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The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-15

II is moi surprising that almanacs at this
period were in general use. Indeed, II The
age Of Elizabeth was the age Of pamphlets,
that OF J,mes the First may be called that
OF almanacs. We turned over, short
time since, collection of these-above
score-lor the year 1912; and truly no
stronger proof of the "vanity Of such devl-
ces' could be given than the various and
conflicting opinions Of their authors, as to
coming events. "Thc great eclipse" OF the
22d Of May is duly noted; but, while one
learned doctor determines that "by It we
may foresee great robberies by the highways
and burglaries," because I" Mercury is in
the ascendant" another declares that, while
its effects will not take place until ''be-
tween the 18th Of October and the 18th oil
January" the result will be, ''jangling and
controversies between clergymen and law
yers." The almanacs of James the First's
reign abound with general warnings. There
is in most Of them long list Of "things to
DO done in the increase OF the moon, and
what is TO be done in the wane. They
also quite emulate Murphy in their exact
prOgnOslics of the weather; not hcsitatlngly.
like Francis Moore, with his ''rain more or
less about this time;" but boldly, as though
there was an actual "clerk Of the weather,
and his most efficient services had been
procured, declaring that the 21sl shall be
rainy, and the 10Th quite fair; with due
intermixture Of days neither cold nor hot
and some with ga sharp shower to finish
with. But it was to the list Of "lucky and
unlucky days. that our forefathers turned
with the greatest interest. Some OF the
: directions for conduct on these days in "Bret
, nors' almanac, are very curious. Thus
on the Sd and 18th of January. the word j
"Presse for preiermente;" while for the 6t
liz is, "Please the old one" On Februar
I2Oth, the oracle says, "Speake and speede;
n while. on the 25th March, it is Loo
d about you" and the I'd Of April, "Be Dol
ii for it" The 9th and 31st December give
L. "Presse on and prevaile;" while Decembt
n 24gh, Christmas-eve, too, most ominousl
ID points 10 "a rope and halter" The vi
10 Iiols information contained in these lit
I'd ''Hand-books of the People. for such, II
e. deed, they then were-givesus, on the Who'll
to favorable opinion Of the general state
70 information. All Of them have sort
We astronomical lecture pre6xed, which, a
OF though certainly not Newtonian, is yet
n, accordance with the learning of the time
Ell They have also "a table Of distances
n some Of the most famous cities in the worl
". from the honorable city Of London" Me
Ell leo, DUMAS, (whatevef city that may b'
lat jerusalem, and "Calicut scarcely know
49, We should have thought, then-the Prec'
ln sor of Our eastern metropolis, Calcutta-a
I'll Nineveh! and Babylon! which is just 81
IT. miles of, and about forty Others, figure
m, this table. The compiler is, howev
ne. strangely out in his calculations respecti
ui cities nearer home, for he makes Edinbur
Try only $50 miles of. We must. howev
'sd not forget to mention. that there is ais
ns table OF remark able events, "from the CT
IN ton of the world. british Rerier.
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AGRICULTURAL.

