SINUL} COPIES, VOLME XL-NUZBER Ti POTTER JOURNAL, . 701.1iREU ET.F.RY THURSDAY MORNING, la' Thos. - S. Chase, 14 sr . ho:u all Letters and Commanietitions' ' squid be addref•:sed, to secure•nitention. T e rms-•lfivariably In Advance : $1,25 ptr Annual.. ,00.0111111111“ ~,,, 11111111111111 l 11111 l 'Perms Qt' Advertising. [lv line,.] 1 insert;ou, - - 3 h e lhgeivint - in . rertion less than 13, ..e.re three months, 50 4 00 " riiue •. 550 cm: year. G VU i.e: lig ire iro:k, per sq., 3 ins. 3 00 , v ~:iip.vicat in ;tirtion, 511 !Pia , : air trionthg, 13 00 - - . - 10 00 7 OU per year 30 00 1a OU Pplayed, per annum 65 00 SIC mouth 3, 3 00 three " 1G 00 one month, GUO per square !him eaeh iirertion under 4, "%I, 00 ,:, cuiumas will be inser.rnint the same or Executor's Notice, 2'oo 1 50 1 5c 1 00 1 50 r' :_•r‘:t.s. tract, No:ices. ‘;‘ , ;:ve-, cli ale s Jain s, per square fcr 4 OMEN or i':of,“ . :0:11._! Gard;, each, por yea:, - „, , n1 F. pc,r !ine, -Itiiver.:::,.nients runs -.1. :he-. cal no notice will he taken ::•- - t fr, , n, a ;tiston'2 , :. Tilt.. bi• tile money or sn.ti,factor ', - ili',' . ill6:s.S' eiilt.ii'. AW.Attinwnsliats , MANN, 7 ,1 r , F , Y -INi ) Ct IR AT LAW, Pa., will nttei,,l :l i e several and M . Kean Co•lwies. Ali (.Itrii , :e4 in his cap.: will re coi l -, ti:Ece oa Main it.. Co.i. 'I:1 F. W. K.NO.N., . 4 .. T Coudersport ; Pa.. will ~.•..vmsi lu Potter and CO , :ntiCS. /0:1 G. OLMSTED, ::'.1 1, 1;N3L11..,!..;1)rt AT LAW Pa , wi ti mteuil to ear? : promp:nes e; 'ice - Ternpenaice 111:1 ISAAC BENSON. .+. r Co.l,l,:rspurt,lpa., r.l! •Aitrusted to him, with tue.s. thEcc corner of We :z: 10:1 L. P. wiLLNTqs, AT LAW, Well3bin - o', Tioga Co ,I!rttte..l,l Cue Courts nit•l Coudiics. R. W. .BENIAJN, AND CONVEYANCER. Ray- P. ; ip.,) l'uttvr lb., Pa.. builuesz , iu 11i 4 liue, with IV. E. KING, D.:AFT:iMAS .l it CONVEY .M'Keau Co., Pa., will buziae, , 3 for non-resident land uiq)ll reas. , o;lable teru:m. Itefer,m '9Pvelt if required. P. 6.—Maps of auy ;t:;,,f bunt} wade to order. 3:13 0. T. ELLISON, '.r :SC: PIEVSICLOi, Coudersport, Pa. lly inform; the elLiZll/6 of the vii nearly 0 1 10 -ite the Cour. Coudersport; Pd. Tin and L'ihpht untie to order, in good style, on = t OCI)Eit,i1OB:1 HOTEL, Proprietor, Corucr 01 :41 :.iecoud Streets, Coucersport. Pot, ALLEGANY liousE, 'M. MILLS, Proprietor, ColeEburg Co., YE.. Eeven miles non's of Ow ,on tee Welletale Road. 9:4t • ' .• ~ • g Vtitlo emu. For thee, my friend. a purer-prayer, While life shall last, thy SAnau weer Will ask to breathe, Than that an unseen Aria mity,aguide Thy wand ring feet adowa the tide Of-Life so gently that, to glide ' The 890 beeenth, Will only leave a link to bird • The many loved' ones left behind 50 Si 50 . _ To thee in. Heaven—; • • Where bright life-streams sparkling leap— Where the Shepherd folP his sheep—: When ; in peaceful age . ,:stveet . sleep To thee given, ; - &ere:: Mite. Pa. S. M. L. The dead arc everywhere • ' ;The utuuntaiu tide, the plain, the wood pro found, . the wide earth—the fertile and the fhir— Is oue east burial ground! Within the populous streets, In solit.ry homes, in palaces Io pleasure domes, VII,: re pomp and Iti.ut) meet, - Men low themselves to die., The cid man at his door ; • Tire unweaned child, murmuring its wordless ' The bondmeu and the free, the rich, the poor it—ail :o &ail) belung-. • ENM 5 00 It , . t b VIP stnlight gilds t!le walls Of ki: gly brass ; .41.141 loug shadow of the cypress :4113 Athwart tl.c COLL:DWI: I . p azs• The living of gone titno,, Build:d thcir tities by the sea; And, un-tui in their greatness, sat sublime, As if nu ell.:nge could be. There was no eloquent tongue; -• , The pees heart, the sage s coal was there; And lovitig, WC113":1, with their children young The taithinl 41-d the lair. The3e were, but they arc.