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or o. w. niters, sat.
Aiir-The Old Granite Sidle.
Our banner now is streaming,
And on its folds is glening,
A name w)ih honor beaming,
From the Old. Granite State ;
That name shall be oar rally,
Th e ton from which we sally,
And we'll not forget the tally, .
When November comes around.
Come, roundour standard gather.
11 shall !bat in ev'ry weather,
Aud we'll shout along together, .
For the Old Granite State;
Her son shall be the story,
.And we'll all protect her glory,
As we join the peaceful tow,
With our leader in the van
We hare set the ball in motion, ,
.hnd we'll make a great commotion,
With this latent '' Yankee notion."
From the Old Granite State
Oh! the Democratic party,
I , very hale and hearty,
1, very hale and hearty,
In ev'ry sister state.
LS t. are ready for the battle v ,
Ad will •" go it" wien rattle;
Eor we've got the htirest metal,
From the Old Granite State ;
may see the fire • already.
1 , hi - lung bright and steady.
And the boys ate growing beady. 1,
As they wheel into the ranks,
The Baltimore Convention,
Ist , topped and said attention, ,
11'11:!e Lt made a modest mention
Of the, Old Granite State ;
in a moment there was roaring,
fhe name of PIERCE was soaring,
And a peal of joy was pouring,
Like a wave around the Hall.
We must not forget another,
A true and faithful' brother,
Anl he claims as his mother,
The Alabama State ;
He ha , •iinid upon the tower,
.\ seminet of power,
nirtiutin many a trying hour.
In the Democratic ranks.
wr:11 put them both together,
And thew'll slam the hill and heather,
Lake the bird upon the leather,
Through the whole United States ;
Our wa.rh word now is ringing,
F., PIENCE & KING we're singing,
around them we are flinging,
The mantle of the strong.
Tr.'n pea, the cheering,
victory appearing,
:•. who had his rearing,
li, it ) , Ohl Granite State
' we'l! .hoot like creation,,
ivy put him in his station,
Pie ruler of the nation. •
From a Yankee Doodle State !
THE YIELD or WATERLOO:
LY lIEV•J. T. HEADLCY.
nve irki many battle fields of ancient .nd
modern inry. but never one with the strange feel•
w.t , whi,th I wandered over this. To under-
Er.l tt,e tlescription, .
twO slightly elevateci
vlrd-ctrcu,ar rt4es, or, as they might more prop
ettv ire .erined slopes, curving, gently towards each
ahe• like a parenthesis, and you have the position
01 he armies. On the summit ol cre °Meal etohf , e
aai arrayed the French army and on the other the
.-h The night of the 17th of June was dark
1:,1 stormy. The rain fell in torrents, and the two
armies lay down in the tall rye, drenched with rain,
awatt , lie morning, that was to decide the fate ol
Emile and Napoleon. From the bat! room at BM
ae+ma-,) an officer had been summoned in haste
e,e and shivering with cold wascompelled
pn• the tight in mud and rain in his ellegant at
-1.-e Tie artillery had cut up the ground w the
,11:,.2 was shoe deep while the tall rye lay crushed
L. rria;ied beneath the feet of the army. The
of the 18th opened with a drizzling rain,
V) arrrnes benumbed with cold and soak:
wet, ruse From their damp beds to the ccri ,
I;i2h'y thousand French soldiers Were seen
n.iidig in magnificent array on the crest of the
they took their Beverat,iiisitions for the
I Award of seventy, iie'd'usand of the allied for
,cc,giiie,l the ridge and eminence opposite them,
;J-reJ rricrt:y into squares.
I- a minnerit the battle was all befoie tme. 1
see Bonaparte as, after iiiiiirigdf i spos
inrce.3 and flushed with hope, he gaily ex
' t'ne . o hi, suit " now to brealifaat," and gallop
': asJy The shout of " Vive itnipereu!" that
'od 'hook the very field on which they stood
, a* .tiern e I ominous of disaster to the allied army.
