, 1844-01-13
ALL SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS,

ihoi0 10 eanioitInS III washington
City, a piece Of Statuary, represent
ing the trial of u Saviour before
Pontius Plate.
A new kind of wheat has been in.
troduced into Ohio,-calIed The
"South American Wheat" which
yields from so to 100 bushels TO the
acre.
Sealing-wax has been patented,
which ignites by being rubbed. and
so melts the wax, as to enable the
holder TO seal without the use of a
candle.
in the present Congress there are
but ffty-two who were members OF
the last Congress.
Never trust a married man with a
secret who loves his wife, for he will
tell her--and she will tell her sister
and her sister wi. tell anybody and
everybody.
The penitentiary in Maryland clears
$500 this year for the State. 1t has
formerly been a burlhen.
In spite Of all their pains, the rich
are frequently the fathers, or, at least,
the grandlathers Of beggars.
spa, does the Bible tell the TRUTH
ayes, honey, the good book never
lies"
Wal, here it says. she tina. hath
ears to hear, let him hear Thars
uncle Sam what's got years, and cant
hear a earned lick"
The n. Y. Aurora says:-We ut
terly detest and abominnte the new
fashion OF ladies' outside habiliments.
They look like firemen's jackets with
petlcoats appended. This is highly
improper; rs it is the province OF the
ladies' TO kindle conflagrations, not TO
extInguish them.
1t is said that a man in New Or
leans was so cross-eved, that in try.
ing 10 get asleep he wrung his neck
of.
The Mc0nest Nan yet.-The mean
est man that Was left, is gone at last.
lie died recently in Erie county, n.
York, and he is now walking about
all around the edges Of unknown
parts to n III funeral expenses.
We suppose, like "oId Father Clar-
ges, he died 10 save charges"
A terrible chap lives out Vest
He takes hail stone life pills when sick,
picks his teeth with a pitchfork. combs
his hair with a rake, fans himself with
a hurricane, wears a cast iron shirt,
and drinks nothing but kreosote and
acquafortis.-[Post.
s.Father." said a wishlul looking
lass, about sixteen years of age, 81
know something about grammar. but
| cannot decline matrimony nor see
the reason why myself and Glibret
cannot be conjugated.'
An English Journal saws there are
now living in Administer, sixty-two
unmarried ladies, and, awful to relate,
only seventeen gentlemen 10 be d.
vided among them.
"Madam, do you think frecks are
becoming garmentsr mo, sir, they
are garments Already"
"One extreme follows the other"
as the little dog said when he flew a.
round after his own tail.
No, is a useful word-be not T.
lraid to use it. Many a man has pin
ed in misery for years, for not having
courage 10 pronounce that little
monosyllable.
Not Bad.--Joe Smiths Kirkland
Bank notes have the appropriate wig
nette Of a shepherd shearing his
Age.
No snow falls lighter than the snow
of age; but none is heavier, for it
never melts.
A Western editor gives a very
good reason for the want of editorial
matter lhus:-"A little circumstance
in our domestic affairs. which is not
likely TO occur oftener than once in
a year or two, mus, apologize for any !
deficiency in the editorial depart
:
slave you any onions?' said a
gentleman in the market the other
day TO a remarkable green looking =,
No | haint," was the reply, and g.,
the gentleman passed on. The suck
er. after scratching his head for some
exclaimed. 81 wonder if that
'tarnal fool didn't mean ing-ins."-
Organ.
OH!-A young lady Of rare beauty
while looking at a pair OF stockings