M W M*UQ THE POTTER JOURNAL A.ND IST IE "W S ITEM. Jno. S. Mann, Proprietor VOLUME XXIV, NO. 38. The POTTER JOURNAL AND NEWS ITEM. PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY AT COUDERSPORT, PA. (Office in Olmsted lilock.) TERMS, * I.T* PF.R Y EAR n ADVANCE. Jno. S. Mann, S. F. Hamilton, Proprietor* Publisher. C. J. CURTIS, Attorney at I.aw and District Attorney, Office on MAISBt., (oirr the Post Office, COUDERSPORT, PA., Solicits all business pret.iininß to his profession. Special attention given to collections. JOHS *. MASS. ARTHUR B. MASS JOHN S. MANN A SON, Attorneys at Law and Conveyancers, CorDKRsrnRT, l'A., Collection* promptly to. Arfhnr B. Mann, General Insurance S. S. GREENMAN, ATTORNEY -A.T LAW, (oFKIrF. OVER F"*SVF.R * KTOS.F.,I COUDERSPORT, PA. K o 0! MSTKD n. C. T.dtRABEK ; OLMSTED & LARRABEE, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT LAW (Office in Olmsted Block,) Cor DERSPOKT, PEN N 'A. SETH LEWIS, Attorney at Liw and Insurance Agent, LEWISVILLE, PA. - A. M. REYNOLDS, DENTIST, (OKPIRF !!* OI.M s 'TF.D BLOCK,) COUDERSPORT, PA. B*ker HouFe, BKOWN & Kri.t.r. Propr's. (timer of SECOND and FAST Streets, COUDERSPORT, PEN N A. Eterv attention piid l" the eonvenicnee and comfort ttf ptlests. Ha;.m l stabling attached. Lewiuvllle Ho^el, Itirnt r of MAIN and NORTH Streets, LEWISVII.I.E, PA. e-1 )ood Stabling attached. PEARSALL 4 WEBSTER, PAINTER S, IAIN ST. ABOVE SECOND, (over French's store,) COUDERSPORT, PA. House Painting, dazing, draining. Cahimining, j-tlnishlng, I'aper-haiiging, etc., ioue with neatness, promptness and dispatch in all cases, and satisfaction guar a it t i e d . MIXED PAINTS fcr sale. 2425-1 * \ THOMPSON J. s. MANN THOMPSON & MANN. DEALF'N IV Unigs, Medicines, Hooks, Stationery, FANCY GOODS Pimi.OILS W LI PAPER, &C., | o<r, Main and Third hits., COUDERSPORT, PA. S. F. HAMILTON, BOOK AND JOB PRINTER (Corner Main and Third.) COUDERSPORT, PA. C. M. ALLEN. Sn nriral and Mechanical Dentist, I.EWISVILLE, PA. guaranteed to give satisfaction. D. J. CP.OWELL, '■■■ D. H. Sail J:inter k B :ltinj Machine, MN'NEMAIIONING, Cameron en., pa. I . V//0 < ■rrsuixuLE ma vniXE t. ■' r L NacUiuei, and General Custom Work ; John Grcm, Hon so * S j <• ii Drrornttvc & fresco PAINTER, L °UDERSPORT, PA. j SR UMx and PATER HANGING done H ' l i neatness and dispatch. P til, ;t,<>n_gva^7e ( i \ . I{ v,v i it HOI sr. Wwnptly attended to. C.J' l! - NEEFE. • RRIAGE FACTORY, ' L 'LERSI>ORT, PENN'A (. Blacksmith! ng, I I I rimming I Rt I *esß and durability. < harges • I C. BREUNLE, A,{ 'l L. K WOUK, ( FJ I I)KRSP()RT, PA. I- na? l S etc P Ilnis,u '" tn " r,l " r - I 1 • • workmanship, on I 4 ***FlniTf r left TTTTFETRTLRR. Of JOUR. d. reeelTc prompt attention Lang- Syne. [ln looking occr sonic old papers, the other mom iuif, we came across the S SQCKUANXA RF.OISIES, prill ed at Montrose, Pa., Oct. 19, 1837. It is ull of I in crest to au a ii resident of that county, and the fo'- lowing, (received, as the editor says, " rorn an un- 1 known source,") we think will interest such of our readers as are at all in love with Nature.— THE PHO- i | PBIETOR. J THE SPIRITS OP NIGHT. I Forth on the clear and lovely night I gazed | With rapture; for each lovely herb, or moss, i Or humble tlowret, on the warm earth lay Tranquil and pleased, for the oppressive lieat Of day had passed, and from the farthest depths ; Of the blue ether, peeping gailv forth , Between the erested summit of the hills, i Star after star arose, all newly decked | With g ittei ing splendor, till the vault of Heaven i Glow d with fresh beauty. Asl looked there came A form tiiat seemed of thinnest ether made, ! \\ ith pate yet l>i iliiant radiance, and she danced |O er wood and Held, and from her starrv wing j ! shook the dew spangles o'er the grateful earth, 1 ; Till on each blade of grass, or quiv'ring leaf, j Or sweet wild flower tiiat decks the mountain ! spi ing, ; Or the tail pine, tlie graceful forest's pride, ! The pearly globes in g'ist'ning beauty !av | Reflecting back each star that peerless shone From von bright fietd of azure glorious. ; Then flitting on to each lone wandering rill. Or lia'f exhausted spring that listlessly Meandered down itsw..n ed course, she waved Her g'.it'ring plni m, and the limpid stream Joyfully danced along its pebbly track Filled wi h new life t'endure the morrow's licat: ; And as its bright glad waters newly bathed j Tlie grassy margin joyously they sung. * Another came: of a light roseate hue W iili a faint tinge of gold that o'er her form Faded, and glowed, and faded, as along. Playful and light, she flew, and •■*■!