The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-06-26 00:00:00

Co ) , • kba h 7GAL CAND01:111.—" Oh ! I've no patience with . my bat raY dear. He's such a Silly !. Would_ ..you_beheve 40„,__ He s.vent to the Town-hall last night to hear Mozart's 4 ,' ar , and he Put a quantity of wool into his ears, because 1 1 , of of catching cold." ke k ; t : l , a.vsn FOR SALE.—The following advertisement i. _, ln an American journal :—" For sale, a good husband, ` t t l ; 4 4•ll n sound and kind in every sort of harness, especially 046, . '' '4 cradle He He is of handsome figure and action,. stands ill. lie without tying, and can trot his babies an hour '" , ,,!f arn ?,e is also a smart traveller, and in every respect a T1,,k,1,5' beast. " plate sA- LEVEE?—The word is derived . from the court ;,t'ail 4 a . t which it was the duty of certam m noblemen to r„: % lat e4et ing' at his getting up and haiid hi his clothes, The l e , e V eree tug his stockings, another his shirt, &T. ti pa' t o , ‘ was given to these assemblages from the word '' L a reas e ' IP,. In the evenings they attended to_ assist him estieheriltiese gatherings were called couchee, from the tlIeR : 1 ' 111111111111 4 i loB fV ° ed o en be ttere was the following inscription, in kllctipi,``ge wait :—" You will find at Trtl m hat u e .it 7 yo l ui, r inkh vie l l, tl Wine, provided you bring them oh th e spetcraost serve for a description of human life—so A 8 PrOd eac aDon the temper that events are met with, and again them. tatid.,,Tko, e that foresees and provides agai 4 titl' at e r0.: 14 /IDED YANKEE GAL advertises herself as a Si k er liaa, wifedom, as follows :—" A 28 years of age, 1 ' b ra t understand the ' l kit t e b, ° fth, ale nor a ' singing angel, -U t te, lit I e d ding-slice. Am in no hurry about marrying, Ta b taeri c u a Td _like to find my partner as soon as thirty 'lli th 41TI3Loitt, o fh ote l at Brighton entered, in an angry . * at , e 8 1, of an I t l , eft A " 10 i.,, pi ng apartment of a boarder, and said, " Now, sir, ''' ' ll eti ll n7,PaY your bill, and you must : I've asked you for tl' A tl i tilt 44, and I tell you, now, that yiPociu-g d e o r n , 't " l j e u a s v t e p m u 3 t , '51 ,4 1 1 1% ,,1'i1ir4 ) . a Y it!" "Good,"____, of it ; I'll stay with 1 , 1 41 :, ,'/Ig 4 ,,, / make regular agreement A t „ ~,s _ r Ire! ' 4 o4, 4 oi k . s "° e E has been told .n by_ o C n, roker as one of the haepd bvlQl',S ( 4 ,1 .ever heard. Fe el who had often . teas .•41 ',, N tkbl e •''' Ineffectually it would seem) for subscriptions ' ' l; V't k, a ndertakings, was one day di _ .telling him that he s c, l ol ZV ia li tehe c teu re :sne " e A ir n n d g y. d you ask it fora sub -1 " No, I saw there was bight:,kilt red Plied the other, " it was so like you." (i ) "as merry at niety-five; Cato studied Greek at tb Lu s arl /L b e? 0/ 4 ,e 8 Kemble did the same, or rather brus i l'lt b *li e 'Areek, when he was nearly as old as Cato; who declared gok m e lc k , k ll still older, merrily replied to . one I N ',at an e twell, that, " at eighty-four, it was well that he I ••`rhap,; ; and there was the Countess of Desmond, who • th e 1 , Lived n aerriest of all, for she L l o „ A rid ~I 0 th e a of a hundred and ten, qn 'lts A "led fr om " from cherry-tree then. ),lie ~, 4314,„ a fall tTllap a vz !he s c h oo ''' ..T ScßooL.—A little incident occurred iil l e ,„ t eset °ll h re i a ;! In West Lyn!), s the News, which IS to ' a . l lll* - ' ask ea ;Pg. One of the s clsses was reciting, and ,th e _ er ed „ a little American girl who the first man was. *lt h nezt stll 'E l at she did not know. The ques ,, ti A on da w m -as a p ir u , t , Il ecl al:l),,arerit°.T., k Irish child who answered, _ Adam, sir, o , u 1,.. 1 1 11 .(,;L e __el so ..4 „, 14 ..f..acti0n. 7 "1.4" said the first scholar, y ztan ce -5...... - r 3 , 1 1 about 1 , t —he wasn't an Irishman I" . „IN d th an la M anners," says Burke, " are of more im '44 th e P end. rrs lr s• Upon them, in a great measure, the t i ,lalt - „en • ib ah •ne la fo hes us but here and there, now '`11i10:1. deb antra ar w e what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, I tl. .7,' 11 1, iii,—, barbaris9r refine us, by a constant, stvdy, A t ,, 4 hey -e asibl e i ,-er di gi l , e „ Operation, like that of the air we breathe ._%e. ti g to 44 tneir whole form and colour to our lives. 4 4 1 qqal l ' tl ir • IY 44444' they aid morals, they supply them, 4 4.74140 bkßuisTlYlßtshem. " e following is a useful hint t . o Seclestewila offer viva . v reports to the bench :—There is I Oia(111 between the advocate and witness. An acute but , 11 ) . 