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CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE^EWyRSEY, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1800.

NUMBER 38.

COPJfTT DIRECTORY. JUDICIARY. P«»S!DIM0 juthjb— li'iii. Alfred Rood Lai Jumm— < Jot. B. Ruche*, Cop* May city j Jmm H. Diverty, Dsnni*villo; Somen C. Qandy, Tuckahoe. - » ■ » m » ■»- con n m 10. vie scrflvs fcmd — j. b. Huffman, Court House. Siiei r p — W illi Ain H. Bonszst. Cocwrr Collector— David T. Smith, Court House. Oooitt Clue- -Jonathan Hand. Dirc?r 44 — Morgan Hand. Peoaioutoe Pleas— JiiBM R. Hoag k*SM&«Wu. mb.it.. CfV Sup't. Public Instrcctiok— Dr. Maurioe Beesiey, Donnisrille. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. Dr. Theo. C. Wheaton. U. S. Pension Exam- _ _ ^ ^ ^ IS-All ®°Mier« who are ruptured I#*. 11 can be supplied with trusses, free of charge. Apply to above. _ OctRSy I. P. Learning. M. D., D. D. 8. W. B. Learning. D. D. S. a/". Learning, Son . DENTISTSOFFICE DAYS i CAPS MAY COURT HOUSE, Thursdays and Saturdays. CAPS MAY CITY, Tueedays, and ' Wednesdays. •OUTH SEAVILLE, Fridays, xnohfilyr. Physician and Surgeoji, CATS MAY COURT HOUSB, H. J. moh61yr. . J. B. Huffman, COUNSELOR AT LAW. - SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, ^ • C*r ■ Mjt -C. H., F. J: am* Will bs at hi* offlM at Cap# May City •vary Batarday. mehOlyr. . Jas. H. Nixon, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR AT LAW, Qmci iy Imsurakor Buildixo, MILLV^LE, N. J. Mrs. S. R. Conover, Fashionable Milliner, Hioh Strut, Below Pub, MILLVILLE, N. J. mchfllyr L. B. CAMPBELL, « DEALER IN •TOYES, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, Ac., Ac. Hies Strut, Millvilmi, N. J, mchfllyr TT. Mick, Dealer in - MORSES, CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Ac. MAIN STREET, NEAR THE Hill DOS, MILLVILLE, N. J. N mchfllyr m K, CAPE MAY C. H. ■ ■ «■» a ■■ LIVERY ATTACHED. Horses always on hand, For Sale or Exchange. L. Wheaton. > mchfllyr NO PATENT, NO PAY. p^rrwiVTS obtalnad for mechanical iievi*w», modloto or ettftreotppounds, ornamental dwIfM, iraafmark* and Itbols. tfftfcatfl, AMtEnmanU, Jnttrferonrta*. InfrlnfsrasnU, and all matters rotating to Patau u, promptly attended to. W* make preliminary examinations and furnish crtnldns a* to patentability, free «>f ehargi* and all who are Interested In new Inventions fthd Patents are In tiled to send fbr a eopy of our "Guide Tor obtaining Patents," Which tSsam free to any address, and contains compute Instructions how to obtain Patents, and other valuable moiicr. During tho poet a tp y-ars wc have obtained ncirly three thnnsand Patsnts for American and Fon-lgn Invsntors. *n«l o*u glvs satisfactory refrr•sees in almost etsry county In the Union. Address: LOUlH HAOOBK A Co. , Rollnitort of Patent* and Attorneys si lew, Le Droit Building. R'aahlngton, D. 0. •

UNION HOTEL, Cape May C. H. This long established Hotel is still open for the reception of permanent and transient guests, where all attention will be given to their comfort. ,1 1 • - — „ % ' ► r±.M > ■ _ ^ ■ | A. YOURiSON, iuib urn, AND DEALER IN READY-MADE HARNESS, i CAPE MAY C. H., N. J. Please Call and Examine Our Stock ! We have on hand a good «*ortmont of Ready-made Harness , Collars , Bridles , Saddles, Whips ) llobes, Nets, Blankets , Valises, , Trunks , Etc., ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASH PRICES. 0 Qpsn Wagon Harness m low as $ 8 00 Carriage Harness as low as 10 00 AND MANY OTHERS OK DIFFERENT STYLES: AND PRICES. 0*11 and mm bcJbre purehastng e las who re, mctiflij.. A. Yourison. J. L. STEEL, MANUFACTURER OF LAMfiS* AM UMTS' FASHIONABLE ITS ui SIS, GEaYW BUTTON CALF GAITERS ONLY $8.50. NEXT TO THE "GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. H. Repairing neatJy and carefully done. . mchftlyr. PURE Fisli fwiiano, FOR RALE BY FRANKLIN HAND . ^ junB6,tf. R. L. IIowuli,, StTRVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, MILLVILLE, N. J. Ppeoial attention paid to leveling; establishing the Overflow lines of proposal ponds for mill sites, cranberry l*og« oto : tlrainage works etc. Plan* made, estimates furnished and *peoifications drawn for Mills, Bridges ; Waterworks and all similar constructions or works at short notice. t mchfllyr

