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SUNI3URY, NO ItTII UM 13 ERL AN D COUNTY, TA -SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1S56.
OLD SERIES, VOL- 17. NO 10
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GONE.
BT t. O. WHITHER.
Another hand Is beckoning us,
Another call is given ;
And glows once more with an pel steps
The path which reaches' JJearen.
Our young and gentle friend, whoso rails
Made brighter summer hours,
Amid the feasts of Autumn time
II as left us with the flowers. ,
No poMng of the check of bloom
Furwarned us of decay;
No shadow from the Silent Land
Fell round our sister's way.
The light of her young lifo went down,
As sinks behind the hill
The glory of a setting star,
deuly, and still. ,
and sweet her fair brew seemed.
,al as the sky ;
like the brook's low song, her roico
would not uie.-
deemed she needed not
. ,uanging of her sphere,
. give to heaven a shining one,
Who walked .0 angel here.
The blessing of her quiet life
Fell on ns like the dew ;
And good thoughts, where her footsteps
Like fairy blossoms grew. pressed,
Sweet prompting unto kindest deeds
Were in her very look ;
We read her face as one who reads
A true and holy book.
The measure of a hymn,
To which our hearts could move ;
The breathing of an inward psalm,
A caoticlo of lore.
We mi?s her in the place of prayer,
And by the hearth-fire's light ;
We pause beside her door to hear
Oiu-e more her sweet "Good night."
There seems a shadow on the day,
Her smile no longer cheers;
A dimness on the stars of night,
Like eyes that look through tears.
Alone unto our Father's will
One thought hath reconciled ;
That he whose love ex?eedeth ours
lias taken home his child.
Fold her, 0 Father, in thine arms,
And let her henceforth ba
A messenger of love between
Our bumble hearts unU Thee.
Still let hor mild rebuking stand
Between us and the wroug,
And her dear memory serve to make
Our faith in goodness strong.
And grant that she, whose tremblicg here
li?trustud all her powers,
May welcome to her holier home
The well-beloved of ours.
A COCK-riQHT IN HAVANA.
One bright morning in the raoath of De
cember, a lew years ago, the Ohio lay swing
ing to and fro, under the guns of the Moio
Castle, in the harhor of Havana.
Rising and falling on tho breast of the
billow, like a beautiful thing or life, with her
tall masts tapering to the eky, her balf
clew.d sails banging gracefully in the sun,
and her bristling port-holes showing a row
of teeth almost as formidable as tho castle
ileelf, she was a thing both to be admired und
to be feared.
The beautiful quarter-deck shone like a
well polished table ; the brass mountings of
"lung I om. a respectable aixty-lour pouixier,
glistened like gold, when contrasted with his
black muzzle ; and beneath the belaying-pins
lay sundry well-tarred ropes, coiled up like
snakes preparing for a spring.
A flight breezt rippled tho water, gently
wafting to leeward the smoke which issued
from the cigars of a few officers, who, drossed
in the gay uniform of our navy, sat discussing
the merits of the combatants in a certain
cock-tight, which was to take place on the
ulaud tyat day, and to wmcu tuey were to
be conveyed in tho captain's gig, which had
been ordered to be got reudy for that pur
pose. It was a bright Sunday morning, the
day generally chosen by the Creoles for their
exhibitions of bull-fights, cock-fights, aud
similar rational amusements, and great
anxiety was manifested on this occasion to
witness the sport, in consequetice oi me
enormous bets which had been staked by the
Spaniards und Creoles upon their favorites,
and because it was so arranged that the field
was open to competitors ol uli classes.
Synitoins of impatience were becoming
evident in the countenance of the oQicers at
the noii-appearance of the f 'g, when they
observed a kuot of sailors congregated around
the captain, and in a few minutes, "Will
tj lover," the boatswain, a tine specimen of an
American sailor, approached them, and
touching bis cap, requested permission to
take tbeiu ashore iu the yawl iuslead of the
, .
The request occasioned some surprise, as it
was rather an unusual one, and the captain
was upon the point of refusing, when the
first lieutenant whispered in his ear ;
"There is a turking devil in Will's eye,
which shows that there is mischief in the
wind : so let's Bee what it is about."
The quick-wilted boatswain, however, had
seen the impending refusal, and before it had
time to leave the captaiu's lips, be bud told
him "that the boys Lad brought out in the
vessel a ereat-fitfhtine bird, which they wanted
to match against the best game-cock on the
Uland, beiug desirous ol proving the superi
ority of the Americans la chickens as well
as in everything else.
"Besides." contiuued he. "these yellow
devil, win our money all the time with their
marked cards aud loaded dice, aud we are
burninir to have our revenge."
"But what kiud of a bird have you got
there r said the captain ) "you cannot hope
to tight oneofthe half-bred game-cocks which
we have at home against the splendid birds
which these Creoles devote their whole time
to breeding aud training, and which are per
haps uueaualled in the world."
