The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-11-30
CHIPS AND scRAPINas.

Why Is your nose In the miduie oi
your face ? Because it is the scenter.
When is blow from a lady welcome?
When she strikes you agreeably.
The Arab camel driver at Central
Park, New York, is . native of Zanes-
vile, Ohio.
When may young ladies be said to be
economical ? When they resort to tight
lacing to prevent waist-fullness.
Why is list of musical composers
like a saucepan Because it is incom~
plete without q Handle.
Aman attempted to spell kraue hkear
reighe, but expired in n spasm before he
could make y, with which he intended
to end the word.
THE man who keeps his name and
business and location constantly before
the people will be the first one called
on when any one wants anything in his
line.
1t is paradoxically announced that
cholera is prevalent within the jurisdic-
ton of remedies. Physicians have al
WAYS asserted that the disease was en-
tirely beyond the jurisdiction of RENE
dies.
Sierra Leone has o newspaper which
advertises for an English compositor.
The last one was broiled and eaten by
the chief editor, healthy native of
very advanced views upon the subject
of diet.
Mrs. Arabella Mansfield is one of the
brightest ornaments Of the Ohio bar. As
she took possession Of Mansfield mat
rimoninlly, there is no reason why she
should not occupy mans field profess
sionally.
An eminent medical authority in Eu-
rope, in reviewing the medical incidents
of the late American war, laid stress on
the fact that the hospitals, which were
all under exclusive military control,
were the most successful ever known.
A tutor of a college, lecturing young
man on his irregular conduct, added
with great pathos, The report Of your
vices will bring your father gray hairs
with sorrow to the grave. Il beg your =
pardon, sir replied the pupil my father
wears a wig.
A furrier wishing TO inform his Gus
fashionable styles, wound up his adves-
tisment as follows
N. B-Capes, B victorines. etc. made :
up for ladies' in a fashionable style, out
Of thei own skins.
A Philadelphia inventor has got up a
stocking of the feminine gender, with q
garter attached, and wants to convince
every woman that it is the best thing in
the business to make the knitting stay
there. We don't take much stock in
it.
The girls at Mount Holyoke Female
Seminary consume every week $40 ots.
OF milk, 800 POUNDS of butter, 8 barrels
OF flour and 600 pounds Of beef, togeth-
er with nine tuns of sugar per year, 500
bushels of potatoes, 1O8 bushels of tur.
nips, and 10000 pounds of winter
squashes-
MY dear what shall we name Bub p
Why, husband, have settled on the
name of Peter
Oh, don't he replied; I never liked
Peter for he denied his MASTER
Well then replied she, what name do
you like p
Il should like the name of Josepb.,
'Oh not that, replied she, Il can't bear
Joseph for he denied his mistress
A darkey returning from church.
was asked to give an account of the
sermon. Well, sab, de sermon was
upon de miracle oh de loaves and de
hshes. De minister said how der was
seven thousand loavcs. and five thou
sand fishes devided between de twelve
'postles- well, what miracle was there
about thatY why. sab; de miracle was
dat dey didn't bust! dat's my percep-
tl0n OBJ de circumstance
Mrs. P A Taylor, at meeting of the
London National Society for Women's
Suffrage. stated that 22O petitions ha, e
already been presented to the Parlia-
ment by the London, Edinburg, Man.
chester, and Dublin Societies, contain
ing an aggregate of 41,O0O names; and
many more arc in course Of signature.
Or this number, the London Committee
has presented Ill, including one with
IL OOO names, which was presented by
the Member of Finsbury; and another
petition from London will follow next |
week, which we shall intrust to the care
of Sir Charles Dixie. During the past
year the Society has circulated 1880 !
pamphlets, written by Mr. Mill, Miss |
Cobbe, Mrs. Bodichon, Professor New |
man, and other writer's Of eminence.
When the Emperor Napoleon, after |
his recent illness, rode out for the first |
time in the environs of Saint Cloud. a |
little boy came running up to his car
riage, holding up in his hand q petition.
which the Emperor's Adjqtant took |
from the little fellow and presented to
his Majesty. It was the request of the
boys mother, poor widow, for the
payment of claim which the Minister
Of Finance had rejected for some infor-
nality. While the Emperor unfolded
and read the petition the little fellow
ooked intently at him. Finally the
Emperor raised his eyes, and the bow
exclaimed, will mother get that mon
'yY My son. replied the Emperor.
tell YQuc mother that j afaall j