PaorosED HEDGE PLANr.-We have received
q communication from Mr.. :. ID. Ingham, OF
New Hope, Pa, accompanied by small pack
age Of the seeds Of a species Of thorn lersis-
gus), from the Allegheny range between 'h'
White and Red Sulphur Springs, in Virginia
His attention was first drawn TO this plant oy
observing that, wherever the cattle had brOwsed
of the tops, in m old field, 4 remarkably close
and bushy growth was formed without any 9th
or trimming. The stem Of each bush, he rep
ressnts to have been thick as his wrist, ana
capable Of making from two to three feet oil
very thick hedge.
The seeds, or haws, he says, can be obtained
in great abundance at the last named place, ana
II an easy mode Of Propsgating them could DC
devised, he thinks that this thorn would make
an excellent hedge plant. The package he has
sent MS, he wishes TO be placed into the hands
Of some one for experiment, with The view oil
learning the best mode Of propagation II any
ameteur, or experienced nurseryman. IS issi
rous to make the trial. part or the whole OF
the seeds are at his disposal We would sag
gest that they be treated in similar manner
a. recommended for those Of the Usage orange
at p los Of the present number; and for future
sowing, when the haws are ripe, To mix them
a. soon a. gathered, in . heap Of earth, where
they must remain for q whole year, turning
them over several times in the course OF that Pc
Rod, in order TO facilitate the decomposition OF
the pulp and hask. They may then be separa-
ted from the earth and sown in beds Of finely
prepared soil, and covered to a depth of about
one-fourth Of an inch Thus treated, when
sown in the autumn of the second year, they
will vegstate the following spring .-Aneriesh
Agricultural.
CULTIVATION OF PorAToEs.-Mr John
Bailey, Of Piattsburgh, N. Y, in an interesting
article on the culture Of the potato, which We
regret to condense, for want Of space, recon-
msnds that all lands, designed for that plant,
should be thoroughly drained. so that water
will not stand upod any part Of the held that
good sod. inclining to sand, gravel, or loan, -
10 be preferred, avoiding clay, and even clayey
sabsoil, IL possible, - they do not permit The
water TO pass of so soon rs required. The
ground, he says, should be Plowed and planted
- early in the spring ~ practicable; and the
potatoes dug soon they ripe; after whie b
they should be put In q dry and airy place, ana
kept until cold weather makes IL necessary to
remove them to the cellar, where they should
b kept a. cool - possible without, danger oil
freezing.
In the selection Of seed, he makes the choice
Of the hardest varieties. and for the last two
Year,, he has applied lime, plaster, and wood
ashss In the hill, at the time Of planting, with
good rssults-lt.
FAcrs and not theories, or opinions, are tEs
hing most wanted for the imprsvsnsnt Of az
toulturo.
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chinese Craaselsgssss

The cranlOlOgist unl0lds his plates, ana
lectures on them at great length. One Of
these plates | bought Immediately after a
lecture, as curiosity. 1t is representa-
ton Of face, with head-dress that has
not been in Use for some centuries, inscribed
all over with characters; every feature bears
some development or other. The ears speak
volumes; The forehead is almost an ency
clopeda of organs, some denotng the quail
ties of the mind, others emblematic OF the
destiny of the individual. Some OF the
characters are in circles. surrounded by
numbers and professional terms. From the
foreherd to the nose are seven. Heavens
Centre, or Zenith Heavens Hall The
Lord of the Firmament; Just the Centre
between the brows;) The Seal Hall )
The Foot Of the Hills Years (betweer
the eyes, old Age 0he bridge Of TIM
nose. Two kinds Of eyes are given, TIKI
one Ming.he, or clear opening the othe
Yen-he. or observed opening; the lid in
truding on the pupil in the latter. The in
terpretations do not exactly tally with thos
of our psychologists, and when doctors dl'
Ter, cannot decide a point on which on
is as likely to be right as another, with III
chances. if any, leaning in favor OF tn
Chinese, who have studied the matter e
centuries before it was dreamed Of in IT
rope.-Forbes' China.
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We are in the midst of the Yearly
Meeting; 10 me very important time, as ]
am greatly interested in the welfare Of the
Society. | do most fully unite in most Of its
practices and principles; but still may
say, | have somewhat against it. ! see
that we may improve as We go on, if that
which first led US to be a peculiar people,
be kept to by US. | think in our Meetings
for Discipline, too much stress is laid on
minor parts Of our testimonies, such as
'plainness Of speech, behavior, and ap-
parel,' rather than on the greater and
weightier matters Of the law; these (lesseI
things) ale well, and believe should be at.
tended to /; but they should not occupy an
undue place. | do not like the habit oil
that mysterious, ambiguous mode Of ex.
preston, in which Friends at times cloths
their observations, and their ministry.
like the truth i'm simplicity, it needs no mys
FERROUS garment. ! also can hardly bear lG
hear Friends make us ont to be chosen
people, above others.
| have very much kept silence amongs
them. being generally quite clear Of any
thing to do; but as spectator, have re
ioiced in the love, the sweetness, and the
power Of good amongst us, and the evidences
that Our great High Prizes, is owning us fol
good.-LJe Of Elisabeth Fry.
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ence between marching with his right or
his left foo. foremost, and all the time he
was in the service he continued in the awk-
ward sqrsd.'-Lord Campbell slyly adds,
"There were likewise good many attor-
neys belonging to US, who brought down
many tests upon US, among others, that upon
the word being given prepare to charge.
they all pulled out pen, ink. and paper;
and being ordered to charge they wrote
down Us. 3d., or lbs. i'd. The soul OF our
corps was our adjutani, my poor friend VIII
Harrison, who with us could talk on moth
ing but battles, and seemed to think him.
self as great military genius as Napoleon
althoug he talked much law at reginnenta
messes. which he was fond Of dining at, &
that it was said, he was "a general among
LAWYERS, and lawyer among generals.
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"Of the 300, 900 volunteers enrolled and
disciplined. says Lord Campbell in his
Life OF Erskine, "the lawyers in the me-
tropolis raised tive regiments the B. |. c.
A., or Bloomsbury and Inns Of Court Asso-
citation, and the Temple Corps generally
called the Devils Own The command
Of the latter was conferred upon Erskine.
Having myself served in the ranks Of the
former, am not able from personal OBJ
servation to criticise his military prowess,
but we'll remember We heard many sto-
ries OF the blunders which he committed,
and We thought ourselves lucky to be un-
der the orders Of Lieutenant Colonel Cox,
a warlike Master in Chancery, while our
rivals could boast Of most Of the dignitaries
Of the law, and were renowned for their
belly. gerent' appearance We consisted
chiefly Of lean students and briefess harris
tiers, so that we were in great hopes that if
we did not 20 into the field, before the end
Of the campaign, fatigue alone would make
great openings for US in Westminster Hall,
and on all the circuits. We had drills
every morning, and many field days, but We
never had any harder service than being Ie-
viewed by George Ill in Hyde Park, along
with all the volunteers Of the metropolis. on
a very rainy day. Both the law corps were
particularly noticed by his Majesty, who
caused much jealousy among us Of the B. l..
c. A., by his particularly gracious return
to the salute of Lieut.. Col. Erskine. Many
severe colds were caught, but there was no
casualty to cause any promotion in the
profession, the servants Of the seniors wait
ing for them with cloaks and umbrellas as
soon as they were dismissed from the pa
rade. Lord Eldon in his old age gave the
following account of this spectacle:-I
think the finest sight ever beheld was the
review in Hyde Park, before George the
III. The King in passing addressed Tom
Erskine. who was Colonel, asking him the
name Of his corps. He answered The
Devils Own The Lincoln's Inn volun-
teers always went by the name Of The
Devils Invincibles.' Law, then Attorney
General, afterwards Lord Chief Justice Ell
lenborough, was reported to be a fair speci-
men of them; for, even with the help Of
chalk, he never could be taught the differ
The examiner. [volume] (Louisville, Ky.) 1847-1849, 1848-04-15
From Graham's Masazin'
The Fire Of Drtfs.WS0A.
BY HENRY w. noNGPELLoW.

