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TO CLl'fiS.
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Filtren 1 ln 90 00
Five tM!nm in mlvmire will pay fur twee years tub
cripuon o hip uirntvni.
One Sanmr of 10 Inn. 3 tnni-s, gl 00
t.vety uhserittriit iitKertum, 23
One &unrc, it iimiiiht, 3w
Six nimthi, 4 -0
One ywir, t
Buiiu' Cnrrts nf Five line, per mnmm, 3UU
M err limits ihkI ntlier. mU'rrtiHii? Iy the
year, with the privih of iuVrliiig
dilTerriit mlvtTtiBt nmiii vtlUy. 1000
ty Larger AilverlUeiueiHR, an per ngrcrment.
ATTOKNE V AT LAW,
scsfiuar, r a.
Business attrmlrd In in the (.'ounlies of Nor
thumberland, Union, l.ycouiiii and Columbia.
Kti-t- to i
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KcynolJs, Mi'Karlainl & C?.,
Sqcrin;r. Good & t'o.,
THE VEKV IV4TKST .4 It RIVAL
NEW GOODS,
AT THE STORE OF
IP.A T. CLSISITT
WHO takes this method of informing his
friends and customers, that lie has just re
ceived and opened a splendid assortment of
N i : V (5 O O 1) s ,
which lie offers to the public at the, lowest prices.
His stock consist of every variety and quality,
necestiry for the farmer, mechanic, end laborer
I well as the professional man, viz: all kinds oj-
Mens' A npn re 1,
VCH AS CLOTH, f ASfIMi:Hr.f, SATTlXlITTf,
Yi:STINiS, Ac.
ALSO :
a larce as;;irt!r.cut of
'Ctlkors, Mou fn't; iip i" Laiiics, Alpaccas,
Mtriiuis. Siuui-h. Iljihlkrrchi'Js,
Glovs, .ji.scri;. Chicks,
Cambrics, (liag
hums, iVc.
Also a large Hssortm'Mil cf
JSaots and Ston; lints and Caps,
Gum over S.'ioes,
Also ax Assohtment of
ilEAUY M.1)K CLOTHING.
A genera! assortment ff Clrocctics, Sugar,
Colli'.-, T.'a, Chct'se, Mo
lasst'S, Spicos.
An aasiK'.nii'nt of
Hardware, Kails, Sud end Iron.
Liquors,
Such as Brandy, (UiU Rum, U'n'skcy, Si'c
XV l'roiluee nf all kinds will lie taken in ex
change, and the highest market price paid for the
ame.
Sunbury, Nov. HO, 1S50 ly.
GREAT ARRIVAL
OF
NEW GOODS!
Market Street, Eiuibury, Pa.,
BOHN W. riHI.IXfi respectfully informs his
friends and customers that he has just re
ceived a large and handsome assortment of
Urv (Joods,
fconsistinu of f 'hiths, f'asimcres, Sattinctts,
l)e I. aiucs. Calicoes, Fancy
and Staple Goods.
ALSO:
- fcROCKRIES of every description,
l::i i;s ami Mr.r.inM'.s.
UUEE5TSWARE AZTD HARDWARE.
Fish, Salt, l'l.ister and a ffcncnil asfortment of
11 suth poods n will fuit all classes! the Kar
kier. Mechanic, Laborer nnd (lenllemen of all
professions.
The Indies
Will find a f.re:it variety of all bucIi articles as
they will m cil for the .,esctit season.
lSt" t'onntiv pr.Mluce ol all kinds taken in ex
change at the hUlicst market price.
bunbury, Nov. it, 1850
CLOTHING!!!
At the PIIILABELrillA WARDROBE,
South Bast Curncr, Market and 6th Sli.
Clothing Fasliionub'y Cut and w.ll Kadc.
p.-es. .tt:' elle: &.ro.
INVITU the attention of W holesale and Retail
Buvers, to their extensive and complete stock
of Spring and Summer Clothing: comprising
every variety of style that can lie produced.
Our aim is to please and accouimod He all; and
in order to do this, we manufacture Clothing at
almost every price.
Selling for cash only enaldes us to offer cloth
ing at a very triflin ti advance.
V Our motto is, timall Viofin and Quiet
Sab:
We are confident that an examination by you
is all that is necessary to contirm what we say,
and secure your custom.
1. K. MtNEILLE &. CO.
. Philadelphia., March IS, 1851 lm.
NEW STAGES LINE
FKOM TOTTSVILLE TO SI1AMOKIN.
