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(iiivitftco J pud wlttta ttg
Sriiinil Two .Bettors -onC ;FJfty. Coats,if n«
i&S TUoso tcmot willl)0 MW
ly oauoroa'tp in ovofy. inst(inob. No subscription
diSonttoioiyntilAlortoPtngos^to^aiaunlo.ss
ntt&ool)tlon'o^*MEditor- :
AQvKRVi9F.j{ENTS-^Accon l ipanled bv.tlie Cask,
rtiltl not bxccc(uri£' 6no bo ins«rtod
tjftgo ilifioa fat tine Dollar', and cents
TbjOae ova gredter
lafarftii’iti ‘
■■' Joo-FjiiNTlNO-—-Sucli ns ‘Hand 'Hills,- lasting
BlU9; : &cij&b'.,oxo.-
arid at the shortest notice/
IPttICASVOOTTE®;
J',: .-.CARLISLE, FED. 8, 1853,
t •AK6Tlifea‘'QTp9BT/SwINDLBi~J- l A , .'bßtlCl ; of
tlypaies having beeri sojoutning near Freehold.
J.*have succeeded -la swindling o, ;tinner
out of’about 51300.' The chief actor Was ( ft
fortune who, on pretence of’be*
tng able .to reveal to the farmer where a largo
•VMobht of goldtVas boheealed oh his farto, in
deiced him tp raiso the sum 5 above, stated -by
Belling and hOroSying, telling him that it was
hriiy Ho be used for a few days in-perfecting the
nVavm ncceasary ’to,the revelation. After much
hocus pocus-sho folded up the money, or .what
he Supposed Ho be it, locked it up in a box,
jgavc him the'key, and told'him to open it ten
days aflct\ at midnight, when the Identity of
Ihc • g6id would be revealed to him. At the
time appointed, the farmer collected all Ins
famllyflnd relatives, opened the box, and found
thftt thd bundle put in the box did not contain
his money at all. Meantime the gypsies had
left with the plunder. Perhaps Buch'ridiculous
credulity deserves ho bettor fate.
ia in difficulty in New York.-
Two Slate counsels have recently been held~
ono al New York of the regulars, the ether at
Schenectady, of the men who aro not willlrfg
to proscribe Seward, and did not vote tho Ull
man'Qubecnatorial ticket at the last election.
Both,.we belief, jirofess to be friends of the
mythical ;“Sambut-which is “the trite
prince” it is hard to tell. There is about to
be. q.stiTigglo for U. S. Senator in the New
VbrU. .Legislature; and if vra may judge from
the course of the Organ at 'Washington, it is
the determinatioa of the 71. N; powers to crush
Sowird, not so much, as it states, on account
of any peculiar hostility manifested by him to
Iho organisation,-aab«cause ho has identified
hiniself with tho anti-slavcry-propagandist feel
ing qf the North. This is resisted by the
ScUcuocUdy schism ; and so the ball goes on.
£7* A United States Bank was supported by
the Whig.parly because it was necessary to
the operation of the monetary all Mrs of the
Government. The experiment of near twenty,
years boa shown that it was an error.
[Lomsfi/tc Jourml-
‘ThlsTslt pregnant admission, says the Rich
mond Km/tnrcr, of one. of the most bigoted
Whig partisans in the country. Since the wis
dom of Democratic policy has been proved in
tho universal prosperity of the country, is it
not a strange spectacle,to" see nu anli-Demo
cratic organization kept up with such pcrfnm
city Tlte.oaly exjuso iM.tliat.. thejnanagers.
outlie,opposing parties Took to thcTionors ‘dud
offices olouc.' The above confession of the Journ
al is, truly says the Louaivillc Times, in accord
ance with a significant fact in .the history' of
one country.,. The great Democratic party has
alwaysLccn right on all groat national ques
tions, and the Whig party has always been
wrong. The Whig party was wrong on the
United Spates Bank, the Florida war, the Mexi
can war, the annexation of Texas, tho acquis
ition of CaVifonjla, In short on oil tho great na
tional questions which have agitated the public
mind for the last half century. A few more
years arc only required to prove that the Dew
ooratic party is right al Ike present rime, and
and we shall possibly live to read in the Louis
ville Journal, a frank confession that “ the ex
periment of near twenty years has shown that
tho Pierce administration was right, and the
Whig party was in error.”
What a Country!—A reference to tho IxiSl
census report shows that tho United Status con
tain 2,030,1111$ square miles, with a population
\ of 28,191,870 souls. Taking tho ratio of in
crease in population since the flrst census re
port, iu 1700, as a basis of calculation, .iu thu
year of our Lord 10U0 this great country will
contain 08,599,012 ul frou and independent peo
ple. If nothing should turn up to chock the
unparalleled growth of tho lost half century, .or
snmlcrtbu Union of these States, tho fabled
power of the Roman Republic will he us far out
stripped us wo already lend thorn In everything
that constitutes true civilization. A* l alliance
of Franco'; England and Spain, to prevent the
annexation of an Island) will not amount to
much In the face of a giant republic o( one hun
dred millions.
A Caj’lTAi/Hjt.—John Rowan, Esq., of Ken
tucky, having been called upon from several
quarters to become a Democratic candidate for
Governor of that State, declined to assurnp the.
L position for reasons alleged in a letter to (Uu
a, Louisville' Timet, —lie says':
** I am unwilling to peril the fair prospects of
• $ *ho party "by becoming their standard-bearer In
next contest, fbr tho simple reason that my
A£k!° ,b ° 1 floo that a highly rcspcct-
Whig paper (the Commomccab/i)-estimates ■
&V**V n ? l ‘ 0 * yf ,'KHow-jDfothlngs hi Kentucky at
, usand) and, as 1 have been Informed by
good authority, that no man who has a Catholic
. DS?^ an mombor of that society, It is fair
»!>>y-'v t iuia uot votu foil man
“ If this bo trim, filly lliousnml
■•i-What
■■ ■•■ “ r ° » ,°f Wacky. ami your
* iS' wbal llm.mh ' 0 ' l ' ,)Tli,cr » o '' Ibis lair
..ffiSi; J «’“2" u, 'E™ n 'lr"tborB Lyllo ami
• . BOW»n, lost the oarnings of thoit IWos—thn «rsi
.by tho torch of; the Indies, tho I«SbTthe I
ney»of the Continental
tteydid toil on fighting tho' Indian
. under UR these dttßcStL JS*
cqteaporllon of thoir families,and that portion
or undistinguished In the histories
otr'Omo, Kentucky, and tho nation j and wlmt
thprfgh you may bo qualldod to discharged tho
hlrftdutlos of tho office you oaplro to j wo, fifty
thbUßand cltlzonsof Kentucky, living happily
around our boarthatomia, won for na by the dur
ing'of such men ns you sprung from, are deter
mined that you shall not bo Governor of Ken
tucky* Mr. Rowan, because your wife, oxorcls-
V \t- lnif tho privilege guaranteed by the Constitution'
r'v:'6j(V tho United States, and the constitutiob of
' Slate In tho Confederacy, to worship God
pleases, is a Catholic. U mutters not to
‘Uf.ihat tho ancestors of that wife wore of those
WtyV landed with Lord UiUUmoro, nod oahiVMah-
Stho good old colony of Maryland (to thin hour
s homo of vehuumunt and IvoapUaUty,) the jirit
invito tlio lioliglonista'of Christendom to
coma and worship God according to the dic
tates of their own consciences."
