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TOWANDA:
CiatabaD Morning, Dec
itlrrtft Vuttrii.
NIGHT.
Non is the time for rest ;
How sweet, when labours close,
To gather round an aching breast .
The curtain of repose ;
Stretch the tired limbs and I ty the head
Upon our awn delightful bed !
Nicht is the time for dreams,
The gay romance of life ;
When truth that is and truth that seems
Blend to the fantastic guile;
Alt ! rt,tons less beguiling far
Than waking dreams by daylight are!
Night is the time for toil
To plough the cla4stp field,
Intent t find the buried spoil
Its .wealthy furrows yield •
Till.ail is ours that sages taught,
That poets rang, or heroes wrought.
Night is the time to weep;
'ro wet with unseen tears
Those graves of memory where sleep
The joys of other years ;
Hopes that were angels in their birth,
Bet perished young, like things of earth I
Night is the time to watch
On ocean's dark expanse,
To hail the Pleiades, or catch
The full moon's earliest glance,
That brings unto the homesick mind
All we have loved and left behind.
Night is the time for este ;
Brooding on hours misspent,
To see.tbe spectre of despair
Come to our. lonely tent;
Like Brows. midst his slumbering host,
Startled by ,Clestr's stalwart ghost.
'tight is the time to muse ;
Then from the eye the coal
Takes flight, and mitt expanding views
Beyond the starry pole,
Detcrres athwart the abyss of idea
The dawn of uncreated
Night is the time to pray ;
Our S'ariour oft withrithak
To desert moutotainS far away,
So will his followers do
Real from the'thronz to haunts nntrod;
And hold communion there with God.
TIIE FEROCITY OF ST. JUST.
FEROCITY OF
historical Aorcdote or 1791.
" Here comes a messenger from the enemy, evi
ler repre.enialive, who looks as if he was sent in
wale us to replenish our exhausted stores from the
dept of his Imperial Majesty, the Emperor of
Lis . r .1."
.'• From ihe depot of the Auistrian tyrant, you
gv.uhl say, - interrupted rudely a young man,' whose
fierce and domineering deportment contrasted
ravgi.ly %vial his delicate and elleminate appear
The tart speaker wee the representative St. Just,
who adopted this mode of giving a lesion in repub
lican manners to General Charbonnier, an old sot
(iler—a brave, (hough easy and good-humored man
—who had been raised by the strange vicissitudes
of the times from the ranks to the command of the
army of the Moselle, and who seal then occupied
in besieging the fortress of Charleroi.
" Citizen General," continued the anegent Pro
emial, is if you are ignorant of the langele of re.
pablicanism, you ought at least to understand your
duty as a soldier. The republic exPeas You to 're
ceive the enemy with powder and ball. Let that
fie' of trace be fired upon at once I"
Charbonnier was for a trio:herd thimderstrOck ;
he hesitated, but only for an instant. The poiers
of the Proconsul was unlimited ; bib orders Were
preemptory • toe General had learned obedience in
ta e ranks. T.. have no discretion," said he to him
self ;"it is front face! forward march !" And he
prepared to obey a command which set at defiance
every principle of civilized warfare when a simul
taleon burst of disapprobation, mingled with
threads and entreaties, arose from the officers and
',loops who had witnessed this extraordinary scene
"Stay a moment, General," said the unmoved
Si Jot ; a; :d then casting a sinister and malignant
look upon the officers who had / dared to disapprove
of his conduct ; " This is not the first time I have
had occulon to suspect your patriotism, unworthy ,
vervan's of a free nation," he exclaimed, " nor shall
you escape the penalty you have incurred ; but
' , lre you are willing to see the camp-ground of a
r•publican army soiled by the feet of a slave of des
i"ism, bring the Austrian before me, and 1 will
snow you how the lepreeentative of a tree people
receives the envoy of a tyrant."