A new line of stages is now running daily be
tween the above places. A comfortable two horse
atage will leave Mt. Carmcl for Shamokin, imme
diately after the arrival of the Potlsville stage at
that place, and will return the next day from
Shamokin, so as to meet the 1'ottavilte stage on
its return to l'ottsville.
From Shamokin to Trevorton
there will be established a DAILY LING by next
spring so as to connect with this line at fcili.iuiokin.
In the mean time private conveyances will be in
readiness at Suauiokiu on the arrival of passen
gers, CONRAD KERSHNER.
Sliamokia, Dec. 14, 1U&0 1.
NOTICE.
AS the aubscrilier intends making new arrange
ments in his business on the first of Janua
ry 1951, all persons knowing thomselves indebted
to him, are requested to call and make settlement
up to that time, by payment or ci'Uig their note
for the aatount duo.
JOHN W. FK1L1NG.
Sunbury, Dejs. SS, 1390 it.
SELECT POETRY.
Indigencous Poetry.
The otttliors of America havo not been
genetally fortunate in atlrncling (he attention
of the literati of foreign countries. The gem
we give below has enjoyed a belter fatei
ami iudeei! achieved n lik-h renown for its
author in all Inml where taste, genius and
cultivation are appreciated. Wo pre not
above the influence of local pride. Urie
county is now the centre of tho political
world, as it is or was the residence of the
most famous of poets. IJuffido paper.
the turpi: tiiayeus.
In Knirland some years ngn
the sun was pleasant fair and fray
John Love on board of a ship he entered
and said in to a meiica.
Love wa.s a man very perenverin
in making trades with all the see
he soon etujagr'd to be sailor
to tail up and down on Lake F.ri,
ho then went in to the Southern countries,
to trade for lurs and oth"r skins
but the cruel French and saves Indians
came Very near of killing him.
Hut God did sparo him a little longer
he pot his hiding and came clown the lake
he went into the town of boston
Where he made the grate mistake.
With Nelson Thayer he made his station
thine the Fumtncr for to stay
Nelson had two brother Isaac and Israel
love lent them money for thare debts to pay
Love lent lliein rji.iio a turn of money
he did befriend them every way
but the cinel crclres tha conhlent be quiet
till tha had taken his sweet lifts away.
One day as Ilia were ail three tosrellier
Ihis dreadful murder tha did contrive
lha agreed to kill Love and keep it secret
and then to live and spend thare lives.
On tho fifleenlh evening ct last decembcr
in eighteen hundred anil twenty lour
tha invited Love to i! home with them
and tha killed and murdered him on the
lloor.
First Isaac with his pun he shot him
ho left his uun and went away
Then nelson with his ax he I'hopt him
till he had no life that ho could perceive of
After tha had killed nnd most mortly brus'd
him
lha draw'd lii.-n out whare tha killed ihaie
hosts
tha then carried him of a peace from the
house
and deposited him down by a log.
The next day tha were so very bold
tha had loves horses tiding round
Soma asked the reason of Luves being absent
lha said he had clerd and left the town.
tha said he had foiled in the town of Eil
the sherilf was in pursuit of him
Ho left the place and run awa
and left lus debts to collect by them
lha went and forg'd a power of turney
to collect loves notes when they ware due
lha tore and stunned to irit lliaie pay
and suvil nabois they did suo
After they had run to a hih degree
in killing love and forgery
lha soon were taken ami put in prl'nn
where tha remained (or tharo cruelty
Tha were bound in irons in the dark dungon
for to remain for a little lime
lha were all condemd by the grand jury
for this must foul and dreadlul ciiine
Then the Judge pronounced lliaie dreadful
sentence
with flute eaiuliuess to behold
you niuhl be hauled tiutell your ded
and lord have meisy on cur souls.
tutcfi.
SCENES III ILLINOIS.
This State lias a sort of heterogenous
population a sort of pepper and salt mix
ture ol all the dill-rent races of mankind.
The smoking, phlegmatic Herman, the
Sweed, the Norwegian, the beer-drinking
Dutchman, the sell-complacent John JJull,
the canny Scot, the cheating Istaelite, the
mercurial Frenchman, the rollicking Irish
man, and the ever present, ever active
Yankee, together with the Duck-eye fioni
Ohio, the Hoosier from Indiana, and the
illiterate, drinking, fighting, generous Sou
therner all are here in about equal pro
portions, and give about their equal quota
to the character of the State, and supply a
choice variety of their peculiar expres
sions to its language. The Hoosier 'al
lows,' the Southerner 'suspicions,' the
Buckeye 'reckons,' while the Yankee cal
celates,' and the Missouiiau 'opinions.'
