Independent Republican. (Montrose, Pa.) 1855-1926, June 30, 1859, Image 1

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Independent :pspublican
sirkißt PBIIiTIIfG OFFICE,
Below Searle'e Rotel, in Hawley it. Lathrop& Balding,
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The. iliaepeqae,Qt Reptibliqq.
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Lott Thor of thia du type,--Yep.te.
Tomityatell tfem win harm the privilege diner/a, or dasasta
. mu:, adaartiaosento occulamotty without embiltiomal Harm
Bothomma Outdo oat extmemilog Safe Oa. inmeated at at per monomm.
Adamatleommott, tokenize looretasa, moot tea Mooted I by Sow
. day loondlay _ •
Job WArk.—The cOlce or the Isotruntarr
Rierelll.l4 . AX le sided with three prtutitg madam 11 STEAM
INIWZIL s largo HAND PlitStt. stud a PAM) tith:Sh.
rwethe. with • r0..1 unnanmat neJoldping ilak_ _ ,rialot -.dill Una%
alai. Watt. mob am raki, Medan, P. 0 . ,. H•toribUth, Lark,
ranenbleti, dr., Will to dear atatly- amid prommptly,.
Ellotuks.—Jteulees' Ind Constables' Blanks,
wand mass% Now. Deane. Le.ek , Lean omtm-ts. an.: kept oti
, band and kr rule at the huge thoince Itart-tiuAh wk.,
BUSINESS CARDS.
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• ' ' Henry O. Tyler,
Sfoor
EALtB.la Der tioads.tr; tabeenia.Tekto•W•Uniff.
Boot* mad Shoe, ..Sh•AvIA am rk..
i Fo Warr, Wooder
Ile sod Brooms. Head or at imUuo, rublic-Avemse:
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Mail re, .1 . 3....hth0=,154.-ly . _
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lilt, HAM . . " ....11X1In VallXllo
- Cooper & Co.. •
BAIME ,RS Soopsocrts to Ptt.:T., ante &R & CO. 311041110.
rk. OM ego done eut from You Rote. Toroplke Ntteet.
Ilsostrac,Jttooll.M9.-tt. •
Et S. Robertson,
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EAL/131 la i'aerinn and' laneseatlc Veldts. Vegetahiea tn their
sewn, Ice !lest! and :::011 Water. Oyettra, t3anaa Plea. and
.1' al Wade, LWa.l.lnte, Conkcelesera. arn emet,
` thing connected arteb a Int Eating 110.0, Wa.crly, ..
Ve.wir. -lla:4, 3A+T 4. ItZt.—"au. .
•H Garratt,
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lI:WALK zed ItZTA IL Dta L to PLOCIL CRAM
W I :ALT. Nrw .1-11Lnz.b. :•-zies Pratt's
will keep cutretantiy Luel U.. tat bis..b..te a ?lour, by tie
Hack at 'maned betals. tbe boded =meet prim, gibin Fed by
The dee, Barrel or Load. All faders Owe Wercbszt. aLd Itra!l-1.
yin Iv P•t•el , tlY Adtaldedtu.,CW" nue paide.r Grath. WooLet-Itz,
11Idea,. and alt kinds be lumen yrutl hum L. tbar tazue.
- Sew •
• • - 4. P. Fordhasi,
ILTANITACTURER a fq,DI4.E.S. 116111TE.S. & TRUNKS,
411 and CA1LEU.M11.1.11111.1 4 .0 ln all Its Wanda:lL b&.p Cisit
(War Wow Krel.rAt Staddartra. " -
Yawner, 31anla 1, Una.
1. R. Smith.
me . ,,r ,. l 7 .lAtcatz . iritm.l
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. 1. ,suITRUSICS
Minbni. JaanFr ust.c.47 •
Rogeri,
CTILL eemtlimes The MANTTACTCLCF, Of all 4escrl;4lans of
CARRIAGE., WAUONS. e/AltaLS, As.,
to the beeftrele neWorknwinblp and brlbe liews rulteri, at at 1411
kboirb 141114 • feu, rode calor riazle's Hotel; 11 lluatme. vhere
he rll4 be happy 41 receive the calk of all isho swat and thing la his
liqatsteoe, September lA.
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X D. Ben:mgt.
1CO00£.110131EN:Itmtleo. tftquebonAColanty:Pa.oospectfol
ly Woos. thepoople aolorourbooLoood relgOborlbrooootlto
Mate Iltrokored to Nod Pertodintrip.o4 Mop. owl Itroolt old
Itooks.. W. Duman sill maws rotiodloth. Book+. a .. for H.
D. Befieett. :414. o. 1532.41
Williazi4 Simpson,
WATCH REPAIRER. baring warted foe Ott pad nine year.
'nth the mod skillful workmen, be reds esadtandtbat ea
do the mail difficult .Inba an abort not:re. MI • ort warranted to
ere asilaradaloa. Jewelry repaired neatly and nn laawanble
.%Sliop In Boyd Jr IV eleaer'sneer M,..re.owneruf Ilan. and Turn=
paeSteeeta. beam efeark'• Meet Idoterume, Pa
craw Wen. PA welt W.• list* E. Ir . )1.1.1% De, it, (1,,
Geocuich. 31. Ethatery. Towanda; IL IS. bentky. 1.. V4azie, b.
Latiavp, J. Irittentara. Montrose.
Yontroce, Not. la; 1616.41
Wm ~IP .- Smith &
glikl.:Atm:Et AND (MA 11: MANTFAC'-
tarriy. - lasepcoosLaatlyea baud all Ala&
a CAMS= Fr.ll,lllU, or funt4be4 at
abort talk.. Stiop and. Wan Rooms foot of Main Streft,..
Maatrost, Pa. May .14,
Hayden Brothers.
11014.1.1 C DEALS:MID Le< KEE INOT/ONS, Watches,.
I Jrat , l4r. Wax Ittlfard. lan.tt. Co- ),. -
IV" lirrchaattaad Pedlar. tarkGeil at New ratkJabidati Priem
Near Millard, .Vay..14133.-17
William * William H. :emu . p,.:
A ITORNETS AT s Lit3r, Ilnimeoss. Pa. Practice Sumps
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kanna.Bradford Wywalng ased Luseiree coaatie,
Wm. It..lesinp, Jessnp,• -
k TTOILNET AT.LAW,X'uTARY I . I.7IiLIC,AIjD
FIuNER OF DLEI, tor the Mate orNew Ynek, will attend
buelneso esitrtarted to tau with tu . nuiptlww, aud Pd lty.
lace am rahilc Nave, on aided Ly llxu. W Man Jesup.
