Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-10-15

II Is said 10 30 40 Il liea papabls doing
a large Washing In short lime, saving the women
gTeat deal Of bard labor The Indies should give
it their attention. as the cost is only s. so.
We are requested BY esL, Norris, 70 state that
the annual meeting Of the New Castle County Agri>
cultural Society will be held at Almonds hotel, OF
Thursday, The 18th inst, at 10 o'clock. s.H
The Agricultural exhibition Of Kent county, takes
place at Dover, on Wednesday and Thursday, the
18th and l4th insts.
The cough syrup, or great consump tion preventer,
Is advertised by Dr. ] simms & Son, corner of
| Fourth aad King Streets
The exhibition OF the Maryland Institute Fair
commenced at Baltimore last week, and was quite
largely attended,. Among the articles We learn
| from the Sun OF Wednesday, was new loom, from
A. P Osmond Of this city, for the weaving Of hand
keichiefs and plaids of any description IL Is SO
constructed, continues the Sum- that the shuttles,
four In number, may be shifted and without the aid
of the weaver the plaids will be formed by the ar.
rangement OF the picks on the regulator, giving the
| requisite number Of threads of each color The
work done at the fair is reguiar and even, and, as
usual with machine of the kind, attracts q good
deal Of attention" t,-. ~
George W. Bush advertises black COW
which strayed away from his promises, corner
of Eighth and French Streets, on Thursday
last.
The Sorgho syrup exhibited by Bryan Jack
son, at the agricultural exhibition in this city
proved So palatable that the persons who ex-
amined tasted it all away, actually eat up over
a quart OF it. This was the best testimony Of
the excellence of its quality, that can be given.
Fatal .accideni.-on Saturday last Robert
Newton, son of George s. Hagany of this city,
in company with Jesse Sharpe, jr., Samuel r.
Barber, aud two or threeotheryoun men, went
ont on the Christiana marsh, for the purpose
Of shooting He proceeded into a bunch
of reeds near the barn of Mr.. McCaulley
when his gun was discharged, which led his
companions, who were some twenty yards dis
tant, TO look II any birds flew up. Not seeing
any Jesse Sharpe proceeded into the reeds and
| was astonished to find young Hagany lying on
the ground in an insensible state. He commune
Gated the fact to the young men in the compa-
ny, and afterwards to Mr.. McCaulley who hap
| pened to be near, With his advice they left
him laying, and proceeded TO inform tho par
cnts OF the young man of the lamentable
| occurrence. Their feelings at such sad intel
| ilgence, can be better imaged than described.
| A carriage was procured and bis remains
brought to his home which he had so recently
" LETT, full of life and spirit, when Coroner
hlckards held an inquest, and the jury render
ed verdict in accordance with the facts of
the case. 1t appears that he struck the breech
OF the gun on the ground when it was dis
charged, and the contents entered the side of
his face and head, producing instant DEATH
TINS is a sore affection, particularly coming as
Il does so soon after the death OF his cousin
| WIN, u. Lowe, IT,, who was the victim OF the
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road, and who was somewhere near the same
age. Verify, " in the midst of life we are in
, uealh." His remains will be inferred in the
As6ury Cemetery, this (Monday) afternoon.
, and the friends of the family are invited to
! attend the funeral, without further notice,
: Wllch Will leave the house in Shipley Street,
il one door below Fourth, at 81 O'Clock.
n RemarkGble.-Mr. John Davis, of Slaughter
e Meek, says the Peninsular News, has twin
/ uaughters iive years old that cannot be told
: apart by strangers, and the nearest neighbors
y VINO see them daily are not able to distin guish
. one from the other. Even their own father
meeting one OF them alone can scarcely tell
I wnether 1t is Sarah or Mary without asking the
enid It's name A gentleman of our acuuain-
,, lance recently had the children brought before
MN placed side by aide, when he scanned
every feature, determined If possible, to show
the friends present that they could be distin.
guisned they were then removed from the
I room ior moment only and on their return
+ ne was completely foiled, and could only guess
lady relative Of the family (who was also {
near neighbor and frequent visitor) who wal
- present, declared that she could not learn I,
!, ten one from the other though she lahore,
a. constantly to be able to do so. The onl
- method oil determining with certainty whic
~ y by a small mark en- the ear of one of the,
V That it Is only visible on close inspection.
