Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1871-08-17

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(For the Country
e,sEshsd Reoularly ON TUESDAYS, THURS
DAYS and SATURDAYS, at sir Dollars per
AMMAN.
saoDDYITEs AT SARAToaA.-A tall was
IN e A. Twas novel affair. The mem
1ers Of the Y. NJ. c. A., male and female, sat
nronn6 the sides of the room-wall flowers
and greatly enioyed the fun They couldn't
lance. but they had no objection to the profits
~ the entertainment. David danced betore.
Saul. All right. Says the correspondent OF
the Y, Y. Commercial Advertiser
One of our swell New ! ork fellows, with
hat deterentialy in hand, thus saluted an an
lent swell maiden lady at the bali last night
Good evening, Miss W: charming even
Young Lady-ie=, awful charmlDg-dance
to-aisht? A.. :. ,ho
Young Gentlemau-ssO, yess-that IS the
round dances. Amt they Jolly nice
Young Lady-O. MIR. G--- We kon yeu
yneuw, kont-they'r hcastiy-perfectly peaSt-
iy-haT-a bic
1+'s dreadful swcet-but those fearful square
Iancps they are horried-they are awful poky
Everything is poky but the dee:c temps: galop
S"Y Youpe up Lady-Poky Ha! Ha such love;
" mnEeyerythng poky but the gaIop-awtul
good-perftctly atroclous.
Young Condemnation sec any pun-but
ever mind I'm not clever. yeu kneuW, |
ms, er see pun.
youpr Ladv-But, Mr. C, they say you
ne All awful flirt-rerfectly how'd.
Young Gentleman-Oh! no, | never hlrt-
lon't, yeu kneuw-. Do you like ilrts
Young Lady-O! T think they re Jolly nice.
Who wouldn't firt. It's too lovely! But IT'S
aFful-perfectly dreadful to get spooncy-ant t
Younc GentIcman-Never got 50. Love is
pokv-dret ul stupid. Couldn't sppon on girl
with less than $30, 900 revenue and arlch Toy
ernor too-couldut think OF 1t. yeu Kneuw
Young Lady-No, l shouldn't think any one
could. Pas got four brown stone fronts ana
I've got four camel ; hair shawls and set OF
diamonds-and
Young Gentleman-( With eye on brown
Stone fronts)-And such lovely hands to put
them on-and such al arm y, let ; go out
On the balcony and have nice
But lost the sentence as they waddled out,
>he with her deformed shoulders and dangling
hands, and he with empty head and metroEoll-
tsn morals Wendell Phillips says marriage
ruakesa man and his wife one, but if this trash
..yer mate, the world will have to understand
Ieciuals to compute them.
TRAo,c FATE OF A MINING SUpERINTEN,-
pgyr-A correspondent OF the New York
tribune writing from Nevada, tells this story;
On the southern outskirts OF the village OF
t,rass Valley is a we!l-worked and prosperous
quartz mine. 1t WAS first owned by company
Y i Ar lipyplOnlnont
nn4 Of its principal stockholde lrishman
Of rare intelligence and integrity lie spent
tedious and anxious months IN prospecting
for the lead, sometimes elated with the unmls,,
taxable indication, and again, depressed and
discouraged with the lack of success thus he
jsbored until he had exhausted the funds OF
the company and his own private means, and
it became necessary to make new assessment
anon the stockholders, or abandon the enter
orise Morbidly sensitive to the natural sus-
piciops which either step might awaken as to
lis Judgment or honesty, he resolved to work d
few days longer, when, if no better indications
snnsara;l he would make for himself quick
~ ont of he world. He laid the resolution
before his wife, vho fully approved OF it, and
agreed to share his destiny. The time elapseu
without satisfactory results ana the man anc
wife accepted the alternative without a ques,
ton. POISON was ODtalneu auu suii',''' ~
to the three children and vile. The husband
aud father calmly watched them through then
dssth struggles and affectionately closed their
eyes; then deliberately sat down and "rot9 {
out for his business associates clear and lull
statement of his operations and final resolution.
lie expressed unHinching faith in the ultlmai9
success of the venture, if sufficient means and
energy were used, but acknowledged that he
had not the courage to call for more contr,lbu-
tons. After finishing his statement, ne adJus-
ted his papers and books. took his quletlne
iraught, and followed his family to that coun,
Try where it is presumed there are no quartz
mines, and no joint stock companies to work
them. Of course the story has sequel, and
this is it : After decently buryng the bodies,
the company went to work at the mine, follow
ing the hints of the deceased agent, and with
in week the lead was struck: and the mine
proved to be and is now one Of the richest IN
the State The best part of this story is that
1t is literally true.
The KoH-1-NooR- The following story Is
told concerning the koh-i-noor captured IN