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H.B. MASSES, ,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BDWBVHV,PA.
i Business .ttcn.WU.ln the CV"'".
thuniucrlund, Union, Lycoming and Columbia.
Htfer to I
1'. & A. Hi""""!
- I,ovrr.n & Baiibow,
. . SwonmiASS,
yi'hiitxi.
l1UJn&" - . .
nKIKOMIS, Mcb'Ani.AKIl &, 1.0.
Speiiing,'00" ,OM
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NEAV STOWS!
A M'W STOCK, or oows,
,li tc Wore "mmcri occupied !y Mil JJenr.
In Market Street, Sunbury.
fpiIE sulis.-ril.c-ra rcsiic-thilly inform U V"1'
.L lie Unit thoy have just rci-civt-il, utul uro inw
a' iTaNDSOM li ASfOItTMUNT OF DUY COOLS
Conuistini; in lirt (if
Cloth, Cassimcvcs, Sallvidh, Vcstin-r, J'"'i
hnn SCT, Cnliincf. Cin-Juimf, Lmrns,
Vcslinp, flimnch, Cuinhrits, Linens,
Fine Muslins, Ihndkcrcliics,
Gloves, Ifc ,
Ilanltvafc, iucriis-ivarc,
l)iti:iis ami Mkiiicisi-.s.
Al.NO:
A liltWiiHs.u'lnu'iil "f
Groceries, Pish, Salt and Plaster.
Llnlips .lii' lUulCniliisl'luiil mill Klnid l.ami"
AH ur which will lc sold on the most r.-aa.na-
liln tenns. .,..,.,
t:i?" Connlry jirnilurcrf all knuls taUen in
vlnmgo lit Uic"lat lii'ui-n.
JOHN 11UYEKS & CO.
Sutiliury, Avril 13, lSSlWly
" geeaTattiiactioii i 1
MiW AM CIIHAl GOODS,
JOHN W. FR1XING,
Karkct Street, Sunbnry, Pa,
m V S iiiKt ri'ii-ivoil uinl i';-i'ni'il n luvisn nupovt-
g nn-iit ul' 9lirr'nir ami I'lmic-o l'liiu'V
1Iiiii1o Dry (i.i.iiln, wi'll nilniili'd to llio riniiim
...... ...Thi.-Vi lm will noil lit the lowest iirii-i-K.
uiul
Hl.K-k emisisl of Kenernl assorlnWnt of almost nil
iirtielr f use in Uic Dry tiooJ line, consisting
in iiarl of
Cloths CnsmmereS) SuTfitAer-Siujf for
Clothing and Vesting.
Ladies Dpcns iioojls.
liloves. Hosiery, I.nrert, Shawl, Muslins, Shirt
iiitpTickiiigK, -M Ufi,ilisi Oiiih'hainK,
Linens,
l,SO i A general assortment of
altUCMllES, UAlimVAKE, QUKKWt
WAUE, LIQUORS, DllVCS, ASD
MEDICINES, PALSTS
AND DYESTUFF,
and evuty variety of art iv ies.
W I'oiinlry iiroiluee of nil kimls taken in Cx
i halite ut the liiijlicst market nriee.
Sunhiivy, Anril 27, 1850.
ZDIT55 8l CO.,
I MP OUT HUB op roui. KIN
. Books, Prints, Engravings, Stoticnary
Wilt I'ramcs and musical Instru
ment. No. 78 North 2ml HU, bclwccn Arch & Kaec,
l'lMLAllKLl'HIA.
1MT0HT to order and have constantly on hand
a very large assortment of irootU in Uicnhovo
iiuined lines at wholesale and retail, l'rmciimlly :
rrt ar cm sa 3
In German, Latin, Greek, Hebrew, French, Italian
Hjnuiisli and other languages ; Classic, Dielion
iiries, Grainmcrs, Vocabularies, School, Juvenile,
l'ie.tiirc. Drawing and Model Dooksfor Arehitecls
Cabinet, Curriiigo and other manufacturers.
MAI'S, GLOUKS and Blank Uooks of every
ilescriiition. fcileiidid LiUiogruphic and other
I'rinU.
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS.
Accordcons, Banjos, Hows for all string instru
ments, llriilire and Tailpieces, Clarionets, Fifes,
Flageolets, Flutes, Guitars, Octavo Flutes, Puient
Heads for Guitars and Violineellos, Tambourines,
Tuiiinu Forks and Hammers, Violins, Violin and
Guitar l'egs, Violineellos and Strings for all kinds
of, Instruments Wholesale ana nciaii Accor
deuns reuaircd.
