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m^p. 



C)UimilU5 lupulus. Natural Okdku: Urticacece — Nettle Family. 



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I LI/1 D mainly in brewing, the Hop is a coarse, though 

 ui)My,htly, vine, which has been named Humulus from the 

 im liu •lilts, the ground, because of its tendency to creeping, 

 \ ss pi operly supported. It is cultivated for its fertile catkins, 

 i\hn.h are of great importance in the manufacture of beer 

 V md de, as they tend to preserve and give body to those 

 v^ hquuK 1 he stem is an annual, decaying every fall, and springing 

 ag iin U om tin. ground in the spring. It grows to a great length, and 

 sun, from east to west. It is cul- 

 ts of the country, and in the fall 



'V^ twines around Us supports with th^ 



^^ tnated in laige fields in various p 



rfi^ cdlb togethei laige concourses of laborers who are paid a certain sum 



O P*-' Pol^ to gather the hops, which is done usually amid great hilarity. 



TJ E "S poor, and that 's suspiciou> — lie 's unknown, 

 *- *■ And that 's defenceless; true, we have no proof 

 Of guilt — but what hath he of innocence? —Byron. 



A FINE and slender net the spider weaves, 

 -' *■ Which little and slight animals receives; 

 And if she catch a summer bee or fly. 

 They with a piteous gi-oan and niurmui- die; 



But if a wasp or hornet she entrap. 



They tear her cords, like Samson, and escape; 



.So, like a fly, the poor oft'ender dies; 



But like the wasp the rich escapes, and flies 



-Dcnimi 



T N the corrupted currents of this world, 

 *■ Oftense's gilded hand may shove by justic 

 And oft 'tis seen, tlie wicked prize itself 

 Buvs out tlie law. —Slinkti 



JUSTICE is lame, as well as blind, amongst us; T TNHEARD, the injured orphans now compl; 



The laws, corrupted to their ends that make them, *- The widow's cries address the throne in v 



Serve but for instruments of some new tyranny. Causes unjudged disgrace the loaded file. 



That every day starts up t' enslave us deeper. And sleeping laws the king's neglect revile. 



—Ohvay. —Pric 



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