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LINGLE, | SURGEON DENTIST, BELLEFONTE, CENTRE CO., PA. s now prepared to wait upon all who may desire is professional services. Rooms at his residence on Spring street. WILLIAM P. WILSON. LINN & WILSON: ATTORNEY'S AT LAW: Office on Allegany street, in the building for morly occupied by Humes, McAllister, Hale & Co, Rankers. AMUEL LINN. AMBROTYPES, PHOTOGRAPHS & DAGUERREOTY PES, I'sken daily (except Sundays) from 8 a.m. to 5 p.x BY J. 8. BARNHART, In his splendid Saloon, in the Arcade Building, Bellefonte Penn ns ica i EL. POTTER, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, DELLEFGNTE, CENTRA CO., PA, 8c on High Street (old office.) Will attend to grtesional calls as heretofore, and respectfully rs his services to his friends and the public. PR. J.B, BITCHELL, PHYSICIAN & SURGEON, BELLEFONTE, CENTRECO., PA. Will attend to professional calls as heretofore, he mspectfully offers his services to his’ friends and the public. ' Office next door. to his residences on Spring street. Cet 28-08-45. i S. T. MURRAY, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, PENX'A. OFFICE—Tho one formerly occupied by Judge Burnside. Feb. 14th, 1861--Vol. 6: No. 6. 1A CL 0TCHELL. ¢YRU MEVCEIELE & ALEXANK ATTORNEYS AT LAW, BELEFONTE, PENN‘A Office in Reynolds’ Arcade on the Diamond. Ira C. Mitchell has associated C. T. Alexander with him in the practice of law, and they will @tvo prompt attention to all business entrusted to #hem in Centre, Mifflin, Clinton and Clearfield svuntics. ational Sony, | THE STAR SPANGLED PANNER. Oh, say can you sce, by the dawn’s early light, * What se proudly we hailed at the twilight’s last gleaming ? Whose bread stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight, © O’er the ramparts we watched were so gallantly streaming ,; And the rocket’s red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there ! Oh, say does the Star Spangled Banner yct wave O’er the land of the free and the home of tho brave ! On the shore dimly seen through the midst of the deep, ] Where the foe’s haughty host in dread silence reposes, What is that which the breeze, o’cv the towering steep, Ast fitfully blows; half ¢ongeals half discloses ? Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam In full glory reflected now shines on the stream; "Tis the Star Spangled Banner! ohy long it may wave O’er the Jand of the free and brave ! the home of the Oh, thus be it ever, when freemen shall stand Between their loved homes and the war's lation, Blest with victory and. pecce, may tho heayen rescued land Praise the power that hath made and preserved nation ; : Then conquer we must. for our ca it is just, Let this be our motto—In God be our trust, And the Star Spangled Banner in triumph shall wave i O’er the lend of hie free and the home of the brave ! The following splendid verse, wrilten by Oliver Wendell Holmes, is an addition to the song : d Ly Liberty's smile a blow at he When our land is illum Ifa foe from withiy Down, down with t The flag of her By the millions: uncl or that dares todefile 1d the page of her story ! aed when our birthright was gained. [7 # We will keep herbrighi blazon forever unstain- ed | . : And the Star Spangled Bunner in triumph shall wave While land of the fice ' brave ! 0 is the home of the Verse by Iliss Stebbins, the Sculptresss : When freason’s dark cloud hovers black o'er the 1 Aud tr When that banner is torn by a fratiicide ors conspire to 2ully her glory, and, Vhose bright, starry folds shine illumined in ed Banaer in triumph shall SS TR SEER! B BANKING ROUSE, OF WM. F. REYNOLDS & CO., BELLEFONTE, CENTRE CO., PA. Bills ef exchange and Notes discounted. Col- | lestions made and proceeds promptly remitted. — Interest paid on special deposits. Jlixehangein the easturn cities constantly on hand for sale. Depos- ita receivea ¥. 6. HUMES. H. N. M ALLISTER. ‘A. G. CURLIN. DEPOSIE EB (NIK, hh HUMES, McALLISTER, HALE & CO. BELLEFONTE, CEXTRYE CO., PA. Deposits Received—Billsof Lxchange and Notes Discounted —Interest Paid on Special Deposite— Collections Made, and Proceeds Remitted Prompt- y—Exchange on the East constantly on hand: oF. BL STOVER, - ATTORNEY-AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. BELLEFONTE, PENNA. Will practice hig profession in the several Courts of Centre County, All business intrusted to him will be faithfully attended to, Particular attention paid to collections, and all monies promptly re. mitted. Can be consulted in the German as well nels lish language. ce en High