Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1859-09-09
Knick Knacks from the Knicker
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The other day, going down the Hudson
to our metropolis, we heard remark made
by Sing Sing state prisoner, who had
been sent up for four years, had served out
his term, and was released. He had been
so long compulsorily 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, under the
flag staff, at the bow of the boat, looking
at the beautiful land and water 'scape,
(how precious it must have been TO his I'M
accustomed eyes y with a copy of the
Daily Times of that morning in bis hand
and he gave subdued uiterance t, the fol-
lowing remarks Guess ! amt lost much
in the way OF ne,cS, any how said he,
pointing with his begrimed, crooked, roSped
middle finger Che had been for four years
10 the file shop) to a paragraph on the first
page: there's the same thing in the same
place, in the same paper, that | read on
my way up, four years ago; the same heads,
by gosh IL remember it as if it was but
yesterday Senator Summers health )
+ Great India rubber case;' 'Shirred
goods ! Hasn't anything else happened
since Fred. Tallmadge made that pleasing
aud musical oration to me befort, the bar of
this honorable court? He was much be
hind the age though in some things.
An amusing story. says Toledo, Ohio,
correspondent OF the Kinckerbocker. is
told OF the accute sense of smell of tobac-
conist of our city. He together with his
clerk, was examining some tobacco submit
ted for his inspection. After carefully
inhaling the faver by three or four pro-
tracted sniff>, he excla med to his clerk !;
John can't you smell old leather in tina: to-
bacco? John presented it to his olfactor-
les, and thought he could The 'chief
then smelled again, and declared that he
could also detect a very slight flavor OF
m0pke sugar. This last aroma John pro-
nounced beyond his powers. Samples of
leaf-tobacco, you know, are taken from
each end of the hogshead, and also from
the center. The samples examined were
from the ends. On taking sample from
the middle, there was found an old boot
heel, full of maple pegs Judgment on 'to-
baker from this quarter is now regarded
as final
Prejudice is a singular thing. Against
little matters-of diet, for example how
much unnecessary trouble is somewhile un-
dergone by virtuous and pains-t taking per-
sons 1t were better otherwise. 1t is
now eleven o'olork, in the morning of most
of this most beautiful July day, upon the
Hudson river. Observe, please, how much
comfor. may be secured from extremely
triAing adiuncts. We have just been out
in our little fertile and fruitful garden, not
far off from our sanctum, (much bepraised
by partial friends y have pulled six small
onions, white as peeled willow twigs, at
bottom, but robins egg green above--ot
which two inches of striped yellow emer-
aid luscious greenness are carefully pre-
served four small cucumbers, carefully
picked fresh from thrifty, dewey vines,
where in the night time when we were
asleep, they had expanded and bourgeon.
/ ed: then cut the cncumbers very thinly
and the dear little onions, in their white
tender. consecutive rings. Having so done
Law the whole upon ice, to become cold
and vel dry With hulled black pepper
a nincb of Syracuse table-salt, and some ol
/ Mr.. +. S. Cozzen's white wine vinegar
this preparation, with slice of well baked
and sweet bread and butter, will be found
extremely advantageous to the human anc
physical system. Afterward, white bot
! tie of what is usually termed Scottish Ale,
prepared by person which his name i
Muir, residing at Edinbro, North Britain
will not it is supposed. be productive o
present or prospective bodily ailment
Suppose you TRY it, and see!
9
A New York mercantile house held al
unsettled claim of long standing against
lame duck 'out West ! and hearing lie wa
becoming .wellto-do,' sent their claim on Il
a western lawyer to collect. In due tint
they received reply, which etfrciualll
laid any hope they might have entertained
of receiving their money. 1t ran in TIN
wise: Gents: You will never get an,
spe endulick from Bill Thomson. The under
signed called upon him yesterday, an
found him with nary tile his feet upon III
naked earth and not clothes enough upo'
him TO ,ood gun !" We call that an ex
pressive simile.