Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, IA [i.e. Ind.]) 1839-1854, 1847-09-07
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sugar, and it is gone, and the pleasure nc
hos enjoyed has ended; bat tho information
he gets from a newspaper IS treasured 10
tho mind to be enjoyed anew, md TO be
used whenever occasion or inclination cali
for it. A newspaper IS not the wisdom o.
one man, or Of two men; It IS the wisdom
of the age, and OF past ages 100. lam
ily without newspaper Is always hal! an
age behind the times IN general informh-
ton; besides they can never think much
nor find much talk about. And then
there arc tho little ones growing up m
ignorance, without any taste tor reading.
Besides all these evils there's tho "ife'
who, when the work Is done. has 10 sit
down with her hands in her lap, and no.
thing to amuso her, or divert her mihd
from the tolls and cares OF tho domestic
circle. Who then, would be without
newspaper!
A ToucnIHG IscIDENr.--A little boy
named William Hunter. had been for some
months i'll, at the Massachusetts, General
Hos pitnl, and his mother was with HIM.
On Thursday evening, he sent FOR me
Superintendent. and asked him to pray by
his bedside. Then, after many thanks 'or |
his kindness, he said: Il shall die to-mor-
row morning. and now am not nfraid 70
die; but Oh! do pray for my mother.
During the night. he made repeated IN
ouiries. as with earnest longings, for the
approach Of day. The morning came,
and the child sunk into deep sweet sioep,
from which he mover awoke on Garth
Boston journal.
A CAEDID MoNARCH.-Onc OF our c->-
alty. 1t is said that George H., being IN
formed that On impudont printer was 10
be punished for having published spurious
kings speech, replied that he hoped tho
punishment would DO Of tho midcst sort,
because he had read both. and rs far rs
he understood either Of them, he liked
the spurious speech better than his own. 1t
is very we'll known that Kings never write
their own speeches, and scarcely ever know
what the ministry will give them TO say
until tho printed speech IS put INTO '"ci'
hands for doc lamaton.
A Ou1cK MODE or COOKING TOMATOES.
Boil the tomatoes a quarter of an hour.
with milk sufficient 10 cover them; add,
while boiling. a little batter made Of wa
ter and wheat flour, and season the dish
according to your taste. The advantages
of this mode over those usually practlced
are. that the tomatoes are rich, though less
ncid. and arc much sooner cooked.
TOPREvENT THE RUNNING OF CANDLES
IF YOU wish to prevent the running or gut
terinp nway in an hour or two OF an or
binary candle, place as much common salt,
finely POW tered, rs will reach from the
tollow TO tho bottom of the black part OF
tho wick. when. If tho samo he lit, it Will
burn very slowly all night. yield sufiici-
ent ligh, for bed. chamber; tho salt will
gradually sink Us the iallow is consumed,
the melted taIow being drawn through tho
salt and consumed in the wick.
CURE FOR THE FooT- RoT IN SHEEP
Take honey ounces, nitrate OF copper
ounce: strong acetic acid , drachms; rub
down the nitrate Of copper thoroughly IN
a wedeeweod or porcelain mortar, and
gradually mix it with honey; then add the
nce,ic acid so as to form mixture OF
uniform consistency, and opPly II to the
feofof the sheep.
Mr.. Polk is to be piticd. Other Prcsi-
dents, when elected from Office by the
voice Of the nation, have had homes TO
which thcy could retire as refuge. bus
Mr.. Folks own State and his own county
and his own town and his own precinct
have condemned him in tones of the sever
est rebukc, and, when driven from the
position he now disgraces, his own home,
a home no longer, will DO to hun the most
uncomfortable corner of all the Garth
Lou. Jour.
Adviccs from Lima. received IN Lon
don state tina, the President of Peru has
accepted tho proposal Of Mr.. William
Wheelright TO constructa railway the mrs
in that country between Lima and CaIlao
7, will be about SIX miles IN length, cheap
lv constructed. with ono set Of rails, and
running from Lima TO the waters edge, u
will receive. as regards both passengers
and goods, almost the enliro commercia
traffic Of the republic.
A daughter of Thomas Jefferson Is {
slave TO a widow who belongs 10 a Baptis
CONGREGATION in S.crkvile, Mississippi
Miss Jefferson is abou, 10 years old. ans
Is pretty, moral and intelligent. She cos
$1,000, but being q iirs,-rato seanlstrcss
is very profitable money stock to her mis-
tress,-Sandwich Observer.
The ancient limits of Poland containet
population Of 22,OO0,oO0.
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