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NEW .SIBIL'S.
THE BEDFOFD GAZETTE
is ri Bi.isHF.p ratio frihw morning ;
in mrykus .x ni:\. oiu>,
At the following terms, to wit;
SI .50 per annum, cash, in advance.
s•„'., to *< < i| m.t pant < ,thin Iho year.
N<> subscription taken for |e then s;x months.
All pnper i'ir.>nt tnie-d until a" arrepr.ig h are
paid. unless at the option oft! publishers. It has
!>eep decni' 1 t>\ t'n f .itetl Stat*. - * Courts, '• it the
etuppagrnfa new ;pa|.r without the payment ot ar-
Trargec % jc pritnrt /'act f evtilenee oi traiul ami is a i
->rr.iral ntfenre.
£E7" |"te courts hare decided that persons are no- ;
romrtatiie for the subscript ion price ot new* papers, \
• i they take them iioin the post ollire. vat• tit• i ttiey .
subset the for ' hem, or not.
/;/: fex co <A' For i> ER.
dry, >."! I! "it, ftotirul Tn'wt all bundles, to dn'.v
uwav tit the ham. Indeed. it i< (hiiiii.it. Un
,! r a!;r-,.it any ri. ciirrsl.ii ' ">', to cure ii suffi
ciently So stoic awas hy i/s-lf, without fear <>l
moulding* We would, therefore, recommend
that it be parked away in layers of dry stra' }
or hat, which will recr in' it* cit-1■ :i11i• ■s£ damp
ness at.fl P.. t r, and n ake such bay or straw
patlal." oi tl e odor i.f tin corn itself. f'..r calv
ing cotv, ii .i lambing ewes in late V\ inter, or
- ar!y Spiinjr, fins corn ts; I r. if tender and
well cured, is a famrite (o,nl, promoting b >h
flesh and milk.
II stouliy grown, i' should be rrade fine in
the cutting b and I ghfly sprinkled with mill
!,!, or corn it a! firod v gtrund, tints affording
a more easjlv tligesi. ;) l Kid than if fed w hole in
the st' <k ■ r sheaf. Calves and colts and iambs,
the first Win': ,■ after wsaning, wiii live well
upon it, and '!•< r in-provid siu'e in the Spring
will tsl i*s va'tie as st frage. Hy al: ft'ear.s,
let the corn fodder, of •'•■■/ hnn.'s, be saved,—
and tha', V.y>, lifee it gets too lip".
IXCREASE OF .1 POTATO.
Some vars ago, a gentleman \ noting a far
mer in Tolland, ( tinecticut, took Item los
pocket a so.ail p la'o, which somehow had got
there al hnrr.c. ft seas thrown not w itli a sint'e,
and llf** farmer ' iking it in ;i? hand to
look at i*. a curious little boy of twelve, stan
ding a? bis as'.-.t id., what " " ,
satd"fin, ''nothing hot a potato, my i v
fake it and plant it. and vou .. ial! nave all you
ran raise fmrn it fill you are of sge." 'l'he Uc
look i*. and the farmer thought no more a nt
i; al the time. The uav. huweur, not d-'pi
sti.g small potatoes, car fully dividrd it into
many ; i-. • s s' !m < euh! fn d eyes and put them
into the grom '.— Hi' product was \
put aside in the fa!!, and planted in llu- spring,
-
being good, the artt al prod in t w:n bur
dr. d bushels ! l ite (arm'r F'*e:;tg tl. pt "P"t I
♦ .■•••t the total • fi.-!.! wen . • •
>ver !.* * v. 'o •!- i .rrr., a hc.i to .• i - ' u-mi
from !:'s ■ or
r.'cr: " r.ns.
Many lea", y tt| ; -e !i .! aids are inju i
' . (;(.,! tf- . i -el' t '• I hose -H'.jU.ii ,•
l-d with the!! hah k that ii-y v ..t fiui
-1 . .
hrsnri s. h a'!' r hd by .nt<, im i
, t . use ■ !!• VS ■eh i' :i\ b.U".
