■ OLIJME ,1,1. NEW SERIES. THE BEDFORD GAZETTE 15 PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING BY MEYERS & BENFORD, At the following terms, to wits SI .50 per annum, CASH, in advance. $2.00 " " if paid within the year. $*2.50 " if not paid within the year. !T7'Xo subscription taken for less than six months. |£F°"No paper discontinued until all arrearages are paid, unless at the option oi'-the publishers. It has Seen decided by the United States Courts, that the stoppage of a newspaper without the payment of ar rearages, is prima facie evidence ot fraud and is a criminal offence. he courts have deeided that persons arc ac countable for the subscription price of newspapers, of they take them fiom the post ollice, whether they subscribe for them, or not. POETRY. CNE BY ONE. RY CHARLES DICKENS. One by one the sands'are flowing, One by one the mountains fall ; Some are coming, some are going— Do not strive to giasp them all. One by one thy duties wait thee, Let thy whole strength go to each : Lei no future dreams elate tlie- ; Learn thou first what these can teach. One by one, bright gifts from Heaven, Joys are sent thee from above, Take them readily when given, Ready too to let them go. One by one these gifts sl.al! meet thee Do not fear an armed band ; One will fade as others greet thee. Shadows passing through the land. Do not laugh at liter's long sorrow, See how small each moment's pain ; God will help thee For to-morrow ; Every day begin again. Every hour that fleets so slowly, Has its task to do or bear , Luminous the crown, and holy, If they set each gem with care. Do not linger with regretting, Or /or pas.fton hours despond ; Nor the daily toil forgetting, ' caw"- • 1 Hours are golden links, God's token, Reaching ILaven but one by one; Take them lest the chain be broken, Fire the pilgrimage be done! K "—" r —i..... it. .. political. ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE GOV ERNMENT. The world has never yet beheld a perfect hu man government. The weaknesses and the vices, as well as the virtues, which constitute the characters ol individual men, necessarily aflect in a greater or less degree, all systems which human sagacity can originate. In the organization of a Republic, a vast number of agents must be employed to carry out the de tails of the government. All these must be endured with more or less power. They are not controlled by an arbitrary and omnipotent head; there is no armed force to compel them to do their duty. Deriving their power from the people, their actions are chiefly controlled by public opinion. If they are by character and education, pure and honest, and act up rightly, their actions are approved; if corrupt arid dishonest,their severest punishment is the indignation of the public. In a vast system, employing such a multi tude of agents as our government has grown to be, it is impossible that all should be upright and honest. The selfishness of human nature is, in some instances, more potent than the love of rectitude. It is not the fault of the sys tem of government, that men are dishonest, nor is it justly attributable to those who are placed in the chief positions of power, that bad men sometimes get into positions of public responsi bility. The character of men cannot always be correctly judged, until temptation is placed in their ivay. Through piide, angels have fallen, and men are lower than the angels. It is idle to look lor perfection in anything. At the present time, the opposition press all ovir the country, is filled with insinuations and direct charges of official dishonor against the President of the United States and his immedi ate advisers of the Cabinet. The object is ap parent. A Presidential canvass is at hand, and ambitious politicians totally disregarding all principles ol honor or of justice, are gathering materials for the campaign. Instead of ma king their own purity apparent, they are en deavoring by partial, unfair means to blacken the reputation of others. Statements filled with errors and insinuations, are spread broad cast over the land to operate upon public sen timent. Knowing that the President is the head of the Democratic party, his opponents are pecu- iiariy ingenious in endeavoring to make it ap pear that he and his party are in fault, Li every wrong which is committed in the con duct of public affairs. A committee of inves tigation discovers that the government has been cheated by some of its subordinate agents, and at once the cry of corruption is iaised against the present administration an J the Democratic party. Matters are laid to their charge tor which they are in no wise responsible. True, tlie appointing power is'one of great responsi bility, but it cannot be denied that the present administration has exercised it with great saga city, and a careful regard for the public wel fare, All that human judgment and foresight— all that the most careful personal investigation of character could do in the matter of selecting men for positions of public responsibility, has been done by Mr. •_ Buchanan. lie has been peculiarly fortunate. During the two years that he has been at the head of affairs, there has been a most careful