!x] un led and sixty-iwo cannon fined the ridge
a :4.a.1 of death before the French, while Wel
. but one hundred and eighty-six to op
'"ent• At eleven the firing commenced and
,mmediatef Jerome Bonaparte leads a column of
" ltlctuan i t men down on Hougoumont, an old
c-redu oi, Wellington' s right, and was as &Hi is
Al vatic tog in the lace of a molt destructive
:oat o.llatit column pushed up to the very waifs
chateau, and thrust their bayonets through the
:!'r hat it was all in vain ; . and thoup the build
-2W as set on lire and consumed',
rue , In ir.gled with the shrieks cif wound=_
a `"t were perishing in it, the rage otthe combat
`s achy increased. But the Coldstream Guards
._e,tlt-the courtyard with invincible obstinacy, and
J.,,orne Bonaparte was compiled to retire, after teas , .
,•tltuo men in a little orchard beafde the walls
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re it does not seem so many men could be laid .
6 hcrl lane the battle became general olong the
pridigies o
•Tf valor were performed on
o.I•o t t.tc cnsanguined field ! The heavy
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trench hca t fairii nide thundering doWn on theineady
Hugh* squires, that had already been Waeted away
,hrthe destructive ertillein - and strove with alinost
apperhumiin :energy - break them. Hriven-to des
•perition by their l repeatedly foiled attempts, they at
length stopped their hntses-andeooly walked them
round and - round. the squares,. and Whenever a man
fell dashed in .with vain valor. •
• Wherever one of these rcick;faal equates „began
to waver, Wellington ihreWhireseli into tbicentre,
and it - ngnitt became immovable as a mountain.—
Whole columns went down like-frost work before
the headlong cavalry-And' infantry ! . lit the centre
•the ciinflict at length became awful, for the crisis of
the Utile was fixed. Wellington stood ender a tree
while the boughs were crashing with the cannon
shot over head, and nearly his whole guard smitten
down by his side-, anxiously watching the progress
of the fight. His brave squares, torn into fragments
by bombs and rocket ilbot, still refused to yield one
loot of ground. Napoleon rode through his ranks, l i
cheering on the exiutusted.boltrmna of infantry and
cavalry, that rent the air with the shout of "Viva
1 1' Empereur," and dashed with unparalleled reck
lessness on the bayonets of the English. The hero
of Wagnim, and Beaodine, and Austerlitz, and Ma
reogooind Jena, enraged at the stubborn obstinacy
of the British, ranges over the field and is still sure
of victory.
,Wellington seeing that he could not
much longer sustain the desperate charge of the
French hauallions, wipes the sweat from his 'fore.
head and exclaims, t , oh, that Blucher In • night
would come."
Thus from eleven to four, raged the battle With
sangninary ferocity, and still around the centre it
grew more awful every moment. The mangled
columns staggered up the Britjeh squares, which
though diminished and bleeding in every part and
seemed rooted to the ground they stood upon.—
At length a dark object was seen to emerge from
the wood, and soon an army of 30,000 mendepiny
ed into . the field, and began to march straight (or
the scene of conflict. Blucher and hls Prussians
came but no Grouchy who had been left to hold
him in check, followed after. In a.moment Napo
leon saw that be could nct withstand the charge nf
sp many fresh troops if once allowed to form a jurtc
lion with the allied forces, so he determined In stake
his fate on a bold cast and endeavor to pierce the
allied centre with one grand charge oq, the Old
Guard, and thus throw himself between the two ar
mies and fight them . separately. For this purpose
the Imperial Guard was called up, which had re.
mained inactive during the whole day*T divided'
into two columns, which were 'o meet afilie Britiih
centre. That under Reille no kroner entered ifie
fire, than it disappeared like frost work! The other
was placed under Ney, the bravest ot 'the pave,
and the most irresistible of all Napoleon's Mer'shals.
