davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-02-03

the other varieties, giving more per bushel
than No. S, by 6! lbs flour; and gain Of
fifteen per cent on the flour of equal meas
ure of grain. 100lbs of wheat No. 8, makes
so lbs of flour; while 100 lbs of No. 5 yields
70 lbs, showing an advantage of 8 per cent
in favor Of grain cut green.
1t was found that in No. there was q
greater quantity of flinty particles, which
would not pass through the bolt, than in any
of the others. The bran from No. 5 was
coarse and heavy, while that from No. was
thin and light.
Estimating the flour of the various wheats
to be worth, at the time of the experiment
rs. Cd. per stone, the pollards Is. 3d., brar
1Od., and the straw Cd. per stone, the value
Of the respective cuttings will Island thus -
The ralue ofthe produce ofttoenty perches
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-02-03
BURLINGTOM VERMONT, FRIDAY, FEBRUARYa

verses of my more sober days, you may like to
read one more flourish like the last. Those
were addressed to the same belle dame, and
under continuance Of the same hallucina.
ton"
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-02-03

z eros, Weg eight WSesgh! Pollard Bran Waste
Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1843-02-03

The estimate Of the value per acre. founded on thu
foregoing calculation gives for the value of the acr
Of
No. |, cut a month before fully ripe, ELL 9s I'd
No. 2, three weeks before fully ripe, fl0 les Id
No 3, cut fortnight before fully ripe, FLA les.
No. 4, cut ten days before fully ripe, GA lis 4d.
No. 5, cut ripe, 9l3 lis Sd.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

TmE AMERICAN NAvv.-From the Army
aud Navy Chronicle, the Capitol has compil
cd ih, following interesting statistics ia re
gard to our Nasy-iss force in ships, officers
and men:
Our navy can boast at present Of eleren
ships Of thc line; Of which four are on the
stocks, and TWO must be rebuilt or razed be-
fore they can b. brought into service. One
razcc. Fifteen fligalcs, Of which three are
on the stocks, and one Is, We believe, about
20 be broken up. Seventeen sloops ofwu,
Of different cllScs, besides the SIX lately or
dcred 20 be built Eight bngs Of different
sizes Eight schooners. Five steamers
now, since the destruction Of the Missouri
Three store ships. This constitutes our
whole effective force in ships. VIZ: 6S-larrc
and small Ofoficcrs We find Is captains,
81 commanders, go lieutenant, l35 sur
gcous Of the different grades, 81 chapIians
- engineers, 81 masters, l23 passed mid
shipmnn, 0masicr's mates, IS boatswains, AZ
qunnors, 80 carpenters, and IS ssilmakcrs
making total Of ,403 persons who receive
salaries whether IDLE or ON duty. There
are besides, General ofMarnes, l 1t Col
onel, Maiois, Is Captains, and 10 Lieuten
ants.
The officers Of the Navy receive thTo'
different grades ofpay, according as they CT
dong duiy AZ sea, doing duty on shore, o
doing nothing; besides being paid thoi
travelling expenses when under orders, an'
receiving the pay Of higher rank when per
l forming the duty Of thar rank.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

