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AND' LUMBER YAIID.
Xi?WpilE subscriber having leased the Yard
ltr,w ‘ 1 formerly occupied by Armstrong & UolTdr,
> purchased the stock of
g[j ; 0 0 A L A N D L UMBE li ,
unil': v: r l Yard, together with an immense new stock,
ikeiL have constantly on hand and furnish to order
An <l quality of seasoned
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i BOARDS,
rlMlmlß SCANTLING,
Lasssalfe ERA MB STDEP,
lra:r Plastering, Lath, - Shingling Lath, worked
and Woatherhoaruing,.Posts and Pails,
iret’vnry article that belongs to a Lumber Yard.
F viiftm kinds of Shingles, to wit: .WUUopino, llcm
s Wot and Oak, of different qualities. Having cars
as*, " pf’my own I-can furnish bills to order of any
and size at the shortest notice and on the
its * molt reasonable terms. My worked boards will bo
thi. j,kffptunder oover so they can ho furnished dry at
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out / S Ikavo constantly on hand all kinds of UiU
*. : /liY COAL under cover, which I will deliver clean
■ca- Ilia any part of the borough. To wit: Hykons J ni
di - ' loyV-Brokcn, TSgg, Stoio and Nut, Luke Fiddler,
tu.i' Trovorton, Locust Mountain, Lobbery, which I
uni’ pledge'inyself to sell at the lowest prices.
«r<l» \ Bqo quality of
P» ( and Blacksmiths’ oal.
fie; KsekiMwiya : on Uaml which X will sell at the lowest flg-
MYard west side of Grammar School, Main
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V.^felitOTlCE. —X still retain the same position
firm of DBLANCY & BLAIII, which will bo
t : Y-, > ■ oaricicd on as energetically as ovei at tbeir eld
f ■v—SjtrtiWM near the Gas house. As our purchases will
to rnado together at the head of the market, wo
TVE . by so doing to bo able to eccommo
nfia'l. our customers and the* public on the most
miiiV terms. Having relinquished the tan
* "'Bl will deovtc my entire attention,to the Coal
‘f*-Kgf Lumber business. AM kinds of Coal ami
lM!t ‘ rifidifmmber kept eo-istantly on hand and in tbo best
A v .'Edition. The Lumber Yard will be managed by
ie I 'i’Jl&Qoo. Zuioft, whose experience and skill is well,
t.a o ,-s_,yufdSyn to tbo community. By strict attention to
short profits, and-a desire to do right wo
snW s * hope to secure a liberal share of public patronage,
illli, , ANDREW 11. BLAIR.
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ATTORNEY ALT LAW,
Ah'Wfw,'. CARLISLE, PA. , ;
r with Wm. J. Shearer, Esq,
T| <i 'AA'Bopt. 14, ISos—ly.
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JNO. C. GRAHAM,
attorney at law,
,#j«tsffioo formerly occupied by Judge Orulmm,
Hanover ahjiot, Carlisle. (sept. 7, ’Oj-ly
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J.M v WEAHXEir,
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'lOEon South Hanover street, in the
iom'formerly occupied by A. 13. Sbarpo.
27, 1862—9m.>
.11... N. EWSHAM,
ATTORN ST AT LAW.
'ICE with fm. H. Miller, Esq., south
'ost corner o£ Hanover and Pomfrot streets,
isle, Dee. 22, 18G2—tf
M. C. . HERMAN,
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TOE in Rhoom’s Hull Building, in
,o roar of tiro Court Houso, next door to the
Office, Carlisle. [Fob 4, a .Ci-fQ,
. J. 0. KINKLB, Office, (up stairs) In
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An old .wife nat by her bright fireside,
Swaying thoughtfully to and fro,
Infan anciont chair whoso creaky craw
Told a talc of long ago ,*
While down by her aide, on the kitchen floor,
Stood a basket of woolen balls—a score.
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The good man dozed o’or tho latest nows
Till the light of his pipe went out,
And, then unheeded, the kitten with cunning paws,
Rolled and tangled tho balls about;
Yet still sat tho wife in tho ancient chair,
Swaying to and fro in tho fire light glare.
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But anon a misty tear-drop camo
In her oyo of faded blue,
Then trickled down in a furrow deep,
Liko a single drop of dew;
So deep was tho channel—so silent the’ stream—
Tho good man saw naught but tho dimmed oyo
beam.
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Yet ho marveled much that the cheerful light
Of her oyo had grown,
And ‘marveled ho more at tho-tanglcd balls ;
So ho said in a gentle tone,
“I have shared thy joys since the marriage vow,
Conceal not from mo thy sorrow now.”
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Then she spoke of the time when tho basket there
Was filled to the very brim,
And now there remained of the goodly pile
But a single pair, for him.
‘‘Then wonder not at tho dimmed eye-light,
There’s but one of stockings j.o mend to-night.
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Whose wrappings wore wont to ho
In the basket awaiting the noodle’s him'
Now wandering so far away ;
How tho sprightly stops, to a mother dear,
Unheeded foil on tho careless oar.
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I3y tho hearth there’s an empty seat;
And I miss tho shadows from off tho wall,
And tho patter of many fcobj
*ll3, for this that a tear gathered over my sight
At tho one pair of stockings to mend to-night.
