• • .. • • .). ME 1' A illr't a I. 1 MEI PRINTSO AND Br p i B. S. SEELY h J. S. BARNHART. Tertne of Publication rpms —311 5 0 nts if paid wthin three months —4a,ou if dloyed vis otoot he, nod V5O if not paid Within the year' :beau lerms will he rigidly ad• bred to VER r ISEMESTS , nnti nosiness Notices 'insert lid at the usaol rote. , and every description of Jt PRIS'I'LLN EXECTITP.I) i” the tonteet mother et the lowest w i 1, the to Howl dvepoteh pahloteo I lop eolieeoon of typo we ere pre pared to satl;4l3 LIIV +Ha+ulN of Ilusiness Pitectorp. VIIIAIIO E. 4 it IPA Lit, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Bpci,f.tcPpNTE, PA iihn JAM!' T ilulo 14,, 2'. 185-.tf IRA (' MI ITC II 11. 1., ATTOItN 115:1' Al' LA NV . net.d.crosrs PIIINN A , Win continue the prnr.lert of for profettstort, I .he odi Jo heretofore occupo,l I,y hue tutu I will IV teed promptly owl cuttklully to all bustnear cI trusted to Imo Peg 23, 1838 —ly DR. (7. L. POTTER, P1IY:31CI V•I d MAO EI)I IeNT/Ili co cA, Bate oo High Street (Li ) nttarol to liro f el , son e Li!, nll.l respeetfully o ffer. big Ll er% 1,1 S and Om public Out 23- Saitt DM .1 MITCHEL 11„ Vu YSIC AN AL st:RGEO3, MRI 1, ItIoNTII, CIIMTP110) , r♦ attert l t ti oohs VtorProfone, ant otr. I a hi, sin Itei to hit (Hood. and tits ?obit Olfl ”oxt door to 101 l rtotitierles 14priog strret (let 21 50.-tf 4 HANS, ATTOANEY AT LAW AN. I) ItLAL EsrATr Atir.Nr I=l rep 30 "'•il E. J. SCRVEYuit AND CON VEYA \'("ER _ `4 . 4 . MITES 11. It A PIFIK Al 1 ORPihY A f LA W, 10.1.1,RoNTR, 113 , / , ' • .11710. on Iltigh Strrot O r p,ite dirTnaltlenco of .1.1.14 e Plurn.ido Vi ILIA A3l SIAM...LIM, AVIOV.NLY AT W rA og ee ..ItA T 11.1415 ft f• HILiUV ci:VI WlTer',7l".6 Al I,l\N ,47,e0 on A. g,”.y it' Foul.ling for rortly owes, NI Cu /14uitoiri Ao,uot tO I'. I. ear' =EEG JA.HILIII E. lit Tit 11111107 1 1, I.III , IkAA:N ry.. ri Ih•earss, t.% Ur W it J tf Bun, rveneetfnlly fen d•t. I I. prol.emonal :;em to the r,useos ~ 1 r 0 11 r. 1.: n MILL l and nay o?., nt a.. rums 11—.ne A:11111101A rElli, ruysT ANIS h. IJAt. LOT I'l' 1"...0 N u to 5 Its J 1, IC NilAllf c 1 Stall 4 .l, 11/ lLn Au.ade 11.01cf,,nte I'ollll J• D. 14 DiIaJATE. r,r:stpEsi Di' VI Ili 1' Otnee Mld 1V41 , 1011,0 t Ito Neal, Enet Corner et the I/1.1111401a neer the Court llouse t I he hand et his 411111 except two week. Ju each month coausn •i, .411(10 6411 Nt.,.,a,,y at lhu p lt .tl,,in t• i• be i. ill be sally flhno inures...mut 4 eh... GEORGE 1 11'. •11"AUTZ, jais tl'l. f< EU h J itt =I ji„„ m , sp., a 'Or rhar (' Ilh , n , * A. Urn on \ giws, •Dd Jewe'ry ...I. Ity It 1.011. ,ArrLtdeti Aii,4 12 .i•Lt M:=E= •-•1 Illt AN( II HANK 1,11 1 /./.1 AI /I. 11 //:"FOR. N 14 -- A 44 ulnurbra wall nu. to .1,1 rpm! the 14441,44 t 04.1 1..1c1,0 1 . .. y14411.14d 141144 11440, (toe of . cleArgo 4441.4 Mil ADA/1110W, ATIOU.NLY AT LAW ISELLGYONTIO, rew , CA. s 111 ettotuil prcutptly to nil leefLuttoce.i ltatusted to 'aro Apvetel 011.11101; will be 11(11mit in Ilitn (Ii Aril U,u rt I'rttetace and SorikolllL , 0111 C, ‘.141 1101/ T Hale, wh t :ll.l 1.10 ono •l*.tys lab c )I.su.ted to the Loghsh /44(Ungell J U.IITO‘ER AITOV.N.LY AND CullSsEl.l.o!l AT LAW =I nrlettets his ut the savesal Courts of emu,e eoutity, All buritaani intrusted to blur wit be faithfully •tteutfool tt, I'unit:taut attuniton petd to eollooituni, and, all tortaies promptly rm. Wilted Can be eonenlted, In the tlerman as well a*. in the Engllelt language fifft.to an 111 e at , formerly occupied by Judge Burmalo mud D C Dual, hati F. P. fa Refitli, DHUOUI T. ■EI.LEPONTE, PA W.oLgoAbis RETAIIr DltALltit IN Drugs, Meal'ones, Perfumery. Paints, 01is, Var cubes, Dye-Stuffs, Toilet Soaps, liruebes. Bair an Tooth lirusbee, Panev'und Toilet Articles, Tritium! and Sbeukter Brener garden Seeds • .. • - UmatameA 9111 fill I my swak ootaidtte and fresh, an I ❑I modarato prices (_al"t+'urmera nal Phystdiana rmui the aduatty lir • nvited 110 OV.lnino my OtoCk DENTAL CARD. H. B. Parry.