•>■ lieam (if starlig t paled before lier purer ray. Onward sho passed—and to eaeii fainting flower Restored tlie wonted odor which had fled N hen the rude sunbeams scorched their inmost ce'ls And drank the honied moi ture from their cups. ■ " 'in least to greatest—from the greatest down— She tilled each 11 pwret fair til! all looked up. Tremblingly lovely, and in grateful )ov ; Shed all around the sweets that site had given. | And yet another came and lovelier still, i If lovelier could have been, of purest white I V\ as She but as transparent as the air. I She, in each forest green, or wood v hill, ; Or dashing waterfall, or lonely cave ! i l on l < | p; |' Pi ' 'L-d't summer breezes that when morn ; • s '°w'. v ' they'd waft each liiig'iiug inLst ; That, ha f re m tant t > depart, rti'l icsts Oe t .e bro d stream or wood'and rivulet , I roni oil its bosom to the deep b.ue skv j Tliere to reflect in heightened bri 'i uiey I Sol s warm and glowing ravs th it o'er ft pkiv j Or. when the fervid n ion shall fiercely glow', ; I hey <i issue forth to cool the burning brow j Or sweetly b'ess tlie weary invalid. 1 lien spreading forth their airy pinions wide. And situ ingly su ve.ving the green eaitli Dressed in new beauty, and the a/uie Heaven \\ ith all its g itt'iing eyes in joy unclosed— j I hey breathed a song of heavenly minstrelsy I And vanished from tlie earth. GRKTUUDE 1 H : [From Hearth and Home.] Jimmy Drake, the Little Apple Peddler. Very cliill v it was on that March i morninif when Jimmy sot his basket j of apples down on a patch of dead I grass by a miserable railway station! ! Seating his weary little body beside ■ it. he commenced a tedious hour of I waiting. It was for tlie morning; train bound westward and Jimmy looked at the sun and along the track in til it scattered itself in the bare tangled woods. Frettj soon an older boy ihan Jimmy came in sight. This l>oy came whistling up tlie sidewalk with a great straw hat pull et! over his forei ead and a fuzzy cir cle of brown hair peeping out all over the crown. There v ere a great many patches on his clothes and patches upon patches. His face was brown as a little Indian's and the j ten little fingers thrust so hard into j his trowser's pockets were browner j than the face. There was nothing very bright or nice about him except ! two large, da?k eyes that shone out Ib* J , from under tlie broad brim of the j hat. Very soon he reached tlie j track and as he came along, spied 1 ! Jimmy sitting so still by his basket. ! Jimmy's-face was so white and the little hands that covered it were so j thin that the new-comer stopped and : stared amazed. "What's yer name, Bub?" What you doin' here and who be you? I'm I wild Ned, I be." Jimmy dropped ! his hands and lifted a frightened face to the speaker, who then seated ■ himself by the little peddler's side. ! "I'm only Jimmy Drake and I sell ! these for a livin'," stretching out a very ragged sleeve over his basket as j he spoke. "Boor livin', ain't it?" queried the other, eyeing Jimmy from his head to his toes. "Yes, I tell you 'tis," said Jimmy. "I'd gave it up long ago, | but pennies will help a feller some. I can buy Jacky a quart of milk for ! his supper to-night, and a loaf of bread for the rest of 'em if I sell clean out." "Be you the man of the brood ? Where's your father?" "Ohl no," and Jimmy's ej-es filled with tears, "lie died before Jacky i * : could walk. Folks laid him up there on the hill and I wish I could be put there too." These weds were spo ken so sadly that the boy under! the big hat stared again With eyes i larger and darker than ever. "You ain't one bit