A "Perim officer of the Austrian army was then'
introduced, with the usual formalities observed on
such occasions. He war the bearer of proposals
for the surrender of Charleroi—a most mihoped for
pieut of gond fortune for the French army, which
the reeklesmeneonsul. had forced to cross the Sam-
WI and taken up its present position in a state of
entire inefficiency,, either as to numbers or . materi.
lir for the achievement of the purpose be had in
well. The moment, however, that the Austrian
Presented to the General the papers containing the
condi:ions upon which,kwas proposed that the for
tress should capitulate, St. Just snatched them tim
idly from his hand, tore them to pieces, and tram
pled them under his feet; then, waving his band
with an insolent gesture toward', the city, he :said
to the envoy :. is Slave! go back to your master,
and tell him I want neither papers nor messages
ion him; I am here to take possession of chide
and he must surrender it at once without condi-
I mo, or his blued, and the blood of all who dwell
therein, be on his head."
1r vain wan all remonstrance: in-vairdid Char.
bonnier and his office rs repieeemtlo the infuriated
Proconsul that thty,Were :WithiMt . the necessary
material to carry on the Siege with etficiencji ; that
the soldiers Were witholit payi ill clad, and almoin
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without positions ; that, for lack of proper camp
eqiiiiage, the army was exposed to• the inelomee.
cy Or the weather, in a daMp and unhcirdthy manah,
and•that sickness was already throning the rank* at
a fearful rate. In vain did they assure him that if
the Dutch and German forces, which were on their
march to relieve Charleroi, should arrive before the
bcr 11,1852.
city was taken, not only Would its capture be im•
possible, but the very existence of the French di
vision be jeoparded by the vast numerical superiori•.
ty nt the enemy. No consideration could move the
wilful obstinacy of St. Just ; he ordered the Austrian
away from the camp, and, as the only answer to
the remonstrances of the General, gave directions
that a battery ol• heavy mortars should be immedi
ately planted behind the foremost trenches. If this
was not in position and ready to bombard the city
by break of day on the morrow, he swore he would
have the corn mancler-in-chiei, the general of artil
lery, arid the chirf of 'the engineers shot before the
eyes of the army.
The ferocious character of St. Just was too well
knbwn to admit ot any doubt that he Would carry
into execution his sanguinary threat, if his order
were not obeyed to the letter ; and incredible efforts
were made to comply with his requisition. Innu
merable artificers were set ',lO work to place the
damaged and wayworn park of artillery into the
highest alma of efficiency of which it was capable.
the oonatry for leugues around was ransacked for
pickaxe*, Arise:lle, and other tools for the comple•
on of the itettehes and ihe construction of the bat•
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committed lb Captain de Mersa, an old artillery
officer of grBat &Orli And experience, who, it was
not doubted, would eg u opt his instructions, if it
was to the range of pant ibiliried tb do so. De Me.
nil was an anbietit chetah& tot the proscribed order
of St. Lew, whose ardeht love di ebehtry had re
called him to her banners, although the dynasty
which he had served With so much devotion in his
youth had crumbled before the rude anoint of re
publicanism, and he, with numbers of hls friend*
and compatriots Ur arms, had been driven into pot
erty and exile, degraded ftom their rank and des
poiled of their wealth and honors. Jo nine the re
publican army as soon as the first hostile foot had
pressed the soil of Frarce, the gallant tild chevalier
had been awarded a grade which, however inferior
to that which he had formerly filled, or to that
which his proficiency in the military art entitled
him to, soon enabled nim, by the exhibition of sour
age unsurpassed and skill unequalled. in its ranks,
to command the confidence of his superiors and to
acquire the respect and affection of his men.
It was nightfall before a sufficient quantity of mi
ning u eritilit hail been collected ; rind while these
wire being transported in wagons to the, advanced
works where Dellierai and his detachment were
already posted, they Were intercepted by a tecon•
noiteritel patty born the fortress, and taken. Pa
tiently dining the nipt did the old chevalier and
his gallant band persevere, with their few tools and
inefficient force, in the prosecution Of their work,
and eagerly and anxiously did they look for the ad
ditional supply of utensils Sled men which were to
enable them to complete their undertaking; Morn •
ing dawned, and neither relief nor assistance Came;
but in their place appeared the fierce Proconsul,
Who had arisen before the break of day, and came
to be Veered that his orders had been obeyed, or
to elect the fearful penalty he had threatened.
