Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-07-27
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The Washington County Post says a
chan in a certain village, with whom the
editor is acquainted, having hadsaaded su-
oar sold to him, inserted in the weekly pa
nner the following Notice j purchas-
ed of a grocer in this village a quantity Of
sugar, from which l obtained one pound of
srnd. If the rascal who cheated me will
send to my address seven pounds Of good
sugar. Scripture measure Of restitution
will be satisfied if not, I shall expose
him, On the following day, nine seven
pound packages Of sugar were left at his
residence from as many different dealers,
each supposing himself the person iAton-
ded.
The New York Pick gives a good picture
Of a boy contemplating one mutilatod hand,
with q smoking pistol in the other, e3olaim-
ing :-"WeIl, if [ have shot off three of
my fingers, I've kept the fourth"
A few evenings since, q Vormonter was
Boosting of his birth among the mountains
Of Vermont, whom a by-standor replied,
that was the time the mountains labored
and brought forth a mouse"
Punch gives it as his opinion that a man
who goes to church to chew tobacco, and
spits upon tho floor, ought to be taken by
the head and heels and scrubbed upon the
soiled spot until it is clean.
The Albany Knickerbocker lately re-
ceived a letter, inquiring among other
things, whether pig iron was P%etrltod
pork, and if it was, which was the best way
to cook it to make it juicy.
While a purity Of twelve ladies were in
bathing at Newport the other day, the
horse rau away with the wagon containing
all their clothes. \ very vicious horse
A German paper relates the following :
"In the little town Of b. sixteen persons
got into an omnibus to which there were
no horses, and taking each others hands
formed the magnetic chain. At the end Of
fifteen minutes the wheels began to turn.
and the omnibus to move, and it transport
cd the travellers to their place ofdestinatioT
with the most frightful rapidity Hem
When Commodore Arson was at Canton
the officers of the Centurion had a bal
upon some Court holiday. While the,
were dancing, a Chinese, who surveyed tn
operation, said softly to one Of the party
why don't you lot your servants do thi
for you"
At the late woman's rights convention
a resolution was reported and laid over fc
the nqxt meeting, that if justice was M
fully done to the ladies, and soon, the
would stop the population Of the country
CANCELS and ministers o. grace defend us!
One fellow thinks that women ought
make good morning paper printers, asman
of them have long been accustomed to 81
ting up late, for steamers!
Beautifully gorgeous wa. the sunset SIX
The last notes Of the summer birdsf fell III
on the ear as they retired to their Resin
places in the green forest, and everythin
whispered of love, as stood with my 10,
in a beautiful garden, RECALLED by the cd,
of a thousand flowers. Gently | drew n
m around her dalicate waist, and W;
about to impress akiss upon her lips, wht
she looked me saucily in the eyes, and Wi
smile upon her c~ountenance, she sal
Don't, and l dontcd.
The late judge Thompson, while pre-
ding in the United States Circuit in Il
city of New York, on the trial of a erin
nal case, was requested by one of the COZ
sci to charge the jury that they were iude
both of the law and the fact. The iud
replied Il shan't ; they amt This
the cleverest specimen OF laconics, save O
which we remember to have heard of sf
Cesar famous despatch to the Roman S
ate and what's more to the point, it
good law.
A certain Chief Justice, now no mc
was once holding Court at East Cambria
The bar was crowded with lawyers wait
for the calling of the docket and
Judge, being determined to be facetic
produced a miserable pun. The bar, a,
duty bound, raised a great shout of lau
ter which reused the venerable sheriff fl
his slumbers. EOrder,' cried he, rapp
his desk 'Silence in court-Mere's ~
ing to laugh at.
nay~ The cars on this road annihilate
and space almost; like a s%norting WIZ
the iron horse flies from this City to b
in three hours-distance, 10 miles.
ErehanS
That's nothing to crow over, brother
train, a short time ago, took between
and an hundred Of its passengers from
walk to Eternity in twinkle-distan
OOn't say.