Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-14

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APRIL.
The brown buds thicken on the treos--
~ Unbound, the free streams sing,
As April leads across the leas,
The wild and windy spring.
Where in the fields. the melted snow
Leaves hollows warm and Vet,
Ere many days will sweetly blow
The first blue violet.
- Dear aower-germs, which so long have lain
Within your wintry tomb,
Listening for April's quickening rain
Tocall you into bloom
Oh. push the damp, dead leaves apart.
And spread your blossoms DER
The little grave by which my heart w
Sets weeping evermore!
Florence Percy.
SEVERAL old rats are in favor of Chase
Convention.
The only defect that our iron-clads seem
to have is that they won't float.
WHY is Faith like Honey? Because it
consists of bee-leavings.-Ex.
THURrow WEED thinks Congress has done
a very inexpedient thing in passing the
Anti-Mexican monarchy resolution.
ABouT 400 voters were forwarded to Con-
necticut to illustrate the sentiment of the
State at the late election.
TuAp. STEVENS, of Pennsylvania, who
has worn wig for these twenty years, was
lately applied to in behalf of the st. Louis
Sanitary Fair for lock of his hair to put
in Congressional wreath, 1It
A DETROIT cavalry captain was astounded
n few days since when one Of his new re-
cruis walked up to him and declared that
soldering was rather disagreeable, and that
said recruit, being female, would quit the
business. Ae fHtfF
PRENTICE asks what's the use of paying
yearly $500 apiece to members of Con-
gress? There are enough persons who
would pay the Government $500 for the
privilege of being members, and probably
they wouldn't bemuch worse than the pres
ent set.
A BALLET dancer in st. Petersburg re-
ceived at a recent performance an immense
number of bouquets, amounting, it Is said,
to nearly 200, some of enormous size, from
her admirers, also pair Of brilliant ear
rings, diamond star, q pair of bracelets;
and, to crown all, some enthusiastic poet
presented her with copy OF verses.
THERE Is awonderful Hindoo chess player
at present in London. He plays three
games blindfolded, and wins. At the same
time he plays game Of cards, and wins.--
During the game bell is touched every
one or two seconds, and he gives the num-
Der of times it has been touched. A man
stands behind and throws little pebbles one
by one against his back; these, too, he
counts: and after the games are told he re-
cites poem in perfect rhyme which he has
composed during the sitting. ii ttfF
THE N. Y. World says ''the Baltimore
Convention will not be postponed; Mr.. Lin
eoln win be nominated. His bits are in the
mouth Of the radicals; his saddle is on their
back; his foot is in the stirrup; and at Bal
tlmore ne Will mount with as little difficulty
as Alexander flung himself upon the back
fof Bueephalus, though we dare say he will
prove less skillfnl rider"
FANCY RoR ASKLEss-A Massachusetts
judge on circuit as he rode TO the door OF
an inn, saw the landlady's daughter Jump
over the fence. 'Do that again Sallie, and
urinary YOU" The girl again leapt the
fence. Inc Judge was as good as his word
and Q year from that day married the light
heeled Sallie. 49, =
"ASD so roRrH.-
Mr.. EpToR;-I wish TO offer few word,
of criticism, advice, &C., In reference To Ger.
tain writers, speakers, ct cetera. who max,
so frequent use Of the phrases sAand 4,
forthF "and 80 on" or Of their eauivalen
authorizations, &c, "eter and TIE like
tltseems to ME sometimes, that the practic,
e psed as q device 70 gain credit for NOR
one says ssand SO forth'' it implies that ~, II
ml2ht easily say more on the same subject
ifhc PLEASED. Now II one IN such 4 cas al
has anything more to say worth our atten
.1II0u Ict him say IL. II NOT. he In;Dhf 4
well stop without an SC. But wo,,id nd
.frespass upon your time aud space Yo
know the proyerb, "A word 70 the wise,
gifs sbink .dsiss susss.tor's s9Sss' sss Sss, Ss;