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BOTH SIDES.
A man in his carriage was riding along
A gaily dressed wife by his side ;
In satin and laces she looked like a queen,
And he like a king in his piide.
A wood sawyer stood on the street as they passed,
The carriage and couple he eyed.
And said, as he worked with his saw on the log,
"1 wish I was rich and could ride."
The man in his carriage remarked to his wife ;
One thing I would give if I could
1 would give SU my wealth for the strength and
the health.
Of the man who saweth the wood.
A pretty young maid with a bundle ot work,
Whose face as the morning was fair,
Went tripping along with a smile of delight,
While humming a love breathing air.
She looked on the carriage—the lady she saw,
Arrayed in apparel so fine.
And said, in a whisper, "1 wish from my heart,
Those satins and laces were mine."
The lady looked 00l on the maid with ber work,
So fair in a cal.co dres.-.
And said, "I'd relinquish position and wealth,
iler beauty and youth to possess."
Thus it is in this world, whatever our lot,
Our minds and our time we empioy
In longing and sighing for whst we have not,
Ungrateful for what we enjoy.
Vie welcome the pleasure for which we have
sighed ;
The heart has a void in it still,
Growing deeper and widei the longer we live,
That nothing but heaven can fill.
—"
[from the American Agriculturist.]
SEPTEMBER.
When the bright Virgin gives the beauteons'days, j
And Libra weighs in equal scales the par ;
From Heaven's high cope the fierce effulgence j
shook
•Of parting Summer, a serener bine,
With golden light enlivened, wide invests
The happy world. Attempered suns arise,
Sweet beamed, and shedding olt through lucid
clouds
A pleasing calm ; while broad, and brown, below
Kxtensive harvests hang the heavy head,
llich, silent, deep, they stand : for not a gale
Rolls its light billows o'er the bending plain ;
A calm of plenty ! THOMSON.
Autumn is rightly entitled "beauteous days," j
end we are happy for once to agree with the
poet. Whether the virgin, among the constella
tions has anything to do in bestowing these
•davs or not, there can be no doubt, as to the
superlative beauty of the gift. They are more
charming to all the senses, than any other days
of the year. There is a delightful freshness
about the carlv Spring, nnd coming out from
the inclement skies of Winter, we admire the
bright mornings, the grass, the budding willows,
and the bashful violets on the south side of
walls. But the weather is fickle, and the pleas
tire of the observer is marred by an involuntary
sympathy with the fur fledglings of Spring,
lest thev should perish in their too early adven'.
Summer comes with its gorgeous drapery, its
flaunting flowers and full foliage. But now
the heat parches field and forest, the leaves
droop, and the beauty of the flowers hardly
lingers for an hour. Everything is pushing on
to maturitr in such hot haste, that we in
voluntarily catch the spirit of the season.
But in this favored month, we have "at
tempered suns,'" and out door life is never so
enjoyable as now. Every sense is pleased.
Pomona, with a bounty more prodigal than
all the virgins among the stars, pours golden
fruits from her plenteous horn,lso tempting to the
taste, a.* to make the ambrosial feasts of the gods
no longer coveted. After a dish of melting
pears or a bunch of Muscats from the vinery,
we always fall into a fit of compassion for the
deities, and the old heathm generally, who
could net afford any thing better than ambrosia,
lor the best of their gods. Common mortals
row can boast of something very much better.
