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AnnornskussiTs inserted at 551.25 per square for
Eltree insertiotis, and 37 cts. a oquare for each addition
al insertion; (ten lines or less counted a square.)
A liberal deduction made to yearly advertisers.
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Jos Para na°, of all kinds, executed in the best
ilay.e. and op reasonable terms, at the "Messenger"
Jab {Ace.
*IN atutsburg Tushass Cabs.
ATTORNEYS.
ROB. IA WYLY. J. A. J. BUCHANAN, D. R. P. HURD
WYLY, BUCHANAN & HUSS,
ailtor s vorys & Counsellors at Law,
'WAYNESBURG, PA.
Int prseilee in Om Courts 01 Greene and adjoining
o A rn lied. Collections and other legal business will re
eillte'pronifit attention.
Mice on the South side of Main street, in the Old
8171141,16. Jan. 28. 1863.-13,
AL. rtnourt. / G. FITCRII
PUSUILAW & RITCEIE.
Art SYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
• - Wetretesbiarg, Pa.
jiltillir - Orrtea---Main Street, one door east of
Old Btnk Building.
.rosiness to Greene, Washington, and Fay
rtlitta Counties, entrusted to them, will receive pronip
40ttention.
N. B —Particular allention will he given to the co l
mil of -paranoia. bounty Money. tuck Pay, and
.dr claims againattlte Government.
Nat --tar .
L. L. ircoNNELL. J. J. HUFFMAN.
31111M0111011111 & NIIFFINIAN,
ericaNtais AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
' Waynesburg, Pa.
us • files In the "Wright East Door.
krions, &c.. will receive prompt attention.
iirneshorg. April 23,
• DAVID CR A W FORD,
Spey and Counsellor at Law. Office In the
Tlrinse. Will attend promptly to all business
lasted to his care.
nynesburg. Pa., July 30. 1803.-Iy.
4. %LAW. JOHN PRIFLAN•
BLACK £ PUELAN,
kTToStli ET'S AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW
Office la the Court Haute, Waynesburg.
lisps. 1,1,1861-Iv..
iatirallitil , WAR CLAM=!
D. R. P. HUSS
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re u w au : ' :: " : a se rt
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, we palsied by Congress, and all the necessary Forms
- Instructions for the prosecution and collection of
jr.JMOXS, BOUNT.r. B R C S P."/Y, due dis
ci, widowed mothers, lather., Motets and broth
. . Which business, [upon due notice] will be attend
. to pay and acennitely if entrusted to his care.
la the old Bank Building.—April 8, 1863.
- O. W. G. WADDELL,
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
a'APPICE in the RECISTEIr's OFFICE, Court
' 4 O House, Waynesburg,
.renua, liminess of all
lira& solicited. Has received official copies of all the
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♦ passed by Congress, aisd O'er necessary instruc
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NSIONS, BOUNTIES, BACK PAY,
discharged and disabled soldiers, widows, Orphan
. is te ll :n pro . t ac h ris e c::w ile a b c t i t t c i e l A i i n i b d u:s d r in io ess . if intrustaiedaytol3h,is,6c3ere
PZYBIOIANS
Drpr T. W. Ross,
3e2ajractimilart. c 4 aliwrzeicara.,
Waynesburg, Greene Co., Pa.
Arms AND ItEr3ll/ENCE ON MAIN STREET,
13 asst, and nearly opposite the Wright house.
Wistansbu-g, Sept. 23, 1863.
DR. A. G. GROSS
AI r o ;ITLD very respectfully tender his services as a
YV lIIiSICIAN AND DUDGEON, to the people or
•Wayaesburg and vicinity. He hopes by a due appre-
ATI of human life aadhealth, and strict attention to
thou ess, to merit a share of public patronage.
aynesburg. January 8, 1862.
NEZIKIHILWIES.
WM. A. PORTER,
'berm& and Retail Daslet in Foreign and Domes
(Wry Goods, Groceries, Notions, &e., Main street.
0/K.11.1861-Iy.
IL CLARK,
Seater In Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware, Queens
lows and trwiewa, in the Ilanidton Sinews, opposite
*Lie court House, Main street. Sept. 11, 1861-Iy.
