Vincennes Gazette, Volume 3, Number 16, Vincennes, Knox County, 28 September 1833 — Page 1

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rmmw " VOLUME 3. 1 riJVCEJWVE, IJSDMXJ1 SEPTEMBER 28, 1833.

VINCENNES GAZETTE, If V.7 be Published every Saturday,

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I ncer advertisements in the same ratio

in a

cat hi? allowance, while the other kept his regular course. The allowance for hoth was about three pecks per day. The cattle were taken to market, and weighed about 2800. The one fed on corn and oats had lGSlbs of tallow. The

From the D'lltirnnte Patriot. DOWNING rOKKESPOMEC13. Washington, Aug. 30, 1833. My dear Cnhfe Joshua I hait got ony jist a minuet to spare: hut I've sumthin to

tell vou that will tickle you all to pieces.

one that was fed on com and cobs had 163.ijeer he now, back from the Rip Kaps

pounds of tallow, and the purchaser of the

two osen pronounced the beef of the latter to he worth half a dollar on the hundred more than that of the other, on account of the color of the beef. It has al&o been proved by actual trial that good and palatable bread tnav be

made from corn and cobs ground about

f criptions, at the market price, delivered in Vin-

cennes.

fcuch articles ot produce, a u ... . ,f , .., .f . . . ,

family, will be received in paymeni .or - - , - - - - . - -

Mills for grinding corn and cobs together have been erected in several towns in Massachusetts. Have any of the farmers of ISr Hampshire ever tried the virtues of cobs as an article of food for their cattle, or do they throw them away asuseles? Portsmouth Jour.

From the llazrrstozi-n Torch Light. CT.OVFU MANIltr TOK WHEAT. The wheat crop i the most important rf all crops to the farmer. A man who

has one hundred acres of cleared land, of

common quality, ought to raise on an av erase one thousand bushel cf merchantable

bridge, England, 2 of Edinburgh, and 1 of ly one small dried patch of burn remaiuSt. OmerV ed ; yet an hour and a half had elar I At the times of their deaths 5 were over before the application. The same snlu90 years of age; 7 between 80 and 90; 1 1 jtion has been equally effectual in sca'.U

To Restort. Frosted Potatoes. A most effectual method has been discover ed bv a Cumbeiland gentleman. It ig

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wftpoc, ann rye, t.nin, u.n i'"--; irnpiy to ailow the potatoes to remain in puffirient to defray the expenses of carry-J, he its ater a vere frost till the mild

in? on me larmmsr. i : eather has set in or some weeks, and at

lowing them to recover gradually. It once exposed to the atmospheric air, uo at t

will recover frosted potatoes.

ehould always be clear gain.

Don't startle at this, farmer. A man vo has a farm of one hand red acres of cleared land, can yearly put forty acres ff it in wheat: and if the land be in order

..a if ei.n.ibl bp. mid rvprv farmer trav Propagation. Most kinds of flowers

have it, every acre of the forty will giveand ornamental shtubs may be increased twentv five bushels, amounting altogether j i" number by either cutting, layers, divis-

to one thousand bushels. I shall now ?how how land must be farmed, in order to produce in this way. Never break your land tefore harvest, ami stir it after, as it is customary with many farmers. Much ploughing impoverishes land, and is productive of no good effects Your wheat ground mut be heavily set in clover, and brokfn up after hardest with three horses when the seed in the clover is ripe. By thus turning clover down after harvest, when the seed is ripe, it will never miss coming up in the spring, which is frequently the case when sown in the spring with seed. You also save between forty Rnd fittv dollars worth of seed annually, which it would take to fow yourgiound When the clover is ploughed down after

