The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-09-09

Shall whip the tune from the violin,
And the merry pulse of the feet begin.
Scribner's for September.
A young gentleman wore his first
silk hat and smoked his first cigar
the other evening, but he had to
give up the hat presently-he said
It made him sick.
An old darby, who, after consid-
cradle argument, was convinced
that the Freedman's Bank is gone
institution, exclaimed, ''Dat's what
always made me 'spise bank!'
If about these times you should
accidentally get into an orchard
and draw.two pears, and the old
man ahould happen along with
full hand Of clubs, pass out-he
might raise you
The Richmond Enquirer OBJ
serves: eve hope Moulton's con-
tribution to the general scandal
will wind it up" The Enquirer
has its wish. It's running" again
as lively as an eight day clock.
The New York World brings the
gratifying intelligence that "yet
little while the metropolitan dog
will take his place with the dodo,
the measuring worm and the gent
leman of the old school"
Milwaukee Sentinel: An Osh-
kosh gentleman passed through
this city on his way last evening
very much disappointed. He sat
an hour and half in front of q
Chicago hotel without seeing a
murder or fire. -.
To err is human. No lives are
passed. without errors The best
and meanest of Gods human crea-
lures can, without great stretch
of memory, recall the time when
they got hold of the wrong end of
the poker.
A raw countryman, gazing at a
garden in the vicinity of Boston in
which were several marble statues,
exclaimed: 'sJust see what waste!
Here's no less than six scarecrows
in this ten foot patch, and any one
of them would keep the crows
from five acre lot!''
A Lynn dog goes about the street
with his muzzle attached to his tail
and q blanket, the superscriptior
of which gives out that the dog law
which requires the wearing of the
ornament, does not designate the
place of wearing it. The police
Court is looking into the books.
A Hartford man was drowned
and friends brought home the deat
body to his afflicted wife. As the,
came to the front door with th,
corpse the now made widow ap
peared and sadly remarked: =.
guess you had better take hin
around by the back door 80 b.
won't drip on the carpets"
MIR. Watterson, of the Louisvill,
Courier Journal, got homesicl
while walking arm in arm wit
Disraeli and the Prince of Vale
through botanical garden attach
ed to Her Majestys grounds. H
saw a Victoria lily, and the leaf Dor
such resemblance. to a Louisvill
ear.--Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Graphic says: At Niblo'l
last evening, when Catherine Gaun
presented to Father Francis
package of letters with the speech
s'These will prove my innocence,
q gallery god shouted shrilly, Civ
EN- to Moulton!'' Throughout til
piece the audience seemed t
cherish the idea that ''Grifit
Gaunt" was a play written on til
Tilton- Beecher scandal.
Gen. Mahlon Manson, of Crav
louisville, who is bluff old Den
ocrat of the original school, recen
" said to q friend: "Who is tn
little devil the convention nomina
ed for Secretary of State!" ooh
was the answer, che is from Wir
chester, and q very nice young ms
he is" "Well," said Manson,
YOU are q friend of that nice your
man, never let him buck again
that - lightning preacher {
the stump" Rather rough on Ne
the nice young man from Winche
ter.
They have one very sensib
Judge in England, who is of opinit
that actions for breach of promi
are almost dishonest, and very M
chievous. Neither party, he thinl
seriously intends that the engae
ment should be enforced by Ia
and, when broken, it is general
better for both. A very sensit
judge.