st., formerly ocoupied Zi Burnside and D. C. Boal, or. Sey Sun J.T. HALE, CHARLES I .1ALn. i HALL & HOY, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, ADAM HOY. . * BELLEFONTE, PENN’A. yi attend Ly 3 a business entrusted to their care. ge in tho building fo 1 ried by Ion. Jas: 7’. Hale. sii ‘ A CARD. Messrs Hae & Hoy will attond to my business duringmy absence in Congress, and will be as sisted by me in the trial of all causes entrusted to them. tJdanes T. HALk. December 15, 1809. F. P. GREEN, DRUGGIST. : BELLEFONTE, PA. WHOLESALE AND Retaty DesLer 18 Drugs, Medicines, Perfumery, Paints, Oils, Var. Bsuess Dye-Stuffs, Toilot Sonps, Brushes, Hair and ooth Brushes, Fancy and. Toilet Articles, Trussels i Shoulder Bruges Garden Seeds. ustomers will find myst ook complet and all sold at ey prices. pists and fish, Farmers and Physicians are nvited to exainine my stegic. _DR.JAMES¥, GREGG, Roel offers his professional servic es to the people of Milesburg and vicinity. — om the country Residenge; Dan, R. Boileau's Nafion:i i1otol. Jeti pr LM. McCoy, Dy. 8, 1 Foiter. Dr: 0 RPTERS ~~ a2 FT AO FRSC ATTORNEY AT LAW, BELLEFONTE, pa, WiLL practice in the several Courts of Centre and’ Clinton counties. © All legal business entrusted to his care will recei = yeas te L ill receive prompt OF Toi=0n the North-west cornes of the Di- laagels. A BUAUTIFUL TALE. “Tt must be my child,” said the poor down her wasted cheeks. other resource. I am too sick to work, and you cannot starve. Try and beg a few shillings, and perhaps by the time it is gone [may be better. Go, lenry, my dear, 1 grieve to send you on such an errand.” The boy, a nolle looking little fellow of about ten years, started up, and throwing his arms around his mother’s neck, left the house without a word, He did not hear the groan of anguish uttered by that parent, as the door closed behind him; and it was well ‘he did not, for his little heart was ready: to burst withoutit, It was in a busy street of Philadelphia, and as he walked to and fro on the side-walk, he looked first to one person and then another, as they passed him, but not one seemed to.look Kindly on Lim and the longer he waited the more his courage failed him, and more difficult it became to muster courage to beg. The tears were running fast down his checks, but nobody seemed to care ; for altheugh clean, Henry looked poor and saiserable, and it is common for the poor and miserable to cry. - Every body seemed in a hurry and the poor boy was quite in despair, when at last he espied a gentleman who seemed to be very leisurly taking a morning walk. He was dressed in black, wore a three-cornered hat, and has a face that was as mild asan ‘ Somchow, when Henry looked at him, he felt all fear vanish at once. The tears hal been flowing so long that his eyes were quite red and swolen, and his voice trembled —but that was with weaknes, for he had not eaten for twenty-four hours. | As Herry with a low faltering voice; begged for a little charity, the gentleman stopped, and the kind heart melted with compassion as he looked into the fair countenance of {the pocr boy, and he saw the deep blush which overspread his face, and, listened to his modest, humble tone which accompanied his petition. iw 3 ‘You do mot look like a bey thet has kindly laying his hand on the bay's shoulder —what has driven you to this step © “Indeed,” answered Henry, his tears begining to flow afresh, indeed. sir, 1 was not born in this condition,” but the misfortune of my father and the sickness of my mother have driven me to the necessity now. “Who is your father?" mquired the amond. March 2, 1841 —{y- ¢ gentleman, still more interested: jh widow, wiping away the tears whioh trickled | “There is no! been accustomed to begfor bread,” said he, | BELLEFONTE, THURSDAY }ORNING, MAY ¢ My father was a rich merchant of #his city, but he became a bondsman for a friend, who soon after failed, and he was entirely ruined. He could mnotlive after his’ loss and in one month he died of grief, ‘and his death was more terrible than any of our | My mother, and my little brother | { sunk into the lowest depths of | Mother has, until now, managed poverty. to support herself and wy little brother by her labor, and I have carned’ what T-conid by sboveling snow and other work that I could find fo do. But, night before lat, mother :as taken sick, and she has since become worse that—"" here the tears flowed faster than ever—¢ that I do fear. she will die. 1 cannot think of any way in the world fo help her I have not had any work” for several