II!!1.11!!.-.!...- ElTOIf -V J'- f NEW SERIES, VOL. 12, NO. 4. SUN13U11Y, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, FA S ATURD AY, AP1UL 23, 1851). OLD SERIES, VOL 19. NO-30 mi The Sunbury American. PUBLISHED EVERT SATURDAY BY H. B. MASSEIi. Market Square, Sunbury, Penna. TERMS OP SUB CRIPTION. in advance. NoFnm discontinued onlil au. arrearage "ep""' TO CLUBS. Three Copies to on addr.ss . l(i oo vm do ' r'Frv."d..n.r.in'.rtnc.'will p.y for thrc. year's sub- .tier, containing subsnr.pt.or. y-I""""1 cd to do thii under the PoitOffice Lew. T n II OF ADVKRTIUKfl One Square of 1 J lines' S times, Kverv sniiseqoent insertion, Jim siqunrc, 3 month., Fix months, "."..".". ttnpiJSU'cInh or Fl line., per annum, "rS. .nJ other., .dverliiin. by the year, "with the privilege of in.eil.ng different ver- Si oo 25 3 no no s oo 1 oo 10 oo FiirgerAdvertrnent., per agreement. JOB 1-HINTINO- W. have connected with our establishment a well.. Irete" JOB OF KICK, which will enable u. to execute i"thi nente.t style, every variety of printing. H. B. ASSES.. ATTORNEY AT LAW, BUSTBTjaTT, TA. Business attended to in the Counties of Nor hnmberland, Union, Lycoming Montour and Columbia. References in Philadelphia tr.m tftti n Tvaon. Linni Smith Co. Sinners Jt Swxl.ra.., HIDE, OIL & LGATHKIl 8TOUK D. KIRKPATRICK & SONS, No. 3t South Third Stieet, between Market nnd Clieanut Street., rMI.ALiKI.rHIA, V Green Salted I'stna Kipiw. TANNhRb' OH., TAK-NhKS- AND CL-RKIKlls' TOOLS, and general uMort ineni of Leather, Finished and in the Rouiih. AlJSO RKD SOLB LF.ATHKK. All of wine, will be sold low tor Ca.h, or the uie.nl All Wrd. of Leather in the Roust, wmited, for wl'ieh the l.i,.he.t market price Will be given, m ca.h, ..r U ,,' ;aJfJ?tar. and Sohl on Om.rn.Mion. I'hiUMphia.JulyS, IE5B- ly HARDWARE ! HARDWARE ! ! TfUST received by A. W. FISHER, t hi Drug Store, Funbury, Pa., SCOOPS. SHOVEI.P, FOnKS, LOf! CHALN8. MILL SWS.CKO.SS CUT SAWS. Also, Screws, Butts, Door Knobs, Thumb Latches, and all hardware necessary forbuilding. A splendid lt of pocket and table cutlery, Scis sors, German Silver Spoons. Lochlng OlnNNe. A large stock of Looking Glasses, received and for sale by A. W.FWIIER. Sunbury, July 17,185. PUlTWUEKiiV.B.: ISE. f jIIIS Grouse is recommended to the notice of Wagoners, Livery Stable, keepers, Ac.as being SfKiioii to any thin)? of the kind ever in troduced. A it does not gum upon the axles - ia much more durable, and ia not aflected by he weather, remaining the same in summer nf i'i winter, and put up in tin canisters at 37 and 75 rei.ts.for sale by A. W. FlSHIlll. JulV-M. 1838. tilfirr Al'TH AX IMlti'fl S I O X S N. HEELINGS, No. 12 Xorth Wharvet, Philadelphia. 100.000 lbs. Dried Apple. 3,000 bushels Pea Nuts, 600 barrels Green Apples, f-00 boxes Oranges, "GO boxes Lemons, 2,000 bushels Potatoes, 1,(100 bushels Baans, 100 do. Pickles, Also U.iMus, Fig, Prunes, Ac, in store and )..r sal at the lowest prices. April 10, ISSH ly ""GILBERT BTJL301T, Succr-ssoB to " j o cAMruE-b a ro., sn l. r. ive. (Formerly No. 15 North Wharves.) UF.LEKIN PRODUCE. FKLIT AND VE GETAULES, No. 4 North Wharves, 4th door Market street, Philadelphia. Oranqea, Apples. Dried Fruita Butter, Lemons, Onion, Mercer Potatoes, Cheese lUisins, Tomatoes, Hweet Potatoes. Beans, Pea Nuts, Peaches, Cranberries hsgs. e. Orherafor Shipping put up with care and dis- patch. , iW GOODS sold on commission for I armors lid Dealers. October 84. 1857. solomoiTb.j3oyer, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office in Market street, opposite Weaver's Hotel, 8UNBURY, PA. Collections attended to in Northumberland and adjoining Counties. Is cquairned with the erinaa language. RirERisci I H. J. Wolverton, Esq., Sunbury, Pa., Geo. F. Miller, Esq., Lewisburg. Pa. J. 11. Ziegeufus, Philadelphia, Pa. Uenjainin'Kainerer, " Sunbury, lug. 14. 1858 ly. Illacksmithinff. JAMES F . DEEN. STJNBTJRTT, I A.., RESPECTFULLY informs tha public that be has commenced the above business iu Sunbury, and ia prepared to do all kind, of black, smithing to order, including horseshoeing in the best sty le. He will also put up iron railing in the most approved style and pairern. Country produce taken iu exchange. Sunbury, Oct. 16, 1858. if FURNITURE POLISH. . S. RACS Premium Patent Enamel Furniture Polish. This polish ia highly valuable for reslo ring the poliah on all kinds of Furniture, Glass, Carriage Bodies, Hutr Cloth, kc. Also, for re moving spots, hiding scratches, 4c, Ac War ranted to dry immediately and retain its gloss Price 60 cts. per bottle. Sold by A. V. riSHER. July 17, 1858. IILAKKS! ULAXKS! BLANK Deeds, Mortgages, Bonds, Warranta Attachments, Commitments, Summons, Bu pxnas. Executions, Justices' and Coustablea' Feo Bills, Ac, Ac, can be bad by applying at this oflice. TTICKLES of various kinds. Lobsters. 