The Charlotte journal. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1835-1851, 1841-04-29

A lroHihg hetort.-- The fofiiand
Transcript tells the following capital anec.
doie. The fop got ont tro.ted by tho lady
When the Constitution was at Malta,
in IS3-, portion Of her officers attended
ball given by the Governor at the place,
which by the way, was the residence o.
tie Grasd Master Of the far famed Knights
Of Malta. During the evening, as ons Of
or officers was convcrsing with lady Of
the place, very foppsh, but nevertheless,
" bat some LADIES' would call splendid
Iookin. officer, IN the scarlet uniform oil
The English army, passed by. cob, u
says the lady ado introduce nue. TO that
splendid man." II happoued tina, our Off.
Ger was acquainted si,h hun 80 10 crossed
over aud made known ths lady's wishes
Upon hearing them, our would be Brup
neI drew himself up 10 his full exteu, il
the drawing tone Of fashionable parlance,
All 10 dee d ;rot her out? trot her
out at the same time settling down his era.
vat, and put,irg 90 a most kllli0g attitude.
or course after such answer the American
officer asceriained the wishes bsEore toe in.
PRODUCTION. "Never mind, never mind"
says she, d" shos him here" This the of.
ticer was doing, nad as he approached sih
the exquisite, the lady putting up her glass
and surveying the creature from top % toe,
at the ssmo time motioning back with her
hand, exclaimed: All ha he " o nj do
he o :. do ! troi him back 2"
Advertising. We copy the following
sensible remarks upon this subject, from an
eAchanga paper
Advertising is like a travelling sign. Ne
business m.n will hesitate to pay twenty
dollars for sign, where he would never
think o. paying half the sum for advertising.
The one is a sign seen only by those who
pass the store and can see the goods that
are Cor sale as well as the sign. The ad-
vertisenen; is comprehensive slgu, TIA,
comes Jude. the eye of hundreds who will
never see the sign over tho door ; yet snne
son beais pretend TO argue, thai because
some men have done good business with.
out advertising, advertising is hnneccossary.
They might as we'll argue, that because
some men have made money without indus
try, industry is unnecessary.
"Nordl Rat TrGp Take a barrel
with few pals Of water in il, draw skin
OF parchment across the open head with
string; cut il across and s,hwart nearly TO
the outside. Take some drippiogs and
mix il with meal; smear it on the middle
of the parchment. The rats will smell il
and treading on the parchment i, will give
way, and they will foil into the bar,el.-
Pn, d plank for them to creep up TO tie
barrels brink outside, and s,reu some oat
meal on it. You must not let The water
be too Deep but set brick endways IN it,
and the first "a, that is caught, will make
a noise which will entce more, and they
viii increase the noise, by that msans en-
ticng still more and in fighting for the
of the brick, the noise will draw
others. Thus, in one night, the house
may be clea5ed of rats, be they ever so
many. Nice and other vermn may be
caught 10 similar manner"
Vu.-At banquet, when solving eng,
mas was one of the diversions of Alexan,
der and his officers, the enigma given was,
81 What IS that which did not come last
years, has no, come this year, and will not
come next year" A distressed officer
started up and SAID, !" II certainly mus, be
our arrears Of pay" The King was so
diverted at this witty reply, that he com
manded him 10 be paid up and also increas.
ed his salary.
A Singular Case. The Pl,tsburg
American of the 81 inst, states that man
in Lewlslown was supposed to have died
from over eating and drinking, and, from
some awkwardness in put.ing him in the
cotiin, which had been procured. he was
suffered to fall on the floor, The shock
had the effect to knock life again into him,
for he Immediately rose to inquire what
they we're about. lie has refused to pay
the funeral expenses, and the coffin maker
aud others have brought suit against him
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