M. DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE. TOWANDA: ftinrsUao fflornino, CApril 8,1858. .Stlecttb HAPPY HOME. Wiifn Sabbath bells have ceased their sound, And the hours of day are passed. And twilight draws its curtains round. And shadows gather fast— There is one spot and one alone. R..unJ which onr hearts mast cling— A-,1 fondest memories, one by one. Their choicest treasure bring. That spot is home : its sacred walls. Admit no discord then ; v , r crowded marts, nor festive balls. y.r gsvest haunts of men. Can not a joy impart so pure— S-.ne -uch to rliem is given ; 1! cht joys like these for age endure, TVs earth were quite a heaven. | ; ,c wandered far 'mong others bowers Than th-'-e ray childhood knew. With bope of gathering fairer flowers Than in those gardens grew ; Vet in the cold world's earnest throngs— ■\fid its iiim and stormy strife. \Ve:ti ''i turn- to scenes and songs Of r.'.v young and joyous life. :i •,.(.■ wr'.l-loved gror.p Its Sabbath song. It- tunes I -eetn to hear : T g:i borne full many a league along. jh. v come distinct and clear ; ,i s. ath nightO treasured home '. i' m pride of memory's train— a id thoughts of ye, where'er I roam, Suaii bring my youth again. Ml isc ell auto ns. ' ' rrespondence of the Buffalo Express.] THE CARNIVAL AT ROME. Rcmr. Feb. IX 1 vVS. TV? returned from Naples earlier than onr g; contemplated, for the purpose of being tin Rome during the Carnival. One i ? most important features of our visit i . . uave been wanting, if the Carnival had ~ omitted. The Carnival is now over, with fan and frolic.'' but it has not b?en so was anticipated ; for the weather was . tious, either dowuright rain or drizzle f- -he comfort and good looks of the ac i•. The Corso in the rain and the Corso in i: weather are very different places : and to T pie riding through the rain under um r. AS. and others pelting them with damp tr.fetti from the balconies w-s rather ludi and seemed a solemn kind of sport ■ Javsof fine wether, showed us what the might l>e, under more favorable cir -. -es Tito Corso, in which all Rome i •-ongregate every afternoon, is a i it two miles in length and nearly leading from the*' Piazza del Fopolo" . r.azza Venezia. The other s'reets are [ .rativeiv deserted, but the Corso is all I' mat ion. For weeks before the Carni the lalcoities most favorably situated, the c locations as we say " at home." are rent s' ?h prices, and temporary balconies are i :' - the use of the throng of spectators > •• -: Koine on this occassion. Each bal t ;rd window is hung with drapery of a I . : .'..dor and filled with people armed with \ :t - - and confetti, to scatter down upon t - who pass beneath, exposed to the fire ' tioecu; nits These boquet-s are not what lane imports, being manufactured with p": regard to weight thou beauty or fragran r* irj when they are composed of genuine t there is always some sentiment in it, 1 .h .5 better understood by the parties than '.?er persons. The confetti are made of ' and lime, and a well-directed h&nd ' - ring upon the face is capable of making £--? s in the shape of black eyes, swollen r.oses b- the i ke. as many sufferers can testify.— laws regulating the sale of the confetti, C very stringent and they are strictly eu ■; . a:.y infringement thereof is severely :-• -J A luavy fine is imposed upon those throw unauthorized coufetti, as many 1 rs are made to learn by experitnee— t ple-sai: way of acquiring facts, by quite ' - i not readily forgotten. The eere ; *re ou this wi<e and you shali have I. 7 stated and with all possible brev- At ia? hour of two ia the afternoon a ca'i i sounded, and a company of dra - • * . m > luted, appeared on the Corso, ' -ir t right uniforms, covered nnder ain "• 'to cloaks, and the plumes of their pol luiets hang lithe and disconsolate in ■ -r.pr.css. Some of these fall out of rank l: - -tet u themselves along the street to ' r "e order among the people, and others v and down the Corso to keep the two ; "* ."rages apart at >nch a distance as _ free passage for the crowd on foot - -tits of the carriages are carefully eover " protect them from injury atul are filled -tea i.. fanciful costumes and women iu " - 7> to (loiui r oes gaily trimmed with rib " shieltic •> races from the shower b'-t which assails them with merciless g ' they wear strong wire masks. — ~ baskets filled with boquets and Hoy return the attack with vigorous •--** and au enjoyment of the w ork, quite • • -' aiding variety to the scene andmak - - feature of tlie sport. > Rogers are ea-ily recognized, we are told, i-ly English and American, from the | x..v-$ w.