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“’Twas said that far through tho forest wild
And ovfcr tho mountains bold,
Was a land whoso rivers and darkling caves
Were gemmed with tho rarest gold:
Then my first-born turned from tho oaken door,
And 1 knew the shadows were only four.
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‘•Another went forth on the foaming waves.
And diminished tho basket’s store;
But his feet grew, cold— bo weary and cold—-
They’ll never be warm any more :
And this nook in its emptiness scemoth to mo
To give forth no voice hut tho moan of the sea,
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“Two others have gono toward tho setting sun
And made.thorn a homo in its light,
And fairy fingers have taken their share.
To mood by the fireside bright;
Some other baskets their garments fill;
But mine ! O, mine is emptier still!
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0, wonder no more at tiro dimmed cyt —light.
While I mend the one pair of stockings to-night
ANDREW 11. BLAIR.
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ONE PAIR"OF STOCKINGS?'
“Another —the dearest the fairest—the best—
Was taken by angels away.
Ami cbul in a garment that waxoth not ebb
In a land of continual day.
Htacdlamciia.
A DETECTIVE’S STORY.
[Tho following, which we translate from
the French, appears in a little volume before
us, entitled “ Annals of the Empire and Ilos
toration, v published at Brussels in 1839 ;]
A police agent should novor be a man who
has a conscientious regard for truth. Foucho
compared thoso honest men of the force, hut
whiel) the public insist on calling as spies,
to, the stage-coach which must make its reg
ular trips, full or empty, A detective should
make his report every .day, in order that ho
may receive, his pay, and show his fidelity
and zeal; if lie knows nothing ho must in
vent a story of some kind,'and if, perhaps, he
does know something, he should seek in eve
ry way to amplify the details, and magnify
the importance of the whole affair. The po
lice are very good for the detection of coun
terfeiters, murderers and other violators of
the civil law, hut when they-dabble in politi
cal matters, they often commit as many blun
ders as they gain successes. The secret po
litical police, however, has its raraiiloations
throughout the country, and its agents in all
classes of society. If a Frenchman, or for
the matter of that, a European of almost any
nation, gets up a conspiracy against the gov
ernment, and imparts his ideas to oven a few
particular friends, it would be truly extraor
dinary if among his confederates there was
not at least one particular fi'iand of the min
ister or chief of police. Under the Empire
this class was novor more effective, although
it ti»on employed the fewest agents, end yet
eaoif daw Fouoho, the minister of police, had
twi.pr tlii'se baskets full of reports which ho
never rftld.. •
Of all the governments that have fallen tp
tlia lot of Franco decidedly the most ridicu
lous was the Directory. The members, with
one or two exceptions, believed in the police
ns they believed in the Bible, and Clohior,
one of the .directors, was the most credulous
of them all. The agents, however, were ca
pable', honest, intelligent men, and they
soon teamed to keep away from tho enter
tainments which the members of the Three
ti.rv nfien gave, fur'there they were rertain
t,, lei l the tall, Ian!: ligun; el tlehier, a'king
i ter lie; ilrui-mudih lime the .pie-ilen • Winn
I ,1„ y.,n : Nave \..u any rep.ii I
tome?' '.flit answer wa- always in ilu ne
| gativo, and Oohior was not slow in showing
I his vexation. . ,
Ml Real, who was then one of tho princi
pal functionaries in tho department of police,
happened to moot Fonoho onoovoning justas
tho latter was going to the Luxembourg;
Fouelio asked him to go' to tho Directory.
‘ Not I,’ said Real.
‘Why not?’
• Because Gohior is there, and tho moment
ho would see me ho would come shambling
across tho room to ask if I had any report
for him ?’
‘ That’s Who trouble, is it?’ said Fouoho.
• See tins basket, there are two hundred re
ports there } choose tho most amusing or tho
moat foolish ; there will bo cnougli to keep
him going for a week or two.’
Real took the basket ami commenootMo
look at tho endorsements on tho,papers. The
first was bad enough, and the. next was
no bettor; but at last ho found ono giving
, information of on unlawful meeting cf bo-
“ OUR COUNTRY—MAY IT ALWAYS fi E RIGHT—RUT RIGHT OR WRONG OUR COUNTRY."
tween four and five hundred men, winch
had been held in a garden a short distance
from Paris. The meetings had been' seen by
the agent for several days in succession, and
although ho approached very near and
watched for some time, ho was unable to
hear distinctly what was said, 110 was,
however, certain that they had - met to or*
gnnizo a plot against the government.
‘lf Goheir is-not content with such a dis
covery/ said lloal, 1 it will bo because ho is
tho most unreasonable man in existence. 7
They wont to Luxembourg. Goheir was
there in all Ids glory. His first question
was:
* Wbat is there new ? Have you n ro
port V
‘ Hero is one. I tell you honestly that I
do not place much reliance in it; but any
how you can road it, and perhaps you Will
think differently from what 1 do. ;
Goheir took it and read. His eyes glisten
ed. Then, having rapidly run over the first
few pages of tho report, ho approached tho
detective and said softly:
• ‘‘ Friend Ileal, your report is much more
important than you appear to think. This
is not tho first time that my attention lias
been called to this meeting, and I am as
tonished that you attach such little impor
tance to so grave a matter. Look up this
affair, and let mo know what progress you
make, and as soon as possible/
Heal at first thought ho was wrong and
that Goheir was right. Have I been unlor
tunato enough, said ho to himself, to stum
ble on a report which is really true, and got
in by some strange mischance from about
two hundred others which were undoubted
ly false ? But on reflection, ho became con
vinced that the ease was not so bad as it ap
peared. Ho perceived that Goheir had been
informed of tho matter by some one of his
agents, and he concluded that where there
was so much smoko there was at least
‘some fire. Filled with these reflec
tions ho arrived at his office, and sending
for one of his most trusty subordinates, ho
despatched him to tho locality mentioned in
tho report, charging him to find out all about
tho matter.
