The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1852-12-16

round to blow out the candle, his
head burst ssunder with terrific explosion.
coroner's jury was summoned, which re-
ported verdict in accordance with the a.
bove facts; and added that no blame attach
ed to the dinner"
CURIosITIEs OF HIsToRY.---It is related
of the prophet Mohammed, that he walked in
the sunshine without casting a shadow
This proves him to have been very trans
parent humbug, and the only wonder is that
nobody saw through him.
Paris shot A chillesin the heel, at the siege
of Troy, and hence originated the saying at
drinking parties of"No heel taps"
Rousseau sent Voltaire an ode to posterity
requesting his opinion of the poem. Voltaire
replied that he was afraid it would never
reach the person twas addressed to.
Dick Turpin the robbcr, once stopped
bishop on the highway.
"The Lord deliver us!'' said the ecclesias-
tic in dismay.
"No, stand and deliver, YOURSELF" retorted
Turpn.
~ he people must have head" said roy
ulist prisoner to Cromwell.
81 quite agree with yor---t was for that
very reason we took Charles the Frst's,"
replied the puritan.
A Christian renegade who had become
Turkish Pasha,was asked by monk whether
he really believed that Mohsmmed would do
anything for him in the next world.
'.Ifhe do 1ot," replied the renegade, ''it
will be time enough to desert to the enemy"
A Polish Count was one day boasting al
Paris of his family, and amongst other things
declared himself to be the rightful king Of
Poland.
81 thought" said Emile de Girardin, chat
the crown Of Poland was elective!"
"Precisey," reioined the impertu rable
Count, "that was the difficulty, or should
have been King Of Poland at this moment" "
There is truth in wine" said Cesar
Borgiu to Machavelli, the Florentine am.
bassador.
ain some wine,'' replied the republican
statesman, "there is a truth which Of all
truths is the most inevitable"
~ this truth he meant death, too often
found in the cups ofthe Borgias.
The Emperor of Russia asked Goethe
whether he thought that there was any
chance OF extending the donain ofthe Greek
1kRrth ..
Il rhnk not ycur majesty" replied the
poet "lhcrc is an ugly provcrh about Gree'
faitt which wou!l interfere with lis reccp-
ton"
~ Raising potatoes. this yeer,-iu New
Jersey, has been profitable business. The
number which has been sent 10 FhjlaGcl-
phia and New York is almost incrGdble.-
The farmers Of Burlington county have sent
thousands Of bushels since the crop was
gathered, ard yet the demand for them seems
to increase One man in Salem, dealer
has sent 80 900 bushels, which have yie!det
the farmers $4,000. Mr.. Morgan in Cam
pen county, has raised 100000 bushels
which, at present prices, 62a cents bushel
would yield $62,5o0. That is Turning Il
some purpose.
DRINKING BY THE AcRE,--An Irish gen
teman, resident in Canada, was desirious G
persuadng hissons to work as backw oods
men, instead of frittering away their con
stituiions and money in luxuries ard pleas
ure; and as champaign costs in Americ
something more than dollar bottle, when
ever the old gentleman saw his sons raiseth
bright sparkling wine to their lips, he use
humorously to eXclaim to them, "Ah! a.
all!"--Sir +. Heads Immigration.
CEFDr. Charles T. Jackson, of Bostor
has been engaged in investigating the caus
es of death which resulted from chloroforu
; He states that when chloroform is mad
from pure alcohol, no i'll effects ensue tro
inhaing it; but when it is made, as it ofte
has been, from corn, rye or potato whisk
, fusel oil, deadly poison, is generated.
} FIEAYcEs OF ALABAMA.-Th State Trea
urer of Alabama has published his repo
l for the fiscal year ending the LIST inst, frt
which it appears the receipts of the Trea
, ury were $743,557:74, and the expenditure
a $665,2I5:6s. The Comptroller's report
the same date makes the balance in Il
State Treasury, on the lstinst., $75S, 1873
e A New LIQUOR BILL has been Introduce
e into the New Hampshire Legislature, whiC
n has been drawn with an eye TO the opiniC
: recently given by the judges of the Supren
e Court of that State, in order that those Sc
e tons and clauses conflicting with the co
n stitution of that State and the UnitedStat'
: should be strken out or modified.
EARLY WINTER IN loWA 10 et't
that winter has notset in so early in q
d season in Iowa during the last twelve yea
= as it has this year. Snow has covered Il
C ground since the 10th day Of November, al
: the weather since has been characterised
l. the rigorous cold of winter.
ID 6FThe gold dollar counterfcited by Il
# persons just arrested in New York, are sa
n. to be beautifully executed, and, except
ID their weight, well calculated to deceive.
a is believed that thousands of them are in c
is culation, and the public will do well TO be
D. their guard in relation to them.
70 LOOK OUT FOR Your MATCHES. The Bt
ID ton Herald says that housein South Ced
4 place cane very near being set on fire
Matches which the rats had dragged into
hole, and where they became ignited. Tn
es were discovered on fire and extinguished.
ad BANGOR LUMBER TRADE.-The quaint