Lexington union. (Lexington, Miss.) 1838-18??, 1838-11-24

strictly to the terms Of. your paper: for,
take the word Of an experienced man, you
had better keep yourink and paper than
furnish them and your labor .or nothing.
IlYou may get popularity, but you vii get
no pork and cabbage for dinner.
81 now take my leave as proprietor o.
the Advertiser forgive, and ask for
giveness ofall, (if any one has any thing
to forgive,) ard conclude by repeating
he advice gave my Cincinnati friends
lit?en yearsago and, with slight amend.
rnent-"Lire honestly, scrre God, ard
pay for your Newspapers.
/ - SOL. SMITH.
/ ACHALLENGE.-Alit little fop con-
|ceiving himseifinsuItcd by gentleman
Iwho had ventured to give him some !
Wholesome advice, strutted up to him
with an air ofimportance and said, "sir,
You are no gentleman, here is my card
consider yourself challenged.- Should
1 be from home when you honer me
with cal', shall leave word with IA
friend to settle the prelimnares to
Your satisfaction TO which the 9Th
Yer replied. "Sir, you are fool--here
Ills my card, consider your nose pulled,
land should | not he at home when you
call on me, you will find that ! have
left orders with my servant to kick
you into the street.
RECEIPTS FOR GETTING RID OF TRoU-
nLEsoME GUESTS Two means of dri-
wing off unpleasant people, are record
!, cd in the late London papers, which
I deserve to be classed with the inven-
lions ofthe day
oil One man whose house was much besct
u with beggers, sent for sign painter,
r and had the Words Police Office in
d scribed in large letters over his door.
e The next morning, the bcggers came
2 as usual ono after anoter, but on look
5 ing up at the iuscri Upton, they hurried
: of as fast as their legs could carry
them
!, Another. who had for some time, ex
& cluded the balifIs, one morning finding
III they had stolen march on him, and
n ware in his apartment, he received
h them with great presence of mind ask
Il ed them to be seated thrust the poko
Il into the fire, and detained them unti
Y it was heated. He then drew it GU
: and thrust it on the top OF a barrel, de
: clairing with a terrible voice that h
: would blow them to atoms. The bail
> ifs imagining that the barrel contained
!, gun powder, ran off without even look
j ing behind, until fairly out of danger
- mnch to the amusement and grat!ica
: ton of the minor, the cask containe'
:, only quantity ofsand
ST. ~To give our distant realers a
idea of the commerce four town, an
I that too during Il remarkable low stag
! of water in the river we will merel
: state, that on Sunday, 18th INST. Their
., we're at the Grand Gulf landing, tw
i briggs. one schooner, ard Il halt doZc
ne steamboats,! IF this does not look Xix
n business, we do not know what doe;
10 Grand Gulf Advertiser
al ATTEMPT AT Naturalization. Atklr
/ son, of the United States Army. wit
al his family, were stopped in their cal
,f riage by several men, moi long sine
Ct near St. Louis, (Mo) and lot lar fror
LEI the place where Judge Dougherty wa
rs murdered. Fortunately the drivea ha
to the prcsance of mind to draw a pistc
IT, and blow out the brains Of one {
!t! the Williams, and then give his horse tn
'p' whip, thus escaping from robbery an
We probably murder. The next mornin
- traces Of blood were seen by some cit
'ar zens but the body of the man killed b
,.s the driver had been removed by h
!, accomplices. Grand Gulf ADVERTISE
,xs IMPORTANT TO FISH EATERS
,u A useful invention to assist in catin
US such fish as the perch, caught in tn
m Louisiana lakes and brought into tn
IN, Natchez market is said to work in tn
MS way:
an A spindle is passed through tn
e head ofthc fish eater from ear to ca
II" at each end Of which is a fyWhee
~" turned by the foot. The fish is fasten
- on wires connected with hywheel
are Just before the mouth,an inconnectio
ire withsomc machinery resembling co
~. ton gin. A rapid motion lis given
'b- the machinery by the foot; the bone