To us, there is a peculiar charm about the
skies of September, so that, were there no other
harvests than those we are permitted to -gather
above the earth, we should rejoice in it, above
all other months of the year. The world is
said to have been finished in this month, and
the old Hebrews did well to commemorate
creation's prime, by making it the beginning
of their civil year. It is a better type of the
world when "all was very good" thaD any
other period. It is a time of maturity in the
heavens above us, and in the earth and sea
around us. *
Look upward and behold the peerless azu-e
of the skies, as the fleecy clouds go floating bv,
like rich argosies upon the fathomless deep, or
watch the declining sun, iighting up the clouds
with all the colors of the rainbow, with scenes
and hues shifting as in some scene of enchant
ment. Ngw he disappears behind the dark
folds, and along the glittering edge, in clear
contrast with the darkness, a line of gold ap
pears too brilliant to gaze upon. Now he
emerges for a moment in all his splendor, and
throws his beams aslant the gazing eaith.—
Every dwelling on the eastern hills is lit up
with new splendors, as his parting beam? come
streaming from everv pane in the windows.—
Now his burning disc has sunk beneath tiie
hoiizon, and the sky is all a flame with richest
crimson. Slowly the colors fade, shading ofF
into the deep grey of twilight, until darkness
Veils the?cene. We have fine sunsets occasionsal
ly at other seasons of the year, but they only
reach their climax in this month.
But we are not constrained to reap our harvests
alone in the skies. The earth is beautiful, with
her maturesi charms, like the fully developed
beauty of the mother. Look into the orchard
and fruit yard, now, to behold the crowning
grace of the year. The pear and apple trees
with their snowy and pink blossoms, were a
charming sight in May. But now there is a
richer green upon the foliage, and amid the
dark masses of leaves, fruit of ail hues 3re
clustering. Here are the crimson Baldwin,
and Spitz.'n'oergs, the white Porters and Swee.
tings, the fairLadv Apple, and Maiden's blush,
true to their names, the purple Gilliflowers and
Pearmains, and among the pears, the golden
Bartletts, and Virgaiieus, the Flemish Beauties
tinged with red and ru??ef, kings and queens,
dukes and duchesses, rivaling their namesakes,
for rich attire. The very air is laden with the
perfume of their melting juices. No goh'et
was ever crowned with so delicious nectar as
lurks beneath the tempting skin.
Here in a more s-cluded nook, we come to
the plums ; the Washington, worthy the name
oflhe Father of h-s country, the Jefferson
sound in flavor as the doctrines of the Sage of
Monlicello, the Green Gage, with nothing
green about it but its color, the Golden Drops
almost too good to sell for gold, the pink,
crimson, yellow, and purple, and over all that
bloom dust which lingers like the soft haze,
with which the artist obscures his brightest
creations cf angelic beauty.
In the vinery, art helps nature a little, and
the combined product of the sun and the glass
is those bunches of grapes, surpassing all that
Eschoi in its palmiest days ever boasted.—
How much there is of romance in that old
picture of the spies'bearing the clusters upon ;i
stick between the two, we were never able to
determine. The object we imagine to have i
been, sale carrying, rather than to show the
enormous size of the clusters. We have seen .
not a few clusters that a good many ordinary |
couples of men would not want to carry, if
they have to pay for them before starting—
bunches weighing six or eight pounds, and i
worth twiceas many do!lais,at the market pricp.
Nothing can exceed the beauty of the loof of a
vinerv, well loaded with Biack Hamburg, Mus
cats, Frontignans, and the princely Cannon
Hall. Tested by the grosser sense of taste,
they are hard <o beat, and not at all bad to take.
The cultivation of this excellent fruit, both in'
the open air, and under glass, is making rapid i
progress among us. A grapery is becoming ;
almost an indespensable appendage of a gentle
man's country seat, and even men of moderate
means, who can give but a few hundred dollars
to fruit culture, are indulging in this luxury.
Beautiful a? these September days are, it is
in the power of almost every one of our readers
to add to their charms, around his own home.
Another Isabella or Concord running along the
; south side of the house or barn, and hanging
out their purple clusters, would make weather
beaten boards, even, look very tempting, A
few more Bartletts, or Flemish Beauties, in the
back yard, or fruit garden would be something
to make the early dawn look very pleasant to
the children. The laggard at the treps in the
morning would deem himself to have lost a
' goodly sight. The time of tree planting is not
| far ahead. Shall we visit the nurseries anJ
make the Septembers of the futuie a little
more beautiful ?
