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VOL 18.
STROUDSBURG-, MONROE COUNTY, PA. JUNE 2, 1339.
NO. 23,
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Published by Theodore Schoch
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THERE'S WORK ENOUGH TO DO.
The black bird early leaves it rest
To meet the smiling morn,
And gather fragments for its nest
From upland, wood nnd buvn;
The busy bee that wings its way
'Mid seals of varied hue,
And every flower would seem to say
"There's work enough to do."'
The cowslip and the spreading vine,
The daisy in the grass,
The snow drop and tho eglantine,
Preach sermons as wc pass;
The ant within its cacrn duep.
Would hid us labor loo,
And writes upon his tiny heap
There's work enough tu do."
The planet.--, at their Maker's will,
Move on wad in their enrs.
Fur nature's wheel is never still
Progressive as the stars !
The leaves that flutter in the air,
And Summer breezes woo,
One solemn truth to man declare
"There's work enough to do.'
Who then can sleep when all around
Ts active, fresh and free.!
Shall man creation's lord be found
Less busy than the bee 1
Our courts and alleys arc the field.
If men would search them through,
That best ihe sweets of labor yield,
And "work enough to do."
To have a heart for those who weep,
The sottish drunkard win;
To rescue all the children, deep
In ignorance and sin;
To help the poor, the hungry feed,
To give him coat and shot ;
To see that all can write and read
"Is work enough to do."
The time is short the world is wide,
And much has to he done ;
The wondrous earth, and all its pride,
Will vanish with the sun;
The moment's fly on lightning wings,
A-nd life's uncertain too;
We've none to waste on foolish things
"There's work enough to do."
ATjNT HANNAH AND THE CHURCH.
Aunt Ilaunah lived out of town.
Did I never tell you what a timel had
at our church last winter!' taid the to
rue one one evening.
'No; what of it!'
Now. aiut that strange I Thought I
had told everybody about it, to be j-ure.
La, well, "twill be new-s to you then.
You know Nora Tborndale, Jude Thorn-
dale's darter! She cum over tu our
house, and aid our congregation was
goin' to have a fair in the village ineetiu'
house 1'
'Do toll V sez I. Who's goin" to preach!'
'Oh Is paid hhc, mighty smiling, 'we
ain't goin1 to have preaching. A few
young por.-ons ot the congregation, who
seem to take a deeper interest in th-o
church's welfare than the meiul ers them
selves, desire to rurchase a few indispen
sable articles for the mcctin' bouo; and
we thought if all the church would pre
sent us cakes and pic-, aud meats and
euch things, wo would appoint a night to
cell them in tho vestry of the church, and
take the proceeds to buy the necessary
things. The plan was well received es
pecially by the young. You know the
money is to be spent for charitable pur
poses, and on that nccouut everything
given us will sell for double its value.'
'Well, I wouldn't have believed that
there was eo much wisdom left in the
world as to have cunjured up that,' Eez I.
"lis even so.' said Nora. 'And what
will you give T You live on a farm, and
farmers produce lots of things that would
be acceptable.
'Well, I will give you two roast tur
keys aud six roast chickens,' ecz I. think
ing that would be as much as eunybody
could expect these hard times,
'Urn 1 Well, what else ! 'Tis for the
cburcb you give it, you know. Church
members shouldn't be less anxious for
their interests than the world.'
'You see, I was a church member and
fibe wa'nt.
'Well, I'll give a jar of peach jam,'
sez I.
'That will help along some. A few
bushels of apples or a roast pig would be
acceptable.'
'She was so ravenous, I began to bo
sorry I offered her anything. Ilowsom
evcr, I thought I'd go the whole hog or
none, so I promised the pig and apples.'
