The Litchfield County post. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1826-1829, 1828-11-13

| The PlOHgh-Its one share 10 a bank of
earth is worth ten in bank Of paper.
Our Farmers Let them remember that
''the OK knOweth his owner" and take care
that their cattle be not ashamed of their ac-
quaintance.
! His ErceIlency, Coz. LincOIn-C chief Plough
man Ofthe State he turns his burrows hand
sOmely, and never looks back.
Extraordinary Feat Of a MnmelWke.-At a
dinner given by the present Pacha of Egypt
to Col. Craddock, the conversation turned
upon the great powers of the old Mamelukes
| in using the sabre, when MahOmmed Ali re-
lated the following instance which happened
to himself: I'm a skirmish near Alexandria,
had on a leather belt thickly studded with sill
yer nails, and in it pair Of English horse pts
tolls; over this had an Indian shawl, folded
three or four times round me. Mameluke
at whom had fred. rode up to me,and with
one blow of his sword cut through shawl. pis-
tolls, belt my thick pantaloOns, and slightly
wounded me in the body"
Incredible Barbarity.-W0od was formerly
| SO scarce 10 Patagonia, and cattle So plentiful
that sheep were driven into the furnaces of
limekIns to answer the purposes Of fuel.-
We should not have dared to repeat this
| fact, however undoubted, If a decree of the
King of Spain. prohibiting the barbarous Gus
tom. were not still preserved in the archives
| of Buenos Ayres.' Of General NIL
Ter.
S~6terranean Forest.-At 500 feet below
the sand bank, nf which the Island Sheppy is
composed. there is PROSTATE antideluvan
forest and when digging the well for the
garrison, it was found necessary even to blast
the fossil timber.-Eng. pa.
Maternal A 6ection.-During the prevalence
of a contagious fever in Lreland,a poor, house
less woman, aud her little son Ave years old,
being unable to obtain shelter, land night COM
ing on, were compelled to lie down under a
car, in gravel pit. 1t was the first ofJanua-
~, and excessively cold. The affectionate
mother took IF her own flannel coat, wrap
ped it round the little object of her care, put
him in her bosom, and laid down and died.
In the morning. man passing, inquired how
she was the child replied that she had fallen
asleep. and he could not wake her. Such
was the power of mothers love-the life of
her child was dearer than her OWN. III.
Observer.
Origin Of 7urncoat.-The Duke Of Savoy
took indfferently sometimes the part Of Spain
and sometimes that of France. For this pur
pose he had justeau corps. or close coat,
white on one side and scarlet on the Other,-
so that when he meant to declare himself for
France he wore the white outside, and when
for Spain. he turned it and wore the red. This
is the origin of tourner casGquc, or to turn
your coat.-Sportman's Mag.
WINDSOR, Vt. Nov
Singular Circun,stance.-It was related to
us, day or two since, by person Of unques
tionable veracity, that while party were en-
gagged. upon the 5th inst. near the village of
Rutland, in this state, in firing at pumpkin
for mark, ball passed the object, and, after
going 81 rods as ascertained BY measurement,
entered the mouth Of a Mr.. Strong. who was
standing in the range Of the gun, knocked in
two of his teeth, and lodged in the passage of
the throat. The ball was, with some difficult
ty, extracted by DR.. Cleaveland of Rutland,
leaving the subject of this unwelcome intrn-
sion "more scared than hurt" although some
slight inflammation Of the mouth and throat
were experienced for few days. The mark
was sixty feet higher than the spot on which
MIR. Strong stood.-Vt. Jour.