The State has yet no sell led character
its different eleinen's not having yet had
time to harmonise and settle together. So
its laws, its manners and its languages. A
Southern farm house, for instance, is a mere
cabin, constructed without regard to looks,
convenience or comfort. The furniture,
cooking utensils, and dress ol the inmates
correspond with the house; while the fen
ces and outhouses are in the most wretched
ed description, and the doorvard and fields
are given up to weeds, and crops wasted
with the most reckless disregard to thrift.
Cows will be allowed to run all the sea
son with their calves to sav milking or
if milked, only when they happen to come
up themselves, or when the boy happens
to find them, which is rare. Families with
good farms will have no butter, but they
will have eggs and chickens without stint.
It is not uncommon to see two hundred
hens about a man's door, and four pounds
dressed is not uncommon weight. So
common are they that you cau purchase
thein lor a 'bit' a pair.
The Yankee here is the same as the
Yankee anywhere only more so. More
liberal, less saving, less religious, less
honest, less careful of appearances but
ouite as enterDrisin". and bound to eet a
hvin at his own or somebody's expense
An Irishman is improved here more
intelligent, thrifty and steady, and in every
respect, more of a man, and a better citi
zen than lie is elsewhere where I have
seen him.
The Englishman gets a good property
here. He fares well drinks his grog
when he likes, and always alone, or with
his own countrymen keeps a pointer or
setter, n double barreled gun, and enjoys
field sports when he pleases. A great
many are scattered over the country, but
do not readily assimilate with the people,
and continue to prefer brandy to corn
whiskey in which I think they show
good ta.ste.
The Scotchman here is always a (rood
citizen, and a man of property steady,
thrifty and Jaw-abiding. The German nnd
the Jew do llie fi.idlcing anil the huckster
ing, the gardening, wood-sawing, cooking,
and a large part of Ihe thinking. The
only men I have seen drunk here were
German?, and yet they ore good citizens.
The Sweeds and Norwegians are steady,
hard-working fellowr, and give nobody
any trouhle. The Hoosier is a sort of
cross between the Southerner ond the benr,
with all its qualities mental, moral and
physical, just about equally divided be
tween the two r.iccs with a touch of the
wandering Arab. He is a wandering ani
mal, and Ills home and house are wliere
ever his wagon happens to be near some
timber or fence or firewood and where
there is water enough for coffee whiskey
he takes raw and washing is to him and
his a work of supererogation.
The younrr Sucker, the iising generation
of all these heterogenous materials-, is the
devil just as nearly as he is anything un
lettered, ignorant, uncivilized, sell-depend
ent, free, lawless, unpolished, resjlnle,
careless, confident, tobacco-chewing, whiskey-drinking,
suspicious of good clothes or
good manners iii others, end finally, to use
nu own expression, "don't core 'aliucks'
for law, gospel or the devil." One general
characteristic of the animal is, that he is
always anticipating somebody to 'feel big,'
wincli he considers Ins duty to resent be
fore it happens.
The way the young Sucker volunteer
fought in Mexico, may give you some idea
of his characteristics, lie was there per
fectly desperate in a fight. One of the
officers related to nu a little scene '.vhich
occurred at Diienn Vista. It was in the
very crisis of the light, when the Indiana
troops broke and retreated, and left the
whole brunt of the Mexican advance to be
born by the Illinois regiment. It seemed
as though they would be annihilated by
superiority of numbers, and there were
some signs of wavering, when a young
Sucker drew his rifle deliberately and
Iropped a Mexican. 'Set no the pins,' he
shouted, and the whole regiment took up
the word, and ct every fire woulJ shout
hue demons, ami with as much drollery
nnd fun as if on a spree. At another time,
when a charge was ordered, one of the of
ficers could not think of tha word, and lie
shouted "Let 'er rip.' when the whole
line burd out with a yell 'Let 'er rip,'
and dashed in amongst the Mexicans,
laughing and shouting this new battle cry.
Of course there are many honorable excep
tions, but the characteristics of the Sucker
are mainly as I have represented. The
reasons are obvious. The State itself is
yet but a little over 'twenty-one years of
age,' and was settled all in a heap. Pov
erty piled in the settlers very uncertmoni
otialy, and they had to slrugrle with all
sorts of hardships und difficulties sickness,
privations and bereavements, and even
dangers. Sj the youth were conceived,
nursed and brought up in a mixture of all
soils of exigencies, which makes thein
what they are.
