The States and Union. [volume] (Ashland, Ohio) 1868-1872, 1870-04-13


in a neighboring minister to attend tc
the funeral and heard, in his owl
house, one of his own sermons, pub
lished over ten year before.
Rip Van Wrinkle, as played al
Washington, shows Schneider chain
ed to a sapling when Rip tegins his
nap When he wakes: the tree is Q
mighty oak, and 'Schneider's' skeleton
hangs from the branches.
81 require" said a sage of the In
dian tribe of Penobscots, but three
things to make me happy" "What
is the first :" inquired a seeker OF wis
dom. Tobacco" was the reply -
"What is the second Z" "Rum.'-
"Well, what is the third?" Why
said the philosopher, contemplatlvely,
"a little more rum"
Mrs. Llvermore, in a recent
speech in Vermont. said she didn't be.
licve that woman suffrage would in
crease the frequency of matrimonial
disagreements. She had known a
very loving couple to quarrel over the
chess-hoard until it was dispensed with
by common consent. She instapccd
a newlv-married pair who had passed
their honeymoon in wrangling over
the proposition made by the husband
and resisted by the wiie, that David,
King OF Israel, was an unmitigated
rascal.
-Hera Belle, the Danish minister
at Washington, has lately been present.
ed with Il daughter by his good frau
In receiving congratulations he ex-
pressed his delight at net being charg-
ed with the responsibility of a sons
education!
The County Commissioners of
Butler county, Ohio, have commenced
suit against the First National Bank
of Hamilton for the recovery OF mon
ey alleged to have been used from the
county treasury, amounting with i'll
terest to SGT. 500.
Nearly one third ofthe books pub
lished in England go through two pr
more editions. The remaining two
thirds are largely composed of purely
ephemeral literature, such as 2amph
lets, sermons, nuIsery-talas, and the
like-woiks that either enjoy Il limited
sale, or none at all
Mrs. Kelly, who, while a captive
in the hands of the Northern Sioux
Indians, in 1864, was the means of
saving Capt. Fisk's emigrant party,
and also saved Fort Sully fom cap
ture, is likely to receive 5000 from
Congress for her heroic services.
A Boston lady complains that a
sweet tempered dyspetic, a little too
spiritual for this world, and a little
too material for the next, and vino
therefore, seems always lowering i'e-
tween the two, is the highest type of ie-
male lovcliness.
Tile perfection of Jenkinism was
reached in Il communication to al
Eastern paper from the West, which
reported the appearance of a lady at
ball, winding up with the remark
hat she would have been the most
beautiful woman in the room had her
face not been somewhat yellow from
the effects of liver complaint
1t is proposed to lower the grade
of Bunker Hill. 1t the change l.
made, the Catholic church. will ncces-
sarily be lowered about 60 feet.
The Rev. Vim. G.. w. Lewis, a
prominent Methodist Ministero fP ough
keepsie, n. Y, has given out that he
and his family will soon unite with the
Episcopal Church.
Nearly all of the fashionable
bonnets have lace to fall oyer
the back hair, and the ribbon strings
are tied in a bow under it. The face
are often clasped 10y a la"e
in front.
"A soldier named Hood, OF the
Second Infantry. stationed at Mobile,
was shot ano killed the other dry by
a file of his own comrades for refusing
to halt when ordered to 10 so.
Robert Laird Collier, writing his
impressions of Mr.. spurgeon, says"
Mr.. Sturgeon looks to be thirty-eig;It
years OF age. is OF medium height amd
thoroughly English in appearance.
His face is positively unspiiiual, an'l
wholly without any expression al in
tel.gence. His manuer was full 81. ST
consciousness, and he addressed. his
audience in an assertive and dogmatc
strain. The Sermon, [ am persuaded
must have been unusulIy poor although
a gentleman at my side told me it WIS
in his usual strain. 1t was without con
tinuity ofthought, in rugged sentences,
and greatly lacking in spiritual earn
estness, which alone could have atoned
for its q! undant p!atitudes."