Also constantly on hand, wholesale and retail,
a large assortment of the very best
GERMAN BRONZE P0WDE21
Dutch Metal, French and Florein Leal Metal
Thermometers, Hairjieiicil-Falier anil other
Lcadiieiicils, l!ed, White und Black Chalk Cray
ons, Mathematical Instruments, Scailinilors,
.Sliriilg Lamiel l'oeket FrcKcriulion and Gold
Scales and Weight Letter, Funey colored mid
gill Fancr Flaying Cards and other French and
Gorman Fancy Articles, for the sale of which
they are tho MAN UFACTUKEU8 AGENTS.
JulyO, 1H50--
BOARDING.
rpHE ubserilH-r will continue to receive and
I iu-rmrnodute a few transient or iierinuneiH
Ti,....,vpa at her reshlcnce in Sunbnry. Tho
l,.iin is iii Market Square, one door west of tho
,. hurir American" office, a handsome and
pleasant part of the town. To persons from the
...... i. isi Bornid a few months in the
ririntry during the summer season, Sunbury uf
lords a delightful retreat.
. . .'. ..... ANN C, MORRIS.
Juno 89, 1850
M US1CAL IN STRUM EN'l S.
CHAS. DUMMIG,
"No. 207 Chcsnut Street, front Arcade,
PttlLADELl'HIA. .
litPORTGIl and Manufacturer of all kinds of
I Mu-ical Instrument Fancy Ardcle and I oys.
Hii," are lower than tho-i of any other sUua
InlKlJlw. All kind, of Mu.c.d Instru
l',s rented in ti Urt wo.kmw.slup, and alo
111 T- " I
Ukenin trade. k .
I'ljilaiK'li'luuj.May 2., isjaiy
ir.TTKlt euwlope., ul vaiioui kind-. (vi
YANKEE 1IOODLE !
Wo have fit Inst a truo Yankco Poocllo sniiR
r Renuino Aniurican Bong a Bony; that is
liko Ihi; glad crlio of freedom to llm iloi if-ivo
ilogrul onco sung to inpult an oppri'sseil
pooplo. Ami it enmns tnofit opportiuiuly in
tho July number of Gorley.
Our thanks nro duo to Oodoy for Ibis sea
sonablfl piesdiilalion. I lo lins given ns a song
of oxiillnlicn that will bo fumiliar to millions
of people for long, lonjj years to como. Tlio
nutlior of "Mocna," nml many other most
exquisite poems, has perhaps writ ten mora
elegant nml ekiboralo poetry than that which
follows, but wo doubt that his pages contain
any that will find so hearty an echo in tho
bosoms' of his countrymen.
' ' Pnmi llivlcy's tally's Book, .Mly, I'jH
YANKEE DOODLE.
Tune "Yankee Doodle."
nv t. 8. noNono.
"Yankeo Doodle !" Long ago
They jilayed it lo deiido nsj
But now wo march to victory,
And Hint's the time lo guide tis !
Yankeo Diuidio ! ha I ha! ha!
Yankeo Doodle Dandy !
How wo made the lied Coals run
At Yankee Duodlo D.iudy !
To fight is not a pleasnnt pamo J
Bui, if we must, we'll do it !
When "Yankeo Doodle" once begins,
Our Vankou boys go through il!
Yankee Doodle! ha Mia! ha!
Yankee Doodlo Dandy!
,:Gn ahead !" tho captains cry,
At Yunkeu Doodlo Dandy !
And let her como upon tho sea,
The insolent invader
There tho Yankee boys will bo
1'iejiaied to souerado her !
Yankeo Doodle! ha! ha! ha!
Yankeo Doodlo Dandy!
Yankee gnus will sing the bass
Of Yankee Doodlo Dandy !
"Yankee Doodlo !" How it brings
Tlio good old days before us !
Two or three began tho song
Millions join the chorus !
Yankee Doodle! ha! ha! ha!
Yankee Doodlo Dandy !
Boiling round the continent
Is Yankee Duodlo Dandy !
"Yankee Doodle!" Not alone
The continent will hear it
But all the world shall catch tho tono,
And every tyrant tear it !
Yankee" Doodle! ha! ha ! ha!
Yankee Doodle Dandy !
Freedom's voice is in the snug
Of "Yankee Doodle Dundy!''
Skctcl).
I'ETEU I I.INN'I LIX'K.
nv rALCoxnninciE.
In that beautiful, quiet city of parallel
streets, sweet butter ami sweet women
Philadelphia there once did live a certain
native of the Emerald Isle, called Feter
i'linn. His vocation was that of tho most
honorable, because of its usefulness to the
commercial world driving a dray. Peter
owned a very ancient and nowise spry
horse, and an equally unstable dray, by
means whereof he essayed, and by ilmt of
great physical exertion, succeeded, in ob
taining loi' his large and growing family a
tolerable living.