weeks. T have not the courage to go to any of my mother’s former acquuintanees, and tell them she has come to’ need charity. I thought you looked like shame and gave me courage overcame my Oh, sir, do pity my poor to speak to you. mother.” The teays and the simple and moving language of the poor boy touched a chord in the breast of the stranger that was accus- tomed to frequent vibrations. “Wh does your mother live, my boy.?” said he in husky tones, “1sit far from here 7 ¢ She lives in the last house on this atreet, sir,” replied Henry. ¢ You ean see left-hand side.” Have you sent for a physician 2”? “No, sir,” said the boy, sorrowfully shaking his head. ¢T had no money to pay for either a physician or for medicine.” “Here,” said the stranger, drawing some ieces of silver from his pocket, ¢ herve are 5, talie them and run immediately s eyes flashed with gratitnde— he received the money with a stammering and almost inaudible voice, but with a look of the warmest gratitude he vanished. The benevolent stranger instantly sought the dwcllidg of the sick widow. He enfered a little room in which he could withing but a few implements of f Tabor, a 3 rable tabi: and an old bureau, and a hit\le bed in which the invalid lay, She appeared weak and shoost exhausted --and on the bed at her feet sat a little boy, crying {usit | art would breaks. Deeply moved at the sight, the stranger drew near the ledside of the invalid, and igning to.be a phy. 1 ian. inquired into the nature of her disease. The symptoms were explained ip a few words, when the widow, with a deep sigh, added — «¢ Oh, sir, my si has a deeper cause and one which is beyond the art of the physician to cure. I am a nicther—. a wretched mother. T sce my childred sinking deeper and deeper in want daily, which 1 have no means of relieving. My sickness is of the heart, and death alone can end my sorrows, but even death is dreadful to me, for it awakens the thought of this’ misery into which my childred would be plunged, it =" here emotion checked her utterance, and the tears flowed unrestrained down her {elie ks. But the pretending physician spoke | so consoling to her and manifested so warm | a sympathy for Ler condition, that the heart [of the poor widow throbbed with a pleasure | that was anwonted. “Don’t despair,’’. said the stranger, ¢ of recovering and preserving a life so precious to your children. ‘Can Iwritea prescription here ¢7 The poor widow took a little prayer book from the hands of the child, who sat on the bed with her, and tore outa blink leaf, <I have other, (hut perhaps this will do.” The stranzor took a pencil from his pocket and wrote a pon the paper. | «This per 7 said he, + you will | {ind of great service to you. If it is neces. sary 1 will wri on a second. 1 have great hopes of your rccovery.’™ lie laid the paper on the table and depart. ed. Scarcely was he gone when the ¢ldest son returned. «+ Cheer up, dear mother,” said Le, going to her bedside and kissing her. ¢ Sue what a Kind and benevolent stranger has given us, it will maice us rich for several days. - It has. enabled us to Lave a physician, and he will be here in a moment. Compose your- self dear mother and take courage.” « Cote nearer, my son,’ answercd the mother, looking with pride and aflection on her child, ‘“ come nearer that I may bless you. God never forsakes the innocent and good. + O, may he watch over you in all your paths! A physician has just been here. He was a stranger but he spoke to me with a compassion and kindness that were a balm to my heart. When he went away he left a prescription on the table, sce, if you ean read it.” § Henry glanced at the paper and started | back 3 he took it up, and as he read it over again and again, a cry of wonderful aston- ishment escaped him. « What is at, my son? exclaimed, the widow; trembling with an apprehension of she knew not what. g ) «Ah! read dear mother! God has heard us,” / The mother took tne paper from the hands? of her'son, but no sooner had she fixed her eyes upon than, ¢ My God,” she exclaimed, © it is WasmNagroy,’’ and feel back fainting upon her pillow.” The writing was an obligation-~for it was indeed he—by which ‘the widow was to receive the sum of one hundred dollars from his own private property, to be doubled if necessary. 