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VOL. 14.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. MAY 53, 1854.
NO. 28.
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The Signal Star.
BY FANNY FORRESTER.
" Come back come backt my childhood"
L. E. L.
I'd not recall my childhood :
With all its sweet delight,
Its simple, bird-like gladness,
It was not always bright.
Even morning had her tear-drops,
And spring her clouded sky,
And on the fairest cradle
I've seen the shadows lie.
I'd not recall my childhood,
Though tender memories throng
Around its rosy portals,
Preclusive to life's song :
The full voiced living chorus,
Is swelling round me now,
Aud a rosier light is resting
Upon my maiden brow.
I have made a changeful journey
Up the hill of life since morn ;
I have gathered flowers and blossoms,
I've been pierced by many a thorn ;
Uut from out ihe core of sorrow
I have plucked a jewel rare,
The strength which mortals gather
In the ceaseless strife with care.
Now I grasp life's burning breaker,
And howe'er, the bubbles glow,
I'll pause not till I've tasted
The deepest wave below ;
Though bitter dregs may mingle,
The crimson tide shall roll,
In full and fearless currents
Through the fountains of my soul.
No! I'd not go back to childhood.
From the radiant flush of noon,
And when evening closses round me,
I crave one only boon :
Amid the valley's dark,
Its dangers and its dread,
The signal star of Judah
To shine above my head.
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TTP The woman who undertook to
scour the woods, has abandoned the job, 1
on account of tho scarcity of sand aud
the high price of soap.
The new York Musical World and
Times tells amostlaughablestory of a gen
tleman, who had stenned in his carriage,
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to mane nis rvew icars visits, wuen uu
perceived that he had forgotten his visit-
ing cards
r ltiinipdiatnlv ordered his
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new groom to go ana get inem irom iue.
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mantlepiecc in the dining room. ihe,
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servant did as Ac was ordered, and the ;
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gentleman commenced his visits, tho foot-
man leaving his cards. After some time I
had passed, he asked the groom if there
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were still many cards left. "Sir," an-
j . 1 ' ti ,1 i- ne
swered the latter, "I have still the king ot
spades, the king of hearts and the knave ,
-ri.,iic w mBmrtfl,n rid-" WnSl
not ""taken" in very good part by the caller-
Look out boys. A person was senten-
ced in New York, on Friday last, to 3 be effected by teaching and example.
months imprisonment in the New York During the remaiueder of her stay at
Penitentiary for tearing down handbills. ' school, Fanny had occasional doses of
3s ; calomel when too robust health began to
JJj"Jim, I believe Sam's got no truth show itself; and she had learned to be
in him." Heve that, to be at all respected by her
"You don't know, nigga; dare's more fellow-creatures, she must be considered
truth in that nigga dan-all do'res' on de
plantation."
"How do you make dat?"
"JVhv he never let any out."
My dear, how shall we have our mar-
. riage .printed? Will you have your name '
I TV ,1 1 I'll 1
simpiy uemah, or ao you sun inubi. on nQ and iuactiye Wben sbo
that long string of titles you spoke or , , . j . . .
yesterday ? i lcft sehool, she returned to the home of
'I do, most assuredly. Do you think her childhood, where family arrangements
I'm going to be known as simple Deli ah? wcre sucb that her assistance would fre
No, by all the gods of love? you shall u have becn acceptable to her pa-
hotrn m v nn m nrmfnH time .Tlnlilnli J
Antoinette Victoria Adelaide Marie" and
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then, if you choose, you link ou your
name but a poor pigtail appendage Uso
is.
f!nTi5fifnf,ionallv tired' is now the no
life way of expressing the fact that a
man is naturally lazy. Wo live in very'.
refiued times,
A few Words about Delicate Women, j
How essential is it to the well-being of'
a family that the wife and mother should
be cheerful, active, and healthy. Yet,
looking at those classes of the communi
ty a little above what may be termed the
laboring class, how frequently we find
that the women arc ailing, nervous, and
irritable : or, as thev would call them
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selves, 'delicate !' Etow is this?
'Why,' answers one, 'some are the chil
dren of unhealthy parents, and the in-
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! heritors Of their diseases
Where this is
the case, the fullest sympathy and con-
sideration are duo; but the number of
such would be only a few in comparison
with the class we speak of. W e must
look further for the cause.
