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A. r, ntritaair a co., Proprietors.,
VOLUME 23.
Cot 11101thi Ob6trurr.
p. m RUN &CO PROPRIETORS
D. r. SLOAN. lid it or.
( !TICE, CORN SQ F•R U • STATE
ARE. ERIE. ST. AND PUBLIC
• • •
TERNat tiF THE PAYER
r the , Carr .rir: at 112.(ti
r u ilir Aire. in rinvanee, i.aii
; adi ance. or within three niOnt/di (roil ihr, 111 LP
;. 11% t lan. wilt be charged.
'init.:it:nil...east be punt. paid. .
it .14 Es (it' ADVEitTISING.'
eirmiing 1 lute*. one year. $3.00
ats months,GAO
t It rer.jrnontld, anti
. ..14:1C111.4 . 111C1110.3y cents persqubte. of fifte nliue, ut
• , • • .1. , rrt1411 '23 eetits for with suloseintent insertion.
'uni bat the privilegeot ,chanitingat tileasure,
„ E t OCCI4 py mote than two squanes, sad to
, • totthattlistfill basilows.
IrtVillif other direettous. will be Jimmied tilt
;,.,rted accordingly.
BUSINESS DiEtECTORY.
VINCENT JIIMROo & CO
,r • .sower, Hollow Ware. Enginer. ,?platittery.
F.•, to , State . Fate l's. r
TIi()SIAS AI AU S TIN,
the
f irm of 0 i.oesia dr co.)
, „ %% JesAlll, Salvtrr Mil.i al
f, Hu:„ Gla. 4 ees. lakul pa Sea lea ue y Goeus. whole-
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10fiN GOALMN(L
.•R, and -Flatnt Ahlter—Shop oa the east aide of
.ir , z. /,‘ u dixity north ur Etafil, ;via a.qpitignig J. H. gib
't Ware-Room, Inc. l'eotp. • •
• JOHN K EENAN.
tt• Fie:ooboat Ageat, Ace ‘4 R. J. Roger's Hot store
l'a.
- CLARK do METCALF.,
- I. and r. till de.alen in Dry Goods, t:nrnt is., and Dry
rr • . Nu. t Heed House.
•
11' ILLIIVAIS W RIGHT.
. cum ciornand DeatOtt nI (Ltd tilvr, coin. uneur
%,t.r.% Land Wart,anit cnd Ctirtttic.itt -, t Attu
•t • t on the wills tpol caged or the L'ilio(l. and all (1:411 4 14
444 . • 4 :ld Cuutitr fuestde. t /trice' Wilitatit? Moen. corner of
:in 1 Pou:ic ;square.
II LIA watotrr.
- di:* I. Mar:
I ' as And Wholesale Dealers in-ilrucerrs, Wine.. Liquors,
- ei Foreigq Fru.i. Vim.. Pickles arid Pickled 4 ) .)s.
r•, PrefAerWre, and nertnetiically sealed arty-let a/
- alua . )• on baud. No 3, Willi•itti's Block.
•1 rwititireYiruwies Nevr Eutel, Erie. Pa
` 1 : 9 . New York. - W. I. Maxis. ?unto.
lor in their amnion. eyvtera in shell. from J. IF, 11111 s
It -I Whitt' Will 6e *Old Wh;lestale at lair prices
A r -I.rgetygg, Atent. Erie. Pa.
„ uU rch,al and Nliwellaneous Books, Blnnk
d' '''"). 31 , 1,1 Printer'• Cards, No. O. Brown's new
t. •
P ~
.. P. 114.017%.
V. poTNTELL JOHNSTON AI I).
•1 , e.idence on 6th Street, two (loon West of the
cLurcti.
T.-• W. MOORE.
. • ,:••• Provision.. Wines.l./quoreses *dies. Fruit.
• , telow I oomis & co'. State street. Enc.
JOHN R C OOK.
& ratio , Dry and the Greaten variety
••• City. rite.,l, Stew. I:rie..Ps.
& Oft At.
.1, • cer. and retail Dealer.so and Dry Groceries
• •. l'oreren and Dons:roc Fruit. {Vriodeii,
•••u, , ... Ware. Floor. Frh. Salt. Glass. Nails; Pow
. ,feti arc.. Freucli Street. oppo
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„,1; Boats. Vereiels, Hotels. sad Private
any or the atosg articies with PCULUPt
,,,, tl
IV NI. S. LANE
Attcrney and Ciatuasollor at Law.-
rJ..yrk•oll - r• Nurth-East Corner of the rub-
JO I t )It S Jr. S ART.
• t nitd Surgeons . Udiee and ßelidtinees•--
4.•••• 01,4* P• 16 1 .1111,
, •i„1". A. NI; 1 t 0.% ant: 6 to T. P .
J. L. OTLIV•ll'
JOHN lIE.IftS, & CO
~,! Merchants, dealer in
).•! til tor a daily line of upper lake Steamers,
I'l. ra
1.11). ,ELL &
• NI r, tf..ct,trer. of Iron Fence. Ssealtihmt
. , •••;,%.•,-I, 7 It Anil re tt. s.trfwtll. Erie.
.IV} RICAN ENPILLSS COMPANY.
.1 to Nu 5 Need Block. Slate `street., .
lu.e• at 111 O'clock. A. sl.
tichwk.P
I) sP•rtoill., Agent
•
G , ()ROI: J MORTON.
a, firm of J. fear,, b Co.)
Pubitr. L ck, Erie. Pe.
atl.l Plitoter • .
‘`, .II,K TIIIIIALB. •
c• ~..it'oilinismaon Met ehaciUt. erreowl Ware
• •r r J ir ra. .
