Yli ?!E an NEW SERIES, THE BEDFORD GAZETTE IS PUBLISIir.I) EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY MF.YFRS & BEN FORD, >\t the following tr.v:s, to wits Si •' ' pci •• main, c ;-n, in adva: ce. t?/ 00 " " if paid within the year. Sg..YO " " i! not paid within the year. P*. 'No subscription tu!.er lor less than six months. C "No paper discontinued until all ariearag's nr paid, tit !e-s at the option of th" publishers. It litis been decided by the United States Hour' . that the stspp t 'wspoper v\ iihoat the payment of ar rearages, is pritn-T fa-sir evidence of fraud and is a criminal offence. BY The c •••;•- hare 'decided tli it persons are ac countable for the subscription price of tewpnp?rs, ii they tab" them lioni the post cflice, whether they ; subscril c I r then), or not. E'C Ej a fc*2 i . WISHING. r.v ~~TsaxE . Of i ii amusements of the mind, • l-'rom logic down to fishing, There isn't one that yon can find So very cheap as "wishing!" A very choice diversion, too. If we but rightly use it, And not, as we are apt to do, Pervert it and abuse it. I w >h—a common wish indeed— My por.-e was somewhat fatter, That 1 might cheer the child of need, And not roy pride to flatter; That I niigh' make oppres-ion reel, As only gold can make if. A' ' '-eak Ibe tyr.v. tfis rod of steel As o !y _v : can break it. 1 m i-h tiiat sympathy and love, And every human pas- on rin! has its oi igm above, Would come ami keep in fashion— That scorn and jealousy and bate, And every ba e emotion, Were buried fifty fathom deep, Beuea'b the waves of ocean. I will that friends were always true, And motives always pure: I wi>h the good were not so few, I wish the bad were fewer; 1 wish that persons ne'er forgot To head the pious teaching; I Wish, that practicing was riot So different from preaching. 1 wish that modern worth might be Appraised with truth and candor; J wish that innocence were free From treachery and slander; ! wish that men tl.rir vows would mind, That women ne'er were rover--; I w;-,h Fiat wives were always kind, And hu bands always lovers. I v. :sh—in fine—that joy and nurth, And every good idea!, May come erewlnl • throughout the earth; To bn the glorious real. Till God shall every creature bless With bis supreme t blessing, And hope be lost in l.appines=, Ar.d wishing be possessing. 11l S i" 0 R I C A I. THE BATTLE OF* LEXINGTON. April 19th of the present year was Mm eigh ty-third anniversary of the battle of L ' itig ton, —the initiatory fight f> >m which hive sprung such events in the history of tin world. At a rec.-n! meeting of the New York Hi' iral Soci-tv, Hon. George Bancroft rca i a pa per on 1 ltd-' of Lexington, !>- ing in sub stance a ckart'T of his forthcoming lii- rv of the Revolution. The h arned historian has tiar rated 11 >•* storv in eloquent sentenc*.- and in i charming M \ It : On tin afternoon, he soys, of th - IS'h of A[. i!, tli * flov on which the pr inti.il ('u::gre.-:s of ".I issuehus-tts adjourned, f • took the ligh' infantry and gre.. idiers off dot v, s-creilv prepared an expedition to destroy the colony sat Concord. But the attempt had for sev. ral weeks been expected; a strict watch bad been kept, and signals were concerted t > an n :nce the first movement of the troops fw the rountrv. Samm I Adams and Hancock, who lijdi.it vcf I'ft Lexington for Philadelphia, rec iced a tim iv* message from Warren, an ! in i •-I*q-.;ence, lli co>r.niiFce of safety removed a : art of the f i.hlic -tor: s and secreted the cannon. On Tuesday, the IMb, ten or more sergeants i:i disgiii-e dispersed themselves through f am u a:jci farther west, to intercept all comma- Dilations. In the following night, the grena diers and light infantry, not less than eight hun dred in number, the flower of the army at Bos ton, commanded by the incompetent Lieut. Col. Smith, crossed in the boats of the transport ship front the foot ofthe Common to East Cambridge. There thev received a day's provi.