- not; : : 4 ur.a rose and set, the earth put 0:1 her bloom num, submitting to the common lot, WeLt down into the ton,b. APdE till, amid the. wree.ks Of might: generations passed away, I.:aril's honest growtL, the fragrant wild flower, deek.3 The tomb of yestegdny. And in thortwiiight - veled women feral, like her who went, , Sister or Lazains, to the grate to Weep; Ti breathe is low lament:- • The deld :we everywhere; Where'er i kve, or turlernes.4. or f ith ; here'er is pleasure, pou.p. or pride; where'er L:fe is, or was, is death! •1- , • ~lLiiri ►iFabin . . Mohammed. Pachals 1. - tters from ACM/lurk. .[Trallsll..tcci co. the S. V. Eve. PusL), NUMBER THREE. • CONCERNING YOUNG WOM,EN-A BRIEF SERNIOS win! . BRIEFER CUMMEN fARY. To Me Delicious AM Ben Hasson, Iforning Star of my Lips Firmament : . I have taken occasion , at my leisure, to study the life and habits of the female population of the New World, and as it will doubtless interest you to learn some thinzolthese, 1 will furnish you Witttsolue of the results of to observations. It seems to be laid down as . a liked priu eiple in ethics and practice, in this coun try, that wutnen has Nothing to Do, Un less she may happen by the strictest ne cessity to be driven to do •Souiethibg. The public of the city of New .Yorlt,jat :east, have been carefully instructed lin. this belief. The able e.ciitorS of the Eve nury Ananais and . the 7 Ifornir:b 7 , have taught the pupils . Of the daily press that Woman's RightS: are a humling, and that•the chief end of female life isito be ornamental ill the parlor and prolific in the nursery. The Rev. Dr. IleliotroPe„. whose influence is very extenSi've in the i town; has hulled some very sharp r teit.., ac all who venture to claim for her a hift ter career than she pursued •aincng-: the half tit iiized . 11ebrews of. ancient, dines.. The faithful and exemplary mothers who. inhabit the regions adjacent . tO Madigou Square hare, as your correspbadenti is given to know, promulgated thes' followitig as the two great commands wheretin In9ng all the/social law, and a cousiderable•pur-, tior~of whatever, profits, may be., fou'ud thercm, vii " Thou Shalt lov&a good establislia..leni: with all thy heart, and with all thy setil; and with-all thy :mind.- This is the fii-s. and great commandment,: and :the see fad is File unto' it : 'Thou shalt love thy neigii, bor just :•itt niiielt es is eonsiSteat - tritil thine entire indoktici Slid: 'ail' . priilitabli selfishness." . ..; , 1 - 7/. -• j -The; dear young creatures thewsOrea frown with peat indignation on such 4)1 their sisters as venture to tear the veils wlitch disgnize the little or . grettOniqui ties which trouble the city, and _which may tic traced to their . origin in g (etttalo idienees. BM And very properly do editors and proanb ers and mutlierai thus teach gi l d _preach and pructi • co. Why, Abel Ben ;an; alitould a woman do anything, stop it` s well kucititt ,114beica . 16: tiii.iqipfcs.. 61 liito iicirio;i•qaii, :419 fife bitk , riirptioli - Of TAo'r . pijii, ',..ptiNtill•c: Pi 9. If et,43. For the Potter Journal TO MAltir TUE -DEAD COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY, PA I) - TMlTltlfAlr,"'npcpwEß:9, 1858 that physical, mental_ or moral exertion will not Materially increase her chances of being yell married ? For to be well mar ried is undouhtMlly here, as in Turkey, the final object of female life. Is it not written in the'greatest of 1300 l (Chapter of Girls)--*. A hw-hand is to a woman as wheel,' to a chariot . ' 7' . ~ , . tn .t.tui connection I may say that I have been somewhat observant of the cus toms of a family of young ladies. who live . in good style in a well-buili street in the upper part of the city, and I select then. to be described to .you as representative 1 ' wowed. They have good clothes, good looks, good manners, and Nothing to Do. They have , learned sundry