Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1875-07-06


"REToRr Courteous. THE Gordonsvil1e
Gazette, edited by a University man, reviews
lennysoo's new drama, Queen Mary, after the
following fashion
When We rchrG what the genius O fSbakes-
peare would have done with such a theme as
the life OF the beautiful and unfortunate Scot
tlsh queen, and then read what Tennyson has
done, the comparison Of the two names becomes
not only ridiculous but painful.
When We reflect that the subject and heroine
OF lenuyson's play is not the Scottish queen,
put the Eogllsh queen, 10 other words, that the
lady OF the drama is Mary Tudor, and not
Mary Stuart, the comparison between the crit.
lciSm OF the Gazette and the circumstances of
the case, becomes not only painful but ridicu.
lous, Petersburg Mdcc appeal.
BETTING BAD FOR BEEcHER.-A curious
feature of the Beecher trial and its concomi,
tants IS the one which embraces the allegation
that hr. Beecher would have been acquitted
out Tor an lmprudent remark by the foreman
OF his Jury. The three Tilton jurors had been
"earleu lnto an agreement to yield to the per-
slstency or the niue Beecher jurors, and had
consented to agree to a verdict of a~couittal.
"hen the foreman aforesaid, Mr.. Chester Car
penter, lmprudently remarked that ''his son.ip-
law had made a bet on the result of the iury's
deliberations" whereupou the three Tiltopiaps
relapScd to their normal obstinacy and refused
TO be Beecherltes. All which is a lucid com.
mentary upon the equal and exact Justice some
times meted out by Intelligent Jurors, as we'll az
or the manner and form in which such Jurors
come to pertinent conclusions.
BROTHER JONATHAN. "A native American
cannot receive u higher compliment than to
oe styled Brother Jonathan; and as the origin
OF this game is not generally Known, we quote
the Following from B~artlett's Dictionary of
aherlcanlslns: In the course of the struggle
lor independence, Gen. Washington fell short
VI ammuoltlon. lie took counsel with his staff,
out tailed to open any practical suggestion for
reilcl. We must consult Brother Jonathan"
Sald he' meaning Jonathan Trumbull the senior
Governor of Connecticut. This was done, and
the d%'thculty was remedied. To consult Broth
er jonathan III immediately became a set phrase;
ano the term has since grown until it has be-
come, 10 the eyes Of Americans, an equivalent
to the John Bull Of Old Eug!and.- Chambers.
DUCK RAISING. LESS is known about the
diseases OF ducks than of other fowls. They
are, IN our experience, best Matched by hens
and kept IN u dry pen for several weeks. Give
p!euty Of grass, frequently renewed, keep wa
e''oAS sISih 1t Tx SIlllIOW VESSELS,
and feed oftea. 4 pen of boards a foot high,
covered with laths nailed across the ton with
one Corner or one end covered to exclude the
raln' Is all sufficient. This pen should be fire.
quentIy shifted upon dry, grassy ground. II
Que Is noticed moplng, swelled up, or out of
sorts ID any way, give soaked bread aud milk,
red with Cayenne pepper. The best are Rou.
ems, Aylesbury, and Cayuva blacks. Points of
eScellence for com mon purposes, are size and
number OF eggs.
LUIS Walker died at West Liberty, Iowa,
ou' previous to dong so requested his wife to
bury hun on a farm in Bennington, on the Rock
Island railroad. She accordingly took the body
tAcre' but found to her disgust that her de.
ceased walker had a prior wife living on that
same farm. Ihcrcupou she refused TO have
anything further 10 do with the funeral and
lett the dead to get buried IS best it could. The
other vile had no fancy for The job either, but
She had TO get rid of the corpse as an incum.
brancc, aud she did SO without auy waste Of
tears. kumo says that the deceased had still
another vile in Missouri. Why he DESTROYED
MS ouIy chance OF a mourncr is now the Dues
ton.
CHARLES Co., MD, WHEAT CROP. Harvest.
Ing has beer going on Very actively Tor the last
week, and will probably be over by the end of
thlS week. The weather has been very fine
Tor the work, though exceedingly hot. We
are glad to learn from all quarters that the
wheat is exceptionally fue. The grain is larger
ana better than has almost ever been seen
We were shown the other day two heads Of
wheat, one OF which, contained upwards Of
eighty large plump graius and the other piue-
". Inc crop. harvested this year, though
small, will yield much better than was supposed
d snort time ago.-Port Tobacco (Md.) Times
a Boston gentleman is the happv nossessor
OF a miniature steam yacht, II feet long and ~
lnch beam. Her hull weighs but 100 pounds.
one Is propelled by a steam boiler weighing
only IS pounds. The cylinder is IA inches, and
the stroke y Inches. The propeller is four
bladed, and Is placed under the boat two feet
from the stern. One gallon of water fills the
boiler, and as 1t cOudenscs it is only necessary
to supply the waste. The boat draws "a inches
of water, which carries her propeller clear. She
cost about $500, aud is rated at half.horse
power. Her owner recently made a voyage
with her from Boston to Portland.
The editor of the Monmouth Democrat, pub |
lished at Freehold, New Jersey, has an enthu-
slastic three column account of the editorial ex-
curslon from New Jersey to Orkney Springs,
Virginia. Its concluding paragraph is as fol.
" In conclusion, WI can but family ex- |
press our qualification at the cordial reception |
we everywhere experienced on our trip, espe-
clalIy at Chambersburg. and by the people of
Virginia. Their sociability, their l~iberality of
sentiment, and their hospitality will ever be
gratefully remembered by all who participated
IN the New Jersey editorial excursion of 1875"
TIE Russian government spends annually
S33,OOO for carriages 10 behalf of singers at
the St. Petersburg opera, in order to keen
them out OF The snow with warm feet and clear
voices.
DIED.
Suddenly, at Mitchells station, Culpeper CO., |
Va, ON the 9th instant, Of cholnra intantnm