VOLS''.TIE rtis.
NEW SERIES.
SHERIFFS S.ILE.
BV virtue of sundry writ- of li. fa., to rri- (Lr-c
--ted, there will b? sold at the Court lion--*, in the
JJorou-h of Bedford, on Monday, the 14th .lay of Feb
juary. !S. r 9 x at 12 o'clock, M. t the following ile>-
< iib-d real .state, to wit:
All defendants', John King &. Thomas King's
right, title an.l interest in and to one tract of
land, containing 237 act <*s, more or less: aboul
]OO acres cleared and under fence, with a two
story mansion house, j j tenant house?, store
house, ware house, one iron forge, saw-mi!',
coal house, large new bank barn, 2 frame sta
bles and other out-buildings thereon erect-d—
--also, an apple orchard thereon; adjoining lanos
of James Fink, Jacob Steel, Jo.iti Gates, and
others, known as the Bedford Forge property.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 206 a
cres, more or less, about CO acres cleared
and under fence, with a Jog house "and log
liable thereon erected; adj >uiing lands of Lucin
■!a Piper and others—known as the John M
llnay tract.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 5 acre.--,
more or less, with a fog irons ■ there-m erected,
on the waters of Yellow Creek; adjoining lands
of Piper arid Fink, George, B. Ky's heirs and
others, in the name of John. King.
ALSO —One tract of unimproved land, con
taining 4-02 acre®, more or less; adjoining the
■Bedford Forge and others, ia the name of Ste
phen M an.
ALSO-One tract of land containing 4-01-
acres mreor i s-; an; doing the a' *,ve ami .-
r*s in the name of Richard M an.
ALSO—One t.-act of land containing 404 a
cres, more or Ks-; 5 rjotning tne a ove ucd ol*.-
crs, in tire name of Joseph wloan.
ALSO—One tract cfiand containing -I Pa
cies, more or less; adjoining the above and oth
ers, known in the name of Samuel Moan.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 424 a
cres, more or les ; adjoining the above and oth
ers in the name I AKxan.'cr Moan.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 4! 3 a
cre< more or loss: arfi ining tin* above and oth
ers, in the r.ame <d John Mcllnay.
ALSO One tract of land containing 37k a
crev, more or less; adjoining the a rove ami olh
ers, in the name of David Piper.
ALSO —One tract of land containing 335 a
cres more or I* ss: adjoining the above and old
er?, in the name of Timothy M >3n.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 409 a
cress, more or less; adjoining the above and oth
ers, in tlie name of I-ra-1 Moan.
ALSO—(sne tract of land containing 392 a
cres more or-less; adjoining the above and oth
ers, in the name of Zacha r iah Moan.
ALSO-r-One tract of land containing 421 a-
CTes, more or less*, adjoining the aoove and oth
ers, in the r.ame of J *hn Boyd.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 429 a
crt .s, more or less; adjoining the a rave and of!r
crs, in the name of W ilium Davis.
ALSO—One tract of lan*! containing 432 a
rres more or les-; a (joining it -' above and otti
ers, in the name of Isabel Davis.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 441 a.-
cres, more or less; adjoining the above and oth
ers, in the name of \\ illiam Piper.
ALSO —One tract of land containing 17 7 a
cres, more or less; adjoining the above and oth
ers; in the name of John llai .bn.
ALSO —One tract of land containing !12 a
eres, mcne or less; adjoining the ab >ve and oth
ers, in the name of Ignatius Haulm.
ALSO—One tract of loud containing 43 k a
rres, more or !••->: adj .-rni* _ the '•< 1 u* am! oth
ers, in the name ot Jam--? Wilson.
- ALSO—One tract of land containing 2372
acres, more or !-?•;, about 100 cl*ared an t un
der fence, uith one charcoal furnace, one b! m
forge, with four r* th ing flies, one mansion
house, one brick office and store house, ware
house, 13 tenant bous-s, 6 stales, one black
smith shop, one carpenter .drop, coal house, ir n
house, and oth-*r out-buildings thereon erected;
adjoining lands of James Eichelberger, on tin*
North, Henry Gates and F. i Fluke, on th-Smth
and West, and Broad Top on Jhe Erst—known
as the Lem.nos Iron Works j roperty.
