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Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17
Written for the Lady's Book.
OLD SCHOOLS.
BY PROFESSOR ALDEN.

prefer Old things, that is. when do not
ke new things better. For this reason
look with sorrow on 'h5: gradua decline OF
old fashion d SC .ools. and tie rise of high,
eclectic, collegiate. aud other schools. NOT
but that intellectual improvement IS in SOM
cases promoted, for in those cool old
schools, that was the lasl thing thought of,
but think the sum of juvenile happiness is
dimn shed, and when is man happy if not
in youth? Where is The lawyer, congress.
man, edl'or. or preacher, WHO some twenty
years ago passed through the process OF
reading, writing, and cpherng, that does
no, look back % those as his haPpiest days
days when the necessity of comprehend.
ing things was untelt, when five hours per
diem was The ul,imatiop of res,ry lint, and
when a goodly portion of that was spent
in planning enterprises for execution when
the delightful stereotyped EXPRESSION
-"school's dismiss'd," should be uttered.
Who does no. recolect lis feats at read
ing, especially afterhe had arrived at heigh:
and circumference entitling him to stand.
ing with the first class?
First class read," cries out the prda-
gogue, opening SCOTS Lessons before him,
and deliberately perseveriug in ruling the
ink.unsullied sheets, fated ere long, 10 bear
the traces Of unearlhly characters.
"First class read" end 10 a simuIta.
neous rush to the open space diversified by
few Intentional stumbles over the smaller
scholars, whose improving employment was
TO set up right on backless benches, and
| avoid whispering, or BY a furtiVe approPrla.
ton of some faxen locks, or byan a!teTP.
;; ted elongation of some luckless urchin's ear,
followed by solo attracting the attention
and eliciting the inquiries the master, end
ing in threat Of hogging next time. At
length, the line is formed, and the charge
commences. The head boy, who, in order
TO secure thu, station, has taken a place So
near the fire that one side Of his person Is
we'll nigh in u roasting state. begins at The
top of his lungs, and hurries on that he may
gel through with his paragraph and use HIS
book as fender Tor the more sensiVe paris
! Of his frame. He is about hall through
v, when en- some rogue at a distance of four or
five below him gives side lurch to his
neiobbour. who no, at all unwilling, COM
mnnica,es the impulse to one above him,
and SO on till the reader is showed against
The blazing fores:iclS, and there is pause 10
adjust matters and find he place.
Read on" cries the master, "next
read"
"Ges hasn't read half 4 verse;" cries
out half dozen voices.
"Glles, why don't you read on I"
Giles a, length gets through his verse;
and forthwith turns to his neighbour, ano N
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17

GREAsa FOR WHEELS AND MACHINERY
M. D'Arcet, tie Celebrated French
chemist and mas:er Of lllc mlut in France
recommends the following composition as
tie best grease Cor wheels and nach'ae7y,
VIZ:
Eighty parts Of grease and twenty parts
Of plumbago, (b!acli iead) reduced 20 very
fire powder, and most intimately MIXED 20.
gc,hcr. NJ. D'Arcct employs his compo.
si,ion with the greatest advantag, a the
mint, for locks, and fowl'ng pieces. tn 4
Journey from Paris 20 Marsclles, he Sreas
ed with the above, he wheels Of his Car.
riasr, and again al Marseii!cs jciorc his re-
,urn, and the wheel which appeared ry
heavy and clumsy, rolled with the greatest
case, 10 the rs olishmrnl Of the drivers. A
very small quantity sullices. lie gave
some Of it % person going from Paris TO
Rome, VINO on his rciurn gave him back
RIOS, oft as so very Il tie was required.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17