-.h which they euter into ItM'.-iness, and the indiscriminate way in ' - -- they throw double hand-fulls of boquets 1 • p'-ttt An Italian rides leisurely along ce d.scovtr- a party of friends, or a group ''sons which he may surprise, throwing - ss.t - aAh remarkable accuracy, always ; goa the r.ght person ; he bows low to - • aad passes on, to resume hi fun in V"'/y wti'i Ragged little boys, in I_' iGrt e. dah about after the things thus * i*ar ml] drive quite a trade n rcsell ' '<reet gleaaing* to tiiose who have " TH'T s'ores M?ik'-g which was THE BRADFORD REPORTER. forbidden in 1848, and haa since been prohib ited, as allowed for three days, and many com ical faces were seen in the Corso. The small bonnets and large hoops of the ladies were the subject of rididnle to the many, and the mas kers enjoyed it vastly ; there was truth in the outrageous joking, but it was forgotten with the Carnival. The maskers oj this class par aded up and down the Corso, with flounced dresses of the amplest dimensions, a shawl and an infinietssimal bonnet, perched on the back of the head. These maskers were received with immense applause ; but the Corso thun dered approbation ten times repeated, when an improvement on this appeared in the per sons of more ludicrous maskers, each one of whom carried a small parasol, and was follow ed at a respectable distance by an English footman. Harlequins abounded, and directed their efforts at any well dressed man whom they met in the street, and they especially af fected him if he wore a suit of black. They immediately possessed themselves of him ; they surrounded him, and became his most atten tive and inseparable friends. If tha victim be comes frantic in his efforts to escape from their attentions, they in turn become more af fectionate. taking him by the arms, seizing on his umbrella, and beginning to be allowed to carry it for him. While thus conquered and badgered, showers of the confetti and boquets come down on his head, shoulders and back, from the balconies, and when his tormente?s leave him. he is by no means the sprnee look ing fellow who invited their attention—his own mother might repudiate him without suspicion of inhumanity. One kind of sport succeeds another, and for this time at least the Romans are free.— A funny caricature was that of the English huntsman. A number of men in hunting suits of scarlet and white, wearing the most absurd masks and mounted on the sorriest looking donkies. paraded the streets, rising and falling in their stirrups with that pecular rebound in which is shown by a poor rider on a hard trotting horse, and here denominated the Eng- j lish style. From these specimens of the hu- J mor of the carnival you may learn the whole ; it was much of this order, having more or less ' merit in particular cases About five o clock on one oi the days of the Carnival, the report of a cannon announced the commencement of the races. No great attention was paid to this, but in half an hour afterwards a second report was heard, the carriages disappeared as if by magic, suddenly turning into side streets, and the Coro was filled only with the crowds of people. Presently we were aware of the presence of troops ; companies on foot slowlv marching through the streets ; senti nels filing off from the ranks, and taking their stations at regular intervals, pressing back the masses of people out of the way of a company of dragoons, who would otherwise trample them under foot. The horsemen ride slowly and with great care, from the Piazza del Po polo to the end of the Corso. and wheeling in company, return with gradually accelebrated speed, until their career terminates inaiurious gallop of horses under the spur of the riders. This is to clear the Corso for the races : and yet, notwithstanding the vigilance of the sen tinels, and the exceeding care of the authori ties. accidents frequently happen : so difficult is it to keep the people within the limits as signed them. The race horses, led by grooms, are now brought forward, without saddles or riders, and ornamented with gay ribbons and bits of gilded paper, some of them taking the whole thing coolly, and others champing and pawing to get free and begin the contest. — Small pieces of metal are fastened to them, which act as whip and spur : and now the word is given and away they dash, goaded by the pricking metal, and maddened by the shouts of the populace. Away they go in a body, wild with excitement, striking fire with every foot-fall from the stone pavement, and rushing like a whirlwind towards the goal.