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The above two volumes are complete within themselves, and contain all of Delia' Report, 4 volume, and all of YeateV Reports, 4 volumes, beside the two 6rt volumes e u : D.MriL TW third volilmA i. rftailv 01 ohiiici ... - - ---- j end will be put te pre immediately. , , H. U. MA8SER, Agent Sunhury, Aug. 16, 1851. Lycoming Mutual Insurance Company, DR. J. B. MA88ER i the local agent for the hove Insurance Company, in Norlhumber. nd county, end i at all time ready to effect Insurance against fire on real or personal pro perty, er renewing polioe tor me aame. unlMiry, April 26, 1851. tf. N K Boureau's celebrated ink, and also Con k rre ink or wnoiesaie nn reiau ny Iecinoer 38, 1850. H. B MASJER SELECT POETRY. The Locomotive and the Snow-Flakes. Armptl wilh a giant's mighty strength My feeblest nerves all brass ; My sinews in their devious length, Strong iron muscles grasp. I brrathp nil !whinings fiercely glare J I step and thunders roll ; What length ol train can ever dare Impede me from my goal ? Quirk as the speedy thought I fly; What earthly power can dare In rapid flight with me to vie, Or lithe of burden bcarl I glory in unequalled might Of strenglh, where rests such power? I dare the planets to a fight ! I'd scum nil in that hour! His widespread nostrils, highly steamed, A vapor's light did bear ; In modest cloud a moment gleamed, Then disappeared in air. Unheeded in its upward flinht The pearl-drops floated high, Till in new robes of downy while They marshalled ill the sky. Didst hear our generator's boast ? A snnw-llake whispering said Come let us, though a puny host, Attack thu mighty steed ? I'm nothing more, a flake replied; And can I date contend Asniiisl the power which has defied The strength, the skill of men ? "We need ynnr influence, one and all," Was now the stirring cty ; "Our union is the despot's fall," The puny flakes reply. The flakes then dropped in order down, So small and feathery lizht, They raised not e'en suspicion's frown, O'er carpet spread so white. The steam is raised the courser raves, For lla,kes his feet have bound ! He s: rains each nerve; in vain he braves; A match at last is found ! lu voice of wisdom snow-flakes speak : Slruvg foes to ovetcome, Use all your influence though not great, Thu woik will then be done. 3. Skctci). "HOKE OF THE ORGAN GRINDERS AND THEIR HOTKEYS." A correspondent of the Home Journal is wntiiifc a series of sketches of visits to remarkable places in and about New York. The last number describes "27e Home of the Vriran urtnticn and their Jlonkeys," a species of traveling musicians who issue from lite Empire city, and travel over the whole extent of our country : From the tinv, Messrs. Editors, when I used daily to form one of the gaping crowd of youngsters round a perambulating pur veyor ol music tor the million, I have had a desire to know where and how those useful persons and their monkey allies live. On the Sunday before last, in the after noon, between two of the heavy showers which washed not cleansedour streets on that day, my desire was gratifieid. I visited the home of the monkeys and their masters, and I will tell you what I saw and heard there. It was best, I thought, in exploring the localities where they re side, to hunt in couples, and, accordingly, I invited our mutual friend the editor of the , to accompany me. The neighborhood of the Five Points for alas! it is there that our artists are lone to be found is not in any circum stance a pleasant neighborhood ; and 1 as sure you a heavy rain does not improve it. I here was mud, ankle deep, in the streets ; mud, slippery mud, upon the pave ments; mud upon the tteps that led into the houses ; mud on those that led down nto the reek'sg cellars mud every where and on everything. Yet what a swarm of people! .Every window presented an array f heads, every stoop was crowded, and throngs of children ; ragged and dirty, plump and ruddy, were playing about our feet, at every step. I could not but thin:, hat if all the root were taken off the din- y houses, and it were to rain forty days nd forty nights, till every atom of impur- ty were swept away with the resistless flood, what a blessing it would bo. As we passed along, 1 observed a huge policeman taking to the police office a delicate moth- rly-looking woman, my hardened editorial friend observing, -He is showing her the way home." Another wretched creature was hurry- ng alonz with a niece of dis?ustin? look- ng meat under her apron. Another, with a chihl in her arms, was buying a stick of candy for it, at a dirty applestand, planted in tne universal mua. irie people gener ally seemed to be cheerfully enloyin" their ouuuay o'.iri nuun, aim i. saw no arUIlkeil person in the neighborhood. 