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AMERICAN JOLUNTEEII.
PDBUSHED .BTUnir TUOESDAV HOUHINQ BY
JOHN B. BRATTON
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THE PARSON GOING TO MILL.
Tho parson satin’ his hoiiso one day,, •
.' Whilo wintry .storm did rago;. ,- .
lligh rapt, ho drank in lofty though,t
from Hooker’s classic pn-ge.. ',
But ns He sat, and holy, breath
Into his .breast did steal,
Ilia sweet wife opened the door and paid 2
“My-doar, w,o have, no meal.” .
With a deep groan and'saddened brow
•Ho laid aside his hook, :•
Ami in' despair upon the hearth
.With troubled air-.did look..
people think that I must break
To’them’ the bre.ad of heaven, -.
But they’ll not give mo broad enough
y Threo'wholo days out of seven./'
“ Bat hunger is.a serious thing,
,Aml it is sad to hear
Swoot childron'smouniful.ery for .bread
rLuud .ringing iu your cart' 1 -
So straight Im inounted his old horse,
. With meek.and humble. w|U, •
And on his ihenjl-bag, patched aud eouxsc,
Ho journeyed.to thh mill. - '
Tho'miller bowed to him and said : ,
• “ Sir, by your church steeple,
I vow I give you praise.for this,-
Bill none t ( o your.church people.”
The parson mounted his old horse’—
Ho had no Ump.fo lng-7-
And vodoj like hero, to his home,
‘ Eight on bis old’meal-hag.
But as he rodb.be overtook •
■ A'proud and rich laynian,'
Who, with a close, astonished gaze.
The parson’s hag.did scan.;
“ My reverend sir, thfa truth to toll,
It inakea me feel quite wroth,
To see you compromise this way
The honor of your cloth.”
“Why told you-not, my reverend friend.
Your maul wax miming Ipw ?
What will Hie nuighliurs think of us,’
If to Hu: mill you £0?” . - •
“Vivy -Healthy .friend,'* «tho parson,said,
“ Von must not reason so; '
P.'irhu assured; ns a sottlm 1 . thing,
My meal is always low.”
“If my dear people jvisjh .(c-knwW
Knvc tu j-rojpule iiiy‘blt.<R,
tfv&AMinply *. a y, a hug of meal
Mill never come amiss.
.Just-keep-the store-room well supplied,
Ami I-will keep right still:
But iftho imml runs miragaiu,
X must go io the mill'.” « *
MoUAL
Laymen ! it noodp no miracle, .
No hard, laborious toil.
To make the parspn's meal-bag like
Tlid widow's eruiso of oil.'
.Pour forth into his wife’s store room
Vuur gifts right plentiful;. ‘ .
The.miraclo is simply this—
To keep it always full! ' ,
BlMlancous.
4 Wife’s Influence.
■ Judge O’Neal, iu the Yorkvjllo huptirev,
irtVs the following of Judge Win. Smit.., of
South Carolina:
• ’Up Imd the rare blessing to win tlj.cJn.vo of
,/'Jieof the purest,*miidfcst, nm'l Best women,
'‘Whose.character has ever-been .present to the
write?. He married Margaret Duff. In his
verst clays she never upl)Vaided’'liiin by word
look t»r gesture, but always met him as if fie
• ono of.the kindest and best of husbands.
. -I his course on her part humbled him, and
jniuie him weep like a child. This sentence,
At is hoped will be remembered, was the lan
guage of Judge Smith to the.friend already
named, and to those who knew the stern, un
'oemling diameter of the Judge, it will .teuejj.
a lesson of ho\fr much,.a patj.ept.,woman's love
an , can do. as ho himself told it: '
iho evening before,the Return Day of the
' Common Pleas for York’ District a
cheat called with fifty noted to be put in suit.
‘D. omith was not in his office—he was on
f t..i H « mnv fashionably called a
a trulio. Mrs. Smith roceLye|J,-fch.e notes and
. at down in the office to the work-ftf,feeding
! e Wr, ts and processes. She spent the night
■h T. ork -M r - Smith in riotous living. Ac
his way home from»his-.C.arou-
a t he saw a light iij his office,' and atopp.eji
JV*!* 0 R re , at surprise sajv his amiable
ho e ’ i 0 J UBfc completed what ought to
' e been his work, witli her head on the
•£ )e ™d asleep, Tlis entry.-awoke her.-r
-hil° i what she had done, and showed
, c 11 ler f n 'Kht's work—fifty writs and pro
on S p‘ bowed the strong man,-he tell
~ 'I s implored pardon, and then
Idii? i er n ®Y er f° drink another drop
r j ® * le lived. ‘This promise,* says my
aiui f? o*’ 0 *’ t ‘Jio faithfully kept,’
. t* l ® Juilfto to him, ‘ .from that day
‘ I touched turned to gold/ ‘.His
tlioJff Bu cccbB in life,' snys Col. Williams,
‘ Vi’w <u ' vn t( ? liis faithful obsorvanoe of this
•“““I® promise.’ .
\ le tter eulogy could be pronounced on
L | l#lt li tban. hns just been given in the
r «™' 8 ®f ber distinguished husband. The
is ' lr |j lllt ' nn of such a man as William Smith
i ohaplet of glory which few women have
„ permitted.to wear.,\_To the people of
tri t' Cilrnlinll ’ an( ‘ espeSuially of York Dis
ot ’ cer tainly no stronger argument ip ,fa
giv u , B| aperanoe/total abatinonco, need be
9c b°°lboy down East, who was no
w{ •»on ? his play-fellows for his frolics
TpHt Ile S‘ p^ B * was reading aloud in tfieOld
] c j an^ ent » when, coming to the phrase ‘ma
il me'' V^ to r^ llGeB^ft^', l * ie was asked what
},j 8 j ftnt * The youngster paused—scratched
"^ ufc R av ®-PP‘answer, when .up
' out* »r ? m P rc precocious urchin and cried'
•JiKj-.’n-i an, . , ' v what it means, master. It
*l?r.B h gals ; forr-Tom Boss is nl
,Uiiitf,(im around the Waist, and it
cm gl*d as can he.’
faults dro pardonable when one
. l “c courage to avow them.
