The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1839-06-14 00:00:00

A down east editor says, he " feels it in his boneaVoAhat
the coming season will be an excellent one foreern.,:i Most
editors are apt to feel corns on their toes instead of.their
bones.—American paper.
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An Irish traveller recently addressed a farrnerovitti Iv. Dora
he rode, to quicken his pace, as there were signs 'of a sfetm.
The man's answer was„ Sure and so I would,'ftir tifeßea-
sure of your honour's company, but I promised the.baste to
let him walk ; and more blame to me if I belie nayself,tojmy
one, let alone the dumb baste ! For, says he .to
tired, and I'll not go a step faster; and you can't itittrOpie,
moreover. And says I, I scorn it, and so tak'e Arlue.c•wn
way !"
AN IMPROVED METHOD OF TRAINING RASPBERRIES.--
Cut out all the weakest shOots, so as to leave.only.abonsix
on a stool ; then twist the point of one shoot from one stool
with one shoot from the stool adjoining, so*as to farm an
arch. DO the same with two other shoots-of each plant, in
the direction of the rows, all through the plantations the
space between the rows being left open as usual. The plants
should be six feet apart every .way. The fruit produced by
the trained canes will be fully exposed to the direct influence
of the sun, and to the air, and there will be more room for
the suckers.—Flor. cab.vol. 2, p. 11. •
MORNING EXERCISE.—Morning exercise. for ladies is
beautifully recommended in the following couplets
Myrtilla, rising with the dawn,
Steals roses from the blushing morn;
But when Myrtilla sleeps till ten,,..
Aurora steals them back again.
POPERY.—One of the most significant signs,of thejimes
is the rapidity with which Romish mass houses are springing
up in various parts of the country. An applieaticm was made
to the town council of this borough; at their sitting on Wed-
nesday, for grant of leave to purchase, on favourable trims,
a plot of ground on the east side of the Scottsw.nod read, for
the purpose of erecting a Roman Catholic chapel„ l'herewas
something exceedingly characteristic of the aspiring party in
the wording of the memorial presented on the occasion, for,
after setting forth the ;object tbr which the-gtonnd was re-
quired, it concluded by..expressing a wish that the council
would accede to the, proposition, "in con.sidetaitiox. !,of the
purpose to which it was to be applied.—Newcastle ,fournal.
REMARKABLE CIRCUMSTANCE. On Sunday morning
week, a young lady, residing at Putty-hill,. near Wiston-
hall, was surprised hy• the appearance of three bee-hives
floating on the surface of the river which flows at the foot of
the bill, and was still further astonished to find that they
contained a quantity of living bees. Having called two men
who were near, they made an attempt to extricate the bees
from their perilous situation, but were, after some time,
obliged to relinquish the undertaking. The .young 'lady,
however, judging that they were the property-of some poor
person in the neighbourhood, determined on saving them at
all risks. After pursuing various schemes, she succeeded in
landing the bees and their hives, having by this means placed
herself in very great danger ; she then called her father to
her assistance, and they contrived to place the bees in their
own garden, fortunately without either of them having
received any injury. It chanced at the time to be the village
feast; and the worthy old gentleman, while entertaining a
number of guests in the good old-fashioned style in the after-
noon, narrated the events of the morning, and frequently
expressed his wish that the owner might come and claim his
lost property. In a short time he did come, and proved to
be a poor and honest labourer, residing at Tiln, near Ret-
ford, and who, having been lately employed to watch game,
imagined that some malicious persons had thrown the hives
and bees into the river. It is not known how long they had
been on the water; but it is known that the distance from
the place where they were lost to that where they were res-
cued, by the determined spirit and exertions of the young
lady, is at least seven miles. The bees having suffered no
injury whatever.—Morning Herald.

SQUEEZING THE HAND.-It is but lately that we under-
stood the strange constructions that are sometimes put upon
the squeeze of the hand. With some it is entirely equivalent
to a declaration of love ; this is Very surprising indeed;„• We
must take hold of a lady's hand like hot-potabW;• afraid of
giving a squeeze lest we should burn her fingers. ''VerY fine
truly ! Now it was our ancient custom to squeeze eYdryliand
that we got in our clutches, especially a fair one. lsit not
a wonder that we have never been sued for a breach bf; pro-
mise ? We would not give a rusty nail fornn&oryoUr cold
formal shakes of the hand. Every persbn NYhoiiiittlitles one
or two lingers for your touch, (as if he were‘afraid of eatch-
ing some cutaneous distemper) should go tb'tcliool
trirhile
to John Q. Adams. He shakes you with i'vtliteat'ide•i and
shakes your body too, unless you should. frappeli to':be as
thick as himself. Well, there is nothing liktFir; 'it alidws a
good heart at any rate, and we would ratlitini'crilail Mould
crush the very bones of our fingers, and ihake our gbh:hider
out of joint, than that he should poke our paw, 'as if were
about to come in contact with a bear or hyitna. Thiladies
lie
may rest assured of this, that a man -who'svin not squeeze
their hand when he gets hold of it, does nol'deserve,tbthaye
a hand in his possession ; and that he has.a heart seYOnlun-
dred and forty-nine times smaller than .a traWof 'mutt
;
seed.—Anzerrean paper.
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