VOLI TIE .16.
NEW SERIES.
JACOB BEED> G. W. EUPP, J.J-SCHELL
REED, RIPP & SCBELL.
BANKERS & DEALERS IN EX
CHANGE;
B'.EDF 0 RD, PENN'A.
DRAFTS bought and sold, collections made
and money promptly remitted.
Deposits solicited.
REFERENCES.
HON. JOB MANN, Bedford, Pa.
JOHN CESSNA, "
JOHN MOWER, " "
R. FORWARD, Somerset,
BUNN, RAIGUEL &. Co., Phil
J. WATT & Co., Pittsbur
J. W. CURLEY, &. Co..
Glommonrueaitl) Jnsuvaiuc Conipami.
UNION BUILDINGS, THIRD STREET,
HARRISBURG, PA.
CHARTERED CAPITAL, *300,000.
Insure Buildings and other Property
against loss or damage by Fire.
—ALSO—
AGAINST PERILS OF THE SEA, INLAND NAVI
GATION & TRANSPORTATION
DIRECTORS :
SIMON CAMERON, GEO. M. LAUMAN, U'M.DOOK, J
JAMES FOX, GEO. BERGNER, BENJ. PARKE,
WM. H.KEPNER, A. B. WARFORD, VV. F. MURKY, J
F. K. BOAS, J. H. BERRYUILL, VV. F- PACKER,
ELI SLIFER.
OFFICERS :
SIMON CAMERON, resident.
RENJ AiHIN PARKE, Vice-President.
S. S. CARRIER, Secretary.
J. VV. LINGF.NFF.LTER, Agent, j
Bedford,-Pa. Office on Juliana Street.
Oct. 21, 1859.-ly.
— I
|3nmsnlnania Jusuvantc Company
OF PITTSBURGH,
OFFICE, NO 63 FOURTH STREET.
Capital And Surplus over *150,000.00.
DIRECTORS.
JACOB PAINTER, C. A. COLTON, N. VOEGHTLY,
ITODY TATTERSON, A. A. CARRIER, I. G. SFROCL.
HENRY STROLL, A. J. JONES, G. \V. SMITH,
WADE HAMPTON, ROB'T PATRICK, J. H. HOPKINS?
This Compaay has paid losses from the date of
its incorporation in 1854, up To May, 1559, to a
mount of $302,835, 07, in addition to regular semi
annual Dividends of from sto 15 per cent affording
evidence of its stability and usefulness.
LOSSES LIBERALLY ADJUSTED &
PROMPTLY PAID.
A. A. CARRIER, Pres't. I. G. SPROUL, Sec'y.
VV. Lmgenfelter, Agent. Office at Bedford Pa.
JS ptember 2, 1859.-lyr.
Cessna &
" "TAVE formed a Partnership in the Practice
3 1 of the Law. nearly opposite
the Gazette Office, where one or the other may
at all times be found.
Bedford, Oct. 26, 1849.
John P. Reed,
Attorney at Law, Bedford, Pennsylvania
Respectfatly tenders his services to the Public
second door North of the Mengel
House.
Bedford, Feb. 20, 1852.
O.gi.fCUTHFJt,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BEDFORD. PA.
'promptly attend to all business m-
V T trusted to his care. Office on Pitt
street, two doors east of the Gazette office.
He will also attend to any surveying business
that may be entrusted to him. Nov. 4,'59.
ATTENTION, MARKSMAN!
./ O 11 JY BORDER,
GUNSMITH, Bedford, Pa-
Shop at the east end of the town, one door west
of the residence of Major VVashabaugh.
All guns of my own manufacture warranted.
May 21,'58-ly.
J. €. DIIKLY.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
PITTSBURGH, PA.,
attend promptly to all business en
?T trusted to his care.
July 1, 1859.-lyr.
Samuel Kicttcriiian,
COUNTY SURVEYOR,
WOULD hereby notifiy the citizens of Bed
ford county, that he has moved to the Borough
of Bedford, where he may at all times be
found by persons wishing to see him, unless
absent upon business pertaining to his offiee.
