North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-04-26


Gent people OF Germany, who drank mead
OF uetheglin, beverage made with honey
lor thirty days after every wedding.
A member Of an Eastern Legislature the
other day introduced his speech 10 the
house thus About two thousand years
ago, II my memory serves me-"
Biblical Lore.-At recent discussion
on some points in biblical history, II hap
pened TO be remarked that there was no
account of the death OF Eve. "Nor OF
Adam either" said one OF the company.
" ] beg your pardon" replied q religious
lady, who began TO think there was too
much scepticism in these remarks, "if you
read your Bible carefully, you will find it
stated that .4dsm tcas gathered 10 has. fore
fathers"
.4nything 10 catch the Fats.-They
have already got up 4 piece in Boston
called "The Aroosiook, or the Boundary
Line" and are playing it at the National
Theatre.
"A Frank Confession. Doctor Burihiez,
French Physician, who effected many
wonderful cures, had no faith in his pro-
lession. He said that physicians were
like blind men with sticks, with which
they struck at the patient and his disease
and SO much the better for the patient if
they hit the malady instead OF himself.
"Rogers," said Croker one day to the
wit, show do you conlrive TO inIuse so
much irony into your epistoary compost
tons 7" Il find not the least difficulty
in that" replied Sam, "for always write
with steel pen."
"A hard name.-A PoIander has arrived
in this country who has such crack jaw
name that it takes two men TO pronounce
tn o. Picayune.
Brandreth'S PiHs.-We see it stated
n some OF the northern papers that an in
yenous Yankee has made a machine for
calculating the mean velocity of Bran
lreth's pills.-B,
Effects Of Steam.-It is said that per-
on can now go from New York to Jerusa-
EN- in Mtrty-three days. From the for {
ner city to Bristol, (Eng.) in IS days.
rom thence TO Paris in two, TO Syria in t
s, from there TO Jaffa in four, and in one 7
lore TO the Sacred City Going to Jeru- =
alem is no great journey after ALB.
Reward for ".Making Rain. The Pc i
ton Of Mr.. Espy, the rain king, appears d
have met with better reception in Har- v
sburg than in Washington. The Balti> Il
lore Sun says that the committee of the u
louise OF Representatives Of Pennsylvania
ave reported a resolution encouraging {
i'm TO proceed with his experiments at n
aklng rain. The report provides re- '
ard OF $4,000 on condition Of his rain II
g over a territory of 5000 square miles, -
Id $4,000 on condition Of his raining over "
territory Of 10000 square miles.-D. b,
" Captain, will you lend the field piece
longing to your company to aid the F
Itriots % at
" No. | am accountable for it to the r
ate /; and | forbid any one touching it. l.
he door is not locked, but have the
y, and If the gun is taken, | shall follow m m
Erie OBS 90
HE BoUNDARY.--Dr. Franklin was 81
e OF the Commissioners who signed the TO-
ATTY Of 1888, and the following poetic
Scrptlon OF the boundary, from his pen,
1ws that he understood the question as
S now understood by the u. S. govern
nj.
I'm the source Of the St. Crox the State to define bri
e north to the highlands first draw a right line N,
en- westward along those highlands extended. w
the south Of what streams with St. Lawrence ote
blended sbs
en- let 1t proceed till it meets in its course fin,
nnecticut Rivers north-westernmost source: mi,
en- down the said river, until it arrive ord
dregrees OF north latitude forty and five: nui
sn westward, through woodland, line let it cas-
make, ,.I
II strikes the great stream from Ontarios lake ner
FILLING THE EARTH.-In tiIinp the iii
tn, some people go upon the same any
lciple that regulate their business in not
course with men. They must be sure con
get the advantage of the trade and 10
cannot be secured without, they must llr
at and deceive the person with whom W \
deal. And they think TO practice the mel
lie artlfice upon old mother Earth and
will see them on their ground in the thar
ng as 81 as dogs, apparently caIcuIa- ther
that Earth has forgotten the exhaust.
crops that were taken from her the last
they will give sprinklno , H
lanure, and throw it on, so as to make X
Earth think there is a noble lot of il as a
Il, they go 10 work. But the Earth Sus,
Y be cheated. She will reward everv Of t