TERMS OF THE "AMERICAN."
HENRY B. MA8SER, J PcaMsataa aso
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From the Brother Jonathan.
The Widow Jones.
Wealthy and young was the Widow Jones
Comely withal, and fair to see;
.Scarce bad been earih'd her husband's bones,
And mourning became her amazingly.
Houses she had, and she had land,
Beauty like tier's you might not slight
Deep sighed the beaux for the widow's hand.
But more foi her land, if she guessed aright.
Cousin Abncr he popped the word,
When for the grave the bill he brought;
Didn't our Abncr feel flat when he heard
That the Widow Jones was already caught 1
Shrewd was the widow, as she was fair
Wise was the widow, as she was rich
Others might lose an offer rare
The widow declared she was "none of sich."
Widow Jones married a deacon grim
Soon he got tired of his widow bride;
Time she had none to be tired of him,
For one fine day he "up and died."
The deacon's widow was not so young,
As the Widow Jones of a year before;
The deacon's widow had gained in tongue.
But the double widowed had double dower.
Cousin Abncr he leaned on his spade,
His hand on his heart as the corpse drew near ;
And Abner's eyes in dumb show made
A courtship, over the deacon's bier.
Now, thought he, as be threw in the clods,
I've Time by the foietop this heat, aure ;
Scarce hud he neatly arranged the sod,
Before ho stood at the widow's door.
Abncr he paused as ho raised the latch
He heard a solemn voice in prayer :
Paused he the lone of the man to catch,
It was Deacon Light already there !
A year ago come Valentine
She wedded the deacon, number (wo
Who poured on her heart the oil and wine
Of comfort, when he came to woo.
Abner is not discouraged yet
He dropped her note on her bridal day
Which, for the next matrimanial set,
Bespeaks the hand of the widow gay.
And when (he deacon is laid on the shelf,
Having entered a convent for his right
Unless he should chance to be ahelved himself,
Abner will claim the Widow Light.
MORAL.
Take Time by the Foretop whatever you do
And if you would win a widow prize
To be sure of success, the ene way true,
I to woo her before her husband dies.
Antipathies).
1 1 Hate long stories, and short ears of corn,
K costly farm house and a shabby barn ;
M ore cura than pigs, no books, but many guns.
Corned toes, tight boots, old debts, and paper dun.
I b)ate tight lacing and loose conversation,
Abundant gab and little information ;
The lool who sings in bed and snoiea in meeting.
Who laughs w hile talking and who talks while cat
ing.
Domestic .Silk.
From a communication in the Nor
thcrn Journal, from Mr. J. II. Leonard,
it appears that several persons have fed
silk worms in Carthage in this state, the
past season, with great success. He
says he fed 5000 worms of the nea-nut
kind that not 30 died during feeding,
and that the cocoons were very pro
ductive and large. lie also fed with
complete success, about 15,000 of the
mammoth white and sulphur kind, the
cocoons being of unusual size, weigh
ing about 133 to a pound, requiring
from 13S0 to 1400 cocoons to make
one pound of reeled silk. One acre
of land," says Mr. Leonard, "properly
set to Multicaulus Mulberries, and well
cultivated, and fed to the mammoth silk
worm, will produce from 120 to 130
pounds of reeled silk, worth 80 a pound,
which will amount (one acre,) to $700.
The expense of feeding, the three first
months would not be more than the
time of one woman to feed them, and a
boy ten years old to pick the leaves the
first two weeks, and the help of a boy
or girl the third week, would be all that
would be necessary." Albany Culti
vator. JVatlve Wealth.
A lato geological survey of New
llamDshire has resulted in the discove
ry of a valuable mine of tin ore, in Coos
county, at the base of the White luoun
tains, so pure as to yield thirty or forty
rior rpnt. A airnil.ir stirvev in New
York has proved the existence of steel
ore in Franklin and Clinton counties.
which possesses all the properties of
manulactured steel, in an inherent state.
