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From the Louisville Journal
BOYHOOD'S --YEARS;--------
I'm dreaming of the years, Will,
When we were boys together.
When u'er life's soft and ,sulnly Skies,
There came no wintry m eather ;
For Memory turns full often, Will,
To the joyous days of yore,
Those sunny days of peace and Lope,
Which alas! will come no more.
I mind me of the old oaks, Will,
In Whose shade ase , l to play,
And the little attic chamber,'
Where we used to kneel and pray ;
And then the clear, cold brook, Will,
glint cast it feathery spray,
Whose limpid wave A% e used to seek,
From summersti noon-tide ruy.
Remernlwance brings the school-room, Will,
"Whose %ails I've .een decay,
Fur its spirits once 50 gay and bright,
Ilave long ...ince pass'd away;
With rank and noisome weeds, Will,
1t s groewls are covered o'er,
Fur the little feet that shaped its paths,
press the soil nu wore.
Ah ! 1. mind me of those scenes, AM,
That checkered our young years,
And often cause, 'mid manhood's strife,
:acne fond, regretful tear,. ;
For though 'mid scenes of mirth, Will,
We've I tuelredof fleicer joys, •
We've known no bliss so unalloyed
As when we both were boys.
Yet 'Otero needloas to repine, Will,
That youthful dayii are o'er ;
"lope whimpers fart. in fancy's ear,
Of pleasurw, yet in mtore.
..Al/ ! but I often think, Will.
Though with future raptures blessed,
Builleinbrance bright will still incline
To lore our boyhood best.
ENVY.
, "Charity envieth. not„ 11 -1 Con. viii. 4.
Are .then, hap per than ourselves?
With greater bliss endowed ?
/Iwo- they. as journey her on life's way,
Phan us, a lighter lead ?
roskess they more of heavenly joy,_
And love, and peace divine
Around them do God's promises
In richer glory shine ?
Let vharity preserve our hearts
From .Envy's dark control.
Awl free us from the baneful power
Which foully blights the soul;
Ant let I.IU r"vpientione+ -rise -
To hi, ‘vho heareth prayer,
?lilt. like unto our fellows.
His precious gilts may sisnro.
Ocicct
lEM
How Murat met his Fate.
- The sentence of the ioilitary commission
was • read to him with due solemnity. He
listened to it as he would have listened to the
cannon of another battle during his military
life, equally without emotion or bravado. lie
neither asked for . pardon, for delay. nor for ap
peal. He had advanced of his own accord
toward the door, as if to accelerate the catas
trophe. The door opened on a narrow espla
nade, lying bet Ween the towers of the castle
and the outer walls. Twelve soldiers, with
loaded muskets, awaited him there. The nat.:
row space did not permit them to stand at a
sufficient distance to deprive death of a part of
its horror. Murat, in stepping over the thres
hold of his chamber, found himself face to face
with them. He refused to let his eyes be
bandaged, and, looking at the soldiers with a
fit m and benevolent smile,
"My friend." said he, "do not make me
suffer by taking bad aim. The narrow: space
naturally compels you to rest the muzzles of
your muskets against my breast ; do not trem-
As he spoke thus, he placed .his right hand
upon his coat, to indicate — the position of his
heart. In his left hand he held a small me
dallion, which contained, in one focus of love,
the image of his wife and of his four children,
as he wished thus to make them witne&es of his
last; hour, or to have their images in his last
look. Ile fixed his eyes upon this portrait, and
received the death blow without feeling it, ab
sorbed in contemplation of all he loved upon
the earth ! his body, pierced with twelve
balls, fell with arms open and his face to the
earth, as if still embracing the kingdom which
he once possessed, and :filch he had come to
rwconquer for his tomb.
They threw his cloak upon the body, which
was buiicd in the Cathedral of Pizzo. Thus
died the most chivalrous soldier of the imperial
epoch ; not the greatest, but the most heroic
figure among the champions of the new Alex
ander.
TourniNG Exinurrum - ov GRATITUDE.—One
of the Philadelphia papers relates the follow
ing of a German girl named Mary Skellinski.
who was placed on trial on Monday, for tie al
leged larceny of a hundred dollars. She was
defended by Win. 11. Martin, I:4T The de
fendant was acquitted, and late in the afler
imon of Monday, when the jury had rendered a
verdict of "not guilty in manner and form as
- - .
curt louse WA:i croft (77
with spectators, forgetful of every feeling but
joy at - her release, and gratitude to her defen
der, she astonished Mr. Martin, the court, the
bar and the lookers-on, by such an affectionate
embrace and such a kiss as was distinutly
heard throughout the court room. Mr. M. was
rather taken aback by this novel fee, but he
submitted with the best grace possible. The
(tears streamed dowil the face of the poor girl
as she left the court room, grateful for the de
fence which had been made in her behalf, and
re,, ,, ardless of the remarks elicited by her novel
:mode of evincing her gratitude.
