Br HENRY J. ST_ TILE
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DEFERRED ARTICLES.
U. S. SENATC4O.—Robert W.Johnson, Dem
&rat, has been unanimously elected by the
Arkansas Legislature, as U. S. Senator, for
six years, - from the 4th of March, 1855. Von.
D. S. Reid, Democrat, has been chosen U. S{Sen
ator by the Legislature of North Carolina, for
the same term.
The Public Works.
A movement is now on foot to • abolish the
Canal Board, and instead of three Commis
sioners, to create a Superintendent, who shall
exercise the functions of the preient Board.
Previous to the election we heard much about
a sale of . the Public Works, and were te/-
most, to believe that should Mr. Pollock be
elected Governor, his first act would be to urge
the stile ; but no . sooner did the figures show
that he was elected than the cry of "sell the
public' works" cased, and 'the project was
started by the Whig papers, to. place them in
the hands of one man and that man to be ap-
pointed by . the Governor.
We have ❑ever favored a sale of the Public
Works of the State, because we doubted the
policy, but we wonld infinitely prefer to• see
them sold than have them placed under the
control of one iliara, with the entire patronage
which attaches.
If the arguments used for a sale were good
previous to the election, they are good now,
and if those who advocated the measure were
sincere then, they show their sincerity by still
continuing to advocate the sale.—Abuses
may have existed in the management of the
Public Works, bait we 'deem it. a very poor
Way; of correcting those 'abuses, by removing
three men; And confiding the whole manage
'bent of the improvements into the hands of
one. If three inen will join in corruption, as
is charted by the Whigs - against the Canal
Board, and which, from our knowledge of
them wt. are unwilling to believe, is it not
more likely-76:a a single individual, having
the entire control and disbursement of the
public money, would be corrupt also, and to a
greater degree, because his opportunities would
be better ?
We have no objection to such legislation on
the subject as will throw every guard around
the management of the public improvements
and the treasury of the-people, that can pos
sibly be thought of, to protect the interests of
the tax-payers, but we cannot for the life of us
see how such ends will be accomplished by the
proposed change. As we said before, if there
Will prove dishonest, is it likely one man will
be pure ? And if the counsels of three.intel
ligent-officers be inefficient in so extensive and
important a matter as the management of the
Public Works, extending from one end of the
State to the other', how will it IN with a single
ilTdividtial ? There is not a Railroad in the
Union, no matter how short or unimportant,
that is under the control of a single individual,
but each has its board of managers, and why
should it be so with the improvements of the
State ?
The question of a sale has long been dis- .
cussed, and if the people, through their repre
sentatives, declare in favor of the project', let
them be sold, but we trust no such thing as
the appointment of a Superintendent; with the
entire control of the Works, will ever be sanc
tioned.—Carlisle Democrat.
Revenue of the Country.
The wise policy of Democratic measures, and
the election of Democratic men to execute them,
was never more apparent than at the present
crisis. The receipts from the sales of the pub
lic lands have been. nearly six millions more
than in former years. About seven millions
of acres have been sold, producing about nine
millions of dollars to the Treasury. The reve
nues from imports have been somewhat dimin
ished, the importations during the past year
not being as large as in former years. The de
mand has not reqnired so large a supply. The
Treasury is in a healtirreondition, and without
a National Bank, Fiscal or any other illegiti
mate agent, and the Galphins and Gardiners
are kept outside of the bar.
There are now over twenty-five million dol
lars of surplus in the treasury: and there seems
to be no means of reducing the amount thus
locked up, and rendered useless. Government
bonds come in_ slowly for payment holders
prefering the bonds to the cash and the premi
um offered.
The deficiency in•the Post Office Department
will be less this year than it was last year.
The receipts are larger,.and the expenses have
been reduced in every possible way. The Post
Office Depratment, it is believed, will yet pay
its own expenses without any increase of the
rates of postage.—Lewisbnnn M2mocral.
the lung evening - s -, —Like a paper.
inultt .31rinqinfirr----Eruntrii in I,snlitirs, 3grirnltuft, i ittraturr, 3rts rirnrrs, (rlir 311arket5, isltTerat 10umr5tit ,forrign Jutrllignirr, 3turrtißing, ,autuuuttut,
(El)Oicc pock!).