accomplish ments, not exaetly, b.::cause accomplish ments are goodly as a development of their liner tastes, but because they are attrac tive to that portion of the, masculine COM munity who way be rennet!, for want of a better phrase—the Universal Augustus. They have learned some French, not ex actly because the lauguage is sparkling and delightful, but because the Universal Augustus thinks it pleasant to utter com monplaces in that- tongue. They have studied music, not because it is the ex pression of all that is harmonious in the outer and inner worlds, but because the Universal Augustus is accustomed to de clare himself greatly moved by the. con cord of sweet sounds. When they were at school they were taught something of cience, but this not being. especially rel ished. by the Universal Augustus, has lapsed into forgetfulness. They are all in society new.—four of them—as pretty a ithe gaze!les of Afghanistan; and they are 'preparing traps, gins and pitfalls fur the Universal A ugust us. Fur this laudable purpose they 'have Nothing to Do, except ito look well. At a somewhat uncertain Fhour of the morning they array themselvss. Nina pretty morning dresses. Presently, [they deck themselves in more gorgeous array, and go promenading in Broadway. I laud the avenue. Fur dinner -tie. , ,y add! !more-ornament to their pretty little bodies. lln the evening their prettieess teaclies , ':its culannatina.- Soon as 'the evening Ishades prevail. ,the Universal Augustus ;calls in and walks blimhOlded among the ":traps, gins and- pitfalls. There is, of course, Nothing to Do. except to entertain , ',htui; aird , asr-he is an amiable joi n t`titan, , he is essilycharnied. Soo.e littk songs are sung, some little scandal retailed, some very little jokes cracked, and he goes house to dream of the pretty ways of the Uni yersal 'Fanny ; and as haiLtin nature is much the saute here as it is in Oriental clinics, I presume that sonic, day all , this will .end in matrimony, . ~ - • . I remember that one evening, at the mansion . of this Universal "Twiny, a cer-, tainyoung man, whose name was not Au-i gustus, mid who had a somewhat "solemn and seedy appearance, addressed the young ladies in nearly the- following lan gua:re-1 will write out his rewarka as I recollect them, in order to give y.. 0 a spec imen of the style in which some abstract young men - areln the habit of talking in New York society, just as it'society would pay some attention to their tedious mor alizing.- . W: said : . Universal Fanny, (for I address you colleetively,) with prophetic eye, I see that you will be married some day to the Universal Augustus. If he should chance to be rich, you will, doubtless. continue to do nothing with the . greatest assiduity; if he should happen to be strug gling with a stout heart to conquer for tune, and make your home happy so far as money can, you will be a help meet, ( that, is,.ahelmboth-ends-meet,) cheering him on in the good work, busy as a Deg in the "little house, or you will be'orna 'mental fora time, and then, as vonr beau tylades, a Mere clog upon his valorous exertious? Do n.eu marry wives only as they would. buy pictures and statuary, or do they choose them for_ companions, friends, co-workerS in the field of daily en detivOr,' and honest ambititai. Anything, I might say,• in' rCgard to the tuißerieS ‘..:ause - ti,by lazy speudthrift-,Avives, world (alas!) he : very common-place—perhaps ungallant and unworthy of wilat is,so.al4- what curiously ccillcd •polite literaturC.', But I see my friend,' the Vuiversaf gustusi sloivly . sailingaround.in the whirl pool of your. fascinations. Ile tells, me, good feroo-, of your. pretty ways, your Mind, dispesition--aud i know lug in the clouds of the future ducat lit tie castle, - wherein he; with you; will lioe as:stroply and happily as Cock Robin. - _pray he