_ . , . , w _ , A , BY DAVID OVER. P 0 1 1X t]. Id.HES OX A SKELETON. This poem appeared in the London Morning Chronicle just forty years ago. A reward of fifty guineas failed to bring out its authorship, nor is it jet known : Behold this ruin I 'Twas a skull, Once of ethereal spirit full. This narrow cell was Life's retreat, This spice was Thought's misterions scat. What be&utlous visions filled this spot. What dreams of pleasure, long forgot. Nor Hope, nor Love.aor Joy, nor Fear, Hare left one trao; of record here. Beneath this mouldering canopy •Once shown the bright and busy eye ; But start not at tho dismal void— If social Love that eye employed; If with no lawless fire it gleamed, But though the dews of kindness beamed. That eye shall be forever bright, When stars and suns are sunk in Night. Within this hollow cavern hung The ready, swiit, and tuneful tongue. If Falsehood's honey it disdained, And where it could not praise, was chained ; If hold in Virtue's cause it spoke, Yet gentle Con -onl never broke ! This silent Tongue shall plead for the# When Time nnvaits Eternity. Say, did these fingers delve the min# 1 Or with its envied rubies shine ? To hew the rock, or wear the gem. Can little now avail to them. But if the page of Truth they sought, Or comfort to the mourner brought, These hands a richer ttkend shall claim Than all that wait on Wealth or Faroe. Avails it, whether hare or shod, These feet the path of Duty trod T If from tho bowers of Ease they fled, To seek Affliction's humble shod , If Grandure's guilty hrilw they spurued, And home to virtue's cot returned, These feet with angels' wings shall via, And tread the palace of the sky. Slgrirnllural. From Iht ~lmerican .7gi iculturalist. Calendar of Operations* for Nov. 1860. FARM.— It is necessary that what now re mains to be done in securing late crops, be fin ished quickly; frost sod suow will soon take full possession of the fields, to act ibeir important patt iu ameliorating the soii and preparing it for future tillage. If the cultivator has eon trolled tbe growth on his fields, allowing no weedy intruders to ripen their seeds, bo has little to fear from the sweeping wiuds—if oth erwise, every blast will send hundreds and thou sands of these, his enemies, flying to their sate winter quarters, to emerge in Spring, ready to dispute with his crops foi the mastery of the Boil In addition to completing preparations for Winter—rnakiog evciy thiDg comfortable for the family iu the house, aud the family at the barn—drawing and composting muck, finishing drains, threshing and marketing grain, etc , will afford profitable employment. Toe present leisure from more pressing work may be turned to great profit ill reading, study pf the science of farming, and planning for future improve ment. Buildings—Examine after bard storms, and keep in thorough repair. "Printing may yet be done better tban iu Spring or Summer. Untile—Feeding at the bern i* nov? necossa y. A great saving of food, aod much benefit to the manure heap, is scoured by cutting and cooking food. Stalks and other coarse feed so treated, will bo readily eaten up clean. Feed from rack? or boxes, anu give variety as well as plenty of food. Cisterns and Weils—Arrange pumps and other fixtures so as to prevent free sing. Corn—Complete basking, if not already done, Shell and market as soon as favorable prices are offered. Guard against depredations rata and mice. Save stalks, leaves, and for fodder. can be done until frost prevents.— Keep sluice-ways upon tbe highway open, aod occasionally examine draiq furrows among Win ter grain, AWe y aper. Devoted to Literature, t oluics, the Arts, Scieucos, Agriculture, &c., See—Terms: One Dollar and Fifty Cents in Advance. Frait—Remove apples and pears to the cellar before they are frosco. It is important that tfeey bo kept dry and cool, and secure from rata nod mice. Hanging shelves are convenient for ripeoing choice late Dears. Grain—Select the beat growth fur seed, if net attend to before. Thresh as fast as prac ticable. Allow DO straw to bo wasted; use it cut and mixed with meal for feeding, and for litter in the stalls nd yards. I Hedges—Plant deciduous, be if the soil It 1 otherwise leave until Spring. lee Houses may yet be eonstructsd if uusop plied. Have them in readiness to be filled at the first favorable opportunity. la-door—Cultivate the mind dut'ng the loi- j \ suie of the aeasuß. j Lea va ire useful for tedding, for manure, i >ud for protectiog plants. Plow heavy clay lauds intended for eultiva j llou next Spring, aod leave the furrows to be j harrowed by the Winter frosts, j Puuipkius—Continue to fesd to fattening | 33imls and to milch eowa. It theie be a largo supply, atyre where they will be sate fruui frost ! until used. Stacks—lt is