the harvest, before you seed the field, harrow it lightly the way you have ploughed it, in order to level the ground, and prevent the seed from rollicg between the furrows, and coming tip in rows. Never plough jour seed in with shovels, nor harrow it across the ploughing, when you have turned down clover after harvest, lest you raise the clover, but always harrow it in by twice harrowing with light harrows the way yovi have broken up your ground Many farmers have ploughed down clover once, and finding that the crop was not bettered by it, but injured as thev believed, have never attempted it ngain. This is almost invariably the case the first time clover is ploughed down af ter harvest, especially if the fall be dry and the winter frigid and close. In turning clover down you must necessarily rloueh the ground deep, and the first

time you turn up the clay, which being unmixed with manure of any sort on the t op. is iu a had state to sow wheat on. The

wheat after some time will pprout and come up, but will look yellow and very fpindhnrr. Its roots after some time will

rjet down among the unrolted clover, aud there will choke, and for want of moisture a great deal of wheat will dwindle away and die. The unrotted clover below will

lierp the ground wet and springy, so that the frost will injure the wheat not a little.

But when the clover is twice ploughed down, the bad effects to the wheat crop arming from unrotted clover from below, which was ploughed down before, and h i a manure on the ton. The seed

V . I a i v m - - eewn on it now springs up directly, and hefore winter sets in, has taken deep root. The clover now turned down rota very coon, in consequence of the rotten clover up. which as manure alwajs keeps the ground moist, however dry the fall You may now go on farming in this way , every time you turn up a coat of clover turn down one, nnd your wheat crop will never fail, until your iand becomes so rich that you will have to reduce it with corn.

ion of the plants, inocalation, and the various modes of gratting. Soon after the plants are done fjowering, by some one of these operations they may be multiplied. Roses, and geraniums, for instance, by cuttings; the former also by inoculation and layers. The unskilful however should not rik destroying a choice plant for the sake, of getting more of it, still it is well for those who are fond of flowers to amuse themselves by acquiring a little practical information on the various methods of propagation, for this leads much to the science

ot the vegetable kingdom. Ladies ehould not fail to amuse themselves in trying their skill in the propagation of plants. To do it successfully, they should study nature a little reflect what is requisite to ensure

success.

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agin the President and an on us, seem about the fairs o' the nation. The fust thing we took up to argy upon, next arter the churn, was one o' the most importantest things in natur. I felt considerable streeked about; hut ib settled now, as clear as multiplication. The President has made up bis mind to marrv Cuzin Nabby '.Think o1 that Unklc Josh ! Put aint I a cute feller lor pryin into a millstone? I knowed all the time which way the cat wanted to jump, hut I was amazin feared there was tu many rata in the way .

'I'll tell you what, Mapr Downing,1') eavs the President, says he, "it aint no

trifle for a man to make up his mind on a pint about matrimunny. In the fust place, he's got to ?ee that he dont git cheated, and then she1.-? got to see that she dont git cheated and alter all it's ten to one if they dont both on Via git most darndly cheated."1 "Jest exactly eo, Gineral, , says I, "and to cheats makes an even bargin,11 says I, for 1 was nettled considerable, to hear him talk that way about Nabby. ,,PII tell you what ti9," tays I, "Gineral, there aint a man upon airth, without lis Deacon Slow, but what would jump enyiuost as high as the sky, to get our Nabby. SheV one o1 the ra al sort," says J; "none o1 our pale-faced milk-and-water sorts o1 gentry. Why her face is like a lull blown cabbage rosy," says 1, "and what's more, it aint put on with none o1 your painter1 brushes, nor it aint ezy to wash uph outlier," says I But i did'nt stop there, 1 tell you. i went on ever so fur, aud 1 telPd the Gineral plump and plain jist what 1

was a mind tu I teld him that the was

as much afore the white livered things here to the south as 1 or he was afore Martin Van Buren. "She kuows how to

make the best gingerbread, und the best punkin pies, and the best massages upou airth,11 tays 1, "and ehe can darn your stocking, ami patch that hole in your coat so nice, that no man in Washington ghotild'nt know that it was patched." "And besides all thai,1' say I, she1 got sich a world of larnin, (cause you know Unkle Josh that are kinder runs in the

family) that she can write all your Dies

CUEA.1I.

