The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1858-03-27
Ess" circulation equal to all the
other City daiIies combined.

EsS" circulation equal to all the
other City dailies combined.
AsY' We thank you, Mr.. Live Giraffe,
fox your kind notice Of the Day Book
Like your namesako you arc tall, and as
the racy humor and good sense of your
columns shows, you browse to some pur-
pose. What you say of the value Of our
commercial news is strictly true. Our
local market report is corrected daily,
from the most reliable sources, down to
the hour Of going to press.
By the way, MIR. Giraffe, incline thine
ear from its elevation, for moment, to
list simple tale we are reminded Of
There is weekly magazine published in
Boston, Mass, called The LIVING AGE.
As a green-horn ''from the ked'ntry,"
who had somehow strayed into the city,
was passing by the Office, his saucer eyes
fell upon huge sign emblazoned
THE LIVING AGE'
in immense letters. Thinking there must
he some big show within, he entered the
door and asked: "Mistur, say achere's
yer lire A--gP What kind ola crittur is
it, any how ?" The person thus interro-
gated promptly dispellcd The innocent
young mans hallucination, and he went
further to crafty that hankering Of all
strangers in town to sec the lions, elc-
phants and other animals Can not you
"a tole unfold" Mr. Giraffe
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
gaa-, Ben Porley Poore, the wheel
barrow man." Of Newbury. Mass, is the
writer Of tho "Inkl;ugs Of Idleness," in
the Washington States. This same large
hearted, frank-spoken Ben is the prince
Of reporters, aud enc of the wittiest Of
Washington lettcr-vritefs, lie is a man
Of culture, talent and means, and withal
a gentleman, bearing that "grand old
name" ''without abuse" and never dcia-
ming il ike so many Of the s'lo5S and |
patyeuues who assume it ow-a-days.--
He owns ali ancestral estate some sixteen
miles out Of Boston, on which he resides
in spring and summer. "When the Old |
farm freezes up SO he once told us, II
take my wife and babes to Georgetown
lnear Washington where have rela-
tiyes. While Congress is in session ride /
to Washington in the morning omnibus,
LOOK Or aud dot down my impressions
for the newspapers"
Bss' Edwin p. Whipplc, Esq, Of Bos-
ton, onc of the most profound and brilli-
ant cssayists in America. is the author OF
she rather long, ornateiy written, and
thoughtful papers which grace the Edi-
tors Table of IIarpcrs' Magazine.
Bsg- Hon. John Holmes, now dead,
for many years U s Senator fresn Maine,
was An intimate friend Of John Randolph |
Of Virginia. Holmes was man Of broad
hun,or. not at all SO satiric in his turn as
the Man of Roanoke, but still with
enough points of contact with him IN
temperament and modes of thought. to
occasion lively mutual liking. Ono
clay as the two wero entering the Capitol
grounds at Washington, Randolph point
ed TO drove of donkies passing by and
said, in his quaint way, "Mr. Holmes,
there are some of your constituents going
along" eyes said Holmes, "they are
Scins to tkc Old Dominion to teach
school," The quiekness Of the retort
was admirable and its fitness may be
found in the fact that in those days Yam
kee emigrants to the South usually took
~ schooi-teachiug as vocation.
POPULATION MECHANICALLY Wheel |
ing Times says:
Last year there were sece" pair of twins
born in this city, being four more than
had occurred hero before for the same
neriod. Heretofore, three pair OF twins
we're the most of our city would boast or
The descent of the twins is as follows
One American, one Irish, ant tire Ger