5 Meanwhile the expected physician made his appearance and soon awoke the mother from the fainting fis. The! joyful surprise, together with a good nuise, with which the physician provided herd-and a plenty of whalesouic food soon restored her to perfect | (henlth. : The influence of Washington, who visited | them move than once, provided for the widow { friends, who furnished her with constant ‘employment, ‘and her sons. when they arrived at the proper ege, were placed in respectable | situations, where | they were “able to%upport and render tho remainder of theit-mother’s hfe comfortable and happy, Let the childien who read this story remember, when thinkizg of the great and ood Wasninaron, thet he was not aboye & lof } it from here, in the third “block, and on the iy me nl SA A entering the dwelling of poverty and carrying joy and gladness to the bearts of its inmates, This is no fictitious, tale, but. only one of a s which might be related 1 stamp him oae of the best of wen. “esos Covxeir To ovr VoLu York Post gives the following hints to our volunteers, how to prepare’ for the eawn- paign, which ‘are’ timely, and should be heeded : TO OUR YOUNG SOLDISRS. 1. Remember that ina camp men Giv {rom sickness than by the bullet. 2. Line your blanket with one thickness of brown drilling. his adds but four ou, %es in weizht; and doubles the warmth. 3. Bi small | India crubber blanket, (only $1.50) to lay om the ground or to throw OV(T your sh 's when on guard or duty Sind r reve tai ce - wain wtorm, Mast of the Eastern a stranger, SIF, ana Sunmothims in your fac oehiad wing ho S tioops arc LO Duaw ww lie on is not always to be had. 4. Phe best military, hat in usc is the hight colored soft felt ; the erewn being suf- ficiently high to allow space for air over the brain. You can fasten it up as a continen- tal in fair weather, or turn it down when it is wet or very sunny. 5. Let your beard grow, so as to protect the thron 1 lus 6. Keep your entive perscn clean ; this prevents fevers and bowel complaints in warm climates. Wash your body cach day, ible. Avoid strong coffe and oily meat. General Scott said that the too free use of these, (together with negleet in keep- ing the skin clean) cust many a sbldier his life in Mexico. 1 3 3 do no forgat your blanket A AX Op SOLDIER. ny’ INCIDENT. —One of the wost thrilling reininiscences of the Ameri- can Revolution is related of General Peter Muhlenburz whose ashes repose in the bur- A RievoLu vying ground of <The Old Trappe Church,” | in Montgomery county, this ate, When the war broke out, Gen. Mahlenburg was of a Protestant’ Episcopal Church, (Mo., Va. © On Sunday morning, he aftornoon of that day he rmon. “The duties men owe to theii ‘eountry.”’ At the appointed time the building was crowded with anxious listeners. "Lhe dicconmrse, if we remember correctly, v nded on ‘a text from Solo- mon—*T 5 utile “for gvery purpose and for every work.” The sermon burned with patriotic fire ; cvery sentence and inton- ation told the specker’s deep earncstness in what hey i Pausing a moment at the close of his curse, he repeated the words of Lis text, and then ia tones of thun- der, exclaimed 1. ~ Ye fume to preach as past; the time to fizht has come 7 and, sui- ting the action to the word, he threw from his shoulders his clerical robes and stood before his congregation in military: uniform, Drumming for recruits was commenced on the spot, and it is said that almost every male of suitable age in the congreation en- listed forthwith, ——t A War Trxecipexy.— Whilst one of the Massachusettsi regiments was in this city, says a‘ New York paper, on its way to Washing'on, a gentleman residing here met one of its members on the street. ‘ Is there anything 1 can do for yon, sir 2? said the New Yorker, in his heart warming toward the representative of the brave Mas» suchuseits militia. who had so promptly answered the call of their country. The soldier hesitated: a moment. and fina ly raising one of his feet exhibited a boot with a holein the toe, and generally worse for wear, « How came yourhere: with such boots as that, my friend #' asked the patriotic wits zen. “When the order’ came: for me to join my company, sir,” replied the soldier, =< I was plowing in the same field at Concord where my grandfather was ploughing when the British fired on the Massachusetts men at Lexington. He!did not: wait a mo ment, and 1 did not, sir.” : It is unnceessary to add that the soldier was immediately supplied with an excellent pair of boots. Rr Decision. — Hesitation is a sign of weak- ness. for inasmuch ag the comparative good and. evil of the different’ modes of action about which we hesitate are seldom equally balanced, a strong mind should perceive the slightest inclination of the Lesuy with the glance of the eagle, particularly as there are cases where the preponderance will be very minute, even though there should be life in one seale and death in the other. It is re- corded of the late Earl of Berkeley, that he was suddenly awakened at night in his car- riage by a highwayman, who, forcing a pistol through thie window and presenting it closg to his breast, demanded his money — exclaiming at the same time that he had heard his’ lordship’ had boasted he never would be robbed by a single highwas but that he should now be taught” the con- trary. His lordship, putting his hand in his pocket, replied: «¢f Neither would I now be robbed if it were not for that fellow who 1s. now looking over’ your shouldén.”