'i gtiifiegaULiuu.nuH 9et)otcii to JOolitirs, literature, Agriculture, Stitmc, iiloralitu, aui ntcral 3fatdHgcnci, VOL is. STROUDSBTJKGr, MONEOE COUNTY, PA. JANUARY 20, 1859. NO. 4, Published by Theodore ScJlOCh. TERMS.T-.vodolliirspcrahnum in advance Two fSAn0 bc wo papers discontinued unui an arrearages aie paid, fexccpl at the option of the Editoi. ' irpAdverLisemcnts of one sauare. ften lines) or less. hnc or three ltis-ci-tions, $1 00. Each additional inscr lion. '23 cents. Longer ones m proportion. JOSS 2R.8iYTIKG. Having a general assortment of large, plain and or amenta! Type, we arc prepared to execute every de- senption of na hards, Circulars, Kill Heads. Notes, Rlank Receipts, JTtislices, Legal and other Klaitks, Pamphlets. &c. prin ted with nealiic&s and despatch, on reasonable tciius at.tliis office. JOHN BOGGS' BARtfJDOOR, led man.-as he found he could not make OR 'the thing work, 'if I had only fixed tho . The Effects of Procrastination. 'tbunderiu' thing when I ought to, this -It's too bad I' said John Boggs. j wouldn't havo been. It's too bad too What's too bad!' returned Matilda, ' tbunderin' bad !' his wife. I But tbere was no help for it. A new ''Why the carfs broken down, and now UUD uad to be made. He managed to all the hands must be idle while it's being 2nd an old wheel which he could use mended.' i while the wright was fixing his, and this The cart!' repeated Mrs. Boggs, lay- uncomfortable way he managed to get a ing down the stocking the was darning, long without losing more than a day's and regarding iter husnanu witn a pecu liar look. 'Do you mean tha large ox cart !' Yes.' What's the matter with it?' 'The hub is split right slap in two halves.' '"Rut T tliotiffhfc it befan to snlit a lorm that tou must have a new irou baud made for it".' . . . . 'Yes I know said John Bogg, rather dubiously, '1 did hay something about it,i but then I dido t think 'twas so bad.' 'Yet you knew it needed mending John for you said so yourself. I wiah you, ne,r aiciy. v uen De came Dacu his wile persisted Matilda, would learn to be more prompt about !said not a word on the subject. At first 'Why I havn't had time.' -these things. You loose more than you John vvas afraid hi.-, wife would repri-1 John held down his head as ho made are aware of 0 no, Tiddy. I don't lo?e anything. Everything is as well on my place asjl0J.n uc ouu i sue nau just cniriea mm things generally are Xnt nniti' John. I know vou uianarrn n raor, tl.in.s in nrnttv rood order: but.'lence seemed to indicate that she consid- V " " " - J Q you must acknowledge that you are in the habit of procrastinating. It's only last week that you lost a valuable f-bcep. just becau-e you put off mending the floor in the shed. And now you have lost half a days' work of three hands just because you didn't mend your cart hub when it ought to have been mended. Ah, you do lose much; apd there's no use in trying to bide it.' 'Well, complaining won't mend it, that's a Eure case,' muttered John. 'No,' quickly but pleasantly returtfed Matilda, 'tut paying heed to your expe rience might mend the whole trouble.' 'Pooh ! You sit here in the house darnin' stcckin's, and I s pose you think, e to run our 'cau.se you can sc-e where needle, you could see everything in the barn at once.' 'No, no, John,' said his wife smiling. You don't put it in the right shape. I can see the heel of a stocking, and when J. see a place where my needle needs to run, I run it tln-re. I don't expect you to sec but one thing at a time, but" when you do eee that thing, and also see that it needs mcuding, then is tho time to mend it.' John Boggs coronunccd to whittle a medley of spabuiodic notes, and at the same time drew on his coat. He had to go five miles to a blacksmith's, to have an iron ring made. 