••!I.llplrr,Ftticeo. Ft-h. Lime and Lime
tfaqing,,. Arr.. &e.. urtob unwripare
fether by etcadulwate. Propellers.
had Road
11 11. KNOW LTON.
! 14 , 1 4:1 ter. Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewelry.
• 1.001..tig Wasses and other Fancy 1:43013.
• At the Revd 17
ARBUCKLE K LITER. . •
•C r, Penn , 11.irilit are, Crockery. Ice. No
of ra.
A. M I'l
-..trter wit Park Row, between proarnene
• ' • • l' , •• I 11,4-e, it;. ”tairs.
1141 , C. FS 1.)
• • o•-•-1 , rf1 , -e at his ri•silence on Eight
• • I Holland, Erie, Pa.
r()Ri) & ('6.77
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't t , Noim I, raftn. Cern-Aerates
d e ze on the pruicipal cotistaut
Bluek, Public Square. hate .
T. ill% RON STITRT.
• corner . of French and Fifth
• • • i;orlt's store. iter.vtence ou founts street,
• , c.eokt A.potttee.try
11 UFUS REED.
I ' t. , nt.ati and Atnerteati Illordwore mod ealerY
I,:t I".. % Ices. Iron and Steel No. 3 Reed House
11)w
~"•, .0 Helm% Itealen m Dry G 00. 1 .94 4;roCeriego
• • ••••• rt . I . 41rPet Hardin are, Iron, Steel. wa il s,
1 ;, Score■ elmte eueet., kna doom, below
;
Axle Arms, Springs. and a gene4.l
at•d I 'arriact Trinnffings. •
S. NIERVIN S 3 11T11,'
Jui.tioe of the Peaee.aud Agent fut
Mminal Life Insurance Cottipauy-4.nnec 3 doors
.tore, Erie, Pa.
GEORGE H. CUTLER.
Girard. Eric County, 'Pa. Collections and
attrntle , l to with promptness and dlAuatch..
TOSIAII KI.GUG-G.
h. Cot utuumuuu Merchant, on the Pahtic Dock. east of
P ,•irr and Whits Fieh,tonwtantti for tale
1. ROSENZWEIG Jr. Co.
I ReTA/L Daateas in Foreign and Domestic Dry
:5 tztaae Clothing. Boma and rider, t
• L •n, Slate street, Erie. •
)MARSHALL & VINCENT.
.:s—Uffierup stairs is Tanuaany Hall building.
rvinaautary'S office. Er*.
RRA Y WkiALLON.
~; ♦ert.toc At Liw-01See over C. B. %VA/We
' 3 vue door west of elate meet. on the Lhariond.
1113ISALS. .Ir.. 'HAYES.
Dr. Ury ruceneo. Crocker". Hardware. 41r.c.
• e
S H • J 1 4
f ;mem.", Hardware. queens Wane. Lime.
•• R . 1.1. Erie. Pa.
•
ILLIIM ItIBLET,
.1.1101*u•r, and Undertaker. corner of State aid
• Pr+l,.
CA RTER & BROTHER; :or
''l3ll deniers in Drum Medielre Male. Ons
ate No. 6, Reed House. Erie.
JAMES LYTLK. ••
"t` re hoo Tafior. on th e public thire„ a flew doors
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JOHN BURTON &
r dwalersin Drug*, Medic-min, Dye thugs.
Art , \ o . .5. Reed Hoarse. Erin-
UR. 0. EL1.;1011r.
"rinck•nt Dentist: Office and &relief; on the
south role of the Public Square. 14 4 0011. East
" to , Erie Bank Itutldtra. Teeth insersedon
1 ; , x1 , 1 mats. trout one to an entire sett. Cari,
. 1 11 ed Ith pure Gold; and restored w health ands's.
trrti, 0.,11,1 instruments and (!entice so an 10
•11 " work -"mulled.
% 1 CNA PEN; RESEDLNT DEPITISIT—Ogneeon
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(h e Koch mi de of the thatnond .4ve doors exist of
th. , Erie Bank. !kites reasonable. and all Work
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THE HOMES O • I
14f MANTIC
The )111014f the rich hive'
&set since Blotter, tan ,
Feig . n.ug, to i r laces only
Muer end virtue. coot
But Illb gl .d tidings from
ut Mill wealth to
Jewels of punk*, patieuce
. . Biest auuve Qald to the
Yes. the well•favor'd iu J•
Wise/v o ill elver ouch
While the good•Rtver they
Fur the Wools of boner
Wisely such je4els of pr
Cherishing good es the
And from the diligent. nt ,
to be ricti in the ;
Yrt Lro tfinsr homes overt.
,Pnverty's sisters are Car
And the ward wrestler in
Fa!II:9 in 'lir bottle. and I
'Then, let luta tseigitliur idol
Like the S ,ritnit:swll
Comfort and I),iltit for big `I
POuriag ur pe%ce ,fa
Clenalinrat,
.lteut'wahns traiqa. an
'Nark and fair nagvn.(li
L clt
' ribUs 101 US 'alp the good
Druppmga tresaitUre at
Glad th God'a favor to hit
Th. I.llftleii• uI Il7v in 1
Ohl there is much to be di
elsti.eli ire amidlog aeon
Haslet). Benevolence. wtt
Fa-lling runabine on ,
lia•tau good etewarde of •
Greatly to inmate him
Binding together. in blen,
The halls: of the rich sr
Frain the (nivel
KATIE'S NEW '
Si MSS. 11.. •
"Run lu the d;ior Katie,
thing for me, I icitew."
