The Ripley advertiser. [volume] (Ripley, Miss.) 1843-1897, 1845-04-19

ANEcD0TE OF A sTAMMERER
During the revolutionary VA, when draf,s
were made from The militia 70 recruit The con.
.nsassl army CERTAIN captain gave liberty 10
sne men VINO vere drafted from Bic company 10
make their objections. nthey bed sny. sss,nss
gong into the service, accordingly one Of shem
wno nag .n @Pealment 70 bic speech came up
to the captain and made his bow.
"Whas i your objscsion!" asked the captain.
y cant Co." answered the man, .bseaussI
Ist-ss-stut.ter.
.. ''s.uter'" :sid the captain. @you don't 60
there to talk, bot to 6ght."
"Ay. but they'll PIP put me on R-g.euard, and
man may 60 ha.bs.hsf mile before can say
wh.wh.sho goes iherei"
"Oh, that b 10 objection, loe they wM place.
some other sentry with you and be can chal.
lenge IL you can fire. =
well b.b but may BE- taken and r.r.r.pn
through the &C. CUTS before can cry ~ ~.
This last plea prevailed, and the captain out
Of humanity, laughing heartily dismissed hin.
sAnGhe Dseeney. oft " known to our rsaders
that Mr.. Merrick, of Maryland. whig Sena.
tor, says the keystone, loving his country more
than party, came out boldly and made power
fol speech in favor of the annexation Of Texas
For this act Of conscientious and disinterested
patrio'ism, he 10 denounced BY his brethren Of
Inc whig press, 10 language that makes our
cheeks burn with shame and Indignation. Az
AZ evidence, we copy the following "all the de-
r.
dence Of the Philadelphia Morning Post:
sNiay he, (Merrick,) fervently pray, 70
down TO the grave, In Gods own time, loaded
/ with the maledctons of oil that 10 honorable =.
mong men. May he drag out IN old age uu.
the record Of his treache.
1 II staring him forever in the face, and may the
VERY air, 10 he walks, sing traitor in bis ears.
4 May he never know the consolation of having 4
friend in whom he can confide, May all that
are faithful to him now, betray him one after
another, until the cup Of bic misery be filed 10
running over. May he suspect poison in every
+ dish-an assassin in every bush-s robber in
/ every visitor, until like Louis XI, or Pygmalion.
he be forced to shut himself up from the world,
, and drag out miserable existence in solitude.
> ooh! for atongue to curse the slave, 4
Whose treason, like deadly blight,
i Comes DER the councils OF the brave,
And blasts them 10 the hour Of might"
] PnxSylssais ESpSasv. On tho 10th inst,
Itho LegisIatrro Of P0assy1sania pr0ceeded 10
the election Of U. 8. Senator to Gil thesscan-
sssa ~ ~ q e. Hen n, s:
was Geo. w. Woodward, Efq of Luzerne; tho
wings had no regular candidate. The whole
number of votes is 1872; necessary 10 choice
67. On the frs, ballot Mr.. Woodward recey.
ed 81 votes, and the rest Of the votes were civ.
en- to eight different gentlemen. After num-.
Der Of trials, the ballotting terminated in tho
election Of Gen. Simon Cameron. The General
is thorough going democrat, and will realize
the utmost expectations Of bic political friends.
IN. o. Jefersonian.
PovERrY.-Is poverty crime. Certainly it
must be so! for we see the rich rascal courted,
his offences forgotten-while poor man with
no stain upon his character but poverty, is shun.
ned and Of no repute! There 10 . reteeming
grace in gold which hides all iniqui,y.
STRENGTH OF MEMORY.-Mere abstraction
u what ID called absence Of mind, i often g..
ributed, very unphilosophicalIy, 70 : want of
memory. Ibelieve il was La Fontaine who. on
lreaming most forgot his ewn child. and, after
warmly commencing him, observed how proud
,e shouts be TO have such SOD. In this kind OF
distraction external things are either only dimly
zen or are utterly overlooked, but the memory
. not necessarily asleep. In fact It's too intense
activity 10, frequently, the cause Of the abstrac-
lion. This faculty 10 usually the strongest
when, the other faculties are in their prime; and
ladies' in old age when there y : general decay
Of mind and body, Old men, indeed, are prov.
erbiaIly narrative; and from this circumstance,
il sometimes appears % il the memory pre-
serves certsin portion Of 10 early acquisitions
10 the last, though in the general failure Of the
intellect il loses IL active energy.
) TO SWEETEN RANCID BUTTER.
The Echo du Monde Sevsnt says: sAn sg-
ricultufist IN the nexhborhood Of Brussels hav-.
ing succeeded II removing the bad smell and
taste from bBtter BY beating. or
mixing ia fresh water with chloride Of lime; no
wss encouraged by this happy result TO continue
bis experiment, BY trying them on butter 20
rancid ~ 10 be past use; and he has restoreatc
butter, whose oder and taste were ,insuppotta-
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