Such, discoveries as these are worth
all the schemes for the "regulation of
the currency" winch the last lilty years
have developed, and the schemes "to
iJOOt."
Mississippi TusitKUU, A proposition
has boon mado to construct a 1 unnc
under the Mississippi nt New Orleans
the arch to be mado ol'cast iron instead
of stone.
SUNBUffiY AMEMCAN.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
Absolute acquiescence in the decii
isions of the
Hy Mnsser &. Elscly.
From the Albany Cultivator.
lTsc of Ashes and Mine,
Messrs. Editors If in your opinion
the following account of successful and
profitable farming will in any way be
ncfit the public, you may make what
use of it you think proper. In the
paring of the year 1831, Capt. Moses
A an lnwigin, my neighbor, sowed a
bout 100 busliols of ashes on the quar
ter part of a field of about 10 acres of
land, in rye, having previously seeded
the whole field with clover and timothy.
This field was part of a farm of fifty
acres on the Neversink Flats, mostly a
sandy alluvium, and in much of it the
sand greatly predominating. The whole
so exhausted that it would hardly pay
the interest of 625 per acre. The part
not ashed had been well manured the
previous year. The result was, first,
that c:j the part ashed the crop of grain
was bcnelitted to the full amount of the
value of the ashes sown; and the next
season he mowed from the part ashed
at the rate of two tons of hay per acre,
while on the residue there was a poor
and stinted growth of grass, with much
sorrel, hardly worth the expense of ga
thering. In the spring of 1835, he
sowed on land in rye, and seeded with
grass seed, about 5)00 bushels of ashes
at the rate of 30 bushels to the acre.
Here again he thinks the increase of
his crop of rye paid all the expense of
ashing, and it was followed the ensuing
year with an equal growth of grass;
since which he has ashed annually on
his 50 acre farm from 700 to 1000 bu
shels of ashes, generally at the rale of
about 30 bushels to the acre, until by
this, and acting generally on the correct
principle that a "Judicious liberality is
the only true economy of Husbandry ;"
he has by an outlay of not over 10
per acre, brought this poor and exhaus
ted farm, which, before he commenced
us system of improvement, would little
more than nay the expense of cultiva
tion, to yield an average net profit a
mounting to more than the interest of
8200 per acre, and in the mean time
realized a profit on the money expend
ed, amounting to several hundred per
cent. 1 he precise amount, or rate of
profit, it is difficult to calculate. It
should be borne in mind that the full
amount of his outlays were generally
returned within the year by the increa
sed value of his crops. If, added to
this, we consider that the profits of his
farm have been increased from six to
eight fold, it might at first view be sup
posed that its real value had been in
creased in that proportion ; yet this is
not actually the case, inasmuch as the
intrinsic value of the land consisted in
its susceptibility of being made profita
ble by being properly husbanded ; in
ike manner as any other kind of proper
ty is estimated valuable, not according
to the profit or advantage at any given
time derived from it, but in proportion
to the amount of profitable use it can be
applied to. If this is a correct view, as
I believe it is, then is not land, such as
the Captain's was, though then yielding
little profit, actually worth froni one to
two hundred dollars per acre? Yet
much ot equal value, can be purchased
for from 825 to 850 the acre.
Hut to show that this particular farm
had no peculiar intrinsic advantages
over others in this valley, I will notice
the experience of Phifip Swartwout,
Esq., about three miles south, in the use
and advantages of lime. His farm too,
had been reduced by bad husbandry
until it produced comparatively no pro
fit. Grass could hardly be made to
grow on it, of a good quality, even with
manure. Lxcept when tilled, it produ
ced nothing valuable, and if tilled once
in three or four years, it yielded very
little, unless when dunged. With an
expenditure, in liming, of from six to
ten dollars per acre, it now yields good
crops of wheat, and grass in abundance,
of the best quality.' Even on a sandy
field, 1 visited when he was gathering
his hay, on which he had hardly ever
before seen grass enough to pasture a
goose, he had now mowod a heavy
burthen of excellent hay, and this the
effect of one liming at the rate of 00
bushels to the acre; and that without
the use of any other manure. Now it
may be well to remark, that the part of
onawangunk mountain next this valley
is full of lime stone, with abundanco of
wood, while the Delaware and Hudson
Canal runs through the hollow, and af
fords abundant facilities for burning
limo at a cheap rale. Fine coal adap
ted to the burning of lime in what arc
called perpetual kilns, can be furnished
here very cheap. Siakcd lime can also
majority, the vital principle of Republics, from hich
Sunbury, Northumberland Co.
