,foilk.r . ' El I-5=21 720 s 530Wa5715)&8 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28,'1848. [From the Ansley Evening . Jourztal, ] ?kw Icars Thoughti. J.L3l.ig a. COWLS. Fie just three years no today: That we stood side by side,- Companion of my boyhood's hours, The noble andlong tried: I think I hear his gay laugh now, That I so loved to hear, And still that old families pins is ringing on my ear. k 'Tie just two years ago to-day Together we did stand, Another friend of early youth, Of open heart and band; And many a gentle greeting passed As merrily we met; Without a single thought of care Or feeling of regret. Those early Mauls—where are they now I Hush: beard ye not a sigh From those two fresh and new made graves That in the ehoreh.yeed lie? • Bath in one short and fatal year— One little month—they died And they are lying in that spot :Cow buried side by aide. I gaze around me! but in vain— trieniUy face I see. . I all them !, but no answering voice, Alas comes back to me. I hear full many a merry shout And light tongue tripping fast— I hear them, but I heed them not My thoughts are with the past. I'll love no more upon this earth! 'Tia mockery, and worse, To bury up the boort thus with _ A cold and silent come. --"" TU lore no mwe ! but steel my heart To fond Affection's call, • And stiffing Thought, I'll try to dream I never loved at ell. Atsist;dannaty 1, 1846. • A Rare Frolic in Tallapoosa. TARING TIIE CENSUS. When we were taking the census in Tana poora,we had a rare frolic at old Kit Knack er's, up on Union creek, which we must tell about. But first let us first ,introduce Uncle Ku. ' Uncle Kit was a fine specimen of the 'old fashioned Geergia wagoner. of the glorious old limes when locomotives didn't whiz about in every direction. He was 'brought up on the road, and retained a fondness of his early vo though now in comparative affluence. Uncle Kit was sixty years old, we suppose, hut the merriest old dog alive ; and his .chir raping laugh sounded every minute in the day. Particularly fond of female society, hi. , great est delight was to plague the womanhood" o' his household and settlement in every pos utile way.' His waggery, of one Sort or other, was incessant; and he was the patriarch of the neighborhood—having transplanted every family in it, with himself from Georgia—his jokes were al! considered good jokes, and few dared. be offended at his good humored satire. Besides all this; Uncle Kit was a devoted Jacit'- ion man, and an inveterate enemy of all milli iers : hence the name of his creek. Two • chattels " - ,had Mr. Kuncker which he prized beyond all other possessions—one of these was a bieyellow dog 'that followed the wagoo,ansl among other accomplishments, pre dicted the future. Uncle Kit called him Andvs in honor of General Jackson. The other fa vorite was a fine old roan .horse, named Fid dler Bill, upon which, when a little drinks:, he was wont to exhibit very fair horsemanship in the streets, or rather, the stria of Dudleyville. We were making an entry of somebody's ehirkens at a store door in the village just men tioned. one August day, when ,a familiar . 4- 113 r reached our ear, and on turning round. we perceived, some twenty yards off,.the quizzi• cal face - ef our old friend. projecting over the foregaie of his wagon, and puckered into five hondred lijtle firrinkles, as he cachinated joy -014,-- "Hullo, squire! bless your little union snake shill, your uncle Kit's 'so glad to see you, ha ha! I'm just back from ,Wettimpky..he ! he! Yal You see, yer uncle Kit's been down to go Crimmins for neice SUsy'ri wedding. :next Thursday night. You must come over i .s quire Jim. Spraggius that's going to pick up Suse ; :ilou see yer Uncle Kit waited for, you mill he found yon wouldn't ta.k it out, he ! ha I--come. over. as I was_ a sopa, and you can take the sensio of the whole krick at h one satin, and buss all the gals besides, he! he! fah ! yob r , , •, „ , We -thanked uncle Ktt, and• told him we would come:; .whereupon the jovial old fellow whistled to Andy—who had stepped into. the grocery, thinking of cours . d , his,master would stop there. any how—.ctucked to Fiddler, Bill; who worked in the lead, cracked the steers at the wheels, : and go , started. • In a moment, we beard thesherp hillo again. " You most be aura to come, squire." said un tie Kit, storming hit team so' as to be heard —"_yer aunt. Bitty look for you certain. he! he l—and if she can raise aomethin' for you to eat, and a year of corn or two for your horse, any way, in thewqrld,, you will be as welcome to it as the water that runs ;? and Mr. Knacker chuckled terribly at the bare , ides of our aunt Heuy's being straitened to provide viand!) human or. equine,' • . We recollect our:Assurance that we'should ''weltd; and uncle Kit re.assumiog the lines. Well, now I'm off sure, 'squire ! God bleu ran add Gimlet 'Jackson. and d. —nall nullifiers!