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DOGS TUB TYPE OF MEN.
/ Till! laws of Nature make tho wliolo world kin.”
. Analogy is one of the most prominent prin
ciples in creation.. Everything is a typo of
something else; evejjthing represents and
foreshadows its next highest link;
Man is tho great obvious.prototype of- all
the animals. The' character of every animal
represents one particular passion ; tho char
acter of every man up and com
pounds ii) itself all the passions. And
whatever animals approach nearest to this
faculty of comprehensions—this pow.er of va
riety—are, of course tlfo nearest type of men;
Ihe further off, the more remarked their in
dividuality., .
All tigers are fierce, all lions are bray,e,‘
all foxes are' cunning, and ‘the. rage .of the
vulture, and .the love of the turtle,’ are pro
verbial, Each posesses his. individual qual
ity ; the only difference is iu quantity—more
or less. . 1 ’
■Now what is tho distinguishing, trait of
(Jogs? ‘Why;’ you soy, ‘ according to the
species.’ ■ Exactly so, and there arh vari6ti.es
enough of the species to express all the qual
ities of a man.
. Within the'rangG 0 f one class of arii
.mala are comprehended the. dementis' of all
the good and all the evil, all’the love and all.
the hatred, that over soothed the sorrows or
shook the soul of-huinahSty.-'. ’- , v ,
•-. There are plenty of reasons* why .this, type
•should bo considered the proximate' link ..of
man' —the varietyof his species,, the sagacity
of his iiVstincts, his capacity and odiS&itidn,
his exemption, ns a rule,, from servile labor,
lip is to ber the friend, tire companion, (he
assistant, the confidential servant of his mas
ter.* Directly you degrade him to t(io rank
of a slave, you. blunt his energies'and coar
sen (tie ipilure. Dogs reason considerably,
their instinct. amouuts,tu a low degree .of in
tellect. The different sorts of dogs represent
the different sorts of men ;' and. the pAysiV/ne
• corresponds as weM.as Che character.
tLoolc at the bull dog. ‘ *His strong shopl
.•dersgjiis great head, his enormous jaws match
well with his dogged resolution, his stern,
cold, intrepid bravery,- There is ud- dash or
gallantry about him ; ho simply .goes at his
work the shortest way, and does, it. Amongst
men, you can find this sort in Yorkshire, in
iii Cornwall, ami there are plen-;
,ty.uf.them among .the ‘bony ScolsV When
•over you see a man of hard leatuies, promi-'
uently developed, and powerful lower jaw,
you may. know for certain that -ho is a man
nut of high rcsolvci but «T stern resolution.;
lie will calculate chances coolly and fearless
ly he will spring to the fray .with- all the
pluck possible* to humanity.;-in fine, he is
a kin to the bulldog. , -
. Then comes the grey hourtd, a thin, ele
gant creature, but ho dashes swiftly on his
prey, add bites hard; very like those lig|it
■cavalry lelluws,- who-rode down upon thp‘
Russian guns at Balaklava ; very like the
gallant line w ho, scaled . tfie-liighest .of .tlj.o
Alina. -
. great, large, lumbering Newfoundlan
der iiuds his ijuppiii development in a class
of negative men. v whose pursuits are active,
but physical. Not sensual men, by any
mean* —men who are addicted to field-sports
andmus-ular exertiim, though, perhaps, of
indolent minds—large, heavy, thick headed,
gumi°uatiired. happy go.lucky beings. Well,
■these it<&.the Newfoundlundeis.
The \V'-aUMv^spun]p) , H imago the-Tack Tar,
with Ins ready uneiuluese, and hisgencrous,
uo.mii.-’ive ihiluro. • ’
'foe Tei'riers are a numerous class ; so are
.the commercial men. „ai-o restless,
jhuNtling beings; small of stat ure, .keen ’..of
feature, acuteof comprehension and Infinitely
hard mouthed—oh. .very!
" ’’The Foxhound chases sly Reynard upon
the- slightest scent, and finds a parallel ,in
the Row street runner, oiMjyine modern de
fective., * -
Tbe;Poi.nter find the Setter represent men
of inventive faculty, who pioneer others, and
-pm! ideas for others to work out.
The Retriever comes benind. and like the
careful student, or the patient machinist,
gathers up the,fragmerits,’'that nothing'be
lost. • Iloj elucidates and elaborates thought
to its fullest extent, and whenever-a seed of
greatness fructifies, he nescuesdt with.labo
rious cave from the oblivion of time in the*
lapse of ages. Of this sort are the men who
carry our mightiest measures and consolidate
fho elements of greatpess.
The Shepherds .are .universally considered
•to be the primitive species, from which all
other varteti.es jare derived. Pastoral pur
suits were the occupation of Adam, and no
other sort uf dogs was required at first, until
the chase was thought of. This creature
and the noble brutes uf Mount Bt. Bernard
are tbe moBt..opnspiopouB types in the world;
they seem almost identified with,the men
whose mission they so greatly aid and share.
Constant association moulds them to great
similarity—makes each a part of, the other.
Their hard lives of privation and toil,.engen
,jdsr, powers’of. endurance, marvellous alike in
the men and the dogs. Here the type is
close. •
Jt is rather a mortifying fact that the most
useless of the canine tribes are equally faith
ful representations of our superior races.—
The lady's petted poodle is significant of the
Jadv |VereelL-r-probably a apbilt child,of faah--
iotC full of caprices, humors, whims and fan
cies, having no but to.get.rid of
the burdens of time—selfish, ungenerous,
good for nothing.
