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THE BELEAGUERED CITY.
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I have read in some old marvellous tale.
Some legend strange and vague.
That a midnight boot of spectres pale
Beleaguered the walls of Prague.
Beside the MolAan's rushing stream,
With the win moon overhead,
There , atood as in an awful dream,
The army of the dead.
White, as iVsea.fog, landward bound,
The spectral camp was seen,
And, with a sorrowful, deep sound,
The river flowed between.
No other voice or sound was there,
No drum nor sentry's pace:
The mist like banners clasped the air,
As clouds with clouds embrace.
Bat when the cathedral bell
Proclaimed the morning prayer.
The !while parillions rose and fell
On the alarmed air.
Down the broad valley fast and fu
The troubled army fled:
Up rose the glorious morning star,
The ghastly, host was dead.
I have read in the marvellous heart of man,
That strange and mystic scroll,
That an army of phantoms vast and wan
Beleaguer the human soul.
Encamped beside Life's rushing stream,
In fancy's misty light,
Gigantic shapes and shadows gleam
Portenttous through the night.
Upon its midnight battle-ground
The spectral camp is seen.
And, with a sorrowful, deep sound,
Flws the ricer of Life between.
No ozber voice or sourjd is there,
in the army of the grace:
No other challenge beaks the air,
Ddt the rushing of life's wave.
And when the solemn and deep church bell
Entreats the soul to pray,
The m.t.lpt phantoms feel the spell,
The s hallows sweep away.
, Down the broad Vale of Tears afar
The spectral camp is Bed.
Faith shine' as a morning star.
Our ghastly fears are dead.
:itlerit Calt.
THE BARON'S KNELL.
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In the town of Rudenburg there stands a square,
massive, stone tower, green with moss, and shat
tered by centuries. The superstructure, according
to tradition,was the work of the Evil One ;And there
is that in its gloomy ohl walls, the deep embra
sures of the windows and the scarred and blacken
ed appearance of the budding, which would seem
to corroborate the legend. In this tower bangs a
bell. of strange uncouth shape, but immovably fixed
in masonry, so that no living mortal has beard it
toll. The tradition goes, that that bell and lower
hid the same origin, in the bargain of some erring
soul ; but with whom .the subtle enemy made the
compact is not so certain. Some, too, assert that
the old tower was the residence of a bearded war
-rim, who had fought in the Holy Land, and who
brought bask with him a train of Saracen servants,
dressed with barbarous magnificence, and speaking
in an uncouth tongue. Yet all agree in one thing
—the first yossersor of the palace attained
unbounded opulence, but died miserably after
every descendant in the direct line had perished
by violence. And strangest of all, the wizard bell
tolled at every death,, as if rung by invisible hands.
But from the day when the last of the race perish
ed, too mortal ear has heard the knell.
A student of Leyden first gave me the true vet
stow a: the Legend. One evening in conversation,
speaktn2 of Redenberg, I told him the version that
had been given me, but he shook his• head.
" There are none of them right," he said. " I
believe one of my ancestors were present at the
catastrophe, and so the true tradition has come
down to our family. We rarely mention it; bat
Yon ate a foreigner, and will - waive our secrecy for
once. •
" A real builder of the tower was a needy Baron
et tie Palalinae, who suddenly rose to great pout
er and opulence. The supersinamose was built by
tecrh and with almost inctedible rapidity
&: :he greatest' 'mystery attended the kluging of
. 0,15 great bell, for no motto! eye, it is said, trimm
ed the act. The bell was found one morning swing
ing high up in the old tower; but for many, long
years, no one heard its some. When other bells
rung out t it remained silent. At length the townfolk
heard a Wild toll at isidnight, and their blood car•
deed at the sound, so unlike aft takes seas its un
ear.hty toned. That night few slept in Rodenberg.
The moming dawned; the citizens learned that, at
nuda4ht, plst when the bell began to tall, the
beautiful danhxr of the Baron had, died, it wee
fered, by poison. administered ny some unknown
hyrd and the Deal had tolled at her deaM i bet by
aLs. 'aril was rung, no one mall tett.