The Little Boy's BuriaL
ET WM. CULLER - BRYANT
Two dark-eyed maids, at shut orday,
Sat where a river rolled away
With cahn, - sad brows, and raven hair ;
And one was pale : and both were fair
Bring flowers, they sang, bring flowers unbiown,
Bring forest blooms of name unknown ;
Bring budding sprays from wood and wild,
To strew the bier of Love, the child.
Close softly, fondly, while ye weep, -
His eyes, that death may seem like sleep ;
And fold his hands in sign of rest,
Ilis waken hands across his breast_
And make his grave where violets
'Where star flowers strew the rivulet's side,
And blue-birds, in the misty spring.
Of cloudless skies and summer, sing.
Place near hint, as ye lay him low,
ilia idle shafts, his loosened how;
The silken fillet that around
Ills waggish eyes in sport he hound.
But we shall mourn him long, and miss
Ms ready smile. his real}' kiss,
The piattle.of his little feet,
Sweet frowns and stammered phrases sweet,
And graver looks, serene and high,
A, light of heaven in that young i.ye
All these shall haunt us till the heart
Shalt ache and ache, and teats will start
The bow, the band, shall fall to duNt,
The shining arrows wa.te with rust,
And all of lolie that earth eati claim
Be but a memory and a name
Not thus his nobler part shall dwell
A prisoner in hiN narrow cell ;
But he whom . noW: we hide from men,
In the dark ground, Shall live again;
Shall break the Olowl4. a form of light,
With nobler mein dud purer sight,
And in the eternal glory stand,
Highest awl nearest God's right hand.
L3clect
Cogge , :hall's recently rubliqbefl , Tales."
The Pretty Appi6 Girl--A Cincinnati Story
Some years ago. when I was a rambler
through the streets of Cincinnati, for the" pur
pose of picking Up trifles to interest the read
ers of the local columns of a city paper. I often
purchased apples, nuts, and candies of a young
girl who had a stand near the junction of-two
business avenues.
She was not; handsome, in the common :te,
ceptation of this much abused word. Ina there
was an artlessness, and yet a winning• grace,
in her manners, Vtddeli convinced we that her
station in life sbould be above the one she then
occupied. She wore. invariably, a close fitted
pink calico dress. I feltthat her parents must
•be.vety poor : and, as I saw her day alter day
in the same attire, I had my suspicions that
her wardrobe could not be so very extensive :
yet, as she always appeared sct upulously neat
and tidy, it was a great mystery to me how
this striking neatness was secured, and why
there was never any variety in her apparel. I
saw that it was tasteful and becoming, but 1
knew that ladies are proverbial for a love of
variety in dress, and I had an interest in know
ing why this simple girl was so marked an
exception.
I have always delighted to study character,
either in high or low life, and I took it upon
nit to investigate the pretty apple girl's pc:
colll ley frit as_eutexl eatettatl. te mp t
ing , but I often made purchases merely for the
sake of 'forming acquaintance. At length,
known to her as a liberal patron. she began
to have less reserve with me than when I first
noticed her, and finally I. was emboldened to
make enquiries in reference to her family. It
was sometime before she conversed freely, but,
by dint of perseverance. I learned that she
lived with her mother, in a pleasant cottage on
a quiet street in the suburbs of the city. I
knew the spot—its attractiveness had often in
terested me. and I now became more curious
than ever to hear the history of the apple girl
in the pink calico dress.
I ventured to ask permission to call on her
mother, and make her acquaintance under the
plea of a love for birds and flowers, with both
of which the place was surrounded. I did not
receive the encooragement I wished, but still
was left to hope that My curiosity might be
some day gratified. As obstacles to my pun.
pose.increased I became more determined, and
I resolved to change my tactics. I could not
understand the girl's disinclination to allow
our acquaintance to become, in any respect
familiar, but I knew that she would not dare
to treat me rudely, and watching my oppor
tunity. one Sunday morning I addressed her,
as she stood at the street gate of the cottage.
and; as I admired some' flower which grew in
a bed near the house, she could not escape, po
litely, from the necessity of inviting me to walk
through the-yard. Accidentally we met the
mother. I had an invitation to enter the cot
tage ; of course I accepted with pleasure, and
finding the mother inclined -, to be more com
municative than .the daughter, I managed to
learn that they were French folks, although
they both spoke English remarkably well.
The cottage parlor was furnished plainly, but
elegantly.—There were upon the wall several
pictures, and upon theJnantle a number of
delicate works of art, which I was satisfied
could not have been purchased by the limited
earnings of an apple girl.