watch over the public servants-, and lew, very few, whom he has ap pointed have been Lund derelict in their duties. Cut the opposition must be play ed. It is the same system of tactics which has preceded past presidential elections without success. True or false, it must be made (o ap pear that the party Jin power and its leaders are corrupt, otherwise there will be no chance of a successful opposition. The President, as the head of the adminis tration, is boldly charged with extravagance and corruption. The motives and considera tions are obvious, but the public judgment will not be swayed by these partizan slanders. As sertions are easily made by those who have but a slight regard for truth, but facts are stubborn things and easily sweep away the morbid dis position which sometimes exists in the public mind, to give credence to wholesale state ments. Tn what has the present administration been extravagant ? Vv'e freely admit that extrava gance exists and reforms are needed in many of the departments of our government. Our consular system and our foreign policy general ly, might bt more economically conducted.— The amount spent for display upon our public buildings is wrong. There are chronic abuses merit and the land system are chargeable with errors. Congress itself is 100 expensive a luxury. It is not likely that perfection exists, or can exist in any of the departments ol government, in regard to economical expendi ture of money. But these things have existed for years. They are great evils, and we rejoice at all efforts made to reform them. But why charge them upon the present administration i It did not create these evils. It cannot pre vent them. It can only advise, as it has done. The President and the Cabinet have no control over the expenditure of money. Congress, the constitutional representatives of the people, alone have that power. The expenses ol government, it is true, are enormous, but neither tfie Administration nor the Democrat ic party have made them so. It costs more tc govern thii ty-three lharr it did thirteen States, but the chiefs of depa-tments under Mr. Buchan an's administration, have been guided and governed by rules of action and laws, which have existed for many years, and which they had no influence in enacting. The charge ol extravagance i 3 a partizan scheme—a political game of our opponents. And as to corruption—what of that ? The confidently asserted accusations made by the opposition nress so freely against the President, of using his power other than in an honest and honorable manner tor the public good, have quite as little foundation in fact as the charge of extravagance. The various committees of in vestigation which have been instituted during the recent session of Congress, have resulted in placing before thp public, some"facts which are mot disgraceful to the parties who have com mitted the wrong, but for which Mr. Buchan an and his party is in no wise responsible. He has done his duty. His administration has been an honest one, and no distorted statements, no erroneous insinuations can tarnish its history in the clear eye of truth. The Superintendent of Public Printing, appointed under a former President, and repla ced by Mr. Buchanan with an honest man, ha? failed in his honest duty. Is the present ad ministration responsible for this 1 Is it not ra ther entitled to the credit of having been the cause of the discovery of Seaman's speculations, by appointing Mr. Bowman to his place ? Such is the case in reality. Never, fince he ha 3 heen in office, has the President, by work or act, controlled or in fluenced, directly or indirectly, the giving out of any contract except to direct that it should be done in the proper manner and according to law. Much has been said about the appointment of Dr. Hunter as agent for the purchase of coal BEDFORD, PA., FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1850 lor the Navy. This appointment was made upon the strongest recommendations, and ujiox) terms sanctioned by the previous practice of the department and the existing law. Xoone has charged that the commissions allowed were too high. But the agent employed sub-agents, and divided the commissions. This did not af tecl the government. The service vva3 per formed and the proper legal compensation paid. The charge that the President had any thing to do with the live oak timber contract; is equally absurd with the rest, and extravagantly false. So with regard toother contracts. AH papers concerning them have been invariably referred to the departments where they belonged, and disposed of according to law. Every attempt to charge even the semblance of corruption, or otiicial interference with department business, upon Mr. Buchanan, has signally tailed. Yet the howlers of the reposi tion still keep up the cry of corruption, corrup tion. ft will not serve them. Opprobrious epithets cannot sully a position of purity. In working the great machine of government, if the President has found here and there a bad wheel, it is not his fault. Mainly, his official appointments, have been of the true metal, and approved hv the country. There is respect due to his position as the head of the