Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-05-17

Bad cooking on the part of the wife is held by
Texas Judge 10 be good ground for divorce.
Newspapers in the south which support the
Cincinnati nominations are feictating them
selves on the fact thst Mr.. Greeley is more than
half southerner; that is, his better half is a
native OF North Carolina-Miss Cheney-to
whom he was married in 1886.
The New York Observer says the executors of
the will of the late Professor Morse intend faith
fully TO obey the clause of that instrument
which directs that his "books, manuscripts and
papers shall be given in charge to some suitable
person or persons, for the purpose of preparing
biographical notice relating to him." The eX-
ecutors will at once select person they consider
most competent to prepare biography, to
whom all his papers will be submitted
A citizen of indianapolis who died recently
begueatbed $500 to purchase ammunition" to
a Kentuckian who had frequently threatened to
shoot him. His friends demonstrated against
this clause in the will, but though dying he per-
sisted.
The late trial of Gen. Trochu brought out
several anecdotes concerning the last days of
the empire Among others, one is related of a
foreign diplomatist, who, having come to CHS
elhurst expressed on leaving Napoleon, the
hope of seeing all rancor disappear and the
young prince return to France. At these words,
starting TO his feet, he is said TO have exclaimed
why my son? Why not myselfP
They have not come to perfect weather yet out
west. An irate journalist writes: This is
fine time TO set out flowers and have them
frozen as stiff as an iceberg in less than an hour.
In planting seeds put each one in pill box, and
place layer of hot bricks under the bed. If
You hear any one predicting a thaw between
now and June, shoot him on the spot
The following anecdote, we believe, appeared
in the Spy some years ago, but it is good enough
TO be 'epeated: An Arkansas Judge had his
law office close to a certain doctol's-in fact
they were separated only by plank partition
with door in il. The Judge was at his table,
busy with his briefs and bills in chancery. The
doctor was writing letter, and pausing at the
word economical, called out, Judge, isn't
e-q-u-i the way to spell equinomcalP eyes, |
think it is" said the Judge; "but here's Web
sters Dictionary; | can soon tell" Finding
the proper place he ran his eye and finger up
and down the column two or three times, until
be was thoroughly satisfied that the word in
question was not there Closing the book with
q slam the judge laid his specs on the table, and
rising slowly, broke FORTH "Well, sir, I've al
ways been a Daniel Webster man, and voted
for him for president; but any man that will
write as big dictionary as this, and not put in
as common word as 'equinomical' in it can't
get my vote for anything hereafter"
An English paper says; The Marquis Cam
den, who died a fortnight ago, was grandson of
the first marquis, who may be fairly regarded as
one of the most remarkable men in our own
country. That nobleman held the patent place
OF teller OF eXchequer, an absolute Snecure with
SOluS SlAlD IuOuSduu QUlidTS year. w Hen
he had held it some years, he came to the con-
clusion that the existence of such place was
an absolute fraud upon the nation, and he re-
signed it. His act was the more credItable in
that he was by no means a rich man. A par
allel case was that of the late Lord Taunton,
long known as MIR. Labouchere, At the outset
of the railway enterprise his father was fiercely
preiudiced against those dreadful innovators
which were to demoralze the whole world. He
Stoutly opposed the passage of the Great Eastern
railway BILL but finding that the company was
too strong f0r him, and that the line must pass
through his estate, he made the most outrageous
erms, with which the company were forced to
comply. When his son succeeded, he sent the
company a check fer large sum, saying he
could not afford to profit by his fathers preju-
Ices, and therefore only retained what he
hought was the real value of the land Sold In
his corrupt, selfSeeking world, such deeds as
hese "shine like lights before men, and de-
serve to be recorded