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AVAYNESliUKG, PENNA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 1S03.
NO. 3.
THE WIIIHTIiKR.
'Yott have hear-l," aid a Youth to his sweet
heart, who stood
While ho snt onaoorn nhenfat daylight' (In
cline MYou have hear-1 of tho Danish boy's whistle
of wood ;
1 wIhH that tho Danish hoy' whhdlo were
mine."
'And what wotil-J you do with It? Tell mo,
ahe autd,
While an arch nmiie played over her beauti
ful (urn,
'"I would Mow It," he answered, "and then my
fair maid
Would lly to my side and would there talte her
place."
"In that all you wish for? That may bo yoiirn
Without any in suite," the fair maid cried;
"A favor uohIIkIU one'N good nature secure!"
And She plnylitny tteuted herself by hU side.
'I would Wow it osnln," said tho youth, "und
thecharnt
Would work to that not even Modesty's cheek
Would hi able to keep from my neck your line
arm !"
Hhe smiled and she laid her fine arm round
his nock.
'Yet once moro would I blow,nnd the mulc
divine
Would bring nin a third tlmo on ox(Ulsltn
bllNH
Yon would lay your fair chuck to this brown
one of mine,
And your Hps stealing prist It would (?lvo mo
a kiss."
The maiden laughed out In bur Inuoceut gkM
"What a fool of yourself with tho whl.itle
you'd make:
I'fiT only coiifiMt't how Hilly 'twould be
to nit there end whittle for what you inlnht
takix"
SheVajjnwbuvji itcpuMican.
I'A XV KK.HK.HIIEKT
Docs any one forgot the select lan
guage, the very chaste ami elegant epi
thets, showered ly our political oppo
nents, foremost our "handsome" neigh
bor, upon CJeo. V. Lawrence, tiller his
reported Lawrcnceville speech? M'e
cannot reproduce their billingsgate lor
tho reason it is too lilthy to occupy a
place in columns never bedraggled
with eucli "lowscurrillity." And yet
this pattern of all that is modesty and
choice rhetoric, complains that we
"never have a word of commendation
for any demoer.it its candidate," but
indulge "in indiscriminate personal
sibuse of all." Not forgetting that
treachery oft lurks in compliments,
We are only too glad to acknowledge
the truth of the first part. There is
nothing of friendship for Coppcrhcad
Um in our make-up. To the second
charge we plead guilty in so far as our j
sense of "personal abuse" is applied, j
VI lien a man pushes lumseii, or w
jmshed into public notice or aspires to
some office in the gilt of the people,
we take it as our right, our duty, to
know and apprise tho public of bis
character, his ability, etc. Taking
such a position a man stakes all this.
Acting upon this hypothesis wc pre
sumed to style the Copperhead candi
date for Assembly, Sedgwick, a stupid,
malignant rebel. That is our opinion j
ami knowledge of tho man, deduced !
from good Democratic authority, men, j
who though voting for him, declared
their disgust "that such a man should j
be forced on the, people." His rebel;
proclivities arc proverbial in the lower
end of the county, lie opposed every
measure for prosecuting the war, and
if wc have not been misinformed by
men whom wc have no cause to doubt,
expressed himself freely, during the
struggle, in favor of Jell'. Davis and
his compatriots. Such a man wc have
no hesitancy in pronouncing stupid and
malignant, and, moreover, would ndd
that he is about as fit to represent
Greene county in the Assembly a3 a
donkey, or the editor of the JWn
ffer. Concerning Albert G. Davis wc
have to say that no decent man in the
community can conscientiously speak
a good word for him, our neighbor's
threat to "tell a good un' " on us to the
contrary,
"Lot them wield the thunder,
Foil in their dint, who are mailed In despair!"
"DEPARTING l'HH THE TRADITIONS
Ol' OIK t'ATIIKHN."
Copperheads are exercised for fear
the present generation shall "depart
from tho traditions -of our fathers."
