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TermA of Publication TERMS —51,50 ota if paid within three months —52,00 if dloyod six ihonlit, and $2,50 if not paid within the year; Thole fermi will he rigidly ad hered to A It VNlt'f LSENIENTS and nu4irtoni Notices ihrert 0,1 at thp rate,. and migry deacriotion of JOH PiaNT/AVU EXteIiTED in the neatest manner, at the lowest Niue., and with the utmost despriteing purchnsed a large eollection of type, me e pre pared to Satidy tire orders of out friends Ociginal Voefry printafink Intdiktion Lines Writtoo oat the death of IV BAR toti 1U 'v. rt 00‘, by NATE Itrir 4 lD, teptteuifully ittlorthott to the iurih tog rennin.] to of tho loudly Again the •' grim mottatt r ha. entered thy hen,p, Ind from ala mall circle a knell 0,10 .4 !Melt b0r,14 rothin lea narrow greet, whsle !its body uuw' , leep•, Awl o'er hi. °old cloy limo whol liar the pant that Immortal 111 , 1 Ain:tnal) 1100 o the heat ell rI •t far op in the thief,. For wis tem - fully chAnterl n lirgr fir hiulraih , nng , ll r rl,l loudly forjoy in ~n,h nth They 13., re him eihere doevers do coilistAiitly Idoosn, nit sweeter Ih in ne•tar the nil they petlitine , 1V hero sitn.hine °tern,' Nis ou oar pure gold. I bat iii dn inn it reefs of thil Cfld II• INer w Ihal In oil tt here Bung I roil goon,. Ind lire /theory stater of Ilse r'eelt Mhos II here apt hetset of loom.. lash awootly 't 114 Echo rt.tethalt 3 bark the meat Ire deli .11,1 ..11.1entli • dalk II here .urrow eibier•.lllolll,lP 14 010 Ikniu. , of tutlitous b•lio be lauded 1,11 rnblieltl 'hole, 111 glut} atarual where parting s ins !twin, Pont 11 "TILL, I, P., Rlisultantous t.ertl the. k‘tnt , qt ltthful Itt.1.1111,1“ 4.( Mtr I An Angel in Ohio. .\.,orliwz, to the Itio , ,t nrem rite n 111 I 11,• WV ray. v.t. ,t2.01 • ,,t(111 II all 6, 1, r 1,1111 !mole like I'd- Stitl'lt 1,11,1 ht 1, lit 'ale it ,etlittil.4l,l‘. ‘iiitatltins which the polite liar ri pint very • few Dial far Luou•o ail argil tte,tt. Nrc brit tly give the partly idarn n, lie Lai tired ilicro horn a source 111.11 •iii is ile v, hal le anti timii so Ant twit .1 blight, 1 1 001 g-tit little gill, tit ilangliti of 'ill- Charles, nhott,iittc in the locallit ilesnailicrt, it bile mai the still 11l the >aid, about, noon of the I 111. , I 1, • •• ni high rip the a 1, and di wending 10 . .{ NO '1 her 'I Lt Ilttt 111.1011 of the thtl , l to the °hied., that her wire became nttleduponil,andaa it dr,wnrl,tt,'he 1 , 34 01,11 Cr Cd r;.) illttive hit , 111r111. ato Mini - .3 tin reach it with her IMO and PJ: /II "'at %%all the stlallgi. Nl,llallt 11 lien the mother of the .11tIol %%:is calltil to the stray. the little gill inform,' her Ora hilt tins ui Ott. prtst I, 4 , 1 nn M , ,!, : that /ille had %%Ilk tt tl. It it 11,1.1 onitniinicattotts to 1,, t nn.l furl hr t More gave n description oust, aeettrdittiVitt et it part it tilsr tttth the gi 'all) n,nt .1 M 1,11.551011 ,11.551011 ul the app.:ll.lll'e ul 1.11e40 twit gt r. (tom 01(1111 To ~Citify lit 1,1 if I lit then: could be no deform in the ?salter, qui mother entered into converstdion with (lie stranger, and after being nth the I.alay of the iiitereww and afar has ing lilt ta'hed a Ith the an r . . 7 fate to rate - nn , ' 81 (1 I eeett tug infol it of (be e tune l`k !wit her int a di nth wrildil OC rut 'he rein ell fl . Olll 1110 spot, taking hi little gill will her and the nrigi I wa%ing blight it ing. lira 'wait im'aul \1 hen the luothel anti t litld nc he alone. tbt y talked freely of It lint ile t 11:1,1 , 4 t a and h.:kid, and the mothet'i: <adncsv Wa4 ?node deep( r by the artilSh ntury I'l tlw child, who said that tlii angel told her she would die just two months from the lilac she lit st saw it, at precisely twelve o'clock 'and twenty fire nu nines ; that she would he three dying ; that her death would 'be tinitk . 4 that of others 3that her fiends would sup pose her to be, in a trance ; that her eyes would not be closed ; that her funeral ser mon would be preached ul three weeks af ter in the new school house of the in ighbor . 