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LL persons who know themselves
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by note "or bookaceount, are requested
to make payment of the same immedi
ately to J. II. Benford, as a longer indul
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. JAMES II, BENFORD&CO.
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JMRBLE TOItIB STONES.
THE subscriber thankful for past
favors, respectfully infoims the
public generally.that he continues to car
ry on the Stone cutting business, at his
shop in Somerset, where he will always
keep. on hand and finish to order a varie
ty of MARBLE and COMMON
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fell of which will be sold at reasonable
prices.
Country produce taken in exchange
for work at market prices.
w BENJAMIN WOOLLEY.
March 2. IS47 ly
THE undersigned. Forwarding Mer-
chants, at Cumberland, Md have
disposed of their interest in the business,
to Mr. Walter Shriver, who will conduct
the same, on his own account, at the old
ftand, using the name and style of
'Dickinson & Co." ',.
' Mr.' Shriver having long been their
hief. clerk, is well acquainted with the
business, and the undersigned take plea
sure in lerommending him to the patron
age of their old friends, who may be
sending Merchandise or Produce over
the Baltimore and Ohio Hail Road.
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nearly opjosite S. Kurtz's Drug Store,
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rjpil E SU RSCRI BERS would respect
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set and surrounding country, that they
intend to carrv on the
Chair ?lakln? Business,
at their 3ld stand, where they will con
stantly keep on hand and will make to
order
Common. Fancy, & Tippecanoe
Settees Si, Host on Rocking Chairs,
which they will sell very low for cash or
exchange for lumber or approved coun
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. tMASlTlXS riOX X BEliVCAR PUTSICXAS.
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Piles Speci fic.
AN INTERNAL REMEDY :
JL CERTAIN AND RADICAL CUREx
I rhclhtr Internal, External, Bleeding
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fttrsoual reference, and several thousand certifi
cates from all parts of the country. -
The specific i an internal remedy, has a gen
tle action on the bowels, is pleasant to take.and
perfectly harmless in the moat delicate cases,
maU or female. Females before and after con-
Enement are often troubled with constipation of
the bowels, or costivcness, as wen as tne pnes.
In ell such rases the Specific can be taken with
perfect safotv, an J is a certain remedy.
PUROATIVESXOT NECESSARY,
So severe in their cfllxts, and so UMo toiujure
when used being in most cases ihe cause of piles
tuhen taken during fever and cgue and vumy
vthcr dlicases,) arc thus done away, with, as
COSTIVEJCES5 is easily rcraovcvl by using this
Betlicinc, and the bowels restored to a Tigorous
and healthy action witLaut leading any perceptible
rflt cn the system.
VJLES OF SEVEN YEAR 8 STANDING Ct'RED.
Deib. Doctob: I have been a perfect victim
Jo the complaint called Piles, contracted in the
West Indies in 1 838, and during a term of seven
years ha c Ftiflered beyond anything that could
bo conceived of loss of appetite, food tasteless,
Want of rest, burnin pain, weakness in the kid
lievs, and a llal want of btrength. . So decided
ly opposed to anything bearing a resemblance to
Quackery, that I have abstained from any inward
w outward application. From ihe recommen
dation of our mutual frioad Potter, No. 4 Han
over pL, I vas induced to give your nedicina a
full uijl, and tt those who. my be similarly af
fuctcd I giv you leave to show this, with my
4amc altachcil, hain been, I firmly believe, en
tirely cured of one of the most confirmed cases
fcf Piles that tiny pjor creature was troubled
with. Make whatever use you think, proper of
tills testimonial of your "invaluable medicine,
designated by you as Dr. IngoUlsby's Piles Spe
cific, and accept of my best assurances for your
fature success. -
With regard your obedipnt ervant,
.' V.lI.J()NES,Aactioneer.22 Pioest.
Reference can be given tosouicof ur most
eminent Ptiysiciaua. -
Piice 50 cents per Hot. ! .
Sold by the 'following duly., appointed agents
for Somerset county. fa. .
J. J. & H. F. Schell, Somerset,
Snyder &. Zimruurman, Stoyslown, u
Edmund Kiernan, Jenner X Koads ,
Phillippi Liernan.itoxbury. "
t:harleXrIsiiager Berlin
P & W Meyer Mrvers Mill' :
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. KEEP AT WORK: ,
Byc'eo. W. light.' ;
Does a mountain on you frown t
Keep at work: '
You may nnderraine it yet;
Sorry bruises you may get,
Keep at work. . ,
Does Miss Fortune's face look sour?
