The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1827-03-08

window. The cltizen struggled to no pur-
pose with his vigorous assalant, and was
struck with horror at the thought of being
hurled into the market; when Sheridan,
who was better acquainted with the locality
of the tavern, opened the window, deposit
ed his burden upon the leads of the Pr
azza, upon which the window opened, turn
ed the screw, and fastened it upon his cred
itor. Sheridan then returned to his wine
and renewed the conversation which
had of course been interrupted by this in
cident, as ifnothing had happened. In a.
bout six minutes, gentle tap was heard at
the window and Immediately after the sub
dued voice of the culprit suing for re-admS
sion. eve will try whether you can behave
better" said Sheridan, opening the window
eft not, you shall resume your medita-
tons upon the leads" The citizen return
ed to the table, and conducted himseltwith
the greatest civility to Sheridan the rest of
the evening. This anecdote is circumstan-
TALLY correct. l heard Cobb of the India
House, who was intimately acquainted with
Sheridan, relate it in the same way. He
was an eye witness this extraordinary
scene. Anecdotes of Parr.
Sheet Iron Factory, Fairhacen, Vt
The business ofthis establishment is very
extensive, and two tons ofsheet may with
out difficulty be manufactured every week.
1t is, we understand, the onl one in the
United States where sheet iron is manntac-
tured from the raw material. The works
comprise twenty eight framed buildings,
besides sheds, and the machinery also is
extensive. Mr.. Dayy, the proprietor, sent
to market the last year, more than seventy
tons of sheet and boiler iron, besides ten
tons of nails of various kinds
Catholic Mission.-We have heard of
the intelligence which is given in the fol-
lowing article from the N. Y. Observer
but hoping it might prove to be incorrect
we have Withheld it till now.--We have
seen letters from France (which afford rea-
son to believe that number Of Catholic
priests have been sent out from that coun-
try, either by the Propaganda at Rome, or
the head Of Ecclesiastical Affairs in France,
as missionaries to the Sandwich,or Society
Islands, or both. We are not at liberty
to make full statement of the particulars
which have come to our knowledge; but
the above is the substance. Should the
information prove correct, more will be
given in due time.
The question. A few weeks since the
following question was proposed by cor
respondent of the National Intelligenccr.--
How many dollars is 500 cents multiplied
by 500 cents! 1T appears from that paper
of the 9th inst that this small matter has ex-
cited much controversy in different parts
of the U. States. A letter from Favettes-
vile, N. c. says, The presidential question,
the price of cotton, the weather, and every
thing has given way to this knotty question
Bets without number have been made,
but now they are to be settled, we know
not. The sums most relied upon as the an
swer are $25 and $25OO." Another cor
respondent of the Inteligcnccr affirms that
that the question is prcdicated upon an er-
roneous idea, and does not admit of an ar
ithmetical solution. s'To multiply cents by
CENTS" he says, sis an impossibiity. Sub
stances cannot be multiplied by substances
nor things by things. A pound cannot be
multiplied by pound, nor yard by a
yard" A third correspondent says null
tiplying cents by cents isnonsense. 81
might, with the same propriety, be ask
ed, how many bushels is 900 cart loads of
paving stone, multiplied by 500 steam en-
gines. A fourth correspondent cannot tell
whether 1926 or $4,000 is the most proper
answer. Any two numbers ofthe same de-
nomination multiplied by each other,
will invariably produce square. Feet null
tiplied by feet produce square feet; inches
by inches, square inches; and the same re-
suit ensues when dollars are multiplied in
to dollars, and cents. For example, If "a
inches he multiplied by "a inches the pro-
duct is 597 square inches. To bring this
sum into feet we divide (not by IL but by
IA (thc square of 12) and the answer is 4
square feet. Apply this principle to the
question. 500 cents multiplied by 500 cts.
produce the quadratic number of25O,OOO
cents. 100 cents make dollar, and the
square of 100 is 10000. 100000 cents di-
vided by 10000 cents, the answer.
Alta recent entertainment given to Sir
Walter Scott, the King of England is rcpor-
ted to have requested the worthy Baronet
to write the History of the Reign of George