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UORTN?*
.Jenny land's Farewell Soug.
Sung at Castle Garden, New York, on the 24th May.
WORDS BY C. J*. CBA.VfII.
Young larul <>f Imp©—fair Western Star!
W hose light I hailed from climes afar—
-1 leave thee now—but twine for thee
line parting wreath of melody.
I) take tiiis offering of the heart
From one who feels 'tis sad to part.
And if it lie that strains of mine
Have glided from my heart to thine.
My voice was but the breeze that swept
The spirit chords that in thee slept ;
The music was not all my own—
Thou gavest back the answering tone.
Farewell—when parted from thy shore
Long absent scenes return once more.
Where'er the wanderer's home may Vie,
Still, still will memory turn to thee !
Bright Freedom's clime—l feel thy spell.
But I must say farewell —farewell!
An Advertisement.
Wanted—a head to hold my own,
As down life's vale I glide :
Wanted, an arm to b an upon,
Forever by my side.
Wanted—a firm and steady foot,
With step secure and free,
To take it< straight and onward pace,
O'er life's path with me.
Wanted—a form erect and high,
A head above my own ;
So much that I might walk beneath
Its shadow o'er me thrown.
Wanted—an eye, within whose depth
Mine own might look and see
Uprisings from a guileless heart,
O'erflown with love for me.
Wanted—a lip whoso kindest smile
Would speak for me alone;
A voice—whoso richest melody
Would breathe affection's tone.
Wanted—a true religious soul,
To pious purpose given,
With whom my own might pass along
The road that leads to HEAVEN.
TSTR LUUT OTTFII.
THE SCHOOL MISTRESS.
'The school ma'am's coming! the school
ma'am's coming!' shouted a dozen voices at
the close of a half hour's faithful watch to
catch a glimpse of our teacher. Every eye
was turned towards her with a scrutinizing
glan<e—for the children, as well as others,
always form an opinion of a person, particu
larly of their teacher, at first sight.
' How tall she is!' exclaimed one. 'Oh,
don't she look sweetcried another. ' Ho,
J ain't afraid of her nor a dozen like her,'
cried the 'big boy' of the school. ' Nor 1
either,' cried the big boy's ally, " I could lick
her easy enough—couldn't you, Tom ?' ' Yes,
and I will, too, if she goes to touch me.'
' Hush, she will hear you,' cried one of tiie
girls. By this time she had nearly reached
the door, round which we were clustered, and
every eye was fixed UJKUI her face with an
eager, yet half bashful gaze, uncertain as yet
what verdict to pass upon her.
'flood morning, children,' she said, in the
kindest voice in the world, while her face was
lighted with the sweetest smiles imaginable.
' This is a beautiful morning to commence
school, is it not ?'
' 1 know i shall love her,' whispered a little
pet in my ear.
We ad followed Iter into the school room,
but Tom -Jones and hi - ally, who waited un
til the rest were seated, then came in with a
swaggering, noisy gait, and a sort of dare
devil, saucy look, as much as to gay,' who
cares for you.'
Miss Westcott looked at them kindly, hut
appeared not to notice them further ; after a
short prayer and reading a chapter in the
Bible, she" passed round tin- room, and made
some inquiry of each one, in regard to them
selves and studios.
• And what is your name V she asked, lay
ing her hand on Tom's head, while he sat
with his hands in his pockets, swinging his
feet backwards and forwards.
Tom .Join !' shouted he, at the top ol his
voice.
' How old are you, Thomas?' she asked.
'Just as old again as half!' answered Tom,
with a saucy laugh.
' What do you study, Thomas V
' Nothing!'
' What hooks have you V
' N' one V
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AS?® ®n©iß©ig
Without appearing to be at all disturbed by
his replies, Miss Westcott said. ' I am glad I
have one or two large boys in my school: you
can be of great assistance to me, Thomas,
and if you will stop a few minutes aftel
school this afternoon, we will talk over a lit
tle plan 1 have formed.'
