New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-31
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100000. The Embassy, since their arrival
in New York, speaking in a flowery way,
consider him China Aston.
Laborers are so scarce in Maine that far
mers are willing to pay any price asked to
assist them in cutting their hay The
laborers want more and the farmers want
mower.
The Cape Cod Gazette reports that Sand
witch woods are filed with blueberries.
One day, over one hundred and fifty men
and women were engaged in picking them.
If we would have powerful minds, we
must think; if we would have faithful
hearts, we must love; if we would have
strong muscles, we must labor. These in
clude all that is valuable in life.
The roof of the Lowell, (Mass.) ma
chine shop, brick building four stories
| high and four hundred feet long, was de-
stroyed by fire short time ago. Consid-
cradle damage was done to the machinery.
Loss 100000. One thousand men are
temporarily thrown out of employment.
Mrs. Colonel Morrill,, of New York, was
few days since forcibly taken from home by
her brother, and put into an insane asylum
in Trenton, New Jersey, unknown to her
husband. The latter is now endeavoring,
by writ OF hdbeds corpus to obtain posses
sion of his wife. She is perfectly sane.
A clerical gentleman, to exemplify the
flight Of his years told a friend the other
day that he had just seen the first child he
baptized, and that she was now a woman
grown. "That made You grown, too, |
suppose remarked listener.
Louis Rickschen thus advertises his de
linquent wife in a Chicago paper: my
wife, Barbara Rickscheu, nee Roeslern, has
either run away from me or been stolen.
shall smash the head of the person who
brings her back to me. As | do not nav
my own debts it is not probable l shall
pay hers"
The editor Of a Western paper may be
said to be a master of what Tom Hood
would call "viper-tuperaton,n He says of
a contemporary: HE is an unmitigated
scoundrel. In intellect he is an ass. He
can't write English. His clothes don't fit
him. He is a shallow-pated Democratic
gopher. He drinks paregoric. In addi-
ton to this he is an adder to his friends
and Copperhead to his country"
The Waterbury Conn american has
been advertising for lady compositors.
The following conversation was one of the
results: " Good morning, Mr.. -; have
you any daughters that would make good
type-setters ~ "NO; but l have a wife
that would make a very fine devil"
A considerable trade in ice has lately
organized in Lausanne by person named
Robatel, residing near Marigny. The ice
from the glaciers, having been sawn into
regular cubes of small volume and perfect
iFangnnrapau 10 uaalrad in
off by fast trains to various centres of
population in France, and arrives with very
little waste.
1t is said by writer in LippincoWS MAG
azine that a former Nice-President of the
United States noticed in walking through
library folio lettered Virgilii opera. BLESS
my soul" he exclaimed, II had no idea
that Virgil wrote operas p Strange as it
may appear this Vice-President was not the
gentleman who was once Alderman of his
native village, but the hero who was elect
ed as vice to Van Buren,.
The African slave trade still exhibits
signs of vitality. Eighteen slave vessels
were captured by the British squadron on
the east coast of Africa during 1867. In
this service one vessel, the Highhyer,
seems to have particularly distinguished
herself, having made no less than ten of the
captures. The number Of slaves or board
of these vessels was estimated at 1888, but
in some cases they were got ashore before
the captures took place. Most of the YES
sells sailed under Arabian colors.
The Springfield (Ohio) Republican saws:
"1here is some curiosity to know the sig.
nifcance Of the flag foeO.ng over the Willis
house. 1t floats for Seymour and Fred
Douglass. Thereby hangs a tale. One of
those suburban Democrats who come to
town occasionally to be supplied with a
good stock Of opinions by their leaders. an
piled a day or two ago to Mr.. Willis for
convention news. 'Well,' said Willis.
they have nominated Seymour for Presi-
dent and Douglass for Vice-President.'
Douglass what Douglass? why Fred
Douglass, the niger well, by
Ginger! that's putty rough, but sup
pose we've got to go itP"
Queen Isabella's eldest daughter, who is
about to be married to a scion Of King
Bomba's family, "is chip of the old tree.
She is rather good looking, but Wayward.
imperi0us, and ill-tempered. Some time
ago one of the priests offended her, and she
thenceforth refused to attend mass at the
royal chapel. None of her governesses
could stay longer with her than a couple
OF months, aud she laughs if her mother |
exhorts her to behave herself As for her
father, if he is her father, he has
no authority over her whatever.
In Madrid people believe that if |
she does not like her intended husband, she |
Will tell him 50 to his face in the presence |
Of the whole court.
An incident of the war is thus related:
A wag, who was high private, was allowed
four days furlough, but stayed eight. On
bis return he was taken to task therefor
and told that he must ask pardon of the
officer of the day, or be punished by sitting
on a barrel for twelve hours. Our wac
after a few moments hesitation. saws
Fetch on your barrel, I'm not going to
ask pardon for anything I've done on pur-
pose" On being released, he said he
thought it mighty hard to be put on ton of
an empty whisky barrel where the smell of
whisky was continually rising and tempt
ing him to get down.
In town about seven miles from New
Haven, an enterprising individual has
been identifying the cemetery, at his own
expense and in a most unique style. Per
IONS visiting the graves of friends are sur
prised to find them covered with beans,
'9rnlps, eabbages, and other emblematieal
plants. Over the graves of rather hard
characters he raises dead beats;n others
le has rest In peas !" while over others
le vents his sarcasm in cabbage-heads, |
nc. A lady recently visiting the grave of
beloved aunt was heard N avolain, |