"Never miud that, captain," answered
Will ; "we have a bird here that is known
all over the United btutes. aud which has
never been whipped yet, although be has
had worse eoeuuos to encounter than these
billions lookiutr tirjanierds."
"Well, I do not know what mischief yon
are after," replied the captain, good humor
eilly ; "but if you will give your word on be-
r.an el tnese men, that you win oeuave
your.-clves properly while on shore, and not
taste a drop of liquor, you may go.'
Will touched his cap again, and in a
minute disappeared down the hatch, while
the officers stood wandering at the implicit
reliance bo seemed to have in the powers of
Dig turn, yet at the same time conhding lolly
In the well known shrewdness or the lellow,
which they had oflen seen nut to the test.
Tho yawl was lowered, a dozen sailors
leaped into it, and swinging round to the
gangway, sat silently waiting for the nflicers;
tint a knowing smile might have been seen
playing about each man's face, which broke
into a cheer asthesturdy hoatswain appeared
on the mnner-rait with his precious bird in a
sack, and seizing tho painter, swung himself
igiitiy into tho boat.
y this time tho officers had become as
much interested in the proceedings as the
men, and as soon as they were seated, de
manded to see the contents of the bug.
But Will assured them that the bird would
fight so much better if kept in the dark
until the hour of combat, and pleaded so
earnestly against taking him out that they
at last yielded the point, and contented
themselves with listening to an interesting
but entirely fabulous history of "The Un
known," which the boatswain related with a
seriousness that would have done credit to a
funeral sermoii.
As they tipproached the shore he conclu
ded by saying :
"1 have good reason for wislun to pre-
serve my bird's secret until the last moment,
and although you will discover it the moment
it is pit d, 1 hope your honors will keepyonr
itiougu' o yourselves, and not betray us.
I' isi'l all the money we could on
' have got a good purse to put
"J m.-, ."st cock that ever crowed in the
111,. 7 .41-1 1' U I.I . - .1.
j j u ' ' JOUI IIOIII'IH nuiiiu unti iuuu
a lit, M, !liug you can do it with perfect
safet"on this bird, or my name's not Will
Glove.' j for ti.tir picavune chickens will
stand no more ch mce with him than one of
these fellows then selves would with me, aud
I never saw any three of them yet that I
couldn't whip in a free fight."
Having UniKbed this modest assertion, his
eye glanced slightly at his powerful framo, as
i to say, "judge tor yourselves ; ' and indeed
t required little indirnietit to perceive that
if the bird resembled his mnster he would
provo a formidable antagonist, for Will's
clear blue eye, broad forehead, and bright,
handsome countennnce gave promise of more
than ordinary intelligence and resolution.
while his thick, brawny neck and huge arms
looKeit perlectly capable of perlomung in a
free fight" even more than had iust been
claimed for them.
In a few minutes the party had landed and
separated, tho officers having gone to a livery
Maine to procure a conveyance, aBd the stal
wart form of the boatswain could be seen
rolling up the street at the head of a body of
men, whose appearance was such as to
render them little likely to receive interrup
tion from the majority of peacefully disposed
citizens.
In about half sn hour they had reached
he inclosure whirl) contained the pit, and
they suoii found themselves in the nutlht of a
mot ley assemblage, who were chattering ami
yelling in a maimer worthy of the gallery of
a third-rute theatre in the United Stales.
Women of every shude of color, from
ebony to dirty white, were seated around the
outer side of the wall, with tables or trays
displaying oranges, liuiianns, sugar cane,
aligator pears, mangoes, bell apples, snpa-
lillues, und various other tropical rruitB,
while men and boys were seen parading about
with every variety of that officious bird w hich
always insists upon iiunouncing the break of
day, w hen nobody cares about hen ing it.
1 he pit was surrounded by a large amphi
theatre, capable of holding an immense num
ber ol persons, and there, seated upon benches,
raised one above the other, sat the beauty
and chivalry of the Havana. There
"Soft eyes looked love to eyes vt Viith sj-.fike again,
Aud all went lueiry as the niairiagr-hell :''
but nevertheless old und young, rich and poor,
seemed bent upou enjoying the sport, and the
'solt eyes above alluded to seemed quite
willing to divide their favors equally between
their cavaliers and the chickens.'
Whenever a fine b;rd was exhibited and
matched against another, the ladies were
seen betting with as much vivacity as the
men, although their stakes were more mode
rate than the immense sums which some of
the old Dons displuyed upou little tables
arouud the edge of the ring, aud which they
won and lost with a menchalunc worthy of a
better cause.
