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

Habits are more easily formed than al.
tered. Ii takes ftYbre time 10 abridge ons
book than il does to write falf DOZEN
The same remark will apply to letters.
The only reason people %fii6 d three paged
eris's Is beca1Se they have not lime To &C n.
dense into ono. Ii may seem like paradox,
sill lis fact. that almost every eiimr Ends
il easier TO write half co an,n ar,icla, han
he does to get up one tina, oniy conrans w,
or three paragraphs.
NEVER SAY DIE--Fi9e years nyo Santa.
Anna was hooied out of Vora Cruz- with his
own wooden Iee. He is now Prssden, os
Mexico. A month after MullonY attempted
suicide. he was running f,r Congt IS, Wa
care not how dark vour prospects may b..
S"ep on living. mud the line viii come when
you will ge, ahead of them. Arsenic was
made 'of fats and towards. lf You have
pluck. therefore. face the music. and bide
your time. -
Fun AND FAcT--'Those sewing ma.
chimes are great inventions said friend 10
old Roger. Yes, SIR said the little man"
rendily. SOW ii seams i, appeared to be The
opinion all round.-- Boston Post.
Cows BifrEN TIE Chicago TriSune
learns ihol 29 coSs ard oxen were bitten
by mad dog al the Dulch Senlemen, On The
Calumet, 90 miles soath Of Chicago. The
caoie @ete all kiIlod. The iahabitnnts oil
escaped aud succeeded in k..lingthe dog,
Nix ignorance with soid wealth and
f. n r ,a - q ht,,.'t tir.l.
is eq'a ~ = h"ojrcd pounds to .he square
inch. "" rnr 'mHG ae no rg.licr nuisance
than an ill-hreG maC suidanty raised .o the
rank Of mi 'ionaire.
Mr.. Weed, The accomplished Editor OF
the Aiha"y Evening Journal, con.radic,s the
absurd story. that he meda,es n iourney To-
Rnmc F"r the purpose Of embruclng the
Catholic faith.
Our OF SoRTs.--A pleasure panty invar,-
ably. Who ever knew p7ck rick 10 come
off without milf being picked 10 between
somebody. If Miss FanIandling does not
offend the Misses S,ubbSt because ,hey Ter.
sist in wearing those flights of bonne,s.'
why Miss Sni,hers will q, mo the suiks be-
cause ',ha, brazen huzzv' Nss Ousenburv
is so lost to shame as L. Wander of ainne
with her beauX. All pleasure parties should
consist Of two persons. n whrc vest mud u
pair of slippers. All larger gatherings be.
come bores.
Broom Corn, i. is said is an Indian plaht.
DIR. Franklin, in his day, saw a small brush
Of it. when he discovered seed; this he
planted and from il has come the broom corn
We ntw use. Pope started the Weeping
Willow tree in E"eland quite curiuusly.-
Some firnd sen, him basket of figs from
Turkey. He happened 10 discover a green
stick If The willow basket. This he took
ou., plaH,ed, aud The weeping " iliow Tree Of
England, Sc ~, the result. Il is easily
rt6paga'sd iron 'e ,wies.
SMART GraLa.--A ynang gentleman of
kuSeIry, meeting q hlndsomc milk.maid
near he 1ar5le, said, Wnol will YOU ,ake
Ion yourself aud your mix, my dear p The
girl Instantly replied, yourself and gold
ring sir. That is good, bVI the girl at inc
house was better. \ gentleman
called in and was shown over suit of rooms
BY very pretty gis'. Are you to be let
with the roomSP enquired tho gallant. mo
sir; am to be let alone.
SyMpToNs.-W When you meet a friend
about dinner time, near his own house and
he stands gossiping with YOU on the door step
without any demonstrations TO enter, YOU
may iake il as symptom thai your compu.
ny TO dinner is not particularly desirable.
When yoa drop in for half an hours cha
At friends house, In the evening; and ate,
s0u have been there three no.ial hours,
your friend yswns and looks at his watch,
and his wife picks up her needle work and
says in poin'ed soliIoquy, well, guess it
IS about time to give over for tonight you
nay take il as an inlaIlible symp,om that
you are bore, and The sooner you depart
he 0elier.
FROM THE CoGsr or AFRIcA.--Leuevs
rom the toas, of africa state that seventy
I've persons sold oul Of the Colony of Sierra
Leone as sfaVes TO the neighboriog tribes
have been delivered up to the authorizes.
Fifteen Of the buyers aud sellers have been
A notorious slave dealer, Don
Crispo, was in prison. wai,ioG passage TO the
oSNtfuI yedIS the
ships of war have been tying TO secure This
we'll kaoWn character. .=-Boston Transcript
Mrs. Harris says II a man wants his chill.
lren TO look like himself The fewer jaunts
he makes California the beUet. Observing
'ld Ody that.
The Cincinnati Gazette says rhat Mr..
8landly of GAINESVILLE, has determined TO lo.
cate his projected Railroad Iron Mill at
rGnlon.
II is said that TEN thoGs and copies Of
Fanny Ferns book were sold the first week
tier iIs issue! That beats Mrs. Stoves
Uncle Tom.
=. Is ,he Wing party dead OF not 4-BostOn
Post.
Put your finger in its mouth and you viii,
perhaps find OUT Louisville Journal.
Speaking of The death Of an aged man one
If cur exchanges says, he retained remark.
.ble possession Of all his men,ol faculties
lown TO within few miles Of his residence
Dobbs says everybody might be some,
body if they would only lake pains. In mis-
opinion, greatness is as easily catght as raie
measles. Look al Frank Pierce.
Mr., Van Buren's arrival is announced in
he English papers.