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"My lodgings,” continued Master Pierce,
the Packman, to his gaping auditors, who
had teased him for a story, to-wit, bis land
lady widow and her three daughters—"My
lodgings in the ancient city of »—• did
not, f confess, please me particularly ; 1 had
been in others, cleaner, more airy, commodi
ous, and altogether more Comfortable ; but,
having them on a pinch, and only for three
weeks, complaint was idle. Besides, I was
then a very poor lad, traveling on another’s
account and not my own, and durst not ex
ceed, in hiring or purchasing luxuries, the
jpare sum allowed me by my master for
board and lodging, in the various towns I had
occasion to viiit. Perhaps, ladies, you are
curious to know what sort of a jilace I found
tnvself. In truth, I was cheated'; and as 1
had little doubt afterwards purposely, too. —
The room, which I originally hired of a wo
man who ostensibly kept a sort of small ped
dling shop for second-hand furniture, etc.,
was (hough small, light aod neat, and had a
window looking into the street. Opposite to x
and aenarate from it, bul by a narrow pas
snue. was the shop—a complete lumber room
—the common silting apartment, the kitchen,
mine hostess’ bed-chamber, and a few others,
were situated on either side of the passage,
which was long, very narrow, as 1 have ob
served, and exceedingly gloomy, being only
lighted at one end bv the sireei door, which
opened from it, and at the other by a back
door, rudely glazed ai the top. and which
opened into the liille court round which was
arranged the domestic office.
“On the afternoon of the day when I ar
rived ai N , having merely trespassed
upon Ihe tune and larder of Mrs. Hanson for
e couple of egos and a glass of ale, I sallied
forth to lake a peep ai ihe city, leaving my
dsck safely lodged in my new room, of which
I locked the door and took the key away with
me in my pocket, I did not return to Mrs.
Hansons till after dark, when her f.imilv
were assembled, which consisted of herself, a
ruffian son, an old serving man, whose ap
pearance pleased me not, ano a couple of
pswKv, saucy, slatternly maids, one I pre
turned. a cook, and the omer a dolly drudge
of all work ; these were all at tea when I en
tered. if so might bo termed a meal composed
ol meal, bread, cheese, waier gruel, beer and
spirits: an ill-looking man and a very old
woman, also, made up Ihe party; and these I
wssinlormed, were my fellow-lodgers. 1 had
no: until this moment heard ol such, and
Brest was mv surprise when 1 could not have
me room which l supposed 1 had engaged,
oocause Mr. Tyler had previously hired it,
which ihe landlady had (orgntien ; but Mrs.
Hanson said, i( I bad no objection to cross
me noun yard every mahl fur me shorl pe
riod l remained wuh her 1 might share Gran
in Blenkmson's chamber over the wash
nousr. which■ contained Iwo or three beds,
am 1 mai her maid and old man, Thomas
bniuKs would be near m-.
‘•Timi- proposition, shockmc no dnuhi, to
tlie delicacies of those who nrc in circumstan
ces to nhide bv its dictaies. contained in it
nolhma more ohicrnonable to me. who, poor
mtsel!. was accustomed to behold the promts
cunus huddling looelher of the poor of either
icy, tain me fact of no l havinc a room to
nivsei., in which lo slow my pack, filled as
i. was. won my mauler s properly in goods
anu money however, as mv bargain, Mrs.
