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SUNBURY,' NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, MAY 16, 1857.
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May 3, 18S6. tf .
DILWORTH BRANSON & CO.
Hardware Merchants,
Having removed from No. 69 to No. 73
Market Street, FliiUdelphia,
Are prepared, with greatly increased facilitiea,
to till ordera lor HARDWARE of every variety
m best terms, from a full assortment, including
Ksitroad Shovels, Ticks, 4C.
Country merchants and others will find it to
their interest to call nnd exauiui our stock be
lore purchasing elsewhere.
April 12, 1856. ly
O. OF XT- .A..
QJUNUUKY COUNCIL, No. 30, O. of U. A.
7 meets every T-rtiA eveninjr in the
American Halt, opposite F.. Y. B right's store,
Miirliel street, Snnbury, Pa. Metnhers of the
. order are rciiectfully requested to attend.
M. L. SHIN DEL, C.
8. S. II KN IIH1CKS, R. H.
Sunbury, Jan. S, 1807. ocl 20. '65.
WASHINGTON CAM P, No. 1J J. B.of A
holds its stated meeting every Thursday
evening, in the American Hall, Market Street,
Sunbury.
WM. U. MUSSELMAN, T.
A. A. Siiis.t:it, K. S.
Sunliury. July 6. 1836 tf. .
A. J. CONRAD,
HOLLOWING RUN.
I ESPECTFCLI.Y informs the public that
i h I. r.M.l.Miislip.l liiii Store willi all ex-
...II.... i i.riiiiiit of .w (ioods itist received
from Philadelphia, which he will sell on terms
as reasonable as any other establishment. Hi
assortment consists in part of
CLUTH.-S, CASSIMEKES & 8ATTINETT,
Winter Wears for men and boys, all styles and
prices
liftrtics DrcKts fiood
Consisting of Black Silks, Merinos, Alpacas,
Dc Laines, Calicoes, Ginghams, Muslins, Trim
mings Ac
Also a Iresh supply of GROCERIES of all
kinds.
HARDWARE and QUEENSWARE,
Cedarivare, Brooms, &c. Also a lara assort
ment of loots and Shoes, suitable for Men Wo
ini'ii and Children. Huts and Caps, Silk Hats,
and all goods usually kept in a Country Store.
All the above named stock of good will be
anld positively at low prices for cash, or in ex
change for country produce, at the highest
market price.
Hollowing Run. Nov. 29. I AAA. 1,
l'TET MIICtL, CiKE.tSB,
fllHIS Grease is recommended to the notice of
J. Wagoners, Livery Stable keepers, &c, as
being Snetuion to anything of the kind ever in
troduced. A it does not gum upon the a ilea
is much more durable, and l not alu'cted by
the weather, remaining the earn in timmer a
in winter, and put up in tin canister at 37J and
75 c;nta, for sal by A. W. FlSHEK,
March 14,1857
U'ront Street Wire Manufactory.
WATSO., COV Ji. Co.,
No. 48 North Front Street, coiner of Conmh'a Alley
between Murkrl and Mulberry (Arrli) Street.. Ph.loil.l.
phis., maiuifueture of .uparior qnitlity, liruM otd Iron
Wire Sieve., of all kind. ; Bras. a:id Copper Wire Cloth
fur Paper Mnkera, fcc. Cylinders and U.udy Holla eo.
ven il in t)e li'-'St lliunuer.
Ha ivy Twilled Wiie for Spnrk Cntehera, Sieves for
Hruv. nud Iron eounneia, eereen ire, window wire,
fnu-t, Trap., Ui.h Cover., C.al and Saud rJerten., 4.
h Hury ire vnr ot every aeKripuoa.
Muieh H, 157. 3m e
josefii rt sscix,
Umirkli.4 ad Puisol MismcTCiin,
No. 3 North Fourth Striet, N. W. Comer of
Market, Philadelphia.
Tf AS now on Land an extensive aaaortment
of the newest and mast desirable kinds, In
eluding many NEW STYLES not heretofore
to be had in thi market An examination of
our stock is solicited before purchasing elsewhere.
Ma'ch 7, 1857 3m e
gpoL'NTY ORDERS County ordere taken
,- a cash for goods, and on not or book ac
count by t. r. uriuit i ou.i
NEW ARBANGEMSNT 1
I'Veih Arrival of
DRUGS, PAINTS, OILS, &o.
fllHE undersigned having taken the itora for
JL merly kept by William A. Druner, ia new
ready to nil orders and prescriptions at a- mo
ments notice. He hat a large and well selected
stock of fresh and pure
DRUGS, CHEMICALS,
Dye-stuffs, Oil, Paints, Glass, Putty, and all
ainus ol i atent Aieutcinet.
FRUIT AND CONFECTIONARY
Tobacco and Imported Segar of the choicest
brands, fancy Notions' tmlet articles, and 1 er
fumery of all kinds. Tooth and Hair Brushes
of every variety. -
Camphint and Fluid always on hand.
Customers Avill find his stock complete, com.
priKing many articles it is impossible here to enu
mcrate, and all aold at moderate prices.
Remember the place, next door to E. Y
Bright' Mammoth Store.
A. VV. FISHER.
Sunbury, March 14, 1857.