There is beside a yery numerous "class of
nondescript little opra, >v]h.o are not poodles
—mongrel bred are neither
useful nor ornamental. One wonders what
they were created for, except that like cy
phers that count for quantity on the right
side of significant figures, they do go to in
crease the population, either among dogs or
men.
This species has many varieties ; the most
prominent being swells, dandies and gents.
They swarm in servants' halls, buzz about
the theatres, arid develop prodigiously in
upper rooms.. They flourish even on carpets
of three ply, and are found abundantly in
every nobleman's drawing room—idlers on
the world's highway, non-producers in the
busy hive of life.
The Bull dogs are becoming extinct, and
.pjjppyiam begins to ride rampant,
Rather unexpected was the reply of the
who, on being arraigned for playing
marbles on Sunday, and-sternly asked, * Do
you know where those little-boys go who play
marbles oh Sunday? 1 'replied innocently—
‘Yes; some of'em goes dawn by the side of
the river.'
Jt®*-A,%voman'is not fit ff/iiavo a baby
who doesn't know how to hold it; and this
ia ns true ol a tongue as of a baby.,
(C7* Speak no evil of the dead or of tboab
sent. . - ■ ,
ounce of discretion is worth- a 1
pound of witi /
“OUll COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS UK RIGHT—RUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY."
Wliy Seeds Fail—-Practical flints.
Frequently failurfcs ai k o made in cultiva
tion, ■which, are unjustly charged to the
seedsman., Se.eds are. sown, they do not
come .up, and they are set down’ as old or im
perfect. )Vhile such se.eds are doubtless sold
by some, our experience is, that respectable
seedsmen generally send out reliable seeds,
and that the want of.success i§ oftencr the
fniiltbf tho sower. In treating of the vitality
of seeds in the February Agriculturist, it
that'there was/rio general-rule as
to tho time that seeds would keep ; so seeds
after being sown, differ, as to their power of
resisting decay if the are un
favorable .to their* immediate germination.— -
Three conditions (ire necessary to tho growth
of all seeds-—namely, air,, moisture, and a.
sufficient, temperature. Ahy cue of those
failing, the seeds .will not give. Tho amount
of heat required for germiriaium varies great
ly,with different seeds ; those of the common
cluck weed will start at a temperature jus£
. above.the freezing, while those of gome trop
ical plants require seventy-live or eighty de
grees. The seeds-of the plants commonly
'cultivated germinate at it temperature of fifty,
to‘sixty degrees. Moisture is required not
only fo' soften the seed coat, but to enable
the.gorm to grow, and too little or too much
is equally fatal to success. ' If tho soil is too
dry; the seed remains unchanged ; and if an
excess of moisture, is present, the -seeds, if
delicate, will decay. .In well drained soil
the proper amount of Water is held by capil
lary attraction. Tho third requisite, air, is
•always present in recently worked soil. All
the conditions being favorable, there is groat
difference in the lime that seeds require for
germination. Placed under similar circum
stances, it ,Ims been found that p'hept and
millet-'germinate in one day, betum, radishes,
•and turnips in two, and lettuce in four days,
while.melhms and Cucumbers require live or
six; and parsjey thirty or forty .days. The
seeds of some trees and shrubs remain in the
ground quo, and even two years, before they
germinate.‘
The common causes .of failure are:, too
■deep or too early sowing .and excess of mois
ture. When small seeds are -planted . too
deeply, the vitality, of the gernr is exhausted
before it can reach ihe light and air necessa
ry to its growth 5 such seeds should bo bare
ly covered with soil, and if there is’.any dam
gbr of the soil becoming too dry, it should be
sha'ded..» Very small seeds may be sprinkled
on nicely prepared soil, r ml then lay a hard
board upon the surface until they stai't.V
, When sowing is done too early, the. ground
is too cold, ami many seeds rot be/qrp it be
comes of a* proper temperature to cause ger
mination. Too much moisture in the soil ex
cludes the necessary air, and thus one of the
requisites being wanting, the seeds decay.—
American' Agriculturist. ■ 1
3‘lie Slimlow of DbuUi.
•V/o-.bavo .rarely met with anything more
'bcaulifpl than the following which \vc lind in
an exchange paper..:
“ that live imisWiio,
Pass 11 g through Nature to'EtoruUy.”
Mon soldum think of the great event of
death until the dark shadow bills across their
own path, hiding f .rover from their eyes the
fa'ces of the loved ones whoso living smile
wgs the .siinliiiht of their existence. Death
is the great antagonism of life, ami the cold
’thought of the tomb, is tho skeleton at "all
our feasts. Av edo unt.jVjiv.nt to get through
the daik valley,- although its passage may
lead to paradise; and with Charles Lamb,
•y/e do not. wish to Ho down in the mouldy
grave, ; cven witli kings and princes for our
bedfellows. But -the-fiat'of na ure is inex
orable. There is no appeal or reprieve from
the grcatJiVw that dooms us all to dust. Wo
flourish and fade like, tho leaves of the forest;
and the fairest flower.that blooms and'with
.ersan.a has not a frailer hold on life
than the mightiest monarch- th.at lias, ever
shook the earth by his footsteps., 'Genera
tions of men appear and vanish like tb.o grass,
and the conu’tb multitude that swarms the
world to-day will to-morrow disappear like
the foot pVints on the shore.
