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^UIUUIUS lupulllS. Natural Order: Urticacece—Nettle Family. 
TILIZED mainly in brewing, the Hop is a coarse, though 
not unsightly, vine, which has been named Ilumulus from the 
Latin humus , the ground, because of its tendency to creeping, 
unless properly supported. It is cultivated for its fertile catkins, 
which are of great importance in the manufacture of beer 
t^and ale, as they tend to preserve and give body to those 
liquids. The stem is an annual, decaying every fall, and springing 
again from the ground in the spring. It grows to a great length, and 
twines around its supports with the sun, from east to west. It is cul¬ 
tivated in large fields in various parts of the country, and in the fall 
calls together large concourses of laborers who are paid a certain sum 
per pole to gather the hops, which is done usually amid great hilarity. 
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TTE ’S poor, and that’s suspicious — he’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 groan and murmur die; 
But if a wasp or hornet she entrap, 
They tear her cords, like Samson, and escape; 
So, like a fly, the poor offender dies; 
But like the wasp the rich escapes, and flies. 
— Denham. 
T N the corrupted currents of this world, 
1 Offense’s gilded hand may shove by justice; 
And oft ’tis seen, the wicked prize itself 
Buys out the law. —Shakespeare. 
J USTICE is lame, as well as blind, amongst us; 
The laws, corrupted to their ends that make them, 
Serve but for instruments of some new tyranny, 
That every day starts up t’ enslave us deeper. 
— Otvjay. 
T TNHEARD, the injured orphans now complain; 
^ The widow’s cries address the throne in vain, 
Causes unjudged disgrace the loaded file, 
And sleeping laws the king’s neglect revile. 
— Prior. 
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