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MATIIIIIKIAL, ATTOR'NE-Y AT LAW, ssen,ern•r, <Aldo in the Area& one door from Sour( k'4 ho tel: wilt WOW] promptly to Luelimes to C i entre, Chn ton and Clearfield countiee INA NETIN STONE 4lr SON. -- kITFFFiQTJiiERSr - - - Bell•fonta, Pa , will attend to alleleusinets in their line with punctuality 13=1 NAIR LAPIS i Doan,liNs, LA NS A SCRULONS, Officc as INtotOnifr stree,t, nppplto thi. Tetoperitme Holy]. J. L. CUTTLIK, ATTQUNEY AT LAW, LE All I Will pral,LlCCin Clenriteltt awl Centre eontntio. DR. JAMES F. BAUTCIIIIUSON, PHYSICIAN Ar, SURGEON, 4ooSessor Lt Wm J MaiChn, respeoffnlly ten den his praCadlotall 11.rfiCe+ to the r•itigallS of POTTER'S If I awl Irlcistt 001,,, at tits Mats* Moose W 11.11,11.131 u. ISLAM, Arl.2:l'll VI 11u (Mice %wit 111,. J aria 'l' •A77l'El. J. P114'11011,1111, PAINTER ANI) ail. AZ Eit AND P.% Pl:it 111TIi Eh, iill.l.lrOSTI. Will Wend to all uric re 444 litt line Wadi prompt floss *nn J ai patch 1.14 _ u. CI. 1114111, ArroltNEV AT LAW 11, l VI “STK, I.s. Office with Ira C Slitchull, in the .trcado 1111 .Inca or all kiwi.; pi•rta . hiteilic+a prntnyl ly attended to AM Blittrr 1 P Ell, CkYSTALLOORA VHS ,t bAli ERR EOTYPES Talton dolly (oxrepi Surlovv) from l 14 to vI. Ilk BY J N BABNIIAILr, in h., splendid Kaloon, u. U..• Itmlattig, Beliefoute, Pnuu'a. JAMES B. !RANKIN, ATTOILNEY AT LAW. ISLI.I.ErO•r, • • Office on High Street, 11111,5i1 e the “...1,11 reeilice Itertickle ATWOOD AL OH', SO, ' ATTMINET H AT LAW. LUCK II t% • Ogee in Mayer • r Building, nplundt.• tlm I Ohm 111C0911,. Buslmus of ill kinds, pertnrotog to tho pro fession promptly uttenitt I= JOll OTT LA* iokierNlEß*llllP. The undersigned having 61.100 &toil lholiort% es In 1 he pranliee of the Law, will faithfully attend n,oll IIUBIfiIESS entrusted to thern iu the sorrrel C o o or I of Centre, Clearfield and Clinton erniniies Collections and all legal linsiness el le oiled to n it h proruptuela earl dyspateh Office le thd lilittoorirl. one d ower nLotr. M rs SOU t• heck's Hotel, near the Coos? Moon June 4•21.tf BROS% 4 R NO IT t I= PUTTER 4 miTclici.L. PHYSICIANS A SUMMONS ar ',ix,- goo , * ~.1•A Dr. art. L Portrit Lm rotouvo.l to the 11 . ,04 Houma dtreotly opposite Iris former residence , and Dr. J B MITCUJILL 10 tie house lately oe , aled by Wm Harris, n Spring. it OlfiLe, 60. t duot above Dr Potter's reridenee, ‘i hero thry .1k It. oonsu red, unless 'pror,sionally engaged J. D. 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And the latest and most feahlonoble etyle.of Plain and 'Fancy Type, and are prepared to execute all kinds of ROOK AND FANCY JOB PRINTING, Le tie ritty mitt* style, antlitt the shortest notice "PIMA lIJ MOM BILLS, CIRCULARS, rowans BILL HEADS, HORSE BILLS BALL TICKETS, AUCTION PILLS, CARDS PAMPHLETS, : RECEIPTS, H ROOKS, CUZCO, SOW DILLS PROGRAMMES, Ae., BLANKS AearAft,oa. nrooLD, SILVER and BRONZE PRINTING exeented In the handsomest manner Or PRINTING NV COLORS, In the meet bean- IlWiend Jinishedatyle of the art. . ilitidactilon guaranteed In regard to neatness, ebeepame and punctuality in tbo fulAlment of on order. OVTICHC IN TEE ARCADE, 21 FLOOR, DI• ItECrlelirOVNlt T. R. REYNOLDS' STORE •,. . , .... . . 6 . ‘;,. • ...,.. ...... , ( , ... , J e . . ... . . ... . . -, .- .. . . • • . -. s ' T `.- i • DIMOCRAT: I - • VT 1 ilitetr- ._ ) , T1F.,":4 vaiiii _i __l _L____l _ Li i-ii . BOTH LIBERTY AND PROPERTY ARE PRECARIOUS, UNLESS THE '' I : , „;: SSOR HAS SENSE AND SPIRIT ENOUGH .TO DEFEND THEM." . • BELLEFONTE, PA., . P ~.'. ..131"' Y, JULY , 1857. , .._ _., Iflisttliaitous. • The National '. . ..y, A Snook down Argument. If any unprejudiced peril..