April 16, 1858 If.
LAW PARTNERSHIP.
JOB MANN. G. H. SPANG
THE undersigned have associated themselves in the
Practice of the Law, and will attend promptly to all
business entrusted to their care in Bedford and ad
joining counties.
Office on .lulianna Street, three doors south o
"Mengel House," opposite the residence of Maj. Tate
JOB MANN,
June 2, 1854. G. H. SPANG
WJI JYTE I)
1 AHA BUSHELS of Wheat, JOOO
X\_/vJV_' bushels of rye, 1000 bushels ol
corn, 1000 bushels of oats and 1000 bushels ol
buckwheat, wanted by the undersigned, for
which the highest market price will be paid.
JOHN NELSON.
Poor House Mill, Bedford, }
Pa., Oct. 14th, 1859—bm. \
DR. F. C. REMER
RESPECTFULLY begs leave to tender his
Professional Services to the Citizens of
Bedford and vicinity.
Office in Julianna Street, at the Drug
and Book Store. Feb. 17, 1854.
J. W. LI.IGEYFELTER,
Attorney at Law and Land Surveyor,
Will jattend with promptness to all busines f
entrusted to his care.
WILL PRACTICE IN BEDFORD AND FULTON COUNTIK
one door West of the Union Hot
Dr. B. F. SSarry
RESPECTFULLY tenders his professional ser
vices to the citizens ot Bedford and vicinity.
Office and residence on Pitt-Streoi, in the
building formerly occupied by Dr. John Hofius
June 24, 1853.
DU. J. K. BERREBILB],
St. Clairsville,
BEDFORD CO., PA.,
Respectfully tenders his services to the citizens
that place and vicinity.
fjan 13, 1860]
Bedford IfoteS,
And General Stage Office.
The subscriber respectfully begs leave to an
r,ounce to his old friends and the public gener
ally, that he has leased the Bedford! Hotel, at
present in the occupancy of Col. Adam Barn
hart, and will take possession on the Ist day of
April next. It is not his des to make many
professions as to what he will do, but he pledges
his word that his most energetic efforts will be
employed to render comfortable all who give
him a call. The House will be handsomely
fitted up, and none but careful and attentive
servants will be engaged. Persons visiting the
Bedford Springs, as well as those attending
Court, and the travelling community general
ly, are respectfully invited to give him a call
and judge for themselves.
taken by the week, month, or
year, on favorable terms.
and comfortable stabling is at
tached to this Hotel, which will always be at
tended by a careful hostler. Also, a safe and
convenient carriage house.
Jill the SUIGES stop at this Hotel.
JOH.Y HAFER.
March 16, 1855.
~ MilS. S. E. POTTS
HAS just returned from the cities with a large
and full assortment of
WINTER GOODS;'
consisting
of Frencti Me
rino Vaiencias, Thib
et Cloths, of all shades, all
wool Delaine Robes, Silks of all
styles, handsome Silk Robes, with dou
ble skirts, elegant Winter Cloaks, Velvet
Bonnets, and an endless assortment of GAY
SILK BONNETS, trimmed and nn
trimmeii, ribbons and plumes, and
French Flowers, with a
general assortment of
all kinds of
goods.
Bedford, Nov. 4th, JSS9.
Ml !•: As'
N E W GOO D 8
AT
J. M. SHOEMAKER & GO'S.
STORE, BEDFORD, PA.
J I" AVING just received the largest and thea- j
A .1 pest stock of goods ever brought to Bed
ford, we are determined to seil out cheap and i
fast in proportion. We have LADIES' DRESS
GOODS, of all descriptions, GLO T . ES, HOSI
ERY, FLANNELS, MEN AND BOYS'
WEAR, CLOTHS and CASSIMERES, HATS !
and CAPS, BOOTS, SHOES, Muslins Shirts!
and Drawers. Coats, Pants and VESTS, CAR- ■
PETS, Single and Double, Cotton chain,
HARDWARE, QUEENSIVARE, GROCE
RIES, SPICES, TOBACCO, and every thing
usually kept in a country stoie, which we will j
sell cheap for cash, or produce, and to punctu
al six month customers. Thankful lor past fa
vors, we hope to receive a liberal share of pub
lic patronage.
