Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1852-08-31
VARIOUS ITEMS.


citizen Of thai district, under whose personal
observation The subioined facts occurred:--
In l849. parcel Of ground. about six acres,
was sown in wheat, which was destroyed by
rust. and was not reaped. In 1851, the |
ground was cultivated in corn, and harvest
of That grain was reaped. In 1859. volun-
teer wheat was discovered, which was sup.
posed 10 be cheat but suffered to grow up
and mature. 1t turned out, however, 10 be |
excellent wheat, and the crop was reaped,
producing 343 bushels from six acres of
ground. This was indeed an extraordinary
circumstance in agricultural experience.
DoN'T LIKE HIS LooKs.--A sheriff was
once sent to execute writ against Qua
ker. On arriving at the Quaker's house, he
saw the Quaker's wife, who, in reply to The
inquiry whether her husband was at home,
said he was; at the same time she requested
him 10 be seated, and her husband would
speedily see him. The officer waited pa.
iiently for some time, when upon the fair
Quakeress coming into The room, he remind
ed her of her promise that he should see
her husband
Nay, friend, promised tha, he would see
thee. lie has seen thee! He did not like
Thy looks; therefore he avoided thee, and
hath depated from the house by another
path
AN lRIsHMAN's WAY OF PAYING ENGLAND.
The Buffalo Express says, we have seen
one lrishman who had practical idea of
the way in which The Irish could pay off
their debt TO their English rulers--this was
Mr.. John CesIigan. Democrat Of Albany.
At the last 81, Patrick's Festival in ;ha, city,
he gave as toast:
Protection 10 American lnduslry--lhe
mos, Legitimate and efec,ual. punishment
,oe can infict on John Bull, for his tyranny
and oppression to ireland. LIE. us have u
high tariff, high enough 10 exclude the i'm.
portalion Of all British manu- nulactures."
The "Back laws" of Indiana were re.
pealed a. the late session of the Legislature
of that Slate. 1t was done uninleniionally,
by The passage of general repeating law,
: repeating all laws OF the Stale no, enacted
at The same session, with certain exceptions.
The blacks are now on the same footing
with the whites, as to giving testimony, and
in certain other respects. Some oil the In
diana papers think the old laws will be re-
enacted al the mex. session.
r NATURAL CASA letter from IIilesvie,
ILL.,, suys lhaI while digging well for a
steam mill, the workmen penetrated to the
depth Of sixty.fiv feet. when Tie wafer rose
, TO within four fee, Of the surface. The en-.
CINE was set 10 work 10 pump it out. By
this means the waler was reduced some Is
, feet, but no further. A large quantity of
gas rushed up from the water, which on
. being sci on fire, exploded with loud re-
port and bazed 10 The height Of thirty feet,
burning with great and undiminished brill.
, fancy. 1t was exlinguislied with great diff
" fculy. The quantity seems inexhauslible.
Great was the amazement and diSmay
among the Irish laborers when lhe steam
shoveIs were first put in operation on the
Vermont Central Railroad, and one Of the
=. slurdiest of the Hibernians, after gazing a,
=. the huge rival for few moments, thus apos.
n trophzed the enemy: "WelI, faith, ye are
;. big divi of baste, and mighty strong in
the arrams; maybe, now, ye think yersel
2 ? as good as an lrishman, but, with look o.
!. inefabIe coniempD diril take ye, ye cam
U vole!"
: LiNGUA MANGUs.-The physician who
d attends sic transit has arrived.-BoS. Times
n The pugiIist that nihii Gt has gone TO Bos
!, ton, and expects TO see sic transit in gloria
6 naundi morning .--Swingfeld Post.
!, He arrived safely, but soon della blow q
sic transit and beta hole in his head. L. BoS
ton Bee.
n We understand that nihiI fit, and nocte e.
l. head completely off Boston Museum.
l. The meanest part of The whole affair is
e that after he was down, uerbum sat on him.
y Northern Light.
{, DANGEROUS FRAJD-The Bank Nott
y Deleclors advise the refusal of all notes O
q the following plate Of The Ohio Slate Sloct
"a Bank: "10s, centre Wig heue, female
seu,ed on horn Of plenty, holding III,
,t fasces and scales in her left hand, and tht
!. wand of Mercury in her right--coat of arm
a Of Ohio, safe, steamship and sail vessels OIL
: eft--a bridge, with railroad cars on it, ant
:. steamboat in the disIOnce--on each ent
10 margin an eagle, American shield, figure
!. TO- and re@,s"
W WHAT THEY SAID TO I'm
70 der this heading Punch has a skelch of
lady and TWO gentlemen in paror, and give
~ the following imaginary dialogue:
~ Hon. MIR. Fidde-"I wish that conceiet
- ass, Paddle, would go!'
20 ,s Capt. Paddle -"That stupid idiot, Fiddle
- never knows when he's in the way!"
s' Rich Widow-"I shall be uncommon
.. glad when both these slrpletons take thei
or departure"
lie The London Times, The organ of tn
IS British arislocracy, hopes tha, Pierce wi
nd be- elected, because it deems him favorabl
ad 10 England. Ii conlesses, however, that
es never heard Of him ill after his nomination
IS. and il attributes the selection of such oil
n. scure and inferior men 10 the "nolural Z,
ID; feet in the system of republicSuism."
Mr. Cass, our Charge to Rome, is said
or be suffering from disease of the eyes, an
re con'empl@es making rip to Psris,-Cii
~ Atlas. ~
lr. MS palernr.. ancestor is Said 10 be snffe
,.v IRON disease of the Noes, given
'er him a, the late Locoioco National Conve
as H., onJ con,annlates making a long VII