The sun., 1872-07-05

oh fora winter o. discongent even
Oh for wet blankets Judiciously cast
Oh for for a soda g fogpt spouting up boldly aba,
on proud %aSSR 70 look p upon me me col codWy W
Freezing my soul with glance Of her eye!
Then oh for draueht from cup Of .. cold pzen,"
- And oh for resting place In the cold grave
with bath In the styx where the thick shadow
And deepens the chill of Its dark running wavci
"A London actress named Goodrich, adj
versng herself professionally takes pains 20 mention
that she is of the still pending Goodrich divorce suit"
The venerable John Hale of Maine has
just served out his third term In the state prison. at tho
OF eighyfour years. and ready go for another
horse.
=" Mamma" said little girl, what's
the meaning of book being printed In i2mo2" "why,
my dear" replied the mother 1t means that the book
will be published in twelve months"
In an article on recent fair in that
city, the editor Of Macon paper brother editor
took a valuable premium, but an unkind policeman
made him put 1t right back where he took It from.
"A young man went into florists store
he other day TO buy rosebud for his afilanced.
sevcntynve cents the price asked. "wilit keep"
inquired the young "oh, yes, a long while"
" Then you may keep It," Exit young man.
The following composition has been
turned out by American scholar, aged years "A
boy without father ia norphan, without mother
double norphan but is oftcnest without grandfather
or grandmother, and then he is norphanist."
"A poor little Sunday school scholar in
Wisconsin jeluded into learning $3.50 Of the
Bible in four weeks by the promise OF book. They
gave him IIitchcocks Analysts OF the Bible" lie
swapped for twobiaed knife and peck Of hickory
nuts.
A son of the Siamese Minister of For-
egn Affairs is studying at oxford, and Of the Min
lister Of War has recently been admitted cadet In the
British army. Eleven sons OF Siamcse princes are At
Singapore pursuing studies preparatory to going to
England.
Adam Easton hid under Mrs. Susan
Thurstons bed at Omaha and chokcd her TIL she wac
insensiblc when she made fuss about II. When her
senses returned he was bending over her excaimng;
AMY God have killed you, darling. hope to meet
you in Heaven"
"A circulating library i'm an English
town has got the smallpox Public notice has been
given 10 all persons to refrain from borrowing books,
while those already holding volumes are desired to re-
turn them to the disinlcctInt Office Instead OF taknS
them to the library.
-" Potatoes!" cried n darkey peddler in
Richmond "IIush dat racket-you distracts de whole
nelghborhood," came from colored woman In door.
way. "You kin hear me. kin you?" " Hear youl kin
hear you a mile" TANK God for dat-Ise hollowin'
to be heard. Tatoes"
This was the version of Coronation"
sung at the Jubileei "An hail the power OF Jesuss
naine," shouted the choir "bang" went Gilmore's can.
non. "And crown (bang) him Lord Dang OF all"
bang bang, bang. bang. This was certainly novel
way to honor the Prince Of Peace.
From statement prepared at the
Office Of Internal Revenue, Il appears that the ist Of
MAJ the quantity OF spirits In bond was seil gallons.
At present there arc i95 dlstierles running with
daily capacity Of 22,5i2 gallons. on and after Aug
the tax viii be seventy cents whereas It s now but
sixy.one The dstilers arc. therefore fastening
to produce much possible under the existing law.
The Norwegians will soon celebrate the
thousandth anniversary Of their nations independ
ence by the dedication Of monument to the warrior,
Harold, who won their freedom. The monument Will
be sensible aaira lighthouse at the hero's grave,
one Of the most dangerous points Of the Norwegian
coast. THIS monument viii be at once grand useful
and apprOpriate-an honor to the dead and boon to
the living mariner.
DIR. Greeley when n young man, work.
ed a composltor in printing Office in vescy street.
lie was passing through Nassau street day, the
way to do his daily labor. shuIns along with his usual
shambllng gait, when he attracted the attention OF
old woman, evidently visitor from the rural districts
she stopped watching his movements he passed by,
and turning to a bystandcr, said; "what pity"
what is pity?' "why, that young man like that
should be drunk early In the morning.
AT an agricultural fair recently held Rt
oxford, Del. Of the most amusing parts o the pro-
gramne the potato match -Four bushels of pota-
toes were placed along the trottns course Ia four lines
OF bushel each and about foot apart the ground.
The four contestants each had wheelbarrow, and at
the word Go" commenced pcking up the potatoes
and depostng them In the whcebarrows and the nrst
TO get them led mp and return to the starting point
TO be declared the champion potato picker and
wsrled accordingly.
POSTMASTER Jones of New York tells n
good campaign story for Horace Greeley Some time ago
one Norton, Cashier Of the Post once, turned out
defaulter, and the United states Government came
down on his securities among whom was Horace Gree
ley responsible to the of about sSO@o Greeley
very restivc under this Obligation, and he Il
much IN fear OF debt that he actually wanted to give
his check for the whole sum and get 1t OF his mind.
Finally meeting Of the endorscrs was held. and Mr.
Greeley put on his spcctaces, took up his boud, and
dolefully read the conditions, "They say write
an Internally had hand" said Greeley, " but they can
read 1t plainly enough when 1t gets on OF these
thu gs."
-Cyrlle Dion, in his perambulations
about LockpOrt naturally dropped into Of the
billiard halls Of the city. While watching pocket
game and quietly smoking his cigar, he arcosted by
a pompous individual with the invitation Take
hand? Bet you nye to ono on a caroin game Of hye
hundred points" Don't care II do" says Dion,
blandly whose name and station entirely unknown
to the proferer OF the invitation The money
staked pulled or and the game commenced. The
stranger the rst shot and then missed Dion only
ran 7p ten points and then missed Intentionally. Tho
stranger then took the and right up some thirty
points dor he was a good player, and then missed
Dion took the like prince, and with a smile OF
mingled dsdain and satisfaction on his lip, ran up,
without saying word, 5i2 points! Had his cue not
proved defective he could have made lOo easily HI,
opponent wilted aud has not been seen since.
THE SUICIDAL CAT.
There was a man named Ferguson,
lie lived ON Market street
He had a specklt Il Thomas cat,
That couldn't well be beat;
He'd catch more rats aud mice aud slClt
Than forty cats could eat.
This would come into the room
And climb upon cheer;
And there he'd 1T and lick hisstl4,
And purr 50 awful queer
Ihat Ferguson would yell at him
But stll he'd purrseVere.
And then he'd climb the moonlit fence,
And loaf around and yowl,
Aud split ana claw another cat
Alongside Of the joNli
And then thcy both would shake their tails,
Aud jump around aud howl
on this here cat " Fergusons
Was fearful then TO sec;
Hcd yvl precisely like he was
In awful agony;
You'd think hrstclass stomach ache
Had struck small baby.
And an the mothers IN the street,
walked by the horrid din,
Would rise right up and search Their babes.
To hnd some wurryn' pin;
And still this vigorous cat would Keep