Stephen tlitard lived and carried on his
immense mercantile transactions at the lime
of which I write, and was a principal per
former in my little story. The one-eyed
little Frenchman, tho great pet of dame
Fortune, was not a man of very wonderful
development of heart and soul, or sympa
thy in the misfortunes, crosses or losses of
his fellow beings ; but now and then he
was known, more through eccentricity than
aught else, to perform some very. creditable
and really magnificent acts of kindness and
generosity towards those falling in his way.
One day said he to Peter Flinn, whom he
had oft, and for a long time, employed upon
wharves, in hauling goods from his largo
ships to his warehouses.
"Pe-tair, I believe you have worked
vairy hard."
"Yes, sir, and be my soul, I have," re
sponded Peter.
"Vairy long time : you no save any
thlner?" said the banker, the merchant
prince, the millionaire !
- - . ..... ,t , ...
"lie my conscience, Mistiiur ue-ran, it's
not a ha'puth 1 save at all ; the devil his-
self might dance his hornpipes in my pock
ets of a Monday morning, without disturb
ing the toe-nail ol Ins nit again" me suver
that's there."
"Two. three, five, seven of do children
home, eh?"
"Faix, and its yerself that's guessed
exactly, Misthur (Je-rad ; i have seven as
brave boys and gals as iver ye clapped an
?ye upon, sir."
"Ay, yes, I see, I see ; vairy well, Pe-
tair, you shall have von chance presently,
by and by, directly, to do sumthing bettair
than drive de old horse and dray."
"raix, Misthur Ge-rad, it' mysell tnars
a saying it as should not be saying it
p'haps, but it's few men labor harder nor
longer, for the meat, bread, praties and hay
tliat we ate, mysell and Uurney, anil in
old hoss there ; and be my conscience, i
would be a god-send that would put us both
meself, and the poor ould taste there, over
all our ills and miseries," said lae uray
man.
"Ah, ah ! vairy veil, Petair, you come
into mv counting-house Ly-and-by," and
the little old Frenchman, with his hands
locked behind him, stalked off to pis count
in'-house. leaving the poor drayman con.
siderably mystified as to what the result of
this conterence was to oe.
13e dad," says Peter to himself, "may be
it's the ould feller's whim to set mo up in
Jmp! ot be gotry, to buy me a utw diay
.lu.l LiA-. O. be i.iv tuiiitKiici, luue
L no telling what tho ould jintleman.will do
I, when he takes the turn :" and thus solilo
quising, after a respectable delay, Peter
I presented himself at the door of the million-
I nir;.'a rminl.mr l-.tnm rtn.1 .itf1m.r lllR.ll:lt. Ill
he walked.
"Petair," said tho merchant prince, "ze
big Canton packet ship Mozart, lay down
at my wharf."
"Yis sir."
"She have one grand cargo often," con
tinued the banker.
"Faix, sho have," said Peter.
"To-morrow, Petair, ze whole cargo be
put under de hnmmaire, to bo sold to ze
highest bidder."
"Yis," Peter replies, still deeper in mys
tery as to what or how, Ihut could interest
or concern him.
"Vairy veil, Petair," continued the
banker, "to-morrow morning when ze zale
egin, be you dar; ze tea be put up two or
Ihree lots, one of ze merchants begin to bid,
den you bid de next "
"Me ! O be gorra, save your prisince,
Misthur Oe-rad, would it be for the likes of
Pet her Flinn to be among the merchants,
and bidding for a cargo of tea. It's mad
entirely they'd say I was."
"Nevaire mind ; you bid on ze tea
hen ze tea knocked down you take ze
hole," zen come to me, I fix 'em. Good
morning, Petair." And stumbling ana
awkward with astonishment, Peter got out,
and the rest of the day he went about mut
tering over to himself the entire strange and
lewildering part which he had to enact on
the morrow, at the grand tea sale.
Next day the merchants of the Quaker
city assembled on one of Girard's quays,
where the huge pile of chests of tea were
adv lor the auctioneers hammer and tne
bids of the merchants. It was a consignee's
lie cash was to be raised in short metre,
and the whole cargo was put up in three
parate lots, half cash, and the balance at
four months, with approved endorsements.
"Now, gentlemen," snid the auctioneer,
opening the sale, "we put up eight hun-
Ired chests ot Young Hyson tea what do
hear for this Hyson tea, warranted all
through as sample or no sale. How much
Jo I hear f .start it, gentlemen we shall
not dwell long on this tea. . iortycentsa
pound I hear bid; only forty cents a pound
forty, forty, forty, fbr-ty cents a pound
only is bid ; two and a half did 1 hear!"
"lis, fortv-two and a hall I bid," said
Peter Flinn, in a tone of voice that fairly
startled some of the merchants. The auc
tioneer paused.
"You bid, sir'!"
"Yis, it's me ; go ahead."
"H'e are not selling a pound or a box,
but S00 chests !"
"Be dad, and sure 1 know that, sir; go
on with it."