llmsot. inlormed me, was lor & bed not a
room —.i piece oi casuistry of which 1 had
noi ort-amec, 1 felt myself obliged lo pockei
me nftrnm and accept the bed offered me, had
it lurmeo one in the ward oi a hospital. So
i resianed mv key of the best bedroom, par
excellence, m Mr, Tyler, gol mv pack again
inio me own custody, m spile of his civil as
turances that il would be auite safe in his
cnamoe: would not incommode him in the
tens., and that he was extremely sorry to
nave pul me to me slightest inconvenience;
tnc I was no! ouile raw enough lo be easily
imposed upon bv the sugared words of a sin
ister looking slrnnge;. Tneold woman, Net
'* Bienmnsop. won her red and rheum-drop
mj eves, ever ana anon, cast significant
glances ai me, from afar, which, poor crea
ture, I men did her ihe miuslice lo suppose
were malignailv iDlenot^
“ I he parly sal Inle at their refection which
apparently included dinner supper and lea, in
one meai Dv ihe lenglh of lime it lasled, and
me Quaniiiv and variety of Ihe provisions
consumec and (he various penv culinary
process! s going forward ; as masting cheese,
and nrenc. broiling and grilling bones and
mea., making lea, gruel, and various stronger
poia mns, won Deer, spirits, eic. Boisterous
inirir. o' a gross description, was the order of
in? nigh;, mingled witn prnlaneness which
m.iae mv flesh crcen lo hear i; ; and glad
*a> ; when a: twelve o’clock, the wicked
•assaners broke up, and each retired m his
o*n uonniic
h-msor,, Tyler and Tom Spinks
wunied to intoxicate the old woman and my
sei., ou wc were prool agamsi Itieir enden
l'or> •’Nt’lu, | believe, irom real principle; 1
irom suspicion iba; ihev wauled lo rob me,
vrnMr ln 0 senseless, helpless stale. My ve
nerable companion now led me lo ihe room I
"'■is destined to occupy, through the little
court varc. whicn was filled with piles of
nojes. cra.es, panning cases, straw and mal
ting ne «asn-nouse ooor was closed, but
* oroKer " rlcKel, >’ unsa ’e ladder -m-e ac
cess to the 101 l above . nnd more
nor less was this ctiamoer, which bad been
inrust upon me in exenange f - Tyler's at
me same cost; bare rafters nnd plankim-' for
me roof; a plastered wall, so broken in many
P'uces as to display Us skeleton laths, two or
■tree props and joists and a dirty uneven
ooaioing, mistermed flooring, were the gene
mi testures which this miserable hole presen
teo to mv displeased gaze. But its particu
lar adjuncts were three truckle beds with ap
purtenances, disgustingly dirty; a great deal
o lumber pilea up in the recesses formed by
'ne siopmg abutments of the loft; in one of
mesc stood a bed ; two dilapidated chairs, an
010 c nes:, a tbree.legged stool, and a clumsy
mine by wav of a table The extreme ugli
ne>* ar) d mfirrnny of my aged companion,
lnf rne|B nchuly light of the small, dirty,
Beaming lann-rn she carried; and the rain,
*mc, ana cold oi a stormy autumn night,
°®d dv no means to the comfort of my sit
atl°i. 1 OUI U! won as no had fairly colored
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(.he loft, the old woman pulled up the ladder,
look it within, then closing the wooden shut
ter or door of the dreary, uninviting roosting
place, and, placing the lantern on the settle,
said ;
“ ‘Go—sleep my lad; you must be weary
with your journey ; sleep, and I’ll watch.*
"And why not sleep 100, good mother]” I
asked. 1 shall respect you as a grandmother,
and 1 hope you will esteem and confide in me
as a grandson.
" ‘Child, I was—and I was not thinking of
you, when I said I would watch io-night,y
replied ihe old woman; “to-morrow—if, in
deed to-morrow arrives for either of us—
we shall change ; you shall watch and 1 will
slumber.’
‘ But, Granny, what need of watching ]’’ I
inquired, "cun we not both sleep securely in
this lonely place, which, now that you have
drawn in in the ladder and fastened its only
door, surely cannot be entered bul by your
leave ?”
‘“Hish! hish!’ replied the ancient dame in
a low lone and singing me lo silence, “that’s
more, my boy than either you or I are able
certainly lo tell. Come, sit down, and let me
hove a word wilh you.”
"I obeyed, an awful, undefineable feeling
possessed my soul, while the shadowy, uncer
tain light of the lamern, half hid and half
revealed ihe old dame’s wrinkled, ghastly
features, who thus spake:
“ ‘My child, I am glad, very glad, n spite
of the modesty of younger years, which hath
not yet forsaken me, that you have come lo
companion me in this lonely lair, for candor
sits upon your youthful brow, and kindness
dwells in your yet uncorrupted heart, and I
feel that 1 may trust you, bereaved as-1 have
long been, in my age, of husband, child,
friends and money. la this house I have
been seven days, but I do not like its people
and fain would \ lake myself away, only that
she, and her lover Tyler, her old man Spinks
and her two twaddles of maids, wonflet me
go—l can’t think why. Perhaps you were
right, perhaps you were wrong, in taking
your pack to-night under your care, I know
not yel ; I only know, ■ hat here the Sabbath
is never regarded, and that my fellow-lodger,
Anne Brown, a pretty, simple, country girl,
who told me she was going to s'ay here a
fortnight, suddenly disappeared, some three
or four days ago, and I have noi heard of her
since ; she vanished on ihe. night in which
they had succeeded in intoxicating her; and
let this ben warning young man, to you ;
(hough from whu 1 gladly observed this
evening, 1 hope and believe you do not require
u. Poor Anne Brown 1 all conjeciures as to
her mysterious fate are vain; and yet I can
not help fancying Hie people ol he house
contrived her disappearance, and somehow or
olher turning it lo account ; lor unless thev
have some resource apart from that of their
stagnant trade, I know not how they keep
that poi boiling. You understand me?’
