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The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

COMMON PLEAS COURT. Judge
Baker, Of Vincennes, came down yes
terday to preside during the trial of
two special eases. both OF which were
compromised.
In the case of Fieldman and Peele,
ct all, VS.. Henry Reese, a compromise
was effected By the defendant agree
ing to give the plaintiffs 81, O50. This
was an attachment case. but so mixed
up that we could not understand it.
The case of Mrs. Mckinney vs..
Thornton Males, and nine others,
was compromised by defendants agree.
ing to pay S25 damages and the costs
of the suit. This case was appealed
from Justice McTernan's Court, where
it was tried during last Summer. The
plaintiff brought action for damages
against defendants for loss to her
crops caused BIZ defendants cattle,
and the plaintiff was awarded dam
ages In the sum of $500. The case
was appealed to the Common Pleas
Court, with the result noted above.
The point of law fully recognized in
this case IS, that when u citizens
turn their COWS out to Craze where
they please, if they happen to do any
damage to any persons crops or
fields, the owners of the cattle are re
sDonsible, whether the fields arc en-
with fences or not.
John Heath was granted q dlyorce
from Wilhelm Alden Heath.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
Hss09s o gathct


Sy telegraph MEMPHIS, Jan. u.
Core N-DuH at 2i4c; receipts, 599 bales;
exports, l,z21 bales.
FLoUR-ftTm s~uperhne, s. 90.
CORN-F4Tmer at 92Zc.
OATS-Firm at SIC.
BRAN-ScaTce at 81 co.
HAY-Quiet at SO 00a27 %.
LARD I79lSc.
BULK MEATs-Dull and unchanged.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

RURAL.-A chap from the country.
who lives on Tennessee River, passed
Clement, White & Co.'S store, on
Monday, and noticed brick being sent
down from the second and third
stories in slides that projected over
the pavement. He stepped into a
store near by. and ~innocently in
quired, IF they was making brick
over there?"
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
THE MEMBERSHIPS QUINrETrE.-

THE MENDELssoHN QUINTETTE.-
Mr.. D. Fl. Elliott, advance agent of
the famous Mendelssohn Quintette
Club Of Boston, arrived in the city
by last nights train, aad is stopping
at the American House. He will
arrange for the appearance of this
very excellent Club at the Opera
House next week, when our people
may expect a most delightful enter
ment.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

MUD.-The rain of yesterday made
our streets as muddy as ever, and
navigation was rather difficult in some
parts of the city. Leet Street, is about
She worst thoroughfare in town, and
it looks like 4 vast lake of mud.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

YOUNG MEN, CLERKS AND SALES
MEN are invited to call at the Evans
vile Commercial College, and exam
inc the improved course of i%nstruc-
ton for pupils attending night classes.
III 3
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

AssAULT.-A farmer was in town
yesterday with a load of hogs for sale,
and had about made a " dicker" for
his porkers with a man who desired
to purchase, when a friend told the
farmer where he could get a slight ad-
vance on the price offered, which in
formation the farmer proposed to use
to his advantage. Such an act made
the would be purchaser mad, and he
struck the man a blow. The assault
ed person Immediately made affidavit
before Squire Emery, and his assail
SGT was required to pay 50 to heal the
breach 10 the statutes.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

4 THREE-LEGaED HoG.-Amoug
a lot of dead hogs brought from New
burgh to this city, by the Rose Hite,
last night, was one having but three
legs. The right fore leg was missing,
and there was a slight indication that
it had ever existed. The hog will
weigh 10 pounds, and the man who
raised it AYERS that it could outrun
any hog on his premises.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

IA Six wagons were stuck Ia the
mud on TIE Cemetery Road on Mon
day evening, close together, and the
amount of swearing was awful, not to
mention the harness that was broken
in trying to pull the wagons out.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
LOCAL NOTICES.

spare.glbs aad TendeFlOIns =!
Al abundant supply to be bad every
day this week, at our pork house,
First Street, between Vine and Di,
vision. l.. RUFFNER, JR & Co.
jan12 5t
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

By Telegraph NAsHVTLLE. Ian. IL.
CoTTOH--Market quiet; low middlina
22Zei good ordinary, 22A@22kc.
WHEAT-Red, 81 TO- amber, q Il; white.
OATs-T0c.
CoRE-Sl 90.
RYE-fl co.
BARLEY-&l 20.
BACON-Ciear sides. ne. shoulders.
l4cs ~city-cured hams. 2Ic.
BULK MEATs-Clear sides. I5E5c; clear
ribbed sides, Ljc: shoulders, I2c.
RuMP PoRK-s25 co.
LAHD--lbc.
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az AUCTION!


