The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-06-22

An article entitled "What q man can
stand" is now going the rounds. 1t
makes no mention, however, of a mans
going home at / a. IN. from the lodge,
finding the front door bolted inside, and
then having a basin of soapsuds dumped
suddenly down on his head from the
window above.
1t has been ascertained that General
Putnam, of revolutionary fame, was the
originator of the potato bug. While
riding and eating berries to refresh him
self, just after a headlong gallop down
several precipices to escape the red
coats, Old Put ate a bug. Thus the
potato bug is an evolution from the
revolution.
AS q specimen of the genuine West
ern humor, we can't forbcar mention
ing the Endorsement of an applicant for
a C~onsulship that some Ohio men
sent to the State Department. Their
recommendation was that Mr.-be
sent to Patagonia, and that upon his
arrival there our relations with that
country he Immediately suspended.
1t was noticed that during his
triumphal ride through Liverpool, Gen
eral Grant looked uneasy, and kept his
eye closely fixed on the crowd about his
carriage. 1t now transpires that he had
been privately informed of a threatened
lode of Welcome" by the great Martin
Farquhar Topper.
Governor Chamberlain has arrived in
New York, and is ready to enter upon
the practice of his profession. 1t is a
noticeable fact that one of the young
lawyers in Governor Chamberlain's new
Office is the son of George ii. Pendle-
ton. The law makes just as strange
bed-fellows as the politics.
There is Il precocious siX-year old boy
in Auburn who is wonderful on SPELL
ing and definition. The other day the
teacher asked him to spell matrimony.
''Matrimony,n said the youngster,
promptly, Nov define it," said the
teacher. "Well," replied the boy 81
don't exactly know what it means, but
| know my mothers got enough of
it."
During the storm last Friday, one of
Burlington's best young men was struck
by lightning, but fortunately escaped
serious injury. The bolt struck one of
the points of his standing collar, but
long before it could get down to the
young mans neck, the electric fluid
gave it up and curled up exhausted,
about half way down the collar, used
up.
AT the late sale of the effects of the
notorious Cora Pearl in London, the
Baroness ", after a fierce contest, Sc
cured a little trinket at Il fancy price,
to the establishment of her companion,
till she explained that she wanted that
particular object as n souvenir of her
departed husband. The Partisan pa
pers lell the story and it must be true.
A most distressing accident occurre d
at Pictured Rocks. two miles below
McGregor, Iowa, Sunday, 10th inst.
Samuel Miller and Warren Clarke and
their families started in the morning for
the Rocks to spend the Sunday in that
beautiful resort and to have a day
Of recreation and rest. The morning
and forenoon were beautiful and the
party enjoyed the trip. While the
ladies were spreading the dinner,
the men went further up
among the rocks, and while
digging out the sand a large mass of
sand rock split off and came tumbling
down, instantly killing Mr.. Clarke, and
seriously if not fatally, injuring MI.
Miller. Both families are highly es-
teemed in McGregor, and have the
sympathy of the entire community.