Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-02
Selt,tt Mlistellanp.


There is popular and very ancient saying
that every year whose date ends with SO Is
one Of plenty, and this has been confirmed by
a statement to the effect that this has invariably
been the case, ever since 1856, in many parts of
Europe. We are not easy Of belief in the mat
ter of signs, sayings and omens, but we cannot
help remarking that if coincidence Of numbers
goes for anything, the prophets have at least
the color of probability on their side, this time.
An old writer says that man has in his hily-
sixth year all the maturity Of intellect, and
weight of wisdom to which he can reasonably
hope to attain, and as we all know that t" fifty
sixers in iron are very heavy articles, We may
conclude on quite as good grounds as Parson
| Miller ever had for his assumptions, that the
| fifty sixers in chrome ogy are famed for heavy
crops In the present instance we fortunately
have something more than the occult coinci-
dence of members to bear out the saying. The
cold weather has endured SO steadily and con-
stantIy, and even where the days have been
warm, the nights have been thus far, SO cold
| that there is little reason TO apprelend that
there viii be break in the warm weather.
when il once fairly begins. The farmers report
| that the white, wheat is doing quite az well as
could be expected, and as an enormous quanti-
ty has been everywhere sown, there is at pre-
sent no reason to apprehend anything more
than the usual newspaper famines, annually
started by the "bears." What may come IN
the form of hailstorms. droughts and rains, is
at present known only to our excellent friend
the Clerk of the Weather. Thus far, however,
all is promising. aud we find ourselves sliding
into warm weather under the best of prospects.
Decidedly the year SO bids fair to give beiev.
ers in old saws and prophecies new hool
) wherein 10 hang their theories. ~, ..,..
TRAyELLIsG PoLITESEss.-In the course o
one Of Mr.. Coughs lectures, speaking of thu
disposition evinced by great many ladies b
: consider acts Of courtesy from gentlemen a
matters Of right, said in substance as follows
I will not say one word here tonight tina
"a would wound any lady's feelings. because
lone woman and would have her love me, but
would speak Of matter which Of late has be
: come very common. 1t was told me in Eng
land that il was necessary for II lady who wish
. ed to. travel through Europe to always be &C
companied by gentleman, to prevent her froI
all rudeness, and even actual insult. | tol
them that here, in the United States, a lad
could travel from Maine ID Louisiana. and
treated with the greatest ,politeness. Al
: plause. 49, gi8saaW ~. dImIds< 5JI ag bi9h e
;, Now, ladies. have frequently noticed thu
! when-cspecially in public asseInblies--sou
4. of you have been offered seats, which, as a ma
ter of courtesy, you should occupy, instead
politely saying, IL thank you, SIR, for ,yo'
Kindness you have rudely dropped into d
vacated seat, with an apparently offended al
ns as much as to say, :. You imPadent pup
% yoors (Applause.) Now, ladies'. the. ne
in time gentleman offers you scat, II you w
Isl only pot on one Of your Prettiest suilies, Al
he say IL thank you, sir ]" depend upon i, q M
90 can stand all nigh, and neyefknos he had a.
"A legs ''i vRl lapes hSa ls# ihaa ''at ~
When lady enters lecture room. ha
at often seen men fold their arms, snd SAY TO the
PIP next neighbor, /. Here. move up--lm not goI
TO give up my seat f'-apd oiteEtimes
! n have seen ladies stand, when politeness
I; a mands that they should be seated. in !
lnd whole course of my observations, since !
ieh August, have counted but three persons "
returned thanks for preferred seats, and one
these was colored romaa Z (Applause.)