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NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
1. . COTTINfi, Editor.
Wo. 12.—NEW SERIES.]
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FEMALE SEMINARY:
CHANGE IN THE VACATIONS.
The present division of the year into
three terms,including a long vacation of two
months in the Summer, having been found
inconvenient, the Board, at a recent meet
ing, adopted the following resolution:
“ Resolved, That, after the Ist of Jan
liary, 1841, the year shall be divided into
two terms, of five months each, including a
trecess of one week, in the middle of each
term ; and that the first term shall com
tnence on or about the Ist of January, and
letad with the last of May, the second term
fehall commence on oral>out the Ist of July,
ttnd end on the last of November—the
Juonths of J une and December being months
ttf vacation,”
Extract from the minutes,
E. M. BURTON, Secretary.
Nov. 12, 1840. 11. 4t.
Just Received ,
A few pieces, latest style.
PLAID BONNET RIBBONS,
•of superior quality.
WILLIS & CALLAWAY.
Washington, Oct. 29. 9 ts.
To Rent ,
THE LAND belonging to the ESTATE of
BENJAMIN CATCHINGS, late of Wilkes
county, deceased, from the 10th of December
next ANN ARNETT, Adm’trix.
Oct 22, 1840. 8 ts.
FOR SALE.
*|4HE Subscriber has it in contemplation to re
v , turn to his Plantation, and, the: efjre, offers his
Town Property for sale; consisting of a FOUR
ACRE LOT, With a large and conve
uient DWELLING HOUSE, eight
lire-places, the necessary out-houses, I] •! J §BgS
and a never-failing well
water.
If the purchaser wishes, he can have Twenty
three Acres of wood-land, well set with timber,
six or eight hundred yards from the lot
Further particulars are not necessary, as the
purchaser will examine for himself
francis McLendon.
Sept. 24,1840. (4) ts.
Sale o f Real Estate •
*TIHE Subscriber otters for sale a PLANTA
TION, thirteen miles from Columbus, on the
Lagrange road, containing THREE HUN
DRED and SIXTY’ ACRES of LAND; 130
acres in cultivation—loo of which is fresh.
There is upon this tract, every thing necessary to
a Plantation ; Well watered, &c.
Further particulars are not necessary, as there
is a person on the premises who will take plea
sant in showing the above, to any one desirous
• of examining them. N. B. LYON,
Beaver Dam, Wilkes County, Ga.
October 8, 1840. (6) s.m 3rn.
For Sale ,
A PLANTATION,
THIRTEEN MILES FROM
COLUMBUS,
ON THE LAGRANGE ROAD.
THE Subscriber would sell low and upon ac
comnfedating terms, a PLANTATION, 13
miles from Columbus, on’ the Lagrange road,
‘containing TWO HUNDRED ACRES of
LAND ? forty acres of which were cleared last
year. There are upon the premises a
good Dwelling House, and every lie- ifi.'q'l*
cessary outhouse ; and \yell supplied
with good water.
For further particulars, apply to
A. R. LYON.
October 8, 1840. (G) s.m 3m.
JYegroes to Hire •
IWILLBiRE out the NEGROES belonging
to the ESTATE of BENJAMIN CATCH
INGS, late of Wilkes county, deceased, on the
10;h of December next. ANN ARNETT,
Oct. 22, 1840. 8. ts. Administratrix
‘Dividend) JVo. 45.
BANK STATE OF GEORGIA, )
Savannah, 23 d October, 1840. )
i The BOARD of DIRECTORS having
flhfis day declared a Dividend, No. 45, of
PdiiVL DOLLARS per share, from the
h -tt profits of the Bank for the last six
fnonths, ending the sth instant, the same
will be paid to the respective Stockholders,
fin and after Wednesday next, the 28th
instant. L K. TEFFT,
10 3t A'cting Cashier.
(Sir Weatre authorized to announce Mr.
•i C. WILLIAMSON as a Candidate, at the
•fiction iff January next, for RECEIVER
rind TAX COLLECTOR sot the Cohntyof
Wilkes.—Oct. 1. (5) ts.
05” We are authorized to announce
Major JAMES B. LANDERS’, a Candi
date for RECEIVER and TAX COL
LECTOR for Wilkes County, at the elec
tion in January next.—Sept. 17. (3) ts.
05” We authorized to announce Mr.
JOSEPH-J. POLLARD, as a Candidate at
the ensuing election 1 , tor RECEIVER
and TAX COLLECTOR for the Cotmty
. —Sept. 24. (4) ts.
