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Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-08-21

g. AAU LIZ VIS.
n. B. Recoflect, the fair opens on the
second Monday in Novembef it is the
annual meeting for the election Of officers,
distribution Of prizes, ETC., that takes place
in December.
Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1841-08-21

July al a4
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-22
MATRIMONY.

I--That man must lead happy life,
2-Who's free from Matrimonial chains,
s--Who is directed by a wife
Ais sure to suffer for his pains.
-. l--ApAM could ind no solid peace,
2--When Eve was given for mate.
3--Until he saw woman's face.
I-ADAM was in happy state.
AIN all the female face appear.
2-Hypocrisy. deceit, and pride;
3-Truth, darling Of heart sincere,
4--Ne'er IS known in woman to reside.
i--Wha, tongue is able to unfold,
2-The falsehood that in woman dwell;
3-The worth in woman we behold,
Ais almost impercet,ble.
1--Cursed be the foolish men say,
2-Who changes from his singieness:
3-Who will not yield to woman's sway,
Ais sure of perfect blessedness.
0.~To advocate the Ladies' cause, you will read
the LIST Snd Sd and I'd and 4lh lines together
1t sPpAars most natural to read as printed
"ood Seize is a silver dollar, current at al
''Hsef aho coh'Nnient in all places.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-22

From the Kentucky Farmer.
PRIZE ESSAY.

The committee have considered the two essays
upon the subject OF hemp culture, and whilst they
believe both compositions show great reflection
as wei as close observation and long experience.
they, however, think the essay by A. Beatty, on
the whole, i'nparts the most information, and
will oi consequence. be most useful to sgricul.
cuIturisis-we, therefore, award the premium ac
cordingly.
With great dididence in our judgment, your
obedient servants,
G. M. CLAY,
GEO. w. JOHNSTON, Of Shelby
w. CLARKE,
WARRICK MILLER.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-22
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Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-22
From the Brother Jonathan.
The Death of Harrison.
BY n. P. WILLIS.

Lies he stiff with spread wings at tho goal he had
Are there spirits more blest than the planet of even,
Who mount to their zenith, then met into Hea VEN
No wnni ng CT fire, no quenchng Of ray,
But rising, still rising, when passing away!
Farewell, gallant eagle thourt buried in light
God speed unto Heaven, lost star of our night!
Death Death in the White House! All, never
%, before,
Tro d his skeleton foot on the Presidents floor!
He is looked for in howell and dreaded in hall
The King in his closet keeps hatchment aud pail
The youth in his birthplace, the old man at home,
Make clean from the door.stone, the path to the
tomb
But the lord Of this mansion Graded not there
In churchyard far off stands his reckoning bier!
He is here as the wave.crest heaves flashing on
high
As the arrow is stopped by its prize in the sky
The arrow to earth. and the foam to the shore
Death finds them when swiftness and sparkle are
DER.
But Harrison's death fills the climax of story
He went with his old stride-from glory to glory
Lay his sword on his breast! There's no spot on
its blade,
In whose cankering breath his bright laurels will
fade!
Twas the first to lead on at humanity's call
It was stayed With sweet mercy when "glory" was
all
As calm in the council as gallant in war,
He fought for his country and not its "hurrah ~
In the path of the nero with pity he trod--
Let him pass with his sword to the presence Of
God
What more! Shall we on, with his ashes Yet
stay,
He hath ru d the wide realm of king in his day
At his word, like Monarch's, went treasure and
land--
Tho bright gold of thousands has passed thro' his
hsnd--
Is there nothing to show Of his glittering hoard
No jewel to deck the rude hit of his sword--
No trsppings--no horses !-wlat had he, but now!
On ION with his ashes The left but his plough
Brave old Cincinnatus! Unwind We his sheet
Let him sleep as be liv'd--wi.h dis PURSE at his
JeeH
Follow now, as ye list The first mourner to day
Is the nation--whose father is taken away!
Wife, children and neighbour mry moan a. his
knell--
He was "loyer and friend" to his country, as well
For the stars on our banner grown suddenly dim,
Let US weep in Our darkness-but weep not for him!
Not for him--who, departing, leaves millions in
tearst
Not for him--who has died full of honor and years
Not for him--who assembled Fames ladder SO high
From the round at the top he has sepp'd to the sky,
It is blessed to 60 when ready to die
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-22
DEMOCRACY-Look at it.