Whether they should like to return to
the fashion of knee-breeches and small
swords; powdered wigs and long-waist-coats,
or not, they don't say,
but as this is a free country no one has
any right to object if they wish to don
the costume of George tho III, yet it
certainly would cause remark if they
should appear, in the simple dress of
Father Adam. .Need they Im) told
that "old things have passed away ?"
Faust or Guttenberg, could they
be roused from their long sleep,
would wonder at and admire the per
fection attained in the "art preserva
tive" but would they ask us to return
Jo the old and clumsy method ? Would
Benjamin Franklin prefer a gig to a
palaoe-sleeping car in riding from New
Yorfc (o Washington to-day ? Had
Columbus a Cunarder on a two-masted
brigantine when he discovered Amer
ica? Just contemplate the road trav
eled over and see what innovations
have been made upon "the traditions
of our fathers," in the ihysic.il and ideal
world. Mannerism is cast complete
ly in the shade. Nobody wishes to
do as others have done. Customs dif
fer und ambition "plumes itself for
lo( tier flights" than havo yet been
reached by mortals. And yet there is
a class of unfortunates called Copper
heads who )ino fur "the traditions of
our fathers," and tug and hitch at
the crowd which hurries by on the
road of Progress. They see nothing
but danger ahead in every new stroke
that wipes out an old idea.
Slavery was a pet "tradition" of Cop
perheads and they raised a long, loud
howl when it was abolished forever in
these United States. State Rights,
too, is fostered in their memories as a
treasure, partially obscured by the
result of the war. The only way is to
push on ami secure t!.e laurels, as the
lit publican tarty has done, and let
them the stragglers conic up after
wards. In the matter of Finance
the position of the Copperheads was
originally for hard money and against
State banks; then for State banks and
opposed to greenbacks; and now it is
for greenbacks and against the Nation
al banks, and should any improvement
be suggested in the National Hanking
System it would be for the National
Hanks and against improvement. Thus
in a natural lifetime by voting the
Copperhead ticket a man votes every
Radical principle, except that he votes
them a year or two later. Those who
wish to swing on the tail of Society
should continue to vote the Copper
head ticket. You will never get the
sand out of your eyes until you mount
"the traditions of our lathers."
what vnr.x f
Copperheads propose to issue twenty-live
millions more greenbacks, but
they don't say what they want after
that is done. If they extinguish the
national debt in that way and it
would be extinguishing with a ven
geance is it not reasonable to suppose
that a greenback dollar now worth
sixty cents in gold would be depreci
ated to almost nothing, with the ability
of the government to redeem at par
removed beyond a possibility ? AVork
ingmen who to-day are worth sixty
cents in gold fir every greenback, on
the day the IVndletnn repudiation
scheme goes into effect will be worth
ten cents, perhaps, for every green
back dollar. Then will be realized
the wished for days when copperheads
hoped "it would take a hat-full of mo
ney to bay a hat !" Your debtor will
approach you with the blandest of
smiles and oiler you ten cents on the
dollar and square, or give you his
promise to pay to be paid with anoth
er promise when due. This will be
an ea.ii (.(ate of allairs, but who is
there excepting a swindler or vaga
bond that would wish to see our finances
prostrated and every business inter
est stagnated by repudiation?
nivr roil hahi:.
.V correspondent of the Tribune
makes n palpable hit in this wise:
"1 think that Mr. Chase owes it to
the country, and to humanity at large,
not to accept the nomination by the
Democrats unless a good sound Union
man is nominated us Vice President
on the same ticket. The facility with
which some people remove obnoxious
Presidents makes the Chase movement
look a little like sharp practice us if
ho was to be used, if possible, to carry
a convenient Copperhead, or at least
one of easy virtue, into the Vice
Presidency. Leaving out of view the
possibility of another assassination, the
great interests of our country ought not
to depend upon the uncertain tenure
of the life of one man."
Til AX lit.