%i uis, and near midnight, alter wading through wet marshes that are now covered by a stately town, they took the road through West Cambridge to Con cord. "They will mi - their aim," said one of the nartv who o• .served their departure. "What aim ?" asked Lord Percy, who over heard the remark. "Why, the cannon at Con cord," was tiieanswer. P< icv hastened to Gage, instantly directed that no one should be sum-r --ed to leave the town. But Warren had already, at ten o'clock, despatched Win. Dawes through Roxborv to Lexington, and at the same tirn • desir.-d Paul Revere to set oflT byway of Charles town. Revere stopped only to engage a friend to raise the concerted sijoals. and five minutes be f .re tlie sentinels received the order to prevent it, two friends roved him past the Somerset man-of-war across Charles river. All was still . suite ! ttw hour. The ship was winding with the young fl -o !, the waning moon just peered above a char horizon, while from a couple of lanterns in the tower of the North Church, the ic'a streamed to the neighboring towns as fast as Lgbt could i i uvel. A little beyond Char letdown Neck*, Revere was intercepted by tw. British officers on horse back; but being hiu.-eii" w.-ll mounted, he turn ed suddenly, and ! ailing one of thein iuto a clay p m.l, ' scan- 1 tro o the other by the rnvl to Met ford. As he passed on, lie waked the C /plain of tiie minute nvMi oft!.at town, and continue,i t > rouse almas: every house on the n ay to Lexington. The troops had no' advanced far, when th" firing of guns and ringing of hells announced that their expedition had been h Tai led before them: and Smith sent back to demand a rein forcement. On the morning of the 19th of April, between the hours of 19 an 1 I, the nv-sig" from W ar ret! reached Adams and Mine >ck, who divined at once the object of the expedition— Revere, Ilu-r. tore, and Di-v-'s, joined by Samuel I', -scott, "a high s n of Ii; ertv," from Concord, rode for ward, calling up the inhabitants as they* passed along, till in Lincoln they fell upon a party of British officers. Revere and Dawes were seiz ed and tak- n hack to Lexington, where they were released: but Present leapt d over a low stone wall, and galloped on for C mcord. There, at about two in the morning, a pea! f. >m t!:-• belfry of th ■ meeting house, called the inhabitants of the place t<J their town hall.— . ... y cam ( rth. voting and old, with their fire locks, read vf > :;eg •■ ! the reolute words of their t nvn d--hates. Am mg the m -t alert was William Em rson, the minister, with gun in hand, his p .ivdct-liorn auil p-uich for balls .-'ung over his s!s. aider. By his s-rm "s and his prav rs h • h.: l s-> hallow.-:! th • enthuoa.-:;i of :ck. t' . o. led i the defence' of their !i erfies a p i r f of their covenant u it!) (< his pi. sen:,. wi:!; are s proved hi- sincerity, a. ; strengthened tln-ir sense ot duty. From davbreak to sunrise, the summons ran from house t > house through Acton. Express and volleys from minute men spread the alarm. IXow children trembled as they \\. re scared out of slc-p by the ciies! How wives, with heaving breasts, bravely seconded their ho-bands: h( v (he country men, forced suddenly to arms, without guides or counsellors, took instant counsel of their courage! The mighty chorus of voices rose from the scatfefed farm houses, and as it were from the very ashes 'T C*->r j.. ?* ■ ,1" now free your country: protect your sons and daughters, your wives and homesteads; rescue the houses of the G 1 of your fathers, the fran chises handed down front your ancestors. Now a!! is at -take; the battle i- lor all. I, -xsngton, in 1??"), may have had 7 us inhab itants, forming on" parish, an.l having for their minister the learned an i fervent Jonas C.arke, the boh! inditer of patriotic state papers that may yet he rend on t: ■ir town r. cords. In Dec.-inb r. 1772, they had instructed their rep resentatives In demand a "radical and fasting re<!(" of Hh-ii* grievances, tor not through tueir ■ ■ y ir I)'• r they spurned the use of t-a. In , 7 •*. ' \ art to •'• r- tings,th-y v .