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' ' I,AUC.HTi:R.
Ob 1 who can eatimale tho worth
Of sunny eyed nnd dimpled mirth ?
: How desolate would ho tlio earth
' . If it were not for langhtct!
- n
-.;
Of all the cures by man po?sossed
To cheer the hourt by erii-f oppressed.
There's tamo bus jiowur it is confessed,
( luul cuu eoiiijj.'iro to luuglitor.
' : So, for en.cn sorrow yo endure,
. . Uuloss y noiiri-l It, be sure
i .:l'o nave at bund ao ecy euro ;
J,,:,, lla Hi! 'tis only laughter, .
'Tis good for young, 'Tis pood f-r old ;
It is more prcduus f ir than gol 1;
Then laugh im lung ns you can hold j
1 Hurrah for jolly laughter !
KUV I.KIL OF A II ACHIiLOH.
, A bachelor sat at his Mazing grate,
And he fell Into a ano'ize,
And he dreamed that o'er bis wrinkled pato.
Had beon tlironn tho nuptial nooso ;
A rosy bry rnme to Ms tide ;
. : And bounded on bis knee,
And back from bis. boaming fauo ho shook,
l'air curls in childiaii glee.
Tbfn clear rani; nut his merry voice,
Ho shouted nlcud, Pupa,
1 I dont love anybody cluo,
But you and nisitmn. '
. Oiiulrotching his arms i.f strength untliorlt,
He liuggod his old torn cnt,
H'hich as wn wont, when master snoozed,
Ho looped Into his lap.
.' t '. . j
3'HistfKaitcous.
Wm. Lloyd Oarrieon at the City Hall.
This notorious agilator nnd m-eptic held
fbitiJ t- the City Mall, lust S.ibbath.in de..
fence of his peculiar views. A largo audi
ences were present.
) In the afternoon he desennto I upon the
tliKIn rliitit.inrt lla an I I,.n I !nil i, .....1 1
Miuiw uii,,nu Bin nuuR-iiiivui UII'J JH-
ns tho possessor of an erratic and unbal
anced mind. '
But the evening lecture was Mekjalurc
of his performance. Slavery was his to;-
f ie, and he fullilled his promise to unfold
the character ofGarrlsoninii Abolitionisai.
fle claimed with truth that his principles
iwero identical with ; tho;o of t.he Itcpuh
licnn, the fnly ditference being that he
iboldly followed out liepuhlieas iilcu to
the'r logic.d conelii"ion., whilo they timid
ly shrank therefrom. Jle conceded that
the Indignities ofieied lo anti slaverv men
at the Scuth, whoimbliely exinussed their
fopposition to slavery, were occasioned by
tho aggravating niuuui at tho Xci '.h,
lut he justified the agitation on "hiber
paw" proundn, arguing that slavery being
wrong, jt was a uuiy 10 otauieate it re
gardless of consequences. He threw a
rrtniVi-kboll ' liilrt Mm TOm-iitl.l;.,-. ......1..,
fwhen ho said that if slaves were rightful
ly hclI ns property in the States, thev
Jwerbcld mid jrtitiy oftight in the Tor".
Ivltoiies.
The wholo lecture was of the "fire, ea
ting" order, alter the fas-don of the LUn-i--,
i.'crand disgusting to all light-t'uiukitig
men and loyal (.Itizens. llu advocated
ithe Utopian and fatal idcit of immediate
-omiuicipaUou an jd' impossible' in it-
. "self, nnd were it possible, full of dipastor I
LO tllQ I
wui'.o and biaeit Alike, ; Tho Un-
jjior. ho looked upon as "aoovenant with
leathaud an nroeuieut with hell," and
grayed lor its dissolution. Slaveholders
ffwe abusetl with more violence ami vuU
tsitj than were exhibited in Sumner's
udefiwnatory oration, and all ''doughfuees"
rare severely flagellatod. To our mind
exhibitions of this sort upon the Sabbath
-ro improper find riisgrnncful. They se
cjriously tend to corrupt the reverence due
the Lord's Day, anil lessen tho s-nso of
jmoml obligation to observe it in a lifting
.,inncr. The lHrgo ninjority of tho.e who
net to listen to Garrison on Inst Sabbath
tvening, went in the s..mo spirit as they
fyotild, visit a theatre or - other place of
.liaiuseuient. Ail solemnity andsobernosn
. fore-forgotten, and tho demonstrations
i applaune tvhich greeted some of the vul
ytri extravagances of tho speaker, show
hat tho decencies of a Christian abhath
wete not regarded. ,, .