—§uannoN DAVVIST. LATJZ or LoANCAATAII, Pa .) HAS located permanently to Bellefonte, Centre County, where ho proposes praetis log all the various branches of his profession in the mos. approved manner, and at. moderate charges. Cetus and reeidence In the house occupied by Mrs. E. Benner„directiv Karim the resh}eiace of the late non. Thomas. Burnside CARD. We take pleasure to recommending Dr. IL B. PAILAT AO oar Mends as a thoniugh and scanta. pilled Dentist. C. 11. Bit L O ESCILEIt. Id 1.1. . D., JAM ES CKE, At Bellefonte, March t FASO REDUCED. . STATES ,UNION HOTEL, 506 & 608 Iff micisk.Btreet. ahoy' sixth, ' P Hrot 0141.1iff lA, Pk. O. W. ourstr, Propriotor T i mis 20 peit PA* , Pvirpt t 11110; Trot ng bae 1(42ailalIbre11118 nr111(Yrr1111111 UL'4 l ; ho , pt the ohenpa th Bellefonte, Oot, 14-tt TONNIIR teffitia, MMASON'SIINi/1 - VAL El) - BLACKING rot ••14 by ii Uri)/ & atemrepi !~~ Y . n ,'3 ..„. BEI OT /I CLINTON NANNINOTON Oh, lady amnia can never toll,, The bAdi AA hieh MN my soul; I fre/ and think—but yet thit'appil language can cobtrol , lhou khoweet not the though!' which rise Unbidden, when thy arrealung eyea My ardent bore' cajole, And vain it were for we to try Tospeak toy joy when thou art nigh, The eyes have language to express Emotions good and pure, They en,!,,,t lie' —nor olio they dress The tales they tell the trlbtsll4% - In colors of tieeeit or give A (doe neeount Of thoughts Mat live In hearts by love tnade (Hint; And mine, no doubt, have truly told A tale my llps dare not untold If there could be on earth n lore Liko that the sainted bear Each other In the world &bore It should ho thine—sod Clore Should he 110 grid' to mar out joy, No earthly thou, no bare alloy, To dim our trocaures rare ; But each in eriph Mould find a IJUree Of tills', which ne'er could cling.. its counao And, dearest Indy ' when the hour Shall color ib Xhith our inindfi Arc freed from Innu'a defacing powelit And call its heaven Ands 15'ill not the ties n hied. hind us nog' Grow stronger and will not each raw My eagre heart enshrines, He fondly cherished, truly kept, And strikes ohord which here has slept Immortal soul' Time as thy hir h Thy l'fo eternity ' The 1310 is but transient worth— The lost shall ever Le' Then. oh, dear lady' ler us give Our thought. to &endure. which Phan tier And bless my love to thee, When death shall eause two souls forgtsen To lose the world and gain a bravest' THE MATRIMONIAL STRATAGEM, OP. Hoyt' t vro lil/USP:1101.1.)8 111 1 :CALF: oXiit ;11rs. Iteiond Benson sifts fat, fair and for t) %%lice Int linshatid, a soap hoilrr in very good circutio,tatices. nits called from his hfe•tnak of contributing the general ut 'faction of tnaukmd. Dieu. !'canon took rtye from her gr.( 111 n pretty cottage, sit nn rd on the principal street in the town of At first sho was inconvolanle, and she Us ed to qny oiih n soh inn trimhask, which curried conviction to the hearts of fur hear erg, 'Ott nothing but the thoughts of her Isughter FlOrullCe would have prevented her from terminating her exit,tence by the Inter vention of pinyon Genoa was. in no small measure, in debted to her daughter— since in legs than three months. she threw aside her mourning and become as livt ty as ever Toilebing Florence, she kill now reached he mature age of nineteen, and +he began to think fi. r.. If tiirtiagable She wits quite pttttr, and tole! roily a ell necomplish. 41. so 'hat her wadies in that respect were likely 10 b.• Mlll/led. Jiist o.er the way lived Squire Markham, the village las er. Just vcrtiiti; upon arty, with liiS son Charles.wh.i was about half his , k ge. thing a young IMO, of agreeable wa tt rinr, the latter woe quite a favorite with the young Indies of the neiGhb , ,rhol and considered in coannon parlawro, go to a •'ea AA yet, however, his affections hnd never been seriously entnngled, and might have remained so, had it not been for the sudde n appati,irtn. one morning of Florence .lienhott, riding by on horseback. TiTstiuLk Min at once that she was remar kably giaoeful and really, quite pretty.— •Tiwsaupnt, htt ,milttagedmidser-ssatutintaneo with iiicreas,d assiduity, and after while asked the fatal question. Florence answered in the affirmative, and instead of referring him dutifully to her mother, hinted (being a romantic young lady) how charming it would bo to steal away to the next town and got married, without any body being the wiser. Charles Markham caught at this hint, which chimed with his own temperament, and he resolved to adopt it. In order that it might by carried out with perfect s uccess. it was resolved - to seem in dl rent te_tiseh Ocher. 