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THE. OLD 13 A CHELOR6
The Bachelor's lonely chap
;hog entle wife has he
To hare,his slippers warm at night,
Or pour a cup of
Thonati cold may blow the wittily wind,
And cheerless are the streets.
He wanders forth to look upon.
111$ (nen is' much envied sweets.
The " tOrie.o' ne'er trouble married melt,
O'er loin they have control ;
por luc kless wight ! from morn to night.
• The gout disturbs his soul ;
And if he goes up to his room
lb grate is full of rust ;
His pocket full of emptiness,
lila clothes are Cul. ofdust.
Noir lonic upon the married man;--,
• What sight can be more fair!
lie has—what bachelors have not—
' An indeper.dent air,
lie has no fear that he will die
For want of proper care ;
In pain or health, he kneiwe that he
Will get the best of fare.
t.ee him in his parlor now.
The fender 'neath his feet ;
He' , reading to his wife the news—
The picture looks comp!. to !
Plenty, health and ease are his,
And all the joys of life,
He 'inews he has.the sympathy
Of his children and his wife.
rrom the French of Holstein
THE IVWTE WITNESS;
OR TUE DOG AND THE ASSASSIN
DY Mat , . A SOCLE
tra..e.trare!ii, in 081', throw4h the beautiful
ter of Leipzig, I observed about a half a league
in ra , fie gate of the town a few rods from the high
an. a wheel, and the bone% of a chained corpse
eo..e I w the gaze of every pasimr.
tott.laiog is the history of that criminal, as i
..no.ett it from the lips of the judge who conducted
re trial. a:,,1 condemned him to be broken alive.
A Gcrinan (wiclier being benighted in the midst
a f his way, and while er.dcavcrring to
:he road was attacked by three highwaymen.
Berra.- ott horseback and accompanied by a large
g 0 ie oi Die robbers seized the horse by the
to wht,e to r n others dragged the butcher from
r! , ,1 I Ile 3:1.1 letted him. The dog leaped im
me,ti.i ety .yon one of them and strangled him
F
o :ler woutided the animal severely that he
ihe thicket, tittering the most learlui
' f;,e butcher, who by this time had disen-
I.:trik , ll from the grasp of the second robber
;.t-knife auJ killed him. But at the same
inment he received a idiot from the tliiid, he who
;,a,i l .lst wou.illed the dog and felling was ileartich
r.: t.y thief, %%to found upon him a large sum
15 a sliver watch mid a few other articles of
Ta.Le lie plundered the - corpse, leaped upon the
one and fled.
Tne next tnorning, tWo wood cutlers, happening
inai pail %%ere surprised to fild three dead bod
es end a large dog, who seemed to be .garding
ilein They examined them and endeavored to
itYiire hie, but in vain. One of them dressed the
6OGIUS ul ilie gave him some food, and sought
.11rr:e for him, while the other hastened to
*sr. :;earebt inturm the magistrate of the
, : , very. The officer accompanied by several
so.ia 4:1 the spot ; a surgeon ex-
ara;:ifil the wounds of the three bodies ; they drew
rettml process and itrerred them.
Tae do_ had dragged t;imselt, in the course 01
ni4io. when all was quiet, to the corpse of his
mace?, where he WAS lontid the neat morning.—
Ile aloxed his new mends to dress his wounds,
tc.,i as d fueseeing that he must consent to live
he might one day avenge the murdered ; he
a.a al. I thank but would not leave the Spot. He
csrd on xe I v while they dug the g rave and
a. .seal them it, bury the bodies ; but as soon as
10.; f wa.s replaseJ, hestretched iiiinself upon
mournfully, and resisted all the efforts of
bystanders to induce him to move. He snap
;P.] a: all wlit; came near him, except the wood
:Lao \‘bo had tended him. He bore his caresses,
tat no sooner d d the man attempt to take his paw
:a remove him horn the grave, than he gnashed
site!h and would Lave wounded him severely
ti tie had not quickly lied. Every one admired
:oe ti,lelq of the Jog and when the woodman of
tete,' t.) Larry him mod and water every day, that
he inlght not perish, the magistrate proposed ta
op a collection to renumeraie the man, who
ryas poor and the tallier of a large family. With
Q.LE:utly he' was induced to accept the money; but
I€, finally did, and from that Moment burdened
tarnsell a rdt the careof his new pensior.er.