_- Yininrop, Fidl Good bye" and rolled off, -, - • ...iiv,...;;T: sas.l4 - 1.1;-11. . • 1 ..c. ).:... 2, ----. . . • i '• -i ... W.. .", 1 . ''... ,i' — t . , .:,:-. ~;;;..1 7 '-.- . . 31; -...• , , 1 . F:: . j : . T. .. , :i :r. •!S -.• ~ - ' 4. ..' 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The . old man was waiting at the fence to receive us." .‘ Bless your union soul. littlenquire," he' said, shaking our extended-hand with both of his; yer uncle Kit's as proud to see you as I of he'd found a silver dollar with- a hole thin* it ! Hetty I"—he shouted—•" here's the God blessed little union squire come to see his un cle ! Come oot and see him, he !he ! yeh !-- and mind and throw a meal-bag or something eke over your head, swell my little squire gets sorter used to the big trimly! Make haste; you old dried up witch. • Ef You can't find the bag, take ver apern ! he ! he ! a! yah !" and Uncle Kit laughed till he.cried. •Mrs. Kuneker presently made her appear ance—not with the meal-bag over her head, however, and greeted os-most hospitably. • Don't mind ohl Kies romancing, squire." she observed ; .* I'm afewd he'll be a loot all his days. We've been married now, swine on forty- -- and he's never spoked the rust sen sible .1, you CM to keep it out too, wi' all sorts 0' warm teas. The Lord will be mighty apt to call her home of ever it strikes in, I'm thinking"—and uncle Kit laughed again, while be plaeed.our saddle on the fence along with twenty others. Come in 'squire," said aunt Betty. "or that poor light-headed old critter will laugh himself to deathi", and. we:walked with her in to Mr. Kuocker's . neat framed dwelling—the only building of the sort on Union , creek. • The.lng room of uncle Kit's house was full of light and company. Mostof the latter were known to us,• but there were some strange (a ces ; and with these we determined to get ac quainted as soon as possible. Alittle removed from the bustling part of the congregation, we observed a fat woman of middling age, with a sleepy expression of face. A little way (coal her feet, and sprawling on the floor, was a chubby child, about eighteen months old, whose little coat was pinned up, by the hem behind, to its collar; thus leaving no inconsiderable portion of its perion exposed. " Here," tho't we, ",is an interesting family : let's take it down ;" and approaching the dame, we drew oue papers, having first saluted her. • " Gracious! stranger!"—she ejaculated— what're you arter?" . " Only taking the, census." • • " Sally !' oh, Sally Hetson ! de run here," said Mrs. Karon—for that proved to be her name—" of her aunt the man we've hearn so much 'bout. Here's the chicken-man!" Ido wonder!" she continued, surveying_ us from crown to sole.; "Well. hit's the slimmest crit ter, to he sure. ever I seed; Hit'S legs, I do declar, is not as big as my Thomas Jefferson's. Cope here, Thomas Jefferson, and let mam my thee ef your legth aint.ath big ath When!" adllressng the youngster on the floor. iHut Thomas Jefferson did not heed the invi tation, but continued to dabble and splash in a little pool of water, which hal somehow got there, as proud, apparently, of his sans-culot. /ism, asever his illustrous namesake could have been of his. - "Don't you hear me, Thothas Jefferson?" screamed the mother—" don't you hear me, you little torment?" l'humns Jefferson did hear this time, and hastened to obey. He raised himself up, spread out his' fat arms to preserve his equili brium, turned half round, lost it, and was in stantly 'anted in the miniature pool,'"with a splash that sent sent several drooplets into his mothees. face. ~Drs. Narpti flessiat the child ; with an ener gy that contrasted strongly with