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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
4 sIerif's Attachment.


We have heard a good story, Of which
an Alabama sheriff was the hero. Court
was in session, and amid the multiplicity
Of business which crowded upon him at
term time, he stopped at the door of a
beautiful widow, on the sunny side of
thirty, who, by the way, had often be-
slowed melting glances on the aforesaid
sheriff. He was admitted, and the wild
OW appeared. The confusion and fright
which the arrival of her visitor occasion
ed, set off to greater advantage than Usu-
al the captivating charms of the widow
NJ Her cheeks bore the beautiful
blended tInts of the apple blossom; her
lips resembled the rose buds upon which
the morning dew yet fingered, and her
eyes were like Cupid, and glances of love
and tenderness, with which they were fl
led, resembled arrows which only invited
a beau" (pardon the pun) to do full ex-
ecution. After few common place re-
marks, Madam" said the matter of fact
sheriff, [ have an attachment for you"
A deeper blush than usual mantled the
cheeks of the fair widow while the
glance Of her dOwncast eyes were center
ed upon her beautiful foot. which half
concealed by flowing drapery, patted the
floor. 'SiT, the attachments reciprocal"
For some time the sheriff maintained an
astonished silence, and at length said
Madam will you proceed to court?'
Proceed to court p replied the lady
with merry laugh, then shaking her
head, she said, mo, sir. though this is
leap year, I will not take advantage of IL
cense therein granted for my own sex,
and. therefore, I greatly prefer that you
should proceed to court.
But, Madam the j ustioe is waiting"
HLet him wait am not disposed to
hurry matters in so unbecominR a man
ner; and, besides, sir, when the ceremony
is performed, wish you to understand
that [ greatly prefer minister to a jus
tice of the peace.
A light dawned on the sherif's brain.
Madam" said he, rising from his chair
with solemn dignity, there is a great
mistake here; my language has been mis-
the attachment Of which
speak was issued from the Office of Squire
G., and commands me to bring you
before him to answer a con
tempt of court, in disObeying a subpoena
in the case of Smith VS.. Jones"
We drop the curtain.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

The municipal election in New York
and New Jersey, so far as they show any
changes from the vote of last year, exhib-
1t Union gains.
The Pennsylvania Legislature has dis
franchised in that State all persons who
fed to escape the draft or deserted from
the military or naval service,
A troupe of colored minstreIs has been
giving concerts in Philadelphia. The
troupe IS composed Of 16 negro es
each one of whom was formerly a slave
in Georgia.
It is estimated, says the Chicago Times,
that one thousand persons were killed or
wounded by the late tornado in Pope
and ohnson counties, In Illinois.
The Proprietors of the Cincinnati En-
qlirer propose building new Opera
House, at an expense Of $4,000 1t is
to be on Vine St., near 9Th street.
A young man named Sumner, a school
teacher, committed suicide a few days
ago, at Davenport, Iowa, because a young
lady had refused to marry him. He
jumped from the ferry boat, and was
drowned
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

DEATH OF A Coon MAN-Captain
(familiarily known In Pawtucket, r. L,
as " Grandpa'') Dexter, died in that
place on Sunday evening, in the 18th year
of his age. He was native of Grafton,
Mass, and, in early life, when he acted
as clerk to Samuel Slater, who originally
started cotton manufactures in Rhode
Island, Mr.. Dexter opened and taught
himself the first Sabbath school ever es-
tablished in the United States, the schOl-
ars being the children employed in Sla-
ters mill. Capt. Dexter never tasted a
drop Of intoxicating liquor in his life, al
ways enjoyed excellent health. was a man
ufacturer of cotton knitting yarn, always
maintained the reputation of an upright,
prompt and energetic man in his busi-
ness, and in his civil and social relations
he wae generous, benevolent, frank, affa-
bic ana kind.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