In vain was the Misfortune which bad befallen
the relief party explained to him ; in vain was the
impossibiliy ot,elecutine the work without addi
tional mitt and utensils represented to him. Si.
just R>is inexorable ; his siipptistised fury teemed
to hive concentrated itself into a blood:thine, and
lintel purpose of revenge againie the gallant old off
car who commanded the detachment. tie ordered
'De Moms to be Shot on the spot, and, as if to ag
gravate the severity of his sentence, he called upon
a platoon of, his own artillerymen lb eieecne his
bloody sentence upon their captain. The men ap
peared to waver for a moment ; for vine instant the
reign of discipline restrained them, but in the heat
a hundred muskets were levelled at the heart of the
Proconsul. The tyrant trembled and named pale..-
a word, a look, a motion from the chevalier, and
the, sanguinary wretch would have been swept into
eternity by a hail storm of lead and fire ; but De
Meras threw himself before him ; at the word of
command his men brought their pieces to the haul
der, and St. Just, taking advantage of the flee:ness
of his horse, placed himself out of gunshot as quick
ly as possible.
Scarcely had the Proconsul reached the camp be
fore an order was dispatched for De Meras to ap
pear before him. Diemen conjured him to fly, or
at least to refuse obedience to the summons, pledg
ing-their lives to perish before they surrendered
him ; but the Chevaliet, pointing to the flag of his
country, exclaimed, -I think you so ill ol• me as to
wry.e that the fear of death' in any form will in
duce me to lolled those colors, or, worse, array
myself against them V' They would have accom
panied him, swearing to make a rampart about him
with their bodies ; but he appealed to their stmse
of they and of discipline, and left them, thieving
his second in command to keep them in position
till relieved by orders from the camp.
Rot a short tune elapsed aver De Menu, had ar
' rived at headquanets before a
,valley o f musketry
was heard. The faithful artillerymen could no Jon•
ger be restrained ; they rushed in mere to the tent
of the remesemmlive, but only in time to see the
body of their heire old captain, 'mewed by . a dozen
'balls, still .witthing the agonies of death. Trans
ported :with; Ind, mitering cries of vengeance, they
overthrew' every ohescle and sought St. len
throughout the estop it Waif too late ; the , trienster .
had-escaped in flute, and niothing:'wtui , siten of hint
but hie lette: pn horseback, dtellPi*httee the mar
gin-ofa plain' Of peat extent. -
The vengeance of these braves, however, would
'Only 'have been 'deferied - ; not Mk had net rileOeh
decreed.a.deett, mom, infamous_ than they contem
plated el afeeelty ior sockdeeds. of infamy. As:
might-hatiettan foreeeetyhoiveverr, the army of
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PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD 'COMITY, PA., BY E. O'IEARA GO'ODRICIL'
Thb superintendence of the works was
iiSeiithOirSO Or MOVONOVii/ON riOie s t i rQUlTr/AP
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the Absent% a 'WWII to the rashness and incapaci
ty of Si Just, was obligedto raise the siege of Chat ,
leroi by the edema° of the united bees of kaunits
and the Prince of Orange. Overpowered' ty
hers, the French recrossed IhdSambre, legging part ,
of their artillery and a great number of prisoners in
the hands of the enemy. Uniting with the corps
which Jourdan led to their assistance, they formed
the army of thiSambre and the Meuse, which, un•
der the command of that marshal, performed such
glorious feats of arms.
Ater a considerable length of time, fit Just made
his appearance hi his old capacity of commissioner
at the headquarters of this army. Apparently, he
had no apprehension of meeting the old artillery
men of the unlortunate De Maras t but they had
not lorgo.ten him. One clay, when visiting the out
ports, surrounded by a numerous escort, from a
coppice near at hand arose a furious cry of " Death
to the assassin !" accompanied, by a shower of
balls, which strewed the ground with numbers of
innocent victims, but lelt the terrified Proconsul an
i harmed. He fled to Paris. escaping front the mus
ketry of the artillerymen only to lose his head with
Robespio.re and h.s companions upon the scaffold.
