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From Mrs. Ellis'. "Evenings at Woodliwn."
, THE RED CAP. . : 7
Hans Christoph, the bailiff of a small
town in Germany, was in possession (he-
sides the respect and consideration due him
tn right of otface and personal character) of
a young wife whose name was L.va As
often as the worthy bail ill called her by that
name, he grumbled that it should belong to
her, for it never failed to put him in mind of
the netarious doing of mother hve, when she
circumvented Adam in Paradise. "What
befel the first man," he would say to him
self, may fall to the lot of old Hans Chris
toph ; for if the Eve that took the apple
had one devil to help her, my Eva may
have ten thousand if she chooses.-' And
will she not choose f Oh, Hans Christoph,
it was a foolish thing to marry so young a
wife."
"By the 'ten thousand devils' Hans
meant nothing more than the young men,
particularly those of gentle blood, tea miles
round the neighborhood. For the fact
could not be denied, that they came from
far and sear, on foot and on horseback, to
pay their respects to the lovely, wife of
the bailiff, or to admire her as they rode or
walked past the bouse. Hans Christoph
was not long in finding this out : and the
discovery threw him into a transport of
rage and jealousy. He would no longer
permit Eva to go to the door, nor leave the
bouse oo any pretext ;. and at last forbade
her even looking out of the window.
"&va was a sweet, innocent, amiable
creature, and had always entertained a pro
found respect for her old husband. But
wben be snowed such unreasonable dis
trust, and treated ber so harshly, her re
spect, as a matter of course, was reduced
to naught; while he continued day after
day, to torment her by his unfounded sus
picions. 1 he rebellious spim in her hu
man nature was roused, until she was at
last provoked into wishing for an opportu
nity to deceive him. .
"W hat a woman seeks to do, she is not
long In 'finding means to accomplish, in
spite of all the Argus watching id the world.
For many days had the nephew of tbeir
landlord, In passing the house, thrown in
pitying glances, intended lor the pretty
victim of tyranny, which looks, caught by
stealth were readily understood. ' So; one
day, when the bailiff was gone to the tavern
to examine a thief who had let himself down
by the chimney to steal, Master Frits avail
ed himself of the same means to enter the
kitchen of Hans Christoph'o house. " There
Eva received him, and disburdened herself
of all her troubles. Whom else bad she to
complain tol Frita listened sympathy
singly; and said he thought he could help
ben ' lie knew or a war to cur the old
ballif of his jealousy. ' Eva Shook her head
incredulously. That would be a miracle
indeed ! t But Frits hope! for the best, and
Dresemiv unfolded bis scheme."' Eva lau?h
ed heirtllt it iti nd tafrjmlied her aid td
the best of
if her power. ' , ''" ' .
"In the afternoon of the same
day the
bailiff was sittipg tn very sullen mood, on
the stone bench before his door.. He was
wondering how it happened that his young
wife had not wept bitterly j s' usual, at his
reproach sod, trying to think ,nho had
bees daring eiwugh to offer M cdhscflstion.
A slight noise Interrupted bis reverie, and
looking up, he saw. ts old Polish Jew, In
eoursv travelling gear, with S knapsack on
blssbovUjersi W ? i " ti - :
"Anything to' buy V asked the pedlar"
in broken German Hans Christoph made
gesture oi repulsion put the Jew stood
his ground
a --.
i SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, tA, SATURDAY, JtANUARi' 10, Hs6:
"I have, very fine things in t my knap
sack, such as one does not see every day,'?
he persisted , . . . ;,- :t
I want rtolMnfc. Get awajr. , , , '
"Oh, every body wants something 5 and
I have every thing that heart can wish.
Now, ifyod have eer a young wife," Wh6
gives you trouble, have I not her my Red
Cap V So saying, ihd opening his; knap
sack, the Jew drew out several things, and,
among them, a parcel in a number bf wrap
pings. Taking these off, one afier another,
he produced a cap of red leather, which
he drew on his hand and exhibited to the
bailifK - . . .
"Well; and what is the use of this lea
ther cap, the like of which, or better, I can
get in tn town anywhere for a couple of
groschen ?w demanded Hans Christoph.
The JeW shook his head, and smiled
with an air of mystery. ' "Oh, yes! you
can get plenty of caps," he cried, "black,
white, grey, 3'elloW or blue; silver, gold,
or diamond caps for. aught I know; but
the Red Cap of mine, master, is worth more
than all."
