Br HENRY J. STAULE
37 TH YEAR.
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AWAKE.
Anise! for the day is pasiling
While you lie dreaming on;
Your brothers are case I in armor s
And forth to the fight are gone:
Your place in the ranks - awaits you;
Each man his a p.irt to play ;
The - past and the futu •e are nothing
In the face of the stern to-day.
Arise from your dreams of the future—
Of gaining a hard-fought field,
Of storming the airy fortress,
Of bidding the giant' yield; _
Your future has deeds of glory,
Of honor ; (Got grant it may
But your arm will never be stronger
Or needed as now—to-day. '
Arise ! .11 the past dettin soil,
tier sun,hine aril storms fo-get T.
MT=
As tli. )e of a vain regret ;
Sad or bright, she is lifeless ever;
Cast her rhantoth arms away.
Nor look back. save to !elm the lesson
Of a nobler atri:e to-day.
Arke ! for the !roar is passing;
The sound that y. , u
is you: enelny •tortrdling to battle
Rise ! rime ! for the foe Li here !
§t.ty" not to brighten your weapon,,
• Qr tl.e hour wit st.ike at last.
An I Jou n dre Luis of a corning battle
"AZ% will %%...ken an I lin 1 it past.
Eidrft illisrelain.
ONE !MEAD!
BETTER THAN A DOZEN DOCTORS
A PECULIAR INCID'INT it VIE LIFE OF A PE
CULIAR MAN.
BY T. MAYNI REID
T am an artist, hut the profe4sion by which
I "live, move. and have my being,7'_is_one of
8 0 rare and rather peculiar kind. It is not
painting, nor poetry;,. nor sculpture,'nor_music•.
nor magazine . writing. though T make little
d'oubt. that had I turned my attention to any
one o f th e at ove, I would have readied a de
glee of 'eminence in it ; but I followed the
prompting of Nature, and embraced a calling
which. though not of the first rank among the
Arts, requires, nevertheless, mental develop
ment of a peculiar character. else it is complete
ly unattainable either by study or labor.
In the year 1830, 1 practised toy art in the
city off: linburgh. Scotland. Public attention
was at this time directed tO s the striking de
velopments that were al out being nia&. in the
new science of Phrenology. and I had the
plea.sure of being personally and intimately ac
tpiaihted with its most prominent professor.
the celebrated Ur. Combe. I -was a fieque•nt
visitor at his house, where i hail the honor of
assn iating with some of the most noted sgrons
of the day—gentlemen of literary and scientific
em!nence. who resided in the S•otch Athens.
- Reader, mine is, perhaps, the strangest
shaped head you ever saw. It is oblong like
a water-tnelon, of a good size ; and on the :super-
cranium more square than rt ui;d. possessing
angular lumps not to he ronnd in the Phrenolo
gical chart. To this queer physiological de
‘oloPment, I attlitinte the talents and taste
possess for my peculiar profession. and so did .
Combe. It is• not to he wondered at then. that
my ''cocon" inspired the Docior with interest
and admiration. and that itt many of our ra
pidity cmversations. it hell a prominent rank.
Inched the learned doctor had frequently.
though very delicately. offered hints that he
should like to have a ca,/, which hint r fre
quently, and with equal delicacy, had refused
to take.
The truth is, I could not bear the idca of
haying my head, odd as it was, bolstered up
in a mess of gypsum : mnakin one feel as,
could easily imagine, half stilothei ed and suf-
foca ted.
