Literary cadet, and Saturday evening bulletin. [volume] (Providence, R.I.) 1826-1827, 1827-03-17

the second daughters portion one third
OF the remainder, and SO oD # there he
more daughters. As for the sons, they
have right to nothing, ard the remain
ing property may be bequeathed in what
ever manner the father pleases.
| FALSE EMPHASIS "A writer on Eng
lisb grammar gives the following exam
pie of wrong emphasis "A clergyman
on reading the 9th verse of the 18th
chapter of lst Kings, generally placed
the emphasis on the words denoted by
italics-'And he spake 10 his sons, say
ing, saddle me the ass. And they sad
| died him.
Mr.. II. the professor Of Chemistry in
Dublin, who was more remarkable for
the cearness Of his intellect than the pu.
rity OF his eioquence, adver,ed, in one Of
his lectures, to the celebrated DR.. Boyle,
of whose talents he spoke with the high
est yeneratiOn, and thus concluded his
eulogy:-., he was a great man." said
;he professor. very great man. tic
was the .father Of chemistry, gentlemen,
and brother TO the Earl of Cork"
An aged pair, in the highlands of Scot.
land, of the name Of Grant, were sitting
one morning in their outage. The guide
man was grooming a portion OF Scripture
in the good, old, sinesong way, to the
auld wife, who sat perched upon her
stool, an attentive auditor. He came to
that passage in Genesis, which runs
-" There were giants in the earth in those
days"-and his dim eye mis,aking the
for all r, he read "There were Grants IN
those days." He paused in complacen-
cy at this testimonial of family antiquity,
while the auld woman exclaimed, "Ah,
was there Grants SD far back as that 20
"Oh yes" replied he, "we're an auid
race"
A gentleman praising the personal
charms of very plain woman before
Foote, the latter said, Aud why don't
you lay claim to such an accomplished
beauty?" "What right have to her ?"
replied the other. "Ever, righ, by the
law of nations, as the first disco,erer,"
said Foote.
The Sensitipe Plant-Many persona
have endeavourCd to ascertain The cause
Of the sensibility of those plants, but it
has never yet been 81, arly explained.--
The degree varies in the different kinds;
some will only contract their leaves on =
being touched others will bend aud re-
cede, as it were, courteously 10 acknowi.
edge your approach; as that which 10
termed the humble plant,
"That courteous tree,
Which bowsto all who seek It's caoo,y."-NooRE.
The most irritable part Of the plant is
in the foot stalk, between the stem and
the leafet. During the night they re.
main in the same state as when touched
in the daytime /; ye, if touched then will
fold their leaves still closer
When any Of the upper leaves are
touched, if in falling they touch those
below them, those also will contract and
fall so that by touching one another.
they will continue to fall for some time.
1t is very common in the woods of Bra
zil; Of one Of the species, of which the
wood is very light, the Indians make
their canoes.-F Flora Domestica.
Making n Forfune.-A man is thirty
years old before he has any thought Of
his fortune j. is not completed before
fifty he falls to building in his old age;
and dies by the time his house is in
condition to be painted and glazed.
The organ of early destructiveness
sometimes exhibits itself in a droil way.
The mother of family was the other
day saying, that as soon as the Youngest
child was of such an age, she should
break up the nursery. La, mamma ~
said one of the children, ",hat will be
fine SPORT will break up The chairs, and
John shall break up the tables"
AS DEAD AS A HERRING.-Ihe her.
ring is delicate fish, which is killed by
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