MINOR & CO.,
moss in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods, Gre
.eartes, GMeeesware, Ilardwars and Notions, opposite
Ow Green House. Male. street.
$e t. 11,1661-Iy,
MOOT AND SHOE DEALERS
J. D. COS(RAy,
loot and Mine maker. Main street, n'arty opposite
lb. ‘‘Pormner's and Drover's Bank." Every style or
&ow' said Shoes constantly on hand or made to order.
dieirc. 11, 1861-Iy.
GROCERIES & VARIETIES
JOSEPH YATER,
in timcerins end Confectioneries, Notions,
i ii rues. rerininitrieE,l.Averpnol Ware, &e., Glass nt
A r
nt Cash hi g n I d e dinl g a n n4ll. l .4 , o le k:n . g
Glues Plates.
11, 1661-Iy.
JOHN MUNNELL, ---
Dealer in Cfneeries and ,Cnufectintiaries, and Variety
Goods Genera Iy, Wilson's Ntw Building, Main West,
Gide. ii. 1861--ly.
wirwrcorns AND JEWELRY
• S. Di. BAILY,
zit," Asset, opposite the Wright house keeps
S.:on.hind at, large and 'elegant assortment of
Wind Jewelry.
wing o f clocks, Watches and Jewelry wit
rerimra flnit 3 Pt lber. 15. 1064_1 v
DOORS , &c.
LEWIS DAY,
woof im ffithool and Mitten-moons peo k k v .. et at i nn .
Ilkaplanes and Papatt: One doer east et
Pnlior•l4 Stone. Hein Street. Awl.. 11. 1861 lv.
SAIMPLES ANDIEA,REMSS.
SAMUEL WALLISrER,
0 1 6111 M, inirrieie and Trauttihket. old Bank Bun-
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FAMERS , it DROVIMP RANK,
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An Item for the Home Circle.
The following sensible article on do
mestic philosophy we find in one of our
exchanges : "If the ultimate conse
quences of one's acts are to be laid to
his charge, the man who invented rock
ing-cradles for children rests under a
fearful load of responsibility. The down
right murder of tens of thousands of in
flints, and the weakened brains of hun
dreds of adults, are undoubted results of
his invention. To rock a child iu a cra
dle, or to swing him in a crib, amounts
to just this : the rapid motion disturbs
the natural flow of the blood and pro
! duces stupor or drowsines. Can any
I body suppose for a moment that such an
operation is a healthful one ? Every
one knows the dizzy and often sickening
effect of moving rapidly in a swing ; yet
wherein does this differ from the mo
tion a child receives when rocked in a
1 cradle ? It is equivalent to lying in a
i ship berth during a violent storm, and
that sickens nine persons out of ten.,--
1 A very gentle, slow motion may some
times be soothing, though always of
1 doubtful expediency, but to move a cra
dle as rapidly as the swing of a pendu
lum three feet long, that is once in a
second, is positive cruelty. We always
feel like grasping and staying the arms
of a mother or nurse who, to secure
quietude, swings the cradle or crib with
a rapidity equal to that of a pendulum a
foot long. If any mother is disposed to
laugh at our suggesCons or consider
them whimsical, we beg of her to have a
bed or cot hung on cords, then lie down
in it herself, and then swing it with the
same rapidity that she allows the cradle
to be rocked. What she will experi
ence in both head or stomach is just
what the infant experiences. We in
sist that this rocking of children is a
useless habit. If not accustomed to
rocking, they will go to sleep quite as
well when lying quietly, as when shak
en in a cradle. If they do not, there
is trouble from sickness, or hunger, or
more likely from an overloaded stomach;
and though the rocking may produce a
temporary stupor, the trouble is made
worse thereafter by the unnatural means
taken to produce quiet for the time being.
(From the London Morning Post, 30th.]
Horrible Affair.--A Man Partially Eat
en by Lions, in London.
