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Parent Issue
Day
5
Month
January
Year
1846
Copyright
Public Domain
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A Cheap Breakfast - A son of Erin at Schenectady, N. Y., heard the breakfast bell ring, on board of a canal boat, just starting for Buffalo. The fragrance of the viands induced him to go on board. "Sure, captain dear," said he, "and what willl ye ax a poor man for thravelling on yer illegant swan of a boat?" "Only a cent and a half a mile and found," replied the captain. "An' is it vittles ye mean to find, sure?" "Yes, and if you're going along, go down to breakfast." Pat did not want to be told a second time, but having descended into the cabin and made a hearty meal, he came again on deck and requested that the boat might be stopped. "What do you want to stop for?" inquired the captain. "How far have we come, just?" asked Pat. "Only a little over a mile." Pat thereupon handed the captain two cents, and coolly told him that he believed he would not go any further with him, as Judy would wait her breakfast, not knowing that he had breakfasted out !" The joke was so good that the captain took the cents, ordered the boat to be stopped, helped Pat ashore, and told him that should he ever have occasion to travel that way again, he should be most happy to carry him. Largest Factory Building in the World. The central part of the Portsmouth Steam Factory, which is 204 feet long, is now two-thirds up; and should the weather continue favorable will be covered before Christmas. The eastern wing of 150 feet will probably be built in the course of next year. The centre part is to be six stories high - the wings five stories. Heighth of the lower story, 13 feet,of the other stories 12 feet. The length of the front will be 504 feet, or about a tenth of a mile. - There will be about four acres of flooring in the Portsmouth Factory number of spindles, 50,000, number of operatives, from 1,200 to 1400.