Napoleon accompanied them part 'ol'4'clown the
slope, and halting for a moment in a hollow, ifd
dressed them in his fiery, impetuous • Crier: He
told them the battle rested wit
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Empereur" answered him with a„ „. .ut-rhat , wliti,ii
heard all over the field of battle. Nellfaced filth?
sell, at their head, and began to move downAthe
slope and over the field. No drum or trumpet or
martial strain cheered them on. They needed
nothing to fire their steady courage. Th, eyes of
the world were on them, and the fate of Europe in
their hands. The muffled tread of that magnificent
legion alOae was heard. The terror of Europe was
on the march, and the fast awful charge Of the Im
perial Guard,rhich had never yet failed, was about
to male . kings and thrones tottered on tae en
sanguined field, and the empire of Napoleon was
carried by that awful column as it disappeared in
the smoke of battle. The firing ceased only for an
instanc; the next moment the artillery opened, and
that column was rent as, if a hurricane had passed
through it. Ney'e horse sunk under him, and he
mounted another and cheered on his men. With
out wavering or halting, that band of heroes closed
up their shattered ranks, and moved on in the face
of the most wasting fire that ever swept the field of
battle. Agan and again did Ney's horse sink under
him, till five had fallen, and then on foot, with his
drawn sabre in his hand, he marched at the head
of his column. On, on, like the intoning tide of
the sea, that dauntless Guard passed up to the very
mouth of the cannon; and taking their fiery loads
hill in their bosoiris, walked over artillery, cannon
leis and all, and pushed on through the British Wes
till they came within a few feet of where Welling
ton stood. The day seemed lost to the allies, when
a rank of men, who bad lain fiat on their faces be
hind a low ridge of earth, and hitherto unseen by
the French, heard the order of Wellington, ” up
and at 'em !" and springing to their feet, poured an
unexpected volley into the.verY faces of that advanc.
ing Gdard. Taken by surprise, smitten back, by
the sudden shock, they had not time to rally`before
another and another volley completed the disorder,
and that hitherto unconquerable Guard was hurried
in wild COntusion over the Aeld. The Guard re
coils ! rung in despaiting shrieks over the' army,
and all was over. Blucher effected hia junction,
and Wellington ordered a simultaneous charge along
the whole line. The Old Guard disdaining to fly,
formed into immense squares, and attempted to stay
the reversed tide of battle. They stood and let the
artillery plough them in vain. The day was lost.—
Bonaparte's star had set, forever, and his empire
crumbled beneath him.
o• DON'T: LIKE ins Loorrs.—A sheriff was once
sent to execute a writ agjanit a Quaker. On arri
ving his_house, ho saw the Quaker's wile, who
in Fogy' to the empilry whether her husband was
at home, said that he was,;" at the same time she
requested me to be seated,, and her huiband would
speedily see him. The officer waited patiently for
some time, when upon the fair Quakeress coming
into the room, be reminded her of her promise
(bat he should see bet bhsband.
" Nay friend I promised that he would see thee.
He bath seen thee ! He did not like thy looks ;
therefore be gypPea lims c fpd hath departed from
the house."
PUBLISHED EVERY rSATURDAY.AT TOWANDiI, BRADFORD COUNTY,_ 64 - BY E. 0
MBE
The 13Zeds.
Hark the •robins are. singing and building in.the
maples that shade our windows. And what is
are singing 1; Those sweet, :responsive notes arc
thy domestic dittieel
_Say Pow,, my iftetty
pair *not thine a wait sorted marriage,'" a match
made in heaven'" - Shall - we, humane, look and
lurk of yeour daft! "Ye , build I*,tbet yoret tiny
homes! Thee.; not the. 'way Mrs: . •Bobbin.
should smooth your feathers and sit upon the leafy,
branch and sing and smile, while Mr. Robin builds
and then lay your eggs and hatch the little birdies.
0 fie for shame, to think of your
,compelling Mr:
Robin to sit in your place and speed the hatching,
while you—(baw could you so unsex yourself) are
away, flitting in the sunshine and singing in public
but worse and worse Mr. Robin, poor birdpeck
ed husband !—ie actually put to Pureeing and feed
ing the young ones ! Why ,don't Mrs. Robin attend
to matters in her sphere, and leave Mr. Robin to
bunt worms and watch intruders R She should sit
in the nest beside her young ones and open her
mouth, like them, for Mr Robin to drop in the bugs
and berries and tender insects—indeed she should !
