I sent them back, and hang me if oi
he hasn't just sent an officer here with
s instructions to arrest mie, unless I can
- prove that
e 1. I was vaccinated before I first an
a sent on the ,old lady's application. an
2. 1 was of full age when married, i
o and re
t 3. I am not the old lady herself in
disguise, and endeavoring to swindle f
the Government out of $8 a month. "c
Consequently I advise all old ladies th
s who have hopes to relinquish them, of
a and I advise all young men who have
old ladies to get rid of them. di
Yours truly, up
IHON. M. T. JUGG, ESQ. tE
I -'
TIlE CIICAGO BELLs.-The original l
bell that hung to the neck of
the original cow that kicked the orig
inal lamp that fired the original city
if of Chicago has found its way to New si
Orleans, and is on exhibition in the t
- sl:ow window at Pifik-t's bazar, on at
d Canal street. To l)e more correct, .ve co
L- should say tiat an innumerable quan- 1
d tity of little bells said to have been
cast from the materiail composing the n,
- " original bell" have been received «
is at the hazar, and are sold for earrings i
(no pun intended) or watch charmns, a
in under the name of " Chicago bells." I
- The tiny things are going off like hot r4
cr cales, the object of the purchasers be
ing. probably, to preserve a mnemento 1
t- of the greatest conflagration. known tl
in the history of modern times. In ct
the Northern and Western States the
wearing of these bells has become
d quite the fashion, and there is no
doubt that the noodles in New Orleans tI
d will adopt it. " But as for me, give
me the Kentucky belles or give me
,w dcath."'-New Ocrleans Picayune.