Glover and his companions, on entering the
amphitheatre, took their seats near the door,
und shortly atter the omuers of the Uuio
arrived; and obtaining places a short distance
from the men, were soon engaged iu making
tritlitig bets with those around them, on such
birds as buppeoed to excite their admiration.
umlaut birds iney certainly were, and
orthy of all udmirulion ; but unless history
is to be disbelieved, they were guilty of most
extraordinary anachronisms.
lime, place, and lacts were utter disre
garded in the scenes there enacted, and the
very dead were brought from their graves to
fight for the amusement of the incousiderate
spectators.
Julius Caesar was there picking a quarrel
with the Duke of Wellington ; Plutarch was
strutting about with a large red comb iu bis
head. Lord Byron, with bare legs and steel
spurs, was seen running away lioni Cbristo-
t,b
er Columbus; aud Murk Antony was
heard pronouncing an extremely tautological
oration over the dead body of lion (juixotte.
It is true that the eloquence of this Mr.
Autony was not quite equal to that ofauothi r
of the same name, who once began au addrexs
by muking the unrearonuble request that his
' friends," as well as the "Komana aud coun
trymen." would "lend him their ears;" but
Ins style was certainly more terse and laconic,
for bis preface consisted of "cock a," his
story of "doodle," and the conclusion of
"doo." Such brevity should certainly have
ruuked with the "veui, viudi. vici," of olden
times, aud the "Subustopol eft pris" of our
day. But to return to our unforiuuute bird,
who bad been covered all this time with
sack-cloth, if not with ashes, and who bud
beeu kept entirely iu the dark with regard to
these proceedings. Various contests had
taken place, many a gallant bird bad fallen
victim to bis bravery, aud the interest of
the audience was beginuiug to flag, when a
Creole stepped into the ring, aud offered to
match a spleudid bird which be held uuder
his arm, against anything that bad wings, on
the island.
No one answered, at the bird was the
most celebrated one in the Havana, and the
owner's efforts to find an aulagouist seemed
likely to prove futile.
big nor Aungo't black game-cock, "Satan,"
was known to every cue in the town as
having whipped the best birds the isluud bad
produced, aud being still in his prime, do
one csred about losing a floe bird by matching
him against this "Cccnr de Lion" of rooster..
Incensed with the idea of winning neither
money nnr renown with his favorite bird, he
at Inst offered to stake a hundred doublooss
against fifty, and no one accepting his cbal
Ie use. bo was preparing to leavo the ring.'
Lwhen our boatswain sprang up, and in very
Dad hpnnmli, a smattering ol wtucn he had
acquired in his wanderings, asked him if he
was willing to match him against a curious
looking bird which ho haA ;i him In a bnrr.
"Against anything that '.i..j wings, i? my
challenge," proudly replied Amigo j "prodoco
your bird, sir."
Without further parley. Will nntied the
bag, and produced, to the astonishment of
the officers and the rest of the assembly, the
most curious looking specimen of the feath
ered tribe that bad ever graced or disgraced
a cock-pit.
It was bird about the site of a large
rooster, with no tail, no comb, and no steel
guffies. Comb it seems he never had,
and as for tail, if he had ever been blessed
with such en appenduge, the rulhlese aailore
must have "clipped it short aud driven it in,"
for not a vestige of it remained ; and to add
to the disfigurement, he was smeared with a
mixture ot grease and blacking, until his
original color bad beeu entirely lost. A loud
shout of derision arose from the spectators
at the impudence of the Yankee, in offering
so miserable a creature at the antuaouif.t of
"Satan," the pride of the Havana, and as
they doubtless thought, tee bero ot a hemis
phere. Uut to the experienced eyes of the officers
of the Ohio, the secret was now revealed, and
beneath the grease and soot, in spite of the
clipped wings and clipped feathers, they
perceived the eye or au old Paid eagle, and
the terrible beak and claws, which the sailors
had utmost menaced to conceal by covering
them with feathers, tuken from the chickens
of some by-gone dinaer.
1 he omcers now regretted that tbry had
permitted the men to come ashore, as they
were fearful that the art i Gee. if discovered,
might lead to blows : and the determined
character 'of the men rendered them very
dangerous when excited.
Matters, however, bad now proceeded too
far to be stopped, end they had to eontetit
themselves with relying on the prudence of
Glover. Although they knew that he wus a
perfect devil when his blood was up, they
still knew hi n to be a man of bis word, and
that he would nut make a disturbance if he
could help it ; so hoping that their presence
would have its inHuenco with the audience,
they drew still closer to the boatswain, and
then quietly awaited the issue. But their
fears were unnecessary ; the sailors had no
intention of gutting into a fight, and as their
chief object was to make up their losses by
miming a pne oi goiu iroui me jiaoanero9,
they quietly staked all the money they hud
among those around them, generally contri
ving to get heavy odds in their favor. Besides
the money which the men bad brought with
them, Glover had collected on the ship about
thlrijr duubl...... j. twenty. tive if which ba
staked against the filly of the Sigtior'e, who
had graciously condescended to reduce tho
amount of the bet one-balf. in consideration
of the poverty of "Lt Americanos," and the
other five ho hud managed lo place advan
tageously ; at the rate of about one to three,
among the audience, all of whom seemed
anxious to have aa opportunity of "turning
an honest penny" by tieecing the ignoraut
Yankees.