BY JOIDI n., BRATTON. 1
VOL '4l.
jPro?rt (Ut. Dublin University Migasauc.
. mat vim fob.
IJT O. KINNJEyS BANKS.
I liyo for those who lovo mo,.
■Whosehearts ate kind and true;
For. the heaven that smiles above mo,
A\ul awaits my spirit 100 *.
For all human ties (hat bind me,
,For the task by God assigned me s
For (lie br/gbt liopesjoft liebind ino,
And thd’gobd that lean do.
I live to lonrn Iheir story
Who'vc suffered for ruy sake; '
To emulate their glory.
And follow in their wake :
Bards, patriots, martyrs, sagos,
Tire noble of all ages,.
Whose deeds crowd History’s pages,
And TTnio’a great volume make.
I live to hold communion
With all that la divine 5
To tool there is a union
’Tvvlxt Nature’a.beart and mine
To profit by affliction,
Reap truths from Helds of llctton,
‘Grow wiser tVom conviction,
And.ftiHH each grand design.
I live to hail that season
By gifted minds foretold,
When men shall live by reason.
And not alone by gold :
When man to man united,
And every wrung tiling righted,
The whole world shall bo lighted
As Eden was of old.
1 live for those who love me,
For those who know me true f
For tho Heaven that smiles above mo.
And awaits my spirit too;
For the cause (lint lacks assistance.
For the wrong that needs reslalnncej
For the future in tho dManctr,
And the good that I can do.
Hiisdlmumis,
From Chambers* Edinburgh Journal .
iN OLD TOSS'S RKMISISCESCE.
“Do you remember, dear Aunt Ruth.” I at
length said, ‘that you once promised to toll me
a story connected with that grand house and
your own little cottage ? Suppose yon tell it
to me on my birthday: it will be doubly plea
sant to sit here and listen to you. 1
The calm, happy expression of Aunt Ruth’s
face, which ! had never before seen disturbed,
suddenly changed to one o*f intense sorrow* or
rathef, a quick thrill of pain seemed to follow,
my few words. This, however, was only mo
mentary ; in another minute the placid’tcndcr
ncss so natural to her face resumed its. sway,
aud I discovered no other sign of emotion aa
she answered,
‘You shall have jjour .wish my Joyb:*and
and then addcHi ih a,fu\v voicc :V^tlaVighltf ,Rt
’she’sbould hear the promised history)'bud that
T should tell H.’ Tire latter part of her speech
the venerable lady rather umnnnrcd-to her
self than addressed to me; then drawing her
figure to its utmost height, and folding) hpr,
tlun white hands upon her lap, she' corotnohfcbd :
her narrative—which, however,! prefer putjihg
into my own language, believing Aunt UiuVS;
nalural modesty prevented her from doing
tico to the heroine of the story. ,
'Walter is late this evening, Mildred, and yet
I am almost certain that I saw him pass on the
river an hour ago. I may be mistaken, but I
wish yon would run down to the old summer
house, and sec if the boat is moored. We ought
to have got through a good portion of business
to-uight.
The speaker a due old man of some seventy
winters, turned as he spoke towards a deep
window, where a young and strikingly hand
some woman sal resting her cheek upon her
band, and gazing with a look of abstraction up
on the twilight shadows as they deepened over
the broad river, (lowing at tbfc bottom of a
long terrace-walk in front of the house. Her
father’s voice suddenly recalled her dreamy
thoughts, and raising hastily, she said;
‘Yes, dear father, I shall enjoy a stroll to
night; ant if the truant has not yot arrived, X
can watch for him a little longer from the sum
mer house. We do not know what may ‘ have
Walker,' she added. teudeMy raising tho old
man’s hand to her Ups; be knows your love of
punctuality, and I am certain he would pot
wilfully keep you iu Suspense.’
Mildred Vernon was the only child of a wid
owded parent. A beauty and an heiress, she
was ns might be supposed, not without a good
ly string of admirers ; of these per father’s
choice and her own affection lell upon ft rela
tive of her own, whom her father had brought
up to his own culling—that of an East India
merchant. Accustomed from boyhood to re
gard her cousin with affectionate admiration.
Walter Vernon deemed it an easy task, at Mr.
Vernon’s affectionate suggestion, to yield up a
free heart to her keeping ; and he agreed grate
fully to the proposals made In him by Ids uncle,
which ended iu ins being at tweiUv ouo the j
promised husband of the beautiful Mildred, and '
tho expectant heir to her father’s immense for- i
time. To Mildred, however, whoso ignorance
of Air. Vernon’s previous mffuenco with her
cousfn led her to believe that tho declaration of
his was aa earnest and independent of exlronc
ouscircumstances as her own affection, their en
gagement was very different, And for sometime
the happiness of her young life seemed without
a clout).
Situated in o remote comer of. the grounds
which surrounded Mr. Vernon's mansion, was
a low thatched cotlagu. covered with monthly
roses and honeysuckle up to lowly caves, and
surrounded by a galaxy of blossoms. . This
snug and roomy dwelling hud for years been
■||ic abode of Hogcr Lee. Mr. Vmioirs gardner.
Hero, too, his only child Alice was born ; and
here, some years after, the strong man and his
young daughter wept together, over the lifeless
form of a beloved wife and mother, and the
sympathy which had always, existed between
Mr. Vernon and his faithful servant seemed
more (Irmly cemented by tho melancholy sa
mcnca of their relative The little
Alice, from her motherless childhood, Imd'hecn
an object of interest to tho worthy merchant’.
Born In tho autumn of the game year which
mndo him a widowed father, M,r. Vernon look
c.dupou her more in the light of a pretty play
tcuow to Ins own bcautful child, than as the
daughter of hla servant; and this kindly feel
ing was displayed In tho liberality with which
he provided'an education for Alice Leo, hotter
muted to her loveliness and natural efugunco of
Inl ti*lr mi l v ,nCMS conventional position.