Yesterday fornoon, about half-past
ten o'clock, the Agriculture Hall, Isling
ton, was the scene of a shockino. occur
rence. In addition to the sudden roar
ing of the lions forming part of the
equestrian exhibition at that establish
ment, loud screams were heard proceed
ing from the direction in which the an
imals were kept in their caravan during
the intervals of the performance. The
body of a man, named Thomas Greaves,
who had within the last two or three
days commenced his duties as a new
keeper and feeder of the animals, was
found drawn up close to the cage.—
Some of the employees immediately
sized the long iron rods, with a species
of hoe at the end, by which the cage is
cleansed, and rushed to the spot. It
was then discovered that one of the large
lions had the man's right hand in his
mouth, whilst another had seized him by
the thick part of the fore-arm, and had
dragged the limb • through the bars of
the cage nearly up to the armpit. Hav
ing no hot irons, the men at once set to
work belaboring the animals over the
skulls and eyes, in order to make them
let go their hoid. These proceedings,
at the out set, only tended to increase
the ferocity of the animals, who, amidst
loud roars, commenced tearing the flesh
from their victim's arm and hand with
their claws. It was not until the brutes
were. nearly blinded with the blows in
flicted upon their eyes that they were
induced to relinquish their grip, when
the poor fellow's mangled limb was
drawn through the bars, but with some
difficulty, and he fell fainting into the
arms of those who had rescued him from
his horrible position.—
Ature for Scandal.
Take of good nature one ounce ; of an
herb called by the Indians gnind your
oWn business;* one ounce; mix with a
'little charity for others' and two or three
sprigs of 'keep your tongue between
your teeth;' simmer them together in a
vessel called circumspection for a short
time, and it will be fit tbr use. Appli
cation—The symptom is. a a violent
itching in the tongue and roof of the
mouth which invariably takes, place
wheu you are in company with a spe
cies of animals called gossips. When
you feel a fit of the dliorder coming_on,
take a teaspoonful of the mixture; hold
it in your mouth, which you will keep
closely shut till you get home, and you
will find a complete cure. Should you
apprehendu relapse, keep a small bot
tleful about you, and repeat the dose
on the slightest symptom.
LoNory rrr.—The following is extract
ed from the parish register of Llanmdes,
Glamorgan. The entry is evidently
i original, and of the date-Oren ' anditre
writing, is clearl—"lvin Yoritit,-littried
jet or
a Satarditye the xiirt Ito of ' Ilith
41:fontiRk: Be`,W as • a id ; :
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WAYNESBURG, GREENE COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY, MARCH 16, 1864.
The Singing Fish of Ceylon.
theOn occasion of a visit which I made
to Batticaloa in September, 1848, I made
some inquiries relative to a story which I
had heard of musical sounds, said to be
heard issuing from the bottom of the lake, at
several places, both above and below the
ferry, opposite the old Dutch Fort, and
which the natives suppose to proceed from
some fish peculiar to the locality. The re
port was confirmed to me in all its particulars,
and one of the spots whence the sounds pro
ceeded was pointed out between the pier and
and a rock which intersects th channel, two
or three hundred yards to the eastward.—
They were said to be heard at night, and
most distinctly when the moon was nearest
the full, and they were described as resem
bling the faint sweet note of the lEolian harp.
I sent for one of the fishermen, who said they
were perfectly aware of the fact, and that
their fathers had always known of the exist
ence of the musical sounds heard, they said,
at the spot alluded to, but only during the
dry season, and they cease when the lake
is swollen by the. freshet after the rain.
They believed them to proceed from a shell,
which is known by the Taniil name of (oomE
COOLOOROE CRADOE,) or the "crying shell," a
name in which the sound seems to have been
adopted as an echo of the sense. I sent
them in search of the shell, and they return
ed bringing me some living specimens of dif
ferent shells, chiefly LITTORINA and CERITA
ICAL In the evening, when the moon had
risen, I took a boat and accompanied the
fisherman to the spot. We rowed about 200
yards northeast of the jetty by the fort gate;
there was not a breath of wind, nor a ripple,
except that caused by the dip of our oars ;
and, on coming to the point mentioned, I
distinctly heard the sound in question.—
They came up from the water like the gentle
thrills of a musical chord, or tbe.faint vibra
tions of a wine glass when the rim is rubbed
by a wet finger. It was not one sustained
note, but a multitude of tiny sounds, each
clear and distinct in itself ; the sweeter treble
mingling with the lowest bass. On apply
ing the ear to the wood-work of the boat the
vibration was greatly increased in volume
by conduction.
