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ir FLU R'S A.DpitE S S
i Ro the Patrous of the Eluuttugtlon.
' ' JANUARY 1, 1857.
Ono year ago, I tipt my hat,
Ind threw my Verses where you sat,
Itemin.ditig ail, a year had gono
To realths'of dark oblivion ;
Witb.all its staid and changeful life—
pr joy and peace, of war and sirlfe:
I'm here again with spirits bright—
Ifurcly qurdy tuned aright, • ,
While my sw . .eei Harp of thousand strings,
With my said Gurdy, londly rings
A varied music o'er the town,
Enough to charm a fairy down.
Hark, bark! their notes are Heating through
The ambient air of . azure hue;, ,
And Mounting on the white eland's crest,
Are dancing hornpipe's onita breast,—
While all around,.the mellowing strain
Is starting frolic on the plain„
Who're lilies lately, bowed their heads,
Eo meekly in their posey beds. •
My instruments are working well,
With some slight tendency to swell '
Beyond the bound, where mortal ear, .
In list'•ning mood, the sound can hear.
But let that pass, on. this dirt pile,
They'll spread their harmony awhile,.
And spend a passing hour upon • , • >••
The incidents, that move thereon..,
Dot don't mistake this humble
As throwing counsel in your way, -
About the grave affairs of state;
Such things should fill hn older pate
Than mine, that never grew a crop .
Of hoary hair, upon its top.
Now, if my Gurdy's full of soul-4
do full, that it's beyond control, .
As full of music, life and song,
As XNDY JoussroN's Chinese gong; -
Immense•outbursts, of minitrels3,-,
WlD,•patrons, - greet both you and Ind,
In tones so sweet, the raptured heart •
Will bound and swell with quicker stag-,
Than if the "Devil's Dream" yeroplayed—: ,
Or " l i ankee Doodle Dandy" laid •
Its notes of glory to the
Or "Fisher's Ilornpipe" sounded near;
Insinuating to,the feet, -
To dance and run with movements fleet.
• Now' go •it Gurdy, and thou harp .
With many strings, both flat and sharp,—
And give my friends the sweetest lay,
That in full chorus, you can play.
Since I addressed you, last 'New Year,
Some notions new, as well as riucei—
Both gay and solemn in their turn—
Events, of ernall and great contern.''
Have thronged upon life's busy - stage, - . -
And reigned awhile, as all the rage,
With lives as short, as pumpkin pies;
'Then died away like butterflies.
Expressly, I repudiate
Whate'er might-overload my pate;
But let me - say to those, who own -
The plot of ground, West rfunting-don---
-TO give the purse some sudden jerks; -
When up, will-go; industrial works-L.
And men and women comb to town;
Then soon,•Would :babies - roll around, -
Which;in.the course of time, would grow: •
And things would then be brisk you lcuow,
.11.-CommtorSx's tavern, near Mud Run,
And Ftstunt's mill, not far, therefroM,
And any other factories - • • •1- - • • •:, - • .
About the town, that you may please
To name or think of, doubtless, might
Reeefve'sorrie•gleatris'of golden light. - •• -
The "New Town" lots, in price would rise,
So largely, that the owners' eyes, . .
For many days, (aud might he weeks)
Would hang like tear-drops on their cheeks—
Drawn from their sockets to{ behold •
-Their land o'crlaid with burnished gold, ,
And temples, to the arts, reared high
With domes bathed in the azure sky;
The Renner farm, to western hills,
"Spread o'er with hundred dollar bills ; .
Steam engines squealing earthquake yells,
Affrighting echoes froin their dells ; -
And all the town, from Stone Creel. bridge,
Alive with work, to Warrior's Ridge.
But still it gives,me joy know,
Our onward move is sure, though slow, ,
Since Broad Top coal, for baking loaves,
Is much consumed in cooking stoves. .
The marl et, llsuppose,vvill spread
'To other things, than muking bread ;,
For instance,—baking buckvidmat cakes,
,Ahd slightly 'smolting fresh. beef steaks.
. Great dis9oFil reigns, the,Gurdy's
I'll let the Harp, now sing a. song
Without the coarser.instrument,
Which seems td give impediment,
Unto that easy flow of. soul ;.
That'from the harp would likely roll.
tt thus begins—with sound as clear,
As angel'sNoice, upon the ear,
While strolling through the upper skies,
With silver trump of paradise, -
And breathing softest tones of love;, •
.To all the holy world above. . •, • :
The Harp "work loose," . but that's ; cr.
