Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1859-06-24
WHEE
THE INTELLIGENCER,

answers in this weeks number of Noah's Times
and Messenger, are mostly too trivial or too
long and heavy FOR our ideas of either reada-
Lle profitable collation. Nevertheless we
pick out q, few: ~
Q"cry:-What is the origin of the saying,
'He's nice man, but he can't keep hotel!"
Ans7cer:-The expression was originally en-
ployed by the late Mat. Peel, in his plantation
Sketches" to Indicate aperson not quito up to
the negro standard of excellence.
f, Que'y:-ExPain the difference between Rec.
tors, Wears, and curateS
11lso0er:-Rectors, Wears, and curates are not
''all the same parties" i'll England. When the
clergyman receives both the large and the small
tythes, the parish is called "rectory." When
the large tythes are separate property, and only
the small ones are received by the clergyman.
it is called "vicarage" curatc is the cler-
gyman who does the duty for the rector or
vicar.
Query:-When and by whom did the drama
originate?
1nsaoer:-We are indebted for both forms of
the drama to Greece. Athens enjoyed the
honor of witnessing the first comedy. 1t was
performed on movcnble scnifold by Susurion
and DoIon, B. @. 562. Tragedy was first repre-
sentcd in the same city, by Thespis, OF u wa
gon, B. Q. $50. He was rewarded for his abil-
ity with goat Anaxandrdes was the first
dramatic poet TO introduce intrigueS, &C., upon
the SlaSe IIe COInpOScu aOOuL u nnnuTcu
plays, ten ofwhich obtained the prize. He died
Qmery:-What title is suitable for n young
man to use, in writing TO young lady with
whom he has been Intimately acquainted with
for several years?
AnS,cer'-Ile SHOULD address her as "My
Dear Miss Nary" or Sophia, 'or whatever her
name might be. He can omit the word "my"
if he desire to be more aflectiouatc.
QUery:-Which is the greatest longest, Sc
vcrest, and most desperate naval battle OH re-
cord
-dnSoccr:-We arc acquainted with no one
naval engagement to Which all these adjectives
will fairly apply. In 1871 the Christian fleet
defeated the Turkish in the Gulf of Lepauto,
destroying 90 vessels, and killing or taking
prisoners 10000 Of their enemies. In 1910 Ed
ward l H. defeated the French fleet near SluyS,
sinking 400 sail and killing 10000 Frcnchmrn
These may be placed among the greatest" bat
ties of the kind For the Longest" we may
take the contest in juno, 1866, between the
English and Dutch fleets, which lasted for four
days. For the "seVerest and most desperate"
Gro;;; ;;Sfsl Ill H.; sS| on" conflict
Que1y:-In cScorting Sashin5Iied lady Crhooc
husband is Iiving) and her unmarried daughter
home in the evening, after dark, from my pa
rents house, Il being singlc,) should offer my
arm to both and To which first?
married lady first
lwery:-M bet D. that figures such as l, 2,
or 8, are numerals B. contends they are not.
Both agree to be governed by Webster; but
willie b contends the question is plain, NJ con-
tends otherwise.
Iins,cer:-"Figures " in the arithmetic scnse, are
snumerals," according to Webster, is 'a figure
or character used to express number" and
figure is "a character lenUting number"
which rs the same thing in different words.
Some fellow bores the editor with the follow
ing question:
Is the band of music that performs in sum
mcr time, in front of the column Of the Place
Ycndomc, in Paris, at 50 and o'clock p. NJ, a
military ono or not?
And gets bored in return, with the following
reply:
We really forgot to ask Lonis Napoleon to
favor us with an autograph reply to this inquiry
ere he departed for Genoa, and we are afraid
that Franz Joseph does not intend Gf he can
help iU to allow him to return to the rnierieS
with his head in proper position to supply us
with solution Of the mystery. Wouldn't it
have been better to PROFOUND your interrogation
to the old soldier who, for the half tanc or less
you give him, lends you lantern and permits
you to ascent the Column, to enjoy, from its
summit, view Of Paris and its cnvironS?
From the 'chaptcr on nothing" and from
among the definitions in the same paper, we
CUP inc loHOWlIlS ToIlichlHS ulSCIlploH VI u uHp'
py man:
TnE HAprIEsT MAN must be he who is most
selfish. He only for himself lie is salts
fled with himself. Ergo-hc is happy. ! have
lived some time. Just long enough to "diskiv
er" that the more yon do for people the more
you may. DOa great deal, and get any quanti-
ty of nothing and abuse in return Those for
whom you exert yourself the most, do the least
for you. And no thanks. Break your neck,
conerring on some one favor, and he won't
even 90 to you funeral. You won't find any one
wearing out his boots for you. Not boot
Nary a wear. The generous, sensitive man is
always in hot water. And the hottest kind Of
water. am considered generous, and were
not as sensitive as DUtchman to the charms of
a cabbage, there would be no necessity of ex-
claiming every month, NO money to pay the
bills" I commence each month with cash OF
hand. But it "gins eout" before the time.
purchase the clothes, &C., necessary to my bodi-
Iy salvation, and my good appearance on Broad
way, and order the bills sent in on the 3oth.--
Then dinners, and theatres, and friends cost
trihe l run around a little, and am really quite
cconomical but, somehow, / am dead busted
long before pay day comes. had TO hcg an ex'
tension in January. In February repeated it,