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SELECT POETRY.
BACHELOR'S HALL.
Bachelor's Hall! what a queer looking place
it is !
Kape me from sich all the days of my liTe;
Sure, but 1 think 'what a queer burniii' dis
grace it is,
Never at ull to be getting a wife.
See the old Bachelor, gloomy and sad
enough,
Placing his (aykillle over the fire,
Soon it lips ovei St. Patrick ! He's mad
enough,
(If lie were present) to fight with the
squire.
Now like n ling in a mm tar bed wallowing,
(Awkward enough) see him kiieeding his
dough ;
Trolh ! if the bread ho could ate without
swallowing,
How it would favor his palate you know.
Hi dishcloth is missing, the pigs nro dc
VDti r i i ilc il,
In the pursuit he has battered his shin,
A plate wanted washing, grimalkin is scour
ing it ;
Thunder and Turf what a pickle he's in !
Pols, il if h's and pans, such greasy commo
di:ic., Ashes and pratla skins kiver the floor ;
His cupboard's a store house ol comical od
dities, Things t hat had never been neighbors be
lore. His menl being over, the table left silling so,
Dishes lake care ot yourselves it you can,
But hungar returns, then he's fuming and
fretting so ;
Och ! let hiin alone for a basto of a man !
Lute in the night he aoos to bed shivering
Never a bit is Ihe bed made at all ;
He creeps like a terrapin under the kiveiin,
Bad lui'k to the picture of a Bachelor's
Hall.
Si L?u wove us SUctcfi.
A GEORGIA JUDGL'S DECISION j
Oil, GETTINU TiailT" ON BAD LIQUOR.
Many years ago, while the State of
Georgia was yet in its infancy, an eccen
tric creature, named Young:, was one of its
Circuit Judges. Me was a man of consid
erable ability, of inflexible integrity, and
much beloved and respected by all the le
gal profession ; but he had one common
fault. His social qualities would lead him,
despite his judgment, into frequent exces
ses. In travelling the circuit, it was his
almost invariable habit, the night before
opening the court, to gid "comfortably cor
ned," by means of appliances common up
on such occasions. If lie couldn't succeed,
while operating upon his own hook, the
members of the bar would generally turn
in and help him.
It was in the spring of the year. Taking
his wife a model of a woman in her way
in the old-fashioned, but strong 'carryall,'
he journeyed some forty miles, and reached
a village where "court" was to be opened
the next daj It was long in the evening
of Sunday that lie arrived at the place and
took up quarters with-a relation of his"bet
ter half," by whom the presenceof the offi
cial dignilary was considered asingular hon
or. After supper, Judge Youn strolled
over to the only tavern in the town, where
he found many friends called to the place,
like himself, on important professional busi
ness, and who were properly glad to meet
him.
Gentlemen,' s.iid the Judge, "'tis quite a
long time since we have enjoyed a glass to
gether let us take a drink all around. Of
course Sterritt, (addressing the landlord,)
you pave belter liquor than you had the
last time we were here ? the stuff you had
then was not fit to give a dog."
Steritt, who had charge of the house, pre
tended that everything was right, and so
tliey went to work, it is unnecessary !o
enlarge upon a drinking bout in a country
tavern it will quite answer our purpose
to state that somewhere in the reign of mid
night, the Judge wended his very dubious
way towards his temporary abode. About
the time he was leaving, however, some
younger barristers, fond of a "practical,"
anil not much atraid ol the bench, transfer
red all the silver spoons of Sterritt to the
Judge's coat pocket.
It waseight o'clock on Monday morning,
mat tne judge rose. Having indulged in
the process of ablution and abstersion, and
partaken of a cheerful and refreshing break
fast, he went to his rooms to prepare him-
if i. .i i ... -
sen inr iiip mines ol tne day.
"Well, Polly "said he to his wife. "I feel
much better than I expected to feci after
that Irolic ol last night."
"A h, Judge," said she reproachfully, "you
are getting too old : you ought to leave off
mat Business."
"Ah, Polly what's Ihe use ol talking ?"
It was at this precise instant of lime, that
the Judge, having put on his overcoat, was
proceeding, according to his usual custom
to give his wife a parling kiss, that he hap
pened, in thrusting his hand into his pock
et, to lay hold of Stemtt's spoons. He jerk
ed tnem out. w an an ex pres&ion ol horror
almost indescribable, he exclaimed
"My God ! Polly !
