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ITOWANDA:
Thursday Morning, October 14, 1858.
Original
(For the Bradford Reporter.]
"IN THE DARK."
y, soeoes of beautiful repose.
Revealed hy the pale moonlight.
Have ye no influence to restore
A calm to my aoul to-night ?
Ye trauquil skies, your majesty
And beauty oft have given
Visions of peace to my weary aoul,
And dreams of rest in Heaven.
I would dream to-night, but I cannot dream ;
I cannot feel secure—
By the icinpost tossed. In darkness lost,
I long for something sure.
Maker ! to whom these feeble powers.
This strange existence owe,
How should I spend these aimless hoars,
What would'st Thou have me do T
Why sm I here in fetters vile ?
My destination where?
Is there a world where the curse of sin
Shall leave us pure and fair ?
Ye dead ! who have entered the dark before,
Why ne'er return to give
Some sign, some token to assure
Thst still your spirits live ?
I long to know —how can I wait ?
Earth's pleasures turn to gall—
There is sorrow and sin in my earthly path,
And darkness over all.
Friend of the friendless ! herald of light!
Oh! death, I come to thee
Boldly I leap in the dark abyss,
I And end uncertainty. IDS.
Slisttllantous.
JOHN BOGG'S BARN DOOR; OR, THE
EFFECTS OF PROCRASTINATION.
' It is too bad!' said John Boggs.
'What's too bad T returned Matilda, his
wife.
Why—the cart's broken down; and now
:be hands must be idle while it's beiug mend
fi'
The cart!' repeated Mrs. Boggs, laying
wn the stocking she was darning, and re
ading her husband with a peculiar look.—
Do you mean the large ox-cart ?'
' Yes.'
' What's the matter with it ?'
The hub is split right slap in two halves!'
' But 1 thought it began to split a long time
Igo I heard you say last week, that you must
H.ive a new iron band made for it.'
I Yes—l know,' said John Boggs, rather
l;:biooslv; 4 I did say something about it, but
■ rn I didn't think it was so oad.'
I 'Yet you knew it needed mending, John;
|':r vou said so yourself. I wish you would
I run to be more prompt about these things.
■ Yoa lose more than you are aware of.'
■ 0. no, Tiddy. I don't lose anything.—
■ :>frvthing on toy place is as well as things
-■rsncraily are.'
Not quite, John. I know you manage to
■ irep things in pretty good order; but you
■ -it acknowledge that you are in the hubii
lef procrastinating. It's only last week that
I' n io*t w valuable sheep just because you put
I liaending the floor in the shed. And now
|'? must lose half a day's work of thiee hands
I at because yon didn't mend your cart hub
■ bm it ought to have been mended. Ah—
I'on do iose much; aud there's no use trying to
Well—complaining won't mend it, that's a
case,' muttered John.
I No,' quickly but pleasantly returned MH-
I i*: ' but paying heed to your experience
f Htght mend the whole trouble.'
'Pooh! You sit here in the house darnin'
Htockia's; and I 'spose you think 'cause you
.H*: cf where to ruu your needle, you could
■ everything in a barn at once.'
No, no, John,' said the wife smiling. ' You
s,Hsct|Hitit in the right shnpe. I can see the
B s *! of a stocking, aud when I see a place
x H' :frtm 7 needle needs to run, I mn it there,
l-ion't expect you to see but oue thing at a
I ami also to see that it needs mending.tbeu
t M l ** time to meud it.'
I Joho Boggs commenced to whistle a medley
t| : 'pasmodic notes aud at the same time drew
■ t coat He had got to go fire miles to a
■ Smith's shop to have an iron ring made.
I John,' said his wife, plying her darning nee
<he spoke, ' now mark my words; if you
turn over a new leaf in this respect you'll
_ ■ .>< a lesson one of these days that'll cost yon
■- > than you can afford to pay.'
J°hn whistled with renewed energy, now
uf fairly into ' Yankee Doodle,' and with
■ '•Mou* shake of her head, his wife turned
—iß" Nation to her work.