In the beautiful drama of lon, tho instinct
of immortality, so eloquently uttered by the
.tbeath-cjsvoted* Greek, finds a -deep response
in every thoughtful soul. Wh6n about to.
yield his young existence an a sacrifice to his
,betrothed,X’lemanihe asks, if they shall not
meet again, to which he replies;
I have asked that dreadful question of the
hills that look eternal: of the flowing streams,
that fio\y*orever; of tho stars among whose
fields of azure my'rained spirit hath walked
in glory. All were dumb. Rut while I gaze
upon their living face, I felt, there’s some
thing in thejuve'whi.ch mantles through its
figanty that .cannot wholly .perish, -We shall
meet again, Clemanthe/
A Mixed Cdrrenct. —The editor of the
in his distresss,udiin
.guish of soul, .published the following:
'{Wanted, —Hoop boles,.shoo pegs, old boots,
fiat fish, saur krbut, .corn husks, saw dust,
porcupine quills, rbuckwhoat cakes, knife
blades, marbles, watch keys, niatch.es, .fire
crackATS) pea nuts, snapping turtles, old*
straps, pig oars,,tooth picks, cigar stumps,
walnuts, old gum wa
gon wheels, drums, fifes,-Jowsharps, old shoo
.strings, horse bees, in‘the hive, old
pocket books, (ful/of money,Vpostage stamps,
bank checks, almiplasters, good batik bills,
and all others ,at .{his office in payment of
subscription, etc., at the highest market val
ue’. -
A. Man has a shrewd suspicion that age
has overtaken him, when he keeps assuring
..you that he .feels as youiig as ev.ea*—and he
doesn't know but—younger. Poor fellow,
he whistles to keep his courage up ; but,
alas ! ho cannot recall youth as he calls his
ppinter—>vi{fi,a whistle.
flgy*As tho true gentleman will appear,
even in rags, so true genius will shine out,
even through the coarsest style. "
' Patrick, where's Bridget?"/ “ In
dade, ma'am, she’s fast asleep looking at the
bread baking."
(CT 3 ’There ’ goes a nmii said a friend to
another, who is worth his hundred thousand
dollars. Yes, quietly said the other looking
after the rich man, and that’s all ho is‘worth.
(£7* There,is a town down east, where the
people are sodpposed to committing an assault
that itis with difficulty they can be persuaded
to strike a^fcyh.e.\h l 'churc 4 h. .
[C/’Tho true way of reaching the rightis
through the heart of the wrong ; he. who goes
around it finds out the other side of .wrong,
and the wrong side of righr.
DI7*A soldier, who was arrested for steal
ing a rebel’s goose, said he found the bird
hissing at the American flag; ami arrested it
.for treason;
SEE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER ID, 1863.
CARL
CROCODILE IllhVriNG.
Crocodile Life In South America,
Don Ramon Pacz has recently published
in England a Book of Travels in South
'America, which contains some exciting ad
ventures. • Here is a sketch of ..
Crocodile Life and Death .
While walking-along the banks, of the For
tuguesa one may see these huge lizards col
lected in groups of half a dozen or more,
basking in tlio sunshinQ'near the water, with’
thcii’-Jaws wideopehtill their ghastly palates
• are filled with flics or other creatures alight
ing within .them. We tried in.yain shooting
them with gunoj. the reptiles were so wary
that tho .moment wo took aim they rushed
into the water.; Being at a loss how
cure a . subject .foe my -pencil, J, sought the;
advice of.an old man* an anglejr-hy profession,
yrho lived in ono of. the huts near the river.
Ho agreed to let me have his canoe, .with his
’son to paddle it, and the requisite number of
harpoons, providing 1 could’obqiin the
ance of an Indian boy frpm the
.who was a capital marksman - With the bow’
and ’arrow.
‘ What IVI exclaimed in astonishment; ‘do
we expect to kill one’of these monsters with
so slight a thing ns an arrow V \N.o, Senor
ito/ ho bufcyuu must first-know
• where to find him under witter before yrin'
can strike him with the harpoon ; the arrow,
of which t speak.wo use incatching turtles/
Tliese arrows tiro constructed so as to al
low the head) affixed to tjio shaft somewhat
in the manner of‘a lance. to come off the
moment it strikes nriobject ip dhp water. A
slender cord, scveral*feet in length, connects
it with the shaft, which last is made of a' light,
buoyant reed ; around this, thocord is-wound
closely unlit!;lt.roaches the point whore the
head is, then fastened securely. Too shaft,
being extremely light, floats'on the surface
of the water the moment it is set. free from
the head by the-struggles of the animal, thus
acting as a guide for its-recovery. •
’The.oUl angler then proceeded to explain'
that the oponition must bo rionducted first by
sending one of these arrows into the body of
the orocodile to marie, his position under wa
ter; and then* if practicable, we might plunge
a harpoon into the only vulnerable spot wo
could hope’' to reach, viz!: the, nape of the
neck, after which the animal could be easily
dragged on shore by means of strong ropes
attached to the harpoon-. “
’Accordipgly, 1 went in search of. the’Tn
dian boy, whom I- found under a tree, seated
■like a’toad on. his haunches, skinning a por
cupine.he had just killed. ...At my approach
.fia raised his head mid fixed on mo his un
meaning eyes. When spoken to, ho only
replied \o all my questions.' with the mono
syllables, si, no. After a little coaxing, and
‘the promise of some fish hooks, he followed
me to the .canoe without uttering a wojd
uxxr.e. ” • .
Wc were not long in getting a chance to
lest '.thy skill of my new acquaintance. As
we approached .the river banks a large croc
odile hove in sight, floating down the stream
.lik.s a.log of wood. Our position wap mo-t
fuyorabTo to scud an arrow rattling through
his scales, and my younc. Nimrod lost no time
in improving the’ opportunity. Stepping a
few paces in aijv.anco, and bendinggraoefullv
over thcprecipice, he lei fly at the reptile’s
head hie slender, yellow reed, pnr eleoacion,
viz :oshooting t.he ary.ow update the air atan
angle of forty-five degrees, which causes it
to descend with-great force upon the object,
after describing, an arc of a circle in the
manner of a bomb-shell.
