The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1856-03-26

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Tom is queer genius, and lets off some tai
ones occasionally. He visited us the other da,
in our sanctum, with
How do you do, old fellow?''
"Hallow, Tom said We, where have you
been 50 long,"
why, sir, have been down on Severn riv-
cr, II Anne Arundel county, taking Shanghai
notes on The chills and fever
"Ah, indeed, said We, "arc they very bad
down therc?"
Rather bad, said Tom, driy. ..There is
one place where they have been attempting to
build brick house for eight weeks-well, the
other day, as the hands were putting up the
bricks preparatory to finishing it, they were Ia
kea with chill; and shook the whole building
completely down, and kept on shaking till the
bricks were dust of the finest quality! Just at
that juncture, the chils came ON with renew
cd force, and they commenced shaking up the
dust with such gusto that they were entirely
obscured for two hours, and the people of the
neighborhood thought the sun was in total
eclipse!'
Cant believe any thing like that, Tom
Its a fact, said Tom, and resumed:
There's q farmer down there, who, in APP
ple--picking season, haals his niggers out to The
orchard and sets one up against each tree
In short time the chill comes on, and every
apple in the orchard is shaken off the trees on
to the ground"
"Incredible!!' said we, holding our sides
with hands,"
Fact" said Tom, .'they keep man along
side of each negro to take him away as soon
as the fruit is off, for fear he will Shake the
tree down.
Tom continued, "Mr. S., friend of mine
and house carpenter, was engaged few
days ago in covering the roof Of house with
shingles. just as he was finishing, the chill
came on and he shook every single off the
roof. Some Of them are supposed to be flying
about yet
aAnother gentleman near the same place,
was taken with chill the other day 1T dinner,
and shook Ills knife and fork down his throat,
besides breaking allthe crockeryware on the
table. His little son, who was sitting at the
same table, was taken with a chill and shook
all the buttons off his inexpressibles, and then
shock himself clear of them!'
We then prevailed upon Tom to desist, who
did SO. with the understanding that he was to
give rs the balance at some other time.
Persons who thdnk of emigrating to Anne
Arundel county will please take notice.
"Pa," simpered a boarding school creation,
'sare you going to have a coat of arms painted !
on the pannelso of our new carriage2''
Yes. a saw and saw-buek, for With that ! !
earned my first money /
That was very natural way to bring down :
The dust" !
Hyrti, by far the greatest anatoinist Of the
age, used to say that be could distinguish, in
the darkest room, by one stroke of the scalpel,
the brain of the inebriate from that Of the per- /
son who had lived soberly. Now and then he {
would congratulate his class upon the posses !.
sion of the drunkard's brain, admirably fitted !,
from its hardness and more complete preserva- &
lion for the purposes of demonstration. When Il
the anatomist wishes to preserve human brain I
for any length of time, he effects his object by
keeping that object in vessel of alcohol
From soft pulpy substance, tthen becomes P
comparatively hard. But the inebriate antici- L
oating the anatomist, begins the indurating pro- .
less before death; begins it while the brain re-
mains the very consecratcd temple Of the soul, P
While its delicate and gossamer tissues still B
hrcb with the pulses Of heaYen-born life $
Strange infatuation, thus TO desecrate the God =
Ike! Terrible enchantment that dries up all n
he fountains Of generous feeling. petrifes all R
he tender humanities and sweet charities oil S
life, leaving only brain Of lead and a heart Of 7
tone! z
Three elergymen, one of whom naturally
rcd haired nan-rejoiced in the name of Salt
II, met at a bookstore. The two had obsery-
d that Saiter had been taking advantage of s
he wonderfully Transforming properties of q :,
modern hair dye, and one remarked, abiding e =
o the usage of the protestant episcopal church, NJ
. which the three belonged: In
81 thought it was directed in the rubric that G;
be psalter (Salter) should be read,' fred. y
1T is sir returned the red haired man. n
and ! adhered strictly to the preccpt till i +;
yed, "(died. r
Swedenborg's last day on earth is thus de- Z 4
cribed: On Sunday, the 29th Of March, 1772, Il :,
is powers all active and clear, tile maid and G,
Mistress were sitting BY bis bedside, when the &,
lock struck. He asked what O'Clock it was a
hey answered, five He said 1t was we'll b b
thank you-God bless youn and in a mo- Il
leat after his spirit gently and peacefully pass N
j away. VI
A Virginia postmaster has been inquiring of p
lc department the meaning of the little s'pic o o
lres stuck on the letters, and another off p;
al in Iowa desired the department to sustain
i'm in a decision he had recently made against
fellow" who insisted that s.them pictures of
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