The Ohio Democrat. [volume] (Canal Dover, Ohio) 1840-1900, 1842-06-23
VOL. 3 NO. - WHOLE NO. l91
A ROMANCE.

Among the first crusadeTs was one Gil bert
Beckett a respectable citizen Of London.
WblIo 10 The Holy Laud, this Gilbert became
the prisoner of an Emir. After year and
halfs captivity, the Emlr treated him kindly,
admitted him 10 his table, discoursed with him
on the manners Of his country. The E@iEaa
daughter also saw and loved him; che mada
opportunities Of conversation with him. aud
beard that he came from London. He after
wards escaped and reached England in safety.
She Determined 10 follow him. She leit her
fathers house, found ship sailing 10 England;
and remembered the name Of London, Zone Of
the Two English words che can pronouncel BY
repeating It necessarily she al last got 10 the
metropolis. Here she wandered from street
to street, exclaiming |" GiberW She at last,
by chance, reached the street he lived in; =
mob usually accompanied her, which roussd
The attention ofth family, aud she wss rs1
cognised BY his servant. Gilbert consulted
the bishop Of London on the circumstances,
who finding che was desirOuS Of becOmings
Christian, ADVISED bm 10 marry her, He
followed this advice, and fruit Of the union
was Thomas Beckett, the bold Archbishop Of
Canterbury, whose resistance to Henry the
Second aud brutal murder by The tools ofthat
monarch fill some Of the most interesting pa
ges in English history. Boston Post.
THEORY OF MARRIAGE. There wae merry
fellow who supped at Pluio's three thousand
years ago. and the conversation turning upon
love and the choice Of wives, he said, ,''he had
learnt from a very ancient tradition that men
had been originally cteaIed male and female
each individual being provided with dupli.
cate set OF limbs and performing bis locomoA
live functions with kind Of rotary movement
as wheel; that he became in consequence 90
excessively lpsolent that Jupiter, indignant,
split him in two; and since that time that each
half runs about the world in quest Of the other
half; If two congenial halves meet, they are
very loving couple otherwise they are subject
10 miserable, scoldlug peevish, and uncon-
genial malrimony. The search be said was
rendered difficult, for she reason that one
man alighling upon hvlf that did not belong
to him another lid necessarily the Same, till
The whole affair was thrown into irretrievable
confusion"
DoNT KILL THE BIRDS. s.-According to the
computation of Ornithologsts. hlack"bird
devOurs on an everage fifty gsubs OF worms
| per day; and a crow, two or three times that
quantity. Yet these birds are hunted and de-
stroyed by farmers, on account Of lhsir ocea-
slonal trespasses in the cornied;-nOt cOn-
sideri0g that the fruit aud vegetables which
are preserved by the destruction Of the insects
will more than four foldcompensate for the de-
dredaon Of the birds. Let the birds live, and
and your orchards aud gardens viii he much
the better for them.-AmeL Mec,
No REMEDx.-A Persian merchant CONF
planning heavily Of come unjust ssn,ence.in the
lower court, he was told BY the Judge that he
might 60 10 the cadi.
"Rul the cadi is your uncle," urged the
plaintiff.
"Thsn you may 60 to the grand vizisr."
"But his secretary is your cousin"
sThen you!may 60 10 the sultan"
"But his fovOrite sultana is your niece"
s'Well, then, you may 90 to the d--l"
s'Ah there 10 s,l closer family connection" I"
Said the merchanh as he lefs the court in dis
pair.
TWO CROPS.-Tho Richmond Enquirer
says;-We have heretofore alluded TO the
precocity Of the season as regards lfnii,
vegetables and flowers. We have now q
similar ILLUSTRATION as to the grain crops. We
learn from distinguished farmer in Chester
field, (Ampthll,) that he comenced his harvest
on thursday last, and he says one OF his
neighhors has surpassed him, having not only
cut and shocked bis wheat, but plOughed up
his ground and planted corn, th"s producing
two Of tho stable crops on the same land in one
year. Perhaps the earliest wheat cut On the
James river is near Presque Isle.
DEATH OF THE CANNBAL=-The Feges
Chief Vendon who arrived a.New York ID
the Viucenpes. one Of the ships Of the Eaplo-
ring Expedition, died on Saturday 10 conse-
qusnce Of having nothing to eat but roast bse1
and salt pork, ,snCs his capture ltis said biz
.Fegee Hlghness, several years since captured
~ salem brig, the Charles Bagstt, apd tool
eleven American sailors prisoners, which h'
ate for his dinner, as choice silt bilsl"
T8E CRoRs.-Ths Pttsburg American says that d
six Western States will this year send 10 the ses.bosr
thty.fvs millions Of their growth and product, say
Michigan 5000, 900
Indiana 100000
Illinois e0QQO00
Ohio l2.000,OO0
Kentucky 600O,0 600
Missouri 1900, 600
19E 900 ooc