, m)t soet'o corner.
1 [roa ra* AoiTiToa.]
V TO 1
XtwMßdmmraostboodtlfol,'
JfethoaglU ihlae arms wan c lose ®atwto«tt
Arqond mo, and on thy breait my
Vearied head reclined. —*‘t lore tnee,
And thou art mine!" In tender tone
Thou wld’rt.—And then my lips were pressed
To thine in fond embrace.
We were alone, «*»*e spirits 01
The lored and lost which hovered near
And gave to us approving smile.
lliere solemn covenant we made
No word to utter that should mar
21io heart's content, bat fondly lot<
Each other till the scene of life
ghould end. AngcU beard, and to tto
Court of ItcftTon carried those tow
And gave them record thorn.
Time passed like summer’s sunn/ day*—*
»nie cart/ of Ufo *ort Ikftt becsitiM
A mutual bunion. Its [of 4 wen
Double. In that (hoy were united.
it* bitter taunts of envious ones
Passed ns unheeded by, for strong
Vert wo, possessing each the other’s
Confidence.—Are come on, and stilt
DTe felt as youthful In our lon
r As in life’s early days—Mandate
Come to change the scene, and the grim
Fpwtro. Death, laid hand upon ua
lint a bright angel stood beside
And kindly bade us put to fen;
For wifely o'er life’s swelling tide
Together wc should pass. The stream
Vos crowd, and then In blissful realm*
Wo sung unending praises to
The King of Kings. 1
M (Capital Sbtovs*
From the Flag of Our Unman,
THE MILL PRIVILEGE.
-OB
HOW MU. TATNALL OVERREACHED HIMSELF.
in one of ihe new towns of Maine, some
thirty years ago, lived a man named John
Taloah, Be was a close-fisted, digging man
and never scrupled to make the best end of a
bargain at all points withmthe lim.us of writ
ten law. He never hesitated to make Capital
of other peoples necessilies, and any event
that could put a dollar into his till was all
r.ight u> mm.
Once o neighbor losi a fine ox jusi ai the
tirpe when he was in ihe act of fulfilling a
conlraci for culling down and hauling out Um
ber. The conlraci was world a ihousand dol
lars, and he was lo forfon one half of u if ho
did noi have all the logs in ihe river before
me snow melled, in ihe spring. The loss of
his best o\ would rum him if he could nol
make his place gooo. He knew that Talnall
had plemy ol oxen, and he wenl lo him and
staled his cast. Now John 'I alnall had a
number ~i odd ox'-n wliuh he had boniihi lo
place la u on.it win. n >■ meam lo unve lo
markei ; .so h could have sold one just as
well as no, llui n>- saw ins neighbors ne
cessity, aim lie ml lo piohl by n. He
would not seo ooii -s' he i-mild sen a pair, and
noi Iher wnhoui an enormous price. The
uoor lumberman begged ami emreared, bul n
was ol no aval,, ’I here was nol another ox
io be bought lor miles ;and miles aboul, for
Mr.'l ainali bad bough: mem an ui> The
neighbor could noi allow nis work lo lie riill,
so he paid '1 alnall full double wnaliney were
worm, and rook mem awa.
Then il was he happened lo think of ins
He knew ii was beller bv far, lhan
eiun'r o' tliosc he had bought of Tatnall, and
iu nro\e il over to ihe cartle dealer's to seb
as he bad no use for it Tainall offered
ni.i twcn’v dollars for n—ms! one filih of
Wtia; tic had obtained for lire yoke he had
sold Wc will not tell the conversation and
bantering that followed, but suffice it to say
that Tainall col the ox, and that in the end
tic made a nrotit of mi 1 seven'v five dollars
off ms poor and tianl-workmp neichbor
odii ox.