"Perfectly, 1 did not; but the very ambi
guity of Ihe poor creature’s dark bints, filled
me with terror, and I looked puzzled.”
“‘Well,’ she continued, ‘may experience,
my lad, never throw the light upon my words
which they could bear. 1 will merely again
remark that Mrs. Hanson sells nex< to noth
ing, that leHing lodgings to the poor is a most
unprofitable speculation ; lhai Tyler, her lo
ver, has no trade, that I discover; that ihcy
intend, ere long to marry ; and that money,
therefore, they must by some unknown
mean.d, procure.”
“Still, Granny,” I observed, “I see not
what this has to do with the disappearance of
Anna Brown.”
" ‘Now, the wash-house, as they call it,’
continued Nelly Blenkinshop, as il she hud
not heard me, ‘is, you know, immediately un
der this lufl; but is il a wash-house afier all ?
Il is never open by day, 1 would not be
bound to say for whui purpose it may be used.
By night, on ihe contrary, business of some
sort is transacted there. On ihe night, at
least, afier Anna Brown’s disappearance, as
1 was silling in this place, musing upon it —
upon days of sorrow, ihe like of which 1 can
| never again see—and upon ihe eiernity w hich
| must shortly lie mine, I heard the wash-house
1 door cautiously unlocked and opened, and
some person entered it, presently 1 recognized
with ihose other men, the voices of Tyler
and Spinks ; they spoke 100 low for me to
distinguish the subj.-cl of iheir conversation.
They moved about several heavy articles,
and 1 was in such fear lest they should visit
me by some passage in ihe floor or walls, of
which 1 never dreami that I could put nut mv
lantern, nor lay down in my bed, omil 1 heard
the door re-locked and the parly fairly out of
the coun yard. Now, what have men to do
in a wash-house, al any time, and especially
at nighi. 0, my young maa, rely upon it,
all night work looks bad.’
“ ‘Nevcrlheless they might have wanled
some piece o(/furniture. or tub, perhaps,
which below. And what, my dear,
should you fear? You do noi ns if you had
much properly to tempt the hands of ruffians.’
I “ ‘Ay, ay, God knows,’ sighed the crone ;
‘poor Anna Brown had not a penny, scarce
ly in the world ; but that did not save her,
and, old or young, it is all one wilh such fel
lows.’
“ ‘My good woman,’ said [, ‘do yoa mean
fo insinuate that Anna Brown has come to
her end, and by them, too, unfairly ?’
"Judge it as you like,’ said she,-I thought
1 had spoken plainly. But go you now to
sleep, we will, ns 1 said, take our turn lo
watch by night, and hear, see, nnd say no
thing by day. Go, lake your choice of those
two beds ; mine is in the recess.’
"I was excessively fatigued and slept well,
nolwiihstanding Nelly Blenkinshop’s fright
ful hints and suspicions; perhaps the moaning
of the wind, and pattering of the rain,helped
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(O'compose me; or perhaps it was the melan
choly, monotonous, droning, ■ nasal lament,
which the old woman chanted while she
rocked herself to and fro in a crazy chair ;
but at any rate I slept soundly until the dame
woke me in the morning, by the noise-she
made unfastening the' shutter of the loft, and
putting out the ladder, which as she cautious
ly let it slip through her finders, grated lung
and harshly against the window sill. 1 bade
her good morning.