Bent.l6y & Fitch , •
A ITORNETS AT LAW, AND BOUNTY LAND AGENTS.—
(Yak* west oche Cot= Howe, Sluotruse,
- - Albert Chamberlin, -
ATTORNICIA.T LA W..h.ND .1172511c1r, urr THE MALTZ.—
OZ. over L L. rue k Co:. Rae. Moamar. 1,..
•A. Bushnell,
ATTORSIT & COILIV, , ELLOR. AT LAW. Mee over 11. H.
WeeCo liner Nom nverexava• DtrOv. la.-11,1
William N.. Grover,
TTORNEY AT Law. lwrty. Mlwrrot. Tntorticr• mill A the Cm& Corms a hiloolak sod de•utro !shwa( dater to
to
Vow rocs,- ca• cp. bo.iota. ttosu >Waal will 11:0th t inuasitt at-
Sest.loo. tWFI4 It: No. 44 t7beribut
VI Lou* 1s to y
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:Boyd & Webster, - ,
MILERS In Res, Stove Elm ; 11n, t'orper, ind Sleet.] rd
11 Warr • ant. Wind.* 24.1,A. Panel linors, 11 Ann,* Laa,
Lamber, stl4J,ll kinds or Bni.idiud..llnterials.nowt,
of Searle. Hodel.axad (....N Mu
openter , mar Ilethodlst.Cburat.
31,dermaos„ Pa., April Id, LEA.-t(
John W. Cobb, IL' D.,
BETNG cow Ryland wt adia ED/CLIC . E wad RGERY.
has lacared thus,* ntrose, a... and tll strici:y attead
to the calls slab which i.e mar La tam:ma: O? 1C& °sea Z.
l'oki toot oppasite ricarleslied.q. I -
11orracas...tway. Cu.. Pa., Nan& 2, =LAI
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• - Dr. A. 'Gifford,. .
QUEOLON DENTIST. Dike curr y ; :alf :. Ch ,d'• itturt:•-•
kJ Particular &M win la wlu. given to u•erttutt Teel/. .m tiv;ll or
rift.? plate—also ac • or. rim ..111. u• wurauted. (Wog
RettlrJsol4l glee.. It required. . . .
Mootrust, Sept. t, IStA.-Lt 1
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- Dr; G. Z. Di4ock.
u Tslcum sznatox, mtes.iaentlylocatxd htmaint
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at 31Etearant, Pasqua:man a.antr ra, orrict aver Wilma
SotialState. Laditins. at tktaziets !Mel.
Ilotatuk, In.
Dr. Wm,L. Richardson-
Ivor LD revett fender LL profesiotal airmen to th e to
V T .I.l4i.ants at Itoatroft and its liclaity. OEY/Cl: over Kul.
ford's Stn.. 110/13.tilNkiti at Wt bertout uoteL
Montrose, 0ct.1.1.1g4.-!yp
Dr. B. P. Wilmot,
GItADUA7.T. of the AdoredMe and Homeopathic College. of
Medicine. is neer perneencialy beefed in Gr..l Bend. Ye. 0 -
eorner of 3Ltinemat hAlzabetti It. natety opptedte the Y. L.
Chetah May let. if 7.-ty
Dr. H. Smith,
Sr/IOEUN thEICTthT. Itesl6lthe and oil.,
.ppeethe the I h et eiterek 3 .<l . f.eVideJ t i . e i rnt
Log teeth.
.1111 jelV7
Initec o. th ee:yort.n . aniZzzat . r, suit.) tab l e
,dice
•, C. D. Virgil, I
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ILISIDENT DENIM, MOLTIIOI , Z. PA. Of
lltt IThfeL I:nota n 2
till. a•O• g r
znht
T ueltaa Ovid or Silver plated:me la (tat.
YftE
lars, yk of tI4 Art. Alf job• *unwed.
wi April 7, MIL-WA •
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.#11: Thayer,
inarrsiciarr AND SURGEON; Illarnont, Pi. cob, r in tie
Faratea stoic. irtultd
: Keitler & 134(1 dar' di. •
irismilut IS routs & 1.4,0tMe. brother and fl an& our
MP Late it, trot door Woo .eirj /lad. MontriOe. Fa- eTol
Abel Tuirell,
D/*ALEX /X DBMS. .1111:131(1XLS, TA l'ainta.
bye•turk Vtintimws. WI.IL. 1a.... Laia.s.thm....des,
~ -, km.Gjoargit. nary - G.4k Jewelry, reffina
r, , urglad katnaistni; Truota.Clucks. lfwvehes.ae.--end AAsnt
feati or the mad popular Patent Xediethee.ll.otrue, n.
• • ' . Chindler &Jessup,
DEALERS LK DRY GOODE. neadyllair (Analog-Gm:grin.
Liwalss sad
Post Brothers.
DEALTBS DUY MOM Growers. hadltery. ilatd.nra.
Leather. Flour, dr.; ouratr af Turnpike stm2 sad Puoiic thee .
atm. Multrasaa. rt.
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I:VALET/A - IN DRY GOODS. Ornaeries. Ilanthrart, refOckery;
un Boa% Xduoihrubs. awl tireet Musk. dre.• laao.quay
thr &ex Ikutuatio Luguese—YuGllc Artuut,, AlcuraLiz.
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- LTIMS;
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Read ft Cq., •
irIikI&LEILS IN liIIT GOObec prom Ifediklukt rkilk . .. Otk
1.1 artorriee. Hankekre, enckery, It.. Clod.. ' i J.
.). 7.41• Te I‘pooks, hiffsmerivakc. Ikkk Mat, Morrikak
J. P. W. Rusk, with -c.o. SUE.
• • Baldwin & • •
NV H a l T, its! 7:4,llZ h i t t s- 16 2.1 1° 71%7 1 :41: 1 2t;
tat, beEItE,S. ouch B. 41. ' leutimorrft ram Tee. Calm,
Alk. a ?Otte A a.m., owe 1.4 WM, J. LUSXidel
caTruss, Oct. 3/4, 162,1 f .
'Z. Cobb, •
Dwa.pr..ts oisocous.a. men 4l , ietaSed
bT rue a. Rules". 31.14gru5., rm.
News Office,!
EW TOILE CITY ILLUSTILATELKTIEWSIPA•
.1.1 PEES, MAGAZINES, 1r.., tor West she Nook
rose Book Store by A. N. BULLARD.
/loutmee, Noy, 1859.
Er' Petra* those Au advertise.
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VOL. 5. I
Work and Rest.
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WI Wl' have I yet to do ?
Day Weareth on—
Flowers that opening new,
Smile through the morning's dew,
- Droop in the SUL
"Heath the moon's smelting glare,
Fainting I stand;
Stfill is the sultry air,
&lentneas everywhere,
. Through the hot land. '
Tet moat i laboeitill,
- AU the day through—
Striving with earnest will,
Patient my place to fill, .
