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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17
Egyptian or Mummy Corn.

Perhaps the most wonderful and inter.
esting specimen of the earth in the Hor-
ticultural Exhibition recently closed, was
some Egyptiun corn, raised in the garden
of Gen. VIM. FL. Sumner. of Jamaica
Plains. and kindly sent by him for exhibi
ton. thus giving thousands an opportuni-
tyof seeing one Of the greatest curiosities
within our knowledge. The seed from
which this corn was raised, was taken
from the folds of cloth around mummy
three or four thousand years ago, and
wonderful as it may seem, after being en-,
tombed for SO many years, like resur-
rection from the dead, it springs up into
new life and vigor. Its undoubtedly the
kind Of grain that Joseph's brethren went
into the land of Egypt-the same corn"
of which the Bible speaks. 1t is luxuri-
ant in its growth. and the heads resemble
wheat, but are very much larger, and in
verified comical cluster as large as the
closed hand; the kernals are large, and
very sweet to the taste, and the stalk and
leaves are similar to our Indian corn
There to seems to be no reason why it
may not become O valuable addition to
our cereal productions, and thanks are
due to the gentlemen who are multiplying
it, and bringing it into notice.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17
A Long Term.


A convict was discharged from Sing
Sing prison on the 5th inst, who had
spent THIRTY YEARS in the State Prison.
He was sent to the old city prison in 1923
for the term Of fourteen years. He was
one of CLAIM gang sent to Sing Sing in
1928 to build that prison. AT the expir
alton Of his term he was out about three
years, then sent back for ten years. He
was out only three months; was drunk all
the time; was taken up aud sent for sis
years; that time expired on the 5th. he
has been good convict; has been pun
ished only once during the entire thirty
years; he is now in good health, is fifty
six years old, and is superior mason and
stone cutter. He intends to devote the
balance Of his life to himself.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17
Worth Knowing.

One pound Of green copperas. costing
seven cents, dissolved in one quart of wa
ter and poured down privy, will effect
ually concentrate and destroy the foulest
smells. For water closets aboard ships
or steamboats,, about hotels and other
public places, there is nothing SO nice to
cleanse places as simple green copperas
dissolved under the bed, in anything that
will hold water, and thus render hospit-
al, or other places for the sick, free from
unpleasant smells. For butchers stalls,
fish markets, slaughter houses, sinks, and
wherever there are offensive putrid gases,
dissolve copperas and sprinkle it about,
and in few days the smell will pass
away. If a cat, rat or mouse dies about
the house, and sends forth an offensive
gas, place some dissolved corperas in an
open vessel near the place where the nui-
sance is, and it will soon purify the at
mosphere.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17
WOMAN.
By HARRIET N HAyExs-


Beautiful maid with laughing eve,
On whose fair brow no shadows lie;
wouidst know the future? read thy heart
It's throbbings note-its pulses mark;
seest thon aught of chidhood's joyl
One jewel, that time may not destroy7
Or seest thou not in each quivering string
The thrillings of sorrow, which time may bring
Thon read st unrest in its depts unstirred,
A cry for something before unheard;
A restless yearDing for dreams Of joy,
More rich than chidhood's hours employ;
And know, fair maid. thy wish is heard;
Each pulse shall thrill before unstirred,
And loves young, raptureus dream be thine,
And strains awake, almost divine.
For one brief hour enjoy thy bliss.
Drink deep the cup; for hours like this
Come not again through coming years,
Through life's long course of smiles and tears
But idols perish one by one,
Till hope, and faith, and trust are gone;
And deeper, sadder hours are thine:
IT'S woman's lot-yain to repine.
And bitter tears are thine to shed,
Ger marble forms of early dead;
And weary watchings thine to share,
And thine to breathe The anguished prayer,
When light hath fed and hope is DER,
And beauty's dream returns no more;
And in thy heart all wrongs conceal,
Nor dare the fostering wound reveal.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

nMT 1t is stated that gas has been in
PRODUCED into France to take the place OF
hoops in ladies skirts, to make them stick
out. On one occasion, the husband who
had usually filed his wire's skirt, being
absent, and awaiting maid was employed
in that scientific capacity. The result
was that the skirt was so balloonifed by
the inexperienced maid that il sailed off
into the air with the lady, who has not
been heard Of since! 1t is supposed that
she is still rising. The husband is re-
ported to be daily seen on the Boulevards,
with hand raised to shade his eyes,
looking skyward for his accidentally de-
parted wife, and almost frantic at her de-
lay and the effect of gas upon the fash
ions of the day. Poor fellow! he is not
the first man who has lost wife By the
foolish fashions of the times.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17
Our Strap 8ook.
The Dream of Life.

