VOLUME 56.
NEW SERIES.
SEW AGRICFLTfIML SETTLEMENT,
TO ALL WANTING FARMS,
A RARE OPPORTUNITY IN A DELIGHTFUL
AND HEALTHY CLIMATE 25 MILES SOUTH
EAST OF PHILADELPHIA, ON THE CAM
DEN AND ATLANTIC RAILROAD,
NEW JERSEY.
An old estate consisting of several thousand of
teres of productive toil has been divided into Farms
of various sizes to sail the. purchaser. A popula
tion of 'ome Fifteen Hundred, from various parts
of the middle States and New England have settl-d
there the pa>t year, improved their places, and
raited excellent cropc. The price of the land i s at
th* low sum of from sls to S2O per acre, the soil
of the best quality for the production ol Wheat.
Clover Corn, Peach.ee, Grape: and Vegetables. IT
IS CONSIDERED THE BEST FRUIT SOIL IN
I'HE UNION. The place is perfectly secure from
frosts the destructive enemy of the farmer. Crops
uf grain, grass and fruit are now growing and can
be seen. By examining the place itself, a correct
judgment can be formed of the productiveness of toe
laud. The terms ate made easy to secure the rapid
improvement of the land,, Which is only sold for
actual improvement . The result has been, that
■within the past year, some three hundred houses have
been erected, two mills, one steam, four stores, some
forty vinyards and peach orccards, planted, and a
large number of other improvements, making it a
desirable ans active place of business.
THE MARKET,
at the reader msv perceive froiri its location, is the
CEisT IN THE UNION,
p Products bringing double the price than in loca
tions away from the city, and more than double the
price in the West, ft is known that the earliest
and best fruits and vegetable s in this latitude come
from New Jetsey, and are annually exported to the
extent of millions.
In locating here, the settler has many advantages.
He is within a few hours ride >f the great cities of
New England and Middle country where every im
prov'mtnt of comfort and civilization is at hand
He can bay every article he wants at the cheapest
price, an 1 sell his prod ice for the highest, (in the
West this is reversed,) he has schools fur his chil
dren, divine service, and will enjoy an open winter,
and delightful climate, where fevers are utterly un
known. The result of the change npon those from
the north, has generally been to restore the in to ail
excellent state ol health.
la the way of building and improving, lumber '
ne be obtained at the mills at the rate of *lO 'o
sls per thousand. Pricks from the brick yard
opened in the place, every article can be procured
in the place; good carpenters are at hand, and there
it no place in the Union where buildings and im
provement can be made cheaper.
The reader will at once be struck vvi'h the
%d vantages here presented, and ask himself why the
property has not beer, taken op before. The reason
is, it wat never thrown in the market; and unless
the.e stat-mer t were correct, no one would be in
vited to examine the land before purchasing. This
at! are expected to do. They v-iil sell land under
cu.tivEtion, such is the extent of the set'term-it that
tbcy will no doubt, meet persons fro n their own
neighborhood; they will witness the improvements
ar ! can iudge the character of the population. If
tfiey come with a view to settle, they should coma
piepired to stay a day or two and he ready to pur
chase, as locations cannot be held on refusal.
There are two daily trains to Philadelphia, and
to ali ret'.iers wao improve, THE RAILROAD COMPANY
WES A T2SK TICKET FOR SIX MONTHS AM) A HALT
RL.CETICKET POT TTTR.KS TEA".
THE TOWN OF HA.MMONTON.
In connection with the agricultural settlement
a new and thriving town ; as naturally arisr, winch
presents inducements for any kind of business,
particularly etores and manulacTories. The Snoe
business coul'i be carried on m this place and market
to good advantage, also cotton business, nd man
ufactories of agricultural implements or Foundries
for casting small articles. The improvement has
been so rapid as to insure a constant and permanent
increase of business. Town lots of a good size, we
do not sell email ones, as it would aliect the im
provement of the place, can be had at from SIUO
and upwards.
The dsmmoiKan Farmer, a monthly literary and
agricultural sheet, containing full information of
Haminonton, can he obtained at 25 cents per annum.