I ■ hn Boggs had two men to work for hiro,
: by this breaking of the cart they were
obliged to iie still or go at work which
of little use. He had a large farm aud
tXc *heot one for producing vegetation; and
Quite ' well to do' in the world, llis
r® *ere all daughters, and hence the
of overlooking the affairs of the farm
-volved upou hiui.
fV-*® *e have seen, John Boggs had one fault
put off till to morrow what could be
l '- be done to-day. He contrived to
a ' s p'ace looking clean and tidy. because
■ periods he would be seized with a
d* ■ -v " fit, and would then roll up
j)l TT vs and go at it. But this did'nt work
■ Many a time very im|ortaut things
till ' v ftu like U.' Tbat wag a great
of his; ' Well— when it ftU Ukt <.'
p.i ° w there would be a break-down that
** to immediately; and while
■ .-/ l: hammer ami nails in his hands be
" Q P several other things that had been
M bis coming. Very often an hour was
something which woald not have
• minutes of his time, had he
I V J a4a< * w ' hfa srst discovered it.—
- * ccly >o, bat be lost ia two other wayi
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
It required more nails to do the work at this
late hour, and could never be made so good, at
that, as it was before, nor as it would have
been had he attended to it in season
John had often promised his wife that he
would reform, but be had not done it yet. He
did not realize how much he lost; or if he did,
the effect was momentary. When he lost his
sheep he would never let such a thing go again.
Aud yet there was at this very moment a bad
place in the floor of his tie-up, where the cows
were kept He had noticed three days before.
He saw one of the cows tread upon it and he
knew that a heavy ox would break through
there at once. But the floor was not mended
yet, for all that.
When the ring, or the hub band came home,
Mr. Boggs went to work aud put it on. But
it would not work. He had missed a figure
in his calculations. The spokes had worn the
sockets so much that all the straps in the
world could never fit that broken hub on agaiu. i
'Jerusalem!' muttered the disappointed man, ;
as he found that he could not make the thing
work. 4 lf i had only fixed the thundering
things when I ought to, this wouldn't have
been! It's too bad—too thundering bad.'
But there was no help for it. A new hub
must be made. He made out to find au old
wheel which he could use while the wright was
fixing his, and in this uncomfortable way he
managed to get along without losing much
over a day's time.
One morning about a week after the break
ing of the hub, one of the little girls came run
uing in while the family were at breakfast.
' Papa ! papa !—the white faced heifer's
broke right through the floor!'
4 What?' uttered Boggs, starting up. 4 Bro
ken through V
John Boggs knew that his wife was looking
sharply at liiin, and he avoided that peculiar
glance which he felt sure he should find there
if turned that way. He called up the two
men aud hurried out. As good fortune would
have it, the heifer was not seriously harmed;
but John knew he could not claim credit for
her safety. When he came back bis wife said
not a word upon the subject. At first John
was atraid she would reprimand him; but when
he found that she kept silence upon the sub
ject, he felt worse than he would have felt had
she just eluded him a little. He knew she felt
it—that she understood it—and her continued
silence seemed to indicate that she considered
him incorrigible. From that moment he re
solved that he t could reform. Ah—he had
made just such resolutions before.
For two mouths no real accident happened,
for John Boggs kept things pretty straight, but
still there were some short-comings. The hale !
it of procrastination was too firmly fixed upon
him to be easily thrown off.
A autumn drew uear, John Boggs began
to look around for an opportunity to carry into J
executiou a plan he had l>een considering for
some time. He had a very choice stock of
cattle, and having received au excellent offer !
for them, he could buy in the spring to good
advantage. So he suld eight oxen for a price
which might by some be considered almost fab
ulous. The same purchaser wanted horses !
and John sold his three heavy ones, keeping
only a three year old colt, which he thought
would answer for all his riding through the
winter.
Very near John's farm was a large tract of
land covered with heavy pine trees —most of
them magnificent white pine; and he had part
ly contracted to cut those trees down, fashion
the logs, and haul them the aistance of three
miles to the river. The contract would be a j
valuable one for him, besides he lived so near
to the woods. He supjosed he could find
plenty of men who would be glad to come on
and furnish teams if he would keep them. He
had hay and grain in plenty, and of course
wished to have most of it eaten on the place.