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'
ot fruit trees. lake V lining, n " •
vuu see lb. MI'S l-Usilv ascending and it- scendin;
"in regul.tr mo", > •'•r,g fruit tr- <, o
.t!'*rs, sffi i mm'.' .a'ely apply ah* ■* i u"'' ••
them
I,r both : ihe.ri S t;t the routs .d the 'f • ■ n
f st. i hy '!i<
pr.fi .•/ xt <>f .'-ii:t:r
How lot. ■ co". ne live witi'-out >!■ -p '
- • ' •
an authentir. cmnn-unication t. ;> iwen is-i'-" '
k Hritish society whose field "t operations at
in Asia, d oiiptive oi a pumslm:cni i
peculiar to the original code of China. t a,
pears tr u. this communication, that a Chine
meflisi.t hi) b"'" convicted of murdering 1
.
riepiiv. ,1 o! the privilege r.f going to sleep.-
Tl.'is sh.gn'rr mode of quitting an ur.rtmy <
can i*d ii.to <s -cutinn at A mov, un- .
<! T th. t Mowing rircuni>tanc*. The c n
den n< ;i M sr- placed in prison, under 'he c..r.- .
,i i t'sf o --lice ~onrd, who relieved each 1
other rv-r. alternate hour, and who prevent.-;
thenri-n-r I rem failing asleep for a single mo
ment, night or ■! - He thus lived for nine
teen davs w ithoot-enjoying any sleep. _ At the
romn.anceir nt of the twentieth day his sn..er
i-.es were so cruel thai he implored the author
ities to grant him the blessed opportunity cd ec
irg stianpulated, parroted, cjiiaitereu, h •••
Mown tip with 'Minnow.'er, or put to dea'h in
mv conceivable way which their humanity or
t"rocitv could invent, litis will gi**" ns s,.m
i lea nt' the horror of dying because you cannot
go to sleep.
\ Prom-EH. — Whoever originated the fed
lowing," deserves to have his name handed down
~ posterity : If a despatch from England to
America gains on the sun so as to reach here H
£ hours bv the clock before it left England, at
* what time would it arrive at the point of .e
--parture, were a cable carried entirely atound
ihe world 1 Would it not arrive the nay be
fore it left, less onlv the time exhausted in ma
king the circuit 1 If so, then, with a continu
ous telegraph line around the world, why no
end a despatch around and around until i 1
reached back to Adam, and let him know win
his children are about th-e "latter dav.
POF.TRV.
THE UNION.
*IE —lAl'KIB."
The Union ' oh, the Union!
So glorious ait so pure,
i We'll shotilifer Jo shoulder
To keep on' Union sure,
To keep our Union sure.
Her flag shall still float high;
1 Ami lor Liberty and Union
We'll lay us down anil die.
the price that bought our Union
Was our forefathers' blond.
Am! while the hie is in us,
We'll stand where once li.ev stood.
Though stoirns are in the sky ;
And for Liberty anil Ui ion,
We'll conquer, or we'll die !
the people's will siia'l triumph -
He that what it may:
And wo to him who threaten*
Our Uui<ni in that day
"or I tbon in that day
Let blustering traitors try
To tra.l our ginriou* banner,
U e'!| hold it op or die '
Av, ' .at were worth 'lie dying
Of true men and of I.rave
Our country and our Honor
To fi_bl lor and to save.
When treason gathers nigh :
Ve, for Liberty and Union,
We'll conquer, or we'll die !
nor.STICKS ()V LAHF.K HI TR.
Does!icks fins be. n trying to asr. rtain by ex
perience whether or not Lager is intoxicating,
ami below i. givtn, in i is y.vn the
result :
'• Ih" fir*t glass seen.. (| strong beer
with a good <!eal of water i" it: tJi* ri"Xt was
not cut. so sour, and the next one taste;! as
though 'lie it. 'Jin.:! beer had i.een s'ro.nger and
thev did not dilute it si much. Then we rest
ed, and as J ha! drank three pints already, 1
was willing to qui', but Damphool assured trie
'Lager lsn t intoxicating,' so alter a little set
tling down I thought ( could hold another gia.-s
amj ordered it; i' as brought yv a young iadv
uho enccl to have tout ' - , J 'pio uast
poTfv'.y ■ . ui d'l! rrrit i. .recti * .>, - umii iiihisu*
eil't'Ct was undoubtedly caused hy smoke.
Then 1 thought I'd have a glass of Lager (a
liquid known to most of the inhabitants oi -Man
hattan.) H was brought by a girl so pretty
I hat I immediately ordered tw > more, and kept
Iter waiting tor the change tach time so 1 could.
1 jock a' !, r then we bad ine che.se toll o!
h\ t .-u. w etnos some imger to t:l up !ne
boles; and 'hen we took a sausage; ITirrphxtl
•y ; F ■ c.)ip t> !; * to dr >\vn * ;'♦** ' '*/" I! i 4 •fi VVf
1
fi
.
