ISOM TLILMEIN 110 TOWANDA: 113cbtusban filornimj, "Annul 1, 1840. In;r he Bradford Refoner.) frapncato from a Portfolio.-10..8. TO A LITTLE BIRD. fr'rinen of New-Orlesns, on the occasion of a little birds coming in at my open window, and sitting upon some books over the desk on which I was wining.] Why, ah ! why, sweet little warbler, Com'st thou here? Why hast left the flowery garden • TO make dear The tedious moments toil is lending, While I o'er musty books am bending,— Perplexity and problems blending For mynheer I Little bird! thou sweetly mihrl'st me Of those hors, When I culled, in joyous childhOod, spring's bright flowers The lark's first song then field-ward found me, And the birds sweet notes spell-bound-me At the flew above and 'round me Through the bowers. Ah! to memory thou brinest, Little bird! Forgotten strains of warbled music, That once stired All my young hearts deepest feeling— And again 'tis o'er me stealing, And within my breast is swelling 'Every chord! But why c 4 om-, st thou to my study— sweet one, why? Bear'st thou some loce•breathed mesaage ? —No reply! Com'st thou from the leafy wild-wood, I loved so well in childhood, When the Spring had changed in mild mood Earth and sky If thou eome'st thence, ah, tell me— Songster,'tell "Is every thing as when I left it Far to d well? Does the, brook flow on as Do the wild flowers bloom as brightly, And the squirrel skip as sprightly la that dell Does the bell that used to tinkle Tinkle yet I And the lambs skip round as playful - At sun-set • Do the robbins chirp as sweetly, And the swallows soar as fleetly While they build their nests so neatly —Silent yet! Bird! perchance a guardian spirit Thou dolt come ! That in some far lovelier country Hest thy home. Would thou were—the thought how pleasing! Would thou hadst the power-of easing Life's dull cares ;—those wants appeasing That now roam Would thou hadst the power of breathing Through the soul, luspiratio❑'s blissful numbers, Such as stole When Beauty, o'er the harp reclining, The spirit-flame all brightly shining, Among the chords her fingers twining, Sought music's soul! Thou hast gone, sweet, little warbler, Left me !—goue! Dreary was to thee my study, Joyous one. Go! wander, warble, bright bird, gladly! And I'll to problems once more sadly Thinking of thy sweet freedom madly, • Itmsm, Herrick, July, 1849 TIM ORIGIN or CORN.--NO researches which hare yet been made have been able distinctly to trace the origin of the various species of gruiu now forming the staple of the agriculturist. There seems, indeed, good reason to believe that no where on the face of the earth do any of them now exist in a wild state with such properties, as they possess under cultivation ; unless, indeed, we make an exception of Persia, where that has been found springing spontaneously on spots now remote from human habitations—a remnant in all probability, of The cultivation of former times. No surer indi cation can be found of the agency of civilized man than the production offorn plants in any part of the Civilized world. Some species of cultivated grain, indeed, such as barley are said to have been prov ed by experiment to be totally incapable of propa• gating themselves through a series of yews, even under the most favorable circumstances. Thus the very existence of plants of this kind depend .on their cultivation, and-should that cease but for a short interval, it is scarcely too much to assert that the whole species of grain, with the...exception, per. haps, of wheat, in some peculiar circumstances, would perish from the face of the earth. PRINTER'S Paovritss.—Never inquire thou of the editor for the news, for behold it is his duty at the appointed . time to give it unto thee, without ask ins. When thou dust write for his paper, never say unto him, a what thinkest thou of my piece'!" —for it may be that the truth may attend thee. It is not fit that theu ishouldst ask him who is the au thor of an article, for his duty-requires him to keep ouch thigs to himself. When thou dost enter into his office, have a care unto thyself that thou do'st not look at wh,lt,may be lying open, for that isnot meet in the sight of good breeding. Neither ex amine thou the proof-sheet, for it is not ready to meet thine eye, that thou mayest understand it the best conducted paper to any other, and subscribe immediately for it, and pay in advance, and it shall be well with thee and thy little ones• BURNING Cntanscys.