G. Carter, Esq. of England ha9 pub-!

Iished a new method of obtaining cream eages ,or ou,aDd 8ave lhe guvernmeut."

..urn wrv .y ...v,u ...u. C c.c.tui u umi ..- J ,s t theD t ne (Ji,ierH utgun ,Q coff,ke all fii limn in tho rnmmnn t-:v It ia na in!. I . .-. . . .

. - naiur; anu ne coned it again at sicn a

tows: a tour-sided vessel twelve inches !(larned rrtfe ,imt lt hrnk1 .... Ih nrtrv

long, eight wide and fix deep, is formed mentf am, I thought for a long spell that ot zinc, having a false bottom at halt thel.nG 1;. . . fire ..... arfpi.

depth; and a perforated zinc plate made;Lrol cieve,.v over it. betook hold o1 mv

o j j

to fit the vessel and lie upon the false hot

torn. Pour the new milk into the upper part of the vessel, and let it stand twelve hours; then through an apertuie or "lip11 left for the purpose, pour as much boiling water into the lower part, let it stand 12 hours longer. The cream will now be so thick that il might be lifted off with the

thumb and finger; but the better way isj to lift up the perforated plate by the rings at the ends, and the crem is completely separated without being at all mixed ivilh the milk. From numerous experiments

it appears that in this way, four gallons of milk will yield 4$ pints of clotted cream,

and 40 ounces buUer, being au iucrease of 12 J per cent, of cream and 11 percent, of butter over the common method.

CHEESE ?IAKING. Milk is well known to consist and i? easily separated into three parts cream, curd and whey. The cream is an oily, rich, and sweet substance, diffused through the others, and easily separated from them by standing, hut can never be hardened or curdled with rennet. Curd may be separated from the whey, by heating it a little more than blood or milk heat, when il comes from the cow,

and adding a little rennet, and its richness depends upon the quantity of cream that may be diffused through it, and which

may he easily pressed out. Whey i9 the remaining fluid, and its richness, color and taste depend upon the quantity of cream it may contain. Cheese, it is well known, is made from the curd, and the cheese is the better the

more it contains of the cream, or of that oily matter which constitutes butter; its goodness, therefore, depends in a great

measure upon the manner of separating

tne whey trom the cure.

U the milk be much heated, the curd

broken in pieces, and tho whey forcibly separated or pressed out with heavy

I weights or patent presses, as is the prac- ! . ii i .

uce wim many, me cneese is scarce good for any thing, but the whey is delicious, especially the last pressed out, and butter may he obtained from it in considerable

der, and he says it h the best he ha? ever iipiantities. A full proof that nearly the ued for fattening cattle. An experiment whole creamy part of the milk has been was tried a few years ago by feeding one separated from the cheese and is in the

ox with corn and oats ground, the otherjwhey. Whereas if the milk be not too with com and cobs the two even beingimuch heated, but just sufficient to curdle,

so well matched tlsat no one, on viewing jif the curd be allowed to renviin unbrothem was satisfied which was best; ac - ken . and the whey be separated bv very coidingly they were fed as above. E ich'slow and gentle pressure, the cream is re-

cx had an equal quantity at a time, ex-itamed, and the cheese is excellent, but

cept the one which had corn and cats .the whey is almost transparent and near vime day- became dainty, ami would not Sly colorless.

Corn Cobs. Many farmers in this countiy have within a few years convert

ed the cobs of Indian Corn to a use formerly unknown. The corn aud cobs are ground together and given to sine and other domestic animals for the purpose of fattening them. We understand, the experiments, thus far, have proved successful, and that swine r.nl cattle intended for slaughter, will jiow as fast as on any other fodder. A gentleman in Shrewsbury, Mass. has for seven or eight years used corn and cobs

cracked and ground together for proven

tiand ainaziu kinder fer.tionate like; ami arter clerin up his throat considerable

loudish, a few times, "My dear Major,"

says he, "my mind is made up. 'lhe gingerbread and the punkin pies, and the

aasuages, may do very well tor them that

likes tm. The etockins who, them the

boots kiveis up .