Bv selling his oxen and horses he had made a
clear profit of about one-half all he got for 1
them; and now if he could get some one to
come on and furnish teams, and in return, take
one-half the proceeds of the job, and have their j
animals kept, he would do well. But he found
it more difficult than he had expected, to ob
tain the help. He could find pieuiy of men
who would gladly come with such teams as they
owned; but he wanted heavier ones.
At length he hit upon the very roan.
' I've found him,' he said to his wife, one
evening on his return from a visit to a neigh
boring town ' I've found just the man. He's
got teams enough, and will come on as soon as
wanted.'
' Who is he ?' asked Matilda, quite pleased
at her husband's success.
4 Aarou Rolf. You know him don't ye ?
He's got six yoke of oxen and four good horses;
and be says if I will give him equal shares of
what I am to have, and take care of his ani
mals aud men he'll come.'
' Aaron Rolf?' repeated the wife. 4 I know
him well. If he says he will come then you
may depend upon him. He never makes a
promise until he knows he can keep it; and he
never undertakes to do a thing which he can- ;
not do as it should !>e doue. Some |>eople call
him odd; and I don't know but he is, in one
sense of the word; for he minds his own busi
ness; has everything in its proper place; aud
will have no one about him. if he cau help it,
who will not follow his example.'
•Why—you seem to know him well, Tiddy '
' And why shouldn't i ? You forget that I
lived in his father's family several years.'
4 Oho! Is he a son of old Beu Rolf V
'Ye* —his eldest boy.'
"Aha—that's it eh "? Well, I'm glad he's
such a man. It'll make it good for me.'
' I should like to have him here very well
this coroiog fall and winter— that is if you
must have some Que.'
So John Boggs gave himself no more uneas
iness upon the subject of his fall's work. Mr.
Rolf was corniug over to look at the timber,
before he closed the bargain; but then Johu
had explained everything tally to htm, aud be
was perfectly satisfied.
Oue day John weut to tie the colt np in the
stall, and he found that the edge of the trough
was worn almost down to the hole through
wfcicb the baiter wa tied. He kaew that it
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was not safe. A slight poll would break it
out.
4 1 declare,' said he to himself, 4 1 must fix
that when I get time."
He meant when he felt like it, for he had
ample time then. All that was necessary was
to step into the wagon-hcuse, get an inch and
a half augur, and bore a new hole. It would
have taken him, perhaps, five minutes to have
performed the whole operation. He led the
colt into the next stall, and then weut to the
house and sat down.
Ah—the old habit was not gone vet. He
would fix the tie-hole when he had time!—
John Boggs hadn't quite reformed for all his
place looked so well outside.
Au eveuing or two afterwards, just as he
was sitting down to sapper one of his daugh- i
ters came in and told him that the back baru
door had tumbled down again.
' Why I set a log of wood np against it 1
firmly only a little while ago,' exclaimed John. '
' Then I guess some of the sheep must have
rubbed it down,' said the girl.
'John Boggs,'spoke the wife almost sternly,
4 havn't you fixed that door yet?'
' I declare. I'll fix that to-morrow,' was
John's response.
' But why havn't you fixed it before ?' per
sisted Matilda.
' Why—l havn't had time.'
Johu, held down his head as he made this
remark.
' Havn't had time ?' repeated the dame.ele- 1
vatiug her eye brows in real astonishment.— j
' John Bogg's, what do you mean V
' Why—l did mean to fix it ; Hut whenever J
I've thought of it, it lias been when I was busy i
about something else.'
4 Ah, John—let me tell you that kind of,
work won't suit Aaron Rolf.'
' Let Aaron Rolf mind his own business,'re
turned John warmly ; 4 and ' he added with a
bold l)ok iuto bis wife's fice, ' there's other
folks, too ; that might do the same to advan
tage.'
Matilda Boggs smiled, for she saw that her !
husband was playing the brave—a thing which
he seldom did in her presence. Not that she
was the wearer of garments unmentionable,hut
she was oae of those straight, forward, sound
sensed, stern virtued women, who find it ab
solutely necessary to guide an easy husband
sometimes. She had intended to a>k her lord
to go out and fix the door after supper; but as
he was already chafed, she concluded to say uo
more at present.
