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THE EAST$ltft TEXIAN,
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•ion, © 3olUr, each autwequent laserC**'
fifty ec tf. ■ '.
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NoTtci«opCA!«iMa*rta - For SMk4e or District
offioes. ten dollars. Fo*- Ckrantj offices five
We will be eooip«i*e&jQ deoti«« legal ad-
ve rtiaemeata, unlet* paid for \a d anoe
JV'JOB W()hK, of every deecripnon.will
be neatly, cheaply, **d expeditiously necuteJ
at (be Tex Ian
WJSWthaD&Y MOKSfltG......^tigu*! 25.
1mow Item*.
. The Galveston Civilian says that G~u.
M. JB. Lamar arrived in that city ou Fri-
day the 14th insi. He has lately received
hit commission as Minister to Bueuo?
Ayiea, aud now matiog preparations to
depart soon on hismission.
A learuea Tftsuelimau lias seemly vis-
ited Galveston and other paints ov, tbj
Southern. Pacific Bailr-ad.
The last Shreveport South-Western
announces the advent of the locomotive
'■ LodiSiana," for the use of the^ Southern
Pacific road, and thinks that ere long it
will be engaged in active service in the
neighborhood ;oT Swansou's Lauding,sWe
h Ve reliable information that Messrs.
Grant & Co, eminent contractors from
Georgia, have undertaken the contract
from the Eastern ttrmmus to the town of
Marshall—twlnty eight miles. The New
Orleans Crescent announces that the
chairs and spikes are now dne in that city
tlife cars are in process of construction in
^ier*, fc fire* si^comou*^ is on «
rttfiTa
"be a geu«raJ determination to have tf^
road in complete runnihg order by the first
of January.
We would be happy to antiddhce the
event of the Texas Pacific ft^ilroad in ac-
tual operation ; albeit, this is but £ siriail
ma> ter, compared with the entire leugtb
of the stupendous undertaking ; vet it w.'U
be the inauguration of a better day for
Texas—the corner stone ol her cornmer
ciai gieatnes* will be laid, and I encelor-
ward the work can proceed with ease an >
certainty.
T;::;
Free Negro Suffrage-
r-icruvern
,f
r<& pfrs
etioea iarg- poruoir ol tne iieg-o luroie,
Texas making preliminary a?r-* ge-1 manifested by the Abolitionists, to ignor-
loeots for the mauufafttuii of salt* by iheia&ue of the tru; character of the Airican
1'reach process of evapot^pox; ot se& wa- j rasa. The Csneumau Enquirer, snsta
A Possible Consequeafcb;
The Baltimore Sun has the following
in referehce to ofte of tbti cohse{juenci!.«
that would follow the success of Eugiish
effort for the production of cotton in India.
We give it for what it is worth :
In thd second place, if Great Britain
should ever be aible to refuse our cotton,
the result would be to build up Attifef'cari
manufactures, sO that, in the end, they
would be able tb compete successfully
with those of England everywhere on the
globe; Our cotton ilanters.'if Manchester
declines to buy trf thenij must, in self-
protection, find a market elsewhe&e. They
cannot afford to let their lieids lie idle,
their servants eat up iheir substance; their
•\vives and %iHUjS3; jio^'en
. ^fffT^ifiJer esl'abllsif cot
ton mtfls at the Sou'h themselves, br hold
out inducements to the North to take al!
ti.eir crop. The industry, eniferpriS^; skill
and capual ol this country need^ only iuch
a state of affairs to make it tiife great
manu acturing ceutre ol the frorld Be-
fore long, England would find the United
Stales underselling her in Asia, Africa.
South America even in Europe itgelf.—
tier Mauch ster would begin to decline.