govern ment ; the wise measures which he lias propo sed are entitled to the favor and support of the great National party of which he is the chief leader, and above all the people, even they who differ with him in political opinion, will give him credit lor unswerving honest v of pur pose and a sincere desire to build up and protect the great interest of his country. The oft repeated charges of the opposition will defeat the end they aim at, for any cause admits its weakness when it seeks sustaining arguments outside of truth. The whole persona! history of Mr. Buchan an and those men, mature in years and in wis dom, who compose his cabinet, ha 3 been one of great moral purity and most unimpeachable honesty. The opposition have misjudged the people if they think they can mislead them by charges of corruption gio indlessly made against such men. Pittsburg Post. ["rom the Lockport Advertiser.] We have had related to us the following sin gular narrative of an event that recently trans pired, which is almost too remarkable tor cre dence. The chain of circumstances which led to the fortunate discovery savors of the r -inn tic—it adds, however, another proof of the adage that "truth is stranger than fiction : " "Some two weeks since a young man of gen tit manly address, and who, from appearance,; bore evidence of having seen belter days, ar rived at Tonawanda, and, calling at the house, •>f Mr. Browning, of that piace, begged for something to eat, and asked I >r a situation.— fie gave a history of his circumstances as fol lows: lie said bis lather was wealthy* lived in I ranee, and that he had lett his home, in: that country, on a pleasure trip to the United! States, bringing with him $63,000 for spending money and o'her purposes. "On landing in New York, and after so journing in that city a short tune, he deposited $20,000 with a hanker, who was a Jew. lie was then led by some new made acquaintan ces into scenes of dissipation and gaming, where he lost the remainder of his money. To add to bis mi.-f >r!unes, trie Jew banker also tailed, and swindled him out of the money he had de posited with him. il:s father, he said, had a banker in New V>rk, from whom he might l ave obtained assistance, but he determined, from motives of pride and chagrin, not to ap peal in his extremity, by giving a statement of his condition. On n-cei\iug, with some doubts, of its truthfulness, the above statement, Mr. Browning look the young man into his employ for a tew days, and set him to work 'packing shingles.' He afterwards went to Buffalo.— Mrs. it-owning, in I fie meantime, however, nut of motives of curiosity, wrote a letter to the above mentioned banker, whom the young man had stated was doing business for his fa ther, inquiring ofhirn in regard to the truth of the matter. "The banker on receipt of Mrs. E's letter immediately repaired to Tonawanda, and con firmed the truth of the statement, and also re lated other facts in connection with the case more wonderful still, lie stated that he had recently learned of the decease of the young man's father, who had died leaving the young man heir to $2,000,000, and alsolhat $60,000 had already been remitted, and was in the hands of himself. The banker on receiving the news, and not finding the fortunate inheritor of this vast sum, advertised for luni in the papers.— The banker tlmn gave Mr. Browning s2."> to prosecute the search fir him in Buffalo, where it was supposed he had repaired. After two days spent, the object of the visit was found in the Erie county work-house, where he had been committed a few days previous as a va grant. He was very sick, and his disease was pronounced by the doctors to be incurable. He had two days longer to remain before the time for which he was committed would expire. . "ft may he readily conceived that the news of his good fortune, and the certainty not only of immediate relief but of restoration to the head of a wealthy estate, with ail the surroun dings of case and luxury, incited the most powerful emotions in his breast. The few days he had yet to linger among the destitute, seem- Freedom of Thought and Opinion. Ed to him ages; but it was found impracticable to obtain a release, except through the interpo sition of the Governor. Accordingly it was arranged that the Count De should remain until his time should expire without any fur ther eflort being made to obtain his release.— After his release from the work-Souse he was brought to the house of Mr. Browning at Tona wanda, his former place of abode, where he still remains verv sick, under the medical at tendance of Dr. Locke. The young Count has since ha I two more remittances from his ban ker, and his condition is as good under the cir cumstances as could 6e expected. Thus ends for the present the first chapter of this strange, eventful, but nevertheless true history." STRANGE LEGEND. In a note to a passage in Scott's beautiful but neglected poem of"Rokeby," the well known legend of Oarrell of Liftlecote is given, and there is added a similar one, which was current at Edinburg during the childhood of Sir Wal ter. A clergyman was suddenly summoned to pray wiih a person at the point of death. He obeyed, as in