'Oh,' suggests another, 'is not the fact'
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j of being a wife and mother, and having
Such circumstances arc trying; but with
some women they have been the means
of drawing out" unwonted cheerfulness
and energy of character. Allowiug,how
cver, that some women are so tried and
harassed by the circumstances of mar
ried life that their, health and energy
give way; still their number would be
the care and management of a family husband, just in proportion that she made 1 so arranged that they may afford mental ! fou H stroJ be.r mnue m. a v days
and household, with perhaps very limited demands upon his sympathy, her elegarit 1 food andsatisfaction ; otherwise, as soon 1 , , JNo ,!lon vas paid to this a-
i iii r j r j ow , . , i,, ' li mi I postrophe at the time in rrance. and np-
pecuniary resources, quite enough to make aili bccamc morc nuracrous than over, the & q r hour, are over they will, . nQnQ n E lond But' tMs
women weak and ailing V We think not. ' d ghe bas fullv establisbed her claim j most likely turn witu avidity to any , inJ ti of hich the public has
! comparatively few, and we must find some;,. , . , ,. , n,c
r J ' , tight stays, or tight clothes or any Kind
other cause lor the tact that there are so
many females who call themselves 'deli-
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catc-
Is it that they have an impression that'
there is something amiable in being deli
cate ?
Do they think it is lady-like to be del
icate ?
Is not this delicacy cultivated by some
as a means of- drawing more largely on
sympathy, especially tho husband's sym
pathy? Are not idleness and inactivity often!
i excused or hidden under this convenient
cloak of delicacy ?
We think that each of these questions
ma) be correctly answered in the affirm
ative, and that the commencement of
i these errors, with all their attendant evils,
may be traced to the education of the
girl.
Years ago, Fanny was a healthy, ac
tive, and unaffected child, when her par
ents sent her to a boarding-school. For
the first few days, feeling herself among
strangers, and away from home, she was
pensive and quiet; but this soon wore a
way, and she became cheerful and happy
again. She had taken a skipping-rope
with her to school, and. one evening, when
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enn Tvaa in f no tnii nniArmnTir. nr tho
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use or it, the evening bell rang tor tho
scholars to retire for the night. When
Fanny went to say 'good-night' to the
matron : 'You will be so good as to give
! Miss Fanny a does of calomel, she is in
too robust health; see, her cheeks are like
milkmaid's.'
So Fanny had to tako cal
omel, and the nest day she was languid
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consider, 'lady-like.' Another time.
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when playing with a companion somewhat
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actively in the play -ground, they were
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stopped by a teacher, saying: 'loung
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that is not the way to conduct yourselves
in mis esiaDiisumenc. wny, wnai wouiq
be thought of you? Pray let mc see you
Id''
wa 1 yUDS a 1CS-
Fanny wished then that she was not to
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be called a 'young lady' if she might not
play and rompt about a little, for she was
sure it made her happy to do so But it
is astonishing what changes may in time
a young lady, and that all young' ladies
were of delicate constitutions, and that it
was very, unlady-like to be healthy and
I active
Poor Fanny ! she had not only imbibed
these notions, but sho had also lost a great
d j of ber v;or 0f constitution, and had
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1 . I i .l.yiM nmtf im mnc vnlllACT.
iUilli jjuii wijuu aujimujj iuo jjutui,
ed of her, jf; was attended to in a manner
unwilling and languid, that they soon
!,,i(. oolr onudiliw l.ni- nr'iovtnrt
ceased to ask anything ot her, grieving
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inn irMi HArim hnt ttnc hnnnma At mil
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cheerful and active Fanny.
