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MIFFLIN, DENTIST, Locust street, a few doors above Inc Odd Hall, Columbia, Pa. Columbia. May 3. 18311. H. DI. NORTH, A TTOUNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAU Cl Columbia. Pa. Col lectioa. rornptl y made In La ncastel and Vorl sountieft. Columbia. May 4,1850. J. W. vistrEß, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Col .mbiA, 72a. Colurnim,:tNepirmb , r !I HOTTENSTEIN. M. D., lIRGLIN IND PllrslCtlN, Columbia, Pa. ‘...; Office 111 We rooms labrlv occupied by Dr L Fabert. :11,ny 14, 1,:.:9-11. S. Atlee Beckins, D. D. S. DRACTICE•4 Ihr ovr.iiive. r-ormeal and Mechma t..M VAT:11'1111 , 111% ol hir 1,1 1.1 • y Orrtca cocu-i "I reel. lief ewe II the Franklin liou- , and l'a“ Office. Columbia'. Pa May 7 1-fiO CHEWING TOBACCO. T HENRY I' PA I I LEW-, I.oc 41. street. oppottite the Franklin Ilou coo be hurl t.!1513..k LEA I% cON• CREB., and ~.evvrul other brans + of the beet ch ew ,,,, Tobacco, to which the attetroon of chewers is ins tied. May I. Al l'ol2Tl•:Dl,uhut ., , ulo, Giotto', Double Extract .1 for the hontllrerethef, at FIRY (at HEN , . Orpn,,t, lintige. rto“. Tell. ]9.'59 B— ___ ROOMS.---100 Du, Brooms, at Uitolesalr or Delon. at El. PFAlll,l.:lt's3, Dec 12 Irra I.oeu -I .oreet. SINE'S Compound of Syrup of Tar, Wild Chet ry ond Octal hound, (or the t roc t f Cr,u2,), tkaa6, Whooptug Cough, Crotio.ar. .it D1.:1.1.E71"S Family Medicine Store, Odd Fellow.' [lull October ^_3. 1,54, Patent Steam Wash Batters. T(II.:SE watt known Bo a re krvi hand at II ENItY l'I , A111.11:1t 9, I.oc u‘a .trrel. Opposite the Colantimi, July IN, 1a37. pals for sale by the bushel or larger gun thy by 17. F. A 1•1•01.0, Columba Dec '25. 1:,:58. Canal Bain TOBACCO and Scgars of the best brands. wholesale and retail, at 13111.7"CER'S' JUST ill stare. ttir,lt lot of Dielimr, rraiitirld culebratell Vegeto . .tle Cattle Powder and for Nal. by it. NV t 1.1.1 A Front street, Co:uolloa Sept. 17, 11-59 Soap Coxes of Duffer Brown Sop on hand and Rd' (;) ti sale ow at the cornet of Lord and Union Sts. Augu , t. 6 ISO Suffer no longer with Corns. T the I.oidco Mortar Drug Store you can procure AA WI article a limit In warranted to remove Corn, to 4 hours, without ',um or wrciteNs, Fly Paper. pupf . U . l F llT:riiele of Fly Paper, for the &tiro, &c., Jet.: been 14•CeiVeJ tat the Vrttg Store of R IVILLIAMS, Front a trcet , Columbia, July 30,1919. Harrison's Columbian Ink 1 1'1" nud ant corroding ithr,t.ieph,:,,. quantity, at the Cannily :Wedwine there, and blacker yet Is that gagn..ll tient Voloth. Columbia. Jane 9, 14.59 Ifri3.WIN"4I.OIS":, syryp, grem/y laminate Ibc piocesu of teething by re d:lo(.ll:gatiamation..u;la)llllf pa •pa-modie action, vcry.-I.on nine. For Ir. It. \VILLIAVa`, ' , role .11001, Columbia. Sept.ll, 1859 "REDDING & CO'S Russia Salve! This ex tremely popular rro.nctly tor the cure of external ailments a• nuts , ior hy M. WILLIAMS. Front 61., Columbia f ept. 21, GRAIN GROWERS can carry oil their bust !we.. 11111.1 •111 . 1 . ,..1111i1 li 11(1111111.1011. ire" from frock Borne forty vittey.trtl. t•et oto the 1,1 , 1 .eoroo See tatlvertt.enietit of 11.Immonion La ads, a not her column. - p ERSONS wonting change of climate for henui, Sec lidVelll 4 elll,ll of ii/M111,1,10. r, in anotln.r column y Y 1,5•0,n cZALT by the Sark or Bushel, and Potatoes 11. large or •rnall ziliv amen-11cl' of This(' and VIIIOII [Jou 8 VI RA NUI PA NN I EXlrlie lb a lid Son everk.L.g perfume. at (ARM' I:l;NN't 4 , Feb. W. %W. Opposite Cola. Bralge. Front CISTERN PUMPS. subscriber han a large .ilock of ("intern Pumps JL and Raton, to Mlle!' lie calk the utteution of the :politic. He in prop.ured to pot them up for tt , e lit mm •lu b suottiol mod <intl.! riug /114.,111Cr. PFAIILER, Locll.l •trret rpecember 12,0,57 FANCY TOILET SOAPS. ifflllEfinedtlon.orno..in vf Fancy ToneL SOlpi, ever .1.. faltered to Columbium., at ItIIY,CRID:S'S, , Deb 10, "50. Oppelite Cola, !fridge. Front CTiVen G n' ; a 6 F. ‘ x ‘ ..lr A n T et t a :n to b r Y al l e e 1 1 :111 1 1:1k Ci e u r n e r l:n7 ro; I te once or. pound, or 111 any.psnot.tyiaae -nil puee ßnes,„.bueer. o 114 4. alFeb 12.'50. 01 , 110 , 1 C Coln, rm.! Just Received and For Sale, Al libls. (:snood 1 1 1.1-n”, 1,0 2ut, Flour; 231.L1a. Nn. 1 Lard Oil of be-t 11011 bus. Ground Muni Salt. by 11 F. PrOLD. No.l and:: Canal Itll.ol. March 26, '59. IMO'SCocoa Cooler o Celebrated Black and .Green Teas, 8 and Chocolat. , at f Third and Utlloll Ptrcel.. 