The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1847-10-08

bunle, pnH them ont, perhaps we lllly
Find something that will make
A poor man rich. II given today.
Aud bless tue hearts that ache.
Wutoris coming; give, oh give
Whatevcry e can spare;
A mite will make tie wretclled live,
And smoolhe the brow OF care.
When Plenty smiles around your door,
Aud colninrt d~olls within.
lfyou forget the worthy poor,
Twill he gricvous Sin.
harictp.
AWKWARD MISTAKE "A fine stone
church was lately built in Missouri, upon
the facade Of which a stone cutter was or.
dered to cut the following as an inscrip.
ton: "My house shall be called the
house ofprayer." He was referred for
accuracyto the verse; of scripture in which
these words occur, but unfortunately he
transcribed, to the scandal Of the society,
the whole verse; "My house shall be call.
ed the house of prayer, but ye haze made
ia den Of There's"
ARKANSAS BAGGAGE.-"Boy, run up
stairs 10 No. II, and bring down my bag.
gage-liurry, I'm about moving" said u
tall Arkansas meat.axe looking person
toa waiter, at one Of our crack hotels.
What j, your baggage| ask the wal
ter.
why three pistols, a pack of cards, a
bowie knife, and a night shirt. You'll
find them under the pillow"
@'Tbere is something which when
touched by the breath of suspicion, can
never became as pure and beautiful as
beforehand that is the good namo Of a
onan
EV'Once, when two Dulchmen were
fishing one said to the other Any thing
pite you dare! No Hans. Well, nottin'
pite me, too.
D'"Has the cookery book got pic.
turesi' asked Miss C. of bookseller.
"No, none" was the answer.
"Why," exclaimed the witty and bean
tiful young lady, "whal is The use oftelIing
us how to make u good dinner iftheygive
us no plateS?"
EV"My young friend" said a minis.
ierto a man at camp meeting, "do you
ever think Of u future statel"
mo, | never NEEDLE with state affairs.
though my brotherJohn is a politiciancr."
do you ever think Of dying?
mo but guess our Sally did when
she got the meascIs, for she turned all
sorts of c%oIors."
"Whose boy are youl"
when anybody axes you that, tell EN-
you don't know"
ERSorrows gather round great souls
as storms do round mountains; but like
them, they break the storm and purify
the air Of she plain beneath them.
EzV"You do make that child look like
afool, wife, with all that roggery on him"
snid Mr.. Fog, angrily. as they were star.
ting fora walk. Dear me-" said Mrs.
Darlington, meeting them at tho door, e
what a doll of baby, and how much p
no resembles his papa" Mr.. Fag cough. Il
ed and they walked on. "
APREssTNG LErrrR.-The following 4"
extract from a letter, sent by a settler to "
ilients abroad, shows that our coun. h
iryis not the worst in tho world: q
"My dear Bob,-Come to swa,e A. X
and come quickly. Here You can
buy pratics 2 shillings a bushel, whiskcy
and coal same price, becase we amt pot 1
turi hero, a dollar day for diggin. and
h9ngIn Tor stealth. Och, now, do
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CURIOUS CoINcIDENcR.--At tho En-. n
law House, on Saturday, among the mn. Il
nerous arrivals. were three gentleman re
whose names were Flint, Steel, aud Spork IS
and their names are registered on ,he w
books 10 the way we have written them, A
BALI Patriot. Il
~ Some cute Yankee is about TAKING p
q patent for making rope, of an indef.
nle length, an square room thus doing
way the necessity Of long ropewalks. b
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TRANscsNDENTAL LANGu ,Gr--Tbe r
iiddlesex Freemen, in an article unon .
ne death ofSilas Wright, uses the GlIow. re
% lofty language; -"Humuniry lamen,s
such a man passes away from the
tate OF nature 10 the state of essence. the
ate OF fnllness to the state of void, the ca
ate OF visibility TO the state Of invisible. oS
I, the state of manifestation to the state a.
ithout manifestation" But the pist Of eli
Q matteris. that he has been taken out ii
'Me STATE ofNew York. r'
a SMART MAMl-Mr. Wllhelmus Sim.
'ns, Taghkanic, N. York, found a large
rnet's nest under the ewes Of his barn. 70,
Tuesday, and determined to DESTROY v Il Gu,
he took some matches, tied them to a ha
,le, with them set fire iothe nest, and to. WI
~ d~eslroyedit. Unfortunately, how. no,
sr' mo barn was also burned, together AZ
ia thousand bushels of oats, a large Tor
ano o. rye, hay, &c. Loss from
wv . $1,000; no insurance. -Pahiot.