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H. B. MASSED, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
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SUN UUUY. NOIf I'll U.MDKIH.AN I) COUNTY. I'A.. r'A'l Vl-IDAY, JANUAUY M. Ih.TI.
OLD SKR1KS Vol,. 1 I. NO. 7.
NEW S Hit IKS VOL
3. NO. 4.
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TEWttS OF TI1K AMISKICA'.
TllE AMKRICAN i ptMiilil nvrry SWurrtiy nt TWO
IMM.I.AHS per milium In Iw p"l half yearly in iiilviini-e,
No panel iliaC'Nitiiiunt until am. nrrrriit nre piinl.
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tion to lli American.
One Planai e of 10 linen. 3 linlcii,
Everv aulwiineiit iiiaciiinn,
lni Sl'iurr, 11 month",
Hit innnllia,
Oua vear,
Hiimiipu Canla nf Five lliie". P''f annum,
M.rrhnnm unit other., nitverli.imi l.y Hie
rar. with thr privilege ot inncniiijiilii-
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AT 1113 STORE CF
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TVTHO tnkc this iiieth.nl nf infoniiiiiit his
f Victiiin and rmti rn. Ilinl he '.ins just n-
(Ccivcd am! nprncil n s)iloniliil ;iss.i I nu n t ul
X 15 W (J O () 1) S.
vhioh ho oilers to llif public t the lowest prices.
Hi stock consists of every variety tiwl iti!ililv.
iirrcssiirv lor the liinin-r, miTlinnii-. it M.I Inlmri-r.
as writ 11 tin' iroliwi-mul mail, w-.: nil Kinilnol'
y s' A jn r I.
AS ioT.!;. r.ss!MKi:r.S. SATTIXIITT!,
JI'IM.S. 4c.
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a Ijw iu's.irlim'iil of
Culicur.i, Munru'liiif It' Luincs. .V ptccaf,
Mri im. Sltiurls. Ilihiill.-t rrlii'Jf.
ItllU'Is.
I liiis'-y :
Clinks,
dunlinis
.lso n ::--irt int'i it . nf
mill SiOis, litis (Hi t'iyi.?,
a vr Sioix,
Also an A-so:;tmi-: t op
Jl5At)V .M.VD15 Cl-O ril.N(.
1 gi-inTii) assorlmi'iit of ( Iroci'iii ?, Sniir,
Colll-i; T.'ii, CI so, M11-
l;issrs, Sujes.
A 11 ;i ssi li'l ll.t'l 1 1 ol
llardicacr, S:.-ih. Slr, l .niul Jt.m
fStirh as Brumlii, f!in. Huts, Whiskey, iVc.
fiT PrMln.-f of nil kimls will l;e ikiMi in rx
rhansp, mill t- W-jln-st KiiirU-l ri paiii for tli
kiiiii'.
."s'uulniry, "o(. SO, lK.ri.w Jy.
GREAT ARRIVAL
NEW (J GODS!
Market Str-t, Sur.bury, Pa.,
TrnilN W. V'lUI.iMi nvwilfiilly inlonn lii.s
IVU'IuIk unit i i;soni, rs that In- Ir.is just re
irived a lure ii.il linnili.i)i nssiilt'lit of
)rv (loorls.
('niistMiiie fif Clollns, Cnssiini-vi'S, S.ittitn-tls,
IK- l.:iin'S. ( 'kiiroi-s. Fancy
11111I N.i 'W' (io.iils.
A IX):
GROCERIES f every drscription,
Din t, and ii:jii'ivi.i'
aiTEEITSWARE AND HARDWARE,
Kisli. Suit. I'l.islrr unci tt o'lternl assortinimt nf
(ill amh kooiU .is Kilt nil I'latMis ; li K;ir
iitrr, Mei'liaiiic, (.aliotiir ami (mjiiIIiHiii ii of all
jiriifrsxiimg.
'V he Fi a il i e
Vt'Wl fiiul a prit iiiriiity nf all bin-li aflioU-n a
llii'V will ni'l'l fir tliii Hi'i'lil m.asoli.
'Xf' ('oiintry jiiiulili'O of all kind taUdi ill cx
iliatiKC nt the niarkrt firiiv,
Suuliury, Nui. 0. lH.O,
SELECT POETRY.
THE LAOOEIt OF T. AfKtSTIXE.
BV IIKNRT W. I.ONtif'KLLOW.
Snint AiiL'iistittP ! well lmM limn sid,
That of mir vior wo run fi iimo
A lail.liT, if we will lull lioail
neiicitlh ourffi't each ili-ed of sliaine !
All rntntniiii lliincs eacli day's rveitts,
Thai willi I he hour tn-u'ni anil cinl ;
(lnr pleasures and onr iliscontenls
Are ronnds by w hich we may ascend,
The low desire the liase design.
That niitkes nimtlii'i's virtue.- h-s.-,
The revel of the yiddy wine,
And ull occasions uf um-i'mi !
The lunging for L'nnMe things.
