The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-29

At the earnest solicitation OF his many
friends West Hill boy consented to allow
his name and himself to go before water
melon patch in the suburbs wednesday
night. The convention was somewhat dis
orderly, owing to the appearance OF strong
delegation from the farmhouse that came
in without credentials and insisted on being
heard. 1t was entirely irregular. OF course,
but all the same the boy was seized IN an
inverted attitude just as he was CLIMBING
over the fence, and the chairman OF the ne"
delegation famed his suburbs with hedge
switch until he consented, for the sake OF
peace and harmony, to withdraw, which he
did, at the rate Of about 1000 miles an hour.
HaaoIceye.'
The Young man OF Michigan who wrote
such grand.y eloquent description OF the
destruction Of frame stable by the fire
ticnd has become the PENNSYLVANIA cor
responde, of the New York Herald. Here
is his description of shower ut PottSvllle
sat half-pa>t four O'Clock this afternoon a
mass OF black and terrifying clouds swept
up in majestic grandeur from the west,
and in few moments the entire heavens
over Pottsvilie were crashing and blazing
with electric discharges. The storm raSeo
in sublime fury, then spread its wings 10
distant DeTlZOuS SpCu VI Io"aA" eAN
east. Coovier-J Journal. s..
Small towns should keep away from rail-
roads. A road through State may be
attending to its own business. Soon comes
along man to burn charcoal. another to
keep bar and sell groceries; then black.
smith, fisherman, hunter, couple OF
tramps, a missionary and candidate for
Mayor. These men band together, bllllo
city government, issue a quarantine pro.
clamation, and stop trains running II they
choose.-Picayat1se.
"Memory and. hope are set like stars
above the soul-the one shining dlmly
| through the twilight OF the past, the other
lighting the archway of the future You
never realize this so fully as when, late al
night, in q strange city, you forget the num-
Der OF the house at which you are residing
Puck. ..u..... .....
! A celebrated composer wrote to friene
requesting the pleasure OF his company
"to luncheon; key OF g." His friend,
thorough musician, interpreted the invita-
ton rightly, and came to the composer:
house for 4 luncheon at one sharp MuSlca
paper.
The proper time for q girl to marry /;
after she has counted up her cash and found
that she can support herself in case hel
husband turns .politician.-Detrolt Free
Press.
A Greenback orator shouts. "Give us
ereenback ere we starve !" Waiter, pas:
the watermelon that way; the wild-ered
son Of toll wants Turner:
Falls Reporter.
Scene, hotel piazza, Newport. Lady
Drowning must be the favorite form o.
suicide; it is so refreshing" Gentleman
mo; ! would prefer large dose of lauda
mum. only it makes you so sick the next
day."
eyes, said an Irish gentleman at Long
Branch, "that lady is very disagreeable al
table. II lived in the same house with
her she would be the only ole in it, I can
tell you.7
At church fair in Orange county the Ia.
dies advertised "Hayes ice-cream, ter
cents" 1t was very cool but very thin
and local wit remarked that it didn't ha w
enough bones in it. ....-.
"Who fred the Ephesian dnme?" asks
the editor OF the Nation. Wonder EDhe
suspects uss ...s