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Jos Woes: done, neatly, cheaply, and with
dispatch. .
r7O ffice on South' Baltimore street, direct
liepposi te W'ampler's Tinning , Establishment,
one and a half squares from the Court. souse.
Administrator's Notice.
TAETT'ER of admid . stratitin with 'the
will anne - xed on 'the 'estate 'of HAN-
N-All BLEA Elr — and 111A - RGAI ET
13,LEIELEY, late of 3reitallen' township, Ad:
ains county, Pennsylania, deceased, having
been granted to the undersigned.' residing
in the satnefiownship. he hereby gives notice
to all nersdns indebted to said estate to make
imiuediatei.paynient, and those having claims
againA ' the Saltik to present them properly au
thenticated for settlement.
ROBERT 1.1 - LE AIC HEY,
Administrator with the Will annexed.
April 7, 1856. 6t.
Executor's Notice.
fIN 110 LIG Err KAN 'S EST A TE. t
• ters testamentary on the estate of John
lionghtelin, late of Butler township, Adams
'county, deceased. having been granted to the
undersigned;: residing in Tyrone tolviiAip, he
hereby gives notice to ••all persons indebted to
said estate to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against the sari* to pre
sent them 'properly authenticated for settle-
Atent.' JOHN DIEU, r.
April 7.1856. Gt
Assignee's Notice.
MICHAEL OVERRAUGH and WIFE, of
Mountpteasant township, Adams county,
baying executed a voluntary assigninent of all
their estate and effects to the subscriber, resid
ing it McSherrystown; Conowago township, in
trust for the benefit of creditors, he hereby re
all perS.ons • indebted to said Michael
liverbaligh and wife to. make immediate pay
ment of their respective dues, and all poisons
having claims or demands on the same to pre
sent them fur settlement.
M fen EL ,REILY, dlssigtiet,
' March 31, 1836. 'Gt
Committee Notice.
'HE subscriber, -having been appointed by
-A- the Court of Conunon Pleas of Adams
county, Committee of the person and estate of•
Jacob. Lady, (of J.,;, a Lunatic, _ of - --67traban
township. Adams eminty, hereby -gives notice
to all persons having clainis or demands - against
faid Lady, to present the same to the sub
scriber, residing in Butler township, for settle
ment, and. all persons indebted
.to make im
tuediate payment.
IltNiti r LADY, Committee.
'-April 7,4856.
Administrator's Notice.
TACQB .B. SNIYERS'S ESTATE.—Letters_ of
4,11! administration
,on the estate of Jacob B.
Stayers, late Of nuntingten township, Adams
county, deceased. having been granted to 'the'
undersigned, residing in the same township,
.he hereby gives notice to Ali persons indebted
to said estate to make iinmediate payment, and
those having claims against the same to pre-
sent them properly 31altenticated for settle
ment. WILLIAM B. &MYERS,
April 14,1856. 6t
Executor's Notice.
•lOEIN MILLER'S ESTATE.—Letters testa-,
fle mentary on the estate of John Miller. late
of M-ouptplea - F, a n w man daTrisceiiiity;de
ceased, having heen granted to the undersign
.ed, (the first-named residing in Butler' town
ship, and , the tact-named in Mountpleasant,)
—they - herebp give natio to - afi - persons - indetited
to said -estate to make immediate payment,
and those leaving claims against the same to
present them property authenticated for settle
' went. NOAH MILLER,
JOHN I‘HLLER,
March 24, 1856. 6t
Trees, Evcrlrr
VLOWERING Shrubs, Roses. Plants. &e.,
, in great variety and size, for sale by large
or small quantities, at the RISING SUN NURSE
ILIES and GAIIM:N. 'Philadelphia. 'Li — Their
stands are in the Mmi.szr, below Sixth street.
where the above can be had every day. Orders
also received here for the Nursery. Catalogues
sent tu applicants gratis. Direct to
S. MA UPAY & CO..
Rising Sun Village, Philadelphia.
N. B.—Rases, Verbenas by the, hundred or
thousand, and other flowering plants for sale
cheap. April 14, 1856.
1 F
vte u 457 ...ogr
.CAPS, BOOTS & SHOES.
v at least Twenty In,. cent (11... aper than you
ever bought before, remember it is at COI3EAN
& PAXTON'S, where they are to be had in
great var;ety, consisting of Gent's and Boys'
fine Silk, Fur and Slouch Hats, of the latest
style, all colors and sizes,—white, black,
brown, tan. blue, drab, fawn. &c. Also. a
large assortment of Men's and Boys' fine Calf,
kip, and Grain Boots & Shoes,—Gent's line
Cloth and Patent Leather Gaiters.
careful, Ladies. if you %rant wal kin:7 and fine
dress Shoes, such as Jenny Li nds, Buskins aril
Ties, Kid and Morocco Slippers : alSo a beau
tiful article of Ladies' Dress Gaiters, with a
large stock of Misses' and Children's fancy
Gaiters and Shoes.—that you find Cobean &-
Paxton's, at the south-east corner of Centre .