— Pieces of linen stretched across a narrow part of the street at the Piazza Venezia, arrest their progress, and from the seats erected for the judges at the extremities of the course, judgment is announced, and the prizes award dcd. The winning horse is led back to his stable amid shouts, and guarded by an escort of soldiers, with banners and music. His own er is entitled to a prize, and so the races end ed. The different kind of amusement to which I have referred arc fair samples of the fun and frolic which occupies the wfc.de period of the Carnival. The constant pelting of the way farers with confetti from the balconies, and the shonts of laughter which follow the most successful hits ; the people tolerant of the free dom of Harlequin, and laughing a: the liber ties which he takes with all men who appear dressed in tiack ; the uproarious joy and bois terous fan which is the chief feature y f the festival : the balconies fliled with gay parties of men and women : the crowd of people in Pie Corso ; the long lines of carr.ages whose occupants are engaged in the sports of the day ; the scramble of boys forth? bo quets and confetti ia the streets: the mas quers ; the broad and good humored cari cature of men, manners, habits, fashions, i.a --• tional and otherwise ; the laughter, the shout ings. the rush now in this direction and again in another, altogether forming a strange med ' lev of broad farce, rolicking 100, uproarious 1 g.xvl natured mirth and grotesque caricature, which custom has made necessary and estab j iished. and the Church or Rome sanctions and I sanctifies. Can "vai means" farewell to flesh, and desh never receives in any other quarter of the g'obe a valedictory so hearty. & fare i well so thoroughly pronounced as this which 1 consecrates to harmless license the period be -1 tween Epiphany and Ash Wednesday, those i solemn davs of the Church. It has an end, however, and into the last 1 dav is condensed the fun. frolic, license and humor of the whole festival. It is prolonged ; long after dark and is the gayest and most cx j eiliug day of Carnival. In the evening each j person provides a candle, a small wax taper, and the sport roods?, in keeping i- burning wh le an attempt is made to extingu:-1 the ' light of h : s n : ghbor T.' ery *!u<l n * aodhvl PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY AT TOWANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA, BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH. " RESARDLKSS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANT QUARTER." bony on the Corso is blazing with light, mak ing a splendid illumination. From all quar ters are heard shouts of laughter, and the cry of "Seuza Moccholo," when a light is put out, is frequent and uttered with a heartiness which indicates a high state of enjoyment. From the balconies, long canes with handkerchiefs tied to them, are reached out toward the lights in the streets, and before the torch bearer is aware of it, his light goes out and shouts of loughter greet his surprise Look dowu into the Corso and see the lights blazing and flickering, now mounting upwards and then disappearing, Aliousands of them tossing up and dowu, surging this way and then auother, now throwing on the living and agitated mass of beings, a strong light, then less upon some sections, then blazing up again, light after light disappearing, and shout upon shout roll ing upward, and laughter and cries comming led in a din which seems powerful enough to break through the arch of the skies. Add to this the balconies with groups of men and women, ali earnestly engaged in the general sport, shouting and laughing and do ing no small execution with their long canes on the lights below, and you will readily be lieve that the most lymphatic mortal, dragged to Rome a reluction tourist, must partake of the excitement and catch something of the per vading spirit of the hour. The night concludes with a fancy ball ; at twelve o'clock the Car nival is over, or " buried," as the people ex press it. and Lent commences during which all R->me is supposed to be penitent for the sins of the past year, and to commence a better life for the future NEARLY A HORN TOO Mien.