duty bound, the requisition, and was put in a sedan chair, and removed to a dis tant part of tiie city, where his bearers, under pain of death forced him to have his eyes ban daged. He was then carried to and fro for sorr.e time, an J led up several flights of stairs. When bis eyes were uncovered, he found him self beside a lady newly delivered of an infant. He was ordered to say such prayers as might be flitting lor a person just about to die. He ventured to remonstrate—observing that the lady's appearance w irranted hopes of recovery. He was tdernly ordered to proceed, which he did. IF* was then hurried down stairs in the chair, blindfolded as before; but as he was de scending, heard the report of a pistol. Upon reaching his home a purse of gold was f.roed upon him, with the warning that any disclosure or even allusion to this dark business would cost him his lite. Alter much musing, he fell asleep, but was awakened by the news that a certain house in the Canongate had been totally consumed by tire, together with the beautiful and accomplished daughter ol the proprietor.— FVar sea! -d the clergyman's lips, a.i I it was not until a short period before his demise thai he disclosed the circumstance to some of his brethren. He had been long dead, when a fire broke out in the building which had been erect ed in place of the original edifice, and when the flames were at their height, a beautiful fe male, in-au antique night-dress, appeared in the mi Ist of them, and uttered these words: "One* .burned, twice burned, the third I'll all," t aud t])en vanished. Strange 2, ; uis slow -s, it is singular that a beij-f in its Boyhood or>cAct. mirni1d,....... 'c\ attorney of reputation, who went to Elinburg, in 1713, arid who was the granduncle ol my in formant, was in the habit of telling it as a tiling that actually had occurred, and which was generally credited, at iea-t as regards the mur der part of 11 and consequent fire. The appa rition was probably a popular embellishment, but he remembered the exact position of {lie house; it was liie second one above Leilh H'vnd. An inspection of the title deed waul I at once give the names of the eaily possessors. SKATING MISFORTUNCS.—Mary had heard. skating, so <>! course, became ins me, to try.-to slip 'twixt foot and lip, Oh ! no, she'd ne'er complain ; if, frsrri .too frequent fails siv'd get concussion of tiie brain. So, father teased al most to death, five dollars went and squandered, and bought the skates, while Walter (he was Mary's beau—and,foud of she) was awfully vexed and ponder-d. In vain in Mary's ear he plead, and as she laughed—he thundered. Well, oB upon the skating ground the vixen Mary went, and with one knee upon the ice (her limb we meant — knee, isn't nice) her graceful form she bent. To fasten- on her charming feet, with straps and buckles fast, the little bits of skaies ito be to her two wicked fates) 100 little lor to lad. Well, finally they were fastened on, and Mary went to rise, but as the irons touched the ice, she found to her surprise, her teet were parting company the rest we may surmise ; she lost her brtlunce, and her feet flew up before her eyes. Mv gracious how the darling blushed, she was not hurt a bit, the largest portion ol her hoops were but severely hit.— A moment Marv lav, and then, while curious eyes around, stood far aloof and gazed, and gazed—at so much beauty in amaze—so much to glorify and praise—she tried to raise ah ! then (oh ! fatal fate ! —oh ! destiny ! oh I hate fo 1 , hateful men ! ) her ane'es scarce were out of sight, when up they flew again. Now on her lace supine she Jay —her nose had taken the shock, and precious blood was trickling down u[>on tier skating frock—oh ! wasn't it sad so sweet a girl should get so hard a knock. They gathered up this charming girl and placed her on a shutter, her pin-a-fore all stained with blood, where once 'twas bread and butter ; tier head was scarred—her nose was swelled—her heart all in a flutter. Alas! poor Miry, now at home, she views afar the fun—and every thought of skating now, puts by—yea, every one—the girl, who cannot keep her feet upon the ice., or in the street, should be with skating done. "D.-ar girls, if on the ice you'd no to try your precious fates, like darling little Mary dear, upon a pair of skates—if you would keep your teet and skirts, in even decent state, don't go upon the ice, my dears, until you've learned to skate-" A GBEEN ONE.—"Have you any onions?" said a gentleman, the other day, to a remarka bly green-looking sucker. "No," was the reply, and the gentleman passed on liis way. "I wonder," said the sucker, after scratching liis head lor some time, "if that tarnel fool didn't m?an ing-ens V.' MAX'S SUPERIORITY. There is ar intolerant spirit in the breast of man, which ought to be rebuked, fie is con tinually attracting, and,—l almost would say attempting to degrade her whom he pretends to elevate. She is made the subject of ridicule and jest in every place. Pick up the public journal's, and their columns are filled with burlesque accounts of some unfortunate lady in hoops. Editors and writers hare been gfoalinr over this subject for the year or two. Sup pose ladies do wear hoops if it be their ood pleasure, in what way does it concern man! It must truly be a morbid taste that can enjoy such silly nonsense, and yet we are told man is strong minded. Jf it is not hoops it is gossip, and if not gwseip-it is woman'* rights or some thing else—and continually he amuses himself, quite iirgetting his own faults. 