Canton herald. (Canton, Miss.) 1837-1839, 1837-11-17

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fpHon. ihHt Pub " ~ denotes
prlnieI speech I lost ~ opportunity
VI adding ~ u VS. induction. Wy hf'f.
discovery Was mtdr ia Pennsylvania.
where ] happened " he present o. ihe
receipt and opening ct o stout buls iI0
ianacd mad marked Pub. Doc. u
proved to I'VE Gle OF newspapers lor +
Wafdel from Washington 90 be bound \
up and kept. forthwith inferred an
my manuscripi-'pub. Doc.'--o tlc oi
newspapers I
Happening soon after 20 he WtlcrI
towards the cast. my eyes was
caught by a square parcel, bearing I
the same mystic motto. II was 'd /
dressed to a worthy stgtioncr and
binder, in whose shop lslw ltopened.
II contained, as you may guess, sam
pies Of Gilt edged paper, from the
desks Of the capitol, TO be disposed OF
on commission, and at the lowest PIT
cess | lost no time in writing-'Pub.
Doc. gilt edged paper
Having some acquaintance with a
learned ,heologian IN the Sout1, and
being at his house while a pamphlet q
his own was passing through the press
1t Philadelphia, mad the satisfaction
Of correcting few proof sheets for
him, forwarded by mail from the le-
deral city, with the Protean inscrip
ton on the envelope, Pub. Doc. So
4 gained anotheritem for my & ossary,
viz: Pub. Doc,--a proof sheet
My next discovery was at the OIL
fee OF my friend r. Petty Fogger,
Esq. OF Beekman street, New York
where ! saw him IN the act of peru
sing a pub. Doc in the shape of a
voIumnons bill in chancery, which
had beer forwarded to his partner al
t the seat Of government, and sent back
the due course OF mail. Item,
quoth |, Pub. Doc.-a bill in chance
: ry.'
: in retired village Of New Jersey
/ where the light literature Of the da!
4 +, little current. aud where ! wa,
;lsneadmr few weeks last winter, th'
\ readieg population Of the town re
2 ceived great treat in tee circulation
J. Of Marryatt's novels, in thick octa
IS 70 volume ranked as Pub. Doc. f'ou
i a place which shall be nameless.-
Y How could avoid the conclusion
:. ePub. Doc. -Marryatt's Novels
Ill Unpleasant business took me ono
l., a long Journey TO the "great west
G. where hosptabIe friend, one day
j. complained thathe could not getsom
: certain kinds of garden seed, Of whl
Ia he was in want, admitted that he ha
j. Irecciycd some others. through the pr
IS Iliteness Of a friend in Washington
lc and brought out as voucher,amagn
GcentsPub. Dec which he was st
employing as wrapper for the artlcI
This was indeed new to me. and WI
indecent haste, scrubbed down upC
50 the spot, Pub. Doc.-garden seeds
be Lastly, when obliged to vi,
lie Maine, New Hampshire andVermor
S. last February was for stopping +
le. a short time in the village inn at Say
fu- all. when an open door disc oscd
am me the mysteries of the laundry, Al
nv saw female hcl p er1ptyng a bu
int die of fou linen into her tub from
40. large thick paper cover. You mi
,ch Judge of my surprize and p easn
ex- when saw upon ire paper.as It dr.,
We ned upon the floor, the mysterious
,ss. scription, 'Free-P b. Doc
10. Such is the present state OF my L
no happy definition, and If any eiyn
,c.' lorist can show me how to reconc
so these various senses, or deduce the
for from a common root, shall not or
ITS. hail him as my 'magnus Apollo
ese furnish him with as many more to
hIv ercise his wits upon.
via. Extract from new manuscript
t. mcrican Vocabulary:--
.em Pub. Doc.-(falsely supposed
kcd some to be an abbreviation o. Put
.rIy Documents. } ophrase Of various q
nos extended import, meaning, amt
nds other things, a printed speech, a
. to of newspapers, a quire of gilt ed.
fin;. letter paper.a proof sheet, a bill
ant chancery. Marryatt's Novels, gar'
H. seeds. and foul linen
.ta f. crossed as my mind now is, "
Wi, "te this one subject, ! cannot do be-
irnd than to sim myself P b. DOC
mar :, ,
ton EXTRAORDINARY ExToRuoN.-'
of New York Herald gives us the
tion lowing intelligence. Is the ed
mere prepared to subsiantiate the facts
rnck closcd--or does his statement dep
med on the information Of otbersl It is