The facts about the barn door were these:
The lower hinge had beeu useless over "two
weeks, but had been made to work by ben.g '
careful in opening and closing the door. But
some three days had elapsed since tlie upper one
had become so loose that no dependence con d
be placed upon it. John had nbticed. and he
had said to himself: 'lt must be fixed ; und he
had resolved to do it when he felt like it.'
The next day came; and in the morning John
Boggs went out to the barn,and passed through
into the yard, lie set the back door up after
him, aud braced the stout cord stick against it
to hold in its place.
' I declare, that must be fixed ! I'll attend
to that right off.'
He went out into the field,and when lie came
back he went over to a neighbor to see about
some help, and remained there till dinner time.
Just as they werp sitting down to dinner. Aaron
Rolf drove up to the door. One of the hired
men took his horse, and be came in, where he
was warmly welcomed by Johu and his good
wife.
In the afternoon the two men went out to the
timber lauJ, and it was nearly dark when they
returned They had seen the whole lot. and
Mr. Rolf was much pleased with the proposed
plan in every way. As near as they could cal
culate it would take them,with themselves and
four other men. and six yoke of cattle and four
horses, a hundred days. Perhaps more but
surely no less. Rolf found that his share of
the proceeds would amount to eight hundred
dollars. Then from this lie must pay the two
men whom he was to bring, leaving him six
hundred dollars for his oxen, horses and him
self. But as he was to be at no expense at all
in feeding anybody or anything, he considered
the remuneration just fa.r.
' I cau have more than that for hauling
goods for our new railroad company,' said he;
' but I should have to be away from home all
the time, and I don't like it. I like this plau.
I can go home as often as I please, and feci
perfectly free to remain away a day if I wish.'
During the evening the work was all p'an
ned ; and before they retired. A iron Ilolf bad
ra ide up bis mind that they should sign ihe arti
cles ot agreement. It was arranged that they
should go to the justices and have them legal
ly drawn up. John Boggs thought there was
no need of any such paper, but Mr. Rolf
thonght differently. Said he :
• We may forget, but a written paper can't
forger.'
And upon that they retired for the night.
In the morning .Mr. Rolf got up, and went
out to snuff np the fresh air Having washed
and com ed bis hair, lie thought he would go
down and look at bis horse ; and perhaps give
him some water. He saw one of the hired men
and a>kfd him if he had watered the animal.
It had not been done. So he weut on to the
barn. He found the stable where he had seen
the man bitch his horse the night before—but
the horse was gone! He went through to the
back of the nam, and found the dcor not oj>eD,
•ut flat upon the ground ! He went on into
the yard—and there he found the bars down !
He hunted up the hired man.
' Look ye. my man, have yoa seen anything
of my horse ?'
4 No sir,' was the answer.
4 Jast come here.'
The man followed Rdf to the empty stall.
' Did you hitch my horse there last night ?'
the visitor asked, poiutiug to where the hole
bad been broken out.
4 Yes, sir, yoa know that wouldn't bold a
horse V
4 1 suppose Mr. Boggs had fixed it, sir. I
heard him say two or three days ago he must
do it when he had time. It was kind o' dark
wheo I hitched the boree. acd I d ; da't cooee'
4 Fix it when he had time ! 4 repeated Roll,
in surprise. 4 Hasu't he au auger ?'
4 Ye 9, sir.'
4 And hasn't he had five minutes to spare
within three days ?'
4 Yes, sir—a good many of 'cm, I should
think. 4
' But how abont this door out here?—didn't
you know that was unsafe ?'
4 Yes, sir. It's been so a long while. But
Mr. Boggs said he'd fix it wheu he had time,
and so I never touched it.'
4 Who lugged that great logot wood around
here to hold it with V
4 Mr. Boggs did sir.'
4 He did, eh ?—yes, yes. And now how do
you suppose them bars came down V
' Bars !' repeuted the man somewhat star
tled, ' are thein bars dowu again V
' They are down, sir.'
