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WASHINGTON.
le fought. hut not with love of etrifo; he truck-but to
Mewl ; -
Am! cni be turrie.l a. people's roe, he sought to bet friend.
ito strove to keep his country's right by res.son . s goutle
And sighed when fell injustice threw tile challenge—
sword to sword.
no steed the firth, the calm, the wise, the patriot and
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sage ;
Ito showed no deep, avenging bate—no burst of despot
I=
Ho stood for liberty and truth, ant .lanntic,ilv led on,
Till shouts of victory I;.tve forth the name of -Washing
ton. EtiZJ Cons.
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
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IN CONGRESS,
IPhiladc,iphia, July 4; 1776.
When, it the course of human events, it be
comes necessary for one people to dissolve the
political bands which have connected them
with another, and to assume, among the. pow
ers of the earth, the separate and equal station
to which the laws of nature and nature's God
entitle them,, a' decent respect to the opinions
Of mankind requires, that they should declare
the causes which impel them to the separation.
- We hold these truths •to be' self-evident :
that all men are created equal that they are
endowed by their Creator with certain unalien
able rights ; that among these are life, liberty,
and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure
these rights, governments arc instituted among
men, deriving their just powers from the con
sent of the governed : that whenever , any form
of government becomes destructive of these
ends, it is the right of the •people to- alter or
abolish it, and to institute a new government.
laying its thundation on such principles, and
oronizing its powers in such harm as to them
shall seem most likely to effect their safety
and happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dic
tate, that governmenrsionestablished should
not be changed for light ii,nd trawient causes ;
and accordingly, all excellence hash shown,
that mankind ale more disposed to suffer, while
evils are sufferable, than to right theinselve,
by abolishing the forms to which they are ac
customed. But when a long train of abuses
and Usurpations, pursuing invariably the same
object, evinces a design to reduce them under
absolute despotism, it is their right, it. is their
duty, to throw OW such government, and to
provide new guardps for their future security.
such has been the patient sufferance of these
colonies; and such is now the necessity which
constrains them to alter their former systems.
of government. The history of the present
king of Great Britain is a history of repeated
injuries and usurpations, all having in direct
object the establishment of an absolute tyran
ny over these States. To prove this, let facts
be submitted - to a candid world.
lie has refused his assent to laws the most
wholesome and necessary for the public good.
Ile has forbidden his governors to pass laws
of iminediate andpressing importance, unless
suspended in LM operation, till his assent
should be obtained ; and when so suspended,
he has.utterly neglected to attend to them. Ile
has refused to pass other laws for the accom
modation of large districts of.-people, unless
those people woud relinquish the right of re
presentation in the legislature—a right inesti
walk., to them. and formidable to tyrants only.
lie has called together legislative bodies at
places unusual, uncomfortable, and distant
from the repository of their public records, for
the sole purpose of fatiguing. them into a com
pliance with has measures.
Ile has dissolved 11,epresentative Houses re
peatedly, for opposing, with -manly firmness,
his invasions on the rights of the people.
lie has refused, for a long time after such
dissolutions, to cause others to be elected :
whereby the legislative powers, incapable of
annihilation, have returned to the people at
large for their exercise, the St.ite remaining,
in the mean time, exposed-to all the dangers
of invasion from without, and convulsions
within.
Ile has endeavoured to prevent the popula
tion of these States ; for that purpose obstruct
ing the laws of naturalization of foreigners ;
refusing to pass others to encourage their mi
gration hither, and raising the conditions of
new appropriations of lands.
He has obstructed the administration of pis
tice, by refusing his assent to laws for estab
lishing judiciary powers.
lle - has made judges dependent on his will
alone, for the Lennie of their offices, and the
amount and payment of their salaries.
He has erected a multitude of new offices,
and sent hither swarms of officers. to harass
our people, and eat out their substance.
lie has kept among us, in times of peace;
standing armies, WILLItut, the consent of our
e lle has affected to render the military, in
dependent of, and superior to, the civil power.