We are under obligations to our
"handsome" neighbor for calling the
attention of Democrats and Republi
cans to an article in our editorial of the
17th inst., headed "The Qcestios
Stated." To be still more explicit
regarding it wo challenge him to pub
lish the article entire and answer the
argument.
BIT LITTLE DIFFERENCE.
In Luzerne county Copperheads
used co (lee to color naturalization pa
pers and thus divest them of their
rawness of appearance, that aliens
might be voted fraudulently. Where
such men were found in the army they
were known as "coffee-coolers," in
peace they are "coffec-coloristB."
From the London liuily News, June I.
the i'uikiiikNiiai. i:i.t:i'iio..
An KligllMll .View of flte; 'milnnllons of
the i lileiiyol'omeiilloti
There are some circumstances which
render the nomination officii. Grant
singularly opportune. lis is not a poli
tician and th nation is tired of politi
cians. He is a soldier with a soldier's
idea of duty, but with a civilians's re
spect for legislative authority and the
national will. IIo has probably no
definite policy of his o vn; but it is of
a President with a policy that the re
public is suffering. He is necn-tiiiiied
to obey, as well as to rule; and it is a
President who will do its work and
obey its behests whom the nation
needs. '1 he very fact that after, by
turns, exciting the suspicion he has
won the confidence ofnll parties, proves
his fitness for the highest post in the
Commonwealth. A President should
be a practical Statesman, not a theorist
a man of (hods rather than words;
the executive of the national will, not
the apostle of his own self-will, lie
has no right to a policy which is
not the policy of the nation, and i;i his
office he belongs neither to his party
nor to himself, hut to the nation which
has elected him to its temporary head
ship. It is tho best reconiendation of
General Grant that he will probably
make a national rather than a party
President ; and should his election
once more lift the ollice ever so little
above the self assertion of Mr. John
son's administration, or the party nar
rowness of so many of bis predecess
ors, it may restore the waning influ
ence of tho Presidency, anil begin an
era of peace and reconoiiiation in the
nation.
It is curious to observe the irresisti
ble advance of Gcncr.il Grant to the
position be now occupies. Ever since
Mr. Lincoln's death, he has been spo
ken of as tho next President, but he
has never in any way put himself fbr
ward for nomination. Instead of can
vassing for himself, as so many of his
predecessors have done, ho has refused
even to submit to examination. His
habits of reticence has been a puzzle to
the politicians and an immense alllic
tion to the correspondents of party
journals. J to was misunderstood dur
ing the war, and would not explain
himself; he has been more misunder
stood since the peace, and has left the)
explanation to events. All parties in
turn have claimed him, and all parties
have spoken of hiul as theirTt'csiden
tial candidate. In theAiituinn of
1 800 Mr. Johnson paraded him as his
companion in the celebrated North
western tour. In the Autumn of last
year, when the list guns of the elector
al struggle began to be beard, he was
nominated by the jtarty which sup
ported Mr.. Johnson s policy, and was
paraded by them as the people's can
didate. 1 le was supposed to be ncith
erone thing nor the oilier, neither for
Congress or the President, neither for
negro franchise nor for unconditional
reconstruction ; but only for peace as
piiekly as possible. econstruetio:i
at any price was supposed to be bis
motto, and the advocates of hastilv
patching up the the Union regarded
him as their coming man. ,
Meanwhile the Republicans who
were talking of Mr. Chase, Mr. Wade
and Mr. Colfax, were luke-warin about
General Grant. He would not be put
through bis catechism, would not com
mit himself to anything but practical '
duty, and they were as willing to sih
pect his silence as the Democrats were
willing to trust it. Rut it was not the
first service Mr. Johnson rendered the
Republican party when he put ( iciioral
Grant's loyalty to Congress to a prac
tical test. As the General would not
declare against his policy, Mr. Johnson
tried to use him to cany it out, and
thus forced the depuration which nei
ther private friends nor public appeals
had been able to draw forth, from
that time General Grant has more and
more regained the eonlideiico of the
Republican party, and has only lost
that of the Johnsonitesand Democrats.
