•Amfrifan ilolunlwr. VOL. 47* AMERICAN VOLUNTEER. I PDDLIBIISD KVBRT THUnSDAT MdRNIKO HIT JOIM D, BRATTON. TERMS. i Sudsciption.— One Dollar-and Fifty Cents, paid in advance;.Two Dollars if paid within tho year; pod Two Dollars and Fifty Coats, if not paid within tka yoar. These terms will bo rigidly adhered to 4 in every instance. No subscription discontiauoduntil all arrearages are pud unless at tho option of thfc Editor. Ad vehtiskments— Accompanied by the cash, and .V,o.t exceeding one square, will be insetted throe times for One Dollar, and twenty-five cents for each Additional insertion. Those of a greater length in proportion. JoD-PuiNTiN’G —Such as Posting-bills, Pamphlets, Blanks,. Labels, <fcc. &c., executed with accuracy and at tho shortest notice. iim-STH-AT HOME SOCIETY. MONDAY NIGHT. Ohl loro, I am glad you've come, ‘ Thosuppor’s almost cold; Rut.here’s a nice warm bit for you,. I don’t intend to scold. . Xonr office closed, all b'usiiioss done, Your books laid on the shelves. How pleasant if will be to pass, . This evening by ourselves. HUSBAND. My lovo, my dearest lovo, you know How happy I should be. If I could pass my leisure hours In sweet commune with thcc; ’ Rut (hero ho sighs) you know wo must Obey stern duty’s call, . And this night, dearest, just this one, I must be at (ho hall. . • - TUESDAY NIGHT, My lovo, Miss Cricket takes to-night, . Her benefit, and so, ’ As she is bno I much admire, I'd really like to go. HUSBAND. You shall my lore. Stop, I forgot, 'Tis Tuesday night, I swear; A special meeting’s culled to-night, I really muat bo there. - WEDNESDAY* NIGHT. Dear Charted, it’s been so dull to-day Without you, I confess, 1 “Lot’s draw thu table to the firo ’ And liuvo a gamc of ebesfi. HUSBAND. I would,accept your challenge, lovo, .. And grant your sweet domuud, Rut Wednesday is our Lodge, you know, 'And I must he on bund. • ■, THURSDAY NIGHT, WIFE. Welt, love, what shall wo do to-night, Road or atteud tho play ? ■ Or.have a little.priva’te talk,., , The first for many a day ? - HUSBAND. Just as you please, I'll soon bo bock; Business of very great . Importance, love, comes off to-night; X must.not let them wait. FRIDAY NIGHT. WIPE. My lovo, just clasp this pin for me, / And, 6'Aarleff, pray band my shawl;. You.know you. promised me . Tg take mo to thp ball. 1 J HUSBAND. I know ! did; but really, lovo, i .1 bad forgot it nil,. And promised £ would go to-night Some members to install. I hate to disappoint you, dear, ■ T kuovr It is provoking, Rut when you spoke of it to-day 1 really thought you joking. SATURDAY NIGHT. WIPE. Hero, take the baby, Charted yoX\ day lib’s lain upon niy lap; This evening you can wiitoh him while I take a lithe nap. HUSBAND. Poor little thing, bow pale bo looks; I hope ho won’t get worse There's an election held to-night, . . JSlso I’d stay at home and nurse. SUNDAY NIGHT, WIFE. Dear Charted, hero are your cloak and h/it, And overshoes, all warm; I hope you won't stay late to-night, There's such a dreadful storm. HUSBAND. Not stay out lato I you don’t suppose I really could intend . To leave my dearest wife alone , Her evening hours to spend, Jjiat place my slippers by the fire, And wheel, the cheerful light Right by. my coey rooking-chair, Ire U ttay at home to-night / MMlmms. HAPPY KITTY MILLER. “ That child is crowing as wild as a; colt,” tras the remark I hoard from my Aunt Lucy’s Hne, as,l looked up at her from the lowest stop of the piazza, where I was frolicking vrith'two big dogs. ** ‘‘ Yes, and I’m afraid, her mother won’t fllank us: fur it," was Uncle John’s reply, she s racing and romping from morning till night, and I think the best thing we can do is to send her to school,* 1 ' ~ Oh’ Uncle John 1” j began to remonstrate, but Hector and Bounce rushed at meaimulta nbously and overpoworodmo with their car 08S0S so that I could not finish my sentence,’ how X had been sent into the country that so, that I might got strong nnd hear ty, in view of the long winter, school months m store, and to be thus suddenly deprived of my lawful rights, seemed to me the most un just thing m the world. I pouted, I frown ed, and Toned, but all to no purpose; myun tt,^ a r d a j nt , s P e , e . di , l y mado “P their minds that T a tra!n!n g. and decided Hnt t A ! 10U l d 6° to 8011001 one half of every ’ 80 1!l ? next Monday morning, a n ° ,ghbor ’? dau ghter, called for Snhv ' h a now roadm g book and geog- StSSrt. a very suHen lace, I startl’d off Wisorabl v l?l S?h i Ir 88, 14 s ®omed to me n rably plain building, with the roughest kind of seats and desks, tut when the lessons were given out, if it had not been for my sul ky mood, I should have, laughed outright. They were not half ns long as those I had to learn at the city school, and I had gone over them all before, but I would not say. so, and I purposely missed and blundered at first, be cause I could not bear to be tied .down to books and a hard seat, when I wanted to be playing in the open air. I was cross and un tamable, and I knew the girls all disliked me, besides which, I was such a trial to the Eoor school mistress, that I came very near oing dismissed altogether, even from that little country school. Kitty Miller was the great favorite, and homely and unprepossessing as she looked to me, she was welcomed, more heartily when she made her appearance in the morning, than any other girl in school. She had a freckled, sunburnt face, and always wore the. cheapest calico, dresses, so I was sure that neither beauty nor, riches'made her