BY 0. B. GOODLAUDEE & CO.
VOL. XXXI. WHOLE NO.
THS HUSKEES.
r job a. wBirruB.
Heap high the farmer! wintry hoard.
Heap high the golden corn I
Ko rieher gift hat autumn poured
From out her lavish horn.
Let other lands e suiting glean
The apple from the pine.
The orange from the gloiajr green.
The cluster from the vino,
tVa better love the hardy gift
Our rugged vales bestow,
To cheer ue when the storm shall drift
Our barred fields with snow.
When springtime camo with fiow'r and bud,
And grassy green and young,
And merry kob'links in the wood
Like mad musicians sung,
Wo dropped the feed o'er hill and plain,
Beneath the sun of May,
And frightened from our sprouting grain
The robber crows away.
All thro' the long bright days of June,
Its leaves grew thin and fair,
And wared in hot midsummer's noon,
Its soft and yellow hair.
And now with Autumn' moonlight eves
Its harrest time has come,
V'e pluck away the frosted loaves
And bear tho treasure home.
There, richer than the fabled gift
Of golden showers of old,
Fair bands the broken grain Khali sift.
And knead its meal of gold.
let vampld Idlers loll In silk
Around the costly board
Give us the bowl of samp and milk
fly homespun beauty poured.
Where'er the wide old kitchen hearth
Sends up its smoky curls,
Who will not thank the kindly earth,
And bless our corn-fed girls !
Let earth withhold the goodly root,
Let mildow blight the rye,
Give to the worm the orchard's fruit.
The wbeatueld to ths fly
Hut let the good old crop adorn
The hills our fathers trod
Stilt lot us for his golden corn
Bend up our thanks to God.
i&listclhntotts.
MATRIMONY AS A PURSUIT.
From the Dully Pcnsylvanlan.
Kvon as Mist rem Sarah Battle took de
lightin whist, nnd invested that social
pastime with a gravity appertaining to one
of life's most serious avocations, and a dig
tiily more commanding than that of nny
one of tho lcarnod professions so doth
t be but methodic tl Mistress Hatch mon
ger take an earnest end unflagging inter-e-t
in the subject of matrimony, and lose
no opportunity of persuading men, and
even women singularly gratuitous as this
last act of charity may seem of tlio pres
ent advantage and uliiiiate necessity for
entering into the married state.
"You see, my dear," she is wont to ob
serve to the school girl of fourteen sum
mers, whom sho has cause to suspect of
recreative giddiness, and a want of "per
fect propriety " in the street 'you see my
dear, that you should be ever tnindtulof
jour uhjiui iint-ni ; never mrgei yuursuu
so fr as to commit thesmallest indiscre
tion, for you have no notion of what may
omo of it.or what may be lost by it. Un-t
dor all circumstances, think of the future,
and compare yourself as you would like
to bo, with what you may bo. Be watch
ful that you may never lose a chance ;
LVB llB. n MlintlM .1
you can nover know whoso eye is upon
VIHIMV5 ,
you." Jt is proper to observe here, in or
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fler toprevent a contradiction in the char
acter of Mrs. Matchmongcr, and to pro
serve that uniformity of purpose which
I is as much a part of her nature as her
(lead is a part of her person, that by
'whose eyes,' sho meant "the eye of what
man,'andnot4TheEyo'towhichreligious;WBySaivetojokesofso subtle and deli
preceptors refer as forever regarding the
ways ot men and women, as well as ot all
the children of men.
"As you cannot know this fact, my
dear, be careful of opportunities, don't
forget the widow of tho Russian Min
istcr, recall tho story of her walk from
school on a certain day, and emulate the
deportment of the lovely and accomplish
ed Miss Williams."
Thus does this widow of three and a
f half husbands the present faction being
not yet in tomb bodily, only spiritually
l 1 .1 !1 1 A, " 1 ,. "
uvmuuinieu, us it were, :n me grnnuer ni
si tolled of his wife commence at the foun
dations of society to build up universal
!and cncKiring monuments in honor of y
men, tho only hero sho ever worshipped,
and tho only myth Bheever pursued.
