Br UENRY J. ST.AITLE. IN ID a sfinnitlL-Vemognirrr---Itruutrlt to Vulitirs, :(21grirulfurt, tittraturr, 3rts auh a friturro, 311nritrt5, eriltral Vunittir Ault fortigit Suttllitrurt,_ 31finrti5ing, Rmagennut, 31T ll TEEMS OF THE COMPILER, iterThe Republican Compiler is publishd every Monday- morning, by lIENar J. STABLE/ a t $1,75 per annum if paid in advance—s2,oo per annum if- not paid in advance. No sub scription discontinued, unless at the option of „ I •. I . 44 until si arrearagesare ADVEthISEMENTS inserted at , the usual rates. Jos - Wonx.” done, ,neatly, cheaply, and. with dis Patch.; sitrOffice -on South Baltimore street, direct ly opposite Wampler's Tinning Estaßlishment, one and a half squares, from the Court House. berg beduabie teat ifstate AT PUBLIC SALE. (AN Monday, the Ist day of January, at 1 o'clock, P. M., will be offered at Public Sale, on.the premises, in the Borough of Get *tysburg, the, very desirable .TOWN EgtlD2lng. of Dr. DAvm GILBERT, now occupied by - Messra..J. F.& H. J. - Fah nestock, consisting of a full Town Lot, fronting on Baltimore and .East Middle streets, and immediately opposite Fahrtestocks' Store, having upon the corner A' Large Two Story Brick , DWELLING SOUSE , -. ' ,. 1111 with extensive Rrick ing on Middle,Street. Ake, a 'TWO STORY FR.II-VE BUILDING, fronting on Baltimore street, part of which was formerly occupied by J. L. Schick's — Store, with a well of water -and othet imprOvements upon. the premises. Dr. GILBERT spared no expense in fitting Up. the House, and: enclosing and improving the grounds with choice trees, vines, &c. There' is a perpetual insurance in the Franklin Fire Insurance Company of Philadelphia, on this. property, This presents a rare chance to se curea residence perhaps the' most desirable in the 'Dorough. Also,,at the same time, that large - Frame Dwelling House, An two stories and an 'attic. fronting on West High Street, west of the Catholic Church, and nearly. Opposite_the Associate Ref. Church,. With Lotof Ground , and outbuildings attached, having an alley on . the North. ,These,properties will be sold upon aCcom modating tet ms, which will be made known on day of sale, and also to persons who may meanwhile enquire, by D. McCONAUGHY, - Attorney in fact for Dr. D. Gilbert. D.ecember.lB, 1854. is VALUABLE . - STORE STAND AM) .FARM, .3L PUBLIC SALE. TU .undersigned intending to remove to 1 the City of Baltimore, will offer at Pub lic Sale, on Tuesday, the 261 of Jastury next, A Very Eligible Store. Stand, together with 45 ACRES OF LAND, situated in Mountjoy township, Adams county, about one mile from the Turnpike road leading from Gettysburg . to Littlestown, 5 miles from the former and about the same distance from the latter pla‘ce .;• the road from Emmitsburg to Hanover passing the Store, and only 9 miles. from the terminus of the Hanover B. R. Road. The improvements are a , two story WEATHERBOARDED ROUSE • WAREHOUSE, BARN & STA BLE, a good well of water near the door, and a fine stream of water running .through the tract. In the last 5 years, 1200 bushels of Lime have been put on the land, and is more over well set with clover. There sre on said tract about 7 Acres of good Meadow and 8 Acres of excellent Timber land. The undersigned has for The last five years been engaged in keeping. Store at , the above said- place, and is gratified in being able to say, that during said time he bas done a first rate cash business; said property is very hand somely situated a healthy neighborhood and will therefore make one of the first homes in the country. Persons wishing to view said property,will please call on the undersign. ed residing On the same. Possession and a good title will be given on the first day of April next. " ALSO: At the same time & place Will be sold a lot of STORE GOODS, each as ready made CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, H ARO W A IN, &c., with a. genera: variety of farming implements as follows, viz : Plows, Harrow, Cultivator, 2 heavy sets of .1-lorse Gears, Cutting box, Cart, Chains, Bar rells.Tubs.2 Stoves and Pipes,with a variety of -Household & Kitchen Furniture. Sale to commence at 10 o'clock on said day, when attendance will be given and terms made known, by LAW It ENCE DIETZ. Dec. 18, 1854. is /1,(14 - 22,2IIrvTrn,...u7 ,n=.b,7o Special Meeting.. AT the last meeting . of the Adams County Agricultural Society, it was reiolVed that. subject connected with Agriculture be diSeils- Sed at the meetings of the Society, and'that ths first topic for inquiry be, "?he application 91' Lime to land."