Even the officers themselves at la9t caught
the infection. Unable to resist the pressing
offers of those around them, knowing the
fiower of their champion, and feebng a gal
itnt pride in sustaining the character of their
national bird, they bet the last dollar they
had with them, until the amount staked by
officers and men exceeded a hundred dou
bloons, and the odds given by the Cubans had
amounted to nearly three times this sum.
Before proceeding further, it was arranged
that the birds were to be placed in the ring,
and then both the Signor and Will were to
retire, while the actual death or a bird was
alone to decide the victory.
1 h birds were accordingly set down a lew
feet from each other, and amid the acclama
tions of th Hubuneros, the instant that
"Satan" touched the ground ho threw himself
into au imposing attitude, aud uttered a
crow of defiance which rung through the
building, and was immediately answered by a
dozen of bis neighbors outside the walls.
Black as a raven's wing, a more beautiful
bird had never delighted the eyes of the
Cubans. He wore ou his neck a natural ruff,
which looked like that once worn by Mury,
CJueen of Scots, while bis blood red comb
looked still redder when contrasted with the
jet-black hue of the rest of his body. His
tail leu graceluliy lo in. grounu, anu u wua
very evident to discriminating spectators that
he would never "show the white feather,"
because be did not happen to possess any of
that description.
"Cock-a-doodle-doo '." was all that he said,
and then looking rouud to see who he could
pick a fight with, he espied the American
bird cuddled up iu a heap, as if very much
annoyed at the embarrassing position in
which he found himself pluced.
But if astonishmeat was ever depicted on
the brow of a chicken, it certuiuly was de
picted upou "Satan's" at this moment. More
than ouce he extended bis long neck, as if to
obtain a nearer view, and convince himself
tbut be was not deceived, aud then pulled out
his breast, as if he considered it morally
impossible that be, the descendant perhaps
. r . I ... I I! l. . ,,1,
oi a race iuul nuu nu.ru uc umuuu m.u
Alhumur. or who possibly bad even displayed
thtir valor belore Euric and his Goths, could
be pitted against such a dirty specimen of
the "canuillo" as now stood belore biin. Had
there beeu an aperture iu the wall of tho
ring sufficiently largo to have enabled him to
stalk majestically away, it is probable that
this sciou of Grauttda would iiuve declined
the contest, iu the same manner that we
might suppose the "Chevalier Bayard" would
have decliued to sully bis reputation by iu
encounter with a common prize-fighter; but
there was do chance of escape, aud conscious
that both the nobility and democracy of
Havana were awaiting bis movements, be
concluded to kill bis aulagouist at once, and
extricate himself from the uupleasaut pre
dicament. He could not shout "a Bayard !" or a "Sa
tan to rescue I" lor bis voice wat only adop
ted to aaying that eternal "cock-a-doodledoo,'
aud he bad uo Luce to couch, to instead, he
lowered bis bead aud tail to a level, in imita
tion of one, and precision au bit adversary,
making the leathers My as be struck him a sa
vage blow with his sharp steel gaffs.
Had Mr. Pickwick heard au insinuation
against hit courage; had a Yankee pedler
been discovered iu the act of telling bouett
nutmegs; bad Macdonald turreudered at
VYagram without a blow; bad Napoleons
"Old Guard" deserted biin at Waterloo; or
had "Old Hickory" been teen scampering
away at New Orluant ; had anythiug us fact
utterly impossible happened to anybody, any.
body could not have been more completely
thunder-struck tbaa wat our dilapidated old
eagle at the impnd.'nce of this riciontchicken.
The few baUlos that tha ertftlo had hereto
fore indulged in hod always been conducted
on the wing, and consisted mcroly in bio pitch
ing into somebody with a kind or flying artil
lery, to thnt he was about an much used to
this kind of fighting at one of our city-bri-godo
inspectors would be if he found himself
dodging Camnncha rifle balls in a Mexican
iwamp. It wonld be natural to suppose that
"bin englo eye no sighted tip," and that the
rash chicken would i.iotanliy have paid tho
penalty of his folly, tut ao did not do anything
of tho kind.
As the codx struck Lira, Le slightly eleva
ted his rings, ts eluerly gentlemen elevnte
their eye-brows when they beard of the mad
freaks of younger members of tbt family,
btickerl his bead V.V.e a goosTeatei iug abaru
door, twitted lii into a most cucom'ertable
position, t' teke a birdj's-ey visvr of the
matter, ar.d th?n calmly Avulking away from
the iracible individual vho had ksulted him,
drew himself jnto aj speiical a position as
possible, and waited to see what would hap
pea next.
