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pa (here a place on earth
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f In murmurs soft and low,
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t? ’ (V' . lfo messengers of love, ■
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f J.\ • “Tous is knowledge given,
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6s > ■ '
feV; ■
3s'yi()b, who will bring me back tho days,
So beautiful, so bright!
*»!’"■sbose days when love first boro my heart
Aloft on pinion's light 7
jiVph, who will bring me but an hour
pig Ofthat delightful time,
v£._''fAnd wake in me again the power
That fired ray golden prime I •
I nurse my wound in solitude,
.•. "]ir : I sigh the livelong day, ,
.Iv'Add mourn the joys, in wayward mood, .
fes';, That now are pass’d away.
H fOh, whd will bring-mg backili" /levs
i&tmugtnm p r.‘ V,
B; And wake in mo aga/-^%r i ‘ 4, ir|i7,T f:
pfj >,; -.yhot fired my g ol fZ/Lis r
FIRST LOV%i
Mmlknms.
Barrington, the Pickpocket.
'o c a ’iA few years ago I made the acquaintance of
' - an elderly lady, whose husband, so far back as
1;fe;,1899, heid an official position,, both civil and
l&.jßiluary, in the colony of New South Wales.—
snfellany aneedbtes sho lold me of celebrated char
ffijtwjters who had, in the words of one of them,
gisti.left their couniry for their country’s good.”
ll?’With most, if not with all, of these celebrities,
Evtneold lady had come in contact personally.
r‘ One morning,” she began, “I was sitting
itv my drawing room with my. two little chil-
I'drtn. who are now middle aged men with large
families, when a gentleman was announced- I
- . gave the order for his admission . and on his cn
fe-Hteying the door of the apartment, I rose froth
iP®,niy chair and greeted him with ft bow, which*
if.i; lie returned in the. most graoefal and courtly
Eg; tnanocr imaginable. Ills dress waalhat of a
El-inijn of fashion, and his bearing that of a person
;??V" who; had moved in the highest circles of society.
■ A; yissel bad arrived from England a few days
previously with passengers, and I fancied that
K. - tblalgentlcman was one of them. I asked him
Ip: tO'-bo seated. He took a chair, opposite.to me,
once entered into conversation, making
topic the extreme warmth of the day.
’S'ifijSnd the second, the healthful appearance of my
children —as he was pleased to speak
of them. Apart from a mother liking to hear
|l'; 'her children praised, there was such a refine-,
S.-\ v i«eht in the stranger’s manner, such a seeming
licerity in all he said, added to such a roarvel
is neatness of expression, that I could not
)p thinking ho would'form a very valuable
ijuisition to our list of acquaintances, provi
d he intended remaining in Sydney, instead
settling in the interior of the colony.
“ I expressed ray regret that the major,(my
sband) was from home; but I mentioned
it I expected him atone o’clock, at which
ur. we took luncheon, and I further expressed
tope that our visitor would remain and par
ice of the meal, With a very pretty smile
hich I afterwards discovered had more mea
ig in it than I was at the lime aware of,) he
L«d he could hot have thp pleasure of parta
lg of the hospitalities of my tab'o. but, with
jr.permission, he would wait till theappoin
ispi--ted hour—which was then near at hand. Our
iwfeconvcrsation was resumed; and presently ho
Mtcd my little ones.to go him. They obeyed
KSfeit onee, albeit they were rather sly children.—
satisfied me that the stranger was a man
a kind and gentle disposition. He took the
seated them on his knees, and began
M tell them a fairy story, (evidently of his own
and extemporized,; to which they Its
t'tened with profound attention. Indeed, I could
nttt hclp being interested in the story, so fanci
*ft« were the ideas, and so poetical the language
V7V in which they were expressed.
The story ended, the stranger replaced the
- * children'on the citrpet, and approached the ta
, l>le on. which stood, in a porcelain vase, a bo
i quet of flowers. These he admired, and began
a discourse on floriculture, I listened with in
' tense earnestness, so profound were all his ob
servations. We were standing at the tab'c for
, at least eight or ten minutes: my boys hanging
on .(he skirt of my dress, and every now and
■ ; then compelling me to beg of them to be silent.
1 ( ” One o’clock came, but not the Major : I re
i ceived. however, a note from him. written in
% petaqil on a slip of paper; He would be detain-
S' :ed,ct Government House until half-past two.
i -I ftj&Again I requested the fascinating stranger
’ of luncheon, which was now on the
; , i . fable in the room ; and again, with the same
‘if(Winning smile, he declined. As he was about,
'■frills I thought, to depart, I extended my hand ;
to nty astonishment, he stepped back,
Mvilinade a low bow, and declined taking it.
Wkm, “ For a gentlem&n to have his hand refused
|f»hen he extends it to another is embarrassing
; l;.!|M ei > o ugh. But for a. lady! Who can possibly
: |||(Jesoribe what were my feelings 1 Had he been
MfrifauHSßoUuitm'.
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
VOL. 46.
heir to the British throne, visiting that penal
settlement in disguise, (and from the strangers
manner and conversation, lie might have been
that illustrious personage,) he could scarcely
have, under the circumstances, treated me in'
such an extraordinary manner. I scarcely
knew what to think. Observing, as the stran
ger must have done, the blood rush to my
checks, and being cognizant, evidently, of what
was passing through my mind, he spoke as fol
lows :
' “ ‘ Madam, I am afraid you will never for
give me the liberty I have taken already. But
the truth is, the passion suddenly stole over
me; and I could not resist the temptation of
satisfying myself that the skill which made me
so conspicuous in the,mother country still re
mained to me in this cOnvict land.’
“ I stared at him, but did not speak.