her oleagin - .; ons.appearance.; and seizing him by the,did die, held him up inverted, With' one ( hand, while' the other, she inflicted . w hat, in ournur- Eery days, would have been called a ..sound apankin„&;', which finished, she re.seater her self, and brought him down a sitting position upon her knee, with insufficient violence toa sudden•abbreviatiOn of as dreadful a bowl a e ever vexed human ear. • • We didn't altogether relish these indications of a vivacious temperament in Mrs. Naron,and accordingly made our examination as short and smooth as , possible. And when she delmirred to furnish the . statistical information, becauie she never, had done sick thing efore," we admitted the cogency of the reason, and pres sed the matter tici further; for we were con vinced that the government did not expect its officers to run the risk of what Master Thomas Jefferson Nurcus had got, merely to add anoth er, dozen yaids,ol cloth, or score of chickens, to the estimated. wealth of the country. • • There.was now a slight busile in one, corner, for which, at first, we , could . not account.. It was: among a group,of young persons, male and female.., Who appear ,to be.urging,one of their number to tlo something which he . Was unwill 7 log to do- se' Do now, Pete.", -A Oh. you kin —you know you kin." Psltaw.!. I wouldn't be a fool." ..Jist this one time,, Pete !" Were some of the exclamatiens And expootulittiono that we.heard,They.,vvere not without ,effeei :. a young man iti.s blue witfiltig brass lin`fr tons, eteared.his threat. ankinturneneeffising 7 ing to a tune whiningly dolorous, nasal, ;uoya tied, and, interminable, the. popular ditty of - . • - "TEE 'OLD. BAWIELARE." Come, walk you sec ellen tail lune loci M beat, The truth or a lie, from an old baehektre : They'll set and 'think; to/en they war oat their .! brains, ' • ' • And Wish (Or it wife-but ft ire!! in • , SiNts:town, dark downe . before, this ,veise finished, , Andy, (the dog,) wbo was Coiled up in the entry, cont. IEi!E!MEZII4I2 • PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY; AT TOWANDA,, BRADFORD : 6017',"iii.; -BY E: 1 , 0. e your eyes, long at fast; when aunt Hetty, squire," remarked busied himself in "stripping" e ugly's out on her.wus nor ha !lin ! yah ! and Pm bouhd litaiituit.its "..414'bsictuicariox .18011. ANY, qvaerisl." minced a howling accompaniment. worse e ven! than the vocalism :of :.Mr.' Petex Marks,: who looked vexed and confused, and stepped sing. ing. • ••; <.; , • ; . , . -"I wouldn't Mind it, •Peter," said go odold 'Mrs. Knocker ; who...now -approached ; "1 wouldn't mind it. nothin' but' that ; dratted. gaiter brute of old Kit's ; and bless 'the Lord, tts/ist the wny he does me, constant —his mos. ter s larnt.it to hint-4 never kin • begin to sing. " I rode on. the sky,' quite ondestified I," to " Primrose," or " Zion," or any ofThem spere chal himes, but what the stinkin, • yallei, cuss strikes op his everlastin' howl, and • Jig makes me quit whether or ho !" and aunt Betty went and drove Andy away; • " Be ! he! •yak! •yah !" chuckled uncle: Kit—" aint- Andy got • a noble voice ? dint he, squire ? yak yah !He sings. bass. and yetlaant May sings Tribble, and I'm gwiae to git a middlin-sizo dog to sing. tenor, and then we'll be fixed—he! be ! yah I—and you must 'cane over every other'Sunday to yer uncle Kit's singing school"—laughing immoderately at the conceit. . • • And Hetty said pish !" with a worried air, and Ik.•Alarks re-tuned his pipes : " Bat when you are married, it is for to please, And when you have•ehildien you . * never at else, You'll lo bati end stint, just to mate 'ens suppo't, But a bacheloeis care is his back anti his throat. Sing down, defy down !" The applause being lOud and enthusiastic, Mr. Marks paised his right hand over his well. (allowed side locks, glanced at the buttons on his coat, cleared his throat. and proceeded to give the other side of the pieture : "But when you are gone, your wife will prepu, A dish of fine (Landes; or sornethin' that's ref; So mil& and pleasin' when you do draw near— Theze's ho such delight for the old baehdare ! Sing down, dary down." Andy, by this time, had got . under the house, - and accompanied the singer in the two last lines and the chorus, without any particulsr reference to 44 time," but with an earnestness that showed that the lore of music was in his soul. Mr. Marks bit his lips and frowned, bat. as he had only one more verse to sing, determined, to try and get. through with it: " When Igo abroad, and Bich things I do see- f' (Andy howled furiously.) wish, hut in vain, that it only was me" (.. 