A little high, , l 'judge, for me —7
TO follow , not to soon break down,
As poets, oft before, have done. '
But to the busines's now in haml7--
- The things' of time's fast•iunning sand:
And first, I'll sing of Calico,
And
And such' dresS-goodsovhichmostly 'groW,
Where say isles restin the siea -
And silk-worms Weave their filigree ;
: Forgetting not the ponderous '
'or which, so many vessels auil,• -
,O'er tossing waves, through arctic
Where;boone and blubber may entice. •
pdr be it known --O, woman kind,— '
The hoOpe, which, in your. skirts, You find;
prom upper jaw of this huge fish,
Are made and fashioned to your ,
-Objection nene; shalt-ere be made,
By me, to any bright-eyed naiid, ,
Fbr wearing such fantastic dress,:
That shall, her corpus, kindly Press; •
. • But as the pave's but ten feet wide, '
For sylph-like forms, along to glide,
recommend these moving' churns, _
. silk and damask, (gay concerns). '
S , ) cautiously, to set their pins, '
That whalebone shall not bark our shins.
I did intend to further ping " ,
About queer luntter,e, 'as thoy opting
50 00
30 00,-,
20 00
WILLIAM LEWIS,
VOL. XII.
Before the patiramic'eye, ' ,
Of ever Watettful poetry ;
But space forbids,' 'dint I should lay
Another couplet'ha' Your way:
?Lly tags is done, ,rny song Lath ceasod
Nov, geretle' patrons, are you pleased?
If so, sit down; on turkey, dine,
And I'll go horns, and "pitch in":snine,
But ere you feed on viands rare . •,•
Or quaff the wines, which banish care;
Or " trip the light fantaStic toe"
In halls:where - youth- and beauty glow— „ •
There music ponrs its thrilling strain- • , r•
And sweet enchantments hll the brain;
Accept my wish, that yitiu. May hear ' •
A better song, on nextNeW
Lottery Swindling•in Germany
A lI.A4I3STRANIVE AIIECIDOTE
Bankers and Receivers-General at Hum
bughausen andelsewbereha - ve, rtew and then,
enclosed me.lottery tickets that' are. they say,
sure to make my .fortune.., These. feliews;
know now to be- generally JeWs of the lamest
class, whom no - one 'would ' trust, personally
with a florin. _ Bankers they 'are not, but re
ceivers-general theyare; ,for they are ready
to take. m anything : and- anybody: It - once
happene,c,i,ihat I:retained a ticket for one of
these lotteries, and that it was drawn a prize
of three. hundred florins; for the full amount
of-
: which the _ banker 'and receiver-general
sent me ticketS warranted: undrawn. .• Since
I. preferred' the money ; ;however, I,sent the
successful number to the respectable landlord
of the Weidenbusch, _who. had
,the greatest
difficulty in recovering . t he, amount, in well ,
filled PrusSia,n thalers. Jacob: ex.pressedas
much rage at being'foreed to pay asif he-had
actually been defrauded of so: inuch,precions
metal,,And the eldiging innkeeper :was net
Withput-doulits about the safety of his head
in some of the_ filthy windings -.of ,the local
Jewry. There is an instance:of one of these
receivers-general having distributed four. tick
ets of each number hp was authorized to sell.
One of these turning out tobethe great prize,
he instantly-received the,,money - for it, and
decamped._
. It happened that a 'tradesman in an adja
cent state had purchased, at Frankfort-on .
:gain, an original ticket; ,which having been
drawn a prize-of one hundred- thousand flor
ins, it 'was to be ex.pected that he would see
the announcement, of- his good fortune. in. the
papers of the next : day. , No time-was lost,
therefore.; for, if the, grocer , once -reached,
Frankfort,. he would. claim . payment of the
:would- les,e.ithe
gold. e'r c er-gefie ai atererore amp ateia - =
e d his brother in the assumed character of a
police agent, and his nephew- as, a,,geadarme.
Arrived - at the small Own, bamhich- the vic
tim lived, the mock functionary • said. to him:
"Herr Muller, I wish to
,speak with you
privately, and this person must be present at
our conference." ' Cfrocer,SomeWhat alarmed
at the mysteriOus:oir and 'intimation; retired'
with his' visitors to his back-room,-.. - - -
" You ought_ to know,,-Herr Muller, that
there is.a law, awarding fine • and imprison
ment, to those who :garn ble in foreign lotteries;
a 'distinct tufermation has been laid that you
purchaied the ticket, Number - It is
registered in . your. name,. and my-duty is to ,
bring you. beforeour president, is arreSt r .and
•
accompanied by this gendarme,- You will'
observe that, to spare your feelings. and. avoid
disgracing you, we liave.„been permitted to
execute our, function privately.. We will get
a third'horse„for you in ten minutes;-and at
eight o'clock we shall reach our destination,"
"1134, (Conniiissary," said -thedupe ) ,
"the people her arc pot, so stupid as.to see
me .carried og between two strangers, with
out iinaginino• some cause connected with pa
lice.