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) NOVEMBER l, 1840.
The .Workings of the Soldiers.
FROM ST. MATTHEW.
r, .
“ Plant a crown upon his head,
Royal robe around him spread ;
See that his imperial hand
Grasps, at fit, the sceptral wand ;
Then before him, bending low,
As becomas his subjects, bow ;
Fenced within our armed ring,
Hail him, hail him, as our King !”
Platted was of thorns the crown,
Trooper’s cloak was royal gown ;
If his passive hand, indeed,
Grasp’d a sceptre, ’twas a read.
He was bound to feed and hear
Deeds of shame, and words of jeer ;
For he whom king in jest they.call,
Was a doom’d captive scoff’d by all.
But the brightest crown of gold ;
Or, the robe of rarest fold;
Or, the sceptre, which the mine
Os Golconda makes to shine ;
Or, the lowest homage given
By all mankind under heaven,
Were prized by him no more than sworn
Sceptre of reed, or crown of thorn.
Os the stars his crown is made,
In the sun he is array’d ;
He the lightning of the spheres
Asa flaming sceptre bears :
Bend in rapture before him,
Ranks of glowing seraphim ;
And we, who spurn’d him, trembling stay
The judgment of his coming day. w. M.
Bentley's Miscellany for October.
MISCELLANEOUS.
MANUFACTURING POETRY.
A New York editor (says the Philadel
phia Saturday Evening Post,) has invented
a machine for making poetry. It works
like a coffee-mill. A few common words
are thrown into the hopper, a page or so of
Byron, Hetmans, Shakspeare, and the dic
tionary of Dr. Johnson, the springs are set
j to comic—sentimental—sublime—pathetic
as may be desired, the machine is ground,
and out comes the poesy ready made. The
inventor gives the following specimen of its
first work :
TOUCH OF THE SUBLIME.
When years have rolled their lumbering Gars
away,
And Time shall shake blue mould from offhis
wings ;
When worlds on worlds shall one by one decay,
Won’t there be scrabbling then ’mong creep
ing things !
There—examine that specimen, and see
whether any of your manual poets can heat
it. Here is a sample of
THE PATHETIC.
On a log sat a frog,
Crying tor les daugh'er ;
Tears he shed till his eyes were red,
And then jumped into the water,
and drowned himself. lie had to put on the
finishing touch tothat by hand—but let him
try it once on
THE SENTIMENTAL
! O! when life’s evening shall draw near,
And care’s deep shadow’s lengthen round,
j May I be ligh'ed ;o my bier,
With Hope's dipp’d candles—say sixteen to
the pound !
We guess that will do just now.
BETTING.
A bet implies a questioning of the vera
city of the individual to whom it is proposed,
and as such might always be regarded as a
direct insult. It settles nothing. It does
not make a hair black or white. It is a
species of gambling—the getting of ano
i ther’s money without an equivalent. An
honorable man should scorn thus to enrich
himself at another’s injury. When D.
offers to bet, as a test of the sincerity of his
o\Yn belief, he justly gives a bystander rea
son to infer that he is self-conscious of a dis
honest profession—just as a man is not to be
believed who thinks to holster up his vera
city by a voluntary and profane oath, in
common discourse.
All it proves, if it prove any tiling, is
that eactt party in the contract believes
what he says ; and this strikes us as a
very unworthy way of establishing the ve
racity of the disputants. At least, a man
undervalues his own veracity, w hen he sets
a price oh it in a stake of dollars and cents.
If a man has no better way to demonstrate
that he can tell the truth, when lie profess
es what he believes, he had better abandon
altogether his” pretensions to veracity.
Betting on - elections has become quite an
evil of ottr times, and should he rebuked.
Pray, cannot a man satisfy his neighbor
that he belieVCs General H. or Mr. V.
B. will be elected President, unless lie does
it by laying down ass bill ? What is this
but setting just that price on his own vera
city.
We have said that a ttfet alters nothing ;
but the ingenuity of politicians has contri
ved a way in which it may alter results by
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
a fleeting votes ; and this way amounts to
nothing short of an indirect bribe. We re
collect a casein point. Preceding the late
Gubernatorial election in this State, an ar
dent and leading politician of a neighbor
ing tow n, made it in his way to call on an
honest mechanic, whom he thought lie
could operate upon by the promise of mo
ney, hut he did not dare to make a direct
offer for his vote in cash. So he took the
following method to obtain his object :
“ Mr. 8.,” said Tie, very humbly and
privately, “ 1 hay a a curiosity to know how
you intend to vote for Governor on Monday
next. True, it is none of my business, be
cause every man lias a right to vote as he
pleases, and far he from me the thought of
interfering with that right; hut you must
know that I have made a bet with a mantm
the subject of your vote. He said you
would vote for Mr. . I did not be
lieve it. I could not think sucli a thing of
you. I always supposed you was on the
side, and so I risked a bet,of $lO
that you would not vote for Mr. . I
do not approve of betting—and if I gain the
$lO, Ido not calculate to keep it myself
hut to give it to you. Will you be so kind
as to tell me whether you mean to vote for
Mr. or not ?”