1000! One Ih0UsaME! 1000!
We will sell enc thousand yards of
different kinds Of fine Dress Goods,
in prices from ) cents 10 81 so per
yard. Also, a lot of Ladies' Furs,
on "Wednesday. at 2 O'Clock PM,
January 18th. Gone one aud all.
T. M. ELLIOTT,
11-2t 81 Main Street.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

ia r. G. BridweIl & Co corner
of Main and Third Streets, have a
ent Medicines, American and import
ed Perfumery, Toilet Soaps. Brushes,
&c. Prescriptions carefully com
pounded. Fresh Blue Lick, Con-
gress and Roekbridge Alum Waters.
je17-tf
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

TOBACCO SALE.-Martiu, Gardner
& Go. sold yesterday four h0gsheads
tobacco, as follows: Three hogsheads
Lugs at IS, IS ID ard 81 80, and one
hogshead Low Leaf at 50 90. The
sale was small, but the prices were
excellent for the class of tobacco.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.
A Fallen Algei Takes Morphine and
btTyehBIae!

Yesterday afternoon a woman en-
tered a respectable house in Lamasco,
on Fulton Avenue, and asked for
coffee, saying that she was suffering
terribly, and would be a dead woman
before night. The inmates saw that
something was wrong, and took care
of the woman, and put her to bed.
Medical assistance was at once sent
for, and Drs. Harvey and Mageniss
were called to see the patient. Proper
antidotes were administered, and it
is thought the womau's life may be
saved.
When questioned, she stated that
her name was Jennie Wilson, or at
least that is her assumed name. Her
right name Is Ella Rose, and she
formerly lived IN Indianapolis, where
she was born. Some three years ago
she fell a victim 10 the seducers arts,
and for some time past has lived in a
disreputable house on the Newburgh
Road, kept By a woman named Mat.
Byrd. 1t seems she had a quarrel
with some one at Byrd's. and left
there a day or two since. When ask
ed what induced her to attempt to
destroy herself. she said she took a
notion that life was a burden to her,
and being an outcast. without friends.
she had nothing further to live for,
and she took a mixture Of morphine
and strychnine. She declared if she
got well this time, she would never
attempt to DO SO again.
At nine o'clock last night she vas
suffering intensely. and at times her
mind wandered. The tenor of her
life was held By a brittle thread, and
it seemed that her recovery was quite
doubtful.
What terrible lives ehess unfortunate
women must lead. Beyond the pale
of all that is good and pure, they are
soon hardened in sin, and when their
consciences ere stricken with remorse
they seek 10 end their brief span of
life by elf-destruction. What a les
son every one of these fallen women
teaches to those who are yet pure, but
who may sometime be like them.
When woman once falls no power on
earth can restore her to her formor
position. With man it is different.
The seducer is received into society,
while his victim, who is the innocent
sufferer, is scoffed at ever afterward.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
Imnoriant 70 steamhaatmen.

Buck Pearson, late of the steam
boat Norman. desires all steamboat
men visiting this port, to call at the
BOQUET SALOON, Sycamore Street,
near Water, and have their licenses
renewed for 1870. 10 1w.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

S% Parents send your 0 n to the
Evansville Commercial College, to
learn to write and study arithmetic.
New classes formed this evening at z
o'clock. II 3t
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
CITY N b W S.

R The last Indictment against
the goats, IS that they lick the Gov
eminent stamps from beer barrels be-
fore the barrels are opened. What
next?
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

MEDICAL CARD-We direct espe-
cial attention to the card Of DR.. Ken
nedy, to be found in another column
Of the Journal. He has fitted up in
elegant style a Office on Third Street,
opposite the Engine House, up stairs,
where he may at all times be consult
ed during Office hours. unless absent
on professional business. DIR. Ken
nedy has the reputation of being a
good physician, and we know he is a
clever gentleman. He will be pleased
to see his friends in his Office, either
professionally or socially.
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Non EOrk SOLD and STOCK HarRtt.
BY telegraph NEW Yopv Ia. =,

sTERLING-pulI at s5S0Sz.
G~OLD-HeaVy; opened az 101tl rtt
l2l@&, and closed at 1921. h earl 70
rate was .S2g3-24 per daya. carrying
GOVERNMENT-Steadv: Co,noor %, ,,-,5
@ll8; 40. '62. lI61SaMiiGgI. do ie4 4 23tt!ttz
nee; DO % ll51sgI5E; do. new. iIfsg
LA y 90; 90 Ii4}49ll4L; do. res, Il4ImifIfS:
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