8a r- JL dines, Ac., Ac, jual received and for sale a.tne urugatore or A. W.FISHER' Sunbury, August 1857. ly f AND WARRANTS The highest price -wili be given for Land Warvenu bythe aub "'b". H. MASHER. Select IJocirg. THE CROOKED FOOTPATJ3. BY OLIVER WENDKI.L HOLMES. Ah, here is is ! the sliding rail That marks the old remembered spot, That gap that struck our schoolboy trail, The crooked path across the lot. It left the roid by school and church, A penciled shadow, nathing more, That parted from the silver birch And ended at the farmhouse door. No line or compass traced its plan ; With Irequent bends to left or light, In rimless, wayward curves it ran, But always kept the door in sight. The pa'iled porch with woodbine green The broken millstone at the sill Though many a rood might stretch between, The truant child could aee them still No rocks cross the pathway lie No fallen trunk ia o'er it thrown And yet it winds, and we know not why, And turns as if for tree or stone. Perhaps some lover trod the way With shaking knees and leaping heart And so it often runs astray With sinuous sweep or sudden start. Or one, perchance, with clouded brain From some unholy bsnquet reeled And since, our devious steps maintain II is track across the trodden field. N i-, deem not thus no earth born will Could ever trace a faultless line; Our truest steps are human still To walk unswerving were divine ! Truants from love, we dream of wrath ; Oh, rather let us trust the more ! Through all the wandering, of the path We still can seo our Father's door! NEVER WAIT FOR A WIDOW. BY DUDLEY tOSTI-.LLO CHAPTER 1. HOW JIR. HIl'HRAYB WANTKD TO BETTER IlIJI SELF. "This is a hodioua life!'' exclaimed Mr. Benjamin llipgrave, Butler to the. Dean of DruuesTurd, an he was polishing a gravyspooo in bis pantry one morning ; "a bodious life; not at ull Gt fur a man of my figger and whis kers!" Mr. llipgrave sighed and set down tbe Bpoon. "It may root the clnrcy," he went on, "to berrey tlieirn-lvte iu dull catliodral towns which they're well mid for doing of it but it don't at ull answer my book. The Very lUv'rent's wages is fairish, and paid reg'lar I'll say that and his port nhen a feller can get a glass is ondtniable ; but he keeps the key of the inner cellar his self and earj God tbe way to the bios blindfolded and, what's more, knows to a bottle bow much there is in 'cm. If 1 was a diguit'ry of tbe Church, 1 fchould scorn to be of such a prying n liter. Then, what a check it is upon u clup's Fpiir.ts tu huve to be so sullen, upon nil occasion. 1 feel scitietiuies as if I was actnully turned into leud. like one of the clock weights, always a eiuking. The clergy, as a body, is dredfle heavy ; 'convacation' is tlie only thing that goes down now, except their dinuurs and silver luochinga which it's mote thuu two pair of bands can do to clean the fawks aud spooos after 'em, and I've only a page to help me. They're all for reviving of old practices, but there's one they forget, and tint's giving vails. 'Much ubligod to you, Mr. I .grave, for my great cr-ut, says one ; 'I'll thank you to be so good as fasten toy goloshes, Mr. lpgrave,' says another; 'Is it a line night, lpgrave ?' asks a third, quite kind aud familiar, and feeling io bis weskit pocket ; aod when 1 open the door to sec, they all scurry out the mesa fellers with out so much us looking round at me." Mr. llipgrave ceased for a moment tbe rucitul of bis grievauces, and resumed the occupation which bis soliloquy had interrupt ed, lie held tbe spoon up before bis fuce and looked hard at it, turned it sideways aod did the same. "It's of no oso. I'm always a seeing of myself as I aio't. Spoons must have been invented a purpose to distort the feeters ! If I didu't reely know what I was like, them spoons aggravate a feller iuto sooicide. I eople say the cuss of a mau's lire is shaving. I cau't say I tbiuk so. On tbe contrary. I Gud shaving pleasant, for then one ran bave a good look at oneself, w ithout being beholden to anybody." As Mr. llipgrave seems to set some value on bis personal appearance, let us describe it. He was a man of about four or flve-and forty years of age, standing some five feet nine inches io bis pumps, broad-shouldered portly, and otherwise massive io bis figure : bis bead was round and solid, the sinciput buld and shining, bis nose bumbly, bis eyes small, and of so light a gray as to be nearly colorless ; bit lace broad aud that bredtb in creased by ao ample pair of whiskers, in which their lurked a suspicious tings or red ; a wide mouth, that displayed a set of butter teeth like a hippopotamus, sad a substantial double chin, beneath which bis white neck cloth was always collapsing, completed the list oi Mr. llipgrave a attractions. rursuine tbe train ol thought wbico bis last observations bad awakened, tbe Narcis sus of the pautry continued ; "There's that young wooroan, too, Soosao Sweeting ; what's to be doue about her T If 1 stay here she'll be expecting in to marry ber, as if ooe's woris was to be weighed and sifted, like tbe dust of the diggings, to see how much gold tbers is in 'em. But there's two objections in that quarter ; first aod foremost, tbe Very Rev'rent ain't partial to married man as butlers; and, in tbe next place, I'm not much disposed to it myself. Sooiaa's a pretty gal there's no denying it, sod she's took with me, that's clear enough ; but then she's got oo money. What's milliner's bissess io a cathedral town! Absalootly nothinls I Who's she to make for Tbe ladies here is too proud to wear anything that doesa some from London; eeo tbe miner caononses' wives gets their couldn't affote it. My art's jours, but say aod! must be soother's. You must banish my bimmage from your bussem, and I must better myself elsewhere!. 