I had imhibed a decided aversion to plaster
of Paris. I could fancy the limy stud' oozing
into my eyes and causing- pungent- pain. like
the sensaiions produced by soap—l could - fetl
it in my nostrils and tumuli. irelf cln rue.
and on the back of my neck cold and clammy-
iike—pale.' I came at once to the determination,
in spite of the Dobtor's insinuations about the
benetit of science. that plaster of Paris should
tiever enease my ;icing skull. Pursuant to dd.;
_ rts a j_ was ej, one moining in my-studio
in the Canonga Le, %Olen a servant rang the
bell. and. entering. ban led me a note'. I
found it to he an invitation to dinner, at—the
house of Dr. Cotnike—time llv o'clock. I re-
turned an afth mance answer. and at the ap-
pointed hour, . pr.( s.en'ed -- myself at the piofvs-
For's house. I found assembled a select com
pany of gentlemen—ail men of science, and
se trial of them, like Combe himself. pr , - , lessor s
in the University. They were all more or less
believers and advocates of tire science : and af-.
ter the cloth wai; removed. the couversAtion
tuructl ;hie topt S'iie Of
3grttisßttprr----Ilruutrit to rolitirs, ITrinthar, litrraturr, 3rts nub J:ljt 31 1 -arkrts, &rural Efiturstir plat forrign 3utilligrurr, (3llrrtißing, Inatirmrut,
F=Mn
Ella
IE3
the s pary draitk wine. others did not. They'
were all. however. in execnent humor. par
taking freely of that hila di,:position. for
winch the li:lrialettrN of the Scoteh.A diens have
laconic so justly celehrate . Ccirrg ncqu:tint•
test-ttt-t-Ito-pa-r-ty-r-1-en te-n.41-ft 4/ y-iiuo
the of their mirth.
"Mr. E.." said the Doctor. addressing me.
after the conversation had continued about an
hour. "you are aware that the physi , al develop
ment of
y our : ;hea4l-k somewhat different from
the ordinary formation. and that your intel
lectual faculties, seemitnily in consequence:
have taken a somewlnit remaikable direction
—you will not then . be o&nded, when I lam mu
yo u that my scientific brethren here. and toy i
elf. have &included to ask you ford certain
favor ?"
••1 shall not be offended. Doctor. at any re
m st that could come from such a sottree,—but
fear me that you must he sati,tied with a - re
as'l already guess the favor you would
ask.".
• "What is it ?" inquired they.
4• You want Inv In ad ?''
"A file simile of it. my dear } : you shall
ha - ve your headd—w•e only want a •ca,l of it ."'
"You cannot have it. gen:lemen —I object.'
"But, my dear E.. for the benefit of 'science
—con.:loer"
have considered. I regret I cannot corn
ply with your wishes."
"But what reason, E. ?"-asked the Doctor.
.•Why, the truth:is, Doctor, I have a horror.
of tho operation —but hear toe, gentlemen :
though I cannot consent to let you_ make a
raDuld of my living head, am not particular
ly anxious that the worms should make mould
of it K hen dead. and whensoever that melan
choly event comes about )ou skirt 1 ha - ve - head,
hotly. null all. to make casts. hosts, and even
hill length Statues on. ifNyOur plea:one : and
you may enthalin my holy or dissect it, and
wire it. which ever torq please you. and you
tintv clean my skull. and line and lignre it. or
make a rthn hall out , of it! Now. g: mimeo.
what more can you want ?"
"But. my dear sir!" cried oat several of
them in the midst of a roar-of latybter, —we
will all be in oor coMfoitable graves before
such an event could happen."
••No likelihood of that. I atu older than
most ofyou, and exp,ise.l to More Viej , Sittliles .
"But youri profession will carry yo , i over
the world, and death may meet you a thousand
miles from Edinburgh !"
"All the same, gentlemen ! all the same'.
I here promise you that, no matter in what
part of the world death may reach me, my las:
request shall be that my renorins be transmit•
ted -to Dr. ('ombe and his brother professors of
the University of Edinburgh. Now, gentle
men. you have heard my resolve !"
A loud peal of laughter, loud as intellectual
lungs are capable of giving, was the only an
swer, and the remainder of the evening was
spent with the utmost hilarity and pleasure.
A few wet ks afterwards, I shook hands with
my Edinburgh friends. and departed for the
town of Glasgow.