"But lhe hole in the coat and the raes

sages ay, there the rub," says he, and

then he went on with a pack of flummery

about slings and arrows and the heartache till 1 axed him if he felt wosser, und then

he kinder calmed oph like, and said uo;

he felt better. Arter that, he begun to play with the churn agin, and he kept whistlin Yankee Doodle till he had whistled il clean through, and then he turned

right round to me. "Major,11 says he, "write to your Uncle Joshua acd ax his consent.11 So ou see 1 have did it, in less than no lime. Tell Cozen Nabby to be ready as quick

as possible, or the Gineral may git oph

the notion ont. I ell her to make her

gownds as much as half a yaid shorter,

and the sleeves jist three yards bigger, and

then tell her to run down to the cider mill, and knock the hoops oph from them are

old tubs, and clap em on the skairts ofher

gownd, and stuff a bundle or to of straw

into the sleeves pray tell her to be spry, and mind aud make the skairtshoit

enuflf. From your loving Neffu, MAJOR JACK DOWNING. P. S. She can find a plenty of gewgaws

and contraptions, and tidelesticks, and all

sorts o1 sich things in Baltimore. Just tell her to call on my friend what prints

this ere letter and gtt him to show her

where the Braziars be. Dont wait

minuet. If you cant leave the post office

to cum on with her. jist send Exekiel Big

alow, or Sargent Joel, or Ephraim, or

some on em Be spry. M J.D

between 70 and 80; 12 betweenGOand 70;

1 1 between 60 and GO; 7 between 40 and 50, one died at the age of 27, and the age of two is uncertain At the time of Signing the Declaration, the average age of the members uis 44 years. They lived to the 8 verage age of more than G5 years and ten months. The youngest member was Edtvard Rulledge of South Carolina, who was in his twentyseventh year. He lived to the age of 51. The next youngest member was Thomas Lynch, of the same State, who was also in hi iwenty-eeventh year He was castaway at sea in the fall of 1776. Benjamin Franklin was the oldest member, lie was iu his seventy -fust year when he signed the Declaration He lived to 1790, and survived sixteen of his ounger brethren. Stephen Hopkins, of Rhode li land , the next oldest member, was born in 1707, and died in 1773. Charles Carroll attained the greatest age, dying in his ninety-sixth year. William Ellery, of Rhode Inland, died in his ninety third y ear and John Adams in his ninety-first. Exeter Akij Letter. The Ettrick Shepherd. The following letter from James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd, was lattely addressed to an American clergyman, in reply to one requesting from the poet a literary favor. 7 "lhrhe Lake, by Selkirk, June 20, 1833. "Rev. Sil Although I have no great regard fur such things as those you request of me. I am almost daily obliged to contribute to the whims of other people these matters. A lady 1 have not the heart to refuse; and I have always had such a veneration for the ministers of the gogpel of Jesus, that I never once thought

of refusing them any thing in all my life.

I have never been able to find out what

class af society 1 belong to. 1 sing songs

and argue about religion with the shep

herds, and as 1 have the scripture mostly

by heart, 1 am rather a heavy neighbor

tor them. I drink todoy and talk about

the breeds of sheep and cattle, with the

qualities of soils and wool, with my broth

er farmers, and with the nobility and gen

try 1 am most al my ease and at home, of

all In fact a noet does not belong to an'

