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NEW SE1UES, VOL. 10, NO. 49.
SUNBUItY, NOItluM13EULANI) COUNTY, PA. SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 185S.
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thumberland, Union, Lycoming Montour and
Jolurnhia.
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2MEW STORE.
KLIAS EMEKICII,
TTJ ESPECTT t'LLY informs the cilizchs of
U a. of Lower Augusta township and the pub
lic i;ri.'rnlly. that lie linn purchased the Store
lately kept by Isaac Mnrt7. in Lower Augusts
towi.sliip near Emerieh's Tavern, and has ju-t
opened u splendid stock of
E.iSIaml Winter GOODS
His stock cnnsinla of Cloths, Cassimeres, Cassi
ncftsof nil kinds, linen, cotton anil We-sted.
Also, Calicoes', Giiigtianis, Lawns, slousscline
D- l.iiiurs and nil kinds of Ladies Dress Goods.
GUOCEK'IW, Hardware, 0.ueenswarc of va
rious styles and putterns.
AUi,'nn assortment of Ready-Made Clothing
uf al! de.-ciiptious, Horrts and Shoes, Vats and
Cup. S.I,T flsll. &c, and a variety of
other articles such ns am suitable to the trade,
all of which will he sold at the lowest prices.
I, V,-Country produce taken in exchange at
l!.e highest market prices.
Lower Augusta l? p., October 10, 1857. tf.
I'VrEVr WHEEL Gil EASE.
f BlIUS Urease is recommended to the notice of
. Wagoners, Livery Stable keepers, &c.,as
being Sci-siuou to aiiy thing of the kind ever in
troduced. As it does not gmn upon the axles
is much more durable, and is not affected by
the weather, remaining the same in summer af
in winter, and put up in tin canisters al 37 and
75 cents, for sale by A. W. flSHEU.
March U.1K.7.
IvITJSICI JVTC7SXC 1
Ml!. O. KIMBALL, lno of Etniira, having
become a resident of Sutibury, respectfully
informs the citizens and others, that ho intends
to form a Singing Class, both secular and snend
and I I imparl trudion to all who may desire
to place themsi i' cs under his charge.
N. U. Mrs. O. Kimball is prepared to give
i'lstruclions to a few more pupils on the fiaiio
forte.
Sunbury, September 19, 185" t?
Sew riillwttclpJsIa Wry dooils!!
SlIAltPLESS UIJOTMEK,
LJITK ToWSSKMI S il A M l'LK.SS et Soy,
If AVE removed to their new store, .. V.
corner of Chesnut and rjth Streets, and
have opened their usual full assortment of Au
tumn and Winter UIlV (iOOllS, which they
oiler at very low prh.es. Their s'.ocli includes
i-ilmwls, j'lack atul Kancy Silks, Merino's and
other llrcss (Joods, Men's and Uoy's
Vear, Dlankels, Housekeeping
tio-d, and (iods fur
'friends Wear."
Oct. 84, 1857 Bm'Jc
SUNBURY STEAM FLOURING MILL
rjpilE subscribers respectfully announce to the
-"- public, that their new Steam flouring Mill
in this place, has been completed, and will go
into operation on Monday the 3 1st day of Au
gust, hut.
Having rngnged a competent and .careful
Miller, they trust they will lie able, with all the
ini..'.rrii improvements adopted in their mill, to
give entire satisfaction to all who may favor them
with their c.stom.
K.N'VULK, KIXEHAKT & HARRISON'.
Sunbury, August 2, 1857. tl
" "GILBERT BULSC1V
SrcCESSOB TO
I. O. CAM riiE&-L ei CO., AMI L. C. IVES,
(formerly No. 15 North Wharves.)
DEALER IX PRODUCE, fit LIT AND VE
HEi AULES, No. 4 North Wharves, 4lh door
Market street, fhiladelphia.
'Oranges, Apples, Dried fruits Butter,
I, croons, Onion?, Mercer 1'otatofs, Cheee
Jta'-'1"1 Tomatoes, Sweet 1'otatoes, lleans,
J'ea Nuts, l'eaches. Cranberries J')g, &e.
Orhera for Shipping put up with care and dis-I.atch-
IOOOD Ssold on commianion for farmers
BU.I Dealer.
October 21, IS.j".
The $10 and $15 Single and Double
Threaded Empire Family Sewing
Machines.
AN AGENCY for tl,e sale of these Sewing
Machines cau be secured on liberal terms for
the County of Northumberland. No one need
apply without capital sulliuienl to conduct the
business properly and who cannot bring refer
ences as to reliability and capacity. A personal
application will be necessary.
The peculiar adaptation of these Machines for
all purposes f family Sewing, will, whore ever
they are orlercd for sale command a ready and
unlimited demand.
JOHNSON 4 GOOD ALL,
8. E. Corner of 6th aud Arch Su., I'liiladel'a.
Attrjiut 15, 1857 tf
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mixed with water, thereby saving thecost
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March It '6. A. W. fISlIER.
clcct Ijactrg.
TO THE OLD YEAH.
y M. II. IlItADCLI'FK.
Old year! thy head is white wilhago,
Thy youthful fires no longer glow,
Thy lingering days have naught but gloom
And thou art tottering to the tomb
M'ith feeble steps and slow.
Ah ! Sufftmor warmth, Spring's sweet perfume,
. o- J o i .
1 he wintry sun doth coldly gleam
On Uiee ; yet, 'ncalh its chilling beam,
Thou liuvclcst trembling om
The frost-gems deck thy silver beard, ,
Thy path is o'er the frozen ground 1
Th e sbiieking winds about thee tavtr
And o'er tbee. leafless branches wa'
With harsh and wailing sound.
