. Book of the Royal blue . ^n wlien one of his bestpatrons came ahintr and noticed the eliunire. With afcclini; of |)ride the t;ivern keeiter i-allcd .iltention to theeorreeted mistakes in tlu oriiiinal sitxn. hoping to elicitth<- approval of hisold friend. His friend shoc^k his head;ind the pro|iriet<ir .i^kcd him \% hat was tlie matter now. Wh\ .-my fool would know you do not ^nvc yimr fishawa\. Cut otf the w nrds For .S;ile. w as the reply. ^cd. the disLrusted proprietor trot his a\e andsmashed the sitrii to smithereens. .Moial —It is easier to criticise than HUMOR AND T
. Book of the Royal blue . ^n wlien one of his bestpatrons came ahintr and noticed the eliunire. With afcclini; of |)ride the t;ivern keeiter i-allcd .iltention to theeorreeted mistakes in tlu oriiiinal sitxn. hoping to elicitth<- approval of hisold friend. His friend shoc^k his head;ind the pro|iriet<ir .i^kcd him \% hat was tlie matter now. Wh\ .-my fool would know you do not ^nvc yimr fishawa\. Cut otf the w nrds For .S;ile. w as the reply. ^cd. the disLrusted proprietor trot his a\e andsmashed the sitrii to smithereens. .Moial —It is easier to criticise than HUMOR AND THE HUMORIST. FAST TRAVELING. Apropos of tlu- remarkably fast time now be-ing made between New York and Ctiicajro on rej;-ular soheduies of is hours, tlie followin^c eon-tribution lias found its way under this heading,without the slijflitest intention of being humor-ous. In fact, it is serious and truthful and goesto show that in the last 74- years railroads havebeen gaining in speed nearly one mile an houreach year. At the same ratio, to keep up therecord, we ought in 1!)S1 to be able to travelabout I IS miles an hour and in 197i» about Nil anhour, as a regular thing. Mr. Gales, editor of the National Intelli-gencer, writes October 31, 1831, giving anaccount of his journey between Baltimore andEllicotfs Mills^ on the Baltimore & Oliio Rail-road. Wc traveled in a larice car ihawn by one or ten persons. In the (iistanee l)etwecn Baltimore and KllieotfsMills, the horse w:is ehanjred onee, going and coniins:. InSoinK we did not aeenrately reckon th
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