■ “‘Madam,’ ho continued, ‘ the penalty of
silting at the table with you, or taking t|ie
hand you paid me the compliment to proffer me
—yourself in ignorance of the fact I am about
to disclose—would have been the forfeiture of
my ticket-of-leavc. a hundred lashes, and em
ployment on the roads in irons. As it is, I
dread the Major’s wrath ; but I cherish a hope
that you will endeavor to appease it, if your
advocacy be only a relurn for a brief amuse
ment I afforded your'beautiful.children.’
“ ‘ You are a convict!’ I said, indignantly,
my hand on the bell-rope.
“‘Madam, he said, with an expression of
countenance which moved mo to pity, in spite,
of niy indignation, ‘hear me for one moment.’
“ ‘ A convicted felon, how dared you enter
my drawing-room as a visitor?’ I asked, my
anger again getting the bettcr.of all my other
feelings. , ■
“.The Major, madam,” said the stranger,
“ requested me to be at his house at the hour
when I presented myself f and he bade me wail
if bo were from home when I called. The Ma-
jor wishes to know who was the person who re
ceived: from me . a diamond, neck lace which be
longed to the Marchioness of Dorrington, and
came into my possession at a state ball some
four or five years ago—a state ball at which I
had the honor of being present. Now, madam,
when the orderly who opened the front door in
formed me that the Major was not at home,
but that you were, that indomitable impudence
which so often carried me into, the drawing,
rootps of the our country, look
possession of me; and. warmed as I was with
generous wine—just sufficiently to give me cou
rage—l determined to tread once more on a la
dy’s carpet, and enter into conversation with,
her. That much I felt the Major would for
give me ; apd, therefore, I requested the orderly
to announce a gentleman. Indeed, madam, 1
shall make the forgiveness of the liberties I
have taken in this room the condition of my
giving that information which shall restore to
the Marchioness of Dorrington, the gem of which
I deprived her—a gem vyhich is still unpledged,
and in the possession of one who will restore it
oh application, accompanied by a letter in my
handwriting.”
“ Again 1 kept silence.
“ * Madam I’.he exclaimed, somewhat impas
sionedly, and rather proudly, ‘ I am no other
man than Barrington, the illustrious pickpook-
Tdre~TliMi^
ri?‘.er -and pntffrora ladies of rank and wealth,
I £> ’ !'zed, in all, upwards,of thirty
irrespective of those
Jewels which realty possession under look and
key* when toriune, turned her back upon me.’
“Barrington, the pickpocket! Having
heard so much of this man and his exploits,
(although, of course, I had never seen him.) I
could not help regarding him with curiosity, so
much so, that I could scarcely be angry with
him any. longer. ■
“Madam,” he continued, “ I have told you
that I longed.to satisfy myself whether that
skill which rendered me so illustrious in Europe
still remained to me ,in this country after five
years of desuetude ? I can conscientiously say
that I am just as perfect in the art, that the
’touch is just as soft, and the nerve as steady as
when I sat in the dress circle at Drury Lane or
Covent Garden.”
“ I do not understand you Mr. Barrington,”
I replied. (I could not help saying Mister.)
“ ‘ But you will, madam, in one moment.—
Where are your keys ?’
‘I felt my pocket, in which I fancied,they
were, and discovered they were gone.
“ ‘ And your thimble and pencil-case, and
your smelling-salts? They are here!’ (He
drew them from his coat pocket.)
‘My anger was again aroused. It wits in
deed, I thought, a frightful liberty for a con
vict to practice his skill upon mo, and put his
hand into the pocket of my dress. But, before
I could request him to leave the room and the
house, he spoke again ; and. as soon as I had
heard his voice and looked in his face, I was
mollified, and against, my will, as it were,
obliged to listen to him.
“‘Ah, madam,’ he sighed, ‘such is the
change that often comes oyer the affairs of men !
There was a lime when ladies boasted of hav
ing been robbed by Barrington. Many whom
I had never robbed gave it out that I had done
so ; simply that they might be talked about.—
Alas ! such is the weakness of poor humanna
turo that some people care not by what means
they associate their names with the name of
any celebrity. I was in power then, rot in
bondage. ‘ Barrington has my diamond ear
rings*!’ once exclaimed the old Countess ofKet
tlebank, clasping her hands. Her ladyship’s
statement was not true. Her diamonds were
paste, and she knew it, and I caused them to bo
returned to hey. Had you not a pair of very
small pearl drops in your ears this morning,
madam ?’
“I placed my hands in my cars, ahd discov
ered that the drops were gone. Again my an
ger returned, and I said, ‘ How dared you, sir,
place your fingers on my face ?’
• Dpon my sacred word and honor, madam
he replied, placing his hand over his left breast
and bowing, ‘T did nothing of the kind ! The
ear is the most sensitive part of the human bo
dy to the touch of another person. .Had I
touched your ear my hope of having these dt ops
in my waistcoat pocket would have been gone.
It was the spring only that I touched, and the
drops fell into the pahn of my left hand.’ He
placed tite ear rings on the table, and made me
a very low bow.
“ • And when did you deprive me of them ?’
I asked him.
•‘ ‘ When I was discoursing on horticulture,
you had occasion several times lo incline your
head towards your children, and gently reprove
them for interrupting mo. It was on one of
those occasions thul the deed was quickly done.
The dear children were the unconscious confed
erates in my crime—if crime you will consider
it—since I have told you, and I spoke the truth;
that it was nol for the sake of gain, but simply
to satisfy a passionate curiosity. It was as del
icate and as difficult an operation as any I ever
performed in the whole course of my profession
al career. ’ *
“ There was a peculiar quaintness of humor
and of action thrown into his speech: I could
not refrain from laughing. But, to my great
satisfaction, the illustrious pickpocket did not
join in the laugh. He regarded me with a look
of extreme humility and maintained a respect
ful silence, wbicit was shortly broken by a loud
knocking at the outer door. It was the Major,
who. suddenly remembering his appointment
with Barrington, had contrived to make his es
cape from Government House, in order to keep
it. The Major seemed rather surprised to find
Barrington in my drawingroom ; but he was in
such a hurry, and so anxious, that he said no
thing on the subject.
