The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-08-11

A Young man in a state of miserable inc
briefly few days since applied to a town
clerk in New Hampshire for marriage IL
ccnsc. The clerk told him that he seemed
hardly to be in condition to present HIM
self at the altar of Hymen, upon which the
Young man heartlessly retorted: ooh, it's
all right; l am going to begin rs l can hold
out" This was honest, at least, and the
young bride couldn't say that she hadn't had
fair warning.
Daniel Webster is not the only bright boy
born in New Hampshire. The Boston Globe
has heard of another-a youth residing in
Dover, who refused to take a pill. His crafty
mother thereupon secretly placed the pill i'll
preserved pear, and gave it to him. Pre-
sentlv she asked, " Tom, have you eaten the
pearl" He said, eyes, mother, all but the
seed"
The day was cloudy and threatening, and
as the Doctor handed the guitar to the boy
he said, "Here, Bob, make haste and take
the guitar to Miss Beckie with my respects"
On the way Bob forgot the precise wording
of the message, and when he delivered the
instrument astonished the lady by the re-
mark that "Mass Hal say here you getaway
and he aspects it's gwne to rain !"-Nont'
gomery Aduertiser.
In view of the concession won from the
Khan of Khiva by Russian arms, wealthy
Persians have made arrangements for pro-
yidine their countrymen, once held in s!a.
very in the khanate, but now liberated by
the Khan's proclamation, with means of re-
turning to their native land.
An expedition is about to start for Longs
Peak, in Northern Colorado, with view Of
opening up that region TO tourists, and
another expedition, headed by General
Cameron, is to seek remarkable wonder
beyond the Elkhorn, which is reported to
have precipices thousand feet higher than
Yosemite.
"Why," asks the World, -" do we have
our roofs badly mended, our houses badly
built, our work badly done in fifty ways
Because Americans are too 'genteel to be
plumbers and journcymen mechanics at five
dollars a day, though they will clerk for two
dollars"
The San Francisco Bulletin, SAYS of the
mother of lilliputian baby in that city, just
leased to Snowman: "Mrs. Orlanie is very
fond of her little girl. Indeed, such is the
strength Of her maternal feelings that no.
thing but 4 financial consideration could in
duce her to part with the child"
A Texas paper speaks of lady at Dallas
who has Il bonnet worn by her great-grand-
mother two hundred years ago. There must
have been some longevity among the people
as we'll as the bonnets of that family.
The Cincinnati Times asks: " Can it be
~ IL ,i.-r IN, lev --if iprr
the Casaran articles OF the New York
Herald, and that he is to be their opposition
candidate for the Presidency"
A substitute for rubber is said to have
been discovered in the gum Of miikweed
and kindred plants, which is mixed with
flax and other seeds, by Canadian in
yentor.
In the village of Walpole, N. a., which Is
called oftentimes ''Sainrs' Rest" there were
counted the other day thirteen regular min
listers, and it wasn't considered much OF a
day for parsons, either.
The Governor of South Carolina spends
$40 900 year. He probably pays too much
attention to what the Governor OF North
Carolina has to say on the subject OF re-
Worcester Gazette.
Secretaries of the Virginia Conservative.
Convention according to the New YORK
Graphic: j. r. Fisher, LoDgstein, j. Bell,
and Bigger.
The saloon-keepers of Saginaw City, Mich,
have resolved that they will sell no liquor,
wine, or beer, to married msn without per"
nit from their wives.
The New York World tells OF the Sing
Sing camp-meeting. u