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“ 1 don’t remember —really—”
“ Yes you den, sart’n. But never mind—
wot yer goin l tu take ?”
“Do you know wiiere you are, sir ?” in
quired the Collector, supposing the man to be
a lunatic, whom he had better get rid of as
easily as possible.
“Mel Sart’n. In Port!an’ —Eagle Cof
fee House. You’re ole Brass, the lan'lord; I
know you. G, gitaout! We’re baound to
hevadrink;” and he drove his thumb and
forefinger into the Collector’s ribs with so
much good earnest, that he nearly “ finished
his business” for him.
“ Excuse me, sir--but —”
“ No, sir-ec. No backin’ aout, old squi
bob—l’ve seen you go it afore, yer know.
Come, bar-keepgr, tote aout the licker. All
mumchum, yer know. I un’stah’—agin the
law to sell brandy in Portlan’—but we know;
pass it up.”
“ You have mistaken your quarters, sir.”
“ Eh I”
“ This is the Custom House.”
‘‘The wot I”
“ Custom House.”
“Cus—eh ?” continued the discomfited trav
eler, endeavoring to get the thing through his
head ; “not the Coffee House I”
“No, sir.”
“ Why, I seen the eagle over the top—they
tole me head of the wharf—tavern—an’ you
say it aint a public house V 1 * * .
“ No, sir.”
“Wal, I never!” said the chop-fallen trav
eler, gathering up his duds. Looking about
him, to be satisfied of his errof, he concluded
by’ inquiring what was the expense. He
was informed that there was nothing to pay.
“ Wal, ole feller, a mistake isn’t a hay
stack I”
“ No—fortunately,” ?aid the Collector.
“ Wal, I wouldn’t ha’ b'lieved I could ha’
made sich a blunder”—and then, insisting
that the “hul craowd should g’out and take
a gin'ral drink,” which was declined, he se
cured his luggage and hastily vamosed, to
the no small gratification of the government
officials, who had been so queerly startled
from their customary propriety.
A SCENE AT “STEWART'S.' 1
Noah’s New York Messenger gives the
following picture of an amusing scene that
lately occurred at Stewart’s gorgeous, palace
iike store in Broadway, New York :
An honest countryman, from Putnam
county, dropped into the store, with his wife
hanging on one arm. his daughter on the
other, and his son Dick clinging to his coat
tail—the whole group singularly antiquated
and out of fashion. After a long and eager
stare at the goods, the candelabras, and mir
rors, &c., and looks of astonishment at the
bustle and confusion—they were courteous
ly’ asked by one of the clearks whether he
should ha've the pleasure of waiting upon
them.
“Well, now, that's polite in you,” said the
old man. “My daughter would like to have
a shawl to go to the village church with.”
The clerk, who looked like a wag, produc
ed a package carefully made up, from which
he selected a large yellow shawl, with a
broad rich border.
“ Well, now,” said the old lady, “I vow I
this feels like the bafck of a mouse —so soft
and velvety ! Feel of it, Joanna.”
The young lady felt of it, and said it felt
mighty smooth an soft. She asked, if the
colors would last, and was assured that they
xvould never run or wash out. Dick crept
softly up and had a feel of it. Finally, the
clerk threw it gracefully over her shoulders
and* took her to a mirror where she could see
herself at full length, and was highly pleased,
with the beautiful article. The whole fami
ly passed an opinion on its beauty and be
coming colors, and after a long conference,
they resolved to have it.
“What might be the price of this ’ere
shawl 1” said the honest farmer.
“Fifteen hundred dollars, sir,” said the
clerk.
It was a camel's hair shawl from Circas
sia, one of the richest and most costly articles
ever imported. The farmer looked at his
wife, and the wife looked significantly at the
daughter, who hung down her head despair
ingly, while little Dick, with one finger in
his “mouth, had been awed to silence by the
awful price.