Fie on you Mrs Robin, that you should let your bus •
band stay at home and take care ofthe little birdies
when you ought to know the peculiarities of the sex
indicate that it is your business, and that the mas
culine pursuit of flying belongs to Mr. Birds. To
be sure God has given you wings, and an appetite
and a bill for_ picking up your living in the fields ;
but then you are a mother bird and should not rite
these gifts—it is a shame and a scandal to your
sex !
" Mr. Robin thinks it is right," and you are per
fectly agreed in your domestic arrangements—eh 1
Well . we will see. The State of Vermont is turn
ing its attention to bird-dom. It has already com
menced legislation for the protection of the right of
birds to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.—
The terms or, the conjucal relation are very careful
ly established by human legislators ; so, Mrs. Rob-.
in, you may as well stick to your rest, for the bugs
and worms and the small bits and the straws and
the mud belong, legally, to Mr. Robin, and he is
bpund in duty to feed you he dies or flies away.
Now em; and dress your feathers and let him hunt
worms ;`it's dirty, masculine business; and sitting
in the trees is so !die and lady like!—and you will
be an honor to your sex ! Vt Dent.
.Ccovra. Cloves are the unopened flowers of a
small evergreen tree that resembles in appearance
the laurel or the bay. It is a native of the Moluc
ea:islands but has been carried to all the warmer
parts of the world and is largely cultivated in the
trophical regions of America. The flowers are
small in size, and grow in large numbers in clust
ers at the very end of the branches. The cloves
we, use are the flowers before they have opened,
and-whilst they are still green. After being gather
ed, they are smoked by a wood fire, and then dri
-ed in the sun. Each clove consists of two parts, a
round head which is the lour petals or leaves of
t he flower rolled up. enclosing a number of small
stalks or- , filaments. The other pad of the clods is
terminated with four points, and is, in fact, the
flow app and the unripe seed .vessel. All these
parts may adispictly shown if a few leaves are
soaked for a short time in hot water, when the
leaves of the flower gotten, and readily unroll,—
The smell of cloves is very strong', and aromatic,
out not unpleasant. Their taste is 'pungent, acid
and lasting. Both to the taste and smell, depend
on the quantity of oil they contain. Sometimes the
oil is separated from the cloves before they are
sold, and odor and taste in consequence is much
weakened by this proceeding.
Aar of SWIMMING.—Men are drowned by rais
ing their arms above the water, the unbuoyed
weight of which depresses the head. Other anim
als have neither notion or ability to;act in a similar
mariner and therefore swim naturally. When a
mart fallsinto . deep water, he will rise to the surf
ace, and will continue there if he does not elevate
his hands. If he moves his hands under the wa
ter, in any way he pleases, his head will rise so
high as to allow him free liberty to breathe; and
if he will use his legs as in the-act of walking up
stairs, his shoulders will rise above the Water, so
that he may use the less exertion with his hands,
or apply them to other purposes. These plain di
rections are recommended to the recollection of those
who have not learned to swim in their ,•otith, as
they may be found highly advantageous in preser
ving life.
FM
What queer things come in sleep. We dreamt
the other night that we went to Egypt in a canal
boat that we were received with open arms by the
statue of Memnon who, in compliment of our arival
played a fantasia on a chinese gong. Shortly atter
this, we were invited to dine with Sisostris—and
such a dinner ! she took down the great oasis
with a single swallow, and concluded the enter
tainment by picking her teeth with the sharp end
of a pyramid. When•we left, an army of mummies
were throwing back sornersete over the Nile—an
entertainment that Cleopatra accompanied with,
Oh, Susanna,' while Maik Antony was sweating
like knigger under oath away in a Virginia
break down. We came home cln skates, and then
awoke an hour too late for breakfast.
A CUTE Bee James, tny
,son, take this letter
to the post office and pay the postage on it."
The boy returned to his father highly elevated
and said—
. t
gi Father,' I seed a ot of men putting letters in a
little place and when no one was looking I slipped
yours in tor nothing, and bought a ginger cake with
the money.
Wnv is a young man hugging his sweetheart
like an epicure who permits his wine to leak away.
Because be is welding what he loves. The author
01-this was-sLi.t to tue penitentiary.
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41 I . I26A2DLESS 07 - DENIIIMATIONi.**, ANY 0,411,n11.".
