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VOL.2. PICKENS COURT HOUSE, S. C., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1851. NO SO
n ? : ? ?
THIS
KKOWKfi COURIER,
rarntko and tudlibukd wxkkly ur
TRIMMlfcR- Jk LEWIS.
W. K. E/vsley, Editor.
i ' TGItWS.
Oao Dollar and Fifty Cents for oho year's *ub
seription when paid within three month*, Two
dollars if payment is delayed to the close of the
Hubacrlption year.
All subscript Ions not clearly limited, will bo
conshleroci as mado for an indefinite time, ami
continued till a di ^continuance is ordered and
all arrearages pai l.
Aauertiieifienta inserted at 75 cents per square
or tho first insertion, ami 87 1-2 cts. for each
continued insertion. Liberal deductions made
to.those advertising bj ll.o y?i?i.
all flnmninni^nhftna uvimm ka
to tlio Publishers post paid.
"ft ; ' ?*1 '
THE SWEET BRIAR.
Thu Sweet Rrinr flovvering,
Yv'ith boughs embowering,
Bc*ide the willow tufted stream,
la its soft, red bloom, .
And its wild perfume,
Bring#'back the pnst like ft sunny drenrn I
Mc'thinku iti cbildliood,
Beside the wildwood 1
I lie. *nd listen to the WwikWM'J ?nnrr
"5i
Mid the evening* calm.
As tlio Sweet Urmr'n balm
On the gentle west wind breathes along?
To speak of mendwos,
An 1 pi!in tree shadows,
And bQo-hive cones, and a thy my bill,
And greenwood innV.es,
And greensward daisicsj
And a foamy stream, and a clacking mill.
Still the heart rejoice#,
At the happy voices
Of fchildron ringing amid their play:
"While swellows twittering,
Ami waters glaring,
Mukmg earth an Ivien at close of day.
"In Acqiictfcrcit pHoM, T
Do pur tod facet,
Itetnrn ami eiyiled (is of yoro they smiled;
Wlion, with trifles blest,
Eioli buoyant breast
Held tli?% trustingnoart of a little child.
The futnro.nover
Airain can ever
, 'flic perished gift* of (he past restore,
Nor, to thee or me, ,
Can the wild flower ho
"What the briar wjuj then?oh never moro I
TIIE C^TAOE WELCOME.
BY ?. T. MOHUI3.
Ilnrd hy I'vo n cottaJ(o tlmt etunria nenr tlio \vood(
A <rlirlna<ln nnnnn n? ilm
o? -v "?u """ "
Whsro nil who will tarry, 'tis well underotood,
ltecoivo hospitality's utoro,
To cheer that the brook null the thicket afford, j
The stranger; wu over invito:
You'r wolconio to froely rnrtako at tho board,
And afterwards r??l for the night.
The birds in tlm moyningwill sing from the Ireos,
And herald the yo?utf god ofda^,
Then, yith him uprising, depart- if you please,
NTo'll *** """ .>nfc*?ilitil nil ill? woli'
. ; - :i, /ar- / - -."rr?r"rarrTjr
V.our pom for vur s?rvfcp wo sternly rejec |)
, No traffic for gain \vc purum; !; =
vliid Ull thorowftrd tnnt wo wUh or expect.
Wo find in the good thftMvo do.
Mankind pro nil pilgrims on lifo'?we#ry rood,
vind many would wander aslray,
In rcefting J-.Hcrnity'ft silent abode, } ? DM
Mercy n<? point out the way '
If all would their duty discharge as they should,
To those who rtVo fi iendlesd nnd poor,
The vforld would reselhblo my cot near tho wood|
Ai\d life tho awoet stream at my door.
When h certain lady who had been
ctoirnieri by his writings, Imt had
N; never feeei\ his person, wrote to MiraJkjui,
saying how much she ton ed
to see him, and begged Mat he would
describe, himself to her, he complied
the WJH1 of the enthusiast in
"fhxKtf brjwf and'self adulatory terms:
-"Fianttt to yoursMf a ligpr that has
hdihetuMpox."
mtytf,
i
toiy ofilion { of printm#, that li e
fjt hook pnnicH! with moveable
' wu.yio
uliiUi to it, but ifctynp roinimiuml hi
I < /Jimnir tnn vhiirs Inr lis
61
We leflm from itee ofcSlon Pihf,
thftt within n few weeks , over fivi
hnrtilm! nflNMe^Mto* made their
ftfmwvv(Iviapi'.iofisin that cUy with'
r4Nf k> 4Mb 1??lu'ultwition.' pfcj pfr$* 7
Correspondence of the ObiHwlon Courier.
