American watchman and Delaware advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1822-1828, 1825-08-19

exempled in every feature of his face left the most
of his property herbu she avas herself further Of
his munio than TO pursue the he adopted-ad
nnisteng consolation and comfort to the necesstous and
afflicted and the of Edmund and Emma will live
forever IN the remembrance of the village potcry.
MALCOME
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TO MAKE CRIMSON COLOUR.
To two gallons of the juice of pokeberries, wXec
they quite ripe, add hall gallon Of strong vine
gar, made of the wild crab apple, to dye one pound
of wool, which must be FIRST washed very clean with
hard soap. The wool, when wrung dry, is 10 OF
put into the vinegar and pokeberry juice, and sim
meTed IN a copper vessel for one hour; then take
out the wool and let it drip awhile and spread il in
the sun. The vessel must be free from grease OF
any kind.
Among other costly relics belonging TO one Of the
richest converts in Vaadod, there was brick Of
massive gold, of nearly one foot in length by an inch
thick which contained thorn said to be from the,
crown which Christ wore on the cross. II was pre-
sen!ed to Napoleon by one of his generals, and he
received it but taking out the thorn There"
said he, "gve that back to the monks; keep tIs,.
brick
"WeN,'' said Mr.. Secretary Goulburn to la
borer who was repairing some fences near Dublin
Castle, :" what do you propose to ask of Mr. Can
ming when he arrives hercf ?" "The suppression OF
pigeons of rabbits, and of parsons" was The reply
"Why, really this is strange mode of chasing
them."-" Nay, your honor, it is clear the 6rsr
devour US in the seed, the second in the blade, and
the third in the sheaf."
rich, but avaricious lady was in the practice Of
marketing, and carrying home her purchases her.
self, for fear OF any fraud being committed. One
day she was returning from her butcher's when she
a Of
from under her shawl A young man, passing,
picked 1t up, and presenting it to her with gallant
air, said, " Madam, you have dropped your FAM"
A lon of mutton on the table, and the gentle~
man opposite to it took the carver in hand: Shall
cut it Saddtemtse 2" quoth he. " You had better
cut it bridteUise," replied another, " for then We
shall all stand better chance to get Bit in our
mouths 20
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Nswburyport, August 9.
On Sunday afternoon we were visited with
thunder Storm which, for this quarter, exceeded in
violence any thing we have Witnessed. For few
minutes we were completely enveoped in clouds,
driven in sheets against our buildings by perfect
hurricane, and charged with thunder which broke
at short intervals with Tremendous crashing-the
services had commenced at the churches but were
suspended for time, nothing could arrest atten-
ton but the disturbed elements without. Several
trees we're torn up by the ROOTS but we heard OF no
other damage; the body of the shower passed to
the northward.
In West Newbury most tremendous hail storm
was experienced ON Sunday last 1t went in q vein
not more than three quarters of mile wide, from
w. N. w. to E. S. E. and in its cut down
the leaves, and in many instances the ears from the
corn stalks stripped the fruit from the trees. and
almost entirely destroyed the garden vegetables;
the hail stones were as large pigeons eggs
bushels Of them could have been collected from the
ground after the storm. 10 the Cd parish 24S9
panes of glass were broken.
In Amesbury the tornado was equally violent,
but the hail was not so destructive.
II is stated to be fact that the Dutch flag, dis
played at New York, from the vessel which brought
out the Dutch minister, is the FIRST national Dutch
flag, which has been exhibited in that state sinceit
was struck, upwards of $50 years ago, when the
colony OF New Amsterdam was coded to Great
Britain.
Union College.-At the late commencement, Of
his institution, at Schenectady, the degree of A.
B. was conferred on seyenty-two young gentlemens
and that of Il. M on thirty one
The degree of A. B. conferred on thirty.two
young gentlemen on The 18th ut. at the Transylsa.
MA University in Lexington, Kentucky.