sham. Be you? You talk as if you just meant w hat you say." "Oh I do!" and Jimmy's face turn- J ed quickly toward Ned. But Ned shook his head soberly, saying, "I've wished that a hundred ways, a hun dred times, but I get dreadful mad j about it." COUDERSPORT, PA., FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1873. T j "I used to get mad feelings too," answered Jimmv, "but I don't never now and Ull tell you why. You see that white meet-in '-house on the hill over there," and he pointed out a church half hidden in a grove of ma ples, "well, when father died, the I preacher came two or three times to ! see mother, and by-and by she began to go there on Sundays, she and my biggest sister, and they took the baby along 'cause I wouldn't stay home to mind him and the three on "em crept in onter the hind seats for they feared somebody'd laugh at their ! mean clothes. I'd take my line for the creek but when they'd got in and 1 the folks began to sing I'd turn back and listen under the windows. But if Jacky cried and I heard Sis com ing out with him, I'd strike off again. One time I got caught. A lady came 'round the corner and looked so ail i gel-like all in white that I forgot to ; run, and she talked to me ever so much and when the bell rang and the big growed-up folks came out o' the meetin' she leaded me in and sit me down on a bench with more boys and then—but I can't tell you no more; jest you come too, next Sun j day, and she'll teach both on us. Sav \ es, stranger, do say yes," urged Jiin | my as the whistle of the approaching train was hear<. "Can't tell for sure. Mebbe." "But you nin.<t come. I'll iret vou il 3'ou'll tell me where and we'll .-d p in so sly that no one will look at j you. Any way, you ain't no rag jgeder than I be," and the little fd j low stood up to display a poor jack-, 'et and tattered trowscs to the thoughtful eyes of Ned. hat makes your face so white ?" j asked the latter abruptly. "Cause I ain't had much to eat | since yesterday." "Ilokey! you don't come nigh n'arv ■ in<j do you ? Don't your mam work any?" "\\ hen she can get it. Work's skerce." And here Jimmy tugged | at his basket, for the train came thuu deling around the curve and in a few minutes more would IK- oft' npc l '" it only stopped for wood and water. Ned watched the thin, weak hands lifting the heavy basket and >OOll gen tly pushed him .aside, sayimr, as he swung the basket upon his shoulders, Just you set there until I come I back," and away lie dashed through : the crowd that now moved on tlie plat- I form and entered the first car, sing ; ing out, "Apples, apples, sir!" as though he were well used to the pro fession. He soon sold all but four. Four of the smallest, most ill-natured j looking apples in the lot. The gv 11- ! tleman to whom he applied for the next purchase was a line-looking man, i and turned upon Ned a pair of eyes as bright as his own. Something! about the boy seemed to please him i • 1 I for he gave him a very pleasant smile, j but looked doubtfully at the fruit. Ned saw it all, but he saw Jimmy's white face too and could not carry these four apples back to him. "Ain't 1 used to asking odds of folks," he i thought to himself, "but I guess I ! must tnis time," so with rising color! | but steady eyes, he began: "Can't say them's honest, fair ap ; pies, sir, but they'll help a little fel | ler to get some supper w hat don't get | much to sup ou most days." • "Indi ed!" said the gentleman with an amused air. "You don't look like such a little fellow." How Ned's eyes did flash as he re torted : "You'll see him under that wood pile if you look out of the winder," and was about to move ofl' for an j other customer when the gentleman handed him ten cents and asked at what place tliej" were stopping. Ned | answered quite graciously but add |ed they wouldn't stop long; and was therefore much surprised when the gentleman rose out of his seat, and requested him to show him to a hotel. The two left the car and Ned said, "In one minute, sir," and bound ded oil'to Jimmy who sat shivering where his friend had left him, al though looking a little