Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1871-12-08

III small country town resides Il cler-
gyman who is pastor OF a small flock, who
esteem linn highly and whom he is fond of
catechizing. A few days since. willie
taking the rounds of TIE Ntt!ast. IL, stepped
at the house Of one OF hi> pnIish:oners ;
after the usual salutations had been c<-
changed, the conversation ran thus:
"Well, Mrs. W, can You tell me
how Adam 1ell?"
The lady commenced to smile audib'y,
and finally replied: oh, my dear Doctor,
are You serious?
Very serious, indeed" responded tile
Doctor.
Mrs W, whose husbands name
happened tc be Adam, replied Well
well, you shall have it, Doctor. You see,
Adam went to climb over the fence the
other day, to go to Deacon Ms for u
bottle Of whiskey, when m oar lying on the
ground took his foot. Over Adam fell. and
barked his shin and that's The whole truth
OF the matter
Surprise parties are very pleasant things
if properly understood. But if they are
mistaken fer anything else, the con5c-
Quences are apt 20 be trife awkward, to
say tie least \ large company OF ladies
and gentlemen III bridgeport, Conn, ar
ranged one OF these Iartle6 the other night,
and carried with them an unlimited puan-
tity of provisions, expecting to have fine
supper. But the lady surprised supposed
the affair to ne q sort Of donation visit and
very cocl deposited the things i'll the
pantry. The party waited until 3 A. NJ.
for supper TO be ready, but signs of
preparation being visible, they departed rs
hungry as bears, end are likely 70 have
their next party better understood.
Miss Creak, pronounced Ora ak the
lady to whom General D. E. Sickles was
married Ia Madrid, is twenty-five years of
age. She was born in Spain, speaks
English very imperfectly, and is repre-
scented as very beautiful and accomplished,
but not wealthy. Her father is Assistant
Treasurer of the Province of Andalusia
The family is of Irish decent, has long been
settled in Spain, and occupies an enviable
social position Miss Creak was an init
mate friend of General Sickles' daughter,
and accompanied her as companion on a
recent tour in Europe.
A sadly-deceived man has posted the fol-
lowing notice in the post office at Berlin,
vt. q:
my wife Mary Miller, having deceived
me in regard to her age before marriage
claiming to be twenty-six only when she
was thirty-two, with teeth badly decayed,
while am not twenty two, with perfectly
sound teeth, therefore 1 will pay no debts
of her contracting. his
''L. Ii. - CHURCH"
mark.
An organ for the chapel Of Washington
and Lee University is now in preparation
in the celebrated factory of Henry Esben,
New York, and viii oe ready for shipment
next month. The instrument will be a
large and costly one. 1t is intended as an
offering of gratitude and admiration to the
memyry of General e. E. Lee by certain
ladies of Texas, by whose hberality chiefly,
the expenses have been provided for.
The Shreveport (La.) South Western"
complains that there is no provision, within
radius of at least one hundred miles of
that city, for the care of the INDECENT sick,
and the consequence is that Shreveport is
made the headquarters, as it were, for all
the needy and afflicted of a large section.
The King of Dahomey attended grand
feast lately, wearing quantity of drug
gists' labels as decorations. This nearly
EQUALS O South Sea monarch, whose entire
costume consisted of a postage stamp on
his forehead
In the works Of moving machine COM
pany, at Hoosic Falls, is mammoth belt,
in which is contained the best part of the
hides of one hundred and fifty cattle. It
weighs nearly ton.
A benevolent editor, noticing the mar
rage of a copule of his young friends
hopes that all their trouble may be little
ones.