"What on earth's the matter, Judge !"
"Just look at these spoons!"
"Dear me, where d'ye get them V
"Get them ! Don't you see the initials
on them 1" extending them towards her
-"I stole them."
"Stole them, Judge V
Yes, stole them."
"My dear husband, it can't be possible !-
r rom whom 7"
"From Sterritt, over there hit name is
on them."
"Good heavens ! bow could it happen 1"
"I know very well, roily, I was very
drunk when 1 came home, wasn't I !"
" Why, Judge, you know your old babit
when you get among lhoe lawyers."
SUNnUllY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUXTY. PA.. SATURDAY, MARCH 20. IN 3.
"But wasl very drunk ."'
"Yes, you was."
"Was I remarkably drunk when I got
home, Mrs. Young V
"Yes Judge, drunk as a fool, and forty
times as stupid."
"I thought so," said the Judge, dropping
into a chair in extreme despondency j "I
knew it would come to that at last. I have
nlways thought that something bad would
happen to me that 1 should do something
very wrong kill somebody in a moment
of passion perhaps; bull never imagined
that I could be mean enough to be guilty of
deliberate larceny."
'But there may be some mistake, Judge V
No mistake, Polly. 1 know very well
how it all came nbout. That fellow, Ster
ritt, keeps the meanest sort of liquor, and al
ways did liquor mean enough to make a
man do any sort of a mean thing. I have
alwaj's said it was mean enough to make a
man steal, and now I have a practical i I lus
tra! ion of the act V and the old man burst
into tears
'Don't be a child,' said his wife, wiping
away the tears ; go, like a man, over to Ster
ritt tell him it was a little bit ofa frolic
pas's it off as a juke go and open court, and
nobody will ever think of it again.'
A little of the soothing system operated
upon llie Judge as such things usually do ;
his extreme mortification was fully subdued,
and over to Sterritt's he went with a toler
able face. Of course, he had but little diffi
culty in settling with him for, aside from
the fact that the Judge's integrity was un
questionable, he had an inkling of the joke
that had been played. The Judge took his
seat in court ; but it was observed that he
was sad and melancholy, and that his mind
frequently wandered from the business be
fore him. There was a lack of the sense and
intelligence that usually characterised his
proceedings.
Several days passed away, and the busi
ness of the court was drawing to a close,
lien, one morning, a rouge-lookir.g sort
of a customer was arraigned on a charge of
ealing. After the clerk had read the in-
ictment to him, he put the usual question :
ouiiiy or not guilty
Guilty, tii drunk,' answered the prisoner.
'What's thai plea V exclaimed the Judge,
who w as half dozing on the bench.
lie pleads guilty, but says he was drunk,'
replied the clerk.
'What's the charge against the man ."
'He is indicted for grand latcency.'
What's the case V
'May it please your honor,' said the pro
cuting attorney, nhe man is regularly in
dicted for stealing a large sum from the Co
lumbus Hotel.'
'He is hey ? and he pleads'
'He pleads guilty, but drunk.1
'The Judge was now fully aroused.
'Guil v, but drunk ! that is a most extraor
dinary plea. Young man, you are certain
you were drunk V
'i e., sir.'
'Where did you get vour liquor?'
At Sterritt's.'
'Did ye get none no where else V ,
Not a drop, sir.'"
'Yon got drunk on his liquor, and after
wards stole his money !'
'i es, sir.'
'Mr. Prosecutor,' said the Judge,' do me
the favor to enter a notleprosr.qui in that
man's ca;e. That liquor ol bterritt s is
mean enough to make a man do anything
dirty. fti drunk on it the other day my
self, and stole all Sterritt's spoons. Re
lease the prisoner, Mr. Sherifl. 1 adjourn
the court."
A S VI RK1) MEMORY.
If von bright stars which gem Ihe night,
bo each a blissful dwelling sphere,
Where kindred npirils reunite
Whom death has loin asunder here,
How sweet it were at once to die,
And leave this blessed orb ular
Mix acul with soul, to cleave the sky
And sour away lioin star to slur.
But oh ! how daik, how drear, how lone
Would teem the biiohlesl world ol blis.,
If w.inderin;! through each radiant one,
We failed to lind the love of this !
If there no tnoro the lies should twine,
Which death's cold hand alone can sever,
Ah ! then these star in mockery shine,
More hateful as they shine for ever.