may, have,a good time; but why, in the name. of Dugald S.tewart•on, the Law of should you suddenly change yoUr,fasltioti of having :4Othint tii hit become - a dear, little' thi-ifty crea. lure? I tremble to think of the discord that pay. rael; that tmsteilated bind's-peat &owl-built iu : the future ;- how . you will groiv.to . be a mere thern in his and .now he Will - groan when he cone S to stnnke - a quiet cigar in toy baChelor lodg- ta i ga. Fgreaergeore, the tnivereal Angus .tae may be , a luau of fine taste. He wa y have - an ar4tint adunratiun for fine tlionglits;'nuble'utetranoes, wheilie: iu art or poetry or science. Ile May beTleased I to converse of something wore entittrinej than thenice nothings that you talk about. l Now, when the heyday of his huney:l moon shall have passed away like a lux urious dream, will he-find you a compan ion for his lonely hours? You may be. for you had originally a good enctigh brain; I but I fear you have had Nothing to Du' with'theicult ore of such faculties as Prov idence inis endowed you withal. And. U sweet ladies, my Universal Fanny. I-remember a- proverb which was quoted in imy hearing once ; by your friend yonder, the. Pacha Death it qicrt kr4tel# Ut e - y'ry ?ream's - go it.; So, if I were ciisposettto preach, I ti ight remind you iif - ii tithe iVheti your tielieate bodies will be dre§seci in simple -grave clothes, a sort of garments whose fashion I does not; change every month, and your little vanities and hopes and rivalries be ing suddenly nipped. as by frost,. your minds, iininortAminds, will go to live that wonderful future life which isibut a sequel to your present existence, and de pendent for its character and coloring up on the culttire of those minds here in the I flesh. NI could 'ask you :i quite import ant, nay, altogether soleinn question. If your mho* rusted with idleness, dwarfed with inaction, shrunken like unused mus- I Iles, have Nothing tiiDo• in this world. i what eau they have lb. do in the inimor taLlife? s It is not altogether certain that in that life there Will be any inoraing or evening iriresses, any miliiners. polkas, i operas, flirtatious, or- Doctors IleliotrOlic ; I but we way be sure that you will titoi there free ,se,pe for your affee:iong aad your perceptions. that beauty more thrill ing than mortal eye .ever saw', and truth more clear than was ever presented Ic mortal intellect, and gnodne9s moreiper teet !Ilan .ever warmed mortal heart 1611 be there, ready to be recognised by the trained eve and puriCed spina. Dot um less you r, lismpline your vi,lon hereby earnest thought-, unless your hearts are touched and quickened-by.genuine sym pathies here, what will you have to: do, with theimiuortalities ofsciete e and art.! of troth and goodness: Nothiag to Do'. "1 * * When, the soinrun and seedy . young man had given utleranee, to these ine,..- herent re , nark.. the T42 . taf;ltidttß loOked blank, and the 15itiverstei - VuglistuS looked bored, and I therefore felt ictuy duty to relieve, thew, by . stating my -renewed eon viction of the truth enunciated by our Prophet, that woman has nu future state. Wherenpfin'the coMpany becalm re-as sured, and 'thT.didactic -young man sub sided;. Iflatter myself ant tuy proposi !lon was a poser to tocyonth., I have some .olmervittion in regard to the press of New York, which I must re serve for another letter, Till then, faith fully and devotedly thine, 31Auo3tur).. LITTLE BETTIE. " Trawl tne some water, Buddy, won't you ?" " In a minute, Bettie." Aud Bettie's feverished cheeks were pressed again to the pillow, and-little Hnr ry's hands went on 9 busily as ever with the trap he was making, and he at length entirely forgot the request. • e` Please gut is now. Buddy," heat - last heard, and, scattering knife, triggers, and strings, in his haste, he was soon' holding a cup to the crinson