—Stanley Smith, editor of the Auburn American, gives the fol lowing amusing anecdote of his chase by and escape from a savage bull, during a recent vis it to a farm in the neighborhood of Auburn, to witness a trial of mowers : " That bull was one of them "He was monarch'' of all he could eat, chase, or gore. Being deeply interested in the apple crop, we wandered out of the field in which the mow ing was going on into friend Shot well's orchard. Fat and handsome blooded cows were lying about chewing their cuds, and utterly indiffer ent as to what was going on. We wandered from tree to tree in the large orchard ; and while critically examining some very fine fruit, were suddenly and rather unpleasantly star tled from our train of thought by the bellow ing of Mr. Taurus, whose majesty had been recliuing, and of whose august appearance we were unaware. He elevated his tail, made the earth fly with his " awfu' paws," and hav ing thus manifested his hostility, aud given tone, if not color, to his idea that we were an interloper, made a plnnge towards us. A mo ment's view of our antagonist wa- just enough. Ilis eves flashed fire : he roared like a " bull of Bashan." We did not at all fancy the -tvle of his horns ; they were os straight as needles and about as sharp lie exhibited un mistakable desires to employ them upon us. " Knowing that it was expected of us to report the contest trial going on in another field, we remembered the prior and pressing interest of our friends, and set up a smart run. So did Mr Bull. We scampered ; he scarajv pered : he made " better time" than we could '• bottom out he gained on us rapidly :we could almost feel his hot breath on the back of our neck : it was neck or nothing ; rail fence tweuty rods off ; ball within five rods ; give up for " goner j" no such thing ; friend- Iv apple tree with low branches : clutched two , of them, and lifted our precious body into the tree : Taurus arrived just as we cleared the ground ! " Our enemy pawed around the tree : bel lowed after the manner of " Boanerges, the son of Thunder," glared at us. and finally walk ed off about the distance of three trees. — Thinking all was right, we did down vertical ly, and " put for the crazy old rail fence.*' The distance from tree to bull, and from tree to fence, was just about an even thing But our assailant saw the movement, and at once again the chase was a hot one : but this time we distanced the " horned critter," and scaling the fence, landed in a field of rye at about the same moment our pursuer's horns struck the top ra : is of the fence, and set them flying Sep arated bv the fence, we read the scoundrel a lecture that we hope he will remember to his last moments." THE UNBELIEVER —I pity the unbeliever— one who can gaze upon the grandeur, the g!c rv. and beauty of the natural universe, and be hold not the touches of Ilis finger, who is over, and with, and aliove all—from my very heart Ido commiserate hi* condition The unbeliev er ! ou whose intellect the light of rtvala'.ion never penetrated ; who can gaze upon the sun. moon, and rtirs. ar.d upon the unfading and imperishable sky. spread out so magnfi cmulv above him, and say all this is the work of chance. The near;' of such a bing is a dull and cheerless void. In his rnind—the go "like g.u of intellect—is debased, destroy ed ; ail Is dark—a fearful chaotic labyrinth— ravless, eiieeriess, hoj>e*c>s No gleam of light from heaven penetrates the blackne-s of the horrible delusion ! No voice from t'.<e Eternal bids the desponding heart rejoice 1 No fancied tones from the harps of seraphim arouse the dull spirit from its legargy. or allay the consuming fever of the brain. The wreck of mind is utterly remediless : reason is pros trated ; and passion, prejudice, and supersti tion. have reared their temple oa the ruins of his intellect. I pitv the unbeliever What to h'.m n the revaliiiom from on high, but a sealed book ? He sees nothing above,around, or !enpath hint, that evinces the existence of a tlod : and he denies —yes. while standing on the footstool of Omnipotence, and gazing upon the dazzling throng of Jehovah, he shut* his intellect to the light of reason, and denies there i* a Hod \ thief, who lately Itfoke op.