It cannot be ! each hope and fear
That blights lha eye or clouds ihe brow,
Proclaims there ia a happier sphere
Than this bleak world that holds us now !
There is a voice which sorrow bears,
When heaviest weighs Life's galling
chain,
'Tis heaven that whispers ,! dry thy tears
The pure in heart shall meet auiu."
MARRIAGE.
Nature and nature's God smile propitiously
upon lha union that is sweetened by love and
sanctified by the law. The sphere of our af
fections is enlarged, and our pleasures take
wider lange. We become more important,
respected among men, and existence itself
is double enjoyed with our softer sex. Mis
fortune loses half its anguish beneath the
sonthinjr influence of her smiles, and trium
phant when shared vilh her. Without her
what is man 1 A roving and restless being)
driven at pleasure by romantic speculation
and cheated into miseiy by futile hopes, the
mad victim of untamed passions, and the
disappointed pursuer of fruitless joys. But
with her he awakens to a new life. Ha fol
lows a path wider and nobler than the narrow
road to self agrandisement that ia scattered
with more fragrant, flowers and illuminated
by a clear light.
Thc Form cr Cravats for gentlemen has
undergone a change in Paris; the stiff high
cravat is no longer worn. Those worn are
not more than an inch and a half wide;
some of the very young gentlemen turn
down the shirt culler over the cravat, thus
leaving the throat exposed.
0k clflj.
THE LOST AND THE LIVING.
DY FANNY FE.tN.
"Thc IiusUiikVs gri?f may be s!imt anil bricl,
lie may woo and win another ;
But the ilnngliler clings with unchanging gricr,
To the image of Jior mother."
But a fleeting twelvemonth had passed
since the heart (that for years had beat
against his own) was for ever stilled,
when Walter Leo brought ngain a fair
young creature to share his widowed
home. No father nor mother, brother nor
sister, claimed any pari of the orphan
heart that he coveted and won. No ex
pense or pains had he spared to decorate
the mansion for her reception. Old fa
miliar objects, fiaught with tenderest as
sociations, had been removed to make way
for the upholsters choicest fancies. There
was no picture led upon the wall, with
sweet, sad mournful eyes, to follow him
with silent reproach. Everything was
fresh and delightful as the new-born joy
that filled his heart.
"My dear Edith," said he, fondly push- '
ing back the hair from her forehead ;
"Ih ere should be no shadow in your path
way, but I have tried in vain to induce
Nelly to give you the welcome you de
serve ; however she shall not annoy you ;
I shall compel her to stay in the nursery
till she yields to my wishes."
"Uh, no ! don't do that," said the young
slep-molher anxiously ; "I think I under
stand her. Let me go lo her. dear Wal
ter," and she tript lightly out of the room
and left him to himself.
Walter Lee looked after her retreating
figure with a lover-like fondness. The
room to him seemed to grow suddenly
darker, when the door closed after her.
Reaching out his hand, he almost uncon
sciously took up a book that lay near him.
A slip of paper fluttered out from between
the leaves, like a white winged messen
ger. The joyous expression of his face
faded into one of deep sorrow as he read
it. The hand-writing was his child's mo
ther's. It ran thus :
"Oh to die and be forgolten. This
warm heart cold these active limbs still
these lips dust Suns to rise and set,
flowers to bloom, the moon to silver-leaf
the trees around my own dear home ; the
merry laugh, the pleasant circle, and
not here ! The weeds choking the flow
ers at my he.vl-slone, the severed tresses of
sunny hair forgotten in its envelope, the
sun of happiness s: soon absorbing the
dew-drop of sorrow! The. cypress changed
for the orange wreath ! Oh, no, don't
(juite forget ! Close your eves sometimes,
and bring before you the face that once
made sunshine in your home ! Feel aiiain
the twining clasp of loving arms the
lips that told you (not in words) how dear
yon were. Oh, Walter, don't quite for
get ! From Nellie's clear eyes let her
mother's soul s'ill speak to vou.
MARY LEE."
Warm tears fell upon Ihe paper as Wal
ler Lee folded it back. He gave himself
time to rally, and then glided gently up
to the nursery door. It was partially open.
A little fairy creature, of some five sum
mers, stood in the middle of the floor.
Her tiny face was half hidden in sunny
curls. ller iiUle pinatore was lull ol
toys, which she grasped tightly in either
hand.
