Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1842-05-28
RE I RIBU TION.

"Dn YOU think III have a oenaker or tailorf
Ia me! no, Id rather live and die old mad
than marry shoemaker or tailor" We remem-
Der well the evening that Miss Sally Snipes
made the above indignant disclaimer. We then
boarded with her mother ~ All eastern city,
Mrs. Snipes, the mother of Saliv in her
youth. was unfortunately cursed with largo
share OF good looks, aud very itile good sense
She had but one idea IN her mind which is cx.
planned by what the mass Of IA shlonahle folks
call gcntility. She INDUCED this one idea 10 such
IN extent thnt il soon ief ho- minus a husband.
'.ho puor died of broken heart, leaving
Mrs. Snipes and only daughter TO cultivate
their tavorto notion, of centility, best suited
their humor. Tho evening IN question was a
cold, stormy night, and the buarders, six IN mum.
Der, oil mechanics, werc gathered around tho
stove IN conversation, and Mss Sally honor,
ed the group with her presence, love and matri-
mony contributed to The chit cha, of tho even.
ing None of our company happened 10 be
shoemaker or tailor, but there one very ex-
cellent Young man there, journoyman halter:
1t was suspected, and not without reason, that he
entertained very sly and ntfectionaie interest
IN tho welfare Of Miss Sally; but the moment
the words quoted above were uttered, il was very
evident that change camo over the spirit Of
his dream. About The time, a spruce
Young dandy, OF slender mind bu, ample inpu-
dence, respecting whose whereabouts means of
making show, no one could guess, paid partio-
uIar attention to Miss Sally, and waited on her
with great pomposity wherever she was pleased
TO 60.
-Four years afterwards, we spent n few weeks
in a neghboring city, and having occasion TO
look after n washer woman, we went to the place
directed, knocked at rckety old door in back
ally, which the hogs of The neighborhuoa had ap-
propriated to themselves pleasant retreat;
the door was opened, when, 10 and behold! who
stood before very appareton of squalid
wretchedness, with disheveled hair and ,attered
dress' 1t twas Miss Sally Snpes that was, but
now Mrs Fiiz Jenkins, tho wife of the CT deraatc
IL AL
gambler and abandoned dfunkard. The words
quoted at the head Of this article Immediately
flashed upon mind. Since thon, whenever we
hear young lady speak specially of mechan
ics. talk abou, setn2g their caps" for rich or
fashiona bic husband, nv oIuntary think Of I'M
fortunate Sally Snpes-CIn. Elevator.
The LATEsT.-A man some wherc out west
in hunting bears discovered a nest Of cubs in a
hollow tree. lie descended, with the idea of
capturing or killing them, but found them, q
leete too much for HIM, and. fearing tho
return Of the dam. backed out. but not unlil tho
gentle inlents had sucked all Tho buttons off The
breast Of his coat! II we could recooct where
we this, the writer should have the credit
Of il.
A gentleman near New Orleans having lately
freed more than 50 Of his servants, after giviag
them ali needful information for becoming useful
citizens, and among other things, learning them
to be sugar makers, sugar kettle settlers, sugar
mill and builders of sugar house chmnevs, &c.
the whole number have applied 10 the Colonial
ton Society to embark for Liberia, and will soon
sail from New Orleans wish az many more from
Norfolk, TO commence md carry The sugar
manufacture IN Liberia, Africa.
CoSvERsATIoN-T first I'M redent in CONVEX
sation IS truth; the next, good sense; the third,
good humor; and tho fourth, wit.
EPITAPH.
"Here lies the body of Alexander Mcpherson,
Who was a very extraordinary person:
lie two yards high IN his stocking feet.
And kept his accou,rements very clean and neat;
lie slew
At the battle Of Waterloo:
He was sho: by bullet,
Plump through the guet:
1t went IN at the THROAT,
And came out at the back of the neck"
Very Ear.-'Are you fond Of novels, Mr..
Jonesr
very; responded the interrogated gentleman,
who wished to be thought by The lady questtoner,
fond of literature.
Have YOU continued the inqusiive lady,
ever read Ten thousand Year,
No, Madam never read that many novels
in all my !Ife."
The lady hung her bead for moment, and
sloped.
the Lower Mohawk Aq1 educt. which conveys
the Erie Canal across the Mohawk, few miles
from Albany, IS said 10 be the largest in Ameri-
ca 1t stands on twenty-six arches. each thirty
seven and half fee, span. The entire length 10
l110 feet; bre adth forty feet. !, was finished
on the 20th uIt. and cos, S315,OoO.
DESPERATE AND DEpLoRABLE DEPRAvrTT.-Du-
ring thunder storm Bristol. r. l. few days
since, some person or persons blew up vault IN
one Of the grave yards, with gunpowder, and
stole The silver plates from several coffins!
Lauyers Let Loose. Supreme Court Of
New York have added one hundred and thirteen
fresh lawyers to those already 10 existence
Law Will soon be the cheapest Of ali kinds Of CON-