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Modern Definitions.—Hari Times.— Sitting on a cold grind stone reading the President's message. Love. —A litle word within itself inti mately connected with the shovel and tongs. Progress of Time.—A pedlar going through the country with wooden clocks. Lovely Women.—an article manufac tured by he miliner— Who wants that litte here below. But wants that little for a show. Pandy —A thing in pataloons, with a body and two arms; a head without brains tight boots, a cane; white handkerchief; two broaches and s ring on his little fin ger. Coquette.—A young lady with more beauty then setse, more accomplishment shen learntng, more cishns of person than aul 'ulmiesre tiny frinovmey oore foola tina wise mentor attendants. We once heard a western girl, after giving her lover a heerty smack exclaim, ‘Dag my cat! if you hain't been taking a litterye old hoss!* Another lady said once,— Jom, you darn foal, stop twitting that cals tail, for it hit you @ golly goster in the bow els.” Whasta tremendis as row is brewing among the loca fours. ‘They will soon be fighting like cata end dogs. Well, wa wish them a long fight, @ strong fight, and aight altogether.—. Vables Courier. The value of Political Soings.— Ae pol itics exercises Sevorable influence over pestry in the production of innumerable Songs, #0 POFir ¥ reciprocs gaily exerts a ben eficial effect upon pilitics, The Reg. Mr. Brownlow, of the Jonesborough (Teon.) Whig, urges the laser part of this proposition with a great deal of force to answer to some entering contempora ry on the other side. Brother Brownlow puts it back to hie editorial brother in the following manter. He says: “In the Sevond Book,of Sanmel, and Itith chapmr, aur Insoftico song httera will learn that Saul, King of Israel, when he lay stretched upon his ¢ conch, with a devil in him as large as a modern ‘Demo crat,’ called for*a man whos wege cunning player on a harp to play him out; and Me vid went, with his harp, on ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and as soor as the 'carousal’ began the dev i departed! Now, if the soft melody of David's harpteoull chase the devil from the couch of Saul, and loll his spirit into a sweet repose, #5 werre taught it did, why may not the music of Whig songs drive the devil out of the lor of our?””
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Vincennes Gazette
Vincennes, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 06, 1844
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