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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

! " An old chap in Connecticut,
who was one Of the most niggardly
men in that part Of the country, car.
ried on the blacksmlthing business
very extensively; and, as is generally
the case in that State, boarded all his
own hands. And to show how he en-.
wed the men what they ate, he would
have a bowl of bean soup dished up
Tor himself, to cool, while chat of the
hands was set before them boiling hot.
One Of the boys was rather unlucky
Among the hot irous, frequently bur.
nlng his fingers. The old man scold-
ed him severely one day for being SO
careless.
"How can / tell if they are hot,
unless they are red I" asked the boy.
Never touch any thing again un.
til You spit on it; if it don't hiss, it
won't burn"
In day or two the old man sent
the boy to see if his soup was cold.
The boy went-spit in the bowl; of
course the soup did not hiss. lie went
back and told the boss it was all
right.
Dinner" he cried.
Z" All hands run; down sat the old
man at the head of the table; and in
went a large spoonful of the boiling
hot soup into his mouth.
. " Good heavensl" cried the old
man, in the greatest rage. What
cid you tell me that lie for, you young
rascal 2"
81 did not lie," said the boy very
innocently. " You told me | should
spit on everything, to see if it was
hot. l spit in your bowl, and the
soup did not hiss, so supposed it was
cool.
Judge of the effect on the jours.-
The boy was never without a friend
among the iourneymen.
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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14
An Exotic in the witness Box.

Some OF the drollest things that ever
present themselves to the notice OF q
reporter, are the efforts made by law
yers to draw the testimony they desire
from refractory OF stubborn witnesses.
We saw a Milesian gentlemen upon
the stand on Saturday last, who fairly
bothered one of the shrewdest lawyers
in all Philadelphia. The case was an
assault and battery, in which the eX-
otic in question was called to testify
for tho prosecution before q police
magistrate. The dialogue that opened
up was as follows
'"Mr. O'Daloy, where do You live ~
"In Clinton street, yer honor"
"And which waydoes Clinton street
run3' .
"Lengtlways, sir"
(Which way is that,north or southP
"If you stand at the upper end, it
runs south, sir; if you stand at the
lower end, it runs NORTH"
"Then you mean to say itruns north
and south 2"
"Yes, sir; provided You stand mid
way between the ends"
"Aud what is the width Of Clinton
street, Mr.. O'Daley ~
From side to side, do oyou mean :"
"Yes; what is the width from side
to side Z"
"Well, as near Ns l can come to it,
| it is Just the distance from oRe side
walk to the other. 1t may bs more,
bat I'd not take nc Bible oath of it."
"With whom do you reside, Mr..
IO'Daley 2"
"With the man ! board with"
"And who is he 7"
"Do you know Dennis--M,ke Den
mis- the butcher 2"
81 haven't that honor"
"Then how the devil can you know
who | board with z"
"Do you mean to say that you board
with Dennis3"
"And if | didn't, why SHOULD | hand
his wife two dollars every Saturday
night--bamen' the last one 2'
The magistrate informed Mr. O'Da.
ley that he might leave the stand. lie
did SO, and with a look Of wisdom wor'
thy of Solomon himself. Whether he
vii! lie again called up, is more thar
we can say until the case comes before
the Quarter Sessions. Queer people
tbese exotics.--Phii. N. Amer.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