But our pbilautbropio friend, Jlrs.
iMatchmoneer, duos not confine her lubor
Jof love to the rising generation j sho looks
abroad, and taking a comprehensive view
'jof the generation which may bo said to
'stand still for a while, "waiting for some
thing to turn up," as well as of the gener
ation which Is posting away, sho gives ad
vice gratis to all whom it may concern on
itlie importance of instanUneous matri
mony, without so much reference to tho
1'ormanency of that happy condition, as
jto the necessity of renewing it at every
fecasion ; like a heavy note, which it is
impossible to liquidate onoe and forever,
ut which must be renewed, with slight
t.Jbatementa in tho principal, whenever it
Jails duo.
i. !he8od dame lakes a kind ofmatern-
i interest having nodirect riaht to that
interesting sentiment of the female heart
fcy Virtue of her three and a half lords
In the welfare of vary young gentleman
?! "lender means and of prospeott feebly
uraiuj m vne ainance 01 an uncer
1631.
tain future. She is continually annrrin
on such verdant disciples to hopeless ex
peditions against the calm repose) so beau
tiful to behold ia the female mind. And
she seems never to weary of work, and
never to tire of forming expedients by
which young people of opposite sex may
wuugu, lujeiuer; mere is scarcely a
pair of unmated young folka in the whole
. (wvrux SI uuiuu a JUVUU11U 10
quaintanct?. It has been laid tbat match.
es are made in heaven. If so it ia i.nnv
en whereter Mrs. Matchniongyr is; and
she ia constantly preparing mansions for
guests of her kingdom. She does not
spend much time at home, for her occu
pation gives her extensive notoriety, and
her services are not unwelcome to most
of her young friends of the female sex
particularly. At all events, it is quite
unavailing to attempt to exclude Mrs.
Matchmongcr from any circle of beaux
and belles; if not invited, she will be
there all the same: ifnottiL-pn in a an
ally, she nukes kind of "raid" on the
select assemblage, and taking the citadel
by storm proceeds to organize and admin
ister a government of her own. on the in.
stant. Having assumed tho nronrietor-
ship of the communo, she at once divides
the inhabitants by pair, and setts them to
work "getting notion," for each other. If
a young lady is "difficult," the amiable
matron smooths the approach to her dig
nified presence, by blandishments and
persuasive eloquence, in favor of slighted
beaux ; if a younc gentleman is tort mod.
eBt, she impels him by panegyrics on the
charms of his future mate, on her excel
lence, her wealth, and finally on his own
doserts, and the fact that he alone is wor
thy to win such a prize.
The best of the story is in the fact, that
Mrs. Matchmongcr is, nine times out of
ten, entirely successful, so far as the con
summation of her part is concerned ; for
when the "match is mated," Mrs. M's.
work is done: when the benediction is
pronounced over the work of her great in
tellect, she turn with a smile of satisfac
tion, and sets off at good speed for anoth
er "catch," as she calls her occupation.
As she never takes the trouble to look af
ter the matrimonial welfare ol her proteges,
of course she knows nothing of their
future life, nor does that kinds of inter
est seem to occur to her. If matrimony
is bliss, the consummation has come ith
the first moment of the honeymoon ; and
when people have got into paradise, what
more io they want of tlieir friends not
even their prayers.
Perhaps tho fnvorito game of Mrs.
Matchmongcr are bachelors of uncertain
age, who aro apparently running to seed
in a rainer rapta and suspicious manner,
without nny apparent object in life. For
this class of her fellow-beings the "dear
lady," feels a deep concern, which does
honor to her heart, as well as to her nro.
found knowledge of human nature, or her
intimate "acquaintonces with men's ways"
as sue is pleased to express it. There is
no estimating tho amount of missionary
duty which this woman performs among
men wno Have uvea long enough to know
better, and, probably, will never leave off
Knowing worse, every year of their re
maining lives. It is a matter of regret
that among this obdurate race of beinzs.
the good dame's success is by no means
commensurate with her deserts. And
yet wo have known Mrs. Matchmonirer to
make tho happiness or misery of more
than one bachelor, wko thought himself
;proof Kttin,'t the' machinations of
anv
foo to freedom." One of her best levers
on such deud weights, as your forty
year oiu mcorngibles, is the fortune game.