be brought on the canal from the icigh
borhood of llondout, and dilivc.cd in
the centre of most of the farms br G or
7 cents per bushel. Now I would ask
whether the profits that may be realized
by the purchase and proper use of these
lands, are not enough to gratify the most
greedy speculator. And in what busi
ness or by what device or management
he could reasonably hope for a more
fa voi uble result. Not that I would en
courage any to embark in farming
from speculative motives. Farmers
should be sober workingincn, not vision
ary schcmisls. But f do aver, that
there is no business I know of so well
calculated to secure the greatest sum
total of advantages and enjoyments as
farming, if properly conducted.
HENRY VAN KLEECK.
Cuddebackvillc, Orange co. N. Y.
From the Kentucky Farmer.
lltnRODSBCRO, Due. 16, IS 10.
Mr. Brown : We have noticed in
the "Farmer," this fall, several commu
nications on the subject of the improved
breeds of Swine, which we carefully
examined, and we claim the privilege
of giving our trials and experience on
this matter.
In the summer of 1838, incited by the
high and flattering accounts given in
the eastern papers on this subject, we
procured from Mr. A. B. Allan, of Buf
falo, New York, five head of thorough
bred Berkshircs, hich he had careful
ly selected for his own use, and from
the high estimation in which they and
their progeny arc held, by those" who
viewed them with impaitial eyes, we
are induced to believe, he manifested
no small judgment in the selection.
We procured also about the same
time, from our neighbors at Pleasant
Hill, a few of the same stock, and an
Irish pig, of the stock of Mr. Letton of
Bourbon, and a Bedford from Mr. Clay.
From this Mart wo have raised a cliuioc
race of swine, and have been enabled
to test the relative value of each stock,
as thoroughly and accurately as can be
done.
In our opinion, the Berkshire is the
prince of hogs, and we are sustained in
this opinion by the fact, that we have
sold every pig from our original stock
at 8 10 a pair, to persons in various parts
of this an other states, and we have not
been enabled to supply all who have
called on us. In consequence of the in
creased demand for them, we parted
with one of our breeding sows, at 81U0,
and a male pig, which wc had procu
red ior our own use, at fcoO, when 1
months bid.
CurlouN Operation.
A toy about 12 years old, a son of
Mr. Carlin in Butler county, Penna.,
swallowed a threaded needle a few
weeks since, which lodged in the throat
within a few inches of the stomach.
Physicians were called in who resorted
to a curious method to relieve their pa
tient. In vomiting the boy had thrown
the thread attached to the needle into
his mouth. This was immediately se
cured and a gum tube passed down o
yer it, by which the needle was carried
into the stomach ; turned and brought
safely up, with but little pain.
ClRE TOR THE BITE OF A liATTLE-
Svake. The editor of the Che raw, !S.
C. Gazette, says aqua ammonia, (water
of ammonia,) fresh and pure, in doses
of a teaspoon-full at intervals of from
15 minutes to an hour, in water, is an
infallible remedy for the bite of any
snake. This is the dose for an adult,
and the medecine is not to be relied u
pon if the bottle in which it is kept has
been frequently opened. In an early
number of the American Journal of the
Medical Sciences, is a paper containing
a history of numerous cases successful
ly treated by Ammonia.
