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" E B 1A353?,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
Business attended to in Counties of ) Nor
shumbeilsnd, Union, Lycoming and Columbia,
lie IV r to 1
" P. & A. HoviiciiT,
Lowik A. Unno,
So mis &. ttKiinoHAHii,
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KiriroLita, McKsai.ss" & Co
THE VKKY L ITEST AHIllTAL.
NEW GOODS,
AT THE STORE OF
12. JL T. CLZIEITT,
WHO takes this method of informing lii
friends nnd customer, thnt he litis just re
ceived nnd opened a splendid assortment of
N E W GOODS,
which lie offers to the public at tho lowest prices
'" His stock consists of every variety ami qmility.
ooccssary for the farmer, mechanic, and laborcrj
well is the iiroJrttsionjl man, viz.: all kinds o
Mens A pa re 1.
,UCH ASCU.TS, CASHIMKKES, SATTIXKTT9,
VKSTINtit, Ac.
ALSO !
a largo assortment of
CalUees, Movsseline De Laints, Alpaccas,
' Merinos. Shawls. Itmidktrihieft.
Gloves, Hoitcrij. t'icc.j,
Cumbricf, (ling
hams, frc.
Also a Ittrjje atKorlment of
Baols and Shoes, Hut and Cups,
Gin ver Shoes,
Also as Assoutmuxt or
READY MADE CLOTHING.
i general assort itwtit of Grocerit-, Sugar,
CoflVe, Tea, (Jliti'n, Mi-l;is't-s,
Spices.
An naKortnirtit of
Hardware, JS'tuis, .SVcci end Iron.
Liquors, .
uch a Brandy, Gin, Run, Whiskey, &c
1ST Produce of nil kinds will 1m' tuketi in ex
change, ind the higliest murket price paid for tius
. Sunbury, Mov. 30, ltf.'il) ly.
" GREAT ARRIVAL
OF
NEAV GOODS!
Market Street, Sunbury, Pa,
JOI5X W. KUIMNd respectfully in(orms his
friends and ctistoniers that he has just re
ited a largo ami huudnouii! assortment of
Drv (lootls.
Consisting of Cloths, Cnssi meres, Sattinetts,
De Laine-i, Culuoi's, Fancy
and Staple Uouds.
At.SO:
GROCERIES of eivry lfscriition,
Dm ns AST) Mi'UnoiNF.
aiTEENSWARE AND HARDWARE.
Fish, Salt. Plastty and a general assortment of
sll such solids os will suit all closscH ; the Far
mer, Mechanic, Laborer and (ieiitleiueii of all
profe.i!ijus.
The ic
Will find a pt variety of all such artitdes as
hoy wdl need tor the present season.
Clf Country produce of all kinds taken in ex.
change at the highest market price.
Sunbury, IW, 9. 1j0.
SI0RE NEW GOODS
A I IIe !'cw More of
JOHN UUYEUS&CO.,
Market Street, Suabury.
WHO hai juet received and opened a large as
sortment of new and fashionable goodi, of
riry variety, suitable for the fall and winter sea
un, for all persons ; ind to which he call, the it
ailtion of frland and customers. Hi tock con
litta in part of
DUY (OOD!i.
81U'H AS
.", Cloffc, Cuiiimeres, Stinnetts, Mcrinoi,
'!. fie Lames, Calicoe$, Shawls, Jlnnd-
kerthitfi, atul all kinds of wear
,. ing apparel. , .
!, ALSOs
' Hardware, Queennware,
' Groceries, Fish, Salt and Plaster,
ind ill irlioles that may be wanted by the com-
unity.
The Ladies
rVUl find, by railing it Ida atom, that he hai not
. i e . ... . ....I Mdnulf.illu
Mil unmiuuiui oi meir wam-v
nviix tl.m tn enamlne his selection.
CW Country produce ef all kinds taken in ex-
hanga for goods at the lilgnesi inarmi pru.
Sunbur),Nov.9, 18S0.---ly.
SEW STAGE LINE
FROM POTTSVILLE TO SHAMOKI."
A new line of sUnes is now running daily be
oreen the above places. A comfortable two horse
Use will leave Ml Caruiel for Hlumokin, itnine
iaiely sUer the arrival of the Potuville stage at
hit place, and will return the next day from
.hamokin, so as to meet, the Potuville stage on
return to Putlsville. ,
' From Shamokin to Trevorton
lore will be established a DAILY LINE by next
nrina- ao as to connect with tins line it Hliamukin.
ik the mmn time private conveyances will be in
tiilineae at 8haraokm on tne arrival ol pasaen
CONRAD KER8HNER.
