Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1842-04-16


liable gratis; but the average putnbef q
pounds per acre IN po'nfoes, 10 ten tirnns
that Of wheat consequently, the sis,o,nt
ing power Of an agre If potatoes lE apvl4o
that Of wheat. The population, therefore
Of a potato seedlng country, other ;hirgs
being equal, may he made double That q
one sustained by other grain OF vegetable
food, Such n fact ips lncuIculabIe cot'se
q~nshees upon tho future multiplication end
sus'enanfe Of tho human family.
These facts, rs to The power Of ]csiltyn9
ton and suetainire life, are important.
The canst1s lsblesof is1l return the growth
nf ltnt root ia he United States 10 be 3d.
800, 100 bushels, not including North Car
olina, Kentucky, Michigan and Indians $3.50
and ri this girsn there waa raised in OH"
5,62s,As2 lin Maine. lO,2a2. $50, aud in
Now York. 10000, sos. The growth Of
the latter Stnte is more than tlRee times
thai If ANY other. This showa that this
v"eoiable il extensively ctltlva'fd, although
their Yield is far short Of tho prpductIy"
power of tbs soil. In 1Rtn. the Export
wns valuci ut s51 pa, and The impor' Mt
si1,G3o. r o ysragc yalle Of tho OF
- about y cents per hushel, md deduciIng
that a. above, the consumption Of the uni
ted Stntesi ~ nhu,t s9,773, 7Gi, or about five
bushels 10 ench person. The whent product
of the United gtatfs Ia 1890, was 1904.
7GG, or bushels. The low prIcc oftbc po.
iato considered with reference to iis %nntstivs
power, is about egtni 10 that Of wheat.
fhe capacity of oar soil will enable US, with
n fair market las Ykeat or po'nto, or with
free trade, to supply "to votid."
+ A U.RE sE.--(gY r. HOOD. )--JiIat
Doctors dsflr, has become ID common pro
verb and truly, considering the peculiar
Disadvantages under which they lahour,
their variances are Iess wondefs than mai
ters Of course. II any man work IN the
dark, like T. male, it is the physician. He
has continually, ~ il were, W diyiue tho
colour Of a pig in Il poke-or n cat in a bag.
He ia called ~ TO Z sIapected trunk without
the policenan's privilege Of search. He Is
expected TO pass~ Judgement on a physicnl
tragedy going on ia the house OF hsc, with
out the CRITICS free admission to tho per
f~ormancc. fIe IL tasked to set 10 rightsh
dlsordere1 economy, without, AZ he Scotch
say, going 'ben," and must guess at nd
dies hard as Satnson's az to an animal
with a honeycombcd inside. In fact,
every mainly IL an Enigma, and when tho
doctor gives you over, hc "glycs it up
A few weeks ago ope Of these puzzles,
and II very intricate one, vas proposed TO
the faculty at metropolitan hospital. Tho
disorder was desperate the patient with
ed and groaned in a~gony-but Liz lights
as usual thfev aone on The subject. IN tn"
meaLtigse the cage made o poise, and me.
dicsI men Of ~ degrees and descriptions,
magnetizers, hoL~aoinpathists, Undergraduates,
mad doctors, sane doctors, qciack doctors,
md even horse dectaJs, noGhed to the
ward, inspected tie symptoms, and then
debated and disputed on the nature ri the
disease. 1t |was IN the brair, the heart,
the liver, the nerves, the muscles, the skin,
the blood, the kidneys, the lobes Of the
lungs" 'the momentum" she pancras,'
"ihe capilaTc vessels" and the "gutty scr.
eny." Then for its Dattyc, il was chfoutc,
ana acute, and intermittent, ond n~on-cnn-
tagious, and "ketcfAnz," and "infamma- q
be-" and "hereditas3 ;" and "eclec.ic,"
and Lord knows wha. besides. However,
the discussion ended % co1poleta wrangie,
AMI every doctor icing mouHted or his own
theory, never was there such II scene slrcn
the Grand Combat of libby Horses at
the end Of Mr.. Bayes's Rehearsal,
"H's in his sTeaAcKl" finally shouted
the House Surgcon,- after the departing
disputants,-"u's in his sforach n
The poor patient, who in te interval
had been listening Astpeea MS groans, no
beard this daeiaioB thaG his head
seemed twitehed BY a spassa, tI& also pro-
duced n violent wink ofthe lStae. At the
same time he beckoned to the surgeon.
"Yeu're I'll right, dostor-as right as &
"Iknow | am" said the s.4geon,-"it's
in your stomach"
1T is in my ssonach, sure enough"
~"Yes-fying gout"-
Flying what" exclaimed ire patient.
mo, no sob lack, Doctor" and he made a
sign for the surgeon to pat hs ear to his
hips: "it's Sir Hogs and a Bill, and I've
swaller'd 'em,"
TIE HISpoo orRL.-The New HaveR
Register states that Er. Pierpont made the
following interesting statement in his lee.