Wheeling times and advertiser. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1839-1849, 1845-10-07

A LUCKY DREAM-A correspondent Of
the United States Gazette, gives the following
curious account of the manner i'm which the
mode OF making round shot was originally dis :
covered. We believe it will be new TO many
OF our readers My father was a plumber in
'his CITY, and Tor long time could think of
nothing but how to make round shot. Round
sIot was the burthen of the night as well as of
ihe day. One night he was awakened bv n
blow i'll the back from my mother. who ex.
claimed, i have found out the way tn mako
round shot. dreamed was going i'm to n
shop TO buy the child (myself) hat, when. ON
nearing Kissing noise proceed from an inner
room, was informed that they were MAKING
round shot; on going in, | looked up and saw
a man pouring melted lead through a sieve at
the top of the building, which fell into tub
Oh water on the floor, and on taking some of
thc shot INTO my hand found they were per
iectly round! My father exclaimed in costa
Gy, lou nave found il out" Immediately
ne SET the melting-pot to work, and on pour
ing some OF the lead from the ton of the stair
he found the shot much rounder than an,
which he had before made. AT dayliobt he
poured some from the top of the leanino tow
er III the city, succeeding much better; and ON
pouring some from the shaft of the mine. he
found that he had obtained Ground shot"
-, ~ ho EC = " y Of THE GREE
Ghc fCh; 1t appears from the Report of
,he Assembly oil the Gree Church of Scot
land, held at Inverness, that number of land
owners are acting in cruel manner to,yarJs
the Tree church people. 1t seems that the lords
oil the soil refuse to grant sites for places of
worship TO those WHO had seeded from the
establishment, and as in many districts ian the
highlands, one individual is the proprietor of
an the land Tor circumference of many miles
Ms refusal to grant a site for church is nraf,
ticai prohibition of any place Of WORSHIP no
ing erected IN that district The results thai
the poor peasantry are either Obliged TO have
no public worship at ALL or to return to Inc
establishment, or to meet in the open air bv
the seaside, or on the public roads They have
P'ecI!ed 'he latter alternative, and large con-
sregduoms OF the most worthy and pious of
oCo'lanu people are every Sabbath TO be seen
wors hipping their Maker on the sands of ,be
sea shore, or on thehighway. or on some blncL
aud barren moor. The spirit which thus ncr.
sicuies Tor opinions is worthy of Spain i'm the
proudest days OF the lnqusitiun.
BUSHY GERANlUM.--The entire ar, 81
NAMING ,hese plants bushy so as to cover fine
pot and bc dwarf at the same fine consi.,. -,
Judlclously stopping the plant. which is no.
more nor less than pluching OH the end ar a.
II Were pinching the heart out: but this shouid
not be done until there are two pair of leaves
on the part be Pinched.on This stopping ipdu
ees SIDE shootsslirectly, and the pots have to
e looked over occasionally to see that nome az
the side shoots grow too vigorously: il any arc
found doing 50, they must bc pinched back. so
as to keep the Pant in n.-IIorticuLtnroj
Magazine. 10
=, ny ESCAPE.-A letter from Chestcrtovp
n heht county, says. negro Sam, against whom
VIC ',Iand Jury found bill last Septcinbcr
;'!i TOT ihe murder OF Rowe, escaped non
IaIl last Tuesday night. V