Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-12-07


In the Fall of 1853 (says a Rich
mond paper), General Johnston was
riding along during his march to BTis-
tow Station, when, perceivlng one OF
his men up persimmOn tree, he hall
lowed out TO him
II say, there, what are you doing up
there Why amt you with your reg
imeut 2"
"I'm gettin' simmons, I am, re-
piled the soldier.
''Persimmons thunder They are
not ripe yet. They are not ft to eat. ."
Yes, but, general, persisted the
Confed., Il am trying % draw my
stomach up to suit the size of my ra-
tions. II it stays as it is now, shall
starve."
The general had nothing more to
say, butFode on.
A FACT FOR GEoLoeIsFs.--A Cor
nish journal In England SAYS IN sink
ing a shaft at the Garden Tin Mine, IN
Morvah. the men have met with per-
feet pillar. about eight inches in diam
eter, standing in the solid rock, and
very different in its composition from
the surrounding granite and. what IS
stranger still, at the base of this pillar
thev have come upon what they say is
fv-wheel Ofthe same material. Large
pieces, both Of the pillar and wheel,
were exhibited to the adyenturers at
the account meeting on the I'd, and
some portions of both are still left un-
broken in the rock.
"THE GALLANT SIXTY NINTH. -
Two gallant sons Of Erin, being just
discharged from the service, we're re-
jOicing over the event with we taste
Of the eratur," when one, who felt all
the glory Of his own noble race, sud
denly raised his glass above, and said,
" Arrah, Mike, here's to the gallant
Ould Sixty-ninth the last IN the field
and the first to leave Tut, tut,
man, said Mike, you don't name
that" Don't name it, is it? Then
what do | name {? " You name, said
ETifa and he raised his glass high, and
Jo.ked lovingly at Il. Here's to the
g. amt ould Sixty to
none p" And so they drank FraHk
Moore's anecdotes.
The brain Of a deeapitated person,
according. to recent investigations OF
eminent French surgeons, does not DIE
for several MINUTES after the head is
severed from the body.
VERBAL PARADOXEs.-'S Show me q
fire." said a traveller to the landlord
''for I am very wet And, he added,
bring me 9 mug Of ale, for l am
very dry" You walk very slow,
said man to a consumptive. Y es,
he replied, "bGt I am going very
fast.
Beraking both wings of an army is
almost certain to make it fly a general
may win the day in battle fought a
night lawyer may convey house
and yet be unable to lift a hundred
pounds a room may be fall Of married
men and not have 4 single man IN IL
traveller who is detained an hour OF
two may recover most of the time by
making a minute of it a man killed in
duel has generally at least one second
to live after he is dead a fire goes out
and does not leave the room a lady
may wear a suit out the first day she
gets it and yet put it away at night il
as good condition as ever a school
master with no scholars may yet have
a pupil in the eye the bluutest man il
business is often the shaTpest one
Ananias, it is said told lie, and ye
he was borne out by the by-standeTs
caterpillars turn over a new leaf with
out much moral improvement oxeI
can only eat corn with the mouth, We
you may give 1t 20 them IN the ear
food bOlted down is not the most likel!
to remain on the stomach soft waite,
IS often caught when it rains hard
high words passing between men arr
frequently low words steamboat OH
GERS are very pleasant company, ant
yet we are always glad to have then
give US a wide berth a nervous man
trembling, faint, weak a man of nerve
and nervous style, are strong, firm
vigorous.
Among the parlor games OCCASIONAL
used is one called "squaring a word.
It consists in arranging words in sucl
manner that perfect square Of well
known words shall be made whicl
shall read vertically in the same orde
as horizontally. The problem o
'squaring the circle. which has puz
zled mathematicians for ages. has beer
solved in this vyav Tbue