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A ‘u USE M E N & u. f &&£'ss r/QRK. When l see a voting man pmi-i •scss no n >re hm...vt* than to be ■ <tuu\l l&vzsa fie will ne-vet iraakej a uiari df qrspectafe i lity. When 1 f.ee h man quit work b ’cause he ha© throe or lour"hired in m to oversee, i gugss he Will titve to go to jail to pay them. J When I see n man suffer aj simple wife to run in debt at the l stores, for whatever she fancies,! I guess he will soon wish lie had never been married. When i see a young lady pos sess a large portion of pride and affectation, 1 guess she lacks de licacy and sense. When i pass a “house and see tne yard covered with stumps, j old hoops and broken earthen, ij guess the man is a Horse ‘jockey.), and the woman a spinner of sired\ yarn. j When I see a woman standing} u the door slip shod, with a ham a doseta ragged children and as] many heads peeping through the] drZketi windows, £ guess her! huiband married for love, and do] Itot v’ Akhe misplaced Ids vdec tiohs or begrudge him happiness,] When l see a Woman usurp thej vclv -ac conversation, I guess she! lias more loquacity than sense. When i pass a house and see! live windows broken, a bundle of j rags in one, and a hat in another! I guess the mistress is a suit and ! ’ die master love's rum. \ When 1 see a girl visit often, ij guess she spins more street yarn ] than cotton. *: , j When 1 hear a woman using, prolane language, J think it time; itr swearing to be ontoi'fashion.] When I see a country mer-f chant hire two clerks to te id his! store, while he sits by the stove,l drinking wine, 1. guess he wiii a non hove to take die benifit of the; amohent act , or to take a pha*\ sc.i it tour is New-Orleans* On Sunday night last, a young! woman, at Greenwich, about 16 J years of age, the wife of an and preruiee to a mechanic in that vii-j j age, wt % safely delivered of three 1 me boys, all of whom we under-1 ?iand* are in a healthy state.— I l .. */ The united ages of the father,] ran.her, and three sons, do not a #iount Vo 37 years, N; Y. Pan. I •wmrwmiw In a raised corps a sol-1 dier lately observed to Ids coni- 1 fade, who was an Irishman, that a torporai was to be dismissed from the regiment. “ Faith, and inneed,” r.phed the iib.-l man,; 41 i hope it is the corporal who is tfo troublesome in our company.” l, : v oat is ms name ?” enquired] ♦ He other—Why, corporal pun- ! iyknunt, to be sure, my honey.” j A gen(ieman enquiring of J liaval officer, why sailors goner-J Ethy take on their shirts, when go-j ing into action, was answered, II that they were unwilling to 1 1 ave anv t hech in Bsrhtinv. V Ct O THE POTATO. iteiitetiX*] c i cte rcUi oi me e (tt v-1 n:tm TiuerQWHi, had long been thought to have been taken fVqm Norm” America to England by the famous but unfortunate sir Walter Raleigh ; Latterly the o , pinion seems to be, that it is a I native of South America, that highly important portion of the globe, so long kept in a state of bondage by the Spaniards ; what ever country may have been the | origin of this truly valuable root, lit has become one of the most essential articles of food in the whole catalogue of eatables—it is not only one of the most nu tritious of all that contribute to the sustenance of man, but is al so the most productive, as it is ascertained, that one acre of po-j tatoes is equal to four acres ofj 1 W J t is well known, that tire pota to i.S not a native of Ireland, ye* It is a curious fact, that, whether it be owing to the climate or su pericr cultivation, it is much drier and has a finer favor in that court 'try than any ether ; accordingly, Ireland Las given its name to this precious root, and 41 the 1* Irish potato” is distinguished and preferred to all others. Without dwelling on the nu merous and productive nature oi the potato, We proceed to shew! by iheJoilowing article, i:s use fulness in the cknsing of linens,] cottons, Ac. 7 ‘he potato a substitute for soap, j Take hs many potatoes as may! •be necessary at one time, wash! them clean and boil them, drain the we ter from them and mashj them, after which mix them with fresh boiling water, to the con* 1 si.stence of gruel, in w hich, ho* jUiers'e the dirty clothes, and let them remain, covered with the “mixture for four hours, .then rub ihe clothes out oi it, and rinse them thoroughly in cold water, and dry them wh n they- wiii be •completely dens and. , \ Potatoes, used as above direc ted, entirely rent .*ve grease and |eveiy kind of dirt ironi w hite or I colored linen or cotton clothes.: ;and in preparing thread, linen or j yarn, lor the weaver, they super j cede the necessity of using soap, ‘or pot ashes, or oi boiling the ; yarn, of which every person may Ibe satisfied who wiii take the ... . • * rouble or trying the experiment. The gruel can be given to kegs after being used. (Eng.) Nov. 12. Sir James Mackintosh, when ‘at Paris, paid a visit to the Deaf and Dumb Institution there.