'hood, by a man whom, with his horse and buggy, she described, and that her friends would have.dilllculty in 'mot:tiring the house for the occasion." The mother kept the sad secret to bet self, and waited fur the ap pointed time, hoping that all might yet go well with her and hers, and not caring to be dreekeueil &a one who would attempt to re vive the defunct doctrAe of spiritualism. - But with the time Call . le the terriblei blow. Three days before the time predicted for depth, the little girl fell upon the floor, I friii lr ichence she was taken to bed, and at the hour and minute foretold, on the third day breathed her last. Her eyes remained open after death, and could net be closed. Friends, supposing her to be entranced, made vain eflbrts to restore 'her to life. A few days after`her burial, Rev. 11. I'. parst was passing that way, a friend of Mrs. Charles, required-tit) to tarry aw.hilo and ; preach the little funeral sermon. The reverend gentleman excused lIIMSeIf on the ground of having 'pX'Or engagements, but promised to do so in ft shout (line. Ills per- , son and, equipments corresponded in the most minute particulars with the prophetic detreription, and when he did return to re deem his promise, the workmen who had built the new seheinchduse, having a hen up on it, refused to let it he opened fiir the fu neral service ; but subsequently they gave up the key, and The sermon was preached at the exact limo pmedicted. The 'bereaved mother intended that the knowledge of these prophecies and their Nl fitments should go out 'OttiMe With her, but recently, the secrecy hearing more. crushing ly upon her, ;,he determined to reveal the whole matter, mill in accordance with this dcfeirTi ‘ ination; one day last week she sent Sur Julth,Latimukt. and ',Samuel Wood, one of ourinity Colmmissioners, and to theta gate theparticulars the most venni lit of which we have given. The / gentle- Men named are annaisdlic oldest, most re spectable, and CUM' Ils of our comity, then tt a II knutyn character fur integ rity is sufficient guaranty that thky would lot fur a n tong baton, in in 'my nni tol,t in 1.,1N tug publicity to o sloiy, n., Lithe [nth of which they had o riasonalite doubt': These ;rnthvoen,tteuud.reland have taken down the filets, as )Irs. Charlet related thus, for the purpose of giving du tii to the ulthe, in pamphlet form. They both bear restiniony fn the good character and stand ing of tilt lady rho Innkcrs the re%tiation, and %I 0111,1 I vga).l not thine coning flout Lt r h,,cnittl lii to credit,. A Grateful Client, 111 X» John llt nderion, or Tt•xns, firm a candidate for otliee. he uu (.Aytiaty, m which he wn•, except hyfrp. otntiiiii, a stranger Ileniing tlint a trial for I•i tony %,otih.l take place tit a Cuv days, he determined to volunte( r for the defence The iirmoner n as charged I% itli Itavuig stolen a I igtot ; the defence t‘tts • not guilty.'-- I he %olunlet r COUIII4. 1 Coll , lllCtell the defence IS 1111 grl at altility Ile coati...Ltd the n d ss, mita% vd the emit t , and made an aide, t folltUnt and .•.ttects.truil ergtutmtnt, The petioner unto acquit ti tI - he „ . I , iatl not stolen the pistol. The counsol received the applause of the anthem v his inno "ent client a vole,' limo" ll'of the earlit st Ki tt ital of the hurricane of congintulatimm to take commel aside. " yly , 11 . 111 -nnllie you hose saved tue. and lam 1, cry Meful. 1 havo Liu tuun c V. do not expect 10 1111 , Y0 any, ■nd 110 1110. i\pr.t yr to ste )uu ;twilit, but to , hour that I appla (lute )our SVIVIITS ; you vhall ha l Iht p,.dul ' SO ha) mg Li' (In Irom lun pm•l,‘ t, a 1.1 la v~uilra to tlo. :. , t0r0.11,41 tittoroc), the ry p . Sll,lllie a:tot:icy bad ,lust hliox‘ii 114 hnd ocitr stolen or had 111 111, 10r,5%,0:1 Crooked Ertgsu4c4t `putk 01 the Ili, lhn wit., a writer -r 111111 1111. 01, 1 , 1 the crookedest things nt thew 011.1, then intaglio,' One more tit 14.1. aS,lookeil, Ind imagine to 3 ours, If a large river 'loaf: times.- as crooked ns all these pal tngetle , and 3nit wtll'4wte a 11(141 el, a of the , wok, d dnpu,rwn at this (took IC 14 111/ 11 I 1t1)1/011 111 11, the fact that it is so cionked that timber eaiihnt find iii any dolt far enough to lodge two sticks together ; but few t atakea, h. 1.61.141. It ha not straight enough to SAIIII 1 11, arid the fish are nil in it hirlisails in the ponds, because they nowinot thud their way out. 1111.rds friquently attempt to fly a, rosy the river, but light on the name side they start front b 1 tog di ('4 hy the crook. - I linked 3nu ivay be I, reed it hen you that. you see across it v , and sonie of the ' b'hoys isiiiig there it hurt oat Sl , ll, 10 Water-Proof Paper I'.ipu intended for packages may be made e loci-proof, indeed lire proof and pan+- , mod strong, by the fidlo% tog simple pro cuss recently