He has combined with others to subject us
to a jurisdiction foreign to our Constitution,
and unacknowledged by our laws ; giving his
assent to their acts of pretended iegiAation
Fur quartering large bodies of armed troops
among
For protecting them, by a mock trial, from
punishment for any nitird, rs hick they should
commit on the inhabit:4las of these States :
Fur cuffing our trade ‘v all aIL part.s of
ill •w• r •
For imposing taxes on us without our con
sent.:
- For depriving us, in many cases, of the ben
efits of trial by Jury:
For transporting us beyond seas to be - tried
for lActended oilenees:
For abolishin- the free sy , tern of English
laws in a nelg
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H" For z suspending our own legislatures, anti
declaring theurzelves invested with - power to
! legislate for us - i - wall caseswlia - tgoevin.
ne has abdicated government here, by de
: elaring.us out of hiS protection, and
,txaging
war against us.
lie has -plundered our seas: ravaged our
coasts, 'mint our towns,' and destroyed Ore
lives of our people.
lle is at this time transporting large armies
of foreign mercenaries 'to complete the works
of death, desolation,' and tyranny, already be
gan with circumstances of cruelty nod perfidy,
scaree;y paralleled in the most barbarous ages,
and totally unworthy the - head of a civilized
nation.
lie has constrained onr fellow-citizens. taken
captive on the high seas, to bear anus against
their country, to become the executioners of
their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves
ty, their hands.
Ile has excited- domestic insurrections a
mongst - us, and has endeavoured to bring on
the inhabitants of our frontiers — the merciless
Indian savages. Whose known rule of warfare
is an undistinguished destruction of all ages,
sexes, and conditions.
In every stage of these oppressions we have
petitioned for redress in the most humble
terms: our repeated petitions have been an
swered only by repeated injury. A prince.
whose character is thus marked by every act
which may define a tyrant, is unfit to be the
ruler of a free people.
Nor have we been wanting in attentions to
our British brethren. We have warned them,
from time to time, of attempts by their legisla
ture to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction
over us. We have reminded them of the cir
.cumstances of our emigration and settlement
here. We have appealed to their native justice
and magnanimity, and we have conjured them
by the ties of our common kindred to disavow
these usurpations, which would inevitably in
terrupt our connexions and correspondence.
They too have been deaf to the voice of justice
and consanguinity. 'We must, therefere, ac
quiesce in the necessity which denounces our
separation, and hold them, as we hold the rest
of mankind—enemies in war, in peace friends.
We, therefore, the representatives of the
United States of America, in General Congress
assembled, appealing to the Supreme Judge of
the world, for the rectitude of our intention,
do, in the' name and by the authority of the
good people of these colonies, solemnly publish
and declare, that these United Colonies are,
and of right ought to be, free and independent
States :that they are absolVed troni . all al
legiance to the British crown, and that all po
litical connexion between them and the State
of 6reatafiritain is, and ought to be,'totally
dissolved ; and that, as free and independent
States, they have full power to levy war, con
chide peace, contract alliances, establish com
merce, and to do all other acts and things
independent States may of right do.
And for the support of this declaration, with a
firm reliance on the protection of Divine Provi
dence, wt: , , mutually pledge to each
,other our
lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.
JOHN HANCOCK,
NY NATIVE LAND.
My native of my heart
Clime of Vim unhoti . 4lit brag
First in fair tiee.loiii's - shining zone,
Its cradle 'or its grade.
How turn , . the patriot's heart to theu,
Young 41. tilt of ',lit.
.I.ot the mi4lity %%odd,
Foi• free.timi's Wing' -to req.
Clime rif the unitiati•heil, piLrim trots,
(Is% tdlet of the reek,
learlt•ti.:di).r tpraut'+ 6nrll,
4)t lurtu awl
4it bawl,
A , i the liire,t ,
They iiut to the riot': co d i:wind,
j.\u:• Lt.:1.0401 at the
They se,ir,l alike at the act and wfillt,
A tie-p.t•- ,tern decree.
Ana their h.tnit-r to the Irin.Lt,
A troti.in will be free.
A sunbeam ‘1 rote tt on their IluartS
In \toots ttf 1k irt4 ;
An!, buret
Upon Lliu
and gtars were borne aloft,
The emblem- of the ht.tve;
Awl , ne,,th that e.t4le- ovetroot
None Crazed to he a Nl.ive.
And•loolly fr•tmr the trnnurt•tin tetra
1:m11 4 -out the ot'.; 1/iC,LI;
Freedom or 4,1:1111 At.t, in that :41(111t,
A 2 1 , 1 THAT way freetoens' choice.
Ant proudly o'er the, ocenn'e. tide•
Our starry t 1 t w.ts Neen ;
Gaily it boated to the bree7e,
Nor quailed to iiee.tii%. queen.