A Beautiful Picture.
The man who stands upon his wan soil who feels
by the laws of the land in which he lives—by the
laws of civilized nations—he is the rightful and ex
clusive owner, of the land which he tills. is by the
constitution of our nature under a wholesome in
fluence, not easily imbibed from ary other sauna.
He feels—other things being agnal, more , strongly
than another, the character of a man is the lord tif
an inanimate world. Of this great and wonderful
sphere, which fashioned by the hand of God, and
upheld by his power, is rolling through the heavens
• part of his—his from the centre to the sky. It is
the space on which the generation moves in its
round of duties, and he feels himself connected by
a visible link with those whci follow him and to
whom is to transmit a
.home. Perhaps his farm
has come down to him from his fathers ; but he can
trace their footsteps over the scenes of his daily la.
bars. The roof *Filch shelters him was reared by
thrift, to Whom he ewes hit being. Some inter
esting domestic tradition is connected with every
enclosnre. The favorite tree was planted by his
father's hand. He sported in boyhood beside the
brook which still winds through the meadows.—
Through the field lies the path to the village school
of early days. lie still hears from his window the
voice of the Sabbath bell which called his fathers to
the house of God ; and near at hand iS the spot
where his parents are laid down to rest, and where,
when his time has come, he shall be laid I y his
children. These are the feelings of the owners of
the soil. Words can't paint them—gold cannot buy
them ; they flow out of the deepest fountains of die
heart, they are life springs of a fresh, healthy and
generous national character.—Ed. Everett.
Jeans Bo wia.—The author of the' Bowie K
was born in Logan county, Ky., in 1796. At the
age of 18 he left his lather and settled in Louisiana
where for some yiars he supported himself by saw
ing plea With a whipsaw, and boating down the
flaYon on which he lived. At the age of maturity
he wits a feet 11111, was well made, and weighed
180 lEs. hitting and hunting afforded him span,
in which he Wia riChless and daring, being noted
lot romping and riding alligators. At one time he
and two brothels speculated in negroes plethased of
the notorious Lafitte, by whfch the brcitheri amass
ed $65,000, which they soon spent, being of a gen•
owns, frolicking, free-hearted disposition. games
afterwards male 815,000 by speculating in land,
but soon spent the entire amount, caring nothing
for money, save treating his friends in a generode
sumptoOtts manner, when at New Orleans, or some
other town. The famous knife he fashioned and
had made to suit his fancy by a common black
smith, about the year 1826, for a hunting knife; but
in this year Bowie beboming eulis:ed in politics
with ell the enthusiasm of his nature, hi a political
alteration he was shot and wounded severely in the
breast when , he had a neat scabbard made for his
hunting knife, which he ever after wore until his
death.
This chtthmstenue gave notoriety tit the knife to
gether with many tragical scenes in which (he
" Bowie Knife" was used. In 1839 Bowie went
to Texas and became timed for daring exploits in
hunting, fighting Indians, Sze , married the daughter
of Ex Governor Berymenda, and, as will be recol
lected, closed his career at the bloody battle of the
Alamo, in 1836, aged about 40 years.
SLEEPING IN M CETING.—In one of Our Churches,
an old gentleman, a worthy gentleman of the Chris
tian persuasion, fellasleep and began dreaming that
Ite ‘ was on a hunting excursion. All of a sudden to
the astonishment of everveody, he bellowed 0ut.1. ,
u Fetch him, Dash! a glorions shot—three wood.
cocks with one barrel!! hurrah for me!" and he
arose from his teat and cheered lustily. He awoke
himself by Its htilooing, and immediately seized
his hat and walked out, blushing like -a red pep
per.—Cin. tom. •
A Roue T=o.-4 Gaigow paperiays: "Jack,
newly oh a voyage, and, elevated by data of
grog, is a queer animal. One of this blase Wei
poisoner the other dal , in a 'stinted earflap be:
-tween Greenock - and Port Glasgow, in which was
a clergyman. Jack was not seMpuloni in his Ara;
neology, and the clergyman in a Solemn tone , ex
pressed his fear that the young iban Was on 'the
road to the devil.. " Well, it drink matter much,"
replied Jack ; rr 1 have got a return 'ticket."
