of operatives still debarred the pleasure of possessing, and the profits accruing from allotments-the factory workers; and earnest are their hopes that "the Ten Hours' Bill" may speedily become law, and enable them to participate in the advantages which they see their brother operatives now enjoying. Mrs. Walter Ferrand has promised to add on the 1st of January next, between 50 and 60 more acres to the present allotments; but all this land is already bespoken by the operatives and tradesmen of the town. DICTIONARY OF HARD WORDS IN THE BIBLE. Conféderacy; an union or contract between persons agreeing to support each other. Cónference; a meeting to discuss some subject. Cónfidence; firm belief and trust; assurance. Confirm; to strengthen; to make sure. Confiscation; forfeiting of one's goods. Cónflict; struggle; strife; fight. Confórmed; made like to; suited to. Confound; to disorder; to destroy; to make ashamed; to astonish. Congratulate; to rejoice with. Congregátion; a number of persons assembled together. Cónsecrate; to devote or offer to God. Consórted; united with, as friends. Conspíracy; a plot; an agreement for unlawful purposes. Conspire; to plot a crime together. Constellation; a cluster of stars. Constrain; to press or urge to do any thing. Consultation; a taking counsel together. Consúme; to spend; to destroy; to burn up; to melt away. Consummation; the end of the present state. Consumption; a wasting or perishing. Contain; to hold; to comprehend. Contémn; to despise. Contémptible; worthy to be despised. Conténd; to strive; to dispute; to debate or plead. Contradict; to speak contrary to. Contribútion; a collection of money. Cóntrite; bruised, worn with sorrow, penitent. Cóntroversy; a dispute, a debate. Convénient; fitting, suitable. Cónversant; familiar, having intercourse. Conversation; in Scripture, usually means behaviour; general manner of life. Convérsion; a change from one state into another. Convince; to force one to acknowledge; to prove; to bring in guilty. Convocátion; a solemn assembly. Cóney; a kind of rabbit; an animal burrowing in the ground. Córmorant; a bird that preys upon fish. Córnet; a musical instrument blown by the mouth. Corruption; rottenness, destruction; hence wickedness and sin. Cóvenant; an agreement made by two parties on both sides. Cóvert; a shady place; a shelter. Cóvet; to desire earnestly. Cóvetousness; any excessive desire, especially of money. Council; an assembly for the purpose of debate. Counsel; advice. Counsellor; one who gives advice. Countervail; to have equal power with. Courteous; of good and kind manners; well-bred. Craft; deceit; business or trade. Créditor; one who lends, or trusts another. Crucify; to put to death on a cross. Cúbit; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger, half a yard. The sacred cubit was double this. Cúmbered; hindered; occupied. Custody; safe keeping; confinement. Cýmbal; a musical instrument, struck by the hand. DEATH FROM EATING POISONOUS BERRIES A FATAL circumstance occurred on the shore near Hest Bank, on Tuesday last. On the morning of that day, Mr. Adam Clark, of Hest Bank, and a man of the name of John Teesdale, were returning along the shore, and had arrived at a spot where grows in considerable abundance the deadly nightshade, atropa belladonna, a perennial plant with herbaceous stem. The fruit has a berry as large as a small grape, of a dark purple colour. Two elderly women, one of the name of Jane Sandham, and the other Betsy Wainhouse, and both residing in Lancaster, were standing amongst the plants, and eating the berries, when Mr. Clark and Teesdale came up. Mr. Clark inquired what the berries were, and on being told by the females that they were blaberries or bilberries, he began to gather and eat also, as did Teesdale. The parties separated, Mr. Clark and Teesdale coming on to the Hest Bank Hotel, and bringing with them several of the berries, which were immediately pronounced by Mr. Croskell and a neighbour (Mr. Knipe) to be poison. Finding this, Mr. Clark swallowed a dose of such medicine as was at hand, and that providentially served all the purpose of an emetic. Nevertheless he was seized with an alarming illness, parched tongue, dizziness, difficulty of swallowing, swollen face and eyes, and delirium. Mr. Ellery, surgeon, of Bolton, was sent for, and by the unremitting attention of that gentleman Mr. Clark was eventually brought round in the course of the following morning, and he is now quite restored, but still exhibiting some effects of the deadly character of the poison. Meanwhile the two women, who had come out from Lan caster merely to enjoy a little excursion on the seashore, made the best of their way home; but they had not proceeded far before the symptoms described above began to manifest themselves. Parched and thirsty, the great desire was for drink; but one of the two having heard that drinking ought to be avoided in such cases (for they had suspicion they were poisoned) had the fortitude to abstain. They succeeded in reaching their dwelling in Bridge-lane, in this town, and one of them instantly repaired to Messrs. Reston and Leack, surgeons, and those gentlemen were in immediate attendance. The condition in which both the patients were was most alarming, and but for the constant application of remedial measures, and the great exertions of the medical gentlemen, no doubt both would have died. They were in a state of mania throughout the night, but eventually the means adopted proved successful, and after much suffering the poor women both recovered. It should be mentioned that the one who abstained from drink, though she had eaten most, suffered the least. One ate about a pint of the berries, and the other only about a dozen. Mr. Clark thinks he could not have swallowed half-a-dozen at most. The tragic part of the story remains to be told. The poor fellow, Teesdale, had been missed very soon after his arrival at Hest Bank Hotel, which would be about noon on Tuesday. He was nowhere seen, and the wonder was where he could be. The day and the night passed away, and he did not make his appearance. It happened that Mr. Croskell had a load of straw coming home, and it arrived about eleven o'clock on Wednesday. In order to prepare a place for its reception, Mr. Croskell went up into the hay-loft, and began to clear away the old straw, when he discovered Teesdale lying stiff and insensible, with his body swollen to an extraordinary size, eyes closed, &c. Mr. Croskell returned immediately to the house, gave the alarm, and Teesdale was carefully brought down from his retreat and put to bed. Without loss of time Mr. Ellery was sent for again, and again that gentleman applied himself with praiseworthy diligence. Every means were taken to neutralize the effects of the poison, and, in fact, Mr. Ellery stopped the whole night with his patient. After some time the medicines answered their intended purpose, and there was a considerable rallying, so that at one time there appeared some hope of recovery. However, the patient again grew worse, and on Thursday Dr. de Vitre was sent for from Lancaster, but human aid was of no avail. The poor fellow lingered on through Thursday night, and yesterday morning, between six and seven, breathed his last, in a state of perfect exhaustion. The deceased was about sixty years of age, and of robust constitution.-Lancaster Gazette. A fantastic garb in apparel is the very bush or sign hanging out, which shows that a vain and empty mind lodges within.-Taylor. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. We have received the communications of G. W. P.; L. S. P.; E. A.; P. S. L.; A Layman; A Lady's Servant; J. J. B.; and an anonymous correspondent. ERRATA. In consequence of haste in the publication of the last Number, and the Editor being unable to correct the proof of the last sheet, the following mistakes, in part of the impression, occurred, which he is anxious now to correct: Page 349, line 23, for many, read mercy. |