1 he house we were in search of, proved to be a brick four story structure, and, like all its neighbors, seemed swarming and bursting with human life. Half a dozen steps led to the open front door, were cov ered with dirty people men, women and children all foreigners, and jabbering in unknown tongues. 1 he ascent was not in viting. We crowded through, however, and gained the passage, which was long, dark, dismal, damp, dirty, and utterly de void of any article of furniture. Address ing an Italian, who was leaning against the wall, in a contemplative attitude, my com panion went at once to the heart ol the matter, and said, "Is this the house where the monkeys are kept ?" Instead of reply ing, he turned to two boys who were scuf fling at the further end of the passage, and shouled, "Giac." The boys finished their gcuflle at leisure, and then Giac, himself a little black haired, impudent-looking monk 1 fV approached. Our contemplative friend looked at us, pointed to the boy, and then exceedingly dirty pitchers, cops, pots and resumed his meditations. "Are there any pans. The inventory of furniture com monkeys in this house?" 1 asked the boy, ' prise the following articles: one large, "Upstairs," was his reply; and up stairs we went accordingly. The stairs were broad, and the passages on each floor long and narrow, with doors every ten feet. All around us was the hum of human voices; but the aspect of the place was indescriba bly forlorn, not to say, revolting. We wandered about, from story lo story, with out meeting with any indication of a monk ey's presence, and it was not till we reach ed the top of the house, that we ascertain ed by a marked change in the flavor of the atmosphere, that we were on the right scent. Knocking at one of the doors, a woman, not ill-looking, with rather a pret ty and not very dirty infant in her arms, presented herself. Sure of our game, we merely asked "Where are the monkeys? She seemed surprised at this question but pointed to a door at the other extremity of Hie passage, lo which we at once repaired. We knocked, and the door was opened by an ltalian youth. That was enough the mere opening of the door. The game was our own. The youth could not understand us, nor we him: and we look the liberty to enter. I will describe the apartment in which we now found ourselves. You will know its size when I tell you, that it con tained three double bedsteads, and that they exactly filled it, except a very narrow pas sage between each. Other articles of fur niture there were and could be none. The ceiling could be easily reached by the hand. The walls were of a yellowish black, nr.d oh ! how reeking filthy. The beds were "unmade," and covered with a mass of ex ecrable bed-clothes. I judged from their appearance that three persons slept in each making nine occupants for a room about as large as a humane man appropri ates to the use of a dog. One small win dow closed although the day was warm plastered with dirt, admitted a sickly light into the apartment. An odor of condensed menagarie pervaded the room, which was almost too much for us. On a shelf, over one of the beds there was an organ, cover ed with green baize ; but excepting the un human smell, there was no sign of the pre sence of monkeys. By the time we had completed ottr sur vey, a young man, with a sunny Italian countenance, entered, followed by a wom an, who, with ourselves, quite filled up the room. This sunny Italian, we proceeded without delay to pump with vigor. "Do you live here?" I a.sked. "Yes, this is my room." "Is that your organ?" "Yes, that is mine." "Have you a monkey also?" "I have a monkey, but I cannot sell him under thirty-five dollars; he is worth thirty-five." "Where are the monkeys kept ?" "There they are," he replied, pointing to half a dozen boxes, about a foot high and eight inches broad, with a hole in the top, about the size of a dollar, which stood in the fire-place. These boxes had escaped our attention in the darkness of the room. To convince us that they really contained something alive, he kicked a few of the boxes, and a subdued pitiful squeal issuing from them, confirmed his assertion. "Here are some more," he said, opening a little door, which formed half of the fire place into a closet. Two monkeys immediately jumped out, but were ordered back by the man, and they obeyed the order at once. "Are they any more monkeys in the house now ?" my friend asked. "Oh yes, plenty ; some in that room, some in that, and some down stairs." How many altogether a hundred ?" "No, not a hundred ; perhaps fifty ; there will be more next week, for the men are coming back from the South." "What do you give the monkeys to eat?" "Oh, they eat most anything." "And they are worth thirty five dollars a-piece ?" "Mine is worth that, he U very good and strong; he can climb up to the top of a house by llie water pipe; he can open the door, and do everything." "Where do the monkeys come from?" "Well, I don't know where they come from at first, but some one told me they get them at Boston, or somewhere around there." "How much do you earn in a day ?" At this question, his face brightened, and ho answered with great animation. "Yesterday, I got a dol lar by four o'clock ia the alternoon." "Do you get a dollar every day V "No, not every day; sometimes a half, some times three-quarters, a dollar sometimes; sometimes it is very cold, pnd then 1 dont get much. "Is the organ your own?" "Yes." "Is there not some one who hires out organs and monkeys by the day ?" "I believe not ; all of us here have our own." "How many persons sleep in this room?" "Sometimes five or six, sometimes more." "How much do you pay for your share?" "Three dollars, and a half." "A week ?" "No, a month." "How long have you been in America?" "About a year." "Do you like the country?" "Oh yes. first rate, it is a very fine country." "Where did you come from?" "I came lrom Italy, but 1 speak J- rench too." By this time we had borne the atmos' phere of the place as we could, and I open ed the door. My companion offered the man a piece of money, which he refused, norcouia we prevail upon him to accept it. He appeared to consider us in the li?ht of guests, and seemed very desirous to enter tain us hospitably. As we were poinz he o'..l uTk :- . 6 . am, i.icic i. a muiiKey in me next room worm a hundred dollars, a very fine fellow would you like to see him?" Without waiting for an answer he opened the door to which he referred, and in a moment we found ourselves spectators of another strange scene. The apartment which we now entered was just double the size of the noisome den we had left, equally filthy, and equally of fensive. A large cooking stove was blaz ing away on one side, and on the opposite side was a huge pile of unspeakrble bed clothes. On the miserable old rickety shelf, behind the stove, were a number of dirty, pine table, and about a dozen (empty) monkey boxes. Ihe room was Iitlerally full of people. Nine or ten men were seat ed on the boxes around the table playing cards. A woman was lying on the floor, in a corner, fast asleep, A man appa rently an Irishman was sprawling upon the bed-clothes in a drunken sleep. Two or three men were standing about the stove, and when we entered with our train from the other room, we were about as thick as people coming out of church. In one of the corners, the very superior monkey which we had been invited lo see, was chained and moving about, as far as his chain permitted, incessantly. He wa3 about double the size of the monkevs we usually see in the streets, and about twice as ugly. As we entered, the card-players rose, and every one in the room except the sleepers gathered about us. A few words from our sunny friend, addressed to one of the men, explained the object of our visit, and he proceeded forthwith to unchain the semi-baboon in the corner, and to "put him through his motions." We tried to get further information from this man, concerning his way of life, but he seemed unable to furnish any. He said however that the business w as getting very bad ; formerly they used to gi t plenty of money, but now so many had got into it, that it was as much as they could do to get their living. My companion, wilh genu ine editorial instinct, wished to ascertain the number of wan.lering musicians there are in this country, and the sum of money given to them : but our enquiries on this point were lierely fruitless. From their replies to our numerous questions, I con jecture that there, are, in the immediate vicinity of tliah house, somewhere about one hundred and fifty persons engaged in this business, and that they earn, on an aver age, throutrout the year, about fifty cents per day, of which they can save, if they choose, one half. All the men whom we saw were under thirty years of age, and seemed to be enjoying life as well as the most fortunate of our own population. What appeared to me very remarkable was, that notwithstanding the loathsome hole in which they slept five or six