Bedford inquirer. (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, June 17, 1859, Image 1
BY DAVID OVER. THE INQUIHEH 19published every Friday morning, in Juliana Street, in the white frame building, nearly opposite the Mongol House, bv DAVID OVER. TERM*: If paid in advance, 51.>50; within the year. $2.00; and if not paid wi'.bin the year, $2.50 will be charged. No paper discontinued until all ar rearages are paid—except at the option of the Editor. A failure to notify a discontinuance will be regarded as a new engagement. jidrertUcmtnt* not exceeding a square,(lo lines,) inserted three times for sl—every subsequent in sertion, 25 cents. Longer ones in the same pro portion. Each fraction of a square counted as a l'nli square. AH advertisements not specially ordered for a given time wiil be continued until forbid. A liberal deduction will be made to those who adtertiseby the year. Job Printing of ail kinds execute.! neatly and promptly and on reasonable terras. PROFESSIONAL CAE PS. Koss FORWARD. O. 11. GAITIIER. Forward & Gaither, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Bedford. Pa. ROSS FORWARD, of Somerset, ami O. H. GAITHER. have opened a law office in Bed ford, Fa. O. 11. GAITHER, having located per manently in Bedford, will be assisted during every Court by the former. All business entrusted to them will be promptly and carefully attended to. Office on Juliana street, two doors south of the lu quirer office. Dec. 31, 1858. R. . BARCLAY, ATTOSiXISV AT LAW, BEDFORD, PA., WILL attend promptly and faithfully to all legal business entrusted to his care. on Jc.ii.rna Street, in the building lor inerly occupied by S. M. Barclay, Esq., dee'd. March 26, 1853. WYI. C. LOGA.K, nm.AEY AT LAW. McCONKfELLSEUEG, PA. "tirlLL practice in the Courts of Fulton, Bedsora W and Franklin Counties. on Main Street, opposite Speer's Hotel. September 3, 1858. JOB MANS, G. H. SPANG. JAW PARTNERSHIP.—The undersigned i have associated themselves in the Prati.cc of the Law, and will promptly attend to I W' uossentrusted to their care in Bedford and ad joining counties. on Julianna Street, three doors south otMengel oil tse and opposite the resi dence of Maj. Tate. MANN & SPANG June 1, —1851. tf. D- 8. KIDDLE, Formerly of Eedford, Pa. Attorney and Counsellor a( Law, 14, WALL ST- \EW YORK AII business promptly atended to. Dec. 3, 18-58. J. W. LIAGEAFELTER, AWorney at Law and Land Snrieyor, MX7ILL attend with promptness to all business v V entrusted to his care. Will practice in Bedford and Fulton Counties. [l7""Oflice one door Wci! cl the Usin Hotel. Dec, 21, 1858. PHTSICIAN AND TTJLSISTr., SCHELLSBI'RG, PENN'A. OFFERS his services to the Public ia the prac tice of Medicine. Will attend promptly to all ca ses entrusted to his care- He will also perform all operations on the teeth in a neat and scientific manner. Teeth plugged and inserted from a single tooth to An Entire *et. Mounted on gold or silver plate, on the lab st and most approved principles. TERMS moderate, and ail operations warranted. April 8, 1859.—ti. fSIK : I W .! mtuai <*• c*r*fu! T " t- ' 1 • ' ttw*4 U. HS an Tmm& *•<. trngmlmUd, Ac , J f 11 nrttS.-a,! aai i Sen, mam u> ma ruurm s-e i atadnntt,, maA mil wmrrmatmi. tW Tern* [WARIABLY CASK. t! rill tr>c*H Pa DR. J. S. ESHLEMAN, RESPECTFUELY tenders his professional ser vices to the citizens of Pattonsville and vicinity. Xigiit calls piomptly attended to. Pattonsville, March 18, 1859.-Z DR. 6. F. HARRY RESPECTFULLY tenders his professional services to the citizens of Bedford and vi cinity. Othce and residence on Pitt-Street, in the building formerly occupied by Dr. J. H. Hotius. Nov. tj, 1857. Dr. F. C Reamer, Physician and Surgeon. Despectfully tenders his services to ■IA. the citizens of Bedford and vicinity. He 9J*y always be found (unless prof'essienally en 2"td) at his Drug and Book Store, in Juliana St. 19, 1857. SM —■; BHRu Ml m THE undersigned have associated themselves iu the practice of medicine in the village of St. a'airsviile, nigtit calls promptly attended to. Office opposite the St. Clair Inn. WM. A. VICKROY, G W. STATLER. f<i b. 11,1859.