Stout he•trt•s nero there to hear it up
Atiii.l the. hattie*, ,
They naile , l it to the to.t-t-heel
And sealed it with their tile.
God 1110=: , the country of toy birth !
hto,t. prayer for the..
In that. thou ot.t.rst foreger remain,
A hotuc.Nteod for the free.
A lkeraage. for froo.iont•sllg.
Long may thy temples ~.t.ind;
'God he time unit thy pr.,gmly,
ryttive I.nl. D. A
Crunn.s TYrocniArincm, Ennon. —Professor
Trench in his latest work on the English lan
guage, points out a curious typographical error
in the 20th verse of the 2:A chapter of Mat
"thew.--The words "which strain at a gnat and
swallow a camel," the professor thinks contain
a misprint, which having been passed over ict4
the editinn of 1611,_ has held its ground ever
since. The translators intended to say "which
strain ma a gnat and swallow a camel," that
being the correct rendering of the original, as
appears in Tynsdale's and Crannuer's trans
lations. both of which have "strained mgt."
It was the custom of the stricter Jews to strain
their wine, vinegar, and other portables,
through linen or gauze, lest unawares they
should drii.k down some little unclean inNect
as a gnat, and thus transgress the Levitical
law. It was to this custom the Saviour alhor
cd, intending to say that the
while they
and Phan.
hile they strain Out a Own their
drink, would yet swallow-a-carpel at . a. gulp.- --
F L _Ti' In olden times the ladie-: used to kvenr
It ad dress of very unsi L ditly shape. which they
called - a "top-knot." The fasnion ran into
greitt-extravagances: and at length attraelcd
- Ilt - a - t - t - t-nt - ron of the piilpiet. It is le - ia.ed
on une occasion, a celebrated preacher de
nounced the -t. nut , : as pi tlili IWO/ i,t :Scrip
ture, ;Eel riteueil froni one of the .11os1les the
Cuninilarol down !•' Id-WI
URA erne of the ladies prodigiously : but
sunie of ilu inoie to their
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GE TYS_.BTJ RG, PA.OXDAY, -1R55.
From the Vl . ruingo apiMnhn•.
KNOW NOTHING RENUNCIATION.
'Messrs. l'ortut.tx & folfokving
narration, aceuiding to the best of my recollec
tion, min.:ices facts in relation to the most in
iquitous and corrupt organization that has ever
existed among men, and my count:won *ith,
and 112111111( latiOil of it in tow:
- About the last of t...k.pteinber,.l:4s-1, through
the influenctrand intrigue - oLDr. J. M. Dille, of
tuns place. 1 was induced to become a member
of that brotherhood known by'the name of
know-nothings. Soon alter Livid been initia
ted, I found that •1 had been sadly deceived,
and in consequence my feelings have been liar
rassed ever - since, and 1 now feel that my pres
ent course is dictated by the •solemn convic
tions of 'conscience and of my duty to God and
my fellow man.
The first meetine. I attended was at Dr.
Dille's (ace, where 1 had beet invited by the
Doctor, who informed mt . —that- he was to be
initiated at the-same time, but which proved
to be false, he having been initiated, as he af
terwaids informed me, sonic time before, in
Franklin, by Dr. B. Gillet, oily of the pioneers
of the order in Venango. A friend and neigh
bor amine, was initiated at the Same time.
We were waited upon by a man who was and
still is a citizen of this county, and by whom
the following oaths were administered to us :
"I do solemnly swear beibre Almighty (iod
and these witnesses, that 1 will not, divulge
any questions proposed to me here whether I
become a member of the order or not, and that
1 Will never, under any circumstances what
ever, mention the name of any person I may
see present during any of the proceedings, or
that I know such an order .to be in existence,
and that 1 will give a true answer to any ques
tions asked of me, so help tut God.'
The following questions were then asked :
1. What are your names 2. Are you
twenty-one years of age ? 3. Where are your,
residences ? •4. In your religious belief, are
you Roman Catholics,? 5. 1\ here were you
born ? t 3. Where were your parents born ?
7. Are you willing to use all the influence iu
your power in favor of native-born A owrican
citizenai, tbr all offices of honor, trust or I,rulu.
in the gift of the people; and do you promise
to vote to the exclusion #ll' alt-aliens or foreign
ers and Roman Catholics in particular, for all
State or Government offices ?
