Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1841-06-22
VALUE OF A HORSE SHOE.

VALUE OF A HORSE SHOE.
Ia its account Of the Funeral Proccss;o,
in Boston, in memory Of Gen. Harrison.
the Boston Mail jocuIarly mentioned tbn,
an old gentleman stepped out If the line to
pick up and pocket a cast horse shoe
What followed thercupon the Mail ,bns
states:--
We have since ascertancd, that tho
name Of the old gentleman is Peter Noct.
intosh, one Of the veterans Of our civ,
who lives at the corner of Pleasant oHJ
/ Marion street. He is blacksmith -,
trade, and is eighty-threc years Of ace
| He carried the horseshoe home, and oftor
seeing our notice Of the incident. took i
TO u blacksmith shop (having retired from
| business himself and manufactured from
the iron fine perfect hooks and EIGHT sia-
pies, which he brought to our office, YES
terday, and exhibited to show the yaIur of
even the half Of an old horseshoe, Ua
! presented US with one set, hook and two
! staples-which we have hung up in oar
sanctum, as an emblem Of economy wor-
thy of all praise. The history of the old
| gentleman himself affords an examine &C
prudence and thrift, of which even Poor
Richard himself, the great apostle of econ
omy might be proud
lie has won his way from poverty 10
honorable independence, by his own exer-
tons, and finds himself, in old age, in pos
session Of all the comforts of life, and sur
rounded by all his children and grand
children, of the third generation who no
doubt honor his grey hairs.
In u series Of sketches, headed the CITY
Veterans, the Transcript recently stated
that during the Revolution, Mr.. Mackin-
tOsh was attached TO a corps of artiicers
at Cambridge. he only brass mortar in
the army became cracked by being fired
on frozen ground, and was brought to the
shop where Mr.. Macintosh worked 10 be
repaired. II was hoped with about three
hoops, much to the satisfaction Of Wash
ington, IN one night and was Immediately
put on duty again. This mortar was ia
ken and re taken, several times during the
war. Hackney coaches were introduced
into Boston, between fifty and sixty years
ago, and Mr.. Macintosh assisted in the
making Of the first one made in the city
He is native Of Boston, and an original
member OF the Massachusetts Charitable
Mechanical Association.
Giring up the Dead The New York
ottIer states that in consequence of tho
funeral salute fired on Thursday, by the
u. S vessels in that port, in honor Of Com
modoro ClaAton, five dead bodies came TO
the surface in the river and bay. One
OF them was woman supposed to be Sal
ly Jones, who threw herself off James
Slip, on Monday night. One was a male
infant, and the three others were bodies Of
men unknown.
PREPARATIONS For war The most Of
people think that the preparation for war
IS long process, but there is a mistake:
Americans are always ready TO defend
their country, md could do it efficiently
in short period Of time. A one evidence
Of this, at the battle of Lake Complain in
1914 one Of Com M'Donough's Sloops Of
war which rendered efficient service in that
glorious action, nineteen days previous TO
the event, the trees Of which til sloop was
built were growing in the forest IS.
Louis Argus.
The G1entworh Trial was concluded
on Saturday. The case was committed 10
the Jury, at o'clock p NJ. About mid
night they came in, but not having agreed
upon verdict, and the term Of the Court
expiring by law, at II O'Clock they were
discharged.
The Jury, il is said, were divided, five
for acquittal, and seven for conviction.
All the steam boat Captains say, that
more than two thirds of tho cmigrants they
bring to the Upper Lakes this year, are
bound for this Terrifory.-M Courier.
Lightning.-DurIng a heavy thunder
storm on Friday night last the Cottage Inn
and the store Of Mr.. Wells were both
struck by lightning and several individuals
were slightly injured. A tree near the
Court House was also struck.
Monomania is said to be produced by
continually dwelling upon one thought. We
heard Of a physician, who, having attained
some distinction by an essay against tho
the use Of bisters, became SO devoted to his
theory that he allowed it TO mix with the
theological speculations, till he maintained
that future punishment consisted of an end
less series Of bisterings and that Belize
bulbs true figure was that ola large Span
ish fly.