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Ify work to do.
Lone though my task may be,
Cometh the end.
God 'tie that heipeth me,
•. l*- hework, and he -
New strength wiUlend.
lie will direct my feet,
Strengthen my hand,
Give me my portion meet ;
Firm in his promise sweet
Trusting I'll stand t
Up, then, to work
Gore word is given,
That unite shall now in vain,
Dix find.his ripened grain
Garnered in Heaven.
lArgerthe shadows fall,
Night °meth-on;
Low voices softly call,
" Come, here is rest fur all !
Labor is done !"
For the IridependeNt Re Panama.
Staff-and-osattitti gaptro.
'flush:4 few day* of my time at home, before
leaving on latour of echool visitations, were busily
spent in answering letters to the number of fifteen
or twenty, from different parts of the county, in ex
aminitg, correcting, copying, and mailing to the
State . Department the Annual Reports an, four
mouths' Certificates recently received by me from the
townships which had not previously reported, and in
various other tketiestery preparations. I, had delayed
my departure a few days' in the hope that all the An
ntud Reports and four - months' Certificates would be
received: But in this I was disappointed, and those
that were not received will,' of course, be compelled
to accept the 'altermitive of awaiting my return,
which will be,scnewitat hastened on their account
After closing the eiaminations of teachers, (Thom
son, May 25,) I visited some of the schools' in Har
mony township, and paid "Hying calls" to others. I
learned - that all of the schools of the District were in
tmceessfni operation but one, and that one might' be;
bat it being t 'situatcd on the old Delmont turnpike,
near Comfort's Pond, some distance from the other
Ruled Portions of the town through which I passed,
no one, of whom lilitquircd, knew anything la re;
'gard to •
I kft,Thoution Centre a! 11 o'clock, p. m., ]fay 23,
and took my course down the Starrucca Creek, in k
northeast direction. The road; for the first two miles,
is quite good, much better than formerly, although it
passes through the woods for nearly the whole dis
tance. Large quantities of hemlock bark paw over
this road every season to Nile tannery at Starrucca
Village: Bark is a great source of income to the
piople of this region, many of them making yearly
their whole dependence on that alone. The land in
this region is verv. stony, at least most of it, and
heavily timbered with Iletulock,Maple,, and Beech—
mainly Hemlock.
15321=3
On issuing from the woods, I found myself in
Wayne county; and, leaving the &armee& a short
distance to the left, I soon came to the residence of
JudgeMundord, (one of the "mot :bite judges of that
county, formerly,) which it very finely situated on the
berth of a irild t rapid strew°, which makes into the
-Starrucca valley from the southeast. After crossing
a bridge over ibis aiream, I turned to the left, and'
was fairly into Elie valley of Staruccs, at the lower
end of which 'is situated a village of the same name.
The valley is from a quarter to half a mile in width,
and upwards of 'mile long. The road. down this
valley is generally wide, but very badly, marred by
ruts cut by the wheels of wagons laden heavily with
!Umber and bark. The soil here is extremely fertile,
beini a rith, sandy loam.
The most of the dwellings in the upper part of the
valley, above the main village, look forsaken and
woe-begone, indeed. There is not. a respectable res.
idenee after passing Judge Mumford'it till you reach
the village, a distance of nearly a mile. There is
one building formerly used as a tavern which' looks
decidedly Ilabylonic. After doh a fruitful imagine
don could easily people It With evil divinities. Stand
ing on the left is a rickety old grist-mill, whose era
'Mg, groaning chorus falls most dolefully upon the
ear. A little farther along, on the right, is the pub
liesehoulliouse, planted in an excavation, and he
bank on three aides is nearly or
,quite as high as the
house itaelL Aqueer place to locate a schoolhouse,
when so many better ones are cicala at hand. 'But
suppose land is more valuable than brains—than a
good education Gars rapidly developing generation.
'The teacher bad just closed her school, and the " lit
kW name running, joyously -along, seeming in
high glee. I asked them. how they liked theft teach
er, and they rejili , "first-rate," with a heartiness
that led me to think they made no " mental reserve
lions." I Aooll,aterlook the teacher, anthrecognized
in her one of die most successful teachers of Susque
hanna county,-who had been induced by eight dal-
Isis a month and &Woody hoarding, place to leave
our county for Wayne. And she it not the only one
that bas dones°, and probably not.the only one that
will do so in future for Aguilar reasons. And our
people stand 'coolly by and see this process, of ruin
ous depletion go on, without applying the proper
remedy. They seemingly choose to be obliged to
complain continually because they cannot obtain
good,'welTqwdifted teachers to fill their schools.
Young, inexperienced, and " stsyEt" teachers are
employed in the schools, and then the people coin
plain berause the pupils do not learn, and the schools
do mit imprbve. Bur/ mane one asks why are such
tesChers employed? Because they will work cheap
mot work, crazily, but will stay in the school
house ftir the fewest coppeim. The educating of'the
children is struck of to the lowest bidder. If good
teachers could be employed as ithesplyu poor ones,
no pour ones would be'employed. It is not the choice
of our people to have poor imagers, but they fix a
money standard according to their ippieriallon of
the seine of education; and all who teach must suit
themselves to this standard. But some wordy fiat
tend; who seemingly cares litW for the' hiprove.
went of our schools, declares thia 1 "libel - on the
intelligence a the people." Oh no, it' not, ,my
friend. It is merely the candid, honest truth, told In
plain English—so plain that " Its who mini may read;"
and every intelligent man In the county, washes had
sallkirat thought sgson the siiiect, knows it to be so.
It wra oidy last Summer dist a teacher whom we
'paid eight dollars nsonib and board, had II all Aram
clue of the soalliona caulks id this Ifiacav at A Wag
of four Assirditkilarsfir dai saliA4 •
"(Pompom nap REIONT ACAOH&TT OILLYIERT,4ARIDIngROIRIean
%UMBER TWO.
MOTTROSE, PA.,' THURSDAY,: JUNE akop.
knew. how to teach, or eh. 'would not . have been
called; they would not bays accepted of an " unfit"
one or a " medium" one at,any price ; they had too
many;Such already. Neither is this a solitary case.