or character, he was taken to Dr.. Gail, the
father of phrcno'ogy, who immediately re-
marked upon The prominence of the organs
of number, and desired to take mask OF
his face. Here. also. great as'onishm"nt
vas eycited, and vast sums Of money taken
bv the exhibition or received in loans; but
:, was all expended, and they returned IN
ni,verty md distress 10 Englard.
7 In iulv. 1916. tn" Earl Of Brs o., with a
nriince!v librralItv. took up tho patronage OF
he bov. with The hope. that, in the course
Of q GOOD education, he might be enHb''d
~ reveal :;,c secret OF this mysterious power
# computation. He Offered 'op1y the ex-
,cnses of his education at Westminster !;
and, in the meantime, to allow the tuner
twenty-five pounds per annum. AT TINS
institution they had quarrel and lett on
occoun, of The p7aclice Of foggins land went
tothe Rev. Mr.. BulIen. in BuckInghamshlre,
where the Ea:l of Bris:ol cousen''d still to
defray the expenses of private tuition.
Zerah was 'alen from Mr.. Bullen's in
1919, on account of so ne freak of his faith.
or. and was taken to Edinburgh to be pre-.
n,red for the stage. After sudying some
'ime with several actors, with whom il was
;npo sble for the father 10 agree, Z"rah
vas pu' under the car" Of Charirs kembe,
and received lessons from him. He was la.
Zen rnund % Irclpnd and the provincial 'hea-
tres without success, during 1920 and 1871;
and in 1922. having been reduced TO dest'.
tuition, application WAS made 10 thr Earl OF
Bristol for further assistance. The Earl
very properly said he won'd do nothing tor
the father. but separate and independent OF
him or his control. he would assist The son,
then eighteen years old.
Compelled to labor by necessity. Zerah
in that year took a small school In thu
country. which he continued until near the
death of his father, which happened'n FEB.
1924 and in May, by the renewed liberal.
it's of the Earl of Bristol lie sailed for this
country.
There is nothing more to relate Of Zerah
Colburn, but that he has lived in Vermont
ever since, Methodist clergyman with no
distinction or eminence Of any k nd. HIS
taIents were far below mediocrlly as a
scholar and as a thinker. He had not even
the. Gift OF clear conception or strong expr"s.
son of rhoug is. bur dwIndl"d down ino
one of the lower classes of those. who
though pious and useful to a certain extent
in the min stry, are not enabled to shine.
His power Of calculation was los, some
time before he left England. The secret
Of its origin and end rsts only with his
Maker Boston Daily Times.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17
A REMARKABLE HISTORY.

ZsRAH CoLBURN. No phenomena in
the whole course ofinlc!!eclual man. have
been more remarkable than those attending
the liii. of Zerah Coburn. whose death has
bctn recently announced.
He was born at Cabot, Vermont, on the
frs. of September, 1904. and was the SIKH
chic; u use roor. but respectable paren S. HIS
"a her was farmer, ami he first discovered
his sons peculiar faculty sometime IN Au'
gust, 1910, the boy being then about SIX
Years old. The child had been al a district
school only about six weeks, which, com,
prispd all his oppor unity for educstlo"' AMI
tie fi.s indication he gave Of his uncommon
command Of numb~rs vas by running
T. rough the mullipicat on table. while Sit,
ting oa the floor of a ca.Penter's shop ana
watching chips as they were thrown on
from the tool.
He vas ,akcn 10 several places in Yer.
mon, and was examined by Distinguished
men, who were astonishcd at his power,
which was no SIS ncomprehcns bic 10 them
than to himself: BY the advice O! friends,
his father was Induced to take Z"rah about
for exhibition, though several capital oti'rs
were made specially by Professor Adams
of D .r,mouih Co!lege,) 10 take him IN
ch,rpe and We h.ra a complete education.
All he offers were refused by the merccn~
ary spirit uf the father.
In Bos!cu The father received munltl-
cen, offer 10 educate the boy, which his
merccnary temper induced him to refuse,
James Perkins, Daniel Sergeant. josiah
Quincy, Isaac P. Davies, William Sullivan
and ". S. Shaw, agreed 10 contract with
the father, 70 raise $1,000 by subscription
and without exhibition, one half OF which
should be given to the father, and The o'hel
half apnliej TO the education of The ch'Id
under the direction oflhe Trustees, although
the father should be allowed TO be with, ano
have the personal charge Of his son. lh'S
oii'r was refused.
! Zcrah was soon taken 10 England, where
he excited as much wonder as he had done
here. The des ,l,ory conduct Of his father
however, ruined his prospects, and m2dt NJ
enemies. AterlraycI!ng through the Uni
ted KINGDOMS, receiving much money ane
borrowing more, this wicked father tcos
the boy 10 France, where, in 1914, w!'hon
giving anv intimatinn Of h's Aame, person
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17