lost. "Here, Bub; did as good as I could by you. Go down to the creek to morrow afternoon and wait for me nigh the beech-tree," and Nod drop ped the money into the basket, and the basket at Jimmy's feet and hur ried back "Oh! how good you be!" cried' Jimmy. "Do go halvers." But the big straw-hat was dodging over the platform and little Jimmy . rolled his money up in a piece of pa- • per and, taking his basket, turned his j face homeward. How the baby crowed that night over his cup of new milk! How the 1 older children munched their bread, and nodded aid smiled at Jimmy! ; He could not eat much now that he ; got it but crept to his miserable bed and laid his white facedown on the hard pillow and grew very still. In the morning he was too weak to get up; and toward noon, Sis, on hearing the story of Ned, promised to go out and find him and, perhaps, bring him there. So, as soon as their scan ty meal was over, she started out. ' After a long and patient search she met a tall, handsome gentleman who noticed her troubled face and asked ; what the matter was. When lie heard her story lie told her where 1 she would find Ned and when she gave that brown little fellow Jimmy's ( message he turned quickly awn 3 • rom the wreck of a velocipede that he was trying to tinker up and has tened up the'street, along the track, and across a dry strip of pasture land ■ to Jimmy's humble home. lie went into an inner room where he found the little white face waiting for him. W itli a rough grace lie put hack the yellow hair from its forehead, whis pering as he did so, "You aiut going be you'?" "Going where?" "To lie down on tlie hill over there. 1 Oh! 110; 1 don't mean tmu. Onl> vou look so white." "I guess I be; I'm so tired, and 1 ; wanted to tell you how glad you made " t "\\ ell, I can't -top to hear,but vou ! can t tell w hat a sight <>' good you've done me n'reauy. You jest hauled the cork right otf this bottled up, heart of mine and I'll he as good as you want me to one of these d:i\ s. j j I'll come back, too, and bring 3-011 ; j loads of money yet. Why you can't : I gin wliatv ahead for me!" he con-1 tinned eagerly, "tlie gentleman that J bought the last of your apples jest come from New York, where he'd j been to 'dopt a boy and didn't aftt r j all; but when he seen me he made; right UT> to himself that if I hadn't j no specia' 'jections he'd try me; so j i I'm off to-morrow all made over, in-! side and out. And look hem," he j added in a lower tone, "I'm to call ; him father. Don't remember as 1 ever had one before; and when he 1 , put his hands on 1113- shoulders—so i —and called me 'his boy,' I was afraid I'd cave right in; but I looked i c i hard at his boots and said I guessed ; I'd try. " 1 The ;-ick child smiled feebly, but , brightly, into Ned's hap]>3' face; and | Ned, in all tlie bright years that fob ! lowed, never forgot the look that fob 1 lowed him to the door that day. For j hours Jimmy lay very quiet, neither i stirring nor speaking, but soon after sunset, he threw up his hands and j i cried out in a joyous tone. "Father, I'm a-coming! It'snie; its Jimmy !" j And when, at the sound of his voice, his sister stepped to his side, his poor , little form was beyond the reaeh of j pain for it was ready to be laid to rest 011 the hill. [From tlie Kvenine Fust.] A Remarkable Bath. The finest bath house in all Europe ; is at Spa, and the eau minerale in which you bathe is most delightfully invigorating. If you can imagine ! | yourself in a champagne bath in which the carbonic acid gas is con stantly in an effervescing state you may form some idea of these glorious . baths which are given in sumptuous i apartments with a service that is un-; equalled. After having been in the ' bath for a few inomeuts tlie hodv and limbs become covered with a crust, in which vou m.