The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-09-05
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/ Drunkenness turns man out OF him.
self, and leaves beast in his room.
. A neceositious man who gives costly
dinners, peys large sums to be laugh
ed at.
He who would make fool of him
self will find many to help him.
Hanging is as everybody knows cap.
ital punishment. especially when you
are hanging on some good.looking
girls arm.
? William Sloan, of Philadelphia, Ia
spending few days here with friend
William Hobart The other day they
went out reed bird shooting. The for
mer secured seyenty-two birds; two
woodcooks and four rail. The latter
for his success secured twenty-five
birds. Yon can hear the popping OF
the guns from morning until night
and am sorry to say good deal of
shooting Is done on Sunday, and the
ones who do SO ought to be made all
example Of. There is a law against 1t
and is o man q good citizen that does
II? We say no.
b We have a person here who is some
what comical In his talks at times.
lie says that he went to his barn yard.
in which there was hay stack, at
the bottom OF which he saw twenty
five patridges walking around the
stack. and as fast as he walked around,
the birds went. lie went and got his
single barrel gun. already loaded. and
went and the barrel over fence. He
then went out to the stuck and shot
around the same at the critters. and
killed the whole twenty-five birds.
This 10 very near as bad US Thomas
Baton, who we once heard say, that
he saw flock OF wild pidgeona light
on tree In woods. and he had pow
der but no shot, and to substitute to
1t. he used the iron ram rod. He shot
the limb OF the tree. and when he.
picked 1t up he had sixty.flVe pigeons
etrung on the ramrod. Anybody can
believe the above that wants to
Several OF our boys make 1t busi-,
ness to go occasionally to hunt Indian
relics, and very often are successful,
but Joseph Hopes has dart that he
found In sack OF wheat that was
brought to the grlst mill by Joseph
Nicholson. 1t Is made OF jasper stone
and is beauty.
Rev. George &. Wood has returned
from Ocean Grove and New York,
where he spent several days. He filled
his pulpit on Sunday last and he
speaks very highly OF the above camp
meeting.
The Claymont NJ. E. Sunday school
held its first session on Sunday last
under the charge of Superintendent
William Hopes. During the month
of August there is no school held
here.
The many candidates for offices are
quite numerous In Claymont this
week, and among the most prominent
wac Robert Hanby. for the Legisla.,
ture. We have known the gentleman
for years, and have found him fair
and square, truthful and honest In all
of his dealings He Ia working hard,
and has good many friends in this
part OF the field and intends to do his
best to get there.
Why ls IA well.trained horse like
benevolent man? because he stops at
the sound of Woe.
A blacksmith When at work is always
on the strike. He may be forger and
still lie right.
Its easy enough to get religion, but
to hold on to it is what bothers some
people.
Honey.moon.-The term Honey
moon" ia OF Teutonic origin, and de-
rived from luxurious drink prepared
with honey by the aneient6. 1t was a
custom to drink OF diluted honey for
thirty days, or moons age, after q
wedding feast. True As SrEEr.