Asiatic Fair. The Fair of St. O
nouflree which lasts four weeks, had a
numerous attendance in 1810. 30,000
wild horses were brought in from the
plains of Tarlary. Fifty thousand cat
tie, hundred thousand sheep, ten thou
sand swine, and ten thousand horsosof
the best breeds were also collected
llorso racing was the great amuse
ment ; a Circassian horse uained a race
of six French leagued, winning a slake
of 500 ducats, and all the twelve horses
w hich were run against him.
Flemish Carrot. The while Flem
ish Carrot will product) 22 tns, and
uiiH ii orange carrot but 11 tons, lo the
ae re.
there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle
Pa. Saturday Fcbrunry 13, 18-11.
1'Nerul iteeelpfH.
Custards without Eggs. One quart
of new milk, four tablespoons full of
flour, two spoonsful of sugar, seasoned
with nutmeg or cinnamon, and add a
little salt. Set the milk over the fire,
and when it boils pour in the flour, which
should be previously stirred up in a lit
tb cold milk. When it is thoroughly
scalded, add the sugar, spice and salt,
and bake it cither in crust or cups.
Self-cleansing Chimnevs. The fact
cinnot be too generally known, that if,
when a chimney is built, the mortar
with which it is to be plastered be mix
ed with salt, there will be no necessity
for sweeping it, as in every damp spell
of weather the salt deliquesces, and the
soot will of course fall down. A chim
ney which was treated in the above
manner 2'J years ago has been in use
every winter since. Part of the time a
fire-place was used with a grate and
bituminous coal, but now with a stove
and wood. The stove-pipe frequently
catches fire, which is suffered to burn
in the chimney without apprehension of
danger. Birmingham Adv.
To CTRE SCRATC HES I.N HoRSES.-WasIl
the feet, or parts Hleeted, with sonp
suds, wipe them clean and dry, and then
apply white lead ground in oil, as thick
as can be smoothly and evenly laid on.
Exercise moderately, keep the animal
dry, and in most cases the first applica
tion will cure etlectually. Should a
second he necessary, wash oil' the old
lead, and apply with a brush as at first.
Six or eight days should intervene be
tween the applications. Cultivator.
To CORRECT I)a.M;EI GllAIN. MtlS-
ty grain, totally unfit for use, and which
can scarcely be ground, may, it is said,
be rendered perfectly sweet and sound,
by immersing it in boiling water, and
Idling it remain till the water becomes
cold. The quantity of water must be
nouuio uiai oi LiiC ZT?.". 10 L'G purmcu
TJio muniy (itiality mreily penetrates
through the husk or bran of the wheat.
In the hot water, all the decayed or rot
ton grain swims upon the surface, so
that the remaining wheat is effectually
cleansed from all impurities, without
any material loss. It is afterwards to
be dried, stirring occasionally, on the
kiln. N. E. Farmer.
Bone Manure in England. In 1823
bones to the amount of 11,305 were
imported; in 1837, they had increased
to 254,000.
IntportriU to .Mm! Katers.
A German jourml contains the following inte
resting details of domestic economy. According to
numerous experiments tried with different kinds of
meit, it is ascertained that heef loses by roasting 22
1-6, muttun 21 1-5, lamb 21 1-G, goose 19 1-0, tur
key 20 1-2. duck 27 1-G, chicken 14 1-5 per cent,
of their weight. By the process of boiling tho low
is as follows: beef 15, mutton 10, turkey 16, chick
en 13 1-2, ham 6 per cent. It is an erroneous no
tion tint the English are generally lietter fed than
the French; because, according lo Englih writers
on political economy, the average daily food of an
Englishman consists of 8 1-12 ounces of bcrf or
mutton, 10 ounces potatoes, and ten ounces of veg
etable, which together, contain 65 per cent, of nutri
ment. French writers estimate the average drily
food of a Frenchman aa follow : meat 7 onnces,
bread 8 ounces, vegetables 4 ounce, containing on
an average 80 er cent, of nutriment. The French,
therefore, on the whole, are 15 per cent. Uttcr fed
than the English.
