Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1855-04-27

TO IT, and Dr. Collins said the Seaboard would sub
scribe as much as either. Mr.. Branch will no doubt
90 into it and our citizens will do all the work
II fire were to occur here and destroy all the pro-
perty the Railroad Companies own, they would write
and send an engine and hose here in week, but it
is, we are much afraid they will wait many weeks,
or not send one at all.
Nessrs. Ashe Joyne, Br nch, Collins, Fremont,
Sharp, Beavers, and Hand attention gentlemen all
your Companies have property here to be protected
from hre, one fire may cost either Company the price
OF two or four eng ines, and " of prevention
is worth pound of cure" Send an engine there
FORE and we will protect your property. Attend to
it at once.-VeldOn Patriot,
I WHAT Ton WEIGHT THE Supre ne Court of
Pennsylvania recently decided that according the
laws OF that State ton weight consisted of 1000
lbs, and that greater number of pounds could not
be legally exacted in purchasing ton of coal, not
Wahstandlng the custom OF giving 1880 IN one part
of the State, and 1888 in another. The United
States District Court at Philadelphia, Monday
however decided in suit in admiralty that the legal
weight of ton of coal is 2 24O lbs and that the coal
dealers have right to give less than grocers
would have 10 give less than sixteen ounces TO the
pound. AS the constitution of the United States gives
to Congress the power to fix the standard of wei ghts
and measures, it is supposed that the act of 1884
passed by the Assembly in Pennsylvania, must yield
to the highest authority, and all the laws of the State
prescribing the size of the yard measure, the cubic
contents of bushel and of gallon null and void
where they differ from the United States standard
/ To Pork EATERS-It is said that the Jews Turks,
Arabians and all those who observe the precept of
avoiding blood and swine's flesh, are infinitely more
free from disease than ChristianS more especially do
they escape those Cpproba of the medical art govt,
scrofula, consumption and madness. The Turks eat
great quantities Of honey and pastry, and much
gar; they also eat largely and indolent yet do
not suffer from dyspepsia as Christians do. The
swine fed natives of ChristendOm suffer greater de-
vastaliOn from painful tubercular disease of the
bowels (dysentery) than from any other cause -
Those persons who abstain from swine's flesh and
blood, infinitely more healthy and free from hu-
mors, gIanduar diseases dyspepsia and consumption
while in those districts and among those classes of
men where the pig makes the chief article of diet,
tubercle in all its forms of eruptons, sore legs, bad
eyes and abcesSes, must prevail. 1t is stated that
Prince Edwards Island has climate exactly similar
to Great Britain, yet the inhabitants not con-
sumptive, neither is the pig there cultivated.
They brought him much Gravy.
We had quite display Of fish on our streets the
other day, which caught in the Pee Dee
Among Them several large sturgeon, and the
sight of them reminded our friend from Fulton of &
local tradition which illustrates the history of Man
chester An old blacksmith once lived there, named
Horn Perhaps He was long, lank and cadaverous
and it said Of himself and his wife that they
, were never known to have enough to eat. Indeed
2 Homs neighbors were somewhat in the habit o
boasting of his capacities; and upon occasion
t ndulging little amiabe vanity on this score they
were inveighIed into bet. The opposition be
Horns friends that he, Horn could not eat sturgeon
five feet long-more less Horns friends accepted
the bet, on the condition that the fish should b.
4 cooked palatably. The condition was accepted, an(
q an early date fixed for the trial. 1t is not i'm
possible, that after the heat of the controversy
q over, Horns friends became conscious that they hat
allowed themselves to be betrayed into q scrape b.
j., their eghborhood pride for they were afte
heard ENDURING of Horn, if he thought he could ca
. the fish.
y He didn't know exactly How big was it =? Va
,r it no bigger than that colt and he pointed to a
.s equine juvenile
" His friends didn't think it was.
ie Well, he thought he could eat it, then. The da
$, and the hour arrived and the opposition, 10 max
f. of their wager determined to concoct as large
If dish possible out of their fve-footer So the
" geon made into soup. Horn took his seat an
d SUI piled with fresh bowls of the fluid every e,
\ moments You all knew The size of % soup, bowl
i Well, he swallowed the contents of great man
times and the incredulity Of the opposition gradua
ly gave way to conviction, they the lquIdate
ar fish rapidly disappearing down the mouth of the CT
pacious Horn, till at last there was but one bowltI
re remaining Up to this time Horn had been conhder
e. of success, but now he began to feel msgvng
nj Perhaps there no occasion for uneasiness BIT
b. then his friends had staked money upon him, and
f was best 10 make sure. So when the last bowl W.
ID placed before him, he turned and remarked to tt
l. opposition
n LOOK here, boys! IL you br'ng so much OF III
n grauY don't reckon kin eat that fish
30 Was ever man more unconscious of the greatne
v of his achievements! The fish had been served u
r. in the soup; and yet be verify believed, that TIL
- dish was only preliminary. 1t is needless 10 sa
rs that the opposition caved n and Horns friends We
r. the bet-BLack RiUer Walchman
Foul LINEN, BUTTONS AND Coat TAILs.-An e;
q q change paper INDUCES in the following moral and Il
~ structve calculations.
II 1t has been calculated that the cost of washlr
linen that might just as we'll be worn two days 10
ger amounts 10 enough in this country to more thu
Ms defay the expenses of the American Board of Fo
n, ou,o.oo &c b,t,orc NOR, on II