111ov :20. '5.4 ,GRAIIAM, or, Bond's Boston V Crackers, or for oyapeptic•,llool ra.•ker, f 1 , 1- valids and flit:died—new articles in Columbia, at the Family Medicine Store. April 16. tr3a9' .---- • Teas. A FItESII supply of the selebralcd Tca• of Jon co.. El,.laflelpllia (Or -ale I. 1.0 S., II E. I;IIUNER. Aug 6, 't9 Coiner of Third oral EnTh is. California DT DATA, TATLOIC. Oh, fair going laud, the youngest, Intrust far CM] Of which the world can boast, .V . 11050 gnartJinn planet, evening's silver star, 11:nines thy golden coast! How art thou conquered. framed la all the pride Of auvitge beauty t•till: Ilow brought, oh, panther of the ftplendld hide, To htiow thy Nia,terti SD 3 No more thou sitiect on thy tuwny In indolent repOw; pOtlr't the cry alai of a thou.,nml fills Down from thy hoit•e of snowt•s.' But where the wild oats wrapped thy knee , In gold. 'rhe ploughmen! drives his share, And whele.through conons deep, thy streams are rolled, The miners arm is bare! Yet in thy tup,thus rudely tent and torn, A nnttler -erd shall he; Mother of mighis Inea, thou shun not mourn Thy lost viretnny ! Thy human children restore the grace Gone wII h thy f i ien lute.; The scald. harbor,. beauty of 111 t face Shall round to elos.dc Tiara. And Order, Justice. Social Law shall curb Thy Ullt3ltled enercie•iJ And Art and Science•, with their dreams superb, 11E01= thou• unmet ease. l'he marble. sleeping in thy rnouninins now, Shall live in scalp urea rare; Thy native oak shall crown the sage's brow— Thy 1.,,y the re:n Cs hair. thy tziwity bill: -hall bb rd their purple tame, Thy yteld their. 00; And Vo=w, with he: , loqurttce (brine, Per•uude thy son , to tail. Iltamer, us he trims Ins beum, No happier lend Omit e. And liarm slain trod her 4.1 d Ari uttiun dream Restored ngulu in thee' gtirttiDites'. All about a Coin [CORRERPONDEXC'E or TIM' T. Co 3131ER,E:i j"Crn="l. OF You publit•li this morning an article im cuins and coin collecting. I am given to the love of curiotn, coins to 3 self, and noth ing tempts me farther than the prospect of nlding one to my cabinet, especially no Ainericati coin, a pine tree shilling, Gratih3 copper, ur other memorial of our own coun try. It was such a prospect that led ate out of my way on the h oneward trip from the White nnuitains to a quiet village, the lo cality whereof I need u t mention with pre cision. My ft lend, the village doctor, wrote me long ago that if I would come and t•ec him, he would give me a quart measure full of coppers about which he knew nothing, hut which some one had pronounced valua ble, Su I went, and he gave . me the cop pers, and some or :am were rare and curi ous, and were valuable additions to my col lection. We were sitting, in the evening, before a blazing lire; though it was but the first of September, it was nevertheless very cold, when the Doctor took from his medicine cab inet a little case, and front the case a sm.dl gold coin. "What would you give to add that coin to your collection?" I examined it. It was but a common gold half eagle, of not very early date, and I tossed it back to him with a mile. "You don't value it?" "Five dollars," I replied. you coin collectors have an idea that your coins are-valuable because they are rare. If a die break in the Mint when only a proof coin has been Struck, that coin forthwith becomes pricelcz-s. But my friend, it is possible that coins may be as valuable fur private associations, as fur pub lic historical reasons. I have sometimes thought of making a collectiun of coins by taking one out of every fee I get that is specially worth remembering. Then 1 would catalogue them thus: 'Dead,' saved,' 'lunatic,' or with some word to remind one of the story that bangs by them. But that coin yonder shall ho the crown piece of the collection." And then the doctor told mo a story.— But to appreciate it, you should have seen us, the group of listeners, and you should have, too, the twinkle of my friend's eye now and thea, by way of gesture. Fur he smoked his pipe as he talked, and did not louse hand or foot; only lips and eyes. "That coin was a fee I once gut for n winter night's service to an old man. It was nearly midnight. The night was furi ous; blustering aluud, and cold as the ther mometer could allow it. That is, the mer cury was in the bulb, and as my instrument only measured twenty below zero, I cannot guess how much below that it was. These winter nights of ours aro arctic sometimes. I was in bed. Thanks to a hard day's work, I had dosed every one of my patients