“‘Young man,’ said she, ‘down on your
knees, if you please, and thank the God who
made you, that you have slept in pence and
safety during the past night, Afterwards, if
yon will, refresh yourself at the pump that
you’ll find in the court yard—but I’ll to
breakfast,’
“A bright morning, but Somewhat cold, had
succeeded the storm of the night, and tended
materiiilly to disperse the dark imaginations
which had overcast my spirits, and were oc
casioned by old Nelly’s night discourse; yet
though the sun shone upon the party at the
breakfast table, they did not appear to be in
brighter colors than they had done on the
preceding evening. 1 spoke little, the old wo
man less. 1 perceived that aho feigned con
siderable deafness and blindrfess before this
amiable family, and I was too cunning to
take particular notice of her then; but as soon
ak breakfast was over, I went with my pack
about the commercial business with which 1
had been instructed, and did not return to
Hanson’s till after dark, as before.
‘•That night, though the brutal set could
not prevail on Nelly to drink more than a
class of spirits and water, her allowed quan
tum, I observed when we retired to our com
fortless room, she seemed perfectly stupefied,
loitered till 1 feared she would have fallen, in
mounting the ladder, and neglected |o draw it
up after us; she also forgot toshuLand fast
en the window-board, but these precautions
1 look for her, and, letting the lantern fall
from her trembling hand we were left in total
darkness, save that a stray moonbeam glim
mered in at certain crevices and fissures in
the wall and shutter of the loft. The old la
de groaned and sighed prodigiously, hut did
not utter a word ; and I heard her soon after
we entered the loft, fall upon one of the beds
and snore in a'sound sleep. I pitied ihepnor
granny’s situation from my heart, and could
not forbear thinking that the wretches among
whom I unhappily found myself, annoyed b\
her temperance, had succeeded in their design
of intoxicating her with narcoctic drugs and
which were as speedv in operation as she
was weak in an aged constitution, and wea
ried with her last night’s watch.
“This painful idea kept me for some lime
on the alert, In discover what would he the
result of their scheme; but all continued si
lent, and the glass of spirits and water I too
had taken, with the darkness and silencs,
disposed me to sleep, I certainly fell into an
uneasy kind of slumber in,my sentry box,
an old arm chair. In fuel, 1 have no doubt
but that my own potation had been drugged
also, to insure on my part, silence and non
resistance, during the perpetration of the dark
deed they that night meditated.
“When I awoke the light of morning was
beaming through the cracks 1 have mention
ed in place of the moon’s rays, I then endea
vored to collect my scattered ideas, and re
collect and arrange all the parts of the fright
ful dream with which I had been visited; but
were they indeed only dreams? For now, to
my infinite horror and surprise, I found my
self alone! the kind old Nelly was gone; and
how? The shul'er was still closed, and the
ladder within aide. Good Heavens! could
that have been real, which I was but now en
deavoring to remember as a disordered vision
of 'he night I Had I indeed heard, at 'be
hour when the city was buried in slumber,
vuices in the wash-house beneath me? A
noi-e of chains and pulleys? Had the floor
iug beneath the old woman’s bed indued
opened ? Had I seen a flash of light, am! fell
a rush of air through the aperture? Had I
beheld the bed and us inmate descend ; both
as 1 thought, re-asc* nd, and the chasm close
—and all, after this extraordinary incident,
become silent, dark and close as ever? These
thoughts distressed me; 1 felt as I called on
the old woman to answer me that she, poor
creature, would never speak again, and that
the events of the past night were, indeed no
dream; and that 1 was raptured by an enemy
and doomed to inevitable death.
“I wept aloud, for the love of life is strong
in ihe h>-art nf a boy, and I called upon ihe
Lord io deliver me from ihe danger which I
fell io be the more horrible because so unde
fined. I could conceive myself murdered for
ihe'sake of the properly I carried about me;
bui in my then ignorance of ihe atrocities
committed by some people I could not de
vise why two poor, humble, friendless wo
men should fall a sacrifice to these human
bloodhounds. I examined my pack—ii had
noi been touched ; and effacing at the pump
all traces of tears from my countenance, I
sal down to breakfast—dissembling, ns well
as [ was able —and with little appetite forcing
myself to eat —the sentiment of disgust and
horror I cxprienced. 1 was sick with terror
and apprehension. Mrs. Hanson commented
upon my pale cheeks and heavy eyes; and
her son fiercely asked me whether I laid
awake all night. The sinister and penetra
ting eyes of himself, Tyler and Spinks were
on me, as I replied, with tolerable composure :
“Far from it; “I slept 100 well, since 1
allowed Granny Blenkenshop to be up before
me, but I believe taking a glass of something
hot before I wen' to bed, to which I have
never been accustomed, does not sui: me.”
