The Albany patriot. (Albany, Ga.) 1845-1866, July 30, 1845, Image 1
1I'lsdom, Justice, Moderation
VOL. I.
ALBANY, BAKER COUNTY, GEORGIA, JULY 30,1845. v=
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THE PATRIOT,
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It was about three o’clock in the morning, when , Dutchman would undoubtedly feel the force of the; heer Title,’ I say to'mineself, ‘it feh pull for pull.’ half so tortuous 7 It Is like going to the devil on
the sharp peal of the bell rose shove the stillness of ridicule and contemptuous grin, or patronizing nod; And vet) I say dat, to pell gives von jump and kicks corkscrew! The rest to-morrow,
the night. But a few moments ringing were suffi- .-which he in his aristocratic lordliness had too frc-j to title right dber; and now. she can ring ash well UxNooby..
tavern, some crying “fire," and some cursing the porarie*. Now indeed the very urchin wonldbej “ This, gentlemen,” said Major Liston, “ is .bout sercw^toire Ul-^d. .^Lrt
fat dutohman for giving them breakfast at so early whispering of ids private matters, and the milk-maid all that I recollect of Mynheer Strieker and his more. Hero is a devious and somewhat dangerous
an hour. Scarcely was all quiet again before the tattle to the boot-black that Mynheer Strieker will. Tavern Bell. A long life to tlio old codger!” as foot ‘P ath > leading over a sloping ledgo and under tho
old tavern bell commenced its unruly merriment, have to decamp before long, for not only is his meal' he filled Ms glass about the sixth rims with Q jj I ,rec ‘P' c ®> *° ***e h»*oof the Ml known aa the
but this time only a portion of the boarders got u P ,, getting low, but his cows are suddenly going dry. j cog uisc. | ind Hj'
swearing vengrancc against bells and taverns. Not These and other thoughts were a source of chagrin, [ „ Bnt Major> „ IlllVod of « liavo threaten to crush you, as onedid a physician not
so with old Mynheer Strieker, however, who passed j and agitated the Dutchman in no trifling degree;, ncglect;0ll to teU m . ' UiQ refu ^ to * long since. Hole we meet at the outset a semi-sty-
e.— i *- *•- L — —’—’ ’ ** *—■—n--* ... —- * ' “ lish looking fellow in a long brown linen Moure and
white hat; wearing too a goatee.' Ho is accompanied
bya rather pretty girl in very common delaine. I* it
possible that this is tlio imperial-looking lady whom
from the bar-room to the passage above, examining j the clenched fists and rapid puffing of the mercchaum , ^ rang y<)u „ urE , y wouW>m bavc ^
the rope and muttering incantations to scare away evinced no ordinary excitement about the hitherto i h 0 b_Min . „
^ tn tom IiAa fiat SMB MUM to iu«11 M UssbaoIb 1.0 A Maoism lanJIoaJ r nl.« ...aa ao.l. ■ 7-1— a I. a#.
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ppiiration will be made to the Conrt
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j.i.llbhol weekly for four months.
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THE TAVERN BELL,
Cr, Scene* in the Old Country.
Oao, two, three—four by cards and three honara!
r.itcloses the nib. Waiter! bring us up some
■ t j j vneh—do you hear 7 None of your milk and
niter sort, Ant such as gentlemen drink!”
"Yes sa. You pussieve I always make ’um dat
nr, because I perfess to be someting ob a gemman
myself. You sec massa, I goes upon my old fundi-
tvntal principle of‘circumstance to cases and ob-
nation to consequence.’ And when I sco’a a
•mm.in I knows him right away, and I mixes his
|uor to suit a gemman’s taste.”
“ Well, Sambo, that will do for the present, pro-
iilcd yon hand up the punch—for wo are all anxious
to drink to 1 Capt. Brave’ and tho Tavern Bell.”
Ah, massa, I complicates dat you’re do berry
gemman dat sarve de poor uld bell dat way, and al
ways horn say dat massn Major fool ebery body dat
mrmobabto night—lie! he! Y’ou cunnin’ buckra
lo' true.
This conversation was carried on between my
worthy friend, Maj. Liston and the negro bar-keopor
of the tavern in the village of S This darkey
was something of a curiosity, having a great deal of
tire mitre about him, and a continual desire to
display Ins “grammundary,” or “high lamin’,” which
he had picked up from waiting upon travelling gen
tiemen ami members of tho bar (?) who gave him
frequent opportunities to gratify his propensity for
pb. Sambo's self-esteem was also manifested by
die great importance which he attached to his nie
came of Capt. Brave, which had probably been
given him by some of his legal friends.
