The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware register., 1825-11-03

DIVINE. We are pleased to state that no
lives were lost or personal injury sustained i
BY the accident, as the workmen were tortu-
nately absent at supper.
PENNSYLVANIA Eiectioa.-Oiiicial returns /
of tho number of votes given at the late
election in Pennsylvania for and against
Convention to revise the Constitution OF that
State, have been received. 1t appears that
the whole number of votes given, were l04,
$50; of this number Al, 48S were in favor OF,
ana 50 ,S92 against Convention.
The hurry and press Of business, which is
the occupation of the farmer, is now pretty
much over. The wheat and rye is in the
ground, and already presents ahealthy and
thriving appearance--thc corn is ready Tor
the husking- peg, and other grain lies over Tor
the leisure fail or idle horse, and the farm
cr, happy fellow, is not only enjoying the
prospect of IA good market for his produce,
but nay wrap himself up in the comfortable
reflection that he Can now sit down by ms
cheerful fire side, and enjoy, in domestic
tranquility, the reward OF a season oil labouf
and anxiety. "Thc willing axe shall bend
the pontlerous oak" and the cheering blaze
Shall send out its congenial warmth to the
happy circle that may surround 1t. lhere
IS but one thing wanting to render hin tnc
happiest creature i'll existence, and that -
a nezy$haher.! He is, perhaps, man iond
of storing his and his family's minds with
literary and scientific knowledge; aNerse to
: the harsh invcctiycs Of boisterons politicians,
Though not ncglccttul of political events)
r but courts the mild and temperate tone o.
the impartial observer, and delights to un-
+, bend his mind from his rural occupations
and banquet on the agreeable and instruct
, ing miscellany of we'll conducted paper
. Here he can inform himself OF the eVchS'
i which from day to day occur III the bus!
world, both abroad and at home--heIe ne
3 learns the rise and fall Of empires and men
o the advancement OF the arts and science
r our facilities in trade--our esourcesln wal
d our increasing strcngth--and ot the nine
:, Of precious ores which are daily disclosed
: to our enterprising and perseveiinS coan
n trymen-Canals and roads, and thousan'
other rinterestinms,biectso Of Intrinsic merit ar
presented to his at once delighted and aston
ns ished senses II the mind is Weared with
lg or has distaste for any particular suhjec'
~ il is relieved in a moment by the eye glahc
fpr IA Tlc "A
Al; Justly compared to a vast storehousc, @her
IA the Intellectual customer never falls to I'm
!. y something which will please, let his taste b
,o- ever so capricious; and he IS not only pre-
i'd sented with this broad scale Of events, bl
W. in addition receives regular prices cnirel
of his produce, which enables him to carr
he this produce to market, with knowied dg
az, of what it will bring him there. Now "
,a, would ask, what will the means OF acquiri
i'm this fund Of knowledge cost man in yea
IN the paltry sum that it would take to nt
dozen pounds of butter, or four OF IL
bushels Of potatoes. Can any man OF re
son then hesitate for a moment upon U
, Wv, plea of poverty or inability, to introduce
ich thing of so much value into his famli
fiji +" Farmers do their children very esschtl
= injury by not introducing such reading IN
nc No their families. Children may learn mo
wn, from newspapers sometimes, than in th'
our schools. They are in fact instructors
~ ~ various branches of knowledge; aneWsp
Y to per is likewise chcah instructor, fol 1t M
al be read by aHthe family forthe same price
"'e The easiest and most satisfactory mode
taking "a newspaper, is to hay in adpant
that this gives encouragement to the publlsh
elne the paper will cost less, and the subscrit
h;cb enjoys a satisfaction which emanates frt
tifis a reflection that he is not III the prnte
BW,- debt.
,ns = The price Of this paperis but two dollar
, de- wear to distant subscribers who receive tn
it. papers by mail, if paid in adoanec; or t
.os dollars and fifty cents if they pay but
the months in advance A two dollar note
nday very convenient sum to enclose by N;
49,, (postage paid) Orders will be promptly
the tended to, and receipts returned.
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Va, ;,+erest the following article, being tria