00.00-oo.au-e-au-au-00-owoo !" from the dog. Whilst /mast but both breecbu and potticoot warp'? (Andy kept even along.") . • Itgrieves me to dank I'm an old tembekie; Sins down, dart dawn." • .Andy howled through the last line beautiful. ly, but getting into the , chorus, commenced a series of barks which seemed likely to be pro longed indefinitely. , • ". My poor dog !" exclaimed Mr. knocker, affecting great anxiety, "my poor dog has - got tangled up in that cussed tune. and 'ill choke himself to death !—Run,. Jint"=to hi, son— " and, ontie the blasted thing, or cut it in . two ! yak ! e.e.yah ! yab ! yaw ! . " Rein' as my kumpny aint ddeeptable beri, I'll dismiss," said Mr. Marks, the vocalist, iii a pet; at the same time buttoning up, his,hliie swallow-tail, and sleekitig down his nice greasy locks. • . , Could'nt you give somethin' 4erechefl be fore you go?" asked unee. Kit, "your_mint Hefty and Andy's tip-top on slierechal songs;" . and the wrinkles on Mr. Knocker's face formed themselves into fifty little smilers. "Keelow yow 1" all of a sudden from An dy, as he tun from under, the house. " Make ,up your bread ,with . thal!"—said aunt iletty, as she raised tip with the tea.ket tle in her hand, from which she had been *r ing boiling ,water through a crack ,upon Andy: ..oht ',m a n I," said uncle Kit, passionately; "I'll take that clog kleen away"—th ie liin g , in th e energy of his own affection for Andy, the nounceinent would have a decidedly painful ef fect upon the mind of his wile—" and you shall never set eyes upon him agin, as ladg as you lire!" • said aunt fle,tty; catty shaking her head belmieen; eaeli won't do no such a . ' thing V' said in the spirit of contradiction "I'll keep 'him here alleri, jisi to slog:, ilq,sball 'Bldg rose"— . • " Can't hnlp it." . . . And Zion,"and-- "Can't help that thither." " Won't you come suid'go trith " Don't care," . "And the rest of ,the songs 19' !he 14ezioree Iraininny, and "Meareer'c'Clititer," tbo; Cusi of he shan't." Well! well! Christopher;'old man,' said aunt Betty, in a conciliatory tone; ..ddn't be aggrawated. I oughten to fret . you I know': and of AntlY'll behave hi#elf like a deeent'deg —like Bull Wilkerson,. n'our, for a 'samßle; which never comes in the httu—" ' "Thar aint,'! said 'jock , 'Kit: titrelling indig= nation at the indirect' attack' upon, the' nuirela of his 'deg. ;6 thar gilt a dogofi better karickier in the settlement than Andy guitickek-flull keragit'Alr NO' that' 'aitit pc better, nor no gentleinaniteri'd% in :the Whole county; than Andy. Saiint the presence of this kiiinpny be' ditinnedef thiris!" and having so spoken, Mi.' KniiCker went out :t0 seek his dog and connote afßicliOns. `As 'Soon ai Mr. Keueker returned:the \r6onio le desirous of trintrimutc?,' torik the flocir;''end Squire Reit) , united that in'the bonds Of tt'edlieek, idler, the most summary _fashion; tin r cle.' Kit then announced Ifni some c, cold ,caps!'' were to he found inan adjoining rootn , irhiCh 'said 6. cold scraps" consisted,inincipally, of one sir two or three 'tery fat turkeys; a hind qtrarterOf beef ;together 'wilt; tibisot a half 'siagen-Rialt of blend,' eake,:pies;etewed, fruit Are. .6 'Squire squire! don't tif4 said pa ck Kit, addressing himself to us, is r• we • 'Were taking a chair among ' the Mateilitte iporgen . or the guests; ..'ob;,nol tie? cle Kit ditrnt bring yon here' Toi yak ! yith! I Here's a little gal' has never: had her sinsia ta ken, and I'want -you seeefyon kan'tget 'ow yah and :uncle Kit forced ne into tt gready against our will, by., theimWe of Miss, Winny Folsom; a very: pretty girl: •widfa pout ing mouth:). lldr. Knocker drew up-a chair :be. I ,hind . ,us./ 2:••! • - : I • Standing near uncle Kit's back. we . observed' • a young man who: somehow .or other. took a ,great apparent interest in either Miss Winny or ,oureelf; but he said nothing. He was a-rare specimen of the piney.woodaispecies.of.thev , , nes homo. His face was not unhandsome, but he.had