Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1836-08-06
QUlPS 4 QUIRKS--Short and Sweet.

ing recently in a country village, was dis
turbed BE- the crying of child; he stopped
: his discourse, and ordered the child to be
, removed, remarking, that a crying child
was like the tooth ache-oilo,sed o. ~
peace till ii ,cas taken out. This will afford
another line to the lovers Of connundrums.
/ A GooE oNE.--A person who was fond
of relating his dreams observed in the
presence ofthe late John Randolph, that
he dreamed that night of LICE. That
was very NATURAL replied Randolph, for
!. a person almost invariably dreams BY
night of what has been running in his head
all day.
/ The BEST OF woNEN.--She who makes
her husband and her children happy, Who
lreclaims the one from vice, and trains up
the other to virtue, is q much greater cha
racter than ladies described in ronances.
" hose whole occupation is to murder man
kind with Shafts from the CULVER Of theie
eyes.-GoLDsMITH.
! Upon a certain time an orator, Who
wished to advocate the construction Of .
new turnpike through a section in Vir-
gInia, made the following sublime speech,
as we learn from the Marshall Sentinel:
| May it please your worships! while
Europe is cOnvulsed in civil discords, and
her empires trembie with internal com.
motions, and W. bile her astronomers mount
the wings Of their imagination, and soar
through the ETHEREAL world. pursuing their
course from system to system, until they
have explored the vast eternity Of space
let us direct our attention to a road
more Immediately in our neig hborhood.'
PANTALooNs.-This word 10 derived from
the Latin pene, almost, aud talones, the
heels. 1t is in the memory of persons now
living In Mississippi--the beaIx and bellies
Of Spanish times--when pantaloons wero
IInadmIssible at balls, as small clothes
would now be. 1t seems that ugly legs
occasioned the change of fashion.
The editor of the Kennebsc Journal,
after reverie, breaks forth into the fol-
lowing soiiloquy:
To sue or to be sued. That's the question,
Whether tits better for the purse to suffer
The application Of the shcriff's pincers,
Or make cut bills ag ainst delinquent debt
And give then to a lawyer
stools you are sure to fall to the ground.-
n. Y. STAR.
CoRoNER's lNouEsr.-An inquest was
recently held over The body Of a man in
the lower part Of this city. and a verdict
rendered of'dea:h by intemperance.' No
sooner was the virdict given, than the fell
low half raise. his head and muttered-
mot drop more, gentlemen, not drop
more.'-BALTIMoRE TRANSCRIPT.
SHocK-INo.--A subscriber to the n. Y.
Transcript stopped his paper because the
publishers would NOT lend him their hand
car; for onfy iV, hours, when they were
using 1t themselves. Surely tins was .
modest request, se wonder how the pub
fishers could have refused it.
WORTH STRIKING FoR.-The journeymen
carpenters of Mobile lave struck for high
er wages. They cannot live on three
dollars and fifty cents per day--They de-
xaDd four dollars.
The receipts of the Astor House 1.-THE
new Hotel in tie city Of New York; arc
said to be over fourteen hundred dollars
day.
SpoEr--'I have been gunning.'- ibid yon
get any thiog''-' Yes-Igottired'
II Ay."-Tbc fashionable damsels in
Philadelphia, wear their dresses 30 tight
about the shoulders that they arc obliged
to unlock them to sneeze, SO says tho
Times.
FInE!--A New Hampshire paper informs
us that a Mr. STEEL has been married
to Miss Re oecca FLINT.
H-E-A-v-r.-A Mrs. Brock, somewhere
IN South Carolina. is said to weigh over
nine hundred pounds.
WAKE SNAKz.-The following pretty
tough story has been told US, and il il had
not been by person well known for We
racity, we should be inclined 10 doubt its
being true. but as II is We are compelled
TO believe it. The person informs us he
himself and another person killed, one day
last week, a snake. Of the Moccasin kind,
which measured feet ST inches in length,
and La inches in circumference, and
y hen opened, found TO contain .l6 snail
perch fish 5 to4d frogs. large green bell
frog, and one swapping tortie!LGaIIatin
Democrat.
A NEGRos DESCRIPTION OF GENTLE
MAN .Ah, honey he's a raial gentleman;
none DER make believe sort. Tell you
what, you may knox Z gentleman, let
i'm be in any condi; whatsomebber,
cause a sure '0uG gshtleman won't b
,o,hin else but gentleman, and you can't
mistake him, 10 matter IL he han't got no
hirt to his back. Ifso be BE- gentleman,
OF always find him IN be = gentleman,
don't care whe'r he black q white-anA
ats de ute'-SoRFoLx HERALD.
PRExTrcE's LAsT!-A citizen Of