-ry write 3-oui j name or trace fantastic figures with j an effect like the etchings upon fine ly-ground glass or the frost lace-work ! upon window panes in winter. If the bath is taken at all warm, ; the skin in a very little while puts on a delicate pinkish, sea-shell hue and < having watched its h:ippy efl'ect upon niy own broVniSh cuticle, I can verj well imagine thill the fair-faced Eng- Utdi nod Ani>-ir.sh giHs T sometime* ' l nn-et going to the bath must look like veritable Aphrodites a6 they step out of the sparkling water and into . the linge chaude. There are a number of other baths ; which can also be taken in this frcs- I coed water-palace, the most famous, i perhaps, being the peat-baths, formed of the peat of this neighborhood, which is said to be ven' rich in or ganic and inorganic substances and almost a specific in obstinate cases of chronic rheumatism, cutaneous af j fections and indolent ulcers of the leg, etc. Dr. Sutro, in speaking of tiiese baths, says: "The sensation created by the peat-bath is, in 1113- opinion, the most pleasurable that can possibly be excited by any bath. , The warm,"unctuous, elastic medium gives support and yields at the same ' time to our moving limbs. However forbidding tlie black broth may look if you are once seated in tlie baignone, tlie agreeable titillating efl'ect oxer l eised by the semi-liquid mass 011 the penipheuie ends of the' nerves is ex -1 tremely agreeable and 3011 leave it with regret." [From Jie Fveniiisr Post.] A Children's Lecture. I have something to show you to- I day and when 3-011 are quiet- 1 will begin. I have on this plate a dessert for you—not to be. eaten but to be se<-n and talkeo about; and, strange to say, it will bo tood for your brain and your mind and they will grow and strengthen and in this wav vou i will become lean ed and wise. To -1 day we have carbon in different i forms. Hero is a piece of coal—such as we burn in the grate,and stove,and range. It is hard, and black, and shining and we call it anthracite coal. Af.er burning it we find ashes under the grate; and this is the sand and dirt that were mixed with the ; pure carbon at the time it was formed in the tree, for this is part of an enormous tree, and as it grew it drexV ; up from the earth, through its routs, ! dirt dissolved in its sap that circula te'! through it when it was growing. .Aflci tlie trooc woro pfi*Aivi 7 tljo ofirlli | sunk where the trees stood and the water came up over them and washed ; in some dirt and sand around them, and trees and dirt w ere all [jacked to gether and the water dried away, and j then the heat of the earth dried all jtlic sap of tlie trees and were ! turned to coal, as you see here. But i this was not (lone in a short time. It took thousands of years to convert \ the carbon of the tree, which is the ' wood of the tree, to tiiis black and ! shining coal. And there are many kinds of coal—anthracite, bituniin i ous and canned are in common use. Here is a piece of charcoal. This j too is carbon, made by cutting the tree into logs, piling them in a heap setting fire to theiu and covering | them with earth and turf so that it 1 will be nearly air-tight. The fire ' burns away everything but the car bun and when it i* taken out of the pit the rings and lines of the wood j are still visible and you know by that it has been a tree and grown as a ! tree. 8o you -cc all of the coals arc made from wood buried from the air | and burned by heat. Thus all of the ! coals are charcoal, which means it is coal formed by charring, or roasting or burning, some made in the earth by the great operations of Nature and others made by man in smaller heaps in shorter time. Here is another form of carbon, sometimes called black lead, although there is *lO lead about it. and is used fur pencils and for blacking stoves, j and other iron furniture, to make j them look clean and bright and pre- j vent them from rusting. This is uot ; the softest form of carbon. What have we here? A diamond ring? Yes. You know that the geld is not carbon for gold is a met al; but the diamond is earbou; the diamond belongs to the same family as the charcoals, the graphite and black lead. The charcoals and graphite are in an unformed state. The particles that compose them are tossed together without or der and they lie every way upon each other—as when men are tearing down a house they frequently throw the bricks any wa3' and ever 