Circumstances have, in fact forced him
upon the Republican party, and have
rendered his unanimous nomination as
their candidate their only course. Hut
that nomination is another proof of
tho ascendency of the moderate sec
tion over the extreme Radicals, of
which so many, examples have been
given. General Grunt is the represen
tative of the most moderate section of
the Republican partv, and his unani
mous acceptance as the candidate of
the whole party is a proof of its re
stored harmony inl a guarantee of its
suceess. IIo wilbprobably beelccttd
by a vote in which all the States will
share, for the first time since Mr. Lin
coln's first election, and will be the
first Republican President who will
preside over an undivided Union.
THE HOME OF iF.r.nAI. ORAM'.
The home of General Grant is an
agreeable one to the visitor, and plain
ly shows the nature and taste of the
occupant. Tall walnut book-eases
stinound three sides of the library.
Everything relating to the business of
war is there, and histories in abun
dance. The usual display of fiction,
essays, biography, philosophy, and
works of general information and ref
erence line the shelves. " On the man
tel is a cigar stand, a bronze statuette
of a drummer, and another of a
bugler. Engravings of Washington,
Lincoln, Sherman and Sheridan, and
several biographs of Rogers' statuettes
. i . i : i ? . . l .
are me oniy pictures in mo room.
Easy chairs and lounges are placed
carelessly about the room, and the li
brary is without doubt the most cheer
ful and inviting apartment in the
house. A minatiire saddle and trap
pings in bronze and silver is fastened
to cross-sabres of tho same nict.il. A
bronze drum rests beside a stack of six
inch muskets; a cigar case from the
home of Hums; a half dozen curiously
formed and elaborately decorated
pipes and cigar-holders; powder-horns,
mounted in gold und silver, each hav
ing its separate history, and a hun
dred rare little articles of vrrla adorn
thi! tables and mantels. On a side
table in tin boxes are tho five military
commissions of colonel, brigadier gen
eral, major general, lieutenant general,
and general) with the parchments of
brevet ranks which Grant has receiv
ed. Some very costly albums, prayer
books, and Hibles tire also upon the
table. An oil painting of Sheridan
and one of Mcpherson are prominent
ly Jfljug in tho parlors, and a marble
biisCand an engraving of President
Lincoln are also conspicuous.
A MTIIOSU HAJf.
Thomas Thompson, tho "strong
man," was born in Iondon in 1710,
and was bred a carpenter, but alter
wards traveled on his "muscle." He
was a fjuiet, peaceful man, of middle
size and weight, made like other men,
except that tho usual cavities under the
arms and hands were, in bis easa Idled
full of muielc. The wonderful stories
of his feats of strength are well authen
ticated. He could hold under perfect re
straint, and with ease to himself, the
strongest horse. Ho lifted a table six
feet long, with fifty pounds on the end
of it, with his feet, and he held it in a
horizontal position a considerable time.
He rolled up a pewter di.-di weighing
seven, pounds with much apparent
case as the reader would roll up a sheet
of paper. 1 Ie held a pewter quart pot
at arm's length and squeezed the sides,
together like an cg shell. He lifted
two hundred pounds with his little
linger and waved it gently around his
head. He lilted Mr. Chambers, a
clergyman, who weighed three hun
dred and seventy-four pounds, with
one hand, Mr. Chambers' head being
placed on ono chair and bis feet on
another. At a blow, ho struck a round
bit of iron one inch in diameter,
against his arm and bent It like a
bow. One night, observing a watch
man a-leep, in bis box, he picked up
box and watchman, carrying the load
with the greatest ease, and dropped
him over tho wall into Tiwdale bury
ing ground. A butcher once passed
a large window at which Tophuui was
sitting. He stooped down and took
half an ox from the fellow's shoulders
with so much ea-e and dexterity that
the man swore that tho devil had flown
away with his beef. At a race n man
insisted on driving upon the track, so
Topham took hold of the tail of the
cart and drew it gently back, the dri
ver whipping the horse like a madman
all time. When he kept a public
hoii'o two men were determined to
fight him, so to satisfy them, he seized
them by the napes of their necks, and
knocked their heads together till he
got all the fight oat of them. He
astonished a sailor who presented him
with n cocoanut, by cracking it close
to his ear fls you would a peanut , and
upon one occasion he threw' his horse
over a turnpike gate, and at any time
could go through the manual of arms
w;th the beam of a house.