ALSO—One tract of land in V. Jrnok val
ley—known as the Bender ore hank, contain
Stephen Weitm r and others.
ALSO—One tract of unimproved land con
taining 33 acres, more or less; adjoining th** a
bove and others; warranted in the name of Tho
mas and John King.
ALSO—One tract oflarrd containing 420 a*
cres, more or less; adjoining the above and ot li -
ers, in the name of John Cheney.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 429 n
cres, more or less. ci.'joining She aoove and o:h
--crs, in the name of Maria Alberti.
ALSO—One tract of lan i containing 37 k a
ries, niore or h >; ad- lining trie above and oth
ers, in the name of Hannah Alberti.
ALSO —One tract of land containing 126 a
cres, more or less; adjoining the above and oth
ers, in tire name of George F. Alberti.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 403 a
cres, more or less; adjoining the above and otn
<TS, in the name of Peter Swope and J no. King.
ALSO -One tract of land containing 70 acres
more or less, adjoining toe above and others, in
the name of Casper r luck; known as llie I luck
ore hank.
ALSO—One tract Miami containing 15 acres,
more oi less; adjoining the above and others
known as the jjaughiobaugh improvement.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 100 a
cres more or ie.-s, adjoining Martin Hoover on
the west and others, being a part of the Dyke's
tract.
ALSO One tract of land containing 100 a
cres, more or less; adjoining .Martin Hoover on
the east and others, being a part of the Dyke's
tract: and ail the above described lands situate
in Hopewell township, Bedford county, and ta
ken in execution as the propeity of John King
and Thorn is King.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 40 acres
more or less; about all cleared and under fence,
with a two story log house and log stable there
on erected,adjoining lands of James Price, Hen-
ry Gates and others—situate in Hopewell town
ship. IK-dlord county, and taken in execution as
the property of Thomas King.
ALSO—One tract of land containing 210 a
cres, more <;r less;
under fence, with 2 dwelling.house's and fog
stable thereon eree'ed; adjoining lands of Wil
liam lams, Solomon Smith, and others.
ALSO—One tract of lan I containing 100 a
cres, more or less: ab rut 50 acres cleared and
under fence, with a log dwelling and kitchen
attached and log oarn thereon er< cled—a!so an
apple orchard thereon; adjoining lands of De'fl,
William I una, Arnold Lad.fey and others.
ALSO One other tract of land containing
53 acres, more or les-, unimproved; adj doing
lands of John Johnson, John Bennett & others.
ALSO—One other tract known as the man
sion place, containing 265 acres, more -or less:
about 80 acres cleared and under fence, with
dwelling house and store room attached, don
hie log barn, frame stable, and other ont-huild
irws thereon erected; adjoining lands of Mrs.
Nanrv E bin. Elza MclK'ish, Jo-hua Browning
and others. And all the above described lands
situate in Southampton township, Bedford cmin
tv, and taken in execution as the propeity of
Willia r. Lashl *y.
ALSO,
All Defendant, D. 3. Berksf ress-r's right, ti
tle, interest and claim, in ami to one tract of
land,called Buck ffo'.tom. containing 60 acres,
more or less: about 4 acres cleared and under
fence, with a story and a halfp! ink house there
on erected; adjoining lands of Win. Forrester,
on the west and the Juniata liver on the north
ant! east—situate in Hopewell township, Bed
ford count v .and taken in execution a> tin* prop
erty of David S. Berkstresser.
A LSO,
One | d of ground n the town of Hopewell,
homing about 60 feet on front street anil ex
tending hack to the furnace race and to an al
ley, on the north, lying triangular, containing
about one eighth of an acre—situa'e in Broad
Top toAnship, Bedford county, arid f.ik-n in
execution as the property of Thomas W. Uoi
ton. ALSO,
Oi)* tract of land containing S6 acres, more
or 'ess; about 40 acres cleared and under fence,
with a two story log house, cabin house and
double fog barn thereon erected; adjoining lands
ol William Blackburn, Isaac CuppHt and oth
ers— situate in Napier township, Bedford coun
ty, and taken in execution as lite pioperty of
John Taw n ev. A LSO,
Ail De'li, William Ration's interest, in and
to a certain tract of land, situate in Broad Tup
township, Bedford county, hounded by lands
formerly owned by Joseph Evans, Josiah Mor
ton .d James Cunningham 4" Co t containing
106 i acre*; and allowance. Ac., oetug the >tiii
t:act of land known formerly as the Abm r Mor
ton tract, with the rights and privileges there
unto belonging, and taken in execution as tin*
propeitv ot V l liam Patton.