-a a gfo ccrv store excused himself on th plea that 1 he r.rrCv the-- to sk° tea " The Bewitched Clock. Abont half-past seven o'clock on SnDday night & human leg, enveloped in blue broad cloth, might have been seen entering Deacon Cephas Barber's kitchen window. The leg was followed by the entire body of a live Yan. kee, attired in his Sunday-go-to meetingclothes It was in short, Joe Mayweed, who thus won his way into the Deacon's kitchen. " Wonder how much the old Deacon made by orderin' me not to darken his door again?" soliloqused the young gentleman. " Promised him I wouldn't, but didn't say nothin' about winders.—Winders is as good as doors, if there aint no nails to tear your trowsers onto. Won der if Sally will come down ?—the critter promised me. I'm afeerd to move abont here 'cause I might break my shins over sunthin' or ' nother, and wake the old folks. Cold enough to freeze a Polish bear Oh, here comes Sal -1 'y" { The beauteous maiden then descended with a pleasant smile, a tallow candle, and a box of lucifer matches. After receiving a raptur ous greeting, she made a rousing fire in cooking stove, and the happy couple sat down to enjoy the sweet interchange of hopes and vows. But the course of true love ran not a wit smooth er in old Barber's kitchen than it does else where, and Joe, who was just making up his mind to treat himself to a kiss, was startled by the voice of the old Deacon, her father, shou ting from his Chamber door : "Sally !what are you getting tip in the mid dle of the uight for ?" " Tell him it is most morniif," whispered Joe. " I can't tell him a fib," replied Sally. " I'll make it a truth then," said Joe. and running to the large old-fashioned clock that stood in the corner, he set it at five. " Look at the clock, and tell me what time it is," cried the old gentleman. " It's five by the clock," replied Sally and immediately corroborating her words, the clock ■ struck five. The lovers sat down again and resumed their conversation. Suddenly the staircase began j to creak. " Good gracious ! it's father coming i down exclaimed Sally. " The Deacon, by thunder !" cried Joe. ! " Hide me, Sail " " Where can I hide you ?" cried the distraet : ed girl. "O, I know," said he. " I'll squeeze into I the old case." And without another won!, he ! concealed himself in the case aud closed the door. The Deacon was dressed, and seating hira i self down by the cooking-stove, he pulied out , his pipe, lighted it, and begau deliberately to ; smoke. " Five o'clock, ehf' said he. " Well. I shall have time to smoke three or four pipes, aud then I'll go and feed the critters." " Hadn't yon better feed the critters first?" the dutiful Sally. " No. cmokin' clears my head and wakes : me up," replied the Deacon, who seemed not a whit disposed to hurry his enjoyment. Bur-r-r-r, whiz, ding I ding ! went the old clock. "Tormented lisrhtning !" exclaimed the dea con, startimr up. and laying his pipe on the stove, " what on airth is that ?" " It's only the clock striking five," replied Sally tremulously. i Whiz, ding ! went the old clock furiously. " Power of creation !" cried the deacon : " strikin. five, eh ! It's struck over a huudred already." " Deacon, Barber I" cried the deacon's bet -1 ter half, who had hastily robed herself and now came plunging down the staircase in the wildest state of alarm, " what in the univarse is the matter with that clock ?" " Goodness only knows," replied the old man. " it's been a hundred years in the family and never acted so before Whixe, ding ! bur-r-r-r. went the old clock again. " It'll bust itself," cried the old lady, shed ding a flood of tears, " aud there won't be j nothin' left of it." " It's bewitched." said the deacon, who re tained a leaven of good old New England sup erstition in his nature—"Aud now." said he. after a pause, advancing resolutely towards the clock. " I'll see what is going on in it " ' Ob, don't," cried his daughter, seizing one of his coat-tails, while his wife clung to the other "Don't." chorused both the women " Let go my raiiueut," shout the deacon. I ain't afeered of the powers of darkness." Bat the women wouldn't let go, so the dea con slipped out of his coat, and while from the sudden cessation of re?itanee they fell heavily on the floor, he pitched forward and grabbed the knob of the clock door. But no human power could open it. for Joe was holding it from the inside with a death-grab. The old deacon began to !