Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-09-07
CIRRAN.

ilba and the jes, wen, gaily round. when
suddenly among US appeared stranger.
of u very remarkable and very cheerful
aspect. His intrusion was not tho least
restraint upon cur marry little assemblage.
He was n benevolent creature, and tho
days Of infancy afsor all, the happiest. We
shall see perhaps, rose upon his memory.
God bless him. see his fine form at tho
distance of half a century, just as he stood
before mo in tho little bali-a!ley in the
days of my childhood. His name was
Boysc; he was the rector of New Market.
To mo he took particular fancy. | was
winning and full Of wnggery; thinking
everything that was eccentric and by no
means a miser of my occen.ricities every
ono was welcome to O share of them, and
| had plenty to spare after having freight
ed tho company with them. Some sweat
meats soon bribed mo home with him. |
loarnod from poor Boyso my alphabet and
had tho rudiments of tho Classics.
He laugh. mo all he could and then sent
me to school at Midllotown. | rccoilect
it was about five and thirty years after
wards, whom had risen TO some emnence
at the bar when had a seat in parliament.
on my return ono day from Court, found
a old gentleman seated alonc In my draw
ing room, his fec; placed on each side Of
the Italian marble chimney piece, and his
whole air bospeaking the consciousness of
ono quite at home.-He turned roun6-it
was my friend of tho bal-aley. Irushcd
instnc.iyoly into his arms, and burs: into
tears. Words cannot describe the sceno
which foIlowed You arc right. Tho
chimney pleco is yours--the pictures arc
yours-iho house is yours--you gave me
all have my friond--my father my bono.
factor!' IIo dined with mo, and in tho
evening caught the tear gistening in his
fine blue eye when ho saw poor-litslc Jack
tho creature Of his bounty, rising in tho
House Of Commons TO reply to right
honorable. Poor Boys, he is now gone:
and no sutton had a Eargor dcposite of
practical bonevclonco - the court above.
A New KIND OF CoTTON.--One dis
covory often leads 10 another. and scicnce,
in seeking to test now experiments, has
not unf-equen,ly fallen upon hitherto IN
known and exceedingly valuable results.
1t seems that this truth his very recently
boon fully proved in tho proper preparation
of gun cotton. We learn from the Me-
dical Journal that physician in Georgia,
in recently attempting to prepare gun cot
ton from recoip. sent him by brother
physician. was unsuccessful, and found to
his establishment that his cotton would
, neither explode nor ignite, being anti
inhammablo. On investigating, to find
out tho cause, he found that he had not
used the right acid, muriatic acid, we sup
pose. He repeated the process, and the
result was the same; SO that he claims to
have discovered q method Of rendering
cotton incombus,ible.-Hc says that this
cotton can be prepared with little expense,
as he has tested the matter sufficiently to
know tina, it can be manufactured into
C 10th, tho lint and texture of the cotton
boing not in tho least injured, Blu. capable
Of being made into clothing with as much
case as from the common material.
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.-Abou, twelve
years ago, young gentleman, whose
name we forbear to mention, residing in
the interior Of kentucky, became smitten
AS falling in love is usually termed
with tho daughter Of q wealthy merchant.
His love was rcquitcd by the fair and
lovely girl, bu, the young man being poor,
withou, influence, and having nothing to
depend upon but his own industry and reso-
luton, his suit was looked upon with ia
voross eye by the wealthy father. In
moment of chagrin and disappointment,
the proud youth left the homo of bis child
hood--and twelve years rolled by, during
which time no word was hoard OF him.
He wen. to the West Indies, penny less
adventurer, and one month since returned
home, tho possessor Of an immense for
tune. Ia the mean time. the father Of his
beloved had failed, and died q poor broken
hearted man, leaving his wife and daughter
dependent On the cold charities of the
world. Yet in poverty. as we'll as in
wealth, the two lovers had remained faith
full to their youthful vows. and two days
after the return of the wanderer, he led
his long cherished idol to the Hymeneal