Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1843-07-01
American Manufactured Silks.

factory at Mount tienSEnt, Jefferson cOGnty,
Ohio has been exhibiting a, Barnurns City lIo-
tel, for soma days past, variety Of very hand
and substantial specimens Of American
Silks, manufactured entirely ~ himself They
consist Of gloves, crasats, handkerchief, stock
ings, scarts pieces 10 the web, for ladies' dresses,
OF different coicrs, besides numerous other artl-
cies, nil OF ;Thch have admirable texture, and
appear 10 be OF a highly durable quality. Mr. q.
states that his enterprise has thus far proved z4c'
cessful, even hey oud his most saugulno expeCta-
ti3ns. Besides the factory, " hIch employs about
fifty hands on an average, he has large MIiber,
~ grove and extensive cOcooneTy, whereby
he Is enabled 10 raise a considerable portion Of
the worms that supply the raw material. II Is
several wears since this enterprise underta-
ken by Mr.. Gill, and ut present he has invested
il about thirty thousand dollars, which yields,
a he states, "A very handsome equivalent. liav-
Ing gwen much attention 10 Tho business in It's
various branches, he has also Ind opportunity
# discovering the best manner Of c1ilvatlng the
worm to accomplish wuch veHIillatlOg Gppa-
ratus has been invented by h!m,to facilitate tho
worm feeding, found to be of great se.yce.-
II IS simple in construction, saves much labor,
and ia accounted a highly valuable improvement.
The success thus secured by the unremit,Ing
per5ev erance OF this gentleman, in cOupara>
lively section Of our country, goea far TO
show that the manufacture of Silks III America,
IS destined, nj some future period, to assume
importance commensurate with the IaudabIe a,5l-
Facts are The stronges, arguments, and we think
those noticed here, conclusive proofs that
much and viii yet be accomplished IN this
country in reference TO the manGfaeture Of silks,
md tho cultivation CT the silk worm
origin of Words an! Phrases --"He's cut a
Dldo."--i is told in history that DIDo, a queen of
Tyre, about eight hundred and seventy years he-
fore Christ, fled from that place upon the murder
Of her husband, and with a colony settled upon
the northern coast Of Africa, uheTe she built Car
thage. Beng IN want of land, she bargained
with the natives for much rs she could surround
with bulls hide. Having made the agreement,
she cut bulls hide into fine strings, and tying
them together, claimed as much land rs sho could
surround with the long line she had thus made
The motives allowed the cunning queen to have
her way, but when any body played off sharp
trick, they said che $ cut Ddo,"--and the
phrase has como down to our day.
Hes caught Tnrtar."--ln soma bottle be.
tween tho Russians and iha Turtars. who were
wild sort OF people IN the north of Asia, private
soldier called out, "Captain, ha!loa there! Two
caught Tartar" ''Fetch him along, then, - said
tho Captain. aye, but he wont let mei' said
the man; and tho fact was, the Tartar Ind caught
him. So when man thinks TO take another in,
and gets ntt himself, they say-"Ile.s caught a
TartarH
SslInrrl:p.--A NJ repeal meeting in New York
few evening Nj I.~ h..Il+e., h~->4aI -,
the following promlssory note:-"ln the event OF
Sir r 1bert Peefs fulfilling his threat of sending
ronps into ireland to put down the repeal move
mon, at the point Of the hayonei, on demand j
promise to pay emo thousand dollars to mid in or
ganizing an army Of twenty thousand mon to in
wade the Canadus." 1t was also stated that there
enc hundred men in the meeting who were
plede ed to deposit each similar in the event
Of any blood-shed 10 Ireland y, Y. Sun.
MISSISSIPPI The Governor Of the State Of
Mississippi has issued proclamation requiring
tho legislature Of the State to convene IN extras
ordinary session Oh Monday, the loth day Of July
next. "Various important matters" says the
Governor, "ciaims the attention OF the People :
Representatives" The laying off the Stale Iato
four Congressional districts, IN accordance With
the late law of Congress, is supposed to DC ono OF
the important matters referred 10.
The Nctr Orleans Branch Hnt-The Courier
saws that there were conined at the mint IN New
Orleans during tho month Of May last, seven
hundred and twenty -four thousand doaTs, OF
which upwards of SIX hundred thousand dollars
were gold. This makes the sam OF two millions
three hundred thousand dollars coined IN The Is
Min, since the fist day of last January.
Writing on Newspapers sent by Mail--Jujge
Sprngue OF Boston, has decided that tho mere
writing of u name upon a newspaper Is not a VIC
lation OF aw--that ii is not within the meaning
and spirit of the prohibition. Exception was ia
ken to the opinion. and the whole matter Will be
taken before the Circuit Court.
IL is said that in Asia, there is one newspaper
for every 1000, 00O Of inhabitants. In the u
States, there is one for every 10000.
a SCENE Morning after election.-"Pa does
nrno make beast out OF n man''
"Pshaw! once in n while
sis that the why Mr.. Gogglns, The iav
err keeper, has on his sign entertainment 10
man and beastFn
Nonsense, child, what makes you askf'
! because ma says that last night You went L
Goggtns' man and came home j beast, and tina
ho entertained you"
"'rhat's mothers nonsense, dear. Run gu
q and play y
4 large establishment for manufacturing cut