The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1847-07-10
GLEANlNGS.
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GLEANlNGS.
The Democratic party in the Legislature of
New Hampshire. have passed resolution. de-
claIing that neither slavery nor involuntary SER
vihide, except for crime, &c, should exist in
any new Territory; that slavery should not he
extended, ana approving the Wilmot Provso.
1t seems that there is u difficulty between
Gen. Scott and Mr.. Tfist. We shalt know, ere
long. the cause Of il.
light thousand dollars has been subscribed in
Providence. X. L., for the purchase of torty-f,eo
pews in Grace Church. Of that city. to be forerer
free. These pews will contain 200 persons.
There is some excitement in and near Boston,
about foreign paupers. a meeting was held al
RoNbury. on the sublect. and suggestions made
with view to the correction Of the evil. An
extra SESSION of the Legislature proposed
June 9Th, 32l immigrants arrived at Boston;
there wer, at Deer Island. 1877. No action was
had, but another meeting agreed upon.
The M.rrnnac has been flooded The Golfer
Dam, al Lawrence, washed away, in part This
will retsrd the work. The river rose six inches
the hour during the 22d and continued to rise
during tn, night
Burger, the German poet, satirzes the sleep
ers Al church in an epigram. Of which we have
met with the following version:
"All the night long have not slept a wink,
On Sunday morning said a languid fair.
lis hard, but yet I'll creep TO church, think
And possibly may doe little there"
The storm plays fancy tricks with the Tele-
graph. When the lightning plays. the wires
are dumb. Monday week last, the whole line
"a u.ele.S from, this r,pes pf pi,tshuryl,
Hon. David Tod. Minister to Brazil. sailed
from New York in the L. :. ship Ohio.
The people in Wes,iield, Mass. have voted 10
exclude from the jury box. all ''Odd Fellows.
British cottons. with a counterfeit stamp OF
the Bartlett Mills, Newburyport, have been made
in Boston.
IL is said there are no less than two hundred
applicants for the vacant consulship al Havre.
Pity idlers could not be set to work
Andrew McMichae. Wing has been elect
ed in Morgan county. Va, 10 the House. This
makes tis on loint ballot.
Wheat is fair in North Illinois: excellent in
Louaon county. Va. The grain. generally, is
very heavy.
Mr.. David Adams. butcher Of Cincinnati. wa.
arrested il -. Louis for passing counterfeit mo
ney.
\ letter from II. {. SEYMOUR. Esq. Superin
tcndent Of the New York and Erie Railroad (,
Mr.. Marsh. the Secretary, says:
The milk train of Tuesday night, Odd inst.
took 10 New York $4,000 baskets OF strawber
ries. These baskets are intended to contain on,
pint each: but say three baskets contain on,
quart which is quite within bounds. Then W,
had 2C,6b. quarts, OF eight hundred and thirty
;hree bushels. These Strawberries W III no doub
weigh % pounds 10 the bushel, but say Gu. thei
We had treniy-fre fons Of Strawberries alone
| The boxes aud baskets weigh as much more, 81
| that the freight was at least fHy tons. By tn
same train we had - 600 quarts Of milk. which
| weigh "a pint II pound - tons. and incluiin.
cans. ~ tons: making a freight of sigh'y.fr
| tens of Strawberries and milk. The milk b,
both our trains equals fifty tons 10000 quarts
| dsily. and including cans, 63 tons. The Rock
| land county people receive nearly $1,000 q da,
| for their strawberries"
The New York Journal of Commerce re-
marks: The value OF such an avenue of com
munica,ion 10 this city can scarcely be estima
ted. II givcsns the good things Of the countr,
| in chsapness aud abundance"
On Thursday, -, 1872 baskets of strawbcrrie
| were received in New York BY the Erie Rail
road.
Newly DISCOVERED Uses or THE SuNrLowER.-
| Those most experienced in the cultivation o
| this plant are sanguine that, with proper sol
and proper cultivation, II IS more profitable thai
,rheaf or corn. The seeds more olcaginou
than those of the flax plant, and combine tn
qualities for table of the best olive oil 70
burning, of the best sperm, without its smoke
aud for painting. it is said by painters who hav
used il, 10 be superior TO linseed, and il is NOR
| rapid in driving, equally easy in spreading, an
without forming a much dsnser coat. Prepare
| and eaten like artcokes, the young cups of thi
plant are very excellent and pleasing TO the pal
| ate: the stalks are excellent substitute ia
hemp or fax, and for bee pasturage II is equa
| to any plant, Welding, from its luscious and M
merous hectares, an abundance Of the best an
most palatable honey. writer in one of on
agricultural exchanges, says that, on suitabl
soil. with proper cultivation, il will yield on a
| average. from eighty TO one hundred bushels
seed Ia the acre. From five to seven quarts
oil are calculated on, per bushel IL this is no
oyerestimating its productiveness, and it can b
raised as cheap as wheat or Indian corn, ordina
rily considered the most expensive crops cult
waited, the Sunhower must be very prOhtab
prod uctior. We have, heretofore, cultivated
on a small scale, usually in vacant spots, by III
fences aud in places where the cultivation
other vegetables was ineligible, and so far OF
experience goes, II corroberates the above asse
tons We find that the green leaves yer
excellent fodder for cows, especially when Il
feed in our pastures gets low In seasons Of sea
; ity and drouth. We generally commence plucl
ing them in July, taking the lower leaves firs
and feeding them out at night, or, If the scare
ty of feed is great, in the morning before tur,
: ing them from their yards. We have sometm
given them corn-top pings and the leaves Of Il
sunflower at the same time, and have found tn
) the latter are invariably preferred. The seed
: the Sunfower isa most desirable food for pou
try, its highly oleaginous nature wholly supe
seding the necessity Of animal food
He who abandons his offspring, or corrup
them by his example, perpctrates greater e'
than murderer. I
The VARIOUS evils Of disease and poverty, pa
; and sorrow, are frequently derived from Other
but shame and confusion are supposed 10 proce
0 from ourselves, and to be incurred only by d
misconduct which they furnish.
+. -t-.. Reform tonight;
+. And that shall lend kind Of easiness
y To the next abstinence; the next more easy:
h For use almost can change the course Of natul
\ And either curb the devil, or throw him out
J. With wondrous potency.
Nothing can atone for the want of modest
without which beauty j. ungraceful, and '
detachable. .F
Oh! it stirs the blood sf an old mans be-
And it makes the pulses fy,
z To catch the thrill of happy voice.
And the light Of q pleasant eye.