English opetative8 would flock to our
siu'Jres to find the employment which had
deserted thfetn at home, and thus another
element would be added to our prosperity,
another fU siraeied from that oi Great
Btiiaiu. T*ie Soiith would buy wholly ol
the North, for the Ncfrth would make
those finer fabrics which Europe now
principally furnishes. This couditiori of
things wo ad hav« thtf advatitnge, toe, of
keeping the wea rh of America witfjin it-
seff. It will be & good £.'-ii!g for the II?-
id-
Gen. Rusk.—The Washington corres-
pondent of the New Orleans Delta writin-;
ou ihe 9th. inst.. says :
The report which reached here yesterday
by telegraph announcing the d^ath, by sui-
cide of Gen. Rusk, of T< xas, has c <st quite
a.gloom over 'lie National Capitol, where
life waVso well known and so highly ap-
jfrecisfed The air itself seems vocal
with the regrets which ate being poured
out evi^ry where, from the Presidential
manstph to the humbl&tt cottage where
the inmates where fdrtiinate enough to
know Shis great man; Gen. Ruck's ac-
quaintance in Washiugtoh was moreex-
lensive than that usually possesjfcF by
Se«aiors. it< rii the fact that hissJ&i# were
always open to he tales of the poor or the
injuttidjiatid hi$ heart fiowed v^ritb coin pas-
Vfeir arid aj^istaucve 01 Gen. Rusk who
would no't tave appfdached any cither Sen-
ator in Congress. ...
It s ems hot to be generally known that
■Vlr. Buchai in tendered a Cabinet appoint-
ment to Gen Rusk, who declined it for
reasons Satisfactory to himself and the Pres-
ident; Nurnau has ever died who will
be mdre rnil«ed from the national councils
for while he \fras great he was also honest.
As the legislature, which is Soon to
assemble, will choose a Successor to Gen.
Rilsk, it is suticipaied here that the choice
wiil fail upon ex-Governor J. PmCkuey
iieuderSoh, Who is by far the ablest man
m the State, and ashoriest as men fever get
to be.
Mr. J, Stanly Smith, editor of the Ait*
bum American: gives the following am#i£
ing account of his chase by and escap^
from a Savage bull, • during a repeat -visit
to a farm in 'he neighborhood of Aubaru,
td wiinfesS a trial of mowers :
That buil was one of them. ''He waft;
monarch" of all he could eat,
gore. 'Being deeply interested in tHeapple
crop, i^e wandered out of the
X^hich ihe*moving was gOtHg on#
friend Shotweil's orchard. Fat and haW-
some cbws we|e lying about, cfTewing
their cuds, an^" Utterly indifferent at to
what was ^oing on. We wandered of«
from tree to tree, in t'ne large orchard, and
while cri.tjcg^^xamining some -aj£ "
loo'desSSS',
A laiy fellow named Jack Hole, Hvij%
hear Covington, has adopted a way of
spelling his name,. which thwiwa plioraofo.
phy in the shade.' He maken a big '?X"
aod then jobs bis pen tiirou^h the paper
for the « Hole," "
The Rav. Welter Colton, author of
hus tbia V9r?1^y^ie
Bhi! was attach-
ed as c h&pkmr who was always roet^sg
wuh other people's b'tisiness, and who was
*e'doui itt his own place : " [ do believe,
/hat resurrfeticw, thajiea-
lenaat i^itl^pfound getting out ot soiae-
bod/ else's grave I" . ,f =
ter. Hit opinion is highly favorable to the
nuccess of the undertaking.
A writer from Falls county to the Ci-
vilian, says that corn grows there to the
Height of 12 to 15 feet, and yields from
iifty to seventy-five bushels to tBe acre.
Rather steep!
- :•* -;-'v - • " V'SR*-
The first bale of new cotton received
ia Galveston was from Fort Bend Co., and
soli for 17 cents per pound. -' '":r* ••
ssjrs iufiuenzaj
eoagh.i
prevailmg in Smith county. The editor
'and two or three oi the printers have been
attacked.
JrrFKRso.v CobNf1r.~A writer from
Beaumont, Jeff i^oq county, to the Gai-
Vestou News, says the first crop of corn
ever produced iu that county, is now grow-
icg. His letter was accompanied by sev-
eral eara of coru, long and fully developed,
some of which measured a foot in circum-
ference.
