Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1846-03-31

TRIPLE DErENcE.--A case was tred few DAYS
since in Baltimore, for the recovery Of &C.
count set forth on the face Of note, given for a
supper, champagne, &C., when the defence most
ingeniously presented, took three cornered from.
In tho first place, it was commended that tho de-
PENDANT did not sign the note; in the second place
that he drunk when he signed it, and in the
third place that he never had tho supper. Tho
magistrate, however, in spite of tho three corner
ed defence, gave judgment for tho plaintiff, and
tho case was appealed. This i. the counterpart
Of the loan Of the iron pot: ''Mamma says,
please Mrs. Shocks, wont you lend her your iron
pot to day." "Tell your mother my little dear,
that can't haven't got one-bosdes its got
hole in it, and amt fit for use and I'm going to
use it my self.-N. Y. Eve. Mirror.
nArFoRBEARANCE.-"Th is point whom for
bearance ceases to be a vrtuo." In truth. sir?
IT'S a heathenish maxim and unworthy tho heart
Of christian. The gospel enjons forgiveness
to enemies, no matter how often they have
sinned-even if it bo seventy times seven. To
the true Christian forbearance never ceases q
virtue, he should bear and forbear through life.
When person tutors language SO removed from
the bible, we have no confidence in his pety.
Maxins. at variance with true religion, are often
repeated, If as sound as the puro presepts Of
divine revelation. Love and good works-kind-
ness and ns-forbeorance and mercy; are
the doctrines of wisdom, and thoy only wise
and truly Christians, who live up to them in word
and doed.
GA tailor, while travelling on the Northern
Lakes, asked, by Yankee, where he lived.
what his business was, &c, to which he replied,
s'that he lived at Toledo, and that his profession
sitting the smooth >side of poverty, and
jerking out the cords of affection"
LIvE.-Yes-thats your motto-live-Go on,
then. adding dollar to dollar-thousands upon
thousands; while you Cypress the poor, screw tho
flesh from his bones, the blood from his heart, and
the best affections from his soul. Mako him feel
his inferiority in your presence, that you may
more easily effect your purpose. What 10 II 70
you, if your neighbour is destitute and suffer for
the necessares of life, providing you make money
and become rich! Arc you your brothers keep
e1!-Tribune.
A hungry Scotchman, just from Paisley, took
up raw egg, cracked the she'll, and was raising
il to his mouth, whom his suddenly "a
uted by the shrll pipe Of an unborn chicken
'Ye spak too late cried Sawney, and down went
the pullet, feathers and all =
G-The following is the bes. thing Of the kind
We have me: with lately:
CoNUNDRUM.-Why is tho Ohio River like q
drunkard! Because it takes Menongahslia at
Pit,sburg--passes Wheeling-gets q Licking at
Cincinnati, and falls over at Louisville.
A quantity of beeswax received from Virginia,
says the n. Y. Journal Of Commerce., was exam
ined by broker yesterday, who found embsded
in some of the cakes pieces Of iron ore weighing
one and two pounds each. But what surprised
him more, was to find quite number Of cakes
which, though much resembling wax, yea proved
to be pure corn meal. On being immersed in
warm water. the apparent wax became an Indian
pudding, apparently consisting Of nothing but
meal.