The mrili- fur Iriiimph imiru than truth,
The hardnini! of (he heart, that blinds
li reverence lor the dreams of yunlh !
All Ihonshts of ill all evil deeds,
That liiive llieir ronl in Ihought of ill,
Whatever hinders or impedes,
The action of Ihe nobler w ill !
All these must first he ira tripled down,
Henealh onr feel, if we w ould L'ain
In the liii'jht 1 it-lit of Fair renown
The 1 ilit ol eminent domain !
We have not wincjs we rnnnot snnr
Hnl we have feet to scale and climb
13y slow decrees hy more ninl more
The cloudy summits ol our lime.
The mighty pvrntniils of stnnp,
That weih'e-iike cleave the desert airs,
When nearer seen, ninl heller known,
Aid but riyanlio (lights of stairs.
Tit" ilisianl mountains, that uproar
Their iVowuiey loielieads to the skii.'s
Are crossed by pathways, that appear
As we to higher h.-vels rise.
The heiuhls by yrcat men reached and
kepi,
Were not attained by sudden tlihl,
lint they while llieir companions slept,
Were toiling upward in Iho niirhl.
Standius on what loo lotm we bore,
With shoulders bent and downcast eyes.
We may discern unseen before
A path of hiirhor destinies.
Nor deem the irrevocable Past,
As wholly wasled wholly vain
1! l i-inir on its w recks, at last,
To somelhiii nobler we altain.
7. 0k etc I).
Fl'iin Mi M ilnt !!.' "Ctiritinns On!.'
THE WOLF CHASE.
j;v c. vi!iti:hi:ai).
until it ended in one wild yell. 1 was np.
palled. Never belore had such a noise
met my pars. I thoiurlit it more than inor
tnl so fierce, ami amid siirh an unbroken
solitude, it seemed as if a fiend had blown
from an infernal trumpet.
Presently I I'eard the twifrs on shore
Miap, as if from the tread of some animal,
ar.d the blood rushed back to my forehead
with a bound that made my skin burn, and
I felt relieved that I had to contend with
things earthly, and not of a spirilunl nature
my energies returned, and I locked
around nie for some means of escape. The
moon shone through the openiui; of the
mouth ofthe creek by which I had entered
the forest, and considerinj this the I est
moans-of escape, I darted towards it like
an arrow. 'Twas hardly a hundred yards
distant, and the swallow could scarcely ex
cel my desperate iljirht ; yet, as I turned
my head to the shore, I could see two dark
objects dashinn- through the underbrush at a
pace nearly double in speed to my own.
Hy this preat speed, and the short yells
which they occasionally pave, I knew at
once that these were the much dreaded r.iN'
wolf.
J had never met with these nttimals-, but
from the description riven of them I had
but little pleasure m mnkinp: their acquain
tance. Their unbimeable fierceness, and
tin- nntirini; strength, wjiich seems part of
their nature, render them objects of dread
to every benighted traveller.
'Vittl llit'ir .'llj !r:;ll.-i. wllirli will tin!
Tin- ili't-r li'Mifiil's lititt- Hiiiltiir li'.mU'i . Iin''
they pursue their prey never straying
Iioiii Ihe track of llieir victim and as the
I wearied hunter thinks hp had at last out
i stripped them, he finds that they hut waited
I lor the eveninj to seize their prey, and falls
j a jn'i.o lo the tireless animals.
I Thr bushes that skirted the shore flow
j past with the velocity of lithiums as I
; dashed on in my flight to pass the narrow
I openinE. The outb't was nearly pained:
! one second more and I would be compara-
lively safe, when my pursuers appeared on
' Ihe bank directly above me, which here
I rose to the height ol ten feet. There was
no time for thought, so, I bent my head and
i dashed madly forward. The woivrs spranjr
j but misealculalinir mv speed, sprang behind
while their intended prey glided out upon
the river.
Nature turned me toward home. The
litlht flakes of snow spun from the iron ol
my skates, and I was some distance from
my pursuers, when their fierce howl told
me I was still their fugitive. I did not
look back : I did not fee! afraid, or sorry,
or plad ; one thought of home, of the briirht
faces awaiting my return, or their tears il
they should never see me : anil then every
energy of body anil mind was exerted for
escape. 1 was perfectly at home on the
ice. IWanv were the davs that I spent on
my pood skates, never thinking that nt one
21 ;L?umoioua uctcli.
TOO WILLING BY HALF.
A BOAHDIXl IIOIKU MKKTCIl.
iiy Tin: yoitno 'i n.
Many of our readers will recognize th"
point oi' the following joke, which we heard
related "loiijj time airo," but which we
never saw in print. Jt is a "good 'un" and
will bear re-tellinir.
When (Jen. Jackson was President of the
IVitod Slates, he was tormented day alter
day by importunate visitors, (as Most Chief
fllairistrates ol tins preat country are,) whom
e did not care to see and in consequence,
he pave strict directions to the lucssenper
it his door to admit only certain persons,
on a particular day, when he was more
busy with Nate affairs th in usual.
