Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1844-05-31
DWELLING.

Two musquetos, one morning, met on a leaf in
garden. Both were filled with the blood drawn
during their last nocturnal depredotions. They
were silent and dunpy,' cross and savage One
OF them ran out his sting and pointed towards the
first musqueto. This was considered an insult
And so the offended musQuetoe steps up to the
other and says:
did you turn up your sting to ?"
The answer was" ran out my sting you can
apply it as you choose"
"Sir" says the first, "you are mpertnent.n
Answer" Sir, your remark savors ofrascaliv"
"Hah ~ exclaimed the other, ga downright in
suit! No gentlemanly musquetoe will submit to
such treatment without demanding satisfaction
Draw, villain, and defend yourself!" They rushed
together, and, running another through the
body died "honorable deaths"
Recipe for making yeaSt.--To two mdling sized
boiled potatoes, add pint of boiling water, and
two table spoonfuls of brown sugar. One pint of
hot water should be applied to every half pint of
the compound. Hot water is better in warm wea-
Their. This yeast, being made without flour, will
keep longer, and is said to be much better than
any previously in use.
Planting potatoes. In the potatoe there are two
parts one Of which will produce tubers fit for the
table eight or ten days earlier than the other part.
The small end Of the potato is that which produces
the earliest kind, and is full Of eyes. The middle,
or body Of the potato produces later, and always
large OuGS. L Hc DulL OF navel pnQ Is worthless,
except for feeding stock, and if planted produces
very indifferent small ones, and often none at all
Cut your potatoes sometime before you plant them
and always select for seed the largest and iarest
that you can find. You may very much improve
your table potatoes in this way.
Facts for the Incorporate. Washingtonian
told us not long since, that soon after he became
temperate he borrowed two hundred dollars to start
him in business and that for two years he made ii
practice to lay by in money box, daily, very
near the amount he was in the habit of spendno fol
intoxicating drinks intending that this should &c
towards cancellng the debt he had incurred. The
first year he saved eighty odd dollars, and the sec
oud ninety odd.
We know truckman who, previous to becom-
ing a temperance man, kept for three years an ac
count Of his income and expenditures. The great
est amount Of money received by him during that
period annually, was three hundred and four doll
ars and the least two hundred and sixteen. The
greatest amount oflquor purchased annually in the
same time cost him serenity eight dOlldrSi the small
est quantity siriy three dollars!
A gentleman formerly engaged in the sale of ar
dent spirits, lately made an estimate of the amour
OF liquor drank by the present members the Port
land Washington Total Abstinence Society five
years ago. From Il by no means large estimate, ht
computed that they were in the habit of drinking
hogshead every day or three hundred and sixt,
five hogsheads every year.
Surprising one quarter of the present members 0
the Washingtonian Society were in the habit o
drinking as much liquor, per annum as the aver
! age amount Of the truckman above alluded to. the
we have $4,000 saved annually to portion of GU
citizens in consequence of the temperance reform
-Portsmomh WashingtOniun.
! We have heard it stated, says the Lexington In
quirer, that when Col. Johnson heard of the nomi
nation of Mr. 'Frenghuysen as the candidate 70
Vice President, by the Wing Convention, he threw
up his hands and exclaimed Mercy on me
would rather run against any other man in the U
nted States"
How tremendously the Loco Foco party shoute
year ago. and how small they sing now TIL
roar OF the lion from the eternal rocks, has change
to the thin squeak Of mouse from GRANNY in