T.tle indisputable—warrantee deeds given, clear
of all incumbrance when money is paid. Route to
the land : leave Vine street wharf, Philadelphia for
Harnmonton by Railroad, 7 A. M.. or 1 { P. M.
Fa'e 90 cents.' When there inquire for Mr. Byrnes.
Boarding conveniences on hand. Parties bad better
atop with Mr. Byrnes, a principal until they have
decided as to purchasing, as he will show them over
tre land in his carriage, free of expense. Letters
and applications can be addressed t<> Landis He Byrnes,
Hammonton P. 0., Atlantic Co., New Jersey, or
S. B. Coughlin, 202 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia.
Maps and information cheerfully furnished.
Aug. 19, 1659-Gm.
Allegheny Male and Female Seminary,
RAIXKKURG, Pa.
FACULTY.
F.. J. OSBORNE, A. 3., Principal, Prof, of Lan
guages and Philosophy.
Wm. S~ Smith. Prof, of Malheonatirs.
J. H. Miller, Adjunct Prof, of Mathematics.
Rev. B. F. Stevens, Lecturer on Moral Philoso
phy See.
Wm. A Stephens, Prof, of Fnglish Grammar ike.
Dr. J. Hughes, Lecturer on Anatomy &c.
Mrs. E. V. Osborne, Preceptress, Teacher of Draw
ing French, Bo'auy ice.
B. F. Drott, Prof, of Instrumental Music.
P; ice of Tuition for term of II weeks.
Common F.nglish Branches 53 2.3
Higher Branches, including common, each 83
Latin and Greek, each 2 00
German and French, each 2 50
Rocs-keeping and Commercial calculations 1 50
ORNAMENTAL.
Drawing 2 50
Colored crayon, and water colors, jeach 3 00
Oil painting •> 30
Hair and w ax flowers, each 3 00
Pellis work :i 00
Embroidery 1 b0
Piano music, with use of instrnment 10 00
Hoard $ I 75 per week including room rent, fuel,
furniture ice. This is one of the best, and cheapest
institutions in the country. The whole expense per
term need no* be more than twenty-five dollars.—
Second Quarter ol summer session commences
August 4, 1859.
T-acher wilt be instructed free of charge in the
Norma! Department.
For particulars, addiess the Principal.
E.J. OSBORNE, A. B-
Rain&burg, Bedford ro., April 22, 1859.
rpHEL HAM MONT O N FA KMER—A new
A paper devoted to Literature and Agricul
tare, also setting foit.. lull accounts of the new setg.
tlement of Hammonton, in New Jersey, can be sub
scribed for at only 25 cents per annum.
lr.cln.e postage stamps for the amount. Address
'o the Editor of the Farmer, Hammonion, P. O. At
lantic Co., New Jersey. Those wishing cheap lend
of the best quality, in one of rhe healthiest and most
delightful climates in the Union, and where crops
arc never cut down by frosts, the terrible scourge
of 'he north, see advertisement of Hammonton
Lands.
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[For the Gazette.]
WRITTEN !N AN ALBUM.
But few the hours, the fleeting hours,
That f have spent with thee ;
Yet grateful memory oft recalls ,
Those hour> of mirth and glee.]
j
One simple boon 1 ask of thee,
If nought else tfcou wilt give ;
'Tis that sorr.e kindly thought ol me,
May in thy memory live ;
That when you shall open the lids of this
token,
And look on the verses you told rr.e to write.
You will think of a word or a phrase 1 have
ipok-n,
And fail to condemn what I've traced here
to-n:ght.
COLD-SPRING, Sept. Stb, 1859.
THE BRITISH J]ROLITIONISTS NOMI
NATE MR. REWARD FOR THE
PRESIDENCY.