“ Bless me, sir,” said the countryman,
drawing a long breath; “ would you believe
it, sir 1 why, that ’ere shawl is the price of
my farm, in old Putnam county : thirty-two
acres, house, barn, and piggery.”
The clerk smiled, the old man looked grave
the ladies looked frightened, and the whole
party slid out of the store in terror,.
The whole world, however, was not made
of such economical stuff.
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There were some ladies who did not faint
at a thousand dollar shawl, or a three hun
-5 dred dollar dress of Indian muslin worked
■with gold ; and were it not for those who
have, or imagine they have such heavy
purses, how could this marble palace have
been built, or what is of equal importance,
how could it be sustained I Twelve thou
sand dollars a year rent, must be made by
asking stern prices on everything, and as
i sternly refusing any abatement.
pi)Uosopl)i) for tljc People.
’ ‘ THE SNOW ELEA. ‘
In the National Intelligencer we find a
! communication from Mr. Josiah F. Polk giv
ing a description of what he calls the Snow
Flea, seen be him in the winter of 1826, in
the neighborhood of Grand Biver, in the
State of Michigan. He says:
“I have found them to be exceedingly mi
nute, apparently destitute of members, but in
constant elastic motion. They would spring
up to the height of 18 inches or more. When
j 1 first observed them (the latter part of No
: vember) they did not exceed in size the point
of the smallest needle. I watched them
through the coldest Winter T ever witnessed,
and carefully observed their progress to ma
turity till the month of May, when that which
in December was a shapeless and scarcely
visible creature became a perfectly organized
l being, with legs, wings and antennae. The
, body was slender, and more than a quarter
of an inch long. The wings were longer.
Perhaps the whole length was two to three
fourths of an inch. - When 1 first saw them
the snow was but a few’ inches deep; and,
-although it increased to three feet or more in
depth, those little creatures, by their perpetual
motion, were always on the surface; but how
i they contrived to maintain their locality amid
1 the furious winds, is to me a mystery. Af
terward on Rock River, in Wisconsin, in
time of Summer I saw myriads of the flies.
Various insects have been known to exist in
snow'. One kind somewhat resembling a
spider, is not uncommon as far north as
Sweden- and Norway.”
v.
ADULTERATED DRUGS.
“ Man’s inhumanity to man makes count
less thousands mourn,” This is verified by
the results that have flowed from the law
passed at the last session of Congress, in re
lation to adulterated drugs. The astounding
fact has recently been developed, that in the
i port of New York adone, fifty-nine thousand
i three hundred and eighty-eight pounds of
adulterated drugs have been condemned by
the examiner, from the nineteenth of July to
the twenty-third dav of December, and im
mense quantities hkc been similarly pro
nounced upon in of Boston, Phiiu
| delphia, Baltimore and New Orleans. Inthe
! first named place one importation of four
i hundred thousand pounds of drugs is under
j advisement, and the probability is, will be
1 condemned as adulterated, and improper for
■ use.
Thus far the execution of this law has
been attended with the best effects. It has
developed the astounding fact that a great
proportion of the rhubarb, opium, harks,
quinine, and other medicines which are usu
j ally imported into this country, are adulterat
| ed, and comparatively worthless. What
| criminality, what recklessness, what inhu*-
manity, to be sure, does not such a result
bring to light! How many lives—liow’ many
1 hundreds of human lives—must there not
; have been sacrificed to the infernal love of
’ money, which must actuate men who will
thus sacrifice the lives of their feliovv-creat
| ures for paltry lucre ! Truly, truly, “man’s
I inhumanity toman makes countless thous
|ands mourn.’”— N. Y. Herald.
New’ Camphor Solution.— Sir Jas. Mur
| ray proposes anew vehicle for holding cam
phor solution, which may he exhibited in
doses considerably greater, and with less irri
tation, than it lias hitherto been given. The
vehicle proposed is liquid magnesia, which
he considers superior to almond emulsion, or
alcohol.
