The Morning herald., 1875-12-11
JOTTLNGS ABOUT TOWN.

JOTTLNGS ABOUT TOWN.
A Delaware avenue man describes the
new fashioned street car, which appeared
yesterday, as q herring box with only one
end to it, and the people inside as the her
rings.
And now the average yonng lady Of Will
mington does not use hustle, she humps
it up behind with pins like q camePs back,
and says with smile, ''Do you think that's
the cheese"
A discussion took place yesterday, on
Market street between topper and tenn
perance advocate. "Lager is not hurtful," +"
said one. eyes" said the other, "But
many glasses will take away your five
cents-es. Only five cents a glass you know.
A liquor dealer remarked yesterday that
if there were not enough peaches grown in
Delaware to keep the place In liquor. the
agricultural report showed an excellent crop
of corn, and with peach brandy and corn
whisky the people could keep well corned.
Mrs. Partington's telling the jeweller that
she wanted her ''entrails" engraved on her
new silver service, has been only equalled
by the man, who rushed up to the ticket
Office at the depot last Saturday and de-
manded an "excrutiating" ticket to Phila-
delphia and back.
The Opera House had just been emptied
of its large audience last evening and
young couple, stood in the passageway Of a
house with the door open. Now what the
young man was doing we will not say. But
a female voice was heard saying Now
Gus, stop, you are spelling my curls."
A gentleman in the Ninth Ward, on We'd
nesday night fired ten pop bottles and three
boot jacks at cat, and even then he says
''the consarned thing went on another roof
and yelled louder than ever, when there
was shower of old boots from the
fellow living there, that sounded like hail
storm" q
It was from down about Galena that he
and she came, and as they sauntered up
Market street, swinging hands, 1t was evil
dent that they had not before visited this
great and mighty metropolis. She looked
in jewelry store window and said, "Bill,
what's them 2" "Them's diamonds, Me-
linda" swell, I declare, thought they
was isinglass."
They were seated yesterday in front of a
stove in cigar store. One wished cigar,
and the other proffered him one. As he
blew cloud into the air and saw in 1t many
beautiful fantasies, there was suddenly q
flzz and buzz about that five cent Havana
that made the young man hold his head In
place. II was loaded, and he now has his
mouth adorned with court-plaster.
It was Mr.. Smith, the operator at the At
lantic and Pacific Tslegraphic Office, that
blushed yesterday afternoon and thought
ofthe old days when he was in the same boat,
as Young man handed him the following
dispatch to be sent off: "My dear Mary: I
got the ring and it's sumner. My suit is
nobbv. This day week you will be Mrs.
- if there are any squircs or parsons In
the land to make you so.
It was the Centennial News Store that a
countryman entered yesterday and wanted
to know if they had any of Mr.. BUNS pic
ture books. II never heard Of such an
author" said the clerk, "What is his first
name, perhaps 1 can find it in the cata-
loeue2'' "Dunno, but pears to me that
Polly said it was Mr.. Al. Bum" At this
the clerk handed down dollar album and
the man seemed contented.
On car No. 5, on Delaware avenue yester-
day, two old ladies looked up suddenly and
their eyes met. "Why, Lor bless me cousin
Hannah, is that you7'' And then the csr
stopped for one of them to get out. But not
one moved, and the conversation was kept
up. "Tell cousin Polly amt forgot her
about sendingthat Christ T.: as turkey. Didn't
know John had the measles, eh! Well l
declare, and Mary Jane was baptised last
Sunday night. Oh! Dew tell" The driver
poked his head in the door and announced
that but one more second would be allowed
for conversation, and then this yer car starts
on time. Then it was the old lady moved
but not without yelling back, "Come and
see me-"