“ I withdrew to the passage, whence I could
overhear ail that took place.
“.‘Now, look here, Barrington,' said my
husband, impetuously, ■ I will have no more
nonsense. As for a free pardon, or even a con
ditional pardon, at present, it is out of the ques
tion. In getting you a ticket-of-leave, I have
done all that I possibly can; and, as lam a
living man, I give you fair warning that, if you
do not keep faith with me, I will undo what I
have already dona. A free pardon I What! —
Let you loose-upon the society of England
again ? The Colonial Secretary would scout
the idea, and severely censure the governor for
recommending such a thing. You know, as
well as 1 do. that if you return to-morro w : and
had an income of five thousand a year, you
would, never be able to keep those .Bhgers of
yours quiet.’
“ ‘ Well, I think you are right, Major,’ said
the illustrious personage.'
“ ‘Then you will write that letter at once ?’
“ 1 1 will. But on one condition.’
'“ Another cohdition ?’
‘Yes.’ ■ .
“ ‘ Well, what is that condition ? Yon have
so many conditions that I begin to think the
necklace will not he forthcoming after all.—
And if it be not, by -
“ ‘ Do not excite yourself to anger, Major, I
give you my honor, :’ •
“‘Your honor! Nonsense! What I want
is the jewel restored to its owner.’
‘ And it shall be, on condition that yqu,will
not be offended, greviously offended,- with me
for what I have done this day !’ •
“ ‘What is that?’ ,
. “ ‘ Summon your good wife, and let her bear
witness both for and againkt me.’
“ My husband opened the drawing-room door
and called out • Bessie.’
‘As soon as I had made my appearance, Bar
rington stated the case—ail that had transpired
—with minute accuracy ; nay, more, he acted
the entire scene in such a way that it became a
little comedy in itself; the characters being
himself, myself, and the children, all of which
characters he represented with such humor that
my husband and myself were several limes ih
(its of laughter. Barrington, however, did not
even smile. He affected to regard the little'
drama (and this made it more amusing)’as
very serious business.’ > •
•This play over, my husband again put to
Barrington the question : ‘Will you write that
teller at once ?’
‘ ‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘I will; for I, sec that .1
am forgiven the liberty I wapitempted to take.’
and searing himself at the tnble he wrote:
‘Mr. Barrington presents his compliments to
Mr. . and requests"that a scaled packet,
marked DN..N6. 27, be immediately delivered
to the bearer of this note. In the event of this
request not being complied with, Mr. Barring
ton will have an opportunity ere long of ex
plaining to Mr..——, in Sydney, New South
!- Walcs7 tlsans6r'(lSiC j'hati bitch’■’guilty of
an act of egregious folly. *
. ‘Fourteen months passed: oway, when, one
morning, my husband received a letter from a
jentleinan in the Colonial Office.. He clapped
ris bands, cried bravo, and then to me as fol
lows;
‘ ‘MvDear Major :—The great pickpocket
has been as good as his word. My lady is
again ia possession of her brilliants. Do what
ever yon can for Barrington in the colony ; but
keep a sharp eye upon him, lest he should come
back and once more get hold of that necklace.’
•My husband sent for Barrington to inform
of the result of his letter, and he took on op
portunity of asking the illustrious tnan.tf there
were any other valuables which he would like
to restore to their original owners ?
. ‘ ; Thank you —no,’ was the reply. ‘There
ave, it is true, sundry little articles in safe cus
tody itt home; but, as it is impossible to say,
What may-be in the future, they bad better fer
tile present stand in my own name.’ ’
Showing up a Showman.
Showmen, as a-general rule, ore tolerably
sharp, and it is no easy matter to over-reach
them c-but when they are fooled, it is a matter
of great amusement to those present. I was a
witness to one ol the best “sells” bl the kind I
have over heard of. Last summer there was an
exhibition in a tent, on one of the public lots—
a sort of menagerie on a small scale. Before
the entrance to the tent, the proprietor was
boasting of the innumerable wonders to be seen
tor a shilling, to a considerable crowd. While
in the midst of a speech overflowing with big
words, lie was somewhat summarily interrupted
by the following exclamation from a man near
hlm.who had a boy with him :
“ I’ll bet you a ‘five’ that you can’t show mo
that lion!”
“ Done,” said the showman, eagerly. « Put
up your money.”
The man placed a five dollar bill in the hand
of a by-stander, and the showman, counting
out the change, did the same.
“Now walk this way,” said the showman,
“and I’ll convince you !” .
The man and the little boy followed him into
the tent, the whole crowd following.
“ There,” said the showman triumphantly.—
“ Look in that corner at that beautiful nubian
lioh I”
“ Where ?” asked the man, looking in every
direction but the right one.
« Why there,’? was tile astonishing reply.
“ 1 don’t see any,” responded the other.
« What’s the matter with you ?” asked the
showman, who began to smell “ a very large
mice.”
“ I’m blind !” was the grinning reply.
That showman was very industriously enga
ged turning out the crowd for the next few min
utes, while the blind man pocketed the stakes
and wont Ills way.