'Of course, you will give us cheese and
pies, and cakes, and milk and cream, and
then I thiuk you will have done your
part at giin'. By the way, wc urc to
have historical tableaux, and Mrs. Amos
13rucc wanted you to take the part of the
Witch of Eudor. AH you will have to
do will be to dre3s to represent that ladv,
aod t-taod perfectly still behind a curtain; ' a proportion ta commit the dark crime j to the future iuterost of die city, ore pro
and people will pay something to see you!' of murder, recently transpired in our Meeting . important improvements fu this
'Wall. I'se old and ignorant, and didn't neighboring village of Crestline. We quarter, it may not be amiss to look a
know what Is about, so I consented. I had intended to give names of the parties j round nnd sco what our neighbors are do
scnt 'em the pig and the turkeys, and the- to this trans-action, but at the earnt'St so-,ing to tho same end. The great connec
chiekens and apples, and the rest of the ( ticitation of one interested wc have con- j ting railroads are the feeders of the city's
things wanted, up to tho meetiu' house, eluded to withhold proper names. Some prosperity, and upon their perfection and
the day before the fair.' j two years ago a man and his wife, with j their superior facilities depends success
'The nest day my husband tackled up their little family, from an eastern State j in the competition between existing cen
his old horse and chase to carry me to settled in Crestline. For the present we i tree of trade and business. Philadelphia
tho fair. Our old chase, somehow or shall call tho gentleman Mr. A . He has been expendiug liberally of late years,
other, don't look very well. There's a
hole in the top aud sides, and some of
the pokes of the wheels-are gone. The! sadly marred by tho frequent culls of a
wheels squeak powerfully, too. Wall, ; lawyer from MansGeld, who paid as he
wo hadn't but jist got iuto town, when it j thought, too many attentions to his wife,
seemed as if all the boys out of jail come! The husband brooded in silence ovor the
a holleriu' and hootin' arlcr us, as if they supposed inconstancy of bis bosom friend
was possessed.' 'tie never intimated his suspicions to her,
'Hurrah for the Witch of Endor 1 Her1 or any one el.-e, until the thought of dis
chariot approacheth I Make way for her ' patching his hated rival took possession
majesty !' j of his brain. But the query was how he
'Do ak them onsightly critters to be could accomplish this and escape deteo-
civil, sez I to husband 'my patience is
gone entirely. jtnc plan, lie went to a DraKemau on tuo
'At that he clambered ontof the chaise P. F. W. & C. 11. 11., with whom he was
and after 'em lick-erte-spit I and oh, mas-j on great terms of intimacy, aud to him
sy s-ako ! he dropped the reins on the communicated his suspicious, and pro
ground, and the old horse took a notion posed to give him one hundred and twen
to go aud he weut. You see he knew , ty-five dollars iu money, a gold watch
the way to the church, and put chase for and a suit of fine clothes, as a considcra
it. Husband he com.e hollerin' 'whoa, ; tion for killing tho MansGeld lawyer, or,
whoa!' jist as I was ridin' up to tho meet- as he expressed it. "to make buzzard's
in' houe. The meetiu' hou?c yard was . vistuals of him." Tho money and watch
full of folks a lafiiu' and starin' as if they ' were delivered; the brakemau entered in
hadn't no respectability in um. I got to the contract, apparently in good faith,
out of the chaie and made my way thro' but went tho next day aud informed the
the crowd, and when they wouldn't make: lawyer of all that had happened. Mat
room, I clbowd 'em right smartly. I'm ters rested for a few days. One evcuing,
desput thin of fleh, when I bit um they ! as the husband was approaching his home,
give back as if they'd been struck with a he beheld the lawyer leaving the house,
daztror. land on cnterinssaw his wife shut a bu-
Paid
twenty cents
to go into
the
church. The tables iuide did look beau
tiful. Nora, fbc explained the fixins to
me. There was grab bags that contain
ed a hundred things worth one cent, and
one thing worth ten, and you paid five
cents a grab, and if you grubbed right
jou would get twice your money's worth.
Aud there was a ring cake. 'Twos divi
ded into fifteen .slice. You paid a dollar
a lice, and one blice contained a ring
worth fifty cents. So that he that got
the right slice got a ring. And there
was guess cakes find ever so many sich
kind of thing?, tco numerous to mention.