Ebemekin, Dec 14, lSaOtf.
H kV frtureau'i celebrated iuk, end also Con-
DecetnUr S, 18M.
SELECT POETRY.
From Fisher's Drawing Room "crap Bool,
The Fooliih Quarrel.
"Hush, Junim ; 'tis quite certain
That Ihe roliVe wns tint strnnrr
Own your nrrnr I'll forcrive yon
Why so alubborti in Ilia wrong 1"
"You'll forcivB mR ! Sir, I halt" vnu !
Yon have used me like n t;hnrl ;
Have my senses ceased lo enide roe
Do you think t am a girl ?"
"Oil nn ! you are n pir) no longer,
But a woman, formed to please ;
And its time you should abandon
Childish follies such as these n
"Oh, t hale vou ! Bnt why vex mo 1
If I'm old, you're elder still ;
I'll ho longer be your victim,
And the creature of your will."
"But Juana, why this poiher 1
It might happen I was wrong J
But if common sense inspire me,
Still, that coffee was not strong."
"Common sense ! Yon nver had it !
Oh, that ever I was born
To he wedded to.a monster,
Who repays my love with scorn."
"Well, .lunnn, we'll not quarrel
What's the tw of bitter strife ?
Bnt I'm sorry I ntn married ;
I was mad to take a wife."
"Mail, indeed ! I'm clad you know it J
But if there be a law in Spain,
I'll betietl to von no Inntrer
1 am weary of the chain."
"Hush, Jnana ! Shall the servants
Hear, you argue, ever wrnnu ?
Can you not have done with folly 1
Own the colfeu was not silting "
"Oh, vou eoatl me past endurance,
Triilirnr with my woman' heart ;
But I loathe von, anil detest yon
Villian ! Monster ! Let iis'part !"
Lnnrr this foolish qnartel lasted,
Till Jnana, half nfrniil
That her empire wa in peril,
Smnmon'd never-failins aitl :
Snmmori'd tears in copious torrent,
Tears, nnd sth, and piteous siahs ;
Well she knew the potent piactiue,
The artillery of the eyes.
Antl it chanced ns she imagined
Beainiftil in prief was she
Beautiful, lo best advantage :
And a tender heart had he.
Kneelinff at her side ho sooth'd her,
'Dear Jnatni. I was wronji;
Never more I'll contradict Mu
But, oh, make my coffee utrong .'"
Select alc.
From RirtJtin's Union Matrnzin.
THE KENNEBEC CAPTIVE.
BV UKV. JOHN TODD, D. D.
(Concluded.)
Capeeno was a Canadian Indian, of the
Lorette tribe, and though his people were
in the service of the British, and were lilil
ins asraiiitit the Americans, vet lie had re
mained in the forests of Maine, and had not
taken up the hatchet on either side. He
had received manv kindnesses at the 'brick
house,' and little 'Susa' was a threat favorite
with him. Me went to her, und lon; was
their secret talk. Every day for three
lays, did he come antl sit and smoke, and
listen to the persuasions of the 'leetle
squaw.' At last he seemed to come to her )
views, for, on receiving the best blanket
from her bed, a pillow case full ol Hour, a
new knife, a strip of lead, which the
naughty pu-1 pulled from the roof of the
house with her own hands, he left, struck
into the woods, and was seen no more.
file next storm that came, told that the
lead was gone, but where gone none knew.
Who could steal it!
Just at (he close of a sultrv summer's
day, two officers were walkinj arm in arm
on the heights ol (Quebec, discusin; the
news of the late victory which Washing
ton had obtained in New Jersey. They
were amusing themselves at the whipping
he was about to receive, evidently greatly
mortified that the boot had been on the
wrong foot of late.
What would vou five for his neck,' said
one 'should Lord Howe catch him?'
Just as much as I would for the necks
of all Congress, when we had once subdued
them,' said the other.
'Howe thought he had the ragged army
of Washington once sa hemmed in that he
could not escape, but in the morning he
was not there ; the theatre Dad spectators
but no actors.'
'Fuil non idnolilis Atyis,
tui cruuctiul nuipncw umlirit trttgalos
as Virgil says, though I've forgotten the
whole quotation, replied the other.
