The miners' express. (Dubuque, Iowa) 1849-1854, 1849-06-20
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4 Brief Lattany.--To be read on all
convenient occasions, by all classes:
From all "bores,'' back bi:ers, inluisitivo
people, false-faced, hollow.heasted, evil.
doors and evil-,hinkers. Deliver US.
From rheuma:isms and lumbago, tooth
ache and potions, Deliver US. -~.~----~-
From smoky chimneys, scotdipx wives,
cross children and wash days. Deliver US.
From all sorrow and grief,which short
ems mans life; FROM vexation and losses,
SKINNED milk, sanded sugar and twice "
sed tea. Deliver u.s.. -, 80 >
From the hands Of the doctor and sur
geon, the loss Of repute and daily occupa-
ton; from all cold sweats, bed-bugs con-
SYMPTOMS, and delinquent subscribers.
LORD DELIVER rs ALL. -E'5TTT0
The TAistle-Whyit IS tie National
Badge Of Scotland.-The following is
said to be the origin the national badge
Of Scotland. At the period when the
Danes invaded that country, it was no,
considered in accordance with the laws OF
honorable warfare to attack an enemy
under cover Of The night--ba,,les were
almost invariably fought by daylight.
On enc occasion however, the invaders
determined 10 avail themselves Of the
darkness, and in order 10 render their
stratagem more likely 10 succeed, they.all
marched bare-footed. BY this precau-
ton they had passed the lines unobserv-
ed, when the very means they had taken
TO ensure their safely, proved the cause
of ultimate destruction. A Dane who
placed the undelended epidermis of his
foot on superb prickly thistle, could not
repress sudden exclamation or pain,
thereby discovering their proximity 10
the Scots, who, instantly seized their
arms, defeated the unwelcome visitors
with great slaughter, and Immediately
after the battle adopted the thistle as the
insignia Of Scotland. 49,
| "A SERMON ON DRINE1Na.-To keep con-
t'nuaIly dry, always wear an oil-cloth dress,
| carry good umbrella and practice rum.
drinking The first two articles, however.
are only essential in protecting the outside
from tho superabundnnt moisture. vet tho
last keeps the inside as dry as stovepipe.
never knew a rum drinker who was no:
eternaly dry-dry in al kinds of weather.
He goes to bed dry and gets up dry-keeps'
himself dry through the day. It's not TO DO
wondered at; for wha, can he be otherwise
than dry when he keeps the blue blazes con-
stantly burning iii his bosom. by pouring
double distilled destruction down his throat
forever. In fact, my friends, the morc he,
drinks the dryer he goes; ON his death bed
he cries for t1ore drink, for the last time!
and then he goes out o: the world as thirsty
as if he had lived ON tonish all the days OK
his life.-lDo%. Jf.
Wctherby whQ drives the" White MouHnta;na
stage" fiom Baldwin, is a great #ag.-
8 There is young woman lying in tbu, ere
house yondcr," said ha to us, as we were
riding on the outside with him last summer.
"there's young woman been lynn there
near ahoht month, and they haven't buried
her yeti" "Why not - we innocently in.
CURED. "Clusc she amt dead!" quietly
remarked Mr. Wctherby, and then he nick
led the ear Of the Of h"-,e slightly with his
whip.
Poulry-EIave two breeds Of hens ;iohs
S ort selected expressly for their excellent
quality in Matching and rearing chickens;
and twice the number Of perpetual layers,
as eggs ore more profitable than chickens
Let your chickens come as soon as posi-
bic. Feed plentifully.-Barley is excel
lent food for hens.
Dressing for the Flo,oer CARDINAL li,ils
care will enable any family to have tho
very best compost possible Tor flowers,
whether III beds or pots. Mix together
the vast leaves and stalks, ali the shre.!s
and bits of cloth. cuttings Of hair, ewecping
Of rooms and paths. bone broken in small
pieces, coal dust, On equal quantity Of fine
| coal ashes, or half quantity Of wood ashes-
mix in heap, and pour upon it daily the
night wash Of the house-but not in quaint.
| ties to run through-turn the whole once a
week, until the quantity equals your require
| ment.
Chareoal.-mapy arc its uses. It is the
! surest disinfectant deodoran, that is known:
1t makes roads equal it not superior to plank
roads. In powder it is the best thing to
clean knives. 1t is useful application for
putrid stole; and ought 10 be tried in all ca
ses Of putrid diseases. .rr
Charcoal far Roses.-Dress your rosebush-
es with pulverized charcoal-it gives vigor
to the plant and richness OF hue to the flower.
Pnlucri<ed Charco1l.--In many places it
would doubtless pay we'll if farmers would
devote portions Of their superauous forests
TO charcoal for manure, grinding it in q bone
or bark mil. 1t absorbs ammonia from the
air and the muck heap, and gives it out to
plants. 1t should always be mixed with sta.
Bile and liquid manure. 1t helps amazingly
the roofing Of transplanted trees and shrubs.
1t gives unexampled vigor to wbea. and
corn.
-- Our own Experience. -
We arc not III the habit of noticing shoe