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Vol. IIXo. XX.
ingly.
Cjff-'uteen Tnake qn"Te.
From the Allany Northern Liht,
Tim vHnxi,
bi c. M nuns.
Oh ! Jiink not from I hut 'pafkling howl,
However pleaxant to thn inxtf,
Iia poisoned vapnra taint theaoul.
Ami lay its fairest blouaoinn urastr.
Ten ihmimiiil plagues an) curses ili re
Afec1uterwg rnutiil that fnuntain'a drink,
VAnd'Gnd his seal of Tciig. fnl i-e
lias set upon' the monster drink.
Beware, poor maniac ! thecup of tvo
lias thrown cantagioti over earth,
An J demons from the shades below,
Laugh at the revelry of mirth ;
'But here the hard must full to tell
The miseries of the drunkird's'lot,
Whose conscience makes life his hell,
The next ah, no; we judge him not.
Cm man whom reason's lump should Rindc.
Wi h all his natal dignity,
l"er drain Hie e;oU!ets, foaming tide,
That doath-tirauglil of inrrjuvty ;
And thus while hejdlong swept woy
On passion's madn'ninc torrent wreck'd.
Bedim each blight and lovelv rny
Th;it gilds the skies of intellect '?
'Inebriate p.iuse VhnM thy wife
vUent dnwn to einh hy grif end dire,
'Unfit to 'trwait -the stormy strife.
And teritl her'little prattling fair ;
And if thou hart uiiurich'tl within,
One spatk of umilYrelrftiial fue,
Shake cirthe lethargy of sin.;
To lioMtr aims he ticrfuiilt a.-pire.
'Or if thou woudst indulge thre now,
Fird im e that ptoslratc xiciim there,
Tirtt stony look that haggard brow,
'And rye-lull l".ed m wild dcpiiir.
The heavens are weeping at the sight
Oh ! take the guilty wielrh away,
Ahd hide the horrors of hia plight,
'They shame the countenance of-(lay.
Lcl midnight spread her leaden shroud,
And with its thick and sible fold,
S'eiiuei'tcr from the gazing crowd,
A scene so shocking to behold .;
Yea, guilt should seek some hiding plnco
Some cavern in the ocean's womb,
Where light nor sun may never trace
Its charnel-house of death and gloom.
'Oh ! mm J deluded erring men,
Vk hy boast'thec of a form sublime,
'While in the little hour we wan
And endlefle calftlopfiirt of prime ?
"J'hen dash aside the hanrfiil glu,
Tho crowned with many a wreath,
The dregs of death lie hid ala !
Its blushing rororiet I't iiealli.
Machine Poetry.
" I'was once r.n e.iy thing to write,
When'l lived aione and could spend (he night
With the siimkiiig ln'e of thp good long nun',
And perchance a glass of rosy wine,
a.ike Ihe Ihitchmai.-H c.4V. thoughts poured thick
And sweet to the taste, and 1 p. lined tliem quick ;
'But those were ihe davs of auldrlang syne.
JSow I've a wife, bim) the cares of Kl
Against my muse make constant stiife.;
'A man. I think, can always write,
If he'll set hiuwell doggedly about it"
roJohn-in jid, and1! thought him right,
Till sad experience hade me doubt it.
'I dip my pen again and again.
And begin to wiite, perhaps but then,
My dear the lire is getting low.
And the kindling stuiris out, you know ;
.'Do leave for a minute that s'-iiiJdk,
And dofTyour smoking cap grotreque ;
Pray quit your bachelor tmlutti 'vile.
And act like other folka, once in a while."
This talk unkind so (ours my mind.
That lo write as of yoie l am bwiucliiied.
And "thus i atudy a.iaspplrrd,
With' witching woman at my side ;
iJenpite my wish, dei-pite my paini,
II quU lhe task waUuiiy biaiiM."
bout on I'aper.