With your honor's leave,' said a voice
near by,
'Fuil haud ictmlJis ArsU,
Quice credebnt ntirtst attdire iragrlts,
In vacuo lotiua tMMor plausorque theatre.1
at Horace, not Virgil says.
vvno are you r
Your honor's humble servant.
On! my young friend, the prisoner,
whom 1 begged out ol the hospital, and
gave him unusual privileges, even when he
won't give us his word.that he won't run
away if he can! Well, I stand corrected
as to my quotation and my author, though
I should never expect a backwoodsman to
be able to quote the classics. Hut why
have you so long relused to give your word,
and be treated as a prisoner of war !'
Because, sir, I am not a prisoner of war.
I was captured far from the seat of war, a
peaceful citizen by your hired Indians, at
Moosehead Lake.' 1
We shall not dispute about it. While I
feel sorry for you, I shall take care that
you do not get away.'
You have just acknowledged, sir, that
we do sometimes escape when you least ;
expect it. '
The officers looked at each other and
passed on. The young man was left alone,
lie wa pale, sad, and evidently in poor
health. From the lofty heights, of Que
bee, at sundown beat of the drum, he cast
his eyes down on the glorious St. Law
rence, and then turned eastward, and sent
his thoughts thick and fast through the al
most interminable forests, that lay in that
direction. He had left the parade ground,
and was rnakinj his way to the prison
yard, vhen a hand beckoned him behind
an angle of the wall.
Me want see you.
Who are you' It is so dark 1 cannot
see you.'.
'Me know you know your mother
know Shag know brick house know
Susa. How long 'fore door shut up V
'Perhaps twenty minutes perhaps fif
teen.' : '.
Good. Me walk on Ihts side street, you
'tother. Keep hees eyes on me, and go
where me go.'
The Indian shuffled off, saying aloud,
Yankee man mad, say whip me, he catch
me, me pet canue and he no find me.' So
he had the appearance of having insulted
a prisoner, and that prisoner, had the ap
pearance of following; in hot resentment.
Down the hill he went faster and faster,
till he he reached the St. Lawrence, where
lay a canoe. In it stepped the Indian,
barely pointing to another which lay near
it, and pushed of!. - The young man leaped
into the other, and pushed after him as if
in a race. Down the river they went a
liitle way, and landed below Point Levy.
They leaped ashore just as they heard the
alarm sounded from the heights across the
river, signifying the escape of a prisoner or
of a soldier. The Indian paused a moment,
and listened and said, 'White men too
much noise loo much parade loose trail
while he drum.' He led the way among
the bushes ns last as the young man could
ftillmr I Tnur far I tin r U'uiit Ihnf niadit 4
the prisoner knew not. t hen morning
came, ih.'v were bv the side of a river, iust
below some beautiful falls. For more than
a mile they hail waded in the river's edge,
so as to conceal their footsteps. Here, just
under the tails, was an opening from the
water, which led into a cave. They
crawled up, and were soon on a platform,
high and dry, with a sufficiency of light.
The young man was greatly exhausted, and
lay down leaning on his elbow. The In
dian sat down before him, his feet curled
up under him, bolt upright. His head was
shaggy with hair, long coarse, antl turning one more carrying place, they struck the
grey, like the mane of a moose. His only j upper end of Moosehead Lake. How beau
clothing was a dingy rod shirt, and trousers tiful ! how beautiful ! In three days more,
of iintonned deer-skin. His moccasins j early in the morning, the Widow Redfield
were the skin of a moose's hind leg, cut j looked out ol her door, and saw Capeeno
ofTa little below the joint, sewed up at one 1 approaching, with a stranger behind him.
end, and drawn on and fitted to the foot ; She shaded her eyes from the morning sun
while green. His teeth were mostly gone, j a moment, and then, with a scream of ago
and he looked as he was, a tough, short, ! nized joy ell to the ground. When she
powerful creature, afraid of nothing, have awoke, she and her son were weeping in
nothing to make or lose. They gazed at
each other in silence awhile ; at length the
young man said : 'I have followed von all
night. I have put my life in your hands; j to be glad. She laughed to appear indif
now who are you, and what do you want I terent, and wept because her emotions must
ol me ?
'You 'fraid of me.'