"Aboquet miss. and ola!
girl, tripping buclr.tu•the par
• ••(four rare! what perfume. ,
you cmihi have such things
places it careinl y in the'tase
some of them in my hair. T
for you u hen 1 want you."
gre,at Living lo ,kiog
noble forehead;" rUuse.l lilt
about the kitchea, Intent ups
"Such soft eyes, and such a
—AI how very dearly Alio..
If I only—but what mullions I
into a light, ni.ear laugh. ••
in kitcht!us :nuauft exia2ct Ja i
husband-."
Katie stood that evening b
her little red bands ba
curls that she only had the re
The daintie.4 imelimento of t
in profusion up , n) the marble
framed exquisitely in browse
beautiful• face of the heiress i
of exprealion;
!declare, Katie,' she soil,
are almost handsome. I hs.v
dresloto up and see whet ki
make: How 'old are your',
.1 4 Fifteen," answered the
t:Gush mewled the 1.4,A ghee
'Fifteen," vn►,ed the helve
thing. more in the
htt- r d., ti lAA are dec.
coar-e! who ;is 11140 q at,
hive come yet!"
"A wite. J•i!ia."
The to , itufy rear/ it eageriy,
abgiy tos4 up "
tared; "Fraiik ha, been tak
headache. Just uuw, .4' all
tied tor
. iiuthitig"—a witin r
laid in a recesi=--and this t
sou."
There Katie, put the ear d
tmy. heir 1- it not fl
r a slight headache , to dietti
claimed, her cheek, r• lie iin
soots; "I am downright angr
posed, !declare l'J go,"
"Siit if be is sick, dalighte
"Sick! nonsense—he is a
lievelie is tryii,g fityrit
than Frank t•houlti rue it; o
sitect for his fortune to affr ,
supposs,Lsnost stay at horn
very ridiculous! disappoiott
ousylor s .tue foolish notimi.
Katie uttbauJeJ, sod unto
gera. It watt t.ew lesso
bt:ntlitig to circum,tences.
It wa4 a hear leaema to lit
jec:ion'uf the bean," this tu
periuti; she cuutd not unde
bog while she Sat Inuemst u
in the pleasant tidy kvehen.
Katie was an dtphan. S
above the dying forms of b
say she had held bath dyin,
and e!osel their eyes with ti
She was a, girl of rare oat
developed. Her brain was
marrners.parpolt of the ion..
hood. She bad been menu
We parents, who had taught
word, duty. Sweetly oaraas
a natural pride that wouW so
arable. Katie was almost a
was - . 11 servant. Hid her lot
have been rightly appreeiat
taken to the heart am a debit*
,bility of character, and gentl
Ole she wHI notponie ;
often—oh it is cruel
11 istellang.
THE POOR.
urpciL
beetkaas4as is song.
ed uooa wealth;
lou:
of sod bett:th;
to O■Nb
1:1 .01 1 it.,.;
oftloo poor.
Irook ,'
t _
=
'tali
uwjji
and
=
I=l
sae l
,ei
Y lb
Id;
eau
ed
- wt ii
al oh -II
eft od
1:=I
ergo '
leek.
model, wit
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•od' DI.
-; •
Alght
vrea:
I
streagth,
ft
... npinll
dies y di
d fortis in 1
W preen
%fruggles II
homes of
;eolith.
he poor
XlOl and I
ht.
1 ht.)
cbtoirts—
roodt.
or.
Impend.,
sway ity
nthee !sod
i brisihet in
udaset4 'go
itro indeed
C bungee O
the poor
and th
der, aloof;
t soon;
I the Ire,
Issory's ro
booutifil
Oral.
,1
J
d accord,
h the how
eel the peer
Branch.
A A A'
GIFT.
XXXISON.
uu quick; it's sow*.
bewail* I." oiid the
or.
* Katie dtf •t yuu what
ent to .y tit Th.•re!
'tu-night will wear
, at will al; I'll ring
bias eyes,lerld ouch a
Katie Ili she
her cueihing srork.
rioue; tmOdsomo face
ills must love him.-
1 1 , — and she burst nil
irtie Katiep 'that live
ystre or ri' men fur
nind MSS Julia's chair
led in: the rich dark
/114ite'titate to adjust.
he toilt laid scattered
table, ll ',and the mirror,
mod Riot, refhaqted the
ail its l varying woods
-n1 v eta l lai nod, 'you
a mind acme time to
d of a ilady you would
Id voicie,' while a deep
s.
s; "a proutise of some
• ;light cud graceful—.
de.lly too tarns-alai
,K*tie. HI esn't
MN
thou) threw it with as
' rooting!" she taut
, n ill with a toitokhir
two: My dour bar
richly embroidered,
,first ball of the sea-
,p. doweled juottui
:cul,ole, motherl just
poet me /Pi," ably ex..
witiNtwo.insea4e red
1 . If he bad only pro-
cheater, ind I do be-
Manner: Any 'Other
t I her, too much re-
Aim now. Well, I
I .—but the idea is all
Ine either fort jeal-
I'm angry with him.'
led anti trembling du i .
It in life, this- arrogant
, this fashionable' af•
fir► the pore/knot the
land it. For a Jong,
wit Ireton the ire,
e had wept bitteriear
, th father and noitter•
r
I beide upon bar beam,
!r 'oWn - haado. •
ral taleate as yet as.
that of a Woman ; her
at aliaplieity of child
' d iapotierty, yet by so
r the eleasieg of Opp
mina, hatable, yet with
with aoaothiug &boo
companion whiii she
alien *herb she aoold
ai aroehl have bees
by tine right:Oho
, flees of staters,
HEM
'URDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 25,1852,
through I
erred to a. twilight e
"Dear lady, will
" You,—ehild !"
