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ritten by request, for The Monument Dinner, i,
Kingston, June "a, ls4l.
BY A. sIsTY.
Air-"Herad.'
Sacred ground-where we are meeting,
Here the mar,vred patriot stood
Friends and kindred give their greeting,
Where their fathers gave their blood,
When the foemen
Came like spring-time's rushing flood.
Fathers, Mothers, Sons and Daughters.
Suffered in that furious fray,
And the Susquehann's waters
Redeemed with their blood that day,
Well remembered,
BY our sires with thin locks gray.
III.
Now the vale is sweetly shining;
Summer in her verJan, green
Round us every grace is twinng,
Making glad the solemn scene;
Happy voices,
Blend beneath fair Flora's screen.'
".
And fever, in our valley,
Foes should dare the Freeman's fight,
Here shall be the Soldiers rally,
Sunny morn, or stormy night;
God Of battles,
Ever guard and shield the right!
An arbour of boughs and flowers was erected
n the place of celebration
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The Human Heart.

The mean weight of the heart in the
adult, from the 25th TO the Goth year,
is, according to Boulevard, from eight
to nine ounces. The dimensions are
as follows: length from base to apex.
five inches six lines; breadth at tue
bare three inches. When the ear is
applied to the chest, says Dr. DungHson.
a dull, heightened sound is heard, which
is synonymous with the arterial pulse !:
this is instantly succeeded by sharp
quick sound like that of a valve of a
bellows or the tapping ola dog. There
is then a period of repose. The first
sound appears to be produced by the
contraction of the yentricle; the second
by the rehux of the blood against the
semilunar valve. These are what We
call the sounds of the heart.-[ Amer.
Sentinel,
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The English pay great attention 10
the travelling on their railroads, yet
many accidents still daily occur, In
an investigation before a Coroner's in>
quest, Mr.. Duncan, one Of the witnes-
ses said; We made an experiment to-
day, and at the spot where the accident
occurred, whilst we We're going at the
rate OF 40 miles an hour, we were able
to stop the engine in l5 seconds, and
within the range of 90 yards; If the
rails were even wet the engine might
be stopped in the space Of from $50 to
lsO yards. In extreme cases 500
yards. the distance to which the cons
pany's drivers were limited, is a very
large latitude-l should never require
more than 200 yards to stop the enIi-
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-07-10

have found that the men who are really mos,
fond of the society of the ladies, who cherish for
them high respect, are seldom the most populsr
with the sex. Men Of more assurance, whose
tongues are lightly hung, who make words supply
the place Of ideas, and place compliment in the
room Of sentiment, the lavoies. 4 true re.
spect for woman Ieals to respectful action toward
them; and respectful is usually distant actton and
this great distance is mistaken by them tor neglect
or want of iinerost.--Ad,ESon.
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We copy into our paper the follow.
inn curious article. By this system of
combining all kinds of fruits, one may
be said to have an orchard in single
tree. Gentlemen of leisure, in this
country, in the inoculation line, might,
in this way, find much pleasure in ga
zing upon their handy work.
RENARKABLE TREE.-Mr. Agricole,
at Golnits, has in his garden an apple
tree, which in the year 1916 bore 26s
sorts Of apples and other fruit. In fact
the tree has on it above 800 sorts but
those last grated have not vet borne
fruit. This gentleman has effected this
curiosity for his amusement, by inocu-
lating and grating, and has fastened TO
every branch little board, with the
name of the sort of apple il bears. The
tree has a strange appearance from
the various shapes and colors OF the
leaves, blossoms, and fruits. Some
years ago the Russians bIvouacked
near this tree. and were so surprised at
the strange shape of it, and the number
of boards, that they did not inlure it,,
though they cut down other fruit trees
for frewood.
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An Arabian having brough, blush to maden's
check by the earneslness of his gaze, said 10 her
"My looks have planted roses in your cheeks--why
forbid me to gather them The law permits him
his logic, ladies'
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MATnIMoSr--rhomas Bastad, Esq, fellow of
the New College, 1888, wrote the following cpl.
gram on his three wives;
Though marriage by some is reckonei curse.
