Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1857-08-05
SUMMARY.

oSE day last week Michael Cromer, of Mer-,
cersburg, Franklin county Pa, cut in ten corr
secutivc hours ten acres of wheat, in thoroughly
workmanlike manner II turned two hundred
and ffty-two shocks, or three Aous7nd and teea-
ty,taur sheaycs; being nearly three hundred and
three per hour, and over five per minute during
the whole time OF cutting This is, perhaps, the
most extraordinary grading ever done in this
country. In amountit is considerably beyond
the average of Rcaping machines At the close
of the performance, 3ir. Cromer did not appcar
to be much fatigned, and expressed his ability
and readiness TO undertake the cutting of an
adjoining lot of seven acres the following day.
The London Artisan recently described
hood and arnor for enabling person to go into
vat filed with noxious gas, or into the hold of
an infected vessel, down into wells containing
foul air, &c The device consists of an India
rubber hood. furnished with glass eyes, mouth
piece, valve chamber, inhaling and exhaling
tubes, where the wcarer is cut off from the gas
Is and foul air which surround him, and at the
same time breathes fresh air through the tube
carried to the external atmosphere. The Device
thought to be Of great practical utility.
The Eastern papers are charged full with re-
ports Of college commandments, and \ consid-
cradle portion of the space thus occupied is de-
voted to the ''poetry" of the students, which is
about the paltriest and most unmitigated twad-
die that we have ever had the misfortune TO
meet in print It does not rise in conception
or execution above the general average of
schoolboy effusions. The press by publishing
these specimen efforts is preparing the way for
deluge of trash in the shape of rhymes that
will be visited upon it, and for which it will be
responsible.
The trial of Miss Smith cost the defence
about {. 1000 greater sum than was sub
scribed for the purpose by a few of the lead
ing Glasgow merchants. One old bachelor put
down 81 900 as his own share. The Dean of
Facuty's fee was ESQ, and a "refreshcr' of
go every morning of the trial. Mr.. Young,
who was associated with the Dean in the de-
fence, received GlOn altogether.
IT has been urged in several quarters, that
the British Colonies should have representatives
in the House of Commons, Will, authority to
vote on colonial questions only. writer in
B!ackwoods Magazine advocates the measure
with much zeal. He says that the voice of the
Colonies shond be heard, and their influence
felt in tile National Assembly, whenever mat
tiers affecting the whole British Empire are un-
der consideration.
II is proposed by the employees of I'll" Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad, to have establi Led by
law, Board of Examiners, for the examination
of the qualification of persons wishing to be
Locomotive Engineers, and for granting licen-
ses-none TO be employed who are not licensed.
4 friend suggests that Cape May is not good
for female health. Going down there recently,
on tie passage lie was introduced to a lady,
neat, notable and ninctecn-Plump as a part
ridge: a few days after this lie saw her bathing,
and the patant naiad was nauseatingly narrow.
The prospectus of a pros avery paper to be
published in Manchester, England, is annonn-
ced. It's to represent the cotton interest, and
viii discuss the nature and government of the
negro, without being influenced by .'the abstract
theories of Exeter Hall, on the one hand, or by
the brutal ideas of the Cuban planters, on the
Other.'
Is various counties of England protective
Societies have been formed, of persons who
pledge themselves not to purchase tlitnblcfull
of sugar, until it has declined four cents per
pound.