Many curious and laughable scenes are
of daily occurrence in the courts of justice.
1 will relate one which occurred in Kane
county, in tho circuit court a few years
ajo, when Governor Tord was the pre
siding .iude which will serve as a speci
men.
An old miner and land contractor of
considerable wealth was summoned as one
of the grand jury. He came to the court
gloriously drunk and rather late in fact,
not un'.il the court was organised and was
engaged in hying a case, lie came stag
gering in, dressed in buck.kin, and making
Ins way to the bar, addressed the coi.it
and the people with the 'How are ye all,
ye,' at the top ol Ins voice.
The judge put on a decorous frown and
said :
"Mr. Clerk, euler a fine of five dollars
against Mr. ,'
"Wal, judge, I guess you think this old
hoss haiut got the money, but you're mis-tak-n,
old feller.'
JujxiK Mr. Clerk, enter a fine of ten
dollars.'
Wal, old feller, I can folk up, and he
he threw down the gold to pay the fine.
Ji nuB 'JUr. Clerk, enter a line ol tw en
ty dollars.'
'Wal, Judge, here's my pewter, but if
only we two are going to play this game,
put up your money if you lake down the
pile.'
Jidge 'Mr. Clerk, enter a fine of fifty
dollars.'
'Hold on Jude, that's to big an ante.
This old boss's got the lead, but I wont
play if you dont put down the stakes
1 draw the bets.'
liy tliia time the Judge was savage,
while the whole crowd was vastly amu
sed. JiDon 'Mr. Sheriff, commit this man
to jail for contempt of court.'
Hold on, Judge, you're are too fast or
I be and I cuess it's ine. I bid oft the
jail-yard, jail and all, for the taxes and I
guess i own mat are puonc insuiuuun -and
you won't imprison a man in his own
house, I reckon.'
This was said with an air of drunken
gravity that mads it. irresistibly ludicrous.
The sheriir dragged him o(T, however, and
the next day w hen he wis sober, he made
a proper apology, and was forgiven.
Equally ludicrous scenes have occurred
among this free and easy people, enough
to fill a volume: but the class of men who
were (he actors are rapidly disappearing)
and in all the towns of ten or twelve years'
growth there are good lawyers, pood pub
lic buildings, and respectable courts, though
conducted with none of that imposing cer
emony which you see in Canada, or even
in New England. Journal, Stan.stead,
Canada Last.
t IIOIC I: OF IIl &BAMS.
It is an axiom that a voting girl seldom
marries her "first love," nay, she rarely
lias any choice at all, and marries some
man who has c.'iosm ha At first sight,
this seems wrong, yet Mrs. Loudon, the
celebrated English writer, philosophically
says no it is right ami, being a widow,
her experience is worth something, in ad
dition to her excellent powers of observa
tion. She asserts that men should choose
rather than women, and here is her argu
ment :
Men are proverbially inconstant ; and,
atler marriage, when the trouble and in
convenience of children are beginning to
be felt, and when (the most trying time of
all) the wife begins to neglect her husband
for her children; unless there was origi
nally a very strong attachment on the hus
band's hide, there is little chance of happi
ness. A wife's afieclion, on the contrary, al
ways increase after marriage; and even if
she were indifferent before, no well dis
posed woman can help loving the father
of her children. Children, on her side,
are a bond of union, and though she may
appear for them lo neglect some of those
little attentions which men seem naturally
to expect, it is only because the child is
the more helpless being of the two, and
the true woman always takes the side of
those w ho are moit feeble.
It is a strange but melancholy fact, that
when young girls fancy themselves in love,
they are seldom if ever happy, if they
marry the object of their choice. The
fact is, in most cases they find the husband
they have chosen quite a different person
03 an individual, from the imaginary ob
ject he had appeared as a lover. The im
agination in most firls is stronger tiian the
judgment ; and as soon as the first idea of
love is awakened in a female heart the im
agination is set to work to fancy a Jover,
and all possible and impossible perfections
are acmblcd togitlur in the young gill's
mind to endow the object of her secret
idolatry. The first man whoso appearance
and manners attract a girl on her entrance
into society is generally invented by her
with the halo of these .erret Ihoughls, and
she fancies herself violently in love with
out the least real knowledge of the man
the supposes herself in love wilh. . No
wonder then, that if she marries she is mis
erable. The object of her love has van
ished never to return ; and she finds her
self chained for lile to a man she detests-,
because she fancies the has been deceived
in him.