It was “ court week” in the village of S ■ when
a [arty of four of us were seated around a whist
tabic to pass away the evening, which bad become
unusually dull.
“And now Major,” cried one of the number, os
Capt. Brave” returned with the ice punch, “ give
u« some good talc—I have no doubt there is some
thing agreeable between yon and tho * Captain,’ and
is high time the curtain should be raised, ao give
the story of the * Tavern BclL’ ”
“ 'Veil, gentlemen, if yon insist npon it,” .making
Us lips as he sipped from his glass,“I will give
you a brief history of an adventure in this very hotel!
in which the “Capt.” over the way there figured
little along with Strieker, his employer, the former
landlord and proprietor who retired in disgust from
a cause which I will proceed to relate.
“ Just after my admission to the bar, I concluded
that ns a matter of course, it became necessary that
I should exhibited myself to the people as one deser
ving their patronage. Accordingly, I sallied forth to
attend the several courts of the circuit, but from
having nothing to do professionally, my timo hung
wearily npon my hands unless engaged in some
wild amusement. One evening as I rode np to this
renowned village, my eyo rested upon tho tavern
lull, which was perched very conspicuously above
the roof, as if inviting attention and remark.
The tavern was crowded with all sorts of people,
and to my no little chagrin, I was domiciled among
a parcel of men entire strangers to me, and, by the
way, rattier hard to please—for notwithstanding my
to tam tifle vat vas ring to pell.” Scarcely bod
Mynheer reached the bar again before the enchant
ed bell commenced its awful peals. Many of the
boarders who wore up were rare spirits, who appre
ciated fun at all seasons, and took pleasure in con
vincing Mynheer that his bell was really enchanted.
At length when day dawned, the ringing ceased,
for the evil spirits scamper away to hide themselves
from the light—■“ their deeds being evil, they prefer
darkness rather than light.” The breakfast had
been prepared and served up on the table—viands
smoking hot exlialed their delirious fragrance
througliout tlio house. Mynheer Strieker was a
very systematic'mon, and every thing must be done
a punctilio, as had been previously arranged.—
Therefore it became necessary that the tavern bell
should he rung to summon his guests to tho enter
tainment. Capt. Brave knew his business too well
neglect it at the precise hour, and accordingly
pulled away lustily for some moments, while the
rope moved up nnd down ns usual, but no sound
was heard—the Tatem Bell teas dumb ! it had lost
its tongue or wouldn't speak. The suggestion was
inado by some wag near to the bar, that in all proba
bility the Devil had taken control of it aa a preclude
to seizing its owner. “ Mine Got! vat shall I too 7”
exclaimed the unhappy Dutchman.
“ Dat pell I pring from Tutrhland, and sic a pell
nopody ever see! so peutiful! so peutiful!! Te
Tifle, to title! oh, mine Got! kill te Tifle venyou
see ’um!”
I carao pretty near suffocating with supprosed
laughter, as I beheld through a crivicc the fat old
landlord, ns ho quietly took post at tlio front door,
with his hands thrust deep into bis breeches pockets,
frown upon his brow, and a sort of a look out of his
left cyq, as much ns to say, “ tlicre now, Mr. Tifle 1
you can’t hold out much longer—for mine Got in
llebcn vill plow your prains out mit his duuder and
blitzen fust blace he meet you.”
Nothing that could bo said to the aflicted host—
no persuasion could induce him to take his accus
tomed meal, or serve it to his boarders; because,
forsooth, tho bell coubTnt or would"nt ring! The
tittering of tho bystanders tended not a little to in
crease the old Dutchman’s discomfiture, while at the
same timo CapL Brave's importance was sensibly
enhanced os he now occupied, as if by the right of
succession, tho exalted and honorable station, of
chief host, in addition to tho dignified position of
bar-keeper to the Tavern.
“ Gemman’s,” said the Captain, “ you will please
respire to the breakfast room, whar you will uncub-
ber ’lightful dishes ob hot buiscuits right from de
oben—brile bam and frimmuzzeed eggs. Notabcnc:
Berry excellent bittles to suit every gemman’s taste
and comprensions.'
