Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-10-31
Paragraphs from the BOSTON Post.

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Horace Greeley says he fell in love while
he and the object of his alteration were
eating Graham bread. Io
Bennett is three score and eleven, and
worth three millions. az
New York thieves have taken to wearing
deputy sheriffs' badges.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kean are coming here to
take another "farewell.'' %
Logan, they say, is sorry he didn't adopt
the cash-in- advance system with the OHIO
Radicals.
A French woman, whose hair grows
twelve inches year, has realized $4O0
from its sale.
New York wastes so much water that Cro-
ton is running short, and meters are talkt d
o..
The World thinks that in Summers lef-
ture, 'sAre We Nation ?" he uses the .'we''
In an editorial sense.
Owens and his bar1 of sass" are in
Louisville.
Wendell Phillips says the Radical stand
ard cannot be lowered. Not lower than
Wendell has dragged it, unquestionably.
The Congressman arriving in Washington
refuse to discuss the impeachment ques-
ton. 1t is the hottest kind of potato just
now. M il .-s e5t =
81 A Louisianian proposes to turn the Mis-
flow to the Gulf through another channel
than the Mississippi.
Agrarian Wade is warned that if he tries
to be elected in Garfield's district he will
be defeated. Wade is wanted nowhere.
Radical equality, says the Sc. Paul Pio-
neer, means $1,500 shawls for fhe Presi-
dents wife, and $l3 a month for the SOL
dier's wife.
W. Humphrey, a Radical of the New
York State Senate, is under cloud, being
arrested for bribery and corruption. Five
hundred dollars is the alleged price of his
vote.
Two English noblemen have been arrested
in New York for improper conduct, and
will probably have an opportunity of ex-
amining the institution on Blackwell's
Island.
A "loyal" young minister at Rock
Island. Illinois, has occaSioned great deal
of scandal at that place, in reference to his
popularity with the gushing damsels of his
congregation.
The Ne,o York Times is already begin
ming to talk about what the Republicans
would do upon any vital issue," and what
they will do next year. 1t evidently gives
up this election in advance.
Horace Greeley went peacefully to sleep
on the stage of the Cooper Institute the
other evening, while Arnold, of Illinois,
Lincoln.
Joseph Merrick, of Lowell, so years old,
got drunk Friday, and tried to swallow
huge piece of tripe without mastication,
which resulted in his strangling to death.
Warning against eating tripe.
Prentice compares the wrath of certain
Republicans at Thad. Stevens with the fury
OF the Hindoos, who when their gods have
di>pleased them, seize them by the heels
and dash them in pieces. But Thaddeus is
not dashed yet.
The Radical journals, which are publish
ing so many stories about the absurd and
improper condact of Mrs. Lincoln during
her husbands lifetime, are doing their best
to prove that Mr.. Lincoln. was either a
knave or a fool to allow such things
Mark Twain doesn't like the Continental
BARRIERS. He says: 'they put bowl under
your chin and slop your face with water,
and then rub it with a cake of soap; then
they begin to shave, and you begin to
swear; if you have got good head of pro-
family on you see the infction through; but
ifyou run out of blasphemy. there is moth
ing for it but to shut down on the operation
till you recuperate."
A GIGANTIC PRIEsT.-Father Abel, who
is the oldest Roman Catholic priest in Ken
tucky. recently delivered sermon at the
Louisville Cathedral, and, in spite of his
venerable age, his powerful and sonorous
voice was distinctly heard in every part of
the cathedral. This aged priest is re-
markable specimen of physical power and
endurance. He is six feet four inches in
height, and his frame bears evidence of a
former strength and vigor such as few men
possess, even in that land of Anak, Ken
lucky.
Father Abel is the subject of an amusing
anecdote. When in Paris some years ago
he visited the Geological Gardens, where
the chief curiosity at that time was giraffe.
As he passed through the crowd, head aud
shoulders taller than the tallest, Father
Abel was. espied by couple of pert
grisettes. one of whom Immediately cried:
"Tiens! Viola une autre giraffe. ."-Uookl
there is another giraffe" IN. Y. Post.