The Texas Christian Advocate come?
to us iu improved dress* and will now com-
pare favorab;y *tth «uy of its class we
have ever sees, ft makes no mention ol
having procured its Siedrti press yet, altho'
an effort was made tor thai purpose some
mouths ago. The energy and good taste
displayed by the managers of this excel-
lent Christian journal, are certainly de-
•erving of support from ail classes of the
community.
Nkwton County.—'The crops of New-
too couaty are said to be Considerably
above the average—both corn aud cotton.
A large surp'us of corn will be made for
asportation, and fr m her favorable posi-
tion upon the §abtae river, it tfiil be easi*
iy sl.ipped to the patched up portions of
the West, where, from ailaccouuts, bread
Muffs must be scarce.
"^The Houston Telegraph has information
that eotton picking baa been going on m
Braxoria couaty for some weeks. Ye*,
Fort Bend |eetnsto have been rather ahead
as the first bale reported io Gaivesrou was
from that county. Our ueigbbors of cen-
tral Texas are becoming fast people.
Duxi r*o* GaiEP.—Tlie Washington
Stales has an account of the death of a
colored woman in that city, from grief.—
She had been for some time nursiug au in-
fant* the ehild of her owner. The child
•isteiMd and <K«d, and immediately after
the nurse sank into a state of despondency,
and expired some thirty hou s afterwards.
She was about thirty years of ag£, in good
«0 cause has been assigned but
c-!* excessive grief.
' «e
this position by a statement of ioC>5 WhlCtl
we consider well worthy of a perusal:
Thereis a remarkalle and very sugges
tive fact, in regain to the negro emigra-
tioii into ihis 3 ate. Ii is this: Of the
25.000 free negroes it# the State, the large
majorities reside iu counties where there
are very few abolitioutsts, and which Have
Chiefly seit'ed bf-emigrftnts from the
'-Southern States. These negroes appear
to have a great dread of the abohtiou
bounties—they give the«n a wide birih.
Thu?, for example, Ashtabula has a negro
pOf uhuioii of *12. Geaiura of seVej?T 'I'rum-
imil 65.* Tile oilier counties Oil the lake
have a propo uonate number of t.t?groes.
These counties are .settled almost exclus-
ively by New England emigrants. Ou the
Other hand, Ross county, a Virginia set-
tlement, lias oue thousand, nine hundred
atld six nfegroes; Gallia has oue thousand
one hundr d and UlUety-eighl, and Hamil-
ton county has ovt-r four thousand. ^
Iu these counties the negro is regarded
as an interior, socially and politically, ami
the abolitioriis' has but a slight hold.—
What is the causr oi this striking d'screpv
aiicy 7 Is it that the negro knows and
feels his inferiority, and naturally attaches
himself to the population whidji ii* dispos-
ed to regard him as an inferior ? Or is it
that the whites iu the lake shofe counties
are abolitionists from an ignorance of the
real character of the negro ? Certaiuly
there is no better mode ot curing a neigh
borhood of abolitionism thau by inflicilhg
on them a colony of free negroes. The
only way in which Giddmgs can ever be
defeated will be by a few more such p'u-
lauihropic efforts of those of Colonei
Meudeuhall, in seitPnsc a few hundred
Norib Caroliua or Keutucky negroes in
Asluabuia. If our Southern friebds will
send us t:.eir surp us negto population, let
?llern provide that they may be located
among their kind and generous fr.eujs in
the Western Reserve. Such earnest pht-
■auimopy as iliey profess ought uot be
' wasteu ou the desert air.'"
Wool and Walker. —Geu. Walker has
somewhere made the assertion that his
trip to Nicaragua, Was known to Genera'
Wooi, previous te his departure frorff San
Frjncisiio, aud that the General expressed
himself as favorable to the enterprise.—
Gen. Wooi writes to the National Iutelli
gencer, contradicting the assertion.- Gen.