'John,' said his wife, plying her needle as she spoke, 'now mark my words: If you don't turn over a new leaf in this retpect, ybu'll have a leston one of these days that'll cost you u.or'n you can afford to pay;' - John whistled with renewed energy, now striking fairly into 'Yaukee Doodle, and, with a dubious shake of her head, I his wife turned her attention to her work. John Boggs had two men to work for him, and by this breaking of the cart they were cither obliged to lie still or go at pome work which was of little use. He hd a large farm, and excellent one for producing vegetation; and ho was quite '.well to do' in the world. His children wero all daughters, and hence the busi ness of overlooking the affairs of the farm all devolved upon him. As we have seen, JohuBogga had one fault. He would put off till to-morrow what could be and should be done to-day. He contrived to keep his place looking clean and tidy, because at certain periods lie would be seized with a sort of renova ting fit, and would then roll up his sleeves and go at it. But this didn't work always. Many a time very importaut things were left till he 1 'fell like it.' That was a great j exprcesion of his 'Well, When I feel like it Sometimes thero would be a break-1 down that bad to .be attended to immcdi- ately, and while he had tho hammer and! nails in his hands he would fix up several i other things that had been long awaiting; word, for ho minds his own business,does . r. t 1.. .. . .1?' ?. bis coming Very often an hour was re quired over something that would not have consumed Jive minuies 01 nis time bad be taken it in band when he first dis it. And not onlv so. but he lost in two other ways it required more nails idy. to do the work at this Isle hour, and could never be made so good, at that, as it was before, nor as it would have been had he attended to it in season. John had often promised his wife that be would reform, but he bad not done it jet. Ho did not realize bow much he lost; or. if he did. the effect was momen tary. When be lost bis sheep, be would ,-..t, i.: A aa;n A nH : . i yet there was at this very moment bad PluCC n the floor of the tie-up, where the cows CTC kept. lie had noticed it three daJ- before: cf " 0De ,of th c'ws iruau upon it, ana no Knew mac a ueavy ti i 1. il t. 4i t VA. I1UUIU UlCilft IUIUU"11 LUU1U ill Uliuu. - But the floor Was not mender! vet. for all that. When the ring or hub-band came home Mr. Boggs went to work to nut it OH, but . ."J3 , tt i i it wuuiu not wurK. ncnaa missea a ng- ure in his calculations. The spokes had worn the sockets so much that all the straps in the world could never fit on that broken limb again. 'Jerusalem !' muttered tho disannoint- time. One morning, alout a week after the breaking of the hub, one of the little girls came running in while the family were at breakfast. 'Papa? papa! the white faced heifers' broke right through the floor!' 1 John Jjoggs knew that bis wite was John Boggs L- looking sharr.lv at him. and ho avoided , ll,e peculiar glance which ho felt sure he ! should find there if he turned that way J TT 11 l . I t , . 110 ca,,eu UP e two men ana nurnea - out - As good fortune would have it, the uencr was noi senousiy narmea; duc ,tJotlu Jcne he could not claim credit tor maua mm; out wuen ne lounu tuat sue kePt !"ilcnt 00 ibe subject, he felt worse a lime, lie Knew that she te t it that she understood it and her continued si- ered him incorrigible. From that mo ment he resolved that he would reform. Ah be had made that resolution before. For two months no real accident hap pened, for John Boggs kept things pret ty straight, but still there wero tome sbort-comings. The habit of procrastina- uuu aa t-rtu uruny uxcu 10 oe easuy thrown off. As autumn drew Dear, John Boggs be- gan to look around for an opportunity to ; carry into execution a. plan he had been considering for some time. He had a very choice htock of cattle, and having received an excellent offer for them, he could buy in the spring to good advan- : x C 1 n 1 . 1 -1 taSe- 00 he SM eight oxen tor a price which miht by some be considered al- uiosi luuuious. uc same purchaser wan- ted horses, and John sold his three heavy ones, heeping only a three year old colt, which he thought would answer for all his riding through the winter. Ycry near Johu's farm was a large tract of laud, covered with very heavy pine trees, some of them magnificent white pines; and he had partly contracted to come loose that no dependence could bo cut these trees down, fashion the logs, placed upon it. John had noticed it, and haul them a distance of three miies and be bad said to himself that it must to the river. The contract would bc a bc fixed, and he had resolved to do it valuable ono to him, because be lived so 1 when he felt like it. near to the wood. He supposed he could J The next day came, and in tho morn find plenty of men who would be glad to ing John Boggs went out to the barn, and come on and furni.