On the other liand, the man who, with
very pardonable vanity, fancied himself
loved for his own merits, and who was per
fectly unconscious of the secret delusions
of the girl, becomes, when he finds her
changed after marriage, quite indignant at
her caprice. Ihe Iru-nds and relations on
both sides share in the tame feelings
"what would she have ?' they cry; "she
mai lied lor love, and see the consequen
ces."
The cr nseiiuencen are, indeed, in such
case, generally fad enough. When the
first di-lusinn is dissipated, and the truth in
all its hard stei n reality, conies forth from
Ihe veil that has been thrown round it,
both parties feel indignant at the false posi
tion in which they find themselves. Mu
tual recriminations take place, each accu
sing the other of deceit and iniratitnde;
while the apparent iniustice of these accu
sations, which is felt by each party alter
nately, first wounds the feelings, and then,
if repealed, rankles in the wound till it be
comes incurable.
NEW AND 1;EN!01S TO01I Fl'LLtn.
Pr. J. C. U.uth, of F.vansville, Indiana,
has invented one of the most ingenious und
eflectivo instruments for pulling teeth
slump'', that we have ever seen, and we be
lieve it is tho best for the purpose in live.
The cause which brought into energy the
faculty to make this instrument, was the
great number of decayed teeth which ho
had been called upon to extract teeth of
which nothing wa left but Ihe slump llo
found greal ctiliicu'ly with the old instru
ments to rout out such lioublesomo old
nieiuN, uhhotigh very ill-liked oner, and he
had recouise to his head lo cunceivu some
thing to meet the cases for doctors and
lawyers have their cae, and very serious
ones too, sometimes. Tho new instrument
has a neat, small pad, forming one side of
tha-jaw, while the other side is of Ihe hook
bill form, like the old kind, and has a later
al motion. The shoulder and lever handlo
of the hook-jaw has a joint in it which is
operated by nn inside spring, so that when
tho two handles ore brought together like
those of a pair of pincers, the joint spoken
of throws the hook jaw into and grasps the
tooth at once, while Ihe cushion is made to
rest on the jaw and gives a firm fulcrum for
action. The operator jerks the decayed ras
cal tooth from iis seat, wilh the utmost
care. The doctor has found ibis instrument
to operate even beyond his expectations
It is uo trouble either to patients or tho
operator we mean the diawiug of bad
teeth. '
21 Qiotovtcal &!i:tcl).
ENCOUNTER WITH A HUNGARIAN
ROLLER.
Prince Frederic Schwarenberg, the son
of the celebrated Fiel.l-Marshal Schwar-
zenberg, used often lo relate his encounter
with the notorious robber Haburak. The
Prince once accompanied a lady from
Hungary to Vienna. They journeyed on
Ihe mountain-roads bctwen the counties of
(iomnr and Toma. Heavy showers had
greatly damaged the roads ; evening ap
proached ; the tired horses had reached the
lidgeof the woody height, but could not
be urged on further; nnd the travellers
were thus compelled to seek shelter for the
night in the inn of Aggielek, a hiding
place of ill note for robbers. 'I he carriage
halted before the hou e, nnd the servant
inquired whether room could L-e afforded.
The publican replied, (hat there was one
room for the lady, but that the gentleman
could not be accommodated, the large guest
room being over-filled. After some visible
reluctance, he owned that the cang of Ha
burak was drinking there. The lady be
came terrified, and entreated the Prince
not to remain ; but it In 1 grown dark, the
rain was pouring down, the horses were
worn out, and the deep descent of the road
was so dangerous t hat it was most hazard
ous lo proceed. The Prince tried lo re
assure the lady : so she loc ked herself up
in the room assigned lo her. Her compan
ion, wrapped in his while officer's cloak,
under winch he kept Ids pistols in readi
ness, stepped into the apartment where the
robbers were assembled, and tat down at
the table, facing the window, whilst his
servant, likewise armed, kept watch out
side the house, close (o the window, in
case his master should want any aid.
The company consisted of about ten or
twelve men. Their rides leaned against
the wall; their axes lay upon the board,
on which stood the wine jug. They
drank, .'ang, and talked over their adven
tures, and did not take any notice of the
newly-arrived guest. The Prince mixed
in their conversation, t xik wine with them,
and listened lo their conversation until it
had grown lale. Suddenly he rose, called
the publican, threw a gold coin on the ta
ble, and said : 'This is for the wine these
good folks have drunk ; they are my guests.