If the above eslimutc be coriect, it is an easy mat
ter to prove that the Americans are fed considerably
abote jiur,
Kale of sShoiit llonss. A sjle of Short Hums,
belonging lo the Messrs. Dodds if Hart-Warren,
took place the last oftlctobor, at which 14 cows
were sold at an average prire of 59 guineas 5 two
year old Letters at an avir.ige of 47$ guinea 5
yeurliugs at 32 J guineas average each 1 bulls at
44 guineas average each 11 cahes, at SGJ guin
eas average each ; leiug an average on the whole
lot of 48. 1 U. each. Among the purchasers were
Messrs. Whitaker, 1'uhy, Jaques, and other cele'ora
led breeders. Alb. Cult.
Gar at Wo mix a. The Aberdeen Journal of
Oil. 1 1, 1810, says,' there is to be seen in that ci
ty, at 'Cnikshank's Stables, 8 cvhoolhill, a l.usut
Kalunr, half-deer and half-cow. Its c e me large,
full, and bright, exactly like those of a deer; so aro
its legs, tail, ami head. This singular atiuul was
calved at Maicassie, in the parish of lUll'.rJ. its
0in was a row of I lie common bretd of tke country,
its sire a detr."
HwHTiin Sura. We received a fine apple
yesterday from llie orchard of Mr. Uryanl, Marsh
field. Mass., one of which was awcrt and the other
sour and both very juiry and line flavor. The
flavor of each waa distinctly marked, as waa also the
appsarsnre of the fiuit ridge musing directy
over the apple, and the sour side somewhat larger
than Ibe sweet, and of different color. Hay Stute
Jkiuccvt.
and immediate parent of despotism Jarranso.
Vol. I o. XXII.
Anecdotes of Washington. "
The following anecdote of Washington and
Gouvrrneur Morris, are extracted from "Tltomat's
American reminiscencet of the last eixly Jive
yrars." Mr. Thomaa had long been an influential
editor, first at Clmlcston, S. C, but of late at Cin
rin itll, and is a nephew of Isaiah Thomas, who had
the honor of being included with John Hancock and
Samuel Adams, who were to bo executed without
the hope of pnrJon, for the part they had taken in
the Revolution. Mr. Tnomas relates many anec
dotes c.f the great man who took a prominent part
in the e.itablisment of our independence, that have
never appeared in print. We shall occisimally
furnish our readers with some of the most intercs
li.R. Ed. A mer.
" It has often been asserted by his intimate friends
and t-vrn by some of his biographers, that few men
haj the nerve to approach him with familiarity.
The following anecdote, illustrative of Ibis fact, I
hav often heard iejeated,and its truth was confirm
ed to me by a gentleman in New York, who had
the best opportunity of knowing. w
' The lato Uoverncur Morria, in ci nvers ilion with
sonic friends on this subject one day, when Con
gress sat in new York, and Washington cccupbd
the house then in front of the " U iwtirig Ciro. n,"
denied the correctiuss of this opinion, and olHre l
to test the truth i f it onrc, by joining him in the
garden, where Washington was wulking alone, and
in their view. A bet was made, and Mr. Moiris
went immediately into the garden to decide it.
lie approached the ('resident in the rear, and as he
came up alongside gave him a familiar tap on the
shoulder, at the same time addressing him familiar
ly with ' how do you do, sir 1" Washington turned
his bend and echoed back the question, with all that
dignity which distinguish! d him from all other men.
Morris was pdiilied; and returning to his friend.,
declared that nothing would tempt him to repeal
the experiment. Although he had been for years
in almo t daily intercourse with this wonderful man ,
and supposed he might be approuch(d like other
men under similar circumstance-, he felt his soul
sink within him at the look and lono of voice with
which his question was anowered.
" For myself, I can only say, that I have stood in
t'no presence of kings, and sat al table with princes,
without any of those feelings of awe and rverencc,
which came over me like a summer cloud when in
his presence, although then in the reckles-mss of
boyhood.