From that day a dark, shade settled ocs the
at the Bane. Id the meantime his penes.
slaw cootirmed to increase, and while tam be
:Le ooed, bct child she: child perished wialecidy
sad it , erary death the mysterious hell was Wed
by unknown hands. Thus thine induced mar
tiryleicsui among the twireddik. They tenet to
mead :he wetly koaa which the Bana smog—
they remembered singular rapidity with which the
Vim had been boidd, and they tbeeteit Vet that
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read!!! night then the
.mysterious bell broke its
long,silence, end tolled the death of his child....
Whisperer ; at firsthiudly breathed, beefinallygivien
tinerateri urevele in the intulket place, charged
With having him entered into a bargain with the
Evil One; and it watuid that wealth and power
wu to be the portion of the Baron, bet that one by
one be wu to lose his children as the forteit, and
that the tolling of this unknown bell was to warn
each victim that the hour had come. At length
the rumors readied the ears of the Balms. He list•
ened to them withaut any reply except a sneer,
but those who saw that sneer ihaddered - when they
spoke of it to their dying day.
" Years passed, and castle after castle was add.
ed to the domain of the Baron; but every ucquisi 7
lion another of !tisanes fair family of children died.
The whisper of the citizens now became louder
than ever, The Baron's wife had long since died,
and it was said that his turn would arrive next.—
When they came to took hack at the death of his
progeny, they bound that, by some strange coinej.
dance, One of his children had perished on the
same day, of the same month of each succeeding
year; and tt was predicted that, at the nezranni„
satiety, the Baron himself would die. But the
rem old noble only scoffed at these whispers, and
and as the day drew nigh, retolved to show bra
room of the danger, by holding a high festival in
his castle. He cauited moreover, the bell whose
tolling bad first produced these rumors, to be em
bedded in sold masonry, as it is now seen, so that
nn one could ring it. Then he made ready his
feast.
" The ball where the festival was held was •
wide apartment, with walls so gloomy, and cue.
meats so deep, that the cheerful beams of the sun
rarely found entrance within, or only played in
sickly radiance on the damp stone floor. But
such was the usual aspect of the room, it was dif
ferent now. Lights blazed in fifty plates froin the
walls. A table, covered with the richest plate,
stretched down this ample ball. Never indeed
had the Palatine beheld such an array of wealth,
magnificence and profusion. Well might his guests,
surrounded by all that could delight the sense. send
at the tears of others, and deem themselvr safe
from harm. Bat ever and anon, as the wandering
eye of a !nest lit on the cold, damp wall, by some
strange whim left bare of tapesaiy, he would 'shud
der involontarially, as if forboding ill. These feel
ings, however, were rare, and did not interrupt the
evening's hilarity. As the boors passed', and the
guests quaffed deeper of the glowing wine, their
jests and songs and gaiety increased, until the ball
rang with merriment. Many a wild deed was
then related, at which good men would have grown
pale, but which was hailed now with shouts
many a ribald song was sung, convulsing the list
ner with unholy mirth. And thus boor slier hour
passed, while still the lights burned on the wall,
the incense exhaled from censers, and the music
of the unseen performers filled the air. Midnight
had come, when with a scointol sneer, and then a
gay mocking laugh, the Ba-on rose and spoke—
" r Fill high your goblets," he said, " fill to the
- brim !" and as he spoke he poured, forth a bumper
of the rich, red *ine, while each guest followed
his example. "We will be merry to-oight, brave
sirs, in spite of all the idle rumors of superstitious
fools, and the lying prophecies of canting priest.—
Ho ! midnight of the day, on which they said my
race was to perish, has come, and yet here I stand
the last of that lineage to mock such fears. We
will be merry to night, gallants, and see whether
the old bell can disturb our revelling.. Better
wine than this never crossed lip, nor ever did gay
er company meet at festal board. Ho! give as a
triumphal song, a gay and exulting strain. Now,
lair guest, join hand and bring, one and all, my
toast," Confusion to the foal fiend. Quaff—Taft"