*e:; ! c:ease their stock of amrounilioii, ' -to euc o:- age military discipline, and, ti) put tiiemselves ::i a ; eure of defence again-l their enemies." In December they distributed to tne "train : an i and alarm list" arms and amimmiti -n, and resolved to "supply the training ,-oldiers with At two in the morning, tinder the eye of the minister, and ofTlanr ck at- I Adams, f. xt*g!.ui Comrr. ; was alive with th" minute n •n; and not w :!i them only, but with tlieoH also wi-.o wit" exempt, except in cas.- of immediate dan ger t • tii" t . n. The r-il was called, and of i lit) i and alarm men, a!.->ut <>tie hundred and tkirtv answered to their names. Tine captain, j bit Parker, ordered every one to load with • w ' ran : hi !, but t • take care not to be tlw - B, is', i_- 11 .t • •d that th re u- re t.o s. "ts ; ! tl-ieir a:;;-: >ach. A watch was there ( st,a: 1 !!)e c HIT any .lismiss-d, wsth ot tiers to c • - a* ' ,f - of drum. S >rne went to their !v> ne.--, s >:ne to 'lie tavern near tiie soutlieast c -rro <d ti " Common. Adanis ar..l Hancock, whose proscription hm! ,iready been divir-g ,t an '. whose s wire was I believed to be intended, w-re compelled by per- I sua-i o t; > let ir" towards Wobnrn. Tiie last stars were vat)is!u-ng from niglit, , when the fwemo-t party, !• d by Pickens a major !of marine , was discovered advancing quickly and in si I- nee. .*, 1 umeu ; - M'f i<• fin ! an" t !.e drums beat, not a call t > village hu-' andn. n 1 only, but tin- reveille !o humanity. Less than seventy—perhaps 1. -s than sixty obeyed the 1 summons, and in sight of half as many boys and 1 unarmed men, were pma-led in two ranks, a j few rods north ot the m ling bouse. How often in that building had they, with renewed professions of their faith, look.'.d up to 1 God as the stay of their fathers, and the protec tor of their liberties. II wohenon that village green, hard bv the bn iai place of their I i fathers, had they pl !g- ! themselves to each : other to combat nianfully for their birthright in heritance of freed.-m. i here they s' d, side !-v side under the provincial 'winner, vvill) arms in their hands, sil.-nl and I"ji1-ss, willing to i fight for their privileges, scrupulous not to begin civil war, and as yet unsu-q U > HIS of i V.rr.ediate j danger. The ground un which they ti el was the altar of freedom, and they were to fuitii.-h : its victims. The British van, hearing the drum and the alarm guns, halted to load. 1h p remaining companies came up: and, at half an hour before sunrise, the advance party hurried forward at double quick time almost upon a run, closely followed bv the grenadiers. Pitcairn rode in front,and when within five or six rods of th" minute men, cried out— "Disperse, ye villains, j ve rebels, disperse; lay down your arms; why i don't you lay down your arms and disperse ' ' The main part of the countrymen stood'm -ian ! in the ranks, witnesses against aggression: too few fo resist, toobrave to fly. At tin- Pit cairn discharged a pistol, and with a ! and voice cried, "Fire 1" The order was instantly fal lowed, firs' by a few gnus which did no execu tion, an 1 then by a heat v, close and deadly dis charge of musketry. In disparity of numbers, the Common was a fi.-ld of murder, not < i t nttle; Parker therefore ordered his men to dispel*,e. Then and nt tiil tlien,diii a few ot ihem an !'• ir own impulse, return the British fire. Thes ' "*and an sli.ds of fugitives or dying men did no harm, except thai Pitcairn's horse wa, perhaps g-1, and a private of the I9:ii ii ;hl infantry v\ as toucfie-1 sliglltly if) the leg, .1 anas Parker, th" vrorig' •' and best we slier in Lexington, hi ! promised never to run from British Imps, and he keot his vow. A wound brought him on his knees. Having di charged his gun, he ens prep<red to !