? The highway turned this head, when his lordship, who had drawn a pistol from his foeket instérd of a purse, shot Lim dead on the spot.— Bacon. 1 dl gedit aR Farry Risers’-- One of our cotemporaries, who doubtless loves to whisper s by moonlig morning, disposes of the virlug of exrly ris- ing as follows : 3 : «+ We have watched these fellows whe are early risers, and as a genersi (hing they ave th» first chaps ‘who "go the groceries of ‘a morning. Tb is all moonshine about the st aien being the earliest 3. been goin old times— we won’t dispute avout that ; but, new-a- days, when you see a chap’ moving ‘about very early, you may be certain he is after a drinlg 172 ) Bde They who * pine” in their youth can ney- cr look « gpruce” in thew old age. v smartest and gre: i It may h 118 ; The New | tered the Lord's Supper to his charge | oft things ht and doze dreamily late in the] 10, B88 or BY ONE OF THEMSELVES | APPEAL TO AMERICAN WOMEN. | isa appeal that we make an ap- | li rises from the deepest recesses of our heart, ‘and siruggles to find vent: in words, whictr ate weal and important to express what we féel.” We of the ‘present day have been langhed at and stigmatized as weal and foolish slaves ‘to fashion, better and hizher aims forgotten, utter ignored, un- til America can uo longer . boast of Women | like those who lived in the time of the Rev- | olution, : "lis is not so. In this hour, when our | Nation is stirred and shaken from border to | border with the dread contest of oppressing j will, the spirit of patriotism is stirring and | throbbing in Woman's heart, and when the | properh '8, we feel that she will rise up fi ong, with a power i. uerve and ‘ Treapin : hah soohhen dagmed Come out to the world and show it, of what mettle you are composed. Show that lips accustomed alone to soft and gentle words. of love, and, perhaps, light and senseless prat- f te, cay utier the strong, bold’ werds whic i shall nerve and strengthen the arm and lieart {of a futher, brother, husband, son or friend, {and that, though tears may start when tho last kiss is imprinted, and sobs may swell hs {roma the founts of affection at the last | pressure of loving hands, you are still eapa- | ble of smiling though those tears and: chok- {ing back sobs with words of comfort and { cheer, ‘ ¢ | This is the time, if ever, in which to prove | yoar real worth. You can feel how deep { will be the struggle which will wring the | hearts of those who are about to tear them ! selves fiom home and friends to face the pri- vation, toil, and dangers of the battle field. Will yeu add to the bitterness of that strug— gle with one word of regret? Rather, lot your busy fingers ¢o all they may for their comfort, and your lips, afier having breath: ed to God the prayers that are in your hearts, may grow eloquent with cheerful en- coursgement. Bid them go strong in heart and ligb, and fight for the Union! There is work for us to do. While (hey are {acing the blaze and roar of artillery in defence of our country, we can do our part at home. It is just here that we are needed, and the work before vs is plain, There ave hundreds of strong men develed to our country’s cause, whose care and protection will be taken from their families ; and it who may be left destitute, Hundreds of you have been reared inease and luxury, with nothing to co but to minister to the caprices of your own fancy ; bu§ now you have other work before you, which, as true daughters of America, vou should prefer beyond all others, Qurtail, if necessary, all your superflucus.expenses. and bring back the roses to your pale cheeks, and the glad light of hapyiness to your eyes, from a con- scious knowledge of good, by seeking out and caring for those who are left in poverty, while there sturdy husbands and brothers STOAWAY. i, The right spirit has already shown itaeit in various ways. Ladies are working upon garments for the -soldiers, and getting up subscriptions for the benefit of those who are poor, but, strong aud willing. Young girls bave aroused from listless inaction, and putting, on the badge of Freedom and the Union, have sct actively to work to do all they can. We know that our women of the present day will not prove unworthy of their ancestors in this emergency. Fllosw the patriot citizen soldiers with prayers, but do not sit dowa and weep ampotently when their forms are lost to I sight, though with some it may be forever Prepare yourselves for the worst, and leave no hour idle in which to pine. Remember what theeis todo. No w akness now.