We would not interfere with M G; r
ison In tbe expression of Ids vagaries.
They are to virudeut and ext'avagant,
)hat in an intelligent community no harm
)an ec-me of them. But In the "name of a
tcent propriety, we protest against the
e of the .Sabbath ' for sch j public pf r
Krmanees were trana-'te'l m our Citv
J'TS 1- . , . t , f '
spiration, .and claiming that it should bd " ' 1 ",?nn H 'T- fr to
aocepted as truth only in so far ns it ac , Purl'0'c of galling his nntogonists. 'Sla
corded with the opinions of tho individu- l"T b"e 1 l,ll'''""'ans,' he observes ;
al. Tiro diseot-rse, though marked bv! '.t,(lf VeIol'3 everywhere alike, in tho indi
oonsiderablo abilityaccredited iu autboV i',llUiU nnJ tho society of which he
Hall last -Sur.day 'evening. Should not
our publio halls be closed on the Sabbath
against these demonstrations? 1
Laxurence Mass.) Sentinel.
Speech cf Senator Sumner.
Whenever thero is a lull in the storm of
discussion which rugae between North nnd
South, v0 begin to hope forsomo good in
this matter. The freedom of Lombards
or Sicilians may bo worked out by the
sword, and there is no liner spectacle
than that of tho hold man that makes war
against tho tyranny ivhicli crushes his
countrymen. But the African will never
be saved by such means. Jle is to low to
nso up us ins own deliverer, nor would i
immunity gam by the substitution of ne
gro anarchy for tho present social insti.
lutions of the Southern States Tho
white mm muit raise him- bv the aid of
white men, and, above all, by the aid of
his master. The politician who endeav
ers to set hatred between ditlbrent class
es of Amorii-iiiis on this auly'ect, who en
coinages the negro to look to violent
menus fop his' deliverance, nn I fills the
owner with fliereaoed dread of bloo.ly re-
prinnls bv his bond moil Id nn vnr.tn- - 4.
the caue in which ho pours forth his no-
ci nionjous eloquence. John Jliown luni
elf has not done more harm ta the cause
01 atioiition in irginia than a man Iiko
Mr. .uicner, when he drives the South
ern .ouaiors to fury by hucIi a violent and
uncalled lor philippic as our American
correspondent notices to-day.
It was soma years sinco Mr. Sumner
n;i i raigen ins voice in tho assembly to
wincli lio belong. Tho results which
followed his onslaught on slavery are still
m uie rememiance ot everv one. In 18
on tvnen tlio Uuion wna agitated by the
contest between Huehnnan nnd Fremont,
iiiRi party spirit was n.t tU 'highest, Mr.
Suuiner delivered an anti-slavery speecb
nlmoit ns strong ns that of the. other day.
A Mr. ftrcoks, a member of tho Lower
House, exasperated by Mr. Sumner's lan
guage, and perhaps urged on by rowdy
menus, lerocjotifly nt-saultcd hi in while
ne was sitting quietly m his chair, and in
llicted such injuries cs endangered Mr.
Sumner's life, nnd forced him to retire
for a limo from public ufiiirs. Brooks
has sin ao gone to his account, and we
need say no more of him; but tho Sena
tor from Massachusetts has not learned
temperance of language fromtho incident
which nearly ended his days. Tho speech
which produced tho assault was offensive
ly acrimonious, but tho bust one scums en-
iin-iv i j rieuon u. 1 no .10 ll 10111 frcn--
try pndo themselves on the possession of
mum, ami wnat are called 'chivalrous'
,qu,.lil,ii-a. Mr. Sumner knowing this,
makes an or-Uion on tho barbarism of sl,i
(Very, It may certainly bo said that a
man lias a right to stigmatizo as bnrba
rotis those who defended and even prais
ed his would-be murderer; but Mr, Sum
ner ought to know that it is immoral, a
well ns unstateMiianliko, to provuko men
ot violent temper, and that by so doing
ho only presses down tho yoke still closer
to the neck of the slave. Hut he puts
himself forward as if purposely to aggra
vate his opponents. Every sneer, every
in. u.ik eiuiner, every provoKmg in.inua-
.. , , t . .
lorms a part, the essential elements of
barbarism.? "Violonee, brutality, injus
tice barbarism, must be reproduced in
the lives of all who live within their fatal
sphere.' The muster 'shares the barba
rism of thosociety w hich he keeps,', nnd
so on. .
