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About News & planters' gazette. (Washington, Wilkes County [sic], Ga.) 1840-1844 | View Entire Issue (April 20, 1843)
NEW S & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. D. G. COTTINfij Editor. \o. 34.—NEW SERIES.] NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE. terms: Published weekly at Three Dollarsper annum it’ paid at the time of subscribing; or Three Dollars and Fifty Cents, ii not paid till the expi ration of six months. No paper to be discontinued, unless al the option of tin Editor, without the settlement of all arrearages. S3* L e lters, on business, must be post paid,to insure attention. No communication shall be published, unless we are made acquainted with the name of the author.. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisements, not exceedingone square, first insertion, Seventy-Jive Cents; and for each sub sequent insertion, Fifty Cents. A reduction will he made of twenty-live per cent, to those who advertise by the year. Advertisements not limited when handed in, will be inserted till for bid, and charged accordingly. ■Sales of Land and Negroes by Executors, Ad ministrators and Guardians, are required by law, to be advertised,'in a public Gazette, sixty days previous to the day of sale. The sales of Personal Property must be adver tised in like manner, forty days. Notice to Debtors and Creditors of an Estate must be published forty days. Notice that application will be made to the Court of Ordinary, lor leave to sell Land or Ne groes, must bo published for four months— notice that application will be made for Letters of Administration, must he published thirty days; and Letters of Dismission, si,r months. —BWWBICMBDPWBWPMIMiB,’ . “PI MaiH Arrangements. DOST OFFICE, ) Washington. G 0.., January, 1843. $ AUGUSTA MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 5, A. M. CLOSES. Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 12, M. MILLEDGEVILLE MAIL. ARRIVES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 8, A. M. CLOSES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CAROLINA ‘MAIL. ARRIVES. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11, A. M. CLOSES. Sunday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 0. A. M. LEXINGTON MAIL. ARRIVES. Tuesday and Saturday, at 2, P. M. CLOSES. Monday and Friday, at 9, A. M. ELBERTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Thursday, at 8, P. M. j Thursday, at 8, P. M. LINCOLNTON MAIL. ARRIVES. CLOSES. Friday, at 12, M. 1 .Friday, at 12, M. LAW NOTICE. •j-awjks ATTORNEY AT LAW. O’ Office in Mr. Barnett’s new building, North ■ west corner of the Public Square. Washington, Wilkes county, Gab; i December 22, 1842. S 17 COTTING & BUTLER, ATTOIIMES, HAVE taken an OFFICE in the rear of Willis & Hester’s Store. January, 1843. • 28 The Subscriber , WISHING to close business, offers at Redu ced Prices, liis present STOCK, consist ing in part, of the following : Ladies’ Kid and Calf walking I I m Shoes, just received. Misses Calf and Seal do. do. Children’s Shoes,of various kinds Boy’s Cai. me. K sewed and peg’d. Shoes, Men’s Snoes, se .ved and peg’d. a variety, Women’s sewed and peg’d. Kips, Women’s line Leather Bootees, • Gentlemen’s fine Calf Boots, Coarse Brogans, men’s and boys, best quality 7 , Do. do. extra size, Men’s Leather Slippers, Men’s Calf and Seal Pumps. ALSO, Ladies’ Kid Buskin Ties, and a case of Genlle rsen’s sewed Shoes, soon to arrive. Also, Factory Oznaburgs, at 9 cents per yard, and woolen Linseys, nearly a yard wide, at 28 to 30 cents, which article was sent invoiced at 45 cents, and cannot be bought at the Factory now at much less than 40 cts. by the quantity. EF Persons wishing any of the above articles, will do well to call at the SHOE STORE of A. L. LEWIS. N. B.—Persons indebted on account will please call and settle at the earliest possible date. January 12, 1843. A. L. L. mmA sra Tailoring Establishment Removed over H. S. Belcher’s Store. t |WIE Subscriber begs leave to inform ’.he pub -*• lie and his former customers, that in conse quence of the present Hard Times, he will make up Work in a Superior Style of Fashion, at a reduced price for Cash. Cotton, Hog-meat, Lard, Meal, Flour, or Irish Potatoes. Persons wishing to patronize a TAILOR that is willing to comply with the Times, can do so by applying to the Subscriber. WILLIAM F. SOHAN. October 13, 1842. 7 JYotice • ALL persons indebted to the Estate of John S. Higginbotham, deceased, are requested to make payment, and all those having demands against said estate, are hereby notified to present their defhands duly authenticated to the admin istrators within the time prescribed by law. iVJOHN G. HIGGINBOTHAM, ) ... ‘l ’EPH SEWELL, \ Aam r3 \ 1843. eowSt 30 NEW GOODS. The Subscriber has just received front New.York, part of his Spring Stock of GOODS, CONSISTING of: Calicoes, Muslins, Lawns and Cambri.cs, and an assortment of Goods for Gentlemen’s Summer wear—all of which will be sold at the lowest, rates for CASH, or on credit to those who have been punctual in pay ment of their last year’s accounts. A. A. CLEVELAND. Washington, April 13,1843.. 