What sort of an idea can such politicians
as the author of the following, who calls
himself "a Democrat" have of free Repre-
sentative Government?
FROM THE CHARLESTON MERCURY, MARCH 81.
Would it not be advisable for the Governor to
call Extra Session Of the Legislature The
alarming condition Of the country seems to us to
require it. When Charleston was partially burnt
down, the emergency was universally deemed of
sufficient importance to assemble the Representa-
tiyes Of the People in extraordinary convention
But what was the destruction Of few millions Of
property compared to the dangers that overhung Us
the approaching extra session of Congress- and
hich might be arered by the exercise Of TIMELY
fIRmNEss! Let the Legislature meet PUT THE
STATE UNDER COMPLETE MILITARY ORGANIZATION.
and instruct the Governor in case National Bank
ur Protective Tariff is enacted by Congress, TO sum
mon forthwith Convention of the People of South
Carolina to deliberate the measures necessary to
he taken defence Of their liberties. There shold
ne no hesitatiOn-no delav. Every thing depends
m their bold, Incorporating decision. His Ex-
ellency has pledged himself to the world to meet
he crisis, should il arrive, as it ought TO be met
His responsibility is great. Let him take no coun-
sci Of ,in,id and interested politicians. The Peo-
ple-he People, whose servant he is--expect him
to do his duty.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-22

We like to see dandy walking on his heels
over crossing for fear OF mudding his boots. 1t
is decidedly gentee.
We like 10 see beautiful woman, on the
ground that rarity is the spice Of life.
We hate bad dinner. it has bad effect on
our evening editorials.
We like widows--they are always interest.
ing and altoays twenty-five or twenty eight
They never grow old.
We like federation and charity. wa detest big.
o.ry and uliraisp.
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-22
IrwE WOULD HAVE PEACE. WE MUST AT LEAST

1--WE WOULD HAVE PEAoE. WE MUST AT LEAST
BE PREPARED TO MAlSrIAs lsDErESoENcE.-.n
1898, Gen. Washington, in an address to both
Houses Of Congress, said: 81 am pressing upon
you tho necessity Of placing ourselves in a con.
dilion Of complete defence, and exact the fulfil
ment Of duties towards u.s. The people ought
not 10 indulge persuasion contrary to the order
OF human events. There is no rank due to the
nation, which will be withheld, if no, lost by the
known weakness and absolute neglect TO improve
our system OF defence. II we desire to avoid n.
suit we must be ready TO repel it,"
Boon's Lick times. [volume] (Fayette, Mo.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-22

rood sei-e is silver dollar, current at all
i''se4 aho coh'>nient in all places
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15
Vegetable Dict.

There cannot be doubt that the diet
Of the Irish is highly favorable to viva-
city and talent. 1t is stated in the Code
of Health, that vegetable food has
happy influence on the mind, and tends
to preserve deicacy, a liveliness of
imagination, and an acuteness of judg
ment, seldom enjoyed by those who
live principally upon animal food. The
latter is better calculated for those who
labor with the body; but the celcbra-
ted Franklin ascertained that vegeta-
BILE diet promoted clcarncss of ideas
and quickness of thought, and that a
transition from vegetable to animal food
produces injurious effects. A friend
states that he has more than once Sc
lected from his tenants children boy
remarkable for that smartness Of intel
igcnce so common in the Irish youth,
while in the capacity Of errand boys on
the farm, or helpers in the stables, and
before they became pampered with bet
ter food than their parents cabin ailor>
ded. The lads were at first lively and
intelligent, and displayed degree OF
shrcwdness exceeding what is general
ly met with from youths of more eXal-
ted walk of life in England. But he in
variably found that in proportion as
these boys were better fed, they relaxed
in activity, became dull and stupid; and
he is confident the change in disposi>
ton sprung from the effect Of change in
diet, and was not owing to corruption
of mind from their intercourse with
other servants, In fact, they loose all
that vivacity of manner SO inherent in
the Irish boys, whether born in the vast
bog of Allan, or in the dry and rocky
countries of Mayo and Galway. He
is therefore inclined to think that the
character of the people does not depend
so much upon climate or soil, as upon
food, for no part of the globe can differ
more than these parts of that kingdom.
A potatoe diet is found greatly TO inn
prove the quality of the blood. Hence
roasted potatoes have been successfully
employed as specific against the sea
scurvy, when other remedies have fail
ed.-Sir John Sinclair.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15