Wevpubiisri below a remarkable article from
the London Daily News, the organ of the 1
Exeter Ilal! Abolitionists, and the faithful
chronicler of the proceedings of anti-slavery tea
parties in the provincial towns of England, in I
which ivlr. William H. Seward is formally j
nominated by the aforesaid British abolitionists, !
as their candidate for th" nest presidency of the j
United States. Tiie News makes no conceal-!
rnent of the causes to which the New York j
senator is to attribute this distinction. He "has j
afforded every possible evidence in his own
country'of his absolute and hearty condeitnaton i
of the institutions of the S.>uth, which are in- j
compatible with the liberies of the Republic j
at large, and which threaten its existence j" j
and, therefore, he is entitled to the sympathy I
and support of the British abolitionists "in Ihe j
objects to which he is pledged."
As the News does not furnish "the evidence" \
to which it alludes in such laudatory language, j
we take leave to supply the omission by copy
ing the following extract from Mr. Seward's
famous speech at Rochester, N. V., in the
month of October, ISSB :
"Our system of government is <a war of
antagonistic systems,'a conflict between >!aw
labor and tree labor,' and 'it is a mistake to
think ilie collision accidental, unnecessary,
of interested fanatical agitators.' 'lt is an
irrepressible conflict between opposing and eu
du: nig forces, and it means that the United
States must and will,sooner or later, become
either entirely a slaveholding nation or entirely
a free-labor nation. Either the cotton and
rice fields of South Carolina and the stigar
plautalions ot Lousiar.a will ultimately t>-
settled by free labor, and Charleston and .New
Orleans become marts for legitimate merchan
dise, or the rye and wheat lieids of Alas<achu
settss and .New York must again be surrendered
by their farmers to slave culture and to the
production of slaves, arid Boston and New
York become once more markets for trade in
the bodies and souls of men."
There i, 5 such an evident affinity between
the above sentiments and those expressed in
the JVews, that we are convinced the editor
ol that paper could not have written as he did
without a personal understanding with and by
the consent ol the New York senator ; and we
therefore hold and hope the American people
will hold Mr. Sevvara responsible for that
article.
No American who has a single spark of
patriotism can read the article without feehngi
of indignation at its anogant interference in
American affairs, and the manifest concord that
it manifests as existing between the abolition
ists of Ibis country and those of Great Britain
to tiring about a severance of the Union for the
profit of Britisli capitalists. Mr. Seward has
certainly sold himself to this infamous combina
tion. Until now we were at a loss to explain
Mr. Seward's sudden visit to England. It is
apparent ; and we may confidently expect the
free use of British gold in the next presiden
tial election for the purpose of compassing the
villanous purpose which he and the Britisli
abolitionists have in view.
BEDFORD, PA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 16,1859.
1 This is a fmitlui theme for comment and
| reflection. We snail recur to it olten. We
i shall warn the democracy of the approach ol
' their deadliest and bitterest foes, and show
; them how necessary it is, ii they love their
i country ana the Union, which u the source oi
| our greatness and prosperity, to unite as one
man to defeat the unholy aspirations ol the
; most traitorous conspirators of which history
contains any record— Constitution.
![Froai ine Loudon News.]
It is probable that 110 man in London—or let
us sav no foreigner in London—is more deeply
! interested in the appointments ol the new min
is'ry than Mr. Seward, at present so olten met
in society here. It is understood that Mr. SeW
ar i is to tie the free-soil candidate lor the presi
dentship of the United States, and prooabl v the
first ante-slavery President. fhis is sutiicient
ly well known, we believe, to save him from the
danger to which many American gentlemen are
subject, of leaving this couotiy without having
I obtained arty clear idea of what our feelings are
about those powers which, in the face 0 t the
most solemn engagements, keep up the save
trade. Mr. Seward has afforded every possib.e
evidence in his own country oi his absolute
and hearty condemnation ot the institutions of
the South, which are incompatible with tne
liberties>o! the Republic a', large, and which
Uneaten its existence. There is no occasion to
consider his feelings, as in tiie case ol an un