1 shall give the very iWrent warning before I take away lunching to day." Mr. liipgrave's next eoasideration was tbe precise course wbicb was most desirable for him to follow. II bad arrived at that period of life when men of bis capacity begin te think that the matrimonial markets is the one whlcb offers tbe best return for self-in vestment. Ho was tired of what he called "servitude," and yearned for that comfort, combined with authority, which be believed was tq,be found io a judicious marriage. There was no opening for him in this line at Dronesford, and so he decided npon returning to tbe metropolis which he had only quitted a couple ef years before, when, "in considera tion of tbe respectability of tho parties," he consented to take a place in the country. Mr. llipgrave was of a rather susceptible temperament, but that quality was more than balanced by cautiousness ; and thus though he would fain have remained to Girt with the fair milliner, self-interest beckoned him, more imperatively, another way. lie had for several months been medita ting his Exodus to London that land of promise and now resolved at once to carry it into execution. He, therefore, gave in bis "resignation" so he termed it to the Desn, who wondered that "a great, fat fellow like bim," couldn't be ccnteiit lo stay where be was ; and, not venturing to trust himself to an interview with "Soosan," when tbe time for his departure arrived, addsesscd her the following letter, which he posted oo his way to the railwcy station : "B. llipgrave is concerned to inform Miss Sweeting, that reasons which I cannot im part have altered the relations I onco fondly 'oped might bave scattered Gower, upon B. liipgrave's pathway threw life, and your's, Soosan, likewise. But there is some things which they cannot be controled, aod B. Hip grave's fuwter has its doolies, and calls opoo him to say farewell. B. llipgrave trusts you will not take ou at this letter which it is kind ly meant Soosao. but God an Other to adore as you have adored me, and subscribes him self your well wisher, B. II." Miss Susan Sweetinf? wss not so fur gone io love as the vanity and conceit of Mr. Hip grave had led him to imagine. " 'Take on' about him indeed," she said, as she jerked the letter into .her shred bosket, "there s quite as gnod usb to the sea as ever was caught. It was roll er hasty of me to quarrel wi'th Tern Trnmile the first afternoon 1 walked with llit pruvo in Ir.v cloisters. 1 shouldn't hare done it if I tlioupLt old Hip was a marrying man ; but I cite pet him hack again any time, 1 know, thongh he did go away in u pet. .Scatter ymir pathway with flowers, Mr. llipgrave 1 Brambles is much more likely, and so you'll find if evtr we meet again. Adore you! 1 should like to see myself adoring anything half so fat or hall' so 1 ugly!" Miss Sweetinp made a few faUe stitches, and pricked ber fingers more than once that evening, but on tbe following morning her countenance wore it accustomed forenitv, and Mr. llipgrave and his letter hud passed into niter oblivion. CHAPTER II. HOW MR. IlirCRAVE "tlSJARn OK S0MK1III.NQ TO IMS ADVANTAGE." In the neighborhood of Urosvenor square there is a nurrow street, which can scarcely be called a thoroughfare, though vehicles can enter at one end and Gnd ao exit at tbe other. But it is chiefly used by coachmen for their musters' private carriages, and by laundresses for their own carts, end is indeed more of a mews than a street, save when the pavement is "op" in Oxford street, and omni buses make it a short cut. As a matter of course, there is a public house at one corner, with "an ordiuury at one," "a harmony at eight," "a parlor" "purl," arid "beds," at all hours, and apparently for all corners. Yet publiu as the house seems to be, it is only fre quented by s particular class, the habitues being for the most part servants, either io or out of place. The name of this establish ment is "The Cocoa Nut and Grid-Iron," one of those appropriate combinations which only the genius of a licensed victualler ran imagiue. It was well known to Mr. Benjamin Hip grave in former days, and hither he has found his way within a few hours of his arrival io Londuu. It is rather a dull afternoou, nnd the "par lar," which is but a dim kind of plnce ul the best, wears rather an aspect of repose ; suita ble, however, to tbe frame of mind of Mr. llipgrave, who, having consumed his steak aod stout in solitude, and sipped the lust of bis cold g n and water, sits pondering over the advertisements in tbe Timet and 'Tistr, of which he has just had. as be says to him self, "a peroose." Mr. llipgrave feels half inclined to take a nap, and, therefore, eiiBcon ses himself iu a corner of the dosky box to enjoy that luxury. He is just about to yield to tbe soothing influence, when strangers enter the parlor, and plump themselves down in tbe couutepsrt to that where he is sitting. Mr. llipgrave wishes inwardly at the dis turbance, but is too idle to make any audible objection, and the strangers remain ignorant of bis presence. They call for some favorite beverage, aud having obtained it, enter iuto a colloquy, or rather, resume an interrupted one. It may be observed, as a general rule, that there is always something particulaily mys terious io the tone in which tbe gentlemen who officiate in stable yards are in the habit of conversiog. They always appear to bave something "dark" on their minds, as if they were perpetually engaged io some deep laid conspiracy that would cost no end to human lives if it should happen to be revealed. Tbey rarely allude to a common friend without saying "what's his name" or "that 'ere to'.her, and what their friend did npon the special occasion to which they refer, is nasally ex pressed in a hieroglyphic of which they alone possess the key. tiomethiog of this air of concealment may bave beau begotten by tbe occult knowledge wbioh tbey are supposed to bave