rfTtfFrM uIfrIuf tNN ".
BE with the uhacking Of the quarts and
pinls. Auah, Body, you're loo hard, eniirc-
III. I've drank nv brogues over and over
sesin CO yol. I've drank D Carolins BAT.
So nd Ell, ior you; aid I've drank Body.
my silk waistcoai, and would hsvc drank
my coat, and-but where's The use in talk
ING, what would | not be willing 10 drink Cor
your
"LaHy,- said Biddy, who was Just plain
country girl, with reasonable share Of good
sense, and who had, II win be seen, as much
regard for Larry as he had Tor her, though
they differed much in their way OF showing
IL; -don'i drink al all; don't put another glass
to your ii s; 20 down 10 Douncrail 10 morrow
and ask Father Mathew 10 give you The
pledge; and that viii mend every holc IN your
coat, and light FIRE in your heart that will
warm you all over, forever and a day.
would rather have, show are you this morn
ing, Biddy,' or good evening 10 you, darling
sad IA an easy, natural way, and the words
coming right up Of their own accord from
your heart, than thousand loving hcalihs,
to me ever so ardenily drank Can't you
love me when soberf Must you 90 70 the
public house before you can love me- Is
there anything in the whiskcy so like your
own Biddv, as YOU often call her, that you
are as well satisfied with the one as the 9TH
er2 Where are your eyes, Larry, and are
your senses goingl Have | ever cut your
head at a Far, OF laid you in the mud 10 the
road, when you ought TO be asleep in your
bedl Have | sold your COW and your three
pigs, and the fine old SOW your mother left
YOU, God be with her, aud have made your
little farm look 50 comlouless and drcary.
that even a poor bit Of sparrow can't find
straw enough in the barn yard 10 build her
nest withl Think, Larry, ofthe last words
Of your dying mother. when she called you
10 her bedside, and holding you by the hand,
with her eyes, that were closing forever on
you and on the world, fixed on her only son,
and talking siill with them when her lips
we're no longer able to mover-
@Ssop, Biddy," cried Larry, running his
hands across bis eyes, @siop, not a word more
or You'll kill me dead. am of 10 Donners
all 10 night, and III foot il every inch Of the
way. and never give il up ill I'm at the door
Of The holy father. Never fear me, Biddy,
darling. III be a man Of my word, and when
I've taken the pledge tell me now-once Cor
all, am 10 heave youIself into the bargainl
Tell me that, Biddy, and wish me God speed
on the way"
aHere's my hand" Biddy replied, placing
il frankly and firmly in bis, ''snd may new
er live, Cassidy only justso long as you please
and no longer"
aThai's enough darling, that's enough,
and away went Larry, bounding like deer
over an adjoining fence, and was soon on the
road to the town, which was about 20 miles
distant.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07


There is some good, plain talk and some
sound sense in the following from the Phila-
delphia Forum:
Much and il seems to ms, undue import
ance has been attached TO Mr.. Webster's
opinions aud conduct. To Judge from the
newspapers, especially the Wing papers, and
most especially the New York Wing news
papers, one would suppose that the desti-
mics Of the party, the hopes Of the country.
depended on whathe might say or do. Ex
presses were despatched, special reporters
employed, locomotives and STEAMBOATS, tried
10 The very verge Of explosive rapidly, 10
bring before the public the 'ipsissima pcrba,
the precise phrases in which the oracle at
Andoser was 10 speak. And what is there
70 justify all this2 i public opinion in our
county so unsettled that Mr.. Webster's in
duence IS needed to steady it2 Are there
prevalent doubts perp'exing the mind Of
the county which be only can removed
Has not the Wing party, TO whom be
PROCESSES 10 speak, made up its mind as to
measures and as to menl The Tariff pol.
icy, the Currency, The Public Lands, are
subjects on which, We repeat, the Wing
mind in times past no doubt guided and en-
lighted by Mr. Webster and bis fellow states
men, is made ~. The decision OF the par
y as TO men is equally fixed, and why there
fore II is that so much solicitude is felt and
expressed as 10 what Mr. Webster may now
say. is beyond oor comprt hension. Can il
be any other than the punenl. boyish curios-
iiylwhicais as sptto employ itsolfwiih what i
insignificant as what IS momenious, provid-
cd il be myslcriousg May il not be that this
.nonsIrous. unnatural anxiety is an artificial
growth simulated by parlissns, who, seeing
their interest in Mr. Webster's ultimate ad-
vanccmeni, know no better means Of promot-
ing il Than by persuading the public that
what he thinks and says is full Of value and
peculiar import Now once for all we pro-
test against this monopoly-this adulaiion.--
Il is unworthy Of the Wing party. Il is IN
worthy Of Mr. Webster himself whose in
siincis Of propreiy must be shocked by this
absurd direction Of attention to all be says
or does. No one for instance viii persuade
rs that, when, Al Rochester some weeks
ago, The orators Of the dinner table in maud.
lin affection shook hands and almost Rugged
each other in the ecstasy Of their friendship
and Nr. Webster shreanncd ia festive indig.
nation 10 work his fingers 70 the knucklci
10 paypur debts, that be did not regrelwhcr
iia wakcd tic neA, uoiain1. - md lhcy bad
been faithfully reported. and hal az nj,
speeches had been scattered through lnr
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

