Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-05-28

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"Nor BAD."-The following will do for
this part efthe county,
Well, Laura, give ire short sketch of
the sermon. Where was the text?
s'Ob, I don't know. I've forgotten-but
would you believe il! Mrs v. wore that
horrid bonnet Of hers! I couldn't keep my
eyes of Of it all meeting time; and Miss
r. wore that new shawl that must have
cost fifty dollars. wonder her folks don't
see the folly Of such extravagance-and
there was Miss S. with her pelisse-it's
astonishing what want Oftaste some folks
exbibitv'
Well, # you've forgotten the sermon,
you have not the audience; but which
preacher do you prefer, this one or A1r. A.!
"Oh, Mr.. A. he's so handsome and 20
graceful, what an eye and what set Of
teeth he has!"
A strict snstrxctionist- years
ago Mr.-,wa elected member Of
the Legislature Of New Hampshire. He
was a very pen,lemanly, we'll educated
man, but, unfortunately, 50 fond Of brandy
and water, that he was more or less iutox-
icated every day At the close Of the SEES
session, he attempted to justify himself oy
saying that he came there sworn to truly
represent his constituents, and he was
satisfied from personal observation, that =
large majority Of Their, drank too hard
whenever they could get an opportunity.
I-[REelsrER.
GooD.-Thc best joke We have heard
in long time was cracked BY 4 village
preacher. He was preaching on ve:y
sultry day, in a small room, and was very
much annoyed by those who casually
dropped in after the service had conmen
ced, invariably closing the door after them.
His patience being At length exhausted By
the extreme oppressiveness Of the heat, he
vocifsrated to an of{epder-"T 1iend, ] BE-
lieve If were preaching in bottle you
would put the cork ih."-(RURAL REros'Y.
INVISIBLE CEHENr.-lsinglass boiled
in spirits of wine, will produce a fine
transparer.t cement, which will unite
broken class, so as to render the
fracture almost impercepnble, and
perfectly secure.
TIE Engineer Corps have common
ced locating the canal route between
Georgetown and the mouth of Tip
pecanoe. Tit expected that the lar
ger portion will be put under contract
the ensuing summer.-[Loc'r TEL.
LoNcEvlTr.--We are informed that
an Indian woman, the mother-in-law
Of Francis Godfrey, the War Chief
Of the Miami tribe of Indians, is still
living near the Mississinewa Village
at the good old age of ONE HUN
DRIED AND THIRTY-SEVEN
lYEARS.-She continues to BE- Wig
iorous and in good heath.-rib.
A disease Of the most malignant aud
spasmodic nature, has for some time exist
ed 10 this city, asd most Of the other ci-
ties and large towns throughout the eoun.
Try. 1, is also epidemic or saAchiae, and
has ~ yet defied the prescriptions Of the
most eminent physicians. 1t goes by the
aame Of Observation-Disclosures TINES.
A Temperance society was established
in Germany in 1900, and the pledge re.
quired Of the members was, that no one
should drink more than IA glasses Of wine
= day, besides beer and schnaPps.
J An auctioneer's lady produced
twins to her spouse the other day
that bore 80 much Of likeness to
each other that it was difficult to
tel! them apart; 50 he determined &c
lchristen one Of the lot, Ibid, and the
other Ditto, from his own catalogue.
The clear income of the New YorI
Courier and Enquirer is thirty thou.
sand dollars per annum!-This is a
profit worth toiling for.
\ Do you like Novels! said Miss Ian
bguish to her up country lover.
l cant say answered he, for l new.
Ter - any; but l tell you what, I'm
'!trsonsndoas at young 'Posssn.'