A L^O,
All D-f"t's interests in ami to a certain two
story plank Fame toll and dwelling house, IS
b v 21 I- t—situate in Hopewell township, Bed
ford countv, erected on and over the road of
said Compar v, an*! the lot or piece of ground
an ! curtiJag- ap|<urtenaut thereto, with the
rights and privileges thereunto br fongsng, and
tak *n in ex* cu!ion as the property of th* Hope
well and Bloody Run Blank and Turnpike
R*-*ad Company. A LSO,
One lot of ground in the town of Ston<*r>'.o*,' n,
f; nling 27 fe I on :r,ain street and extending
l ack about 220 feet to an alley, with a lwo>!o
--ry plank house thereon erected, adjoining ar;
alley on ihe nortl:-east, ami lot of Dominick
Feenv on the south—situate in Liberty town
shin, Bedford countv, and taken in execution as
the property oi J din McCaffrey and wife, de
fendants. AL^O,
One tract ofland containing 190 acres, more
or les: about fO9 acres cleared anrl under fonce,
with a two st >ry i-.g house, double frame barn,
and other out-buildings thereon erected—also
an appl*-' orchard thereon: adjoining f ind of A
■ raha n Sill®, Anthony Zimme s and other—
situate in Bedford township, Bedfoid runty,
and taken in execution as the property of Jacob
Reighart, dei't. ALSO,
One tract of land containing 44 acres, more or
iabout 2 acres cleared and under fence, with
a fog dwelling house thereon erected; a joining
lands of William Thompson, Junes Ray, iY.it
son's heirs and others—situate in Bedford town
ship, Bedford county, and takn in execution
as the property of Thomas Richards >n, deft.
A LSO,
One lot of ground in the town of Stur.ejstnwii,
fronting 55 feet on main street, and extending
Lack 220 feet to an alley, with a two story
frame store I.OIISP theieon erected; adjoining
other lots of defendant, Joseph Crisman, on the
north, and fronting 220 fert on street iiirining
from the Juniata river to the town of Saxon,
on he south situate in Liberty township, Bed
ford county, and taken in execution as the pro
perty of Joseph Ciisman.
WAI. S. FLUKE, Sheriff*.
Sheriff's Office, Jan. 21, 1859.
LIST OF CAUSES,
PUT down for trial at February Ttirn, (14-th
day.) 1859.
John Hoyle vs Wm Keyser
Levi Hardinger vs John C Mnrgart
Fred'k llild biant vs C F Kmner
A Blair's use vs John Blair et al
Juniata S. District vs L A Tamer
William Oss vs Arnold Lashley
T McCauley A Co. vs John Davidson &. Co.
James Entriken vs D Washabaugh et at
Joseph Burgess vs Wm Keyser et al
Henry Gates vs Milliard James
Jon II Dicken vs Jesse Dickea
Wm Forbes vs Patrick Burns et al
Dr G W Anderson vs A E Cox
SAM L H. TATF., Proth'y.
Prolh'y's Otficp, /
Bedford, Jan. 21, 1559. \
BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 4, 1859.
Trom the Cincinnati Times.
Tlis Maniac's Setmcn-A Caxnp
Meeting Incident.
i! was eleven o'clock on Sabbath morning.
Two sermons liad been prewired during the
forenoon,-and the "horn" had been blown de
nouncing. the third. The people flocked into
the meeting by thousands, for a very popular
divine w as to preach at that hour.
The eh.pietit minister arose. All was in
stant Iv hushed, and the stillness ot mid-night
reigned in that vast assemblage. He opened
a bo d. and read therefrom, softly, sweetly,
musically, a hymn which he requested the
congregation to.-ing.