His curiosity upon this point, however, was
dettiued to be very soon gratified, "for "Sa
tan," baviug ouce tasted blood, waivod ail
difference ofrabk, and w at hiui a;a:n lik
a fury.
1 liree times did the eagle receive thiss un
warrantable assaults without giving nay to
hi temper, and although bia feathers vsere
flying about and the blood trickling down his
breiut, be st'.U seemed indisposed to bght.
Every time that "Satan" struck him, a yell of
delight broke from the Cubans, and to them
the fate of the nondescript seemed inevitable
but Glover and bis companions maintained
an imperturable silence, their only fear bsing
tbut ru unlucky blow of the spurs might reach
a vital part before the eagle bad awa
kened to a sense of his danger.
But tho time bad bow arrived when Amer
ica wua to assert her majesty, and the Huban
ertts were to learn the danger of trilling with
her eagle
1 he last blow the gallant cork was ever to
strike had been strack, and as the blood spur
tad from a deep wound made by the gaffs, the
eugle, raising himself to his grandest height.
extended a claw, und tenting the brave but
doomed bird by the back, and pinned him to
the earth as it be had beeu nailed there.
h or an instant he ga;ud upon hid fallea en
emy
" W lib that stern pride winch warriors fee!
In foemeu worthy of their steel,"
and thru I blush to tell it with bis other
claw, deliberately fruited hi head off!
lo uot smile, reader ; U is a very serious
thing to have one't head pulled off. even if
oue is a chicken ; and when we take iulo con
sideration what a chivalrous chickeu this wat
that was so unceremoniously decapitated, and
how coutrary such a proceeding wat to the
usual courtesies of the crik-pit, the subject
becomes a grave oue. -Such a foul innovation
upon the rules of propriety was heretofore
uiiknowu among chickens ; and although it
t. lit "S4ntuti" !.! ly waneivuA .!...
ha bad to often dealt out to others deatb
et he had always killed bit adversaries in a
iigh-bred, chicken-like manner, and never
couceived the horrible idea of pinning bis en
emy to the ground, and then pulliug his head
out of its socket, as a deutut would pull a
tootb.
O Cruickshank I why were you not in that
vicinity then t Why has not thut picture been
faithfully portrayed by your truthful but sar
castic pencil ?
Collius might have written another odo on
the passions there displayed, or John Bun
yan tilled another "IMgrim's Progress" with
peraonitieations from that scene. . DeaJ.li was
there iu the form of a headless chicken ; vic
tory in the shape of a burly boutswuiu ; mal
ice in the sinister looks of the enraged Cre
oles ; while dismay chagrin, and vexation
were faithfully represented by the comlilled
Signor, as be stood w ith the body of the de
ceased in oue band and the head iu the other
looking "first upon this picture aud then up
on that." But besides these beautiful images
to the disgrace of the waggish sailors
there was a sad transposition of au emblem
that they were bound by every tie of duty to
have preserved intact.
A modern poem, which has beeu made trite
by its beauty, tells us that ouce upon a time
Freedom
"From his mansion in thesua,
Had h called lier .j:.-lir down,
And Riven to his aii(lit)' hand
The ajinlwl uf her chusta land
and yet without the slightest regard for all
this, the said eagle had beeu tarred and feath
ered uutil "the majestic monarch of the cloud
had beeu converted iuto a creature which, in
stead of soaring to beuveu as the piessager
ol liberty, wus running about a cock-pit, look
ing verv much like an old school-girl iu pun
talettes with wide ruffles, or even more like
one of those strong-minded females who pass
their declining veers iu asserting "womau's
righli" and 'higher laws," and who geuerully
becottia "Bloomers" about the time they cease
to bloom. Nevertheless, the girlish attire
and innocent unconsciousness of the eugle
were not sufficient to appease the wrath
of the backers of "Satan ;" and if they had
beeu fullen augels themselves they could not
have looked more reaJy to aveuge the death
of his Satanic Majesty than they did to
avenge the death ol' bis uameaake.
The cry of "uuluir, uufair 1" arose from all
sides, aud symptoms of a row were quite pre
valent, wbeu Glover sprang into the nug,
and snatching up his bird, roared out with a
voice ol thunder, 'that Dis comraues were
willing to abide by the decision of the judge
and that they wanted tothiug but what was
right," adding, however, parenthetically and
totto voce," lhat "if the judge did not kuow
what right was, he would probably receive
some instruction opou the subject before they
left."
Fortunately for the sake or peace, the mat
ter was too pluin a one to admit of much dis
pute. "Satau" bad beeu fairly pitted against
the nondescrift, and if the nondescript prefer
red pulling his head oil, to the lubonout me
tl.ou of killing him by tpuinng and pecking
ut him be bad a perfect right to do so.