lips ; but she turned her head languidly from it., "Not thK •please; but some fresh and cold from the she said. ‘• Qh; don't be *sis*:partictibtr, I3ettie ; this is‘fiesti;'aild I rim' so busy I can't g' Uri*. Won't this dO?" She no longer iteftised, but quietly-took the-cup which he offered ;,and it was the last, ~/ct,t tiwe she evor called:upon her brother foran act of kindness.. Ere anoth : or dap h^d passed, she sto,id' boside the Fiver of Life, and drank of its eool waiters', ~never to. ,thirst a ; .5.1iu.: And of all who wept over that, rle eofiln,.s it lay upon the table bef,tre the pulpit; .there were none who shed `Uwe bitter tears than that little troy, wh could not furiiet that ha refused- the last request of hisilialo Little. are you kind to one 'another, or are y9u,eross, selfish, and fret dice; :the time may conic whedthey . willlielieyond your reach ;. and then, .Oh,-how gladly would` you .give , Alou possess to baye them lytek again:! You : raight.gaiher all your books and toy's, ,----eveiythikig fur which.,y(in are. now eo viilllhg to contend ; buit all yoil.eould with them' Would be to place tileiu'on'the 'grave of one you had wronged! would not bring tlkqui back..., Henry Rasa kind hearted boy, and. dearly, loved ,hhi little facer, 'and I . it3 had onlybeerk sick-a little not coneider her den •ol4okisly 13n.t this was nOcouifori to him 'when she was.goue., (Th, inot,her !"- he 'would say, ".if I had only bioaght that wzter ftir her, I could bear it.; but now she is,where I can never never wait upon her again r! . Think of this, wbeu you are tempted to quarrel, to be selfish, or unkind ; you ltuow it one of you should, die, the rest would reui ern ber every Let of ti kin d nest;l:every bitter word which had Mien from; our -lips"? But then it 'would - be too lateito recall it—too lute .to ask for giiieneas.»—.N., C. Press. - • REV. 11EISRY WARD BREMER THE QUALIFICATIONS FOR Coat MUN lON . --The New York corresbondent of the - Boston Jouipal writes "Mr. Beecher held a communion, In his church on the first: Sabbath in No vember. lle cited neatly the saute words he used on the former occasion, , and ex actly the same sentimuits. The words were taken down from Lis lips as he spoke them by one colopeteut to do•so— and their accuracy can be attested to by men who will be believed anywhere. On the 7th of. November, Mr. Beecher arose and said in substance :.`I invite all to sit with us,, that feel Cary have the true love of Jesus within theta, whether they are members of auy church or not, they be ing the judge teeinselve3:" !NW" It has been wall said that "rash ionable society" is nothing more nor :ess than a aeries of absurd and cold formali ties It has no heart, any more than the Hock of Gib alter has. The password to it is "Money''---4f you've got ,it, or can make the wurld th;nk you have. "go in." Brush up your beaver—never mind. about your character—and "go in I"- Learn the set -speeches of polite gossip. dress "in go:A•taste." pretend to great respect for a sectarian creed, and keep up a fash ionable outside show. an. I you shall safely latss with the genteel elect. • Society is —fearfully and wonderfully made!" Eburational. For the Potter Jourtz.:l Letters on Phonetics.--N.). 2. When the child or learner masters the first .ester of the alpbabt, hzu he ascer tained it nature and power li.eist:utghr that it is "a," and gives:. it the sound heard in the ward "late." 13el'ore he be comes a gocAl reader, he will have learned that this letter Las nu less than seven dif ferent sounds ; and also that 'there are thirty four ways of repre:seniing . this sound of "a" iu late. -.LA:tie - 1.1" e" has .:eren sounds, and forty ways of Tepreseut ing its Sound as heard in •! alee i t. " .Let ter " i" has six Bound...a, and tkirtg-seven ways of representing it, as Itearditu and so Uhl ipjin (turn. A