VIZ sat within the farmhouse old,
Whose windows looking Ger the bay,
Gave to the ea-breeze, damp and cold.
An easy entrance, night aud day.
Not far away we saw the port
The strange, old-fashioned; silent town
Tie light house--the dismantled fort
The wooden houses, quaint and brown
We sat and talked until the night
Descending filled the little room;
Our faces faded from the sight,
Our voices only broke the gloom.
We spoke of many vanished scene,
OF what we once had thought and said,
OF what had been, and might have been.
And who was changed, and who was dead
And all that fills the hearts Of friends,
When first they feel, with secret pain,
Their lives thenceforth have separate ends,
And never can be one again.
The first slight swerving Of the heart,
That words are powsrisss 20 express,
And leave il still unsaid In part,
Or say il in too great excess.
Ths very tones in which he spsks
Had something strange, could but mark;
The leaves of memory seemed to make
A mournful rustling in the dark.
OF died the words upon our lips
As Suddenly, from out Tie hire
Built Of the wreck Of stranded ships,
The flames would leap and then expire.
And, as their splendor flashed and failed,
We thought Of wrecks upon the main.
OF ships disnasted, that were hailed
And sent no answer back again.
The windows rafting in their frames
The ocean, roaring up the beach
The gusty blast-the pickering flames
Ali mingled vaguely on cur speech.
Until they made themselves part
OF fancies floating through the brain
The long lost ventures Of the heart,
That send no answer back again.
o flames that glowsd! o hearts that ysarn'd
They were indeed toe much akin
The drift-weod Ere without that burned,
TIE thoughts that harmed and glewsd within
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From the Massachusetts, Pioughman.
Aunt Sarah.