• I,shalf be rained in my business and,
in my, prospects, too; for Bta.dt-Rath
ler will -never:give m.e h ' is daughter who was
to lave married.me next Month, if I am dc-•
graded by imprisonment. - What can be done
to avert this calamity,?v
Nothing, The proofs are too distinet. ! ----
Three.months are soon passed.,The prison
is not unite so bad as you may laveherird.".
."_Woe is. me .1 and my buSinesithat was go
ing on so- „
--
" Justice cannot take your business into
consideration,llerr Muller. It was for you
to think of that when you committed amille 7
gal act . ,"'
, -Here the gen,darmeWhispered, us if to,r,e 7 .
mind the commissary 'of police that they,
should be late for the prison, and. that - there
•
Nl:as n 9 tise !king. ".`.`l really mustrequire•
you to make your little .preparations, and to
go with us;" said the commissary..
"This is fright - full. , -Per the - sake of mei
cy, let me icod to. my laWyer,- else fejt me ;
some way to avoid: this.punishment.".
." Properly, Herr, Muller,. I could neither,
let yon, do onethingnor-the other; bUt as you
.seein sincerely, to repent of your offet . o,
will . suggest the, only eipedieht save,
you.", ... . •
"Traytell mo at °nee, anything—anything,
dear good 14Ir. Commissary." . ,
, .
11"lake , the ticket over to a. personin Frank
fort, for exaMple—tOlhe persoo of whom you
'bought it.„ Give me the ticket, and the
,letter.
.of renunciation, and I will, gq•over, with it.,
But still th ‘ ere in ay, he some qpens,es
- .‘,'Never. mindthat, I will.pgyanyph . arges,
Here is certificate that „the. ticket belongs.
still to the'man who sent it to me ; for I refuse
to pay for it iievy:„,anddeelare that Thave not
paid tbrit at any &inlet: time: The ticket
itself is. enclosed. Here; also are a hUndred
th . alers in good Prussian notes for' he expen
ses:. Pray, worthy offCers; make : haste; and
bring Die word .seen. that 'no fnrther injury .
will accrue tome on account of the - tieket. ; —
Hans l.' give tbtese 'gentlemen some wine.
They have been kind enough to tell me &eine
:Wino^ abOut debtor_ who, has kept himself
out of 'my way. A. plocisant joiliney" to
gentlemen. )goodLlve, tintittve Meet again."
Scarcely had the falsi coMiniiga;rx 'And his
spurious tayrmidam gcit 'dear of -the town,
when a busy neighbor who had just returned
from Frankfort, came into' the shop with,a
printed paper in his hand.
"MY dear neighbor! You hada ticket—"
"Hush! for heaven's sake, not a word, of I
that !" .
"Well T. but I think you have won."
Impossible ! I had no ticket." •
" How; no ticket I'saw you pay for it !"
"Would you, neiglibor, bear witness against
me ? Never mind, I have 'signed a renunci
ation of my ticket in, favor of the collector."
"Was it Number
•
"Then
. on. have renounced the hundred
Olousundltarius t " , e,
Efave I?" cried Muller. "Am I the great
est'ass the sun has set' npcin this night?—
What---4hatis the penalty for gambling in
the foreign lotteries?"
"A hundred, florins - fine -or imprisonment
in case of default."
TIM CARRIER
" It regular-to send - the accused. parties
Llnder arrest to the tribtp44l?"
• ,
is Certainly not, if they are horiseholders,
or persons in, the condition of procuring bail.
It is a mere civil suit." '
.
" am' an ass!? • •
Then Muller told the entire story. The
alarm was given, pursuit was Commeneed;the
townsmen and their wives .came, to congratu
late their neighbor, and stayed to condole.—
Old Haebeler shuffled up to say, that he would
never give up his daughter to a man who had
luck, and who had thrown it away lilte a dolt,
The receiver-general pleaded that on the day
the renunciation was dated he had sold the
ticket to one Aaron Schleir, who'waS gone to
Podolia; but,.before leaving had passed it to
somebody he did not know, and that the ad:
ministration had already_ paid its value to the
swindling bearer.