>e dreadfully . frightened He gave one more tag. when an j unearthly yell, as of a fiend in distress, burst , from the inside, then the clock ease pitched i head foremost at the deacou, feil headlong on the floor, smash 1 its face, and wrecked it fair proportions —Tue current of the air ex tir.r i shed the lij'it—the lieacon, the old lady and Sally fled up stairs, ami Joe Mayweed ex tricated himself from the clock, and effected escape in the same way he entered. The next day all Appleton was alive with the story that Deacon Barber's eiock had been bewitched, and a'though many believed iiis version, yet some, and especially Joe Mayweed affected to discredit the whole affair and hint id that the deacou had been trying the ex periment of tasting hard cider, and that the vagaries of the clock only existed in his dis j tempered imuffination. However, the interdict being taken off. J<v was allowed to resume his courting, and won the assent of.the old people to ht< union with Sally hy- repairing the old clock till it went a* well as ever. OLD L Wi-s Lively, good H inrtoreL OM ladies are I ke raisins compared to Trcso grarf? although *i!n<r*d they e.r- preserved, and wp J* tr tC .*■ x"'T r ia the '••vn'i-nnr A THEATRICAL INCIDENT. —Some year* ago, ! the manager of a " well-regulated Theatre," somewhere along the line of the Erie canal, en gaged a good looking and brisk young lady as as snpernumary It happened that the young lady in question, had formerly officiated in soine capacity as a " hand" on board a canal boat, a fact which she was extremely anxious to con ceal. She evinced much anxiety to master the details of her newly chosen profession and soon exhibited a more than ordinary degree of com ic talent. She was duly promoted, and in time became a general favorite with both the man ager and public. One night she was announced to appear in a favorite part, a couple of boatmen found their way into the pit, near the foot lights, particu larly anxious to see the famous cmmedUnnt. The house was crowed ; and after the subsid ence of the general applause which greeted her appearance, one of the boatmen slapped his companion on the shoulder, and with emphat ic expletive exclaimed, loud enough to lie heard over half the honse : " Bill, I know that gal !" " Pshaw I" said Bill " dry up." " But I'm d -d if I don't know, Bill. Its Sal Flukens. as snre as as yoa're horn. She's old Flukens' daughter that used to run the In jured Polly and she used to sail with him." " Tom." said Bill, "you're a fool, and if you don't stop you're infernal cluck, you'll be put out. Sal Flukens ! You know a sight,if you think that's her r ' Tom was silenced, but not convinced. He watched the actress in all her motions with in tense interest, and ere long broke out again : " I tell ye. Bill, that's her—l knric 'tis. You can't fool rae—l know her too well !" Bill, who was a good dea' interested in the play, was out of all patience at this persistent interruption on the part of Tom. He gave him a tremendous uudge in the rilrs with his elbow, as an emphatic hint for him to " keep quiet !" Tom without minding the admonition said : —" You just wait—l'll fix her, keep your eyes on me." Sure enough, he did fix her Watching his opportunity when the actress was deeply ab sorbed in her part, he sang out in a voice which rang through the galleries. " Low bridge !" From force of habit, the actress instantly and involuntary <luci:e<i her head to avoid the anticipated collision. Down came the houe with a perfect thunder of applause at this " pal pable hit," high above which Tom's voice couid be heard, as he returned Bill's punch in the ribs with interest. " Didn't I tell ye, old boy. I kuow'd 'twas her You couldn't fool me. ANECDOTES OF STUMP STEARINO. —The sys tem of canvassing aud electioneering as it is carried on in the Southwest, affords much that is amusing as well as instructive. We find in the " Editor's Drawer, of Harper for December a rich joke said to have occurred in a canvass in Tennessee, between the Hon Cave Johnson and Major Gustavns A Henry. As the story runs. Major 11.. in reply to an allusion of his opponent as to his tuauuer of shaking hands, said : " I