Half an hour before tho conversation between
, Vernon and his - daughter, which wo have
already related, Alice Leo might have been seen
gazing as anxlouslyoii tho broad river ns the
young Was herself. Pushing hack tho dia
mond-paned casement until it rested upon' a
ledge of rosea and green leaves, she bent‘over
thoWitlviv MU till hor goldvn curia touch
;• r'; V.; r
'-‘OCR OptWTJIV—JWT* ’ IUGHT OR WBXJ&g; OUR, COUKTBYi”
.'■ o \
,cd the flowers which clustered round. -.Sud
denly; she started .up os ,_thp -gentle sound of
oars met her ear; and raising a' face glowing
with love and hope; Alice passed quickly from
hor cottage parWninto lbo ; box-bordered walk
which led to tho-river. *'
• ‘SweetAheo, am X not punctual?’ exclaim-.-
cd a'clear, melancholy yoicc, as a young man,
elegantly-dressed in thb fashionahfe costume of
the 'dtty.bouhded up the broad baktjn Steps
which.jed-from tlio river,’ ondsloOd bestdbi the
gardincr’s daughter. ■ r
‘Yes, dear Walter; very punctual; and yet
I thought you long, and have been waiting so
anxiously for the Sound of the oars. Hut you
look, sad and : anxious, Wpltcr.; . What has
troubled.you, ?’ -
The young man’s brow grew, darker, and
then Hushed tb a. deep crimson, as he gazed
with pnssionbt<rcamesthess upon the sweet up
turned face whiob resled kgainst his shoulder,
and then exclaimed : ‘Dear one would you de
sire, in hear‘the cause of. my sorrow, if you
knew that such knowledge must make you a
partaker of it 1 Can'your' love bear this tost,
my Alice?'-/-.:;. <: ,1...
‘0 Walter.l! murmured Alice reproachfully,
as she hid her. tearful face,bh his bosom. ‘Dear,
dcarWallerv can yoii hot iriist my love V
• ‘I do trast yonrlove, my own* aweet 'Alice,'
and this only,, adds to my .Self-reproach'; be
cause Alice, and the, Speaker bent bis head
lower over the dropping foim which clung to
him so fondly—‘it will soon be a sin for us' to
love each other at all; for unconscious till too'
late of the nature of my feelings towards you,
I have promised to marry my cousin.’
Alice Lee raised her head, and gazing for a
moment into her lover’s face, as if to read there
a contradiction to the words ho had spoken,
sprang from the still circling atm which had
supported her and as pale ns the white roses
w hich clustered round the arbor where they
had seated, she appeared to wail in stupid sv«,
lence for an explanation. ' ;
Another moment, and the ryStle of a lady’g
dress caused the hewdldevtd giVV to turn her
eyes from the stem look of sorrow which was
so plainly portrayed m her companions face, to
encounter an expression equally fearful on the
l>eautiful features nf the intruder. Like some
fair statue on whose lineaments the intensity of
hopeless despair was traced by a master chisel, \
stood Mildred Vernon. Ucr large dark eyes
were fixed upon the young pair. before her with
an expression of agony which sccmCd to over
power their sorrow in sympathy with hers.—
The quick perception of Alice seemed at once
to understand the mystery, and gliding from
Ithe seat where she had crunched in her sudden j
grief, she took the passive hand which hung by i
Mildred's side ami raising it to her lips,exclaim-!
cd uidl v : 'Forgive him, dearest lady ; only Cor-
give Walter—ho will love you. 0 1 he does
Jove you already, ns you deserve. Sit*, he is
Weeping! He docs not love mo now: that is
liast,I iast, dear lady ; and will you forgue him, and
>e his wife!*
Pale and lifeless, the unhappy speaker sank
at the feet of her rival, who appeared suddenly
recalled to her usual self-possession. In a calm
voice, she bade \Valtcr carry the fainting Alice
to an adjoining suuuner-housc, .where .she
watched wjth intense
jwjjpi *rcif yitfwntr
to Jicr side, sHc placed Alice loco’s hand in his,
andwithout tnidingheraelf to look into-his
face, said slowly; ‘You must toll Alice, that
you arc not going to marry your cousin ; that
you mnif love her without sin ; and that to
:Tnort'owl will tell her so myself. You may not
like to see my father 10-nighl; 10-uiomjw, I
will.prepare )isju fornn interview. There, now
See this poor girl to her home.’
\ Passing rapidly on to the house, Mildred Ver
non sought m the solitude of her own chamber,
upon her bended knees, that consolation which
her crushed heart »6 sorely needed; ami she
arose at length, strengthened and confirmed in
the generous self-sacrifice her noble impulsive
nature had at once suggested. The .cup, in
deed, contained a biller draught; but she re
solved to drain it to the very dregs believing
that in the one it would prove a wholesome
medicine, which in lime might bring back some
degree of’peace to her troubled spirit.
b • • « * • *• *•>
■Your engagement with M'nltcr at ! an‘ end?
What on earth do you mean, child ? I always
gave you credit for knowing your own mind a
little better than rnbsHvonien. (rll-e me your
reason for this behaviour, Mildred.* -
Mildred .wo**silcnt for a moment, nsif strug
gling wilh notno inward emotion, Iho signs of
which wert painfully visible on her fine features'
ns, with a sudden effort she said lUpdy: ‘Even
at the risk of losing what I . prize so dearly*,
your good opinion, my dear father, I can as
sign no other 1 reason than the one already giv
en—namely, that our marriage, if persisted in,
would bo a source of misery to both of;us,.—;
Fray believe thn,t this is not grounded upon
mere caprice ; deep searching into my own
heart, and a clear knowledge of Walter’s feel
ings, have alone led me to decide thus. Only
let me ask this favor, deaWst lather, and the
beautiful girl clasped the old nmt\ tenderly
round his uc :U, and bout fondly over lulu—
•that you will not altar your pecuniary arrange-'
mould with Walter in consequence of this
change in my views. Let him he as much
your heir as be would have been had ho mar
ried your only daughter.'
■And what becomes of my daughter 1 If she
i is satisfied to bp a portionless beauty for her
cousin’s sake, might not her future’ husband
reasonably regard this preference of a onto fa
vored lover with something nearly akhi Id jeal
ousy (’ -
. ‘Dear father, do not palu me by speaking
thus. In giving up Walter, 1 give up' all
thought of marriage. My dear mother’a for*'
tuhp is an ample one for i> spinster—ia it not",
sir. Nay, you almost promised not to visit
tlio sin oi* my flcklorieHS, hs you term it, upon
Walter; so make mo happy by ratifying
that promise.!