IIIMItMIS Ao wivi:n.
A certain eminelit clergyman passed
in the circle of his acquaintance as one
who was governed by his wife, the
men called , him hen-pecked, and the
women quoted his partner as an ex
ample of a clever person, who knew
how to manage her husband. It is
thus that people-often judge: the mar
ried individual who has the misfor
tune to have an incorrigible partner,
is called weak because he submits to
what cannot be remedied, though his
submission evinces bis superior strength
ot mind; while the incorrigible per
son, wdio is endured as an incurable
evil, is called clever, because she des
troys her own happiness, and intcr-
rups that of all around her, by the in
dulgence of a bad temper and false
views ot suhjeets, incompatible witn
cleverness, in the proer acceptance of
the word. I f we refleet on all the ex
amples of husbands or wives that have
been most governed, we shall find that
the submitting party was the most clev
er, and the governing one the most
weak; unless where tho latter was so
gentle lliattho sway was not apparent,
the person following the poet's beau
ideal ot the wife
"Who never answers till her husnnnd cools.
And though iho rule him, never (hows she
rulen."
A jealousy of being governed, and a
desire of governing, are in general
most freoucntly to be found in weak
minds of both sexes; and this love of
rule joined to obstinacy, another char
acteristic of feeble intellect, renders
such pcMoiis so incorrigible, that pas
sive lora"ranec is all that remains to
a husband or wife, so unhappily
"paired, but not matched." Let not,
however, persons so borne with rejoice
in the belief that they are clever, but
be thankful to the strength that yields
to their weakness. -
A New York Daner has a new
motto for a stage driver, .which is
classical ly apt. Jam forte in otnmbut.
YEHY ItESPrtTlltLK PKOI'LE.
It seems to mo that this term, lias
changed its significance within a few
years. Long ago respectable people
were those of whom the world had
nothing ill to say who lived quietly
and did their duties, and were able to
win respect. Girls who worked for
their daily bread, with no stain upon
their characters men who toiled at
common employments for the support
of growing and well-trained famile
were ulltwelcomed with tho rich to
church-pew and parlor. To be very
respectable, was to be honest and up
right. Looking over our church to-day, I
have been asking myself whether I
belong to the respectable of the present
time. One of our neighbors lives in a
large white mansion, surrounded by
pleasant walks and charming nooks
for shade on a sunny day. Within
everything is costly and tasteful. The
only thing wanting is domestic felici
ty. The husband quarrels with his
second wife, the first children quarrel
with their second mother, the wife's
decrepit father is insulted, and yet
people call them very respectable.
Another within a stone's throw, lives
more elegantly still, is blessed with
several daughters in his own family,
and numerous sons ami daughters in
other families, and yet bears an excel
lent name.
A member of our church one of
the best churches in the land is the
gentlemanly proprietor of a w holesale
liquor store, and neither pastor nor
people havo us yet taken any steps to
ward excommunicating him.
Another is in the wholesale grocery
business but sells nianv a barrel of
whiskey where he sells one of sugar,
lor polite license has in the last few
years made whiskey a grocery article,
a daily necessity in living. A very
jjflicicnt man has the misfortune to
support three wives and one largo
family, two of these wives very fortu
nately having no children. The drain
upon his pocket is very heavy and bu
siness sometimes stagnant, yet he is a
pillar in our neighborhood. Another
lflfcns money to the poor, takes mort
gages on comfortable homes, anil fore
close them at the first good opportu
nity. Another keeps a largestore,
employing several girls us clerks, lay
ing them 05 per week for work, out of
which they payl 5') for board, claim
ing the privilege of using any familiar
ity ho chooes, or they inu-t he their
place, and he the husband of a refined
woman. Another, whom wo meet
every day, has a wife and lovely child
ren, und yet supports one and some
times two Theatre Comiqiie girls.