A melancholy instance of the uncertainty of q il
cums,antial evidence occurred at Gibraltar las, Fs
ruary. A wealthy English merchant of that pla =
named James Boxwell, Yves convicted upon u Il.
kind of testimony, Of the murder of his own daut
ter.-On proceeding to the place of execution,
recognized an Englishman named John Keats, W b
had been active in procuring his conviction, wh')r
he forgave for his hostility, as he desired to die il
peace with all the world. Keats seemed nrnc
affected by this, and just as the sentence of tk
law was about TO be executed, cried out. 81" is tha
am guilty, and not the convict" A great sensation
was produced by this exclamation, waen keat
came forward and fully confessed his guilt Th
rope was Immediately taken from the neck of hi
victim, and tho cap from his face, but it was all to,
late. The fetched father was a corpse-havinl
died OF gris'f and terror! Keats was taken TO ja,
amid thf. cxecraton Of the multitude, who wei
with y mculy restrained from tearing him to pieces
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15
Preservation Of Bacon.

MEssRs. EDlToRs.-As the season is
rapidly approaching when all good
housewives feel natural solicitude for
the preservation of their bacon, permit
me TO inform such of your readers as
may not be apprised of the fact, that by
whlte>washing their bacon, they can
preserve it, perhaps, more economical>
ly and eilectually, than by adopting any
Of the various modes which have been
recommended for this purpose. A re-
spectacle neighbor Of mine has saved
his bacon in this way for the last twen-
ty years, without the loss of a single
piece. Early in the spring, after his
meat is well cured, he gives his bacon
a good coat Of while-wash, with the
common brush, on the heshy side and
on the ends Of the hooks, sprinkling a
small quantity of fine ashes on the moist
whitewash, and hangs it up again in
his smokehouse, where ii is permitted
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15

to remain until it is taken down for use.
The process does not injure the meat
in the slightest degree. 1t owes its
efficacy, obviously, to the fact that
the hard crust it forms over the ba-
con, prevents the fly from deposit
ing its eggs in it. Amy other means,
which would exclude the fly from all
access to the meat, such as burying it
in salt, oats, &C., would, Of course be
equally eflectual.
Never wound your meat until you use
it, for the fly will be sure to deposit its
eggs in the wound. A friend of mine
lost number of hams last summer, in
consequence Of his wife's thrusting a
knife into them to ascertain their qua
lity.
To preserve meat well, smoke
house. should be roomy, dry, cool, and
dark, and yet sufficiently open TO per-
nit free circulation of air, otherwise
your bacon will be soft, damp, and ram
cid. On this account, wooden smokc>
houses are greatly preferable 10 those
constructed of brick and stone.
1t is a great, yet very prevalent err
ror, to smoke bacon in wet damp wea-
ther; for by smoking it at such seasons,
the "Sweat" which then collects upon
this meat, and which has peculiarly
disgusting taste, is driven into it and
dried upon it, and impairs its flavor.
Smoke only in dry weather. If your
meat is well cured, the only use of fsmo,
king in summer time, is 10 eXpel the fly
from the house.
If any of your readers smack their
lips as heartily as | do over good old
Virginia ham, that fairly melts in your
mouth, they will not fail to observe these
plain directions for the preservation Of
their bacon.-Cultivator
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15

