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IBOM OUR LONDON London, January 2nd, 1850. Time, in its onward course, has borne away another year: 1849 is now

... government; but here also rumour is ail at sea, contradicting to-day its tale of yesterday, and betaking itself to yet another story for to-morrow. Time, with its usual courtesy tt> the curious, will its own good leisure let us into all the of the state secrets ...

Published: Thursday 03 January 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 1384 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

WORK FOR THE NEW YEAR.—READING SOCIETIES FOR THE PEOPLE. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ' NORTH DEVON JOURNAL. 1 Dear

... crashes only serve to urge on at greater speed 44 those who are behind. Every body seems as if he felt the 41 time was too short, and the remainder of the world barely 41 sufficient to accomplish the great work he has to do. On 44 they rush and hurry; ...

Published: Thursday 03 January 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 12106 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

HISTORY OF A PIECE OF WOOD

... a tree, stripped ,it of its. branches, cut the trunk into two equal portions, which I fashioned one after another; and, in short, at the end a month, had hewn tkem into two female figures like to readily mistaken the one for the other. Scarcely was work ...

Published: Thursday 10 January 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2492 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

Singular Occurrence before a Coroner.—An extraordinary and perhaps unprecedented circumstance occuricd at the ..

... broken out in building constructed for the use of the locomotive department of the Bristol and Birmingham line, situate a short distance from the passenger platform. The inflammability of the materials of which the building was constructed (it being built ...

Published: Thursday 31 January 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2969 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Original MR. 11l XTABLE'S PANACEA. It from profound ignorance that the impudent proton dor propounds his ..

... a corner, caused them to hidtheir diminished heads, and closed their mouths for a timeunfortunately for the public, for a short time only. regard Mr. liiuifdi', one would have thought that those withering letters and strictures upon his agricultural saying; ...

Published: Thursday 07 February 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 15248 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

General News of the Week

... a tall chimney, attached to Mr. Smythe s house in the Park, fell with a tremendous crash upon a wing of the building, two stories high, carrying in tho roof and forcing he whole, with a bed-room floor and the contents of the room, into the kitchen below ...

Published: Thursday 14 February 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 3353 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS OF ENGLAND

... value derived from the general progress of the country as often as they well could. Of course, there are two sides to every story, and the proprietors of Devonshire may not be so much to blame this respect they have been represented; but we were informed ...

Published: Thursday 14 February 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 3700 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

AWFUL EXPLOSION OF A STEAM BOILER. FIFTY KILLED AND FIFTY WOUNDED

... the basement story was the engine and the blacksmith's shop, where there were four pair of bellows and about twelve men at work, besides Crissey, the engineer, and his brother. The er gine was connected with the second and third stories, where the machine ...

Published: Thursday 21 February 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 900 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Local Intelligence

... percent.; and £ arrears of interest; against which is set-off of £ balance in the treasurer's hands; leaving the debt something short of£ 38,000. The estimated expenditure for the current year is £ 3,233. AVith respect to the Ilfracombc Local Trust, the committee ...

Published: Thursday 07 March 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 2302 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Original TRUTHFUL CHIMES r. POOR LAW RHYMES. Seest thou man that is hasty his words? lliere more hope of

... Mrs. Bird thus of her speaks: 1 the g? rl very well; 1 don't think she'd story tell; She minds (he children, and the. pigs. But since th it — She has stolen figs, And stories told, and is grown idle; Iler tongue, tear, cannot bridle.'' This Mrs. ...

Published: Thursday 07 March 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Miscellaneous | Words: 1297 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

©rigtital BAKING IX THE BARNSTAPLE UNI OX. TO THE EDITOR OF THE ' NORTH DEVON JOURNAL.' Sih, —The Egyptians of

... founded facts. Ist I do not think that the poor report so favourably of the' bread' as Rate-payer observes. I remember a short time since some complaints being made to me respecting the bad quality of the bread, and upon instituting the proper inquiries ...

Published: Thursday 14 March 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 8173 | Page: 6 | Tags: none

©ligtnal TO TIIB EDITOR OF TIIE ' NORTH DEVON JOURNAL. IH —Allow to make few observations on the letter of

... THE EDITOR OP THE ' NORTH DEVON JOURNAL.' Sir, —The mode in which Junius proposes to prove his case, reminds me of the story told of the small trader who had turned farmer, and who, last Christmas, waited on his landlord to settle, but not to pay any ...

Published: Thursday 21 March 1850
Newspaper: North Devon Journal
County: Devon, England
Type: Article | Words: 8892 | Page: 7 | Tags: none