• A specat meeting was also ordered', to take place at the Court-house, in Gettyshurs,r,un 14e first Saturday in January nee, (being the 6th of the month,) at 10 o'clock, A. M., at which time the above sub ject will he taken up; and it is expected that :there w Rite a general participation, particular ly by those who have used lime in agricultural processes, and whose observation and experi ence have furnished them with facts of a char acter more or less valuable. The meeting will doubtless be an interesting and instructive one, and all are invited to it. t By order, JNO. - McGINLEY, .1, STMILE, Seity, December 4, 1R54. :d 1.0. of It. M. _ TOU will meet every Friday evening, at 63- o'clock, in !he Wigwam,' (McColl ..aughy's Hall.)' Punctual attendance is re• quested. AUG. Se 1.1 W-ARTZ, C. of R. r Persons wishing to connect themselves with this Tribe, will please apply to any of the members. Gettysburg, Nov, 13, 1854. - 6in /1"IC1INGS, MUSLINS, &c.—Some more °laicise cheap Tickings, have been 'received by A. A'l'. LO. Poctrn. WHAT IS A YEAR! What is a year* •JTis but a wave On life's dark rolling stream, Which is so quickly gone that we Account it but a. drincta.. 'Tis but a single earnest throb Of Time's old iron heart, Which is tireless now, and strong AS when It first with life did start. What is" a year? 'Vs but a turn Of Time's old braien wheel; Or but a page upon the book • Which Time must shortly seal. 'Tis but a step upon the road Which we inust travel o'er, A few more steps and we shall walk Life's weary road no more. What is a year? 'Tie but a breath - From Time's old nostrils blown, As rushing onward o'er the earth, We hear the weary moan. 'Tie like the bubble on the wave, Or dew upon the, lawn— As transient as the mist of morn Beneath the summer's sun. What is a year? 'Tis but a typo Of Life's oft changing scene, Youth's happy morn comes ga Hy on With hills and valleys green; Next Summer's prime succeeds the Spring, Then Autumn with a tear, Then comes old winter—death, and all Must lind a level here. - _ Select Aliscellani). "Some Things may be Done as Well as • Others." Miss Fredericka Bremer communicates the folloWing story to Sartain's ,Magazine, for the truth of which she is ready to vouch-: In the University of Upsula, in Sweden, lived a young student, a lonely youth, with a great love for studies, but without means of pursuing them. He was poor, and without connexions. Still he studied, living in great poverty, but k'e - eping a cheerful heart, and try ing not to look at the future which looked so grimly at him. His good humor and good qualities made him beloved by his young com rades. Once he was standing with some of them in the great square of Upsula, passing away an hour of leisure, when the attention of the young men became arrested by a very young and elegantlady, who at the side of an elderly one walked slowly over the place. It was the daughter of the governor of Upsula. living •in the city, and the lady was her gover, neSs. She was generally known for her beau ty and for her goodness and gentleness of char acter, and was looked upon with great admi ration by the students. As the yoting men now stood gazing at her as she passed on like a gentle vision, one of them exclaimed: Well, it would be 'worth something to have a kiss from such a mouth." The poor student, the hero of tour story, who was looking intently on that pure and angelic face, exclaimed, as if my inspiration, "Well, I think I could have it." . "What!" cried his" companions in a 'chorus, "are you crazy ?Do you know her ?" &c. "Not at all," he replied, "but I think she would kiss me now if I asked her." "What, in this place, before all our eyes ?" "In'this place, before your eyes." "Freely ?" "Freely !" "Well, if she will give you a kiss in that manner, I will give you a thousand dollars," exclaimed one of the party. • "Ajid I !' ' And I !!"cried three or four others: for it ISO bappcned that several rich young men were itillhe group, and,bctsl:ttnligh on so im probable an_ event - V'i 3. challenge was Made and receivedittf:_!:.". than we take to relate it. Our hero[MY 't ells not whether he was .handsome or .plain. I have my pecu liar reasons for believing that he was rather plain, but singularly good looking, at the same time}—our hero immediately walked off to meet the young lady, and said : (min froken.] my