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SANDERSYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 1852.
“In this tumultuous sphere, for the unfit,
How seldom art thou found, Tranquility.”
He slept and snored, but it was for a little
while only. An intruder appeared, and he
awoke with the inquiry,
“Who’s that?”
“It’s me, old man—go to sleep again,”
was the reply given in female accents, “but
don’t take up all the bed.”
“I ain’t your old man,” said the stranger,
whose nose, by the way, singularly resem
bled that of Boniface, whose wife the read
er has already guessed to be the new com
er. Being very bashful, the poor fellow
drew the clothes over his head and in
smothered tones besought the landlady to
clear right out.
“Just as I expected,” exclaimed the old
woman, “drunk again, when the house is
full of folks what can steal, rob and murder
the whole of us, and she proceeded to the
bed-side, and groping in the dark, contrived
A Yankee on the Mississippi.
The North Mississippi Union treats its
readers to some amusing scenes on board
of the steamer Simson, Uapt. Bell, on one
of her receut trips. It appears that one of
the regular “Yanks” had straggled off to
that part of the world, on some speculation
which he did not disclose. On board the
boat there was considerable sport with this
live specimen of Down East-dom. There
was on board a fellow passenger who took
particular delight in showing his contempt
for the representative of Yankee-land— a
regular double refined patent elastic made to
order (by a tailor) a dandy, who with his
little sickly goatee, and bigger sicklier
moustache, perfumed soaplocks, standing
shirt collar, rising like two side boards to
fence in his face galvanized watch chain,
wasp waist little heeled boots and goose
necked cane with a puppy’s bead on it con
tainiug nearly as much brains as the head
POETRY.
MACHINE POETRY.
There is not a world in this valley so sweet,
As where they have lobsters and oysters to
eat:
And down to that beach a poor exile of
Erin,
One morning I spied with a hungry maw
steerin;
The dew on his thin robe hung heavy and
chill,
And he walked into oysters and muscles to
kill.
Hail Columbia, happy land !
Far worser times are nigh at hand;
If I could read my title clear,
To Californy I would steer,
And those who met me on the way,
I have no doubt to me would say,
O, tell me, blue-eyed stranger;
Say, whither dost thou roaui ?
Through these cane-brakes a ranger,
Hast thou no settled home ?
Oh, say, can you see by the dawn’s early
light,
The musquito we heard at twilight’s last
gleaming ?
The musquko that bit us so fiercely at
night,
That kept us all either from sleeping or
dreaming ?
Loud roared, the dreadful thunder,
Tiie rain a deluge poured,
Tne clouds seemed rent asunder,
Yet wife lay still and'snored!
And then 1 sung,
With trembling tongue,
Hush, my dear, lie still and slumber,
Valiant armies guard thy bed,
Fleas and bed-bugs without number
Gently wander round thy head !
Oft in the stilly night,
Ere slumber’s chain hath bound me,
I think I feel a cursed bite
Of something crawling round me !
M1SCELLANE0 US.
to uncover the unfortunate man’s head, and | of the owner "who was cutting quite a swell,
♦ u. i,j - -**•- dem ning every thing for not being as he
wisl e 1 it & disgusting every one by his self
importance and senseless talk.
At dinner by chance, the dandy and
Yankee sat opposite each other at the ta
ble. After Captain Bell had performed
the usual ceremony of asking a blessing
the dandy threw himself back on his digni
ty, and called out in a pompous tone to
the waiter :
“Yas deiu’d waitaw, brwing me the sup
portah ot a young female chicken, afresh
laid hegg, and rub the botthim of me plate
with a specimen ot the fruit wulgarly call
ed an ingon, which will give to me dinnah
a delicate flavaw.”
"lhe Yankee quickly threw himself back
in imitation ot lus opposite neighbor and in
a nasal tone called out:
“lew darn’d all fired, dod-blasted, dod
rabited, pesky looking little tarual black
nigger, fetch me a peck of corn, a bundle
ot fodder, and rub me down with a brick
bat while 1 feed.