Toe details et this horrible event were publish•
el in the principal journals of the country.. M.
4 1.er, a brother of the butcher's, reading some
hale afterwards the advertisement of the magistrate
hastened instantly to his presence, saying he had
teat, which he believed now were only too well
hairin], that his brother had fallen into the hands
of robbers, as he had left home with a large sum in
'o.] for the purchase of beeves arul hail not since
Peen heard Irstrn, fits suspicious weris only too
'Li utii.ti turd when the magisirste reihlett to him
tr 'e singular condor( of the dog which he .described.
J 1 Meyer, accompanied by the officer and several
°: '.!Ts repaired to the grave. As soon as the dog
perceived fits maste's brother, he howled, lapped
and evinced numerous' other demonetta
lorn uf grief anti joy.
,By. different parts of his
die s, Meyer recognized the body of his brother
h en they disinterred it. The absence of the gold
dad the watch, the wounds of the butcher and his
L t hose of the two other bodies, together with
wn l 'huppearance of the horse, convinced the ma•
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gistnne and the witneases that the deceased had not
only been assailed by the two, but also by one or
several others, who had fled with the horse and the
plunder•
Having obtained permission M. Meyer, removed
his brother's corpse to his native village and inter-
red it in the adjoining cemetery. The faithful dog
followed the body, but by degreacbecame attached
to his new master.
Every effort was made by the most diligent search
and the offer of immense rewards, to discover the
assassins. But in vain ; the horrible tragedy re
mained an enigma.
Two years had passed away, and all hopes of
solving the mystery vanished, when M. Meyer re
ceived a letter urging him to repair without delay
to Leipzig to close the eyes of bis maternal uncle,
who desired to see him before be died. He im
mediately hastened thither accompanied by his
brother's dog, who wait his companion at all times•
lie arrived too late. His relative had deceased the
previoOs evening, bequeathing him a large fortune.
He found the city crowded, it being the season of
the great fair held regularly there, twice a year.
While walking one morning on the public square
attended as usual by his dog, he was astonished to
behold the animal suddenly rush forward like a
flash; He dashed through the crowd and leaped fu
riously upon an elegantly dressed young man, who
was seated in the tenter of the square, upon an el
evated platform erected for the Uke of those specta
tors who desired seeing the shows. Be held him
by the throat with so firm a grasp, that lie would
soon have strangled him, had not aid been instant•
ly rendered They immediately chained the slog
thinking of course he must be mad, and strove to
kill him. M. Meyer rushed through the crowd,
arrived in time to rescue his faithful friend, calling
eagerly in the meantime upon the bystanders to
arrest the man, for he believed his dog recognised
in him the murderer of his brother.
Before he had time to explain himself the young
man profiting by the tumult escaped. For some
moments they thought Meyer himself was mad,
and he had great difficulty in pursuading those who
had bound the dog, that the faithful creature was
not in the least q'langerous, and begged earnestly of
them to- release him that he might pursue the as
sassin. lie spoke in so convincing a manner that
his hearers finally felt persuaded of the truth of his
assertions and restored the dog to his freedom,
who joyously bounded to his master, leaped a few
times, and then hastened away.
He divided the crowd end was Mon tipna his
enemy's track. T;le police, which on these occa
sions is very active arid prompt ; were immediate•
ly informed of this extraordinary event and a num
ber of officers were soon in pursuit. The deg be
came in a few moments the object of public curi
osity, and every one drew back to give him room.
Business was suspended, and the crowd collected
in groups conversing of nought but the dog, and
the murder which had been committed two years
before.
Alter an hours expectation, a general rush indi
cated that the match was over. The man had
stretched himself upon the ground, under the hea
vy folds of a double tent and believed himself hid
den. But in spite of hie landed security, the aven
ger had_tracked him and leaping upon him, he bit
him, tore hie garments and would have killed him
upon the spot, had not the ass•stants rushed to his
rescue.