known m-iu whom it would he inhospitable to
remind of the faults oi his country, fie has
shown that fits patriotism consists in desiring
and stiiving tar the freedom, virtue, p>-ace arm
happiness ot ins nation ; ami that, in pursuing
those objects, he is as hearty an enemy ot sla
very and the slave trade as any man of any
other country can he. Let him, then, hear
what we think and feel. Let him have our
sympathy in the objects to which he is pledged
—whether as Piesiderst or only as senator ; and
above all, let him have sound leason for hoping
that our r,e\v Foreign Secretary will work cor
dially with an American President or minister
who wiil do his duty in regard to the African
slave trade, and also hold to strict account any
official who tampers with the obligations to
which the American government is sworn.—
Lord John Russeil made an ineffaceable impres
sion on the minds ol all American citizens du
ring the short term of his being Foreign Sec
retary, in 1853, by his letter to Mr. Everett on
the Mnnioe doctrine, it the statesman who
wrote that letter should be in our Foreign Of
fice, with the same mind and spirit in him, when
the first anti-slavery President goes to the White
House, thi history ot the African slave Dade
will he brought to a speedy close. In the hope
of some such beneficial conjunction of authori
ty and of views, we feel that this is the time
to sav few woids as to the present aspect ot
the great question which lr.iiNt be decided, in
some way or other, by the next election, wheth
er tne new President be Mr. Seward or anoth-
Not a few citizens in America, nearly ail
men elsewhere, are dismayed and confounded
at the re-opeuiug i;t the African slave-trade at
various points of the southern States. There ar
lying belore us now, advertisements of the sale
of gangs of newly-irr.norted negroes, as well as
the remarkable declaration of lire grand jury in 1
Captain 'ot re's case at Savannah, alluded to by
our own correspondent in the letter we publish
ed on the 21st.ultimo. We have abundance ot
reports of the meetings of southern conventions 1
and other party assemblages, in which the m tu
bers avow their ptirj of imposing slave in
stitutions ty law on the whole fedeia! republic
extending the Died Scott decision over the
Union, in defiance of the refusal of any num
ber of the States. We see all this going on ;
but we douot, therefore, believe that the pros
pects of liberty f>r whites and blacks are less
favorable than they were, but quite the contra- 1
ry. The action of the slave States, in their
present turbulence, is simply revolutionary; ana
the act of some of iherri re-opening the Alrican '
slave trade seems to be intended as a revo!u- #
tionarv manifesto. The election of IS6O will j
probably decide the fate of that traffic, and of
the institution which occasions the traffic, as far
as the American Government is implicated in j
it.
These demonstrations are met by counter de- i
•nonst rat ions in the North, which the South de
nounces as revolutionary also—and with justice
il there is a real Federal Government at Wash- .
iugton. The resistance to the fugitive slave
law spreads and deepens. The Gaio storv is a !
good sample of what is going on less conspicu
ously and on a smaller scale elsewhere—citi- j
zens of respectability and eminence fined and f
imprisoned for choosing to ascertain the leva! j
rights of captured fugitives ; and the captors
lodged in jail, on tiie otberjhaod, on the charge
of kidnapping free citizens: the federal and j
State courts passing opposite decision-', and their •
respective officials battling vehemently on be
half of each : these are phenomena which show
to all eyes that present "ai rangements cannot
continue to exist. All rational men are aware
that the inevitable change must involve the fun
damental radical principles on which the south- ;
ern polity is grounded. The Chinches present
a spectacle analagous to that of the law courts;
and so do the anniversary meetings ot all the
bodies—religious, philanthropic, political and
commercial—by which the social interests of
the nation are carried on. We have no space
for remarks on the demonstrations ol all these
gatherings, though a few paragraphs would
show that a revolutionary spirit has this year
animated them all, though working in different
directions. We can notice only on- associa
tion ; ano' we select it on account ot the ease
with which Englishmen will comprehendpts sig
nificance.
VVlien the attempt was made to force the
stamp act on the American colonies, aud the j
"stamp-master" who had obtained that appoint-
Freedom of Thought and Gpinion.