class of society. But as 1 am sure I do

not belong to the clergy, 80 they are the

only class whom I have always regarded

as above me, as holding their charter fiom

a higher throne than that ot an earthly

sovereign. I his brings lo my mind

pleasing little anecdote which 1 must re nit -v f

late, i he nev. lJoctor xorasion was

once examining in a farm house where

was a shepherd. He had been explaining

lo ua who were our superiors, and whom

we were to regard au our equals. Then

turning to a lad, Wm. Haiiung, he asked

him who were his inferiors r ' The trink lets,1' quoth Will. The aiinister was oblig

ed to raise both his hands, to cover his

lace and laugh. So if WilTs sagacity

couid find out uo class lower than hiimcil

save the tiuklers, wine has never been able to discover any above me, save the divines of the church. "I remain, dear sir,

yours most respectfully, JAMES HOGG.11

and bruises, lt never fails almost imr'

diately lo heal a "black eye11 When the chloride is used for scalds, it is necessary to use with it in the after application some spermaceti ointment.

Strange Casuallu. On the morninff of

the 19th Jy i;,st in steub cnville (). a valuable Mare belonging to Mr. Weder-

strand, Jicd, after hours of extreme.

agony. The body was then opened to

ascertain the cause of Imr .tosfh whr-n a

hone" Snake, between 13 inches and two

eet in length, was found cxteiidin" alone

the windpipe with its head penetrated into the heart. The above we have trom re.

ponsible men who 9aw the snake taken

out. Ohio paper.

The Amsterdam (N. Y.) Gazette tells he following almost incredible gtoi ', : An attempt was made by two iiidividu"

als to rob the mail between this place aDd Schnectady on Thursday oigl t of last

week. The driver plied the bun of his whip so efficiently over the head of the fcouudrel that attempted to climb on the

ront part of the cr ach box, that he wag

compelled to abandon his project, and let

the stage pass on. The other, who had got on the hind part of the coach, finding

le could do nothing alone, got down nd

troubled it no more. There were nine

passengeru inside of the coach, all of whom weie etout, healthy men, and who,

during the heat of the. strife between the

driver and the robber, the former called upon them for assistance, not one of them

possessed sufficient manhood to come to

his aid, but all united in beseeching him to put whip to his horses, and get to a stop

ping place as goon as possible.

I Fact. A gentleman, formerly of Ver

mont, but now living in the state of New

York, having been in poor health for about

two years past, repaired to the Richfield, (N. Y ) Springs. After drinking of tho

waters for two or three days, he was taken with retchings and vomitings Iu one

of these turns he threw up a living snake, upwards of two feet in leDgth, and of the

diameter of a common sized thumu. loi9

may be depended upon as a fact. A Snug Family. Last Thursday, Mr. Isaac Colburn, of Dedham, a worthy old gentleman, aged 67, (his pecuniary affairs not warranting his following the fashionables of the day by making a visit to Saratoga or the White Mountains for the benefit of hi3 health,) spent the day at Squao. turn, surrounded by his family, amounting to severity -one children and grand children.

SIGNEKSOF THE DECLARATION OF

EVDEI'ENDENCE. Of lhe 5G Signers of the Declaration, 9

were born in Massachusetts; 8 in Virginia; 5 in Marj land ; 4 in Connecticut ; 4 in New Jersey; 4 in Pennsylvania; 4 in South Ca

rolina; 3 in New York; 3 in Delaware; 2 in Rhode Island: 1 in Maine; 3 in Ireland; 2 in Englaud; 3 in Scotland; and one in Wales. 2! were attornies, 10 merchants, 4 phy sicians, 3 farmers, 1 clergyman, 1 printer, and 1G were men of fortune.

8 were graduates of Harvard College, 4

of I ale , 3 of New Jersey, 2 of Philadelphia, 2 of William and Mary, 3 of Cam-

COLD IN VIRGINIA. Scarcely a week passes but new and

valuable gold mines are said to be discov

ered in Virginia. A "new one" ha just

bpen discovered in Buckingham co. 'I he

Richmond Whig states, that many of the veins are very rich, and the gold of ex

ceeding purity. The ore is found on or

near the surface, and the preparations for soliciting it are so little expensive, as to

have induced numbers of individuals to

engage in the search. One gentleman of Goechland made $110 in one day, from 20

hands; the mines he worked being situated in Louisa, and hi? average profits were

thus far not much behind that average.