acquired oo all matters pertaioing to tbe turf, tbe riog, and sporting io geueral, subjects congenial with mystery, but it is quite as likely that tbey would bave been equally tongue tied as a class even il a "cross" at a race or fight bad oever been beard of. It is only when these worthies take tbe pen in band to delivertbeir opinions that you fiod how fully tbey possess the facul ty of elaboration. Nothing then comes near them either for diffusiveness of style or mis placed force ef expression not even the speeches of Mr. Wordy, tbe parliamentary agent for the colony of Molasses. This may arise perhaps, from the accident that episto lary communication i unfrequent among them, and that tbey, therefore, make tbe most of ao opportsnily when they bave one; bat, whatever tbe cause, socb contiouet to be tbe case. Ur. llipgrave does oot trouble himself with any metaphysical disquisitions leading him to the conclusion tbat tbe new comers are, one of them, a gentleman's coaebman, and tbe other, a groom out of place ; be accepts tbe fact without any mental effort, aad tries to compose himself to slumber. Wby be does net succeed in this endeavor may be gathered from tbe following short hand dialogue. "Its kiud of you, Mr. Bsgsber, to think about tbat tbiognmarry ; yon see, my njudi aio't half made op about il." "You'd better, Tom," returns his frieud, whose real name is Bug.Aaic. "De you tbink 1 could now ?" Inquiros Tom. "That I do," says the other. Here there is a pause ia the conversation, and tbe words : "'iowardt your good health," leave no doubt about a "pull" at some liquid having been taken. The grufTur and more eldery voice resumes. "Seventy pound a year, besides savings, ain't to be sneezed at." "Tbey ain't," replies Tom. Mr. llipgrave begins to feel rather less disposed to dose, aod, slightly, pricks up his ears. "What matters a few years more or less," argues Mr. Bagshaw, philosophically; "no body can't remain young all their lives." "That's true," rejoins Tom, who ssenis to be of a conceding nature, "Then, I say," continues Mr. Bug). haw, with a gentle rap of his Gst on the table, "1 say, Tom, you ouglt to go iu and wiu." "If 1 was sure of Wiouicg," obsetvns Tom, dubiously. "Can't tell till you try," remarks Mr. Bag. sbaw, who odds : "D'ye think that 'ere buy oss would have carried oil' the whatd'oeculluui if be hadn't been run T" "No," says Tom, Gtmly ; "1 don't." "Or Piucber, my tarrier ; could he pin rats as he does if 1 badu't entered hitu, Jou know where?" "He couldn't," is tho reply of the convinced young man. "VV ell, then," pursues Mr. Bagshaw, with as much triumph in his manner as comports with the mysterious gravity of Lis theme "well, then, you're only to try." "Where dues she live T" asks Tom, after a somewhat lengthened pause. "Down yonder," uuswers bis friend, indica ting space his right thumb. Mr. llipgrave, taking greater iuterost io the subject, peeps cautiously over the ode of the box to see ia which direclioti "down yonder" lies. He is not enlightened on thul point, but ho learns something on another. lu tbe person called ' Tom," who is silting with his eyes Gxed on the table, he recogni ses some one who he bus seen before. He "tries back," and recollects tbe very hand some features of the young man whom Miss Sweeting had quarreled with after bis own demons! ration in tho cloisters at Dronesford. "I see how it is," says Mr. llipgrave to himself; and cropping quietly into his tout, listens more attentively than ever. "What like is she ?" Tom next inquires. "She's a durk 'uu," returns .Mr. Bagshaw, as if unwilling to trut himself with a too florid (!eicriptiun. "Ah!" sujs Tom, thinking, very likely, that it may be safest not to put too inuny questions on this head. "And tho money's all her'n ?" he continues. "Every dump." Tom seems to make ophis mind. "When cuo you come down and introduce, mot" "Why, let mo see I I can't do it afore Sun day, that's three days off, for I've got to drive our people down into Essex" says Mr. Bugshaw, with difficulty, fuurful ol being too plain spoken ; "und we don't come back till Satteriiay evening. But, I'll tell you what, I'll give you a line to the widder, aod you can interdooce yourself." Tom, whu is probably bashful, offers some opposition to this arrangement. Ilep.ivs he can wuit ; but Mr. I!., having wound him up so far, is not willing to let him run down agu n und persists in writing the letter. Tbe n.&ter;uls for doing so are obtained from tho bar, and Mr. Bjgsbuw takes pen aud ink in hand. Ho is briefer thun might hare bven expected. "It don't want much thong," he observes ; "its the small end of tbe lash as dues it." "Mr. Bagshuw's "lash," omitting all the preparatory flourishes, h thus laid on : "A perticular Frend witch His Name i shall not menshun at this Pressant havvin a tung in His Uedd" there is a touch of sly huuibr here "will deliver of this Hear hop ing to Find you wkII as it leaves yours to command W. Bagshaw." 