studs factorily before the cold gray Sunset, and had passed the evening cozily by the side of my candle in front of a roaring fire. "I had drawn my bed out from the cor ner into the very middle of the room; heaped on a pile of logs that sent their blaze flashing up the chimney, stowed away myself under the covers, opened the last number of the Edinburgh, and relapsed into a condition of perfect calm. "now tine wind roared outside; laughing. .housing, shrieking around the corners of the house, dashing itself like a thousand of —bays—through the branches of tine trees, raping the limbs against the claphoarding of the h..use, as if kome one were sawing pine boards for kindling wood; in short. ut teringall those sounds that a winter storm "NO ENTERTAINMENT IS SO CHEAP AS READING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." COLUMBIA, PENNSYLVANIA, SATURDAY MORNING-, DECEMBER 17, 1859. utters in the up country, and which are musical and melancholy, cheerful or dismal, precisely as the tone of the listeners mind may be. "Scarcely had I read ten lines, when a thundering rap shook the house. "Query; shall I be at home—or away?— Shall Ibe in, or out? Answer: lam out visiting a patient across the hill; not coming home till to-morrow. I'll try it, at all events. And thinking thus, I ldew out the candle and listened. Blowing out the can dle was not of much use when such a blaze was on the hearth. I think there was more light after I bed put it out. And the next instant I beaud under toy window a voice that was exceedingly thrilling, " 'Doctor, Doctor—oh, Dr. Strong, do wake up. "Very simple words, but very thrilling. I say. She—it was a woman's voice—must have come in at the gate, climbed once at the side of the house, and braved the ter rors of my dog Cicero, an eloquent dog in good weather, and a profound coward too— hence his name; I say she had dime all this to get under toy uindoty. “I sprang to the en•enlent. I did not know the toice, too trl.. cnuid resist IL Wo man's appeal in such eircumstanceq All the sashes were fattened down and ~,tuff..d with cotton. I could see no one, ; my face cht-sely as I could 11, , nin•t the Om , . So I shouted, "wait a moment," and, plun ing into a pair of pantaloons, I opened the door of my room. '•The air of the passage near] r knocked mite down. It was terrible to a man in a thin shirt and a pair of trousers. But I went down in the dark, and opened the back door. "There was a faint misty rn,sallight nver ,veryilling. The sun:A- stnria lca. , ; nearly osor. The 01:1 'in.') was tin .aigh ,Iriving clouds, and iy it.: light I saw lying nn my doer step a taationless farm. •'She had Callea there, exhausted. It was the work of an itistart to seize and lift her, and carry her up stairs to my warm room, chafe her hands and her face with some whisky, (I had it remarkably convenient) and with sundry similar applia :lee.; vocal/ the spirit to o•haL scented at first a marble statue. "I w•as a bachelor of thirty-eight—but no one in town knew that. I passed always f;.r a widower. My- house was large and roomy, but I occupied it alone, with only an old black man and his wife fir servants and housekeepers. They were bah deaf, and if the trumpet of the angel. wakes them when the day of rising comes, it will do more than 1 was ever able to do with a conch shell before five in the morning. "I hiked in some perplexity at my pa tient. She was very pretty. She was more than that—she was magnificent. I had read of beautiful women—l had seen beau tiful women. If I was a country doctor, I had been about the world a little, and once danced in the Pitti Palace with a Grand Duchess for a partner. That is not saying much, to any one that knows the freedom of the Court of Tuscany, but it sometimes told well in my country practice. "But I had never seen anything like this. She was a tall, fine'y formed person, look ing now as if twenty-four or five, bat when she had partly recovered. evidently not above twenty. She had suborn hair—per haps you would call it red. It was in heavy masses, gathered back from her fore head. She was perhaps a little larger in farm than was necessary to the perfect out line of beauty, but that was not to be no ticed when she stood up and Walked. "After a little I restored her. When the blood catne tingling It, her cheeks and neck rind finger ends, she was superb. She rose, looked about her astonished, ns well she might be, to find herself where she was, and fir an instant she seemed confused and over cern°. She staggered to a seat, but brush ' ing her small hand across her face, as if to sneep away some mist, she appeared to see through it all in an instant. "'You are Doetor Strong?' ; "'I am that person. madam, and trust I can be of service to you.' "'I believe I fainted on your step.