The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-08-01

! At one Of the most fashionable summer
ssotels of the North shore, not long since, a
tstaid and dignitied meeting OF the gentle.
nscn, called to- act upon the subject OF
ansusements, while being conducted after
the most approved style OF deliberatiEe pro-
cedure, was brought to most unexpected
adjournment, and in a manner net alto
gether appreciated. Just az a motion was
being put in due form, q piece Of mischief
in the form OF n small boy appeared at the
door and announced, GA wreck Come
quick il you want to see it," Bank pfesi-
dents, corporation managers. merchants,
and professional gentlemen at once made a
most indiscriminate bolt for the door, across
the halls OF the hotel. and through the rain
to the bluff. The meeting has not yet re-
assembled. II t...y.f. .-t..r-E'. ,.-:
=" How much. is them fish ?" asked Kan
sas City woman of fish-dealer the other
morning at the corner of Lake and State
streets. "Those are fresh mackerel, ma'am,
and are twenty-five cents pound" said
the polite salesman. "Twenty-t- What
did you say! Salt mackereland twenty-five
cents pound? That IS downright swim
dle." Bat" confined the dealer, "Ma'am.
these are not salt mackerel; they are fresh
ones" "No use in talking to me-" said
the woman, looking over her specs at the
Young man, az know what fish is. There
never was mackerel that want salt, for
you see," and che gave him convincing
look, .'.the way [ reckon it, mackerel is
mackerel and fresh fish Is fresh fish," The
argument was ended. '.t.: s!:.'.5 49,.
I do not know how far it will feed the
vanity OF the manufacturers, or if it will
excite their indignation, US it did mine, but
the noble British merchant is flooding the
market in this country with cheap Manches-
ter fabrics which he has the cheek to call
"American drills.' When expostulated
| with on the fraud, they frankly confess they
cannot make them, cannot afford the genu-
inc article, and that the Chinese will buy none
other; so they counterfeit our best brands,
| and thank God they are not as other men
par example, Americans.-S hdnghde Corre-
| Spondent San Francisco Chronicle.
A recent scene at Covent Garden, Lon
don: The Emperor of Brazil is taking his
usual airing at O'Clock in the morning,
and observes a tall, gaunt man OF notable
appearance stalking through the market:
|"Who is that gentleman ?" asks the EN-
peror. g he must be some person Of artistic
distinction" :" Thatin exclaimed the
market-man, with a twinkle in his eye,
"Why, that's Odell, the actor" "Indeed!"
said the Emperor, "I am glad to find that
the English actors get up so early in the
morning." Odell was walking home after
Il night at the Junior Garrick, 49,
Ross goose laid eggs in Hott's door
yard, in Cincinnati, and Hott's goose
Matched from them one gosling. Who
owned the gosling !? The question was an
grily disputed by Ross and Holt, and they
have gone to law about it, The. gosling has
grown into q goose, and is worth q dollar at
most. The litigation has already cost two
hundred dollars Cincinnati Times.
"Martin Casey, of Chicago, has saved the
lives OF eight adults, and not one OF them
thanked him." That's not strange. When
man has almost got out Of Chicago for
good he doesn't feel much like thanking the
person who brings him 'back.-Boston
Post. 49, ~. ...-..': 4. .-'
|. The Philadelphia Star speaks OF '"the
beautiful, passionate sea" When the beau.
tiful sea grabs fellow up and slams all the
gumption out OF him against an old bathing
house. he is apt to recognize the passionate
part of it.-Easton Free Press. -,
.:She is perfect Amazon said pupil
! in one of our schools OF his teacher yester-
Jay 10 q COlu L Saiu Luz
who was better versed in geography than in
history ss noticed she had an awful big
mouth. ''i nj, + .:,.I -. ',..I.-f .gsi".
Two men from Newport, Vermont. who
drove ten miles from home and In the night
time stole: o Wagon4load OF grain, Will DE
careful on their next expedition to see that
there are no holes in the bags. .,,.,-..
A gentleman who, rode horseback from
Bowling Green. to meet General Grant, OF
this place, was disappointed when told he
had REACHED the wrong Frankfort. Frank
| fort Ye01ldTa. I.sa ;7@.ce .-@ssa .af.-a .'"
/ AN East Indian magistrate, Mr.. Pellew,
lot Howrah, has sent ayoung lady, Miss
| Donnel,y, to Jail for two months for using
La cancelled postage-stanp. r., .a.I,. ..- -,
i There was not much difference in the
character .oi the riots east and west. In
San Francisco they were anti Celestial, and
in Pittsburgh simply internal. y, i; f,,@'
Governor Van Zandt, OF Rhode Island,
has offered the Government the troops OF
that State. II accepted they will be sent
West on hand CAR Cincinnati Enquirer.
Nature seldom maks q phool. She simply
| furnishes the raw material, and lets the lei
How finish the Job to suit hlmselt:-Jos@
|. Biltin1S, 80. .rgt;5shf .anits<t
I "A game between the bald.headed nine and
drt1r clerks who sell hair restoratiVes is
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