This was a mystery to all, and particularly
to Tom, who could not comprehend how he
could be useful to any one, and for the first
time in his life he felt that he was of some
importance in the world, lie had no home
training ; no one ever told him that he could
he of any use or do any good in the world.
No one loved him, and of course he loved no
one, but was one of those who believed he
had got to bully bis own Way through the
world. lie had always been called the 4 bad
boy' at school, and he took a sort of pride
and pleasure in being feared by the children
and dreaded by the teacher.
Miss Westcott at once comprehended his
whole character, and began to shape her plans
accordingly. She maintained that a boy,
who, at twelve years old made himself feared
by liis school-fellows, was capable of being
made something of. Heretofore all inlluence
had conspired to make him bad, and perhaps
a desperate character, by bringing opposite
influence to work upon him, and to effect this
she must first gain his confidence, which
could not he done in a better way than
making him feel that she placed confidence in
him.
When school was out more than half the
scholars lingered about the door, wondering
what Miss Westcott could be going to say to
Tom Jones. He had often been bid to re
main after school, but it was always to re
ceive a punishment or severe lecture, and
nine times out of ten he would jump out of
the window before half the scholars were out
of the room ; hut it was evidently for a dif
ferent purpose that he we- to r< main now,
and no one wondered what it could ho for
more than Tom Jones.
4 l>on't you think, Thomas, that our school
room would be* a gread deal plca>anter if we
had some evergreens to hang around it :
something to make it cheerful?' inquired
Miss Westcott.
' Ves'm, and I know where T can get plenty
of them.'
4 Well, Thoma.*, if you will have some here
by eight o'clock to-morrow morning, 1 will be
here to help you put them up, and we will
give the children a pleasant surprise; ami
here are some books I will give you, Thom
as ; you may put them in your own drawer,
they are what 1 want you to study.'
4 But I can't .study geography and history,'
exclaimed Tom, confused. 4 1 never did.'
4 That is the reason you think you cannot,'
replied Miss 11 esteott. 4 1 am quite sure you
can. and you will love them, I know.'
4 Nobody ever cared whether I learned or
not before,' said Tom with some emotion.
' Well, 1 care,' said Miss Westcott, with
earnestness. 4 You are capable of becoming
a great and good man : you are now forming
your character for life, and it depends upon
yourself what you become. The poorest bov
in this country has an equal chance with the
wealthiest, and his circumstances are more
favorable for becoming eminent, for he learns
to depend upon himself. 1 will assist you
all I can in your studies, Thomas, and I
know you will succeed ; remember that 1 am
your Iriend, and come to me in every dif
ficulty.'
Tom Jones had not been brought up, he
bad come up, because he had been born into
the world and couldn't help it : but as for
mental or moral training, he was as fruitless
"i it as a wild bramble busli of a pruning
knife. His father was an intemperate, had
man, and his mother was a totally insufficient
woman. At home he received nothing but
blows, and abroad nothing but abuse. Jli .
bad passions were therefore all excited
and fostered; and his g> . ! ones were n r
called out. lie always expected that his
teachers would hate him, so he whetted ate A
iiis combative powers to oppose them, and he
had made up his mind to turn the 4 new
school ma'am' out of doors. When, there
fore, Miss Westcott declared that she w;w
glad to have him in her school, he was
amazed; and that she should manifest an
interest in him, and give him a set of hooks,
was perfectly incompreliensive to him. Miss
esteott understood Ids position and char
acter, and determined to modif) him. Sin
felt that he was equally capable of good and
had actions, though the had had now pre
dominated. She knew that his a<-ri\<- mind
must be busy; one might well think of
chaining the lightning as heading down 1-v
force that wild spirit to his hooks. She
would give him employment, but such as
would call out a new set of ideas and
thoughts. He must feel that lie wa- doing
good to others and for others' sake, and that
he was not guided alone by his own wayward
will, and yet there must he no a/tprorotio
of restraint upon him ; lie must >-c to
do good.
Tom Jones went home that night with a
new. feeling in his breast.: for the first time
in his life ho felt that he was capable of rising
above hit; present position and becoming
gieater and better than ho was. !lis mind
became inundated with new and strong
emotions, and like a mighty river turned
from its course, his thoughts and energies
from that hour sought a now direction.