J. M. SHOEMAKER & CO.
Oct. 21, 1859.
TO MILL OWNERS!
S. P. BROAD has made Scbellsburg his perma
nent residence, and is prepared to do all kinds of
work in the Mill Wright line, on the most appro
ved and durable plans, and reasonable terms.
He has on hand the most improved Smut and
Screening Machines, Mill Brushes, Anchor Bolting
Cloths, both new and old, at city prices. Mill Burs
can be procured from him and shipped to any point.
Also—Agent for MrCormick's Reaper and Mower
for Bedford and Blair Counties.
S. D. BROAD.
Scbellsburg, Bedford Co., I
March 4, 1859. £
TO BUILDERS.
The subscriber is fully preprred to furnish
any quantity or quality of Building Lumber
and Plastering Laths. Orders directed to St.
Clairsvilie, Bedford County, will be promptly
attended to, by giving a reasonable noticp.
F. D. BEEGLE.
GREAT WESTERN INS- & TRUST CO
Capital and available assets, over .$300,000
Fire, Inland and Marine Cargo risks taken on
the most favorable terms.
C. C. LATIIROP, Pres't.
JAMES WRIGHT, Sec'v.
JOHN P. REED, Agent.
BEDFORD, PA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH, 2, 1860.
HUNTINGDON and BROAD TOP R. R.
On and after Mondat, Novpmber'l4lh, THE
PASSENGER TRAIN, BETWEEN HUN
TINGDON AND HOPEWELL, will leave,
and arrive as follows :
Leave HUNTINGDON for HOPEWELL, at
7. 4-0 A. M.
Leave HOPEWELL for HUNTINGDON,at
10 20 A. M.
Connecting at HUNTINGDON with MAIL
TRAIN EAST AT 1. 10 P. M., and arriving
in PHILADELPHIA at 10. 25 P. M. The
train from HUNTINGDON, at 7 40 A. M.,
connects with EXPRESS TRAIN WEST on
PfiNN'A R. R.
J. J. LAWRENCE,
Huntingdon, Nov. 15,'59. Su'pt.
OLIVER C. CLARK* SAM'L M. JIALLER
0. L CLARK & CO.,
Flour, Feed, Grocery and Prduce
Store.
Central Street, next door above Lutheran
Church, Cumberland, Md.
A well selected stock is now open and offered
to families and country dealers, consisting of
Family Extra, and Superfine Flour, Com Meal,
Corn and Rye Chopped, Shorts, Ship Stuff and Bran,
JVew Orleans, Porto Rico, .VuscavaJo and
refined sugars, Golden and S. 11. .Molasses,
Imperial, Young llyon and Illark Tra, Java and
Rio Coffee of the beet quality. All tends of Spices.
Pickles in barrels and jars, Candles, Soap,
.Mackerel and Herring, Water, Sugar, Soda,
Edinburg 4' Ginger Crackers, Peaches, Straw
berries, Pine .Hjpie antl Green. Corn,put up in
cans expressly for family use. ,fi choice lot of
Liquors, consisting of Wines, Brandies, Rum
and Whiskey, selected with care. Tobacco
and Segars of various kinds. With a variety
of other articles usually found in store.
Additions to the above stock will be frequent
ly made so as to keep up a general assortment,
and all dealers are invited to call before pur
chasing elsewhere. Ail Kinds of grain and
country produce bought for cash, or in ex
change for goods.
Cumberland, April 8, 1559.
FOUNDRY AND
Machine Shop.