Mildred’s soft, clear voice faltered percept!-;
bly, in spile of her elforts to appear calm ; and
whcd'Mr. Vermm raised his head, and' looked
up into her face, ho saw that she’ had been
weeping, ;
•Como, my Mildred, no tears. Wo will ady
no more about your marrying) my sweet child*
and as to this other matter, lb shall be arrang
ed nearly ns you would have it—onjy biy Mil
dred mmst bo inlstross‘of This old house; that
cannot by Walter’s now.’
*»•* » # . *
' Mr. Vernon kept kin word; and when,a
year after tho events'just related, Ids' nephew
followed him to the grove, harot'Urncd to (hid
himself master of tho princely fortune ho* be
lieved to haro forfeited by his his inconstancy.
■ Some months later Walter led his gentle Allco
to a handsome homo in the city, where his hnp
-1 pincss might have beet# complete but for the
painful knowledge that his happiness was
built upon the blighted hopes of her to whom
ho owed All his prosperity.
In accordance with her father*# wish and the
provision of Ida will, Mildred Vernon still kept
up her oKlablishmcut at living a hfo
of quiet usefulness and heneftf kflro. ninlil all
traces of her sorrow seemed to have been chased
away; Mildred 1 had sedulously avoided .meet
ing' her cousin after tho death of her father j and
she had not seen Alice since (ho fatal scene
CARLISLE, 1?55-
which opened her oy dfi ’iff her lover's real feel
ing towards hcrsclfov The sudden news of the,
.entire failure,©? businessspeevt
lations at length, to more, active ef
forts: ' Holehntned'Sr imy sacrifice, to seem
the comfort of liiir belgVettcousm; Mildred do-,
elded.upob estate,to itg full
ya)uc, nod' s thus,'/ lnV.ssp% Jncaspre. relieving
Irinifrom Iris .cmbrrasiiphmls. This generous
idea was no than executed •
andft sccopd Waller found
himself saved'. min by jtb©
woman crhclly-wrongcd. . : •.
Yckrs passed on' ;; thc.mortgngo upon the old
ifidhsiot* was at Icngthbipßcd. and it panned Vn
tortile hands
thy mistress relircd-td jthq’cottageof ofiVUoger ;
Lee/which with larg£ portion of gayden, shq
had managed.torctnpV £pd here, \viU\one'{ailh
ful attendant,' by nk peacefully
as When she wassurroduded by the luxuries of
fortune,-,. • -.-.V-Vy, f r .- • ~-i
‘ Kot until .Alice- wrpwcd oyer, the lifeless.
.Mildred cpnmicr'bcr
feelings 'sulilclcntly .tdylidi her. She 1 did then,
forget itnd conquor’tbepa? and to hep earnest
sympathy ami-active diligence, that tho.widow
of Walter Vernon, nml her daughter Mildred,
.were-indebted for comfortable roainto
'nance than thoembhmSed state of'tho iricr
chant’s allows yyould al\6w- , . -
• Mildred lives to scct)iis orphaned patnesako
tho Wo of-a rich andWorlhy citizen, and to
find herMJvyn' rirworJ In the peace of a good
conscience and $lO afi%tion ,ami reverence of
the grandchildren for cariy
WalterVernOn. ,
Such Was Aitht’Ru&Vstoiy- of her' own
checkered life; for will have long
since guessed that she .beautiful and
generous Mildred Vernon of. my talc. Jt ia a
tale, hdwever, that Is, fiat a ’ficlion. Romantic
as is the lovC-dcvotiofi bf Om‘ heroine, and un
nUturalris is the facility rfith which the.' father
yields to her wishes, there art* many whu. -w-ill
be able to "strip tho nrifrativc of its thin dis
guises, and delect in'.ltAw episode of real h'fd.
Spaeth of Zacbatlah Spicer. 4 :
, On the question, “Which enjoys the greatest
amount of hachcjur or the mar
ried man?”' .jl'”’".'
“Mr. President WMicnllemtn 1 --! rise to ad
vocate the cause of'|ho, married man/'- Arid
why should! /not ?”, I claim- to know some
thing aWit the<ins{ijft\lon-r-I do. Will any
gentleman pretendloswty thatl do not? Let
him accompany .feo H Uome, l.et mo confront
hist) with in/ wife and seventeen cluldrtn and
decide.
I High ,as the Rocky Mountains tower above
1 tlie Mississippi Vale/, does IhcClmracUr ofthe
I married man towW above the bachelor. What
I is a bachelor ? • What .■was ‘Adam before he got
I actjuainicd with Xvp?: -)Vbat f but a poor
I shiftless, helpless, insignificant feature'l, N°
more to be compared \vltii his after-self, than a,
tniU-dnin to the greatfronfing cataract of Niag-
(Applause!] • .’>/ ■ • ' l
CJcnllemcn, there was a time, I .blush to say
it, when I too was a bachelor t„txnd a nioro
miserable creature yen would’Vidraty expect'to
. find. Every day_lft<ilcd hard, and nthiglit’l
; -inifti i ftfrefesTgudb-Vr-rU U c3r-'
pel, no fire, no not king.-, tmiig was iu a'
clatter, ftncji'rt the w&nls of the «oot,
Confusion wag monarch of all W surveyed.
Here lay a pair of pants, there a dirty pair
of boots, therc-apjay bill, and here a pifoof
dirty clothes. . What wonder that Itookrc
. fugc at.thc gaming table and barroom,. X found
it would never .do, gentlemen, and in a lucky
moment I vowed to reform. Scarcely had tbo
promise passed my lips, when a knock was
heard at .the doer, and in came Susan Simphins
after my dirty clothes.
“Mr. Spicer,” says she, ‘‘l’ve washed for
yon six months, anil t haven't seen the first
red cent in iho way of payment. Now I’d like
to know what you am going to do about it ?
1 felt in mv pocket-book.. There was noth
ing in it, ami I Knew it well enough.
“Miss Simphins,” Paidt, **it,s no use deny
ing it. I haven't got the pcwlcr. I tVish, for
your sake. I luul.” r ■
‘There,’ said she promptly, *1 don’t wash an
other rag for you.' . .
, 'Slop, 1 said I : ‘Susan. I will do what Jean
for you.' Silver and fluid t have none; hut if
.my heart and land will do, they arc at your
■Service.*
/Arc. you in. earnest ?’ says she, looking a
naio .‘msTpidious. '
‘Nefrer more So,’ says I.
'Tben.’-says She, ‘as there seems to be no
.prospect of my getting my pay any other way,
.1-guess I’ll take-up with your oiler.’
.‘Enough said. We were married In a week:
rtnd what’fl.morc, we repented it. No
more antics for me, gentlemen. I live in a good
house, and have somebody to.mend my clothes.
When t was a poor mwemblc bachelor, gentle
men, I ilstd to be ns thin as aweazel. Now I
am ns plump os jt porker.
