Richmond Indiana palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1837-1839, 1838-07-07

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nal - Psoek. y 80 ae.Aaegsse'yr nj hsek- !
,aiae siastisnss Of viii s.imals.' No; never
ssesd On hin; wkaa sost y esitsss - hsr 'He 10
Wiseoosin vasmia1, which Il i dil5csle sufficient
y adoqunasly 6oe 70 describe. He i exceeding |
y 0est-in flet, very snch .. He has four legs
two short sees on 60 side, ed two long ones
On the Other. He always srazes on IN ioelised
9 fsss s zee bun, .sls 8. - sound, .ss ii:
bsiaos his loag leg @ shs uphill ssds-esase-
qusees q which, III sAsst lsgs as'a - aecount.
He falls down, rolls oves aad over, ard y mighty
soon casched.' Thsaspassssly eseSsloss Prssi-
deet offered handso0e s,s0 tos . live specimen,
and proceeded - hoax he katusalns in sstsrn,
fol foxes. Then asia,als,' said he, comes Gom
lcelasd, . cold cosatsy, nosth o(Caaada . pieces.
They are very 6oed q csows' eggs, which they
steal feom peocipices on the sea-si3e. They are
cuasisg esstsess-vssy.. Whes thsy Gems to .
spos whsss thsy sspset 70 6ad hatch II aesss they
aAks ring, and bsgia - wrsstle, 10 SEQ which =
soes 10 a. edes ef The PssePes, takss bic neigh.
boss tail u b teeth, and 10 takes anoshes, and
% %, sll he string 70 long enough TO hang ever
and reach ~ eggs, which are then handsd up
from oae toanoshss, (oar greedy listener forgot %
ask A0W,) wntil they arrive in safety 1t the tOpo
The sPsoek' 6hslist retired, 6lled With amaze
(KsickNbsekes. !
Ceol;a1 Jevs.-Tho mode Of imussrsinR the
body in Jars Of cool wssse has often algosded IN
occasion for . pleasant paragraph, but 10 do not
recollect better one than the following perpe-
ts,ted by the editor Of the Pennsylvania ON
Tuesday last; ho says:-
AHSss for Warn Weatker.-Somowhere in
Java, or in other eastern regions, the aboriginal
Legislators while holding . paIaver," keep them
selves cool BY device that perhPs might b ad-
vantageousIy adopted in Congress during the
warm weather. A jar suficisatly large and fllsd
with cold water is provided se sseh .ssahsr: Who
gets into il during tho sesass, saa sits satil ths
hour o:adjousnment, immesssa - biz seek in Tho
tsanquilizing fluid. The usasnres asksa are
therefore calm and deliberate, nd 10 debates are
likewise free from heat and ill-temper. The j.
vaneso Soloos cannot lash themselves into fury
BY v'o'es: s:s'icul:sioo. e: ssy :tts.Pt at ma
king splash would probably result in being split.
'rhue, these cold water jars have . tendency to
prevent all jars Of a warmer and more disagresa-
bic nature, and had the pugilisiie Cooeressmen
who have Of late been % outrageous in tho House
Of Representatives, been "Put up in the Javau-
csc fashion, the recent difficulties in al likeli-
rsngsments, tho Phraseology Of tho House might
perhaps require alteration. Instead of"being out
Of ordsr," . gentleman might b told that no was
ssout Of water" and instead Of esdering him to
'take his seat" the member might b required -
"get into his Jar" The effect Likewise Of % ma
ny divers6ed countenaDces protruding from tho
crockery could not be Otherwise than picturesque
and entertaining. Iycurgus in = piPkin would
surely be ~ imposing a. Diogenes in . tub.
Another wag suggests that family jars be
made in this cooling manner.-L;eesasy O1s;bss.
GENERAL MARRsgON AND MEra0DlsTs.
The following pretty ssd sss;sed eo~e:;~s.s
r. 49, AlAe
tion Of our citizens, the Mesbodists, We have
not seen in print. 1t is extracted from . letter
from General Harrison, TO IN eastern committee,
dated My 81, 1S3S.-Cia Express.
"Who and what are they? ! answer, entirely
composed Of ministers Who arc technically de-
nominated circuit riders. A body Of men who
for zeal and fidelity in the discharge Of the du-
others in the whole world. I have been . wit
ness Of their conduct in the western country for
nearly forty years. They are men who no labor
tires, scene disgusts, danger frgbtens in the
discharge Of their duties. To gain recruits tor
their Masters service, they sedulously seek out
tho victims Of vice in the abodes Of misery and
wrotchedness. II was in great measure by their
efforts, that knowledge Of the Gospel was kept
alive amongst the thinly scattered huts Of the
pioneers upon tho very verge Of the settlements,
and within the range Of savage dopredations.
Tho vow Of poverty 10 not taken by these men,
hut their conduct is precisely such as !. would
have been if they had taken one. Their stiPula-
ted pay 10 barely sufficient to enable them to per-
form the services assigned to them. With much
the larger portion, the horse which carries them
II the only animated hing which they eau call
their own: and the contents Of their valise OF
saddle bags, tho sum of their earthly possessions
II within the period have mentioned, . travel
Ter on the western frontier had met stranger in
some Obscure by-way, assiduously urging his
course through the intricacies Of tangled for
est, his appearance staid and sober. counte-
nance Indicating that he was in pursuit Of some
object in which his feelings were deeply interes
ted, his apparel plain but neat, and his little bag
gage adjusted with peculiar compsctness, he
might be almost certain that the stranger was Z
Methodist Circuit Rider, hurrying on to per
form his daily task, Of prsechiag 70 separate and
distant congregations. And should tho same
traveller, upon approaching some solitary, un6n
ished, L. scarcely habisable cabin. hear tho prai
ses Of the Creator chanted with peculiar melO
dy, for tho attention Of some six o. eight indi
vid"als, with the same energy and zeal that b
had seen displayed in addresses 10 . crowded
audience Of a populous city-he might b Ger
tain, without Inquiry. that it was the voice Of 4