When was youna-long, long ago
I dreamed myself among the flowers
And fancy drew the picture so,
They seemed like fairies in their bowers.
The rose was still a rose you know
But vet maid, what could dol
You surely would not have me go
Where rosy maidens seem to wool
NV heart was-eGy, and mind the throng
1 sported for an hour or two;
We danced the aowery paths along,
And died as youthful lovers do.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17
A little nonsense, now and then,
Is relished by the wisest men"
Myself and Polly Carter.


Bright is the tint Of the autumn leaf
When first the fail frost nips il
Smart is red pepper and cider mixed.
To the mouth that gently sips il;
But brighter far than autumn leaf.
Than cayenne pepper smarter,
Is the pride of my heart-my own true love-
My gentle Polly Carter.
loved her when a little girl
And loved her more when older,
And Ieyer once shall forget
When first my love told her;
She blushed, and sighed, ard turned her head
lBer eyes were filed with water,A
/ took her hands within my Own.
And Whispered, Polly Carterlp
She only blusbed deeper red.
And sweeter looked than ever.
My heart it seemed to run race.
With my old patent lever"
! told her that loved her WE'LL.
And that ne er would barter,
For ausht on earth however priced,
The love of Polly Carter.
/ told her that had FARM
Well tiled was every acre
And that bad snug farm house
To which longed to take her;
And told her that unless shed go,
For life d be martyr
To Cupids cause, and break my heart
For gentle Polly Carter,
She turned and 0, how sweet she smiled
And said she loved me dearly;
Then what cared l for aught beside?
was quite best or nearly;
The old folks" said we might be we'd.
And ne r did feel smarter
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17
nSss-"O don't Won admire Naturef

n@"O don't you admire Nature?"
said young lady to gentleman on
board steamboat going up the Hudson
River. The young gentleman assured
her that he did excessively" O, SO
do IT, said the enthusiastic young lady,
Il dote upon.it. Last week we went on
an excursion up the most lovely mountain,
and stopped near the top by the side of
the most magnificent little lake; on one
side there were such enchanting rocks,
and on the other shrubbery, what do
you call 'cm? Pines, Imagine; but ! was
so delighted, there was SO much nature
about it. And the gentleman, unable to
express in words, bowed his admiration.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17
differences.
nr cnARLEs MAckAY.


The King can drink the best Of wine
So can /
And has enough when he would dine
So have l;
And cannot order rain or shine
Nor can /;
Then where's the difference-let me See
Between my Lord the King and mel
Do trusty friends surround his throne
Night and day2
Or make his interest their own2
No, not they.
Nine love me for myself alone
Blessed be they
And that's one difference which see
Detwixt my Lord the King and me-
Do knayes around me lie in wait
To deceive,
Or fawn and fatter when they hate.
And would grievel
Or cruel pomps Cypress my state
- BY my leave?
MOI heaven be thanked! And here you sec
More difference twixt the King and mel
He has fools with jests and quips,
When he'd play;
He has his armies and his ships
Great are they!
But not child to kiss his lips,
Well-a-lay!
; And that's difference and to see
Betwixt the Lord the King and me.
1wear the cap and he the crown
What of that?
/ sleep on straw and he on down
What of that
And he's the King and I'm the clown
What of that2
If happy l, ard wretched he,
Perhaps the King would change with mel
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

A SNAKE IN CHAsE.--A fishing party
of five young men, at Boards Pond. New
Boston, N. H., was recently attacked by
water adder. as they were coming
ashore. His snakeship put off from the
shore in pursuit of the party, and they
put off to get rid of him. He succeeded
in getting into the boat, but fortunate
blow on the head from an oar despatched
him. He measured four feet and three
inches in length.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