Three wives did | marry for better for worse,
The first for her person, the next for her purse,
The third 10. a warming pan, joclress aud nurse.
The above reminds us Of the clergyman whose
first wife immensely rich, his second exquisite
ly beautiful and his third whom he married in his
old age, to nurse anl comfort him in the decline OF
life, proved to have an ungovernable temper. lie
observed 10 one of his friends thst he had three
wives the world, the flesh, and the devil.
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The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1841-12-28
TRIBUTE TO WASHINGTON.
BY VIM. II. HARRISON.

BY VIM. H. HARRISON.
"H ard indeed, the contest for freedom and
the struggle for Independence. The golden sun OF
liberty had nearly set in the gloom of eternal night
ere Its radent beams illuminated western hor-
lion. Had not the tuteiar saint OF Columbia how
cred around the American camp, and presided O.
yer her destnes freedom must have met with an
untimey grave. Never sufficiently admire
the wisdom OF those Statesmen, and the skill and
bravery OF those unconquerable veterans, who, by
their unwcaried exer,ions in the Cabinet and in
the Field, achieved for the glorious revolution
Never can we duly appreciate the memory Of a
Washington, who with handful of undiscip lined
Yeonianrv, uiGmphed over royal army and pros
trated the Lion of England at the feet of the Amsr-
lean Eagle. His name--so terrible to his foes, so
welcome TO his friends--sLall live forever upon the
brightest page Of the historian and be remembered
with the warmest emotions Of gratitude and pleas.
ure by those whom he has contributed TO make
happy, and by all mankind, when Kings, and
Prn ces, Ind Nobies for ages, shall have sank into
their morted oblivion. Unlike them, he needs
not the assistance of tho sculptor to perpetuute lis
memory He needs no princely dome, monu-
mental pile no stately pyramid, whose towering
height shall pierce the stormy clouds, and rear its
lofty head to heaven, to tell posterity his fame
His deeds his worthy deeds, alone have rendered
him immortal. When oblivion shall have swept
away Thrones, Kingdoms and ipaites-wh hen
every vestige of human greatness, and grandeur,
and glory shall have moulded into dust, and the
last period of Time shall become extinot-Eternily
itself shall catch the glowing theme, and dwell
with increasing rapture on his name"
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very feeble voice. q seem TO be in two places
at once--in my own village and my aunls room,
looking out upon the half yearly parish land; and
yet, things are about that could only be on
board ship | an sure I've had methody parson
praying with mo the last two glasses; and what
Vexes me is, that l: thorough seaman, who have
always done seaman's duty, should be buried in
II dirty grave ashoren This uttered with ma
ny interruptions, yet the meaning was distinct
John lockwood, said the captain, Il never,
Purposeiy, deceived any one Collect yourself my
good friend. Believe it, that you are very
III, on board his Majesty's ship Majestic.
In deep sea and in blue water?' asked the poor
man anxiously.
Inc water blue as ght-the dopth unfa!h-
ENABLE We have soundings'
linen, after pause, the sailor said, in very
low, yet firm voce-'l am ready-ay ready'
Then turn your thoughts with me to your Ma
ker, replied Captain Dabricourt. He then read
The necessary Prayers,to which it ident that
the departing man attended devoutiy, as when the
Office was finished, he appeared lapse into un-
consciousness; those who were about him pre- pared
to depart bis embrowned and now bony fingers
were lifted, and he was imPertecty heard to ask
'Have done my duty''
'Gallantiy, nobly, bravelY--always, always!
said Captain Dabriconrt, with voice trembling
with emotion
allow and aloft-alow and aloft Hurrah!'-
How faint, how pilIabie was that dying shout 1t
was the last sound uttered by John lockwood, the
mantopman.
In the middle watch, two of his messmates were
assisting the sail maker in sewing John up in a
hammock, chanting in low voice, the simple
dige-'H He's gone, what hearty good felow!
Give him double allowance of shot said one;
cause as how, poor fellow, lie had potion thar
the deeper he went,u was more becoming to a reg
uiar out and out sailor. But its my notion, that
seeing as we does our duty won't signify where
we start from. when we are all mustered at the
last day. We shall all be in tune, depend ont
Il think SO, too, said the sail maker.