Some l oi . our best female teachers hare 'left our comi
ty timing the put Spring, some to obtain It2oo a year,
and others $lO a month, and in all cum a steady
boarding-place. Now, the question is, why cannot
there teacheri earn as much for as as for anybody
else or why, when they have proven theins.eivea
good teacher., arc they not retained to work, for us
at some rate! Because we cannot afford it, of
course,:
But do not misunderstand me. Do s not ray at once
that tam in favor of in indiscriminate increase of
teachers' wages. I sin not. The trouble lira hero—
we de not discriminate between good and poor
teachers. We pay the poor pace about as much,and
in Beale cases more, than we do the rod ones.—
dfany-of those engaged in "keeping" school, if they
had their just compensation, would starve lu tied
business. So it as and ever, has been. The poor
workeM are very much over paid, and the good ones
are not half paid. What I wish' is to have good
teachers paid good wages, and poor ones, it we are
'Wig; to employ them, (as we are many of them
now older to imply the schools with somebody,
that - can go thecogli with the etremorty,) paid accord
iug to what theirarn, and not whariltrothers hare.•
But d will not look at that aide of the picture all
the time. i, We have made much improvement in the
last three; years in regard to this matter. ' Some of
the towns have adopted this plan of grading wages'
wholly 4 The year just closed has been especially
prollfiel of good resifts, in this particular. There is
hardly I luny possibilitybf securing this state of things
unless the directors employ the teachers. The pro.
prieters of the different schools of a district can se.
fret the individual, but the directors, who are reapon.
Bible for the pay, should in all cues contrail with the
teachers of their district. The directors of nearly
every district In the county, ( th ere are two or three
ezeiptiOns,) noy very properly hire the teachers.—
Three years amf, there were but two or three Boards ,
orDiretors t did so. Three years ago over one ,
half of the feacbers of the county that taught under
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the regulatio (in part) of the School System, that
were re6ogoized by the directors, and paid from the
public l tuds, were wholly unlicensed in any say by
any au thority acknowledarl by the law. Now, at
this dat l e, I have not learned of one teaching under
such'ciMurrultance.a. There are two or three cases
where teachers, or those claiming tit be, have gotta
1. - rc,
blip sch Is unlicensed, but they have already had;
or aeon will hare, a notice of distnissalfrom4he prop
er sou e. : ..„:
Thus he changes bare gone on, and thus improve.
moos re been made, and all of it. n the face of a
mencilese and determined opposition. Only reflect
fors uMmeut %hat might have been done if all the
etTeminade against had been made in-favor of the
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comm schools. Susquehanna county to-day might
almost ave hOCII a Commoo-Sehool Paradise bad
that-bee the case. .
Bat ti Presses, and I shall be obliged to curtail
the kmg of this " Paper." f cannot imai all that I
wish to nregard to my journey through Bannon,
without elaying this too long to reach you in, time
for yObrlnext issue. IL F. T.
APPS RANCE OF LITERLEY CELE&
X • BITLEB.
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New York correspondetdorthe Spring
field Republican gives the &Bowing acciunt
ortile iiersonal appearance of )iterary celeb
rities :,„:
" Enierfuni looks like a refined farmer;
meditative and quiet. Longfellow like a
good-mitured beef eater. Holnles like a
ready-tu•laugh little body, wishingionly ty be
l' as funny as he can.' Everett seems only
the graceful gentleman, who has been hand
some. I Beecher a ruddy, rollicking boy.—
Bancroft a plain, negative looking man.—
Whittier the moat retiring Qhaker. Bryant
a plain,lserene looking man, dressed in gray.
And thils I might name others. Not one of
theselentlemen can be called handsome, un
less we!except Beecher, who might be a deal
handsomer. In this respect they can bear no
- palm aWay from very intellectual women,
who haye, always become very homely.—
There is nothing in a dominant intellect, in
continuous, far reaching, wearing thought, to
favor the curves of beauty ;—it co acmes a
greater lquantity of tissue and fluids Shan it
supplier. It dilates the eye, but deepens the
lines, sharpens the bones, and ' often wears the
nerve's to a/torturing quickness. So this is
one rearon ehy intellectual women should
carry their quantum of Ugliness.
Let t look at them as they pass. Mrs.
Sigourit ,y, the grandmother •of American
" femalg",literature, in her prime (if we way
believe - 1t4 7 portrait) was quite, handsome.—
Catherine Beecher is homely. Mrs. Beecher
Stowe ii so ordinary in looks tilie„ has been
taken fo u r Mrs. Stowe's " Biddy." Mn,. C.
M. Kirland is a fat dowager. Mrs. E. F.
Ellet looks like a washerwoman. Margaret
Fuller *as plain. Charlotte Cushman has it
face as marked-as Daniel Webster.and quite
as strong. So has Elizabeth Blackwell.—
Harriet Illostner looks like a man. Mrs_
Ann S. Stephens, heavy and coarse. Mrs.
Oakes Smith . considered handsome. lira.'
Julia Ward ilowe has been a New York
'belle. Frances S. Osgood had- a lovely, wo
manly fake.. Amelia F. Welby was almost
beautiful. Sarah J. Hale, in her young days,
quite, utiles, her picture fibs. The Davidson
sisters, es well as their gifted mother, pos.
seised beauty. !fare cross the ocean we find
hladame_de Steel was a fright; but Hannah
More was handsome; Elizabeth Fry, glpri
uus; Letitia Langdon, pretty ; Mrs. Heiman*
woudro+ly lovely ; Mary Howitt, fair and
matroely ; Mrs. Norton, really beautiful--
but eland' the who has the largest brain of
all, with as great a heart, Elizabeth Barrett
Brownlnf i , in physique is angular, and Om'
i
she has sgnificent eyes her-/ace is suggest
ti
ice o( a tombstone, Charlotte Bronte bad a.
look in er eyes better than all beauty of
teatime& But if we took at British men of
firstvlasseraniains—Shakespeareand Milton
were handsome ; Dr. Johnson was a monster'
of uglinse ; so were Goldsmith and Phpe ;
Addison i was tolerably handsome; and Cole-,
ridge, Shelly, Byron, Moore, Campbell; and
Burns, uiere all unoommonly,so. Sir 'Wel
ter Scutt looked very ordinary in spite of his
fine head. Macaulay is homely,. . Bulwer
nearly ideous, although a dandy. Quarles
Dickens is called handsome; but I must' be
allowed to differ, and covered with jewelry,.
- be can tp!utlook like a simpleton. _ I might
go on ill cost ad infleition.--,but
. after all, in
proportion is thin class any homelier than any
otherl • , :
tir A fillow -found 'guilty of burglary
before JOsticaDay,irt lrehind, obrerved that
UP file as siwular, that Its lint by Dq
what Is • by albs, . .
• •
/ 1 / B Plrat LOU*
ST JAWS O. (PEWITAL.
• •••-••••- 1 -
Gt.onsoun emulous I Shapes of light I
Whore are now those looks of power?
Where the eyes that glistened bright,
In my visionary hour?
ite'were file,
.and ye.were high ;
Far, too 6r away kali earth ;
Elhadopy pinions honied nigh,
Wheniny.fiincy gave you birth.
