Carlisle Patriot, 30 Jul 1825 - Local News (3)
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Saturday 30 Jul 1825 (p. 2, col. 5-6 and p. 3, col. 1 + 6) [continued]
The death of an aged yeoman of this neighbourhood, whose decease recently formed the subject of a paragraph in our obituary, was occasioned in the following very singular manner:—The old man, as years accumulated upon him, acquired penurious habits. He had a stack of very fine wheat. Prices advanced. His heart warmed at the idea; and the longer he kept it, he fondly imagined, the more valuable it would become. But the things of this world are perishable. Rats and mice, and whole flocks of birds, made free with the stack. How was this to be prevented? A happy thought suggested itself. The old man, we are told, came to the comical conclusion of tethering a cat to the roof, with length of line sufficient to admit of its descent on either side to snap up the ravenous intruders whenever they presented themselves. Puss did her duty with fidelity, we are to presume, for her master rewarded her with regular supplies of milk. One day, having ascended the roof with the accustomed allowance in a saucer, the old man missed his footing, and slid off the stack to the ground, and lighting upon his legs, the violence of the concussion produced hernia, which speedily carried him to his grave!
A farmer of the name of Joseph DODD, of Macbooths, in the parish of Castle-Sowerby, had a valuable cart mare, which he lent to a neighbour for the purpose of bringing a cart load of corn to our market on Saturday last. On arriving here, the mare was turned loose into an open yard, among some other horses, where she had not remained long till she received a blow from one of them which broke her thigh bone, shattering it in a dreadful manner. The poor animal fell with its broken limb under it, and struggled violently to get upon its legs again; several people ran to its assistance, and succeeded in getting it up: it with difficulty stood; the wound presented a frightful appearance; the bone protruded, and life's current was flowing fast. Two veterinary surgeons were instantly on the spot; but the case was hopeless, and the protracted sufferings of the poor animal, which were prolonged by the absence of the person who brought it, were, on his arrival, speedily put an end to.
On the 25th instant, Messrs. GILCHRIST, COULSON, and MARSHALL, Officers of Excise at Springfield and Annan, seized near Newcastleton, a hearse and two horses, the vehicle, instead of a dead body, having within it a living spirit, in the shape of thirty gallons of prime Scotch whiskey, which the cunning driver was merrily trotting towards England, though bedizened in sables. On the same day, while the officers were conveying the hearse to its new destination, they also seized a horse and an additional thirty gallons of whiskey, in ten casks. The man who belonged to this latter venture, came boldly up to inquire who the deceased was, and where he was to be buried; and found to his surprise that an old acquaintance had been drowned whilst bathing, and the people bringing the hearse from Newcastleton to convey him to the place of interment thinking the opportunity an excellent one for outwitting the officers, concealed the whiskey within it! The driver of the hearse is in Annan gaol and the man belonging to the horse is in Carlisle gaol.
On the 21st inst. as a child of John CARLISLE's, of Castle Gate, Cockermouth, was looking through the casement of a window, the frame of which was much decayed, both were precipitated into the street. The window was shattered to pieces, but the child was little worse.
Two salmon were observed in Whitehaven harbour on Monday morning, as high up as CREIGHTON & Co.'s anchor-smith shop.
On Saturday last, the 23rd inst. a melancholy accident occurred betwixt Mr. BAXTER's and the large saugh-tree, on the Annan road. On that day, James HANNAH, carter in Maxwelltown, was coming into town with a load of peats, when his horse, which is rather a spirited one, unfortunately took fright; and while the driver was endeavouring to arrest its speed, he was thrown down, and killed on the spot.
The first crop of an allotment of newly enclosed ground near Cockermouth, containing 123 acres, viz. 96 acres of wheat, and 27 acres of oats, was sold on Saturday week in public sale, the wheat at £9 and the oats at £6 per acre.
On Monday the 18th inst. in the neighbourhood of Cartmel, a woman of the name of DIXON, 55 years of age, while at work in a hay-field belonging to her brother, Mr. Thos. BUTLER, carrier between Lancaster and Ulverston, fell down in an exhausted state, and has since expired.—A man of the name of WITHERS, of Grisedale, near Hawkshead, also fell down in the field and almost immediately expired. —At Greenrigg, in Torver, a man of the name of WILSON, aged 68, was taken very ill while at work in the hay-field, and died the same evening.—On Tuesday, one of the servant men of Mr. John ROGERSON, of Cock Hall, near Cockerham, during the heat of the day, whilst mowing, imprudently drank a quantity of cold water, and died before medical assistance could be procured.
There are only seven prisoners for trial at the Newcastle assizes: none of the cases serious.
The wheat crop in Northumberland is understood to be rather thin upon the ground, compared with any crop for the last five or six years.
A massive silver cup has just been presented to Mr. Henry COLEBANK, of Tolson Hall, near Kendal, by the principal tallow-chandlers of Leeds, bearing an inscription, stating, that it was given as "a mark of their approbation of his engine for cutting candle-wick, and as an expression of their regard on account of his honourable conduct."
Arrivals at Allonby:—Sir Frederic and Lady MORSHEAD, Lady HERON MAXWELL and family, Mrs. WARWICK and family, Mr. and Mrs. VANE, Captain and Mrs. DOUGLAS, the Mayor of Carlisle, three Misses PARKINS, Mr. TROUTBECK, Mr. STANLEY, Mr. and Mrs. FISHER and family, &c.—Departures: Mr. and Mrs. COATES, Capt. BACKHOUSE and family, Rev. Mr. WILKINSON and family, &c. Allonby has this season been enlivened by a weekly assembly, held at the Ship Hotel, and occasionally by a concert at the same house.
A Detachment of the 55th Regiment of infantry embarked on Saturday, on board a Leith vessel in the Thames, and sailed on Monday morning for Carlisle.
Mr. Baron HULLOCK left York on Wednesday morning, for his seat at Barnard Castle, previous to which his Lordship was pleased to respite Wm. SUGDEN, convicted for highway-robbery.—James JOHNSTON, for rape, and Isaac CHARLESWORTH, for highway-robbery are left for execution.—Robt. MOSELY and Ben. MORRILL who were convicted at the last Assizes for murder, and judgment then respited until the present Assizes, were sentenced to be executed on the 25th inst. have since been reprieved on condition of transportation for life, at the instance and by the desire of Mr. Justice HOLROYD, who tried the prisoners at the last Assizes.—Wednesday night there were about 80 cases for trial. The Assizes are expected to close this day (Saturday.)
In the case recently argued before the Privy Council, respecting the constitution of the Court of Gaol Delivery, holden for the Isle of Man, the Lords of the Council have since decided in favour of the arguments of the Solicitor-General, Sir Charles WETHERALL, and of Mr. CLARKE, the Attorney-General of the Island. Mr. BROUGHAM and Mr. ALDERSON were on the other side.
The sloop Martha, BOYD, lime-loaded, took fire on Thursday week, while on her passage from Maryport to the Nith. On the first appearance of danger, the crew made for the Carse, and ran the sloop on shore; and though part of the cargo was removed with all possible expedition, the vessel continued to burn from five in the morning till two in the afternoon. By this time the tide began to flow, which had the effect of saving the keel and the lower timbers; but in other respects the Martha is a complete wreck.
Planmeister
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Petra
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