Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-04-16

HE PLEASURES OF THE CHAsE.-From
time immemorial, from a day SO far back
That the memory of man runneth not to
the contrary, the pleasure of the chase has
wakened the poets song and inspired the
pen of the romancer. How the heart
bounds as we read of the old time English
fox chase, of the exciting chase of the
German wild boar. A chase is bully
thing.
But it depends on the sort of chase.
In our young. days we all chased the
hoop, and some of us Kept it up when we
got older.
That sort of chase was also pleasant.
But chase after q fugitive hat is quite
another thing. Such chase produces a
state of temper calculated to fill the air
with oaths and imprecations on the hat.
We saw handsome youth on the chase
yesterday.
He had become the proud possessor of a
bran new spring style beaver, and was
proud of its gloss and its shine. He moved
as ii he bad wreath of glory on lis head
and all the world was gazing at 1t. ~
Many a fair head was turned to gaze up
on that tile and its possessor as he passed
up High street. But all pride must have
fall.
1Sohad this brilliant hat. AS the Hand
some Youth passed the corner of state
street an envious gust of wind seized that
bat and sent it whirling through the mud
and water of State street. There was not
a particularly nasty puddle of water that
it missed. And the young man was on a
There is nothing so ungraceful for a
beautiful young lady as eating corn from
a cob, nor so ridiculous for a dandy as to
gallop through the mud after his tile.
Our Handsome Youth run after his head
gear with as much rapidity as tight boots
and tighter pants would allow. The cuss
of hat would lay quietly In the mud till
just as Handsome Youth made reach for
it, when the wind would tir it up on edge.
and away it would rolflike a hoop, leaving
H. Y. with handful of mud and mouth
ful of oaths.
One could fairly see the little golden GU
pids printed on the inside laugh at the
Handsome Youths chagrin.
Away went the hat, and away went Fl.
Y. afterit. Now he reaehesit and makes
a poke at it with his cane. But he pokes
too hard. and out comes the crown.
Carefully scraping the mud from the
ruined hat, he departed, wrathtully d.
nouncing all winds. and all hats that won't
stay on a mans head when they are put
there. He looked like rooster after hard |
rain, as he moved off, more than the dandy |
of ten minutes before.
Moral.-Don't wear new hat on windy |
day, without you fasten it on with carpet |
tacks or prepared glue. S&szAA
TRANSFERRED YEsTERDAY.-The follow |
ing transfers of real estate were left at the
Recorders Office on yesterday:
A. Chapman and wife to Samuel Paulus, |
March 30th, lot No. 1O6 in the town of
Dublin, for $64S.
Francis M. Cummins and wife to Heze-
kiah Smith, April 1st, so acres of laid in |
Jefferson township, for $4,000.
William j. Rhodes and wife to John Ha-
vens, April 1st, 80 acres OF land in Jeffer- |
son township, for $2,l50.
2 Hugh Craig and wife to George Titus, |
18th, 1867, inlots Nos. 8, 4 and
in James Langham's addition to the town
of Westcrville, for $l,7OO.
George Titus and wife to Nathan Layeiy,
March 18th, inlots Nos. 8, and in James
Langham's addition to the town of Wester-
willie, for 81, 700. D2'A 9'e1 g" 'sat
Andrew Derrer and wife to Christian |
Seibert, April 14th, part of lot No. 8 in Gill |
bert's addition to Columbus, for $1,500.
Sarah Lisle to Zadock Postle, April 18th,
l5I acres of land in Prairie township, for
S9lS.37.
Il christian Kaiser and wife to Philip Luck
haupt, April 7th, part of lot No. 81 in Ba |
ker and Mitcheli's subdivision ct outlots
Nos. z and in the city of Columbus, for
81. 800. 60 n 3zA
Eliza Purdue and Margaret Beever TO
Levi Moore, March 26th, inlots Nos. and |
5 in George Stones addition to the town of
WestervilIe, for 50, 200.
George A. Peters and wife to Levi Moore,
March 18th. lot No. in Bright & Souder's
addition to the town of Westerville, tor
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