We have known her in a case of despera
tionon tho winning of which she had
staked her reputation as Ifvmen's faith
ful servant to suircost to an impenitent
1 ...... . .. .
Urietv of seekimr the hand of a vr,nn 1,
wreiell Ott t. ill-Lv Iiua nnt ftnlvthn r.rn.
j 'i iwvj vi oociwiig tuts uaiiu ui n yuung
uyoi great Health, but tho lurther m
ducemen titbit1 as ahewat In consumption.
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the lucky husband might soon expect to
oecomo ine sole owner or her tortune."
-. ! . . . . . ...
our oacuoior iriend to whom this rem
arkablo proposition was made, happened
to oe rainer grave in tempet, and not al-
cate character as that. "Really," he re
plied, " he was very much dolighted to
hear that the young lady possesed so con
venient a thing as a largo fortune; that
though he was not rich enough himself,
he knew enough of the want of money to
mako a pretty good guoss of its probable
value; that he only regretted that the
condition of her health was such as to
prevent tho enjoyment of her fortune for
many years; but that the proposition
which was made to him was not eiactlv
in his line of business, as he preferred, if
no w as aiiv;n to get goods on raise preten
ces, to seek some commodity of sterner
fabric and more durable nature than an
invalid heiress."
We do not believe that Mrs. Match
monger evei tried her skill cn that sub
ject again.
We hove said that our kind friend nev
er follows up her achievements In match
making to see whnt they come to ; but a
good many people have taken the trouble
to do this work for her, and they have
come to the conclusion that Mrs. Match
monger's system is wrong; in fact, that
it is following after nature by an infrac
tion of nature's laws, and gonerally fatal
to the happiness which 13 the reward of
married life.
Marriage being of courso the natural
condition of the human race, it is best to
enter it In the natural way, and convey
ancers for this kind of estate are not the
best mediums of a bargain for life. . Par
ties who are drawn together by mutual
attraction one of nature's laws are
much more likely to find ecreeablo com-
.panions In each' other, than if they had
met, wuiieeaca was on me nuut aiier
sombody or anybody. Marriage is like
what tho patriotic , candidate says of
"place," not to be tought, and not to be
PEIICIPLE8, aot
CLEARFIELD, PA. WEDNESDAY, NOV. 21, I8G0.
'voided- The traveller who is or. Hi
road ot life searching for wealth, or know
ledge, or fame, as circumstances may com
pel, will bo very likely to fall into matri
mony by accident, and ten to one be will
in this way find his accident a happy one.
Marriage is not a garden of flowers, into
which people go with a purpose to cull a
flower which, they imagine will be agree,
able to their senses, and will bloom with
undying fragrance and beauty through
life ; nor a market in which men congre
gate to select a fine animal, with good
points, and sufficient strength to run the
course of life. But more aptly it may bo
considered a stream, in which people
drift together by a current of circumstan
ces and the force of mutual attraction.
Like all of men's ordinances, this is best
observed when observed with reference to
the dutie of affection, sympathy and res
pect, and untrammelled by the arts and
industrious dovices of men or women.
Town Trees.
No more is every tree a town treo, than
is every man mado to live on a pavement
and amid piles of brick and mortar. Those
trees which grow very large, are not suit
able, nor those subject to attacks of insects
nor tender trees, nor weeping trees, nor
those which cannot endure smoke and
dust and hard usage generally. Consid
ering the great number of species and va
rieties, native and foreign, one might sup
poso, at first, that it would be an easy
matter to find suitable trees in aoundancs,
but is it not so. Some sorts flourish well
for ten or fifteen years, but afterward be
come largo and top-heavy, and are blown
down by sudden gusts of wind. Borne
prospor finely when young, but when the
bark happens to get a little injured by ac
cident, the growth is suddenly checked,
the foliage becomes sickly, and the tree
unsightly. Others make so rampant a
growth that their foliage hides the view
of the houses behind them, and renders
the wall damp and unhealthy.
