Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-04-27


water, Ito b. Indicated by marked guage,
with floating bulb on the lower end, will
show the weight OF the boat, and ol the
relght that laay be taken or discharged.
DIo'cing up.-Last week a son of the
Emerald Isle, left Cayton in a wagon, by
the Union road. He had u fur cap on his
head, and in the cap half pound OF gun
powder done Up ia paper lie Lighted
his pipe on the commencement OF the
Journey and nokcd along the road until
he was satisfied with tie recreation, when
he pulled off his cap, and having deposited
his pipe along side of the powder, + placed
il upon his head. I'm few minutes the
powder exploded, blew off the CAP, singed
nearly all the hair off his head, and burned
his forehead and cheeks most wofulIy.
NIGHTLY WATCH.
The curlew bell was commanded b.
William the ConQuerer TO be nightly rung
at eight o'clock,aS warrington command,
that all people should then put out their
fires and lights, and continued throughout
the realm till the time OF llcnry the First,
when Stow says, ''that it followed, By rca-
soa Of wares within the rcalme, that many
men gave themselves up TO robbery and
murd RS in the night" 1t apears that the
city of London was subject to these d;sor-
ders ill 1853, when Henry the Third COM
manded watches 10 be kept in the cities and
borough towns for the prese rvation of the
peace; and further, that if from that time
any murder or robbery was committed, the
town in which il was done should be liable
to tie damages thereof. Such was the or
gin Of the nightly watch.
The Three Sufferers A G, ntlcman
afflicted with an impeachment of speech, sat
! down to a crowded dinner table, at a pub
lie hotel, and calling to servant addressed
him thus: We-w-waiter, gi-givc m-nac s.
some r-r-roast BIB beef. He stammcred
out in reply, w-w-we a-a-ant g-g got
a-a-any. At which the gentleman highly
enragd, supposing the servant was mock
! ing him, sprang from his scat and was pro-
I cccdjng to knock him down, when IA third
person arrested his arms, and cried out to
him not to strike, saying he st-st-stutters
| sesame a-aS w-w-we d d do.
a GarmeroC New Salem, Massachusetts,
has informed the editor of the New Eng
land Farmer, that the disposition Of sheep
in regard to rambling and leaping fences
are the reSnlS Of cdacatiOn., and advises
all brother farmers to give their sheep a
! good education.
Anecdote.-A worthy old sea captain Of
orr acquaintance once took on board a
large number of passengers at a port in
the Emerald Use, 10 bring to this country.
Ga approaching our coast, he as usual
! sounded, but found no bottom. A." And did
yc strike the ground, Captain" inquired
| one Of the Irshman, " No." was the re-
ply. And will you be so good as to tell
u.s." rcjoined Pat, how near you came
to it!"
Brazilian Miroduction--The warmest
manner in which one Brazilian can intro
duce another to family, is: This is my
friend, II he steal any thing am account
able for it,
The Refusal Of an OGce.-A friend Of
! ours who recently returned from the
South, in reply to a gentleman that in
| qured where he had been said:--" have
been to Washington for ihc---onice,
and got the refusal of u.-Ece. Journal
Map Of the Rocky M1untains.-We are
told by trader, who has spent twenty
years oil his life 10 the mountains, that the
most accurate and best dclncated map OF
the Rocky Mountains, and all the country
| embraced under that name, is the handt-
work Of lady. the fist white woman that
! ever encountered the perilS Of journey
! from St. Louis, 10 the shores Of the Paci-
! ic. She is the wife Of the Rev. Mr.. Spald-
ing, missionary TO the Indians, now re-
sIdent in that region.
81. Louis Republican.
Discovery Of the Telescope - Calico
| placed at the ends Of lcadcn tube two
! spectacle glasses both Of which were plain
! on one side, while one Of them had Its 9th
or side convex, and the other It's second
side concave, and having applied his eye
/ TO the concave glass, he saw objects pref
/ ty large and pretty near him. This little
Instrument. which magGifod only three
times, he carried in triumph to Venice,
where it excited the most intense interest
Crowds OF the principal citizens fiocked to
his house 20 see the magical toy; and after
nearly month had been spent il crafty
! ing this epidemcal curiosity, Calico was
! led to understand that the Senate would be
highly gratificd by obtaining possession o.
! SO extraordinary an instrument. Calico
instantly complied with the wishes Of his
patrons, who acknowledged the present by
a mandate conterirg upon him for life his
| pro!essorship at Padua, and gene rously
raising his salary from $50 TO 1000 ho-
rims. Sir DGrjd Brclcs er'S Martyrs of
Science.