1e9104 offswv7 suss pinion which might otherwise be aroused. So well were t,hcso arrangements carried out ; that Mrs. Benson had no suspicion of what was going on. I Not so with , Squire Mart.hiim. flu had obtained a clue to the allair in swats man oner, so that he notonly discovered the fact of the elopement, but even on the very day on which it was to occur. , 'Sly 'dog, that Charles," thought he to himself, its he sat down- before the tiro in his dressing gown and smoking cap, leisure. ly putting away at a ohuiae Ilavana. "Out don't wonder at it;' he only takes after me, Still, I owe him something for keeping it so secretly from me. It would 4o is go9st joke if I were a little younger, to out. tam out and marryiker in 'spite of him." Squirt Markham, who was one of the Joy ful widowers who take life at it comes, mos- • I ';‘," . t• • 1.4 h. Stitt' To a Lady Alistellantous. BELLEFONTE; CENTRE COUNTY, PENN'A., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 30,1858, ed more and more on this idea, struck ow. by chance as It wcro, till ho really began to think it worth something. "Afioy all," shouted he, - "I am not so old either—or at least, the ladies say so—and they'ought to be good judges in such mat ter.. I bout been a hachelor s good while. anti ouglit to have found out before thin how much More comfortable tt would be to have a pretty wife to welcome me home, atttl to do the honors of the Witt, and to Wp me to keep hat rascal Charles in order Egad ! I've halls-mind to do it." . , _ Noire blarkman took two more white nod ezeltomed : "I vow, do it " 'What this myhterious IT was, we will leave the reader to infer from 108 very next movement. Ringing the bell, he inquired of the servant •'IN Charles ►t home I" ••Ilb, me," w►► the reply, ''tie went out thin Morning and ho gone all d►y." Hump ! that 11 du. So much the better for my purpoaca," thought hue hen left alone. N o w I shall have the ground to myself Let me ace; the rascal intends running away next Thorsday evening, and to day is Mon day. Nothing like striking while the iron 19 hot write to her in his name telling hi r that I have altered my mind and will go just at dark to-morrow night She won't suspect anything 'until the knot is tied, and then what a laugh we shall have "' &vire Markham did not consider that it might make a little difference with the bride expectant_ ❑e considered it a capital joke on his son, but looked nn farther lie ac• cordingly drew his writing materials town rll9 h i m an d indiird the follnwing epistle “Ditattasy Ft onitscx ' Hod the day flx• ed for our elopement on some accounts ob jectionable, and would like. with your per. mission, to suhstitute to-morrow evening If I hear nothing from you I shall infer that you assent to this arrangement:l shall have a carriage in readiness under the old oak tree at half past eight o'crock You can wnlk there without eve-11111g suspicion. and there will be no moon, a r shall be 9 1 ,1 e to carry Om our plans nit 'milt fear of disrov• cry lam happy to say that the governor doesn't suspect iii the least that n ilangliter in law is in store for him Won't he lie ashamed ? Your devoted "Egad "' seisl Noire NlJrktutTn, lanuddnft ' ulna dad, to,peendly Itlomt lintobogglng rharlt) couldn't bat u done lnttrr hums. If 'I So :A.) log he R 4 nl , l it up lipid Rent it over Lyn little Tri,ll lel in hii emplortnent having tit maikid ' private" to the col. • Be careful Mike, to pre it to Miss Ben soil, And dOlt . t let any one else see it," wo, the parting, injunction Mr5.,...1301‘,011 %VIA suing in her quirt par lor casting her eves over a late number of Magerane. Florence being .atisent on a shopping excursion, she was left alone. The ringing of the bell brought her to the door With surprise she saw that the per son who rang the bell was Mike, Squire '•bqy of All work " • Please, mann," said he, hoisting out the mtssive, "a letter for Miss Benson. and Ws a ery particular that flObody else should see tt " The air el mystery conveyed in this char itcwrisi IC address amused Mrs Benson ' s suspicions, especially when O. ha (isci red that it was -asiiiressed to her daughter and not to herself. asAhe supposed. Site return ed to the parlor—not to read Harper's Mat. same, that haul lost its attruigtinns, "What in the world ran it he," she that '•that they should be so secret about It 1— Can Florence be carrying on a clandestine correspondence I It may bo something that I ought to know.:: Snnmlated by her feminine curiosity. Mrs. B en win speedily concluded that Stlo would bo raise to the responsibilities of a parent if she did - not untavel "Here's a pretty &lag !" she exclaimed, et soon as she 'could recover her breath 'BO Florence Was going to run away and get owned to that Charles Matkham, with out so much as hintiag a word to me.'' She leaned ,her head upon her hand, and began to consider. She was naturally led to think of her own marriage with the late Mr: Benson and the happiness of her wedded life, and she could not help heaving a sigh at the recollection. "Am I always W remain thus solitary 1" bipti4 4.440 - "I 1....