THE subscribers having formed a partnership
under the style of "Dork & Aschom" for the pur
pose of conducting a general
FOUNDRY AND MACHINE
business in the establishment recently erected by
Giliiard Dock, in Hopewell, Bedford county, are now
prepared to execute orders for CASTINGS AND
MACHINERY of everv description. They will
Imilif *e o'dr -—I and an ft-cars, I
hor-e powers and threshu g machines—also, casting
ol every kind ior furnaces, forges, saw, grist and
rolling mills, ploughs, water-pipe, columns, house
fronts, bracked, ike., &c.
They are also, now making a fine assortment of
STOVES of various kinds ol the latest patterns and
most approved styles, including several sizes of
COOK STOVES of the best make, heating stoves
for churches, offices, bar-rooms, &c.
A toll assortment of Stoves will be|kept constant
ly on band, and sold at wholesale and retail, at
p rices to suit the times, and quality, warranted
equal to (he best Fa-tern make. Machinery of all
kinds repaired promptly. Patterns made to order.
MILLIARD DOCK,
C. W. ASCHOM.
Nov. 11. 1659
BLOODY HUN FOUNDRY
AND
Mach in e &ho p!
THE subscribers are now prepared at thei
Foundry in Bloody Run, to fill all orders for Castings
of every description for
GR IS T jL\ I) SMV-.MIL LS, TIIR ES HIXG
MACHINES, APPLE MILLS, PLOUGHS and
all things else in our line that may be needed in this
or adjoining counties.
We manufacture Threshing Machinesof 2, -tor
Horsepower, WARRANTED equal if not superior
to any made m the State. We keep constantly on
band a full assortment of Wood Cock, Plug and
Hillside Ploughs, WARRANTED to give satisfac
tion, or no sale. Points, shares and land sides to (it
all Woodcock, or Seyler ploughs in the county.
farmers' Bells, Ploughs and Castings of our make
may be had at the store of
Win. Hartley, in Bedford,
Sonderbaugh & Pee, East Providence Tp.,
John Nycum & Son, " •<
Times being hard, we offer great inducements to
Farmers and Mechanics to buy of us.
All kinds of repairing done in atieat and substan
tial manner and all work warranted. Call and ex
amine our castings and work and judge tor your
selves. Our agents sell at foundry prices.
JOSIAH BAUGHMAN Ht ERO.
M arch 26, 1858.
Pcrminnent Office.
Complying with the urgent request of hun
dreds of their patients,
DRS. C. M. FITCH & j. VV. SIKES,
Have concluded to remain
PERMANENTLY IN PITTSBURGH,
and tnav be consulted at their office
JV*O. 191 PEjVJY STREET,
Opposite St. Clair Hotel,!
Daily, except Sundays lor Consumption, dlsth
! ma, Bromhitis, and all other Chronic Complaints,
; complicated with or ranting pulmonary diteaset, in
| eluding Catarrh, Heart Disease, Affections of the
I Liver, Dyspepsia, Gastritis, Female Complains, ire.
i DRS. FITCH <V SIKES, would state that their
i treatment of Consumption is based upon the fact that
i the disease exists in the blood and system at large,
! both before and during its development in the lungs,
| and they therefore, employ Mechanical, Hygienic and
j Medecinal Inhalations, which they value highly, but
j only as Palliatives, (having no Curative effect when
used alone,) and Invalids are earnestly cautioned a
gainst wasting the precious time of curuhility on any
\ treatment based upon the plausible, but false idea that
] the "seat of the disease can he reached in a direct
manner by Inhalation," for as before stated, the seat
of the disease is in the blood and its effects only in
tkt lungs.
jJt-NJ CHARGE FOR CONSULTATION \_£f
A list of questions witl be sent to those wishing to
Consult us by letter, (aprii, 8,'59-ly
CHEAP BOOTS A.\FSHOF.S,"
Just Receiven for Sale, cheap, at Shoemaker's
Store.
Dec. 23d, 1859.
Freedom of Thought and Opinion.
FOR THE BEDFORD GAZETTE.
DUTIES OF PARENTS AND TEACHERS.
BY GEORGE SIGAFOOS.
These duties are various and weighty, and
consequent upon the leiation of parent and
child teacher , and pupil.