Whether the judge had overheard the con
elusion ot 'Will's remarks; whether be hud
perceived a curious fat-looking pistol, with
six boles in it, which the fellow hau contrived
to leave sticking out of bit pocket ; and whe
ther either hud any influence in brigmg bit
mind to a just decision, are points which, like
many other geutlemen on the bench, be re.
served to himself ; but his decision wat cer
ttiuly given promptly io tavoi of the. Ameri
can bird, end both office. tend men immedi
ately received from theVtke-holdert the lull
amount of the bets. pull, notwithstanding
the favorable decisionof the ermine, Cuba
bad now become to the tailort abat England
became to the regicide of the seventeenth
eeotury quite a warn place of residence, or
to speak more plaii.y, "too hot t0 holJ
them." J .
ti. 1 hnheaded a king of Eog-
laud, and they had beheaded a king or
ibt cock-Pit : but Aba Cubans were as likely
to avenge the on at the Stuarts had been
to avenge the other, and therefore, like the
man, who was pitched out of a second-story
window, they "concluded that it wat time to
leave,"
Not that ths tars were really pitched ont
however; for although pitc'a and tar are al
most synonymous terms, yet there is a kind
of American tar which does not jret often
pitched nbont by anybody except old "Posei
don," the chap that carries a trident an ar
ticle by the way, that reminds U3 cither of a
cow--,tftblo or our jjratidmother'stoustiug-fork
And to this class our tailors bolonged.
Had a duo sense of propriety governed
their actions, it is probabla that n should
dot? sse theti
"J'j!.! Ili.'ir tc:Ul lis t'.i. Arabs,
Ami a. ai!w,.!jf a?T.y ;''
bat they hsl kept quite a marvellously long
tiaie for tailors ; to waiving their bats above
lhr headi, they gave three trerneadous
cheers, which fairly tiinok the building, aud
then forming in lin9, marched out, stiHiult
through a cro-d of men, who had ;allacted at
the door, as If for the purpose of impeding
their exit, but who, when they found them
selves in actual coutuct with the sturdy tar?,
couc'.jdcd to lot t'aem at.-ik a "tea liue" in
any direction they preferred.
Tho officers soon followed the men, and iu
a few minute-a the yawl was bounding over the
water, Hying back to the -.hip Lke a gull !o
its nest.
Mcr.y a bottlo was cracked to Ha health of
the American bird in tho cabin of tha Ohio
that night, and it is suppose J that "brandy
suH'.3h3'' to a considerable amouut, to sa
nothing of "gin cock-tails," were consumed in
the forecastle at the same time, for th lauda
ble purpose cf assisting ilia tailors to sing tho
praises of their cbampioa. 11 istory with cul
pable negligence, has not transmitted to us
the future fata of the bird ; but if sailors ever
die solveut, which is doubtful, or if they ever
make wills, which it more so, depsnd upon it
that as "Vogeiweide, the Minnesinger," once
did for the birds of V.'urtxburg's towers, they
it ill leave a considerable sum to be) invested
in goveri.mtut securities for the maintenance
of the gallant old eagle.
The Central Sun.
All scientific men have maintained that
there must be a central poiut, if cot a central
sun, arouud which the whole universe revolvi I
Maddler, who is unquestionably one of the
greatest astronomers ever knowu, has given
thit subject his special attention ; and he has
come to the conclusion that Aloyann, the
priucipal stai in the giuup known as Pleiades
now occupies the centriref gravity, and is at
present the grand central sun around which
the whole starry universe revolvet. This is
one of the most interesting and important as
tronomical announcements ever made, though
it id very likely that bet for the eminent sci
entific position of the author, it would be
4. v ... J ... - --; - AnnfliMr inti.f.tJnfF
statement in this connexion is made by Mr.
Thompson, oue of the physicists who, with
L-UI'iloi, aouie, Mejn, and uthna, baa large,
ly contributed toward establishing the rela
tions between heat and mechanical force, and
who has extended his researches to the heat
emitted by the sun; which heut he observes,
corresponds to a devolopement of mechanical
force, which, in the space of about about 100
years, is equivalent to the whole active force
required to produce the movement of all the
planets.
Preparing Sill.
The Paris papers anuounce the discovery
i - ....,...:.,,. .iib. ... ; ...
Ul (l pruieaa iui LJicpuiui una mj .ui i. utay
be produced at a cheaper cost even than cot
inn This discoverv had its oriirin iu the the.
nrv that, theru in but one creature canabla of
producing silk, and but oue description of
vegetable mailer, tue muioerry tree, uucd
for that creature's food, and that therefore
the silky tubstance must not lie in the animal
but iu the vegetable mutter. By analyzing
the composition of the mulberry leaf, mid by
boiling it to a thick paste, every description
of silk may, it is asserted, be produced in im
mense quantities' Tke silk thu3 manufae
tured is said to wunt a little of the gloss be
longing to that spun by the worm, but it pro
nouueed superior to the finest foulard hither
to made.
