The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1865-12-28
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!! PUrTING on ..SUB.-Tho printers
who set the type for . morning news.
: paper find it very exhausting work. and
they frequently employ substitutes, for
the purpose of relieving the pressure
SO that when printer desires 20 lay OF
from work he .sputs on . sub, ,'-as they
I are termed by the draft
Recently q minister Of the gospel
missing one of his dock-a printsr-from
the evening meetings, called ct the Office
! where he worked, TO ascertain what was
the matter. The man pleaded that he
! had to work in the office at nights. "But
what what viii you do, my brother" in
/ CURED the minister, when you come to
dieY' The printer meditatsd for . mo
ment. and replied--s'Well, s'poss tn
I have to put on a subj" e
/ A curious lawsuit is pending in New
! York. The plaintiff sues the compiler
Of the City Directory. complaining that
he is damaged $1,000 in his business by
being described in the Directory a.
colored persox. The plaintiff is q col
lector. The Directory man described
his business by the abhrevistion "Coll
The compositor transmitted .'Coll" into
"Cord'-which transmogrified the plain
tin into an American citizen Of African
descent. If the plaintiffs counsel is
smart, he will exert himself TO get
many Democrats in the jury as he can
The amount of damages might hinge on
the complexion Of the jury.
E& Among the school books used ia
France is one entirely unknown in this
country, consisting OF fac siusass Of let
ters written by business men, eminent
people, DC, intended to teach children
the art of reading writing. Of which
there is almost universal ignorance in
America Every variety OF hand 10 sc
lected. beginning with the best and
gradually proceeding to scrawls which
puzzle printers and "blind letter" men
In post offices.
There were go battles fought during
the late war. In Virginia 80; Tennes-
see 81 Missouri 35; Georgia IL; South
Carolina l6 North Caroline IL; Ala
bama Z; Florida 5, kentucky IA; the
Indian Territory and New Mexico |
each. Twice the wave of war rolled in
to a Northern State and broke in the
great pillows of Sharpsburg and Gettys-
burg. Seventeen navy battles we're also
fought.
A jealous husband being absent from
home went to clair.oyant in London,
TO know what his wife was doing. ...Ah,"
cried the clairyoyant Il see her. she ex
poets some one, the door opens; he comes.
she caresses him fondly, he lays his
his head on her lap, and"--husband mad
with rage--"and he wags his tail" II
was the dog. The husband Was cxlmed.
A shrewd preacher, after An eloquent
charity sermon, said to his hearers ~
am afraid, from the sympathy displayed
in your countenances, that some Of you
rive rnnrl Il caution
therefore, that you should be just before
you are generous and wish you to un
derstand that | desire no one who can
not pay his debts 70 put anything in the
plate" The collection was . rare one.
General Grant has issued orders to
commanders of posts where powder is
stored, to take precautions for its pres
ervation. The close OF the war has left
immense quantities of powder on the
hands OF the Government
The New York Tribune insists that
the rebel States were out Of the Union
by virtue of secession and war For
fnerly it denied that State could secede.
How can State secede when it can't
Mr.. Greeley?
Some of our religious exchanges tell a
story about = woman being relieved from
8pceCDleSS STltl HDy u ny fnn- W nave
known a number of the sex to be strong
ly affected and greatly beneftted by hims
before this
Tile President of the Senate, Mr.. Fos.
ter is trying moral suasion on Senators
Salisbury of Delaware, and McDougai
Of California lie left them of al the
Committees Of the Senate, because they
are always drunk.
One paper box establishment has con
tracted with paper collar manufacturers
to furnish 900 daily for one year
This gives some idea Of the extent Of the
paper collar business.
E1 Col Streight has engaged Mr..
T. I. Scribner, at one time . resident OF
Terre Haute, and lately . war cores
pondent of the N Y. Herald, TO edit the
second volume of the Indiana Roll OF
Honor
In the State Of Ohio during the past
year, 30,3s6 sheep, valued 1t 9l3O,Ol6,
were killed by dogs, and q, 103 injured,
the injuries estimated at o43, ,30e so
making an aggregate of sl74.324 80.
Russia is the greatest unbroken EN-
pire for extent that ever existed, occupy
ing nearly one sixth OF the hAbitual
globe. 1t is forty one times the size OF
France and one hundred and thirty eight
times that Of England
John Quincy Adams has been elected
to the Legislature from Quincy MASS
He is an Adams of the fourth genera
ton.
Chas. Buchler, who sells porter in
Harrisburg, Pa, has fallen heir to ol5O,
900 by the death Of . relative in Ger
many.
Why would women make better ira
ders than men Because they never
get shaved.
why is the Secretary OF the Navy like
a crazy petroleum Spectator
Because he's Giddy-on-Wells-