"No, you are not mamma," said the
child. '! want my own dead mamma,
and I am sorry papa brought you here."
"Oh, don't say that," said the young step
mother, '-don't call me mamma, if it gives
you pain, clear. I am quite willing that
you should love your own mamma better
than you do me."
Nelly looked up with a pleasant sur-
pn e.
"1 had a dear mamma and papa once,"
she continued ; "and brother and sisters,
and sometimes my heart is very sad ; I
have no one now lo love me but your papa
and you."
Nellie's eyes began to moisten ; and
taking out one after another of the little
souvenirs and toys from her pinafore, 6he
said, "And you wont take away this
and this and this that my dead mamma
gave to me 7"
No, indeed, dear Nellie !'
And you will let me climb in my pa
pa s lap as 1 used ; and put my cheek to
his and kiss him and love lain us much as
I ever can, wont you ?'
' es, yes, my darling.'
Waller Lee could bear no more ; his
heart was full.
What! Mary's child pleading with a
stranger for room in a father's heart ! In
the sudden gush of this new fount of ten.
derness had he forgotten or overlooked the
claims of that helpless little one ? God
forbid ! From Nellie's clear eyes let her
mother's soul speak to you. Ay ! and it
did!
When next Walter Lee met his bride, it
was with a chastened tenderness. Nellie's
loving little heart was pressed closely
against his own. He was again 'her own
papa.' No, he did not 'quite forget.
Olive Branch.
Maim.e Si:car. At a late meeting of the
Far.nera' Club of New Yoik, an article was
read on the subject of maple sugar and of its
great impoitance as one of tha products of
our country. By the late census, it appears
that the production of maple sugar in this
country, in 1850, was within a smull fraction
of thirty-four millions of pounds. An or
chard of maple trees lias been found almost
equal, acre for acre, with the sugar cane in
producing sugar and molasses.
A Cincinnati editor, being asked "what is
tbe newsl" replied, "Sir, I sell my news at
ten cents a week ; don't bother me."
MARRIAGE OF THE KMl'Ell-
OR'S r-IIVSIlt.tw.
mariiace oi ihe nhv.l,.0n f T o,,:.
The
Napoleon, Dr. Conneau, is announced. We
'earn from the Courier des Eiats Unis tha,
ha has in imitation 0r his royal master,
espoused a lady 30 years younger than him
self. Dr. Connean, who is said to be a most
excellent man, had been the tutor of this
young lady from her infancy, having be
Mowed upon her all the tender cares and so
licitudH of father. Some time ago, finding
his charge of an ago and in a posiiion to bo
married, ho offered his services in making
for her an advantageous selection. But 1
have already made my choice, replied the
young lady, and I am ready to be marri. d
at any lime, llow ! rejoined the astonished
doctor, have you indeed selected your hus
baud ; and who is tho happy man 7 It is
yourself, responded tho damsel, 1 lore you
with all my heart, and I am now ready to
become your wife. Too much surprised at
this declaration to believe his pupil in earn
est, tha doctor turned it off us a pleasantry.
She insisted that she was serioui", he at
length made n foimal and distinct refusal of
the hand bhe had offered him. Tho young
lady, however, as it seems, had well con.
sideicd the subject, and her purpose was
not to be changed. She reproached her tu
tor with uiikindncss, and with a willingness
lo make her miserable. The doctor yielded
so far as lo lake the subject again into con
sideration, and after consulting with his
master and friend, ihe Emperor, at length
.leaded to accept the lady's offer and be
come tho hapny husband of his now happy
pupil.
A VOl.NG ( OVIPOSITOR.
On one ol the ferry boats yesterday two
gentlemen wcie talking about the trial trip
of tin; Eiicsson, when a little fellow who had
been listening attentively, remarked that she
had nlieady been on two trial tiips, and he
supposed she had now gone on a voyage.
There was something engaging in the man
ners of tha child that one of tho gentlemen
Irew lum out on Ihe subject of the caloric
enpiue and found not only to be familiar
with its general const met ion, but capable of
conveying to another a clear idea of its plan.
ins remarkable inteliyence and diminutive
stature led lha gentlemen lo question him
closely, and il appeared that he was exactly
eight years old, und supported himself bv
. j
setting type. His task was 1600 ems a day,
and he said that when ha choose he could
complete it by 3 o'clock in the afternoon.