Square before_ purcti att . _ else where. _as_they_
haie by far the largest stock of seasonable
goods in town,and are determined - to - s - e , l - l - 'v - e - t - )
eheap.—Take care, and keep ,a
SHARP
look out that you do nut mim.ake-the
Retneinber Cnhean & l'avon's new Store, at
the old stand of Keller Kurz.
Gettysburg, March 31, 1;5C)
rem
I had very low and prenv. at the cheap
store of F xrisEs-rucKs%
F you want a fine article of Dress Shoes or
I Gaiters, for Geutlewen or Ladies. call at the
W. IV. PAXTON.
irfluil4 3' rmsgaprr--- enntt to nlitirn , 3griralturr, ,litrrator, 3rtn And grintro, (ct't 311nritrtn, Ornrral Vamtstir nit inielAn 3ittligturt, , !;rltrutitining, immintut,,
adttainislrabw.
.3dln'rs.
tfibpj,ce porttn.
t _ Little Things.
insmi
BY EDWARD STILES EGE
Lessons of highesi, wisdons.'l
Little baby. on wife's knee.
_ Smiling sweetly. pleasantly; - -
Little boy, upon the tloor.
Turning books and pictures o'er;
Little girl. with golden twir—
l-n-6%4 of her mother fair s• •
If you owned these 10r'4.1 things three,
Could you deem life niarY ?
Little wife • to love and bless— •
'Little children to co,ress ;
Little care; and little. strife,
Such things chak - e a happy life.
Little: heed let wealth or fame—
hate. and less tv blame;
If the:lib:little things'were thine,
Could you, would you, e'er repine ?
IM3
*
Little baby, called away—
Far toe pure on earth to. stay;
Brother, sistsc, soon are prest
'Neath the sod in dreamless rest.
Dearthinvflent—not fully given—
WE IfAVE ANGELS THREE IS lIEAVEN . i
Rightly viewed. the chas'ning rod
Ever points us up to God,
Changes crowd this world below— •
Death is naming to and fro;
Joys are fiallag—hopes soon fly;
Friends must leave us—lniod ones die
Small things these, if we live true
To the home Faith has in view ; •
If we cling to Truth, steadfast,
Little way to Heaven at last.
Little way to heaven on high—
. Little children in the sky ;
Little joy to bind us here—
Little cause for sigh or tear.
Little things 'like these - might win
Little man!ftvm ways of sin
But }tow Lime. day by day,
Strive we for the ••tbetter.way."
Ottcct 11Wrellann.
Curing - a Joker.
BY AUSTW 0• BURDICK.
Not i thousand miles froth Where I live
dwelt a man named Sam Peabody--:or at least,
so I shall call him—for he is a good man now,
and Might not like to have the evil deeds of
.his youth known among strangers. Sam was
an inveterate joker, what• is denominated a
"practical joker," and thooali he never meant
any real ha'rin, yet he ()lien caused much
mischief by, his .pranks. On one Occasion,
when tie had gone out at night enveloped in'a
white sheet' to frighten some girls, he started
to the roadside at the approach ofa chaise, and
frightened the horse so that the 'chaise was
smashed up and - one of the occupants severely
n injured. -
Aarn,had been talked with, and argued with,_
but ta , no purpose. He could•not be made to
see the wiekedness of his pranks. - Sometiones
he would fasten Bites across the sidevVa!lt and,
thui trio uppesleSirians_t_he would_ringJolks
up in the night, and ask them if they had plen
ty of bedding.' Once he called the doctor out
at midnight to Come and attend a man who
had very had
,fits. The good old, doCtor'arase.
and followed Sam till' they came to Adain
Snip's tittle domicil, and here the Piker called
up the little how legged tailor. and the incneent
Snip, poked his head out of the Window, Sam, ,
cried : "There, doctor, is a man who",makes),
the worst fits von ever saw !" and w hit this' he"
ranaway and left tile doctor and tailor to set-'
tle the matter. 'This was a serious busint;ss
in one sense, but it set the whole town in,a
laugh, and Sam was delighted.
But Sam's last radical joke Was .near at.
hand.. At the edge of the village lived a man
named Jerry Smith, Ile was a stone worker
h trade and as strong as a rtox_.____One_e_van,
ing Jerry's wife had been to see a neigh bor, ,
and in returning she had to pas; over a place
where the road Was built along upon a sort of
mirass, with willow .trees upon each: side,
Whesn she entered her house she was pale and
trembling, and sank into a
,thair almost out of
breath. •
"What's the matter r asked her husband..
"Ne been frightened," gasped the woman,
as soon as she could command her speech.
"But how 2 Where ?"
"Out by the willow trees. An ox, with
great horns - and - t at ,us
wry eyes, came ou
walking on his hind legs!"
