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OLD ADAMS AND HIS ISLAND HOME.
More than sixty years ago, in 1790,
while on a voyage to the Pacific
Ocean, a mutiny took place one night
on board an English ship called the
"Bounty," headed by the mate,
Fletcher Christian. The mutineers
tied up Captain Bligh, and cast him,
with several others of the crew, into
a small boat, and set-them adrift up
on the wide ocean. After suffering
the greatest hardships, with brave
hearts and trust in God, Captain Bligh
and his weather-beaten men reached
a Dutch port in the East Indies.—
Here they received help to reach
England, where the news of the mu
tiny excited great anger, and a ves
sel was quickly sent out to search the
seas for the criminals. Some of the
crew who had left the ship "Bounty"
at the island of Otaheite were arrest
ed and put hi chains, but no tidings
of the ship or ringleaders could be
found, and for twenty years their
fate was not known.
But where were they all this long
while? Let us follow their steps,
and see where crime will lead us.—
After leaving their commander and
his companions to perish on the seas,
the mutineers began to think what
they must do; for,
after committing
such a deed they felt themselves to
be outlaws, beyond all law, safe no
where. The mate found a book of
voyages in the captain's library, in
which he read an account of a little
lonely island, rising like a Rock from
the Pacific Ocean, called Pitcairn's
Island, and this he determined to
make their place of refuge. Taking
on board a few of the savages from
Otaheite, men and women, they steer
ed for Pitcairn's Island, and after
much difficulty found a landing; for'
the waves, dashing against the steep
rocks, made it both dangerous and
difficult to land. They found the is
land only four miles and a half round,
with fruit good for food gr9wing in a
rich soil between the cliffs. After
landing, they stove the ship in pieces,
and thus cut themselves off from the
rest of the world.
And now,
what had they gained by I
the mutiny? Could they make home
here and be happy ? Ah, no. With
no society but savages and their own
wicked thoughts, forever banished !
from happy England, or returning to
it as felons, these men were misera
ble
indeed. Fletcher Christian tried
to preserve order as well as he could;
much of his time was spent on a high
cliff, which he called his "look-out,"
where be could look over the ocean
and watch a distant sail; for the sight
of a ship filled them with terror, lest
it might be coming to capture them, •
and carry them to England for pun
ishment. What would not Christian
have given to undo all that he had
done ? but that could not be, and • he
must reap the bitter fruits of wrong •
doing. Terrible quarrels took place
among them, ending in bloodshed,
until almost every man was killed.—
Christian himself was murdered, and
at last only one man remained alive
—an English sailor, Jelin Adams.—
How true is it that "the way of trans
gressors is hard," very hard.
Poor Adams had seen better days;
and when he thought of his happy En
glish home and his present miserable
state, it led him to serious reflection.
Happily there was saved from the
ship "Bounty" a Bible, and the sailor
opened this long neglected book to
find some ray of comfort. Often he
sat in •his hut to read it. He felt
that he was lost, and there he found
the Saviour oflost men, saying. "Come
unto me, and I will give you rest."—
John Adams laid hold of this oiler of
mercy; he wont in faith to this Sa
viour, and found peace in trusting in
him, and henceforth he was a peni
tent and changed man. And now
there began to spring up in this little
island a holy Bible influence. Ad
' ams was surrounded by the children
of his murdered companions, and
these he determined to instruct in
the knowledge of God. He had
morning and evening prayers, and
he rewarded their good behavior by
reading to them the Scriptures, in
which they took great delight; and
the little island began to bear the
golden fruit of industry and peace
and love.
In 1808 an American vessel touched
at the island ; and what was the sur
prise of the captain to find such a
company in such a spot, and to find
them descendants of the mutineers
of the English ship "Bounty." On
his return home he sent word of his
discovery to England, and this was
the first news they had received of
their fate. After a while an English
ship-of-war was seen approaching the
island, and John Adams then thought
his hour had come; but he was soon
comforted with the tidings that ho
was not to be arrested. The English
captain was delighted to find every
thing true which • the American had
said; there were neat huts, pretty
! gardens,.
_and religious - and kind
grown-np'yoting people, with their
children. Some of tbem were. .
WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1862.
the Lord make us truly thankful,"
and the act deeply affected the offi
cers of the ship, who perhaps were
not in the habit of thanking God for
their daily bread. The Lord's day
was kept holy, and the services high
ly prized.