The music of a camp meeting I Who that
lias ever near*;! it iias not paused Jo drink the
rich melody into his soul i It conies with a
grandeur \>t softness and sweetness that can be
heard nowhere else. The measured strains of
a* multitude of voices, united in charming mefo
dv and unbroken by walls, swell in solemn
grandeur, and roll delicmusly through the for
ests, awaking le-echoing cadences on every
hand,and
"Untwisting all the c! aims that lie
The hidden soul of harmunv
Af'er the hymn lial been sung the minister
offered up a brief, ♦*! quent prayer, and then
r.sumed his seat. lie bad taken the Bible on
his knee and was searching fur his text, when
he an.l the v. hole congregation were startled by
the appearance of the Maniac Smith.
The* young lunatic, who was known to near-,
Jv ail present, ascended the pulpit with folded
arms, bowed head, ami slow* and steady pace.
Facing the immense congiegation, he gazed
carefully around, and amid breathies; silence
spread forth his bands, and in the most thrilling
manner said :
"Your music is the n.u-ic of lieav. n. The
pretti birds in yonder tree tops are bearing it
with their song* to the lips of angels above,
w \yt will convey it as sweet incense to tire om
nipotent tluone of God. Joy is thine, G Jsra.d.
i". ,n possess tile living so il, that rejoices in Pi
glory ot immortality. My soul is dead ! A
cherished ' i.ild of piety, I became recreant to
the God ti,at gave me being and sold my hi-,
my happiness, my immortality la the Prince ot
Darkness. Like the traveler who has a Bal
den path before him, hut i- attracted to danger
ous places by the gaudy show of some poison- i
ous flower, j liave wand-red to iny deaiii! — !
My fret were placed in the straight ar.d nar
row way, were covered with the smd i s oi
pi*tv, and the christian staff w*as plactd in my
hands, and yet, O God! 1 wandered to cry,
d-ath. The gaudy bauble rof * .cy, lie .>•; uv.g
yet thorny liAvosui >cv.. a- J. b. m>- k"
side. I Kit the smooth suilice, and asc-nd* !
to mountains of trouble, and yet I gained not
tire ol.ject of my pursuit. <)-i F dashed, reck! -
and indifferent to my late, 'i be wicked one,
w 1.0 sought my destruction, 1-J me cn, and I,
cursed with it inorse, folio.veil. I knew 1 was
plunging into ruin, with a on! already accurs
ed, wat cared 1? Y luntaiily J lia 1 .sought
death and it came. It ware ;re nigh!, and oh!
3f. iiijil night it was to in *, exhausted, d.ioia
ed, and accursed, I was sin; c!aik.riag up (!."
mountain of sin. I < nine <o a rhain. deep arc!
f-arful. Th- lighlnings of (leaven fleshed a
buirt rr.e, and tin* thunder of Omnipotence peal
ed in my ears. J i It mvs.-it moving towards
that fearful ch.asm !—Death, eternal death,
stared me in the face, and I screamed piteowsly
for l>lp. No one came n> ail me. My com
panions in vice listened not to my cri**s, and lie
to whom I had sold my soul derid. i me in
mockery ! I was nmved on nearer and n* arer
to the precipice. Frantically I grasped each
shrub and lucky proininence which '.3y in my
wav, but they crumbled in n v bands. J
reached the-dge of the precipice! I glanced
into Ihe deep abyss of death ! Oh ! terror, ter
ror! I-plea 1 h-aven for m *rcy. but, great God,
i! was too bite !
'•Mv sir.-coverej srul tr-mbled with the a
gor.v it suffeied, and was piteous in its appeals.
But the thunder t Id m-, "Too late," and gia
cfous heavens, rr.v own cowardly soul told me
'•Too late!" J felt myself going over the pre
cipice. lclung with tenacity to everything!
within mv reach, but nothing could save me.—
I shrieked! I groaned! Down to perdition
went my sou! !"
Heie the maniac paused. His vivid pur"
Iraiture of his career had startled the whole j
j congregation, some of wfiom shrieked out right
as lie represented his soul's frightful descent into
perdition. He paused a minute oniv. Then
cairn again, be sofily said :
'•I am living without a snui ! You people
i of God may sing your prai>es, for it is as sweet
incense to your souls. But you sinners must
repent this tiav, or your souls will go after
j mine over that deep, dark, fearful abyss into
hell! Will von repent -or go with me into
, eternal perdition ?"