Ihe next morning he was up with the
dawn, and when Mis.- Westcott arrived at the
school house, she found Tom Jones there
with his evergreens.
'Good morning, Thomas,' she said kindly,
' and so you are here before me ; you must
have riseu early, and have found some beauti
ful evergreens; and now if you will help me
them, wc will have all the room arranged by
nine o'clock.'
4 I have brought a hammer and some nails,'
said Tom, 4 1 thought we sb add need some.'
4 Yes, so we shall: lam glad you thought
of it,' replied Miss Westcott.
lhat day every scholar looked amaz -dto
seti lorn -Jones actually study his hock, and
to hear him answer several questions cor
rectly, and they were still more confounded,
when at recess Miss Westcott said :
4 Thomas, you will take care of those little
children, will you not, and - . that th vdo
not got hint ? \on must he tlurr protestor.'
One would as soon have thought of setting a
FRIDAY EVEN
wolf to guard a flock of lambs, as Thomas '
Jones to take care of the little children. ; i
' \\ ell,' exclaimed Sam Evans, 4 I never , i
saw such a school ma'am in all the davs of 1
my life; did you Tom?'
4 No, but 1 wish I had, and I would have j :
been a better boy from what 1 am now, but I
am going to study now, aud learn something : • -
Miss Westcott says I can, aud 1 am deter
mined to try,' says Tom.
1 was astonished to observe the effect that '
Miss Westcott's treatment had upon the!
scholars ; they began to consider him of some
importance, and to feel a sort of respect for
him, which they manifested, first by drop- i
jiing the nickname Torn, and substituting j
tommy, which revealed certainly a more
kindly feeling towards him.
In less than a week Miss U esteott had the
school completely under control, yet it was
1-y love and respect that she governed, and
Hot by an iron rule; she moved among her
scholars a very queen, and yet she so gained
their confidence and esteem, that it did not
seem to them submission to another's will,
but the prompting of their own desire to |
please. < hie glance of her eve would have
quelled an insurrection, and one smile made
them happy for a dev.
dulia U esteott taught school with a real
ization >• t th - responsibilities resting upon I
n -r. an i sin bent her energies to fulfill them.
Cui.eally ami skillfully -he unlocked the
soul s door and gave a searching glance with
in. in order to understand its abilities,
and then shaped her course accordingly.
1 ho desponding and inactive she encouraged ;
the obstinate she subdued ; to the yielding
and fickle she taught a strung self reliance.
She encouraged th - one rain drop to do all
the good it could, and the rushing torrent she
turned where it would fertilize rather than
devastate.
I liere are in every school some d rmiut
energies, which, if aroused, might shak" the
world. 1 here are emotions aud passions,
which, it let loose, will, like the lightning of
heaven, scatter ruin and blight, hut if con
trolled. may like the element, become tlm '
niess- ngor of thoughts to tiro world. In
that head you calldtiii/unayliein sluntlx-rpas
sions like some pent up volcano : open that
closed crater, and it there doe- not belch
forth flames which your own hand cannot
stop.
'Tom Junes' lias since filled with ability
one of the highest judicial offices in the
I uion. and freely acknowledges that he ov.es
Ids present character and position entirely
to the treatment and instructions of .Julia
We tcott.
Prom lie; Spirit of tlie Times.
How Jim lliaudcr Salted and I'icklcd the
(Quaker i-'riend.
There lived, iu a certain neighborhood not
far distant trout here, a rovstering rowdv
bully, dim Blander. Jim was 4 sum' iu a
fight, a kind oi a pugifistie Napoleon. Many
and bloody were the affairs fie had had in his
lib- time, and ha 1 invariably come ojf b---r.