In spile of this peremptory order, how
ever, the attendant bolted into bis apart
ment-, durinp the forenoon, and informed
the (Jener.il that a person was outside who
claimed to see him, orders or no orders.
"I won't submit to this annoyance. Who
is it !"
"Don't know, sir." '
Don't know ?
'. name ?
man."
"A woman! Show her in, James, show
her in," said the President, wipinp his face
and the next moment there entered the
General's apartment, a neatly clad female
of past the "middle ape," who advanced
courteously towards the old man, and ac
cepted the chair he proffered her.
'lie seated, madam,' lie said.
'Thank you,' responded the lady, throw-
inp aside her veil, and revealing a nami-
some face to her entertainer.
'Mv mission hither, to-dav, General, con
tinued the lair speaker, 'is a novel one, and
you cannot aid me, perhaps.'
'Madam,' said the General, 'command
'You are very kind sir, I am a poor wo
man General '
'Poverty is no crime, Madam."
No sir. J3ut I have a little family to
care for I am a widow, sir; and a clerk
employed ill one of the departments of
vour administration is indebted to me for
amount which 1
MORE NEW GOODS
At Sew More ol'
JOHN MTYKKS&CO.,
Market Street, gunbury.
WHO has jiiot loi'utved am) uH'ii'd a lr,r an
unrtmi'nl of new ami fashionable kimmU, of
every variety, buiiahln for the fill and winter wa
son, for all persona; and Id which ho calls the at
li'iilion of lYIcmU unJ cistiimerii, II u stuck; yoii-
piU In part of
IIIIY IJOOIW,
sa il as
Cfi, Ciissi'wnvs, Sittluirtt, lilniiws,
i)e l.ttiiiii, Culicorx, Sluurlx, Jlmiil
kcrchiij', and nil kimls o ifOJi'
itig ufptinl,
ALSO;
Hardware, qureiixvi arc.
Groceries, Fish, Salt and Piaster,
Ami ull nrlicli-a that may be wnnUil l.y the coin
(iiunity. The Liidies
Will fvtut, li.V t-allina nl hia "lore, thai ho luia not
(jcvn uuuiiii'll'ul uf their wants, utul respcclfullv
invite Ihyai to f xuinine bin nclevlion.
IV Vuuulry produce t-f all kiivl taken i 'X
rtmntie fox KHiiiU at Ihe hinhc.it "wrKlH price
Suuliury, .Nuv. U, UJoO. ly.
Dudnp the tt'inter of IS' 1 1-, heing enpa
ped in the norllieru part of Maine, I had
much leisure to devote to the wild sports
of a new country. To none of tliein was
I more passionately addicted than to ska- tme ,1,,, wn,i ()P my on)y means of safe
tiiig, The deep and sequestered lakes ofy. Kvery half inimite an alternate yelp
this State, ffueu by the intense cold of the . rrom ,nv m.rce at lomlants made me hut too
northern winter, presents a wide tieid to (vrtai,, that they were in close pursuit.
the lovers of this pastime. Often would I ; Nearer and nearer they came J heard their
bind on my skates, and plide away on the f,,,,t pntterinpon the ice nearer still, until I
rlittenng river, and wind each mazy col,id fo,. their breath and hear llieir snufl-stri-amlet
that flowed beneath its fetters on ' SCiuit Every nerve and muscle in my
toward the parent ocean, forpeltinp all the )'rame was stretclied to the utmost exteii
while time and distance in the luxurious ' ,;,
sense of the glittering motion thinking ol 'j-,p tr,)t,s alonfP (ho shore seemed to
nothinp in the easy fiiphl, but rather dream- ,ance in the uncertain lipbt, and mv brain
jug, as I looked through the transparent rni.() wit li my own breathless speed, yet
ice at the long weeds ami creases inai nou- stl t li -y seemed to hiss forth their breath
ded in the current beneath, and seemed i w;th sound trulv horrible, when on in-
wredlinp with the waves to let them go ; , voluntary motion on my part turned me
, or I uouid follow on the track of some ot- ol,t ()f mv COi)rst., The wolves close be
te r. and run my skate along the mark he n(i unable to stoo. and as unable to turn
had left with his dragging tail until the trail ; oa the smooth ice, slipped and fell, still go-
would enter the wouiU. 5unielinieg inese , , 0 )ur aloa,i ; tbeir tongues were loll
excursions were made by moonlight, and it , -wrT 0,,t 1 1 1 1 1 white tu.-ks plarinp from their
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was on one ol those occasions mat l mm a , bloody mouths; their dark, sbapgv hrea!
rencontre which, even now, with kind fa- i were fleeced with foam, and as they passed
ces around me, I cannot recall Without a M. their eves plated, and they howled with
nervous feelinp. ! fury. The thought dashed on my mind
I had left my friend's house one evening tla 1V this means I could avoid them, viz
just before dusk, with the intention of kka- ,v "turning aside whenever they came
tinp a short distance up the noble Keiine- ,o0i,iir; fur they, by tin-formation of their
bee, which glided directly before the door, j;.,, a,.,, unable to run on ice except on a
1 he night was uoauulully clear. A peei- i bi,ai)r,t hue,
less moon rode through an occasionally
fleecy cloud, an 1 stars twinkled from the
sky and from every frost covered tree in'
millions. You wonder at the light that
came glittering from the ice, and snow
wreathed and incrustod branches, as the
What's Ins name?"