" And they (puffed the wine, and, amid strains
of triumphant music, with linked hands, they shout
ed back the toast Bot ere the hazes ceased, the
slow, measured tolling of the bell filled the apart
ment, and, as the revellers listened their cheeks
blanched, and their voices died in their throats,
for well they knew the fearful sound. The music
stopped in terror, and a dead silence reigned thro'
the hall. Again and again, the toll of that bell
clanged awfully across the night, and the lights
waved to and Ito, as flared by gusts of air. Each
man drew closer to his neighbor, and all gazed in
wild affright at their host. At the first toll of the
bill, the exulting sneer bad pasi 4 ed from his lips,
and he gazed tearfully around, as if hoping that his
ears deceived him, yet dreaded the contrary ; but
when that unearthly sound penetrated a second time
into the hat', and he Few by the faces of the guests
that they heard the knell, his countenance became
ghastly as that of a corpse, and he clang lathe to
his to support his tottering knees. And es *iron
voice rang oat again across the night, he Oered
an agoniziag cry, gasped for breath, and sifting
down welly into his seat, with the wme cop still
in his band, fell offer tether twelfth stroke, dead up
= the floor. PO the same moment the wind ed
died through the easements, and dm censers expir
ed. Then tear seined on the guests, who Wildly
springing from the board, fled hurriedly from the
festal ball. As they rushed into the air, the room
boat into flames. Sat they dam not look behind,
but with wilder speed they fled, not pained, until
they clasped in supplicating agony, the nib be.
neath the high altar of the cathedral.
" AR night that hell, rung ler unknown haralif,
tolled ocheerdling the blood of the listeoms,liiihile
the =min dawned, it ceased, and the bishop,
followed by die priests, entered the still smoking
hall. They baud the body of the baron charred,
blackened, and mutilated; the face only was on.
toothed by dm. Bet int that anoMmance reared
an expression of fierce and bider spay, mach as
haunted the dreams of those who any it to the
pave. From that tanint night ills barmen boil
his cam bees town' to. Idiom cooldatboosoad
seen move it in its bed chord wasinay."
Wp. Whousins in doshs, if an sena is rod at
bed, dada inns it.
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.111BLISMID'EYERY SATURDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD - COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH.
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DOCIII.OII OutlilateSoperiateadeaL
County Superintendents must examine all teach.
eta who present themselves for that purpose, and
award a certificate if found pulped, qualified. The
exaraination should in all cases be-a thorough one.
Proficiency , in the branches required~ to be taught
in comment/chants is otcourse necessary, as well
as some evidence of the 'good mond chatacter of
the applicant, and pinion lar regard should be paid
to the general knowledge of teaching and modes of
instruction of the applicant.
In erecting school houses it is the duty of Direc
tors, first to adopt their plans and specifications,
and then to let the construction of them to a com
petent, responsible person, at as low rates as they
can obtain or is offered to be done by such person.
But in no cue should they let the buildini - of a
house to an incompetent or inesponeible contrac
tor. Who are competent and responsible, is a pro.
per question for the decision of the directors. Fop
any gross abuse of their powers in Ibis regard they
may be removed trom office in ibe manner pre
scribed by the 9th section of the school law.
A verbal resignation of a Director, communicat
ed to the board by himself, is as fully and legally
a resignation as though it had been commited to
writing.
Directors are competent viitnesses to prove •
contract made by them in behalf of a district.
It is the manifest intention of the school law to
give every child in the State, of proper age, an op
portunity of obtaining at least lour months English
schooling in each year. II the Directors refuse or
neglect to afford such opportunity they may be re
moved from_ office, in the manner prescribed in
the 9th section of the school law.
Directors erigaged in book-selling will render
themselves liable to prosecution and to fine and im
prisonment under the provision of the 26th section
of the school law, it they sell school books.