Tkvxsvlv-ania 'Statistics. By the j
ireturns made to the National C-Jovern-1
merit, vac Icarn that 'there are HO pow I
ler mill in this state, manufacturing'
about l.'JOO.OOO pounds annually, j
Drug Dnrt medicines to an amount cx- i
cceded two millions of dollars, are
.innnutacturod. There are 2 glass
wurks, 182 potteries, "JO sugar Tofmer-ics-,
27 paper manufactories, employing
about 800 men .'JO rope walks, 73U
floar.tHg mills, gritl mills, 5350
!kuw iiuilk, US .oil mills, 340 fulling
unillvl'afj woollen factories, lOGcottoa
factories, 030 people cijiloyed in rais
cng tobacco, 1170 tarmeTies, 1010 dis
ttillerks, "87 breweries, 16,328 gallons
of wine made, 213 furnaces, 615,1 27
ihorscs, l,767.fiC&, neat cattle, 1,707,
4520 -ftheep, 1,503,064 swine, HJ&men
'engaged in mining operations, 13,213,
77 boshels of wheat, 100,000 bushels
more than raised in New York. U, S.
12artle,
Pink Root. It is said this article has yiel
ded to tho country of Jackson, Illinois, in the
wsuhrefl ye ts, about $20,000, but that they
have icntuely exhausted it Where it wu
,nost abundant,, they hav ploughed it up, and
a tier affd planted be ground in corn or wheat.
Hereafter very bmallmmnt ities can be c.poctl
tow tliifi rjuartcr. t. Loui BuDolin.
Stnmtkla Furnace.
Tho friends of American industry generally,
and of the great staples of Pennsylvania, par
ticularly, will be gratified at the commence
inant of every enterprise which hns for iU ob
jcet the development of the almost inexhausti
ble resources w hich our Statu possesses in her
mines and minerals. At the piesent time, dis
ci m racing in so many respects 'to an invest
ment in'thc manufacture of iron, looking to the
operation of the tarifl after the 30tli of next
June; it requires coiibiueialHe resolution to
cniburk a large capital in an enterprise that hits
heretofore been attended with so I'ttle profit.
To tho(e who feel an interest in our iiomv
'MAftvPAcrvRKM, a brief desctption of the fur
I nacc lately erected hy the 3 h amok in (ai.
j -and Iko.n Companv, may not prove tinttitercst
j iog. This furnace lias been erected on the
property if the Company nt the village ofSha-
mokin, in Nortliuuiberland county, twenty
miles from' Sunbtiry, to wliich ipoirit the Dnn
i ville end Tottsville Railway is completed, on
i'the contennjilated route to the latter place.
! The furnace is now in lull hltiiit, under the
charge of Win. Fritnstone, turning out Pig
! metal of (lie tery best quality, containing much
"! ' .iHluilllljj 111 1 1 a IIULIUIQ lilt glllj
open grain, so desirable in foundry iron, for
fine and delicate tiiutiUlmurs. The machinery
performs admirably in all its part, and the
company have spared neither pains nor expense
to secure the best talents and practical skill
in its cunstrttctioti and management. It is
contemplated at-ome future time to extend the
present improvements by the erection of ad
ditional works. Already the IbrcJt 'has given
place to the march of civilization, and the wil
dome! Iras been mndo to bloom and blossom
as the rose. The village of Hhamdkin, whieh
has started into . existence within the Inst four
years, alrwidy coritains morcthan mx iu-mirkii
inhabitants, nenr three hundred of wimm arc
rcholurs in the Sunday school, and it is destined
at no distant period to heroine a large and flour
ishing town, with a sober, hardy and industri
ous, population (if the bone and sinew of the
country. Tew places possess greater advan
tages for prosecuting the cool and iron business.
During H.c past year about ir,000 tons of coal
and 5,0(Krtons of iron ore, besides other fi eight
'belonging to this Company alone, worexarned
upon their railway ; Htid'thoy :posscss facilities
tor increasing this brunch of their business to
ony required extent. The route to market is
from 'Himbury, by the Ponirsyl.ntnia, and Sus
quehanna and Tide Water Cuual.s to Havre
de'Clrace. It lliun has the choice of the 'Phi
ladelphia, Baltimore orrt'lier markets.
