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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
II THRILLING ADVENTURE.

A merchant, who wished to celebrate his
daughters wedding, collected a party of her
young companions they encirced around her.
wishing much happiness to the youthful bride
and her chosen one. Her father gazed proudly
on the lovely bride, and hoped that as bright
prospects for the future might open for the rest
of his children, who were playing among the
guests. Passing through the ball of the base
ment, he met a servant who was carrying a
lighted candle in her hand and without a can
dle-stick. He blamed her for such conduct,
and went into the kitchen to see about supper.
The girl soon returned, but without the cam
dIe The merchant Immediately recollectcd
that several barrels of gunpowder had been
placed in the cellar during the day, and that
one of them had been opened.
where is your candle?" he inquired, in
the utmost alarm.
"I couldn't bring it up with me for my
arms were full of wood replied the girl
Where did you put it q"
"Well. Id no candlestick, SO l stuck it in
some black sand that's in the small barrel"
Her master dashed down the stairs-the
passage was long and dark-his knees threat
ened to give way under him-his breath was
choked-hs flesh seemed dry and parched, as
if he clearly felt the suffocatiEg blast of death.
| At the end of the cellar under the very room
where his children and their friends were revel-
| ing in their felicity, he saw the open barrel OF
powder full to the top; the candle stuck loosely
in the grain, with a long red snuff of burnt
wick; this sight seemed to wither all his powers
the laughter of the company struck upon hi;
ear like the knell of death. He stood d mo
ment unable to move. The music commenced
above, the feet of the dancers responded with
vivacity the floor shook, and the loose bottles
in the cellar jingled with the motion. HI
fancied the candle moved-was falling witt
desperate energy he sprang forward-but how
to remove it !? the slightest touch would caus'
the red-hot wick to fall into the powder
With unequaled presence of mind, he placed {
hand on each side of the candle with the oper
palm upwards, and the fingers pointed toward
the object of his care, which, as his hands met
was secured in the clasping of his fingers, an6
safely moved away from its dangerous position
When he reached the head of the stairs, h
smiled at his previous alarm-but the reaction
was powerful, and he fell into fits of most VIC
lent laughter. He was conveyed to his bee
senseless, and many weeks elapsed ere hi
nerves recovered sufficiently to allow him t.
resume his business-BoStoa True Flag.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
RR MAMIE.

Never try to keep out of any ones way when
you owe him anything unless it be a thrash
ing. It is bad enough, in all conscience, to be
in debt, but don't make your condition worse
by growing mean under its pressure. When
you absolutely cannot pay up at the appointed
time, don't make-believe-sick, don't skulk
about in out-of the-way streets to avoid meet
ing your creditor, don't sneak around the first
corner when you catch sight of him before he
has seen you. All such conduct is unmanly.
No doubt you feel averse to standing face to
face with man to whom you are a debtor
pay day past and you debtor still-it is NOR
tifying, very but it is only one of the natural
consequences of borrowing; and as you have
incurred the..penalty, why meet it like a man
Face your creditor let him know that you
neither forget the debt, nor underrate his pa
tience with you. Say frankly that you are very
sorry to keep him so long out of his money, and
that you will pay up fast and as soon as you
possibly can.
This is the only creditable way to conduct
yourself in the ease. There is no respect due
to men or women, who, failing to be able to
meet their payments at fhe proper time, instead
Of going at once and explaining the reason why
they fail, and doing and saying all they can to
assure their creditors that they mean no dishon-
esty. just sneak about carefully, anxious only tc
shun the creditors's sight. Be manly.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
The Origin of Slavery.