-8 mo. A Weekly Paper, Devoted to Literature, Politics, the Arts, Sciences, Agriculture, &c., &c—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. __ A3 a tivg* THE BABY. Another little wave Upon the sea of life ; Another soul to save, Amid its toil and strive. Two more little feet To walk the dusty road ; To choose where two paths meet, The narrow or the broad. Two more little hands To work for good or ill; Two more little eyes ; Another little will. Another heait to love. Receiving love again ; And so the baby came, A thing of joy and pain . LOVE. A poor, bewilder'd thing ! In this sad vale With broken wings, it often feebly tries To soar away iroin pain . With sightless eyes, It e'er turns homeward with a mournful wail. Alas ! methinks, (like the returnless dove) This bird has lost its pathway to the Ark; And flutters blindly through the earthly dark, Striving in vain to reach its home above. Poor, wounded bird ! this world of hate and care Gives not a nest to bosoms soft as thine; For lies and slandeii ever closely twine, Around the youth dre-ms of the good and fair: But cl aims there be, beyond the star-gemm'd skies WHERE HEARTS ARE NE'ER FORSWORN AND TREE TOVE SEVER DIES. THE llHililll. A TRUE TALE, One cold wiutry morning, the last Sunday of December, 1- 9, a ualt naked man knocked timidly at the basement door of a fine substan tial mansion in the city of Brooklyn. Though the weather was bitter "old, even for the sea son, the young man had no clothing but a pair of ragged cloth pants, and the remains of a ilanuel shirt, which exposed bis muscular chest ia large rents But in spite of his tat tered apparel, and evident fatigue, as he lean ed heavily upon the railing of tbe basement stairs, a critical observer could not fail to no tice a conscious air of dignity, and the marked traces of cultivation and refinement in his pale haggard eouti'enance. The Coor was speedily opened, and disclosed a large, comfortably furnished room, with its glowing grate of autbracito, before which was placed a luxuriantly furnished breakfast ta ble. A fashionably attired young man, in a brocade dressing gown and velvet slippers, was reclining in a soft fouteil, busily engaged in reading the morniDg papers. The beautiful young wife had lingered at the table, giving to the servant iD waiting her orders for the house hold matters of the day, when the timid r3p at the door attracted her attention. £?fae corn- manded it to be opened, but the youDg master of the mansion replied that it was quite use less— being no one but some thievish beggar; but the door was already opened, and the sym pathies of Mrs. Maywood enlisted at once. 'Come ia to the fire,' cried the young wife, impulsively, 'before you perish.' The mendicant, without exhibiting any sur* prise at such unusual treatment of a street beggar, slowly entered the room, manifesting a painful weakness at every step. On his en trance, Mr. Maywood, with a displeased air, gathered up bis papers and left the apartment. The compassionate lady unwisely placed the half-frozen man near the fire, while she prepa red a bowl of fragrant coffee, which, with abundant food was placed before him. But noticing the a'orupt departure of her husband, Mrs. Maywood, with a clouded countenance, left the room, whispering to the servant to re main until the stranger should leave. She then ran hastily up the richly mounted staircase, and paused before the entrance of a small laboratory and medical library, and oc cupied solely by her husband, who was a phy sician and practical chemist. She opened the door aud entered the room. Mr. Maywood was sitting at a small table, with his head resting on bis hands apparently in deep thought. 'Kdward,' said the young wife, gontlv touch ing his arm, 'I fear 1 have displeased you, but the man looked so wretched 1 could not bear to drive him away,' and ber &weet voice trem bled as she added—'You kuow I take the sac rament to-day.' 'Dear Mary,' replied the really fond hus band, 'I appreciate your motives. I know it is pure goodaess of heart which leads you to dis obey me, but still I must insist upon my form er commands, that uo beggar shall ever be per mitted to enter the bouse. It is for safety that 1 insist upon it. How deeply you might be imposed upou iB my frequent absences from home, I shudder to think. The man that is now below, may be a burglar in disguise, and already in your absence takiDg impressions iu wax, of the different keyholes in the room, so as to enter some night at his leisure. Your limited experience of city life, makes it diffi cult for you tp credit eo rouoh depravity. It BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY, JUNE 17, 1859. is not charity to give to street beggsra, it only encourages vice, dearest.' 