- Not being aware of Fanny's ideas about
ladyism, and not perceiving that the mind
wanted curing more than the body, her
parents consulted the family doctor, who
saia that he could not perceive there was
much the matter with licr; he, however,
recommended fresh air and exercise, and
suggested that perhaps a few week3 by
j the seaside might 'do her good. Now, I
this latter ad vico Fanny liked very much;
it added to her importance as a lady that
she should be taken to the seaside be-
cause she was in delicate health. How- ' child the idea that there can be anything : Parliament, while these new and terrible
ever, as Fanny meant to be delicate, she ! admirable in the absence of strength. i Ma?his were being constructed and ex
was as much so on her return as before 1 We do not wish that girls should cultivate Penmonted upon; and no knowledge of
H muuu su uu ucr rt-turu as "emit, , o thelr existence even was permitted until
:7 f ioi. n ,t
tu
e family that Fanny was 'so delicate'
that she was left to do pretty much as she
pleased
lime passed on, and JUanny became a ,
TCita Jinn toiHi n irairnn irlnn fhrtr. sho irnfl i
to secure to herself the affections of her
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to be classed among 'delicate women
Perhaps the custom of giving calomel
fn MPstrnv lionlfli n ?f ?f. wfr n wnnfl fnn 1
ms i T . . it . - rt .1 " rt r i rt . r . i t. i i i t- . i I . 1 1 1 1 - . " r - iiz.ii ' &
i I, ii J i in - i most certain production of 'delicate wo
rn nt fn hr n ntvpil fn rrrnw is nnr. rrrv I i
much practised ; but other injurious cus
toms arc taught and practised which as
certainly injure health.
Tlfe custom of confining tho hod v in
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lis exceedingly, hurtiul to the health of
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both body and mind. A girl has learned :
a very bad lesson, when she has been !
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fellow-creatures, she must, even to tho
ondaugering of health and life, distort j
her figure from that which nature has :
made, to something which fashion pre
sumes to dictate as more adriiirable.
The custom of preventing the active j jecfc of great and constant concern; but a
use of the limbs, and free exercise of tho ' semblance of such delicacy, where it does
body generally, and restricting every j not really exist, is an insult to his dis
movement to the artificial notions 0f i cernmont, and must ultimately inspire
, , , . , . .iii him with aversion and disgust.' It is
boarding-school propriety, is attended , e . , n . nn xi,
0 v r j 1 1 not for us to say how many put on the
with mental and physical evils of all sorts. scn)bianco 0f delicacy as a covering for
While a child is forbidden to tako the ; idlness, or from any of the weak motives
! bodily exercise which nature would impel !
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Wfn dn tho. hnmnrn rmv thirl- and i
stagnate for want of motion to warm and
dilate them; the general circulation is im
peded; tho muscles stiffen, because de
prived of their necessary moisture; ob
structions take place, which produce
weakness in every animal function; and
nature, no longer able to discharge the !
morbid matter which constantly accumu-
lates from all her imperfect operations, '
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gradually sickens, and the child is either
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carried to a premature grave, or contm- i
ues an existence of physical and mental
languor and listlessness; and another is
added to the class of 'delicate women.'
We cannot be far from right in saying
that almost all the mental and physical
ailings of 'delicate women' may be traced
to a defestive education. And those who
are now engaged iu training girls, wheth
er at home or in schools, cannot too ser
mb.h ;i.t nf ,An8!Wi
. J , fa " i
ity resting upon them. Upon their man- ,
agement depend much of future health, j
and, consequently, the usefulness and
happiness of those committed to their .
t I
charge.
As requisites to the promotion of bod
ily vigor, we will mention :
A strict attention to personal cleanli
ness, which children should be taught to
cultivate, because it is healthy and right
that they should be clean, and not bo
cause 'it would look so if they were dir
ty I'
The use of apartments that arc woll
ventilated.
Frequent and sufficient active bodily
exercise in tho open air.
Entiro freedom from any pressure u
pon the person by the use of tight clothes.
A sufficiency of nourishing and digest
ible food.
And, in winter, the use of such firing
as is needed to keep up a healthful
warmth.
.All these will to promote health, but
we shall have no security against 'deli-
. cate women' unless there be also added
the cultivation of mental health,
j For this, it is necessary that girls
should be taught to cultivate'wzfwta
ity and mental activity, by sufficient and
well-regulated exercise of the mind.
Ilabits of benevolence, contentment, 1
and cheerful gratitude should be incul-
cated, both by precept and example, to 1
th(j esclusjion 0f aclflshncs8
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Iinon lh(i m:nd ,ie llBCass;t.. nf
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the strictest integrity, which will lead, to
the abhorrence ot every species of alfecta- (
tion, which i. indeed, only a "modified
sort of deceit.