Tho next day he made his appearance, and
was ushorod into tho presonoeof the chief.—
‘‘Well,” said ho, “ I have caught them in tho
act.”
“ Really I”
“Tea, Monsieur;’right in tho aot.”
“■\Vhnfc is there in tho matter?”
“About as much as thoro generally is in
these police reports. But to the point. I
went to the spot. The garden spoken of is the
property of a hattor whore ho had put out a
number of hats on sticks to dry. Now suppose
a hedge about the same height as these sticks ;
an observer would only see tho hats, and tho
agent naturally supppsod that tho said hats
wore oh tho head’ of as many men. That is
all 1”
That evening Monsieur Real wont to the
Directory. Gohior was there and propound
ed tho eternal question, asking particularly
concerning the affair of the unlawful assem
bly. The former, with as serious a tone as
ho could assume, related his story. Gulricr
never forgave him, and until their death they
wore implacable enemies. ‘
A Little Boy Moves A Great Sun’.— Wo
have somewhere road tha tin an English dock
yard, a great ship was to ho launched: an
immense multitude assembled to see it glide
down the slides that wore to carry it into the
water. The blocks and wedges were knock
ed away, hut the massive hull did not stir,
and there was much disappointment. Just
then a little hoy ran forward and began to
push the ship with all his might. The crowd
broke out into a laugh of ridicule,- but it so
happened that the vessel was, almost ready
to move, tlio few pounds pushed by the lad
were only needed to start it, and away it.
went into the water. This teaches an im
portant to every hoy and girl. You
often Ihinfc'ihat the little you can do, is of no
account. Yon don’t know that. A little
woid, a kind not, however small, may be,
and often is, the turning period in one’s own
history, and often of great importance iu its
influence upon others. A good deed, or the
resistance of a temptation, may start up good
thoughts in the mind of a playmate, which
may suggest other thoughts anil deeds. The
train of'thouglit in one’s mind, is like a train
of oars. The little frog or tongue on tho track,
no larger than yourfingorat its point, may di
rect tho locomotive upon tho right crack,or
if -wrongly placed, it may turn tho online
aside and hurl it clown a steep hank to tear
ful destruction. So tho smallest word or deed
may start tho mind on a right or wrong track.
Dear young frionds, your little words, littlo
thoughts and little deeds are important.—
Strive earnestly to ho right, noble, generous,
at all time?, in secret and in public. lYhcn
in tho future we come to see the great map
of human actions and influences spread out,
it will then ho found that you are dayly and
hourly exerting an influence that is tolling
upon the character of your brothers, sisters,
playmates, upon your, parents, upon all yon
come in contact with. Give a good push at
tho ship, do a good deed, no matter how trif
ling, whenever and wherever you can, and
trust to God for the result.
Free M.isoxair. —After tho buttle of Wa
terloo was decided i» favor of (ho English,
about fifty IVoncbmcn nearly all of them
wounded —the heroic wreck of a square of
T, n 'two regiments of infantry which- had boon al-
OENEit.u, bicicuns -On a te- m(js| . e " termi „ a tod by tbo discharge of a park
cout occasion Goneial Siekcls, of the roaoral « {U .^p er y—iound themselves at tho close of
Army, e.coompaniod Ex-Governor Aiken, of tci , ri^o dnyi surrounded by a considorn-
Soutli Carolina, on,a visit to bis. Sea Island ))lo fm . oo 0 f t ] lo enemy. After having por
plantation, on Jehpssee Island, to assist in J. med prod ; g ; cg 0 f perceiving that it
persuading his lormer slaves to outer into wns imp o SSl blo for them to make a retreat,
labor contracts for the ensuing, 3 tai. I hoy th reluctantly determined to lav down their
found the negroes totally unwilling, however, But the allies, instated lit the great
to enter into such an arrangement, as, indeed, whi( .,, - tl lllul snfforad by thorn, con
they are throughout the South generally.— Imiod tQ ih . o on thom . Tho Frenchman now
Tho prominent difficulty in thou- minds was Cl . oolvel uiiat their complete destruction-was
tho hope and the expoction that the Govern- j’ nevitablG _ un l oas some mirado should save
ment would divide out lands among thorn.-- xhe lieutenant in command was sud-
Our informant reports the following colloquy i n ?T'uvd with tho thought that tin?
as taking pine*'holwoon ( .mitral Si ’.col-' aivl :1 ..1 1 i- l, v Ma-mrv, v:\u.dnu:
one •-{' the '• In-.n! iin'ii" mi'tlu- pl.iMah-.n.- - | n HuMnitl ; • ■l'h u.alHnj fire.