“0, nonsense !” cried Mrs. Hanson, ‘noth
ing in the world, child, is so wholesome ax
a glass of spirits taken on going
to bed; and 1 shall always give it to you
while you’re here,”
“THE AGITATION OF THOUGHT IS THE BEGINNING v OF WISDOM.”
“My reply, however, had.aaiisfied tire par
tyi:4t|d.l WHS allowed to breakfast wiifioui
b**id# 'eased with similur-hazardnus inquiries,
Tyler chose,,as if accidentally, to talk, of
paying for ihe hire of his room, i»beretjy»,)'n
a seemingly unintentional manner, he- let me
know i's.renif.'Wasttar.'Bboveuitty humble
me I have np dpubi Ihi.s qonyersatipn
was jjlprined, in Order in advise me! ihii I
neither cou ld or should quit my dangerous
apari'meni, and (hat he did not, pay a sou to
his amjabte mistress, jpr his occupaiion of the
best room. ' ’
bfThai day. I communicated what hud oc
curred, and my suspicions of foul play, to Mr.
Mills, one of master's commercial correspon
dents and agents in the city of N , and
Ity his advice and concurrence, confided tjie
slock in my pack, of goods, monev, bills, etc,,
10 his care, and supplied their place with pis
mis, powder and nail, a cutlass, a strong
sharp pocket knife, several carpenters tools,
and a rope for a ladder; these articles, it is
true, were purchas'd with Mr. Adam's gold,
but Mr. Mills knew, and so did I, that he
would not grudge a trifling expense, perhaps
to save a faithful servant’s life, and perhaps
to bring a n nest of rogues to justice.
“Aware that Hanson and her crew, when
once set down to their anomalous meal, and
shut up for the night, were not tempted from
thgir places, and assured that their outrageous
mirth, of” which the two previous evenings
had afforded me a specimen, would drown
arty noise f might make, i resolutely betook
myself to the prosecution of my self-imposed
task, which I was determined to accomplish
ere I quitted those dangerous lodgings forever,
on the morrow, should a morrow be avowed
me. This terrible task, I need scarcely sliy
was a search for the body of Nelly BlWkin
shop, a strong conviction of whose m&rder
was upon my mind, and an impression That
her corse was still concealed about the premi
ses, until midnight invoked its removal. The
wash-house was, of course, the first place
which I was determined to explore; and
easily picking its lock,! entered and closed the
door after me. Then opening my pack and
arming myself for (ear of surprise, I proceed
ed to examine that which first attracted my
observation, a curious apparatus, composed,
of wheels, ropes, chains and pulleys, which
connected with both the ceiling and ground, I
instantly divined, explained the secret of the
descent of the bed. Having some turn for
mechanics, 1 was not long in discovering bow
tfus machine worked. In fact, having by
means of a contrivance equally ns ingenious
and simple, displaced some of the boards
which formed the ceiling of the wash-house
and the flooring of the loft, shot them into
grooves contrived for their recep'ion, brought
down a bed as far as was necessary to con
vince me of the accuracy of my discovery,
and replaced these things by a counter turn
ofihe winch, 1 again surveyed the objects
around.
“ When I returned Mr. Hanson’s, I plead
ed a violent headache as an excuse fur retir
ing immediately to my loft. Gin and water,
the panacea with these wretched beings for
all ill, was,as I anticipated,pressed upon me:
but I resolutely resisted their effirts to force
me to drink the nauseous draught, persisting
and without the least shadow of truth, al
though a little exaggerated, that ivhai I had
taken on the previous night hud made me ill
all day. Rum and brandy were equally offer
ed, and equally failed to tempt me. The
parly looked disappointed, hut at last 1 was
(icrmitted to seek my dreary chamber.
“The wash-house was I tie exact form and
size of the loft above it, and I noticed ns many
machines as there were beds in that fatal
chamber—each placed under the side of each
bed; hut I did not know what a subsequent
examination proved, that the laying of a per
son on a bed sunk the flooring a liule Iv
nca'h it, so that any individual in the wash
house, on looking up, would detect which bed
was occupied and vihich machine ought lobe
used. A cold lemor crepi through mo ns I
contemplated these infernal contrivances; but
I bad no lime to lose, and among the pile of
old furniture, tubs elc., which crowded the
place, I sought and found the body of my
poor old friend.