- :•16 - what may be thia distingiria; .' t 4 man tp_a country town took great pleas nrein hiving a neat 004. - He had all kinds of vegelabfts and- fruits earlier than his neighbors, Wit thieving I;ssys,„ip the neighbOrhood annoyed him, damaged his trees, trampled down his flowers, and “Inioked" his choicest fruits. , He tried va rious trays to protect his grounds :. but his watch tiogit worn poisoned, and sot-traps caught nothing but his fattest fowls and favorite cat. One Afternoon however, just at nightfall, he ovt.rheard A couple of mischievous boys talking together, when one of them said . '•lChitt do you hat - { Jo , e, ( Shull % e come the grab game over them melons t night 'i Old Swipes will be snoring; like ten ten be _ tteltAC. The ottier objected, as there was a high wall to get over. 0=1:1M=31 "Oh, Hum ' was for re : I know n plare where you ran get n just as racy —k non it like a. book. Come, Joe, let's C=l The owner of the melon patch &WM like the idea, of being an eaves-dropper ; but the conversation so immediately concerned his melons n hich he had taken so much pains to raise, that he kept quiet and listentrertb the plans of the young scapegraces, to that he might make it somewhat bothersome for them. Nett proposed to gut over the wall on the soul') t h e great pear tree, owl cut directly ilero44 (t) the summer-house, just north (,f tt Inch were the melon;. Joe was a elf.vet fellow, who loved good fruits exceedingly, and was RN obstinate as no nsA. ;et him once started to do n thing, nod he would stick to it like a niud•turtre to n negro'h toe. The other did'ut care so much for the melons as for the fun of getting them Now hear the owner's story. "I made a needful pr e paration for the vis it ; put in brads pretty thick in the scantling glong the wall where they intended to get over ; uncovered • large water vat which had twin filled for some tme, from which, to !dry weather, I was a-rystomeil to water my garden : dug a trench a foot deep or so, and placed slender boards over it, which were slightly covered with dirt, and just I.eyond them some little earths, fastened tightly homy eight inches from the ground. I picked all the melons I w wished to preserve, leaving pumpkins arid squashes, about the ,ace mill shape of melons, 111 their pia- Thr buys wrre quite rig s lit in supposing it woul Ibe (lark, but they missed it a M ilo in inferring that I ld Swipes," as they called him, would be in bed The old mn» liked IL little lien 69 well as' they, and when the time came, from his hiding place lie lis tened : , An. ' dont ) ou hear something?" I think that it was very probable that they did, for hardly were the words utter ed, than there came a sound of forcible tear ing of insulin. ' Gut olf my coat tail !" whispered Joe, 'there goes one of the flaps as sure as guns' Why, get off, Ned." And Ned nes off, and one leg of his breeches besides ; and then he Willi ah-mg oh•ing, and telling Joe that he " behoved there was nails in that side of the wall. for something had scratched him trenialidnounty and torn hca breeches all to pieces." Joe., sympathized with him, for he said "half his oat was hanging up there soma. where." I= They now gtertell hand-m-hand, fur Nt3ll •-kw , hewwd he knew the way : " They had arrived a lade 1w) and the tieq," %Olen letnething sent awash I wash ' into the weer-va. A sneeze eininufl, then the exclamation nTliiinder ! that water smells rather old !” Ned wanted to go home at once, but.,Joe 'nag too murltoxelted to tistaii,for m _otncut to such a proposition. "Never heard anything about that cis tern before; the old fellow must have fixed it on purpose to 'drown people in. • Conms, thou . 6h, that we should both full into it." They pualted on again for the melons. Prettently they were ; ought by the cords, and headlong they went into a heap of bn ers and thistles, and tho like, which had been , placed there for their express [memo modation. "Smilt a gettin' np staim !" muttered -Nettles thistles ! how they prick !" exclaimed the other. They now deterinued to go more cau tiously. At length they arrived at the patch "now- thick they erg, Joe t Come hero ! There's more than a doges rat oeettere !" frird-owniresreritat in and seemed to conclude that they were am-. ply rewarded for all their mishaps. "Here, Joe," said Ned, "take titis musk melon ; ian't it a rouser i Slash into IL" eutttremehdows hard, Ned• Ned it'S a squash !" "No it isn't, I tell you its A new kind— • • Swipes sent to Rhode Island for the seed last spring. "Well, then, all I've got to say, is that the old fellow got sucked in—that's all." going to gouge into the water mel ons ; halloo ! there goes a halfa dollar ! Pee broko my knife. IfS dld'nt know ft was. a watermelon, I sboidd say it was a pumpkin. Fact is, I believe it is • pumpkin." Stealing Water-Melons What the boys did