Now, how are we to determine what these
duties aie? Certainly not by referring to any
speculative theories which may have had their
origin in the hot-bed of some sickly imagination;
but by inquiring into the object to be accom
plished by We parent and teacher , and what is
the nature and destiny of the being committed
wboffyto their guidance and discipline.—
i iius th-e duties of a Physician are obvious.
The object had in view, is the restoration of the
human system when diseased, to perfect health,
or the mitigation of pain and the palliation of
disease by the us-e of medicine and suigerv.—
Hence, his first duty is to make himself acquaint
ed with the structure of the human system, the
functions of the several parts, and the physiolo
gical .aws pertaining to each. —Secondly, he
i-hould undestand (he Pathology of the various
diseases, to which the human body is subject.
Ihiidly, he should lully acquaint himself with
the properties and nature of the various medi
cines which have been found to have a salutary
influence in assisting diseased nature to regain
her former vigor and health—Lastly but"not
least, his duty requires him as an honest and
intelligent physician, when called to see a pa
tient. carefully to examine the symptoms ol the
disease, asceitain, if possible, what physiologi
! eai mws have been violated, what organs do
net perform their functions properly : and then,
and not till then, in view of the fact that he is
dealing with "/i/e and death should he pre
scribe such medicines as lie may deem best
suited to bring about a state of perfect health to
the patient: and it necessary he will not with
hold the blister, the lancet, the scarifier, or the
probing-knife, though it may be ever so painful
to Hie patient, and most disagreeable to him
self In the discharge of his duty, he will not
hesitate to amputate the diseased member, or
even to pluck out the eye, if thereby he m3V
save lite.—The duties of parents and teachers
are very analogous to those of the faithful Phy
sician.,,
. . >
VV iffiont further preliminaries we may first
inquire; what are some ol the duties of Parents*
We may- in answer to this question ask, what
is it to be a parent ? To be a parent is to be
placed solely in charge ola being (when first
broug 1 into the world,) the most ignorant, de
pendent and helpless of alt the animal species.
Thii being is possessed of a physical organ
ism, subject to a thousand diseases pain, and pre
if-aiuV.- death, ail of wnicii giow out of the vi
olation of the law of its existence, under which
a wise and beneficient Creator has placed it.
Also, this same being is endowed with an im
mortal, moral and intelligent principle—a Hour.
capable of endless progression in knowledge
and virtue ; of ineffable joy and happiness, or of
indescribable degradation and misery, even in
this life ;. and exposed to a lite of eternal wretch
edness and misery in a future state of existence ;
with a nature predisposed to those very acts
that bring both physical and mora! disease, suf
fering and death.
Now, in view uf the powers, nature and des
tiny of this heing, we come to the conclusion
that the "Education of such a being inciudes
all those influences and disciplines by which its
faculties are unfolded and perfected.
It is that agency that takes the helpless and
pleading inlant irom the hands of its Creator,
and, apprehending its entire nature, tempts it
lotth, now by austere, and now by kindly in
fluences and disciplines; and thus molds it at
last into the image of a perfect man ; armed at
all points, to use the body, nature, and life for
its growth and renewal, and to hold dominion
over the fluctuating tilings of the outward. It
seeks to realize in the soul th image of the
Creator. Its end is a perfect man. Its aim
through every stage of influence is self renew
al. The body, nature, and lifr> are its instru
ments and materials. Jesus is its worthiest
ideal. Christianity its purest organ. The
Gospels are its fullest text-book—Genious is its
inspiration—holiness its law—temperance its
discipline—and immortality its reward."
Now if this be the work of parents (which
it undoubtedly is,) well may they exclaim
' who then is suthcient for these things ?" Hut
frarlul as the obligations of parents may be,
tfey must meet them. There is no such thing
aswhoilv transferring those duties to others.
The child is given directly by God to the
guidance and discipline of the parents, and if
i!s education is neglected and the child becomes
-eckless and miserable in this life, and finally
in outcast from Heaven and happiness forever,
the Parents will be responsible to a fearful de
cree, for this great aberration from the Laws of
God, Nature and Man.