- - -
t,r77'We must take the rough and thorny as
well as the smooth and pleasant ; and a portion
'at least, of our daily duty must he hard and
Aisagreeable ; for the mind e Fannot be strong
and hcalth'v in perpetual sunshine only, and
the most dangerous, of all states that of con
stantly recurring pleasure, case,and prosperity.
pleasure in your business. and it
trill becon.e your recreation. Elope for the
Lest, thud. JOL tee N%i.,/, awl. bear whatever
ihippen,.
A lantil. Rtuth - gor r----Moutth to Volitio, Agrialtur, ritEraturr, 2ttri 311.firkrtg, (Rural Fonirstir nfil Arrisu intettigurr, aunisnati
THE BURNING OF THE WILLOWS.
A TALE OF TILE REVOLUTION
"This must be the house the junction of
two roads, and a brook in front of the banks
covrred with ; willows. The place meets the
description exactly. Order the men to dis
mount with the exception of a couple of patrols
on each road."
The British were dressed in the blue and scar
let uniform a 'the British light horse, a corps
that was-formed after the landing of the Eng
lish troops in. NeW Jersey, as soon as horses
could be had to mount the men. lie was an
officer of some rank evidently, who spoke the
above words, and his carriage and demeanor
was both haughty and aristocratic in the higli•
est degree. Why not- 7 -he was the eldest son
of a British earl.
"The house appears to be descried, Col.
Ilalcourt," said his juuior officer, as he dis
mounted.
"We will see. This way,
a dozen. of you,"
he said to his men. "Try the dJor yonder, if
it is fastened break it open, and report if any
one is inside. If there should be any and.they
attempt to escape, shoot them down, but give
them warning to surrender."
The inCII advanced to the door, which they
found to be fastened ; and after dernanding,ad
mission, to whit) they received no answer,
they proceeded to break .it open, which delayed
them sonic time, for the door was a strong
oaken one.—This done, they entered.
"Do you know the man by sight, lieuten
ant ?" asked Cot. Halcourt, while the men
were btisy ransacking-t he_ Utilise.--
"No, sir ; but there is a fellow I picked up
on the road now in the rear that knows him
well." -
"Order him to the front."
The countryman had not a very prepossess
ing countenance. There was a bold surliness
and cruel expression of features extremely
"What is your name ?" said Col. Halcourt,
in his quick, military manner.
"John Glasseu."
"Do yuu know Peter Van Dyke ?"
"Very well."
"Is that his dwelling ?" .
"Yes—though since his mother's death'and
his sister's getting married, it is hard to say
where he keeps himself." •
"Does he bear, the name of being a great
rebel, and a dangerous man to those who favor
the king in this neighborhood?"
"Yes, from the Passaic to the packensack
and thirty miles around. if I'd had tuy way
he'd be hung long,ago, and his house burned
over his head ; he is the leader of every rebel
gang from the army, and points out the holiest
farmer's homes who stand by their
whose bai us they plunder, and carry away the
graM."
"Wily..,_yon_tell a bitter story about'him :
has he ever injured you-?"
"Injured me ? Ile and a parcel of robbers
like himself, came one afternoon to burn my
house, and hang me before the door, which
they would have done but fur the timely ar•
iival of a number of friendly neighbots, well
armed, When they went off double-
time."
"Does he not venture into, New York, some
times in disguise ?" inquired the colonel.
"I've heard so. Ile was slippery from a
boy up, and could disguise himself any way.
lie's a precious scamp, and you'll do a favor
to this part of Jersey, if you hang him the min
ute you catch him."
This conversation had been held near a stone
wall, on the other side of which was an old
garden ; but the troubles of the times, had left
it uncultivated, and the gooseberries and cur
rent bushes had grown up rank and untrimmed,
and the briars st4tched over the walls, cover
ing the ground from
.sight.
Under this, and within ten feet of the Col.
and Classen, lay crouched - the very man they
were talking of. Be had barely time to,escape
from the house and conceal himself upon the
approach of the horsemen, whrnn•he did not,
then suspect to be within ten miles of him.