— I remember calling to you, and then sinkine; down. Pardon me—it is e) strange dent I scarcely yet recall my errand. It is a terrible night, but yen most go with are Doctor. My father is very ill, and I c tine for you myself. We must be iu haste; have I been lune. here?' "Not five minutes—but will you tell me while I throw on some clothes—who is tour father, and who—' " 'Who am I. lam a queer messenger, you think, at midnight, for the ;Doctor. My poor horse must be nearly frozen. I will go down and look after him, while you get ready—no—do not be troubled about me— lam perfectly strong now. I did not faint from weakness. It is a fault, a failing, a disease I have. I am well now—only has ten, doctor—hasten.' "In three minutes I found her at the door in her cutter, and we drove off over the white road, plunging through drifts, dash ing down hill and up, like the very wind that wits behind us. "When we were fairly qtarted. I began to question her and now learned who the w as. For it was strange that any one with in my beat should be unknown to me, pecially any one like this beautiful creature oh; was ten miles to her home. Old Doc- tor P.. who killed the pe,ple in ►hat neigh borhood with ineredtbl. doses of eabenel, I had taken a..twenty grain dose himself, and Was paSt the help of any one but the sexton. Hence it became necessary to cell me in any important case occurring thereabouts, since I was the nearest physician. "Miss Duncan was the daughter of an old Scotch farmer, an elder in the Presby terian church just one mile farther on. Ile was a man of whom I had heard, but whom I h.id never seen. His family I knew noth ing of. I now learned that he had hut one daughter, who, with the 'ciliate servants, formed the entire household. Ile had been ill for mune time, but was suddenly worse, and she had come for me, alone at midnight, driving her horse over the wildest part of the country. "I will not pause new to relate the sub ject of our conversation on the way over.— I have said I was. a bachelor. I think that up to that time I had loved but three wo men. One was older than 1, and married before I was of age. The nest was a child who never grew old enough to love me, and the next—but never mind that. "My companion was not only beautiful. I learned very shortly that she was well ed ucated, a tine scholar, that site had traveled, had read Winch, fln.l was an accomplished woman. The charm of all she said, was indescribable. It was no place for senti meta, that sleigh in the tempestuous ni 4 lit, but before I reached the old Elder's house, it was a fixed fact—l lured fur the fourth mid the last time. "You think I speak in a triflins , tone. I knen there is not the app:Parance of sincer ity in what I say. I know as well t hat I ant serious when 1 say that I loved Jane Duncan that night before I reached her father's house. 1 will be more serious here after, ler I ant now to relate a serious fact in my life. "It was a dimly- lighted room in which the gaunt old man lay. As I entered it, there was a sickening odor of medicines, which contrasted so foreibly with the cold clear air without that I was at first over 'powered. Miss Duncan hastened to his side, before I was fairly in the room, and . asked in a low voice if he was any worse. ''Nay, nay, child—no w o r se, if G o d please, but nearer rest—nearer home—near er her—come in, Doctor. It was a wild whim of this dear child to seek you this bitter night. I would have forbidden it, but who could forbid the longing of a young heart like hers, loving her father as .he loves me. I think yuu will hardly do me any good. reel nty wrist a little while, and see if you think you can bring back blond to this feeble heart.' , "His pulse was fearfully low. I was only astonished at the strength of voice he had. It was vain to prescribe for him. I could only recommend sthnulants, but these he refused, "I watched him till morning, and as day broke in the east I raw that the hour of his change was urns ing. "'Lift me up and let me look at the sun rise over the fields.' "We lifted him, plaeing pillows around , to support the thin, tall frame, Just oppo sit the bed was a window looking out ott the I farm be had tilled fur fifty years, and be- ' youd