men, and five or six monkeys in one small, low garret room they were all brown and ruddy with health. While on our way thither, we had seen, thro' the plate glass of stately mansions, many pale faces, overspread with Sunday langor peering vacantly into the street. We thanked the company for their politeness, and found our way, in safety, to the quagmire stiects, and, as Mr. Pepys of ten observed, "so home." Rkmedv for Consumption. It will be recollected that several mouths ago wo pub lMied an abstract of an article by Dr. Stonk in a New Orleans medical journal, relative to a new remedy for consumption. The Boston Medical and Suigical Journal has the following on the same subject : "A gentleman of iho neighboring city of Churleslovvn, whose son was considered in a opele&s s:alo from tho diseased condition of tho respiratory apparatus, was induced to dminster Dr. Stone's medicine. All tho phosphate of lime procured at the shops ap pealed to hira to be imperfectly prepaied being coarse and otherwise objectionable A pure article was prepared especially for the occasion, reduced lo an impalpable powder, and ten grains were administered three times day, followed by a swallow of cod liver oil. No material charge was discoverable in the patient for two weeks. Suddenly, as it were, fixed pain of long standing in the chest then abated; sleep became refreshing, Ihe appe tite unproved, sljength returned, and from being moved about tho apartment reclining on an invalid chair, he is now daily riding, on an average, ten miles ou horseback, facing he wind and breathing the cold with irnpu- ity. This is a synopsis of a case related by grateful parent, who would be glad lo have thers, under si.nilar circumstances, make an effort wilh the phosphate, combined with cod liver oil. An Unheasonadi.b Piioposal. An Irish aborer, who was in thu employment of an English gentleman, residing in Ireland, was on one occasion about going lo a fair, held tnnually at a neighboring village, when his master endeavored lo dissuade him from bis evign, 'You always," said he, "come back with bioken head ; now, stay at home to- lay, Dai by, and I'll give you five shil lings." 'fin lurcver aim ail obliged to your honor," replied Darby, "but does it stand to rasoiij" udded he, lluuiishing his shillelagh over his neuil, does it stand lo rason, I Mat I'd take five shillings for the great batin' I'm to get to-day '." Indians Stauved to Death. The Min nesota Pioneer, says that a report has come from Lao qui Parle, that over forty Indians men, women and children were found frozen to death, having eaten their dogs, moccasins, skin tents, and everything that could afford the least sustenance. It was feared, last summer, that the loss of crops by the floods, would result disasterously to thorn. Great Slauciitir in China. A late Canton paper records a great slaughter of government troops near Yung-gun-chow, by the rebel army. About 10,000 soldiers and mora than 60 officers were slaughtered. Last Monday was the annivesary of the battle of Lexington, at which Ihe first revo lutionary blood was shed, in 1776. TUB POt KET BOOK. Scene First A' jonng gent discovered sur rounded by his friends, who are jesting with him regarding his intentions lo a certain young lady. Founo Gent. Boys, I'll just tell you how it is. ou see, I care nothing for Iho eirl it's thu old man's pocket book that I'm after." Chorus or Friends. "Ha I ha ! ha !" Scene Second. A parlor. Time 11 o'clock, P. M. Young lady seated. Young gent rising to depart. Hesitates, as if bashful, and then slowly remarks : "Miss Matilda, excuse me, but you must be aware that my frequent visits my at tentions cannot have been without an ob ject" Young Lady. "Ah, yes, so I've heard, and shall only be loo happy lo grant what yoti desire (Takes from tht table a paper parcel, and unfulding it, displays a large, old fashioned, and empty morocco pocket book ) TVtis, I have been informed, is that object. Permit me to present it, and congratulate you that you will in future have no lur- ther occasion to renew these visits and attentions." BOLD STIIOKE I'Oll A nisn.vND. Kendall of tho N. O. Piu. in one of his ate letters from Paris relates the following story : ' A most singular case of swindling, ac companied uy a "bold stroKO lor a hus band," has recently been played by a poor girl, named Leonie Lehoux, living near Chartres, the full particulars of which havJ been brought to light before the tribunals in that city. It seems that in November last Leonie, who is ihe daughter of a diligence driver between Chartres and Dreux, sudden ly took il