BE- Don't you want raial prime
lot of butter?" asked pedlar, who had
picked it up at fifty different places.
What sort of butter is it?" asked the
merchant.
The clear quill-made by my wife
from a dairy of fifty cows-only two
churnings."
What makes it of so many colors?"
81 guess" replied the Yankee, you
never would have asked that question if
you had seen my cows, for they are
darned site speckelder than the butter
isl
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

Bsa- BROWN is married man. A few
days since he thought of taking trip to,
Paris. One of his friends meeting him
in the street, inquired
We'll, Brown, my boy, when are you
Off"
To morrow"
:" Do you take your wife with you?1
No! it is a voyage Of pleasure"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

be- A visitor going into a free school
during the half-yearly examination. no.
ticed two fine looking boys, one Of whom
had taken the first prize. and the other
the second. Said the teacher: . The boy
who took the first prize is the son of the
man who saws my wood; the boy who
took the second is the son of the Govern
or of our State"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17
CIoe to Clara---A Saratoga Letter.
BY JOHN G. SAKE.

Dear Clara: wish you were herei
The prettiest spot upon earth!
With everything charming, my dear
Beaux, badinage, music and mirth;
Such rows of magnificent trees
Overhanging such beautiful walks,
Where lovers may stroll if they please,
And indulge in the sweetest of talks.
We go every morning, like geese,
To drink at the favorite spring.
Six .umblers of water apiece
Is simply the regular thing;
For such is its wonderful virtue,
Though rather unpleasant at first,
No quantity ever can hurt you,
Unless you should happen to BURST
And then what goossing sight!
What talk about William and Harry;
How Julia was spending last night
And why Miss Morton should marry!
Dear Clara, I've happened to see
Full many tea-table slaughter,
But, really, scandal with tea
Is nothing TO scandal with waterl
Appropos of the spring-have yon heard
The quiz of a gentleman here
On pompous NJ. c., who ayerred
That the name was remarkably queer2
The Spring-to keep it from falling
With wood is encompassed about,
And derives from its permanent railing
The title of Congress- no doubt"
IT'S pleasant to guess at the reason
The genuine motive which brings
Such all-sorts of folks, in the season,
To stop a few days at the Springs.
Some come to partake of the waters,
(The sensible, old fashioned elves,)
Some come to dispose of their daughters,
And some to dispose of-themselves!
Some come to exhibit their faces
To new and admiring beholders;
Some come to exhibit their graces,
And some to exhibit their shoulders;
Some come to make people stare
At the elegant dresses they've got;
Some to show what lady may wear,
And, perhaps-what lady should not!
Some come to squander their treasure,
And some their funds to improve;
And some for mere love of pleasure;
And some for the pleasure of love;
And some to escape from the old,
And some to see what is new
But most-it is plain to be told
Come here-because other folks do!
And that, suppose, is the reason
Why am enjoying, to-day,
What's called the height of the season."
In rather the loftiest way.
Good bye-for now must stop
To CharIeys command resign
I'm his for the regular hop"
But ever most tenderly thine. CLol
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

Bs- A man was charged before Lord
Mansfield for stealing silver punch la
die. The prosecuting counsel inveighed.
bitterly against the prisoner, declaring
that he was an attorney. and had dis
graced his profession. "Oh,' said Lord
Mansfield, - kon't think he can be an,
attorney, or else he would have taken the.
bowl as well as the ladle."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

He- A yatchman wants to purchase
little of the starch with which stiff
breezes" are manufactured. We know
hen peeked husband who can furnish
the "breezes,"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

gsA- A Quaker once hearing person
tell how he felt for another, who was suf
fering and needed his assistance. dryly
asked him. Friend, hast thou felt in
thy pocket for him?"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

Hgr You say, Mrs. Jones. that you
have lived with the defendant eight
years. Does the Court understand from
that you were married to him?"
In course it does" Ne
Have you marriage certi6cate?"
Yes, your Honor, three on 'em-two
gals aud boy.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

Hsl A man being asked by his neigh
Dor how his wife did. made this answer
Indeed, neighbor, this case is pitiful:
my wife fears that she will die, and fear
that she will not--which makes discon.
ISOLATE house."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

ngA- No one would take you for what
you are, said an old fashioned gentle
man, q day or two ago. to would be-
dandy, who had more hair than brains.
J" Why ?" asked Joe, immediately.
because they cant see your ears,
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17
Take Notice.