Jim not only con-idei ' d himself invulnern- j
bio, hut all the fighting characters in the sur
rounding eountry conceded ii was no use in
fighting dim, as he was considered to be a pa
tent threshing machine, that could not be
improved on. In dim's neighborhood had
settled quite a number of Quakers. IT in
sunn- cause or other, Jim hated the 4 shad
bellies,' as lie called "them, with his entire
heart—he often d- dared, that to whip one of
these inotl'-nsiv • people would b" the crowning
glory of his life, lor years .Jim waited for a
pretext. One of Jim's chums overheard a
'young'" Quaker speak in disparaging term
of him. The rep >rts soon came to dim's
ears, not a little magnified, dim made -l
porato threats what ho was going t<> <l-> with
Nathan, tic- meek follower of P- nn, on sight
—besides various bruises and contusions he
meant to inflict on Nathan's body : in his
chaste language, he n -ant t-> gouge out b-tii
his eyes and chaw off both his ears.
Nathan heard of dim's threat -, and, very
properly, k< pt out of his wav, hoping that
time vv--iild modify dim's auger. It seems,
however, thi- much-to-be d"sired result did
not take place. (Juc day iriend Nathan was
out riding, and in pas-nig through a long
lane, when about midway, tie espied dim en
tering the other end. Nathan might have
turned and fled, hilt his flesh rebelled at tins
proceeding. 4 I will pursue m v way po.aeea
lly,' said the Quaker, 4 and 1 hope the better ,
sense of the man of wrath will not permit j
him to molest me or allow him to do violence i
to my person.' Nathan's calculations as to
the lamlciike qualities of hi- adversary were j
doomed to be disappointed.
4 O ho,' thought bull v. as he recognized Na
than, 4 i have iiini at last. Now I'll make
mince-meat of Shad-belly. 1 will suit him
and pickle him, too.'
"Wilt, then please dismount from thy horse,'
sai-l dim, seizing the bridle of Nathan's
horse, and mimicking his style, 4 my soul
vearneth above all tilings to give thee the
biggest mauling ever man received.'
* Friend Jatnes/ replied Nathan, 4 thou
must not molest me, but let nie go my way in
peace. Thy better judgment will surely t<-!i
thee that thou cannot possibly he benefitted .
by personally injuring nie/
' Get down in a moment,' thundered Jim ;
4 get down, you canting, lying, mischief-mak
ing. cowardly hypocrite, iii drag you down
if you don't dismount.'
• Friend James, I remonstrate against thy
proceedings and against thy language/ re- j
plied Nathan. My religion teaches me sin- \
eerily—l am neither a liar, a mischief-maker, !
nor a hypocrite; lam no coward, but lam a
man of peace; J desire to pursue my way
quietly—let me pass on.'
4 Get down/ persisted Jim, 'down with !
yam, I want to heat some of your religion out I
of you—l must give you a Hoggin' before 1 j
leave you. I think by the time I'm through j
with vou, you'll pass for a tolerable honest
man ; i ll teach you a short and easy lesson,
the importance of minding your own affairs,
and the vi-k you run in slandering your
neighbors.'
4 i will not dismount/ said Nathan, firmly: .
4 loosen thy hold from the bridle.'
4 You won't, won't you!' said Jim, 4 then [
here goes,' and ho makes a desperate lunge J
to coll-.- the Quaker.
IA JUNE 4 , 1
Nat nan was on his feet in an instant, on
the opposite side of the horse. The Quaker,
although of much smaller proportions than
his persecutor, was all sinew and muscle, and :
his well-knit form denoted both activity and
strength. His wrath was evidently kindled.
4 Friend James,' he implored, 'thypertina- !
cious persistence in persecuting me'is annoy- !
ing : thou must desist, or peradventure I may I
so far forget myself as to do time some bodi- i
ly harm.'
4 By snakes !' said Jim, coming toward Na
than, ' 1 believe there is fight enough in I
Broad-briiu to make the affair interesting. 1
wish some of the hoys were here t<> sec the !
fun. Now,' continued Jim, 4 friend Nathan, j
1 am going to kuock off the end of your nose
—look out!'