"By thunder, it's Sam Peabody!" exclaim
ed Jerry. "Fie killed an ox this'morning."
"I knew it was Sam as soon as I had time
to think," returned the wife, b•fOr his voice
was plain; but 1- was so frightened at first that
liked to have fainted."
Jerry was angry. It did not suit his fancy
to see a defen s eless woman thus treated. He
took his hat at once and went over to a small
house on the opposite side of the street where
lived his partner in business, another stout,
iron corded man, named Geo. Tyler.
"Look here, Tyler." cried Jerry: •Sam
Peabody is out In the willows, rigged up in
his cot skin, frightening poor women. Come
with me and we'll punish him."
Tyler hesitated not a moment, but taking his
- hat he followed Jerry over to the other house.
In the first place Jerry.took a fire•hoard, and
with some marking paint tie painted out a
flaming placard, with letters large and distinct.
Then he got some of his wife's dresses. and
bade Tyler put one of them on. - "For," said
he, "if he sees two men comitg he may
run."
The dresses were thrown on after a fashion,
and pinned to the other clothing, and then the
men donned each one a bonnet. They then
procured a 1,,t, of stout cord, and taking the
fireboard they sallied forth. As they approach
ed the willows, they began to giagle and twit
ter in squeakttia tone.ii, and ere long the fear
ful nondescript made its appearance. With a
low, deep bell6winir it walked into the road,
arid stood directly in
,front of the two pedestri
an..
4-kOO--on-nn no !" hell owed - Sam.
"Mercy !" screamed Jerry.
"A hsima !"
"save me !" squeaked Tyler.
The ux•hide anprooched another step, and
Jerry leaped forward and seized it. and on the
cext moment Tvier was by his side.
"Now. Mr. Peabody, I reckon you're safe,"
"Ditn't--:don't 1" cried San.
what 1"
•"11nn't hart mi.!"
"We won't hurt you if you keep quiet, bat
if you make any resistance you'll run the risk
of getting your head broken."
GETTYSBURG PA.: MONDAY, APML 21.1 1856.
Sam knew that it was Jerry Suiith's wife
that he had frightened, and he knew that der•
ry cotild.handle hint as a child. He begged..
and prayed. but to no
.ptirpoae. The two
stone-cutters backed him up'apinstonirthif
tcilloiva.and then proceeded to 'bind in to
the tintrk of the tree Tli y lashed hisitandr
_ it( ned his hands
behind Win, they lashed his ankles , together,
and then they bound tolhe tree at the
shoulders, waist; knees, and feet, and they did
it securely too.: After this they, to'ok the fire
board and, placed 'it against the treelbove his,
head, securing it by nails which they brought
for that purpose. '
"Mercy shrieked Sain, “you aren't a goin'
to Wye me here ?"
u g eau
"Yes answered. Jerry, "you've had
your share lAjoking long
,erniugh., and now
%veil .have orirs. r I, would - rather had you tie
rn 'y wife as You 'are tied than to have had her
frightened as you came near fiightening her.
Mind you, Sam, we only mean this fora juke !"
• And the two men went away,
taking no heed of the joker's cries and, protes
ta Hut they did riot go far away ' 'until
they were sure there would - be no more pass
ing .on,that road for tiro night.-
On the following., morning, Jerry set the
news a going of Sarn's present situation, and
in half an hour after sunrise, a hundred people
were collected around the Willow tree. There
stood Sam just as he bud been left the night
before, shaking, and shivering with cold. The
ox 'skin had been fixed on so as to fit him
nicely, and he - did really look like an ox fas
tened up there: He had sewed rip the hide so
that his legs, and arms fitted into the skin of
the ox's legs, and his own head was where the
original Caput had been, while the horns arose
majesti .ally above the whole. Just above him
appeared the broad fireboard, and it bore the
following:announcement, in characters, which
could be read with ease even at a great din
tance
10
s , ,
,`This is Sam Peabody, the great jnker. 77 -
..9 . iid this is one 'rf his own jokes in :which he
got trapped himself." - • .
Jerry took down'the hoard and let Sam read
it i 'and then put itttp again.
"fia! ha! ILO V-ot a joke!" cried one,
..,
"He cams Oni herein that rig, to frighten
poor women !" said Tyler.
"Sam, how's beef?" . : .
"I say. Sam, can't you give us a horn?" -
"What a long tail!" . - ..
"Who ever seed a hox year bootsraforel"
These, and like exclamations, issued from .
the crowd,- and ail the white poor Sum was
begging for some one . to come and take him
"In the name of mercy," he groaned, "won't
'soinehcirly lei ine go?'
"Can't think ,of it yet," returned Jerry
"Your joke is. too, good to be lost. You
most have - taken a good deal of pains to make
that 'dress - fit so nicely, and I should think
you'd want folks to see it." „,
"By jinno," screamed little Adam Sni go
imr close , up to the, victim, "you have a worse
'fii now than I ever had ! Shan't I send for the
doctor-?' .