skill as prophet, when I say, that in
ten years the lake shore from Cleveland
to Sandusky viii look like She famous
grape regions ofthe Rhine.
L have visited nearly all the wine grow
ing districts Of our country this side of
California, and do not hesitate to saw
that, so far as [ have observed. none Of
them can equal the southern shore of
Lake Erie. The soil, the atmosphere,
and the range Of temperature, as govern
ed by so large a body of water immedi-
ately on the north, cOnspire to render II
peculiarly favorable to the crane The
clay soil ripens the CataWba about two
weeks earlier than the sandy and gravel
ly, and produces a larger percentage of
grape sugar, and consequently s more
valuable wine. The constant evaDOPa-
ton from the dew, seems to render the
atmosphere pure, and to confer an al
most entire freedom from everything like
rust or mildew. [ am informed BY the
venerable DR.. Kirkland, one of our most
accurate observers, who resides near
Rocky river, east of Dover Bay, that du-
ring his residence of over twenty years On
the shore, he has never seen more than
two occasions Of heavy fog. and then the
atmosphere was all clear again In an
hour or two.
In spring the low temperature of the
water, compared with that of the land,
keeps vegetation back. Around Pitts
0urgh and along the river, peach trees
are in full bloom, while along the lake
buds are yet wrapped in their winter coats.
The frost that nip your blossoms and
young fruit are not felt beside the lake.
When fruit trees bloom up there, hardly
/ frost ever touches them. And in autumn
he high temperature Of so large a body of
b.. Al.
hat at Pittsburgh, and even further
south, viii cut the foliage and end the
eason of growth and processes of natu-
al ripening. The high perfection Of the
Jatawba grape, as ripened on the islands
md south shore of Lake Erie, is due ia
great measure to the long warm autumn
njOyed by it there
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

Excepting the Jews no people have ev-
er shown such tenacity of race as the gip-
sizes. A Hindoo tribe of the Aryan race
originally, perhaps Of nOmadic and plum
dering habits in their provinces on the
Indus, and forced out into Europe and
Asia In the early part of the fifteenth
century, they have encamped or settled 10
almost every country of Europe, without
scarcely ever changing the pure current Of
their Hindoo blood. Whether in the
mountain villages of Norway, or on the
pasztas of Hungary, or in rural England
or among the wild mountains Of Spain );
whether under the burning heat of Afri-
ca, or on the plateaus of Asia, in Egypt,
Persia, or India, the Gipsy Is substantial
ly the same, with q similar physique,
with the human language, or dialect diff
erent, and with the ineradicable habits of
the plundering nomad in him. Some
times enslaved, always scOrned, the victim
of legislation for more than three hund-
red years, driven from country to country,
necessarily urged by the influences of civ
ilization and by the ministers of religion
yet always, IN all countries and for four
centuries, the samoa yagrant, a jockey,
a cheat and a heather and stranger to
each people and country. The civiliza-
tiOn, the science and the Christianity of
modern times have done almost nothing
for him.
A few exceptions to this general char
acter of the race are found in Russia,
where individual Gipsies have become
wealthy; but in most countries they sell
dom engage in any pursuit of mechanics
or agriculture. The only mechanical
branch in which they are ever proficient
is the smiths and in Persia they have
become celebrated as workers in gold and
silver While other races become absorb
ed In the powerful races, or mingle in end
less variety with the peoples in contact
with them, or die out and pass away, this
Indian tribe keeps itself unmingled and
preserves It's savage vitality.
Such a tenacity, both of race and bar
barian habits, seems hardly oharacteris-
tic of the Aryan family, and would re-
mind one more of the peculiar traits of
the Semites. In many countries they
have been supposed to be Egyptians, and
their name in English, French, Spanish,
and Hungarian points to this belief.
Most other nations have given them a
name in some way connected with that
of Hindoo robber tribe on the Indus,
from which they are supposed to be de-
scended-'Tschingani. %
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
Bushels per acre


Experiments were made with reference
to the value of large or small seed equal
areas of land being planted with the lsrg-
est potatoes, cut once lengthWise, and
with small potatoes. In planting cut pO-
tatoes many insist on the necessity of
placing the cut surface down, an opera
tiou requiring much care on the part of
the planter. Doctor II. planted his cut
pieces In both ways with the result Of
showing that it is a useless w4ste Of time
to place the cut side down.
Peach Blows, small seed, gave 100 buah-
els Of marketable size and 40 bushels
small, per acre. The same with large
seed, 200 bushels large and 40 small.
White Pesch Blows, small seed, gave
170 bushels marketable, and 40 bushels
small, while large seed cut in two, save
100 bushels marketable and 90 bushels
small, in those planted with the out side
up. and 30 bushels Of small ones, where
the cut side was put down. With those
planted cut side up, or down, no differ
ence was observed in the time the plants
appeared, aud the yield shows that the
position in this respect is a matter OF lit
| tie importance!
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
SETTING Az oRcEARp:

Set the trees in distance apart, some
what according to the natural growth Of
the varieties you intend to grow. Thirty
feet apart Is as near as you should set any
variety; and 35 feet apart may be said
to the medium distance. To lay off the
ground, first obtain a line the length
Of the distance apart the trees are TO be
set; for instance, 35 feet Provide a
quantity Of small stakes, and having set
the first row-a stake where each tree ia
TO be set, and exactly in line, the rows
that are to follow can easily be regulated,
Some Of the best winter varieties of ap-
pies are the Baldwin, Rhode Island Gree
ing, Northern Spy, Spitzenburg, g.
TThe Rural American.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
DELAWARE, OHIO, FRIDAY, APRIL 81, 1856.

them, and at the bottom of the garden
was stone wall four feet high. Bev0nC
TINS, as far as the eye could reach, exten
ded the snow covered fields, and comins
along the cart road to the left was Mr.
y OhnsOn In his gig.
L threw open the window. making noise
enough to alarm the men if they heard it
and sprang on to the window ledge, and
then tearing off my jacket, threw II
on the ground, and shutting my eyes.
jumped down. The high jump hurt my
wrists and uncovered feet dreadfully, but
1 dare not stop a moment / rushed
down the garden, tumbling two or three
times IN my progress, and when I came
to the wall, scrambled over it head for
most The farmer was Just opening the
gate Of the field l was in, and | made
straight toward him, trying to call out
But L could not utter a word. So [ flew
across the snow, dashed through the
brook, careless that the bridge was few
feet further down, and when [ rushed I'D
to Mr.. Johnson's side, could only throw
up my arms and shrek out Murder p
just when loud report rang out through
the frosty air, and I fell forward on my
face.
And were you hurt ?'' I asked as
she paused.
Yes, little. Look, here Is the scar
and she raised the flowing fold of tarlet-
ane from her soft white arm, and pointed
to a white, oval shaped scar.
And Mrs. johnson ?'' I asked.
The girls face became very grave.
She was quite dead. The men had
put her under the dresser, which ex-
plains why l did not see her as I passed
through the kitchen, and the poor hus-
band went away directly afterward The
whole house is uninhabited now. No
body will live there, and of course it is
said to be haunted [ have never been
there since that day, and | think [ shall
never dare to 90 there again"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
S0ssilIG DGG.

A gentlemanly school teacher once
thought it advisable to give some lessons
in politeness. Among the other things
he told his boys that in addressing a gen
tleman, they should always say Sir
giving them examples. and making
quite a lesson out Of It, One boy was
particularly delighted, and took occasion
to talk to his teacher often, to show that
he profted by his teaching. When he
went home to his dinner his father said
Tom, have some meat ?'
g Yes, sir, thank you"
The next thing Tom knew, his fathers
hand came whack on his ear, and his faith
er's voice thundered forth
" I'll learn you to sass yer daddy"
Tom gave up being polite.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

O'Flaherty undertook to tell how many
there were at party. s'The two Crogans
were one; meself was two Mike Finn was
three, and-und-who the divil was four {?
Let me see, Counting his 1ingers) the two
Crogans were one, Mike Finn was two,
meself three-and-be beGsad! there were
four of us but Saint Patrick couldn't tell
the name of the other. Now it's meself
that has it. Mike Finn was one, the
Orogans was two, meself was three-and-
by my sowl, I think there were but three
Of US, after alI.''
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
PEW Talk,


That tall youag EelioN-'s here's to-day
wonder wi ats his name2
His eyes are Fixed on our pew
DO look at sally Jane.
Who's that young lady dressed in proen ?
Il can't be Mrs. Leach
There's }Lr. Jones with deacon Giles
] wonler If he'll preach ?
Lend me your tan, It is 50 warm
We both Will sit in prayers
Mourning becomes the widow Amos
How Mary's bonnet fares.
Do look al Nancy sIeepef-s veil,
It's full breadth too wide
wonder # Susanuah Ayres
Appears to-day as bride.
Lordl what v0tcs Jane slics has 60.
On how the organ roars
Pm glad ws'es !eet rhs singer $ seat:
How hs~j Miss itHa- "a -la-e<
What ugly sLaw's r'isSa are ia Iraur
Did you observe Ann WHt
Her new straw bsnnets trimmed in bIacs,
guess she's lost child
Pm half sslesp that Hr Jones,
His sermons are 50 long
This aftern 1oa we stay at home,
And practice that new song.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
COok5leytsHes.