The Furnace is 3S feet square, base, built
up 11 feet'higjh plumb, then buttered 'JJ inches
' to the foot, to the top of the stack, which is
j j7, fc,.t ,,j h fronl , cencm 0f (hc
j
buse. "r'oimdtftion under (he whole, 5 feet deep
I and 12 feet square. The tunnel her.tl built on
I the top is 1?J feet liigh, witli thrce charging
: doors ; cat-l irn frames an ) xliutes to .eacli
j door. U'he arches lor tuyrs are 10 feet wide ;
j tempt arch l." feet wide ; 'hciu-th 5 feet high
; 1 rout the surface, in order to give sufficient fell
! for iron and ciinlnr intooastinghotiec 'floor. The
! furnace hearth is (. feet high from the bottom
j to the bobbing ; the hearth -3 feet square at bot
i torn, and 4 feet at top , the tuytn 21-3 feet
' high from the bottom ; the bosh inclines Ik
j inches 'to the foot from top'if hearth tollie top
i of bosh, which is 32 lVt MPross, 1'he -interior
I of the slack is linod with fire brick callod bull
j hcud, 16 inches long. The spnee between the
' main stndk and lining is filled with small
broken stone. The furnace is braced whh'bars
of iron .entirely through, w ith large washers
arid keys, four feet apit?'u "Engines lHJhoTtw
power. Blowing cylenders 22 inches diame
ter, 0 feet stroke, w iilitwo Ily wheels, 16J feet
tliotiidter. Vortical engines. The steam and
blowing cylinders arc worked 'by large 'cast
iron lever beams, ca;h weighing lour tons,
which rest upon n stone pier in the centre ;
largC'COiiflenser, with large -copper exhausting
pipe. Ten boilers, each '30 leet long and SO
inches calibre. Engine house 00 feet long and
!K) feet w ide. Dotler hoise ttfl'feetby 45. Hoi
ler Rtaclc 0 feet high. Casting house 4;i feet
long, 4S feet wide, and 20 high to the sqtiure.
1 here are two sets of heating ovens, with the
necessary pip.-s for two furnaces. The en
gines are tho same whioh wore for a short time
at Farrandaville, and arc pronounced of very
superior tvorlcmanship. Vorth American.
Vlie joTlowmg play upon words ecenrrcd in
the Attorney Cleneral's argument, in a late
capital trial-: She 'Came to atisiR to astMr
HER.
IIoRirtn !--Same mud cap of a girl perpetra
ted the following lines on hearing a lady praise
a certain reverend gentleman's eyes
Iran not praise ihe IWi.tSi eyes ;
I never saw bra (rl.irre divine ,
Foi WlMtn fee pnys he ilbiila brseyes,
And When be preaches be shtl'-s nOBs"!
Thai's my iinrtnwn, aa 1m friutcr said r.hcn
he ki-btj tlie m gi.l.
From ihe Minrrt' Journal.
Blnllstles Of the Con! TrnQa tjf SohnylUIII
'County.
Value of ihe real estate and personal property of
the Coal District of Schuylkill county, and the coat
of improremeul dependent opiW the 'CuM opera
lions. W milfs incorporate fiail loa.l, f fioO 00(1
10 do individual do O.flUO
40 do underground, "411,000
2,400 Rail Road Cars, 180,(100
1,500 Drift' Can;, 46,000
17 Collieries bflow irater Invl with
Steam Enginea, Pumpa, &r 218,000
9 Steam Engines for Other purposes 11,000
100 Collieries above water level, 150,000
1S0 'Landing, 160,000
850 Boats, '415,000
900 Doal Horses, cVc. 51,000
80.000 He. of Coal land at $ 40 pet A., 3,0),00t)
Working 'Capital, S00.0OO
Towns, &c , m ihe Coal Region, S,500.HOO
Schuylkill Cunal, 3,900.0000
Keiding Kail Koad, Cars, Arc, t ,000.000
Danville and Pottsvillc Rail Koad, 800,000
l!i!rrgale, 1 7,526,000
Staij!ics nfiho Coal operations of Schuy kill
county for 1911.
Number of tons of Coal shipped, . 000,315
Consumed' in the Region, 20,000
Total Ttns, fi'0.345
Popula'iou of tha Coil Region, 16.0(V). In ad
dition to thii there are 2,400 .pi-tsona engaged in
trai fponn g Cod on Ibo tanal, only about one
third of vhom vie rstimated in the al'ove number,
making the population Ofilie Coal region and ihusr
engaged m batti.g, etc., entirely deprudJiit on the
Coal tiadi', 1 ViOO souls.
Numtrof lliirarccmpioyeu'iii Posting and in ihe
Coal Region, 2,100.
A (i K I ( I ' L I ' I' R A I . P K O P V T C ( J S L' M E 0
rl8,000 buhhi U Wheat at $125 $110,000
163,800 do Corn and Rye, 60 102,440
52,000 do Oils, 40 40,208
3,160 Tons lljy, 17 00 53,550
40,000 Hundles Straw, 1UJ 5,000
2,718,000 pounds Beef & Pok, 6 163 080
35,200 bushrls Potatoes, 45 15,810
Poultry, H.O'iO
10,500 pounds Hotter, 12 12,600
4,576 do Lurd, 9 4,119
Milk, ' 27.45G
50,000 dot. Eges, 10 5,000
V geta'.vle, nu b as A .Kn, IVachre,
Turnips, Cal bjEe.'OnionB, A 45,200
$ 588,572
MERCHANDIZE 00"NS1:MED.