What is chiefly wanted in a town tree is
that it grows slow, never becomes very
lurge, be proof against insects, bear pru
ning well, and accidental injuries also,
and in short be very hardy. No tree, to
our knowledge, possesses all of these qual
ities perfectly, yet some do, more than
others. For example, the American
White Elm, the common English Kim,
English Linden, Mountain Ash, Norway
Mup!e and most of our native maples, the
Horse Chesnut, the lied and White Beech,
and tho much abused Ailanthus. Disa
greeable as is tho oder of the flowers of
Ihia last named tree, we bcliove experi
ence shows that it is in many respects very
desirable for planting In towns. It will
bear smoke," dust, and any amount of
abuso. Somebody has styled it 'the Met
ropolitan Tree." This is certainly more
appropriate than the "heavenly" appella
tion with which it was first introduced
from abroad.
The above trees are proper for setting
by tho side of streets. For open squares
or parks, we may go furthor, and include
the magnolias, tulip tree, larch, cotfee-tree
yellow wood, Judas tree, various oaks, the
chesnut, and an assortment of conifers.
In some of the Parks in this City, the
Southern Cypress succeeds admirably,
and is a beautiful tree. The weeping wil
low, if sparingly planted, is also suitablo,
and docs well in this Latitude and south
ward. By a little care on the part of those
who have oontrol of the planting, the
streets and parks of a city might oe made
to contain a good arboretum :of ail the
trees growing in tho Latitude. American
Agriculturist.
Carrier Piocox Exphs.ss.- The general
agent ol tho New York Associated Tress
was in our viHago a few days since for tho
purpose of locating some carrier pigeons
which the Association are about to em
ploy for the purpose ot Intercepting the
in-bound European steamers, ott'Fire Is
land. Tho same parties have, for many
years past, employed pigeons at Halifax,
N. 8., and at Sandy Hook, where they
have proved of great servico, and have,
doubtless, contributed in no small degree
to the Association'! world-wide reputation
for successful enterprise in outstrinoinn
all their opponents whether editors.
news agents or speculators in tho early
reception of European news, Prompted
by their past success, nnd inspirited, per-
naps, SHiiewnai oy the expressed deter
mination of a majority of the directors of
the American Telegraph Comnanv ta
strangle the Amiociatod Press, and them
selves control all the nows of the old
world and the new, tho Association have,
we understand, decided to extend their
rigcon Express to every point along the
seaboard, from New York to Cape llace,
where it is possible to have the steamers
intercepted. Among tho points that are
thus to bo covered in addition to Halifax.
Sandy Hook and Fire Island are, we un
derstand, Montauk Point, Nantucket,
rortiand, fet. John s, ,N. t., and Cap9
Race. Tho breed of birds used by the
Association are the colcbratod Antwern
carriers, which, when properly trained
and used! will, we are reliably assured, fly
at the rate of one mite per minute and
unerringly, from tho point where they
are thrnwn up, to their home. Each bird
will carry, when properly adjusted to its
legs, matter enough to make a column of
a newspaper. Long Island Democrat,
Old Master Brown brought his ruler down,
His face was angry and red .
"Now Anthony Clare, go seat you thero,
Along with the girls I" he said.
Then Anthony Clare, with a mortifiod air,
And his bead down upon his breast,
Crept slowly away, and sat all day
By the girl that loved him best.
I9"A man who astonishes at first soon
makes people Impatient if he does not
ftrtnlfritiA tlia enma Anllvovstn Irau
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MEff.
Muscular Christianity,
We believe in muscular Christianity.