Mr. Bancroft. in his first volume of the his
tory of the Z. S. gives an account of the early
traffic of the Europeans in slaves. In the mid
die ages the Venetians purchased white men.
Christians and others, and sold them to the
Saracens in Sicily and Spain. In England
the Anglo Saxon nobility sold their servants
as slaves to foreigners. The Portuguese first
imported negro slaves from Western Africa in
to Europe, in 1442. Spain soon engaged in
the traffic, and negro slaves abounded in some
of the places in that kingdom. After Ameri-
ca was discovered the Indians of Hispaniola
were imported into Spain and made slaves
The Spaniards visited the coast of North
America and kidnapped thousands of the In
dians, whom they transported into slavery in
Europe and West Indies. Columbus himself
kidnapped 500 native Americans and sent
them into Spain, that they might be publicly
sold at Seville. The practice of selling North
American Indians into foreign bondage con-
tinued for two centuries. Negro slavery was
first introduced into America by Spanish slave
holders who emigrated with their negroes A
royal edict of Spain authorized negro slavery
in America in 1918. King Ferdinand him
self sent from Seville fifty slaves to labor in
the mines. In 1881 the direct traffic in slaves
between Africa and Hispaniola was enjoined
by royal ordinance. Las Casas, who saw
the Indians vanished away before the cruelties
of the Spaniards, suggested that the negroes,
who alone could endure severe tolls, might be
further employed. This was in 1918.
Sir John Hawkins was the first Englishman
that engaged in the slave trade. In 1862 he
transported large cargo of Africans to His
PAMELA. In 1857 another expedition was pre-
pared and Queen Elizabeth protected and
shared in the traffic. Hawkins, in one of his
expeditions set fire to an African city. and out
of three thousand inhabitants succeeded in sci
zing two hundred and sixty. James Smith, OF
| Boston, arc Thomas Kyser, first brought the
colonies to participate in slavery. In 1854
! they imported a cargo of negroes. Through
out Massachusetts the cry of justice was raised
against them as malefactors and murderers
! the guilty men were committed for the offence
and the representatives of the people ordered
the negroes to be restored to their native
country, at the public expense. At later
period, there were both Indian and negro
slaves in Massachusetts. In 1920 a Dutch
ship entered James river, and landed twenty
negroes for sale. This was the epoch of the
introduction of slavery in Virginia. Fol
many years the Dutch were principally con
cerned in the slave trade in the market Of Vir
| ginia
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
1m7c1s1AgT 70 GAR5ENERs. :, ,II::: .

A gardener having occasion to newly paint
the wood work in the interior of bis green house
determined to make trial Of the absorption
of heat by black color, with a view OF proniRot-
ing the maturity of his plants. and shrubs, by
means of greater quentity d. caloric.9 In the
preparation Of the pa. t he used coal tar, that
Is to say, tar prOcua by the distillation of
coal in the manufacture of gas This coal far,
besides the advantage Of lis color, offers con
siderable economy in painting, being about one
eighth Of the price Of the material used in mix
ing black paint. The painting here in uGes-
tIon W',s executed before the setting in of win
ter On the return of spring the gardener OBJ
served, with no less surprise thar satisfaction
that the spiders and other insects which had
infected his green house had totally disappear
ed. He moreover remarked that a vine. train
cd on an cspaher, which for the space Of two
years had been sensibly decaying,A and which
he had purposcd to uproot for the purpose of
planting another in its place, had acquired such
renewed health and vigor as to be capable of
producing xc .lelt table grapes. Havingap-
piled his new paint to the props trellases and
espalier Of all his sickly trees and shrubs, as
well as those which, though in full bloom, were
being devoured by insects. success again crown
ed his experiment. Caterpillers and snails dis
appeared the insects had vanished from The
green house. The fruits produced by the trees
thus treated have ELECTED the approval and eu-
logy of purchasers. Similar experiments tried
on the Gironde have, it is said been attended
by similar results.-London Builder BIO
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
ORIGIN OF THE US.

Many of our readers have heard of the
" Fist Families of Virginia !" but few we
take it know how the term originated. An
exchange explains it thus:
In the early settlement of that state, it was
found impossible to colonize it unless women
went there. Accordingly ship load was sent
out, but no planter was allowed to marry one
of them until he had first pain one hundred
pounds of tobacco for her passage. When the
second ship load came, no one would pay more
than seventy-fve pounds for the matrimonial
privilege, except it were very superior article.
Consequently the descendants of all those who
were sold for one hundred pounds of tobacco
were ranked as the first families, while those
who brought but seventy-five pounds are now
ranked as the second families and the reason
why no one can ever find any of the second
families, is because you can't get a Virginian
to admit that his mother only brought seventy
five pounds Of tobacco.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
II sINGULAR DREAM.