The merchants snickered, and the auc
tioneer grinned, no more bids Wfre made,
and down came the tea, S00 chests.
"I he name, sir V
"Peter Flinn."
"Where is your house, Flinn ?"
"Me house "
"Yes, your place of business."
"Me house? and faith I have no house;
its two rooms and a cellar 1 have iu Wather
street, and me place of business is round
here on the wharf."
"Your endorser's name, if you please ?"
"Stephen Ge-rad, sir?"
This dubious declaration . produced an
other stretch of tho phizzes of the mer
chants, and the auctioneer in great doubt,
put up another lot of five hundred diesis.
Jlown it went to Peter Flinn! And so
kewiso went the third. When the sale
was concluded, tho merchants glided off,
believing tho auctioneer was certainly a
"sold" man. ISnt on presenting the bills
and notes of Peter Flinn at the desk of
Stephen Girard, the old fellow cashed them
on sight, llie sales came to nearly qiuu,
000 ; the tea was much wanted in the raar-
t, and Peter got rare bargains and belore
noon next day received 15,000 bonus for
his bid on the cargo of tea. The cargo was
soon transferred, Girard indemnified, and
the poor drayman found himseli with a
snug little fortune in his fob.
"LET IS HE FHIENUS."
Let im be friends together,
Faithful and truo,
'Midst life's tempestuous weather,
Suusbino breaks through,
For a friendly voice, pleasant and waun,
( heers mo in padness,
Fills mo with gladness,
Whoa daikeus llio bluiiu.
Speak to mo friendly words
When we meet,
Soft us tho notes uf birds ;
Pino ami sweet ;
Then shall your own heart bo blest
With peace divine,
And mino-iu tranquil joy shall rest
Shall wo bo friends together
While life last,
boon its tempestuous weather, -
With me, will bo past,
If friends are but near me,
Willi kind words lo cheer mo, ,
Oh! nought shall deter nie,
From death and tho grave,
For Ho will go w ith me,
Who isablo lo save, . . '
The oldest oak tree in Belgium, which
was planted in tho reign of Charles V, about
1540 or 1550, was cut down recently, at Loo
borat. It measures 36 Joet in length and 18
feet in circumference. Pkuiks 2 foet wide
may bo cat from some of Iht branches. This
tree was purchased tor b0u by il, Vandcr
Banck,a cubiyet maker, at Oudenaerdo,
is said he intends tosond a plank, cut from
Uiis tree, from 4 to 6 feel wide, to the Euro
pean Exhibition in London, in 1151.
A Keduccd Faib. Wo know a youn;
ludy, who, in her horror of old-iuaidibin, has
uniuvud at thu botlout of hci . cul J.--, . 1 N
Ibajuliubk Ulivl U (11 be H.lliJ.'' : '
flifttiivifiil
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I-ASSAGES FftOM A WUltK ON MEMI'O.
Soon after the occpalion of Mazatlan, I
made the acquaintance of a young Mexican
girl, of a respectable family in Giidatajara,
who had eloped with her lover, an officer
stationed in this province. Shu was better
educated, and far more intelligent than the
generality of her country-women, with all
tho graceful, winning ways peculiar to
Creoles. She was living with an old rela
tive, in a cottage near tho skirts of the
town and I frequently sought her society,
listened to the low, sweet cancioncius of
her native land, or seated beneath tho shade
of a spreading tree in the inner patio, she
would recite by the hour old legendary re
dondillas and ballads of Mexico while her
servant played with the sweeping masses of
her jet black hair ; she was very proud of
it, and often told me, that when she be
came poor, it would serve her for a Man
tilla, she had soil feminine features, pale
complexion lighted by large, languid, dark
eyes. She was a tall and slender girl, but
with the smallest feet I ever beheld. This
was Dolores. Her mind appeared to par
take of the mournful signification of her
name, and even during her gayest moments
she was always tinged with sadness. Poor
Lola! she was thinking of her lover, who
had left with the troops on our coming.
Keturning one morning from a fatiguing
night skirmish, the servant Tomasa met me
on the road, and placed a note in my hand
from her mistress. It was simply a desire
to see me. Without going to the quarters,
turned my horse's head towards the town,
and soon dismounted at the house. The old
aunt received mo with some agitation, and
I could see the shadow of Dolores reflected
from an inner room. "Qc ktiu Sc.nor?"
Nala, una csenrnmuza, no mas " "Ymitrr-
tos ."' "Qui.cn Sulic ! pvc.de stir vn official
de mtedrs." "What's the news?" Nothing
but a skirmish." "Any killed?" "Yes,
perhaps one of our officers." At this re
ply Dolores entered the chamber, and with
quick, low voice, nsked, "And the color
of his horse, senor ?" "White !" She burst
into tears, and sank to the floor. 1 after
wards learned that it was her lover, who,
however, had only been slightly wounded.
