Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-02-21

Our old friend Brown, q few nights
since, came home very late from siege,
of pool. His wife was asleep, When
she awokein the morning, she found
upon the floor marble which had dropped
from her husbands pocket when he came
to bed, upon which was the figure "17."
"What is this % she said to her lord, 49,
He opend his eyes, looked, blushed.
was confused and stammered; "Why,
why, it's a, marble, amt itp I" Yes
said she, & but what are you. doing with
a marble in your, pocket T. 4 In my
pocket? well-ah ! the fact is, I've had
that marble in my pocket for the, last
thirty years eyer since used to play
for keeps with Bill7-.' 'iIndeedW
incredoously asked his wife, nhut what
are these figures on here for2--what,
does 1T mean ?" IT mean !" said he
hesitatingly a0h. 1T why, that was
the number of marbles Bill owed me
when we quit playing; be marked it on
there SO ] wouldn't forget ill., .ai
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A SOLDIERS RBMARK.--Aio lady
dressed in as luxurious fabrics as ever
| fluttered from fairy form "before wars
blast was blown" with sweeping trail
behind her on the ground. of indefinite
length, turned the corner at the Way
side Hospital, and as she turned she cast
an eye Of anxious solicitude back to see
if the aforesaid trail was o.. X. "A Grip
pied soldier, sitting at the corner enjoy
ing the sun, noticed the movement and
the look, and with the view ofreassuring
the lady exclaimed: ''isftt laf I
dts all right, madam-the rest Of it
is coming down the street, and will be
along shortly You can sail on-its all
right. 1t is useless to say that the lady
did sail on like three decker before a
full breeze. nsf ai..s.. .ff.s.f.
A~aThere is one thing" said Mrs,
Partington, s'the females of the present
generation are heap more independent
than they used to be. Wby,I saw gal
90 hg today that know belonged to the
historical class Of society, with her dress
all tucked up to her knees, her hair all
buzzled up like as If she hadn't time to
~s-,,i, Il for a week and one of her grand
mothers old caps in an awful crumpled
condition on her head Why, laws, hon
ey, when | was gal, if any of the fell
lows come along when | had my cloths on
tucked upin that way and my back xiv
cred with an old white rag, / would run
for dear life and hide out Of sight. Well,
we'll, the gals then were innocent, uacon-
fisticatcd critters; now they are what
the French call blazes."t
qsWATcH CHAINS The small steel
chain which winds round the fuse of a
watch is about eight inches in length,
and contains upwards of 500 links, irivet-
ed together tits not thicker than a
horse hair, and the separate links can
just be perceived with the naked eye.
Modern invention has as yet discovered
NO substitute for this chain equal to it in
slenderncss, strength, and fexibility,
These watch chains are all manufactured
at Christ Church, in Hants; the links
and riyet one to the other. Watch chain
manufacture has been the staple of Christ
Church for nearly a century. - English
paper riss a1r i. sn
A VENERABLE SrovE,-The oldest
stoveiin the United States, if not in the
world, is that which warns the hall of
thsasepstel Of Virginia in Richmond
1t was made in England and sent to Vir-
ginia, In seventeen hundred and seventy
seven, and warmed the house of Burgess
ses and the General Assembly for sixty
years before it was removed toits present
location, where it has been for upwards
Of thirty years. 1t has survived three
British Kings; and has been contempt
raneous with four monarchies, two re-
publics, and two Imperial governments
Of France. The great Republic Of Amer
lea has, been torn by civil war, the
branches partly healed, and still this old
stove has remained unmoyed in the midst
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