The Osceola times., 1873-08-30
GLEANINGS AND GOSSIP.

Ono of the incidents OF the de-
molltion of Washington market was
the following speech delivered from
the top of "A box: ] am Mrs. Mar
tha O'Donncll, the A No fat we.
man of Washington market. |
came into this market weighing 200
pounds, and | now weigh 3i5
pounds. / have been here fifteen
years, have paid s1S q month, and
have made 100000, and intend 10
make 100000 more. have Il
farm of ten acres on Long Island,
support husband like a gentleman
and a family in luxury, and | give
them fast horses and carriages with
which to enjoy themselves. ! have
stood the most intense cold in win
ter without u fire, and the greatest
heat in summer, and have never Ia
ken cold or been overhcatcd."
This is Mr.. Beecher's opinion
of croquct: We think 1t is anu.
sing to women, agreeable to men,
and fascinating to ministers. For
all persons who need gentle
exercise, it is even better than bill
lizards; indeed it is kind of field
billiards, or billiards gone TO
grass" Anybody who is too pious
to play croquot ought to be done up
in starchcd linen, put in bag, and
hung up like suit Of Sunday clothes
and not let out till meeting time"
"A respectable London paper
says: "People talk much of pecu-
lation in the United States, but our
firm conviction is that the loss of
England due to sinecurcs, sham SER
vice, and to general waste, amount
to far more than ten times tho
sacrifice which the vicious civil ser.
wee system of America entails"
Those blarstcd llinglishmen" "nev-
cr will own up to q iair and square
beat"
chronological view of social
rank -" Who is that venerable par
ty the two Miss Bottibols are talk
ing to Z" 81 believe his name is Sir
Rigby Digby ?" " Er-Baronet, of
course not knights?" Baronet, /
think. But why ofcourse p" Well
-er-the shape Of his Uranium in
duces me to believe-er-that the
distinction is more likely to have
been inherited than acquired"
Texas papers haven't a very
high opinion of Mexican prowess.
Tho Galveston News, on hearing
that Gon. Escobedo was approach
ing the border, remarked Should
this malicious fool venture to cross
his ragmutlins into our territory, he
might discover the difference be-
tween white man and u lop-eared
Indian mongrel."
The Missouri editors at their
late convention formally resolved
that a man has the same right TO
walk into a grocery store and order
II barrel of sugar or sack Of coffee,
or into law Office and demand
legal opinion from its occupant, or
into an undertaker's and request u
coffin, without expecting to pay
for their respective wares or ser
vices, as into a newspaper office ard
demand the use of its brains and
muscle and type, without thought
ofrecompense.
Too Coop TO DE LosT.-A tea
made Of chestnut leaves drank in
the place Of water, will cure tho
most obstinate case Of dropsy in u
few days.
a tea made ofripc or dried wbor-
tlebcrries, and drank in the place
Of water, is u sure and speedy cure
for a scroiulous difficulty, however
bad.
A tea made Of peach leaves is u
sure cure for a kidney difficulty.
A plaster made Of fresh slack limo
and fresh tar, is q sure cure for can
Ger, which, with all its roots, will
come ont.
JOSH BILLINGS ON SILENCE.-One
of the hardest things for a man to
do, IL tn keep still.
Everybody wants tn talk, few
wants to think, and nobody wants
to listen.
Everybody wants tu be heard fust
and this is jest what fills the world
with nonsense.
Silence never makes any blunders
and always gets as much credit az
iz due it, and often times more.
When i see man listening tn mo
close / alwus say to myself, " Jock
out, that man is taking your meas
ure."
Breviiy and silence are two grato
cards and next to saying nothing,
saying little is the strength Of the
game.