John Adams lived until 1827; he
was loved and obeyed, as the father,
minister, and friend of the little flock.
Just before he died, a pious man ar
rived at the island, who came to live
and labor for the islanders. and Ad
ams welcomed him as a man sent by
God to succeed him. A sweet Chris
tian love sprang up between him
and the people,.and at the death of
. Mr. Adams he became their pastor
and teacher. His name was George
Nobbs. Many years afterwards the
Pitcairners wanted him to be regu
larly ordained for the ministry, and
for this purpose he lef this island home
and visited England in the next ship
that came. He had then been there
twenty-six years, and perhaps it was
no wonder, even while he was cor
dially received by all good people,
and was introduced to the Queen,
that he pined for Pitcairn. "I long
to go home to my little flock," be
used to say. This was in 1852. He
was ordained chaplain of the island,
and money was raised to buy a good
bell for his church, a clock, and many
other useful things. He went back,
and safely arrived in the island, to
labor for the people there.
And now we will close this beauti
ful story of God's grace and love in
the words of another, who says, "No
body can read the history of Pitcairn
without being deeply affected by the
results flowing directly and unmis
takably from the Bible, which con
tains the revelation of God to man.
It was a fountain of living waters in !!
the desert, making the wilderness
blossom as the rose."—Child's Com
panion.
WARNINGS AND PROVIDENCES.
The proof of the following statement, ta
ken from the Courier de '1 Europa, rests
not only upon the known veracity of the
narrator, but upon the fact that the whole
occurrence is registered in the judicial
records of the criminal trials of the Prov
ince of Languedoc. We give it as we
heard it from the lips of the dreamer, as
nearly as possible in his own words
As the junior partner in a commercial
house at Lyons, I had been traveling for
some time on business of the firm, when
one evening, in the month of June, 1761,
I arrived at a town in Languedoc, where I
had never before been. I put up at a quiet
inn in the suburbs, and being very much
fatigued, ordered dinner at once, and went
to bed almost immediately after, determin
ing to begin very early in the morning my
visits to the different merchants.
I was no sooner in bed than I fell into a
deep sleep, and had a dream that made the
strongest impression upon me.
I thought that I had arrivedat the same
town, but in the middle of the day, instead
of the evening, as was really the case—
that I had stopped at the very same inn,
and gone out immediately, as an unoccu
pied stranger would do, to see whatever
was worthy Of observation in the place.--
I walked down the main street into anoth
er street, crossing it at right angles, and
apparently leading into the country. I
had not gone very far when I came to a
church, the Gothic portal of which I stop
ped to examine. When I had satisfied my
curiosity, I advanced to a by-path which
diverged from the main street.
Obeying an impulse which I could nei
ther account for or control, I struck into
this path, though it was windy, rugged and
unfrequented, and presently reached a
miserable cottage, in front of which was a
garden covered with weeds. I had no dif
ficulty in getting into the garden, for the
hedge had several gaps in it wide enough
to admit four carts abreast. I approach
ed an old well which stood solitary and
gloomy in a distant corner, and looking
down into it beheld distinctly, without any
possibility of mistake, a corpse which had
been stabbed in several places. I counted
the deep wounds and wide gashes whence
the blood was flowing.
I would have cried out, but my tongue
clove to the roof of my mouth. At this
moment I awake with my
. httir stand
ing on end, trembling in everr . limb, and
cold drops of perspiration standing on my
forehead—awoke to find myself comforta
bly in bed, my trunk standing behind me;
birds warbling cheerfully near the window,
while a clear young voice was singing a
provincial air in the next room, and the
morning sun was shining brightly through
.the curtains.
I sprang from the bed, dressed myself,
and, as it was yet very early, I thought I
would seek an appetite for my breakfast
by a morning walk. I went accordingly
into the street and strolled along. The
further I went the stronger became the
confused recollection of the objects that
presented themselves to my view. 'lt is
very strange, I thought ; I have never
been here before, and I can swear that I
have seen this house, and the next, and
the one on the left." On I went till I had
crossed the corner of a street crossing
the one down which.l corm. For the first
time I had remembered my dream, but nit
away the thought as too absurd ; still, at
every step I took, some fresh point of re
semblance struck me. "Am I still dream
ing ?" I exclaimed, not without a momen
tary thrill through my whole frame. "Is
the agreement to be perfect to the very
, end?"