The sounds varied considerably at .differ
ent points, as we moved across the lake, as
if the number of the animals from which
they proceeded . was greatest in particular
spots: and occasionally we rowed out of
hearing of them altogether, until, on return
to the original loyalty, the sounds were at
once renewed. This fact seems to indicate
that the cause of the sounds, Whatever they
may be, are stationary at several points ;
and this agrees with the statement of the
natives that they are produced by molluscs,
and not by fish. They came evidently and
sensibly from the depth of the lake, and
there was nothing in the surrounding circum
stances to support a conjecture that they
could be the reverberation of noises made
by insects on the shore, conveyed along the
surface of the water, for they were loudest
and most distinct at those points where the
nature of the land and the Intervention of
the fort and its buildings forbade the possi
bility of this kind of conduction.
Sounds somewhat similar are heard under
water at places on the western coast of In
dia, especially in the harbor of Bombay At
Caldera, in Chili, musical cadences are stat
ed to issue from the sea near the landing
placer; they are described as rising and fall
ing fully four notes, resembling the tones of
harp-stritgs. and mingling like those at
Batticaloa, till they produce:a musical dis
cord of great delicacy and sweetness. The
animals from which they proceed have not
been identified at either place, and the
mystery remains unsolved, whether those at
Batticaloa are given forth by fishes or by
mollusces.—[Sir J. Emerson Tenni:Vs Cey
lon.
A Good Act and a Wise Investment.
Some time since General Thomas as
sessed a number of Tennessee rebels in
the sum of *30,000 for the murder, by
guerrillas, of one Michigan and two
Wisconsin soldiers. The Milwaukie
Wisconsin says of the -xtrair : "This
money has been brought to Wisconsin.
The widow of one of the soldiers, liv
ing at or near Delavan, in Walworth
county, received her $lO,OOO in. cash,
and her friends brought it to one of the
Milwaukie banks, a day or two since,
and invested it all in Government se
curities. The assessment and the pay
ment of it afterwards to the widow of
the•murdered soldier was a noble act on
the part of General Thomas; but the
investment of it by the widow iu the
war-bonds of thd country was a still
more noble act. It evinced a.cionficlence,
on her part, in the future of the coun
try for which the life of her husband
had been given.up, and it also displayed
the' most priseworthy recognition of the
justice and :kindness. manifested to her
by the Government."
SMALL Pox.—This, loathsome disease
is spreading itself with fearful rapidity
over the sOttntry. In aneinnati it is
worm than ever before knoin ; in
Cleveland It is said there are upwards
of twjave hundred eases ; and in qAurck
f4F Oftee:B 1 8-'0714,1t
in4:184418v4440 , 4:44a4 scp4ary
baspigods. Bic* ivelly
for it br paesingi„
Romance in Real Life.
On Tuesday, in the Police Court,
a singular occurrence in real life
took place which in this city, at least,
has seldom transpired. The facts
are these: About five years ago, a
man named Edward Carey left
an affectionate and beautiful wife and
three interesting children, to seek a for
tune in the mines of California. For
one year after his arrival in the gold
country, Carey wrote constantly to his
wife, and enclosed frequent sums of
money. Suddenly the correspondence
ceased, and Mrs. Carey receiving no
money, was compelled to adopt other
means to obtain a livelihood for herself
and little ones. In a few weeks there
after Mrs. Carey received information
that her husband had been killed in the
mines, which was corroborated by a
subsequent letter received from
For three years she lived, as
she supposed she was, a widow and
receiving I
attentions of an Italian
named Joseph Reibe, who succeeded in
gaining her affections, she consented to
marriage, and about a year ago the two
were legally united in the bonds of
wedlock, and have ever since lived
quite happily together. On Sunday
last, as the church bells were summon
ing to the House of God the worship
pers of the true Being, Edward Carey,
who had arrived direct from California
by the morning train, was making in
quiries in the neighborhood (in which
his family resided when he left Cincin
nati,) for his wife and children. His
neighbors and friends stood amazed,
and trembled upon beholding the man
whom they had long since believed to "
be dead. Upon being assured that it
was Carey, who was not dead but liv
ing, he was astounded with the
intelli
gence that his wife, who had also be
lieved that he had "gone to that bourne
whence no traveler retnrns," was again
married to another man, with whom
she was living in domestic felicity. As
certaining the residence of Mr. and Mrs.
