Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-04-22
MINOR MENTION.

Locke on the Understanding 2?
George Ashmun, Of Massachusetts. IS
said to be dying from the effects ofa fall
upon the ice.
The prevailing style of chignons Is
SAID to consist Of mo(re) hair.
Shipping to the amount Of 10000 tons
IS Deing built in the Quebec shipyards.
The new voters to the coaxing Democ-
racy: Shoe Fly, don't brudder are g-
DekyOif 2576zNe.
The New York World, in discussing
some revenue question. says that the
problem ''is perfectly simple and is daily
becoming more So.
Il have a great love for old hymns,
said pretty girl to her masculine friend.
Il am much fonder," ," he replied, ''of the
young hers"
The Griffin, Ca, Star says Of that
State: "As she was among the first to go
out Of the Union, so she is the last TO
! get back. Hurrah for old Georgia the
only surviving member Of the old Con-
federacy 20
"Why oyou call me birdie, my dearf'
/ inquired a wife Of her husband. "Be-
cause, " was the answer, 'you are always
associated in my mind with a bill
A telegram says: at this hour ,lo
p. NJ of Monday, April III, 1870. the
fine and healthy son Of Vice President
Colfax is eight hours Of age; and his
mother is in an easy and comfortable
condition.
An eastern paper wants to know what
has become of the Civil Service bill in
I rr1
! the woodbine tWineth, but It is waiting
until "the shadows are a little longer
grown"
It was the custom Of the late Mrs.
Pond, wife of Attorney General Pond 10
read daily portion Of the Bible. and
during the % years she was a member
of Church she read the entire scriptures
through yearly, in their regular order
A lobby member in Wisconsin re-
lieved himself by telegraph as follows,
on the defeat of an obnoxious bill:
DelIs bill defeated. Glory be to God
on high.
Sound the loud timbrel DER EgypVs dark
Eau Ciaiif'e is cleaned out, ana the Chippo-
was nee.
A Michigan couple concluded to dis
solve, and the husband sent a copy Of
the agreement with this note explanato-
ry: This agreement has been maid
and draud up berwixt my Self and my
Wife and l doant now whether 1t is
corden to law or Knot and I want you
Sod record it if it Is lawful and 1T If ls
knot draw won that is.
AS Marshal Soult was once showing
the pictures ne had stolen In Spain. be
stopped before one and remarked. "I
value that picture very much; It saved
the lives of two estimable persons. An
aide-de-camp whispered in the listeners
ear: "He threatened to have them both
shot Immediately unless they gave it
up"
A fashionable lady said going out Of
church: What a powerful sermon j
was never before so impressed with
the duty and privilege of giving freely.
/ am determined to do better, and 20
send, this very week, another new silk
dress to my daughter.
A woman's rights advocate insists
that divorced women have a Hght 90
vote under the Fifteenth Amendment
which provides that the right Of suffrage
shall not be denied or abridged on ac-
count Of race, color, or previous condi-
uOn OF SGENlluuG.
The death Of Thomas brings to mind
those two epigrams which were current
Just after the battle of Nashville;
Thomas still moving, ,"-vsr5 good;
The cause is plainly understood
He doesn't like his neighboI-Hood,
Where Hood now is, 1t were not hard to
He said he'd go to Nashville or 20 heu,H
And hasn't gone 10 Nashville-very WELL
An Indiana temperance orator says:
"The drains paid for every year in In-
diana amount to enough to erect I.748
such buildings as the State University
eighteen in each county Of the State. "a
would endow $40 such universities. It
would pay the faculty and defray the
expenses Of the institution for g,4fA
years. It would defray the expenses of
all the students now in attendance for
24o."
Grace Greenwood expresses herself
on the tariff question thusly: I know
that as an adopted daughter Of Pennsyl-
vania, ought to feel a mild glow Of In
.erest into be somewhat informed on
topics of such grave importance Go her
and if she will graciously grant me the
franchise, will undertake to pua my
whole mind at the subject Of her pccu-
a profound study Of the doctrine Of pro-
become familiar with "cut-
nails" and horseshoe nails, "tn and
nickel" "steel al gal0yeH" and the
'Bessemer Process, to master pig-ron
or die.
Man (for very wise reasons) wasn't
built until all other things were finished
and pronounced good. Il a man had
bin made fust, he would hay insis.ed
upon bossing the rest Of the job. He
probably would have objected to having
emmy little bizzy ants al all, and various
other objeckshuns would have bin offer
ed, equally green. 1 am glad that man
wuz the last thing made. Ifman hadn't
bin made at all, you never would h1V
heard me find emmy fault with it.
haven't much faith in man. not bclausC
he can't do well. but bekause he won't
II Tosh BILLINGS