Although the distance was fully threoduin
dred paces, the arrow struck the mark with
the precision of a'rifle hall. A violent plunge
of the huge reptile was the first intimation
that the trial had been successful, and a mo
ment after I perceived the guidon reed, now
attached to him, skimming swiftly over the
surface ’of the water. Wo hastened for the
canoe arid immediately gave chase up stream,
as the crocodile had taken that direc'ion.—
Wo were rapidly gaining upon him, when,
alarmed at the sound of the paddles, he sank
in very deep'water, as'was indicated by the
reed. This circumstance rendered it impos
sible to employ’ our harpoon. We tried in
vain to start him ho. stuck, to the muddy
bottom/whence neither pulls nor curses could
gmyghim. Wc hoped that in-time ho would
come to the surface to breathe,- abd then- we
mightstrike him with a harpoon ; but in this
we wore equally disappointed.
After waning for him two hours, we gave
him ud, along with.the arrow head sticking
in'hia own body. 1 made various other .at
tempts,to .’secure a specimen, but with no
bettor result, as the river was yet tod high to
sound ifor.th’fcM.
While in this place I was told several inci
dents in relation to the cunning and instinct
of these saurians, one of which appeared to
be mrfst remarkable in .an aniipal ut the rep
tile tribe... The ferryman here possessed, a,
great many goats. One day he -perceived
that several of them had disappeared, and,
•not being able to account for it in any other
way, ho at once laid the blame on.the hated
crocodiles, although .those creatures seldom
carry their attacks bevond their own element.
His suspicions, he discovered in the end,
wore well founded, having witnessed the
destruction of one of his goats in a very sin
gular manner. It appeared that a crocodile
had in snipe mysterious way discovered that
goats delight in jumpingfrom place to place*
but more especially from rocks and - mounds.
Kocks, however, being rather scarce in the
country, their treacherous enemy undertook
to gratify their taste for this innocent pas
time, arid at the same time cater to his own.
Approaching the water's edge to within a
few feet of'the bank, he swelled out his back
in such a manner as to give it the appearance
of a small island or promontory. The stupid
goats, perceiving this, varied their gambols
by burping from their secure places on shore
upon the seeming island, which they, how
ever, never reached, for the crocodile, tossing
up his head the right'instant, received
them into his open jaws, and swallowed them
■without difficulty.
No person can venture near tha water
without dancer from their attacks, hemp; so
treacherous that they approach their intend
ed victim near enough to strike him with
their powerful tails betore ho is even aware
of their proximity. The bubbling sound of a
gourd beihg filled in the'wator by some im
prudent person specially attracts them. To
obviate this danger, a calabash bowl, With a
long wooden handle, is usually employed for.
the purpose yet, even this is not unfrequonl
ly snatched from the hands of the Water
carrier. .
Tfiby accident a hoamn being falls a prey
to "this tyrant of the river, the reptile is then
cnlled.rc/Wo, which appellation implies eve
rything that is bold, ferocious, and treacher
ous in an animal of the species, as .from that
time they riot only waylay persons, buffollow
them in the canoes, in hopes of again securing,
this dainty morsel. There are, however, rhen
bold enough to moot the enemy face t.i face
in Ids own clement. The man who makes
up his niiud to this encounter is well aware
that this_must bo a conflict to tho death for
ono Of the antagonists.
The ferryman related to us a feat of gal
lantry, worthy of a better cause, performed
by a Llanero with ono of these monsters.—
The map was on his way to San on a
pressing errand. Being in haste to get there
tho same day, ho would not wait for the canoe
to be bronght'to' him, 'but'prepured to swim
across, assisted hy his horse. Ho had already
secured his saddle and clothes ‘upon his head,
as is usual on similar occasions,’. when -the
ferryman cried out to him.to beware of,a-caf
man cebado , then lurking near ‘ the pass,
urging upon him, at the same time,-to wait
for thp canoe.. 'Scorning' this advice,- the
‘Llanero replied with . characteristic pride,
‘ Let him comp; I was never yet afraid of
jhiau or beast/ 'laying aside a part of
his ponderous bq'uiparent* ‘he placed his two
edged dagger between his teeth and plunged
fearlessly into the river?'- ' , ,V; ’ * *•“
lie had not proceeded Tar when the monster
rose am,! made.’quickly towards him. ' Tho
feryyi.pan .crossed hi nisei f devoutly, and mut
tered the’holy in vocation of * Jesus* Maria y
.Jose !* fearing for the life, and, above all, for
the toll of the. imprudent ’ traveler'. .In the
meantime, the swimmer continued gliding
•through the water .towards the' approaching
crocodile. Aware J of - thp impossibility of
'striking. His adversary a mortal blow unless
lie should reach the armpit, he Awaited the
moment until.the -reptile should attack him
to throw his saddle at him. , This being, ac-.
complishcd-so successfully that tho crocodile,
doubtless imagining it ’to be some sort of
good -eating, jumped partly- out of tlie water
to catch it. o . Instantly the; Llanero .plunged
his dagger up - tel tho very hilt into the fatal
spot. A hoarse grunt and a tremendous
splash showed- that tho blow was mortal, for,
tho ferocious monster sunk beneath the waves
to rise no more - ■ ..
Frond of, this uchi’eveuiciH, and scorning
the lardy assistance of the lerryman, whoof-
to pick him up ir\ his canoe, ho waived
bis bloody dagger in the air,-exclaiming, as
he did so, ‘ la there no other about hero ?
and then.turning, ho swam' leisurely’hack to
. take his horse across. The Canocro who fe-‘
hiled this udvcnture'thon added, 1 So delight
ed was’l on that occasion that, I killed my
fattest -hen to.treat the man to ■'-a good.’ sail
c'ocho, fur th-e eaiinaii had devoured all. my
goats/ * ' ‘ ; ’ * ,
.- Sun- pa (ntc.) Moon ?^-During the deliv
ery of a recent temperance lecture, Mr.