pyr
.POBlO, the portrait painter, Phis . : that . eTery: ,
thicg ahottid be in character.._ For itianutee, search
.warrants should be -printed on "tracing paper,"
and: weddingnotea. 'on u foolscap." • -
Otryber• 7 B !Tim in ib i s . 41 bQ ie Paid
to hive loveral room of. a stump speech. Bois
looking*" the key of aloop.lock. -• • - •
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Tait
What, in a &oral sense, is called Teat, is(when
joined to wickedneis, the most: hateful, bat when
connected with goodness, the most *mishits quality
belonging to man. There is a roigh,..nufriendly
Manner ofdoing a kindness, which/is unfit to be
used to a common beggar, but which pains and
disgusts the man of honor. There is snots:, well
meant perhaps, but rude indelleate manner, where
by the.benefit loses its power to give pleasore, or to
conciliaf6 ttb' one on whoM it is bestowed ; and it
becomes to him allowing] oftener more oppress
ive burden than the one from which it was intend
ed to relieTO him.
The true secret df benevolence is to know bow
to hide, or at least to undervalue, the benefit, that
the uttionunaos person may, be spared the mortifi
cation of having his necessity and his dependence
understood ; that there may be less the appearance
of making him a debtor than that of putting the
donor under an obligation. By sparing in this way
the feeling of honor, the most unimportant service
may receive s value, a power to attract and to re
tain affections, which, without it, the greatest sac
rifice would not have.
" You are riding a go , il and very quiet horse,"
said Turrenne to one of his officers, who etas in
fact mounted on an old and worthless animal, but
was too poor to provide himself with a better.—
" My horses are, for an old man like me, too fiery
and spirited ; yea wilt do me a favor if you will
exchange." It is perceived at once that this ex•
change was a present, and for a man like Tonne
no very great one ; but bow kind and graceful was
the manner in which it was made ! How much
must the officer have felt boind to tho. man who
united, with attention to his usceseities, so much
consideration for his honor!
Rebukes are from their nature morti fy ing and ha.
miliating ; and when spoken with the rode tone of
superiority, they must embitter rather than improve
those to whom they are addressed. And here, too,
there is a kind, mild way, by which the reproof
may lose its harshness, bat not its effect. Its effect
indeed, by such means, may be more sure and
large. Turrenne, who understood so well the man
ner of doirg a kindness, did not less understand the
way to administer the rebuke.
The soldiers under his command once plundered
a castle which they had taken by storm. They
found in it a lady of tonderful beauty, and brought
her, as the best part of the booty, to their comman
der.• Turenne who did not feel at all flattered
the attention, sent immediately for the husband of
the unfortunate lady. Here sir," said he, " re.
ceive bark your wile ; you must thank my brave
Soldiers for the protection of her honor. They were
filled with admiration for so much beau'y ; and to
secure her Irom any harm from ill•disposed persona
they brought her lo me, their commander."
HINTS (IN MANweak—Never enter a house with
your ehoes loaded with ihdd.
Always remove your hat or cap from your bead
before entering a parlor.
Never rudely stare people hi the lace. But if
you are bonvershig with any one look dim in the
lace with a cheerful, dignified, and respectable as.
snrance.
To ware idlfr or Wadi} at itningtiri, of any one
is ezceetlingly itnpollte,rl. Mark of &breading.
Be polite, modest, and respectful to eiery one.
What is more unlovely end' disgusting in eon:
duct, than to see a mere stripliiig youth assuming
an air dealt importance towards hii fellows.
In going about the house, step lightlY and quick.
ly. Never walk with a heavy, dragging step.
Never go slipshod, with your shoes Untied or
down at the heel.
Meyer slam doors or window shutters.
Be cautious and gentle in all your movements,
as all polite tind genteel boys and girls are.