l have moved my residence, my Shop is.
in the fore room of the Jail. All persons.
wishing to see me will please call as my
business is so that cant leave. Yours.
most truly Charles. W. johnson.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

pez. A lunatic once informed his ply.
stefan, who was classifying cases Of in.
sanity. that he had lost his senses by
watching politician, whose course was
so crooked that it turned his brain.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

eG The water that flows from a
spring doesn't CONCEAL in winter. So
those sentiments Of friendship which flow
from the heart cannot be frozen in adver
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

" The largest mass Of granite in the
world is Stone Mountain, in DeKalb CO.,
Ga, which is 5000 feet high. and seven
miles in circumference.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

Re- Young ladies who faint on being
+" proposed to" can be restored to con
ciousness by just whispering in their ears
you were only joking.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

neA- The following notice was posted
up by man in Cabell county, Va, who
recently changed his residence under pc.
culiarly disagreeable circumstances
That mans +" eye to business" is remarka-
biz steady.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

as A man having wild horse, which
ran off, throwing his vile and breaking
her neck, was applied toby neighbor TO
purchase the animal He refused to sell,
saying he expected to marry another
shortly.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

RsA- What is more beautiful and poetic
than the child's idea Of ice" Water gone
to sleepp'
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

gsA God is on the side of virtue; for
he who breads punishment suffers it, and
he who deserves it, breads it.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

ns- Cheap way of fattening hogs
turn them into your neighbours corn-feld
every night"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

nI Women are like tulips, the more
modest and retired they appear, the bet.
ter you love them.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

nsa. The best way to silence talka.
live person is never to interrupt him.
Do not snuff the candle, and it will go
out itself.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

BeA Owls look wiser than eagles, and
many sheepskin passes for chamois.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

HsaL Avoid an angry man for while,
malicious one forever.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1857-09-17

Be- Tell me with whom thou goest,
and will tell thee what thou doest.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-20

. AtrAiss ~ BKirsn Ispi..-Dr vii
son, bishcp of Calcutta, has written home
y his family In England To- say no, les. than
tucs Of 10000 British soldier. could hay.
any iAir prospect of taking - strung and 10
strongly defended y place =. Delhi. III.
ssmsrseal forco before the fortress city VA.
was about GOO, st last adyices, bu, rear
" two-thirds were hors ds combat FROM H.
nsss aud fatigue. Il wss believed that Sir
Colin Campbell would not risk ~ assault
without = sufficient force tn render success
certain.
The charges d the Calcutta pcmorialists
sSaiuss the East India Company Cor It's in.
siheisst and stupid nAnagent u affairs are
eosns out BY the Londm &aAdasd, con.
posvatise Journal, which thus closss long
lea1sr % tbs subject: at 10 beyond I'll
sxpsssSton iainentahls 70 think that such
- enpirs sheaid have been committed 70
- eass e(sach msa--so superior 70 advice,
. - 70 warning, - sslf.suficisnt, and %
inaaeabls." TIE nsnosialisss pray that
the euuntsy b placed under the direct rule
Of Queen vicfosA with IN opsa Legislative
Ce1ncil.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-20
a d certain star. .ho, mad, frsm their .pn.

A dcettain stsrs shoi tnaiy r'm their spheres.
saAK
\ light l. ,Atinlui-hed ia cur sister State
beyond the Mississippi, and gloom falls over
che North West Jones Is M more Four
days ago be shonr with comet lustre in the
galaxy of thu unvs.hcd now, sick almost
20 dooin- day with eclipse As D,dse--
l,~t Piciad--sailed from spa-e two years
ago, So Jones wanders away to bear him
company In the regions of the infinite No
where p, viii .,iseomhted dema-
gogncs
Iowa has ben distinguished above most
states ia her Senator. Dodge might seem
~ first blush the brighter luninary. but
the tame 81 D"dr,- has proceeded hot from
superior brilliancS bat aft.ncr shining.
Jones radiance has made dsrkn-ss visible
during ten year oi tile political history II
Iowa Enemies have hacked and have
made them The laughing stock ior decade,
but IL has only displayed the ignorance Of
these enemies. 81 the simple facts in optical
science. Dodge anu jones have emitted op.
losite qualities of light They have exactly
nentralxei cacl other and left = " Ord stun
bling in error
In some respects, Il must be admitted
Dodge aud Jones were alike--yet there was
difference If degree even IN their similar
lies. Dodge was the embodied genius oI
the Donghiace. Jones never attained that
dignity. Dodge was iinpcrfactly acquainted
with the English language, but nevertheless.
managed to get through with the spcechc.
written for him by half-famished reporter.
at the Capitol. Jones was equally ignorant
u tongues, but broke down rchesr-ing the
compositions 81 the Chaplain of the Senate
Dodge---bui enough. Though list o. sight
10 memory dear "-(2ieayo Tribune
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-20