I rnent, refused the request of several cities and
1 towns to resign his office, it became a question
■ how to concentrate public sentiment so as to ob
j tain some effectual action. Tii- association of
"The S ins of Liberty" was form-d in 1770;
and under their guidance the first gieat revolu
tion proceeded to its mem >rabie issue. Their
first act was to cut batons from the forest trees
1. on the road by which the stamp-master was to
pass to the courts, and to inform him that tuey
j were the government and not the King at WtesL
j minsfer. In Ohio, last month, the procedure
I was revived. A senator, H >n. Joshua 11. Gi.l
dingj, whose repute is as high as that of any ci
tizen in the Union, has proclaimed a new as
sociation of "Sons of Liberty," in defence of the
liberties and the laws of the State, as against
! the intolerable new law and tyranny of Ihe re- j
mote central authority. Mr. Buchanan and the
Congress at Washington are to tiie people of'O
j bin what George 111 and the Parliament at
Westminister were to the people in Aw Eng
land in 1770. The constitution of tii > society
(which was immediately signed by a large num
ber of the best known and most esteemed citi
zens,) cannot be cited here; but its short closing
paragraph will indicate the aim it proposes,
and tne pledge it involves as to rectifying the ,
p.licy at Washington on the first occasion.—
"Appealing to the Supreme Jo oof the world
for tiie rectitude of our intentions, we declare I
that "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty
01 property without due process of law," when
we have power to prevent it." It m av seem (
safe to take a stand on so plain a constitutional j
provision, declared in the very terms of the ;
Constitution, and sustained by the Jaws of Ohio,
but, as Mr. Buchanan's government and the •
whole policy ot iiie South enforces an opposite '
principle aod metno.i, the "Sons of Lioerty" ,
are revolutionary raw as their predecessors'
were—no more and no less. Mr. Seward comes
among us when both section!ot his countrymen '
a l- * not only preparing for revolution but acta- '
ally engaged in it, and lie may be the man f
who p ins fellow-citizens may choose to be the I
exponent of tiie principle which Europe be
lievej vv;l! triumph. Let him see that we have
a laith and hope on the subject.
CLRLISG, TUB MAV TURK DTK.
The Boston Post's account of this man gives I
but a faint picture of him. I will give you >
one irom real life.
Ten years ago I was seated in my office at
"No. id Wai! street, bu.-iiy driving the quili, j
when I heard a quiet step behind and then a
miid voice inquiring if I had the transcript ot
a certain judgment against one J. G. O. i
projector ot the great Peg-ghe-wah-wab-wan
Company for selling Indian medicine. I
looked up and saw a man whose twisted loot
and p tl-ied arms were quite familiar to me,but
of whose name or calling I knew nothing.
"Yesj I replied, "I have the transcript."
"Well, I want it," he said ; "I'm going to
collect it for the creJiU •
"Gjing to collect it!" I exclaimed, "why
the judgment is perlecly worthless. Executions,
and proceedings after judgment pmujali ordina- I
rv means of grace, have long ago been exhaus
ted Upon O. He is hopelessly insolvent, and j
is betides, the most ad,bit scamp of a swindler
I ever encountered.
"What is that tope ?" broke out the visitor,'
in a eruff, strong voice, quite different Jroni
his first tones. '-Perhaps you don't know who
I am. lam Burling, the man about town.—
You * lawyer, and not know rue? Sheriffs
ore good for nothing ; constables are good for
nothing ; ex-cutions and creditor's bills are
good iur nothing. Give me the transcript
here's the order fur it—l'll make the money
out of him."
I sniveled around my chair and started at
the man. "And will you be so good, Mr.
Burling," 1 asked, "as to tell me what is your
[latent p!ri fir superceding officers and writs,
ond for squeezing bioo i ut of turnips, and
Ctsh out of the President of the Peg-ghe-wah
wan Company V'
"How Ido it, you mean. Why I dun 'em
at their houses, I dun 'em in the street, I dun
'em at the theatre, I dun 'em in church, I
catch 'em early in the rn irnins and stick to
'etn all day ; follow 'em up wherever they go ; ;
go to meals and eat with 'em : go >u ued with ;
'ern ; give em no peace night or day, Sunday
nor week dav, stick to them like death to a dead
niger. A man owes a debt, he wont pay it.
I follow him up all the week so he can't do
any business, n >r go to sea firs sweetheart, nor
walk in Broadway, r.r eat with any appetite,
nor sleep without dreaming. I'm after him
with the devil to help tun him down. Ail
tins won't do ? Very well. When he goes
to church on Sunday, he finds me in his pew.