At this the crowd lawrhed nproariougly,--
They would haYe had - Thy for anyone else in
town. to have seen him. in such a situation,
but for Sam they bad none, for. they. knew for
years he had been annoying all whom he
could ; and now, he w;)4 caught in a trap of
his-own makincr. they thought it hest to pun•
ish him. Ar9.o'cluek nearly all the inhabi-
Jants of the village were out there, and by this
linte Sam began to cry. Even Jerry was
touched now, and going - up to the victim, he
- -
tlaid :
"Now, Sam. I'll let von down on one con.
dition : Promise
,that you'll never attempt to
perpetrate a practical joke again 'I"
. "I never Wi.11.",
"Of any•kind nr dvscriplion. You'll never
annoy--a—human-being - again , if — you - eau — lielf
it?" .
“Never- - never. I never will, so help me
God !”
So jerry---untied—the-cords, T and-in - a - few - mo - -
ments Sant Ivan free., f-le wns too siifflo ran,
and fur a while he .could walk but with.difft.
catty. Bet Jerry gave him his arm and help
ed to his own house, and there let him re.
main until the crowd had dispersed.
Towards noon Sam went home, and for over
a "month he stuck closely to his shop, never
a ) earinfr in the street save when
ces•ity required it. Hr Vept his promise
faithfully, for to this day he has nut attempted
o perpetrate another of his practical joke S—
. people love him now•, for he is one of the
jolliest old men in the country, and his presence
is sure to dispel anything like the sulks and
blues.
A writer in the Buffalo Republic eves The
following interesting reminiscence, which may
be remembered by some ()lour readers:
In 1838 I came to Rochester, and was there
when that sublime farce was enacted on Mount
hope. A wag at Mount Morris found a-quan
tity of bear bones, whirh he palmed off as the
bones of 'Col. James
_Boyd and company, of
Revolutionary celebrity. The military took it
up, and completed the humbug. A pompous
funeral was planned. and Gov. Seward invited
to deliver the funeral address. The cheat was
discovered by some of the Rochester faculty a
day or two before its consummation, but such
was their fear of these military mobocrats
that they kept the secret to themselves. Never
had poor Brain such a pompons funeral. It
is supposed that seven thousand persons fol
lowed in procession. Gov. Seward was par
ticularly eloquent on this farcial occasion.
"Fellow citizens," said he, in his exordium,
"there is,a history contained in the moulder
ing hones deposited in that urn."
He was right. There was a history. Not
of battle, blood and Indian massacres, but of
devastated cornfields, murdered porkers, and
unfiiial cubs; a theme as fruitful and diversi
fied, if not as spirit stirring and interesting.
In a few, days the seeret leaked out—the
joke was too good to keep, editors wrangled,
doctors quarrelled, the military swore, but they
had no redress, they had been most unmerci
tally sold, and to this day you cannot touch an
inhabitant of RoChester in a more tender plaCe'
than to ask him it he made one ofthe bear pro
cession to Mount Hope, or if he was ',anion- ,
!arly.edified with Gov. SeWard's oration over
LAaag lioGs.--11r. Butler linmlin,of Ham
!inton. Wayne county, Pa.. slaughtered in
December last, two pigs, eight months and
ten days ole, weighing respectively 339 and
314 pounds.
I TRCTII IS 'LIMITS', .4.1431 WILL rßavan."
A Rich "Sell."
Iltaie 'Girl.
. , . •
A letter' from lowa Points, Kansas territory,
Feb.' 4, contains the following narrative of e.V
traordinary endurance: • . .„
“Miss - , Martha Perkins, who • resides five
miles froth !this p I aceoLta s_o
brother-in-law; who resides here. On l'hurs=
day . last. sth. inst.,- she started te Avelk
home. I,t Watt snowing hold 'at the time she
etartett 4 -'and — cOntinued - for -two days: Tii-e
-stiow was eighteen inches. Her road was
mostly .over high rolling prairie—the snow
beating
beating directly in her tape:
..She pursued her,
journey, with much &Meaty, _until within . a
mile from hOrite, she !oat lies Way; and rambled
about until neatly sunset, when shetook refuge
for the night in a deep, busby .ravine. • There,
in the deep snow, she constructed 'a very in
genic-us little house out 'of the tall weeds that
grew near hy, and there passed the first •night
of camp life, withoht.food to sustain life or fi re
to warm, or any clothing except her apparel.
to shelter her from the storm. •'clie little. weed
house she had erected being the
.only thing.
she had tc keep her from exposure to.the bleak
winds and storm..