Tua: was ihe eharacier rff me man. and
ali me ncijilibor? knew i Y■' he was res
necieo, for he hud rnnupi, and many people
(Jcnenued on him lor work, though iheir pit
lance lur such work was beggarly in ihe ex
treme Mr Tutnall’s farm was shoaled upon
a large river, and he owned 10 a great cxienl
on both sides of it. When he bought there
he had some faint idea that at some lime ihere
would be a mill put up there, and thus great*
Iv enhance the value of his lot, for there was
ouite a fall in the river where he owned and
a most excellent mill privilege was thus afford
ed But he never could build the mill for he
had no! the money to spare, nor had he the
energy About two years previous lo the
openin'? of our story, some men had come lo
examine the river, and tnev talked some ol
huvinc and building extensive mill works,
lamnl knew that if such were done, the
value of nh Ihe good land about him would
be advanced, and he bought up all he could,
eo at trie present lime he owned noi less than
a thousand acres
uue day in early spring, lust ns the ice had
broken up. a man called on 'lalnall and
wished to examine the mill privilege. His
name was Lemuel Farnsworth, and he was a
man no. more ihon thirty years oi age, full
oi enterprise and integrity. Mr. Tainall ac
companied his visitor out lo the river, and
niter examining the premises, the latter ex
pressed ntmself much pleased with them.
“Or. exclaimed Tatnnl.. “this is about
the tinesi prmieee m the binie. Tne water
power can not lan, and you see there would
be power enough lo drive a dozen mills.’
“i sec,’ relumed Farnsworth : hut he did
not express all no Ihuugtu. lie merely ack
nowledged lhat Hie privilege was sonc “If
1 buy here,’ ne continued. “I should warn
some loriv or filly acres of land to go with
the water lot, for 1 should want lumber enough
to put up all my builumgs, ana some liesidcs,
oi mv own, lo commence work or. '
“toucan nave nil you want,’ was Tal
null a reply ; and slioniy allerwarbs they re
lurie u lo me nous.,.
“.Vow wpai is your price ” asked Fnrns
nor a. .ii-< r t„. ||,ul (tecinieu io lake a glass
ii- run. win n n„(l u,-en poured for him.
“W el., le'iunecl ’I uliiali, (liou |> lill'u 11 )r, “1
Haven ihiiimlii tiuji'h dI selling, lor 1 have
mm some nlea id (lulling up a mill Uiere my
self
inis was a falsehood ; bul then Talnall
saia such things as naturally as a child laughs
"hen u is pleased.
“But you will sell, 1 suppose!
“On yes.’'
“ 1 hen whai would be your price
“\ou mean for the mill privilege and filly
acres o: woodland I'"
“ Yes.'
“Well the water lot is valuable, and weafl
know lhal ihe land is excellent and ihen the
lumber on il is of (he first quality. ’’
i “1 have seen all that, sir. Now for your
pie:
“Well, I have thought that if some one
would put up a mill there, 1 would sell the
privilege with land enough for a garden and
necessary buildings—say about six acres—
l°r i thousand dollars, And then if you
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COBB, STURROCK & CO.,
VOL. 2.
wanted the fifty acres, I should say about
seven hundred dollars more,”
“But, my dear sir,” uttered Farnsworth, in
surprise, “do you consider how this mill will
enhance the value of your other property I
We mean to pul up not only a saw mill, but
also a good grist mill, and a carding and do.
(King mill, so that we can saw the lumber,
grind the grain, card the wool, and dress the
cloth for people who may come and settle
here.’’
“Then you mean to do it all ? said TatnaH
really surprised, but without showing it,
“Ves sir.”
Now Tatnall knew this would be a vast
benefit to hitrf. The nearest mill -was now
six miles off,.and even that a poor flimsey
concern, pul upon a small brook that was dry
nearly half the year. Ffom this circum
stance people hod not settled down upon the
rich lands by the river, and the huge trees
yet stood upon the finest alluvial soil in that
section of the country. Such an establish
ment, Mr. Tatnall ut once saw, would draw
quite e village together in a few years, and
then his land would makq,him independently
wealthy. But he believed he had the power
all in his own hands, and he meant to use it.
"1 can not take a cent less,” he said after
a moment’s thought. “To be sure, the estab
lishment you speak of will be a benefit to me,
but that is no reason why I should sacrifice
now. It will also be a benefit to you for
which you can well afford to pay. If you
will take the whole for seventeen hundred
dollars, you can have it.
“Well,” said Mr. .Farnsworth, “I have a
partner engaged with Vie in this business and
I musl see him firsi. I will explain the case
to him, and next d.iv afier to morrow I will
see you again,”
Mr. Farnsworth left, and when Tnlnall
found himself alone, he began to meditate
upon the plan he entered upon.