into her head that she would be come a heroine, and with more impudence than ingenuity, planned and carried out the plot of her romance. Heroines of novels generally contrive to get along without money, although occasionally pinched, but Leonine saw that she must have a little capital to start upon from the first. She, therefore, pretending that it was for a lady of hijih rank who had taken her under pro tection, succeeded in borrowing 100 francs from a fisherman named Vere. This sum. which was soon to be refunded, not being paid in time, Madame Vere went to Leonies mother to inquire about it. The mother knew nothing in relation to (he matter, and Madame Vere went off, threatening an ex posure. Leoiiie now produced a letter from the Bishop of Chartres, stating that he in tended to marry her lo a young man of good fianes a year, and to present Lconio herself wilh a fortune of 100,000 francs. This strange tale the mother was induced to be. lieve upon the urgent protestations of the girl, and through her the father was also prevailed upon to swallow the golden story. He accordingly paid Madame Vere the 100 frai.es out of his hard earnings. The Bish op had enjoined secrecy in his lelter, but the father, in his pride, could not refrain from talking about thu extroardinary good fortune in store for himself and family to some rather wealthy farmers, named Bru net, at a place where he was accustomed to change horses. One of the young Bruncts suddenly look il into his head that a fortune of 100,000 francs was a tempting sum for a farmer, and hinted that in case Leonie should nut be married to ihe Bishop's pro tege, he would have no particular objection to taking her himself. But the father could not give him any hope. He however lold young Brunet that as for himself he would have no objection to him as a son-in-law, and then showed him the Bishop's letter. The epistle commenced in this way. "Dear Madame I. the Lord Bishop of Chartres, Monseigneur Clausal de Montais, write these few lines to you to prodnce an eflect on your heart," &c. Young Brunet hinted that this was rather a singular way of commencing a letter to a young miss, and pointed ent sundry faults of spelling and grammar ; but Lehoux sage ly remarked that when a bishop got to be eighty years of aje he was neither pioud nor particular of his spelling, and this pro found observation appeared to remove all scruples from the young man. About a month later another letter arrived from the Bishop, lellhig Lehoux that they should all live wilh him in his palace after the marriage of his dearly beloved Leonie, and that he had already received ihe first years rente of 20,000 francs, although he could not send it just then, as he happened to be a little short of money. In this letter he directed that a new bonnet aud mutf should be bought fur Leonie, and a cravat fur himself, and he further said that ho in tended to spend 90,0'JO francs for wedding garments and jewels for her and increaso her fortune lo 400.000 francs. The liberal Bishop also promised that when Henry V should be restored, he would make Leonie Regent of the Court, and would confer title on her father and mother ! Old Lehoux and his wife were now be sides themselves at their expected and most unexampled shower of good fortune, and the former throwing up the reins of stage driv ing as an occupation entirely below him, took delight in going around among his neighbors who were tradesmen, telling them of his own and his daughter's future greatness. Nor waa Madame Lehoux idle, for she, loo, busied herself in trumpeting the whole story of the riches and fame in story of the family among the shopkeepers' wive ib the vicinity, and all teemed to be lieve Ihe whole story from beginning to end. Of a sudden the credit of the Lehoux be came unbounded, and both mother and daughter improved it by purchasing all sorts of fine dresses, laces and jewels. They also hired a man servant and rigged him out in livery and a gold laced hat. Leonie in dulged herself with a maid, and by ''putting on airs" both were at once the envy of nil their friends and acquaintances. Of course they paid nothing no one would think of taking money from such wealthy people. Another mouth elapsed, during which time all was fuss and finery, whan a third letter was received from the Bishop. It set forth that as the husband he had intended for his beloved Leonie had attempted to as sassinate him, he determined that he should not have her, and he charged her parents lo look out for a young man who would make their daughter happy. Overtures were now mad'Jto Brunet, who