of wore there stood on Kendall Hill
The widow Sawyer's domicil.
A very worthy wight was she,
Aunt Sarah, called familiarly.
She had a saying which was this,
When any matter went amss,
She'd cry. and twas her constant way,
alt was not 30 in Sawyer's day"
II e'er COW the garget had,
Or, what was worse, dog run mad;
Should cattle tiespass on the rye,
And field get barren none know why;
The mare grow FESTIVE on the road,
FIounce, bound, and overturn the load;
She'd take her snuff, and only say,
alt was not so In Sawyer's day"
And then, should she some gossip hear
A Islander uttered with q sneer;
For such an one was known to blk
In selling butter, cheese and milk;
And others, they were so and so,
A nd none too good; if tales were true
"Poh: poh. speak i'll Of none," she'd say,
alt was not so in Sawyer's day"
If men, contentious, went to law,
About some trihing. paltry flaw,
Ii neig6bors ran into disputes,
And acted less like men than brutes;
Should lawless pilferers abound;
And rob the orchards all around:
Rapping her pipe, "Alas." she d say,
at was not so in Sawyer's day"
IL lawyers took too large q fee,
Or doctors practised quackery;
IL merchants, To increase their treasure.
Choused any one in weight or measure;
Ii cleryymen CHANGED to be thought
To practice unlike VIVA, they taught;
"Heaven change their hearts" thus woul
she pray;
1t was not so in Sawyer's day"
Were il allowed for saints above
To leave their scenes Of heavenly love,
To view the changes here below,
And watch the movements as they 90,
How men contend, while wealth, or fame,
Or pleasure is their only aim.
How some, to bring their ends about.
Would cen be thought to be devout,
Showing that where's the tallest steeple,
There II be the most religious people;
The strange machines for labor saving;
The thousand tricks contrived for shaving;
The steam power, to perfection brought
BY Fulton, famous man of thought;
Railroads, whereby most distant places
Seem from US now but few PAGES;
The rapid cars whose fearful speed
Does cen the arrows flight exceed;
Alas, their sad disasters, too,
That bring TO thousands death or wo;
The telegraphs ihat tidings bear,
Swift as the lightning, through the air;
Aunt Sarah, as she viewed the scene,
The wondrous changes that have been,
Might well exclaim at the survey,
"Sure, twas not so in Sawyer's day."
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WOusa ne Ru motion.

What a minister is in small state, that
a woman is in in her lesser state. namely,
the minister Of all departments at once, the
husband managing the foreign affairs more
especially is she the minister Of finance,
who. in the state, according TO Goethe. in
the last resort, regulates peace, as well as,
according to Archenholz, the magazine OF
war. Even noble ladies would be health
Ter aud happier, If they fulfilled the duties
Of maitre d'botel, and femme de charge; ]
mean for the house; ! know they frequent
ly act in both capacities for their husbands.
Certainly. as a whole, the females Of the
higher classes are rendered more delicately
beautiful by this absolute idleness; but such
a Venus resembles that Of Rome. who was
also the goddess Of corpses; among these
may be reckoned her children, her husband,
or herself. | do not speak about the art OF
cookery, in order not TO be laughed at, as
Kant was, who wished that here las in Scot
land) regular lessons should be given in it,
as well as in dancing. Rather would Sen
eca's beautiful words, addressed to sacrih-
GERS, "Purds Deus, non ple'sas adspicit ma
nus" God regards pure, not full hands,
acquire new meaning with noble ladies';
and they will suppose their husbands value
| pure white hands more than those which
present them some good dish they have cook
ed. But how is it that, in the order OF fe.
male rank, her real title, housewife, is not
esteemed higher Is it not in that capacity
that, as once physically, so now financially,
she prepares freer future for her children?
And can woman find that in detail be.
meath her regard, in which, as whole, the
greatest Of men, Cato Of Utica, Sully,
and others sought their glory'-Lerana, By
Jean Paul Richter.
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hound followed the line Of the vermin
through the cows. through the fannyard.
flutteIing the poultry as Conolanus I'D the
Volscians at Corioli. through the garden
and the adjacent meadows. The squire and
his friends, with a band Of relocated visit
ors from all quarters, had been keeping
pace little in the rear of the dogs, in the
fields and road below. The whole hunt
now burst into view.
To many mingled sound al once,
The swsken'd mountain gave response;
An hundred dogs bsy'd deep and strong,
tlsterd an hundred steeds along;
It's peal the merry horn rung out,
An hundred voices joln'd the shout,
With hsrk'. and whoop, and Wild hsioo'
No rest the Broxton eohoes knew.
The huntsman, the s9uires, the whiPPers-
in, and all OF the chase who were up paus-
ed at Mr.. Fenna's gate; the huntsman blew
peal on his horn. and the cavalcade dash
ed through the farmyard. Some boldly
leaped the garden gate, some scrambled IN,
to the ad accent meadow. but all managed
somehow to gain the open fields, where
they spurred forward, and swept Xix hur
ricane after the pack. Stragglers continu
ed to come up, during the next twenty min
utes, some Of them long after the leaders o
the chase had been out Of sight, but, moth
ing daunted, they spurred their faded horses
over the fields. and enjoyed whooP ant
tantivy all to themselves. The fox we. al
forwards heard. was run to earth near CaI
den. We were not sorry for his escape. a
he was evidently sagacious fellow. who
finding he could not battle his pursuers o
the hill side, amongst tho trees, paused Of
) posite TO MIR. Fenna's farm, and, seeing tn
coast clear, hoped to give them a chez
amongst the numberless scents OF the Pou
try-yard, which he had no doubt often vi
$ tied as a midnight marauder.-Lirerpo
Albion.
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LITERARY EXAMINER.
To q Dasssses On her BssssHry, Jsiy -
1900.