Suiting the action to the word, Jim, after
various pugilistic gyrations with his fists,
made a scientific blow at the nasal formation j
of our Quaker iriend; but Tom Hyercouldn't
more scientifically have warded it off. Jim
was evidently disconcerted at the ill success
of his first attempt—he saw he had under
taken quite as much as lie was likely to ac
complish. Jim, however, straightened liim
-cli "Ut, and appruaeh'-d Nathan more cau
tiously. The contest began again. Nathan
stoo l his ground firmly, and warded off the j
shower of blows skilfully, which Jim aimed
at him.
4 l'ri -n 1 Jim- -aid Nathan, in the heat
->f the c-.ntcst, 4 this is mere child's p!av. It
gri -os nie that tiiou hast forced me into re
; istance, but 1 must defend my. elf le an bod
ily harm. 1 s<-<- there is }7ut one way of
bringing this scandalous and wicked affair to
a close, and that is by conquering thee ; in
order to do this, 1 will inflict a heavy blow i
i tvv-s n thine eyes, which will prostrate j
thee. following out the suggestion, Nathan
-truck Jim a tremendous blow on his fore
head. which brought him senseless to th
ground.
'Now, said Nathan, 4 I will teach thee a
!i -son, and I lr pe it will be a wholesome i
lesson, too. 1 will sent myself a straddle of
thy breast—l will place my knees irpun ihv
arm- thus, so that thou cannot injure me when
thou returuest to consciousness. 1 hope I
may be the humble instrument of taming thy
fi'Ti-e. vvar-iike nature, and making a better
and more respectable man of thee.'
A- the Quaker concluded, -Jim began to
-how some signs of returning life. The iirst
impulse of Jim, when he fairly saw his con
dition, was to turn Nathan off. He struggled
desperately, but he was in a vice—his effort
was unavailing.
4 Friend, thee must keep still until I am ,
done villi thee,' said Nathan. ' 1 believe 1
am an humble instrument in the hands of
Providence to chastise thee, and 1 trust when
1 am done with tlice, thou vviit he u changed ;
man. Fri< nd James, dues thee not repent at- ;
tacking me ?'
'No, said dim. 4 let nie up and I'll show
you/
'1 will not let thee up, thou impious wretch/
replied N atkon.' darest thou profane the name
of thy maker—l will punish then for that—l
will cheek thy respiration for a moment.'
N a than, as good as his word, clutched him
by the throat, lie compressed his grip : a
gurgling sound conld'b-- heard : Jim's face
liei-anu- distorted ; a tremor ran through his
frame. H<- was evidently undergoing a pro
ce— of strangulation. 'The Quaker relaxed i
his hold, hut not until the choking process
had sufficiently, a.s he thought, tamed the
perverse spirit of Jim. It took some mo- j
moots for Jim to inhale .sufficient air to ad- ■
dress the Quaker.
4 1 will kuock under/ said Jim, * enough,
let. llie Up.'
' No. Thou ha t not got. half enough," re
p' i Nathan. 'Thou art now undergoing
a pri a.ys of moral purification, and thou
mi; : he contented to remain where thou lyest
until 1 am done with rJte". Thou just pro
file ! tie name of thy maker, friend Janus/
• .ntinued Nathan. 4 confess, dost thou repent
thy wickedness?'
■ No. hanged ii' 1 do/ growled Jim.
■ Thou pervers- man,' replied Nathan, in ;
an imploring tone, 'say that tiiou repentest '
thy wickedness.'
' I'll l- hanged if 1 d->.' slid Jim.
' Wilt thou not,' replied the Quaker; 4 must
1 use compulsory in-an- ?' 1 will compress
thy windpipe again unless thou givest nie an j
answer iu the affirmative—say quick, art i
thou sorry?'
' No. I—y-o-s,' shrieked Jim in a gurgling i
tone, as the Quaker's grip- tightened, 4 yes, i j
am sorry.'
' is thy sorrow a Godly sorrow,' inquired ;
N nthan.
dim rather demurred giving an affirmative j
answer to this question, but a gentle squeeze j
admonished him he had better yield.
' Yes/ replied Jim, ' my sorrow is a Godly j
sorrow.'