POETR Y. -vvwww^v.» . Captain Morrow* $ Thanksgiving. in uuilK.iURa ^ Orer tlie wnvw the Pbthbl sped, (Captain Morrow, of MarUehuad.) And one flne duy the sailors said, "Thanksgiving, sir, to-morrow." "Well, lads, we owe the Lord our Uvea, Our happy homes and loving wives ; -x And tro'H win home, if each one strives. And tell me so to-morrow." Then all the day was sound of song ; Work with laughter wgnt along ; Kvery heart held promise strong Of Thanksgiving on the morrow. The daylight faded Into night ; The trig ship was a pleaaant sight ; On the horison burst a light ; "What's thai?" said Captain Morrow. A moment's space of silence dire, And thi n the cry, "A ship on fire !" "Hot sails, my lads, wo must go ntgber tV" ■ * +—~ ^ ^ *- a^. » -h*— 14 Cw.v AT ; Tlien broke the men into a cheer ; "Good boys !" said Captain Morrow. They turned tbo Petkki. round about ; They backward luruod with prayor and shf>ut ; That pleading gun had driven out All thoughts of tl»elr to-morrow. . And forty souls, with weary pain, The PirritKi. brought to life again. From out of whelming vayo and flame. "Thank God I" said Captain Morrow. ?*Good comrades, we have made no slip Between the promised cap and Hp ; We'll hold Thanksgiving' In the ship, And then again to-morrow. "What say you, friend?" Then, strong and olear, Arose one glad triumphant cheer : •With all our hearts we'll thank God bore!' "Thut's right!" said Captain Morrow. "We shall, It's true, have hut half tore; Hut then, I think, not anywhere Will be more earnest, thank Ail prayer ; And yet," said Captain Morrow. "Jf I may frankly have my say, I'm sure that far the better way, Is living thank* from day to day, Through ull our life's to-morrows." Be sure the Pr««E!.'» half-frd throng Keap.iasiil Think Ml ying all day lout. In grateful prayor and happy song, Well led by Captain Mot row. ASTRONOMICAL Our Astronomical renders (of which we have many), will ei\joy the following glowing description of Saturn. The Gazbttc will, from time to time, publish interesting astronomical articles which will, if preserved, make an interesting scrap book on the subject. 44 An undovout astronomer is mad.*' AW EVKXINC WITH SATURN. 4 The pUnet Saturn, which was at its nesrest point to the earth on tho l$th ult., is now in a very favorablo position for observation. Shining with a dull, leaden color, in striking contrast with the brilliant Jupiter and the scintillating fixed stars, it is almost the last object in the sky that one would expect to lind interesting. But in tbo t*lesco]>o its whole aspect is changed, and it presents a scene of ra:irvelo\ft boatuy. 44I wouldn't liavo believed that there was such an object In th* sky,* is a remark that the on nor of a telescope heart again and again when lie shows his friends Saturn's rings. There is nothing resembling them in the whole visible universe. In truth, Saturn's rings have been a great puulc to the astronomers. Mathematicians have figured themselves into the belief that it is a physical impossibility for these rings to exist. Yet tho rings are there, Thoory after thoory has been in von tod to account for them, yet the laws of their being cannot be said to be understood. When in 1&50 Proh Bond discovered tho 'wonderful crape of gauze ring inside tho others— which is *emi-tran*i>aront, so that the body of tbo planet may be seen through it — thero was a great overturning of old theories. The notion th«t tho rings were solid was almndonod. Some said they were liquid. Finally it was decided that they were composed of a vast multitude of tiny satellites, traveling around the planot close together and in tbo same plane. If thero were inhabitants like us on these little worlds, thoy could look across and see into the windows of the dwellers upon neighboring worlds. They might knock each other's worlds to pieces with hundred -ton gun*. Whether any one of the theories about Return's rings is correct nobody knows, but anybody with a three-inch telescope can see the rings, graceful and perfect in outline, at bright as polished gold, and marked with delicate lines and shading*. The two main rings together are about 80,000 miles broad, and only flHy miles— porhap* less — thick.