We believe that the minister of niusclo
will fight a more valliant and stronger
battle with the passions and prejudices of
men. We believe that tana mens in sano
corpore applies to parsons as well as to par
ishioners, and that saints' bodies as well
as sinners' are none tho worse for an hour
at the dumb bells or the weights.
We have been led to this subject by
meeting in the gymnasium, as a regular
attendant, a leading and eloquent divine
of this city. Ha swings the dumb bell in
a manner that few even of the adepts can
approach. He is fleet of foot on the track,
and scores his half mile in belt time. He
climbs the ladder; goes through the bars ;
walks the treacherous tight-rope, a la
blondin ; in fine, develops his muscle with
all the ardor and interest of the youngest
tyro. Possibly Mr. Pecksniff or my lady
Potiphar, who attend church quite punc
tiliously, may sneer at our reverend triend
ot the strong arm and chest, and if they
knew who he was would drop their reli
gious patronage ; therefore, we shall not
gratify their curiosity by mentioning his
name, at the risk of lessening the number
of his flock.
But, seriously, are the sinners the only
ones to dovelop the human frame, by in
vigorating oxercices? Shall tho sheep
gambol all day upon the hill-sldo, and the
shephard lazily doze in the sun ? Must
he wage his great warfare with tho enemy
of mankind, tied down with tho im;ii
menfa of an enervated anj wasting body T
Does he not by a vigorous physical regimen
during the we?k bring to his pulpit a fresh
stock ot' strength, a new activity and vigor,
a genial and kindly Christianity, which
shall commend itself to all men, at all
times, and at all places f Are not half tho
sins of the day the result of a lazy, puny,
good-for-nothing body T
We verily believe that if all our minis
ters would "cultivate their muscle," thero
would be less noed for voyages to Europe,
less bronchitis and dyspepsia, and coun
tenances as white as the neck cloths be
low them; that we should have better
sermons of a Subbath ; sermons with more
of the milk of human kindness in them,
and clad with a new force and power,
which would at once seizo upon and hold
captive tbat most decealful of all things,
the heart ; that religion would be stripped
of all that Chadbandisra which, if not a
reality, at least has the outward seeming.
Were not the twelve bettor fit h era of men
because of their previous occupation T We
cannot picture Paul with tho bronchitis
or dyspojsia, or making losg annual pica
sure trips over into Europe for his health.
But one man, miserablo Eutychus, slept
under his preaching, and he fell out of a
window in consequence. Of the eight
Greek father, who have coine down to us
as the leaders but Ambrose, Athannsius
and AugustinsT They were strong and
robust, and admirably adopted for the un
compromising tight they waged with the
Byzantine heathen.
We hope more of our ministers will
devote attention to tho body as well a
the spirit. A good heart in a rjood body
is, in our opinion, a much better sacrifice
than a good heart in a miserable body.
A certain admixture of innocent animal
life with the spiritual, will infuse a vigor
into it which the midnight oil shall not
waste. Wo may question tho propriety
of Peter Cartwright's stopping his sermon
at. fifthly to flog an insulting rowdy, or
tho Allegheny minister w'io pounded tho
grace of Und into tho Methodist-minister-
jfloguing blacksmith ; but we really think
a nine more musci in mo puipit would
usure less sleepy heads in the audience,
and that tho physical Zion conduces
largely to the growth and importance of
the spiritual Zion.
It has too long boen the notion that
physical strength and spiritual sanctity
aro incompatible. Tho days of those
feeble young saints are numbered. "The
good die first," because the good too olten
have poor stomachs and lungs. We are
of tho opinion that many may fear "God
and walk a thousand miles in a thonsand
hours," and that he will fear God all tho
better for it. We welcome the advent of
Kingsley with his stout Amyas Leigh,
Needier with his sinewy arm.Chapin with
his dyspepsia-defying frame, and our
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iniciigo uivin swinging ins nunurou
pound dumb-bell. Vmeago Journal,
Fanny Fern's "Aw"r a Hcsdand. A
lady having remarked thitawe is the most
delicious fooling a wife can hold toward
hernusVnnd, Fanny Fern thus comments:
Awe of a man whoso whiskers you have
trimmed, whoso hair you Iiavo cut, whose
cravat you have tied, whoso shirt you havo
put into tho wash, whose boots and shoes
you have kicked into the closets, whoso
dressing gown you have worn while comb
ing your hair, who has been down in t he
kitchen with you at eleven o'clock at
night to hunt fora chicken bone, who has
hooked your dromes, unlaced vour boots.