The effect of this was more than terrific.—
j Screams and groans arose from the gay and gid
' Jv in the congregation.
" "
A y-aror two b-fore, this young man was
brought home one evening insensibly drunk. —
j The next morning found him the victim, of a
! '.errible fever, brought on by his sensual indul
gence and extravagant course of life. Of that
j fever he w as, after many fearful days, and much
• tender care by his relatives, cured, but it left
j him a raving maniac. So fearful were li is mad
efToits, it became necessary to keep him in a
; Lunatic Asylum, to keep him lrom perpetrating
1 mischief pn himself and others. He remained
; there until within a few weeks of the camp
meeting, when he became sufficiently restored
I to be returned to the custody of his family. He
was still insane, but was mild and obedient,
j and unitpr those circumstances he was taken
i with the family to the camp meeting, the ut
j most vigilance being exercised over him.
Young rn-n ! beware of the cup, the destroy
'* er of the soul I
Freedom of Thotiglit and Opinion.
Counsels for the Young.
Never be cast down by trifles. If a spider
breaks his web twenty times, twenty limes will
lie mend it again. Make up your mind to do a
thing, and you wiy do it. Fear not if troubh*
comes upon you ; keep up your spirits though
the day may be a dark one—
"Troubles never last forever,
The darkest day will pass away."
It the sun is going down, look up to the stars;
if the earth is dark, keep your eyes on heaven.
VV ith God's presence a r id promise, a man or
child may be cheerful.
"Never despair when fog's in the air,
A sunshiny morning will coine without
warn ing."
Mind what you run after! Never be content
with i bubble thai will hurst; nor a firewood
that will end in smoke anil darkness. But that
which you can keep, and which is worth keep
ing.
"Something s'artling that will say
When gold and silver fly away!"
Fight hard against a hasiy temper. Anger
will come but resist it strongly. A spark may
set a house on fire. A fit of passion may give
you cans- to mourn all ihe days of your lifi*| —
Never revenge an injury.
"He that revengeth knows no rest :
The meek possess a peaceful breast."
Jfyou have an enetnv, act kindly to him, and
I m ike him your friend. You may not win him
ov rat once, but try again. Let one kindn-ss !
be followed bv ."mother, 'ill you have compassed
vour end. Bv little and bv little great things
are completed.
"Water failing day by day
Wears the hardest rock away."
Ami so rep- ated kindness w ill soften a h-*ait f
ol stone.
Whatever von do, do it willingly. A hov !
that L whipped at school never learns his lesson I
well. A rran that is compelled to work, cares'
nit how badly it is jierfirmed. He that pulls]
off his coat cheei fully, sliips up his s'eews in j
earnest, and sings while hejwork?, is the man j
fir me—
"A chci'iful spirit gets on quick :
A grt.irJJwr in the mud wiil stick."
j EviJ thoughts a ( e worse enemies than lions
' and Bg-rs, lor we can g-t out of the way of
Wild beasts hut bad thoughts win their day
everywhere. Keep your heads and hearts foil j
ol good thoughts, tiiat bad thoughts may not
find room
"Be on your guard, and strive to pray,
3*j.;-T .n ,*
Slientlan's Wit.
The following an authentic anecdote in
connection with the Diui v Lane Theatre; re
in.ill !,v Holland, the Arclntec', am! bv him
based to Sheu lan, who b came larg-h in his
debt.
H illand could r.evrr obtain a settlement nr
an interview on the subject *. i;!. Sheridan. 11-
b', .' ■; him for w *.*ks and months at his own
I;* us-, at the theatre, at hi- usual resorts; hut
•;•-,* nowhere to be s-en. Al last he track
ed iiim to tlie stage d >r, rusln* I in, in spite of
tfie opposition of the burly j'oihr, and found:
the manager on the stage conv. ising with a
oartv of gent!* men w iiotn be had invited to
show them the theatre. ShAri lan saw Holland
approacliir.g, and knovj ii.g that iscape wasitn
p s .ible, put a bold face on th- matter.