It is needless to add that a general ex
plosion ensued, which did great damage to
buttons and stay strings. In the excite
ment, the dandy vamosed, while the Yan
kee was allowed to make the trip with
chalked bat.
then he had to take it in every sense of the
word. Being a bachelor, he had merely
heard of a matrimonial combing down of
the locks, but his experience of the operation
so far outstripping his conceptions that he
bellowed must lustily.
“Cry murder and raise the whole house,
will you? cried the landlady, shaking his
scalp from the root almost.
“Let me go,” shouted the man, “I ain’t
yer man - -murder! murder!!”
The last yell, wrung by the intense pain
from the greatest power of the sufferer’s
lungs, brought Boniface and posse to the
door. A general rush was made to the
apartment, and the matter explained annd
the shouts of the assemblage.
“Now,” whispered the jolly landlord, in
his friend’s ear when leading him to dicker,’
“just think how I’ve got to be put through.^
Quite a Difference.
The Bachelor and the Lace Veil—Not
many days since a gentleman, who had lost
a bet with a lady, and who had heard her
say that she had lost a lace veil which she
prized much, thought lie would pay his
debt and “do the polite thing” by purcha
sing a new veil of fine quality and present
ing it to his fair creditor.
it must be stated for a proper under
standing of what followed, that the gentle
man was a bachelor of long standing and a
man of little information touching the world
of “fancy goods,” though a proficient in su
gar, cottou provision speculation.
He accordingly stepped into a fashiona
ble milliner’s establishment and asked to
see a lace veil—of tine quality. “Here is
one, monsieur,” said the amiable priestess
at the htaa of the tempie. “How much is it?”
“it is one tiftee, sail.” “What! only fifty?
Dear me! 1 thought these things were ex
ceedingly dear, if that’s all they cost I
don’t \s under at the ladies being fond of
wearing such flimsy nicknacks. Only titty?
Dear me! Show me something better!”
The priestess stared; the bachelor remained
perfectly cool. Here was a godseud ! a man
who wanted somethig better—dearer. More
veils—lace ones—were dhplayed. “Dis is
one sixtee, sair; and dis one seveutee-five.”
“Dear me! only seventy-five? Well that is
wonderful, to be sure. It’s a very pretty
article, I see—but—can’t you show me
something better?” “No, sair; dis is de
most dear—deplus cher article in de citee.”
“You don’t say so? Well, well! Who would
have thought it? These women, these wo
men! they always were a mystery, ever since
the days of Adafn. Give me the change
for a dollar—in quarters.” The milliner
did so. “i’ll take this one,” said the sim
ple-minded bachelor, folding up the seven
ty-five veil. “G.ve me a quarter and keep
THE MISTAKE OF A NIGHT-
Queer things occur amid the blaze of! the seventy-five for yourself. Dear me! how
noon, but queerer things still take place cheap! Who would have thought it?” “I
among the still hours of the night. The fol- j no see de seventee-five, sair? Y ou have no
lowing instance, is one of the queerest in hau l dem to me,” said the milliner. “I
beg to beg your pardon, ma’am,” said the
the category, and as Watts says,
“The deeds of darkness we have done,
Must all appear before the sun,”
it may not appear quite improper to make
bachelor amiably and smilingly; “there they
are on the counter,” pointing to the three
quarters. “Dis!” exclaimed the milliner,
it public, positive that the* parties therein ; with an astonished look. “That!” said the
concerned will not object thereto, as their j bachelor, more smilingly than ever, prepar-
identity must remain a mystery to the in- ■ iug to put the veil in his pocket. “Ah mon
qui-iuve. j Lieu! de man fou—crack-a-brain! I tell you
It was upon a public occasion, when all monsieur, dat article de most dear in de citie!
the holds in , call the place what you , You onderstan me—you no onderstan de
will, were fitted from top to bottom. Land- Inglish! De most dear, I tell you—seven-
lords economised room and space with tee five dollar/”
amazing cunning, packing as many as three “What!” said the bachelor, turning rath-
men in one bed, on a dog-day night, too; or er pale, and dropping the veil as if it had
on the floor in such copious confusion as to. suddenly turned to a coal of lire in his
make the property of certain sets of limbs to hands; seventy-five dollars!
a particular body, a matter of serious doubt.
