The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1870-02-10
Curious, Useful and Suggestive.

The origiu Of the saying, He'll never
set the Thames on fire." is as follows
Many years ago, before machinery was
introduced into the -four mills for the
purpose Of sitting the -four, j, was the
custom Of the miller 10 send il home
unsiited. The process of sitting was
done thus, but principally 10 Yorkshire
The tense, or seive, which was provided
with rim which projected from the
bottom Of it, was worked over the mouth
Of the barrel into which the -four or
meal was silted. An active fellow, who
worked hard, not unfrequcntly set the
rim Of the tense on fire by force of
friction against the rim Of the -four bar
rel, so that, in fact, this part Of domes-
tic employment became standard by
which to test mans will or capacity
to work hard; aud thus, of lazy fellow,
or one deficient in strength, il was said:
'He will never set the tense on fire. :"
The long misuse Of the word fenrse for
seipe, as we'll as supcrseding Of hand
labor by machinery in this particular
species of work, may possibly have tend.
ed to the substitution Of sound for
sense, in such phrases as "lIe will
never set the Thames on FIRE" the North
river on fire, or any other river.
0ne hundred years ago the following
notice appeared Id a paper printed ut
Providence Rhode Island:
70 Be soid by HiehoIa. Branch
At his Reieetory, west end of the Bridge, in
Providence,
Solid Argameat..
Consisting Of bread, butter. cheese, eggs. sal
mon meats tongue, oysters,
etc', ready cooked.
AJidtions.
Cider, vinegar, salt, pickles, sweet oil, &c.
Grispaaees.
Pepper sauce, mustard, black pepper, cayenne,
Paaishm>nts.
Wine, brandy, gin, spirits, porter, &e.
Sspsraaiiies.
| Snuh, tobacco, and segars.
n. D. Any Of the above articles to be ex
changed for
Neeessaries, viz
French crowns, Spanish dollars, pistarsens,
! cents, mills, or bank bills.
Credit giUen for
! PAYMENTS.
30, GO, and 30 seconds, or as long as man cal
bold his breath.
Radi@sais gratis, ris:
Those indebted for Argument
| Must not be lqifaie
| Nor think tia Griebaac
IL they should meet PaHt,hiasa
For calling for such Saperdaiiie
And surprising 1t not Neeessar
To make Immediate Payne,
A Partisan chemist has succeeded il
extracting the essential Ingredients o
nearly all vegetables used for culinar
purposes, in such a manner as TO pre-
vent fermentation. These extracts ma
be used upon long sea voyages, or i
mid-winter, for soups, when vegetable
are not TO be had ia the markets. Th
mode OF preparing is as follows In
copper It'll or other similar vesseltinnc
inside aud having double bottom, ar,
placed rs litres OF water, kilosramme
OF common salt, Is kilogrammes Of tut
ui2s, s kilogrammes OF lecks. Z kilC
gramme OF ouions, 3 kills. OF eslery. ! XII
of parsley, 200 cloves, aud s cloves 9
garlic; distil with a gentle fire, an
draw off 80 litres The aromatic liquo
should be distilled into receiver COZ
tanning II kills. of salt aud s kills. G
sugar. These last mentioned subst1r
ces fix the aroma of the liquor and pre-
vent fermentation. The object of th
salt is to augment the boiling point q
the water aud facilitate the distilatio
of the esseatial oils or aromas of tn
plants.