it, over the forest against the gray sky now clear and calm, was the spire of the church that stood in the graveyard. I have often driven by that field of little hills, and wondered whether I knew any who were in ' the dust there. "'Jane, my child, your mother lies yon der. where the sun will rise directly. In the long years of my after life I have seen the day come up above her grave every morning, lying here, and tilf San-Jaye I have watched here till the sun rose, and thought never with pain of this hour. lam content and glad, very glad, my dear child.' "Thy daughter sat on the side of the bed, with the old man's hand in her own, not sobbing, nor weeping, but calm, serene; angel-like in her face and firmness of soul. I stood a little way oft, watching them. "'Dear little Jennie, my snow-bird, as I call her, born in December. You were a snow-bird last night; (looter, I thank you sincerely, I think I am nut going to last very long.' "He became more pale, and sank back suddenly on the pillows. Jane sprang to her feet and leaned over hint. A smile ',None over his countenance as he caught her gaze fixed earnestly ou his, and then he whispered, ' Read to me, child, read thy mother's psalm' "She read the Io4th Psalm. As she Caine to the last verse the sun came up above the hills. The first rays touched the ferehead of the Old Elder. lie smiledagain, repeated aloud, 'Bless thou the Lord, oh my soul,' a sharp, swift pang crossed his countenance, his hands were clasped, his lips moved an instant, and then tho old man had gone to his old wife in the land were martyrs and saints abide in serene glory. "Three months passed swiftly after this occurance. You may be well assured I did not let them go without visiting the farm of Elder Duncan occasionally. The march winds were cold and harsh that year. I drove not one night toward the end of the month. It was blowing a gale, hut I had a warm hearth before me, and I let the horses hare their way. "When f passed down the lane, darkness hod come on. But we,thc horse; and I, knew the way well, nod we did nut hold np. lon't know to this day precisely how it hap poned,but,instead of fiuding myself dismoun- tirq-, at the door, I woke in a large room that I had never before seen, and found myself Covered with blood, clothes nearly all taken off, my arm and two ribs broken, and Jane Duncan, pule as a ghost, standing over me. "They had brought me into the first room, which was hers, and there I lay a week be fore I could stir. How I studied that room, tracing her graceful thoughts in all its adornments. 'What delicious dreams I found clustering in the folds of the curtains'.— What eyes of angels looked on me from the ceiling! What starlight that was which stole in at the window, and shrank back startled and frightened when it found that her pu rity was not there, and only a rude villne doctor, moaning on the bed of his discontent. No, I will not say that. I was content; I would have been content to stay there fur- ISEES But, one evening r said to her that I was ashamed to be so long occupying her room, and keeping her out of it, and that next day I would get away, mid back to my own place. "What, to that large, dismal, dreary room of yours?" said she. •"Ali, you have seen it, haven't you?' I said and then,with a sudden thought, I asked her to go hark there with me; and she went: and yonder she sits laughing at you: and that's all the story." "But the fee, doctor—the coin?" •'Oll, that wag a notion she had from het fathei's old-country habits, that the dueler's tee should lie paid on each visit. She gave it to toe the inoining, he died. I wish azure of my patients had tile same notion. But I couldn't spend that coin. Don't you wish you had it in your cabinet?" No, I did not. For any coin that hail a voice anti could tell its story would become famous. What joy and sorrow, glory and infamy, had thehalf eagle been the price of before the Doctor took itl How to Catch Him or Her A cast number of aggravating, questions are to be met with in the columns of our daily and weekly newspaper; but of all the printed provocations know, the inquiry, "Are you thinking of getting . married?" is the most so. Why unoffending bachelor's should be unceremoniously hauled up by an entire stranger, and questioned respecting their "intentions," or bashful spinsters re quested to declare the secrets of the heart, 1 know not. But so it is, and persons in terested in the disposal of upholstery to young housekeepers are permitted to outrage the