Having delivered this “ general invitation to aU
boarders of the tavern,” or, as might bo more prop
erty termed, “ a discourse upon eatables, done up in
Capt. Brave's own style," we forthwith took np our
line of march for that very necessary appurtenance
to a tavern, the eating room. Now it seems that
tho Captain had felt it to be his imperative duty to
make a few “brirf remarks" in the absence of the
bell; or rather while her functional derangement
continued. I say that Capt. Brave felt it Lis duty
to fill up the blank which had been created by the
failure on the part of the old Tavern Bell, inasmuch
as such a casuality had never occurred before. In
deed it was an indignity that the Tavern had never
before been subjected to since its establishment, that
a meal should approach without first warning the
hoarders snd villagers—that Mynheer Strieker was
about to aider up the best collation that the village
of S had ever boon honored with, or in fact
would ever be, unless again served up by the identi
cal Mynheer. But now that the poor old bell was
silent, either from enchantment or downright fatigue,
passive landlord. There was certainly a heavy
storm brewing that must burst its fury upon some
object within reach, unless chased away by the
friendly breath of consolation.
But while Mynheer Strieker was heaping togeth
er his wrath against Satan and evil spirits, his
boarders were all very busily engaged in playing
havoc with his eatibics; for in consequence of there
hiving been a delay of some thirty minutes in the
breakfast hour, we all of course had appetites un
usually keen, as the scantiness of the table soon
testified—tor we had cat up every thing we could
lay forks upon, not excepting the very last biscuit
Of course Capt Brave, who had been all politeness
before breakfast, had considerably abated in bis ar
dour to please, and urgent appeals to “ cat nuff mas
sa—you pay for ’em, ob scource you oughtcr take
your half dollar worth.” But nothing of the kind
was now heard. O, no. There stood the Captain
with eyes stretched, and mouth extended wide, as
biscuit alter biscuit, roll after roll passed away with
the most inconceivable dexterity, and tho long tabic
which had before groaned beneath the load of eata
bles, now felt astonishingly relieved of the great op
pression to which it had been previously subjected.
Mynheer Strieker no doubt felt uneasy himself;
dent for me to know a great deal about tlio matter.
It was supposed, however, that tho ropo w as very
carefully tied to one of tho rollers of an old rocking
chair, which I have no doubt was the real cause of
the hinderance.”
“ And what became of poor old Strieker?”
“ Why, the mischevious fellows quizzed tho old
fellow a great deal,-until he was forced to tlio con
clusion, that “ to tifle had got into the village after
quitting his bell.” • So he decamped, and is now-
doing far better in one of onr western towns than
he could possibly have done here under tlio most
favorable circumstances. So huzza boys for tho
fat old Dutchman!
From the Correspondence if the N. O. Picayune.
Cataract House, Niagara Falls, )
June -28, 1«45. S
Well then, here we are at lx-wit town. Now
spring into those rusty looking horse cars. Hungry,
hey! We’ll breakfast at tlie Cataract house an hour
hence. The ears move slowly on. Never mind, it'
a fine country through which we are passing. See!
we go over gorges and ravines, by mount and stream
let 1 Ieic’s scenery for you; Did you over fcas;
your eye on fatter fields of grain 7 What a bcauti-
for although we had eat up every tiling we could j f u l morning. What! have yon turned your optics
discover upon the table, our scats were nevertheless into glno factories 7 exclaims tlio rising sun. Tip
retained, as if still our hunger was unappeased; or: °* > * tho wink, and ask him why tho deuce ho is
, . , . , , , , 1 drying uptlic ground so unconsionably. What trees!
perhaps we lingered around a board where we had J t J mc arour>d thc cart t£ , lcart . You
so repeatedly regaled our senses with “.smoking grumble—you arc hungry—anil in tlio language of
viands and colfee hot” with thc same sort of feeling the poet, , •
which we entertain for a much loved spot, cherished
more on account of its association with some dear
and absent friend, or tho power which it may pos
sess of awaking up fond memories of thc past, than
from any intrinsic worth which it possesses.