-i I it again, when as sound a heart as ever tarobo i tor freedom was .stilled by a bayonet, arid he lay on the port which helook a' the morning drum beat. S • per ished Robert lMnnsoe, the same wlto.oad In • ri an ensign at L uiislmrgb, so fell Isaac iUuzzey, and so died ttie agi'il donalhan Harrington, jr., who was struck in front of his own house on tiie north side of tiie Common. His wife was at the wind ) v ;)< he fell. With the blood gushing from bis breast, n h ruse it, her sight,he tottered, fell again, tben crawled on his hands and knees towai ds liis dwelling, she ran to meet him, but only reached fii ;l .. he expired on the thrcsh hoid. Caleb Hoiringtun, who bad gone into tb • meeti ag lions-* !•> powder, was shot as he cameout. Sarmi"! llili- v ami .1 ;hri Brown were purs • ! and killed, alter I hey had left the grr n. Asahel Pr! of IVohurii, who had been talon prisoner by the British on the march, e: d.-ai u ing to (. cap •, was sh t within a few rods of the Common. Day tame in ail lire beauty of an early spring. The trees were bud ling, t!w grass gr awing lank ly a full month before the time, the blue bird and the inbin gladdening the genial season, and calling forth the beams of the ,un, which on that morning shot)" with th • warmth ofsu o mer; hut distress and horror gathered over Ihe inliabitants of the peaceful town. Thereon the green, lay in death, llie gray haired and the young; the grassy field was red "with the inno cent blond of their hi- threii slain," crying unto Go I for vengeance from the ground. Seven men of Lexington w. re killed; nine arms on the green. Those are the village he roes, who w ere more t!. in ol noble blood, prov ing bv their spirit that t -v were of a raw di vine. The v gave their lives in tes'imony to the rights of mankind, bequeathing to their coun trv an assurance (>! success in tiie mighty strug gle they had gan. Their names are held in grateful rem mbrance, a: d th exj .v-iittg mil lions ( f tie ii colli,!: '. u i) re;;, w a* ! tie- I'M'v tal impulse of a it. /?)•• Nt; ti. ir act ion was the slowly ripen, d fruit ot Pi,,vi:lence and oflinv. The fight thai led tlwm on was combined of rays fr >n: the w ~7t !, ! -:y of the race: t: hu the tin li'i >n? ol the II Nr. .• ? in the gray of the worhi's morning: f am the heta sand sages of republican Gnu c" and R •me; bom the (.sam ple i,f Him who laid down his lift oh tiie cross ' w liich prod limed tiie ■ nr, • pres. nee in'man, and m this tri :! .csia ah: b .it t! T.t- d th • liberties of nations ove; ii:" .'ark flood of t':e middle ages: from the c .tarr -- ,f the G ru am aj" of Martin Luther; fi tn.-t in the univer .ilily of G.kJ's .sovereignty as tai bit by Paul oi farms and Augustine, tbrougii ( ah in an i tin iiim s Ve\v Dtiglc!: 1; fi m a\u ngn.ig liertu n -a of the Phi it aus who d.i> : ■<< d n>. n ii:e nui: on tiie ruins of the thron* from tier! :id ci rot and creative self assertion ol tiie tailv emi grants to Massach: s• •11 s; from the statesmen who made and tiie philosnplieis-wlio rxpound"d tin* revolution of Iviglard: fi na th" li'a-ral spirit and arniiy/.ir.g inqiiisitii u--- of the eighteenth centupv: Iroin the cloud ot wdn' s--, • to the real ity and rightfulness of human freedom. All ill" rentun bowed fhems, Iv-s (loin the reces ses ola past etermty t > cheer r< th ir sacrifice the Jowly men who j ruved tliems. Ives worthy oft heir forerunners, and whose children rise up i and rail them blessed. ll> tii less of his own danger, Samuel Adams, with the voice of a prophet, exclaimed, "O 1 what a glorious morning is this]*' fir he saw that his count;}'s independence was rapidly hastening on, and like ( olumbus in the tempest, knew that the storm did but bear !,im the more swiftly towards the undiscovered world. A Lunatic Giant.—A religions lunatic, oi singular appearance, isin jailpit Petersburg, Va. H ■ was f cind wandering about the streets, care fully carrying two Bibles. He is of gigantic MZ", and 'he op et ot much curiosity and sym pathy. He calls hinwelf John Disk, and stands is f'et and eight inches, in his stockings—is v ry finely prcpor?i'?r., I I his height, and is apj arently a giant in strength. He has what phenol would call a magnificent head, his I >reh( ad large, round, well devel iped, his eyes cl 'ar, brows open a.ad cornrnanding, and features regular, though not prcpo'-sessing 1 . A Munorr. r.v Mob.