Ehv fellow ! and how can that be V
"Because," answered the pedlar solemnly
-"because my Red Cap is the true cover
ing for his head, worn by the prophet Eli
jah, which he dropped on the ground when
he went up to heaven in the chariot of
fire."
"Der Tausend ! is this true 1" exclaimed
the bailiff, with open eyes. ',
"And it has this virtue," continued the
Jew, "that to the one who has on the cap,
every body must tell exactly what he
thinks or purposes."
"You are not jesting 1"
"And if an old man, who has a young
wife, Wears the cap, she will always remain
as true as steel to him, and will regard him
as the handsomest man in the world."
"Ha ! can that be true, pedlar?' i
"Well, master, you can make the trial."
"And what is the price of the cap?"
"Three ducats ; neither more nor less."
"That Is too much, Jew."
"Too little, far too little, hi such a Won
derful cap as this."
"I will try it!" Therewith Hans Chr:
toph put ort the cap,' and then called his
Wife out of the house. Eva came accord
ingly. As soon as she saw her husband,
she exclaimed in apparent amazement: i
: "Oh, Hans, why have you put on such
strange cap?" . .
"It is a cure for the htadathtp answered
the bailiff. "I bought it Just bow of the
Jew."
"Eva deigned not to look at the pedlar,
but fixing her eyes more earnestly upon her
husband : "Do you know, dear Hans," she
cried, "that Ihe cap is wonderfully becom
ing to you ? Vou are very handsome in it!"
"Indeed ?M asked the bailiff. "It is be
Coming( is it, eh ?
"You look at least twenty years young
er," answered Eva; "and if 1 had not ad
mired you before, you are certainly now
irresistible!"
The astonishment of Hans Christoph
knew no bounds. But there lingered a
shadow of doubt at the bottom of his mind.
To satisfy it, he took the cap slowly from
his head and put it on the head of the Jew.
Eva turned instantly, as noticing the pedlar
for the first time, and exclaimed: "But
how comes this handsome young man here ?
Do not be angry, Hans, but I must give
him a kiss." Therewith she ran up to the
Jew ; but Hans Christoph rushed between,
snatched the cap from the pedlar's head,
and placed it on his own, receiving his
wife's embrace. '. She took no further no
ticeofthe Jew, ' " J ; '
"It is really wonderful: muttered the
bailiff. "Well, I will never more lay aside
the Red Cap, and will take cafe, moreover,
that no one else puts it on. Here, Jew, are
your three ducats, and a piece of silver be
sides, for S treat. Js'ow pack yourself out
of the village, and never let me see you
again, or you may chance to be burnt as a
Conjurer."
.The pedlar took the money, bowed his
thanks, and went his wav.
Hans Christoph embraced his wife Bhd
promised never more to torment her again
with ' his jealousy. She had full liberty
thenceforward to sit at the window or the
door, as oAen and as long, as she pleased.
Duf or the Ascmirrs. The difference
between the diet of the ancients and that of
us modems, is very striking. The anoient
Greeks and Romans used no alcoholic liquor,
it being unknown to them ; nor coffee, nor
tea, nor chocolate, nor Sugar, nor even butter;
for Galen informs us he had seen butter but
once iri his life." : They were ignorant of the
greater number of out tropica! Spices, as
clove, nutmeg,' mace, ginger, Jamaica pepper
cuny,'' pimento1. They ''used neither buck
wheat nor French beans, nor spinach, nor sa
go, tapioca; salad, arrow toot, Nor potato , or
its varieiies ; nor even the comment but a sort
of marshgrown beau ; nor. marly bf our fruits
as the orange, tamaiiml, nor American maize.
On the other hand, they ate Substance which
we how hegleot the ma!!dw, the herb ox
tongue, the sweet acorn,' the hipin.' They
iked the flesh of wild asses, of little dogs; of
ihe dormouse, of the fox of the bear. They
ate the flesh ofparoqueiSSnd other rare birds,
and of lizards. ' They were fond of a great
many fish and shod fish which we ndw Hold
in ho esteem. : They employed as seasoning,
rue and aaafcjtidai itc'S Out end Rtgim.
' '"Sail" Said stuttering Sam Snooks, "if yen
dont love trie, tbay tboj and if yon do love
me Ibsy ihd ; and if )da do lav rife, add
don't like to thay I ho, aqoeeth any hand,"
6he pot her band upon ber busSursl, 8am flt
the gentle pressure of ber t'other'-paw, laSd
was as happy sis a soUywoggU.l n (vwi 1
( Ill i 1 1 1 i -v.rt - I
NtvES relate yonr misfortunes, and never
giev ever what yesj tfjao prevent.