l'iolessor lirns• champ, of IVni temburg -'fake enty•fpur ? oilnces of Rimini, and four ounces of white sohp,and dissolvo them in two pounds of wa ter ; t ido another vt sari dissolve two ounces of gum aribtc and six ounces of glue in the sand quantity of water as the former, and add the two solutions together, which is now to be kept warm, and the paper intended to lie tinter proof (tipped into d, passed be tween rollers, and dried ; or, without the use of rollers, the paper may be suspended until it is perfecly dripped, and then dried. The alum, soap, glue, and gum, form a kind of artificial leather, which protects the nor face of the paper from the action of water, anallitlso reinter it aoutewhat lire-proof. I=l ' Consumption net e 1s Ito fact in pathology more cer• lenity established than that common con kinnprem of the lungs can be - -permanently arrested, i( in the advanced stages, and wholly eradicated from the system, if but to its beginning, by the presistent habit of spending at least eight hours of every suc cessive twenty-four, in ont•door activities, r•eoardless of all weathers. The colder the weather, the greater the benefit will be do• rived front it. '[he worse the weather, the mono necessity for twipg out in it; for bad as the weather out dears may be, that in• doors is a palt of ,t, with the addition of all the fumes, from foul cellars, dirty kitchens, and disagreeable it aLer•closets. Good wives, like filberts, will remain good for a logilltme.. It depends upon the care yntt take of them, how you husband them. B f ONTE, CEME COUNTY; PENN'A, TTITURSDLY, APRIL 4 1858, The indifferent tioultr will probably glance over this little essay, and Iny it down with out 'perceiving its merit. '1•ho attentive reader vein see that as finished as the 'style is there are few, words of more than one ay/- fable used iii ih. To appreciate the inkolnui ty of such an effort one has only to try to no itate it SLEEP. e Rest is sweet. When day has closed and sounds of toil are heard no more. • Night draws her (lark robe arduntl the earth and silts it n ith stars. .11an,..worn tcith mite toil and 'strife of the day, Goss to his home, and soothed by the,Mll, is wooed to tem. Now, as he hes on his couch, thoughts tah4t Vexed him by day throng I is mind. is sweet to muse on the Joys of life. on loves and hopes, as sleep %%Inglis down the Ms of our eyes and sheds his sweet balm o'er the worn ft nine this by one om limbs y ield to his touch , thoughts dunce found us 111 a wild, uu , Ced a bltz then, one by one, the,. ;tam us : the mind makes one fond grasp at each 10% ed shade as it Ilees, but fails to seize mt ; the brain wduils, the mind alts no more ; and "we elide down and cease to be." This (s Sleep '`..so like is it to Death tha) oine have called them twins. But Death I'VC fear, n bile Sleep SUNOS to us a kind large. a ho tahoi to her tap the vexed child. We h how that lhath bears iv; op his lueast to the %%odd we know nit, but which we Tony not leaie TT hen olive our feet' have tin _ L ed its plains , TT hale Sleep lead,: us but I. the world ol It !Olt world of Dream, ' At night uI, row our Larks on It% Inkei land seas of glas.i, our fuel. tread it, cihores. sad ne wall 'mid its dells. Brooks sing to Ili as they hap on th.ir way. hu4s o fib bright plumes greet r.s trots the boughs, as tie pans through the groves. No trees are there so green as those that go ow //I the land , efil oo '' dreams no flow eeB so care AS chase that I spa lug front the glad vtil as n e draw nea: .- An Incident at Waehingten. 1 . 011 lis titowilriii w".th gold tin o.v back /0.1 The Washington swrespfindent of the the sun the light he gates . and u e glide on !Boston l'ust writati the felltOring aunt:ling through halls thronged with loved ones of apple kat ,artli to those pashetf from us tone; since to rennet help telling yliti a little mal the world of shades N:glit. by n ight ne dent of Secretary Tollee.o4 o eelillon• One tall, with loved o'll tin re, and 1141 to the of tlielrjlabta, a gelltlealall,Alkralg a lady talcs they breathe t« cote ears, and our on his aim, took (tom the tabte a fine, large, lrrarts 'Mtn With the - 1,11.0 n e f e el. B t u liaJle, probably for the little ones at home, n the thioh walk it lint; the heart greets land his coat :cleaves lining 'terra, teereted the joy is it, doge few to u e ake to weep 'it in the lltel.llte of het right attn. euforlti for the joy o filch It% s not but in our dleatus nately he forgot tin eiretonst nee just at the and is, too sweet to be known on earth. vet) , moment lie should not for in making Hon ti tie a gift is sle, p to the lilt t I his letirittg, he gave a flourish of his arm night she!) is born, and rest runts to, titan and lilt lied the apple almost in the Secy.,- Mot n 1/111lY. a all the clan it he testes lit , lar)''s lace IL bonudi d and rolled an ay stash and got `I ibllltl to ill ! l a lilt n ew z ea l, u nder some lady a ertnolow, n Isle the poor .