Walker reiterates the statement, aud im
putestheold Geueral's forgetfulness to.lhe
fact of his memory being impaired by dis-
ease ai d age ; he is rather bitter in his let-
pubhe. ci
tid m rais
It may
Sits t't curs
•?rel««re, sf Gr'eat BifsSiu suocc
tig cotton.
Ol* it \V#ll tak^r
Ives to these changes. a::d V
nnpleaSautiy s artle<f from our train Ot
ti.ought by the beiloiving oi Mr. Taarnl^
whose majesty had been recliuina, and of
whose august presence we were unaware.
He elevated his tail, nia<:e the eanh ffy
with his "awful paws," aud having; thuf
manifested his hostility, and giveii tone,
if not color to his idea that we were a«
iuterioper, made a plucge towards us. A
moment's view of our antagonist was jflst
about enough. His eyes snot fire. He
roared like a "bu<l of Bashan,": We
did not at all fancy the style of his horns,
they were as straight as needles, and about
as sharp. lie exhibited an uumistakable
desire io employ them upon us.
Knowing that it was expected of us to
report the teSt trfal going du in another
, c tit * ,.Af, field, we remembered the prior and presd-
A Sad Weeding. After pu.lisliing ;ng interests of our friends, and set up a
the marriage ot Mr. Adam Tdtc, ofigr|® r| rdR> SoM.Buii: W^,n,S
Ohifetgo. to iViies J^arietk- i tH|fci^row, j scampered. He "made tfeiter time"
•ate of .Scotland, the Chicago ri'nbunej ,u«n We could "bottom out." He gatn^I
sdds : I on us rapidly. We could abno'st re4£:ife§.
There is a bit of romance, sad etidugh i not fcr&ath- on the back of osr ueek. it
iri its character, connected with thigj was neck 'or litfihiag. Ra.i leuce .twenty
o-nnmaieement. wKich ihc parties •will {rods off. Bu'l iviibiu five rods ' Tight race
mug Post, ie abroad with biS famity. Mr;
Raymond^ of the Times, has gor * to place
liis wife a d children in Faria k. a yea'r
or two. Tlie Wife of Mr. Bennek, of the
-Herald, resides pertftaneoUy in and,
report says, spends one*quarter ot tfee^a-
Comeof that great establishment. Wm.
Henry Herbert Is now the leading editor-
ial writer of the New York Times. .
• Wheft the celebrated Joseph Lancaster
was-ia Washington, he delivered a lecture
in the Hotise of Representatives frorti the
Speaker's Chair, Mr. Ciay then Speaker,
complimented Wfen by saying the chafj bad
uever been filled so well. Mr, Lancaster
modestly replied, tEfat " Man in his beet
estate was of very little account ; that the
Speaker's chair had uever been filled with
anything else Setter ihad Cta$." '
3y constant temperance, habitual mod-
erate exercise; tmafecied modesty, you
&iR avoid the fees of the lawyer, the
c awe of the sfierlff, and the jpoisoa of the
doctor, snd probably add your present
3'"^,!existence at icast leu years ot active life."
in she interval, we may be ruined
so, also, will it lake time for Great Brit-
am to grow cotton lor herself. If, every
year, as her ludia plantations extend, she
buys le6S cotton from the South—so, eve-
ry year, as the North has more cotton of-
l'e ed to her, will the North build more
mtils. American euterpnse, as the past
has shown, Will k -ep ev^n pace with
Eugiish avidity. By the time Great
Britain is able to do without our colton.
we shall be able not only to do without
her manu aciures, but to undersell her iu
every market of the world. The game
which sue proposes is oue at which two
cau play; and with our superior skin
we cau beat her at playing it. At pres-
ent she has one, and omy one, advantage
over us, which is, that capital is more
pleutilul ou her Bourse than ours. But
one of the effects of this scheme will be
to equalize us in this particular; and as
we excel tier hi all other respects, we shall
soon have her in our power.