: J. speak-' wry well Ihr AlVi.-an : h ,', Tw.- I la" 'verhm- ■,!«.
* Kl " 1 ■ «!■- 1 I’fi'i \ 11 him. and hi .1 -.Him-n-mi- hu
j incut, and ask mu In hi n- buy <l« hm . an , , ,i„. v m-derod the firm a m ‘■'-•ate, with
\vc will pay for dc Jan m life i«ur»; wu it t tho o Ust omarv etiquette of consulting
wo no pay for him, den let do gnbonuent comnuin dinpr‘ o fli CC r. Having provided
take do lan’ back.” • r..,. the safety of the prisoners, they reported
Tho General replied that ‘ such an arrange- t ] lomge i TC3 to their General for this breach of
mout was impossible ; that the land did not m ;];t 31 .y discipline. He, however, being nl
belong to the Government, but to Governor a free Mason, so far from indicting any
Aiken, their lormer master, who, as every-. ' B i imoll t commended them for their gen
body knew, was a very kind master and 0113 cnn j HO t.
would pay them good wages. iho reply
was;
“■Well, mass General —din wo use to be
long to Mossor ? and din do goberment take
ua from Mosscr and gib us free ? Don can’t
do goberment do do same wid do lan’ ?”
General Sickols was, of course, unable to
deny the consistency of thcrroasoning, which
also showed that tlio negro bad a clear idea
-of the immense spoliation of property which
the South had suffered. Ilia mistake was
in expecting In find no limit to it, abort of
our entire destitution. —Exchange I’aptr.
(£7“ If you want to bo lionized go into the
■wilds of Africa.
CARLISLE, PA.. THURSDAY, .JANUARY 11,1866.
A KortJi Carolina Witness.
They have a queer spooimon of human na
ture in North Carolina. Everybody remem
bers the celebrated 1 Cousin Sally Dillard
Case,’ anti hero is one recently reported,
which is nut far behind it. The writer gives
it under tholicad uf ‘ legal proceedings
Action for work ami labor done in cutting
ditch on defendant’s land. Plea ; Payment
and sot off, in bacon and corn meal.
Plaintiff’s son on the stand —recollects the
ditching perfectly, but seems to forgot all
about the bacon. ...
• You say your daddy did all this ditching?
Do you know what ho got for yt ?' inquired
Colonel C. for defendant.
‘Ho never got nothing, as.ovor I hoard on,
that’s what ho never got,’ answered the wit
ness.
‘ Didn’t your daddy_ got corn and bacon
from defendant in paying for ditching?’
‘ Never herd of his getting no corn or ba
con.’
* What did your daddy and his family
livo on,.last summer?!
‘ Vittlos, mostly.’
‘ What sort of victuals?’ .•-
‘ Well, moat and bread and some whiskey.’
■ Whore did lie got that moat ami broad V
‘ Well, fust from one, and thou from the
other.’
‘ Didn't ho got some of it from defendant ?’
‘ Ho mought. ’
‘ I know ho mought and then again, you
know, ho moughtn’t.’
With considerable excitement, aud in
tones of thunder.
‘ Answer tho question; and no more of
this trilling with your onji.i,, .did your daddy,
or did lie not, get corn and bacon.-from., tho
defendant, for ditching ?'
‘ Well now, iio mought, it didn't-oc.cutjd
zactly, you know.’ >
Here" his honor interferes, and with a
stern judicial frown addresses tho witness
thus: ‘
‘ Witness yon must answer tho question,
nr t.hn court will bo comnollcd to deal, vyitti
you. €an’t you say yes or no?
4 I reckon.’
1 Well, then, answer, yes or no. Did or
did not your daddy get corn and bacon from
tho defendant at tho timo referred to?’ in
quired tho court. _ ,
Witness, now fully aroused and conscious
of his danger—
-4 WoS, Judge, I can’t odzaotly remember,
you know, soon as how its dun bin gone and
oat up ; but {planting himself firmly, as one
determined to out with it,) to tho best of my
rokollokshun, if my memory serves mo right,
bo mought, and then again ho moughn’t.’.
’The plaintiff saved his bacon. 'Verdict
accordingly. . ' , ■
Set-to with Bears. —The Sullivan, (N.Y.)
Republican says quite an excitement was
caused at White Lake last summer, by the
appearance of a liupo bear near the Mansion
House. For several days she laughed at the
hunting community, boxed the ears of all dogs
that ventured near, and what few men ven
tured out with pitchforks and axes were brush
ed away like so many May tiles. Artur spend
ing a few days of undisturbed repose around
the Lake, she loft for parts unknown, .and
had not since boon heard from till last Wed
nesday. Mr. J. F. Calbrcath, hoaidtig of her
whereabouts, armed himself with a rifle and
revolver, and with two good hunting dogs,
started into the woods for the sake of having
a little fun all alone by himself. After trav
eling about three miles, he arrived at a heavy
laurel swamp, the supposed habitation of Mrs.
Bruin. Pressing forward into the swamp
about twenty rods, the dogs were told to go,
and the bail soon opened. In live minutes
they commenced their music. They had
started an old boar and two half-grown ones.
The old bear turned on the dogs, and a noisy
battle ensued. The young boars, making
their escape from the dogs, came near Mr. C.,
when a bullet from his rifle brought one down.