• as a strong 111311 to run a ', t ee Earh dal girth innit 100k..1 et m urk tllOl tilled and tv:- of toll has its night of rest. Thin it Li din,' We : till At last death comes, A/1 , 1 man sleeps ton ake to a non life of joy or shame As skip theme is no 11SI1k, SIP Olt re is 11011 e m the gravel To toil the utglit of di ath must F.. - Itot theme is no change thi • at the trio fall,, so it must lie. " ll ' , then, thattlay of life ho lost, how sad the night. I'ol it hen the tromp shall snail to oaks hunk this long sleep, tie shall he judged for our nulls., ; he that iu done null shall Ida, to pty that ends not, he ho has done ill. to " kliattie Writ , Wotk, then, elute the ddy lasts, (or the night 'onus %%hen no inpn can wink - 11. ` Varnosod the Ranohe (o n p-,terday week, Mfr I, SI Ifobbs, Sten aril ne the 1.811,:ip , t. .r County Normal lift the (utt and beautiful village of \lilh rsv lie undo r rather peculiar ciuurn !dances. 'l•hu of the Nitrin School harm', rer•ently closed, llobbs Lad collerted some three or Tout thoti,and dollars front the students in payment fur boat d, lle came to the city on that day, stabled his horses and wagon at one of our principal hotels, and hoddenly '• left for parts un known ! ' Sandry bills in this city, %%Wel l include 'bakers', butchers' and storekeepers' remain unsettled. " This Hobbs made serong_professioni of religion ; always wore a sanctimonious ex presin of countenance, and looked for all the world like a dear, innocent, good, easy' soul —in short, " love of a man." Indeed, on several occasions we have heard him' make long prayers, in Which the rascality ana degeneracy of this world seemed to cause him a vast deal of regret. The vil lain and hypocrite haie been acted by him to perfection. Ile has most eventually ' Stolen the liNery of Ileai on toleerve the De;11 irt Nu won, by, his christias deportunhit and otlyidninners, the confidence of st,n4mber of our citizens, who would be very glad to...see Hobbs at the present time. They would, no doubt, cheerfully furnish him with a " boarding house," situated in Op eastern part. of the city, but he wouldn't have the privilege of acting as keeper. Our good friends at Millersville should he .careful that no more multi characters be appointed pur veyers for the students connected wall the Normal School. And itwould not dm's ball idea if some of our churches were to inquire into tha matter and see whether any such " wolves in sheep's clothing" aro connected with their flocks. The cause of true Chris tiauty has already suflbred long enough from hypocritical pretenders. -- Lancaster 10,f /ire/ice, . • Anecdotes of Stuivßpeakinfi The sjstem of canvassing and election eciing as it is carried on In the kiouthwest, alloras much that is aniusidg'ltS well as in structive. We find in tine Editor's Draw er" of Harper for' December, it 'rich joke said to have occurreh iu a canvass in Ten-. ni;ssee . , between the lion. Cave Johnson and Major Gustavus A. lie»ry. As the Amy runs, Major 11., in reply to au illusion of ins'oppouent as to Ins inanileic of shaking hands, said ' • I Wllbtell you a little anecdote 'Mush a tive of the peculiar electioneering abilities of my Inimitable la end in his intercourse atilt our intelligent constituents. We wet e cam ask ing iu a remote part of the district, ;met haring au appondment to speak near the Ituttue of a wry uttnential Squire, tic spent the previous ni;ht at his house to gether. It was will known that the Spine controlled all the role, in that precinct, and that bit, be'tcr half Cou'rolitetl him, so that it Ails all important to get on the nght side of her. We had agreed not to electioneer Inuit the &Are while win ,gtaid -will, him • but I did not thirds this )10,0nuis the to do my hest with his family: '"ilo I rose about daybreak the next morning, and, thinking that I shout l make friends with the mis tress of the house by bringing nater th rook