- 14...1..t • -.4."4-.0011 to show the letter to Florence, but to rim airay with Charles to-morrow, night on my own ac count.. It's odd if l can't persuade him that the mother is a' good as the daughter," and She glanced complacently at the still attrac tive face and form reflected from tho Fair Jut Aiken sba heard the door open, and Florence entered. She quickly crumbled tip the note and thrust it into her pocket.— Florence and Charles did not meet during the succeeding day, °Nay in pursuance of the plan they he.d agreed to, in order to avoid suspielk. • Squire Markham acted i i an exceedingly strange manner, to 4io sou's thinking. Oc casionklly ho wuuld burst into a .hearty laugh whi.th hotionttl ,eodeavor to eilliPftlia, and pace upend dowittherOont, a 8 if'to walk oft some of his superabundant hilarity., ."‘Chat's in the wind ?" thought Charles to htne.;,•tf. t•tt can't that, the governor is getting crazy." S o wz,thing wig the mat. to beyond doubt. But' what ,it really was he had wit the faintest conjecture. At the hour ispecifled, the &ppm had his csniage drawn up at the appotaied Ade:. roils. Ile Megan to overanxiously in the Jerk for Florence. At length a:female form well txmll4d up made its api,earance Thanking her m a low whisper, lest it might he suspected that he wiurthe wrong person lieLholpad her i n to the carriage and drove elf. Their dtstination way the hammer a Justice of the Peace, reattltng - at a' distaice of eight miles. Boring the limt part of the j , "urn6 , noth ing ens said Both parties wet, dcanoui of concealing their identity At length the Spire. con, dent% that he coed not marry the lady wit hour her oiinsent, sod that the dtarovt ry must :3e imde beMregte marriage deterinined to reveal himself and then, urge his own Rik as welLats he ~ M y dear Miss Florence." he continued in his natural voice. "Why !" shrieked ttte lady,. -I thought it way Charles." •'And 1, " said Squire Markman, recogni. zing Mrs Benson ' s voice with astonishment, 'I thought it was Florence. " IVas it you. sir, that was arranging to elope with toy daughter ?" ' No, but I , onclude It was ynO, ma'am who wan meaning to elope with toy .toPi 'lndeed, Squtro Markham. you are wrong the affair coming incidentally to my know I edge I concluded to take her place secretly, in order to frustrate her plans." - "Egad ' the very idea I had inrselr' said the Squire, laughing, hut the Net is, we ' ve both of 1114 been most eOfli..undedly sold, and the miseheif of it Is. I left a letter for Charles, letting hum krkew it; so undopqt edly he will take the miportunity to run o r suith -Florence *14.11d-tag our bscnco, mi plume bun sell the rascal, on the way in which I was tskenln " I coach,' that I left n note for Florence to tie "atoll purport. Howiiha wilt laugh at rnc What an mirth. rtwnt " I tell you what," Raid thtf - Squifit, after a tut ment' i , Four:EL': we mej oar piano after all We ca-h Came out with the -tiitention of gt tting married ll by not mar ry ea. li rah. r and then. you know, we rut make then. Inlieve we had it in view all a long, and only intended to frighten theta " Iklrs 11' . 114 , P11 avvented wit% a little urging: and in the tq..11 , 4. of all hour the liana tyre made ona. They iminvdiately returned, but found: ilk they anticipat:d , that Elore , ree and Choi le, dincoverir.g tin it departure, had theimelves htepired off in a different diree Uon wlth a romilar intent, ( fIARI Ll' They made their apnearnneo the next morning, prepared :to, iremgli heartily nt the frustrated plans of their parents, but learned with no little astonishment that they had tktruck up& bargain for themselves. Sq•iire Markham and him now- wife had the addr es to convince them that it was all a prom di.a Led plan, and to this illy the younger pair are ignorent of the plot and co•in', r•plo' led to the double union of the two hou,etiolds- It may be remembered that some two