We must in the name of English nboli
t ioui in at least, protest against these fool
ish nnd vindictive harangues. Scarcely
has the frenzy caused by .lohu llrowu's
outrntro begun to die away, than out comes
Mr. .Sumner with a speech that will sot
the whole South in a flame. We can well
believe that the prospects of the Uepubli
cat) pnrty have been alieady damaged by
it. Mr. Sumner U one of that clas. of
politicians who should bo muzzled by
their f iends. The man who ran in per-1
sonal irritability so forget tho interests of
a great cause, is its worst enemy. Slaver-1
y existed on the American continent long
belore tho assembly of which Mr. Sumner
is a niemoer. On it depends, or is suppo- J
sod to depend, tho prosperity of halt' tho
Union ; the looms of Lancashire and Nor
nmndy, ns well n thoe of Mr. Sumner's
ownSiotd, aro supplied by sl.tve-grnwn
cotton, nnc' hundred of millions of North
cm do Inrs are vested in slave-worked
plantations. . Slaverv, with its roots thus
"ee? Boi'' 13 not ,(' rooted up by
r" r?" " f"u" '
rhetoric ; and we
may predict that the man who first gains i
a victory lor tue ciese of abolition will be
of very different. temper to' the Senator
from Massachusetts. Londn Times.
DMX.A wng thus plays upon tho names
of some of Hie United States Senators :
A Senator of metal B?ll.
-A shining Senator Bright.
A verdant Senator Green. ' '
A greasy Senntor Chandler.
. A depillious Senator -Wigfall, ;
A lazy Senator Doolit tie. '
A healthy Senator Halo.
A grave Senator Toombs.
' A royal Senator King.
A brick Senator Mason.
A Sporting Senator Hunter and
Chase.
A pious Senator Pugh.
A provisional Senator Rice.
A colored Senator Brown.
. 'A blustering Senator -Brsgg.
A lowU Senator Foot. '
) An old" "salt" -Seward.
A hard nut for Sumner to crack -Chestnut.
'
BfS-Glory is well enough for a rich man
but it is of very iittlo oonsonuence to a
poor man with large family, p
CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, I8C0.
Parson Brownlow. ' ,
The notorious Parson Lrownlow, of the
Knoxville Whig, having received a long
letter, appends thereto the following per
sonfl leininiscerico, which is highly fla
vored with Tennessee philosophy.
"We nttend too samo "good framo
church" last Sabbath afternoon, filled to
overflowing with the "colored popula
tion," and sat in the shade under tho win
dow, and heard a sermon of forty min
utes, from Anthony, a co'.orod slave. . IIj
told his audience that, whether bond or
free, rich or poor, learned or unlearned,
iflheyweie the sons of God, and if hi.
Ioto hod been bestowod npon them, all
was well 5 and all that remained for them
to do was to persevere to the end, We
could but reflect at the timo that Antho
ny was really doing more good than all
the white rascals, educated villains, and
pioui miscreants of tho North, who nro
lecturing on the evils of shivery, and har
anguing tho Vila freedom-shriekers who
agitate this subject. We had sooner sit
under the ministry of Anthcny than that
of Chapin, Phillips, Tryne, or any of that
class of Ood-forsnken fanatics, who lio
and rant against slavery, and the cruelty
of slavery in the South, without knowing
anything about iho institution, or how
our slaves are treated. These slnvos lm
a revivil at this church, and called up
their seekers, and labored with thorn, at
which lime we left. Como : South, you I
lousy rascals of tho North. WllO niritiito
this Buljcct, and let a congiegatiou of
Tennessee negroes pray for you
,.i "
Dissolving the Union.
iiio lusb AuiciirirocKer JUigasine lias
the following, which is uot bad, either as
a story or a speech i
During the excitina camnaiirn of 13
in Illinois, a prominent politician mad.- a
disunion spoeeii at putney . Alter he was
through, and boore the' crowd had dis
persed, a man who styled himself "l'lio
aforesaid M. D.," was called for. lie was
lifted on the stand, so "elevated" thai he
could not stand without holding on to
something, He said ;
"Oentleinen nnd ladiva, you talkiii' of
dissolv in' the Union , you can't doit; if
you go to you can't do it! There's
that nre Hug a wavin' up there, called the
Sur Spangled Banner j how're ye goin' to
divido thai, ha 1 Are you goin' to give
the Stars to the Norf and the Strip to
the Soul ? Nosir-ree; the thing can't be
did. Cheers.
