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E, 3. HOUKMAN,
SURVEYOR AND CONVEYANCER.
? BELLEFONTE, PENN'A.
WAELELYADRL FE. BLAIR,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
. . PELLEFONTR, PA.
@fillce in the Arcade, second floor.
"I. 3’ ALLISTER. 7, JAMES A. BEAVER.
MPALLISTIR & BEAVER,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
' BELLEFONTE, PPNR’A.
JAMES Hi. IANKIN,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
3 BELLEFONTE, PENN'A.
Qffice, on the Diamond, one door west of the
Post Office. a ahs
EVEN M, BLARCHARD,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
e BELLEFONTE, PENNA.
se formally occupied by the Ion. James Burn-
e.
3.3. 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