No. And now, if you
aint the evil
spirit who are you V
Spose we meet Lorette Indians: thev
no hurt vou. Me run, then vou no can
say who Indian be V
'So vou want to run if we are in danger,
and leave me lo my fate, and that, too, to
that vou can't be known !'
The Indian looked fierce for a moment,
and drew out his hunting knife. 1 he
vuung man kept his eye carefully on him.
From the bottom of the sheath there rolled
out a piece of paper, which he handed to
the voung man. He unrolled it and read :
'Should this ever meet the eves of D. R., i
let him know that the bearer is trustworthy.
Follow him implicitly. Susan O.'
Young Redfield sprang up, and caught
the Indian by the hand, and almost shouted
question upon question. He was ready to
go felt strong could travel all day, and
then fell back exhausted. The Indian gave
him some water, and then some dried veni
son Irom his wallet, and bade him lie down
and sleep till night, if he could. Redfield
did so, but his brain whirled. In a troubled
sleep, he now dreamed ol home, and then
ol his prison, then ol Susan Ordway then
he heard the alarm bell, and the voices of
men pursuing, and the baying of blood
hounds hard alter him, and then he would
awake and find, that it was the roar of the
falls near him! So he spent the day. At
night they come out ot their cave, and fol
lowed the course of the beautiful Chaudiere
river, up toward its head waters. This
charming valley was already occupied by
the French population, and they were com
pelled to travel by night, and lay by during
the day. Their progress was necessarily
slow. On the fourth day, the Indian crept
out of their covert, and saw several horse
men coming towards them. He knew in
stantly that they were British soldiers in
pursuit. They were on a hill about half a
mile distant, and had to descend into a val
ley, and rise another hill before they reach
ed him. He gazed at them earnestly, till
they descended the hill, and then he sprung
up like a cat. He maae me prisoner run
to the roadside and climb up into a thick
( vergreen, far up out of sight. He then
took oil' his moccukins and hid them: then
he turned his red sltirt, and it was yellow j
he turned hit skin trousers and they were
a kind of dirty ereen. He drew a cap so
close over his head, that it almost made" the
head ache to look at it. Then he1 sat down
under the tree, and very composedly began
to smoke. The horsemen came up to him
at a brisk pace, and surrounded him, with
pistols in hand. ' ' ' ; ' "
'Move a foot you dog oi an Iodian, and
you are dead. Shoot him if ha moves.'
TKie Indian smoked on, evidently not
abl id understand a word, and as unmoved
as a rock
The rommander then interrogated him
in plain French.'
Who are you V ,
'Lorette Indian.'
What are you here for?' '
Me run, catch prisoner; have much
blanket when catch him.'
Men, said the officer, were any Lor
ettes sent out? This fellow don't )ook as
if he could run much.
Yes, sir, half a dozen were sent out, but
this fellow '
You say you are after prisoner. Now
speak the truth, or our pistols will make
daylight shine through you. What was
the prisoner's name1?' ;
Redfield, Captain say.' .,
And who do you supposevent oil' with
him ? I wish I coultl meet huni'
Indians say, strange Indian Capeeno
short man no bigger as I. He bad Indian
steal away prisoner.' 1
Where are the rest of your runners?'
The Indian pointed to a smoke that was
rising tip among the trees. The soldiers
put up their pistols, came into a line, and
went away. Poor Redfield in the tree
breathed, pasier; but Capeeno kept on
smoking, as unmoved, as if he had been in
no danger. Whether the smoke which he
saw really did arise from the camp o( the
Lorette runners, he did not say. Dot he
left the Chaudiere and struck through the
woods in a direct line, till they reached
the woods in a direct line, till they reach
ed the De Loup (Wolf River,) whose chan
nel they followed all night, only stopping
to listen as they heard the howl of the
wolf, or the crashing tread of a moose.
Then they went to the head lakes, from
which the Chaudiere rises. Here they
paused and built a bark canoe. The cVHar
for bows and lining, the birch for the bark,
and the spruce roots for thread, were all to
be found here in abundance. They went
through the mirrhty forest, and lakes which
give rise to the great Penobscot, killing
moose and catching trout tor food.