attractive, but af ter a while I discovered what my willful blindness prevented my seeing before, that it was her contented, happy disposition, her universal good nature, which made everybody love her. She never complained of anything, was always ready to bo of service to others, and she even persuaded herself into my good graces, by joining mo in the tearing race homo oneway with Hector and Bounce. I began to like Kitty, and think that with her school was endurable, and when one day Aunt Lucy told me that she and Undo John were going away for a day or two, and that I might stay at Mrs. Miller’s, I was quite de lighted at the prospect Aunt Lucy’s last) words, as she loft me at her neighbor’s gate, were, •“ Now, try and learn Kitty’s secret of be ing happy.” It was Thursday evening, and T expected to stay until Saturday afternoon, so that night we went to bed early, in anticipation of A school day, and longer lessons than usual on the morrow. I feel asleep almost as soon as my head touched the pillow, and I did not hear a sound until early in the morning, when on opening my eyes, I saw Kitty dress ing and,learning her spelling lessons. I was about to jump out**of bed, when'she turned around, and seeing my movement, said, “O, you need not stir .'for. half,an hour;. I have some things to attend ■ to, and must be ,up early.” ■ ,v I closed my eyes for another nap, and the j next thing that roused 1 mo, was a child’s voice in the adjoining room; the partition was thin, and by the talking, I ascertained that Kitty was dressing her little brother. I could hear, her cheerful, pleasant voice, saying, “ Now be a man, Robbie, and have your face washed— that’s it,” as a splash and*.a laugh followed, “ only we mustn’t make a noise, for wo have company this morning,.and Robbie is going to have a clean frock'and apron, and better than clean face;' If anybody should want to kiss him.’-’ . - It was her winning, coaxing manner, that made Robbie so willing to be dressed, and when that. *"7’* .o VO r,.1. bo urd, bor-ikip down stairs, and his little feet pattering along after her. I thought it must be time for ,mo to rise, but I had hardly comhienced dressing, when I heard a* voice, under the .Wiridow calling “ Chick, chick,”- followed by the tapping of a spoon against a tin pan, and looking out, I saw my little friend again, feeding a whole score of feathered creatures, while she turned her head to exchange a* pleasant “good morn ing” with Jarvis, their hired man. My toilet was made in a hurry, for I feared I was the laziest one in ‘the house-—so when J. hod lied my apron strings, I went down into the kitchen, where Robbie was already in stalled, with a basket of * clothes pins before him, which he was . dexterously fastening around the rim of a wash basin. Mrs. Mil ler’s hands were in a bowl of meal, but she had a cheerful word for mo, and told me if I would come and sit by the dresser, she would show me how to make johnhie cake.. I had often seen the process at Aunt Lucy’s, but it was the baking it this morning that particu larly interested mo. Mrs. Miller took a small, smooth board, and spread the mealy batter over it; patted it down with her hand, and then stood it up endwise before the wood-fire, with a flat-iron against it to keep it from fall ing backward. I expected to see it tumble flown every moment, but for a wonder it stood upright, and in'all its various turnings, nei ther slipped off nor fell down: - l am sure no breakfast ever tasted half so good to me ns that one at Mrs. Miller’s with her hot coffee and fresh bread, and the john nie-cake baked on a board. After the meal was over, there remained two-hours to school-time, yet Kitty was occu- every moment; she’helped her mother wash the dishes, fed her little white kitten, and then disappeared mysteriously for about fifteen minutes. I had not thought what she might be doing, but a little while after, when I went up stairs for the purpose of tidying our room, I found it already swept, the bed nicely made, and everything in readiness for another night’s rest. “I suppose we can play how,” said I to Kitty, as I went down stairs, for I could see nothing to be done. Kitty laughed—a merry, happy laugh—and shaking her head, answer ed; “O, I never get time to play in the morn ing." WIPE. WIFE. WIPE. That seemed very hard to me, who had so many idle moments on my hands, but I did ■ not say so to her, hut offered to help her in whatever sne had to do. She took a large . basket, and as we were going to the garden to ■ gather the vegetables for dinner, I asked her when.she found time to learn her lessons. . “0,;_I learn them by.snatches," said she: —“ a little here, a little there, though I never oap tell when I study them.” , “,® ut don’t'you get tired," I’inquired, "of ■ having something to do all the time?" “Yes, oi)oo in a while,’’ said Kitty, “ but if 1 played .whenever I wanted to, mother would have to work a great deal harder to make up for it, and I should not'be so happy.” 