'Wall, they drest mo up to represent
the Witch of Endor. I never was very
handsome, and they rigged asc up at such
a rate that I must b.3ve looked awful. I
stood bfhind the curtain, and people paid
a ninepeuce to come in and see me.
Some, went off mad; children geuerally
scared; some went off laffiu' as if they'd
split. I evidently produced a powerful
impression on all that saw me. People
at lat come to see me faster than they
could be accommodated. I could hear
um talking around the tables about the
Witch of Endor's pig, and turkeys, and
cake; and I begun to feel at length,
dreadfully as though I was making a fool
of myself. I stood there, fcelin' dor-putly,
and had jut made up a face to cry over
my unfortunate condition, when, all of a
sudden, down come the curtain, and there
I stood rL-bt afore um all 1 They sot
up sich a hurrain' as I never heard be
fore or since. 1 elbowed ray. way through
um like wildfire, and made for the gcttin'
out place and struck for home.
'Wail, I went home with all my Witch
of Endor rigiin' on. When husband
come to the door to let me in, ho was so
frightened that he set the do on me.
The do come towards me, growled and i
run bs if he d break Ins neck, aud I hav
en't seen him from that day to this. I
at last convinced my husband that I was
his beloved wife. When I explained it
all to him, the way he growled was a
caution.
'Wall, they raised $300 at that abom
inable fair. With it they bought an orna-
mental chsndclier and a silk pulpit cush
ion, and hired carpenters to make ginger -
bread work all over the mcotin' bouse.
I'm just of Mrs. Deacon Ware's opin-
ion about church affairs, 1 am that they
on-just iuu iifui uniuuieia unit "'-.Hioulu havebeou provontcdbv too po
.i t .1.1 ni .i.i.. f . . .
mouoxy ever loieratcu. one says
the older church members thiuk I
acsputly put upon at tho fair, nnd, Idol
clare, I don't believe but what I was."
A Man Without Money.
A gentleman some sixty miles below
New Orleans was accosted by a stranger:
'Sir, have you any money about you ! "It is one of tho United States. It is
'Yes,' was the reply, 'I always make it a .bounded by hugging and kissing on one
point to carry some with me, more or; tide and cradles and babies on tho oth
leHS.' 'Wellj' rejoined the straDger, 'I I er. Its chief products aro population,
wish to go across the river; tho faro is j broomsticks and staying out lato of nights,
ten cents. Would you accomoiodato me It was discovered by Adam and Eve
with that sum (
The gentleman, putting
on a iook oi wei aaecieu surprise, ex-lout ot Taradise. TUe climato is sultry
claimed : 'Sir, do you mean to say that, till you pass the tropics of housekeeping,
you haven't ten cents!' 'Yes, sir; I when squally weather commonly sots in
haven't a cent,' rejoined the stranger. j with such power as to keep all hands as
'Well,' responded tho gentleman, if you cool as cucumbers. For tho principal
haven't a cent, it'll make a d d little roads leading to this interesting State
difference which side of tho river you are,' ; consult the first pair of blue eyes you run
and cooljy left the stranger to his own ro-! against.
flections.
A Chance.
Any "respectable" man who wants to tbo mitten from his lady-Jove, was on the
marry ten thousand dollar?, with a wife point of making the fated leap into o
tbrown in, has .the opportunity offered ternity, when ho thought better of it; and
him. Wc eeo it is stated that "tho chief instead of destroying himself," sot down,"
of a band of gypsies encamped near In- 0nd composed those lines;
dianapolis, offers the band of his daugh-j j W00(j nut(jj jn sprjng tiem,
ter, with a dower of $10,000, to any re-: wc frawgs begin tu kruwl
spectablo man wno will marry ncr.
That "gal" will bo in demand,
A Case of Jealousy and Proposed Hurder.