wasteful of hay and tasuure to feed frcui the vtack upon the 'surrounding ' gr- unds. Draw it to tho b*ua aod feed out nuder *>VM. Sorghum Sugar (Jane—Complete euttiog and manufacturing. It nay be kept under cover several weeks without injury—moderate frees j ing, after euttiog, does not spoil it. j Turnips and Carrots—Harvest any rrtuiin ! ing. Stoie in the cellar or iu pits, with suffi cient protection from frost. | Water Pipes—Cover with straw er other pro i per material where there is danger of frees ! g- Whiter Grain—Keep ail aoimsls from the fields; the roots need the late growth for Win | ter protection. Lat ao water stand oo any part i of the suti&ce. I fy&mt ajiLZk IVN V T "A|F Y A RR I— . new orchards, and to fill vacaneita in the old Many unttoupie* ournera about the buildings j : and along lanes can be profitably used for fruit j I trcef. } Cherry trees planted iu th Fall in this lat- | ttuJe are liable to be killed by frost. Fuither i South, the present tiuio is favorable. Cider—Finish making before the apples de-; oy or are injured by freezing.. Cions—Cut at ny time this month, when not frozen, and bury in dry earth, either out doors 1 | or iu the cellar. j Fruit— Gather auy remaining. Preserve in ! a cool, dark, aod dry plaee. The cooler fiuit cpu be kept without freezing, the longer it will remain ?eund. Separate bruised er decaying apples or pears frbln tho general stock, to bo ; u**d first. Insects—Give tho borer and scale no quar j tor. Examine twigs for egga of tho caterpil lar. Manure—Top dress orchards and fruit yard* with compost, to protect the roots and enrich ; the soil. Mice—Where these or other vet ruin are trou blesome, wrup the lower ends of the trunks * wiih thick tarred paper. Allow no hedge-rows i near the trees. j Nursery Rows—When transplanting is com : pdeted for the seasoo, Jgdow between them, and turn the furrows toward the trees to protect tbem, and give good surface drainage. If pos sible, transplant ail seedlings this Fall. Pruning is bettei performed now than in Spring. August is probably the best season for this work, except in warm climates; there, the present month is favorable. Quinces—Gather and market, or preserve the fruit as it ripens. Seeds of Apples, Pears, Quinces, Plums, Cherries, Peaches, and the various nuts and bard nbelled seeds—plant, if not already done as directed last month. j KITCHEN AND FRUIT GARDEN. —Asparagus: New beds may be made, and roots set or seed sown. Cover the beds, with several inches of ; eoarse manure. Reels. Complete harvesting, before bard frosts. Feed the tops to cattle or pig*. I Blackberry plants may be sat while the grouod ' remains open; it U better to put them in ear lier. Carrots: Dig aud store the remaining crops. Celery: Continue to earth up, ip dry weatfa. er. Stand h upright on level ground aud cover with earth. Allow no earth to fall betweeu the stalks. Grape Vines: Plant roots and layers Prune j and preserve the cuttings in boxes of earth for | planting next year. Take vines from the trellis, and cover them with straw or sarth. 1 Ooione: Cover with litter those left in the groand during Winter. Rhubarb: Set roots sod crowns. Cover with ooarso stsble manure, to protect tbe roots and : enrich the soil. BEDFORD. PA., FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1860. MATERNAL ADVICE. fhey Sell a very good siory at the expense of a rich merchant of Marseilles aod a very clover young man, a clerk of bis, who secretly had fallen in love with the old man's daugh ter, but without any chance of winning her, as he thought. The old gentlemen noticed that he was growing pale and thin, and begun to i question him as to the reason. —='lt is some love affair, I fancy/ 'I g' v * joa ray word, sir/ •Tut, tut,' said the old map. I have au eye |in my head—l can see through a millstone as far as any man. Besides, your blushes ba | tray you, my boy. 'Well, well, boys will be [ boys.' 'What, sir?' exolaimed the agitated clerk, 1 'do vu know—' 'Do 1 know? why, its the old story. She is the fairest of the fair, cti., and you are afraid to ask her hand in marriage/ '1 dare not, sir.' 'ies I understand; rich father, proud as Lucifer, and ail that sort of thing. Butyou're wide awake, eh? You linow what to do.— Perhaps I'll help you, for I can't afford to lose yoar services, and you're pining to a shadow, it'll tke money; but as far as a couple of thousand goes, my boy, I'm your man. And j be slapped the young fellow on the back in a j very encouraging manner. 