1 It was a pretty long walk. to the school house from-Mrs. Miller’s, and of course Kitty was busy with her lessons, excepting at recess, until one o clock, when we both went home she like myself attending for only half a day’ Her fingers flew then until tea time, gem ming towels, mending Robbie’s torn frOck and gathering currants from the garden for the^ evening meal; but never once did an im patient look cross her face, nor a hasty word escape her' lips. She wont about everything with as much pleasure as if it had been real pastime, while I, who had nothing to do but fo to school a part of the day, had oven grum led nt that. Truly, I was learning a lesson, [ and I; wgs glad that my aunt Lucy sent me to find out Kitty’s secret. As the next day was Saturday, she had a little more of a holiday but all the morning and a part of the after taents WAS tUSy ' n housel,old arrange " “t?. she said to me, Now, when I finish darning those stockings, r/r“ e ?A n< i Bm , ng !n th ® bnrn - ° r piay out of doors; but as her task was accomplished, there'came patters nf rafh oft the' windows, i and tvo had to give up going put. So wd went • up into the garret, where all kinds of old and • dilapidated things were kept, and wo rum • aged' out frocks and hoods, in which we ; dressed ourselves, and imagined we looked , like our grandmothers. Then we took the press-board and slid down the garret stairs^ 1 but this-made such a clatter that wo had to give it up; and then for about half an hour we were as quiet as we had been noisy just before, for. we discovered three little blind kittens in the crown of an old hat, over which dabby u kept a zealous watch,but we each took turns in holding and when wo finally gave them up to their anxious mother, we still kept, our seats listening silently to the patter of rain, that came down on the shingle roof, until Robbie's voice at the foot of the stairs interrupted us, and by his prattle we found out that a lady had come. It proved to be my Aunt Lucy, who was look ing for me, and after thanking them all for their care of me, wo went back together .to Uncle John's big farm. , Kitty's industry had shamed me, and I went to work with a good will to do something for others, and I did not complain after that of having to go to school. Her secret is mine now, and when I,went homo after that sum mer in the country, I felt much bettor satis fied than I should have done had I romped it ■ all away. My acquaintance with Kitty has been a benefit, to me all my life, for she proved ■ to mo that if I would be happy niyself, I could not find a surer way than in giving pleasure to others. . . 1 Early Vegetables. Many farmers are deterred from Attempting to produce, very early vegetables by an erro neous idea that the making of a hot bed is a complicated and difficult operation, while it is just as simple as making a hill of corn. Every man who has a garden of whatever size, if he will once try the experiment of making a hot bed, will, we venture to predict, find tho task so_ easy, and the result so satisfactory, that he will never forego the luxury afterwards. All that is necessary is to make a pile of horse manure two. and a half feet deep, with tho top level or sloping a little to the’ south, then set a rough frame made of four hoards nailed to gether at the corners, upen the bod of manure, till the frame with six inches of garden soil and cover with a Window ot glass. Any old window will answer the purpose, hut it is bet ter to have the bars of tho sash run only one way, and to have the glass laid in the manner of shingles. . Tho best plants to force are tomatoes and cabbages, which may he transplanted from tho hot bed to the open air without any trou ble. Wo have removed tomatoes when they were in blossom, and had them all live. If melons or cucumbers are forced, they should be planted in flower pots, and in transplant ing them you turn the pot' over upon your open hand and give it a gentle'thump, when tho earth comes out n a solid lump and tho roots are not. disturbed iu tho least. While tho plants are growing, they should ho wa tered frequently, and in wared days tho’sdsfi should be raised to give the plants air. . Wo have found the growing of plants under glass, , from a small hot-bed, four feet ■by six, up to 1 d largo grapery for raising the Black Ham burg .and-Ffontignao grapes, tho must satis factory of all horticultural operations. Hav ing the control of the climate both in boat and moisture, the plants can ho made to grow with a vigor which they rarely if over exhibit .in the open air, A hot-hed should be made from four to six weeks before the time of planting corn. —Scientific American. Romance of a White Suave. —According to the Carlo Gazette, a fugitive, named Henry Lee, alias Henry Jones, the property of W. C. Faulkner, of Tippah county, Mississippi, was arrested On tho 7th in Mound City, and delivered over to. the custody of his master. Mr. Lee, alias Mr. Jones, thinks he is a white man; and if the matter were to bo determin ed. wholly -by color and appearance, some folks mightpoin him in the conclusion. Ho says that his parents wore white; that they, dying when he was very young, left him in charge of a slaveholder in Alabama,. who raised him in slavery, and taught him to be lieve that he was a mulatto. He further claims that his name was changed, so that his relatives might never seok to reclaim him from bondage. He arrived at Mound City six or eight weeks ago; and secured employ ment at the marine ways. ■ He was generally recognized as a white man,' and by some was thought a “.magnificent follow.” . Value op an Explanation. — A certain king, it is said, sent to another king, saying: “ Send me a blue pig with a black tail, or else—”• . The other, in high dudgeon at the presumed insult, replied; “ I have not got one, and if I had—" On which weighty, cause they, went to war for many years. After a satiety of glories and miseries, they finally- bethought them that, as their armies and resources were ex hausted, and their kingdoms mutually laid waste, it might ho well enough to consult about the preliminaries of peace ; but before tms could be concluded, a diplomatic explana tion was first, needed of the insulting lan guage which had formed the ground of the quarrel. could you moan/' asked the sec ond king .of the first, by saying, “ send mo a blue pig with a black tail, or else— V* “Why/* said the other, “I meant a blue pig with a black tail, or else some other col or." “But,” retorted he, “what could you mean by saying, ,'J have not got one, and if I had?