A POETICAL DUN.
Some friend, says the National Intelligen
cer, has Bent us, under a blank cover, a copy
of the subjoined very clever and very practi
cal jeu d" esprit, addressed by the editor of the
Methodist Protestant to his delinquent sub
scribers. We copy the article simply for the
amusement of our readers ; for, as Mr. Ran
dolph used to say of bis constituents, we have
the bust and noblest set of subscribers that
ever honored aud sustained a public journal.
They, therefore, bb a body, need uo such In
genious hint ; but, should there be found here
and there an exceptional cuse, he is at liberty
lo consider the Hiawatboan appeal addressed
to himself:
"Should you ask me why this dunning,
Why thebe sad complaints and murmurs,
Murmurs loud about deliquents
Who have read the paper weekly,
Bead what tbey huve never paid for,
Bead with pleasure and with profit,
Bead of news both home aud foreign,
Bead these es-ays und the po. ms,
Full of wisdom and instruction;
Should you ask us why this dunning.
We should unswer, we should toll you.
From the priuter, from the mailer,
From the prompt old paper-malter,
From the landlord, from the carrier.
From the man who taxes letters
With a stamp from Uncle 8umoel
Uticle .Sam the rowdies call him
From them all there comet a message,
Message kind, but firmly spoken,
"Please to pay us what you owe ut."
Sad it is to hear such message
When our funds are nil exhausted,
When the last bank-note has left ut,
When tho gold coin all has vanished,
Gone to pay the paper-maker.
Goue to pay the toiling printer.
Gone to pay the landlord tribute.
Gone to pay the active carrier.
Gone to pay the faithful mailer.
Gone to pay old Uncle Samuel
Uncle Sum the rowdiet cull him
Gone to pay the Western paper
Three and twenty hundred dollart 1
Sad it it to turn our ledger,
Turn the leaves of thit old ledger,
Turn and see what snmt are due ns,
Huh for volume! long tinre ended,
Due for year ut ri.....nt reading,
lue for year, of toilsome laou.,
Due despite our patient waiting,
Due despite our eonetaut dunning
Due in sunn fiom two to twenty.
Would yon lift a burden from utr
Would you drive a tpectre from yon T
Would you taste a pleasant llumbert
Would yon have a quiet conscience T
Would yon read a paper paid for t
Fend na money, eeiidus moaey,
Send ns money, teud ot mouey,
ft MOMtT BT 0Wl
Janncr's gtpattmcnt.
Despising Household Worfrv
From a variety of causes, nothing is more
common than to find American women wl',
have not the tlightost idea of household du
ties. A writer thus alludes to this subjec'. :
Iu this neglect of household cures, Amer
can females stand alone. A German lady
no matter how lofty her runk, never forge i
that domestic labors condi.ee to the health '
body aud miud alike. An English lad.-,
whether she b only a gentleman's wife oi i
duke's does uot despise the household; o ri
7cu though the has a housekeeper, devc ti
a portion of her time t this, her huppi -i- f.
tiiln re It is reserved for our te abheau f
ladies to be more choice than are their n
arcbical and aristocratic sisters. The r
is a lassitude Of to nd o'ten as fatal to b
as the neglect of bodily exercise. The ': '
who leaves her household cares to the
vucts, pays the penalty which has been a!V..r.
ed to idleness, wilts away Ifom eunui. t.i a
driven into all sorts of fashionable foiling '
find otnploymei.t Sot her mind.
Advics to Youko Fabkiss. Allow - ' ;
say io yotmg farmers especially, let us b- i -diout
aud inquisitive, as well el labor '.:
let us be simple and frugal in our ha ' .
avo d utslces espeuditures ; b eve fine ...
and fust horses, and thowy dwellings to i
who really need tuch thingt to recon.
then. Let ns ever remember that for h
and tubstantia! wealth, for rore oppoitin.. . -i
for self-improvement, for long life and i
independence, farming is the best buaiui-: it;
the world.
irinfef cafe of Fruit Trees. Every he-.':' :-.
vigorous tree, or plant,' it supplied wit'.) v
almost infinite number of fibrous roots, v
every part of the sod, and gather sap, e
with it a supply of organic or inorganic : .
The expansion aod contraction of th
during the winter, tear and break nnmbei
these minute roots, a majority of which ttr ;
smoll as to be imperceptible to the unai
eye. Where there it a great number orult -natives
of heut and cold, so many of tin
roots are broken as to leave tie tree in .
sickly condition in the spring, and it fh
bo a careful stuky to protect them from s"
action of frost. Should there be but a sli. -degree
of frost, not more than enongh to I'km ..