over town that ] had piece than had
made oui ofmy own head, coming forth in
the next weeks paper, addressed to Emily
Brinkenhoh.
Never, never did seven days sail more
slowly round than the weeks interval which
followed the foregoing notice, in the publica-
ton Of the @Elucidaior Of Freedom and
Tocsin ofihc People," When il did finally
come out, I sent Emily an afEectionate note,
with copy Of The paper, assuring Der that
the poem contained my real sentiments.
determined not 10 read il myself until visit
ed her in the evening. BY great selfdenial,
1 kept my resolve, and when the young moon
arose, bent my steps towards the mansion
of my mistress
She received me coldly. I was surprised
and abashod. "Nhatis the matter, Emg' |
iendeEly inquired; ibid you get my bilIes-doux
and he verses io-dayrr
"Ycs-thcy came safe
''Woll, how did you like lhom.u
"rho note was Kind and good, but The yer.
ses we're foolish, ridiculous nonsense
was ihundeuimck. I asked 10 see the
paper. Emily ross and handed il 70 me; and
sitting down BY the vine-clad window, patied
her little foot augrly on the floor
] opened the Elucidaior and Tocsin. and
read my poem. solomon Of Jerusalem! What
inbuman hatchery what idiocyl Bot will
give TIE eiiusion as il was printed, and shame
the dcriL'
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

Among the acts Of the late session q the
Locofoco Legislature OF Ecw Jersey vas .
multiplication Of Judges and Justices Of tho
Peace, peoploing every hole and corner Of
the State with judiciary funesionuiies a
paper says:
"Some two hundred Justices and Judges
were appointed in addition 70 those made
at the last joint meeting. Thus il viii he
seen the promised reform goes brayelr on. 2
The effectlof this state Of things is iersh
in the following extract from the spls'ls o.
colered man in West Jerseys
-'BUnASeroN County, Nov. IA, 1873
Besides this, there is nothing that pariic-
ularly concerns the mill Squire jenkins
ask fifty cenisa day for splicing the 4 Is, and
Judge Butionwood thinks he must have five
shillings Cor trying out the talloN Of tho OF,
and the lard Of the hogs. forgot - cay
that ell the white people Of thisneiehbolhood
have been made Sqeires OF J1dees ~ tho
new Legislature, al but few women sonch
six or seven women were appointed, because
the people at Trenton could not tell what
their christian names were. Sc that aua Ter.
is Judge, cause the Legislature thought i
was John; snd Der daughter Jenny is q
Squire, and her commission calls her james,
though she was nominated a. Jimmy. We
are greatly alarmed here about these sh'ngs,
as my old woman thinks II they should make
a Squire ofme, should commit her 70 pri-
son sometimes which would be worse than
the other offences used 10 commit before
the temperance broke ont.n
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

Win n.t "a rrer are fist-sss as
49, y. .i44,a ntN uio 81 1uUonuollable
rage. ~ the blindness Of uy chagrin, de-.
pSeciaicd he irtrncns Of Miss Emily;
thought cvcfT person could zee The cuofs
aud detect them as feadliy as I I'D and
sl'd io 10 y0ung Iueud tial sic l.lsl Aa.e
been very stupid or inaitentive, not to see
how ihc poem ought 70 read. This reused in
her bosom "all the blood ofthe Brnkenhods. =
She handed me my hat aud pointed signif-
canily To the door went out at the apert.
ure thus indicated, and have never darkened
II since. Emily b. is now the Connecticut
schooI-masier's, who blows the piichpipe and
loads the choir on Sunday in her father.
church.
This was the first passion and my last. OK
ccpi that into which have been reused eve
" time have soni piece TO be published
Yet ! still love 10 console my droary bach
elorship BY writing and seeing my thought,
in print but desp1ir Of ever seeing then
rightly uttered. Fate, in that regard, Is a
gain-t me, and probably always viii Be.
JoHN SwIrH.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