4 A Godly sorrow leadeth to repentance/ j
replied Nathan, 4 we are progressing finely. ,
Tiiou said hut just now,' continued he, 4 that ;
I was a canting, lying, cowardly, mischief- j
making hypocrite. Thou wronged me in as- !
sorting those things, and slandered my per
suasion. Host thou recall those assertions ;
' Yes," replied Jim, ' 1 do ; now let me up.' j
' I am not done with thee yet,' said Nathan.
4 Thou hast been a disturber of the peace !
of this neighborhood time out of memory— ;
thy hand has been raised against every man, j
thou art a brawler. Wilt thou promise me .
that, in future, thee, will lead a more peaeea- j
hie life, that thou wilt love thy neighbor as j
thyself?'
4 Yets/ answered Jim, hesitatingly, 4 all but ,
the Quakers.'
4 'Thou must make no exceptions,' replied
Nathan ; 4 I insist on an affirmative answer.' j
4 If I say yes to the 4 —l'll die first.'
A struggle now ensued between the two, but
Jim had ids match.
' Thou must yield, James/ said Nath an,
' I insist on it/ and lie again grasped Jiia by
the throat. 4 1 will eliok- thoe into submis- |
sion : thou must answer affirmatively-—say I
after mo, 4 [ promise to love my neighbor as J
ray self, including the Quakers.' j
' I promise that!' i aid Jim ; ' i'U be cursed j
if I do/ |
' I will check ihv respiration if thou don t,
replied Nathan. 4 Wilt thou yield V
4 No i won't, I II bo blasted it I do, an
swered Jim.
4 Thee had better give in/ replied Nathan,
4 1 will check thee again if thee does not—
see my gri pi tightens.'
And Nathan did compress his grip, and the
choking process again went on. Jim's face
first became distorted, then purple—his tongue
lolled out, and his eyes protruded from
their sockets—his body writhed like a dying :
man's. Nathan persisted in holding his grip
until Jim became entirely passive, he then re
laxed his hold. Jim was slow in recovering
his speech and his senses; when he did, he
begged Nathan for mercy's sake, to release
him.
\\ lien thee will make the promise 1 exact
from thoe, 1 will release thee, hut no sooner,' ■
replied Nathan.
Jim saw he was powerless, and that the :
Quaker was resolute. He felt it was no use
to persist in his stubborness.
1 will give in, he replied. 4 I will promise
to love my neighbor as invself/
' Including the Quakers,' insinuated Na
than.
' \y.-s, including the Quakers. 4 replied Jim.
' 1 hou muyest arise then, friend James,'
answered Nathan, 4 and 1 trust the lesson
thou hast learned to-day will make a more
peaceable citizen of thee, and I hope, a better
man.'
Poor Jim was completely humbled : he left
the field with his spirits completelv cowed.
N it long after this occurrence the store be
-■ame bruited about. This was more than
•Jiiu could hear. lie soon after left the scene
of his many triumphs aud his late disastrous
defeat, and emigrated to the 4 far west.' The
last 1 heard of him he was preparing to make
another move. Being pressed for his reason
why he again emigrated, he said a colony of
Quakers were about moving into his neigh
borhood. He was under an obligation to love
them, but he was of opinion that distance
would lend stri ngth to his attachment.
V YMIMUI:.
Not long since, a young girl, eleven years
of age, who lived in l'aris, attempted to mur
der her mother, sister, and many of her play
mates, for the purpose of drinking their
blood. After a careful •examination by a
scientific man, it was declared that she was
i subject to the strange and terrible mania of
i cannibalism. As she was extreme!v young,
this -trang'- perversion of natural instinct af
forded a prospect of cure. All will remem
ber the ease of the sergeant, who used at
midnight to leave his quarters, and dig up
bodies in P<-re la Chaise, which he subse
qu ally devoured. This unfortunate man is
now cured, and is but thirty-two years of
age. Ho preserves of the episodes of his
past life only a confused memory, like the
recollection of a painful dream. In other
lays, science f'- ared to approach these suffer
! '' rS -
I In 1770. a young man named Ferrage. un
der the influence of this malady, suddenly
left his companions, and surrendered himself
up to this horrible propensity. He selected,
as his retreat, a cavern near the top of one of
the mountains of An re, whence he used to
descend, like a beast of prey, into the cham
i-aigne country, killing all the women: he
could eat nothing else, and was constantly
s • -n to gaze, as if in wait for an opportunity
to seize his prey. He never went abroad
without a double barrelled gun, a belt full
!of pistols, and a dagger. So great was the
terror that he inspired, that he used frequently
to come into towns for food or ammunition.