' Well—l'm glad on't ! Mr. Boggs said
he'd fix 'cm. I asked him yesterday morning
if I should fix 'em, and he said no. He said I
might go to wrork and he'd alteud to that.—
Now the cows are all gone !'
4 Ah—l understand,' svid Mr. Rolf. And
as he spoke he turned away and followed the
tracks of his horse to the road, and saw that
it was tnrned towards home. He knew the
nature of his horse, and he was sure he should
find him in his own stall. So he returned to
the barn ; and having taken the bridle on his
arm. and thrown the light saddle over his
shoulder, said to the hired man:
' You can tell Mr. Boggs that I have gone
after my horse.'
' But shan't I go with ye, sir T
' No. I know just where to find him.'
So Aaron went away all " saddled and bri
bled."
When Mr. John Boggs came into breakfast
he looked very 44 blue."
' Why—what's the matter John?' the wife
asked, for he looked realy sad.
He made no answer ; and Matilda was upon
the point of asking him again when one of the
rosy-cheeked little girls came running in, with
eagerness upon every round feature.
'0 mamma !' she cried, 'don't you think—
Mr. Rolfs horse has ruu off! He broke out
of the stall where the halter hole was worn
off down to 'on a'most nothing !—and he run
out through the barn door tbat was tumbled
down!—and he got through the bars where the
cows hook 'em down!—and —don't you think
he's gone off to try and catcli hin ! lie
went with the saddle on his back! My sakes,
ain't it too bad ?'
Matilda B >ggs looked at John Biggs a full
minute, and then she went back to her break
fast. She spoke not a word further upon the
subject.
The next forenoon there was a letter left at
the hou*e of Johu Boggs. Tnat individual
received it from his wife when he came to
dinner. He had been fixing up a door, and
some bars, etc. He opened the letter and read
as follows :
OAK HILL, Sept. 23. IS—.
MR. JOHN" Boons— DEAß SIR : You may
consider tbat all business relations between u*
are at an end. But it will not thus abruptly
break off mr plans without giving any reason.
It is this : lam by nature very uervou*, and
1 could not trust my interests in the hands of
a man who cannot take cure of his own. Were
I not assured that the accident of last night
was the result of what lias become acomfirmed
habit with you, I might hesitate ; but I un
derstand it all. This will remain a secret wrh
me ; and, trusting you may overcome an evil
which cannot but result in barm to you if you
follow it up.
I remain vours, etc.,
AARON ROLF
John Boggs read this letter, ami then rushed
from the house Matilda picked it up and read
it. A cloud passed over her lace, and then a
ray of sunshine came. In a few moments she
looked happy and contented.
Bat the dinner was getting cold and she sent
one of the children after him. He came ic,
loodiug sad and dejected. His wife went up to
him and placed her hand IIJMJU his shoulder.
'John,' she said kiudlv, ' canuot you buy
some oxen ?'
* Yes,' he returned moodily.
' And can you not buy them and still have
much of the money left which you recicved for
those you sold ?'
" Yes.'
' Then go anil buy oxen, and hire yonr men,
and do that work yourself. I'll do all I can
towards taking care of your baud*. And lam
sure you'll make much more than you would to
have a partner. Come —we can do our duty
without the help of any man who does not
want to nssist you '
John Boggs was dumb with gratefni emotion
lie understood bis wife perfectly. He knew
how noble >he was ; and he now realized thai
if he had o.ily given heed to her advice before,
lie might have Ireen spared of his shame. Bit
he soon gazed up ; and In* only answer was to
draw the faithful woman down and kiss her.
That very afternoon he commenced upoa a
rule of life which he resolved not to deviate
He posted off at once, and In-fore night he was
the owner of eight yokes of oxen. They were
not such leautirs as those he had sold,but they
were stout working-oxen. Next he engageti
his men. Aud when the seasou for work com
he went at it with a will : The logs were ah
menced out and deposited in the river, and he
was the clear, net gainer of one thousand dol
lars by the operatiou.