Thy breath is cold upan my fiu"
And thou art 'nealh a burdf l'ont'
Of shattered hopes and joys 'n'01'".
And sighs that oft this hea-llal11 ,or"'
And many hours miss"1.
And with thee, on thy 'ear' V-
Not only these tho takr,lt ao"S
But scenes whose ir ",orle" Bre dci,r'
And tones, I nc'er'ain shall hear,
And pleasure ' an"10 nnJ m,rt" 6Wt!Cl soll8-
Anil Autumn 0nlt!fti fine nr frnnn ;
And yet I wot"1 not c" ,,l, 1,ack
I V.-n i.i li I belli o'er again,
With nil ihU hadst of warm and bright
Or fancy ''urr"m love's delight,
It wer- too mucn oi pain.
farcr-dl. old year! The selling sun
lih thy stern thadow backward cast,
F'i'i'ng in gloum upon my soul,
ylicncc never more its cloud shall roll,
Though thou art with tho past.
Select Calc.
MY FIRST AND LAST LOVE.
ny MISS JIABV O. VAUOIIAK.
"I love my love with nn L," said I, and
away went the long upplo peuring over my
shoulder. There was u rush and a euratnblo
to see if my letter bud been formed upon the
floor, oud shouts that it was nil L. aud shouts
thut it wus not, but, instead, almost every
other letter in the alphabet.
All the tiuio I Fat feeling extremely shy
and awkward, and not nt nil relieved when
the point under discussion was decided in
favor of the L, ullhoupb J hud chosen thut
letter because, bo for as 1 knew, it did not
form the initiul of any one of the young men
present. L!ul I began to bo nfruid that I
Lad not chosen wisely, alter all, and that I
might be called upon yet for some of the
ridiculous forfeits of tho gnme. How I
trembled, then, when I heard the shouts :
'Here is tho L. Leander Holme, Miss
Kate has choFcu you ! Look t see tho L
upon the lloor."
Somebody was coming toward me. Some
body said, '-Miss Hetty Mr. Holme." A
tall figure bent before me, and sat down
silently by my side. All this I saw dimly
under eyelids that were cast down in real,
not aQected, shyness. How grateful 1 was
not to fiud mysolf pulled into the centre of
the room and kissed boisterously, as hap
pened to many of the girls present that
evening, and who tinder the inflictions only
blushed a little and tittered a good deal.
This was my second country party. 1 had
suflered tortures at the first, aud expected to
suffer tortures at this. 1 felt thut 1 had es
caped happily, if I might bat be allowed to
sit quietly in the corner 1 had chosen. Kven
the very silent person at my side did not
particularly annoy mo so long as the noisy
group iu the centre of the room would allow
me to be quiet.
I had been reared from tarty childhood in
the house of a wealthy, childless uncle, in tbo
city. 1 was very young, and hud no idea of
society, except what 1 hud gained from being
a looker-on at my aunt's semi-annual, stiQ
and formal parties, where the company was
very decorous and excessively stupid.
My onele hod died very suddenly, without
a will, and his heir-at-luw had tuken posses
sion of his property, leaving my aunt with a
comparatively smull incouio, while I, after
having been reared until the age of sixteen
in the midst of wealth aud luxury, was left
entirely unprovided for.
My anat went to live in lodging?, and I
was tent back to my father, who was a poor
maa willt- many children, and a slatternly,
scolding wife, who was not my mother. My
own mother Lad died in my infancy, and it
was said tny father bad never beeu himself
since. He had become dissipated, lost his
habits of business, which were fast bringing
hitn wealth, and at last quitting business
eutirely had gone, to live on a little farm in
the interior of tho State, had married, and
was now surrounded by a large, disorderly,
boisterous family.
Into this uncongenial house I was suddenly
thrust from the refinements of my life in the
house of a wealthy citizen. I was shy and
unhappy. I bad never beon accustomed to
the companionship of children, but I soon
found that whenever I shrank involuntarily
from the dirty, noisy crew around mo, I gave
offence to the mother, and, through her rep
resentations, to my father, who seemed com
pletely under her influence.
Kvery instinctive indulgence In (be tastes
aud habits iu which I had been reared, was
looked upon as an evidence of pndo, and I
sooo fouud all the influences of home arrayed
against me aud my wishes.
I had shrank, through shyneBS, from at
tending the first party, but had gone because
1 could not rests) my mother s sneers ana my
father's commands. And to much had I been
terrified by the good-natured boisterousuoss
or the youug people assembled that 1 men
tally resolved never to go again. Notwith
standing, I found myself once more iu the
same circle after a very trying scene at home,
and iu my dread of the thirty pairs of eyes
fixed upon me had been drawn iuto their
games.
1 bad not yet glanced at the face or the
young man at my side, nor bad s word been
interchanged, when the noisy group in the
ceutre of the room broke np. They came
crowding around me, uttering broad, but
good humored jests that I full sent the blood
flashing and burning into my face. My cooa
uanion must have felt me trembling, too, for
he suddeuly leaned forward and whispered :
"Do not be afraid. Miss Kate, thev da not
intend any harm, aud I will see that they do
not much annoy you."
I gave him one grateful glance, for I was
too near crying to dare to trust my voice,
and met a pair of brilliant, dark eyes, fixed
full upon u.j face, very mirthful, yt a good
i 1 - n expression. Suddenly
deal cotripassiona . witl)in his
he rose Upland ,
turned to the t)0 me thi8 evening,
i t '. v under my protection. 1 shall
h V e,V',"t. nd not ono of Jou mU8t
. 1 b 4 n without my permission."