L. C. IVES'
Produce and Fruit Store,
No. 15 North Whareen, Philadelphia.
Shipping and Cnuntry Oorders promptly filled
( on responsible orders.
Farmer and Dealers' Produce Sold on Com
mission. Apples, Bananas, Pine A pplcs, Dried Fruit,
Onions, Oranges. Shell Darks, Raisins,
Deans, Lemons, White & Sweet Figs,
Turnips, Cranberries, Potatoes, Poultry,
iVaches, Ground Nunts, Chcsnutr, Eggs, cVe.
Foreign and Domestic Produce and Fruit gan
erally,
February 88, 1857 ly
J AMES BROWNS'
GRAMMATICAL WORKS,
rr,HK first book o f tie I'atiir.tlystem of Eng
-X. IJal, li.Binni.r tm
The second book of the Rational svstem of
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of Analvsiiic the Enclish Lancusge with sound
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become moat thoroughly acquainted with the
nature and use ot the Prepositions, and may be
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BROWNS' Gramatical Reader. This B-ok
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demonstrates I lis little use of attending to them,
rid nrescnts to the teacher the unerring and
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February SI, 1857 am w
LEASE OF VALUABLE COAL LANDS.
riHE Northumberland Improvement Coin pa-
M. ny invite proposals for the Lease of a por
tion of their COAL VEINS, situate on their
property in Northumberland county, Pennsylva
nia, two and half miles above the town of Sha
inokin, and directly on the line of the Philadel
phia and Sunbury Rail Road.
1 lie t ins of Coal are well located for easy
and profitable operation. Apply to
JOSf.ru 8. JJl.YON. Agent,
Mount Carmel. Ta.
er to CHAS. S.FOLWELL. Sec'y.
18 South 3d street, Philadelphia.
March 7. 1857 3m
FURNITURE POLISH.
S. RAE'S Premium Patent Enamel Furniture
Polish. Thi polish is highly valuable for restor,
ing the polish on all kind of Furniture, Glass,
Carriage Bodies, Hair Cloth, Ac Also, for re
moving; snols, hiding scratches, 6V c, &c. War
ranted to dry immediately and retain it gloss.
Price 50 cts per bottle. Said by
A. VV. USHbK.
March 14, J 857.
THE DAUPHIN & SUSQUEHANNA
RAILROAD.
CONNECTS the Heading Railroad at Au
burn, on the Schuylkill, (10 miles below
l'uttsville,) with the Northern Central Railroad,
at Duuphin, on tho Susquehanna, and with the
Prnnsylvaiiia Railroad at Kockville, (5 mile
above Harrisburg,) and run una passenger
train iu winter, and two passenger trains in
summer through between Auburn and Harris
burg, each way, daily, (."Sundays excepted.) on
times arranged to connect properly with these
roads; with the Cumberland Valley and Harris
burg and Lancaster Railroads, at Harrisburg,
d with the Cattawissa Railroad, and its north
ern connection at Port Clinton.
EI.LWOuD MORRIS, Eng. k. Supt.
March 7, 1857 Cm.pd.
JOHN STONE & SONS,
No. 45, Second Street, Philadelphia.
4 RE now receiving thcii snrinir imnortation
- of SILK and MILLINERY GOODS, con
sisting in part of Fancy, Cap and Bonnet Rib
bon. Satin and Mantua Ribbons, Glace and
Plain Silks, Marceline and Florences, Black
Modes, French arid Englifh Crapes, Tarlatnne,
M aline aud Illusion traces, 4-c. Also, a lull
assortment of French aud American flowers.
which they offer to the trade on favorable term.
March 28. 1857. 8m., P. S.
Citrate of Magnesia
o
TASTELESS SALTS.
'fHIS preparation is recommended a an ex--
ccllent laxative and purgative. It operatea
mildly, is entirely free from any unpleasant taste
resembling lemonade in flavor, prepared and aold
fcy A. w. nail r-n.
Houbury, Mareh 14, 1B58.
MISS A. M. TOMER.
JFttttiioiiubIs Straw and Fancy
Milliner,
No Ml North Second Street, below Noble, eppoaita Red
Liou Hotel, I'BilMUeip ia
1)ATTKRN Ronnet mud. to order. Orders respect
fully solicited and promptly altsoded to.
March !, Isil 3iu w
New Wall Paper Warehouse,
unpmv T AWTKTO
MANl'FA 2TUKEKS and importers, No. 134, Arch
street, second diKir .bove sath, Plnladelpluu. where
umy U fuuud Ui Inrgeat aud beat seleeUa atuck iu the
City.
COUNTRY PURCHASERS may here be accommo-
.w.iivciiiviiee ill Ml". lua iui inn, viiu
muu l ,)... ,1 ...... e
vm .win wm uk; win receive me .Qvaiiiaae
Ucir UJJiiey. ULK l'ON I.ANlVli,
lit ARCH aireet, abov buih, fhiladsphia
March SS, lti7.3ia.
rriobacco nd Bcgars so.ooo imported
Segar of vanoua brand. Eldarado, Fig,
lavenui.n and fine cut tobacco at
A. W. FISHER'S.
rVinbury. March 14. 1857.
SUGAR CURED HAM A lot just received
and for ala by. LJJVI BEASH0L7Z.