/ The "sfccRET" Cajvcer C-'-re.—Much
has been written about Dr. Fell's secret,
now beiug employed by the surgeons at
the Middlesex Hospital, London where
the uutortuuate American sculptor, Craw-
ford, is now under treatment for this
dread afflictidu. Dr. Fell's treatment is
described in a late (uedical work as fol-
lows i
- In tife first iiMance the skin over the
tumor is removed by some liquid caustic
nitric and. The thus exposed tumor is
then covered wuh a layer Of an ordina-
ry caustidj chloride of zmc, spread on
linen This Creates a superficial slough.
This slough is then tc.>r«sd to a certain
depth by several intiisions Of the kuife ;
into these furrows strips of linen covered
with the caustic are iuseried. Iu this
way the tumor is destroyed still deepdf;
The iricisious are gradually extended iu
ilepth from time to time, fresh caustic be-
ing introduced into them at each dressing
till iu this wev the Whole tumor is seriatim
converted into oue large escher, which
separates by a surface of demarcation,
aqdording to the ordinary principled Of
surgery.
The cirtsti'utiorial treatment which had
been affirmed to eradicate from the sys-
tem tlie tendency again to originate cancers
is affirmed by the same authority to
consist in the internal administration of
irfdide of arsenic. >/
, Hlffr
Cuat for BoTS in Horses —Drew's
says, an intelligent
who has
in
' I fr
for
Rural Intelligencer
^emleilian ol our acquaintance,
e rig ior relating : r\tx voting
Scotchmen of. lids city, worthy men aU.
who had left their plighted faith and
lassies behind them when they sought
contentment and fortune on our shores,
united for the purpose of sending for
those to whom their troth was plighted.
They were written to, and did come
out together. For mutual protection
and society they took passage in the
same vessel. The perilous ocean voy-
age was made without accident, and the
party- merry and happy oarty—arri-
ved satefv at Quebec, where they took
passage (in the Montreal. Our readers
know and have lamented the' fate that
overtook that ill-fated steadier, and her
hundreds of passenger's; When she
bunted, of the six trusting and gener-
ous girls. Miss PettigtSw was the only
one saved: Iler live companions found
either fieiry of watery graves. Miss I\
was rescued—she knows not how or by
tfhom. . Taken up for drowned, the
struggles, between life and death was
long and doubtful, but at last decided
in favor Oi the former. The kind heart-
ed at Montreal learned her history and
admired her modest worth. By them,
for she had lost everything but herself;
her immediate necessities were supplied
and in a few days, with their blessings
and prayers, she continued her journey
hither. A lew of the five young meti,
who besides the now happy hhsbarid
had precious freight on that steamer,
attended the wedding on Tuesday last;
How sad that festive gathering was!
How the shadow of the fearful past
dimmed the brightness of the' present!
who, that has not felt the destroyer's
touch, can tell ?
An American gentleman having seated
himself in a Loudon omnibus, saw arid
heard what a little amused him. A man
bearing no particular marks of authority.
looked iu at the door, took a professional
view of the passengers, ahd called Ooft to
ihe driver, without any pretence at mod-
est concealment of his thoughts, "You
can't go on, there's ttfo of the b'well
mob in here." The coach waited, ti1!
at length a pursy, Weil-IOokihg old man
rose and stepped out, $ayiug,at he did so,
••I've too much mofiey to ride ^vith
pickpockets" In a' momecft more a
spruce young individual Said as he decam- j been."
ped, "I'll follow that old gentleman's
lead" "Go on, now," said ftie deifective
policeman, "the ewelFl have got out."
No bets I Bail iu high spirits '
ior a "goner •' N-J such tbiugi
!y oppie tree, with low branches
ed iwo of them, and lifted our preeicas
body into the tree i Taurus arrived juSt
as we cleared the ground ! Pawed and
roared horribly—Taurus did i We at-
tempted to reason with him. No sort of
use He was obstinate aud hard of heiatt
Evidently a great scamp. We eyed him.
tie eyed us. Good sight for boih of lii.