Vkta. liftlf n inr.li . r. inf.l, in fl.it. T ii
body of water around the roots would doul .
less act as a preservar, and from this la '.
probably tho ridiculoua habit arose ab'
alluded to. But in this climate we have -guard
against foot-deep instead of inch ci.
frosts.
A simple erperment will show thedifiera-. :
t.i . . ...:i . .niiii.l . I... I. .
urtnitu a v. i biiu net out, biviuuu 1 1 . . .
KJ . . uu ...... -a1.... . i-. - - ,- -, .
inches deep ; fill each one of them within
inch of tho top the first with water, -second
with earth saturated with water. .
the third with moist, Cut r.early dry
and subject all three to cold enough to I
them solid. In the first, the wat,
changing to ice will to expand as t .
up the entire measure. The moist ear'
. .nn.i .1 will V. a . . awn.mlu.l I)...., . a
k 11 U D6VUIIU T. 1 1 1 U.. .'l.l'lll I.
much, while the comparatively dry
will scarcely expand an eighth of an ine!
The experiment, or the principal wbi
lustrates viz: that water-freezing ex ;
hut oue-r-iehth of ita bulk, while drv 6, 1;
not thus expand, has a direct bearing .
.1 . . .....,. I.,-. ...I,
taining water around them, it it better t.
a unvt. . w .uiubi.iiv .'.- i. . j . ... i . .
ttntw V. rnnlvi til pnnvin tlia . utur mwiiv
leave tba soil dry.
It is smoetimee even edvisible to bank
the earth eight or ten inches high around i
cony Ol me tree, siope it oi a lew icei. ii...
will both carryoff the water and iillord u
ditional warnilh to the roots. Wtsltrn I .'
ferpri.e.
Pkab Trkb Bliout. As a last resort f".
. . . ! :iL .L. li:.Ai . Jt .
;i. i,. i e.L. . ...hi .... nu.i...
111. U II II I V, IUG tl (k Ulllll JUII HUH I . I ' ' . - '
1 -t a- .Ll 1 .1
bark, two incites or less, down the tree
each side take a graft of some of the hare
er varieties, tuch as Seckel or Yirgalieu
shave it dawn on one side diagonally as y
would for slip grapting, and push it gent
down in the bark at the cut ; and with a coi
ing or the slump and the cuts so inane, i
work i i done, the bark holding the graft
ficiently tight. This remedy may still be
plied with grafts cut at the proper season -5.
.V. Ilvlmer.
RKLrtiviso Choked Catti.. The folio
method of relieving neat cuttle, when clo .
by a turnip, potato, etc.. has been tried, i
said, and never known to fail. Pour i'il
.i . . e i r t... L.
lIlTOUl Ul II1U WII1I1IU1, ajlllin nun -
pint or bo of lamp or sweet oil. at the
time rubbing the throat briskly with the
Immediate relief will follow.
Humorous.
A .m rw. IaiIi rnfnrninrr Int. from the .
n jumi "-..j, . . - f -
asit!w:s ruining. ordered tbecoaehman to '
close to the side walk, hut was still una' -
ttep across the gutter.
"I can lift you over it," said eoachey
"Oh, no," said the sweet miss, "1 a " ir
heavy."
1-iOr, miBV rep.ieu uunu, 4 mm am.-
lifting barrels of sugar."
The ftrma of ft pretty girl, won nil t-'
around Toor neck, has been discowrM 4 ;
A.t it.fY.ifil J raani4id) in fawaa .f a,r thr.
t 1 1 lUIUIUUID i-si.m at. nJi V wvsv in..
It beats pepper tea hollow.
' Life," says the graphic Neal," is like r
field of blackberry buslit t mean people s
1 .1... . .. ...... .... ...... n. .in
may oiacKcn wieir miners ; nm .-ruiu, t
I -.11.- I ...... .1 .
Mini nti n.iui irtiiHr. pit ki ou nuu ki-i, ui-ii
but scratchet and no! torn in nit irowseM.
r f .. .
nnd. rscribed darkies, been a kenar't jury
d sgust, to it on de body of de nigger Sam -now
dead and gone afore us, have b en fin
on i'e said nigger aforesaid, did, on the nip
oh de rui-teentb of November, come to I
def by fallin, from de bridge ob de riber. wh
we nnu lie wa cuoseconieiy nrownu, in.
arterware, washed on de riber tide, vt bar, -"
l- '- to def."
A gentlemsn of Alahama war .... w . ,
one moring, when a friead stepped in tai'
R .breakfast it coining, in."
"Let it come," exclaimed R .with a '
tf defiance, "1 ara not afraid of it."
"I am going o the post office. Joe, si "
inouire for vou t"
"Well, jes, if you have a mind to, out
des't tlhiok yeu'U ftcd me tbeie 1"
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