The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1869-02-25

man upset bis kerosene lantern inta his
meal bin, and he noticed atteTward that
his hogs ate the damaged fodder with
ayidity This gave him an idea, and
| By experiment he found that FIVE weeks
feeding with the kerosene mixture made
/ one OF his hogs so fat that il could
scarcely stand. The animal was then
fried ioto lard with the following result .
When cool the lard did not CONCEAL,
but the addition of u certain amount OF
potash resolved the contents Of the ket-
tie into three distinct substances the
first, light, transparent oil better than
kerosene or sperm oil the second, Il
Jelly like substance which turned to
soap; aud last, small rcsiduum of in
soluble muscle,
The storms in Great Britain, at the
beginning Of February, have exceeded
any similar events for long time past
The loss Of life was very great. Some
of the principal streets of the city of
Cork were from three to four feet deep
in water. The traffic on the lines Of
railway on both sides Of the river Lee,
OH which Cork is built, was stoppe /
the rails having been submerged, and
several breaches were made in the
| Queenstown direct line At Yong al
the sea broke over the railway, destroy.
ing portion Of the station, overturning
wagons aud making serious breaches 10
the permaneot way. Part of Queens
town was also under water.
4 tardy act OF justice has been per
| formed President johnson has par
doned Doctor Mudd. BY way of pre-
serving his equilibrium and avoiding
the imputation of leaning exclusively
to the side of suffering innocence. he
has also pardoned Sanford Coaoyer, the
Governments swift witness" 10 the
Surra,t case--the Titus Oates of Amer
ieau State prosecutions. Mr.. johnson
Was moved, il is said, to this last act of
clemeucy. by the recommendations of
Joseph Holt, who enjoys the bad emi
hence of being Conoyer's patron, pro.
tector ard employer.
\ singular suicide occurred in Man.
kato, Minnesota, on the 10th instant
Fred. A. Brandt, ex Sheriff of Brown
county, having made up his miud that
he had lived long enough in this world,
determined to 20 out OF it like good
fellow. He invited all his friends to
Grand Notification, aud then, while sing
Ing hilarious song, he drank # gub
let of liquor, in which he had placed
strychnine. He evidently cribbed the
idea from one of Dumas novels, where
the hero blows his braius out at the
dinner table in the midst Of his invited
guests.
10 New York, on Thursday last, two
boys mounted the COW catcher TO 10
connective standing on the track of the
Hudson River railroad, supposing the
engine would move only few blocks
The engine was ordered to Poughkeep
sic, and did not stop until it reached
Peekskill. The boys had hung to the
iron bars, screaming for help, but as
they were hidden by the smoke stack
the engineer did not perceive them. At
Peeksklll both were discovered, but so
overcome with fright that neither could
walk.
John Adams was remarkable as an
early riser, as great smoker, aud as
lover of cider. IL was common with
him to rise at three or four clock 10
the morning, and read, smoke aud drink
cider for one or two hours before the
rest OF the family was stirring. When
he went out to dine, he was never at
ease unless he had with him his own
pewter plate to eat from. IL was hi,
invarable custom to take the latter with
him wherever he went.
A sportsman while out hunting In
the woods near Kylartowu, Centre coun.
~, Pa, was attacked by panther which
he had shot at aud missed, aud was liz.
teral!y torn to pieces. His body was
found two or three days after in terri.
bly, muiilated condition, his legs being
actually torn from his body.
| Daniel Wilkinson, the defaulter Of
the North Providence Bank of Paw.
tucket, II. l., died on the 18th inst. at
his residence 10 that town. He had
been tried for appropriatrng s52 600
last winter, aud was awaiting sentence
under bonds. 1t is supposed he com.
mitted suicide,
| An exchange says the nau who takes
a newspaper for number of years, ant
then refuses to pay for it, would steal
passage to Heaven in secret corner
a streak Of lightning and smuggle golC
from the streets of the New Jerusalem
to buy stumps Of half penny cigars
A British physician claims that III,
most venomous snake bite eau be pre-
vented from causing fatal consequent el
by the injection of Liquor Ammonia
Forts Tito the veins of the person bit
ten. The same remedy, swallowed, il
said to be effectual
In Huntsville, Alabama, the othel
day, soldier by accident dropped Sc
of silver spoons from his pocket. II,
had coniscated them that morning Al
his boarding house. He admitted I,
having served in the war under Butler
4 Leonard Choate, an alleged ineendia
ry, has been arrested in Minnesota
He was for many years the terror O.
Newburyport, Mass, and il is said oyel
fifty buildings, including four churches
have been burnt by him.
| Another horrible tragedy has iaker
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