fortune is in your hand. - She looked at him in astonishment, but arrested her steps. He proceeded to state his name and condition. his aspiration, and related simply and truly what had passed just between him and his companions. The lady listened attentively, and, when he ceased to speak, she said blush ingly, but with great sweetness : "If by so lit tle a thing so much good can be effected, it would be foolish in me to refuse your request," and she kissed the young man publicly in the open square. Next day the student was sent for by the governor. He wanted to see the man who had dared to ask a kiss from his•darighter in that way, and whom she had consented to kiss so. He received him with a severe and scrutinis ing brow, but after an hour's conversation, was so pleased with:-him that he invited hiinlo dine at his table during his studies at Upsula. Our young friend now pursued his studies in a manner which soon caused him to be re garded as the most promising scholar at the University. Three years were now passed after the tirst kiss, when the young man was allowed to give a second one to the daughter of the governor as his intended bride: lie became, later,one of the greatest scholars in Sweden, as mach respected for his learning as his character. A DOG STonr.—The following anecdote of canine intelligence and temper is related in a French paper: ---‘.Count de N---, living a short distance from Lisle, possesses a Newfoundland dog, formerly called Castor, but, with the last, year, 31enschikoff. A few days ago the count left his place to proceed to Lisle, to carry to the Receiver General's office a parcel containing notes and other securities tcrthe amount of forty thousand_kanes. When starting, Men schikoll • red resloved to acroix±pany his master, who was at last obliged to - beat hinaback with his cane. When the count arrived at Lisle he found that he had lost his parcel. Much alarm ed, he proceeded to search for it on the road by which ne had gone. There, at a little distance, stood 31enschikoff. gently wagging his tail but not daring to advance, from his reminiscence of the count's cape. In his mouth was the precious parcel, which he had piclted up, and was faithfully carrying to his master." ri - The worst feature in a man's face is his nose—wheu stuck into other people's business. GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, JANUARY I,' 1855. Early Days of Silas Wiight. AN INCTOENZ; • A friend, who was• an old acquaintance of the late Hon. Silas Wright, related to us an anecdote of that distinguished man, which he received from his own lips, and as we have never seen it in print, although it may have been we _ive it to our readers : Mr. Wright left his home at an early age to "seek fortune," having, by way of earthly possessions, a fide horse, saddle and bridle, a pair of saddle-bags, a small stock of clothing, and five hundred dollars in money, which was in bills, and was deposited in his saddle-bags. He took a westward course, and in traveling one day, he overtook a man with a wagon and furniture, and an old span of horses, apparent ly emigrating. There was nothing particular ly,,attractive at „first view in the person or equipage, but upon a closer inspection, Mr. Wright discovered the daughter of the emi grant; a most beautiful young lady, evidently refined and intelligent. - They journeyed on ward toward Geneva, chatting cosily together. when suddenly the old gentleman recollected that he wished to get his money changed at the Geneva Bank, and to enable him to reach - that place before the close of bank hours, he proposed that young Wright should take his seat beside the beautiful daughter, and allow him to mouut Wright's horse and hasten for ward. Ardent and half smitten by the charms of the young lady, Silas gladly accepted the proposition, arid leaping from his horse, allow ed the old man to mount and make off with all his earthly possessions, money included, with out a thought. Rapidly the hours of Thalaba went by, while these two young and gifted beings pur sued their course, quite leisurely, it may be surmised, towards their journey's destination. On arriving at Geneva, Mr. Wright drove to the principal tavern, lefethe lady, and then for the first time', a shade, of anxiety crossed his mind for-the safety of his fine horse and , his money. He went to all the other public houses, but could hear of no such man as he described : he beat up to the quarters of the cashier of