He had been in the habit of entering the
port disguised as an uniero, and was ex
pected on the morning alluded to. Had I
known what he was capable of doing at a
later day, he might have lost the number of
his mess, instead of receiving a buck-shot
in the. leg.
From this period poor Dolores became
more and more triste and depressed. She
never was seen again in the plaza the mu
sic had lost its charm her books were
thrown aside, and she could hardly mingle
in conversation. Some weeks went by,
and duty claiming all my time, I had not
called for many days. Late one night To
masa came running to the Garita, and, with
breathless haste, told me that her rnistfess
was very ill and wished to see me. A few
minutes' gollop took me to the door. The
old lady was weeping, and poor Lola was
lying upon a low couch, with blood slowly
frothing from her lips but I thought there
was a gleam of pleasure in her eyes. She
had burst a blood vessel at least I imagin
ed so at the time and I instantly dispatch
ed a boy on my horse for a surgeon. In
the sequel I discovered the cause. Tomasa
informed me sue had heard tho aenora
scream, and upon entering the room luund
her lying insensible on the 6iound, deluged
in blood, and on coming to she had begged
her to say nothing, but send for me. The
fact was, that her lover had again stolen in
to town, and whether from vile jealousy or
natural brutality of disposition, had the
lastardly cruelty to beat tho poor, unresist
ing girl, with the hilt of a pistol, until she
fell lilelessfrom heavy blows showered upon
her breast and shoulders. This was fully
hown by the post-mortem examination.
The miscreant fled, and many an hour of
sound sleep ho cost me, in hopes of getting
a glimpse of him along the tube of a rifle.
At the time there was a chance of re
covery; and daily, alter the hemorrhage
ceased, I sat by her bedside and tried to en
courage her with anticipations of returning
health. 1
"A"o ! no ! me voy mourir. It is all
useless, I am going to die!" counting with
or thin fingers "in thrue weeks! Jltj dc
vii! for the last sight of my native land!"
Sometimes I would read to her a Spanish
translation of Sue's Mysteries of Paris, and
she never tired of saying Fleur de Marie,
"Probrt cttu! que dolor!" Poor thing!
what sufferings :" bho was gradually sink
ing, but still her spirits rose, and her big
black eyes became more and more luminous.
Jt was sorrowful, indeed, to see a young
girl, so beautiful and bright, just bidding
adieu to life.
She had the best medical attendance, but
another hemorrhage ensued, and the lamp
of life was fading fast. At last Tomasa
came for me: "Diosdcmiulma! LtSenora
cslit mourietide My mistress is dying." ' I
found tho sick chamber filled with women;
and a priest, While a number of tapers
threw a strong light upon the nearly breath
less sufli rer. 1 he padre soon accomplished
his drawing work a crucifix was pressed
to her pallid hps the bed and floor sprink
led with holy water a hasty ave was mut
tered, and thev then withdrew. : Fortu
nately, a sister had arrived a few days pre
viously, and it was a great consoiuuon to
the dying girl. I drew near and seated
myself at the couch. She placed her limp
little hand in mine told her sister to sever
a tress lrom her hair when she was dead
and drawing a ring Iroiu her finger, smiled
faintly, say ing, "Jlcutrde mi par umistaj
liememember nie kindly." An hour pass
ed, and I was forced to leave indeed,
while every breath came fluttering to the
lips, weaker uud weaker, I could Hot hear
to see the last, I wliispeli d "(Wio," ki-iid
her pale loivhcaJ, aud went away.
1 Si'" expired just at midnight. During
i I1 "'hole period of her illness she never
i once murmured a reproacn ngainsi ner
lover, but left him a blessing When she died.
If such beautiful devotion litis not heaped
coals of fire upon his head, he is more than
man. The night (bl lowing her decease i
was seated on a tombstone in the little cem
etery near the port, when my eye was at
tracted by a flickering torch, and advancing
I met the corpse. We made five in all.
The grave was open, and wo lowered her
gently down. All was still, save the con
vulsive sobs of Mannefa, and the rolling
earth falling upon the coffin the dew
sparkled by the reflection of tho blazing
torch the Work was done lights extin
guished, and mourners gone. Alas, poor
Dolores! I have preserved your tress and
ring, and time has not yet erased the re
membrance of your love and sufferings from
a stranger's breast.
Cuiuous Et'iT.M'ii. Tho following curious
insciiptinn appears in the chiirc.hyaid, Pcw-
sey, Dorsetshire :
nr.iu: i.i ks Tin: ihiiiy '
or
Lahy O'Loonky,
tjieat Nieeo of Buike, ,
Commonly called llio sublime.
She was
Bland, passionate, and deeply religious ;
Also, sho painted
lu water colors,
And sent several pictures
To tho exhibition.