Before long I reached the church with
the same architectural features that had
attracted my notice in the dream, and then
the high road along which I pursued my
war, coming at length to the same by-path
that had presented itself to my imagina
tion a few hours before—here was no pos
sibility of doubt or mistake. Every tree,
everything was familiar to me. I was not
at all of a superstitious turn, and was
wholly engrossed in the practical details ot
commercial business. My mind has never
dwelt on the hallucinations, the present
ments, that science either denies or is un
able to explain; but I must confess that I
now felt myself spell-bound as by some
enchantment—and with Pascall's word
upon my lips, 411 continued dream would be
equal to reality'—l hurried forward, no
longer doubting that the next moment
would bring me to the cottage, and this
was really the case. In all its outward
circumstances it corresponded to what I
had seen in my dream. Who then could
wonder that I determined to ascertain if
the coincidence would hold good in every
point? I entered the garden and went
to the spot where I had seen the well ;
but here the resemblance failed—well,
there was none. I looked in every direc
tion, examined the whole garden, went
round the cottage, which appeared to be
inhabited, although no person was visible,
but no where could I find any vestige of a
well.
I made no attempt to enter the cottage,
but hastened back to the hotel in a state
of agitation difficult to describe; I could
not make up my mind to pass unnoticed
such an extraordinary coincidence—but
how was any clue to be obtained to the
terrible mystery?
I went to the landlord, and after chat
ting with him for some time on different
subjects, I came to the point, and asked
him to whom the cottage belonged, that
was on a by-road that I described to him.
"I wonder sir," said he, "what made you
take such particular notice of such a
wretched little hovel. It is inhabited by
an old Man with his wife, who have the
character of being very morose and unso
ciable. They rarely leave the house, see
nobody, and nobody goes to see them; but
they are quiet enough, and I never heard
anything against them beyond this. Of
late, their very existence seems to have
been forgotten; and I believe, sir, that you
are the first who, for years, have turned
your steps to the deserted spot."
These details, far from satisfying my
curiosity, did but the more provoke it.—
Breakfast was served, but I could not
touch it, and I telt that if I presented my
self to the merchants j,n such a state of ex
citement they would think me mad; and,
indeed, I felt very much excited. I paced
up and down the room, looked out of the
window, trying to fix my attention on some
external object, hut in vain. I endeavored
to interest myself in a quarrel between two
men in the street—but the garden and the
cottage pre-occupied my mind; and at
last, snatching my hat, I cried, "I will go,
come what mayl"
I repaired to the nearest magistrate,
to d him the object of my visit, and rela
t the whole circumstance, briefly and
clearly. I saw directly that he was much
impressed by the statement.
"It is indeed, very strange," said he ;
"and after what has happened, I do not
think it property to leave the matter
without further inquiry. Important bus
iness will prevent my accompanying you
in a search, but I will place two police at
your command. Go once more to the
hovel, see its inhabitants, and search
every part of it. You may perhaps make
some important discovery."
I suffered but very few moments to
elapse before I was on my way, accompa
nied by two officers, and we soon reached
the cottage. We knocked, and, after wait
ing some time, an old man opened the
door. He received us somewhat uncivally,
but showed no mark of suspicion, nor, in
deed, of any other emotion, when we told
him we wished to search the house.
"Very well, gentlemen, as fast and as
soon as you like," was the reply,
"Have you a well, here?" I inquired.
"No, sir, we are obliged to go for water
to a spring at a considerable distance."
We searched the house, which I did, I
confess, with a kind of feverish excitement,
expecting every moment to bring some fa
tal secret to light. Meanwhile the man
gazed upon us with an impenetrable va
cancy of look, and we at last left the cot
tage without seeing anything that could
confirm my suspicions. I resolved to in
spect the garden once more; and a num
ber of idlers having been by this time col
lected, drawn to the spot by the sight of a
stranger with two armed men, engaged in
searching the premises, I made inquiries
of some of them whether they knew any
thing about the well in that place. I
could get no information at first, but at
length an old woman came slowly forward,
leaning a crutch.
"A well," cried she, "is it a well you
are lookiag after. That has been filled
thirty years. I remember as if it were
only yesterday, how, many a time, when I
was a young girl, I used to amuse myself
by throwing stones into it, and hear
ing the splash they used to make in the
water,'
"And could you tell me where that well
used to be ?" asked I, almost breathless
with excitement
! "As near as I can remember, on the
very spot on which your honor is standing,"
said the old woman.