'iroceries.
Foreign Merchandize,
Domestic 'Dry 'ioods,
BiMta and Shoes,
Diugs, Glass &. Dye Stuffs,
II JU : Capa,
Saddlciy,
fii Ions Nulls cV Spikes,
130 tons Bir Iron,
125 tons Rail Road 'Iron.
100 Ions Stone & Hollow-
ware,
'Confecfionsry,
Jewelrry,
$ 395.000
250.000
115,000
50,500
15,000
'15.000
,000
9,075
$ 90
1 CO
7P
11,700
12,500
7.000
5,000
4,550
A part df'the above lUeichandito is exchanged
for ptot'ore from adjoining counties.
KicarnrtATio?!.
Cnpiial invetmrnl in (he Coul Business, $17,526,-
000 Pr.Klure consumed
snnually, $5fiS,57t
Merchandize h.dd ann., 918.326
$1,506 90 T
The above quantity of Meet i equal to b,7'JS
H 'gs, 200 Ilia, each, and 8,397 Head of Cattle, at
XU0 Ilia. each.
It nvry ahto be remaiked that the market created
in the Coal Region for the- produce of the Fannei
hs mine than doubled ihe value of the Farms in
the county of Schuyiktll, and ma'aiially enhanced
the vvioo of some portions in 'the adjoining 'Coun
ties. Oil. Included in Groceries, is the sum of
$48,460, 'for Oil used in tha mines anfl oiling wag.
gone, and $35,000 for Oil foi houses anil machi
nery, muking a total of $78,400 for the one item
of oil alone consumed in the Region.
Toaacco, included in Ihe Groceries, 'i the sum
of $8,4 00 for tha item of Tobacco.
The quantity of Timber ued ricluaivt'ly at the
Mines, induprndent of buildin a, rs estimated to be
worth $37,000 per annum.
Stum Mills. There are three Steam VtiKt in
the Coal Kegien which mantrfacture anrretlly a.
bout -6000 Barrels of Flirtir.
Slalntict of Iron Horkt in Tfiihylkill Co.
4 Blast Furnaces produced 1at yem 2135 lous
Pig Inm and 100 tons tastings. Thret of lhe
Furnaces were only limit of the time in Ojra
and are now staodmg idle when in fuM eiirrjiion
.hey r euptfkra of producing annually 6 575 Una
Pig Wofc.
flera are 0 Foigea, 3 f them ia npesalion
proOuced lust year ilUVwn Utr lrn- Tlie eihars
Mood idle Ihe whole ytar. The Viola are C 'iable
of praducing Th liar Jimi per aniium.
I Helling MtU Mhkh ha stoed kite the Ij-I
jrir.
t Foun.loliis which'proJiiceJ'laatyeur 50 t ins
('astings.
2 Extensive Machine Shops, which marVufettu-
r.'d last year 15 Steam Engines, rated in the aggre
gate -at 640 horre pown.
Population deprnlrnt on be nti if a 'Furnaces
and Forge in operation, 167 fainaliua, 5 loaiainily
t?:t5.
Capital rmployed'i'i the k!ve wotka, vir. :
In ill. in opi'isiiou, $217,000
" Statidmg idle, '120,000
$j:.'7,00
Joint Jnoob Astor.
The ew Yr.rk Toll ler gives tha follow
trg rather amusing sketch of John Jacob Astor.
Mr. Astor id now at the' Wrong aids of eigh
ty , and rmturat'y begim to feci tho hand of timo
preaa heavily tih hi constitution ; b-.it still he
enjoys himself, cracks his joke, empties his
bottlo(fbr though no inebriate, he is far from
being u teetotaller,) smoke.", and interests him
self in 'the rise and decline of slock. In fict,
though old, there is noifiing of tho dotage, i!iy
second chHdhoo.i of old go about him. His
mind, on the contrary is oh soo'id as a bell,
and bis head as- clear us when he used to be
shoveling in Spanish dollars by'the eliip load.