Why a young girl. who lived in such a cot
tage, with much evident to-te and cultivation.
'should invariably wear
,a pink,
and sell fruits, nuts and candies in the street,
was to toe a perplexing mystery.—There Svgs
a web of romance wea.vi lig around the mysteri
ous apple girl which became more and inure
interesting and every day my resolution to V, •
ravel it grew stronger. There was so much
modesty in the girl's bearing at her apple
stand--she sePtnuti so much afraid of scandal,
should any one converse with her longer than
was necessary to make purchases, triat there
was no way left for me to solve the mystery of
her life but by visiting the cottage. Again I
went without an invitation, and boldly male
known the curiosity which led me to force my
self upon their acquaintance.
The daughter laughed heartily and gaily.
"We have been as much at ktult to under
stand your curiosity as you have to reColit:tie
ourctrCuutstances with my employment."
GETTITSIg_TRU, PA.: - MONDAY, DECEAIBEW 4, 1854.
"Then we should be mutual confidants,"
observed :"I ha-c been very frank with you
and T hope that you will reeipmeate."
-44 But our relations are not similar," she re
plied archly.- '.We are not responsible for
your eutic*ity. you arc for ours."
"It was forced upon ns."
- "Indeed ;- al _wsll - 41not mine-forcea-upon-me-,
in such a manner, too, as, left me no choice:
hut to-seek out the mystery ?- A -truce to this
bandyinr of words you will not take advan
tage of frankness for any other purpose than
to reward it with full explanations."'
She looked at'tne a moment, as if question
ing my apparent honesty. and then said pleas
an tl
"Well. as you-have been so good a patron of
my apple stand. and have taken so much pains
to know the romance of my history, if you will
promise secrecy. T'll tell you." .
'l'll accept any conditions I can fulfil," I
answered. etn.rerlv. . -
-Walk with me into the garden then," said
We girl..
. ,
We liad a pleasant seat under a rustic arbor,
whcn the lady remarked—.
“Alother told you we lived in a village near
Paris !”
"She did," I answered, "on my first visit."
''We were not rich, but we had a pretty.cot
tag-e and an income sufficient to support us.
Father died when lwas a little girl. I had - no
brothers, but. 1 had a - play-mate dearer to me
than a brother. As we grew older, his pa
rents who were rich forbade him to visit our
house, We met in the fields. We loved, and
would not be separate& Ills father learned
that we still met, and he was .'ery angry. He
told his on that if lie visited me hershould not
stay at his.house. Our fathers bad been bitter
enetnies, - •but we could not understand. why_
that should make 114 enemies when we loved
each other ; and Emile declared that he would
not neglect me, ifhis fatherdid shut his doors
against him. -One day lie said to me, am go
ing to run a way,bu t not from you--from father,
' and you shall come to me, and then we shall
never be parted again.' It was hard for me
to consent. but Emile insisted, and we took
leave of each other, and he did run away. It
was a long time before we heard - from him—
then we got a letter, which told or. he was in
America. I had changed very much since
Ern He's absence, and mother was afraid 1 would
die': I coaxed her to take me to America.
Enule told us in his letter that he lived in
Cincinnati. When he arrived at Boston we
inquired for Cincinnati. and were directed to
this place. Mother bought this-cottage, and ,
here we have lived, expecting' to meek ,
"Have you never heard from him ?" I in
quired.
"Only once." she answered.
"l)o volt know where he is now."
"No. indeed, if we did, we would not stay
•
here long."
—Have your never written to him ?"
We do not know his name. Ile has chang
ed it. as he told us in his letter, but he neglect
ed to tell us what name he now heirs."
"Do you thin"; you Wqll ever find him ?"
"Yes, indeed I do. I dream abont him
('very night. I know he is not dead, and
shall .non meet him."
'•What make:; you so confident that you
shall find him ?"
I made this inquiry, hoping it might lead
to some explanation of the pink dress and ap
ple selling mystery. She understood my look
and tone ofcuriosity, and answered pleasantly :
"That will explain to you the romance of
my dress and occupation. When Emile and
I played together in France. I often wore a
dress similar to this one. If he 'should see
me anywhere in this dress he would know me.
I might-see him and not know him, but he
would recognize me, and I would not - dress in
orgy—artici — stylelor" fewt — W - Clifigtir [if i h •
other."
"lint why sell apples in the street," said I,
with a look of admiration for her devotion,
which she could not mistake., "There is
certainly no necessity, that you should be so
occit pied."