The injunction of the Bible is "Train up a
child in the way he should go and when he is
old he will not depart from it." Now [hist/c/tn
tng, or education, begins when the little one
first opens its eyes to the light, to look upon
the visage of the mother that gave it birth. Jt
soon learns to trace the stern and contracted
features of that mother's face ; and ere a decade
of weeks ha passed away, the mother's angrv
frown will bring tears to the helpless child's
eyes.
How soon does it learn to distinguish be
teveen the soft, winning voice of love, and the
hatsh and repulsive tone ol petulance and an
gej. —Thus early in life is the education and
discipline ot the child begun ; and as man is a
progressive being, nis faculties are capable ot
anindefinite expansion.— His tuition therefore
cafnoi be supposed to terminate at any period
[ of lis terrestrial existence, but is carried on
| thuugh every stage of life, from the cradle to
I thigrave. And when he closes his eyes in
deth and a last adieu to every thing here
beaw, he pisses into a more permanent and ex
pansive state of existence, where his education
will likewise be progressive, and where Intel
ligences of a higher orde. may be his instruc
tors, and the education he received in this tran
sitory scene, if it was properly conducted, will
found the ground-work of all his future pro
gression in knowledge and virtue through the
succeeding periods of eternity.
ADVENTURE OF A PARTY OF CANA
DIANS—THIRTEEN KILLED.
The Brechin Advertiser publishes a letter
from a townsman who arrived in Victoria in
October last, "after thirteen months on the
plains among the Indians." The writer says :
"Fifteen of us left St. Paul's. Minnesota, on the
16th of August, 1858, for Fraser River, with a
tiorse each. The first twenty days we got a
long pretty good, but after that our trouble com
menced. The South Indians came on us in the
night, and took our horses and provisions, tied
us hand and foot, and commenced dancing a
round us with their knives. Uneol our party
could understand a little of their language ; he
got them to understand we did not want to harm
them—that we only wanted to travel through
their country, and that we were going to pay
them for it, but they would not listen to him.
They said that 9orne white men had killed some
of their tribe, and their friends were to be re
venged on the white men. By the time day
light began to appear, they got uj> and loosened
our feet and made us walk to where thir camp
was, and put us in a w:gwam, and left two In
dians to guard us.
1 he second night came, but it brought an aw
ful sight. They came and took us out to the
woods' and tied each of us to a tree, ..and strip
ped our clothes off. They told us that the
chief was going to burn us. After the chief
came he ordered them to build a fire around the
tree that John Fletch was tied to, (this was the
man that could speak to them.) They burned
him to death and killed two more, and the rest
of us got away with our iivrs, after they had
kept us about three weeks. We traveled on
for about forty days, and a party of Blackfoot
Indians cameon us, and wanted to take our hor
ses, but we could not give them, so they went
off in a We did not see any more of '.hem
for three days, but on the fourth about forty ot
them came down on us, and fired at us, kiiling
two and wounding three. We fired on them
and killed four, and then threw part of our pro
visions away to lighten our horses,as we could
travel faster, and trust" d to our guns for
meat.
There is no danger of a man starving on the
plains it he has a good gun and can use it. We
traveled (or fifteen days, at about fiftv miles a
day, and thought we had got clear ot the Black
feet Indians; but they followed us tiil we came
>o a large rivet, and when we were crossing it
they fired at us from behind the trees. They
did not hurt any of us then, but the next day
'hey attacked us in at nickel, and killed lour of
our party, and wound ?d one—that was myself.
I got a ball through uiv thigh. There were
now only six ol us lef', who got oft from them
once more, and we hac. no more trouble okthem
till we got to the Roc'.iv .Mountains. Having
got everything ready lor crossing the mountains
we saw some Indians come down, and we made
into the woods. It was too late, however ;
they had seen us, but they happened to be Cou
tine Indians coming to kill their winter provi
sions. i hey were friend! vto us, and gave us
several small tilings. They gave me some stuff
lor my thigh, and it got better.