"I know I am
afraid ; and if be do
" li, ie bet ; so bel
joss much of the ti
my good child, rem '
and one in which !h i
tie hope ;"she cri
guish.. am su)..
nurse h;r i leist a ,
and heahbfukto tie
6 e Oh! sag ; _gotlii
Katie, "do let we it
tful I hare seen sort
my fitber—my nt.n
faltered, and ovireo
sank weeping upon
The tidy aro4o, a
self u.i the poor,
the frai : Wt, said, "
stayrif my lee
are •Ireadilecompe
roolui r wth..e apleaador *as darld
,you iet me stay with h:aa r
oung, but I sin strong and um
a nut ace, be may—;hiak—"
imayati lie might ; he is &lir"
e; the room is dirk, too ; but
other it is a caategioue fever,
• ptaysic , nn Jilted vevy, very lit=
4, clait.:;ifiz her hands with an
/ Vita toval.3 ; we cenuot get a
.eett--atid to take you, so young
Icou down to a sickroom—"
g, plea-4 madam," exclaimed
v. I know 1 am may a 'child,
w and suffering before now...
r—both died in try arms;" she
a by some sudden reeolleenea,
seat.
I A with tremlins,r filzers her.
I eat u.r.aot, a lid sinoqthing buck
yi)u, my chit 1- , yuu shall
n reipiy your clivo t iiuu yoi
zed.
"where did yuu
said Julia, languid
lounge. -
"Over - nei
" mother, 7. 1
house again,"
enery from ber.iie
says ill's* are six i
!say Kati& had gone, mother 11
y tier bead from 10
I libor's to inquire after Frank."
I will not let her come near the
med the beauty. springing with
t., - dist dreadful fever! Papa
in` dead 'with it down town."
I . went she must stay ; but she
, go, and even a birted at taking
low they cannot get a nurse.""
'our fellow ! 1 pity . Fralik ; he
we.; isn't it well we were not
i wolild;ha‘o been. so awkward
! lie has sent for me. you say;
ves me, dues not wish to expose
rhaps is is only-fa hi . . 4.44381,
npe he'll get well, poor fellow ;
t its him if he were to die.. nut
r Katie ! What in the world
'there fur?"" and sinking back
:sat cu.hioinishe placed ow
I. her temple, and as unconcern-
"Finld her if shl
•
seemed possessed to
core of him ; ynn kn
"Can't they
thought so much oil
engaged, mom
in case of 41 . '1 death
he certainly. if he k
me an frightfully ; p
he calls fin;
I am sure I shotild
it is so strange shoo
did she went to go
gracefully upon the
delicate hand limiest'
edly as though they
continued the tbrillii
cnirks - or team shed
Far different with
was—a ministering
hands 'decidedly tl
bliss Julia had comp
ed gorily over !be few',
Ever at his side wag
loving heart, but huM
And when the faint I
closed eyelids, and o
wasted form, she wp
fire beaten that I
were no sotrow in the world,
g navel eon whose psis went
ler imaginary woe:
1.. stip, Oh, how tireless she
pirit in Char sick room. ' Her
large and c sarse," though
4si.ottre f ter , ne 1 the n, mov
'red forehead of the•-ick luau.
;P he, with no thought
she might ease Ili. sofferis g.
ght in the room full upon bis
er that pale- high brow, 44
; Id kueel,
e might bereaved— .
the - fever was high. *he bent
s a Child when he would ca*l
nil affection, no "Ions" dis
rt ; she was Join' a 'rood deed
Igoodness—tint once did thin
1 think of her3elf as an evil of
LEM
Hour by hour whe
'ore:. him ; delighted
her Julia. No roma,
tared her geniis he
fibs' the pure love of
humble. beautiful gi
either Julia, or'the I
Day - after day, tloi
she continue devote,
Ling with the feeble'
&Pius ditties. 'The
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ligh her strength grew less, did
iv by the sick couch, sitt•rna.
lother in discharging her se-
risis came—passf.d.
ibestoctor ; ~ but only by the
e, linfivr God," he continued,
miration at poor Katie, isho,
katchinff ant joy, fell weeping
: arms of the grateful mother.
'•He is savety'sli
molt unremitting ca
casting a glance of
°Tercets° both with
like an Wear into th e
is Hew delieirms th
very feeble tot*s
pushing slightly awe
may su.ely see Julia
"She is not here, ,
Is testes," murmured Frank i•
but mother," be continued,
the pltte and he orange, "I
ow."
y a f ro,'' said the lady softly."
here," and with a nervous
se carttnns, ti4ore Kate could
.6 - gin •nmebndy
movement he ported t
mieope.
ive,! elm*
is," he ssid, ten lerly talcing
to pale. little Kate; your ro
yoo beets t•ich, too? Sit down
me All Julia--•is she
was to nurse. me during all
a‘WhY,' Katie, a 4 I
are Inokieir pale, K%
her hen 1, ' , ra are qt
see are all gone; hay.
here and tell tel
well? Hnw kind ah
'toy siektlpa. '
Katie's cheeks w
,were white helve.
.cast s timid look tilw
'eyearctirs were it4ijir
the vaunt mates of
"Portfiesireu's sal
Julia *kit? did she ti
re es crimson-now. so they
tier lio q•iivered i ton, an I she
nts his_ too' her. .Iht he•r triett
rin_, aid th,7 did not eseipe
itomOrration.
tell mil." he ezeiaimet g•is
ke the feyerr
nor I:ss she been," Kaid his
Neither sick no ,
1 1 gr%lflY • '1
up you were ill, s
for you—patteslad t'
the balm)."
is best - lot:tell you at tame 'bat
e fiatnetiraes formal ly jogai red
o balls l awl nevereanie altar
Id nnt deffutifea m'; 'meaty 1
aikhere by my aide-•-hir hand
"Mother! youllio
saw-bon sanely As
'en iniate."