the breakfast, I took a bucket and started orfor the spring 111 as tripping oil ou a light fantastic toe, singing teerrdy as I went along, when ulat on earth Should I see, as I looked into the barnyard,ltut the old no• man milking the cow, while my honoiable hien& with his face ruddy morning ex ercise, and his long locks sticsnung in the ,reize, was - holding the cow by the tail I saw to an instant that ha bad the start of me. I returned ra the house chsconditted, and abandoned all hope of 4 YOte in that te- toutshud a.s IC he had actititid.dty filed a hoinhishi II in the jiarlor. S.iine engscianr hied to get the - apple, and ;e4tiired it to the dneomlitul geni email \On then inconii nentl) took hinis(lf 01l I o the pint in e of 11101WIlie 111 lkloo'nie• tail there arc only too slight drawbacks.— \\ hr n the plipi.cain gives a 11098 he is ex , pecteit to partake of a ',miller one himself, as a guaranty of his good faith . should the pa tient die 'tinder his Viands, the relatives, though by u 0 means bound In exercise it in all circumstances, have the might of potting him' to death, unless special agreement has Ma de freeing gm from all respotud bi li iies as to the couu•quences ; ohile he, should they decide oil immolating him, has no rea sonable ground fn complaint, tint is expect ed to AULIII:t to his fate like a roan and hokum. In other rekpeets the amateur will And on easy field. " 11 hot does Satan pay you forswearing?" said Deacon Todd to one whom he heard us ing profane language. " lle don't pay me anything, - was the reply. '• Well, you work cheap, to lay aside the character of gentleman ; to inflict so much pain upon your friends, and all civil people to stiller such pains of conscience as you must stiller, and lastly to risk losing your own precious soul (gradually rising in emphasis,) all for nothing ! You certainly du wink cheap-- very cheap, indeed !" How TO STOP BLoon. —Take the fine dust of teas, or the scrapings of the inside of tan ned leather, and bind it close upon the wound and blood Will soon Mee to tiO These articles are at all times accessible, and easy to be obtained. ADer llf6 blood has , ceaaed to (low, laudanum may be advanta geoludy applied 10 the wound. Duo regard to these instructions, WM save agitation of mind and running for the surgeon, *ho would probably make no better prescrip toin, -if pi tau. t. - (loop Clint..--d fire occurred in Newport, It. 1., recently, at which the hose bust, and there was a cry for sdrething to bind it.— A lady who was near promptly ollered one of her skirts, and the stream of water was soon doing effectitio service again. That la dy should be a honorary member of the fire d cps rhrient. ROW %V ' rt Russ Is THE STIIIIIIS.-11npu tent little boy (to a very fat old go ntleman, who is trying to get along as Instant he can, bttt with very indifferent success.) I say old fellow, you would get on a jolJy sight quiek. er if you would lie down on the paveinent and let me roll you along. Ximilling Scene • FEAltrl I. I , ..XPKIOMMTI CF I.I6KixING-Itom ssAN AWNNT TO TOP: YUNIIIIT or A l'A- I= Mr, Thomas Kingston, who for' smeral years has followed the business of putting up'lPlghining rods, to Nell, of course, requires steady neires and a firm brain, met With an accident recently, by which, but for the most singular piesenee of mind, or rather oiii , pernatatal instinct, he n null hate fallen fiom A dizzy height, and been driahed to pie i2ba. h compelled to (limb. rail's, over obiewsoys, -endmp spiava-44-64 a ray, with pt rrt et cooolness and precision, hundreds of feet nbeee the lee, I of the t artit On the or e4iiii/I1 we refer, Mr. K. had ascended St. Paul's Cathedral, whose spire is about too ugped and thirtydiru fret 'high, near tin Mad of It:midway, and gone to'the very top, w here, having left his ladder hrlow. bu chum; by his aims siellegs, fast, iird the lest foot ut the not and attar lied Its petit—fplite a heavy pli cc ?