After answering the above questions satis
factorily, we were taken before the Presidi , nt
of the Council, who administered the follow
oath of the first degree :
"1 voluntarily and freely do promise and
swear, before Almighty eiod and these witness
es, that 1 will not under any circinustan'ceS
whatev-er,--divolge or make known to any per
son or persons, eider directly or indirectly, or
to any human being. Other than those I shall
know to be good and true members of this or
der, the name, secrets, mysteries, or objects of
the sante, or cause or allow the smile to be
made known by others if it is within my pow
er to prevent it, l a rding myself under the nd
less penalty of being eseonimunicated from the
order, and having my name posted amt circu
lated throughout the different con .1 . (' the
order as a perjurer-and traitor to nth God ;
country, and as being unwOrthy of being em
ploy eat, entrusted, countenanced, or supported
in ally business transaction's whatever, and as
a person totally unworthy of the confidence of
all good Men, and one at.whoin the finger of
swill shall ever he pointed ; all the lin egoing
do - vOluntaiily and fiecly subscribe to, so help
me God."
11 e were then addressed by the President in
the following language:
Ilaoruhats :—The miler which has now
receiNed you as members, may with all propri
ety be called a •secret org, - anization. It. is so
secret in Incl., that if you weie placed before a
legal tribunal,.and sworn to tell the truth, the
whole truth, and nothing but the truth, you
could not for your lives reveal the name of that
band of brothers, among whom your name.is
now enrolled : and fui ther than this, when you
retire flout this meeting:, you will return to
your family and Iriends as ignorant as when
you Cattle, so "fur as this order is concerned.
—ln common ,vith oursek es. you I. now noth
ing, and let it be your stern resolve through
life to I.how nothing that will at all conflict
with the high tuid exalted duties you owe to
your 6011 and your country, and so far as re
gards tile protection and preservation of Amer
ican liberty, which alone can be secured to
ourselves and our children by the entire ex
clusion of all foreign . influence in those mat
ters which appertain t our govermental
icy."
After this address, we were referred to the
Instructor who taught us the signs and grips
of recognition, and the manner of obtaining en
trance into the different eounci‘s.
Thus I. became master of the first degree,
which was as tar into their mysteries as I ever
got, and l deeply regret that I ever allowed
myself to be induced by designing demagogues
to know as much as I do of their secret and
con upt schemes. There are many others who
would willingly -follow my example and come
out and expose the corruptions of the cabal,
weie it nut that they fear to make known their
own guilt. Of tins fact I ant well convinced.
(Or since it was known in this place that Iliad
resolved to expose the order as tar as 1. knew,
sonic of the members have appealed Lu inc-not
10 expose their names, but but expres,ing tile
least objection to my disclosing anythiuB be
longur,; to the order.
nue point of the know nothing creel which
struck me with indep>ctihaWe futzv . Was, the
lIISU UCLIOII Ilia[ l 1114;11L %Vali propi reel', under
oath, deny being a know nothin.,_ as that wa,
not thetrue name of the order, but gave nme itu
other.
_Thus I was bonuli by, oath to lAA jute
myself by den} lug what I could nut but Con
ceive Lu be the Vieth. The tune I
fulk, •Lt. d
pull 011:,--la(444“, Loteatlie
the oltier and fixed in the oponon that
with- slypresent,axnav ioliutProt-%%-liat-ctnisti-tu
e4-a4+4n+nu-t.,u-fwvil.
retrain from acknowledging limy slam amid immak
big .1tOlICIAit://L. so far as possible, by public
expo,lllull.
The inevtiiigs were held, when I was a mein
bcl, in ‘lll;ertni places: sunietaines m an old
mio.;cl:pie , l building half a mile goon town. at
tbyi the % , ;:olemy, ill a gt9m.:eky and dryl
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TRUTH IS .1111;11TY, AND WILL PREVAIL:
CoOrNitsTou : N, 25,.1855
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of the American institutions! The glowing
pictures of the dangers of Catholicism and tor
-erg-item—drawn by-Act tittpgu ere—inere
ruses for,the purpose of enticing the credulous
into the order. ' This fact is - well understood
by the leaders.
1 might state that the highest county olßicer
in the order is the Instructor. and while I qa."*.-s
a ;manlier /Mr. ‘Vin. Raymond, of Franhlin,
filled that office,. lie had a. deputy in each
council.
I have now done what I considered my duty.
If any are disposed to censure me, 1 can plead
in my behalf a clear conscience and sincerity
of purpose. J. LIAM
-P. S.-1 have . read the exposition of H.
