The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1867-03-26

One Of the circus riders Of Robinson's
circus, in Chicago, on a wager, recently
rode one of the circus horses from the
bottom to the top of the circular stairs
leading p to the dome on the courthouse.
The dome is one hundred feet from the
landing. The stairs are not more than
four feet wide, and the baniSters are not
more than three feet high. The daring
performance attracted a large crowd.
"In a biographical notice of Pope which
| complied for an edition Of his poems,"
said an author, 81 briefly enumerated his
prose works, among which | named his
{ Memoirs of a Parish Priest When the
proof came before.me, l found that the
compositor had set it 'Memors of a Paint
Brush"
The Boston Commercial Bulletin has the
following among its witty comments on
books: Waiting for the Verdict-Jeff.
Davis, William Tell-Don't do it, Will
liam. Dear Native Land-That's so gold,
1876. / will Trust Thee-I wish you were
my tailor.
A fool, having put on a pair of green
spectacles, exclaimed: elbow do these
become me? Don't you think they i'm
prove my looks?" 81 think they do"
the reply "they hide a part of your
face"
An Indiana paper gets off the following {:
ga lcve-sick sucker sends us some dog
gerel to print. Respectfully declined. 60
and tell the gal that you are a fool, with
out letting everybody else know it,"
WHAT DOES HE DO WITH IT?-"Now,
bows. this is q whale. Can you tell me-
what the whale does with all the water he
swallows? Smart boy, whose father is a
pawnbroker, please, sir, he spouts it."
If your grocer insult you, you can retort
by calling him,a "fgger," without risk of
action; but it is not safe to ask a pie
man how long he has been out Of
.custard-eh."
SooNER.-Ladies who have a disposition
TO punish their husbands should recollect
that q little warm sunshine will melt an
icicle much sooner than a regular north
easter.
Sir Frederick Bruce refuses to give a
grand ball at the embassy in Washington,
though the ladies begged him never so
hard. He was Bruce-que in his reply
Exchange.
What's the difference between q pound
of meat and a drummer boy? Answer.
One weighs a pound and the other pounds
away.-Iracey.
VIVA drunken man who slipped
down upon a piece Of ice one cold night
wanted to know why it was that water
always froze with the slippery side MP.
AT a printers festival lately the follow
ing toast was offered: "Woman Second
only to the press in the dissemination of
news"
GLOW do You define 'black as your
hat ." said a schoolmaster to one of his
pupils. Darkness that may be 'felt,'"
replied the youthful wag.
A gifted female author pleads for IN
open church.-Boston Post.
Rather cool, that-we should say
Press.
We are to have an anti cruelty-to. ami
mails society here in Philadelphia. Men
who make beasts Of themselves will re-
joice.-PreSS.
Mendelssohn means /" son of an almond"
Rothschild means cred shield }" Rother-
mel, cred sleeve;" Laudenslager, "lute-
player" Offenbach, "open brook"
Why should there be no free seats in a
church? Because you ought not to be
made good for nothing.
eff ever you have any dispute with any
one about money" said o seedy fellow to a
rich friend, "just leave it to me-"
The most reluctant slave to vice that we
ever saw was q poor fellow who had his
fingers in one.
AN freshman applying for relief being
s IN 70 work for his living, replied. "IfPd
all The work in the world I couldn't do il.
There are more lakes in Minueso,. than
ID any other State in the Union. II Il .Sa
Lake State. "iS the
Pedicui or ~chignons are ridicaai. accord-
ing TO a who has investigated the sui.
ject, and declares the story humbug.