Ho immediately reloaded. Much to his sur
prise, ho saw the bar he had shot coming at
him for a fight. Ho fired again, and the bear
fell to rise no more squalling for help. The
old bear, hearing the cry of distress, rushed
in with a vengeance, and before Mr. C., bad
lime to reload his rifle, Mrs. Bruin was ma
king for him in a great hurry about four rods
distTmt. Drawing his revolver, it snapped ;
ho drew again, and no fire; the caps were
worthless, and would not go. What was to
be done? The laurel was so thick that to
run was impossible. "Empty gun—no caps
or revolver—and the bear coming within
twenty feet! Throwing down the pistol and
turning the butt of hie gun, ho squared off
for a hand-to hand fight. At this interesting
point the dogs rushed in from behind, and
laid hold-of Mrs. Bruin’s posterior extremity.
She turned around to fight the dogs, forgot
her other antagonist and made oil’, leaving
Mr. C. “master of the situation,” with no
serious injury, but leaving his hair with a
strong propensity for standing in ufi erect
position. The boar killed was very fat, and
£ oigbed one hundred lbs.
While traveling with a friend between
p_l ■ ;m( | s ,we passed a neglected
and dilapidated house, that in its better days
had been used as an inn. Its erumbled ap
pearance attracted ear alien tinn, and partic
ularly an old si an upon which all that could
now bo rend was “71 Ale.” “Do you I.now
whiit bcoiuno of tlio proprietor of that inu ?
said my friend, “ No,” I answered, innocent
ly. “ lie X Ale (d) too much,” said lie,
“ and kicked the backet.”
OC/“ If you miss a train you don’t have to
wait for it—and that’s a comfort.
THE DYING YEAR,
Full knc'D-deop lies tho winter snow,
And winter winds are wearily pishing;
Toll yo tho church-boll sad ami slow,
And tread softly and speak low,
For tbo old year lias a-dying.
Old year, you must not die ,
You came to us so rapidly,
You lived with us so steadily,
Old year, you shall not die.
Ho licth still, ho doth not move ;
Uo will not fico tho’dawn of day,
Ho hath no other Ufa above;
He gave mo ivfriond, ami a true truo-lovc,
And tho Ncw-ycar will take ’em away.
Old yoar, you must not go ;
So long as you have been with us,
Such joy as you havo scon with us,
Old yoar, you shall not go.
Ho frothed Lis bumpers to the brim ,
A jolUovycar wo shall not soo,
But though liia eyes aro waxing dim,
And (hough his fooa speak ill of him,
ITo was a friend to mo.
Old year, yon shall not dio ;
We did so laugh and cry with you,
Xv'o half a mind to dio with you,
Old year, you must not die.
He was full of joke and jest,
But all his merry quips aro o’er.
To sco him die, across the waste ,
Ills son and heir doth ride post-histc,
Eutho’ll bo dead before.
Every nno for bis own,
The night is starry and cold, my friend,
p And the Ncw-ycar, blithe and hold, ray friend,
' Comos up to take his own.
Tlow hard ho breathes ! over the snow
I hoard just now the crowing cock,
Tin* nUrulowa flicker leaml fro ,
The cricket chirps, the light burns low,
'Tie nearly twelve o’clock,
Shako hands, before you die,
Old year, wo’ll dearly ruo for you;
What is it wo onn do for you ?
Speak out boforo you dio.
His faoo is growing sharp and thin,
Alack ! our friond is gone,
Close up his eyes, tie up his chin ;
Step from the corpse, and let him in
; Tbat stundeth them alcno.
• And waiteth at the dooi
_...iTUore’s a now fool on thb floor, my friend,
And n new faoo at th'c t door, my friend,
A now faco at tho door.
THE FEET IN WINTER TIME.
No person can be well long whose feet are
habitually cold ; while securing thorn dry*
ness and warmth is the certain means of re
moving a variety of annoying nilm/mu—
The tcet ol some aro kept more comfortable
in winter if cotton is worn, while woolen
suits others better. Tho wiao course, there
• fore; is for each one to observe for himself,
and act accordingly.
Scrupulous cleanliness is essential to the
healthful -warmth ot the foot, henoo all, es
pecially those who walk a groat deal out of
doors during the day in cold weather, should
make it a point.to dip both foot iu cold wat
er on rising every morning, and lot them re-
main half ankle deep, for a minute at a time ;
thon rub and wipe dry, dress, and move about
briskly to warm them up. To such as oau
nol well adopt this course from any cause,
the next host plan is to wash them in warm
water every night just before going to bed,
taking the-precaution to dry them by the
fire, most thoroughly, before retiring. This,
besides keeping the foot clean, preserves a
natural softness to the skin, ami has a tend
ency to prevent and euro corns. Hany a
troublesome throat affection, and , many an.
annoying headache, will be cured if the feet
are kept always clean, warm, soft, and dry.
The moment the feet- are observed to bo
cold, the person should hold them to the fire,
with the utookings off, until they fool com
fortably warm. One of the several decided
objections to a furnace-heated house is the
want of a place to warm the foot, the regis
ters being wholly unsuitad for the purpose. —
Our wealthy citizens do themselves and their
families a groat wrong if they fail to have
one room in the house, free fee all, whore
a lire is kept burning from the first day of
October until the first day of June, on a low
grate, on a level with the hearth; for the
closer the iiro is to the hearth in a grate, or
to the floor in a stove, the more comfortable
is it. and the loss heat wanted.