-h teamslf he would passed through into tho yard. Ho set the keep them. He had hay and grain in back door up after him, and braced the plenty, and of course wished to have most stout cord stick up against it to hold it of it eaten up on the place. By selling : to its place. his oxen and horses he made a clear prof- 'I declare, that must be fixed. I'll at it of about one-half of what he got for tend to that right off.' them; and now, if he could got some one to come on and furnish teams, and in re turn take one half of the proceeds of the Ijob, and have their animals kept, he would do well. But he fouud it more difficult i than he expected to obtain tho help. He ; could find plenty of men who would glad- ( ly come with Buch teams as they owned ; but he wanted heavier ones. At length he hit upon the very man. I've fouud him,' ho said to his wife i one evening, on his return irom a visit to a neighboring town. 'I've found just the man. He's got teams enough, and will como on as soon as wanted.' Who is he ?' asked Matilda, quite pleased with her husband's success. 'Aaron Rolf; you know him, don't ye? He's got six yoke of oxen and four good horses, and he sas if I'll give him equal shares of what I am to have, and take care of his animals and men, he'll come.' 'Aaron Rolf?' repeated the wife. 'I know him well. If he says be will come, then you may depend on him. He nov- er makes a promise until he knows he can keep it; and he never undertakes to do a tbiug which he cannot do as it should bo done. Some people call him odd; and I don't know but he is, in one Eense of tho bis own business, has everything in its proper place; and will havo no ono about bim, if be can help it, who will not follow his example.' Why you seem to know him well, Uc- And why shouldn't I ? You forget that I lived in hia fathof's family several years.' 'Oho Is be a son of old Ben RolfT' 'Yes bis eldest son.' Aba I that's he. Well, I'm ghd he's suoh a man; it'll make it good for me.' I should like to have him here very well this winter- -that is, if you must have some one. j So John Boggs gijo himself no more uneasiness upon the subject of the fall's work. Mr. Rolf was coming over to look at the timber before he closed the bargain, but then John had explained everything fully to him, and ho was perfectly satis- fied. One day John went to tie the colt up in the stall,' and he found that tho edge ; been done. So he went on to the barn, of the trough was worn almost down to He found the stable where he had seen the hole through which the halter was : the man hitch his borso the night before tied. He know that it was not safe. A but tho horse was gone! He went slight pull would break it out. j through to tho back of the barn, and 'I declare,' he said to himself. 'I must found the door not only open, but flat u fix that when I get time.' ! pon the ground! He went on into tho He meant when ho felt like it, for ho ! yard and there he found the bars down! bad ample tune then. All tuat was ne- nessary was to step to tho wagon-bouse, get an inch-and-a-bali-augur, and Dore a a new hole. It would have taken him, perhaps, five minutes to have performed the whole operation. Ho led the colt in-. to the next stall, and then went into the house and sat down. Ah, the old habit was not gone yet. He would fix the tie-haje when he had time ! John Boggs hadn't quite reform ed, for all bis place looked so well outside. An evening or two afterwards, just as he was sitting down to supper, one of his daughters came in and told 'him that the back barn door bad tumbled down, again. 'Why, I set a log of wood up against it firmly only a little while ago, exclaim ed John. linn T tn nee cnmr r f flii clinnn m it of have rubbed it down.' said the eirl. 4 John Boggs,' spoke the wife, almost cp r sternly, 'havn tyou fixed that door yet?' j I declare,.ril fix that to-morrow,' was John's response. 