April. I JSrTT.
Meet IJpctrg.
Papa, What is a Newspaper, and what
does it contain.
Orgnng that gentleman pluy, my boy.
To unswer the taste of the day, my boy.
Whatever it be,
They hit on the key,
And pipe n full concert away my boy.
News from all countries and clime, my boy,
Advertisements, essays, and rhymes, my boy,
Mixed with all sorts
Of (!) lying reports,
And published at regular times, my boy.
Articles able and wisi; my boy
At least in the editor's eyes, my boy, ,
And logic so grand
That few understand
To what in the world it applies, my boy.
Statistics, reflections, reviews, my hoy,
Little scraps to instruct nnd amuse, my boy,
And lengthy debute
Upon mutters of Stntc,
For wise-headed folks to pursue, my boy.
The funds as they were and they are, my
boy.
The quibbles and quirks of the bar, my
boy, .
And every week,
A clever critique
Oq some rising theatrical star, my boy.
The age of Jupiter's moons, my boy,
The stealing of somebody's spoons, my boy,
1 he suite ot the crops,
The style of the fops,
And tho wit of the public balloons, my boy.
List of nil physical ills, tny boy,
Hunched by somebody's pills, my boy,
1 in you ask n un surprise,
Why any one dies.
Or what's tho disorder that kills, my boy.
Who has got married, to whom, my boy,
Who were cut off in their blootu, my boy,
vv no iius nnd until
On this sorrow-6luiiied enrtb.
And who totters fuel to the tomb, my boy
The price of cattle and grain, my boy,
Uireclion.' to dig and to ili um, my buy,
Jtut UvoulU luke ma too long
To tell you in song
A quarter of all fhey contain, my boy.
tiwcllanwus
THE RAT TRIBE.
Tho last number of the London Quarterly
Review cotilaiued un interesting article on
the habits, &c, of ruts, in which tho install,
tunces giveu of their I'ucutidiity, ferocity,
aud ingenuity, ure almost iucrediblo.
A sitigio puir ol ruts, in inree years, u
undisturbed, will have thirteen litters of
eight each at a birth, and the young will begin
littering iu the sumo rutio when sis mouths
old, so that at the end of three years a
single pair will have multiplied to tiiO.bUrf.
Culculutmir that ten ruts oat us inucli iu one
day us a man, the consumption of these would
bo equal to that ol b4,bUd uieu. 11 is clear,
then, lliut if it were not fur the extraordinary
diminution, iu their numbers caused by the
ceaseless warfare curried on uguiust them by
Units, cats, polecats, otters, snakes, and be
yond ull, human rut-cutchers, the whiskered
veiuiiu would speedily cause a luniine iu
every part of the world iu which they are
lound.
Huts are great travelers. The shin rat
infests vessels of all classes; as many us live
hundred have been found iu a single East
lndiuuiuo. Their greutest difficulty, when on
shipboard, is that of procuring wuter; uud
they have been known to usceuu luu rigging
by iiiuht. ul'ler a storm, aud sip the rain found
in tho folds of thu suils When uu shore,
ship rats are exceedingly fond of prime fruit;
aud by burrowing under the wults of gardens
will help themselves to a taste ol the choicest
melous, slruv. berries, grapes, !cc, that they
can liud.
Huts exist in millions hi sewers and drains,
particularly where there is not a good supply
of flushwuter. By burrowing in every direc
tion they du immense harm to the brickwork
of the sewers, uud frequently spoil pipe
drains by causing them to dip ut the joints,
under wbicn tliey have excavated tlie earth.
Iu London uud Puns numbers of professional
rat-catchers tind lucrative employment in
bunting them in the sewers. lieu caught,
they are disposed of either for sporting pur
poses lor which they command a ready sale
iu London at seventy-live cents per dozen
or they are killed for the sake of the fur,
which is extensively used in getting up the
unrivaled "beaver hats" sold by Parisian but
ters. The hide, also, is useful for making the
thumbs of the best (so culled) kid gloves.
Uats also commit eroat tlepredattous in
slaughter houses and Knnckers' Yards. Iu
the severe I roots, when it is impossible to
cut up the bodies of the horses, and when
the outside tlesli is too Hard lor the rats to
feed upon, they euler the budv and devour
the flesh from the inside, so thut when the
thuw comes the workmen tind nothing below
the skin but a skeleton, better cleared of its
tlesh than if it had been doue by the most
skillful operator. When rats have no other
food they will destroy each other. M. Ma-
jetidie placed a dozeu rats in a box iu order
to try some experiments; wlien lie readied
home and opeued the box, there were but
three remuiuing. These had devoured the
rest, and left ouly the bones and tail.
These little animals are iudefutigable in
the pursuit of food, and hardly any amount
of precaution can keep them fro u a place
where they know there is a supply to be bad.
The proprietors of bonded warehouses know
this to their cost. They infest the Loudon
Zoological Gardens in immense numbers, and
have eaten their way through the copper
wire floor of the tigers' dens. The proprie
tors of the gardens have been compelled iu
self-deleuce to keep a pack of terriers to
hunt them, by whom as many as a uunured
are sometimes destroyed iu one iiiyht.