Here was an ingenious plan contrived to
offer Mr. B. $lO if he would vote against
Mr. .
Was it not an attempt at bribery ? Hap
pily the plan defeated itself; for the me
chanic w'as not such a fool as the gentle
man in broadcloth took him to be. He saw
at once the design upon his integrity, and
indignantly replied—‘-I despise both you
and your $lO. lean see your drift, I had
thought of voting for Mr. , but if the
leadersof his party are up to this system
of bribery and deception, it is time for me
to alter my mind. 1 shall vote as I please.”
The chagrined politician shrunk away.—
The truth is, he'Ti'atl nefobet a cent on B.’s
vote, but he went .with a lie In his. mouth to
see what effect a prospect of $lO Would
have on his vote.
We have, too, known politicians con’ -ive
to induce certain lukewarm members of
their party to bet on elections, with the view
to get them more personally interested in
the campaign, and to make them more zeal
ous in the cause.
Iniquity in a variety of forms is connec
ted with the whole system of betting, and
should therefore he discountenanced by
every friend of a sound morality and of our
political prerogatives. It is no better than
downright gambling, and men should he as
much ashamed to pledge their doubtful ve
racity in bets, as in being caught in gam
bling for money in any other form.
A WAGGISH JUSTICE.
Many years ago, in Connecticut, a cer
tain Justice was called to a jail to liberate
a worthless debtor, by receiving his oath
that he was not worth five pounds.
“ Well, Johnny,” said the Justice, as lie
entered, “ can you swear you are not
worth five pounds, and never will be V’
“ Why,” answered the other, rather
chagrined at the question, “ I can swear
that I am not worth that amount at
present.”
“ Well, well,” returned the Justice, “ I
can swear the rest—so step forward,
Johnny.”
VERY AFFECTING.
A sentimental youth having seen a young
damsel shedding tears over something in
her lap, took the first opportunity to he in
troduced to her ; and made no doubt that
she was a congenial spirit.
“ What work was it that effected you
so much the other morning ? I saw you
sited a great many tears, was it Bulwer’s
last ?”
“ I don’t know what Bulwer’s last is ?”
returned she, “ but I assure you that 1 was
doing a job Which always almost kills me.
I was peeling onions.”— N. Y. Atlas.
STEAM NAVIGATION.
The greatest achievement, perhaps, of
the present day is the successful applica
tion of steam to ocean navigation. The in
fluence of this grand and triumphant exper
iment is already felt in some measure in our
commercial interests. Half the space be
tween us and Europe is now destroyed per
manently. This is very pleasant in a time
of peace and shaking of hands. It were less
so perhaps in times of commotion and wild
war’s alarms. Politically considered, some
will think it were better to have two Atlan
tics between the continents of America and
Europe than annihilate the old one. The
nearer we approach each other, the greater
our danger of getting intafigled and involv
ed in each other’s troubles. However,
there is no stopping this space-annihilating
progress; we must fall in and make what
good we can out of it. One thing it were
well to consider, that this steam navigation
is not always to jie a mere freight-carrying
or pleasure-seeking intercourse. These
same 500 horse power contrivances can do
other work than carry laces and silks and
the like from land to land. They may
suddenly become the mercuries of war,
floating battle fields, flying artillerists with j
a vengeance; and, whenever this may I
happen, the whole field and circumstances |
of war must he changed. The Cate ofna- j
tions will he cast, not on Waterloo fields,
hut on the ocean ; not by glittering masses
j of infantry, butiby dingy steam engine men
1 driving about their war machine, light as
, gossamer with 500 horse power, and Per
kins’ steam gun to match.— Philadelphia
Sentinel.
ANECDOTE OF SHERIDAN.