Valuable Remedy for Intemperance.—
Dr. Schreiher of Stockholm, Sweden, has
succeeded m curing drunkards of their had
habits. He isolates the patient, gives him
brandy and water to drink, prepares all his
foodwvith brandy and water, and mixesthese
with his tea and Coffee. At the end of a few
weeks, the regimen produces an uncontrolla
ble disgust and repugnance- A physician
should, however, watch the operation for fear
of apoplexy and cerebral congestion. One
hundred and thirty-nine soldiers were so
treated with perfect success.
21 Column (£ratcb to JFun.
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THE MINISTER AND HIS BARBER.
A certain Monarch, not very long ago de
i ceased, a man much respected by those under
his government, had a minister in whom he
placed entire confidence, and who wasdistin
! guished for his great business qualities,
| sprightliness, and prudence, but who perhaps
in order not to belie the proverb, had one
failing, which sometimes obscured his better
qualities; lie was apt to be somewhat head
| strong.
It w r as probably in consequence of this
quality becoming too apparent upon some oc
casion, that the minister received an order
not to put his foot over the door-sill of the
Palace for the future ; hut in spite of this se
| vere expression of displeasure, the monarch
continued to employ him as heretofore, with
out depriving him of any of the titles or hon
ors he had conferred upon him.
Meanwhile, the king continued his cus
tomary w'alks, which generally led him past
, the minister's house.
One morning, going that way, he happen
!ed to look up, and he w r as not a little aston
l ished to see a ladder placed at one of the
window's; and upon the ladder a barber, who
razor in hand, w'as busily employed in taking
the stubble from ofifthe minister’s chin.
Forgetting for the moment the feelings
i which had prompted his order to the minister,
the king enquired with an exclamation, what
he was doing in that strange position.
“ May it please your Majesty,” replied the
minister, “the man has incurred my serious
displeasure lately, and I have ordered him
not to cross my threshold again, hut as I can
not very well get along without him, I have
adopted this method of having him shave me
from outside.”
The monarch hurst into a hearty laugh,
and it w'as not long before the minister was
again to he seen inside the palace walls.
ALL..TIIE SAME.
• A few mornings since, a seedy, shabby
genteel fellow', gave me a call, anil prefaced
his business with the remark that he had
been sent to me by a friend, to get some em
ployment.
“ Are you a printer 1” says I.
“No sir,” says he.
“ A writer 1” I continued.
“ Well, no, I’m not,” lie replied - .
“You can saw and split w'ood I presume?”
quoth I.
“ Death on that kind of business, .sir, I
am!” says he.
So I gave him a forma! introduction to my
w'ood. pile, and the way he went Into the tim
ber it was evident to me that his genius was
precisely adapted to tha-f species of useful
i and interesting knowledge.
DREADFULLY “SKEERT”
A young man residing pretty well uptown,
was returning home late a few evenings ago,,
after getting beyond the “ limits” of lights,
lie suddenly discovered a brawling looking
fellow-close'bellind him. lie crossed to the
other side of the street —so did the stranger.
He stopped —so did his follower. He stroll
ed briskly on —his attendant was close at his
heels! He arrived at last at his dwelling,
and, mustering his courage, he planted him
: self firmly on his door step, and, bracing
‘himself for an attack, he turned upon his
1 pursuer with— ,
you, sir! You have dogged me
to the last r . What do you want—villain 1”
The loafer presented his bundle to the
gentleman —recovering—and, with a country
twang, inquired—
“ Don’t you w'ant to trade for this yere
roosteF, sir ?”
I* * ‘
You’re not Going Out! —“Hey! hey!
! whftt's that? Where, allow’ me to ask, are
i you going at this time of night, Mr. Snippe ?■’.’
cried the lady, in notes of ominous sharp
ness.
“Out,” responded Snippe, with a heart
broken expression, like an afflicted mouse.