the bank, and learned to his addi tional concern, that such a man had called at the bank and endeavered to get some money changed, which he bad declined doing, as the notes he presented were counterfeit ! Our future statesman then came to the con clusion that he had made a crooked start in life. About fifty dollars worth of 'old furni ture, a dilapidated wagon irnd a span of worn out horses, for a new wardrobe, fine horse, and five hundred dollars ! Aye, but then there was the pretty daughter —but her he could not keep as personal pi n operty without her own consent, and without money he hardly, wanted a wife. He was at his wits' end, and bad just concluded to make the best of a bad bargain. when the old.man made his appearance with horse and money all safe: It turned out that the money which the , cashier had thought to be counterfeit was not so, and, the mistake had given the old man the trouble to go some distance to find an acquain. tance,who might vouch for his respectability in case of trouble. and this occasioned his mys terious absence. In the sequel the beautiful daughter became afterwards the wife of the future statesman.— Detroit .ildverliser. GENTEEL is a painful spectacle in families where the mother is the drudge to see the daughters elegantly dressed, reclining at their ease, with their music, their_ fancy' work, and their reading,—beguiling themselves to the lapse of hours, days, and weeks, and never. dreaming of their responsibilities: but, as a necessary consequence of neglected duty, growing weary of their useless lives, laying hold of every invented stimulant.to rouse their drooping energies. and blaming their fate when they dare not blame their God for having placed them where they are. ' These individu als will often tell you, with an air of affected compassion that ; "poor mamma is working her self to death :" yet no sooner do you propose that they should assist her, than they declare she is quite in her elements—in short. that she would never be happy if she had only half as Much to do. a NEWSPAPERS.—A man eats up a pound of sugar, and the pleasure he enjoyed is ended ; but the information he gets from a newspaper is treasured up in the mind to be used wh.eneVer occasion or inclination calls for it. A news paper is not the wisdom of one man or two men ; it is the wisdom of the age, of past ages, too. A family without a newspaper is half an age behind the times in general information: besides they never think much or find much to. think about. And there are the little ones, growing up in - ignorance without a taste for reading. Besides all these evils there's the wife, who, when her work is done, has to sit down with her hands in her lap. and nothing to amuse her mind from the toils and cares of her do mestie,circle. Who, then, would be without a newspaper ?—Benjamin Frank/in. Too GOOD TO BM LAST.—At a recent election in this State, a lad presented himself at the polls to'claim the benefit of the elective Iran chise.—Feeling a deep interest in a favorite candidaye, the father, who was evidently op posed to the boy's preference, stood at the bal lot-box, and challenged his right to vote, on the ground of his not being of age. The young man declared that he was 21 years old; that he knew it, and that he insisted upon his right. The father becoming indignant, and wishing. as the saying is, t ta "bluff him off," before the judges, said : —.Now, Bob, will you stand up there and contradict - the ? Don't I know how old you are? —Wasn't I there ?" Bob looked his contempt for the old man as he replied— “Tnunderation s'pose you was, wasn't I there too ?” This settled the sire, and in went the scion's , vote. SCENE IN TIIK KITCIIEN.-A woman making bread. Enter little boy. • Little Boy—Mother, it strikes me you are very azy bus - Indignant Mother—flow dare you say so ? Don't you see I'm making bread Little Boy—True ; but that's neither more nor less than loafing. A COMPETENT Bour.