—Mr. A. Booth, lecturer on chemistry, in a letter to a contemporary, Bay; ought to be known to every person that the attempt to arrest the pmgretts of a fire in a chimney by any plan of putting a. wablanket or other covering at the top, or by throwirirwater down it, is but a very remote remedy. The most obyions mode, is to extinguish the fire from the bottom, which may be (knit by- throwing into the fireplace a few handlulls of sulphur, which creates sulphurous acid gas, -and Which ascending- the-chimney, will extinguish- the flames, as combuotion cannot continue in it ; or, What is equally effectual, stopping the, current Of air up the chimney by.xneaes of holding a carpet 'vet the whole front of the- fireplace." ~ ~~~~ __ ' 4 - it: . a ... _ 1 . _ I • . . 1 -•-• • - . . .... .._, _ . r rt 3, 1 r ..- • ~1-, . ' -i- :-,...,.e-'l, - - . . . az R 1) 3/.47 - -.. •kt -bril % . 4; I: ..,. .- , ... ' ' .."t ) 1:i . - ' : ' 4 71 : 4t-.1 .7 .• 1 ' . .. • . 41 ,: •:; •t T r -.. i .. '' '...':''''''''...! ::i1 1, ~ - •'''''''' . • . - ' • ' 1. , ... V- 1 :- - 12.1, • 4 i . •,,+-, ..., ;." : y -. f •'•': • '• ..'s e ' • • - - , :i.; •:-,' ,-.‘. i' ;', -.:. ' . 1 ',..'"," • ... •,:•. e • et , •MI nor 1. . , ,•••• :. 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There is truth in physiognomy, exclaimed I to myself That fellow's brains is not made of green peas! As he was fixing the boot, I thought of a man born with capacities for intellectual pleasure and improve. meats, "loftily, lordly!' wasting his Whole exist ence, pent up a smaltroom, knocking away with his haaamer,ond bending - frOm morning till night over a lap stone, and a piece of leather. I took an other look at the man, and while the glorious sun was rolling in his glorious course, and all nature smiling in her most gorgeous and superb scenery moving the gaze, and filling the beholder with sub lime feelings, here, said I to myself, sits a man perpetually straining his eyes to poke a hog's bris tle through a little hole. What an employment for a man capable, if properly instructed of measuring the distance to Mercury! It is impossible that he can be happy—he is out of his sphere. Just as he got the thread through the third hole, I spoke to him and said—" Your room is very small; •are you happy here ?" - " Happy ? Yes, as happy as the day is long, and would not exchange situations with the President. I don't intefere with politics, but I know all• about Mem." " But are you happy in your employment, con fined all day in this small room ?" " Yes, certainly. no tact is, hall the world don't {snow how to be happy. I•was for a white hum bugged about happinFss; but, sitting on my stool and reflecting seriously one dayil got the secret.— I thought to be happy you must be .rich an§ great, an I have an inconveniently large house, and more furniture, by far, than necessary; and a table groan ing with every thing. But I soon lound out all that was stuff. lam happier here with my last and hammer,ihan thousands with their fine houses and splendid equipa4e, and have , a great deal of enjoy ment in looking out of my little cabin, and laugh ing at the follies of the world:. They don't see me, and it does them no harm. Between you and me, the world is busy in pursu ing me,e shadows ; one wants to be' rich, another to get into office—never satisfied; but here am I mending old shoes, contented . with my lot and sit uation, and happier by far than a king. Indeed I am thankful that Heaven in its wrath never made me a king, for it is poor business." By this time my boot was ready, and wishing to prolong the conversation with a man who display. ed so Much real practical philosophy, I sank— '• Have you no distressing cares Id vex you, no anxieties, no sleepless nights, no bills to meet, no pangs for yesterday, no fears for to-morrow r He stared at me a moment and said, " No, none. The only cares which I have ° are comforts. I have a wife, the best in the world, and two chil dren, which are comforts for any man to enjoy. As el to bills I have none to m t. I never buy on ere& ii, and never buy what I o not really need. As to the fear of to morrow, have no tears, but trust M a kind and over ruling' Providence, believing that sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof, and resignation to Providence to be the truest philoso phy." _. What