1873 Sugar Conceive have now in our office
M ample OF very fine syrup manufactured by
hs, T. osmond, OF Chester County, from Chine
ng sugar Cane. Mr.. Osmand had a few stocks
or MS garden which he cut and run through SOL
Try machinery in his cotton mill to express Ii
SO JUICE lie found that each stock Welded h
ng d pint OF juice, and the Juice thus obtain
re- Imouhted 70 u quarts, which on being boil
nd u I, llaue quart OF syrup, (same as sample
We tis experiment induced his neighborS to bril-
To- ther cane TO his mill to have the iuice g
dit pressed, some had enough to make 6 to ba
ite refs OF juice. They have been equally su
Ell Gessful with himself in their experiment. al
DC ne success has given qnite an impetus to til
cir branch OF hnsbandy. Large quantities of h
he cane VIII be planted next season in that pa
of OF Chester County. When the cane ia in
I'M proper stage for eating, less than ouarts
2 the juice VIII yield cne of the best quality I
&C syrup, lnlly equal ~ that of commerce in oua
or NY. Let our farmers look to this.
,s Syrup from Sugar Cane.-We have bee
presented with sample Of Syrup, manufa
taEea from the Sorgho, or Chinese Sugi
Of Dahe, ny Ge0rge Thompson, of Mill Gree
r. hundred, which is much thicker and VIC b
es neVe rather sweeter and clearer than any v
nave seen. 1t was boiled down to about on
IS sixth OF the original quantity, in an Ordnal
In IRON pot, without the addition of any lime
- o'her article to clarity it, showing that il is
he very simple and easy process to mako a fir
d, Ta'e article Of syrup, equal to the best sug
Ii mouse molasSes tor the table and other pu
t. poses From the above and the results
nd v'lier experiments we have seen, it is prov
m tlat every farmer may make his own molasse
is II not his own sugar, and thus effect a gre
I'd saving IN family expense, and add much to 4
he wealth of the country.
IL The Circas.-Any one who visited the Giro
~ exhibitions of Sands, Nathans & Co., |.
~ ftluay would have thought that there shou
y hot DC any complaint Of &c hard timesD by 1
gu great majority of our citizens, as two thousa
~; ~ persons must have been present in the aft,
- -" mon ana perhaps three thousand in the e,
NJ mug, all OF whom appeared TO eniov theI
IS selves amazingly. A large sum of money "
~! consequently collected, and the itinerant co
III p"hy went away well satisfied with the resu
w quarter dollar paid TO crafty a morbid {
10 s"n 10 sec horse gallon, whhv n Invuu
pahk performs different antics on his back
Oh near clown crack stale Jokes, or an elepba
nan poise Itself on its head, is triling sum n
- must DC raised, even ii there is not euou
~, lelt IN mo purse to pay the baker, the groC
ger or butcher.
ear
md ROgues Troublesome rogues attempted
raj break in to the store of John A. Duncan,
Ii Thursday night, by boring out one of the n,
has els OF the front door. They had nearly effe
il cd their purpose, having bored some seve
ne, holes with three quarter inch AMOUR, wi
les. something occurred to cause them to leave
lbe Mr.. O'Daniel heard noise in the night, 3
in raised window next TO the street, which
the perhaps saved the hardware. Mr.. Dun,
ide liad the damage repaired on Friday morni
er- and called intorequisition the services of FL
for Jackson who lined the doors and windC
with galvanized iron, which will efectua
ay prevent an entrance being effected by
l"I' means OF boring.
Hoh NGyOte Escape.--A few days since SAYS
IN X, Iesll democrat as the son and daughter of