"I could have sworn it," thought I,
springing from the place as if I had trod
on a scorpion
Need I say that we set to work to dig up
ground. At about eighteen inches deep,
we came to a layer of bricks, which, be
ing broken up, gave to view some boards
which were easily removed, after which
we beb eld the mouth of the well.
"I was quite sure it was here," said the
woman. "What a fool the old fellow was
to stop it up, and then have to go so far
for water."
A sounding-line, furnished with hooks,
was now let down into the well, the crowd
pressing around us, and breathlessly bend
ing over the dark hole, the secrets of which
seemed hidden in impenetrable obscurity.
This we repeated several times without
any result. At length, penetrating below,
the hooks caught in an old chest, upon
the top of which had been thrown a great
ninny large stones. After much time and
effort we succeeded in raising it to day
light. The sides and lid were decayed
and rotten ; it needed no lock-smith to
open it; and we found within what I was
certain we should find, and which paraly
zed with horror all the spetators who had
not my preconvictions—we found the re
mains ofd human body,
The police officers who had accompanied
me now rushed into the house and secured
the person of the old man. As to his wife,
no one could at first tell what had become
of her ; after some search, however, she
was discovered hidden behind a bundle of
faggots.
By this time nearly the whole town had
gathered around the spot ; and now that
this horrible fact had come to light, every
body had some crime to tell of, which had
bee laid to the charge of the old couple.
The people who predict after an event are
numerous.
The old couple were brought before the
proper authorities, and privately and sep
arately examined. The old man persisted
in his denial most pertinaciously, but his
wife at length confessed that in concert
with her husband she had once, a very long
time ago, murdered a peddler, whom they
had met on the high road, and who had
been incautious enough to tell them of a
considerable sum of money which he had
about him; and whom, in consequence,
they induced to pass the night at their
house. They had taken advantage of the
heavy sleep produced by fatigue, to stran
gle him. His body had been put into the
chest, the chest thrown into the well. and
the well stopped up.
The peddler being from another country,
his disappearance had coccasioned no in
quiry , there were . no witnesses of the
crime, and its traees had been carefully
concealed from every eye; the two crimi
nals Lad good reason to believe themselves
secure from detection. They had not,
however, been able to silence the voice of
conscience ; they fled from the sight of
their fellow men : they thought they be
held, wherever they turned, mute,accusers;
they trembled at the slightest noise, and
silence thrilled them with terror. They
had often formed the determination to
leave the scene of their crime, to fly to some
distant land; but still some undefinable
fascination kept them near the remains of
their murder.ed
Terrified at the deposition of his wife,
and unable to resist the overwhelming
proofs against him, the man at length
made a similar confession, and six weeks
after the unhappy criminals died on the
soaffold, iu accordance with the sentence
of the Parliament of Toulouse.
STATISTICS OF HUMAN LIFE.
The total number of human be
ings on earth is now computed iu
round numbers at 1,000,000,000.
They speak 3,064 now known tongues,
and in which upwards of 1,100 relig
ions or creeds are preached. The
average age of life is 33 1-3 years
One-fourth of those born die before
they reach the age of 7 years, and
the half before the 17th year. Out
of 100 persons only six reach the
age of 60 years and upwards, while
only one in 1,000 reaches the age 100
years. Out of 500 only one attains
80 years. Out of the thousand mill
ion living persons 330,000,000 die an.
nually, 91,000 daily, 3,730 every hour,
60 every minute, consequently one
every second. The loss is, however,
balanced b) the gain in new births.
Tall men are supposed to live longer
than short ones. Women are gen
erally stronger proportionately than
men until their 50th) ear, afterwards
less so. Marriages are in proportion
to single life (bachelors and spinsters)
as 100: 75. Both births and deaths
are more frequent in the night than
in the day. One-fourth of men are
capable:of beariug arms, but not one
of 1,000 is by nature inclined for the
profession. The more civilized a
country is, the mere full of vigor, life,
and health are the people. The no
tion that education enfeebles and de
generates the human frame is not
hem) out by fact.
DE UNITED STATES HOTEL.
BY ONE OB DE BOARDERS
The Logan Gazette has gone into the po
etics again. Here is its latest and best ef-
fusion:—
I'se took rooms for the season-I'Be cuttin'
quite a swell,
I'se stoppin' at a tavern—de UNITED STATES
HOTEL.