—low a City was, on the 1 Ith i nst., the scene ot a mob and of a hor rid rritirih r. 1 lie facts as we gather them fmm ( lie Rpnorl rand the Dubuque Ifrrah/ ar*' as fol lows; —"A personal animositv existed between two men named Wilkinson and Phillips. On Monday night Phillips' ha'n was burned, and his suspected Wilkinson oi setting it on tirer On this naked suspicion thev went to the house ol Wilkinson, tore him from his wife and children, bound his hands behind his back, and cast him headlong into the lowa river, and drow ned him. Over thirty residents of lowa City were concerned in this horrible act." Freedom of Thonirht ami Cpiuion, I:; .I\ PA., EH.-A'.y AMItNINO, JUNE 1, 1858. THE DAYS OF OLD. Oh eivp us back the days of old, 't he days of firmest labor, h him man to man was Irani." and free, Anil would not wrong his neighbor. When men were not ashamed to work, And cultivate the soil, Seeking no other boon than that, Which follows earnest toi!. When truth and right, ami honest zeal, Gave all their proper station; Ale' jnsiice weighed in truthful scales, And wisdom ruled the nation. Our sold >rs they were brave and true, And neither cre>t or shield, W .e needed then to make them men, ! . ! vouar or field. Hut i t ns not forget to pay I tie tribute due to other.-, And while we sing the men of old, God bless cur ancient mothers, At: ! let us pray that come they may, The charming days of old, H hen right was might, and honor bright, Was valued more than gold. fj U 111 OI'OUS. "PATCH CfICWLY." At the boarding house vvlipre Dave and his frit fids put up, are a number of servant sir's, and it is the idiosyncrac) of servant gnls to take Hen share of toilet articles, such as hair oil, p* Him; Cxi*., while they are rejuvenating the a; irt .. Nts ol the boarders. Dave and bis lii-r.d Rob.-rt were very careful of their respective toi let-, vid I- in/ in a courting way, had been pav ing* extra attention to personal adornment. ! e y were in the habit of getting a pint of !ia;r oi! made up by the druggist at one time; and fi .ady they were in the habit of finding that a ; int of this costly hail oi! wouldn't last a week, and that all the servant girls in the h us emitted tiie same perfume they did. It was not i >ngbef are they cam *to a conclusion in th maF.er. St one evening, when the ! air oil cru.-" was emptv, they took the bottle which contained it, and straight they went to the drug store. Tli -re was a whispering conversation with a laughing c! -rk, and mixing various arti cles in... o.u Lutlc. and .the following was the , . (pfl-on * 'lced as t;:e coiitcßC: ° CM Lie AsafVrti hi, which f*>r tf-.e information of our rcad-f- we u ii! state, i- a highly concen trat- d e.xtracl ( ! that delicious drug—of t!;i one oz. Ol Liquor Put a •*. (a fluid celebrated fir its corro-ive power, having the power of taking the hair off a dog in three seconds. ) i oz. Of 15 ;i-1 .. if I'ir, (ihe uickh st and gummi est mticle kn u.\ n.) one oz. ( f Money one ,z. Of Alcohol, to make the ingredients fluid, J | .i •" f. i"! ■ was w ii "shuck," and d/j;/sited in the d j! ;ce ( rcuf !• d v the hair < :!. 'I i.e next dud. p-'ui'dav ) I) ,ve and Bob dressed themselves f r church, and after finishing, tra v I d down staiis. I'nt ll.i i came another way in a few juinut s, an 1 secreted themselves in a r -m a inir./ theirs, u here,from a -couple of ! r - oi" gLiss over the door, they o uid see •v, v thing that went on. After the people of tie bo had gone, two or three servant girls c :,*.•• ill Dave's roam. , hist, Molly," said a la'*ge red-headed one, "Mistier Dave bav some more of the ile, and • ■ ! fir's a-: ti'iry as powdher: let's have a reg lar fix up wid the folks ail away." This was arc !