The Portsmouth inquirer. [volume] (Portsmouth, O. [Ohio]) 1849-1855, 1851-09-01
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WbsneVefthe wishist father TO the though
twill be a(pparent.
Youth may sometimes afford lesson 70
maturity. All horse pistols have been su-
perssdtedrby the resplvers Of Colt.
CO. John B. Cough, the temperance lee
Iturer' has goneto Europe.
| oCS- Gem cass isat home, confined byyan
attack Of feSer'and ague. ~
Co st.Paul has d population 81 1000;
St, Anthony atithe Falls, 1000.
The California Courier estimates the an
nudl yield Of gold dust at $lS4 100000.
The best way to remit fractions Of a dollar,
TO enclose newspaper stamps in your let
tiers.
More persons fall out concerning the right
road to Heaven than ever get to the end of
their journey. l.1
Os- To answer a bully with the courte-
business Of gentleman. is like defending
yourself with foil against a two-handed
sword.
Os Temperance, puts wood on the fire
fioufin The barrel, yigor in the body, intelli.
gence in the brain, and spirit in the whole
composition Of man.
A dull preacher, who tells us of the ioys of
Heaven, is like the cuckoo, whose monoto-
nous voice heralds the delights of summer.
The recollections of chiIdood, after mature
age has been attained, are more powerful than
many people are aware. And especially is
this the case, in reference to the religious OBJ
servances which first arrest the attention Of
children.
WELL MERITED CoMPLIMENT.-The meet
ing, in this city, on Monday evening, resoly-
ed that the first locomotive from the Mines to
Cincinnati, should be called the Thomas
James. SciOio Gaz.
W. l.. CHAPLIN MARRIED BY HIMsELF-
Married on the afternoon of the 18th inst.
at Glen Haven Water Cure, by themselves,
VIM. L. Chaplin TO Miss Theodocia Gilbert
of that establishment.
The nearer young men approach manhood,
the less liberty they allow their necks. On
"enterng the world" dandy submits to al
most as much choking as felons do when 60
ing out of it. Queer that there should be
such a close connection between gentility
and strangulation. -Datohman.
When woman rigs herself off in fancy
style, and puts paint on her cheeks, she acts
unwisely to complain that men stare at her.
tits to be presumed that she adorns herself
Tor theexpress purpose Of being looked at.
DEATH FROM FRIGHr.-At PennGeld, N.
b., Miss Baker became SO much frightened,
in consequence Of the horse in the aarriage1
In which she was, starting Off at furious
rate, that she expired in her fathers arms
shortly after the horse was stopped.
" remember" says the celebrated Weg-
ley, hearing my father say TO my mother,
How codid you have the patience to tell
that blockhead the same thing twenty times
over?-' Why said she, if | had told him
but nineteen times, should have lost all
my labor"
A ship from Polt Glasgow was recent,
lying at the harbor at New Orleans, awheif
an Irish emigrant one day came on board
and thus addressed the cook who was also
IRISH" Are you the mate ?"---a No" said
ne :" but Pmthe the man as bols the mate"
a Chariist was holding forth, and gratify-
ing his audience with his notions of liberty
"lo equaiity. " Is not one man as good as
another?" he exclaimed, coming to point.
and "pausing for reply" as. the saying is. |
" Ay, coorse he is" shouted an Irishman,
'' and betther too ~ G \
The revolution in female attire which has
commenced in America may extend to this
country. We'll no matter, if the attributes
OF the husband, are arrogated. 1t may be |
well that ladies should know what it is to
be continually having to put the hand in the
breeches pocket.-Punch.
&C. A married lady. alludng in conver-
satlon to the l48th Psalm observed that
while young men and maidens, old men
and Children" were expressly mentioned,
not word was said about married women.
An old clergyman, whom she was addressing.
assured her that they had not been omitted.
and that she would find them included in
one OF the preceding verses, under the de-
scrlplion of "vapors and storms"
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A Cold Fire.
One very cold night jolly old fellow.