besides, while the owner went to tho stable and unmuzzled,tlio dog, and led him into theßtslen, we !meld 'nt say : that they lit r io'k long' steps the onion and flower beds revealed in the morn• ihg. paid dear' tor the not tasted a single melon: they had got scratched, and torn their clothes were as wet as drowned rats, and half scared out of their , wil a , at the ravenous dog and the apprehension of being discovered. The next night the owner of the melon patch invited all the boys of the village, in cluding" Ned and Jec, to a feast of melons, on the principle of "returning good for evil." This circUmstance changed the boys' opinion of ''Old Swipes," and his melons were never afterwards disturbed. Letting down the Aristocracy egan iss amOn, had made n splendid fortune ns an tmterpri sing draper and tailor, appeared ab this magnificent entertainment in royal apparel. With that fastidious exchisiventss for Mil the le test comers into fitshional,lc circles tire the most I emarkahle, she refused various offers of introduction, and she did not wish to extend the number of her an luaint ance,:. oiler friends were few and very select." , Ttto - bettertifui Miss Taylor, radiant with good natured smiles, and onto well acquain ted with Miss Macon when they went to the public school in William stmt togetlitr. noticed the hauteur of her ancient friend, who 0414 110(1116MA not to re.•egulte our who would wily remind her of her former low estate. Rut Miss Taylor, the rogue, as clever as she was pretty determined to bring her op with a short turn, and not rub. mil to being snubbed by one whose' ances tral ashocialions noc no better than her own. Watching her chance when the haughty young,laily was in the Midst of her 4cf, j \ho Taylor walkeitop, and with smiles or winning sweetness, remarked : I hare been flunking, my dear Miss Ma ion, that PO ought to exchange names." indeed '•Because my name is Taylor, and my fa ther Nits a nmemi, and your name is Mason, but yor kther was a fatlor." There mils a scene then, but there was uo liflp fur it. The little bliss Taylor had the pleasure of saying a very cute thing, which aas .10411 . 1 repeated in the cap; of a dozen eireles, and the w•jts wished to see her, but the proud Miss Mason hit tier lips in silence . EIVITV.SYNT.-I.lad news wakens the action of the heart, oppresses the lunge, destroys the appetite, stops digestion, and partially suspends all the functions of the system An emotion of shame flushes the face ; fear blanches tt ; joy illuminates tt : and an instant thrill electrifies a million of nerves. Surprise spurs the pulse into gallop. Volition commands, and hundreds of des spring to execute. Powerful emotions often kill the body at a stroke. -- Chao, lhagoris and Sophoeles died of joy at the Gres tan games. The nen s of a de feat killed Philip V. The door keeper of Con gress expired upon hearing of the surrender of Cornwallis. }Minima public speakers have often died in the midst of an impas sioned burst of 010911( . 1We, or V 1 hen the den p emotion that produced tt suddenly subsided. Largrevc, the young Parisian, died whto he heard that the musical prize .for V. 11 1 ,1 110 had competetl mu as adjudgid to another. In Chinn, when a man commits suicide, they runnediatvly hang whoever, ~by -offend leg or thoarting him, hag been the cause of the rash deed, and give the goods of the of frnti,r to the family of Iphe xmeiL., so that many gentlemen of failing health and slender means, manage to get Insulted by a rich mean, hang themselves, and have the pleas• log ahsurance that their farmlißs will be handsomely provided for. ItVE OF TIM MATRON e.--There i 4.11 gentle man residing in North Chelsea, who hak an own modtlikr now living, but thirteen years (-bier than himself. Some time after his birth, the combined ages of father, mother ,!and child ivere less Owl, thirty yours. This another has had fourteen children, and bas nuirriageable grand-children, and on a visit from her son danced nineteen dances with him in one evening. Where is the woman who can beat this ? •-• WitOUGIIT TRW! Cana.