QGP*VVe have the most cheering accounts of
the Democracy in the western counties of this
Slate. As the time approaches for deciding the
political complexion of the State, the earnest,
honest working men of the parly do not hesitate
to declare all past differences forgotten, and ex
press a willingness to co operate for the election
of the State ticket. This is as it should be, and
we hail the return of friendly feeling as a certain
harbinger of success. We have not, at the pres
ent moment, a part icle of doubt of the triumph
ant election of the ticket, which, we confess,
was not our opinion six weeks ago.—Pills.
Post.
BEDFORD, PA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1859.
"[From the Pennsylvania!)}.
THE RIP RAPS OF BALTIMORE.
In another column will be found a terrible ac
count of butchery, plunder and rapine, com
mitted by the "Rip Raps" of' Baltimore, on
board one of the steamers taking passengers
from that city to a Camp Meeting near Lloyd's
Springs. Shortly after the steamer had passed
Fort Henry, the Hip Raps and some other gangs
of outlaws rallied upon a certain signal, and
first commenced an onslaught upon soirte color
ed people. The other passengers alarmed, made
application to the captain, pr iff-rring their aid
and assistance to put down the riot and secure
the ringleadeis, but strange to say, the valiant
Captain refused to interfere. The scene which
now ensued bailies description. The rowdies
went down into the forward"saloon, falling like
1 wild beasts upon the passengers, sparing neither
women nor children. The people were rob
bed of their money, watches and other valua
bles, and those who resisted were stabned with
dirk knives, struck down with clubs, and one
: oflhe women was violated b'-fbre the eyes of
her husband, whom a number of dastardly as
sailants held down while they rifled his pock
ets.
!
Thai such outrages should be possible on board :
of a steamer with from 303 to 400 people on |
board, is surpassing strange. It not only shows
how lamentably helpless an American crowd ;
is, but it also shows the extreme audacity of
outlaws, the utter contempt in which the law
is held, and what fearful progress we are making
towards complete anarchs'. These are the le
gitimate fruits of Know-Nothingism : the logi
cal, unavoidable consequences of an association
- 1
managed by nark-lantern conspirators, an.i 1
pledged to the support of its members under any
circumstances whatsoever, even if these mem- ■
hers should be guilt v of the mo?t heinous crimes, i
This faction rules in Baltimore—rules the State
of Maryland.
They have their Know-Nothing Governor.
The Mayor of Baltimore is a Know-Nothing,
the policemen are Know-Nothings, everv offi
cer in the State almost belongs to that ill-la
vored faction. And this may perhaps explain
the conduct of the Captain, who, employed to
protect the passengers entrusted to his charge, j
saw- them butchered in his presence without ]
even raising his voice against the outrage. It I
may explain lite fact that when the steamer !
arrived at Cambridge, only four arrests were ,
made by the authorities of that town, out of j
three different numerous gangs of rowdies.—
These officers hold their places bv the votes of
the Rip Raps; they are afraid of the Rip Raps.
The Rip Raps terrorize overpoor distracted Bal
timore. They commit piracy on board of her
steamers : they shoot down peaceable citizens
who desire to exercise the right of freemen a!
the polls, occasionally falling upon their own
tribe like sharks and jackals.
W lien the riff-raff of Jedda, or of any other
obscure place on the barbarous coa.-ts of Asia
or Africa, occasionally get up a row and mur- !
tier a Christian, our newspapers all over the
land set up a tremendous clamor. The govern
ment is urged to equip a squadron, arm it with
our most lorflaidabie guns, and send it out to
to take summary vengeance on the heathen
rabble. Wiu-n the Ai-'diterranean was infested
by pirates, and an unfortunate merchantman
was now and then laid under contribution bv
the riff-raff ol Algiers, Tunis and Tri[X>li, we
despatched COMMODORE DECATUR to bombard
these strongholds, decimate the riff-raff, and
render the highways of spa secure to the world
of commerce. This was all right, but how long
will we allow Christians to be murdered in our
own cities, and piracy to be committed on our
coasts and rivers by Baltimore Rip Raps ? The
respectable portion of the community in Balti
more are afraid of these Rip Raps; they evi
dently cannot help themselve?. Why do not
the newspapers call upon the General Govern
ment to send them for their protection a naval
squadron and a few companies of dragoons ?