The fact that a man is the author of a school
book does not render him ineligible to the office
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of county superintendent ; bet if he assumes the
duties of the o ffi ce he cannot thereafter "pro to
the sale" of his book without rendering biome I li
able to the penalty imposed by the 261 h section of
the school law, as fully as though he was engaged
in selling other school books,
The:only limitations upon the amount of tax the
Directors may assess are, that it shall not be more
than is authorized to be assessed on the same ob
jects forst:us or county purposes, nor mote than is
sufficient, with the other meants of the district, to
keep the necessary schools of the distrirl in opera
troc ten mouths, exclusive of the building tax. The
amount authorized to be assessed for the State and
county purpose is thirteen mills per dollar.
School teachers are not a officially connected
with the common school system" being merely the
employees of those who are. They are therefore
not subject to the prosisiuos of the 26th section of
the school law.
An Act of Assembly of the 17,b of April lot ,
provides " that the several districts of this Com
monwealth which did not avail themselves of the
provisions of the several acts of Assembly relating
to common schools and making annual appmpria
lions to school districts upon conditions prescribed
in said laws, till alter the Ist day of June, A. I)
1851, but have since that time complied with all
provisions of the acts above referred to, shall, in
in addition to the annual appropriations made un
der existing laws, be entitled to s deduction of 25
per centrum of all monies paid into the county Ire-
Bury by such districts for State porpcsses for two next
ensuing years, which. money so dedurted shall be
paid to the treasurer of the board of school directors
of such school districts and shall be exclusively ap
propriated to the erection of school houses in such
school districts." Toe same provision is extended
to all districts which shall organize and comply
with the requisitions of the school law, referred to,
prior to the first day of June, A. D. 1855. To pro
cure the foregoing it is necessary for the district
claiming the same to make proof, of a satisfactory
character to the county treasurer, that is : embraced
in anti has complied with the provisions of said
act ; and it then becomes the duty of that officer to
deduct the per carnage from the amount paid by
such district fie state purposes and pay over the
same to the school district treasurer, whore re
eeipt thereto, will, be received as a proper vouch
er on settlement of accounts with the State Irmo-
orer.
School Directors me not entitled to compensa
tion for attending the triennial convention of di
rectors. Ii would be a •iolstion of the school law
for thee► to vote themselves compensation oat of
the district treasury.
To expend coy portion of the fonds of a school
district for purposes not authorixed by law sookl
be a misdemeanor in office, for which the dim
Son nook' at any time be teamed from armee.
would also be an indictable Aimee.
Orients are not authorixed m appropriate the
school foods of their district to any school except
those established and maintained antler the Com
men School Law —Pemen. Sthool.hxwasi.
Qtr" Tom old Kentucky home you poor soul
you," said Mrs. Partingloe, as she thrust bet night
cap out of the window away almost into the mid
night to each the notes of an individual who was
singing in a dismal voice near her dwelluv. u I
wish tome heart you was these, where your blends
could take Leer of you and do for you. It is a ve
nt& thing to be in &tress away off among eras
gen; particularly where you aint acquainted wilts
any Wein r hut I don't think it looks weo for a
man to wake up a whole neighborhood al midnight
with kis sonows. o Sittiew him disappear ama
mien akewknir in a atop with a red amain, op
poser, and With k remark that she pawed the poor
mum bad game is to getacinroniag to u me
Me lib eissoisuwilb, elm tint damn tbe window
sad . is torileinstei by the wooden mu* Work
that ticked sleepily is bet ebastbse she bad loess-
Ise ak oboe! the Lem base. •
son:PanSE.
How - Mina and thrilling arethefeelings awak.
sued by the name of Josephine.
,• I -how not the
history of anY person, of modem trines, in which
is exhibited more clearly the bald of an overrul
ing Provident& in directing anttOntrolling the for
tune and destiny of human beings, thin is mania
festedin the life otlesepttine.- She was bom on
the island of Maninque, the 23d of June, 1763
Upon the island surrounded 11" the solemn ocean,
beneath the cheerful, sonny sky of the with, as
happy as the birds that caroled over her, she spent
the joyous days of her childhood—little dreaming
of the conspicuous part she was to act in the great
events which should"deeide the late. of so many
human beings, and in a measure the destiny of her
country.