—There is lOW near ly completed in Peterson, N. J., a first class passenger car, a-little larger than the ordi nary size, qpialtructed almost entirely of wrought iron. This ma..crial is employed to lain great strength, with less' weight than tmid, and to avoid the injuries to pas sengers due to the destruction of ordinary cars, in any kind of a smash. =3 A Fu xeana INV ITATION —Tim following ordes, verbatim et literaturn, was received by an undertaker ill Louisville, from as af flicted widower : " Sir, mi Wiaf is ded and Wonts to be bor ried fommorror, At Weimer klok. U nose weir to did the hole—tit the side of mi too Uther Wiafs—Let it be deep!"' Tits Munn or POILLY.—HaIf a dozen brothers, four uncles, mid a gray-headed father trying to atop a young girl nom' get ting married to tho man she Lorca, and who loves her; just as if rope-ladders were out of data and - ittl the horses in the world spav ined t so that we wi bitted by ph position otoor country now With the State of doubt, Z'artr. and uhcertaihty, which ex isted a year ago, we Will find-ample cause b justify the wisdom of the public verdict Aieh elevated Jetnee Bucharien to the Presidency, at so tryinig a cringe In the do. mestie and fttreign affairs of the Union.— Standing as the distinguished tlhatesmen of Pennsylvania did among his fotintrymen, a Nesbie among its chiefs and sages, 6i, fel- low ciiizena of the Keystone State zealously iirgctl ills claims upon the National Democ racy, an the man roost likely to conciliate opposition, reconcile difficulties, ze.c , ,tab• lish forgotten or neglected , lat 4 marks of colic' 'and briii: about an er of "good But four months 4ii;er. when he &vaunted the chief executive ,duties, the mad waves of fanaticism wave dashing against the rock. moored ship of State : bloody contention 'ivied in some of our u c,tertt terram ; our foreign relations octe mewl tiod : the air 0 so full of rim inor , i of likoadvs and dangers to our acv•inl and national pence ; a sense of inaccupty prowled, and patrioti-mi shuddered at the perill . winelt aeomed to envtron our beloved 4vary._ LERCI Now hew thanged; are all thestil Public opt coon is settling down upon ad'ationtait sis ; we no longer hear threats or secession : the good and wt , c of all p /00k at the ['Animus at the I,lm, and see hen consulting the chart of tI • ; Litton as spread ht fore him by tie someine ' Court for his sole guidance ; in peace is restored and the low lin; rogained its supremacy, under which is now being completed that harmonious system ofpiht ieal machmary winch changes a dependent tern tory to a sovereign &ate ; all our inter course with foreign nations is amicable, and all points of difference are discussed in that fi sternal spirit which should nnittiate the great brotherhood of man, enlightened by Christianity anti blessed with the refl. ning influences of civilization ; that provi dential agency which George Wit,loligten so solemnly acknowledged to have distin guished by sonic manifest token every step by which we have adsanced to the chary.. ter of an independent nation, hovers over us still and wafts down upon us a sense of security and confidence in the future, while from the dark storm clouds which have passed our zenith anti descended jowanls the I,wirrm, Itt rtileatad back t.l43,Ainborar one.- nant or peace. We will not insult the intelligence of our readers or offer such senseless adoltation to the President, as to say that all this change has been his work, but it is incontroverti ble that from the (Ay of his election a hope. fut and buoyant feeling wit; engendered, which the wisdom, energy and crinsistoney of his sourse, stun his inauguration, hove daily strengthened. When so meet has, been accomplished in so short a time tow ards achieving the confidence or the nation, and knitting closer the bowls of the Union, we do clainithat the Keystone State may ask fur her favorite son a candid and Ill.:- passions:le judgment for hi, acts alone, and a freedom from all embarrassment which must result by the pre-Judgment of his pol. 1.. y before it can he folly developed. We claim do; as au act of justice to Mr. Bs elianan, and as doe to the integrity and so -itch ty of the Natmnat Democracy. - A Crash at the West is note confidently lookettfer'ky 11~1414,41 iu the out States,— etaiimi say how well founded may be these expectations. So far as our personal wishes are concerned. u-c glnrOrcty hope that the crisis, which