'But why havn't you fixed it before?' th s ren v ; 'Havn't had time!' repeated the wife, elevating her eyebrows in real astonish- Aff ffC tt h 1 f Ark Trrvii m nnn I Whr T did monn to fix it. hut. whpn- ( . ..j , ., ever I've thought of it. it has been when I was busy about something else.' j 'Ah, John, let me telll you, that kind of work won't suit Aaron Rolf.' ! 'Let Aaron Rolf mind his own busi ness,' returned John warmly; 'and,' he added, with a bold look into his wife's faCo. 'there's other folks, too. mieht do . .!'' the same to some advantage.7 jjatilda Boggs smiled, for she saw that her husband was playing the brave a thing that ho seldom did in her presence, Not that she was a domineering wife, but she was ono of those straight-forward, sound-Bensed, stern-virtued women, who find it absolutely necessary to guide an ea9y husband sometimes. She had in- tended to ask her lord to go out and fix the door after supper, but as ho was al- ready chated, she concluded to say no more at present. The facts about that barn door wero these: The lower hinges had been uso- css over two weeks, but had been made to work by being careful in opening and closing the door. But some three days had elapsed since the upper one had be Ho went out into the field, and when he came back ho went over'to a neigh bor's to see about some help, and remain ed there till dinner time. Just as they were sitting down to dinner. Aaron Rolf drove to the door. Ono of the hired men took his horee, and bo came in, where he was heartily wolcomcd by John and his good wife. In the afternoon tho two men went out to the timber-land, and it was nearly darl when thoy returned. Ibey had seen tho whole lot, and Mr. Rolf was much pleased with the proposed plan in every way. As near as they could cal culate, it would take them, with them selves and four other men, and six yokes of oxen and four horses, a hundred days. Perhaps more, but surely no less. Rolf found that his sharo of tho proceeds would amount to eight hundred dollars. Then from this be was to pay tho two men whom bo was to bring on, leaving bim six hundred dollars for bis horses, oxen and himself. But as be would bo at no expense at all in feeding anybody or any thing, he considered the remuneration just fair. I can have moro than that for hauling goods for our new railroad company,' he said; 'but I should havo to be away from home all the time, and I do'n't like it. I like this plan. I can go homo as often as I please, and feel perfectly free to re main a day if I wish.' During tho evening tho W6rk was all planned; and bo fore they retired, Aaron Rolf had about made up his mind that he should sign tho article of agreement. It was arranged that they should go to tho justice's and have them legally drawn up, John Boggs thought there was no need of any suoh paper; but Mr. Rolf thought differently. Said bo 'We may forget, but a written paper can't forget.' . . And upon that tbey retired fof the night. In the morning Mr. Rolf got up, and went out to snuff up the fresh air. Hav- ing washed and combed his hair, he tho't he would go down and look at his horse, and perhaps give him some water. Ho saw one of tho hired men and asked him i if he had watered the animal. It had not -tie hunted, up tbe lured man. 'Look ye, my man, have you seon any ining or my horser 'No, sir,' wis the answer. Just come here.' The man followed Rolf into the empty stall. 'Did you hitch my horso there last night?' the visitor asked, pointing to where the hole was broken out. 'Yes, sir,' the fellow said. 'Didn't you know that wouldn't hold a horse" 'I supposed Mr. Boggs had fixed it, sir. I heard him say two or three days ago bc must do it when he bad time. It was kind o' dark when I hitched the horse, and 1 didn't notice. 'Fix it when ho had time!' repeated Rolf, in surprise. 'Hasn't he an auger?' 'xes sir.' And hasn't he had five minutes to spare within three days? 'Yos, sir a good many of 'em, I should think.' 'But how about this door out here? didn't you know that was unsafe? Yes, sir. It's been so a long while But Mr. Boggs said he'd fix it when he bad time, and so I never touched it.' 'Who lugged that great log of wood a round here to hold it with?' Mr. Boggs did, sir.' He did, eh? yes, yes. And howdo you suppose them bars came down?