Gifted with a superior intellect, her naturally
cheerful and sweet disposition, together with the .
beauty and grace of her person, immediately won
the affections and made her the favorite of all
She is said to have been endowed with a voice of
peculiar sweetness, and here she would pour forth
her melodies, as the gashing out of a soul too Poll
of blessedness to be silent. But soon a cloud
ere over the bright vision of her girlhood. Love
had unconsciously throw a spell over her spirit,and
she was promised in marriage to young William,
whose parents having lost their possessions in Eng
land, and fixed their residence near the house of
Josephine; but being recalled to their country,
carrying with them this their only son. Thiscaus
ad a severe pang to the heart of Josephine. But
months roll on, and the accomplished Beauharnais
becomes a suitor for the hand of the fair Josephine;
and at the early age of sixteen years we see her
wedded to one who will be proud topresent her a t
court, and introduce her to the brilliant circle in
which be is accustomed to move, and 'which she
is so well adapted to adorn. Here months vanish
'like dreams to the enchanted Josephine, end as
time winged on its flight, two interesting children,
a eon and a daughter, were given to weave yet
new ties of love around her heart, and yet swell
the fountain of her happiness. But a darker cloud
was gathering to wrap her soul in gloom, and plant
sadness on the lip where smiles of peace atone
were wont to play. In the political convulsions
which were now agitating the French nation, Beau
bamais boldly asserted his opinions in favor of a
republican government, and became deeply en
gaged in the struggle for reform. But his efforts
were all in vain—after a short imprisonment, he
was executed upon the scaffold, thus sharing the
same fate of many of his noble countrymen. Now
we see Josephine left a lonely widow and mother,
confined to a dismal prison, ignorant as to what
may be her own sad late, and the fate of her coon
try. But here we may again trace the hand of
ProvidTre controlling the destiny of our heroine,
and overruling the mighty storm which threatened
the destruction of the kingdom. By a series of un
expected circumstances, Josephine regained her
freedom, and a check was thrown upon the revolo
tionary ern:info. But does she now mourn over
' her misfortunes! Does she now repine that the
creel hand of adversity was laid so heavily upon
her ! Ah, no! she bean with meek submission the
afflictive stroke, and finds a consolation in the en
dearing and noble qualities which she sees daily
unfolding in the hearts of het children ; and cheer
ed by visions of their fu - ure glory and happiness,
she passed tranquilly, enjoying the love of all
around her, the few months which preceeded her
entrance upon a more splendid field of influence.
An accidental meeting between Josephine and
Bonaparte resulted in an intimate acquaintance,
and he soon became deeply impressed with the
charms of the interesting widow ; and in the spring
time of 1796, led Josephine to the altar, with a
heart glowing with hope and fond anticipations,
and a towering ambition, which longed to wave
the ocerne of command; and encircle the brow of
his adored and lovely bride with the laurels of tame
The stars of prosperity seemed to beam over him,
and he rapidly advanced in the career of glory
which be had entered. Every barri-r that obstruct
ed his way was overcome by his indomitable en.
ergy, and his name heard from one side of the
continent to the other. But he would ever turn
burn 1114 applause of the enraptured ntoPitade, to
listen to the ravishing tones of Josephine, and the
sweeter notes of fore. Serener skies again dawn
ed over the path of Josephine, although sometimes
a passing cloud would flit across, yet she had a
soul that would look beyond the storm to a calm,
bright future. In whatever situation, we pee her
manifest the same sweet rai4rtaticni, the same
pare ardent affection inspired all her wo:ds, and
the same noble and unafteeed grace is displayed
in every movement. We will now contemplate
ber as she reached the highest pinnacle of earthly
glory to which she is destined. The imposing
Ceremonies previous to the most mignifieent cot
nation ever witnessed, ant finished Bonaparte
rises and places the glittering diadem, which is to
make him king, upon his brow. Then he calmly
raises the crown for Josephine, while wi;h tears of
grates! emotion she kneels before biro, and is
crowned by the band of bet idolized' besband. A
sinteltaneoes shoat from the vast multitude, with
the thunders of the andlesy, proclaim Bonaparte
Emperor, and Joeepine Empress of France. And
is she ems weakly elated by all tins homage Ab,
no! her thoughts acconteionsly wander back to pax
advase scenes, and eases times sad forebodings
cast a shadOw denote ever the sanding of bet
soul All the, trappimp of glory ate Boggle to
ber, compared the wealth of affectionate hearts;
and she would sooner rename all these than pan
with the maid of him on wbcin she lavished the
rich treasam Of her bean. Napoleon was pond of
Josephine, and that she was worthy the rank and
bean she possessed, no one will deny. We now
have man Josephine rise to an almost dizzy bight
of splendor. We see her happy henelf, and with
bar benevolent beast and sunny face STU:gall with
joy *Mend her. Bet eh! bow soon to her eyes may
aF: shy speeder Lie shmebtd in a enceny
How soon may her fond hopes be crushed, and
her happy head swell with grief and deepest sor.