We started into the mountains and travelled
four days, and then about twenty Blood Indians
came on us and killed three of our number and
wounded the rest so that .ve were not able to
walk. They took us to their camp and dressed
our wounds. We learned that they took us for
Indians, as we were dressed something like
them, lor all our clothing had been worn out.
They took care of us, and doctored us up as
well as they could,and we got better again.—
\\ hen they saw we wanted to go on, thev sent
lor our horses, and guided us through the moun
tains, and then returned back. As we came
one man died, and that reduced our number to
two out ol fifteen. We got on slowly, for we
were poorly of our wounds : and we have now
got into a civitized country once more, thank
Cod ! I have commenced to work a little, as
much as keeps me in lile until I get well, and
then lam thinking of going to the gold mines
on Fiaser rivei."
WHO AliK ARISTOCRATS.
Twenty years ago this man made candles,
that one sold cheese at> butter, another butch
ered, a fourth carried on a distillery, another
was a contractor on canals, others were mer
chants ami mechanics. They are acquainted
with both ends of society, as their children will
he after them, though it will not do to say it
out loud. For often you shall find that t hes
toiling worms hatch butterflies, and they five
about a year. Death brings a division of prop
erty, and it brings new financiers : the old gent
is discharged, the young gent takes his revenue
and begins to travel—towaids poverty, which
he reaches before death, or his children if he
does not. So that it is not hereditary :it is ac
cessible to all. Three good seasons ol cotton
will send a generation of men up—a store of
years will b-ingthem all down and send their
children to labor. The father grubs and grows
rich—his children strut and use the money.
Their children in turn, inherit the pride and go
to shiftless poverty : next, their children. re-in
vigorated by fresh plebeian blood and by
smell of the clod, come up again.
Thus society, like a tree, draws its sip from
the earth, changes it into leaves and blossom* :
spreads them off to fall to the eatth, again t<
mingle with the soil, and at length to re-ap, ar
in a new dress and fresh garniture.
OCT*" Well, .lane, this is a queer world," said
Joe to his wife;: "a sect of women philosophers
has just sprung up." "Indeed," said Jane,
and what do they hold?" "The strangest
thing in nature," said he, "their tongues
WHOM: XOIBEKt, 281.
INSECTS AND THEIB HUMAN PREY. —In Afri
ca there i* an insect called the Guinea worm,
winch buries itself ir the fiesb of man. It is
long, slender, and round like a fiddle-string ■,
its length varies from six inches to twelve feet.
1 lie British soldiers stationed at Bombay were
frequently attacked by it; and out of three hun
dred and sixty men, one hundred and ninety
nine suffered from its attack. When it intro
duces itself into the flesh it is a very minute
parasite, not more than one-sixtieth part of an
inch in length, and very slender, and exists on
low, muddy shores. This little intruder now
grows immensely, and becomes the parent of a
numerous offspring. It produces itching and a
j crawling sensa'ion, and finally aboil forms, and
as ibis breaks the hearfof the animal protrudes,
which is then caught and gentfv extracted ;
care being taken not to break it, otherwise se
rious and even fatal effects are apt to ensue.
The extraction is very tedious work. The na
tives cut the skin when they are near the sur
face, and then extract them.
Medical writers describe no leas than about
twenty varieties of parasite, which inf-st the
human system, h-ays a recent writer : "It is a
notorious iacl that numerous parasites crawl o
ver the surface, burrow benealh/he skin, nestle in
our entrails, and rrott and propagate their kind
in every corner of our frames and scarcely a
tissue or an organ but is occasionally profaned
by their inroads. Each has also its parasite or
special domicile ; one specimen of stronsyle
chooses the heart for its place of abode, another
inhabits the arteries, a third the kidneys. Myr
iads of minute worms have been found coiled up
in the muscles. A little jiuke , very much like
a miniature flounder, live* steeped in gall, in
the liver. It the skir? of the nose be squeezed
a cheesy matter will exude, and if examined
I by the microscope, ten to one several animal
cules, extremely minute but of a complicated
structure, will be seen. They are present in
a majority of living persons. It is less than oue
hundreth part of an inch in length, has a head,
chest, abdomen, eight legs, and very moveable
jaws.