‘ln conclusion, gentlemen, if yon want to \>c
a poor ragged devil, without a coal.to your
back, ora shoo to your foot—if you want to
grow old beforoyout* (|nio, and ns nncomfortn
bio generally oak ‘bedgi-hog rolled up the
wrong way/1 advise yon to remain a bache
lor ; but if yon want to live decently and re
spectably, get married. IVo got ten daugh
ters, gentlemen, [overpowering applausej and
■yoij mav havo your pirk.’
• Mr.' Spicer sat down anud long continued
plaudits. The generous .’propi sal With which
Ivo concluded, secured \\w\\ Uyu nons-in-law.
, ‘ ftCT" The latq g6od I sfeh*liing appears to have
set the wits of solno of our fraternity in a per
fect ferment. Thcredhov of the Syracuse Jour*
7ia/—otherwise a ..staid awl sober man—thus
bursts forth like a robin in June t
; |Tho Bitnhlo CqimVr says that the man who
takes a sleigivridoalone, passed their oftlou a
day. or tw;o since,, liv’d,sincerely hope that ,no
such individual mfosiscnr city,'
#<', • * * •
'Remember the girls whdo the snow lasts.—
1 Remember that-therb f 8 jurplacc to mako love
■ like,the inside of r buffidp skin. Von can tread
1 on ode another's toes, and »iucd*eonc another a
i hands, without tvny onk Itciiipc tho wiser for it.
! Try if on* ■ -U'a the bo*Uncdiciuo in the world
.... #
‘Yesterday Waa a!‘gloriouu day. We have
seldom seen tho girls look more kissnhlo. Our
eity was all allvo with beauty and blue-eyes,
tu conse<juenneof 'this, the dry good dealers
had'd rush of iiatronago that somewhat made
up for tho slack times of last week. Tho Regu
lator keeps • eighteen mw cany in;- bundles,
some of whom uso four horse teams.'
That man, must iw a bachelor who never has,
ns yet, carried Ilia ‘sack 1 or worn tho ‘mitten.
Well, (hero are-secrets hi sleigh riding, it is
true, hut whether they will repay all tho trou
ble to, discover them, is another question.
ia nil jJidonsJjiho about llio gills po
lltioning. Congress to have leap year comccon*
aidcrubly oftencr. ■? . , :
l£7 r 'An Editor' out ip lowa, says they don't
brag of iho hw.o of their, babies, hut they wo ft
most uncommon sure crop.
- c'-; ■
stalliso MtBPV; ~ £ 1
.People generally tliinlc. thaCit is avcry-,eftsy
matter to-siaml behind a retail dry
goods'; but a week'sexperience Hi the business
would''convince the tl;at ii' is
much morh difficult and laborious than the task. I
ofttiming jv grindstone t>vclv4lio»rs per diemi
The office- .of salesman embodies in'-its duties
necdssUjr for the shrcnvdness bfu politician, the
persuasion of,a lover, Ilia politeness bf,a. CheS
} terflcld, the'patience of Job.'audtho impudence
a pickpocket.. There ore salesmen
| hmkc it a point neVer (6 lose a custi’mer. ’One
of the gentlemen who is in n, store in Chatham
'st*. not long since was called to show iv very
fastidious and fashionable Indy; wly) ‘dropped
in while'golngto Stewart's, tome rich silk
cloaking.; “ Every article 6f .the kind ‘was ex
posed to her view—the whole, store' was ran*
sacked—uoilyng Suited: The Cosily was stig-.
mati&ed as trash—everything was common and
not ilt-for h lady. She guessed she would go to
Slewart’jp'The salesman pretended to be' in*
dignant; -V*. ...
' ‘iladam/ ‘said ho fti tones Of injured inho-.
ccpco, ‘I have a. Very beautiful and ntre picce'Of
goqds-ra cr&o which"f divide willrMr. Stew
art, wlid is my brothtf-indilw, 1 but it would her
'iiseless'to show it to.yotf ;'H}s"tho only-piece
ihtho’cUy; :
" ‘Oh, allow me to ecei;,’ ?ho naked, in an anw
lous'tonc ; and cpuUiju<?d."'*l had no inten
tion of annoying you, or of disparaging the
merits of mu* wares.’
The salesman who was now watched in
breathless silence by Ins fellow clerks, proceed
ed as if "vHth'mnch reluctance.'and with ex
pressions of fearHhai it would be injured by
[ gelling tuwblcd-to display anciept piece of ves
ting .wjrich had been, lying in the store for live 1
years, and was considered to ho- unsaleable.—,
The lady examined and liked it much. That.
Iras a piece of, goods that was worthy to be
worn, tldw’mnch was*it a yard ?
‘Twenty two shillings.-’
-.'Oh, that is very high.*
.‘There,’ exclaimed ho, beginning to fold it
up; T.knew you would say that-’
‘Stay 1 stay 1 don’t be in so great a harry
she cried, ‘l’ll give yoh twenty shillings.
‘Mildnm, you insult me" again. ’
‘Cut-mo olf yards, ami you can make
up the deduction on some velvet which I re
quire for trimmings,’ almost eutreated the fair
shopper. •?
The salesman, after much persuasion sold >
the lady the vesting, for which they bad hij
mm -sought to get five shillings per yard, at
the price above indicated.- The profit of ihol
sale on vesting and velvets nmannted to HJJ dol- J
lars! out of which the clerks were permitted}
to pav for ft supper of oysters. The best of:
this brief ta'lo of dry goods is to bo told. The
lady had her cloak -made, and one or two offacr |
friends, delighted with it,.bought the rest of j
the velvet at the same price.
There is a moral to this anecdote, which we
leave to bo discovered by the ingenuity of our
lady readers .who occasionally go a shopping.
— Noah's Messenger-,
VSample Clerk In.a Drag Store. ; •
‘ Jcu* J 2. >t* * wag.' ■ Ai-joko iifjJiolh.
food ftjid raiment; and; .whenever and vyherov
cr Ihcfo ia a.chanco for fun, ho has (it. t
Jan was in ft drug store, when a
'youth ftpnttSntiy fresh froni Iho 'mounting,'
entered the store, and at once accosted Jem,,
staling that he wanted:** job. • • ‘ r
‘What kink of a job ?•' enquired the wag. • kl
‘6h. almost anything —f want to get d Kind
of a gintee! job : I’m tired o* farmin', and'kih
turn my hand at most anything.’
•Well. >vo want a mail—a- good, strong
healthy man, as a sample clerk.’
‘What's the ?’
‘Wages are gßplr • wo pay ?1,000 to a man
in that situation.* ' '
■What’s a fellow have to do f
‘O, merely to teat medicines, that's all. It
reqiiirena stout man, one of good constitution,
and after he gets used to it, he doesn’t mind it.