*recta-0r t.",
An error which exerts' a. inoat'- , pernicious inflti;,
ence_ii the belief that • the bight, - air is',
- This opinion hinders the introductionof Ventilation.
more than all_ etrent;tcgether.,-,', Now,: there, is not
a particle of fproaf, nor have:We s eni retutort -What-
Illet - L ihik. l ,4llolbliti . tit oxygen and
nitrogen undergoes Bu'
"Mere are cerialti causes ireoperatian'At night which
'are known [Jo exercise over us an injurious info
i3ace. We we'iilliovestigate them to see if closed•
doors will shut them out or stop their .operation.--
First, it is iinown.that there is a i lthght increase nf.
carbonic acid fram plants during the night ;,but
this poison is geherited in much:larger, quantity
from the lungs of Animals, and accumulates int
mertsely more in close rooms than' in open
It is therefore certain that nothing . jet gained in this
respect by refusing ventilation. The next differ
ence between night and day, to ~be noticed, is the
fact that sunlight, exercises a most important influ
ence on plants and also on animals ; but it is evi
dent That shutting oat fresh air will trot restore his
rays.
Another fact is, that all bodies, animate or loan
mate, exposed at night to the direct rays of a clear
sky, radiate heat with great rapidity, and their tem
perature is quickly and greatly reduced ; and it is
well known that it is dangerous to the health of men
for the temperature of their bodies to be greatly
and rapidly reduced. But persons sleeping in a
ventilated room, even if the windows are open, are
not exposed to the direct rays of a clear sky, (and
the law does not apply to any other combination of
circumstances ;) therefore, this frequent source of
injury to persons exposed, does not reach those in
a sheltered house. As to the injury to be feared
worn ac* current of air, J would observe that it
is gross carelessness for any one,th'eipose himself
to this danger night or day, whether the house is
ventilated or not I believe there is not known any oth
er cause which can be supposed to produce any
special injurious effect will `show that not any
ope of these mentioned can by any possibility in,
ure a person more in a ventilated than an unven
tilated house .
It therefore follows that the objection' of the .
night air being injurious is utterly futile.
The pare atmosphere has nothing whatever to
do with causing the death of persons e;posed at
night within the tropics; nor does it produce the
cough of of the consumptive and asthmatic, nor the
languor and misery which the sick so. frequently
experience.
These and other sufferings experienced, more
particularly at night, are caused by carbonic acid,
absence of sunlight rapid reduction of temperatnre,
the air being saturated with moisture, &c., and not
by that sir, without which we cannot live three
minutes. It is absurd to suppose that fresh air
supports our life mil destroys our health at one and
the same time. The same thing cannot possess
the utterly incompatible character of good and evil
of supporting life and destroying it.
INOCNUITY OF Brans.—Thrushes feed very much
on snails. Having frequently observed some brok ;
en snail-shells near. two projecting pebbles on a
gravel walk, which had a hollow between them, I
endeavored to discover the occasion of their being
brought to that situation., ; . .
At last I saw a thrushifly to the spot, with a snail
shell in his mouth, which he placed between the
two stones, and hammered it with his beak till he
had broken it, and was then sble i to feed on the
contents. The bird must havelliscovered that he
could not apply his beak with sufficient force to
break the shell when it was rolling about, and he
therefore found and made use of the spot which
would keep the shell in one position.
When the lapwing wants- to procure food, it
seeks for a worm's. cast, or hole and stamps
the ground by the side of it with his feet; someth
ing in the same manner as I have often done wheia
a boy, in order to procure worms for fishing. After
doing this for a short time, the bird waits for the
issue of the worm from its hole, which alarmed at
the shaking of the ground,' entleavers to.make its
escape, when it iE immediately seized, and becomes
the prey of the ingenious bird.
The lapwing frequents the haunts of- worms on
which it feeds, and frights them until they come to
the surface of the ground, where, they are seized by
the lapwing. The same mode of alarming his prey
has been remarked of the gull —.lcsses Gleanings
in Natural History.
STATE OF THE MORAL MAREET.—Honor—deat
and scarce—the old stock neatly exhausted, and
the new crops rather unpromising.