" Waxhii.gUin.s style of travelling comported with
the marked dignity of his character; on the occasion
above-mentioned it was as follows: It was his
general practice to enlei a town in his chariot, and
leave it on horeback. Ilia post-chariot was drawn
by four beautiful bay horses, and driven by postil
lions in blsnket coats, liveries, jockey caps, buck
skins and boots; wl ile upon his right, on horseback,
rode Colonel Lear, an on hia (eft, Major Jackson :
next came a light baggage wagon, drawn by Iwo fine
bay horses, driven by a white man in a round cor
duroy jacket, glazed hat buck-kins and bout; while
faithful 15 illy brought up the rear, mounted on a
fine blood horse, and lea ting the geneial'a white
charger, presented him by Charles the Fourth, of
Soain. It waa precisely in this style that I saw
liirn enter Worcester, followed by a calvalcade of
gentlemen on horseback. When he left il, the on
ly charge was ihst he mounted his charger and
rode between his two secretaries, Lear and Jackson;
while the empty chariot and the remainder of his
equippage followed after, with troops of horse and
cavelcadea of hosemen, increasing as they went, un
lit they arrived at lloston."
The following anecdote fully illustrates the inflex
ible integrity and scrupulous regard for truth that
invariaUy marked the conduct and actions of this
truly great man, in all the phases of hia eventful
life :
"Il is an extraordinary fact, that the lifo of no
mm, of any ai;e or nation, who has risen to great
ness ever afforded ao few anecdotes aa his.
" One, however, I well remember to have heard
frequently spoken of soon after it occurred ; il was
this: Direct iy alter the llritish were compelled to
quit Doston, which was besieged by Washington,
with (ieneral Wbid second in command, General
Ward lesinej his commission, which circumstance
was thus spoken of by Washington, in a letter to
Congress: 'no sooner is the seat of war removed
from beyond the smoke of his own chimneys, than
General Ward resigns his command.'
" About the lima of the organization oflhe gov
ernment under the Constitution, General ward was
informed of this remark, and being elected lo the
second congress, soon aflt r his anival at the scat
of government, (then New York.) he took a friend
with him and called upon Washington, and asked
him if it was true, that had made use of such lan
guage. The I'rcsiJent replied that he did Hot
know ; but he kept copies of all his letters, an I
woulJ take an opportunity of ex iinioing them, and
give him an answer at the next session. According
ly, at the next session General Ward ca!.-d again
with l is friend, and recivtd for answer, that be
(Wellington) had wiiiten to thai effect. Ward
then said, 'Sir, yuu are no gciitlenan,' turned on
his heel and left him, and here, of couise, the waiter
ended.
" 1 have recenty met with the coiifirmsiion of an
important Let I had beaid uvniioncd i.euily half a
centu y ago; but I do not know that il baa found
its way into any li g'aphy of Washington. It is
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Sixteen lines mako a square.
this i that Governor Johnson, of Maryland, requests
ed Mr, John Adams lo nominate Washington for
commander-in-chief; that Adams scorned to decline,
and Juhn-on made the nomination. At a previous
meeting in the New England delegation, to consult
upon this subject, General Ward was agreed upon
with the consent of every man present, but Mr.
Adam, who dissented, and declared himself in fa
vor of Washington. Great God, how ofien was
the fato of this country suspended by a single hair t
This was one of the numerous instances.
" When Kainsay wroto his biography, he fought
in vain among the friends and neighbors of the il.
lustr ous dead, for those little incidents which ao of.
ten enliven the pae of the biographer,
" In 1797, Lord Emkine wrote a book, in which
he intioJuccd tho name of Washii.gton, and sent
him a copy, with a note to this e fleet, written upon
a blank leaf of it : 'It bus been my good foituiv,
through life, to bo associated with the most talented
and distinguished men of Europe; but you, fir, are
the only human being for whom I ever felt a rever
ential awe, totally unlike anything I ever felt to
wji J any other of the human race.' "
- A Town Rpnnneil by a Rail Road.