“Out, indeed 1 where’s out, I’d like to
know ? Where’s out, that you prefer it to
the comfortable pleasures of your own fire
side ?”
“ Out is nowhere in particular, but every
where in general, to see what's going on.—
Everybody goes out, Mrs. Snippe, after tea,
they do.” * f ,
“No, Mr. Snippe, everybody don’t: do I
go out, Mr. Snippe, without being able to
say where lam going to ? No, Mr. Snippe,
you are not going out to frolic, and smoke,
and drink, and riot round, upon my money.
If you go out, I’ll go out too. But you’ r( ,
not going out. Give me that hat, Mr. Snin De
and do you sit down there, quietly, like n In
bei, respectable man.” “ a so ~
patciTworkT
m?* A lady in this city used an onion the
other evening to stick her needles in, instead
oi a pin-cushion, and when she went to sew
the next morning she found they all had tear*
in their eyes.
I will finish my argument to-morrow
if the court Sets.
Sit, sir, not set; hens set.
Next day after the argument wasconclud-
I must inform you, brother Best, that an
action will not lay.
Lie, my Lord, not lay. Hens lay.
According to the book of Jasher re
cently published, Naomi, the daughter of
Enoch, was five hundred and eighty years
old when she was married.
A dandy remarking one summer day.
that the weather was so excessively hot. that
when he put his head into a basin of water
it fairly boiled, received for reply :
“Then, sir, you had calf’s head soup at a
very little expense.”
“ Can you inform me where the of
fice of the Ibid is, sir ?”
“The office of what ?”
“ A paper called the Ibid.”
“There is no such paper published.”
“No ? Why down where I came from,
the editors are continually taking first rate
extracts from it.”
J&S 0 ’ “When it freezes take care of your
nose, that it doesn’t get froze, and wrap up
your toes in warm wollen hose.”
The above we suppose, was written in
prose, by someone who knows, the effect of
cold snows.
EDITOIfSDIPAKTHEHT.
- <• yca^a^-
ATHENS, SATURDAY, MARC& 17.1849
The University of Georgia.
The appearance, on our table, of the Annual Cat
alogue of our State College, affords us a fitting oc
casion to make the Institution the theme of a few
remarks. The Catalogue presents the College in
an aspect quite satisfactory to its friends, loth in re
gard to the efficiency of its 4? acuity, and the number
of its students. For now, fifty years has it been
open as a fountain of knowledge, from which thou
sands of young men have drunk more or Igss deeply-
During all that period, it has maintained a highly
respectable position, and exerted a commanding in
fluence. At no time, however, has it possessed high*
or claims upon the confidence and esteem of the pub
lic, than at the present. Every chair in its liberal
organization is filled by an officer devoted to the in
terests of the College, and possessing admirable
qualifications for his particular duties. It is no un
deserved tribute which we pay to the Faculty, when
we congratulate the State upon its ability, both in
dividual and collective.
We are happy, also, to bear testimony to the ju
dicious administration of the police affairs. Kate,
indeed, are the infractions of order among the young
men, and a general and cordial harmony exists be
tween them and their officers. This concord is, in A
high degree, productive of beneficial results to all.
but e -peeiaily to the classes, whose advance in learn
ing is unquestionably facilitated thereby.
Wo do not intend to disparage other College? in
Georgia, when we claim for “ Franklin” the earnest
support of the people of the State, upon the ground
that this ancient seat of learning merits that si-P
port. Its yeaps, far exceeding in number those o
all the other Colleges together, entitle it to big 1
consideration, and especially, if it appear?, bhat
while “ length of days is in its right hand, in ll
left there is honor, should it command the iegau
of all. Its advantages over yoiinger Colleges are
not to bo gainsaid. Its Library contains thou
sands of volumes, where those of the new Institu
tions contain hundreds. Its Apparatus in all t> e
Departments of Science, extensive and aduaira X