Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1827-07-05

THE SPRINGS.-The Saratoga
Sentinel mentions that the arrivals at the
Springs during the past week, augment
ed the number to between three and
four hundred. 60
TRIO rTiNG.-A bet of one thou
sand dollars, TO trot against time, was
decided on Friday, on the Trotiing
Course, Long Island. The conditions
of the bet we're TO trot in harness fifteen
miles within an hour, which was per-
formed by the Long Island horse WHALE.
bone, in fifty six minutes, notwithstand-
ing the h~eaviness of the course, owing
to the rain which fell the night preced-
ing and in the forenoon of the day of the
race. The i4th mile was accomplished
in 5 minutes and s SECONDHAND the
last 18th mile,) in 8 minutes and 5 Sc
conds-and what is very remarkable, the
horse came out at the end OF the race in
gallant style, not appearing more dis
tressed than the common run OF horses
would in performing the same distance
al the rate of 8 miles the hour. The
owner has offered to trot him seventeen
miles in an hour, for a thousand dollars.
". Y. Post.
Fate of Prime Minisfers!-There was
published in England in I'LL, q concise
history of the Prime Ministers OF Great
Britain, from the Conquest to the Re-
formation, which concludes with the
following remarkable statement:
II shall conclude this short abstract of
history (says the author) with the obser-
walton OF as wise a politician as ever
England bred. that there never was a
Prime Minister of Great Britain, but Ell
ther broke bis own neck or his masters,
or both, unless he saved his own, by
sacrificing his masters. As the reader
may perhaps be DESTROYS to behold at
one view the divers casualties OF the
supdry Prime Ministers above mention
ed, | have here subjoined a table OF
them.
PRIME MIvIsrERs.-Died by the hal
ter, 8 by the axe, 10; by sturdy beggdrs,
8; untimely. by private hand, }; in im-
prisonment, d; in exile, 4; penitent, 1;
saved by sacrificing their master, A.
Total Of Prime Ministers to the Restor-
alton, 81. -
"A Summary Of Summaries.-A militia
company at the eastward has march ed
from one town II another, and drunk
MANI ereeiienf sentiments! -Four men
in Rochester have tumbled from a cotton
factory. A murder in Pompey-a sur
eide in Tuscaloosa, a breach Of promise
in Savannah-an and a hanging exhibition
in Ohio. The sea serpe ut discovered to
be a whale. The New Bedford people
have resolved to keep sober on the 4th
of July. Stalks OF rye in Bucks county
have grown to the height of 8 feet
great ryes. C%ateFpillars are cutting ca.
pers in Massachusetts. An Edinburgh
surgeon makes noses out OF the fore
head. The Philadelphia Gazette says, in
substance, that a newspaper is a good
thing; so say we. A Western Editor
exclaims "0h! for an ounce of common
s~ensel" Mr., Dunn has been put to
Jail; itisa place where all duns ought to
be put.-N Y. Courier.
Cure for Feions.-Take quick. or un-
Stacked lime. slack it in soap, bind ON a
plaster of il the size of a small bean,
change it every half hour for three
hours. This will draw it out, and leave
the bone and joint perfectly sound. tia-
wing tried the experiment on myself and
Others and never having known il to fail,
| think it may be recommended to the
public. THOs. q. BROWN.
Boston, June is, 1927
Epilepsy Dr. Borie, the physician
Of the hospital at Versailles, has for
some time been very successfully exhi-
ting mugwoit and the cherry laurel in
cases ofepilepsy. A great many poor
patients have been perfectly cured by
these remedies; the discovery Of which
seems likely to be attended with the
most bena fetal consequences.