"I"es there is." she answered naively, "I
must be where Etnile could see me, if he were
to visit this city. I dare not be on the street
all the time, unless occupied, and I never
thought there was any disgrace in selling ap
ples."
''Certainly not,'' I exclaimed, ''but all who
know your .history will honor you. Accept
my sincerest wishes, that your devotion to the
lover of your youth may be fully rewarded by
an early meeting and a happy reunion."
"Thank you—thank you—but he is my lover
now, as much as \Olen we were in France, and
I know lam going to see him soon. I'll show
him to you here before winter, I know I will.
Mother says I am foolish, but something,tellg'
me to hope and I do hope."
"May you not be disappointed," I said al 7
most involuntarily.
A few days after this interview T missed the
apple girl in the pink dress, from her accustom
ed stand. Fearing that she might be sick, I
resolved to call at the cottage in the evening.
When I went to the boarding-house at supper
time a note was banded to me. It contained
these words :
"MAR Sin—Come to our house this evening.
We have something more to tell yon about the
romance of my humble dress and occupation.
went -L---the mother stord in the duor to
welcome me, hut the daughter ran to meet me,
and taking Loth of my bands in hers in almost
a delirium of joy, she cried—
'•tie's come—he's come."
In her pink dre,,s at the apple stand she had
rnet Emile the day previous. .
I stood that night as a witness t their
, ands In weddi ag• I never attended.
Th e devotion or the simple hearted girl wa,
r2Wal del—her filth was ti , )t misplaced—her
homely talisman nroved a true one.
" j 'ai 'The— oi ilvPrtker IVs, that on
Th w .day wpf!k, a rouLfh lowd:in , ,..r character
wa ik e 'd into a clothing Slot e in Detroit, remark
ing that he wkird to, look round and sec where
the best good, 1% ure, he ititenu. , l to break
in there that nigut s and h e lp hiuo,ell. Th e
clerk's lau;;licil. and alloweoz t o look, a ,
m u ch as' he came, sure
enrme,lll the ,-,tnre %vac; broken IT. the
and
drawer robbed of .:.. - ;:150 in cash, and :-.,70(1
of nice clothing carried. away. Nothing,
been heard of the rascal.
--It 1..; rirD , ) , u , l lhat i 1 ,n. II
Voll4l. , lswith,
c,,,lnty. and ri. , :ently d r , !RA lil vxr..,_,n
sive pen.P.n fraud, an.l furgeri , -, 1.4
' dn .,. 1:" - -.1:1;; 111 c :1,, _1 cn: II ;ppy.
Ihr
TRI7II IS 31IGIITY, AND WILL PIMVAII
TITFI FPI.%
Advice, in these times, is just about the The local editor of the Petersburg Express
meanest as well as the cheapest commodity in relates the experience of a Norfolk lady at the
the market. It's bad enough at any time : State Fair. She had entered onenf the crowd
and, indeed. ‘whenever we feel desirous to ho ed omnibuses of Main street, in order-0 meet
universally hated. avoided, and despised, the her friends at the Fair Grounds; and as num
are al %% ;1,3;, in on r' We nit of ',ts in the
- power. tl e have..
to advise. and (he consequences are infhlli'jle.
The friendshiP - of — two - yomig - hidi - eß;aliwdt
apparently founded. upon the- rock of eternal
attachment, was terminated in the following•
manner, On a certain occasion, one remarked
to Ofe"other :
"My dear friend, I don't think your figure is
particularly, suited for dancing : and as a sin
cere friend of yours, I. would advise you to give
it op in future."
The other, naturally affected by such a mark
of sincerity,'replied :
feel very much obliged to you, my dear,
for your advice. This proof of your friendship
demands some return. I would sincerely re
commend you to relinquish your singing, as
some of your upper notes resemble the melodi
ous squeaking of the feline race."
The advice of neither was followed—the one
continued to sing and the otber , to dance—and
they never met afterwards but as enemies.
So much fin• giving '•advice."
Stubbs Seeks Revenge.
