The national Republican., 1867-09-05
Pen. Pencil and scisnors.


"JENNrE JuNE' calls for dress Con
grc,s.
HrDRorHoBIA is gnashing its teeth in
New York.
The New York Anti.Gambling Society
Is stagnating.
AT New York many steamboats, are laid
up for want of business.
Six newspapers in Nebraska died re-
Gently Of the "typus' fever
ALABAMA denies the caterpillar, and
brags Of Its crops more than ever.
The mosquitoes on the Upper Missouri
do not sing.
The Prince Of Wales, they say, is writ
ing book. A betting book We reckon.
BROADWAY BELLIES chain their parasols
to their dainty wrists.
INDIAN scalping parties are skillful at
picking locks"
FASHIONABLE dresses are short. So are
fashionable husbands who have to pay for them.
BEAR-HUSTrSo is very lively in Vermont,
particularly when the bears turn and hunt the
hunters.
SOME one in Ohio has taken out patent
for new mode Of lighting cigars. The old way
Is good enough.
A MACHINE at New Haven makes one
hundred fsh hooks in 4 minute from coil Of
wire.
The actress who bore of character in
triumph returned it before the next perform
ance.
A LADY trampled on dogs tail the
other day and tho dog bit her leg, and stream
Of saw.dust followed the bitc.
The light-footed maidens of Kenosha,
Wisconsin, arc to dance for prizes at "tourna.
ment."
A New ORLEANS EDITOR talks about q
watermelon weighing sixty pounds. What a
melon was that, to be sure.
| A THREE MONTHS BRIDE in New jersey
tried to kill her husband with an axe for axe.ing
impertincnt questions.
GEORGE FRANCIS TRAIN again wants to
lay horse railways in Europe. If George can't
do that he would like the job of "pipe.laying. u
A coCKNEY etymologist thinks that the
storm which is so often said to be brewing u
must be an all storm.
The value Of the wholesale oyster trade
of New York city is estimated at not less than
$40, 200, 900 annually.
A FEW days since two Illinois farmers
sold ninety y.six head Of fat cattle, which aver.
aged l AIS pounds or 1876, 900 in the aggregate,
and brought ss,sS37o
TIE WIFE Of the late Minister Wright
returns to New York to resume her labor
among the destitute. She formerly conducted 1
school at the notorious Five Points
A NEw YORKER, who was thanked
by lady to whom he gave up his seat in a street
car Is so astonished that be writes to the paper,
about II.
THEY have "What-is it" near Milwau
kce that robs henrOOsts. A farmer has shot at 1t
and a policeman has chased it. Where is Bar.
num-
/, EXHIBITION competitions will not close
T. with the Exhibition. A grand prize is offered
for the bSst poem on the Universal Tournament
Of Ponce. 1t will bO awarded in May, 1865
I NAPOLEON has invented new kind o
soup. In former years he was great on "broil'
and in younger days when in this country, he
was constantly in a "stew."
KISSES are rather high in Vinegar Hill,
H. A justice there charged John Walters $40
for kissing a lady twice Ten dollars apiece
and stepped in vinegar OHiln at that.
TuE boys and girls fresh from the coun.
try have a nice, ruddy, brown look. The cOun.
try is good thing for juveniles to recruit In
also for corn, potatoes, hearts human vegetation
and other useful matters.
SOME of the farmers on the Connection
!. river have already begun to cut the early piece
of tobacco. The crop was considerably dam
aged by the late heavy rains, and suffers SOM
from rust.
JouN ANDERSON him of the "Solace
Tobacco" Is BENEFITS MY 10, john" fo
Mayor of New York city, II Bennett goes to Ja
any body, he is sure to loose. New Yorker
don't choose Benefits candidates.
A NEGRO BOY driving mule on Monda,
last near Georgetown, the animal sudden
q stopped, and refused to bulge. Wont you 60
y eh'' said the boy Feel grand, do you 'spos
you forgot your fadder was a jackass."
:, The Ichneumon fly and species o
. lady bug have commenced war on the cottoI
worn in Mississippi, to the great Joy and prof
Of the cotton planters.
SIGNS have broken out on the Avenue
E to-day announcing fall goods Placards tOllnI
1 us of the fall in prices would sound better t
5 most Of US.
ASSOCIATIONS called Brotherhood o
Locomotive Engineers are being formed Mort
aud South, their design being to secure, " sober
: reliable gentlemen in their department"
The New York Post says the marke
houses of that city "ars a fragrant Nuisance t
!. the community and foul disgrace to the me
e trOpolis No other city contains such colleC
a tion Of pestiierOus shambles
a. LIErTENANT BACON attempted suicid
a. the other day by shooting himself in the hoaC
lis the thickness of his skull saved his worthls
brains from ipiury, A thick skuIl sayed hi