But that w as not uil he gained from that fal
len barn-door. He gained the life lev-on he >.•
much ueeded ; and from the rule it ga"e him
he never after deviated He never age in saw
a thing upon bis place that needed attention
without bestowing that attention at once. And
the result was soon manifest. Everything was
in its place, and everything was safe. Llis wif,-
was happy, for she had no more occasion to
perforin that moat unpleasant of a!i domeetic
dotiea to the true wife—the chiding of a bus
band. And there was one more thing : H
conld pat a friend's horse into his stall withon'
ihe danger of the animal's making off during
the night, through a hole that should have
been. LNJ: out. r.oppec oy a BAJN
THOSE WHO NEVER COMPLAIN. —We rever
ence the stout of heart. We admire the man,
whatever fortune betide, who can still expand
his face with a bland and niiwriukled smile.—
The intemperament.tbe owner which will laugh
while others cry—the man who can still elicit
thoughts for congratulation in situations that
would bring forth only growlingsand repinings
from others, is the true philosopher—the man
for the "times." What are hard times to him'.
He is not cast from his equilibrium though
banks break, debtors become insolvent, or all
the kings and emperors of earth suspend. He
still finds cause for rejoicing, and is still happy.
He has enough to eat and drink—enough to
wear—he never did, never could make use of
more.
Not tliis,however,the apathy of indifference,
far from it. His soul is awake, be sees ruin
around, in the midst, impending, but it hurts
not until it hits—why should it ? He never
complains.
Suffering may come, he bears it with a stout
heart, like a man. Starvation—but he wastes
not his declining strength in vain repinings that
serve only to make bad worse. How benig
nant the rays of happiness that beam from his
jolly, rubicund face. Ilovr delighted, weaker
morals love to nask in the superabundant mag
netic emulations tbat radiate, in the full knowl
edge of their strength, from his over-flowing
soul-battery.
All around are happy. He never complaint.
He talks, but tlie sunny "-ide alone appears to
find congenial resting place in imagination
bright pictures alone suit liirn He alone is the
true philosopher. How van it be otherwise ? j
Why, must life be pissed through, and flowers
and thorns bestrew the path, vhy not pick the
former and eschew the latter ? There is time
enough for this, and it might be done, if man
kind only lmd the disposition. And were such
the case, how soon therefore would come the
4 'good time coming." It would be at our doors
—in the inid-t of our families—in our hearts.
Man is weuk. pitiably weak—he has not the
strength to follow that which he knows is for
his own good. But let him not grumble, for
it is as bad for his digestion ; let him not ha
bitually seek pleasure in growling, for it will
work an injury to his stomach and conscience;
let him not accustom himself to contemplate
the somber and the shady, for it w;!l spoil his
good looks, and render him repulsive aud dis
gusting Hasten, on, then, the 44 good time,"
and never complain.
DESCRIPTION-OF GREAT SALT LIKE.— AS the
great Salt Lake of the Mormons has of late
year* become a place of interest to the reop'e
of this country, 1 send you an extract of a let
ter from a resident of that place, giving some
description of it.
" Tiie Like is on the west side of the val
ley. 80 inilcs long 40 miles wide, without siuk i
or outlet. The deepest water is 41 feet,'inter- j
spersed with islands, mostly at the north end, ;
two at the south end, one twenty miles long, i
the other fifteen ; on the east i>land brother
Fair keep* a herd of some tine cuttle, a fine ,
ranche, plenty of water, plenty of wood. The j
bost island StatiburyV has very little wood !
and fresh water, but line grass ; cattle sum ■
roer and winter on these i-iunds, making the!
fattest beef I ever saw. 1 have boiled salt at '
the south end of the lake, called Black Rock, j
for live years. There is on a mountain some :
forty miles north, bordering on the Lake any
amount of copperas and alum.