"Poppy, old Smith's grey colt, has broken
into'our cabbage patch again."
hag,ihas he ? Well, just you load my
rifle . , my son, and we will see if an ounce o
lead will not; lead Mr. Smith's colt to.reform
Lbisimbits '
'Phis colloquy passed between Mr. and Mas
ter Stubbs, just. after tea. As soon as dark
came, Mr. Stubbs takes his rifle., marches over
towards old -Smith's farm, and when within
about thirty.rods of old Smith's barn, he raised'
the -deadly taw," took aim—pulled the trig
ger, and dropped "one of the best looking grey
colts in the country." Stubbs having fulfilled
his mission, returned home, went to bed, mad
slept with a, lighter conscience than heltad„en
joyed during the last eight months.• The next
morning, while seated at breakflist, •who
should he seen striding towards the' domicil of
Mr. Stubbs, but old Mr. Smith. Smith enter
ed the house—Smith was excited, and for a
n►oment lacked words to expreSs himself.
"Mr. Stubbs, I've come over to tell you that
a horse was shot near my barn last night."
"Sorry to hear it, Mr. Smith, 'although not
at all surprised, for that grey colt of yours was
not at all calculated to make friends."
"But it wasn't my grey 'col t that got shot."
"Wasn't your grey colt ? Well, which horse
was it ?"
"It wasn't mine at all, hut one of yours—
that grey colt youpurclTied last 'week of Wid
ow Dubois. Ile broke into :ny pasture last
evening ; I intended to send him home this
morning, Init it's no use now, his brains are
all scattered round the barn-yard."
Mr. Stubbs was thunder-struck. The idea
that he had killed the- wrong horse, di ova him
to desperation, and caused him to seek relief,
in,a direction that rather astonished his house
hold. The last seen of Stubbs, he was chasing.
his oldest boy, Jim, dawn the turnpike, With
an eight foot sapling.
"Yon Are a Brick."
A certain College Professoi' had assembled
his class at the coniniencement of the term, and
was reading, over the list of names to see that
all were present. It - chanced that one of the
number was unknown to the Professor, having
just entered the class.
"What is your name, sir?" asked the Pro
fessor, looking through his spectacles.,
"You are a brick,' • was the startling reply.
"Sir," said the Professor, half starting out
of his chair at the supposed impertiunce, but
_not finite. su re_tliat_he_ha d_ understood_ h.i.01.40
reedy, "Sir, I'did not exactly understand your
answer."
"You arc a brick," was again the composed
reply. _
"This is intolerable !" said the Professor, his
face reddening. "Beware, young limn, hovi
you attempt to insult me."
"Insult you !" said the student, in turn as
tonished. "how have I done it ?"
"Did you not say I was,"a brick ?" returned
the Professor with stilled indignation.
"No, sir, you asked me my name, and I an•
swered your question. My name is U. It. A.
Brick—Uriah Iteyno:ds Anderson Brick." •
''Ah, indeed !" murmured the Professor,
sinking back into his seat in confusion.
was a misconception on my part. Will you
commence the lesson, 'Mr.—ahem—Mr. Rr ick "
GENThEIt A:s:I) CASE Oh• AN EGG.—The follow
ing occurred in a school not one hundred miles
from London :
Teacher.—" What part of speech is the word
egg ?" •
Iloy.—"Noun, sirs"
Teacher.—" What is its gender ?"
. Boy.—'•(Jan's cell, sir."
Teacher.—••ls it masculine, feminine, or
neuter ?"
Boy.--" Can't say, sir, till it's hatched."
Teucher. —" Well, then, mny lad, can you
tell n►e the case ?"
Boy.—"Oh, yes, the shell. sir."
CONTIXSIVE.—A [Mil 01 the triver
v;aliQt denomination was accused, while in
Lowell, of "violently &ageing his wile from a
revival meeting, and comp., ta.c her to go home
with him." 11e replied aq :
1. I have never attempted to influence my
wife in her views, nor her choice of a meeting
:2. My wile has not attended any of the re
vivarm,..etingsin Lowell.
3. I have not attended even one of these
rneetingi for any pnrpo.,e whatever.
4. Neither my wife nor• my , elf have any in
clination to attend thc'e med.ings.
5. I never had ri wife.
NI; TM: IN it EEL It it ILOW .-- - T - Ite ---- 411 - IA-TIE , S •
hav ,, a most colifnsed idea of carts, carriages
and other vehicular arrangetne.its. A g•mtle
tuau lent one a w heelhai row the other day to
rz , ri v home his baggage. lle did it in th e fol
lowing manner: _he lashed his trunk to the
handles. the handles to the w heel, and then
sh,,ol;lered the whole superstructure. 'flie
last we saw of him, he was going up Water
w.owleflng what the deuce people could
Cilia about hitt) t.tt laui;11 at. Queer folks are
ieinals.