-' 'Bars?' repeated the man, somewhat startled; are them bars down again?' 'They're down now, sir.' 'Well I'm glad on't! Mr. Boggs said he'd fix 'em yesterday. They only want ed some pins in 'em. I asked bim yes terday mornin' if 1 shouldn't fix 'em, aud he said no. He said I might go to work and held .attend to that. Now the oows aro all gone!' Ah I understand,' said Mr. Rolf. And as ho spoke he turned away and fol lowed the track of bis horse to the road, and saw that it was turned towards homo. He knew the naturo of his borsc, and he was sure he should find him in his own stall. So he returned to the barn; and having taken the bridle on bis arm, and thrown the light saddle over his shoulder said to the hired man: "You can tell Mr. Boggs that I have gone after my horse.' 'But shan t I go with ye sir?' 'No. Iknow just where I shall find him.' So Aaron Rolf went away all "saddled and bridled.' When Mr. John Boggs came into breakfast ho looked very 'blue.' 'Why what's the matter, John?' the wife askod eagerly, for be looked really sad. He made no answer; and Matilda was upon the point of asking him again, when one of tbo rosy-cheeked little girls came running in, with eagerness upon every rounded feature. O n,ommil clirt nrinrl 'ilnn'l ftn ihJnlr Ui"- w" " J " " Mr. Rolf's horso has run off I Ho broke out tho stall where the halter-holo was clean worn off down to e'en a'most noth ing! and he ran out through the barn door what was all tumbled down! and bo got through the bars where tho cows hook 'cm down! and don't you think he's gone off to try and catch him! He went with tbe saddle on bis back! My sakes ain't it too bad!' Matilda Boggs looked at John Boggs a full minute, and then went on with her breakfast. She spoke not a word further upon the subject. The next forenoon there was a letter left at tho house of John Boogs. That individual roceived it from his wife when ho oame to dinner. He had been fixing up a door, and some bars, &c. lie open ed tho letter and read as follows: Oak Hill, Sept, 23, 1 Mr. John Boggs Bcai Sir.- You may consider that all business relations between us are at an end. But I will not thus abruptly break off our plans j without giving any reason. It is this. , a of ico whioh had lodged on a rock, were Hiuea a mat piace lu F.o.-u. Cu I am bv nature verv nervous, and I could n nnmmenood bis feast. Durinir the, son and adds tbat many more may; be -j ' I not entrust my intorest in the hands of a man wuouuuuot iu&u uuiu ui ma uu. Were I not assured that tbe aooident of i last night was the result of a habit with xfa i l i i . t i . . you, I might hesitate; but I underaood . A mi- -ii i. :i it all; This will remain a secret with me; and trusting that wo may remain friends, and that you may overcome au evil which cannot but result in harm to you if fol lowed up. I remain yours, &o., Aaron Rolf. John Boggs read this letter, and then rushed from tho house. Matilda plckod it up and road it. A cloud passed oyer hor faoe. and then a ray of sunshino came. In a few mouionts she looked happy and contented. But tbo dinner was getting cold, and sho sent one of the children after him He camo in, looking Ead and and deject- ed. His wife went up to him and placed,' How Coffee came to be Used, her band upon hia shoulder. j It is somewhat singular to traco tho John,' she said kindly, 'cannot you manner in which, aroso the uso of the buy some oxen?' , common beverage, coffeo, which few per- 'Ycs,' ho returned, moodily. sons in any half or wholly civilized coun- 'And can you not buy them and still try in the world would be willing to dis have much of the money left which you pense with its use. At tho time Colum received for those you sold?' bus discovered America, it had never 'Yes.' . been known or used. It only grew in A- 'Thcn go and buy oxen and hire your rabia and Upper Ethiopa. The discove men, and do that work yourself. I'll do ry of its use as. a beverage is ascribed to all I can towards taking care of your the superior of a monastery iu Arabia, hands. And I'm sure you'll make much . who, desirous of preventing the monks moro than you would to havo a partner, from sleeping at their