The propensity ot the rut to gnaw through
even the hardest obstacles, is not merely a
craving, but a necessity. 11 is teeth ure se
formed as to continually grow towards each
other, so that nothing but the coustunt weur-
iuir away bv friction could prevent his inci
sors from passing completely through Ida
lips. A good-sized sewer rat can indict very
severe bites, even iu some instances, enabling
him to vanquish a terrier dog, or eveu a
ferret.
There bave been instances in which raU
have become thoroughly domesticated like a
cut or dor; and wheu Ibis it the case tuey
render good service by driving from the
premises all others of their tribe. One mode
ul riddinff a house of rata ia to catch a single
pecimrn atil fitea a crrol! bell rwrxl Via
neck, the tinkling of which, as be approaches
the haunts or bia comrades, will rnghten
them away. An expert rat-catcher, however,
familiar with the habits of his prey, will very
soon clear a house of its obnoxious visitants.
li China, where-the exceaa of ponulation
has driven the inhabitants to economise every
species of food, rats are eaten and esleemod
a great luxury; and cases are recorded in
which ships' crews, when short of provisions,
have avenged themselves on the ruts for
lessening the supplies, by cooking and eating
them in the form of baked pies, which, it is
said, have been deemed quite dainty by the
partakers.
One of the most common modes of ridding
premises of these unwelcome inmntes, is thut
of administering arsenic to them. This,
however, is attended with very great danger,
for ruts which have partaken of arsenic make
at once for the nearest water, and if there bo
a cistern in the house they oro apt to poison
it. Our readers are aware that a case of this
kind has recently occurred at Washington, in
which the lives 'of President Buchanan and
several of the most prominent politicians of
the day, where placed in imminent hazard by
partaking or water from a cistern the con
tents of which hud been thus poisoned.
What we Drink. Some time ago an intel
ligent English chemist published a work, eu
titled "What we eat and what we drink," iu
which he showed the coostitent ofthe various
articles taken into the stomach as fond or for
uutrilive purposes There was a great amount
of useful informal tion in the volume, but it
did not contain any of the following fucta in
relation to what we dirnk, which have recently
been presented to the public by Dr. Hiram
(J ox. chemical inspector of alcoholic liquors
in Cincinnati, lie says that during two years
he has made inspections of various kinds
of liquors, and has found more that) nine-tenths
of them imitations, and a great portion of
them poisonous concoctions. Of brandy he
does uot beleive there is one gallon of pure
in a hundred callous, the imitation having
corn whiskey for a basis, and various poison
ous acids lor the condiments. Ut wines not
a gallon in a thousand, purporting to be sherry
port, sweet Mulnga, is pure, but they ere
made of water, sulphuric ucid, alum, Guinea
paper, horse radish, and many ol'them without
a single drop of alcoholic spirit Dr. Cox
warrants there are not ten gallons of genuine
port wine in Cincinnati. In his inspections
of whiskey ho bus fouud only from 17 to 20
per cent ol alcoholic spirit, when it suould
huve been 45 to oil, and some of it contains
sulphuric acid enough to eat a hole through a
man s stomach. As whiskey is now the la
vorito beverage, these facts are worthy of
consideration.
A Lksson to Unnatural Mothrrs. A
person in rather a liiirh position has just
obtained from the Civil Tribunal of the Seine,
France, a separation from his wife, with the
right of keeping his child, in consequence of
the following circumstances:
Die child had the measels, and its medical
attendant declured its life to be iu danger,
but the mother, nevertheless, continued to
prepare her toilet for an evening parly to
which she had been invited. "You cannot
leave the child who is dying," exclaimed tho
husband. I he who replied that it was im
possible for her to remain away from the
party without breaking her promise and being
guilty or a want of politeness. The husband
again remonstrated with her, but in vain ;
she insisted upon going to the party, if only
lor an hour, luu husband then iiilormeu
her I hut. if she curried her intention into
execution, the door would he closed against
ber on her return. 1 he wife left for the
party, but on her return home was refused
admittance. The Tribunal bus decided that
the husband was perfectly jnstitied; and has
furthermore ruled that u wife who forsakes
her child in illness, forfeits her conjugal
rights.
Foktv-Two Years' CocTsuir. Wo find in
the New York News the followiug martiuge
notice :
At Wilmington, on the 29th teb Ash-
inael L. Ueers, of Albany, N. Y., and Miss
Ann uider. I heir united ugesare 1 ii vears,
and the courtship commenced Torty-two years
siuce "
A fortv-two years' courtship ! v by during
that time we havo concluded one war with
Etigluud, and utmost hud two more ; huve in
vented ruilioudsuud steum printing presses;
hud a war with Mexico ; invented the electric
telegraph ; brought out spirit rapping and
discovered the northwest pussuge; auuexed
lexas. uud brought to liiMil tlie gold ol Cali
fornia ; have extended our nutiouul urea 200,
0(10 or 3UO.O0U square miles, aud arrived at
such a point of civilization as' to appoint
special corruption und investigation comuiit-
. . .. VI.. . 1., I
lees 111 congress. , uut greuv ireuua uiov
been uttuined. about us. during!) he forty-two
years it has lukeu thu modest Mr. Beers to
pop the quesliou.
How Amkuica was Peopled. Hev. Dr.