Three Vears ago, ( 51) three pails of water
made one of salt. The lake has risen seven
feel in five years ! It now takes nearly five
pails of water to make one of salt ; so that
not much salt makes on the lieach now. Four
years ago I loaded a wagon in two hours, ol
as handsome coarse -alt as you ever saw, and
as good quality. The water is impregnated
with glanber salts, lime, copperas, alum, mu
riatic acid, Ac. The salt springs issue from
the foot of the mountains. There is not a
pure fresh water spring on the whole of the
south end. The spring which we use from is
too much flavored to suit strangers. It is a
wild romantic place, but I love it, it is my
home—we were driven from our homes by a
band of ruffians, that would give ns no res'
day or night. Here we can sleep sweetly am d
the dashing of waves, the howling of the wolf,
and the grizzly bear, and the yell of the sav
age.—iLvu (.V. I") Sentinel.
TNP LAWYER'S A:VICE. — 44 Soon after I wra<
admitted to the bar, I accidentally happened
HI tiie court room during the trial of some
criminals. After being there a short time, a
mail w.is arraigned, cuarged with the corumis
s.on of the crime of horse stealing, lie plead
ed not guilty ; aud tiie court, finding that iie
bad no counsel, and that he was too |oor to
ee one, directed me to defend him. A jury
was a!>ut to be empanueied, when I stated
to the court that I knew nothing of the esse,
and desired an interview with my client. This
was not oily granted me, but the court per
milled me to withdraw from the TOOA with
my client, and d.rected me to give him the
>et legal advice I could. We retired, and
•fter the lapse of some inmates, 1 returned to
the court room and t<ok my seat in the bar.
l\.e court asked me if I ws ready. I replied
that 1 was. But w here is your client ? said
the Judge. 1 replied : Yonr Honor advised
me to g.ve him tiie liest advice I could, and
on ascertaining from hi;u that he wax guiltv,
and that the proof was conclusive, I advised
turn to ruu aud give the court a wide berth ;
and if he has faithfully followed mv advice iie
( is uow out of your jurisdiction." The scene
that followed must have been a laughable oue,
and suoli our venerable friend asserts that it
| *as. The bench was almost paralyzed with
ft-ar, and scarcely knew how to proceed, or
-vhat to do, while on the countenance of eve
ry member of the bar, and spectator present,
there was a smile of glee.
WE may set down as an axiom that young
ad e* cannot know ever> body's names, wheu
t is ut'erly impossible for thetn to kuoT what
the.* c*n tsjy a a:ter-**^.rd
VOL. XIX. —NO. 19.
-J VELOCITY OK RAILWAY TRAILS. —Dr. Lard
. ' nor has made some curious calculations with
i regard to the velocity of railway traius. Ac
{ cording to these, a speed of seventy miles an
i ' hour is about equivalent to thirty-five yards
t per second, or thirty-five yards between two
: | beats of a common clock. All objects uear
; j the eye of a passenger traveling at this rate,
i ■ will pass by liis eye in the thirty-filth }>art of
a second ; and if thirty five stakes were erect
ed at the side of the road, a yard asunder, thev
would not be distinguishable one from anoth
er ; if painted red, they would ap|>eur collt-c-
I lively as a continuous flash of red color. If
two trains with this speed passed each other,
'j the relative velocity would be seveiry yards
| per second ; and if one of the trains were sev
enty yards long, it would fla.>fi by iu a single
' second.
Supposing the locomotive which draws such
j a train to Imre driving whet-la seven fee: iu
I diameter, these wheels will revolve five times
in u second ; the piston moves along the cyl
inder ten times in *1 second ; the valve moves
and the steam escapes ten times in a second.
But as there are two cylinders, which act al
ternately, there are reuily twenty puffs or es
i capes of stenin, in a second. The locomotive
can be heard to " cough " when moving slow
ly. the cough being occasioned by the abrupt
emission of steam, up the chimney ; but tweu
! ty coughs jmr second cannot be separated by
the ear, their individuality becoiuiug lost.—-
Such a locomotive spied is nearly equal to one
fourth that of a cauuou bail ; and toe luomen
tum of a whole train moving at such a speed,
would be nearly equivalent to the ag regate
force of a number of caution balls iqual looue
fourth the weight of the truiu.