Gough tells one. of the funniest arid most'
characteristic stories we remember ever to
have .seen. It is more‘thoroughly maudlin
anti mellow than anything in the ‘ Toodles/
i’wo men, alter drinking and carousing all
night at a saloon, started in the morning to
go homed It was a/boautUul, sunny- morn
ing, and as they staggered along, the follow
,ing ,cmnu»rsatlon urdsb :'
'lnebriate No. .1—‘ How bright (hie) the*
moon shines !’ ■
No. 2—‘ You don’t call that (hie) moon;
do ye? That’s (hie) s'un.’
No. I— 4 Taint—it’s (hie) moon/ ■
No. 2-r*i tell ye i/s sund r
No. 1— ‘ Well, lot’s leave (hie) matters to
first man wo- meet/
No. 2-— 4 Agreed/
The t.wo toddled along for,a short distance,
when they ahancod to. meet a man exactly
in the same condition with themselves. The
individual Was immediately treated to the
following interrogation
No. I shay (hie) oljl fejlojv ! AWve
got inter r litt}d '•"'sputc ; waq£ ya to (hie) 'elp
us out. i\ly fren hero says that's the sun,
[pointing upwards to Old Sol who was blaz
ing fiercely down upon them,] and J say it|p
mooh V '
The person,g.ddiiesscd braced himself, after
considerable diiticufty, against a lamp post,
and then commenced to scrutinize, as well
as ho could, the burning orb overhead—re
peating in a meditative tone of voice : * Sun,
—monn-rsun —(hie) —lllooll.'.' After a short,
observation, be exclaimed : ‘ Fact is, gont’l
men, I’m a stranger in this part (hie) of the
country, and I can't 101 l whether it’s sun or
(hie) moon.' •• ,
Thus-the matter was undecided, and the
two inebriates, baffled and disheartened by
thc.pivjatiWfaotory result of their search into
mysteries; reeled fyway.
Case in.Conscience,'
v "‘Friend BroadrinV,’ said Zephnniah Strait
dace to his master, a rich Quaker, ‘ thou ean'st
not eat'of Unit leg of mutton at thy noontide
meal to-day.' . *
‘ Wh.crcforc nftt,’ asked the good Quaker.
* Because the dog that appertained to that
son of Belial, whom the world calls Lawyer
Foxcr.ift, hath come into ih.f pantry and sto
len it I yea, and ho hath chiton iti'
‘Beware, friend Zephaniah, of bearing
false witness against rhy neighbor. Art thou
sure it was friend. Fuxcraft's domestic jim
mal?'-
■ ‘ Veu,.verily, I Rnyr it with my eyesi and
it was lawyer Foxcraft’s dog—even Pinehem,'
‘Upon what evil times have we fallen?'
sighed the harmless Quaker, as ho wended
Ins way to his neighbors office. ‘Friend
Foxcraft*' said ho, I want to ask thy opin
ion.' •
‘‘l am all attention,'replied the scribe,
laving down bis pen.'
“Supposing, Friend Foxcraft, that my dog
has gone into my neighbor's pantry aud sto
len therefrom a leg of mutton., and.J see hiiu,
and could tell him by name, what ought I »to
do?'
* Pay for the mutton, nothing cun bo clear
er.' V~) •
Know, then, Friend Foxcraft, thy dog even
tlie beast denoiriinated Pinchem hath stolen
from my pantry, a log of mutton, of the just
value of four shillings and sixpence, which
I paid for it. in the market, tills morning.’
•0, well; then it is my opinion that I must
pny for it.’ And lie having done so, the
worthy friend turue.d,.to depart.
‘ Tarry yet nwhilej friend Broadrim,’cried
the Lawyer. ‘Of a verily X have yet further
to say un to thee. Thou owost mo nine shil
lings for advice.’ _
‘Then verily I must pay--tface; and it,is
my opinion that I have touched
been defiled.’ ■ '
IsipCnitv. —Not long since one of the field
officers of the Ist Blaokshir.o VoluDfeers rode
up to thofieadquarlers, his horse reeking with
foam from bard riding, dismounted'and. threw
the reins to Giles, saying, ‘ Feed him.’ ,
•Js he not too warm to, feed now V inquir
ed Giles.
■ No, you riiay feed him with impunity.’
‘ Impunity !’ Quartermaster Jones has fur
riisliqd tl\o,usual quantity of forage, but nary
“pound of impunity ! .
BSy Reflect calmly—resolve prudently—
perfonivpromptly?^
[£7” The strongest words are generally the
oftouest broken.
"N
Madame D—, who residcs-at Chaton, was
a lady of the strictest character and of a
heart proof against allurements. ’ She pri
ded herself upon her groat insensibility, and
her profound indifference has repulsed all
those gallants who had volunteered to offer
their addresses. The country, was fur bor a
veritable retreat; she shunned reunions’ ami
was only happy in solitude. Tho charms of
a chosen circle, the-pleasures of tho'worhl,
had for .her no attraction ; and her favorite
recreation was that of angling, an amusement
worthy of an unfeeling woman.
..She was accustomed every pleasant day to
.station herself at’the'extremity of the lonely
island of Chaton,-and therfc, with a book in
ono hand p.pd her lino in the other, her time
was pae’sed in -fishing, reading op dreaming.
A lover, who had always been intimidated
by’ her coolness, and who I;ad -iTever’ven
tured on a spoken or written declaration, sm
prised her at her favorite pursuit one day,
when ho had come to the island for tho pur
pose .of enjoying- a swimming hath.