The coronation at Moscow, which has af
forded So much material fOr neWspaper wri
ters, has had a far greater interest for the
people of that vast empire. The serfs of Rus
sia epected from their new Emperor a de
cree 'of Universal enaancipation: How sorely
they have 'been disappointed, the' following
fact,: which was related to -us by a most-res
pectable gentlenr.u . few days ago, and whieh
happened only some few mouths, since, will
show.'" We assure our readers that the story
is related without any :additionS, - blitjust as
it was told to,us, - •
" The most unfortunate among the wretch
ed sprf.s are not those- who are - born and
brought up in ignorance—who labor, think,
feel, marry, and. have children at the command
of ;their master , , and at last perform the only,
free act of their life;
,nainely, to die. The
most :Unfortunate amongst these wretches n;re
families to be brought up and educated in
their master's house, in order to be the-play--
mates of his own children, who cannot find
for miles 'aroun4 any companions of their
own station. - ‘• •; .
These serfs are naturally enough brought
up in . hixury,.receiVe the saw education, are
clothed like - th,e children of their masters, sit
at the same table. with them; contract e*pen
sive habits, and.forget in tlae.course. of time
that they are ser,fs ; until some day when. they
are in the full consciousness that they are
meri,"theY are cruelly reminded that they are
tools. The education-'of the young nobles
has -been• fin.ished=they depart to the capital,
enter into service and. marry. The playmates
therefore are uieless, and they are ordered
back to' their miserable homes, where Misery
and hard labor await them, and - where they
again,beeoine.mere,..machines, after-having
been human beings. Only on few occasions
are they retained as valets, 4,c„ in the house
pf then- master.
,This. was , the fortune of Anna, who re
,mained. in the service of her. master in the
capacity of a chamber maid.. Her beautiful'
face and spirited manner had decided him to
select her as a , companicn for his sister ; 'and
after they had grown up, and she had become
still more-beautiful •and accomplished, she
was retained in house:- The young noble
man, once, her-playmate and-I:lowlier, mastor,
was enamoured and paid-his addresses to her.
This is done` in Russia every' day, and hand
some young serfs acre. often' the mistresses of
these,young gentlemen. But Anna_ had ;lAA
received'her „education.:
. withoni. advantage ;
tier feelings of delicacy were outraged, and.
repelled the•advances of her master: Offen,-
ded at-this 'treatnieriti r•he- bariished her to a
distan,t,estate, where-she was•condeinned to_
hard labor, An old • coachman,, who lived
Upon this estate, had pity.Pn'her
,and helped
her to perform her task.' • - ' • - • - •
• Once more Anna wa - S, Able to read-books,
to dress• and even to -.take an occasional soli
tary walk. , One day a handsome young offi-
Cep; who lited near the - estate; happened to,
meet; her, and• was'surprised to find in such 'a
wilderness a sensible and well educated
man. -. She on -the other hand,
,-was happy' to
find a pan wh6 conla .. Comprehend and sym
pathize with ber i sniferings;and their friend:;
ship ripened love. : The affair,. hc,lWever,.
had an unfortunate tcrx - ninatidn_. ;. •
The .Starost of
. the, village, who happened,
to,knoW, the cause Of, her ; banishment ,and
wished, to get inte,the good.graCespf.tior mas
ter; did riot hesitate:to informr,lcuu, that
"An
na, an unmarried - - female, •was ..eAceinte."-, 7 :
'he noblemanwrote back.:, _ _
in the space
~ of a : fortnight no, serf,
should b y found.who.is willing to parry this,
(V isgraced . person,. She sball ; .be
.accpAing
law dininmed; out of .thecotrunuiiity . .v,•
.113 - issia,; it is terrible misfortune'
to be. d,i4V.e,R, out :, or the community, and the,
unfortunate serf. is ,frona -*hat mornen% given
over to starvation.., peasant seldom marries
a _seduced giirl;,,and;the
~young
,offigei- had al
ready abandoned ; her., , ; •
&mit affeiter master arrived at the village,:
and having questioned the Strahost upoi?.tlw
affairs
• Of: his. souls, -asked y'llaP
nobody come to ,inarry -• ,
"yes, 054p;44; p9,134up.a,V,- , , was .the sre _,
RV. • • • •.•
'The old ena-chipap. had . Aideedbecome her
husband to pre - yent, har':from being-disgraced.
assured her ,tbap..he Only.,felp,paternal
arid. willingly .renounced his
raa.rital, rightS. The'ehild. was born, and An
na went as &nurse tO3loscow. Afew,-months
, 1
i
;°
t 3
_ - M
, .
,
HUNTINGDON, PAI, DEOEMBER 31, 1856.
_ ,From thopven,ing Pont.
A Story of Russian Serfdom.