and tied your bonnet; who has stood be.
fore your looking-glass with thumb and
finger on proboscis, scratching his chin ;
whom you have buttered and teased ;--whom
you have seen asleep with his
mouth wide open ; ridiculous,
Census or Delewarc. Ths Wilmington
Gizjtte has the completo returns of tho
census of the State of Dcloware, from
which we learn that there are in the State
110,542 free persons, and 1805 slaves, or
112,317 inhabitants altogether; 19,257
dwellings, 19,264 families, 6,fG6 farms, 615
slave owners. There are 254 slaves in
New Cartle county, 203 in Kent, and
1,348 in Sussex. In 1850 thero were in
Newcastle 347, Kent 393, and Sussex
1,549 to'al 2,200. There has therefore
been a general decrease of slaves all over
the Suite, reaching in the aggregate 485.
The total increase in the population of the
State is 10.BI5.
TERMS-$1
NEW
Untidy Housekeeping Women not
Always at Fault.
Pmvatb Kote. What follows is not for
housekeepers to read themselves, but for then
to mrk, and plnce whore their poorer halves
will be protty sure to see It.
It's very well, Mr. Editor, to bo lectured
about our housekeeping, to bo told of tho
comfort, tho felicity, and nil that sort of
thing, which a tidy, well-kept house will
afiord, but for one, I'm getting a little
impatient that writers generally take it
for granted that the ladies nlnno aro re
sponsible in this matter; that if dust col
lects on the furniture, if litter is strewn
on tho carpet, if tho table linen is not
snowy white and tho cooking stovo jet
black ; in short, if everything is not in the
very best " apple-pie" order, it is because
the mistress of the house is a Blattern.
That mag be tho case, I admit, but again,
it may not be. Here is an illustration:
My friend Mrs. F lives in a two-story
liouso on lha main village Btrect, where
there is almost constant travel over the
un paved road. Much of the time, clouds
of dust fill tho air, and conio sifting
through every crevice, settling down upon
tho carpets and furniture, and reducing
everything to a most nndclightful uni
formity of color. The good worran sweeps
and dusts, to little purpose to keep
clean, tho would have to dust the .air
itttalf NftlV tl-llAtl Mtaf l,nnDn I. .Ill
she tried her best to havo Mr. F. lay tho
foundation further back 'rom the street j
there was room enough; but no, ho must bo
on a line with his neighbors. Une would
think he might now fill the small yard
with trees, to exclude part of tho dust, or
cover the road with gravel, or occasionally
spread tan bark over it, to keep it from
rising; but instead of that, ho wonders
that Mrs F. does not keep the pallor
neater. When it rains, tho dust settles
into mud, and Mr. F. looks bad word at
tho tracks on the kitchen floor, but he
hai never luiJ even a plank walk from the
street to tho door, and tho edgo of the
' sill is tho only foot scraper. Mrs. F, long
ago asked for a closet with hooks for
hats and clothing, and shches for the
children's books ; but to this day, these
articles are distributed about upon the
mantel piece, and on nails driven into tho1.
wall that is, when she places them thore,
for tho boys imitate their lather, and lay
their things on the first vacunt chair, or
in an unoccupied comer. His lordship
uses the stovo for a spittoon, nnd the table
cloth for a napkin ; he smokes in tho sit
ting room, and mends his harness in the
kitchen, and thankB Mrs. F. for her con
, stant endeavors to bo tidy under such
difficulties, by wishing she would keep a
neater house. If any one wants further
evidence tnat the men need a share of the
lecturing, let them visit the house where
the wife has been absent a few day, and
my word for it, they will be ready to make
some allowances for tho apparent uliort
comings of tho Houbekkei ek.