a noble fellow, thinight I. to mend a crack in a boot ! Himself a piece' of noble workman- ship, I felt inwardly the truth of the saying, "con tentment is a kingdom ;" and after I left my phil osophical cobbler, I thought much abotit him, and wag satisfied that his philiisophy was sound, and that mankind in general have yet to learn the se cret to be happy.. His situation in life is obscure, but " Honor and Fame from no condition rise, Act wail your part, there all the Honor Ices." " Contentment is a kingdom." -Would that the whole human family realixed this sentiment more fully, and practiced many of the maxims of the cobbler—such as never to buy on credit; and never to buy what they do not need; and trust more to our Heavenly Father, who promised to give as what soever we ask M his name. MUTUAL FEELLNG.-." Will.yoo pay me my bill ?" .said a' tailor in Chartres street to a waggish fellow who liad got into him about a feet. Do you owe anybody anything, sir ?" asked the wag. ti " No, air," said the tailor. I , Then you can afford to wait!" and • walked off. A day or two afterwards, the tailor called again.' Our wag was not at his wit's end yet; so turning on his eteditor, he says— • , g , Are you in debt to-anybody?" ' • "Yes sir?" says the tailor. " Well, why the devil don't you pay?" Because I can't get the monek." "That's just my case, sir, I'm glad to see you can appreciate my conchtion--give us yourbandr blue sae.—l make= it a point of morality never to find fault with another for his manners,they may be awkward or graceful, blunt or polite, polished or rustic I care not !What they are, if the man. means well and acts from honest intentions with out eccentricity or afiectation. All men have not the advantage of , "good society," as it is called, to school themselves in all . its fantastic rules and ceremonies, and if therein a standard of manners, it is one found in reason and good sense, and not upon these artificial regulations.. Manners, like con venation, skioold be extatuporaneoul Brawl studi ed. I always suspect , a man wkinmeeta me with the same perpetual smile on his face, the same eongeering of the body, and the same premediated shake of the band,-Give nurthe (ifrnej , tierrgch), OP of-the hand, the Ocean nod teOgoiliett; and ,when occasion requires, the:shomely.butlwel. tome salutation, " How are you my_ ,oldt:friend In- Liiiniiiililliii PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY; ,AT TO)VANDA, BRADFDRD Gets Y f Ply B Ei GOOp*ia The Happy Nan. 1:;.) srla t. • Dickfttat4Kaik ,AirAIOAATS.Z.4—c, MESE &elegy. IT has been suggested,. that; the phenomena of the surface of the ear.h (for to the depth that man penetrates ist.to be regarded as surface,) an occasioned by the oblique and eccentric l motions of the ear.h as a planet, and of its varied reactions in eonnexion with the &tees which produee . the mo tions. Thet different distance 'in the perthelien, and. aphelion, 'which TA•rintti progess" round the ecliptic' in es, 20 , 900, years , is one of - the chief causes—the d' 'tepee °bisection at the. two tances being a4eeted ,tot„,the Malik waters; and the greatest, and therefore most accumulating, be ing in the. hennisphe(e:Prerwhlch,the perihelion : is acting. At present, and-for 4000 years, the peri• helicur has been vertigal c iaene the, southetn hemis phere ; and to this - Cause is ascribed the vast pre ponderauce-ef water in -44. southern •beretsphellt and•the draining of the bOrth!rri ben f lisphere arann since that epoch. Another general cane of the variable obliquity of the ecliptic, by which thetrop ics are' at present narrowing at the late of 52 sec onds in a century—a motion which, it is supposrd, may be accelerated at times by the other cause, and by the variable disposition of the dry land. A bat has been found in limestone; opossums in slate; Guinea-pigs, rabbits, rata, and beavers, in limestone; the sloth (one, fourteen feet long.) in South America, and in limestone caves. Bears, dogs, foxes, and wolves, in diluvial soils and caves ; bytenas and tigers, in limestone caves and marl ; t',e teeth of horses, elephants, rhinociroies, byre nas, bears, wolves, tigers, &c. are found in muses in diluvial soils; oxen, in peat-bogs in severdlr countries; deer and elks, in peat-bogs and marl pits; (one, six Tees high and nine feet Ion& was found in the Isle of man, in snarl, coveted with sand, then peat, and Then the vegetable soil.) Rhi noceroses are fctind in every part of Enmpe and in the arctic circle ; the hippopotamus is found in England, France, and Germany. Elephants, and animals much larger than ele phants, called mammoths, have been founn in Eu rope, America, and Siberia.. One found near Ab ingdon—now at Oxford—is sixteen feet high, and its bones were mixed with those of other large ani mals : another was found in Siberia, in the ice, quite perfect in its flesh, skin, hair. and eyes, with a long mane and tail of stiff black bristles; others have been found in Henson's Bay. The gigantic mastodon is found iu North America and Siberia. The gigantic tapir—twelve feet high and e ig hteen feet long—has been found in diftereat parts of Eu rope. Whales are found in Essex, in London clay, and in Bath lithestone. The fossil or organic remains in strata - are always the same kind in similar strata, and generally have characters of simplicity of structure, proportioned to the age or depth of the stratum. According to Kir wan, petrifaction, or fossil remains, are found in marl, chalk, limestone ; or clay ; se dom in sand stone, and rarely in gypsum ; never in gneiss, gran ite, basalt, or abode; but sometimes in pyrites and ores. They are impregnated with the species of earth in which they are formed. Those in elate or clay are compressed and flattened. ln.ilte oldest limestones are found worms, tubipo- Fes, ratilepores, belimuites, ammonites, nautilites. In orgiliaceous schist., of primary formation are found the same, and corallites, echiniies, fishes, leaves, reeds, 'palms, &c. In the lowest seamdary sandstone are found the preceding, with onhoceratites and pectinites. In the seamdars limestone, below coal are found the same, with griphites, ostracizes, buccinites, &c. BT MAGNETI C , TEt.rcaxpri —" Jones, I say Jones," exclaimed Annt Fanny, purple with ex citement, as Ale bustled into thg parlor, 'holding a paper in her hand—" ain't you a philanthropic man P' "To be sore Tam Fanny," replied Uncle Dick, as he raised his e 3 ea And peered over his specta• cies at his excited partner—" what under the sun is up now ?" What's up now 'F' almost shrieked his spouse, " why look here.'t And she trust the paper into his face, at the same time pointing with her right hand forefinger to a paragraph—" read that and weep ?' _ " Well, what of it?" asked Uncle Dick as be /an his eyes over'it. "Oh ! you inhuman wretch—you hard hearted sinner! I thought you was a men witha Buie cream of human kindness in you." " Why Fanny, I certainly believe you are going crazy !" " Going crazy !" she echoed; and isn't it enough to drive one mad when such nuieellY things are ta king place every day, and the cowardly men dare not stop them. Oh, Ido wish I wasn't a woman !" " Bat what is in the paper to make you act so queer!" ' 4 -Can't you read ? D3n't it say there :—Women and children starving to death by Morse's Tele- graph—Fatal *end of the Cholera by Electric Telegraph--Two hundred aildliity.dying a day in New .Orleans by Mvnetic Telegraph—Horrible Riot, in New 17,0rk aed - Pienty-seven lives lost by Telegraph Terrible fire in Boston by Telegraftl- Welsh's•circtis blown down azd one life lost by Electro Magnetic Telegraph—=and yet you men sit with folded arms, and never raise it finger to stay the progress of this inhuman, all devastating, and devouringinonster.• I wish• I was a. men ?" And Aunt Fanny flew out of the room, leaving Uncle , Dick wrapped up in astonishinent Honamac Dcsvn.:-;'Ttor following verdict was given' by an . estatern coronet :—` t Witelieve firm ly that the deceased came to his death, 6'y falling from the top the mainmest.to. the bulwarks.-4l{ overboard and' `drowned washed ashcan and . fro' zen to deatit;4lo - 44;404 '1?::; the watch 'kat* and eaten- ratkr i !i., • ;. - • A Oirp-v* tiilF* lelpd:ofp - gi# tkiipiefer= ` 9ll 44 l kit i°4l ; 01' 4 '4 frPgal—ln'irail sad sukgd. - ! 