inch, giving 10 the poorer lands greater,
and 10 the rchcr ones s!l"'seT quantiy.
Some OF the Correspondents prefer raw
or fresh bones, anI me those Which haV-
been hoi.c,', AMI he glue and o! extracted
Wrnoa, going mo tirihrr detail, %e s'!a''
Close our nol!cc OF the rsror', by copying
summary of,he deductions witch the com.
n1ii,ca draw from the Gac:s tacy collected.
They are as f. flows -
"Oi dr. sands, limestone, chalk, light loans.
AID peat, bones ar very valuable .nanurc,
I'hcy may be laid on g:ass with good effect.
On arabic lands, they may be lad on fallow
iar tug:i?s, or used tcs any Of the subsequent
crops.
That the bes; method Of using them where
broadcast, is previously 20 NIX them up with
earth, dung or ether :nanures, and let them lie
e forncnt.
That fused alone, they may be either drilled
with the seed or soAn broadcast.
That bones which have undergone the pro-
cess Of fermentation. are decidedly superior 10
those V hic!l have not done SO.
That the quantity should be about twenty
FIVE bushels Of dust, or forty bushels of large,
Increasing tie quantity if the land be i'm
poverishcd.
That upon cIays and heavy loans, IL does
no; yet appear that bones will answer
From the foregoing da:a, Inc farmer will
tc able 10 Judge how far bone manure Is
aIapie 10 his sol; and from estimating It's
COS, AMI transportation, he can Calculate
the economy OF purchasing and applying ii.
In the report before US i, is computed TO be
cheaper a, 2s. "a ccn's) per bushci Tor
manuring, than yard dung, at los. (S2. 22)
the load, the price the latter is stared at in
Britain. The price at the mills in this state
IS Sl4 10 SIG per ton, which would bring 1t
o more lhan 40 GEMS bushc!. So that to
manure an acre with twenty five busA'Is
would cost abou $40. 75. besides transpor.
ta,ioa and spreading. This dressing would
BE- equal to tina, afforded by twenty common
loads Of manure. which ought to be cs:ima'
ted 10 be worth sc cents load, besides the
expense of hauling it cut and spreading it.
1t would therefore seem 20 be cheaper !han
stable manure and at all events II would
afford valuable auxiliary where manure IS
scarce, or h2s 70 be brought from distance.
Bone Lus: is for sale AT the glue factory
Of L. Coulson & son, ca the Schenectady
turnpike, Albany. and hy r. Bur, "aicr.
ford.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17
Genera Wasking,oa'S S Teeth.--A few

Genera WIashing'oas Teeth.--A few
DAYS sircc a smli engraved profile was
shown US. under when were thee words {:
" John Greenwood, Dentist 10 his ESc"Il'n.
cy General Washington - TINS led to
further inquiries, when we were informed
tina, Gen. Washington. in the later part Of
h., life. wore complete set OF artificial
tech, On b. h f,ws, which were manufaclur:
ed bv this Mr.. Greenwood, who then resided
in the city Of New York. Washing on
usually had Two sets on hand. in ord'r to
meet any sudden emergency, in case those
~ use were broken. A letter is cx ant, IN
which he raques:s Mr.. Gfcenwoodto for.
ward q tie. set, that he might be pTcpar'd
to spcal; before the ensuing Congress- The
las, tooth which was extracted from IN"
General, bring carefully preserved came r
ultimately into The possession OF the so'' o.
Mr.. Greenwood, also an eminent dentist OF
New York. who had it securedvery choice.
~ in god seal, many years ago. ano
which is sill KEEP, nni believed to be tie o"'y
orr,nrc relic, not c!. oa,bcd, Of that grea'
and good m n.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17
LAWFUL KEvENGE.--M ny years since