' . " -- ,7' , .11 - hat is the chief vise of !mewl r' asked
an -examiaer of a re , !e;it school eiltibition.
of hrea , l:' an,were:l the nroliitt.
rip, , irf III! :1%;t0f11,h0.1 ;it the ••• , i nplicizy 111 ch.,
lu bint.ad butter and nwla:sst...l utl
L.
Advice.
A, Scientific Rogue.
iers were there anxious to get sea. 'same vehicle, it was pretty close work.
as mum iy a ire( gen cm " •
11*4ell looking, took his sent by the siae'of the
lady. lie was dressed in the best black, with
a Most religious looking neck-tie. A hand
sorne talum cloak hung gracefully over his
shoulders,' while '.his hands (of most noble
blooded symmetry, encased in spotless and
delicately-colored '.kids,") rested tranquilly on
his lap. The ladles present could not help ad
miriw•e' the aristocratic model of those hands.
On drawing near the Chinese entrance to the
Fair Grounlis. our fair informant felt something
slit ring her dress - near her_pocket. - It surely
could not be the hands of her genteel neighbor,
for they were tranquil in his lap. Again 'she
felt
_something fingering near her sash. where
her watch-was fascinatingly lodged. She put
down her hand, And grasped the warm fingers
of an unknown hand, belonging evidently to'
the genteel persimage by her side.. The Wolof
a three erfour handed-man so terrified the lady
that she shrieked and swooned—right off !
With a bold swing of his —when," the aristo
cratic ids" disappeared, and their owner,
amid the confusion, said he'd run And get some
water io restore' the lady. Ile did so, but wo
Presume he went very fair to fetch it, for helms
not yet been heard of in, connection with said
uwit ter."
• When the lady. found herself in speaking
condition, she told the cause, and perceived that
her port-inortiae and pencil case were gone, and
the marks of a pair of _nippers .on her watch
chain..
The pair of ne - atl - 3 , glovedliands were. 'sham,'
mete" .decoy ducks ; 'while' from beneath the
facilitatingly constructed folds of the talmn,
the real flesh and hone were wandering insidi
ously itfsearch of the fair lady's valuables.
-- MTRAORDINARY FEATS IN THE
Tuesday afternoon, Mons. Godard made an ex-
Araprdinary balloon ascension from Now York,
the following account of which wo find in the
Son:
At half-past three o'clock, accompanied with
Mr. Aratta.,,of Havana, Mons. Deean, Isaac
Benedict and one of the animals belonging to
the Hippodrome fastened in the car of a para
chute, he cut the cords asunder 'which bound
him to the earth,, and taking his seat on a trap
ezium—a wooden pole suspended at each end
from the cars with ropes, twenty- feet long-- 7
bounded up at a rapid rate, amid the buzzes o -
the multitude. When about an eighth of a
mile up he cut the parachute loose from the
balloon, and it descended safely to the earth,
with its freight unhurt.
Mr. Godard then commenced the performance
of his gymnastic feats in the air. At one time
he whirled over and over the pole of the ti ape
zium ; at another time grasping it with a sin=
gle hand swung his body to and fro as' a
school boy would on a swing. Thep again, he
appeitred to be hanging to it with. his chin on
ly, then standing upon it—,both ,hands hold•of
the ropes—then on one leg. then without any
grasp of the lines„ tied filially as the balloon
ascended nearly out of sight. the daring voyager.
stooped, rolled over upon the trapezium and in
mid-heavens hung suspended from it, head
downwards, with a single foot locked over the
pole !
'There perhaps could not he a greater exhi
bition of daring than' thus. Many persons who
watched the feats trembled in . their shoes as
they saw him pass through his terial evolutions.
Ile, however, restored them 'to their natural
equilibrium of composure on ascending by
the ropes of the trapezintn,,a distance of 20 feet.
into the car of his ship. and: ififfeToin - paTiy -- iir
his passengers.. Ile was going Or in a N. N.
E. direction slowly when last seen.
"Little Dam Brook."
A clergyman, seeing a little boy playing in
a.sniall stream by the, road-side, inquired, fur
his father.
"Ho's over to the lithe dam brook," exclaim
ed the lad.
, •What . !" snid.. the reverend gentleman,
shocked at the boy's _profanity o"can't you
speak without swearing Y"
—Well, he is over,to little dam brook any
how," persisted the boy as he went spattering
through the water and mud after a butterfly.