Hawks, a learned and eloqueut scholar, bus
rece tlv been delivering a series of lectures,
inteuded to show thai this continent was
peopled by successive migrations from the
old world, ut dill'erenl erus und by differeut
races. First from the shores ot the Mediter-
uneau, which was the the earliest seat of com
mercial enterprise, and the people Iroin wuicn
huve left their record upon the vast ruius of
Yucalau ; uext from China and Japau, to
Mexico. Central and teoutu America, and
uext from Northern Asia, iroiu which the
Amercuii tribes of ludiuus tamo, these
theories aresustained by remarkable analogies
between the languages prevailing in diBereul
parts of the Eastern continent with those to
be fouud ou this continent.
A KtPK Old Aok Hev. Daniel Waldo,
the venerable Chaplain of the House of Itep.
reseututives, now uinety-four yeur old, has
revisited his home in Connecticut. L ast
week he preached two sermons in Sharon,
walked hair a mile I rom int pursouuge vo
the meeting house und went through the ex
ercises withsut apporenl lutigtie. Mr. v aldo
was a soldier in thu Revolution, and onct
fell into the bunds of thut abominable set ol
follows who were known us the "Cow Hoys."
"Fkkt Wasukrs." This denomination of
Christians bus created considerable excite
ment in Annapolis. Street preaching an
street argument, together with their publ
baptism, has attracted to them much at
tion. They are under the lead or a
Slansbury, who is a native of Aunapo'
The official report ofthe railway
ties in Kugluud for the last year si
number to be 281 killed, 394 injur
calculation is that one passenger
16 millions carried was killed, '
accidents having occurred to persoi
the servants ofthe companies or uci
vojers uor irvuot
How Ben Purtle got his Wife. '
The very climax ofngliness was Hen Pur
tle. He was red headed, and each hair Btood
as if it cherished the supremest eontemnt for
Its next neighbor. His face was freckled as
tho most bespotted turkey egg. His Dose
supported at the bridge a huge bump, while
the end turned viciously to one side. His
mouth bad every shape but a pretty shape.
His form was uncouth, as bis face was ngly.
He was stoop-shouldered, kuock-kneed, flat
footed, and well, he was ugly. The
very climax of ugliness was Hen Purtle
what was more strange still, Ben had a hand
some, bouncing, blooming wile such as can
only be grown upon a country furm.
"How the deuce," said I to Ben one day,
"did yon ever get such a wife, you uncouth,
misshappen quiutescense of montrosity."
"Well, now gals what's sensible ain't cotch
ed by none of your purty faces and hilalutin'
airs. I've seen that tried more an' onco.
You know Kate, was ollurs considered the
purtiest gal in these purts, and all the fellers
in the neighborhood used to try to cotch her.
Well, 1 used to go over to old Surumy's too.
jist to kinder look on, you know, and cast
sueep eyes at kale, lint L,ord sakes I J had
no more thought 1 could get Kate than that
a Jerusalem cricket could hide iu the bair
thut wasu't ou old Sammy's bald bead no
sirreo. Hut still, I couldn't help goiu ; an'
my Heart would kinder flutter, an' my eyes
Would burn all over, whenever I got a chance
to tulk to Kate. And one day when Kate
sort made fun of me like, it almost killed me
sure. I went home with somclhin' like a rock
jostliu' about in my breast, an' swore I'd
nung mysell witu the brat plow line I d hncl."
"JJid you nanir yoursellf' 1 asked. "o.
duddy blazed out ut me for Dot takin'old Ball
to the pastur iu the mormu and scared me so
bad, 1 forgot it."
''Go on, said I, seeing Ben pause with ap
parent regret, thut he bud not executed bis
vow.
"Well, soon ono Sunday mornin' (I reckon
it was about a yeur after that hanglii' scrape,)
1 got up an' my face scraped with daddy's
old razor, and put on my new copp'rus breech
es, an' a new linsey coat thut mummy had
dyed witu sussalrac bark, an other hxetis, and
went over to Uncle Summy's. Now, I'd got
to loviu' Kate like all creation, but I'd never
cheaped to any body about my feelics But
1 knewed 1 was on the right side ol the ole
folks."
Well, now, ain't it quar," continued Ben,
after a slight pause, during which be rolled
Ins quid to a more conveuient place in his
mouth, "how a feller will feel sometimes.
Somelbin' seemed to say as I went along,
lieu rurtle, this is a great day lor you,' an
theu, my heart jumped and Hutted like a live
jay bird in a trap. An' wheu 1 got tliur, an'
seed Kate with her new checked homespuu
frock on, I reutly thought 1 should tuke the
blind staggers anyhow."
lien paused uguin to brush the fog I rom bis
eyes, and then continued, "Well, 1 found the
order ofthe day wus to go muscudine huutiug.
Jo Sharp an' his two sisters, aud Jitu Holes
war thur. I d kuowed a long time that Jo
Sharp was right after Kale, an' 1 hated him
wus than a hungry hog hates to Uud the way
out of a tutor patch, but 1 didn't let on.
c-hurp had on white breeches an' fine shoes,
a broudcloth cout, but every body knewed be
wasu't wuth a cent. He wulked with Kate,
und you ought to a seen the airs ho put on.