PERsONAL-We were pleased yes
terday, to meet Peter SemoniD. Esq,
who had just returned from a trip to
New Orleans and the South. Mr..
Semonin was absent about four weeks,
on a tour partly for business and
partly for pleasure. He is looking
in fine health.
A. j. Huteheson, the great coal
man, viii leave on the afternoon train
to-day, for Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
to secure a tow-boat.
VIZ were pleased to meet. yesterday,
Col. George w. Goimaa and Thomas
Lockhart, Of Owensville, who are ia
the city. They are remarkably we'll
preserved.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

This is the time to get your cans
and jars filled at our pork house,
First Street, between Vine and Di-
vision. l. RUFFNER, JR &CO.
iau12 st
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

CLOSING UP.-Mr. Bennett, the
Directory man, will close his labors
on Friday, and leave for Cincinnati
on Saturday. Any person who has
changed his residence since visited,
can have the proper change made by
leaving directions at the Book Store
of Fish g. Barter, en- Main street.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

HAVING FUN.-Some chap in a
wagon, yesterday, was very drunk, and
while his team was halted near the
corner of Main and Second Street, he
amused himself by smashing up a
chair tnat lie had in his wagon. 10
seemed 10 afford him considerable
fun. and the crowd enjoyed the per-
flruaDce very muob.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
Rev YOrk nv aoons unrr.

BY telesraph.l Z YoaK, Jar. II.
Dry 5ooDs-Ihe market is quiet as yet.
o Will there be any general emf al
new sylea before q week OF Two. alfho69G
lgqt saies aIe being made 10 the SoutbeTnn
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
Ne. 25 First Streef.

We receive our Quceusware direct from
the lotteries of Stanordshire, England
via New Orleans and New York; hence
pay no secondhand profits which right
fully belong 10 our customers.
Having completed arrangements with
MEAKIN, BROS. & CO, of Stafordshire,
England, for the EXCLUSIVE CONTROL
for this market of their celebrated STONE
CHINA WARE, We are now prepared te
supply the trade.
In addition VIC are now receiving, fresh
from LaraOges, F~rance, a large stock OF
GOLD BAND, PLAIN WHITE and DECO
RATED FRENCH CHINA.
We are also receiving heavy importa-
lions of HOLIDAY GOODS IN great vari.
city.
s- Consult your y interest by exam
ming our stock before purchasing e Sc
where. nov13
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

You will fnd Ladies' Velvet Hats
at 80 cents, at Click & Schwartz, OPP
posite the Opera House. scp25
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

Hostile receipts OF hogs, yes
terday, we're quite lively. Many
farmers were in from the rural dis
tricts, and as a general thing peddled
their hogs around town to those whe
desired to put up meat for private
consumption. l.. Ruffner, Jr., q Co.
received 81 dressed hogs from Ten
nessee River, aud OF from NeWburgh,
which they viii cut up to-day. Mr..
Akin cut up a few ove 100 yesterday.
2pare-ribs and tender-loins will
abound in great p~roiusion to. day.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

ANoTHER.-We learned yesterday,
that a youBg man, aged twenty years,
took morphine to end his life. last
Sunday night, but has so far recover
ed as to be ont Of danger. No cause
is assigned for the rash attempt, save
that lie was unhappy. He ooce be-
fore made an unsuccessful attempt
1t self-destruction. We withhold the
name by request.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

BACK AGAIN.-W. B. Menifee.
who retired from the firm Of Preston
a. Menifee. at the first of the year.
has made an engagement with the
new firm of Preston & Co, and will
be found at the old stand, where he
will be pleased to see all his old
friends and many new ones.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

By~ The best stock of Domestic
Goods, Sheetings. &C., at lowest
prices, at
jams SCHAPKER, BUssING & Co.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

B9- One hundred White and Grey
Blankets, just received, and selling at
reduced prices.
jams SCHAPKER, BUssING &Co.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

BAD BoYs.-Aboat ten or fifteen
young scall2Wags eongregate at the
Opera House every night. and annoy
the audiences by running up and
down stairs. We understand that
the police propose to arrest about a
half dozen of them on the charge of
being di sorderly, and have them fined
as q warning to the others.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

DkONK.-Quite q number Of drunk
men we're TO be seen on cur streets,
yesterday. We noticed chap that
was too drunk to walk, being hauled
up to the lookup on a dray. He APP
peared to be perfectly happy, and
would occasionally raise his head and
look around with q very lugubrious
and comioaI expression.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