A peasant, whom he suspected of a design
upon him, had his house burnt over his head.
He used to decoy any muleteers he chanced
to discover in the woods, to his den, where
they wore uniformfy murdered. A large re
ward was offered for his capture, hut in vain,
until a hold peasant insinuated himself into
his confidence, and captured him. This
beast of prey, for such he was, was executed
on the 12th of December, 1702. lie was bro
ken alive on the wheel. For four years he
had lived exclusively sis a cannibal.
A'acancy for a Doctor.
Grainier, the Indian agent in New Mexico,
wrote homo on the 31st of March, that he
knew of an opening for an enterprising phy
sician. A vacancy had happened and ho
told why. One of the Eutaws on the San
Juan River was taken sick, and an Indian
doctor from the Rio Verde was called in to
attend him. Owing to the. strength of the
disease, or to the weakness of the prescription
of the doctor, the patient died and was bur
ied. After the funeral the doctor was taken
by the friends of the deceased, tied up, shot
and scalped : his wife's hair was cut off; his
house burned, containing all his property,
and all his animals killed. This is the law
among these indians regulating doctors. The
vacancy is yet unfilled.
agricultural, scc.
s?u i 11-it of Fruit Trees.
The best growth, and the finest fruit, are
always to be expected, when the tree is furnish
cd with the materials of nutriment in just
the same proportion. If greatly deficient iu
any essential ingredient, the tree languishes
from starvation. If any highly nutritive sub
stance is in a large overdose the tree may be
surfeited or poisoned. We have seen a tine
cherry as completely killed by embanking it
heavily with horse manure, as any animal
with a dose of arsenic. But in the Eastern
and Middle -States, this is a rare evil. It
sometimes happens, indeed, that pear trees
arc rendered more liable to blight, and peach
es to frost, by high manuring in low rich val
leys. The greatest difficulty, throughout this
region, is the starvation of fruit trees.—
There is not one. case in a hundred, where
better fruit, and more of it, would be obtain
i cd by a deeper and richer soil f>r the roots to
run and feed in; or by the removal, by
means of clean culture, of all weeds, or other
vegetable growth, which may rob the tree of
its full share of the riches of tno soil.
In large portions of the great fertile' west,'
the case is quite different. The long and hot
summers, in connexion with the sev re frosts
of tho winters, render more caution neces
sary in the application of manure, ihe oatu
r.il richness being often enough, without any
manure. As applying to such localities, the
following remarks, with which wo have been
lew Sei'ics-Voi. G-No. 3.
favored ly a correspondent of Jefferson Val
ley, A. .. will doubtless prove interesting:
4 A surfeit of trees manifests itself hv The
appearance of the leaves on the growing
twigs. Instead of shooting out rank and
large, they are thrown out in whorl-like elu—
tors. '1 lie twigs which support them grow a
few inches, and then often commence dying
at their extremities, having a hla k tip* If
these twigs do not die in their whole growth,
the haves finally fall off, leaving a small stin
ted year's growth, with its buds crowded all
along its length, frequently not the sixteenth
of an inch anart.
1 bus, by oyer feeding, one year's growth
is worse than lost, fur several years will be re
quired to establish a healthy action again.
This disease frequently shows itself on grafts
set in a large thrifty sb.ck, wln-n the topsail
cut off at once, especially if the tree stands
in a rich soil, and the season is a wet one so
as to dissolve a great amount of food.