Mr.. B. had been twice married, but was left
a second time a widower with six daughters
and one son. After these bereavements Mr..
B. inferred the Lord did not design him to en-
Joy the blessing of a wife, and he resolved to
sacrifice all personal convenience and enjoy
ments of the conjugal relation. and never at
tempt to select another partner in life. This
resolution he secretly kept for nearly three
years, when the arguments and counsel of the
minister of the circuit; in the State of Della
ware, prevailed on him to change his mind
The consideration of his numerous family of
daughters requiring so much mothers care
and instruction, was one of the strong reasons
that had induced him to admit that his resOlu-
ton might be founded in error. The minister
encouraged by good impression he mad made,
and the influence he had gained over Mr.. B.,
took the liberty to name to him lady residing
in a certain neighborhood of his circuit, whom
he thought would make him an excellent wife
and good mother for his children, and ap
pointed the time and place for Mr.. B. to meet
him ard be introduced to her. Some occur
renee took place which prevented Mr.. B. from
meeting the minister according to appoint
ment.
The minister, intent upon his plan, procured
Mr.. BIS consent to meet him a second time
and the appointment was made but an unex
pected providence again prevented Mr.. B. from
being there at the time. They then made
third arrangement, and Mr.. B. determined,
life and health permitted, he would certainl,
meet his friend, and be made acquainted witt
the lady recommended. Before the time ar
rived, however, Mr.. B. was admonished in
dream that the woman so favorably spoken o
] by the minister was not the one he ought t.
marry, and he was conducted in vision to th
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
WASHING HORSES LEGS.

1t is quite a common custom for cartmcn
and hostlerS to " founder noble horses, by the
erroneous practice of dashing cold water on
their legs when they are dirty. In regard to
this practice, Sir George Stephens. the eminent
veterinary surgeon, says: Whenever it is
necessary to wash horses legs, do it in the
morning. Most grooms, acting on a different
principle wash them as soon as the animal
comes in. am convinced this is ii bad prac-
tice. When the roads are dirty and the wea-
ther wet, and the legs already soaked, washing
can do no harm; but to deluge the legs with
water the moment ahorse enters the yard, heat
cd with exercise, is, to my mind, as unnatural
and absurd as to jump into shower bath af
ter playing an hour at cricket. My plan is,
rubbing down with straw and dry brush and
the next morning wash az clean us soap and wa
ter can make them. Pick nd wash the soles
as soon as the horse comes in.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
The Everlasting Piano.

A writer in the Cleveland Herald thus
speaks of the pianos that fill the streets of
that city mith melody through the parlor win
dows of u summer evening
" started to go up Euclid street. From
the window of No, on the right, u maiden
lady Of a certain age and very uncertain voice,
attempted to induce some one to Whisper
what thou feelest,' while at the same time,
from No, on the other side, young Miss
is advising Miss Lucy to take her time
rushed on to No.; on the right two young
ladies with much voice and less knowledge of
Solfeiggo, are trying to attract attention by
screaming Hear me. Norma. And their
brother, with no very clear conception of har-
mony or tempo, is foundering through the ac-
compartment.
passed on. and at No. a young lady
was imploring some Que to .' Come, oh come
with mel over some kind of sea, while
just opposite l am told that some one is" Ever
dreaming of me-" while another informs me
that the Fierce flames are raging" and she
- RACES " while she tells it, and yet another
with nasal voice is swelling on that ponder
Gus song of - Gentle Annie anything but
gentle by this time. for the terrible thing has
been fiddled, sung, blown, whistIed, footed and
ground till the car fairly aches in vain at
tempts to receive and cary that upper third in
the third measure to the tympanum.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
cuErrvArxNG HOPS.

valuable discovery in the cultivation of
hops has just been communicated to the French
Academy. Like most agricultural improve
Inents, it has been the result of observations
made by a laboring peasant. 1t consists in
making the plant run III n horizontal direction
instead of climbing up the pole. This is man
aged by means of low trellis work of the
simplest construction. The advantages of this
mode of culture are numerous. In the first
place, it enables the grower to investigate the
plant while growing and cleanse ii from the nll-
merous insects which injure it TO so vast an
extent ; then it is protected from the sun, which
always destroys the upper shoots it obviates
the great destruction Of hops in stormy wealth
er, when the winds lay whole hep grounds
from the heights of the poles and most of all
it enables the gathering Of the cones to take
place without uprooting the plant besides per
mitting the selection of the Iipest ones first
and preventing the great loss which arises
from the necessity of tearing down the whole
plant to get at the ripest blossoms.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
A 8rahmin's Account of his Country
Motions of India--Habits of Society