considerable stoop of the shoulders..and was knock-kneed to deformity., . : Ilia, coat wiz' .6 blue - mixed," with a very acute terminus, and it seemed to have a, particular affection fur the hump of his shoulders, for it touched no other , part of his person., His pantaloons were of buff cativimere--most pr. bably bought at second hand--and contracted. from excessive washing,, or some other cause, te a . painful scantiness. There was a white streak between his vest and I the. waistband, and a red one between the,ends of-his legs andthe tops elide white cotton socks. A pair:of red-leather straps some twenty inches long, exerted themselves to keep the legs down to-this - mark:;. but every time that Mr. Isaac Hetson—thst was his name—stooped, the, pan taloons had slightly, the , advantage, bY reason of the superior elasticity, of the straps, and the red 'streak waa,on every such occasion, made a little wider. - , . " Talk to her, 'squire! talk to her !" said noire Kit, .!„! when ver ankle Kit was young, he didn't do nothin but talk to the gale, he—e yah ! yah l" , We endeavored to`make ourself agreeable . to Miss W inny, of course, and during the whis. penog of one ot these confidential nothings cern mania finch .eircupistanees, our, head came al came almost in contact with hers. Seizing the opportunity. Mr. lioneker bionght Ida close up, and. with his lips produced such an explosion as might have :xesolted, bad,we kissed Mi . 's& Winny. . . "Ha !" exclaimed the Old fellow starting back in well.feigned astonishment ; "at it eready, squire , !.Well 2 _.'twos a busrer. any way !"—whereupon he laughed irninotlemtely, as did4nost of the compani. Miss Winny turned red, and we looked foollish—we sup pose, . "Some people's too denied smart, any how!" said the gentleman in buff cassimere, who sup posed that we, had really kissed Miss Ninny. `".And some aint smart enough,, , llcey. Het n," said uncle ItiC; .cor 'they wouldn't let tiler:people cut'em out-would they Winnyt" ' . Ninny ,smiled, but said nothing, and Mr. Knocker, raising himself half up,. so as again to intercept Air- 44sw von' view , produced another explosion. , ., • ... For shame, 'squire I" 'aid he,' silting darn "I can whip antpocket-linife • lawyer that ever made a moccasin track in Hateiville P' Said Ike. striding backward and forward behind Mr: Knucker's chair, like a lion in his cage—furiOus ly jealous. Uncle Kit laughed until his wife called to him across the room, and told him he waS " a stark naitral old' fool !"' . ,",I; w,ouldn't he a gump. eft was you, Ike Heisett,";remailted Miss Winny. ' "Them that don't tare nothing for me," re plied Ike, "I don't -care nothing' for them imbiber." ' , ' . , . .*The 'squire'spouth aint pise4.4 reckon," said Wei Winny. very sharply; sand it . wouldn't lan body of he did kiss !cm'!" A. Lees creel" said-we: doing /hitt same be: fore Miss ,Winny could help herself. - a Go s Id my rip-roartni,little union 'squire: yOu'ee elected!" shouted node Kit, in a ptiV , oxysm ntdelight. " Dera my•overlastia dorskin e tend it!" said the furious lover—•• I'll .die in my tracks Ink I'm just ss good ss town.felks.ef they do war shoe-boots and store close. I'm list a hundred and forty se'viwz pounds, neat weight, and I'm a wheel-horse!" and then Mk. lletson doubled hictists and shook himself all over, with an energy that looked dangerous. considered in reference to the excessive tight ness of butfcassinteres. - Aunt Deny, ,now ,interposed—•• Do !key do now, son don't be fretted so—doiet s be lesi ons Itearteilli, The g s gUire did'nt Mean no harm 'ine the world, by bussin iney ; and 'Whiny .didn't'Mean none by lean ni hini=" '•,': ' filidn't lei him': he done it hirnself!"'said Winne very quicklyand then she kiwi]: we all know that, tri be mire,' said Mint Betty. I. It trere list to renishein . of that simple'old erittur,*that's never easy Willi: outileii'grksornebodY in a brile. I. Wouldn't Mind it,liker more'n I wO'uld—" ' • Ittr: ilet:On did Mind it; and he 'didn't wait,fo r r'amit IlettY to fish up a figure where by toilluetrate its insignificance. before he made a !•Itrst" at us—but Mr. Kuneker caught him bv'the'shoulder: • • ".. Stop'!" 'said unele Kit. ' '.+ f'Phat r c inquired' Hetson:' - ' Uncle' Kit Paused.' and' thea slowly, • bat merit' emphatically remarked: You'll—tar--thern---troresers!"