4t 33 NEW J3OOIHL The Subscriber is now ; periling and .has on hand a General Assortment ot f Spring Rummer €r©OS>§ 9 viz:: American Prints, English and French Prints, French Muslins, Figured Lawns & Jaclconct Muslins, Fancy Hi Iks, Black do. Bombazines. Silk Shawls arid Ties,- Sup. Bonnet Ribbons, Fancy, Cap and Neck .Ribbons, Plain Lustring do. Irish Linens and Long Lawns, Ermonetts and Cashmeretts, Sup. black Drap d’ete, for Gentlemen's i Summer wear, Black and Fancy Cassimc-rs, ( Saxony and French do. Sup. wool-dved Black Cloth, ‘ Blue, Invisible-Green and Olive-Brown > , Broad Cloths. $ ! Brown and bleached Shirtings, Do. do. do . very cheap Georgia Nankeens. Cotton Pongee and Gambroons. Palm-leaf Hats and Bonnets. ; Fur and Leghorn Mats, I Mole-skin and Brush do. ! Saddles, Bridles an I Martingales. Drugs and Medicines. Brades’ patent and Carolina Hoes. i Nails. Crockery and Hardware. Sugar and Coffee. Tea. Ladies’ fine Kid Slippers, Do. do. walking Shoes, Gentlemen's Calf and Kip Shoes, Brogan do. Also, a great variety of articles usually kept,in his line, which he offers on reason able terms. Call and see. <. P. COZART. April 13, 1843. 33 TIN SHOP. THE Subscriber wishes to inform Merchants and the Public generally of this and the adjoining Counties, that he has commenced ma king TIN WARE at wholesale. 51erchants can have the Tin sent to tlieir Stores, provided the amount ordered will warrant sending it out. j All orders promptly attended to. The Ware shall be well made and of good ■ materials, and as cheap as can be bought in the State. Roofing, Guttering, and all kinds of job work, shall be well and promptly executed and at pri ces to suit the times. Tin retailed low. Cash will be required for all Jobs. • CT The business of the Shop will be conduct ed entirely by 51r. Samuel Fisher. R. 11. VICKERS. April 13, 1843. 33 . BANK OF THE STATE OF GEORGIA, J Savannah, April 5,1843. j ON Monday, the first day of May next, an E lection will be held at the Banking-House, in Savannah, between the hours of 10 A. M. and 2 P. M, for Eight Directors on the part of the in dividual Stockholders in this Bank, to serve for twelve months from that date. By order of ilie Board, A. PORTER, Cashier. April 13. 3i 33 Dissolution • THE Co-partnership heretofore existing un der the name of MOSELY & ELLING TON, has been dissolved. All persons indebt ed to the concern are requested to make pay ment to S. C. Ellington, and all persons having demands against said concern will present them to him for payment. JOSEPH MOSELV. SIMEON C. ELLINGTON. April 12,1943. 33 To the Public, THE Subscriber having purchased the entire Carriage and Blaeksmithing Establishment of John Jus :u, will carry on the business in its various branches. Repairing and Blaeksmithing Work done with despatch, 7 at trio usual prices and credit. The Books will be kept at iny Store, where settlement can be made at any time. John Jesse will act as Agent in superintend ing the above business. A. A. CLEVELAND. Washington, March 28,1843. 4t 31 PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING. WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA„) APRIL 20, 184. ittigccUimcotts/ THE CARPENTER’sToY. ’ I wish to speak to Miss Lem Vermont, said acarpenter’s hoy, as lie entered a state ly mansion in a fashionable Street of New York, in 1830. “Help yourself to a seal in the entry ; you will be attended to presently,” was the haughty reply. Then tuifiing to an indi vidual with whom she had >een conversing, said with a sneer, (havingnoticed that the lad had some carpenter’s tools in his hand,) “I have such a dislike to /peak to.mechan ics, I hate to encounter one.” “Possible he is oivtiusipess,” said the in dividual. “Oh, I never speak to ine except on bu siness,” was the reply./ He has come, 1 presume, to erect an a/bor. We applied to Mr. Thomas this morning to have one -built, and 1 lake this tube his apprentice. Mr. Vermont, the father of Lelia, (for this was the lady enquired for,) was a mer f.hant ofgood standing and owned consider able property ; hence Lelia’s haughty, ar. istooratic pretensions to respectability.— She had, at an early age, embibed the too prevalent doctrine, that no individual who lived by 7 the sweat of his brow, had the most remote claims to respectability. Had Mr. Orville been the father of the carpen ter’s boy, Albert had no doubt occupied as lofty, and perhaps a much more prominent position in society than did he infatuated L ‘hi. But Alas! Albert was an orphan boy, a ci< v-uate stranger in a strange land. “Pity he is only a mechanic,” exclaim-- ed Lelia, as she gazed with unspeakable delight on the green goose of a mechanic (as she deemed him) while sitting in the en try. ’Had he been a lawyer, doctor te or a professor of some sort, lie might have ’ ‘A noble soul,’ interposed Mr. Shrivy, (the individual with whom she spoke,) who was a professor, though not an aristocrat. ’I was going to say, from his appearance, he might haze merited- ’ ‘Be cautious Lelia.’ ‘Allow me to express my sentiments.— He might have merited the hand of one in the higher walks of life. He is a noble looking lad.’ ‘But were he a lawyer, doctor or profes sor, indulging the views he now doubtless cherishes, my word for it he would aspire to something noble.’ ‘And where should seek for noble spirits but among the respectable class of society.’ ‘A h, Lelia, many a noble heart has throb bed beneath the leathern apron of the me chanic, as ever swelled beneath the silken vestments of the lawyer doctor or profes sor.’ ‘Mr. Shrivy, I am surprised to hear you uphold such alow vulgar set of blockheads, all of whom you know to be as ignorant of refinement as are the aborigines of the far west.’ ‘Not all Lelia.’ ‘But who has ever heard of a mechanic being a great man.’ ‘I have. The very ablest men were me chanics. Name but Arkwright, Fulton, Watt, Franklin, Whitney, and a whole list of others I could mention—and where do you find their equals ? The greatest men in the annals of the world—the men who have done most to enlighten and advance the prosperity and liberties of the human race, have been mechanics.’ ‘lt is menial employment, and beneath the station of a gentleman. ‘Not so, Lelia ; there never was a doc trine more untrue. They are almost the only professions that have subsistence, re ality, and practice utility.” ‘I am sorry, Mr. Shrivy, to see'you en deavor to elevate the mechanic to the level of respectable society.’ ‘Why, Lelia, to the wise they are flood gates of knowledge, and the kings i\nd queens are decorated wiih iheir handiwork.’ Here the conversation was interrupted by a gentle rap at the door. The lad had become impatient, knowing that his master would require a certain amount of work to be done. With a modest-y seldom of one of his sex, he requested Miss Lelia to give him the necessary directions relative to the location of the arbor. The professor left, and Lelia attended Albeit to the garden.— The arbor was soon finished, and the ‘car penter’s boy” was almost as soon forgotten. About two years from the period of which we were speaking'. Miss Lelia made a visit to Albany. The coauh company and those constituting her travelling compan ions, she was informed by the proprietor, were to consist of Doctor W., Lawyer P., Professor M., and a young mechanic, all of the city of New York. Lelia, in view of the select company, was thrown into a con sternation by a wild shriek from the driver; “Leap, leap, for your lives!” resounded through the coach. The horses had taken fright. They wene descending a long hill. The driver having lost all control over the noble animals, saw that it would be death to remain where he was—it could be but death to leap for life; he leaped. The gentleman put open the door and thew themselves out in confusion, leaving Miss Lelia, the only female in the coach, and the mechanic to shift for them selves. Seeing this, the young man, who previously attracted Lelia’s attention, be ing the only male remaining in the coach, proffered her assistance, which was most gladly accepted. Taking her in his arms and placing his foot firmly against the side of the coach, he bounded so clearly upon the bank, as to be entirely beyond the reach of danger. They escaped unhurt. The next moment the coach was dashed to atoms against a tree. The horses were caught soon after by some laborers on the road.—* Lelia was molted to tears by the unparal leled kindness of this unknown stranger, who had proved himself a genuine friend, in risking hi? qwi) life to save hers. Such disinterested friendship was beyond her conception. She inquired his name. ‘The carpenter’s boy,’ said he, who built your arbor !’ ‘Take this, as the reward of your valor,’ said Lelia, tendering to him her own splen did gold watch. ‘I have my reward,’ said he, respectful ly declining the rich and valuable present. ‘I pray you, then, not to decline accep ting my address,’ and she placed her card in his hand,‘that should you ever need a friend, you may know where to find one.’ They were within a short distance of Albany, and concluded to walk the remain der of the road. Lelia and Albert were the only passengers able to walk. In a few days after this event, Lelia re turned to New York, and Albert as soon as he could arrange matters, established him self in business in Albany. His efforts were attended with success far beyond his most sanguine expectations. In all his dealing and association with men, he had a single eye to the promotion of the one grand principle, that “all men are born equal,” and that inequality of respect should be a warded to men in proportion to their a mount of virtue and intelligence. Seven years had elapsed, when Mr. Ver mont’s name was found among the list of applicants for the benefit of the insolvent laws. This circumstance for a few days, produced a slight change in the conduct of Lelia ; but it was like the early dew, which soon passed away. While she had fine ap parel and plenty of money, she was not to be circumscribed in her usual routine of pleasure. Retrenchment is perhaps the most difficult part with those who have been reduced in circumstances ; at least, it ap peared to be the most rugged part of the way to Mr. Vermont. How to descend from the lofty eminence of wealth and fash ion, and to retire toobscurity and seclusion, he knew not. lie had been too long the child of prosperity to bear reverses with for titude. He had no profession—dig, he could not, and to beg lie was ashamed. ‘Would to Heaven,’ said he in perplex ity of soul, ‘would to heaven, I had been a mechanic.’ t ‘La, Pa 1’ said Lelia, ‘what has come o ver you? I have frequently heard you say that you would as soon be a bootblack as a mechanic of any sort: that it was a menial employment.’ T grant it, Lelia, but it was an error; one of my fashionable errors. Were Ia me chanic, now that my fortune is gone; that my riches have taken to themselves wings, my trade would be a resource. ‘Have you forgotten having spoken ofme chanics as a presuming set of blockheads, who you said stalked the streets with their 1 tools, with as much sang froid as a lawyer would with his books, or a doctor with his instruments.’ ‘No, I have not forgotten, but 1 have for saken, abandoned, totally abandoned my former erroneous sentiments. I have very recently discovered that there exists no dif ference between the books of a lawyer and the tools of a mechanic, save that the latter require the exercise of the hands, and the former that of the head ; they equally pro mote the operator’s design, though l believe the mechanic contributes more to the public good or the public prosperity. It was deemed expedient by Mr. Ver mont to retire with his family from the fash ionable street and mansion, in which they then resided. Every vestige of former splendor was now gone, it was with a feel ing of relief that the husband and wife sat down together to lay plans for the future. They determined to, and eventually did take lodgings in a respectable boarding house, where there was a single transient boarder beside themselves. This gentle man, they were informed, was from Alba ny, and would remain but a week or ten days at most, having merely come to the citv to purchase some articles of merchan dize which were not to be obtained at Al bany. The dinner bell rang, and the little group assembled in the diminutive dining room; the new comers were introduced collectively to Mr. Albert Orville, who at once recognized Lelia. Dinner passed in a very agreeable manner ; Mr. Vermont having just retired from mercantile life, could speak of the turmoil attendant there on, of the losses through failures and fluc tuations of the market, of the restless anx iety, of the perturbed state of mind incident to such a life; to all of it Mr. Orville was a total stranger; consequently to him it was an interesting subject inasmuch as he was preparing to embark in a mercantile ca reer. • To Lelia ’twas a luxury to gaze upon this self-made nobleman of nature, rather than to feast upon the choicest viands be fore her. His slight but elegant frame ev idently spirit-worn, a pale intellectual face, eyes beaming with the beauty of an ardent soul, a forehead singularly fair and high, a well-formed head, a calm and graceful ad dress; all, all were objects of admiration to the wondering Lelia. The limits we have allotted to this nar rative will not admit of a minute detail of circumstances, let it suffice to know that Mr. Orville’s stay was protracted some four or five weeks beyond the time appoint ed for his departure, in consequence of a growing attachment between himself and Lelia. Duty, however, called him to dash away for a time the cup of happiness he longed to drain to the bottom. Six months after this period Mr. Orville returned to replenish his store; but more es pecially to suggest the following propose tion to Mr. Vermont; First the union of himself with Lelia (having obtained her consent bv letter.) Second, to offer Mr. Vermont the manage ment of his store having learned his diffi culties. The first of these the old man acceded to with evident pleasure, hut when Orville commenced and said, ‘Now my purpose is, if you will accept of it without attributing to me a selfish motive, to re move your entire family to Albany, where l have a comfortable dwelling prepared for you, where you shall during life lack none of your comforts, ifthey can be obtained by honest industry.” This astonishing intel ligence was more than the good old man was prepared to receive, and he was com pletely overwhelmed in a flood of tears— tears of unspeakable gratitude. The old lady, rubbing her hands with an occasion al ejaculation of‘Heaven be praised!’ while Lelia, sat motionless, too full to articulate a word. “Wliat!oh say,” exclaimed the old man, ‘who can this generous benefactor be?’ ‘Possibly, ipv fond, my faithful Lelia can tell,” said Mr. Orville, as he handed Lelia her own card. A glance was sufficient. ‘ls it possible,” exclaimed Lelia, ‘is it carpenter’s boy?’ “Yes,” he answered, in accents of love, as he pressed her to his bosom. ‘lt is the carpenter’s boy.” “And the preserver of my life,’she added. “May he be the sweetener of it too,” con tinued the old man. The scene which followed the above may possibly be vaguely imagined by the reader, for I shall not attempt to describe it lest I do injustice. The latest accounts from Albany are highly favorable Every thing goes on swimmingly under the new arrangement. The old gentleman is in the store; Albert superintends an extensive business; and Le lia’s first-born, although named after his father, seldom goes by any name but “the Carpenter’s Boy.” From the New Orleans Picayune. A CAMP-FIRE STORY. Early Military Discipline in Texas. —A capital story was told one night by Capt. H. while a party of us were lying on the windward side of a mess-fire at a camp high up on the Wichita. It ran something in this wise : Some six months after the famous battle of San Jacinto, and while the tide of emi gration was rapidly setting towards Texas, numerous were the additions made to the population of the new Republic from Wes tern Tennessee and Northern Mississippi. Among the emigrants from the former was Col. S. He had been honored, while in Tennessee, with the commission ofoaptain in the regular militia, an office which, ns he thought, he had filled with no little cred it to himself. Me was moreover exceed ingly proud of his title, & looked with wot a little scorn upon anyone who might chance to address him without giving the mili tary prefix to his name its longest, loudest and broadest sound. Arrived in Texas, where at the time there was hardly a man below the rank of Lieu tenant, our hero was of course anxious for military advancement. At an election for regimental officers, which shortly after look place in the section in which he hud loca ted, Capt. S. was exceedingly officious, not only with stories of his military performan ces while in command ofa small fraction of the nation’s bulwark in Tennessee, hut also with a barrel of corn whiskey which he had purchased for electioneering purpo ses, and of which lie freely and cordially invited every voter to partake. A man who talked so much of his own military talents, and who was so very liberal with his whis key withal, was “bound to win” ill an elec tion, and on counting the votes after it was over it was found that he had been duly e lected Colonel of the regiment by a large majority. Here was a long step towards the high summit of his ambitious hopes, and the head of Col. S. was now elevated and carried back in a degree corresponding with his ad vancement. He really knew just as little of military science as a monkey does ofsa cred psalmody ; but neither Julius Csesar nor Napoleon Bonapart could have convin ced him of the fact by all the arguments they could have mustered. He had read an abridgement of some work upon milita ry tactics, had “trained” his company on sundry occasions while in Tennessee, and was therefore theoretically and practical ly conversant with the art and science of war upon the most approved principles. But a few weeks after his elevation he called his regiment out for inspection and review. A motley crowd it was, armed with smooth-bores, rifles, fowling pieces, muskets and double barrelled guns—good locks and poor locks, flint locks and per cussion locks. lie formed his men into lines, platoons and squares, such as they were ; but it is doubtful whether the ma noeuvring of the men who followed Peter the Hermit in his crusade for the recovery of the Holy Land was not conducted upon more scientific military principles. There were two or three officers present at the time, who well understood the sci ence of which Col. S. knew so little —men who had seen much service, and before whom Col. S. was extremely anxious to Tfl . J. KAPPEIi, Printer. “show off,” to the best possible xlvantagt. To do this more effectually, he finally be thought him a hotter would he to jive the officers above mentioned a specimen of the manner in which his men could fire a gen eral volley. He accordingly, after touch “geeing” and “hawing,” formed them into line directly in front ofa large field of corn. In order to ijuike moie sure of tlieir firing in a body, and all as nearly at the same mo ment as possible, he next made them a short and pithy address, something in following style : “Fellow Sogers:—The eyes of Tex. the eyes of some of some of her braves 7 fli cers, my eyes are upon you. England cx pects every man to do his duty—l expei that you will do yours. Fellow sogers: just imagine that field of corn vender to be slaughtering, tomahawing, and blood-thirs ty Mexico, let loose upon you in full blast ; imagine yourselves to be Texas, drawn up in the proudest kind of array to give your grim enemy particular and unequivocal ‘goss.’ Upon the result of the volley you are about to shoot depends the very exis tence, now and forevermore, of your belov ed, devastated and and fertile country. If you shoot altogether, so that the report of your well tried arms may sound even as one general, decided and all-at-once kind of crack, then arc we safe, and our hearths and jams remain unpolluted—if you don’t we are gone—plump used up—sure. 1 will now give the word—make ready, take aim, fire.'” Phiz, pop, bang, snap, crack went the different implements of war in the hands of Col. S.’s men, one at a time, and in no kind of order. Each soldier manifested a zeal truly commendable to get his gun off at some lime, allhough they appeared entire ly to have foigotten the emphatic injunc tionoftheir commander to fire as nearly to gether as possible. Some who had flint locks that missed fire, picked their flints or rubbed the brims of their wool hats against them and snapped again. Some fresh prim ed their guns, while those alio had percus sion locks put on new raps if they missed fire, and gave a second trial. In this way the rattle was almost incessant for several minutes, during which Col. S. was horror stricken at the result of a trial which he had fondly hoped would redound to his glo ry. He awaited patiently the cessation of the firing, and as the last report ofa mus ket, which had been primed twice and the flint of which had been ilm - times picked, died away, he raised his hands as though I in agonv and exclaimed, with much amo tion, “Texas is lost, Fm 1 1 <1 if she ain't’’ ’ FROM THE FARM HOUSE OF THE XIXTH CENTURY. Prognostics furnished by the Heavenly Bod - ies. 1 Observations of the sen. —Signs of wind. —The sun rises pale and remains red; his disc is very lary. ; he appears with a red sky at the north; he maintains the col or of blood, he i'mains pale, with one or more obscure circles or red rays; he ap pears concave or hollow. When the sun seems divided or is accompanied by a par helion, it indicates a great storm. Signs of rain. —The sun is obscure and as it were bathed in water; be rises red or with black stripes mingled with his rays, or becomes blackish, he is placed above a thick cloud; he rises surrounded with a red sky in the east. Sudden rains are ne- I ver of long duration; but when the sky is i changed gradually, and ibo sun moon and ’ stars are obscured by little and little, it ; rains generally for six hours. Signs of fair weather, —The sun rises .clear and the sky has be n so during the night; the clouds which surround him at I his rising take their course to the west, or indeed lie is invironed by a circle, provi ded that the circle is at equal distance on all sides; then we may expect weather con stantly fair; he sets amidst red clouds, whence this popular saying, that “a red evening and a grey morning arc sure signs of a fair day.” Observations of the noon. — Signs of wind —The moon appears very large; sin puts on a reddish color; her horns ap pointed and blackish; she is surrounded by a distinct and reddish circle. If the circle is double or broken it is the sign ofa tempest. At the new moon there is often a change of wind. Signs of rain. —her disc is pale; the ex tremities of her cresent are blunted. The circle around the moon attended by a south wind portends rain the next day. When the wind is south and the moon is visible only the fourth night, it portends much rata for the month. Signs of the weather —The spots on the S moon are very visible: a briliant circle surrounds her when full. If her horns are sharp the fourth day, it w ill be fair till tin* full moon. Her discovery brilliant three davs before the change or the full moon, al ways denotes fair weather. After each new and full moon there isofien rain followed by fair weather. 3. Observations of the stars. —Signs of rain. —They appear large and pale; their twinkling is imperceptible, or they are encircled. In the sunimer when the wind blows from the east and the stars are larger than usual, then look out for sudden rain. OiT Father Miller, the Incendiary, ri not dead as reported, though he has been lying desperately >!• Our Devil put words very f.irapa-t times. [VOI.UMt Y.W I!T.