From tha India Sporting Review f. June, 1817.
PERILOUS ADVENTURE WITH A, TIOER.'
The following , truly spirited affair is
told in a', piivate. letter,. wbich has been
placed in our hands by a friend, himself an
old hand St the sport, and who has had his
hair-breath escape. Erftfori Gazette "'
.., Knowing that you take much interest in
sporting adventures, being a keen sports,
man yourself, I forward yod ah account of
a tiger I was lucky enough td kill on the
14th of December, near Juganauthpore on
the Jar.il river. I extract the ascount from
my journal, which says: ' ;
' About two-half P Mi 4 man came runn
ing down to the edge bf the water just
ahead of the boat, in a great fright, and said
that a tiger had seized a man close by, and
that although the man was alive they were
afraid to go near to fetch .him; that the
tiger had left the man and gone to a little
distance, but when the man moved to get
away the tiger seized him again, And that
he understood the sahib had guns, he begg
ed I would come and make a noise with
them, so that they might get the mam - At
first I thought it was, native like,1 a great
deal fright and a great deal more exaggera
tion; but when I looked at my informant
he seemed so earnest and so excited, that I
thought he must have seen something like a
tiger eating a man at least.
I immediately ordered the boat, and load
ed very carefully my large rifle and double
barrel, and went to the top of the bank,
which was here twenty feet high, (followed
by all the boatmen and servants, one with
a sword without a handle, and thereat with
bamboos.) . I was then in the midst of ran
ges of paddy-fields, with not a tree or bush
in them from half a mile to a mile round ;
but With some scattered huts a long distance
off to the rteht and left. I stopped thought
it impossible a tlgef could be any where
near, for if a cat had been there it appeared
as it it must have been seen. Ihe man
probably taking my hesitation for fear,
said
Snhih. it is a email tio-pr. St !a 1am. it
, 9 ,
nas been shot by some sahib lozue. and
Can't run it Can't hurt you.'
'But,' J said, 'here is nothing but a pad
dy-field, there is no place for a tiger her.'
Ire replied, lhere, sahib, there,' point''
ing about fitly yards ahead, where there
were four or five men standing. 1 1
i ran up to them quickly, and when I
got to them above fitly yards further I saw
a poor wretch, crawling on dneside on the
ground ; and I never saw such an expres
sion of utter despair as that which the poor
fellow glanced behind him, or one more in
dicative of imploring for assistance as he
looked towards us. I ran up to him quickly
he could not speak, and Was covered with
Wounds, one a fearful One in the small of
the back; the people had a little dooley
with them, I had bun put on that and sent
offtomyboat. The men said, , ,
Uh, sahib! now we have got the man,
come away, it is an immense tiger and you
are on foot, what can you do to it.'
I asked where they supposed it to be ;
they pointed about fifty yards ahead
where there was a little coarse grass grow
ing; so I picked out one fellow who I
thought, from his size, was, or ought to be,
at least, the most courageous of the lot, and
gave him try double gun. I cocked my
rifle, and commenced making a circle of
about thirty yards around the supposed
place where the tiger was; very soon I
found my double gun getting further off,
so I called to half a dozen who were near
est to come with the man, the rest were all
going .backward instead bf coming on.
After 'I had got about ball round the place,
the man with the gun said
'There, sahib, there ! : , i
And I looked to see where he was point
ing, but he was crouched In 4 heap behind
me, and exclaimed ' - ' 1 .
i Oh, ma-goo, ma-goo I can't, I can't!'
I took the direction of the fellows ryes,
and there, right in front of me, distant about
thirty yards, l saw through some grass a
confused shape and coloring of a thundering
big head of a tigeh , I told the fellow not
to be afraid, and took the glln and half
cocked it, and told him on ' no account to
run (for We Were now alone,) until he had
given me the gun. I thought the fellow
would dfop Irito the e,arth. I placed the
gun in his two hands in ffont of him; ready
for me td take hold of; and would like to
have cocked it) but was afraid the fellow in
his fear might by sSme mUhsp let it off. I
looked again at the tiger; be had I, raised
himself & little. I put one band on the
gtin In the fellow's hand, and walked a
little further to the right and ahead, where
there Was sn opening in the grass that gave
me a better view of him,; a I did so he
raised himself a little more; and seemed,
ready Tor a spring ; so t said to Ihe fellov,
Now I am going to fire, .but don't you hiri
till you give me the gun.' . ;
' He said, Oh I l eant, t can't ! ., " 1 '
, I took deliberate aim I could see his
ears plainly; I judged from that where his
eye was; or the full lower part of his head"
and fired, at'the same time almost, snatch
ing at my double barrel. It wae well I
did; for' it Was It good afm's length off.