The Indian was surprised to find that the
young man would stop every seventh day
and read all day from a little bonk, and no
persuasions could move him. He wonder
ed too, what made him read that little
scroll of paper so olten, which he brought
in the sheath of his knife. They then
struck the Penobscot, carrving their canoe
from lake to lake, and from lake to river,
till they came down that river to a great
island, opposite which there came in a lit-
tie brook. I 'p this they turned, and, after
each other's arms. That very dav the In-
dian look Daniel, nothing loth, to the brick
house. Susan was glad, and wa9 ashamed
I have some vent. She appeared to know
very little about his deliverance; but Ca
peeno went awav in a new suit of clothes,
a new rifle, and I know not what besides.
. Sshaw ! Susan ! vou need not blush.
You redeemed a noble fellow from ca-
tivity, and you' found that he not only
made a great and a good man, but a good
husband, as you did a devoted and noble
wife
Too Bad. The editor of the Burlington
(Vl.) Sentinel has lost his cow. Just hear his
oomplairit :
Her color is ret! ;
Two horns on her heud,
' And a "light spotted atrip nn Iter lark ;"
And Clio pcrami who finds her,
Will tail see behind her ;
Not an Inch of a yard docs It iat k:
If Ihe editor's euw
You should e, An now
Pr.ml her back lis hii as vou cm ;
For ol children he's four.
With a pioHpi-ct of more,
A iid aot a drop of milk in the pan.
THE SrilOOLMATI IV AnRtl.tlt
A friend has furnished us with the follow
iii2 copy (eerinfioil et literatim.) oi a wriften
hand bill, intended lo give notice of a Shoot'
ing Match to be held between Lebanon and
ShatTeretpvvn, in the county of Lebnnuu, which
he found Dosleil uoat a Tavern in that neigh'
borhood ; 1
Shutting at a Hoqe
Shutting out A I Inge by Joseph F.ley ami 3
Mile from Lebanon on Road to SuflVrslown
near at the tavern of Isaac Haver January
10th A. D 1881 it isllnge. w'eichl 400 blls, it
will be a shutting with Shoutls and now finer
Shuts as number 4.''
The Cincinnati I.N41 iukr says the lioness
of Raymond &. Co.'s menagerie on the (ith
ult., gave birth to three whelps. 1 ne roysi
progeny was taken from her maiesiy ami
given in charge of a null uogsiut, nu acia
as wet nurse, anu is 10 c..,.Sc
education. . ..
' Thb cot worm is of recent origin.
Thk
first time it was noticed as doing damage,
wasdurinir 1816 and 1817, noted ssthe cold
u,h ih u hnle northern count rv an-
J .... - r r.
Droached ths verv wins w iimh'it. wj
are now universal. ,. , .
r. ' .
Hungarians' in Texas. The brave nun-
garian Col. Pragay, has purchased a large
tract 01 excellent .ana 1..
government. n.t
prices, on credit oi ten year , . , . u,
The Pope has elected Ihree new Sees
Wesi Indian Colonies of France.
" WHITTLING shingles. I
Scene Mr. Potanie' dooruord : Mn
and Editor, seated on logs on the sunny $ide I
of his great woodpile. John whittling a beach
chip ; (he Editor a base wood splinter.
The Editor. Whittle from you, John ;
why dou'l you whittle from you 1
John. What's the difference 1 Whittling
is whittling, any way, whether you whitt'e
towards you or from yon.
Editor. A mistake, John J a palpable mis
take. There is philosophy in whittling.
There is a right way, and a wrong way to do
every thing ; and for the right way there is
always a pood reason.
John. Pray what reason for whittling
from you. It's a small natter at best real
ly too small to consider.
Editor. Wrong again I It's the obser
vance of these little things the considera-
lion of trifles that constitutes what men call
bail luck. There, now, you have cut your.
finger not bad I hope.
John. Not very. Blast the knife. 77ira"
ing if otrn.
Editor. Well, this is nn apt illustration
proof positive before I had commenced my
argument.
Jdh. I'd like to know what cutting my
fiimer has to do with luck, good, or bad, or
indifferent ?
Editor.- Everything. If you had consid
ered a moment you would have seen that
whittling towards you was dangerous. Com
mon prudence would have shown you that
you mijjht cut your finger ; while if you
whittle from you Ihere was no danger. Here
in, then, is I lie key to that phantom which
men call luck.
John. Don't yon believe in luck 1
Kdxtor Don't 1 believe the moon is a
green cheese 1 No, sir. There is no such
thing. Il's all moonshine. Just now cut
your finger, ami you say 'I am unlucky.'
No such thing you weie stupid, careless.
