Red Wing sentinel., 1860-11-21

about it, but; some hints having leaked
out, we have the substance OF the
above from one of the actors and be-:
lieve it to be true. Young ladies
should not get quite SO romantic.
'sf7"o.i ri ITEMS. aY sst,gg4 54s
Emerson has completed his ssConduct
of Lifc,s at last, and it will soon SEQ
daylight The papers it contains arc
eloquent Emcrsonian chapters, and
some Of the subjects treated Of arc as
follows: Fate, Power, ealth. Culture,
Beauty, Behavior, Worship, Illusions,
&C., &C., lg- rt... .nsrlg4 81.
Holmes is busy with his admirable
story now running through the 44tla,e-
TIC Monthly. He is also preparing an
other volume Of poems, to be called
"Songs in Many Keys" A great deal
of hitherto unpublished matter. will be
included in it, the principle poem be-
ing a sort Of fold.time story in verse, :
elaborated rs Holmes knows so we'll.
how to do it. Some of the comic por-
tions of the book ARE said to be in
his most pungcnt vein. "Currcnts and
counter Currents" "the sharp stick with
which the brilliant Doctor came down
so ably few months ago upon the
the medical profession, is to be elonga.
ted and put into volume, with .other
good things in the same way. aegT'
The Virginians are about to erect =
monument to the; memory Of Peter
Francisco, the Negro, whose hercufe-
an hand-to hand struggles for liberty
in the Revolutionary war with British
troops arc common themes for fireside
stories in the Old Dominion. Francis
co died in 1881. Adesign of the mon
ument has been furnished, consisting
Of q neat granite shaft, eighteen Or
twenty feet in height, which will cost
about $500. 5ea -llLs eds ,ostf. Gs7o
The London periodicals, daily, week
" and monthly, are swallowing up all
the literary talent OF England. Fem
nyson writes for them,s so dc, Thackery,
Dickens, Trollopc Savage, Landor,
Ruskin, the Brownings, Lord John Rus
sell, Lord John Manners, and many
others. Books. seem to be at discount
but all the world finds time, 10 read :hc
magazines and newspapers. Consc'
qucntiy the novclists the poets, the art
critics, the scientific men, the philoso'
piers submit to the law they cannot
repeal. -" III ';.!;; z;''@s58 .S.29';s
A witness, on entering the box, had
a Testament presented TO him ,abut he
declined to be sworn Being askc,.
his reasons for. refusing, he naiyely re-
piled "1'll tell lie, WI ony mon i Eng
land, but I'll not swear to it, S'''
A business man of our acquaintance
is so scrupulously exact all his ,doings,
that " whcntver.he pays a visit, t,hc always
insist upon taking receipt.
You can't be sure hut a dog is, cross
till you see linn wag his tail So, be-
fore you undertake to pet him, ,cait
for the scagyin.' .''1- '''
"There, John, that's twice you've
come home and forgotten that lard"
! La mother it was SO greasy that it
! slipped my mind 'sii 5}''iiEf1n af
Picture of dcspair---a poor pig with
his nose through a garden fence, IL.
most touching a cabbage stalk
,!"Can you draw, Young man," in
quircd Qui!p of al applicant for pri-
vatc tutorship. Certainly" replied
the candidate; "At ten years Of age,
4 could draw cider, at twelve picture;
at fifteen handcart loaded with cab
ages, at sixteen, an inference, at TWEEN.
ty, a bill Of exchange. III was an act
or believe could draw the largest
kind Of a house; but, being "a teacher,
am content to draw salary, and the
bigger the better. "lou'll do" said
Quilp. ,,ao i.8:sa4 4aa 4i.
Garibaldi is total abstinancc man.
! He never uses even wine. :, Yet he
has clear head and . strong arm.
Thackeray and Trollopc,i it IS said,aro
both about to publish novels in shilling
10|f - (dlro a15es il.sa
o. The New York Herald says
the Prince of Wales informed the Ca'
ldets at West Point, who invited him
to join their mess, that lie would do SO
I 'but for the old Etogies'' making use
Eof an American expressions, aud refer
ring to the Duke of Newcastle and tho
other Noblemen who had him in
|charge. But he told them that after lie
attained his majority lie would anoth-
er visit in which there stweud, be less
for,nality observed. and perhaps more
information acquir'cd.o s-sre
I The ST. Paul Pioneer tells; of mcr-
; chant Of that city who was, .wal'zing at
German Ball whc,. he. saw his wife
enter with all inquiring look." lIc rush.
, led out at the back door and. when the
\ wife arrived the innocent man was in
/, his Slippers and dressing gown rea6in.