(Your Sheriffs can't work Sundays—l do my
best business then.) Th- congregation rise,
and he rises, takes out lis book, opens at the
place, and tnere he finds the bill I've stuck
there, and gets so mad he rain say amen."
"Sheriffs and constables," continued he,
getting loud ami fietQp" won't goof a Sunday
morning to a parson's house and follow him to
church and waik up the broad aisle with him
before all the congregation, and go up the
pulpit stairs close to his heels and slip ,nto the
pulpo after him before, he can shut the door,
and take a seat by his side, and get up when
lie gets up, and when he opens the Bible, open
John Jones' bill full length, and lay it down
over the chapter and ver.-e, and tell him :
'/' Acre's that bill of horn*. hire , pay it bef ore
you preach ! But that's what I did—and I
got my money too."
"And what commission did you charge I"
"Fifty per cent." Bather strong," I sug
gested, "but still your mode of procedure was
strong. Do you often get as much as fifty per
cent 1
"When I earn it, I gel it. Dr. C. of Broad
way, sent me to dun a fellow who lived back
in a yard, and kept two bull dogs that he left
loose when anybody came to collect honest
J J debts. I went to him with a horse-pistol in
1 each hand and Dr. C.'s bill in my teeth, and
- made him pay up. What did Dr. C. offer me
f; for getting his sixty dollars?—lie offered me
; ! one dollar. I wont take it, says I. Get out of
■ my office, or i'il kick you out says he, and he
• j kicked me out of bis door and down the steps
i into Broadway. I goes across to the
1 hotel and hires a great arm-chair out of the
bar-room, and takes it across the street, and
! plants it on the curbstone right opposite Dr. C.'s
door, and I fays the bill i had made out on a
full sheet of foolscap across my knees, banging
down so everybody I fiat went by cou.d lead in
large black sanded letters :
DOCTOR C
To J. BURLING, Dr.
For collecting of Richard floe :
Commission - $30,09
And ali the crowd kept stopping to read, e> ■
that there was ail the while two or thr>-e hun
d: • I people standing on the Doctor's pavement
am! reading first my Li ii and then his sign,:
and making tneir jokes. 1 had hired the chair j
fir the whol j afternoon, but he hadn't s' .1 !
this more than fifteen minutes before he comes '
to the door, an i says, come here, you rascal,
and f went in and took thirty dollars of his <
money, and left tiie bill receipted."
"But my friend, don't your impudent ways |
often get you into some scrapes ; are vou not j
afraid some one will someday break vonr head?" i
"Break whose head ?" he thunder.-d ; didn't
Col. S. of New Orleans, a man that's killed sev- j
-n men in duels, when I went to dun him at the;
Astir Hons?—dian't he grub me by my breeches,
ant? hold me out the fifth storv window, and j
' shake me there above the pavement, ar.d say j
j shall I let you fall and break your neck on the ;
, stone*, or take you in 3iid kick you down stairs ? '
"Well," said I, anxiously, "what did you do j
! then ?"
" W hat if id I do ? I said pay me that monev ! j
1 .md Gidn't he pull me in and pay me every
Cent
The intensity of hi.9 manner, as he thus re- j
lated his exploits, cannot b<- rendere ion paper— ■
especially when be exclaimed with closed teeth ! j
and the fingers of his round hand clenched—" |
pay me that money
He took the transcript, and limp>ed out. In j I
another day the hapless debtor, and over-match \
1 for all the regular thumb- screws of the law,
j came in to beg piteousty 1 wi'd call off the '
blood-hound. I told him i* was th? creditor's
, affair, not mine. Next ciav I met Bulling at
the corner of Cortland street, looking mild and
happy, and asked him how he succeeded. "I
, haven't git it yet," was the reply. "He hasn't
found me out, but he has just paid me five
dollars to let him dine at the hote! down there,
without my company. We've taken ail our
meals together for the last two days, and he
bigan in lion his appetite faii."
Whether the five dollars was credited on the
judgment, or pocketed as a personal perquisite,
I never knew.
BOOTH, THE TRHGEDLIJt.
