Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1840-10-06

=, My NC next morning the CnarleS
Carroll arrived, and the same eager desire
to obtain samples was manifested by the
merchants applying, as every bale of goods
brought by the Iowa, in the few hours
which had elapsed between the arrival Of
that vessel sand the Charles Carroll. had
been disposed of.-Brookzyn Nevs.
BHSiRess.-CaIl on busine s. man in
business hours, only on business, transact
your business, and go about your business
IN order to give him time to finish his bust
ness.-New Hacen Pal.
Defence Against Dogs.-The following
recipe against the attack of dogs, is given
in the Boston POST" Look at the dog at
lacking you with your face from between
your opened legs, holding the skirts away,
and running at him thus backwards, OF
course, head below, stern exposed, and
growing angriy; most dogs seeing so
strange an animal, the head at the heels,
the eyes below the mouth, &C., are so dis
mayed. that, with their tails between their
legs, they are glad to scamper away, some
even bowling with alright"
Burying on Suspicion.-It is a grave
subject to joke upon. but there is novelty
in the following A gentleman of New
York the other day speaking to another
of having attended the funeral Of ,onc Of
their acquaintance, was asked in the usual
way OF exclamation, ''Is he dead 2" He
replied, g don't know whether he has or
not, but at ali events they have buried him
on suspicion."-Erpress Paper
Don't Kno1c You We saw a gentle
man last evening, who was plenus Bacchi,
make sudden stop before a pump, and,
probably imagining il TO bea friend, famil-
lar acquaintance--a human bcing--extcn-
ded his hand for The purpose of having a
hearty shake. ''EIow do you do, SIR"
said the animate being--no reply from the
inanimate--fine evening :his''--no reply
=" take that them" SAID the gentleman, as
he struck i! with his fist, and left part of
the skin of his knuckIes adhering to the
wooden standard. 1t is not to be wondered
at that the pump did not Recognise him, az
for a long tine the gentleman has been I'M
acquainted with the merits Of cold water.
Phil Chron.
a Quaker once hearing a person tell
how much he fell for another who was sur-
fering, and needed his assistance, drily
asked him, "Fricnd, hast thou felt in hy
Pocket for him."
TIE BEST GUESS, YET.--IIear the Plea
yune: What is the use of making so
much fuss about the ensuing Presidential
election? Subscribers to newspapers (ex~
cepting few nowadays see nothing but
infamatory articles about standing armies
negro evidence. hard cider, more changes,
lies nailed TO the counter, keep the ball in
motion, locofoco dishonesty, wing tricks.
corruption, infamous, &c. &c. &c. We
never make a muss about these things, and
yet we know, as certainly as we we are
writing this article, that General VIM. II.
Harrison will, be elected President Of the
United States in November next: Prori-
ded Martin Van Buren, is not But what's
the use of making noise about it ~
Poitical-wc ought rather to say party
controversy in this country is carried on in
most discreditabe manner. Instead Of
a temperate discussion Of principles and
exposition of facts, the advocates on the
one side and the other indulge in the most
bitter and angry denunciations, and conde-
scend 10 use the of means which they most
heartiiydespise. Epiihcts ofthc coarsestan
coarseSt character are banded about--char-
ges of the most scandaIous description are
made, and the very fountains of domestic
life are perverted into sources of calumnv
and falsohood. Now this is all wrong. 1t
is positively wicked. 1t breaks down all the
barriers Of docency aud propriety which
constitute the safeguards ofcivil society. 1t
fomcntS discomfort, and encourages envy,
malice, and all uncharitablcness. Itbcgets
a condition of things in which no one is safe
Where outrages upon reputation are toIera-
ted for party purposes, the opportunity is
furnished to the vile TO crafty their ma
leyolence By the most shameless attacks
upon the deserving, and we have all of us
seen how greedily such opportunities arc
seized by the panders to evil passions, Lii
ccntiousnoss in the political press soon com
municates itself to all its departments, and
the public mind, becoming accustomed to
it, al first allows and afterwards Graves it.
Phil. Ledger.
A heavy hemlocb plank, 10 feet long
and IL by II inches wide, was placed across
the rail road between Salem and Boston,
recently. by some viciousy disposed per-
sons. The broom standard struck the tim
Der, and was broken BY its Strength; the
wheel then cut clean through the timber,
leaving the parts separated on each side of
the rails.
Important to Sufferers from the Tooth
ache.-At meeting ofthe London Medical
Society, DR.. Blake stated that he was able
to cure the most desperate cases of tooth
ache unless the disnase was connected with