Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Wayne County, Ind.) 1831-1837, 1837-05-13

Coon GuN---A country farmer told friend
Of his, who had come from town for a few days
shooting, that he once had excellent a gun that
liz went OF Immediately upon q thief coming into
the house. although not charged. "EIow the deuce
is tiatf'' said his friend. "Why, replied the farm
or, "because the thief carried il OF! and what
worse, before ! had time to charge him with it,"
Thelwall thought il very unfair to influence q
childs mind by intoxicating any opinions before It
should have come 10 years Of discretion, and be
bic to choose for itself. showed him my garden,
and told HIM il my botanical garden. allow
sv,n said he, sit 10 covered with weeds" "Oh,' ,
REPLIED 'fkae 10 because it has not yet come to its
age OF discretion and choice. The weeds, you see
have taken tho liberty to grow, and l thought ii
unfair in me prejudics the soil towards and
strawberries
There 10 one noble trait observable in mankind
all over the world. The man who has been IN
Justly Injured exctes the sympathy Of his fellows,
and nothing advances . cause 80 much as the per-
secution Of its supporters. The world cannot be-
come wholly depraved while such is the disposition
Of mankind.-PcayI.
Extract Gom letter . resident Of Edi"buseh,
friend in Louisville, dated March s.
sSseam ploughs for cultivatng the soil are now
becoming the order Of the day. There has really
been put in practice, lin England) species Of ma
cbinery impelled by steam that performs plough
ing IN . rough way for tho imProveme of moss
Io0Cs SOO VIC t1u&uI0UO OVCs0ty uoS INV OuCIcu d
premium Of 500 sovereigas for the FIRST successful
application ola steam plough in Scotand!!'
A vILLAINoUs HoAx.-Some anonymous scoun-
drel lately wrote letter with the signature Of a
house in Norfolk, ordering quantity Of Hardware,
to the amount Of $4,000, from their correspondents
in New York. The goods we're promptly put up
and shipped, and q bill Of landing and invoice for
warded by mail, which arrived some days ahead Of
the vessel, and, on the receipt Of which ss might
be supposed, the consignees were no: . little sur
prisod- As they had no occasion for the articles,
they were Of course returned; and the house in
New York, besides their trouble, wcre saddled
with the expense Of freight the goods going and
returning. Whether the trick was played for the
sheer love Of mischief, or with a view fraud, is
uncertain, but certain il is that the author Of il
deserves to b 'ssIcked."
An ExPucrr JUDeE-A Tennessee inferior
Judge lately closed legal opinion IN the following
clear AID emphatic manner: "On all these points
am very clear, but the judges Of this state are
such fools that NO man can tell how they will de-
eide"
Coos BRnxDaNe.-J. Eeonmore Cooper makes
the following remark ZONE Of the consequences
OF good breeding 10 disinclinaton, positively dis
taste, to Pry into The private affairs Ofothers.
TIE Detroit Spectator has COED bon mot. A
clustering army oliesr asssrsed, within hearing II
. taveE keepes % whoa b bod inst sivsa tbe
''pst Cd 6oe bic ssag bin, ''shae oeo q hss eles
were Tie pillass q de natioa ;"@syos," snDvssed
old dravcosk, ~the catespillan."