WIFAT AM I GOING TO DO ?—One afternoon
a boy saw a person drop his purse. He pick
ed it up and put it in his pocket, and was walk
ing ofl with it. "What am I going to do?"
came into his mind; and the answer followed :
"I am going away with a purse of money that
does not belong to me. This is not honest ;
I shall be a thief if I do so. God has said
'' I hou shalt not steal." In another moment
he ran after the person and gave up the purse.
"What am I going to do ?" askpd a boy who
took his fishing tackle instead of his books and
was stealing out of the back door of his Giber's
house. "I am going to play tiuant, deceive
fny parents, neglect my school, and go in the
company of bad boys." The case looked a bad
one, he turned about, put away his fishing tack
le, found his satchel and run ofl'to school.
These boys were saved from much evil by
slopping to think. Solomon says, "Ponder the
path of thy feet."
I A tipsy loafer mistook a globe lamp with
' letters on it, lor the queen of night : "I'm bles
sed," said he, "il somebody haint stuck fn ad
' vertisement on the moon !"
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
MORE BALTIMORE ROWDYISM
DREADFUL RIOT OJY A STEAMBOAT.
[From the Baltimore Sun ot *ug. 23.]
On Saturday night the steamer Express left this
city for Lloyd's Spring? camp-meeting, on the
Choptank river, with between three hundred
and fjnr hundred passengers on board. Shortly
aller passing Fort McHenry it became evident
that there would be trouble on board, and alarm
took hold of the passengers. _ Before reaching
the Bodkin, a party of disorderly men, who
rallwT under,the cries of Euholtg, Ranters and
Rip Raji?, went forward and made an attack
on the colored people, who occupied that part
of the boat. At first they amused themselves
I hv knocking down the males and females of the
colored passengers, when application was made
to the captain to take some measures to put a
stop to them. Nothing was done, and after a
time the disorderly disposed went down in the ;
forward saloon, where several colored men had
taken refuge. The assailants approached a :
man, and one of them stabbed him in four p!a- 1
ces in the side and ciiest. They then blew out j
all the lights in the saloon, and began an indis- j
criminate attack on white and colored. Mr.
Jeremiah Slaughter was robbed of Mr.
William D. Glass was robbed of S2O, and anoth
er party was robbed of a valuable gold watch j
and chain.
There being no prospect of any mote booty
in the saloon, the disorderlies n-ain went on
, I
deck, ami blowing out all the lights, went to i
the forward part of the boat again, among the j
colored people. One man and his wife were j
standing together near the bow, and thought '
they would esc ape observation. The man, |
however, was knocked down, and he was held j
while his pockets were rifled of all they contain- '
ed. He was then stabbed several times, and i
hi? wile, who had witnessed the whole proceed- :
ing,'was outraged in his pres-nce, while she vain- !
Iv cri 'd lor help. Some of lh-> passengers again
called on tiie officers oflhe committee who had
chartered her, and volunteered, if called on to
quell the riot, to confine tiie disturbers of the
peace in the hold, until the boat should return
to the cits'. The attackhvas continued until
several colored men were severely slabbed, and
i mucii Ur-,r number horribly baten. Among
'hose that were stabbed was a man employed as
a dravman bv Air. Welch, in south street, or.e
by Messrs. Smith & Edmonson, on Cheapside,
and one by Messrs. T. T. Martin &. Bro., on Cal
vert rtreel. Who the others were was not as
certained, but it was said one of them died from
the effects of his wounds. About daylight on
Sunday morning the boat approached Cambridge,
and the'enptain, at the request of the passengers,
landed at that town.
Sheriff Vickers, of Dorchester county,was notifi
ed of the outrages that had be°n committed, and
summoning two or three of his deputies, pro
ceeded to the wharf for the puposrnfai resting the
guilty parties. At first they d'-fied ins authori
ty, but lie called on some of the passengers who
had witnessed the whole of the riot, and some
four of the party were taken from the boat.