(! ;■/, and tliey ail went to oiling their Jo k , being very lavish with the fluid, Which - -*iif(- t: iri in c ■i: i-U uc eoi t lie aicoho!. In a ("W rni.".u'f s red head says: *'VVhirra, what sinills foi*' with her oose turned skyward. "Sure, it's the parfiune," interrupted a short and dumpv specimen, with her hair down !.er ' ack. "Parfome, inda !e," says red head, "that's not pat fume—it's the rale ad smell. "Mel,by," says the dumpy, "it's Batch Chuw iy." I've heard folks say that Batch Ckuw'y - ids dreadful at fust: a peison must git used t) the smill foe-fire they likes it. Sure it sa par fume used bv tfie quality. This satisfied red-head, and after a thorough '•*! i: " they left the room. In about two hours the -anders came home from church. "Good gracious, what is it ? Bless rnv sou! Mr. G., I "shall faint! Gb ! my dear, there must be an uncb an animal in the room ! and a thousand other expressions were heard as the b orders got a pinch of the Batch (aiuu ly, w lien thev entered the house. The master and mis 11ess of .the house, were puzzled, confounded, indignant, and vainly endeavored t(J discovei the locality of the smell. At dinner time, lucre were not half a dozen boarders at the table; and arid those who were there were rapidly think ing of barking out, as the three girls who "tied were waiting on them. Finally dinner was given up,and with moor? and windows opened, the inmates alternately breathed and suffocated. The day was auiy one to them, but it soon wore away. t At night the girls attempted to como Incur hair. Ttw alcohol had evaporated, leaving the balsam of fir and honey, and they might as well have attempted to comb a bunch of shingb s. At the first dasli that red head made, her comb caught, and through the influence of the potas se al the roots, the whole mass of the front hair came off red's cianium, which she discovered with a yell that would have made a cannma envious. The same result attended the rest ot the hair, with the exception of enosigl) to do up as a scalp lock to ornament with feathers, in In dian style. The other two girls met the same fate, and about ten o'clock that night they might have been seen wrapping their lost Patch ChrnHv locks in pieces of paper. Ibe i next morning tlicy were informed ' v the mis -1 tress that she did nut desire to employ Lald , headed servant girls, and with their "chists" J they departed >n almost a scalp- d condition. I he discovery of Dave and Bob's c >nriection : with the transaction was not known till lately, | but their toilet articles since then have been a j sacred from touch as the tomb of Palestine. A SPEECH IN OLD TIMES. We find in one of our exchanges the fdlow • ing address delivered by Col. Cleveland to his men, when getting into action at King's M con tain. It is brief and to the point. Our brave ancestors were not given to much speaking in those days : "My brave fellows," said the gallant old North Carolinian, "we have bent the lories, and we can beat them. They are all cowards. I! ; they had the spirit of men they would j un with | th"ir fellow ci:i/.-'n- in supporting the indepen dence of their country. When engaged, vou are not to wait for the word of command from me. I will show you by my example how to fight. lean undertake no more. Every man mu.-t consider himself as an officer, and act from Ir is own judgment. Fire as quick as you can, and stand your ground as long as you can. When you can do no better, get behind trees or retreat; but I beg of you not to run quite off. ft \t e are repulsed, let us make a point Jo re turn, and renew the fight. Perhaps vou may have better luck in (lie second attempt than the first. If any of v >u are afraid, such have leave to retire, and they are requested, immediately to take themselves oil." Horse Chewing Tobacco.—The anti-tobac co men have paraded in triumph that man is the only animal which chews the weed. The following, from the Danville (V irginia) A'eu-s, will be welcomed as a complete refutation: "One of the physicians of our t >wn owns a riding horse which loves tobacco up to any good old eastern Noith Carolinian that ever rolled a qu id under his tongue. The horse will take a quarter of a plug at a time, and chew it with avidity and apparent delight. But the strang est feature of the matter is, he sw allows the price without becoming sick at the alomncU or head. Dime Savings Bank in Baltimore, appears to have demonstrated the practicability oi such institutions, and eb.iwn Jviu; ! r.