This is one of tho delights of the good old
fashioned wood (ires, the very thought of
which carries so many of ns away to tho glad
scenes ef childhood in early homes. It ought
to bo known in Now York, where hard an
thracite coal is burned, that with one of tho
grates named, filled with hard coal, and a
few pieces of Liverpool or canncl put on top,
nearly all tho advantages of a wood tiro arc
scoured-, at least as far as cheerfulness, c nn
lort, and warmth are concerned.
Some feet are kept cold by their dampness
from incessant perspiration ; in such cases,
cork solos arc injurious, because they soon
become saturated and retain moisture for a
long lime. Soak a cork in winter for a day
or two and see. A better plan is to out a
piece nf broad cloth' (lie size of the foot, past
on it half an inch thickness of curled hair,
wear it inside stocking, tho hair touching
the solo, remove at night and plnco it before
the lire to dry-until morning. Tho hair tit
illates the skin, thereby warming it some,
and conducts'the dampness to tho cloth.
Scrupulous cleanliness of fegt nnd 'stack
ings with hair solos, are Hie mean-- known
t(j' u-■ id keeping lie- f-ei warm win n ih-y
inv im( , old i non docidi'.l ill I wall ii.. A ! i;lit
-li.*c will k.-p ll.c l**<*r «• .•■■id s- !••••. wh-u a
1,,,1-c shoe 'vill allow r-i.-ni I.' !■■■ riilill ■ rl.il, ly
warm. A loose woolen socic over aloose shoo,
will maintain more warmth than the thick
est sole tight lilting boot. Never start on a
journey in the winter, nor any other time
witli a new shoo.
Hall's Journal of Health.
Chunks u r "Wisdom nv Josh TSiu.inos.— |
Sailors heave Iho lead for tho purpose ol find- j
ing Iho bottom, not for the purpose ov going j
tharo—it is sum so with advise ; men should |
ash for it, not so mutoh for the purpose ov ,
foloring it, az foi toe purpose o\ 6tieii|,tlu,n . j\. Pkiilkji.— If, where one-sixteenth of the
ing his own plans. , • 1 nopulation is African, one half of nil -jurors
Knny bodily kan toll winire| .gUton ng i h l )IIKI bc blttuk . v ,. h ; u propurli„n of negro
struck last, hut i l '.-. 1 ‘ .J ' population would gn e a complete “ ebony
find out wdiare it i/. a gum ow . it-twcicn i" vv ■” V/e had thought that the Rcpnbli
time tins » one ov llio dnloionees b.tw oon - only advocated equality,
laming and wisdom. , 1 1 - 1 J
Jlost_ enny ®.J" L^°nod^non-' “lavas never ruined but twice,” said a
sonse-andTt almost takes an educated man 1 whea I tot a lawsuit, and when
tow approbiato it after it k, writ. 1 1 gamed ono.” ■
■rk{>
Tun Pear Tree and the Graph Vine.—A
young pear tree and a grape vino wore plant
ed beside a wall in a "union. Being in an
out-of-the-way place, they wore loft to grow
as they pleased, and according to its nature
the grape vino sent out its branches in every
direction, and with its fingcr-liko tendrils
grasped every object within its roach. Tims
it soon looked wild and straggling, and per
haps merited the reproach which the pear
tree oast upon it one day. “See,” said the
tree, '‘How I am rising into the sunshine,
while you grovel on the ground among coarse
low-bred weeds.” And the vino could hardly
help admirjng the tall slender shoots, strait
as an arrow, growing so vigorously upon tho
tree ; hut it quickly replied, “I am not too
proud to associate with my neighbors.” The
tree felt the implied rebuke, and said nothing
more at that time. In tho fall when frost
oanro, tho tree being more exposed, first felt
its biting effects ; its loaves quickly withered
and foil, while tho grape vino being more
sheltered, . yet" remained green. Then it
taunted the pear tree, “Lowly comfort is belt
or than miserable pride,”, it said—but its
triumph was short,‘for soon it too was despoil
ed of beauty. Winter came ami tho vino
protected by tho wall, suffered little from
oold, but tho tender shoots of tho tree were
severely nipped. One day, however a terri
ble storm prostrated part of the garden wall,
and tho grape vino was fearfully mangled by
tho falling rubbish. In tho spring both tree
and vino felt humbled,and they put forth their
leaves they gladly greeted each other, and re
mained firm friends tho whole season, so that
a now'slioot from the vine twined among tho
''branches of the tree, and when autumn came,
there hung a rich cluster of grapes boaiclo a
beautiful golden pear. ■ One day the gardner
noticed tills calling, his son, ho pointed out to
him how the partial freezing of the shoots of
the pear and the injury done by the wall to
the vino had so pruned their excessive growth,
that both had now for the first time born
fruit. Then ns ho worked with his pruning
knife to bring them both to hotter shape and
greater fruitfulness lie said, “See how soom
hng inlslbrtuno may prpvo a real blessing."