scouts itievilaLle; may be passed safely. For all the interests of the country are so blended together, that the inflifence of n crash in any quart,l felt far and wide. If the land speculators alone could break without injuring itnybo ly dye, it_w/khd not ha any great ntaltef, Mu the money which is invested in these Vellt.lll . C . N belong to parties wll2 owe it to Ensteru mer chants for goods, orlhe capitalist, for loans. To some extent Philadelphia has sidired m this way b?the difficulty of making rellec tioitti inure West, but not so moot, as .our neighbors of New York and Boston, whose .complaints of it hava boon loud and general. During the past wiAter and spring, New England and Now York speculators have run riot in the IYest, and we do not at present see how more than half of them can escape heavy losses, in view of tgb bursting of the - , land bubble. If the growing crops turn out, as luxuriantly as they rmw pronwto, a great deal of the western rwm , Aary trouble will hd staved oil. Whatever may happen, howev er, land speculation ,cut there is .Ihecked. It bas arrested emigration by the exhorbi. tent prices to which it has run up arable town lettlt—lni _many auterprista now threaten to fall worthless on that 'AC count.—North Aroerscan. David Crockot happened to be present at an exhibition of anicsals, in the, city of Washington,' where a monkey seemed toat tract his particular attention, and he ab stractly observed "If that fellow had a pair of spectacles ho would look like Major Wright, of Ohio." The Major happened. to be Just behind Crocket and heard the observation ; mid gen tly, tapped Davy on the shoulder. Turning round Davy very formally remarket—"Pll be hanged,.Major, if I know whoilo - pardOn to , ask —your's or the monkey's. " A certain man went to a Dervish and pea ' dosed three questions: First: 0 Why do they say that God is omnipresent i I do not see Him in any place: show me where he Second ;'Why Is a man punished for mimes since whatever ho does proceeds, frorolloall Man has. no free will, for he cannot do any thing contrary to the will of God and iI ho had power he would do everything for his own good. Third : Bow can God punish Satan in hell-tire, since he is formed of that element : and that impression can Ilse make on itself ? The Dervish took ups largo clod of earth, and struck him ori f tlio head with it. The Thin went to the Cadrnwl 1 prolmsal time qkioqttoun to such .a Dervish, who Hung a clod or earth at tnv head wt,i,•h made ray head ache • Ti City • liar i 2 lent fur 4hi'Jcti,tnit, exit ed of In • AV y (11,1 you t hrlllV that 1( el la. civil, at his hcatl, ing 111 , , ? Thu Der%ish cl , ,d of I:11th alO ad an, i er speech, 1.0 tiny, kal/1 ni Li I ilta I. let him show it to me end r %%1;1 make t, o ,i i.thle to him. And - nthy doey he exhitlf complaint ngakrist toe ? Whatever I did was the net of God, and I did not strike without the *ill pf tiod . ; what power do I pos , tesq And as held compounded of—ttio earths how emr-Ite-mtfter from that 'element 1" The mall was confounded . and the Cady h.ghly piensed with Ow 1)(71141%1 ntrsw...m. !..:itori,lt PARENTS 'on." fOlk i , tile their 0141 is no SittlSe In it : liowo% incline to tin npuuun that it id n wad...bed pm:flee. IL s(mrh the I iipc r of the children, SO that one thorough scolding prepares the way for two or three more. It sours .our temper. pro vided it is sweet. olding alienates the hearts of your child en. Depend upon it, they cannot lore )o as well after you have berated them as rev did before. You may approach them wit 1 timings?, and det nsion, you may punish ith severity adequate to the nature or their otThnee Alpl th e y it ii feel the justice of our conduct, nod tote you notwithstanding all this It stirs up the blood while it discloses youri.treaktles'i, and lowers you in their esteem. — Especially at night when the' nre about to retire. their hearts should be melted and moulded with voices of kindness, that they may go to their slumber% with thoughts of love steal mg around their souls end ec luspering pews SP/BA TUALISM. --The rernaina of a- young lady who-died of -141494i4.1; vino yaara ago, at Epbratah, Pa., were exhumed on Sunday week, fora purpose so monstrous as almost to aurpass belief. Since