The Middlebury galaxy. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1848-1850, 1848-12-19

A String OF 'EM-One of the best Sc
rIes OF puns ever PerpetrateG were made
by Caleb Whiteford. Tho one day having
been lndulging in his favorite amusement,
was told that he ought TO be punished.
Punished" SAID Caleb. eff was pun
ished for every pun shed, should not
have puHy shed TO place abore my plnly
ished head"
The oldest pun, in our knowledge re-
corded any where, was written on 4 tea
chest, in Latin, thus-IE dOceS, which
translated means Thou te0ehest" IhOH
fCG-cheSt.
A gentleman, the other day, on asking
market man the price of eggs, was am
swered Eggs are eggs now, and we get
a good price for them"
Pm glad to hear it, with all my heart"
replied the gentleman; "for the last
bought were hall chickens"
VERY WEr-A seaman, who had es~
capped very dreadful shipwreck on the
coast of Mexico, being asked 10y moral
lady how lie felt when struggling between
life and death in the waves, replied
wet, madam, very wet"
WITTy DEOICATioN.-Mrs Cowden
Clarke dedicated her volume of Proverbs
from the works of Shakespeare, in the fol-
lowing style;
"To DougEass Jerrold. the first wit of
the present age, these works of Shaks-
pearc. the first wit OF any age, are inscrib-
ed by Mary Cowdcn Clarke, of certaiu
age, and no wit at all.
BRSzIIINN TEA.-Wc are indebted 10 the
courtesy Of the Brazilian charge daliairs, for
two specimens of tea. green and black. crown
in his beautiful country. We have submitted
them to competent iudres, who JOIN us in pro
nouncing very fdvorably upon their quality.
They bid fair to rival the productions of the
Celestial Empire and we feel no hesitation
in predicting that when the best mode Of pre-
paration of that celebrated tea county shall
have been introduced into Brazil, there will
no longer be the universal demand which has
heretofore existed. We hail this FIRST attempt
to cultivate American tea with great pleasure.
We have long been DESTROYS Of seeing the
lea plant introduce,tinto Flori,la, and perhaps
other Sod.'ern States. Brazil has preceded
us, and we hope the United States will not be
long in imt1ting her noble example >yH.
"a \ gentleman vas Boosting that in his
travels he had been caressed everywhere, and
that be had seen AL the great in Europe
&" Have you seen the Dar,ianelles?' said one
of the company Yes, dincd with them at
Gibraltar, and found them to be cxcclen,
company"
e9r" Warm day, Mr.. Jones, warm div"
said Smith, as they met OH thanksgiving day.
" Yes it IS" said Jones, &" it is some warm if
no: summer" 1t was cruel in Jones--Bosfo''
Post.
: rss- No man should lie so much taken up in
i the search Of truth, as thereby to neglect the
q more necessary duties Of active life toT after
> all is done, it is action only that gives trus
u | value and commentator to virtue.-Cicei0.
e. "Where did sou come from?
Knock Il niger down."
, IS now rendered, bv boarding-school misses,
From whence did you emanate
PROSTATE the Ethiopian.
}, One of the darlings recently asked Us to
hand her thinble, in these words:
"Obligs me, sir, by placing OH my digit
that diminutive, agrcnitouS, trrHcatcd cone
convex on its outer sTf;tce,and semi-pertOrat
ed with slight svIarctrfca indentatiOns." We,
of course, complied but could not help re-
marking that - than took Che rag Oh the bush
and were reprinlinicd in these words - DO
speak more rc6nedly YOU should have SAID,
remove The dilapidated linen from the infan-
tile tree" We could not stand it any longer,
but Selling the captua protection Of our alii-
tudinal extremity, abs1uatula,ed through Inc
semi-hiatus for egfess. .... a..
"Wi,l You buy Jamess last" said vendor
Of small trash 70 a gentleman in railroad car,
the other day. Price only % cents" Yes"
said the gentleman. d" if ] conll De satisfied
that it was his last, would give three times
that price
DfsCRIMIS The New York Couri-
err and Enquirer SAYS, that when General Tay-
| Tor declared that he would not make an mdiSs
cyin,inaie sweep of I'll the 1.ocoioco oifce-hoid-
ers, he meafit 6e would discriminate in shch a
way as to afford inciient0l protection 70 the
Wing party.
GREAT JoY IN EbGEcoMBE, n. C.-fY
the last accounts. the good people of Edge
combe County, \. C., were firing guns AMI
lighting botlires over the election Of Cas- and
Butler. "Wherc ignorance is" &c, SC.
MARTIS VAN BrRE1.-The Magician of
Kinderhook. who has long enjoyed the appel
laiion of a Ginning fox, must, by this time, be
pretty well assured that he can never lecome
For p0puH-N y. Mirror.
lie If now understood to be 'FOr ef prefer
ca Midi hio State Jour.
PgETENsIoN.-A man passes for that
he is worth. Very idle is all curiosity
concerning other peoples estimate of us.
and idle is all fear of remaining unknown.
Ii man knows that be can do anything
thar be ran do n better than any one