Boniface could not put out a single individ
ual, but he could put him away some how
or other.
One of these good-natured hosts, was
sadly perplexed where to lodge a particular
friend. He could not consistently with cor
rect notio. s of amity, run a pole out of the
‘Yes, sair! and very sheep at dat!”
“Seventy-five dollars for that inf-rn 1 cob-
Some few weeks ago, I strolled into a
friend’s counting room. He being absent,
I commenced a chat with his clerk, when a
good-good-looking “cullud pussom” en
tered dotted his castor and—
“Mass’ Bob, can you Jen’ me a quarter
till this art’ noon, and I pay him, sariain ?’
Mass’ Bobb applied Ins dexter to his vest
pocket, but it made no sigu,” I turned.
“Well, Buck, you look tolerably honest,
but as I don’t kimw you, if you will give
me security, I’d lend you the quarter.”
His eye brightened as heasksd —
“Mass’ Bob will go my s’cunty ?”
“Yes,” replied Bob.
I forked over. Somej time afterwards,
wending the same way, as I was about to
enter the office, the id< ntical Buck stood be
fore me.
“Buck, where’s my quarter ? You
didn’t pay me as you promised.”
“No, sah ! but I gif you s’curity !”
“Well, but I want you to pay me—I lent
you the quarter.”
“Dat’s true, sah, but it am de custom
down beer to zaust de s’curity fust.”
“Heft.”—Spirit of the Times.
Comparing Beauty.—In the eastern part
Delewareco., in New York State there re
sides a man named B .now a Justice
of the Peace and a very sensible man, blit
by common consent, the ugliest looking in
dividual in the whole county, being long,
gaunt, sallow and awry, with a gait like a
kangaroo. One day, he was out bunting
and on one of the mountain roads he met
a man on foot and alone, who was longer,
gaunter, uglier, by all odds, than himself.
Jle could give the “Square” “fifty and beat
him.” Without saying a word, B
raised his gun and deliberately levelled it
at the stranger. “For God’s sake, don’t
shoot 1” shouted the man, in great alarm.
“Stranger replied B , “I swore ten
years ago, that if I ever met a man uglier
than 1 was, I’d shoot him ; and you are the
fustjone I’ve seen.” The stranger after ta
king a careful survey of his “rival,” repli
ed; “Wal. captain, if I look any worse than
you do, shute ! I dont want to live no
longer.”
[from THE SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN.]
CooAng Air in Hot Climate.
In the East Indies, and all tropical cli
mates, iLaropeatiS suffersevevely with the in
tense heat, io keep apartments bearable
at all, fans are kept going continually, and
wet mats are hung in the windows, from
which the moisture evaporates and leaves
the air somewhat cool. This plan, howev
er, has been found very unhealthy, because
rarified air containing moisture, has too lit
tle oxygen in it for the healty action of the
lungs. A Dr. Piazza Smith has recently
published a pamphlet in England, upon a
superior plan for supplying rooms in tropi
cal countries with dry cold air, freed from
moisture. His plan is to compress the air
by mechanical means, then rob it, while so
compressed, of its heat, and when cool, al
low it to expand into the rooms, for which
the apparatus is intended. If he can take
air at 90 degs. ot temperature, compress it,
and extract 30 degs., ofhe.it, he will have
air at 60 degs., to enter a room, which will
thus be kept at a pleasant temperature. His
cooler is to be formed of a pipe under wa
ter, andapumpis toforcethe airin atoneend
ot it (the pipe) and out at the other, which
is to have a weighted valve placed upon it.
This plan appears to us simple and rational.