From the PhiladelDhia Spirit fMe Times.
New L,lilabies FOX Old Nurses.
Hey didde, didde!
The Bank and Biddle;
Nothing's left in the dish but the spoon!
All the SiiUer of late
Have been turned into pidfe'
And the gold SHINES away in the moon!
III.
Nckery, Nickery, knock.
Let cotton save the stock
The maser-stroke,
The bank is broke
Nickery, nckery, knock!
H.
There was an old Banker who lived in stew
He'd many STOCKHOLDERS he didn't know what 70
do;
ie kept them awhile with his promises crsmm'd,
Then kick'd them all soundly, and bid them be
ID
".
Sing song o sixpence.
A pocket full of lies!
And five and thirty millions,
All scattered to the skies
When the Bank was opened,
There nothing in 10 show
Was'm~!hat pretty thing,
n "Cowperlhwaitc and Co"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15

CoRN.-Some of the largest crops of
corn of which we have any account,
were raised on green sword, and the
seed was planted in drills. 1t is some
more work to cultivate corn in drills
than in hills, but the crop will be larger,
and this is an important advantage,
where land is dear.
If the rows of corn roll from north to
south, the land will be more exposed to
the sun after the plants are high; this
will Of course be beneficial to a crop
that requires much heat, as is the case
with corn.
In ploughing, it is necessary that the
sod be turned completely over, and shut
in close, that the gases produced by
fermentation of the vegetable matter
may not escape, but pervadc the whole
mass of active soil, and enrich il.
If a part of the manure be coarse
and the other fine, the coarse should be
spread on before ploughing, and turned
under, and the fine put on top, and tho>
roughly mixed with the soil by harrow
ing. Numerous experiments show that
the crop Of corn will generally be bet
ter il the manure be spread, than if it be
pat in the bill. 1t is less labor to spread
it, and better for the soil, as it will be
more evenly diStributcd.-Yankc Far
mer.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15
S II a n z 4 s
~ L. w. u. CANNING.

TO the billow-borne pilgrim,
Alone on the seas,
How sweet comes the perfume
OF land with the breeze!
IT'S the breath of a summer,
Eternal in prime
The kindliest fragrance
OF sun>gladdened cline.
Those wanderings of sweetness,
How welcome they are!
That tell of country,
Unseen and afar:
Like the morning, their advent
Doth usher a smile,
md the rover's heart dances
In jq" "~e the while.
10 cheer ! .s,U , 20.
At midnight, they tell
OF meadow and mountain,
OffoTest aud dell;
Till his eye DER the Ocean,
Forgclteth to roam,
And he walks in his slumber
The fields of his home.
Thus. oft on Life's Billow,
With bark tempcst-driven,
The voyager fancies
The breathings of Heaven.
The Past and the Present
Remembering no more,
He meets, in his visions,
The world that's before.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15

jim CRow's LAST. One Of Jim Crow Rice
new verses, on the contemplated expedition frol
England, to rescue Mcleod. lie says
"Dey talk of sending ten line of battle ships,
Which rather 'spect they'll do,
y But dey better send ten m0fs vi cu,
To fetch dom collins too"
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15

VIvAcITY seems to be the common
property of every Frenchman, and ne
yer did it appear more striking than in
the following circumstance Upon an
English surgeons some years since vi
sitting an hospital at Paris, he saw in
one Of the wards three Frenchmen who
had received some very severe contu>
sons by the fall of scaflold few days
before, lying in bed; upon approach
ing them he found one dead, another
dying, and the one in the middle sitting
upright in the bed, fddling TO several
invaIids, who were dancing at the foot
of it as well as they were able.-Carr's
Travels through Holland, sc.
M. BoUDoU-This eminent surgeon
was one day sent for by the Cardinal du
Bois, prime minister to France, to per-
form a very serious operation upon him.
The cardinal, on seeing him enter the
room, said TO him, you must not expect
sir, TO treat me in the same rough man.
ner as you treat your poor miserable
wretches at your hospital of the Hotel
Dieu.' My, lord,' replied Nj. Boudou
with great dignity, every one of those
miserable wretches, as your cminence
is pleased to call them, is prime min
lister in my eyes, Supplement to An
ecdotes Of distinguished Persons.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15

he only shortened the period ofhis exis-
tence by few hours. These consi-
derations were SO powerful in his mind,
that he effected his destruction with a
razor, and thus secured his property to
his children.--[ Williams Travels thro'
France.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15