111 It thlte once remarked to a a jury, " The counsel has s t ai t d o , i 54 qat 14' alld I believe that. A counsel has no righ , , „,__ tliraki ' T ti t:aner den, itl . , or "hat he believes ; but s . ince . he has told kat, , beli eve hinr belief, I will tell you mine , _that, were t ,k4al l c i3 , l , at yo , iaii)::l acquit his client, he would be the first tleE : l gelt ° E t NZ! 234vih CROCKET.—He once . visited a 14tiileularl:hideoatlausington, and pausing a moment before a Ile h i le ru i l e r- M--- ,FP''',l,lleY exclaimed, " what a resemblance ,en ill e y e ._ . and, to his 4,1 e w ords were scarcel3 , spoken . iNh , _ k , ...,) man whorn Le etsit,hrnent saw standing at his side V the gallant colonel a r t unente'cl. " I beg your pardon," N I I known you were ' nea - r‘ r 'nld not have made the remark humble apology- for - n , - 41e, and lam ready to make t 1 T , g first at the insulted n Y ie,„Lardonable rudeness ; but Ything but lovely, and tf;; - 't of Congress, whose face him—" hang me if I car at . elo you or to the monkey." humble te th e animal he hadcocato -11 whether I ought :V!!llit„..4,_DlD CONFESSION.—Among the traditions of West titian, is one of a certain Sergeant Da v y who flourished il.kiriZ stenries back, in a darker age than the present. He i•,‘,4,pine d once upon a time, by his brethren of the coif, of l l 01'; i l graded their order by having taken a fee in copper; q ° , 4 ,11 4 1" 1, 1 .n i g solemnly arraigned for his offence in their corn litekoal,l, appears, from the unwritten reports of the Courts . Ira r "I Pleas, that lie defended lurnself by the following . 'er. ° C foc.;nn and voidance :—" I fully admit that I took 'i t frog C. --- • 3 and not only one, but several, and `11 04 ::1 : ,1. him in copper, and ..,„ ees in copper, bu . fees in silver; but I pledge my Fl 4 'oat I never took a single fee from him in silver until iRC't all his gold, and that I never took a single fee from aopper until I had got all his silver—and er— and you don't call " e tradation to our order." HURRY AND DESPA.TCII.—No two things differ more than hurry and despatch. Hurry is the mark of a weak mind, despatch of a strong one. A weak man in office, like a squirrel in a cage, is labouring incessantly, but to no purpose, and is in constant motion without getting on a j ot. Like a turnstile, he is in ererybody's way, but stops nobody ; he talks a great deal, but says very little ; looks into everything, but sees nothing; and has a hundred irons in the fire, but none of them are hot ; or, should one of them be hot, with that he only burns his fingers. HINTS FOR HOME COMFORTS.—A short needle makes the most expedition in plain sewing.—A leather strap with a buckle to fasten is much more commodious than a cord for a box in general use for short distances ; cording and uncording is a troublesome job.—There is not any real economy in pur chasing cheap calico for gentlemen's shirts. The calico cuts in holes, and soon becomes bad coloured in washing.—Sitting to sew by candle-light by a table with a dark cloth on it is inju rious to the eye-sight. When no other resource presents itself, put a sheet of white paper before you.—People very commonly complain of indigestion : how can it be wondered at, when they seem by their habit of swallowing their food wholesale to forget for what purpose they are provided with teeth.—There is not anything gained in economy by having very young and inex perienced servants at low wages; they break, waste, and destroy more than an equivalent for higher wages, setting aside com fort and respectability.—Enquire Within. EXALTED PROMOTION OF AN IRISH WlDOW.—Seedy Mahomed, soon after his elevation to the throne of Morocco, about the middle of the last century, was desirous to complete the defences of Fez, and knowing the superiority of the English in engineering, he applied to the English government for the aid of some person skilled in the art. The request was acceded to, and an experienced sergeant of the Sappers and Miners having been selected as a fit person, was placed at the disposal of his Majesty. Seedy Mahomed received him with much kindness, and alloted a house for his reception. The sergeant continued in the service of the Sultan for some time after lie had completed the works at Fez, and at length died, leaving his widow without issue. After his interment, the widow, who was a pretty Irishwoman, sought an interview with the Sultan, in order to obtain a pension and the means of returning to her own country. His Majesty was much struck by her fair and comely appeatance, and treated her with condescension and benevolence. That interview resulted in the poor Irish widow becoming the Sultana of Morocco.— Conolly's History of the Sappers and Miners. PARODY oc THE SPEECH OF BRUTUS.—( By an American Editor.)