will teii yon a little anecdote illustra tive of peculiar eleetioneerirg abilities of my honorable friend in his intercourse with' onr intelligent constituents. We were canvassing ' in a remote part of the district, and. having an • appointment to speak near the bouse of a very influential Squire, we spent the previous night at his house together It was well known ; that the Squire, controlled all the votes in i that precinct, aud that Ids better half control led h'un. so that it was all important to get on the right side of her We had agreed not to electioneer with the Squire while we ;taid with him : but I did not think this forbade me to do ray best with his family. So I rose about ! daybreak the next morning, and. thinking that I shonld make friends with the mistress of the house by bringing water to cook the breakfast 1 I took a bucket and started off for the spring. I was tripping off on a light fantastic toe, singing merrily as I went along, when jwhat on earth should I see, as I looked into the barnyard, but the old woman raiikiug the cow while my honorable friend, with his face ruddy with morning exercise, and his long locks streaming in the breeze was holding the cow j bv the tail ! I saw in an instant that he had the start of me. I returned to the hous dis romfitted. and abaudoned all hope of a vote in that region." m SHP.EWD MAN OUTWITTED —Mr Clayton, au thor of a book on the Crimean campaign, nut in his journey, with a strong minded woman He says, " We next touched at Malta, raking on board a few fresh passenger> in lien of sonic we landed there. Among the new coiners wa* a iady of a most violent tera;*cr, so un governable that she hated morally all every thing. Her husband informed iii that ju-t In fore his marriage he w;> warned <>f the la ly's fiery disposition ; an.l to test the v* -iraty of the information, one evening as h- sal next ' her at dinner, he managed clevrriy to jog t! servant's elbow,as a plate of in- k tm'Y -• q> was offered to her. which of course. u|<: •">vcr the yonng lady's white dre* 4 f.j i|.-t lcc No complaint, nor even a flow*, hi ij i rimrnl. the delighted suitor eoarladeti lit at what hi* had heard was a mistake, and that his ina morata ha.i the tenij#T of a lamb A ho had !KN*U fed on mashed jK.Uitocs, nod as !i.-rni!.-<s 3* . water pari. So the marriage took place jbpt soon the lady's real character displayed ir>elt. us is the ca<e after marriage, but rn v- r ! f o* nd his wife, 1 ke a human StVOmhoTt. was mD ' ject to fiery eruptions eveiy tea minute- nf-os 'an average. " How Is it, my dear," said the happy husband. " that having -uch a Cad tnn per. you stood the ordeal l.y the sonp so A. 'I ?~ " Why " answered the lady. " I night have ■ apjienred ind'ffereut at the 'line, but gv I h-nv ! en ? you should have only g..;.e into niyr*n a little r.ftcrrnnls and seen the mark- of my j teeth on the bed po-t !" KP* The mv* l.or.cral :e p-; c', ta.k 1* to ' gv*e tisr •aci 3*sct! VOL. XVIII. —NO. 44. SALK or WOJIKV Circassian girls IM ael dom reluctant to be sold to Turkey. Those beneath a certain rank look upon sucb tale, on the part of their fathers, as a proof of hie anx iety for the welfare of his daughters. Unlets therefore, the Circassian has seen a yooth, upon whom to lavish her young affection she usually desires to lie sent to Staraboul. If the father be willing, she is sold to a slave mer chant. who takes her to the land the hat chosen. There she is sent to a ladie't school, where she is instructed in the aecoraplishmeats of the Turkish gentlewoman. And, if she is very beautiful, she will be taught reading. Turkish, Arabic and Persian literature—these will be an additional recommedation in the eyes of a wealthy Osmanli. After two to four years—according to her age—spent in this seminary, the young girl is fit for 6a!e. Her "condition'' now, receives the most unremitting atten! ion for a few months. The doctor, in attendance at the establishment, visits her con stantly. She is fed very carefully ; she is dai ly bathed very discreetly, cosmetics of the most excellent kind are pressed into use. All these things are done, that her limbs and face may appear beautifully round, and that her skin may be pure, pale, and clear : in a word that she may look her loveliest.— The Circassian girls always bring a higher price than the Georgian. Their beanty is of a higher type. They are more intellectual.