The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 184?-1851, 1851-04-23
The Family sAAaG never read {:
Newspapers.


! The second nigh, after lel, your city,
Epnt up al the large brick tavern, known as
the s--- House. The proprietor, in an
swer 10 some nterrogatories, informed me
that he owned over 400 acres of land, raised
the presen season 900 bushels Of wheat, CSC
bushels Of oats; and expected to harvest 1900
bushels Of corp; that he owed no man dol
lar, and neper took a newspaper in his life
had curiosity TO learn how family
kept up with the current news of the day.
when deprived of the only means of obtain
ing it. Soon after entered the family cir
Gle, which consisted of the parents and six
children; tho eldest daughter on the shady
side OF twenty y-fve--th mother commenced
with
sinister, DO you know whether that great
Mr.. Webster is hanged yst?'
ayes, madam
"Wal," said the daughter, 81 allow he'll
notmake any more of them nrc pesky spell
ing books"
~ suppose not
"rve lived so long in the world," said the
mother with deep sigh, "and | never seed
anybody hanged vel. alwsys thought I'd
like TO see Que hanged, but itnever happened
to come right, and Pm getting so old nov,
don't expect ever will. I've seed the sar-
Gus and the caravan, and sch kind Of shows
but I'd ru,her see one fellow hanged and fifty
SIGH shows" r.e| sid
"Stranger," said the daughter, there's 60
ing to be ar animal Show to morrow, down
here about six miles, may be you'd like 10
lay over and 60 down. Brother Jeemes
says they've got two snakes there, the same
kind as what can swaler an elephant, but
don't believe there ever was any sich snakes
do you2'
"No. Miss"
"Wal, then, the jography lies" replied
Jeemes, youth of some 25 years.
81 low ii does,'' said the mother. "Why
shouldn't them biography folks be just like
other folksr' a
"Mo,her," said Jeemes, "you don't know
nothing what you're talking about. Don't the
United States make all the jographiss?-
What's the use Of putting lies into emf
They make 'em every len years; they'te
going TO make another in a few days. They
send out men all over the country 10 6nd
every thing; that's what that chap was here
for, 'tother day, asking somany tornal ques-
tions about" 8gs t@'& at@ a.@
."stranger, supper'Sreadym 'a
PorATeEs arrivals from France,
a. different American ports, have brought
large quantities of French potstoes, reported
10 be Of an excellent quality :nnd even some
cargoes from the same fertile country have,
we observe, reached Ireland To think Of
Ireland and the United States importing po-
tatoes-and from France, too! What a
lesson to our American sgriculturis,s, 70 So
lect the finest and largest for planting, in
stead of the smallest, which have no vigor to
resist disease, or toproduce with abundance.
Without knowing tho precise economy Of
the French farmer, we may venture the ass
ser,ion that their large potato yield Is The re-
suit Of planting The largest bulbs, which is
never found 10 fail OF On exubarsnt yisIdr--s
American pantefs are .boundto recover the
potato; and not TO allow Europe TO feed us,
when we ought, under proper management
10 feed all ihe world. We hops the Rexl
year will place US on an equality with "la
belle France" in the production Of the po>
tato. s,t,s3s,e sgS
Il 4 MIsRRABLg old bachelor. recommends
women to study and acquire good temper.
Bah! if it were not for the selfisbness and
surlinegs Of men, women would be perfect
angels. Old bachelors do more TO SOUR tbe
iempsrof women thnn all other causes cons
bined.