Being in the newspaper line, we aie id
favor of the earliest publications of impor
tant news, bat we^joufesa that :hC J3ulie:4n
contemplated ou this occasion, shocked
our sense of propriety. Aud the fact that
we were treed, illustrated our antipathy
to practicing the popular feat of "taking
the bull by the hc?rus.■', Iu this case it
would assuredly have tteeu a "horb tb'o
much." So
$lr. Editor he
Did climb the tree,
The bull to see.
Our e'hfemy pawed around the tree, bel-
lowed after the manrier of''Boauarges, the
Son of Thunder ;" glared at us. and finally
'urned aud wandered off the distance of
about three trees. Thinking ail was right
we slided down herbically, and "put" for
tbecra^y old rail fence. The distance
inom tree to bull, arid from tree to fence
was just about an even thiug. But otfr
assailant saw the movement, aud at once
again the chase was a hot one. But tbfe
time we distauced the "horned critter,"
scaling the fence, landed in a field of rye
at about the same moment that our ptfr-
suer^ horns struck the top rails of the
fence, aud sent them flyirig. Separated
by tne fence, we read the Scoundrel a lec-
ture that we hope he will remember to
his iast moments. We made all due allow-
ance in bis case for the hubbub of the mow-
ing and reaping affair, but, nevertheless.
coucluded that be was a gieat scoundrel.
■
The
triveupj x-ae. Par,cia (Miss.) Star ssysr Cel.
Friend- i Titos. F, Caldweii has jttst returned from
O<ocliii* to Coahoma couaty, sad informs
us that, at a house fev«u miles this side
Of the mouth of Cofci water^iie saw over
one hundred rattlesnakes, stuffed and hung
on a tree, being the spring crop of one
small farm. The proprietor said it had
hot been a good season for rattlesnakes.
How many foncf mothers and frugal
honsewiyes keep their pretty daughters
and their preserves for some eitta oceaa-
iou, or some " big bog" or otherf until
bdth sour ! This seems to us iharveious
poor economy.
In the United Sf8tes there are five hnW.
dred and fifty-one rice plantations, which
yield an annual revenue of fottt millions of
dollars.
The largest mass of grapite in the world
is Stone i!i[ountain, iu De Kalb county,
Ga., wh'ich is three thousand feet high.
Seven miles in circumference.
A pious minister, after lecturing a rag-
ged Sunfday School in a ihosc edifying
manner, proposed to close the exercises
by singing "Jordan," meaning the hymn,
"On Jordan's stormy banks I stand."—
The worthy man #as horrified at hearing
the whole school immediately .strike up,
" Jordan am a hitrd road to' travel, 1 be.
lieve,J* i---'5
" Sir," said Tola's father, " yon should,
have a place for everything/' " Well,'"
replied the junior. " I have a great many
places for everything." The bump of 6if-
der was in the descendant—wit in the As-
cendant Of that crauium.
A fellow who was considerecTratJier
soft, speaking the other day of the many
inventions which have been made by
the present generation, exultingly
wound up with :
"For my part I believe every general
tion grows wiser and wiser; for there's
ray father, he kn6 w'd mofe'n my grand-
father, and I believe I know a leetle
more'n my father did." "My dear sir,"
remarked a bV-stander, "whist an old
fool yo^r great gaaudfatlier must have
i Limit Napoleoa's residence, of an
^ i H biuh room, wit :u bronze tap
jji&e in suefoperfect preservaiiou, that
v. ;:* the cock WM turned the water came
vn I rn -diately. It is supposed to be
. ,* < ; l :-00 year# old.