Keep at work: r V
She may smile again some day;
If you pull her hair and fret,
Rest assured she'll have her vay.
Keep at work. ,
Are you censured by your friends?
Keep at work:
Whether they are wrong or right, -
May be you must 'bide your time, ,
If for victory you fight. : - ;
, Keep at work.
If the devil growls at you," "
Keep at work:.
That's the best way to resist; . . . ,
If you hold an argument,
You may feel his iron fist.
Keep at work. .
Are your talents villified?
Keep at work:
' Greater men than you are hated; .
If you're right then go ahead
Grit will be appreciated.
Keep at work. ' -
Every thing is done by labor:
. , Keep at work, .
If you would improve your station;
They hare help from Providence
Who work out their own salvation.
Keep at work. - . v,
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THE DYING EXILE.
' BY EDMUND READE.
Farewell -a long farewell to thee,
My own, my native land ! ;
Now would to God that I were free
Upon the rugged strand !
If but one last fond look to bless ,
Thy hills and deep blue sky,
And all ray love for thee confess:
Then lay me down and die.
Dut now I am alone, and none
Will hear when I am. dead:
Perchance ere sets that glorious Sun,
My spirit shall be fled !
I watch him yet and faintly smile
... In death, to think that he .
Will rise so bright upon that isle,
Where I may never be !
My Country ! while I bless thee, how -
Mv feelings in me swell:
Alas, I never knew till now ;. ' " ;
I loved thee half so well! ' ' ,
But when alone among strange men,
When friends forget, and false ones flee;
Something the heart must love, and then
It can but turn to thee ! '
Farewell, farewell ! the Buns last gleams
Are sinkin? in the sea:
Along the shore the sea-bird screams
Unheard, unrocked by me: ; j
I fee) my ebbing breath decay " '
And fail ray darkening sight; '
Yet ere I pass away, away , .
My native land good night t
SECRETS WITH GIRLS
Secrets with girls, like loaded guns with
boys,' ' . ; . ., - .
Are'never valued till they make a noiset
To show how trusted, they their power
display; ; : ,
To 6how how worthy, they their trust be-
Like pence in children's pockets, secrets
lie . . v " .
In females bosoms they must burn to
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Awkward Mistake. A , fine stone
church was lately built in Missouri, upon
the facade of which, a stone-cutter was
ordered to cut the following as an inscrip
tion: "My house shall be called the house
of prayer' He was referred for accu
racy to the verse of Scripture ia which
these words occur, but unfortunately he
transcribed, to the scandal of the society,
thc whole verse: - "My house shall be
called a house of prayer, but ye have
made it a den of thieves." - v
Good.A youth, who, it is charitably,
presumed, has never "seen the elephant,'
recently found himself in the company of
three young ladies, and generously divided
an orange between them. " You will rob
yourself," said one of the damsels. "Not
at' ull, replied our innocent, " hate
TUBSDiilT. 00
- From the New Orleans Delta,
THE GRAVE-WHERE SLEEP Both
T. Tf SIRE AND SON. ;
AN o'er true tale of tiik YELLOW fe-
VER.
-.When the last call for volu&tcerjs was
made on Indiana. Edgar, Derwim. Was
the first to enroll his name among the ar
tive upholders of his country's standard.
He was a daring intrebid athletic youth',
knowing no fear, a, patriot. by intuition, ,npw, after the rejection ofvdemands con
endowed with all man's most ennobling 'ceived ia a spirit of signal justice-' and rno
feelings, though manhood's threshold he , deration,", she must be made tofeel the
had , not , yet crossed. : His lather,; fast . fall pressure and power of war."; In this
Verging to life's winter; heard his purpose ; aspect of thiDgs, it is instructive to hear
with silent approval; in truth, he felt a se- Ahe views which intelligent and dispas
cret satisfactory pride at the. patriotism so sionate public writers take of the cas.