her death, her mother, two sisters and two brothers have died of the same disease The slim. ving members of the family. who are '• Spir itualists," beeanie convinced that the nind ing sheet of the corpse had got into her mouth, and eat - bra continued auction, she had aetually drawn the other live members of the family after her, and that utiles.; this n•rnduig'hetJ. a as hfiecd lly re moved front the month of the corpse, she would, in like manner, cause the premature death of the whole,,,,sionneetion lienee the exhuming of the body. When will this ecase? OV, OS•E‘r exe.tlgt * tun] llMae a kw days jinn • at a dinner by J Hoar, of Mav,aeliosetts gt,tber tto good to ba loot. A gerrtientan remarked that -- • , trite used to be• gitcu to sharp prachor Wll4 getting to be more rtrenwmprct. - •• Ye , ;," Hrmr, "he 11/01 re:idled the auderiatil eof life -he bega n cooking LO gut or, tltatl'lte sought and now tic IS trykog to get /worst," eIINFC knn.l74 AT C SPR Vir.--Ctrs I AND Jithe 18.- At a ((nailer before 1:1 o'• litst night, a tiro n a ill4coviTed issu ing from the rear of the Mansion liouv note', winch spread ;,-) rapidly as to defy all the elfortit made to 4ittlxitie th,m, and in a .hart time the ontire block, ihellidii)g the Kursaal, were enveloped in names, eitil were soon deuttivihed. No damage was done to the adjoining tiotelH, but two dwellings were also destroyed. 1116.AVT DAMAGES.-A of stopo was recovered :n the Criminal Court of Brooklyn, N. Y., on Monday bud, by Mr. A. Smith, against Andrew J. Conselyca, fur tho seduction of his daughter. A few.moresucli vei diets would act as a salutary restraint upon the conduct of the libidinous scoun drels 1,5 ho aro so numerous in all our largo 'Allem and towns. Tjui joatent punishment. though, for the destroyer of female virtue, is a bullet through the heart. A friend of ours the other day was accos ted in one of out - streats with rho words, Do ypu know 'tie time, sir 7" _„V,gon whfoh hirinThed out his watch, and , 17141 consulting it, returned it to hie rocket, coolkiaplying to the interrogative, Yes lir, I do," and then walked off leaving the questioner abashed at his way of asking him the time. A fast man undertook the task of teasing an eccentric preacher. "Do you believe," ho said " in the story of the Prodigal-Son and the Patted Calf 1" " Yes,'? said the preacher. " Well, then, was it a Male or female calf that was killed" " A female," promptly ieplied the divAto......2Lamv do you know that 1" ,:'Betitiusei (looking the interrogator steadily in the face) I see the male is alive now." A Funny Phcoonix, John Plitenix," a most quizzical writir, lately took a trip from Boston to New 'Or• leans and gismo:an ace-mint-of the enure the Knickerbocker Magraine. John gives an account ore meeting between a fellow passenger and hill Wife, at Now Or-, leans.' lie was accomparded by his old friend Butterfield, who had joined him at. Memphis : he lauded at New Orleans, and proceeded forthwith to the St. Charlo4 Hotel. ALthis great tavern Butterfield expected to meet l his rife. who lord arrived from Cali fornio, to rejoin him after a three months' separation. Phcenix sass: "I have never aven„a, man ao nerverva— Be tile on the out silt, of the coach mil, the di leer, that he might ottain the et., view ,if the building that oontaii.cd hi, atha•- e 4 nue It NVI.9 with gt, al, difficulty that I kept pate with /um as ho ,tururiltaioai-4-y re,htd op the steps le&diraz to cis- I".•,,tutida In nn ini•Ant he wait at the offiae, and 1 4,1.1, tug Mr, flutter-Held.' • In the , replied Dan, ant he was ufr 1 fotinrt e i 11,.•1 ~ 11.,V lint Mop With SUrr rite !IS he came to 1.1., door in thelpentre of the pilot st2ua Llottetiteld 'Flint Admirable avaiatt itloPtctl the mo,t .tyle and MI, a roll silk of rrocti.al, hoe, [Aced like a 10Vely bust nit the nil of a nen -InoWn haystucl.. Butler geld tray apptded fur & moine&t. latla re&sou, of uoullio--to 104 ono of the 'but nearing the. cry hu- answet tI Thlentical bees paid to Judas. Mr. Nieho-_ hysterically, Altittlder atd ruahud 4as-bas-oauWorat IMWSsllllllolreftelsstra on.. Ho ran three tines around Mr 4. hut- ad% er, and also a larger miniter or aanaper fi terdd, but it wa, °Coo use, be eouldA gu t ' InateriaL for