Hn . P. ne led me away to an cppo.iite
"the room; There, seeing that, bo
""sliyress and the annoyances just
!3. 1 was still nimble to control my
?.?jot features, he stood before me speak-
calmly nnd quietly of sotne unimportant
Jliiect. His pleasant voice and quiet man
, Aer soon helped me to control my ngitatlotij
and then he eat down beside mo. l was
amazed at myself talking gaily with this
stranger, and still more amnzed to Cud myself
happy for several hours of tho evening to
which 1 bad looked forward with so much
dread, and which had commenced eo inau
spicionsly. And when he brought several of the bright
ruddy-looking girls to speak to me in the
course of the evening, 1 found what foolish
shyness had prevented me from learning
before, t lint they were amiable, wurm-lieartwu
creatures, in spite of their luck of refinement.
So, on the evening passed pleasantly, aud I
wus whole, never afraid to go again, especi
ally as, when they found 1 was not too proud
to juiu iu their sports, they never attempted
to drag me into any which 1 did not like.
liut chieT among tho pleasant memories of
that evening was tho kindness of Leander
Holme. A pair of dark eyes haunted my
thoughts for many a day, and I never forgot
the soothing impression of his calm voico
and pleasant manner.
Leander Holme was the son of tlie only
rich ittau in the neighborhood. He had been
well oducnted, and that alone would have
rendered him infinitely superior to those
around him, even if his whinning manner
had not been thut of a perfect geuttuuian
relincd,courteous and manly.
Of course, no ono will wonder that I become
deeply in love with Leander Holme. His
devuliou had never wavered from the first,
and long before tho first winter in my fathet's
home wus passed, I had promised to become
his wife. It would have been a dreary and
miserable winter indeed without his presence
and his love, but with it, ah, even now thut
long yours have passed, 1 think of that, only
recurring to that time, and never of the dis
comforts that had, in the fullness of my hap
piness, ceased to make me miserable.
My father and his wife were all smiles and
approval. Hut when, toward spring, our cn
gagomout came to the kuowledgc of Leander's
hither, he at once announced his decided dis
approbation. I heard that he asserted that
he would never consent that bis son should
marry the daughter of a la.y dissipated man,
and he said that my city rearing was scarcely
a belter preparation of the duties of mistress
of Holme Place, than I should have received
at tho hands of thut brawling, slutteruly
father's wife.
Leander was firm, ond talked of tho future
and patient waiting, lint 1 felt that 1 had
been scorned, anil my indignation was un
bouuded. I wrote to tny ount, telling her all
in no measured phrase, nnd bagging her to
6end for me to livo with her once moro, if
possible. Her answer was to come at once,
aud I departed, much to tho consternation of
my hither, and the ill-coticea!ed delight of his
wife, who hated me moro than ever since she
heard of Colonel Holme's remark.
1 left a little notrt for Leander, who was
absent at the time, saying that the engage
ment had better end, and releasing hitn fully
aud unconditionally. I wrote and sealed tho
note without hesitation or fullering, though
it cost me a Revere pang to do so.
1 did not know uutil I hud been settled in
my aunt's home a week, and my letters in a
package directed in Leander's hand, arrived
without a line from him, how I had hoped
through all that be would not consent to be
released, but would still cling to me.
Hut he, too, had his indignation he was
hurt that I should have arranged for my de
parture without consulting him, and he wus
pained at tho coldness of my uote. So
through the faults of other?, and misunder
standing of their own, two hearts that really
and truly loved were severed. Alas! that
the story had so many counterparts 1
My aunt's income, by considerable econo
my, supported Us, aud enabled us to retain
our place ir. the society to w hich we had been
accustomed. It had been more thun she an
ticipated when she had sent me homo to my
father, or she would never have exposed me
to tho tnuls i have papsed.
As time passed on 1 had lovers, ns any
pretty girl will, for, if 1 might believe my
mirror und my friends, I was not without
attractions, but nouo of them touched my
heart.
On looking back I can see that I was al
ways waiting, wuttitig with undefined expec
tation of something that never came. Was
it for Leauder thut 1 waited If it was 1
nover acknowledged it to myself, but it was
with a terriblo pong, a dumb but very real
sorrow, that served us an excuso for itluess,
it was so liko it that I heard after two or
three years, that he was married.
My step-mother wrote it to me Uus wed
ding Dews dilating maliciously upon the
weulth and beauty of the bride, who bad
como from a distant city to reside at Holme
l lace. Upon the planting and lencing, tne
paiutiug aud glazing, aud beautifying of tho
old house, and upon the loads of bcautilul
furniture, which the bride's father Lad sunt
to refurnish the old rooms.
I answered very culmly that Leander
Holme was worthy any lady in the land, and
bade her congratulutu hitn in my name, if she
saw him ; hoping thus, I believe, to disarm
her suspicious and convince bim that I had
forgotten my love for hitn.
1 went more into society after this, end it
was romarked that I was gayer than I bad
formerly been. 1 was not a ware of it, for I
only knew what I was striving to forget. X
had no other object in life now. -
The years seemed very long end weary.
Socioty did Dot satisfy me, and I came to be
looked upon as a coquette when, ouo after an
other, I rejected the suitors whom my gaiety
and brilliaucy of manner brought to my feet.
I became restlessly unhappy, with a craving
for some object for thought and duty that
would not hod satisfaction in the life I led.
