The Placer herald., 1864-01-16

LEAP YEAR.-The unmarried portion Of
humanity must bear in mind that this is Leap
Year so.caIed, we suppose, from the fact
that the feminine gender who are "unpro-
vided for" are specially privileged to make a
straight leap into the jaws of matrimony.
Now is their time to do the business and SO.
cure husbands, without o'erstepping the
bounds Of modest decency. Good-looking
gentlemen, and rich old ones, who are not
wrapped up in the meshes of the connubia
net, will stand in extreme danger during the
next twelve months The following rules
have been laid down for the year: 1st. Any
gentleman proposing to a lady shall be COM
PEELED to wear pettcoas and perform kitchen
duty. I'd. Any unmarried lady, who fails to
''pop the question" at least once during the
privileged period, shall be classed with old
maids aud other nuisauces. Sd. 1t shall be
the duty of the ladies, after selecting their
Victims to ask the consent of the poor fell
lows parents. The year has now fairly
commenced, and we shall expect TO see
things look checkered before it is through.
Printers, editors and lawyers. owing to pov,
er.y and inherent wickedness are understood
to be exempt from the draft.
aurora Tines
In Harrisburg, Pa the other day, a thief
thrust his hand through the window Of a
brokers' Office and snatched package of
greenbacks, amounting to ten thousand dol
lars and has not since been heard Of.
Ex-Controller Warren's bondsmen, at
Stockton, are thrown into great consterna-
by his exit. Suit has been commenced
against them. They are all wealthy men.
The value of stamps issued to postmasters
during the year is 1888, ,3ss. stamped let'
ter envelopes, $634, 1921. The total value of
these sold to the public was $9,6l4,529, be-
ing an access over the previous year of ST.
714,397.
A gentleman in Virginia City fell, the 9TH
er day, through the flooring Of water closet,
and came near being smothered.
In the Department Of Washington (says
a World letter,) three million dollars worth
of quartermaster and commissary stores have
been lost by us, captured by guerrillas.
1t was a bright chap who said the world
could not be round, for if it was there could
be no end to it,
Preparations are making in Maine for Sc
curing large ice crop. The crop in that
State last year realized 100000.
The saddest picture of the time is man
forging his own chains by voting the Repub'
lcan ticket.
printer, named Wnn, who died at Ro.
chester, N. Y, recently, was heard to NUT
ter to himself few minutes before his death:
4 am on nv last stickfu, l am coming to a
paragraph, and | suppose III have TO wait
for old Death to put in period
DIR. Winship, the strong man. now lifts
daily dead weight of twenty'six hundred
pounds. He says he means to get up to
three thousand pounds and stop there.
Parson Brownlow took to his heels on the
approach of the rebels upon Knoxville, de-
sertng his wife and children, and the publl
cation Of his newspaper. This swearing par
son, like all swaggerers, is as arrant cow
ard as ever ran.
The amount of cotton shipped from Will
ming,on between Jan. l, and Sept. 80, 1868,
was 3O,s42 bales.
r. II. Woodward has become part pro.
prietor of the MarysvilIe Express.
New potatoes are selling in the San Fran
cisco market.
The bones of Robespierre have been ex.
humed in Paris.
At one Of Saxe's lectures, recently, an in
dividual received large reward for bringing
the largest number of ladies', viz: 48.
The Napa Valley people propose to con-
struct railroad from Napa City to Cordelia,
and Sc 6, 900 of the amount have been sub
scribed.
1t is stated that a coal field Of large extent
har recently been found about miles north
of the newly discovered mines in the Desert
District.
A new pass, called from the discoverers,
Leonard and MilIer's Pass" has been found
in the Sierra Nevada, in the Kern river
country.
From Umatia, Oregon, to the Boise
mines the price Of freight by pack trains is
forty cents and plenty freight offering at that
rate.
At Aurora eggs are 81 Is per dozen; in
Virginia City 81.
The third army corps are good boys
they have sent home to their families over
100000.
The Newburyport Herald wishes unspeak'
able bliss to deaf and dumb couple recent
ly married there.
If a man presents YOU with full suit OF
clothes from head to foot except a cravat, he
cuts your throat.