! A case of foolish jealousy coupled with
wan, and is passionately attached to his
wife: but his domestic happiness has been
tion. At last as he fiuppo?cd, he lit upon
reau drawer
On her absence he exam
ined the drawer imagine his surprise at
discovering in it a large quantity of gold
coiu, which he supposed had purchased
i his wifes chastity. He was almost fran
tic, but said nothing; still hoping to hear
of the lawyer and the brakeman. On the
next morning the lawyer and the brake
man, by an understanding with tho wife,
who was "posted"' in the whole affair call
ed at the house; tho wife received thorn
in her quiet ladylike way; the husband
treated them with coldness and indiffer
ence, and begau to regard the brakeman
with suspicion of iufidclity to his trust.
The wifo quietly went to the bureau,
took therefrom the bag of gold, and tur
oinji to her husband said :
"Here is 3,741 which my attorney has
after a great amount of labor, collected
as my legacy, from tho administration of
my uncle, whom you did not kuow, and
who died iu N. Jersey, some eleven years
ago. Ilia kindly office, for which he has
retained a reasonable fee, has affected
you with jealousy. I hope this may teacb
j-ou never to impute crimes to others, un
less you have better evidence than mere
suspicion of their guilt.
The brakeman then arose and banded
over the watch, saying: "This is the
price set on the lawyer's head, but after
an investigation, I concluded he didn't
need killing, and I herewith return it to
you, hoping you will become a bctlcr and
wiser man."
The reader may imagine the effect
produced upon the jealous husband, by
being simultaneously convinced of bis
wife's fidelity, and possessed of S9.741 in
gold.-
-Crawford County Forum.
Another Man Dead, Sure !
The Marrying woman is married again.
Last summer was mentioned the circum-
stance of a German widow in tho Third
District caarryiug her fifth husband. A
month or two afterward wo published that
the lady was again made a widow by the
death of her filth by yellow fever. We
have now the record that she is again a
wife, having taken her sixth lawful hua-
jband, in duo forn, a few days ago.
i ir
wo
forbear repeating tho iokes to
1 which this wedding has given rise.
The
bus-
nnnr.ln .irmii.d look nnnn tho sixth
i band as a dead man sure, before the sum
mer s over, and say that the wedding
that i;ce Some of tho lady's German friend?
was!aay that t-he buried two husbands before
leaving tho old country
tue present husb'und is
If this bo true,
her eighth. iVT
pref
O. Crescent.
"Bob, where is the state of matrirao-
! ny!"
j while trying to find a northwest passage
"flever say Die."
A young gentleman having received
wen kahbiuge plants am simiiur up,
noe! I wood not di at all.
Some of the "Works of the Day.
While business aud enterprise, looking
.to perfect her business connection?, and
provide facilities for the increased trade
which this foresight warrants us in expec
ting. But though she has been busy oth
er cities have been equally as active, and
some of the works they have projected
are magnificent in their proportions.
The N. Y. Central llailroad, the most
formidable rival to tho Pennsylvania
Railroad, is preparing to build an exten
sive freight and passenger depot at Alba-
ny, witn a bcautiiui and costly iron Dnugc
over the Hudson River at that point, with
a view of connecting the Boston & Alba
ny llailroad, the New-York & Hudson
River Railroad, and the New ork and
Harlem Railroad. A spot has been so
lectcd ou the river in tho centre of the
business of the city, reaching from the
Hudson Biver to the Delevan House, and
covering an area about 800 feet long by
300 wide. Upon this is to be built the
freight and passenger depots, so as to
centralize all the business of the road,
and promote economy by having all the
conveniences to be centred at one spot.
Wharves by the side of tho depot to ac
commodate tho largest river steamboats,
and the whole business of receiving and
discharging freight and passengers is pro
vided with the best facilities for doing it
expeditiously and with the least cost.
The iron bridge is opposite the depot, and
is ou the same scale of magnificence.
The!c works when completed, will cost, it
is said,S2,800,000.
