Sunbury American and Shamokin journal. [volume] (Sunbury, Northumberland Co., Pa.) 1840-1848, 1843-09-30
SALT.


be or common table salt The soda and the a.
cid in separate state, are beth highly corro-
sire substances ye; when chemically united
they form very hcathiul compound.
Salt is so essential to human existence. that
man can scarcely live without it. 1t preserves
his meats. We mix it with our bread. The
horse the OK, and the sheep love it. And to
give us full supply, Providence has not only
stored it away in mountains and caves for us,
but has intermingled it with many springs far
off from The ocean, that are sought and found
sometimes at great depths, but always sufficient.
ly strong to make good salt for the interior
portion of the country. But besides these uses
to which common salt is applied, It's presence
| in tho ocean is o! great importance, adding not
| only to its buoyancy, which is beneficial 10 com.
merce, but it also tends to prevent the waters
of the ocean from freezing ind thus helps to
keep open n continual sea navigation during the
! inclemcncy Oft the winter.
Fresh water freezes at 39o
Sea water does not freeze ill cooled down
$50 5
In the south of France, large trenches arc
cut near the sea, which I'll with sea water at
high tide, the water being confined there by
flood gates, the sea cvaporatcs it and leaves the
SALT in trenches, from whence i, is laid UP fer
use.
The ocean contains from one twenty.fiflh to
one thrty-ftlh Of its weight in salt. On &C..
count ofthe cheapncs3 Of the feel at New Gas.
tie, in England, salt is produced there By eva.
poration Of sca water; about 80 tons Of water
produce one ton of salt In SaXony, they make
salt in the same manner that the New Workers.
doat S1lna
We cannot close this article without giving
the following account fr5h The 10th vol. ofthe
Philadelphia Magazine:
The salt mines near Cracow, in Poland,
which have been worked ever since tie middle
Of the 18th century, contain an immense store
Of this salt. The excavations have beer made
) with so much regularity and beauty, tha: the
mines are visited by travellers as one of the grea-
test curiositcs in the world. Eight hundred
workmen are employed within. whc raise ,6s,
900 quntas OF salt annually.
Through this enormous mass of salt, which
presents to the eye, no interruption in is saline
texture, and at he depth Of 450 feet, folos a
stream Of pure, fresh and transparent wdter
,ehich is receircd IN large ,oOoden peSse'S
; ,chere The uoyff,en aud horses IN ttesc 5ubter
amcous reg ions quenca their thirst. AS i; wa
, impossible that hes: springs could flte
through the sal,, nature, which bUles her mas
ter pieces in the bowels Of the deepest noun
tains, has placed in this monstrous mass o
: salt, a stratum Of clay sufficiently thick to al
low this stream Of water destined 10 .efreah y,
; wcrkmen, to pass through in such a manner a
to be protected from the action Of the ssl O
, which q very small quantity would inilre il
: salubrity.-Pkh Sentinel.
CEcws Is. ALcoHoL.-Wc e2tract the f,'
p lowing very excellen, article from the Peoy
(H.) Register
Col. B. has one Of the best farms on the Iii
ros river. About one hundred acres Of it ar
now covered with waving cora. When it hrs
came up in The spring the crows seemed de
termncd on its entire destruction. When on
was Killed, it seemed as though dozen cam
TO lis funeral. And though tho sharp crac
Of the rifle often drove them away, they r..way
returned with its echo.
The Colonel at length became weary {
throwing grrss, and resor ed On trying the VII
tue Of stones. He sc,n, to the druggis, To.
gallon OF alcohol in which he soaked fc
quarts oi COR, and scattered it over hiu fel,
Tie 6,.ck legs came and partook with the
us ~ relish and, es usual, they were prett
well corned; and such cooing ard cacklir
such errnuing and staggering! The seer
was lihc--6ut | will make no lrYld!ous con
/, P,rison--it was very mEch like
, When tho hoys attempted TO catch them, the
-, were not little amused at their sIaggeTr
gait, nnd their zsag coarse through the air. !
:, length they gained the edge of,he woods, al
- there beng joined by new recruit which ha
" pened to be sober, they united, at the top
their voices, in haw, haw, having, ard shoutir
'e either the praises OF the curses of alcohol,
Y, was difficult 70 tell which. as they ratified aw'
e. without rhyme or reason so very muck hEe,-
o. Bu, the colonel saved his cora. AS soon
ps they became sober, they set their taces st'a
'r. fastly againa, alcohol. Not another kern
would they touch in hjs Ead, lest ii shea
m contain The accursed thing, while they We
ou and pulled up the corn Of his nclEhbors.
10. relufn Ike dog - his or.,--Nke wash