Twice, or thrice, on hearing the base lies of
.Classen, he was on the point of rising and con
fronting-hint ; but a little reflection was left,
L 1. 'h'
am he - 11 - ought that was not 'the occasion to
put his life in jeo . par.dy,which he
had
would do, since•the party . 01 . troops had come
expressly to take him..
"Do yon know with any certainty; blas'An:
how long since Van Dyke has been_seen in
the neighborhood ?"
"I have heard he was seen last night two
miles from this, in a by-path throngh the
'woods, coming in the direction of,his house."
"That is the information I received, and 1
am detertnined to capture him sooner or later.
If you can point out his whereabouts, or ar
rest him yourself, you shall have a reward of
fifty gui nen s. "
Classen was as avaricious and fond of money
as he was wicked. Fifty guineas was a large
sum indeed, particularly in those days when
gold was rarely seen.
"I will catch him, Colonel, before he is three
days older I know one of his haun=ts."
"Why not lead us there, then "'"
'•lt would be of no tA: this tune of plat•.
Be,ides he inay"not be there fur a day or two,
and I shall have to be cautious in looking out
for hitu."
‘.lVell, secure him, and the fifty guineas
shall be your,."
Several of the soldiers now came from the
house and stated they had searched it from top
to bottom, but found no one, although from
. -s,-s4T-ne one- had -1;w! there '0 -
ly. The colonel. followed by Clas-en. passed
on to the house, while the fugitive lay quietly
in his concealment.
It was a plain framed house of middle size,
built partly of stone in the old Dutch style,
and very comfortable within.—There was but
little furniture—a few tables, chairs and cook
ing utensils. The better part.. Ulassen said,
bad been taken away on the occasion of Van
Dyke's sister's marriage, a year before, as her
part.
"here is; a great coat, sir," said one of the
soldiers, •that w.► found on the floor of the
Idtdien, near the back dour. It. must have
been dropped in a hurry."
`•Feel there are any papers in the pock
ets," said Col. Ilalcourt.
"Yes, sir. there is a bi.indle 'em."
The colonel took the package, looked at the
sn perscripth , n, broke the ,cal, and going to the
win‘low commenced reading , them to lutn. , ,elf
ult.!' a coo mite) tartee_of urprise
-Si, so—here is a hst of our troops, anti
their numbers in and around — the
.At
Elizabetht.o.vii and Newark, one thou And.
fur UtiaricaLuu with.
IS
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, NOV. 5, 1855.
five thousand. . Why, these documents are ins
deed of importance. 'Who can play the spy so
thoroughly in our camp ? This is a most
dangerous character to be abroad. Men," he
said aloud, -"and you, Classen, search every
hole and see if any more paper 4 can be found."
Nothing could g,iire Classen greater delight
than this order. Curiosity and other reasons
had long urged him to enter-the house during
Van Dyke's absence, for that very purpose
but the dread that Van .Dyke might return
while he wits thus engaged. had heretofore pre
vented him from undertaking it. lie was now
armed with proper authority, and protected.
What he found or discovered, he did not re
port to Cl. Halcourt, but made the same re
ply as the soldiers, that nothing of importance
could be found. - "Very well ; we will now
leave the place and return to quarters at
Powle?s- Book.—Hodgeson J —pl ace—some--dry
wood in the middle of this room, and when I
give the word apply the match,"
“What ! Are - you going to burn the willows,
Colonel ?" said Classen, his face gleaming with
sad- faction.
"-Yes, I will burn the nest of this rebel-car
rion bird. It is well he is not within my
reach or he would swing for it. One such felt
low, with his secret spying and Unclip"- out,
is of more injury to us than a regiment a reb
els in an open field."
Little did the British commander imagine
the young man was then almost within sound
of his voice.
“To horse, men, all except flodgeson.” By
this time Classen and the colonel had ap
proached within hearing of - Van llyke,when
he halted with his troopers.
- "Now, Ilodgeson, apply the match—mount
and fall in."
It was with ,anguish Van Dyke heard the
order, from
. his hiding place. The Willows,
as the farm house was called, had been the
birtb;place of his ancestors, and there ho had
passed all his life. But what could he do ?
Nothing.
Presently a thick black smoke arose and
burst fi oar each door and window. This was
followed by a brilhani flaine, that shot far into
the sky, and the crackling of the well-seasoned,
timber, dry with a century's preparation, could
be heard at a great distance•
—There will be one rebel shelter less tonight.
It is a pity they were - not all burned - down ;
then the king would have more friends this
side of the water.—These rebels are like dogs
—a-good w hipping makes thein;better natured.
The house is nearly consumed, for the embers
are - beginning to fly before the evening breeze.
