The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1874-02-11

ann, IF. horses in small WIscoDslh
,or., whcb are kept for trading and specu-
lotion exclusively, have little history OF
their own. They sold in Green Bay ior o.,
cents. They rapidly rose in value untl'
they brought S.. Excitement running hlsh,
and appearances indicating that they Wou'u
soon be able to stand alone, they were put up
at rattle, and seventy five tickets were sou
at 81 each. A Depefe man WontneD, auo
ht himself lucky, but after feeding them
nm SO worth of hay and oats he became DIS
conrored. and sold them for 10 cents. Inc
man who got them traded them 70 parpei
for two months shave, AID the barber went
ont the other day and hung himself. Inc
result is that the horses arc now Without Il
protector.
A sagkv individual. aged about twenty,
from The baclwoods, came to town yester-
day. In his pants pocket was hVe-doliar
biiI--all ne possessed. Going to one OF our
leading stores lie Invested in large pocket
hook--pricc, fifty cents. In this hook he
placed his $50, showed it down to the bot
tom OF his pocket, and looked wise. Occa-
sionallv be would purchase some little tribe,
pulling out his pockct.bo and paying for
each article as it was wrapped up. About 4
half.hour interviewed between each purchase.
After staying III the store five or SIX hours
he empticd his book Of all its cash. Aitti
another halC-hour's rest be called inc rleI =,
aside. and snapped his new pocket-Ut,o.,c.A t pn
for two pounds of striped candy. lnls Nv
sat down and ate, and went home .n W. =
complete bankrupt than jay Cooke " w.
Brookhavea (hsssJ G"'e"'
southern poet tells how 81. LOUIS anS
~ s ,'.n -, match with a $4,000
h o;u because she objected to his smoking:
This r,,;d. ms hy the papers doth appear,
ll ,,s, n uftv thousand dollars made so dear,
TO test L1 n ,rec PsS ofe we go 10 Wed;
r 80, en-, IKE take hame-I'u be that fame bright
ro , ,ay Your Anna give up your Havana. :"
Isut he When thus she brought him to the scratce
Lii his cigar, and threw away his match.
Charles Astor Bristed (Carl Bensonl IS
said to have been the only maa in America
worth q million of dollars who was aot
afraid to say what he thought. One weuld
imagine that a rich man could afford to be
independent-aud he can-but he does not
believe so. Money makes man as conser-
rative and timid as superstition.--Netr YORK
Graphic.
A Sing.Sing convict said he would rather
he thrashed than read a Patent-ofhce re-
yarnment literature ought to be supported
at any cost Brooklyn A~gus.
Some people don't know enough to quit
when they have said good thing, ano
others don't know enough to say GOOD
thing before they quit.
A West Troy policeman resigned because
he couldn't get permission to attend a cog
FIGHT and bet on the winning pup Amerl'
cans never will be slaves Brooklyn Argus
"san Francisco editors arc firing real bull
lets at each other, and it is the poorest
method that could be invented to furnish
loaded articles" Rochester Democrat.
A Sioux City hotel has black-and-tan dog
that killed thousand rats in u month. This
is good puff for the dog, but is hard on the
hotel.
. Sergeant Bates has adopted a new plan for
keeping his ears warm. he ties them over
his head before putting his hat on.
When seghing is $40 an hour it is best to
obey the Scriptural injunction, and sleigh
not at ALL Washington Star.
The ladies, God bless 'em, wear so many
bugles OH their dresses that we fear over
lures from then..-PihSburgh ConeeercidL
"Died of meancholyncss and falling off q
bridge" is the published verdict OF Il western
coroner's jury.
A young lady jumped into the Ohio river
to recover her mrG-just to keep her hand
in.-Bostoa Post.
J. Smith, United States, is registered in
London.
Lazy husbands are known out West IS
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