Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-11-23


"Is this your house and home ~ asked
wit of farmer as he saw him boarding up
pig sty. " No" replied the farmer, "Pm
only boarding here"
A certain old bachelor Of our scqusint-
snce, whenever he is intoxicated, faneies
himself married; he sees everything
double-even his blessedness.
Mynheer Drinkenoff makes & distinction
thus; "Too musch whisky 10 too musch,
but too musch lager bier is shoost right"
Merely to make the clothing for one
hundred thousand soldiers keeps over nine
thousand workers busy for three months,
or tWenty-seven thousand for one month.
The Governors of seventeen States have
designated the 28th Of November for the
celebration of the annual Thanksgiving.
Ia Maine and Massachusetts, il will be held
on the 2lst. -aaAa
A new sort Of visiting card has just been
introduced in Paris. The card simply
bears photograph of the owners country
seat without the addition Of any name or
inscription whatever.
1t is said that the Bank of Prussia has
accommodated the Bank of France with
4Nhu " tuD dMuuuk Va 6AbNGA A4llilUuS dHU
+, quarter of dollars.
It is stated that seventeen. mills, en-
ployed BY Government in the manufacture
of cloth and blankets, have been destroyed
by fire since July 7th.
Mrs. Ghibbles has great ideas Of her hus.
bands military powers. "For two years"
says she, che was q lieutenant in the
horse-msrines, after which he was promot-
ed to the captaincy Of regular squad Of
sapheads and minors"
A prohibitory liquor Law is pending in
/ the Vermont egislsture-said to be the
most stringent thing of the kind ever
gotten up. It condscates sll liquors
brought into the State.
The New York Canal tolls for the first
week in November foot up $l68, ,S05; for
the corresponding week in 1860, they were
| SIP OIL The total toll for 1881 is $8, ,442,-
152; Tor 1860 they were 81, ,705, ,S48.
When Commodore TatnslI, now opposing
the Union forces in South Carolina, was in
Boston during the past year, he gave the
following toast on public occasion: " Pal
sled be the hand OF tongue Of him who first
attempts the dissolution of this glorious
Union" .
Barnun offers one thousand dollars for
the lone representative Of Southern Chival.
ry found drunk at Beaufort, when that
place was taken. A correspondent asks if
the drunken man aforesaid is supposed to
represent the spirit of sOuth Carolina.
The St. Petersburg journals state that
an iron steamer, in the form Of an enor-
nous cigar, eighty feet long by yeighs wide,
has just been constructed at the manufac-
tory Of AlexandroWski, and is about to be
sent from St. Petersburg to CronstFsdt. 1t
has been built on the plan Of Mr.. WiDans,
at the expense of some Americans, who in
tend to offer it to the United States Gov
ernment.
1t is said that when Gen. Mcclellan was
urged to address the crowd who visited him
in torehlight procession, the other night
he replied :-"T There is too much talking
? noW.a-days, and not quite enough action
! Wait six months and if then the multitude
} demand speech from me, I will try tc
i crafty their wish"
The herring is delicate fish, whenever
: It is taken out Of the water, even though
: it seems to have received no hurt, it giTgr
q squeak, and Immediately expires; and
though it be thrown instantly back into the
water, it never reeovers. Hence the prov
erb, ad as herringp
The impression that volunteers are en-
4 titled to bounty land, has become 80 prsva
lent and SO annoying in Its results to thu
!. Commissioner OF the General Land Office
: ihst he has been obliged to publish 9 circu
lar denying the general Statement, and re
i fusing to file the papers Of claimants VIII
: expect such provision to be hereRfte
:; made.
!, a bad-tempered judge was annoyed B,
4 an old gentleman who had q very ehroni
d cough, and after repeatedly desiring th
|. crier to keep the court quiet, ct length an
J. grily told the offending gentleman that b
!. would fine him one hundred pounds If h
4 did not cease coughing when he was me
q with the reply: " I will give your lordshi
( two hundred pounds if you viii stop 1t f.
4 me-
,. LAoozIc.-Jsff. Fhompson thus report
Z the result Of his engagement at Frederick
d.