"And thnr'-i that good old toon that the
ban's a plnyin out thar called Yankee
Doodle; how're vo uoin to divide thnt.
eh t Are you a goin lo civo the Yankee
io tlio Nod and tho Doodle to the Souf?
I Biy boldly ii can't bo did 1 Cheers.
'lAnd thur's that stream of water a run
nin' down thar, called the "Fnther-o
Waters ;" how are yoa-goin to divide that?
Are ye a-goin lo dam it up with Mason &
Dixon's line? I say you can't do that
Ihingl Wal.youcan'l! Cheers.
' And thur's the railroad lavin' out thar :
how are you goin to divide Unit.' eh?
Are you goin to tie it up with Mason &
Dixon's line? . Yon can't Jo it ! Cheer
"Andthar' all the fast horses standin"
ariiuini hero; how are you goin' to divido
them? Are you goin' to run em Norf,
and run cm Souf, and run cm Last, and
run em West? Cheers. I
"Ahd thar's a I the handsom wimmin
round hero; how are you goin to divide
them ? Are you goin to give tho old ones
to tho Norf ?nd tho voumr ones to the
Souf? Wid, ye don't. (Immenso cheer
ing
"And ther's all the feathered tribe nnd
other birds fly in about hero, nnd the
chickens and egg'i nest, nnd tho vallor
legs nnd the black legs how avo you goin
to divide them, eh ? Are ye goln to give
the bullets to the Noif. and the cocks to
tho Souf?" Tiemendous cheering
Our reporter could hear no more, for
the roars of laughter which' ensued, and
the "doctor" caved in and from the
stand.
Ax Affecting Scene. Not many years
sinco (says Prater's Magazine) certain mi
ners, working far underground, came up
on the body of a poor fellow who had per
ished in a sullbcating pit forty years before.
Some chemical agent to whioh the body
had been subjected an agent prepared nl
tho- laboratory of nature bad olleetual
ly arrested tho progress of decay. They
brought it up to the surface, and for a
ft while, till it crumbled away through
exposure to the atmosphere, it lay there,
the imago of a fine sturdy 2'oung man.
No convulsion had passed -over the face
in death ; tho features wore tranquil ; the
nair was diuck as jet. ?io one recognized
1,10 fnce ' a generation had grown up sinco
,M" "".v w"ien me nunrrweri aown
his shaft lor the last time. P.jt a totter
ing old woman who had hurried from her
cottage at henring the news, came up,, and
she knew again the face which through, all
these years she had never qut'o .forgot.
The miner wm to have been her hu-buud
tho day after that on which he died.-
They wero rough people, of course, nlio
were looking on j a liberal education uud
one feeling aro not deemed essential to
tho man whose woik it is lo get up coat
or even tin ; but there were Vo dry eye
there when tho grey-headed old l ilttrim
cat herself upon the youthful ccirp.-e, and
poured out to his deaf ear many words o!
endearment, unused for forty years. It
was a touching coctrast the one so old
the other so young. They had been young
inese long years betore but time hafl
gone on with the living and stood still
wan tho dead." :
JiaTNarrowness of mind is frequently
the cause of obstinacy, we do not easily
i i i . . -
believe ueyemu. wuai we see, '.'.,
.fifer 10 try mans tOttom llPpIV VOUrl
fnnf. I Vi flauritf narr. rt tm Vw.4 . T
a ww w w r v v a uso nun a . ' ilia
i test theatomach apply something else.
. . a . . "
, The Eope Walker at Niagra.'