Girls should also be early taught that
they are responsible beings; responsible
to God for the right use of all the mer-
cies bestowed upon them; and that it is
j one of the chief of earthly blessings, and
that it is their duty to value and preserve
it
But much is learnt from example as
well as from precept; therefore, let no af
fectation of languid airH in a teacher give a
anyiuiug masculine ior an umouiiuiuu
fn ,,, inAnin A n:fW BAV -Rf
n?rmnn finnnnf Via on rtKinof r f nrlniiroflnn
a female has nooccasion to affect to bo
feminine; she is so naturally, and if she
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niif i) on nrnflnfTi orifl nM lniri n n
they
conversation, or
to reading some of . the
trashy books of the day, to the injury of
all mental and moral health, and tho al-
men.'
To those who are already women, and
are unfortunately classed among the 'del
icate,' we would say : For the sake of
your husbands, and all connected with
you, strive resolutely to lose your claim
to such an unenviable distinction. If you
are conscious of the least feeling of satis
r i.- u i? 1 c
faction in hearing yourselr spoken or as
delicate, be assured" it is a degree of men-
tal diseaso that allows tho feeling. If
you ever suppose that you can gain your
husbauds sympathy by weakness, rcmem-
ber you might gain more of his esteem
and satisfied affection by strength. Fif-
ty years ago, it was well said that, 'To a
man of feeling, extreme delicacy in the
nnrr.nnr nf liis lifa and fortunn is an ob-
that prompt such an affectation con-
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science will uiuspei wue u tu iuo uaS
-and happy will it be for the household
of any one who can be roused from such a
pitiable state.
1 (Jould women only Know how many i
j hnsbands arc bankrupt because their
wives are 'delicate ; how many children j
; are physically, mentally, and morally
; neglected and ruined, because their moth-
era arG 'delicate;' how many servants be
come dishonest and inefficient, because
tlieir mistresses are rdelicate' the list
would be so appaling that possibly we
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might hear of an Anti-dehcate-ladies As-
sociation for the better promotion of
family happiness and family economy.
Meanwhile, let each listen to her own
conscience and the dictates of her better
judgment, and remember that health is a :
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gift of God, and wo cannot slight a gift
without also slighting the Giver. Lady's
Book.
A Wonderful Cure.
The following wonderful effect of one j
if the curea11 Patcnfc modioincB, adver-
tiscd so extensively in many of the news-
papers of tbe day js about as well ua-
thenticated as most of remarkablo cases j
which are backed up by a long array of j
boSuf certificates :
A lin.. l. .wl nron nn.1l 1 rilrmn A r I I n V
.n. uvy uuu anauunuu aonvv-i uunui.
I None of the faculty could devise any al- '
j leviation, whereupon tho inventor of the 1
cure-all medicine was sent for. 'Itiscv-
I 'I lin anlinAi cfiiHina nf irls chrmwl nn
ident,' said he, 'that so considerable a lying-to, which it will attack fore and aft
coin can never be forced up by any cmet- j witb bombs thrown between wind and wa
ic known to scioncc. However, let him 1 ter, and sprinkling the ship wsih a show
take this pill, and flattering consequences cr 0f Grecian fire. One of these burners,
will be likely to ensue.' An hour after- taking by surprise a fleet of vessels iu a
wards the boy threw up the dollar, but Calm, could with ease destroy the whole
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small change, principally nve cent. .
pieces.
Subject for Contemplation.
What a mighty procession has been ' is justified in employing other and more
inarching towards the gravo during the ! destructive methods in war than those
past year. At tho estimate, since the ' employed by tho enemy. Admiral Na
lst of January, 1853, more than 31,500,- ' pier has replied to these propositions with
000 of the world's population have gone i irony: 'If you fear to hurt tho enemy,
down 'to tho earth again. Place them in ' put into your guns balls of cotton, and
long array, aud they will give a moving into your cannon cakes of rice!"
column of moro than 13,000 to every mile j The English fleet is largely provided
of the globe's circumference! Only think with balloons, intended to carry inflam
of it; ponder and look upon these aston- mable materials to scatter over towns, vil
ishing computations! What a spectacle, lages' and fleets, when the wind favors
as they "move on tramp, tramp, tramp such operations.
forward! upon this stupenduous dead Another invention, still moro terrible
march!"
Life is so short, and lime is fleeting,
And onr hearts though strong ami brave,
Still like muffled drums are beating
Funeral marches to the grave,
Temperance.