By files, to the right face, trot !" And the
horsemen wheeled into the road.
L'ifty guineas, you say, colonel, if I take
Van t)yke ?" asked' Glassen again.
"Yes, fifty guineas."
"Then I will leave you here
. and -keep a
watch around. He may return here before a
great while. Where shall you halt ?"
I , At the-Oaks, five miles off, and stop for an
hour or two for a forage party.—lf anythin
should occur within that dine you know where
to find me." The officers and troops, rude
away
Classen lingered around, anti gradually ap
proached the building, which, will - raw excep
tion of the walls, was a heap of ruins.
"So, John Classen, you have glutted your
vengeance upon me, and this is your work—
viper, wretch !"
Classen turned, and beheld within six feet
of him, Van Dyke leaning on his musket. : :
"No, no, Peter," the wretch murmured.
trembling as die spoke, "it was the thitish
ollicer you know that, 1 wouldn't injure you..'
"Speak not another word, liar, or I. shall
forget myself and blow your brains out. I
heard all. You are to have fifty guineas for
apprehending ME. I am everything that. is
bad. 1 came to burn
. your house down, but
lied when your friends approached. Wretch,
1 saved your dwelling and your worthless car
cass. and these ruins are my reward." _
—Peter, dent Peter."
"Scoundrel, do not. apply the word dear to
rne. It sounds worse than the hiss - of a snake.
Listen, John Classen ; the chief reason of your
animositity to time is because Kate Wessels
preferred toy fraud to yours.
safe from your persecution, Ibr ttiey are now
within the American lines.—Now hear Me;
L spaieyou this time, for you :ire unarmed
blutiwlien next we ineet, be it in town or vil
lage, forest or road, at wwlding or funeral,
your life or mine. Go 1" -
Glasser' waittd not a second bidding, but
disappeared in the direction taken by the sol
diers in double quick time, his hair standing
on end, tbr, like all rogues, he was as cowardly
as he was bad.
Van Dyke paused a moment, and thus pon
dered in his own mind--That scoundrel will
bring some of those horsemen back, fir he
will imagille that I may linger two or three
hours around this old place. Yes, yes. I will,
after some twenty of our lads have prepared
an authu.-11 for there. Fifty guineas will draw
Classen anywhere, coward as he is, especially
when backed by the red coats."
It was not long before Van Dyke returned
with his party, whom be izatherml hy a signal-;
and as night had fallen, they took their sta
tions whet e they could remain unperceived.
Fur Ow space of an hour all was still, when
the distant tramp of horses was heard on the
road.
"Here they come," said Van Dvke.—"Eaoh
choose his wan, but leave Clast,en to me. You
will know h;rn by the . coat. he wears. I will
e the word when to lit e."
-a short time theffrarty-of - hot seinen r •
up to the willows ; and true enough. they were
led coats, headed by a lieutenant, with Classen.
'•Fire!" shouted Van Duke.
Su sudden and deadly was the aim that not
more than hall a dozen remained.in their - Katz
dies, and they wheeled their horses and fled
as .1 lick as possible. Van Dyke had inten
tionally aimed at the horse of (21ars4en, and he
MI with his rider. To secure Classen Was the
work of a moment.
-Now. lads. lifing.mit the rope and throw
it over that willow branch; we have alarmed
the enemy, and he trill be down upon us."-
-Mercy mercy :" cried ()lasso'.
Ail era, irl yam : the noose was slippe,l over
his head : they strung him up, awl there he
was left a corp,..e. The burning of the willows
had been avenged.—..l:vdc't,
sailor who vibited some exhibition in
vrai used, foult , l himself by
evplo , ion,
the buildin,4 . into an inijoiniti,..;)ail: Con ,ider
in.!, it apart of the performance. he gravely in
, (jun ei.l of Ilia wliat tra to be done
Avxt.
"TRUTH, IS 3IIGDTV' t AND WILL rursvAth."
Gold-mining in California—The Prospects.