ITuygciii in 1659 hod to m; iktfa tela 1 scope 120 feet long, after what was call ! ad the mrial pattern, with tbo o4>ject ; glass hung up on a Ull pole, before ht could make out what tbo rings were, which our modern achromatic* show so easily. GtUileo, who studied them for years, never found out that they were rings. He mods a picture of them at ! they lookAd in his telescope, like two [ little globes on each side of a larger globe. "After a while they grew dim, ( and presently he could see them no Jonger. The thin edge of the rings was turned toward the earth, as happens once in every fifteen years. Galileo was in despair. He began to think that those who had laughed at his discoveries wsro right, and that his telescope had really boon deceiving him all the time. Jle know the old my tb about Saturn's ~4* "J*11-* w. end ho qucstio"- ^ ^ • _ _ A>uie larger ouv. The rings were represented in all sorts of queer shapes by subsequent observers, but nobody seems to have thought they were rings until lluygens found it out, and even then, his discovery was learnedly disputed by those who had lens powerful telescopes. Saturn is more generously supplied with moons than Jupiter, having eight. With a good 3} or 4-inch telescope, in good weather, five of these moons can be see®. The throe smaller ones test the pokrere of the largest telescope. Among the most attractive features of Saturn are the various shades of color exhibited on the ball and the rings, and the shadows that thoy cast upon one another, Tho eye requires a few evenings' practice to be able to discern these features readily. Then the planet and the rings, with the little moons grouped about them, appoar in the telescope with a wonderful stereoscopic effect. Seeding to Grass in the Fall. The common practice of farmers in the North is to seed in the spring, in •oniM<R«on with nprint irhssL bar Ivy. oi oats. "Wo recently visited a farmer who Iias practiced seeding in the fall far many years, lie followed spring seeding, and found that the grass seed mads a small, poor growth under the oats, and the roots did not get strong enough in the growth after the oats wore removed, to carry them well through the win tor. He now seeds with rye, using about a hundred bushels of ashes to the aero where he lays down for meadow. His rotation is somewhat peculiar, and prepares the way for the romarkablo success of his meadows, which last eight yearaf giving good crops of grass. In a ten-acre meadow under this treatment in its second year in grass, tboro were at least two tons of hay to tho acre. Ho begins with the corn crop, applying to it all the manure upon the farm. Corn occupies the ground for one or two years, according to tho condition of the land. If rich, mollow, and clean onough to suit his standard, the corn is followed by oats without manure. These are usually very heavy, both in straw and seed. Rye Is tho third crop in the rotation, taking all the ashes ; they are procured from Oswego, and oorae by canal boat from that city without change to his wharf, three miles from tho farm. At the cost of twenty cents a bushel at tho wharf, he finds these the best fertiliser for his soil he has ever used. They last for eight years, giving good crops of grass without plowing, and the effects are soon for six year* longer in the subsequent rotatiou. With the manuring practiced upon hit farm, we liave no doubt fall has an advantago over spring seeding. — W. C. in A.m. Aqricvlturist. Sheep Husbandry vs. Dog Raising. Since the illustration of a remarkable sheep convention in these pages, a num bor of years ago, at which a deg was publioally executed as a malefactor, shoep raising has made marked progress, in almost all parts of this country. There has been n itor.dy increase in the number of sheep, and improvement in the quality of the wool and mutton. In the latter respect, the change has been quite remarkable in the Nothem and oldor States. We can rvrocmW that mutton was looked upon with disfavor in the rural districts* and was seldom seen upon the farmer's table, from autumn until spring. In the smaller looel markets, outaido of the large cities, it «w as hardly possible to get sight of a mutton leg, after the new year came in, until the time of lambs and green pea*. For half the year, at least, a man of well ■ educated appetite, must needs go to Un i