The following anecdote of Sheridan's
vinous eloquence we had from the lips of
one of the oldest surviving friends and
followers of Fox, and himself a highly in
fluential Whig of the old school. This
gentleman and Sheridan had dined together
at Bellamy’s ; and Sheridan having taken
his allowance, gave his accustomed signal i
lor a move. This signal consisted of the
words, “Now 1 shall go down and see what’s
doing in the House which, in reality,
meant, apd was always so interpreted by
whoever dined in his company, “ i have
drank enough ; my share of the business is
done, now do yours ; call for the bill and
pay it. On this occasion the usual course
was pursued ; and the hill having been set
tled by Sheridan’s friend, the lalter, hear
ing that Sheridan was “ up,” felt curious
to know what lie could possibly be at, know
ing the “ glorious” state in which he had
just departed. Accordingly, lie entered
the house, and, to his no small astonishment,
found Sheridan in a fit of most fervent ora
tory, thundering forth the following well
known passage—“ Give them a corrupt
House of Lords; give them a venal House
of Commons; give them a tyrannical prince;
give them a truckling Court; and let me
have hut ail unfettered press, and I will
defy thorn to encroach a hair’s breadth upon
the libertes of England !”
PHILOSOPHY OF SMOKING,
j Let those abuse that cheap luxury, a
j pipe of tobacco, who never knew the enjoy-
I inentiof it. We would not quarrel with
! any man on this matter, although we are
, avowed worshippers of the ‘soothing weed.’
Dear old pipe ! what happy hours hast thou
and I spet together—in the still midnight,
when the busy world slept, have we kept
watch and close communion. We hatch
ed )!*’ treason—we did injury to no one;
w rested lip on lip with sincere affection,
and our loves hilt .grew stronger througli
this renewal. Thou art a fond mistress,
that causes me no jealousy—t&v look and
welcome are ever the same. I parade not
thy beauty before the world, and thou cOffr
plainest not iff abandon thee for a time. I
have ever found thee faithful. Thou iiast
been my comforter in sorrow ; and, when
elated with joy, thy old familiar whisper
ings have soon made me thoughtful. Thou
art my wisest and best adviser. There is
something venerable in tliv dim and brown
looks: the thoughts of long years are im
printed on thee ; the nursings of many a
midnight are chronicled on thy huge bowl.
! The faces of dear old friends have passed
in long array before us, when we were a
lone ; we have mingled sighs and smiles to
gether, whiefi the world can never know of.
Thou hast endured much for me, my dear
old pipe!—thou best passed through fire
and water for my sake. Thy. voice is ever
low, and 1 love to hear it, and I can regu
-1 late it at my will; at times it seems measur
ed and solemn, as it keeps pace with my
thoughts; and when the brain runs riot, it
comes laughing from thy lips in quick suc
cession ; and tliv ebony end curls up its
volumes in silent delight, and we mingle
our breath together, and waste our effort
upon the emoty air, while we make “am
brosial clout's.” What shapes have I seen
spring from thee!—forms of beauty ascend-
I ing with their scarfs blown into arches as
; they rose with their floating drapery, then
dwindled into air. Mountains crowned with
blue mist, with winding paths that seerhed
ito lead into the clouds ; valleys deep and
purple ; ocean depths, which no eye but our
; own looked into, where the huge sea-snake
1 curled and moved in its watery cave, and
looked as if its blue folds would girdle a
world. What hours have wesat dreaming
together with half-shut eyes, giving wink
for wink, as something new rose before us,
and whispering in “whiff,” lest our speak
ing aloud should breakthe spell ! How our
fore-fathers passed their long winter nights
without such a companion as thou art, we
know not. All great discoveries came to
I light with thee. Our steam-ships and rail
j ways are hut pipes set in motion, we pass .
over half the globe smoking. Let no man,
j then, despise a pipe. Even the great Hom
er sent his heroes to battle with it; and
Achiles ‘■'■smoked along the plain.” And
now thou art out, I will rear thee gently oil
end, for I would not have those who love :
thee not, grow weary at hearing me praise
thee, mv dear dreamy old friend.
TRANSPARENT WATCH.
A watoll has been presented to the Acad
emy of Science, at Paris, principally form
ed of rock crystal. The internal wep-ks
are visible—the two teethed wheels which
carry the hands are rock crystal—the oth
er wheels are metal to prevent accidents
from the breaking of the spring?. The
screws are fixed in crystal, and all the ax
es turn on rubies. The encasement is of
sapphire ; the balance wheel of rock crys :
tal and it spring of gold. The regularity
of tfox watch as a time keeper is attributed
b” •* -the feeble expansion of the
n balance wheel.
THE
Mjttst If VG and Testament
OF
MODERN DEMOCRACY.