0 mew. 14. , =MU= t Alligator. A letter from the r: North Staie," in the Pr9vi. deuce Jenrnal, gives several interval* atiehdotes of the allifinto . f and his hibits. WO male room for tilt 'earner from the !ever: The alligator sometimes teaches the , length of eighteen feet, though seldom more than twelve or fourteen. Ile fla powerful reptile, though on the land his bodily movements toe necesitarily fin slow that there is tittle danger froth him when his pres ence is known, even were he criameous. But he is a howard, and either on land or water, when at• 'tacked and pursued is very anxious to make his escape. In circumventing his prey, he moves as stealthy as the midnight assania, or places himself in a position to secure his victim 'as it passes stopectingly almost in contact with his enormous jaws, or within reach of hitt long and powerful tail, which he wields with as mnrh dexterity as an ele phant wields his trunk and with which he 'can strike, when on land, nearly as powerful a blow. The weapon is as long as the head and body com bined ; and it is said ho can brandish it with much dexterity and lower, that when:on 'the land and , g wide awake,' he will parry with it, with all the skill of a fencing. master, the most powerful and well directed blow aimed at any pint of /113 body 61. head. Being covered with a coat of mail absolutely im penetrable to bock shot or rifle ball, it requires a practised marksman to cause him to "bite the du-t" In the water he floats like a rotten log, with naught. visible but his skull and a portion of his under law; there is no vulnerable mark but the eye, unless, by bare possibility, the monster may present for a mo ment his ywernine chasm of -a mouth—one or the other is your only chance The only one I ever saw killed wits by a rifle ball in the eye. I have known a full grown alligator to sport near the shore and suffer himself to be amused with volleys of ri fle balls from amateur sportsmen for half a day, and then move off leisurely and in triumph without IL wound as evidence of the conflict. On the land the sportsman has two additional marks—one un der, each shoulder—but though a shot there may wing the game it is not certain to prove land. It is said that an allhrator will not approach a man who faces him boldly. To this effect is the following narrative, which may be relied on as truth. A widow and an only son resided together on the bank of New River, ranch frequented by al ligators in the summer and autumn. I have seen them there in droves of more than a dozen at a time. In a bend of the river near the residence of the-widow and her s o n was an extensive flat. For some purpose the young man wished to wade ou a considerable distance from the shore. Taking a glance up and down, he dhwovered :nothing, in the form of an alligator, and ventured forth. Having progressed some : hundred and fifty yards he looked op, and to his dismay saw one of the monsters at a considerable distance slowly and stealthily moving towards him. Here was a dilemma. He was sat isfied that when Le turned to flee his terrible ene my would pursue, and that to reach the shore be fore him eras impossible. He had not even a club to defend himself with, and he was at once satisfied that he must serve the reptile for a meal unless he could save himself by a stratagem. His measures were quickly taken. He tamed and waded deliberately toward the shore, but neither fast enough nor far enough to fatigue him• self much. Ha then stopped and turned suddenly round, and saw that the alligator, which stopped also, had considerably lessened the distance be tween them. A second trial, and a third, produ ced a similar result. And so short was the distance now between himself and his deadly foe, that be was satisfied that to make a fourth attempt to escape would prove fatal. But he now was within hail of the house; and his only chance of life was his rifle, which, like every Carolinian, he kept primed and loaded. With the energy of despair he called for !his mother to bring him his gun. ' She responded to his call, but on arriving at the water's edge, and seeing the terrible situation of her son, terror almost deprived her of the-power of action. Rallyibg, however, after a while, She mov ed on through-the water, and placed the rifle in his hands. And here now were mother and son both exposed to the same danger. Life or death • hung on the sk ill of the son as a marksman. Realizing the great importance of well braced nerves, a steady hand, and a good aim, he paused till all agitation had passed away; and then, with the same confi- dence as though in his favorite grove be was about to bring down a squirrel in sport, be raised his rifle —click—a sharp report—and—he was saved ! The ball entenel the eye of the monster, and when the Betake cleared sway, he was floating on the water in the agoniee oldeath. • The alligator has .been ea frequently de:scribed that no det•cription of mine is necessary. . Ho is no beauty, and the only mark of the beau sonde there is about him iv, that he is so intolerably scented up with,musk that it is disagreeablefo approach him. 