One evening. in the month of November, I
was walking_ leiNurely along the Clyde, look
ing at the busy and ever varying scenes that
e , :en •ed themselves on the bosom of the beau
tiful river.
My attention was attracted by a crowd who
had gatheted taround mune objeot on the bank.
I sauntertd on towards them. and when I ap
proached. found the coroner and his jury
hold . ng inquest upon a human body that hail
,;ust hien take n out of the water dead. It was
the corp‘e of a criminal that had been dis
coveted in trying to make his escape.
—Wheie will they bury hint r asked ore.
"Bury him ! Bury a mut derer ? No —no .
Chistian burial is not fur such as him!" ,
- 11 - hat then. neighbor ?"
•• VII t, to the ducton. and be dissected!**
"Ile 11 go to the doctors, an.l he dissected l"
was my involuntary:4,l:llnm, as I turned on
my heel and nalfund away front the &gusting
spectacle. The worik made an imore,sion
upon me. and I could nut help thinking•of the
'manlike 1 hinl made to my F. linintrgh friends-
A, feeling of awe. crept over toe. and I could
not repiess an involuntaty shudder at the idea
of It ing classed with ida:l;acs and murderers.
and ••talten to the doctors, to be dissected."
walked off in t kind of reverie : full of inelan
ly forebodings, from which r was at - vaken
-ed by the noise of two 01 three drop, of tain
f a lling heavily upon the crown of me lilt. On
looking around and c.ilculining the d,..tatice
had soli to walk, I perceived That 1 was fiur
ly ••caught in a shower." It had become in
tensely cold. too, an 1 as I had left, my cloak at
my lodgings, I was Colnpleltly exposed to the
bitter elements. All at once came on a heavy
dash of lain and sleet, which flew directly in
my face, pattering unmercifully ag,ainst my
checks. As Iw as nearly wet through. at the
—first onslaug ht"__of the—storw—Ldiel not valu
the shelter of a house, knowi tig that there would
be little chance of dry garments. so I kept on
:towards
_When I placed my
hawk on the door tell, I was so numb with
cold, and wet, and exhaustion, that my finger,
would scarce discharge.thc office of pulling
c it.,
and, to add to my misery, the fire that should
have been burning in my studio, being neg
lected in my .absence, had gone -out. I was
not Inug, hovt'ever. iu dive , itins myself of thy
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13. 1854.
soaked habiliments, and crawled in*io hed . i•tt
the severe exposure, to whieS I had been
hitherto ontNed. WilS too touch for n►e,_and a
chill. sneeredtd IT a high and nlalignant fever.
eoustquen r. tutu
etched u ton a lied
LiliE
Tire° months from the date or my dinner
tvi 'h /hr thaltd.s. I lay Upon my couch in the
- hist wage of an incurable tnahuly. The phy
sicians_of whom there were several in :men-.
dance. lend frilled to discover my disease. but
the symptems.of detvh were evident. and they
had just retired from the room. having execu
ted their last solemn duty of informing me
that tittle was no hope of my recovery. Of
this I myself had been satisfied. -previous to
their making this declaration:* and I was
quietly awaiting my last. My breathing was
momenta rify becon ling more di dicta t, and pain-
and it seetni4 - as though the pai'sa,r,e.
h-t ugh which I intuited, was.closing - up. A
'a
.
ngle iend—the only one in Glasgow with
w hom I was sofli •ien ly acquainted to entrust
my - fortune—sat IT my bedside. lie had been
kind and attentive to me during my illness.
and had diawn up toy last Will and testament,
Inch had just heen signed, and in which, al%
•er my own children, he had been remembered.
They, Poor 'boys—wti're far, di tan: in other
Binds. and little thought thavat that flint. their
death I When I thought of them. of their at •
fectionate grief. fur I knew that they loved me
tenderly—when I thought of their dear moth
who-had gone but a short time hefore
the hot tear stole over my (yarning cheek., and
thin only teas death armed with terrors.