— They can manage a household better—indeed the Circassian ladies may be classed among the most skillful, the most saving housewives in world.' "An old Osmanli,*' says a recent* traveller, " told me that he loved a Circassian better than a Georgian, as he did the sun bet ter than the moon. For a Circassian could make her harem smell like the garden of Per istan, and look herself as if freshly descended out of Paradise, upon a purse of money that wonld not suffice a Georgian to sand its floors like the desert *' Cor RTINO IN IOWA. —The foliowing circum stance happened in Cedar Co., lowa : A certain young man being ont on a court ing expedition came late on Sunday evening, ami in order to keep his secret from his young acquaintances, determined to be at home bright and early on Monday morning. Momited on his horse, dressed in his fine white summer pants and other fixins in proportion, he arrives at the residence of his inamorata w here he was kindly received, and his horse properly taken care of being turned into the pasture for the night. The night passed awav, and three o'clock in the morning arrived. Three o'clock was the time for him to depart, so that he might arrive at home before his comrade* were stirring. lie sallied forth to the pasture to catch his horse ; but here was difficulty— grass high am] loaded with dew. To venture in with white p ntaloons on would rather take out the starch and lead to bis detection. It would not iio to go in with his white unmen tionable; -o lie quickly ruade his resolve He carefully disrobed himself of his valuable " white' ami placed them in safety on the fence while he gave chase with unscreened pedals through the wet grass after the horse. Upturning to the fence where he had"safely suspended his lilly white unmentionables. Of horrible Didu ! what a eight met his eyes ! The field into w bicli his horse had been turned wa not only a " horse pasture," but a " calf pasture," too, and the naughty calves attract ed by tiie white flag ou the fence, bad betaken themselves to it, and calf- like, had eaten them np ; only a few well chewed fragments of this once valuable article of the wardrobe now re mained—only a few shreds—just sufficient to indicate what they once had been ! What a pirkle this was for a nice young man to be in! It was now near day light, and the farmers were up and about, and our hero far from home, with no covering for bis " traveling ap paratus." It would not do to go back to the house of his lady love, neither could he go to town in that plight. There wits one resource left him and that was to secrete himself in the bushes until the next night and then gel home nnder coyer of the darkness. Safely hid. he remained under the protection of the bushes for some time, and it may be im agined thai his feeling's towards the calf kind were not of the most friendiy character ; but ere long, his seclusion was destined to be in truded npan. By and by. the boys, who had been out to feed the calves, returned with the remnants of the identical white garment which adorned the lower limbs of their late Tisitor.— They were mangled and Corn to shreds 1 An inquest wa immediately held over them.— Some awful fat had Iwfallen the unfortunate young man The neighbors were summoned to >eareh for the mangled corpse, and tbo prxc with al! ijteed set out with dogs and arms.—The fwsture was thn-nugbly searched, and then the adjacent thickets, when lo oar liero driven out from Ids lair by the keen vent of the dogs, nil safe, alive aud well, minus the linen. At expbina';o-j ther. endued at the expense >!" <-fir hero but h w-.i* --ncvcssful in the end. and m irried the lady, and now living com fortn'.iy in one of •!:.• flourishing little towns • >f low J SktV \\ it dull 1 help yon to ? nqnlred ! c daughter <>f a landlady, of a mode-1 youth nt the i|imi-r table A ' wife." was the meek reply Tie young lady blush'd. perhaps in il ly and it :* KIHI that the kindly offices of a tuisrhWmg clergyman wore requisite to rccoi.t ..i tie parties tee™ Sai'r Jones iv that when *hc was M love sin- frit 4is ;f she was in a tuoii I with a traiu of car* com ng froin both ways. KaT* M ittcr of money -marrying a rich old mid or whlow for the ak* of board ami lodg ing N3"™ 1 y a-- j kc~ 'iX" mtt. * C*can# i '"er r *r - tlr v a <-r
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