Am, Agriculturist,
I Trie Planting. "Hnve you never
heard of that student who, on boing told
that the cow would sometimes live a hun
dred years, bought a young cow to try the
experiment 1" Yes, indeed, wo have heard
of him, the irony is excellent, and ot
Dr. Johnson's growl nbout 'tho frightful
interval between tho seed and tho tim
ber.' Still, we say plant trees. They
I who plant at onco, instead of wasting
breath in selfish complaints of the short
' noss of life find luxuriant foliage waving
' over them much sooner than they expeo
ted. But, whether you live to Bee tho ma
turity of your trees or not, bo benevolent
enough to p'ant for posterity. Transmit
to your children the inheritance of rural
beauty received from your fathers, greatly
augmented. By all means plant well,
' and the result will overpay tho labor.
! And let not your work end with planting.
! Feed your troos fiom yjar to year with
I generous food, nnd gunrd them from in-1
jury. And, in the words slightly altered
j of an old planter : What ioy may you
havo in seeing tho success of your labors
whilo you live, and in loaving behind you,
10 your noirs, or successors, a worn that
many years after your death, shall record
your love to your country I And the ra
ther, when you cousider to what length
of time your work is like to last. If you
havo country homes to embellish, be con.,
tent with imoliuity. Let your dwelling'
places be marked with whnt painters call
'repose.' Mako them tho abodes of com
fort nnd retired enjoyment, places which
will always atfbrd you agreeable occupa
tion, but not oppress you with care.
North American Jicvicw,
An Electioneering Dodob. A New
York paper mentions that some of tho
sharp politicians there have invented n
new dodgo in tho way of betting. One
of them, for instance, meets a man of tho
opposite party, and a.iys, "Who do you
votn for this time?" Tho reply Is "for
, of course." "1,11 but you twenty you
don't" is the answer, ' you'll chango ytur
mind before election day." Tho wacr
is unsuspectingly accepted, when tho bet
ting politician goes in pursuit of another
victim- On eleution day ho will chal
lenge every greenhorn with whom ho has
mado a bit, and each one will, as a mat
tor of course, not only lose Lis voto but
his money also.
TtiE FabOionaui.b AmI'sement at Na
ples. Tho Times' correspondent savs :
" Thore is a lot ot younu. men of fortune1
at Naples at the present moment, mostly
r.ngiisiimon ana Americans, who annuel
themselves by noina out by rail ovrv'
pua, ani with valuable suns ot Ions ranco.
wnion tuey nave purchased lor the pur
pose, pek off the men at the outposts of
tue royal nrmy ail day, and return to the
city in the evoning to boast of the num-t
bor of gwne they iav "bure-l" dulngj
the day.
25 per Annum, ifpaidinadranco.
SERIES VOL. I.-NO. ID.
Things I have Seen.
I havo seen a farmer wade up to hij
knees winter after winter, through man
ure, in going to his staable, when for
yiarslm garden has been unproductive
for the want of an article so much .in his
way in the yard.
T have seen a faimorpau fifty times by
a breach in his fence aud never stop to
aright if, always putting it of till another
day, until thogreuter part of his crop was;
destroyed.
I have seen a farmer plowing around
bunches ol briars) until his field was so ta
ken with them, that he was compelled to
abrnd'. n and give it up to the neighbors
around him as a blackberry patch in com
mon. I have seen a farmer but up his stock
fodder in bo careless a manner that the
first wind would blow down tho stacks ;
in which condition they would remain
until tho fodder was so spoiled that the
half starved cattle would refuse to eat it,
and he would wonder why his cattle were
so much poorer than his noighborf.
I have seon a farmer who took great
care of his fodder, but in feeding it to his
cattle would let in the hogs, or not separ
ate them from the cattlo.und before they
could mafticate half their allowance, the
remainder was rooted about, and so filthy
that they must be moro than half starvod
to eat it. lie too, is one of the "wonders
ing" class.