I:i the early and palmy days of his theatrical
career, Booth and several Iriends had been in
vited todiue with an old gentlman in Baltimore,
of distinguished kindness, urbanity and piety.
I tiejuost, though disapproving'ot theatres, and
theatre-going, had heard so much of Booth's re
markable powers, that curiosity to see the man
had overcome all scruples and prei idices.
Alter the entertainment was over, lamps lighted,
and the company reseated m the drawing-room
some one requested Booth, as a particular tavor,
and one which all present would, doubtless,
appreciate, to rpad aioud the Lord's Prayer.
Booth expressed ins willingness, and all eyes
were turned e.vnectant! v upon hnn. Booth rose
slowly and reverntly from hi chair. It was
wonderful to watch the emotion that convulsed
his countenance. He became deadly ; ale, and
his eyes, turning tremblingly upwards, wet
with tears. As yet lie had not spoken. The si
lence could be felt. It had become absolutely
painful, until at last the spell was broken, as if
by an eiectric shock. In his rich toned voice,
from white lips, he syllabled forth, "Our
Father, which art in Heaven," etc, with a
pathos and solemnity that thrilled all hearts.
He finished. The silence continued. Not a voice
was heard or muscle moved in this rapt audience
until from a remote corner ot the room a sub
dued sob was heard, and the old gentleman,
(their host) stepped forward with streaming eyes
and tottering fiame, and seized Booth by the
hand. "Sir," said lie, in broken accents, " you
allord me a pleasure tor which rav whole future
wil leri grateful. lam an old man, and every
day from my boyhood 'o the present time, I
thought I had repeated the Lord's Prayer, but
1 have never heard it before, netrer."
' You are right,"' replied Booth. "To
read, that prayer us ,it should be ivad ha-,
caused me the severest study and labor lor
v.irty years, and I am yet far from being sat
isfied with my rendering of tfiat wonderful pro
duction. Hardiv one person in ten thousand
comprehends hove much beauty, tenderness, and
grandeur can be condensed in a space so small, j
and in words so simple. That prayer itself il
lustrates the truth of the Bible, a'd stamps ujion
it tiie seal of divinity."
"So great was the effect thus produced," says
our informant, who wasjpresent, • that'conversa
tion was sustained but a short time longer in
subdued monosyllables,and almost ceased; and
soon alter, at an early hour, the company broke
and returned to their several homes, with
thoughtful faces and full hearts,"
HE DOESN'T TAKE A PAPER.—
Tim man that doth no paper take,
Grudging eight shillings once a year,"
Will never a good husband make,
Because his wife can never know what is go
ing on in the world, and his children will very
ignorant appear.
The last line is rather long for a good jingle,
but the moral is sublime.
WHOLE \OIBER
j ARTE.MJIS WARD'S GOURTLYG.
'Twas a carm still night in Joon,. when all
natur was hushed &. nary disturbed the
serene silense. I sot with the objek of my
heart's affections on the fence of her daddy's
pastur. I had experienced a hand kerin arter
hur lor sum time, but darsant proclaim mi pasb
! Un, v.-a I we sot there on the fense a swinging of
our feet 2 & fro Jc blushing as red as the Baul
dinvilleskuie.house when it was first painted
& looking very cimpul, 1 make no dowt. My
left arm was okupied in ballunsin mvselfon the
fence while my light arm wos wound affeksh
nitiy round Suzanner's waste.
Sez I, "Suzaaner, I thinks very much of
you."
S j z she, "how von do run on."
Sez 1, "I wish there was winders tu mi sole
soz you could see some of my feehas," &. I side
deeply.
J pawsed here, but as she made no reply to it
I continued on the following strain :
Ar, cood yei know the sleepfis nifes I parse
on yer account, how vittles had seast to be at
tractive tu me &. how my limbs is shrunk upj
you woodn't dowt me not by no meens. Gaze
on this vvastin form and these sunken ize," I
cried, jumpin up & I shu.d have continured sum
time longer probly, but unfortunately I lost my
balance cc fell owr in'r> .e pastor ker smash,
taring my close and severely da.nagin myself
generally. Suzannersprung to my assistance
it. dragged me 4th in dubbie quick lime. Then
drawing herself up to her full hiteshesed:
"I won't listen to yur noncents eny longer.