'I tell vou,' he ad ded, 'I was as poor as a ohuroh mouse myself when I began life/ '1 thank you, sir, but your kindness is thrown away. She I love is far above mo.' '1 dare say; but iu ray time, young fellows i were not cast down for a trifle. Iu my day, when there was a erusty old felhw in the way, j we summoned him to surrender. If he was j obstinate, we ran away with the girl—a coa-h ; apd four, aud no stopping place short of Hy men.' For uiany days the same conversation was : renewed under different form?. Tbo young J turn could not make up his mud ro speak out, i for his employer was a terrible old fellow, proud as Lucifer, and though' his daughter a match for au tmperor. To deciare hiuiseif, would be to be kicked oat of doors ioaonti nently. But the advice to carry 08 the young lady, persisted in day by day, began to pro duce an effoot on the young quill driver's .u:t ,* laid he to bis patron, otro uue nay, -i can't hold out any longer; Iroa great miud to follow your advice.' 'Bravo' spoken like a lid of spirit. I'll get another clsrk to do your work, and you may make your honeymoon as long as you like. 'My dear fellow, I'm rejoiced to see you act- | ing like a man. You uurry the girl and her old booby of a father will come around fast j enough, I'll warrant you. I wisb you all the happiness in the world. But, by the way, j how are you off for money?' 'I have saved up a little something, sir/ j 'Poob, pooh, what are your savings? a mere pinch on a journey. litre, my boy, here's a thousaod crowns; you'ro Leariiiy welcome to j ibetn. Have you engaged % oarriago?' 1 thought of taking tbo tailroad/ 'Pshaw! you'll spoil everything. How ab- ; snrd it would be to use a public couveyanoe, with a thousand eyes cu you. You'll be com- ; puny euough for each other. You shall have j my oarryall/ 'A thousand tbaoks, sir.' So the clerk took his master's carriage, money and daughter. When tns old man found out who was iho bride, of course he stormed, and raved, and used bad language, as • old gentlemen are apt to do in a passion; but j as it was ail bis owu doing, be Anally sitae ' round, and his son-in-hw is now a partner in the house. DEW DROPS'. ! ~ i Liberality is iho best way to gait; affection, j for we are assured of their frienship to whom | ' we are obliged. The greater the man is, the more be hath I need of a friend; aud the more difficulty (hero | ; is in fiudiug aud knowing liitu. Worthy minds deny themselves m*Dj ad ! vantages to satisty a generous beueflceuoe, j which they bear friends in distress. Inquisitive people are the funnels of conver > sation; they do not take in anything for their own use, but merely to pass it to another. Choose thy wife wisely; opeu not thy bosom to the triflor; repose not thy head on the breast which uurseth envy, and folly aDd vanity. I More hearts pine away in secret anguish for ! uukinuness from those who should be their comforters, than for any other oalamity iu ' life. j He who would bring home the wealth of the | Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies | with him. So it is in traveling; a man must i carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge. If a man oou'.d ba conscious of all that is said of him iu his alvenoe, be would probably become a very modest man indeed. i If you have great talents, industry will im prove them; if moderate abilities, industry wi/l j supply them. Nothing is denied to well di j retted labor; nothing is ever to be attained I without it. Remember, a man's genius is al ' ways in the beginning of lifeaemuoh unknown ' to himself as others—and it ia only after fre j quant trials, attended with success, that be i dares think hiuiseif equal to the undertakings , in whieb those who have succeeded, have fixed 1 the admiration of all mankind. I There is suob a tremendous erop of oata io 1 Cumberland county, Illinois, that they are sel i ling nyeui for ten cents a bushel. MRS. C-AI'DJLE REDIVITUS. AS LJKCI£M. *Been out all night again. I'd like to know where you keep yourself till this time in the ujrniog. It'g not ten iniuutes since I heard the clock strike four. Yoc didn't hear it ? I Np, ol course yon didn't. Yon wouldn't hear j ; Lst trump—the noise would hare to trav i el through an acre or two of Gentian beer bo j fore it wonld get to your hearing. Had to go | among your German friends ? H;d to go ? ; 1 d like to kuow how you had. to go ? Slouie are dreadful willing to "bad to go."