" Prank, I
scarcely sent bevel
Itart been year goditi
He fittnsed once
wilh tears, best him I
:curtsies silently toil
.the wall.
peat it; she has not called—.
Inee your first mech. Katie
I dr, fur five long weeks."
t the sweet girl; his eyes filled
p was grieved. Ile drew the
ther, and turned his face, to
After that du/ h
: would lay watching
and very, very ofies
titilaziettesion as w
New Yeses
But within t
:brioht sunlight at
;froithforeitS into - litt
t.t1.1 window pane. in
)Frank, paleeend
'dow. Now and th.
.a tea-rose, or glanci . 1
ning paper, he see-1
wandered frequently
' Presently, in cam
'to wish hint a Rapp
46 lbw young man's .
sl thick you lit
*and and dewing h
ihis• you nO Near Y
' Satin 'tuned,
'said little about Julia. He
Katie as she Sat by his mother,
wbeo theyaloolted op, tM grietr
n his lip.
ing mime, clear, beautiful, end
chamser of luxury only the
med, and the frost changed
e brooks. and wandered about
laver circled.
'ritual:looking, sat by the win
e tanching the white petals of
g over the auhtuto of the mor
d rather restless, and his 010
reward, the door.
e Katie," he saidoakieg itta'
r to his vide;
,'but my
; child,
r's present ter me!'
LWONWAID.-a.l
Katie; and as etre draw epar
New Year, a clear light came
UM
eatbarraasod, looked down...
girl--why Aloof d . he expect a Now Year's
pre.sest from ber—aud ails -ao poor, without paFeri t o
without a bowe. .
"Dear Sri," a .0 murmured after a " I ter
I haJ; but 1..4 eau uely sir pm my beet artrttesi."
"Katie, if 1 dared a*,42tu..-1 !maw von have that
•whrch tf yoe would tire ow; tw mutd toike we the
happiest of men—but—l dire nut."
'HOW ask it, air; if I hart. au 11.)ot gift"—sud t :
,she:marted—uaubeil. hew rerelattoh.gash
ed upon her soul—hie luck, hie inanuee did theyt
meat' that?
!iistie" be saisi again,lowl and tremtilunsly,4iraw
ing her utiresting forrn• yetielurer to his side; "is
Tour heart free, my little Katie, Gesn you give me
peleeless a thing for ma i New Year's present?
You.bave eared for me, Kotie, when all bat my mo
ther forsook me. In this fever:] room, with death
threatening you passed the weary hours, you pray
el for me—fursuok rest for me—..hi I have lsear4
111—sod such devotion unsnarls me. Net that I
think you did it fur any selfish purpose, hear 00 , 1."
he e•uninued, da.hing away the tears:i . "I know yon
would have gone ;like to the pour man's hovel;—.
God hi dm, you, nutee Katie"
4 •My child, my dangliier," murmured Mrs. N—,
straining the weeping girl in her breaa, "you have
a weitherti blessing; dear Frank, she in won ny of
yen:,
"And now, my when you - have learned all
•thesit things" Fraiik fondly said p - the same crusting,
"you thall be my oa n ,dear wedJeJ wife; but Kellett
before'we Say good night: assure me aitaid that the
pricelesagift is mine. Not many have received so
sweet a New 'Year's present, I 'fanny."
Of ill whe heard tile news, none were so much
surprisekxiodigottit as Julia, the proud and cold
hearted, but ambitious girf,"when it was to ilto her
that little Katie hid given to Frank the rich
and courted Frank w)icise fortuneahe once loved -
M woo f i f s/swiss., ass;:lissortaliteit. •
The Chameleon.
AnAtlllicor in Africa thus writes of the habits of
this shimal ;
ilorsiase of the habits of die chameleon may not
be- geniersily known, I will take the 1 berry of men
tionitil a few of Ibem which - came under my own
obserration. One morning, on my return froth ili
rade; tem close to my own tent, a very large Cha-
Sete% banging on a bash. I insasediate4y secured
hit% 4d provided a box for him to repose in. In
the co's* of a sew days he neesine quite faliiiliar.
audl4ag *lmo them before, I knew how to gain his
sifeetws—which, in the first place; was done by
feedinithri well, end in the next place, by scratch
ing histback with aleather I I used to put hint on
my table at breakfak, and in the of a few
Wistel i I baste seen him devour at least - fifty. dies ,
cavobs tins in the most dAFteyous manner with
111 i l
Ling and slimy tongue ; nor dons be ever move
from his-position ; but so sure as en unfoyttuna)e fly
conies within reach, so sure is he caught; raid with
the rapidity of thought. In the forenoon{ always
gave him a halve , alice of whter-tnelon, the tihote of
:which he devoured, and he
_generally supped on a.- - .
many files as he could manage to entrap, settings
defiatice the "noble . Hamlet's" theory of the Ch.tui
elecaiSdish. Prinntses wouli not have suited litin
at all, being, at the end of each day, considerable
mows ilk, a cramm..-d capon than au air-fed Chaim-,
leitik • . '
1,5 is uot'true that the animal wiShange-color ac
cording to what he is put on; bit he will change
shade according as be is pleased er displeased.—
His general - hue is a bright green, with small go,d
spots overbill body; he remains at this shade when
he is highly pleased, by :bistpg in the sun, or beirg
led, or scratched, which tie delights in. When tin
gry—and he is very easily made so—his hug chang
es to a dusky greenosisnostMack, and tne gold spots
are nut to be seen; but I Could never perceive any
other color on his body but griieo, in a variety of
elisdes. !'die spits enlarge very mieit when his is in
a good humor—so much, indeed, as to give a yel
low tinge to the upper part of the an: inel; but in
worieral tteeratre merely little yelf,aw spots here awl
there on the back andside.. I carried him to Sicily,
where he Mee, much regretted.