Hut now,' lie continued, addressing the
robbers, 'it is time to sleep. In the adjoin
ing room is a sick lady : the entertain
ment has lasted long enough : 1 cannot al
low any one longer to occupy this room,
or disturb Ihe lady's rest by noise.' at
Ihis imperative command one of the rob
bers jumped from his seat, r.nd contemptu
ously laughing, cried out : 'Does the gen
tleman fancy that because he lias a carriage
and four, and plenty of money in his pock
et, he has the right to'conm.aiid us !' An
uproar Ibllowed. The men vociferated:
'We are poor bids, and therefore ice are
masters litre? We are no timerous peas
ants, who lake oil our hats to every gentle
man.' 'We do not accept any gifts trom
people who fancy themselves better than
we are.' 'We will not be ruled.' All
this was almost simultaneously uttered,
with a loud tumult from all sides.
All the robbers had f;ot up. The Prince
mechanically caught hold of bis pistols,
and threw ofThis cloak 'I am a master of
the craft in which you are but apprentices,'
he exclaimed with dignity. 'You are rob
bers; I am a soldier: and fear neither the
mouth of a rifle nor the edge of an axe.'
During this uproar, a man of middling
height and strongly marked features had
risen from the bench betide the stove,
where lie had quietly sat during the whole
time, without partaking of the wine. He
now said in a commanding lone : 'Silence!'
The robbers grew speechless at this order,
and again s:d down lo the bble. 'Mr.
Oilicer,' continued the mnn, 'don't think
that you frighten n-. I too have been a
soldier, and have most probably smelt more
gunpowder than you ever did. 1 am Ha
bur.ik. If I desired to do you any harm,
a single whistle would sullice. The table
ut which you have sat would be over
thrown, the candles extinguished, and be
fore you were aware of what was going
on, you would be a dead man, no less than
your servant there at the window, who
thinks he watches us, whilst we watch
him. Put I saw you help a lady out ol
the carriage, and take her to the adjoining
room. We never will diMurb a lady's
rest ; we war with men, not with women.
For the present we shall h ave (his shelter;
yet remember, Sir, (hat it is the first time
for a fortnight that these men have been
under a roof, and that the couch there be
low or. the damp oak leaves i by no means
comfortable. Farewell ! Friends, let us
go he called to his men. They took up
thtir arms and went
The Prince was greatly struck by the
whole proceeding. He did not entirely
trust the robber's words; and relieving his
servant, they paced up and down, thus
keeping watch the whole night. Put no
robber again appeared. On the morrow
the lady continued the journey with her
companion. The weather had cleared up,
and only Ihe puddles in (he lanes and drops
of rain glistening on the branches remind
ed them of the clouds of Ihe previous day.
After Ihey had ridden about an hour they
suddenly heard the discharge of a rifle
close to them in the woods. Haburak
stepped forth from the bushes, and bid the
coachman 'halt.' The horses stopped ; the
Prince drew forth his pistols. Put Habu
rak, without heeding his threatening mein,
rode close up to the carriage door and said :
W'e yesterday sacrificed our comfort that
the rest of this lady should not be disturbed.
Now I will see whether it was worth the
trouble.' With these words lie lilted the
veil, which hung down from the lady's
bonnet, and looked for an instant into her
face, The lady blushed and the robber
said : 'She is really very pretty.' He
turned round, plucked a wild rose from a
uusn close at natid, ond oflerecl it to tne
may vim these words: Accept this rose
kindly as a keepsake from the poor robber
Haburak ; and if you sometime hear that
he lias been hanged, pray an Jive Maria
for his soul.' The lady took the rose, and
the robber vanished. Two years later,
newspapers related that the robber Habu
rak had been caught; that he had been
tried at the assizes in Torna, convicted of
desertion and highway robbery, and hang
ed. THE FAMILY THAT NEVER READ A
KEWSPAPER.
The second ninlii .Tin. r ir. i
a " mil your cuy, 1
put up at the lare brick tavern, known ns
the Mouse. The proprietor in answer to
some interrogatories informed me that he
owned 400 acres of land, had raised the
present season SOO bushels of wheat, 050
bushels of oats, and expected to harvest
1500 bushels of corn that he owed no man
a dollar and never look a newspaper in his
lile.
I had a great curiosity to learn how a
family kept tip with the current rows of the
day when deprived of the only means of ob
taining it. Soon nfler I entered, the family
circle consisted of the parents and six child
ren, and a daughter on the shady side of
twenty-five. The Mother commenced wilh.
"Mister, do you know whether that creat
Mr. Webster is hanged yet I"
" es .Madame."