A Brahmins s Account of his Country
Motions of India--Habits of Society
&c.
The Rev. Mr. Gangooly, converted Brah-
min, now travelling in this country, delivered
in New Bedford, few nights ago, a lecture
on the manners and customs of the people of
India
Mr. Gangooy said that the manners and
customs of Hindoo life Lad always been the
subject of much speculations and even mis-
sionaries had given to the world inaccurate ac-
counts of the people Of India. He had been
requested to prepare work upon his country,
and he had already done his part of the work,
and it was in the hands of the Rev. Mr..
Ellis, of Charlestown, and would soon be pub
lished. The caste system explained at
some length. The Hindoos were divided into
thirty-four castes of which the Brahmin reach
ed the highest, and the banker, goldsmith and
shoemaker were among the lowest. The black
smith is of high caste, because of his useful
ness. If Blahmin eats animal food he loses
bis caste, which he can never regain. The
subject Of birth was next treated. The birth
of male child was always made the occasion of
great rejoicing, while the birth of female was
hardly noticed. The mother of five or six
girls always the subject of scorn and de-
rision, and never went into society.
There were but three castles in India that
could not read or write. The .strictest atten-
ton is given to the education of boys in India,
while girls never go to school. The discipline
of Brahmin life in some instances was grand.
A Brahmin rises as early as five o'clock walks
out and gathers flowers, and bathes before the
sun rises if the sun sees one of this class in
bed, the fourteenth generations of his ances-
tors will be punished in eternity. Women
must bath every morning before they go into
the kitchen if they do not people will not
eat their cooking. Brahmins must keep silent
while at the table; if they speak while eating
they are obliged to go without food the entire
day.
The marriage system was next considered.
Hindoos do not know, strictly, what marriages
are. Neither the boys nor the girls have any
thing to do with this matter. Parents make
all matches, and the parties have no idea to
whom they are to unite their destinies until
they arrive at the alter. The marriageahle
age of girls is from seven to ten, and that OF
bows from thirteen to twenty-five. A girl Mt
thirteen years of age, unmarried, is considered
an old maid past all redemption
In regard to the burial ceremonies Of the
dead in India, many things ha dbeen said and
written by travellers, that were untrue. The
burning of the bodies of widows upon funeral
piles of the husband, was explained and &C
counted for by the fact that when woman be
comes a widow, she must always remain ir
that situation, and they were never though
anything of or treated respectfully, and man,
of them, in view of these facts, preferred death
This custom has, said the speaker, been recent
" abolished by the British government.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
WASH FoR FRUIT rRnrs.s

We would remind our readers again OF tha
soda wash for fruit trees, which we 1iavee SO
often recommended. This is the timee Of year
for its application Heat salsoda to redress
so as to drive ont the water of crgstalizafioa
and carbonic acid then dissolve the ccadstic
soda in wafer at the rate of one pound t6Iahe
gallon, and apply it when cold to the trunks
and larger branches Of fruit trees. It will de-
stroy cocoons and ova Of insects, MOSES Of all
kinds, decompose dead bark, and present q
fine glossy surface not likely to be attacKedby
insects. Unlike potash, it does not Destroy
any living portion of plant, while it 'dec0tn-
poses the dead portion more readily Work.
ing Farmer. En- oe1I ~
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
8mral und 9uttestie.
HINTS FOR TIE SEASON.