Pc pardon, sir, it's a wo-
wi I John to himieU. "I'll go and see. ' I enll yon," answered ( J..nnell "a pi"
It's all a hum, I know; but I'd like to lelojrmm : nml n Dublin jihwp runt J"rJ w"
Itnnw if hp h.i rrallv fooled any hodv with
that bit 'o piper:" a'nl entering the Hank,
he asked for the note "left there for collec
tion against him."
"It was discounted," said the teller.
"Discount ! why who in this world will
discount mv note?" asked John ama.ed.
"Anybody, with such a backer as you
have pot on this."
"Packer! Me backer, who?"
"Here's your note: you can see." said
the teller, handiii'i liim'lhe document on
which John instantly recognized the bold
signature ofthe then' President of the Uni
ted States.
Sold," exclaimed John drawing forth
the money with a hysteric grasp; for he
saw through the management at a glance.
The note was paid, of course, and justice
awarded to the spendthrift.
On the next morning he found upon his
desk a note which contained the following
entertaining bit of personal intelligence.
To John Smith, Esq :
Sin : A change having been made in
your oflico, I am directed by the Pre.ident
lo inform you, your services will no longer
be required by this department.
Youi's,
Scmt'iri.
John Smith retired to private life at
once, and thenceforward found it conveni
ent to live on a much smaller yearly allow
ance than twelve hundred a year!
0T03XELL AND Mils. MOKIAItTY.
From his earliest davs, O'Connell had the
1 immediately acted upon this plan.
The wolves having regained their feet,
sprang directly towards me. The race was
renewed lor twenty yards up the stream;
they were already close to my back, when
I giided round and dashed directly vast my
NEW STAGE LINE
FROM POTTSVM.lK TO SIIAMOM.V
A new liiu' of stupes i now ruiinimr ilaily !'
Iwcen the uWive olucca. A comfortable two horse
suite will leave Ml. CuvimJ for Nhuiuokin, imimv
diately after thu arrival of the l'oltsville atae at
that iilace, ami will return the next day from
Hhamokin, &. to neet this l'otuville ulagc on
in return to Pottaville.
From Shamokin to Trevorton
there will be established a DAILY LINE by next
prinif soai to connect with thu hue at Khamokiu,
la tiie nir-uti time private conveyance will be in
leadtueu t, bbuiuofcill wn the urrival uf panneu
gor.
CONRAD KBRSHNE..
FhantAkin, Dec. 14, 1850 if.
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eyes lol lowed lor mnen ine iirnaii jiie.nn ui pursuers. A tierce yell greeted my evoiu
tl'ie Kennebec, that like a jcw'oJlod .one tions, and the wolves, slipping upon their
swept between the mighty forresls on its haunches sailed onward, presenting a per-
banUs, And yet all was uiii. I tie com ,.cl p,cture of helplessness and battled rage,
seemed to have frozen tree, ami air, and ; q'ms j crain.-d nearly a hundred yards at
water, and every thing that moved. Even i ,.ar., turnin". This was repeated two or
the ringing of mv skates on the ice echoed ; three times every moment the animals get-
back from the Mocasin Hill with a startling 1 ting more excited and baliled.
lea mess, and the crackle of the ice as 1 ; t one time, by delaying my turning too
passed over it m m.V course socmen in no- long, my fierce antagonist came so near,
low the tide of the liver with lightning ; that they threw the white foam over my
peed. dress, as they sprang lo seize me, and their
I had gone up the river nearly two ! teeth clashed together like the spring of a
miles, when, coming to a little stream ' f,)X irap. Had my skates failed for one in
which empties into the larger, I turned in stant, had I tripped on a stick, or caught
to explore its course. . Kir and hemlock of; n,y ,x,t j a figure in the ice, the story I
a century's growth met overhead, and form- j am ow telling would never have been told,
ed an archway radiant with frost work. I thought all the chances over; I knew
Ml was dark within, but I was young and xviu.r,. thev would first take hold of me if I
fearless, and as I peered into an unbroken j j thought how long it would he before
furest that reared itsell on the boarders oi i j am wn,n there would be a search
the stream, 1 laughed with very joyous- fJr t(1L. i,0jy that would already have its
ness, my wild hurra rang thiough the silent tumb ; for, oh ! how fast man's mind traces
woods, and I stood listening to the echo oul an j1L, (),.ead colors ot death's picture,
INK. Uoureau'i celebrated ink, and alto Con-
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11. 13. MASTER.