tho.grattfleation or the. curialts. ill. lie (rich to climb her, hut rho ltoop.i gave ' - .ty and ..ru,trat,d the a tt,.,11,t 1311. I V r ' Shrick4 r 11,n aims to-ht r she lid I out her t t w f, ln t of eighteer? months old. tears are In then eyes. It was the tuv ,t , the +nn tier w i th manu nen 'wept at c:urg utl: I th " igl ever , w ' the " ed Tittle ducky says its afrectiomito mother Mr CI ,„ U sat ~ /1111, and A to her bosom, an d d ie hefund the chair and kissed her, unto their young sarpint in return dig* its talons into offspring, by hon hug and biting the calf of her Nees his kg, created a diversion. They were very I , "i a den. NIISSI4, I inmime n hat httt mama happy, so acre the peoph., t o the parlor - Jim wants," exclaims the cherub's negro Ever . ) hotly appeared delighted ; and a small • nurse I, o y a year or two older than little Ainos. Jumped up and down like a IA hip-saw. and ' lloop-ce . with all his !night. Butteßreld,' said I, an hour or two later. ' I suspect that Mrs. ilutterlleld has ado p ted 1100p3 ' ',Oh' yes,' answered he, • I saw that sticking out Perhapa it will obviate the little tendency she had to 'blow up,' I ., in glad of it,'" An Aftlloted Husband A bereaved husband,standmg by the grao of hut dee:ea/Jed wife, .. refudng to ho com forted,' said to * friend, as he turned to : wards him and laid his - head on hkainfultlew, " I've lost horses, and I've (oat cows, sad I've lost likely calves and shoats, but I never had anything to cut me up Jute thii." IV went that an afflicted mourner i This reminds us of a scene we owe wit, newt! In a country store in one of the oldest settled districts In Western Virrnia. The shop-keeper was engaged in waiting upon a 1 customer when • sturdy, country-born Dutehinan came in with a whip under lits i arm, and said •• l;ont morning, Mr. Armes Ah ' Good morning, Mr. Applejack, said Mr. Jones, in reply ; how do you do and hyw is your family I," '• Veil, we're all well, elhiN now, execpt my %ire, and ~he ish dead awn, — answered A ppl. jack. " sans Mr- Jones, I am very sorry to lienr,it. 1 hay no 4104 you nre grenlly disturbed in consequence of your loss but )ou . tnost bear it like the philosophy of Clansitan.'i " VeII. yes," he replied, dot ush b 0 /*lmre 1 don't know much 'bout ffosofy—hut I do know dat I vould sooier have lost one of mV hest horses llAn my I Ire, range sl i e vas o feller for le,,:rk." Qum:A.— .1, yrresporplen t!,e Ent tt: ug Pv.it Styles [tail the negme4 of Keiiti.hy are responsible , for Slavery in that State themselves, thus : In the Convention which amended the drtginal Constitution of 1.779, a gradual emancipation claUse is fort by a single vote. (len Breelcirkmige, the grandfather of the Vice President, was a member of that convention__ ond votsd against Llakt , Pronosition. The G . ,eneral reA resentcd Mr. Clay's oht stiatrtrt, and tens elected in opposition to him by a majority of live voles! By the constitution under which that election wee held, free negrocs owing it cert.in amount of freehold property weiM al= lowed to vote. There were in ono portion I of the district Rome six or-seven free negro voters, all of whom ca,t their suffrages. for Gen. I.lreckinridgo ; and thus, it may be said with truth, that tae- shivea of Kentucky at the present day owe their bondage to their own poofle. Pot it is well known that Mr. CraYr 4 4,4 11 4 3 lv s 'Aillst..(itiLLßreckiiiiielg was a4AIIO - Aim° an emancillaCionist, and that the contest was conducted on this br ine. , _ The keeper of a largo beer uloon "up in Toledo has hit upon a first-rate plan to put au end to bad debts.' Ho poets up over his bar in conspicuous letters something like4e fallowing : eitibbs ores this house 75 cents for hoer. Nobba had bettor come andeettle fur them beer and stusages. Tots!, 45e. Hobbs," why don't you -be so honcai man Ml* ke,y up ftw 'the beer.?' Tilts!, 99e: Bobbs owes Oda house two dollars , Goya away. Pain scoundrel. Total, S 2. - , .1 .. : 151.50 'HT AIWA NM, volxviE 11-4111:1121118. ae The Coin Which Natrayed. Christ. The 4-41iim of tie Yew York Copier egad ,e,, tins bean shown by ttm contlue tor of the ficirtlc Su'e 1.4 g aMa 1114111WORCe rartel iilrer-isoin, which la I. perfCct fee prune of the Shekel of the Sanctuary. 