was at once the happiest of men ; the courtship was cariied on, Ihe marriage contract drawn up, the wedding dresses purchased, aud the day for the nup tials fixed. But suddenly it occured to Brunei's father that there would be no harm in consulting his lawyer on the subject, and ho therefore went to bis office, canying the letters of the Bishops with him. The man of law immediately pronounced them for geties, as it was utterly impossible for a hiiih prelate to be concerned in such a trans astion, or write in such (in extraordinary style, and on applying to the Bishop's secre tary he also declared the whole story as one trumped up for gross swindle, and that his master knew nothing whatever of Made moiselle Leonie. Here was a sudden full-more sudden than even the rise of all the Lehoux family Father mother and daughter were at once arrested, and las', week their trial came off at Chartres in. presence of all who would gain admission to tho court room. The fa ther after a short investigation, was dis charged ; it was palpably proved that he had been completely the dupe of his daugh ter's stories. The mother's case was not so easily disposed of. It was thought by many that she was in the plot ; but her in nocence, was finally established by her own simplicity in answering the questions pro pounded, and she was also released. But with the unfortunate Leonie the case went harder. She frankly admitted that the letters were all forgeries, and said that she had written them to get herself fine clothes, and, if possible, a husband. The court sentenced her to eighteen mouths' imprisonment. Thus has ended, for the present at least, the romance of Leonie Luhoux's life. I have condensed thu account of her adveij lures and trial, not for the great interest the slcry may possess, but lo show how easily the French people ore duped by the most flimsy impostures. We are sold and gulled easily enough in Ihe States, but I doubt whether such an idle story as that got up by Mndemoiselle Leonie would be listened to in any part of the country. Wise Laws. Evil men speak as Ihey wish rather than what they know. He that would enjoy the fruit must not gather the flower. Never open the door to a little vice, lest a great one should enter also. An hour in the morning is worth two in the afternoon. All things are soon prepared in a well or dered house. However little we may have te do, let us do that little well. Nothing begets confidence sooner than punctuality. Fair dealings is the bond and cement of society. Money is a useful servant but a tyrannical master. It is easier to suppress the first desire, than to satisfy all that follow it. That virtue which parleys is near a sur render. The world is a workshop, and none but I llie wise Know now to use llie tools. Etiquette. The National Intelligencer has a correspondent who proposes a seiies of numbers on this subject, aud the Telegraph tries to condense into commandments what he demonstrates by argument. Some of the commands may be trite : 1. Before you bow to a lady in the street, permit her to decide whether you may do so or not, by at least a look of recog nition. 2. "Excuse my glove" is an unnecessary apology ; for the glove should not be with drawn to shake hands 3. When your companion bows to a lady, you should do so also. When a gentleman bows to a lady in your company, always bow to him in return. Hoosic Tunnel. The great machine for boiing the lloosic mountain is expected at Greenfield in the course of a few days, and arrangements are making to have each town on the line of the road lo provide teams to get it from Greenfield to Ihe mountain. Tub Detroit Baptist Heard says lhat Gen. Cass was invited, some time ago, while al Centreville, Mich., to drink. "No," said Ihe General, "I never drank liquor nor nsed tobacco, and I do not wish to begin at Cen- treville." ' " Man have been ruined by their fortunes; many have escaped ruin by the want of for tune. ' To obtain it, the great have beoorae little, and tha little great. Zimmerman. A DONKEY IK A BALL ROOM. Mr. Kendall, writing from Paris lo the New Orleans Picayune, describes the follow ing scene in a Paris ball loom. "A highly ludicrous incident occurred a few evenings since at the Casino Paganini, a large ball room located at the head of a passage lending out of the Chanssee d'Antin, and which is much frequented this season by a mixed and most miscellaneous crowd. The orchestra had just struck up the Galop dtx Chcnin de Fer, (Rail Road Gallop.) and the merry dancers had taken their places, when into the room bolted a donkey, snort ing aud braying