People Say what a fine business man !
What a noble face ho has ! and all these
are called very respectable people.
Several of our neighbors have failed
for largo amounts, defrauding the in
nocent poor, an ! rumor says these
failures ore necessary, that they might
lay by a little lor their families to
move in "respectable society." Many
more never pay their honest debts,
even though they live in allluenee, but
custom has made this allowable.
A man who used to puck pork with
greasy hands ami soiled clothes, and
was a very "common fellow," after ac
quiring money enough to build a fine
house and drive a handsome span,
although too illiterate to speak or write
correctly, has become a highly esteem
ed citizen.
We have young men in our midst
who drink hard and live fust, and 1
have heard young ladies say they were
mo.-t respectable associates, und these
same young ladies will ride, and walk,
and talk w ith them, when they should
be asleep, losing perhaps what no
money can regain.
A family with a good show of sil
ver plate, and silk dreses, lives for
the most part on baked potatoes, und
sometimes few at that, and 'ill this for
the sake of being respectable.
One of our neighbors' was assured
by the spirits w hom he consulted that
he and his wife, though living togeth
er, for a score of years were wrongly
mated. Ho obtained a divorce and
married his congenial spirit, a young
dashing gu l, who knew as well how to
spend his money as his former wife
did to save it. The whole thing-would
hardly have looked respectable had
it not happened in a first family.
A lady who used to do dressmaking,
having the fortune to marry a man of
wealth, has forgolton her old associate
dressmakers, indeed has forgotton how
to make dresses "thinks it must re
quire so much skill and patience!"
Several young ladies whose brothers
have married finely in a pecuniary
sense, and not finely in any other, have
become so elated by it, that their many
airs have given them an immediate
entry Into "good society !"
Another lady, who had an invalid
husband for which she is probably
thankful; allows herself to be kissed,
and cloakel, and gallanted by a cer
tain young man.. Our neighbors
think it is not prudent, but then her
family stands high.
Another, who dresseselegantly never
puts out her washing to the poor by
the dozen, except they arc all the larg
est pieces, and then under pretense
that many are poorly done, a full price
is seldom paid, and yet she attends
church and carries a very large prayer
book.
Another scolds her servants inces
santly, carefully removes the sweet
meats from the table after her family
have eaten, takes off the white sugar,
and thinks common molasses as good
fbr "low domestics," as Stewart's re
fined syrup.
Another nial&s elegant parties for
the rich, and passes her poor relations
on tho street without even a look of
recognition ! Oilier women neglect
their infants for society and will not
nourish them from their own breast')
lest their dresses become soiled, and
they havo extra care, so putting the
child where death can easily find it.
Such women oiijht to bo called brutes
not mothers, and yet all these are very
respectable people,
Tho very respectable have fine cush
ioned pews in churches, linn Hibles,
and liyimi books, fine establishments
and hue surroundings. I have come
to tho conclusion that to bo respecta
ble one must have several thousand
dollars, and to bo very respectable a
great number of thousands. Cleve
land Leader.
nr. ttocs.
Along the seaboard, and through
the East generally, last week was sun
shiny and warm, and considerable
planting was done. Still, owing to
tho many previous rains, much ground
was so wet that planting was impossi
ble, and the attempt was abandoned.
Corn and potato fields alicady plan
ted aro so foul that great work und
patience arc required, but the farmers
are vigorously pushing through. Much
trouble has arisen from the rotting of
the scad of potatoes ; perhaps this was
never so extensive and general before.