'Man, proud man, dressed in a Ittle brief authority, Plays such fantastic tricks before high Heaven, as make the angels weep." Did not the dignity of sex demand a rebuke, I should lay "down my pen and keep silent ; but,when tlie manifest an 1 gross injustice of the hailghly Lord of Creation becomes so appa rent I think f should be untrue to my sex did I not resent bis insolence. Has man any superiority to boast of I If so, what is it ? Is it when fie struts along the street with a horse blanket thrown over his shoulders, thinking that he looks very effemi nate ? Or is it when he is indulging in the use of tobacco, making himself an o' j-ct of dis gust to all decent persons ? He is unfit for the parlor, and even profanes the house of Cod with this filth}' habit. Perhaps it is when drinking spirituous liquors, and reeling fo and fro, or lying in the gutter in a state of beastly intoxication. Perhaps it is the tyranny which be displays toward our sex, forcing us to labor fir iialftlie remuneration that he would give to bis own. If these are mt bis excellencies, then where is his boasted supremacy ? Echo an swers, where ? Let him that is without sin cast fie first stone. J. am not in favor of woman's ights as advocated by fanatics, but as good 'etise and modesty demand. A LADY OF DIGNITY. TIIE following letter from the .\~ational fritel/igenc r of the 24th of February, upon the subject of locusts, will be read with interest, by farmers and others. MESSRS. GALES &. SLATON :—The locust will appear the following spring in seven different districts of the country, viz ; Ist. In the while valley of Virginia, from near the top of the Blue Ridge mountain on the east, the Potomac river 0:1 the north, to the will probably occupy a^uUYi'iifle'i . U1 both North Carolina and Tennessee, oveilap ping other districts. 21. In North Carolina, from Raleigh to Petersburg!), Virginia, and adjacent counties in both States. 3d. In St. Mary's county, Maryland, the south, rn ,'.art of the county, occupying about one-half the county. •4th. In North Carolina, Rowan, Davis, Cabarras, Iredell, and adjacent counties. N. B.—The above are all of the northern tribe, or seventeen years' locusts, and will commence emerging trom about the nth to the ifuh of May. sth. In Georgia, Gwinnet, DeKalb, New ton, and adjacent counties. 6th. In Tennessee, in the northern middle part. 7th. In Mississippi, in all the eastern por tion of the Stafe, from the ridge on "backbone," that runs north and south about forty-five miles from the Mississippi river to the eastern boundary of the State, and probably extending into the States on the east. The three last districts belong to the southern tribe, or thirteen years' locusts. They will begin to emerge about the 20th ot April in the extreme southern district in Mississippi, to the sth of May in Georgia. I ask the favor of the editors of papers in the districts mentioned, and wherever the locusts may appear, to notice this, and also to notice the fact when they do appear, and send m" a copy of their papers containing the notice. I also ask the favor of gentlemen residing in the districts to inform me by letter of the fact ot their appearance. If the locusts appear this sprng in any other part of the country than those indicated, I should be glad to be informed by those residing there. Respectfully, GIDEON 15. SMITH, Baltimoie, MJ. THE GILLS OF 1776.— The following, it is said, has been rescued from a newspaper publish ed at the time of the Revolution : "The following droll affair lately happened at Kinderhook, New \ork. A young fellow, an enemy to the liberties of America, going to a quilting frolic, where a number of young wo men were collected, and the only man in com pany, began his aspersions on Congress, as usu al, and held forth some tune on the subject, till the girls exasperated at his impudence, laid bold of him, stripped him naked—to the waist, and, instead of tar, covered him with molasses, and for feathers took the dow ny tops of flags which grew in the meadow, and coated him well, and then let him go. He has prosecuted every one of them, and the matter has been tried before Justice Shoemaker. We have not as yet heard his worship's judgment. It is said that Parson Bull's daughter is concerned in the affair." OGfCA speaker enlarging 011 the rascality of the devil is an old liar ; for when I was about getting religion, he told me that if f did get religion I could not go into gay company, and he and cheat, or any such thing, but I have found him out to be a great Bar." WHOLE \3 lllica 384.1. I PAYING FUH HIS PROVENDER. BY PRAYING. We have no intention, says the Cleveland Plaindeitler, of making fun of serious matters in telling ihe following story—we merely re late a fact : There is a rule at Oberlin College that no student sha'i board at any house where pravers are not tegularly made each day. A certain man titled up a boarding house but forgot, until the eleventh hour, the prayer proviso, Mot being a piaying man himself, he looked around for cne who was. At length h found on" a meek young man from Trumbull county, wh agreed to pay (or his boarding in praying. For a while all went smoothly, uut the b.