Mr. A.-.tor says that it coat him more labor
and genius to make bin first thousand dollars,
than the millions that followed ; ar.d that now,
were he a young'rtmn, he would rather under
take, at tho hazard of lnosing his life, the' task
of making a hundred thousnnd dollars on the
foundation of one thousand, than one thousand
out of nothing.
The -labors-of Mr. Astor'sday.at the. present
writing, ure dividud fomowhrtt ns follows : He
riRts early, dresses witlv.tit a valet, arul smokes
hulf a pipe of lolmcco. Ha then breakfast
sometimes on milk, but 'mostly on the most
fragrailt description of Moeha coffee. Another
attack on the pipe follows. The papers then
are called for, when his still keen eye falls foul
of lh? money article but afterwards he goes
through the editorials and chit chat of the duy,
and is mightily tickled when he finds any thing
better thun usual. Pipe again. Then, when
he'nabli3,n tsiuritcr nbmil and a crack with the
neighbors concerning stock or the Weather,
Next, a two hour's sictte, and then to tlinneri
whereat John does groit excedtion, for he is a
wonderful hond nt the trencher for an old mm.
The 'pipe, chit chut, and a mild glass follow,
end then the time is spent until 9 o'clock,
wl-en h? ttlls for his chamber lamp, and takes
up his line of march for Blanket Alley.
Mi. Astor hes been reputed ignorant, but th;s
is n libel, for he is in part, and ahvsys hns been,
a great reader, rsprci..l!y of lifht literature.
'Likewise he is a very libera 'patron oflitcrary
men, as is partially evidenced by the fart of hie
warm attachment to Washington Irving, and
Ins choice ofFit2 Greene Haileck, for hhi right
hand man.
Another libel is the chirgo brought ngninst
Mr. Astor, of Atheism, his inclinations never
lying that way.
On the whole J"o!m Jacob Aktor isrthera
gooil old man than ' otherwise, hns no parttcu-lar-fie
about him hul'hia Morrey.lo rJistihgUish
him from the rest of us.
Wc wroto this sketch, thinking it might
grotifythe 'reader to ream something of the
habits, manners, &c. of an 'old gon'tleman
whrmo daily income is four thousand arid odd
dollars.
i'ha OIU Times.
We take from the History of Soca and Bid
dlelbrd, by George Folsom, the substance of t
few of the many cm urns fuels with which that
Volume abounds;
Description of 'Xcw Cng'and i.y theji'it 'Lit
coverer. The first discoverer of New Englnr.d
Whs Bartholomew GosooKI. lle landed ra l3
00, on what lio uftorward named Tuisabeth
Island, near the r.outh of Bozwrd'a Biy, and
Which name it bears to li.is day. llrre hebuill
a storehouse ard f. n. the letnins r which.
Eelknap Miys, m- b!ifl seen. Several fcl"
tho adventurers ptiblmlicj tlovv in ' decriptions
of the fertility and dtlihiful aspect; of liee
northern shores.
"I'romtrra !slati, says rne rif ihcm, we
V,u,iCr ;n n- w.yw. wrercwesoi
a while, us rallied at ihe Wie M.d debca-
ty of tho awectiiw-i, beWes .hvers cleare
. t., ...... .. , i
.unGB w .,.-,.. t r,.,r i... in.., mm
lt.. ...i e ... ... ,i
very largo a nu niu oi green grasses. i ney
i i- ,i i- ii nr,
affiriii thathey sweil weed whi'h in"M day
spMg p '8 Tfiches," and fiund "ground nuts
s ig us -nggs, as good as potat'ies, and 0 on
siring, nut two inches nndvr gronn I."
Public Wurthiy uni Crtxnd Jur.
An attendant-eon public worship was rig .rous
Jy enforced at this period by the civil authori
ties. Tra veiling on the S.blath was punished
by a fine of 10 shillings including the officer's
lees. None were x-cepted from the operation
of these laws, liven under the jurisdict on of
tlie Kintf'a commissioners, we find Mrs. Bridget
Iillipa gubjectc o a preentment by the
grand jury Hoc absence from publrc worship.
'At a latterdate, "we nreFent,? say the jurymen,
"'Arthur Deal, for travelling from his own
Housf? upon the Sabbath day, about a mile to
speak Job Young to go to sea the next week.
