The Oxford intelligencer., 1860-07-18
CHIPS rRolz AN OLD BLOCK.

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nothing but money is poorer"
JosEPH G. BALDwIs, aged sixteen years, a
son of Judge Baldwin of California, was. in
the recent desperate Indian fight at Carson
Valley. lie was left in a critical state in the
woods, by one of his comrades who could car
ry him no further He, however managed 10
escape and got ont of reach Of the savages.
RoMAxrIc.-The Oswego Times tells a
good story Of fashionable lady Of that viii
age, whose parents arc not possessed ofwealth
in proportion to her prrtentinns who excus-
ed herself to q visitor for doing house-work,
thus:
Mother and do our own house-work,
because it is so exceedingly romantic"
Two HuvDneD LADIES AT a FIRE.--At a
great fire in Hannibal, Missouri, on Wedues-
dav last, LARGO number Of men refusing TO
assist in passing water, an appeal was made
10 the ladies' present TO assist, when about two
hundred promptly responded and formed
line, passing the buckets to the fire, among
whom were some cfthe frst ladies' Of the city.
WuArEyER we may think ofwoman's right
to vote and legislate, there can be no dispnt-
ing their RIGHT to bare agms--and the pret
tier the better and more irresistible.
\ female canine who had lost all her pup
pies, wa, lately seen trying to place piece
Of crapa on the handle Oft door Of a Phila-
lelphia sausage shop
Ax English witness. on entering the wit
ness boz, hal a testament presented to him,
but he declined to be sworn, saying, "I'iI tell
a lie wi ony mon, but I'll not swear to IT,"
IIEAvrv-ITeaycn is not a spot to lie down
IN, and there on our couchas tuning our
harps, to think how much misery we have
personally escaped The Christian heaven is
an exalted satcty Of solf4acrifcing spirits,
bound together in mutual fellowship by their
common conservation 70 Him who Is above
them. whore each accepted soul will 60 from
strength to strength, run anil not be weary,
toll and not faint. aspire and not be bafllad,
be good and not be misinterpretcd, and viii
be as,inilatod in ever closer aul closer aiIin-
nv r, hin, wh, i i,s h.eIt and. lie. in whom
whosoover liyclh and bclicrcth shall never
die.--F y. HantRqioa.
l!oTgL PROFITS DURING CONVENTION TINES.
during The Conventions at Baltimore the
hot"ls--barnm.S' the "Iimoa the EHta"'
the NoItby, the Fountain and ~ fact ali 9th
crs--did quite profitable business Bar
nuns took IN over tnriy-!fe Thousand doi-
''FS gross 'e''''' ',,' L'''''" p'"""''! '"'"-
y 'uou s'n'i 'l' n'''n'r ana VI! > "p'u'
''''''A 'l'"S'''o ''''''9 ~ P'"P'',.'''' ~ .
supposed th5 Convention -. '''''' . D'''''0"
dollars IN b'l'Hhor''
Few people are a5i' IN conversation to
give the proper sounds to the combined con
sonan;s SIS. They can say t'e'St easily enough,
but they fail to cnnnciate t'oists. They drop
the between the ss aud say ''ois's. The fol-
low lines are a good exercise 70 remedy this
defect; they should be repeated slowly at
first then more rapidly, as the tongue learns
~ s'' '''' ''"'5' a''' P'''-0' O's'''''
Wib ,tone+t @ boasts
He thr,''ts ls t.t.
And E,',l'i aijI ins.tI ,.;, l'''''
He sees tic ghosts"
ih& hlnS '' 'le Sa"i"'''h iS'ani' Is "a
King an interest IN hpi@c"pacy' and oHefS 10
give a site for a church a! Hawaii 'n'id par
S'nase' ana pay salary o1 SI'0oo year 10
" '10''''
PADDY AALoSE went 10 ms priest ana
asked him. " hat Is miracle your fN'f-
efehce Inc priest asked h'ih several fles-
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-, a-I Lit. pin. - ..onl
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r.. t,.l - -, -ar .n:i = bmr, ron >
a.raI -, nr;..t ~, l.. .n.. i diJ; s,;l
Paddy. 'An'rt would have been a miracle
ii it didn't rcpliel his reverence; with which
Paddy walked away-answcrci, but not sat