Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1849-06-21
VARIETY.

If man could have half his wishes he would doub-
se his troubles.
Vaccination was first tried upon condemned crimi-
snals in the year IT'D. ~
! An old rhyme recommends weak eyes for lawyers,
as the feel lest sight best their purposes.
Somebody gives this definition of nowhere "a
place where Yankee has ever been, and never will
zbe"
! Aristotle once gave aims to very wicked man in
distress On being reproached for so doing he said
I'll pity not his character-but the man."
BYRON ON EDtToRs.-Lord Byron said that with
aal his foes he guilty of stopping his pa
per because its editor happened to dispease him.
gentleman having presented his church with the
Ten Commandments, 1t was wittily said that he gave
: them away because he could not keep them.
A CURrosITY.--An eastern editor has been showr
Ia piece of the tusk Of the Panama elephant, brought
home by returned California god-seeker toho haG
seen the ANIMAL
4 The best way TO get help in this world is to help
yourself Show that you need aid and all turn a colo
shoulder. but prove that you do without, and they
fwil beg to give you aid.
4 A man in Vermont has applied for divorce from
shis wife, on churge of cowardce. 1t appears she
was engaged in breaking pair of steers, and showed
4signs of timidty which reflected on her as lady oil
couragel
A There is man in Grant county, KY. who is Sc
Every misery tina. whenever he sends his negro ser
want down cellar tor apples, he makes him whistle al
I the way down to the apple box and back, TO preven
shim from eating any of the fruit.
George Washington Lafayette, as is well known
q is member of the French Assembly. He is known
Aas "the Patriarch, from the fact that he The
Sof family which is said to furnish the Assembly witt
aeeven representatives.
a loafer By the name of Cain, being asked by tn.
4 magistrate. the other day. if be was the man tina
zslew his brother, made answer-"no, yer oner, i.
Athe chap rot got sleicedr'
A gentleman, who at breakfast the other morning
zbroke egg, and disturbed the repose of sentimen
5tal looking biddy, called the waiter and iusinuate.
Fthat he did not like to Eave bill presented ' h
Nhad done eating.''
s The Rochester Daily Magnet publishes lust abou
the most awful pun that ever printed er. gr.-
= "Where can man buy the cheapest fiddle! VIII
sof course ut druggists. There you can get for
Edime dose of castor oil and uiol-in-"
4 BREACH OF PRoMIsE.-A remarkable case of breacI
4of promise Of marriage has recently been tried il
S Liverpool. The plaintiff was verging the greer
od age of 70 years. and the defendanta widow of 60
kThe jury awarded one farthing damages and allowe
ktbe plaintiff to pay his own cost.
q Wool IN MIcHlGAN.-The amount of wool export
sed from the State of Michigan in the year IS47 ex
Kclusive OF the amount manufactured into cloth fo
Hhome consumption, was 96S. 4l6lbs, valued at s2l3
k55l so. The exports for the year 1915 it is expect
Hed, have exceeded those of l647. Tho number o.
kshcep in the State estimated at from 100000 4
E5O0.UG3
B new wreath called "Ophela" has found favo
Ewits the fashonabes of Paris ard is worn at balls
1t is composed entirely Of wild flowers which arc ar
franged in fantastic and Irregular style. as if en-
twined by Shakspearcs gentle heroine in her fiigt
sof mental wondering.
We have ever found that b,acksmiths. by CONVEX
Using with them, less given to irony, an
fsomewhat addicted to rice.
Carpenters. for the post part, speak planeiy bu
Shey will caissel when they get chance. No
sunreqnerly they JOres and oftentimes annoy on
with their old sars.