The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1856-11-20
MISCELLANEOUS.

sas. The Yankee referred to is the right kind
of man to deal with the "Border Rutfians"
In Kansas.
You know the test to which the Missourians
subject all travellers who make their appear
ance at any of their ferries and ask to be crossed
into Kansas. Some days since, a slab-sided
Yankee arrived at one of the Northern Missouri
landings, with a long train of lDluader of vari-
Gus sorts. By way of testing him, the ferrymau
asked him what stock he had.
WAL" says the Yankee, give got two
horses, yoke of oxen, and two keO.cs"
That's enough, replied the ferryman; "you
can't cross here"
"Why not?" inquired the Yankee.
The ferryman told him that his instructions
were not to cross anybody that couldn't pro-
nounce the word cor.
But l said keO'C," persisted the Yankee.
We'll, you can't cross here" rather grufiy
But Tve got tickets emitting me to Cross
urged the Yankee.
The ferryman replied, that he did not know
of anybody who had a right to sell him tickets.
But I've got them, any way"
The ferryman demanded sight of the tick
cts; whereupon, Mr.. Yankee stepped back a
little, hauled out revolver in each hand, cry
ing, "Them's the tickets, and I'm bound to cross
this ferry, keOW or no ke0,c '"-Mqreago Jour
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WHAT POSTMASTER Should Nor Re-
When Judge Mclean was Postmaster General
he was grossly abused by a disappointed appli
cant Tor reappoinsment as postmaster in one OF
the small towns. He at length demanded TO
De informed In writing why he was not reap
pointed. lie was so informed; and it is said
the following is copy of the letter with which
he was favored by the Postmaster General:
Posi- OFFICE DEPARTvEvr,
JbHe 6, 1923.
SIR: The allegations against You are numer-
Gus and strong, and are chiefly these:
That you cannot write or read well epoucb .
are not safe accountant; have been guilty Of
the grossest negligence in not delivering letters
When called Ior-a negligence ALWAYS inconve-
nlent, and often attended with injury: deliver
letters frequently to persons for whom thew
were not intended and suffer them TO be taken
away fali to send letters and packages bv the
mail IN proper time, sometimes sending OH the
mail without putting into II any letters or nack-
els that had been lodged at your office reverse
the destination OF letters, and send them hack
TO the places whence they came have not sense
enough 10 discover the error, after the letters
nave been repeatedly returned make frequent
and gross mistakes i'm the bills forwarded 70
other offices; open packages addressed to other
post Offices, when g. mail is called for bv a
nelghboring postmaster, handing out anv one.
right or wrong discbey the regulations re.
speeding dead newspapers; appropriate half a
dozen oil them to your own use for two or three
Years, and resort to the miserable speculation
OF selling them for wrapping paper; Gil up a
circulating library with periodical works oh.
tanned in this way; are uncouth in vonr he.
haviour; odious to the population; heap error
tried by the vicinage, and found wanting and.
to sum up, they charge you with want Of prin-
ciple and capacity.
Respectfully your obedient,
JoHy MCLEAN.
THE BALTIMORE ELECTION RIoTS-AN ANA.
ION IN THE FIELD.-In the midst of the riots
between the Eighth and Seventh wards, and
leading on the Eighth ward boys with cheering
shouts, was a goodlooking Irish woman, who
manifested spirit of daring and bravery which
would have done credit TO one of Napoleons
Old Guard. She had no FIRE arms, except what
one might call the swivel, which she helped to
carry; but she certainly did most effective ser
vice in repeling the invaders with brickbats
and sach other missiles as she could pick up.
She was fired at three times by one mau, and
yet escaped uninjured. After the Seventh
ward Know Nothings had been dispersed aud
driven back, she deliberately rolled up her
sleeves, stopped down at the corner of Miliken
and Aisquith streets, with her eye upon the
enemy, and washed her hands. The Eighth
ward boys gathered around her. and gave her
three cheers, while one of them, son Of Erin,
became so demonstrative, that he threw his
arms around her neck and kissed her. Another
incident of this fight observed by the neighbors.
was that of a man running upon Mr.. Shrecks
steps in Aisquith street, for protection, and
while there three pistols were aimed at him, n
woman placed herself before him and saved his
Republican, Nor. 10.
ACTION OF SUGAR on THE TEETH. - The
Charleston Is. c. Medical Journal states that
NJ. Larez, in the course of his Investigations on
the teeth, arrived at the following conclusions
"lst. Refined sugar, either from cane or
beet, is injurious to healthy teeth, either By i'm
mediate contact with these organs, or by the
gas developed, owing to its stoppage in the
stomach.
=" I'd. If tooth is macerated IN a saturated
solution Of sugar, it is so much altered in the
chemical composition, that it becomes gela-
tinous, and its enamel Opaque, spOugy, easily
broken.
"3d. This modification is due, not to free
acid, but to a tendency of sugar to combine
with the calcareous basis of the tooth"
The foregoing conclusions are correct, and
candies and condiments should be avoided.
They should be kept free from children espe-
cialy. 1t is we'll known that maple sugar rem
ders teeth tender and sensitive.
GALLANT BoYs.-About two weeks ago, two
sons of Mr.. ]. S. Whilhoite, of Monterey. in
Owen county, Kentucky one ton years old and
the other eight, rode their fathers horse to the
Kentucky river to water. The horse plunged
in, and attempted 20 swim across the river, with
both the boys upon his back. When near the
middle of the stream, they tried to turn the
horse back toward the other shore This made
him capsize, and both the boys slipped off into
the water, and the horse left them. As they
slipped off, the elder said to the younger, ",Hold
on to me, and I'll swim out with YOU" He
did hold on, and the other actually swan ashore
With him upon bis back, dragging at the same
lime through the water tin bucket. which the
younger had strung by the bail upon his arm.
When was a more remarkable feat ever accom-.
plished by a boy of ten years
QUEER NAMEs.-We heard Of family In De.
troit, whose sons were named One Stickney,
Two Stiekney, Three StickDey; and whose daugh-
ters were named First Stickney, Second Stick
ney, and so on. The three elder children of
another family were named Joseph And, and
Another; and it was supposed, that should they
have any more, they might have named them
Also, Moreover, Nevertheless, and Notwith-
standing. Another family actually named their
child Finis, supposing 1t their last !; but
they happened afterward to have daughter
and two sons, whom they called Addenda, Ap-
pendix, and Supplement-. Another parent set
out to perpetuate the twelve apostles, and named
the fifth child Acts. A man in Peunsylyanis
called his second son james Also, and third,