1'bis missive is folded after a fa-hion ni 4 superscribed, Mr. llipgrave vainly straining the one eye with which be watches the pro ceedings to discover the name and address of the intended recipient. Now this afi'uir is finished, Tom looks np from the table, but Mr. llipgrave, whose movements are very artful, is again perdu, and remains so, hoping to hear the direction on the letter repeated. Oreutly to bis disappointment, the conven tion takes a different turn and becomes criti cal of dogs and horses, respecting which ani mals Mr. llipgrave takes no iulerest. After a Tew acute remarks, which would greatly edify a sporting auditory, Mr. Bag shaw aod B.s friend leave their seats and stroll into the barto "settle." Mr. llipgrave waits till bu hears their retreating voices, and then rises to follow their example. As he passes the now empty box something on the door catches his eye. He stoops down to pick it np. It is the letter, which had acci dentally fallen to tbe grouBd instead ol being deposited in Tom's long waisted waiteoat pocket. One glance satisfies Mr. Hipgrave of the nature of the treasure, which he en trusts to very safe keeping about bis own person, proposing to examing tbe contents at leisure. As he lingers at the bar to pay his score be "promiscuously" observes to Mies Jsoe, tbe landlord's daughter : ' I forgot to ask Bagshaw just now where he was living ; we hadn't met so long, and there was so many lbings4o talk of, it quite escaped me." Miss Jane, who rather admires "Mr. II ," as she designates our friend tbe Butler with a strong aspiate is very communicative, aud gives bim chapter and verse on tbe subject, adding ber own opinion, tbe gist of wbicb is tbat Mr. Bsgshaw't master is "a very a nte rior man," and tbat "tbe ladies is uncommon 'aughty I" Mr. Hipgrave listens smilingly to the fair speaker, and depaits, highly satisfied witb the information be has obtained. It will be bis fault, be tbinks, if he cau't turn it "to bis advantage." CHAPTER III. HOW MR. U1PCRAVK PROFITED BY OCCASION. It will bave been noticed that Mr. Thorns. Trundle did not manifest any remarkable eagerness to avail himself of tbe counsel aud assistance of bis friend, Mr. Bagshaw, but rather bung back, as if be were about to un dertake something that went against the grain. His grief, therefore, was not exces sive, when be found tbat be bad lest tbe letter of introduction. "It's only waiting three days," be lolilo quissd, "aod then Bagshaw will be np agaia. tiuite soon enough for what I want. Too sooo p'aps. Ab, Soosao Sweeting I 1 dessay you've took aod gone aod married that fat, red-whisker'd butler I I could punch bis bead, 1 could I If it waro't along ef you, tioosan, I wouldn't bave listened to nothing about this be' widder. Ona comfort ia -1 can't go nig'a ber till Dagebew eotnes back, for he never suid whore the lived exuctlv only wrote it down. Il was somewheres out' by Brampton, but thru' all 1 know." While Mr. Trundle thus reconciled himself , fBf U1"r'-'tt were the thoughts of Mr. Hipgrave. He very wisely conjnetured that, if he in tended to proGt by tbe incident which had placed the very object or his search directly in bis way, it behooved him to tuke tuno by the forelock. He had drawn his own conclu sions from the unwilling tone of bis ynnng rival, ami felt toft faldy will assured that a few daye must co by before "the other party," as he phraBud it, could take the Geld ugi.inat him. "I shall bn rather surprised," said Mr. Hip prsve, complacently to himself, aa-he gave the Guisbitig twirl tu his redundant whiskers on the morning after the t-vent at "The Cocoa-nut end tJridirnn" "rnther surprised shall 1 bo if I don't muke h short cut thronph this here bujiness. There's few 03 liavf with stood my appuarir.gs without much pniu? taken, and if 1 throw in n little extra polish, on the account of being strange to the ludy, the dooce is in it if 1 can't carry the day Let me seel Mri. Diaper that's her numo is a widdv-r of a corting age, 1 suppose p'praps ten, or, say lii'teen years older thun me. She'll bo inclined to the highly respec table line, so I shall wear blnok ; that soots my complexion, brings it out, as 1 may say. A whitu neckercher, my (Wining pin in my biizzotn, my b'acl; velvet wetkit, my Hulberi choin, and my two rool.y rinias, m on each little finder, which 1 shnll tuke off my white kids before I knock st the door, and 1 think that will about do tho trick." These last words were pronounced slowly and emphatically, nnd accurately conveyed the expression which Irradiated the broad expanse of the speaker's countenance. It was impossible that any one could be on bet ter terms with himself thun M r. II lpgrave, or feel more seeuio of ennquert. Though it took Mr. llipgrave some timn before he was quite sutiilied with his toilet, il was yet early in the day when ho sallied forth on his slaughterous mission, for the purpose he had in hand had roused him be times from a sleepless couch. Tho streets being dirty, Mr. Hipgrave hailed the nearesl. cab, into which hu picked his way with great care, aud desiring the driver to set him dowu at -So. 1, Tbisstl Urove, near ii:0 doe's berring groun', Brump. ton," threw himself buck into tlia vehicle, and once more scanned the letter of introduc tion, which bore the uhnve-nsmcd ond so spelt superscription. It couldn't, he mused, have, happened bet ter ; there was no name mentioned save that of the writer, aod tho allusions to his powers of speech made the) thing perfect. Ho then thought over all he had gleaned from the daughter of "The Cocoa-nut and Gridiron," nr.d by the time tho cubman drew up at Thistle Grove felt sulisficd tbut Le was quite up in his part. Mr. Hipgrave winced a lit t lo at Laving fialf a.crown to pay for his drive, particularly when he saw an omnibus go by the end of "The Grcve," that would have brought him nearly nl! the way for threepence; but as ho didn't wish to "ruPio Lis spenits by a hulter cation with a low ftl'ei" ro ho inwardly termed the driver he paid the sum demand ed, anil