"If those two men have got their minds
made upon this mill, he said to himself, "they
won't slop at Hides. Of course they have
got money enough, or else they wouldn’t be
going into such an extensive business. “ I'll
feel of 'em."
Mr, Tii* nit 1/ said this with a sort of chuckle,
and he clasped his hands together just ns
though he had a helpless man within Ins grasp.
At the unpointed time, Mr. Farnsworth re
turned, and with liirn came his partner, a m in
o I about the same age of hon-,elf, named
Rtdgelv, They went out and luoked the
(dace all over, and at length they concluded
i hey would pay the sevenfeenghundred'-dol
lars. It was a heavy sum—much morcihan
the properly was worth, but they had set their
hearts upon building the mill in that section,
and Ihey wished not to give it up.
"Ah, gentlemen,'’ said Tutnall, with a
bland smile, after their offer had been made,
"that price was not a fixed one, that was
only a sum named two dajs ago for the ac
ceptance or rejection then. 1 gave no claim
or refusal. 1 can not sell for that now.”
“Are you in earnest ?” aeked Mr. Farna
worlh.
"1 am, most assuredly.”
“And for what will you sell now?
“You may have the whole for twenty-two
hundred dollars.’ 1 -
“But,sir,”said Ridgely,“ihalis monstrous;
The mills may not return us a cent for years.
Why, sir, for six years, at least, you will cer
tainly make more by the mills than we shall.”
“This is looking farther ahead than is need
ed,” replied Tatnull; “ihe properly is yvorth
what 1 ask.”
“But you will lake off something?”
“No, sir.”
“Not a single cent less than twenty-two
hundred.
Both the young men sayv that Tainall was
irymg to overreach them, but they did not
give vent to their feelings, for they wanted the
mill privilege much. They had examined
ihe nature of the land np and down ihe river,
and they had found lhat for many miles ii
was a rich, deep interval, and that such mills
ns they meml lo put up, yvould surely make
a large village there in a feyv years. And
then the circumjacent upland was good, be
ing beautifully undulating and bearing a heavy
growth of oak and maple. But they were
not prepared lo pay a sum which they knew
was only forced upon them through iheir ne
cessity.
Many men would havo almost given them
ihe privilege in consideration of the benefit
that would thereby accrue lo ihe other proper
ly. But he cares not for ihii.
The result of ihe conference was. that the
young men wanled a week in which lo con
sider, upon the mailer, and make a final de
cision in regard lo it.
“Very well,” said Tainall, “you can lake
ns long as yon like.”
“Bui you will not rise on your price again ?”
added Farnswonh.
“Don’t know about that,’’ was the response,
“The offi*r I have just made is only open for
to-day.”
The two partners conversed together in a
whisper, and for a few moments they had a
mind to accept Talnall’s offer. They saw
that they wore completely in his power, and
they had seen enough of his character to be
assured lhal he would roh them of every pen
ny ihey had if he could do so under cover of
law. Bul ihe mill privilege would be valua
ble lo them—very valuable—and of this
Farnsworth spoke,*
“I know il,” returned Ridgely, “bul yoq
must remember that it is our energy and per
severance ih it will make it valuable. Let
us think awhile.”
So they went away and lefl ihe mailer for
settlement one week. Mr. Talnall rubbed his
hands when they were gone, for he felt sure
they would como back, and he made up bis
mind be would have just twenty-five hundred
WEELSBOROUGH, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 18651
dollars for the lot be was to sell 1
The next day the two partners look a stroll
down the river, and at the! distance of seven
miles from Talnall’s place, they came to a
place where a sort of bayou, or inlet, made
up. into the shore. From curiosity they fol
lowed this up, and found it to run in only
about twenty rods, and then turn and extend
quarter of a mile, almost parallel
with the river, and there it ended in a deep
.basin. Opposite this point in the river, was
a steep fall of water, but no thoughts of build
ing a mill there had been entertained on pc
count of the rocky, rugged nature of the
shores. But this inlet seemed almost cutout
by Providence for a mill. By expending one
hundred dollars, at the outside, the bayou cqii'.d
be cut on to the river, striking the bank
about fifteen rods below the fall, and three
mills could be built, and be not only free from
danger from freshets, but with enormous pow
er, In fact, the water power could be made
ns extensive as necessary. Arid then there
were other advantages. In the first place the
building spot was superior to that of Tninnll’s,
and then it left a splended'growth of intervale
pines above, which could be easily cut and run
down.