In that time Diy aunt bad a severe illness,
ond the Dew cares which then dovolved upon
me were very good for me. From this illuesi
she never fully recovered, aud for two or three
years before death came to relieve ber from
suQ'uriug, and while I was bnsily occupied in
ministering to ber conifoit, I grew more pa
tient and quiet. - - - .' -
Uy-and by I was alone. I laid Ler who Lad
been all that a mother could Lave been to me
for many years, in the grave, and 1 was left
without care or duty. My means were uow
ample, fur my aunt hud bequeathed her pro
perty to me, and, exnept a teuder sorrow for
the dead, I should have ben very happy. Hut
I was not. .- -' V
I brought one of my little sisters to livo
with Uie, very triad to receive hur from such a
home. 1 want for her, and while ou my visit
attended tho village church, and from beneath
my black veil sat Leander Holme and the
woman who occupied tho place that should
have been mino. She was looking pale and
ill.' It was said sho was unhappy, nnd that
ber husband trcatod her, though always cour
teously, with great coldness. I felt a miser
able, choking feeling half delight, half bit
terness, at the thought that ho did fnot love
her, but 1 bullied even my step-mother's cu
riosity by my impenetrability. I am sure
she did not learn whether I took any interest
in the dwellers at Holino Tlnce.
More years passed. I still hud oflcrs though
no longer young. At last 1 determined to
accept me. Arthur Mcridcu wns a man
worthy of my esteem worthy of my love,
only that I hud no love to give. He was
satisfied when I told bim all, and I promised
to become his wife.
Hut as boom ns I had promised, the old,
wretched, waiting feeling camo back. It
seemed as if 1 vaguely expected something to
interpose and prevent the consummation of
that unholy engagement. And as the day
approached I grew more and more, ond more
wretched, till finally, on a sudden impulse, 1
determined to go down to my father's to look
onco wore upon the old familiar scene!, tho
village church and Holme I'luce, before 1
should have promised away my freedom, mis
erable as it made me of thinking of past love.
I went, and tho first sound thut greeted
mo ns I entered tho village was the tolling of
tho bell, and the cairiugo drew up beside
tho road as along funeral procession passed.
In tho first carriage set Leander Holme, very
pale, but calm ! It was his wife 6ho whom
I had always thought as occupying my place
that they were conveying to the tomb.
I remained at my father's for many days,
not that 1 hoped or wished to see Leander
Hulme, but because 1 literally lacked tbo
streugth and energy for ir.y homeward jour
ney. My sole thought was that now Leander
was free. If he still loved me he might at
some future; time seek me, but I was about
to place a barrier between us, and to become
the wife of whom I now know moro than
ever I could not lovo.
At last, ns the day came that I was to start
en my return, 1 felt that 1 had gone too far
to retract, and must fulfil tho promise that 1
had voluntarily made to an honorublo man.
J little knew the lieedom that I would almost
have givou life itself to secure was already
mine.
I had scarcely reached my homo when a
messenger arrived to beg me, in the name of
Arthur -Mendeii, to go at once to Ins house.
He had been thrown from his horse thut af
ternoon and fatally injured. He was still
living and sensible, and most anxious to see
me once more. (Jod only knows I reproached
inyselffor the first intense feeling of gladness
that flooded my soul as 1 heard those terrible j
tidings, j
I stood besido hitn to the last, determined,
as a pennnco for my unfeeling joy, lo spa'.e
myself no one of his painful though short suf
ferings. In a few hours, on the very morning
that was to have dawned upon our wedding,
he breathed his last. His death set me free.
Yes, 1 was free, but my freedom did not
bring me any hope. Leauder had gono to
Kurope immediately on the death of his wife.
Holme flare was closed, aud it was said the
ferru was getting into a ruinous condition as
years passed on und its master did not return.
lie held no correspondence with anyone ut
home, except in the briefest business letters.
oo more years passed away. 1 busied my
self in the education of my sister and intro
ducing her into society, as sho grew up a
boautiful and brilliant girl, while 1 ceased to
to feel sensible to the titlo of "old maid,"
and took my place placidly among the eiders,
and brushed my slill luxuriant, hair, now
thickly streuked with gray, botieuth a tasteful
cap.
i had become almost satisfied with my lot,
and bad ceased to think very frequently of
Leauder Holme, wheu I was startled out of
my usuul placidity by hearing that he bad re
turned to his home. Tho letter that brought
these tidings Stated farther that he was mak
ing many alteratious and improvements in
the eld pluce, and that it wus conjectured
that ho was again about to bring a bride
hither.
'That old man !"' exclaimed my pretty sis
ter, as she read this item ; "Sister Katharine
can you conceive of a man marrying at bis
age :
1 smiled and reminded the blooming lit tin
beauty that the man she culled old cold rot
be over ferly-five, although it seemed a great
ago to her. 1 sighed a hlllu as 1 glanced ut
the mirror and saw my faded feutures as re
flected from ils surface.
Sooti al ter, my sister married. I gave her
to the man she had chosen, well pleased, for
I felt that he wus worthy of my treasure,
Hut it was with a Very lonely, saddened heurt
that ufter the wedding breakfast was over,
and the newly wedded pair aud all the guests
departed. I wed to bhut myself into my own
room. I wept a litllo, for I was growing old
and was all alone, and the future seemed very
bleak and drear to me as 1 thought what
might Lave been, bad 1 been loyul to my
heart's allegiance.
My maid knocked at my door. A gentle
man was in the parlor aud wished to see inc.
'Did he send Lis curd or name ?"
"No, madatii; he said he was an old friend,
and would dotuin you but a few moments."
"Go buck and say that 1 cun seo no one
to-day, except on business tell him that my
sister has just left mo that 1 am not well."
The girl went bock, and I listeued as l lay
for the clang of the street door. ISut, in
stead, it wus with a feeling of vexation that I
heard footsteps returning. She cumo in, aud
perhaps, seeing my impatience of iiiterrtij.tii n
luiJl a curd in uiy baud and retired without
speaking :
Leaxdf.b Holme.
The letters swam iicforo my eyes, aud I
trembled so that I could scarcely stand, and
1 tried to adjust my cap before the mirror.