A ,correspondent of the Boston -Post thus
speaks of the mining prospects in California :
“Dust is high for lack of water, which lat
ter is said-to be usually low. Old heads pre
dict early rains and.a hard season. So MON
it be. The country is so netted with ditches
now that. the water is distributed very much,
which greatly facilitates mining operations.—
Rich strikes are made every day, and you may
set it down as a point not worth arguing that
the mines will not give out in your day or
mine. The old miners say the country isn't
fairly '.‘prospected" yet, nor is it. Gold lies
everywhere, from the liver-beds to the moun
tain-tops. It is found in the bowels of the
hills, in old water-courses, covered deep with
the Washings of many centuries : perhaps by
volcanic convulsions. I` have - seen this year
claims paying $1.600 a day to eight men, and
paying that, too, week after week. To go
down-abont-supdown-a-nd-sea--thetn-m9 an-ont 22 -
was a rich sight ; to see the rkli bright gold
turned over and over in the muddy i - iitter;
here a lump and there a lump, sonic rouod like
shot, Some like drippings of candles, as though
it had been vomited forth from the bowels of
the earth in running streams; some-rolled out
llat by the grinding of huge boulders, and
mixed with it all the beautiful goldfish scales,
and
-the fine dust, almost an impalpable powder
—gold—all gold in every conceivable shape.
No ! it isn't all gone yet,- but for many nyear
to conic the :nines will yield their rich treasures
to the hardy laborer." -
EXTRAOIMT NA ILY SWIMMING.—Two of the
milers belonging to the schooner J. T. (trice.
while she was lying at nor anchorage, at Pow,-
der Ilorn, concluded to cross . the bay on a
hunting and fishing excursion. They went
over to Sand Point in a small boat. left her on the
beach, to take a hunt, and while they were out,
the wind freshened up. and their boat blew. oft.
%nen they returned and saw the boat : some
distance out, one of them concluded to' swim
after it ; he failed, to overtake it, and, finding
the sea too high for him to attempt to get, back.
swam on, and actually made the shore at
Stephen's Bayou, 'a distance of ten miles Isom
where, he started, amt on the opposite side of
the bay. Who'll brag of swimming the Hel
lespont after this ?—indianolu (Texas) But.
Fluirr nErwEEN A RATTLESNAKF; AND HOGS.
—The States !tights Democrat, published at
Elba, Ala., -- tiiirrates the following :—"'Two
gentlemen were lately in the woods, when
their attention was attracted by an uproarious
noise of hogs. Thinking that something un
comtnon'was to pay, they repaired . to the spot,
and found that the hogs had been in a fight
with a ' very large rattlesnake. ' - The fight,
from appearance, had been a long and despe
rate one. The snake was tofu to pieces,, three
hogs dead, and a fourth dying. The say that,
as the last hog would groan, the snake would
raise his head, being unable to do anything
else. The snake and hog soon died. They
report that for thirty yardS around. the grass
and ground were torn up. The snake wassix
and a half or seven feet long. - The—hogs, in
the tight, had detnolished all the rattles except
two."
AL'S( BY STEAM.-A Mr. Stoddard. of Wor
cester, Mass., has constructed un instrument
for making music by. steam. It, consists
of a Aeries of whistles like those used on loco
motives, being made of different sizes, so as
to produce the desired tone - corresponding
with each note. This completes the machine.
with the exception of a cylinder similar to those
used in a common hand organ or music box,
containing cogs, which, when properly arrang
ed, will, it turned by, hand, or ort itemise, ope
rate upon the valves in such a manner as to
play any tune desired, by simply changing the
po , :ition of the cogs, which are arranged kit) as
to be moveable.
ELIMINATING METALLIC Polsoss. —The new
ly discovered process of eliminating' metallic
poisons from the human body by means of
chemical electrity, which has excited so much
interest in the medical and scientific world, is
as follows: A metallic bath, is insulated from
ever thin and partially ' ed with .ac . •
water, to convey more readily the el-ectric cur
rents. The patient lies upon a seat in the tub,
in-Mated entirely from the bath. When gold,
silver or mercury is in the system, nitric or
hydrochloric acids arc employed ; when lead is
suspecied, the acid used is sulphuric. This
d o ne, the negative pole of a battery - is put in
connection with the bath, while the positive
pole is in the hands of the patient. The elec
tricity now precipitates itself, hunts, digs,
searches and discovers every particle of metal
ic substance• concealed in the most profound
tissues, bones, joints and nerves of the patient,
resolve them into their primitive forms, and,
extracting them entire from the human organ
ization, deposits them upon the sides of the
bath, where they can be easily seen.
CRANBERRY Cling OF EItYSIPEI.A3.—The
New I Liven Poi/wham rucords another case of
the complete cure of erysipelas by the simple
application of rail cranberries pounded line.
The patient was a young lady, one side of
whose fare had become so swollen and inflamed
that tie eye had become closed and the pain
excessive. A poultice of cranberries was ap
,plied, and. after several changes. the pain
(teased, the inflammation subsided. and, in the
course ofa couple of days, every vestige of the
disease had disappeared.