The New York and Erie Railroad is
carrying out a work which in magnitude
and extent, will exceed anything of the
kind in this country. They are prepar
ing to build a depot, storehouse and
wharves at Jersey City, on tho Long
Dock property. This, it is said, will in
volve an expense of four or five millions
of dollars, for tho purchase of wharves,
building of passenger and freight depots,
storehouses, and the construction of a tun
nel through solid rook a mile and a quar
ter long, tor a double track. When this
work is completed, it will bo one of tho
most complete arrnngemeuts for railroad
business in tho country.
Another work, closely connected with
tho business interests of New York, is
the ship channel which is to bo opened
from the Hudson to the East river oppo
site Hurlgate. New York, though now
possessing dock room for her ships twen
ty miles in circuit, still feels the want of
additional space for tho accommodation
of her commerce, and hence this new en
terprise of opening a channel to tho north
for the accommodation of the largest
steamers, and along which channel docta
will be built it whole extent. The esti
mated cost of this groat undertaking U
not given, but $1 0,000,000, it is believed,
will be the outlay to effect it. These are
some of the works which arc projected
for the benefit of the trade and commerce
of New York city. They are conceived
in n spirit of true metropolitan liberality
and foresight, whioh looks to the future
as well as to the present, and takes the
proper steps now to secure the means
which are to mako the benefits enjoyed
1 asti ng. Pkiladcljihia Ledger.
Smoking a Cause of Insanity.
The terrible ravages which tobacco is
making
on the bodies and minds of the
young, seems to be attracting tho atten
tion of medical men in various parts of
the world. In a pamphlet just issued by
Dr. Seymour, of London, on Privato
Lunatic Asylums, and the causes of in
sanity of lato year, the Doctor denoun
ces with emphasis as one of the produ
cing causes tho practice of immoderate
smoking indulged iu by boys and young
men at the Universities and "larger
pchools now called colleges." Ho says
that youths in their tecn3 smoke forty or
fifty cigars daily, and that boys twelve
years of ago miiy bo seen early in the
morning walking the streets with cigars
in their mouths. Tho Doctor's remarks
aro as applicable to tho youths of this
country as to those of England. No ono
conversant with disoa.-c can doubt that
excessive smoking, especially in tho ease
of young people, must bo highly injurious
to both mind and body. Its effect is to
depress the circulation tho heart bo-
comes
weak,
irreguiar in its action, ami
the pulse is scarcely to bo felt, ine vic
tem becomes irresolute and nervous, his
appetite fails, and his mind fills with im
aginary evils. This may continue for
years, but at length the smoker dies, of-
a 1 1 1 . rtl 1
! ten suddenly; then examinatidn has shown
that the muscular structure ot tbe bcart
is imperfect in its action; the left sido is
thin, and in Homo cases, in which sudden
death has occurred, there has been found
little more than a strip of muscular fiber
loft on that Bide.
Wra. Bell, a Blacksmith of Providence,
Luzerno county, killed Anthony Howloy,
of Scrnntou, on tbe 2d inst, -The verdict of
tho Coroner's jury was that the homicido
was iu self-defence.
riho Traveler's Tree of Madagascar.
This tree has been most celebrated for
containing even during the most arid sea
son a large quantity of pure fresh water,
supplying to the traveler the place of
wells in Ihe deeert. Whenever I requir
ed of the natives, they always affirmed
that such was the fact, and that so abun
dant and pure was the water, that when
the men were at work near the trees,
they did not take the trouble to go to the
stream for water, but drew off and drank
the water from the tree.
Having formerly been somewhat scep
tical on this point I determined to exam
ine some of the tree; and during my
journey this morning, we stopped near a
clump of the trees. One of my bearers
struck a spear four or fitc inches deep in
to the thick, firm end of tho leaf, about
six inches from its junction with the
trunk, and ou drawing it back, a stream
of pure, clear water gushed out, about
a quart of which we caught in a pitcher,
and all drank of it on the Fpot. It was
cool, clear and perfectly sweet. On fur
ther examination, I found that there was
no Alteration of the water through any
part of the plant, as I had been" led to
suppose when I had seen water drawn by
Sir William Hooker, from one of the spe
cimens in the palm house at Hew. There
was a kind of natural cavity, or cistern,
at the base of the stalk of each of the
leravep, above its union with the stem, and
the water whioh had been collected on
tho board and ribed surface of the leaf,
flowed down a groove or spout on the up
per tide of the stalk into this uatural res
ervoir, whence it supplied nutriment to
the tree, and refreshment to the traveler
or to the laborer.