Early the next morning 'she started (rutin
pursuit of her home; but wententirely a differ
ent course.. , After travelling all day, frequent.;
ly through snow four feet deep, exhausted and
fatigued, her 'feet frozen, abandoning all idea
of ever reaching home, she stopped end again
built her a -wood hut. In this little frail tene
ment she resigned herself to her fate, and it
came well nigh being her last res:ing place
upon this earth. She remained: in this situa- : -
tion, at this last named.place, from Wednes;
day until Saturday, about o'clock, when,
she was found by a party who were in search
of her.—She had been outfour days and .a half
and four nights, exposed" in the merciless
storm on the prairies.' DOring two nights
her expo Sure theihetmometer ranged from-17lb
20 degrees below zero. She said to those who
found her, that she -never slept during the
whole tone. believing that if slielbsd gone to
sleep, she would 'never wake again. It is a
most miraculous escape from.death, and those
noble spirits who searched and found her de
serve great praise. To think that a young and
delicate girl, not over sixteen .years of age,
could travel through such a snow storm. five
miles, wading often waist deep in snow lie
out on the open iirairie - exposed to the storm of
snow and -the pierceing blast of wintry winds
four dAysired nights without food. fire, ereven
blanket. and then live,•is hard 'to but-,
such is the fact beyond - a 'rionht,as at least half
of (cur citizens who were in search of her,can
testify. Her feet were badly frozen, but it is
believed
. she will entirely 'recover,' with the
loss perhaps of a few of her toeS.",-
The Railroad A B C.
The 'Washidaton• G lobe sends out. the follow.
ing terrific_squib :
A stands for Accidents, frequent; alas !
B for,the Bungling that,brings them to, pass ;
(3 is. the. Cheapness the sole, Pod and aim,
0 Of Directots
,who're "free front ail, blame ;'
1 7 .;_for-Express, diminished- by half,
F the,few servants kept on the staff;
G a slow Goodatrain, one tnari•to tnind.it,
H a High pressure express close behind it;
lan incline, where to stop takes so, long .;• •
.1 is the • Junetion. with point all turned wrong;
K is.the Knowledge-of danger ahead,
1. by - the Lights.turned (too fate) into red ;,
Ni is the Mystery haw it took plave,
N the "Nobody to'blaine in the ease';"
0 stands for Officers, sleepy anti. rnnlc ; •
P for the Permanent way which had 'stint: '
Q is the Qiiaginire o'er which.it had, passed ;
K for the Rails, winch.were wearing out Casi;
S for the. Signal the driver don't mind,
1 1 for the Train some two hours behind ;
II is Uniform rate of speed '•
✓ a Velocity frightful indeed ;
\V_is the INisdoni-(3)-by which is directed,.
X an 'Xcnrsion train, quite unexpected . ; ,
• is Yourself; if you travel our measures,
Z a new Zest will kuipart to your pleasures.
EirA brother editor, whilst announcing, in
a 'neat valedictory, the discontinuance of the
publication of hisjOurnal, declares the intpres
sive, though, at the same time, melancholy
truth, that it is agreeable to write, to clip. and
to print, but a newspaper does not stalk into
the world, armed cep-apie—like the fabled
Mit.mavA--froin the brain of a Jove-iat 14',dito
u a
engage' on It, - fO.ll editor, to "imp,"
often
- "—feel, as well they, might,
The keen, demands of appetite." ,
The nectar and p.mbroiiia of the gods will not
sustain their grosser natures—al Obey Soon
learn, by sad experience, that names - on a sub
scription list, without the correspondin4 dol
lars, will notpay fur the substantial food need
ed by men.
Se - An fix-Postmaster of Georgia sends ns
the following, superscription, of a letter which
he copied with his own hand, and then sent the
letter according to the direction. Exc.tpt - the'
MIMES, which are altered, the copy is given
verbatim el literalimet punetualim :
"stait off gorgy, 'Olson poast °tread:ll[sta,
!county to Mr Jones who lives about seven or
ate toile front Mr ard, or did about boar or five
year ag,n•—av i (loan% noe your given naim the
poastmaster at franklin please forrerd the saint
and rnediuntly if not sonnet an the poastinaster
at jeffison kourity the saim to mr Jones as sune
as the male Bits than."
- -
VIE BEST JUDGE.--A juag,e and kiking law
yer were conversing about the doctrine of
transmigration of tl,e sonisof men into animals.
—Now," said the judge, ►suppose you and
I were turned into a horse and ass, which
would you prefer to be 1"
write atm to be sure," replied the lawyer•
by 1" asked the Judge.
"Because," was the reply, , 41 have heard of
an ass being Judge, but of a horse never."
tile.‘•Dr. Strong, there is a great deal of hay
out, and a storm is coining; will there be any
harm in workinga little this pleasant Sunday,
in order to save it !"
The farmer waited anxiously for his minis-
Let's nnaw.er.
"Gaut himself made the law, 'in earing. or
plonzhing titne,and in harvest, thou shalt rest,'
and f never hoard that he repealed it," answer
ed the man of God.
star The Boston Post infers that the millen
ium mustbe near at hand, becausea day or two
since the inspector of long and dry measures
in Baltimore. Md., cut a full quarter of an inch
from a yard stick, in use at a dry goods store
in that city, being that much too long!