• I was in a trance of heaven ; •
• Spirits then would come and go: -
, Where the eternal walls were riven, .
Rushed a dazzling overflow.
I was then, on sododing wings,
Borne along the living air;
- All Of bright and beauteous things,
All of great and good, were there.
Not a sound, but seemed to tell
Harinony and holy love;
Every echo gently WI,
Like an answer from above. - -"
Then the soul aMtuned its reign ;
• Then it stood erect and bold ;
All it sought so long in vain,
Then in torte.nta round it rolled., •
- I
With a full and sudden rush,
Thought and light and knowledge came,
Like an instantaneous gush .
From the purest fount of time.
Thick as atoms in the sun, '
Dancing in the dusty way,
Thousand sparldes seemed to run,
Meetlng, , mingling, into day.
Teas the spirit's jubilee; •
Passion sprang, and rent his chain,
Mounting Into ecstasy,
Brien. and free from every stain.
Viskms min* as the stars,
Glowing like a summer even, -
Proud as-victors on the can.,
Heralded my way to heaven.- •
Froai the Bradford Argus.
the poraviait Ondiano.
Solis inquiry having been lately Made in
to the settlement of the Moravian Indians
formerly settled in Wyalusing, and then
known by the name of Friedenshulten,' Or
"tents of peace;"•l shall attempt to give a
short history- of that settlement. 4The Ind
inns were settled in this- county long before
the whites became acquai4e4 with it—how
long we know not. lu 1742, tho celebrated
Count Zinzenitorf visited the Wyoming Val.
ley, and .made applieatibn to the Indian
Chiefs to visit the Indian villages, and in
struct the natives in the doctrines of repent
ance and selvatien, through the merits orth — e
Savior. lie was received with the kindness
and politeness of refined society. Their an.
ewer- to him was: "'Brother, you have made
a long journey over the seas,. to preach the
Gospel to the wltitepeople and the Indians;
you did not know that we were here, and we
knewWoliting'of pie_ This proceeds from
allele 1 Come thee-fore to us , both you and
you brethren. We bid you welcome
among us." The Moravian., of whom the
Copt was a leader, had made a settlement
at Bethlehem on the Lehigh, and from that
place were sending . out their missionaries for
the conversion of the Indiana; and from
i
thence the Rev. - David Ziesbuger came to
Wyalusing in 1763—n0w nearly a centu r y
ago. The Indians, seemingly prepared by a
kind Providence, were ready and anxious to
receive him. Bet his stay was not long—
troubles arose from inimical Indians, and he
tied to save his life, to Bethlehem, and on
the return of more peaceful times in 1765, he
returned to Wyllasing, accompanied by oth.
er Christian Indians from near Bethlehem,
and after enduring 'hardships and sufferings
untold, reached their new home in May, .
1765.- Here they went to work and built
them up a village s , on -the lands formerly
owned by Joseph StalfOrd, and now owned
by Levi P.,Stalford, Esq., grandson of the
former owner, and Benj. Brown. The /dim' l
is a verrplessant, one, on a- second rise
from the river, just abOve high water mark,
and about two miles from the mouth of th 4
Wyalusing creek. The village contained
some forty or fifty well built houses after the
English fashion, with chimneys and windows,
and a street about eighty feet in width; their
church was in the centre of the village, with
a bell—the first eft placed in a meeting
house this tide of theilltie -Mountains. .
There they lived in peace some seven
years, enjoying the blessing of the gosper.—
The remains or nlllls are nearly obliterated;
the place where the old well was Is - still to
be seen. The burying,ground was situated
below, or down the river from the village.
There was a more ancient place of interment
higher up the river on 'a lower fist, where the
river has washed away the blinks, exposing
'the bones of those that were bUried there.—
The writer of this, between thirty and
_forty
years ago, in company with otherh, saw ma
ny of those bones where the bank bad been
washed away. In 1828, Mr. John Stalford,
the present owner of the land, found, In one
place, three ,keletone lying parallel and close
by each other; one a very- large skeleton,
and some of the bones in a good State of
preservation: The bone from- the shoulder
to the elbow, when measured by a very tall
man'over six feet high, was four filches long
er than his. If this hone J 1 .43 any guide, this
person when, tieing' must have been More
than eight feet high.
'At the head of these skeletons was placed
a brass kettle, with quite Ai - Jumbo' of small
bones partly decayed, supposed to be of
some animal, perhaps a raccoon or wood
chuck, for food for the des man to eat on
his journey, and a spoon partly decayed.—
About the same time Levi P. Stalford, Esq.,
found other skeleton% with an earthen crock
placed at the bead of the bOnes, filled in part
with the same kind of bony., and prepared in
the same manner as the• - other, This grave .
yard was supposed to lo occupied long be
fore the settlement Of the hfcnirtian-or Chris
tianised Indians of whom we are speaking.
But id look in• upon these
Is, and see what' the
power of the Savior can 'make
of du i of the forest. There
they on striving to their
own educate themselves
der th their beloved teachers,
whom.. Jwn homes with all their
ties and, Odearmenti, to teach the wild red
num the way to Heaven' and eternal happi.
neist. Bach 'perm . striving only to
lay' up treasure • hr Heaien, but to provide
kir•hhi temporal wants. They built a hand.
some little village" of some forty or -fifty
houses hi very good fashion for those - times,
and a pleasant meeting house; en they must
have been very, diligent-ate Inclustriieue- 1
Many laterestloceasodois Pr. nlatiod
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pecial t "I ry i. w isfJ h O i b te G lienhi iljoarly i f Onef. 4hee cit imr ..l"P el le' de e ts. s.
JO,- by the settlera',Waanateetntid - a . : perfect
tleinan,es well as..a_Christian; but-,said
wild ..tnakeisif.:l44lfe nothing - -bnt a
!iiplair: ,liewinek, trifitiblesome times,:tirere
gin
tt band. :ftfie Ginnediatit 'settlers had mane
( !m, aothivrenniMita 144 Xankee witri.! had
colts:m:o*nd ; - ancr tfie_ lifleltnOtindiann! had
*come restless , desironii` . have
sothsAing to say and d - o, while t ' ' 'other*
werecliglplng. Underpseile':diScisuitiging
•eircumitaz the. Miasionailee . and their
friends ad '-' ..it*niiiyartir the Ohio, and
who shall- say with -what heart aches and
pain they came to this conclusion, "none but
God and thty could know."