If a copper pipe were laid in a stream of
cool running water for some distance, and
hot air forced through it into apartments
there can be no doubt but it (the ai p ) would
be rendered cool and healthy. A gentle
man of wealth might employ such means to
cool his house in a hot climate. A pipe
like the worm of a still, if placed in a deep
well, would also answer the purpose of an
air cooler, but in every ease it would be well
to have a valve on the exit end of the pipe.
An iron pipe would answer as well as a cop
per one, only it is not such a good con
ductor of heat and cold as copper.
Mr. Pips on Progress.—“The age of
progress is not illustrated only in chemis
try and legislation sir,” said Air. Pips, yes-
teiday, tapping the tip end of his nose with
the ivory handle of his fashionable cane,
and squinting gravely over said handle at
a green veiled angel going down the street
on the opposite pavement; no, sir; chemis
try and legislation have progressed, but so,
sir—so has the art of teaching. The
school-master is all abroad, sir. He has be
come dulcified. He is no more than mon
ster, at the very mention of whose name
our palms tingle with painful recollections.
Why, sir, the other day, I took it upon me
to examiue into the studies of mv dnninu
tive relation, generally called my brother;
an eigh years old, sir—a mere circumstance
of humanity. I asked him what he was
learning. With youthful ingenuousness he
replied, ‘Nothing.’ 1 answered to that that
three weeks ago. He answered to mv an
swer that his answer then was as true"then
as his answer now was. ‘How so ?’ insinu
ated I. ‘Why,’ rejoined he, with still more
youthful ingenousuess, ‘wherever our class
is called up and the fellers don’t know their
lessons, Old Gurapy looks savage ail over
and says he’ll punish us awful bad, by not
calling us up again for another week.”
“Now,” said Mr. Pips, gravely, as ever;
“is not that an admirable proof of the truth
of my proposition ? “Old Gumpy’—that’s
the teacher, of course—‘Old Gumpy,’ to be
very severe with his pupils, banishes them
from his presence fora week—to mourn over
their disgrace and reform an exile. Ad-
njrable sagacity 1 Wise punishment! Mag
nificent Guinpy! The schoolmaster has
become summarily severe—a philanthro
pist. What next will turn up ?”
And so saying Mr. Pips walked slowly
away, surveying with gentle complacency
the elegant cut of his last Paris pants.—iV.
O. Picay une.
A Ne w Free Soil V.ew of the
Compromise.
_ The Washington correspondent of th_
New York Times, (free soil,) advances ths
following novel view of the late Compro
mise.
There is no truth whatever in the state
ment that the President has written, or de
signs writing, a letter calling upon the
VVhig Convention to endorse the Compro
inise. I he indications are still very deci
ded that neither Convention will touch the
subject. And the reason is briefly this : The
South will probably construct the platform
of the Democratic party, to be erected at
Baltimore, and the South, though well sat
isfied with the Compromise measures as
they stand, knows that they rest upon prin
ciples which it cannot safely recognize, and
which, if applied to the future policy of the
country, must overthrow her most cherish
ed doctrines. Take two of those laws for
examples : The Ten Million bill diminish
es the assumed limits of a State, and adds
the subtracted territory to that of the Gen
eral Government, thus settling or suspen
ding a dispute by imposing debt and taxa
tion upon the whole country. The Fugi
tive Slave Law arrogates to the Federal
Government a very doubtful power, and ap
pears to be an encroach meat upon States
l ights. In that light it is a glaring infrac
tion of the principles of the resolutions of
’98 and ’99. And the tendency of events
justifies the expectation that in a fe*v years
this new power will be exercised b the
passage of laws operating exclusively in the
Southern States, for the compulsory en
forcement of the first and seeoud clauses of
the second section of the fourth article of
the Constitution — i. e., the two clauses
immediately preceding that concerning fu
gitive slaves, and which at present are not
toriously nullified in all Southern States.