months ago, Win 11 IVliiie eloped with Mivs Amanda Platt, from Ilartfod, Conn Mr Whit had a wif , , three children, and a prosperous business. Miss Platt mai 16 years old, and her parents moved in good circles The first.heard of the inksing coo pre was by a despatch, dated Waf.ilungton City, from Senator Dixon, of CWIIIeCLICIIL, announcing that they were stopping at Brown's flout in that city, Mr. fur sortie reason. suadettly left lYtialungton, and went on to New York. Arrrying there, fie placed his yictiin inadisreputable house in the upper tart of thr e e ;ty, and theft Taft her. Discovering Diet She had been basely deserted, the repellant girl, wrote to her father, who came on and took her home. We publish iho above as a warning. te 6u la¢ios who h f icbOr. 14 OtrOn r.srti4ifty Ihr strangers, and, ignorant of th,,, :rue character, are ever ready to form ma +. ilia' alliances with thetu...Alicrohy. nb , , 4 out of ten, 44crilicing 4 life of happiness to one of novae and mMery, Marion Brown'ow IU va-Custrrwrio The Into Ktioxeln ' Whig contsv„g characteristic and pathetic appeal fe, • editor to his former customers at Jonr where the Whig was originally ' puldisheti. Lta ar.a._tg takeintla on .tho JLuk of Enat. Tennessee, Which are wor.th twenty cents on a dollar, in full payment, and adds : , •Persoris wishing to square up with.us can do so' Ff, however, they wish to get off at 4, cheaper rate, they can with-hold even these bills, and wo proinuo during the coin ing year to receipt them in full through the paper, forever, and our claims against them in the High Chancery of Heaven, and let them settle with their Clod in the world to come. And to leave all without. excuse, we further agree to take Shanghai chickens, hoop skirts, bootjacka, broom corn, baby fishing tackles,Wooden coinbA, pine, blacsning, pl 4 boots, ritent medicine sucking pigs, frozen eabbige, -old clothes. Colt's revolvers, seirind-handed tooth brush es,singer makes, piarched cord, eircui tiok ets,tady or any other artieleS , found in a retail stem'. Gals Look Out Down and Up. In the year 11319. a young man who was rich, and engaged in a lucrative business in I ~.:::donati, became enamored of a beautiful am;,;Halitego,:_ -the daugther by the way, an d "tier a hrielcouit slop married her. lie' loved her she loved luny !early. A foam,: of hapPi ness seemed in store for them ; but evil days came, and after' a brief but violent struggle with fortune, the young man be came a buikrupt. Ile V 1 ,49 left without a dollar, lint pot without a hope. The gold miner:of Gilifor ilia were open to the elven tunny; and industrious Ile worth, leave his beautiful wife and wilt Ina shores, where lie would remain ht, fel 100 fistuites here r. vived. Ile iam• to Cal ifornia, but the cloud still hung over hint. -- He was active, enierpre.ing, and persever• Tog )(ft while others around him were gathering the golden harvest in liblindittice, his every object failed. For eight years he continued thus. Ile became sick, weary and ili,heartened, but Iris pride would not allow him to unite horie fur assistance Ile ay.ts at last reduced 'TO sell newspapers upon the streets for n living. A few weeks ego he was at Folsom street wharf, upon the art ival of the mail en amer and among the passengers who came ashore, he caught a glimpse of a richly dressed lady; whom he thought he knew. Ile followed her to a hotel. gut a fair view, and recog ward her as his wife, whom he had not seen fur eight years. lie KM poorly dressed. ' but his affection conquered his pride, and he immediately made himself I nowt to her.-- The recognition was followed by a beautiful exhibition of unabated and unfaltering love. The lady's parents having died, hail left her heiress ofgreat wealth She had not heard of her husband for eight yearl. and, fearing fur his safety. she resolved to visit this State and make enquiries for herself-- The lady closed her conversation with her husband by putting her arms around his neck and sit} ing . -Now dear (leorge, we can go home and be happy as we need to he '' They del go home on the ateatner which left last Mon day. This story is strictly true.