Alark Red about the s,unn time was fined 10s
"for breach of tho Sabbath for going to sea out
of the hnrlor on the Lord's day where the min
istry was." John W udloigh was presented for
a "cotniron sleeper on tho Lord's day t the
publicuto meeting." The offender waa dis
charged with an admonition, paying Ss. 6d. to
the recorder. Io 1607 Juliana Clyse, wife to
John, was presented form tale-bearess from
house to house, setting differences between
neighbors. One of the citizens wa presented
for iJImes. and the toWn of Scarboro' for uot
havirg a minister.
Tcrtipcraiico Lecture.
BV IROF. SILllMaN.
The Exchange Saloon was crowded
to excess to hear the Temperance Lec
ture of Professor Silxiuan before the
Washington Society. Tlie learned
Professor gave a chemical andiysis of
iilcohol, ami performed some beautiful
and interesting experiments with some
of its elements. He showed that alco
hol was an indispensable agent in sci
ence and tlie arts, but no more adapted
to the wants or condition of the human
stomach than most of the powerful a-t-ids
used in a chimical laboratory. The
Professor held in his hand a vial of
"' ! hiahlv concentrated alcohol some that
j (J m,u himself, and he said t!iet if
; a man were to orink about f.a'f cf it,
; (i,uout two gilU.) lie probably would
j 0 aLe t0 yet out of the room alive.
j j wiiie-cluss lull of it, he said, would
probably vary soon destroy the lile ol
cither tit the voting lads oetore iiim.
The Professor relcted several interest
ing and humorous anecdotes, full of in
struction upon this important topic. He
took nrso the position that alcohol in
any form tiid not promote digestion;
but thrft it disturbed the process, and
prevented the healthy action of the sto
mach. He said -it provoked appetite,
anfj caused more food to be swallowed
than was necessary for nourishing the
svatem. He then save a brief account
'of some, of the vonHerful expeiimpnts
of Dr. Beaumont with Alexis M. Ajar
tin, a young Cannrfian, who was woun
ded by the discharge of n musket in
1 Svl'-i. The charge tore away a portion
ff his loft side, lacerating the lungs and
perforating 'flie "toniach. The wound
healed, 'but the orifice never became
elossd. Tin perforation into the stu
m ich was two and a half inches in cir
cumference. Through this orifice a
pieco of meet tied to a string could be
let down into the stomflfh and ptil'ed
out again at any time ; and in this man
ner the precise length of time required
for the digestion ot nny Kind ot food
could be ascertained. The gastric
juice, which is'the great agent of -digestion,
would 'pour into the stomach when
anv food or other substance was placed
there. This juice, the Professor stated,
was easily taken from 'the man's sto
mach, fend he -had a bottle of it now at
the College. The liquid was at the
preentlime apparently as pure as 'it
w-as ten "years ago. It had the peculiar
property f sli-preservation, or of re
sisting ptitnfaction. It would, if war
med to 'blood heat, dissolve meat in a
wine glass. He said he had never
come to any satisfactory conclusions
ns to its character from his attempts at
analyzing it ; and he had sent a portion
of it to one of the most learned and skill
ful chemists of Europe, but he was a
i ble to throw but very little hght upon
j the subject. This I know, said Prof.
S-. lhat t ''" affinity with alcohol,
'' it ilwy at e in ibf rr rature and
attributes totally diverse, or possess
Corrrntoractiii;: qualities.
A very 'little drink of any liquid is
be.'ter f-r her.l'hv digestion than a lar
ger 0w)titv, ns the rrastrrc jnice may
he so weake red bv dilution as to lose,
& n)Uch of power
but no d ,hh, j, ,akM ,nt0 the rto,
ninr.h i r. nftrnirimw to the natural and
. . . ' . .
i'healihv oferatlon ft the
g.-.stric juu-e,
i . j
as nlcohol.
In tegsrd to wines, hc said trut it
was nlmot impossible "Jo rbtain them
in this ooimtryin a pnte Re. They
were chin'fly mule from ale?nho or
whmky. and druggtd and colored, and
so mixcol w ith wirre, or the lees cf wirre, I
as to he isst-d off under a false name j
fur the gfnuiufi fruilnf the vine.
Prt-f. Silliman gave the brr.ndy due
tots a fair hit; he was glad to believe,
however, that tha medical 1";iculiy gen
rally were growing more and move
opposed to prescribing alcohol in any
form lor medicine, except in extreme
cases. He cautioned his hearers to be
ware of the various tinctures or spirit
ous solutions of medicinal substances.