There was another settlement of Morivi:
ans at Slieshequin, under the direction of the
Rev. Mr: Rothe, (said to be the father of ,
the Rev. Mr. - 111xeles who afterwards was
settled at Northmoieland, Luzerne County,
who was said to have been .born while on
this journey.) These two. settlements met
at Wyalusing, and after. again dedicating
themselves to the Most High, and partaking
of the holy Communion pn the 6th day of
June 1771;
_on the 11th of June, all being
ready, the Missionary , In a few solemn words
reminded them of many great avers and , ,
blessings received from God' in this place,
and then offering up piaise and thanksgiving
to Him, with fervent supplication for his
peace and protection on their journey. The
company consisted of 241 persons; brother
Ekwitin conducted those who went by 'lend,
and brother Rothe by water. The land par.
ty went over-the mountains and down the
Muncy creek, which they cr thirty-silt
times; but they did not fai attending to
their daily worship of their Maker. The
other party went down the Susquehanna to
Northumberland; and thence up the West
Branch to the Great Island, where the. twO
parties met. .There they left their canoei
and went over the mountains to, what was
then called the.Ohio,nfiw the*lleghany rii.
er. Id passing over the motinfaiirs, they suf:
fered everything that man ATM suffer, and
live; their Way led through a treckleas wil,
derness, infested- with wild beasts, and worse
than all else, the rattlesnakes were so , thick
that they were constantly in danger of being
bitten by them; and a great portion of their
goods had to be carried oti their backs. The
children, foo t had to be carried ; some died
under their sulferings—,-one poor cripple, 10
or 11 years - old„ , whose mother had taken in
a basket most, of thee way.. On the Allegha.
ny they made canoes and floated down the
river, u n til, on'the fifth of August r tbey came
to Friedenstadt,• now in Beaver minty,
where they found friends and fellow Chris
tians, under the teaching of the Rev. Mr ,
Zieslolerger Vhere they rested until the steak
yeasr, when they all removed to Muskingum
in 1773, under the charge of the Rev. Mr.
Ileekwelder and. Rev. John Rothe. Nose
what was the, cause of all.thial The Indians
strove to live in peace with all If a white
man called on - them he was fed4ind cared for
free of charge, and so were the Indians•treat.:
elikis manner ; this called up a jealous
figding between the whites and Iroquois lad.
isms:--ce.e.h suspecting that the Moraviams
were friendly to the other. Ardent 'spirits,
that bane of the red man and curse of , the
%stake, began to be introduced among them.
'these, and the desire to' live - in' p - elice; im.
4oubtEdly caused their removal. But who
shall tell the sad fate that awaited' these
ioor suffering Christianised Indians in their
new home? historians 'seem very willing
to bury it in eternal - oblivion;but there is a
reeord on high that will be re ad before an as.
sembled world .at the last great day.
' . The author of 'Historical Recollections of
Pennsylvania, Says: "The Historian wil.
tingly drops the curtain upon this scenes
which they , encountered in their new resi.
dence." Mr. Miner save, "The Gate of these
poor creatures at nearly the clone of . the
Revolutionary War, I am glad it is not -my
painful duty to record." We may well say
with Mr. Jefferson, " indeed I tremble Gtr
my Country When I think that God is' ust
and that his justice will not always sleep. "
They were pursued to their new home in
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1782, driven into their meeting.honie, tied
together, and while uniting in the praise of
the Most Ifigh God, men, women, and chil
drent were comn Wed to the fire and perished
all together; a d -this, too, after the pro.
(eased Christian ltite people hail taken two
or three days tqiconsult and consider upon
it. , Hut the heiiet t sickens and' the hand trem
bles while attempting to record, this horrible
transaction, and may God in
_Os mercy for
give this nation Iry the sins we have commit.
tell against hutpanity, and shame forever
shut our mouths. •WIALUSINO.
How the Indians Made Stone Arrow-heads.
The beads of Indian arrows, spears. jtive
lins, &c., often founa in many parts of our
continent, have' been admired, , but , the pro.
cess of forming them conjectured. The
Caleb Lyon, on a recent visit to California,
met with a-party of-Shasta, Indians, and, as
certained that they_ still used those weapons;
which in.,must tribes have been superseded,
by rifles or at least bfiron pointed-arrows
and spears.: Ile found 'a man who could
manuficre them, and 'sale him i tuat"wOrk
all parts of the prncess. The. description
which Lyon wrote and communicated to the
American Ethnological §ociety, through Dr.
E. li. Davis, we - copy below: The Shasta;
Indian seated himself upon the floor, and lay
ing the stone anvil upon hi: knee, which was
of compact taloose slate, with one blow of his
aate chisel" he separated the obsidian pebble'
into two parts, then giving another blow to
the r tactured . side he split off a slab some h
of an inch in thickness.. Holding the:
piece against the anvil With the thumb and .
finger of hiLleft hand,he conimenced a series
of continuous blows, every, one'. of which
chipped off fragments of the brittle substance:
It gradually assumed the reqUired Shape.
After finishing the base of the - arrow-head,
(the whole being only little oer an* inch in
length)' he began striking gentler' blai4,eie
ry (Me of Which I expected wOuld'hrtik luta
pieces. Yet such wastheir adroit application,
and dexterity' that hi littlaineranboiirEe 'pro.
duped a 'perfect - obsidian arrow-bead. I then
requested hint !Pearce me one of the remains
of a broken , porter liottle, which .(after two
falluree)bi:sdAcded . 'ifildoieg.' lie . gave,as
a reason lie did not:under:
stand the grain :thi ithi4s. No acelpter
ever bandlied'a'cialiel:with`greater;'trech4l,4o,
or more caretplly Meiiiiro the weight
effect of
.iret.y ingeniotO :In
'Math tOeitien, ateliklgiiistiti'i*O44lll4lll
ti distinct Olds or widdi nice
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attempt, but in which few attain excellence.
lie understood the.capacity of the material
he wrought, and before striking the first blow,
he could judge of its availability as well as ,
thesulptor judges of the perfectness of
block ofTarian. In a moment, all that I
had read upon this subject, written by learn
ed and,ePeculative antiquarians of the harden l .
iug of copper, for the working of flint.
spears, chisels and arrOw•heade, vanished •
fore the simplest mechanical process. ~ ,1 felt
that. the World : had been better served had
they driven the , pen Jess, and the plotigh
more !
OABIBALDI.
Tine brilliant seems:sea of General Lt.
baldi, at Como and Camerlosto, will bring
bim,prominently-beftwe-the'publie, and the
following sketch of his life, from the N. lc'
Courier, will not be without interest at this
time:
A native of Piedmont, Garibaldi, like his
i father and grandfather, early in life became
sailor, and performed numerous voyage/Lip
the Mediterranean and LeVarit, until, having
joined the Secret Society of Reliant Patriots,
he was condemned , to death, and, escaped
from Genoa to Marseilles in.disguise. In
one of his early voyhgcs he had visited Rome.
