Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-08-10
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BUSINESS, by I. Neavc, OF Cincinnati:
Il have learned thing or two re.
Specting the beggars of Italy. I find the
best way to get rid of their opportunities.
is to look them straight in the face, and
deliberately talk English. If you remain
silent, or say non,' either by word or
gesture, they will hang on. But l never
yet met one that could stand the 'vernac-
ular. 1t matters not much what you
say. L sometimes lecture them on tenn
perancc, or give chapter of Uncle Toms
Cabin, or expound the principles OF. the
Presbyterian Church, or the doctrines of
Loco Focoism. | occasionally lay down
the free banking law, CT tell them the
price Of corner lots in Cincinnati-alI
subjects are alike interesting and effect
i've. In no case could | prevail on them
to hear me out. Generally, before stated
the heads Of my discourse, they had VAN
ished-no one was to be seen within a.
square. They fly from the mother tongue
like the Devil from holy water; ard this
applies either to single beggars or to con-
gregationS of them. / have tried it on
more than fifty times, and alwavs with
the same effect. | never knew il to fail"
ULouis Napoleon and the Empress
commonly talk in English when they .re
alone, with view not only to prevent
the demeSticS hearing their conversation,
but to retain fiuency in that important
language, which the Empress speaks per-
fectly we'll; Louis Napoleon speaks Eng.
llsh quite well, but with a broader foreign
accent and less command of words than
might reasonably have been anticipated
by those who are aware of the length of
his residence in England. Frenchmen
profess to detect decided German accent
in his pronunciation of French. Most
of his life was passed abroad; in Switzer-
land, Italy and England, and it is not
remarkable that he should want the
accent of Parisians, which none but those
born there, and Russians, ever acquire.
CURIOUS EPITAPHs.-Ina country grave.
yard in New Jersey there is plain
stone erected over the grave Of beauti-
full young lady, with only this inscription
upon it:
Julia Adams, died of thin shoes, April
Ii, 1886, aged l9."
One stone, more conspicuous than the
rest, has this singular inscription upon
it:
"Here lies the body of John Jones who
never held an Office. An honest man."
OLD FoGYIsM.-Vincennes, Ia., must
be headquarters for the anti-progressives
There are now in that neighborhood, de-
scendantS of the old French settlers, who
cannot speak English, and who ride in
carts, the wheels of which are destitute of
iron or tires, and that the corn shuck
collar for the horse, is still used by them.
Vincennes was settled by the French in
1875.
u The editor of the Memphis Eagle
tells good one on his business part
ner." Dan Rice had remitted to him,
among other sums, two dollar bill which
he returned, informing him that it was
counterfeit, and requesting him to ''send
| another"
1t was some time before he heard from
Dan again, but an epiStle came at last.
with the required enclosure, and an apollo
gy for the delay, as Dan had found some
difficulty in procuring another counter
felt two dollar bill.
FAMILIARITY BREEDS sCONTHNPT.- Speak.
ing of little fisher boy, who didn't take
his eyes from his line when the Hudson
| River Railroad cars shot by him at the
rate of forty miles an hour, the Dutch-
mGl sayS-''Shoot men from town to
town by means Of mortars, and in less
than week it would become so common
place that a gentleman taking his seat on
a half keg of powder would excite but
! little more attention than a huctuation in
the fried pie market"
GA country fellow came to the city
to see his intended wife, and for long
time could think Of nothing to say. At
! last great snow falling, he took occa-
sion, to tell her that his fathers sheep
would all be undone. Well" said she
kindly, taking him by the hand, I'll
keep one Of them"
DEATH on THE WAY TO THE ALrAR-A
young man by name of Edmund Slatterly,
while on his way from Franklin to Mil
ford, on Sunday week, to be married, met
with singular fatal accident. He stopped
at a well to water his horse, when the
bucket fell into the well. He descended
to obtain it, when the wall caved in and
| buried him.
ANOTHER WHEEL BARROW MAN.-Aman
passed through Richmond, Ky, on the
10th ult., bearing his plundcr" and two
children on awheel- barrow. Aconfding
wife and two larger children walked.
They were all the way from North Caro-
! lima and bound for Indiana.
TRUTH.-An old German song says, in
accounting for the general want of vera
| CITY among men: q