The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-12-19

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grseation Ill sround before preaching. .
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echo, speak sweetly and Pleasantly yoarsdf.
-"NA," said little girl. :. will rich and
poor folks live together whom they 60 70
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th<ue,' gu LIS ssG
,fThen, mo, Why don't rich and Door chs
tians associate together hersy'
The mother did not answer.
Mark Twain, asctusisgF an ~ Fe%jee
fIslanAs, offered to show kos - +eAnuibale
eat their food, il some lady would hapd him
baby. -
- A grateful undertaken vfites 10 his
frieni-1.if you ever want. 3 CONN, call on
me. I shah be only too happy to bury -FOUR
self or ycur family ~ eos, !"
The Fineastle (Va) Herald is credited
with the following remarkable item: ~
The new post Office in Boston i 10 cost
$4,000.
Ohio has three tioussnd ons hundred
and eighty three hridass. Ss
A curiosity dealer in Brussels advertises
for sale two teeth Of Napoleon ILL.,
The New York and New Haven ear are
now heated by hot water circulating through
pipes placed sa1sR the ssaaA.
The English are gettios 10 Ike oap sau,s
cf.'enchre. hrtthey add blank card to ttid
pack, which takes either the ace or the bow /
ers. a's
An Alabama paper announced that it
wonld keep aileut in regard to certain little
affair, ifa bottle OF champagne we're sent to
the Office. The editor received seven bottles
from seven different parties.
Did it occur to the reader ~ seythinr
remarkable that W sshould have read the
opinion of the London Times on the Pvesi-
dents Message an Friday-three days after
u Was delivered,
"A gentleman Of Westport, Connecticut,
with blighted affections, has brought . suit
against u lady for breach OF promise of mar
Yisge. The lady has since married. The
damages are laid At $50, Gee.
y From, an anin,ased discussion 1ow going
on IN various contemporaries about the proper
use OF language, we learn that when a New
carbon, be means SCOT, and that the popu-
lar editorial scientific wst OF mentioning coal
cllnkers IN stoves is TO call them "stalag-
mites Of unconsumed carbon,
"A curiosity in tina way Of question and
snswer is reported in the testimony taken be-
fore the coroners jury that is investigating
tue recent railroad disaster near Cincinnati
witness was asked the question, Suppose
the brakes in good order, and the ensiue re-
versed, the wheels sliding with the moment
um Of the train driving it along-how far
would she go? To which he replied, stShe
would keep going tll she stopped q
MIR. Tbaddeus Stevens is brought to the
Capitol in carriage every day, is carried up
the steps and into his committee room in a
chair, and then, by the aid of the benefit
and cane. he fsebIy and totteringly walksto
his seat. On Friday he came in this manner,
pses.dea in his Committee, was Id his seat
during the speeches of Messrs. Boutwell, and
Wilson, and afterward, during the fllibaster-
ing contests, answered to the roll call from
one OF the sofas en- which he lay at the rear
OF the hall.
"A laughable and rather dsgraceful scene
took place in the trial Of civil suit in Ken
rico, Westchester county, on Friday. The
justice was charged by defendants counsel
with partialiiy toward the plaintiff, whose
counsel, to maintain the dignity pf the Court,
Lid ia feeier Oh his opponents snuff box
! general roughrand tumble fight ensued, in
which chairs aud benches played conspcu
Gus part. A large mirror in the court room
was smashed TO atoms. The Justice retired
to save his own person, and the case WAS in.
definitely postponed.