Mr. Willis, in the Homo Journal, thus
ot:
an chief :
"After being dressed in his flesh color
ed tights, wampum apron, bead necklace
and moccasins, he came out (with : his
particularly uncombed sandy hair uncov
ered ns yet by its crown of feathers) to
look a litllo into tho arrangements for hia
performance. For fifteen or twenty min
utes, tho little Tccumseh was hopping ft
bout, trying tho cords which held tho
ropes to' the stanchions, coukingOred
pistol which was "to bo the ' to an
nouncer. his return, giving directions
for tho music, binding the ligatures of his
balance pole, and answering very merrily
all the jokes of tho lookers-on. , In his
motions back nnd forward, ho took no
regular step he simply bounded Like a
child'a soep bubble, tho ditlicultv seemed
to get to the ground to keep from float
mgaway. t'unng alltlus time, ot course I
hnd tbe desired opportunity for tho study
ofliis face.., It was one which nineteen
persons out of twenty would pass over as
wholly uninteresting the twentieth and
more observant man giving him a good
look; ns one of tho most detoi mined and
honestly apunky little fellows he had ever
seen. The top of his skull, of course, is
vpry high with his bump of firmness
His cheek bones are prominent, his nose
isstratht with thin expanded nostrils
ma lips aro thin and tirm, cheeks hollow
and pale; he wears'a sandy moustache and
imperial a la Napoleon. Though any
thing but a beauty, he is a man it isimpos
siblrt not to take a fancy to. Retiring to
his bhauty for l minute or two, after all
was arranged, his appearance was an
nounced by a grand display from the
bund and, forward came Teeutrseb, with
a hi'jrh erotn of many-colored feathers on
his head not with n slow pa . ii would
be expected from an Indian ciiijf but
dancing a jig all the way to the precipice.
It was curin.t.. however, to see that the
smile on hi lip, a id his other signs of
merriment lor tli many, were altogether
mechanical and artificial, while the close
ly pressed eyelid through which his keen
blue ej'0 was hardiy
visible, showed tlio
niiji-i- miiiu a uiier atsorm on nnn enn-
cei.Uat.on in the work ho hod to do. The! ieh literature who have lived to an old
ropo was drawn from shore to hore. 800jage. Mrs. Inehbald died at the age of 07
' ; . "., , u , ' 10 i,nara!
ptu.uu, un ugo iur uuiuuii
to want I 1 took hold of his armi' as ho
stood trying the rope for a moment with
tho btll of his foot. It was like a bunch
of iron wire, wholly unitnpresMble. And
away be went', his moccasined feet hugging
i no two skios or mo swaying cublo, his
balance polo playing up and down, and
his little figure gradually diminishing a
he walked sleadily onandrenched thes
middle of tho chasm, where he proceeded
to stand upon one leg and hold the other
out nt right angles. Iho spectators of
course were nil breathlessly silent ; thsiigh
I found it much more breathless to think
of afterward than to see it done He did
it with such apparent ease and certainty
that it was liko seeng a bird fly or a spider
walk t ceiling not lo be wondered at
for thnt kind ot a creature. I am inclin
ed to think it would be more startling
(l'plter enabling one to imagine himself
n the performer's place) if he were to do
in common clothes. Looking scarcely
'"rcer than a butterfly as he reached the
pposito shore, Blondin remained out of
sight for fifteen or twenty minutes, and
then tho pistol as fired to announce his
return. He camo quietly on to the cen
tre where he stopped toMie down at full
lcr.th on the rope, and executo various
postures and gymnastics ; and between
this and his reaching our shore again, he
made several pretended trip, ns if losing
his balance tho screams of the affrighted
ladies, at this very comically varying tho
tune which was being endeavored by tho
band. As ho came up thesbmt of tho
rop again, I saw that his lips were tight
ly drawn touethtr aud his features were
rigidly set with the nionfal exertion, and
and it was an expression of face that
would be worth lnin(ing as a type of de
termined will. Through all tho anxiety
of spectator's suspense, I could not help
ndmirins thf Iittlo man exceedingly, and
I was the first to give him a hand as ho
stspped on tho r.lift. It was a cold clam
my grip that ho gavo mo in return, and
his fingers felt icy and wet. F.vorvbody
who could reach him r-nva him a shako of
tho hand on his way to the shanty, and
thp enthusiasm for him seemed universal,
And so ended 'the show' of a human life
put fearfully to peril 1 Mr. Blondin, I
was afterward told, has a wife and soveral
children, nnd vesicles at Niacra, having
adopted it as the theatre of performance.