C0cH3leyt8Llss.
IS Veal, Wine and Wenison is VERY
good Wiltals, I wow. But hereafter hall,
give me a supper of am an 'heggs, topp'd
hoff with a piece O happle pie I likes
it vastly. Hexcept ven I'm has 'ungry
has han 'ound, [ gets long very nicely
on mug 0 o'harf- f-an-harf, with am sand
witches, an some 'eadcheege. But ven
him sharp set, [ ginerally goes in for
beefsteaks an honions
Halter that, likes to topp hotf With a
dish o hoysters, an pepper an salt an
vinegar -
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

Grow, [ want to ak you conundrum. :"
well, Julius, succeed Use open for
the question"
Can you tell me why de art of self de-
fence am like a ribber at low tide p
mo, Julius, dosn't see no similarity
in de two subjects, so darfor, I ghuvs 1t
up"
"WelI, I'll tell you, It's simply because
it develops the muscles p You are de
most ignOramus nigger 1 neber seed in all
my life
"Yah, yah I know all de time what
dat was, didn't want to say muffin Jis
ak me agin and see if I can't tell you"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
AceOgla1llOdattglq.

A Western farmer, who wished to in
vest the accumulations of his industry in
United States securities, went to Jay
Cookies Office to procure the treasury
notes. The clerks inquired what denom-
ination he would have them in Having
never heard that word used, excepting to
distinguish the religious sects, he, after a
little deliberation replied" Well you
may give me part in old school Presby-
terian, to please the old lady, but give me
the heft on them in Free will Baptist %
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

Scientifically, the oyster is lamel-li-
branchiate mollusk. Each oyster can
produce 100000 eggs Each young
oyster is the one hundred and twentieth
of an inch in length, and about two mil
lions may be packed within the dimen-
tions of a cubic inch About one half
of all the young oysters are eaten up by
the old fish. Oysters attain their ma
iority In two years. The oyster trade of
New York alone is estimated at over
s., 100000 annually. Which is all, at
present, about oysters.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

LEMON JUICE IN Doctor
Revillout, in paper presented last sum
mer to the French Academy Of Medicine,
asserts that lemon juice is one of the
most efficacious medicines which can be
applied in diptheria, and he relates that
when he was a dresser in the hospital his
own life was saved by its timely applica-
tion. He got three dozen lemons and
gargled his throat with the juice, swal-
lowing a little, at the same time, In order
to act on the more deepseated parts. DR..
r. has noted eleven cases of complete
success obtained by this method of treat
ment.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

The following is the law passed by the
last Georgia Legislature defining the
rights of colored people
- An act to define the term persons OF
color and to declare the rights of such
persons.
all negroes, mulattoes, mestizoes, and
their descendants having one-eight negro
or African blood in their veins, shall be
known In this State as persons of color.
SEC. 2 Be 1t further enacted, That
persons Of color shall have the right to
make and enforce contracts, to sue, be
sued, to be parties and give evidence, to
inherit, to purchase, and to have full and
equal benefit Of all laws and proceedings
for the security of persons and estate,
and shall not be subjected to any other
or different punishment, pain, or penalty.
for the commission of any act OF Offense,
than such as are prescribed for white
persons committing like acts or Offenses.'
The Louisville journal does not ap-
prove Garrett Davis venomoUs Opposi-
ton to the Civil Rights bill. 1t thus
We repudiate with scorn, with loath-
ing and indignation the sentiment attrib-
Uted to one of our Senators, Mr.. Davis,
that, if the Civil Rights bill, so called,
should become a law, he should be com
PEELED to declare himselfan enemy of the
and would work to pull it
down. No American may declare him
selfan enemy of his Government. Bias
ted be the tongue that utters such sen
timent. No man may seek to pull it
down. May the hand perish that at
tempts it. May the arm be withered as
by a thunderbolt from the Almighty
that shall sacrilegiOusly dare to raise
itself against the Government of this re-
public.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
Il. I...porte,.t Dtferemee.