Having subsequently spent a few months
at Rio Janeiro, and learned the -condition of
the Republic of Rio Grande, which had re
honed against the tyranny of• the Brazilian
Empire, he enibarked with General ROsetti
in a email vessel to go ki their assistance,
and captured a few Coasting vessels on ,his
way, under die authority of the flag of the
new State. He was soon after attacked, in
the Parana, by.,a Brazilian '
vessel of much
superior force, and laid - senseless on his deck
by a shot in the neck, which rendered him
unconscious till after the repulse Of , the one:
My.
Here commenced his military life, which
continued fourteen yeaYs in South 'America,
and through the revolutions of 1848.-9 in It
aly, and afforded a varieti , of scenes, of al
ternate trial,- success, and disaster,
seldom
paralleled. 'A chief object at which he con-
stantly aimed; in hilsromantic South Ameri;
can military career, was to traip to arms Ital.
lens who were iu exile in those regions, and
to prepare them to fig,ht,for their own coun
try. Such was his success, that, although he
commenced under - manf adverse circ u wstaac
es, "The Italian Legion soon began to reap ,
laurels, and at length took the front rank in
the armies for disdpline, 'daring, 'constancy,
and success. • In his services in Italy during
the last revolution, he bad many of his old
soldiers in his 'files; and-doubtles.s some: of
the survivors must be with hips ,• now, to
struggle against the Austrians. -
Some of the most interesting passages iii
Garibaldi's life - relate to his wife.' Ile mar:
vied a fedi of extra Ordinar y, qualities, net
tiv'e of one cif. the Starer:of South America:
,She was trained td' horsemanship and the
most athletic habits which plivailamoalthe
female:l of those countries. Though„, , like
him noble.hearted, affectionate,and disinter.
coned, she slip possessed a similar degree of
personal courage and fortitude which have
seldom been displayed; and still more rarely!:
depicted by any, euthentic pen. After 'her
marriage, she accompanied him in his battles,
by sea and land; and, although usually - on.
armed, and keeping at his side only as his
companion, she sometimes aided in his most
desperate conflict; by dealing out powder,
loading guns and even firing them at the en.
emy. - .. -
The sufferings which she endured among
the mountains, in s tinted of adversity 'and
seasons of:tempests, were severe and almost
incredible: The short actaiunt of her escape
from a Brazilian guard, aftel• capture in an
engagement, and hir journey of several dais
and- nights, on horseback Mid globe, through,
wild forests, swimming swollen torrents, on'
her way, by holding to the mane or 'tail of
her horse, is exceeded only by the sad nacre.
live of her death, in 1849, on the banks of
the Po, when; after resolutely accOmplusying
Garibaldi on his retreat from Route, she
landed with him in one of the hints in, which
he ,was seeking to reach Venice, then the on.
ly place in -ltaly which held out against , the
enemy.
Garibaldi declined the proffered honors of a
publi? reception, on his arrival ut New York;
urgently recommending to' - his exiled coml.
try men here,- to =apply , themselves to such
honest employments as they could obtain,
fur their independent support," not hesitating
at accepting the Most humble—even sweep--
ing the streets.' As soon as his feeble
health was restored; in strict 'consistency
with his precepts, he set the example Of en•
gaging. in daily labor, in the candle inanuilie.
tory of his friend and countryman, Signor
idenxi, on Staten Isffind. While thui em.
played by day, be continued at evening fu: a
time to add to his manuscripts, at the reqaest
of the A meriam friend to, whom he had cram=
- witted them, until he fuund, it .necessary to
intermit his literary„ labors, .in imnsequence
.
of hie ph ysical ,fiitigae.
tie afterwards ispent several years in com
mandinOommettlat vessels between Peru
end Gfiinit,:ltrat then retained tot f'ieditiont;
his native country, where he was alloWed to
reside by the government, and where he 'su
perintended the ediitittion - 6( his two young
song,-and endeavored to colonize the little
island of Caprea, on the coast of Sardinia,
which_ he bad purchased with 'money be
queathed to him by his brother,”. When the
war was threatened, be 'wai• placed in coin=
maid of a division - of the army of I,ledwont,
and assigned to an important advanced • post
on the left; wing, where his standard has been
joined by thousands of the moat enthusiastic
Italiittt
a oldiers, via: the volutitMtrs who have
docked, in arms, from every part antleorner
of the Peninsula. r.
The biographer inigbt
,have mentioned
other interesting incidents in Garilisidi's life;
as; ,For instatfce, his acting is one Of 'the Tri.
umvirate, at Rime, daring . tliwilevolution or
1848: His coadjutors were Mazzini and Av,
,
PHILOSOPHY ASO Cusurristuv.--Phiksso;
phy; in the night of Paganism wrp Dike - -the
4rii•tly'nf,the'tropiee, in#lng; twill' *Ate,
but not; Jrridiiting the
-darkness: Chris.
tinnily, revealing thil Bun. of:righteousness,
sheds utorethaw then full sunlight of those
tropes tinlall that we need to - 'ma'' whether
for thne oreternity
Er=
" What diurch do you attend,
Partingtair Oh! ssy skiro
Mboh As las* Is di O ' •
TRE VILL,E,DRESSIAKRE.
Yotfmatchatewtietind- of.dignitaries, my
good rendilyis,-,Aint, I . ,turstire!..yvvypti, know
Very, lit tlt ;`t eitUitien Ai& trust / or impor
tance... 7 • .'. 1 1 , that,offiisdressmOer in
Ulm" !:7•iiir - • • • - • • 16- .44_: : '::i;-!-
. , ,
.. .3ktiteiAlW take is
bertging,_ r" - Hisi/or.446sagea:4Airted,
ref - ried to !..' Thieeltinntits* tieorehand, all
her days an& nights are spoken fo r; .. and the
seato,,yeaeotithatpnly otethet da y "ion
Can hive MtA t azOopi,:l9 ofitsAfsm apolo
gy for omission of attention elsewhere Zit
NOresionit.iffrOlOtc.l4o4***.2l49 lls -
titers Of eiery Won2an, =riled or single:—
How thoughtfulli is everridng arranged
,
weeks beforehand, for theiolden, the impor
tant season] when Mies Clippers an. comet
On that day there is to be no extra sweep-,
ing, dusting; cleaning, conking, no.visiting, no
receiving, ne rending or writing', initall, with '
one heart and soul, are to, waft npop. ke ber in
tontio fetward 'the great Weir A she
grifeloitery affOrdtreiltireleiVirettrattekt.
Seated in bar chair of sate, pithi her well
worn cushion bristling with pins and needles
at her sidet, her ready roll of patterns, and
tier scissors, fthei hearer judges !
