Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1885-07-23
HERE AND THERE.

A young man in this city who inherited
about $300,O00 ran through it in about
three years. This shows that he must have
gone each year on Fourth of Julyexcur-
sion to Nantasket. -BostOn Post.
81 have never given You credit for
knowing much, madame" said blunt
old bachelor, ''But-" Sir she inter
ruptod, ''do you wish TO insult y
But" he CONTINUED, ~ have always al.
mircd your grace and beauty II ac-
cept Your apology" said the lady.
Some parties in Hickman, Ky, claim to
have captured IL monster catfish, in the
inasticating ing Of which they found $50
in gold and $3.50 i'll silver tied M in n
rug. II looks as if this was another queer
fish, probably president of marine bank
One of the banks of the Mississippi-on
his way to Canada. - 7t.ras .Siftings.
II is asserted that cholera has never
entered copper inine.-Er. That is
where the cholera's head is level. 1t
would not he able to travel all over the
world il it had ever gone into Il copper
mine. There are lots Of chaps about here
that wish they Ind had the cholera rather
than copper stocks.-II0StOn Commercial
BulietiR.
Two friends meeting after an absence
OF some years, during which time the one
had increased considerably in bulk, and
the other resembled only the ''efligy of n
man. said the stout gentleman why,
Dick, you look as if You had not had n
dinner since saw you last" "And you, -
replied the other, "look as if you had been
mt dinner ever since"
Baroness" Johann, what made YOU
bring ont the silver dinner-set and the
extra knife and fork to-day!n Butler--
''On going away this morning, guadige
Frau, the Herr Baron promised You, when
he came to dinner, to bring with him the
Countess of Gerolstein." But il was only
the musical score of Oifenbach's popular
| Opera he meant.
"Our ship hath touched upon the
deserts of Bohemia" '"The State of
pennsylvania is a community blessed
by the hand of nature rs are few commu
mites in the world. With genial climate,
a fertile soil, wealth under the soil which
is marvellous in its richness, and II seac0ast
trhirh is unsurpassed in the facilities it fur
nlshes for foreign commerce." &C.
Bost0n Herald
Charles" said Mrs. Spendall, Il saw
n beautiful costume Mt Biznrre's TODAY
and | should like il ever and ever SO
much.n "And should like to have YOU
have it," replied Charles. "but really,
Clara, l haven't the money to spare. y
"Oh, you great tease know better than
that. saw n brand new check book in
your desk only yesterday and not one OF
the checks had beenused. ~ B0stOl Tran.
script.
I'VE do not admit obituaries" said m
editor to whom had been submitted LONG
paper, commenting on the death of n man
~ thought TINT you would be glad to print
it," mo, it is not of interest to the ma
iority of our readers" ''You would thinl
so if you We're to read it, II tells of the
denth of jackson Romley" "Who wa,
he Z" 1.-The man who always asked III
that so p every time anyone said any
thing "Ah then will receive it. Al
my readers will be glad to know that HI
is dead"
A Cookbook. Scene, Cincinnati
book store. Enter countrymnn, VIII,
walked up to salesman and said sI4ool
yer mister, my wife says that ERE cook
book is no good!' Salesman-"Mh
cookbook" Comtryman-"Why thi
ere one. My wife says she understand
her P's and Q's; but this ERE book Is full
Of EN-, so she can't make head nor tail o
EN-" Salesman" Cook book Why
That's Cooks Synopsis OF Chess Open
ings,' hook on game that is playet
among II certain class of people" Uoutiry
mnn-"Yer don't say so! Why, though
it war cookbook, and Chess Opening
war the feller's name wot got il up ~
iSOUthfTH TRUE Gdkette
Old Mrs Blake of Dallas, an aged Texa
veteraness, makes her grandson Tomm
read the papers to her, SO that she can ge
an idea of what is going on in the world
A few mornings ago Tommy began t,
read :''Sulliyan is going to pose" "Wh
is Sullivan, Tommy? l knowed n maj
by that name in Arkansas before KEN d
Texas in SO, but lie was an old man then
: | was gal then, and he wanted me te
: marry him. He was jedge." "Hah,
said Tommy, Sullivan is the boss slug
ger OF Boston and he's going to pose.
"Going to Pose, is he. Tommy, wha
| county in Texas is that place in ? ''.Wha
placer What county? asked Tommy in
surly tone. Where Jedge Sullivan i
gwine you read he was gwinter to Pose.
bah Sullivan is going to pose on tn
stage" "I'm glad ter hear it, Tommy
It's much safer for him to go to Pose o.
the stage than ter travel by these ne,
tangled lokermotives. Does the pape
say how long ledge Sullivan is gwinte
stay at Pose l"-1'e1as SJtinSs.