Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-09-10

KNfcK KNAcKs FROM THE KNIcKERBocK-
Ea.--The other day, going down the Hud-
son to our metropolis, we heard remark
made by Sing Sing state prisoner, who
had been sent up for four years, had served
out bis term, and was just released. He
had been SO long compusorily silent, by
reason Of the discipline Of the prison, that
he did not seem to dare to speak above his
breath. He was sitting clear forward, M
der the flag staff, at the bow of the boat,
looking at the beautiful land and water
'scape. chow precions it must have been to
his unaccustomed eyes y with copy of
the Daily Times of that morning in his
haud, and he gave subdued utterance to
the following remark Guess | amt lost
much in the way of acsrs, any how said
he, pointing with his begrimed, crooked,
TGsped middle finger (he had been for four
years in the file shop) to a paragraph on
the first page: there's the same thing in
the same place, in the same paper, that l
read on my way up, four years ago: the
same heads, by gosh IL remember it as if
it was yesterday: Senator Summers health:'
Great India rubber case' 'Shirred goods ?
Hasn't anything else happened since Fred
Tallmadge made that pleasing and mus cal
Grafton to me before the bar of this honor
able court? He was much behind the
age though, in some things
An amusing story, says Toledo, Ohio,
correspondent of the Knickerbocker, is told
of the acute sense of smell Of tobaccon-
ist of our city. He, together with his clerk,
was examining some tobacco submitted for
his inspection. After carefully inhaling the
flavor by three or four protracted sntfa lie
exclaimed to his clerk John, can't you
smell old leather in that tobaceo2' John
presented it to his olfactories, and thought
lie could The chief then smelled again,
and declared that he could also detect a
very slight favor of maple sugar. This last
aroma John pronounced beyond his powers.
Samples Of leaftObacco, you know, are
taken from each end of the hogshead, and
also from the center The samples exam
ined were from the ends. On taking q
sample from the middle, there was found an
old boot heel, full of maple pegs Judg-
ment on tobbacker' from this quarter is
now regarded as final
Prejudice is singular thing. Against
fttle matters--of diet, for example-how
much unnecessary trouble is somewhile un.
dergone by yirtuous and psinS-taking per.
sons ! 1t were better otherwise. II is
now eleven o'clock in the morning of this
most beautiful July day, upon the Hudson
river. Observe, please, how much comfort
may be secured from extremely trif1ing ad-
juncts We have just been out in our little
fertile and fruitful garden not far off from
cur sanctum, (much bepraised by partial
frierd' !; have pulled six small onions,
white as peeled willow twigs, at bottom,
but robins egg green above-of which two
inches of striped yellow emerald luscious
greenness are carefully preserved four
small cucumbers, carefully picked fresh
from thrifty, dewy vines, where in the night
tine when we were asleep, they had expand.
ed and bourgeoned then cut the cucum.
bers very thinly, and the dear little onions,
IN their white, tender consecutive rings
Having SO done, lay the whole upon ice. to
become cold, with leeway for leakage below.
so that all may be cold yet dry. With
hulled black pepper, a pinch of Syracuse
table-salt, and some of Mr F. S. CozzcnS
white wine vinegar, this preparation, with
q slice of well baked and sweet bread and
butter, viii be found extremely advantage
GUS to the human and physical SYSTEM
Afterward, a white bottle of what is usual
" termed Scottish Ale, , prepared by a per-
son which his name is Muir, residing at
Edinboro, North Britain, will not il is sup
posed, be productive of present or prospec-
tive bedily ailment Suppose you try it
and see ?
A New York mercantile house held an
unsettled claim Of long standing against
lame duck out Vest and hearing he was
becoming 'well-to-do,' SEM their claim on
TO a western lawyer to collect In due
time they received reply, which effectual.
iy laid any hope they might have entertain
ed Of receiving their money 1t ran in this
wise Gents: You will never get any
spondulick from Bill johnson. The under
signed called upon him yesterday, found
him with nary tile; his feet upon the naked
earth; and not clothes enough upon him 10
rad a gant We call that an expressive