The following account OF a collecting
tour, We take from the State Journal. We
mean no offence to our subscrbers-@none
IN liie~--by parading il in our columns; We
copy i because il IS 80 ftmny--meFely to
make hem laugh, as We know they viii when
they read Il, especially those who owe US
any thing and win LEI their memories run
back 70 The time when they treated rs As
bad, If not worse. II Is a good joke--we
m gat say a very good joke. Just think Of
Offering TO pay Subscription 70 a newspaper
in blind bride. and blind horses Again
We say its good joke. We laughed over
il, but through sympathy with cur contempt
pry, laughed on The wrong side o the mouth.
Alas. the troubles Of Publisher. there Is
someiing 20 peculiar in them that none sym
Taihisc save the hungry group who depend
% his prosperity. Oihcr men and even, 90
iheir lasting shame be ]: stid.) delinquent
subscribers, laugh al thcirreciial. Like The
frogs IN the lable, "oar" misery IS the spou
Of al mankind-yea ofthose who pell Us with
the stony stones ola cold denial ofou dues.
We ask Cor flesh and they return Us a ser
peni. Ehen! We are ina moody temper over
these facts this morning.
II j. halfpasi nine. One ofour collectors
has Just returned. Weeks ago he emerged,
his pockets lined with venerable accounts
and notes, whose age, we bad fondly hoped,
II not their dignity entitled them to some Fe.
spcci. He has lravcrsed swamps, and native
Afailways,n composed Of miles Of rude tim
Der floating in sudcF mud; bis horse e.
swan creeks SWOLLEN into rivers; bis pcreqri.
nations have been IN ihe face oftho worst Of
seasons, wind, snow, rain, aud cold. lie has
lain down late and risen carly, and bis fsrc
has been none the better Cor his head, bear
or stomach. lie IS faded man. And wa
have nung With hope upon bis return. The
pags iaccd dun, aud Tie rcd-iaced dun, and
the fiery dun, aud me meek dun, and ths
duns who need and who should have, al
been dismissed with quite reliance upoE
this Collectors advent. Now he is here
And what doth bis visit profit usl
lis hands arc lull Of bndlcsi YES, ye gods
OF coarse horse brides, "iakcn on accounfi'
THEE hungry qoadr0peds, whose hoeds hasl
/ filled these bridles, have followed in hi
lnan. u sot coz cr~ 81 her aafu aau hav
II ....s ~. al Az as4ft..f - ....s.a.sss
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07
TO EMILY b

aDcaf gill an angel sure ihou art
The mise Of every spell
..NAal bf' igs one transport 10 my heart,
And BIDS my bosom swell.
"And oh, camaiion on thy check
"a richest lusgrc lends:
And ny hluc eyes iorosor speak
A welcome 70 Thy liends.
"Alasl Il flic should bid " plr',
Life would b. nought with me;
"A load would rost upon my heart.
Without a smile ifom lhec.
Where shall meet a leaf 80 fair
In natures open pagcl
With lhcc the boauiioos flower compare,
AL a'en my Rnefassuagel
aFcrrlso, ny love, this hasiy lay.
And loi iis numbers be
Sweet monitors, that day By dsy,
Shall I'D thee think Of mes
This productcn cent sothe village news.
pper. ! awaitci iosg week 10 see il az
pear Finally, lie important Wednesday az.
rved ! hislened 10 The olIice--but tho &C
fair vas uot Published. glanced with a
hul ga nye over tho damp sheet, aud found
scot CO az lasi. commencing with three stars
tuEnft ~ and down. II fsad thus.
~Tha ifibute 70 Emily BY j = Is unavoid
ahly postponed untl our next, by press Of
advertisements, lor which re arc thankful
alnce 40 20 that kind Of business, a. like.
vire ATT rara Of JOB work on the most reson.
hhlc tern blanks, caEds, handbills, AM
cher lrf documents being executed BY u.
AZ Cit test notice. Not 70 digrcss, how
slor, ~ sould cay 70 J. ). les him cultivate
.tulsrH be has tremendous powots, bui
D. Nr.r. bad hand. lie should make hi,
rermlrr Ike his poesry-perfocf.~
ai 10 curiosity 70 look into the advcr
1T c.salns 70 SO what ensious things o.
nt ~ aisplaced my lines. There wer.
NrI itrt advertisements. "A shefilE7s sale,
.er coa. md a wife eiopcd from bed ans
Etrt rad The sheriff, notice with tina
Itrr r'clrn which these documents usual
~ c1ctl discouued of lands, mcssuaQcs
"A tsrer. nis, designated By = line begin
e4 "a ta northwest corner Of Mr.. Jonkin'
.1w-hrr --funning thence sevonty-fv'
'nf 1lneon links; thence east twenty
Inc nseloyon links, 70 = stake and stone
iif On 70 the end Of tho chapter.
N 4. inu notice hllod me with exceeding De
a. isent 4 70 Emily told her that ]
SELF bat begged her not 20 men
ato hlfd person. She kept her sccgs
fsrl.rn usually do 10 three days Il xas a
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