.fly ft (Rowsoa was his name) sat gaz
ing at me with a sort of awkward earnestness.
which I could not comprehen 1 lie evidently
v.ished to •ay I4eYri . n . Gthing which he at the same
time feared might give me pain.' I could per
ceive this in spie. "of- my debilitated condition.
-What is it. Rowson ?" said [. fee'llly, at the
same time motioning him to proceed.
is painful to iu rude the suilject own
you." replied he. "hut your firmness has en
couraged me—you have not as yet
. given tyre
au directions as to the name or place of your
lturial—you may have sione desires ?"
I rulli a : !led silent. Rowson Co it inurd=
••If you Lout state the pl:u•e. -and whether
you cc•ish ally particoLir ceremony, it will be
-
lle cs:►s again silent. and waited my reply.
'•I do not Wish to he lairied.Rowson !"
"Dear E., what mean you ?"
"Send me to the di)Clues. to be dissected !"
R >wson stared from his seat as though a
shot had passed through his brain. and I could
bear him mutter, as he gazed pityingly g on me
-Poor E. ! he has lost it—it has gone—gone !"
"What is gone. Rosyson ?" enquired I.
"Oh, nothing—nothing," said he, somewhat
confusedly.
"I understand you, my friend, you meant
that my reason was gone."
-I could not have meant that, E."
"Yes, but yOu Rowson. Dill explain
what seems stiange to you, but first prothise
nie that when I convince you that I am in the
perfect exerciseof my reason you will fulfil my
dying request?"
4.1 f in my power, I will fulfil it—l promise.".
—lt will be, pertecdy in your power—hear
it. As soon as I have ceased to exist, order
a lame ,case six ft et by four—have it properly
and wrongly Ott together—place my Lolly in
this en-e in such a manner that it. wall not be
ed by carriage—screw down the lid. and in
o a plain and legible letter, direct to—. Or.
rumbe and Mt Poftzlsors , :1 Edinburgh Unicer
,,ity. with !hp pqrring• resprels if Mr. E.' "
-After giving these direciions, I looked
mwards. Rowsou. There was a kind of a
• h,,,fy humor" dipic:ed in his countenance, and
he evidently still doubled my sanity.
...But. my deal E." said he, at It ngth, • , what
MI you mean by, this
I then related the scene at the dinner t!f . lln
inciurl. retli ilideti RI IN SOn of prontiNe
"But it is a fouliNlt whim—reject it, E -
one will blame you for breaking such a prom*
ME
will keep it."
"Mit your children, E.; think of it. they
yet visit the University—they will look upon
your binds exposed. wind —horrid ! do noi
will me the perfounant.e of such a duty !"
..Rout son. I have kept ,qt y promise—remelt)
ber yours !"
"Iltitttigh—it shall be (lune."
"Who are the..iv that are gathering around
. w},o are they. Rows• u r ?"
11y• sight was fast rtil.ng, but I could sec
several items, stealthily approach my bed
'
side.
'•They are buly your physicianct, E.; they
wish a.. a last resource to try leeches."
'_ll'cil—Lut it is needless ; cannot save
And with theexhalt , :tion of so'rnitch conver
a-tio+l44:ll-itite--a--half-wali-ing , hit fain
lug sleep
.Stretcheton my hack ußf_t a table near the
cenlre of a large hall. I Lky to all apvearanee
dead—hut I wa; not : I was full of /ife an , l
sense, though I could neither speak. nor inove,
nor breathe, to signify this to those around we!
The 'l - 1 was lit lip with iatnueruu, large - can- , breathe frvely. restoring me almost ins Lan
dies. There were many gentlemen iireritra (ail taneously to health.
apparently procw4sional won) who crowded ; liad it riot beeu for the dream this Dever corn
"TRUTH IS MIGHTY, AND MILL PIMVAIL."