Franck Women
We (Inflict the following from Parisian Life . ei nd
French Principles, a very readible wvrt teceuti'y
publisbed by the Harpers:
A •'female rights - orotor,".bas asserted that if wa
ffle° had more of the occtipations of suns they woutd '
lie more vittwins. Bythetbruletbeivornen of Preheat
ought to far, excel jo that respect their sisters of
America. I will 'say nothing of their laboring in
the field, their tinting huge carts througo the streets
of Pans, and other rudevisaork which soon rue out
cif them all,finnsle softness, and ctrsine mysel► to
the more "gram* Juice winch they save miurpert
from •team roltied, a• man is but a secoadary Wog
io the scale of French civ.illystion; The "dames a
4omj►tuir" are as essential to the. success of a Par
tition cafe as the cook himsetf. , More hats are doff
ed at their shnnei than Wore the gayest belles of
the metropolis. My boot maker, for the head of the
establishment, is a woman; 'lay hatter, also; my.
landlord is a sl:gnified specimen of •fat, fair and
forty:" my porter is of the same sex, older in years
end worse is lonia; my butcher, milkman. and the.
cild-clothes wooer'. newsboy and Foie-gatherer be
neath my window, ditto. They are waiters et the
halls, doorkeepers at the. theatres, ticket-seleem,.
fiddlers, chair hitters at theithureismie They sgure
in every revolution, and bare a tongue and -arms in
sentry fight; is sheet, they are at the top had butte&
of everything is France. They have so pushed
aside the lords of creation that for some time my
lympothica were really slice to know what men bad
- left to do, until I finally discosoned that they had
the resource of beitiming chambenweids.
But there is otwilistto wiry the reformist of the esti,
"an make in Pady to whisk •1. her paniciffarly to
calf your atteeden ; and-that' is, how to preserve the
f l reedorn of their limbs and their petticdats
Bloomeriara has no chance of success. A French
lady, by digit sif: hand in liking her sitreso,tes cress
the dirtiest streets, promenade - • through mud Sad
Mire, and Wing hoes unsollitil the whitest stock
in sod purest sklrt. does . it too with a nstu-
race and modesty which is perfectly charming.
In a certsio town in New Hampshirill a certain
;1
in shitant thereof rtqnired for his comfortable eft
,43 meet at least a pint'or " white- faced New Enr- .
I laid," daily. Be had bea.lne reduced in his pock
-etio, so that it. became I:cease" far him, like-the Is
raelites of-old, to procure somehow *double portion
enit.he day before the Sabbath, that he might ipiet
ly tt . itiy his chuich, of L Melt he was a constant at
{evident. -On one Satorday_ he-had been very onfitr
tnests; for the shades of evening began to fall, and
yet he had not gathered his "spiritual "
daY Of rest. A. neighbor, at thitt, moment, requested
him to threw some wood into his shad; and after the ,
sun ill•joharas sornideted, goo , him a few oettlo--.-
Ile MI that the ore felltrw Tooted rsdind unsatis
fied, sndoaid to flit% "Isq't that : ssough Tur t he world
i ca Vity you alp get half-n4int with (hat money; sad,
. 't you keep Sunday on Aar .'Why, I sup
-1 cool, 4 0.quirs, but then," ( looking tip wit lia
Q' ',Eleven Par•Pgis;.o l4 4 l4 Al* PoUNW4llll:posolats visage.i'ibut than, 'Squire; Ws would
Ake and gallery at Washingtowiuting the useeth .it kept," Thi4 al,ee,l"..tP, by a clever oirrosom-
Or Nevelainat, '') dent, retuiu4s us of another, which IFIF will venture
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WIMiIIigACKS E a ROI &X =news TABLE.
ST 041,ILOAD CLARK. -
Whett We say that this volume embodies the test
thilats that have appeared in the ost li tor's Table"
!of the' kniclerrborker .Itrgo:ine. we simply inform
!.lioeacquainted . wi;h- that table, that Mr. Clerk
inns given tie line of the funniest bunks ev. r pub..
14110 in America. It is., to.), the amplest reposito•
ry of truly American fun that we know of in print.
We feel truly gratorul fur this compilation, wkeh
14 no less cretiiii.b . .e fur American journalism than
to 4.pierican wit, and we have no doubt it is &min.
Mitt) have more repute in the literary world than its
editor seems to anticipate.
Our readers bare had ample opportunities of teat,
kg the quality of Clark's fun, in the extracts which
hase from time to time appeared in our colUmno,
but we venture to !STY that in their new costume
they' will have all the free-beers el novelty: "IN'e
will sobmit
s e few specimen. is a test ; and then if
the leAder id elitist:it'd with tbe qn +lily, -let 'him
bey the b eolt--it can be had at No, 9, Brown's
tel, Erie Pa.
ANECDoTa or otroxo.