Dembci S, ISoO
board to a considera
cannot collect. I need the money sadly,
and I come to ask il a portion of bis pay
cannot be stopped, fVuin lime to time until
Ibis claim of mine an honest one, General,
of which he had the lull value shall be
cancelled.'
1 really Madam that i::. I have no
control in that wav how much is the bill ?
"Seventy dollars, sir : here it i-'.'
'Exactly : 1 see. And his salary, Mad
am ."
'Jt is said to be Si, 200 a year.'
'And not pay his board bill?'
'As you see, sir this has been standing
five months, unpaid. Three days hence,
he will draw his monthly pay ; and 1
thought if yon would be kind enough to "
"Yes I have it. (Jo to him again, and
get his note at thirty days.'
'His ?ioc, sir! It woultl'nt be worth the
paper on which it was written, he pays no
one a dollar voluntarily.
Dut he will give you his note, will he
not, Madam V
'Oh, yes -he would be glad to have a
respite in that way for a month, no doubt.'
'That's right, then. Go to him obtain
his note, at thirty days from to-day, give
him a receipt in full ; and come to me this
evening."
The lady departed, called upon the young
lark, dunned him for thp amount at which
he only smiled and finally asked him to
give her his note for it.
"To be sure," said lie, "give a notP
sart'n. And much good may it do yon,
"mum."
"You'll pay it when it falls due, won't
von sir thirty davs Hence,
O, yes sart'n, of course, I will: I al
ways pay mv notes, mum, J do:" anil as
the lady departed, the knowing young pent
believed he bail accomplished a very neat
trick, once more.
'I wonder what the deuce she'll do with
that note? I'd like to settle some ofthe
other accounts in the same way. Hope
she'll have a good time getting the money
on that bit of paper. John Smith is rather
too well known for that!.' And he turned
with a chuckle, to his book again.
The poor boarding house keeper called
again upon the General a few hours after
wards. "Did von pot thp note Madam?"
"Yes, sir here it is."
The President quickly turned it over and
with a dash of his pen, wrote the name of
Andrew Jackson upon the back of it.
'Take this to the bank to morrow morn
ing, Madam, and you can get the money
for it, he said hurriedly.
The lady acted accordingly, and found
no difficulty In obtaining the cash for it at
sight.
A week before that mouths termination,
Mr. John Smith received a notiee to the
following effect.
reputation of beinfj n proficient in Ihe art nf
vituperation. Not long alter be was called
o the bar, his character and peculiar talents
received inpid recognition from ail who were
even casually acquainted with him. His tal
ent for vituperative language w as perceived)
;t ud by some he was, even in l huso days, con
sidered matchless its-a scold. There was,
however, nt that lime in Dublin, a certain
woman, Hiddy Mnriarlv, who had a huck
ster's stall on one of the quays nearly oppo
site, thu Four C'ouits. r-lu; was a viiaso of
the first order, very able with her list and
still more formidable w ith her tongue. From
one end of Dublin lo the other, she was no
torious for her poweis of abuse, and even in
Ihe provinces, Mrs. Moriarly's language has
turned into cmrcucv. Ihe dictionary ot Dun
lin slang had been considet nbl y enlarged by
her, and her voluble impudence had become
almost proverbial. Some of O'Connoll's
friends, however, ihought thai he could beat
her at the use of her own weapons. Of this
he had some donbls himself when bu had
listened once or twice to sumo minor speci
mens of her Rillingsgale. It was mooted
once a to whether ihe barrister could en
counter her, and some one of the company
(in O'Connell' presence) rather too freely rid
iculed the idea of bis being able lo meet the
famou Madam Moriarly. O'Connell never
liked the idea of being put down, and he
professed his readiness to encounter her, rtnd
even backed himself for the match. Bets
wore ottered and taken it was decided that
the match should come oil' at once.
The party adjourned to the huckster's stall
and there was Ihn owner herself, superinten
ding the sale of her small wares, a few loun
ger and ragged idlers were, hanging round
tier stall for Hiddy was a character, and in
her way was one of the sights of Dublin.
O'Connell was very confident of success.
He had laid an ingenious plan for overcoming
her, nnd with all ihe ardor of an experimen
talist, wailed lo put it in ptactice. lie lesol.
veil lo open an attack At this time O'Con
noil's own party and the loungeis about ihe
place, formed an auditory quite sufficient to
arouse Mis. Mnriarty, on public piovocalion,
to a exhibition of her power. O'Connell
conimenced the attack.
"What's the price of this walking slick(
Mrs. Whul's your name ?"
"Moriarly, sir, is my name, and a pood
one it is; and what have on lo say iigeu it.'
and one and sixpence' the juice of slji k.
say that it's no libel to call von so."
"Oh, tare an onus t oh, holy Hiddy ! lift
an )ionest woman like mo should be called a
parrybellygrums, you rascally callow bird,
you cowardly sneaking, pl.delicking blag
gnard." "Oh, not you indeed ? retorted O'Connell
"w hy I suppose, you'll deny that you keep u
hypothoiinsu in your house."