I have said there could bo no reasonable doubt
that mynheer Strieker felt uneasy; but I would not
hare it supposed for a moment that onr landlord was
at all dissatisfied, when he peeped into thc largo hall
door and discovered his hngc dishes “ forsaken and
sad,” simply because they were empty, and there
was no method of replenishing the exhausted reccir-
By no means; for Mynheer Strieker still
claimed, 1 have no kind of doubt, an abundance of
meal, flour, hams, poultry and eggs. It was not the
paucity of provisions that caused thc fat old Dutch
man to give a groan of deep anguish as be. looked
for a moment in evident consternation npon the
empty plates or bis boarders. But I imagine Myn
heer Strieker’s thoughts were in quite a different
“ Tlio beauties of nature you’d exchango for a later.’’
llore the gnping liorsos are cxehnngcd for a little
panting locomotive, and phi11 phit t wo are ofTlikc
smoke. We arc almost thoro—don’t you hear the
cataract afar off? It is like tho murmur of a migh
ty multitude. Tho heart beats quicker. Yomlii
you get a distant and imperfect view of ihe Fails.—
Butdon't look—wait for a a.tif fail. That’s Peter
B. Porter’s house—an elegant mansion, is if not t
Thc cars hold up, and tlie little locomotive is quite
blown. Jump out. “Baggage freo to Catnracl
House!” “IIo, for the Temperance Hotel!” “Tin
Exchango is the crackedcst house in tho place,
gen’l’men!” cry forty porters, each aiming his head
at your mouth. Don't mind -, brush them uaido to
if they were so many musquitoos. Indians surround
yon with bead work. What lots of curiosity shops!
Como into the Cataract house—a handsome hot* I
and thc best in the place. Chalk for a room. Drinl.
a bottle of Congress water. Breakfast is ready—no
great shakes. Scrub, shave and shirt. Now, to
sally, forth before ttie sun grow s arrogant and looks
down on us. Here’s Capt. S. of the Oswego Canal
finer fellow never trod in square-toed shoes.—
channel than the more malicious of mankind would i« How £y„ ^ Capt Bm r li0ts of confrmt ul ; .-
probably suppose. Now, indeed, thought our land-1 trails. Stay, he has ladies with hint—one tall,
lord, every one in the village and all tlie tavern fresh and rosy, with eyes like the dear sky, tho oth-
repeated efforts to keep up a conversation daring the
night, the surly old bears grunted and grpwlod aa! and had ceased to ring forth her mellodious notes,
keepers will most certainly say, “Well, there is
something wrong over the way; for Mynheer
Strieker could’nt give his boarders their accustomed
meal; he uaulfnt ring his bell so that his boarders
might not see bis poverty.” This was pride in
Mynheer Strieker, and of course should be condemn
ed, as there was no dishonor that could be attached
to conduct unavoidable from the nature ofthe circum
stances. But our landlord was inconsolable; for
when the full force of his position flashed upon him,
his degradation would seem to him inevitable.
“Te Tifle hash not only got in te pell,but I dinks
Shatan hash got in te pcllies of all my poarders.”
Rushing from the room with a sort of phrenzied
determination, Mynheer Strieker seized the bell rope
with both hands, and giving a desperate pull—lo!
thc identical bell that had proven so rcfractoiy
hitherto, now rang .forth its dear, shrill tones as at
old. Of course Mynheer Strieker was almost crazy
with joy, and would have rushed into the breakfast
room to convey the intelligence to his boarders; but
st the first pesl of the old bell, every man of us had
leaped from his seat to'congratulate the old Dutch
man upon the very happy deliverance ban the
“durance vile” under which his favorite had been
they rolled over is their beds, and not nnfrequcntly
gave some pretty hroad hints, sttcb as “ qtmnelous,”
“ you had better go to sleep,” See. Well, thought I
to myself, FH tty you a little further before man-
tog dawns, and if I can sleep you are welcome.
(rendered always doubly so from the occasion,) joy «*“*** cachsatmeat^ other mure which vras
sufficient St least to deprive her of speech.
“How was it,” cried a dozen voices, “bow was it
Mynheer, that you got your bell to ring again?—
Come, give us the news, Strieker. We supposed
was gone from the heart of Mynheer Strieker, and
his home was suddenly left desolate. Though
every thing around looked as pleasantly as before,
■ and there could bo no evidence of grief discemable,
As soon as every thing became quiet, and the old' yet there was a void in Mynheer Strieker’s heart. the Devil bad run away with die clapper.”
