New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-02-06

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OeFlclAl JOURNAL OF THE UNITED STATE
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NEW ORLEANS. FEBRUARY g. 1877:
sBrevity is the soul Of wit, f" without th
body.
Sending snakes by mail is the latest posts
novelty.
The Boston dip in bail room is brillian
and not wicked.
If q man wants business he should I'D
vertise for it.
1t takes only ono or two cold snaps Il
break an ice cream man.
Who wants a Moses, A. johnson said
~ will be your Moses"
Miss Thackeray's new book, bound il
muslin, is called IAN Angel"
The funeral of Mayor Hsvemyer cost
the city Of New York over $4,000.
A January thaw in the North is remark
able because It has 30 much to thaw.
The rapid transit line is again agitated in
New York. 1t lays over other lines.
A late contribution to natural history il
s'The Book of the Goat" by 8. Holmes.
Spurgeon has declined tempting offer
to visit the United States and lecture.
Preambles are such tedious things that
it takes good resolutions to follow them up.
A man with an ear trumpet naturally
turns Q deaf ear to the appeals Of charity.
SerranO not could have done better for Al
fons0 if he had been his ackn0 wledged
father.
A man is willing to bet the Beecher jury
will disagree, ten to one. What becomes of
the twelfth man!
Bsrnum has inaugurated. for show pur-
poses, . Fat Mans Race-which is . race
not fast dying out.
''Strike while the iron is hot" unless the
strike 10 for match to fire coal in stove;
then, strike while the iron is cold.
Reconstruction will not be able to steal
or borrow much time this month after
Wednesday, for then the days will all be
Lent.
Among the escort given the Prince and
Princess Of Wales on their recent visit to
Birmingham were twenty persons riding on
bycicles.
Tho current copper cent is convenient
measure Of length when rules are not pres
ent; four of them placed edge to edge
measure just three inches.
Mr.. J. l.. Toole, the English comedian,
did not play successful engagement in
Boston, because William Warren there is . |
better actor in the same parts.
Western paper has discovered that |
''some change seems necessary in the col
lection Of taxes" The same thing holds
good in the payment OF them.
A Miss De MOntaign satisfied her stage
ambition by making a first appearance in
St. Louis, recently as Virginia, by the side
Of John Mccullough as the noble Roman.
The Euterpesn Musical Society will give
} musical soiree at Grunewald Hall on
Monday evening next, for the benefit Of the
orphans of tho Asylum Of the immaculate
Conception.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
avs: Positive, Beech; comparative,
seecher; and now, what's the superlatives'
The ssperlative is Beecherist-a Brooklyn
christian.
It has always been customary TO sreak Of
emales as OF the fair sex. The WoMau's
owsnal is not disposed TO return tho com
liment. With one eye on the ballot box
mt paper speaks Of the male a. the unfair ,
4. .
There can be but little comfort in wear.
g linen duster tor an overcoat. The
IAN who had one On yesterday wore it
ore for the looks of the thing than for
~ other reason. v
The Secretary Of War directs that GER
in post ON Columbia river, Washing ton
erritory, be called Fort Candy, in honor of
eneral Edward X. S. Candy, who was r
ordered by Modoc Indians, April IL, 1872. t
A st. Louis editor says: "We'll ride i,
velve miles to see two brothers under n
'else years of age go to bed together with d
It having dispute about something"
Tx no more Of woman's curiosity, or Of tt
enterprises in other cities. o;
Sir Samuel Baker expresses bis belief ~
at an Italian organ grinder could march
rough Africa to the sources Of the Nile, 81
t only unmOlested but followed by an to
niring crowd, 50 fond are the natives OF b,
lslc. The grinders do not take the hint. W
It cost the government nearly half q ~
lion dollars to make Mrs. Captain Jack IN
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