He was immediately arrested, and led with M.
Meyer and the dog, then carefully bound, before
the judge, who hardly knew what to think of so ex
traordinary an allay. Meyer related all that had
happened two years before and insisted upon the
imprisonment of the man, declaring that he was the
murderer of his brother lot his dog could not be de
ceived During all the time it was (bond almost
impossible to hold the animal who seemed deter
mined to attack the prisoner. Upon interrogating
the latter, the judge was not satisfied with his re
plies and ordered him to be searched. There was
found upon him a large sum in gold, some jewels,
and five watches, lour of them gold and very val.
uable, while the fifth was an old silver one, of but
little consequence. As soon as Meyer saw the last,
he declared it to be the same that his brother wore
the day Weft home, and the description of his
watch published months previously, corroborated
his assertions. The robber had never Jared expose
it, for fear it would lead to his detection, as lie was
well aware it bad been described very minutely in
all the principal intimate of Germany.
In short after the most minutely and convictive
legal proceedings of eight months, the murderer
was condemned to be broke alive and his corpse
to ten alp chained upon the wheel as an example
to others. On the night preceding his execution,
he confessed, amongst other crimes, what till then
he always denied, that he was the murderer 'el
Meyer's brother. He gave them all the details
above related and declared that lie always believed
that the accursed dog died 44 his wounds. "Had
it not been for him," he repeated several times, " I
should not have been here. Nothirg else could
have discovered me, for I had killed the horse and
buried him with all that he wore "
, He expired on the wheel and his was the corpse
which 1 beheld betore entering the city ol.Leipzig.
" BUT TS 'CAN'T Vole"—Great was the amaze
ment and dismay among the Irish laborers when
the sieam•shovels were first pm an Operation on a
certain section of the Vermont Central Railroad,
and one sif the sturdiest of the Hibernian'', after gaz
ing at his huge rival fur a few moments, thus apos
trophised the enemy : Well, faith, ye are a big
deg it of a baste, and mighty strong in the imams
may be, now, ye think yerself as good as an Irish
man, but (with a looker inefiablecontempi)
yer s&wl, ye can't vote r—Post.
ft"- CompunexTkay.—The Boston Mad says
that a number of ourang, ontangs can be seen pass•
ing along Washington street s every pleasant day in
the week.
PUBLISRED EVERY SATURDAY Tr TOWANDA, 'BRADrORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA dOODRICIII
BEEN
" 11.116ARDLESS OF DENUNCIATION PROM ANT QUARTER."
Dkk IMlley's Great Stamp Speech.
Fet.unv CrMIMS :—This are a day for the , pop
erlation of Boonville, like a. bobtailed pullet on a
rickety hennoost, u be lookin' op. A crisis has ar
riven—an someihin's bust I Where are we ! Here
I is, and Pd stand here and expirate from now till
the day of Synagogues, if you'd whoop for Daily
Fellow Citizens—Jerusalem's to pay, and we
hain't got any pitch. Our hyperbolical and majes.
tic canal of creation has onshipped her rudder, and
the Captain's broke his neck, and the cook's div to
the depth of the vasty deep, in search of dimond !
Our wigwam's torn to pieces, like *shirt on a brush
fence, and cities of these ere latitudes is a vanish
in' in a blue flame. Are such things lobe ail 1 I
ask you in the American F.agle, who whipped the
shaggy headed Lion of Great Britain; and now sits
a roostin' on the magnetic telegraph, if such doing
is goire to be conglomerated l I repeat to you in
the name of the peacock of liberty, when he's flew
in over the could-capped summits of the Rocky
mountains, it we's goin , to be extemporaneously
bigyogged in this fashion t
" 0, answer me !
' Lel me not bust in ig►norand,"
as ehakapeel says. Shall we be bamdoozlated
with each unmitigated ondaciousnessl Methinks I
bear you yelp—" No sir, hoes fly !" Then 'lent
me to Congress, and there'll be a revolution sure.
Fellow Citizens—lf I Was standin ) on the ada
mantine throne of Jubiter, and the lightnin' was a
clashin' around me, I'd continue to spout ! I'm full
of the (Min' lather of Mount Etny, and I wont be
quenched ! I've sprung a leak, and must howl like
a bear with a sore head. Flop together—jump into
ranks and bear me through.