The Instant I fired the beast sprung fifteen
or twenty feet, right out, and with a roar,
whor-aur-ar-r-r, came tearing towards me
with fitriOUs bounds. I only had time to
cock one barrel, and I really think I artic
ulated toi myself, 'Now, , nothing but the
moat determined coolness cin save me, (for
frdrn the. fearful Jeapo the beast took,
thought I had thlssed him.) J waited until
he made three leapt," and was then within
ten of twelve y Shis of me", fld fifed full at
bis breast! $ finding him still eome-oa I
sprung off aid Ways, and he lit a few feet
beyond Where I had 'ttonijy-1 cooked th
other barrel and1 stood ready for bjm, but
be looted towards the ( people who baa
bees with the gun, who were nova far ext.
Seeing this I ran eight er tes yards) S
lesps towards me,
and I was just on the point of pulling my
last trigger when he stumbled and fell, but
git up aain directly aud fell again. 1 had
given a f -low my poWdef flask td hold, so
that it Wight be thi more handy but he,
With the main body of them, were still
running, although a good half mile off: so
I halloed and motioned that I wanted to
load my g'unj and stood still'; after some
delay,- he made a tremewifous circuit and
brought it to nw.'': During this time the
tiger hsd raised himself up several times,
and growled most fiercely at me but he
could do no more, I loaded and walked up
to the back of him, he was breathing very
heavily, and I was hesitating whether to
fire again or not, when he lifted up his
head, so I clapped the muzzle close to the
back of his ear and grave him the coup de
grace. It was some time belore . any one
Would come near me, but wnen they saw
me take hold of fhe; tiger's head they came
from all quarters,' ttnd I bad fc hundred or
more around me directly ; and . now that
they found the tiger was really dead, it
was with the greatest difficulty I could
keep them from putting spears into it and
beating it. I tied his two fore and hind
legs together, put 4 bambdo betWikt each,
and sixteenJelloWs marched off, not very
fast-, with him towards the boat.
, I now wanted my Ftfle, but the fellow
had flung it away as he ran however, we
soon found it. ' 1 Went td look at the place
where the tiger had lain ': it was a dry nul
leh, about four feet wide at the mouth, and
running back about ten feet to a ftolnt, and
about foul: feet deejS the dnly place for a
mile or two round that he could brobably
have lain down without being seen. I
Went off t'rj the boat to see what I could do
for the JJoor wounded fellow. The wounds
in his back was from the tiger's mouth, and
a fearful one; his hips were literally
smashed, and his entrails protruding ; those
in the upper part of the body we're from
the tiger's claws; his shoulder and left
arm were smashed ; of 'course with - such
Wounds as these I could do nothing. I
gave him some laudanum and made him a
comfortable bed of some bamboos and the
straw from some beer bottles, and sent him
off to an indigo factory, that I understood
was near. Just as I had done this they
brought me another, man, Who had been
seized by the time tiger earlier in the day ;
his wounds were id the same parts of his
body, and of exactly the same description
as the other, I did the same for him. The
fellows had now brought the tiger to the
top of the bank, and stolen all his whis
kers. , As I took his measure, it was eight
feet ten inches long from nose to end of
tail, three feet eijrht in height behind, three
feet eleVen inches nt the fore shoulder, and
two feet through the upper part of fore leg.
The next day after I had skinned him I
found bis head measured two feet nine
inches round. I was followed for two
days by lots of natives, who wanted to see
the sahib who shot the tiger, after waiting
until it got Close tb him. . ' -
J.W.R.
Gowahatti, January 13, 1847;
LINES OR AMERICA. .'
ST ItADT EMELINE STUART WORTLET.
Ameiiea! how noblr aliiues thjr fame; .
Still adding like thy flas;, freed star to star,
, 'Till earth is echoing that triurt'pheut name,
1 Punned in that glowing shadow near and far !
For Ibee bo pause oo dull inglorious real .