The fruit crop of the Xew-England
States and of New-Jersey is likclv
to bo better than last year j still it is
not up to an average, owing to blast
ing winds, to cold rains, nnd want of
sunlight. On Long Island fruit is
reported n failure. Delaware and
the .Maryland shore will have a short
crop,
Through the Middle States, oast ol
the Allegheiiics, and down to the
North Carolina line, all kinds of pro
ductions, and wheat in particular, are
represented at a full average. On the
thin soils of the Gulf State, and
around to Louisiana, corn and gardens
have suffered for want of rain, and
accounts are gloomy ; but cotton
stands drouth better, ami it is estima
ted that there will be half of such a
crop as was common before, the "uii
plea.santness." On low hinds and
fresh fields all vegetation is thriving
though, in places, the army and bud'
worm and c.ifi'rpillar are' committing
soiiiti ravages, luom Tennessee and
Arkansas the accounts lire favorable
and tho wheat already cut is of fine I
quality, tnoiigii not extraordinary for
quantity. The freed men are working
well, and it is frequently stated that
they do not come from the fields till
dark.
Southern Missouri, Illinois, Indiana
und Kentucky report nothing new,
and this in the Somh West is often
good news. In the great corn-bell
running through Southern Iowa and
Northern Missouri, Central Illinois,
Indiana and Ohio, not more than
three-fourths of the land which farm
ers expected to devote to corn could
not be planted, owing to the wet
weather ; still, as great an area as
common may have been put in, for
the reason that largo fields of raw and
"fed-out" prairie have been broken
and planted. Lust week there were
heavy rains in Ohio, doing eu.ideii
ble damage. )n the whole, the wdi'at
crop through this country is good
we might say better than common. In
the Wabash Valley it is more promis
ing than tor fifteen years past. In
more Northern sections, including Io
wa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Northern
Illinois, and Michigan, the farmer was
less delayed by April rains, and as a
conscience all kinds of grain and farm
productions are in great forwardness
and are highly promising. Along the
southern border of this region the po
tato or Colorado bug is in vast num
bers, and thereare grave apprehensions
for tho safely of the potato crop.
Prom no one Suite do we have such
encouraging accounts as from Michi
gan. There arc no complaints with
regard to any crop except corn, which
is rather backward, whilo the small
grains are reprcscHted as belter than for
ten years. Of potatoes the amount
planted is enormous. The farmers
seem excited with the expectioti of
large profits, and with good reason ;
and it is represented that if the yield
is an average one they will have a sur
plus sufficient for many States. Sheep
must be nios'ly sheared, but owing to
low prices of w.hjI the business is some
what depressed. Tribune.
M et the ltipe.
The property of cords contracting
their length became known as a great
mechanical power at the raising of the
obelisk in the square facing St. Peter's
at Koine. This was in 1586, It was
a day of great solemnity. The Pope
celebrated high mass and blessed the
workmen. The blast of a trumpet
gave the signal, and tho engines were
set in motion by an incredible number
of horses. Fifty-two unsuccessful
trials were made before the huge block
of stone was lifted from the earth. As
it rose in the air the ropes which held
it became so stretched that the base of
the column could not be lifted on.iu
pedestal, wheu a man in the crowd
called out,"Wet the ropes." This was
done and immediately the immense
shaft, as of its own accord, and without
further aid from the engines, rose to
the required height and rested on the
spot where it now stands. -
A (U'MIJii: I It KM II no.UAYCE.
Oneof those little romances of whiclf
the I'Vciich are so fond, has lately ta
ken place in Paris, and is thus tkscrib'
ed in a journal :
M. ifobcrt, an immensely wealthy,
highly accomplished elegant, well
known not only for his valuable coU
lection of paintings arid medieval rel
ics, but for his rare skill us a design
er and painter, hearing that one of MS
tenants, a Mr. li., whom he had hov
er seen, kept one of the most extensive
ateliers of fancy boxes and ornamental
objects in Franre, called on him with'
a view to make his acquaintance.