Adler Citizens--You kr•.o* me, and rip my lungs
out with a mill grab if f won't stick to yer like brick
dust to a bar of soap. Where is my opponent !No
where ! I was bro't up among ye, feller citizens,
and papped in a school house, but he can't git me
with his hifaulin' words. Hictum, albranto, catnip,
Brazeel, Torjoottey, and Baffins Bay ! What do
you thing o' that t
Go it porkey—root hog or die !"
as Shakopee! said when Caesar stabbed him in the
House of Representative*.
Feller Citizens—'Lect me to 'Congress and I'll
abolish mad-dogs, mnaketeens, and bad cents, and
go in for the annihilation of nigger', camp meetings
and jails. I'll repudiate crows, and flustiftben
hocks have barn raisins every day—Sundays
ercepted---=and tiluor enough to swim a skunk.—
Yes, feller citizens, 'Sect me to Congress, and I
shall be led to exclaim in the sublime-n-the terrific
language of Bonaparte, when preachin in the wit
dernese—" Richard', himself agFin
On, then, onward to the polls—" gallop apace
firy looted steeds," and make the welkin' tremble
wi;h anti fpasmodic yells for Daily. Cock your
muskets, I'm comm.
Hence ye Brutes, broad aze and gl:►ry
Let's Licker.
A t AtnASNAKI: STORY —Last fall, a woman reu
siding in the vicinity of Worcester, was picking
blackberries in a field near her house, having with
her, het" :tray Child, a bright eyed little fellow of
less than a year old. The babe sat upon the ground
in an open opals, iirnDs?ng, itself with grasping at a
clump of yellow weed that grew within reach, and
eating berries that were brought him from time to
time by his mother.
The latter, at length, intent Upon gathering the
fine fruit, passed around a rock which hid herchild
from view. She, was about to return to him, when
hearing him laughing and crowing in great glee,
and thinking he [Mill be safe as long as he was so
happy, she remained a little longer where she was.
Suddenly the little voice ceased, and after anoth
er minute's delay, the young Mother stepped- upon
the rock and looked over, expecting to see her babe
asleep; and instead of which, he was sluing per
fectly motionless, his lips parted, and his wide
open eyes fixed with a singular expression. upon
some object winch at first she was unable to dis
cern.
Vet who can judge of her horror when on closer
scrutiny she perceived, some tour feet from the in.
Pant, a rattlesnake, with his glittering eyes fastened
upon his, and nearing him by an almost impercep
tible motion !
The eight nl her darling's peril, so nearly paraly.
zed her, that fur an instant she half believed the
dreadful fascination had Mended to herself :ebu t
the certainty, that, unless she was fbe instrument of
salvation to her child, he was inevitably lw.t, in
some degree restored her powers. She glanced
wildly around for something that might be used as
a weapon, but nothing appeared, and already the
venomous reptile had passed over hall the space
which divided him from his victim. Another mo
ment, and all would be lost! What could be done?
In her hand she held a broad do pais, and spring
ing from the rock, quick as thought shecracen34l the
snake with it, and stood span it to prevent his es
cape.
The charm was brolten ; the child moved, sway
ed to one aide, and began to sob. At the same time
the mother recovered her voice and screamed for
aid, retaining her position till it arrived, when the
cause of her terrible fright was dispatched.
A Goon Name—Always be more solicitous to
preserve your innocence than concerned to prove
it. It will never do to seek a good name as a pri
mary object. Like trying to be graceful, the effort
to be popular will make you contemptible. Take
care of your spirits and conduct and your reputation
will take care of your sell. The utmost that you
are called to do as the guatilia‘t of your reputation
is to remove injurious aspemtionti.
TASTE V`R R2A/AM.-1f I were to pray for a
taste which :should stand me instead under every
variety of circumstances and be a source of happi
ness and cheerfulness to me through life, and a
shield against its ills however things might go amiss,
and the %yolki frown against me, it would be a
taste for reading.
