, 1859-11-28

VEar SE1Ecr CoMpAxr.-We hare frequent.
II heard the advantages ofkeepiuga pig spoken
of but, tho a1sng tefmz Of expression we're hard
" 70 convincing ~ the argument which CAME to
our sara few days since, while p ssing through
one fthe bis wa.s Of Lowell, inhabitsd chiefly
By the sons and daughtets Of ths Emerald 1s!e::
A Anew stye had been built for the ed.ctoFt and
convenience Of sboat, the property Of Bridget
Nulrooney, and BFidget's neighbor. Ellen Fla
hertz, had called to inspect the premises, dur
ing :ae progress Of which ne happened to be
passing
IAN ili;gant s'ys," said Ellen. euthasiaste.l.
for ye @hiis Rasritt il quay.
The Sunday. ,AtIds, in lt Of revolutionary
enthusiasm, says: "Iurrah forthe girls Of 7d."
"Thunder y cries 1en 1e1sey paper, "that's
too da1ned old. No, no; hutrah fof the girls
of17.n
, A Baker in England stole tombstone for the
hearth of bis oven. One Of his customers, find.
ing death's-hezd 81 the bottom Of his loaf Of
bread. ran in dismay to his deaconi fearing the
cad ofthe world was approaching. The latter
bis oan loaf, he found the marrow-bones. In
their dlzrra they bad recourse 10 the parson,
"ho could afford them no consolation, inasmuch
as,".Hesurgaom" wa. legibly set forth in bold
relief upon his own Loaf
The official majority Of Olden orer Wright,
for Governor, in New Jersey, is 1889. The en-
tire number Of votes cast VAS los, ,1O5--which is
the largest vote ever cast in that State.
There are $40 prisoners in the New Jersey
State Prison, 10j more than the prison WAS er-
er intended to contain.
Ey recent decision ia Pennsylvania, the law
hns been established that no tair report Of
ibelous.
It's rumosed that the Presidency Of Harvard
college will be giren to Or. Putnam Of Roxbury
or Dr.. Bellows ofNew York.
i case is now On trial In New York which has
| been IN the Courts twenty years Although tue
amount originally involved IVES only eight hun
! dred and fifty dollars. Tbs plaintiffs brought
suit to recover the rent Of q store from the as.
sisnees Of the-man By whom it was rented and
in 1870. and nonsuit granted against the plain
ttfs. They appealed 10 the Supreme Cou1, and
| . decision was rendered in their favor. ltwas
then carried to the Court Of Appeals, and the
last decision reversed. The pleadipgs were
then altered, aud Tie case again tried, but the
| Of the country hare been engaged On this case
since its commencement All the parties to the
action are still alive, and are apparently Us
much interested in its result as ever.
Tue SLAVE Exopcs--The Canton {3fo.) r.
| porter, Democratic paper, informs us that the
vxodus ofslayes from Lewis county, is going on
| rapidly, not less than hundred having Geen
"deported" to the South from that county and
| the adjoining ore last weck.-Aitsou,i Ut:ao-
| erat-
Nzw York C1rr ONCE BoCGu1 FOR TwEsrr-
Form DoLLAns.-" Every man has his price, -
and New York politicians eel out cheap. The
following extract shows at what q low figure the
entire city was once bought:
On the 4th Of Iay, 1896, Peter 1Iinuit, the new
Director, arrived At Manhattan in the ship Sea
New, commanded by Adrian Joads. To biz
credit be sad, that the first act fhis ndmiuis-
by lawful purchase. Soon after his arrival be
bought the whole island Of the indians, for the
Dutch West India Company, for the sum ol
I sixty Euilders, or twenty four dollars. The isl
and WIS fifteen miles in length. and from *bout
quarter Of mile 10 two miles in breadth, and
was estimated 10 contain 1000 acres.
An extraordinary match has recently been
made in England between tue Doke Of beaufo1'
aud the Earl Of Winchelsea, the obiecr Of which
is the test and comparative speed Of tie race.
| horse and the grey hound. The match is to be
for 5000 a side, hstf forfeit, and the Duke
backs lire couples OF hounds against three hor.
ses to lie selected by the Earl, who arc 10 carry
1l3 pounds each. The race is 10 take place aver
the full distance Of the Beacon Course, At New
market, which IS miles, fu1long and La
yards in length, and is TO come OF during the
Houghton Meeting, in the fali Of next year
The hounds are to run trail on the opposite
side Of the course to that on which the horses dc
their work, 50 as not to interfere with each
other Trials Of this sort have been made be
fore in England, and have nearly aiways resulted
in favor Q. the bounds. Stonehenye." in hi
I work On the dog mentions an irstauce in whirt
there were Us many 1s sixtT horses contenaipg
orer the ADORE named Beacon Course, agaiost !:
pack Of hounds, but snys that, notwithstanding
their EXTREMIST Efforts, dog, natned Blue Cap
won in eight minutes and q few seconds; anl
only twelve Of tie horses were with the dog ii
the finish.
In Legborn, On The 7th ult., a remarkable
scene took place. For the first time. tile Jew.
ot TINT city offered up prayer for q Christian
FRINGE, and invoked the blessing Of Heaven up
Gu Victor Emanuel, Kin. Of Sardinia. Ths
PRAYER was recited by Signor Roberto Funaro
tue exception Of q few old lneu, rose 10 theil
feet, and remained atAoding until The close o
the prayer to which they al responded with al
overwhelming t*Amen.
Nkw PATENT CoEr1S.--slr. John 4. Cannon
of yew Albany, und.> is the inFentor Of a new
kind Of air~tiels coffin. The tribune Of thai
| place thus describes it.:
The coffin is made Of glass. from one-half II
inch thick. cast in two pieces Of the ordinary
iorm. In the upper edge Of tho body Of .ht
coffin IS groove, in which tongue ID tic Ii,
fits. When q corpse. is placed in the cot6t
this groove is filed with melted cement; the liz
is placed on and firmly held BY three iron bandl
until the cement is hardened. Through Il stnal
hole in the top Of the cetiu, the air IS then er
tracted By means nj pump. Dy these means
t Mr. Cannon clains, bodies inay be preserved il
their natural slate for all time to come; ant
| when placed in vaults, can always be accessi
bic to The gaze Of those who are left behind
The expense Of these eotfius will be no mort
thau the ordinary wooden ones.
SoRGHux IN ST, JosErH Couxrr, N1cn.-A
subscriber writing from Colon, st. Joseph Co.
to the Grand Rapids Eagf>, saJs: ~ obseEv'
there il any amount Of Sorghum raised ia thi:
county. They make syrup in southern style
minus the darkies. Twas informed By gen
teman Of Intelligence, at Constantine. fey
days since, that the a,nonnt Of 1nolasses mad.
in this county. from the Sorghum cane, wou'.
be greater than the whole amount Of sweet
usually brought into the couaty from the South
Win nat tLis hare tendency to dissolve th'
Tuioor But the worst FEATURE Of the buaines
il, {some may like it the best,) they are manu-
flcfnrirp r,sn # nm it -