•1 - met.' --se• surely, as he 'supposed, to llto cross hilt- Mounti ng Cho i,la had ,nor atUICUit and dangerous task, witched by a nnuther of persons it. the, street below and %%title looking at the work and experi encing that satisfaction which results from lia . zard passed and labor accomplished, of a sudden soMething heavy struck him and made his brain reel mud ho could hardly sue. Instead cif losing Jos hold at onc e , as 'would seem to base been the natura`l and in evitable result, he clung w nth a lime! , be• yond himself and a will superior to hit} own, closer and instinctively to the spire. lie knew not what had occurred, and to but con fused senses it appeared that the steeple was tumbling; or that some strange cause was about to bring the vast structure to the ground, Sunni loth seconds--an age to lum —must have elapsed before he sufficiently collected green) his scattered thoughts ann suhrerted coo- w a n, s h e 's port) kt 11, she nt me scious'nesl to know that the entire upper down on hnsacsg,,, pail of the mil had fallen upon his head, I .• sh e d i d , 0, r Whit ~r l ot „ sfi eat/Sing the blood to trickle over his fore- are 3 „„ 0 „ head. and neatly blind Min. He was iv a .• Why, she p Silted Me irme don nto dreadful perplexity, and must dangerous pos n os n o , and look around and lind hall a ilor- Ninon. lie feared, if he moved, he would , ! en of the 'egg( lit fools ut Bustin, and bring go cleaving, the air 40 • turriiele death upon , em up the country to edicate 'cm and I the stony street below—and at the same rather guess I've got toy oon 'cm non ," time lie knew he could not, lo the disorder- I said the stranger, lain in the %thole crond ..rate of hr, nerves and his increasingr glance k akno..s, retain his grasp, more the rvsult. Th e nex t mo m en t h e hud the edgeshmt to of fate than of let ling, flinc h l ong er. If himself, when Ire quietly finished his dough stirred he might fall ; if be remained ho ear- mint tastily would. , and, determined to make at least an effort for pus life, he put one foot vet) , C 111111011,4) then 1n.4 am, and then moved the other fool and after half a min- Lie of exertion, and the greatest dsoger, he touched the topmost rotted of the ladder, and in a few ar.mnds more nal ut,ide of the cte-ple and sale Then it nno that Mr K great courage and strength forsook him • his nerves and muscle+, relaxed , he grow met( unto ttenth his knees gave way . hi, ve.ion ',warn, and he sank upon the platform motionless and insensible Ile mustiinva, laic there half an bOttr ht fore he could walk,41?Ill Ito did not recover from the shoek fur more than 4 firtnight aneruard The people gazing up at hull from the st reel describe the scene es painful And ex citing 111 the extreme. When they observed the rod tall, a thrill of horror ran throngs their hearts, and too women swooned away for they expected to in.ditdd . him the neat mutt dashed to pieces at their feet Hes•• tiny had ordered it otherwise, and Mr K. still pwrhues hut dangerous avocation . but Ire says if fee were to live a thousand years he never wonlil forget the intense "horror of those centnry -like moments ex hen lie Seemed to hang upon the air more thou two hint dred feet above the earth, and to be momen- Card" rtesceiaing to a?treadful denth.,- Cro ri t Riumirer. Singular Fasts. The New York Evening Post and several other papers have recently published the following- A countrywsman has recently arrived in Paris from the department of Seine et Marne who - should ho presented to tho Academy of Sciences. This woman was a short time since watching a cow in an open Held, when a violent storit arose. Shg took refuge un- Aer a tree, which, lat the instant, was stystek by lightning the cow was killed, and she was felled to the ground senseless, where she was soon Gond, the sto n y sea% ed with the flash that felled her. tlixtin re moving het: clothing, the exact image of the cow was found distinctly impressed upon her bosom.- A correspondent of the New York lode pendeiA, says this curious phenoinenOn is not without a precedent. Dr. Franklin men tions the case of a man whci was standing in the tivior of a house in a thninderstorm, and who was looking at a tree directly be fore him, when it was struck by lightning. On lho•mau'a breast was left a perfect da. VereOtype of the tree. In 113-11, a magistrate and a miller's boy were struck by lightning near a poplar tree in one of the provinces of France, and upon the breasts of eaeh were found spots exact• ly resembling the leaves of the tree. An Irishman told a merchant that he wanted t (7 buy an empty barrel of Hour to make his Charles Lamb's Warning t'harles Lamb, tcllsi /mg , tad exturo.twe a . warning to young null iu the tolloo log language. The watera ,tiave gene to; r Inc nut out of 'the black depth-. vonla I be 111 , 31,1, Would cr . ) out to all thi,,e abo Imre but,et a fool in the perilous thsid Could the yontli to whom the tlat or of Ins mine I, dtlicion, as the opening, sceries.of life, or the enteting upon ether newly discovered parodic, loot( into My desolation and be made to under alcuLd tchatadrt aly_thittg !Li .4 11.6(.11 h , utnu ;411n feelnintseffgoingdonnapree; u we open eyes end passive ttdl , ace his de struotion and have n 9 power to stop tt, and yet feel it all Lb& way emanating from lion elf , to see all gm (Euless emptied 0.1 Crrlan. 