Washington, Jan. '25.
The French spoliation hill has
passed the Senate after An able de- j
Imte. A motion to exclude claims j
U'lilrli o ! /? ImM Kt# ? 1 1
.. ...vi> mv uvig uy ussigiictss UIH1 insurance
companies and private underwriters
was lost ?by a majority of
five votes. A large portion of the I
claims are held by assignees and insurers.
and, if they were not provided |
for, there would be no strenuous ef-!
fort to pass the bill. The Insurance I
companies will Ke greatly benefited,'
for they had originally very large1
premiums on theii policies. The
passage of the bill through ihe House
will be rendered less difficult by the
fact, that the necessity for committing
it in that body, has been obviated
by striking out the appropriation '
of fifty thousand dollars for carrying '
the act into effect. That item can
be easily placed in some other bill.
There is no end to the land bills,!
nor to their success. Two of them
t.*?.1? i.i
iv^uui^i wcni inrougn ine donate
yesterday, end another, the othur day !
through ihe House, squandering the '
acres and Ihe miles square, ,?a if they
wero forest leaves. (ione, (orever,
i from the national (iovernment is ihe
p,ul)iic domain. All this was foreseen
and pred.cted Ivy Mr. Calhoun. '
when he brought farlvafd his land
project some years ago.
There is no scheme so extravagant,
none so profligate, that the Tariff
men will not support it; and these
logoiner wiin iin? new date interest
command the votes in Congress.
There is much excitement here
now on the subject of the Tariff-?
Grteat effortsar? made to get up a |
project, and it is found no easy matter,
owing to the jealousies and the
conflicts of intere?t among those who
seek protection from high duties.? i
The Pcnnsylvanians are likely to
carry the day. The iron interest
will bo nrriAintixl. hnl tlio l<V.?
- I , ~ *" ?"
land men complain thai I he cotton
manufacture is to he sacrificed,
k Tlw oommiildt of Wnys nmi Moons
! have agreed upon the main features
of a bill which will be very popular
in Pennsylvania, for it will add at
least fifty per cent to the price of
iron. The bill will adhere to forcing
valuation and specific duties but it
will add ten per cent to the duties on
iron, woollen, hemp, copper. &c.
The cotton manufacturers ask for
the present rate of dutv assessed on
(he prices of nnrf with two appraisers
fit large. But ihey say they
cannot get even that, though it was,
as they contend, what the present
Tariff .-bill'intended to give tnem.?
My own Opinion is that every project
will fail at this session.
Mr. Benton's defeat is much talked
of, and not generally deplored.?
Had he been re-elected, he would, as
it is commonly said, have been more
p.rrogant than ever.
b ?? s arin I'l'Ojeci.
The Washington correspondent of
the Charleston Courier says:
uTt is understood tharif Mr. Stronpr's
amendment had been admitted, a
Souihern whig member of the committee
on ways and means stood
ready to offer to it an amendment,
Increasing the duly oil all cotton fabrics
to thirty-five per cent, ad valorem.
The tariff men fur not much
chagrined at this defeat* When nni
nmmirt flinmloluoo !>"<'
M.uwmvi ??iic:jr jci rA"
pect lo cnrrv some importnnt modifications
of the present tar>ft It is
now commonly said that the best
chance for the movement will occur
wl?enr"Mr. Hunter's bill from the
Setmte shall come to the House. Mr.
Hunter reported a bill from the committee
on finance of the Senate,
which provides for the appointment
of tour appraisers at lar^et to receive
uniformity of duties in dsfferen^ports,
and it also provides that the assessment
he made on the valuation at
the time when* and the place whence,
the merchandise is exported. This
last provision overcomes the difficulty
presented by Judge. Woodbury s
decision, {hat the value of silks in
('anion is the assessable value, ami
not the value of them at Liverpool,
.when exported to this country. Mr.
jftWWiffWiAWty pass-both \
auy oilier j
tDtK^rntiun of J he tnritf ^jllpatw. ,1
iinnv iikIcw},; l.lmi polnin?nn? ure
^}ivq{ ?Miy ?noyo|ti(?nL on (ho stih?&
")< . ixt.'f.w flftdfJM-^O 4
"If win currently reported nmd
ih ^ U',\
here to show that iron needs no nd- i
ditioiml duty."