t.-~ SOS uHNs. LIZA anau.sAus
ceedinp, aIier less than weeks acqualli.
ance, he marriage VOW was said, ani il.o
nuptial knot was tied. A few degs -fe
ward, hey took their depariafefof AIllw4u.
kie, the residence Of the Sraitl--as Re re-
ported. There they remained bul week
or more, when the husband represented 70
the wife thai Milwaukee was very sictlv, and
that il would be better for them to return and
spend the winter among her friends ID uiis
county. The young wife, al confidence and
credulity--as women generally are in such
cases--consented to tho arrangement, and
they began TO make preparations foT return
ing. The furniture provided by her father
was repacked and shipped on board Of q
steamboat, and they also went on boafd -
The wife was seated IN the Cabin, while tho
husband proceeded as he said TO sctiie mat
icrs and arrange their furniture, when be, Is
matter Of course, was to Join her. The
boat showed Of, and was soon undeF way
The unsuspecting wife waited reason
able time for her Smith to join her, bot no
smith came. Growing impatient, sbe set
out in search Of her husband, but her search
was in vain. She found him not, but receiy.
cd ticket for her passage, in her maiden
name, 70 Buffalo, from The steward, who know
nothing further Of the matter. She next
called upon the captain but he knew moth
ing more than that gentleman had paid the
passage for a servant girl, (ihe name on the
ticket, )wbom be wishedt to sendto her friends
in Bufhlo. Suspicion then, for the first
time, flashed Upon her mind. She, tho wife
of buia few weeks, had been desered!--
He feelings may be imagined, but cannot be
described. She has arri~ed at the home Of
her childhood, but Of her husband---he who
but little while before had sworn 10 love,
project and cherish her as long as life re-
mained-she has neither seen OK head from.
His conduct is inexplcable, save on tho SUP.
position that he is an unmitgated william.
ssBui the tale is not all told. The wife,
too, was to blame. She had pligh-ed her
vows to young man Of the neighborhood,
and but ten days were TO elspse before they
we're 10 have been married; but drawn away
from her duty by the dazzling representations
Of wealth which were held out 10 her, AT
else wss forgoiion, and she surely reeps q
bitter reward
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

s.0ch rau9der Bddy Cassidy, you're com
ing il over me 100 strong intirely. Cant you
be temperate. Biddy, with that sweet tongue
Of your own, and let a poor devil draw his
breath. We're not going 70 fall out about
the matter Of a glass Of a could morning,
acusila, and The wind tearing away through
every hole in this old coat ofminc, and making
me feel, or all tho world like that Of rag
man stuck up on pole IN a cornfeld TOO
saphlen the crows. Only look a. me Biddy,
and putting your hand on your heart like an
honesi eid a. ycu arc tell me in the face Of
this beautiful SKY, (ior the diyil a hing else
banin myself I'd have you look ai) would YOU
have me worse Than ami Would you have
this poor heart Of mine, bruised and battered
a. il has been BY them two black eyes OF
yours, would you have il daTlin, shivenn with
the cowld. TWO, and not one drop Of the
scroaiure.r 10 kindlc one speak iheIeg All,
then Bidd1, is little you know what have
suffered ca you, how warmly love you +, and
how many and many time this very winieT
I've pawned The very bfogucs OF my feet
and a neu Dublin bat into the borgain, 10 be
able with ; few daceni boys, 70 drink YOU
health. les BlddJ, % drink your health. and
icaE hif 81 fou, ean ~ 'l1.oa.n r ~ lpu
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07