In the name of God : Amen !
I, Modern Democracy, being perplexed
in mind, and disordered in body ; expect
ing todie in November next, and on the 4th !
of March thereafter,to he formally and for
ever buried—do make and ordain this, my
last Will and Testament.
Item First. —My will has always been to
do much for my son Matty, of Kinderhook,
but I shall fail in consequence of a disease
he is labouring under, from having taken an
over portion of Hickory-leaves; and now,
having to take large quantites of Hard Ci
der to reduce him. the remedy is proving
fatal.
Item Second. —My will is, that Thomas,
the Great Expunger, he left to act for him
self ; 1 have no fears of his ever becoming
poor, as lie lias shown from his youth, great
skill in money matters, and, of course, will
provide for himself-—no matter at whose
expense.
Item Third —As to my twin hoys, Amos
and Francis P., I will them what they have
plundered from the country ; and 1 desire
that they shall remain in peaceable posses
sion of their whole stock of falsehood, be
lieving that they will be able to get through
life with r/ir portion of mv estate.
Item Fourth —As to my two sons, Ri
chard M, of Ky., and John F., ofGa., 1 will
them NOTHING!—as they seem to have
a will of their own.
Item Fisth —My illegitimate son, John
I C., ol S. (J., 1 have made ample provisions
I for him in a Southern circus at Ft. Hill,
I where he may continue to display his agi
lity in turning summersaults.
Item Sixth —My old maiden daughter,
Miss Nancy King, I turn over to my Execu
tors hereinafter mentioned ; and as there is
no likelihood oi lier ever having offsprings,
(for the Whigs won’t marry her,) I request
that they will settle her near Selma, Ala.,
where she may amuse the boys and girls
i with the witch stories she learned during
her travels in Russia.
Item Seventh — Also, my infant son, Dick
son il. ; my youngest darling ! My great
concern is haw-! am to get him hack to Ala
bama—he can’t walk ; and tile stag ■ is too
full of his pamphlets, forwarded bv him
self, to permit of his riding. 1 somewhat
regret having deceived the child, in my
promises to put him into the Speaker's
chair—tie would have filled it verv well
during the recess of Congress ! However,
as it is not probable that he will he troubled
with difficulties in getting to and from
j Washington after 1841. except at his own
; expense ; I consider it an ample legacy,
j hut one which lie well merits, that in future
I lie be called—The Great Franker.
Item Eighth —As to my little bastard hoy,
Walter TANARUS., of Ga., 1 should like to do
something for that child, but there is
C. C. C., of Ala., and there is such a host
of mud-throwers, from Ritchie, of the Ehq.,
to Hall, of the F. of the U., that Walter
TANARUS., my boy, you must shift for yourself.
Item Ninth —Contrary to my will, I ap
point WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON
and JOHN TYLER, my Executors; I
know that they will manage the Estate on
different principles from those by which I
have been governed ; which will, I fear,
cause many of my children to fulfil the
Scripture—“in the sweat of thy face shalt
thou eat bread.”
Then it will be uncomfortable at first,
my children, but such is the will of the
American People.
Witness :
LIBERTY.
CONSTITUTION.
REFORM.
[Alabama Journal.]
WINE OF THE’ PASSOVER.
As the Jews are strictly forbidden to eat
leavened bread, or drink fermented liquors
during the Passover, they obtained a wine
to he used at the feast, from raisins. In
answer to an enquiry made bv E. C. Dele
van, of New York, in reference to this wine,
M. M. Noah details a process for making
it. lie says:
“ If you wish to make a small quantity
for the cominur ion table, (for wine will
soon grow sour, having no alcoholic body)
take a gallon demijohn, or stone jug, pick
three or four pounds'of bloom raisins, break
off the stems, put the raisins into the demi
john, and fill it with water. Tie a rag
over the mouth, and place the demijohn
over the file, or on one side of the fire-place,
to keep it warm. In a week it will be fit
for use, making a pure, pleasant, and sweet
wine free from alcohol.”
“ These times try men’s soles,” as the cobbler
said when the ground was mucky.
•If. J. K APPEL, !• r inter.
Texas.
We copy from the Cincinnati Chronicle,
the following :
Extract from a letter to a gentleman in
Cincinnati, dated
“ Colorado City, (opposite La Grange,
on the Colorado,) Sept. 26, 1840.