.Nobly Said.—ln Hie case of the convicted
and sentenced Oberiin slave rescuers, whom the
abolitionists hoped to havo discharged from im
prisonment, by the Supreme Court of Ohio, on
habeas corpus, Judge Swan thus nobly concludes
the opinion of the Court:
“As n citizen 1 would not deliberately vio
late the constitution or the law by interfeience
with fugitives’ from justice. But if,a wear}-,
frightened slave would appeal to me to protect
him from his pursuers, it is possible I might
momentarily forgot my allegiance to the law and
-constitution and give him a covert from those
who were on his track—there are, no doubt,
many slaveholders who would thus follow the,
instincts of human sympathy. And if I did it,
and was prosecuted, condemned and imprison,
od, and brought by my counsel before this tri
bunal on a habeas corpus, and was then permit
ted to pronounce judgment in iny own case, I
trust I should have the moral courage to say
before God and my country, as I ani now com
pelled to say, under the solemn duties of a
judge, bound by my official oath to sustain the
supremacy of the constitution and the law:
‘The prisoners must bo remanded.’ ”
Judge Swan was elected by the Republican
patty, and a few days after ho delivered the
above sentiments bis party met in State con
vention to nominate a judge of the Supremo
Court, and selected another man to take Iris
place, ’■
■ ", .1-
(i - - . .*
“Otril COUNTRY—MAT IT ALWAYS BE BIGHT-—BUT BIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAWUNE 23, 1859.
THE EVE OF GREY.
Pools have praised the eye of Wok}?*
And eulogized the melting blue,**-'
Haro laid their fancy on the rack i
To celebrate each varied hue; I
But not one single word they,say I
About the pleasing eye of grey, .' fr
I like the mild grey eye—the faces.;'-
Which most I loved had eyes of grey;
And if each glance emits no blazes,-
As those of black,-1 know that they
Possess a charm that can subdue v/
Hearts that withstood both black Wjjd blue.
The face is fair, with eyes of
Wiih eyes of grey is still more bur, :
For what the last in life may lack ; 'A .
:ls made up by the softer air ; r
Imparted to the lovely faces f' ; "
That grey and blue.so often graces.!
The black may pierce the gazer though.
And make the lightest spirits dahee—''
Our souls may melt before thebjiiejl;
Or die away in pleasure’s.trancef >
But I will still my homage pay i; .
To the enchanting eye of grey, i ,y :
The eye that kindly beams on mo
Shallalways meet a like return ;,:
And I will bend the ready kneot .■
Wber’er those those glancestneltorburn,
And idolize the lovely ptljej./f ‘ -3!V .
Whether of greyvpr ct;,bluer!^
K CUBE ALL^^f
Some gentlemen were talking one evening at
the house of a friend, when one of them exclaim'
“Ah, depend on it, a soft answcria a tpighty
cure ail.”
At this stage of the conversation a hoy who
sat behind at a table, studying his Latitvgrara
mar, began to listen, and repeated, as he tho’t,
quite to himself. . ,
‘‘A soft'answer is a mighty cure all.”‘
“Yes/that's the gentleman; start
ing and turning sec wheto the ccho
came from. “Yes, it; don’t youi'fhink
so, my lad?” , ,?>'■' -
The boy blushed a little at finding, hmiself so
unexpectedly addressed, but answered. ■ ;
“I don't know’whether I .understand you,
sir'?”
: “Well, I’ll explain, then,” said thogonllo
man, wheeling round his chair, “for. it is a
principle you alight to understand ' und apt up
on ; besides it is the principle which ingoing to
conquer the world." ’ : iv r
The boy looked more puzzled than
thought he would like to know something that
was equal to Alexander himself.
: *‘l might ns well explain, ’’ said'he, “cytcU
ing you about the first time it conquered nie.
My father was an officer, ond his notionJjyos to
settle everything by fighting ; if-:-a boy ever
gave me asaucy word it was, ’ j;. -if, -
“Fight ’em, Charley, ■ ■;
By and by X was sent to tbe-fatUouS', y.rp.E
school, and it so happened. jßu
fodrid he Jived ina small house boljjnd'vr’e Aca
demy, I began to strut a little aud/tajk,(abbot
what my. father was; -.but he was papithl
■scholar, very much thought of- by: thoj, boys,
besides being excellent at bat and ball, v e were
soon on pretty good terms, and sd jlf’wmt on
for some time. After a while some of ( t a?'fel
lows of my stamp got into a
of the ushers; and some how or other ; ire got'
the notion that Tom Tucker was at the iottom
ofit. x '
‘•Tom Tucker, who is he V I cried c i
“I’ll let him know who I am," and we ( t
on, until we fairly talked ourselves into a
cel <* wolves. The boys then sent me cm
down to Tom Tucker’s and let him kno y
he had to expect. .'Swelling with rage Ijl
into his yard, where he was at work wip
i and his little sister. J}'
Til leach yon to talk about me in thl!
lihundered, marching up to him. I
He never winced or seethed the least bif fright
ened, but stood still, looking at me as'.raild as
a lamb. .
“Tell me,” I cried, throwing down my book',
doubling up ray fist, and sliding up tq him—
“tell me, or I’ll’.’—kill you, I was going lossy,
for murder was in my heart. _ .('/
He stepped to one side, butanswefed firmly,
yet mildly. --.j
“Charles, you may strike me as [touch as
you please,! tell you I shan't - Strike back
again ; fighting is a poor way to sottle/difijcul
ties. I'm thinking when you are ChafieaEve
rett. I’ll talk with you.” .