,api 'decides
ix eathictra on the i possible or -not ptolsibic,
in that important art on which depends; the
- light presentation of the floral part of na
ture'sgretieliiitidultural '
show. *Stie alone
lecan,o44it to 1 - ..*i wlikiJierl trigi tls,laillY
available remedy for the , stained breadth in
Jane's dress—whetter the fetid spot, by any
magical hocus Twits, can be cut oa from the
fullness, — or - turned up ind smotheied from,
view in the gathers, or °mailed' by some
new fashion of trimming, falling with genar- ,
ous appropriateness exactly across the fatal
weak point.. She can tell you whether that
'remnant of velvet will make you a barque—
whether D1302M/ei old silk can reappear in
juvenile grace for Miss Lucy. _What mar
sells follow het wherever she.,goea L .. . What
4
wand rful-results does she contrisefiom the
mostll
nlikeis materialsomeyerybody;after
her parture, wonders• to see,old thhqp be
come so muchletter dun) tnew l
_, ...
Among the most influential, and happy of
her class was Miss Prissy Dinniond—a little,
dapper, dafi-like body, quick iii her motions,
and nimble _i her. tougue, - whose
_delicate
complexion, flaxen curls, merry . flow ;of
1 0
spiri , and ready abundance Ofgaiety, song
and s ry, apart from ' her professional =aro
'pHs eats, made her a welcome guest in eV.
cry family in the ifeighborbood. Miss Pris
sy laughingly 'boasted being past forty, sure
that the avowal" would bring , down - on her
quite a storm Of compliments •on the fresh
ness of her sweet-pea complexion, aixi the
brightness'of her merry blue eyes. She was
well pleased to bear dawning" girls wonder
ing why, with so many adyantages, she bad
...
never married. , ~, , , ,
At such remark; 'Miss' Prissy always
laughed lotidly; and declaredih.at she had al
ways had such a string of engagements with
the women that she never found half an
hour to listen to what any sium.living would
say Jo her, supposing she couiCistop: to hear
him. "BesideN n if I were to get. married no
body else
. cojtlS, she would wiz. 'What
Would beconie Of all the 'weddinyt clothes for
eVerybody else?" But sometimes, when
Mint Prissy felt"extremely gracious, she
would draw out of her little' chest just the
faintest tip'-end of a sigh, and tell some young
lady, in a confidential undertone,• that one of
these days she would tell' her something,- 7
and then there - would come a . , wink of her
blue eyes, and a , tlutteringof the pink ribbons
in her cap, quite stimnlatingto ,yonthful in
quisitiveness, though we have never been
able to learn by anyrof our antiquarian re
searches, that the expectations thus excited
werirever gratified, , • ' 1.
hi ber,prOfessional prowess, she felt a per
dcinable pride. What feats could, she relate
of wonderful dresses got out - of, impossibly
small patterns °leak, what marvels of silks
turned, that could not be told from new ;
whit reclaimings of waists that other dress
makers had' hopelessly spoiled! Had not .
Mrs.,Gen. Wilco:" once been obliged to , call
in her aid on A diem sent to her from Paris?
and did, not Mai Prissy work three days and
nights on that, dress, and make - every. stitch
of the trimming over with her - own hand be
fore it was 'fit to, be setin ? AtedWhen Mrs.
Governor Dexter's best silver gray brocade
wee - spoiled by Mrs. Pimlico, and there was
-nTimother Scrap to gattern it with, didn't
she make a new waist out of the cape;- - and
piece one of the - sleeves twenty-nine times,
and yet nobody would ever have known that •
there Was' a joining in it? ' ' 1 - -
In fact, though ?'firs. PriSif enj yid the
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fair average plain sailing Cif her 'vi ork, she
might be said to rerelin diffietiltles. A full
pattern with trimthing all ample and' ready
awoke a moderate enjoyment'; but the res
urrection of anything half, worn, or imper
fectly made, the brilliant anee&w, when; after
turning, twisting, piercing,• ContriVing, • and
anheald of inventions of trimming, - p dress
faded and defused was restated to more than
pristine splendor—that was a triumph worth
enjoying. • . • . •- ~ '' ' - • ' -• ~
It was true, Mai Prissys,like most of her'
nomadic compeers, was a little given to gos- .
sip, but, after all, it was innocent gossip—not
a bit of malice in iwit was onlyall. the par
ticulars about Mrs.. ThusearidSo's,. wardrobe
-all the statistics' about Mrs. .7That-and
rother's-china clo r set--411 the minute 'items
of Miss. Simgkin's wedding clot hesi-.4entLhow
her mother cried. the Morning of the Wed
ding, and said she didn't know anythir.g how
she.could spare Louisa Jane, only that Ed
' ward was Such a gocid boy Minato , felt. she
_could love him like hr. own son—and what
'a Providence it seemed.that .the very. ring
that was.put into the /wide loaf was. the
.one
that he gave her when he .first; wect to : sea,
when she wouldn't be engaged ,to, him be
cause she, thought she leived„Thonyu Strick- •
land better, bit that Was, ,only liecanse she
hadn't, found him out, you know—abd - so
forth; and, so forth: ' ,
Sinnetimes, too, hp narratives ASsumed
0 isilenni cast, and brought :to mind the Imsh
of funeralS, and told of Words Spoken in faint
whispers, when hind 4 were Clasped for the
first time r: '-thud 'of utterance ' crushed out
iron' hearts,..W :when tlie'hammer' of a "great
sorrow strike's out, sparkii .41: thedivine, even
froin comnion •stoite • and there Would ,be
real tears hi the little blue eyes, and the
pink bairs' Would .flutter' trevnuknisly, lit t e
limiest three leaves on 'e bare owlet Maple
'in' Atitumn, 'ln fact, dear reader,. jossip;
like romance, tuts its noble'side to it. How
Can you love your' neighbor awl:ourself- 'and
not teel'a littleenricius as to-'IIOV he takes
thegreat life tragi-comedy at which you ,and
he'are both more than spectators .!: • Show me
a perion who lives in a country village, oboe
-lutelywithout curiosity or interest .on these
subjects, andlwiltatiow.you a dold, fat op
ter,, to whom theiidemuitof propriety is the
whole of ex istenece..-Frogs Mi,, Ai'ewe's Anew
Slory,'"-Tits'ilinister's Wooing;'' ;
Daracsiva Ramotos.-4. e repgion that
never suffices-to govein Ulan, wWill never
snake tcrsave him; Olaf which_does not suf
ficiently distinguishishii lion) a•wicked world,
willwoveir.distinguisltlim from a-iperiabing
,-
Or lc is ti eurion7l.laete-thitt of itiVour
Presidents, ••neither.--Wltshhignin. 'Jefferson,
Madison hokum* Polkii.-Toylor l
Apt 'l l ama bad song