The Butcher-Knife, Volume 2, Number 2, Danville, Hendricks County, 8 August 1857 — Page 4

When the cholera was at its worst in 1849, in New Orleans, an old negro, who had weathered the yellow fever many times, at length' got frightened at the classes. His master heard him praying one nirrht to the 'acffol of do Lord bv the light of a tallow candle, 'to spare him did time tolef him live a little longer and then tnko 'him to glory.' But he concluded his prayer by professing perfect sub ink: in to the will of 'de angel of de Lord,' even should he be called on immediately to ffo on that long journey. Sambo's

master determined to test tl e sincerity of this profession. He knocked loudly and distinctly at the door. Who dar?' says Sambo. .'The angel of the Lord was answered. - 'What you want?' 4I have called for Sambo

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Ot- At an examination of the Coll

of Surgeons, a candidate was asked by

Abcrnethy: , 'What would yea do if a man was blown up with powder?'' : 'Wait until he cams down he coolly replied. . True' replied Abernethy, 'and suppose I should kick you for such an impertinent reply; what muscles would I put in motion?' The flexors and extensors of my arm, for I would knock you down immediate

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He received a diploma. An Exact Witness. A numerous fellow subpeened as a witness on a trial for an assault one of the counsel, who was notorious for brow -beating witnesses, asked him what distance ho was from the

parties, when the assault took place, ho

The master heard the candle suddenly answered:

eztinmiised with a 'whoof and Sambo

energetically answered:. .Iie not hcie! ' Dat nfeer 'has bin ded

three weeks!'

Noble Sentiments. Condemn no man for not thinking as you think. Let every

one enjoy the full and free liberty of thin

Juj&t four feet five inches and a half 'How came you to bo so exact?' said the counsel. 'Because I expected some fool or other would ask me sol measured.'

Conundrum. 'I say, Clem said one

darkey to another, 'can you told me why

rinfnr himefdf. Lflt everv man use his nirwor U np.vArdfiad hroi'fi?'

U - J , " w',t-ov' ' ' own judgment, since every man must give j 'No, Ginger said Clem, 'I don't know an account of himself to God. Abhor an' darfore drops the subjec' widout a every approach, in any kind of degree, to' gpression the spirit of persecution. If you cannot 4Well, den returned the other darkey, reason or persuade, a man into the truth, 'I'll tell you why a nigger is never dead never attempt to force him into it. If broke it's bekase he always has a scent

ill net compel him to come, leave about him.'

'Eh-eh, honey said Clem, 'but den

you know it's a bad scent so dead broke after all

U,. S. Marshal's Sale,

BY virtue of a writ of execution '(Fi -Fa) to ' mo directed from the Clerk's oGco'.of the U. S. Circuit court, for the district of Indiana, I vdll ca Monday,' tho 31st day of 'August,-A D., 1857,- between Dm hours, of 10. o'clock, A. II , and 4 o'clock' P."M.,"at' the court houso door, in the town of Danville, Hendricks county , Indiana, offer for sale at public auction, tho rents and profits; for seven years, of all thi fallowing described real estate, to wit:' The south-east quarter of the south-west quarter of section three, township sixteen, range one east containing forly acres; and psrb of the northeast quarter of the north west quarter of sec tic.i m, township sixteen , range one east, containing' four and seventy-five hunclrcdts teres, and bounded as follows: commencing ai the north-west corner of "said north cast quarter, running thence east forty -two rod, thenco south twenty-seven rods to the Crawfordsville roicl, thenco with said road north-west fortyfour rods, thence north eight rods to the place of the beginning, all situated in the county of Hendricks, and State of Indiana; and also lot

number seven, in block number three; and lot numbers five and six, in block no. four, all in

the town of Brownsburg, in said Hendricks

County, Indiana, and upon failure to recite a

sumcienc sum to satisfy tne uem mi.