*Ob, what an answer was that; hoy? it cow
ed me down —so firm and yet so mild. I,felt
that there was no fun in having the; fine all .on
one side. I was ashamed of myself, by tem
per, and everything about me. I longed to get
out of his sight. I saw what a poof. foolish
way my way of doing things was. I felt that
Tom'had completely got the better of mq-ythat
there was a power'in his principles superior to
anything I had ever seen before, and [rout that
hour Tom Tucker had an influence over roe
which nobody else ever had. befora onsince: it
has been for good. That, you see, is- tfie pow
er, mighty moral of a soft answer, ■
“1 have been about the world a treat deal
since then, and I believe,” said the aßbtteman,
“that nearly all, if not all. tho-bicUddngs, the
quarrels and disputes which arise tnnong men,
women, or children,’in families, neighborhoods,
churches, or even nations, can bo cured,by the
mighty moral power of a soft answer,.for the
Scripture has it, ‘A soft answer tunjeth away
wrath.’ ” . f ;
A good old man ia the beat antiquity. and
which wo may with least vanity admire, one
which time has been this long a verting, and,
like winter fruit, ripened, while others arc sha
ken down. He hath taken out aSpnanydesspns
of the world ns days, and learned the best thing
in it-tho vanity of it. He looks ojrcr his for
iner. life as a danger well past, ana
hazard himself to begin again, The near door
of death saps him not, but he expels
as his turn in nature, and fears motshjs recoil
ing back to childishness than dusi,- All men
look to him as a common father,'xnd pn old
; age, for his sake as reverent. Bo | raedees bis
experience on youth without the I irshness of
.reproof, and in his counsel is gooi - company.
He. has some old stories still of bh own seeing
to confirm what he says, and maki j them, bet
terjn the telling; yet it is not roublesotno
with the same tale pgain, but rein mbers with
them how often he has told them, { He. is not
apt to put the boy on a younger,, man, nor the
fool on a boy, btii can distinguish gravity from
a sour look, and the leas testy lie ns' the.more
regarded. You must pardon him If he likes his
own times better than these, because . those
things are folly to him now, that were wisdom
then ; yet be makes of that opinion too when
wo see him; and conjectures thosei.times by so
good a relic. Ho goes away at last, whensoev
er, with all men T s sorrow but his own; and his
memory is ffesb when it is twice [is old.
Bishop Earle.
b way,
h Good Did Man. ;
THE FARMER’S PARROT;
OR. KEfeP OUT OF BAD COMPANY.
One beautiful Spring, a fanner, after working
busily for several weeks, succeeded in planting
one of his largest fields of corn. But the neigh
boring crows, not having the fcanof law in their
hearts, and being anything, but tce-totalcrs,
found their way to the farmer’s corn-field, and
departed frequently corned. The farmer not
being willing that the germs of a future crop
should be destroyed by eitherfairur/dui means,
determined to drive,the bold marauders to their
nests. Accordingly ho loaded up his trusty
gun, with the intention of giving them upon
their next visit,»a warm reception.
Now the farmer had a parrot, as talkative
and mischievous as those birds.usually are, and
being very tame, it was allowed its freedom, to
come and go at pleasure. Strolling around
some time after the farmer's declaration of war
against birds in general, and crows in particu
lar, whom should it see but a number of those
bold, black robbers, engaged industriously in
the farmer-like occupation of raising, corn.—
“Pretty Poll” being a lover of company, with
out much caring whether good or bad, hopped
over all obstructions, and was soon engaged
with them, in what I suppose was an interes
ting conversation on the many advantages of-a
country over a city life.' Their friendly talk
might have been quite prolongucd, had not a
passing wind wafted it to the cars of the farmer,
who was leisurly smoking his calumet by the
cozy fireside.' . •
Up started he, breaking in his hurry the
“pipe of peace”—a bad omen for the crows—
and wilb his gun he sallied , forth. Reaching
his corn-field at, length, he saw ata glance
(tHoqgh he overlooked tbe parrot) JaHHatc of
affairs. Leveling his gun, he flmjmid with
the report was heard the death scream-of three
crows, and an agonizing shriek from poor Poll.
As the farmer advanced to see what execution
he had done, the unwdunded crows arose in the
dir, loudly pleading their cause as they depart
ed. On looking among the murdered crows,
great was his surprise to sec stretched upon the
ground his mischievous parrot, with -feathers
sadly ruffled, and a broken leg.
••You foolish bird,” cried the farmer, “this
homes of keeping bad company.” yn
The parrot did not reply—probably because,
it did not know exactly what to say ; but it
looked very solemn, which answered just" as
well. On carrying it to the house, the children
secicg its wdunded ieg.-exclaimcd:
“Whattflid it, Papa—what hurt our pretty
Poll V'J ;v
-'company —bad company!” answered
the jwrot in-a solemn voice. ,
imv. that it was,” said the farmer, “Poll
WW with thosC wickeri crows when I fired, and
received a shot intended for them. Remember
the-parrot’s fate, children, and 1 beware of bud
company.”
‘ With these words the farmer turned around,
and with the aid of hts wife, bandaged the bro
ken leg, and in a few weeks-the parrot, I .was as
lively as ever, but never forgot Us adventure in
j j-he corn-field, and if ever the farmer's children
: in play with quarrelsome companions,
inyambly dispersed ib.em wilh Its cry, ‘>bad
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1 • Litth Pilgrim.'
V f
The lunatic and the Sportsman,
In an articlebn “ The World at Large," the
purport of whioh is to show that men who are
reputedly sane men, often act very insanely, ft
writer in Chambers’ Journal reproduces this
story: , . ;
-. A gentleman of fortune visited a lunatic asy
lum, where the treatment -consisted chiclly in
lorcing the patients to stand in tubs of cold wa
ter, those slightly allcclcd up to the knees V oth
ers whose cases were graver, up to the middle;
while persons seriously ill, were immersed up
to the neck. The visitor entered into conversa
tion with one of the patients, who appeared to
have some curiosity to know how the stranger
passed his time out of doors.
I have horses and greyhounds for cours
ing,” said tlio latter, in reply to the other's
question.
Ingrily.
[rallied
[a par
to go
what,
ibolted
Trip
“ Ah, these are very expensive.” ,
“ Yes, they cost meagreat deal of money in
the year, but they are the best of their kind.”
“ Have you anything more ?”
Yes, I have a pack of hounds for bunting
fox.” ''
•. ‘VAnd they cost a good deal loo.”