As as (he two young men Jiad fully
realized the splendid nature of the discovery
tliey hud made, they fairly ditnced will) joy.
They set off at once to find the owner, and
they found him to be a Mr. Simon VVinihrop,
a poor, honest man, and the one whom Mr.
Talnall had so imposed upon in the ox-lrode.
Winlhrop owned enough land on the river,
and the circumjacent upland, for quite a town
ship. It had been leil him by an uncle, and
be had moved on to il, cleared a small farm,
and had begun now to make quite a comfort
able living by getting off the timber, though
he had not got off a thousandth pan of it.
The two partners found him in his house,
that very evening, and they commenced by
informing him of the trials they had had wiih
Mr. Talnall. Winlhrop smiled us he finished
their account, and for the amuse ment of the
thing he related the story of his ox.'rade,—
The millwrights were very soon assured that
they had an honorable man to deal with now,
and thev frankly told him of the remarkable
discovery they had made, and at the same
tune explained to him that the mill privilege
upon his land was worth more than double
that of Talnall’s. And then they asked him
how he would sell ihe water power and a
goodly piece of land. He first wished to
know all ihcir plans, and they freely told him,
for they knew he was not ihe man to attempt
to overreach them. told him ol the
saw-mill, the grist-mill, the clolhing-mill and
that they should probably put up o store, !•
people enough moved in to support one.
“ iVnw, how much money haie you got
asked Winlhrop. “That is—how much car
you raise to put into this place?”
"We can raise just eight thousand dollars,’
said Farnsworth.
Simon Winlhropgol up and walked across
ihe floor several times, and then he came and
sat down again.
“Gentlemen,” said he, “if you will put up
a good mill, and saw my lumber well, and at
fair prices, t will freely give you*the mill
privilege, and what land you lake, you shall
pay mo somewhat near what the lumber is
worth on it. But i have another offer to make
you. My old uncle was one who went into
this land business a few years ago, and when
he died he gave me all the land he owned,
here. It is very valuable land, ihoughsofar
I have only gained a bare livelihood on it, I
have oetwcen two and three thousand acres,
all told—my lot joining Tatnall’s above here,
and running down four miles below here. —
Now what do you sav to making me the third
man in your party ? You put your energies,
and knowledge, and money, with my stout
hands and broad lands. We shall all share
alike, whether in fields, mills, or stores. —
What think you ?”
“We must think of that,” uttered both the
young men at a breath.
“So do. But remember the mill privilege
is yours ifyou want it, and may pul up a mill
on it without cost, provided my offer does not
suit vou.”
The two young men went away about
nine o’clock, but they felt sure they should
lake up with the last offer, though upon a
thing of such extent they wanted tune to re
flect.
On llie next morning, enrly, Mr. TV mill
was al Wimhrop’s door. Me want'd io buy
a large lot of intervale wjoodland, which lay
next In his own on Ihfi river. Bm Mr. Win*
tlirop would listen to nothing of the kind. —
Mr. Tutnall held on, for he felt sure of the
mill being built on his own land, and he want
ed all the neighboring lumber. He swore at
Winthrop for his ‘-obstinacy,” but the /alter
only laughed.
That altenioon Messrs. Farnsworth and
Ridgely called upon Tainall, and informed
him that they hud concluded not to buy of
him.
“Very well, gentlemen,” coolly returned
he, for he thought they were only trying to
bring him down.
So they turned to leave, and as they bade
him “good-bye,” Mr. Tutnall turned pale,
lie begun to think they were in earnest.
“Stop, stop,” he cried, “are you really in
earnest 1 Aint you really going to put up
the mills ?”
“Not here, sir.”
“But—but—Don’t be in a hurry. Per
haps we can —Corner come in. Let’s talk
the matter over.”
“There is no need,” answered Farnsworth,
“for we have made up our minds.”
“But perhaps I might makeup with your
offer of two thousand;”
“No, sir.”