— The Abbe Sicard introduced sev eral of his pupils to him, to one i of whom Mas men, at sir James's request, the following question | was submitted ;—“ Doth God | reason 2” Massien, at seeing the |question written, at first appeared ! perplexed, but soon after return* jedthis decisive and logical sclu [tton—“God sees every thing! | God foresees every thing ! Gcd | knows every thing! ‘i’o reason ! is ‘o.doubt, to hesitate, to enquire, S the highest attribute of a !minted |intelligence; God, therefore, doth reasfe.h.'** The Abbe, whex cere, a sliort tune since, wit! i'Ma-ifekn, met at tu<? ceffee ‘ bouse by a gentlernbu'kcqualnfeib with the anec lone -above related, and who of him again to ; propound tile same question tot his pupil, tv Inch he politely did, and the Answer he returned was, “Men reason but to find the truth ; Gxi, who knows truth, is not in want of reason, and does not reason, w *■ —.. From the Connecticut Gazette , of Februaty 7, printed at New* London. “ Lucy Daniels who has been blind ever since she was two years old, and who has been per mitted to walk the streers of this city, in darkness, seeking charity, !during the long period of 3 6 years of her life, has lately been restored to sight, by Doctor | North, of this place.” At present a very mortal dis ease prevails in.our country —it is known by tile appellation of the Kentucky plague, presenting, it is said, nearly the same symp- * toms as the disease that desolated I that slate about two years ago..— lit is not confined to any section I >f this state, but pervades every neighborhood \ve have heard from—from- Computations made S t is apprehended that upwards | of one hundred grown persons [have been swept off by this fell [besom in this country iu'"three : months ; nearly twenty have died In Nashville in that time, ft is [nearly confined entirely tb men in the prime. Term. Chit ion* It tltsed to be said, a that a na tion to be free, need only will it.” But this is falsified in France. It seems there must be power as wed as will. Evening Ledger. ~ Col. IJO MERE. MILTOXr We are authorized to state, will be a Candidate for a seat in the Con gress of the United States, at the ru xt Flection. , I ’1 liL Subscriber takes thi? method of informing his friends and tiie public, that he has com menced the making of BOOTS and SHOES, at the house next but one above Mr. Gordon’s.— iWhere he intends keeping the Test of Leather that can be pro*, [cured;: gnd hopes by a strict at- ] jtemiob to business, to merit a | [share oi Public Patronage* Per- j jsons wishing to engage Negro | ’ .Shoes for the next season j can j ‘have diem warranted; and oh! moderate terms, by applying at the above Shop, between this and the first of July next. • C.W. M’MURRAIN. Keb. 22, 181 G. ‘~TIILORIKG. THE SUBSCRIBER Respectfully informs the Pub lic that he still carries on the bu siness of TAILORING in Lou isville, opposite the old Printing Office, near the Court House; where he will be ready ; to patch any orders LomTWvyn or Count rv; v * JACOB M’CGLLOUGH. 15 ill ITb. iSA6. M. ’ SHERIFF'S SALE-5. Tp'Hl te sold-at the Market-Houle in the Town of Louisville , on the first Tuesday in April next 3 between the usual hours. Two hundred acres of pine land, being hqif of ah undiv.deti four hundred acre tract, gra ited to Laker, and adjoining JackiOh; Also, twenty-five acres of pine land being half an undivided fifty acre tract, granted to Reese, an i adjoining Reese ; taken as the property of Joshua My rick, to sa tisfy sundry executions, Robert Atkinson,executor of Alexander Young, vs. Joshua My rick ar.i Blassingame Paulett; levied o-i by a Constable &nd returned to me. ALSO, Twd hundred acres of land, idjoining Alexander Douglas; levied on as the property of James Barefield, to satisfy sundry ex ecutions, Mary Ingram vs. ‘james Bare fie id, arid retained By a Constable. ALSO, Two hundred and thirty-five acres of land adjoining lands be longing to Wm. VP alkeV, Shrine, and others taken as the proper, ty of John M. Bniifh, to saiisty sundry executions, John VL . Smith vs. Jeremiah Smith—poirt- Rd out by the plaintiff and re* fumed by a Con? table. JOHN G. BOSTICK, IShenjf /. Cm Feb* 29, 1816. , EXECUTORS’ SALE. IFill be sold on Thursday , the lit V day of March next, at the late residence of\ jfxmes 11. Cart,, deceased , All ihe personal property of said deceased : consisting ses, Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Goats* Corn “& Fodder, Bacon, a Gig A Harness, Plantation ‘Feels, an i many other ariicies too tedious A mention. A credit will be given until ths Ist day of January next ; purcha* sers “giving small notes with &$* proved security. / • JWctmlas C. Connetlv.') <£ Nathan Bostwick , >J? Bird Tarver, C| All those indebted to said es : true are requested to come for* [ward and make payment —and ’those having demands will - re sl ider them in properly attested. / j Feb. 24, 1316* j.. .i . i -I'. ——- -■ M. 1., inn .. .. mi |i i j GEORGIA, ? j jfejferson County. .5 WH ERE AS Sarah Warner and James Warner,, have applied to me for Letters of Ad minis tra* non on the estate and effects of Jeremiah Warner, deceased* These are therefore to cits and admonish all and singular the kindred and creditors of sail deceased, to be and appear at ray office, within the time prescribed by law, to shew cause (if any they have) why said letters should not be granted. . “ Given under my hand at off* fee, this 25'th of Fefo’ry. iaKh ‘