One of the editors of this paper, adds the

Whig, last year narrowly missed his fortune by a speculation in gold land. A tract of land in Goechland the gold on which was reported to have been exhausted, wa9 sold for 1110, being about the actual value of the soil The person re ferred, to, had been informed of the fact there was an immense mine on the land, with the existence of which, the owner wa9 unacquainted ; but from distrust of his informant, and the fear of being laughed at, he let the opportunity escape, and the land fell into other hands. After passing through several hands, i finally fell into

those of a New York company from whom we understand it cannot be puichashd for

everal hundreds of thousands.

SCRAPS TRCOI A COMMON PLACE BOOK. Who3orver has black frizzly Lair and beard, will put his barber to much trouble, and will bo liable to scratch his bead often, unless he make3 great use of a comb. He who lias a low forebead, full of wrinclea, will look like a monkey, ten to ono. He who has a high forehead, will have his eyes under it and live ell the dajs of his life. Thia is infalliable. A great mouth from ear to ear, signifies much foam nnd no bridle. Thia ia not hard mouthed but all mouth. A little mouth drawn up like a purse, denotes darkne&s within, and hides a bad set of teeth. lie that has great hands will have large fingers; arid if he strikes hard it will fall heavy. Sparkling eyes will be almost sure to shine. Whenever you see a man that has but one eye, you may certainly conclude he has lost the other. Those who squint will put others to much trouble to decide which way they look. Left handed men are very ignorant, for it seenis they dont know their right hand from their left since one has the office the other tha place. Never have any thing to do with a crooked

man, for he never cun bs upright so long as ha goes bowing.

Tho?e who have little or no noses, will chanco

to look like death's heads while living. They

will scarcely ever be detected sneezing, because

it will puzzle them to take snutf.

1 he lull moon signifies she can hold no more.

and t his may be reckoned for certain.

If you are gome to buy any thing, and when

you should pay for it, cannot find your purse, it'a the worst thing that happens and unlucky for your mi-'iing.

A singular case of a severe burn, cured

by the solution of the chloride of soda, is

recorded in the London Lancet. An attor

ney, in attempting to put out the flames that had attacked the curtains of his bed, had got his hands burned , blistered and

not broken. He sent for a couple of quarts of the lotion, (4 oz. of the solution to a pint of water,) had it poured into eoup plates, wrapped his hands in lint, wet with the solution, as no skin was broken, and eo kept them for some time. Next

looming he was so perfectly well that on

77,? Tailor's Dream. A tailor of Bagdad during a evere illness, dreamed that an angel appeared before him, bearing an immense flag formed from the pieces of cloth which he had abstracted at different times from his customers, and that he chastised him severely with a rod of iron while be waved the dag before his eyes. He awoke in an agony of terror, and vowed that he would never again steal cloth from hid employers. Fearing, however, the influence of future temptations, he ordered his servant tore, mind him of the flag, whenever he saw him too Eorely tempted. For some time the servant' hint checked the tailor's avarice : but at length a nobleman sent him a piece of rich brocade to make a robe, whose beauty proved too strong for tho tailor's resolution. "The dag, the flag;'' shouted the servant, when he saw the shears taking a suspicious direction. "Curse you aud the flag," answered the tailor, "there was not a bit of stuff like this in it; besides, there was a piece wanting in one of the corners, which this remnant will exactly supply." Lat JJi Jfomeh.)

A singer onco camplained to Sheridan t hat himself and his brother had been ordered to t.ike ass's milk but that on account of it's expensiveneiis, he hardly knew what they should do "Do!" cried Sheridat), why sucls oue another to be sure!'

A fellow 'down east,' has ioveoted arov chioe or pailing h&o&t.