Sib:. .- ; ) swim in; then we Lad some n: <-tze|-
• enrol
i! - ; t thev would, ti .t pack C'K.S- • > had sotm
1 5 ..... 'i) i;) ii £ bin I. s: 11 ll I nwde a s t>"ec!
i . 'he c >mt ,h;v; !.<-rt hsd to the point, and re
"
/-.'-v.
. ;
1 and tin re w fitly DatopH .ds, ami th- . a!!
- accepted the invitation, and we In ' Lie !".g"r:
'h re we e but v glas e-'jtno ia tryioe > u.i tue
r.t
r -in- ; ; i!i. i - f fell ever a L.'de '.• ii".-i v tv fn-
J 1 | .-r tinently step.ped before mo, and m 1 went
•' d jwii I knock* tl a small Dutchman info the r >r
' I ner, tfi n 1 fell over him, then i partial y r.-cor
.. ; , V s"!l d.d mi i.• lieatl. then I get up
■ 1
fan i - Ft apology, then i ..riled thr ~x g'.u-es
. ~-r. ar.d thegiil brought llu-m .sil i" om
' . jiui. 1 tried ! . take tii >n HI in '• ' i !n ' ; ,
kef! ill. li J £ out of
na involut'darv shov .-i •. h, t !.en 1 ' > ; * •
f t iv thr the whole fifty glasses ami the riirag.
with a dm e and a >p. .aiidi quarter, ant) il-man
. a that in* should give my change in gold did
... lurs there seemed to be some difficulty ahmu
- V ; t hi P , and i! I hadn't known that ! 'g-r isn't in
. ' toxi'a! ing, I von id have thought the si an wa
ho i'o' I> US* b' / H >'■
docs i' l * appear, once puMisued ihe following
V( . is like the devil bt cause it tonr.ents
us : like Heaven, because it wraps the s iul in
bliss ; like salt, because it i< relishing: like p< p
per, because it often "t ; u- nn I.re : like sugar,
because it is sweet ; like a rope, because it is
olten the death of a man : like a hrison, because
it makes unlmppv : like wine, Mean- it makes
u? happy ; like a man, because it is here to-dav
and m.ni- to-morrow: like a woman because there
is no getting rid ot it ; like a beacon, because
it guides ontothe wished lor port; like a will-o-
the-wisp, because il often leads cm* into the
; !,.. • like a courser, because it often inns away
I with one ; like the bite ola mail dog, or tin
kiss of a pretty woman, because they both make
|a man run marl : like a goose, because it is silly;
: like a rabbit, because there is nothing like it.
In a wonl, it is like nothing, often talked about,
and never seen,touched, 01 u iderstocd.
A BFArnFcu THOUGHT.— A little Swedish
girl, while walking wi'h her father on a starry
nielli, absorbed in contemplation oi the skies,
hemg asked ol what she was thinking, replied,
I was thinking if the i rrons; *iVe of heaven is
, S o glorious, what must the right side be '
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY .MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, IS5h.
TilE CHARMER.
Some six yea-s ago, a tall gaunt, knock
kneed "lurrmix'of a Hooiier, who was a hunter
if the classical W a hash, conceived the id-'i of a
cislt to the hoitie of fits progenilure in Ivrin
tuck.
He did s>—ranted round among the girls
some, and was of course, from his native tmpu
lence and unearthly ugliness, the '.observed
1 all ohserveisr" One morning the whole
neighborhood was astonished ~t the ugly H .os
iers having eloped with a Airs. H.,0 very good
rooking woman, wife of Mr. B. For two long
years the disconsolate husband mourned over
his untoward bereavement: at the end of that
period, however, to his uifer astonishment, one
d.iv, in popped Mrs. IT, looking as bright and
rosy as ever. After the first joyful greeting
was over, the injured Mr. B. thus addtesscd
I his truant spouse:
I .'Nancy, how could you take up with that
. ihar onairtl.!v ugly Hnosier, and have me and
| the children ail forlorn, as you did?"
I "VVYF, Josh,"' said Nancy, that thar tarnal
ugly i niter from Indiannv was a leetle the
j h.-.t whistler I ever hern til! on. Vou know f
, was always fond r.f .good uhisilin*: I used to
think \ on could whistle some, but 1 never heard
whistim* r.r. is whistlm' t,l] Inu t that ar Vv a-
I ta-h f.*ll—r. If*, j.! m histled my c!> 1:1
awav, and I follower .! him of! on that account.
