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SUN13U11Y, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, FA S ATURD AY, AP1UL 23, 1851).
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References in Philadelphia
tr.m tftti n Tvaon.
Linni Smith Co.
Sinners Jt Swxl.ra..,
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D. KIRKPATRICK & SONS,
No. 3t South Third Stieet, between Market nnd Clieanut
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V Green Salted I'stna Kipiw. TANNhRb' OH., TAK-NhKS-
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All of wine, will be sold low tor Ca.h, or the uie.nl
All Wrd. of Leather in the Roust, wmited, for
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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
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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.
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8UNBURY, PA.
Collections attended to in Northumberland and
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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
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Price 60 cts. per bottle. Sold by
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July 17, 1858.
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TTICKLES of various kinds. Lobsters. 8a r-
JL dines, Ac., Ac, jual received and for sale
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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.