9 1 yet not able to forget a tone when it wa. otherwise ; to beau about the pittou, sper I. le of ht., ott n rout conl.l he ,u • U.) G. \,n.l fevttt. , h I% 11'1 the dunking, and ft verilhly looking li i tt - night's (petition of the Tully , he but Pi L yl p P;Nri l l'artG f feCtre ii - u s tCry, to 4u Aeliv , r ed —it were enough to make him (lash lit sparkling bei erage to the earth m all the joule of tl. mans lung ti naptai tn.- It you hare a young friend nho way he to danger of acquiring an appetite fai drink, invite hiv attention to l'itarli• dicadful evpertenee 1: AND - \ young mtn, clad in homespun, nay,taudmg m , a I'M days since, deronring a doughnut, hen he \\as aceoated by une of a tatl l ten genterly dressed.eity-utlers %%Rh, Jest come Ceotrt Vtas, gthiss I have : peat place tI atn't it, peon ?" loud the countryman, •• "ris so, hub • ho‘‘'s your mann '" 'skid the city buck, bent um apnit milt =IZEI Ncw WAY TO COI.LIWY DKIIT3. Ihe SteU be:mile Herald publniher emplop a man nth the .mall pox" to collect Ilk debts. The , uhSCriberei and job customers are all paying up without being, called upon," and the Ileraltl malt is genii g s‘t Ida) % cry fast Fred Itugh has mulled the endow 'an• ttr , and some a ieked rymeoer has gn, en a tgro to the happy pah ut tio, zt) " Wilco Ctlpid .114 this nial On Ilyniou'n e 1.... 10 lab,. a 1,414, At first she went off on a Catiler But now shaves it with a [hob " KEKP To THE ROOJT "- -•..1 grumble: at our rude says the time was when this old rule of walking and (hiving mai observed, but it is impossible now, as the lathes !Mops pre,so enormous that they make a person get,iop4fle rater no 'natter wlent side the wish is to take, ILUOADYILP.K I' Asa 131 1.1 - A 101 l Ir non under diseusio 6 on in the New Yolk Senate which maker the gieng or receiving, or a free nags upon the railroad a Imadeuu•anor, exce pt p i ca w s ,r charity or benerolence, oa - employo a of the road ' Accomplishments and ornamental harm ing art:sometimes acquired at the expense of usefulness. The tree which grows the, tallest, and is most thickly clothed n nh leaves, is not the Is firer, but rather th.; con trary. in gentral;what a woman f.ays with her eyes &servos more at tenbtut than the words w hich escape from her lips; therefore,should she remain silent, although you hare just asked a most interesting ,questton, perhaps you may thud an answer in her eyes. .1 nor genius being asked why he did Mid attend the funeral of his wife, replied, "that ho could not leave his shop, and that it was always batter to attend to business before pleasure." At a recent railway festival in Clev'eland, in honor of Mr. John Durand, the following striking sentiment was liven :—Ous Moth e;a-Tho only faithful tenders who never minplace ,stn '• I tell yOu," said a ba dew alinu•joker, deseribtg an affair, " everybody was there' and the Court heat) was so full that nobody could logo gut in if every coo hadn't gone before anybody else did." Tama or 71111 PASSIONB.—TO find -out tvhom a child loves, rusks it a present, and notice to whom it in :rat eager to show Oat present exultingly. , To find out whom a woman hates—do exactly the saute thing. Old gentleman, (sefectionatiey.f "My son, why do you chew that filthy tobacco V' Precious youth, stiffly.) To gut the juice out sf it atit codwr." MI 4 1 . )11% ,i.. , UIs AO 1.11;E• I VOL 1:51E - T: ST - Nniffir Ir tetteT ri' a dying Wife to her Husband AVIA louti•hiug, fratitiihl tkir II r1"111 . rt I nr triftoo }or husband. tin` ham.' h . % lion some month.' Janet hi r death, Let o ilit h ay. of a raligioll4 Volume% hi eh iiry fowl of ion 5t117,. 4 . 167 - letl. run. orOlro !nog r hool.hoa ao are that iho lull 1111,1 rm,i, 0. a 0 1 ,00 . 110: 10,1 ) , Corm 01 his 0 ho at the tail) age off Mil t :. II 1111(1 01.1 -hall rtti.l, d ar 1 - eer.r,:r.-- , r ThyrlthritTrtrarc-1-trrrrinTritreer--- the Ow:, or the 1..t.b. I Audi ba‘c pas•ed away lout et, anti the roil nhile stone will Ire I.r lonely itatrh leer the lips ion ha‘x. an I the sod %%ill be I.:1,mm:: 71i err that ah.ol h do rule\ r from 111 t of of e t•fit. 11.