Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1870-10-21


II Gail upon you," said thessounsellor, 'to
state distinctly upon what asHAprity you are
prepared to swear to the m mssaaage?"
Upon what authority" aadAhe. hoster in
terrocatively. .,.s..:sssEEsa sEafsss 5ss sSqs.rrsr:y
question put to you" *sa:;:; *sa;sssI; :;ssssasI;
II doesn't consider naGlS Sbqasd Sd answer
question afore he's timestefnEa N1a:his own
mind" %Ef:yass@t35ss ffys@t3ss
Nothing can be more simpaihl ssr, than the
question | put. | again repeat. it Upon
what authority do you swesrrto the animals
Then why such an ssvaslaa r. Rhynes state
it an once7' -; T. i,s:,: ;2.:::2 ''T,.'- r..
'Must! | will have il!' vociferated the
counsellor interrupliDg tie witness.
"Well, then, if you must sndtWiH have it"
reioined the hostler, with mperturba6ie grav-
ty, why, then, ha'l ittmyself from the mares 8
own mouth"
A simultaneous burst Of lang ghtes rant through
the court, and the judge on the bench could
with difficulty confne his risible muscles to
judicial decorum.
WOULD SING iT.-A story is told of an old
clergyman who bad the most unbounded faith
in Watts hymn book. He was tond of saying
that be could never open to any page without
finding an appropriate hymn. A mischeVUus SIN
of bis thought it would be a good joke to- test
his fathers faith. So he took an old song and
pasted it on one of the pages of, the book. over
hymn, so nicely that it could not be easily de:
tected. At church one Sabbath morning the
minister happened to open at that very page,
and commenced to read: =. ..-. .--. :!
"Old Grimes is dead"
There was q sensation in the audience. He
looked at tho choir and they looked at him;
but such was his faith in Watts hymn that be
undertook it again, commencing with the same
line. There was another sensation IN the au
dience. Looking at it again, and then at the
congregation, and then at the choir, said be-,
Brethren it is in the regular order in WATTS
Hymns and We will sing it any how
THE CABBAGE Worm. We learn from sew
eral raisers of vegetables that a new worm has
made it's appearance in their cabbage. beds. 1t
first makes its appearance upon the under side
of the leaf, near the stalk, where 1T is .proba-r
bly, hatched, and although at that>timeitis al
most 100 small to be seen with the naked eye,
it grows so rapidly that in a day or two it IS at
least fifty times lis original bulk. Ot course
with the growth of the worm the cabbage dis
appears, and the result ia apparent ln'the per-
torated leaves and droppiog appearance ot the
plant. This pest is not the con mon cabtage
worm that eats into the heatt. :ferlts depreda-
tons are confined generally: to the outside
leaves and the tighter: the inner leaves are
folded together, the less damage is done. ln
some instances entire beds have been destroyed
or the cabbage so far rertersted, as to put to EN-
beyond .-HagerstoaoH ha.,) Telegraph
A young man hardly. twenty years OF age
was recently sentenced in the Superior Court
in Boston to three years in the State Prison
for burglary. This precocious hero, his lawyer
urged should have light sentence on account
of bis tender years (; but the District Attorney
showed from the record that since the lad was
thirteen years old, be had been arrested twice
for malicious mischief, twice for violation OF
city ordinances. twice for larceny, once on sns
picion OF breaking and entering. oRce Tor dis
turbing public school, three times tor dlsor-
derly conduct, three times for burgtsr5, three
times for assault and battery. three times tor
minor offences and that once he had been
sent back to bis native Ireland but wouldn't
stay there. A most remarkable youth.
A writer in the Eoston Advertiser says of
tue editor OF the Louisville Courier journal !:
'The successor of George D.. Prentice is a
hardly less extraordinary man, though 10 q
different way. Mr. Watterson is quite as blind
as Prescott, and does all bis work, an iRcredi'
bic amount, by the aid Of an amauuensls;-
Like Mr. Ha stead, he is his own managing
editor, and sees his paper to press. He is per-
haps the best amateur pianist in the country,
playing the music of Schumann and Chopin
exquis;tely, but he got his musical education,
like the rest, by ear, having the music read to
him, committing it to memory, and then gong
to the piano and playing it off. He is about
thirty years old, quick in his movements, but
reserved and cold" ~. IT,.
The WIFE.-It is astonishing to soc how
we'll man may live on small income, VINO
has handy and industrious wfe Some men
live and make far better appearance on SIX
or eight dollars week than others DO on SIX
teen or sighteen dollars. The man does his
part well, but his wife is good for nothing.
living in as good style as her neighbor, while
the FAULT IS entirely her own. HIS neighbor
has neat, ,:capable and Industrious wife, and
that makes the difference His wife, on the
other hand, is whirpool; into which great
many silver cups might be throwp, aud the
appearance OF the water would not be changed.
No Nicholas, the diver, is there to restore the
wasted treasure .,.
RHuBARB FINEaAR.-Tbe process for ten
gallons will be-take twenty five ordinary sized
stalks OF rhubarb; pound or crush them with
peoc Of wood in the bottom OF stroop tub
add ten gallons o! water let this stand twenty
four hours; strain off the crushed rhubarb and
add eighteen pounds Of sugar free from molas.
ses, and teacupful of the best brewers yeast
raise the temperature to sixty Eve degrees o.
sixty-eight degrees, and put your brows into =,
twelve gallon caak !; place it in position wher
the temperature will not fall below sixty de
grees. In month strain off from the grounds
returning it to the oask again, and let it stan
till it becomes vinegar. .T..-.
TOMINY, BEANS and GRlTS.8 barre
III Pearl Hominy, bb1s White Beans and
bbls Pearl Grits received to day BY
oct le j CLINTON MlLbU bN.