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TOWANIIA:
ohtsban illornina, lannarg 9, 1880.
(From the Spirit of the 'rims )
Nine Cheers for, Old Zis.!"
Or, Breaking dews the Systems.
BY V. J. JONZS
In a remote county of Pennsylvania the scene is
laid. The time was the year 1842 : when party
A w n rose io 102 deit'in the *bade. in every ham.
fe! the enih and breadth of Thule Sam's glorious
d main The respective political parties med in
c onvention at Btigsburg (the `county seat.) and
male mei( nominations for comity officer.. As
there were many aspirants for the , nominations, it
(011 o- as a matter of course that there were some
biller disappointments—to no one more so than to
~ old lam," who was confident of getting a notni
n ano', tor... Sheriff.
\Zimmerman, or" old Zim," es he was familiar
ly Called, was a miserly old codger, who was wqll
do in the world yet he had an almighty thirst
for office, and he was up at every convention for a
rxininadon for something, from "time whereof the
memory , of man runneth not to the contrary." He
was reputed wealthy—that is, he owned a farm,
and had .noney, but he never showed the color of
it. except he unfortunately got on a spree, then he
could sow it broadcast—but that was only a hien-
roal occurrence.
A lew evenings after the nominations above not
ed, a knot of the dissatisfied and disaffected were
congregated at the Black•horse Tavern, discussing
tite merits and demerits of the fortunate candi-
Gentlemen." said old Zim i " merits and long
.rn • ice to the party is no recommendation in this
counts. The wire workers and schemers have it
all torn - own way.
e. - responded one of the bar room loafers,
I L they does the pickin' out, and they expects us to
tro l tthewotin.' "
But, gentlemen," continued Zim, "they gill
fetch up against a snag or a sawyer one of these
ki,i'vs,if Yes , gentlemen, by the t temal, I'll upset
ttleuv applevart and spill their peaches. I'll see
it's the people, or a set of broken down
hnleacal harts as makes the county nominations.—
fit Judas. 11l break down the system. 'Fit run as
a volunteer candidate for Sheriff, and if I don't lay
'ern out, then my riarne ain't Zimmerman,
.that's
Tien determinatiqn was received with favor by
the crowd, and Zim sealed by spending a " half".
;kg red eve. .
Full soon he was in the fig Id, announced through
acdßl ut both papers to his ffillow citizeits t pledbing
in iti,charge the duties of the office' with
myortiality—ln cuss he leas elected.
. Ri,ltt lustily did old Zitri go to work, and things
zpdeared to go on swimmingly . He canvassed
"me county, and the people were Profuse in their
r:mixes of doing Their bent for him In one of
peregrinations he met Wattles, the nominee of
Lim's party, who was also ott au electioneering
Ha card he, " my fine fellow, I ' m
In see )ou allow )our , rll to be the tootortbe
cabal-1 e 44) I am rort) to see
lout butniti 10
111. n tht heer:ll-41 01 4.Ultly V% in not
”0. rot, friend, tl )ou!wil.it to ~eve
I,•lnt the di-grace of a iefent, )ou bad
ivst.2.ll ur my lavbr
•
, WaWe- eximme—ed conviction that he should
feel veep rm.ch um , e,i up in such an event—but at
Ile same lime lie hail made up his mind to stand
he imazarmi of the mile.
F.,lection day at came, and my worthy
en .t, artnei with a hat full ul tickets, stationed
himself on the ground of his own precinct, and
cernmEnced deahn out his tickets, and urging his
t , t the st.on;est kind of a way ; mi-er as he
he mode in, blends so im in Mcnin9gahela
elme the polls- were rinsed.
ph.c.ntu over: eveninc rime On apace. mitt
r._/.1" ryet - tailt, gathered in the bar-rooms to
11. e counting of the votes, and the Towns to
from the different tovrt.ships. Old Ztin
oAs iltlt) -1 frig about, treating the crowd ; express
ng ta= tall-confidence in the people and the suc-
e 4 of
,ni• awls " to break down the 6ystem.'
Spited in a remote corner were a number of
ri law but earnest conversation, and any one
rni:.;hl ha% e chanced to see them would at once
.are cnc,cl;:ded that something was to tollow. The
'Noll'l.l4oll i.non broke up, anti the plot began in
about tit'een minutes; to develope itself. The dat
er of a horse's hoofs were. heard on the frozen
!;riitary horseman rode up to the door,
1.4,1 th:,gitia the reins over a post,frusbed into the
''ar•room, where he was soon raised on a table,
and kliencr commanded.
e. - stud he, thawing a itrip of paper from
pocket, •• are the returns from Lower Buffalo
' , unstop—Wanlea 50 7 Macgregor 40, Zimmerman
/6 °'—nlak , rtty for Zimmerril an,.110!"
"N , to clo-f far Old Zim.".
..fluzza ' huzza! huzza!"
".Gentlf•men,.: saiJ old Zim, taking oft his hat
()bilged to you for this expression of your—
'lit to say. let us take a horn ail round!'
Ui course the crowd acquiesced in this proposi
i. and the welkih rang with loud huuas. But
4, V—seawely had the eager crowd imbibed be
tae another h(naeman (lathe galloping up to the
"Beegum township one hundred majority for
Zimmerma n '''
c;letirs fur old Zim!"
Hip. hip, hurrah r,
Again did old 'Lim attempt to efieak, but his feel
oveirame him—and he ended by inviting the
rl'we company to puit call for whatever they want
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tittrde wedged theinelves toward. the
again was heard the clatter of a boree!ehLools.
" Dublin township, one hundred and thirty ma
jority for Zimmerman!"
" Nine Cheers for old rim 1"
• I/ Hip, hip, hurrah !"
Thi-itscited candidate Ina wild with joy =dux
citement, and ha again invited the patty up to
drink. -.
Another horseasir ,came!--another, and still
another ! each one twinning an overwhelming ma
idyll for old Zim from the township be represented.
Alas! that it should be the same horse, who pet
formed the feat of a quarter race every hour that
night, and that it shoultbe the same mad wag un
der various disguises thilP brought old Zim the glo
rious news. The column, as footed up, gave Zim
i cool thousand majority. Didn't he rave and
pitch Well, he did! Didn't tie spend a cool
thirty?—the landlord's till groaned under the weight
of old Zim's deposits.
"Gentlemen," said old Zim, "my heart is full
(his bead wasn't anything else), and I can only
say that the glory of this contest belongs to you;
but I feel ,a (brick in your bat, said a wag) pride
that I have been the humble instrument in breaking
down the system." (Nine cheers.] •
Thus matters progressed ontil those who were
completely " sowed up" were laid out, and the re
mainder found their way bome—lsome i charitable
friends of the Sheriff elect toting him'on a shutter
to his domicile.
Early in the morning, the village wags, with
throbbing temples, met at the tavern to take "a
hair hunt the dog that bit them," as well as to
latigh over the " saw " played on Old Zim ; but
scarcely had they commenced worship before in
stalks the old gentleman, still under the delusion
that he bad carried the day—nay, more, he insists
on spending a V by way of a morning whet,—
The wags 'were determined to keep it up as long
as possible, and again drank and congratulated
Itim on his success. In the midst of .the noise
and confusion," in bounded an inky printer's devil,
who deposited an extra on the table, containing the
returns. Eagerly did old Zim seize it, and hover
over it but a minute. The conelu-ion of it is all
sufficient for the reader. It read as follows :
4, By the above it will be seen that DemOcraey
ha' again triumphed, as Wattles' (Dem.) majority
I over:Tibbets (Whig) is one hundred and filty.—
Zimmerman, volunteer, had three votes in Beegunt,
two in Dublin, one in Lower Buffalo, and one in
this borough (supposed to be east by himself,) mak.
ing a total of seven votes."
The extra dropped from Zim's hand; he raised
up his hands, mated towards the door, then look
.ng around lull at the gaping crowd, he said leis.
urel)
" Gentlemen?yon may all go to 11-11" and rush
ing from the bar-room, be was never again heard
of in Bugsborg.
WINTER is THE ARCTIC approach of
winter in the Arctic Citele is attended with many
interesting changes. Snow bins 'to fall as early as
August, and the whole ground is covered to the
depth of two or three feet before the month of Octo
ber. Along the shores and bays the fresh water ,
pours from the rivulets. or drained from the thaw.
ing of former collections of snow, becomes quickly
converted into solid ice. As the cold augments,
the air tlevn,-Rs it.. moisture in the form of a kw.
which freezes Tinto a fine gossamer netting, or spit ,
War ilispi.rsecl in the atmosphere, and ex.
tenets minute. that might seem to pierce,aza ex
coriate the skin The hoar frost settles Profusely,
in fantastic dusters, on every prominence. The
i% hole snrfare of the sea steams like a lime kiln,
en appearance called frost smoke—caused. as in
other ins:mires of the production of vapor, by wa
ters being still. relatively warmer than the incum
bent air At length, the dispersion of the mist, and
em,setinei,t clearness of the atmosphere, announces
tiro. 'the upper stratum of the sea itself has cooled to
the some ilandscrl ; a sheet of ice spreads quickly
over the smooth expanse. and often gains the thick
ness of an inch in a single night The darkness of
a prolonged winter now i broods impenetrably over
the frozen continent, unless the moon at tim‘s than
ces to obtrude her faint rays, which only discover
the horrors and wide desolation of the scene. The
wretched settlers, covered with a load of bear skins,
remained crowded and immured in their hots,
every chink of which they carefully shut against
the piercing cold ; and crowding about the stove or
the lamp, seek to doze away the tedious night...-.
Their slender stock of provisions, though kept in
the same apartment, is often frozen so hard as to re
quire to be cut by a hatchet. , The whole inside of
their hut becomes lined with a thick crust of ice;
and if they happen for an instant to open a window,
the moisture of the confined air is precipitated in
the form of a shower of snow. As the frost contin
ues to penetrate deeper, the rocks are heard at a
great distance to split with a loud explosion. The
sleep ol death seems io wrap the scene in utter ob
.
livious ruin.
FREEDOM or MIND: 7 We call that mind free,
which is not imprisoned in itself tfr in a sect—
which recognizes in all human beings the image
of God, and sympatbuies with suffering, wherever
they are seen, which conquers pride and sloth, and
offers itself up a willing victim to the cause of
mankind.
We call that mind free, which 'protects itself
Wing the usurpations of human society; which
does not cower. Jo human opinion, "which respects
itself too much to be the slave of the many or the
few. •
flow TO THPHOTS. THC licrar.—Never lose an
opportunity of seeing anything beaatiful Beauty
is God's handwriting—a wayside sacrament. Wel
come it it in every fair fky, every fair flower, and
thank Rim for it, the fountain of all loveliness, and
drink it in, simply and earnestly, With all your
eyes. 'Tis a charmed draught, a cup-of blessing.'
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY, AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O i AMARA. GOODRICH.
The lbl64Mii Elftw.
J 7 JAMES liatti.
" hin wens et mann. ,bat doe should Ibrovrt
• • • • - • Ttd• if c talesals.•
Ymnpr.
In the year 17a3 a stranger madehis appearance
in Philadelphia, whose singular manners andaome
what mingled style al dtess attracted general atten
tion. He kept noNearapany, aisoefated with no one,
none-knew his lodging place; he was never seen
to eat or drink ; a strange mystery surrourded him,
which none could penetrate or solve. He wasevi
demlc is possession of great wealth ; this was as
certained in a manner eqnally as mysterious as
were his actions and manner, the nature of which
we will not detaikhere.
A sale, of old paintings in Second street, in one
of those old fashioned houses, whose age is inden
tided with that of our city, attracted an unusual
crowd and among the 'Dumber was seen the myi
terious stranger. No common motive or idle curi
osity, seemed to have drawn him there, for as the
various pictures were put nit, he eyed them with
the most critical, and it wis observed at the time,
equal attention. Among the painting. was one of
the original portraits of Oliver Cromwell, at the
sight of which the stranger laughed outright; but
it wasso wild, unnatural, and sepulchral, that a
shudder as at the presence of something awful thrill
ed the crowd.
Picture after picture was sold, ;without exciting
any peculiar notice, beyond the expressions of ap
probation which some beautiful specimens of art
elicited, until one was announced as being the like.
nese of Pontius Pilate! The stranger's eyes glared,
his countenance changed from a pale cadaverous
hue to the complexion of as expressed by a gentle.
man present, "a painted devil 1" So intense was
his gaze upon the picture, that he scarcely noticed
'the curiosity his own conduct excites, and the
words, " if is lie 1 it is he," escaped him rather as
a mental thought than as an exclamation. He ut
tered no other words, his lips moved as from con•
vulsive emotion, and when the auctioneer demand
ed " Who was the purchaser I" the sudden an
noorwement " I am !" from the stranger started the
whole company and when he seized the painting
and rushed from the room, it seemed as if the at
mosphere had been relieved from seine noxious
vapor, for all who were present felt as if something
oppressive had been taken from their *lists, and
they breathed more freely, and as the! auctioneer
observed, " bid equally so."
I heard this vivid and fearful legend in my youth
and it left an impression on my mind, time could
not obliterate, and even slier circumstances had
not added to the interests and wonderment of the
entry
In 1822 ; 1 was travelling in the South of France.
It was evening when 1 arrived at a wretched hovel
near the village of A storm Isas ap
poaching; dark and portentous clouds were ca
reering tnrongh the sky, and the deep thunder was
rolling and rumbling and rolling in the distance.—
Vivid flashes of lightning shot across the intensity
of the darkness, like a ft rked messenger of the low.
er regions. Noticing a sort of a shed, I immediate
ly rode up to it. knocked at the door, which being
almost immediately opsned, I entered w h at
peared to be a somewhat comfortable room. But
what attracted my attention the most was the ap
pearance of the host. There was something wild,
fearful, and stran:ze in his looks. His dress and
style were different from anything I had ever seen
before. He spoke not, but pointed to a stool. I
seated myself, without as yet exchanging a word;
indeed I could not bring my tongue in connectipt
with the words I a ished to speak. It seemed pal.
siei but not with fear; a sort of indescribable ful
ness about my throat and head lett no room for the
facolies to operate, I teas literally lockjawed. This
feeling passed away, and a few words fiom the
stranger lessened the pain of oppression I had muff-
Bred. Casting my eyes around the mom, they rest.
ed upon a painting of a peculiar and rely antique
appearance. I examined it somewhat minutely,
too much so, perhaps, for the rules of etiquette, but
I could not resist the temptation. On • comer I no.
ticed in pencil mark : L.t No. V, 13. P., Philadel
phia. " Pontius Pilate."
" This painting;" I observed, " appears to have
been in Philadelphia,"
" It was; and what is there remarkable in that!"
was his reply.
"Nothing, sir."
" I purchased it there myself, at public auction."
" You purchased it."
Heavens! what a thought flashed across my
brain This, perhaps, was the same individual the
same dress, age, and appearance, as described by
those who saw the "Mysterioniltranger in 1783."
Mile these thoughts were vividly calling up the
various tales connected with the stranger's history,
his eyes were fixed on me. Such eyes never glar
ed on a human creature!
" Stranger things than these, young man, have
°courted," ho observed. " without exciting eape-
Mal wonder. The mere existence of a painting, and
in my possession, has nothing mysterious' . about it,
as your looks would imply." -
"I must confess, sir," I remarked, "there doss
seem something curious in this picture, apart from
the subject of it, as it was sold at auction, in the city
of Philadelphia, some years ago, and connected
with which—"
"There was a wild 'and romantic story. But
there is a mystery attached to it, which if explain
ed, would startle you far mom than could all the
imaginary torrid ones, horrified into seeming real
ity by the pen of% Lewis. The painter of that pic
ture was a Flemish artist, and this work was pro
duced by him when only twenty years of age; his
name I will no: mention—be died in a mad house!
He painted it in the Maloof the cathedral at R—x
in the year 1306, from an original painting, which
/wooed from the holy Land!" •
I started at the individual ash. stood before me,
iu awe, but not in memos ; for there was mock
ery on his and a hellish expression in his
Or DKNIOICUTIOS noir MIT qclay.ll4,
countenance. that awakened fears for my personal
safety, any attempt with all the power I was mas-
ter of, end f faithfully capable of doing so, even
against odds. With this resolve, I observed—
'• You - most have erred, air, when you said this
picture was painted in 1307, Irons an original yorr
bromtht from the Holy Land 1"
"Young man, you are critical. Yet I have not
erred. Time anti Teets are not linked to me, nor
to my fate, nor I to them. I lire for one coming
event Until that occurs, the common events of life
, are to me as passing clouds. Mauer and motion
are the secondary causes which in me, produce- ef
fects. Look at me, young man, nay, start not—"
shuddered as I gazed. " And I will tell you more,
aye more than mortal ears ever heard before!
Lis
ten—'r he placed his mouth close to my ear and
whispered.
"Gracious heaven's" I exclaimed
"Silence—listen again—" Again he whisper
ed—l started back—there stood before ate the Man
of ages I
"Are," he went on, " I have seen whole cities
consumed ; men, women, and children 'butchered
—all—all but myself swept away from the earth.—
Nations, empires kingdoms, roe and fell; towers,
palaces, and sculptured marble, have all crumbled
to dust, and left me a living monument of theirhis
!oriel'', Yes they are written here—hero in char
acters of blood 1"
!,‘ And you are—"
Listen," and as he spoke he drew from his in
ner vest t small miniature, " look at that; view it
well--aye, gaze again—did you ever see a face
like onto ill Is there not heacers in every lines:
Mewl Ali, you start—gaze again—look at that
mouth, those eyes, the flowing locks.. Ah! I lee
him now as I did that awful moment, when bend
ing beneath the weight of the cross, out Siviour
was on his way to Mount Calvary."
I could not hear no more—my bait stood on end
—my limbs shook—my eyes became fixed—the
fearful being stood like the Arch-fiend before me;
his height was towering. and it seemed as if it was
glowing and expanding in my sight. I grasped
for breath and shouted, in accents of horror.
" You are—"
The Wandering Jew! was his response
I fell back in a swoon; how long I remained I
knew not, but when I came to myself all was dark
ness, the thunder rolled in fearful loudness, the
lightening flashed, and the rain was pouring in tar
rents—The Mysterious Stranger and the picture were
gone 1
More. The legend connected with this most ex
traordinary character is to the following effect:
"Acheverus was a porter at the gate of Pontius .
Pilate, and wben our Saviour passed out bearing
the cross ; Acheverus struck him with a stick, and
exclaimed in bitter mockery, " Go foster Jesus t"
" Aye" answered our blessed Redeemer " but
thou shalt remain until lamas again P From that
dark and eventful period, has the doomed man
wandered over the earth; he has been seen in
every land, and in every age: Voltaire and Vol
ney both speak of him, and if it be that an individ
ual has so been curse', then indeed, have I seen
and conversed with the WANDEA/NO
Ifoo.rca Gtai s os A Srgarita tar.—We were not
long since much amused by a couple of Hoosier
girls, who came aboard the steamer—, at th•
little town of Mt. Vernon, Ind They had evident
ly never been a thousand miles from home, and
were making their first trip on a steamboat. The
elder one was exceedingly talkative, and perfectly
free and unconcerned, with regard to the many
eyes that were scanning her movements. The
other was the opposite turn of mind, inclining to
bashfulness. At dinner, our ladies were honored
with a seat at the head of the table, and the eldest
one, with her usual independence, cut her bread
into small pieces and with her fork reached over
and enrolled each mouthful in the nice dressing on
a plUte of beet steak before her. The passengers
preserved their gravity during this operation by
dint of great effort: Perceiving that her sister was
was not very forward in helping herself, she tamed
round to her and exclaimed load enough to be
heard by half the persons at the table—" Sal, dip
into the gravy, Dad pays as much as any on /"
This was followed by a general roar, in; which the
captain led off. The girls arrived at their place of
destination before supper, and when they left the
boat, all hands gave three cheers for the girls of the
Hoosier State . Nonpareil.
COMMITS or ♦a ED:init.-1f he does not fill
his paper with news of importance, whether them
be any or not, it is condemned for not being what
it purports to be a newspaper.
If he does not fill at least one column every
week with something laughable, his oho is de
nounced uninteresting.
If a public nuisance sbonld exist, notice of it
would offend, and to not notice it would be cen
sured.
If be does not publish all the marriages and
deaths that mem, •' in the world for twenty miles
around," whether be hears of them or not, be is
not fit for an editor.
If every paper does not contain a goodly num
ber of " Suicides, Horrible Murders and Melan
choly Accidents," it is a dull unwelcome sheet.
If half the horrible transactions ate recorded, it
is not a fit paper for a family.
If his paper contains advertisements, the general
reader murmurs; if it does not, the man of busi
ness will not patronize it, and the printer starvesi
As INDIAN'S EZPCRIENCIL—An Indian, wbo
found it difficult to express his Christian experience
in words, cutting op a piece of tat pine, built with
it a small pen, into which he pot a worm, and then
set it on fire. The worm feeling the heat, tried on
every side in vain to escape, and then curled itself
tip in the centre to die. At this moment the Indi
an threat in his hand and gave him liberty, saying,
That worm was myself, and it was Jesus who sav
ed me from the devouring flames.
Linos written on am Si gut Altai.
Who died April 7th, 1319
It is ended, all is over.
He has:gone from earth to du - e11;
Spirits kindred round him hover.
While he joins God's lore to tell,
He has left goo. gone before.
To receive you When you gtr.
Like a husband. like a father,
Wbea like bum you leave below.
When his spirit took its Bight,
How kind he bade you all farewell,
Gently wafted out of sight '
By waiting st.gals high to dwelL
Ever loving. ever kind.
Fond and faithful to the end,
Ended now his pilgrimage.
In heaven, he elty father friend.
Moorn. 'Es right that grief shougsvregi
Hearts so dear to him and kind,
All his tender love and colonels..
Engraved be on every mind.
Mourn thou sharer of each joy
Companion of his inmost soul,
of every woe a partner too
And solace of the whole.
Mourn, tby near and dearest friend
From thee bath ere departed.
rimy dearest ties are severed bete
In beaten to , be re.united.
Though his body bath departed. -
Perhaps bisspirit hogereth near;
Ever watching o'er you
Praying blessings Crown you here.
Let the thoughts of former kindness
Comfort now thy bleeding heart.
And in heaven that now he's waiting
To meet thee where thou'lt au more pan.
B. L, r.
Taking MIL
The Si Louis Reveille is publishing a tale purport•
ing to give some adventures in tie life of a young
physician, from which Ire take the following ex
tract :
A snow having fallen, the young folks of the
village got up a sleighing cotity to a country tavern
at some distance; and the interesting Widow
Lambkin sat in the same sleigh, and under the
same buffalo robe with myself.
" Oh, oh—don't !" she exclaimed, as we came
to the first bridge', catching- me by the arm, and
turning her veiled lace toward me, while her little
eyes twinkled through the gauze in the moonlight.
" Don't what!" I asked, " I'm not doing any-
h ing nr
" Well, hut I thought you were going to' take
oll," said Mrs. Lambkin.
" Toll!" I rejoined, " What's that'!"
" sow do tell !" cried the widow, her clear
laugh ringing above the music of the bells," Dr.
Mellow pretends he don't know what toll is!"
" Indeed I don't then," said I laughing in turn.
" Don't know that the gentlemen, when they go
a sleighing, claim a kiss as a toll, when they cross
a bridge ! Well, I never!" •
But shall I tell all! The stroff.leas of the wid
ow to hold the veil were not sufficient to tear it,
and somehow, when the veil was removed her
face was turned directly towards my own, and the
snow glistening in the! moonlight, and the horse
trotting on of himself, the toll was taken for the
first time in the life of Dr. Mellows.
Soon we cr me to a lon7 bride but the widow
said it was no use to resist, and she paid up as
soon as they reached the bridge.
" But you won't take toll for every span will you,
doctor•?" she asked. To which the only reply was
a practical emotive to the question.
Mil you ever, reader, sleigh-ride with a widow,
and take toll at the bridge?
WIIAT A Tratrre.—One or the most ruischiev
one and troublesome vices ever let loose to plague
men and mar social happiness, is a fretful, com
plaining, bad temper. To borrow a description of
it, "itis a moat Irreligious state of mind. It is a
blasphemy against Providence. It violates the
futriamental principles of Christian duty. • Hard to
be pleased, easy to be offended, it inverts precept.
It toms Paul's description of charity e a witch's
prayer, end for end. seeks her o wn, is easily
provoked, thinks all sorts of evil, employs itself in
bunting out iniquity, beareth nothing from others,
believe* all things bad of them, and hopeth noth
ing that is good."
It is martyrdom to be obliged to live with one of
a complaining temper. To bear the eternal round
of complaint and murmuring says a cotemperary,
to have every pleasant thought scared away, by this
evil spirit, is in time *sore trial. It seemsnothing,
but it is like a perpetual nettle, always Jabbing
against you and irritating and annoying you more
than the severest injuries.
Worst of all is a bad temper in the home. Its
influence is irresistabty diffused throngh, all its
members. The sunniest temper is by degrees
soured by such a person. You may say that one
ought not to feel the bad temper of another, but it
would be equally reasonable to lay a plaster of
Spanish. flies on the skin and not expect it to draw.
One string out of tune will destroy the music of an
instrument o.berwise perfect. One uncomfortable
temper in a family will put ajar the whole hou s e.
bold. Its presence is like .a raw northeast .wind,
and seems to have power to penetrate into every
room of the house.
Lanza ore Diitcmo.—ln the life of Martin La.
ther, by Mr. Audin, an elegant French writer, the
killoWing opinion of dancing is quoted from the
great reformer : " Is dancing sinful f" his disciples
•eked him. He replied, was not dancing allowed
by the Jaws 1 lam not able to say ; bat one thing
is certain—people dance now-a.days. Dancing is
a necessity of our state, like dress with women,
and like dinner or supper. And, indeed, 1 do not
see bow dancing can be prohibited. If people
commit sin, it is not the fault of the dance, which
does not offend against filth of charity.' Dance,
then, toy children.", .
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Vorale Mature.
Extract of a letter from Ririe* neat . Poonelli&A
The writer havingbeen out * shooting lay down to
rest under a tree, when suddenly he was aroused
by the funous.bayinged hi,. dogs. On turning round
I beheld a sulks of the cobra de capella ;specie!,
directing its cows. to a point they worth" Ippon
.imate very close upon my positioii In en instant
I was on my feet. The moment the reptile became
aware of my presence, in nautical phraseology, if
brought t; with expanded hood, eyes sparkling
and, neck ben utifully arched, the head• raised near
ly two fell from the , ground, and oscillating from
side to side in a manner plainly ;ndicative of a
resentful foe. I seized the nearest weapon, ',short
bamboo, left'. by one of the beaters, and hurled it at
my opponent's head ;'I was fortunate enough ; to - hit
it beneath the eye. The reptile immediately, fell
and lay apparently lifeless.
.
Without a moment', reflection, I seized it a lit
tle below the bei l td, hauled it beneath the shelter of
the tree, and very coolly sat down to examine the.
month of the poisoned. fang., of which naturalists
speak so mach. ; . - I .}lrhile in the act of forcing the
mouth open with a stalk, I felt the head, eliding
through my hand, and to my astonishment I be
came aware that) now had to contend with the
most deadly of reptiles, in its full strength and •vig
or. Indeed I was in a moment convinced of it, for
as I tightened my bold on the throat, its body be
came wreathed around my arm and neck. II the
reader is aware of the univerpal dread in which the
cobra decapella is held throughout India, and al.
most instant death' which invariably follow its bite
he will in some degree be able to imagine what
my feelings were • it, the moment ; a taint kind of
fl itd
disgusting sickness . rvaded my whole frame as I
felt the cold clammy 2o Id s of the reptile tightening
around my neck. .1 ' I held the throat, but to hold
it much longer wool be impossible.
Immediately beneath my grasp there was an in
ward working and creeping of the skin, which
seemed to be assisted by the very firmness - with
which I held it—my hand was gloved. Fmding,
in defiance of .my efforts that Ivry hand was each
instant forced closer to my face, in idea struck me
that were ii in my`power to transfix the mouth
with some sharp instrument; it would prevent the
reptile from using his fangs, should it escape niy
hold. My gun lay at my feet; the ramrod appear
ed the very thing required ; which, with some diffi:
cults , I succeeded in &airing ont having only cue
one hand disengaged. My right arm was trembling
from over exertion, my holdi becoming less firm,
when I happily sacceededju passing the rod thro'
the lower jaw up to its cenirt. It was not without
considerable hesitation that let fict.my bold of the
throat, and seized the rod in both hands at the same
time, by bringing them over-my head with a end
denly jerk, I disengaged the fold from my nett,
which had latterly become almost tight enough to
produce strangulation. •
There was then little difficulty in freeing my right
arm and ultimately to throw the reptile from me to
the earth, where it continued to twist and writhe.
itself into a thousand contortions of rage and agony.
To run to a neighboring stresy, to lave my neck,
hands and Face in its cooling waters was my first act
after derpatching my formidable enemy. This
concludes a hoe though plainly lokl tale. As a
moral it may prove, that when a man is possessed
of determination, coolness and energy, combined
with reason, he will generally comp to triumph,
though he may have to circumvent the subtlety of
the snake, or combat the ferocity of the tiger.
Fsstamts.—We have often wondered why prac
tical farmers do not write more for the newspapers
and periodicals published in their midst. It cannot
be argued that our agriculturists in general are una.
ble to compose an article for the press, and yet, we
see so little emulating from that worthy and no
mimeos portion okour people, who, more than all
cullers, am able furnish the country with the
M valuable information . We should be pleased
tore our count friends torn their attention, dri
rind the approaching winter evenings, to writing
out their experiments, their products, their Mode of
ploughing, sowing, tilling, and harvesting, and den : .
eral experience in their honorable vocation, during
the past summer. There is scarcely a farmer in
the land who could not furnish some item of inter
est, relating to the tilling of the soil. Many are
no doubt deterred from this otherwise pleasing task,
by supposing they cannot write sufficiently gram
matically or orthographically,,or something else.—
This is no objection, and no reason why youshoulit
not awl. yourself to so commendable a task. • Send
on your communications to the nearest publisher,
and he will not only eorret all errors in your corn.
position, bat will also cheerfully publish every aw
-1 respondence relating to the most honorable and
dignified profession of man—Agriculture.
roamer's Fevoartcs.—" The tavorites of For
me" are like men on horseback,. , : The power—
the speed—the activity—•the curving and prancing,
are in the dashing charger, whose beintiful prom.
tons aro' gay trapping set off the man. All the rider
has do is to set on his horse with ease, and to be
carried about to admiration—who if he happens to
catch a fall—ten chances to one, he breaks his :tech.
—American Cabinet.
Triz Dtv ERCNCE.—When a gentleman marries
a lady, beautiful and rich, his friends say—" He
has married a perfect Bird of Paradise." lithe la
g happens to be poor, however,-they say :—A per•
feet Bird of Paradise, with this eiception oldie
feathers"
Tiff. RISING YOUTII cameo IHEAD.-•- 41 I say,
cousin Kate, giee us a lock of your hair, won't you,
just a curl!"
" What for, Charley !" . ,‘
"Oh es that Ican come it over the galls in,:
school, it will make 'em jealous and besides' that,
make.'em think this youth is pumpkins with some
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