Mahaffey, published in the Spectator, I believe
it to be correct as fur as 1 um acquainted with
the matter.. J. U.
The , undersigned, citizens of Cooperstown
and vicinity, hereby certify that Joseph U.
Hale is a young man of owl character, and
one whose reputation for truth is g ood.
CRAV ran,
R. BRADLEY,
W.M. CR A W FORD,
JOHN P. BYERS,
\VM. CRAIN.
Supreme Court in Bane,
11.t1Unitinctw,. June, 1855
Talbot vs. Col veri
.Ry an ante-nuptial agreement, the husband
covenanted that the wife should have her prop
erty to her own use as long as she lived, and
dispose of it by her will to whom she pleased;
and further covenanted with the wife, her ex
ecutors and administrators, that he would not
sell or ()them ise convert to his own use any
part of .her property ; there was also another
provision that he should be indemnified out of
her estate for any debts he might have to pay
for her.
noa --That upon the death of the wife,-in
testate and possessed of personal property, the
husband was entitled to take it under the in
testate :wt, - there being nothing in the ante
nuptial agreement tti"prevent its operations.
The opinion of the Court - was delivered by
Black, J.
A married wou►an died intestate; and posses
sed of personal property. The question is
whether it goes to her husband or to her collat
eral heirs.. The law gives it, to the husband'.
unless the other parties can show some special
fact which takes the case Out of the rule.
they have tried to do. There was ,an agrue
u►ent belbre triarnag,e by which the husband
covenanted that. the wife should have her
property to her own use as long as she lived,
and dispose of it by her will to whom she
pleased. lie also bound himself not to sell or
convert to his own use :my portion of it..
The husband might have agreed to 'rue a
-
marriage articles irs would have cut oil from
the succession to his wife's goods alter her,
death, by limiting them to other persons. 'The
promise to let,her have the separate tiSe of her
property. means no kind of provision about the
siateession. The agreement that it shall go to
whomsoever she pleases to' designate as her
legatee, is not a covenant that her husband
will give it to her relatives if she makes no
will- She had the power• to make the will but
!bite did not exercise it. The presumption is
that, she was Kttisfied •with the disposition
which the law would make. She probably
would have bequeathed all she had to her lu►s
band, it she had nut known that he would take
it anyhow.
what. title do the next of kin claim the
property- now• in dispute ? Not by the mar
ria;:e 'articles, for there they are not so much
as intentioned or alluded to. Not by any gift of
the a•ite during her life, for no such thini is
pretended. Nor by the intestate laws of the
ttitate, for they give it to the husband. They,
have no title attill, and yet they must show ii
good title before they can demand it.
The plaintiffsjely, much on the fact that the
covenant of the husband nut to convert the
wife's goods was made directly to her e.tecti
tors and administrators. Without such a cov
enant, expressed or implied, the others would
have been► nugatory. She could not sue hint
it'_she• had a hundred covenants ; anal her pow
er to mirage a will would have been worthless
if her exventor or administrator c. i. a. could
not have brought aim action to compel him to
account her any property of hers which he sold
or converted to his own use dining her life.
We think this no reason for believing that the
parties intended wore by the mtkrriage settle
ment than what they said in words.
The husband also covenanted that he would
not at any time thereafter, sell, or otherwise
convert to his own use, any part of her prop
erty. If this were a sound argument against
the dekindant'sjight to take under the intes
tate laws, it winild be equally good to show
that. he could not take under a will, but tt is
not presented that the latter proposition is
true. We must either suppose that this cov
enant simply provides against a conversion by
the husband of the wife's property. injurious to
her rights as the separate and Eol c owner, or
else we must g to the wild length of declar
ing that it rented him totally incapable of
ever getting, having or holding anything that
was hers, however clear has title to it might
al terwards bcouine.
There is another provision in the articles, of
which something was said at the bar. It was
~greed that he should be indemnified out of her
estate fOr any debt 4 he might have to pay for
her. The husband secing that. he had given
his wife absolute control iVirt her property
during the euverture and di s c . :7dß power to dis
pose an- by will, and knowing- also that he
tr a:•,.nererthelesS, liable for her debts, thought
propel to reserve the right to demand rein
bursement for all he might pay in case she
should will what she had to another persou.