row. Ah, Josephine, can we now see all thy fair
hopes Wasted, and thy joyful 90'3i droop in sad
ness! Would that some bright seraph might bear
thy pure soot away, ere It is again pierced by the
cruel arrow of misfortune. But no ! sorrow', cop
is again pressed to thy lips, and thou most drink
its bitter dregs. Napoleon's ambition, which
placed her upon the summit ofgrandeur, now seem
ed the instrument of her own misery. He wished
to transmit his great empire to a posterity which
should render it stable for years to come. His
manner towards Josephine daily become more for
mal and cold, and she saw that she was losing his
influence over him. She apprehending her tate,
felt that her sunlight had passed away, and that the
tempest would soon beat upon her with ail its force .
It is impossible to picture the grief that preyed upon
her heart the few months previous to their divorce.
On the last day of November he brutally announ
ced to her his decision. His words tell like a
dagger upon her bean; she fell upon the floor,
overcome by her emotion, and remained a number
of hours insensible; bat on her recovery made no
effort to change his resolution.
And did this sacrifice cost Napoleon no struggle t
The bitter, bitter feelings of his own heart were
known to Him only who witnesiled the tears and
groans that burst from the strong man's soul in
secret. But his ambition lured him on, and he was
unable to resist its influence. We will now pass
over the ceremonies attending the divorce Arid wit
nese the final parting of Bonaparte and Josephine.
At night she sought the apartment of him who
had been her husband. With eyes red with weep
ing she slowly entered. Napoleon, dismissing the
servant, clasped her in his arms; they remained
locked in each other's embrace, silently mingling
their tears. She remained with him an hour, then
parted with him rho had won and broken her
heart. The next morning ebb left the Tuileries,
bidding a sorrowful alieu to all those scenes held
sacred to-the memory of happiest days. In all the
days of her retirement, she seemed an angel of sor
row smiling through her grief. She left this world
of changes the twenty-ninth of May, with a smile
upon her lips, and in tones of gentlest music,
breathed her last words to weeping friends.
Goon Excese--There is a society in existen
ce, which, like most other-associations of the kind,
has a standing rule that all members who come
late or absent themselves, shall be fined a certain
sum, unless they are able to gite sufficient excuse
for their tardiness or absence. Oa one occasion •
member came in after hours, and the chairman
asked him his excuse for being late.
" Really , sir," said he, " I was not able to get
here before. Domestic troubles—perplexities of
mini—l cannot say which will die first, my wile
or my daughter'.''
" A h !" said the chairman, expressing much corn
miseration for the father and husband, " I was not
aware of that. Remit the fins, Mr. Secretary, the
excuse to ■ good one."
The member pubsequently took his seat. The
next morning's member met him, and, with much
feeling, asked him how his Wife and daughter were!
" In excellent heal:h," replied he.