Yon see tro are very particular about the qual
ity of our modicum, and before wv sell any, we
test every parcel. You would be required to
taki* —some six or seven ounces of easier oil,
some days, with it few doses of rhubarb, aloes,
Croton oil, and similar preparations. Eotno
days yon would not bg required to take any
thing ; but, as a general thing, you can count
upon—s«y from six to ten doses of .Something
daily. As to the work, that docs hot amount
to much—the testing department would be llio
principal labor re<iujred of you : and as 1 said,
it requires a person of very fteallhy organiwi
.tlon (o endure it; but you look huvvty, and I
guess you would suit ns. That young man
pointing'to n very pale faced,, slim looking
yolilh who happened to he present. hits tilled
the i>oSt for lho nA.st few weeks; ’ bat he is hard
ly nblo to staiia it. Wo should like to have
you take right hold, il say so, and if yon
please, well begin’ to-ejay- litre's a new bar
rel of caster oil, just come In; I’ll go'draw an
ounce—’
Here verdant, who had been gating intently
upon the slim youth mlermpud mini with— ,
‘No, hb, I guess not; not to-day, anyhow. 1
I’ll go down and see my aunt, and If I con
clude to cuuw, I’ll come up to-morrow and let
you know.’
If ho did not return, it is to be supposed that
he considered the work too hard.
Anotiik.k ‘lni'biinac Mactiinb-' Cask at
Cincinnati. —A diabolical attempt was made
on Mqtiduy evening to destroy the Family of
Mr. Cyrus Sirishelm, at Cincinnati, the parlic
u/ara of which the Enquirer give h : ,
1 ‘On the evening in question Mr- Swisliehn
.and family, consisting of Ityo persons, were
settled around the fire, when »• huge hairdo-
Hccmled tJuS chimney, and, bouncing into the
flro, rolled in a brjglit (>hv ,u hi the middle of
llio floor. It was made-of cotton, saturated
with turpentine, and, during >lh brief contact l
witii the Are, had become ignited, f.uckily, a j
nail of water was standing near, and Mr. Swis- j
helm, catching tho burning ball m his hand : |
instantly Iminerewl it iuto the water and ex- .
linguishcd It. Upon opening the ball, it was .
found to bo llllcd with gunpowder and slugs, |
and fortnhatq indeed was It for Mj*. Swishetm >
and his faiuilv that the water Was near, as I
olhenriso ho ho should have hurled/tin* |
10 tlio lire, in which ease, in all probability, it J
would have been our painful province to have
recorded anolher'cvcnl as horrible in its details
aklhatvriiloh transpired at the Marine llospi
tah*
{C7* “Julius—was you ever in war*”
“VouM. bettor believe it. I distinguished
myself at the battle of New Orleans, I did.”
.“Voudid.l”
“,l didn’t do noflug else—l furnished Ueu.
Jackson with two aids on that occasion.
“What aids were they What was der
names I**
“Der names I”
“Yefi, dor names of don ftlds*”
.‘‘Well, den, if der nigger must know —day
wftsLcmoi) adtfl. Now yon got puticulars,
hold youv Uubh, or I’ll eavo youv head mwid
i do doormat.”
:,Wi st,33 s;i
>n;;T
■FtanVs TtSJtAtUh fl» Tm>M.
'■Thd'ldgttfriioTvras’m St. Lonisl sWsDai)
•Mftrbfo, I'-wns sitting in thd store of-bid Trank
—h- country fashion on tbOjComitcr, Icgspcn
dantj when a rcal nutiucg camebooming Alongi
.aria m.ho coiho with a heap; oj6 bundles in bjs
Trank WAsdtiwn
in particular,? but ho was nlwAyV'riel* for-a
i joke; and loved, equal to ntv Israelite-,'to drive a
l sharp,bargain*. . ■I-:’)'-
The Yankee nodded to me, tmij nodded, to
ward Frank, intimating there wits Ids vlctiin.
Frank was blwy smoking and' llgurihg 0713- his
ledger. ",
"Hovr dn,” 6bstrryc^thtt.pedlar. ;
<‘Xo, no. no—go on',*' Frank peevishly re
sponded ; hut that wnsji't thoYftnkco's.relig
ion ; he wanted to trade, und was bound to do
it.
'Knlkilate. ’Squire, wonld'nt drive trade or
nothin’ with yum folks to-day 1”
“I calculate you .calculate about right; for
yon cannot,” was the encoring reply* '
“Wall, I guess you needn’t pet hofTy'about
it. Ncovr, litre's a; dozen pcnnjno razor strops,
worth ten dollars and a half—ywnv may have
on* for lon.doUats,”
' <‘l tell you I don’t want, any of your trash ;
so you’d bolter he going.” savs Frank,
j “Shoo ! l hoyr yon tailc. XjH bet life dollars
|-if you- made too an otter for them ere Strops,
we’ll have a unde yet.”
“Done,” says Frank, pulling a V in my
hand, v' ; ;
Tho Yankee deposited a like sum —when
FmnkViUbred him a pidayunc for the strops.
“They're your’n.” said the Yankee, as he
quickly fobbed the steaks. “But;!* he added,
with great apparent honesty. “T calculate a
Joke’s a joke: and if you don't want them
simps, I’ll trade hack \' f
| Frank's countenance brightened.
I “There it is,” said the Yankee, as he re
ceived the strops, and passed over the picayune.
“A trade’s a trade; and neow you're wide
awake in nimest. I guess tho next time yeou
trade with that ere pui, you’ll do a htUc better
than to buy razor strojis.”
Away walked the pedlar with his strops and
his wager, amid the shouts of a half dozen fel
lows who dmpt in.
Sam S—rr is a horsc-dcalerof wine eminence
in’Albany, New York. week he visited
this city. In passing up Broadway, he dis
covered n half drunken man riding n bay horse
that rather struck his fancy. Jlo thus solilo
quized :
'•That’s a fine beast «nd how much she
looks like my 'Bess ’ Had she one white foot,
t would certainly Rwear.it-WQK'her. 1 wonder
tvhat w>rt of » 'dickcn' I cowhl strike dp with
tho owner ? As he is about half, shaded, I
would, not wonder if he were kindly disposed.—-
Tor softening the heart a small quantity of gin
w ovkk .ponders. ’ 1 >
“1 say, old fellow, what do you ask for that
horse?’
“Not half what she is worth. She cost $4OO.
I will sell her, howeverffor $■250.”