• d , •10, lit•iii Fin itt tin WI, 11100 who all beenh uty th, , nv,hix er in al 11,1, I lii Ii i tr re , 11,1 the eislitel..ll4lle.n• of put.. 1•1111 1 ,; iiiiii t oottrl to I oil, aftfhil. it rocrtit now ,rein bat thr Introit, itaa,liwa4 nil a gi:l, .10. that Gorge it I. s.l' Many ~racy Irwin, LAN, I p0,,e.1 cii3cnlur t , ) 1('011 Ili' :I,C 0 4. %I laoin I I,oc .0 ndl no I do., Li, 1 t n orl,l of atun• tosl - I,vaotv , 411,1 hnol melt% at. tai •titt7zgle on t.ilenl;3 rut! alotte tt ith the sure coat c rm that I ant stout 1.1, nt o a I ' , " or to and go &mil tilt tlt . tat 4 N. 0. 1, t 1 1141 t, limit in triton' I hat, ht It, and . n.tit on hi; arm. " I frar a, evil 1 0,, not Matto, toe 1 , ,t. 15ee , i , 144. , •vl it Pli 1 11131 ( . 1.111 inn 110 w ( . 0111(1 I stiluN't )no trail ~tl, 1., sOrtmea• 1 r, It L : lltti • VI .non mtke it appnt , ! I Could 11111 , 111,11( tO II \e II 4 , lik it, 1.• /it t our :Via! INIICII 3 cur tittle t1,.,11 tai ~ a t. , 1 ir.lluvent4 yolli *lead Ultol , lily l•roti. , n, • 01 • d. am (Ilan 3 mu' . r lour de• parting ait nit. Lli; \k\, halm , it rci N% Ulllllll - 1 lII' I I r.tit is not to be- :oil I .uloor, lout, 1, the pets , l-4e of u.aolioog. thtou:ll long and dirt at) the si it I,' tmal and of it an& tr.ll; toy snd‘nt ; head hen, you! 10(ait to iny .\ fui you shell share my list thoi.g'd, anti the last fault ples,tue of the hate' I , el the last rechle I," shall he t out-. alol itc.t e hen fiish and moll -hall hate I,llledutie, my eyes shall rest out un' I :;lazed by death nod tAd splits shall hold one last counounfoa ua t 2 .1 gently fading from hey I ten —the last ol tarth en shall nungh: avith the fir.,t LI ight ghomsea of the unfit nig glut ie. of the lo te I W/lri7r, %here part tlig.art'tutkm>ttn IV, II do I know Illy tit art.eof o c, %%fele %00 udl I ly tie: or. tut we alvyhtjti thJ placr,luel a. 11 - C olatcli• ad the toehoo ‘ito-et a, 11 ginner'. In rint , • e Hog flash. i.et Matt,tol bt:r inshed the grassy 1110111 I, around yr uitri the .ti, t n, ofbunu.h,d .4,14 ta. II ii r tp, has thought lirit One ~r u. wouht aunt.. It LC% your name iv,tild be en the stone Hut leo loved the •pof, and I knot , . t , ou it 111 love II hone the II lit u) I/11 see the saute quiet sun-light hugtrand play among the gran4 that gt,tts our yotug Mary s ;;lath. ktiow you a ill go de is.. awl my ..i.trit a iii In u ith you Own, an I a 1111.11( :1111011i; UK: tt aV mg bia'edtca t 9tl Jot boat hut gone beton'," VI 40.* • Fl,; to 111 10. -411 Th.,,d“ ) .! llaud Not is. a colored as d scoi red dead to room \o the (Mil rdlon oc euitied a, a barbel sidlp z ' summoned a jury agiJan Id alt inquest ulieti t`.4. irttiy The piry rend, ritl a tetdiet that lis death 0.0, aceaslimed by snallowtitg quantity of optimi tt Inch lie hail purchased at one of our stoics the t lit fore. Ile oan it resident of Lan isteitn. by profession a bat her, and had recently 41:01 employed here cat that capacity. _lle wee of very in temperate li thitl, and lind Leen spreeing it for att ed. pail with great caress and the pi esuimition 14 that in lus alert to restore litashatttrednertev,bythe use of lie evil reacliiTd — ty 11 , 1111 tint aneiett, and laid himself don it to sleep to wake up lu the unseen world. —.funiati Rcxs,trr the town of / 4 41,1agen, t';erii has been Int, ly opened o nctd printing est abli,lnnenl by Theodoit Ilelgerad. All the cumpost LOIN awl .pres,nien pre deaf and dumb, tii";beinumber of one handrod and al xty ; eleveit l of the Conine are N% Omalt. They have all Teen edtwated at M. Ilelger ada's owneost in mho. eimployme; t are now engaged lit. The King Lou e.ollerred oft hun a targo gad modal for this griittreellil; citation from Oa social moralaril'. - A S.to Stortr.- , The New C'astlo &want says, a funeral of a yams woman win) diod of small pox, passed through tho streets one ji day last week. Tho only persona who fol- .f• lowed ,the corpsu to its last rtathit place were the father and mother oetlio &teased. They are both vory old, and followed. behind dm hearse. 'CM! ! 'r aE Asll4llEli op WOlLE.—There many young men, who. if they were to stu the character of Franklin, would learn Miry lesson. lb was never too prosittla work, and thought no employment beneath hie dignity that was necessary and_lcutore btr.- • - =I 16 - fir*. =ln
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