; “ A very great deal. And I have birds for
hawking.’’
“Isee, birds for hunting birds. And they
swell up the expense, I dare say.”
“ You may Say that, for they are not common
in this country. And then I sometjmes go out
along with my gun, accompanied by a seller
and retriever.’’
“ And those are expensive 100 ?”
“Of course. After all, it is hot the animals
themselves that run away with the money:
there must be men, you know, to feed and look
after them, houses to lodge them in—in short
the whole sporting establishment.”
“ I see yon have horses, hounds, sellers, re
trievers, hawks, men : and all for the capture of
foxes and birds. What an enormous revenue
they must have cost you ! Now- what I want
to know is this, what return do they pay ?
What does a year’s sporting produce?”
“Why, we kill a fox now and then—only
they are getting scarce hereabouts—and we sel
dom bag [css than fifty braces of birds each
season.” '■■ ■
Hark!” said the lunalic. looking anxiously
around him, “ My friend,” in an earnest whis
per, “ there is a gate behind you ; lake my ad
vioe, and bo off out of this, place while you are
safe. Don’Met the doctor get his eyes upon
you. Ho’duoks us to some purpose: but as
sure as you lire a living man ho will half drown
you.”
■ O’ We have heard of polite men who were
considered indeed the very pink of courtesy,
but we doubt whether any one could surpass in
,the quality Col. P, : a gentleman well
known in Mississippi. The following anecdote
is characteristic;
The Col. was an addition to any company,
especially the special one who was going from
Wheeling to St. Louis at that special lime
Somebody who.had bis well being at heart said
to the old man:
“ Colonel, ain’t you rather afraid to drink so
much whiskey ?’’ , : '
“Gentlemen,”said the Colonel,it isn’t at all
my style. I never drink whiskey at homo and
I am only doing it now out of consideration for
tho Captain".” .
J* For the Captain ?” enquired half a dozen
voices.
. “ Yes. gentlemen, for tho Captain. Tho Cap
tain bos stated to me that the water in the river
is' pretty low—scarce, very. Do you think,
gentlemeu, that I would under the circumstan
ces, use any of the precious fluid, perhaps pre
venting the boat getting down the river? I
understand my duty to the Captain too well.”
17" An Irishman, being f truck by his mas
ter, cried "out, — ,
“ Divil take me if 1 am certain whether ho
has kilt mo or no; but if lam kill, ift will af
ford me groat satisfaction to hear the old dog
was hanged for hilling me."
AT $2,00 PER ANNUM.
Remarkable Bate by Railroad,
One day last week, as the eastern bound ex
press train reached Lnporte, Ind., a passenger
stepped off while the engine was being replen
ished with wood and water, and walked back
and forth on the platform, and continued to
walk until the whistle sounded. The other
passengers got on board and the train passed
oil. but the gentleman still walked on., A few
minutes after the train had gone, a station man
saw the pedestrian, and going up to him, asked
in a surprized lone—
the are you doing hero V
llhe man started, opened his eyes, and looked
around bewildered. The fact was. lie bad been
fatigued, and dropped asleep while walking.
Rousing himself, he asked:
•Why! where am I?”
■Where are you ? At Laportc.’
•Where’s the train I came in T
•That left ten minutes ago.’
‘Ten minutes ago and left me! 1 must go
on that train. It is a question of life and death
to roe. Can you get me to it 1 Have you got
an engine here? Where is the superinten
dent?’
The section master had an office near by. and
they went id find the official and procure an en
gine. The traveller stated his case—he must
go on—could not delay—and offered the officer
$250 if lie would put him on board the train.
This strange demand and strange offer caused
the station master to hasten and do what he
could. The fne was not out of the engine that
had drawn ihe train to that point—the bargain
was settled—a draft given on New York for
$250, and in ten minutes the.traveller started
with an engine to overtake the flying express.
After rushing, on for thirty or forty miles,
some connection gave way about the engine.
The engine was stopped —the engineer found
the difficulty, and in a very few minutes had a
wooden pin whittled out and fitted to supply
the deficiency. With this, on they flew. The
train had, of course, many miles the start-of
them, and despite the wooden pin, the engineer
crowded on steam, and tore ihrough the coun
try at a fearful rate; Thirty, miles of. the dis
tance passed was run in twenty-seven minutes,
but the engagement was that they shjuld over
take the train, and overtake it they did, but
not until more than one hundred miles had
been run, and they ,were approaching Toledo.
Having at length overtaken and slopped the
train and hurried on board, the .traveller went
eagerly to a binh in 'the,sleeping car, and, took
therefrom a carpet.hag containing $275,000.
His treasure was safe—none had. molested, it,
and dismissing his faithful cornier, he went on
his way rejoicing at the success of his perilous
and exciting adventure.
' Cleveland Plamdealer.
Legal Anecdotes.
Sergeant Cockle, who was a rough, bluster
ing fellow, once got from a witness more than
ho gave. In a trial of a right of fishery, he
asked the witness, “Dost thou love fish ?”
•'Aye.” replied .the witness with a grin, “but 1
dinna like Cockle sauce with it!" The roar of
laughter which echoed through the court rather
disturbed the learned sergeant.'' There is an
aiiocdolesorni.-£hiugKiiriiiarreiatedorSergcant
Davy, a great Idh-yer of tho. last age. A gen
tleman once appeared in the-Court of King's
Bench to give bail in the suin'of .£3OOO. Ser
geant Davy, wanting to display his wit. said Ip'
him, sternly," “And pray, sir, how dp you make
out that you ore worth £3OOO ?” The gentle
man slated the particulars of his property up ‘
lo £2O-10. . .“That’s all very-good," said the
sergeant, “but you want £6O more to be worth
£3000." “For that sum,” replied the gen
tleman, in ho ways disconcerted, “I have a note
of hand of one Sergeant Davy, and I hope ho
will have the honesty to settle it.” The laugh
ter that this rcply excited, extended even to the
bench: tho sergeant looked abashed, and Lord
Mansfield observed, in his usual urbane tone,
“Well, brother Davy, I think we may accept
the bail."