Ole I.ls/cLE Sest's de landlord—ws eat and drink
our fill—
And de wisdom ob de measure is, dar's nuffin
for de bill !
0, hi 0 Dinkurn Darkey,
De white trash can't afford
To take rooms at de. tavern
Where de culled gentry board.
De 'possum it was lubly—but we've better grub
dan dat ;
De hoe-cake it was 'nificent, de raccoon sweet
an' fat—
But 'possum, 'coon and hoe-cake—l bid you all
farewell !
You wouldn't suit de S'ciety at Uncle Sam's
Hotel.
Oh, hi 0 Dinkum Darkey,
Oh don't you hear the bell
It's ringin' for the boardahs
At Uncle Sam's Hotel.
And don't you know de boardahs ?—de accom
plished Dinah Crow—
De scrushiatin' PoMpey, and the gallant Mistah
Snow—
And all ob de "born equals," no matter what .
dey dwell,
Are goin' to be boardahs at Uncle Sam's Hotel.
Oh, hi 0 Dinkum Darkey,
Oh berry sure am I,
De best ob all de taverns
Is kept by Uncle Sam.
De scrushiatin' Pompey, when he sits down to
dine,
Just hear him call de watah, to fotch along de
wine
!
And see de little white boys a helpin' Mistah
Snow,
And bringin' chicken fixins to de lubl y Dinah
Crow !
• Oh, hi 0 Dinkum Darkey,
I'se cuttin' quite a swell,
l's took rooms at a tavern—
De United States Hotel.
It's a mighty big old tavern, dat United States
Hotel!
It has sixty t'ousand lloardahs, and it 'comnio
dates 'em well ;
It has;ooms for all of Dixie, an' I 'spent dey'll
all be here,
Wid dar wives and pickaninnies, loredeendin'
ob de year.
Oh, hi 0 Dinkum Darkey,
We have no bills to pay—
Dey charge 'em to the white trash,
I hear de landlord say.
Oh, take de mattock, white man !—de shubb/e
and the spade—
We boardahs hab no work to do, we all hab quit
de trade'.—
But 'fore you pay the board bills, you'll hab to
tug and sweat,
And wish you wasn't white trash a t'uusand
times, I'll bet !
Oh, hi 0 Dinkum Harkey,
Oh don't you hear de bell ?
It's ringin' tor the boardahs
At Uncle Sam's Hotel.
WHAT IS DYSPEPSIA ?
With due attention to temperance,
exercise, and early hours, you may
set dyspepsia at defiance. Neglect
one of these precautions, and you lay
yourself open to the approaches of
the enemy—neglect two of them,
and it is hardly possible that you can
escape. And above all things, keep
this in mind, that no other disease
' or affection of the body is so stealthy
or insidious as dyspepsia. If the
first few instances of carelessness or
transgression were to be visited with
the pains and penalties that afflict
the patient when the malady has be
come chronic, few men would be so
insane, or so obstinately reckless, as
to postpone the work of reformation.
But the earlier symptoms are rarely
of an alarming kind. The appetite
is not sensibly affected, though the
digestion is impaired; and the com
plaint seems tc be limited to flatu
lentcy and heartburn. Such unpleas
ant sensations, however, can be eas
ily removed. Essence of ginger and
fluid magnesia seldom fail to give re
lief, and the patient flatters himself
that there is no ground for appre
hension. But the symptoms do not
disappear. They recur with greater
frequency; and the antidotal doses,
though increased, are found to have
lost their efficacy. The stomach has
now become more seriously de
ranged. All kinds of foods generate
acid; and in this stage the patient
usually has recourse to the carbo
nates of soda or potash, which In
their turn give a temporary relief,
though without in any way arresting
the disorder. By this means dyspep
sia, like an insidious serpent, has fair
ly folded the victim within its em
brace, and is squeezing him at its lei
sure. Everything he eats disagrees
with him, and seems to undergo some
wondrous transformation. T h at
which was served up at the table as
haggess, seems converted, two hours
afterwards, into a ball of knotted
tow—a mittton char bet:pines a fiery
crab, rending the interior with his
claws; sad every rice pudding has
NEW SERIES. --VOL. 4, NO. 8
the intolerable effrontery to become a
hedge-hog. After that comes nausea
and vomiting. You derive no bene
fit from the food you swallow. From
twelve stone weight you dwindle
down to ten. Your countenance be
comes ghastly, your eyes hollow, and
you totter prematurely on your pins.
