Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1843-09-21
EPIGRANI.

The near approach OF forty wears:
Contcnt the maiden for in sooth
III the parish registers speak TRUTH
That fatal ago their pages say
Becomes more distant every Iay.
Singular heather IN JuRe.-On the 18th Of June 1891
remarAable change in the weather took place within
fcwdays The thermometer which stood 10 fell 10 rs
degrees The hills of Kent and Surrey were covered with
hoar frost and whtened with umany places there
was ice Of the thickness OF q shilling
Though London consists Of nearly two millions ofinhobi
tau, yet such IS the paucity of that of court
Of 20 aldermen, there duplicate names viz: two alder
IohnsOn', two aldermen Hunters and two aldermen
Woods.
hean and tic Mountain Der-The manager IF
Scotch theatre which keun playing Macbeth seeing
him greatly exhausted close oftho performance offer
ed him whiskey very small thistle glass saying at
the time by way OF encouragement. Take that Mr.
kean take that sir IL the real mounau dew, that will
never hurt you, sir NO. said Kcan with significant
glance at the homeopathic doseno; that I'll be sworn it
wuuldn't-iiit was yrol'
Daniel Purcell the famous punsteg calling for some pipes
in tavern complained that they short. The wal.
said they had other and those but Just come in
Aye, said Daniel, see your master has boBgbt them
long,
4 Sailor and his Sdip-'Pruy. Ready. why. when YOU
speak Of ship boat, do you always call 1t shoP We'll
Master William don't know why, but II certain that
we sailors always do believe It is because sailor
loves his ship His ship his wife Is very common say
Ing with and then you sec, Master William, vessel is
almost thing OF life IN appearance she sits like duck
the water, and when Il is calm, she rolls to aud fr5 like
luzy person. make sail her. and she flies through the
ter as she was porpoise dolphin. press her with
much canvass aud she complains; and when bueed by the
tempest she gronn like who suffers. So that being
us sailors sort Of living thing and we being fond OF her
call her she; suppose, ats because gets fonder
Of than other thing thas living; believe that's
the reason, and OF course, u vessel Is She little boat
must be she ulso'-Capt Mauyat
The M0rHiRg.-Thc sweetness ct the morning is, per-
haps, s least charm u Is the renewed vgour mplans
IN all around that affects usman, animals birds plants
vegetation flowers. Refreshed and soohed with sleep,
opens HE heart he Is alive and natures God
and his mind intelligent because more fresh lie
drink OF the dew like tho flowers and feels the
same rovyiuE effect
Heather Bel-FOURd1c-Thc Indian Papers contain a
curious accounO the casting Of bell at Ran.
goOn offering from the King the great temple Of
Shosy Dngon IN that city. IL s stated that 5000 were
employed al the 500 FORCES wind pipes put requston
this accession that's l6pesons pump aud forge Drcs
sed in their Cayes ATTIRE oil the principal officers Of the
town and chief men OF the surrounding villages having made
their applications, commenced operations the forgts
suctcd ot their Appropriate use, and then followed the
active movements Of the five hundred pebeian orgcs
hundred and seventy vsscs OF silver nearly O. lbs aud
hundred and hy Of gold, nearly SIS lbs were added by
the people the metals which had been provided by the
King, besides number OF gold and silver ornamentv
at which account asaken. Inoudays and five nights
the work completed. The dimensions Of the bell arc
said 10 be cubs in diameter twenty one In crcum
pherenco eleven IN height and and inches thick
The weight Of the metal, OF which account wa taken
was i've hundred tons, II ordered lha, tue bell should