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‘"Doctor,"’ said Frederick Reynolds, the dramatist, to Dr. Baillie, the celebrated physician, ‘"don't you think I write too much for my nervous system?" ’ ‘"No, I don't,"’ said Dr. Baillie, ‘"but I think you write too much for your reputation."’ A gentleman, while in church, intending to scratch his head, in a mental absence reached over into another pew and scratched the head of an old maid. He discovered his mistake when she sued him for breach of promise of marriage. A Bremen journal contains the following advertisement: ‘"A young gentleman on the point of getting married, is desirous of meeting a man of experience who will dissuade him from such a step."’ Old Abe put a chip on his hat, at Sumter Gen. Beauregard knocked it off, and, so the war began.
The Daily Dispatch: may 22, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. may 22, 1861. microfilm. Ann Arbor, Mi : Proquest. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm.
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