Here is O whole volume concern
ing the customs, manners and habits
of the Turks, contained in q simple
paragraph:
1.-The Turks abhor the hat; but uR-
covering the head which, with Us, is
an expression ofrespect, is considered
by them disrespectful aud indecent; no
offence is given keeping on hat in a
mosqe, but shoes must be left on the
threshold; the slippers not the turban
is removed in token Prospect The
Turks turn in their toes; they Saite
from right to left; they mount on the
right OF the horse; they follow their
guests into a room and procele them
on leaving it, the left hand is the place
OF honor, they do the honors of the
table by serving themselves first; they
are great smokers and coffee drinkers;
they take the wall and walk hastilyin
token OF respect; they beckon by
throwing back the hand, instead of
throwing it towards them; thy cut the
hair from the head; but leave it on the
chin; taey sleep in their clothes; they
look upon beheading as more dis.
graceful punishment than strangling;
they deem our short and close dresses
indecent, our shaven chins a mark Of
effemnacy and seryitude; they resent
an inquiry after wives as an insult;
they commence their wooden houses
at the top, and their upper apartments
are frequently finished before the low
er ones are closed mp; they eschew
pork as an abomination; they regard
dancing as theatrical performance,
only to be looked at and not mingled
in except BY slaves; their mourning
habit is white; their sacred color green
their Sabbath day is Friday; and in.
terment follows Immediately on death,
The deaths Of the women are not
registerod-those Of the men ara
Marriages are registered, and with
the marriage the woman is virtually
struck from eXistance, SO far as the
is concerned. She is not
known officially to the government of
Turkey. Her "lord," or husband,
doee with her as pleases him best.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

PRETTY Coop. Dean Swift once ut
tempted in a humorous mood to prove
that oil things were governed by the
word led. Said he: Our no5leman and
hard drinkers are pimpled; Physicians
and pulses are feeled their patients and
oranges are pill led; a new Married
man and donkey are brids led cats
and dice are rat led; swine and nobil-
lty ere sty led; maiden and a tinder-
box are spark led.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

GAs.-At hotel in New York re-
Gently, an old gentleman came down
stairs and inquired of the clerk whe-
ther lie had any tallow candles. Be-
ing informed that he could be sup
Piled with tallow dips, the gentleman
said I" Then | wish you to give me
some; l want something ] can bI0,0
out, for I've been blasting away at
that cussed iigger in my room, till Eve
no wind left" The clerk, by spas
modic effort, kept his countenance,
and ordered up a pound Of dips to
room No. 20.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

EXCESSIVE EATING.--In letter to
Lord Murray, Sydney Smith says -
" You are, | hear, attending moro to
diet than heretofore. /! yoH wish any
thing like happiness in the fifth act of
life, you should pay more attention to
the amount you eat and drink. Did
| ever tell you my calculation about
eating and drinkingG Having as.
certaiEed the weight Of what did
live upon, | found that, between ten
and seventy years Of age, had eaten
and drank forty-four one-horse wagon
loads of meat and drink more than
would have preserved me in life and
health. The value of this mass of
nourishment is considered to be $1,000
sterling. 1t occurred to nae that /
must have starved to deathmore than
one hundred. This is a frigbtlul cal
culation, but irresistibIy true-and |
think, dear Murray, your wagons useo
additional horses.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14
An UNpUBLisuED COMPLIMENT

An UNPUBLISHED COMPLIMENT
We do not know whether it vas ton-
tenelle, or Beau Nash, or Mirabeau,
or Chesterfield, Or Sam Rogers, or
Compte d'Orsay, or Lord Palmer
ston. or Ben Caunt, or who it vas
but we know it was somebody-who,
upon hearing the popular song Of
"Man the Life Boat" exclaimed con-
temptuously--"Take him and wei
come--but my cry is, q" Won'an the
Pleasure. Boat" Three voclterous
cheers from the entire assembly &C.
knowledged the good taste OF the
compliment.--Latsrary PecOHoctionS
of an old Trunk Aaker.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

A LAWYER Thrown 0yER the B1x;
john Percy, nl atlSrhey residing
in the city Of Albany, recently COM
menced sslgtg &srea-4sEs3ttss ss-feSdaiibett
against the proprietors of'the Eeeniao
JournGJ, one in every county Of the
State, and some in Peunsylva7ia.--
The gross amount of damages claimed
reached the enormous sum of One
Million Three Hundred thousand
Dollars. On application of defend.
ants attorney, the claims were consol-
icated into one, and on trial the Jury
found a verdict for defendants, and
the lawyer was subsequently expell-
ed from the bar.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

hesitate not to say, one Of the most
learned, polite and agreeable men on
the face Of the earth. The only rude
persons in Berlin seem to be foreign
crs, and espocially--alasl that | shO'd
say it-English and Americans
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