tendere.t feelings without ever being ex pected to blush at their own impudence. Still, if there is the power to wound by advcrti.ement, there is also a healing balm to be obtained from the saute source, as witr.ess the mowing: "To >he trimzezrriel: If you wish to marry send a stamped, addressed envelope to the adcerti•er, who will put you iu possession of a secret by means of which you may win the affections of as many of the opposite sea as your heart may de , ire. This is suitable fir wither sex, for the old or young. rich or par, of unprepossr•sing appe.tra nee, or oth erwi•e. Addreqs Mr. Wright, Clayton street. We.,t. \owea•tle-on-Trne." Every day did this adverti , ement stale me in the face when I opened the Staiidanl; and if, in place of that organ, I iuvested my daily penny in the Tekiraph, the same words, bat with a different address append ed thereto, were equally conspicuous. Now I seas thinking- of getting married, and I did wish to marry; but, unfortunately; Clara Maria, to whom I had been for some time engaged, didn't. I dare say she was thinking- about it; but she was in no hurry, and having hooked her fish, preferred play ing with the same before finally landing it. In the meanwhile, my feelings might be fit tingly compared with those of the angler's finny prize, fur whom, struggle as he may, there is no escape. Thus situated, it may easily be supposed that the above quoted advertisement possessed a peculiar fascina tion for me, and that I longed to know the secret which would render me quite irre sistible. All my efforts to shake of the :nfluence of this mysterious announcement proved inef fectual; and at length, unable longer to con tend against it, I sent stamped, addressed envelopes to both the advertisers, and await ed the result of my applications with in tense anxiety, qualified by exultation at the thought of my approaching triumph over the self-willed arbitres of my ddstiny. And there was another feeling in my breast, namely, a desire to revenge myself on the young woman who thus trifled with her af fianced husband by postponing, indefinitely, the fulfilment of her pledge. I might, per haps, in the plenitude of my power over fe male hearts—but it is not well to tell too much, and I will only intimate "Our Squ , re" has an only daughter, fair and young, and that my worst enemy must acknowledge that t lam "good-looking." Possessed of youth, ' good looks, and that were!, what might not be effected? By return, I received back ins two enve lope,,, eac h o f which contained a circular.— That from J. C. C.—, Stoke, Newington, London, contained only the italicizal words more than that of th.. Seweastle ontleman, and his charge was two and-sixpence. In other respoets, they both ran as follows: To the Unmarried 6 - Both Svres: You are alre-tdy aware, through the tnedium of ! the public pre 9., that 1 am prepared to im- , part a secret of the gre,atest importance to you, by the posseaeion of which secret you 81,50 PER YEAR. IN ADVANCE; f . :12,00, IP NOT IN ADVANCE will he enabled to obtain the only true hap piness in life, viz: that of the married state: and which is the gruod aim and duty of every human being to enter into. "Before proceeding any further, I must state that I hr.-.-a eonnt.ction with any person advertising, nor do I know anything of any matrimonial office or association. "The plan I propose you should act uron is my own idea, and it is a plan by which thousands may obtain that happiness which they base hitherto sighed f,r in vain. 1 now beg to inform you that it is in toy pow er to put you iu possession of a secret, by means of o Nell any person, whether old or young, rich or poor, of unprepossessing up pearance or otherwise, may gain the affec tions of as many of the opposite sex as their hearts can desire; :yid not only do I under take that you shall be enabled to enter into is matrimonial engagement, through my means, but I also promise that should you act upon the instructions that I ant redt‘ . forward the marriage will taro out a i.at•i • one: for, in addition to the secret I It, named above, I will send you full part:o-- lay.; of the only way of ir-certain ing a pet - sou ' s true character and dispositioa. t,e , e secrete, once known, can be acted up ,n Lt a per-on of the dullest understlnding; there i s n u t th i n sli g htest possible chance of di;- covery, and failure is impossible, The plan is original and can be ollaired fi we »lc only, and front no other per.lnn. “Thme persons Ns bo apply to the for