The Plymouth weekly Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1860-1869, 1869-08-12
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

How to turn people heads Ito late
to church.
If you visit a young woman, and you
are won, and she is won, you will both be
one.
HENRY WARD. BEECHER says that five
want to manage men we must do as bee
keepers do when they want to manage
bees, wash our hands in sugar and water
A BOY who heard the quotation, A
little learning is a dangerous thing"
wished TO stop going to school because he
was afraid he should not live long enough
to get past the dangerous point
BURTON, while travelling on a steam
boat, seated himself at a table, and called
for beefsteak. The waiter furnished him
with a small strip of that article. Taking
it upon his fork, and turning it over, and
examining it, with one of his peculiar
looks, he very cOOlly remarked: Yes,
that is it; bring me some"
JOHN NEAL once said Il used to drink
but one day L took glass of brandy and
found | liked the taste of it. | said to my
self, John Neal, when you have grown
to like the taste of liquor, it is time to
stop and stop did" Not another drop
of liquor passed his lips, and it is believed
nothing could have induced him to drink
after that, even to the slipping of "a glass of
wine.
JONATHAN and his friend Paddy were
enjoying delightful ride, when they came
in sight of an old gallows or gibbet. ] his
suggested TO the American the idea of be
ing witty at the expense of his Irish com
panion. "You see that, calculate" said
he nasally pointing to the object just men
toned; land now where would you be if
the gallows had its due?" Riding alone"
coolly replied Paddy.
An exchange well says that there are
many persons who either take no paper
at all, or else take one from distant city,
and when they wish to see what is trans
piring in their own neighborhoOd, they
beg or steal the local paper from some citi-
zen more liberal than themselves. Many
men of this kind are engaged in business,
and frequently grumble because people do
not patrOniZe "hOme industry" when
they practice the very thing of which
they complain.
A STREET bully in San Francisco, who
thought it safe sport to knock John China
man down, tried it the other dav on Ce-
lestial marketman without the customary
effect. John, instead of fleeing, knocked
the ruffian down and beat him till he cried
Justify for quarter. When the fellow re
gained his feet and was about to sneak
away, "JOhn" said: "You speakee China
man lie too muchee. You wantee knock
Chinaman down; you cOmee see me; me
likee fight; you sabe"
KANSAS AND SILK RAIsING.-In the
county of Franklin, Kansas, about fifty
miles south of Lawrence, the pioneers of
French colony have purchased a wide
tract of land, and are making a large ex-
penditure of money for the purpose of set
ting up there on the now wild prairie,
mandatory of silk velvet The colony
will contain within itself all the forms of
industry necessary to the success of its en-
terprlse, from the growth of the mulberry
to the last finishing touch on the beauti-
full fabric. Of course some time must
elapse before the plantations of trees will
yield leaves enough to feed many worms ;
but in the meantime, the few colOnists who
are already on the ground will devote
themselves to raising and feeding cattle,
and to the general improvement and
decoration of their estate
WHILE Thad. Stevens was Young law
yer, he once had a case before a bad tenn
pered Judge of an obscure PENNSYLVANIA
Court. Under what he considered a very
erroneous ruling, it was decided against
him; whereupOn he threw down his books
and picked up his hat i'm high state of
Indignation, and was about to leave the
court room, scat ering imprecations all
around him. The Judge Strengthened
himself to his full height, assumed an air
of offended majesty, and asked Thad. if
he meant To express his contempt for
this Court" Thad. turned to him very
deferentially, made respectful bow. and
replied in feigned amazement: "Erpress
my contempt for this Court! No, sir, |
am trying to conceod it, your Honor
adding as he turned to leave, "but find
it Id hard to do it."
MARBLEIzING slate is said to be carried
on extensively at the quarries in Vermont.
The process is described as follows: The
slate is sent to the mill in rough blocks,
and is there planned down to the thickness
OF an inch; patterns are then drawn upon
the slabs, which are cut into the proper
shapes and polished The mechanical part
of the marketing process has been
patented. but the secret consists i'm a
knowledge of the marbleizing composition.
The material is prepared in vat and the
slab is let down upon the composition,
which adheres to the surface of the slate.
The slab is next baked in an oven for one
night, and then receives coat of varnish
manufactured for this special purpose, and
after six repetitions of these processes the
slab is finally removed and polished. 1t is
asserted that the coating is then SO firmly
united to the slate that it cannot be scaled
or clipped off without taking the slaiy
particles with it.