The Ordnance Department.
i no *JOnmiD\a telegraph ot the |
Gili inst. says:?"Every member of
our new Board of Ordnance was present
yesterday, at the first meeting
held, in pursuance of orders from the
Governor. The Board consists of ihe
following gentlemen: General James
Jones, General David F. F. Jamison,
General W, E. Martin, Col. James
Simons, Col. Thomas F. Drayton?
: i: ' i
?i vuiy juiiK'iuuH sciccuou unci one
well calculated as we think, lo carry
out the end in view by our legislature.
The Hoard will continue its deliberations
for some time, and we shall lay
before our readers the result that
may transpire. Their first act yesterday
was to nii ine office created
by the act under which they were
constituted, which was done by the
appointment of .lames II. Trapier,
o*q., late of the Engineer Corps, U.
S. A. who is accordingly commis
sinned as ordnance officer with the
rank ol" Major of Artillery. Major
Trapier graduated wiih honor anil
distinction at Wes Point, and his pur
suits since have iu-uu such as to qunlifv
him for the responsible and arduous
post to which lie lias been promoted.
1
FORKI^IV NEWS.
The steamship Canada reached
Halifax Oil 3d inst.. Inrtvimr T .ivornnul
on flic 18th ult. Up to the lime of
her sai: n# nothing had been heard of
the steamer Atlantic.
Englan6??'I he English political
news possesses no interest ol special
moment. The papers are mostly
filled with speculations relative totiie
exciting topics hkeiy to engage ihe
early attention of Parliament. They
are strongly in favor cf a reduction
in taxation. Amo.itr the most prominent
articles named for a reduction
are the window and paper duties.
I France Louis Napoleon apfjears
to have gained for the time
>eing, complete mastery over Gen.
i i <1- AT?.: 1 A
vuauij n i IIIOI cl i III II1U XI UUWIiill /\S"
semhly.
Germany.?The advices from tin;
Duchies ate that the Holsteiners have
made uu unconditional surrender to
the King of Denmark. Through the
instrumentality of Austrian and Prussian
commissioners the army has
; * ? rtii i r i
been disbanded* i ne cmei members
of the Stadtholt have retired to Hum
l)Mr$'
Nothing is yet known definitely of
the proceedings of the Dresden conference.
Lillle doubt appears to be
entertained but that the result will be
the reconciliation of the old Diet in
Germany.
Spain.?Another weekly resignation
of the Spanish cabinet hnfc taken
place, and this time ii issa<d thai Nar
.xwwKo.l UU
<<IU<<IIUII ci\-i mni_y iuii ifx<1(11111*
Italy.?Accounts from Rome and
the Papal Slates represent a growing
apprehension and uneasiness among
all classes.
Markets.?cotton market is
depressed, and has declined l-a to
l*4d per pound.
O^rThe London Snnetnl or. ii? an
artic-lc on '"The confusion of tongues 1
at the Great Exhibition of 1851,
Xvhicli it denominates the Modern Ba
bei. lias the following paragraph:
"The confusion of tongues will he
as great about the modern, ns it was
abont the ancient Babel. Astonished
cabmen will hear tlieni elves hailed
in all the dialects of the Teutonic,
Scandinavian, Sclavonian, and Romance
tongues* to say not lu ng of occasional
addresses in Turkish. Hin.
dostanee, or Chinese. A Dutch skip
per asking his way to Hyde Park in
his own broad, guttural dialer!, will
he told in stately Spanish or melliflvi60s
Italian, that he is unintelligible.
Gentlemen 'in love at first sight, will
'pop the question' in Ross, and rereive
answers (ft\voft<blo or otherwise)
in?it matters not what language,
for the eyes will serve ns a
glossary in such cases. Involuntary
exc'amations of wonder, in Chinese
vy.iUhe responded to by sympathetic
bursts, in the i Ojibbeway towrne.?t
$i#hi-seekers will walk hIk>uI wjih
satchels full of pockeHlictiouares
over, llicitr shoulder* like &o muiw o)d
clothes noon- Innocent foreigners,
.juixjou* 10 avail thembelvaB <>t their
short visit w> Kiigl&nrfv to pick up a
lit tle of our lanpctwge, wiU carry a>vay
with gem a smattering it may he, of
jfe *iL
I TUc Vankcv Clock BunIIuckh.
