Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-01-20
1888. VOLUME WIZ NO. >.

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ne wanted Afser waiting swo houss, - 80.
tioneer approached the spea where Simon -
patiently statSoned hmsoif, for the ,urDo,. q
securing the prize The bid. began II Owe es.,s,
and after closc bidding for \ few miausso. n ~
knocked of, and the cissk directed to NJ dow
lone second hand ,in-ki,chen, little used 10 anoo
Odschool-37 l-2 ccn,s--deiivesed." "a e.,
"This is the screen for Jcmima, - tho's Simon Al
he took it in his hand-"and cheap ono two"
"Why Simon exclaimed his beloved a. he
you got there-it is
1T - an economical purchase, 6easy-ocly
think but two and three pence, spit aad al.n
Jemima now began to scrape the humps Of
dough snd putty from the bottom Of The sia kitch-
en-, aud exhibited to Simon . toaeiAheo cupeodor.
He contemplated his cheap purchase . few ma.
ments, and then said in good humorod tone
a. he could asunne-sWcll my dees, euess Ne
will have to boil it with your cracked dish.s q
The article not comedy enough 70 adosn
tho close. but Jcmma was careful to put is where
II = meet the eyes Of her husband NJ eflou
|asv cracked dish should hers, hoping that she
menncnso would not be less useful to him than The
dish had been to her.
Now there are few married people who have NOS
bought their cracked dishes and old eia kisckeRs:
it is not in these simple circumstances that the
merit of the tale consists--but il s in the use 20
which such specuiations can be applied. ltis
to the purchase of the dish and tin kitchen that
much Of the Prosperity OF the Oidschool family 10
owing. 49,
After their first specuatons they learnt the i'm
porant lesson, not TO purchase any article Of fur
niturc, without consulting each other.
Sam Stop advcrtises goods below cost. ycmima
remembers the cracked dish, aud is careful to 20
! where men Willing 10 own that they sell on q
living Profiit.
Simon, on his way to has place of business, pas
ses an auction mar,-hc looks straight ahead and
thinks Of his nktchcn speculation; and when
he is really in want Of an article he goes to the
regular dealer, buys = good article, pays . fair
price, aud has a noble consciousness that he u
helping the trade.
When Jcminsa talked of buying pretty paper
novarino for several dollan,-Simon ouly pointed
to the closet shelf, aud her mind was made up At
once.
Al the time when the fever ofland spscuiatioa
was raging high, Simon was almost induced %
submit to the solicitations Of some Of lis neigh.
bors to take share ia q township; the bargain 10
would not venture to make, however, without
Jemima's knowledge and CONSENT You know
best, Simon, was her reply, but don't fasRet the
old tin-kitchen.' This was enough, and the spec
ulating company made up without him.
! Thus scarcely day passes without same impoc.
t"nt or trivial matter being decided, by adveriine
to one Of those valuable regulators.
1t would do ono good to go over TIE house a0d
sec no >thcse standing monitors have preserved
their rooms from tho accumulation Of useless fur.
nituro Of all kinds--and tho business Of Simon
from the inroads Of all visionary speculatlons.
Year after year has passed away--and many
has been the joyful Thanksgiving dinner the wri.
ter has taken in tho Oldschool family---dozens Of
dishes have been broken and passed into to obi
vion---cooking apparatus has been burnt out and
rcplenished timo and again----yet m often ~ the
day has returned, the newly scoused old tin-kiich-
en- has been hung upon its nail, and the cracked
dash has held its wonted conspicuous location-
yet unboilcd, unused and unbroken.
! 10 every newly married couple We would say
preserve, the most valuable and important
mementos, in whatever shape they may have fall
len to your lot, the FIRST CRACKED DISH and OLD
TIN KITCHEN baltimore Journal
! From Bicknelps Rsporsss.
Dreadful Accident.e.sixteea Lives Lest. z,
! letter from the Postmaster At Camden, South
Carolina, states that dreadful accident occurred
at the ferry at thai place, tho night Of the 23d
ult. "The flat boat sprung . leak and sunk n it
was crossing over the river, with twenty black
persons on board, and a wagon and four horses,
and also tho Express mail from tho North, with
the boy and horse. Sixteen blacks and three
horses were drowned. Tho boy and horse were
saved by swimming to tho shore. The boy
sprarg of when he got TO the bushes willow
trees, fifty or . hundred yards below the landing;
the horse went up tho current; and swan oHt.
The Express mail, Al tho boy stated, was washed-
off after he left tho fat. The mail bag was fsuaA
early the next morning, two o. three hundssd
yards below the ferry, on some bushes. The
night was very stormy and dark, assA ~ sivee
quite full" He adds: sThe mail contained thsoo
India rubber canvassed bags: two Of them weno
IN toIerabIy good order, and sent them of again
as they were; tho third bag in . very vet
state, 70 that dried all tho packages by the 6rs;
and yesterday, about IL O'Clock, the Express
mail bag was sent of by the stage to Columbia"
: l. Kentucky Expos1os
We are indebted TO Mr.. Bsrcs, the Represen-
tative from tho counties Of Harlan and Knox, for
an extract Of letter addressed 10 him by Mr..
RESFRo, Of Cumbe: land Ford, which contains IN
; accurate account Of all the stock OF every do
scription which passed through the Wilderness
Turnpike Gate during the year 1887. MI. Rem
fro has also given an estimate Of the Psdbabls
! market valuc Of the whole. Taken togethes, De
table il one Of great interest, and shows % 80
view, the great importance Of that single besoeA
Of Kentucky trade passing through ono outSss y
! lone.