.. “Too xmich—l will give you 8150.‘ I tvanl
her. fop, a ft\atcU,*Qt,[’d offer §5 lens*” •
*>ay‘ i^2sis.and
IJipcrit.tpcisyourn.'” 4
; After a half hour’s' chaflng, n bargain yraa
flnaWy apcrccd- (o; they "splib the di^fl , re^ce'. , ’
Earn,, paid -.51374* tmd the seller, fobbed’Jus
money and retired to enjoy himself.,, _ ;
Tho next evening Sam started for Albany
Vfkii ‘-arodtchfor Beda.’J thathcyvonld not
take “three hundred dollars ‘■for.** On stop
ping nshdre, the ftrst man >Sam met worlds
hobller. who “opened up”,as follows:
"XVherff did you get that mam?”
“Tn NeiV York. ”
1 “\Vc-11, ‘ how curious: I thought "sho Vms
gone for good and nil,"
“Thought wlmt was gone?”
">Vfjy. Bess, the mare.—She was stolen from
the stiJdf on Thnnuluy night, and we all
thought she had been run oft to (’anndu.”
“You donk say that marc is Bess {" *
“T do,indeed.”
■•Where's her white foot ?”
“Under a llUlo Mark paint, 1 should think
from the way the hair sticks out. Besides,
there’s the very head stall I madclosl Sunday
WUh my own blessed hands. U’s UeSS, and no
mistake. ”
After a little examination, Sam had to admit
that “giu ami sugar” had done him brown—
ftfiat the marc* was ou(’sl37.oml nil brought a
bout by a deStre td take advantage of a green
horn. who couldn't see* thro* a fort)' fool ladder.
Whether this will reform Sam's tactics re
mains to be seen.
The Mr Rrndirtil TisiWe.
The Paris correspondent of the Tf'o.ihtngfon
RrpuMif says r
■‘At the lust siliingof tho Academy of Sci
ences. n very n markable paper was presented
by M. Aml mud, who has made many public
experiments on compressed air as a substitute
for steam on railways, tt i« entitled, lArro
ope, or the Visibility of the Molecules of tho
| Air.’ M* Andvnnd proves that, by a very him
i pie contrivance, the air Is rendered visible. By
1 taking a piece of card, roloivd blaok. mA\ pierc
| log it with a lino needle, tins interesting fact
*is e9labUsht.ll. If we look through this.holcat
j the sky, mi a nnedny.or at a strong lamp,
i having n ground glass, we seen multitude of lit*
tie tnmspnrnnt globes moving in the midst of
coufusid nehulo.sjijeN. These little globes, some
of w inch are more iranspanmt than others, are
molecules of air. Some of them at e surrounded
With a kind of halo. These latter am elements
of oxygviii while others are eluments Of azote.
After ooutimiiiig the observation for some time,
we shall see fii'ndl jHiinls detach themselves,
and disappear in falling : tlieko arc atoms of
carl>on. This phenomenon of vision ' passes
within the eye itself*,' tho molecules of air which
am observed, arc those which Jluat in the liquid
which occupies (he anterior imrt of that ofgnn.
According to (he author, tile phyrician, will
one day make use of the aeroscopo ns ah im
portant nun ns of diagnosis. Vertigo, and gid
diness, which are the forerunners of apoplexy.
Will bo announced by pertubatvou in tho mole
cules.’
Jones stepped up to a gentleman who
was engaged in conversation with about a dy2cn
others, and S|iu!:
‘lt seems to me fhave seen your physiogno
my somewhere, before, but I cannot imagine
whore.’ .
‘Very likely,' ho replied, ‘I have been Iho
keeper of a prison for upwards of twenty
years.”
klT'dlavc you said your prayers yet, John V
•No, ma’am* It ain't my work. Hill bays the
prayers, and 1 say thd amcna 1 We agreed to
do that because it conies shorter.’
(£7"Ralhcr singular —to sec a boarding school
miss 'afraid of a cow,’ notwithsawliug sho 'did
nil the milking to hum/a few mouths previous,
ilducation’s a ‘great thing.
WZT They who will Abandon a friend for auo
error, know hut little of the human character,
and prove that their hearts arc cold' us their
judmeuls wo weak.
AT §3,00 I»£B’ANKEM.
NO.- 35, :
A llotst SfccniaUon
r>
~ Daring the past.fciy .days several -
havo bccn cmde to brepkinto lho Citv'JTrea-*
sdrei Office, no doul?fc by.’.tbiCTes, T7ho >^ra
contents, if they • succeeded in.getiiug.: into
them. , Thu impressions of the/ outsiders, and
nippers were visibloja the locks-r-besidcsj,then*
were other evidences ofi the use ,cf. a
Mr. Jolmston,the Treasurer, at,once determiQ*
,cd to fix. a trap by. which - tbo thdvcSi.if they
should cotno again, vrohld. be caught, and placed
aitrigger on tbo latch.of-tbo doorto-whicbhd
attached a wire communicating withtK;bcll.ii*
the in- tbo • further chd-o£; tbd
build|ng, to givo,noticq tq the officers that tbo
Treasurer wna again entered, andfof
them to run'and arrest the depredators. -A night
or two since Mr. J. lixed the trigger and* left
the office,. bpt forgot to takewith him. a ce I #, -
pair of boots ho.bad purchased duling.tho.day t
At a late hour the lie returned td
the office tO.get biS'. bppts.*Dnd, forgeltipg the
trap,, he opwed.Omdqqr and wept-Jn. In O
moment two j)obcemen v 'into, tbp .office -
and seized thc’Trcasurcr; and hurried him W
the watch-house, where (hey -retained hho lII.'
ciiatody.ovcrqn houf.*:' v Mr*;d[. uscd/cvery.ar*. ...
gument them tbat ho wss thcTrca*
surer,’ butthey * being recently i appointed^-r©-.
i fused tobelievo Wm until 1 the Lieutenant Mind
and released him from the •durance •
i officers say they , were told never to Jjelievo thO
Htatement of any person -whom they arrested,
•and wire detcrumlcd not lb disobey t their, .hi - .
slhictlons. We Svoiild add, thrit since the oc*
currcaco the new thief trap bus .been’' entirely
dispensed Gazette. ■ . • f .