Plain Soda. Water.
Mr. T. B. Peterson, Philpdelphia, seridsits
one , of a series! 'of humorous publications
,which he is issuing from the press. „Tlie,Prr
,we have , onour
.table otable is entitled -.MaJoitiorrea 4
'Sic - tick - es or TeaVei.," - and the best 'Filati'of
- showing.; the character Of the birok, 'Etc the . fol..
lowing extract hom its pages. , The, rednebl*.
hie Major lain Baltimore, awl he concludes to
have a drink of Oda water,, which he takes of
;ter the following
,deacription
"Alter g*ine•up as for as Youta4 sheet,
„crossed over and cum down on tother side of
'the street lookin along, at one thing and anoth
er till ,'got most.down to tbarles. street. By'
this lintel begun to be monstrous dry, and as
I'd heard tell a good deal about the sody water
what they have in the big, eitiesil thought I'd
'try a little at the fuse place whar they sold it.
Well, the fest doctor's shop'l corn to had R,
Body water sign olio* in I went to giV sum.
• Ses I. Ail want a drink of yersolly, water."
"What kind. of, ayrup will you haver sea
he, puffin his hand on a bottle of Molasses.
don't want no syrup," sus I, "I want stew
dy water." - .
.bAh," ses he, "you wantextra scaly." ,
And with that ite : tuck a glass and
. put sem
white stuff in it, and , then held it under the
spout til
.it was full, arid handed it to. me:
1 put it to'my hed'end polled away at It but
I never got rich Urfeverlastin dose to all my
life. ' I, got three or rooi. swanks down before
'begun to taste the dratted stuff. and you may
depepd it liked to kill me right 'tied in 'my
tracks'. It tuck the breath clean out ,tif me, and
when I'curn to irrysiilf, my tongue' 111',Ilke
' was fhll of needles; arid; my tau m niick like I'd
swallered a 'pint . 'or, frozen 'sonprieds,; arid . ,the
,teare running out or my eyes in a stream.
I drapPed AO" glue and squirted , the rest nut`
Of, my mouth, qpicker'n I iglitiiip' but before'
could it broth the chap what' Vias,
standin behind the counter intirein at me - Witlf'
all his might, he 47,61 ,tie if I wasn't well.
! thunder liirktninrees I, "do
yen want to pisen melt) deth'and - then' the
if Well t" •
."Pisen !" ses he: '
Body
Sas ..pieen flied YonTot'sum
sody wafer, and you'gie 'me a dose brid'ettotilitt
to hill . ' -
,
"1 ;;in you nothinz hilt plain sody,” ses be.'
that's What,yOu eall , sedy
water, he dna fetob'd, if try any' More 14
it. Why it's worse nor login turnip plan
steiv i ti down Aix &finds into a ' pint, emiled'off:
in a snowbank anchniketr With a hare:rune:"
Jest then smile bilin Eosin Come 'up into my
throte, that liked to blow'd my nose ribzi out by,
the roots.
"Maybee 'you ain't used fo'drankin•
it 'without syrup."
"No," sea 1, "and what's more, I never•will
he."
"'lt's much Ilene' , with samparriller, ; or
gooseberry syriip." — see .he. "Wilt you .try
some with syrup „
.""Nn, Lthenit RPS la ;id I, paid. i
thrip for thi — dritie• 1 had, and ,put
-There is oat in Madisonoite
capitol W i'scof !sin, wlio, , if he gete.no,bitelt-,
sete, will scarcely fail to reach, Congress or
the penitentiary', one Of . these ehtyg - . '
Hieschool teacher, a young lady, waa.pios
ecuted,. by his , . parents fori prntty,anyeroiy,
welting the yonng..rascsi'S.4o, t'orliis.copduct.,
The ease went up to . court, and the verdict
of the jury War; in effect hien right".
We I.tive'n portion nf boyscfesiimiany,!
the wit,of which atones for hilt rudeness..
"1 ached her to.do a sum for me, and she re.
fused,"
What sias the' sum ?" Asked' the conesel
fiir the deletidaiit.
"To sithtruet nine from twenty•eiclit."
'""Couldn't you" do that without her assist•
ance
"1 fl op Rose 1 -could t, but,, the arithmetic
said I coultitet s u btra c t nine but, the
with
out borrowing JO, and I didn't know Where
the to borrow h.'4
wir.—.-Prrhapl, some of our reatiers
have seen the following, .but it they hive, it
mit;it'llturt them -in tang!) 'over it again. "A
beiy of little chiltt No were telling ,their .father
vv i ut t they got. at sehool. The eldest ffot gram
nor,
_geography, .aritknetie, etc. The next
gin reading, spelling, and tiefinitions-44-4nIS
father to a rosy-eheeked little fellow,who was
at, that moment driving a ten•penny nail into a
door panel. "Mel oh, I gets readin',
and sparthires."