It was Miss Ivuty this, uud Miss Kuty that,
an' all such quality nouseuse. After a while
we come to a slough, whar we hud to cross
on a log. I'd a great notion to pitch the sas
sy goodl'ornulhiu' into the water."
vviiy didn t you," i asucu, sympaimziug
wilh the uurrutur.
"Slop, never mind," said Ben, giving me a
nudge. "Providence doue that all up brown.
Notbin' would do, but Mr. Shuip must lead
Miss Katy across first. He jumped ou the
log iu high glee, uu' took Kate's bund, an' off
they put. Jistustliey got about liulf way
across, a tarnation big bullfrog jumped oil
into the water you know how they holler.
"Snakes V screamed the blasted foul, au'
jumped back, ait' knocked Kute off up to ber
wain in tlie nasty, muck, muuuy wuier. au
whut d'ye think he done? why lie run back
erds and forerds a holleriu' for a pole to help
Kate out o' the wuter. Kute looked at me,
uu' 1 couldn't stand it no lunger. Kercbtig!
1 lit ten feet from the bank ul the first jump,
and had Kuto out o' thur in no time. Aud
d'ye thiuk the scump did'ut come up ul'ler
we'd got. out, and say, A re you liuit, Miss
Kutyf"
My dander was up. I couldn't stand it.
I cote lied him by the seat of bis white britches
an' Ins coat collar, an' gin him a toss. May
be he didn't go clean under, when he hit the
water. 1 didn't see him out. Mo au' Kate
put out to the bouse. When we staited off,
Kate saiil, 'Hen, jist let me hold on to your
arm, my knees feel sorter weak.' jUreat jetui
ny I I felt so quar when she tuck hold. 1
tiied to say souiethiii' nice, but my drotted
mouth wouldn't go off no how. But 1 felt as
strong us un elephant, and helped Kate along.
Bimeby, Kule said, 'Ben, that Jo Sharp's a
goodl'ornulhiu' sueukiu' cowardly body, un'
ef ever he puts his lieud inside our house ugin,
I'll baptize him with dish wuter, sure.' 1 tried
to say 8omelhiti' Agin, but cuss the luck, 1
couldn't say tiothiu' but squeeze Kate's buud
uud Bilhe like a cruuky bellus."
"We'd got cleuu out o' bight of the others,
and Kute says, 'Ben, 1 reel you're my purtec
tur, an' I believe daddy's right wheu he says
you're wuth all the rest o' the boys in the
neighborhood.' Ben Purtle, says J, 'this is
a great duy fur you,' and 1 mude a tremen
dous effort to git my mouth off uguin, au out
it popped sure enough. 'Kute,' says 1, trem
li'u' all over, 1 love you to distrucsliun, au' no
mistake. I've loved you long au' hard. My
head's beeu almost broke fur two years, an'
now 1 want you to say right straight up au'
down, w hether you're gwiue to huve uie or
not.' Kute hung dowti, aud didn't say uothiu,
but I felt encouraged, lor she kind o' tithed.
Says I, 'Kute ef you're gwiue to have me,
suy so, uud ef you don't like to say so, jist
squeeze my bum ) Aud she squeezed it right
otl. Lord) , ' ,;d 1 feel. 1 felt jist like a
st re " ' rrac. tea sweetened with
i through tny bones.
iu my uruis, and kissed
.she uuver tried the
Ith this narration
e for breath was
it," said 1,
ndsowas
,ve mar-
scrape."
,iyetr 1
'in the pur
Id. 1 tell
' airs, au'
yh things,
usible guls
, from the hot-
v ipuuderb'jlt
2
MT GIRL WITH THE CALICO DRESS,
BT ROHKRT josski.t.v.
fig for yoar oppcr-tcn girls,
W'ttli tltaip trnival, nml Hntind ni,4 Iniinfl
Their diamonds and rubies and pearls,
And their milliner figures and races;
hey may shine at a purty or ball,
Kmhlnv.nnpft with linlf that nnsuoBR.
B
!ut give me in place of them all,
Aiy girl witu tbe eulico dress.
She is plump as a pntridge, and fuir
As the rose in its earliest bloom,
Her teeth with ivory compare,
And her breath with the clover porfume;
Her step is as free and as light
As the fawn's whom the hunters hard press,
And her eye is as soft and as bright,
My girl with the calico dress.
Your dandies and foplins may sneer,
At her simple and modest attire,
But the charms she permits to appear
Would set a whole iceburg on tire 1
She can dunce, but she never allows
1 ho liuccin. tho suueezo and caress.
She is saving all these lor her spouse,
My girl with the calico dress. .
She is cheerful, wnrm-boarled and true,
And kind to ber futhcr and mother,
She studies how much she can do
For her sweet little sisters and brother;
If you want a companion for life
To comtort, enliven nnd bless,
She is just the right sort of a wife,
My girl with the calico dress.
farmer's cpavlmcnt.
Canteleups, etc.
Canteleups can be raised with all the cer
tainty of the cucumber and tho pumpkin.
