The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1826-11-07

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found in the rubbish 0f an old wall in the
street.-SoOn after some gentlemen entered
the shop, to whom the retailer showed the
coin. One of the gentlemen very literally
offered for it in British currency. splendid
shilling" fresh from the Mint. The offer was
rejected. The gentlemen rendered a crown,
a pound, sovereign, with no hotter success.
At last the offer rose as high as t.Ccnfy pounds
But this offer also the infexible publican re-
fused. The coin is said to be the fourth
Queen Anne farthing, about the fate of which
antiquarians have been SO much interested.
A Dublin paper says amGle will be despatch
ed every afternoon at .fve precisely. This is
really awful intelligence.
A patent has been obtained for an improve
ment in casting shot which consists in casting
the lead i'll preparation of mercury: this,
some sportsn1en call giving the birds a btue
| pill.
A noted city gourmand complained 10 DIR.
Kitchener last week that he had no appetite.
The latter replied that eating oysters before
dinner would restore it. About two days af-
| Ter the same person said his remedy was alb
| stlFd, as he had eaten hundred without inn
| proving Ills appetite.
1t is said that Rothschih receives from
France weekly, about 100000 in gold bars
and sovereigns.
|. At Ostend, powder magazine containing
400 barrels g,mpowder, exploded, by which
40 persons were killed, and still greater num-
Der frightened.
State Of Ireland.-The state of Ireland con-
tinues to be more and more appalling. In
addition to the 'famine fever" now raging
in Dublin, and the distress which, from natu-
raj and general causes, exists every where
else; the demon of political hostility has been
called in to add his horrible ingredients to the
Overlooking callldrOn of national misery.
Sir Walter Scott has, we have heard, sold
his house in Edinburgh, the greater part of
his furniture, and all that could be turned i'm
to money. He now lives in lodgings and
works hard. He is writing, as most of our
readers know, the Life of Napoleon Bona
parte; and he also writes, we are told, fer
any periodical publication, of which the priu-
ciples agree with his own, that will reward
him adequately.--The motives for his indus
try and economy are very praise worthy.
He has declared that he will pay every far
thing he owes.
Recipe to make Blacking.-For twelve years
past have. used backing of my own compo-
sition, and can recommend it as equal to any
of the imported. have always made il as I
wanted it, in the following manner, viz. la ID.
ivory black, pint vinegar, 1,2 tea cup white
powdered sugar, l-2 table spoonful Of sweet
oil, and cents worth powdered nutgalls.
Simmer this mixture over slow fire twenty
minutes, then when cool, add Ia of an ounce
Of oil yitriol, and you will have two or three
bottles of backing only costing about sixpence,
equal to that for which we pay 25 cents per
bottle.-Bost. Statesman.
VANDERLYN has nearly completed his
Sketches for Panoramasof the Cataract
of Niagara. The following is an extract
of letter from the artist to the editor of
tho New Y rk Enquirer;
Niagara Falls, Sept. 29.--I have fin
ished one view from above the Falls, show
ing the Rapids, Goat Island, and over the
falls, (down the river,) which givesa gene
raj view of tho river, as well as of the Falls.
The view now in hand is from belov, and
comprises both Falls. with the river and its
steep banks, on FIVE seperate sheets, which
will be fully sufficient fol the intended Pa
nofama. have sketched also two other
single views, mot general } one from the
American side, as you ascend the stairs to
the top Of the bank the other is solely a
view Of the Horse Shoe Fall Both of
these are picturesque views, and will do as
an accompaniment to the others"
Sale ofa Wifsand twO ChiIdren.--At
Oswego, N. Y. on the 18th ult. by virtue
Of special contract between the parties,
one man sold, bargained, and conveyed to
another, for and in consideration of the sum
of twenty-five dollars. good and lawful
money of the state of New York, his vife
and tl0o children, and we are informed that
the grantee has taken actual possession of
the property! ~
| SLAvE-LABOR UNPROFITABLE.
A writer in the American Farmer invites
the attention Of I" Emigrants and Farmers"
to Maryland, as a place of settlement.
Land" he says, is now cheaper in the
State Of Maryland than it is in the vicini-
ties of any good settlements in the West.
Good land may be bought in abundance
within twenty miles of Baltimore, in any
direction, at 81, 90 to $50 per acre. There
are good roads and mill seats in all direc-
tons in the same district Of country.
There are manufactures of various sorts,
which require denser population, for the
supply of weavers and mechanics and live
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