Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-02-04
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"JoHN" was the entire name of q
colored candidate for District Clerk at
Corsicana, Texas, at a recent election.
WHISKY killed Il man the other day
ut Cincinnati. 1t was in Il cask and
fell from the second story upon his
head.
4 New ORLEANS youth ate n box of
CASTLE soap to remove frcckles. 1t
isn't known how he succeeded inside,
but outside he remains the same.
ANEW VERsIoN.-A little girl re-
peating her Sunday school lesson, gave
u new version to 4 familiar passage
"Ye cannot serve God and mamma"
PRINCE Pierre Bonaparte has just
published q "Treatise OH the Use of
the Sword" and Rochefort asks him to
supplement it with a dissertation on
pistol shooting.
JAY Cook IN his "gold corner" tes-
| timony Mt Washington, in decided
language, exonerated President Grant
and Secretary Boutwell, of all knowl-
edge Of the speculation.
A LITTLE four-year old, watching
from the window a proceSsiot~ chill
dren from the orphan asylum, X
claimed: "How I'd like to be III
orphan and play soldiers!"
A FRIEND sat up with q sick man
at Fond du Lac the other night, to
administer brandy at brief. intervals.
The friend took the brandy himself,
and the sick man recovered.
Two brothers have long been in the
habit of attending a Cincinnati Sunday
school on alternate Sundays. One Slll-
day the teacher asked her pupil If he
would be present next week: 81
can't" said he Its my turn to saw
wood"
a LECTURER recently said, referring
to the change of name woman eXper-
fenced when married, that there was
something sublimein imolating proud
patronymic OIL the altar of love, rs
when Portia PontifeX marrics Peter
Pipes.
A rAIsoN surprised Il farmer, whom
lie seldom saw at his ministIations, by
asking him directly, after Il little re-
DlOOl vi ~ Dill Va oltiilllDNlOIls Ilatl
we see you ut church next Sabbath? 2"
Yes" he replied slowly, "lll so
or send n hand!"
GEN. BUTLER recently remarked to
n BOstan Post correspondent that he
did not car what the papers said
about him. Many Of them have mis-
represented him, called him harsh
names, but he did not see that any of
them called him a fool.
A NEAR sighted and absent minded
Maine lawyer lately excited u good
deal of merrlment In Il Courtroom, by
pulling u goodly-sized bag from IFS
pocket, marked "Pure Rock Salt"
and repeatedly .flourishing the same
during a long argument to the jury.
A WOMAN wa sentenced recently to
four a imprisonment In the New
York State Prison for murder. The
term was made short because she had
nm infant, whereupon the New York
World recommends to future juries n
verlict of "guilty, with ex~tenuating
babies"
WHEN the Rev. DR.. Bacon, Of New
Haven, was introduced to Pere Hya-
cinthe, he excused his ignorance of
French by remarking through the in
terpreter: ave are laboring under
one of the disabilities which the Tower
of Babel imposed and which the Day
of Pentecost has not removed"
A CONTEMPORARY publishes a letter,
In which the writer says he has been
placed In the trying dilemma OF having
to choose between q barrel of apples
for his family and q subscription for
the newspaper. He adds that he final
" concluded to subscribe for the paper
and "trust to Providence for the ap-
pies"
TIE following advertisement Is
given by Lippinc0tts Magazine rs hay
Ing been actually published In good
faith In the interior of Pennsylvania
last year. We have seen something
like 1t before; but the variations are
improvements: "Lost-A Calf Ret.
His two behind legs was White. He
was a she calf. Everybody what
catches him GIBBS tree. Dollars"
IT was Jeremy Taylor who said to
nil men, "If you are for pleasure,
marry If you prize your health, mar
ry. Agood wife is heavens last, best
gift to man; his angel of mercy ;.
minister of graces innumerable his
gem Of many virtues ; his casket of
Jewels; her voice his sweetest music;
her smile his brightest day.