promptly; evinced . by his son. Not so ,We quote, therefore, the comments of the
his mother; she looked'to him as the prop Washington correspondent of tlie Jourual
of her declining years, and a' presentiment , r Commerce, who adds to intelligence a
audibly whispered to her that he was af randid, we might say friendly spirit in all
bout to leave her never to return .She that regards the acts of the , Admitristra
interposed no obstacle to. his resolve, ' tion. In. his letter of October 4 thi3 wri
though the tears ) that coursed down her ter remarks: ' "t : .
furrowed cheeks, as she . embraced ; and 'The Administration . have determined
blessed him when leaving, too plainly told , to pursue the war with redoubled energy,
how accutely painful to her was the sep- What is the object in view does not dis
aration. - ; 7- : .". 77 ' ; i tinctly appear." It cannot "be to force a
" Young Derwin had got no further than j peace, for that appears to be out of the
Matamoras with his reciment when he
was seized with a severe tit of sickness.
Being unable to proceed he. was placed
in an hospital; his regiment marched on.
The captain of the company to which
young Derwin belonged lost no time in
informing his father of his son's illness,
telling him at the same time he need en
tertain ho apprehensions for his life, as
hisT recovery might be pronounced cer
tain. This assurance notwithstanding,
that letter when it reached the quiet west
ern home of the sick youug soldier, pro
ved to his fond parents a missive sur
charged with sorrow. The first burst of
grief over, old Derwin, prompted by the
quick instincts of parental affection, con
cluded that duty to his child lying on a
sick bed in a foreign country -perhaps
in a grave made by strange hands -re
quired more than unavailing tears. He
brushed them; away, and ere the early
rays of the next morning's sun gilded the
roof of the humble log cabin, he departed
to seek in Mexico the son he so much
loved; to succor him if alive, and if dead
to transmit his corpse where it would
mingle with his native clay, where he
and his stricken wife might in death ' lay
beside iu . . . -
He speeded on without impediment
until he reached this city, and while here
for a conveyance down to the
Brasos, it pleased Providence to afflict
him with the "yellow fever. From the
boarding house where he was staying he
was sent to the Chanty Hospital, which
he entered on the Wednesday of last
week. His case was a severe one; it un
settled his reason. All the imaginings of
his fevered brain had reference to his son.
At one time he witnessed him in battle
doing deeds of mighty daring, and he
cheered him on. At another time, he
wa3 a manacled captive in a; orison dun-;
geon, and he would offer a large sum for
his ransom. Again, he would call on the
Mexicans not to desecrate his grave.
Skilful medical aid and the watchful
nursing of the Sisters of Charity carried
him through the most violent stage of the
disease; if they did not 6nalcH him' 'from,
death's door they at least prevented him
from stepping - over it. Thus was his
reason restored, himself lingering on the
confines of an eternity as it wcre.Vwhen
about noon on Monday an emaciated
youth was carried into the same ward and
placed m the bed beside him. His glazed
eye gazed on the young emaciated patient
with intense anxiety. He, tremblingly
looked and looked until it might well nigh
be said he looked his life away. He
sprang from his bed; with a convulsive
grasp he clutched the small paper label
which the porter had just placed at the
bed's head of the recently .arrived young
patient; opening it in his tremulous hand,
he read 'Edgar De&wix, Jr., Ixdiasa.'
My son," he said; and no more did he
say, for, as he uttered the phrase, he fell
and expired. Young Derwin, who cn
account of his sickness had been dis
charged, was on his return home; when
he too was taken by the epidemec, and
hence the painfully singular coincidence
of this meeting between father and son,
and its tragic termuiation.: He soon,
though not immediately, recognised his
father. The scene was to much for his
already shattered constitution. .T Before
the bell of the cathedral tolled twelve that
night he was a corpse. They now, though
not at their homestead in Indiana, sleep
where the mournful cypress and death
burdened north wind chant the last re
quim over the stranger's grave. ;
tlx timely Reply. A rather ludricous
circumstance occurred in a parish church
within the limits of Carnaveron, on Sun
day evening. The officiating clergyman
in the course of his sermont and when
near the close, raised his voice to rather a
higher pitch, aud said, ."How is it thai the
Almighty "glorifieth in the" forgiveness of j nor pans; you' have only to scoop , a hol
stus?" 'The clerk, , who was fast asleep ! low in the boiling sand, wrap your viands
KW him. roused bv the hirher tone suf- i in a clean paper and bury them. Twan-
ficiently to catch the question, to? the as
. ' . '-,
tonisd ment of the- congregation, instau tly
replied, loud enocgti to be heard all over
TOBlS SI 19, 184fr
h GLANCES AT THE FUTURE.