— You know what you shold do—go gaick and perform it, and God prot:ct the right. aa A Niw Sunstaner’ iN THE Am.——A scien- tific writer says that the theory of Mr. Clem. son, head of the agricultural department of the Patent Office, of living oreanism in the atmosphere here, which' he made public ‘in 1856, has been adopted by a French chem- ist, named Barrel, and announced to the French Academy. ; Mr. Clemson’s theory is that the air, like water, teams with minute living organisms ; that there is phosphorie acid in the arr, de- rived from the successive eenerations after generations of myriads of these organisms produced, living and dying in ‘the atmos: phere : that such organisms exist and are at work, assimilating from one to anothér, preparing food for more perfect organisms, from the microscopic point of life up to the most perfect animal existence, It is ex- pected that this discovery will explain why the earth 13 increased in“fertility by being brtken up and exposed to ‘the air. It con- tains meterology with agriculture, and will, when fully“de- eloped, open a new page to the learned of the relation of ‘the spots on the sun, the degree of fertility of the earth, and electrical changes of the atmosphere and magnetical conditition of the earth. ao re ——— ONLY A PriNTER.—¢“ Ile is only a prin- ter!” was the sneering remark of a leader in the circle of anstocracy. Well, who was the Earl of Stanhope ?.. Who is Prince Froderick William, who mapiied the Princess Royul of England % . He,: (00, was only a printer. Whe was William Caxton, one of tho futhers of literature 2 Ile was only a printer. Who are George D. Prentice, M. Phiesy, GharigaDickens, Douglas, Jerrold, Bayard Taylor, G. P. Morris, J. Gales, OG. Richardson, N.. P.. Willis, and Sepafors Dix, Cameron, Niles, Bigler; and Hamlin ? ‘I'hey, too, are printers. - What was Benja- min Franklin? Ouly a printer! Xyery one cannot be a printer—kiaing, arg neces- sary. : eG Ge BP nd + A Happy MiN.—Lord M-—, with no very large portion of cither wit or ‘wisdom, had a very exalted opmion of His own pows ers. When once in a large company, and expatiating about himself, he rinde the fol- lowing pointed temark : : r *t When T happen to'say a foolish thing T always burst out laughing.’ ; “I envy you your happiness; then, my lord,” suid Townsend, * for you must cer- tainly live the merriest life ef ‘any man lin Burope” ' ~ ko, rests with us to watch over and help those | riculturalist, speaking of the introduction of the potato cays: This vegetable was view. ed by the people with extreme disfavor when adopted to induce them fo nse it but with." out success. In vain did Louis XVI wear its flower in his button hole, and in vain ‘were tubercles distributed among the Tanneig ;— they gave them to their pigs, but would not use them for themselves. At last Parmien. tier, the chemist, who well knew the nutri- tive properties of the potato, and was most anxious to see it in general use, hit upon the following ingenious plan: Ie planted a good breadth of potatoes at Sablons, close to Paris, and paid great attention %o their eni- tivation. “When the roots were nearly ripe,’ he put notices around the field that all per. sons who stole any of the potatoes would be prosecuted With’ the utmost ¥igor of the law and geizs d” armes were ‘etnp'oyed to watch Hever AR simi ere fhe roots this for- bidden, asit were, by autho ity, than ali persons seemed ecger to eat them, and iB a fortnight, notwithstanding the gens d’armes; the whole erop was stolen, and, without doubt, eaten. The new: vegetable having been found to be exellent food, was soon aiter cultivated in every part of the king, qo; ay 1 Bhi : : DESCRIPTIVE VERY =A Westorn paper thus cloguently describes a recent snow storin : + Tt was none of your dainty ‘at~ fairs, feathering down in large dakes on the lif} of a south wind to disappear in an hour or two; mor was it a short lived