Scir.KTinc PARADOXES. —The water which
drowns us, a fluent stream, can be walked upon
as ice. The bullet, which, when tired from a
musket,carries death, will be harmless if ground
tu dust before being fired. Tiie crystalixed
! purt of the oil of rosea, so graceful in its fra
grance—a solid at ordinary temperatures
though readily volatile—is a compound 6ub
stunce, containing exactly the same elements,
and in exactly the same proportions, aa the gas
with which we light our streets. The tea
which we daily drii.k, with benefit and )des
urc, produces palpitations, nervous tremblings,
' aiu' even paralysis, if taken to excess; yet the
peculiarly organic agent cailed theme, to which
tea owes its qualities, may be taken by itself
I (as that, not as tea) without any appreciable
effect. The water which will allay our burn-
I iug thirst, augments it wbeu congealed into
i snow; aO that Lapt. Buss declares the natives
of the Arctic regions " prefer enduring the ut
most extremity of thirst rather thnu attempt
j to remove it by eating snow ;" yet if snow be
; melted it becomes drinkable water. Xeverthe
: less, although, if melted l>efor® entering the
: mouth it assuages thirst like other water, when
melted iu the mouth it has the op|K>site effect,
lo render this paradox more striking, we have
only to remember that ice, which melts slowly
in the mouth is very efficient iu allaying thirst.
—BlacJ.voca.
SFEAKI.VO OTT TV P -.EMS — A correspondent
jof the Richmond L)ip.itch—a remarkably good
; paper for its size, by the way—tells the follow
; ing iu a letter from one of the Springs :
An amusing incident occurred on the cars
! of the Virginia and Tennessee road, which most
! lie preserved in print. It is 100 good to lie
' lost. A< the train entered the Big Tunnel,
' near this place, in accordance with the usual
custom a lamp was lit. A servant girl, ac
companying her mistress, had sank into a pro
fou id slumber, bu? just as the lamp was lit
she awoke, and. half asleep, imagined herself
in the infernal regions. Frantic with fright,
die implored tier Miker to have mercy on her,
remarking, at the ome time, " the devil has
got me at last." Jler mistress, sitting on the
seat in front oi the terrified negro, was deeply
mort'fied, and cailed upon her—" Mollie, don't
make such a noise, it is I, be not afraid."—
Tne poor African imediatelv exclaimed. "Oh,
! missus, dat you : jest what I spec-ted; 1 always
thought if elier 1 got to de bad place, I would
see you dur.'' These remarks were uttered
with neh vehemence, that not a word was lost
and the w hole coach Ucime convulsed with
laughter.
A PRACTICAL JOKE —In Berks county, sars
an exchange, one of political parties had for
twenty years been in the habit of holding their
nominating conventions at the house of Mr.
G
lie happened on a recent occasion, for the
firvt time, to lie in when they had finished the,r
business, and heard & little d*-legite move
that " this convention adjourn sine die "
" Sine die !"* s 1 Mr. (*., to a jtersou stand
ing
" Why, that's way in the northern part of
the county !'' said his neightor.
•• H * on, if you please Mr. Cheerm&n, taiJ
the landlord, wit'a grc it empasa and earnest
ness, " I.old on. Sir. I'd like to be heard oo
that thai question. 1 have k°pt a public house
for ruor'u tweity years. I'm a paor man. I
have always belonged to the party and never
split in my life. This is the most central loca
tion in the country, and its the place where
we've always met. I've nerer had nor asked
an office, and have worked night and day fur
the party, and now 1 think Sir, it is contempti
ble to go. to adjourn this convention tcny up
to sine du V
Ccr.c TOR Mcsqcno BlTES — Accord iug to
an exchange, spirits of hartshorn if applied im
mediately, constitutes a thorough antidote for
tl e bites of musqniios, or any poisonous insect
or ar.'mal. Travelers should goveru themselves
accordingly, wbiie every summer resort that is
lii.ble to a visitation of gnats, and
oiber offensive and anuoyiug insects, khonltl
| keep constantly ou band a iiberai supply of the
j antidote. Lime water is also believed to pro
drice the same salutary eff.-ct, and if neither of
tl e articles cameo cau be obtained, any strong
lie o ( woc'd ashes and rer, scay bo resjitri
' to w;ti LtO*?