Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-10-04
VARTRTIRS

A SHOEMAKER on Kearny street, San
Francisco, has a large sign over his
store, on which is painted (" Good wo-
mems shoes made here"
AN Ohio editor bolts the regular tick
ct. He declares that he will not
support for Representative a man who
is q whisky barrel in the morning and q
barrel Of whisky at night"
A NEw YORK paper gives an account
of a theatrical performance the pre-.
vious evening at which there were 1877
dead heads" The size of the rest Of
the audience is not stated.
LUCAS, the liou-tamsr, came to his
death by a pretty face. He took his
eyes off the lions to look at a nice girl
among the spectators, and tho next in-
slant the beasts were upon him.
A SOUTHERN paper thinks its farmers
daughters who assist in making hay
will make charming grass widows, and
that they are the best kind Of women
to be entitled to womsn's rights.
THn New York Evening Post describes
the arrangements the politicians there
are making for nominating members to
the Legislature, by the significant words
"The rogues getting ready"
A WESTERN paper begins an indignant
article against q new invention for
securing buttons without sewing, BY
saying, that one Of the greatest con-
v~enieuces in life IL to have q wife to sew
on buttons"
Mr.. BEAcHlR says: "The man who
would shoot a robin, except in the fall,
and then really and eo~nscientiously for
food, has within him the blood ola cania-
bal and would, ifbora in 0taheiti, have
eaten ministers and digssted them too"
"You speak French wonderfully"
said . Frenchmau to a young suob, who
was airing himself before him. "You
have not 20 least accent l mean zs
least French accent"
"YouR wife's fat but she's not hand
some, Smith" "Wsll, Jones, that's
expressing your opinion plump and
plain, anyhow" "You are right Smith,
that's exactly my notion ; she's very
plump and very plain"
OSs Of Greeley's strongest recommen.
dations for the Chinese mission is his
handwriting. He could nj doubt add
considerably to his salary by marking
tsa-boxes during his leisure hours.
"A GENTLEMAN called on q rich miser,
and found him at the table s%ndeavoring
to catch a fly. Presently he succeeded
in entraping one, which hs Immediately
put in the sugar boul, and shut down
the cover. The gentleman asked for an
explanation Of this singular sport. "I'll
tell you," replied the miser, a triumph
ant grin overspreading his c%ountenanee
~ he spoke, al want to ascertain if the
servants steal the sugar"
THs London Railray News says that
the result of the boat race was commu-
picated to the press at New York, By
the Atlantic Telegraph Company at
l:o4: the news did not reach New York
by the French cable until 2:o5, or just
ons hour and one minute after the mes
s.oe was received BY the English
cable. The actual time occupied in the
transmission Of the message from Lon
dom TO New York was IL minutes, or 4
hours and A minutes ahead OF Green.
vieh time. The message from Valentia
10 Newfoundland passed through in one
minnie. The result was known in
V.lentia in three minutes after the end
of The race on the river; ID minutes
were occupied in sending the message
over the line of 1900 miles between
Hearts Content and New York.