There's old Gripe, who begao with no other
capital than ins aw, worth now his thou
sands ; tttiil you antl every body else says,
'as lucky us old Gripe,' antl yet we all know
that he has make his money by the opera
lions uf a clear intellect a shrewd, close ob
servauce of littlo things tinning the stream
at the fountain, and not waiting until it gels
to be a river.
Juhtt. Training tho sappling and not the
tree
Editor. Exactly. A good idea. You al
ways iiml him about his business. Ilia work
is never behind. His hay don't get caught
out in the rain. Ilia wheat is never wet in
the bundle or swath. He looks at little do
itigs. If his grain is to stand out ovur night
it is all nicely put up in shocks and capped
if his hay can't be carted the same day, it's
laketl and cocked. Ho says, I am not mas
ter of the elements, but I am of my time.'
so ho makes sure against contingencies
which he cannot control, lie always whittles
from him ; and he is called 'lucky.'
John. And he is lucky
Editor. No such thing ; if you mean by
that, chance favoring him more than others'
Now, there's Dick Careless, he is always
railing at his bad luck. Dick works hard.
I think he does more renl hard work than
Gripe. But every body pities poor Dick, he
has such 'hard luck.' If it were not for his
wife, he would have been in the jioor house
before now. Every body says, 'what a clev
er fellow is Dick and so he is, he minds
every body's business but his own. Dick
glares his hay, but neglects to put on binders,
and the tops blow off and his stack m ruin"
ed. He has a nice crop of wheat cut, and
intends lo cart to-morrow, so he leaves the
wheal carried into bunches. But to-morrow
it conies on lo tain, and his wheat gets wet
ami sprouts, antl then you say, 'well, that
iust Dick's luck. Dick has had 'bad luck
4
with his sheep ami cattle and horses, alway
losing more or less every year. Now, yon
believe in luck, well, just tell me why he
loses more than you do '!
Jo111. He is careless. Don t take pains
enough with Ihem.'
Editor. Oh ! lhal's it. Which wav do
you think he whittle ! Two lo one, John
he whittles towards him. He can't see any
difference ; and like vou it a linn believer
in luck. There's Tapewell, every body say
what n lucky fellow he has been, got us rich
as a nabb, ami had only a few good to start
upon. While Gingham, w ho had a fine store
full of goods, went all to smash 111 thice
vearf.
John, Yes, aud old Tape bought his fine
sioro und house at about one.quaiter cost.
Wasn't that luck 1
Editor. No sir. Tape lived within his
means, and accumulated his profits. He did
not care for a fine More while he could sell
,is goods in the old one j ami being at leas
expense he could al way sell a little cheaper
a1j ,,ui BOl ,ne i,e8l custom. Gingham liv
eJ UJ) ((J jncomej and a liltlu over, so
whe) harJ UmM cam) h() C(,uJ no, 00eolj
I ,,, nl.l r,l nnv. and down hrt Irani uhlla
- - ,
TPH 'a "u3 111 '" olJ lore' 1 oor ding.
ham wae called uniucsy. ism, you see, toe
only difficulty was, ne uimtiea unvard. mm
self, nil be cul Ins Angers-while lupe wait
I .1...1 .k.. ih.i, u-nf V., k.,..K tl;.ir u- Im.k
n - ...,
, there, John
John. Don't give U up yet. ou'ra as
s a kwver in a bad oase : but still
j am n0, C0lini)Bd j nl k )001j8 ,
mh(jr Jay $ droppail dow deaJ in ,h, fiela ;
worth cool hundred 1 now, was not
w iuck 1 do', know what you'll
in call it, but I call it confounded bad luck.
litor.UOw aa you ePi me con .
John. In the stable all winter, on c.n rots
and hav. in fine order. Turned him out to
grass the other day, and befnre night of the
second day he was stone deatl
Editor. Did he run much when you let
him go 1 Large field 1
John. Ah did'nt he run 1 Only a ten
acre lot, I thought the fellow never would get
enough. What an elegant racer ho would
have made.
Editor. Day was warm and night cold?
John. Yes, but what of that 1
Editor. Oh ! only you wiiltled towards
you.
John. How so !
Editor. Simple John ! This you call
'luck,' while it's rack stupidity, tour colt
was in high condition had not been exetei
scd. A piudent man would have put him
into a small yard, until he had become some.
hat quieted. Old Gripe would not have
eft him out over a cold night, after he had
been exercising so severely in a hot sun.