A Liverpool letter of the 5th inst., thus drsciibes
a remaruhle viaduct t
Last week was comp'eted the greatest work of
its kind, ever executed In this country. '1 his is the
Stockport viaduct. The contractors being Liver,
pool men (John Tompkinson and Samuel and
James Holmes, builders,) hundreds of people from
this plnco went on Dec. 2 1st lo view its completion.
The Manchester an J Ilirmingham direct line of rail
way now runs oi'er, not through, the town of Htock
port. The a-clie literally sirid.- over that large
town. Standing in a valley, in Cheshire, the town
of Stnekport, is too low for the luvel of the railroad,
Mr. liurk, llie engineer, had the first stone laid on
the 10th of March, IS39, and the Ijs or capstone,
on the 21a Decemhei, 1810. Thus, in 21 months,
was completed a viaduct, based on the solid rock,
of 2G arches 22 of G3 feet span, and 4 of 20 feet
span. The length U 1786 feet. It stands 1 1 1 fl
above the Mersey, which flows lieneath, and is thus
6 feet higher than the Menai Budge. The found,
ation, in llie sandstone, it 6 f el docp, and 9 feet of
stone work above ground. From thence U trie
springing of these arches the piers are of brickwork,
and llie huge bends of the same material. Brick
was used aa leas likely, when well made, to chip,
splinter, or decay. The whole cot, 70,000. Tha
utmoMt ntHiiig in the whole work, after taking thv
wooden supporters from tbe arches, is half at)
inch.
A great saeing has bien elLcled by raising this
viiduct lo such a height, as it leduces the woiks on
each sido of the valley, and lessons the (expensa
50,000. L has been made 1786 feet long, because
they had to span ull the streets. Il is the first time
lhat, for suoli a groat work, brick has been chiefly
employed. Thia great woik will long be a matter
of n onder to tbe world.
iHELtRn. The teototullers in Ireland number
3,300,000. O Conueli's Irish Board of trade, have
resolved to prosveu'c any shopkeeper detected eel
ling any "foreign" nianufarttne for Irish.
!LnroRviAcR or as Arun llonst. Capt.
Home of the Indian Army at Madras, says a Bengal
paper, h .d a horse of great power, called Jumping
Jemmy, which for a wager of 5,000 rupees($2,000,)
he rode in July last, 400 miles in five days, Tha
wager was won wiih ease, both man and horse at
the close, being perfectly fresh and In good spirits.
Bets ran high against the performance, for though
few doubted the powers of the horse, as these were
known to lc extraordinary, yet few believed that
Capt. Home could accomplish his part of tha un
deilaking.
A Niw Towa Arriia. The inhabitants of
a town in Connecticut, it is said have voted that,
whereas the selling rum is profitable to tho seller,
and unprofitable to the town, the town will take
the budnesi into their own bauds. They accor.
dingly appointed a man to sell spirits for them, vo
ted him a salary, ordered the select men to furni h
the ruin, and diiected the agent to register eveiy
m tu who bjught the rum, and the quantity bought.
"Vol" Oil. HTTO liE ASHIMED Ot Yoi'BStLr."
How very common, and at the name time how very
absurd it is for a girl, after she ha been kissed by a
chap, lo turn round, pouting her pretty lips as though
she was mad, and my "you ought tu be athamtj
of yourself," when every one must know she means
nothing by it. It is all nonsense, girls, to make re.
marks ol the kind, and you really "ought to ba a.
shamed of yourselves" for uing them. Why doll't
you "come light out," like the Yankee girl who was
kissed by her lover, and tell him, "you daVnt d a that
agio." Thai's the way.
Li nil. The following libel is going around
"Neve i tiust a secrvt with a married man wbo loves
hia wife, for ho will tell her, anJ she will lell be' sis
ter, and her sister will tell her aunt Hannah, and
aunt Hannah ill impart it as a profound tecrtt Id
every one of her female acquaintances.
Lasr Bostos Fi a. Lady caught in a ahowrr
Monday night stranger politely o&Mred her tha
shelter of u s umbrrlU-"eMeptedMgot horna, anJ
found him black lu tha face wrong color (of
rei:i-te2U.