The Rodney telegraph. (Rodney, Miss.) 1838-1840, 1839-04-06

from Cuba or Louisiana, the silver spoons
from Mexico or Peru, the cups and saucers-
from England or France. Each of these
articles was purchased by an exchange of
other products, the growth Of our own or
foreign countries, collected and distributed
by a succession of voyages, often to the far
thest corners of the globe. Without cuIti-
waiting rood Of ground, we taste the rich.
est fruits of every soil; without stirring from
our fireside, we collect on our tables the
growth of every region. In the midst Of win
ter, we are served with fruits that ripened
in tropical sun; and struggling monsters
are dragged from the depths of the Arctic
ocean, to tighten our dwellings,"
Professor Flint has been delivering n lee
ture before the Louisville Temperance So
ciety. The Advertiser saws:
'2arts of the Professors Lecture we're
highly humorous. He concluded that the
dead Sea- would be the fittest reservoir
that could be found iof all the alcohol in the
world. We could not bu, think what bowl
Of punch the Professor would have. 1t
would more than rival the Bos:onians' Gel
ebrated dish of tea, when they used their
harbor for teapot; and the sDead Sea-
in that case would be likely to attract more
pilgrims than Mecca and the tomb of tho
Prophet.n
SEGARIANA A paper mentions a joke
OF rather novel nature. ga segar being
abruptly thrown by passer by, into the a.
partment of a gentleman, excited his curios-
lty, whereupon he examined it, and found
neatly enclosed therein, the address Of
lady, with an invitation to call upon her,
0<THe did so, and is now her husband
A School-mistres asked child what
spelt The child hesitated. What do do
when | look at you? TuaUINT, replied the
pupil.
/ On DIr.-The Sunday Morning News
says: s'That Mr. Swartwout invested nearly
all the amount of of his defalcations, in Tex
as lands, and that since his arrival in Eng
land, has effected sale of those lands to a
company of capitalists for about six millions,
three hundred thousand dollars"
| TRI-coLoR In speaking of police sui
ject, the Baltimore Sun says: "Henry
Green was perfect tri-color; he was black
by nature, green by name, and blue by
habit"
LIFE OF GENTLEMAN. Some body has
manufactured the following: ale gets up
leisureIy, breakfasts comfortably, reads tho
i papers regularly, dresses fashionably, ioun-
ges fastidiously, eats a tart graveiy, talks
insipidly, dimes considerably, drinks super
fluouslv, (gets drunk occasionaliy,) kills
time indifferently, sups elegantly, goes to
: bed stupidity, and lives usalessly.
4 Room FOR 1MPRovEMENT.-Api picturesque
writer describes state of society, where
money is the God, an Invoice the country,
a ledger the Bible, the Exchange the Church
and where men have faith in nothing but
their Banker.
A certain lady had custom Of saying to a
favorite little dog, to make him follow her,
come along sir A would-be-witty gentle
E man stepped up to her, and accosted her
with, SIS it me madam you cailedr 'Oh no
: SIR said she, sit was that other puppy
spoke to''
A fellow taken up at the west for passing
:, bills upon n bank which had no charter, SAID
: that he was only carrying out the principle:
of free banking as he understood it.
= Sundry boxes of canvass-back ducks were
sen: to England in the Great Western, no
:, long since, and on their arrival were seizet
- at the custom-house under the suppositior
that the boxes were filled with some new
sort Of sail CLOTH. G. 'canvass-back duck.
II Laughter is the effect of so many causes
that it would require keen study to trace
= it, on all occasions, to its real source
- There is something however, in honest laugl
!, ter, such for instance, as child, in rudd,
:" health and spirits, is apt to indulge in, whicl
:. cannot be we'll misconceived. Contrast til
!, laugh of the sneering satirist, or self style
= misanthrope, with that just described,-ho,
=, wide the distinction. One is the unconciou
!, tribute of innocence to nature; the other
= gives proof Of moral ingratitude.
III TALL.-The Picayune says, there is
" lady in Philadelphia so tail, that she onl
- gets down to the city once a week; an
somehodv else tells n story oc ono in Ne