—”’ b “ Why, of course, if I had, I should have sent it I” an explanation which was entirely satisfactory, and peace was concluded ac cordingly. Western Politics. —Do you support Abo Lincoln? No, sir! Do you support Douglas? No, sir! Do you support Bell, then? No, sir! What! do you support Breckinridge? No, sir 1 shouted the screamer,' I “ supports”. Betsey and the children, and it’s mighty hard screwin’ to git along at that, witli corn at 60 cents a hushol. O" A fellow on tho race course was stag gering about with more liquor than ho could carry. “Hallol what is tho matter now?” said a chap, whom tho inebriated individual had just ran against. “ Why—hie—why, the fact is, a lot of my frionds have boon hotting liquor on tho race to-day, and they have got mo to hold tho stakes,” • Mountaneobs. —Old Burdy lived in Alle gheny county, and being down in the city, some one said to him; “ It is quite a mountainous country, where you live, Mr. Burdy, is it not?” “ Why, no," said the old man, “ it ain’t ex actly mountaincoug, but its,rather ahilltano ous country, that’s a'fact.” “OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS BE RIGHT—BUT, RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY MARCH li, M Scene at the Patent Office..* Down-Caster in Search of a Berth, The "Washington States and Union relates the following amusing incident: As the time for.the new administration ap proaches, the crowds who throng to Washing ton increase: Those Who make them are not altogether disinterested. [Some are on office bent. Curious ways seine of them have of finding out whore best to drive their stakes— that’s so • what pbst would best suit their ge nius. It has even conic to this; that 'some have gone as far os to look into the different dopartments in advance,-and to make inquiry of the incumbent clerk as tp the probable time, &0., of his decease as such. "!' An instance of this kind happened the other day at the Pat ent Office. A long, slab-sided, rickety, car roty-topped individual from ‘Neicw England,’ with the richest Yankee patois, walked into the Library of the Patent Office, presided over by Professor Jillson,, late of Columbian Col lege, _ an urbane gentleman, fine scholar, no politician, but with a sense of humor. ‘Wa’nl, stranger, kin I look at books hero ? ’Spose they’re public property V ‘Certainly,’ said the Professor." ‘What book would you desire ?’ And the Professor marched towards the ca ses of heavy French and German tomes, which ho has to sift for the benefit of our inventors. ‘Wa’al, I’d like to see the book they call tho Blue Book.’ ‘Ah, sir, I’m sorry wo hav’nt it here. You aro at liberty to, read v any-0f the books which we have.’ . ‘Fact is[ I want to.find Opt tho best berth I can, expectin’ Mr. Lihkih to pitt me in when ho comes into peower. I rayther like this berth stranger; 'spose yon don’t 'speot to stay, hev ? What’s the salary f eould’ut you let me know as to the dooties ?’ 1 Tam sorry, fritind, to say tho salary hardly pays for the duties. It is only what you, would earn by close labor in a corn-field out West.’ [Never mind' that; .what’s the dooties? Think I can do’em/ : : T aranot well enough acquainted with your acquisitions to answer. ’First, I have to keep an eye to all the books here.’ ‘Well, that’s not'so hard that as well as any/ ' j ‘Next, have to niake indexes and read proof of Patent Reports.’ ■ • . ‘That would come, I guess, by a little prac tice.’ ’ ■ 1 ■ ~ ‘Then,’ said the’Professor, with a merry twinkle, ‘I have to, translate for the use of the office from these books, of which I have to commit to memory, and from the various ancient and modern languages, including San crit, Hebrew, Hindoo, 1 Swedish, French, Gor man, Choctaw, Kickapoo’-^ Before the suave Professor had finished his inventory, 'his-nffico-seekind interlocutor had his hat on, and precipitated! himself into the corridor, with a hasty : '. .V ■ ■ , ‘That’l do stranger. Gooff day/ ; ■r:' , v . •-A Foadsldij Moany, y _ ... ■ And so, Squire, yiSluoj/txake&country paper?” , , " ( V , No, Major, I got.tho city napers on much better terms, so I take n couple of them.’ ‘But, ’Squire, the! country! papers often 1 prove n great convenience to;us. The more wo encourage them the bettor the editor can afford to make them/ T j ‘Why, I don’t know .off any .convenience I they are to me.’ 1 , ‘The farm you sold last nil was advertised m one of them, and thereby you obtained a customer.. Did you not?’ ( [ fo r^ r^true ’ Maj° r , butljpaid three dollars ‘And you made more thkn three, hundred dollars by it. Now, if yblirj neighbors had not maintained tho press and kept it ready for use, you would have been without tho means to advertise the property. . ]Jut I think I saw your daughter s marriage in those papers, did that cost you anything?' I . ‘No, ; . ‘And,your brother's death with a long obit uary notice. And the destruction of Mr. Iti£g s house by fire. You know these things are exaggerated till tho authentic accounts of the newspapers set them right,' , ‘O, true, but—' ? ‘And when.your cousin. Splash, was up for tho Legislature, you appeared hiuch gratified |at his defense—which cost hinjt nothing.' ‘Yes, yes; but those things are nows to the readers. They cause tho people to take tho papers.' ‘No, 'Squire Grudge, not if all were like you. Now, I tell 'you, the -will surely come when somebody will write a long eulogy on your life and character, and the printer will put it in type with all your riches, this will lie-done for you ns a grave is dug for a pauper. Your wealth, liberality, and all such things will ho spoken of; but the printer's boy, as he spells tho words in - arranging the type to these sayings, will remark of you—‘Poor mean dev il, is ev(jn sponging an obituary!' Good morning, 'Squire!' Heart .Cherries at the West.—Some years ago .strong hopes were entertained that the Mahaleb would prove a valuable stock for all the heart cherries \Vhcrii grown in the western states; and prevent that failure which has so generally attended their culture. This hope has not been realized' to much extent. The editor of the Ohio .Farmer expresses the following opinion in relation to another stock, the common Morello. We hope to see the experiment thoroughly tried... “We have strong faith in the success of the sweet cherry on the rich soil of the West, whenever it shall.come to bo worked on the Morello stocks and near the ground. Unlike the Mahaleb, it does not force the first year's growth so rank, and if any thing it tends to permanent dwarfing more perfectly than the Mahaleb." . . He alsomiakes the following remarks in re lation to two late varieties originated bv Dr. Kirtland.' “ Downer’s Late, bears no comparison in quality or sizo to Ked Jacket or ICennicott, and as a market cherry will not be grown when these and some others become bettor and more generally known.” —\ Country Gen tleman. Must have Married Young.— ln the Court of Correctional Police, recently, h, lady by\io means young, advanced coquettishly to wi wl f noss stan d. to give her testimony. What is your name? Virginia Loustatot. Your age? Twenty five. [Exclamations of incredulity from the audience.] The lady’s evidence being taken, she regained her place, still coquettislily bridling, and.the next wit ness was introduced. This one was a full grown young man. Your name? said the Judge. Isadora Loustatot. Your ago?—( Twenty seven years. Arc you a relative of the last witness ?. I am her son. Thunder 1 murmured tho Magistrate; your mother must have married very young.. jtSf The light of friendship is.like the light of phosphorus--—seen .'plainest when all around , is dark.- We hov said it was night. And onet for all we say agin: It was night. In the fore room of widder Tuttle’s house sat widder Tuttle’s only darter—Serefeenor. To R ay that Serefeenor Tuttle—such was her name likewise her natur—was a lovely gal, would bo several rows of apple trees away from her case. Her raven tresses were redder than her nose, expressible eyes, teeth—grinders, tothers being out—probably ivory. Add to those the form of a syrup, and you hev one of them gals kalkerlated to make a man strike his father and kick Jiis grandmother, break the ten commandments, and pretty much eve rything else. " , Leastwise, so thought Jemes Perkins, ns he knelt at her feet that cold, cold, cold night. “ Fairest of the fair sects,” implored the youth, “hcor mo swnr?” She said she would. And he sword. “May I be whittled inter kindling -wood, 1 swore Jemes, “may I be used stuffing sarsi gos if I ever—", Hero the strain caused by kneeling was too much for Jcmos’ onmentionables. Thar war a rip, thou a tear, and Jemes kerflumuxed, A deadly palor surfused the classic counte nance of the lovely Serefeenor. “ Oil, grashus 1” she cried and then swoon ed. , •And then Jemes he swooned too. Then—as if this had been the signal—thun der bellowed, .lightning flashed, and the wind roared in the chimbly. ' ** Jemes—Jemes,” at length called Sorefee ner, in the gossamer tone of an expirin treo tode, “ this arc the lyin gale.” Then life once more returned to the dyin’ I youth, Fora' single moment he sat on the hairth ; gracefully as a Roman soniter a fol .djn his toggy did gather his cote tails round liis torod trowsis—sorrowfully did ho gaze ■hpon the face of his beloveds —and solemnly he replied: ■ . . • “It kaint be so—it’s too airly!” Hardly had die seesed sneakin’—or more properly speakin, skasely had he dried up when the door opened,, and !! !*»***ggy ; guess could do Some years ago in Newcastle county, Dela ware, an Irishman was knocked down and robbed. He'accused a man of having .com mitted the_ robbery, and in due time the case came to trial. The Irishman being upon the stand, was cross-examined after.having sworn positively to the 1 guilt of the prisoner, by one of the keenest lawyers, and something like the following was the result: “ You say the prisoner at the bar is the man who assaulted and robbed you ?” “Yes." “Was it by moonlight when the occurrence took place?” '■ “ Divil a bit.iv it.”, ' “ Was it.starlight ?’?. “ Not a whit; it was so,dark that you could mot have scen your hand before you." “ Was there'ahy light, shining from any house near by “ Divil a bit iv a house was there anywhere about” ■ “Well, then, if there Was no moon, stars, nor light from any house, and so dark that you couldn’tsee your hand before you how are you able to swear that the prisoner was tho man ? ■ How could you see him ?” ■ “Why, yer honor, when the spalpeen struck me, the fire flow out iv me eyes so bright you . might have seen to pick up a pin, you could.” The court, jury, counsel and spectators ex ploded with shouts at this quaint idea, and tho prisoner was directly after declared not guilty. Ami mat. Economy.