I A New York letter says: The
' Superior Cour? has been engaged tor
1 several days p-ist with a suit institui
ted by Air. Chancery Jerome, of New
i t.i ' '
i uuvuiii against two persons ol
! (ho ntvmo of Samuels, to ecover
' darrta&cs for having counterfeited his
i labels, and sold a jrreat it aney clonks
j in England and ol her countries of an
1 inferior character, as being ijve man*
j ufacturfiof \lr. Jerome, lairing the j
I examination of witnesses, it was I
I shown that Mr. Jerome rnanufac- ;
turod upwards of five hundred clocks,
of various patterns, every day, and
that the demand is equal to the supply.
In the State of Connecticut,
one thousand clocks are made daily.
Within late years this Yankee clock
business has wondei fully increased,
and is very profitable. \\ hilo 1 was
in Kutfland, last sr inix, I saw to mv
surprise, thnt thei'e was one of them '
in almost every store an,! counting
room there. On inquiry. ! learned
that they gave general satisfaction,
and when they were introduced there
the low prices at which they were
sold astonished every due. At first
they brought forty-live shillings a
piece. British currency* but nowtlioy
we sold at ten shillings each, and evpn
that gives a 'asr profit. J refer to the
old fashioned maulel piece clocks,
with a pendu.um and weights. Of
course better descriptions bring better
prices. An enterprising,Yankee
friend <M" mine now carries on an extensive
and lucrative trade with England
in brooms, pails, clothes-pins,
and other Yankee not ions. He is inundating
thai country with these articles,
mid becoming rich rapidly. ] j
sa v Chancery Jerome, Jr., in Liver-1
; pool, and was much amused in wit- !
ne^mg his trading operations with
some Yorkshire dealers. Both were
so shrewd that neither roulq get
imicn R Ivantage of thu other.
Jerome s Yankee clocks, however,
are noshavo. What accounts for the
cheapness of these Yankee tiinepigcui
is. that, the Wii^.v?-are all out
i)V tnaphmery. Eight or ten plates
of brass are put together, and in an
in. tant eight or ten wheels are struck
off. They are mathematically cor
root, and hence they ? cep good time.
Clay's Kvovlf.dgr.?C!ay said,
I know no North, no South, and he
nvjurhi have added perfectly consistent
with himself?vIn the selfish avarice
of popularity of my declining years,
I i- now noining, save the a pifations
of my nnappeased ambition.1
Pity but Mr. Clay had known of
late years enough of the South, to
prove himself one of h - r champions,
to ave her from national humiliation.
and to save his own name, when the
grave shall close over his mortal form
ns it will over hi * unqucnched hopes,
from the odium of such u requiem
as?
His country served liim.gft/e him place ami fame,
llo loved her not, but with his nughty name
Stained ho left her to ruin or to whamo.
VVc know the South, wholly the
Smith, niifl ivnulil rnthni* nninw tlio
Unalloyed pleasure* sincere devotion
to h;?r brings, than sigh in our declining
years over so great a repM'ntionas
Clay's* so greatly marred.
[Hornets Nest.
Brisk Sales?Ladies in California.?A
young man,'!'. YV. Donaldson.
writing to the Zanes Aurora,
from California, savs: "Women arc
in more demand here, let me say.
j than anything else, and I here area
; great many arriving here every day
from Sydney?he place where the
English send all their convicts?And,
from Cnili and other countries. Yon
do not have to get a priest or preach;
er to marry von in this country. If
you want a wife, aW you have to do
is to go on hoard a ve?sei that has
just arrived from Sydney or Chili, and
buy von one. Women .sell here from
five nun/! red to as high as ten thousand
dollars apiece. If a ?ood looking
young lady would come to this
country, i have no doubt hut that she
i might uret as high as twenty or thirty
thousand dollars for liMSclf. There
was a ship from Chili day bcfoic yes
terday, which let go her anr-hor within
speaking distance of us, and she
had ninety-three women 011 hoard of
her. To-day?at twelve o'clock, there
was J>u| one ie^ and she was about
seven!; years old.
I FWiin was an observing anfl I
' dmsiblo i nn, ami his conclusion8
Mtldom ihocm' fit. q IIo said thnt a
Newspaper ~uml n Bible in every
r Uou.su, u tfoovl jchaqj Hi^yeiQ' d^nct
Meeds alid Scions.
