American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1823-10-31
From the ( CanGndaiguG) Plain Truth.
A TOUCH OF THE TERRIBLE &!

A TOUCH OF THE TERRIBLE!!
Ertract Of "A letter to the Editors; from Pfovi.
dence, OR. 1
"Isend you few eloquent expressions Of the
Rev. Mr. L--of this town-which were delivered
in speech to the Female Society. Alter display
ing all his zeal in order to convince his audience
that it was their indispensable duty TO give their
money, he concluded as follows And my friends
III you leave this house without contributing your
mite you need not think OF saving your money there
by, for the Lord will have it some way another.
III you do not give i. voluntarily he will sY burn
yoar houses, a-Edestroy your shipping and mer-
chandlEc, and blast your hopes iorever.'-l Ii any
one doubts the authenicy OF the above extract, he
can be satisfied by the original letter now on file in
this Office This letter contains the priests name
and the writer's name in full length. Eds p. T.
Coffee Pot,--The following description of
newly invented coffee pct is from the New Month
ly Magazine.
Ingenious and asetM Inrention. the
new inventions for which Paris is famous is coffee
pot constructed Of three pieces the first is plain
boiler; over that is double hlterer and at the
top is an inverted coffee otwhch fits OIL exactly.
Gold water is placed 10 the FIRST vessel, and the cof
fee in the herns boxt Under the whole is a spi.
rt lamp, which in the cofse of FIVE or six minutes
causes the water to boil, tie vapour arising from
which completely suturates the coffee. When the
water boils, which is ascertaned by the discharge
of The vapour from the spout of the inverted coffee
pot, the whole machine is lifted from the lamp, and
Icompetely inverted; so that the pot, which was
Iuppermost is at the bottom, and The boiling water,
which had saturated the coffee flows through the FL
erer clear into what was before the inverted coffee
pot, where in the space cftwo minutes it is ready
for This mode Of preparing coffee is saving
OF at least 25 per cent and it secures the fine favor
of the berry. In another part OF the service is
coffee rooster, OF glass, over another lamp OF long
wide flame The process of roasting requires about
three minutes, and even so small quantity an
ounce may be thus prepared.
| singular occurrence took place in this city sew
era days since, at the launch OF the ship General
Wolfe, from the yard oil MIR. Bel-When the
shores, &C. had been removed and the last wedge
applied, the vessel unaccountably hung upon the
ways, several ruitless forts were made to put her
in motion, at length of her crew, half over.
remarked that "the General had not been shaved,
and no soldier officer he knew would ever quit his
quarters without that operation being first perform
4 ed !" he accordingly look some oakum and black
u paint, and proceeding the bows, envisaged the
| figure head and trimmed the General 10 his own
u taste, giving his whiskers the most martial cut i'm
i eginable scarcely had he performee the job when
II the vessel began 10 move, and the humorous sha
yer half alarmed at the successful issue of his JEST
lregained the deck just in time to avoid the shock
: which consigned the good ship TO her destined cle-
t ment, amidst the loud huzzas of the mysthed null
Ititude, many OF whom went home completely sais-
fed that the launch was effected by the ocular
= necromancy Of the honest tar. Qaebec paper.