I havo seen a farmer food a horse in a
hollow tree with both end open, and a
hole in tho middle. "Oh," says he "the
pigs will get what falls out." Yet strange
to toll he never could account for the
horses being always so poor. I wonder.
I have seen afrmor w.ho seldom went
to where his boys were p owing, and when
ho did, it was tho same thing ; for they
would merely skim tho earth, cut and cov
erand "wonder."
I havo seen a farmer (and he a good rough
carpenter,) who had not a door to hU sta
bles ; ho would stop tho entrance with
rails laid crosswiso, leaving a holo tocrocp
in and out when fooding, The labor lost
during the yer in pulling down and put
ting up this abominable substitute appli
ed to tho making of doors, would have
luinishcu In in a life tiruo. lie is always
"wondering" how somo folks have time
to do such things.
I have seen a farmer, after all his labor
and expenso in growing, cutting, stack
ing, spreading, dew rotting, and taking up
his hemp, thro'V hundreds of pounda in
tho corners of tho fence ; to make room
for another crop , again to be dostroyed
in part, liko the preceding one.
I hivo seen a farmer richer then hisi
neighbors, and to their great detriment,
lose as much timojn borrowing und re
turning tho various implements of hus
bandry, as would pay for them in twn
years, if timo o spent had been profitably
employed. Franklin Farmer,
''How do you lika arithmetic ?" 6aid Mr.
Phelps to John Perkins, as ho came homo
from school, with his slalo under his arm.
"Not very well."
"How do you got along with it?"
"Woll enough. Sam Prico does. my
sums for mo."
''Why don't you get him i) oat your
dinner for you ?"
"I could not live without eating. I
bhould not grow any if I did not eat."
"Your mind won't grow any if you d
not uso it. It would be just as reasonable
for you to get Snm to eat your dinner for
vou, as to afk him to do your studying
for you."
A Hint thrown Away. A few wecki
after a lato marriage, the doting husband
had some peculiar thoughts when putting
on his last clean shirt, as ho saw no ap
pearance ofa "washing," Ho thereupon
rose earlier than usual one. morning and
kindled the fire. When hanging on tho
kettle he made a noise on purpose to n
ouse his e.isy w ife. She peeped over tho
blankets nnd exclaimed "my dear what's
up tho day?" he deliberately responded,
"A'v put on rrwe lost clean sork, and ant
gnun to wash a one to myself." " Ver.i
weel, " said Mrs. Busy, "ye had bettor
was h mo a no too "(Jlagoi0 Gazette.
Rrrcnt.ics not Ungrateful-.--Tho year
in which Mount Vornon becamo the prop
erty ot tho Union by tho efforts of Amori
can women consummated tho purchaso or
the Orutii by the school children of.Switzer
land, at a cost of $11,000, The Orutii, near
Aldorf, and the birthplace of Tell, is tlm
spot where, in tho fourteenth century,
three bravo men entered icto a srereu
combination to rid the country of its op
pressors, a movement which soon exten
ded to the other cantons. The sale of thi i
place, clear to every swiss, was conclude i
on tho cue hundredth birthday of Schil
ler. TnE la?t Thursday (29th) or Novetnbor.
will bo tho common Thanksgiving Dn
this year. It has already been nfliciall
nnmod in New York, Pennsylvania, Mo.
piiehusetts, Maine, Connecticut, New
Hampshire, Michigan, Ohio, Indiann and
losva.
Unkikd. A femalo lately jumped !nl
the water off Ormondsnuay, Dublin,
when a Mr. T. Harris throw off his outei
garmonU and rescued her : On returniii;;
to land ho found that a thief had fctoleu
his clothes.
If some mon's bodies were not slraightc
than their mind, they would be crookc i
enough to ride upon their own backs. :
There was $305,000,000 of capital rupr.
tented hi tho lata lUilrovl Tiruo-tubl
Convention at Cincinnati.
1 If a ruin u dksipate l, hri fortun w;".
probubly soon bo so loo.