the bams tune and place, anc1

aforesaid, oiler for sale tha fee

said above described real estr

property of Benjamin M. I '

mum jarney, juoc Bowler, asrainst said I

JOHI IT. 3. Mar? By Jesse D. Car; July 23d, 1857, 1

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him to God, the Judge of n.Jvhn Wes-

Jeautiful. Daniel .Webster penned the following beautiful sentiment:

de niq-er s

The Lynn News tells a good story of

' 'If we work upon marble it will perish; i lf 0 boys, one of whom was boasting of if we work upon brass time will efface it; hQ beauties of his father s house. ;It if we rear temples, they will crumble into got ' 11 9 ,,. hni f t'jfi '7nrl' nnri n'r iv-,inrfl haVO SOr t uling CISC. roinds-if we imbue them with principles, 'hat li iLi "-ed the interested com-

with the just fear of God, and love of their PaR Tt ' . , . - fellor-.en, we engrave on thoso tablets 'V hd father tell moth something which will brighten for all etcr- morning that it s going to have a

nity.

: A little fellow, from four iJ five

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STATE OFC

Hendricks Circuit James Osborn vs. 1&, Cirthwright, Jonathan can, William Duncan a. Partition. Notice h no given to lluj Jonathan Duncan, Martha Dul, Duncan and Ann Duncan who . shown to be non-residents of this State, wi'iao filing and pendency of the above entitled cause, against them, a-id that unless they appear and answer thereto, on the calling thereof, at the September Term, 1857, of said court, to be holden at the courST-house in the town of Danville, the same will be heard and deter

mined m timr aoaence. iittet JOIIII IRONS, Clk. Danville July 25th, 1857:1 3w fee 02.

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0- 'Dad, if I was to see a duck on the

y:rrj ciu, navmg perioraieu ine Knees wing, ana was to snoot, it, woaia you of his trowsers, was intensely delighted lick me?' 'Oh, no my son! it shows you with a patch bis grandma had applied. ! are a good marsman, and I wouid feel He would sit and gaza upon it in a state proud of you.' 'Well, then dad, I plump- " of remarkable admiration, and in one of cd our old drake as he was fly in' over

these moods suddenly exclaimed: the fence to-day, and jt would have done

ood to see him dxap!

'Grandma must put one on t'other yougo'oc Lrce and (oldhd, like Eddy Smith's.' i

c:.ra for

A ffnim cast editor advises his

rat v::z lr:rgry and get cut cftho rc:c.r0 f tlcY wsh to itet teeth inserted

vcrJ gratis, 'to m and fie a I frdt rhero hi:

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b-2 ears

Jliv.v-ijl V.ir.XVi4 ilH,i;iil lU,Jt l (J ire " z ir - Ye fr.lp ?cnl he cried, t".rli::g ci a nin,ar.dthr.?;mg his !;o C,z:r after the

ye murthcrin' eta mo engine ve ) a pa: sender aboard that's hh l.WirAV

E7atch-c

OT Jen 3, who is, 'seme pumpkins' in

lure argument, asserts post lively

that if women arc an-rels, Ioah's vile

a script

must have been an Ark-angel.

npile ubscriber has on hand and is constant-J-ly manufacturing Fruit cans of every deecription; such as soldered top, sennv and wax tops, for the use of those in the country xrheid they have no tinner to do their soldering. Likewise a large asortra3nt of one and two quart glass jars with corks and wax to hermetically eeal them air tight; all of which xr ill b3 sold on reasonable terms. " " " It II. MCOEHEAD, Agsat. Danville, Aug. let. 1857:1 -tf.

rpaken up by Joseph Winiton, a'.r'ttha ICt! 1 of July, 1857, in Bellvilb. Ilaiiric':

County, a bright corrcl n ire, cupp)"ii to to t;:i ycr.rs c! I, c;-3 Cft::i haa U li' h an! 1 v -i '' r ! - i

J u sti c qT'o f t'!i o"lVn "oc.

T ILL attend prc-.:;tlyto all V . trusted Uh:i c:.:j.. 0;Z:i

Jlatlock's Store. . , ...

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