Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1870-11-19
GATHERINGS by THE WAYSIDE.

Gen. N. p. Banks has been visiting
Gen. Breckenridge, at Lexington, Ky.
A memorial cabinet to Burlingamc
has been placed in the great Pekin Tenn.
pie.
Gen. Grants fathcr-in.law, Maj. Dent,
lately celebrated his eighty. fifth birthday.
A colored Blucbeard in Mobile, at the
age Of 81, is husband to seventh wife aud
father Of forty.oue children, the youngest of
which is five months old.
"A Western editor is spainod to hear"
that ad intimate friend has "gono to hea-
ven." He is probably saddened by the
thought that they will never meet again.
Another Ohio gentleman has lately
freed himself Of another living frog, which
is said to have been in his stomach, and
consequently on his mind, for some tinc
past '1,s'l
The devotion to fashion is often very
amusing. One of the latest absurdities is
that Of Vickbnrg girl, whose dying re-.
quest was, BURY me in Pompadour
waist, cut bias"
"A Paducah (Ky.l paper makes the
Iibcllious puuctuated statement that party
Of immigrants have arrived "with thirty
loose horses aud women, children and dogs
without number" ;.. .,....,.s,
-"Pa," said a lad to his father, GIVE
often read Of people poor but honest |;
Why don't they sometimes say rich 6xt
honest 7" "Tut, tut, my son, nobody
would believe thcm," answered the father
The following lines, if not we'll rhymed
ought to be: -rH-ae'@ g. o, ..
wife, make me some dumplings Of dough,
They're better than meat for my cough
Pray let them be boiled till done through,
But not till they're heavy and tough.
Now ] must be off to my plough, .....,
And the boys (whcn they'e had enouKh,)
Must keep off the flies with bough, - ,'''
While the old horse drinks At q trough. -.
Some question having arisen as to the
disposition Of Arlington, the estate Of the
late General Lee, the Washington Star
says that it will be retained by the Govern.
ment, % it is held on tax title, having
been bought at tax SALE 4@hi -
-Fifty.one Winnebago Indians we're
naturalixed At St. Paul in October. Their
object is to obtain title, under the home
stead laws, in severalty to lands which they
occupy in common. One Of the Indians is
David Twiggs, a son Of the late General
David ,Twiggs, formerly Of the United
States army, and later of the Confederate
States army. t @e 81 q
The most popular song is that pub
lished by a Chicago music dealer: +" Father
will settle the bill" All the young ladies
sing it. u -
Detroit has just named one Of its
streets Napoleon and the curious fact
has been discovered that two-thirds Of the
people living on the street are Germans.
"A Montgomery, Ala, exchange says
Every lady who educatos her servants into
greater truthfulncss, fidelity, selfrespect
and orderly ways of life, is doing missionary
work of the best sort. ,sl ...,..,3s
johnny was watching his mother while
wreathing her head with the lovely orange
bloom Of Louisiana gardens. "Oh, ma r.
he said, how sweet that is !! You look as
hpa was dead. and you were going to be
married again" ,spai
The success with which small. .pox has
been stamped out of Ireland BY the careful
enforcement of vaccination continues una.
bated. Only one death from smallpox ID
reported in the whole Of ireland during
the quarter ending June, 1870. The few
cases that have occurred were traced to d.
rect importation. .4 "a
"A Springfield man who has been visit.
ing In the eastern part of Berkshire, reports
.,pastor who rings the bell to call the ,peo.
PIE to service, pitches the tune and helps
the people to sing; and the story goes that
IN addition to tho preaching to the living,
he stands ready to dig the graves Of thosa
who die, and all for salary Of 500. 81