Reibe, the afflicted husband hastened
to ascertain whether what he had heard
was true or false. Knocking at the
door, a tall Italian, measuring six feet
one and one half inches, came to the
door. Carey inquired :
"Does Mrs. Reibe live here l"
Italiau.—"She does—will you walk
in 1"
Carey.—" Yes, sir; will you please
tell her that a gentleman desires to see
her ?"
The Italian consented, and on going
to the door leading into the dining
room, called his wife by her first name.
She answered, and, all full of smiles,
came running down into the parlor.—
Upon seeing her husband, who rose
from his seat to meet her, she screamed
out "My God, Carey!" and fell faint
ing to the floor. The husbands both
hastened to raise her from the floor,
when Carey informed Reibe that he
was Edward Carey, the lady's lawful
husband. Reibe also claimed her as his
wife; and added, "I shall never give
her up." Before the wife had fully re
covered from her fainting attack the
two husbands had become engaged in
angry, violent words, resulting in Carey's
drawing a pistol upon Reibe, and by
the latter being forcibly ejected from his
house.
Reibe on Monday morning, had a
warrant sworn out in the Police Court,
charging Carey with disorderly conduct
' and provoking him to commit a breach
of the peace. Carey was arrested, and
when arraigned before Judge Warren,
in the presence of Reibe and tile wife,
he asked the court to hear an explana
tion before he entered his plea. Judge
Warren consented, and Carey stated
that he and Reibe both claimed the
lady (pointing to Mrs. Carey Reibe) as
wife, and he believing himself to be the
legal claimant, had become disorderly
in demanding peremptorily of Reibe
that he should give her up. Reibe,
through the Prosecuting Attorney, Mr.
Straub, exhibited to the Court the mar
riage certificate, and the question was at
once raised, "What further proceedings
could be had in that Court?" The
wife, who like Niobe ' all in tears, was
called up and asked by the Court if
either of these men was her husband T
S!..e replied that she had been married
to both, but haNing learned that her
first husband was dead, she formed an
attachment for Reibe three years after
ward and married him. After assurin g
the Court of her deeply seated attach
ment always for Carey, and now her
warm affection for Reibe, who had been
to her an - affectiOnate and devoted hus
band, the Court inquired of her, viz:
"What do you now propose to do ;
live with your first husband, who is le
gally such, or your last husband, who
by misapprehension, and unintentionally,
you have made your husband ?"
The lady replied, "MY duty and ray
desire are to live with my first husband,
Edward Carey"
The sconewhich followed can never
be nescribed. Carey and his wife ap
proached each other - and wept aloud,
while the disappointed Italian, seated in
his chair like a statue, presented a pic
ture. of despair and disappointment.—
Freseutly. his .40 . iuge , were. overcome,
and he grieviously wept, eliciting the
'sympathy et all.
•
Carey • and:hiawife, .arum in men, left
the cmpt, . . 4000, aftvrw`P
ing kindly admonition .from the Court
that he, mut t, be resi askti
theo4 -rum*
-oter no — r . ol*,
orie. arthw Mutt itieflly oh4rfaied
terribly mortified at the fate which had
befallen him. Carey and his family are
preparing to leave the city, and Reibe,
all alone in a deserted house, refuses to
be comforted. —From the Cincinnati In
quirer, 26th.
Eating Between Meals.
Among the slight causes of impaired
digestion, is to be reckoned the very
general habit of eating between meals.
The powerful digestion of the growing
boy:makes light of all such irregulari
ties; but to see adults and often those
by no means in robust health eating
muffins, buttered toast, or bread and
butter, a couple of hours after a heavy
dinner, is a distressing spectacle to the
physiologist. It takes at least four
hours to digest a dinner, and during that
period the stomach should be allowed
to repose. A little tea or any other li
quid is beneficial rather than otherwise,
but solid food is a mere incumbrance.
There is no gastric juice ready to digest
it ; and if any reader, having at all a
delicate digestion, will attend to his
sensations after eating muffins or toast
at tea, unless his dinner has bad sonic
time to digest, he will need no sentence
of explanation to convince him of the
serious error prevalent in English fain
ilie4 of making tea a light meal, quick
ly succeeding a substantial dinner.—
Regularity in the hours of eat* is fir
from necessary ; but regularity of inter
vals is of primary importance. It mat
ters but little at what hour you lunch or
dine, provided you allow the proper in
tervals to elapse between breakfast and
luncheon ; and between luncheon and
dinner. What are those intervals ?