Incident In the battle of New Orleans.
A British officer, who was in the battle of New
Orleans, mentions an incident of thrilling strangeness
and one very descriptive of the Western hunter,
many of whom marched to the defence of New Or.
leans, as volunteers in the army under the renown
ed Andrew Jackson.
" We marched," said the officer, 4 in a solid col.
umn of twelve thousand, in a direct line upon the
American defences. I belonged to the staff; and
as we advanced, we watched through our glasses
the position and arrangements of nor enemy, with
intensity nn officer only feels when marching in
the jaws of death frith the assurance that, while he
thus oilers himself as a sacrifice to the demands of
his country, even action, be he successful or other.
wise, be judged wjth the most heanless scrutiny.
" It was a inane sight, that long range of cotton
bales—a new material for breast-work—with the
crowd of beings behind, their heads only visible
above the line of defence. We cou'd distinctly see
their long rifles laying over the bales, an d the bat
tery of General Coffee directly in our fr i ent, wiih its
great mouths garing towards us, as if waiting to de.
your us, and the position of Gen. Jackson, with his
staff around him. But what attracted our attention
most, was the figure of a tall man, standing .on the
the breast-works, dressed in linsey.woolsey, with
buskskin leggins, and a broad brimmed felt hat, that
tell around the face, almost concealing his features.
hie was standing in one of those picturesque grace
ful attitudes, peculiar to those natural men, dwell.
era in forrests. The body rested on the lett leg, and
swayed with a curved line'upevard ; the right arm
was extended, the hand grasping (he rifle near the
muzzle, the butt of which rested near the toe of his
right foot, while with the left hand he raised the
rim of his hat from his eyes, and seemed gazing in
tensely upon our advancing column. The cannon
of General Coffee had opened . upon us, and tote
through our ranks with dreadful slaughter; but we
continued to advance unwavering and cool, as if
nothing threatened our progress.
"The roar of cannon had no effect upon the figure
standing upon the cotton bales, but he seemed fix
ed and motionless as a statue. At last he threw
back the rim over the crown with his left hand,
raised the rifle to his shoulder, too aim at our group.
Our eyes were rivetted upon him ; at whom had
he levelled the piece? But the distance was so
great that we looked at each other and smiled.—
We saw the rifle flash, and my right hand compan.
ion, as noble a looking fellow as ever rode at the
head of a rigiment, fell from his saddle. The hun
ter paused a few moments, without moving the
gun from his shoulder, then reloaded, and assumed
his former attitude. Throwing the hat rim over his
eyes, and again holding it up with his left hand, he
Axed his piercing gaze upon as, as if hunting out
another victim. Once more, the hat rim was thrown
back, the gun raised to the shoulder. This time
we did riot smile, but cast short glances at each (At
er, to see which must die, and when again the rifle
flashed, another of us dropped to the earth. There
Naa something most awful in thus marching on to
certain, death. Gen Coffee's battery, and thousand's
of musket balls playing upon our ranks, we cared
not for—there was a chance of escaping unscathed
—most of us had walked as coolly upon batteries
a hundred times more destructive whhont quailing
—but to know every time that rifle was leveled
towards us, and its bullets sprang from the barrel,
one of us must su-el) tall ; to see the gleaming sun
flash as the deadly iron came down, and see it rest
motionless as if poised upon a rock, and know
when the hammer struck, and the spank flew to
the 101 l primed pan that the messenger of death
drove unerringly to its goat—to know this and still
march on, was awful. I could see nothing but the
tall figure standing on the breast-works—he seem.
ad to grow, phantom like, higher and higher, as.
summing through the smoke, the supernatural ap
pearance of some great spirit of death ; again did
he reload and discharge and reload and discharge
his rifle with the same unfailing result; and it was
with indiscribable pleasure that I belied I, as we
neared the American lines, the sulpherous cloud
gathering around us, and shutting the spectral hun
ter from our ;am. We lost the battle; and, to my
mind, the Kentucky riflemen contributed more to
our defeat than anything else, for weile he remain
ed to our sight, our attention was drawn from our
duties; and when, at last, a e became enshrouded
in the smoke, the work was completed, we were
in otter confusion, and unable in the extremity to
restore order sufficient to er:ake any successful at
tack. We lost the battle."