“But hold,on a moment. I declare, rath*
AGITATOR.
u THE AGITATION OF THOUGHT IS THE BEOIITNItNG OF WISbOM.”
(vi if vt-i i
t
er thuo have lbs tiling - blow . oyer now, I
would come back to my old offer of seven
teen hundred dollars.” •
“No, sir. Its no use, for we don’t went
your Ifcnd,”
“But the mill privilege?”
“Nor do we wnnl that either.' ■
“Bill," cried Talnnll, in o frenzy of tgarm
“let the land go and lake ihe water
and give me what you like for it; only put
up a good milt there, even if you take it—
for —nothing!”
“You are too late, sir,” returned Farns
worth; with a look, and tone of contempt.
“nad you at first acted the part of a man
you-Would not only have got a good round
price for your water privilege and your land
which we wanted, but all your other property
would have been enhanced in value one hun
dred per cent. You thought you had us in
your power, and you would overreach us, but
you will find in the end that this time, at
least, you have overreached yourself!”
John Tatnall shrank away into his house,
and he had a bitter pill to suck upon.
The two young men returned to Simon
Winthrop’s house, and informed him they
should accept his oiler. So papers were at
once made out, and “Messrs. Farnsworth,
Ridgeley & Winlhrop” commenced business
in good earnest. The saw mill wastcom
menced upon immediately, and at the same
time men were set at work cutting out the
canal. No less than eighty men were thus
employed, and the “store,” was built at once.
The greater part of these melt took pay for
their work in land, reserving only enough of
the limber on it for their own building purpo
ses, and by Ihe next summer those of them
who had families moved them in. The grist
mill was pul up in due time, and by the sec
ond autumn quite a village of snug, warm
log huts had gone up. After this, the colony
flourished mid grow. Great numbers of hands
were employed duriiig 'the winter in falling
lumber, and when it was sawed it could be
rafted and run out to sea by the high tides of
spring and fall. Those who came to cut
lumber sow the nature of Ihe soil when the
snow was gone, and they took up lots for
farms.
At the end nf eight years the wilderness
was changed into a village and Messrs. Farns
worth, Kidgely & Winlhrop, were wealthy
and respected. A flourishing village had
grown up about them, all upon their own
land —theii own ilnee mills were in foil oper
ation—thoir store did a good business, and
■ heir land was yielding ihem immense profits.
A school-house had been pul up for three
years, and that full saw the finishing touch
put upon a handsome church.
And where wavFuhn Talnall all this while?
He still lived upon his farm, seven miles up
ihe river, and he Intel grown poor in flesh,
almost to a skeleton. His power of pinching
his neighbors was gone, for no one now was
obliged to do business with him. He saw
that village grow up, and he saw poor, hon
est Winlhrop become wealthy and respected
—and he knew that all this might have been
upon his own land if he had been an honest
and honorable man.
But ’twns 100 late flow. He could only
look upon his own wilderness, and then up
on the smiling lands of his neighbor, and
the canker ale into his soul and made him
miserable. In time the settlement extended
up the river, and the stout trees upon John
Tatnoll’s land began lo give place to houses,
barns, and farms ; but John Tatnall did not
live to see it nor profit by it. His chagrin
and envy had killed him ; and in the last hour
of the man who had all his lifetime made it,
a rule of practice to over-reach all with whom
he had any dealings, was himself over-reach
ed by that power against which no art of
earth can prevail.
VERY Ii>UTOH.
Two old Dutch neighbors in Pennsylvania,
were proverbially steady, stupid and honest,
and they had carried on their transactions
with their neighbors and each other for years
on the system of ready pay in cash or bar
ter; but at last hard limes came, and they
were obliged lo resort lo keeping accounts.
One day they met for settlement, and fig
uring, it was apparent that llauns owed Yaw
kub twenty dollars.
Well, Yawkuh, how musht we settle him
now 1 I’sh got no mhnish.
Yaw, yaw, never mind dat, wo can settle
him mil a notish, said Yawkuh, who prided
himself on doing busines at the store.
Oh, yaw, mil a notish. Wellj den, you
writes de notish.
Dal ish not right, said Yawktib, you owes
me de monies ; you writes de nolisb. I signs
him —dal ish de way.