az THr REV. ". BELoE.
tn spem reaucis mentibss, anxiis vivesque. "-Hor.
How many virtues should be seen
When once the maid becomes sixteen!
To watch fathers failing years;
To dry an anxious mothers tears
How many Ills may chance betide
A brother, wandering far and wide,
Who, gazing on the green seas foam.
May sigh, but sigh in vain, for home.
Then should sisters tender care
Against his wish'd return prepare.
Perhaps some younger prattler's noise
A parents feebler health annoys;
Then should a sisters better sense
Provide a cure for petulance.
Perhaps the infants shriller cry
Proc!aims no tender mother nigh;
Sweet are the feelings which dispose
To hush the cherub 10 rePose.
Perhaps the world too hard may press,
And penury and keen distress
May cloud the hospitable door
Where peace and plenty smil'd before;
Then should the aching bosom prove
The comfort Of a daughters love,
For then the eye uPlifted Prays
That she may know far happier days.
Such are the virtues to be seen
When once the maid becomes sixteen.
Bat let not rising beauty's bloom
With pale solicitude consume,
Nor pine with over anxious fears,
That care must multiply with years
Sweet are the pleasures TO be seen
When once the maid becomes sixteen.
Then shall the gentle bosom beat
With soft bat inexperienced heat,
Connecting happiness and truth
With thoughts Of some more favor'd you'll
Then. too, shall health glow difiuse,
RAT subject for the youthful! muse.
Then shall fathers fondness trace
The mothers charms, the mothers grace
Again shall hang enamor'd DER
WHIST thrill'd the bosom long before;
Then in his girls accomplished mind
Return for all his cares shall find.
And in the praise which all bestow
The sweetest recompense shall know,
Manners, the fruit Of sterling sense,
And smiles, the gift Of innocence,
Good humor. warm desire to please,
With cheerfulness and graceful ease
Sweet qualities and thousand more
Which parents gaze with rapture Ger,
Nav all on this fair morn be seen,
For Jane is now become sixteen.
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LETTER v,

In the promise with which my last letter 10 you upon
the Bibe coucluded,I undertook task frora the
performance Of which, have been hitherto deferred b.
Is very magnitude sad in,porta.ce, IL moee rs0eStsd
pstsscy 70 20 h joses, snd b vsakns0 common
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Boon, Talbot e. Smith,
FAYETEE, MO-,

HAVING now received their entire stock, res
pectfuly invite the attention Of their friends and
the public generally, to an examination OF one
Of the largest, handsomest and most desirable as
sortment of goods ever introduced in one season.
Soliciting due proportion Of the business OF
the town and country, we assure those who may
be inclined TO make their purchases of us, that no
exertion will be wanting to give entire satisfsc.
ton. Our stock will at ell times be large and well
selected, and purchases made on the most advsn-
tageous terms.
With a determination to do a permanent and
satisfactory business, our prices will be uniformity
as low as any house in this Or neighboring coun.
ties can or will sell, either for cash or to punctual
customers on time, accounts to fall due on the
last day of each current year and bear interest
from then until paid.
Beeswax, tallow, fax seed, hemp and tow linen,
&c &c. taken in exchange for goods at cash prices.
BOON, TALBOT g. SMITH.
E.yeita NAV 1Sd3
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