But a short time ago, however, he caught tfr*
mease!.-, and they spii-d his whistlm' forever;
the charm was bmke. and so j concluded t
comeback to voir, hut O, J-.-h, tl.at Hoo-ier wn -
the aw fulies! whi-'ir that <vei 1 saw pucker!"
l'luctrvUle. IrtJiT.
FAT ft Fit .t.V D F"X RIVALS IX LOVE.
A late KugiiMi paper thus <iefai! a Miiguiar
a.'fur of tl.i-. kind : "In an acti m lor breach ot
promise of marriage, tiinj ia the Court of
Queen's Bench, on Wednesday, the 7th, Amy
IT u i, the (laughter of a < urn chandler in Shore
(ii'ch, was the plaint:!!', and Samuel A. Wells
the defendant, who was a corn factor, had a
couotiog-ii tuse within the premises occHpAxJ.
hv the lather of tile plailltl.T. i',l} ing fi .-quent
visits to Ins lather's otfice, the young man was
naturally invited up stairs, and as naturally
made love to ami was accepted by Mis* Read.
He declared ins purpose ot making her Ins wife,
and they were treated by the Jri.-m!s of both
families a* 'parlies engaged.' f tifbitunately,
however, the rnnntiag-iiou-e afforded V- . • -ot
to Wr.T.V- " -...r ji,,, n| ad
miring the cl.anns oi ivnss K.'3<., an , .
became a surtof. He p.imted out that ins sori
was 'too voung. * and 'was not yet established
5 . . I # ! ~ . :• • r>*. M ' Ktlf t( !
ia aiiti un-aI ot?• i*t* ou 10
no purpose. The plswitifl liked l!ie young man
h>st, and told (otu (d the unuatiiral iivai 11.a
tie p. v-s> ci. Hie ileienda tw as very angry
of Course w itll Lis father, hut Ji'eni'd to inci'-.f •'
in aitachn.ei.t tor the lady, and vvro'-* to in r a
number .! Setters dec Sai ing his unaderabl? at
fectiosi and his tlet. rnuna" :>n to make hr >•'-
wife t a!! ha//ard•, obv-rving, 'Won t Ihe.oid
man -t.i: wlu n 1 :>ut the t ing on your finget ."
fhe aged Cupid in the nu-atilime was n. t idle,
hot pushed bis suit with great energy, HOC at"
tempting i-v a it/veto get lot to sign a roun
der' ot her ■ i!gageni"i:l vvi h his sun, and mm
jiving her! hi .ugltlie mliui nee ol it.T ln-als.
U helher or not nv these > fiorts it urns ict
ri. r!v app • ar, hut the young- rw 1 .er bega- to
-j. vv >ui, -ign- u| drawing .itid r.t 1.-1
a*siuncd sue!: an st'ttude as induc- tl tf'.i* a '■ 't'g
a"
' waid i lew JLLtn) ag-
.fAASft,
JIH Marsh is the justly celebrated proprijtar
-<f ah *■ •i in the pleasant village of Bennuigon,
in lh< Stat- i>! V-rmont. Hut while Joeyro
idcs a a f.d table and ats 11;- host to ui*er
-:ii r, It ■ like most olheis, has in { ? -
cuiiatiti which peculiar it if s, by the by ,ur
nish frquent amus< ment (or bar-ioom visjors
lbougn not aiv■. ,iy.- i > ins profit.
J, t. j. ji[ r. ital* <1 for a superabundant of
,it her r.-ti\ •: at ;tr-t] iaier.t, while ins snrp
•i\ ir>irs . i e ciinract -red y a peculiar i>a!
IITII-i.:, int.ni. ii>OH n. lie was ottce kked
i v a i orse on the head —he says it help' his
t ye-sijht, Inl hurt ins business faculties.
One cuW day Joe sat by ids w arm bar-tons
f .vt, indulging at once ins notorious iiuionce
and iiti raiy taste, tin- lornier in the tiaral
uav, and tin-latter initading the lii-tu" of
Napohr p.