His professional profits amount to fll)flKHj
a year."- .
A OrxHAi.onv. John Knox, tho Great
Reformer of Scotland.
John Withersnoon, D. D., ono of the
S!gii-r of the Declaration of American
Independenre. - '.",''"
John TVrckinrldgo, a Member of Jeff
erson's (Vb:net.
- .Tobn C, Prockinridi'e.' Vieo Trosident
of the. Unit! d State, IW-'Gl.
.fo'in 0. Brrrklnridjre; President of the
rjnlfod St-Ves. W 0'i.
The nb'ive is n true record of the gen
rnloe of thn next President of the Unl
ted -State. X. York Journal of Com
mtrrt. ' ' ' .
rrrilIow women do admire weddines.
Not their own merely but anybody's.-
Uow they throng the churches, "just to ( to whom , he delivered the challenge ol
see the-ceremony you know ?" . Then 'the ledoubtablo ollicer, Tho good hu
what animated descriptions of the whole ' mored farmer turning towards him, with
affair t what glowing accounts of what the'
bride hnd on. V hat criticism of brides -
maids. In short what au immense ofi
ktmnAP n.l (VlrtrflA I mil t.a I (in all Km
nan. Iwa .nnfranaivit VAiinn tiAAntA -a1
I t . .
llIKa III VA VtVl II WIT. KJ Ull
a m av an iAni a n rirt aaw.k bj mrm a,- .
I housekeeping. Funny, isn't iti, ,
,TEEMS-$1
NEW
literature and Long Life.
We recently compiled some interesting
- repo-rtsmadein the W
al Statiitical Society, by an eminent Brit
ish physician, "Oa the Duration of the
Lives of Men connected with Literature,"
and ' have observed that the arliclo has
been widely copied. ' The subject has at
tracted much attention abroud, and the
current number of the Westminster Re
view discusses it with much ability. It is
ouit difficult to know the exact classes
of persons lobe included in the enumer
ation ; for, if we take the wholo body of
men who nave gained fame by intellect
ual pursuits, it will generally be found
that they did ' so under exceptional cir
cumstances; and we must, Ihoref ore, re
ceive with due caution any deductions
which would establish certain formulas
as to the lives of the various classes into
which literary men may bo distributed.
But we can contrast , the lives of poets
and lawyers the representatives of the
emotional and reasoning powers so far
as they may bo considered distinct.
Of the last ton British Chancellors, from
Lord Thurlow, downwards, tho youngest,
Lord Cran worth, is abou'- seventy years
old, and their average age is at least stv
cnty-six years. Taking ten of the most
distinguished British poets, wo find that
their average nge is fifty-one. Dr. Guy,
choosing eight eminent poets, who in (he
main wero rather more distinguished by
the shortness of their lives than by their
pontry, found that the average duration
of thoir lives was forty-three years. The
liondon Critic asks liow is it that son
sitively organized men liko poets aro un.
doubtedly. shorter lived thun reasonori
like mathematicians and lawyers? .How,
again, is it that in tropical climates v here
imagination is so much more highly de
vein pod thnn reasoning, lifa is compara
tively so short, whileexaetly the contrary
is the case in colder regions? The inqui
ry is an Interesting one, and has not yet
been solved.
Tlie literati of the Trench j-lna wore long
lived; two-thirds of thorn passed tho age
of seventy-six ) and as many attained tho
ugo of ninety as died under sixty.
1 lie ncalthlul influences ot a literary
t i;r.. ;.,
the cases of many of the
u,i f i- .i i -
years, Lady Morgan at 70, Mrs. Holland
and Jane Porter at
and Jane Porter at 74, Mrs. Chapone at
75, Mrs. Sherwood at 77, Regina Maria
Roche at HU, Mrs. Piozzi uid Barbauld at
82, Mrs. Opie at 88, Joanna BaiKie anil
Mrs. Carter at 89, Jane West at 1)3, Harri
et Lee at 95, and Carolino L. Uerschell at
97 .Evening Transcript.
IiTF.RK9Ti.va to Housekeepers As a
general rule it is most economical to buy
the best articles. The price D, of course,
always a little higher; but good articles
always spend bost. It isasacrilivoofmon
cy to buy poor cheese, lard etc., to say
nothing of the injurious effect upon
health.