'His lank jaws and huge cavern of a mouth give him a disgusting and frightful, appearance; while his entire corpon?sity, besides 14s apologies for lege and the mcustrous appendage of a tail, are by no means calculated to make you look on him with feelings of complacenCy. But 114 is, as his Creator forintatlaim, and, therefore a rightand privet alliga tor. Tot:ram—Some ofzur contemporaries hare been trying toseehow tough stories they could tell, but the Maine FannM , A . Takes the oft the bush" "It milt a erowder of a chap in Cabbostcecmtee+ dam, who took a gill of caraphenerby mistake. for. gin, but whine Life was saved by* most ingenious poxes's., After the stomach pomp, and allthought of umaneof adomtion had been triglin rain, the grocellanlerksimply run a wick down the patimit's throat, lapel* a laze et4l, hegPea out the cast &tut!, instant. adoration. was. the cause. clßlMßemfrA'—! fvehidelyi wheilnakis yonf etetsoied " Wbrlbiriactsiit is Jim, .I use strorirgiassa." I=Ml=l 12111111 MWM =ME Suatt.Bwattstrincso—Despise not the day of small things. "-this senience contains' wisdom and Phi losophy aswell'as.seripturet. It-is very easy and natural to steer at small- begioni4s_ and bumble means but it is not always wise io do act, It is better tocommenee on whumble scale and come out in good style at last than to suffer a severocol lapseafer anextensive' Ind ridieurous Some meo will do better With a capitatof sixpence than they would if half the fortune of Astor had been given them to commence with. We have heard it told of a man worth his millions,, that he comment& by senile; fruit at a street stall. We have seen the boys at school roll a- handful of snow, epee the grnund, till, by its accumulated matter it became so bulky that a dozen could sear. cely move it. Sends make the-mountains. Mo ments make the yeirr, drops make the ocean ; and so little endeavias, earnestly, unceasingly put forth make the great men in the world's history. We say, then don't 'despise the day of small things. If you have an undertaking to . accomplib h . or a good thing to bring about, begin atecordingly tayour means; and never be discouraged because you cannot make so magnificent a commencement as you could wish Old King Vihn, the - Prenclithan five hundred years-ago took it Into his heed- to found a library and-le be grin with—What di , yriu sup posel--ten eoluntet. But he knew 'What he was about;- for that library The Royal Library - of Paris —is trout the most magnificent public library in the `world, and contains 700,000 volumes. • A whale one day came frolicking into the harbor of Nantucket a short time tiler the first setttement of that island and as for many hours it continued there the enterprising inhabitants, were induced to contrive and' prepare a large.. barbed iton with a strong cord attached with which they finally suc ceeded in securing this aquatic monster. 'A small matter truly; but it was the commencement of a business Which has added millions to the wealth of the people—The incipient introduction to an enter prise which nearly three quarters of a century ago extorted a noble tlibute of admiration from Edmund Burke, on the floor of the British Parliament. Again we say despise not slim!l beginnings, nor look with supercilious contempt upon every thing which appears insignificant and trifling. Trifles are not ro plenty in this world as many of usimar4ine A Philosopher has observed that wars, involving mischief to great nations, have arisen from a min lateral despatch being written in a fit or digestion! When Alexander Pope reeeived nis present of Turkey figs, he little thought that'a twig from the basket waslo be the means of introducing the wee. ping willow into England and America. So itithis world made up of and governed by trifler, at first too small to attract notice: and the wise man will not only cultivate sharp eyes, bnt attentive habits, making the most end the best of everything and despising nothing small, but small soil,. ADVICI TO YOUNG Lalms.