Tli^ayiner and gardener will find
the winter a favorable season to look
np and procure st:eds and anions for
.1 fi ?* '
use in ine opting. vv hen the hurry
oi planting comes, but little opportunity
will oe afforded for making se?wc
tions of this nature, and he will oftentimes
he compelled to use those of
a poor kind, or an imperfect quality
-?a contingency which every good ,
farmeiy.will anxiously wish to avoid.
By a Jittle attention now, this evil
may he avoided. Scions, cnt aj this
season may ho preserved in clamp
moss or sand in the cellar, till the period
for setting them arrives in the
Spring.
Agriculture >1 California.?It is
stated by Mr. Doane, a gentleman of
veracity, lately returned from California,
that farming there is a much
ho,Iter business than gold digging,
lie iaw one man who had planted
two acres of potatoes late in June,
simply turning over the sward, drop
I : f
|mum int.; smi 111 uvory lourin lurrow, i
unci never touching the ground afterwards;
and though there has been no i
rain since planting, and no live thing,
but the poll oes had started in the
field, yet th owner laughed at the
offer of $1,200 for the crop as it was.
Mr. Donne thinks the snil in the val-1
ley8 abundantly moist without isriga-'
tion. I
Intercourse between different sects. |
?The last Annual conference of the i
Methodist Episcopal Church in Mich,
igan appointed delegates and sent!
an address to the Baptist State con- j
vention of that State, proposing a 1
fraternal intercourse between the1
two denominations. The delegates i
were cordially received by the con- j
vention. Resolutions expressive of j
christian regard and affection were
Mr,.I - 1 1
uiiii wmugciiua (l|)[}uiliu;ci 10
meet I ho Annual conference al its
next 'ession. Such demonstrations
of fraternal regard aro becoming
much more wiuiuoa in former
years. I
More Annexation,?By telegraphic
despatches wo learn that the late ad\
ices from Vera Cruz state that Arista
was inaugurated on the 25th of i
December. It was supposed he i
would recommend the annexation of
Mexico to the United States.?Caro
linian.
\ merchant at Ntfrcmburg, (tier.) |
named neyn, nas neen tried lor equip !
ping and sending a corps of sixty
men to Scle^vvig-llolstoin, to fight
ngninst Denmark. The prisoner
confessed his guilt, and expressed his
desire to see Holstein incorporated
with Germany. As there is a law
which condemns any Bavarian to
death, who may assist a foreign government
without permission from his,
he was sentenced to decapitation.
The Bible was first divided into
chapters by Hugo de Santo Caro, a
Rqipan Catholic cardinal, in 1340,
and tho old Testament was subdivided
into verses by Mordecai Nathan,
? i....... u 1.. .jja r> -! 1
u .m;wi?ii iiiiuuit in i't'ivj. xvudui i ;
Stephens, a learned printer of Paris, I
subdivided the New Testament into
verses, during his leisure hou.ts while
on a journey from Paris to Marseilles
in 1563.
The old superstition, that no Rus
r,t ? ?
siciu iMiiperor coma sit upon the
tlnone more than twenty-five years,
has been disproved in the person of
tho present hmpreror. The twentyfive
years expired on tho 1st ult.
A friend to ladies' rights suggest a
that the militia laws be so amended
as to make ladies, over eighteen years
of ge, liable to military duty. What
a figure they would cut,Willi old
muskets and coin-stalks on their
shoulders'
i ii i3 ii V
It is rumored that the Swiss Government
has forwarded a beautiful
atone from the Alps to bo placed in
the National Monument to Washington
Sell in if and Writing Mnitir?IVa.
bor was invited to a tanner party by
somq well known tnusic publisher
in 1jondon,who had reaped ft little
profit by the publication of his 4Ube?
icrt 'Kud whose residence and establishment
were on the most splppHid
soale. On entering., tho gor^m^ly
nifmsheti drffWmfc-rtroin; our modcwi
German opened his eyes to thcrtrftol
lest extent, antfteokm# round, sighed
at tb? swme tune sa>in>? to
bunnell, "A!. ! I p.msMvo if. is better
(a cnll f nrim 4a
,V,VM
srrrrTTT ~rr n * i* 'n nfir<rj? ^ Ti^wwi
February Calenilar.