FIT 14 FI lIST
I[6fJ~
stated that the Connecticut Jlistorical Society
have in their po,ses , ,ion. for preservation, the
first line sent over the Magnetic Telegraph in
America. The graphic question, "What hath
God wrought!" was the first connected sen
tenee, dictated hy„\liss Annie G. Ellsworth,
now Mrs. Sun h. or inwana, daughter of henry
1,.• Ellsworth. Esq. It was sent from Wash
ington to Baltimore, to Professor Morse.
NM ENS!: WEA I.N.—The Itothschil4s. accord
ing to their o%%ii estimate, possess 5700.000,-
000 in personal property, exclusive of real
estate, seignories, &C., which :tumuli'.
to at least half us inuch more, ma ki ng t h e
enormous 511111 of over one thousand milli o n
d o llars, or an amount much larger than the
the entire valuation of New York city.
now TO JD llarPY.—The Journal of Health
says--
Ist. A man out of money can't be happy. -
....4-.-2A-mairo t of heattlrearet - he - a p - py.
::d. A man without a.-wile can't he happy.
'fhereforu, I have come to the conclusion.
that 1k , 2 bc: wily lo be happy it to take titre. ‘f
!put - ow: (Jai:, 4414,gc.1 a wile.
.Worcester county .can produce something
beside pretty girls, tall corn, fat pigs and big
‘‘hurned critters," as witness the following ef
fort of a votary of the muses, they manuscript
of which was recently rescued from the ob
scurity of a. May basket," hung at the door of
one of our fair friends in the above-mentioned
flourishing agricultural district of this State,—
The writer must have drank deep 'of the fluid
from the poet's fount-;--probably the “originat
package : '
"Now Sarah Deer
o do not weep no more
for it is i that ain hear
With Plenty of love in store.
Sarah has not wept no 'more ever since.
Boston Post.
- A - LAWS Ort`rom.=-T a meanest Hindmost
contemptible of mankind may yet find some
humane ridvostate :•and male enqoptte• . • ,
ICast one defender. The poet Campbell says
that he oleo heard a lady of distinguished
beauty and rank defend Sir Thomas Lawrence
from the charge of having been guilty of paying
attentions to ladies' . without intending to•fol
low ' them' up by an offer of his hand. A g or e:
tleman remarked that he thought Sir Thomas
was highly blameable. "No," replied the
lady, who was said to' have been' herself the
temporary object of the great painter's atten
tions; no, not exactly—not so much to
blame,"
. 5541 the lady musingly. "What 1"
exclaimed the gentleman—"you astonish me.,
Not to blame for such conduct?"" "No, tilvt
so -much," was still the lady's musing response.
• •L'an you really, madame," said the gentleman
again, "defend soil' behavior as a desertion—"
•• Why , sir," interrupted the lady, "to confess
the truth. I am thinly of' the'opinion that the
majority of women would rather be courted and
than nal coupled
A Goon A NEC ff(Yrg. —We are told that the
fbllowin e ,, ,, conversation was overheard among
t. two Volunteers on the Rio Grande." Scene,
night. Two volunteers wrapped in blankets,
and half buried in the mud.
Volunteer Ist—'Jim, how came you to vol
unteer ?" ' •
Volunteer 2d—"Why, Bob, you see, I have
no wife, to care a red cent for rue, and so I vol
noteered—and- besides, I lace war I Now toll
me how you came out hers
VVolunteer Ist--!'Why the actis, you know
V
I-4-4 have got o wife, and o I catue out here,
because I like perice . !"
Ilereu pen both the volunteers turned over in
their blankets,got a new plastering of mud,
and went to sleep.
Tnn PHRENOLOGIST POSitn.—:-An itinerant
phrenologist was passing through one of our
New England villages, stopping at each house
he passed, in hopes of making his scientific ac
quirements the means of putting a stray quilt.-
ter into a pocket-book which was far from be
ing plethoric. • •
Among others, he stopped at a rustic farm
house. the proprietorof which was busily ,en
gaged in the hack-pi-rd. in splitting up wood
for consumption in the'approaching winter.
The old farmer did - not take much notice of
our phrenologist, who, after watching the axe,
ascend and descend a few times, ventured to
broach the object of his visit, IT saying : •
f•Sir. lam a phrenologist. Would you like
to have me examine the heads of your children
I will do it cheap."