" Yon murky clued is fonl with rain" that fairest
Piermoni we see rolling slowly firer the hills. that
envip.n the'other side of the riv
er. Even while we watch it, it begins to.shake its
skirts. andito sift down upon the fading landscape
its "su ierfloir of shower." Looking at this, we
cannot chose but think of a. ineinerable eseursion
which the 'writer !welt!' once made with Ueuffrey
k:raYois through the wizzard region of Sleepy-1101-
neighborhood tt hich his .own pen had tbede
wor'd:wide famous. The morning had been thun
derous and showery.,; nor did it entirely brighten
Vita the romoval of tile first chantpaizne cork at
the hositable table of "Sunny-side`;" always wpre
pump., as the toot remarked, of "pleasant 'weather
about this time." After linter. preceded by the le
i
dies of the household and another guest in the fam
ily eirri:rge, Mr. Creyon, •12 erft•
o tooled" the " OIJ
hills that enclose the:belie
darlived and flourished old
hiibinorning daughter Katr
between the pearl-culoied o
began to sing"in the treed;
and sinking on along than
ing fielJ ; and ev,erything i
smiting. Now it came to in sr, h.mbeit, that when,
beguiling the way with itch retnemberahle con
verse, we Caine to the Isiow a the Jest hill that over
looks the turn of the/road into the valley, one of the
aforesaid opaque clintds, at first rib _higger thin a
man's hand,. butAshich had been gradually "gather-•
ing fatness . ,"/ suddenly •darkened, and
,presently
.• op med-ttpon tui;"alao there were thundering,. and
lightning 4; the trees, bingly and in ranks, tossed
their plAinca of green, and battled with the storm.
.ioreover, the rash now descended amain; insomuch.
that Mr. Crayon whe , o,ed•wittidenly into an angle of
-a rail fence that 4kirtel an umbrageous grove, dim-,
mounted, Cambered over, and tlok shelter undec an;
adjacoot.tree, hot tag over his head meativrhile the,
custiloneitwat m•seai, ado* n which, as from a su,o': . t
the rain poured from h.: , h.ek. " %Ally' don'ryou
count-cinder here and be . comfortably b-used, as I
am ?", lurked the Sleepy-11;110w historian, with mu.
slug mock gravity
.: " Whereto thus :hell." "OLD
[KICK.." i "Darest;t do it, dear sir ; Tfraid of the
lighting stow playing about us; had a near relation
once ttuck, with ih .• • electric fluid'! (tbe kind al
1,
ways mentioned.by country newspapers as the moat
fatal,larhiiestandink widt;r a tree; en me near dying
.—bqt didn't." "Oh:" answered Mr. Crayult,"that
alters the aciac-t it runs irt:thefetmily, 4, r
Tilt 1.101. T IltA:t
"The west' is a great co intry, f. lend
writer a c:ever correspondent. '"Tall things bop•
pen there now and then. Here is is specimen:—
Having occasion to pais• through the upper takes
lest June, I was happy enough to find myself a *pas
senger on hoard that palace of a'boat the "Empire,"
pmperor Howe commanding. My traveling corn.
lianion for the time happened to be a theratet-bred
H - foOsier, - a prince of a !slow; one- who feared Gud
and toyed fun nod the ladies, but .who wait %yobs il a
Mist Pultsidable stammerer. We hadn't been long
aboard, when tht. captain celled our attention In a
nos: 'retuarkstilelooking intl,o,lual seated. at:the
end of the cabin. lam not myselt particidarly ,
! ) isnd.re. and have seer? some ill looking men in
; fl y dm.; but so ugly a man as this-had never cross
ed ilte tc.ip e t eal v ftioatt. hum em
ehottcully "the ugite4 man that ever lived;"
upon -toy friend Turn offered to wager a half dorm
that he had Been a worse one in the steerage.. The
bet wa:‘et: once accepted, and Tom staked for hi*
toga, %qui was to be brought up fur compaiison.
lle found the fellow a bit of a wag, as en intolera. :
bly homely manis ant to be, and, after the proteilte
of a "nip,'" mithineloth to exhibit himself. As_they,
entered
,the cabin door, my friend, with an air ot•
, eensoinua triumph, turned to direct our ettentioistw
his champion, when he discoveredsthe felfcev trying
insure success by making up faces. ".51--al
-411—atepr said he; .f l / 4 4 7 .'no—none of that!—You
y jive* as God eitaigitiy mode you! You
6...Co— , •eomit'be beat!" An:l he treen't!-
' A BAD EXCOSR EIIiTTER IMAM NONFI
Sl5O A TES.2I.,
to relstwin this c.wnectiou l though it must'Uttede
suffer by the inxtapositioo; Mr. G—; ) who bad
by ci:•grees become so attached to his cups that be
could not ciimf irtably go by -eleven o'clock without
his "nip" of brandy, self wilco was , yet !umbras to
avoid the suspicion of tieing au habitual ririallier4
was in the habit daily of inventing same excuse to
the bar- keeper and those within hearing: He had
used up all the stereotyped reasons, such as "a,
slight pain," "a land of stinking,' not orsoliet
ri4ht," &c. Oa &today, at the usual boo 4
he called fur his brandy - and= water , saying', 4 4 eel
extremely dry; I nns going to knee saltjisk for
net!" "A bad•excuse was better than nooei7. -1
probably (bought.