"Ah! ii■ v dear Fellow," exclaimed he, "you
are th- very man I wanted to see—you have
come most apropos. 1 am truly sorry you have
have bad the trouble of calling upon n.e so of
ten; but now we are met: in a 1-w minutes J
shall he at libel Iv: we -w ill then go into my
room together arid settle our affairs. But fust
you must decide an impiulant question here.—
S-.uie of these gentlemen teil me there are co:n
jd-jints, and ioudonts, that the transniission of
sound is defective in your beautiful theatre.—
That in fact the galleries cannot hear a! all,
and that i- the reason why they are so noisy ot
late. '
"Sound defective, not hear !" reiterated the
astonished architect, turning j>al*, and almost
staggering hack ;"why it is the most perfect
; building for sound that was ever erected ; I'll
stake my reputation on i', the complaint is most
groundless."
"So 1 .- iV," restored Sheridan; hut now we'll
bring the question to i>ne definitely, and limn
have a paragraph or two in the papers. Do
you, Holland, go and place yourself at the hack
of the upper gallery, while I stand here and
talk to you.
"Certainly," said Holland, "with th-great
est pleasure."
A lantern was provided, with a trusty guide,
and away went the architect through a iaby
lynth of dark and winding passages, almost a
day's journ* y, until iie reached his distant ele
vated post.
"Now, Mr. Holland, cried Sheridan, "are
you there and ready."
"Yes," was the immediate answer.
"Can you hear me?"
"Perfectly, perfectly, Mr. Sheridan."
1 "Then 1 wish you a very good morning."
So siving Sheridan disappeared and was two
or three miles off before Holland could descend.
Another long interval occurred ere lie was able
to chase the fugitive to his lair again.
a railway station, an old ladv said to
a vei v pompous looking gentleman, who was
talking about steam communication—
"Prav sir, what is steam
"Steam, ma'am, is, ah !—steanf is eh, ah I
steam is—steam !"
"1 knew that chap couldn't tell ye," said a
rough looking fellow standing by ; " but steam
is a bucket of water in a tremendous perspira
tion."
Popular Errors.
The human body, in our climate, is always
| much warmer than the atmosphere, and is con
stancy throwing off heat. All substances, in
respect to heat, are called good or had conduc
tors. If we apply our hand to the .carpet, it
will appear tolerably warm, because it is a bad
conductor, and lakes no h-at from us. If we
next touch the floor, which is of wood, and
therefore, although a bad one, is a better con
ductor than the carpet, it will appear some
j what cold—as it takes some of the heat of our
hand away. Iron and other metals, being
eminently good conductors, will abstract a
greater quantity of heat from us; so that when
we come to touch that, it will appear very cold,
for the loss of h-at which our body immediately
experiences. The same fallacious testimony of
the touch would induce us to believe that water
is really much colder than it is When we
take the cold bath, we experience a chilly sen
sation in passing out of the atmosphere into the
water, although a thermometer will Jell us that
they art* both of the same temperature; this is
b-cause it has a property peculiar to itself, by
which it absorbs and carries away whatever
heal may be brought in contact with il, and
I which is equivalent in its results to the proper
ly of a conductor. Thus it will appear that
what sems to be a cold sensation received from
[other obj-cts, is in reality, nothing more than
I the less of heat in touching them; and thus it is
evid-nt that the Author of the Universe formed
our s-nses to answer the ordinary purposes of
life,-arul gave us intellect to correct their er
rors. and enable us to apply them to higher arid
nobl-r purposes of sri-nce.
Ike Partington and Pugilism.
Mrs. Pe.: ti.-.glcn was much surprised to find
Ike, one rainy afternoon, in a spare room, with
the rag-hag hung to the bed post, which lie was
belaboi ing very lustily with his fists as huge as
two cent apples.
"What gymnastiness are you doing here
said she, as she opened the door.
lie did not slop, and merely replying'drain
ing,*' continued to pitch in. She stood looking
at him as he danced around the bag, busily:
punching its rotund sid s.