"Wal" said the daughter, ! allow he'll
not make any more of them are spelling
books'
'1 suppose not."'
'Iv'e lived so long in the world," said
the mother with a deep sigh, :a;ul I never
see'd any body hanged yet. I always tho'l
I'd like lo see one hanged, but it never hap
pened to come right, and 'am getting so
old now, I don't expect 1 ever will, l'v
seed the sarcus and caravan and such kind
of shows."
'Stranger," said the daughter, '''there's
going to be an animal show to morrow down
hero 'bout six miles, may be you'd like lo
lay over and go down. Brother Jeems says
they've got two snakes there, the same kind
as that can swailer an elephant but I don't
believe there ever was any sich snake do
yon !"
"No, Miss,"
'Wal, then the jography Iie3," replied
Jcenis, a youth of about some Iwenty-two
years.
'I allow it does," said tho mother, ;
"why shouldn't thein lie just lika other ;
folks V I
'Mother," said Jocms, "you don't know j
nothing what you're talking about. Don't j
the t ailed States make all tho jogropliies. :
What's the use of putting lies into ''em !
They make 'em every ten years ; they're 1
going to make another in a few days. They j
send out men all over the country and find !
out everything ; that's what that chap was ;
here for tho other day, asking so many !
qestinns about. Stranger your supper's !
ready." j
rnL.uiii.u TO rut POINT.
There is a lesson, a valuable one, in tho
following report of a negro preacher's ser
man in MonlgDinnrv. It failhlullv pictures
the progress and result of periodical ruli-i- '
ous excitements, and deserves a thoughtful j
persurd by hundreds vho have not out of the
current,
'-My n.-cdren,' says he, 'God bress your
souls, 'ligion is liko the Alabama river. In
the Spring comes do fiesh and bring in all
de old logs and slicks dal hab been lyiiir 0n
de banks, and carrying dem down in do cur- i
rent. Hymcby do water go down den a !
log cotch here on dis island, den a slab gits
eotch on de shore, and tho sticks on the
bushes and deio ihey lie, wilh 'ren and
dviu' till dete comes nolher fresh. Jus' go
dere come a 'vival of 'ligiou dis ole sinner
float in, dat old backslider bro'l back,, and :
all ile folks sesm comiu,' and hab mighty ;
guod time. Hut GaJ bress your souis, my j
dear bredreu, bymeby do 'vival gone den
dis ole sinner is stuck on his ole sin, den clat !
ole backslider run aground w bar he was '
afore, on just such a rock ; den one niter J
'nolher dat hab got 'ligion lies all long de j
shore, and dar dey lay till 'nolher 'vival
come. God bress your souls, my dear bred-
ron, c in as current :'
liisi'DFRiiiKs. Theea ohuuld bo pruned
ai soon as the surface of the ground becomes
thawed in the Spring. All the old stems,
and nil the smaller young shoots, should bo
cleared away lo the giound, and about half
a dozen of the largest steins of last year's
growth left foi bearing. Their upper ex
tremelies, for a fooAr two, should be cut
ut), being weak and useless, und detrimeii
tral, from their weight and shade. The re
maining stums, if not of a stiff and upright
variety, should be loosely tie.l to slakes.
Lmi'id MAkmc Gbsj-es. The Olio
Cultivator says that a pmpe vine nt a hotel
ill that state, but three yeais old, lias climb
ed to the second story, and has extended its
blanches round the coiners of tho building,
to a distance of twenty or thirty feel, nearly
tha whole being full of clusters of fruit.
The only unusual treatment it hal received,
was a watering every day with dish-water,
and occasionally with soapsuds.
The first authentic version of '-God save
the King" appeared in "The Gentleman's
Magazine" for 1715, arranged for lo voices.
HOW TO HEIIAVC AT FIRES.
The moment Jour hear ,n Marm pcrM(n
I ke a nair .if ..i
' rmm;rB. nun any way ex
cpt Hie right wayfor the fattiest way
round is the nearest way to tUo fire. If you
happen to run on top of a wood-pile, so
much the better, you can then get a good
view of the neighborhood. If a light break,
out on your view, '-break" for it immediate,
ly but bo sure you don't jump into a low
window. Keep yelling all the time ; and if
you can't make night hideous enough your
self, kick all the do"s voa come nc.rn.. ,i
set them yelling too 'twill holp amazingly.