So long as thousands and thousands of rifles re
main n. the hands of the people—so long as men
come from their, childhood able, era the down up
pears upon the chin, to hit the centre of a mark or
strike the deer, at one hundred and fifty yards, in
the most vital part; so long as there is a great pro•
portion of the republic who live free as wild Indians
know no leader but their own choosing, knowing
no law but that of right, and the honorable obser
vance of friendly intercourse, America is uncoegur
able—and all the armies of the combined world,
though they might drive them from the east of the
Allegheny Mountains, would he able io subdue the
free•souled hunter amongst the mountains and great
prairie, and mighty rivers of the West,
RAILROAD DIALOGI7E.—R:IIIIO34 Official,-" You'd
better not smoke sir !"
Traveler—That's exactly just what my filen&
sal , !
Railroad Official—but you must not smoke here
sir !
Traveler—So my doctor tells me.
Railroad Official--<indignant)--but you shunt
, mokesir !
Traveler—" Ah ! just what my wife says sir."
If two hogsheads make a pipe, how many would
make a cigar 1
" IVood is ilie thing atter all." *silts man with
a oak leg said when the mai dog bit it.
The Mackerel Fisheries.
Probably but few are aware of the great extent
of the mackerel and other fiAhetiesi 01 this doontry.
It has been estimated that during the summer
months, or rather between June and November,
more than iskehty thousand vessels are constantly
engaged in the different kinds of fisheries, employ+
ing no Imre than 250,000 men. By a treaty with
Great Britain, American vessels are allowed the
privilege of fishing within certain limits of th Gulf
of St. Lawrence, and the quantity of fish taken from
this place atone, is truly astonishing. The toast of
Newfuumlland yields its codfish to the hardy sailor
from May until December, while the better class
of mackerel are taken from August to Oztober.—
Many mackerel, however, of a, proper class are
taken-along the South shore of our own country pri•
or to this, but as a general thing they are deemed
worthy of little notice. The bay 'of Chaleur, along
the coast of Prince Edward's Island, the Magdalen
Islandsand Northumberland Straits, are considered
the choicest mackerel grounds. Here the fleet of
vessels congregate at one time will often amount
to two thousand sail, although as a general thing
nut More thi n from two to four hundred vessels
sail in company. At nights, When the fleet is safe
ly anchored, the lanterns light on each vessel and
swung upon the shrouds, one may fancy they are
looking upon some huge city lying in repose, with
its lamps all trimmed anti burning.
The bate alone, which is ground up and thrown
to the fish to keep them about the vessel, is a very
large item in the expense of carrying on the trade
This is either herring, porgies, or clams, well salted
and cleansed, put up expressly for the purpose.—
The average cost of it is about three and a half dot(
tars per barrel, at least two barrels of which are
thrown away per day in good fishing. Allowing
at the time we are in the Gulf there were two thous
and sail, you then hate. 616,000 per day thrown
away to the fishes, or say $lOO per vessel for each
trip which is below the actual amount, and we
dins have the enormous sum of $200,000.
The method of taking the mackerel is-very sim
ple. The Vessel is " hove to," and men are ar
ranged on the " windward" side as many as can
conveniently stand from bow to stern. Each man
is provided with four lines, only two can be used
in fast Eshing. Oat each line is attached the hook,
which is sunk into an oblong bit of lead called a
"jig" A barrel is placed behind each man, into
which the fish are " snapped," as caught, the jiw
tearing out as easily as though made of paper.—
Oweitag to this tenderness of the jaw, the fish
must be hauled very carefully, though with Brea
rapidity. One man stands amidships,' throwing
the bait which has been careluljy ground, to keep
fire fi-h about the vessel while the hooks are baited
with any tough substance, either pork rind, a bit
of silver, or a piece of the mackerel itself. When
the fi-h bite rapidly, no sport is more exciting, a
dozen men wall often catch from thirty to filly bar
rels in an hoer. When caught they are split, gibb
ed, scrapped, washed in three waters, and then salt.
ed—the whole being done with astonishing celeri
ty.