'er, and appears to think some one else j for years been largely concerned in the
must have tudited Gen. Wool's epistle. In J management ol horses, ca^ed ai the Ivural
office a few weeks ago, to say that he
' knew, by experience, of a remedy for bots
in horseu, which is sure to expel them
from any Of the race afflicted with those
dangerous inse ts. The medicine is uo h-
iug more or less than common fish piekle
that from mackerel is perhaps be.-t ; oue
common junk bottle full will generelly
dislodge the "varmints"—some times a
second one may be necessary. To use his
own words, "this is a perfect cure—uo
mistake." Some persous mistake the
bellyache for the bots. The latter may
be known by the horse drawing down
bis, tail aud giviug it a peculiar motion.
There is no such appearance in cases of
mere bellyache.
relation to the matter in controversy,
says:
" I beg leave to say to you that ou« af-
ternoou. as Geu. Wool was leaving Sari
Francisco for Bemcia—when he was on
the wharf, aud about going aboard the
sieamer-'I distinctly stated to him the
nature of my graut 'rom Castillon, and
I' ELic or TBS Aucient World. he as distinctly wished me all success iu
i -.ucb note the dieeoverv at Piom- my euteiprise "
Drop by drop lalis into the clear well-
spring ot our youth the bitter water ol
experiece, aud theie is uo filterer (his side
of the grave that cau restore the old pu
rity.
A Celebrate!) Weapon -In the aff ir
Of honor wlu -b did iiotcoirie offhetvveen
the editd's of the Yeornari arid Com-
monwealth at Frauklort Ky., Mr. Green
Of the latter had at his disposal the very
pistol W th Wlifrh Aarou Biirr killed
Alexander Hamilton in their famous duel
of 1803. The pistol was transferred by
Mr. Burr to his second, who presented it
to a member of the Marshall family, of
Virginia. It was used by Hon Thom-
as F. Marshall in his ifuel with James
Watson Webb Mr. Webb having served
a term in tho penitentiary, all for the
houor of being shot by so classical a wea-
pon. The last human blood drawn by it
was when the Hon. J, W. McDougal
winged his-antagonist:—Cincinnati. Enq.
A baggage man in1 Buffalo, the other
day, handling a trunk after the popular
slam bang style, received a slight hint
in tjuestion, that he was not as gentle as
he might be. The hint came in this
wise : A pistol inside of the trunk ex
ploded a canister of powder, this also
exploded the trunk, and the trunk ex
ploded the baggageman, tumbling him
neck over heels. He picked himself
up " somewhere around there," a little
the worse for wear, and will be more
careful hereafter.
Witty.—Reynolds, the dramatist,
observing the thinness of the house at
one of his pieces, said :
"I suppose it is owing to the war."
"No," was the reply, "it is owing to
the piece.,'
The proprietor of a ianyaifd, adjacent
to a certain town in Virginia, conclude^
to build $L stand or sort of store on one
of. the main streets,- fcfr the purpose of
vending his leather, buying raw hides,
and the like: After completing his
building, he began to consider what
sort of a sign' would be best to put up
for the ptfrpose of attracting attention
to his flew establishment, and foi days
and weeks he was sorely pttxzled on
this subject. Several devices were
ado'pted, and, on further consideration
rejected. At last a happy idea struck
Mm. He bored an augur hole thrdugh
the door ])o'st, and stuck a calf's tail
into it, with the bushy end flaunting
Out, After a while, he noticed a grave
looking personage sieving near the
door, with hiis spectacles, gazing la-
tently on the sign.' And there he Con-
tinued to stand gazing and gazing; lintii
the curiosity of the tanner was greatly
excited in turn. He stepped out and
. addressed the individual. "Good morn-
ing." "Morning," said the other, with-
out moving his eyes from the sign.
"You want to buy any leather ?" said
the storekeeper. "No." "Do you wish
to sell hides "No." "Are you a
farmer ?" "No." "Are you a mer-
chant." "No." "Are you a lawyer ?'y
"No." "Are you a doctor?" "No."
"What are you, then ?" "I'm a philoso-
pher. I have been standing here for
an hour, trying to see if I could ascer-
tain how that calf cot through that;
augur hole, and I cairt make it outfc
savemv life."
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