—Dr. Grissom, of New York, in his annual address before the Acade my of Medicine. tt - fear days ago, said of the sanitary police of that city, which is composed of twenty-nine men, that not more than one half of them could designate incipient sivall pox from the-effects of a mosquito bite. "TRUTH IS MIGUTY, AND WILL iHNVAIL." Shairing the Pace. _ Dr. E. Sanborn, of Andover, writes -to the Boston Medical and Stirgical Journal quite an interesting letter in favor of wearing the heard. Tie takes the ground that the custom of shaving the beard among nations of men is always at tended or followed by a marked deterioration in the physical organization, -not only of the existing-race-of people, but of-the race to come, and quotes examples from history to support his conclusions. He says that the aboriginal inhabitants of our soil and climate wore once brave, powerful and numerous but .they waged war against nature by uprooting the beard from their faces and consequently grew more and more effeminate with every genera tion, until they became an easy prey to their enemies and are themselves uprooted from the face of the earth: He cites the Chinese, too, as a people, who have been shorn of their locks and of their strength together, till, as a nation, they have only, a mere nominal existence,: and he says of the Abrahamic race,; whose creed it is to preserve unmarred "the corner of their beards," that he never saw a case of pauperism, premature physical debility, or premature dis ease, among them. He says : "The habit of shaving is not of 'origin *di vine,' as thousands seem to think, but quite the reverse. The ancient patriarchs, the holy prophets, Christ and his disciples, and the ear lier and probably purer Christians, deemed it a violation of the laws of their nattfre. Alex ander enforced it upon his army that they might thereby gain a bloodier conquest. The nobility — of Spain adoptid it through courtesy to their beardless prince. The mass were of course subjected to the humiliating process, but expressed their repugnance to the outrage in thp well known proverb--• Since we have lost our beards, we have lost our settle—that is; ourselves, our identity. ,We are-. rather soulless staves, than the men our Maker made and designed us to be." Dr. Sanborn concludes with calling upon every freeborn son of America to sha-ke--efall conventionalities which oppress humanity, and especially such as insidiously tend to vitiate and 3epress the true manliness of man, and lie implores all mothers, sisters and wives to sec ond these efforts and exerekettreirgeod - t: in creating and sustaining such purely Ameri can habits and fashions, as will to the end of time render them and their descendants more excellent in all the 'relations of life. Tun PRESENT FASIITON OF BONNETs.--At the Normal School Celebration at Salem; on Thurs day, Prof. Fetter made a pleasant speech on the subject of “Female Emancipation," in which the Salem Gazette says he was "pleas. antly conservative"—and conservatively' pleas ant of course—but strongly reformatory in urging an emancipation from the tyranny , of Fashion. He mentioned a fact of great im• portance, on the evidence of It medical gentle man, viz : that in his practice, the number of cases of opthal facia. bad increased five fold since the introduction of the present fashion of bon nets, which afford no shade to the eyes. ; At this-point of the remarks,tdriinst - , every - lady present was observed to give her bonnet a starp knock or Jerk as if to carry it further upon her head. in the hope of saving her eyes in season. SENTIMENTAL-A . R.—The following exquisite little prduction is from the San - Diego Herald, where it found a corner, in consideration of the author's paying a Near's subscription to that sprightly hebdomadal in advance: To SA 1.1.1' —Presenre-en—Old ocean's bosom-ar, murmurs forth thy name an The. ttleuntain mists assume thy fairy torm-ar. The gentle zephyrs froin the east-an whisper sweet tales of thee-an The twittering S - wallow-ar, and the warbling lark-ar, each tes tify 'to thy presence-ar, and chant songs to thy praise -an There's not a tendrill round my heart-an but knows thou'rt in it-ar, while its every pulse-ar beats but for thee alone-ar. Truly yours, JOB A. EGG TRADE 1.),7 em,won.NlA.--:-An important egg trade is carried on in the markets of San Francisco. The Farallones de los Frayks, a group of rocky islets. lying ts little more than twenty miles west of the entrance to the bay of San Francisco. are the resort. of innumerable sea fowl,known by the fishermen as "murres." These islands are almost inaccessible, and with a single exception, are uninhabited. They, therefore, very naturally afford a resort for great multitudes of birds. Some tune since. a company was organized in San Fran cisco,Jor' the purpose of bringing the eggs of murres to market. An - imperfect idea of the numbers of these birds may he formed:Trout the fact that this company sold in that city, the - last season, (a period -of less than two months, July and parts of June and August) more than five hundred thousand eggs !