.! Ie read a page or Iwo, when lie yields t>
• u .i desire to sleep. One of those jignj|) bys,
I" which Beiiuii gton has not a fen) wf.owas
making Jo- one of his regular cas, conceiv
ed the id> a of turning l ack the haw to where
he (i: t conine need. Joe wakes upn theprn
' eits> o! tune, and renews his ivadu—reacs as
far a> i' continues inters sting, wht fie again
fails asleep and the hoy turns hackle leaves
as before. This is repeated four tin, when a
bright id* a effectually wakes Joe up
"Cosh, hoys, that Napoleon's tt smartest
fellow ever lived; he ctossed the Ips fcuir
j times in one day, and dragged a hit cannon
alter 'un.*'
I'D bis bar he adds a J-toi e of candhn which
Ihe hots invest ail the cents and _' c , tc.,
they can hook for the purpose oi tie. Joe
winks at (heir wickedness, and puts tb piller
ines into ins till. One evening a bijoy bro't
in a lien, and sold it to Joe lor a poutiol can
dy- Joe gave lum the candy, and to him to
put the hen in the barn, which he if Soon
another boy, encouraged by the sticceSroughl
m a hen and got the same pricp, anthis set
tiie tiling going— '.tie boys always caing I lie
lien to the barn, at Joe's direction/In the
morning, he found that he days been dbad
ly, having bought the hen six times, \ one
ot his own at that ! Harper's JUugmii
[Yr "Can you ieturn my love, dearealiaT
"Certainly sir. I don't want it, I'm s'
Freedom of.Thought and Opinion.
A FFEC TING IXC ID F. XT.
We are indebted to Mr. C , recently pe
lortieil from a whaling voyage, for the follow
ing touching narrative :
On (lie home voyage of one of oor Liverpool
packets, she being crowded with emigrants, that
awful scourge, the ship fever, hroke out. The
carpenter ot the vessel, one of nature's noble
men, having on board his little son, a lad
ot some twelve summers', was one of the first
v ' i is. 11 is shipmates sadly enclosed his body
in hia.hammock, and having read over him the
bqiiaJ service, and attached to his feet a grimi
dqti" lor the purpose of sinking him, commit
ted it to the embrace of old ocean. The poor boy,
overcome with gii.T al the loss ot his natural
protector, sprang overboard,and before he could
he rescued, was beyond the reach of human
rid.
On the (iav following the burial, a large
shark was noticed in the wake of the ship ; and
-'O% was almost calm, the sailors asked permis
sion to catch it, which was readily granted by
the captain. Having procured a hook and at
tached a chain ami line, and baited it with pork,
they ca-t it overboard, and soon had the exci
ting pdeasiire of hooking the monster, and with
; the aid ot the wind! is>, hauled the writhing
mass on board. As it lav on the deck i:i its
death struggles, (he sailors heard a iugular
rumbling nois", that seemed to procee ' Irom
•vittiin ihi. writhing captive. Taking a ship
av', they soon cu! their way into the now dead
fish, and to th- ir great sutpiize, found that it
had swallowed the carpenter, gi itul>tor.e, and
boy, and that the i >, mer, j w ho had only swoon
d) had rigged up the grindstone, and with the
assistance of 'lie boy to to n i', was ju.l grin
ding hi- ja< k-kuife to cut his way cut.
S IEXTIFK DISCrssiOX.
A most animated dispute occurred on Cross
stre.-t, yest-rdav afternoon, between < alo Brown
'.antWim Tolten, two factory r amis, employed
in one of the tobacco factories, an I well known
for iliejr extensive information on all scientific
subjects. The question under discussion was
lb--shape of the earth. Cato contended that
it was fiat and stood on a tug lock, a theory
which, when advanced, drew fo/th the follow
ing dialogue :
Jim—••You arg.-rs dat de world is fiat and
:an Is <>n a r>ig rock, new I want you to tole
•rie what dat rock stands on
..Cato "Nigger, I'se s'priseti at your ignor
ance ' wi.v on another big rock."
■ J .FVfo.'! Mtul what doTs obf 1 A'." opponent
stand on.''
Cuh>—(After a moment's hesitation.) "Why
Jar is rocks all de way down."
Jim (With a pompous air,) ".My colored
friend Ise furry to s-,> sich 'spiav ob remit iga
t-d ot.scuritv in a gemman of you- exalted pre
t isi uis allow nr . w iio has expel ienced snpe
-11 r 4~t|>| it i J ' :•; 1 -to cr> r" t tit 4 uriv dfron**ous
oi von has aad IIJ r= TI you oat Ol> *uri
! round and d -volves on ax.'- s.
t'-iio—J know s heiw to depreciate de fee lin
..at j romp's vou to distend tod:s nigger de in
formation dat you furnish on de question dal
we is a! pres.-nt defnlin, and u id all reference
f i d- s"t p. ior ->pp >!fundi s-o " hicti you take oc-
C 3; i>n to prelude, I oust dt-igret* wid you tn
de treorv dat you a ivane Rise il de worlJ
was round and turned on axles, wouiu'nt de
axle tr t > broke clown and spill ail de people
in de street ? Answer me dat.