I . The official paper announces that now
j Mexico has refused to cede all of the ter
.ritory east of the "Rio Grande, the whole
!ofNew Mexico and Upper and Lower
California, together with the right of way;;
across the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, it is;
the intention of our Government to wage
U war , of redoubled' vigor; that; hitherto
""we have shown humanity to her, but
'. question. A war ol extermination is
threatened on our part, but it is doubtful
how far the Government will be support
ed in prosecuting such a war, when it is
manifest that every honorable end thai we
have, in view can be attained by with
drawing the troops to a certain line, which
We may adopt as our boundary.
"The first abject would be to relieve
.our forces which are already in Mexico.
According to Col. Child's letter of Sep
tember 10th, . he, with his force of one
thousand men, is hemmed in at Puebla,
and Major Lally. at Jalapa. Generals
Lane and Cushing will soon push forward
with their brigades to their relief. Let
ters from Col. Hughes's " command state
that they have reached the National
Bridge, and have , driven the guerrillas a
way before them, on every side. But the
guerrillas hang around them.
"The financial arrangements and pros
pects of the Treasury will be essentially,
altered by the present state of things. , It
Was only, last week that Mr. Walker con
gratulated himself upon the fact that a
nother loan Would not be wanted. If we
are to pursue the war merely with a view
to punish the .Mexicans for refusing to
treat, we shall want a new loan of fifty
millions. To inflict adequate and certain
punishment, according to the plan of the
Union,' we must send an army of fifty
thousand men to ravage and desolate the
country."- ' ;
In another letter the same writer gen'
erally well iulormed, states thai
"Some of the Cabinet are in favor of e
stabiishing a Government in Mexico, and
taking possession of the country as a part
of the territory of the Uuited States, no
matter what may be its cost in blood and
treasnre. The President must scon de
cide what to do. He has been advised by
some to do now what Gen. Taylor pro
posed two days after the battle of Mon
terey; that is, tO 'DRAW A USE AND WITH
DRAW THE troops.' . Now is the time for
the President to take the lead in that pol
icy, for there is scarcely a doubt that it
will be embraced by Congress and the
people.'.'- . v ; ; I ' . ;
The generally well-advised correspon
dent of the Philadelphia .Ledger also says
he "has reasons to believe that various o
4 pinions prevail in the Cabinet as to the
' extent to .which this war ought to be
prosecuted." May these diverse views
result in the course which wisdom, jus
tice, and the true glory of the country de
maud. Nat. Int.
A LEOPARD AMONG US.
; Some few years since a Leopard e
scaped from a Menagerie while traversing
the county in the neighborhood of Peuns
Valley, Centre county. -The farmers in
the vicinity of Adamsburg, this county
have lately been complaining very much
of the destruction committed by some ra
venous beast among their flocks of Sheep.
From a variety-of circumstances they
were satisfied it could not be wolves and
they were quite at a loss to ascertain
what animal it could be. About a week
since two young men- by the names of
Isaac Snook and Mr. Knep, being out af
ter night about two miles frbm Adams
burg were attacked by a leopard which
sprang at young Snook, but he succeeded
in avoiding it, and by loud calls for help
frightened it away. The neighbors im
mediately pursued it with dogs for some
distance towards the mountaiu when the
leopard turned, upon them and seizing one
of the dogs tore htm dreadfully, which
frightened the rest and they finally e
scaped. Union Star. (New Berlin.)
Nature's KrrciiEx.-On the long san
dy beach facing Capri we made acquain
tance with a natural cuisine well known
to the contadini and fishermen, and large
I enough to dress the victuals of a regiment.
Here you need neither fuel nor fire, pots
. . -ti ' i f
ty minutes will cook a fowl, four or five
an egg: "proraid oro, and such like, are
iuone io a turn :-Dwore you .can. eav.
can. sav;4act
The City of fllexlco.
The city of Mexicu is sittKited in a very
extensive plain; and still, so elevated arc
the mountains which surround iu that.
from the eross-ways in the centre of the
ci,v on which, every side, the eye may
aje cac 8lree really seems to be bound
, y these rnountains, whose snowy heads
'hang as if tt were over the city, and grand
beyond description are the effects of liht
during the sun's setting and rising.