- Caltfor mq Stotrit of the Tvries• Appalling Calamity THRICE CHILDREN BURNED To Dawn's ! The village of Fostoria. thrs county, wag (he scene of cute of the most appalling calarn. toes, oti Fr iday morning last, th t has ever be e n our lot to record We are indebted to , a frictul for the ruBON log infirtICOIATS of the he tit.: ending or..urretice . - Mr. Line Born der, a resident of Fostoria. and a tanner by trade, (in the employ of ul Mr. John Camp bell, of Ilensheytow n, about a nude distant,' went to ti work as usual, on the .norning of the 17th, leaving his wile arid three small children at home In the enjoyment of health l and happiness The mother, after die had eaten ber breakfast, went to the stable to milk her cows. leaving the children by them eel, es in the house. During lii.r absence, the children, as is supposed. set Ore to a boa of shavings, which had been bronglit in the right previous. and wintel4w ',it 1 ling beside the stove. The IlithiV pread i an rapidly that the bowie Inside s'a costa iof fire before it was ilisecii.ered or any pCr son caste or could render any asidstance -- I The doors and windows were all shot and fastened. The door was broken open im mediately. but the flames rushed out in such a volume ns to render it impossible I for any icerson to miter: Every possible ef- 1 fort Was made to rescue the, children front their horrible situation, but iithout avail they were 'literally roasted r i ve. The acetic was one a Mel' baffles description. The oldest child - s—bny. was live years old ; the second, a little girl, three years old ; the third, a am3ll babe, three 'months old. The charred t emedna of the childret - were recovered after the 4 boirac was burned (loam They w . ere An hurried into a herd shapeless crisp. The legs and arms of thtlitido suf ferers acre entirely ee tumid and nothing .t,. ! h•:. r, r r •rq r bodies ! The I ter 'amine were buried' ! etolv - rfter the lire' I he net , are 11i... I,lcar•-u tiok,,hf, .N .kr,, , ,j; ~( 4P ^,l nu ; ta , • .4, '•• in the house WA t: dw,oong took tiro and was burned to the ground. The budding% in:- longed to Flannel Koller, of cathartne Town abip.—lioitsdaiskur-g Standard. AMUSING INCIDENT IN COLtt-At Dur ham assays a very deaf old lady, who had brought an action tor' damages against a neigyor, was being examined, when the Judge suggested a compromise, and instruc ted counsel to ask her what she would take to settle matters. "•What will you take ?" asked the gentleman in the hoh-tailed-whig Of the olillady. The old lady merely shook tier head at the counsel. informing the jury in confidence, that "she WaB' verY lard o' hemin." "Ina lordship wants to kn,iw what will you take ? 'maker( the counsel ii -1031/0, this time bawling as loud as mver'..lv, could in the old lady's ear. "I thank his lordship kindly," the ancient dame answer ed stoutly, "and if it's no ill eonwenionsie to him, I'll take li little warm ale." (Roars of laughter.] - English ryaper. Stray Lsavos from' a Country Girls Dist y TUESDAY —To tiny, had the pleagurg of reading the Watchman. Its friendship n. Vie abates, for notwithstanding the cold weather and bad roads it vi,its us regular ly. even here on the Allegheny mountain and cheers our lonely hours. by its rich in structive anti varied conversation ; but I wag greatly- nu , rtifled on reading the sto ry of a funeral, in " Stray leaves from a gill's diary No 2nd " It said ,• Frie nds will ionL , ,alulate." instead of c „,„",„ te , •• ..rOllll,l our Lottli, " I iii hope if my blends rejoice when I am gone, they ta ut a t l eas t wa i t t i ll o.ey get away Gum iii)' grave. lint I believe the t'Jotchtntin did not mean it, end feel like forgiving the honored gentlemen. Wsnetitsmtv --Alone. The last cchd er joyous merry Rimming schoolbchys - has died, away, and naught is heard save the shrill cry of wilder, as he stalks around mon• arch of all " he surveys. And is title solitude' Ah' on, it e,tnnot be, 001001 us, only 111101 a We solo amid the throng of busy men, And lin.l no Cruet nn love nn gumplthr, There stern Fortnelity, with nil her pride geulere brainleer heals and lovele,fi hearts l'hety IMMO and [latter, bow and 'milts again, And ASA ter on in one unthinking strain, Len* deopleoell.leis come, o'er Un, 0.11 , 1 (rich IVe art reltre &lien alone But hero Itnuke, pen and giber Nought', dear fs rondi Sweet rne,norms of the slap whose light !mated, And bright [lntiolpatinos a the hours to come, With me all hold sweet converse, lb rugh the queen Of intone° SILJ enthroned on all around, I'm not atone This is not chlittle, But sweet society, whore none Intrudes St's:DAY —Chao% wearied ids) mg AL home