-PERSEVERE. - -
afterwards the legal husband hears of the dis
solute life she is leading there, and undertakes
a journey on foot to Moscow. He finds the
stories true, becomes exasperated, and is in
the act of striking her, when she falls, on her
•knees'and begs him to forgive her.' The old
coachman lets his hand 'sink and commands
her to,leave the room. • She leaves. He takes
ra?,,or from lei pocket and cuts his throat."
From the Pitleburgh Uriion
3 4 01 4- to Contauct a Newspaper.
- MESSRS. EDITORS : 7 -The great political bat
tle is fought—the hero of the, snow drifts is
pdmitted to remain in honorable. obscurity,
and the sage of Wheatland is called upon'to
preside over the destinies of the nation. Now
let us have a truce to • your. long and windy
editorials on polities.
' Occasional :article on political subjects
is-well enough, and I am able to submit to it
with some degree of patience, but in my epin
ion,.it is entirely too much -to fill your paper
day . after day with heavy leaders, on matters
of interest only to the statesman and politi
cian,• Roast beef served up' too frequently,
becomes uppglatg,ble in the end, and in lieu
of :it we are glad to use ham and eggs, and I
have heard bo2z 27/..2.ards say, thiit it sometimes
afforded them pleasure to exchange cham
piiigne and cogniac for ltier bedr and XX
Now, were I the editor of a newspaper,
I would endeavor to fill my columns with mat
ter at once "gay and grave, lively 04 severe"
in:Order
iipiat the mind of desultotimtin,
Studious or changefoild of' novelty
•
It/light be indulged."
Let me give you a few good suggestione:*
A sketch of his Holiness, the Pope of Rome,
would afford excellent reading matter for the
&Vont Catholic, and a brief biography of the
Rev. Martin Luther, - would doubtless gratify
your Protestant patrons.
Forrthe.benefit of your . German readers it
would be well enough to publish an -article
setting forth the nutritive qualities of lager
beer and Swiss cheese; and underneath it an
essay on' the best method of cultivating the
potato and handling the shilielab; - would be
a rare feast fer the warrip-hearted sons of the
.
Emerald Isle.
„
An article on the profits of the slave trade
would doubtless be read with interest by men
as ardent as the southernsy4. can make
and an essay proving That the odor of Af
rican in` mid-summer is conducfre to'heafth
and pleasant to the nostrils, would meet the
unqualified approbation: of 'Henry Ward
Beecher, Theodore Parker, Wendell Phillips,
and 'Other interesting teachers ita the school
. .
'incn eying expressions oTc - eTe - Draietr 1)1411:01S
and burglars would afford -excellent reading
for the patrons of boxing schools and cock
pits, and, in a city like Pittsburgh, with its
hundred imposing' temples and scores -of
Christians and philanthropists, an occasional
article, on charity and "the superiority of the
negro - over the would be received and
peruSed With pleasdre.
To please the descendants of Wm. Penn, I
would publish.the proceedings of the Peace
Society, and at the same time,attract the at
tention and win the admiration of 'pious and
promising young America, by giving him c -
pious extracts from "Boxiana;” and pictures
and' sketches of the renowned Thomas Hyer
and the lamentable Yankee Sullivan,
For the benefit of the ladies, I would pub
lish an essay on the art of knitting and drink
ing tea, together with a. few observations on
tip propriety of sowing circles for the pur
pose of clothing and touching up the charac. 7
ter of every being: who beceines the subject
of their oonversation'.
For the edification of crazy boys and sen
timental girls,l would betimes -(very seldom
though) copy ove sonnets by N. P. 'Willis,
and other insant poetS, and, for. the benefit of
the 'Agrioultural Society I would write elab
orate essays on the breed and culture of hor
ses,- hogs and cows.
Saturday's issue should be filled with choice
reading for the Sabbath :—Descriptions of the
races at Long Island ; the executions in Cal
ifornia, and- the "hops" at Bedford and Sara
toga in season ; essays on predestination . for
tlap Presbyterian , confession for the Catholic;,
anxious benches for the, Methodist, and the
river Jordan and - the sensations 'experienced
by immersion therein for the Baptist. • All
this should be, pro bone „public° and the in- .
struction of individual sectarians.
in This - way - 1 would gratify every taste and
number.:all-kinds.of people among my read
ers. As a. journalist; James Gordon Bennett
would soon cease to be considered the Napo
leon of the Press: I iv . become
"Tlie Herald of the busy world."'