Ho showed himself to be perfectly familiar
with the techuicalitiesof his trade ; and take
him altogether he is one of the most exlraor-
linary lillipulian typos wb have ever seen.
X. Y. Courier and Enquirer.
Mortality A.monu Masons. Dr. Allison
has said lhal there is hardly an iuslance ofa
mason legularly employed in hewing stones
in Edinburg living free from phthisical sym-
toms to the age of fifty. By way of pre
vention, it is recommended to work the
stone damp, and ventilate the work sheds-
Dr. Allison recommends the Edinburg hew
ers seriously lo wear mustaches and beards,
which are said to have been found in prac
tice abroad to act as respiralois.
" The World Owes Me a Living." No
such thing, Mr. Fold-up-your-h&nds ; ihe
world owes you nut a single cent ! You have
dune nothing these twenty years but consume
tho products earned by the sweat of oilier
men's brows.
You have eut, ami drank, und slept ?" what then T
Why, tut, uiul drunk, and slept again.1
And this is the sum total of your life. And
the woild :owes you a living V For what ?
How comes it indebted to yon for that Iri
(ling amount ? What have you done for it?
What family in distress have you befriended 1
What products have you ciealed 1 What mis
ery have you alleviated 1 What nets have per
fected ? Tha world owes yon a living ! idle
man ! Never was there a more absurd idea!
You have been a tax a siuiupe upon the
world ever since you came into it. It is your
ciedilor to a vast amount. Your liabilities
are immense, your assets nro nothing, and
yet you say tho world is owing you. Goto!
The amount in which you stand indebted to
iho world is greater than you will ever have
the power lo liquidate ! You owe ihe world
the labor of your Iwo strong arms, and all the
skill in the work they might have gained;
you owe ihe world the labor of lhat brain of
yours, the sympathies of that heart, tho en
ergies of your being; you owe lha world the
whole moral and intellectual capabilities of a
man ! Awake, Ihen, from that dreaming, do
nothing state of elothfulness in which you
live, and let us no longer hear that false as
sertion lhat tho world is owing you, until you
have done something.
Tne projected new County of "Redstone"
is lo be composed of patts ol Fayetle and
Washington, with Brownsville for the county
seat.
Punch says lhal tha heira of Robinson
Crusoe have instituted a suit for tha recovery
of the Island of Juan Fernandez, on the
gioundthat Iheii great ancestor was maaiarch
of all he surveyed.
A Caution to Compositors. II. II. Brad
en, a printer, of Zanesville, Ohio, died ou
the 22d ult., from fever contracted by a babil
of putting type in bis mouth while "spacing
out" lines.
Although Jenkins only eats once a day, still
he says he has three meals rye meal, Indian
meal, and mealy potatoes. Jenkins is be
eominj a philosopher. '
SINGULAR
tovcsponJicnrc.
For the Simbury American,
THE CULTIVATION OF THE HUMAN VOICE
Like every other faculty of the human
system, the voice can only be improved by
proper and constant exercise in speaking and
reading, in a manner musical and entertain
ing, in a great degree, are altogether me
chanical. The art of which, to become pro
ficient in either, requires the strictest atten
tion. In order to become a skillful workman
in any of Ihe branches of labor in Ihe me
chanical department of knowledge, it re
quires years of unwearied loil and petsevc
ling application, which musl call into action
every faculty of the mind, and oftimes ll.e
vigoious powers of the whole intellect com
bined in one eternal effort. It is not the
pompous bars of language and high sounding
words employed which characterise the elo.