— As a Yankee pedlar of the genuine Connecticut breed, was one day in front of a country tavern, watering a raw-bon ed horse, whose ribs might bo as easily coun ted as marbles in a boy’s pocket; a roguish looking horse-jockoy accosted the pedlar, thinking to have some fun with him, as fol lows: ' “ I say, I rather imagine it dm’tcost much to keep that ere orittor in feed, does it?” “Mai now, what would you give to know? I make it a rule never to trade for nothing.” . ** Wclh” said the jockey, “ If you can feed him on anything cheaper than laths and brick bats, and support life, I’ll treat.” “ Done!” said Jonathan, putting both hands into his pockets and looking up into tho jook ey’s face. “I’ll take yer up! stranger. I just gets a lot of shavings and a pair of green spectacles on tho animal’s nose, and tho fool? isli creature thinks its grass! At that rate ho cats a barrel a day! Now, stranger, I’ll take a sweetner, if you please.” O.vc Drop at a Ti mrv—Have'you ever watched an icicle ns it formed? You. noticed how it froze one drop at a time until it was a foot long or more. If the water was clear, the icicle remained clear, and sparkled bright ly in the sun, if the water was but slightly muddy, the icicle looked foul, and its beauty was spoiled. Just so our characters are forming—one little thought, or feeling at a time adds its influence. If each thought be pure and right, the soul will bo. lovely, and will sparkle with happiness; but if impure and wrong, there will bo final deformity and wretchedness. SZ7T,Two little niggers wore playing in a cornfield when one of them exclaimed: “ Lordce! Pete, I sees a whoppin’ bic toad I” ' 11 b “ Whar ’nth ’c ? Sam, I can’t see ’im.” “Why thar—right thar! Whar am yer eyes, nigger?’’ “Don hit ’im wid do hoe." Sam wholed away and brought Pete all up standing on one leg. “Why, you dratted-fool nigger, dant was my foot, and I seed ’im all de time.” E®“ A young man having lost his watch key, and being weary of looking for it, re marked that be supposed it had gone to h—II by this time. “ Well,” observed his father, who was near I by, “ be contented, for you will bo quite like-1 ly to find it again." fl®" English travelers complain that they are so much hurried in ouf hotels, and so lit tle in our stage coaches. An Irish traveler took a different view of thooaso. Honest Pat came in at 1 o’clock, and was called up in half an hour. “And what will ye charge for the lodging ?" “ Twenty-five cents,” was the re ply. “An’sure twas kind of ye to call me soairly, if I’d slept until the morning I’d not had the money to pay the bill." figy With a double vigilance should we watch our actions, when we reflect that good and bad ones are never childless, and that, in both cases, the' offspring goes beyond the patent, every good begetting a-better, every bad a worse'. “Jones and Serefeener. ,) do Amusing Law Case. General Cpss at Home, From tho Detroit Free Press, March 2. The return of General Cass to his home in Detroit was made yesterday the occasion of a large and enthusiastic demonstration on the part of citizens of all classes, who united in a cordial display of the respect and esteem in which they hold his services and character; the demonstration was of a kind seldom ac-| cord<S(iS)6o men in public life; the weight and position of the principal participonts belong ing to a standard which constitutes in itself a compliment of the highest order. Wo feel assured that never on any similar occasion has n body of our citizens comprised so much of solidity, wealth and respectability, as that which yesterday morning took the cars to meet and escort homeward the venerable statesman, whoso close of office has, probably for the last time, found its close. At the close of an address Of welcOmo by Mr. Emmons, General Cass replied in the [ following words;— “Sir: The kind reception which my fellow citizens of Detroit have given me, on this my return amongst them, has impressed mo with profound emotions,of gratitude. The recol lections and associations which press upon me, render it impossible for mo to do' little more than acknowledge their kindness. My political career is ended, and I am warned that in the course of nature my life ap proaches its termination I come back to the scene of my early labors, and cares, and ex ertions, endeared to me by many an interest ing association, to remain among you till, in the providence ot God, I shall bo called to meet that final change that sooner or later must come to all. A yOung adventurer in this great region of the Northwest, it has: roved to me, as to many others, not oijly a add of promise, but a land also of perform ance. You have been pleased to refer in terms of commendation to the service I have been called upon to render to this section of our common country. I have indeed seen it advance from a weak and exposed colonial condition to its present position, possessed of all the elements of human power and prosper- ity. - ■ • • , “I have tut one regret to encounter in re suming my place nmonjj you, and that arises from tho.porilous crisis m which our country is involved. You do nie butjiistice in attribut ing to moan earnest desire for the preservation of this Union and of. the Constitution, the great work of our fathers, and which has se cured to their sons a greater