, .
ige*A - froin all 'nations luinbering at my
baelr;:and' my 'elegant editorials,' sparkling
wittieisins,_ choice selections, and. endless va
riety„should justly entitle nie to the apella,
flop: of this :Alesaiider 'of jonrrigists a_ lad the
Cmsar of newspaper 4 - 9 14,
I have'told you hov I would conduct a pub',
lic journal; By adopting my 'suggestions you
will ,evince good sense
. and a disposition to
improve the Union;- by disregarding them
you *ill compel me, "more in serroy - papa in
anger," to ."stop my paper."
- PROGRESS.
" The Lost, Swedish Tale.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.
. .
In 'Falun, a mining toNro. i
_Swe4n,
hundred years . axia more ago, a yOung,ruiia.ei
-kissed: his fair bride and scald to her:l
•
. "On. St. Lucia'fr - day. our love will be bless
ed by the priest's band. Then we shall be
husband and , wife, and we will build us a.
little nest•of burlorinY.
‘,‘.o..nd peace and 146 ; ye shall dwell in it,"
said :the beautifurbiide, with a sweet smile,
‘.‘ for thou art my all in All, fL . nd, without thee
I would choose to be in my ;rave:" "
Ihk'PrieSt, In proclaiming their'
hang - the''cliurch for the second time befcre
SL day, pronounced words, "If,
now, any, oIIe an show reason why these
persons should not be united in the. bonds
. of
matrimony," Death was at hand. e y
Thou . rig
man, as. he passed - her- houge•next morn ing
in his black. aliniug,
_garb already wore his
~ ;~a
shroud. He rapped upon her window, and
said, good morning—but never returned to
bid her good evening. He never came back
from the mine, and all in vain she embroider:
ed for him that very morning, a black
with a red border, 'for the wedding day.—
This she laid carefully away, and never ceas
ed to mourn or weep for him.
Meanwhile, time passed on ; the Seven
Tears' war -was fought thg partition of Pol
and took place ; America- became free ; the
French Revolution - and the long war began;
Napoleon subdued Prussia, and the English
bombarded Copenhagen. The husbandman
sowed and reaped, the miller ground and the
smith hammered, and the miners- dug after
the veins of metal in their subterranean
work-shops. As the miners of Falun, in the
year 1809, a little before or after St. Johns
Day, were excavating an opening between
two shafts, full two hundred ells' t 'below the
ground, they dug from the rubbish and vit
riol water, the body of a young man, entirely
saturated with iron-vitriol, but—
-otherwise, un
decayed and unaltered—so that one could
distinguish his features and age - as well as if
he had died only ,an hour before, or had
fallen asleep for a little while Et f, his work.
but when they ha . d. firogght 'him. to the
light of day, father and mother,- friends and
acquaintances had been Iclig dead ; lip one
could identify the sleeping yottiti,orte:lle,ny
thiag about his misfortune, till she came;
Who' Was once , the betrothed of the • miner
Who had One d,4y gene to the mineand never
returned: Gray - and Shrivelled; she came to
the place hobbling upon a crutch, when more
in joyful ecstacy than pain, she sank down
iipon the beloved form; As soon as she had
recovered her exposure; she exclaimed, "It
is my betrothed, whom I have mourned for
fifty years, and whoni God now permits me
to see once more before I die. A week before
the wedding time; he Went Under the earth
and never returned." All the -bystanders
were moved to tears as they beheld the form;
er bride, a wasted and feeble old woman; and
the bridegroom still in the beauty of youth;
and how, after the lapse of fifty years her
youthful - love awoke again. But he never
opened his mouth to smile, nor his eyes to
recognize; and she, finally, as the only one
belonging to him and having a right to' him,
had him carried to her own little room, till a
grave could be prepared in the church-yard.
The nez,iday, 'when all. was ready, and the,
miners came to take him away, she opened a
little drawer, and taking out the black silk
cravat, tied it around his neck, and then ac
companied him in her Sunday garb, as if-it
Were their wedding-day and not the day of
lapdal 'A a_therL.laid_him in k , a, grayo in
the cm.rchyarn, sae sada : wen - no
for a few days in thy . cold bridal bed, and let
riot the time seem long to thee.. I have now
but little more to do, and will come soon and
then it will be day again." As she was
going away, she looked back once more and.
said, " What the earth has once restored, it
will not a, second time withold."
