Piney Woods planter. (Liberty, Mi. [i.e. Miss.]) 1838-1840, 1839-06-15


boy in the town of r. who ever since
he could speak has called himself a
democrat, one day asked his mother
what her politics were: sob, dear,''
said she, SIN not much of any thing"
"Oh, then you are a wing, ma" an
swered the little fellow Hartford
Times.
SPECIAL Mission TO ENcLAND.-On
the basis of official correspondence be-
tween Mr.. Stevenson, our minister at
the court of st. James, and Lord Pal
meston, the President of the United
States has determined not to send a
special mission to England on the boun-
Diary question.
Burke estimated that the humber Of
men destroyed in war, in all ages Of
the world, up to his time, amounted to
seventy, thousand millions. Mr.. Buck
ingham estimated it much higher.
1t is stated that Mrs. Trollope has
published a book called "The Factory
Boy" which is very annoying to the
people of England, as it proves that a
portion Of them are treated with more
severity than the blacks in the United
States. Madame Trollope is right on
this point if she never was right be.
fore.
DIR. DYOTT.
This great banker, whose institution
happened to fail and explode for want
of funds, and is now under rigorous
ly searching investigation before com
potent tribunal. was originally drug
gist, vendor of quack medicines, a
Hebrew in religion, and an English
man by birth. 1t has been proved il
the course Of the judicial investigation
to which he has been subjected, tina
among other avocations, he employed
his time and talents in manufacturing
on grand scale counterfeits ofSwam''
panacea.-Ld. .AdD.
HAPPINEss.-An eminent modern
writer beautifully says.
The foundation Of domestic happi-
ness is faith in the virtue of woman
the foundation Of political happiness, a
confidence in the integrity of man; the
foundation of all happiness, temporal
and external, reliance on the goodness
of God.
Teach your children, by example
and precept, never to wound a PERSONS
feelings because he holds an humble
station in life; or because he is poorly
clad.
ANECDoTE OF CHIvALRY.-lt is rela-
ted in Mr.. Wharton's History Of Eng
fish Poetry, that during the reign OF
Edward III. troop of knights being
drawnup, prepared TO proceed on some
very gallant and perilous enterprise,
the Countess of Salisbury, one Of the
most accomplished and beautiful la
dies Of that day, came forth, and, in
order to inspire them with invinciblc
fortitude, kissed them every one, lin the
open street. in the presence of thous-
ands of dmiring spectators! The age
of chivalry has passed away!
A mans voluntary expenses should
not exceed his income.
Let no man anticipate uncertain
profits.
Go slowly to the entertainments Of
thy friends, but quickly to their mis-
fortunes.
Out of the three best things, three
of the worst arise; from truth, hatred;
from familiarity, contempt; from hap
piness, envy.
CHEMsTRy.-When butter is to be
made, ifa little old butter be put into
the cream, the butter will come from
much less churning. When soap is to
be made, if a little old soap be put in
to the ley and grease, the soap will be
made with considerable less boiling
Farmer g. Gardner.
New STATES. state Of Iowa,
and the state of Wisconsin, and the
states of Floridal The three terrific
ries will probably become states in
1910. 30 states on our country's ban
ner, as the emblems of moral and poll
tical power, to which tho world can af-
ford no parallel.
WoMAN's CoNFIDENcE.-There is
SO beautifully confiding in
he natural feeling of a woman'S heart
hat she will never doubt till she has
been taught to do SO. '