“ I was just thinking” also replied tho boy,
‘‘how misfortunes will make friendship.forsoo
how tho now shoots that boro tho fruit both
camo from tho parts that had been most in
jured and if some of our thoughtful boya
and girls had been there, they would proba
bly have said, that suffering may also teaoh
forbearance and charity, and perhaps they
would have thought ot other good lessons
which this shoot history convoys.
Freak or Nature. —A few days since a
butcher'an Gratiot street killed a nice fat cow,
and was somewhat astonished to discover a
fully.developod calf, with two perfect heads.
Tho monstrosity is still tho centre of attrac
tion, and tho object of wonder among all tho
neighbors in that vicinity.
A gentleman living on East Fort street is
the owner ot a largo, fat lion, who lays hen’s
eggs, scratches like a hen, and abhors water,
yet lias a perfect duck’s head, and squawks
as musically as any drake could desire.
Wo hoevvd of craolliur freak of nature, wlucli
occurred near tho end of the Gratiot street
route, wherein tho “ huraah form divine’’ is
presented man aspect which would stagger
belief wore not the evidence as plain as tho
nose on a man’s face. In this caso a male
infant was born on Thursday last with two
separate noses (one Roman and tho other
Grecian], both perfectly formed. Wo havo
seen men with one nose big enough for two
or throe, hut this phenomenon heats them
all. Tho child is perfectly healthy, and will
no doubt live to breath with its four nostrils,
and blow its two nosos. Tho father is in a
brown study over tho fact that he has neith
er a Roman nor a Grecian, hut a contempti
ble par/ noso I
130 Frank. —lie frank with the world.—
Frankness is tho child of honesty and of
courage. Say just what you mean to do on
every occasion, and take it for granted you
moan to what is right If a friend asks you
u favor, you should grnnt it-if it is reasona
ble ; if it is not, tell him plainly why you
cannot. You will wrong him and wrong
yourself by equivocation of any kind.
Never do a wrong thing to make a friend
or keep one ; the man who requires you to do
so is dearly purchased, and at a sacrifice.
Deal kindly and firmly with all men and
you will find it'ttho policy that works tho
best. Above all, do not appear to others
what you are not. If you have any fault to
find with any one, toll him, not others, of
what you .inplain. There is no more dan
gerous experiment than that fif undertaking
to bo one thing to a man’s Jane, and another
behind his back. '• .’>
3Ve should live, act ami speak out of doors
as the phrase is, and say and do what wc arc
willing should bo known and read of all men
It is aut only bust as a matter of principle
but as a matter of policy.
JK-Jf" The radical hatred of representative
Republican government is well illustrated in
tho preparations making hy the Hampers in
Coug’-css to take entire control of the muni
cipal affairs of Wiuhington City, and to
force negro suffrage upon the whole .people
ol the District, against their earnest remon
strances. It does not require a royal tiara
to dovelupo a tyrant.
[£7* Two operatives wore discussing tho
subject of a now grave-yard in Scotland,
when one of them expressed his aversion to
it in tho remark, ‘ I’d rather dee than lie
buried in'sic a place I’ With an equal dis
regard of the logic of facts, his companion,
who held an .exactly opposite opinion of tho
cemetery retorted, ‘ well, if I'm spared in
life and health, I’ll gang nowhere else!*
“ Pear mo,” said Partington .to
l!:e. i]m- >'•; 1 1 >*r 'lay, a- jd\t» r-md I lie .* \ lie
i-ai'-r. “ultai an '.'o.ii'ir.t ia .r .dr.-u-.j -1 •. in'-'.
ji.M.r. d-iin iDui), I 'irjijiO'" It ua- ',oiul ><i
Ihr- t * i Ola (d i did I*. i *\\ !■lf- \ - ' ■'! 'i . " lU':
ai -d'/'-d lb’- I'rp-'r .sad : .no I f li.-, par
agi <•.})!«, :•>. hc.uiotl,. roiV-i red 10 .k.
marble bust of tlio reverend gentleman on
view at a,statuary repository.
good story is told of a 3lcthodist, at
whoso house an itinerant preacher was pass
ing the night, who, when bed-time enme and
family prayers were suggested, in searching
for a hiblo, finally produced a couple cf lorn
leaves of the good book,, with tho naive re
mark, “I didn’t know I was so near out of
Bibles.”
$ g'H m U u t a J.
lIT STABLES FOR AIL BUT FATTENING
ANIMALS.