'lt may be so,' responded Mrs. Maywood, 'but it seetns wicked not to relieve suffering and want, even if this person has behaved bad ly—and we know it But 1 will promise you not to ask another beggar into the bouse ' At this moment the servant rapped violently at the door, crying out that the beggar was dying. 'Come, Edward, your skill can save faiui, I know,' said the wife, hastening from the room. The doctor did not refuse this appeal to his professional vanity, for he immediately follow ed his wife's fiyiog footsteps, as she desceuded to the basement. They found the mendicant lying pale and uuconsciuus upon the oarpet, where he had slipped in his weakness from the chair where Mrs. Maywood had seated him. 'tie is d handsome fellow,' said the doctor, as he bent over him, to asceitain the state of his pulse. And weil he might say so. The glossy locks of raven hair had falieu away from u broad, white forehead, his closed oyeiids were bearded bv long raveu lashes, which lay like a silken fringe upon his pale bronzed cheeks, while a delicate aquiline nose, and a square, massive chin, displayed a inouel of manly beauty. 'ls he dead?' asked the young wife, anx iously. 'Oh, no, it is only a faiuting fit, induced by the sudden change of temperature, and, per haps, the first stage of starvation,' replied the Doctor, sympathizingly. lie had forgottou for the moment his cold maxims of prudence, and added: 'He must be carried to a room without Src, and placed iu a comfortable bed.' The coachman was called to assist iu lifting the athletic stranger, who was soou carried to a room, where the Doctor administered with his own hands, strong doses of port wine sanga ree. The young man soon became partly con scious, but all conversation was forbade biui, and he sank quietly to sleep. 'Lie is doing woll, let him rest as long as he can; should he awake in car absence, give hitn beef tea, ami toast ad libitum," said the doc tor, professionally, as he left the room. # * * • * • To less than an hour afterwards, Dr. May wood and his lovely wife eutered the gorgeous chur.-h of the "Most Holy Trinity." Amid the hundreds of fair dames that en tered its broad portals, dresMdl with all the taste and magnificence that abundant wealth could procure, not one rivalled, iu grace and beauty, the oiphan bride of <hc rieh physician. Her tU, graceful figure was robed in a violet silk, that only heightened by contrast her large azure eyes, bright with the lustre of youthtul happiness yet. There was a touch of tender piety iu her drooping lids, that won ihe confidence of every beholder. Tbo snow white ermine mantilla which protected ber from the piercing wind, rivalled, but could not surpass the delicate purity of her complexion. Many admiring eyes followed the faultless figure of Mrs Maywood, as she moved with uneouscious grace up the central ai*ie of 'be chuicb, but none with more heartfelt devotion than the young, wayward, but generous man, who had recently wedded her in spito of her poverty, and the sneers of his aristocratic acquaint ance. The stately organ had peeled its last rich notes, which were still faintly echoing in the dtstant arches, when a stranger of venerable aspect, who had previously taken no part in the services of the altar, rose and ajjjtouuced as his text, the oft-quoted but seldom applied words of the Apostle, 'Be not forgetful to eu tertaiu strangers, for thereby some have enter tained strangers unawares.' Dr. Maywood felt his forehead flush painfully; it appeared to liitrt tor the moment that the preacher must have known his want of charity towards stran gers, aud wished to give hiiu a public lesson: but be soon saw from the tenor of his remarks, that his oau guilty conscience had alone made the application to his own particular case. 1 have not the space, uor indeed the power, to give any synopsis of the