At length, with unsteady steps, I descended
to theparlor ; I opened tbe-sJoor aud stood
in the presence of tho man 1 had loved, ui.d
from whom I bad been separated so long.
His Lair wus gray; there were lines of
suffering all over his face, only the bright,
dark eyes were unchanged. 1 gave him my
haud j he looked at me steadfastly a little
while. Then he drew me towards him, and
without a word, I lay sobbing uj ou Lis bo
som. "At last at last he murmured.
Thus was I rcntiited to my first and last
love. We are very happy uow at Holme
I'laco. My husband is ail that is good aud
noble; aud my life is spent iu ministering to
bis happiuesa, and in trying to fill a mother's
place to the long-neglected children of the
wife be bad never loved.
rotsoNKO av Coi.ouf.d Can mks. At Cats
kill N. Y., ou Mouday last, Mary Lynes, a
young lady residing in that viUiuge, was taken
suddeuly sick while at school, in the afternoon
and died at nine o'clock in tho evening. She
bad all the symptoms of poison aud it is sup.
posed that she was poisoned by eating color
ed caodici.
The Swedish Stove
A correspondent of the Snrinefield llu'
publican writes as follows of the stova in usu
for a long period in Sweden. If his ncconnt
is true it must be invaluable, nnd some of
our practical men should look out for its
general introduction into this country, where
luel is upcoming so dear, and where the win
ters (with rare exceptions) crow colder nod
colder continualy :
"I have fully mado up my mind to buy one
oflhe Swerlish stoves, and send it homo iu
time to be put up for winter, J think it will
prove one of the greatest blessings to out
country of anything latelv invented or intro.
dticed there It entirely obviates oil the
evils exiritihp, end so seriously felt by all our
northern people, in our imperfect nnd expen
sive mode 01 heating bouses, jt is not more
expensive in its construction than our stoves,
and it is quite an ornament lo a room, is en
tirely free from dirt ond filth in its use, gives
nn even, genial warmth to any degree that
may bo desired, entirely free from the unplea
sant c fleet of our hot air system, nnd is tho
perfection of economy of fuel. So perfect is
it, that for a hundred oud fifty yours, there
lias been no change in its arrangement, and
it has given perfect satisfaction, in a conntiy
where they requite as much warmth for their
Comfort ns we do, nud where the cold to con
tend with is greater.
Where tho people are quite ns intelligent
in nil that perlnitis to such matters ns we
oro, and it can hardily bo supposed, if there
was any ndvniitugo to obtained, or anything
more desired for comfort or convenience or
beauty economy, thut no changes would have
been made in it in so long a time it is n
great wonder to mo that some one has not
only tried it in A tnericu, but established its
use nnd nn ntifntturo there, for if s com-truc-tiou
is ns simple and easy to understand ns
its principle of heating and ventilating a room
nro beautifull nud economising. Only one
fire a day is made in them, und thun ouly a
small quantity of birch wood isuscd.
Ono of common size is capable of heating a
room about thirty feet squure, os wnrm as
vou would desiro it even in (his cold climate.
Tho amount of wood burned in each stove, in
their eight months of winter, is only oue cord.
Swedis.li, which is a little less than our cord,
or as .() cubic feet to 123. There nre sev
eral patterns, some much mote beautiful than
others ; but most of them are a pluin round
pedestal or column, extending I rum tho floor
nearly to tho ct-iling, and generally they have
a plain white China ware; but many that I
have seen are cf more oinaiuental forms,
with cornices and mouldinus at the ton, and
some of them are ornamented in colors, like
L lima ware. J he material of which they nre
made is the same as cur common tile, with
the white etiamcd merely on the surface.
Legislatures of the States Times and
riaccs of Meeting.
Ky t"lio following tublo it will bo seen that
tho Legislatures of twelve of the States
commence their sessions in January :
Aliilum:! Sooiifl Motulny in nvt'inler, Montgomery.
A i lv.ii iMoh3 l',rft Aliuiiliiy in Noveiniier, l.ttlle Keek
Culilornm 'irti' .Mouilnr ui J.-ilu:.irv. SsiCnuiK-nto.
Connecticut KirM Wethn-.itny in M:iy, ll:ti If.-nl.
Heliiwiirc KirFt TursOt.y in l:iMu,ry. flover.
l- lomb I'llit .MoiuL.y iu Aovriuhw. TnlhihnSRee.
I ieoisin I'irM Mouiluy in .Nitve.nl er, .Milletluville
Illinois. K r.-1 Tuesilny iu J;iuniiv, iri:'Ltit til
lit'luiud tsl Tliur. niter lt .M'v iu .Inn I ni:i,u;i-lis.
lovn I'll t Moutluy iu ll. e, luhri , l.'wil City.
K-utu'fcy Mmi-liiy in Ueet i .her. I''r!,u!,:.rf
l,oniFmu:i Tlunl Mo.nl,, y m 'mm irv. Union liouge.
Aluiue I- ir-l We.ln.-tity in Jait'iMry, AuuudiH
Muryliinil l-'iist Vt,hif?-l;iy in Jiiieeiry, Armnpoli.
M;i:iclcisrltt, first Y1isei:ii:iy in J.iliunr, lurtoil
Miuliiiriu Kir M"it;.y in Juiuiurv. Lioioin'.
Mtssit-Mpiu l-'irtil Mouiluy in Jit'u.iry( Ji:-ls n.
.Vu-sptiiri First Moi!uy in Nov !-i-r,.lulVia ul.
New lltunpfitiinv 1-irsi Wclurn liiy in June, Cor.cnnl.
New Jersey Second TiH'ftluy iu Jtmuuiy. 't'reiiloii.