This is a question each must settle for
himself. Much depends upon the
amount eaten at each meal, much also
on the rapidity with which each per
son digests. Less than four hours
should never be allowed after a heavy
meal of meat. Five hours is - about the
average for men in active work. But
those who dine late—at six or seven—
should never take food again till break
fast next day, unless they have been
at a theatre, or dancing, or exerting
'themselves in legislation, in which case
a slight supper is requisite.
Are Hoop Skirts Healthful?
The intelligence from Paris that ladies
are making their appearance in hoops
five yards around, revives a question
we had thought Tong since settled,
"Are hoop skirts healthful ?" It is con
ceded by all observers that the modern
hoop skirt is one of the most healthful
devices of the age. No sensible per
son can fail to appreciate its benefits.—
We do not advocate the hoops wont
during the primitive and anti-shoddy
days of our grandmothers, made of sub
stantial hickory, but those made of light
flexible steel. A medical writer, says,
"if we must live in houses warmed by
furnaces and eighteen feet by five
stories high, for pity's sake let us dis
tribute the load of dress our climate
requires, so as to allow every part of the
body to be used to carry it up stairs.—
Let the jacket or the shoulder straps
give the chest its share of work in
word let our wives and daughters shoul
der their loads, if they would have 'their
days prolonged in the land." We can
not exactly see the necessity of a hoop
of such ample dimensions as those re
ported to be worn in Paris; but it
should be of suffillik diameter to allow
a full step ; if it restricts the step in the
slightest degree, it is too small. The
heavy quilted skirts, formerly worn,
were most pernicious to health; and
even the light hoop skirts worn should
be hooked to the jacket, and not allow
ed to rest ou the hips The lower
limbs should be free and unrestricted in
their motions, as quick and energetic
walking* contributes greatly to the
growth of the vital organs, and in or
der to insure this the hip must be re
lieved of the enormous weight of skirts
formerly worn.
Disinfecting Agents
Either of the tillowing will answer
the purpose, While they cost but a trifle:
1. One pint of the liquor of chloride
of zinc, in one pailful of wateT, and one
pound of chloride of lime in another
pailful of water. This is perhaps the
most effective of anything that can be
used, and when thrown upon decayed
vegetable matter of any description,
will effectually destroy all offensive
odors.
2. Two or three pounds of sulphate
of iron (copperas) dissolved in a pailful
of water, will, in many cases, he suffi
cient to remove all offensive odors.
3. Chloride of lime is better to scatter
about in damp places, in yards, in damp
cellars and upon heaps of filth. —&ientijic
American.
A Hint to Farmers
The folloWing hint ; published farther
west, is Just asapplieftble here. There
are three things easily raised and har
vested, for which, the farmers may de
pend upon it, there will be an enor
mous demand and higi, prices paid dur
ing the War. We reter to potatoes,
beans and onions. The farmers could
not do -a better thing for themselves
and their country than to .plant thee
;vegetableti . very extensively. if it ap'-
pests, as the Spring'hdiAnce - s," that tfie
whole crop is likely tb" be short, kid
.4at, will be soiree; onions 4 petatoes
*atel'imiiiiiirrnst be had to filth vicktuiti:
A Painful Narrative.
The following is an extract from a letter
written by a lady residing in Seaton, near
Axminister, England:
There is a small fishing village near here
that is literally plague-stricken with mea
sles; the children are dying by dozens. The
inhabitants are all sailors and fishermen,
and at this time of the year always in want.
The children do not die of the complaint,
but of weakness and starvation afterwards.—
We are all at work boiling soup and doing
what we can flu• the poor starved things.—
They conic over the hill twenty at a time,
and receive a blanket, sheet, 4 lbs. of bread,
2 oz. of tea and four yards of flannel. The
bell is tolling constantly - , and five or six
children are brought over here in a cart to
be buried daily. The village altogether is
like a thing you dream ot. The mothers
themselves look like hungry wolves, without
a feeling left for their (lead children.