I. Husk your corn as soon as possiblc.-
Leaving in the shock until the winter rains
soak through, and the SHOWS cover it, thus par
TALLY spelling the grain, should be avoided
Beside, hay is scarce. and if the leaves and
stalks are properly taken care of, they will as
sist greatly in wintering the stock. To leave
the stalks in the field, whet' cut or uncut. is
bad policy, for the elements soon destroy all.
or nearly all the nutritious matter contained in
them, and cattle do not like to fill their stom-
achs with bIcached fibre, instead of proper
food.
II. Look well to your stock; some farmers
let theirs run in the lots without any feeling
or attention, until the ground is hard frozen.
and the animals have lost instead of gained
flesh. All should understand that if stock arc
allowed to lose flesh at this season, it is almost
impossible to bring them up again during the
winter and besides, fat cattle really need less
food than poor ones. The animal heat is more
easily kept up Numbers of cattle die during
the winter and in early spring, from this want
of attention in the fall.
Ill Gather fallen leaves and use them for
bedding stock. They make the best kind of
manure, and also excellent bedding They
are easily gathered with large rake. Saving
leaves from the forest, costs the trouble of col
lecting only, and their value as manure alone
far exceeds this.
". Keep cellars we'll ventilated as long as
possible. Remove fruit into them before frost
Injuries it. Temperature of cellar should not
fall below the freezing point at any time
Too much heat or cold are both injurious to
fruits or roots.
" Feed hogs we'll Cooked food goes far
ther than when fed dry. Keep their pens
clean, and with good bedding. There is now
no need of their wallowing in mud or filth, aud
the drier and cleaner they are kept the
better. In some places the mast is very
plentiful this season, and hogs fed in the woods
in such places, get quite fat. In Europe
acorns are gathered for this purpose. But
few weeks feeding on good corr, before Kill
ling is essential to the making Of superior
pork.
vi. Plow dry, stiff, clay hand before the
winter sets in. The frost pulverizes the SOIL
and the exposure kills many injurious insects
that have gone into winter quarters. Deep
blowing is, however, necessary to have much
effect in this way. Draining may be carried
on as long as the ground remains open. When
the ground can be dug is always good time
to perform this kind Of labor Ohto Farmer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02
H ort icu1 I1re.
CIDER MADE WITHOUT PRES
SING, AND W. NE WITHOUT
GRAPES.

0&&46 S0s
A recent le, ter from gentleman in Parkcrs-
burg, Va, has in substance the following An
old Dutchman in that city has novel method
Of making cider. He has practiced it for sew
eral years with success, He purchases large
quantities Of apples and grinds them in the
ordinary way. He has number of large
casks prepared, standing on end and open at
the top. At the bottom of each cask is n
faucet whose mouth is protected by sticks
placed crosswise and clean rye straw a foot
deep. Into these casks aud upon this straw
strainer, the mace is shovelled as soon as
ground. When the casks are full about as
much water is poured into each as the pomace
each contained should yield gallons of pure ci-
der The casks and pomace then remain un-
disturbed for two or three days, when the filu-
Get being opened the cider runs ont. Cider
is heavier than water and in its first stages
does not mix. The pomace having a greater
affinity for water than cider, absorbs the water
ard consequently elects its own juice without
the aid Of press. If too much water has
been accidently poured on the pomace, it will
remain on top of the cider and not run from
the cask till all the cider is out The faucet
should be closed as soon as the drppings look
pale. On pressing pieces Of the pomace after
this process they will be found tastecss. Such
is the German theory.
The same old Dutchman manufactures what
he calls "Nefns pure American wine" as fol-
lows He takes 4 common box of raisns,
chops them up like mince meat. and after the
elder ceases to ferment, puts them into a bar
rel of this liquid, together with a small bug of
charcoal. After few months the cider by
some hocus pocus process becomes pure
American Wine" 1t is then ready for bot
lling, and if tightly corked will keep forever.
Some thirty barrels OF this liquid brought al
auction recently from 81 to Sll per barrel
Any individuals trying the above experiments,
and having success, may send us samples for
examination. VIC are dry sometimes, We are.
Springfield Republican,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-12-02

Grsors Iowa. correspondent Of the
Tribune, who has lately been through fifteen
of the southeastern counties of Iowa, says -
q" The corn crop is almost universally good
say 40 or 80 bushels per acre. Corn is selling
in Van Buren County at 10 cents a bushel, and
in other counties at 5 or Is cents, delivered
in towns. Buckwheat, potatoes, &c, plenty.
wheat is not half crop in the river counties.
The hog crop is large it is estimated for the
fifteen counties named at 10000 head. 1t is
also estimated that 10000 head Of beeves will
be fed this Winter. The crop of sorghum sirup
is estimated in those counties to be worth from
$4,000 to $4,000.