city, if he wanted a taste of boiled mut I ton and caper sauce. Wo are glad to i say it is not so now. Though mutton is ; by no means as common as beef, or veal, in the spring months, the butcher almost always knows of an intelligent farmer, who has a tew fat wethers, that have been grained during the winter, which he will dispoee of for a considerI ation. The butcher has customers who | know a good thing when they see it, 1 and will not stand on the price of a 1 Southdown loin, or leg. Mutton is not as cheap as it owgbt So be, bat ariR U can be had, every week in the year, if one is able to pay the prioo. Intelligent farmers, who study the markets, find it profitable to raise the mutton breeds of sheep. A South -dewn or Cotswold ram, running with their flocks, secures larger and better lambs, which -pay well - - eSM^O, or u ' • ^ ■ -w •" ' ' *-•- 82R * -» «,••***' I the pastures where they feed, more than other stock, by the closer grating, and the more equal distribution of manure. Farmers are taking much better views of theep' husbandry, and in many of the Northern States have secured effeotive legislation to protect their flocks against dogs, which have always been the great hindrance to sheep raising. Connecticut has an admirable. law, whioh is gradually restraining the dog nuisance. Dog property is heavily taxed, and the thriftless citizen, who inclines to the chase, ha* to pay for his indulgence. For the male dog, he is taxed two dollars, annually, and for the female six (I I), so that puppy raising is a rather expensive luxury. The money collected from the dog-tax, goes to pay for the damages inflictod upon the flocks by dogs. We are glad to say, that this law is not only upon the statute book, but Ss executed with commendable vigilenoe. Every sheep dwner is a spy upon his neighbor, who cultivates dog flesh, and it is difficult to hide any cur of high or low degree from the tax-gatherer. UnregisterJ ® wUV-i Farmers, as a rule, rocorer the frill value of tho sheep killed, or maimed by dogs. The law works most kindly upon the j sheep interest, and we shall soon have 1 lamb, and mutton as cheap, and plenty, ! as veal and beof. In all parts of the country, thero is a steady growth of this interest, as capitol becomes invested in flocks that are mado secure. — American AuRlCCLTrXUT. Tallow Dips. 8cvdhty years ago, when go* and keroseno were not, and wax candles were an extravagance indulged in only on | state occation*, even by the wealthy, j the tallow dip was an article of necessity, and <4can<He dip-day" was as cert sun of recurrence as Christmas, though, per- ! hops, even less welcome than the equally certain annual Fast Day. Fancy an [ immense kitchen with tho before-men-tioned fire place in the centre of one side. Over the blaze of backlog and foreetick, and scmeuking liice half a cord of 4<eight-foot wood," aro swinging the iron cranes laden with great kettles j of melting tallow. On the opposite side of the kitchen two long poles, about two feet apart, are supported at their extromiiies upon the reals of • Beside the poles are other great kettles containing melted tallow poured on the top of hot water. Across the poles are the slondcr candle rods, from whioh depend ranks upon ranks of candle wioks made of tow, for cotton -wick is a later invention. Little by iitt!-\ by endlee*ly repeating the slow proems of dipping into the kettles of melted tallow and hanging them to cool, the wicks take on their proper coating of tallow. To ruake the candles as large as possible was the aim, for the more tallow the brighter the light. When done, the ranks of candles, still depending from the rods, were hung in the sunniest spots of a sunny garret to bleach,— LirhncottY Old Kitchens— Modern Girls , Girls, did it ever occur to you, when you were counting your mercies, to be thank fril that you were not born one hundred, ot even fifty, years sfco f 1 have always been much interested in the livcfi of those heroie women who j lived in the days of the Revolution ; have pitied their hardships, and envied their strength of purpose and bodily hardihood 5 but never, until quite re- ' oentlv, have 1 realized how entirely out . of place 1 should be in an old-time kitchen. Perhaps I should never have 1 1 thought of the Idea, had It not been

