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can raise their own hay, MAKE th.;r 49,
Eon''er aud cheese, supply their own Ed.
ni'e-employ their owa poor, and con ysrt
Their native raw material into cloth for I'M
the common domestic purposes OF lie,
This 10 decidedly more practical Than
NuiliscationI and much less hazardobs.
and is precisely the course which tba
Wing statesmen have always recommend.
ed. L is the dictate ot wisdom and Is.
Perlence, and must be- adopted by every
people desiring to maintain real independ.
encs.-RicA. wig.
A man named Mathew THOMPSON ksll.
ed himself accidentally. 10 Jackson Couns
", Indiana, a few days ago, ia tbe folloE.
ing manner \ Placing fae muzzie Of eu1
70 bis mouth be commence blowing i5Iit
and raised The hammer Of the losk Win
his foot, not knowing the gun " as loaded.
whilst thus engaged the hammer slipped
from beneath bis foot, and the entire had
entered his mouth. blowing bis head Into
atoms. People are daily cautioned on Itbe
subject of firearms, but accidents. erbv-
ing out Of their careless use, seem 10 mul.
lply.
Wa'I Robbery md Nurdsf. "A lst,er
published inthe Memphis Enquirer, s,ates
that he Florence stage was robbed lew
miles east Of Bolivar, Mississippi. The
robbers were pursued into Tenn es see.-
Mr.. James M Sanders. one Of the party
which pursued them, was sho, very badiy
~ the breast. and is scarcely expected 10
live. The robbers escaped 10 consequence
Of the darkness Of the tight.
4 Letter from Maza,lan, dated April 81. !
and published in the New Orleans Bulle.k
I'm, rePofcs q casesot persecution Of A.
meircan citizen. ~.,4
prr The HSa Edward Il Cross, Rspre.enls-
the Hon!sT. J. Lacy, resigned.
Destructipe Hill Storm. "A letter id
the Lancaster Examiner, dated WestLani
peter township, Pa, July "a, states that
about o'clock on Sunday evening last
that neighborhood was visited by one Of
the most destructive hail storms lhst has
occurred for many years. The wiad blew
a perfec. hurricane from the north for a.
bout half an hour, in which time thousands
Of window glass were broken, the gardens
entirely ruined, aud the corn crop will be
much inbred. The storm die not extend
more than mile in breadth.
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Singular Freak. I'VE find in an old ps,,
per, u description 81 >. singhlar freak Of
Two young women Ia England, Who bad
been disappointed il % marriage. and beisg
intimate friends, formed ths Singular de-
termination to live together as man and
Nile, in some place where they were not
known. They DIRE v lois 10 decide who
should be the man !; the one il fell on %;
sumed The name Of James Han They
then set ou. on their journey. and al last
came to Epping, leased ! house thers. ard
kept an inn. James Han was. sixteen.
and bis pretended wife seventeen years
I old. They had servant, but each per-
formed the duties belonging TO their sta
ton. They traded honestly. gained i
great deal Of money, were respected. and
lived toe ether thirty four years, until. Il lass
1.-The wifs died, about which time the dis.
[covery was made James Han had often
been foreman Of juries. and was 10 have
been Church Warden Il Tho discovery bad
not been made. +.
Tar TIL SEsep's .Nosss-In August and
j September, and perhaps the latter part o
July, fly, which is very Troublesome /,
sheep. lays eggs ID their nostrils, which
are hatched and the young wornS ascen.
, into their heads. where ahey become verl
, distressing often causing death, unles
some powerful remedy be spplies
10 cause ,hsir election or destruction. :
The better way i 10 prevent the 6sil. i
0 Taris considered The best rsmedy. 8
! tsring the shsep's noses ths injury vi
be avoided. The better way 10 effect iii
Objects 10 lay tar Cd boards or in trough
in sheltered situation, ind then sirew Q
J. salt. and the sheep win perform The ops
!, ralion cfsmearing 81 take stick ct lid
9 Eber, dress the upper SIDE, III, q bore in som
!, large augef holes two inches deep. p,
! soma sah il these holes andg-oncs weel
Z OF oftener, put lar around The edges Of II
y holes.
: Sheep. suffer much from these dies
y the time they are assaulted, and they .
e LIEN run with their noses ~ The ground
. order to avoid these yexatious flies, d. TIL
y will run their noses. into The dust, wh,
an opportunity presents. lor this purpo
e some persons ploughs up ,he earth % sps
e often i1equented BY sheep in hot wealth,
'e The application 81 tarlas here retoi
mended Is cond usiye to the health 81 s(l&e
oihersise Than by preventing ihe evil /
~ have named. II i good for colds d
Of other disorders - Cullipator.
s AIiille house well flle3. l;t, ,,;,'a
70 well tiled. and little wife !. 49,. ~
TIVE YaloE j. 6Ee br : s,sas