&prim vs. KNSES ! ..-The Boston Post. in
looking Dye: its California (ink, fines a Sutter
advertisement. It is very good,especially the
butter part—thus
"At noon , my Henry, dear, came home— . • •
He found mu is the dining room, •
' And with a stnlie did utter
'Look here, my own sweet Angeline,
I've brought you for a Valentine
. A box of Whitman's butter.' •
And oh I cannot tell which gave more bliss,
The but of butter or my Henry's kiss."
giiir , Sally Jones, have you done that sum I
set You ?"' -
- "No thir. I can't do it."
"Can't d o it , I am ashamed of you ; why, at
your age (could do any sum you set me."
, b 1 think, thir, I know a thum you can't thil
et ow."
"Well. Sally, let's hear what it is and we
will see."
"It ith thith: If one apple candled the rain of
the whole human raihe, how many thud' will
it take to make a barrel of thiderr
May have recess."
"'Punch furnishes the best argument yet
discovered against moustaches. He paints two
rough Crimean soidiets, with pipes in their
mouths, and a thicket of hair -all over their fa
ces, meeting, and one complains tr, the other:
tell yer what, .13111,1 don't half like these
moustachers. They do mop up such a lot of
grog."
~1 A spindle shanked gentleman. having
put on a new pair of boots, said to a friend,
-What do you tkink of my new boots?" who
shrewdly replied. ••Sir, your boots look very
well—but your legs appear in them much like
a rope in a well."
The German
an article ou the world's marine, from which
it appears that the waters of the earth are nay.-
irrated by 145,000 vessels. of 12.904,687 tons.
The United States have 5,500.000 tons of ship
ping., Great antain 5,000..000, Germany, in
clocllns,r Austria, 1,000,000, and France only
716,130 tons.
narter!
~TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR.
N •
Oen:Jackson at a MethodiatKonfereatte.
W esters ; Advocate records
the following interesting anecdote of Jack,s,os.
The scene'orWwati In the Tennessee Annual
Conference, held at , Nashville,,antl , to which
he had been invited .by a vote ol„the members,
,that they might have ; he pleasure of au intro
duction,. uplift,. (-
The Committee ,was appointed, Juni the .
General fixed the, lima for 9. o'clock 'on Mon
day morning. Tire Cordereace roadibeingtoo
elnall to , accorandate the bandied* who iv ikhed
to witness the introductiort,,oue of the church
es wire- gelrelitutedeand ba-hour-hafore-Agr-Ar
time,filled to overflowing. • Front,serft twerp
reserved' for the 'meribers of thaViiiiTetenee,
which was called to order by the Bishop , . '
.•
,seated in a large cheir,iii,the altar, jiirl4 : hefarg,
the pplpit. After pray,eps the committee
'tired, and a minute after entered, condriefint'
,the Man whoin ell delighted 40 hentsr. -Tivoy
led him'to the Bishop's eheir,:which was made
vacant for hint, the.BialtopinflartwbUE'lMPsl" ,
ing another place withickthe altar. ,l'he See. %
retary was directed to call 'die furless of -
inelnberl of the'Coriferetie r e; l o/bielt
phabetinal order,' , eacit toping. forward tutitw•
ceiving from the Biehop,a . .personal introduc
tion to' the' Ei-Presiderit;and imiCirdtatelyxvi ,
tiring to give ,plece -.to the, *it., s;:t 4 t 711 , ‘
T he cereluonYifiadcfrr i Vl lll , eo PuTreteds,
when the secretary read the aarpe,ol
Janie* T-7, an elder!" prattetiont, With/is
• weather heater) tateoriatil-ln a‘suit4sf.lieramt.). ,
Hrose and came , forward, re,w , ,,spepet!Op
know him. lte had always been on cumin or
frontier': acd , thong,h al , lviya,lltenitierencrOP
nt.ssr,troabieil.it witS) 104 !Hrectkett.o kept .. ;
.
his, •seat, an d eaid birt,littlp-4that litt le , how -
ever', wee alWayir
came forward and was introduced traGetierster
JAcksori. ) Be,. turned hie t fate tower4s the
Gelleral; ~vvErn., s alk"ll- 4 ieetilliel lire tliat
India met before.'! The pniaelteiolpparensfyr
enthtllTßbsed,•gaid; , 44 1,ware, with, .yotk.throutb , ,l
t h o e ffe l cimv i rm i gq - n on o of yislr )11M.14-)
at , the „bettle.,6l Ho rse Shoe=-arid fought under
your aotO Ol
and at`NriWtitleant?' "Me' GA.;
oral t bee alowlY troM bkr seat, ane'rthrewinflr''
hie long, switherad, mmt0tak.,16.0,./
preachers, rrek,explelined
, 4 t 6 Y l i f 59). 1•69
where thll ere' ma war -:where `Che:stpoki
hatilrl` never ioltelitr ita stiliitintoos inettriae."
