Washington sentinel., 1856-04-03
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No associations of modern times have
been more productive of general good and use
iulness than Savings Banks and Savings Insti.
tutions. Go where we will, in whatever part
OF the civilized and commercial world. we dnd
these institutions yearly increasing. and The in.
diyidual who doubts their utility to the laborinv
and working classes, may well be regarded as
demented.
...... Happy Family.-The New Haven
Register says that farmer in that vicinity
found in an old hollow stump, a few days since,
hive snakes, three squirrels, and coon-driven
to herd together by the hard winter. They
had fused" to keep warm-iust as the oppo.
sition to the Democratic party are doing, in
Connect lieut.. 1t has also been :" a hard winter,
Tor such politicians; and common misery
has driven them all into the same burrow.
Capt. Charles +. Wooster Of the 9TH
Artillery y. s. Army, died at Fort Brown.
Iexas, OF inflammation Of the bowels, on the
l4th OF February. He was the great grandson
OF Gen. David Wooster, of that town, who was
killed by the British near Danbury, in the Re-
volutionary war, and was the son Of the late
Charles W. Wooster, of New Haven, Conn,
who held the rank Of Admiral in the Chilian
navy: He was 40 years old al the time of his
DEATH
The greatest clothing establishment in
the world is that of M Godillot in Paris. II
employs sixty-six sewing machines, kept in
motion by steam engine of nine horse power.
and which sewed all the overcoats for the
Crimean army. The superintendent of the es.
tablishment is the Emperor's tailor, Dussantoy.
who has invented cutting machine capable
OF cutting out fifteen suits at once almost with
the rapidity of lightning. Besides the ma
chimes, one thousand women and girls are con-
stantly engaged at sewing.
...... man named Hunter has been fined
one thousand dollars and forfeited six slaves at
New Orleans, for selling them in such man
ner as to separate mother and child, contrary
to the laws Of Louisiana
...... A new match has been invented in
France. 1t is designed to supersede the pres
ent dangerous Lucifer and Locofoco match
and is said to answer the purpose completely.
1t is impossible to ignite this match without
bringing it in contact with friction paper or
cloth prepared for the express object; and the
two being always kept apart except when to be
used, neither can take FIRE from spontaneous
combustion, or through the thefts of rats and
mice. 1t has been proposed in one or two in
stances, that the Insurance Companies intro
duce clause into their policies, rendering
them null and void as to all buildings, insured.
in which any other than the new French match
may be used.
...... Names Of Places.-The necessity of
plain direction to letters is obvious enough, but
the need of afiixing the names of counties and
States is not always so great. Yet in writing
letters to the West, the name of the county is
often as indispensable as the name of the
State. As the country enlarges the names of
places will become still more difficult to deal
with. Thus, in 1850 there we're 1873 places and
townships named Washington, "A of these were
in Ohio, and 80 in Indiana l24 Jacksons, SO
of which were in Ohio and l03 Unions, 80 Of
these also in Ohio A book is needed, and il
would have great sale probably that treats of
this subject; 1t might furnish lists of desirable
names, and thus at least obviate the necessity
of having A towns called by one name in a
single State.
...... About hogshead of acorns of the cork
oak have been introduced from the south of
Europe, and distributed in the Middle and
Southern States for experiment, 10 test their
adaptation to the climate. This tree. in its
native country where it is an evergreen, usually
grows to the height Of twenty to thirty feet, but
in England there are specimens which exceed
fifty feet in height, with diameter of more
than three feet. The substance famiiarly
known to us as cork is the epidermis, or outer
bark, and sometimes grows two or three inches
thick Should the experiment succeed, it will
be subject Of great national Importance that
plantations should be established in various
parts of the country for the purpose of growing
this useful substance, particularly in The event of
a war between this country and Europe, in con-
sequence of which the supply would be cut off.
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