"That's th- M rrrissey touch, "sail he, giv
ing one side a dig, "'and that," hilling the other
side, "is the Benicia Boy." She said :
"Stop !" and he immediately stopped after
he had given tlie last blow for Morrissey. "I 1
a:n afraid the training vou are having isn't I
good,.and I think you had belter train in snm
other company. 1 thought your going into
compound fractures in school would be dilotori
; ous to yon f don't know who Mr. Morrissev
IN} 3:I' doll i M'ilif t t- >, t/m t tirnt nr I'as i*rr
whipping the P-rr.icio is Boy, a poor Hd with
a sore Kg, and I think he ought to be ashamed
; of hims-lf."
| I:;- R-ui* have read the papers.
Webster's Courting.
Daniel WebsVr married the woman he loved,
and the twenty years he~L\id wiih her brought
him to the meridian of hi? greatness. An
anecdote is current on this .-u!j-ct, which is
not recorder, in the books. Mr. Webster was
b-coming intimate with Miss Grace Fletcher,
wh-n a >xi*:n of silk, which he was holding for
r.er to ivifid, was getting in to a knot. Mr.
Webster as-is!eii in unravelling the snarl then
looking up to Miss G;ace, he said, "We have
untied a knot, don't you think we could tie
one ?" Grace was a little einbariassed, said not
a word, but in the course of a few minutes she
tied a knot in a piece of tape ami haud-d it to
Mr. IV. This pi. ce of tap-, the thread of his
domestic joys, was found after the cl-ath of Mr.
Webster, preserved as one of his n ost precious
i elics.
A COOL DELINQUENT. —Hilfyer, of the Nat
chez Courier , recently dunned a delinquent
subscriber, who is five years in arrears. In re
ply to the dunning epistle, the fellow writes
] :he ann-xed strikingly cool letter :
"Now you may say 6r think that all this is
j nothiugto you, and that I have had the pap-r
! and ought to pay for it. True, I have had it
and read it, and if I should try very hard
perhaps I might pay for it : but the fact is, 1
have gone to the full length of my rope. II 1
come out right side up, I will pay your bill,
land if I don't come out right side up, I think
• ynti ought to lose it forgiving such long credits.
For such extensive credits qive scoundrels and
| dishonest folks a great advantage over honest
j ones. I wish it distinctly understood that the
i paper be stopped, unlesss you choose to take
the chances just as they are."
SPIRITUALISM IN ITALY. —A funny slory is
told, in a communication to the Spiritual Age,
by Mr. J. J. Jarves, the distinguished author of
"Art Hints," "Confessions of an Inquirer;',' tSic.,
now residing in Florence, Italy. 1!
"At a tecent circle in this city, a skepti
cal physician unexpectedly entered, on a visit,
and seeing what the family were about, asked
permission, "for the fun of the thing," to sit
with them. The phenomena soon began, and
directed towards him, too.
"Who is it wants me?*' he asked.
The medium's hand (a titled lady of great
refinement and distinction in society,) was mad
to write, —
"One of your patients whom you killed—
damn you !"
Imagine the confusion of both parties. The
doctor disappeared, and has made rn further
attempts at a funny investigation ol Spiritualism
and the mortification of the lady medium has
scarcely abated'vet."
(U'We know a man so habitually sleepy that
his curiosilv cannot be wakened.
£F""The only victory that costs no tears,
\ said Napoleon, "is that over ignorance."
WHOLE VOIDER 953.1.
GBAFTIIT6.
Cut your apple and pear scior.sfor grafting
any time bet ween now and the last of February;
don't leave it till spring, fir when the sap be
gins to flow it is too late. Keep them in a cold,
dry place. The best way is to pack them in
Jry sand and put them in the cellar. Lay them
on a cellar floor or wall away from the mice
and they will keep pretty well ; but if they
are allowed to become warm they will sprout ;
and if kept too damp they will rot. Look at
them occasionally. They should not be shrivel
led and dry when wanted in the spring, hut
should be green in bark when cut. In this
condition they are alive and hungry f>r sap
which they will absorb rapidly from the stock
on which they a-e grafted and grow without
fail. If they are plump and look fresh when
grafted they will dry up ami die sure. Th
time for grafting is when the buds on thp stock
arejust opening. Some do it earlier and suc
ceed, and some wait until the leaves are as large
as squirrel's ears.
