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Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-05 00:00:00

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REMEDY FOR THE STING OF THE WASP OR HORNET.
—A correspondent informs us that the most effectual cure
for the sting of the above insects, is a poultice or plaster
composed of chalk and sweet oil. One of his children
was on Thursday stung in the hand by a hornet, which
caused great pain and swelling. By two applications of
the above remedy, the effects of the sting were completely
subdued in less than one hour.

"MAKING THE MOST OF LIFE.-Dr. Harris said, when
dying, Oh, my friends, live much, live long, live in-
stantly.' Each of you should resolve to live two or three
hundred years. You ask how is this possible, when you
are removed by death at the ages of forty or fifty ? For
this very reason you are called to live long in a little time.
Some live longer in a single day than others in the whole
course of their lives. You live only as much as you live
to God—you only live in reality, as you live wisely, use-
fully, piously. Methuselah, who lived nine hundred and
sixty-nine years, did not live half so long as the Son of
Mary, after the flesh, who was crucified at the age of
thirty-three ! The time is short.'
If a spectator were to sail leisurely along the Mersey in
front of Liverpool, for a distance of three or four miles, he
would see that the docks now occupy almost the entire
frontage towards the river. Here and there a peep will
be obtained of streets and parades, of " hards " and land-
ing-stairs; but, as a general rule, there is one vast string
of stone-built docks, studded with vessels so wedged to-
gether that the whole exhibit an almost uninterrupted
range- of shipping. If ever there were a place where one
may speak of a forest of masts," surely it is Liverpool !
From every quarter of the globe, from every port which
has risen to anything like distinction, are ships to be met
with at Liverpool. The flags of all nations are indeed
there floating in the air; and the interchange of mind
which always more or less accompanies the interchange of
commodities, occurs at Liverpool to an extent barely
equalled elsewhere.—The Land We Live In.

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POETRY AND PELF.—Mr. Bancroft, the American
Minister, has no poetry in his composition if the follow-
ing be a (!orrect report of what he said at the sheriff's in-
auguration dinner on Thursday :--" He thought it an un-
wise observation of the poet, that " God made the coun-
try, and man the town ;" for he thought that the intel-
lect displayed in the power and resources of such a metro-
polis as London was far more. striking than that which
was manifested even by the best cultivated but inanimate
nature in the country, and he mentioned as a remarkable
proof of the truth of the observation he had just made,
that two lines signed with the name of an honest English
merchant or banker, in whom confidence was reposed,
could transfer millions of property at the antipodes.
(Cheers.)" When the poet exclaimed, "God made the
country, and man the town," he was not thinking of
heads of turnips and crops of wheat, as contrasted with
bills of exchange and streets of brick and mortar. His
was a far nobler conception. On the country, the visible
hand of the Creator is impressed—mountains, rivers,
lakes, and forests—the simple flower of the valley and
the majestic oak—kindle in the heart a holy and sublime
consciousness of His existence.. In towns, in cities, in
the public mart, and in the thronged exchange, we behold
man alone—civilized man indeed, and the triumphs of his
intellect—but still only man. Mr: Bancroft, it seems,
would rather look upon " two lines signed with the name
of an English merchant or banker, transferring millions
at the antipodes," than at the most majestic manifesta-
tions of the Deity in his creation,—John Bull.
JoHN O'GROAT'S HOUSE.—John O'Groat's house, a
memorable place in the parish of Cannisbay, in this coun-
ty, perhaps owes its fame less to the circumstance of its
local situation, at the northern extremity of the island,
than to an event which inculcates an useful lesson to mo-
rality. In the reign of James IV. of Scotland, three bro-
thers, Malcolm, Gavin, and John O'Groat (supposed to
have been originally from Holland) arrived in Caithness
with a letter from that Prince, recommending them to the
countenance and protection of his loving subjects in Caith-
ness. These brothers bought some land near Duncansby
Head, and in a short time, by the increase of their fami-
lies, eight different proprietors of the name of Groat pos-
sessed these lands in equal divisions. These eight fami-
lies lived peaceably and comfortably for a number of
years, establishing an annual meeting to celebrate the an-
niversary of the arrival of their ancestors on the coast. In
the course of the festivity on one of these occasions a
question arose respecting the right of taking the door, the
head of the table, and such points of precedency, each
contending for the smiority and chieftainship, which in-
creased to such g degree as would probably have proved
fatal in its consequence, had not John O'Groat, who ap-
pears to havedecluired great knowledge of mankind, inter-
fered. He expatiated on the comfort they had hitherto
enjoyed (wing to the harmony which existed among them ;
he assyred them that as soon as they appeared to quarrel
ammlst themselves, their neighbours, who had till then
treated them with respect, would fall upon them and ex-
pel, them from the country ; he, therefore, conjured them
by the:ties of blood and mutual safety to return quietly to
their several homes, and pledged himself that he would
satisfy them on all points of precedency, and prevent the
possibility of such disputes in future at their anniversary
meetings. They all acquiesced, and departed in peace.
In due time John O'Groat, to fulfil his engagement, built
a room distinct from all other houses, in an octagonal fi-
gure with eight doors, and placed a table of oak of the
same shape in the middle. The next meeting took place ;
he desired each of them to enter by his own door, and to
sit at the head of the table, he himself occupying the last.
By this ingenious contrivance the harmony and good hu-
mour of the company were restored. The building was then
named John O'Groat's House, and, though nothing re-
mains but the foundation of the building, the place still
retains the name, and deserves to be remembered for the
good intention and sound judgment which gave it origin.
. Caithness Chronicle.