LAWFUL KgVENGE.--M ny years snce,
2 gentleman OF Nawington, a PARISH OF
" hersfi ID, Conn, who was very re-
hsious and conscen lous man, married one
Of the most Il! na,urrd and troublesome wo-
m. II which cou!d be found in tn: rIcni'y.
Tnls occas oncd un"ers.'l surprise where
ever lie was known and one OF his neigh
Lors ven ur,d to ask him ereasons which
covered his choice. H. replied, tnat hav-
ing had but i,lc trouble IN the world, he
WIS i,.arfai of becoming 100 much attached
To things of time and sense, and he thought
bv experiencing some atHc1cnS, he should
become more wcanrd from the world, and
! thtl re married such wo IN as nc thought
would accomplish this Obi CT.
The best part ofthe story is, that the
wife, h'armg the reasons why he married
her. was much offended, and, out, Off, renge,
became one ot:he most pleas and dutl.
fuI wives in the town ;declarlng that size
was not going to be made pacl-horse to
carry her husband to heaven.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17

A'e'e' HIM. bruce, sail another, YOU
are lucky man. The news of the great
tire IN Speedervllie bu, just reached town by
express, and | congratulate you that you
was fully insured
Insured my policy expired last week. |
meant to have got it renewed This morning.
Joe posted home IN no very happy hu.
NOR. When an easy man is fairly up. he
is The most uneasy and unreasonable man in
creation.
'Mrs. Bruce, by staying a, home to hear
you scold, have lost thousands. mean,
10 have got insured this morning. did not.
Specdcrvil." is burned down, and | am
beggar-p
'Why did you not do it yesterday, Mr..
Bruce ?
i was thinking Of Hawk & Harpy.
Thinking! why did you not secure your.
self?
Il meant TO, bui'-
'Bui-me no butts y
You arc IN excellent spirits, Mrs. Bruce.
'Nevcr in better ......
Vastly fine, madam. We are beggars.'
Mrs. Bruce sa, down and dciapped her feet
on the fender, after her husbands manner
in the morning.
we are beggar,, 9nadan,,.l lRsooe4
peated.
Very good will take my guitar, and
you shall shoulder the three children. Well
play under Mr.. Hawks window first, tnen
under Mr.. Harpy's, and then beg our way
10 Speedervplle. to play TO the ashes of what
was once your factory-which you n'eantto
have insured. should like beginning, Of
all things
You abominable woman, | shall 60
mad y
'Don't, beseec,, you, Mr.. Bruce, they
Put mad besgars in BedIam.'
Bruce sprang for the door, his wife n'er.
ceptcd him. 'flrre, Joseph. is paper
which l. meant to have shown you this
morning.
"A policy, 4 nd dated yesterday?
Yes. You meant to get il renewed to
day-I meant i, should be done yesterday
so told your clerk, from you. 10 do Ii.
Am | not an aboninable woman?
when ] said so, | was in a pet. |
m"ant'-
No more of that. Joseph. Now tell me
who is the first on Hawk & HarPy's assign
menl 2
Your brother.
HIS claim overs you both
You are an angel, Mrs Bruce
Easy Jon became an altered man; and
his wife was released from her watch over
his outdoor business. Sha di.d SON" years
b fore h.n, but we are hal. inrlin d to sns-
pect. that after her dea.h, Joe partially re.
lapsed mo his old habits so true ii is. that
habit is second,ralure. b. h were buried
in the graveyard at Speederv lie, and our
suspicious are found d on something like The
following conversation, which took place.
bctweenahe grave.JiGg r and his assistant
'Wh're are we to Dig Mr. Bruce's grave?
i don't know exactly. His will says, next
his wife,
Where was she laid 2
That dom, know. Easy Joe always
said he mean topiace an ouelsk oucr, her,
but It never was done
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17