Let the principle of the Fugitive Law be a-
dopted by either party, and its good faith
becomes immediately pledged to the enact
ment of laws as justly offensive and abhor
rent to the feelings of the South, as the Fu
gitive Law is to the North, and productive
ot the like results there—namely, sectional
hatred, riot and murder. This will not be
done.
Duel Extraordinary.—One of the most
extraordinary duels which has graced the
calendar of the “code of honor” for some
web! I thought you meant seventy-five ■ time past, took place yesterday evening—
cents!” I not, be it known, at the live oaks, or any
The Cry far Corn.—Undei this head
the Anderson (South Carolina) Gazette
presents the following gloomy picture of
the state of things in that district.
That there will be much distress in the
country ou account of the scarcity of the
corn, we think admits now of no doubt.
From every quarter the cry of “no corn”
comes up, and we have been informed
that in some places, suffering has
actually resulted from want. This is not at
all surprising, when it is remembered that
Anderson District suttered more from the
drought of last summer, and made shorter
crops than any other District in the State.
Never have the oldest inhabitants seen auy
thing like the times that aie now upon us.
YVhat is to be done? is the natural in
quiry. A few gentlemen of this village
have sent their own money for several hun-
Melancholly and Fatal Accident.—On
Saturday night last t Mrs. Quin, wife of Mi
chael Quin, residing in Elliott st., came to
a horrid and untimely death, from the ex
plosion of a cainphiue lamp. The circum
stances of the acoideut were as follows:
While sitting at work, in her room, by the
light of a camphine lamp, the flame be
coming dim from the exhaustion of the
fluid, she called upon a servaut boy to fill
it. This he undertook to do while the
lamp was yet burning, although cautioned
at the time. The fluid suddenly ignited,
exploding and scattering the contents in
every direction, and setting fire to the car
pet. Mrs. Quin, not noticing what had
fallen on her dress snatched up her child,
au infant, which was sitting by her, and
throwing it upon the bed* attempted to pre
vent the flames from reaching the same. In
the effort to this, she became herself envel
oped iu the destructive element, which re
sisted all other efforts to extinguish it, un
til a blanket was thrown over her. This
was unfortunately too late, however, to
prevent the mortal injuries she received,
and from the effects of which she died yes
terdav, at 12 o’clock, though receiving ev
ery professional attention, at the hands of
her Physician, Dr. Porcher* which the cir
cumstances of the case could suggest or de
mand. This is but one of many instances
on record, which are calculated to warn
those who employ this useful, though dan
gerous minister to our comforts and wants,
against the incautious manner of handling
them.— Charleston Standard
VOL. VI-~m 20.
An Heiress in a Dilemma.
A wealthy heiress from one of the princi
pal German cities, was recently, -placed in a
sad dilemma iu Paris. It seems that she
arrived in company with a young man sev
eral years her junior, for whom site had
conceived a most violent passion, and that
they took up their abode at one of the prin
cipal hotels as man and wife. A few days
afterwards, to the great consternation
and horror ot the love-sick heiress, she found
tha u her lover had absquatulated, and what
was worse, that he had not only taken with
him all her money—a considerable sum—
but her jewels and every article of value
she had. At first she gave way to the
most violent despair, during which it was
difficult to say which she most bemoaned ;
the loss of her lover or her property; but
she tiually went and laid a complaint before
the police. No trace of the runaway could
however be found, and the erring woman
was finally compelled to apply to friends of
her family who happened ‘to be in Paris,
toi the means to pay her hotel bill and re
turn home. The faithless lover bad repre
sented himself to her as an officer in the
Prussian army, but it is thought he is only
a common chevalier d’industrie or sharper,
fbe woman will not soon forget the lesson
that is certain.