measure of free dom and jprosterity than any nation over en joyed before us. I can scarcely persuade myself that I'am not oppressed by some fear ful dream, when I reflect upon all that is passing in our country, and upon the position in which this groat republic is placed; sud denly struck from the summit of its prosperi ty, and with a future before us which no man can contemplate without the most serious alarm. In all history there is'nothing like it. ‘With no external enemy to trouble Us, with no internal oppression, with none of those visitations ot pestilence or famine -or other evils by which nations are often pun ished for their offences, we have recklessly ‘put to hazard our inestimable blessings, and are entering thatpath of discord, and division and border disputes, which, if there is any ■truth in history, must lead to most disastrous consequences. Ido not allude to this fearful subject iii any partisan spirit. Ido hot seek to investigate the causes which led to the pres ent state of things. “But I indulge in.the hope that, before it 1 is too late, there will bo a determination through the whole country—a firm deterinina tion—-to cultivate feelings of friendship and harmony, accompanied by the manifestation of a spirit of conciliation mid compromise, of justice, indeed, which may lead to the hope that, if the work is earnestly and promptly undertaken, we may succeed, under Provi dence, in re establishing the integrity and the blessings of the Constitution, with the patriotic co-operation of the whole American people.” Forbidden' Fruit.—M. Noel, a French aj riculturalist, speaking of the introduction of the potato says: This vegtable was viewed by the people with extreme disfavor when first in- traduced, and ninny expedients were adopted to induce them to use it but without success. In vain did Louis. XYI wear its'flower in his button hole, and, in vain were tubercles dis tributed among the farmers; they gave them to their pigs, but would not use them for themselves. At lastParmentior, tho chemist, who well-know the nutritive properties of the potato, and was most anxious to see it in gen eral use, hit upon the following ingenious plan: Ho planted a good .breadth of potatoes at Sablons, close to Paris, and paid groat at tention to their cultivation. When the roots wore nearly ripe, he put notices around the field that all persons who stole any of the po tatoes would bo prosecuted with the utmost rigor of the law, and gens d'annes were em ployed to watch the field day and night, and arrest all trespassers. No sooner wore the roots thus forbidden, ns it were, by authority, then_ all persons seemed pager to eat them, and in a fortnight, notwithstanding the gem d’annes, the whole crop was stolen, and with out doubt, oaten. The now vegetable bavin** been found to be excellent food, was soon after cultivated in every part of the kingdom. llow to Meet Si-andeu.— A black smith having been slandered, was advised to apply to the courts for redress. lie replied, with true wisdom, “ I shall never sue anybody for slander. I can go into my shop and' work out a better character in sis months than I could got in a court-house in a year.” Some graceless scamp has presumed to say that “ it is woman, and not tier wrongs, that should be redressed ! The fellow ought to suffer the torment of being invited out to tea, or to a sewing circle. - I !T7" A Widow lady, sitting by a cheerful fire, in a meditative mood, shortly after hor husband’s decease, sighed out; ‘Poorfellow, how he did like a good fire 1 I hope he is gone where they keep good fires !' E7* Deliver us from temptation is npoti ion loss dwelt upon than give us our daily ircad, and yet, without such deliverance, tlio road is not worth praying for. Good morning, Mr. Honpeck, have you any daughters that would make good type setters ? ° J 1 Not exactly, but I have got a wife that would make a first rate devil. SSy One of .the most important, but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master; a pond may lay quiet, in a plum, but a lake wants mountains to compass and hold it it. , Thwo is a man in Greenbush—says the iroy Aews —who believes in rotation of crops. Oho year he raises nothing; the nest year weeds. useful Domestic receipts. Backed Beans —Few. people says the Ger mantown Telegraph, know the luxury of baked beans, simply because* few cooks properly pre pare thtem. Beans, generally, dre not Cooked half long enough. This is our method: Two quarts of middling-sized white beans, two pounds of salt p.prt, and one spoonful of mb lasses. Pick the bonne over carefully, wash and add a gallon of boiling hot soft water; let them soak in it over night;, in thß morn ing put them in fresh water,, and boil gently till the skin js very tqpder and about to break, adding a - teaspoonftil ofsaleratus, Take them up dry and put thcql in your dish'; stir in the molasses, gash the,pork and ,put it down in th'o dish, so as to, have the beans cov er all but the upper surface; turn in boiling water till the top is just covered; bake with a steady fire four or five hours,' Watch then!; and add more water from time to time Os it dries away. To Roast Beef. —Choose that which has a fine, smooth grain, rather fat, arid that of a whitish color. The frit three ribs arc good —the sirloin the best. Wipe it clean, but do not wash it. Put a little salt on it and'place in an oven to bake; baste itofton,... It should supply its own grease, A piece of seven pounds should take about an hour, or an hour and a half, to