Ti wt eis nothing in. this--to detcat - the -opera
tion of the intestate laws.
here an ante-nupttal :Greenient, limits the
property to certain perviib other Liam
the husbaod, the hu,lnioll, of euon,e, cahoot,
-dtrito—it-tr o -aith,t-tlie-rfght-of-the-parties upon
,a e rtl
tee u,a tokialily clear that, the lot:Oat:nil intend
ed vi relin , juii,ki all the rigliti which he had or
could have in the wife'?, property, not only
during, but, after,. the covet - Lure; then it de
i)ceild, to .ier ne&t of kin, and
,they take it un
der the iitte,,tate. a.-; if had never
lieen u,alvied. U sfich intention had been up
o.ut hilt:, it wouid have been, Lquivith tit to
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Eating Ice Cream Raw.
By JONAS JONI:S.
On as very warm, sultry .evening,,Anring - , the
miaow'. of 18, as Br. B--- and myself were
scated.in a fashionable saloon of our town, in
dulging in the cool luxuries which the propri
etors of the' establishment knew so well how
to prepare, and chatting the' while -upon such
subjects as fancy and caprice suggested, a tall,
limber looking fellow, about twenty-three.
made his appearance, and after looking about.
him for some time in bewilderment and doubt,
seated himself at a table close by the one at
which we were sitting. _ The young man was
apparently a stranger and from the country ;
and the illuminated sign, with ."ice cream,"
and "confectionaries," ar,c., blazoned thereon,
had evidently taken him in. - Knowing the
doctor to have a great propensity for natural
joking, 1 turned to see what ()fleet this new
arrival would have upon him, and one glance
at his restless twinkling eye, satisfied me that
there would be sport.
After sitting some time, as if uncertain how
to proceed, the young man plucked up courage
to address-us, and inquired whether he could
"get some leo cream and a txmple of confection
aries ;" stating a the sane time that ho had
"never been at a canawl afore, and- didn't
know how people acted at sick places."
lie was informed by the doctor, that if he
Would ring the, small bell which Stood upon
the table his wishes would be gratified. The
green 'tin did as he was directed, and, in due
time was served with the ice cream, &c. After
eyeing for a • few minutes the article beliwe
him, lie took the spoon from the glass, took a.
small quantity of the cream and put it . on• the
tip of his tongue ; and theft looked round the
room with an air of satistimiloa and delight.
Soon, however, another idea seemed to sti ike
him he rammed the spoon deep into the glass,
took it out heaped, - and in a moment its con
tents disappeared.
At this instant, 1 felt a twitch at my side—
the next moinent the-doctor was on. his feet—
had clutched my band convolsiiely, and with
one hand pointing towards the victim, almost,
screeched :
"Sho?king! dust young num is eating icc
cream raw."'
I hewn went ice cream, spoon and confection
aries and table upon the door; out leaped the
victim at. least ten foot tomwds the middle of
the room, gaspinv for breath—eyes protruding
from their sockets -and countenance exhibiting
marks of the greatest helplessness.,ln a mo
the doctor was by his side—fet his pulse
—unbuttoned his coat, waistcoat and his shirt
collar, as if to admit fresh' air : then gently
pushing him into the chair4.otitmenced fanning
him with his coat. It ‘it . tie , thon that the vic
tim's tongue first beca.me. + Woseited, and with
an imp oring look, - ifaireitspered - , — hall
scre - ectied •
"Oh, kin I live ?"
Upon tins the doctor looked mysterious, felt
his pulse again, examinedins tongue, atol then
in a solemn tune replied :
"It may be, young man, that by implicitly
following my directioi.s, you sant yet' escape
the consequences of your rashness and Why.
I would advise you to—"
"Anything, I'll do anything you tell me, so
as 1 kin git over this spell, and Lind my way
home again."
"yell, then, sir, take off your coat.' The
young man did so, "Tic a handkerchief about
you." lie was obeyed. "And now, sir, go
to the door,-run three tunes around this square
with all the might that is in you, and then
come back to me, and I will .tell you what
further to do."
The :young man vanished, and 'we resumed
our seals ; in a few ininuter4, however, he re
tinned, pulling and blowing, and apparently
in better spirits.
"Now," linid the doctor, "do you put, on
your coat ; button it up clome to the ohm : go
to your lodging place ; and turn into bed im•
medintely and let me advise. you, young man,
that hereafter, before you undertake; 10 eat ice
cream, see that it is properly prepayed ; and
let me particularly charge you, (aol here he
assumed a very serious air) never again do you
(amp jo rOl trr cfcalst rale? "
The young man stain mered forth his thanks,
and then left,--we followed soon after.
