The Wilmingtonian, and Delaware advertiser., 1827-08-09

each other-l6id and .71on-fellows OF tai
ent both"
Ncw"York is infested with mad dogs, Sc.
veral persons have recently been bitten by |
them in that city. 1t is supposed the hot
weather has an influence i'll causing canine
madness
a lady in Glasgow has pair of shoes OF
exquisite work manship; the uppersare made
of the skins Of rats, the leather is exceed
ingiv smonth and rs soft as the finest kid,
and appears stout and firm. 1t took six
skins to make the pair o. shoes, as the back
Of the skin is the only part stout enough for
use.
An extraordinary feat of shooting was per-
formed at Corby, England, lately, by one
of Mr.. Towards gamekeepers, young
man named Camuthers He threw up tit
teen oranges in succession with his lett
hand, holding his gun in his right. and hit
twelve out Of the fifteen with ball
The Batavia Times states, that Mr.. Bruce,
sheriff OF Niagara county, was summoned to
Albany BY the Governor to answer certain
charges preferred against him tor his sup
posed agency in the abduction of Morgan
and that the charges not being suhstantiatcd,
have been withdrawn.
A riot is said TO have taken place near
Kingston. Upper Canada, probably connect"
ed with the elections going on there, IN
which the authorities were obliged to Call
out the military, and that before the unhap-
py affair was quelled, several ofthc rioters
were shot.
The following toast was drank at late ccle-
bration in Upton, Mass :,
The present lN3Htiu System IF the limited
| Satcs-of mammoth size, and puny weight-the
poor mans tax, the rich mans scorn-a source OF
safety to none, and of complaint to all
| The Nantucket Journal contains an extract of
letter from Ealipolis, Ohio, describing slngu-
lar accident in salt well. \ person had been
| lowered to the bottom of the well, depth of
50 feet, for the purpose Of making some repair.
when finding it dark, he called FOR light
candle was procured, and was lowered to the
depth of about 20 feet, when the air OF the well
took fire. The person at the bottom was mme-
datcly drawn up---hs hands and face much
scorchcd, and his hair and whiskcrs consumed,
but he is likely to survive the accident.
CJtu and Ccuutrv..-Of the number of
children annually born and nursed III Paris
nearly four IN seven die in one year; while
in one of the departments, (that OF Calva-
dos) this proportion does not exceed one in
eight.
A York paper gives the following
description OF the possessions Of the hon. ote-
phen Van Rensselaer,:
General Van Rensselaer, is the owner OF
a manor extending twenty-four miles square
on each side of the Hudson river, and OF
which Albany, the capital of the most I'M
portant State in the Union, is in the centre.
This manor embraces some of the finest
streams in the country, having sufficient fall
of water to afford almost innumerable mill
scites, and presenting advantages to manu-"
facturers that can hardly be surpassed"
Two men at Syracuse, New YORK, who
had sought shelter under hay stack, on the
2Oth ult. during shower, were struck by
lightning and killed. The electric fluid was
perhaps attracted by their scythes, which
they had imprudently placed near them,
In the vicinity of London upwards OF two
thousand acres of land have been dug to the
depth of from to 10 feet for brck-earth.--
The bricks from an acre Of brick earth pro-
duce about Is, 900 dollars; and the sum paid
to the owners of the soil is $1,000 per acre.
An acre at four feet deep, yields four
millions Of bricks. In the manufacture of
bricks, the earth is mixed with coal ashes
and sand.
A party of Winnebago Indians, on the 1st
} ult. attacked keel boat on her return from
Fort Smelling to Wheeling, and got possess
sion of her. She was subsequently recap
tured by the crew. Several lives were lost
on both sides.
From the N. England Farmer.
II HAYMAKING.
Care should be taken to cut grass as close
and evenly as possible, because the bottom