"It's a lie for yon, b y robber ; I never
had such a thing in my house, yuu swindling
thief."
"Why sure all the neighbors know very
well that yon keep not only a hypothennso'
but that you go out to walk with him every
Sunday, you heartless old heptagon."
'Oh. hear Ihn!, ye sainls of. glr.ry ! Oh
there's bad language from a fellow that wants
to pass for a ginlleman. May l lit devil fly
away with yon, yon micher from Mnnstei:
and mako clergy sauce, of your rotten limbs,
you mealy-moullied tub of puts."
"Ah, von can't deny the charge, yon mis
erable snbmultiple of a duplicate ratio."
'(in rinse your mouth in the I.iil'ey, you
nasty tickle-pitcher ; after all the bard words
von speak, it ought to bo filthier than your
lace, you diity chicken of I'.eelzebub."
' Kiiim! your own mouth, you wicked min
ded old pollygon- to tho deuce I pitch you,
yon blustering intersection of a st Hg super
ficies." 'You saucy tinker's apprentice, if you
don't cease your jaw I'll" but here she gas
ped for btealh, unable In hawk np any more
words for the last sally of O'Conimell had near
ly knocked ihe wind out nf her.
'While I have a tongue, I'll abuse you, you
most inimitable periphery. Look at her boys!
there she stands a convicted perpendicular
petticoat"! There's contamination in her
circiimlerenee, and she. lietnbles with guilt
down to Ihe extremities of her corollorios.
Ah ! you're found out, yon rectillinoal ante,
cedent and equiangular old hag ! 'Tis with
you t he devil w ill (ly away, yon porter swip
ing similitude of the bisection of a vortex.'
'Overwhelmed with this torient of lan
guage, Mrs. Moriarly was silenced. Catch
ing a saucepan, she was aiming at O'Con
nell' head, when ho very prudently made a
timely retreat."
'You've won the wager, O'Connell, here's
your bel." cried the gentleman who proposed
the contest.
O'Connell knew well the uso of sound in
vituperation ; ami having to deal with an ig
noiaul scold, determined to overcome her in
volubility by using ull the scfiyiipcdulia zerba
which occuis in Euclid. Willi these and a
few significant epithets, and a scolliing, im
pudent demeanoi bo hail, for once, imposed
silence on Hiddy Moriarly. Muthlcn's Hcvc
ItUiuiis (f Ireland.
that reverberated again and again, until all
was hushed. 1 thought how olten the In
dian hunter had concealed himself behind
these very trees how often his arrow had
pierced the deer by this very stream, and
his wild halloo had here rung for his vic
tory. And then, turning from fancy to
reality, I watched a couple of white owls,
that sat in their hooded state, with ruflled
pantajetls and long ear tabs, debating in si
out conclave the affairs of their frown
realm, and wondering if they, "for all their
feathers were cold," when suddenly a sound
arose it seemed to come from beneath the
ice; it sounded low and tremulous at first
Hank of Washington,
ts:i2.
only those who have been near tho grim
original can tell.
On tub Slavery Qt Annri..
VYIit-n diM'.iril utlcutttf(l to kick up a row.
An wo ruid in the story ol'olil,
Phe tlireve ill the circle ol olier-luced gisla
A btntilutd apple of a. U1.
Ilul now our uiaiuhcuit tnul U Jivole,
Ve dal tanl the cuuiujvulile uaiituiu
AIhhuIom ihe goki, and ria into thcecule
An cbuy ulutae ol' Auuiu.
Why will Uarnum and Jenny Lind nev
er quarrel ? liccanse she is always tot-giving
aud lie tut-gtlting.
Sir: Your nolo for seventy dollar, i duo
on ihe '27th insi , at litis It.iuk : and you are
lequcslcd lu call ami pay tint same.
, Cashier.
"Ha, ha !" screamed John, upon reading
this brief note. A capital joke that.
Can't come it, mum can't, now how ;
Scarecrow left for collection I under
stand won't do no go!" and John very
soon lorgot it."
JJut pay day came round again and
John took hit monthly stipend once more,
5100, from the Cashier ol the department,
at usual. At he passed down the Avenue,
the unpaid board bill suddenly entered bis
head.
"Who the deuce has boon lool enough to
help the Viuaii in this buir I wonder ?"
troth, II s chapo as dirt so it is.
'One and sixpence for a walkitig slick :
whew ! why, yon urn no hotter than an im
postor, to ask eighteen pencil fur what co
you two pence."
Two pence, your grandmother, ' replied
liiddy, 'do you mane to say, that it's chaliti"
ili.. ,,mm,.1.. I mo I iin imti-r in, (,! fl
...w ...... , .
Aye, impostor, and it's that I call you to
your leelh,'' rejoined Ulouncll.
'Come cut your sticK, you cautaiikeious
jackanapes."
"Keep a civil tongue in your head, you old
diagonal." cried O'Cunncll, calmly.
