The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-01-15

was in Charleston, few days ago, he asked
the old darby at work in his room what
made him so slow about building the fire.
The aged African replied: 8. Fact is, Judge,
dar is no coal down stairs. Pse been up and
down de alley and stole all de wood could
find, and in de present dehoraiized conol-
ton Of society can't do no better"
The Rev. DR.. Walker, late Of New Haven,
now OF Brattleboro', voted for Mr.. Illden,
and mechanic the other day refused to
take pay from him Tor some trihlng work
because it sstakes good deal OF courage
for Vermont Congregational clergyman
to vote for Samuel J. Tilden."
When the great Michael Angelo, painter
and glazier, wanted study for unconscious
innocence he used to go around Sundays
and look at the man who was suddenly
awakened from sound siuDber by an IN
usually vigorous sentence from the pulpit
Haaolceye.
Atlanta Constitution: The Brooklyn
Argus says "the Washington Chronicle is
for SALE" Sitting here calmly by coal-fre,
with nothing to disturb us save a mouse
cantering gaily around in our exchange
basket, we would ask if this is anything
new?
! a San Francisco paper. speaks OF the Cali
fornia Artificial Stone Paving Company.
We would like to know whether it is the
artiicial-stone paving company, or The arti-
fetal stone-paving. company, or the artificial
stone-paving-company.
You can always tell whether buzz-saw
is going or not by simply feeling OF it, but
it generally takes about as long to find the
end of your finger as it would to have gone
and asked the foreman of the shop il the
thing was in motion.-Fhlton Ismes.
A circus elephant eats two bales Of hay
per week while in winter quarters, and
YOU can figure from this how necessary it is
for the man at the door to cast murderous
slances at deadheads.-Free Press.
The man who attended fashionable
church two years without being spoken to
by any of the congregation resigned when
the minister preached sermon on the
Recognition OF Friends in Heaven.''-E1-
change. r.
Paris gossip says: Everything in female
attire is worn with frayed edges, n,iaklns IL
difficult to distinguish ragged dresses
from whole ones. The most fashionable
trimming is known as the ''ragged edge of
despair"
Our friend Jones determined that this
year he would Keep diary, md keep il, up,
too, regularly. His entries 80 fnr have been
" January Ist-Bought diary" January
2d-Guess will give up keeping diary"
Among the ladies who received at the
White House on Newly ears day was Miss
Julia Grant, granddaughter of the Presi-
dent Of the Republican party Chicago
Times. -.
Those $1,000 counterfeit notes have a
/" greasy feel" We detected three yester-
day, which an INSCRIPTIONS street-car con.
ductor tried to pass on us for change.-Er-
change.
The faro bank recently complained of by
the Yale faculty was conducted, as it seems,
on classical principles. The dealer acted as
/" capper," and the Kapper Delt.-Neao
York Commercial Advertiser. ,
An uptown boy who heard that despot
was person who ruled with rod OF iron
wanted to know IL his teacher was one, be-
cause she used the poker to rule a line by.
| Noracich Bulletin. :
Alfred Tennyson habituallY refuses to re-
ceiye visitors between Mondays and Wed
nesdays. This fact has given rise to the
belief that Tuesday is Alfred's wash-day.-
Andreaos's Bazar. =
The boy who tries to see how near to an
air-hoIe he can skate will sooner or later
take q deep interest In Polar expeditions
Free Press.
Scene In a.St. Louis street-car: Conductor
to passenger who Is smoking: CT you
want to smoke In this car you must put out
your. cigar, or else get off right away"
The blacksmith, mo matter how well hei Is
paid, is always on strike. *