They require a little more care in preparing
and selecting the ground. A saudy loam is
always to be preferred; but any light, friable
soil, with a southern exposure, free from pre
vailing moisture, Will answer. The ground
should be converted into a fine tilth the
hills should be dug aut to the depth of eight
or ten inches, eighteen inches in diameter,
which should be tilled with one-third woll
rotted short manure, one-third good sand,
(should the soil uot possess any) and one
third rich earth, well mixed. Tho hills
should be from eight to twelve feet apart
each way, as room may allow, Btid the seed,
say nve to a hill, should be planted over the
wholo hill, an inch below the surface. When
the sprouts are two inches high give them a
fuir sprinkling of wood asl.es, while the dew
is on, or alter watering them, and repeat
three or four times during thu two following
weeks. This will drive uwny tho insects.
When they are six itielies high remove nil
but two or threo vines, according to the
space between the rows, and cnrel'ully put
round, not to, the vines, a little guano. Iu
removing tho weeds from the beds the vine
should not be disturbed, us tho rootlets which
penetrate the earth from the vines and which
supply the principal nourishment to the fruit
will be destroyed. .Notning more is uecded
to yield au utnount of this delicions melon
that will astonish the uuitiuted, and of a
utility uncqualtd by the best productions of
ersey.
Watermelons require exactly tho same
treatuient, but tho crop is not as certain as
the cauteleup. Still, if a light, friable, sandy
soil, with a soulh-cnstern exposure, is selected,
and tho Mountain Sweet variety is planted, a
fair crop may almost certainly lie counted on.
We have raised twenty-ono etlib'.o watermel
ons from three hills. The Orange water
melon is very luscious, and we thiuk requires
a rather shorter season thuti others, aud
produces abundantly. Germantuwn Tele
yraph. Thr Crops in tiik West. The unfavorable
report which have reached us from the South,
find an echo iu the following general review,
from the St Louis Ititi lliyeuctr, of the grain
prospects ofthe West :
The prospects, at present, for even an ave
rage crop ol those great staple products ofthe
West, upon which all our prosperity depends
wheat, corn and oats are anything but
cheering. They ure rathm decidoly gloomy.
Throughout Missouri the wheat las been se
verely injured by tlie lung continued and se
vere frosts, while the backwardness of the
spring prevents that resusciating which warm
geniul weather, might have produced, la
tho latitudes lartner snnin, wnere lurming
commenced several weeks ago, tue young
corn hus been cut down, ar.d the cotton and
tobacco damaged by the Irosta and freezes ol
the lust week.
Old trait) is cettmg scarce, from long feed.
ing, which the backwardness of paaturugo
necessitated, and in some purls of the country
we learn that stock is in a starving condition
on account ofthe inubility of furmers to got
corn at reasonable prices to feed it with.
Larce amounts of com have durir-g the present
spring, beeu shipped from St. Louis to tho
Ohio river itsell a coru region anil at tue
present time tho same uraiu is being shipped,
in small quantities, to Hannibal, for consump
tion in thut productive region
Our last exchanges from Missouri and the
neighboring States, speak despondingly of
the prospects, and concur iu the opinion that,
uuless a chnngo for the better shall take
place speedily, the coming crop will he a sorry
oue.
Whkatin Kkntlckt Central Kentucky,
t is said will raise an immense grain cmp this
year. Last year, svys the Cincinnati un.eue.
Cincinnati received uuout lour unii.ireii itiou
sand bushels wheat over tho Covitigton and
Lexington Kailroud it lone, jn uutiuion to
his, a large quautity wus shipped donu the
iveutucky river, for Louisville, Madison, aud
Cincinnati. The breadth of land planted with
vbeat this year, is said to bo double that ol
lust year. The growing crop is in excellent
condition. It was.appurently, injured by cold
siuotliav hut the indications of damaje are
rapidly disappearing as vegetation progres
ses. The cry of short crops cannot be suc
cessfully raised in Kentucky. Nothing more
certain than this. Our market will probably
recive from Kentucky next season by railroad
alone, seven nunureu tuousuna ousueis oi
wheat."
Lvxrorefss. Tho effect of a neat lawn
about a dwelling bouse is much increased by
the selection of a shrub ofevergretu cliaiuc
i.. . u.l,i,.h 1,a av mttv ret when tht
l( I VU WUU M " J J
ground is closed in winter wbita mantle of
SUOW, I be Olliernni i-pecieaoi niuorvune, or
.... ..ll i, wh.l., r.fiiir a verv beautiful
shrub, is frequently employed for this pur-
J7OS-
Michigan State Aqricultiirnl College. T
institution is to be dedicated cn the 13lh in
In conc.rtioo with it-is a farm of 700 ucr
three miles east of Lansing. The tution
fiee, and the students will be required
work three hour a day and be paid for tin
labor. There are accommodations foreigh
students. It is the first State institution
tablishcd on the continent. Its origin
endowment was 655,000, tho proceeds of S
Spring Lands, originally donated by the (Je
eral Government to the Territory of Micv
gan. The sum of $20,000 per annum for tl
next two years has been nobly appropriate
by the vigerous State of Michigan to this ol
jeet.
Ft.oRici't.Ti-Ri:. Floriculture is a passit)
mot blessed iu its effects, considered as a
umusement or a benu&t. Nothing harmon
zes and adorns tho female mind more surel
than a taste for ornamental gardening. I
compels the reason to act und the judgmcn
to observe ; it is favorable to meditation o
the mo3t serions kind ; it exercises the fain;
in harmless aud elegant occupation, aud bru
ces the system by its healthy tendency.
