The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-11-08
PERSONS AND THINGS.

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Women BARRIERS should have prett,
mugs.
Cards announcing the birth Of a child
are now the fashion. Bawl tickets, Sc
to speak.
An old tin kettle may not point 0
moral, but we have often known it t.
adorn a tail.
Ancient conundrum answered: The
spirit of mortal isproud because it costs
fifteen cents a glass.
Why may a tipsy man fall into the
river with impunity? Because he won't
drown as long as his head swims.
Somebody observes that when six
young ladies sit down to talk about q
new dress pattern a small boy with a
tin horn lisa refuge for the weary.
Byrne's Dramatic Times estimates
Edwin Booths fortune at..S45o, 900; Jo-
seph Jefferson's not much less; John
McCulloch at 10000 a year and
Lotta's at $4,000
Mrs. Eliza Garfield, the late presi.
dents mother, is staying with her
daughter at Scion, Ohio. She is said to
be comparatively cheerful, is in good
health, and takes much interest in
politics.
Millinery jotting: "Ma," remarked
a New Haven belle yesterday, .'do you
know what has become of that old
trunk lid of grandma's? 1t would make
a beautiful hat for the theater with a
few feathers on it,"
A Buffalo man, with a foresight wor-
thy Of a better cause, popped the ques-
ton on a railroad train. and now the
maiden is at a loss to decide as to which
county she had better commence pro-
ceedings in for breach of promise.
A little girl went timidly into a shop
the other day and asked the shopman
how many shoestrings she could get
u a penny. "How long do you want
them?" he asked. 81 want them to
keep" was the answer, in a tone of
slight surprise.
The queen of England has been guilty
of breaking the rules of civil service by
jumping an officer Of one of her yachts
to the rank Of commander, over the
heads Of nearly three hundred seniors,
all eligible for promotion, and many of
them decorated for recent active SER
vice.
The price of diamonds has risen about
% per cent. within the last three or four
weeks in consequence of the purchase
Of the great Kimberley mine, in the
South African diamond field, by a COM
pany of English capitalists, who intend
to hold its products for an advance in
values.
The Oldest twins in the United States
are George and Edmund Gravely, Of
Leatherwood. Henry county, Virginia.
They. They will be ninety-three years
old on the LIST of December next, and
are in good health. Their mother lived
to be I'VE n hundred, and their faith
er died at ninety.
Didn't know it was loaded: How
are you Brown" exclaimed Henderson.
II have been on a regular wild goose
chase, and Pm glad I've found you at
last" Henderson supposes he must have
said something pretty smart the way
the boys laughed, but he can't for the
life Of him tell what it was.
"Want any species of ~clovesp" asked
a peddler of a saloonkeeper n day
this week. "Vat for 1 want ump" ask
ed the proprietor. ITO take away the
smell of beer from the BREATH" ex'
claimed the pedler. "Take away dol
smell of beerl" exclaimed the man be-
hind the counter. ''You got somedingI
vat makes der smell stay on. 1 buy
him."
Bayard Taylor's venerable parents
Joseph and Rebecca Taylor, live quiet
ly and comfortably at Kennett Square
They have now lived together as maj
and wife for sixty years. A shor
time since Joseph passed his eighty-fiftl
birthday, and more recently Rebecci
reached her eighty-second anniversary
which a number of friends recognized
by sending her a handsome birthda.
cake.
A dog that hears through an eai
trumpet and wears spectacles belong
to Patrick Nelson, of Milwaukee, Wis
This animal is said to be 35 years Of age
and has lost his hearing and sight, ant
his master for his many years Of ideli
ty procured these aids to cheer him. A
set OF artificial teeth is also being made
for him.
Every mother should see that her sol
learns how to play pool for the drinks
His education is not complete without
such knowledge. After he becomes
somewhat expert in that game, epcour.
age him to play poker and faro, and
when he comes home late at night with
an empty purse and a big head you car
pat him on the back and say, my goot
boy, 60 on in the good, way and prett,
soon you will be an influential member
of the state legislature, fit to handle
%step-ladder or pull a cold deck out o.
your sleeve"
There is a movement on foot in Gin