Never be clownish. tome rude boys stem to
pride themselves in low vulgar tricks, antic ges.
turee, foolish jesting, and cant phrases, for the pur
pose of eieitiiig laughter. Foolish persona may
laugh at it, bat persons of good common sense look
upon such behavior with disgust.
By all means never get the habit of smoking or
chewing tobacco
Some boys think that such a practice will make
hem men, or manly. This is very foollsh and mis•
aken idea—it makei loafers of them instead of
IMI
Sam Hyde was a tame Indian, end a Most nob ,
dons liar. ds one occasion he isoli a man a deer
he had shot and left on the spot where he had kill
ed him—the purchaser to be at the trouble of send
ing fir him. Sam described the locality Where the
deer was to be lound.
" In a certain field, near the creek, end finder
he big elm tree."
The misssehger returned without bringing the
deer There *as no deer there ! When Sam, who
had been paid in advance was overhauled for his
fraud, - ,he answered
ei Yon found the field M
41 yes./4
" You found the creek i"
"yin
al Yoe foetid the big elm tree I"
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is Toil head no deer in
18 No."
14 Well, three truth% to of fie to OM} gala (OF
an tadiu t" ,
I-su now *bent to dd lor you orbit the devil nes•
audit by yon. said &quaint parson in his vaiedio.
tory 16 his flock, That is I - shall tease yoii.
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Wiwrzul collet in • noticing& new and spien•
did hearse, dunks is wilt afford miloh fatistablion
to those'Who Use t
- Racal.; mallet amens .1611 the , lese ;a man
kneTs, , the *idea he terriee inbuth open: Ede
He
„Mye-1 1 .1:t u'!nappeell4olpr,.9 Ignorautue'lp
,keei hie ) pit ie'kir, a Mak oyster ie keep
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The fallowing (tenant enhiid l the variant quid.
ifiCetioll6 of the Exeritption itio now in fine in
theeevend States named
. .
Prilaine.-t- . A lot of land, dwelling hones and out
buildings thereon ae'shalt not exceed five hundred
dollars in value.
Vermortf.—The homestead of every Loose keep.
er, of a bead,of a family, to the is of five ban
dred dollars. '
Massackusetts.—The lot and building% thereon oc
cupied as a residence, to the value of five hundred
dollars.
New York —The lot and buildings thereon occu
pied as a residence, to the value of one thousand
dollars.
MarylaiuL—All real estate acquired by marriage
during the life of the wife from execution of debt
from husband.
Georgia —Twenty acres °fiend, includingdwell
ing•house ani improvements, not to exceed two
hundred dollars—and the additional amount of fire
acres for each child under fifteen years of age.
Florida.—Forty acres of land to every farmer,
and to every house Ikeepter residing io a town or a
city, and provided such does not exceed in value
font hundred dollars.
Texas.—Two hundred acres of land, when not in
ally town or city lots, not to exceed In value two
thonsand donate.
Ohio —Every frailly a hod - mita not exceeding
five hundred dollars in value.
Nada/pm—Forty Beres, with dwelling-honse and
appurtenances, when not in town or ;ifin a
town or city, a lot and dwelling house not to exceed
in value fifteen hundred dollars.
Illinois—Let of ground and WM* crocupied
thereon u a residence, not exceeding iii , isTue one
thousand dollars.
Loma.—Forty acres of land, not in a town or city,
or houses and lot in a town or city, not exceeding
five hundred dollars.
Wisconsin —Forty acres of land, not in a town or
city, or a town and city lot not exceeding one knuth
of so acre
California.—The homestead Consisting of a quan
tity 01 land, together with the dwelling-bouse there
on, and its appurtenance., and not exceeding in
value the sum of five thousand dollars
New Jersey —A homestead to each head of a
family, being the family residence, to the value of
five hundred dollars, not to be assets in the hands
of the administrator, but to remain for the. benefit
of the widow, and until the maturity of the last Mi.
nor child
South Carolina.—A homestead of fifty acres of
land including the dwelling-house and appurtenan•
ces, not to extend to any property situated within
the limits of any city or town corporate.