They induced excitement, and invalids,
through the deceitful -influence of the
alcohol, often thought they felt better,
and continued to use the poison until
they were enticed to their destruction.
The Profecsor concluded this most
interesting'Lccture with some friendly
cautions in regard to the use opium and
tobacco. If an individual, addicted to
the habit of using either of those narco
tics, would break away from their
trammels, he could then know some
thing of the real enjoyments of a true
temperance nran. N. H. Palladium.
Anecdotes of Avarice.
My Lord Hardwick, the late Ldrii
Chanreiior, who is said to be worth
600,009, sets the same value on half
a crown now, as he did when hs was
only worth Ju0. That great captain,
the Duke of Marlborough, w hen he w as
in the last stageof life, and very infiriti-,
would walk from the public room in
Hath to hi3 lodgings, in a cold dark
night, to sacs sixpence on'rihair hire.
If "the duke, who left at his death more
than a million and a half sterling, could
have foreseen thai all his 'wealth and
honors were to be inherited liy a grand
son of my Lord Trevdr's. who had been
one ofTiis enemies, would he have been
so careful to save sixpence for ihe sake
of his heir? Not for the sake of his
heir; but he wonld always have saved
sixpence. Sir James Lowthcr, after
changing n piece of silver in 'George's
C ffeehouse, and paying two-pence lot
his dijlrof -cofl'ee, was helped into his
chariot, (for he was then lan e and in
firm.) and went home; 'some time after-,
he returned to the same coffee-house-,
fch purpose to acquaint the woman who
kept it that she Ir.id given him a bad
half-penny, and demanded nriolher in
exchange for it. Sir James had about
40,000 per annum, and was at a loss
whom to appoint as his heir. 1 knew
one Thomas Colby, who 'lived at Ken
sington, and was, 1 think, a commission
er In the VTictual!ingOffice; he killed,
himself by rising in the middle of the
ntnt, when he was in a very profuse
j sweat, the efierft of a medicine which
i he had taken for that purpose, an&
walking down stairs to look for the key
of his cella r, w hich he had inadvertent
ly left on m table in his parlor : he was
apprehensive thnt his servants might
seize 'the key and rib him of 'a 'bottle of
port uine. This man died intestatev
nnrf hit more than 1,500,000 in tb
funds, w hir-h was shared among fivet)t
-fix. day-laborers, v ho were his nearest
relations. Sir William Smvth, of Bed
fordshire, w ho w as toy kinsman, wheft
he was near seventy, was wholly de--prived
of his sight ; he was persuade!
to be couched by Taylor, the occulist
who, by agreement, was to have sixty
guineas if he restored his patient to-atvy
degree of sight. Taylor succeeded rft
his operating, and Sir William wa3 bl6
to read and write without the Use?
spectacles during the rest of his life?
but as soon as the operation was per
formed, and Sir William seeing thd
good effects of it, instead of being over
joyed as many other persons would
have been, he began to lament the loss
(as he called i') of his sixty guineas
1 lis contrivance, therefore, now was
how to cheat the occults! : he pretended
that he had only a glimmering, anA
ould see nothing perfectly ; for that
reason the bandage on his eye was con
timied a month longer than the usual
time. By this means he obliged Tay
lor to compound the bargaiD, and ac
cept of 20 guineas ; for a covetous mart
thinks no method dishonest which he
may legally practice to save his mo
ttev Dr. King's Anecdotes of his ow
Time.
Akmtotsacy or 1660. It appears -aW at
that time (in IfitlOl great respect was paid A
to dignitaries, inasmuch as the elders of tha
church took upon thenwelvcs to seat the merti
bers of tSe congregation according lo rank ani
degree. There is a tradition among the inhabi
tsnls ot'lBiddefi rd. where one Maj. jflilirp.
great iimn in thoc dayp, then lived, that CiM
2mor t'lctnwn tvas finefl for t-aying "Majei
iPhilUpv, hor-e is a lean a an In lian's dog,"
A young clergyman when acewtod in tne
following manner by u illiterate preacbeh,
who I'espiKed education. Sir, you hnr bt'fea
to college, ! suppono,' '', sir;' Wits il,e n piy-.
I am thankful." rejoined tiio former, 'that ihe
LotA has opened my tuoiith to preach wi'Boul
ary le ini ivr A ' r v n V A n
tatter, Munk place ..l n.il'.Wl i.li.r, a..C. t.'.,l.A
arc of rjrc occurrcucc at tlie present day