— Yea, I know it's coming on election times ; l M A good exiiuio to get away from yonr faugiy and home. I wish there was no election m the whole country —it would be much better off jf it hadn't any. What did you do all oiglt long I Who did you eleal ? Who did youises J Theatre and dance? Now, turn oyef here. Oh ! Lord, aui lin a hopyard or distillery, or where'am I? What hare you gotmutsida of you? Didn't drink too uiuofa. Yot must have got into a beer barrel, then, tor it's coming out all over you, and how it smells. You danced, eh ? You must have cut a pretty figure; guess it was a larger reel. Do you think I'll stnd this going off to a dance ail night t Who did you dance with ? I l- bet she was as homely as a pumpkin with two holes in :t. Look here, you needn't pre tend to sleep ; I waot to Lave a little domestic conversation with you. iam your better half, and your better-half proposes to discuss mat ters a httje? Late? ilow do you kuow it's lat" ? It s early enough to give you a piece of woman's tongue. Tonguey! Yes, lam tooguey : that's part of a woman's prerogative, and 1 aui going to use some of it ou you. — Lot you alone ? Did you say that to the girl you danced with? Oh, no! nothing of the sort; it was, "Miss, shall I have the pleasure ol your beautiful person for the next cotillion !" I wish I could see her; I'd take the beautiful out of her with a jerk. Can get no peace ? les, can get pieuty of it—go to ihe theatre; go electioneering ; dance with the Duta'a girls till corning, and come home and I'll give you poaee by toe long measure—l'll give you peace ot uiy uiind. (J.>uie back hero ; where are you gviog t_ Get iota another bod ? Not exactly; * ha* beeu large enough heretofore, and baa not £.vnu —J Aiti... ,voxjt. U*uv. did you ? I'd like to see you dance with me. lin too old, 1 suppose. 1 aie't 100 old to give you fits." [Here the lager-ioviag busbaud began to snore, wueu Mr*. Caudle subsided.] TIIE WALL OF CHINA. This stupendous monument of human art and industry exceeds everything that we read of in ancient or modern history. The pyra mids of Egypt are little when compared with a will which is conducted over high mountains some of wbiob rise lo the height of five thous and two huudied and tweuty-five feel, across the deepest valet, over wide rivers by means of arclcs, and in many parts is doubled or tre ble!, to oomtnand important passes; at the dishnce of almost every hundred yards is a towr of massy bastion. Tha extent is com pute! at fifteen hundred miles, aod is of such eao mous thickuess that six horsemen may ride abnast upon it. Sr George Staunton, who acoompauied Lot! Maoartney iu his embassy to Chins, con fides this great barrier to have been erected at last two thousand yearn. Du Halds also sayitnis prodigious work was constructed two hunired and fifteeu years before the birth of Cbtst, by tha orders of the first emperor of thefamiiy of Tsiu, to protect three large prov ioee from the irruptions of the Tartars. Oue tbiri part of tue alle bodied men of China wiri employed in constructing this wall, and thi workmen were ordered, under pain of datt, to place the material of which it is oorn paei so closely together, that the least en trai® might not be left for any instrument of pooted iron. The labor in its construction uifdbave boen immense, as tha in-tonal must hwo been carried over a desert country to ern innces inaccessible to horses or carriages.— Tis wonder of the world was ouuipleted in tb short space of five years, aod it is report eithit the laborers stood so close for many ides, that they could Land the materials from of to another. INTERESTING SPECULATION.—Iu the year 115 the lute Elkanab Watson, as appears in '4ea and Times of the Revolution," page 522 -2d Ed.—made and published the following eimafce of the probable population of the U. Steg for a long series of years. The actual rolt thus far show a singular approximation Uhe calculation. He calculated that the puliation would be : 11820— 9,625,784 actual result 9,636,151 11830— 12,838,645 " *l2 866,020 11840— 17,116,526 17,062,566 ÜBSO- 23,185,368 23,191,876 11860— 31,753,854 11870— 42 328,432 11880- 56,450,241 j 8890 77,266,989 11900—100,355,892 11930—133,000,000 in roond numbers. 11960—177,000,000 1970-236,000,000 8000- 283,000,000 [f in inttraeiing a child, you are vexed with i for want of adroitness, try, if you never le before, to Write with your left hand, and fiember, that a child is all left hand. A lady sometimes keeps obarms upon her tcb guard, but it is more important that she Ip watch and guard upon her charms, STORY OF AX OLD IETTLCR. The snows of many winters bars left tbeii whiteness upon my head, but many events in tbe war are still fresh in my memory. During the Long and bloody straggle for independence, 1 was oompelled lo witness raauy horrors. My father was one of the early settlers of the Kenebeo. I was the oldest of four eons. Before the cominenoement of the war, my father had built bits a eabin quite comfortable for bis purpose, and commenced clearing— converting the savage wilderness into a gar den, to teem with corn and grain. I and uy brothers of eccrsa assisted him in bis labors. The war broke out the aeoofad year after our settlement on the Kenobeo. At first we apprehended but little danger from the savages as they hitherto manifests i a friendly disposition. But we were soon conscious of* the danger. The Indians commenced their depredations npoa the white settlers. Tales of blood were daily borne to our ears. We weut to our d; : !y labor with our weapona in our hands. At the oloae of a summer day we were seated iu our comfortable oabiu as usual. A knocking was heard at the door.