CTGARs.-Geo. Lenucrt, corner of
Main and Fourth Streets, has his new
cigar shop nicely fitted up, and Keeps
a splendid stock Of cigars, including
the famous " Dexter brand.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

1 See GILBERT q Co.'S adyer-
tisemeDt of two OF the best and finest
Stores in iowa for Rent. oc29-tf
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

RECORDERS CoURT.-The Tycoon
disposed of only one case yesterday.
Jim Junkens, a gay and festive color
ed chap, who was so lively" at the
negro saloon on Vine Street, on Mon
day night, was tried for being drunk,
and for fighting. He was let off by
the payment Of ten dollars, which we
think was very light punishment.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

FoUG OFFICES Corner OF Second
and Locust Streets, for rent. Apply
to q. W. SHANKLIN.
de2-ti
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

RELIGI0N-REv. 3. p. HAMMOND
TO VISIT EYANsvILLE.-Messrs. John
L. Glover and Daniel 6. Mark, who
were sent to Cincinnati, by the Minis.
terial Association of this city. to try
and secure the services of Rev. Mr..
Hammond. the great r~evivalist. re-
turned at neon yesterday, and brought
back the welcome Intelligence that
Mr.. Hammond had agreed to visit
Evansville in the course of two or
three weeks. He has been l4boring
in Cincinnati for nearly six weeks,
and his bodily powers are somewhat
exhausted. He will remain &c Cincin-
natl during the week, and will then go
TO the Mammoth Cave, ID Kentucky.on
a short trip for recreation, after which
he will come to this city. Mr.. Ham
mond's labors at indianapolis were
singularly successful, and it is esti-
timated that during his stay in Gin
cinnati fully three thousand persons
have been converted. The building
in which he breaches is nightly
crowded, aud hundreds are unable to
obtain admittance.
It was fortunate that our city sent
an earnest committee after Mr.. Ham
mond, as simply writing to him
woald hardly have effected the de-
sired object. He was wanted at
Dayton, Csio. and a letter was
received By him from Mr.. K. J..
Jones. the eminent banker aad great
Sunday School man. of St. Louis. en-
treating his presence in the latter
city. Messrs. Glover and Mark are
entitled to the thanks of the Chris
tan community for tie manner in
which they fulfilled their mission.
Mr.. Hammond is said to be a very
fine preacher, and is about forty years
of age. He has travelled extensively.
and in company with his wife made a
tour Of the Holy Land. He has
preached in Jerusalem and other
cities Of the East. He addresses
himself particularly to the young,
through whom he reaches the hearts
of the older people. He has preached
in London, and we have before US a
sermon preached by G.. Ii. Sturgeon,
at the metropolitan Tabernacle, New
ington, on November 8th, in which
he announces that Mr.. Hammond
will shortly come among US to labor
for the conversion of the young" and
as a preface TO Mr.. Hammond's series
of services. took for his text the fol
lowing:
"Spake 1 not unto you, saying, do
not sin against the child Genesis
ella. p.
We hope that great good will re-
suit to our community from the pro-
posed visit Of Mr.. Hammond.
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WATCHMAKTNG.
DissnlntIrn-

TIME FIBSI OF Uawprrrrw
was dissolved by limIta-
tlOh' the nfst ot January.
amor The business OF the late firm VIII
oe settled BY me at the old stand. No. rs
First Street. where MI Of my old custom.
ers, and as many new ones as wish to- c1lI.
can always find as large stock anda ut asIaw
prices as can be found in the city.
DEWITT H. LANPHEAR.
Successor to
tanz-lm
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12

LOarI L0eTf

From the steamer Rapidan No. 2, on
ThUraGay, January 6-h, near ShawEee
town, Illinois. M BALE COTTON.
marked d" ~. II. J." Any person pIcking
up the same, and sending 1t by first boat
70 W. G. Brown & Co, at Evansville, Will
be literally rewarded.
LEE HOWELL,
Jal0 63t Master Str. Rapidau No. 2.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1870-01-12
BANK Ela0TI0S8 YESTERDAY.