Sho was the first cousin
To Lady Jones,
And of such
Is tho Kingdom of Heaven.
A CAM'tLATINU l!KIUEiUOOM.
Pvo known sonic very mean men in my
time, lhere was Deacon Overreach, now,
ho was so mean, ho always carried a hen in
his gig box when he travelled, to pick up llie
oats his horse wasted in the manger, and lay
an egg for his breakfast in tho morning.
And then there was Hugo Himmohnan, who
made his wife dig potatoes to pay for the
marriage license. I must tell you a story of
poor Hugo, for its not a bad one; and good
stories, like potatoes, ain't as plenty as they
used to bo when I was a boy. Hugo is a
neighbor of mine, thou"h considerably 'older
than I be, und u mean neighbor he is, too.
Well, when ho was going to get married to
Gretchen Kolp, ho goes down to Parson Kod-
gersj at Digbyt lo get a license. "Parson,"
says ho, "what's tho price of a Jicenso?"
('Six dollars," says he. "Six dollars !" says
Hugo; "that's a dreadful sight of money!
Could'nt you tnko no loss ?" "No," says hoj
''that's what they cost mo at tho Secretary's
office at Halifax.'' "Well, how much do you
ax for publishing in Church, then V "Noth
ing," says tho parson. "Well," says Htigo,
('that's so cheap 1 can't expect you to give
no change back. I think I'll bo published.
How long does it take?" ''Three Sundays.''
"Threo Sundays!" saysllugo. "Well, that's
a long time, too. But tin eo Sundays only
make a fortnight after all ; two for the covers
aud one for the inside like; and six dollars is
a great sum of money for a poor man to
throw away. 1 must wait." So off ho went
a-jogging towards home, and a looking about
as mean as n new sheared sheep, when all at
once a bright thought came into his head,
aud back bo went as hard as his horso could
carry linn. "I arson," says he, "I've changed
my mind. Here's tho six dollars. Pll tie
tho knot to-night with my tongue, that I can't
undo with my teeth." "Why. what in natur
is tho meaning of all this?" says tho parson.
"Why," says Hugo, "I've been ciphering it
out in my head, and its cheaper than publish
ing banns, alter all. You see, sir, it's potato
digging time ; if I wait to bo called in church,
her father will have her work for nothing;
uid, ns hands uro scarco and wages high, if
1 marry her to-night, sho can begin to dig
our own to-morrow, mid that will pay for tho
license, and just seven shillings over; for
there ain't a man iu all Clements that can
dig and carry as many bushels in a day as
Crotchet! can. And. besides, fresh wives.
pku fresh servants, work like smoko at first,
but they jjet sarcy and lazy utter a while."
Life in a Colony.
Bath kr Sr.uicirs Joking In Lowell, (111.)
a happy couple wero recently married, and
iu the evening the rowdies of tho neighbor
hood collected and cherivaiiod llio party,
firing guns, pistols, und nmkiiig nil manner
of hideous sounds; ut length cake was hand
ed round to tile oulsidurs each cake Con
taining a portion of tartar emetic. Tho con
sequence was that tho music uf sheep and
cow bells wero soon changed for what can
be butter iingilied than described. Cin. Com.
Spttn oh the Erik IUIlboao. Tho Ex
press train en the Erie Railroad, on Saturday
lust made ifio trip from 1'ieimoiit to Jeffer
son, at tho foot of Soueca Lake, a distance Of
2S1 miles, in eichl hours und twcnty-sii min
utes.. This is ut tho late of 33i 'miles per
hour, including stoppages. The speed, du
ring a groat portion of llie time, must hato
been at the rate of 40 miles per hour.
Never lul people work for you gratis. 11
you do you will never gut out of their debt
in all eternity. Two yeais ago, a man car
ried a bundle for an editor downuast, lo Bus
ton, froo of cost. Tho consequence is that he
has boon lending him two shillings a weok
ever since.
' A Macnifuknt IIoii-l, surpassed by
none iu tho United States, is to be built at
Nia-uia F.1L, d tt ot $200,000.
From tho Pt itnsrlrnnia Tekwt.:
USEFUL, RECIPES AND SUOOES HONS.
BY H. P. WHITE.
Remember that, at all seasons Of tho year,
but moro especially whilo yout animals arc
kept on grain, snculentand lormentablo food,
tlio supplying a liberal nllowanco of salt, is
indisponsablo to health. Boxes containing
it, shniilp bo kept constantly whore they can
havo froo access to thorn, and partako of tho
sanitivo luxury whenever they nro disposed
to do so.
A lato French author recommends pota
toes, three-fourth boiled, as a substitute for
snap in washing hands. The nso of this pro
vents chapping in cold weather, and retains
the skin soft and healthy.