-and the *hide company laughed attinele Kit'siemark. or. Ike Ketson'a trows'enotiperhipelti beth. And Ilie.hithktlowli tile head. and was evident ly " used it • Thar`e at 'one iv !etc 'settle this. - and ,to kno* . trrhe's heie de; ninon . • • • - • '.ti lirierla that VII askid Ffetstin.: • . v;ili 'tar iiiiirabobt it tented' very pale.ifor he had great'faith Rrediettemt •• of Andy:. ,••• !, • A literal rush ,upper tieing' over-44'ihe blg rocint';'frillowed' this iiineurieement, , i and uncle Kit Whistled Arid:Art*ld the tiouee. ' The doi-Prtiphet and crittlehinly; for the fear of hismieiries ivM befereitiliteyes; strid'e's he got ow:4in: Kuneker, he emit- ted a deprecatory whine, and with a boiled at; hivinaitte"ifilegie."°Aotueity;:hoiev ite; hint. ; 1` No*. AodYi bey.'" said quell, •Hit,‘•l4l.lll fetched you;1 here, to tell, all bouiMise OY foitiri; must AO it inigh: tq nice eird'lpM; forehe s a pretty little tittidis NE =MI &i H. T. GOODItICH, I gal !" en He, th set shout drawing a 'hue eir ! cle,and iereial 'Smaller within, and 'an itittneuse nurribei4 radii, and between t hee: rude repreeintations 'of animtils, both , real and fabulouti•---while Andy at by, wagging bis tail and looking very intelligent.... • • -6. It righ 0444 right!—its Seriptur." said granny Whipple. shaking her head. and dwelling on the italicised words. ,as she•surveyed.thenecromantio operation. of old you ; are a-doin_pf a te 7 r-oli-g thing.. Christopher Kiinclier I yea are!" BulMr Ku n Uker only laughed at Granny W While 'Mr: Kiinclier was engaged in prepay ing fer theilelivery 'of' the 'oracleti.,ierunduin arteniOlie' conversation' in the' room - turned on the degree of credit to be given them:. • 6. What do lion think %Out , Andy's form' tel. lin "Mies Wiikesson VI asked . Nemo:— .4)6 you balWve •he runty knows what's gwine to come to pass ?" .• • . : • Well; now," replied Mrs. .Wilkertion. I don't know what to say. It's a tnighty ; strange thine .how knowin some brutes : some 'Tbar's my " Cherry".cow,l raaly blieve.the critter knows when nil alwine to feed her kat as well as Ido my oWn dear. self! That minute t picks up inb to go and tote her 14'0, she'll ••tano," and .41:m . 0. . - And the knowin. est lo o k out of her eyes yo n ev'e'r seen a critter • have in all your days!" "Oh law !"'exclaimed several women. a. Miss Knocker. what do you say to it ?" queried the first speaker—..yououghter know, of any body does. He's your old man's dog, Does A ndyknow the fume, or not?" • •Vs a mighty hard thing." said aunt Het ty. "a mighty hard thing to spend' a 'pinion 'pon.' Sometimes I think it's only Kit's dev ilment—and - then agin. the dog do tell such quar things, looks like I'm 'blegettlit - think. he knows. Last week. I b'lieve it•was—yes. only last week—Jim Hissup fotch a two gal-. ton jug o'sperrets home. for the old man, from town. "Well, Kit he 'spicioned Jim o'drinle iirt some on the way, but Jim denied it Migh ty bitter.' So the old man knelt Andy- inthe house. and Andy give the sign that. Jim• bad tuk some! antl•then Jim right away owned to it; and told the man how. roach:he Lull, which was two drinks. as near as : I can, remember !" Good gracious!" buret from three or four, "1 don't believe nothing about it." said ‘1 withered old mine, as she sucked away indni iriously•to prevent bet pipe going out; "I know Andy can tell what'll happen. Drums, in a common way," !she continued aphoristi• tally, as she-pushed down the tobacco in the bowl of ,her pipe with her forefinger is more knowiner an humans. Did ye ever hear 'mongst ye Of the snake at John Green's r. iv, Dear StVicini alive !" exclaimed a dozen —"Vhat Abdul the snake!" end they- all drew long• breaths and -opened their eyes-at one another: ! - • • ! n •_ • "Pll tell ye. John Green's si%ter. (the grass wilder, as lives with 'em,) she goes to her battlin bench, and' what does she see thal, a quiled up on it. a 'aiiriniu of itself, but a big black snake-r,' "Laws a-massy I" ejaculated the entire group. "Jest as I tells ye- r -thar it was and it.po ked out his tongue— f it (114, 'as sure's you're born—right at the *hider, and looked the van.: oinotiiest 'ever was. Well, sbe 'inn •in the house and fainted right away ; and of you'll believe me,.the very nest week,her