sermon, but that it combined, with the incidents of the moruiug, to effect a happy revolution in the mind of at least one of his hearers. So much so, (hat on the return of Dr. Maywood from church, he repaired to the room of the mendicant to offer such attentions as he might stand in need of. Bur the young man seemed to be much re freshed by rest and uutricious food, and com menced gratefully thanking his host for the kind attention he bad received, which without doubt had saved his life. But 1 will recom pense you well, for, thank God, I am not the beggar that I seem. I was shipwrecked on Friday night, last, in the Oceau Wave, on my return ftoui India. My name was doubtless among the list of the lost, but I es caped from the waves by a miracle. 1 attempt ed to make my way to Aew York, where I have ample funds awaiting my orders, but 1 must have perished from cold and hunger, had it not been tor you aud ycur wife's provident chari ty. 1 was repulsed from every door as an im poster, and couU get neither food or rest. To be an exile from one's native iand ten years and then, after escaping from the perils of the ocean, to die of hunger io the streets of a christian city, 1 felt was trnly a bitter fate. 'My name is Arthur Willet,' added the stranger. 'Why, that is my wife's family name. She will be doubly pleased at her agency iu your recovery.' ♦Of what Stato is she a native?' asked Ar thur Willet, eagerly. ♦1 married ber iu the town of B , where she was born. At this moment Mrs. Maywood entered the room, surprised at the long absence of her hus band. Arthur Willett gazed at her with a look of the wildest surprise, murmuring: ♦lt cannot be—it cannot be. lam deleri ocs to think so.' Mrs. Maywood gazed with little less aston ishment, motionless as a statue. 'What painful mystery is this? cried Dr. Maywood excitedly, addressing his wife, who then became conscious of the singularity of his candact. 'Gh, no mystery,'she replied, sighing deeply, 'oily this stranger is the image of my loDg loit brother, Arthur.' And Mrs. Maywood, overcome with emotion, turned to leave the room. ■Stay one mom :nt,'pleaded the stranger,draw ing a small mourning ring from his finger, and boiling it up, asked if she recognized that rel ic 1 •It ia my father's gray hair, and you are 'Hie son, Arthur Willett,' aud your broth er.' 'Mary Willett Maywood fell upon the mendi cant's breast, weeping tears of sweetest joy and thanksgiving. Dr. Maywood retired from the room and left sister and brother alone in the saeied bonds of reurnou, saying to himself: 'Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels una wares.' Pretty Incident. A near neighbor of ours lost on only son a few weeks ago, of scarlet fever. It was a bright aud beautiful child, and the parents were in deed sorely affl.cted. They have three daugh ters. The two youngest a pair of twins, about four years old, who come nearer to the fancy pictures one ofteD sees of beautiful angelic childhood, thau any two children we ever saw. life parents being people of strong common sense, and not wishing to impress those darling little ones with that mysterious power of death that 100 often pervades the hearts of children, ulked to them of brother Eddy as if be had goue heaven, to meet with God and Jesus as his dear frieuds, and that iu time they would go to meet him there. Christmas morn the mother's heart was heavy though she had struggled hard to hold down the grief chat was tugging at her heart strings. The children noticed this. The little toys and playtlings were distributed, and the little onos were 'A nappy as happy cotrld be, when Minnie suddenly dropped tiers and ran to her mother, exclaiming: 'Oh' mamma, wou't our dear Eddy have a good time to-day? O! won't he have nice times in heaven?' 'Why, Minnie, what makes you think sol' said the lady brushing away her tears. 'Because this is Jesus' birthday, and is not Eddy with them there? Sure they will have nice times in Heaven on Christmas day.' O! for the faith and trust of loving happy childhood. The mother could only answer, •i'es, Minnie, Eddy is happy in heaven.— Ohio Farmer. 