And old Dutchman who had recently
joined the temperance society, was taken
sick and sent for tho doctor to prescribe
lor him, who ordered him to taue an
ounce of brandy every day. The old
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cwiv ovcruauicG nis aviiiimcuc, anu IOUIH1
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'drams' make an ounce.' 'Mine Gott,'
1(1 LUC UlVIQ Ul (I HUbUtiUUl IViO HUlCUt UI"UU
w a
said the Dutchman, 'dat ish de domper-
auct for me: I didn't cot but m'x before
and uow I gets eight.'
Destructive Engines of War.
The Paris correspondent of the Cincin
natti Gazelle rives the following account
of new ermines of destruction, which will
j be brought into requisition by the pres
j eut European war. He says: "The new
, invention for the more rapid destruction
ot Human beings, winch the war is bring
ing to light, especially in England, will
surpass all expectations. The arsenals
of England
have for a long timo
been
closed to visitors, even to members of
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now called forth by actual service. Ma
ny years ago, the English Government
had a proposition before them to adopt
1 V a "T'u u"' "uu
He demands but 300,000 pounds, aud
-.Jk- UiUi Wbt Ul JL UlllUUiUIJU UAbiaiiUUUt
yet you hesitate! Hasten to buy this ma
chine, declare war against France, and
ceased to talk, and which was even ridi
culed at the time, has been maturing in I
concealment in the arsenals at Woolwich j
and is now ready to go out on its work ,
of destruction. I
The Count Lavalette, Captain of Milita-1
ry Marine in France, who knew the con-
struction of this gun, it is said mado en- !
deavors to have it adopted by the Minis-
teQ of Marine under Louis Phillippe. It 1
is simply a long congreve gun, which '
glides along on the water in a straight '
lino till it strikes the vessel at which it is
directed, when it thrusts into its sides its
iron head, containing twopoundsoffulmiu- :
ating powder of mercury. When the fire
strains this reservoir, it explodes, blowing
a hole in the vessel ten or twelve feet in
diameter, which it is impossible for them
to close up as they do the round holes
made by cannon balls. 1
In admitting that the Russian fleets
shall retire under the inapproachable for
tresses of Cornstadtand Sebastopol, they
cannot bo in safety from this terrible con
greve gun, .which carries to almost any
distance within reach of any other gun.
It cannot be prevented from passing
through the most contracted straits where
ships pass. i
The submarine boats are so perfected
at this moment that they can reach and
attach a burner to an enemy's ship with-
out running the least danger. Experi
ments are also being made with an asphy
xiating ball, which does not kill but which
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tfa flre made ;3oners Tb
arc cmbark'. lgQ a f Qumber
bul. e logvo balIs wlJch c lodc in
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ml ml
of a horse, for they inflame at the moment
of discharge from the gun, aud fly burn
ing like small congreves until the moment
of explosion, when they may apply firo
to the amunition chests and other inflam
mable material, as easily and surely as if
they were in a stubble field.
They are furnishing also two small
bi h m oq fc eu0rmous Paix.
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ban guns, placed on the fore-part of the
vessel. 1 he walls of these little vessels ,
have a thickness of six feet, made of oak, ,
standing upright, and this covered with a
mattrass of cotton substance, a foot and a
baif thick, which is impenetrable to a bul- !
ict aml this again covered with a sheet- .
iug of iron and lead. Its prow has the
ailgUler form of a cuirass intended to turn
bullets, the roof or deck is covered in the
samc wayj so as to allow the bombs to
glide into the sea without doing damage.
rill C 1 I .1 1 ,1
mc ure-suip, very ueavy, anu a Uiiu
sailcr will be towed and let loose at tho
proper moment, to approach near the en- 1
emy's vessel's, cither when at anchor or
fleef and vet it only renuires the labor of
ten determined men to operate it.
The Peace Society have agitated the
question in England of how far a nation
than all the rest, but of which the cou
struction has not yet been known, except
to a very small number of persons, is a
boiit to be sent out to destroy the Bus-
sians. these inventions are higuiy
curious and interesting in the history of
tho war, but rather afflicting for humanity-
1T A gentleman asked a negro boy
if he wouldn't take a pinch of snuff. "No,"
replied darky, very respectfully, " me
thiuk ; Pomp's nose not huugry."
i.i ,i. Writer snvs Tnl,.
