Maumee City express. [volume] (Maumee City, Ohio) 1838-184?, 1839-03-02
MISCELLANEOUS.
From the PoAsuille Miners Journal.

- AAnAh AA' 1r'AsoSs JOuLB SOhblChluu3 IC-
Gently sued for breach Of marriage promise,
plead in statement, that his pa was opposed to
the match. Parents have fintly hearts.
2. PHlLoPRoGENITIvENEs s.-There is a
place in London were infants are let out at
six pence day to beggars, that they may i'm
pose upon those who have this pump fully de-
veloped.
8. ADHEsIvBNEss.--Nea Chester during
the recent freshet, several hogs were carried
down stream, and lodged In trees. This is
raising the price of pork!
q. lNHABITIvBNEss.--It is supposed that
5000 emlgrants have left Ireland for New
South Wales during the last year.
5. CoNCENTRATIvRNEss. These lines
were written by maniac in the walls of his
cell:
Could with ink the ocean fill,
And were the skies of parchment made;
Were every stalk on earth quill,
And every man scribe by trade;
To write the love of God above, .
Would drain the ocean dry;
Nor could the scroll contain the whole,
Tho stretched from sky to sky.
6. Combativeness-The New Albany I'm
diana) Gazette says: We have received a
letter under date ofthe 18th inst, from high
ly respectable member of the Legislature,
giving an account of most disgraceful riot in
the House,"
7. Destructiveness-An individual was
mortally wounded in the vicinity of St.
Charles, N. o. by Spaniard, who fred
pistol, intending as he says, to kill some one
else.
8. Alimentiveness--It is not generally
known that oysters taken from the shell and
broed on gridron, like steaks or any other
meats, and then served with such seasoning
as the taste of the eater may select, are first
rate eating! Try them friend Silver!
9. Acqulsitiveness-A beggar died recent
ly in England, apparently in abject poverty,
but several thousand pounds were found in
different parts of his garments.
10. .Secretveness--Th Portland Adyerti-
ser of January 25tb says: "The secret ses-
slons ofthe Legislature of Maine, it is rumor-
ed, were in relation to trespasses on the dis
puted territory.
IL. Cautiousness-The Craston Bank, in
Rhode Island, has been in operation over
twenty years, and its entire loss thus far, has
been but forty eight dollars and thirty eight
cents.
1s. Appropriateness leader Of the
Orchestra at the French Opera in N. Orleans,
has received wreath of diamonds worth
near thousand dollars.
Is. Self Esteem--Niles of the Senate an
swering an argument from Henry Clay.
a. Firmness--At the funeral of child,
in the country, the father (ap honest farmer,)
who had suffered this first bereavement, was
overwhelmed with grief. The clergyman in
attendance endeavored to console him by a
soothing address. The grieying man listened
while, when (the clergyman ceasing,) he
blubbered out, live killed chickens, and I've
killed calves, but Inever had any thing to cut
me like thisr
10. Conscientiousness---Great frauds,
1T IS said, have been spractised down east, by
selling pigs of the common breed, raised in
Berkshire county, Massachusetts, for those Of
the English Berkshire breed.
l6. Hope.--A special election to fill va
cancy in the Senate, was held week before
last, in Randolph county Missouri, which re-
suited in the election of decided Wing, by
a majority of six votes. Two years ago the
loco foco majority in the county was 204.
IL. Marvelousness-Fanny Wright Esq,
it seems, has rival in New York, in the per-
son ofa Mrs. Rose, who, having been divor-
ced from her husband, is lecturing against mat
rimony and in favor of locofocoism.
i8. Veneration--The Philadelphia Herald
and Sentinel entertaining the firm belief that
the Sabbath, as day of rest, is essentially ne
cessary to mans worldly, if not eternal well
fare, has determined to dispense, hereafter,
with the services Of those in its employment on
that day. y
10. Benevolence-John Griog, Esq, Of
New York, has presented the
Society for the relief oforphans, and destitute
children, which was incorporated last winter,
by Che title of the HRochester Orphan Asy-
lum,' lot containing about an acre and halt,
most elglbIy situated for buildings ior the In
stitution.
20. Constructiveness-- Bridge is to be
erected over the Mississippi at st. Louis, to