3IOVXT TEST TITS. The unuer-ground and above-ground opera tions of Vesuvius keep up with me au ever-va rying wonder. The sea of fire is visible night after night from the shores and the hills that environ Naples; and many go ont at night to see the lava roll dowD. The sublime with me being over, the ridiculous is suggestive of the many aud vast uses to winch this great body of fire and heat, here in the vicinity of a great city could and would be (probably) put near BostoD or New York. What a furnace, ever hot to heat all the streets and bouses by conducting pipes! What a magnificent oven for b king and stewing! What a 'Kitchen liange' for Biddy and Bridget! What a place for cooking macaroni' What a foundry for melting iron aud making steam engines of all sorts aod sizes! What a fire for a boiler! What a gas creator! Then th -e is snow upon the coals this time of the year, and even upon the crust over the fire! What a place for ices and frozen punch! When I clambered up the scoria, the other day, I soon went from a hot aod rather annoying sun to mist, and clouds and snow. As 1 was reekin ; with perspiration in a struggle on foot, my com panion at rest in a postchaise half e zirg with cold. We both soon brought ourselves to an equality of temperature —1 by drying up ovr a fire crevice iu tbe summit aud mv com panion by extracting fresh caloric from the beat below. Agreeable mountain, that performs suuh various functions on human life! To what uses it could be put! Hot steam! Cold steam? Ice! Fire! Sulphur! All sorts of things together. Mr. Brooks' Letter to Y. Y. Express. On one of the Michigan Central Kailroad trains tbe other morning, an incident occurred which created considerable merrimeDt. A blind boy who has the run of tho cars for the purpose of selling koiok knacks, entered the sleeping car, supposing all the inmates were up and dressed. Walking through the car he passed his hand along the berths to see if they were occupied, when it fell upon the face of a sleeper whose hairy covering at onca arrested the boy's attention. Stroking down the hairy coat, the boy commenced with' Here puppy ! here puppy !' and other expressions ot fond ness which a lover of the canine species would be likely to iodulge in. ihe disturbed sleeper partially awoko under these manipulations, and, sbaktug his head, gave a loud snore, Hie boy jumped back in affright, yelling, 'Got out! get out! you wouldn't bite n blind boy ! take him off!' without even yet comprehending the truth. The passengers roared with laughter, which did not all subside when tbe boy ex chimed, 'La! I thought it was a puppy in tho berth and not a big cur dog.— Great Republic. Mode! Official Correspondence. The following correspondence between Amos Kendall, when lie was Postmaster General, and a Postmaster down in Alabama, from whom Mr. Kendall wished to learn the source of the Torabigbee River, will bear a reprint: "SIR :—This Department desires to know how far the" Tombighee runs up. Respect fully yours, ko. A. K., P. M. General. The reply was brief and runs thus : "SlR —The Tombighee River does not run up at all—it runs down.' Yours, &c. N. Z. The Postmaster General continued the cor respondence in this style : "SlR —Your commission as Postmaster at A., is revoked. You will turn over the pa pers, funds, &e., to your successor. Respectfully, &c., A. K., P. M. General. And the witty Postmaster closed with this parting shot : "SlR —The revenues of this office for the quarter ending Sept. 30th, have been ninety five cents ; the expenditures same period lor tallow candles and twine, is §1,05. 1 trust my successor is instructed to adjust the bal ance due me. Respectfully, &c. N. Z. BEWARE MORE OFYVIDO WERSTUAN BACH ELORS!—A tabic inserted in a paper iu the 'Assurance Magazine' exhibits results of a rather startling character. In the first two quinqncnuial periods, *2O-25 and 25-30, the probability of a widower marrying in a year is nearly three times as great as shat of a bache lor. At thirty it is nearly four times as great; from thirty to thirty-five it is five times as great; and it incteases, until at sixty the chance of a widower marrying in a year is eleven times as great as that of a bachelor. It is curious to remark, from this table, how con firmed either class becomes in its condition in life—bow little "likely, after a few years, is a bachelor to break through his settled habits and solitary condition ; and, on the other hand, hew readily in proportion does a husband con tract a second marriage who has been deprived prematurely of bia first partner. After the age of thirty, the probability of a bachelor in a year diminishes in a most rapid ratio.