c odgen began to pnore cleverly, I cautiously slipped, that all the tobacco of America could not fin. “VeB,let me teU you apout it. Yon see I came
oat of the room, and stealing into the pamage,I “ Ah, what would die people of the grillage and; in to par-room, and I sees te pell rope hangin down
groped my way along until I reached the bell-rope,' adjacent country who made Ida bell a guide—a so temptin—I say Lo mineadf, ‘If mine Lort vill let
which nasaod riirnnirii the floor, and was finallv con-' sovereign controller in their eating operations—and me, I vill ring dia pell in spite of te Tifle.’ So I
which passod through tho floor, and was finally coo- j sovereign controller in their eating operations—snd me, I viU ring dis peH in spite
docted to tbs bar-room below. Now,it was fort*-! what wUl the other tavern keepers say of Mynheer takes a stiff drink o* prandy and prays to Hcben for
nate for my explaita that contiguous to tho bell-ropb Strieker’s tavern now? 1 Why, forsooth, the report strength to pah dc rope, and den I takes anoder
w»a a very oomuaient closet which bnttoood on tbo would soon be spread far attf near that’MyiiheeFs driak o’piandy and prays again. So ven I got
*—=a- and hers I oonld conceal mTseU ftomdeteo-iftinds Mid got Tory low, and that he had nbt the troo de second time; I takes de rope mit both Inuida
' "I--:: ' | w&revritinl to teak* • out teeaklast. ^Ihen'the.andpollsdbwntmiallmy might. ‘ And now Myn-
er a little brunette, with optics like tlio sloes, (not
yet so slow either J and tbe glance of a daughter el
Brandt. He invites us to join the porty. “Than!
you, captain, we could’nt have a better pilot.” Wi
turn to the left from our hotel. “ Halloa! tlicrc’i
an Indian aiming an arrow at yon from that stole
It is only an effigy admirably done. Fire sway, old
copper-slun! The store is denominated “ Thu Ohi
Curiosity Shop,” and is full of Indian quiddities.—
What embroidery so beautiful as this bead work 7—
Look at this piece of mechanism at the back of the
shop. It represents the falls, the passage ofthe
eats, die., and is kept in perpetual motion hy a wa
ter wheel underneath. Now emerge. On tlie op
posite side of tbe way you catch tho unflinching eye
of a large sure-enough gray eagle. How majestic
he looks! He’s an old stager on that perch of his.
Now we comb to the bridge conducting to Goat Is
land across the rapids. This bridge' was erected
with great trouble by Peter B. Patter, and he asserts
that it is possible to build one over tho rapids - near
the Horse-shoe. Look how tho waters come hurry
ing along like an angry host in hot pursuit! Don’t
stop to moralize about life, and eternity, and all that
All tho preaching in the world couldn't stop or turn
thc smallest of these waves.
Leaving the bridge,your progress is arrested by
gate, over which is an Inscription representing tlie
expediency of leaving twenty-five cents at the toll
house and trinket shop an the led. We go in, pay
this charge, register our autographs, and are inform
ed that we are entitled to sdrnissisn for thc.scason.
AUons! These are warm and plunging baths.—
Here are woods for you. now cool and Inviting'
Yonder sign indicates the path to the * Hog’s Back.’
Giving the refreshment shop a cold left shoulder,
wc pass to the Hog’s Back. This is the American
side, but I recognize no part of tins swine as like any
thing I ever saw before. Suspect it’s area-bog,
and of a breed that can’t beersasd.- Hingontotbis
little branch and swing ever tbe chasm; it Will giro
yon a chance to twig the trepidation of the ladies.—
Whew! Dixon IL Lewi* looks np forger down there
we saw dressed so finely at tho breakCut table 7 Tho
same. Stay! thc coxccmb accosts us. He has turn
ed back and wants us to do the same. “ Twon’t, pay
gentlemen, ’twon’t pay! I assuer you it won’t com:-
pensate!” We will see for ourselves. Tho ladies
follow close with tho captain. What an awful
height above! and below it looks kind o’saucy.—
Here’s a combination of “ grand effects,” any one of
which would be thc making of the stage manager.
Now we arc saluted with a shower of spray. Let it
(all upon your face. How refreshing! What a
place for taking the starch out of linen! My dicker
lias fallen into a decline. Our companions bavo
turned back laughing at us. What a beautiful
rainbow! It is the triumphal arch of tbe Naiads of
Niagara. And why not 7 Thc spirits of the waters
have in this cataract wrought a work that bean tfc*»
I'.iim nuin me Hpinu* ot life earth, and leaping' ana
dancing and flinging their white locks in thc air—tho
Calibans of the sea roaring tho while with the hoar
sest laughter—they hurry forward, a multitudinous
never-ending throng, to sco tlie prize awarded to
their queen. So much for thc inspiration of a bottle
of the “ real Congress!” We return—re-treading
the cork-screw stairs in tho wooden tower. There
is a giggle among the ladies os they glanco out of
one of thc windows. We can look, too; for this in
a free country. Halloa! The gentleman in tho
blouse and his fair dame, or damsel, all unsuspicious
of unhallowed gaze, are billing and cooing down,
down below, behind the rock. Her arm is about hie
nock, nnd—(stop thy roar, O, thou non-paying Nia
gara !)—and hear the kisses! How marantic t
Now repair we to tlio stone tower, and the rock
overhanging tho Horse-Shoe Fall. We are cover
ed with the spray—wo exhaust every note of ad
miration—we look daggers at a milliner from New.