3' way* into a heap and they lie iti confusion, with the edges of sonle against the rdilef of others sod without rdcr; I | and this is the way the "ultimate particles" (as they are called) — i. e. } the smallest possible forms that car bon or afiything else can nssume— : 11 are placed upon each other in char coal and graphite. And when we , rub thorn upon pnpef or our hand some of the particles rub off and stifb ,! to the paper, smutting or blacking it, or we say our hand or the paper I is dirty; but in the diamond the i "ultimate particles" are all laid cveit - lv and regularly upon each other, ■ as they would arrange the bricks if: r they* were making the pile even and \ square or if they were laving them - j into the w all of the house. And this j t even arrangement of the particles we . call crystallization; so the diamond; I ; is crystallized carbon, and charcoal II and graphite are unerystailized ear r bon. The diamond is clean and hard, c as well as bright and shining—among j the hardest of all substances—while .' black lead is among the softest. [From tiie Evcniiip l'ost.J t A New Scientific Institution. The project of Professor Louis Ag- j assiz, of Cambridge, Mass., to estnb i lish a school of natural history, in it* bearing on the cause of science and - its practical application to the agri -1 cultural and manufacturing interests t of the whole country* will, if success, i ? ful. have greater significance than ?' any educational movement of the 1 present century. Professor Agassi/.. i* in meeting a committee of the Massa i;chusetts legislature at the Museum. - to state it- needs and the importance t of it> yvork, set forth yvith admirable l ' simplicity his plan of a School for 1 Naturalists, to be established on the I Atlantic eoa-t in the neighborhood , ei of New Bedford. He had, lie said, I . s ; already secured the services of twen -1 ! ty-one professors of the highest abil t- i itv in their several departments, free 1 |of charge for the first season. Instruc -1 j tion will be given fur two or three r summer months each year to students ,! from our higher normal schools, semi • . | - uaries and college* who desire to he . come tcaciicu* of .-v. J . ,'jeet j ! The objects of study will be in 1 part: Extinct animals of past ages compared with those now living; - animals and plants living in deep; 1 waters; natural history ot fishes and I 1 reptiles; natural history of birds and II mammals; breeding, nests and eggs, t. of birds; breeding and improvement . ! of the domestic animals of the farm; ; breeding of all kinds of fresh-water • , fish, in ponds, lakes and rivers and I ! the preservation of our sea fisheries;! chemistry of the sea and air; clierais .; try of feeding and breeding; draw , ing and painting of animals; micros-' ;' cope, and habits, and history of in- ( ■ sects injurious to vegetation. These are some of the subjects in which he j proposes to train teachers, not from books, but with the actual specimens and perfect anatomy before them, j While asking aid to preserve the' valuable collection of the Hassler ; Expedition tuow oti the point of spoiling) and for other objects of his ' museum, he found practical difficult y, he said, in doing anything more this J year than to make an experiment of: his school for naturalists. He pro-: posed a lieginninir ut Nantucket, lie- I cause there living was cheap and its citizens had promised all the aid they j could give. |i THAT is a very* pleasant phase off practical Christianity which is now • finding manifestation un Wednesday , evenings in the chapel of the C'hurch j j uf the Disciples, Bostou,of yvhich DrJ ; James Freeman Clarke is pastor. The ' 1 1 ... | exercises consist ot "conversations," ; i and the subjects uf the fixe evenings ; of the course have been: "What 1 are we doing fur animals?" "What | i are weduing for young men?" "What j are we doing for street boys?" "The 1 condition of the prisons," and "What 1 are we doing for the little children?" j To these conversations persons of all j. denominations who have special knowledge of the subjects under dis cussion are. invited, and