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was the Joy of wife and daughter, that neither
could give utterance to the wild emotions that
played around their hearts, but they would not
have spoken then, for worlds, lest the echo Of a
voice should have dspened what seemed pleas
ing vision,
mabel ! Isabel!' were the first words that
greeted their ears, and in moment both were cry
ing for JOY on his bosom. We need not detail the
affecting conversation which followed, nor the
ter heard his resolves and hopes 1t will be suffi-
GENTLY understood from a single expression OF
Powell p, as his daughter about to retire to
rest. They were the sweetest words her had
heard for many long, long day. They were
good night, my child, and may God ever bless
you--you have saved your father
The father had been to the eection-he wen,
pre- determined to drink-to get drunk--but as he
was about TO raise the first dram TO his mouth the
pleading countenance of his daughter seemed to
rise before him! His good genius prevaed-the
glass was replaced untasted the counter-he
left the place, and with high moral purpose has
tened to enroll himself among the advocates o.
Temperance. The pledge has been religiously
kept-the visage OF his mild and amiabie wife is
fast losing its careworn expression-'Bel has be
come the joyous hoping being she designed
to be, while Powell p. is fast regaining all his for
mer vigor and nobleness. Often do these con ten
ted beings talk over past scenes, while the ama-
BILE 'Mabel'fas not TO designate the night of which
we have spoken as that OF sThe jOYfuE surprise
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|d,, ''y-Ihere was in the market yester.
v,,, '"ey and suet which weighed $50 pounds!
Bvhol. part and parcel of a COW, and the
In' ''' ., animal after it was slaughtered weighed
\ sv OOo ponds, The other kidney weighed
&n, ~ r o"n Commonly, the kidney OF an an
bound. WV NJ pounds weight, weighs about or
Ham, :, me cow had been fed for fattening
#Aarboaes summer, ate heartily, was driven from
4 s ,,nS e' 10 beverly just before she was killed,
Very nno. 'u 10 be we'll and lively. The beef was
:? poor almost the whole nu,rimen, se.n;nc ~
go ,bs,a ~ 'nis enormous kidney.-Some years
|sly or '' case here OF kidney weighing
lone wbtS, pounds, but we never heard of
hga.r quite equalIed the present.-Salem
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IL p 4 G r. A nj

Pray what is lighter than feather?
The dust, that flies in finest wea Their.
And what is lighter than the dust pray .
The wind that blows that dust away.
And what is lighter than the wind +?
The lightness of the DANDY's mind:
And what is lighter than the last?
Hold, hold, my friend--you have me fast
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A CAPTAINS LITERATURE.

There is a story told about Captain D., which
think is good 10 be lost lie had become
popular on the river commander, and a
bout 10 take charge Of new boat,one oil the hand.
soonest that had ever been built in the West. On
the evening preceding the morning she was to
leave port, he induced by one Of the owners,
visit his house, where there to be q party OF
ladies', some of hom were to be his passengers To
New Orleans. The Captain felt little queer "a
bout going; he was more at home the hurricane
deck, the social hall of his boat, than in The
drawing room among ladies'. He summoned up
courage and went, however, and was introduced
TO the company.
Captain D. said one of the lady passengers,
you must be u happy man 10 be the master of SO
beautiful boat,
'She is a beautiful boat, madan,--ses in the wa
ter like a duck.
He was in town as long the conversation
was about steamboats,.
Captain ID. said another lady, bue-slocking
of the Lydia Languish tribe, 'What do you think
of the immortal Shakespeare
Think, madam! think! think she burns too
much wood, draws too much water and carries too
little freight
We never heard whether the Captain staid any
longer or not
New Invention Among the new inventions
and conrivances OF which have lately heard, is
something which believe bids fair to- become uni
versally useful to the city and country, and the
world, and that is, new method of making good,
light saoeet bread. All the world knows, that one
ofihe most difficult and perpexing matters to house
keepers, is to have good cmptingS, or yeast, for
bread. Now the invention is this-Take an acid
like cream Of tartar, Il mean simply an acid in the
form of powder,) and rub sufficient quantity of
this dry and powdered acid into proper quantity
of dry -four. Then wet the flour and put in yCur
alki potash, or any fixed akal. The vaIuab
part of the discovery is this-the acid and alkali
will not effervesce until the loaf is baked, when
the acid is rubbed into the four in dry state. The
experiment is worth trying. assure you, that
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ON the Rochester Daily Advor tiser.