"Wall," said the farther, pausing between
two strokes, 4.1. rayther guess they don't need
it. • The old woman combs 'ens with a line4uolls
comb, once a week I"
NEW IsvcriTtorc—A Yankee down-east has
invented a machine for corking tip daylight,
which will eventually supercede gas. Ile corers
the intoior or a flour barrel with shoemaker's
wax—holds it open to the sun, then suddenly
,heads tip the bat rel. The light sticks to the
wax, and at night can be cut out and sold in
"lots to suit purchasers."
STIt A NG P,l Uua.--First LOA fer.--‘.Why, Jim;
how pale you look ; what's the matter I"
Second Loafer.—"Oh got no sheep last
t."
—"flow was that ?"
S. L.—" Why, you see another feller took
joy eellar"door, and so I bad to take another,
and I can never sleep in a strange bed."
OssiwriatiNG MAI,Ns.—"Now, girls." said
Mrs.- Partington, the other day to her nieces.
"you must get husbands us soon as possible,
or They'll he murdered."
"Why NO. aunt?" inquired one.
"Why, I see tiy the paper that we've got
almost fifteen thousand Post Offices, and near-
Ifall on 'em despatches a mail every day—the
Lord have mercy on us poor widows."
rs.l7A correspondent of the Madison, Wis.
'consin, Democrat pays Chicago the following
com pl intent :
Men arc getting rich faster, and living high
er and doing more blsiness, and drinking more,
and going to the devil generally by a shorter
road in Chicago than in auy place I ever saw
out West."
LITTLK INCIDENT.—At an assemblage of a
few friends. one evening last week, the absence
of a lady was noticed, which was apologized
for by at: acquainiallee, who stated that she was
detained by a little incident.
HAI), yes," exclaimed Mrs. John Smith,
Hand a beautiful Little incident it was Lou ;
weighs just nine pounds and a half."
- - - - -
PaACTICH.—OId Dr. Foster, who prac
ticed in the "healing art" at Blixford, some
years ago, was in the habit of cooking up all
sorts of roots and herbs into medicines and
specifics, and trying them upon /nil wife, and it
they did not kill her, he was ready fur all his
other patients.
r~r. =-it-~~-
Q CPA Convention of husbands is to meet
shortly at Syracuse, to take sonic measures
in regard to matters of fashion. They say
that since they have to support the expense of
fashion, they have an equal right to regulate
it. A proposition to raise nothing but boys
in the future is to conic before the convention.
This is to be called the Husbands' Rights
party.
„,_" . .`") - A California paper gives the following
as the be;t:title to a lot in San Francisco: "A
shanty, and yourself in it, with a recolver.—
Il the title needs confirmation, blow some
-God) 's out.
Li - The human hair harvest of France, the
flew ing look., parted ; with reluctantly by fe
na.ttea, amounts to one hundred tons a year.
1:1
Poetical Effort.
TWO DOLLARS AZYEAR.
U
Farmers' Clubs.
.. , ...,
Among the best instrutn4 ' - 11 .. 'ties to awaken
interest in the iMproiteme :our modes of
cultivation, there are none stand' higher,
than-the one named at the head of this article-
A few words, as to' the uses of these associa
tions and their mode of action, may not he
thrown away. ' Every farmer his peculiarities
in his management of each branch of his call
! ing,,and for every one of his peculiarities,. if'
lie is a sensible man, he has a reason that to
him is abundantly satisfactory... He is .confi
dent that if his neighbor would but follow 'his
mode of.caltivating a crop or rearing an ani
mal, he would be greatly benefitted, 'and emi-•
nently more:Successful than he is'to follow , his'
own. , While his neighbor - believes precisely:
the same in regard to him.. Let these two
men, with - half a dozen others who hold - all
Hindus of opinion on,thi points *hero the two
differ, meet to discuss tht mooted questions
d-there-are-a-hundrecl-chancesto-one-Ahlit--
the 'opinions and 'practice of every man in die'
room would be . modified. and improved.. %-
the present, unsatisfactory condition of agricrd- .
tural science, nest to a long series of carefully.
conthicted, ' well arranged; detailed' eirpeti- .
nients, there is . nothing'só much - to - be desired'
as a bringing out of opinions; and a comparison'_
of the practice:4,9f practipaljnen.,.! And,we can .
conceive, of no means So well calculated . to do
it as a "pleasant rieig,hhoilined : gathering' of
farmers of,an evening, to talk over,tbe-wodea
of practice pursued „by them individiailyjn..,
reference to seine partictilar siihject: tii 'Which
the - evening is - devoted - . ' There - need.Aie no:
formality or speech making r let...it ,he eutirely:'
a conversational meeting,,and,a record kept of,
the triode advocated by each Orsini, In Order
to give some value and '-perpotttity - hithe diti;. -- k
Icussion. , • ' - . ,-
Our word. for it, a dozen farmers ip miy,town.
who Wilt meet and start smile , subject :'to be
discussed, as for Milano' the bes t made of
harvesting Ludlam corn, whether, to ctit.it 4o
the ground or to cut the
,stalks end leave, it to,.
ripen on the' hill ;' the best time to ploit' sward '
land ''for corn, and 'si =thenstind-' other jiiiingar''
where tnen differ, will soon find-that :the hiss,
of a , dinner will 'be .preferred to, missing,-Oto
meeting of the club.
