, 1870-05-24

John J. Piatt, the Ohio poet, has received
letter from Charles Dickens, acknowledging
tho RECEIPT Of volume of Dir. Piatt's "West-
ern Windows,' md thanking the author for his
gift.
MISCELLANEOUS.
A bull calf, day old, WAS recently sold by
tho Duke Of Devonsllire for 700 guineas,
-Dangor, Maino, has mud turtle Weighing
A lippopotamua at Amsterdam has given
birth to twins, causing lively sensation in
that city,
hundred in number, in Calaveras County, CALI
fornia, has This season been open to the VIEW
Of tourists.
In Boston permits are now given to grind
hand organ or peddle frnit only to persons
who can show that they are in reaIS needy cir
cumstances, and have no other means Of OBJ
tainipg livelihood.
~ New Orleans officer WAS 80 long getting
out pair Of handcufrs from his carpet-bng, to
put on an arrested murderer, that the latter
rot tired of waiting and walked out OF tho atn-
fon-house, without informing his guardian Of
his future address,
last week, got up out Of a sick bed and would
60 !" to the chow" despite every effort made
to prevent her doing 80, became SO much
alarmed At the elephant that she faintod away,
and actually died from tho effects Of tho fright
before she could be removed.
"A New Hnven agricultural called bis
friends to social gathering IN his pear Or
chard, the other evening, and desired each ono
10 pick ont a branch on which should grow tho
pears for his or her exiting, the name Of the
person being affixed upon label In the ha1-
vest time they will meet again and enjoy the
fruit go generously and lngenious'y alsposea
OF.
The last method Of combining style and
economy occurred at Albany not long since. A
man went to au undertaken to borrow q valu-
able casket, covered with velvet, to uso ut tho
funeral Of his brother, proposing to take tho
body ont after the funeral, place it in plain
Pine coffin, and return the caaket to the Under
taker. The undertaken was near-Eighted and
couldn't SEQ it.
-Thoy tell a ridiculous story Of 3 mishap to
fat man at the recent burning OF his house
at Springfield, Mass. The egress Of fatty
through the door Was cut Oh by the flames,
and window Of narrower dime ensiong tLaz tho
man Was the only way Of escape. He put his
head ont, and into the embrace OF 4 friend,
while another friend inside used 3 broon-han-
die to keep him squirming, by which means he
worked his body through
"a Georgia paper says: " In this county, at
present, corn is in great demand at 81 por
bushcl, md We can hear Of none for sale even
at that price. In all probability there will be
but a email crop Of corn made this gear in tho
South, and it seems to lib that the man who
will be compelled to sell his cotton at 10 or Il
cents per ponnd to buy corn at 80 per bushe1
will be doing an uphill business"
So urgent is the demand for laborers in
South Carolina that steps arc being undertaken
for the organization Of joint stock emigrant
society,", George L. Trenholm announces that
tho South Carolina Railroad corporation are
willing to subscribe S25, 900 to establish line
Of steamers with Europe, and to give lts alter
nate sections Of land to e1nigrants. Further
steps arc likewise being taken in South Caro-
lima and other States for the introduction OF
Chinese labor. ..-.
Near Greenyille, Muh1enbn1g County, Ey.,
ono day last week, Mrs Newman started, with
q little son or 4 years old, to visit friend
about three miles distant. While On the way
she was met by negro man, who seized her
aud dragged her to the ground, first ravishing
her and then numbering her By shooting her
with three pistol shots. He then doalt tho lit
tie bog blow, from which it is thought he will
die. His skuu il fractured. As soon as the
heinous crime was discovered, the whole neigh
bolhood was alarmed, and search nadc for the
negro, who was captured and lodged III the
jail ut Greenvi1le- On the following day he was
taken from the Jail By q mob Of citizens and
hanged.
a writer from Florida, in tho Newark Id
uertiseT. Gays: "This State eau scarcely be
said to have ever been properly settled at all.
One Of the great States Of the Union in terri
miles, nearly Is large IS the whole OF New
Eng1and, its population to-day scarcely az
ceeds 140, 0O-Itt'e more than the population
Of the single city of Newark. OF its 81, 000
Of acres, less than 8 900, 600 have ever been set
on into farms! and nearly the whole OF these
are now in the market, advertised By tax col
lectors for the payment OF taxes. 1cannot
learn that there is single plantation in the
State now undes anything Ike fnll cultiva-
ton"
in former days, says tho Food Journal, it
by The yard, but We Believe that it is only in
the present day that we can bug beer by tho
pound. By q very simple process, introduced
BY Mr.. McTtens, the wort, after being made in
the mash tub Of malt and hops in the usual
i 5sbshsa sashsa up b p pipe IN into aES
and then penistentls worked round and
round, whila tho moisture is evapo-
rated. Tho wort enerses from its tribu-
lAtions with pasty consistence and is
allowed TO fall from considerable height into
air.tiGht boxes, IN which it reposes like hard
bake. It coon gets go exceedingly tough that
il has to be broken up with chisel and mal1et,
and in that condition is easily sent abroad, or
to any part OF tho world for people to brew
their own malt liquor. We had the wort sub
iected to ana]yB,s, the result OF which, in 3
hundred parts, ehowa that there is almost ab-
solute purity: Gum, e. -219; sugar: y.GGi;
1upulin (the active principle Of hops, 2.0oo;
albuminous matter, 0.600; mineral matter,
1.500; moisture, 11.017.
The makers and users Of lager beer arc
trying to get an exemption for it from the /
Massachusetts Legislature. The other day.
NJ. Burkhardt, a prominent brewer, invited
the Legislature to visit lis brewery. Some
sixty or seventy attended, and q collation. WAS
given them after the process Of mnhuracture l
in the brewery lad been inspected. Lager |
flowed freely, and those who wanted water. .lad |
to send outside for it. Nj. Rodney French, !
strict temperance man, was called on for !
speech, whereupon ho proceeded to assal the I
liquor traffic In general he said ho had no
dual man in the trade, but when he considered
he crime, VOC, and misery that came from ths
1se Of liquors, he could not approve Of their
It seemed to him q pity thai. 20 ]
much good grain WIS wastedfn the business.
After Mr. French concluded, Mr.. Burkharlt
made speech. He denied that intemperance
vas the cause OF all the crime and misery.
t WAS not the cause OF the social owl.
I father found his son going after loose |
Fomen, it is his duty to get him q j" frau So
he drank bad whiskey and spirits, the only |
ray to wean him Of it was to giyo him lager.
he establishment Of one brewery, MI. B. con-
ended, was equal to abolishing twenty distil-
ounhy, and this would be the eHect oft here.
instead OF promoting intemparnnce lager was
he best temperance adrocate. And he would l
O more think Of spllling out his las;ur t1lan he
;ould think OF doing any other thing he would
onsider sinful. After this argument there
rs lager, and then more lager, and the visit
rs departed in salubrious condition.
PERSONAL. IL
Edward ketchum is reported to have made
i00, 900 since he left the New York State
1ison . few months ago.