So Hauns set about it, and produced the
following:
1 Westmoreland kounty I owsh Yawkub
dweniy dollars For settle (Jp when I hash no
monish to pay him.
Signed Yaw kuh.
Then arose an unforseen difficulty, which
of the two ought to keep the note.
It was finally deciddd that Hauns shmild
keep it—for how else would he know how
■much to pay Yawkub?
In duo lime,'when Hauns, the deblor, got
the money, he paid up, and thus raised anoth
er puzzling question, and ended in the con*
elusion that Yawkub must take the note in
his keeping, so that he would know that
Hauns had paid the money.
“800, did you go to the gold mines 1”
“Yes.” “What did you’ dig?” “I dug home
as soon as possible.” I—did.
Health and Beaux*. —The young indy
who cannot afford » riding hubii, would do
well to have a walking; habit.
ii I
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PUBLISHERS <fc PROPRIETORS.
QNE OF THE SE^QtyS.
-' puUfehed at Brdndhn, Miss.,
gives a partial report of a sermon preached
a few weeks since at Waterproof, not far
from Brandon. It is to bo regretted that the
whole-sermon was not preserved. The f»U
lowing paragraphs ahtfiv the spirit of the
preacher: I
“1 may say to ystJrmy breelhering, that 1
am not otredecatcd man, an' I am nbt o' (hem
as bleeves that edecation is necessary fur I
hleeve the Lord edecntes -his preachers jest as
he wants ’em to beedecated, an,’ although I
say it that live, thnr’s no man «s jjiti a' big
ger congregation nor what 1 gifs.
Thar may be some here to-day, my broth
ring, as don’t know what persuasion I am uv.
Well, I may say to you, tity breethfing, that
I’m a Hardshell Baptist. Thars some folks
as don’t like the Hardshell Baptists, but I’d
ruther hev a hard shell as no shell at all.
You see me here, to day, my breelhering,
dressed up in fine close; you moul think I
was proud, hut I am not proud, my breether
ing, and alt hough I’ve been a preacher uv
l|ie Gospel for twenty years, an although I’m
enpling of that flat boat (hat lies at yur land
ing, I’m not proud, my breelhering.
“I’m not a gwine ter tell edzackly whar
my lex may be found ; suffice it lu sav, it’s
in the leds of the Bible, aqd you’ll find it,
somewhar ’tween the first chapter of the book
of Generations and the last chapter of the
book of Revolutions, and ef you'll go and
sarch the Scriptures, as I have sarclied the
Scriptures, you’ll not only find my lex thir,
but a great many ulher (exes as will do you
good to read,’an my tex, when you shall
find it, you shill find it to rend thus :
“And he played on a harp uv a thousand strings—
speriu ol* just men made perfeck.”
My tex breethering, leads me lo speak uv
sperit. Now thar’s a great many kinds of
sperits in the world—in the fust place, lhar’s
the sperits as sum folks call ghosts, then
thar’s the sperits uv lurpen time, and then
thur’a Ihe speriis as sum folks call liquor, and
I’ve got as good an artiklo of them kind uv
sperits on my flat-boat as eyer was folched
down the Mississippi River, hut (bar’s a groat
many other kind of speriis for the tex sez:
"He played on a harp uv a f/iou-sand strings
—speriis of just men made perfeck.”
But Clf tell you ihe kind uv sperits as is
ment in the tex. its fire. That is the kinds of
sperits ns is ment in the lex, my breelhring—
Now lhar’s a great many kinds of fire in the
Horld. In the fust place thar’s the common
sort of fire you file a segar or pipe with, and
then-Ibar’s cam-fire, fire and fall back, and
many in her kinds of fire, for the lex sez:
"He played on a harp u v a (/icou-sand strings
—"sperits uv just men made perfeck.”
But I’ll tell >ou ihe kind uv fire ns is ment
in the lex, my breethering—its hellJire ! an’
that’s Ine kind uv lire as a great many of
wm’ll come to, ef you don't do belter nor
what >Oll have been doin'—(or he played on
the harp uv a (Aou-saud strings —sperits uv
just men made perfeck.”