MILD
row
1:1:1
amino' tne. un l g tzeil niem ►chat they sop
pnA.d wa-; nw corpse_! Among theta were I.lr
Cum he, and mylniner it • 'mantes aL i
University. -'l•hey one by •one examinell the
eon ormatton o lea( . pre:sing t
cranium wilh a tape. My hc•nd seemed to be
the prin , ipal.object of their-attention. •'They
are going." !tonight T. make n east of it
it is wrong—it i; rascally! I promise:l them a
east. but not till after my death. lam not
dead—l am tied down—motionless : it is
villainous, gentlemen. villainous and unfair.
But they did not hetl'd me. I could neither
'peals. nor move, - nor breathe —I could only.
think! I Was now interrupted.. A man with
his coat offand sleeves rolled llun - -6 his elbows,
approached the table. lie carried a vessel,
which I could perceive , contained gypsum or
plaster of Paris. I was horrified when I saw
this. They Will Mimi Me—they
,will choke
tue with the na,ty stufl"--bot I chnnot pre
vent then► : they have tic I ov:
--every limb, every n►usele—all, but my
,on!!
I felt the coil clammy-paste over my bend,
and on niy face anti neck, and for some .min-
Hies I could hear and see no•more !• At length
it %rte.; rerhoyed. The sane man. with the rol-
Ilid up sit-eves, washal away tbe . partides that
adhered to my cia:iks. and I was once more
sentient. con r see I,le cast t icy t.a to - en.
It was in the hands oror. Combe, and he was
explaining something, to his fellows. 'He then
laid it upon the table.' and once more turned
toward me. So did the others. Ile took no
on instrument and approached. HIP • . GOd
the instrutnert was a rel pel ! ` Can it he that
they are goitig" - - I was interrupted by the
voice of Combe, out in a jovial man
ner.—
~ .Vutv.Eremfirm9s. Id us cut him up." -
'-liorror!—llorror ."' hut, in vain did I cry
horror ! They neither heard nor heeded.
They erowded-around me. Colube still bran
.
dkhing the-scalpel.
!—w retell! --homicide —murderer!
was this i - uiur contract ? 'You answer for
it. Conthe !"
-It was .nll in vain—he not pny the slight
est attention to what I was Qaying. but pro
eeedvd to open boson► with the horrid in
strtuncnt. I could feel his flngt•ri groping for
.ht• place, Of incision. I felt the cold steel
resting ow toy skin. an I then came a Stinging
sensation of pain, and with dreadful feelingl
awoke !
I awoke—but to find my dream a horrid re
ality ! It was no s dreani ! There was the man
w ith his sleeves rolled up to his elbows, and
%i its hands red :mil bloody—there stood the
ominous group —and there were the lights
Writing a round me. , r God !it was no di cam:-
they think tne dead. and are dissecting me !"
This terrible truth now rushed with fearful ;Hs
tinctnesS upon my awakened senses, and col
lecting all my strength in one wild. superhu
man effort, I raised myself up and thing the
operator sprawling upon the door. at the same
time shouting in a voice, of thunder and ter
ror--
••Slop! Slop! I'm wit dead yet !"
I saw no more, havi'ig fallen back perfectly
insensi h! e.
Wht-n I avYoke. it was like to a new life !
1 ftlt erty—iii fact well : all pain was gone and
I breathed without di licnl y ! So great was
my pleasure aml physical enjoyment, th I
was for some time don hl r,o whether f wni still
upon the earth or tran-formed to a happirr
stt:te of being,. I was soon relieved of thi.4 un
pertn:nty %,y bearing a voice which I knew to
he Rowson 's exclaiming— -
—A4onishing. gentlemeal he respires freely
:nrl easily !"
—lt is very strange'." said one, could not
have been the leeches."
••Nn. no. iml ossilt!..e'—stich an effect could
r. ver take place !" observed a third.
