Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-01

Prince Pierre Bouaparte. who IS nov
on his trial before the High Court of Jus
tiee al Tours, viii probably be acQui.
ted.
,. Il. Townsend Of sarsaparilla fame
Railway of the Ready Relief and Swain
last fortnight,
A sign on an Academy out Yves.
Freeman & Huggs. Freeman teache-
the boys and Hugs the girl"
If you were on top Of a house with e
goose how would you get d1ua the
soonest7 of Of the goose Of course.
Captain Eyre, the drowner Of the
Oneida.s crew, proves to be a near rela-
tive Of Eyre, the Jamaica cannibaL
General Hooker has given the New
/ York artist Walker a commission lo
] paint the Battle Above the Clouds
the price to be $1,000.
John Rusldn says; at IS only By la
Dor that thought can be made healthy.
and only by thought that labor can bo
made happy.
Anna Dickinson's brother is supplying
the Methodist church at Guilford, Conn.
and is a very popular preacher
Alexander II. Stephens says that
Jefferson's first inaugural and Linc0ln'e
first inaugural are the two finest pieces
Of composition of the kind
The City Chamberlain Of Glasgow. in
his last statistical report says esIl IS @
well established fact that nine-tenths OF
all the marriages in Glasgow are cele-
brated on Friday
Skating or rollers in a room decorated
with ice-cream freezers lis called d win
ter sport in New Orleans.
A sailor explains the distribution of
prize money to be as follows TIT is
sifted through a ladder. What falls
through goes to the officers; what sticks
the sailors get.
Old and New says: ''VYhile nobody
knows ihe sepulCher of Moses, what
grand naausoleums viii distinguish the
dust and proclaim the virtues Of railroad
swindlers and shoddy contra a6torsl
Be neat without gaudiness. genteel
without affe6tation, for suit which hts
the character is more a IA 0E0de than
that which sits well on the body.
The New York Sun says: 'It is pos
sible that the City of Boston has been
run down by some British mail steamer,
whose Captain forgot to mention it on
his arrival in port."
A crusty old bachelor says that Adams
wife was called Eve because when she
appeared mans day Of happiness was
drawing 10 a close.
A fop in company wanting his servant
called cut, "Where's that blOckhead Of
mine p
A lady present answered, "On your
shoulders, sir.
The tyrannical city authorities Of New
Orleans have ordered Mrs. DR.. Major
Mary Walker to take off her trowsers
when she appears uPonthe streets of that
city.
"Jack, said an old gentleman, 'I
have heard one of the most delightful
society. It carried me to the gate u
heaven ''Why didn't you dodge in p
replied Jack, "you viii never have an
other such a chance"
Shirley Dare writes from Washington
to the CHIcae0 RebRbAcaN ''Woe %
the man who makes Senator Carpenter
his lifelong enemy. He has the York
shire nature to carry stone in his pock-
ct seven years, turn it, and carry IL seven
years more, and hurli It against his. foe az
last"
The Albany Argus relates that when a
certain railroad was first opened rg-
raj member came down TO the depot.
closely examined everything and aitlrin-
quiring how much they charged 20 30 90
the next station and return, said: "Wel
] guess i viii come down tomorrow and
ride on your road, but if don t come you
needn't wait.
A capital hit is that made by Wendell
in one Of his lectures, describ-
ing a curious Eastern rapieri with
sheath twisted like a corkscrew. The
weapon would easily slide into the
sheath, and upon being Withdrawn it
would spring out perfectly straight "In
short said the lecturer, '-it was AS he1l-
bic as an American politician.
A new Confederate note was lately
sent to Butler, indCrsed on the back.
Pass the bearer at Hells Gate, and
signed, Abraham Lincoln, and count
srsigned "B. F. Butler. The recipient
Of the favor examined ii, and remarked
mon sense, at least, for he knew that
such currency would not pass even In
hell without good indorsers.
A Dentist presented a bill for the tenth
lime to a rich skinhint
at strikes me. said the latter, ''that
his is a pretty round bill.
Eyes, " replied the dentist, "t have
sent it round often enough 20 make i ap-
pear so, and I have called now 20 have
il squared. ~
SAKE, the joker and the poet was once
taking a trip on a steamer, when he ieu
in with a lively young lady, 20 whom BE
made himself very agreeable. OF course
he made an impression upon the damsel
who said at pairing
Goodbye, Mr.. SAKE; / fear yon.u
soon be forgetting me.
"Ah Miss, said the invcteIate pun
ster, eff I was not a married man alread-
dy, you may be sure I'd be for getting
you.