Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-09-15

A box, 24 inches by rs inches square,
and % inches deep, will contain barrel,
or I0.052 cubic inches.
box 24 inches by l6 inches square and
inches deep, will contain half barrel, or
5,426 cubic inches.
box Is inches by lG.6 inches square,
and inches deep, will contain one bushel,
or 2,l54.4 cubic inches.
box ~ inches by l.2 inches square,
and 8 inches deep, will contain half a BUSH
ell, or 1924 cubic inches.
A box inches by S.4 inches square, and
6 inches deep, will contain one peck, or
547.i cubic inches.
box inches by square, and AZ in
ches deep. will contain half peek, 26S.55
cubic inches.
A box : inches by inches square, and
As inches deep, will contain half gallon,
or 1914 cubic inches
box inches bv 4 inches square, and
40 inches deep, will contain one quart or
57.5 cubic inches
Use Of Corn.-A Yankee, passing thro'
the Miami valley, made This inquiry of q
young farmer, who had just been replenish-
ing the inner man with drop Of consola-
ton.
:" say, Mister, what is the staple product
of this ere section of country"
Corn, sir was the reply. 1--WE raise
here seventy bushels to the acre, and man
ulacture it-hic-into whiskey, to say no.
thing-hic-of what is wasted Tor bread"
Police Llerafare-A man was returned
on the record of the night watch in Balti-
more for "a bu$sing his WIFE He had
doubtless been abusing her. Another was
accused of attempting TO be al his Wife
1t was intended that he had threatened to
beat her.
You are writing my bill on very rough
paper, said a client to his attorney. New
er mind said the lawyer, it is to be filed
before it comes TO court
4 remember says Lord Eldon, Mr.
Justice Gould trying a case at York; and
when he had proceeded for about two hours,
he Observed here are only eleven jury
men in the box. Where is the other onc'
PLEASE you, my lord said one of the jury,
he is gone away about sore business, but
he has left his Uerdict cih me-
n Defaifioa.--' John inquired domi-
ME of hopeful pupil, what is a nailer?'
A man who makes nails said John. We
nv good. What is a tailor!' '0ne who
makes tails. Oh, you stupid fellow said
the domino, biting his lips, a man who,
makes tails = Yes, MASTER returned
John; if the tailor did not put tails TO the
coats he made, they would be all Jackets
Sit down, John; you're an honor to your
maternal parent
Il Good Ha.-The Lima Argus has the
following on the contradictions in the army
news:
We think of procuring two stereotyped
heads-one that Gen. Scott is III the city
of Mexico" and the other that :" Gen. Scott
is not in the city of Mexico" This would
suit the Telegraphic dispatches by each
mail to L.
Sam, why is de dandcs ike Mexican
soldiers"
80, gins dat up without winkin."
We'll, den, its bekase dey run from the
sight of tailor"
" Taylor, IIa, ha, Joe, dat "mortalize
you"
El0peuent.-There was a vain attempt
at an elopement last evening. The parties
looked very foolish when discovered. The
Young lady had just lowered her dry
goods from the third story, and while she
was leaving her room and getting down
stairs, some malicious rascal ran off
with the bundle. They thrashed the lover,
and locked the lady up Phil Bulletin.
In Mexico marriages are celebrated with
considerable pomp. The fee to the priest
from the lowest class is not less than $22.
"A C,riosify-A Hollidaysburgh editor says
He saw si OK at the stable OF Mr. Barr in Saysport,
on Monday with five legs. The fifth leg has
grown out of the top of the left shoulder, and is
much longer than bis natura lei; it contains four
Joints firmly knit, large bones, and the hooi dvi-
ded about four inches Although the OK has no
control over this extra leg, it is apparently no hin
drance to him.
C9ppcy, Ore.-Thrce hundred tons from the
mines of the Huron and st. Marys River Compa-
nv arrived Yesterday on board the brig Colt, now
Iyng at the middle pier CGnties slip n. J. Post
Poiyoncd-Tw children at Stockholm, Morris
County, were seriously poisoned few days ago by
eating the green berries of shrub known in the
neighborhood as Jerusalem Cross The mother
was made very sick last summer in the same way
n Naf Cracted.--A Philadelphia paper has the
following nut 10 crack:
4 gentleman deceased diFec:sdby his will that
his eldest child should nave Goo and one-eighth
Of What then remained OF his property the second
E2OU and oneeighth OF What then remained; the
TIE third g3OO aud once .ghth d "hat then remain
Cd and so on 10 the end. each having legacy OF
Goo more than the preceding one Now, on d.
yding tie property, il was found that each received
the same How many children did the gentleman,
Iea1e1 What was his fortune. and how much did
each receive!
Ans $1,000 and seven children.
n of'faia Cure IN Sat Rhetm.--1wo OF. Of tai
low do beeswax I DO. sugar Of lead, do. White
lead 4 little swee, oil to make It NIX. and simmer
it we'll together
MANA M,xK-The Brooklyn Advertiser says
that this once noted woman, whose awful discJo-
sures crea'ed 50 much sensation dozen years ago,
Is no,g an inmate OF the state Prison at sing Sing
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