PEACE AT Hoots—lt is just as possible to keep a
calm house a, a clean house, a cheerful house, an
orderly house, as a furnished noose, if the heads
set themselves to do so. Where is the difficulty of
consulting each other', weakness as welt as each
other's wants : each other's tempers, each others
characters Oh ! u is by leaving the peace at
home to chance, instead of pursuing it by system,
that so many houses are unhappy. It deserves no
tice, also, that almost any one can be courteous and
patient, in a neighbor's house. It anything go
wrong, or be out of tune, or is disagreeable there, it
is made the beet of, not the most ; even ellorts are
made to excuse it, show it is net ?eft, tt is at
tributed to accident, not to design ; and this is 110 1
only easy, but natural, in the house of a friend. I
will not, therefor4 - believe that what is so umbra'
in the house of another, is impossible at home, but
maintain without fear, that all the courtises of so
cial life may be upheld in domestic societies.
,A
husband as willing to be pleased at home, and 15
anxious to please as in his neighbor's house, and a
wife as intent on making things comfortable every
day to her family, as on set days to her guest,
could not fail to make their own home happy. Let
us not evade the point of these remarks, by recurr
ing to the maxim about allowance fix temper. ft
is worse than fogy to refer to ourtemper, unless we
could prove that we ever gained anything good by
giving way to it. Fits of ill humor punish us quite
as much, it not more, than those they are vented
upon; and it actually requires more effort, and in•
flicts more pain to aive them up, thou wo. hi be-re.
quisitu to avoid diem.
lismiso.—Bathing, after some fashion or Rooth.
er, may be regarded as the instinctive gratification
common to all living beings. It is a law imposed
by nature on all perspirable creatures. Historic pre
cedent and contemporaneous usage is in favor of
bathing, as not only a requirement of health, and
-cleanliness, but ass pleasure and recreation. A. 4
the bathingseason is now upon us, we give die fol
lowing directions to those who choose rivers and
the sea for their ablutions, as a means to prevent
'accidents by drowning. "Many are drowned by
raising their arms a ouvewater;the unbuoyed weigh
of which depress the head. Other animals have
neither motion nor ability to act in a similar man.
ner, therefu:e swim naturally. When a man falls
into deep water, he will rise to the surface, sirs
will continue there, if he does riot elevate his hands .
If he moves his hands strider water In any 'way ha
pleases, his head will rite so high as to allow him
liberty to breath•, and if he will use iris legs in she
act of walking (or - rather walking up stairs„) his
shoulders will rise above the water, sothat Ire may
use less exertions with his hands, or apply them to
some other purpose."
Is you grant a favor forgii It ; it you tec. iib One
remember
MTlrrl
Why,' , t<ays Thickscull " whence comes all
Ibis clamor about entilation 1 If so vital a ma.-
ter, why didn't the want out kill them I'd Ilto
to know I I mistrust : it's one of the new tangled
isms, and closely allied to Socialism and infidel
ity."
Most cOnsetvative Thickscull your forefathers
did not thrive in the absence of Ventilation but be
cause they had it. It is precisely because *e have
all departed, necessarily anti irrevocably, from
their habits that sgetial attention to (rentilation haa
become in) necessary. They lived far more in the
open air and less in crowded assemblages than the
present generation does ; they sat around huge fire
places which voraciously suckled the vitiated air
up the chimney. They slept ()kneel in spacious
unpanioned chambers and garrets, whence the stets
were visible through the crevices in the sides and
roof Such bedrooms needed no ventilators—need
none now. The miechiet is that ..you can not tiara
them, or will not sleep in thent. The hospitable
old fireplace has beets- narrowed and lowered, or
has given place to a stove or furnace ; the bed
room is ceded and papered ; the d.rore are listed,
the floors caulked, and the modern house, though
in some respects more commodious and comforta
ble, is far lees healthful and invigorating than those
it has supplanted. Hence the necessity fur bpeuis t
regard to ventilation.
