The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-06-03

"A matter -of-fact did gentleman
thinks it must be very small base
ball that can becaught.en fly.
II never est trusted fsr hat" said
. spenathrift, because I should then
ifssl .ss though ] were in debt over
head and cars
When that gay young sport, Jim
! Gordon BENNETT, gats his head into rs
good trim as This legs, what = lively
journal the New York Herald will be
ance,more.-!I1ey Wing. ,F
Americans will be glad to know
that the use of tobacco is decreasing
u England. There will be all the
AnAqA. left for us, and the weed will
WesAaQs be cheaper.
4 Kansas girl wouldn't lie married
without a yellow ribbon around her
waist, and boy rode eight miles to
gesit while the guests waited.
Mrs. Williams, .of Lacrosse, talked
too much. and hs- husband filed her
mouth with waters. but the court de-
,cided that this wasn't no wafer to stop
her aEd tined Williams Is dollars.
At the last grand ball in Wyoming,
one young lady was attired in . buff
/, 4rosgrained buckskin dress, with army
blanket over skirt, bottom looped up
mith buckskin strings cut bias; hair
dressed Ia Red Cloud, in which were
twined affew sprigs Of sage brush, the
whole secured behind IN . bunch with
4 handsome pin made With a iine
splinter and a buffalo lear.
"A late Washington story is that
Mrs. Speaker Blaine had difficulty
with Mrs. Senator Spragne about q
cook. Meeting at a,dinner table with
only the Hon. Zach. Chandler between
them, Mrs. Spragxe leaned forward
and said: Il am sorry, Hrs. Blaine,
that We have anything 1isagreeable
between u.s. The Hon. Zach. was
considerably embarrassed, rever hav-
ing heard the interesting story Of the
cook.
4 Milwaukee man has ,appiied for
q patent ON fountain pen, which, by
the pressure Of the thumb OF small
rubber ball projects a strea. Of ink
Ct tk TIE feif6ee tHf ha !. and into the face
shoulder while you are ~ritiag. II
lacks one essential however; It makes
no provision for the afterclap.
An nndertaker mt tsego couaty ad.
vertises: "Cofins made to order
Nov's the time to get up clubs. This
is about as CHASTITY in it's aanor % the
0ndectak kerr q siep- board in Rellefonte
Pa: "Cofins made and repaieed-'
4 motf,erly hen in lhe west sart Of
town adopted wren egg, . short time
since, and now finds q juvenile wrer
on her hands. She is very stteativt
to the little stranger, but is evidently
puezle1 to know why it don't cattle
around like her legitimate chicks and
pick up living. "
A Scotch postnaaer, pushing ou
a vesy nncertaia Aaperscription to al
Irisk letter, jocoaely remarked to al
Intelligent son Of Erin who stood by
that the Irish brought hard set O.
names to Scotland. That's fact
yer honor" replied the Irishman
''but they get harder ones after they
arrive hece."
"A gentleman u0Oee pr0O0e0 na(
suffered amputa&ieo vas invited on
to.tea, s'My dear" said the good wo
2 ma of the house to her little daugh
ter, II want you to be very particular
and to make no remark about Mr.
jenkins nose Gathered akeat u,
(. table. everything was going we'll; tn,
child peeped aboat, looked rathe
pushed, and at last startled the table
kMa, Why did you tell me to cay moth
ing about Mt jenkins noss2 he hasn'
got any .''a.eaI age sisfiss !
Breakfast for ninety-liae," sid
waiter to a verdast clerk 1t hote
not long ago. "Thunder!" said tn,
clerk; I'VE can't do it." The waite
:.explained that ninety-nine WAS th,
puDbsr of The room.