New York- Klrht Tui-F,t;iy iu .l;mu;iry, Alkiuy.
X"Mh Citroliu.l Tntril .',1-tniliiy In N'M'ein'n-r, R:ilel!;li.
Ohio I'i.sl Mouiluy iu .NoveuiUc. Colmnln'.v
Pennsylvania l-'ltul Tccrul.iy in Jmmiiry, llul rifeUur.
Klimle lrlmnl At vuiicus Times unit plm-.'s.
S Caioiui:! I'ouilh M inluy in .Vivi-niNT, Cilun.Iiia.
Teimeesce--i'irsi Mmiiliiy in Ocioher. hlivil!e.
TexuK Kirrt M niilay vi Xuveinlier. Amtin.
Yernwut Scnnil TUnrsuuy ,n Ort"'in'., Montnelier,
Virginia Firm Mouiluy in Deccinlier, Itietiu. niil.
Wivini'r eeolul Weilnt-ediiy in Jiuiiiiirv, MmliFon.
tn tttf St. iles itl'.tlkej W.lllull Uetuisi. Ihc l.e!lsiitllii'CS
meet bieimuilly.
TliK Wiiimv ok O.vau 1'asha. Several
French journals huve announced the presence
in I'aris of the divorced wile of Oinur i'asha.
Tho following details of ber cureer u:e giving
iu the 1 ati'iu ;
"Sho was born nt Reps, in Transylvania,
and wus sent at tho ugo of eleven to one of
tho beet boarding schools in liuehurest.
Some lessons uii the piano developed wonder
ful musical powerj, and nt I he ago of fifteen
she posseted n remarkable latent on that
instrument. It uus ut that period that Omar
I'asha, who then was the military command
ant of WaUiuhia uuit the yoiinr lady a a
toirct, and being very feud of music fell in
lovo With ber and BUb-eijUetilly married her.
Sho was then compelled to submit to Mus
sulman hubils; the Chnsliau become quitu a
Khaiioun, (TurkiftU .woinuti.) iicwr left the
houa- except veiled and utleluled ; but con
trary to Oriental habits, nccoinpunicil ber
hu.-buik! in his warlike expeditions. Shu wa
greatly delighted with tho gli.ry of his firms,
and composed triumphal marches which were
played by tho Turkish regiments whin in
buulo. The only child bum from this mar
riage having died from un uccidcr.t, Omar
I'usha hoped by a new nuiou lo have au heir
und, perhaps, ulso to uttueli himself to tho
old Turkish party, uud he therefore demanded
in marriago Ihu daughter of Hal, i'asha, its
chief. 'Ueuiain ill the hureui,' ho said to his
wife ; but the was too proud to uieipt u con
dition so unworthy of her, am! demanded u
divorce, which wus granted and she I. as come
to seek au lioiioraLlu asylum In I'rutice. This
lady is fcnly twenty-three years i f ogo. Sho
contemplates giving concerts in FurU ur.d il id
said thut the would bud it not beeu for the
interference ol Lady Canning, huve made
Loudon the eccuo of her performances."
Suovi.D kot WiiNUKit. Oflrauistan the
New Haven Juuriiut remarks:
"Thero is a good deal of humbug about
that house, L.niium did not build it. Jt
was nn old wooden structure when he bought
the pluce, and lis fixed it up with lilaj'ieo and
gingerbread work, domes and minarets, uutil
it would not be breuking the second com
mandment lo worship it. Wo do uhl believe
any very large amount of money coi.ld have
been spent upon it, and if we owned il, wo
should feel ourselves it) luck if burned down,
Tbo grounds about tho house uro valuable,
aud were well cared for formerly, but the
house itself was ou!y a showuiuu's advertise
ment." 4ranistau is now a place of attraction, ap
parently more than ever. People are con
stantly going to uud returning from the ruius.
A Question for tuk Doctors in Thkolo
cr. The following Important theological
question was propounded at the breakfast
tuble : "What reason have we for beleiviug
thatchickeus have do future slute?" The
moat sutisfactory nwnswer given was i "He
cause they have their iiccto ichirlcJ iu this." .
Monday the 21st instant was tbo shortcut
day, 'J hours aud JO minutes loug.
U o c i r n .
iLOVE AND rilYSIC-
A clever man was Dr. Dig,
Misfortunes well he bore.
He never lost his patience till
. Ho had no patients more ;
And though his practice onco was large,
It did not swell his gains,
The pains he labored for were but
The labor of his pnius.
Though "art is long," his cash pot short,
And well might Gulen dread it.
For who will trust n name unknown,
When merit gets no credit 1
To marry seemed the only way
'I'o ease his mind of trouble,
M isfert lines never singly corre.
And misery makes them double.
He had a patient, rich and fair,
That hearts by scores were breaking,
And ns ho once had felt her wrist.
He thought her hand of t iking ;
Hut what Ihe law makes strangers do,
Did strike hia comprehension ;
Who live in lhe.su United States,
Do first declare iul'jntiou.
And so bo called his heating heart
With anxious fears was swelling
And hull' in habit, took her hand,
And on her tonguo was dwelling;
Hut thrice, though ho essayed to sper.l;,
Ho stopped, and stuck, nnd blundered
For say, what mortal could be cool,
Whose puUo was most a hundred ?
"Madame," at last Lo falters out
His love Lad grow u courageous
"I havo discerned a new complaint,
I hope to prove contagious ;
And when the rymptoms I relate,
And show its diagnosis,
Ah, let me hope fn m those dear lips,
Some 1'uVor.iblo prognosis.
"This done," he cries, "let's tio those tic3
Which notio but death can sever j
Since "like cures like' I do infer
That lovo cures lovo forever."
lie paused she blushed, however strange
It seems on first perusal.
