Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Mass.) 1828-1830, 1829-06-09
THIJNpER. L,cHTNlNG, AND HAIL |.

/ THUNDER, LIGHTNING, AND HAIL!
On Friday afternoon the 29th ut. we
were visited by one of the most severe
thunder and hail storms within our recol-
lection. The lightning struck the mast
OF a sloop, lying at one Of our wharves, and
shivered it to pieces. There were sever
raj persons in the cabin, who experienced
a heavy shock, but received no serious i'm
jury. This is the only instance ofstriking
that has come 10 our knowledge. The
hailstones that fell here were larger than
ever before recollected in this quarter
measuring from 3 10 FIVE inches in cir.
notwithstanding much damage tc
glass, grain, gardens, fruit trees, &c.
We learn from Manchester. no miles
east Of us) that the hail storm there was
still more powerful land we should Sc
Judge from the specimen of the stones that
were brought to this city the next morn.
ing. They must have been of the size oil
hens eggs. The glass 10 the windows Of
the two meeting houses, which have re.
Gently been built. were entirely 6emolish.
ed-the grain nearly ruined, and trees
suffered severely. Much damage was al.
so done to several factories and private
buildings in the destruction of glass. U.
Mon Factory alone sustained loss of up
wards Of 5000 panes. The storm shifted
to every point Of the compass F; but the
heaviest was from the south east. For a
short time it blew quite gale.
We also learn from Stafford that the
storm at that place was still more severe.
Hartford, (COnn.) Mercury.
| Sun FLOWER OH. Elkanah Watson,
Esq. in late Keesville paper, recommends
to farmers the cultivation Of the sumAow-
er, from the seeds of which may be ex-
tracted superiour oil, useful as a substi-
tute for sweet oil and painters oil. Mr..
Watson suggests, the smut mill for re-
moving the hull or outer coat of the seed.
and a separation then in the tanning mill j;
so as to extract the oil with greater facili-
ity and economy. Immense crops OF Sun
Flowers, with scarcely any trouble, may
beautify rough and now useless portions
of hill sides, and enrich the farmers.
SpURIoUs Com. The Secretary ofthe
Treasury has issued a notice to the Attor-
neys and Marshals of the United States,
requiring their vigilance in the detection
of persons engaged in manufacturing or
passing spurious money in imitation of
the silver coin, which are extensively cir
cnlated in some of the Western States.-
Two of these dollars, which were received
in Nashville, and which are supposed to
have been fabricated in Arkansas, have
been examined at the mint. The Direct
or ofthe Mint, in his report, remarks, that
: the manner in which these counterfeits
are executed, renders them extremely mis-
chievous in our currency. BY chemical
process, the external pellicle is made to
assume the appearance of good silver; or
rather to be really good; better it may be
than standard, SO that an experienced eve
could not detect the fraud by inspecting
the external surface merely"
ChGmbersbrg Republican
FoRGERY. The New-York papers men,
ton that F. E. Parmele, druggist, lately
resident in that ely has absconded, leaving
behind him notes to the amount of at least
$4,000, against persons who declare that
their signatures are counterfeited. It was
reported also that he had forged an accep-
lance against a London banker to the amount
of $4,000 sterling, and that when he left the
city he had exchanged checks to a consider
cradle amount, after the banks had closed.
HE NEARER THE BONE THE SWEET
Err THE MEAT" 1t is said that in some
parts of New-Hampshire, it is so rocky
the owners of sheep are obliged to grind
the noses of these interesting animals to
enable them to get at the struggling spears
OF grass which now and then peep up be-
tween the crevfces A gentleman Of our
acquaintance, stopping at tavern in that
h0rd-hedrted State, inquired of the land
lord how he contrived to sow his grain on
such terra frm0 as that with which he
was surrounded p? The man cody an
swered, =" Sir, we find no difficulty here
on that score /; We go round among the
everlasting rocks, and where ever an APP
erture presents, we shoot in the seeds with
our muskets. A good marksman, Sir,
will in this way frequently, sow half
bushel Of grain before breakfast.
Brooklyn Journal.
PHILADELPHIA, May 80. Green Peas,
well filled pods, are this morning, by re-
tail selling at the rate Of one dollar BUSH
el in our market. They are, as may we'll
be IMAGINED in great abundance Our