“ We have the finest prospects in the
world for the rapid improvement of our
country. Crops are splendid. Corn has
been sold at 25c. per bushel on the Colora
do, between this place and Austin. The
land on our prairie, that you and I plough
ed in our shirt sleeves on the 12th oflast Fe
bruary, will produce 75 bushels per acre,
even with Texas culture, which you know
is none of the most scientific. A man gave
me a few days since, 6001 bs. ot fodder, and
5 bushels of corn, rather than pay me $5 in
specie. The Colorado Valley can say to
emigrants this year, come on as many as
wish ; we will have enough for you all—
j millions of pecans, plums, and grapes
grow wild in our forests. Hogs seem to
spring up like magic, and our prairies be
gin to be dotted over with cattle.
“ The Mexicans and Indians are not
thought of here, only as objects of news at
a distance. We feel, and are, as secure
as you are at Cincinnati. The valley of
Buckner’s Creek, a lovely tract south-west
of this, well timbered, rolling land, is just
filling up with emigrants, who, by Winter,
will form a strong settlement. Captain F-,
from Troy, N. Y.,anintelligentmillwright,
has recently arrived here, and bought 400
acres of excellent land on Buckner’s
Heights ; he is now preparing to erect a
saw and grist-mill and a dwelling-house,
lie is cutting his land up into smaller
farms, for three or four families that he ex
pects this Winter from New York State.
“ We have had a pleasant Summer, and
timely rains. The prospect of the cotton
crop in those parts of Texas where itscul
j turc has been attempted, is very good. But
comparatively few of our farmers, however,
have engaged in its culture, owing to the
influx of emigrants, which creates a good
demand for provisions. The export of cot
ton from Jackson county alone, will be from
7to 800 hales. A good deal is shipped
from Galveston direct to England and
France ; and I see by a late New Orleans
paper, that the imports of cotton at that port
alone, from Texas, the pc si year, was
about 4,000 bales. Last rear it was rather
less than 3,000.
“ Fruits and vegetables ha, _ dv a< nobly
this season. Our crop of peaches was truly
immense. Figs thrive well. Colonel
Morgan, at New Washington, on Galves
ton Bay, has some hundreds of fig and
orange trees of full growth. Another
gentleman near Texana, has a large or
chard of fig trees in hearing. Vegetables
of almost all kinds have been raised in great
ahuiidui, “. for the first time since the set
j dement of this country : thanks in part to
the Yankees, who supplied'us so liberally
with garden seeds last Spring.
“Mr. F. Ernest, of Industry, near .he
Ibassos,where you stopped last Winter, has
gone into the culture of the Cuba tobacco
and manufacture of ciggrs, which good
I judges speak well of. I don’t see what
should prevent tobacco from becoming a
great staple with us, as well as with Cuba.”
NEW INVENTION.
Among the new and useful improve,
ments of the day, is a newly invented Grain
Reaping Machine, by a Mr. Lamb. It is
moved by horsepower, like a common cart,
and cuts the grain by a series of horizon
tal revolving sickles, and if it is capable of
reaping 18 or 20 acres pr day, or of doing
the work of six’"or eight men, as it is said it
is, it must be a desideratum to itte practical
agriculturalist.
ANCIENT PEAR TREES.
There is a pear tree in Massa
j ohusetts, planted in 1628 by Governor En
i dicott, which is yet in full life, and pro
duced a good crop of pears this year.
In Eastham, Cape Cod, is another pear
tree planted iri 1640, by Governor Prince.
It is still flourishing, and produces fifteen
bushels a year.
Two pear trees were recently standing
in Hartford, Conn., which were brought
; from England in 1033.
Let the Women Read this. —Which of
the Roman heroes is thought most of by the
■ women ? Marius. [Marry us.]
i The annual revenue of the established
j church of England, is $24,000,000, and
the value of church edifices and parsonage
houses. $96,000,000.
The population of London is 1,434,868 ;
Liverpool, 168,175 ; Manchester and Sal
• lord, 272,761 ; Leeds, 82,121 ; Sheffield,
71,820; N^ltinghaVnI,’ 1 ,’ 55,680 ; Birming
ham, 146,986. nas
ittle
lii England and Wales, there are
gregational, or independent ch*
2.060: Baptist, 1,460,; Preshyteri^ tor
Methodist, 3,890 —8,072; besides
home missionary stations, arid a great n—
her of rooms licensed for preaching,
cost of erecting these places of worshii
estimated at $38,400,000, and the annu.
expense of maintaining worship &c.
$9,600,00t).
“ I go for equality,’’ as the dnpUfcpn
man hiccoughed, wMfi he {lulleda stranger;
wit)i him into the gutfey.
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