Although there was no promise made,
She gave him a refusal.
"1 cannot marry one who lives
Hy other folks' distresses
The man I marry 1 must love,
Nor fear his fond caresses ;
For w ho, w hatever bo their sex,
However strange the caso is.
Would like to have a doctor's bill
Stuck up into their faces ?
1 "crimps you think 'tr.i.M lova oud rao
He took some deadly potion.
Or with his lancet breuthed a vein
To case bis pulse's motion.
To guess tho vent of his despair,
Tho wisest cues might miss it :
lie reached his ollice then uud there
IU; charjtil Iter fur lki. visit.
A Ki'.Muit is prevalent that u girl of Ger
man parentage named Sheely, u lesidont cf
Market street, this Uorough, has been n.i-sin;.;
for several days. It is stated that sho threat
ened to drowu herself in Tumbling Kun Dam
iu consequence of the refusal of her parents
to permit a young man who was paying atten
tion to her, to visit her. On Monday laiit
fcho disappeared, leaving a noto and her jew
elry behind. Iu the nolo ehe stated thut her
body would bo found in thu upper Dam,
Tumbling Kun. Her bonnet was found there
und for a day or two tho Dam hai beeu drag
ged for Ler body.
1". S. Sinco the above has been placed
iu type, wo learn that the tumo of the gill
was Koeu Sheely, oged 17 years. Her body
a as foii'iil in tho upper Dam yesterday, w ilii
a shew'. I wrapped uruund the Lend. It is
supposed that the committed suicide about
H oclock on Monday morning last. This is
u most melancholy case of selldesuuction.
We loaru that a young man was pnying
attention to her, to whom her father was op
posed. Ho wished her to marry another
person. She refused positively uud we un
derstand that ou Sunday uighl last her father
whipped her. Shu then threatened to com
mit suicide if the experienced further ill-treat-nient.
The rt-cttit woiiuvn stated. This case
should prove a waiuing to parents not to
force tho inclinations of their children. To
do so especially with ill treulmciit, is not only
brutal, but tao height of luuJujS. .Vi a'
Journal,
A Vk.iv Grayr Max. Thomas Ilutsuiun,
of Fairfield, N. J., tcxtuu of the ttouo church
near Kaiitou, died lately uged stl. He ha 1
dug during Lis life fourteen hundred uud
Iwcuty livo graves! Ho hud beeu u, church
member about , fifty years; huviug been
btouyhl into the church under ihe labors of
tho veneriib!'.' Futhcr Oiborn, who exercised
so long nnd honored a ministry in Fuiititld,
and who fat III survives, os is well known, ut
llie extraordinary ago of 'JJ years uud 4
months. He hr.d at una time six measures
fer gravi s in his possession bcloro ho had
begun to dig the lira! of the six ; uud that ul
uuot'.er time, he inaJe thleo luves lor wee
members of the same family, in cue uud the
sumu day.
HitiiiiiAM Ym'Nii. This noted "Wainf is
said to be one of the proprietois of tho town
of Floreuce, in Nebraska Territory, and has
also certain special rights in the f.ny privi
ligo at thut place, by which bi followers ure
to bo ferried ucross tho M issouri at halt the
usual rates. The fact of his owneiship has
but recently been ascertained, and has caused
no littlo excitenitut uuiouj? tho Nebraska
Guutilea."
MfNlFicrxT HviiiKsTS. David Wutkinsoit
one of the oldest ruJ weul'Ljest inerchunls
of Hartford Ct., who died last Sunday, has
left a fortune ot nearly 8730,000, to bo divided
mainly among charitable objects, as he had no
children, and no immediate relatives who were
in need of assistauce. The particu'ais are
not givcu.
A Shipbuilder was orrn asked what he
thou gA of W hitefitld. "Thiuk !" he replied;
'I toll you, sir, every Sunday that I go to
my parish church, 1 cun build a ship from
stem to stern under thesennon ; but, were it
to save my soul, under Mr. Wbiteficld I could
not Uy a sipgle plunk."
Mrs. Smith, hearing strasge sounds, in
quired of her new servant if she snore 1 iu her
sleep. "I dou't know, marui," replied Hecky,
quite innocently; "1 uiver lay uwaka long
tuou-b to diskivur."
TVvn Compakv. A skuuk once chalhnjfd
a lion to a sit gle com! a. The lion piompt
ly decline,! the honor f such n meeting.
"I low," said tin? skunk, "are yon arcHid ?"
"Very much so," quoth'the lion, "fr you
would only gain fume by having the honor
to liobt a lion, whilu every ono who met me
for a month to c line, would know 1 had been
iu company with a skunk."
Ax Ar-coMMoDATixo fMrrr. 1 h 'Syracuse
Ipurnul snys tho following dispatch was sent
to New York by the wires on Satiiidny :
' I hnt yon nt.n year npo to-night four
dollars eighly-seven cents. Jf you Imve not
had it long enough, please keep 'it one year
1 oncer."
We give the nnswer :
"Had forgotten it, nml fiopcd Jotl hod.
Let her run unolhor year."
Recipes.
Eoiled Corned Eccf.
This is a staple food in n majority of fami
lies during several months of tho yenr, nnd in
most rases the cooking may bo grantly im
proved. The two chief errors nro, first, in
not cooking it lung enough, und second, in
losing a large proportion ol its real nutriment.
We always prefer it prepared ns followed:
Soak in warm, not hot water, just long
enough to lake out ull excess of tilt, Then
cover il so that tho steam will condense upon
tho under side of tho cover and full buck.
This will prevent bo ling away, nnd also the
loss of much of the nutriment", which, iu nn
open vessel, goes off with tho steam. Hoi!
