22nd January 1825

'A new Vegetable called the Asparagus Potatoe' has been introduced into this country it comes into season just as the asparagus goes out' — 'So little wind prevails in Italy that not a windmill is to be seen in any part of it there were two in Venice but were taken down as usless for want of wind' — 'An elm tree supposd to be a thousand years old was blown down near Ludlow castle' — 'A blackbirds nest with four young ones was found a few days ago in Yorkshire — Stamford Mercury