I he city i, worthy of the scenery: the
streets are parallel, very wide, and well
paved.; The houses are of stone, and
generally two or three- stories high, with
very large centre court-yards, and inside
galleries to each story," supported by col
umns from the basement: the whole city
is covered with terraces, the fronts are
more or less ornamented; there is not a
ward without its palace; the palace of the
inquisition and the national palace arc the
most remarkable; many of the houses
present a front of 400 to COO feet; the
public square is very fine, although its
symmetry has been somewhat destroyed
by the building of mean stores on one of
its-wings. - -
Thecathedral is truly magnificent, and
neither gold nor silver have been 'spared
for the ornament of its altars. The basis
of the high altar is of massive silver, the
pulpets are cut out of blocks of marble.
There are many convents, ail of im
mense sue. The San Domingo is the
large?t,and has a fine gallery of paintings,
which, to the eye, appears as long as that
if the Louvre, in Paris. The churches
are all very large, and richly ornamented.
Aqueducts, which have cost immense
sums of money, supply the city with wa
ter, and also the fountains in several
wards, for the use of the people. The
Almeida is a beautiful walk, a parallelo
gram, ornamented wilh trees. The prin
cipal alleys form a cross, and a very hand
some fountain, xvhhjcit Wtau, or water
spouts, about 10 feet high, is placed in
the centre. Four others divide the an
gles. There are also several very fine
walks around the city; the most fashion
able is that on the C3nal Cealco,-which
is bordered with trees. It is through the
canal that this city is provided with vege
table. The mint is an immense establishment.
It formerly coined $21,000,000 per an
num, and at present it hardly coins $2,
003,000; but then it was the only city in
the country, whilst now most of the states
have their mint. One of the presses,
worked by nine men, coins 10,000 doub
loons per day.
The population of the city of Mexico,
which in former times exceeded 200,000
souls, is now said hardly to reach 140,
000. THE FEMALE ARM YIN SWITZER
LAND. We have mentioned in a previous num
ber the two regirm-nts - of the women of
the Canton of Uri, but we find in a French
paper, a notice of them, which we trans
late literally: "The two batallions, num
bering fourteen hundred females in mili
tary dress, present an aspect at the same
time formidable and captivating. In their
evolutions and discipline they are drilled
to perfection. Curiously enough, superi
ority of form and beauty has been very
much the reason of difference ol grade;
the handsomest are of the 'advance guard,
and this post of distinction and danger
seems willingly conceded them by their
companions who are less favored by na
ture. Some classification has been gui
ded by temperament also. The more vi
vid and flighty have been enrolled as vol
tiguers, or light-horse the more phleg
matic as grenadiers. Those who have
figures of more embonpoint are in the
central body, those of slighter forms are
stationed at the wings. The coarse and
rude are enrolled as dragoons and can
tinieres. The creation of this corps,
(which with its discipline and enthusiasm
seems likely, at the first three of the polit
ical movement of Europe, to take posses
sion of ihe Helvetian soil) is an exercise
of the powerful genius of Salis-Sogiio,
who has reserved to himself
command. Home Journal.
the general
Wonders of Geology. More than
nine thousand difi'erent animals have been
changed into stone. The races or ge
nera of more than half of these are now
extinct, not being at present known in a
living state upon the earth. From the
remains of some of lhe?e ancient animals
they must have been larger than any liv
ing animals now known upon the earth.
The Megatherium, (great beast,) says
Buckland, from a skeleton, nearly perfect,
now in the museum at Madrid, was per
fectly colossal. With a head and neck
like those of the Sloth, its legs and feet
exhibit the character of an Armadillo and
the Anteatcr. Its fore-feet wvre a yard
in length, and more than twelve inches
wide, terminated by gigantic claws. Its
thigh bone was nearly three times as thick
as that of the elephant, and its tail (near
est the body) six feet in circumference.
Its tusks were admirably adapted for cut
ting vegetable substances, and its general
structure and strength were intended to fit
it for digging la the ground for roots, on
wmca u
principally fed. Backhand's
ter Treatise," ' - y-'i
THE NEWS FROM MEXICO.