" Row ! I thought you said last night that you
did not know which one would die first I'',
"I did ; and am still in a quandary —Time, how
ever, will decide that question.•'
A Pascrical. recant ER —A preacher, who came
the other day to officiate at a village in Lincoln
shire, has been led to believe by his breffiem that
the int:al:maws were ve,y irt;n2y towards their spir
itual providers. Accordingly at the conclusion of
the service, he thus addressed the congregation :
1 : My brethren, I have been giving to understand
that there is a very current notion entertained by
many in this village, that the local preacher or
prayer leader whose appointment may be fixed in
this village, is in his nature something entirelj
spiritual. or, in other words, en angel. Now lam
determined to give you to understand that such a
notion is all moonshine, and , that we are really
men of the same fl esh and blood wi:h your/reit,
and like yourselves subject to all the ilk that flesh
is heir to, and that you may tee :tow entirely wrong
you have been in entenaming such a notion, 1 will
show you what I have in my hand. and what I
shall do with Here the preacher produced a
large piers ffbrrad and ram!, and began to eat. For
the courageous hint, we have no &obi he will
receive the thanks and prayers of his brethren.—
London RI, Jil Cr.
A Foe Svostr.—Foar clergymen, a Rarist, Pies
byrenan, Methodist, and Roman Catholre, met by
agreement to dine on fish. Soon grace was sa:..l
the Catholic name, armed with a toile and fort, and
taking about one third of the eomp r eh ee d,r.g
the had, removed it to dies pate, exclaiming as he
sat down, with ., great net satisfaction, " Popo tot
cart eszlene (the Pope a the bead of the Church )
tromedsately the Methodist minister awe, and help.
log himself to about one third, embracing the
seated himself, exclaiming, " Timis cornot opus
(the mod crowns the wort) The Presbyterian now
thought it was time toe him to move, and •akir.g,
the remainder of the fish to his plate exclaiming
" b man erg writer" (truth lies between the two
extremes.) Oar Baptist had nothing before him
but an enop9 plate and prospects of a sran &noel,
and watching up the howl cd drawn (melted) ta
ter, be dashed it over them all, earl/rating, " Ego
btsptizo tor" (1 bark!, yoo all )
(Cr Solomon took an inventory of that wockl
and all the best thins, in it: he ear. the =oasts,
anti the steal wail was var.ity.
ift:r Nana Irate a marriesi man, who loves hup
wife, with a seerei, for be will ber, esti Pee
will tell her sinters, ana bet listens will ;ea vy
bo3y tad everybo.iy.
THE TaremrU or a TRAVLI.I:IO MEANCIIIST IN
DIT/ItSLTT.—The author of " Sam Slick" observe.
in the course of a work he has just published, that
the trials to which traveling Mesmerists are put m
America, are, at times humiliating and painf
enough, albeit they afford infinite sport to the c.
believers. One poor fellow on arriving at a tow
near Detroit to lecture, was surrounded by several
citizens who told him there was a rheumatic pa.
tient op stairs, who must be cored, or he himsell
would be escorted out of lotto, astride a rail, with
the accompanying ceremonies. • We had better
give the rest of the story as it was related by the
disciple of blivasza himself ;
Upstairs. I tient with 'ern, mad as thunder, I
tell you; first at being thought a humbug, and next
that my indieidooal share of the American Eagle
should be compelled into a measure, by thunder !
I'd gin them a fight, ef • it hadn't beer, for the sci•
ence, which wonld a suffered any bow, so I jest
said to myself, !et 'em bring on their rheumaiii ! -I
felt as if I could a mesmerized a horse, end I de.
termmed whatever the eve might be, I'd make it
sqoeal, by thunder !
"Here he is," said they, and in we all bundled
into a room, gathering mond a bed, with ite , shut
in among 'em, and the cussed big onenl•ghtened
heathen that did the talking, drawing out an al
mighty bowie knife at the same time. "That's
your man," said be. %Yell, there lay a miserable
looking critter, with his eyes sot and his month
open, and his jaws got wider and wider:' as he saw
the crowd and the bowierknife, I tell you' "That's
the idea!" said old Big Ing,M.
" Rise up in that bed !'' said I, and I tell you
what, I must a looked at him dreadful, for uf he
jumped on eend, as if he'd jest got a streak o gal
-1
van tc.
" Git out on this floor,.' said I with a woes look,
and I wish I may be shot if out he didn't come,
looking wild, I tell ye!