little boy. as can jest run about swallowed a punkin seed. ,iitiotke to a' died.. Ef it's uncle ,hadn't a'hit e back and a'made the punkin seed fl y out, that child never would a' draivd another breath no more'n—shah ! you may tell me that snakes and-dogs don't know things, but7—and granny Richards didn't finish the sentence,but bobbed her head emphatically, as much as to say that she couldn't be , humbugged by soy such assertions. Every thing was now ready : the rings, the radii, the serpents, the bats, the unicorns. and the scorpions, all complete; and Andy was., seen `seated in•the exact . centre of the .wholei,' upon his hind legs, and looking very wise, -" Yea!" said uncle Kit, mentally contrast. ing 'Andy with - RI is. Ku ticker's favorite; "Bull • Wilkerson' would look detriliah well,Settitt thar• on his hind legs. Bull Wilkersonl , He ain't got Ihe power along him;" Then explainiug to the : company that Aittly,Would throw off the cheese without attempting . to catch' it. if he wished to express a negativtit'Would toss itrip and receive , in in hie jaws should he : in. tend to speaktaffirmatively--he: placed a ,alica of homemade cheese upon the dog's nose. The company ":stood around. but out-side the largest circle; Ike Hetson's Portending head thrust farther towards Andy and old 'Kit, than , any bUdy else's:l nil:fare was ankh:m' and Cadaierouti, but he strove le suppress his feels. ings. Now..,AndY," began:Uncle ; "look at your,old,,spaster. ~11,oeupt;seeruinef...;.Mit. to—, 4l , l trlNY vl-1 7 0, 7 ,ttornay, !" ,Andy .. ' threw, cheeie, on , the floor.' and there'tipon, several "old women creamed 'arid the'Adam',l a pPle,Of l4ir. ilitsrin'a neckbeeanie a vfry,laige ; pipliin,,in N 926401 to stvalloti,,. , Ids grief._ , . •,4l,Anocedit 1 ." said !ie.!' in ' Miles the ,Incattolorque,„While the:,Cerners, of ~his mouth.twlir4ted : . involuntarily , 'aria, epaemodir L: y • r : it ••• ." Now. And," Said old iCit, repla c ing , the cheese on Andy's nOsei . ef—iuy—elittle—•bleenedunithesquire.rtis- - - D--grilleow+4o.-egetv.illlss+l,-.Wituty—rsay, .so lu j o k ;,• 41f A Up went,tlin theme. into. Andy's eepulchral throat. •• ; • 'Dam the varmint Mejaculatf.d. Mr. Ilettion and.bursting into the magic ,circle. he kicked Andy - vehemently in the•eide4, - , ; ,' • "Fair fight! nobody tethl.eich him Andy!" shouted uncle Kit, In. a rage ati the bretchvf the peatiecotnmitted,on the! Tenon sif 'Andy , dashed gallantly I et. Me, Dititton and eeiiing one tuilsed leather snipe tore it rit oqe aide from the huffeatteiniere.i which...frighten; ed from tits leroprietyl'l by the display, of ca nine teeth, retreated, instanter. to the neighbor; ,' .‘ . ' . va; _ . IMIXE93IIIIB MIME . , hoedOf Air; Hason's' knee. his io get away from the dog; lke tell beekwards. • Over l!daster,lhomm,lefTemen,:l.t':aeopiand as his bare anti "unstrappediip, nearrY at right Jingles with.his body.-while held quiet by leather aniettisintere. along the floor—an. eprottroas ;shout of ter at the grotesque spectacle !boob, the, "}Yell l said the Mr relio,f. as he got up .on his freed leg—the other would not wurk, the . .jig's up now ttaitikno inikedruia"; Shout it ;:but I' ikialdn't ' mind It , ad 'bid; 'et' ittiairi't that he Wes tft git tier; : Anyhirtr, Pm ofr for the' Irk arisinel good-by; Winny 1" Add off lie . go,' in spite of old 'Airs, 'Hunikeetr ,, ' most stienuouti egorte to detain'him,:Mtd since him that ..pdy didn'nt knew it .thing about it, no more 'd the matt in the.moon , As for Winny—..the hide fool k•-sbe 't wept hitterly.'ss if there were no straight legged aunt that would have been glad to marry. 4,0,1 ~••s • , ,; "'Squire'," said'old Kite n he lightedruslo bed; yove not taken Many. sensia to-night ..ooly,.one et-two: " ",Well Muer. uncle Kit's fault He will have his fan. yab!,yald. •and Ike Hettion's.e-e-yah yah! Neyint come,over next ,week.,-and yer angle Kit will go ail thro' the settlement wi' you, .!nd go down on the river.: and to Jim 'Kent*: which has got a sister, so ugly the !Bea want light on ,her face—wass nor yer aunt , Hotly. yah ! yob! And her uncle Kit will tell'you how he and his Jim cooled the man fronnhe big.nOrtod omen Fiddler Bill, as we golong ; sod Becky Kent will tell you 'bout the frolic me and her hid in the brick, the . time sbe started to mill 'end' -didn't git thar, yob. yah, ease-yah r Very well, uncle Kit sure to come!'