'Slop ynnr jaw, you puguose badger, or by
this and that," cried Mis. Moriarly, ;I'I'
make you go quicker nor you came."
"Don't yon be in a passion, my old radius,
anger will only wrinkle, your beauty."
"Hy Ihe hokey, if you say another wind
of impudence, I'll tail your dirty bide, yon
bastely scrub ; and eurry 1 d lie lo soil iny
fi.t iimiii your carcase."
'Whew ! boys, what a passion old Biddy
is in, I protest, as Turn a (,'eiilleniaii "
"Jiiilleman 1 jinlleman ! the likes ol you
a jintleman ! Wit.hu, by gar, thut bangs Ban
agher. Why you potatu faced pippiiisnoozer,
when did a Madagascar monkey like you
pick euoush of comuiun Christian deccncyi
lo hide your Kerry Uroguo 1"
"Easy, now ; easy now," cried O'Connell,
with imperturbable pood humor, 'don't choke
yourself with fine language, you old whiskey
drinking parallclogream.'
"What's that you call ino you murdiniu
villain 1" toaied Mr. Motiariy, ttunj into
fuiy.
A YVOKD AUDIT I t UN.
Exroplingthe Hlack Fox aud the Silver Fox,
the Russian Sable is, when of the finest quali
ty, the most cosily fur Soil and glossy as satin,
ihe darker the hue the more it is esteemed,
tho skins ranging in value from twenty to live
dollars each. So precious is it, in fact, that
Ihe morsels of fur, which cover the paws are
collected, sold by weight, ami soul abroad, to
Hohemia and oilier countries, whore labor is
cheap, lobe neatly joined together, and after
wards prepared for linings ; and ihe portion of
fur immediately under the jaw. being lighter
in color than the rest of ihe animals, and po
culier in appearance, is also removed from
each skin, and these pieces, when joined to
gel her, are made up by Ihe furriers, and sold
mider the name of sable-gills. Now, as it
lakes four or live skins, exclusive of the paws
and gills, to make a mull of the mudern small
size, and, of course, a proportionate iiumbet
for boas nnd Irimmingf, it is obvious that the
cheap articles so often called Russian sable I
can be no such thing. Hut ihe Hudson Hay I
sable, or fur of ihe marten, which i sold at a
quarter the price of the Russian sable, i still
a veiy beatitilul fur, thick aud warm, not so
daik as the Russian, but almosl as soil. This
is a fur most extensively used, the ILdit sorts
being often dyed to improve llieir appearand
and so skilfully, that lew, save experienced
dealers, are able lo di.-liuuill the. dyed Iro'.n
the iiudyed.
The still cheapeisoit of fur, known gener
ally under the name of lueuch or German sa
ble, aud called III Ihe trade "topped sable, '
in reality, ihn lur nf Ihe stone marten.
which is soil ttnd line, shades ttoiu a light to
dark bluish grey, taking the color of the
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niCk aillOU WIIILU llIU UIIIIIKII 13 luuilil. -r
neat deal of it comes from Sw itzerland, and
the French evcel in dying it, or rather, in dy
ing only lite tip of tho hair, of lite desired
,-u, to imitate the genuine sable. 1 bis
Kill" process, winch is, in a preat measure, a
secret, ir no way injuicslbe lur ; and it must
bo remembered, that all Hie vaiieucs oi
marten have an iiilrinio value of some sort:
all have the firm, leathery skin, and qualities
of durability ; color, softness, and fineness de
termining their value. We cannot, llieretore,
be surprised at the facility willi which im-
priucipled iradeis pas oil uio uyeu martens
for cosily sable when thoy have iuexperieu
..o l nomliasors to deal willi; nor is the do-
VVll
ception always very soon discovered, ul
wo have heard ol ladies naving uyeu cai s
skius imposed on Iheni for cosily furs, the
worthies thing being mysteriously vamped
up lo look well for the Iioiii, but splitting,
tearing, and lubiugbaro with I ho first week's
service.
The Mink is a dark fur, willi shorter hair
than table, but soft and glossy and rich in
appcaiance. It u tuuta worn and aJmiicd
by the Fret oil II is, coitaiuly, a beautiful
for, Inn perhaps there is a peculiar substation
and snlidiiy about il, wjjch suggest lml it is.
mote fit for gentlemen's than Indies' wear.