But in Madagascar this tree might,
with propriety, be called the builder's tree,
rather than the traveler's tree. Its leaves
form the thatch of all the houses on the
Jiastern side of the Island. The stems
of its leaves form the partitions, and of
teu fides of the houses; and the hard out
side bail: is stripped from the inner aud
softer part, and having been bentrn out
flat, is laid for flooring; and I have seen
the entire floor of a loug, well-built house
covered with this bark, each piece being
at least eighteen inches wide and twenty
or thirty feet long. The leaf, when green,
is used for a wrapper for packages, and
keeps out the rain. Large quantities are
also sold every morning, in the markets,
as it serves the purpose of table-cloth,
dishes and plates, at meals; and folded
into certain forms, is used instead of
spoons and drinkiug vessels.
Buying- a New Stove.
Tho Toledo Blade tells a good story of
a young couple who set up housekeeping
the other day. A new stove was pur
chased, among other traps. A fire ac
cordingly started by the mistress of tho
house, the morning following her entry
on her responsible duties, when greatly
to hor surprise, and not a little to tho
chagrin of her "leigo lord," the flames
became extinguished and the room filled
with smoke. The stove had beeu warran
ted and highly commended by the deal
er of whom it was purchased, and tho
young husbaud, with indignation flash
ing iu his eye!, forlhwith started for tho
stove-dealer's establishment, wbere he re
lated the inability of himself and wife to
use tho stove, and demanded that his
money should be immediately refunded
him. An examination of the stove was
made, wheu it was ascertained that tho
lire had been kindled in tho oven.
Kissing.
Wo advise all young men aud sorao
old ones we know of to keep away from
Amity town-hip, Berks Co. There is no
real "amity" about it. A young man,
who has an appreciation of good thing,
kissed a beautiful girl in that township
tho other day, and the young creature
told her cross old pa, who prosecuted tho
young man and had him fined S5. It is
true, the girl said sho didu't want him to,
but who believes that! Sho didn't think
her father would bo so cruel. But let all
nice young men keep away form Amity
hereafter, and the girls will bo willing to
pay live dollars for a kiss. Just try it.
Tho following advertisement appears
in the Elmira Advertiser. The Corning
Journal thinks he will havo to lower his
standard or look elsewhere:
Wanted.
Six young men to learn tho Painting
butiness. Nano need apply who smoke
cigars, chow tobacco or drink rum. I al
so reserve tho privilege of doing all the
swearing myself.
Washington Smith.
2y"WclI, neighbor, what is the most
Christian news this morning!" said a gen
tleman to bis friend.
"I have just bought a barrel of flour
for a poor woman."
' Just like you. Who is it that you
have made happy by your chirity this
time V
"My wife I"
Years ago tho Mgnifioant letters G. T.
Gone to Texas were used as a mean.i
of marking upon the lodger bad debts.
now tho iuitiala G. P. P. Gone to Pike's
Peak aro used for tho same purpose.
Some writer says marriago is liko eat
ing an onion you shed tears and eat a-gain.
Exhaustion of the Soil.
There i, on an average, about ono
fourth of a pound of potash to every one
hundred pounds of soil, and about onc
eighfeb of a pound of phosphoric acid, and
one-ixteeuth of a pound of sulphuric a
cid. If the potatoes and the tops aro
continually removed from the soil, it will
soon cxhau-t the potash; if tho wheat and
straw are removed, it will soon exhaust
the phosphate of lime, if corn and tho
stalks, it will soon exhaust the sulphurio
acid Unless there is a rotation, or tho
material that the plant requires, suppil
cd from abroad, jour crops will soon run
out, though the soil may continue rich
for other plant?.
