The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1871-08-12

Prudent Massachusetts fathers
object to having the pegs cut out
of their sons new shoes, because,
you see, if the pegs are out, the
young rascals will run all over
town, and the shoes won't last
month"
A reckless potato bug went
through the State Of Rhode Island
last week. and when last seen was
mounted on windmill by the sea.
side, weeping for fresh worlds to
conquer, and wiping his fearful
eyes with the sails.
Kansas city, Missouri, boasts
blacksmith who has wicked son.
The blacksmith, when spoken &c
about the tremendous muscle Of
his right arm, points to the boy
and says: "More muscle was de.
veloped on this arm correcting that
internal boy than ever plying the
hammer brought forth"
An Irishman and an English-,
man riding together toward Dub.
lin, on hoi setback. came to a gall
lows erected by the wayside.
"Now, Pat" said the Englisnman,
"if that gallows had It's due, where
would you be?" "Faix,' replied
Pat, "I'd be riding into Dublin all
alone by lnesclfn'
The total number of Union SOL
diers reported inferred throughout
the United states is 3l5, 555, Of
which number 143, 446 have never
been identified. .'t
John Stuart Mill is draughts-
man, a pianist, a botanist, and a
philologist and Archaeological. He
knows also a little about politics,
but it isn't worth mentioning.
4 Kalamazoo is Boosting Of the
| fact that thirteen pairs Of twins
were born in that village last year.
Young married people, with small
incomes, are warned to keep away
from Kalamazoo.
Two or three weeks ago an In.
diana Democratic editor wrote:
circumstances are beginning to
shape themselves; the logic of
events is hanging link upon link
the destiny which shapes our ends
is fast msnifesting itself. and soon
an Intelligent awakening of the
people will be felt all over this
country" We have been looking
, around ever since but have not
been able to discover anything
: tina. looks like an intelligent ava
| kening ia the Democratic ranks.
The Virginia papers are begin
: ming to ridicule the tournament
3 nonsense, with which the young
h ciiivalry have been wont to amuse
. themselves. The gallant knights
s are afec'ioaately advised to stop
: their Internal fooling and 60 to
work.
According to the New York
), advertisements, it appears that
Eliza Hancock will take YOU from
:. Troy to Gotham for ten cents
: She is steamboat. For the same
.e amount John I. Hoffman will car
10 ry you from Saratoga to the Lake
= He is an omnibus
y The Commissioner of Patent.
seems to be under the impression
70 that papers are sometimes issu &c
without due consideration. In re
ss la.ion to recent appeal, he writes
"a with remarkable frankness: Ill
. refusing this extension; no wron,
E or hardship is inflicted upon tn
applicant; he has received severa
y thousand dollars for q patent thu
70 never should have been granted
" His only proper cause Of complain
~ THAT he has permitted another t,
3 fleece the public instead Of dom
r it himself.
b. A lady living in London, vt
vt who lost her husband in the lat
its war, had an offer OF marriage frol
ms a man who lost his wife by divorc,
'al She answered: "The Lord parte
tic me and my husband. bat your ow
ur dcvilish actions parted you an
81 your wife; and if you want anotl
= er one you must GO to the devil Il
:. her, for l won't have you
10 An orator always rejoices In
or big crowd o: listeners; and that
se- why q sable Demosthenes rose [
:; explain, at political meeting
80 Alabama, the other day. "Fell
,.s trab,err," he said" eff 1 had bee
eatin, dried apples for week, al
-. den took to drinkin' for mont !,
81. couldn't feel more swelled up da
1 am dis mint wild pride and wa
-. ity at seem such full tendance h
,ho dis eveDin".
vi Pomeroy's Democrat has figure
hi out the cost of the Tammany ru
IA in New York, and finds that Il
lily sum for the past year is no lie
m' than ninety one million dollar
e co. and for the past five years, thr
~ hundred and thirty five milli'
~. dollars. With the Democrat
party 10 power in the Nation
A. government, the cost, at this rat
..s would amount to the snug sum p
,n- annum of 50, 644 600, 900.
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