A JOYFUL SURPRISE.

On the morning of the FIRST day of the lato elcc
ton, an interesting scene might have been wines
sod in low diiapidated dwelling somew here in
this goodiy city AT the place and time mention
ed there might have been seen, sitting at a scanl>
iy furnished breakfast table, a with good
chronological developments, prepossessng phys.
ical structure, but with countenance moody and
irritable. On his right sat woman, his wife, lit
tie if any past the meridian Of life, but exhibiting
traces Of a premature fading Of face and figure
still mildly beautiful AT his left sat his daughter,
"A yet unblighted copy of her patient but sorrow
stricken mother-in all the heathfulness Of incipi-
| ent womanhood. In this young woman's eye tears
| we've gathering and as she turned her timd face
towards her moody father. they might have been
seen gstening like the pearly drops of "a summer
morning, as the fist beams Of the sun gances on
their chrystal surface. Her heart was full and her
voice remulous she at length gained courage
( sufficiently to calculate, 'Father!' The moody man
started as though the sounds of her long forgotten
melody echoed in his ears. lie bent his gaze in.
qniringy on his trembling child, and in accents
unusually soft for him, said, well, Bell, what
would your Bell felt emboldened, and dressing
her face in sweet, pleading smile, replied, Il
would, father, that you would not go 10 the cleo
ton TO day The frown reappeared-it was stei n
and bitter, as he asked sharply, why not?' Bell
could not answer She seemed anxious to escape
from the angry gaze of father whom, but mo-
ment before, she hoped TO concate. She was
abou, to withdraw when voice of startling fierce
ness said TO her, Girl look your father! You,
but child, presume 10 counsel him as to what he
should do, and in this you double IS act as the a
gent of your mother | could have borne to have
been called drunkard--aye drunkard!-and {
shiver passed over him but continued he, 'to
have i, insnuated by a child, is too much. shall
60 TO the election. So, bring me my hat No
word of remonstrance heard and the miserable
man rushed from his dwelling That day bitter
tears were shed around the hearth stone of Powell
P. Noon came, but so did not The father of
the grief stricken Isabel. Night too, with its
darksome loneliness, drew its curtains around but
no signs Of tho return of the in fatuated-the fallen
night away Often did the mother and daughter
instInc tvely cling to each other as some casual
noise induced the belief that the object of their
socitude had indeed come, but how did they
dread to encounter the frowns-mayhap the inebri-
ated curses, of him. who was the cause of their vi
siIs At length, the hour of midnight sounded
and as its echoes died away, the footsteps of the
expected one were heard. How wildly beat the
hearts Of mother and daughter as Powell u. enter
ed the door so long and eargcrly watched He
- FOR he was sober, calm and collected, So great
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awyer was once accused OF disgraicng the bar,
by taking silver of client.
81 took the silver" replied he, "because could
not get gold, Dnt took every farthing the fellow
had in the world, | hope you don't call that dis.
grazing the pr ofesson -
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erABLlNG MICH Cows.-lYe have been much
liP'Hed at the increased quantity Of milk cows
D0ded from beng stabbed in winter, which some
NVea' experiments have proved A near neighbor
''N"ed bis cows from necessity, TO run in the
RP'a air during the early part of the winter, and
usual their milk greatly diminished in quantity,
8""Oush they were well fed on hay and mangel
|''zf' lie then stabbed them, without changing
'" ,oou' and taking care to give them plenty of
va" "''sF lie lately informed US as to the re
hwy '1 "'a' Ills COWS gave HIM Just double the milk
4 'l u'o when exposed. similar experiment
FIsn. Farmer.