In famc'abright race, still proudly onward presa'd.
' How doA thuu acorn each bound, each barrier brave,
Reversing thins owa snd Nusssa's course !
That fall! as though ite goal were but Us grave;
Thai aver falls, with downward thundering force ;
Thou rieest, aaj le-like, from height to height,
I To track yet grandes sunpaths of the light. ... 1
:-.; r-; . .! .
Ma. Wemtworth, of Illinois, writing to
his paper from Washington, in regard to the
hall of the house of representative, says
"It is not 'generally known that so poorly
were the principles of accoustics consulted
in the construction of the hall, that two men
may be whispering together so low that their
next neighbor cannot hear them, fcnd yet all
they say is distinctly heard on : the i opposite
side of ihe house- Men often address the
speaker on one aide of the houae and be turns
bis eyes to recognise them on the opposite
side, rbistatirig the echo for the voice itself.
A gentleman who was occupying Ihe spea
ker's chair many -years since, told me that
be had heard in hisseat amid a warm debate
below, the whisperiug of a young man, . in
what is called the 'lose comer' of the ladies'
gallery, who was making proposal to a young
lady in so low a tone that her own' mother
did not know what was going on. Skid my
informant, '1 wS attending to her duties and
she was attending to rfiine,' . ;
i tobp Advice rpa the New YBAR.-b'we
bo man anything. .. Keep out of debt; ty all
mean. Avoid it as you would warj'posti
lenee end famine. , . Shun it as you' would the
spirit of evil. Hal it with a perfect haired.
Abhor it with entire and absolute abhorrence
Dig potatoes, break stones, peddle tinrware ;
do anything that is honest and Useful, rather
than run ia defy, ,As you value comfort,
quiet Ihd independence, keep out of debt.-
Ae you value, good digestion, a healthy ap,
petite, a, placid tember, a smooth pillow,
sweet. fl"F, , pleasant dreams, . and happy
walkings, and keep out of dept.';,. .
Soil a avEE risy'; W 8l Lonlsi Iri allu
sion to the "biil tot the1 benefit of married
women," when before tile' Missouri Legil
ture, ssk'ed if t( would not be belter for tb
members to do something for the benefit of
the single ladies, Snd pot trouble themselves
so much abut piber men's wives:
"Mtrbls i qheel srtlole of traffic Vut lb
u4 of JW ri Wvftlt t.90,606 . ,h'c.'.y,
while at retail it sella for 100,000.
alRSTMSSTRA SdCttT.
Talleyrtnd was (oripple and Bid, on that
account, Ween deprived of his inheritance, in
d or of hit younger brother Depending en
tirely on bis talents, he made his first appear
ance in the gay society of Paris thus: -"The
young Abbe de Talleyrand's first appearance
in Ihe gay society of Paris was at the hotel
of Madame de Brignole, who was' in the ha
bit of receiving the very elite of the fashiona
ble world, together with the It'oris of the day.
The young man seated himself in a temote
corner, so a to observe the passing scene
without taking part in it. 1 8o6''i a modest,
retiring looking man and placed himself near
him. This was Philidor, the celebrate!
chess-player, who being a frequent visitor at
Ihe house, was able and willing to point out
the different distinguished guests to hi un
initiated neighbor. v D'Alembert, Diderot,
and other great men were there and Philidor
was complacently commenting on I hem, for
the young abbe's edification, when their qui
et corner was suddenly invaded by two young
hussar officers, a captain and lieutenant in a
regiment feftpejeiatly favored by the unhappy
queen MaricggVntoinette, and also noted for
the free and impertinent manners of the
youn? men who composed it. The two of
ficers were laughing heartly at some exqui
site jest between themselves. 'Come into
this corner,' said one, 'and I'll finish the story
the end of it must be reserved for your pri
vate ear.' 'the corner is taken,' replied the
other: 'I see Philidor there talking to some
young raven just fledged, and flown from the
seminary. They'll give up their places. I
know Philidor's Proper ! he'll submit, and
the abbe will follow his example.' So say
ing, they approached the two occupants of
the corner and with the coolest impertinence
began to annoy them by their words and ges
tures. Philidor, whose pacific and timid
character was well known, immediately pre
pared to retreat. He cast an imploring
glance at the abbe complained of the heat of
the room and finally rose and glided away.
The Chevalier de Boufilers one of the. offi
cers took instant possession of Ihe vacant
chair, and turning towards the young abbe,
stared at him with an insolent expression.