HOU' cc ACCIDLNT Ccm.—Few people have an
idea of the numerous vexations attending•on keep
ing a large public establishment, or understand the
cares of a land! otd. For Instance, a negro approach
ed the other day, dud Cthitmenced with—
" Nadi, you know dery big gimes shades what
am aribe last bight.
" Well," said the master.
" Well, dirt was pot in Je atoregoom," contirm.
ed the boy. •
"Welt," continued the Mister looking inquir
Welt- ,
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kid told Me to bring dem out, and=z
" Well," laid the muter impatiently,
" *ell; Ida a. f was gwine to do—"
"You let it 'fall intl broke d, you Oarless @coon
drel," anticipated the master.
" No, I did'nt nudder," said the negro silkily.
Well, what thetl,'' Said the landlord reedier
mg.
cg Why, I struck kim again de corner ob rte shell
and tie brake himielt all to pieces."
No MAN Itndwa *held, silitins, at *hom, he'll
marry. It's all noneene planning and Speculating
about it. You might as well look out lor a spot to
fall in a steeple chase. You come smash down in
the very middle of your speculations.
KT What meaning and unique expression - Was
that of a young Irish girl, who was rendering testis
mony against an individual, in a New Orleans court,
cation time since. Arrah, sir," said she, " I'm
sure he never made his mother smile" There - is
a biography of unkindness in that simple sentence ;
VT' A dandy is a thing that wobld
Be a young lady if he could ;
But, as he eati't, does ell he eat!,
to dhow t h e world he'd ribt a Man.
ton qLarrel with your will, my hind; and
why you not thing and wish alike 7" n God
knows we do!" said poor Candle, " each of km
wants to be master."
" Alwaya be prepared for death" Tnis was the
admonition of a Siissoiiri elder, as be placed In hilt
son's belt two bowie knives and &pair at revelvera
Ccir I hope you viill be be to kuppri ma, said
a yodng lady while walking out one evening with
her intended, daring a somewhat slippery State o
eide:walits.
't Vy, 4 , 44," loathe bditi 'vim William akin
it with • lade occasional mistime from your fa
dor."' 'Thin. au some conlbsion anal profeiiind
knob.
• (i4iiNartebst totw.—litentio laid, 4E I've
knows again of all meanies. The Italian loin.
in only beliailis in the linearity of her tweet when
he is tOitiy to commila, 'crime for her; the l i ng.
fish woman when he is disposbd to bs doWnright
mad in her behalf; and the. French tend= *heft
he is dispelled *IWO iiitsiSSll Silly and ridieii•
ions fOr her lige:"
4 . eine &Sip . Esis (a
itand up and julrip under hirnielf, tam mound and ,
-jampliiiiio himself and. thio turn beck snit fon*
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A Mir dtqa since,' Oiled into ihreabop des
horn.dreeser. This behmis to the gild stage of
business There were "lige buftido' Mins, first
steeped in cola iliferoben antcsftethat
cut-into lengths. The first would be for knife han
dles; and perlinPathirsiticind:, 'Thaiire pdi into'
a kind of a hot iron viee", oral/risked UM, abape.
Then the next length is taken ea thtfittride par
ed ; 'and then it is put into a hot press and subject':
ed to a severe precaure, p hirihrodt rramooth piece ,
of twin, quite like ilre plain comb top' The edged'
perhigs; Will need' a little pairing a pair of
-shears, and then it is ready to be' serif away to an
other manufactory, where it is subjected to'thd mad
chinery, which makes the only plain piece of hont
into two very nice combs, only they are-rather
rough.. 'This is to be remedied by another proem,'
which consists of filing anti then polishing. Then
they have to be bent and toady stiched upon cards,
and packed in parcels ready for transportation td
various parts of the World . . .
Oily think, girls, what a traveler has been a lief.'
tato horn side-comb that you toss about carelessly.
Once it decorated the head of some flee' wanderer
in the great forests of Africa. It vial rudely rifled
from that head i that it might grace genii tratirathutt:
is fair one. Rut before this could be, whet a pro,
cess it must require!, Carried in the hold of soots
ship to England, unlidehed, and then traniphilei
to this mucky town, tottered by the 110 passed
through fiery trial', and then exposed again to' the
racking tortures that tiguiglit it to the utilitarian form
of a comb.