— The probabiiiity of thirty-five is not much more than half tint at thirty, and nearly the ■so mo proportion exists tu.voeu each quia? quennial period afterwards. A tragedy, of rather an unusual character, occurred recently in Milan county, Texas. A young man nauied Jordan seduced the daugh ter of a widow lady living in his neighborhood, about six months ago, and despite the entreaties of her mother and the neighbors, refused to make bcr his wife. lie, however, lived with her in the relation of a husband. A prosecu tion was commenced against him, but he re mained obdurate, and in defiance of law, honor and public opinioD, declared that he would live and act as he pleased. On the 17th of last month he was assassinated, withiu half a mile of his dweliing. Nine distinct shots were heard, and he was soon afterwards found lying iu the road, covered with blood and perfectly riddled with rifle balls and buckshot. It was nothing more nor less than a case of lynching, performed in rather a more sudden aud sum mary manner thau usual, and shows the impul sive manner of the Texan people, and how ready tbey are to wreak deadly vengeance for their own and otLcr's wrougs. An inquest was held over the corpse, but no clue to the perpetrators of the murder was either obtained or desired. NEW DISCOVERY IN FNORGR^PIIY. —The Gulignani's Messenger (a Paris paper,) announ ces a discovery in photography. It consists iu the discovery of an artificial light, so wonder fully luminous and so steady as to completely supply the effect of the most brilliaut noontide suu in tho photographic operations. The light being coniaiued in a portable apparatus, pro traits cau be taken in private residences, even ■o the darkest room, whoilv independent of the state of the atmosphere ; and those parts of the cathedrals or other picturesque architec tural monuments where the light of tne sun never penetrates, and which, in consequence, have beeu until now wholly shut out from the photographer, will be as accessible to the artist as any part of the exterior. •Sally,' said a green youth, in a venerable white hat and gray pants, through which his legs projected balt'-a-foot ; 'Sally, before we go into this 'ere museum to see the enchanted horse, I want to ask you somethiuV— -Well, Ichabod, what is it?" 'Why, you see this 'ere business is gwiue to cost a hull quarter of a dollar apiece, and i can't afford to spend so much for nothin'. Now, ef you'll say you'll have me, darned ef I don't pay the hull on : t myself—l wili!' Sally made a uou-committal reply, which Ichabod interpreted to suit him self, and he strode up two steps at a time, and paid the whole ou't. OREGON AND WASHINGTON. —The editor of the Pacific Advocate has recently made a tour of observation in his own State, Oregon, and in the territory of Washington. He says the prospects iu Oregon are good for a large har vest. Speaking of Washington territory, he says that between Vancouver and Lake liver the country is in a high state of cultivation.— Farms, orchards, waviug fields of wheat, and luxuriaut pastures aud meadows cover the valleys. A pretty girl and a wild liorso are liable to do much mischief, for the one runs away with a fellows body, and the other away with bis heart. VOL. 32, NO. 25. ! fJjpvt t tainr at, From the American A%ricui!urut. Trees and ihelr Insect Enemies—Mis taken Motions. 1. It is a mistake to suppose that digging up the grass for a foot or eighteen inches around aa old apple-tree, doe 3 it any material good.