Tho coll was a victim to your own thought
lessness, Ilo killed himself running. Lucky
obn 1
J0A11. How could I tell ho would hurt
himself by being turned out. Never had
one die befoie, and have done just the same
thing times enough before..
Editor. That's it. We come back to
where we started. It's the observance of
these trifles, nothing more that makes men
lucky or unlucky. Whittle from you, my
good fellow, always whittle from you, and a
tig for luck.
John. Well, there is one kind of luck 1
know you delight in, and that's ready.
Editor. And pray what's that 1
John. Pot-luck, to-be-sure.
Editor. Good, 1 am with you.
A I.OVE-LFTTI R. AS IS A LOVE-LETTER,.
The following is copied verbatim from an
effusion handed us by a friend the other day
for publication. We never remember to have
seen in print a more pathetic manifestation
of the lender passion, and give it below for
the convenience of candidates for matrimo
nial responsibility.
Northumberland Countv Shemokintown
Jan'the lOih 1851
Dear Madam 1 take this Solum opportunity
lo in Form you a lew Lines that I am wel
at Present and I do think with all my assur
ance that this few lines will fimle you in good
health and love and Gratitude nnd Thanks
that you have inioved much Pleasur sinsu
We have left one another and your Hounour-
able Lover nnd motives addresses lo adored
object is Materially increased of this Beuly-
full Circumstance should Heaven grant that
blessing and Prove my gratefull attachment
to your love and your attachment will Bring
love to love.
Vcares Madam I think this is all at Prcsens
I hope this will Please you write to me al
une rs Posible with all your mind and your
Efnctimiate lover Dont for git and believe
me
Your Sincere Friend
Direct to Northumberland County Shemo-
kin Post offes your letter.
Lycoming Gaieltc.
The Crystal Palace. A veiy beautiful
lithograph of the Crystal Palace, now being
erected in Hyde Park. London, has been re.
ceived from England, by W. B. Zieber. The
palace, according to the brief description
which the print gives, covers 21 acres, is
1843 feet long, 408 wide and 66 feet high.
Its cubic contents is 30,000,000 feet, It is
supported by 3230 iron columns, contains 302
miles of sash bars, 900,000 superficial feet of
glass, and wiil cost 79,800. Few persons
on reading the figures can imagine the extra
ordinary size of this building. A comparison,
with something the size of which they are fa
miliar with, is necessary to enable them to
get anything like an idea of it. Independence
Square probably contains about four acres.
The Crystal Palace would therefore cover
about five times that space. From Third
Street, half way up between Seventh nnd
Eighth, is about 1S0O leet. nnd from Chesnnt
to two-thirds down to Walnut, is about 400
feet, consequently Ihe Crystal Palace would
cover as much space as is included w ithin
that distance. Tho largest building we can
boast would be a mere child's play-house
compared to such a structure. Ihere will
be 110 curiosity exhibited during the fair from
any part of the world, which will be morn
iuteiestiug than the building llselt 111 which
it is held. There never w as such a Ktrnclure
erected before probably since the world has
existed. Phriad. Ledger.
Tun GnAis Worm, or weevil, began its
course ot destruction in Vermont, about the
vear 1S2S, and it progresses in the course
i . . . . -r. T
it fakes from len to nueen mnes a year, ti
has not reached Western New York to any
extent; but the destroyer is on its march,
and desolation will follow its tracks in this
great wheat growing region.
Fifty-six years aoo a man was executed
in France for robbery of the Lyons mail
and murder of a passenger. His innocence
was subsequently made manifest, and a re
port to the National Assembly recommends
a proclamation of his innocence, and the
restoration of the forfeited property to bis
family.
1 Panarama Btrned. At Berlin, Prussia,
on tie 1st inst., a fir broke out ina large
place of amusement called "Krolt's" totally
destroying it. A great Panarama ol the
Mississippi exhibited in the centre saloon,
fell a prey to the flames. It was the pro
perty of a M. Cassida, a competitor of
Tisley.
THR DEAD CHftLD AMD THE ANOlfc.
Jiy Hans Christian Anderson. As soon as
a good child diesy one of God's angels de
pends upon the earth, takes the child in bis
rums, spreads out his large white wing,,
and flies over all the places thai were dear
to the child,, and plucks a handful uf flowers,
which he then carries tn Heaven, in orderthat
they may bloom stiil more beautifully there
than they did here on earth. The loving God
presseth all these flowers to his bosom ; ami
then it received a voice ami can sing and join
in tne universal bliss.