The buffalo horn needs no staining. ; The prat.'
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ing f s sufficient to fit' M rich, dark Bathe
horns of neat cattle require staining, which is done
by aquafortis, alter the first pressing. This mostly
data by fetish.. But mog dill. labor ui Cogged
too hail, Ohl is requires greger physical stranrb
thin they are *opposed to points.
The hoofs oiled. us also made inici
toitltt—
Tbe process is somewhat similar to that eripleyad
with the horn. They require more acetic% end of
course a deal of hard pressing, to ru aio . them
straight ; but ten chancei to one, the comb ffist
fastens back the curls of some of the fairest of the
girls, were originally the hoof of some patient ox.
Mutates Mutandi! who would have dreathed that
the poor worn out hoot of the patient toiler for out
bread would have become an ornament to the bead
of woman? .
To think of the vast capital omploYed and the
number of hands that are employed, constantly
occupied, the ships that navigate the seas, and that
merchant's skill, and energy in disposing of the pre.
duct, one would suppose that these were among
the essentials ofexistence. And yet, far front' it.---
The old grandmother who braided her heir, and
faitened it in It knot with a wooden pill, was just
.Comlortable in that regard as her great grand
daughter who is.aupplied with this modified hoof
or horn in the ihape 6f a comb. She was just aa
happy. Alter all what is required but conformity
to those drounil us? No matter how absent m it.
self a thing may be, it only requires the sanction of
the totilutude to make it ifie Molt desirable thing
on eartho-;-Eng paper.
A Famcc.nman's Farr.--A Frenchman erion the
toad on Fiat day," told a boy td 4, bold lsll horse
" Fait, you mean, don't ycitt sir 1" innOthgated
the lad.
. Veil, tart den ;I ad Underhand die."
" There gads a fait bone," exclaimed a btatan.
der, ae a lively tidbit* nag streaked by.
re I s ear VP herfohtly enquired the atofilshe.l
Frenchman, 1 ‘ flare is von hark fait, end he goes
like sunder ail its time ; iare is my Wake he is
lascaltd lie no move."
Fist Day In reality, by the appearance
of the road," 'said another.
On, I se den," said monsieur, I , b r dis n fast
day every thing is fiat, and the folks tat eat noth
ing and are slow ib fast. Vot a countiie !"
Kr" you wish to drive a tint nail into a hard
ooard or an oak plank, and ndt have it break or
bend, jost have a title oil neat by, and dip the end
of the nail into it below driving and it will never
Fail to go.
Mr... Harris says that there is one thing that puz
zles her, and that is where the sailors get their fresh
breezes from in saltwater.
The New England Farmer inquires " what ctices.
should farmers, keep r Dobbs suggests that they
should keep their Olin ! es ierious inconveniences
often arise from a propensity to keep those belong.
ing to other folks.
Naomi, the daughter of Enoch, was not toatrieti
until ?he *as five hnnnred and eighty years old I-6
Be of good cheer old maids, you yet have a hope.
Tito Mat have the meat— the poor a better app.-
ti.e. the rich lay on the softest cushions—the poor
steep the soundest. The o t h hang the mse l ve s
through fear of Poveny—die poor, (such as have
shills beim poor) laugh, sing acid love their wives
slid babies, (with which they are roost bountifully
supplied) too wen to pe their oacksietotbe stooge.
Wite &Oates was silted *bather a was better
foi a Man to gdt hooded or live single, he ropliall
ist him do either sod be will repent it.n
029. Gas Ai % an quite cigar, that whether Tor.
hum be mote lite Alta a, at an oval, it is ea We
Admit% bet WO itlat SI isU thtdw Mirk at a
lbe.ltsittri eon fold igil truly snood
'thildhood ; it is seldom mote like kitten the ben,
'is id the isle-bed.
Otte' Instead of opening that ire ant sometimes
deceived;
we attired lather lament that we n . 4
er undelxived.
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Ore peace tad uglily of a whole firmly, iu Mb%
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