The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1876-04-12
PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE.

West Virginia is knee deep with golden mud.
Mrs. stowe gives readings in Jacksonville, Fla
The editor OF tho Norristown Herald has experienced
q shower OF lies
Hon. Elisha Baxter declines to be q candidate for
Governor OF Arkansas
sportsmcn may soon shoot the English snips on the
Pennsylvania marsh lands
The Rochester Democrat thinks that hard
brush will bring in tho hair II was hard brush took
his hair out.
Indiana has cat which is (or course falsely said to
be 100 years old Shc dear friend Of the halt for
gotten Schuyler Colfax.
Shoepcgs are made OF white birch, ana cost this
country 81, ooo 900 year. Thus by statistics do We
get at the bottom facts.
1t has been asserted that for several years George
Washington ran this country and tho British army
without Il silk umbrella
New Jersey now comes forward with shower Of
corned beet and cabbage It occurred TO Hackensack
man who refused to sift the ashes.
Tho New Orleans Repubiicdn says that a monkey
makes you laugh without winning your respect We
always laugh at the Republicans jokes.
Wild geese strcakins their way through the air
tho north The Springfield Republican will have
chance get less tame literary correspondent from
Boston.
Detroit Free Press:-"A Philadelphia saioon keepc,
calculates that be win need exactly 1000 900 long rye
sraws during tho Centennial These ssraws win show
which way the julcps go.'
The city of Custer in the Black Hills, celebrated ito
Grst funeral and began its iirst graveyard. In tho
whole city only Bible found 1t belonged to
girl, daughter OF one OF tho miners.
Spinner the ex-Treasurer Is still basking In tho sun
shine OF Florida 1t is said that Spinner learned how
TO make his peculiar autograph morning whom he
was trying to make buttonhole stitch
II is said tina, last tho Presidents eyes arc being
opened The press has been trying open them with
crowbars OF information for years II is no merit
in President that he won't believe in lightning until
he Is struck.
The trouble about the Chinese in San Francisco 10
that they live economically and chcaply, while
white man is not contcnicd unless he belongs 20 .
church. Whips his wife and pays twenty-five cents for
poor whsgcy There few things that Christian
can not stand.
The near friends OF General Bcknap say that II hc
viii leave his his counsel and not try TO shield
body else he will appear to be less Of devil than
he is painted 1t may be all right for him to appear
the trial in person. his counsel may do better with
out his presence
Some OF the best printed papers on our exchange
list como from litilc struggling way, pioneer
towns in Wyoming and Nevada Perhaps this 10 be-
cause many good printers are adventurous rovorG In
all New Jersey or tennessee tnefo ~ nos 80 prcssy
papcr as. for instance, tho Piochc lNcv.I Record
Leland Stanford, President Of the Central Pacific
Railroad (which has not made any money) has over
the door Of his now million dollar palace In San Fran
cisco the word 'Fidcltc Mr. Stanford not faith
fu TO his party which he sold out to his friends
but he sticks 20 = dollar with pcrtnncity.
Chicago people laugh al the circulars Of New York
merchants who claim that Western buyers Of foreign
goods pay per cent more for them the Western
markets than In the Eastern. No figures have been
given cithcr to prove to disprovc this statement:
but thcrc is considerable social pcrcrazibg ia the
manner OF Wendell Philips the subject
New Jersey democrats divided In opinion a %
supporting Ex-Governor Parker or Governor BedIe a.
their FIRST choice for President IL was OF Governor
Parker who. when in Office, made BcdIe Judge Bede
had been his law partner The Judgesnip made BcdIs
Governor Bcde seems to DO slightly more popular
than Parker, because he a frcshcr man.
The boys having exhausted all the forms or slang ad-
dress and ended with Go get your hair cut the girls
now step forward according to the Brunacicksr with
such expressions these which We hope will mot DO
used AZ Sassar:-"oh, fix your bustie," buckle your
belt" 'Puli down your basque" s'Straishssn your
corset stcel wipe tho gum on your lp' and take
your eysash out Of tapslA" ~