care ful etynMlogist, by pitieut iavestigatioa, has asee.ftaitied that the eam of; the ways of represen t inn the sounds our wage, is sir hiti,(l red find So .we see that iu order - to become good reader and speller, an alphabet of 1353 letters has to be dearned instead of What is the result? Doubt and per plexity await the student at every step; yes ,it is impossible• to become perfect spellers. It amounts to this. The.ivstem is eo faulty, that when a new word is seen for the tirmt time; uo one can tell with -any certainty, how it is pronounced, and when a word is.ltecti:(l,fur the first time, no one can tell how to spell it. If a word i 9 pro nounced to a scholar which.jias the sound of " e - in feet in it, he must 914.5. s one of the fln•ty ways of representing that sound &cy and the - cliance is that he will-! , uess wrong or contrary to the est46/islo:d mode. The result of'suett an erroueOus system is, that the u•lajority are or spOlers and renders, and all are more or troubled with the incAsiitencies of our orthogra. phy. Mist of the precious time of youth is 'spent la trying to overcome the obstacles placed iii the cay of advancement in;ed ucation by this imperfect system. It is a lamentable truth; that the great ; imajerity of our eitiiens art 'poor readers. Buttery few persons Can be prevaile4p lon to read aloud in company. because at every, step_ they fear •_they, shall meet a ,word \ they never saw before; and .they liiiiriv'ir tlicy do, there is no sure way of '.determining its true pronunciation. Most parsons 'are not p.'svro.of the many illoGn- Lsjsincie.g . of English orthography. I -We. will refer to',onc. or Eweinstinces ithai Will show to,a batter advantige, seine of -the ". beauties" of `the..syst:mn. I" Tp:tif,(lrigit ezort . ilt, in the rrough, near ; the slori?fh..l;l,'' the lough to last the ilticks !that I Orty,/il at„the br;rough thivitgli, the day," •Pght, words-ending : in ougli. all IproMW ittaced 'differently. - e venture to j assert, that very Many whe . elaim - to be I good re,ider , onnot „ read .the above ;ex-- 4 tract and pronounce all plio,worcls con:cct 7 have often heard, good:selmlars commit errors:in - reading these few Words: • tho Ugh the tough .cough And hiccongh iplatlgit me through," and itls not at nit Vvho, lies . no safe guide will be spt to ge astray. ~. Owing to the troubles in, our ortho'n;ra s. phy. lexiccnapit4s have resorted to rules which shall guide the stwieut in acciuir ; ing a, knowledge.7—;hut the matter is not Ihelped materially;'bceause to the various rules, are appended numerous e.reepti i ptis. yea, so many that 'Cite exception bet:muses 1 FP.I- 4 . Og . N..T.S . _ 7 ..,,, :,.,_.,-,::. DIEVI TERMS. $1.15 •PEit: APIII4. more nearly the,rufe, . Of wfitititahrelis rule; if it must, bei'viulitted:'eontinially.. IThese are not. rules tegive . tid &nett 'assistance. :Wedo 'not seem nineh the wiser after studying them. Let us sbefer ru umment'how easy'it must - he'for a for to learn our language.: 'Llr.iFlyol !to his English . .l3,riiromat for Qerinatis, L - • only'sisty-fiVe` c paties ofruleS tor:the pronunciation of the al priabet,yifteenliars 4of assent . rules, and ieventemi-.0 orthe, graphical totes.. Dr. work devotes one ft& eitiiiAe large octavo pages to 't lie same..su jeep, - - and Hirs in his Grammar Aft-six. - : This is a sample of how much is.eoesider ' ed necessary, for foreigners; in 'order-4,• :ghe them a general idea in the' niajority of cases, and tbuk save them the trouble of referring to a dictionary, mixickafter all, is the best and safer resort. 