E.Fronz, our- Fal-lal Correspondent anKnot
On Tuesday last, a lady of title, whose
name has hitherto been kept a profound se
cret, whilst proceeding up the grand stair
case of Sutherland House, to pay the amiable
duchess a visit, neglected, we are sorry to
state, to lake the customary precaution of
walking up sideways. The c;:?jastsquenced of
-her recklessness (which; it is to be hoped,
will apt As a waiving to other, ladies) was,
that her dress,
which; -scion. la' mode, was
fully twice as broad as it was long, became
so completely wedged in between the balus
ters and the Wall, that it was impossible for
her to move either one way or the other.—
Her ladyship's position was not one of the
most agreeable in the world. It was, in fact,
as alarming as it was awkward ; for it was
not a . pin's point more practicable for her to
advance than it was to retreat. •There she
remained for some considerable period, per
fectly immoveable in body, though not un
moved in temper; and every minute of that
prolonged agony will probably be recollected
by the fair
,prisoner . of Crinoline until the
last day of her life, When:she throwS Off the
"mortal coil of hoops' ,ll. and heaVcOOped pettij
coats. Finding, at last, her efforts to release
herself from her ridiculous immurement per
fectly. ineffectual, the question naturally
arose as to what had best to be done. Were
the balusters to be sawn away ?' or, was
hole Ito be excavated in the wall,. cr a suffi
ciently. largo circle, in which her 1
could' with safety turn round aikd. de off'.
No; out of respect to the duchess, it was re
solved by a council of elderly ladies, held on
the landing, that it was better-that the dress
should be cut away. Accordingly, half a
dozen Yoking, milliners were fetched from
Madame de iliipon's establishment in the
neighborhood ; and 'With -,the help of a large-
Scissors
,and` gardor t 'sh,earS, tlioy Set to work
in goodparnest; in order to - clearthe tierough
fare. During the operation, Which - 'was wit
nessed in. .the most breathless silence by a
crowd of European nobility, that, owing to
the' piisSing - iip'pediene- had gathered -be
hind, her ladyship' ' was supported by burnt
feathers being applied ,under her aquiline
nose, and lumps of sugar dipped in eau-de
cologne being dropped into hermouth. How
eVer; Owing to the dikance caused by' the
ciFeumference-Of 'her- dress, these had' to . be
;inserted between • a pair Of t - erigS •'Of the
- brightest steel,randrit - Was -only by extend
ing the tongs at arm's length• that the restor
atives could' be introduded near enough -to
reach her exhausted ,person. After severe,
labor, and the• sacrifice of several yards -of
the most -expensive more aiitique, Madame de
J - Upon's:. assistants (who, if they had been
female -navigators '
,-could not have worked.
with;...gFeater, zeal , or hardihood;
,'succeeded
in extricating
the unforitinate lady from her
distressing - diletiama of 'solitary - confinement.
The difficulties they erreenntered in cutting
through the - innumerable strata of silk ?
bone, " . guimpiire, foundation muslin, gauze
stiffening, calico, flannel, caoutcheuc, and
Crinoline, would, we are told, if minutely re
lated, send a thrill through the bosom of the
Editor and Proprietor.
Accident in High Life.
superior Classes.]
stoutest engineer T
I The lady; considerably
curtailed of her fair proportion's, was carried
home, more dead than alive, in a sedan-chair.
The rains of the dress were removed in a
cart. The staircase is to be enlarged.—
Punch.
How the Human Body Keept Warm.
The phenomena of heat in the body is some-:
thing like that produced by the combustion
of fuel; such as coal ; only in the body the
eotsibustioUis. slow, and the heat far lower
than that of flame. The act of breathing itzt
very like the bellows of a smith, and our food
is very much the same as the coals he puts on
his fire. It is probable that some ,heat may
be produced, in the secreting organs of the
body by the chemical action which takes
place in them. From these two sources ani
,tnal heat is probably derived: •It is positive
* certain that the blood is heated at least
one degree of Farenheit in passing through
the lungs ; and that arterial blood is warmer
than veinous. Most of the phenomena which
occur in the production of heat may be ex
plained by attributing it to a combination or
trniou of the oxygen of the air with the car
bon of the blood in the lungs.
-' The supply of animal beat enables the body
to resist, the fatal effects of exposure to a low
temperature:
,In the polar regions the ther-:
mometer often'falls to I.OS or 109 degrees be
low zero ; and-yet the power of evolving heat,
possessed by our bodies enables us to resist
this degree of told: The temperature of our
bodies in that region is about the same that
it would be were they in the regions near the
equator. The thermometer, if plungtd into
the blood of man in both situations mention
ed, *Mild indicate about the same. Our bck
dies have nearly the sametemperature in both
places • because so to
,speak, and it -is liot
very Asurd; the . combustion or fire:in the
lungs gives_ out more heat, it burns with
greater intensity in the polar regions than in
the equatorial.. We all know that a large
fire will warm oar rooms,' no matter how cold
it may be. We can_give our rooms the same
temperature in winter that we have in the
summer, if we regulate our fires accordingly.