Ermine emblem, in Ihe olden lime, of
puri'y, and for that reason chosen as the
adornment of magisterial vaslineiil has Of
late tears been so nbntnlan', that it may bo
called, comparatively siK-aking, n cheap fiiM
And yet, partly, pet haps, from it inlrinsio
b"auly, and partly ftoin association, one nl"
ways connects it with ideas of splendor. Tho
finest ermine is exquisitely soil lo Ihe lunch,
and of the imt stainless white, a delicate
shade of sliaw color appearing towards tho
black tip of Ihe tail. Minever is the Kimini;
fur without the ermine tails, in place of which
the paw of Ihe Asliacan lamb is used, the.
white giotind W-iug hcr.-ildit-nlly speaking
srwic (sprinkled or p-iwdered) with small
black lulls sewn on. Ruth Ermine, properly
so called, and Minever are very closely imi
tated ; while rabbit-skins being used for tho
mock fur, panicles of which are dyed ihe re
quired straw Color, the Ermine tails and lht
Minever lulls being represented by the black
fur of the hair-seal. Yel( clever as the imi,
tation is. we seethe differencp when the two
are compared ; for the whitest rabbit-skins,
though appearing of a snow-like tint when
y itself, looks dingy beside a lino Ermine,
tails may be easily uncurled by the finger
and thumb, and discovered to bo nothing but
bus of skin.
Chinchilla is too well known lo require de.
scription; but though, from its lightness ami
softness, a favorite for spring or autumn wear,
il has l he evil repute of being the least dura
ble of all the good furs. Il has the singular
property of losing its color, and consequently
il looks dirty when perhaps quite uusoiled.
The finest Chinchilla is brought from Buenos.
Ay res Ihe cheaper sort finm I.'una, and it is
the fur of a creature that we heard discribed
as a kind of "ial-rabbit guinea-pig.'' No
doubt naturalists have r. far more exact defi
nition, but ihe term seemed a happy one, as
we looked at the small slrctchcd-out skim
which cleaily showed long grey whiskers,
and a somewhat evil physiognomy of countc
nance.
Among cheaper furs, the grey squinel is a
deseived favorite. It wear well, and never
looks pretentious, What a pity that il should
ever bo dyed, and passed oil for sable!
Fitch is the fur of Ihe polecat, often call
ed the "foul marten.'' fiotu thu noxious odour
which the animal gives forth. Kolinsky is a
foxy sort of fur a little resembling common
sable.
i i LTi nt: of Tin: swept potatoe
I have noticed two or three articles m the
Genesee Farmer on sweet polatoe culture in
this Slate. I have raised sweet potatoes seYi
oral year past with good success and very
little trouble, as a luxury for my own table.
Four years ago, I purchased in Cincinnall
some dozen potatoes of the red variety,
grown in l.ousianna. Near the last of May,
I cut them upon length wise and covered
litem about an inch aud a half deep in a hot
bed, the llesh side or law part of ihe pota-.
loo downward. At evening, 1 poured boiling
water over them, and repeated it again the
next evening. In a few days the shoots ap,
peared, aud, when I'min ) to 6 inches in
length, I pulled them oil' (by placing one
hand un the potaloe and using the thumb of
the other to pull lliem olf.) and plained them
in hill in my garden. I proceeded in the
same way with every new set uf shoots, until
near the last of June.
The season was icmarkably warm and my
handful of seed yielded an abundant increase.
I never saw liner or larger potatoes in Mijsis,
sippi, aud they far exceeded any I ever saw
in Tennessee or the south part of Ohio. Some
'of iheni were enormously luge. I sold some
j of them lor one dollar per bushel ; but they
wete mostly used 1:1 my family and given lo
my liieiids. I would hero temark that Ihe
vines do not die, like ihe common potatoe,
but remain green and appc.uontly growing
until frost comes : and, whenever the vines
are touched with float, the loots are aflerted
and suon rot. llosl a part of my first crop
from not knowing Ihis fact lulling iheni re
main loo long in ihe ground.
The next .-pring a liiend sent me, from
Cincinnati, a box of sweet potatoes of the yel
low variety, which I treated in the same
wav. nnd had a line crop of largo potaloe)
some ol which wero exhibited at our conn I ry
fair. The nexl sp'iup 1 procmed seed from
a gentleman near Erie, I'a., who has cultiva
ted them for many years, and keeps ihe seeit
through the winter. 1 had a fair crop, as.
regards quantity, but lln-y were inferior, bolli,
in sie and quality, to those grown from seed,
brought from Ihe South. They were hard)
and stringy, while the others wero exceeds
ingly farinaceous. I am inclined lo believif
that, w hen raised long from seed grown at
the North, they will run out, or so nearly a
lo be hardly like sweet potaloes.
In Ihn spi ingof 1S4!), I got seed from Pitts
burg red, yellow and while varieties. They
all grew well and produced abundantly.
The red ones wero muck the largest, audi
next in size were the yellow ones.
All persons in ibo wvstum part of the State-
whu own a garden ol ik-Ii, warm sou, way
have their paich of sweet potatoes if they
choose. They should uever, bo planted anti'
Ihete i no danger from frost from the middle
unlil Iho lust ni May is quile early enough
Tho lulls should be about lluce feet apurl,
and care should be la'en to pievent the vines
from taking root, tho consequence of which,
will be a quantity of small fibrous roels, not
I'll lo eat X pood way is to collect ihom in,
a cluster on the lop ol Ihe t.jll. Ont shoot i.
iullicicnt l,r a uill.-rCor. Ctn. t'artr.
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