If i.--- unnecessary to acid tii.it Jim was utterly
c nf undue! bv the overwhelming argument,
and was forced to "knock under" to tbe superi
or intellectual attainments ot his opponent.
Or -TrtoviNc. Kiutt r\ ox;; I'n Doi.-r.ARs
ro SEI iIT HIS SON. A correspondent of the Lon
don Times relates the following stoiy —it story
; j s —locating the parlies in Vienna. Strange
things happen frequently in l!ie oid couu
t" v :
A few days ago a Baron Siiberslem died here,
and after his death no money was found in his
house, though lie had always passed far a weal
thy man. Inquiries were made by ins neir.
and on its being discovered that a banker had
paid into his hands lin- sum of florins
but a few days b-fue his death, his vah't was
arre-led bv a politen. u on suspicion ot having
made way H ith t' ■ money. As the man said
that his master h if Ins bed a couple of days be
fore he died, in order to hum some paper in the
stove, the bedroom wa< searched. Nothing hut
the remains of documents were found, and the
servant was kept in custody until it occurred to
some one thai it might be as well !o examine
the other stov. s. Tbe examination was made,
and the numerous re mains ot bank notes of 1,-
000 florins, each, proved the innocence of the
vah t and destructiveness o| his master. Ihe
Baron, who was divorced from his wife, ofi-n
expressed his doubts about the legitimacy of his
only son: and in order that he should profit as
little as possible by his death, he bun.'d b-.nk
notes to the value of 1?0,000 florins ( £lf>,-00.)
When the door of the stove was opened, the
won! "thousand," was distinctly visible on ma
ny of the consumed notes, which ot course fell
to pieces when touched.
COLD WATER ro CORE SCALDS.—I placed a|
large tub lull of cold water, with plenty ol ic !
in it. by tiie side of a large ketiie lull of water,
which was boiling pretty fast. 1 then rolled
up mv sleeve above the elbow, and tnrusl it in
to the kettle ol boiling water up to the elbow,
then immediately hack into the tub ol ice wa
ter, letting it remain a few seconds, then into
boiling water again, repeating the process ten
times a minute, without injury or inconveni
ence, not even making my arm look red.—
From this expriment I suggest the propriety ol
using cold water baths instantly after being
. scalded. I have practised the above remedy
with entire success during the last ten years.
Cold water is always handy where there is hot
' water. The sooner cold water is applied alter
scalding, the surer the cure. Ohio Cultivator.
WOMAN'S RULING IDEA/
The Washington States, with a view to show
: that the possession of'style' is innate in wo
: man, describes the following scene :
| On the last sunshiny day, passing in the vi
jcinit v of a newly erected building, we saw a
i little beggar girl sitting on a pile of sand. An
j oid scrap of sunbonnet partly shaded her hand
some features, and her round shoulders reveal
| ed themselves through a rag of a frock, the ma
! terial of which had been a bright gingham; but
i its glow had long passed away. She wore no
! stockings, and the bottom of her dress, which,
; through the combined influence of time and
; picking up chips, had become fringed, hatdiy
reached to her knees. Her basket ot chips lay
r on the dirt, by her side, while, with a flushed
| face and excited effort, she was endeavoring to
j insert part of an old barrel hoop in the hem of
; her little petticoat. She worked and toiled;
j the hem was very tagged, and the hoop very
j wide, and al! full ot sjdioters. At la>t succeed
| ing in getting so much of it in as to produce
the 'necessary bulge,' and, taking her basket,
she walked off, swaying her newly-expanded
. dress Irom side to side, with at least three leet
of the hoop trailing behind. As she swung a
i way there was such an expression of sincere
' gratification on her face, that, in spite ot her
ridiculous appearance, ive could not help sym
pathizing with her, and we knew that she was
j quite as well satisfied as most women are in
; wearing a mouse-colored moire antique, with
i point-lace flounces, over a 'patent adjustable
bustle expansion skirt'—the latest, arid of course
the most inflexible, of fashionable guises.—
We thought the little beggar girl was not the
: only one that felt her design apparent, and
; made vanity a virtue and a sentiment,
MIHL PEASANTRY.