Virtue—few importations and that 01, native
growth degenerating.
Honesty—none in the market.
Pa.riotism—tirst quality—no demand.
do 2d do —Principally bought up
on speculation at par.
Modesty—None but damaged parcels in the
market.
Prudence—Aß held by old stockholders.
Vice—Lirge quantities held; no sale.
Pride—Market glutted.
Politenes—Very cheap, but the owners appear
indifferent about the disposal of it.
Religion—When brought into market it is gene
rally highly adulterated. Sales nominal.
Love—None offered except for real estate.
Talent—A scarce article ; no credit allowsd.
Sincerity—Out of season. •
The most curious instance, cis change of instinct
is mentioned by Darwin. .The . bees , carried to Bar.
badoes and the Western felands - ciased to lay up
honey after the first year. They found the weather
so fine, and the materials of honey so plentiful, that
they quitted their grave mercantile character, be.
came exceedingly profligate and debauched, ate up
all their capital and resolved to walk no more, and
amused them, themselves by flying about the
sugar houses and stinging the negsoes.
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MEARA 600DRICII:
- ' - The RA..lelerillifl.the LaPA r eit
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,Not may:4alik sincerkgentlemen In New .4:1r..
lons, wh hid - lett i .bet with a lady,:_ond who
bad heard Itieriiii that she had lost a veil which
ahO priticid l iMuO, thought he weld-pay his debts
and 'dote petite thing' by purchasing a new veil
of fine.,quality and4resenting it to his fair cinch
jaitt„:: :•:,_',-,/ ..,....7, i ' -‘,:-:. -, ~. , .
,'•lt Onvi e stated tor , a proper understanding of
what loth! i4,l4at tkegentleman wail a bachrilor
lin
of long a - din, ar.dit - tuatt:of little- information
touching e world of g''*g goods,' though ' a
pro•
ficient in ugar,„Otton and provision speculation.
. He acc rdinglystepped into a fashiormble millin
er's restabl stmaint raid' asked to 15E4 a laireireit—of,
I ' 6 )1 1 4' .V. ,,-. ,', ,1•: - . ~ - 'r , i
'..Here is one rnonsittur, l - said the'airnable pries(
tees of thl r temple. ~- .- - - " •
"How' z uill'ilv it?"'
"It is oile fiftee, - 5air.”,...1 . ,. .: t' „, .
Wha ! only WTI Dear me? I tho't these
things tine e ekeeeilinglydear. , If that's all the cost
I don't w nder at the ladies being - fond of wearing
such film y nick necks. -Qnly fifty? Dear me!—
Show me something better!"
The pr estess :started; the balchgler remained
perteedy, not. Here was a godiend! ;aLman who
wanted something better dearer. More veils—
lace oneslWere
Dia is One nixtee, oak ;. and die one seventee
five .1
Dear me! only eeventyfive! Well If at is won.
dada!, to! be sure. leo a very pretty satiate, I see
—but--cpn't you ehow,•me nome*ing
' No, ;air`; dia is .de most dear—de plus cher ar
ticle in de oitee." -
' You don't say eat J Well! Who would
have thought it ?These vromen s they always were
a mystery, ever sines 'the day by Adam. Give me
the change for a dollar-•-in quarters'
The milliner' did 'so.
take this one,' said alurtiimple 'landed bach
elor, folding up the severity-five. veil. g Give me
a quarter and keep the seventy-five for yourself.—
Dear me ! how cheap! Who would have thought
it!'
Ino see de seventerAve, ? You have no
hand them to me,' said the milliner.
' I beg your pardon, ma'am,' said the bachelor
amiably and smilingly; there Alley. are ou the
counter,' pointing.io the three quarters.
Die!' exclaimed the milliner, with an astonish
ed look.
'That !' said the bachelor, more emii 3 igly than
ever, preparing to put the veil in his pocket.
Ah, mon Dieu t de man fou—crack a•braia
tell you; monsieur, dat article demon dear in de
citee !You understand me-,-yon no understand de
English ! De most dear, I tell you—seventy-ftve
dollar!'