'Children :are taught to read each Word . ,seps'Mtels , , as a new symbol to .be leareCt, In leap ing to write or E. pelt the Language,';, he !child Must commit to memory:the -names Of the alphabetical elements of the 'word (which seldom have'anything to 'do' iiith the sound) for every . common word inch.es language, and uni9nuon ones they Must turn'toupronounciugDictionary.. About. a d'ozen Dictionaries are. deyhted: t,14 tilVt solution of the great ortlioepiii piohteiez, " Given the Oi•thojrOpky . of ari. E4 renallisp to PronuttriqiiOni'n This is not a very easy picilit.-*toso with the aids generally at Coirtinaud4 , Walker indulges us with TO 'qosely: printed Octavo . ptig.es in double columns, of ti 2 lines per colunin" on what he cells princ;pies of Eogli:h pronunoi i stroii:! Alas seventy. _pages to wade througlt: lore we. can understand the use , OfOlar owe 4lplu,trt... how discoliraging. Smart in his Y 0 pages for the same purpose makes this confession, "some words, however, still remain which noiyf, tem can enibrace, and which can there.' fore, be referred to no generalp;i74le.,i,!`'- (Pc. That is rather huwiliatiug. . follow:tig the' above • oithoepio ,091)104, dual eti another equally as difficult t to wit c. " te:-.,1 gee sound of to foil its , Orthography." Some ingenious parsons bave tried. to I• solve this probietu for flie word which is; • Pron._ , utte.'d 'They — have .fcittii .frotn figuring (ti ; jui,cs don't lie r.ltho . ttgli, litters •lo.) that this word may be spelled !fif. keight in Pioris ikrie hurulred and tiz 1 , 4-s th 'mu four.hunt:fre'd'itnd Arty ways. Ilow-beautiful. Pructs OF GOODS 1:11775."-The,i0t, towing prices of Goods, were copied Adm.: the books of a inerch.ant in Prov,ideikCei ft. 1.,,,,in 1775. The -prices, oomparect witli thoie of a present day, at, high . buil it s in nutiecl, that they were far leaf,., favorable to the laborer than now. Thaia. it woulii roluire three days and, alialflit.i .; bor to purchase a -bushel of wheat; lll'oi. but one or one and a half is necessary . • I lb. brown sugar, $1 50; • I gallon St. ('rain rum, 6 00. 1 lb. honey ' • 1 00 . .. ' I bushel salt, S 67 . , 1 lb. beef steak, ' 30 : 1 lb. allspice, ' 6 67 .1 entutnou fur bat,• ,: 10 50: - i- ' .. . . _ - 1 lb. brimstone, I 17' ' - I white bowl, (guar%) 1 67 I do milk pot, ,1 C 7 I cotton neck handkerchief, 417 ' I glass tumbler, 142 . I pair quality garters, _ 167 1 lb. pepper,' 800 ' . , . . I'lb. tea, (11. S.) ' 11 CY ~ . "1: I gallon molasses, ' ' 4 67, : 1. lb. gun powder, ' 6'67' -- ' , 1 paper pins, . - . ' :2bo , ' , L 1 lb. shot. - . . 1.34: , - 2 :". I skein,cotton thread, . ,42 :., 1 sheet paper, • ' : : 34 1 bushel oats, ' ' 1'25 - ' ' 1 do . flax seed, r ' - 4 67' , . • 1 lb. cheese, . • . 50 .-. '.: 1 bushel 'wheat, • 3 67 , :- 1 lb. copperas, , I.(loz^n common cost buttons, 1;11 1 skela'sewing silk, - -1•17" 1 skein twist, 1 17 1 lb. bees was," , ;224 1 lb. . 1 brass tiii:nble, t'S fiaz.to'rnnon cups s eiucets, 4 00 t""titCng one vest, "67 Ooe , day's work., • " 2.50 Omits oz T.LIS F. F. re--Many of our readers hare heard of the "First YAM Rica of Virginia ;" but few, we take-it,' know bow the term originated. .! ehangc explains it thus , . 4 ,1 U the early settlement of 04 Btate it sas.feuna impossible, to colonize it unless: wmnen went there. • Accordingly, a ship; load was scut out, but no, planter•was lowed to marry one of,them until he had: first paid . one hundred. pounds of, tobacco • for her passage. When the second ship load came no ,one would,-pay more than. seventy-Gee pounds , for the matrimonial privilege, except it were a`rerg superior, article: , Consequently, the deseendatite of all those who were sold for one hoar dred . pounds of tobacco wore ranked _as the first families, wbileetbosewhobyought. but seventy-fire pounds• are now ranked as the . second families; and the -reasort wtiy.ne cue pin ever find any of t,he,sec old families, is, because -you can't get e. Virgini:an to ads it Oa& hie ‘ motb'er onlp broug.ht seventy-sre pounds of tobacco." i 4 MEE ME UM =EN MB MEM
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