Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-12-03

perfect Lambert in he barn-yard, nearly q
Iunwieldy as an elephant. She was raised 10
Oxford. There is also a steer in the same
town owned by Tsaac Hubbard, Esq. weigh.
ine $500 lbs. We wonder where the Clare
mont farmers find % much pasturage in New
England as to make such cattle.
! ~LEsrLE'' SWEET.
\ In opening DO, Of rock candy, just re-
ceived from New York, at coffee house IN
this place, a large Zone was found which had
been fraudulentIy deposited in the candy
A slip Of paper att.ched to the stone contain
! ed the following sreef poetic effusion, giving a
candicd account If the fraud:
!"My name it 10 stons il ye wish Tor to know
For fear you'll denic the stone Will show
Il have wisdom and tsl:ance NUT Tor to traid
10 the place Of rock candy this stone have Laid
For traid exchange 60 head"
A PREACHER was one day struck with sur
prise on behoiding a beautiful set Of curls on
the head of lovely maid, a member Of his
class, whose hair had been usually plain
)sAh! Eliza said he, you should not waste
your precious time curling your hair: If God
intended il to be curled, he would have curled
IL for you.' sIndeed,' said the witty maid, Il
must differ with you. When ! was an infant,
he curled it for me, but now am grown up
he thinks am able to do it myself
Go-BErwkENs.-There is perhaps not a
more odious character in the world, than that
of go-between-by which - meant that
creature who carries 20 the ears of one neigh
Dor, every injurious observation that happens
to drop from the mouth Of another. Such a
person is the slanderer's herald, and IS alto
gcther more odlous than the slanderer him
self. By bis vile offieiousness, he makes that
poison effective, which else were inert: for
Of the sanderers in the world
would never injure heir object, except by
the malice of go-betweens, who under the
mask Of double friendship, act the part Of dou-
BILE traitors.
The EpuroR.-W. found the following par
agraph the other da. in an exchange paper.
We know not wher it come from, but there
is too much truth in it to let it pass.
ssThe path of an Editor is not over thickIy
planted with roses In the silence of the
night, when men forget that they live, orr
battle their spirit il rosy dreams Of bliss
when sorrow has forgotten to tug at the
heart. and ambition to fire the brain--he
sleeps not. BY the dim lamp he wanders
through the fields Of thought, or by the shores
of the sea of knowledge, gathering pebbles
where with to build his feeble fabric. Often
is misundersiood-m srePrcsentcd- tarn- /
disappointed. Often does
icy neglect freeze his glowing thoughts,
and nip his young hopes. The careless snecr
the crushing insinuatioL--the cocert SLAM
aer-the open denunciatioa--all wait to feed
upon him." Too true! i
WMNkBAco Ta1Arr AND MuRpsR OF 1HE
INrERpRErER.--The Galena Gaz. of the 22d
announce the important fact of failure on
he part Of Governor Dodge, in accomplishing
4 Treaty with the Winnebagoes on Thursday |:
pointed by the government, Gov. Dodge) to-
reat with the Wnnebagoes for further
:ession Of their LANDS to the United States,
allied in making a treaty.
1--WE further learn, hat on Monday eve
hing last, Mr.. Poquett, long and favourably \
Inown as an Indian Tracer and Interpreter |
vas shot by son Of Whirling Thunder, . /
prominent chief of the tribe. The circum.
tances are these: Poquett with a friend. in g
he evening, was passing Whirling Thun- /
ler's tent: the son spoke and asked him If he :
vas Poquett? He answered in the afirma- I
i've. The Indian replied. "Then me shoot :
wo balls. and shot him through the hearth :
The cause Of hospitality Is supposed to be an :.
I'D grudge. The Indians were much excl
ed, we are told. and would have sacrificed
he offender on the spot, had they not BEEN
prohibited. The murderer 10 in Jail 1t Forsi
At the late assixes. Mr.. Patt put the fol II
owing question to = witness IN the Nisi Priusi
court- |,
tDsdn't you come 70 Maidstone this mom-l
ngi upon your OATH |,
Answer.-No; came on horseback II
THE Relief Fire Company will meet onI
Monday evening, At early candle light, 1t sheI
;ounch Chamber. BY order, "a