A braco of cats draeiied un stairs l.v ib
tail would bn a "poweifu! auxiliary." If
jou attempt tins, however, you had better
keep an eye Cioit'-wanl. When vm. ,-,u
tho scene of the fire, do all vou can to .-on.
vert it into a scene of destruction. Tear
down nil the fences in tho vicinity. If it
bo a chimney on fire, throw salt down it, or
if you can't do that, throw salt on a rat's
tail, and make him run up. The affect will
be about the Fame. If both be found im
practicable, a few backets-full of water, ju
d.cinusly applied, will answer almost as
well. Terhaps tho best plan would bo to
jerk off the pump handle and pound down
the chimney. Don't forget to yell all the
while, as it will have a prodigious effect in
frightening off tbe fire. You might swear a
little, too, if you can do it scientifically .
If you belong to the "Eagle," dn ii,8
' Hope," and if to the "Ilopa," d n the
"Eagle," and if lo neither, don't be partial
and d-n both The lomlei the better of
course ; and the more ladies in the vicinity
tho greater necessity for "doing it brown."
Should the roof begin to smoke, get to
woik in good earnest, and make any man
"smoke" that interrupts you. If it is sum
mer, and there are fruit trees in the lot, cut
them down to prevent tho fire from roasting
tho apples. Dont forget to yell ! Should
the stable be threatened', car.y out the cow
chains. Never mind the horse he'll bo
alive and kicking, and if his legs don't d
their duty, let him pay for the roast. Ditto
as to the hogs let them save their own ba
con, or smoke for it. When thu roof begins
to bum, gel a crow bar and pry away tha
stone step, or if the s:eps be of wood, pro-
cuio an axe and chop them up. Next cut
away the wash boan-'s i:i the basement sto
ry, and if that don't stop the flames, let the
chair boards on the fust lloor share a similar
fate. Should the "devuuiing element" still
pursue lbo "even tenor of its way," you had
better ascend lo the second story. Pitch
out pitchers and tumble out the tumblers.
Fill (ill the time !
If you Cud a baby abed, fling it into tha
second story window of the house across
tho way, but let the kitten carefully down
in a work-basket. Then diaw out the bu
reau drawers and empty their contents out
of the back window, telling some body be
low to upset the slop banc! and the rain wa
ter hogshead nt the same time. Of course
you will attend lo tho mirror. Tho further
it can be thrown, the more pieces will ba
made. If any body objects, Fmash it over
his head. Do not, under any circumstance,
drop the tongs down from the second story
the fall might break its legs, and render the
poor thing a cripple for life ; set it straddle
of your shoulders, and carry it down careful
ly. Tile the bed clothes on the floor and
show the spectators that you can "beat tha
bugs" ut knocking a bedstead apart and
chopping up the pieces
By tho time you will have attended to all
these things, the fire will certainly be ai res
ted, or the building burnt down. In either
case your services will bono longer nee
ded, and of course you need no further di
rections. FitmiiTENcn by a Comet A. D. 1712
Wiston predicted that the comet would ap
pear on Wednesday, H;h October, at five
minutes after five in the morning, and that
the world would bo destroyed by fire tha
Friday following. His reputation was high
and the comet appeared. A number of per
sons got into boats and barks on the Thames
thinking tho water the safest place. South
Sea and Indian stock fell. A captain of a
Dutch ship threw ail his posvder into the sea
that tho ship mi,'hl not be endangered. At
noon after the comet had appeared, it is said
that mote than one hundred clergymen
were ferried over to Lombreln, to request
that proper prayers might be prepared,
there being none in the church seivice.
People believed that the day of judgment
was at hand, and acted some nit I his belief,
moio as if some great temporary evil was to
ba expected. On Thursday, more than 7,
000 kept mistresses were publicly and le
gally married.. There was a prodigious run
on the bank, and Sir Gilbert lloalhcote, at
that timo the head director, issued orders to
all Ihe fire officers in London,, requiring
them to keep a good look out, and hate a.
particular eye upon the bank of England.
Southcifs Commonplace Book.
Babncm OcTn.iNE. The Madison C'ou
rier rolates the following piece cf financier
ing :
MeF.levery, the tailor, who bought the
prize ticket to Jenny I.ind'a first concert in
Cincinnati, is one of the few men in lb
world who are as (-harp as I.'stnum. The
way lm woiked things was this for some
days before tha cuiitcil ha went round
among his friends, belting ten dollars wilh
this one, twenty dollars w ith that one, and
so on, until he had a thousand dsulare bet
that ha would buy tha prize -ticket. Tbe
ticket was knocked dowu lo him at ti1
thus leaving bun (425 in poeket.