Now, the different sorts uv fire in llte
world may be likened unto the different per
sualions of Christians in (lie world. In the
fust place we have the Piscapnlions ; and lltcv
are a high sailin’ and a high-lhuitin set, and
they may be likened unto a turkey buzzard
that flics up into Ihe air, and he co"s up and
up on'il he looks no bigger than vnur llnjur
nail, and the fust thing you know, he eu
down and down, and down and down, and is
a fillin’, himself on the karlti-s of a de-id
boss by the side uv the road—and, ah, "Hu
playqd on a harp of a Meow-sand strings —
sperils of just men made perfeck.”
And then thar’s the Methedis, and they may
be likened unto the squ'rrel, runrtin up into a
tree, for the Meihcdtst believes tn'gwiiieoit
from one degree uv grace to another and fi
nally on to perfeck-hun, and the squirrel goes
up and up, and up and up, and he jumps
from lim’ to Itm,’ and branch lo branch, and
the fust thing you know he falls and down he
comes kerflummux, and that's like the Methc
dis, for they is offers failin’ from grace, oh!
And—“He played on a harp uv a /Aon
sand strings—spents of just men made per
fect”
And then, my breethering, thnr’s the Bap
tist, ah ! and they hev bin likened unto a
possum on a ’simmon tree, and the thunders
may roll, and then the earth may quake, but
that possum clings there still, ah I And vou
may shake one font loose, and the other’s
Ihnr, and you may shake till feet loose, and
he laps his tail around the limb, and he clings
furever, for—“He played mi a harp uv a
Mou-sand strings—sperils of just nu n made
pcrf.ck.”
Here the reporter could no longer contain
himself, and his notes became utterly unin
telligible.
The Result of Kissing the Butcher.
—“My dear,’’said an affectionate wife, “what
shall we have for dinner 10-day !”
“One of your smiles,” replied the hus
band: “I can dine on lhai everyday.”
“But 1 cnnT" replied .the wife.
“Then lake ihis,” and he went to his
business.
H<- returned to dinner.
“This is an excellent steak,” said he,
“what did you pay for i 1.7”
“Why, what you gave me this morning,
to be sure,” replied the wife.
..“The deuce you did I’’ exclaimed he;
“then you shall have money next lime you
go to market.”
it is slated by the American officers, who
have just left Sebastopol, ifiet the Allies have
not force enough in the Crimea to, take that
place, and that in any event it cannot be
taken without bloodshed unexampled in his
tory.
DON’T KNOW HIS AGE.
- gpraon? broygbt up io &land where all
the new comers ard'Jddctirately entered, wiih
data of Mtijul, on the family register, io the
big bible. it seems, sirangOilhat
con be foyodi, nofpnly .tpq uncertain of.lhe
day and nour gf iheir coraing io suit the pur*
pose of astrology, bill absolutely. ignoranUof
the n prober of years thpy have attained I .
That sqch is the case, however, is, forced up
on our minds every day. It was but a short
time since,, that a “Daughter of Erin,”, ip.
reply to a question touching her age, tQld.ua;
that she was. a'niqst, fifty,
• “Why, Hannah!” said we, you cant Let
njore tlwiii twenty.” . , ,
“Well,” said she “I knew ‘twaa, near,
twenty or fifty—somewhere about there,!' ,
This case is coinpletnly thrown into the
shade by- one that came to our knowledge
during a residence at the South.
Old Unde as he was called, was a
simple hegrted, thick skulled darkey, ip the
service of a family to whom he had been
willed, when quite a child, with the under
standing i hat he was to he liberated at the
i age of twenty one. His master, to secure
j his continued services, took advantage of his
j ignorance, and pefsuaded him that lie was in
| his teens till he grew grizzled. By the lime
when Jeff got on the shady side of filly, ,he
began to “smell a mice,” which, with an in
creasing "desire for emancipation, led Ijim lt>
bore everybody, to know how long before he
would be twenty one.
“It will be a mighty long time before you
are that old,” said a waggish neighbor, one
day, after being leased with the usual inqui- 1
ry for the fortieth time.
‘•Why, I thought I was most dat now.”
‘ Do you know old Black Pete I” said the
Wag, alluding to an Uncle Ned style of an
individual in that vicinity.
“Lor’ yea j why dat nigger is as ole as
Methusalem—he’s so old dal his teeth all
dropped out, and dar aim no more hair on
his head dan dere is on Messus new teapot.”
