Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-07-05
VARIETIES.

uorn. Jndge J0nnson, IN his life OF
Greene says; tPosterity will scarcely
believe that the bare loins of mauy
men who carried death into the en-
emy's ranks at Eutaw were CALLED by
their cartouch boxes while fold of a
rag or a tuft Of moss protected their
shoulder from the same injury by the
musket.' These were men of our first
revolution.
To KEEP A STovEAs BRIaHTAs A CoAcn
Be9Y by TWO APPLICATIONS A YEAR,
Make weak alum water, and mix your
"Bri ish lustre' with it; let the stove
be cold, brush with the mixture, then
take dry brush and lustre, and rub
the stove until it is perfectly dry
Should any part before polishing be-
come 50 dry as to look grey, moisten
: II with wet brush and proceed as a.
bove.
The following good story is told
about clergyman who had the mis-
fortune to loose his horse: After hun
ting in company with boy until mid
night he gave up in despair The
next day somewhat detected by his
loss he went into the pulpit, and took
sor his text the following passage from
Job: Oh, that I knew where to find
him! The boy, who had just come in,
supposing the horse still to be the bur-
den of thought, cried out l know where
he is--he's in Deacon Smiths barn.
The question voted on in Washing
ton City, at the late election was: Shall
the ciGy of Washington ask Congress
to clothe its municipal authorities with
power to prohibit the sale of intoxica-
ting liquors?' The vote s.ood 1,1O2
for the power, and 499 against.
The New Haven Conn. charter cleo
ton few days since ended in COM
plete triumph to the wings. The
Mayors. majority is nearly 400-other
wings are still higher
Anecdote.-A person upon whoom
the temperance reformation had pro-
duced no effect, entered in state Of
exhilaration, temperance grocery in
aneighborihg town. Air." he
exclaimed, do you--keep any
thing--good to7take here yes re-
piled the merchant we have some ex-
'cellent cold water; the best thing in
the world to Jake well | know it,
replied the Bacchante; 'thre's no ore
thing; that's done so much for nayiga-
ton as that.
They have fogs 50 thick in the Vi
cinity Of Newfoundland, that Yankee
is about turning it to account. He i'll
tends to dry and use it for stufing
cushions, instead Of WOOL
But for pride, many man who sits
in the poor house porch to-day might
have rested in the shadow of his own
household tree.
Bryant writes home that the Turks
are rapidly advancing in civilization
and refinement. In proof of this, he
mention: that they get drunk, play at
billiards and take advantage Of the
money markets.
The Hamilton Inteligencer states
that DR.. Tomlinson who committed
suicide some weeks since at his home
in Clermont county, was the ninth SUI
icide in the family eight brothers hav-
ing preceded him in selEdts,ructon!
It's said that the shir..- sewers of
New York city, work from early morn
till late at night for one dollar per
week. That is outrageous on human
ity, in city where many of its gran
dees fool away thousands of dollars on
single evenings entertainment.
It is an invariable custom among
the Chinese that at the close Of each
year, all debts must be paid, Or salts
tactoily adjusted in some other way.
The custom is an excellent one, and
is worthy of imitation by the people of
other nations.
They are getting up a new style Of
hogs out west. The inventor thinks
that by feeding them pewter with
their corn, he can raise pig lead from
them. Time must determine.
At a school meeting recently held
in London Mrs. Stowe was introduced
by a clergyman, as the mother of I'm
Gle Toni Rather nm unequivical
compliment that, as Urclc Tom Fas
Seyy black.