Cure for Scrofula.
The Cincinnati Commercial publishes the fol
lowing specific for Scrofula, communicated by
Nicholas Longworth, the great wine manufac
turer of that city;
Put one ounce of aquafortis in a bowl or sau
cer; drop in it two copper cents: it will effer
vesce ; leave the cents in : when the efferves
cence ceases, add two ounces of the strongest
cider vinegar; tile fluid will be a dark green
color; it should and will smart; if too severe,
put in a little,rain water; apply it to the sore,
morning and evening, by n soft brush or rag ;
before applying it, wash the sore with water.
Its first application known to my, was on a
poor girl, sent to our city from Memphis, to
have her leg cut off, a few years since; from
her knee to her foot one third of the flesh was
gone, and all the skin except a strip about two
inches wide ; she was soon running about, and
would work, which delayed the entire cure,
leaving a small sore which was in a few months
entirely healed. A young girl, with scrofula in
her neck, having a large open hole, deemed in
curable, came one month after, and was,entire
ly cured. I have never known a case where it
did not effect a cure.
A Curious Visitation op Insects.—We
find in the London Illustrated Times, the'fol
lowing account from a correspondent of a singu
lar visitation of insects to a church at Colchcs-
Did you observe in the papers a curious par
agraph informing the public that a church in
Colchester had been .shut up, because it swarms
with (oul insects 1 When I saw the paragraph.
V thought it could not be true, but on inquiry,
I find it even so; and a very strange phenome
non it is. The church in question is St. Peter's,
the principal church in the town. It has lately
been entirely refitted inside, and scarcely had
the congregation returned when the plague fell
upon them.
The wretched creatures which have commit
ted this atrocious sacrilege are, I am told, as
small as dust—numbered by myriad and my
riads—and are so lively that fumigation bysul
pher docs not kill them ; nor will they die in a
bottle hermetically scaled. Whence they come,
is at present a mystery. Some say from the
new wood, but that is hardly probable. Others
aver that they creep from an old vault which
was broken into accidentally whilst the qburch
was under repair. For a lime the congregation
hoped that the plague would be stayed, and
held on, but they were disappointed, and at
last they were obliged to evacuate and shut up
the church. Just fancy—for I will not venture
to describe in del ail the effect of such a visita
tion on 1200 devout people, as they became con
scious of it—every soul in the place, from the
parson to the Sunday School scholars, clothed
in a sort of Ncssus’ shirt
OCT - “Well, Patrick,” asked the doctor,
11 how do you feel to-day 1”
Och, doctor, dear. I injoy very poor health
inliroly. This ruraatios is very distressiu’in
dado; when I get to sleep I lay awake all night,
and my toes is swilled as large as a goose hen’s
egg. so tyhic I stand up I fall down immediate
ly.”
TUB EXECDTIM OP 88. MSG; FOR TUB,
■ MfIBBBB OF BIS WJFB/ ;’/r :L
We have already given 1 a'sfiort telegraJiMd
account of the oseChfWh of or. King, at~oo
.burg, Canada, fof tho ‘crtibl murder of
by poison. A correspondent.of tho. Kathfßotf
(O', W.) Spectator gives full particulars of tho
case, with a abort account of tbo preVfcUs life
,ol tbo unfortunate'roan. It appears that ho.
was brought up In the neighborhood of Brighton.
The Sheriff, who had to direct hfa execution!
had Khown him from a, boy, as had also fhh’
Bev. Mr. HiessfoKj, who attended him in liiir
NO. 2.
last moments, ills life had been a chequered
one. When a , youth ho was fond of reading »
theological works, and bis demeanor was so so/
ripus that it was imagined by many that he '
would go into the church.' Then ho married-af ;
Miss Lawson, of Brighton, and went to tho Nor
mal Toronton. Next ho became n
teacher at the Central School, Hamilton.' Fi
nally, ho studied homeopathy at Philadelphia, 1
and settled down to practice at Brighton.
Ho seems to have thought his wife behcattf' '
him In station. Sho certainly was inferior't'cf.-.l
"him In education, and, ol lata years, Vhiler-ltdVv
was educating himself more and more, sheseemk.
to have become more and more distasteful to ,
him. His wile boro him a child some two ’
years since, which only survived a short time/ ; ''
and, as sho was about to become a motherngsinr >
he destroyed her in the most
No valid excuse can be found fot the crime y
nothing can be told in palliation. He siys. hp
was Inlatunted with a Miss Yandervoot,' and fel t -
he mnst have her ns his wife, whatever happen
ed. Tie acknowledges that he administered hr-'
sonic in repented small doses. After giving
arsenic; time after time, he Intended to do simi
larly with chloroform, but tho first dose of it
proved too strong for.iter enfeebled constitu
tion, and she died of it,
King was a fine looking man, with a tluihr
heard and moustaches, andonly ahdiit ZI years,
of ago. On the scaffold he was dressed in black,
and looked the gentleman. There was nothing
whatever in his appearance that would lead one
to suspect nini of crimp. One of tho clergy
asked him, when nil had<taken op their places,
whether ho had anything to say. “Where,"ha
asked, «is that paper t” A document was
given him, which lie had written that morning
early, in a fine, free, flrm-Wwd. ‘ “ Must I stand
on the drop i” lie' said. ' .The Sheriff told him
“ where you please.” Ho went to the front and ,
road in tones which were clear, distinct, but
sorrowful, tiro following address:
«My toliow-Cliristiapa—X stand before you
to-day in tho moat awful position in which a im
mah being can bo placed—convicted of the most
dreadful of all crimes, and sentenced by tbo
laws of my country to pay. the penalty of my
gUilt by sacrificing my own life. It is very hard
to be -deprived of life in comparative youth j hut
I. do not dispute the justice of my sentence, nbr
find fault with the most righteous dispensations,
of an nll.wise Providence. I have had lime to
think over tho evil of my ways; to bewail raf
grievous sins and great wickedness kvitl* a deep
contrition, and to go to the fountain of healing
for. pardon. I have besought. Aliqighly Cod
night and day for forgiveness. I look lo tho
cross of Christ, lo the merits of His precious
sacrifice, as my only, stay, my only hope. Uh
worthy as I feel myself to bo of God’s compas
sion, I have a firm relinnoe upon His grecious
redemption, that Ila d-illelb not the death of a
sinner. I humbly and devoutly believe that Ho
has.pardoned me, chief of sinners though ! bo,
fur tho merits of Jesus Christ, our blessed Re*
deemer. . • .