Never before , ofirincee•heire li ateett,•scr,
tears shed as tbpa liowed ,furtkitortbibe i mms,,
of the, vast ertartinKYt Eves,eYe w a tt Moist
with weeping. , Eleven - i nvite kaier pasioar
away alum that 'day. - 'The old hetoThita:bee4slt
more then ten in Inslifent:prid narrow horn!.
The vorenthat cheered the drodPittiefight;ind
thundered-in this rear of rooted artairsoi.ii silent
forever. Theold.pveaoher, too, km( fought :Oak
last battle,, laid hie armpc,, bir,al34 g r 4", b°,igke
to hit/ eieroat rear
"1ke1ia144:4, 1 1 10,0 t# 01 4A 81 4 1 ;', Mat
itIO fOowing,bliftein a tt',aambPF of tba
Wsshingtos ) Union,siiid is the Ctet autb . ritifitive
wild` 'we "H ave Petanei t irva,_
Statesiiiin brr the Itebiairks"goeitlint: 'Wee%
rejoieet ilte s'ifirit'!ii•nutriitests.',and,,sts Ascii!
that it will be approved by ;,optcy, Poipotris.„.
Mr. Backman has some perception of freptions.
of opinfon_existing in the hearts of rtieri.'"`flit'
does notaxpset to, reototelp Abe. mi d yi,f),tte.
ee,rats. 411,0v,,that n tbe l M i psoo,oCemptomise
repealed`, rnairitati thit
o tri -e '6l‘libpitlar WcAiereilitity Ire a tit t
let the pieneets who I base Reno Ise ha Pitts, be'i
protetlod ,tbsit 'tights. , . We l esk , rts,ntore 7 , —
we •Avtll be satisfied with nothing less. The-
Union 0419 -
MR. , BCCHAIsTAN. , • ;
Some discussion haying ; taken place_._ °pep ,
th`l.l position 'of Nti. Bitchantin On Mingo:*
Nebraska we are pertained to copy the.:
following extract, from a letter,,adclogoted
Mr. Buchanan to Senator Slidell, dated Lnit.
don, on the 28th of December last, when there
seenied to be no difference es for i11n , 134. thot•
°ugh identity with: the Derpogratio,•parq
this as on all issues. It will be sceothat Mi.,
B. speaks of the Kansas , Nebraska bill - with
his usual frankness and declaion. 'We: OW
confirmed in ouritnpression.by thisletter.thati
'no man, no set'of Irmo: qui] fiq'newAfkaPorMe
at ail - warmnted to•speak authoritatiyety,for Mr..
Buchanan upon this or upstrany other ques-
Lion. H.'s own words.speak -forthArn,solyes.
The letter of Mr.' Buchanan, was not., it sill
he seen, intended . for publication. b u t the gen.
it necessary alter , the editorial article in. the ,
Union, of Wednesday last to lay it before the
(Thuntry:
"The 'question has been settled by C °ogres',
and this settlement should, be inflexibly main !
tained.—The Compromise is gone :
and gone for ever. But no assault shoialdile
made up'on those Deitiocrats who maintained
it, provided they 'are now willing in good faith'
to maintain thesettlement as it exists. Such
an, understanding is wise and just in itself.
"It is well known how I labored with south.
ern men to havithis line extended to the Pa., -
cific ocean. But it has departed.. The time
for it has passed .away, and I,verily, believe
that the beet—nay, the .only—,mode now left
of put tingdown the fanatical and reckless spire'
it of abolition in the north is to adhere-to the
existing settlement' without . the slightest
thought or appearance of wavering, and without
regarding any storm which may rise against it.
VrThe first Presbyterian Church, in this,
country, was organised in Philadelphia -lama
the year 1098. he first pastor was the Rey.
JEDEDIAH ANDREWS, who coitinned to: exer•
else his ministry in that charge Wail his death
in 1747. The first Presbytery was organised
under the name - of the Presbytery of Phdadel.
phia, about the year 1705 and the first per•
son licensed and ordained by : this body to
preach was Rev. JOHN BOYD, in the foils:ming
year. The first synod was formed in Phila.
delphia in 1717. The first general assembly
was held in 1789, and was composed of four
synodi and sixteen Presbyteries. •
COSTLY Biat.E.—At a recent sale of books in
England of the It l;rary of a deceased zentlemen
named John Albinson, Boston, a Bible was
sold, which cast originally, with the oak. cab- .
inet containing it, the sum of fou'r thousatal
guineas. It was sold under the hammer for
five hundred and fifty pounds sterling., It'.
consisted of forty-five volumes, - elegantly
bound, and illustrated by at least sit thoassed
of the !mist celebrated engravers, and froni,thoh
works of eminent artists from the year of 1450 ,
to the time of its completion. Mr.
,Bowyer4,
a publisher, commenced the work of getting.,
up eras edition of the Bible, in London,,to tha
year 1800, and spent more than twentl.tour
years at it.
MUM
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