“The sight of a corpse, however we may
be prepared for it, is alwass sudden and
shocking ; but that of one we have known,
dead by strangling, with blackened counte
nance, protruding eyes and tongue, and low
dropping jaw, is almost too I'ngh Hit to con
ceive. So horrilied was 1 when I had found
the old woman, half wrapped up in a piece
of coarse sacking, that I hastily closed the
lid of the box into which she was crammed,
and quilted the fearful spectacle and horrid
place, in dismay. The returning to the sil
ting romn I reallv wondered how I had
nerve to do it, 1 disturbed the jovial party
there with dreadful outcries, grimaces, and
contortions, caused, I pretended, by sueh
pains ns had never beiorc racked the human
body. What was to be done? Various
remedies were proposed, nil of which I stout
ly refused to try, staling that I had no idea,
of quacking myself toften I believed my life
to be in danger, and at last they consented
that I should step into a neighbor chemist's
fur advice.
“ Had this plan of escape failed, I should
havo let myself down from one of the upper
windows with a rope ladder, but I preferred
it, as the best and safest, on the whole. Ere
another hour had elapsed, Mr, Mills, aidecl
by a strong police, had the whole parly in
custody, searched the premises, found the
corpse of the poor old woman, and what es
coped mv hurried observation, a direction on
the lid of the box to one of the -principal
surgeons of the city of N . This gen
tleman was summoned on the trial and ad
mitted having frequently purchased bodies for
professional u.m, of Hanson, Tyler and
rti /XJ; \
JL l/ ll i
PtJBLrSH^Rfe(Ss.PROPRIETORS.
Spinks, but he-denied ail idea of their having
been procured otherwise than by disinterment.
I do nol thirik He was believed, but, as there
were no wiiness fd prove wtiai He Had .sajd!
was false, be was let off by ,lbe.judge, with
severe Tepr.ehtßnd, for his past cateltissnebs,
and an ndomonilion not to be so Culpably
negligent in' fotdre.-
“It appeared .ihat nearly thinly persons
had fallen victims tp the abominable arts of
the two Hansons and their colleagues, and
when ihe widow and Tyler pleaded' ‘love’ in
extenuation of their monstrous crimes, ,‘ava.
rice' would have been somewhat nearer 'he
mark. The three men were executed, and
the three women transported without mercy,
and the machine for a long time, was shown
to the indignant people o( N , and indeed,
of the whole country, in which this affair
caused a great sensation, at a penny per
head.
“From Mr, Adams, Mr. Mills, and the
magistrates, I received great praise, and a lit
tle money, for the cool and courageous man
ner in which I had conducted myself; but I
am quite sensible that had I not been strength
ened and guided by Him who willed the sa
ving of my lile, and who made me the hum
ble inslrument in bringing those atrocious
murderers to justice, 1 should neither have
had enuragq and firmness to act, nor life at
this lime to relate the tale."
COLD FEET. *
Cold Feet are the avenues to deisih of
multitudes every year; it is a sign of imper
fect circulation, of want of vigor of ennsti
tutinn. No one can be well whose feel are
habitually cold. When the blood is equally
distributed to every part of the body, there is
generally good health. If there bo less blond
at any one point than is natural, there is cold
ness; and not only so, there must be more
than is natural at some mher part of the sys
tem, and there is fever, that is unnatural heat
or oppression. In the case of cold feet, the
amount of blood wanting there, collects at
some other part of the body which happens
to be the weakest, to be the least able to
throw up a barricade against the rushing end
my. Hence when the lungs are weakest, the
extra quantity of blood gathers there in the
shape of a common cold, nr spilling blood.
Clergymen, other public speakers, and
singers, by improper exposures often render
the throat the weakest part; to such, cold
feel gives hoarseness or a raw burning feel
ing, most fell at the little hollow at the hot
tom of the neck.—To others, again, whose
bowels are weak through' over eating, or
drinking spirituous liquors, cold feet give va.
nous degrees of derangement, from common
looseness up to diarrhoeas nr dysentery ; and
so we might go through the whole body, but
for illustration.
If you art well let yourself alone. —
This is our fnvori'e molio. But to those
whose feel are inclined to he cold we suggest.
As soon as you gel up in the morning put
both feet at once in a basin of cold water, so
as to come half way to the ankles; keep in
half o minute in winter, n minute or iwo in
summer, rubbing them both vigorously, wipe
dry, and hold to the fire, if convenient, in
cold weather, until every part of the loot
feels as dry as your hand, then pul on your
socks or stockings.