-ILe's been over to the little darn brook all
day, and if you don't believe it, you can go up
to that house and ask mother." •
The clergyman sought an interview with
the mother humediately, and complained of
the profanity of her child. After telling her,
however, what the lad said, she laughiugly
informed him the "little damn ' brook" - wits'a
title by which the stream was called to dis
tinguish it from "big dam brook," situated a
few wiles further to the eastward.
Ile now felt how lie had wronged the boy,
and therefOre owed him an apology. Hurry
ing back to the spot, he exclaimed :
••Boy, I wronged you in accusing you of
swearing ; but you should have told rue that
•`little dam brook" was only the name ora
stream, and then I would not have scolded
you. ,,
Weil, 'taint no difference," said the , happy
youngster, as he held aloft a struggling frog
that he had speared with his mother's clothes
"There's a big dam on big dam brook.
and a little dam on little dam brook. and we
would have had a - little darn on this brook.
only 'spect it's so small it ain't mirth a darn."
--P94ge's Musea .
A SENSIBLE Tics.—A miserable old lad)"
kept an inn. One day a fanii.hed soldier call
ed on her for something._ to eat. Some bone.
that had been pretty well picked were placed
before him. After finishing his dinner. a little
T, -- sorr - of — the -landlady. noticin ,, that the
soldier found it very difficult to make much of
a dinner4ut some money into his.hand as he
stepped ont of the door. When his mother
came in he asked her how . much it was worth_
to pick those old bones e.
"A shilling. my dear," said the old lady,
expecting to receive the nioney,
"1 thought so." replied the . "and I gave
the soldier a shilling, for doing it."
WI)01) GAS.—Late experiments' in making
gas fr•otu wood in Philadelphia have been so
s:Lecessful as to wnvnint the erection of a num
fil hell-; for the .it , trpose, whieh in a few
weeks will be in bill opi.a.a_uun_____The_gasn
plu,iu' Lil is t,aitt to have illuminating power
1" the gliamity of coal bas, and can
Lt furnish, d
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR.
Doestieks Runs with the "Masheen."
. 701 NARROW-STIMET:
1\ wis y 0.,, Oat.. 30,1854,
I-am not known by the cognotnen-of-.3loHei—
nor do I answer to the name of •Sykesey'--
• c e
Broadway with my pantaloons t..4ic141
middle of
•
tent, I. lately joined the fire department', and
connected myself with the company of Engin
07. '
Bought my uniform, treated the company,;
took up my quarters Mahe bunk-room, where:
slept by night in a bed occupied in the dar.,,,
time by a big yellow dog. First night, went,to
bedwith my boots on ready for an alarm. „At •
.lastit came—seized the rope with the rest of the
boys; started on a run: tugged and toiled till.
we got her info the llth district, four miles anti.
a half from borne:bond that the alarm had been
caused by a barrel of shavings, and - the confla- •
r7ration had extinguished itself; had to drag her
clear bock: turned in; half an hour,,new
st art ed. a gai n. Hose 80 'laid in the • same alley,
got our apparatus jammed on the corner; 97
victorious:. got our machine, out, and carried off
the fore wheel of 80's carriage on . our tongue;
rea(died the fire, big nigger standing on the
hydrant: elected myself appriser and auction
eer; knocked him down without any bidder; •
took' Water; got our stream on the lire; fun;
worked till'iny arms ached let go, to rest," fore-, ,
man hit ine over The head with a trumpet; anti
toll me to go ihead:Altotight d- r. --„-n, but-kept
at it; childreaon the garret; horrible situation; .
gal I antilrem an-made-a-rusk -at p-the-lacider,:--
battled his , way through the suroke—reappear----
ed with a child in each arm, and Ills pocket full
uf - teaspoons. •
.Old gentleman from the country, much exci-,.!
ted; wanted to help and didn't - exactly.. know.)
how:. rushed into a. fourth story bed mow
threw the mirror out of the window: frantically,
endeavored to hurl. the dressing table after it; -
seized the coal scuttle, hurriedly put in the pc,. •
ker n bootjack and - a pair of worn out sliiipers„:.