-ai ling master furnished his table so poorly that the boar(Ters""began to an?T to "leaved and the other morning ihe p ravine -boar der actually "struck !" Something like iiie following dialogue occurr- d at the table : Landlord Will you pray, Mr. Mild ? Mild—Mo sir, 1 wiil not. Landlord—Why not, Mr. Mild ? Mild —lt don't pay sir. 1 can't pray on such victuals as these. Anil unless you biud yourself in writing, to set a belter table than you have lor the last I free weeks, nary another prayer do yon gel out of me ! And that's the way the matter stood a? latest 3d vices DISTINGUISHED POTATOES.—In Gerard's time, 1597, Virginian potatoes, as they were then called, were just beginning to be known. A sweet potato had been previously known, which was used as a kind of condiment at the tables ui the rich. Of these G<-rard says : "They are used to be eaten roasted in ashes; some, when t ey be so roasted, infuse them, and sop them in wine; and others, to give them the greater grace in eating, do boil them with piunes, and so eat them. And likewise others dress them (being first roasted,) with oil, vine gar and salt, every man according to his own taste and liking: notwithstanding, however they be dressed, they comfort, nourish, and strength en the body."' These were sold by women, who stood about the Exchange with baskets.— The same writer says of the common potato, which, for a considerable time after its intro duction, was a rarity, that ' it was likewise a food, as also a meat for pleasure, being either roasted in the embeis or boiled and eaten with oil, vinegar, or dressed any other way bv the bund of some one cunning in cookery." They were originally the siz." of walnuts. HIT HIM A GAIN. —The following is a pretty jooil take off to the "sensation stones" the first chapter of which is frequently. jour nals as an edkrrtfor hat: THE FIRST T RP 3 i|R ,J PJU . ling ItjA'kJ whispered, and pressed my burvg no : but she relurnej inyfo. She did not say went from under my feet ; my soul" whit* I ..earth gei in my body : I touched the stars : T knew the happiness of the seraphim 1" The above is all of this deeply exciting story that we can publish. The remainder will be found in the Xew Voi k Blower of April Ist, which has four million more subscribers than there are inhabi tants in the world ! Korn Kob writes for it— Tad Pole wiites for it, and it is sold every where in the world and out of it. WONDERS or THE HEAVENS.—John Herschel in his essay on the power of the telescope to penetrate into space, says there are stars so infinitely remote as to be situated at the dis tance of twelve millions of millions of miles from our earth :so that light which travels with the velocity of twelve millions of miles in a rninu!e, would require two millions of years for its Iran-it from those dislar.t orbs to our town ; while the astronomer, who should record the aspect of mutations*of such a star, would be relating, not its history at the pres ent day, but thft which took place two millions of years gone by. What is our earth in space almost infinite ? and still more, what is man, that he should be the special object of regard to the Infinite Author ol this system of worlds ? BEAUTIFUL WORLD. —Ah ! this beautiful world ! I know not what to make of it 1 Sometimes it is ail sunshine and gladness, and Heaven itself lies] not far off—and then it suddenly changes ar.J is dark and sorrowful, and the clouds shut out the day. In the lives ol the saddest ol us, there are bright days like this, we feel as if we could take t g,\ at w .rid in our arms. Then come gloomy hours when the fire will not burn on our hearths, and all, without and within, is dismal, cold and dark. Believe me,every heart has its secret sorrow, which the world knows nut, and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only wrapt in sad ness.—Longfellow. Music.— To keep spring in your heart learn to sing. There is a great deal of merit in melody more than most people are aware of. A cobbler who smooths hi 3 wax ends with Bon ny Doon or Sweet Home, will do as much work in a day as acordwainer, given to cur singand ill nature, will do in a week. Songs are like sunshine—they run too cheerfulness, and so till your bosom with buoyancy lor the time being, that you feel like a yard of June, or an acre lot filled with violets and bobolinks. Try it on and see. Ky => "Boy "' slid a pious deacon, "don't you know it is very wicked to fish on the Sab bath day V "Oh ! deacon there is no harm done; I don't catch anything." fTF*" VVheo a man's heart ossifies or turns to bone, he di-'s at. once ; but il it petrifies, or in other words, turns to stone, he invariably hi s ioo Jong for any useful purpose. Why is a minister like a loeoir.r.uve * Ans. We have to look out for him when the bell rings. VOL. 2. SO. 35.
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