How to Make Good Things.
Jekfkp.son CooKirs.- To three pounds cl
flour, sprinkle a ttacupful of coriauder seed;
rub in oue pound of butter; half a pound cl
sugar; threo teaspooufiils of salivrattiH dis
solved iu milk; work tho ingredients well
together; roll thin, cut, aud buko at a quic'.c
heat.
Tka Btrsmr. Two pounds of flour, two
tnble spoonfuls of yeast, a little wnrm milk;
mix the above together, adding a quarter of
a pound of melted butter, wilh milk sufficient
to form a thick batter, and buko iu a quick
oven.
Fdolrpakr. Two leacnnfiils of Ir.dian
meal, two of wheat flour, ono of molasses,
ono teaspoonful of salu'ratus; season to taste;
wei wan milk; lorm a buiier ir.iu enougti to
ruu: halco threo (mailers of au hour aud
servo with butter while hot.
Fkittkrs. To one pint of sweet milk, add
one eEir, ono teospoonful of sukvrntu, alittlo
salt, with flour sufficient to form a Rtiffbattcr;
drop them from a spoon into hot lard, aud
boil them until tuey ure oi a nice Drown.
Fkhpkrsiion rt'Dmsn. Five tablespoon
fuls of sugar, a quarter of a pound of butter,
five eggs; stir Ave tablespootil'uls of flour
into one quart of boiling milk; let it cool,
theu udd the other ingredieuts, and buke half
uu hour.
Joiinkv Cakk (crrY7i;n(). Dissolve balf
a teacpoonful of sulxrattis in ono quart of
sweet buttermilk, add two tablesjiooul'uls of
niolassee, a pieco of butter the izo of a but
ternut, a little salt; then stir iu Indian meal
enough to nmke a thin batter, and buke one
hour. "-lunf Luciuu" in Uuu.tstcad.
Sumaroits.
A New Zelandor at 'a Ball.
The following amusing nativo sketch of an
actual ball appears in a recent number of the
New Zelander: When it got dark, they bo
gnu to muster. It was a room of immense
length so long, (pointing to a distance of
gome 00 yards.) Jn this bou'eli of candle
sticks there were a hundred candles, in the
next bunch another hundred, and so on, so
that it was just tho sunn; as duylight. They
were cr.i mined full; and there were 300 nieu
and 100 women, every Jack of them, were
girls. They then began jumping; they had
their playing things, tlie word:, of which tliey
hud no doubt, bel'ot'o arranged, and these
things seemed to regulate their movements'.
There wus a good number of old men there),
and these old fellows etideuvurud to make,
themselves look os young as they could. One
of them would take hold of a girl, und carry
her off a great distance, spinning her round,
while her friends looked on quietly. This
certainly much excited our astonishment.
But what surprised us most of all was, that,
there were no broken heads: tliey were con
tinually bobbing to each other, and rushing
to and fro in tho greatest confusion, and yet
we could see no collision, and no blood.
Then they cease and begin eating; then thoso
things would sound, aud tliey would rush as if
they were mad, and goon v.i.h the same jump
ing; theu they would stop and then again go
to work euting; theu again to their jumping,
and so ou to daylight. "Kut&Ui he hangs
kiuo." .
A modest young orator closed his speech as
follows i "In short, ladies and gentlemen I
can orly say 1 wish I had a window in rny bo
som, that you might seo the emotions of my
heart" Tho newspaper printed the speech
leaving the 'n'out of the "window." He was
taken somewhat ahuck when he read it shortly
afterwards.
1,'tttairirl nionrPMTS nld linvlnar nrramlpfl
...... p,.. , T - '
u soiree, being asked by her mother, on re
turning, bow sho liked it uuswered. "I am
lull ol happiness, i could t bo km v bappier
uuless 1 could grow."
"Miss Bkiwx, 1 havo been to karn how to
tell fortunes," suid u fellow to a briske bur
netto; "give inu jour hand, if you please."
Li, Mr. White, how sudden joa'urel Well,
go aU pa."
The U. S. Attorney Gcnerul concurs in the
opinion ofthe Attorney lor Minnesota, tout
tiiea.aofthuTerriltiii.il Legislature, remo
ving the capital from St. Paul to St. Peter
is uncoustiioual, biing iu conflict w.th tho
organic uct. St. Paul will therefore coutinue
to be the capital.
When the Duke of Rutland wns Viceroy o
Ireland, Sir John Hamilton attended one of
his levees. "This is timely ruin," raid the
Duke "it will bring everything above ground."
'1 hope not, my lord," t&id Sir Julm, "fur
I Lave three wives there.
"Do yua kuow Mr. John Brown t"
'Yea my dear."
' Is he not a deserving man?"
Y'es he detervis a Cogging; and if ever
he gallants you houiu ja:u, 1 will give it la
him."
A old maid, speaking of marriage, says ft
is like any other disease, while there is life
there is hope.
"I see io the papers," said Mrs. Parting
ton, looking over hersprcs at lko, "the Judga
says the fugitive Slava Bill is a statute. 1
koow'tl the (J reek Slave wag a statute, but t
thought the slave Bill, who ran away to bv m
fufMtfre,w (JiTih Sfcd o,.,j.TpeorIc.'