44r ‘itteconf silver," thirty _of which *ere paid do Judas for tho betrayal of Christ. It coniniered a 'Mealier plea/ by the Is. raelides, and was always spoken °fin their holy Books as the Shekel of Israel, or holy Rbetti of the Sanctuary. It was the amount which each Israelite, between the ngeaof2oanlso, WIA required to pay into the public treasury 114 a nll3ltOta f o r their .1, livery, during tlttor sojourn in the Wilder pcj to the British ourrtney, • , h4J. , I s• - :!; %Tort}}, t vro shiihn4, three tit, torilcogi ---,goal to about fifty .11:1 , >ll 10 , :rfic corm 1 somewhat lorry tmer`en 1 merman hair dollar, imid is sow )tf, cdgcr.l tS. t unc side it, bears the ciu4. to of Amon', r,d, as mentioned in r XVI [. , rooodvd wun the in n iu 11.'4:tow clima..tms, Jerusalem l! . q,ll th,• reVt:T4O I a rerreaCll- Laltwl tl,e Ineen.. -a full account of li giveli in Leo awns, ' XI -with the .1. : Israel. The cast from W. 1.. !I tin, aria tt a+ artru , :ls, was takentrom an ,s qiuul .4i.c.•oiwn in the Vatican,at Rouse. r. lat e awl imleed, claimed—with very • You his.:b. hussy ' why don't you tell Inc then '" and tho infuriated mother given Dinah a douse in the chops with hoe shoe.— • • Why beicints to put his foot in det ciar pan ,I gravy, writs on do hart!" whimper' , the unfortunate Wacky. " Well, why don't you bring it hare, you t glu t atuig tugger you. " replica the mother of the bre riling young rote. Dinah btings the gravy. and little lips puts his bare feet into the pea, dashing the iuilk•warin grease about its sweets little shanks. to the infinite amifelnent or IVA mother, who tenderly exclaims— ! DILL allitlinien. Sit Itel_ Dinkair W.Pt tb pot its tectiopwceny footuys in do ' pail. It ' shall paddle in the pan as it choosey Woo neys, and then shall have its pooty red frock r•li and go and see Its peppy yappy." A Lioou AItn.‘X4JEMENT. —We ace it, *toted onr city exchangeii that the Central nail rood Company are having " wrecking cars" Enna and plAcei upon their mad. 1.19 s cars are to be tilled n jib tools of every descrip tion. fur use In case of any accident on the road They are to contain screw-jacks, pleb, incl., for looomotilm Or CIA, ropes, chains, hand car, hraeoa, edge tools, pullita. levera, oapAlani. and In erytiang of the most scientific manufacture, for re patung tiny dninage Ulm!. may occur. - lids arrangenu•nt v. dl bo of great benefit tb the company, and trill litre a rust ahnvedit of de tenNion and pen,'. it f.; t I P:O7 ATR I Sits FR LACIACO. —AA tii esninplo of the rill of prices in &In Francis- Civa eurr e ,spi:m4erit,,til4im Antler i* of the I Stli 01 April eats : "A certain hot.l in this Pity, tones leased at .FJ2,uon a ) ear 1; no - A. let at $7,200, or rier .•ent or th,, first siim ; think LIN whst ri,nn might lto easily led. profit 1., up, emeuls up )II the Bret-namea throw • ' Not far from where t write there 3: n mi l ler lease rat 639 p,r ;south tint I•noo $lOO u month. But these , irlstaaot ark. +.l oumtnon, the ruin and wreck in real rqt t itr Fraig filliCe Sogenerai, that the s have rrasa•d to attrn , t notice." The folloning are said to be infallible re cipes - For preserving the complexien, tem pentium O'er whileoliti; Atte hentle, honesty; to rt wore stains, repetilance the iglnt , ohqe rvation ; A betittitht ling, the home emelt; for improving the voice, eifility: the best companion to the toilet, p wife ; to keep ray moths. good society. Husband-- Just take a magnifying glass, ducky, and ace if there's Inv young lair sprouting. have just finished the seventh bottle of tho restorative, and worn oitt time httr heushes rubbing it in." Wife—'' Goodness, gracious, Nioodeneetie. there ain't any more hair oeyour head than there is on our copper taa. - BrighanrYoting, itt-ft "eosin aMmon-to-that Ittortuous, told them it was more II import ant to rani° mints than to mho atop." At the present time, Brigham mama more is tent upon " raising tho deril" than anything elso. • Aunt Mary saw over bearing the irtatriptiotr, " TM , toendahe eof " All !" she nelaimad, , must be the plisse whereat! the arprints peak from. Unbounded modesty is• nothing bat um , yawed vanity :the too humble tibeiatiaaa sounitimen a disguised impeettimbee: -„—_
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