" Now, cut dirt, drot you !" screamed I, and
Jetta Gineral Jacsson !—if he didn't make a arraign t
shirt-tail for the door, may I never make another
pass. Alter him I went, arid afer me they corn,
and prchaps there wasn't the orfoltest stampede
down three pair of stars that ever occurred m 111 ch.
tgan ! Down cot old rhenmar,z through the bar
room—out I cut after him—ovei went the stove :a
the rush alter both on us. I chased him round !ur,
square—in the snow of that--then headed him off,
and chased him back to hotel agin, where he lane
ed in a fine sweat, be2ged for his life, and said—
he'd give up the peopetry ! Well, I wish I may be
shot if he wasn't a fellow that they were offering a
reward for M Buffalo! I made him dress himself
—cured of his rheumata—rtin it right out of him ;
delivered him up, pocketed the reward, and estab
lished the science, by thunder
Buz —Years ago; a Wont Vermont farmer, not
altogether versed in the polite literature ol luhion•
able cookery, having by bard knocks acquired con
siderable properly, took it into his head to aunt
Boston, and started accordingly with his best ore
horse rig. Stopping near noon at one of the smart
villa,gee on the route, he put up for a time, and or
dered dinner. When asked whit be preferred.
mentioned beef steak, whereupon the landlord very
politely inquired whe her be would have it rare or
we'l done. This was a stomper for our friend, but
thinking there might be switching "glorious' . in
the " uncerainty." he assumed the air of one who
knew the bricks, and ordered it rare. Alt thanes
in readiness, our hero took a seat at the table :Ltd
commenced a vigorous onslaueht .on the smoking
viands placed before him. At the first cut in the
steak, blood very generally followed the trilfe, ar
which he started back in aawni.ahment, and rang
the bell very furiously. Directly a waiter answer
ed the summons, and inquired whet he wished.
"I want this beef cooked I" said the guest.
" But you ordered it rare," replied ihe waiatr.
" I know ii," said the gner, assurneig to under
stand the matter lolly. " bat a Is not cove rltv
you may lake it au , and rare re orer agyna"
THREE NTS' SIGHT —A Frenchman onacquarn:•
ed %cub business, received a drat; payable on three
days' sight kr a certain bank. The fi a: day he
(resented himself as the counter, and takirg tire
d.au :run hts pocket book, evended u before ;be
paying telter, and to h:s astonishment said, You
pee that once„; and koldent he draf4 he trek e‘i
away. The l io4it morning he appeared nvin, anJ
going thiough the same form, said, " You see Oa!
twice.' The third Jay he appeared again and vi,t
again " You see that three times. Now you sr, I
pay bun.
IHIGKAS ! thus bear:l.llst world. Indeed
1 know not what to think of it. Sometimes it es
all gladness and sunshine, and Ife.aven is cot far
Gs /fo r t hen it changes soddenly, and u Ls dark
and sorrowful, and clouds abut out ihe sky In :ise
lives of the saddest of cis there ace Wight days like
this, when we feel as if we could take this vest
world in our aims. Then came the gloomy hours,
when the fire will neither be in nor bears not Oct
our hearts., anti all waborsi and within is dismal,
cold anti dark. Believe, every heart bas its aerie'
sorrows, which the world knows not : and often.-
lirtlift we earl a man eulif, when be is only Lad_—
Losigfasr.
A Monti Larroi —The foSoceing !ere: is a
perfect rtiptitti in int say. Weeertatnly hope it is
an watr.lfespeennen :.r Dear brother—rwe 7."J1 0r,4
of the handsomest furna in the State, and hare if
nearly paid for.. We are had a glorious revival
of rely:pun is ear chereb, a td both OG7 enddraz
(she Lord be praised) are to overtel Father g..t
to k , rte: nr
. ard izst utei. lcok
to fierier house_ Your ailmitix-ialre brother:,
Kr He is a good divine tha t fclloars Lis can
instructions ; I r.:111 easier teach etny wi t s% were
good to L./vac:me, than to be ow: of the twervy ts.
y otart
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