The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-07-16

OJl, Soubul "co e''-i
| But The beautiful town that rakes 'eln 'A'1
| Is the elegant village, chicago.
The anti-yaccinators in England are groM !"
50 strong that they hold public meetln:S ss
and have enlisted many Leading scieli'h''
men and physicians into their RANKS
A new verb to express an admiration n n
particularly concentrated Je n, of4 re- ~ u
foUJrcs, Ii s'olliUc, etc. VIII the frehch
Academy adopt it!
The new Attorney General does not spell
his valuable name with &C" IN QUEER
words. he does not pronounce IL Ack-eE-
man. but Ake-er-man.-Ci Cincinnati CON-
mercidt.
They have a musical prodigy in Albany
named Albert Raaltc. He plays the ylolm
and executes such pieces as " Der Saioh.
geiger." and some other pieces too dlhcult
to spell.
"Prisoner," said the Judge, "what have
Won TO saw in reply to the charge ?"-of
shon-liftinc. "Nothing, Messieur, only
that this is the eighth time | have been
brought UP before you, and hope you Will
be indulgent."
A Chicago paper is responsible for the
story that few days since, some boys III
that city dropped IN anvil Weighing Two
hundred pounds out of q fourth-story Will
dow on the head of IN African who was
nassing. and he had them arrested. He
said he was willing to let the boys have fun,
but when they damned "gemman's " nat
down over his eyes and spoiled it in that
wav. the law must take Its course.
A f,ii-sized story is told by the Dover
| 49,. c,nn,,y A Mr. Forvor Of Dover.
while firing small cannol on the Fourth,
| took Il notion to put his watch into the
mlzzlc of the gun, holding on to the cham.
fThr am went off and the watch did also,
brin zinc 1D on the other side OF Cocheco
rivrr where it was found with broken
crystal, but all right otherwise" NO en-
lorsement is needed.
An Infatuated subscriber writes to the
Cleveland Leader as follows: Z" shall take
the Leader, probably, till can find paper
that does not publish baseball matters.
They are base in more senses than one. "A
mack of lazy devils going round the country
nlayinp bali for money! While at 1t, you
NAV as we'll crack up dog-tights, bull-tghts,
bull-baiting, and seven-up,' for money, as
professional basc-ball.'
In the fine arts exposition Just closed at
Paris there was universally admired PIC
ture of a lady's blonde locks. The history
is this: The artist had for an opposite
neiehbor lady whose hair, as it fell in
graceful curls, he admired. One evening,
after dinner, the lady went out, and the
artist, descended from his atelier, followed
her, expressed his admiration for her head
of hair, and begged he might be allowed to
paint it. The lady, after moments refiec-
| ton, removed her chignon, handed it to the
| artist, with the understanding that he would
return it without delay, and never again
address her, rs her husband was hozrlply
jealous, and would certainly kill him.
The Louisville Cour1er-J Journal gives TINS
incident: GA gentleman seated IN front
of the United States Hotel yesterday eve
ming was approached by young man VINO
was very decidedly the worse tron the In
vention of distilled spirits. Did under
stand you to say said he to the gentleman:
that YOU are from Tennessee" YES.
was the reply. DO you know a man out
there by the name of Smith,, What,
Nebuchadnezzar Smith, NO said the
Young man, John Smith well, no.
said the gentleman, there is nobody IN
Tennessee of that name"