Jpst you sa rite out what you are driven at. If
you mean gittin hitched, I'm in."
DICK LAZYBONES SELLING HIS DOG. —Dick
Lazybones was the owner of a large dog, which
cost as much to keep as two pigs would have
done ; and the dog, besides, was useless : nav,
lie was worse than useless, for, in addition to
'he expense of k 'eping, he toook up house room,
and greatly annoyed Dick's wife. "Plague take
the dogl" said she j -'Mr. Lazybones, I do wish
you wouid sell him, or kill him, or do something
o r other with hi.n.* He' 3 more plague than
his neck is worth, always lying in the chimney
corner, and eating more than it would take to
maintain three children. I wonder you will
keep such a useless animal." "Weil, well, my
clear," said Dick, "say no more about it. I'll
get rid of him one ot This was in
tended as a mere ?°t off, on the part ot Dick ;
but as his wife kept daily dinning in his ears
about the dog; he was at length compelled to
take some action on the snject. "Well, wife,"
said he, one day. as he came in,"l've sold
Jowler." "Ah! have you, indeed !" said she,
brightening up at the good news "I'm glad 0/it.
How much did you sell birn foi, my dear ?"
"Fiity dollars."' What! fifty dollars for that
dog ! How glad I am ! That will buy us a cow.
But where's the money, my love?" "Mone', "
said Dick, shifting his cigar lazily to the other
corner of his mouth, "I didn't get any money !
—1 took two puppies, at twentyfive dollars
a piece."
OOOD JOKE is (oIJ of Beecher and
Park Benjamin, though it is probably not true.
On one of their lecturing expeditions, they
were riding in the same railway car. Getting
into conversation about preaching, Beecher was
so courteous as to ask him to come to Brooklyn,
some sabbath morning, and hear him. "I JQ
not know where your meeting house is," said
Ben'amin ; "how shall I find it ?'' "Oh,"
replied Betcher, "all you have to do is to come
over one of the ferries, and follow the crpwd."
"T would come," continued Benjamin, "but to r
one reason." "Ah ! what is that ?" asked
Beecher. "Because," said Benjamin, with a
merrv look out of his eyes, "I make it an in
variable rule never to go to any place of
amusement on Sunday."
Awrct. CONEITIOJ*. —"WeII, there is a rot*
over at our house."
"What on airth's the matter,you little sar
pint ?"
"Why dad's drunk, mother's dead, the old
cow's got a calf, Jerusha's married a prinler and
run away with the spoons. Prte swalfowpd a
pin. and Lew's looked at the Aurora Borax_tili
he's got the delirium triangles."
"Good gracious ! I'ii have to go over and
see 'em."
"That ain't all, neithpr."
"What e'sc, upon airth ?"
"Rose.spilt the hatter-box and broke the pan
cakes. and one of the Maltese kittens has got
her head into the molasses cup and can't get it
out, and oh, how hungry I am."
Signing the pledge. —Joe Snipes was induced
in a lucid moment to sign the pledge. Joe was
a wild, frolicking dog, and his firmness in keej**
ing his promise was a wonder to all his friends.
At a weddmng, one day, Joe was found behind
the door taking a right good drink—a long pull,
and a strong pull.
"Why," said Pitts," I thought you had
signed the pledge, Joe?"
" So I have," said Joe ; " but !I signs you
know, fail in dry weather."
one was telling an Irishman that
somebody had eaten ten saucers of ice cream ;
whereupon Pat shook his head. "So you don't
believe it V "I belave in the crame, but not
in the saucers."
and Bill Benton went to New Or
leans with a fiat-boat of corn. Joe wrote to hit
father thru--
"Nu Orleans, Gone h—Deer Dad markets it
dull corn is mighty lo and Bills d> ad.
Your affectionate son,
J. B."
man named Oats was up recently for
beating his wife and children. On being sen
tenced to imprisonment, the brutejremarked that
it was very hard a man wat not allowed to
thrash his own oats.
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