Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1849-11-02
From the Chau, bersburs Valley Sentinel.
THE HIT f>1L,PABLE.

An anecdole is passing he !oapds oil The
VIII. pagers. 10 the effect thai an ison master
from Clarion county, was asked The price Z! pig
metal by The Hon. James Buchanan 10 Butler.
The answer was tom $50 TO S25 per ION. he
desired 10 know il that was Temunerasihe
price. MOI al The present rae OF wages, was Inc
iron masters response. This recurrence ~
wages" says the sapieni monitor, sefgea 70
ming IN un pleasant "reminiscences in The mino
a, inc e1 SENATOR, ard he dropped The subject"
We have story, with GoIe point Than The
above. 10 ,eli Of Mr.. Buchanan and Images.
MIR. Buchanan was In Ibis place, lev years
since and, together with circle OF trieId-, was
very much annoyed al The empty gable OF aEo>
,her iron mas,er. who had never soiled his hands
with labor, or earn.1 penny in The course OF e
long and useless lie. After eHpsi:alirg tor some
time without in eruption, he wound up win
what lie ;rncceEiIy supposed TO be clinching
inlerrogatory ycns'eaily Think, Mr. buch-
acan, that labor is not wOrIh Eore Than Zen cents
a day2 MIR Buchanan replied, with his usual
suayiy, 'iicl as a gen raj mailer, labor was
worth muct more, bit he would not Ike to
nav even that much Tor ins labor. intcilccIna or
muscular, oil lie man, vino would PROFOUND such
4 question!
STRONG VOTING.-The Democratic pa.
or s,forp specimens ol Democratic voting from
inc ,e ufns Of the recent election in that SAFE
We give enc or ,Wo:
Gerry Township, Sullivan County. Here The
vote Stood
Gamble, 3o
Fuller, o
CANDLES majority, 1881
This, however, is not quie equal 10 The vote oil
Ccdorus township, York conbIy. l!sIood:
Gamble, 232
Fuller,
CANDLES majority, 23O!
Both these are however, exceeded 10y North
Por:er and Glover townships, Jefferson county,
where the Wings did no! poll vote. The total
in both places was
Gamble, l53
Fuller " .,
However increasing in lis results, we should
say an election in such places must be rather dull
business.
HOW MANY MILES A PRINTERS
HAND Although primer may
be sitting all day, jet in his own way he is a
great traveller or al least his hand is as We shall
pruve a good PRIMER will set 5000 ems day,
or about %, 900 leues. The distance travelled
over BY his han. VIII average ABOUT one loci per
letter, soiIg 10 The boxes in which they are con-
tanned, and OF course returning, making NO ieel
every leer he sells. This would make dis
lance each day OF $4,000 ieeI, or a little more
than miles; and in The course u The year, leav-
ing out The Sundays, that member travels about
1900 Giies!-Da,ly .fdr
II the above calculation be correct, which we
do mol doubt, 5000 mites is but hall the actual
distance travelled by The printers hand during
he year, as the same distance has to be gone
over 10 distributing 5000 ems as in setting item;
(eyery ccmpositor distributing his own iype) con.
seaacnly The distance is 1si doubled, making il
5000 instead of 3OOO.-B Oaklyn Star
Col Josiah Quincy, Jr., made speech in the
whg state convention at Worcester, 10 which
lie said, Wings of Massachusetts, YOU owe a
grea, deal TO General Taylor That's fact
they oSe him vote OF thanks for his servi es
in the MEXICAN war. They have heretofore re-
fused il, but as they now, like shrewd Yankees,