I opened my eytta. and instead of finding
tin the dissecting room of the Ellinhorgh
University. I was lying on my couch in Gla,
gow. Several faces and fOrms vvere around me
whom I recognized Rti tny a! ten ling physicians.
Rowscnt was standing by the bed. and the mai:
with the rolled up sleeves was picking up scat
teretl leeehe. and the fragments of a la ()ken
and bloody basin !
I at on.:e comprehended the whole :iffair
The scene of the dissotting room x as a dteam.
tunic) and Llended with w birli ton account
of.my half waking sta:e) vva; the man with
the tolled up sleeve:;. al plying the lecolie, : ;
hut I had yet to learn % hat had happened to
restore the tot: t;utidtnly to almost pettect.
health.
I found this nut after Wards. It was wit the
leeches, nor the doctors either—it was the
dream the *vita i _
Reader, if you recollect, I have stated that
iny in., front the first. were unacquaint
ed with_the toala.
eolistthiy, their eigirse of treatment had
been win se than useless. It was occasioned by
an abscess in the throat, Which nearly mopped
respiration. and woohl consequemly, by its
ilwre ns e , have caused tlyai h. Now, thtl'almo,t
sope:hontan effort ptoduced !by the horror of
try (he:4111. I.o .. irNt the ahscesN, ennUng rue to
MEE
* * *
could have neen'Ted and death wind(' speedily
have en,,tiol ;so that in this instance, one
i_tomcbeller Man a dozen doctors, and forty
leechu , to 1),;(0 !
•• atm mil nor "a weary o
on the sultiect of disstetion. I think it will be
some time before Doctor Comte and the pro
fessor may expect me: %Then you do re
reire tne.‘.rieked and directed," I beg of you.
gentlemen. not to he 11, irrl r im% ru . ti hrad !
A Slight Error.
Some time ago one of the crowded boats on
the Hod-on liver contained a number of per
sons from various parts of the country. going to
1%1. York to attend conferences' among the ec
elesiasi kids. A well fed and pleasing.looking
man accosted another of the'saine cull b re. upon
nue t ok:ervation, as travellers will,
a wl, being. good talkers; they soon got upon
very wt•cti a l tea•tns. Finally they parted, and
said (me i& the two to an acquaintance of his—
. ••Mr. Moore, who is that gentlelnan you saw
me talking to, just now, on deck ?"
that's a Mr.—a— a-1 forget his name ;
but he's a Bishop up here in Yoik State some-
Where, I'm told," replied the friend
“ The deuce he is ; well, he's a smart spry
sort of a man:” •
Now the, bishop risked the same question of
nn ac tiaintance Of his. and learned to his own
surprise, dint l►e w•as It Bishop front the wes
tein spirt of New• York:
When thw bout . cane to the pier, our first
Bishop approached the second Bishop and
a—
—Brother. you have probably come - down to
the Convention I"
•Yes. I have." said No. 2, reft•rring to a po
litical all'air then in session in the city.
wt.ll, where do you stop l If you have
no choice. Ml(4 the to introduce you to a
frieud's. house, up town he'll be glad to re
ve you. I'm sure. Ile's n good christinn.
temperance advocate, and a good tun. Will
you go 'dung 3"
"Well, I don't care,'.! said No. 2. "I'll go."
The two started 011.-arts in arm, up Broad
way. talking socially as you please; When they
came to a well 'known oyster saloon and drink
lug place.
-Look here, my good sir," said No. ,
-your friend. you say. is a teetotaller "L"
••Vs- hiother, he is."' =
_ _ _
“Well. as lie won't be npt to offer-us any
thing to take, and this is a'drizzly, devilish,
ugly morning, suppose we pap down here and
take a liuris
exclaimed No. 1, “1 understand
that you are a bishop ?"
am, sir•, son °fold JUdge Bishop of ;
so. come down and take a drink !",
The Itust seen of No. 1, Ilk
black dress. coat was sticking out behind as
lie rounded the first corner and disnppeared.