. He observed her for a long time without
discovery, and busied - himself wltn thinking
how, he might turn to his advantage this
lonely amusement of angling. His reycrius
were so deep and so fortunate that he at last
hit upon tho desired, plan—a novel expedh
out indeed—yot they are always mprC. sne
cessful with such'wqmou as pretend to ha in
vulnerable,
Tho next day our amorous hero’ returned
.to tho island, studied the ground made his
arrangements, and when Madame D—, had
res.umed her- accustomed place, lie slipped
away to a remote and a retired shelter, and
after, divesting himself of his ■ clothing, he
entered tho stream. An excellent swimmer
and skijiful diver, ho trusted-to, his, aquatic
talents fur the success of his enterprise* Ho
swam to end of the island with the great- |
cat precaution, favored - by the chances of tho
bank and bushes, which hung their dense
fojiage above the'water. In his lips was a
note folded and scaled,-and on arriving near
the Vput where D—was sitting, he
made a dive, and lightly seizing tho hook ho
attached to ifliis letter.
. Madame I)—, perceiving the movement of
her line, supposed that’ a fish was biting.
/The young man had rctiretrus *hc .c\ur,e ;
he liad.duublcd the capo which extended lu.U
'into tho water' separating „them Irom each
other, and had fegaiiied iris spot without tho
the least noise in’ His passage under the wil
lows. The deed was done. ” ' *
‘Madame D—pulled in her lino, and what
was her'surprise to* observe dan'glin'g upon
the hook, not the expected “ slnn'er,” but an
unexpected’letter.
This was, however, trifling; blither sur
prise became stupefaction when detaching
the transfixed .billet, slieread upon it—her
name.
So, thpn, ibis letter which she had fsbxd
up was addressed to her.’ 1
This ■was somewhat miraculous. She.was
afraid. Her troubled glance scrutinized the
surrounding space, but there was nothing to
be seen. or heard ; all was still and lonely,
both on land and water.
She quitted her, seat, but took away the
letter; As soon-as she was alone and close
ted herself, and as soon as the paper was
dry—a paper perfectly waterproof and writ
ten upon with indelible ink—she uuscaled
the letter and'commenced its perusal. •
“ A declaration of love I” Cried ahe at
the first -words. “What insolence !’'
Still the insolence bad come to her in such
an extraordinary manner that her curiosity
would not suffer her to treat this letter as
she had so many others—pitilessly burp it
without ii'reading. * . '*
No—sho rend it quite through. The lover
,\vho had dated this letter from the bottom
of the river, had skillfully ulopted the alle
gory aad introduced himself as,a grotesque
inhabitant of the fable .was
gracefully, managed, and with the jesting
tone which ho had. adopted was mingled a
true, serious, ardent sentiment, expressed
with beauty and eloquence, * .
The next day, Madame D—returned to the
island, uo.t without emotion and a trace-of
fear.
She throw her lino with a trembling hand;
and, shuddered as a woman after she per
ceived a movement of the hook:
Is it a fish ? Is it a letter? It was a let
ter. ' . •
1 Madame D—was. no believer in magic*—-
still there was something strange and super
natural in all this.
She.had an idea of throwing the letter
back in the* stream, b ( ut relinquished' it.—
The most stubborn and haughty’woman i's
always disarmed in face of the which
captivates lief’imagination.
The second better was more Tender, more
passionate, more charming than the brat.—
Madame. D—read it several times, and could
not help thinking about fho delightful mor
'mon y{iioj.vrote such'bevvitobing^ett.ei’s.
. On the subsequent day sho. attached her
lino to the bank,-and left if swimming in the
while she withdrew to a landing place
upon the extremity of the island.' Sho
watched for a long lime but saw nothing.—
Jlho returned to,tbe place,,yitbdrew Ui.oTuie
—and there was the letter, • .
This time a.n answer was requested. It
was rather premature ; yet the audacious re*,
quest obtained a full Success. The reply
was written after some hesitation, and the
hook dropped into the stream, charged with
a letter -that was intended'to say nothing,
and affect a sort of bandiago-r-which was
nevertheless, a -bulletin of a victory gained
oyer the hard severity of women till then
unapproachable.'
Madame D—had too much shrewdness not
to guess that her mysterious
employed instead of magic, the art of a skill-,
fill dfver. Scruples easily understood re
tained her from that portion of the bank
whore sho was sure that the diver would
emerge from the water.' *
But this game of letters amused her.—
First if pleased her intellect, and her curios
ity became so lively that she wrote
- “Lot us give Up this jesting, which has
pleased me for the moment, but should con
tinue no come witli your apolo
gies to Chaton.”
' The lover . answered Yes, if you will
add ‘Hope.’”
- The inexorable lady replied:—
“Ifoiily a word is necessary to decide
]yoii, be it so.” And the word was written.
The "voung man appeared ahftwks .not’a
loser. . T'he gift of pleasing'belbnged to his
person as-much as to his .stylo, and he had
made quch t rapid progress utidei? wafer
it was easy to complete his conquest on land.
They were married. -T*
[CT* The.heart that soars upward escapes
little cares and-vexations ; the birds that fly
high have not the dust of the road upon their
wings. , i
tCT' Hasty words are soon repented
Angling for a Husband.
Emotion in Uganda.