I ha% e only seen one woman crying, un
til I said a kind word, such as "the summer
is coming, please God," and they sob as if
they would go into hysterics from weakness.
In one den I visited, flare were six children
lying before the fireplace, and I asked the
woman if they were hungry. 'No,' she said
'thank God they are not so hungry as • I am
fur I have nothing to give them.. could eat
the table board." I can only give them my
work and strength, and the dead children
are the best ot poor things. I found a true
hearted farmer's wife, who lends me her
kitchen and boils the soup for them. These
poor children die in the dark, and the moth
ers have to watch thr daylight to see them, ti
not having a candle in the house. It is sad
work, and I feel ashamed of myself every
night when I come home and set down to a
good tea. I Myself have spent three days in
Beer, and I think the misery beats anything
I ever beheld.
Distinguished Shoemakers.
Linnreus the founder of the science of
j botany, was apprenticed to a ;
shoe
making in Sweden ; but afterwards, ta
ken notice of in consequence of his
ability, was sent to college. David
Parens, the elder, who was afterwards
a celebrated professor of theology at
Hiedelberg, was at one time apprenticed.
to a shoemaker. J. Prendell, who died
some time since at Gray's Buildings,
London, and who was a profound and
scientific scholar, pursued through life
the trade of a shoemaker. Hans Sachs,
one of the German poets, was the son
of a tailor, and afterwards served an ap
prenticeship to a shoemaker. Benedict
Baddonin, one of the most learned men
of the sixteenth century, was a shoema
ker, as was likewise his lather. He
wrote a treatise on the shoemaking of
the ancients, which he traced up to the
titne of Adarn himself. To these may
be added Holcroft, and Gifford, for so
many years editor of the Quarterly Re
view; and Bloomfield, the author of
"The Farmer's Boy," and other poems
—all of whom were shoemakers.. John
Brand, the Secretary of the Antiquarian
Society of London, and author of sever
al learned works, was originally a shoe
maker, but fortunately found means to
complete his studies at Oxford Univers
ity.
Indolence.
Labor is law and whoever repulses it
as a bore must ,
have it as a punishment.
You do not wish to be a laborer, and
you will be a slave ; toil only lets you
loose on one side to seize you again on
the other; you do not wish to be its
friend and you will be its negro ; you
do not care for the honest fatigue of
men, and you are about to know the
sweat of the damned ; while others sin g
you will groan. Your desire is to do
nothing ? Well, you will not have a
week, a day, an hour without feeling
crushed. What is a feather for other's,
will be a rock for you. Life will become
a monster around you, and coming,
going, breathing will be so many terri
ble tasks for you. What precipices
are sloth and pleasure ; to do nothing
is a melancholy resolution. To live in
indolence on the social substance, to be
useless, this leads straight to the bot
tom of misery. Wo to the man who
wishes to be a parasite for he will be a
vermin. To become a rogue is incon
venient, and it is not nearly so hard to
be an honest and industrious man.—
Tctor Hugo.
tcirA person having occasion to visit
an old couple at Durham, of extremely
penurious habits, found them holding
counsel together upon a matter which
apparently weighed heavily on the
minds of both ; and thinking it was re
specting the probable dissolntlon of the
wife, who was lying dangerously ill,
proceeded to offer them all the consola
tion in his power; but was cut short
by being informed that that was not
exactly the subject they were dlscuss
ing, but one which afflicted them still
more deeply, the cost of her funeral ;
and, to his astonishment, they contin
ued their ghastly calculations 'until
-every item in the catalogue, from cofi
fin to nightcap, had been gone through,
With much grumbling at the rapacity of
"the undertakers," when the bright
thought suddenly struck- the husband,
'and he exolaiAned, " Well, Janet, lass,
-ye may not die after all, ye ken."--
"'Deed ; suadl hope got, Robert," re-.
ptpc.o4sl boopmate, iu a low feeble
Stee l 64 filr lAm, ' N its sure that we eau
iirorifi;t."
NEW SERIES.---VOL 5,1 A .40.