An angel of God related this as, lie bore
deatl child to heaven ; and the child heard as
in a dream ; and they flew over all the spots
around the house where the little one had
played, aud they passed through gardens with
the loveliest flowers. "Which one shall we
take with you and plant in heaven?" asked,
the angel.
Ami a beautiful slender rese-tree was sland-v
ing there; but a wanton hand had broken the
stem, so that all the brandies full ef lags
half-open rose-buds hung down quite wither
ed.
"The poor tree' said the child j take it so
that it may bloom again on high with God"
And the angel took it and kisseil the child;
and Ihe little one half opened its eyes; they
gathered some of the despised daisy and wild
pansy too.
"Now we have flowers," said the child
and the angel nodded, but they did not yet
fly up to Heaven.
It wasnight ; it was quite still. They stray-,
ed in the great city; they floated to and frin
one of the narrow streets, where great heaps
of st raw, of ashes, and rubbish lay about ; there
hail been a removal- There lay broken pot
sherds and plates plastei figures, rags, crowns
of old hats ; nothing that was nut displeasing
to the sight.
Antl amid the devastation, the anzel point
ed to the fragments of a flower-pot, and to a
clod of earth that had fallen out of it, and
which was only held together by the roofs of
a great withered flower ; bnt it was good for
nothing now, nnd was therefore thrown out
into the street.
"We will take that one with us," said I ha
angel, "and 1 wiil tell you about it while we
are flying."
Aud now they flew 011 and the angel rota
ted. ' Down yonder, in Ihe narrow street, in tho
low cellar, lived once a poor sickly boy. Ha
had been bedridden from his very infancy.
When he was veiy well indeed, he could just
go a few times up and down the little room
on his crutches; that was all.
"One day in spring his neighbor's son
brought him some w ild flowers, and among
them was by chance one with a root ; it was
therefore planted in a flower pot aud placed
in the window cluse by his bedside. It thriv
ed, put forth new shoots, and every year had
flowers. To the sick boy it was the most
beautiful garden, his little treasure upon earth
he watered ami tended it, and took good care
that it got every sunbeam to the very last
that glided by on the lower pane. And the
flower grew up in his very dreams with its
color and fragrance ; to it he turned in dying,
when the loving God called him to himself.
He has now been a year with God ; a year
has the flower stood in tho window, wit herd I
nnd forgotten, and now, at the removal, it has
been thrown among ihe rubbish into the
street. Aud that is the flower which we
have taken into our nosegay ; for this flower
has caused mure joy than the rarest flower
in the garden of a quoen "
"But how do jou know all this?" asked
tho child which Ihe angel was carrying up to
Heaven.
'I know it," saiJ tho angel; I was myself
the little sick boy that went 011 crutches ; I
must surely know my own flower again."
And the child opened hisetesand looked
in the beautiful, culm face of the angel; and
nl the same moment they were in heaven,
where was only joy and blessedness.
Fugitives Leaving. Weunderstand, says
the BostoH Traveller, that within a few days
past quite a number uf fugitive slaves, whu
have lived in this city since their escape, sume
for two years or more, and others for a shortei
period, have left this city. The number is
stated by some as high as one hundred.
Crows. -It is but little more than forty
years since the first crow crossed the Genesee
river westwardly. They, with the fox, hen
hawk, swallow, antl many other birds and in
sects, seem to follow in ths track of civiliza
tion. " '
The French will display al theeshibilion
an enormous cul.glass detanler without a
flaw. Three persons of ordinary height
may sit inside of it snd eat dinner from a round
table a yard in diameter.
The Influx of visitors in the Crystal Palace
is incessant. The receipts from the it. re.
stripling fee, amounted 011 one tecent occasion
10 4.300. This is a part of a f""d for the sick;
utid iuduslrious poor.
One Eeson given why the Londoners
omitted the use ef wood 111 constructing ihe
building for the World's Fair, is that there
would be so many Yankee there ibey were
afraid they would whittle it down.
ErrecTS or Temperancc-Iii Burning
ham alone, out of 25,000 subscribed by
workingmeii for the purchase of freeholds!
not les than 20,000, it is calculated, h
been saved from the taverns and beer shops