replied Cimarosa, smartly; Hwhat wouId
You say to any person who should assure Won
that you We're superior to Raphael2 2'
Visitors at Niagara Falls, will remember a
Sta'tease on the west side of Goat Island called
'bluHle Staircase Some one asked friend
OF ours why it was called that name. sBecause
1t ''oHa@ mp nc bank was the answer.
Tom, you seem to gain flesh every day-tbe
grocery business must agree with Won. What
did you weigh last
wei, simon, really forget now, but it ap-
pears 10 me 1t was pound of butter.
The Minnesota Pioneerwants to know whetb-
II me devll were to die, the newspapers would
mol eulogi2e his character. II they didn't the
editors would be very likely to get uncere-
monious orders from some of the relatives of
'he deeeased--.'stop my paper"
slow, said a County Court Judge to wit
ness, "do you know the plaintiff was intoxicated
on the evening referred tol'' ssBecause saw
him few minutes after supper. irving to mil
OH his trowsers with boetiiack.'' Verdict
for the defendant.
Deacon L., of Maine. snealinc the ntber
day OF his early years, remarked that although
he was boy when the American Revolution
commenced, yet he remembered all about il.
having received his information from his father.
VINO Kept the run Of public affairs, being a
.irUTm HbcrtiRe.'
81 will como down and give you a thrash-
ing, Il you don't stop your impudence,'' said a
man to political opponent from ireland who
was railing at him from the street below his
window. '.Come along" said Pat, sspurty
soon el ye plaze--ior I'd like to be close by.
when ye did itl''
A young ltdy at ball was asked by a lover
Of serious poetry whether she had seen "Crab-
be's TaIesase
'Why MOP ~he Nnswereu, ~ NAdu-t know
that crabs had tas.''
81 beg your pardon, Miss said he mean
have you read Crabbe's Tales 2''
s'And assure you, Sir, did not know that
red crabs, or any other, had tails"
Jolly SONS of the Green Isle, one day last week
IN front of our office, had point to it.
81 say, Jimmy, did you ever see such a sum-
mer as this ?''
''Faith and havc.''
"When ?''
"Last winter, by iabers."
There lives at Rheims, France, an old man
who has made large fortune by lending
money at a rate higher than the law Allows
Having been implicated in an affair of usury.
ne was IN danger of trial, and hung himself
lie was, however, cut down, and having seen
the rope lying on the floor cut in two, excaim-
ed ''Why spoil new rope by cutting p
could You not unite It'll
''La % said Mrs. Partington, s.bere
have been suffering the bigamies of death for
three mortal weeks. First ives seized with
bleeding phrenology in the left hampshire of
the brain, which was exceeded by q stoppare
of the left ventilator of the heart; This gave
me an inflammation in the bOrax, and now Pm
SICK with the choloform morbus. There's no
blessing like that of health, particularly when
you are sicE.''
a travelling Yankee lately put up at
country Inn where u number of loungers were
assembled telling stories. After sitting some
tline, and attentiyely listening to their folly,
he suddenly turned and asked them how much
they supposed he had been offered for his dog,
which he had with him. They all stared, and
was on tiptoe TO know; one guessed
five dollars, anotherten dollars, another fifteen
until they had exhausted their patience, when
one of them seriously asked how much he had
been offered. "Not darn'd cent" he re-
piled.
She son of nobleman in England, who
studied Divinity at Oxford, had a yacht, in
which he spent most Of his time with some fel-
low students. Being but very inperfectly pre-
pared for examination, he could hardly answer
any question. When the examiner facilitate
him, asked 'SPray sir, how many persons are
in the Trinity !'' The pupil, supposing the
professor alluded TO his boat, TO which that
name had been given, answered-''Four, sir,
beside the stccrsman!' ~
PosT OrrIcE ANgcDoTE.--The Newburyport
Herald tells the following Post office anecdOte
A rap at the delivery.
POstmaster-ssWell, my lad, what will YOU
have ~
Boy-'Slleres letter, She wants it to go
along as fast as it can, cause there's n Teller
wants to Nave her here, and she's courted by
another Teller who amt here and she wants to
know whether he's go to have her or not''
Having delivered his message with emphasis
the boy departed, leaving the Postmaster so
convulsed with laughter that hO could make no
reply.
BuTrERlNG Her HEELs.-Mrs. Smith, an
English laIy and Margaret, the kitchen maid.
Mrs. S.-Margaret.
NJ Marin.
Mrs. S.-As it Is Friday, to-day, and Mr..
Smith and myself are to dine out, you'd better
stop the fish man and get some fresh fish for
your dinner.
M.-Nes, marm, III get some nice GELS and
fry 'em.
Mrs. S.--Msrgaret, you may make some
toast Tor tea, il you like; here is some fresh
butter, that you may put on your heels if you