If you manufacture yout own candles, im
morso tho wiuks iu lime-water, iu which a
litllo nitre, (salt-pctre,) has been dissolved,
and dry them before dipping. Tho light
from such is much clearer, aud the tallow
will not "run."
lu burnishing liiilannia ware, rub tho sur
face gently iu tho first place with a woolen
cloth, dipped in sweet oil ; then wash in to"
pid suds, rub with soft leather and whiting.
Articles burnished iu this way, retain their
lustre till tho last, if carefully used.
Brass kettles, before using, should bo care
fully cleansed with salt and vinegar.
Woolen goods should bo washed in Very
hot suds, but never "rinsed." Tepid water
causes them to shrink.
It is a bad plan to put now earthen ware
into boiling hot water j it should first bo
plunged into cold water, and placed over a
tiro where it will heat moderately to the
boiling point, and then bo permitted to cool
ngain. This process greatly promotes tho
toughness and durability of common earthen,
ware, which is generally objectionable for
domestic uses on account of its fragility.
Thu glazing on this kind of ward will remain
uninjured by tho boiling if a handful of ryo
or wheat bran bo added to tho water, and
prepare it to withstand successfully, and for
a long lime, tho action of acid or salt.
Suet will bo kept perfectly swoet and good
the year round, if finely chopped and packed
closely in a jar, with tho lop covered with
molasses,
Beds slinfdJ be f.lied with batley straw in
preference to ryo, oat, or wheat straw, when
obtainable. Tho husks of Indian corn, care
fully selected, and slit into shreds, make an
excellent article for beds. They aro durable
clean, not very likely to absorb moisture and
are not objectionable on account uf making
dirt.
Never permit your domestics to take up
ashes In wooden Vessels, or to deposit them
when removed from tho hearths, in places
whero thoy will como in contact with com
bustible matters.
A few ounccsof soda will soften a hundred
gallons of tho hardest water, tor washing
it possesses a marked superiority over pot or
peail ash, giving a delicato whiteness lo tho
linen, without tho slightest injury.
Gather up all tho premature droppings
from your apple, pear, peach and plum trees,
and cither burn or feed ihem to swine, or
other domestic animals. The immature fruit
beneath your apple trees contains tho cause
of thu injury you sustain in your crops, in
tho form of a small worm, and should there
fore bo destroyed at once. By fencing fruit
orchards, and depasturing them with swino
during tho mounlhs of June and July or even
till tho close of August, if tho fruits aro of
late varieties, tho Inline health and prdduc
ted and increased.
Horse faddish may bo had all winter by
taking tho roots from the soil w hen at perfec
tion, grating them and placing tho articlo in
jars or hollies filled with vinegar. Tho air
should bo thoroughly excluded by corking,
and covering the nozzels witH molted sealing
wax. It is a superb article.
Green peas may bo had from ono year's
end lo another, by gathering (hem when full,
(ihullingand drying them thoroughly in tho
p hade, but where thero is it fair circulation
of air. When dried, place them in air tight
vessels, closely secured by coiking, and put
them away for uso. Beans, green com, and
other vegetables may tie preserved in tho
same way. Currants and gooseberries, pick
ed when green, carefully divested of thoir
steins and blossom ends, and packed in tight
bullies, securely protected from thu uir, will
letaiu their soundness nlid llavor unimpaired
for years.
Boil and'skinl your molasses boforo using
it. When applied for clilinary purposes, this
is a prodigious improvement. Boiling tends
to divest it of its unpleasant, strung flavor,
and renders it almost equal to honey. When
largo quantities aio made uso of, 11 is con
venient to prepare several gallons at a time.
Use hard 6oap lo wash your clothes, if you
can obtain tliat of good quality, and Soft soap
iu cleaning wood. In tho wash room, soft
soap wastes a good deal, and for this reason
is less economical than haiJ.
If you keep hens, and desifo' to render
them a sourco of profit; as well as luxury, see
that they are liberally supplied with flesh.
Tho fish taken in ordinary streams, afford an
excellent and most grateful substitute for tho
Husk of animals, and can yeuerully be ob
tained in uliiiost any desirable quantity, and
ut comparatively small expense. Wheu at
large, the lieu is caruiveiuus, aud piovuros
much of her daily food from tho resources of
the Insect world; devouring almost indiffer
ently, und with little discrimination, all such
iiioecls, bugs, flies uud worms, as full iu hct
way. I'll., e pioinote fecundity, unit iu sitii
aiious wheic iho i Jupiivtd ot the piivikgc
of catering for herself, either tnese,- or omo
adequate substitute, i the form' of more tti
lid viands, must be supplied, o aim feill
to lay. Neglect of i hi,, j8 ,he principal eatIM
why hens, closoly confined, aro So' generally
Complained of as unprofitable.
Windhand, Me., May, lSSff.