'A SLIGIIT
: MIST/UM—A. young lady out
west, who swished to have the room of a log
house to appear to the best advantage, on a
certain occasion, had mune trouble in keeping
a:large dog outside the door. After having
turned hint out for the third or fourth time,
she heard a slight tap upon the door, which
she supposed to be the dog's paw, and cried
out, "lkise, you old dog, you may rap as
long as you've a mind to, but I won't let
you in." It was the young clergyman,
who had just commenced paying his,,tldvesses
to her.
t r 7 -A l l you who know young Snilfkintv, are
aware that he married old 3lts.4.„Betty Bloc!set
for her money—that ho cannot touch it till. she
41 ies , and that he treats her very badly on ac
count of What he calls her "unjustifiable lon
gevity." The-other day, Mrs. Snakins find
herself unwell, sent - fur a doctor, and in
the presence of BMM:ins and the medical man.
declared her belief that she was "poisoned,"
and that he, Sniffkins, had done it.
"1 didn't do it," shouted Suakins, .it's all
gammon, she isn't poisoned. Vtove it, doctor
—vox her upon the spot-I'm willinn."
-
rr7" Are you fond of novels, Mr. Junes ?"
"Very," responded the interrogated guide
man, who wished to he thought by the lady
uestioner a lover of literature,
-Have you ever read," continued the inquis
the lady. "I'cn 7'litrusand a Year y"
ncidatn," said Jones, -I never read so
navy in all :ny life."
7*Jones stepped up to a gentleman who
was engaged in conversation with about two
dozen uthers, and said: "It seems to me I
liave - seen your - physiogrunny - mmiewbere , be
ore, ,ut canno iwugi is who c.'' "Very
likely," he replied "1 have been the keeper
of a prison for upwards of twenty years."
'i ill .Larkins' who is what may be de
nominated a sprucing character, once shook
hands with I;cit. Jackson. "And," says Bill,
••I gob hint a piece of advice at the time, says,
I, ••now Gencial, thcied you, :aid
; trip I (1114 atil ion
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TWO DOLLARS A.YEAR.
A Word for Young .
Extract -from the address delivered before
-the-gratinating-clat , sorltutgerls-Vollegv i hy-the---
Hon. Theodore Freelingltuyson 3
'. ' , Resolve to do something useful, honorable,
dutiftil, and do it heartily: Repel the thought
that you can, and therefore you may, live
aboVe work, and without iL Among the most
pitiable objects in society is the 'man whose
mind has uotheen trained by the discipline of
education ; who has learned how to 'think of
the value of his immortal powers, and 'with
all these noble faculties cultivated and pre
pared for an honorable activity, ignobly sits .
down to do nothing ; with no influence over
the public mind; with no interest.in, Meon- .
.curns of his country, or even his neighborhood ;
to bo regarded as a drone, without object br
character, with no hand to lift and no effort to
put 'forth to help the right' or defeat the wrong.
Who can think with any calmness of such a
miserable enterprise 3 Never permit your in
fluence 'to go sotO hostility. to the' cause :or
truth and virtue. So live that, , stith the Chris
tian poet, you may truthfully say that 'z
'lt your country stand nut by your skill.
At 1e Mt your have put wrought her fall.' ,)
One Happy 14804
Have you inade" - :ifine happy heart .to-day
How calmly you.,cWsleep on the pillow ; Low
sweetly sleep all this' world - there - is
nothing so swe giving, comfort to, the, dis
tressed, as getti:, a sun ray . jai() t glianroy
heart. - Children sorrow meet us Wherever
wt turn ;—there is not a -moment - that 'fears
are not shed and sighs uttered., -.Yet how,
many of those sighti arc caused Our trien
thoughtlessness ! How' many A- 4111141144
wrings the very soul of a fond - mother by Ads
of unkindness and ingratitndO!
wives, hy, recrimination, estrange and embitter...
loving hearts ! How many brothers And' sis - -,
ters meet to vex and injure each other,
wounds that no human heart can heal: - AL r
if
.each one worked upon this maxim tir:,t`by:
day —8 tri Vella make some: heart happyt=leal.;
onsy,, revenge, madness, hate, With their kin;
dyed evil associates, would forever leave :the .
