Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1857-12-11

tributions under the above heads, written
for the Chronicle. Believing that they
will be better remembered, and read with
more attention, in January and February
next, than in this month, we have judged
it best to lay them by for q few weeks,
when they will appear, and will we think
prove worthy the attention Of every far
mer.
Western papers notice with some
evidences of alarm the great damages
done by grass-hoppers Cor locusts) which
seem to have been coming from the North
West Territory down upon Minnesota, and
thence towards Illinois, &c. Some writers
recommend, as the only way to meet them
and perhaps prevent a famine, to raise
large focks of turkeys, which devour them
greedily, and are fattened by them. 9th
er fowls are also good, but not equal to
turkeys.-The grass-hoppers have been
troublesome, the past year or two, in Tn.
ion county, and two farmers in Kelly
township have told us that they found the
turkeys hunted the grass-hoppers readily,
ate immense numbers of them, and fat.
tened easily. 1t is good thing to convert
grass-hoppers into turkeys (even as the X
n writer described an Irishman to be % a
machine for converting potatoes. into hu-
man nature -
THE ATLANTIC MONTHLY for Dec. is
full of interesting articles. One attempt
Ing to prove "Robin Hood" a myth, or
representative character, is very plausible,
but not conclusive. 1t reminds us of a
very ingenious paper,published some years
ago, attempting to prove that Master Will
ljame Shakespeare was an imaginary au-
thor, or at least shrewd playman, whose
careful collections of the best plays were
credited to him whenever the authors were
not known. There is a comprehensive and
thought-breeding article on Slavery,
Where aoiU 1t end:?" phillips; Sampson
e. Co., Boston
sS-A correspondent of the Fres5y,e-
rian Banner d, Adcocate says, "The lead
ing men, in point of character and ability,
of all parties, were united in support Of
Mr Ticmann," as Mayor of New York.
The vote is 4 900 higher than ever before
polled in that City, and shows cheering
attention by the right men to proper OBJ
ject. Mayor Wood and his followers
swear engeance forall time to come against
the respectable Democrats who voted
against the party nominee. 1t is likely to
make lasting party feud.
HIThe Nuncy Luminary, in view Of
the fact that printers can not reduce their
hands or "retrench' their expenses to
" keep down with the times" very prop.
erly urges the craft to live up to the reso-
lutions of the Danville Convention, and
stop giving general credits for papers after
the 1st Jan 1858.
Others of our exchanges announce
positively that they will not send papers
on trust after 1st Jan. 1858.
Hg-A few weeks since, we tried to
"talk like Dutch uncle" to that incor-
rigable son of a German, RAUcH of the
Mauch Chunk Gazette. But instead of
praising and thus encouraging the efforts
of youthful genius, be broadly criticizcs
our classical performance as hifalutin,"
dinhs 1t mir besser as plus too goot for this
evil generation! We have half mind
not to try again, but to leave him to the
tender mercies of the Weissport truckers,
old George F., and the Gum Valley lit
erati
pA-The Canal Board have made the
following appointments:
Collectors-D Ii Neiman, Easton: CS
Palmer, New Hope: J Swineford, North
umberland: J Piatt, Williamsport B
Deis, Dunnsburg: l. II Lifts, Pittston. i
Weighmasters-Wm Able, w z Ohm.
stead, Easton: j S Taylor, Northumb'd: j.:
Geo Manhardt, r S Bacon, Beach Haven:
Hiram II Brown, Pittston.
Cargo Inspector-J b Decker, Bristol.
nO-Thc Jersey Shore papers are good
preachers-some times. The Fedettc has
Rev. j. A. Kclly's sermon in full, deliv-
cred before the Baptist church, and an
extended notice of Rev. J. Morehead's be.
fore the NJ. L. Church; and the RepubH- |
can has Rev. j. Stevens, before the Pres
byterian church. The three were Thanks.
giving sermons.
sS-A youngstcr about four years old,
was recently honored with his first suit of
pants. Parading backwards and forwards
before the domicile of his mother with as
long strides as his short legs would allow,
4 gentleman neighbor asked him seriously
'Who are your" ga MAN" was the
reply of the toddlipg youth.
nu% $h;o Ia v,orv Donl~~& Dahl