rang the hell. 11 i had to repeat the summons three times before the don." was answered, but just as he was uboi.t to raise Lis Land for unoiLer tu: at tlie l:nni!!e, loose from tha violent shocks if "JWr," "Milk," "Door-mats," "(.'lethes' ptnps," "Bonnet-box-es," and "AH a -htowjn'-u-grewin' " horticul turists the trnp Hew buck, a girl's face not tbe cleuncst in the world was flattened against the bars, and a shrill voice asked who he was ? "Is this Mrs Diaper's?" replied Mr. llip grave, with dignity. "Yes," said the ,'irl, shortly ; but, eyeing the Albert chain and white kids which Mr. Hipgrave was dangling, added in a more respectful manner, us the opened the door, "what did you please to want, sirS" "Have the kymducs, my duar," said the ex-Latler, repeating tbe form which he had so often heard, wjtU the sli):hl addition of tho last two words, to denote Lis extreme urban ity, "have tbe kvinduess to tuke up my key ard?" The gi.l stared as J she were quite unac customed to this sort oT ceremony, but laid hands on the piece nf pasteboard, and whisked away with it, disappearing through a side door beneath a trellised porch. lo a few moments she rettirood, and inti mating that "Misses" was at home, requested Mr. Hipgrave to walk io. He promptly obeyed the invitation ; but before we present bim to Mrs. Diaper, we may take the oppor tunity of remarking that, although her door bell was not io general very promptly attend ed to, there was ao additional reasou why on this occasion her handmaiden did oot harry herself. Tbe fact was that Mrs. Diaper, who was "dusting" upstairs when the bell rang the first time, had peeped through the gauze blind of her bedroom window, aud Laving taken a full survey of the person of Mr. Hipgrave, thought il would be as well if she ' set herself a little to rights" before that gentleman was admitted. The tutervul was uot wasted, and scarcely had Mr. Hipgrave seated himself in the front parlor lhau Mrs. Diaper sailed into the room : as "ornate aud gay" as a purple silk gown and a blonde cap witb cherry-colored streamers could make ber. It was a glorious vision for Mr. Hipgrave, who, in the gold walcb thai was nailed lober left tide, aod the carr.eo brooch, about the size and hue of a muffin, which adorued the front of her person, saw the outward signs of tbe wealth he so much coveted. "Not io weeds," wus bis fust thought; "she'll come to the moro leidier." "1 must ippollugise, mum," lie said as Mrs. Diaper glanced al his soiled card, on which the servant maid bad very distinctly im pressed tbe mark of her dirty thumb ; "1 mast ippollagise for sclf-inteiduclion, but my friend Bagshaw being obligated to go into Hesaex " "Oh, dear," interrupted Mrs. Diaper, "are yon a friend of Mr. Bagshaw! pray set yourself down again, sir." "Yes, mum," continued Mr. Hipgrave, plessed with bis reception, "Bagshaw'a about one of tbe oldest frieuds I bave. 'Benjamin', says to me only yesterday afleruoou, 'I'm sorry you've been so long iu tbe country' a eonndental employ, mam, witb the Dean of Dronesford for a many years 'but,' goes on Bsgibaw, 'I shall feel proud and appy to do yon a service, and 1 don't tbiuk I cau do yon a greater than by interdoociug of you to Mrs. Diaper.'" "Keally. air," simpered the lady. "Well, Mr. Bagshaw always was tbe politest of coachmen I" "Which," continued Mr. llipgrave, "it's a letter, mum, he have wrote." And be forth with presented the missive. While Mrs. Diaper was feeling for end ad justing her spectacles tbe bulf-way house of life bad long been left behind Mr Hipgrave gaxed attentively at the widow. Like himself she wasembonpoint.m.l some twenty yeata before had, without doubt, been considered "a fine wotnau" by her own class not se--but she was now more rem uknble for size thon symmetry, end while a ruddy glow suffused her countenance with ooo uni form tint, contrast was strikii c!y produced by a pair of thick black eyebrows, und a fringe on her upper lip, which owed the hue it wore to the scfWiion from tho raven's wing. There was an apect of cood-nature in her features, but it was lhat ot the pood nature which has its own way, aud must not be contradict, d, or snmethiiig course, if not violent, limy be expected. "What's licrweak pint, I wonder?" thought Mr. Hipgrave, os Lo watched her while she read tho letter. "Is it eating ond drihking? that ain't unlikely, to judge by her sisie ; or is it what the Very Ue.v'ient used to cull 'physic' meaning personal charms? A little too much of the blacking-brush, o- d might be younger, but not altogether bud; then, the riblnnrs. That cnj.'s been put on in a hurry a sign sL don't quite think her day's gone by. Yes, Bowty must bo it ; I'll work that Orricle." And shortly afterwards, Mr. Ilipfirave did work it, alter what he conceived to be the most approved fashion. CONI'I.I'SION KKXT WKKK U o 1 1 r ) . TIIE UNDER DOG IN FIGHT. BY DAVID RAP.KER. I know t li at tho world, tbut the great, big world, From the peasant np to the kinrr, Has a different tale from tho tale 1 tell, And n different song to sing. But for lite nnd I car not a single fi? If they say I am wrong or am right I shall always go for the wenter dog, For the miller dog io the fight. I kuow that tho world, that the groat, bi world Will nover a moment stop To see which doij may be iu the faull, But will shout for the dog ou top. But, for me, I never shall pause to nsk Which dog may ba in the right, For uiy heart will boat, wbila il boats at all For tho ti.irr dog iu tho fight. Pervhatico