Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1844-11-19

IFEMS-fron the liverpool Mercury.
There has lately been produced al Slower.
IN Dcvonshire, one of the seats of The Dake
OF Somerset, berry Of black Hamburger
grape, which measured five inches IN circum-
ference.
The Duke Of Norfolk, chairman of the
Arundel Agricultural Association has offer
cd to give next year, premium of ESQ to
that farmer who shall have proved to the "a.
tsfact'on OF committee ;hlt he has employ
ed the greatest number of aborers accord
ing 10 the SIC of his farm during the cnsu
lh9 winter.
IN the year 1917 a proclamation was is
sued, that women should not meet together
to babblo and talk, and that all men 5 should
keep Their wives in their houses.
A S'lcsian Journal states that % gallons
OF wholesome and palateaLle beer may be
made from half bushel of potatoes, ten
pounds Of malt, half pound Of hops and
Two quarts of yeast, for something less than
a tar'hlng per quar-.
The Preston Chronicle mentions twenty
potatoes of the pink-eyed kind. which weigh.
ed II lbs, and one Dug up at Krkham,
weighing 2llbs 10 OF.
1t is said that Garrick, the celebrated play
wright aud actor, when placed in a witness
box, was so confused that he could not give
an ineligible answer.
lie leagne states that the gain Of free
traders on the South Lancashire registration
will certainly be fiom II to 1000
The King of Saxony who purchased from
a Jeweler to the amount of 80, 900 dollars,
for presents, during his visit to England. has
been sw;ndlcd, most of the stones turn;no
out TO be false.
BY Masters patent ice machine, creams,
.Jellics, &C., may be iced i'll two minutes. and
a large solid block of ice formed from pure
wafer in an hour In any climate.
Coal-tar is the very best descrin,ion If
pant for fences, feld-g ltos, ont. buildings.
&C. 1t never alters by exposure to the
weather. and one or two good coats will last
many years.
Al Navant, about three months AGO. bow
OF seven years old, son of the Rev. j. Arch
bald, had his thumb completely cut off by
the accidental fall of the lid of an iron box.
The parts were sewed together a quarter of
an hour afterwards: they cohered, and. it is
SAID, the boy has now the perfect use of his
thumb aglia.
Punch says the British Association. in
stead OF advancing science, has only brought
II back TO where 1t was thirteen wears AGO
They met" says he, sat York in 1881, and
were at York in 1914. SO that they have
Just come round to the point they Started
fom.''
The second great chess match between
Mr.. Stanton and NJ. St. Amanr, was to
commence at PARIS yesterday, the I7th inst.
1t 10 for ElOo, and the winner Of the first
seven games out of thirteen will be declared
the congueror.
Al Amjens, the other day, thief acciden-
tally Tell into an OIL vat, and was caught floa-
ting, after bath of several hours, having
found itqujte imposs BILE to Chamber over the
edge. although he could easily grasp it.
Jolly miller, of lIaddington, who kissed
a lady in the street the other day for wager
was prosecuted, and rewarded with forty
days Imprisonment.
The Archipelago is infested with pirates
to such degree, than even King Otho's
cutter yacht has heen plnndered, and evcry
soul on board butchcred.
A Frankfort Journal states from Bremen
that 5000 emigrans from the north of Ger
many are waiting there for embarkation to
Texas, on the territory purchased by COM
pany at Frankfort.
There IS now residing not many miles
nom Pontarduas, Carmarlhenshire. an old
m1n who has completed his l2oih wear, ba-
wing been born in l.24
The Bristol Gazette mentions m inbabi-
iant OF that city named Richards, as having
attaIucd the age of l03
he Gladiator, war steamer, of 100 tons
burlhen. and pierced for twenty guns. was
launched on Tuesday, at Wooiwich.
An Anti.taking- Babies-into Public As
ssmblles Society has been established al
Philadelphia.
At Whitworlh. Monmou,hshire, the o,h-
er day, pony died in consequence Of swaI-
owihs piece OF >ponge, which il picked
up from The stable window.