If ever a bachelor walked fast that bach- 1 other fashionable subsurban Golgotha—-but dred bushels, which, we understand, are to
elor did. He goes around now, in a stew of on Poydras street opposite Gleeses's Row ! be sold out to the poor at actual cost, wilh-
indignation, relating h : s adventure, and The combatants, we understand, were Span [out a cent ot profit or interest. This is
winding up his story with the words: “Y es, iards, the weapons stilettos, and the dis-1 charitable, noble, and generous. But re
window aud request his friend to r^ost for sir; the female French woman actually ask- tance a la discretion. By appointment lief cannot be afforded to a whole country
the night, as a Kentucky landlord is repor- ed me seveuty-five dollars for the short end , they met about six o’clock with their re-j by a few individuals. ^ Thousands of bush-
ted to' have done when pressed for room, of an inf-rn-1 cobweb!” j spective friends and after the usual prelim- j els will be wanted before an ear ripens in
An experienced bachelor going into a iuaries were arranged they went at it. Both this District. Men have the money too,
fancy milliner’s store is pretty much like an were perfect masters of their weapons, and but where are they to go to buy? A lit
innocent fly venturing into a spider’s nest—
and it was only after a good deal of calcu
lation that a bright and generous idea came
to'hrm aud his friend’s relief.
“Mv old woman is gone to see her folks,”
said he, “and won’t come home till to-mor-
tow—uo.w you take ray bed, for I shan’t
have occasion for it, seeing l must attend to
Short Drama i i Two Scenes„■—First
Scene.—Millionaire seated in an ea^y chair.
By him stands a poor man in a supplicating
attitude.
Millionaire—“Ahem!—Very sorrv, my
young friend, that I can do nothing for you.
But j can give you a word of good advice—
Economise! 1 ''
Poor Man—“But when a man has noth
ing to ”
Millionaire.—-“Nonsensel-Under certain
circumstances a man must know how to
save.”
Second Scene.—The millionaire drown
ing in a pond, the poor man calmly regard
ing him from snore.
Poor man—“Sorry my friend that I aan
do nothing for you. But I can give you
a word of good advice—Swim! 1 ,
Millionaire— (choking) —“Bub-bub-bub
wh-when a raa-man can’t swim!”
Poor man—“Nonseuse? Under certain
circumstances a man must know how to
swim,— Union magazine.
Miss Jane Irwin.—The Washington cor
respondent ol the Columbus Sentinel, un
der date of the 7th inst. says: ‘The bill for
the relief of Miss Jane Irwin, of your State
has passed both Houses. Much sympathy
has been elicited for this lady, whose claims
on the government are meritorious, and
who has received, at the same time a recog
nition of the signal merits and services of
her father, and a substantial evidence of
that appreciation. Her efforts to secure
these, have been most indefatigable. The
ladies, after all, are the best claim agents ;
for the gallantry of the American people is
always ready to respond to appeals from
them. The example of Mrs. Lynch’s suc
cess last year, and Miss Irwin’s • now may
open a new field for female enterprise, and
quite an accession to the number of claim
ants may be anticipated next session.
The Jennings Estate in England.—Mr.
S. S. Jennings, of Mobile, claims to be the
rightful heir to the great Jennings estate,
in England. He says that not one single
link is wanting in bis lineage, from Charles
of 1681, down to the day of his birth ; that
he is the eldest male lineal decendant of
Charles and Mary Jennings, who came from
England, and was clerk of the court of Eliz
abeth city county, in the town of Hampton,
Va., in 1681. His books are now in the
clerk’s office at Hampton, at which place
143 acres of land were granted to tlx m as
emigrants from England. Mr. Jennings es
ti mates the estate to bo worth from forty to
fifty millions of dollars. The real for the
fifty-two years has yielded about $40.9*00
anuually. Lord Howe has a portion of the
property under bis control, as trustee, for
which he has given ample security.
A major g of militia in Pennsylvania, who
had recently been elected, and who was not
overbearhened with brains, took into his
head on the morning of parade to go out
and exercise a little b j himself. The field
selected for the purpose was his own ap
ple cellar.
Placing himself in a military attitude with
his sword drawn, he exclaimed. Attention
the whole! Rear rank, three spaces,, march!
and he tumbled down the cellar.