au mach, i persuaded my boarding toaster to lend me a louse and I would go with Mr C— to firer loin preach. Ile said Ins bridle was broken, and there wee no en.d.11.. ' for me to ride on. I told him to put his sad• die and the - harness bridle on " Joe" and lead him out. Accordingly we star fed and on the road to Julian Furnabe passed a man wog king on the road. Sonic of • Ihe people hero have Sunday religion , ieruiih they nal not use in the seek, for tear of wearing it out. Some pray on Sunday, covet o n Mon day. chi at on Tuesday, he on Wednesday, get drunlyni 'Thursday, so car on Friday and if the) bud an opportunity would steal un Saturday. This man could Ittlt hare had even a ,hare of the Sunday religion. MONDAY --'• M wont go w till her to night," said a greeny es I carne out or the meeting house, who ought In know w hether or not I am pretty. hy the idiots *tare he kept up during the sermom know air that I am not only " not pretti but am ugly. ivul would thank )ou to give your hateful glances to one more favored with VCIII.II I I chamois. I guess Jou would .'nt" go with me to night, a good reason why FRIDAY —lCero it not for the radiant halos of pa-t enjoyinetitA, and the sparkling rays from the star of hope, the ' , regent would ding In icily When far from home, our rounded by strangers, and be-set with trials, who is it that does not sometimes see the t 4.1 , 10, ,fiadge of deupoodency witty their mystic lingers over the sunbeams of their Nip.) inent•• ? Alt ! you hare not k non ii what tt is to have no fathees kindness to cheer you. no mother's love to g u ile you nu sisters hand to list he the aching brow, no brother's strong arm to lean upon eldm wenried, on smile of friendship to hes! up the wounded heart. you do not know 1 1 1iint, life is But even now hope seems to 14 LI/ 4- Per: "LOCO look fOr1•11 rd. aria., and bo free There's a welcome for you In the balls of glee, There's a friendly .mile for your care-worn _Lein That way shadow In cadets. but never deport " WILD ROSE. BLACK: OAK COLLEUR. flow beautiful the fullowing from the pen of Prentice, and how happy the heart that . can see these btauties es ha portraya them . distracted, and it sill loau her rea ,evor lasted food Why is it that the rainbow and (lie cloud come over tie with a beauty that is not of earth, and thus pass away, and leave us to ammo on their faded loveliness t Why is it that the stars, which hold their festival around their midnight. thrones, Iry sot above thesrasp of our limited faculties; forever mocking us with their nnapproaching gol ry f And why is it that bright forms of human beauty are 'presented to our view, and then taken from us leaving the thousand dreams of affliction teflow back in Alpine torrents upon our hearts I We are born for a higher destiny than that of earth.— There is a realm where 'the beautiful belong that now passes before us like a meteor, which will stay in our presence forever." upied store house Cvator.—A ;nen in Binalo,,Now York, we;rs'a most rare and ancient cariosity in the shape of a wooden watch, only one hun dred and pity-six years old !. 'lt was made by Casper Glat; Stetton. in Switzerland, in 1702. The pinions and verge axe of steel ; the barrel, *rain, and licope wheels are corn. poatid of brawl, anpl so its,nthe balance. The real or the of tvatoh iv entirely of wood, in eluding Ito ease. • • ,• • .„. ./ „4 . , 4 - (Original For the Democratic Watchman I [No. 4th. f Immortality ; -..mkorc x l . ?aim/ . .1 601 N •a4I4ICIN. VOIXIiIR 4 -NUMBEE Marrying at Random '• local" of the fiudalo Republic tells the following very good 'un : Ore of ()Drill/at e i of the Peace was called yesterday oftesoor..,to go tQ$ Ljermaxt how" in the city, and marry a couple. Putting on a clean collar, end putting a marriage certifi— cate in his porket, he started for the festive Neese. Arrived at the house moiler the direcs tie of a blue-legged little buy, who pointed on,. the place, ho knocked and went in. In the middle of the fluor stood a stout German girl, sorry and plump, inner blue eyes rolling out tears as large its butter-pats " What's the mewl* f'" stud the sympathetic Justice. Menet," said the girl," Dot (Jolliet, lab Wend old and uouldn't marry me, ain't it Juntene said he summed it WAS, 104 nttuuaLed that he hall come to marry ElOll4 one, and rn rested the old lady to bring on lie lambs In the sactitlee- 41d 15 4 Y *4l ••dare cos no lambs - Gulliclr iah rl.lo , oir and vitt not marry my Katarina." " Well," said the Justice, " Gotha/ isn't the only :ruin there is— send for some other man to marry tryr " At that Katayina's face bright coed tip, aril she eitrulated, " Yal —dat is gout—semi mit lii.nts " lions wa s sen t f ue • but couldn't Con,:e• Winn her messenger returned, Katorino, oc;.rmined nut to give it up. said, "send mit Shoee l :h." Shoseph was sent fur, but couldn't be fount:, Knout:Cs leart fell at this news, and the Justice it as growing impatient. Just then kw ring looked out of the window and Rave a short and thick t oung German going by, when she rushed to the door and hallooed Froz—Flitz !" Fritz shortly made his appearance at the door, when, Kati:la's mother said, • Fritz, you lots mute Kgtriaa Fritz gnawed he old, more as I sour-krout.— :• Then stand up- here,'' thundered the Jus tice; and before Fritz could realize his posi tion, lie was man and site, and Katrina's 11015 on• around his neck, alld her lips pres, d to his , she crying beta con the a'alts, themes, Mein husband— mein Tritc"t— Oar ditty as a eorrect historian cetnpela its to say that Fritz d back as well JO be knew how. The Juste e, with head erect stepped smilingly out, leering the lovers tq themselves, and walked away rec.:Madrid", a holy calm stealing ell over his zussitlye proportions, the conaciouness dP%aving dace his duty gleaming in his eye, and honer, honesty and rectitude in his footstep• A Lull FIGIITP.K —One individual result of the '"awakening" last winter, in this city, as will ;Ai remetubered, was the. contusion of the well-known Orville, or Awful" Gardiner. The awake'''. or deeply depraved diaraeters la not art Mearl of occurrence, but, perhaps, the persistence of bud. in a religious course is the pore re nt Irk able Of the two. Those who read the account of the " — Min" between Morrissey and 'lceman might Levu inferred. front the absence of Mr. tiardiner's name in ilist connection, that he was rum td in better business. And such was thr fact lie to not only a int mber or tho Meth°• dist perNuasion, in good standing —haring finished los ‘• probation" three months since —but be is also t reputatle shocmaker— his trade -in Portchester, N. Y. I; ow The New Turk Tribune. Ho tdly's Life of Washington Mr has ahoud, in this work, to pi-Lscat a popular ricer of the biography of 1L aNlittlgton find of the events intimate ly connet Ltd wall his public career, in a less voiniini oils loan thlihAuld3oftquir ed for a tit tnilid history id contemporary atrium lhe suitior has made free use of the i nitresting (acts brought to light 'by the resenrchih of Mr. Lobbing, and hWAILAIR (wen fayorid with all (lie papers of General l'uti am, including his meultitionary diwY and 1 . 01 r. spytititilec, a itch tiro studio:mist! touch new information-with regard to thn. movements of Washington. Thu work is sinaen in an animated atyle, anti-ilei 010451- li,hcd with five steel plate and other engro4 wings. Sig. 4 DOI/OLIO ON MK /ATV. CANVASS.-- A correspondent of the Vincennes Sou, speaking, of the p'eaaant domestic qualities of Mrs Douglas, relates that at the Chicago edebration a few, days ago, Mrs. Douglai„ was asked how she stood the Canvass.-- • Very nctl," said she, "hut I must go and get my husband some clothes—lto has come out of the battle half naked. I got him two dozen shirts last spring, and two or three lota of studs —he.lost all his Blurts but two and one that don't belong tozl aim—and al; the studs but Mir, whiali - b6long tin foils dilroit- - mit sets, and besides, he hasn:t any of tho other clothes that he started out with, • Nevrapapor patronage 1, a cm iola thing in the es:mtton of some people. A n; lives near you—never took your paper, It is tpo small— don't 44 tha 04itqr -- -401)% like the politics —too young Auserioaiskl—tou 04. fogyish—‘or too something else—yot goes regularly to his naightxor sod noels hy a pica lire—duds fault with its conte•ta, dis• mites with its positions, 144riitirefs with its type. Occasionally see, an araidle tbsA ho likes—saves half a dime, and 'WWI a number. This is newftfi •Par PatrOuNta• A friend'of ours. wi4Mongratulatiug Oat Self upoli 4viag rooeut,ly takes, • wary. pleasant trip: Pude& inqugy. we feitits4 ohm he had tripped and PAto l luto • yorg lady' , l . l lap El * r. .... , I'
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