Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-10-14

liHV SiiAGIsIu NV liz '"b oSSH '"'S
enough in the army to learn its slang
and he used it zealouSly. The fellow
fought like tiger. lie loaded 10
coed deal less than "nine times,
and fired wherever nc could see
head. His whole soul was III 1t.
Every time he levelled and fired he
shouted: Here's your mule, snap
bang, here's your mule" At about
the twentieth round a rebel sharp
shooter struck him in the left arm.
Nc looked at the wound with amaze
ment and with a sort of spasm, ejac-
ulated They've shot me - then lay
ing down his musket carefully, and
stripping off his accoutrements he
also laid them down deliberately, and
ran to the rear with frantic energy.
1t was evident that " here's your
mule" had stampeded. The officer
who described the affair said it was
the most ludicrous incident he had
ever witnessed en- a battlefield
" Ro,ey" laughed at it until the
tears rolled down his cheeks Day
ton Journal.
Alexander II. of Scotland de-
nomced that MAI to be traitor
" who poisonS the kings lands with
weeds. and introduces thereby host
OF enemies" And it was said that
whoever was found to have three
heads of the common starwort
among his corn, was fined sheep
for each stalk. In Denmark the
farmers are bound by law to destroy
the corn-marigold; in France q
farmer may sue his neighbor who
neglects to eradicate the thiStIeS up
on his land at the proper season. In
Australia q similar regulation has
been imposed by Legislative author
ity, with, 1t is said, the most bene-
fetal results. In Canada, we be-
lieye, enactments have been issued
against allowing thistles to ripen on
the roadsides and exposed public
situations, both from the Legislature
and township corporations. In Wis
consin a law of tae State requires
overseerS of highways to destroy
horse sorrel, burdock and Canada
thistles, in the highway.
The Claremont IN. H. J Eagle pub
fishes the following, furnished by
gentleman who vouches for its truth,
which shows how suddenly some men
change their tone and become patri-
otto when their "wallets are in dan
GER" "A matchmaker of Sunap-
pee, reads the daily papers aloud to
his friends. Reading the riot news
from New York, he stopped and
said: "Glad of it; hope they will
oppose the draft through the whole
country Next day, reading of the
riot in Boston, he stopped and said:
Good! glad of it, The next day,
reading the particulars of the de-
struction of property in New York,
he read of a store broken into, stop
ped short and said: Great Heav-
ems, that is the store where my wal
let's are sold! | want to know if
there is not power enough in the
Government Of New York to stop a
mob p"
Henry Myers of New Orleans was
struck by lightning and supposed to
be dead. a corouer's jury so pro-
nounced him, aud preparation was
made for the funeral. Just, however
as the coffin was about to be closed
the dead man sat bolt upright, and
after surveying the scene few min
utes, inquired the cause of all these
gloomy preparations. The electric
shock had suspended animation for
over Fl hours.
An amusing incident lately occur
red in Oxford county, Maine. BY
mistake Virgil D. Paris and the Rev.
Mr.. Garland exchanged carpet bags.
The former was on his way to cop
perhead meeting and the latter was
going to exchange pulpits with ano-
Their clergyman. Paris went to
Newry with discourse on the times,
while the clergyman had in return a
eopperhead speech, bottle of Whis-
Ky and John Brown pike.
The following epitaphs are to be
found in graveyard at Baton Rouge,
La:
" Here lies buried in this tomb
A constant sufferer from salt rheum,
Which finally in truth did pass
To spotted erysipelas;
4 husband brave, father true,
Here he lies, and so must YOU"
On another stone:
Here lies the body of David
Jones. His last words were-I die
q Christian and a Democrat"
An Irish piper, who now and then
INDUCED iG glass too much, was
aceosted by gentleman with "Pat,
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