Weekly miners' express. (DuBuque, Iowa) 184?-1849, 1849-02-27
Odds and Ends.

W hen stranger treats me with want of
respect said poor philosopher, Il comfort
myself with the reflection that it is not my.
self that he 81 gifts, but my old shabby coat
and shabby hat, which, to say the truth
have no particular claim to alteration. So,
IT my hat and coat choose to fret abou: it.,
let them; but it is nothing to me-"
IT the pillar Of salt into which Lots Wits
was turned, is now las Lieut.. Lynch asser,s)
upwards of forty feet high, after being was
ted by the storms Of 1000 years, more or less
how tall was Lots wife when she met with
her sudden change? We ask for iuforma-
ton.
We remember witnessing the complete
discontinue of a wit. Of no inferior order.
by message, politely delivered at sup
per party by little girl: ''If you please,
Mr.. B., mamma sends her best compliments
and would be m,!cE obliged ifyou WOULD BE-
gin 10 be funny"
An American in England, describing the
prevalence of duel!ing, summed UP with
"They even fight with daggers III q room
pitch dark SIS it possible!' exclaimed
tnunderstruck Johnny Bull. "Possible,
sir" returned the Yankee, 'why I've seen
Them
The ancients consecratcd the rose to Hy-
pocrates, the god of silence; and, therefore,
frequently placed them upon the ceilings Of
rooms destined for the receiving of guests,
and Implying that, whatever was sanction
ed there. should not be made public. Hence
tbs phrase, subrosa; or, under the rose.
A magistrate in Pomeranian town eau
toned the people not to smoke in tie pub
lie square, in the following words: ssSmok-
ing is strictly forbidden in this square, I'M
der the penalty Of ten dlllars or twenty
lashes, of whic!I the informer shall receive
half"
A shallow and conceitcd aspirant to lite
rary distinction, presented the learned and
facetlous DR.. Person copy of one ofhis pro-
auctions, with the remark that sit would be-
read when Shakespeare was forgotten!"-
eyes )" said the doctor, "aud not till then"
1t has been suggested by wag, says the
some of those who talk of making settle
ment in California, to commence by making
settlement at home, before they 70.
The following friendly notice appears 1t
the Twigg Folly Bridge, at Bethnnl Green
"Take notice! Any person trespassing on
these enclosures, are requested 10 Bring
their collins with them"
The way to gain fame or notoriety is, to
do very little, and make tremendous noise
about it; as lean women make themselves
look like somebody, by the aid Of q hustle.
"Hallo, there said farmer, to an Irish.
man busily engaged at one of his cherry
trees, "by what right do you take those
cherries?" ~ faith, my friends said he,
"by my right hand, sure.''
philosophical farmer remarks, that
man in promising field would NOT t1ske
rye faces without being cross grained; ifhe
did; it would cause a-maize-lnen
1t is stated a. a fact, that when the chol.
era was in Europe, in 1882, it went round
the kingdom of Saxony without touching q
person in it; and. recently, the march Of the
cholera was precisely the same.
Tom Moore compared first love to pots
toe, because it shoots from the eyes, rOr
rather" exclaimed Byron, s.because It be-.
comes all the less BY pairing
Naoma. the daughter Of Enoch, remstks
the Gateshead Observer, was $50 years old
when she married! Let some folks take
courage yet.
Seeing cellar nearly finished |, waggish
friend Of ours remarked that it was q ex-
cellent foundation for story.
Somebody says that females 90 to meet
ing to look Ut each Others bonneis. That's
downright scandal! They 60 to show their
own. Il.
i. 10 Mre. Partington's opinion that
''these men are hard creturs TO fnd out, and
amt worth much after you have found 'em
! out"
Put that right back whore you took il
'front.'" % the girl said when her lo7ers
snstched kiss. isl
! March Or lMrRovsnEsr.-Th prison.
ers in Jail Al Cumberland, Md, hsvs ~.
i ganized themselves into 4 debating socies