The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 03, July 18, 1840Various
History
The Irish Penny Journal, Vol. 1 No. 03, July 18, 1840
Various
Ireland -- Periodicals
There is a female patient in another ward, who had suffered
intense toothache for three months, when, a fortnight since,
according to her own evidence, which we have no reason to
doubt, it was instantly cured by _one application_ of the
magnet, through the medium of a key, and had not returned in
the slightest degree up to the period of the visit of which we
have given the details.
These are very interesting facts. We submit them to our readers
unaccompanied by comment. The specific name given to his
instrument by Dr Blundell, is that of 'mineral magnet.' How far
its application to disease admits of extension, we are at
present ignorant."
A SOLVENT BANK.--The best _bank_ ever yet known is a bank of earth; it
never refuses to discount to honest labour; and the best _share_ is the
plough-share, on which dividends are always liberal.
AN IRISH BULL OF 1630.--Nowe that Ireland doth give birthe to strange
sortes of men, whose too greate quicknesse of thoughte doth impeede
theyre judgmente, this storye whiche I have heard, will shewe. A wealthie
lord of the countie of Corke there had a goodlie faire house new-built,
but the broken brickes, tiles, sande, lime, stones, and such rubbish, as
are commonlie the remnantes of such buildinges, lay confusedlie in
heapes, ande scattered here ande there; the lord therefore demanded of
his surveyor, wherefore the rubbish was not conveyed awaie; the surveyor
said, that hee proposed to hyre an hundred carts for the purpose. The
lord replied, that the charge of carts might be saved, for a pit might be
digged in the grounde, and soe burie it. "Then, my lord," said the
surveyor, "I pray you what will wee doe with the earth which wee digge
out of the said pitt?" "Why, you coxcombe," said the lord, "canst thou
not digge the pitt deepe enough to hold rubbish and all together?"--_From
the works of Taylor, the Water Poet._
CAROLAN'S LIBERALITY.--Carolan never prostituted his muse to party
politics or religious bigotry, though attachment to the ancient faith and
families of Ireland was the ruling principle of his heart; yet he could
discern the virtues and celebrate the praises of those who dissented from
the one, or claimed no connection with the other.--_Hardiman's Irish
Minstrelsy._
FULLER.--The well-known author of "British Worthies" wrote his own
epitaph, as it appears in Westminster Abbey. It consists of only _four_
words, but it speaks volumes, namely, "Here lies Fuller's earth."
Printed and Published every Saturday by GUNN and CAMERON, at
the Office of the General Advertiser, No 6. Church Lane,
College Green, Dublin.--Agents:--London: K. GROOMBRIDGE, Panyer
Alley, Paternoster Row. Manchester: SIMMS and DINHAM, Exchange
Street. Liverpool: J. DAVIES, North John Street. Birmingham: J.
DRAKE. Bristol: M. BINGHAM, Broad Street. Edinburgh: FRASER and
CRAWFORD, George Street. Glasgow: DAVID ROBERTSON, Trongate.
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