Two of them gave their names as Skinner
and Robison, but the names of the others were
not ascertained.
They were taken before Justice Robert E. !
Rnlinsnn, of Cambridge", and Charles Golc'sbor
ough. Esq., the Prosecuting Attorney, appeared
on the part of the Stale. The whole of them were j
committed to jail for trial at the approaching!
term of the Circuit Court for that county.— ;
The boat ihpn proceeded to the camp-meeting, \
where the police force was so strong that no
attempt was made to create disorder on the
giound. They left again on Sunday afternoon
for this city, but several of the passengers j
were obliged to stop in Cambridge, because
their lives were threatened, and came up in
the Kent yesterday afternoon. While the Ex
piess was on the way up to the city, an attack
was made on the engineer, who escaped by ,
locking himself up in his room, his assailants }
thr-atening to throw him overboard. The whole j
affair is represented by those who witnessed it
as having been most fearful. Females were
tfuown into consternation, and the rioters
were appealed to for their sake.? to desist, but;
they paid no heed to it.
CHARACTER OF A COQUETTE.
The coquette who courts every man, and the
modest woman whom every man courts, are
certainly two distinct creatures. The one
may please us but the other exacts our homage.
The one attracts our fancy, 1 iRe a butterfly, the
other excites our lOVP —she is a precious gem.
The one we long to waste time with ; the
other we desire to possess. If every woman
who plays the coquette's pari, could only
truthfully ascertain, and clearly analyze, the
sentiments she inspires in the bosom of
those she labors so diligently* to captivate, we
are afraid that she would look on mankind
1 with disgust, and her own sex with detestation.
! If any such read this paragraph, let them re
i member it.
DIPPING CHARLES LAMB.
"Coleridge," savs DeQuincv, "told me a !u
--* ''
dicious embarrassment which Lamb's stammer
ing caused hint at Hastings. Lamb had been
medicallv advised to a course ol sea bathing :
-
; and accordingly, at the door oi his bribing ma
j chine, whilst he stood shivering with cold,
! two stout fellows laid hold oi him, one at each
j shoulder, like heraldic supporters ; they waited
| for the word of command from their principal
who began the following oration to .them :
"Hear me, mn ! Take notice o! this ;I am
to be dipped—" • f
i What more he would have said is unknown
,to land or sea bathing machines : for having
reached the word dipped, he commenced such
: a rolling fire di—di—di—di—di. that when at
length he descended, a plo7.i!> upon the fell
word dipped, the two men, rather tired of the'
suspense, became satisfied that they had reach
; ed what lawyers call the "operative" clause of:
I the sentence, and both exclaiming at once—j
"Oh yes, sir, we're quite aware of that," and ,
down thev plunged him into the sea.
I On emerging, Lamb sobbed so much from the
cold that he found no voice suitable to his in- j
digoation ; from necessitv he seemed tranquil :;
and aeern addressing the men, who stood re- .
soectfullv listening, he began thus :
. J r-' r>
"lien,'it. it possible to obtain your alien*'
tion ?"
"O surely sir, by ail means."
"Then listen : once more I tell you I am to,
be <;i-di-di—and then with a burst oI indignation,
"dipped, I tell you—"
"0 decidedly, sir." And down the stam
merer went for the second time.
Petrified with cold and wrath, once more j
Lamb made a feeble attempt at explana
tion.
"Grant me pa-patience ; is it mum-murder '
you me-me-mean ? Again and a-ga-ga-gain I
tell you I'm to be di-di-dipped,"—now speaking
seriously, with the voice ol an injured man.
"Oh yes, sir," the men replied, "we know
that—we fully understand it;" and, for the j
third time, down went Lamb into the sea.
"Oh, limbs of Satan !" lie said on coming up j
for the third time, "it's now too late. I tell
, vnu that 1 am—no, I vis to be di-di-di-d.pped j
i only one''."
THE INVISIBLE ARMOR.