A gerth-man who has traveled much in
Ireland, savs the native uibanity of the Irish
peasants to each other is very pleasing. I have
Irequentlv seen them take off their hats, and
; salute each other with great civility. The ex
pressions ot these poor fellows, upon meeting
one another, are till! of cordiality. One ot them
in Dubl in, nwt a boy alter his own heart, who,
j in the sincerity of his soul, exclaimed : "Bat
lick ! it: v self glad to see you, for in troth I
wish yon well." "By my soul, I know it,
said the other, "but you have but the half ot
It"—that is the pleasure of meeting was divi
; ded. If sou ask a common fellow in the streets
of Dublin, which is the way to such a place,
he will take ofl' his bat, and, it he does not know
nothing is more to - vou \°\ < for
rant,) he will either dm ct you By' lfjf '^ r
to his imagination, which is ever ready or be
will say, "1 shall find it out for your honor
immediately;" and away he flies into some
shop for inhumation, which he is happy to be
the bearer of without any hope ol reward.
Among the mortuary peculiarities of the
Irish, their love for posthumous honors is wor
thy ot remark. An elderly man, whom a
much esteemed clergyman attended in the last
stage of existence, met his death with fortitude,
but expressed his grief that his dissolution
should take place at a time when the employ
ments of spring would prevent his funeral from
beim T numerously attended. 1 his is a general
national trait ; and a grievous imprecation, in
the 11ish language is, "May your burial he
forsaken!" They have another very
malediction "May the grass grow green be
fore vour door !"
TAKIXG A f*IIO WEII i> A Til.
Doctor — Well, how did your wife manage
her shower bath !
Deacon She had real good luck. Madame
Moody told her how she managed. She said
she had a large oiled silk cape, with a cap to it,
like a fireman's that come all over her shoul
ders, and
Doctor —She's a foot for her pains, that's not
the way—
Deadon—So my wife thought—
Doctor Your wife did nothing of the sort, I
i hope I
Deacon Ono doctor, she used an umbrel
; la.
Doctor—What! used an umbrella! Zounds!
! what good did the shower bath do her ?
Deacon She said she felt better. Her
clothes was'nt wet a mite. She sat under the
umbn lia tor half an hour, till the water had
! trickled oft, and said it was cold and delightful,
and just like a little shower in summer.
NATION at. "AMERICANS" JOINI.NO THE DEMO-
I CRATIC PARTY. —The Columbus correspondent
j of the Cincinnati Times in noticing the procee
dings of the Democratic State Convention says:
"I notice but one important change in the
main characteristics of this Convention. A
i mong the delegates are several gentlemen who
have acted throughout with the American party
: —who havt stood by it in all its siicresse and
defeats —but whose intense hatred of R- pubh-
I canism, now that there if no hope of a suress
■ ful independent American movement, has dnv
len them, neck and heels, into the Democratic
! partv. They hail fiorn Southern Ohio
particularly from the great 'snake' regions.—
Their feelings seem to be intensified at prej
' ent."
There is no way for the national men in the
! opposition —who formerly belonged to the old
Whig, and of late to the "American" party—
-1 but to cordially co-operate with the Democracy,
I if they desire toslay the sectional Republican
organization, and prevent its rising to power
I upon the ruin 3of the Union. The Democracy
gives a cordial welcome to all who will stand
| by Ihe Constitution in this emergency, and in
! sist upon equal and exact justice being done to
all sections of the country, and to all classes ol
j citizens. — Cin. Enquirer.
\YI2OI,i; \ 3 ilti:K S81.
VOL. 2, NO. 5
THE DAY OF DAYS. .
The institution of the Sabbath, -whether re
garded as of human policy or divine ordinance,
is one ot the most beautiful and blessed inheri
tances ot man. It has a divinity in its adap
tation to the material necessities ot our race—
as a day of rest, in which to refresh and recre
ate the wearied energies of the body—hut the
higher divinity lies in the divorce it brings to
the spirit Irom the pursuit and careot temporal
and corrupting things, leading it to a clearer
and nearer contemplation ol God, its relation
to the immateiial and lis destiny beyond this
fleeting life. lis periodical frequency grasps the
soul in firm bonds, and hemming it around with
associations iri union with its acknowledged sa
ciednes9, has done more to discipline the mind,
and purify the heart of society, than all the
problems of proud and shifting philosophy.