— That amount of loose soil about the stem of a newly planted yonDg tree, would be of much service. It would enable the air and moisture to penetrate to the roots, and it would prevent the soil from being exhausted of the food which the young roots needed. But where aro the roots of a full-grown apple-tree? At least, ten or fifteen feet away from the trunk. The great arteries, to be sure, are nearer, but the smaller roots, the fibrous net-work of spongioles with their thousand hungry mouths are off, a full rod or more; snd they laugh (if, indeed, they do not weep,) at the man who thinks he is helping them while grubbing away around the old trunk! As well might one think that be is feeding his horse, by simply rubbing his back with an &r of corn! 2. It is another mistake (o suppose that cot ton-waddiDg tied round the trunks and limbs of plum and cherry-trees, prevents the ascent of the cnrculio. "Bat my paper said it would,*' exclaims an indignant subscriber. Indeed! but we are sorry to say that mistakes will sometimes get info the newspapers, as surely as the 'Grand Turk* will get into the plum-trees, and there's no sovereign remedy yet discovered for either affliction. 'But tell us bow the curculio finds his way iuto the trees?' Not by crawling only, else the cotton would stop his travels; but ho has a good pair of wings and knows how to use them, and so he flies to the forbidden fruit with , out let or hindrance from the great southern staple. PROFITABLE PEAR TREES.—A gentlemen near Vicksburg, Miss., recently told fruit from two hundred and fifty pear tre*3, -oeeupjpug about two-and-a-half acres of land, to "rhe amount of five thousand dollars, in a singlS sea son. They were packed in boxes, holding about three pecks each, and sold for four dollars a box. The varie'ies were principally the Bart lett, and the Beurre Diol, and each box con tained from four-and-a-half to five dozen pears. The fruit on a single tree sold for eighty dol lars. An amateur in the same vicinity, sold last season from a single tree planted ten years ago, one hundred and twenty dollars worth of fruit. The variety was the Beurro d'Aroalis, and tbo quantity twenty-six boxes, of seven to eight dozen each. Two years ago, the same tree pro duced twenty-five boxes, when it had been plant ed but eight years. It hears ouly in alternate years, lie had many other trees of the same age bearing from five to fifteen boxes. It is needless to say that these trees had careful cul ture, and a plenty of food. [The above item is from the pen of an Associate who has been at the South since last Autumn, lie has been successful above maDy otbcrs in growing pears in New England, and is justly entitled to speak enthusiastically of the value of pears as a pay ing fruit. But so far as our observations have extended over the couutry generally, we cannot commend the culture of pears a certain to be a safe and sure paying crop. They often do well, and pay well, aud no one should fail to try them on a small scale for home use at least. But to depend upon the growth of pears for a livelihood or a fortune is, to say the least, a hazardous enterprise—with the great majority of persons. Great crops, like those referred to above, are by no means uncommon, tui they are noted more as an exception than as results to be generally looked for.— lb. After whipping and coaxing had failed to induce a horse to move, tho gentleman who was driving, or trying to, gave up. Then a cartman went to him saying, "If you please, sir, I'll make him go." The privilege was granted, and going up to the gutter, he took up a handful of mud aud rubbed it upon tho aoso of the horse, whereupon the animal started without trouble. The cartman accounted for the effeet, saying, 0, sir, it gives him a new idea.' KE CMOX IN HEAVEN. —"I am fully per suaded," says Baxter, "that 1 shall love my friends io Heaven, and therefore know them ; aud this principally binds me to them oncartb. If 1 thought I should never know them more, or love them after death, I should love them comparatively little now, as I do all other transitory things." "You can't even tell me who made the mon key for all you pretend to know so much," said an inipertinenv fop to a clergyman, who had reproached bim for profanity. "Yes I can," said the elergyuian. "Well then who did make the monkey ?" "He who made you." We often bear persons speaking of friends;, now we contend that tbey have no fricuds with out they have money, and as long as tbey have that, they will have them- but as soou as that is gone, their friends are gone, torii is human nature to traduce the unfortunate. There are many who have experienced the fact lu this world.