j that one day, wllb 1 Mas aia^M belp^ Laos from neuralgia, 1 mi propped up in an easy chair, looking at c-ngnurings, and chanced to find the interior of an old-fashioned kitchen 1 1 was a cheery, tidy mom, frith ha open fire %nd numerous baka-ketties in and about it ; tell drees er, with the | long vows of pUles and platters, and reck of spoons, that I an sort son Ue above my reach, flfcillct and warmingpan hung near the fire ; the one flatiron. tea-K>ot. and various other utensils. r 1 J hung upon pin* or epihes driven m She chimney. Articles of clothing decoraiod the poise over head, while upon the side of a beam hung the truety queen 'e arm To complete the picture wee the mistress of the mansion, a woman in gown and petticoat, kerchief over her shoulders, end a cap, whoee wftde frill wed 1 __ ^ Slit. ^ # | kettle with pan in her hand. I called ral one, and she recalled some memories of "tin bakers." "brick ovens," etc., which were very interesting to me. After she left me, for the want of something better to do, I tried to imagine myself, or any of my girl friends, as mistress of that kitchen fori queer 1 Think of a slight, del rifts girl of these days * huge kettle on the crane preparatory to cooking a dinner or boiling the clothes. An odd sight, I fancy, it would be, to see us flourishing the long-handled shovel or oven-broom while heating the brick oven for one of those bakings of brownbread, beans, puddings, and pies. I am afraid our food would sometimes he oyer -done while we were learning the amount of fuel requisite. When the dinner was over, the floor nioely swept — not with a light corn broom, however — imagine our finUBinj the day's work spinning, or entering the loom and banging away for house at s pieoe of checked flannel for winter•—r* uu. cloths that cur grandmas used to make when they were girls like us. It eeems to me that there was no place for ddicsto girls or invalids in ihoee days ; and when 1 asked grandma what was done with them, she said there were none, and that, in her opinion, cooking-stove* | hare much to answer for in taking fife and health from our mothers and ourj selves. But we know there was death, end sickness preceding it, even in those ' good old days, and I cannot understand ! how the sick could have been made : comfortable. Even the best room, if it j existed, would have been S|>artan-like in our eyes, so acoustomed are we to I ©ota forts and lttxnriws in bumble 1 homes. The work seomed to be all for the strong, and there was little or none of that light house work with which the semi -rick of to-day amuse themselves, ind beguile their friend* into the belinf that they arc helping. And as em|4oymcnts are necessary to our happiness, 1 think it well for us. weak aisfrrt, that we live in the days of easy-chain, carpets, and carpet-sweep-ers, washing machines, wringers, and I every oilier invention and convenience , that helps tn Ughbm women's labor and make the little strength we ponseae go as far as possitde toward making our homes clean. l*rigbt, and beautiful — as a true home should ever be. — Vermont Watchman. — The late Dean of Cheerier need to tell the story of bit becoming a teetotaller in the following way : I had in my parish at Leeds a man who earned eighteen shillings a week ; >ut of this he used to give eevon shillings to his wife, and to spend the rest in drink ; hut for alt that he was a good sort -of a fellow. 1 went to him and said: * "Now. suppose you abstain altogether for six months ?" 44 Well, if 1 d<\ witt m,qrr was the reply. "Yea," I mid, 1 will." "What," said he. "from beer, from spirits, and from wine ?" 44 Yes ; and how shall 1 know if you keep your promise?" "Why, you ask my 'miaras' and III ' nsV yours." It ww agreed between u« for six months at first, and afterwards we renewed the promise. He never resumed the bad hsbit that he had left off, and it now a prosjHwous and happy mar in business in 8t. Detorsltirgk. and 1 am 1 Dean of Oichester