.15,EARCII TUB tOUPTURp. . / , . •
The lite !created henry Inman used to relate,
within inimi table effect, a stery of an iiliterate Big
ti.ih gathodist minister at the west, who, one night
at • clams meeting, mentioned the following 'Mut
ing circuinstance:—"lt is but a little while•elt
since I was a-traveling aleig one of yotirereat,riv.
ers ah, surrounded by the deep forest; I slapped at
a rude shanty by the low river side-ah, and there I
found a poor family' in gre-a-t afti.ctism-ah. 'hey
were all sick; their 'children were • shivering sad
starving; their heails frowzy and dirty; and I tree
isifoinged by , the mother that they had lest theirillise
toothed eostS•ah! They were igniirant of ! t hey go—
o4pel, and did'ut seem to care about if, 'ithirg o fps
when I reasoned with 'em-ah; the woman was all the
time lamenting tee lose of her dne-tocithedcoeilp-alti
•liae vim the Bible in your cabin?' - said I to her.
rat's I.aft; says she, "Yes, theer it is, up thaw on
the catch-all-all,' plating to the narrow shelf over
the smoky fir place, 'but we don't often read tato
it ah; han't ead any on't but once!, When our little
Bill died ith'the a r t, for as much nalew month,-
/
ahr / g lof onto a the-tub, my friends, the steed ie
the titer, and reached np aid took down the bless. /
• i , ioit, all covered with dust-att; arid what do you
r
ink it was Wet 'l opened to-ah? What do yeti
think it was that I found there-ah, to satisfy the
longings of that poor woman-ah? lt was the Jong
lots,, the long-wanted, fine-tbckth
, 1 -on m-b-ahl 0,
my, hearers.' s'-e a -r-e Ii 10 sk pler-ak! • If site
had only searched the sliriptetrs, how her mind would
a been eased-ah!' ' . .
CAN'T ArtaD rr.:
That was a somewhat cool reply Which wasgives
by a hoarier to a landlerd in San Francisco, when
he ebbed him for the "amount of hia little bill."
"Yuu have, my dear sir, been boardie with ow for
a month, and I have nut-troublid yOu; ; ltut I am now
serinqsly in want of /he money lthrerything I pur
chase fur the house is at a bile Atiure; and I really
can't alllud to lie otit of your; bill any longer.?'—'•
'Can't afford RP' exclsiined the delinquent; ";bog'
why the d—l /forth pin selloht td somebody that
can atind it? That's yont bas way!" •
IgaltOit "Ilf NATURAL 111111 Vat coaaacTio. •
.It is amusing enough to remark the ignorance of
tow n:-It red - children of the ccimmonest matters of
country'-lice. A friend tells us thlit, a little. girl
from the metropolis, who had visited a country,
'town not a (*solid miles from New York, was
filial with surprise at the sight of a girl milking a
aow, "I didn't know tht.t you did: it that way!" .
retie exclaimed with "round eyed wonder:n"l thought
I they took hold id the cow's tail atid pumped the
milk out of her! What has•she got so long a tail
; for?"
Little Wary's Story.
" Mary i" 'mid the younger of laic, little girls, as
they nestled under a coarse covierleV, one cold night
in December, 4 , tell me about Thanksgiving dsy be
fore papa went to heaves. lam cold avid hungry,
en 4 I can't go to sleep. I wait something nice• to
think about."
“Ifiish !” said the elder child, "don't let'dearma
mi hear you. Come.nearer to •Ime . i 4 and they, lal4
I • •
their cheeks together.
"I 'fancy papa was rich. WI lived in a very nice
house. I know there wet* pretty Piettpres en the
wall, and there were nice velvet chairs, and the cnr
pet was thick and soft, like theigreett moss-patches
in the wood ; and we had pretty gold-fish on the t%.
ble, and Tony, my black nurse, used to feed thent.-
And papa !—(ynu can't remember pew, Letty).-he
was till and grand, like a prince, tad when he
'ed, be made mo think of angel.. He hougbt ass
tors and sweetmeats, and carried me" , out to the sta.
hie. and put me on Mimeo's baik, and laughed
because I was afraid ! And f used to watch bin
wheti he came op the street, , and thin
,run to .the
to jump in his arms. 'lie was a dear, kin{
pap.;" said the child in a faltering voice.
"Don't cry," said the tittle •Ose; tilease • WI pit
same mute."
"Well, Thanksgiving day we were so happyi.
We sat around suet' a table, with so many people••.
'aunts, uncles, end cousins—(l can't think why they
never come to mei us now, Letty)— an d Betty made
such sweet pies, and we lied a big turkey; and paps
would 'hive line sit tiext to him; and gave me the
wish-hone, end all the' plume out of the pudding;-..
and after dinner, he would take me in his lap, semi
tell me 'Red Riding Hoed,' and call me 'pet,' at
*WV and 'fairy.' Oh, Petty! / ean't teller, morn
I believe I'M goihg In cry."
"I'm very culd," said Letty. "Doerr papa Itpow
up is heaven. that WO /NI poor end hungry nine'
"Yes—no—l can't tell," answered May, wiping
away_ her tears, nuable to reconcile her ideas of
heaven with such it thought. "Hush! mamas Win
tear:"
Mamma had heard. The eittrao gareartat upon
which rho had . worked since dnriar, dropped front
her hands, and teas were furclig themselves, thick
and fast, through her closed o brows. The .111111.
pie recital found but toosad an the in that widower!
heart. •
Dear reader! spiv sit at you icturlous. Thanks,
giving table, anirseeno eaea chair, and number
s o c oning one from your flock. As you lean on
the dear arm to whioh you trust, remembe=r thaw
who, with chilled limbs and . bleeding hearts, km"
pf no treasure on earth, sea fa tiro @bacillar&
F#Nor: nag,
•
0711 appears by, the eenpus, that the eetutotept.
yon of spirituous sod welt licittaa reaehes the caw.
woes quantity . of - 88.00%001) et canon* teouanya
equal to six gallons for every adult person. •
ES
NUMBER 33.
From the Musical irortd.