“X folly and entirely confide in the all-suffi
ciency ol His atonement, and 1 humbly trust
that through;the efficacy of His precious blood,
my Heavenly Father will accept me, a broken:
hearted penitent, into His kingdom of peace and
blessedness.
<< I entreat my fellow-Christians to take warn
ing from my fate, and to beware of tho tempta
tions of the evil ono. 1 have been blinded by.
the evil passions pf ont corrupt nature, and se
duced into the groatoat-ot .crimes, through thq v
iristigidi.Pns Ot .fho corrupt flesh, and the snares,
of the ddvfl.V I; affectionately, exhort you to ‘
guard against; this, and to seek steadfastly (lie
grace of God as your only sufficient protection
and safeguard. ' Acknowledge Him in all your
ways; live In the fear and love of God; honor
His Sqbbaths; keep close to Him in prayer,
-and tho reading of His word; and maintain com.
munlon with Him in the blessed ordinances of ;
religion.
“ My Christian friends, I leave this world.in
charily with alt men, and with a heartfelt prayer
that God would bless tho souls of all my broth: -
ren of the human race. X pray that His king
dom ol peace and truth may spread every where,
and that His will may be done on earth as pure
ly and universally as it is in heaven.
“ In these, my last moments I licartily tlianb
all those who have showed mo any kindness, es
pecially Ihose who have aided me, during, my
recent trials, with their counsel and their pray
ers, and from my soul I forgive all those who
have done me any wrong or injustice.
, “ X beseech you, my dear Christian friends,
pray now for me; join yonr prayers withmine,
that my faith may not tail at this my last boiirjt
that no weakness of the flesh, no power of Sa
tan, may separate ,mo from God. Fray that I '
may experience His full pardon, and that, hoi.
Hoving, as I do, heartily and sincerely iu the
Cord Jesus Christ, and deeply contrite for my
sins, X shall bo saved. “ llfjr. H. Kino.
“ Coburg Jail, June 9, 1859.” .
After which ho said. “I hope I shall see
her again—l think I shall.”
The paper was then given to Mr- Vandobnrg, .
and King said to the crowd, “ Farewell—l bid
you all a long farewell.”
There was hardly one upon tho scaffold whoso
eyes wore not moistened, with tears; All the
clergy sobbed audibly; the {Sheriff, too, was
much affected. Nor was the emotion of tho..
beholders lessened when tho criminal was di
rected to kneel, and the executioner tied his
hands and feet and put a white, cap over his
head. Then the Roy. Mr. Blcssdeli read that
sentence from the service at the burial of the
dead beginning, “Man that is born of woman."
Then tho Rev. Archdeacon Bothuno began and '
finished tho beautiful commendatory, prayer,
used in the visitation of the sick, “Unto God’s,
louse."
Before the prayer had been concluded! tfto
Sheriff’s signal was given, and llio'drop fell—a
heavy “ thud” was hoard and the body was seen
to fall, men drew a long breath and sighed, a few
women shrieked loudly, one or two fainted.
King’s muscles twitched slightly, and all was
over.
• “ Louder.”— A man. lately went to the post
office, and putting his month close up to tho
delivery box, cried out “ Louder 1” The clerk
supposing tho man to be. deaf, aiid that ho was.
making a request of him lb speak louder, so
that ho could hoar, asked him in a very loud
(one, tho name of the person for whom ho want
ed the letter.
“Louder!” cried the man. -'M- r
“ What name 7” yelled the clerk.
“ Loudorl” again bawled the man, who sup
posed the clerk to. bo deaf- , . ‘
Tho dork took a long broalih and'with alibis
might again hollowed out in theroan’a face the
same question. “What namoT” This wgs
done in so loud a tone, that llio ccho soceteditov
return from tho far oft’hnis-
Tho man started back in aihrmp shouting at
the top of his big lungs s “ Loudbr.sir, Louder!
I told you Louder—my name ia-nolfilng else.”
<<o, ah I O, ho! your name is Louder,, oh 1
Didn’t for a moment think o( that? here’s your,
loiter, Mr. Louder.”
How to be CiiEEnrui.—Richter, that renown
ed German writer, asks of a friend, “ Try for »
day, I beseech 3*ou, to preserve yourself in an*
easy and cheerful frame of mind. Bo for ono
day. Instead of a flre-worshlppor of passion,.*
sun-worshipper of clear sell-possession, and)
compare fho day In which you have rooted’out
the wood’of dissatisfaction with that on which
you have allowed it to grow up j and yon will
find your heart open to. every good motive, your
life strengthened, and your heart armed .with a
panoply against every trick of fate; truly you
will wonder at your own improvement.” -
O'" Most kinds of roots and hark are now
used as medicines, except the cube coot andtho
bark-ofadog. • > ■
Hit sjifeeii «£Kr