Captain Grant; Nije discoverer, has been
giving the public some more details of Ins
‘experience among the African tribesV He
pays: . '
• Many curious barbarous customs prevail
in Uganda. One is that if a pago does not
convey properly the king’s orders, or mis
cuuvcya them, the poor boy has his intellect
Sharpened by having one or bot.i oars out
aIT. Maimed boys and handless men, nut
seemingly disgraced, wore, therefore, not at
all uncommon; and on seeing my baud, it
at once struck him that I had been a' page,
for lie asked me! He punishes by torture to
death. The lives of men and women are ta
ken for thomdyt trivial offences—a coaimou
saying being that he never looks bright,, or
■no business can be done till the day has
common,cod'with a few being led to execu
tion. a-day passed without our hearing
of or actually seeing some poor victim. A
miserable young girl, orhandsomo woman,
from the palace gate might bo seen walking
down the road perfectly alone aud unheeded
by passers-by, wailing nya-wo, &c., mother,
in the'most bitter, agonizing tones, perhaps'
bleeding from a spear wound, and mournful
ly following'a single palace guard, walking
fifty yards in front of her to tho'place of ex
ecution.; others would have iv whip-cord
round the wrist, and follow th 6 man - along
like a dug; whiltf otb'ers pull, I have seen
most reluctantly, against the cord by which
they.are being led to death, screaming moqt
cruelly. ■ XMiicepscs• by birth had several
.privileges—they could not be executed like
others—and the king's sister, tlio handsom
est'girl in the pabioe, .had the privilege of
also being his wile/ ' - ,
The gallant Captain also narrated the fol
lowing incident which occurred whfle the
party were staying in Iho territory of a very
friendly prince : ‘ The king had a little child,-,
and CaptaiivGrant, for Us amusement, carv- v
ed a toy representing a man dangling in'tiro
air,. When the king saw this;toy Up yrjas so
delighted'with it.that.be appropriated i£to
himself, and sent a’ carpenter to cut down a
tree for Captain Grant to make a similar toy
the size of-life, pf course the Captain said
t.lra4aUiis was ratlier beyond-his capabilities,.
furuishotHfinTc. was with a penknife ouly,-r
-'.Captain jSpcko also carved a toy represent
ing an elephant drawing a piece of artillery,
with an artillery man seated on
Tho .king was, immensely ,taken-, with this,
and. expressed his surprise that elephants (of
which tliero’werp many wild ones iii.his
provinces) could ,bo * turned tb so good ac
count. Captain Grant told him that this was
a sample*of the ingenuity and prowess of
Europeans. The .king hereupon said thdt
ho had an old gun—a six pounder—-and ask
ed Captain Grant to make a gun carriage for
it, Thi i the. Captain was again obliged to
decline, as he had no tools beyohd’lna pdh
knile, »
Wanted to be in Season.—Nat
miles from Huston, time since, there
was a revival, ;and a merchant-who was noted
for his dishonesty, ‘suddenly'became pious
and joined the clyirch.- to exhort
ing, and one evening remarked that he had
done many .things dor which he was sorry,*
and he deemed it his duty to make full res
titution to those ho'had wrpngod.
. lie therefore notified all such thht ifithoy
would'call at his store ho would certainly do
so.
About four o'clock the- next morning .a
gentleman called at the merchant's house
and aroused him from bed. liaising the
window he demanded the business of hia vis
itor .at thpt early hour, in the morning :
- 1 Is this Mt. W V '
* That is inv name.
‘Well, I understand you have Offered to
make restitution to those j'ou have cheated.
You will remember that upon ono occasion'! -
haye suffered to the .extent of fifty dollars,
and I have called to get it/
‘ Why did you not wait until proper hours
and then call at my store ?* - ’
‘ Simply because I thought if I did there
would bo such a rush that X would not get
anything/ ■ .
The window want-down with a slam.
(CTT A jdry down South ignored a bill
against a Lugo'.negro for stealing chickens,
and before discharging him from custody the
judge bade.him stand reprimanded, and.cc:i
cludcd thus:
‘ You may gonow, John ; but* chakinghis
finger at him, * let mo warn-you ney.e/.to ap
pear lierc again/ '
John, wi,th flight beaming in his eye,
and’ a broad grin, cdsph?yipg a,.beautifulrow
of teeth, replied:
* I wouldn’t bin hardis time, judge, but de
constable fotch me/
(£7* A pompous parish clergyman felt his
dignity mightily offended by*a chubby
lud, who passed him without touching hm
hat. - 1
* Do ynu know who I am, that you passrao
in that unmannerly way ? You are better
fed than taught, I think/-
• Wby t may bo it is bo, measter, for you
teaches nio, but I feeds myself/
The Man we read of.-t-‘:Ali, my good
.fellow/ said one man to another, slapping
him familiarly on the, shoulder, ‘you're one
of the men wO read ,bf/
‘How so? Where did you read of,me/
asked the other.
4 In thS police report/
The man we read of drew his' fist, but the
other was at a safe distance.
(£7* Dressea-.aro coming down. : Tho sign
before the dooV* of 'a mantua maker’s shop,
in the city, reads thus : . .
“ N. B.—Drosses made lower than over.
jjgy If yo.u wish your neighbors to noboo
you, buy a dog and tie him up in the cellar
all night. They won't sleep for thinking of
you. , ‘ _____
A tavern keeper at Leigh, LauOßßbire/Eu-
Mand, is apparently too proud to adopt the
usual sign of his calling, and prefers te an
nounce it by the somewhat pithy inscription
just over Ins doorway— * My Sign's in the
Caller. s , „
. 017” the .‘loyal* men in the revolution were
tories. Those who want to bo 60 extremely
IqyalV.uuw, ain't much better.
The police are-after the perpetrator of the
following conundrum: Why is a lovely young
lady like.p ..hinge ? Bocause . sh ? 18 80 “ e:
thing tb "a : d6fe. ' .
figf A sour old hafchelor says th*U he al
leys looks under the marriage head for the
news of the weXk. j
OCT* Whea-a.man. who : has been,rich finds
himself compelled; to dtreak. ljis- friends u a|#
apt to break with, hint. • '
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NO. 23.