Irj - Stane two miles dip the riveikrour
John-,bury, Vermont, is a primitive sort of a
little village called - . The Ceutre.": Here, not
long since. the rustic youth of the vicinity eon
gregated for a dance, "anti dunce they did,"
said our informant, "with on unction unknown
to your city belles anti beaux." One interest
ing` young man having -imbibed" rather too
freely. became .•fatigued"-in the course of the
evening, and wisely concluded to retire for a
short rest. A door ajar near the dallCiag hall
revcaled.,invitingly. a glimpse or a comforta
ble bed. of which he took po-o:ession, w i t h n
of an •iindisturbol -snooze." It no
ha platted. howbeit, that this was the -ladies'
Wi;htlrawing room," and no sooner had he clo
..eel his eyes, than a pair of blooming damsels
came in from the hall, and began adjw4ing
their disordt red rinlets, the dim light of the
tallow candle not disclosing the tenant of the
heel. The Oils had tongues. (like most of the
-seek which ran on in this wise: “It hat, a
nice dance e't e having! have you heard
anyhody say anything about inc ?" "About
eon! t hy, sartin; I heard Abe Flint tell Saln
Jones. that you v5-as the prettiest-dressed girl
in the room." Wheteupon the dear things
0- l uchled, fixed up" a little more, and made
off towalds the ball-room.. They had hatilly
reached the -door, when our half-conscious
f t lend raised himself upon his elbow, and quite
intelligibly, though slowly, inquired, "Have
von heard any borry say anything about me,
girls ?" .-Phansy their pheelinks" at that
juncture! They fled with an ex plosive scream.
Knicbcdp,rber.
'0" 'Father. I see a man laying drunk down
at the market house."
"You slinuld nut say laying, my son—hens
lay."
••But I've seen men lay, too."
•
no. my son."
—Yes, but, I have seen 'em lay bricks."
The boy _might -have athled_that_lic'd ,seen
bricks lay men also.
rr_.:'A pompous glergyin4:n once said to a
chubby f - aced . lad, who was passing um Wit
0111, raising hk hat --Do you know who t atn,
sir, that yon pass n e in this unmannetly way?
Yon ate „better fld than taught. I think."
• WM. may be it :s so, rnistur," said the boy,
• l'or von teat-hes me, and I fueds to!rself."
I)l,erty Soci e ty Is now . 'in full Nast. A GOOD REASON.--1' he milk dealers az ?..I,ays•
QUl'StriVl fcir; (1) - ,cusgi - cm - : --- If -buird;-1,--triileTNT:Jat-ely-raised the - price of-tern-to-25-
corn viii,, dn's that give Win a right to cri b cents a gallon, in cori.stiineum of the =blicity
of water. - " •
TWO noLLAns A-YEAR.
Frost as a`kaotre
We linow..of no treatment sn s diteetly tenefi
dal for almost every claSs of soils as of throiv.
ing up laud in narrow ridges in the fall
ear y are few sods worth-ctit
ivating—at—all—r-that—do---not—con-tairtilinyc
less materials which can be matte available t
plants by the combined action of air and frost
Take two plots of heavy sod. side by side.
and let one-be unmoved till spring. while the
other is dregs, plowed, in autumn, and the re
sult will he very . visible in the spring crop.
But the manner_ of plowing is important. To
secure the greatest advantage, a single furrow
, hould be thrown up, and another bach fm . roe•
directly upon it., so as to produce a high ridge.
then another ridge is to be made in the same
manner, with a deep dead furrow between the
two. The process is to be continued thus
through the whole field, so that when finished
it will present a surface of high ridges and
deep dead furrows succeeding each
,other,
about once in two or two-and a half feet. If
prepared in this WaY, the frost will penetrate
tar downward, loosening and disintegrating
the Soil below the furrows, while the ridges,
will crumble down, and as they -will not hold
water, tile air will circulate freely through •
them, decomposing the mineral portions, and . .