quent speaker. It lays no claim lo the loud
ness of voice, as soma persons are inclined
to believe, who are betrayed into the false
idea, that affectation embraces' the true se
cret of tho powers of eloquence, but jis thun
dering tones, doubtless,
, uww iiimii porno liu-
il r -
ble and more elevated countenance ol the
immortal Demoslheues, did not spring tip as
a mushroom which comes to perfection in a
single night, but the acquisition of which
took years of constant toil, lo mould it into
that commanding and glearing shape, which
was requisite to fit bun for that heavenly
. . " I
ojjeel for which it was designed and the
accomplishment of that noble act which has
tendered his name imperishable down to the
latest ages. Generations will pass away and
each, in turn, cannot but admire his dili
gence, when taking into consideration the
time which ha consumed, and lliu labor
which he bestowed upon the cultivation cf
his voice. Neither has any individual, in
my knowledge, ever yet rose to any degree
of destiuclion, in estimation of the learned,
world, either in reading or speaking without
the most assiduous labor in commanding the
powers of his voice. Needless, indeed,
would il bo for a person to attempt to arrest
tha attention of an audience by speaking in
a blustering, bellowing manner, violating all
the rules of oratory and the overwhelming
powers of elocution such an orator might
succeed in rousing iho tin bn lent passions of
an ignorant rabble, who are blind to all rea
son and guided by their inveterate tempers,
but ho would sink into cou'empl, in iho
hearing of an intelligent a:id enlightened
community. Lord Brougham, the most dis
tinguished onlor now living, did not rise to
so high a degree of eminence in estimation of
the learned world without the most unrelent
ing loil. The timo has been when he was
a school boy, with no greator abilities for tho
art of composition and the powers of elo
quence than thousands nl lha present day
possess oftimes, while attending lo his clas
sical studies, at intervening hours, did ha
retire to tha silent wood, and I here alone un
der ihe canopy of heaven brealhing the purest
air, did he pour forth strains ol his youthful
eloquence to the surrounding trees, calling
the large ones, "my lords" and the smaller,
"fellow citizens." In these noble exercises,
he was frequently observed by an old lady,
who remarked lo one ol her neighbois, no
wiser peihiip-i, lhan herself, in a very em
phatic and sympathising manner, exclainiug,
in language of sorrow. Oh whal a sad mis
fortune lhat so promising a young man should
go crazy! But thanks to her rc-maiks made
without itivestigalion, the very lliiug, lhat in
her estimation had a tendency to render
crazy his noble spirit, chanced to make him
one of the most convicting and ovew helming
orators that ever adorned iheuimls of history.
What a pity (here are not more such crazy
fellows in the world ! Some persons are in
clined to believe, that true eloquence is a
gift of nature, but example has convinced
one of ihe fact, that nature has bestowed this
faculty upon every talented man, and that he
even became eloquent in a greater or less
degree, by using proper means, according lo
his ability. True, there are individuals,
who, by exposure and l lie contiaclinn of li
centious habits, could sit and hear a eermuii
pronounced in the purest strains of eloquence,
which would suspend their souls over the
very flames .of hell, upon a slender cord, with
out beiiie moved in the least. But was Broug
ham's musical voice the gift of nature ? Had
this been the fact, why did it become neces
sary for him lo bestow so much labor upon
the cultivation of it? Declamation first
chainctcrized him as a pgblic speaker. Con
sequently, I am inclined to believe, that,
without tho controlling command of the hu
man voice, in this department of knowledge
it is a thing impossible for any indiwdual, be
his abilities what they may, lo rise to any
degree of distinction, as an orator in estima
tion of Ihe learned world. As it is indis-
peneibly necessary for a child, to familiarize
himself with the ulphabet, bel'oie ho can
learn lo read, so mut an oralor familiarize
with lha rules of elocution and declamation.
by continual and unwearied practice before
he is prepared lo stand in front of lha woild,
lo meet Ihe sneei ol the publio mind, or ha
will inevitably be classed among the lower
order of orator. A tree must blossom be
fore it bears and its fiuit come to perfection
before it is fit for market.
W. P. T
Elysburg, 1853.
Larce FonTCNt to a Convict. A man
named Robert Sutton, confined in the Auburn
State Prison, New York, for robbing Judge
Harris, of Albany, has just received intelli
gence that he is heir to $90,000, by ihe death
of a relative in England. He has yet some
five )eais to remain in prison.
Ol.l) SKltlKS VOL. 1 3. NO. 27.
THE SHANGHAI I1REKD OF FOWLS.
The Cennesse Farmer makes the following
stutemenl respeciirii? the Shanghai fowls, ami
wo publish it, In order that ihe opinion of
a faper of so much lespectabiliiy, on a sub
ject just now in its zenith, may bo known.
We give it for just what it is worth, neither
subscribing lo it fully nor objecting lo it
fully.
