Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1844-02-23
A Miss. NIiSS.kissed.

Miss, Miss-kissed.
| The Washington Standard relates ar amusing
incident TO this effect A friend Of the editor
was expecting his other in the evening cars
from Baltimore, and like good son repaired TO
tho depot TO meet her. 1t was a dark day, and
by the time the cars arrived there was no such
| thing as Distinguishing the faces Of passengers
As he entered one Of the cars, a lady seated in a
corner addressed him "Fa,her,"-ihe voice
was his mo- hers, and the title ono which she al
ways gave him while at his house, and among
his chIldren-so, without hesitation, he threw
his arms around the lady's neck aud kissed her.
Just then gentleman pushed him gently aside
and went through the same ceremony. This was
very strange, he thought man kissing HE moth
er! Hardly had the thought passed his mind
when his veritabe mother came forward and
kissed him. Very much embarrassed, he ,urned
to the gentleman, and said, "Sir, have made a
most egfegious bunder. bu, whose pardon shall |
ask, yours or the lady 's?" The meek reply was
"thee had better ask the lady, though | don't
know which had the best end Of the bargain
the 9, or my daugh,er''
ORToLANs.-Perhaps the greatest refinement
IN fai,en,ng is exhibited in the manner of feed.
ing ortolans. The ortolan is small bird, es-
leemed grea, delicacy by Italians. |, is the
fat of this bird which is so delicious hui il has
peculiar habit of feeding which is opposed to
It's rapid fa'.enlng-th's lie, that it feeds only a,
the rising OF the sun; yet this peculiarly has
not proved an insurmountabIe obstacle to the
Italian gourmands The or,olans are placed 10
a warm chamber, perfectly dark, with only one
aperture in the wall. Their food Is scattered
over the floor Of their chamber AT certain
hour 10 the morning tho keeper Of the birds places
a lantern Oh the floor Of the apartment, induces
the ortoans 10 believe that the sun is about 10
rise. and they greediy consume the food upon
the floor More food is now scattered over it,and
the lantern is Withdrawn. The ortoIans rather
IF tax, al
their duty to fall asleep. as night has spread its
sable mantle around them. During sleep lille
OF their food be ing expended ia the prod &c ion OF
force, most OF II goes TO the formation Of muscle
And fat. After they have been allowed to repose |
Tor one or two hours, in order TO complete the di
ges,ion Of the food taken, their keeper again ex.
hib,ts the lantern through the aperture. The |
rising sun q second time numnates the apart. |
men'. and the birds awaken from their slumber.
apply themselves voraciously 10 the food on the
floor. after having discussed which they are again
enveloped in darkness. Thus the sun is made 10 |
every day, and as many nights follow its iransi.
tory beams. The ortoIans thus treated become
like little balls Of fat in few days.
Rather Serere--A young man named Jas. L.
Brown, has been tried Fairfield, South Caro-
ina. for aiding advising a elave to escape from
he service Of her master, for which he has been
TO be hung on the 26ih day of April
'ex'. II appears that he was enamored Of the
lave. who was nearly white, and they run off TO-
.ether. and were making their wsy towards the
rec States, passing man and wife.
The Public Lands.-The sales of public lands
or the late calendar year amounted 10 636. 674
cres, yielding more than two millions Of dollars
o the Treasury, and xceeding the sales of the
receding year by more than six hundred thou.
and dollars. AL Of this land. excepting about
nj fho 81
il 25 per acre.
Locofocoism.-The KalIda Venture, q Loco I
aper Of the first water, says: (,
"There i. not single Bank in the Union. tina, Z
much better than den Of thieves. seeking an 9
pporiuni'y to fail to advantage and rob the PEG
le. How disgusting. then, is the hypocritical
lrgon OF the bank lackeys and slaves. sbou, the
,char'er of the good banks sound bsnkr- Il
can GOODNESS come out Of Il
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