TRAvELLISa GRATIs.-A fellow without mono
having a considerable distance to travel, fastened
chain and paddock to his legs, and lay down IN
field. lie was apprehended on suspicion of bein
a convict, and conveyed gratis to Jail in the tow
whilher he desired to go.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15
ToR THE AMERICAN.
Extracts of Readings

In Turkey, the law, which condemns
he murderer to death, permits at the
anne time the nearest relations of the
murdered, Zone Of whom is, on these
occasions, the cxecutioner,) to grant
lim a pardon.
A Turk, in haste to inherit, had mur-
cred his father, and was condemned,
N the strongest proofs, 10 loose his
cad. One of his friends, the compa-
ion of his debauchcrics, fastened 10
he Judge with large sum OF moneys;
vhcrc he learned that the sentence had
cen already pronounced. Not discou-
aged by that, he continued TO press the
adj, whom the sight of such treasure
ad already persuaded. ! cannot, said
to his client, acquit your friend with
ut proof of his innocence, stronger
nan the evidence on which he has been
onvictcd. BE bold enough TO declare
ourselft the murderer of his father, pro-
ure two witnesses, and | will con>
emn you to undergo the punishment
which he has been sentenced he
,ill be Immediately reinstated in all his
ights, and have the power of granting
on a pardon. The undertaking was
ertainly hazardous no great con6>
ence could be reposed in parracidc.
let the convicted criminal pardoned
he pretended murderer, and this villa
Y, conducted in due form of law, was
ompletely successful Memoirs Of
aaron DE Tott.
A CURIOUS anecdote is told respecting
he late inhabitant of Chononceau, be-
onging TO the family of Nilleneuve
which, if any thing can justify suicide,
certainly does. Monsieur de N'ss was
'ast into prison during the revolution,
n common with most of the other re-
pectable people of France, at mo-
nent when every person who had the
misfortune to be nobleman was, if ap'
,rehended, led TO the guillotine. While
confinement, he reflected that if he
shared the fate of many of his fellow
prisoners, his fortune would be confis
Gated, and his children become beggars
,ut that if he should destroy himself, a
,is children were minors, their inheri
lance could not legally be seized, AM
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15
Doctor greens Cure for Drunksnness.

oOctOF Suxc tor DfunAShhtsss
"Whenever you feel sn inclination to drink
spurious liquor, (grog,) drink cool fresh water
This is an eileciual cure and in very short time
you will mako sober man out Of the greatest
dunkard. Drunkenness (says the Doctor) is dis,
Of the stomach, and cool water is the remedy;
for the goodness of Providence has placed by the
side of every disease its appropriate remedy; and
by tho side of every evil its appropriate goods.
lie. us be thankful-Exeaange Paper.
CT The above is very good and we have no
doubt that it viii Prove efectual, but it does not
seem TO he as easy put in practice aS remedy
which We once heard an old Quaker recommend
TO who was solely afflicted with intempeTance.
He had been exhoring the topper to leave oFthe per-
nicous habit and was asked by him how lie could
govern himself 1t is just easy, replied the Qua
ker, as TO open thy hand. Agreed then, said ne
other--now for your prescription. We'll ~ end
said the Quaker, when thou Gndes, glass or any
other Intoxicating liquor in thy hand, open IN,
hand thou hast i, in before it teaches thy raou,h
and thou vii, never ag IN be inebrl'iel. The pre-
scIir lion was SO simple and s." obviously feasible
tha, the t' ,,et was a tOpes no msre.-BGlimon
| hep .olieun.
Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1841-05-15

CoSsIsrrNcT.-Some person advertised latel,
in the sun, for person of good moral csarae!a
as partner in the business Of making run, brand,
and gin out of common whiskey, withou, disiiliins