Liberty advocate. [volume] (Liberty, Miss.) 1835-1866, 1839-05-02

MISCELLANEO US.
From The NeO Orleans Picdyune.
SSPlease Exchange.''-C Country Paper

From The NeU Orleans Picdyune.
SSPlease Exchange.''- Country Paper.
n Hardly mail arrives but we receive som
''rie-and-injun" country paper from the "Fa
n Vest or "Down East" with the above, or some
&thing like it, written on the margin. Nov
these papers, nine out Of ten, are of no earthl,
ase TO US; in fact they arc generally great bore.
has they never contain any thing worthy of be
ing copied. Yet the proprietors persist in for.
,wardng them, and because, forsootll, we did
J,nOt see fit to send ours in exchange, they turn
round and write something which they consid,
or smart upon the margin, such as Exchange
fd-n your' "Why don't you exchanger'-
"Who wants your miserable Sheet! awe on
& Iy did ii TO try you" "Would'nt have your
gscurrlous paper about the Office 600 to .he
devl''-and all this because we will not send Il
& bpaper which is got up AT five times the expense
1 and for which we charge five dollars year,
J IN return for their useless and to US worthless
4 sheets, published at from one to two dollars a
,,year-seldom over the latter sum aud far from
pbcing worth even that.
BY far the greater number Of the papers Of
which we speak are published in small country
villages, and suitable for that meridian and no
/, other. They are the records Of all the 'bg
beets" raised, and the "accidents'' "deaths
f0nd marriages which occur within the circum-
pterence of ten miles, beyond which sphere they
inever travel, or if they do are entirely out of
Saheir lattude-We will give our readers q
sample of one of them, and those who are ac
,quained will say il is fair one. For instance
ibeginnlng at the head we publish the name Of
"a paper, terms, and all the original matter as
tfollows:
rr1he Chingaliag General AdUertSer and Picnic,
IN Advocate OF THE PEOPLE
w And Banner of BroOding Brook.
A. This Paper is deroted to politics, Tar, Hterature
II dictn'ty, moral tales, poetry, raising Of Stock
! and other miscellany, and published erery Sat
1, urddy morning By PHILEMON Duck.
! Terms, ,25 j paid IN adrance, or 81 so if al
y ae erf irdtion Of sjr monthS--no subscription
4, taken for less than gear, and all letters must
n 0epostpaid. A job office is attached.
~ 0S5- We are requested to state that the men,
hers of the Singing School over the White Store
Will sing an anthem this evening
I'M OE15- In consequence Of the severe indisposi-
tion four younges, child, Dorcas, who is about
cutting her teeth, and from the fact of the pigs
having got into the garden and rooted up all
II The turnips and parsnips, our readers will ex
A cuse the usual lack Of editorial matter this week
n Next we will do better.
MI w. The Inferior Court of Judicature will
commence its sitting on Monday next, in the
new court house, which is now completed ex
Excepting the windows, doors, stairs, &c.
N Lucky Escape.--~On thursday last, about o
fSquarter past three, and while Mrs, HcbzibaI
lff Pettnghill had gone to the well to draw PAL
Noi water, q tabby cat, with which her younges
Twas child playing on the floor became enraged
II IS supposed in consequence of being pnchet
& and was about toscratch the childs face. Prov
\ tldenlially, Mrs. Pettnghill arrived just in the
livery qck OF time, and by saying "Scat" the
Ssold cat took to her heels and ran down cellar
I'M Previously the cat has sustained good char.
Y acter and has frequently been left to play with
fthe children.
~ Large TarnipS-Mr Zebulon Swipes has this
ggyear raised turnip which measured two feet
irouAd, and weighed, to Judge from its size in
iithe neghborhood Of seven pounds.
n, another Accidcat.--As boy about l3 years
.of age, son Of Mr.. Hezekiah Hartshorn, Jr
sPiwas loading hay in the meadow, he accidently
Slipped off behind IN consequence Of one of the
oxen starting who had been siung by yellow
wasp. Fortunately he landed on a soft spot
land receiving no other injury than stubbhg
\ Pne Of his toes. People cannot be too careful
chow they drive oxen.in the vicinity of wasps
l'neSts, and should always have a small boy, say
itB years old, ahead TO look out for them.
n BeathiS!-Miss Jerusha Trull recently spun
more skeins of cotton thread than ever was
known before in one day, besides doing some