The Morning herald., 1875-12-08
JOrTINGS UTTOWN.

Grace church concert this evening.
The sun will Get at 4.34 for week.
Diamond State Loan meets tonight.
Katie Putnam two nights this week.
The lecture season is now rather dull.
Reserve your seats for Katie Putnam.
Women's Temperance Union meets to
day. q,
Pavements are rather soggy since the
rain.
The days and nights are now nearly
equal. ,a t.41sl,,o
Christmas and New Years come on Sat-
urday. H 7f
This month has Ave Wednesdays and
Fridays.
Secure your seats for Theodore Thomas
concert.
Preparations for that Christmas tree are
going on. ta l..a, t~fs.
The late rain must have been the second
equinoxial. tl
Wilmington young ladies always read the
weather reports.
Some attraction about our Toy Shop win
doWs Tor little folks.
The cold snap and the weather has been
hard on the organ grinders.
"Stone walls do not prison make, nor
iron bars ."-Bess Tweed.
Christmas toys displayed in our shop win
dows make little boys late at school.
If a hen will break the sabbath she can
make about twenty cents week now
The fair under the auspices of the Amer.
lean Rifles will continue until Saturday
night. 5
The prisoners at New Castle when fresh
recruits are brought in invariably yell Out
"Fresh Fish w
If young ladies wish to get stout, they
should eat their food slowly. Hnste does
aot make waist in such cases. ~
The City Clock would not work yesterday.
The man up in the tower, we suppose, wat
using it to time his hard boiled eggs.
It is stated that one of the parties who
tainted at the Grand Opera Heusc las
week, first looked for soft spot to fall.
The Morning Star Division, Sons of Tenn
Derance, will give an entertainment in Nc
Clary's building, 9th and Market streets.
Shakespeare said: "There is tide in the
,ffairs of men," but 1t appears to be pretty
much all tied-back in the affairs of women.
A.member of Council sleeps with his
socks on for fear his sole might be touched
by the pathetic appeal to grade Delaware
avenue. ..
In Milwaukee last week sixty-two young
ladies took the veil. In Wilmington
quite number have recently taken the
bridal veil. M
A man at the Eighth Street market on
last We lnesday discovered pearl in 10
of oysters which he sold in Philadelphia for
the sum of eight dollars.
A grocer being told by customer yesterday
that his butter was ''just the cheese" be-
came highly indignant, and said there wae
not particle of cheese ini it.
1t would be well for visitors to Whining
ton not to be Mortified when citizen speaks
of going to Cuba There is no danger OF
his going to fight for belligerent rights. He
is only going to Mount Cuba.
Delaware avenue yesterday was strongly
suggestive of miniature river. 1t is moi
considered at all romantic to hear horse
stopping through the mud and water. But
on Delaware avenue yesterday 1t was heard.
No more is the plaintive wall of the hand
organ, and that "Little German Band, !"
heard in the land. Now it's ''Please sir
rive me penny; haven't seen any coal for
sixteen mAntls and had nothing to eat for
ten years."
It is said to be sure way to detect
Wilmington man anywhere that you may
find him by asking him where Wilmington
is located. He will invariably answer, on
the Delaware, and tell you all about the
Battle of the Brandywine.
The following queer conundrum was
propounded by lodger at the Station
House last evening eff one banana peel
ing OH the pavement will make man see
Heaven, how many orange peelings would ii
take to make him slip in"
If you come around the corner suddenly
and hear hoy say. "You are liar you
didn't hit that comma" Do not offer up
prayers for him on the spot, but offer him
ten stone agates to reform, and he will be
willing to be baptized that night.
A young man on Delaware avenue Satur-
day night saw by the pale light of the moon
what he took to be lady dressed In brown
waving a handkerchief. He rushed to the
rescue, thinking she was in distress, when
he was lifted over the fence. It was an in
furiated bull whisking the white bush of his
tail through the air.
BITTEN BY A DUG,
Yesterday morning as Mr.. Charles Ed
wards, who keeps bar at Schmuck's saloon