“Well Jeff, old Pete was twenty one last
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spring.”
“De Lor’!” said Jeff, his Byes expanding,
as ihis new “light, of ages” broke upon him,
“sure snuf, dis nig’ll hare to wail till all his
grand children gits growed up, and his fami
lies'fusl.”
Jeff didn’t worry anybody about his age,
for sometime after that.
lie had about as clear an idea of lime as j
another old darkey, who when asked- how
old he was, said.
“Don’t know Massa,”
"How old should you think, Sam?”
'' ‘Bout fire or six hundred, I guess, I'se
mighty ole, Massa.”
Th,< Spanish frigate San Pedro was blown
up on the coast of Venezuela, South America,
near the island of Margarita, in 1815. She
was supposed to have on board from two to
three million dollars. The bark Emily Ban
ning which (eft this port in December last, on
a pearl fishing voyage on the Pacific coast,
with two of the Nautilis Sub-Marine Com
pany’s machines on board, had orders to slop
there and try to explore the wreck and fish
up the treasure. When the destruction of
the vessel took place, her stern being blown
out, scattered the treasure upon the surround
ing sand. Some three hundred thousand dol
lars has heretofore been taken up by other
parlies, hut owing to the inefficiency of the
machinery employed, operations were sus
pended. When the Emily Banning arrived,
the trial descent of the first machine, sent
down In 66 feet of water, brought up one
hundred dollars—thirty-two dollars being
found within the first area covered by the
machine before moving. Olher articles, a*
copper. &c., were brought Up at the samo
time. The Captain, finding the advantage
■if continuing tho work, immediately left for
the seat ol Ihe Venezneli.iii Government, to
-eenre 'he necessary i mile no, which was
grained. Letters have been received from on
board, during the absence ol the captain
a tin’ll n’Dreipn'ed the operator's as “shovel-
til: tnllurs.” !i is the intention of the com
iiiin\ n blow the'fragments of the ship to
pieces, securing 'he copper, guns, shot, &c.
The cnptnin writes, “the bells are all they
are said 10 be.” One of 'he Engineers
writes, “I wish you could look into the bell
when we are down on the bottom with-oor
spades, digging for the almighty dollar. We
can look out of the windows of the bell and
see the fish looking in at us. We can take
the bottom up in the bell, and get out on the
sand and pick up the bell, and run nil around
where we like.” Two months, it is anticipa
ted, will be sufficient to take up every vestige
of the San Pedro ; and the captain reports he
has another vessel near him in the same depth
of water, 66 feet, with fifty thousand dollars
on board in specie, and another with fifteen'
thousand dollars, both of which he will lake
up before proceeding on his vnyage.
One Mr. Blivins, ft correspondent of the
Boston Post, suggests that almost any variety
of tree you may be pleased to imagine can
be bad at short notice on application to the
nursery men. Bliveu’s uncle Joe said he wan
ted some nice fruit trees, so he sat down and
made out a list that neither he nor the d 1
himself ever heard of, and sent to one of the
“lamous nurseries” oh'lhe next train. They
came, duly labelled with his inventive names
all on them. The deduction ofßlivens is that
there is a deal of humbuggery in the “fancy”
tree and seed business.
Bliven’s experience reminds us of thimn
ecdole told by the Rev. Sydney Smith. La
dy Cubebs had a great passion for the garden
and the hot-house, and when she got hold'of
it celebrity lilte the Rev. Sydney, was sure to
dilate upon her favorite subject. Her Ger
aniums, her Auricula, her Dahlias, her Aca
cias, her Peonies, her Rhndodendron Procum
bens, Mossy Pompoue and Rose Pubescbns,
were discussed with all the flowers of hot
house rhetoric.
“My Lady,” asked the Rev. wit, “did yon
ever have a Psoriasis Septennial”
“Oh yes—a moat b-e-n-u-l-i-f-u-l one. J
gave it lb the Archbishop of Canterbury, dear
man—and it came out so in the Spring !”
The Psoriasis Septennis is the medical term
for the "seven year itch”
Brave actions are tho substance of life,
and saying tho .ornament t?f it.
Great Haul of Dollars.
HARD NAMES.