THOMAS TISDALE. _Connecticut Courant_, May 19, 1788. * * * * * _Republican BEEF._ THE subscriber respectfully informs the citizens of Hartford, that he has purchased the fattest OX and COW perhaps in Connecticut, which will be killed and ready for sale for the ensuing Election, at a low price for the times. Those who wish to purchase _real good Beef_, will please to apply to WILLIAM BROWN. April 28, 1794. _Connecticut Courant._ * * * * * Nantucket wit and humor on the 4th of July, in the year 1829. A GRAND TOUCH. The last Nantucket Inquirer contains the following advertisement:-- At the sign of the Eastern Pine, Where the red and the white combine. JOHN PETERS, a descendant of the famous English Divine, Hugh Peters, informs all the tidy citizens of Nantucket, that Apollo and the Graces came over in the last packet, and have taken up their abode at the corner of Pearl and Water streets. He officiates as high Priest in their temple, where it is his delightful task to adorn the outward man, to _shave_ off excrescences, and trim into proportion the shrubbery which nature has reared around the headpieces of mankind.--By a judicious application of the _scissors_ of discrimination, the _soap_ of good nature, the _brush_ of reform, and the _razor_ of decision, he expects to bring about results which, like powers of the Steam Engine are, as yet, only dreamed of. The grace of the Athenian beau and the dignity of the Roman senator shall be so intermingled in the _grand contour_ of all who submit to his touch, that the _toute ensemble_ cannot fail to kindle love and command respect. * * * * * CHARLES HARDY, _STREET SWEEPER_,