Boiwxefc
During last wook'n secret marriage lookpfacd
in Tamuqmt, fdllowcdby ft fatally,breeze of cop*
siderabl.o forefi, T|»o facts, as.wo', learn, an
these:--A gt'iifleiumy from tho ci(y> reputed
t wcftUhy> wan boarding at o public house Ju that
borough. >Vjth film was hfaJmnily, ono mem
ber of which was a daughter somo iiflcouyeara
of age, and'apfiken of us very handsome. -A
young engineer'boarding at: tho 1 house,
became attached to the young-lndy r ftnd was ro-
Warded by a relirru of love* but conscious that'
a union would not be sanctioned by tlib parents .
of (ho lady, they wfero’seerotly-marricd- . Aflef*
tbo ceremony the lady returned to the hotel, btit’;
tbo affair leaked out, and the enraged,father'
with harshness demanded the truth ot-illsdauglu
lor. She, ftiglifontfii id'thb r g/orm’gathering,
denied the marriage. Tho fatliqr> but- half a®*
sored, or else fearing it would bccoflfllitnmolcdj .
if nut done already, kept a close 'watch oh .tbo*
movements of tho parties.; On Friday lai?t; ‘tho
excitement Imviog spmowlmt cqolcddown,' and
tlie vipilenco of the parents haying abated, tho,
young Indy In following them to dinner, slipped,
through n'sidu'dqor.'Und vlUi»mfbqnftet,'*bttwl
or cloak sprang fnfo a carriage with hcr'lmabnnd,
and in an instant was off like ‘tbo wind. ■ Tho
parents missing her searched the houjo fn yaln. *
Alter considerable loss.of time they discovered
the truth, hut tfd believe‘lt was concluded not’
to pursue them;* Thbyottng folks tied to Mauch
('hunk, where horse* and carriage wore in wait--
lug for them; from there they befit (heir course;
towards Easton to'take tho cars eastward* TV*®
understand that a young man who waa.-sobt
ahead from Tamaqnu to secure a team atMftucb
Chbnk, rode his horse to death. But when tho ’
youthful blnod-iB up; horse-flesh and family
prido are of but small.cpnacqucnce.—PcMtilfr
GatfUe* '
“Maniacs;' I — Aye. the Mad House is filled -.
with human beings wlwin reason has dclhroricd.
A fair and yonhp, mother screams in agorttf
from one of the cells, and • her chains clank ■
harshly on tho sympathy of human nerves.—
Her hands are yet red with-, the blood of her
sweet child- In a fitof.madness she has taken
the life of her innocent baby, and' she laughed
with a demoniac - scream aa she held the drip*
ping knife over the panting little one.. .Who
crazed that young mothers, brain, and made
her conmoLtbc fearful deed? _ She is the vic
tim of ft delusion. Her home lias been invaded
by those who have enticed her into tho belief
that the apiritaef. the dead could bo produced,
she could hold. familiar converse with
the."departed. Pcor t wenk, confiding woman,
i Her brain reels with the strange cyciUmcht.-Y
£jib gfvos-hcrself tip (o" tho wild halidcioftrioc! ‘
and she becomes (he heroine of a most tb'cadAu
tragedy. .Fearful imprecations arc on her lip, -,
and to prevent the nddilional.qrimc.of Eelf-do
gtruclion, human friends shackle her body with
galling links of irdp‘, and pinion her to the door.
Was thcro.no one to warn' her of the impending
cvjl which hnsresultcd thus ? • Who were thw«
who entered the sanctity of.her homc-stcad and
made her a demon? They had ewcct.and honied/
accents for the poor cra/.y drunkard who reded 1 *
along the streets, and bitter words.of scorn far ",
tho faithless man who placed the wine cup -to
his neighbor's lips, but still they piled their .
.wicked ajts upon the bright. being who joined -
their groups ground tho mysteriously moving
table, from whciicc caino rapping sounds false
ly indicating tho presence of some. being from. -
the land pf spirits.- -It was no crime to drive ■
that young mother mad, because when they
had well secured her linibs in fetters,'they wefit
back as the drunkard to - his orgicSi ana prac
ticed anew the anino nfts oh another unsaspect- -
. tng victim. God protect her from their. wi|cs,
or she will soon occupy ft cell beside the one al
ready incarcerated. Why does that peculiar
kind of Press that hurls its fiery anathemas at.-
him who inflames the brain-of hia neighbor
I wuh wine—wliy does it not enter the arena to .
protect poor human nature front. being driven ,
mn<l by tho infernal arts of thoao.wlio practice
the rapping delusion. Ah I rather ask, why'’
does that Press and those who surround and
control its columns, encourage the infatuation
which is continually robbing the human mind
of its proudest faculty. They stand by and
see reason dethroned with scarce a sigh. They
have hitter maledictions far one class ot cvvl
doers, but none for another.-—H'est Chester
KrmiMictm. ,
Mhs. Paiitixoton os- IJors.—’llc is bo full
of life ami animosity !' s&ld Mrs. Partington,
in describing the good qualities to A
iK'lglilwr whd hrtd come in to complmn of liirn
for throwing atones of a favorite dog.' *Jlut
there isn’t no malice in Mjo, and when. he ft*-
Uikxl «M tin liJuxt mtojiis own house bo that
ho couldn't get opt to drive the . boya
away fVom coasting in his field, it wasn't Ugli
ness's though .Mr. lilnf.e said he’d never live till
he died because he did it. iJepcnd upon it,
them bo/s isn’t the worse for being a little
mischievous, ami majk it when you tvill.'con*.
tinned she. raising her linger gradually til) it -
stood perpendicular as a lightning roil, *thfi
stillest hoys isn’t always the best-—tbo Mill ;
sow cats the some boys nho hay*
always bud good Ihlhmizas, never .proiUs by ,
them when they can get so they eau act" Dut‘*“
themselves. lW my part I’d rather set? boy or
man show himself right out in tho; beginning, :
than find him ft buy -constructor nilasl that I luivc
been warming in my bosom’to fcting. it.'. Thb
linger dropped to Its wonted position,' and tlio !
neighbor nodded, Imlf convinced by hyr . phil
osophy, and went nway tlpiikmg strongly of a
horea Whip ns a remedy ’for .IroubleipoinO boys
in a neighborhood. Bui there is ft groin of truth
iu what sho said. —Boston Post, :■
A Goon 'Okn.—At tho recent election-fn
Pennsylvania; says on exchange, a lad nrascur
Ltd at, tbu polls to claim the benefit of the elec
tive franchise. ' .
Vcclmg u' deep interest inn! favorite candi
date of his, tbo father, who was evidently' on
lofted to-.tbo hoy’s prcfvrenco.’.slood'.at the
iallot box, and challenged his right to votc,oa
the ground of bisuot bring of age. i'beyoung
man declared he was twenty-ouo years bid;
that ho knew it, mid that ho insiKlcd .on, bin ;
right, 'i’ho father bccouvpg indignant, and;
wishing, as the saying is, to blutf him off bo
foie the judge, said— . , \
‘Now, Bob, will you stand up there arulcon
tradlct mo ? Don't I know how old you atb I
Wasn't I there?’ •
Bob looked liia contempt for the old man’s
speech, as hastily replied— .
. ‘Thundcraliou! ’spOßc you was \ ‘Wasn’t X
thetotoo?’ v - . • >V !1! .
. This nettled tbo nlro, and in. wcuiUic aolottV.
vote. i .