MY dear" said an affection
ate wife, " what shall ehave for din.
ner, to-day ?"
" Ore Of your smiies,H replied Tire
husband, e" | can dins on that every
day"
But can't" replied the wife.
"Then take this" and he gave her
Il kiss and went to his business.
He returned to dinner.
"This is excellent steak" said he,
" what did you pay tor it 2"
Why, what You gave me this NOR
ming, to be sure" replied the wife.
You did !" exclaimed he, then
you shall have the money next time
you 90 to market"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

DT"lts quite too bad of you, Oar
by, to say that your wife is worse than
the devil"
can plaze yer Reverence, can
prove it by the Houly Scrjptur'-I
can, be the powers. Didn'tyour Riv-
erenee, yestherday, in your sarmon,
tell US that ii we resist the devil he'll
flee from rs 3Now if | resist nay wife
she flies at me-"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14


POINTED PREAcuING.-A Sermon
for effect should be pointed. A man
once commenced a sermon thus:
"Without the leastceremony, friend
ly hearers, l drop in among you. You
need preaching as the dried herring
needs rain. You need wetting with
the blistering black strap Of every day
gospel, and it is my duty to give it to
you. | am running over with a kind
of gospel-as fall as an lriShman of
liq1or-and preach must. Wo unto
me if | don't give the incorrigiblo par
ticular fts.
"r have call to preach to YOU
Skeptics need not say it was some
other noise. My duty is as plain asyouf
abominable Wickedness. My heart
has long yearned over you as shirg!e
would yern over the tender parts OF a
vicious school boy. Like lean turkey
in grass hopper time, | am bound to
pursue you in every hiding place, and
bring your iniquities to light. AS ter
riblo as fish.hawk upon lazy suck
er in shoal water, will be my swoop,
| but when see the tears repentance
| cleaning upon the cheek, as mild as d
mother to her babe will | smile again
and pour balm as grateful as warm
tallow on blister into your wounded
hearts. You will learn to love me tber
and shall have cause TO remember
gratefully your grainaries and porl
barrels.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

CUTTING PoTAroEs-- ONE EYE SET
A correspondent of the Co0utry Gen
tloman, records his testimony in favor
ofcutting potatoes in very small peices
with one eye TO each piece for plant
ing, He has tried 1t on small scale
with succsS. have tried the same
experiment with a favorable result
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

THIS QUEER WoRLD.-The follow
ing eloquent passage closes the Bac-
calaul cate Address Of Hon. A. B.
Longstreet, President of the South
Carolina College, at Columbia, to the
Graduating Glass:
You are embarking upon a strange
world, my friends. 1t banisbed AR,
istides, poisoned Socrates, murdered
Cicero and cruciied the Lord Of glo-
Try. The spirit Of Themistocles, Of
Melitus, of Anthcny and Caliphas is
still in the world-greatly subdued,
and law-b bound, to BIZ sure. but not eX-
tinguished. You may expect, there
fore, at times to be depressed by your
rivals, condemned for your patriotism,
and tormented for your berefactions,
to have your confidence abused, your
integrity derided and to suffer a thou
sand impositions in similar matters
from those from whom you had right
to expect better things. These are
hard things to bear, you say. They
are so, my young friends, and you
never will bear them as you should,
unless you take the good book for
your guide, and look dailp to its Au-
thor for supplies of strength sufficient
for your trial. Do this, and all will
be well at last. With that chart in
your hand, now launch youl bark up.
on the troubled ocean OF life; and
VIXEN the squalls strike you be at least
prudent as the common sailor, and
be found hard at the helm, with your
chart before you and your eye fixed
on Bethlehem's star"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

Colonel Colt; one ofthe wealthiest
men in New Ensl4nd, twelve years ago
mortgaged a lathe and some machinery
to secure a debt ofsevenhundred and
fifty dollars.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14
from the Baltimore American, narch ST.
RcVOIVcTs.