—AI! these were gathered on a single one of these Islands, and in the opinion of the eggers, not one egg in six of those deposited on that island was gathered. The eggs are three inches and a half in length, and are, esteemed a great &il eac - THE OTHER SIDE.—The Rev. Dr. Anderson, of Chillicothe, Ohio, in the course of a Thanks giving Sermon in the First Presbyterian Church. recently delivered in that place, re marked that the• Nebraska Bill had "thrown a substantial impediment in - the way of the on ward march of Slavery." This is no doubt true ; and, as political preaching seems to be the order of the day, we are glad to see that. some of the clergy, at least, have got hold of good. sound, Democratic doctrine, with which to edify their hearers, and build then► up in the - right faith. If me must have politics from► the Pulpit, let us havejfo sides.—Wash. CO:O.:I:MI , BLISS IN LoNtxw•—An 'English paper in descanting relative to the various qualities of connubial bliss. states that. in the city of London, the official record fur the last year stand thus : Runaway wives, —= 1.132 . Runaway husbands, 2,348 Married persons legally divorced, 4.175 Living in open warfare, 17,345 Living in private misunderstanding, 13.340 Mutually indifferent, 55,175 It - g - tir - d - ed - a.s happy; ' —3-,-IG. Nearly happy. 127. Perfectly happy, 1T EceFxTtttr INDIVIDUAL. —A young man in Alexandria, Va., is in the habit of going to the banks of the Potomac every day after dinner, and throwing into it a piece of fresh cooked mutton, weighing about two pounds. Ile thinks that he is required to minister to the w•ants . of two souls in the other world. lie is an industrious jeweller, and in all other re spects is perfectly sane. The Printer's Love. We love to see the bhioming rose, In all its beauty drest, We love to hear our friends disclose The emotions of the . breast. We love to see the - ship arrive Well laden to Our sllihret - love to our - neighbors thrive, And love to bless the poor. We love to see domestic life, With uninterrupted joys: • We love to see n happy wife, __With lots of girls and boys.. -" We love all these—yet far -above - All that we ever said,- We love what every 'printer loves, to IlArs SUBSCRIPTIONS PAW. Npirv -- . A certain • British Banister wrote three hands—all different. He wrote ono hand which he could read and his clerk couldn't : another ixhich 'his clerk could read and. he couldn't; and a third which neither be, his clerk, nor. anybody else could read. O:7"They manage things funnily . in Califor nia military funerals, for instance. After burying the defunct, .the band comes back and serenades the widow."—.lllanlie Editor. • Slander, sir ! slander ! yon said your prayers yet, John V' ""No, ma'am. It sin tmy work; Thi says the prayers,. and I say the amens l We agreed to do that because it. comes shorter." (0 - Rather singular•--to see a boarding school miss ‘.!afraid of a cow," notwithstanking she the milking to hum," a few months previous. Education's a great thing. . O7'They who will abandon a friend for one.error, know but little of the human char acter, and prove that their hearts are cold as their judgments are weak. CnAnco.m. von Plots.—Provide a trough or other suitable receptacle, fill it with charcoal, -and.-place_it—in_your_log _pen— Few nrticte that can be administered to swine, will prove more beneficial than this. 1" -- A rowdy, intending to be very • witty, thus accosted a lady in -the -street. "Madam, crin you inform me where - I curl see the ele phant ?'t "No ; -but if .I had a looking . .glass, youl'd show a very large monkey.' no rowdy slid. . , lirr 31x Now.—A scuffle between some Irish laborers once took place on a narrow bridge, and a battle royal ensuing, one of the Iliber. ! niana was very wifely knocked over the bridge. White he was flounderin(,► about in the water, he loudly exclaimed to his opponent—"Och, you spalpeen, come and hi/ me now, ifyou dare." "?Altll A MAN AND HIS WIVE (Nor asked the Wife of a inan in a state of stupefaction, as she wits holding hisachindliiiialit both fiands. "Yes, I suppose so," was the reply,' "Well, then," said she, "I came home very drunk last night, and I ought to be ashamed of my self." WEALTH.