Of the West India sugar and molasses
tho Santa Cruz, and Torto Rico aro consid
ered tlie best. The Havana is seldom
clean. White sugar from Brazil is some
limes very good.
Refined sugar usually contains most of
the nacharine substance ; there is proba
biy more economy in using loaf, crushed
and graduated sugars, than we should
first suppose
Butter that is made in September and
October is t he bost for winter uso, Lard
should bo hard and white; and that which
is taken from a hog not over a year old is
best.
Rich cheese feels softer under the pres-
suio of the finger. That which is very
strong is neither very good nor healthy.
To keep one that is cut, tie it up in a bag
that will not admit flies, and hang it in a
cool, dry place. If moid appears on it
wipo it off with a dry cloth.
Flour nnd meal of all ki.ibs should lo
kept in a cool dry placo.
1 ho best rice is large, and has a clenr,
iresii look, uid rice sometimes has lit
tle black insects inside tho kernols.
The small white saco. culled the nearl.
sngo, is the best. The largo brown kind I
nas an enrtny taste. 1 his article, and ta
pioca, ground rice, etc., should bo kept
covered, ... ., ;
,fo select nutmegs, pick theiu with a
pin. If they are good, ihe oil will install
ily spread arouro the puncture. 1
Keep coffee by itself, as the Oder affects
other articles. Keep tea in a close chest
or cannister.
Oranges and lemons keep best wrapped
close in soft paper, and laid in a drawer of
linen.
The cracked coca is best j but that
which is nut up in pound papers is often
very good.
Soft soap should be kopt in a dry place
in the cellar and not be used until three
months old.
To thaw frozen potatoes, put them in
hot water." ,
To thaw frozen apples, put them In
cohl water. ' ' '
Neither will keon after being frozen.
Housekeepers' Friend. ;
CjyShortly after the battle of Prince
ton, a wit'.y Scotchman amused himself by
writing a humorous bidlad upon it, which
; so stung one of the olliocrs, who had be
haved very badly on this occasion, that he
! sent tne poet a challenge to meet him at
' H t for morUl combat, Tho second
found the farmer busy with his pitchfork,
his agricultural implement in bis hand
, cooly said :
'Gang iwa back to Mester Smith, and
tell hiui I hae naa time to corns to II
f.l r'ivn him ftntiufnolinn l.ut if Iia lilt at fYi
, i i i. i j i jj t mi
iwitub nurxi a a-1 1 a Timf nn mm nn n in a it l t
wwn s . v ti - i v i a.
,rnawaV5 vj j, ,
25 per Annum, If paid in advance.1
SERIES VOL
!. NO. 4. '
, . . ... 4
TiiEGEocRipar or the CoNscKPTiox.-Con-sumption
originates in all lutitudos from
the equator, where the mean temperature
is eighty degrees, with slight variation, to
the higher portion of the temperate zone,
where the mean temjierture tn forty de
crees, with sudden and violent changes.
The opinion, long entertained, that it is
peculiar to cold and humid climates, is
founded on error,. Far from this the con
clusion thnt consumption is more preva
lent in tropical than in temperature coun
tries. Consumption is rare in the Arctio
regions, in Siberia, Iceland, the Faroe Is
lands, the Orkneys, Shetland- and IIeb
rides." And iu confirmation of the opinion
tint it decreases with the decrease of tem
perature, it is shown from extensive data,
that in northern Kurope it is most prev
alent at the level of the sea, and that
it decreases with the increase of ele
vation to a certain point. It is uni
formly inoro fatal in cities than in th
couutry. Mr.- Hall, of the Journal of
Health, says to his consumptive friends .-
'You want air, not physic; you want pure
air, not medicated air; you want nutrition.
luch as plenty of moat nnd bread will
give, and they alone, physio has no nutri
ment, gasping for air cannot curevou;
If you want to live well go in for btef
and out-door air, and do not ba deluded into
the grave by advertisements and unreliublo
certifies."
fluT An editrr wanting a line to fill up
the column, give ' "
"Shoot folly as she flies. ' -Pope. ''
In setting up the above, tho devil hid
it thus:
"Shoot Tolly as she flies, ." f '
BiflJu'Papa, why don't they givo the tel
egraph wires a dose of gin ?'