— My mother turned pale and looked at my father as if entreating him not to open it until he was certain who was without. I im mediately acted upon this hint, and stepping soitly to the entry, was enabled to reconnoitre the premises through a small crevice. My mother's fears woie not without foundation.— Au athletic savage stood at the door. His face was painted in the most hideous manner. Instead of undoing the fastenings, I proceeded to add to their strength. I reported *ha dis covery I had made "But one, did you say V said my fathor. "Ouly one," I replied. "Now see what you can diecover off the other aide of the cabin." 1 did so, aud to my surptise saw three more of the rascals couched like serpents in the grass. I reported this also. The knocking continued until it became furious. My father of course turned a deaf i ear to his entreaties for admission. Finding I that artifice would not answer, be was joiued by his companions, and together made a furi | ous attack upon the door. In truth we were but iitile alarmed for there were but four savages, and wo felt able to conteud with them. I —r, ...1 m „| # mpmllar: of the family had not yet retured from work : consequently that they had only to dasi vi.h females. Tbo savage* now brought a large stick of wood, and with their united strength used it as a battering ram. The plan promised to he successful. The door began to yield. Iu the cabiu were thtee loaded muskets, and they were already i Q hands skilled m their use. We knew a disagreeable surprise was iu store for our foes, and t'lis gave us strength aDd courage. The door yielded and they rushed in. Poor fellows it was the last rush that three of them made, for tkey fell dead upon the threshold beneath our well directed fire. Ihe fourth oue fled iu consternation. We pursued him far into the forest, but bo waß swift of foot and baffled pursuit. ••He will bring down mote of tbo red fiends on us," said my father, wiping the perspiration from his Drow. Indeed the escaps of the luJiau wis un fortunate. After this we kept in continual alarm. We were fired at in >ae fielda by un seen foes, and were obliged to take tLe great est precaution to guard against surprise ill night. One of the Indians slain was a broth er of him who was so furtunate as to escape, and we knew that to avenge bic death would henceforth be the great object of his life. Onoe we were attacked iu the middle of the night but after a hard fight we suooeeded iu driving them away with tbo loss of several of their number. Finding our position growing more critical every day we began to think about leaving our solitary cabin, and seeking some white settlement. ' | Before our dwelling wis the stump of a tree which had been broken off by a strong wind about four feet from the ground. This stump was hollow. One morning as my father opau d the door to go to work, I heard the report ot a gun, and almost immediately another, while simultaneously with the first report a ball struck the cbiuiuey uear me. I ran to the door." "Go look into that hollow stump said my father." 1 did so, and to my astonishmeut saw an Indian in the agonies of death. I recognized Lim instantly as the ous wh made his escape. He bad secreted himself there during the night, iu order to shoot my father as h° left the cabin. Fortunately his aim was bad and and the ball passed within an inch of his in tended victim's bead. Before he had time to make his esoape he had received the contents of my father's rifle. With our united strength we dragged bim torth; and we now relinquished the idea of leaving our home, thiuking that after this event we might live in comparative safetj. Soon aftar this I joined the ranks of my countrymen, enoountered much hardsh p, and ww real service, it so happened, onoe upon 1 fi' ne > 'hat I was sent out with a scouting party. Io our zeal, we went so far that we were obliged to spend the night from camp There was no dwelling near, and wo were in the vincioity of our savage foes, whore cun ning we bad every reason to dred. We made arrangements to pass the night as follows ; We were in aamali clearing, which had bcea made before the war broke out, and afterwards saandoned as untenable on account of the In iians. Near the middle of this trunk of a large tree which bad been blown down, and svhose roo's bad taken from the coil whereon hey grew, an immense quantity of earth, I placed myself on one side of this rsmpart of Bartb, and my friend on the other, with the un- VOL. S3, NO. 