--Talk about the enjoyment. of wealth—it never was and never can be enjoyed., An abundance of money is a heap or misery. A man who owns a small house, a small farm, a small wife; a big dog, a. good cow, -two or three fat pigs, and three children, ought to be well satislled.- FAST l3or.—"Timothy, my son, what are you doing there with yourfeet dangling in the water ?" —Trying to catch cold, ma, so that I can have some of those cough lozenges you gave inc yesteitlay."_ tr7The question is often asked, what is.the proper agelst which to be married ? Adam took Eve to his bosom before he was - a - year old, and old Parr married at the age of one hundred and 'twenty ; we consider, therefore; that:any where betvreen those , two points will answer. (17. A, letter witli the following address passed the Liverpool post , offlee the other day: '•To Mickey W—A Sargant - in , the 71st IliOlunders A Halt Brother of toy Wifes by the Mothers side Lives in 31uIlingar or MUM or IlOrgheiltly 11i4 wires name is Biddy. A Monti Pts.roi„—A new pistol has been patented by Messrs. Peak & Grilles, of N ew Haven, (CL.,) which discharges twenty-one shots in the same time Wescott six. tr7"A &viato little for a shilling." saitl penurious fellow to a physician;•who dealt out. an emetic ; you give more ?" TILE TROTTER Ormitorto.—"Do you keep matches?" asked a wag of a retailer. , "Oh, yes; all kinds," was the reply. " Well, then 1,1! take a trotting match." . fr 7 Narrow soulcd people are like narrow necked bottles, the less they have in them the more noise they make in pouring it out. ; Cr - There is a piece of road at Winchendon, Mass., so narrow that when two teams meet, they have both to get over the fence be(pre either can pass. • 37 --- " You owe u►e five dolln►s fer that opin ion you l►ad of me," said Squire B— to a client. "No. I don't." said the man, 'for I never had any opinion of you." fr7"A high wind the other night blew over the spire of Mr. Witthingtou's church—but didn't. blow Me spire over. 0:7-1 do declare, Sal, you look purty enuf to eat." ~ S olomon, ain't fa eatin as fast as I can," replied Sal with her mouth full. ' 7We once - heard of a dog who had a whistle which grew on the end of his tail. He always called himselfwhen wanted. r7'As the "Grace Darling" was passing Roek's - Bridge - reeently,-she-earriett _one_ _of her wheels away—and the other wheel also. a"The. victory is not always to the strong." as the boy said when he killed a skunk with a brickbat. Errnzuz COLA.-At St. Johnsbury, Vt., on Wednesday week, the thermometer was 36 degrees below zero ! .• iu—siirhy is a man with a bad memory cov etous ? Because he isfur gelling. TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR. The Way to get Husbands. NVe cchnmend the-followineto are in haste to get married.. It is the- best receipt for single blessedness that we have seen: A gentleman of the bar in a neighboring county, in easy circumstances and pretty g practice, had rendered hiinself somewhat-re markable by his attempt in the way of-matri monial speeirations. A maiden, rather ad. vanccd in. years, residing some miles in _the country, earing o t is. awyer's specu lating propensity—that his character was un exceptionable, and his situation in life was tel. erably good, resolved upon making him her husband. She hie upon the following expedi ent. She pretended suddenly-to be taken very ill, and sent for the man of the law to prepare her will. • Ile attended for that purpose. By her she devised £lO,OOO in bank stock, to be di vided among thiee cousins, some thousands in bonds and notes bo a niece, and the vast landed estate to a favorite nephew. The will being finished, she gave the lawyer a very liberal fee,- and enjoined secrecy upon him for some pretended purpose, thus precluding him from an inquiry into her real circumstances. Need I mention the result?' In a fortnight the !adj. thought proper to be again restored to health: The leaver called to' congratulate her on her restoration—begged permission to visit her ! which was politely given. After a short with ship, the'desired oiler was made. The bargain was concluded, and ratified by the parson., The lawyer's whole estate by his wife consists of an annuity of sixty-five dollars.—.,English Pa , . , Plums and Pk& 'Vets. In the •'Newspaper". of Oct. 4th, a correS pendent, sinned. J. 8., of_Marathon, Clermont County, Ohio, asked for informationofti•troth fill nature, in regard to the r•roper treatment of the plum, or the destruction of the eurculio, and .the healthful growth of theplum to pperf ec tion. Having had, much to do in the treatment of the damson plum, as well as other kinds, aril having succeeded in every instance, I can con* ildently answer J. B.'s enquiries.