—An editor " Out West" thus adapts the oration of Brutus, in an appeal to his non-paying subscribers and patrons :—Friends, Patrons, Subscribers, and Advertisers — Hear us for our debts, and get ready that you may pay ; trust us we are in need, and have regard for our need, for you have been long trusted; acknowledge your indebtedness, and dive into your pockets, that you may promptly fork over. If there be any among ybu, one single patron, that don't owe us some thing, then to him we say —step aside: consider yourself a gentleman. If the rest wish to know why we dun them, this is our answer : Not that we care about cash ourselves, but our creditors do. Would you rather that we should go to gaol, and you go free, than you pay your debts, and we all keep moving : as we agreed, we have worked for you : as we con tracted, we have furnished our paper to you : as we promised, we have waited upon you : but, as you don't pay, we dun you. Here are agreements for jobwork, contracts for subscription, promises for long credit, and duns for deferred payment. Who is there so mean than he don't take a paper if any, he needn't speak—we don't mean him. Who is there so green that he don't advertise ? —lf any, let him slide —he ain't the chap either. Who is there so bad that he don't pay the printer ? If any, let him shout—for he's the man we're after. His name is `Legion,' and he's been owing us for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight years—long enough to make us poor and himself rich, at our expense. If the above appeal to his conscience doesn't awake him to a sense of justice, we shall have to try law, and see what virtue there is in writs and constables. AGRICULTURE. ENGLISH FIRMING. — The number of farms in England is 225,318 ; the average size is 111 acres : but there are 771 of above 1,100 acres. The large holdings abound in the north eastern and eastern counties ; the small farms in the north. There are 2,000 English farmers holding nearly 2,000,000 acres, and there are 97,000 English farmers not holding more. WASTE LAND.—I was very glad to see your remarks on re claiming or improving inferior land. It is a subject especially applicable to the Highlands of Scotland, where thousands on thousands of acres of good laud are left in a state of nature, and annually deteriorating, by the encroachment of heather, birch, alder, &c., on what little grass there is. As a general rule, sheep farmers do nothing to improve the pasture except now and then a surface drain or two, and of course it gets worse every year. In many places the ground would bear ordinary farm crops, and at any rate Mr. Fowler's plan might be adopted, or even cheaper modes of improvement ; anything is better than going backwards. A large breadth .is also cleared for deer forest. We read of the barbarity exhibited m il l i i g klt i he New Forest was made, but it seems the same thing agriculturist i i i n a tteig s tli century is all right and proper when done by of or English sportsmen. I wish some English Mr. Fowler's school would pay an agricultural visit to the Highlands, and give the world his opinion of the state of matters, leav ing. g o i gip t g ur o a u i t G of az c e o t n t s e i . deration for the time being.— A. A HORTICULTURE. KITCHEN GARDEN.—See that there are plenty of peas planted for furnishing a late autumn supply, and also attend to keeping up a succession of French beans, spinach, and all kinds of salad. Where it can be done, lettuces should be planted on a north border at this season, as it is difficult, with out more watering . than can always be afforded, to have them crisp and tender m hot weather, unless they are in a cool situation. Sow onions for drawing young for salad, also endive for autumn use, and see that there is plenty of parsley pro vided to furnish a supply in winter. Keep the soil loose and open among all growing crops by means of frequent stirrings. FRUIT. - Trees that have not got fully established since replanting will be benefited by mulching over their roots, which will prevent rapid evaporation, and keep the soil in a healty state as to moisture. And the same attention will be useful to trees in shallow borders, especially peaches and, nec tarines, which are very sulject to the attacks of mildew if allowed to get too dry at the root in summer. Where it can be procured, a thin coat of half-rotten leaves should be used for mulching, and in the case of trees inclined to weakness, a portion of good rotten dung should be mixed with the leaf soil, and would be of great service in strengthening the trees. Do not give up the war upon insects until they are entirely eradicated, and give timely attention to the stopping of gross shoots, &c., on pyramidical and other trees which it is desired to keep in form. Those who are fortunate enough to have a heavier crop of fruit set than the trees are likely to bring to perfection should thin at once, in order to secure fine fruit with a prospect of a crop next season ; and apples are set so thickly that without thinning there will be no chance of a crop next season. FLOWER GARDEN.