Entering the counting room he
found a good n uturcd, ecccnf rio gen
tleman of middle age, who greeted
him, and exclaimed j
"I suppose that you also have seed
my advertisement and come to apply
for that situation as designer 1"
For a joke, M. Robert replied thafi
he had. Mr. 15. supplied him with
paint and brushes, and requested him
to produce a design for a casket. M.
Hubert soon found that what Mr. B,
really wanted was nn artist who would
strictly carry out bis ideas, and that
these were pure, and formed on an
extensive knowledge of art. In a
short time he produced a sketch which
suited tho employer to a dot "a
point !
rd. Kobert very gravely engaged
himself, exacted good wages, and in
sisted on having several new articles of
furniture placed in tho room which
was assigned to him. Hut when ho
was Introduced to the work rooms and
found one hundred and fifty pjirls, ma
ny of them young and beautiful, busi
ly employed, and informed that ho
would bo required to supply them with:
designs and show the young ladies
how they were to be carried out, the
youngnrtist began to feel as if heshould
have to bo carried out himself being
very susceptible,
"Working for a living," said he to'
himself, "is not entirely devoid of at
traction. Let in work."
M. Robert began im accomplished
artist, delighted his employer, and he
soon found a remarkable fascination in
seeing his designs realized in steel, sil-'
ver, enamel or wood. He took a
pleasure hitherto unknown, in seeing
liis works in shop-windows and finding
them in the boudoirs of hie friends.
Tho workshop life was of course, tafe-f
fully concealed from "society," nor did
liis employer suspect that his artist
was his landlord. Hut M. Robert
soon found a more intense object of
fascination in the daughter of Mr. li.,
a young lady who also took part in the
duties of the atelier. This damsel was
as remarkable fbr accomplishments as
for her extraordinary beauty, and M.
Robert soon found that, us regarded
taste and culture in all matters which
specially interested him, ho had never
met with one like her. Step by step,
the pair fell in love, and lift' by little
the artist so ingratiated himself with
the father that the latter, after due de
liberation, consented to their union.
Previous to their marriage the oluf
gentleman ono day spoke of tho dow"
rv; "I shall give Mario 60,00Cf
francs," said he, with a little air of
I jousting. "l'Ji, mon qnrCon I"
"And I suppose," lidded M. Robert
gravely, "that I, too, must settlo
something on my wife. Well-I
will."
This caused a pea! of laughter,'
which was redoubled when the artist"
add d:
"Ainl I will settle this piece of prop
erty, house and all, with tho buildipj
adjoining, on her."
lint what was their amazement when
M. Robert drew forth the tide deeds
and said : ' ''Yon seem to forget that
I an your landlord. Isn't my namo
Robert?"
Tho young lady did not faint, but
papa nearly died of astonishment and
joy. There was n magnificent wed
ding, but the bridegroom has not
given up business. Jfe declares that
there is as much amusement in being
useful as in amusing one's self.
THE XfAV fOXHIXS AJD TAXATION.
It is understood that a bill, the re
suit of careful preparation by leading
financial members of the two Houses,
may bo introduced in Congress this"
week, which authorizes the issue of
two thousand millions of dollars Id
"bonds of the consolidated debt of the
United States," to bear five per cent,
interest, payable principal and interest
in gold, redeemable after twenty years'
at the public option and maturing in
fifty yearsand to be exempt from tax
ation. One half of one cent to be
semi-annually deducted from tho inter
est, to form a sinking-fund for the'
payment of the national debt. Exist-"
ing securities may ba converted into1
these bonds, which may also be used
for banking purposes. It is believed
that these long bonds, at the lower rate
of interest, but with all cavil as to tba
mode of their redemption obviated,
and meeting the question of taxation
by the old and familiar method of ta
king moncv out of one pocket and
putting it into the other, will be satis
factory to the treasury, to thd public
creditors and to the non-bond-boldfilg
tax-payers. A strong effort will be
made to enact this measure Into a law
before the close of the. jssiou. Gazette.
1 V thou? organs.