His wife, hearing the noise occasioned in
falling, came running obt and asked—
“My dear have you killed yourself I”
“Go in the house, woman,” said the ma
jor, ‘what do you know about war ?”
that’s a fact!
_ A young gentleman recently foun d
himseif in company with three young la
the folks and keep them chaps, scattered on ; dies aud generously divided an orange be-
the dinner hall floor from fighting.” I wee n them. “You will rob yourself,” ex-
Accordingly the guest took possession of; c J a imed one of the damsels. “Not at all,”
Boniface’s bed—sunk up to his nose amid i replied the innocent; “I have three or four
the feathers, and soon went to the land of
Nod, thanking his stars for having escaped
from the confusion below. Had he known
what some poet had written, although
smothered in his two pair of pillows, he
might have exclaimed,
jpljed
more in my pocket.”
“Give us only one trial,” say the quack
advertisers to "invalids. “Walk into my
parlour only once,” said the spider to the
fly.
it was some minutes after the tight com-j tie we suppose can yet be hud in Pickens,
menced before blood was drawn. A crowd at the enormous price o $1 50 per bushel
soon gathered, and instead of arresting the ' and it will ,cost perhaps, nearly that, to buy
parties, they formed a ring evidently de- in small parcels, from the Railroad mark-
terrained on enjoying the fun. Fortunate- et.
Iv howeAer, a gentleman living opposite; on
seeing the crowd and learning what it was
rushed into the ring aud put an end to the
disgraceful scene, at much personal risk, by
separating the combatants, before either
was killed.—N. O. True Delta.
JSST “United we stand, divided I fall,”
as the toper said as he bung on to the
railfenoe.
To Kill Fleas.—To all those finding any
inconvenience from Fleas, we especially re
commend the following as the surest mode
of destroying them and if strictly adhered
to we vouch its efficacy.—Catch ’em ! !
N. B. We should remind the reader
that care should be taken always to pre
vent escapes. After catching^ that’s the
only difficulty.
Dental Hints.—The microscope reveals
what dentists have long asserted, viz., that
the teeth become infested with parasitict
plants and animals, unless frequently and
thoroughly cleansed. Think of a small
botanical and zoological collection in your
mouth, bringing a foetid breath, the tooth
ache, a swelled face, nauseous drugs, base
metals and finally the dentist’s horrid ar
ray of tools.
A sensible contemporav says: “The wo
men ought to make a pledge not to kiss a
man who uses tobacco, and it would soon
break up the practice.” A friend of ours
says they ought also to pledge themselves
to kiss every man that don’t use it—and
we go for that too.” Ditto us.
Shooting Affair.—Last evening, between
eight and nine o’clock, a man named. Cur
ran shot Mr. Connell with a sing ball, fired
from a pistol. The ball penetrated Con
nell’s right breast, and inflicted a severe and
dangerous wound, which, it is feared, will
prove fatal. The affair took place in Hous-
ton-street, between Congress and St. Juli
an, Curron had two pistols 'and a bowie-
knife on his person when arrested. After
committing the act be fled, and was appre
hended in a yard near by, by officers Hol
land, Russell and Larkin. The immediate
cause of this affair we could not ascertain,
as there are many rumors afloat, giving
different versions of it.—Sau. News 27th
tilt.
Cross Examination.—A witness exam
ined in one of the courts of Illinois, upon a
trial concerning a horse trade, was asked by
the counsel for the defendant, how the
plaintiff generally rode ?
Witness—He generally rides a straddle
sir.
Counsel—How does he ride in compa
ny ? *
Witness—If he has a good horse he al
ways keeps up.
Counsel—How does he ride when he is
alone!
Witness—Really, sir I cannot say, for I
never was in company with him when he
rode by himself.
Counsel—Y r on may stand aside sir.
Reynolds, the dramatist, observing
to Martin the thinness of his house atone
of his plays, added, be supposed it was ow
ing to the war. “No,” replied Martin, “I
should judge it is owing to the piece.”
“Very cheap, but most
accommodations,” as the follow
they ro le him on a rail.