Ihe nient several hours, or until it is so thor
oughly done that it will not hold together
to lie lifted with u fork. If there be any
bones t ike them out, since, if ecoked enough,
tho merit will cleavo from them readily.
Pack tho meat by itself iu a deep dish, mix
ing well together tho loon and fat portions.
Next, skim iho fet und boil the liquor down
o that when poured over tho meat it will
just fill the spaces between the pieces. Then
ray ever the whole a Hat cover which will fit
into the dMi, put ou a dozeu or twenty pounds
weir-lit and b t it 6tand until cold. Several
Hat irons or a largo stone will answer for tha
weight, or if convenient, it moy bo set under
a cheese press. Prepared iu this way, the
poorest piece of toush corned beef will bo
marie tender nnd juicy. Hoiling dov n and
using tho liquid, saves the most nutritious
portion which is usually throw n away. Thu
gelatine of the coudensed gravy, when cold,
lorms a solid mess with tho meat, which mny
then ba cut up iuto slices for svrving upon
the table, li the fut and lean portions bo
mixed, when cut up cold, tho pieces will pre
sent bouutiful marbled appearance. Cotued
beef prepared iu this way will not only bu
eaten with a superior relish, but it will not,
ou account of its toiifjhrieis, be swallowed
hall masticated ; it produces irritation in tho
stomach, and yields only a portion of it
a.ibstatice us nutriment. Over tho common
process, there is oiily tho extra trouble i f tha
additional boiling und pressing, which urn
amply repaid by tho suviug of nutriment,
while a cheaper quality of beef will be rend-'
hied wholesome und profitable. Try this
mode and you will not willingly go back to
th hard boiled " inevitable sail junk."
Muttou cuiiked in the above manner s
Very nice. Amrican .ljrkutuii.-t.
Indian Heal and Corn Tread.
It is said that runny moro people wonM
cat com bread if they knew how to cook it.
An "experience 1 housekeeper" has furnished
us with some good recipes, which we comnieud
to inexperienced housekeepers.. A bushel
of com conjoins more nutriment than a bush
el ol wheat". The latter is not generally con
sidered lit to eat uuless ground very lino ami
bolted. It is a mistake, however. Indian
corn treuted iu the s.imu way is nearly spoil
ed. it Oliver should bu ground line. Lei.
that be remembered, l ino omul mm- Lo
eaten when IVe.-h ground, but it w.,'1 m t keep
sweet. Tho bakeu oil globules bvcou.v ran
cid and bitter.
Curtx Cakks, made of meal und water, with
a liule Full, mixed into a still dnigh, veiv
thoroughly, and baked on a board before it
hot fire, or iu a Lot oven, or in liule cukes
on u griddle, till uctiro done, uru Very sweet
wholesome .hivud. '
Cui:.s axu WiihatHi::ad is wholesome ami
nutritious, und easily madi if you know how
St.r twotoaeupfulls of white ineul in a pint
Of hot water for each loaf; free it of lumps,
uud iet il stuud tweuty-four hours. Hod twJ
or throe potatoes, peel and slice, uud ma.-li
in u pint ol water, which thicken with flour
till it is slill batter, niid then UJJ half a trju
cupfe.il of bakei's yeat. Vou will use about
OLd-third as much meal, scalded as above, a
you doi.ri!our; knead tho meal und yeast,
and sponge, uud add u little salt with tho
flour nil together, and woik il well, and mould
in pans to rise moderately, imd then bake, ut
t'.ist is a hut oven. This bread will bo iimi.-t,
ur.d more nutritious and moio Lcuhby thuu if
it wore ail flour.
Hi t'Kv, iiH.vT Caki: are improved by adding'
coru meal, prepared in tho sumo way, in ukuui
the sanjo proportku as for bread. A littfe
wheat flour m ly bo added to advantage.
Don't let your batter over-rise and sour, and
never use saleiatu if it does
Coiin Mkai, Pi niuxii mnv bo mndu of yel
low nleul. stirred into scalded skimmed milk,
till us thick us gruel, und, when cool, uud
ginger cinnamon, nutmeg, suit, und sweeten
ing to sail tho tuto, and a littlo flue-cut sui t
un J some raieius, or dried peaches, or a fine
cut apple. It should bake an hour, or more,
according to t'ue. You who do tint belu-vii
anything made of corn meal can bo good, v,;,l
please try this rccipo for a pudding.
1 ch Wasuisu. Cut into smali pfeces nf
bar soap ; put it iuto a tin puu or iron pot,
with ono quart water. Keep it hut but rot
boding, till the soup U dissolved a.id stir in
two large spoonfullj of powdered bornx.
When cool it will again harden, and you will
have donblo the quant. ty of soup, and better
for wadiing all kiuds of clotho.'. The Ubor
of rulhinrj is very much diminished. Four
spoonfuls of borax added to each gullou of
' sci), when first ruuue. will greaily iai
provo the soan for washing and uLo prevent
itn aiing tho Lauds, as new soft soap k ui t
to do. 1 4
10 Mikk Wasttisri F.asv. Take one hi!',
pound of hard soap, cut tiue uud diss.ilvi.i-.
oue-hulf pound of soda; dibsohe eueh ty itioli
and when so doue put them togeth., ami
boil adding one teucupl'ul of slruiiied liino
water. Put this in to boil the clothe, ioii
them twenty minutes. Tuij will sorvo sever
al boilc-3 full. 'J'be clothes aiuat be previous
ly soahrd uud soau rubbed en tho blsmsd
spot,-i. You cun wash the finest muuriul
with this, aud Coloi-oJ trolhvs bo.Ud w lu,k
mil uot fade.