earth. •
It is stated that:while mutton, the most nit
tritive or animalfood contains 'only' 29 Pet. •
cent. of nutritive matter to 74 pounds water
—wheat flour contains 00 . per cent,: .:4Of
mein told of ..watez, and corn 'neat. Jl,'
cent. of nutriment to 0, Of water.' Potatoes on
on
the other hand, contain but'22 i cent, .4)f
nutriment to 77t of Water t, and turnips
lain but. four and a half per. cent. °flint/it:Dent
to ninety-live •and.a half of water. Cabbage
is but a little more nutritious;- - containing but
seven; and a half per cent. of nntrititentr-H,,The—
inost-nutritions-01-aIL vegetable - fOotiilio*ever,
is the white bean, which yieldfi . os- per cent.
is.
Lynne!' tto , live' Pounds of water. the
fruits, the euesiiiher is the 'Oast nutritious,
and Plums the Most. - Fish arty the leastnntri
tious of animal food. - It tlitts*Ppears4hat the
most nutritious, ,and ,of:equi*. 4 1 0 , -040timit , .- •
food- for man is: bleats-4011mill liCtif;,,,atul
;
poultryYegtitliblO substances — f lour; `bread,
inuakbeans and riee.:
,
r7Thentanitfacture of .telescope dimities is ,
one of the itiOlit'intricate and nice tifidertakings
111 mechunisni. The risk ofsecuring - good &SM.
es is very great; the manufacturers first take
about 3UO pounds of flint 04813,1%nd:fuse. it by
a very hot fire. ; White in a liiprittitatelit the
furnace,. the vessel containing itis walled-cern-. - f
plytely , and sullered.' to cool
sometimeS occuPying two months intim proetski.
.W hen perfectly' cool, the 'maxi ii fractured
by n process which is retained,na.'n'secreVtip
manutactnreys.' The, , fraimenta king .01;
nuts sizes are of different povver.oftetleetions,
and are worked into glasses prop eitiiitted 'w
their power.. working them trio shipes, the
edges are first ground so that
_tiny can be
looked through in every , direetion so is - id be
certain there arc no cracks, Specti or ether
imperfections,
l 3 Ajustice of the peace in the neighbbrbood
of this city has adopted a noVel tuoileelputting
the test to all , persons who are :brought, before
hint under, charge of having taken too much
stitnuluS. lie has - procured ' a' . long - narrow
plank, which ix elevated from` die ground by
means of a brick at. eaclutual. This the ; ac
cused is made to walk—or rather attempt to
walk. If he succeeds he is at once discharged,
and the constable saddled With the , coata ; but
if he fails oil, it in taken as pri mafinie evideneu
against hint, and k 'the sentence of the- law is
forthwith pronounced. —Ohio Statesman.
ri'Many people take newspapers, but few
preserve them ; yet the most interesting read
ing imaginable is a file of old newspapers—it
brings up the very age with all its bustle mid
every-day Affairs, and marks its genius and
spirit more than the most labored descriptions
of the historian. Who can read a paper dated
fifty years ago, without 'the thought that al
most every name then printed, isiiow euCapon
a tombstone, at the head of an, epitaph.
Tnv: Com 11A ityps^r.—Since theifinat dmeov.
ery of gold in California, the yield has averag,ed
about $G0.000,000 a year, or 85,000,000 a
m0nth,.,,1,250,000 a week, $178.521 a day,
Jr $9,440 an hour, or-612.4 a initiate ! Who
tasks about hard tithes f
rr - }--i will not strike thee, had man," said
a Quaker, one day, but I will let this billet of
wood full on thee," and at that precise wowent
the "bad man" was floored by the force of a
walking stieli, which the Quaker usually ear. !
ried.
celehrated artist, who croweil so
- naturally that the sun rose three hours before
its time, has recently finished a picture of the
mom', that's painted with such wonderful fidel
ity to Nature that it can't be seen in the tlay
time.
Ottion6tl as a characteristic of tbo
lam us tree, and one entire y over-. , anemg
all objections against it, derived from its offen
sive odor, that it, is completely free from cat
erpillar, worm, or bug of any kind.
r7".ris said Lola Montes has married a
rich gold digger, and is going to Paris to - spend
h
his pile withim.
.
- Why are 11 awl 1) in * the alphabet like
Ett: u l and Fratioe e there
Is. a CkSea',
ictween
bread of repruteu we eat is, in
ti.., ,, v lu.t t-2' wild oats wr scar
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Food,
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