Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-11-16
VARIOUS IL EMS.

guage BIO, rhyme with month, A gentleman
lately asserted among several Of his friends,
that with all their boas,ed ingenuity, there
was no, one Of them who could produce q
rhyme ITO a'mohIh. .''teAs grave individual
present. Immediately drew foI,hapsncilland1
wrote the following, which, .upon-bcing read
publicly, brough. down .heHhouse, and he
grave individual returned his pencil amidsla
cloud Of Dust ss Y s'sts' ssf0s''..,s ~
ineSrssrhey seised soldier III Broadway,a Rsfa
.ge,e,-i December was the monthly RyytssY
4, He saw his pistols thrown away,
goo" And so was his gun tf-'i Pla 'A 9'7@
ail s--Rown away,',n assd sYrd aHfm5ifa
a7SPIRITuAL KNOWLEDGE iNlIiIeH PLacRs.
"A short lime ago, TWO Of the mos. dis,in,
guished millionares, in fourishing Sou,h.,
ern civ, met in q social chat, and discussed
their natural merits In course OF The con-
fab, The Judge ban,cred the CoIonel, and Of
Cered to BET five doIlars that The later could.
NOT say The Lords Prayer. The Colonel,
accepted The bel, and putting himself in. a,
solemn attitude, began TO repeat, keeping
time by the swaying Of his body, and pro-
nouncing with emphatic force each al,erna;e
syllable, these lines, thus: s,east .r1gq
Now lay me down to sleep, sl.,s I..,,
pray the Lord my soul to keep;
If should die afs lit-s asii 20
"Stop. STOP" cried the Judge, in,errupting
him. shat will do. i give il up, and here's,
the v, but didn'. think you could s,y ill.,,
.-Georgia Citizen.
A VoUcHER.-A man once went 10 .pur.
chase horse Of q Quaker.
will he draw wel?' asked The buver 40
Il heo will be pleased 10 see him draw,'
answered Nehemiah, 5 . -asq .55!,
The bargain was closed. and the farmer
tried his horse, bul he would not sir. He
returned. -'@ 81 -' '"#
THAT horse will no, draw an inch.' ,373
Il did no,tell thee he would draw, friendi
said the Quaker, i only remarked thee
would be pleased 10 see him draw. and so
should !, but he never would crafty ME in
thai respect 'af' "''tA' '' -''@
| CoNstDERATE.--John,' said careful faih.
er. 'don', give cousin Simon's2 horses loo
many oats, you know they have hay.' idg
'Ye.h, thur said John, moving towards
tho barn.
And, bark ye, John, don't give them loo
much hay, you know they have oais. ''' F'''
] "A PASSAGE TO BE READ BY THE LADIES'
Every man has bis price. so said WaIpole;
bu, he never said as much OF woman The
fact is, Walpole Judged The ladies' only too
correctly. for he knew as well as we do,
that many Of these dear creatures ore be-.
yond all price! ','' ''' ''
'Ap.2., .'7gAr.L .S.t. 3gSsald
A MODEL FEMALE REFoRMER -Jane! put
The baby to sleep with Laudanum, and then
bring me my parasol aud revolver. am
going 10 attend meeting for the ameiora.
tion Of the condition Of the human race, :,
An entirely new feature was introduced
at an Agricultural Fair, held al Balavia.--
Nine eques,ronnes, attended by their cava.
liers, entered the ring, and competed for the
honors awarded TO the best horsemanship.-
The first prize WIS silver cup. LasilTaG
; Partisan millirer has taken out a, patent
for leather bonnet, new and extremely
. elegant article, says the Court Journal.
The leather is exceedingly thin and deli
] cate. "''N, =
AN EXPENSIVE RlDE.-.A, Yankee ,.shipi
master, in 81. Petersburg, Russia recently
got upon the statue OF the Colossal Horse.
in the square, and seated himself behind
!. Peter the Great. The fun cost him Sc 900,
= the amount Of The fine. When the captain
= demonstrated with the Judge atthe fine, say;
/ ing that it was rather an expensive ride, The
! Judge good-naluredly replied, that the capi
: tain never before rode so expensive a, horse.
a.
!. Louisville is now the Igrea, tobacco mart
a of The West. Over one million and'a quar-.
}. Ter of dollars have been paid to planters foF
n their crop the past year. The aggregate Of
II sales was 23,o9l hogsbeads:
u An officer near Lawrenceburgh, Indiana,
Q found q few days since, small bundle by
= the roadside and on opening il, discovered
J eight t,housand dollars IN $2 bills on the In,
; diana Bank, all counterfeit. .....i....-. II,
/ The Sleubenvle Messenger changed
owners and turned Locofoco The day before
the election. So there are now Two Loco
loco papers and four daily papers in tha,
y place. t- L'A0 Vn"VH
ns The Turkish Government and the private
4. Steam Companies Of that country. purchase
~ their steamers in England, in prelerence 10
II the United States, as The many accidents and
4. losses on our rivers and lakes have given
7 them.a poor opinion Of our machinery. N q
r The silver in the Bank Of England has di.
le minished from one million ofpouhds 10 nine
o' teen thousand, in the last five years. The
" gold in the same time has increased lTon
= seven TO iwenly.one millions. u, hsye,{i.
of Uncle Toms Cabin has been translated
" into German, and is now gong the round:
n. of the German newspapers. ...o
ng AT Miamsburgh, ten miles from Dayton
(. is one oflhe largest mounds in the Vest
nd Il is 800 feet round the base, and 81 fee
10 high. ti'A II. 2a" 81 ssaaH2o iaid is"'l9
y. Fraudulent tickets for the Californi
ar steamers are again in circulation in Ne'
nd York. Those wishing tickets are caudone
"a to purchase them Of The ship ownerss an
ed not of their pretended agents, ss,sa a.
me The Halifax people are getling up q pul
he lie dinner in compliment 10 Admiral Soy
ar. more for his services in protecting the fsf
id. cries. 'N- FNl ~ 9s'''| y tf''''' l'f
\! A terrific storm passed over Madisc
~ county, Illinois, last Friday week, prostralih