- conveying - ammonia — find - 0 ther-gartm—Tiris
operation will be,equel to ten or more loads
11,110 ur‘l !IMO Mbllii 11 liildalTriji 1!)1
tOlilliott r , the mronnut, prepared his bat
loon for an ascension last Week at Richuiond,
Va. When ready, he permitted a young mitt'
to ascend a short distance, , to try his nerves .
his tend, however, of being frightened, be de
tehehried to make the trip himself, and cut the
cords which held_the balloon. Up she rose at
a tremendous rate—the crowd below in the
meantime gazing. in mute wonderment; expect
ing nothing else but that the young. fellow
would have his neck broken. The • Wilburn
roQe to **great height—several miles, and after
a sail of an hour, landed safely. •
GREAT SAL oP-CAT'rt.r•.. —The sale of cattle,
&c.. recently imported by the "Kentucky
porting Company," took Thine in Fayette co..
in that Slate, on the 26th ult. Fifteen cows
and heifers sold at prßes ranging from 650
_to
$215. including one at $6OO and 'five at over
$5OO each. Six- balls were also sold—one at
$3,000, and the next highest at $6OO. A
horse, seven years old, brought $1,050. A
number of sheep were disposed of, at from 50
to $287 for bucks, and from 20 tos6o for ewes;
and ten pure Liverpool white and seven im
proved Yorkshire hogs, nt from 20 to $lO each.
Tilt:. DNA!) ALIVH.-7-.-It is Stated . that thafiCi•
entitle men of France are at present speculat
ing on a recent instance of a young mad being
brought to life after being fiozen eleven inonth4
on the, Alps. The blood of a living man wan
infused "into the veins of the frozen youth,. and
he moved and spoke. The experiment was
afterwards tried on a hare frozen for the
_put..
pose, with complete success.
A SNAKE Srouv.--"During the Florida war,"
said the speaker, "I was with the AmeriCan
army. One day I shouldered my gun and
went in pursuit of game. Itt passing through
a swamp I saw something a few feet, ahead, of
me, lying upon the ground, which had every
appearanc . e ofa log, it being :some forty feet in
lengthoind about one foot in diameter. So, pos
itive was I that it was but. a log, that I paid
no attention to it ; the fact is. I would have
sworn before a court of justice that it was a
log. nod nothing else. You see, I had never
!ward of snakes growing to such ,huge dimert•
slims, and the fact is, I never should have be
lieved it if I had."
...Well," he continued. "between me nor? !'• - -1
log.(ns I took it to he,) was a miry place. '!
it was necessary for me to.avoid it. ~ . ti
placed the but of my gun on the grour,i
of Inc. and springing upon it, lit on
what do you suppose ? '
boa constrictor," said one,
..1 o."
"An anaconda," said another.
“No.” •
'•What could it have been, then ?"
UM
Just what I supposed it to be—a ie,.;
the w•ag.
A FLYING GUESS. —.A i‘ I HAI brick
one day brought ~ .te the Fdinburgh Its I ;:,
severely injured 1)Y-it. - fall from a liolisewp._
The medical man in attendance asked the
ferer at what time the accident occurrtii. "T wo.
o'clock. yer honor," WAR the reply. On lielng
asked how he came to fix the hour so 4ecull'e
ly, he answered, "Because I saw the pliopie
dinner, through a window, as I was con l io4-,
down."
-- 'Speaking of babies—did you ever think,
when you saw a very little one dressed up in its
very long Sunday clothes, that it was Eke a
sixpence tied in one corner of apoeket Land
.
0:7 - "If you can't keep awake." said a
preacher to one of his heareis..•who yL u feel
drowsy, illy dOn'tyou take a pinch of snuait'-'
The shrewd reply wa,: •
"The southould be put in the
NO. 7.