A youth who much desired to wear the
matrimonial yoke had not sufficient cour-
age to " pop the question" On inform
ing his fathor of the difficulty he labored
under, the old gentleman replied passion
ately-" Why, you great BOBBY, how do
you suppose I managed when [ got mar
ried ?'' " Oh" said the bashful lover,
$ you married mother, but I've got to
marry a strange girl.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

ToPLoFTICAL-A Mr.. Thompson, of
West Virginia, recently a judge of the
Wheeling district, has published book.
What its title and what its subject no
matter to the public, and we are sure our
readers will acknowledge after reading
the following lucid extract
Man becomes the disaphanous ectype
of the inner spiritual self, as he is moul-
ded and moulds his surrounding organ
isms from instant to instant in their ami
malislic propensities, their human de-
sires and purposes, and in his higher
spiritual manifestations of antopsic viii
ling, intelleetualizing and loving.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
HoRTICuLTuRAL.
THE VINEYARDS ON LAKE ERIE sH0RE-A
GREAT WTEE-GROWING DISTRICT.
Special Correspondence Pittsburgh Commercial
leaving Sanduskv and passing

GREAT WTEE-GROWING DISTRICT.
Special Correspondence Pittsburgh Commercial
Leaving Sandusky and passing east
along the lake, you observe frequent
patches of vineyard At Vermillion con-
siderable attention has been given to the
vine. Mr.. Werk of Cincinnati, one Of
the oldest and largest grape growers
about that city, lately purchased four
hundred acres for vineyard purposes on
the shore, not far from the village. At
the mouth of Black river. and at Avon
Point, lands are also being bought and
planted Recently several farms of stiff
clay soil, on the point, have been pur-
chased by parties from New York. A
few miles further east, at Dover Bay, In
CuyahOga county, seven hundred acres
have been bought during the past year,
and devoted to grapes. An organization
called the "lOver grape and wine com
pany," with about 300 acres, already have
near thirty covered with hoUrishing
vines. They propose, another season, to
erect a capacious house, so as to afford a
home market for all the grapes grown on
Dover Bay
1t is astonishing to witness the changes
effected by the grape interest upon the
| face of things along the lake in few
short months, where the clay was so tena-
cious aud cold as hardly to produce d
crop of white beans where only novels
were seen, or only half-starved tenants
upon old and abandoned clearings, and
where blackberries and huckleberries
| only seemed profitable. you now behold
= smooth fields, thoroughly underdrained
rich with growing vines, and com
| Portable dwellings, with all the signs o.
improvement and wealth, claim M
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
WAIT TOR THEE.

The hearth is Ewept-the Ere is bright,
The kettle sings for tea
The cloth Is EpEead--1he amp IS light,
and white cakes smoke in napkins white,
And now wait for thee
Come, come, love, home. thy task is done,
The lock ticks liEl 'ningly
The blinds are shut, the curtain down,
The warm ch air to the 1reside drawn,
The boy is on my knee.
Come home, love, come his deep fond eye
Looks round him wiztfuuy,
And when the whIspering winds go By,
As Il thy welcome steps were nigh,
He crows eZultinglg-
In vain-he finds the welcome vain,
And turns his glance on mine,
So earnestly that yet again
HIS form unto my heart I strain,
That glance is so like thine.
Thy task Is dous-we miss thee here
Mhere'er thy footsts ps roam
NO heart viii give such kindly cheer,
Nc beating heart, no listening ear,
Like these who wait the hons.
An, now along the crisp walk fast
That well known step 9th come
The t0lt is drawn the gate is past,
The be is wild with JOY at last
a thousand welcomes home :
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27

A CURIOUS HANGING BAsKET.-Pro-
cure turnip of large size and scrape
out the under side, leaving pretty thick
wall around fill the cavity with earth,
and plant in it some climbing vine-cy-
press pine or morning glory. Suspend
the turnip with cords, and in a little
time the vines viii twine around the
strings, and the turnips sprouting from
below, will put forth leaves and stems
that will turn upwards and curl grace
fully around the base.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
THE OoBrpARAT1vE YIELD OF POTATOES.

Doctor f. w. Hexamer, of Winchester
Co, has given us the results Of his last
years experiments with different kinds
of potatoes. They were grown upon the
same field, succeeding a crop Of corn and
without manure, with the following re-
suits
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-04-27
Removal.

GAEEEEEER 81 PIER SOM
TTAVE removed to the roomI ormerly occupied by
IA J. Coop, the west side Of Saudussy Street
door north Of J. Hyats Dry Goods store, where they
continue to pay cash for Butter and Eggs.
Feeling grateful for past favors, solicit call be-
fore selling elsewhere We selling Groceries
cheap for cash Give call.
Apr, Is, 1665-tf. GALIIHER & PIERSON
The daily clarion. [volume] (Meridian, Miss.) 1863-1866, 1866-02-01

complaining Of the
taxes, says he cannot put on
is in the morning without q