what I've said. I had belter uot said, Or 'twe.ru better I had said it inco' ; But, with heart and with glass filled chock to tbe brim, Here's a health to the hullnm dog. untouSe Connect de Coot. At a late festival of tho Sons of Vermont at Boston, the follow ing toast was given : J he Sututtg &tate There id no "router io its way, aud uouo which has infused imna of its spice in the institutions of the Green Mountain Commonwealth, Touching the same State in the N. Y.. Sj'ii it nl the 'Junes is the following anecdote : A cousulerablo camber of Veins ajn, hup penin.; lo bo in Pari? on the Fourth of July, with uiuliy othor Americans we nreed lo eel ebrtlo"iho day" by a dinner al tbe Hotel Meorico. There were sevunty-two of us in all. We had but oue guest. This was M. do Tocqneville, who had then rendered him self fauioes by his great work r.pon Democra cy in America. During the festivities of tbe evening, ufter the cloth hud been removed, speecbifyiug hud commenced, some gentle man alluded c.i pasaant to the fact he was born ia Connecticut. ' CouuccL.le coot !'' exclaimed Monsieur Do Tocqueville, a! ha sudduuly rose, with the euihusiasm of a Frenchman. " Vy, uiissieurs, I vill tell you, vid the permission of de presi dente of this festival, von very leetul story, and then I vill give you one grand sentiment to dat little State you call Connect-de coot. Vim day ven 1 vas in de gallery of do House of Keprcsontatif. 1 held von map, of de Confederation in my band. Dere wus one leelle yellow spot dsl dey call Connect-iie-coot. 1 fouod by de Constitution he was en tilled to si x of his boys to represent him on that floor. But when 1 make de acquaint ance pcrsonrfe vid de member, 1 fiud dat more than tirty rf tbe Represents on dat floor vas burn in Coouect de-coot. And then veu 1 vas in do gallery of do House of do Se nut 1 find de Constitution permit Couuect-de-coot to send two of bis boys to represent him io dut legislature But onco more ven I make de acquaintance personelle of de sena tor, 1 find dat nina of de Senator was bom iu Connect-de-coot. So den, geulleniuti, I huve made my leelle speech ; no 1 vill g.f my grand sentitneut : Connect-de coot, de little yellow spot dat make do clock peddler, do school-mutter aud de Senator. De first gi!' you tun ; de second tell you vat you do vid him, and do sird make your law and your civilization," nnd thou os ho was resuming Lis seat amidst roars of laughter he rose again, aud with that peculi ar gesticulation which characterizes' bit Frenchman iu moments of exeitemeut, he shook his linger tremulously over the assem bles cenfreres, and exclaimed at the top of his voice, "Ah 1 gentleman, dat lietlo ellow Stati; you call Conuect-do cout, is i-ne very great miracle to we. KiNoiXAR Game. Mr. Murphy is now en gaged ut tbe Cafe do la Uegeuce in a mod singular game of chess with a party of ama teurs numbering one hundred. These hnu dred persons have subscribed tu uite Mr. Morphy a public dinner before his departure but before tbat event comes oil they are pluy ing a game thus: The hundred are divided into five sections or tweii'y each, who are to play among themselves until one of the twenty is acklowledged the victor of the other. When escb of the categories shall have thus selected oue of their number as their champion, tha five champions are to play against Morphy at odds graduated to Ibe respective strength of each category. Correspondence of the S. Y. Timet. a 't.i . Tiii.3. ' see. from some of our exchanges, there is a new mode upon the Baltimore and Ohio Uailroad or ticketing passeogers. Tbe company at lb s tune are carrying over tbe road a large uuml er ol bogs, for the sle delivery of wbteb the conductors are beld responsible. The coo. j . k. ,i,mni sliera the bncs are re- ceived oo board I be cars, cuts, off each hog tail, aud carefolly keeps mem nn.n e..r...e . ni... ,r,liatir.ifction. where the as-enl comes out," aod as escb bog makes bis exil. hollows out "bog." JO answer io wuicu me conductor says "tail," aod, of course, if the number of bogs and tails .-orrespond, il is all r.'ht. Jl is certainty a cooveu.uqr po Items in Brief for IfoieEKF.r.PERB Do every thing in its proper time. Keep every thing in its proper pi CO. Always mend clothes b-rme washing. Alum or vinegar is good to set colors of red, green or yellow. Sul soda will bleach very white, one spoonful is enough for a kettle of clothes. Save your suds for garden plants, or to harden yards when sandy. Stir Poland starch with a corn candle, and it will not stick tu the iron, aud will be much nicer. A hot shovel held over vurnithed furniture, will tuke out white FpotS. A bit of glue dissolved in skin, milk and wa ter, will restoro old crape. Uibbonds of any kind should be washed in cold soap-snds, and rinsed. If your flat-irons are rough, rub them' well with lino salt, and it will make them smooth. Oat straw is lh best for tilling beds : il should be changed once a year. If you are buying a carpet for durability, choose small Ggures. A bit of soap rubbed on the hinges of doors will prevent their creaking. Scotch snutT put ou holes where crickets come out, will destroy them. Wood ashes and com mon salt, wet with wutsr, will stop the cracks of a stove, and prevent tbe smoke from esca ping. A gallon ofstroug lye put in a barrel of hard water, will make it as soft as rain wa ter. Half a cranberry bound ou acorn will kill it. Tim BeniKRAMi. This curious weapon, pe culiar to the tiBtives of Australia, has often proved