The best methods for the perfrmance~of the
work, and the composition ot the wax to be
used can be learned from any work on hor
ticulture, and most of oar readers are probably
familiar enough on these points ; but more than
"half ofthe failures are caused by mismanage
ment of the sci >ns.— Chester County Times.
INSECTS NEVER GROW.—Many people fancy
that a little fly -is only little because it is young,
i and that it will grow up in process of time to
ibe as big as a blue boltie. Now this idea is en
tirely wrong; for when an insect has once at
i tained its winged state it grows no more. All
J the growing, and most pait of the eating, is
done in its previous state of life; and, indeed,
| there are many insects, such as the silk-worm
moll), which do eat at ail from the* time
when they assume the chrysalis state'to the
time when they die.
[CP"An old fashioned mother, ah, how much
meaning is comprised in that simple expression,
fhe old fashioned mothc It carries cur
thoughts back to those women whose home
influence was pure and elevating : who taught
their daughters to render themselves blessings
to society by th"ir goodness, their diligence and
their useful knowledge. We think of the lofty
heroism, the brave endurance, the thousand
virtues they incuicated and sigh at the con
tract bet ween the past and the present. How
few modern mothers understand or pprlorm
their duty in training their children. A
smattering of this that and the other, is con
sidered quite sufficient education, and to show
| oirto advantage is made the gpeat aim of life.
| No wander there are so many desolate firesides,
iPanVfeTnos"""' 50 man - v dlU,ti "S
--j (TPA strong, hearty, lazy fellow, who pre
| ferred begging tor a precarious subsistence to
working fbr a sure one, called at the house of ft
blunt farmer and asked to r cold victuals and
old clothes. "Von appear to be a stout, hearty
looking man," said the farmer, "what do you
;do for a living ?" "Why, not much," repli.-d
the lei low, "except travelling about from place
!o place!" "Travelling about, hah !?" rejoined
j the farmer, "can you travel pretty well ?" "Oh,
yes," returned the sturdy beggar, " I'm pretty
good at that." 41 Well, then," said the farmer,
coolly opening the door, "/ifA see you travel."
lien the late Judge Howell, of Rhode
Island, was at the bar, Mr. Burgess, to play a
! jok, wrote on the lining ol his hat, vacuum
I caput (empty head.) The bat circulated about,
exciting a smile cit every countenance, except
that of the owner, who deliberately took it up
and repeated the words, well knowing the au
thor, addressed the couit as follows : "May it
please the court, I a.k \our honor's protection,
(holding up his bat.) "for," said he, "I find thai
brother Burgess has written his name in my hat
and 1 have reason to believe he intends to make
©ffwith it."
[TT"An ill-looking fellow was asked how he
could account for nature's forming him so ugly.
"Nature was not to blame," said he, "for when
j I was two months old, 1 was considered the
| handsomest child'in that neighborhood, but mv
i nurse one day strapped me away lor another
boy just to please a friend of hers whose child
was rather plain looking."
tavern jokers hailed a clergyman
in Nashua, N. 11. the other day, with a request
that ht would settle a dispute among them.
"What aimut '"said he.
"Tell us how old the devil is 1" they answer
ed.
''Keep your own family records,"'said he.
Blip""Ma, has your tongue got figs f Got
what, cluld ?" "Got ma 1" "Certainly
not : but why do yon ask thai silly question ?"
"Oh, nothing, only I heard pa sav your tongue
was running from morning until night, and I
was wondering how it could run without legs.
That's all, ma."
[CP*A ma lei youig lady, just graduated
from a certain distant arademv, remarked the
other day : "I cannot deceive how the young
gentleman can drink so much recess, when they
know that it is so conjurious to their institu
tions."
attorney about to furnish a bill of
; costs, was requested by his client, a baker, to
| make it as light as he could. Oh ! replied the
attorney, "that's what you say lo your foreman,
but it's not the way I make my bread."
What is the difference bet ween a good
! soldier and a lady ! Am. One
j faces the powder, and the other powders the
face.
make a pretty girl's cheek red, pay
her a sweet compliment. To redden those of
i an impudent man.Vap them.
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