The Plymouth pilot. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1851-1852, 1851-07-23

broidered flowers.
Table-cover, consisting of 1900 pie
ces Of cloth, the sole work of the exhibit
tor, and has occupied his leisuie hours for
Is years.
A horse shoe, designed to permit the
natural expansion action Of the foot OF
The horse.
Carved book-tray executed BY plough
man. in the evening, by candle light,
without the aid of any model or design,
and solely with penknife.
Inlaid marble table; the top contains
700 pieces of 80 sorts of marbles, 10 En-
glish and 20 foreign.
Picture frame, inlaid with tortoise
she'll and pearl. composed Of $500 pie
ces.
Bed-cover of patch work, the number
of pieces nearly 10000.
A bird cage. containing $500 pieces,
and composed Of twenty-one different
kinds of wood.
Typhodicator, OF storm pointer, an in
strument for obtaining by inspection the
bearing and relative position of a revolv-
ing storm or hurricane. Constructed in
accordance with the theory commonly
called the law of storms, as made known
in several publications by DR.. Reid.
Self-acting calculator of surface. The
area of any figure drawn on plane is
found by moving the tracer over the out
line, however irregular it may be.
Scarlet cloth table-cover, braided with
upwards of 1000 yards of black mohair
cord, without patterns or bouncing,
Oval medallion of her majesty, produ
ced by single line, of equal thickness,
and 299 feet in length.
Mechanical human figures, capable of
expansion. in perfect proportion, from
the standard of the Apollo Belvidere to
seven feet high. For the use of artists,
and Of manufacturers of wearing appa-
rel.
Two vases carved out of species of
sand stone from Jerusalem. with an ordi-
nary penknife.
Machine moving by the equilibrium of
water and air. Boat moved by the same
power. Clock on the same principle.
A geographical clock, showing the diff
ference of meantime in all the capitals
of Europe.
A piece of white linen, spun and wo-
ven by hand. having 1000 threads in the
warp.
A lump of gold ore weighing three
cwt.
Vegetable hair, made of the leaves of
the Algerian dwarf palm-tree, &c. Pa
tented for Algiers and France.
! A PRINT in Chinese characters. AGO
punches in these Chinese characters have
been cut in steel for the American Mis-
sionary Society in New York. The types
are divisible on perpendicular system,
and form by com animation "a 900 differ
ent characters.
| A second watch made of ivory, with
gold screws and steel moving powers. 1t
works in ten rubies. and weighs, (glass
and vase included.) only half an ounce.
An octagonal table Of inlaid wood,
containing 5000. 900 of pieces; the arms
of England alone. in space of three in
ches by two, consisting OF SO, 900 of these
pieces.
A watch going one year.
i A Berlin wool carpet, executed by one
hundred and fifty ladies of Great Brit
ain.-London Family Friend.
STARTLING Overwhelming the
sitting of a court, in Connecticut not
long ago, on a very cold evening crowd
of lawyers had collected round the open
fire that blazed cheerfully on the
hearth in the bar room, when traveller
entered benumbed with cold; but no one
moved to give him place to warm his
shins, so he leaned back against the wall
in the back part of the room.
Presently smart young limb of the
law addressed him, and the following di
alogue took place;
you look like traveller
Wall, ] suppose j AMI came all the
way from Wisconsin foot, at any rate.
From Wiconson! What distance to
come on one pair of legs
wall, done it any how
Did you ever pass through hell, in
any of your travels?'
Yes, sir, I've been through the out
skirts
Il thought likely. well. what are the
manners and customs there?-some oil
us would like to know
oh, you'll find them much the same
as in this place--the lawyers sit nearest
the fire.
"Miss Dinah, lse gwine to dispose Q
pernundrum. What de reason you is
like mighty fine bird?"
"Ef you means crow, guess CAM
sinuate."
mo, no, nigga, doesn't mean muffin
black, no how"
''Den Ise in de dark you must 'splain
yourself"
"Bekase vou are narrot toedi