The lieutenant took up his position at the
other side, and looked at Talleyrand in man
ner not less offensive. Not the slightest no
tice, however, did the young man take of ei
ther, until the officer, tired of his sangfroid,
inquired 'if he did not find the heat oppres
sive?' and added the advice to imitate his
friend, and seek cooler air in the ante-chamber.
Talleyrand, with the utmost politeness,
'thanked Ihe officer for his considerate kind
ness ; but begged to assure him that his own
lungs were so very delicate, that he would
fear to encounter the cold air.' . The angry
blood mounted In the officer's cheek ; he
was a'youlh just come from Normandy, and
spoke with his native accent in all its purity.
'You look young, my dear abbe,' he said ;
'perhaps you have not been at school, and
are not aware that you have yet many things
to learn ; amongst the n?st'- 'A thousand
pardons!' interrupted the abbe, standing up,
looking full at his adversary, and imitating to
perfection the Norman accent, 'assure you
I have been at school : I learned all' my let
ters, and I know that A B (abbe) is not C D
(cedar, yield ;) and moveover that .your E P
(epet, sword) will not make me O T (oter, go
away.)' By this time a number of the guests
had collected, and received Talleyrand's sal
ly with a peal of hearty IaugtUe'r, The Che
valier de Boufilers himself applauded ; but
the discomfited Norman,' having no reply
ready, took himself off as fast as possible.
Madame dn DefTand happened to be in the
room. She heard the repartee, and expres
sed a warm wish to have the author intro
duced to her. This was done by De Boufilers
himself. This illustrious lady, who was blind
invited ihe young abbe to be seated next to
her. ' She passed her venerable band over
hi face, in order to examine the feature
which sHe eould not see, and then said, Go
young rnan, nature ha endowed . you with
her richest gift. Sbe has placed it in your
powerfully to redeem the wrongs of fortune.'
The Abbe de Talleyrand soon became known
in the highest literary and political circles :
his sub'seqtierll career belongs td the eventful
history of the period." 1
A Fins Aeecdote. ' d, yoii're a 'pren
tice !" said a little boy, the other day, taunt
ingly le his companion: ; The addressed turn
ed proudly kroiind, find, while the fire of in
jured pride and the look of pity were strongly
blended iu his countenance, booly answered
So wasFrauklin!" ' - ,
"Mallo I"- ejeukted an anxious guardian
to his lovely niece, as he entered the parlor,
and saw her on the soW, in the arms of a
swain, who had just popped the question, and
sealed it with a smack "What's the time
of day, how 1 "I should think it was about
half past twelve," was the eooi reply f "yon
see we are almost .':',.'. , i.j ;,
" A "New FgM'.USome) One In ftocnesteJ has
invented a pen which can hold ink enough
to write over fwenty-fbor pages of foelmpf
if be wooid invent one that would hold ideas
Mough le cover as many' pages, he would
oeafer afaveii!i.:ii,i!v.-(iiii.! ,U.-,-J ,V;re ! "
, - - ." ..;.''' r t".?V ".- !:
Kcem Retobt During the late canvass ia
Michigan, a surgeon dentist was making as
excieotwecli in sjrtof te Injeuoxip
i kiw f.lldw bfkf gnu o Ufa ',iher Mrty p ;
.y..... wiio iosj question,, "wnai 00
you'ek"to pull a tooth. ' Doctor j" ' will
pull all youi teeth for a shilling srrd ywrjreose'
gratis," replied the speaker.
OLD 8ERIE8 VOL. 1 NO.
. hAtMy OF A FIVE DOLLAR rVOTat.'"
. There is a moral In the following nafa
tive whicb has value independent of the con
dition of the heart which prompted Its put
lication:,' " ' " ''
. New BEorosD,8mo. lOih, 1841.
