The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1826-11-09

pGial, holding about two ounces OF water
carry this in the pocket, and occasionally
taking out the cork, turn the phial up on the
fingers end, and thus bathc the eycs,-This
will positively effect a real cure in short
time.
The National Advocate gives the follow
ing recipe for making coffee, which, 1t is
said, will equal the best Mocha:
Shell the common chesnut, roast and grind
j. as you do coffee grains; mix some succory
or chiccory with the chesnut powder, as IS
conn only done with coffee, and in the same
proportion and you will find it so palitable
and pleasant that you will never again feel
disposed to purchase foreign coffee.
Recihe for Dyse&'ery ard Cholera 1lor6us.
Put OF. castor oil, 40 drops laudanum, 2
grains loaf sugar, a few drops peppermint,
into half pint Of soft water, shake it well
together, and give grown person one table
spoon full every Is minutes. The above is
said to have been often used and with uni
form success.
yLage Gro7ptA-again 1T sounds extrav-
agant, but such, we are informed, is the fact,
Flats, raised this season RadiSh, measur-
ing one foot in diameter, two feet and eight
inches in circumference, nearly three feet
long, and weighing twenty EIGHT pounds and
three quarters.-NorriSfo7rn Herald.
Great quantities of cells have lately been
taken in the Mohawk river near the Little
Falls. One man caught barrel and halt,
weighing five or six pounds piece.
j
! Among other premiums awarded by the
London Agricultural Society, a Gold Medal
was given to Mr.. Cowey, for cultivating
four acres ofthe white popy [haharer som
nJernm,) and extracting from it so lbs. of
Solid Opium, equal to the best Turkey.
! Corn-Two ea,s Of corn have been left
at the office of the Savannah Republican for
inspection. One ofthem contains ll4o grains,
| and the other 1920 They grew on the same
stalk. There are IA acres of this corn
which it is said will average to the ear as a.
bove. it was raised within three miles Of
Savannah.
The Chestertown (Md.) Telegraph says
ut must be subject of general felctation tc
the corn crop has proved so abundent, more
especially as the wheat crop was so light
From what we learn there has not been
more extensive yield on the Eastern Shore
for many years.
4 At recent public dinner near Hereford
numerous healths of noble personages wer,
drank-"Lord John Russell, and the Hous,
of Russell, Lord Howck and the Hous,
of GRAY the Duke of Devonshire, and the
House of Cavendish, and many more; unit
an attorney, who was at the table, being call
ed upon for a toast gave, with perfect sim
picity, "The health Of Mrs. Jones, and tht
House Of Industry"
Whistling THE lady of DR.. Bentham
was woman of disposition congenial will
that Of her cara sfosa. She asked persor
who applied for the place of footman in hel
family, ifhe could whistle. Why is that ne
cessary9 said the man. Because. said thu
lady, expect my footman to whistle all tht
time he is in the cell r, to be certain that Ii,
is not drinking white he is there.
In 7yant Of H4S5and-A Young lad,
was lately told by married lady, that sh,
had better precipitate herself from off tn,
rocks of Passiac falls in the basin beneath
than marry. The young lady replied, 9.
would, if thought should fad a hns5Gut
I at the bottom
SIGNS OF RAIN.
An excuse for not accepting the invitation
| of Friend, to make an excursion will
him
An Oriental Poem, By tie hte Dr. Jenncr.
The hollow winds begin to blow,
The clouds look black, the grass is low: