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TOWANDA:
Saturbag
,'fitorninn, April SO, 1851.
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From.tho " Pi:lid:Mo" of the London Leader.
FETCHING WATER FROM THE WELL.
Early on a sunny morning, when the lark was staging sweet.
Came, beyonkthe ancient farm-house, sound of lightly-tripping
' 'feet.
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'Teens a lowly'eottagernaiden going, why, lel young heartitell,
Wahher homely pitcher laden, fetching water limn the Well.
Shadows lay athWart the pathway, all along the quiet lane,
And the breezes orthe morningmhveditiem to and fro again.
O'er the stinshine,o'er the shadoW,pasfd the maiden of the (iirm
With n-charmed heart within her, thinking of no ill or berm
Ile/sent, 'rarely, were her inuemp, for the nodding leaves In
vein,
kitten to press their brightemngimage an her everbusy brain.
Leivis'end joyous birds'Weni by her, like a dim, half waking
dream, [gleam.
And her son; oral only conseious of . life'. Maddest snranier
At the old lane's shady turning, lay a well of water bright,
_Singing, soil its hallelujahs to the gracious morning light;
Fern leaves, broad,and green, bent o'er it where its silver
droplets fell,
And the fairies dwelt beside it, in the spotted foxglove
'Back She bent the shading fern leaies.'dipt the pitcher,in the
tide— •
Drew it, with the dripping waters tiowingo'er its glazed aide
But, before her arm could place it on her shiny, wavy hsir,
BY her Side a youth_ Wits standing !—Love rejoiced to see the
pair!
Todee i)f tremulous emotlon trailed upon the morning breeze,
lieritle words of heart-devotion whispered 'Death the ancient
But the holy, blessed secrets, it beseems me,notto tell;
Life bad met another menning,—fetching water from the well.'
Mown die rural lane tbey sanntered. — Hre the burthened pitcher
bore ; Pekin!!
khe, with dewy eyes down-looking grew more beauteous than
'When they neared the silent homestead, up he. alsed the
pitcher light;
Like's fitting crown he.placed it on herhair of wavelets bright!
Emblems of the coming btirdeus that for love of h.in she'd bS'ar,
Calling every buithen. blessed, if his Jove but lighted there !
Then, Anal waving benedictions, furlher/—further off be drew,
While hisshadaw seined a glorythit'i,oloss the pathwaygrew.
Now about her hoitsehold duties Silently the maiden went,
'And an over radient halo With her dkily life was bleat.
A.ittle ktietv tic aged matron, as het feet tike music fell, [well.
What abupdant treasures kiiind she, fetching cruter (mm the
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TIIE CiIiMBER Or-,4ILYSTERI".
• An arahitect.of Vienne, having occasion to visit
the country house of n noblernah bf that city, ac;
cepted the hospitable invitation ho received, andde
ter,mined to remain as a guest for several days.—
Yhe first day was passed in business, and he retired
to bed sotbaOhat eAhausted, but his • thonghts still
occupied With`the•iifiurovements.in the house that
ware coatemplated... He could see, however, that
the room allotted to him w*,handsotne and corn
nidil ions, though not large and at length he suffer
ed his .head to sink . Jition,hia,pillow with the sigh
of satisfaCtieti witicwh'iNt *e take leave oT the
world for the night
" And draw wound.* wearied breast
' The curtain aroma:l , "
But when he was kist sihking •to rest, an uneasy
"Sensatto% he knew not orwhat nature, stole over
him. He persnadechlitimsell that the air was close
—that he perceived a faint Smell, and he lay for
some time considering whether he was not suffering
from fever. The wiestion was speedily answered,
for the bed began to move. Presently-it was
near the wirdow—io near that he' could look
hut, could see the trees in the garden below,
Lind could •observe the outline of a summer house,
which had attracted his attention by its claisicil
proportions in tha forenoon. He was of course sill
prised, nay, terrified ; but when he stretched 6-
*ankihe *inflow:to iscOrtain that all was real, the
scene grew dimtherand (limner, drillat length disc
appeared.. And no wonder for the bed was reced
ing to its old position, and did not stop theie. He
was presently at the door: - He might have touched
the panels with /his hand. He felt his breath come
back oind the air grew more confined. He would
hate got up to ring, for assistance, but persuaded
himself that he \ was too. weak, and wbuldfall down
,belore reaching the bell. •
The bed'again moved; and this lime it look Up
a position In the very middle of the fireplace. 'this .
was the sheer freniy of fever, for the fireplace was
of course not a fourth pail of the size of the bed if:
self. Yet he. saw distinctly the walls of the chim
ney sintoinuling hied";. rind he even felt that one of
the feet of the bed rested on a dog:iron, to as to
disturb its. level. But he had no time for more
minute observation ; for presently the bell emerg•
ed from the chutney, began to rase with Mow undo;
lations towards the roof ; and there it continued. to
swing, as he imagined, for hours together, till his
alarm sank - gradually into lassitude, and he fell into
a deep though short and unrefreshing slumber
The next Morning khe visitor, appeared at the
breakfast table, .pale, weary and dispirited. Hs
was not well. What was the matter I Whrt, could
be dorie forliml "Nothing," he replied to all
their interrogatories. He had not Slept well; but
the air would revive him. He would take health.
ful ezerciberlaring the day, and that wood be bet
tenthao Medicine. It turned out as he expected.—
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He recovered bisfspirint; he was delighted with his
hosts, arid they with him; and be was thankful 'he
had been prevented by shame from mentioning the
absurd fancies•by which he had been beset during
the night. At the usual hour he retired ag o ain.
bed comfortable in mind and body, but feeling the
Want of sleep, and looking forward gratefully, tiy
anticipation, to at least eight hours of sound re
pose.
He did not enjoy one. The same fever, the same
fanciest the same inexplicable movements of the
bed—these were his portion during the night j and
in the morning the same dead eyes, the same -col•
'erless cheeks, the same listless attitudes, betrayed•
to the sympathising, !fiends that he had passed an,
other wakeful and wretched night. But he still Ire
served silence as to the details. He was thorough
lyashamed of his absurdity. The impressione of
the first nighthad doubtless remained to scare him
on the second. He had gone : to bed thinking of his
termer sifierings, and they had been renewed in hid
imagination. In this tray he accounted for the
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continued illusions that-had perpleied him ; and he
detennined, at a third trial; to grapple with them
manfully, and compel fdPOs.e by the aid of reason.
I All was unavailing ; and on the third morning
hs entertainer, alarmed by hiv ghastly looks, deter:
niined to bring him to explanation.
"Nou can no loner conceal it," said he ; " you
have •found something disagreeable in the room ;
and hieproaeh myself with baring allowed you to
be put P into an apartment which certainly .bears a
bad name in the house."
" What do you mean by a bad name!" asked
the guest.
"I mean that it is famous for its sleepless lodg
ers, for its waking dreams—and worse than that.—
There is not a servant in the house who would en.
ter it alone atter nightfall for a year's wages."
"That is all very well for the 'servants: but I
know you laugh at these ignorant fancies; and you
know me too well to suppose that I would treat
Them otherwise than with pity and contempt. Tell
me at once what you believe; but first listen to a
natrative of my adventures," and the guest related
to is host al fulflength the story of his ill.omened
nights.
"I cannot tell.you whit I believe," replied the
latter, after mtiiirg for some time : " for, in point
of last, Ido not know what to believe ; but your
experience tallies strangely with what I have heard
on the , subject before from more than one of my
friends: lam more V'erplexed than ever."
It was agreed;hoWever, on the proposal of the
arehilectohat , a minute examination of the premi
ses Should immediately take place, and the whole
family' proceeded . in a body to the Chamber of
Mystery. •
The first thing that struck the examiner was, that,
the chimney was choked up with rubbish, so that
no current of, air could take place through a •chan
nel oreixhich so much depends. Proceeding to the
window, he found it heavy and massive, and so
compleply-bedded that no force could raise it. It
appeared oh inquiry, that this was its original de
fect ; that the servants had at length given up all
[empts to move , it; and'that the wood work had
swollen so much, that the whole window, so far as
the access of the external air was concerned, was
merely a prolongation of the wall. The door was
in like manner pund to be singularly heavy and
close-fitting; and in addition, it was constructed so
as to shut spontaneously the mordent the person
who entered removed his band. In fact, the room,
however elegant in appearance and furniture, was
contrived throughout itr thtimmit elaborate manner,
in as to be as tinviholeseme as possible. Still this
(lid not account for the illusitie with which it was
haOted; and the architect ascended to the external
rooNt the house:
Here he found that the apartMeht In qbestion
*as covered; by a massive work bf idea, wood, and
lime, so as to leave a small garret, into *hick there
was no opening, either by door or window. This,
in its connection with the other, circumstances we
have described, proved to be the solution of the
mystery ; for the mephytic gas engendered in the
garret, penetrati:ig through the mouldy wood wolk
of the antique ceiling, into a place whence it found
no egress, and where it could mingle only witli
foul air, was in reality the nocturnal spectre which
haunted the room. The effect of this gas upon the
brain, in etching a temporary _deliriium, is Fell
known ; and in the present instance, the result of
what was done to remedy - the evil left no doubt.
The door and ikindocir weteopened,the chimney
was cleared, end two openingar were made in the
roof. • During the lastmentioned operation, it is
worthy of mole, that when the tools of the workmen
_penetrated for the first time into the garret, the
mephytic vapor which had such an effect upon one
of them, that he must have fallen from the roof had
he not been"caught hold of by his comrades. Alter
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the alterations were made the architect retired to
bed for the fourth - lime;a d enjoyed an excellent
'sleep,"together with a great part or the arrears of
the three preceeding nights. From that moment
the room lost its reputation is a Cnamber of Mys
tery. -
DON'T You DO n—When yon are offered a
great 6igain, the value of which you know noth•
ing about, but which\you!are to get at half price,
"being it's you," don't you do it.
When a clique of warm friends want you to start
a paper to forward a particular set of vietvs, and
promise you a large quantity of fortune and fame,
to be gained in the undertaking, don't you do it.
When a yonug lady catches you alone, and lays
violent eyes upon you, expressing " pop " in every
glance, dbn't y'ou do it. .
When a horse kicks Your, and you feel disposed
to kick the horse in return, don't you'rlo it.
When a petulant individual politely observes to
you—". you bad better eat me up, had'nt you ?"
don't you do it. • '
When you are shinning t very expeditiously'round
town in search of somebody with soarvhing over,
,who can assist you with a, loan, and:you are and
pertly anticipated by soil
ebody who wants to bor
row from you, don't you; do it.
Should you happen to catch yourself whistling in'
a printing office, and the compositors tell you to
whistle louder, don't yoir do it.
If on an odd occasio your wife should exclaim
to you--" now tumblever the cradle and break
your neck, do "I',', don't on do it.
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When•you have any i busineas to transact wish a
modem financier, and Ite asks you to go and dine
with him, don't you da it.:
' If a man owes you money, and. when you pre
sent your bill be asks you to,call the riexi day, and
meet him in a private apartment of his house,
think of the-Webster cancan() don't you do it.
A star is beautiful; it aficircls plecsare, not frorn,
what it is to do or to give, hat simply by being what
it is. it benefits the heavens; it bits congruity with
the mighty space in which it dwells. It has ,re.
pose; no force disturbs its' eternal peace. It has
freedom : po obstruction ties between -it 'and in."
finity.
PUBLISHED EIfE r RY SATUEDAY, AT / TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. 0
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cs' etxiiariss‘op ntitinicuTtop Faiati a wiAlifts."
no Edi N e. rds' Nest of China.
Among the various articles,exposed for sale to
the natives, in the innumerable streets GI Canton,
the edible birds'.nestdeserve especial notice. They
owe their celebrity only to the lithimsical luxury of
the Chine:se, and are brought principally from Java
arid Sumatra, tho' they are found on most of the
rocky Islands of the !Minn Archipelago.
The nest is the habitation of a small swallow,
named (from the circumstance of having an edible
house) "his rundo escrilenta." •.They are compo.
sed of.a mucilagiamis substance, but as yet have
never been analyzed with sufficient accuracy to
show the constituents. Externally, they resemble
ill•concocted isinglass, and are of a white color, in'
ening to red. Their thickness is little more than
that of a silver spoon, and the weight from a guar.
ter to a halt dunce.
When dry, they are brittle and wrinkled; the
sips is nearly that of a goose's egg. Those that are
dry, white and clean are the most valuable. They
are tacked in bundles, with split rattans run through
them to preserve their shape. Those procured af.
ter the young are fledged are not saleable in China.
The quality of the nest varies according to the sit
uation and extent of the caves, and the time at
which they are taken. If procured before the
young are fledged, the nests are of the best kind ;
if they contain eggs only, ;hey are -still valuable ;
but, if the young are in the nests, or have left them,
the whole' are then nearly worthless, being dark
colored, streaked with blood, and intermixed with
feathers and dirt.
These nests are procurable. twice every year ;
the best are found in deep, damp caves, which, if
not injured, will continue to produce indefinitely.
It was once thought that the caves - near the sea
coast were the most productive ; but some of the
most profitable yet I ound are situated fifty miles in
the interior. This fact seems to be against. the
opinion that' the nests are composed of the spawn
or fish, or of beche de mil.
The method of proctiring these nests is not unat
tended with danger. Some of the caves are .so
precipitous, that no one, tun those accustomed to
the employment from their youth can obtain the
nest, being only approachable by a perpendicular
descent of many hundred fee:, by ladders of bambo
and rattan, over a sea rolling violently against the
rocks. When the month of the cave is attained, the
perilous cask of taking the nests must often be per
formed by torch-light, by penetrating into recesses
of the rock where the slightest slip would be instant.
ly fatal to the adventurers, who see nothing below
them but the turbulent surf, Taking; its way into
the chasms of the rock—such is the price pa:d to
gratify luxury. -
After the nests are obtained, they are separated
from feathers and dirt, and.carefully dried and pack
ed, and are thin fit for thd market. The
who are the gilly peOple that purchase them for
their own use, bring them in junks to this market,
where they command
. extravagant prices; the best,
or white kind often worth four thousand dollars per
peen!, (a Chinese weight, equal to 133} lbs. avoir
dupois,) which is nea:ly twice their weight in
sil
ver. The middle kind is worth from twelve to
eighteen hundret and the worst, or those procured
after fl edging, o le hundred anti fifty to two hundred
dollars per peed. The majority of the best kind
are sent to Pekin for the use of the court.
• It appears, therefore, that this curious dish is only
an article of e.:Pensive luxury among the Chinese ;
,the Japanese do not .nie it at all, and how the for
mer people acquired - the habit of indulging in it, le
only less singular than their persevering in it.
They consider the edible's nest as a great stimo•
last, tonic, and aphrodisiac; but its best quality,
perhaps, is its being perfectly harmless. The labor
bestowed to render it fit for the table ;'every
.er, stick, or impurity of any kind, is carefully re
moved ; and then, after undergoing many washings
and preparations, it is made into a soh, delicious
jelly. The sale of birds' nests is a monopoly with
all the governments in ;hose domintons they are
found. About ttiva hundred and fifty thousand pe.
cuts, at a value of one million four hundred thou.
sand dollars, are annually brought to Canton These
come from the islands of Java, Sumatra, Macassar,
and those of the Sooloo group. Java alone sends
about thirty thonsand pounds, mostly of the' first
quality, estimated at seventy thousand dollars.
lam indebted for much information on this curle
ous article of commerce, to the captain of a Java
ship, a very well informed man, trading regularly
to China, who bast large quantities on board, and
whose wife, a native of that country, to satisfy my
curiosity, prepared a dinner, including the bird's
test and the sea-slug, both of:which I partook of,
and found them very palatable.—Berocastk's Yogi
age to China.
THE Ttocs.—Tides are the regular rising and
falling of the water of the oceans They occur about
every twelve rind a half hours. For six hours the
water gradually rises, and flows from east towards
the west, entering the mouth' of rivers, and tidying
back the waters towards their source; then it seems
to rest for about a quarter of an hour after which it
begins to flow back again, from west to east, and
after another pause of i about . fifteen minutes the sea.
'rises and flows agairdas before, and thus it contin•
oes ebbing and flowing twice every twenty.five
hours. ,
Philosophers account for these regular agitations
of the waters of the ocean by the influence : of the
sun and moon, hut chiefly date moon. The corn.
mon theory is, that the moon by her attractions,
raises the water toward her, and that, as the power
of this attraction diminishes, as the distance from
her increases, the water on that side of the earth,
consequently rises on that aide, and, as the body of
the earth is attracted more than the waters elf the
opposite iide from the moon ere, It therefore moves
towards the moon;.and leaves the water on the na-
Idti behind, so ttiat tltey Appeir to rise as tides at
the same time of those on the side nest the moon.
The true ingredients of cen,ersation are truth,
good Bence ; humor and wit.
Violist's it Science.
Horace Bastille! had "been gifted by Providence
with good health, powerful intel:ect, and amiable
disposition, and many other perfections, accompa
stied by one single drawback. He had a distorted
spine and crooked lirnba, the Consciousness of
which defects prevented him from rushing into the
gayety and vain dissipation which so often ensnare
youth. Forsaking the flowery path of love and
pleasure; he steadily pursued the rough, uphill road
of diligent, persevering study. Ho wrought with
ardour, and alreidy success crowned his efforts.—
Doubtless bitter regrets sometime" troubled his
hours of solitary study, btft he was amply consoled
by the' prospect of fonune and well-eamed fame
'which lay before him. So he always appeared in
society amiable and cheerful, enlivening the social
circle with the salliee'of his wit and genius. He
used sometimes to say, laughing—" Fair ladies
rnoclt niei but I will take my revenge by obliging
them to admire."
One day 'a surgeon of high l / 2 rpnte met Horace,
and said to him—" f can repair the wrong which
nature has done you : 'profit by the late discoveries
of science, arid be at the same time a great and
handsome man." Horace consented. During
some months be retired from society, :trill when he
re-appeared, his most intimate friends could scarce
ly recognise him. "Yes," said he, "it is myself:
this tall, straight, well-made Mari is your friend
Horace Castilla Behold the miracle which sci
ence has wrought ! This metamorphosis has COO
me cruel suffering. For months I lay strelehed on
a species of rack, and endured the tortures of a pris
oner in the Inquisition. But I bare them all, and
here I am, a new creature. Now, my gay com
rades, lead me whither you will; let me taste the
pleasures of the world without any longer having
to fear its raillery." .
If the name of Herne- patine' is unspoken
Among those of great Men, if ii is now sank in ob
livion, _shall we not blame for this the science 1
which he so much lauded? Deeply did the young
man drink of this world's poisoned springs. Fare
well to study, fame, and gldy ! illsop perhaps
might never-have compoied his Fables had ortho
pedia been invented in his time. Horace Castillet
lost not only his talents, but a large legacy destined
for him by an uncle, in order to Make amends for
his natural defects. His mole, seeing him no long.
er deformed in body- and upright in mind, chose
another heir.. After having spent the beat years of
his life in idleness . and. dissipation, Horace is now
poor, hopeless and miserable. He said lately to
one of hie few remaining friends—" I was ignorant
of the treasure I possessed. I bayoneted like' the
traveler who should throw away his property in or.
der to walk mere-lightly across a plain!"
-. The surgeon had another deformed patient, a
very clever-working mechanic, whositalenti made
him rich and happy. When he was perfectly cur
ed, and about to return to. his workshop, the tom
scription seized him, finding him fit to serve the
State. Ile was sent to Africa, and perished there
in battle.
A gentleman who had the reputation of being an.
original thinker, could not speak without ti painful
stutter a skilful operator rge.tored to him the flee,
Use of his tongue, sad the world, to its astonishinent,
discovered that he- Nina little better than a tool.
Hesitation hail girth a sort of originality to his ills.'
course. He had tiMe . to reflect before he spoke.—
Stopping short in thei middle of a sentence ocz
casionally a happy effect, and a -half-spoken word
seemed to imply. mom than it -expressed. But
when the flow. of langraage Was no longer re
atmined, he began to lis!en to , hiii own commo n.
place declamation with a complacency which as
suredly. ‘‘as borshared by his auditors.
One fine day a poor blind man was seated on the
Pont-Royal in .I. 4 ,aris, waiting for alms... The pm
sers-by were bestowing their money liberally, when
a handsome carriage stopped near the memficanti
and a celebmied oculist stepped out. He went up
to the blind man, examined his eye:balls, and said
—"come with me I will restore your sight." The
beggar obeyed; the operation was successful and
the journals of the day were filled with praises of
the doctor's skill and philanthropy. The ex blind
man subsisted for some time on a small sum of
money which 'benefactor had given him ; and
when it as spent, he returned to hie foirnet post
on the - Paint-Royal. Scarcely, however, had he
resumed his usual appeal, When a policeman laid
his hand on him, and ordered him todesist, on pain
of being taken np.
"You mistake," ssiil the medicant, producing a
paper ; c• here is my legal license to beg, granted
by the magistrates."
" Stull l" cried the official ; "this license is for
a blind:min, and yon seem to enjoy excellent eight."
Our hero,iitt ‘ despair, ran to theoculist's house, in
tending to seek•compensationior:the doubtful bene-
fit conferred on him but the man of science had
gone on a tour through Grerntany. and the aggriev
ed patient found himself compelled to adopt the,
hard alternative, of working for his support, and
abandoning the easy life of a professed beggar.
Some years since there appeared on the boards of
a Parisian theatre an excellent and much applaud.
ed comic actor, named Samuel. Lire many a wi
ser Man before him, tie fell deeply in love With a
beautiful girl, and wrote to offer her his hand, heart,
and his yearly - salary of 8000 trance. A fiat refusal
was returned. Nor Smear rivalled his comrade,
the head tragedian of the company, in his dolorous,
expressions of 'despair: but when -he ilea cooled.
down, he.despatched tariend, a trusty envoy, with:
a commission to try .and soften the hardphearted'
beauty. Alas, it was in vain!
"She does not like you," said the candid am.
bassador ; "she says you are ugly; thafyour eyes
frighten her; and besides, she is about to be' mar.
riea to a young matt whom she loves." -
Fresh exclamations of despair front. Samuel.
"Cowie,' 'said hie friend, rtfter Musing _for a
while, "if this marriage.be, as: inspect, all a
them, you may havalter yet." _ -
" Explain yourself."
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MEARA GOODRICU.
"You know that, not to mince the matter, you
have a frightlul squint t", . •
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u I know it." , •
" ...qCience mill remove that defect by an easy and
almost painless operation . ." 1 .
No sooner said than done. lamuel underwent
the operation for strabismusoind it succeeded per
fectly. His eyes were now straight and handsome,'
but the marri.ige, after all, was no sham—the lady
became another's, and poor Samuel was - forced to
seek, for consolation in the exercise of his proles.
sion. He was to appear in his best character; the
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cu ain rose, and loud hissing saluted him. -
I Samuel. Where is Samuel I.' 'u We want
SanOel l" was vociferated from pit and gallery..
When silence was partly restored, the actor ad- .
Tensed to the- footlights, and said—" Here I am,
gentlemen ; t tam Samiiel!"`
",Oat with the impostor !" was the - cry, and such
a tumult arose, that the unlucky actor was forced to
firfrom the stage. He lost the grotesque etprer.l
sionj the comic mask. which used to set the house
.in a roar ; he cculd no longer appear in his favorite
characters. The operation for strabismus had chang:
ed his destiny ; he was nailed foi the tragedy, and
was: forced, after a time, to take the most insignifi
cant parts, which barely aflordtid him a scanty sub.
sistence. - , . ,
From' 111 act wood's Mrgazine."
The liescued Crlmsnaf.
A great number of persons rrho know the cele
brated Dr. B—, a professor of the College of Sur
geons, have often heard him !elate the following
anecdote :
Gne day that be procured dui bodies' Of two crid
mints, haff been hung, ; tor purpose of
anatomy, not being able to find the key of the die.
erecting room al the moment the two subjects were
brought, he ordered them to be deposited in an
apartment contigucUS to his bed-mom.
During the evening Dr. B— wrote and read as
usual previous to retiring to rest. The clock had
just struck one, and all the family slept soundly,
when all at once, a dull sound proceeded from the
room containing the bodies.
Thinking that perhaps the Cat had been shut Op
there by mistake, he went to see - what could be the
cause of the
or
noise. What was his as
tonishment, or rather his honor,on disdovering that
the sack-which contained the bodies was torn asun
der; and, on going nearer, he rotted that one 01 the
bodies was missing!
The 'doors and windows had been fastened with
the greatest care, and it appeared impossible that
the body could have been stolen. The good doctor
appeared rather nervous on remarking this; and it
was not without uneasy sensations that he began to
look about him, when to his horror and amazement
he perceived that the missing hotly was sitting up.
right in the comet.
Poor Dr. at this unexpected apparition
became transfixed 'with terror, which was increas , -
by observing the dead and sunken eyes of the
corpse fixed upon him—wltich ever way he moved
those dreadful ere 4 still followed him.
The worthy doctor, more dead than alive, now
beg,ati to beat a quiek, retreat without; however, los ,
ing sight of the objectof his (error ; he tetreated step
by step, one hand' holding the candle, the othei ex
' tended in search pf -the door, which he tit length
gained but thole ano escape, the spectre has lit
sea and followed him, whose livid features added
to the silaienese of the hour and the stillness
of the night, seems. to conspiie to deprive the
poor doctor of lb° little courage: he has, left; his
strength fails, the candle falls from his hand and
the terrible scene wi now coniplete darkness.
The good doctot has, however, gained his apart
ment, and thrown himself on his bed—bat the tear•
ful spectre has still followed him, it has Carightlim,
seizes hold of his feet with both hands., At this
climax of terror the doctor loudly exclaimed, "who•
ever you are, leave me!" At this moment the spec
tre let go his hold, and moaned feebly these words
Pity, good hangman! 'have pity on me!" The
'Rigor now discovered the mystery, and regained
tittle by little his composure. Ile explained to the
criminal who had so narrowly escaped death, who
who he was and prepared to. call up. some of the
family,
" Do you, then, wish to destroy me?" exclaimed
the ctimifial.," If I am discovered, my .advetitaie
will become public, and I, shall be brought to the
scaffold a second time. In the name of humanity,
save me from death 1"
The good dociar then nose and procnred a n, light
he mulled his unexpected vi,qtor in 811 old dress
ing-gown ;"and having made him take some m
anning cordial, testified s desire to know what
crime bunt* him to' the scalloiti; Hi wad a de.
suer... ,
The good doctor did not well know what means
to employ to save the poor °rewire. .Hecctuld not
keep him in his house', end to turn him out would
be to expose him to certain death. The only way,
then, was to get him to jtie country; so having
mhde him dress in seine old clothes which the
thicloi selected from his wardarote, he left town
early, accompanied by his protege, whom he rep..
resented as an assistant in a difficult case upon
which he had been called in.
*hen they had got into, the open country the
wieteheil creature threw himself at the feet of his
brinefaator and liberator, to whom he swore an
etimial 'gratitude • anti the generous doctor having
relieved his wens-by a : small sum of money, the
Oateleicreature left himi with many blessings and
payers forhappiness.
lAbout twelve years alter this occurrence, Dr.
81--7 had occasion to,eisit Amattirdam. Having
true one day to The bat*, he was accosted by a
Wen dressed man—one whohad peen pointed out
tti him is one of the most opulent merchants of that
city.
!Ike merchant asked hiin politely jibe Were not .
of London, and on his answering in the
ogintative, reseed hint to dine at his Immo; which
the wmthy Cocter accepted. On arriving at he
I=MISME
Merchant's
,house, he was shown to an , elegant
apartment, where a most charming woman and
two lovely children welcomed him iti the' must
friendly manner; which reception" surprised' him
the more, coming from personelle lartnev,er ea
before.
After dinnei, the merchant having taken fiim in-
to his counting: rpm, .seied his hand, and ha;
ving presied. it with a friendly warinth, said CO .
.
Do you recollect mUr
" No," said the doctor. .
Wellohen, I rentember Ilea well, and your
features will never be oblitemtedlions my menus►
ry—fouto you I owe my life,, Bo you notremem •
ber the poor deserter?' an leaving youi went to
flolland. Writing a good hand, and being '
.a goad
accountant - , I soon, obtained a situation aselerk ins
merchant's office I%ly goolcondnet and tesigain.
ed for me the confidence of my employer and the
adectiont of his disoghter. When hi retired from
bustness,.l succeeded him, and became,his
law ; but without you, without your care; without
your generous assistance, I should not have lived'
to. enjoy so much happiness. Generalsitt I.! con
sider henceforth my house, my fortune, a n myself,
as wholly yours."