>- .i. Jt appears ir on their annual report that the amount deposited during tfie financial v arjust closed, was od f) -0,17, making at :a! of §177,668,61. <>! this there has been drawn bv deposits §67,7*29,- 9 ), Rat i ig on hand §1(59 96^,SL This exhi - i's an increase during the year of §2.">,573.">7, n (withstanding th • pr>--ur > of the times has evidently caused the withdrawal of so large an amount as near!v §CS,OOO. The increase of dep- -■ to i s during the \ ar has been 309, making in all at the present time 3657. /WA couple of idle fellows stepped into the colored church at Hartford, a few evenings since to enjoy tiie fun: but when the colored minister rose up to preach, before announcing his test, I;*-' lean- I forward on the pulpit, and looked slowly around on his congregation.— "Bredren," savs he, at length, "May tie Lor' have mercy on all de scoffers." (Long pause.) "M ivde Lor' have mercy on all de laughers. (Solemn pause.) "May de Lor' have ifi'wcy on the two peanut eaters down by de door." The two young men did not wait for the berr dic tion. (•IF"An Iriahrnan had been sick a long time and while in the condition, would ore :- : .T illy cease breathing, and lite I.e apparently extinct for some time: when he had iust tfwakened from his .deep, I'.itrick said to him : "An' how'i we know. Jemmy, when you're dta ! ? Ye're afiher waking up every time 1" "Bring me a glass of grog," said Jemmv ".ano say to me, here's till ve Jemmy, and ii 1 ilon t rise and drink then bury me." rTFMVn exchange paper tells the story of a man who was found on .a Sunday morning \v it li mit a hat, sitting on a block of granite, with hisbare feet in a brook, trying to catch a bad cold, so as to fie able to sing bass at church. 03P*"I have no fear that the will ever come for me," said a young man of qu">ti .i n bte morals. ""He will not be silly enough to to lake the trouble," said a bystander, "for you are going straight !o him." 83rfi*Mr. President;" said a mfrnher ( >f a school committee: "I rise to get op, and am not backward to come forward in the cotr-e ;d "edication. Had it not been fo>* ediration 1 might have been as ignorant as your.-"!', Mr. President." TFThe Sunday Atlas in a fit of Revolution ary enthusiasm, says: "Hurray for the girls of "70!" "Thunder, that's too darned old. No, no— • hurray lor tiie girls of IS ! ' men nevrr affi-ct anything. l! i : your three cent folks that put on airs, swells, and pomp. said a hoy in a theatre, "ain't that a bawl box where the musicians are soaked i:i alum and salt, it s : -aid, will cure the torments of a holl.vv an! a< hing tooth. (PJ=An Irishman yesterday morning werfi into the squad room oi tiie Mayor's Police, am' inquired "if Olficer Squad was in." Qj? Kitchen girls are now termvd "young la ; dies of the other parlor." | "Mv heart is thin," as the cabbage said to the i cook-maid. WKOLE .M SEIt 27'JS>. IK". MARVEL'S ADDRESS TO FARMERS. Donald (!. Mitchell, (Ik. Marvel) recently delivered the annua! agrees before the Connec ticut Siute Agricultural Society. From a con dense; 1 ! r■ p >rt in the Hartford papers, we se lect the following admirable closing paragraphs: "But there is something worth living for be "i ' sn: ney. That is very good, but it is not all. \\ itli the rest, let.us raise good crops ot : was. Vv i;j'e you are farmers. remember also, that you are men with duti- s and responsibili ties. Live down the old brute notion that a far:., r must he uncouth, uneducated ar,:l un thinking—a mere pioneer. ■j >uare brought into immediate contact with the gri it heart of civilization. You cannot get it of the reach of the buzz of the toiling world. Pirn Hues of the wonder bearing wires and the nimble of the locomotive (the thunder tread of nati w c r," to your once secluded hill-side. Move towards a better li/e. Do not keep your hoys shelling corn all the long winter evenings. Make your farms a place that your sons and daughters cannot help loving. Culti vate the trees—they are God's messengers.