The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1856-12-11

large stone, IN the torfE OF 4 cap. IN Whlc
is always contained quantity OF water fo
tie refreshment Of travellers On this stou
the following lines have been etched:
'On Sihtac tap, there is cap.
And in that cap til, le is drap:
Take up the cap, and drink the drap.
And leave the cap on Sintac tap
- Capt, Nat. Johnson every body know
Capt. Nat. Johnson--was travelling in the car
the other day, when he observed two Eng
lishmen commending this country in terms
unusual warmth
do you like the country though2'' ask
Capt. Nat
Indeed we do replied the Englishmen.
I've are surprised and delighted with ey
cry thing We see; your institutions. and habs
and life are all different and so much NOR
wonderful and attractive than we had ever ex
pecied.'
you think 50 well Of our country now. =
rejoined Capt. Nat, '"Good God. " hat noul.
you have thought Of it, If you had seen
before Pierce was elected President!''
G.5- Hoare in his Treatise on the Vine, give
astriking exemphfcation Of the instinct
plants. bone placed in the strong bu
dry clay of a vine border. The vine sent ou
aleadingor tap root, directly through the clay,
TO the bone. Inits passage through the clay
the main root threw out tibres; but W hen
1t reached the bone, 1t entirely covered It bY
degrees with the most delicate and minute Il
bers, like lace, each one sucking at pore in
the bone. On this luscious morsel Of a mar
row bone would the vine continue to feed aS
long as any nutr:ment remained to be extract
+ ed.
EzGy" 1t was reported in the Court Circle a.
Campiegne that Queen Victoria contempIatos
making an addition to the royal lily OF
England in February
Ets5- The indianapolis Sentinel in speaking
of the result Of the recent municipal elcctou
Ill which the Republicans carried that city OBJ
serves that 'the Democrats were SOBER a
Madison paper suggests that that fact may
have been the cousp nfth- p-r,-.Liiva4I> success,
man S0ber, could be expected To vote
the Buchaneer ticket"
CYAN auctioneer having horse 10 sell
that could not be induced to cross a bridge
which lay in the way of his marstcrs country
residence, advertised him as sold for no fault
but that its owner was desirous of going out
of the city"
Esas- Some of our American exchanges in
the South, finding crumbs of comfort in
the assertion that Andrew Jackson Doneson
is the only one of those whose names were
associated upon the Presidential ticket that
received majority in his own precinct. Up
on these aurels, they think he can retire with
honor, to the comforts of private life, and one
hundred negroes, "fat and sleek
LS-Silk has fallen IN London three shl~
to a diminution of orders transmitte, to Chr
ma, and in the second place diminution OF sill
yer exported there, AS silver must always ac-
company orders.
Hxg-Mr j. w. Dodge of Cumberland
County, Tennessee, raised and exhibited some
Apples at the County Fair, which We're sold
at auction at $40, 50a dozen-about barrel
and a half brought Sill.
Esy~It is alleged that General Coneha gets
s5l each for permits TO land negroes IN Cuba
from Africa and his deputies get $3.50 for
each negro.
a~y-I is we'll known that Pope was quite
small and deformed. One evening. whlle at
Burton's coffee house, with Swift, Arbuthnet,
and few other friends; poring over manu-
script of the Greek Ar>tephanes they found
one sentence which they could not compre-
bend. As they talked very loud. q Young Of
fcer who stood by the fire heard tier confer
ence. and begged leave to look at the passage
oh said Pope, sarcastically. by all
means, pray let the young gentleman look at
Upon which the officer took up the book,
and. considering awhile, said there wanted
only note of ofin;erregation 10 make tie whole
a: once intellisibls.
And pray. SIR said Pope, piqueI at be
inc outdone bv y military man, what Is
note Of interrogation:
"A note oiiatcrroga.ion," replied he youth,
with the contempt, is a little crooked thns
that asks questions.
lag-A monument is proposed to be erect
ed at Cleveland, Ohio. to the memory OF Bur
bara Forman The I;ttle girl. daughter OF
Catholic parents, who is alleged 10 nave died
in onsegueuce of a cruel beaang inflicted on
her bv a priest, in consequence oi her attend
ing Protestant Ragged School in Cleveland
on the Sabbath. Tie Teachers OF the Rag
.ed School have passed resolutions on the sab
lect claiming the privilege OF heading the
subscriptions TO be followed by their pupils and
then the teachers and scholars OF other Sun
day Schools.
G-Asa meeti,ing held in Norwich, the
Rev. Or. Ewad. one of the missionaries q
the Jews Society stated that there We're now
more Jews in w hitcchapei than Jerusalem and
more Jews in London than in The whole OF the
HOLY Land. Tha total number CT Jews IN
lie Metropolis, : estimated az 10000. and
; DR.. Ewald stated that during the last hve
years he had bap.iSed Ia or l25 converts.
| rPA man discovered America, but wo-
man equipped The voyage 50 II Is ever; man
a executes the great deeds. but woman trains the
:; man. Every ettectual man leaving his mark
; on the world is only another Columbus. fer
whose furnishing some isabella in tie per
: son OF his mother. laid down her jewels, her
: yautics. her comforts.
Be- According 10 the Times OF Philadel-
phis there has been quarrel between Mr..
Buchanan and the flhbusters and crszier sort
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