Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1853-10-13

he SAYS:
! must put in slip 10 give you singular
instance of death from the accumulation of
fat. We hud young man residing eight
cen miles from this place, who was one of
The miracles of nature. AT the aye of
twenety.lwo years he weighed 565 pounds;
he continued gradually 10 increase in fl sh
untl he reached liule over 600 pounds.
lie was able 10 gel about with tulerubIe ease
and comfort to hmsll, and attend 10 his
planting interests, lie haG fine estate and
looked after il with care aud interest. Some
Our weeks ago he commenced increasing
in -sh very rapidly, and gained al first one
and hall pounds per day, and then ii was
found thai he gained lille over TWO pounds
per day. Last week he died suddenly in
his chair, think from an accumulation of
fat around the hear. Three days prior 10
his death no doubt he would have gone over
$50 pounds. have often seen him, and
visited his family a few months ago pro.
IessionuIy
FEMALE Col LseE.-ll is proposed to es.
Iablish in some of our eastern cities, an in.
sIlution in which The science of spinnlogy
weavology and cookuIogy may be taught TO
ladies', and where oblaining these accom-
plishmenls. they may receive u regular d..
ploma. with the honored degree, of F. F.
W,'-'FiI for Wives.
The man who was charged with electric.
ily has been acquitted.
Too WILLING.-Al an exhibition given
by the forly-iwo Chociaw Indians The other
night, in New York they kindly offered 10
give specimen ol lomahawkng and scalp.
ing, III any lady or gentleman in The audi.
ence would step forward
JOHN RANDOLPH Among the innumer
able anecdotes Of This gentleman, the fol
lowing is not the worst: young aspiran
for congressional fame, saw fiji in his maid
en- speech, 10 give proof Of his boIdnes'
and eloquence. by n ,ong and abusive attack
upon Inc ecCenfic member from Virginia
Al Ihe conclusion ol the young orulors vU
luminous address, the hero of Roanoke
arose, and stretching oul his long and ner.
vous arm towards the seal Of the compacen
youth, with haII-inquiring, halt-conIemp.
uous look, thus REPLIED Mr.. Speaker, tOho'
that'
In the uun Der Of newspapers, California
is quIle up 10 any Stale, with The same pop
ii snon, and they are supported at an I'm
mense cost. Four Years ago, there was
weekly paper al San Francisco and one u
Monterey, an1 these were all. Now lhcr
is weekly Tor every county in the STATE,
they were distributed around. There ar
35 counties, and Sc weekly issues ss tn
least. OF these, one is literary, one is ler
perance, and three are religious. Their
are nine daily papers published. and lou
lri- weekies.
RESULTS OF CAMrHENE BURNlNG MIR.
Merriam has kept record Of ,he njurie
D and deaths produced from the use oI cam
phene, burning the haid, aud similar prepai
n atonS, reported in the papers from Januar
81, 1858. From this record we learn the
e ten persons were bu,nrd 10 death by cam
+ phene, ETC., in New York. four in Brooklyn
. and five in other places; while by the sam
. cause fourteen were badly injured in NeS
. York, nine in Brooklyn, ana five in olhe
II places. Several OF 'he persons reported in
/ jured wer! SO severely burned that Ills prof
e. able they died-N. Y Tribune.
4 The same paper contains an account {
f The bursting OF camphene lamp in WLBET
n piano factory, by which Mr.. W. was seriou.
ly burned, and dangerous conAagralio
barely prevented.
:. The word Porte is derived from vel
: sion given by Italian interpreters 10 an Or
email phrase. Ii was an ancient custom {
u eastern sovereignty, in administering justic
;, or exercising other functions OF their office
10 sll as the scripluruI expression runs, 1
i. The gate Of their new palaces. Gdie becun
thus synonymous with "courI" or "office.
and the SuIlan's court was called by eAce
: rnce, the eralted or }otiy gate. This phrase
in the literal ran,lalionS Ul the Drngoman'
who were mostly Italians, became La Port
. Porle To The same source we owe III
term, Grand Signur" us applied 10 The o
. oman Emperor.
ii A lloOsIER'S DESCRIPTION OF A Dime
S AT THE ASTOR House, met upon The lrai
d an elderly Housier, who had been To tn
J. show case exhibition At New York. and wh
: had also seen the Hi pod dro me, us he cal
e edit.
Il did you remain long in New York, I"
;. asked him.
ii "Wcll, no, he answered thougAIIully
"unIy lwo days, Tor saw there was u rigI
smart cnunce Of starving 10 death and II
II opposed To thai way OF going down. pI
u up al one OF their savernS, and allowed
t. was going 10 be treated 10 The whole"
"Where did YOU sIop," said !, inerrup
, ing him
!, AT the AShtore House. allow yo
i don't keIch me 10 no such place again The
y ring a gone as they called it, four umc
olore breakfast and then, when wen. in
e eat, there want marry viIlles on The liable?
v What ,OaS lhere?" venlured 10 in1uir
II well" sad lhe old man, enumeranr
is the items cautiously, as II from lear OF omi
n sion, "lhEre was clean plate--wrong sic
!. up-a knife, u clean to,cet split spoon. an
n a hand bill! and what was worse,' addt
my companion, "lhe insuluin' niger up al
usked me what | wanted "Vmles," says
10 bring in ger uihleS and I'll help myself
lie Jenny, my boy, did you see tho fig
D. Of bats the other night!
I. 'NivGr The one, my honey; what kind