On going to bed at night, draw off your
stockings, and hold the feet to the fire for ten
or fifteen minules tin'll perfectly dry, and ge
right into bed. This is a most pleas-mt op
eration, and fully repays for the irnuble of
it. No one can sleep well or refreshingly
with cold feet. All Indians and hunters sleep
wi-h their feel to the lire.
Never step fiom your bed with the naked
feet on an uncirpeted floor. I have known
i' to be ihu exciting cause of months of ill-
ness.
Wear .Woolen, cotton or silk stockings,
whichever keeps ynur feel most comfort ible ;
do not let the experience of another be vour
guide, for different persons require different
articles; what is good for a person whose
feel are naturally damp, cannot be good for
one whose feet are always dry. The donkey
who had his bag of salt lightened by swim
ming a river, advised his companion who
was loaded down with a sack of wool to do
the same, and having no more sense than a
man or woman, ho plunged in, and in a mo
ment the wool absorbed ihe water, increased
the burden many fold, and bore him to the
bottom.
Patent Medicines.—The following cer
tificate of Patent Pills is taken from the Phil'
adelphia Mercury :
“I, John Lobberlic, was supposed to be in
the last stage of consumption in ihe year ’4O,
suffering at the same lime und'-r a severe at
tack of rheumatism, liver complaint, dropsy,
gravel, and cholera morbus. Simultaneous
ly, also, I look the yellow fc-er and small
pox. The latter, assuming a chronic Horn
completely destroyed my lungs, liver, spinal
marrow, nervous system and ihe entire con
tents of mv cranium. 1 got so low iha; I
did not know mv brother-in-law, when he
came to borrow money. For three months
1 awnllowea nothing hut Kunkclh'ausen’s Pills,
which effected an immedia e cure in two
weeks. Sworn and subscribed, &c.
P. S. My uncle, Bachus Potlingor, was
afflicted so long with the gout, (contracted
by living tijo much on bears’s meat and alii
gator’s eggs) that life became a burden to
him. He took only four boxes of said pills,
and life was a burden to him no longer.
Tma Looks Warlike !—lt is reported
that Capt. Whitlev, of the Ordnance De
partment, Governor’s Island, received orders,
on Thursday, from the War Department, to
pul lip? island in «»r defence.
“One glass,” saida sweet ypice; “lake
O us ‘foe g)Mi *Jth me,*’ stud the shaker, a
giri, iobfcfrig Ifewiitffimgly at” her
companion; arid gtaee/iilfy proffering fiirha
goWei.flushedwith thdrosy *i‘rie;' : : , ' i ’
They were sitting ii't a'richly laden dinner
tableland Ihe choiceiiquora, which (br {years
ha'd life hosts ce 11 ar, were Circd*'
laiing freelyi Ladies and gentlemen, yoW
;and old, evep little children were drinkinoaf
tfiaf grand Chriiimas Of all
ry company gathered there, only ohb‘tibi*
alained from the intoxicating bowl, and that'
was he to whonTiheso winning words of pel*'
: suasion were so'onusically addressed. 1 _ c "
'i’He glartced around'a t"i he guests whoWdre
writching'hiirr, and replied firmly, but gently'?
“No, I thank you’; t neVhP drink'wine.” ‘
This whs ' noblb'- language -from' him, tiritP
proved that'he was not deSiitiVieof that mdrat
courage Which leads ft's posdesSor to bftfVS
anything'-father ihdn'fhalte 6 sacrifice Of pur£
and lolly principles. Bui nobody apprehidthif
the deeth ' Manly : gaged at'him in astonish*
ment ; ,'dhd the'ladyVlips curled with ap eiK
presston'thai told plainly enough how fceldtnhl
hSK’tigfnesi wish whs thwarted. > ’ ■
“You surely wilt hot refuse me so small a 1
favor,” she continued in'a ritahner half proud*
and half haughty,
“Ask anythidg but this,” was the’reply til
a low lone, which was only audible to her
lor whom the answer was intended. “My
father died a drunkard, and over his grave
I made o solemn promise that I would never
taste the poison that ruined him.”
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KO.J3.
“Bui you are 100 particular,” rejoined the
light-hearted girl; “jyoucan drink moderately
without any danger. For my sake, now,
mke ibis," and she again held up the spark*
ling Modena.
