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Day
18
Month
September
Year
1847
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Public Domain
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How the Calicó is used ur. - The great wonder i, what becomes of the immense quantiiies of col ton goods made in this country, Rhnde Island alone producing 100,000,01)0 yards. It's easily enough accounted for , by figuringa moment. Half of it s printed into calicóes. A female friend at our eibow, says the "Spring Fashions" for a dress requires 14 yards. Now, we don't wisli to be inquisilive, whh our female lYiends, and mention eacli article of theif attirp. Let them also figure ani see f they can't makeup26 yards more, besidés theouter gnrmeut. Ilere, ihen, we h&vejorly yards of dry goods for a complete snit. None will deny, but thcy equiil iwn Pu; 1 rigs a year. This gives them 80 yards each. This is one i'cm of their consumption. Vree Press. IMPORTANT 1.WKXTI0X. Tlie j mouth Journal gives nn account of an i vontion for applying sleam and water power lo propel cormnon st'icking loom, whicli has been made by John Pepper and appüed in that towii. On U'ednesday one girl lurjied out from three looms "2;? pairs of stncking, and '22 pairs ofdrawers. Twelve pairs el' tt.jckings makt a girls day's work on the comiiyiii hind loom. The Portsmouth stocking fuctory has adopted this improve.iient. The Liberty party of Mas.'achusetthave nominaied Sam'l E. Sewall for Govfrnor, and Jo;i." M. Brkwster, for Lt. Governor. The Washington Union snys that not one cent of the 'three million" Mexican serv'ce moncy has been drawn froin the Trensmy. A clerg}-man o( Virginia hasjusteloj el with a young girl, leaving his wire nnd children behind. Tlis paitiesare baid to be n Bulthnore al the present time. The Southern Patriot says, the South is relieved f rom one curse through the instrumentality of Slavery, and that is, all ultraisms in religión and politics. To Ci'RE Diarrhea. - Mix 32 rlrops oil of cinnamon ; 2 fluid ounces of laudanum; 4 fluid ounces of compound spirits of lavender ; 4 luid ounces of tincture of rhubarb. Dose - A teaspoonful once in three or foor hours for an adult. A gentleman of thii city has given the nbove receipe to hundreds, and it has always proved a sovereign remedy. The ingredients can be procured and mixed at anydrug store. - Rochesler Democrat. All the Differenxe. - One of the grossest absurdities which characterize the American reports, is, that every American who falls in Mexico (although an intruder) is describeJ as being inurdored ; while any Mexican, who may fall in the attempt to stay the progress of the enemy, is only killed. Every report that reaches us is mnrked with this egregious anomaly, - Dumfries Courier. Death hySuffocation iva VVheat W arehouse. Oii Thursday last as S;eele & Co., were loading a train of cars al Moreville, on tho Mansfield and Sandusky Railroad, one of tlie wheat tspouts became stopped, which was found to be occasioned by the body of a laborer, named P. Clark, an Englishman, who was it work not ten minutes before in the wheat above the car. He was buried in a mass of wheat and when taken out was quite dead. - Gazette. Who would get Markied ! - In Mexico, from ihe lowest class, the married fee to the priest, is not less than $22.

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Signal of Liberty
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