Yesterday the various Banking
Companies in this city, held their
annual elections for the selection of
nine Directors for each Bank. The
attendance Of Stockholders was very
fair, and the old Boards were u1aui-
mously reelected. There was no ex-
element like last year, and all passed
off very tremendously. With the
exception of the Evansville National
Bank, nc election of officers was had
yesterday. The following are the
names Of those elected yesterday:
MERCHANTS NATIONAL BANK.
Directors.-C. r. Bement, Matthew
Henning, j. A. Lemcke, J. Fl. Nor
gan, J. J. Chandler, ". II. z. Stod
dard, Peter SemoniD, A. M%areonnier.
VIM. G. Brown.
EVANSVILLE NATIONAL BANK.
Directoys-G. W. Rathbone, Saml
Bayard, Sam. Orr, D. j. Mackey,
Vim Heilman, Sam'l Archer, Mat
thew Dalzell, R. K. Dunkerson.
The Board met last night. and re-
elected the old officers, as follows:
G. w. Rathbone, President; Saml
Bayard, Vice President; Jas. H Ken
nedy, Cashier.
FIRST NATIONAL BANK.
Directors-Johu S. Hopkins, Chas.
Viele, Robert Barnes. NJ. j. Bray,
f. W. Sawyer, John Iogle. Jr.. Alvah
johnson, Thos. E. Garvin. s. f..
Gilbert.
The Board of Directors of the
Merchants National and the First
National will meet to morrow night
to elect officers, and it is probable the
old officers will be re elected. Our
Banks are Ia a prosperous condition,
and enter on the now year with every
indication of continued success.
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AMUsEMEwVs.
The A0naFChs arc Coming!
TWO SIGHTS OEEE
Thursday and Friday. January
l5 and IA, 1870
The Old Original
EzWCOMB5 MINsTRGis.


Will give Two ri taoir great seusalIonaI
entertainment. embracing new 85nHs
Dances Emmy aayluGas aud NDpular Hur-
lesques, led 0y tine prlu @ OF Nero Define
abora,
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-06-25

through life, arr crowded out and trampled upon
by the selfish ard vicious. That's what kept
the Record man under, no doubt.
The Lee County Denocry,t, in Il losal ruff for
a coal dealer, says Ver-mihion coal, is really the
coal for the mildion!
We St, by our exchanges. that all the towns
and cities great, small and smallest, are several
ly having doings on the 4th of July but Otta.
wa seems Indifferent about it. Give US "doins"
here, give US 4th Of July at Ottawa-g.ve us
liberty orwell 90 to Marseilles or Streator.
The Lee County Democrat, among other things
to be done on the 4th, announces a scalawag
parade on the 4tn. We were not aware those
fellows had got home from Congress yet!
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-06-25
The Census Takcr.
BY BEENUS.


He came TO our shed unannounced, and we
knew that he was in questionable mood His
hair stood up like marks Of establishment; his
eyes were piercingly inqusitive; his nose was
an enormous mark of Observation-Disclosures his
little button hole mouth stood in a perpetual
shape to utter "Dew tell ~ and his ears projected
forward like those of a pointer dog, open and
eager to catch every sound. He had a sort of
carpet.bag in his hand, through the opening of
which projected sundry blanks, memorandums,
&c. We knew he must be the census taker
He said, taking off his hat in concliatory
manner, 'Good morning."
He did not make it as a positive assertion, but
put it as question requiring an answer.
Determined to be guarded in our answer, We
replied, 'some."
He continued in one breath
Question-"What is your name, age, occupa.
ton, place of residence how do you get your
living, and how do you like it so far?"
Answer-"Middling."
Q.-"Are you married, SINGLE woman rights.
neutral or mixed?'
A-"We're another"
Q.-"Have you any corns if 50, how many
and where"
A.-"Three one on each foot and several in
our head"
Q.-"How did you catch EN- ~
A.-"Caught those on our feet from tight
boots, and those in our head from common
tights
Q.-"Did you ever have the erysipelas?"
A.-"Nary sip"
Q.-"What do you do for the itchY ?"
A.-"Scratch."
Q.-"What man in this country now stands at
the highest fgure?'
A.-"Nigger."
Q.-"Supposing my carpet.bag to have little
of everything IN it, and Gen. Grant was to come
in and look through it, what would no first
doscry?'
A-"Old rye"
Q.-'What would a certain prominent radical
at Washington 'go for" if he were to- enter your
room?"
A.-"Spoons"
Q.-"When the country is in danger, and
radical ofice.holder wishes to exhibit his love
for 1t, how does he show what he feels ?"
A.-"Steals."
Q.-"Whon the prominent radicals leave this
mundane sphere, where do they 20 to dwell ?"
A-"To-w
Here he got mad, slung the inksAand at our
head, and left.
That's how our census was taken.
An alligator shooting party in Florida recent
y bagsed sleeping negro who had stretched
himself beside the stream