4 little incu fuel is all that is requisite for
that purpose: iiTattire: has so or4red that
when our bodies are in a cold temperature, :
In other words, she compels us to take in
more fuel, and increase the combustion in the
lungs.
The Esqpimaux eats blubber, which is
mostly all 6a6on, and the Laplanders drink
plenty of grease:. Iu warnl countries, the
food of the Laplander would kill the nogro;
and the food of the natives of the West In
dies would not be able to keep the ESCI uiniaux
from perishing with cold.
The temperature of the human body and
of most warm blooded animals, is from 98 to
100 degrees Farenheit, and is effected but a
few degrees by any variation of that of the
stirrotinding atmosphere. An itna liare warm
Blooded When they , Can preserVe nearly an
equal temperature, in despite of the atmos
pheric vicissitudes from heat to cold and front
cold to heat. They 11SA"C a temperature of
their own i ndepen den t of atmospheric changes:
The time will soon arrive when thicker
clothing must be worn by our citizens . at thp
Arortla. They must line their vests well along
the back bone, and provide against freezing.
It is a fact that warm clothes tend to save
food in proportion to the cold of the atmos
phere. This is the' reason why cattle th 4
are well housed consume less food, and keep
in better condition, than those which are
shelterless and exposed:
NO. 28
Convent_Life---14:4.40 , TN113 SY Tr.„-i e•
At the Convent-of Poor Charles, (Brussels)
the nuns never lie down, but sleep upright.—
" I went," says the author of `toFlemish In
teriors," `! up a narrow, cork-screw, stone
staircase, into their cells, and saw their er
traordinary beds; they consist of a hard and
almost cylindrical mattress, stuffed with straw,
about three feet long, at right angles to 'which
is fixed an exceedingly hard and :upright mat
tress of straw, (pailasse) to support the back:
There is no pillow, neither are' there sheets,
and only one small thin blanket. A basin and
ewer of water stood on-the ground, and the
sleeping habit hung on a peg behind the
door. There was no other furniture. A small
window opened on the garden, and the hon
eysuckle -which embowered it gave something
of a cheerful aspect to the denuded little clor 7
Mitory.
They rise at half-past four o'clock, are al
lowed five minutes to wash and dress, and go
down to chapel, where they pray and medi
tate till half-past five, when their first mass
is said; this is always at a fixed hour, and is
followed by one and sometimes two more.—
After these, they remain at chapel till half
past 11. Their first meal, which they cal
•
dinner, is at half- - past 12 ; and con s ists On;
tirely of herbs, vegetables, rice, eggs, 4 :; c.L...
Butter; cheese, milk, and what they Call lait
battu - (milk and eggs beaten ) they also
eat, but not at Lent seasons. second
and last meal is. at 7, and consists of dry
bread_ and domestic beer. The sisters do ev
erything for themselyes—washing, mending,
sweeping; Scouring; 4c. The rule of the to
sisters_ is slightly less severe in eVery partio
;War, but even this is ascetic enough to startle
most secular persons. -
The sister who showed us the mysteries of
the house was a very pleasant, amiable look
ing -Woman, of about thirty-five. She had a
peculiarly'ealm,' holy expression of counte
nance; and eipressed herself perfectly satis
fied. in th,.e. li f,e of which she had made choice,
now about fifteen years since. The disci
pline they observe; she said, was "good for
the soul and body, too." It seems they are
removed from house to house, to prevent too
great an attachment to one locality. She and
her lay Sisterivere sent, a short time ago, on.
a mission to England, and this was' another
considerable grievance to her; but she said
she-kept her trouble to herself, and accepted
it as one- of the acts of submission to the'vcil
of her superior to which her rule, bound her:
The first night they arrived in London, when
they put up at the hotel; they were shown
into a room where the beds were, of courie i
horizontal. -Wills was a diffiCAt Which had
not occurred to therh, and they made up
_their
minds to adopt the Same positiOn as the resl.
of the - World; but no sooner had' they tried it
than they found it impossible to sleep; accord ,
ingly, they relinquished the attempt, and-ta
king the mattress off the bedstead, placed it
half upright against the Wall, and had rea
son-to be: perfectly satisfied with the ingexii
aus es edient. -
• A sailor being asked how he liked hia
bride, is reported•to•bavii remarked-"Nithy;
d'ye see, took - her to be only half oeme, as
the parson says, but , dash me if she is'nt
twice as much-as [. only a, tar—=she's a
'tar-tax."
M. The man who can crack ajoke in half
a minute after a fifty-six has fallen on his
toes, may be called excruciatingly funny.
seir A man, for being told thetruth; theitke
you the first tune-votes you a bore the 'seo
ond—and quarrels with you the-third. - -