Senator Grimes has in a bill
in the United States Senate , ' t
ing $20,000 to be equally divided in im
proving two distinct routes to Idaho.—
One is from Fort Abercrombie by Way
of Fort "Benton, and the other is from
Niobrarah, on the Missouri 4w,
through the valley of the Niobramb and
Gallatin, in Idaho. It appears that the
communication between the territory of
Idaho and the States is not only rarapr
ed difficult by reason of the bad
ter of the roads now traveled, hitt 'Witt
they are so infested by Indians, and par
ties worse than Indians, that there ism
security for the transit of treasure or for
the emigrants.
There are now several ways of reach
ing Idaho, and in prospect of the large
emigration to that region the coming
spring and summer, the following table
of distances by different routes is inter
esting
From Chica g o to Omaha,
From Omaha to Fort Kearney,
From Leavenworth City to Fort
Kearney,
From Fort Kenrney to South Pass,
via North Platte, 563
From South Pass, via Lander Road
to Bannock City,
From South Pass to Bannock City,
via Fort Bridger, 500
From Salt Lake City to Bannock
City, 286
From St. Paul to Bannock City,
Fort Abercrombie and the North
ern route, 1120
From St. Louis to Fort Benton,
which is the head of navigation
on the Missouri River, 3270
From Fort Benton to the mines
From Fort Benton to Fort Ws*.
walla, Oregon,
A gentleman who was recently Lir&
ted in the bonds of matrimony to the
rovely daughter of one of our most refi
.peeted citizens, received just befotothe
ceremony a gift of a $lOO bill from his
papa-in-law, as a trifle of "pin- norm'"
for his wife. Ile slipped the bill' under
- his glove, where he had already placed
$5 intended for the officiating elergyidan.
In the delerious excitement of the hour,
he pressed into the hand
the wrong bill, and as the Dever
looked at the money on such eceasinns,
neither of them discovered the IniStake
till some hours afterward. What was
the surprise of the bride when her hus
band handed her ass bill with the re
mark that it was a "little pin -money"
from her father. "I should think tt was
a little," said the lady; and then the
mistake came oat. Neither bride or
groom would of comae be an diaeour
teous as to think of claiming retititioaw'
for such an error, at such a time, and
the clergyman was overpowered with
the liberality of "young—" The la
dy told the "funny incident" ton friend
or two, however, and the clergyman
understands it now.--Miarge Jenrnal. "
How easy it is to be neat and ekan !
How easy to arrange the rooms in
graceful propriety ! HoW easy to in
vest our houses with truest elegance !
Elegance resides not with the upholster
er or the draper—it ia not put up with
hangings and curtains—it is not in the
mosaics, carpetings, the rosenteod, the
mahogany, the candelabra, er the mar
ble ornaments ; it exists in the spirit pie
siding over the chambers of the dw.ol
- Contentment must al ways be most
graceful; it sheds a serenity over the
scene of its abode ; it transforms a *mite
into a garden. The house lightened
by these intimations of a nobler and
brighter life may be wanting in inn&
which the discontented desire, bat to
its inhabitants it will be a palace, um
outvying the Oriental in brilliancy and
glory.
HOW TO FOLD A LADY'S DREiS.-
Take the exact quarters of the
from the bottom of the skirt to the
sleeves, double them together with the
bosom out ; then on a bed lay the skiii
perfectly smooth, and begin at the bot
tom. to told it up, just the width of the
trunk or drawer. The waist and sleeves
will fold nicely together, and must be
laid outside folds of the skirt. Then
double over the ends, to fit the. length
of the trunk or valise, and it may be car
ried very smoothly without taking much
room.
REVOLUTIONARY' PENSIONERS.---Neasty
every Revolutionary star has set. It
appears from a letter of the Commis
sioner of Pensions that only twelve of
the soldiers of the Revolution are now
living, whose ages range from 94 to
105 years, and whose pensions only
amount to from $24 to $96 per annum.
aka - The women of Holland and-Bel
gium, who make their linen so henati
fully white, use borax instead of soda,
as a washing preparation, in the pstri
portion of a large handful of Wan
power to about ten gallons of water.,
Its effect is to soften the Imi - dolt wetqr,
Sir "What's whisky htengintiwide
4 1 0 4 4, al lose dealer in the astmenams.
"winging tuna to the gelitme,, notlienib,
4141,0hildren to WlU'Akr *WM
The Routes to Idaho.
A Lucky Minister.
The Home of Taste.
Miles.
400
195
EM
400
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