York who compares tlio foaming fall to one of her
own flounces. Now, homo again, for it is almost
dinner time. .O, that wo could be hero always!
But don’t grumble. A contented mind is a continu
al mutton-chpp.
Dine at tho Cataract House—four hundred legs
under tho mahogany—company of black waiters in
white jackets perform such evolutions under the
command of their chief, capt. Johnson, as reduce tho
profession of tender te a science. Dinner not very
stringet—desert rather more so. Now,ho! for tho
Canada side. Pay six-]«nce, and descend this man’s
stairs to tliu water’s—there are shout five millions
of them. “ Row, brothers, row, tho stream runs
fast.” We are on tlio othor side, and beset by a do
zen fellows anxious tq give us a ride. Go to tho
Clifton Hotel, a magnificent situation, overlooking
the larger Fall, and kept by friend Griffin, with whom
e drink a little iced champaign—then sally forth
■gain to look at thc battle-field of Lundy’s liuc.—
I lore’s a tower overlooking tho field, and here an old
man to teU tlie monotonous story over again. Away
gain for tlio Burning Spring—we pay the man a
shilling apiece, and he lights tho gaseous spring.
What a woapon this was onco perhaps, in tbe hands
of some Indian wizard! Wc return to the Falls.—
Here’s where the young lady felL Let’s go into
this museum of nativo curiosities. This is worth
tlie quarter that wo pay for admission. On the oth
er side of the lane is a splendid camera obscura, by
which all tbe sublimity surrounding ns, together
with the cabs snd omnibuses, are reflected on a cot
ton sheet about twelve feet in diameter. Now de
scend those endless stairs, and we shall reach tho
base of the falling sheet. Here wc are. How our
hearts palpitate before this awful work of tbe Om
nipotent! How insignificant we feel!—how wo
shrink within ourselves! An hour here,spent in
silent admiration, and wears on thawing again.
We etoss to the American side, and ride about threo
miles to the Whirlpool. This is a great suck, but
compensates. The river here is so rife with coun
ter currents that it swells in the middle like a bog’s
back, snd looks as if it were pregnant with a largo
litter of small streams. Finally return we to our
hotel, and wo shah be in time for tbe can to Lewiston.
DxNoosr.
inside,
*iou.
Death ix this City fxo* a Stxozz or thx Suy.
Two persons employed on tbe improvement of Penn
sylvania Avenue died this afternoon from drinking
too freely of cold water while their systems were
over-excited by laboring under the scorching rays of
the sun.
Dennis Sullivan, aged about twenty-five, a nativo
of Castle Island, county Kerry, Ireland, was wined
with apoplexy, produced by a sun dnke, at 4 p. m.,
and died in two hours.
Michael Hone, a native of Ireland, sgod about 60.
became fll from the same cause at 10, a. nu, yester
day, whilo at work, and died at 4, p. m. Both wero
temperate and worthy.—Washington Union.
Great caution is reqoired in regard to exposure to
the sun in weather like the present. Deaths era
daily occurring from strokes of the son. It i> re
commended, is aa evening paper, as a means of re
covery to those suddenly overcome by the boat, that
thin gbss bottles of cold water should be placed npon
_ the bead.:. One is held transversely on the crown of
than Gen. Tom Thumb. It boats the Polka at ma-! the bead, by which meahsthe rays ofthe sun are
king one dizzy. If “constant will wear away drawn from the, system to the witter, which won be
stow,” how long will it take eueba fen of water as comes jury weravand is laid away, andanothcr,
this to driila tunnel through to CMnut • Thera’s* land still another similarly applied, till all the ‘ fije*
question in arithmetic for you 1.. Ncqv for ” Biddle’s is drawn out and the yatistd resttwfl*' Us colder
Stairs!” Wasthe great bankpremdent’seourae the water the bc^er.—Jbvr. of Com.