The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-06-09

OF all the western States Minnesota is
evincing most enterprise 10 the creation Q,
forests, On the 1st Of May last, the annual
aarbor.dav.r million and a BALI OF trees
were planted along the line Of the st. Paui
and Pacific Railroad Company, and about
three hundred thousand cuttings and young
trees aside from this By the farmers through
out the State. An unusual number OF pre-
miums were offered those who planted the
largest number OF trees, which served TO
stimulate competition, and thus between sum
rise and sunset Of .sarbor-day" ,S0O,OOo
trees were planted.
Jones went to a theatre the other evening.
The play was bad, the acting worse. On all
sides .Jones's friends were Kissing both.
q You take 1t comfortably" said a. friend TO
ZONES. I came in with an order, and don't
feel at liberty to express an adverse opinion"
was the reply. Presently, however, Jones
rose hurriedly, indignation in every line Oh
his face. by Jove, l must 90 out anu
paw !" be exclaimed.
An accommodating case Of absent.minded.
ness recently cine to light. lady pur-
chased a pair of boots on Canal street; they
did not fit her as we'll az she desired, ana
she resolved to take them back. she accord
ingly carried them to store IN Whlch sbe
| had never been before, forgetting where she
got them; and the shopkeeper, quite as I'M
certain. took them and gave her better
pair, Offering many regrets that bis customer
| had been put to so much trouble.-NeU Dr.
leans Republican.
An Indianapolis editor thus cruelty stabs
brother scribe Of Horticultural propensl-
ties =" Dan. Paine, Of the Ne,Cs, has started
Ba6yonian garden on a gravel root. just
back of bis den. 1t consists OF democrat
lied rose.bush and frost-bitten burgonIa,
with an old quid Of tobacco ia the middle
distance and a dismantled straw hat In per-
spectiYe.' l..-... 49,. ..-.s.-l
AS an old citizen of Detroit was mailing
"To rent" on vacant house, pedestrian
halted and remarked that " howe" was not
the right way TO spell " house." How long
have you lived in Detroit?" asked the old
citizen. scowing savagely. "Fifteen years."
was the reply. Well, Pye lived here for
thirty" continued the old man, "and | guess
know how to spell rs we'll as you do"
Colorado editors never start their news
papers. They " fling them to the breeze. =
EXCHANGE. That's the reason, we suppose,
they SO often blow away and are never heard
of again after the first issue. I0nkerS Cd
Setie.
1t is fact not wholly creditable to the ed
ucatorS Of the present day that the commu'
nicatiops received in editorial offices from
those who are in declining years are far bet
ter written than those which come from
younger Boston Transcript.
To tell our secrets is generally folly, but
that folly is without guilt; to communicate
those with which we are entrusted is always
treachery. and treachery for the most part
combined with folly.
Jim Bennett telegraphs his editors, "Do
you think it would be safe TO the country to
have me stay away any longer? Rochester
Democrat.
Dark eyes show power. Anybody who
has had his eyes we'll BACKED will feel the
full force of that remark.-San Antonio
Herald. a-e
There is wife in this town who has made
her bonnet last through five seasons, in Or
der that her husband might enjoy the luxury
of using lobacco.-Holly Springs Examiner.
If you would have thing kept secret
never tell it to any one; and if you would
not have thing known Of you never do it.