By recent researches it has been proved be
yond a doubt that a small insect is the cause of
itch ; the insect, by skilful management, can
be caugiit and seen under the microscope.
It seems a strange and humiliating fact, that
the human body should provide food and habi
tation for so many and such varieties of these
inferior creatures."
A MODERN LAOCOON.—TERRIBLE CONFLICT
WITH A SNAKE. —lt was only a week or two
since that we announced the arrival at Salem,
from Africa, of a monster boa constrictor, in
size one of the largest ever brought to this coun
try. Its length in its quiet state, was lull thir
ty leet, with a capability of extension, when in
motion, to nearly forty feef. In its largest
part it was some twe nty inches in circumference.
This suake was purchased by Mr. Goodwin,
j broker, of this city, and placed on exhibition at
! Horticultural hall, School street, where it pro
ved quite attractive. Last week, however, his
snakeship exhibited symptoms of illness in the
form of iudigeslion, and upon one occasion. Mr
Bishop, the keeper, removed a number of leath
ers of an animal which the reptile had swallow
lowed, from its throat.
On Sunday the snake was treated to a warm
bath, and Mr. Bishop was again attempting to
lemove some obstructions from its throat, when
the snake suddenly exhibited signs of hostility,
erected its head, seiz°d Mr. Bishop by the hand
and commenced to coil its enormous length a
bout the body ol the keeper, in order to crush
him to death. The other attendants, in the first
moments ol alarm, retreated, but recalled by the
imprisoned keeper, they armed themselves with
clubs, and commenced to belabor the snake in
order to induce him to release his hold.
No impression was made, however, and one
coil was already around the body of the unfor
tunate man, when a brother of Mr. Goodwin
came to the rescue with a large hammer. With
this he struck the snake two violent blows upon
the head, which, together with a violent cho
king about the throat, induced the reptile to un
loose its coil, when Mr. Bishop was at once set
free Irom his horrible imprisonmeot. The snake
soon began to sink under the treatment which
it had received, and in two hours was "dead.
Its remains were purchased by Mr. Vickroy, of
Lynn, who will have th* skin stuffed for pres
! ejvation.— Boston Traveler.
Two GIRLS RESCUED FROM AUSTRALIAN SAV
AGES.—The Sidney Herald gives an account of
the rescue of two English girls from Frazer Is
land, believed to be the only survivors out of
ail the passengers wrecked in the Sea Belle.—
f hey were taken from the natives of the island
on the 2'2d ot October—were found sixty miles
inland. The Herald says "the girls appear to
be about the respective ages of fifteen and six
years : their appearance is heart-rending ; their
o iir-, emaciated from long suffering and expo
s-ore to the weather, are covered with a coating
of hair ;. the skin, stained by their tormentors
to as-iminate with their own, has become spot
ted and wrinkled a* if from old age ; the nose
has been flattened by force, the limbs distorted,
an t the vacant stare of idiocy has left these poor
creatures scarcely in appearance human, and
although eoabbd gradually o recognize such
things as they mnst have been in the habit of
seeing hourly thev felt inforhe hands of
the natives, their acquaintance with their moth
er tongue i>. as y-t, apparently quite gone."
Other H imp an- are rvbeved to be prisoners o
tlie blacks or, Fraz-r Island.
■ ; V" \ darkey pueadi r arose to announce his
text as (>!; i v, ;
"In 1 f.i>! piste! of Clover,'second chapter
and liv i rnii str- •! and ninety-lost verse !"
"H !•! up, Dorter,''cried out one of his hearers
you've gnt in de v mug hook ; you mean de
;i:st-l (d i irnnthy, i 'spose The preacher
hesitated a moment, and with a very profound
look, said "Well, I must cave in dts time •,
j dough f know'd dat de text was somewhere a
' mong de grasses !"
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