The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-09-18

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| about his former trade.
What is the difference between
Lord Eldon and Sir Thomas Grouts z"
Nobody could tell
"One is an ex -chaucelloY-the 9TH
err is an ex- chandler" Everybody
laughed except the CIRCUITS family.
This was succeeded by another
thrust in uncle Johns side F.; after
which came pm, which We shall not
record, as the effect of it was to force
the ladies to cough and look into the
water, the gentlemen to look at each
other, and Mrs BagShaw to whisper
to Mrs. Snodgrass- @
f" Who IS this Mr.. Richards 2"
Indeed, there would have been no
end to his pleasantries had they not
been interrupted by request that
Miss Corrinna would open the Con-
cert, as they were fast approaching
Eauxhall Bridge Mr. Bagshaw OBJ
jec ed to this, as it would disturb the
previous arrangement, according to
which the concert was not to COM
mence until they were through the
bridge. This objection was overruled
and the fair CorrinEa unrolled the mu
sic, for which the servant had been
| dispatched in such haste. Miss Cor
rinna screamed !! What was the mat
| ter !? aH III
They had not sent the grand scena
from Medea, after ALL but wrong
piece !" And the pains she had taken
to be perfect In it
a" Gould not Miss Corrinna sing it
from memory ?"
(" Impossible |"
How careless of you, Corrinma
then sing what they have sent"
la'o" Why ma, 2 said Corrinna, with
tears in her eyes, and holding up the
unfortunate sheets, "why bless me ma,
can't sing tie overture to Der Freys-
chutz p
The difficulty of such performance
being readily admitted. Mr.. Frederick
Snodgrass declared himself bu5 too
happy to comply with the calls for his
concerto in five sharps, which stood
next on the list; and with the air of
one well satisfied that ar abundance
Of admiration and applause would re-
ward his efforts, he drew forth his
flute, when 10 Lone of the joints was
missing I! This accident was nearly
fatal to the musical entertainment of
the day, for not only was the Concer
to thereby rendered impracticable, but
Sweet Bird, Z with the flute accom-
apaniment obligato, was put hors de
combat. Disappointment having bee en-
carried to its utmost bounds, the ar
nouncement that two strings of the
guitar were gone, was received with
an Indifference almost stoical, and ev-
cry one was grateful to Miss Euphe-
mia for doing all that could be done
under such untoward circumstances.
She would endeavor to accompany
herself through a little ballad but
she failed. 4 s.
Mr. Claudius Bagshaw, with all his
literature science and philosophy, now
for the first time wondered how any
thing conld fail, when so much tronble
had been taken to insure success
Drawing forth hisrepeater, he a-hem'd
and just muttered- -
Unaccountable I! Hem upon my
word, one O'Clock, and no pleasure
yet ~
zone O'clock echoed his spouse;
'then tits time for your eye, my dear"
and Bagshaw was compelled not only
to suffer his damaged optics to be
dabbled by his tormentingly affection
ate wife, to submit again to be
hoodwinked, in spite Of his entreaties
to the contrary, and his pathetic as
surances that he had not yet seen o
bit of the prospect, thing he had
set his heart upon e
Now occurred a. dead silence ofsome
minutes. A Steamboat rushed BY
Bagshaw seized this opportunity to
make display Of his scientific &C
quirements; and this he did with the
greater avidity, as he had long wished
TO astonish vice president Snodgrass.
Besides, in the event of his offering to
deliver o course of lectures at the in,
stitution, the vice-president might
bear evidence to his capabilities for
the purpose--his acqu aintance not
only with the facts, but with the terms
of science. aal9 s
e How wondrous is the science of
mechanism how variegated its proge-
ny, how simple yet how profound i
Lam propelled to the consideration Of
this subject by having OFFICIALLY per-
ceived that ingenious nautical instru-
ment, which has just now flown along
live mammoth, that monster of the
deep You ask me low are steam
boats propagated in other words,
how is such an infinite and immovca-
BILE body inyeigled along its course !?
| will explain it to you. It lis by the
power of friction that is to say, the
two wheels or paddles, turning diane
trieally or at the sarne moment on the
axioms, and REFRESHING by the rotund-
ity of their motion the action of the
menstrnm in which the machine floats,
water being in q philosophical sense,
powerful corductor--it is clear
that.in proportionto the revulsion, so
is the progression and is the ceHtri-
fugal force, so is the 1854
"Pooh y cried uncle John i'm pa
tiently, !" let US have some music.v
& have an apprehension, Bagshaw0