many inter- 1 esting and stimulating facts are thus . brought to light. At the last meet- 1 ing to consider the needs of tnc little < children, statements were made con- j cerliing various of the nurseries, asy- s lums, aiid temporary homes for chil dren. Among the speakers was Mr, Patrick Douahoc, of tin />uf?o/i l';ht, t S. F. Hamilton, / HbUsher $1.75 ft YEAR who gave an account of what the Ro man Catholics are doing for the little folks. But is it not dreadful to think of the chaos that may ensue when Unitarians and Roman Catholics, to say nothing of less widely separated sects, begin to recognize one another as laborers together in the great field of Christian charity?—lndepend ent. i t t _ , The School of Natural History. We publish in another place a full account of Mr. Anderson's gift of an island, the buildings thereon, and a sum of money for the establishment of a school of Natural History under the management of Prof. Louis Ag assiz. The establishment of a school of this character has long been one ; of the dreams of the great naturalist, and it is with no small satisfaction that wc record the fact that this fancy is to be made a fact through the generosity of one of our own citizens. We are informed that Professor Ag assiz himself was overjoyed at theat tainment of his wishes, a feeling shared in the liveliest degree by the poet Longfellow, Professor Francis Bowen, George S. llillard and others of his friends.— Ev*~nin<j Pout. Tobacco and Liquor. Our countrymen spend more inon ey for the luxuries than for the neces sities of life. It is no wonder that many people are poor when their hard earnings are wasted on indul -1 gence which do harm instead of good Bread is the great staple of food and $ 200,000,000 were spent last year tor flour to feed our people. But the tobacco sold in the country for chewing, and smoking, and snuff cost §250,000,000; about §7 for every man, woman and child. This is bad cnonirh. but the cost of intoxicating liquors consumed in 181 0, S 600,000,000, averaging l nearly §2O tor every man, woman and child. A large amount of this is used in poor families, and reduces them to want and wretchedness. If thi. .-/Minor r>/wu->l of lsrwl would refuse to touch tobacco or liquor this fearful extravagance would soon cease and the wealth of ! the country increase with marvellous rapidity. A FAMOUS class organization, no ted for the piety of its members, once inhabited the third story of a certain hall in a New England college and dis played their sympathy for the Chi cago sufferers by adopting the fol lowing resolutions: Whereas, Conflagration has devas ' tated Chicago. Resolved , That we wish to help un devastate her by giving a brick apiece. Resolved , That we art- all dead broke. Resolved , That there are too many bricks in the chimney of this building. Resolved , That we remove a brick apiece, box them up aiid forward by express to Chicago. Resolved , That the expressage be paid at tbe other end. The plan was carried into execu tion, the box was sent, accompanied with a letter of sympathy signed by the indh idual members of the organ ization and the hearts of all concern ed. let tis hope, made happy.— Dart mouth Anvil. ST. PATRICK'S Day witnessed the eightieth birthday of the well-known venerable Dartmouth "wash man," uncle "Fort" Rogers. The Anvil tells a good story in which his ready Hiliernian v. it proved "oue letter" than a too inquisitive senior, who* meeting the old gentleman on his ac customed Sunday route, thus accost ed him: "Hallo, Uucle Tort, what do you think will become of you for collect ing your washing Sunday?" u Go to the bad place, I s'pose.'* "Very likely. But what do you expect to do there?" "Jist the same as litre, to lie sure —wash for students A MAN a hundred years old went to have a pair of shoes made. The shopkeeper suggested that he might not live to wear them out. when the old man retorted that he commenced this one hundred years a good deal stronger than he did the last one. Goon temper is like a sunny day, sbeoriing brightness on everything.
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