The Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1846-1852, 1852-02-12
saturday Evenlng, reb. :, 1882
SoMErmNo New.-We have, occasion

which our "cousin" BulI-John Bull
appropiates every good thing. and
claims its paternity. IL is way he has,
and we fear nothing will cure the
propensity but annexation. When we
take him under our wing he may be con.
tent to share our honors. and abandon the /
naughty practices to which he is n"w adj !
dicted. IAN for his own" as the chill
dren say, has been his policy so long that
reform is almost hopeless. except by a
radical operations He supposed his mil
itary tactics aud power invincible untI
the revolutionary war After that he
struck up favorite song about'ruling the
waves" and sung it right cheerily until
the war Of 1912, when some tubs" were
put shoat, with a bit of striped
bunting" atthe mizzin. which played
havoc with the chorus of this choice III.
tie diIty; and he never sung it afterwards
without some misgivings OH that subject.
He has for some time past been accus
omed to talk of brother jonathan in
! patronizing way; it has been evident that
we were coming into notice, and might
: some day be deemed very good society.
More recently he has shown disposi.
tion to fa,ter-he considers it possible
that we may be, in the end. necessary
adjunct to the preservation Of his nation
al being; and you may depend upon it,
IN that case, he will entertain very ex-
i alted idea Of our national productions.
II especially-''PunkiHS." Well, cousin
9 John is going to be scared; there is very
, ! little doubt Of it. The Iron Duke is NOV.
ing about the out.posts inspecting forti.
o fications, navy yards, &c. under the ex.
l. pectation that there is rough time com
L. L. ing. 1t may do the whole family some
good, and prepare them for higher des
= = tiny, of which, at a proper time we ma!
Of aid the fulflment by voting into the Tn
VI, VI ion the three several States of England
ms Scotland and Ireland.
"r In the interim; however, we submit
that these Br,ishers should take counse
Of honesty. They have been the smart
b. es, people in the world in their own opin
n. ion long enough, and they ought to give
eS way with good grace. whenever iona
O. than really puts himself ahead Of them
But they wont. And folks this side o
d. the Atlantic can hardly conceive the per
lot tinacity with which they resist ever
/, Thing that tends to convince them thor
he he are smarter people in the WORLD tha
ri. themselves. There are instances, how
he he ever, constantly occurring. Many are fa
ed miiar to the readers of the Sun; but tn
aH little affair -uf the "crystal palace" j
ter which Jonathan loomed rather large o
I' ne agricultural and naval affairs, locks an
revolvers, has brought them out in tn
i,o I"' most amusing style imaginable. We Sc
ect lew examples, illustrative Of the
|n III ingenuity in this department Of philosc
ply. ......... ...--
." The American Reaping Machine, a
mt cording to the Dover (Eng) Telegrap
,,,as Wv" is an admirable invention. After descr
ing it and extoIing its efficiency and us
fuluess without sIiLt. the writer cooly
J.. marks that "this machine ,cAicA has til
ing burst upon as a0ith so great an effect trc
ere tie Other side Of tie atlantic is. strict
ing speaking, no nouelty in design or pr
ciple. There hare been seUeral Of hO,
ght manufacture brought before the Britt
be public, and too soon forgotten"
An article in the London Mechani,
H.; Magazine, discusses the yacht race b
ma tween the "America" and "Titania" a
The contends that the success of the Anne
u. ca was owing to her size. both vessc
red were built on the wave-line principle
i ! o. .. it is maintaine d; and writer in /
lire Times helps out The case by a mathem
gG gGav ical calculation, that in the sailing d
die, tance of the race. the difference in 81
bout @ was fty fire minutes in favor of the
ow. melica. A nice "kalkilatiun" that, {
,rri. pecially in view of the fact that the ro
was taken by the America, fify.Onc mi
utes ahead. The writer in the Magazl
Eng. upon this hint. remarks, that "a yGc
eve witA the lines Of The Tiatania, ifenlarg
,een to tie scale of the Amcrica, and Aari
rss. mse sales o similar cut, wO3ld decidedly Ia
ling The lead ofMe latter, and manifest tile
an1 us periOrity Of our country { (Eng'a"d) i"
titn. practice. as well as theory, @ ndUat ar
, ~, a. itecture."' .'''
arry Some genius. calling himself IAN G
Gr. File" writes to the same Magazine. a
ID a! says he would have engaged 10 open /
nix. nix Braham lock years ago ifit had beempc
was sible TO have done So with one nemetrume
w which he understands was what |
Messrs. Braham challenged the world
., do. Thus pre- missing, be let's down ur