at the top of his powerful lungs, and, joining in Ihe gallop, went round the large salle with a perfect rush. Never was such a stampede seen in a ball room. The now afTiighlened dancers scattered in every direction, and "sich a giltin' up stairs," such a jumping upon chairs and ta bles, and such a climbing up pillars, up lo that moment had never been witnessed in the Casino Paginini, or any other casino. The police were struck dumb at the strange appatition, the musicians dropped their in struments and fled in terror, while the don key kept galloping on in his mad flight, careening in circles around the room amid iho wild screams of the hundreds of wo men, all only bent upon seeking places of safety. "What could have brought such an intru der into a dancing hall no one could imagine but it was afterwards ascertained that the donkey had been lefl by his master standing before a door in Chaussee d'Antin, and that struck by one of carriages continually pas sing through that noted thoroughfare, and frightened by the rattling of others, he had suddenly started oil at the top of his speed. The more he ran, as is always Ihe case, the morn frightened he became, and in his flight, seeing tho passage leading to Ihe Casino, he bolted into it for refuge. But poor refuge did he find ; for he now had to run a gnuulet of nt least fifty coachmen, al ways stationed in tho passage on the lookout for customers, who, yelling and cracking their whips at him, further increased his terror and his pace. The saloon is on the first floor, and without stopping to procuie a ticket of admission, but kicking over the as tonished door-keeper in his headlong career, the poor brute made his advent among the dancers, as already mentioned. "Solitary and alone he set that ball in motion," and commotion too. Without stopping to select a partner, ho joined in the grand gallop, and at a stride which soon distanced every thing on the track. "After half a dozen turns round the sa loon, and to music of his own composition and performance, he finally cooled or tired himself down, came to his senses, and quiet ly commenced a survey of the premises. From this out he is said to have been the pet of the evening, the female portion of tho crowd in paiticular pressing around him, and regaling him plentifully with cakes and other notions. When Ihe ball was over, he was sent by the commissary of police to the public pound, and thus ended Ihe doings of a donkey in a dancing saloon. The adventures of the celebrated bull in the china shop were as nothing in comparison ; that animal simply confined his operations to breaking plates, cups, and saucers, but the hero of the Casino Paganini for a space broke up a ball." Cl.NGER. BE tit. Fui end Freas, Tho following recipes for makins excellent Ginsrer Beer, are re- ! commended to Housekeepers for liiul. If properly made it is a delightful beveiage. ; especially in warm weather. I have used I it for many years. m. a. p. Take f bruised gingor, 4 ounces, wale 10 gallons ; boil for half an hour or more, and when sufficiently cool, add seven pound lump sugar; 8 ounces cieam of laitar ; 2 drachms essence of lemon ; yeast, one pint. Strain and bottle, and wire down the corks. Another. Loaf sugar, 2 lbs. ; ginger, r.,,ev ri,sn.,,. 2 ounces : cream tartar, one . j .... , , - , , I and a half ounces ; water, heated lo tho iolym poj, o Siiii0s. Mjx ihoroughly, ailj cover ihem up for half an hour, then i ajj esseCe of lemon 80 drops ; yeast five ; .t.asrH)011f.,!i . Brain. bottle and necure the corks with wire. 6Vr. Telegraph. ' GINGERBREAD. Respected Friend, 1 send thee a re ceipt for making hard Gingerbread, also one for soft Gingerbread, which may not be known to all Housekeepers who read thy paper, and which may be acceptable to CHESTER COl'NTY. Hard Cingerbread. Half pound sugary half pound butter, 2 pounds flour, 1 oz. cin namon, 3 ozs. ginger, i oz. cloves, 1 pint molasses bake 15 to CO minutes. Sokt Gingerbread.--One lea-cup full of cream, 1 lea-cup of molasses, 1 lea-spoonful of suleralus, 1 lea-spoonful of ginger, and flour enough to make a thin batter. Ger. Telegraph. He who betrays another's secrets because he has quarreled with him, was never wor thy of the sacred name of friend ; a breach of kindness on one side will not jus'.ify a breach of trust on the other. The father of President Fillmore, it ia said, it a Methodist preacher, and is at thit time pretidiog Elder in a Conference District in N. Yotk. "Well, it's no use of talking," at the boy said te hit deaf daddy. L 1 A,
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