An acre of soil twelve inches deep
would weigh, say 1,G00 tons. Accord
ing to the above figures, it would weigh
8000 pounds of potash, 4000 pounds of
phosphoric acid, and 2000 pounds of sul
phuric acid. Estimating that potatoes
contain 20 per cent, of dry matter, and
that 4 per cent, of this is ash, aud that
half of the ash is potash, wc only remove
in a crop of 230 bushels, 60 pounds of
potash. Say that the tops contain 20
pounds more, and we have potash enough
in an acre of soil to produce a crop of
250 bushels of potatoes each yoar for a
century. A crop of wheat of 30 bushels
per acre contains about 26 pounds of ash,
and half of this, say, is pho.-phoric acid.
Allowing that, tho straw, chaff, &c, con
tain 7 pounds more wc remove from the
soil in a crop of wheat of 30 bushels per
acre, 20 pounds of phosphoric acid.
According to the above estimate, then,
an acre of soil contains sufheent phos
phoric acid to produce annually a crop
of wheat and sitraw of SO bushels per a
crc, two hundred years.
Two Sides to the Question.
When a man dies, people generally en
quire what property has he left behind
him 7 The angels will ak, what sood
deeds has he seut before him!
Hone.-ty, frankness, generosity, virluo
blessed trait! Re these yours, my
boys, and wo shall not fear. You will
claim the rrspect aud love of all. Yon
aro watched by your eiders. Men who
are looking for clerks and apprentices,
have their eyes on you. If you are pro
fane, vulgar, theater going, they will not
choose you. If you arc upright, steady
and industrious, before long you will find
good places, kind masters, and have tho
prospect of a useful life before you.
Portlpnd Tribune.
The Charleston Mercury says it is "a
piece of downright audacity to say the
Black Republican party looks to the over-throw-of
this Union." It adds:
"Disunion would be fatal in every
point of view to Black Republicanism.
; They know it well, and would seek to
prevent it, if they had the power and
j could succeed, even at the point of tbo
i sword. It is the strongest Union party
in the country, not only from policy and
, the dictate of self-prccrvation, but by
j the prinpiplesof consolidation which they
entertain."
! Senator Trumbull of Illinois is no
, less decided in his opposition to the Mas
sachusetts "two years' amendment,, than
. Mr. Lincoln, whose letter wc published
yesterday. Mr. Trumbll says that tbo
great Republican party of the country
stands pledged in its National platform
I "to oppose all legislation impairing equal
ity of rights among citizens."
j The Louisville Courier says that no
other Democrat in the nation except
I James Guthrie can bo nominated by the
Charleston Convention and be elected,
and "that not to nominate Guthrie is to
insure the election of a Black Republi-
: can.''
A man being awakened by the captain
of a boat with the announcement that ho
must not occupy his berth with bis boots
on, very considerately replied: "Oh tho
bugs won't hurt 'em I guess; they are an
old pair. Let 'cm rip."
Mistake. A Quaker intending to
drink a glass of water, took up a small
tumbler of giu. He did not discover his
mistake until ho got behind tho door and
swallowed tho dose, when he lifted up
both hands and exclaimed, -"verily, I have
taken inwardly tho balm of the worlds
people 1 What will Dorothy say when
she suiellcth my breath."
It is asserted that a man's finger-nails
grow their compKte length in four
months and a half. A man living.70
years renews his nails 1P0 times. Al
lowing each nail to bo half an inch long,
ho has grown 7 feet and 9 inches of fin
ger nail ou each finger, and on fingers apd
thumbs, an aggregate of 77 feet and 6
inches.
Sy"Won't you take my word sir,
when I tell you I will call nnd liquidatb
your, demand on Saturday morning
next!" said a delinquent dobtor to a dun
ning creditor, with .whom he had sharp
had rather you would keqj your word;"
JljrWby is a pig's tail like a carvig
knife! Recause it is flourished 'overa
ham.
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