'Why, my child?'
'Causo the papers say they're out of or
der, and mamma always lakes gin when
she's out of order.
flfayAn old muid being asked to sub
scribe for a paper, decaned on the ground
thnt when Bhe wanted news she manufac
tured it.
BTAA voune lady savs the reason sb
carries a parasol is, that the sun is of th
masculine gonaer, ana suo canno wun
stand his ardent glances. ,
VIGILANCE COMMITTEE.
Clearfield lior Isaac Johnson. John W.
Shugart, Jefferson Litz, Bartol Stump, Jas.
L. Leavy,
Cvrwctisville Bar Cortes Bloom, Jrou
Faust, Henry Kerns, William Clianibors,
Abraham Gates.
Lumber Citv irilliani Wright, Jamea
Crossly, Branson Davis.
Sew Washington-Joseph Mcmurray, Jo
seph II. Broth, John M. tummings.
liradfwdn. V. Wilson, fcpuraim csai-
. r in. . 1:1
rev, Alex, roreee, i nomas nuey.
Bloom Gainer Bloom, James Bloom, iJ-
W. Chilson, John Cleaver.
Bdl Will Gil'ert, Jacob Campbell.
John Ross, jr., Henry McGhoe, llobort
MehafTy.
Beeearvx biimuel htfU, ueo, v. uaia-
well, Win. R. Dickinson.
jj,w,Ch2rlos Sloan, L. W. Munson.
George Dimeling.
Brarfuvr. 1. Jeu. ijoyer, iever no-.
iral, Esq, Win. Schweui, John C. Eeed.
James C. Barrett.
BurnsiJc John King, jr., John Young.
Jacob Broth. James McMurray, rredl
Shepherd.
t'erin.crtoa- -Patrick Hegarty, Solonioa
.1uury, John J. Picard.
Chest Henry Ilurd, T. F. Dunbar, D.
Gorman.
Decatur Richard Hughes, Cyrenwt.
Field, John Shaw, John A. Thompson,
Cyrenusllow.
Fcrquson James Straw, Georgo E. Tubb
toxAmwt McClelland, N. M. Brock
way.
Goshen Thompson Reod, O. W. Oatw.
R. G. Shaw, L. Reems,
Graham Edmund Dale, Levi llubler,
John Holt.
Girurd Alexander Livingston, M. L
Ciiutriel. GWirAJohn Jordan, Jehn White
side, Betij. Siepbens.
Huston Martin Tyler, Hiram Wood
ward, Suml. Conoway.
Jordan David McKcehan, Ferdinand
Scjioening, Jas. Patterson jr.
'K'W-r D. 12. Mokel,, Lewis Erhart.
William Witherow, B. S. Roberts. :
Kartkvis .John Uillilaud, L. Hartline.
John O. Hall. ,
nke Miles Welch, John Punlap, It.
Freeman. Darius Hitter, John Hancock
Lawrrnee Samuel Clyde, M. F. Wal-
lace, H'illiam J. Hemphdl, John A. Rocd,
Herman Howies, John Dale.
Morris Jerry McCartney, John J. Mil
ler, Andrew Hunter, J. W, Stranford.
John Hoover.
l-nn David T. Sharp, John IT. Rowles,
Elijah Moore, R. Danveis, jr., Tbonva
Hoover, i
Union Wm. , L. Horn, T. II. Booze,
Henry Whitohcud. . ' -.
HWirsrrf 'I'homas Hendorson, Jame
Alexander, Robert Witherow.
The primary elections will bo held on
tho 11th day of August, 18bi), at the pla
ces where tho General Elections is usually
held, except the borough of Clearfield and.
Lawrence t p., Which will bo held in the
Store room formerly occupied by Judge
Shaw. ' Tho Comniittoe will ba enroful m
koeping a list of the voters and must com
pare with tho tally, After tho vates luve
been counted, the tally papers must be
sinned by a majority of the Committee,
when one of the Coinmitteio will be bp.,
pointed return-Judge, who will bring the
tally paper and tho list of votes, in their
respective townships, and will meet in
the borough of Clearfiebi, at the place of
holding the election, on Tuesday,,. August
I4lh, 1800, to comparo tally, and -declare
the nominations.
By order of tbe Standing Committee,"
i 1. F. Ktzwiler, Hiairman.'