4 Good Boy.-No mother, who has
sOa far away, can run her e;c over the
following acknowledgment cf n mothers
letter. which is taken from the Western
World. wrhou pronounclng its author L" a
good boy" In announcing the arrival Of
a late mail the editor beautifully remarks /:
81, .lso brought us 4 letter from her who
nurscl us in infancy from her who 'augh,
Us our alphabet q letter in The same hand
writing Of the first copy afIcr which we
made our first attempt 10 trace the forms Of
letters YES, a latter from her whose pious
lips were the first to tell US Of" the sinful
ness Of sin, ad t. C excellence Of virtue
from h,'r whose check has palcd in mig MY
wairhngs. for mUnibs tog'iher, by th''
couch. 10 wlicn wi shackes Of pain, dis
ease had bounI US from h'r who always
acknowledge our Joy with Smile, and our
woe with a rear from Irr vino though of
no kindred b!ood, has everloved US with 4
mo,hrr's love - and WHO now writes to re-
peat her warmest prayer that we may meet
again on earth, anu tell, IN terms whose
truth wc know, that She who thus has ever
loved US, will love US thus forever. More
than two long years have passed sine" lasf
we met, and more than h. distance of the
earth's diameter divides us: ani which time
and dstanre may be more than twice doub-
led ere We meet again yc, IN reference to
her, how warmly do wc feel, and now uuly
say,
"Where e'er 60, whatever realms to see,
Nv heart, untravelled, fondly turns to thee"
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17
MILK SICK BUTTER.

We learn by gentleman OF this neigh
bor!oot, that he has received ieuer from
y friend IN Illinois, mentioning the fact,
that gentleman with his five sons who
were moving to that country, died in con.
sequence ofhaving eat some butter which
,hey purchased Of q man in the neighbour
hood they were travelling through. Iray'
ellcrs emigra,ing to tha, country would DO
uell 10 take warning from this c'rcum-
s!ance,-Jones5oro' {Tsnn.) Telegraph.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17

Sw.rrHEss OF BgRDs.--The smallest
bid, says NJ. Virey, can ny several leagues
IN an hoar the hawk goes commonly at
.ne rate of !"asUc in four minutes, or above
forty miles an hour. 4 falcon Of Henry
II. was fowu from FoutalnL,eau, and found,
by It's ring, Malta next day. lne, sent
from the CAnar,es to AnGa!us!a, returned 10
Tru"rr;Ga, III siyrcpn hours, distance OF
nelr sven hundred miles, which It must
have gone at tie average rate OF twenty
four miles an hour. Gulls go seven hun,
drrd mikes out 10 s"a and return fairly and
lu4 ivlsa,e birds hive been found al twelve
hundred miles from any land. Upon their
migration, he s.atcc, a. Z !:-rwn fac. that
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17

We have. There arc others, however who
Ike 10 know what is going on in the word,
il ;:c:. own profession, and ieelencourag"d
% aopc, BY what others are actively doi"g,
.a;,. some tine or cher they may be a0!"
10 do the sane, or better, themselves. OF
such characrcrs, we have q lew even in
Ncilsbo:ough, aid | have ;ha pleasure Of
sending YOU the names OF the following Cira.
IS s,sbscr;bers,' &c.--l5id.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17
EASY JOE BRUCE.
BY n II. WELD.