--Trust not to uncer tain riches, but prepare yourself for any emergen cy in life. Learn to work auk not be dependent upon servants to make bread, sweep your floors, and dam ylinisstkings. Above all thing do not esteem too lightly those honorable young men who sustain themslves and their parents by tits work of their own hands while you care for and receive into your company, those idle, lazy popinjays, who never lift a finger to help themselves, as long as they can keep body and soul together and get suf ficient to live it:: fashion. Young women remember this, and instead of sounding the purses of your lovers, and examining the cuts of their coats look into their hearts and habits. Mark, if they have trades and can depend upon themselves; see if they have minds which , will lead them to look above a butterfly existence. Talk not of the beautiful white skin and the soft delicate hand—the fine appearance of the young gentleman. Let not those foolish considerations engross your thoughts. Two IN A Ben.—Two lads coming home one night rather late and rather boozy, who occupied the same room but difflrrent beds, made, owing to the darkness and confusion of the senses, a slight mistake. In short, Ned's bed had the honor of re ceiving in two friends—Charley geuing in on one side and his companion rolling in on the other. "I say, Ned," cried Charley touching someboors calf, there's a fellow in my bed !" " Wonderful conicidence !" exclaimed Ned, feel ing a strange elbow in the region of his ribs " there's somebody in my bed, tool" "Is there, though l" cried Charley. "Let's kick 'em nut!" "Agreed,' said Ned. And accordingly the two fnends w an to tics. In about a minute and a half Ned as sprawlir g on the floor : •Charley was left in possesaiOu of the bed. For a moment after the tall all was silent. " I say, Ned," cried Charley. • " What l" asked Ned, sulkily. " rite kicked my fellow oin." " You are luckier than I am then," said Ned, " foramina 19s kicked me out into the middle-of the Odor." • ' WasnucarOs7aan Vcarrox---When the admiral was anucktirig Porto Bello, with his six ships on ly as is described on the occasion he observes) a finerytausg, man in appearance, Who.with thetmost intrepid courage attended with the most perfect calmness, was always in that part of the ship which was most engaged. After the firing had ceased he sent his captain torequest be would attend up on him which he -immediately obeyed; and the adrriiral enterinento conversation diricOvered by his answers and obeervations, that he possessed more abilititterhan nsrudly fall to the lotof man kind in general. Upon his asking his 'name the young man-told him it was George Washington; and the' eduthid, otrbis return borne' strong ? ve commended biro !alba attention of Ilia adthifalty. Thisigrest man when be hislonie fit ifleil:: ca'bUtotintlitordato his first benelhettir; dairted vUonfti Vcsnilis," and at thisnoment it istet MEM =ZM MEI MEE 4. 1., tic": - • - SE INZI Mil=all THE LE.O.P.--0 4 110E OHO I was travelling in l!greinacma-Land, I obeerisni a spot labia . was imtrinted with at Wait imenty rpoarii of c tairte oY the lion's paw; ani as. I pointed them oat, _a Nem aqua.chief told me that a lion had been paining' his leap. On demanding; an explanatioa„ he said that if a lion sprang at an animal, arid missed Why lea -1 ping short he would always_go. bark td whit hi sprung from and practice •thet leap t so ft to be mac easeful on another occasion f and be then related to tre the follbwing aneedere, statierthat be wu an eyegAtitneu to this ini•iti4at, I was, pulsing near the end of the Craggy hill, film wino!) jutted out a 'smooth rock . , somertwelve faet high, when I peraeived a number oi Mires gal loping round it, which they were obliged to Jo, as the rock beyond was quite steep. . A lion wss creep. ing towards the rock. to catch the male zebra whit& brought up the rear of the bent. Thelion smug and missed his mark ; he fell strait with only his head over the edge of the :tick and the Zebra gal loped away, switching his tail in the air. Although the object of his punsuitwas gone the lion stied the leap on the rock a second Ind third Chi' till he suck.vetied During this, two more lions arms up and joined the Emu lion. They seemed to be talking for they roared agreat deal to each other ; and then the first lion led them round stain and again. He then made another grand leap, to show what he and they must do Another time. The chief thought they talked load enough, but 1. thought it was as well to be off or they mightliave seine talk about me.