nocturnal services Como wo can do our duty without the. made them drink the infusions of coffee' T, 1 - t,- J L. A. . I ., . i. . . . - ' uoiy vi nuj uiuu WUOUUB3 uut waui iu as--; upon toe reporcoi some shepherd, who sist you.' j observed that flocks were moro lively af- John Boggs was dumb with grateful ter having browsing on the fruit of that emotion. He understood his wife per-' plant. Its reputation spread through tho fectly. He knew how noble she was; and adjacent countries, and in about two huh he now realized that if he had only given dred years it reached Paris. A Binglo heed to her advice bofore he might have plant brought there in 1714, beoame the been spared of his shame. But he soon parent stock of all tbo French coffee plan gazed up; and his only answer was to tations in the West Indies. The extent draw the faithful woman down and kiss of tbe consumption can now hardly bo ber- j realized. The United States alone an- That very afternoon he commenced u-.nuall consume it at tho 'cost of its landing pon a rule of life from which he resolved 'of from fifteen to sixteon millions of dol not to deviate. Ho posted off at once, 'lars. You may know the Arabia or Mo and before night he was tho owner of cha, the best coffee, by its small bean of eight yokes of oxen. They were not such a dark yellow color. Tbe Java and East beauties as thoso be bad sold, but they! India, the next in quality, are larger and were stout working oxen. Next he en-(of a paler yellow. Tho West India Rioj gaged his men. And when the season tor work commonced he went at it with a will. Tho logs were all cut and depos ited in tbe river, and he was the clear net gainer of one thousand dollars by the op eration. Uut this was not all be game that fallen barn door. He gained tbe lit tle lesson be so much needed; and from the rule it gave him he never deviated. He never again saw a thtng upon bis place that needed attention without be stowing that attention at once. And the result was soon manifest. Everything was in its place, and everything was safe. Hia wife was happy, for sho had no more occasion to peform that most unpleasant of all domestic duties to the true wife the ohiding of a husband. But there was one moro thing: Ho could nut a friend's horse into his stall without tbe danger of tho animal's making r off during the night through a hole that should have been, but was not, stopped by a barn door. Secret of a Happy Home. If you wish to make your neighbors and you family bappy if you would see calmness and evenness of temper devel oped in your children if you would light en the cares and smooth the path of the companion of your bosom do not irritate or scold, or De in a passion when your humor is crossed; but remember that oth ers have hearts as soft as yours, and let the sunshino of Christian meekness and gentleness always beam from your eye. How happy will be tbo circle in such a case! Ay, this Christian temper is about the only requsitc to make firesides bappy places which husbands and children will regret to leave, and be glad to re- urn to. Let the husband bo indulgent, hen, to tbe annoyance of his ever-work- ng and overworking wife: and let the wife always meet him with smiles when he comes home perplexed with the cares of business; and let both bo forbearing under their mutual imperfections, and homes will bo as God intended them. Soene in a SchoolJRoom. The Springfield Republican is respon sible for tbo following: ' Come hero, George, I wish to examine you in punctuation. What's that? George That? that's a comma. Mistress Right; now what's that? George Ah! now you've got me where my hair's short; I dun kno. Mistre'Ss George, I do not wish you to use any slang phrases hero. When you are unable to give correct replies, say so but do not repeat such phrases as that whioh you have just used. Now, what's that? George I dun kno. Mistress Don't know what that is? Why that's a perid. George (Looking critically at the poiut iu question.) Ha! ha! ha! Now I've got you where you're hair's short; that ain't nuthin1 only ajly dirt! Mistress (Re-examining critically.) George you aro dismissed. A Bald Eagle Frozen to the Ice. The other day a largo Bald Eagle , lif n VJ'tA lln r lr in