Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1846-09-18

case INC IH'TiHTDlonS WHICH IL Is our OnleCt 10
explain, are far from being so extensive as the
public supposcs.
According to Howard, the mean temperature
of London exceeds that oil the neighboring
country, about II ccntigrade degree q ,. SD
The difference between the two temperatures
is not the same at all seasons.
| As ACCOMMODATIONS Hood, being aps
piled TO by some curious impairment for an auA
tograpll, complied with the request rs follows.
Sir am much tattprcd by your request
and quite willing TO accede to it /; but unuckiy,
you have omitted 10 inform me of the sort of
thing YOU want.--Auiogrphs arc uf manv kinds.
Some persons chalk them on walls others in.
scribe what may be called auto-i,hographs in
snndry colors, on the lae-sionc,. Gentlemen
in love delight in carving their autographs on
4 the bark of trees as other idle fellows are art
to hack and hew them on tavern benches and
rustic seats. Among various modes. have seen
"a shop-boN drlbbc his authorraph from tin of
water ON dry pavement !rhc autorra phr of
the charity boys are written OH lafrc sheets of
paper. Illuminated with cngravinos and are
technically called pieces The celebrated Miss
Bn used to distribute autographs among her
visitors, which she wrote with a pen prasped
between her teeth Another, German pheno.
menon. held the implement with his toes. The
Man in the Iron Mask scratched an autograph
with his fork on "A silver plate. and threw it ont
oithc window. Baron Trenck smudre on, with
charrcd stick: and Silvio Pellico. with his
fore finger dipped in a mixture OF SCOT and
water.
; Lord Chesterfield wrote autographs on win.
dows with diamond pencil. So did Sir Walter
: Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth. Draco, when
Themis requested n few sentences for her AL
bum. dipped his stylus in human blood. Faust
L ~ dill -, Al.
with Mephistophcles. The Hebrews write their
u Shpargotua backward: and some of the Orien-
: tails used to cothe them in hioroglyphics. An
a ancient Egyptian, if asked for his AUTOGRAPH,
would probably have So, to the collector pic.
II tnrc of what Mrs. AIalaI rop calls An allegory
: on the banks Of the Nile Aster. the archer,
n volunteered an autograph and sent it bang into
: Philip right eye, Some individuals are so chary
Il ot their handwriting as to bestOW. when request
;. ed, only mark or cross -others more libe, al
II ly adorn specimen Of their pcnman>hp with
v such cXtnncous iourishes as corkscrew, a
o serpent or circumbondbus. not to mention
J. such calgraphlc iancies ~ eagles. ships and
y swans. Then again. there are what NAV be
II called Mosaic autographs-i @. nad with COG.
l. kle-shelIS blue and white pebbles and the like.
in little gravel walk. Our grandnothers work.
: ed their autographs in canvass samplers and
L. have seen one wrought out with pins heads on
sc huge white pncusIlion-as thus:
Il WELCOME SWEET BABBY.
i MARY JONES.
', "Whcn the sweetheart of Mr. John Junk
" requested his autograph, and explained what il
=, was. namely, "a couple Of lines or So with his
III name to it" he replied that he would leave it to
. her in his WILL seeing as how it was done with
|" gunpowder on his left arm
There have even been autographs written
u. by proxy. For example DR.. Dobb penned ono