The mere notion of exercise becomes
distasteful, You feel as if you had no
strength for anything. You are_pen
sive, moody, and irritable. Your
mind loses its elasticity and power;
and when you sit down to compose,
instead of manly matter, you produce
nothihg but the dreariest of drivel.—
Blackwood's _Magazine.
POETS-LAUREATE.
The first patent regularly issued
for the establishment of the office of
poet-laureate was dated 1630, in the
sixth year of Charles I. By this
patent, it was provided that this
court dignitary should receive yearly
the sum of £lOO, besides a tierce of
canary wine out of the Royal cellars.
The troubles of the Civil Wars,
however, retarded the operation of
this regulation, and Davenant, who
remodelled and spoilt Shakspeare's
" Tempest," derived no further bene
fit from hsi office than the title. lie
was the successor of Ben Jenson,
who thought he had been court poet
to James 1., and probably enjoyed
some pension, was never formally
endowed with the laureate wreath.—
Davenant held the office till his
death, and was succeeded by Dryden
in 1668, who bad the title conferred
upon him by letters under the privy
seal, and Tennyson is the twelfth in
poetical descent from the famous au
thor of "Alexander's Feast." The
following is a list of the twelve poets
laureate since Davenant ;—Dryden,
Shadwell, Tate, Rowe, Ensden, Cib
ber, Whitehead, T. Varton, Pye,
Southey, Wordsworth and Tenny
son. Some of these names are so
well known, that their bearers need
not mention here; but a few are
entirely unknown, and a few par
ticulars may not be uninteresting.—
First, then, Shadwell. This laureate
was a dramatist, and great favorite
of Lord Rochester, and obtained the
office in 1668, when Dryden was de
prived- of it on account of the Rev
olution. Immediately upon his ex
pulsion, Dryden wrote upon the un
fortunate Shadwell, the celebrated
" Mac Flecknoe." It was complete
ly successful, and the ridiculous ob
ject of it died in 1692 from taking an
overdose of opium. Nahum Tate was
next. He is chiefly known from a
joint production with Dr. N. Brady,
of "The Metrical Versions of the
Psalms," which first appeared in
1698. Poor Tate was ejected to make
room for N. Rowe, whose "Tamer
lane," and translation of Lucsn's
"Pharsalia" are well known. Ens
den, who succeeded, is passed over
by all the biographers and obtained
the appointment solely by interest.
Whitehead; who followed Cibber,
brought the laureateship to its lowest
ebb. His chief poem was entitled
" State Dunces, ' and was a satire
upon the ministry of the time. He
attached himself to " Bubb Dodding
ton, " satirized by Pope, in-his most
vigorous manner, and through his
interest held the laurel till 1774.
On him the famous lines of Churchill
were composed--
"May I (can worse disgrace on manhood
fall ?)
Be born a Whitehead, or baptized a Paul?"
Thomas Warton is not entirely un
known. His "History of English
Poetry" has done good service to
Spenser and Milton, and will always
remain a repository of various and
curious information. He died in
1690, when he had only reached the
reign of Elizabeth. He was suc
ceeded by Pye, the Berkshire squire,
M. P., and Commissioner of Police.
He achieved a translation of Aristo
tle's "Poetics," and this, with a small
volume of poems, raised him to the
laureateship. The names of Dryden,
Cibber, Southey, Wordsworth, and
Tennyson will live for ever, and their
lives are, or should be, "familiar in
our mouths as household words," and
we need give nQ details concerning
them.
SENSIBLE ADVICE.
Professor Silliman, of New Haven, re
cently closed a Smithsonian lecture by giv
ing the following sensible advice to young
men :—"lf therefore, you wish for a clear
mind and strong muscles, and quiet nerves,
and long life, and power prolonged in old
age, permit me to say, although lam not
giving a temperance lecture, avoid all
drinks above water and mild effusions of
that fluid, shun tobacco, opium, and every
thing else that disturbs the normal state
of the system ; -rely upon nutritious fluid,
and mild diluted drinks, of which water
is be base, and you will need nothing be
yond these things except rest; and due
moral regulation of all your powers, to
give you long, happy, and useful lives and
a serene evening at the close."
Joseph C. Hays, Postmaster
of Honesdale, Pennsylvania, has bees
arrested andAebil to bail in the surd
of PAO for robbiltg the mails.
Taz pebbles in our Ath weary aa seta
make as Sot-sore, more than all the mobs
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