!, , •• And squire d ef you want one of Andyspop pies. let your uncle Kit, knoweand holt sails you you a raal.peart one, eb .Good..flighlt God bless the old Gionul, and dealt/ran ;ugh- ifisensceauti - iiceria.4linder this caption the' N. Y. Commercial Adiertiser narrates the fol.' lowing instandeof courteous deference to age and public service on the part of the members of to present, Congress; . • , • The members of gongtess , role and reckless as some , of them , are appear, attimes to be svray... ed by a universal feeling Whit is right mitt becomingwe may even Say beautiful: Amin: stance occurred during the slitittnereef sestii among the members, on Theriday, isideiscribed by one of our :correspondents; 'leggier - for which we have not loom to day.. • ft happened tleat the mune 'of Mr. Adams was almost Airiest drawn rind more than a , hundred members could have chosen the very eligible seat width he has occupied for several years; yet though,. soapy • would have been, very. glad la have .harkit, passed it by, from resp.eet to his suppoSed Wight!" and convenience, until atlasilais name , led and with a smile of grateful satisfaction, the venerable ei.President again Milk possession of hie old quartet*. THE ELDERT,-, DMIOSTER.r--The deportment of the older children of the family. is ofgreat im portance to the younger. The obedience or in subordination operates throughout the , whole ,Especially is the station of the eldest daughter one of eminence. She drank the first draught of the mother's love. She usually en joys much of ber ,counsel and companiunsoip. In her nhsence, she is the natural 'viceroy. Let the mother take double pains to form her on a cor rect Model ; to 'make ter, amiable. diligent, do mestic, pious, trusting that the. image of those virtues may leave imiiressions on the soft, wax: en' hearts of the younger ones, to wham she may in the providence of God, be called .to fill the place of a maternal guide. ; THE BLESSINGS OP Cuatenartmr.—A beatt tiful writer says that Christianity.enters the hot of the poor man., and sits down with him and his children it makes them contented in.the midst of privation!, and leaves behind an ever, lasting blessinv, It walks through; cities amid all their, pomp and splendor, their ,iMaginabhi pride and their a tinuttenOlemileryi.,4itrifying t ennobling:iideetning'ingel. la-alike. 'The" 'beautiful einonpismof childhood. and the com. forting associate of age. it ennobleit., the ,no We. gires.wiadlim to the ,Nriget•ailltnew grace to the lovely.. The pettiou..mittister„poeund eloquent, man derive Sebum's Foyer ftwolts, in ! fluence. Gitattiont.:--Be careful-to taieh your chil. drinftgratiwdeLeed' , lttem to acknowledge every tavola they , Meivittoo speak of their ban. electors. acid.to.rementher,ibbm itr.theirfray,' era. Accustom !tient .to diatinguisli , -with a marked , regard. , their instructors.. and those who have-Pilled them. in thcl.stitAinrnettl 0: their goodoesa and piety. lt is en interesting.cir, commence m. the lice ,df.itnitit. ,ppoatflo of Pembroke. W ho was 'distinguished _moil; }ban two centuries since, by her learniiik; her de cisioti of character; end languages shd acquired .the , honort she enjoyed. that' idle erected a monument to,the memory ot,fisr• tutor, and always spoke of.him widk the utmost venni". tieo. as her guide-in, Ad rullhaftit.df • know 6 PRESENCE Nltatlf you should ere* Meet wnh'aivaceident indetircif to ba composed, and not make an minaret:Sart Asia about AL geniis mattat sable. carat nits tough goose. heti the .Ttieforhote l ap, feed -it Mayfly out of; the Ash, into the ieP ' l 4:,the Y-e Pet lady who 'eat next IT Itim,,Ott.vritych he ,koottc4 tar' PM, ihe face aid sa id oath _the Utmost cool. ness Madito, Till .thank that goo . - Moor.arv. 7 —Asa informs the Providanre Gazetiee that ihare hit young."isbiiii,ti-in titian so . modest. That she had a` yituoir min termed out of doors. , for saying' the*`tiindbtul ihifted.". " Mum SAVINge ..Amok% p!ipAlipg into: the house, and . a scolding wife, will make,s sin ran outorddors: 1. A jitutint---80me oppasethet :its team his money, of coarse he must be sleetlematr. 5",1 ( :/ =II 111 ME
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