What!' said the bachelor, turning pale, and
dropping - the veil as if it had suddenly turned to a
coal of fire in his hands;' seventy-five dollars !'
' Yes, sair! and very cheap at dat!
Seventy-five dollars for that inf•m•l cobweb! I
thought you meant seventy-five cents
It ever a bachelor walked tast,ihat bachelor did.
He goes around now; in a stew o( iudignation,
relating his adventure, and winding up his story
with the words:
Yes, sir; the 'female French woman actually
asked me seveniy4ve dollars tor the abort - end of
an infernal cobweb P
An unexperienced bachelor going into a fancy
milliner's store is pretty mud) like an innocent fly
venturing into a spider's nast.
FIATIOB TIIE Pocr.—Flavins was , praised by his
tutors as a promising vvriter t and, when quite young
peblitheci a work which was very generally - com•
mended. • Its merit consi‘ted, however, more in
the industrious research and tact it exhibited, than
in novelty of sen t ireent or uncommon beauty of style.
Itasuccess determined Flavins to atiandoo a lima,
tive employment, tefa path to which literary am
bition allured him. To that passion he at once s6r
rendered his soul, He was then in early manhood
cnjoying robust health, and a slight acquaintance
revealed many halt-d6viloped qualities, lull ofpro
muse to himself and society. His talents aria wri
ter were only vet) respectable, his habits those
intense apheaion. He trusted in the power of in--
dustry to realize the fruit; of rare abilities. There
was nothing in his native endownments to warrant
the hope that by devotion to literature he could
greatly advance any important prineiples, or lead
the way tovew truth. • Yet he commenced the pro..•
lession of Jirerature with the ardour of a votary, and
the confidence of a genial. It gradually not only
employed, bat absorbed his energies. Vie mania
of writing took complete pesression of th'e whole
man. His day was passed in printing offices, re
views haunted his slumbers, scraps of verse drop
ped insensably from his lips. Every person and
thing in life became valuable in his eyes only so
lar as it ministered to his protestion. He pounced
upon a.man of experience as a repository of facts;
he drew upofi the reminiscencfs t
of old ladies- for .
hints wheretrom to constrict a tete; he cultivated
the hiendship of booksellers for their publications,
of authors for their countenance, of editors for their
puffs. Even nature, to whose cheerful freedom
most men turn for pure enjoyment, was to him a
scene of care.
LYING says the Boston Post, is an exredingfy
vulgar vice s yet often practiced by genteel people..
Lawyers lie professionally ; doctors he occasional.
ly : editors lie unintentionally ; merchants lie hab r
health and the telegraph perpetually-041. Olen it
don't know any better s which can, hardly be said ol
mendacious characters in germs!,
t
An Irishman being 4E400 with stealing a wag..
on swore he had it ever since iC was-a wheelbar
row.
Never condemn a person, till you find them gull
ty and you will save ruakin& a tool ntr. y,oureetV
: • -lia
ME
Aneditor in Indigos latelfgot married ) and lie
thereupon thus addressed' his former bachelor
friends : • • - •
fo And in announcing the fact of our return home
with a rib, we cannot, refrain ;from expressing our
pretound disgust of bachelorisin and bachelors—
and we expectru.be disgusted with • both- : -several
weeks: We are well - aware r that in time gone by,
vre or:casiunully made-ourselves ridiculoits in the
eye of sensible men by upholdi-g rite bachelor
state as-the only life of happiness, independence
apd earthly glory. But we were young and green
hen;indolcourse knew but one side of 4e-,61,4E„.
pct. Now stand up here, you ConOrnegtrilit
lttree of humanity, rejoicing itxthe.ne k et of bachei•
:OM : and answer us a few questions."
it What are you fir for in this world ? Whara're
you doing for your country 1 What are you doing
forposterity ? What interest, have you in the gen.