The Cochin China nnd Shanghai are much
larger lhan our common fowls, probably av
eraging three times their weight. Of about
fifly we raised last year, ihe smallest hen
weighed six pounds and ihe largest cock ten
pounds, ri one year old. They produce mort
eggs lhan any fowls we have ever kept. Tha
hens.ofien commence laying in less than
three tceeks after hatching abroad, and contin
ue laying every tlay regularly at the same
time taking care of her chickens until they
are able to take care of themselves. We
made a present of a pair of Shanghai fowls
to a gentleman well known to all agricultural
and horticultural readers. After a few weeks
happening lo be at his place we inquired
how his fowls prospered, and were told that
the hen had not laved. Think inn ihi
alranRe we asked to see v. hat eggs they had,
j - - - t
wnen we found between two and three doz
en ,cgs ln'S by our pullet, which we easily
recoS"ized. On pointing out her eggs to
0 ha remarked: "My wife ha9
severa' limes observed that tho hen that laid
. . . ...
'ho yellow eggs laid more than all lha oth
ers." He has some ha f a doen in all
They are good mothers, but lay a larger
number of eggs before wanting to ait gen
erally from forty to sixty. Tho young chick-
ens are very hardy much more so than any
others we know of. In several cases when
raising very late or very early chickens, we
have broods part Shanghia or Cochin China,
and part common chickens, and lost nearly
all the common without loosing one of lha
others.
"The eggs of pullets the fust year are
small. Indeed these fowls do not arrive at
full maturity in less lhan eighteen months
For this reason we think it would be better
to laise cosses to kill in tho fall. Wo kill
ed a dozen last year, at nbout six months
old, the smallest of which weighed six
pounds dressed. They were from common
hen and Shanghai cock. We alsj killed
sevcial Shanghai or Cochin China chickens
at about the same anP) taking a little pains
to test tho quality of the flesh, and disre
garding the scriptme injunction lo call in
the halt, the lame, and the blind," invited a
few of our friends who were good judges of
what a fowl should bo and lliey were unan
imously pronounced liist rate, and no differ
ence could be detected between the flesh of
lha crosses and pure bloods, as to the fine
ness and flavor. There is some satisfaction
in carving from a chicken weighing from
six to seven pounds.
David Crockett. An anecdote is related
of this remarkable man, which does him in
m,ilc,y m"fa honor lhan any office he ever
held. Before lie was a candidate for Con.
gress, or expected to be, there was a season
of scarcity in the Western District, where he
lived. Ho went up Ihe Mississippi, and
bought a flat-boat load of corn, and look it
lo what he called 'his old stamping ground.'
hen a man came lo him to buy corn lha
first quest ion he asked was. 'Have you got
the money to pay for ill' If lha answer was
in tha affirmative, Davy's reply was, Then
you can't have a kernel. 1 brought it here
lo sell lo people thai have no money.' U
was the foundation of his popularity.
A piime minister was asked, how he could
perform such a vast umnnnl of business, and
yet have so much leisure? He replied, I do
every thing at tho time.
The words of w is loin are as chance pearla
flung among the rocks, which Diligence loves
to gather, ami hang around the neck of Me
mory.
"Old age is coming upon me rapidly," as
the urchin said when he was stealing apples
from an old man's garden, and saw tho own
er coming furiously with a cowhide iti hand.
Stephen O. Southall, Whig, has been elect
ed to ihe Virginia House of Delegates, from
1 mice Edward, to fill ihe vacancy occasioned
b' 'esigna'ion of William C. Flourney, Esq.
The Rev. John C. Clemson has resigned
the pastorship of ihe Episcopal Church of
est Chester. Tha vacancy has not ye! been
filled. Mr. Clcmson goes to Marcus Hook.
Medary, tha Cleil? in tha Ohio House of
Representatives, who assaulted a member ou
the floor, has been expelled from hi office,
by a vole of 57 lo 11.
What Diitekencic ia there between forms
and ceiemoiiiesl You sil upon one, and stand
on lha other.
Wisconsin will get no Maine Law this win-
ier. A majority ieporl ha becu made against
it in the Senate.
Potter County paid no less lhan t85dur.
ing the lust year, a bounties for tbe desttuc-
tiou of wolves, wild-cats and foxes.
Military preparation are making with
much activity in ihe War department in Vi
emia. "Sam, why am lawyers like da fishes?" 'I
don't meddle wid dat subject." " Why, kase
dey am fond of Ja bate.
A Vocalist says he could sing "way down
on the old Tar river," if h oould get the
pitch.
Thc trials of life are ihe tens which ascer
tains huw much gcoj there is in us.