M. DOLLAR PER ANNUM INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
TOWANDA:
ftinrsUao fflornino, CApril 8,1858.
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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
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