, 1852-10-16
Crumbs from an Editors Table.



memorada embraced in III eedtor's table Of
Me Knickerbocker Magazine for the month
which opens to-day, are the following
choice items of humor. TA.y comprise
only a modicum of the attic salt with which
our friend Clarke seasons the various STAN
dard dishes placed upon his great literary
dining-table:
BACKING HIS OrINloN.-We have heard
Of the term " bluihng off," but we remcm-
Der no better instance Of it than was mem
toned TO us few minutes ago in the sane
Ltum. A woHld-bP- 4" Hood, "a whose conf
dencc in his horse WIS unlimited, was offered
successfully, several wagers against other
animals, standing at the door of an out-of-
town resort, all Of which he once accepted,
but from each Of which he gradually ''back-
ed out " on some pretence or other. At
length by-stander said 10 him" Come,
I'll tell you what I'll do I'll bet you ten
dollars that that pig" pointing 10 a lrisky
little porker in the road, "will beat your
horse two rods in going a mile !" "Done ''
said the other, taking out his port>monaie !;
but as he was lingering his banl>notes, he
seemed 10 hesitate and turning 10 friend,
he said--"I don't knOlo about taking that
bet, after all there's no knowing what the
id pig might do !" The last time our
informant saw this courageous backcr of
his opinions" he was endeayoring TO {" get
a be" on the approaching Presidential cleo,
tion, but "aperiently" with very little sue
cess.
Too, -, avs, 49,, C,.o,,,,nr,. TT o,,.o.
Owen Esq. the chronological NiRrod, who
once drew 4" bee-lne " straight 10 the
goal Of literary popularity, gave US in the
sactum one night the following illustration
Of the GOODNESS of your true Yankee, under
all circumstances: As one division of
General Scott's column was passing leisure
y along in some portion of Mexico, during
the late war, there came down, just at twi.
light, from a convent that crowned neigh
boring height, procession Of Cowled monks,
the leader upholding in his hands a contri-
button box, on which s,ood lighted lamp.
As the column de6led by, many soldiers
dropped small coins into the aperture pro,
yided for that purpose. One man, who
seemed searching for some larger teslimo-
nial Of his regard, fumbled in his pocket,
and at length drew out what looked to be a
roll of bank-notes; opened it took from it
a---paper of chewing tobacco filled short,
rusty pipe lighted it by the sacred lamp,
and with " Much oblcegcd To yeou, square,"
passed on, alt took Just Yankee" said
Mr.. Owen, " 10 do such thing in Catho,
lie country"
A PUzzL1Nc REPLY.---" A few weeks
ago." writes a town correspondent, "l
started on piscatory excursion with few
friends. The Long Island train of cars bore
the party as far as the beautiful village Of
Riverhead, where we sojourneG for lime.'
Our landlady was puriianical looking Yam
kee woman, whose education bad been
omewhat neglected la her earlier years /;
well posted up in all affairs concerning the
temporal and spiritual condition of that in
teresting section of the country. DESTROYS
Of drawing her into conversation, and Of
obtaining some useful information, put to
her the following questions Numerically,
madam, what is the population of Rverhead p
There is a considerable number of Presby
terians,' she replied, "a few Methodists
some Baptists, and a few Swedenborgers
tew,' Enlightned by her direct and off
handed answer, then asked---' What is the
orthodox and evangelical state of the COM
munily in the vilagei' 'Well some goes
for Scott and some for Fillmore; and Web
ster, he's got a few friends tew, guess =
Such is the account OF the population, and
such is the state of matters and things in
general in and about the lovely village of
Riverhead. think my informant must
have been the woman who so bothered the
late census taker.'"
ToRToIsE vs.. TURTLE.---Perhaps, reader,
you may remember the reply Of the old
maid in a stage-coach to question from
" Ollapod " as 10 where the Ridge Road y
was" That were the er-Ridge er Road that
we have stricken upon the hill, o'er which
the driver have just riz p Not unlike this
pomposity of speech was request made by
a certain careful speaking dandy in ,oords,'
who was out fishing upon the Susquehanna,
with a couple Of not very choice rowing
blades to aid him. All at once he paused,
pointed to the shore, and said, Cease row.
! ing, gentleInetlj l1ledSc ldhcy 'Ha' pr
ceive a tortoise bawsking upon the benk =
Looking in the direction indicated, one of
rowers said 10 the other, 'Old on, Bill p
Coy blamed if there ainr a mud.turkle,
anyhow p The two speakers had come to
the same confusion, but in slightly different
terms.
Fun AND DiALEcr.---" Why in L didn't
you give a signal % said fat English cock,
ney, with his mouth full of sandwich, who
ran wheeling aner the departing cars at
Narrowsburgh, on the Erie railroad, the
other day. "we rang the bell" " Oh, ay,
l,ko iI.I 900 hri u,bv didn't vou hIou,