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inglooks worso on an old lady than darned
stockings Allow us to ouservo that
stockings which need darning look a
darnud siht worse than darned ones.
A Weather Sign.
An old hunter predicts that the follow
ing Avill be a dry summer, from the fa&
that woodcocks have built their nests in
low, moist places. When the summer is
to be wet, he says, they build in dry sun
ny situations.
We learn from Europe that a new mus
ical wonder has sprung up, at Stockholm,
Sweeden. It is said that her voice is
moro wonderful than that of Jenny Lind.
She has taken the people of her native
city by storm, and set them frantic from
excitement. It is said that she so en
raptures her hearers by her singing that
the musicians of her orchestra frequently
forget themselves and stop playing. Her
name is Mitchclct.
Letters from Constantinople alluded to
an Asiatic warrior-woman, Fatime Han
en. She has arrived atConstantinople with
six hundred horsemen as her suite. Sha
is an old woman of about sixty years of
age, of a ver' withered appearance, and
very like a Gipsy. As she passed through
tho capitel last week, on horseback like a
man thousands of people flocked to have
a view of her, especially women. The
Turkish females are quite taken aghast
at this, for the East, most astonishing
phenomenon, and eagerly pressed forward
to catch a glimpse of this adventurous
old dame as she cantered past them.
"Mashallah ! What a woman."
Queer Operation.
Galiguani's Messenger of the first of
April, announces the following extraor
dinary importations intended for X. York:
The custom house officers of Biberich in
the Grand Dutchy of Nassau, on visiting
a steamer which was then descending the
llhine, were surprised to find not fewer
than twenty-one young girls aged from
14 to 17, accompanied by three men.
They give information to the director of
the Police and he made inquiries, from
which it appeared that the men were tak
ing them to New York to place in houses
of prostitution. The girls had been re
cruited in the rural districts of Weisbaden,
Kriesuach, Uringeu and Weilbourg, and
some of them had left unknown to their
parents. Orders were given to arrest
the men, but only two of them were ar
resteJ, the other having run away. Tho
girls were ordered to be sent home.
The difference between an old woman
and a young one is, that one is happy
and careless and the other is cappy and
hairless.
If mankind were required to give a
reason for every utterauce, what a quite
peaceful world we would have. Most o-
pinions are like Lucifer matches, they
strike off briskly and go out suddenly.
If a small boy is a lad, will two small
boys make a ladder?
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Connecticut Legislature-Election of State
Officers.
Times Office, Hartford May 4.
The two branches of the Legislature of
this State, met in joint convention this
mornincr and elected the following ticket
for State Officers, during the ensuing year.
Governor Henry Dullong of New Ha
ven. Lieut. Guv. Alexander II. Holly, of
Salisbury.
Secretary of State Oliver II. Perry, of
Fairfield.
Treasurer Daniel W. Carry, Middle
town. Controller John Dunham, of Norwich.
The above gentlemen are all Whigs.
The whole number of votes cast for Gov
ernor was 233, of which Mr. Dutton,
(Whig) had 1-10, and Samuel Ingham,
(Dom.) 93.
Railroad Iron.
The Philadelphia Bullctiu gives a li-fc
of sixteen iron establishments which will
this season turn out 150,000 tons of rail
road bars, representing in production 85,
550,000 for labor, and 1,826,000 tons of
raw material. The capital employed iu
these establishments is reckoned at 810,-
000,000. They support a population of
92,500 pcrson?j and consume $4,625,000
in brcadstuffs, besides affording a profit
to all the various branches of business in
and arouud the mills, other than to tho
owners, of 1,949,000, participated in by
coal lauds, coal operators, and store keep
ers. McCormick, a wealthy farmer aged
70, residiug near Pittsburg, Pa., has ju-t
been ordered to pay 81500 to a young
lady for a breach of promise. This will
learn him to be more careful as he grows
older, and not trifle with the affectioua
of the fair sex.
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The mau who stuok to a point ha
let losoe.
ST"In short ladies and gsutlsmeu,''
said ovcrered orator, "I can only say I
beg leave to add I desire to assure you
that I wish I had a window in my bo
som, that yOu might see the emetioua of
my heart." (Vulgar boy frpra the gallo.
e'.) "Wouldn't a PANE in your stom
ach do this time ?"
The borough of Allonton has a popm.
lation of 5259; three years since it vtfja
only 3779.
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