The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-02
T.8E

Frederick Douglas Indignantly left a
hotel in Portland, Mass, the other day,
because he was not allowed to take his
meals with the other quests of the eve
ming. He said it was the only indigni-
ty he had received in Massachusetts,, and
proceeded to give the Bonitace a reg
ular cutting up. The proper remedy is
TO refuse Sumner and Wilson seats in
Congress, and to disfrauchise Massa-
chusetts until she does justice to the
negro.-Albany Argus.
An army chaplain relates the follow
ing
Seeing a dirty-faced urchin at the
fence in front of house, the preacher
stopped and said:
"Is your father at home 2"
"No; he's gone to church"
''Is your mother in %
mo she's gone too"
Then you are all by YOURSELF"
"No Sans in thar huggin' the Mig
ger gal"
That's bad ~
Yes, it's bad, but it's the best he can
do"
Gen. Sherman is inclined to think he
has been a scourge to the South, but has
an opinion that if Butler had been in the
same situation be would have been a
scourger.-N. Q. Crescent.
CURIOUS ANAGRAM.-The word Mon
dstery affords fourteen anagrams as
follows: How much there is in a
word-monastery, says |; why that
makes nasty Rome and then | looked
at it again, it was evidently more nasty
IA very vile place or mean sfy. A.
monster says |, you are found. What
monster said the Pope. What mon
ster said 1. Why, your own image
there, stone Mary. That, he replied, is
my one star, my Stella Maria, my treas
ure, my guide No, said !, you should
rather say, nag treason. YET no arms,
said he No, quoth l, quiet may suit
best, as long as you have no naaStery,
mean money arts. No, said he again.
those are torn means and Dan, ma
Senator will battle them l don't
know that, said l, but think one might
make no mean story out of this one
Wolu-WohdSteTy.
John Parton (Mr, Fanny Fern) has
published life of Butler, which some
body thus sums up: Ben flies battles
Ben fears bullets-Ben fancies bottles
Ben hnanciers bravely. His great
0ueeeee 10 owing to his strict adherence
to two maxims:
Battles for boobies, and Booty for
Ben
Aud this is the end eff the biography
of Benjamin Facinorous Butler, some
times designated Beast Butler, but er-
roneous!y, because there is no such
beast.
The Omnibus of Naples relates the
following story Of a man who found
means to turn TO account the popular ap
prehensioH ofpoisoners, which has pre-
vailed there since the appearance of the
cholera. The individual in question.
being exceedingly hungry, aud having
only single coin of the value of sou,
laid 1t out IN the purchase of powdered
sugar, and as he PASSED by the stand OF
one OF those open-air cooks who make
a kind OF pancake called Ji-ittale, he
dropped, apparently by accident, some
OF the sugar into the frying pan. He was
instantly seized by the by-standers as
polsoner caught in the act. He denied
vigorously the truth of the allegation,
and at last to prove his innocence, offered
to eat the contents of the pan. This
proposition was accepted, and he ac-
cordingly despatched the pancake with
great relish, and then walked off well
satisfied with the success of his trick
Dear me- said Mrs. Darlington 70
Ike the other day, as she was reading the
paper, "whar an excoriating circum-
stance, poor, dear man l suppose it
was the wind on the stomach did it. DR..
Bellows bust