If any one doubts the correctness of this
view, he can satisfy himself by a few week
experiment in the month of •lime. A tree
may be phmted in front of a barn-yard, in
any rich spot where it will receive the wash
ings of manure. I.very twig on it will soon
take on a whorled appearance. Let the earth
then be all removed from the roots and its
place supplied with yellow loam, and in a
few weeks more the twigs will shoot off', and
make a more healthy appearance. 1 have tried
the experiment on young pear trees, with un
varying results.
' 01.1 cherry trees cannot be surfeited. but
old apple trees may lie. 1 have seen an old
apple orchard seriously injured by a heavv
coat of manure spaded in. In August the
whole orchard presented the appearance of
haying been nipped hy frost: the top of every
twig having a I.luck appearance on the top wf
a cluster of miserable looking leaves.'—Cul
tivator.
J. w. PARKER,
Attorney at Law, Lewistown, Mifflin ro. Pa.
GEO. VT. ELIDES,,
Attorney at Law,
Of t ICE in West Marketstreet,opposite Eisen
bise's Hotel, will attend to any business in the
courts of A1 i til in, Centre, or Huntingdon conn
ties. Lewistown, Jan. 23, 1852.
MAGISTRATE'S OFFICE
CHKivnw iioo vi;h,
J list IIP of the Peace,
CI AN be found at his office, in the room re-
J centiy occupied by J). YV. Uuling, Esq.
where he will attend to all business entrusted
to him with the greatest carc and despatch.
l)Ii.t.\V.ilALK
OFFERS his professional services to the
citizens of Lewistown. He can be con
sulted at all times at the Bee Hive Drug store.
Lewistown, August 30, l*so-tf
THE undersigned continues to manufacture
celebrated Quilted and French calf Boots,
together with all articles connected with his
business. MOSES MONTGOMERY.
Lewistown, August 8, 1851-tf
JOHN CLARK & CO.
HAVE removed their Shoe Store from bp
low Eisenbise's to the diamond, opposite
the Lewistown Hotel. Having renewed their
g|Sl st ock, they are now prepared to make
to order all kinds of BOOTS AND
SHOES in the best manner and of the
best materials. They have also a choice assort
ment of city and eastern work to which they
invite the attention of the citizens of Lewis
town and vicinity, as they are determined to
sell at the very lowest prices for cash.
Lewistown ; April 23, 1852.
BILLY JOHNSON'S
Cheap Boot, Shoe A Cloth
iiss Store.
TTAYING returned from the city with a
large stock of the above mentioned ar
ticles, he is prepared to sell low for cash:
Mens Calf Boots, from $1 75 to tjkti 0 >
Coarse " " 1 25 to H 00
*' Gaiters and fancy shoes of different
kinds.
Ladies' Shoes, from 50 to 1 50
" Gaiters, best quality, 1 5(1 to 2 00
Misses' and Childrens' Gaiters, of different
kinds. He is also prepared to make to order
all kinds of BOOTS, SHOES and GAITERS
that may be wanted.
His stock of CLOTHING has been well
selected. It was bought for cash and will be
sold at very small profits. Cull and examine
for yourselves, and you will be convinced of
the jact.
ap23 BILLY JOHNSON.
liAISTIVS
SELF REGULATING
SEWING MACHINE.
BA the use of this Machine one person
can do as much sewing, and make belter work
than live or si* can do by hand.
Tailors, Saddlers, Si c., look to your interest. Ma
chines, Shop and County Rights forsale. Apply to JOHN
LOCKE, Lewistown, until February 10th, after that at
Lewisburg, Union county, Pennsylvania.
P. S. One of these Machines may be seer, in oper
ation at C M. rSm t.L'B Taitor-shop in this place.
JOHN LOCKE.
Lewistown, January 16,1852 —tf
Fish. Salt, and Plaster,
TTOR sale by
"JOHN STF,BRETT & CO.,
June 27,-tf At the Lewistown Mills.
11 rushes.
.'Hjll stock, which is large and selected with
A Jr reference to the wants of the community,
comprises ail kinds of Blacking, Scrubbing,
Horse. Sweeping, Dusting, Hair, Clothes, Ta
ble, In ant, Wall, Puint, and Varnish Brushes,
at reduced prices tor cash.
may2l K. J. HOFFMAN,