a puzzler to men of science. It is a piece of carved wood, nearly iu the form of a crescent, from thirty to forty inches long, poin ted at both ends, and the comers quite sharp. The mode of usin it is quite as singular as the weapon. Ask a native to throw il so as to fall at his fuet, and away it goes, full forty yardB before hiui, skimming along the surface ut three or four feet from the ground, when It will suddenly rise in the air, forty or sixty feet describing a curve, und finally drop at the feet of tbe thrower. During its course it revol ves witb great rapidity, as on a pivot, wite a wbi.King noise. It is wonderful that so bar barous a people should have invented so sin gular a weapon, which sets lows of progres sion at defiance. It is very dangerous for a European to try to project it t any object, as it miy return aod strike himself. In a native's bund, it is a formidable weapon striking without tho projector being seen ; like tho Irishman's gun, shooting round tho Conner equally as s'raightfurwurd. , It was invented to strike the kungaroo, which ani mal, is killed by it with certainty ; and through a copse intervene between ahe hunter and the animal, the boomerang comes round tho cor ner, and breaks the animal's leg". The appropriation of SHOO to each of the the surviving oGiccrs and privato of th two Pennsylvania Regiments of Volunteers that served ia the war witb Mexico, which had been stricken out of the General Ap propriation bill by tho Finance Committee of the Senate, was re asserted in the bill before its passugo by that body. Both branches of tho Legislature having thus agreed to ibis appropriation, it canuot be disturbed by the action of the Committee of Conference to whom the bill has been referred. A Man Converted into a Canti.f. In O ncinnati a few days since a man fell head foremost through a hatchway in a warehouse a distance of Gf'.een feet, strikeing a barrel of Itrd and forcing his cranium through the head of the barrel into the grease, burying him to the depth of two feet, nnd leaving his legs stickiug up in the air. Befor he could suf. focate lie was drawn out, looking like a mam moth candle with a double wick. Solii Bai.it Tho Shelbyville Hud ) Banner says that a faruirr of that place, w ho bad a horse of a very homely color, recently sold him to a gang of gipsies fur a mere son.;. A few days aflcr, he was ordered a fine dark hrnwn steed, for which he willinjr.lv paid a round ptire. but was shocked to find, after a short time, that he had bonirht back his old sorrel, with the ad.litieu of a thick coat of paint. The divorced wife of Washington Smith, who played such a prominent part in the tragedy which resulted in tho shouliuii of Hi. hard Carter, by fcuiith, was married about three or four months since to the editor ol a Susquehanna couuiy pa pel. The Bufjalo Courier says a great pumping match cams off at Fort Erie, Sew nrk, on Saturday, between a boy ol Erie, Pa., and John Lewis, for 100, resulting in favor of the Erie boy, by about two inches. Twelve feet were made in tbe single jump, and twen ty five feel in three jumps. Recipes. Salt Rising Bread. From the Ohio Cultivator Having seen a number of articles on the subject of salt rising bread, and one iu parti cular, in which the writer munifests a decided preference for hop yeast bread, 1 would Lko lu compete before a committee of impartial judges, L. L using bop yeast, ond 1 uiy suit r suig. If the tieur is good and the lisnv at tended lo attended ta at the proper time, (tbut is as sooo aa light,) it will never become putrid. 1 will now give my manner of pro ceeding witb thai kind of breud ; Early iu tho morning, say as soon as five o'clock, take vessel of about a quart size and fill il one third full of water, milk warm, ad ding three tublespoonsfall ot uew un!k, and of sail end sugar, each as uiuch as you can hold between the thumb and forefinger, then stir in as much Hour as will uiake a thick butter. Set it iu a kettle of warm water if the wea ther is cool, and keep it at au even tempera ture ti'l feruiectatluo takes place, which will be it. four or five hours ; theu tuke ut much fljur as will make two large lo.iVcs and a teu spooufull of salt added. Sculd about one third ef tho Uour wilb water a little below the boiling point, (this makes the bn a 1 sweet and inuietj the two mnin oalilies ii out Lrtu-I, then udJ enough milk und water lo nuke tho parte sufficiently cool, so as lo not tculJ the ruing, which will bear a pretty bifch tempera tare; theu u.ix iu your rising aod kuead quick and thoroughly. Lay your loaves iu quick baking pans, set iu a warm place, cover iiu a clean cioib and l.y on the top of that light piilow to keep tha urmlb from esca pn.g. Your bread will be rea)y for tbe oven iu about one hour. Baku till it is a light bn.wu color aud is thoroughly done. Now if L. L. will follow my diree-tiou (al beit she came from the same dirtel ou itiut the wise lueii came from.) 1 will guaranty that Ihut her "Aulocri.t" will have no reax n to complain ol Oal bread. Cermuituien 'J'tle g. eiV L B. GAiaE. Ci'Ki ro Wabts. Tbnnias Wood, of PvDiiiuglonville, Chester county, says : My betjils being literally covered with warts, I tried Sum duieu recomtliriidad. cures, with uu good ellae , until 1 procured some uiu t C aeid. A few applications, witb a knitting aeodle, to tbe top of tbe warts, entirely i. nuvd the whole ol tbeni in a few de with out causing auy soreness or pain.
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