"Mr. Pope Dear Sir : Enclosed I send y'oe
20. Of this amount you probably have ne
account, More than twenty years ago I lived
in a public houae in Fa!rhaVri. One room
ing, in eweeping the bar room, I found a five
dollar bill, New Yoik money. Knowing it
did not belong to my employer, and suppos
ing the person that bad lost it mrgnt be faf
absent, and it would never be called for, t
thought it belonging to me if the owner did
not call, therefore I put it in my pocket and
said nothing about it to any one. It was not
mote than one or two day! before you called
and inquired if we had found a five dollar bill;
(I say you, for I think it must he you. I had
forgotten your name, but within a few years
I have heard your name mentioned in con
nection with the factory, and think it must
be you, trora the fact that the gentleman
stopped at the Widow Pope's, and Vesided in
New York at the same time. I do not know
kyou in person now.) I said I had not found
it. .. It appeared to me the first lie I had ever
told, it made such an impression on my mind
1 was not in the way of lying or stealing. ' ''
At know I never took six cents from 'my
employers in my life; but as I had not said
any thing about finding it to my employers, J
was ashamed to own up. I rather you had
the bill twice over, but 1 thought that if I
owned that I found it and had said nothing
about it, they would not have the same high
opinion of my honesty which ihey then had.
Although that five dollars has given me many
unpleasant hours, still I am not sorry 1 found
the money and kept it. For while a boy I was
entrusted with much money, and fekny time
it was in such a way tha' might have taken
some and no on tut God would have known
it; and fnce a man I haVe done some busi
ness, and errors have been made in my favor
at bank and with merchants, but the "S3"
has always been a regulator to give every
man his due. 1 can truly say, money has no
temptation except gained in a fair way. I
have no doubt I have given a'vriy many dol
lars in trade, when there has been some Mis
take, for fear I should not give the peisoos
their due. My success in business has been
equal to most young men. t thank God that
this did take place, and that I am able to pay
you four-fold, and that he has spared my life
to do it, I have no doubt you are the geh'tle:
man that lost the money, and if you are not,
I had rather you had it, as I shall feel Si
though it was paid.
Yours, with much thought.
What Does it Cost to Gkow ah Atttit or
Potatoes ? Forman Henrickson hear Allen
town, Monmouth county; Estimates the labor
of preparing the ground, hauling manure,
cutting seed, pladting: cultivating; digging;
and harvesting, ' at $14 and seven bushels e'
seed, S3 50. Average crop, 130 busriei.
Land loamy made rich by peat and lime.
Thomas Hancock, farmer near Burlington;
estimates as follows :
7 bushels cut seed. , . ' $3 8d
1 day, with two horses' ploughing, 2 Od
2 days' hauling manure, 4 00
1 day 2 men, boy and team planting, 00
I day harrowing, 2 half days' ploughing;
and I days' hoeing, 75
3 days' digging sad 2 covering, " ' 3 75
Crop 200 bus. Land sandy loam, S20 00
Benjamin' Cooper's estimate, at Camden :
1 man and 2 horses' ploughing, 2 men
and carls' hauliug manure; and 1 mad . ;
cutting and dropping, in evffy id fur-
. row, the manure spread and ploughed
., in 1 day, H it
1 day' harrowing and 1 cultivating, , 3 00
2 days', hoeing, - " t 80
1-fOlhof crop for diggjng, . .. . 7 50
2 men and team one (iky to put crop in
'. cellar, ... ,., ,.. , 3 00
10 bushels seed, . 10 00
Crop 150 bus. Land sandy;
, Rent of land worth 16 an acre.'
S30 25
Death or the Eldest imh asitant The
last Alhehf (Geo.) Banner announces the
death of Mr. Daniel Hale, of Franklin coun
ty, who died on the 2d of July last, In the
119!Hyear of his age, leaving on the premi
ses where " he resided, at the time of his
death, a son 74 years of age, a grand-daughter
of 44 years of age, and a great-grand:
daughter 82 years old. " 1 '
: ' -i ' j
la Kemtvccst a ploochmam became ea
amored of a miff-maid on a neighboring
farm. ' His addresees were rejected r and Ike
disappointed swain, full of melancholy and
revenge, procured a rope, a went to the bard
knd-Hed oil tits tow's ftitll iHgethtti '
. Tcaknaj Stmpathv pea rats Peri. The
Sublime Ports) ksi despatched to PiuslX,
congratulation en the result of the Kronen,
siege of Some, and wishee for the epeedy re
establishment ef thi Pontine! throne, '
' 1 . r ' n
There are' S3 Baptist sdrorciltsta Ksf fr.
sey, 44 smMots, lOt. iukery Jnoluding li
eentUtea aad edrU ; roJniaters without
charge, itM", members ef whom there
m?.i baptised during the year, TtS.
' Paoeasss or LsMASTta, PaIt' is eetf
mated that during the yeas IBeS, - 150
new buildings were erected to tike ast? ef
UiMeator; saaay of them are tf s erf -eksraser.