At iViPEnf or the PBrsioENt. trie acts
and epoechos which mafked tho closing
scenes of Gen. Taylor's life, will doubtless be
gathofod up, and trensured In the mefnoryof
his countrymen. Tho following anecdote is
related of him, and whetrfei truly reported
or not, is cerlainly ch'aractefistic. the New
York Mirror says :
It is but a fev days since, when ft delegai
tion waited upon him to remonstrate against
his liberal position on the slavery question
and to talk of disunion as tho inevitable con4
scquOnco of tho admission of California as a
free State; that ho uttered these memorable'
words ; "Gentleman," eaid the President,
"if ever tho flag of disunion is raised within
tho borders of iheso United States while t
occupy tho Chair, I will plant tho stars and
stripes alongside of it, and with my own hand
strips it down, if not a soul comos (o my aid
souih of Mason & Dixon's line!"
Tketii set on Edge All acid foods:
drinks, medicines, and tooth washes and
powders, aro very injurious to the teeth. If
a tooth is put in Cider, vinegar, lemon juicoj
or tartaiio acid in a few hours the enamel
will bo completely destroyod, 66 that it carl
bo removed with the fine nail as easily as
if it wero chalk. Most have experienced
what is called having tho teeth set n edge.
Tho explanation of it is, tho acid of the fruit
that has been eaten has So far softened thd
enamel of tho tooth that tho least pressure is
felt by tho exceeding small nerves whicH
pervado tho thin mcmbranCo which connects
the enamel and tho bony part Of the toOth.1
Such an effect cannot bo produced without
injuring tho enamel. Truo, it will become"
hard again when tho acid has been removed
by the fluids of tho mouth, just as an egg
shell that has been softened in this way be
comes hard by being put in water. Wheri
the affect of sour fruit upon the teeth has
subsided, they feel ns well as fever j but
they ard not as well. And the oftner it is re
peated, the sooner will tho disastrous conse'
quonceS bo manifested. Family" Visiters
The Papkrs state that the mOst distressed
man who suffered bjr the late fire at San
Francisco, was a Dutchman who lost his
fiJdle. lie was perfectly inconsolable and
weut through the' streets crying and
screaming at the ton ol his olce.oAi mini
flddal miriefiddul!1
A gentleman was waked the otbtr ftigbl
and told that his wife was dead. He tur
ned rdtind drew the coverlit closer pulled
down his night cap, and mutteredj a be
went to sleep again : "Ah; how grieved 1
shall be in the morning."
Partisan Spirit: An orator Ut It paf
tisan political meeting is said to havethuh
dered forth this "noble sentiment.' "Mn
Chairman, If I was a Siamese twin, and
my brother on the other side, Pd Cut the'
rascal off." Overwhelming app!dtise.
The rivalry out west among newspapers
is so great that one journal has promised to
publish accounts ot all "terrible accidents''
twelve hours in advance of their occtir
rence.
A Texas pater gives the following
calition : "Don't be surprised ifj after jou
have sailed smoothly eight or ten months
on the Voyage of matrimony, you are slid
dfuly overtaken by squalls."
From the Boston P.m.
COMPENSATION.
Tlitre is no snushino that hath not its shade,
Nor shadow that the sunshine hath not made;
There is no cherished comfort of tho heart
That doth not own its tearful counterpart.
Thus, through a perfect balance, constant flow
Tho sharp extremes of joy and those of wde j
Oui sweetest, best reposo results from atrifej
And death Wliai is ii, uuer uu, um mw '
TOMATO PKE9EKVE9.
Preparo a syrup by olarifying sugar; melted
over a slow fire, with a little' waterj by boil;
ing it until no scum rises, or good molasses
may bo clarified by adding eggs, boiling, and
carefully skimming. Take tho tomatoes
whila green, put them in cold syrup, witK One
orange sliced to every two pounds of tomatoes
Simmer them oter a slow fire for two or three
hours. Thoro should be equal weights t-f
sugar and tomatoes. Some, when superior
preserves aro wanted, add fresh lemons Sliced
und boil with the tomatoes a few peach
leaves and powdered ginger in bags, toma
toes when ripe; make a fine preserve, peeled
and treated as above; but the fruit is apt Id
full to pieces in the process of preserving;
consequently more care is required when it
is desirable to prevent this.
ULACKllERtlY VBUi
We are indebted to a friend fdr the follow
ing receipt for making blackberry sytup;a
This syrup is said to be almost a specific for
tho Summer Complaint. In 1832 it was (00'
cessful in mora than one case of cholera.
To two quarts of thd juice of blackbeiriea,
add one pound loaf sugar, i oi: nutmegs,
oz. cinnamon, pulverised, 4 oz. cloves, i or.
ulspice, do. Boil all together fOf a short time
and w heu cold, add a pint of good fourth
proof biandy. From a teaspoouful to a wine
j;!.!., accuiding to the age of the patient, ie
to be given.