1t is said that the improvement in
all tho mechanical contrivances to
take away life is the best security the
world car have for the continuance of
peace. The invention of machine
! that would kill a hundred thousand
men at discharge would 60 far TO.
ward inducing the few thousand war
makers, who play with the lives Of
millions, to adopt more peaceful
mode of settling disputed questions.
But the rule does not seom to apply to
less stupendous inventions. Breech
loading guns, which can be loaded
and discharged in a second or two,
and which can send half.ounce ball
with murderous precision to fabu'
lous distance, do not operate as an ar
gument against war; Austria has
four or five hundred thousand men,
each one armed with q good rifle, and
each one able to slay an enemy half
mile off; yet Sardinia has pushed her
out.posts to the banks ola narrow
separating river, within short range
aud tho opposing sentries glare at
each other across its waters defiant
and menacing. If these well armed
soldiers should meet on the battlefield
there will be more slaughter, in pro-
portion to the numbers engaged in the
conflict, than at any previous period
OF the worlds history.
Probably the revolver is as perfect
a weapon for its size as can be inven-
ted. The single.barrel with six re-
volving- chambers is capable ofsend.
ing six bullets through the body of
manat the usual fighting distance
Twenty years ago, when frontier fight
Ing. mea wore a pistol under one side
of their vest and o bowie under the
other, it was o common expression
down South" that if the first shot
missed the game was up, as the butch
cry that ensued When knives we're
pFodased eleno 6Ftwe sloashspretsl
ty certain. But in our day we cannot
tell how long an enemy is going to
pepper us with bullets. If he
has a couple of six.shooters we may
expect dozen balls in as many sec
onds. But the excellence of the wea-
pom has not made broils less relueGt
in their recurrence. There seems to
DO peculiar fascination abont the re-
Election that we can carry half a dozen
lives in our pocket. This pistol,car.
rying is a mania.-a positive accursed
di8ease-more TO be dreaded than
cholera, plague, lcprOsy or yellow
fever. All these may yield to treat
ment, but the revolver mania seems
incurable. Those who suffer most
from the pravalencO ofthe calamitous
disease are young persons, who do not
usually come under healing influences.
They are half outcasts before they get
the revolver, and afterwards they are
more than half brutes.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

OFPunch's "IIermit of the Hay.
market" under the head of "Cour-
age always meets with its own reward"
says:
"Never be faint hearted. Have
plenty Of pluck, my son. Suppose
the whole world is against yon9 New
er mind, go in and fight the entire
world. The world is so formed that
you are sure to beat it hollowI"
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

MARRIAGE, with peaceis life spar
adise, says the old provesb, marriage
with strife this life's prgatory.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14
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M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

A divorces INoIDENr.--At the re-
cent session of the Oregon Legisla-
ture, Elijah Dodson, Of Yamhill Coun-
ty, was an applicants for a divorce
His bill passed the Council, but be-
fore action in the House q member
received. .Aue fol 6ihg note:
sIs 4 9amhill County.
~ ~ ssgSt Ci After my bestrespects,
Twfsa 70 INFORM you that' my old wo-
man has returned and | have ionnd
her all right, and if our petition has
not been taken up, be SO good as not
to take it up, and not proceed any
farther without my order. Yours,
ELIJAH AND SARAH DoDsoN.
The bill was tabled, although some
OF the members were in favor OF its
passage, by way of rebuking the Spir-
it Of triaing with the House, which
has been manifested respecting di-
vorces.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

THE religion of the BIBLE does not
require great power ofmind to reach
it but deep humility ofspirit to come
down to its simplicity. Mrs. Palmer.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14
A Literary MAN Feeding Pigs.