the above information may rely upon the GU;, t est seere-y being pre=en cd, and I flatter myself that in each person who receives toy Ilan I shall gain a friend. "I have decided on making my charge for the above important secrets so low its to al low of all classes availing themselves of hem. Therefore, on receipt of two bid]• lingo and sixpence, (which may be remitted in postage stamps,) and a stamped, addressed envelope, I shafl be happy to forward them to you. "Many per, , ons will, perhaps, disbelieve what I have stated:and put me down as an adventurer speculating on the credulity of the public. This can hardly be wondered at, considering the numerous schemes that arc gut up fur the purpose of fleecing the unwary; but I beg to state that classing me among persons guilty of such conduct, w dl be doing me a great injustice, fur what I have promised I am ready to perform to the very letter. "Should you have confidence enough in my honor to apply for any information. you may rely on receiving it by return of po-t. "NV ith best wishes fur your welfate, I am faithfully yours, &e." I turned from one circular to the other, like that animal which, relishing a di ,,, ert of thistles, is unable to choose between two .riecituotii of that favorite dainty. Ac thieve said circulars, which I hod parched by the expenditure of two swims apiece, lif fered only in it few word., and even the type of both were exactly the same, I thought i , just poscilde the "fin tiler ixfornmtion" might tally in litre nmonem so E resolved to select the cheaper, and accordingly sent twenty-four postage stamps to Mr. J. Wright. moreover reflected that the possesnimt of one such ail-powerful secret would he suffis cient for my purpose. It did not come by return, though. In fact, three days passed before it arrived, and in the meanwhile nn event occurred which rendered the information useless, so far as was concerned. Whether I had been so far I affected by the prospect of posse.-ing un limitedpowers of captivation that I had be came unusually independent in manner, I know not. But this I do know that Clara Maria was graciously- pleased, after a mere hint on my part, to name an early day for our wedding. She is now Mrs. John Walk ; er, and, I am proud to say, conducts herself so much to nay satisfaction, in her new p,l - that I can pass the Squire's daughter 'without tine shadow of a shade of regret. i But I 'flatter myself Ido not resemble ; that celebrated dog in the manger, familiar I ; to readers of Cantos. On the contrary, lam ; willing to bestow the valuable "secret," I which I have bought and paid fur, on all bachelors and spinsters who may chomne to avail therselves of it. Still, I should like everybody to try and guess my secret—to pause, having read so far, and allow the mind free scope for a few moment., in order ; to conjure up visions of cabalistic mysteries. lof wondrous charms written on parchment, and in unsightly hieroglyphics, to be worn ; round the neck or otherwise suspended, as Ithe migician who penned the same should direct. / guessed a thousand things, and I ; resolved that if the secret should come in the shape of a lore-philtre, I would try it on old Jowler, the house; dog, to make sure of its being harmless, before administering any to a human creature. My guesses were, however, all futile. Old Jowler's digestive organs have suffered no disturbance through any experiment of mine, and the honest beast basks in the sunshine, and snarls at the passers-by as usual. The wonderful "secret" arrived in the shape of a pamphlet of—including preface, title-page, and the reverse of these, which were blank—twenty-four pages. The bro chure, with its envelope, weighed rather less than half an ounce, and was entitled "Mat rimony Made Easy; or, How to Wrin a Lover." In Two Parts." To judge from the, title, thought I, this little book will supply a want in litrratare. A dramatist has already told. us "LiaW to Keep liice;" the author of this instructs us [WIIOLL NITHBER huw to cafe; him. Tie thing is therefore eualp:Cte The preface is a gem in its way, and is thus worded: "My ellief design in this publication is to make myself useful, and I am fully aware that if my advice is followed, my aim will be fulfilled. "This pubhcativu, however trivial it may he in buik, has cost-me much htud y , labor .uul persohal espericnca. As I ha: e nut ad vanced a sintle proposition but .1:o,!