And 'no doien men Can get:together Sint 'OSA
one,evening in 'two weeks through 'di Winter
and discuss questions upon which . -theyptirvalL
well informed, witliont giving .
And, gelk4Pg 0 1 9F9
useful knowledge than they, inimisec,i every
one of them wilt `!roil more i6+ -
changed - , or will have theinitisfaction
that his neighbor, WS' changed, his and his )
practice. We have seen, the working, of an,
institution of this Suit, end airkinitance indl7:
viduid and aggregate - lime - tics wohderfolly lin-
proved through its..iiibluwnee; - snd4rikonlideriti
that none of the members of that . body regret
the time and trouble invested in the farmer's
Club, _
There was a,boy whoie rum* was Simi•
Who, thought he lived, in clover
But it 'proved lie"was not worth' s'
lie died, and died all
K. N.'sizi sApA wk.—Two or the Ja t ituf trovii
missigners who treated with Couttnodere.Por
ry, were named rpspectititekt 1 .1Jdono" and
a::*'lnocctilation" for 'the -- yeilOw river is re- ,
ported to have been •tried • in' More -than 'One
thousand , easec at New .Orleans. ':during' the.;
pest 3 tuurt4(F, with perfect. success - . ,
1 9:7An hour,_ of honest labor.will, -give-tiny
man a better ap_pkite than 10 the ,roots,,bc
tween heio and Egypt.
07'Some. wise person advises: - When you
buy or sell, qt: ot; hire, make:a-clear:bargain,
and never truskto, "We ahant., disagree
it."
iryThe Lowell Advertiser says - that Rev.
Mr. Gales , recently mit rried Mr. -.4JOSePh /•.Vat
to Miss Martha „quiff.- ;, • ,
If that don't make ' a geod:fente, we sheiild
like to know What Will:
37'Sdandy in Broadway, Now York, wish-.
ing to be witty, accosted a, young bellSain asi
follows :—"Yett take all sort s trdinuery - in
jump ..ith,•
jump in."
cr - j - --1f a girl thinks more of .her heels than ,
her head, depend upon it she ,will .. never
account to much. Brains which' settle in the •
shoes never get above them.' Young gentle--
men will please put this down.
story of a man who had a nose so •
large that he couldn't blow it without the use
of gunpowder, is said to be a hoax.
* iie
13 - ..klady advertises in the Glat;ow Wet a ,
that she wants a gentleman forfireakrast:aa
tea. Oh the cannibal.
Oswego (N. Y.) Palladium announ
ces the arrival of the schooner J. B. Collins,
with twenty tons of pigeons ! „
13:7 - A Western editor says that 'many of his.
potions would make good wheel, horses, they'
hold back so well.
D Clark, the owner of Congress Spring,
at Saratoga, is said to derive from it the very
handsome revenue, yearly, of $75,000. •
G:7 - Governor Gardner has appointed over
Iwo thousand Justices qf Me Peace since he
came into office ! Yet there is no peace!—Bus
/on Post. -
ri-The Eastern War cost Great Britain it
twelve months, no less than $80,000,000, and
it is estimated that for the second year at least
$100,00U,000, will be required.
J' The "sere and the yellow leaf" is upon
us, which reminds us that we too are passing
away.
fr7Sally Jones says when sh© was in love,
she felt as if she was in a tunnel, with a train
of cars cowing both ways. --
pa - Dr. Cox. speaking of persons who pro
fess to do a great deal for religion, without ,
possessing any, says they resemble Noah's
earpentem tr who built a ship in which other
people % saved. though they were drowned.
(117GL)Id is said to have been discovered on
Indiana river, Nicaragua. •
1310ney is Well spent in purchasing tram.
quility of wind.
man's works, as those of God, the in
tention is the great thing to be studied.
salvo to your
vcrsity or prosperity.
an egg like a colt 3 -Because if
is uot tit fur u.so until it la broken. - •
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