— | Don't say you care nothing fir looks. You do care, else why did you build that two storv white house with green blinds; and a cupola into w! ich you never go? Or why did vou : years ago, carefully brush your coat and pluck up your shirt collar when you were starting on a Sunday evening, t > visit thai good woman n ho shares your h me? Care much more for Looks and pictures. Don't keep a solemn par!ir, into which you go but ! once a month with a parson, or gossips c>f a sew ing society. Jiang around your walls, pictures which shall tell of sloth > of mercy, hope,cour age, faith and charity. Make your living room the largest and n, s! cheerful in the house. Let tii place be such that when your boy has gone , to distant lands, or when, he clings to : a single plank in the lonely waters of the wide i ocean, the thought of the ol ! homestea 1 shall conrm across the waters ot desolation, bringing always light, hope and love. rooms v u never open —no Minds that are al ways shut. Don't teach, your daughters French, before t|, v ran wee i a Slower bed or cling to a side sad !!.•; and, daughter-! do not be ashamed of the tr we! and pruning knife. Bring to your doors • the ia> t (lowers from the woods, cultivate I the friendship of bi*!s; scorn the scamp who fowl, his mn.'.fonus gun at the blue bird or the ; robin. Studv botanv, learn to love nature and sw ka 1 Iter and higher cultivation than the fashionable world would give you." ( i. LTIVATION OF CI CI AIDERS. Lwt spring a friend of mine and myself were planting cucumbers at the same time. I was planting mine, as is usual, in gardens, by mix ing a see 1 portion of stable manure with the earth, and rai-ing the hill an inch or two above -urfa -e of the ground. Observing it, Ire ; ,-dy remarked: "Let me show you how to raise cucumbers." Never having much luck ; i n raisins them, I cheerfully agreed to his prop : ;n. He commenced by making holes i:i :!ie earth, at the distance intended lor the hill, ! (|,at \v u! il. i ah id a peck, he then filled i them with dry leached ashes, covering the ash 'es with a very small quantity of earth. The , ds were t!r :i planted on a level with tire sur face of the ground. I was willing to see the r .vp rimerst tried, but had no expectation but a !.■>• -of seed, labor and soil. But imagine my astonishment, (notwithstanding a dryer season was never known, and almost a universal fail ure of garden vrg tables,) when I beheld vines re.ma; kably thrifty, and as fine a crop of cucum bers as anv one could wish to raise, and they continued to bear for an unusually long time, i I w ill not pholosophize on the subject—but say to all, try it: and instead of throwing your ash i awav, apply them where t hey uidho ol use, and you will reap a rich reward. A Ri-medv For- Rats.—When a liouse is | infested bv rats which refuse to nibble at lire iibUai baits, a lew drops of the highly scented j oil of rhodium, poured on the bottom of a ca ged trap, will almost invariably attract it full of the 'mischievous varmints.' W e have known ' this to be tried with extraordinary success.— i Where a trap baited with all manner of edibles had foiled to attract a single rat, the oil of iho dinrn caused it to be completely crowdi-u night after r.ig'd, until the house was cleared of them. . —/■.': i heg f. To fi vN —Fare and slice thin three . . p.,, p r ontb m a half pint of boiling wa(■ r, a" !hi it dand til! cold. Strain the r . :: d add an e,p ;l quantity of alcohol.— S; the -ilk on the right sid-, and when P i!! , icon if on the wrong side. The slight . 0 colored ~lk rr.av be cleansed and brighten ' ed bv thi: process: also c! )th, velvet or crape. A cultivated mind and good heart will give an i intellectual and even beautiful expression to the lace. VffL 1, • NO. 1 i
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