orations yet unborn you roiril of ? Where will you
be when old men, if your - vile habits ever permit
to arrive at a good old age I Woost 'you be like a
lonely, scarred and scathed trees standing in a big
Clearing, without a companion, and yaur life urpro•
tectod from the frosts by young saplings and shrubs
at your feet ? Os wont you be like pumpkins in a
corn field, more prominent because of your prodig
ous ugliness, than the stalks at your sid laden with
golden,grain ? Hold tip your heads and talk like
men whether you can act so or not. Now, don't
you feel ashamed of yourselves ? Look at the girls
about you, all smiles and sugar—hearts overflow•
mg with love ready to be spilled on the first
. good
fellow that can touch their sympathies—feelings
rich as cream, which by a kindred spirit can soon
be worked into butter and spread over your life tilt
youare as happy as the birds of spring. Look at
them and feel the disgusting position you ocenpy
in the cabbage garden . of humanity. What are
you holding back In? Now just- relorm—put nu
your best looks and your other coat—visit the 41 .. a,
ice cream them, talk to them prettily, drive diem,
walk them, please them—then propose, get accept
ed, marry, and—the country will rely on !oil as a
faithful and welt-disposed citizen."
A eVRIOII3 MARMAGE.—A curious mairiagc is
stated to have occurred not long rince in Skane.te
les, New York, rather out of the ordinary tine, but
still perfectly legal. The parties were Mr. Sarno
Sellers and Miss Sarah Abbot. The ceremony is
thus deturibed by an eye-witness. After giving
his views in a brief speech, Mr. Sellars took the
bale by the band and said—
.r' In the prremce of all who are present, I take
Sarah Abbot to be my wife, making no promises
of continued affection, and invoking no aid thereto,
but hoping, trusting, believing that Our characters
are sufficiently well adapm.d 10-errablA us to Le ti)
each other faithful husband and wife during our
'' In the presence of who are prsent, I take
Samuel Sellars to be my husband, making no r:ro
mises, bui hoping,, trusting, and believing that our
characters are sufficiently well adapted to enable us
to be to each other faithful husband and wile during
our lives."
They then signet, a paper, their Jeclatatton of be
ing husband and wife, and the company present
signed a certificate as witnesses to the ceremony
and thus they became husbanl and wife.
A PHILOSOPHICAL' WILL —Me following is from
an old Virginia newspaper published some twenty
years.gio, and we republish it for the present gen-
ration
"What I would do if 1 were possessed of the
most valuable, things in the, world and was about to
will them away. The following would be my plan
of distribution : I would give to_printors their pay.
I would give the world truth and friend-hip, which
are very scarce. I would give an additional por
tion of irrqb to lawyers, trailers and merchants. I
would give doctors skill and learning. To gossip
ing women short tongues. To young women, good
sense', modesty, large waists and natural teeth --
To young sports or dandies,.common sense, Fobs
cash, and hard labor. To old maids, good temper,
smooth-faces and good husbar.ds. To old bucld•
ors, love, virtue, wives and children."
NOT A Pail , tr.noan gentlemen on a
visit to 'Washington-recently; and anxious to li,tett
to -the debates, opened, very Coolly, one of the Sett
ate doors and (vas about to pass in, when the dour
keeper asked.
". Are you a per;:ed.zed . inember ?"
r What do you mean .4 such a' man ?" asked
the stranger. The reply'voas,
" A governor, an el-member of Congress or a
foreign minister."
The stranger said, " I . am a minister."
"From what courker country, if yon please ?.'
asked the official,
[Very gravely pointing tip]
Of Heaven, sir"
•To this the door keeper waggishly remarked
• " This Government at present holds no intercou's
with the foreign power.
How ts IT wrrn You.—At a raver meeting n
the church of the village of Spunk tawn, iu Ole Sta:e
ot•Maine, a country lad was noticed by one of the
elder deacons to hold his head and wri.zgle- on his
seat, while the tears veined to start every mo.
tnesth
...A clear case of repentance, then2ht the al dea!
cop, as he quietly stepped to the side of the la 1,
and in a whisper affectionately inquired :
€. 4 -11Ow is it. with you my son ?",
The boy looked up, and supposing him to be Ike
sexton, answered:
ph! very bad : and I want to go out—my innards
are kickin' up a resolution and the forth of July !
Rd if eyer l eat a green encrotit pie 111 1 .
name aint teems Bill.sr:s !'
TO .111CHELORS
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Miss Abbot then said :
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