/ as is foun , le , l Nvhich hts I, ':!ort Nvc , ll allalyze.l 1 , 'ige-te Lc :June:- niu:e•— , :., 1 Lane b en to Lvoid i:Att.tt natuve. duly appreeititeJ, I remain ,eadorl.: , du ruted t•errn:u Prib:l))lv the "renter's tlev , )ted servant" 1.4 felolut !h t' his book, if 5:,1,1 for the 1 1 : . , ,11 T. ,lri sacra lir price— u; e roe% are a!lt tj Cflitle LS ht" (IP CD ' I n:!1 t,, or..tthe tirQt. Es-u, t - nn% cominencos, ;or ho re:noo;7,ers , p6te. ,?qpn-tt: "Mr. W, hissing. undertaken the re-ponsi , Lk duty of acting as ad, iser to those per song wishing to marry, will con addressing himself to his fair friend. ''ln the fir-t place," he say., "having made rap your mind as to the man you would like for your husband, you must gain his good opinion. This is very easily done, [mush more ca , ,ily said, Mr. W.] for in en tering into conversation with him, you must lead hint to speak of his tastes and his pur -1 suits, and appear deeply iuterested in what he tells you; allow him to talk as long as he thinks proper, occasionally giving him your own ideas on the subject, which must, if possible, tally with his. Should he be at all bashful, you must endeavor to draw bins out, [suppose the lady should be bashful, too?] and, having already discovered his fa vorite pursuits, must converse about them as much as possible, and encourage him to do so also. You can then ask his opinion of anything you may happen to think of, and lay great attention to his reply. Should his on the subject meet yours, you will, of course, take care to let him know it; should they not do so, you can give your reasons for disagreeing with him. This will lead to a pleasant discussion, and it mdters not who has the hest of the argu ment in the end." rr, , m my awn l er•nnal experience I consid er the di4eu, , ion which Mr. W. recommen,l4 shnnl.l net he lightly entered upon. It is, t) my notion, very much like the ice marked and, num humane motives, I In; to 2:1J;.;oz:t that this of breaking it, in c,,urtship, filer:ts a similar title. In fit there i; much of the author's counsel( which I regret to state that I am quite unn blo to emlurse. F,,r instance, he tells hia I .... !ter r.TaN. - -n, — Now, where can be the use of advising those charmingly /T.-rational beings to reranLa what nature has rendered impossiLlei These is cortal..ly u!..di•gi,.. in that part of the a bo ve (imitation which advises the lady to net the good listener; but then, think of the difilonit task it imposes! Fancy, if ym can, a lady 1 atiently permitting a gen tleman to talk as long as he thinks proper! is there not a tinge of hypocrisy in the counsel, "to appear deeply interested" in a I yarn, of which, perhaps, vii are II nuiteralTly weary? Dot to our ntutt•mq:"— "At f.!‘ery Meeting 301.1t111.1 , :t Crit - lun.YOr ti stg:tert.nin whi:t let been doing sinco you la t rate him." Now I strton.,:ly su.pectt that stwh ques t:oning n•.nt'.d I.e, to c is the Inas% ttnpalatn- blO, nr t I niontims itruwrt;lo I,!ret to LCinF pnt ihr , »gb , ne‘e, in this and fl•r inact with a re buff, for n Hot] k. or zulth , r has forgotten to propare her. : t rr , , , 11:!t2 tho "Sh 0,11 he hove anything you do not .ti,prere, of, candidly tell hint so. gi%ing a good. rear , u for your tlisappr,,cal." Suppsse, for instance, that the gentleman Sou torte mide yyur mind to have, br; escorted Miss 13rown to the theatre, and you, Miss June=. disapprove of that mark of at tention, thinking it may interfere frith your partieuhir tietrs, would it be nthisr.ble to tell him so? "If possible, lead him to speak of his fa•oily; in future meetings, inquire after them; you moist suit your tastes to his, talk I about eo crything tic likes to talk about, nod !avol , l everything lie avoids. always appear cheerful and happy in his presence; speak well of every one, above all things never speak ill-natured of a female friend. You must always be devoted and affectionate towards your own family, and neat in your dress; never allow au improper word to be spoken in your presence, &e. Act thus; and a proposal of marriage will be the result." This certainly sounds very orthodox and proper, but will hardly bear looking into.— To tell a young woman to seem cheerful. whatever she may feel—to be devoted, af fectionate nod neat, for the sake of getting a husband--is very much like bidding her act a lie, and she will have a reward for so doing- In Mr. 1,17.'q adric to toe lords of the era• .bor n a irnilar cour,e of conduct is rec'• ommende 1, with such nditicn• se the cre• 10A-ing; INT ' J. :z2nti;:n, SRI EN
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