—The,infalliT _lcgi rt_the_case,lagns_cheapAs_ dirt, and handy and 'comtnon everywhere. Remedy and l'reatment.—;Restoye the .stir , , face, marth from around the , tree two ,or three feet: On every Wash-day throw the dirty - in - Mit around the tree, at the time throwing theludir all over the tree, or at least -upon tho larger branches; so that the whole body of the tree will be covered with the suds. This repeated micer or twice a week will insure success. cam. menus the treatment early in,the spring, sO soon as the frost is out of the groiind. and con= tinue regularly and faithfully the operation of soap suds till the fruit is ripe. The result will be, your plum trees will break down with rim fruit, unless well propped.--Duller Newspa per. , . DEXTERITY OF Lovs.—A Young mayor Na. mus, of good family, hiving a gallant, wail xt &loss-in-conducting-the correapondence_whieli_ was teal their repeated appointments.. Abair; drastic+, not an unusual messenger in love, was chosen as the agent ; but hew to escape _the vigilance of her father, &Widower, who bad &- perpetual eye on her conduct 1 Singular as it, may appear, the old gentlemilles whig Was, chosen as the letter box. 'Ho wore a bag whith his daughter used to take ot every. evening. when he called for his night-cap, and was sum to find a billet from her lover, which the, heir-. dresser had placed there in the morning Wheil ho affixed the bag, and which the old,geptke man - had unsuspectingly carried about all do day.—She 'had' suffloient time to &rase replace her 'answer, which the hair-chitinfet withdrew in the morning, to deliver toter lover., A TRAP FOR A TROUBLRBOXR U 114.7.6 Sheridan was one day flinch 'annoyed :to 'it fellow member of the English' Wane of' n3ons, who keP , tcryingout every fimr minutes, • "Hear ! hear " Duripg, the debate he , took occasiontodiecribe a political, contemporary, thit wished to Eilay'regue,lnit hid only tient%) enough tweet fool. • di. Where," etclaimed he with great emphasis, "where shall we , find: a more foolish knitve or a more knavish foollhan: he ?" 4, llear ! hear !" was shouted by die troublesame mei:Ober.. Sheridan turned torind,` and thankingidn3 for the prompt information, sat down amid a general roar of laughter. '• • TAE GREAT SALT MINES IN THE MOUNTAINS OF YIRGINTA.—The State of Virginia is moving in the great work of internal improvement, and ismaking-a railroad that will reach the great salt mines' - of their • mountains, sand in a few► years. that salt will be distributed over. the whole of the Eastern States—its suorior qual ity will insure for it. a ready sale everywhere, fur it is better worth one dollar per bushel, for table use, than any other that ever came to our market is worth twenty-five cents. It is pure chloride of sodium, and will remain as dry as flour in any latitude from - .the equator to the pole. - - WINTER. SPORTS. ' You'll catch youfdeaths' cries "the good taly, who hovers over a hot stove in a close room, to her boy, who wants to dash into the snow-drifts. or till his lungs with fresh air, and set his cheeks glowing, and his eyes sparkling, by au hour's glorious skating. Madame, let him go. Ten persons catch their deaths by staying in hot. close- rooms, where one is hurt by exposure to the cold.— Live as much out of doors as you can; and have pure air in the house. TAR BEST PLACE.-A good old- Dutchman and his frow sat up till gaping time, when the latter, after a full stretch, said : vish I vis in beben." Hans also yawned and replied : vish I vas in der sthill-house." The eyes of Same flew wide open, as she ex claimed: pe pound for you ; you alvays wish your self in der,pest place." o:7Borne one having stated that the best way to preserve apples from rotting was to pack them in.salt. the editor _of the Albany ne Tine triid the experiment: - Ho they have kept for three years, and would keep to all eternity if-they waited for, him to eat them. The salineparthies so mix with the apples, that you can't eat one of them without fancying you are chewing a piece of Lot's wife. Cots Po& Love.--Hide in a closetbalfat dna en times and listen to the coaversatioa that takes place between a couple who have been married one year, while they think themselves entirely alone.' NO. 14.
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