Light is as essential to the healthiness of
the eye, as good food is for the stomach.—
Light strengthens tho eye." Darkness, and
especially sudden changes from darkness to
light, tend to weaken tho vision of both men
and animals. When n horso is taken from a
dark stable, be walks ns if ho wore blind,
and tho light that moots his eyes appears to
cause pain. Every stable should have glass
windows, wherever tho climate is too oold to
admit of open windows. When it is not con
venient to have a glass window in the-walls,
panes of glass may bo fitted to holea sawed
in tho door; or a sash containing a'single
row of panes may bo sot in a frame over tho
door. When stock stand in their stalls fa
cing a barn floor or largo feed-room, if their
mangers are not boarded up tight, light may
bo admitted through windows nbovo, or in
tho barn-doors. But if thoyjstand with their
heads to the wall, light may enter at any,
part of the stable, except in front of thorn.—
Farmers often saw round holes through tho
boards of frame stables before each horse,
which are closed by slides, and those allow
pure air to outer as well ns light. This is a
poor plan, but better than nothing. There
should bo windows at tho ends or roar,
onougli to mako tho wholo stable as light as
a family sitting room. They should bo ca
pable of being opened for free air' in sum
mer, and situated so that draughts of air will
not fall upon tho bodies or logs of tho ani
nials, but circulate above their backs. Per
fect ventilation must bo otherwise -obtained,
when the weather is so cold that tho windows
must bo closed. When window glass has
been broken out, wooden panes are often in
serted, and cobwebs and dust too frequently
intercept the light. For tho benefit of tiro
eyes of all animals, stable windows should bo
well glazed and frequently washed. Most ot
me stables In me country are not provided
with suitable windows, while a largo propor
tion havo nonoat all, the stables being almost
dark as midnight. Light and sunshine in
winter are essential to healthy vital action
of all our animals. But tho desirable quiet
of fattening animals ia bettcr attained in dark
apartments, and no perceptible bad effect up
on their health is noticed in the few months
of stall feeding, which usually precede their
sale for slaughter. —American Agricultur
ist.
HOW TO MAKE A STRONG SLEIGH.
There are two ways at least of making tho
“ benches” of all kinds of sleighs and flut
ters, and one is so rauoh stronger and better
than tho other that wo illustrate it. It will
bo seen by tho engraving that a gain is made
on tho upper side of the rumor whore tho
knee enters it, so that tho shoulders of the
tenon at tho lower end of the knee are lot in
bolotr tkc tdgo ot tUo ruuuex j and
that tho shoulders on tho upper and of tho
knee are lot about half an inoh into the beam.
It is plain tliajt a sleigh made in this manner
must bo stronger than it oould he, whore tho
shoulders of tho tenons not let into tho beam
and the runner, and that it will bettor en
dure tho strains, which come in almost ovety ■
direction. The tenons of a sleigh usually
give out first. This fact touches the impor
portanoo of putting all tho timber together
in the strongest possible manner, thus gain
ing lightness and the same strength as with
heavier wosd.
The knees should be made of thoroughly
seasoned stuff, and should dry for at least ono
month after tho last dressing, as oak and
some other kinds of hard wood will shrink a
little every time it is dressed, for a long time.
Tho tenons should bo made to fit so tightly
on every aide of tho mortise,Jthat a very heavy
hammer will bo necessary to drive them in
snug. Than if tho tenons and mortises are
painted, ns they always should he, tho run
ners, knees, beams, and roves will bo about
ns strong and durable as if constructed of ono
solid piece of wood. Gains out in tho under
aide of tho raves or side pieces, greatly in
crease the strength of tho sleigh. A good
coat of paint applied to tho shoulders, tenons
and mortises, will make tho work drive to
gether more easily, exclude all moisture,
eeep tho timber from shrinking, and render
the wood work much more durable than if
they were to bo put together without tho
paint.
KILLING AND SCALDING HOGS.
J. Comfort, writing from Cumberland Co.,
Pa., gives his process of killing and scalding
hogs, which has much to-recommend it, as
follows :
“ I have frequently thought of writing- a
word on tho easiest, quickest and most hu
mane manner of slaughtering hogs. I take
any kind ol gnu that will go -“loose,” load
with, say mio third charge of powder and a
phi;/ of hard wood, about an inch long and
tho thickness of tho ramred. This I shoot
directly into the centre of tho forehead of the
hog, and lie drops at once. Tho head is not
injured, as to meat; there is no danger of the
hog hitiiTg you. You have no hard tugging
and lifting to catch and throw them, both of
which are hard nnd dangerous work, and tho
hogs will bleed out bettor, as the nervous
system receives BO sudden a shook, that
they are not able to draw the- blood into the
lungs, in cafe the wind-pipe should bo cut in
sticking. It is easy to picture laying hogs
on their backs, but try it one year and try
shooting nest, and my word for it, your pen
will over afterward bo Irec from squealing
on butchering day. -
“ Now as to our method of scalding hogs.
AVe sot I'.vc. nods about twelve feet long, in
o'.ud'nu tw". r-.-i in ihe ground, and
elj.iol i-.'-Mv Ic-i span, and con a
:i beam „u top. I'od-r thi
|! i, •o' ..n.. p.i-r. I duk an n--
dinn' i ImlMi ..--In ml in the ground, nod
plaoo a pulley bn tho beam directly oyor ic,
and another pulley on tho side and near the
bottom of the adjacent peat. A ropo is
passed through those and attached to tun
hog’s hind log, and tlion ho may bo easily
hauled up and dropped into tho tub, then
taken out to air and clean ; and lastly ho
may' bo hoisted up and iiookod on to tho
beam by chains to hang. Such beams may
bo arranged to hung as many hogs as you
may wish to slay. A common barrol.kottlo
kept boiling will keep the water in the. scald
ing tub lint enough, by adding hot and tak
ing out cold, to continue scalding an indefi
nite time ; all with little cost, little fuel, lit
tle lifting, and tho killing with little suffer
ing to tlio animal. All things considered,
this is the best mode I ever saw Or used for
killing and scalding hogs.” —American Agri
culturist. >i
O* Why is necessity like a great many
layers 1 Boosvnso it knows bo laiTi
NO. 29.