squall, ing great cunsYor a season and, then- ing into a low, murhurous trill, like a spanked baby when its fit of passion is over and it sinks to rest. Our storm was something that deserved the name ofa storm. The great northwest seemed to relly all its strength to sea what it could aécemplish. — It summoned all the winds of the firmanent to its aid, and far off; over the summits of the resounding hills. we could hear it {rump cting out the signal for the whole (artillexy of Winter to mnster its Chitaborazean forces for a march.” Under the sgondy tramp of these icy legions, * the rocking pines of the forest roared,” and the fast anchored hills that gird our valley on cvery side seemed just about to break fiom their rocky moor- mies and fly off, spinning through the frigid’ skies, like a witch upon her broom, in the stormy nights of old" Hime = led aes LJ : 0! FraxiGAN '—Putrick O’Flanizan be- ing in a discumfuddled and uncertain state, and not quite able to distinguish at go late an hour of the night his own hous from hig neighbor's, ina row of similar cach, boheln- ded to maka'a bold rush and trust to luck. Ascending the steps he rang the bell, which was answered by the lady living next him and who knew him well. it C-c-c-can you t-t-tcll me wiicre Patrick O'Flun (hic) gan lives? said He, §taanmer- ingly. 1 i 2 J Why, yeuare Palrick O'Flanigan,” said ic Indy. “Bb botheration | T did't ask you hi who Batrick'€ Flanigan is+-1 want {6 know where the ould chap hives 77 Healt ree QB Be ee me * Derective Ping. — An idle fellow, hearing, that a quack had gained great credit ‘and wealth by: the sale of pills, undertook to make phils-himself and to sell ‘them. Ue gave the game pills to all patients whatever and by chance they sometimes succeeded. and lis name became fumous. A countyy fellow ealled on him, and desired to Engw if his pills wonld enable him to find his cow Le had lately lost, f swallow six pills. On Lis way home, the operation of the pills obliged him to retire into a wood, where, sure endugh, hie found bis cow. The fellsw spread a report that he knew o Doctor who sold pills which would. recover styayed i : ee Eb azo, Henry Clay, standing upon the spot in Lowsville, from which John J, Crittenden kas just made his last appeal for the Union, spoke th menionable wordy i++¢ | have been asked when would 1 cor to give up this Umon' ¢ I answer vever Laces! Nive er! NEVER! and | warn you, my country men, now, if, as things seem to tend, {his country should be divided into a Upion and Disunion party, I here. now, no matter who ‘compose that party, declare myself a mem- ber'of the Union party. Whether it be a bo rarty, of the Union, here I subscribe my. name there [unite my hand and heazt wil At party ry LTT TR NE SR . ———t——— Orr Witar ms TrovGiir.— An Ohio stumper, while making a speech, paased in the midst of it, and exclaimed : what do you think # Instantly a mun voce in (he assembly; and with cone eye partially: closed, modestly, with streng. Scotch brogue, replied, : **f think, sir, ['do indeed, sir—I think if you and I were to stamp the country together, ve would tell move lies than any other two wen in the country, sir—and I'd not say. a word myself during the whole time!” Ye Put him out!” . Ss A debign eli Bat id A Bipy's Brrowr=-A bright Litla gir: just begimuing to talk, was. very observant of all that passed around her “She SAW & gentleman, with a dog, enter a house on thé opposite’side of the street. door, and left the dog without, who, by va- rieus canine ‘movements of whining and scratching, manifested painful impatience: she thrust her small face through the bars of her nursery window, and erigd in a clear, earnest tone, “ "Ing e bell, doggie “ing "e bell #7 uokl y } nd ai Wit TET TT TT in t Serpoy Founp.—When yeu find a person a little better than his word, a little “nivre liberal than his promise, ‘a little more thun borne out in his statement by hi. facts, a Tittle larger in deed than in specch, you red- ognize a kind of eloquence in, that person’s utterance, not laid down in Bly eC bell. k ? - - “ov fp-Goraamntuns t I BiaNiTY.—An ignorant man avho “stands upon his dignity,” is'like the fellow who .! piece of brown paper,’ tried to elevate himself by standing upon a Forsiopex From. —M. Noel, a Frenchag-: first introduced, and many, expedients wera. The quack bid him to... Whig or a Democrat that Uelongs to tho’ ** Now, gentlemen, ‘He’ shut the Moved by his desertion and complaining... Hexny Cay axh tuls UntoN.—Ten yours
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