Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1860-04-04
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NEW sERIES-VOL. VINO l5.

GHE 'BuCKwHEAT STRAW PrINcIPLP-
Perhaps our mother and marrisgeblc
readers do not know wh, kind Of pfinci.
pie the puckwhet straw principle is We
proceed to tell them Mrs. PAYNE, a p,
oneer's wife, living years ago near RISING
Sun, Indiana, married all her daughters.
as she said, on that principle. She thus
explains her success in getting her daagh.
ters married to the first men Of the coun.
try: 1"You may let your blckwheat straw
lie in the open tield, where your cattle
run without fence, az long as you please,
and they Will never eat u straw of it; but
just put light, rickety fence around il,
let the cattle break over, and dog sheni
out few times: still mend up your fence,
and they will break it down again, and
and eat up the straw clean. SO with the
young men and girls. My daughters
we're well raised good looking, smart and
finely dressed; they attended public gathi
erings and were much admired. | kept
my eyes open, and whichever cne of them
was accompanied home by young man
just such as | would like, ! would pri-
yate .ell some of his associates that he
must never be seen about my house again
or it would not be good for him. The
principle never failed TO opera,e;--. clan
destine marriage soon followed, the new
son-in-la was forgiven, and all things
moved on smoothly, until another dsugh
ter was IN arriogeable."
PHENOMENA OF RAIN.-Not iess .han TIVE
pounds of moisture are daily expelled
from the skin and lungs Of most idividu-
ais; and if a person happens to be flung
into particularly deliquesent stress of
heat and exercise he may contribute Eve
pounds to The atmosphere with in twenty.
four hours. Were this rendered visible,
every ore would appear to be enveloped
! in little cloud. "1 remember"
says Watson "hcving been very greatly
heated in ascending the ladders from the
bottom of copper mine at Ecton. When
got to the top, | observed by the light
ofn candle, thick vapor reeking front
the body, and visible around it to the disi
tance Of n foot or more. Yet such is Ma
ture's wonderful alchemy, that the SAND
effusions-the sweat of sea and land, Of
herb and beast and man--may shortly rel
appear rs the tender dew, the fattennng
shower, or the limpid gush Of the NOISY
fountain. Reckoning the mean annual
~
five inches, it has been computed that the
total quantity Of water poured into the
air would fill a cistern ninety-four thous
and four hundred cubic miles in capacity.
This estimate, however, founded upot
Dalton,s data, is assuredly too low, for the
mean animal issue of rain from the clouds
all over the earth, is now calculated at
five eet.-BrihSh Quarterly.
The KENTUCKY MILLIONAIRE. The late
Robert Wicklitfe was n native of Virginia;
cmigrated to Kentucky poor, unletter-
ed boy. lie commenced his career as 4
day laborer at fifty cents day, becams
an eminent lawyer, and was the largest
capitalist in Kentucky at tie time of his
death, his property being estimated nj
, tCur millions.
The Paducah Herald remarks of Mr.
Wickliffe that, as a laborer, he was noted
for his faithfulncss, his industry, and the
amount of work which he could perform;
At :he whipsaw he was unequalled, and
on many occasions he cut down the tins
Der and split ont five hundred rails day,
In the palmicst days of his popularity and
wealth lie never ceased to boast of HE
achievements rs a laborer. He studied
law while laborer, at night, by thu light
of the fire. and when first admitted to the
bar he gave but small promise OF attaining
the position which he afterwards won.
Butter WITHOUT CuURNING.-Mr, Jno'
Shepherd, Of West Goshen, Chester couns
ty has a very remarkable cow. She yields
cream which turns into butter without
churning. We were shown. Few days
since, specimen OF cream gathered on
pan of milk, which had stood over night
1t was the consistency of hard frozen ics
: cream. Mr.. Shepherd assured us that
frequently his family made butter in
the morning for breakfast by tas
king cream and stirring it around mos
; ment with a stick. The COW is about five
years OLD three.iourths Durham. Sht
yields twelve pounds Of butter per week.
six months after calving, SO says tho
West Chester Record.
, 4 NEEDLE TRAVELLING 1nRorGu rnr
HUMAN BoDY.- Six years since lady liv.
ing at North Sandwich, \. H., acclden.
tally swallowed needle. The needle war
a shoe needle, and little over an inch
long. She was considerably alarmed at
the time, but no, feeling any inconveni.
ence from it, the circumstance in time
passed completely from her meutcry. A