If not already done, Irish potatoes \
may yet be planted and Sweet potax?f
toes bedded?which is the b(:9tiiiode
of growing this invaluable root. For t
i ne main crop, select some sheltered,
nook, in a hollow or the south side of>
a building or board fence, and there
mark oil' beds, say five feet wide,
leaving an alley four feet wide between
each; dig and rake the bedf?
sloping them a little to the south, and r
raising them a trifle above die alleys.
If the soil is not already rich, make it
so with well rotted manure of any
kind. Liiv the snpfl-nnininoa
v Tr.*v**
out cutting or bruising them, regular
ly over the beds, leaving only u nuger
breadth between each potato; th^n
cover them evenly and nicdly with
two inches of the soil from the alleys,
which should also be made rich, raising
the beds some four inches above
the alleys; rake 6(1 smooth and finish.
Should dry weather ensue, give one
or two good waterings with rain or
ditch water. When the first sprouts
show themselves, hoe and rake thp
beds, to break the crust and destroy
all tiie grass and weeds.. If cold
?.i "...
wi-uuierstu in cover wuu corn stalks
or clapboards. Mantirp and plow
the ground intended to be planted
next month, when every thing will
be hurried. Continue all of the
work named last month, that may be
yet undone.?Southern Rural Almp +
nac.
The Causes of Cheap Iron of Russia
and Sweden.?But it can hardly
be that this is with any ono an actuating
motive in his opposition to this
measure. It would barelv seem nn?
t - T- I" "J""
sible that an American could desire
lo see his countrymen rendered so
wretched as to be driven to labor in
the mines, or at the forge for fourteen
cents a day, as in Sweden the laborer
is compelled lo do; or as in Russia,
where, by the testimony of Erman,
the laborer is compelled to toil at the
forges or the mines of lhe Ural mountains
thirteen and ja half hours per.
I dfiy, for right and n c^uar
i vicss man a penny) 11 single; but with
the addition of eighty pounds of rye*
meal W month, if no be a man of
fa mil where the yearly wages of
labor ?e hut four Prussian dollars !
Though this is bitter, cheerless toil to
the laborer, its truits arc sweet to the
Russian tyrant, as they doubtless
would be to the American who n.ight
desire a similar state of things at
home. Those fruits are, that, the
Russian iron-master is *>nnh1#vl tr?
manufacture iron, to transport it from
the Urals in boats three thousand
miles to St. Petersburg?descending
on the route nine hundred feet, re:
ascending again six hundred more to
the point of shipment?and to ship it
thence lour hundred more to the
point ef shipment?and to ship it
thence four thousand miles to out
shores; and here, after paying a duty
of thirty per cent, to undersell the
American iron master, and return
iviih ivpiillli tr? mvnl in W 11c010n liiv.
VI WM? %v a vt v? <?i V4 0C7SI*** 1UA"
ury.
/Jr. /. C. Calhoun.?We are gratified
to learn, says a St. Augustine
paper, that the property heretofore
known as Drayton Island, at the outlet
of Lake George, has been recently
purchased by Dr. J. C. Calhoun,
of South Carolina, son of the late lamented
Senator Calhoun. Ho ha?
given to the place the beautiful name
of An/ie, by which it will hereafter
t)o Known- weundefsfand that JDt*.
Callioun intends immediately to trans
fer his residence to Florida.
[Slate Rights RepublicanA
squirrel, sitting on a hinkoj-y tree|j
was once observed to weigh the nuts
he got, in each paw, to find out which
were good and which were bad.?
The light ones he invariably iiiretV
away, retaining only those which
were neuvier. n was ioumi? on examining
those he had thrown away,
that ho had hot made a mistake in a.
uingle instance. They were air bad
nuts.
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A Oi/nning Fox.?An English paper
relates the following:?A farmer
had discover^ that a fox came along
a beam in the night to seize I ii&.poultry*
He accordingly sawed the end
ol the tangs nearly. flpwHIBifflgjLjn
the nigfct tjie lox telimnto a;placo
whence ho could not > *5"
going, to him in tbo morning, ho
ioniui him stilT, and, ns h ttaiight,
Jifelesa. Taking him out 01 ijje
building, ho threw hmi on tb?BHp*
hill; but in a suftrt tijjjo Re;ynara Open
lupcvc'^.iuia seeing
ancft clear,/ gaijoftorV a'*?fy to Ibo
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