Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1859 — Red Pepper and Punch Overcoats, [ARTICLE]

Red Pepper and Punch Overcoats,

The Scientific American recommends as a substitute for hot whisky punch of a cold night the following: “Put three or four lumps of sugar, with half a teaspoonful of cayenne pepper, in a tumbler, and fill up with hot water; when the sugar is dissolved, drink. It is not only pleasant to the palate, but warms the whole body more effectually and quicker than spirits.” In India, priests who have made a vow to wear no clothes, rub themselves of cold nights with red pepper. This gives a glow equal to the warmth of several blankets.” correspondent in the Adrian Expositor, under date of Dec. 14, says that several spiritualists of Riga, Michigan, directed by the spirit of Thurston, the lost balloonist, have lately been digging in a marsh about three miles from Deerfield, Michigan, for his b dy, but without succes. After they had been digging awhile Turston’s spirit told them that it would make them all sick to dig up his body at that time, and advised them to wait. They followed the advice, but they say they will renew the attempt in a few days. Jesse B. Booth, of South Providence, R. 1., writes to Mayor Tieman of New York that he is “a well developed inspirental natural brain medium,” and that he has power to drive the devil from the earth, and wish es to enter into a contract to drive him from that city. There is sense in that, for if the devil can be exorcised from New York, the rest of the world is safe. present ; the town of Woodbridge, Hillsdale country, as a model township. The place v. as organized seventeen years ago, and from that time to this there has never be r n a whisky shop in the town, nor a barrel of liquor sold. The entire criminal business originating in the town in the same time, chargeable to the co mty, is less than SSO. Savannah (Ga.) Republican says that the price of field hands (slaves) can be accurately determined by the price of cotton —for every cent a pound for cotton, a field hand will bring one hundred dollars. For instance, the present price of cotton is from ten to twelve cents, and the price of & field hand is SI,OOO to $1,200. Memphis (Tenn) Eagle and Enquirer tells of,a farmer who sold a yoke of oxen for a fifty d liar-bill. He put the bill in his tobacco-box, and the ensuing night be waked up, and wanting a chew of tobacco, he opened his box, and, by mistake, took out the bill and “chewed” it up and spit it away to nothing. woman in Vernon county, Missouri, recently whipped her_step-child, two years old, till she was exhausted and then ordered the child’s brother, four year sold, to whip it; and on the boy’s refusal, beat him till the poor fellow was compelled to whip his sister. The girl is since dead. Treasurer’s office, of Randolph county, Ind., was broken open by burglars a few nights since. They had a hard time in effecting an entrance, and only succeeded in finding $2,50 in the vault —one hundred coppers and fifty three-cent pieces! A poor speculation. The “Divorce State.”—The Mississippi* Legislature has passed a law granting ces to all parties who have lived separate three years. A tide of emigration may be expected to set toward Mississippi. Indiana is about going out of the business. learn f om the report of the Commissioner of Indiana Affairs that the number of Indians in the United States and its territories is about three hundred and fifteen thousand. These are divided into one hundred and seventy-five tribe”. O^yWanted—a thin man who has been used to the business of collecting, to crawl through keyholes, and find debtors who are never at home. Salary —nothing the first year, to be doubled each year afterwards. has 20,000 inhabitants, Kansas 50,000,; yet Mr. Buchauan says the first must be admitted into the Union immediatly, the latter must be kept out until her 50,000 increases to 120,000! have his life insured, so that when he dies he can have something to live on, and not be dependent on the cold charities of the world as he once was. 0O“A bill has passed the house of Representativs of Georgia, by a vote of 56 to 25, prohibiting the intermarrage of first cousins, under a severe penalty, and cutting off the inheritance of issue. (£yThe Hull girls all sing. A friend lately from there says they sang themselves to sleep at night, and he never heard anything like it since he was benighted in a awatnp out West. 0O“Mr. Henry Yingling, of York county. Pa., supplies his distillery by a pump worked by dog power.

oO“This is corporation election day. Ocy*Hon. Schuyler Colfax will accept our thanks for public documents. Schenck, U. S. N., is now ■topping at the residence of Judge Crane, his son-in-law. residence of the Rev. Mr. Mock was densely crowded on New Year’s eve, on the occasion of the donation party. CE7”A Mrs. Brown, who kept a fashionable millinery establishment in Twelfth street, New York, was shot on Thursday night by i her paramour in a fit of jealousy. (ttrWe understand that quite a spirited religious revival has prevailed iri-Morrocco during the past two weeks, and .also in Esquire Sayler’s neighborhood, Newton township. 05“ Mr. Au stin, over the way, presented I us last week with a paper of chrystalized New Orleans sugar. It is as pure and finelooking sugar as we ever saw. No* sorgum about this. i : —... (KrWe have received a copj’ of that in- j comparable statistical work, the Tribune Almanac. for 1859, published hy H. Greelv &. Co., New York. Price by mail, prepaid, 13 cents per copy, $1 per dozen,'sß per 100. Senator Douglas arrived in New York from Havanna last Wednesday, and was tendered the freedom or the city by the authorities. On Friday he received his friends in state at the City Hall, and was welcomed by a large and enthusiastic crowd. terrible railroad accidents occurred in Georgia, between Macon and Columbus, last Friday. The train for Columbus ran off the track, killing two, and the train for Macon fell through a bridge, killing seventeen. He’avy rains were the cause. (KrA telegraphic dispatch from Atlanta, | Ga., dated last Friday, says a man was shot th«i*e that day, and a meeting was being held to deliberate whether the murderer should be lynched or not. The dispatch concludes: ‘‘Tile mob are now assailing the cttllaboose, and the excitement is intense.” (C7~Mr. Spitler has at his store a supply of “Phillips’ Cough Sirup,” for the cure of coughs, colds, of the lungs, &.c. He keeps it on hand because he knows it to be a good nfddicine r having tried it in his own family and on others, and can, therefore, safely recommend it to the afflicted. Telegraphic dispatches from New Orleans nay there are rumors of an anticipated revolution in Cuba, and that there are now eight thousand Americans on the island; with regular passports, awaiting an opportunity to join the movement, with the view of annexing it to the United States. pftess of Indiana, irrespective of party, have been recommending the holding of an Editorial Convention at Indianapolis some time this winter, for the purpose of having some c ncert of action in regard to public printing. The State Journal names the 20th of January as the day. Medary, of Kansas, has sent a requisition to the President for military aid to suppress the difficulties at Fort Scott. A dispatch from Washington says that the President and Cabinet have determined to adopt such measures as will bring “M ntgomery and Brown to speedy justice.;” public debate between the Erudite and Calliopean Societies has been postponed to next Wednesday night, when the following subject will be debated: “Resolved, That the signs of tiie times indicate the extinction of negro slavery in the United Stages.” AFFIRMATIVE. NEGATIVE, /irudites. Calliopeans. Dr. W. J. Laßue, J- Thompson, Jr., . Dr. R. C. Pierce, Harnaline Cissel, L. A. Cole. ‘j E. T. Harding. by the ladies of the Iroquis Lyceum was a brilliant affair, and was fully appreciated by a crowded audience, who manifested their apprqbration by frequent applause. The only drawback were the boys, wtio evinced a little too much hilarity for the comfort of older nerves; but as boys will be boys, it could’not be expected that they would keep perfect order and decorum while their sisters and sweethearts were dazzling their seniors with their physical and intellectual attractions, though it is to be hoped they will be a little mors orderly on future occasions. The performance gs the young ladies was good and their reading admirable. The Irequis Lyceum ie/Ae institution of RensseV!’?r. ?nd of which WP may be justly proud.