! General Schuyler was one of the American
| officers in the army which fought Or our free-
I dom. He figured largely in tho-e stirring scenes
l n i' J
which took piace on the Hudson and Mohawk j
j rivers, when the English Generals hired the ,
Indians to come and fight on their side. Gene- ;
ral Schuyler bad grpat influence with the red j
| men : they loved and feared him ; so the En- i
| rglish wished he was out of the way, and as he
did not get shot on the field of battle, a plot
i was hatched to waylay and murder him.
j Two men were picked out to do this deed, an j
j Englishman and an Indian. The day and '
I time were set • thev shouldered their rifles and
j
| took their stand behind a clump ol trees which j
[ lie had to pass by on his way home. After wai
; ting and watching some time, thejGeneral hove
j insight. He was on horseback and alone.— j
Now or never ! They took aim. In a min
ute morp, the General would have been a dead
j man. At that instant, the Indian knocked i
j down the Englishman's gun. crying ; "I can- i
| not kill hi 11; I have eaten his bread 100 often." j
j The General rides on unharmed ; he has buck- j
i eled or. an invisible armor stronger than brass, |
: and he is safe. What was it? The armor of,
I friendly actions. The General had often relie- '
; ved the distresses cfthe poor red men ; he had ;
fed their, when hungry, and clothed thpm when
j naked ;. and now British goid cannot buy up the j
; grateful memory ol his kindness, as it melts the
I murderer's heart.
i "I can't kill him ; I have eaten his bread 100
j often !"
Oh, what power there is in friendly actions.
J Thev not only make you friends, but disarm i
| your enemies. Remember, boys, they may de- j
j fend you when a great name, a stout arm, a i
| brave arm, a good rifle, a fleet horse can avail
! you not. Think of this.— Child's Paper.
j |
| A NEGRO REPRESENTATIVE.
! .
Welparnfrom our Ohio exchanges, says the
Genius of Liberty , that it is seriously con tern- j
plated by the Republicans ofOberiin, Ohio, to '
elect Langston, A NEGRO, to Legislature. This
Langs ton is the darkey who figured so conspicous
!y in the recent rescue cases in Ohio, when the
Federal officers were resisted in their execution.
This active support of what Giddings defines!
to he the cardinal article iri the Republican '
, creed—viz: resistance to the United States'
laws—together with the fact that he is a negro, l
are, we presume, Langston'i chtefrecommenda- i
. tions to the Ohio Republicans.
wo distinguished philosophers took
shelter under one tree during a heavy shotvpr.
After some time, one ol them complained that
he felt the rain. "Never mind," replied the
other, "there are plenty of trees ; when this one
, is wet through we will go to another."
'*s' •4- **' * I *-*• ,
WHOLE AUIBER 280.1.
| POWER OF J MAGIjYJJTIOX.
Dr. Noble, in a very able and analytic lect
in,-v at Manchester, "On the Dynamic Influence
oi Ideas,-' told a good anecdote of Mr. Boulihouse
a trench savant, >n illustration oflhe power of
imagination. As Dr. Noble says: "M. Booti
houseserved in Napoleon's army, and vasprej
, ent at many engagementsduringYhe early part of
| the last century. At the battle of Wagram,
in ISO 9, he was engaged in the fray: the ranks
around him had been terribly thinned bv shot,
and at sunset he was nearly insulated. While
re,oading his musket he was shot down bv a
cannon ball. His impression was that the ball
J had parsed through his legs below his knees,
separated them Irom the thighs; for lie suddenly
| sank down, shortened, as he believed, to the ex
tent of about a foot in measurement. The Irnnk
of the body fell backwards on the gronnd,and the
senses were completely par ay I zed by the shock.
rhu he lav motionless among the wounded and
fcdead duringtbe test of the night, not daring to
move a muscle lest the loss of biood should be
fatally increased. He felt no pain, but this he
attributed to the stunning effect of the shock to
5 the brain and nervous system. At earlv dawn
h" war aroused by one of the medical staff who
cam- round to help the wounded. 'What'sthe
matter with you, my good fellow?' said the sur
geon. 'Ah I touch me tenderly,' replied M.