—ShouId the weather continue dry and warm, plants must be regularly attended to with water, for it will not do to leave them to take their chance because they have made a few roots since planting out. But daily waterings will not be so essential now that the plants have made some progress at the root, as the increased root action will balance the extra drain upon the system of the plant resulting from full exposure to sun and air ; but the soil must be well supplied with water until the beds are fairly covered, by which time, if the soil is deep and open as it should be, the plants will find sufficient moisture in the soil. See that everything liable to be injured by a sudden storm of wind is well secured by peg ging, or staking, as may be proper, and keep the surface soil all about recently planted things loose and open by frequent stirrings, which will greatly assist in promoting rapid growth. Where there is a large demand for cuttings for spring propa gation, a number of plants of each variety proportionate to the probable demand for cuttings should be selected from the re serve stock, potted in 7-inch pots in light soil, and plunged in the reserve garden. These, with very little attention, will make nice stocky plants in the course of the summer, and there is no risk of losing in winter plants prepared in thisWaY, and this can hardly be said of autumn rooted cuttings of many things, and by repotting and replacing them in growing' cir cumstances early in spring, each plant will furnish a large number of cuttings sufficiently early to ;make good strong plants before planting out time. Young:specimens of orna mental shrubs and trees which it is desirable to get to grow rapidly should be thoroughly soaked with water at once, especially coniferous plants. A liberal supply during the growing season is more beneficial to such things, particularly on lawns, than is generally understood.— Gardeners' Ghron. HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY ITALIAN PASTE. — Take the weight of three eggs in butter, sugar, and flour, mix it with your hand, put it on baking sheets, about a teaspoonful in a place. Bake in a slow oven, turn it over your finger to make little cups, fill them with whipped cream or preserve. TEA CAKE.—Take one quart of flour, four eggs, one pint of milk, piece of butter the size of a hen's egg, the same of lard, one teaspoonful of salt. The lard and butter to be well mixed with the flour. Eggs to be well beaten together. Add the milk to the eggs and then the flour by degrees, and beat to gether for ten minutes. Roll into thin cakes, and bake in a quick oven. A STUFFED LOIN OF MUTTON.—Take the skin of a loin of mutton with the flap on, bone it neatly, make a nice veal stuff ing, and fill the inside of the loin with it where the bones were removed ; roll it up tight, skewer the flap, and tie twine round it to keep it firmly together ; put the outside skin over it till nearly roasted, and then remove it that the mutton may brown. Serve with a nice gravy as for hares. Rlftrßißß JAia. — To make this for present use is simply to cut the rhubarb into slices, and boil it gently for an hour, then strain and press it, and add sugar to suit the palate. With out the straining process, it is not so good for tarts and puddings ; it is then most palatable and conducive to health, as its acidity is thus removed. But it is better eaten with plain bread than with pastry, and it is thus found to be most agreeable for children. It allays thirst, and gently subdues habitual costiveness. When eaten, a little cream or new milk is a good addition. RIIUBAEB WINE.—To every gallon of water (rain water is the best), add five pounds of ripe rhubarb cut into thin slices ; let it stand nine days, stirring three times a day, and it is well to cover the pan or tub with a blanket or cloth. Strain or squeeze the macerated substance through a coarse cloth ; to every gallon of the liquid thus produced, add four pounds of white sugar, the juice of two lemons, and the rhind of one ; then to. fine it, one ounce of isinglass to every nine gallons ; and this part of the operation may be. thus performed : take about a pint of the liquor, in whichmelt the isinglass over the Mk t 26, 1E155:1 ~._ SUPPLEMENT TO THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD. 15