The following c'ansc j. IN the Constitu
t,,n 81 che State Of New York
The Legislature shall have no power 20
lass any law sanctionine In any manner, di-
rcctly or indirectly, the suspension Of spe-
cic pa, mcnts b, any person, association, or
corporation issuing notes ri any description.
Suspension therefore, works the legal des-
tructioa Of hank. The proceeding cannot
he lcgalizcd, cured, 81 smoothcd over IN any
way---but receiver steps in ana the hank
il wound np, according To the statutes
in such case, made and provided" Such,
a, least. VIZ have regarded as the legal pre-
sumption ia the ea-e, i,ut We learn from the
Chicago P,sss, that IL remove tie public
anxiety, ID. judge Of the supreme Court
held m'ctine on Wednesday, to consider
the penalties tha, might rc-nl, to the bank,
~ consequence ol suspcn'ion Eight Of
them eonmrrrd IN the OPINION that hank
.. solvent which Is clearly able :" pay all
it, debts, although IL may have suspended
-pecle payment i"r tune and that when
in thai condition, and rs n!icers are acting
IN good faith ne receiver sii,ulu be appoint
ed. II !. al-o added
The n.eie tact oi ia. su-psn~son u -p~cie
"a ymeai when II j. generals not a II
ell sufficient proof ii fraud 80 injustice T.
authorize such injunction A. gene rai
n,l'. u n not expelieni, T.. grant al, IN
llE"tiou aga,n.i the hank without pre-, ia,,
H0ti,.
~ she'r .h- Judge. take tie pr"uhd tha,
The hai,k- have yielded - an overriding ne
e-sity and Thai =. lons a. the ,ontinu,
"a.rA ia g,-,l iaitl, witt III, .niiu,iniiy
thes will l.pt i,e ,ntrriered with la ,os
sequence Il iLi> action. later ~ the iay
Judge Ro"selclt denied a motion Tor an nr
her citing the bank 81 New York 10 shov
eausc why receive, u that in-titutioI
should rt I've appointed
We are informed by d--paicl thai COY
King j. not disposed 10 call an extra sessio,
ri the Legislature, ~ he Lss been requisite,
,o do by committee sent 60 confer wit
him upon the subject by the New Yorl
bankers anil merchants.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-20

ElEeIios RiTrRss--Asy yet wc have bet
received single official vote Of any county
~ the State--not even our own. From
what we have received We notice large
democratic gain over the vote &c Is56.-
&ass Dsaoera,
II should be added, however, that there
iss considerable falling Of Of the Democratic
vote since Lowe ran against Dodge .. Dele
gate 70 Congress.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-20

E.trr AHrap.-At the late Illinois
state Fair held at Peoria. the products III
mon, the hammer county Of Egypt, aston
ished the natives" Hemp was exhibited
fourteen feet high; Chinese sugar cane lC
ieet high, planted IN june and fully ripe !;
corn ~ feet high, with the highest ears Is
iees high 81 ears weighed 80 pounds. 4
bushei ~ corn in the ear usually weigh. 20
pounds, and contains from nincty 10 hun
irea "ar>. hi gives some idea IL the mon
-tei- pulled from iorty acre field.
The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-10-20
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k As Laaal.xtfl.. f.....at a.. "a,

- Tie Louisville Joas.as, tue leading
american paref IN the West, acknowledge.
'ha' the great inass Of the Know No,h,n,
party IN Ohio, voted with the Republican
ticket, against Chase The Josrr.a, OUCH,
to know this Is precisely the reason
Why Chase was 80 nearly defeated The
last returns elect linn by small majority.