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THE WAsHINGTONIANS-B BLESSINGS &C
WITH THEM

Scenes like the following of frequent occur
renee in all sections of the country, not excepting
our own vicinity. Atameeting OF the Washing
tonians on "Wednesday evening last, holden at the
Brick church in this village, Of the very hard
est cases in these parts signed the pledge and ad
dressed the assembly -Watch1Han.
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she Il ~ n Ell e a.
-ooTA1NING CREAM FROM MILK

M lass If diyes,ing milk of its component
.ro,oom. to an extent hitherto unaitain-
VA ''' w.. hosu effected by Mr. George Carter, of
o,,oeNsn lodge, and is thus detailed by that
|..o in . paper presented to the Society OF
z8$ w. -niCecular process ofextraoting cream from
1# =" }, rbich peculiar richnss is produced in
M ..,n has long been known and praclised in
a rr,bere; this produce of the diaries of that
|| ,,,v being we'll known to every Que by the
} ..lncIoued," or s'clouted cream" AS there
N =, rocuuarity in the milk from which this fluid
,,,,c,ed, it has been frequently a matter OF
Z r,,.e that The process has not been adopted in
no, Osr,s of the country. A four-sided vessel is
,n,d orznc plates, twelve inches long, eight
,bss wide, and six inches deep, with false bot
& mn A, one half the depth. The only communi-
a ,oO with The lower compartment is by the lip,
v nush which il may be flied or emptied Hav-
Il b frs: placed at the bottom of the upper COM
&rlnent, plate of perforated zinc, the area of
Il Iich is equal to that of the false bottom, gall
Ma Tor any given quantity Of milk, is poured i'm
q ediately when drawn from The COW, into it, and
hus remain there, at rest, for twelve hours; an
Z quail quantity of boiling water must then BIO pour
\ into the lower compartment through the lip; it
4 then permitted TO stand twelv hours more, (i. e.,
seny,iour hours altogether, )when the cream will
n found perfect, and of such consistence that the
! hole may be lifted off by the finger and thumb.
4 is, however, more ctuaIlyremoved, by gently
4 asng The plate of perforated zinc from the bottom
The rnged handles, by which means the whole
heuean is lifted off in sheet, without remix-
zEgW oft with the milk below. With this ap.
mA have instituted series Of experiments;
ljasmoan of twelve successive ones, OBJ,
#snedGG following results-lour gallons of milk
41tatd as above, produced 10 twenty four hours
HUI and half pnts Of clothed cream, which, a fter
Burning only fifteen minutes, gave forty ounces
Ebmle--luur gallons Of milk treated in the com
x boa woae, in esrthenware pans, and standing
ry-eieN\NvWs, produced four pints of cream,
winch after cbapmg ninety minutes, gave thirty
~ ounces 0fbaier. The increase In the quantity
4 cream, therefore, is twelve and half per cent.
~ Experimental farmer will instantly perceiv
n advantages accIuing from its adoption, and
F0O'OIy his attention to the subject may produce
f'a''r results. shall feel richly rewarded if, by
Ge'ng an interest on the subject, can produce
FY, The slightest improvement in the quantity or
fMe Of producing an article, which may properly
deemed one of the necessaries fife. "-Fa7nily
E4gasm.
'n The subject OF cream. the experiment which
d You above, may be tried with two tin milk
'n' by putting an old horse shoe, or any con-
iHen thing, into for the other to set on, then
our in boiling water: next Putin the pan that
nalns The mik-let il stand in cold weather
hours the plan is good for making winter but
u, making more and bettor II. Churchill.
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most delicious bread is produced, light, sweet and
good, IN this manner, from any good -four meal
you use, wheat, rye Indian. Cream of tartar
may be used, and saeraus, for the purpose of try
ing il Nothing can be more heaIthful than this
bread.
The inventor is a baker by trade, and believe
it will come into use every where. Try it your.
self, by rubbing into your flour, in perfectly dry
state, some cream of tartar, and then mixing up
the batter with whatever liquid you please, milk,
huttermllk, or water, and adding little saleretus.
You will have an excellent and toothsome and
wholesome bread Boston Correspondent of HiIs
Patriot