course more steady, seems 10 Us 70 have
been Is absurdly exaggerated.
And after at, how has az ihisinteIest and
curiosity been fcwardcdg Dir. Webster has
made an able and eloquent harngue He
Icannol 90 otboTwiso. Butihore is not in H.,
ffcm first 10 last, the annunciaiion Of distinct
op Mon such as be used to utter. He does
not strike out as be used 10 do. lie is moi
unlike tie sh,pwreckcd mariner, who forms
raft Of chairs and tables, and benches,
materials FOR other uses and occasions, and
thus escapes fom the week and tries 10
gain the shore. Who that remembers MIR.
Wcbsier's great speeches can realize that he
now finds Unnecessary 10 exc out an harangne
and buoy himself up with excerps from DR..
Franklin and John Hancock-the Federal
procession and Paul Revere's thread bare
'4siars in Heaven,n and the old Green Drag
on Yet, so il is, and no man can make this
contrast without nournful disappointment.
There IS not an holster that bend at the
shrine that viii deny that il Is not as il used
20 be. There is not one Of the coierie in
the city Of New York, who in bis heart, re-
joiccs ihot such speech should have been
thus heralded.
Bot il Is at the end Of this expression Of
opinion, that Mr. Webster has endeavored
10 define his position. And he seems to
think he has done so by declaring himself
to be sFaneuil Hall Whig.' aud that by
showing he was justified in the mere act Of
rcmaing in the Cabinet. OF rather that he
was advised 10 do so, that his whole course
ofconduct is excused. Now what Mr.. Web
ster means by sFancuil Hall Whig,' is not
very olain. Faneuil Hall has seen strange
words. VAST not there that not many
months ago the sams voice was heard up
braiding the stouiest and truest Wings Of n.
England, because they bad favored Mr..
Clay, and denonncing the best Of Mas
sachuselis for daring to differ from himl--
Was not the last exposition Of opinion in
Faneuil Hall that which Mr.. Webster him
self gave; and what evidence have we that
the standard Of doctrine, the rule Of faith is
changedG And as 10 bis exculpsfion, moth
ing can be less satisfactory. Il is mistake
20 suppose that the remaining in the Cabi-
net Of Mr. Tyler is per sethe ground Of com
plant. We can web imafSne reasons and
inducements 70 that course, n which Mr..
Webster is the best, ifnot the only Judge
An unfinished negotiation, for thocompletiou
al which, owing TO the incompetency Of his
chief and his colleagues, bis services we're
needed, and on which the interests OF the
country depended, might be sufficient TO re-
concile Mr.. W's concience TO the degradation
of bis position in Mr.. Tyler's recognized
Cabinet. OF that, We repeat, he was the
Judge, but il is the reward ola satisfied and
tranquil conscience that he must be con-
tent with, unless be can give better reasons
than that he was advised TO remain by some
distinguished men, whose names, highin the
estimation Of the Wings, he does not ipdi.
cate
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

InnRrANr.-The Natcboz Free Trader
says sfat splendid cap il 20 be given by lhe
Washingtonian Fair 70 tho mother oil tn pref
test baby
Every mother 10 aihcm digpine sll 81
sure % exhibit Der nnonkey.
The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-07

ing horses, and tomorrow We must drain our
wits again TO buy paper, 10 pay joumeymen.
and 10 exc out aediiorial,~ Cor the benefit
Of that admirable, intelligent, liberal, sOveF-
eign and honorable thing called, The Pun
LIcl