tliH rivor Snsnnn. hanna, opposite Duncannon, carried it to f " " v O 1 operation, it is supposed that being wet. jeoi uuu luuiuuiaj irom iuu luicuae coldj froze fast to tho ice; and being un- ab o to extricate himself, ho perished. ,"1 IU1 w . , t,5i,r i!Arn . ... , , the term orphan applies to a child berelt Ho was seen flapping his wings until dark. l" r .. , . mi , M. . . i . of one parent as well as to one.who. has There was a desire to capture tbe great., " u American, ' but he could, not bo ap; proached on account of tho great mass of! floating ice between him and the ehore. Ilarrisburg Tel. To prevent Turnips from sprouting in r fibnmg footg aod a portion of the warm Cellars in Winter, cut on au tue tan " r root. Tbo tops should also, oe cue close. This will not prevent them from beating and decaying, if placed in large piles. B. tit i i ;Prido arises from self-ignofance. i has a bluish or greenish gray tiut. Snow Storm in the Olden Times. The year 1717 is memorable in the his tory of Now England on account of the unusual quantity of snow which fell Feb d irom 1 on o r i. t t. storms tho earth was covered with snow from ten to fifteen feet, and in some pla ces twenty feet deep. Many houses of one story were buried, and in numerous cases paths were dug from bouse to houso under the snow drifts! Tbe visits were made by means of snow-shoes, the wear er having first stepped out of their cham ber windows. Ono gentleman wishing to visit his "lady love,' walked thrco miles with snow-shoes,and entered her residence as he left his own, namely the chamber window. He was cordially received as he was the first person the family had seen from abroad for a week I Cotton Mather has left a manuscript account of "this great snow," and the many marvels and prodigies attending it. Three Children Burned to Death. On Friday last, three children of Louis? Bender, a farmer, residing at Fostoria, in Blair county, were burned to death by the bouse taking fire. Tho father had gone to work in the morning, and tho mother was absent milking tbe cows; when, as is supposed, tho children set fire to a box of shavings in tbe house. Tbe flames had cut off all communication, be fore the fire Was discovered, and the char red remains of the children were not taken out until the house was in ruins. The el dest was a boy aged five years; the next a girl, aged three, and the third was a babe but three months old. The parents aro almost distracted, and the mother had not tasted food for three days after the terrible calamity. JJpThe value of food consumed in New York last year.is estimated at $120; 000,000, and the number of the various quadrupeds that have been caten,is beeves 191,374; cows, 10129; vea!s,3G,G75; swino 555,479. Of tho beeves, the greatest number a thousand per week came from IllinoH, which is the greatest beef producing State in tbe Union. It furnish es twice ns many as the State of New York. Dying Itself. Harry H. of Provi- dencej tells a good stoVyofa young man who had a light and incipient moustache. Ono day, fingering the few hairs, he said to Harry: "Had'nt I better dye this mous tache 1" "Oh no," replied Harry, "let it alone and it will die itself. jj-New York ib certainly a great city. Thoy havo now a "Dog Boarding House," and one is advertised at tho corner of Broadway and Forty-fifth streets. -The keeper will board dogs, at Si per week, and train for Si. 60. jQyBoozy fellow was obsorved the oth er day driving a "porker," holding on1 to his tail, and when asked what ho was do ing replied that he "was studying ge-hog-raphy. gaJ-Tbo Louisville Journal says ono million and seventy-hvo thousand nogs j , , added. TTP Judge Read, of tho Supreme-Court of this State decided on the 27th ult., that TTPln swearing the aembers at Har- ri'bttrg on Tuesday, 38 took the oath ,of joffico by kissing tho Bible, 26 by the up lifted hand and 35 affirmed. 1 Nitaflas Longworth.the vino grow- er Ot liiaeiamau, Paya mineou mousauu , ,Sr.j.: ... j.ii ,t 4 t . it.- i t j five hundred an'd'ninety dollars and twelve cents annual taxes. JJIf petticoat government is nottmpro oppressivo now than formerly, ife4 Jcer tainly double in extent.
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