Ono OF the editors OF the Boston
Co1rier feeds pigs. 1t is probably a
new business tc him, and the process
appears to be interesting enough to
put in print. lie relates some Of his
experience in the following pala.
graphs:
With either hand sustaining a pail
containing the fragments of daily
triurnal meals-or in other words two
pals of swill tol our suffolk pigs-we
thnughtfully wen4ed our way ~ tie
barn.
Suddenly as wo entered upon the
surface of a bit Of glare ice, our boots
without any notice to us, their owner
and occupant, struck ont into one Of
the noted Dick Slter's most brilliant
and complicated Ethiopian shuffleS.
The glare of the ice seemed trans
felred to our eyes as we with positive
action and anger and some mental
hard thinking, resisted the unseemly
light conduct OF our boots. But it
was all in vain. We told them to 60
to the devil, and they apparently star.
ted, bat without giving us an oppOr-
tunity to dismount or get out, they
went up into the air on a demoniac &C.
centric flight, and we came down to
the ice with rather more energy and
than made our lighting
entirely agreeable to us. The swill 7
Well, We sat down in SOME Of it. The
boiled potatoes were not hard and
yielded sympathetically to our touch
only 175 pounds-but we must con-
fess we did not like the Goldfish heads
and viscera, and could have dispensed
with the combined dishwater, milk
and meal. They were too penetra-
ting to be conducive either to health
or happiness, mind or sense. And
the potato and pplepeahngs9 Why,
you see in our efforts to preserve one
of our pals, we swung the other wild
ly IN the air, as one does hat in ges-
ticulating a loud hailoo to a distant
friend-and at this critical moment,
with one pail aloft, our boots conquer
cd and we came down hurriedly, as II
to q delicious treat we could not wsik
for, tipping over one pail in ourlq&
while the other rained downsapon ~
from above edoyaies Tisssolsz@ss'.
gaHands of the Hi0Toeaid potato and
apple pealings.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

MOUNT YERNoN.-Mr. Everett has
delivered his Washington Grafton
twice in Massachusetts the las t week.
The Vice Regent Of Massachusetts
also acknowledges two donations Of
500 each from Colonel Thayer, Of
South Braintree, and the Boston en-
campment of Knights Templars. OF
the 100000 required to secure the
title to Mount Vernon, $4,000 has
been paid in less than four lnonthsi !
Sal 900, with interest thereon, is vet
to be provided tor, being the fourth in.
stallment, dne February %, 1862
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

SInin its ordinary progress, first
deceives, then hardens, then destrdss
Cecil.
M'arthur Democrat. (McArthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1853-1865, 1859-04-14

/. OF A discovery has been made By
q modern writer, that without mouth
. man could neither eat, drink, kiss
the girls, nor chew tobacco.
, 1859-09-10
More Rank N1obblnE.


II has been ruuioted for q week pasf, that.a
scenc similar to that en- naeteA at Ch'lllcotte was
presented nj Liberty Missouri, about fhat time.
The details bring eon3idcrea 'disEraee1el T We
nresume, wGra kept very private. -NntI Is now
renortei thut. a Missouri Bank, with some
xii. .0yo on the. Farmers Branch Bank at L'nsri
~ prcscnted the same for redemption IN goiaa
fhe cashier commenced counting out the
money, but ia L. very slow and d'gn.tied man
ner. With also M appearance nt one. thot e1-
rscted somethipg 10 happen which might ter
i1ninate this unpleasant employment cry
soon something did happen. The people. OF
| Liberty, thinling .douhtlcsss they have q per
| fxct liberty to do IS they please, whether con;
trSryaso t6e laws that are: supposed to govern
i tLa rest Of Tue country ,oEnol, began 70 coeet
Il in ncohsiderable numbers. and IN q some"haf e.
c;ted' state, In the vfcnitT Of the Bank. :one
Il tvn If them entered the Bank and presented q
i nnner to the casbieE.-then . private taik was
L i,aa~6nally the holder Of the bills was inform:
l ed tl.st be had better gather up his 1n9ne5 ana
leave. ..as Ae would got be allowed to tak9 aool.
lar Of colt, out Of the town. Ihss, WIN o'net
re,aarks and movements Of the fast gatneEnG
crtoSds eu.aide, led the hilt-ho9der to soepeFe y
4 no ioke. bu{ u.atscr at fact eAsneStness: ire:
f,rf.nc ibe bills and n whole skip ta tnt ans
feathers, and possibly total loss OF Ills money
: he concluded 10 leave the Bank rcasopers an'
i defenders to enjoy their liberty without haf1
| Il is but iustice'tb the presfdeht'ol The nanE
7 Mr.. Samuel, 10 say that he was absent. atteno
+ ;no a bank meeting in ahis city, at the TINT
:. liz, doubtless, would have given no countenanc
IN snch Illegal and disgraceful proceedings.