Bless me- ! exclaimed Mr.. Joseph bruce,
or perhaps we snould rather say Joe Bruce.
for as he VISA noble, easy f'lIow, nobody
thought ol allowing HIM more than half Of
his name. or Of any thing else which be
longed to hm-'I see by the pap'r that
Hawk & Harpy hive assigned. i meant
0 have secured my debt yrsterd y! He
left his coff e half drask, stumbled over the
threshold. and w.nt almost ii, run to the
counlng.room of Hawk & Harpy. One
h If that speed on the day before would
have savrd his deb as it was, was JUS
in season to put OH his name at the bot ON
of a doz II and halt preferred ones, 10
receive ten per cent. He went back to his
unfinished breakfast with what appetre he
might.
why did you neglect this so long. Mr..
Brure?' SAID his helpma'e and comforter.
i meant 10 have attended to it yesterday,
my DEAR
you meant That is always your way,
Mr.. Bruce. You carrl"ssIy n'glect your
buslu SIS TO the last momen, and then put
Yourself in haste and heat for nothing. my
dear =
Really. Mrs. Bruce
But Mrs. Bruce did not allow him
chance 10 defend himself On she went, in
the mos. approved conjugal manner, to be.
rate him for his carelessness and inatten.
ton.
Really, Mrs. Bruce'-
And it was really Mrs. Bruce, for few OF
the feminine, and ne of the masculine
gender could have kept pace with her,
Cerainly Easy Joe could |. The Ga ter
of the co:lon mill would not have been a cir.
cumslance to the din she raised. Easy Joe
pulled cigar case out of his pocket-clup-
ped his feet on the fender--aud 1t almost
seem"d that the smoke rendered his ears
imperviuus 10 the bleaings Of that gentle
lamb his spouse, so placid was his counte-
nance, as the vapor escaped in graceful VOL
umes from his mouth. People overshoo:
the mark sometimes Mrs. Bruce d d. Had
she spared her ora ion, the mornings loss
would have Induced her husband TO have
teen punc,ual to his business, for one day
at least. AS it was. he took the same sort Of
pride in neglecting it under her lecture, that
the Grande Nation took SO long in refusing
TO pay the Claims of our citizens.
'Brreze away Mrs. Bruce!
Breeze away, sir! Breeze away! wish
I could impart one title Of my energy to you,
Mr.. Bruce, IT.
Bruce sprang 10 his feet; crash !! came
IN elegant mantcl clock down upon the
hearth.
There, Mr.. Bruce! That clock has
stood there three months without fastening;
single screw would have saved It; but
We'll. meant TO-
You m'ant! Mr.. Bruce--you meant
won't pay tho damage, nor Hawk & Harpy's
note You meant indeed =
Bruce seized his hat and cloak, in few
mi;:utcs he was on change. Nobody could
read in his face any traces of the late 'matr'.
monial breeze; and nobody would have
! suspected from his coun.cnance, that Hawk
& Harpy failed in his debt. Easy Joe
| Bruce!
well, Mr.. Bruce, they've routed him.
WHO 2
'Our friend Check. Pingree was chosen
president Of the - bank, one vote wouio
have stopped him.
| How deucedly unlucky, meant to nave
| beenlpresens .o vote for Check, myself.
Cheraw gazette and Pee Dee farmer. [volume] (Cheraw S.C.) 1838-1839, 1839-05-17
SUBSTITUTE FOR THE Sun.

The newly iayen'ed l'gh of NJ. Gaudin,
on which experiments were recently made
in Paris. is an improved modification Of the
well known invention of Lieutenant Drum
mond. While Drummond pours a stream
Of oxygen gas through spirits OF w'nc' upon
uns,lckcd Inc, Gaudin makes use OF
a more eIhcrial kind Of oxygen. which
lie conducts through burning rsscnc"
Of turpentne. Tne Drummond lisnl
IS 1900 times greater ;han that of burn.
ing gas; The Gpudn light is, we arc as.
surcd by tie inventor, as Strong as that
ortle sun, or thirty thousand times strong.
er than gas, and Of course, zen lim"s mori
so than that fthe Drummond. Themeih.
od by N. Gaudn proposes 20 turn the new
Invention % use is Slngu!aIly striking. tie
proposes % erect in 'hc island Of The Post
Nruf. in the m ddle oftir Seine and centre
al Paris, lighthouse, five hundred fee:
figh, in which is to be placed light from
4 hundred thousand to Il million gas pipes
s;rong-thc power to be varied as the night
is light or dark.-ParIs will thus enjoy 4
sort of perpe;ull day; aud as soon as the
sun ofthe heavens has sci, the srn Of the
Pont Neuf will riSe.-Lcad0n Mechanics
M1pG.iRe,