For a moment Ihpce was a terrible conflict
in the young man’s soul; duly, long estafc
fished habits, and n desire to win the regard
of the temptress waged a stern warfare. But
at length the latter conquered, and he drank
the first glass of wine!
Do you sav it was a harmless act, reader 1
It was the first step in a path which ended in
woeslhnt no pen of ours can describe; the
germ of a harvest of misery, which he
reaoed ere rime had silvered his hair or
measured out half the span allotted to mor
tals.
A year after that hour of trial he stood at
the altar with the fair girl who had thrown
around him the spell of inebriation. Bho
wua pronounced his bride; and when friends
crowded around them in ofier congratulations,
his cheek wore the flush, his eve the fatal
brilliancy which the red wine had kindled.
But his hopes were bright ; he was gifted and
wealthy, and none prophesied that his star
would soon set or be obscured in fast gather
ing clouds.
Time went on, and he drank daily with bis
brother lawyers m splendid saloons and at his
own festal board. Fortune yet smiled, busl
ness increased, honors and wealth poured in
upon him ; but there were those who marked
in the meteoric brightness ol his intellect, and
the expression of his countenance that per
nicious practice which was yet lo prove the
curse of his life. Years again rolled away
and his affairs began to assume a changed as
pect. He had grown neglectful of his pro
fession, and his old diems had lost ihoir con
fidence in his ability. Half his estates had
been sold, bis library was mortgaged, and
even (he old homestead, which he had re
solved to keep as long as he lived, had passed
into ihe hands of strangers.
His wife had grown pale and care-worn ;
all her vivacily had fled, and you would not
have believed her Ihe same gay girl who
had urged him lo drink his first glass of wine.
Five years were passed, and he was a con
firmed sot. His properly had been wasted;
his mtelleci deadened ; his lofty aims crushed.
A mere hovel sheltered him and his destitute
fannlv. There was no fire there ; no Ibod ;
none of ihe eomlurls which he bud bartered
lor strong drink.
• n his bloated visnge and trembling frame
•here was noiliing lo remind ilie beholder of
the elegant and intellectual looking young
man who onec so nobly refused lo partake of
the intoxicating draught, and . then yielded
and sank mlo the snare.
That fair temptress now lies in the church
yard in a pauper’s grave, and sometimes a
group of ragged children gather there to weep
over their lost mother, while iheir father idles
away his time in the lowest haunts of the
vile and degraded.
At that moment when the crisis in his des
tiny came, had he possessed power to turn a
deaf ear to the syren and adhere lo his prin
ciples. how much better it would have been
for bun. nere and herenficr. Oh! reader,
wherever \ou are, let us beg ynu 10 beware
of ihe first glass of wine. —Boston Olive
Branch.
Tovciiimg I.vcident. — \ few days since
a lovelv little child of four summers was bur
ied in New Haven. On leaving the house
of hs parents, the clergyman, Rev. Mr. Jav
plucked up bv the mots a beautiful little for
get-me-not, and took it with him to the grave.
After (he hide rmhrvo of humamiy had
hron Oennsiled in (he crave, 'he clergyman,
holding up ihe plant in his ham) said—
“I hold in mv hand a beautiful flower
which 1 plucked from (he garden we have
pin left. Rv taking it r rom its parent home,
it has withered, hut [ here plant it in the
head nf this grave and it will soon revtveand
flourish.”
“So wuh the little flower we have mat
planted in the grave. It has been plunked
from its native Harden, and has willed, but it
is transplanted inlo the gnrden of Immortal
ity, where it will revive and flourish in im
morlalilv, glory and beauty.”
The Rev. Theodore Parker lee.lured at
Concord N. H., a few evenings since. Re
fore commencing his lecture ho staled hat
the evening before he had received from Al
abama and advertisement slating that ihn
Thomas Foster was always ready to catch
any “negro dogs” that had run away from
(heir owners. The specimen of “the chival
ry” who senllhe nonce to Mr. Parker has
wri’ten on it, “What do you think of this,
you d—d white-hearted, slave-stealing scoun
drel 1” Mr. Parker said he “had received a
“good many academic Tionors in his day,
“but never before had had the tide of Drct t
“of Divinity bestowed cn him m imaU cuj)<
ifuTsTnhi.itr,
The first Ctlass of Wine.