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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
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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.
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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.
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