—[Morrynt's Scenes or 4frica. Shoe Pccs—The following sketch of a factory where 1000 bushels of pegs are made annually, at Vienna Village, Kennebec Co., is from the Mains Farmer The logs are sawed into bleaksplanitible length for the pegs and the ends are planed iintotith.— Groovfte are then cut on the ends of these blocks, crossing each other at right angles and thtnio form the points of the pegs. They are then separated:by splizting the blocks—a knife beme introdOced be. t seen each row of points corresponding with the grooving,. these operations performed by the machinery with utmost precision and celerity.— The pegs are then bleached, dried and prepared for market. Mr. Thos. C. Norriii;the propriietor YJ factory, informed us that since Septembei last the had sent 12? bushels of shoe pegs and pins for call. net work, to Manchester, England. He has further orders from thesame place. To DISTINGVISH me ACIZ Or I'ovittY: There are various ways of deciding the age of poultry. It the bottom of the breast bone; which attends down between the legs„ is soft and gives ettay, ii is a sign of youth; if stiff; the poultry is old. If young, the legs are lighter, and the feet do not 'oak so hard, stiff and worn: There is more deception in geese that in any other kind of poultry. The above remalks are ap plied to then; but they are other signs more infal lible. In a young goose, the cavity under the wings is very tender; it , is - a bad sign, if you can not, with very little trouble, push your fingerdirect ly into the flesh. There is another means by which you may decide Whether a.goose be tender, if it be frozen or not. Pass the head of a pin along the breast or sides, and if the goose be young, the skin will rip like fine paper-under a knife. The web between the toes, when young, is tender and trans parent; when old. coarser and harder. QUESTIONS BY ♦ SOPULST —Over a certain river there is a bridge, and at the end a Loam of judica ture, with four judges, who passed. the following law Whoever passes over the bridge must first take an oath and swear where be was going and what his business. If he swears falsely he shall be hanged upon the gallows. Now a certain man ta king his oath, swore that he, was going to be hang ed upon the gallons, and that was his business, and no other. " Now," said the judge, "if w e let this man go fret he swears a lie, and by the law. he ought to be hanged, while if we hang him be tells the truth, and by the same law he ought to go free." How shalLthey proceed with this man ac cording to this law or what , will be a idea verdict I Let him go and ,hang himself of course, if that is his business. LAws or Nxruitc.--If the laws of nature on the one hand, are invincible opponents, on the 'other they are irresistible auxiliaries; and it will not harm us if we regard them in each of these characters and consider the great importance of , them to mankind. 1. In showing us how t avoid "atteinptingimpose i, ibilities. 2. In securin nsfrorn important mistak es in attempting what is in view. .3. In enabling us to accomplish our ends in the easiest, shortest, most economical and most ef f ectual manner. 4. In inducing es to attempt and enabling us to accom plish objects which but , for such knowledge we should never have thought of undert4ing. . Kru.txc Portrity.—The best method of killing fowlS is to cut their heads off at a single blow with ettharp axe ; .and hang, them up and allow them tolleed freely. By this process they never know what hurts them, or endure pain for a second.— Wringing the necks of poultry is almost as shock ing as nailing their teef 20 planks for the purpose of fattening them,. and follows in the same barbarous eategory.:—Amerimn Agriculturist. To DREW§ lbcr..—A lady recommends the fid lowing plan Soak file rice in cold salt and wa ter for seven hours--have ready a stew-pan with boiling water, throw in the rice and let itboil brisk ly for ten minutes`,. then pour it in a colander, cover it up hot by the fire for a :few minutes, and then serve: The grains 4 uns . &able the usual . size, and quite distinct from each othet:", Thr.,Lase. ,Tai l t:nassoTetunso.—Q. What lane do the ladies like best to walk in A. Mouseline de loins. do the ladies like best to walk out of?. - A. Maicka lane. EM Mi , ' • ; •.‘ _ • Fs.‘ • a .1 3==ja Spi 9
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