The New Orleans Delt3 of the 2Cth
ultimo, iu reference to the important in
telligence from the scat of war says:
"Nor did our army encounter a bar
barbarian, cowardly aud imbecile enemy.
All rumors concur that they stood travel
by their homes and firesides, and fought
with the desperation of men determined
to bury themselves in the ruins of their
himself at their head, and fell wounded iri
the conflict.
The veteran and indomitabhi
Bravo,: whose name brings to mind many
a gallant deed of the war of Mexican In
dependence, offered up his lite for tha
country which he had so long and faith
fully served. The blood of hundreds ami
thousands of Mexicans stained the street
and house tops of the fated capital, before
the invincible superiority of the American
prowess was conceded, and our army oc
cupied their capital.
"We await wilh feverish impatienco
the details of these illustrious achieve
ments." -
The Pensacela Gazette received last
night, contains an extract of a letter re
ceived there, which lends strongly to con
firm the above statement. It is as fol
lows: "On the 0th inst., the armistice was
broken up, and hostilities commenced.
Geu. Worth's division was attacked by a
large force of Mexicans. The Mexicans
were routed one of the Mexican Gen
erals killed and another wounded badly
they had about 2,500 killed and wounded.
We had' General Worth dangeruusl
wounded, and about 1,100 ol his naea
killed and wounded.
An express arrived here yesterday,
bringing an acconnt of Gen. Scott's entry
into the city of the Aztecs; the news ij
from a Mexican source. The last fight
between Scott and the enemy is said to
have been a most severe one, the latter
not having surrendered without a terriblo
struggle, on both sides while it lasted, a
fearful slaughter was effected. Santa An
na is reported to have left the city and
gone to Guadaloupe, with the shattered
remnant of his defeated army,
Puebla. Parkdes. The N. Orleans
Patria publishes a letter from its corre
spondent El Jarecha, in which it is stated
that Paredcs had been nominated Inspec
tor General of the National Guard of Pu
ebla. by the Governor of that State.
He is said to he with Gen. Rea, on tha
road between Vera Cruz and Puebla,
with 6,000 men, waiting for the train
which was to leave the former eity under
the command of Gen, Lane which was t
be escorted by 2500 men, including tha
troops that were to join at Puebla.
El Jarecha says it was rumored that
Gen. Rca had entered Puebla, and that tho
American garrison there had capitulated
without much ' resistacce. He adds that
letters from the interior state that tho
Mexicans were more than ever averse to
peace but if Gen. Scott had 30,000 troop
with him, their opposition would speedily
give way.
The number of slain in the capital du
ring the bombaidment, including men,
women and children, amounted to 4,000,
AMERICAN FARMERS.
"Many thousand farmers in New Eng
land rear large families, pay their debl3
aud taxes promptly and live independent
ly, well clothed and comfortably housed
and provided'for, and lay up money, on
farms of 50 acres.' The idea is, that
these people labor sererely. This is a
great mistake. They have much, be
cause they waste no time. With the a,
there is a place for every thing, and every
thing in its place 4a time for every thing
to be done, and every thing done in iu
time,' and well done. Their horses and
cattle, tools and implements, are attended
to with clock-like regularity. Nothing h
put off till to-morrow which can be done
to-d3y. Economy is wealth, and system
affords case. These men are seldom in
a hurry, except in harvest time. And in
long winter evenings or severe weather,
one makes corn brooms, another shoes,
a third is a carpenter, cooper, or tailor:
one woman spins, another weaves, a
third knits, sews, or plaits 'Leghorn Bon
nets. And the family thus occupied, are
among the most healthy and cheerful in
the world. It is easy- with them to re
duce their wishes to their means, tf con
venient or imprudent; and to extend their
means to their wishes."
History's Greatest Men. Who ara
the men of history to be admired mostt
Those whom most things bvcame: who
could be weighty in debate, of much de
vice in council, considerate in a sick room,
genial at a feast, joyous at a festival, ca
pable of di.eoure with many minds, large
stmled, not to be shrivelled up into any
one form, fashion or temperament."
Company. In the whole course of my
life I'never knew a man, of whatever"
condition, arrive to any degree of reputa
tion in the world, who made a choice of4
or dehghied in, the company orconvcr
sation rf those who, in their qualities
were inferior, or in their 'p.irts. not
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