There were hovels and dens of old, where 1114
poor herded in an atmosphere fouler, if possible,
than that of our modern chutelies during service,
and bur mansions on soiree nights ; and from these
Spotted Fever, Black Death, Plague, ant' other per
tilences went forth to devastate the world. If yoU
want these tesults of the wisdom of our ancestors
back await', just blunder on in defiance of the mo
nitions of science respecting respiration and air, an,l
you will probably be accommodated Yosk.
Tribune.
A Faac.ucx - r.—Swittly grid our years—they
follow each other like waves of the ocean. Ileum
ry calls u? the person we once knew—the wetter)
in which- we were once actors: they appear helots,
the mind like phantoms of a night Vision Behold
the body rejoicing in the glory of his soultliti
wheels of time cannot roll to taplilly for him—the
light of hope dances in his eye—the smile of ex•
pectation plays upon his lips—he looks forward (or
long years of joy to come, his spiiit burns is oho,
him when'he hears of great men, and mighty deeds
—he wants to be a men; he longs to mount the hill
of ambition, to tread the path of honor, to hear the
shouts of applause. Look at him again, he is now
in the meridian of life, care has stamped the a WI.
Ides on his brow, disappointment has dimmed the
lustre of his eye, sorrow has threwit its gloom upon
his tountenauce, he looks back upon the wak log
(beams of youth, and sighs for its futility ; each re
volving year seems to diminish his happiness', stud
he discovers that the season of youth vihe.le the
pulse of anticipation beats high, is the season of en
joyment.
Who is he of the aged locks His form is ben t
and tottery—his footsteps move more rapidly 101 ,
wards the tomb—he looks back upon the past--fits
days appear to be few, he confesses that they wets
evil, the magnificence of the great is to him van,-
ty,; the hilarity of youth, folly; he considers how
soon the gloom of death must shadow the one, and
disappointment the other, the world presents little
to attract, and nothing to delight him, still, howev
er, he would linger in it, and still he would length
en out his days—though of " beauty's bloom, of
fancy's flash, of music's breath," he is forced to ex
claim, "I have no pleasure in them." A few yeats
of itArrtity, insanity and pain, must consign him to
idiocy or the grave—yet this was the gay, the gen.
erous, the high-Booted boy, who beheld his artenu
ing path attetsed withcut a thorn. Such is human
life, but each cannot be the Ultimate destinies Of
man.
IDLE DAUGHTLII6.—" It is," says Allis. Ellis , " a
most painful spectacle in families where the mother
is the drudge, to see the daughters elegantly dress
ed, reclining, at their ease, with their drawing, their
music, or their fancy work, and the.t reading;
themselves ol the lapse of hours, days and
weeks, and never dreaming ol their responsibilities,
as a neeessary consequence of their neglect ol duty,
growing weary of their useless lives, laying hold of
every newly invented stimulant to rouse their
drooping energies and Warning their late, when
they dare not blame their God, for having placed
them where they are."
"These individuals will often tell you with ate
air of affected compassion—fur who can believe it
real!—that poor dear mother is working heist(' to
death."
Yet no sooner do you propose that they should
assist her, than they declare she ►s quite in het ele
ment—in short that she would never be h, , ppy if
she. had only half as much us du."
Tom —Thought engenders thought. Piece one
idea upon paper, another will ftillow it, and still
another ; until you have written 5 page. You can
not fathom your mind. There is a well of though t
there which has no bottom ; the more you draw
from it, the more clear and fruitful it will be. If
you neglect to think yourself, and cse other pee.
plti'is thoughts, giving them utterance only, you will
wester know whin you are capable df. At 'first yo , ,ir
ideas may come in lumps—homely and' 14,apek•ss,
but no matter—time and persereighce will arrange
and refine them. Learn to think, and you will
learn to write—the more you think, the !miter you
express your ideas.
Wetoutih admire tt,e r hurchwardera's aide who
were 10 thumb dcr t',:e fir.t timein her life, when
her husband warchnrchwartlen, and being some.
what late . the cong,ergathm e•ere cuing up front
their knees at the time she entered, a hen she, Gatti,
with a sweet contlesentling *mile," Pray keep yew r
Seats, ladies, and geu►lemee ; I adult no mote of
myself than f dui berate,
Isase MEM Ys