Like the sublime leson of Christ, the Sab
bath contains the proloundest proofs of its origin
in the wisdom and goodness of God, in its com
mon acceptance by enlightened men, and the
fullness of satisfaction it gives to their souls and
bodily longings. Between nations and races
who do not observe the Sabbath, there is drawn
a line, on the opposite borders of which, alike,
rests the evidence of its beauty and beneficence.
On the Sabbath side are civilization, intelli
gence, industry, art, science, peace and pros
perity — man elevated truly and nobly in the
image ol God. Ou the other side are barbar
ism, ignorance, superstition, war and misery—
man degrading the image ol God.
The Sabbath is not arbitrary nor convention
al. The more intelligently it is observed, the
more necessary, harmonious and beautilul it ap
pears; and its temporal economy however great,
becomes secondary and insignificant contrasted
with its spuitual good. Let any man, let any
philosopher contemplate the obliteration of the
Sabbath, and see what a picture society must
soon present. Philosophy tried the experiment
once, with one oi the most intellectual and phil
osophical of nations, and the result of the trial
taught tiie world that man cut loose from the
Sabbath, is cut loose from God. Atheism itself,
denying God, has eulogized the institution of
the Sabbath as the tiuit of supreme wisdom.
As members of a Christian community, we have
ali witnessed and felt the elevating influence of
this Day of days, and can need no special argu
ment to commend its reverent observance.
THE UPAS TREE. —An exchange says the*
story that the Upas tree of Java exhales a poi
sonous aroma, the breathing of which causes
death, is now known to be false. The tree it
self secretes a juice which is ueauij w,,.
its aioma or ordor is harmless. Strychnine is
made from the seeds of a species of Upas tree,
is the name of a district the atmosphere
lot wfiicu piw— death. This effect is not
occasioned by the Upas tree, nut ir r n fj&tina*
volcano near Batar, called Guava Upas. From
the old crater and the adjoining valley is PX
haled carbonic gas, such as often extinguishes
life in this country in old wells arid foul places.
This deadly atmosphere kills everything that
comes within its range—birds, beasts, and even
men—and the vailey is covered with skeletons.
By a confusion of names, the poisonous effects
of this deadly valley have been ascribed to the
IT pas tree, the juice of which is poisonous, and
hence the fable in regard to the deadly Bohun
Upas tre-.
OCT* . .any a glorim speculation has failed
for the same good reason that the old Texas
Hanger gave when he was asked why he
didn't buy land when it was dog cheap. A
correspondent tells the story :
-Well, I did come nigh onto taking eight
thousand acres once!,'* said old Joe, mourn
ful! v. "You see, two of the boys came in
from an Indian hunt, without any shoe.-, and
offered me their titles to the two- leagues just
below here for a pair of boots.'
"For a pair of boots 1" 1 cried out.
"Yes, for a pair of boots fir each league.*
"But why, on earth, didn't you take it ?
they'd be worth a hundred thousand dollars to
day. Why didn't you give them the boots?"
"Jest 'cause 1 didn't have the boots to give,"
said old Joe, as he took another chew of tobac
co. quite as contented as it he owned the two
leagues of land.
[Ur-What a volume of thought there is in
the following item which is going the rounds:
"A YOUNG SCICILE. —A little girl, twelve
years old attempted to commit suicide at Bos
ton. the other day. She had been severely
punished several times by her teacher, and suff
ering further chastisement, she drank a tea-cup
ful of burning tluid, but an emetic saved her life.
She gave her reasons for the act that the girls
'picked upon' her ; that she was called 'stupid,'
arid her teacher fad punished her, and she was
tired of life.
The world will never know how many peo
ple have been made stupid by the simple cry of
"dunce," which has been hurled at them. The
late Gov. MarCv was a ''stupid" boy until
he got a teacher who had sense enough to treat
himpntelligently and frankly, instead of "larrup
ping" the future statesman for every fault.
K7~Wliv is a dandy like a mushroom ?-
Because he's a regular sap-head, his waist i 9
remarkably slender, his growth is exceedingly
iapid, and his top is uncommonly lender.
ff7"A large fellow lying down on the grass,
said, "Oh, how I do wish this was called
work—and well paid."
rr7~"Hovv would you divide drachm V asked
one printer of another.
"Why," replied the other, "I would drink
. half."
r£f~"What are the chief ends of man ? w
asked a Sunday School teacher of one of her
pupils. "Head and fee 4 .," wa9 the promp* re
ply.