Arkansas intelligencer., 1843-09-09


ana has mendcant which cures corns without
the use of boiling WATER and takes the shakes out
OF an ague in twnkng.
Cum oculus er.--"How the deuce cnme vour
eye QUIT" said imper,inent inquisi,iye doc. the
o!ner Gay, to one who peered through sing op.
TIC. "Why" says he, "it is very vulgar to see
with two eyes; every body does It; so i had mine
taken out, that might differ from the vulgar
herd"
"A philosopher asserts that the reason why Ia.
dies teeth decay sooner than gentemens', is be-
cause Of the friction of the tongue, and sueetness
Of the lips.
The greatest delicaey Of the season. Mr.. Roe.
buck, at dinner recently given by Lord Broug-
ham, is reported to have eaten his oacn pords.
Would you beliere it.-There is a young lady
in Vermont who is said TO be crazy to ge, married.
She has two brothers who are SO smart that thew
cannot stand still long enough to be counted.-Ii-
inois paper. -
Move don't believe it. If Vermont lady
was out west," though, in illinois, for instance,
all the young beaux would run " crazy,'-but it
would take pretty ''smurt" chap 10 get her,
North Star.
If she failed in Illinois, let her come to Arkansas
where .the Northern lights" shine.
"My eyes, Jack;" exclaimed q tar, seeing a
punishment, If there amt soldier at anchor.
Furs.--The Omego arrived at St. Louis 3lst
ult. from Yellow Stone river, bringing eight hun
dred packs of buffalo robes, thirty packs beaver,
and about twenty five packs Of tongues.
The first hogshead of tobacco which has besn
shipped from the Territory Of Iowa was received
at s.. Louis on the 22nd ult. A few years since
the whole Territory wasa wilderness.
A large Repeal meeting was recently held at
Cincinnati, at which Col. r. NJ. Johnson presid-
ed. Resolutions condemning Daniel O'Connoll
were passed.
The Hon. VIM. c. Preston has consented, at
the requdst of the citizens of Charleston, S. c.
to pronounce Eulogy on the late Hugh Swim
ton Legare.
In thirteen counties in the State of Michigan,
thore arc no less than three hundred and eighty
six flourishing grist and saw.mills.
Judge Eve, late American charge dnffairs 10
Texas, died at Galveston, of consumption, on the
18th Of June.
There is q horse driven into Wall street. New
York, every day, which, though forty.two wears
old, is as surcfooted. sprightly and playful Ms a
colt. So says the Journal Of Commerce..
BEAUTIFUL ToAsr.-One of the finest to,sts
we have ever read was delivered by Mr.. JOAN
FIrzsIMoNs at the celebration Of the 4,h Julv bv
the Nashville Literary Institute of Pittsburgh. /.
is as follows:
BY JOHN FIrzsIMoNs. WAsHrNGToy-Provi
denco left him chldess, that the Nation might call
him Father.
PITT was once canvassing for himself-he came
to blacksmith's shop, .'Sir says he, ..wiIl YOU
favor mo with your vote9''
'Mr. PIrT." says the son of Vulcan. 81 ad.
miro your head, but d-n your heart"
"Mr. Blacksmith" returned Plrr. 81 admire
your candor, but d-n your manners.
A Fair Race.-Dixon Fl. Lewis, tho broad.,,
man in the State Of Alabama, is running as the
Locofoco candidate against Col. Henry c. Lee.
Of Perry county, the tallost.
Lord Brougham.-It is said that this dis,in.
gulshed nebloman intends visiting the United
States next Spring.
ooked:--The Washington City Capitol in.
slsts that there is person in Washington, whose
throat from his habit of telling crooked stories, has
assumed the form of a cork scew.
Seventy.two of the crew of the U. S. steamer
Missouri have signed tho pledge of total ab.t;.
nence from all intoxicating liquors.
We see it stated in the New York Sur ,h.,
spirituous liquors have been banished from the r.
s. ship Levant, except in the surgeons depar..
menf. The officers have abolished the use Of wine
and the crew have stopped their grog. The Le.
want is now al Norfolk, and will shortly sail for
the Pacific.
Striking Beneuoience.-" Mrs. - said II.
tlo urchin, whose linen was in the same condition
as that of little Dckey Doubt, 81 wish YOU would
sow up this long hole in my trowses, here. It's
cold, and the boys. be's pulling it out"
"My DEAR" replied Mrs. -, "why don't you
get your mother to do it!'
"Oh!" whispered the child, "mothor says she
hasn't time. She is always busy at tho great
Dorcas Society, what sows for the Missionaries.
and makes shirts for them to give 10 the Hindoos-
the poor creatures!"
why are the Irish Repealers like the ten tribes
of Israel in the days Of Jeroboam!
Because they have set up Calf in Dan, and
,oorship him.-N Y american. :,
A violent storm Of wind and rain was expert.
enced at Philadelphia on the 5th ult. Streets
we're overfowed. cellars filed with water, houses
and trees pros:rated. and much damage done.
A man in Sprinfed. 10. j thus announces hira.
self a candidats for Office -
6. Philip L. Barnett has wife and thirteen chill.
to steal--too lazy to work.
and would like to be elected Constable."