45. j derstaodirg that we should wetch each othe* ) duriDg the aigbt, , r | Uy making a small opening throogb tbianat ' j oral fortification, I waa enabled to thrust toy ! , gun through and wateh the approach of an eae- j my toward* my friend; and he, bj a similar j operatioß, eould do the same favor for inc. j f The night waa not very dark, and objects • could be seen at a considerable distance. IJev r iog arranged oi3ttera in this manner, wo feit * but little apprehensions is regard to aeurprise. Tha hours rolled on. I felt very sleepy, and was hardly able to ksep mj ryes open. About midnight my attention was arrested by a bush which I did not reoolleet seeing in the early part of the night. At first 1 /nve ; little heed to so slight a eireumetance, but -.t 1 length began to fancy that it warne nearer, still I strcve to persuade myself that the appe*imet> was to be attributed to my eyos, rather than to rsslity. A'ter watebing ror half an hour isLj I eould so longer dealt that the bush was iu motion. I waited with breathless anxiety until it was within gunshot, and then taking deliberate aim, I fired into the bush. It fall instantly, and I heard a heavy groan. 41 What have you done?" said my compcn-. ioo. "You will see iu the morning," I replied. We kept our position until sunrise, for fear of surprise. Upon examination wo found the body of a stout Indian lying iu a pool of coag ulated blood under the bush, lie bad taken this method to reconnoitre. As it happened, it proved fatal to him and bia purpose. I have passed through many scenes, but I never shall forget the hollow stamp and the moving bush. ARKANSAS MODE OF ENJOYMENT. The state of society in Arkansas was ex ceedingly rough several years since. We hope and believe it has improved latterly. The most frightful tragedies were enacted very fre quently, and the people teemed to thing noth ing of them. A daugerous cutting scrape was regarded as a rather comical affair than other wise, as witness tha following, which is sub stantially true. Two desperadoes met at a tavern in Helena, one evening. They were named Tom Seroggs and Bill tike. Sya Sctogga: 'How'* things?' 'Peart,' says Pike. 'Heard you said you'd bleed me next time we met,' say® Seroggs. 'That's m,' said Pike. And two bowie knives fiaabed fiercely. The fellows had earved each other pretty briskly for ten or twelve minutes, when, as I ike's ears bad been shaved off, and his abdo uaeu been aeveral times punctured, it suddenly oecurred to bitn that he bad enough of it, and he struck bis colors. 'What's all this?' treaibliogly inquired a atranger, who had entered just as the fight ended. 6 'Oh, it's of no account,' says the landlord, an ethereal creature of soma two hundred and fifty pounds weight, and with a face of barn door proportions, ''taint uotbio,' Soma of the boys have been enjoyin' tbeirselves a little, that's all ! Won't yon histe a little pizen, stranger?' said the genial iaudlord, setting out a black bottle and a yellow bowl of brown sugar. Curious country, that Arkansas, several years ago. •Landlord,' said a commercial traveler, 'you do me too much honor—you let me sleep amanw the big bugs last night.' 'Oh, don t be too modest, my dear sir, 5 said the landlord; I doubt not they bavo your blood tu their veins.' A neighbor informs us that, coming homo a few mornings since, I met • man attempting to walk on both sides of ths street. By a skillful manoeuvre I passed between him. An Arkansas traveler says that ha knew a young fellow down South who was so fond of a young woman that he rubbed off his uea kissiug her shadow ou the wall. An Albany barber having a very intemper ate mcu to shave cn Sunday, begged aim to keep is urouth shut, as it was a punish . .In of fence to open a rum holt ou the Sabbath. "Now, then, hearties," said a gallant csptain, "you havo a tough battle before you. jb'iht like heroes till your powder's gone, tbeu—ruu! I'm a little lame and I'll 6tait now!" LAY OE \ ELL.—Mrs Yell lately cowbidcd Mr. Lay for not performing a promiso to marry her. As he wouldn't make her Lay, she made him Yell. •*■<•. In the matter of plain speaking, we are like the soldier, who, in his first battle, was afraid to fire off bis musket, lest he might hurt some body. A printer, on seeing a bailiff pursuing an unfortunate author, remarked that it was anew edition of the' Pursuits of Literature unbound, and hot pressed.' A cynical Frenchman once said there was two sides to a love affair-r the party who loves,- and the party who oooaents to be so treated. The Michigan Farmer estimates the wheat % crop of that State this vear nt 9,000>000. of bushels. Loin Mootei is in the last stags of eonauosp tion, and both mind and body are shattered.
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