The kind doctor was affected even to tears; and
both these happy. beings Orticipated in the most
delighted expression of their feelings, which were
soon shared by the merchant's interesting family,
Who came to join them'.
isultatirms,
bip the Mississppi dry with a teaspoon*-iwist
your heel into the tms of your boo(-=make poet•
masters perform their promises—send up fishing•
hooks with balloons and fish for stars—get astride
a gossamer and chase a comet—when a rain storm
is coming dowa hke the cataract of Niagara, re.
member where you felt your umbrella—choke a
mosquito with a brick bat—in short, prove every
thing hulled% considered impossible to be feasible
—but never attempt to coax a woman to say she
will, when she has made up her mind to say she
wow.
There. is an admirable partition of qualities be.
tween the sexes; which the author of our being has
distributed to each, with a wisdom that challenges,
onr unbounded'admiration. Man is strong—two.
man is beautiful. Man is daring and confident—
woman is diffident and unassuming. Man is great
in action—woman suffering. Man shines abroad
..-...woman at home. Man talks to convince—wo.
man to persuade and please. Man has a rugged
heart—womrn a soil and tender one. Man pre.
,vents misery—woman relieves. Man has science
—woman taste.
LoW Bintrr —Many of Our greatest men hare
sprung from the humblest origin, as the lark,
a hose fiest is on the ground, soars nearest to hen-.
yen. Narrow circumstances are the most powerful
stimulants to mental expansion, and the early
frowns of fortune the best security for her final smile.
A nobleman who painted remarkably well for an '
amateur, showing one of biS pittutes to Poussin,
the latter exclaimed :-4 \ Your lordship only re
quires a little poverty to make'you a complete ar
tist"
An exchange paper speaking o a aubectiber who
had takeh the paper for annmberof years, and then
refused to pay for it says: " lie would steal a pas
sage to Heaven in a secret corner of a streak of
lightning, and smuggle gold Irons the streets-of
New Jerusalem to buy stumps of half penny ci
gars."
Mrs. Partington lately visited New York, where
she saw the Rochester tappings at a hotel. The
man was rapping away at the bar and there were
all kinds of spites behind the counter.
Carrying pellteness to excess, is said lobe raisins
your hat to bow to a young lady i \ the street, and
a m
allowing :a ple of dirty dollars a i4a pair of socks
to fall out niath the sidewalk. '
A young gentleman, in describing the eflecti of
his first waits, says he thought he was ascending
on a band of music. For fifteen ,minutes• he ap
peared to be swimming in a sea of rose•leaves;
with a blue angel. This soon changed, he says, to
a delirual. of _peacock feathers, in which his brain
got so much mixed up with the, low•neck frocks,
musk and melody, that' he has fed on fbaca ever
since.
Blunt things sometimes cot best. It is no recom•
mendalkm of a piper-knife that it is very sharp.—
So it is not always the keenest wits that are' molt
effective in life or conversation.
An Irish gentlemou having a Pmall picture-room,
several persons desired to see it at the same time.
" Faith, gint!emen," said he, "if you all go in, it
will not tumid se."
There are two difficulties in life: men are dis.
posed to spend more than they can anon], and to
indulge to than they can endure.
Tossr..,,A Dutchman being called upon kali
toast, paid " Here ish to do heroes who file, plead,
and died mit de patties of Punkerililt—of whom
lam one!" Drank standing
VOTES TOIL AERONATJTS.....Take care that the cont.
panions of your aerial voyage are good natured fel•
lows, as the worst thing that can happen to people
in a balloon is to fall out.
Juticious lovzsistcot.—A certain enterprising'
capitalist &night the Vestiges of Crtegion, because
he had heard it contained some deep speculations.
Some slandering bachelor says it is Inch joy,
when you first get married, b ' is more fairy st#
ter s year or so.
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It i 3:
with old bachelors as wit old wood. 'lt is
hsr.l to get them started, but when they delete
flarue„ they burn prodigiously. '
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