carried them down stairs, and deposited them
in a place alsafety,four blocks away: came back •
on a dead run, into the parlor: took up the dun).-
mat, wrapped up an empty decanter in itr.und
transported it safely into the barn of the 'near
est neighbor; he kept at work; by dint of heroic
exertions be at various times deposited, piece
by piece, the entire kitchen cooking stove in
the nextstreet uninjured, and at last,after knock-
ing the piano to piedos withan axe, to save the •
lock, he was seen to make his final exit from
the back yard, with a length of stovepipe in
each hand, the toasting fork. tucked behind ,his
ear, and two dozen muffin rings .in his- hat, •
which was surmounted by, a large sized frying
pan. • • •
During . the next week there .were several
alarms—firo•in a big block full of paupers--first
man in the building: carried down stairs in my
arms two helpless undressed children,. thereby.:
saving their valtiable lives: on giving ,thena,-to
theirtnother, she, amid a whirlwind ethnics,
imparted the gratifying intelligence that one
was afflicted with the measles - , -and the. other
had the Michigan itch. Fire n a. boarding,
school: dashed up a ladder: tumbled through a
window; entered a bed-room, smoke so thick I
couldn't see ; caught op in my 'stilts a feminine
specimen in a long nightgown; got back to the
„wiudow:Aried to go down: ladder broke under
me; stack_ adhesively to the..young lady: '.and -
after unexampled exertions, deposited her safe
ly in the next house, where I discovered that I
had rescued from the devouring clement the
only child of the black cook.
Fire in a storehouse—went on the roof: ex..
plosion; found myself in somebody's cellar ,'
with one,leg in a soap barrel, and my hair fUll
of fractureil hens eggs: discovered that , I had .
been blown over a church, and had the weath
ercock still remaining in the rear of my . detriol f
Fire ida - TiquOi store—hose
burst: brandy ..lying round loose:" gin ‘.con
yen ien t," and old Monongahela absolutely beg- ,
ging to he protected from further dilution; Cro
ton water too much for my delicate constitu
tion; carried\ home on a shutter. • .
Fire in big clothing Store—next day one fore
man sported a new silk velvet vest, several of
the men exhibited twelve dollar doeskin pants,
and„the black boy who sweeps out the bunk
room and scours the engine had a new hat and.
a flaming red cravatbresented, as I heard, by
the proprietor of the stock of goods, as an evi
dence of his appreciation of theitentieavors to
save his property. I didn't get any new breech
es; on the contrary. lost my new overcoat and
got damaged myself. Tell you how—lire out,
order came "take up 97;" took •oir the hose;
turned her round; got the boys together, - and
started for home; corner of the street [look and.
Ladderloo; Engine 73, lose 88, and our com
pany, came in contact: machines got jammed;
polyglot swearing by the strength of the com
panies:.gotell mixed up: fight: one 88's men hit
foretnao of Hook and Ladder 100 over the head
with a spanner; 97's engineer clipped one of
93'F, men with a trumpet; 73 retaliated with a
paving stone; men of all the companies went
in; resolved to .‘go in" myself; went in; went
out again as fast. as I could, with a-black eye,
three teeth (indigestible, I have every reason to .
believe,) in my stomach, intermingled with ray
' supper, my red shirt in carpet rags. and my
knuckles skinned, as if they had been pawned;
got on a hydrant and watched-the fon; -88's
buys whipped- everything; 73's best man was
doubled up' like a jack-knife by a dig in the
place where Jonah was; four 0f'.97-'s fellows.
were lying under the machine with their eyes
in mourning: Hook and Ladder took home two
thirds of their company on the, truck; and the
last I saw of their tbreman he was lying-in-the
middle of the street, with his trumpet smashed
flat, los hoots under his head, and his pockets
insole o ut. Four policemen on the opposite
core, r. saw the whole row. On the first indi
cations of a fight., they pulled their hats over.
their eyes, covered up their stars, and slunk
down the nearest alley. Got home, resigned
toy con mission. made my will, left the coin
pally my mil shirt and tiro sup. Seen enough
it tire service ; don't regret my experience,
but do grieve:for my lest teeth, and my new
overcoat.--
Sorrowing. sorrowfully yours, ..
Q. K. smat DOESTICKS, P. B.'
P. S.—Have just 'net the foreman of 73—he
had on uiy late lamented overcoat.; uio't big
enough to lick him —magnanimously conclu
ded to let, him alone.
Bonnowts - o WsornsG CLoTriss.--A marriage
took phoe at Itwat,.. [lolly. - between a WY*
or_two ago;-the clothing on
the back-of each being borrowed for vie oc
casion. They design to live separata.ty until
the.% can "git house..ceiMig things." _
NO. 10.
Q. K. P. D., P. B.