roast, allowing that it is pre* ferred a little rare. To moke good gravyi pour off carefully the grease, stopping with a spoon any floating gravy. Thou add ft lit* tie water and boil, and pour over tho roast or in tureen, as desired. Horseradish is' con sidered the epicure’s relish, with roast hoof. Some prefer mustard, or both. ■ Luncheon ,welj, together ond teacupful of butter, aridqtWo oups.of .potVddr* cd sugar. Add the yolks of throe .eggs, and one cup of milk, and one cream tartar, or one. teacup of sour,, milk, Sift to ; this enough flour to make i£,puoh n consis tency as will allow it toq.be poitted into the baking tins. After the,, add one* half teaspoonful of soda, previously mixed ini one tablespoonful of warm water, and the whites ot three eggs, beaten to a.qtiff froth: ' A few currants or raisins added are an im provement. It may be seasoned,with lemon or vanilla, Bake half an hour.' YoU may look at it in ten minutes after putting in tho. oven. • Jennv Lind Cake.— Beat well together one coffee-cup of butter and one .poppd of pul* Termed sugar. Mix thoroughfe,,’ ~To four cups of flour add two teftsponnftlls.-.of cream tartar, o.nd sift gently over the caka, stirring, all the time. Add one teaspoonful of Soda, dissolved in one tablespaonful of warn! wa ter. Mix it well. Stir in gently the whites : . of six eggs beaten to n stiff foam.’ Yoiiiiiay flavor with lemon. Bake slowly. . .It,should bo put in tho oven as soon as possible after putting in the soda and.whites of eggs: ■ T To Make Savory Balls. —Mipqh guy kind of cold meat very fine; add ,nn equal quantU ty of broad crumbs; season ,with salt,, pdppor add sweet horbj.J.boat up two or : tlise<segg*{ mix the whole in a mass and make up in balls. Bake them till they are nicely brown and serve them hot. They may he fried in but* ter.- To Restore Faded PahasoLs.—-Spqtige tit A I faded silk with warm water and , gqjip, then rub them with a dry cloth, nftofw/trd iron* them on the inside with a dry oloth/rtfterward iron them on the inside with,, a .smoothing iron. If tho silk bo old it majb bo improved by smoking with spirits, in which case tho ironing should be done on the right fflde; thin paper being spread oyer to prevent glazing. Baked Apple Dumplings.—l’jireand.coro the apples, and cover each with biscuit-dough or pastry. Have ready a tin basin with hot molasses and water—three payts water and one part molasses. Bake them about three- quarters of an hour. To Make Yeast.—One quayb,flour; on® tablespoonful of sugar; ditto salt.. Boil six potatoes in three quarts of water till quite soft; strain them through a seivo ; when milk, warm add a pint of yeast to rise it. Cheap Cake.—One table-spoonful of but ter, one egg, one cup of sugar, one-half cup of buttermilk, one-half teaspoonful of soda/ and flour enough to make a stiff batter. Fla vor with lemon. A Thought fou Young Men.—More may bo learned by devoting a few moments daily to reading than is commonly supposed. Fire pages may bo read in fifteen minutes, at which rate any one person may peruse twen ty six volumes of two hundred pages each in a year. You may say you, have none to guide you. The best scholars : qud men of science wilj toll you by far the njost valuable part of their education is that which they have given themselves. Volumes have been, filled with tho autobiography of self taught men. Think of Fronklin, the printer; of Linne the shoe maker ; of John Hunter, tho cabinet maker; of Ilerschol, the musician; of Donald,' the weaver ;of Turner the- printer; of Burritt, the blacksmith. Love learning and you will be learned. Where there is a will there is a way. _ . Begin at once, take time by the forelock and remember that it is only the first stop that costs, end having begun; resolved to learn something every day. Strike tho blow, and avoid the weakness'of those, who spend hnlfdf life thinking what they will do next. Always have a volume near, you which yon may catch up at such odd minutes as are your own. It is incredible, until trial is, made; how much real knowledge may.be acquired in these bro ken fragments of time, which are like tho dust of gold and diamonds. Nest Thing to an Angel upon Habt!*.— ’ A gentleman walking through Knigtsbridge I on Sunday overheard the following convorsa- I tion between a man and a woman, who- op | peered as if-just come from some pleasure I trip into the country :—Woman—“Blow mo, I Bill, how tired Ido feel. I’m as miserable, too, as a starved herring. What a miserable world is this! I wish I’d never been born, and now that I am born I wish myself dead again;" ; Man—“ Why, Bet, what’s the matter now 7 What are you grumbling about?” .Woman— . ‘‘Why, don’t I tell ycr I am ns miserable' as a rat?” Man—“Miserable,indeed 1 Why,-what on earth would ycr have? You was drunk on Monday, and yon was drunk again on AVednosday, and I’m blessed if yea havn’t had pretty near enough to-day. If thaf ain't enough of pleasure for yor I don’t know what is. I suppose you wants to bo a downright hangol here upon earth.”— English paper. BSy “ Mind your own business,” 1 is a» old, a somewhat homely maxim; but nevertheless one that contains a dcal of useful instruction. Men who attend to their own affairs usually .find themselves profitably employed, and in the end avoid much vexation that is insepera* bly connected with an officious, meddlesome nature. CSS“ Did you ever know a woman that Would not think you intelligent, if you said 1 her children were pretty ? NO. 41
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