Boulihouse,' I beseech you; a cannon ball has
carried off rny l-gs.' 7'he surgeon examined
the lin.bs referredlc. aruyijeri giving him a good
skakej said, with a joj-RRlugh, 'Get up with
you, you have nothing the matter with you.'
til. ftoutihouse immediately sprang up in
utter astonish meat, and stood fi.mly on the leg?
he tho ight he had lost forever. *1 feliynore thank
fu!,' said M. Boulihouse, 'than I had ever been
in the whole course of my life before. I had,
indeed, been shot down by an immense cannon
ball; but instead of passing throngh the legs, a?
I firmly beiieveo it had, the ball had passed under
my fevi, and had ploughed a hole in the earth
beneath, at least a foot in d-ptb, into which mv
feet suddenly sank, giving me the idea that I
had been thus shortened by the Jos* of my lews.
The truth of this story is vouched for bv Dr.
Noble.
MIDNIGHT. —Not a breath is heard, all 13
still save the winds of September. The tempora
ry wand of oblivion is spreid o'er the earth—
men have ceased from their toil, and gemH re
cline in thearm3of the God of Sleep. The
song of the feathered warbler is not heard—the
hum of the busy-bee is hushed. The voice of
i the night-wind only is heard speaking in the
i language of another sphere. The keeper of tbe
midnight vigil liitns to the voice ot some loved
; one ■-•riy exhaled frcir. earth to Heaven, and
:? re-awakes in his bruised and sorrow-stricken
heart the sympathies that were once garnered
|up in his memory. Blessed hour ! thitdrivpg
the clamor of the world lrom the loved retire
ment of those who are sick, sick of its com
merce, its heartlessness, and its follies,"and opens
to theiraching vision a pathway, where the
foot of thp sensualist never trod. Even now
we feel its influence stealing o'er us, like the
; soft expiring notes of the Jute, as they die away
on the zephyr and we will go to sleep
and dream of the biessedness of that man
who never defrauded the Printer !
TALL LEAPLYG.
1 "Bill, do vcu see those two house# ?"
'•I do."
"Well, Bill, perhaps, you won't believe me r
but—you see those two houses ?"
"Certainly I see them."
"I can lake my boots oft and jump over
them."
"Over those two houses ! Get out !"
"I say I cm take my boots off and jump over
them."
"Over your boots ! Humph! so can J. Jim
I'm some at jumping. I can ieap higher than a
meeting-house."
"Higher than a meeting house! A meet
ing-house is pietty high."
"But I ean !eap higher than a meeting
house."
"No, you can't."
"J can leap higher than a meeting-house
—how high do you think a meeting-house can
leap. Jim ?"
"Get out, Bill."
a railway station an old lady said to
a very pompous looking gentleman, who was
talking about steam communication :
"Pray, sir, what is steam 1"
"Steam, maam, is, ah !—steam is—oh ! ah !
steam is—steam ! "
1 "f knew that chap couldn't tell ye," said a
j rough looking fellow standing by ; "but steam
is a bucket of water in a tremendous perspira
tion."
IOTA "wee bit ot a boy" astonished hi®
| mother a few days since. She had occasion to
; chastise him slightly for some offence he had
: committed. Charley sat very quietly in his
j chair for some time afterwards, no doubt think
j ing very profoundly. At last he spoke out thus:
"Muzzer, I wish pa'd git anozzer housekeeper,
! I've got tired of seeing you round !"
Cjr-A little girl about two and a half years
old, seeing the elephant attached to the circns
pass by the house, asked her mother, who was
standing by, "what that great India-rubber
thins was, waikiDg in the street, with two
tails."
you call this skinning," said Tomttf
the barber, "it's not so bad but if you call it
' shaving, I should prefer your using the other aide,
of the razor." . .
tEPWIoses, seeing a chaphoetog and another
mowing, in the same field, remarked that tb*n
occupations wire decidedly A 00-I*o
ous. * . ;
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