The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1875-05-17

a gentleman who was on intimate terms
with Niacready SAYS in the couEse of 4 COM
lrunlcation TO the New York Post: :"
said to Macrtady, in . private conversation !:
'Nothing in BulWcl's career has surprised
ne more than his success as 4 dIamati>t. for
TIE reason that few men have written sue
ct>sfuily for the stage ~ho have not them
selves been actors. For instance, Rchelcu.'
Micready, after a pslise, said: You, per.
hap.. don't know the history of kicnellcu.
i will tell you. When Bulwer brought that
play to me Kchelieu Was subordinate part
in it. He. did not appear until the latter
part of the fourth act 'Thcn,' replied the
writer, 'tbe world is as much indebted 10
Macready as to Bulwer for that plays au-
thorsbp, TO say nothing OF Macready'S act
iny In it, To which reply Macready smiled
ard said nothing"
When the conductor on Fort.street car
came along TO an old lady yesterday she told
him to 80 charge il" and when he replied thai!
the company didn't keep book ccount
with passengers she got red in the face, and
continued: "Don't be sassy to me, young
man; l own TWO farms iu Washtenaw
county, and a charge agin me is as good as
the wheat J"
A physician who had been greatly an
noyed by numerous questions concerning
the condition of certain patient was
stopped while on his busy rounds by a man
with the old question How's Mr.. -?"
50 Sick, replied the physician. docs he
keep his bed:" "Of course he does: YOU
don't suppose he's fool enough to sell bis
bed because he's sick, do your
The staid Chicago Journal is iudulying in
Social gossip; and this is It's first attempt:
Miss ThiDgsmyjig, the charming and accom-
pisped belle OF Milwaukee avenue, has pair
OF new sboes-presented by her father, the
able drayman.
A foreign correspondent says: "Buttcr
is never seen on. an English or French IT,
BILE" The English and French have very
erroneous :Geus Of etiquette if they keep
Their butter under the table.-NOrriStotrn
Herald.
Among the improvements noticed by q
western paper is the mention that .our
friend Shaw has set but two shadc-trees ia
front OF the house be cheated his mother out
oi."--Detroit Free Press.
The Bunker Hill celebration is to cost
Thirty thousand dollars, and is TO be rdi-
cu!ed by the New York papers, - Courier
Journal.
When people come up to tell us how to
run newspaper let them please 10 leave
tbe,r orders on the slate WtNiamSpo,t Ga
sette.
The Rock county Recorder heads its funny
paragraph column ia this way: Written
WIN scissors" Those witticisms certainly
ousht 10 De sharp YonkerS Gazette.
Why do people call for piece of string
anu did anybody ever bear of one calling for
Ia whole ones
| Our devil is 3 diabolical punster. He saws
! he shall smoke if be chews ro,-BucEs
County Mirror.
When soIdene has her teeth filled, saws
John, the dentist puts bis step. ladder inside
OF her MOUTH Washington Chronicle.
New York has upwards of 1000 lawyers.
and II is bad place.-NeO Orleans Repub.
!icaa.
The Beecher trial has had almost as long
arun as the Black Crook o,ceH Courier.
:. In the management of lyceums it is easier
70 get lecturer than an audience.
The best writer is he who can convey the
cleafest thoughts in the shortest space.