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A pretty girl was lately complaining to a Quaker friend that she had a cold, and was sadly plagued in the lips by chaps. ‘"Friend,"’ said Obadian, ‘"thee should never let the chaps come near thy lips."’ ‘"Oh, my friend,"’ said a doctor to an Irish patient, ‘"be composed; we must all die once."’ ‘"And it's that vexes me, replied Pat; ’"If I could die a half a dozen times, I'd not care a cent about this time." Leutze, the painter, is the recipient of a rare bit of good fortune in a $20,000 commission from the Federal Government. He is to point the calling of the corridor of the capitol; the subject is to be ‘"Westward the Star of Empire takes its way."’ Col. Robt. W. Carier, of Sabineball, Richmond county, Va. died in Fredericksburg, on the 20th inst., in the 70th year of his age. What is the best line to lead a woman with Masculine.
The Daily Dispatch: November 1, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. November 1, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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