Jbr ih* Agitator. WRITTEN ON THE DEATH OP MRS. B. Th%re*« a newly made grave by the way-eldcj And moavaeraeraetandiagbyt Por-they’ve oeme tojiary a loved one, Who Wtaehlkd thtai early to die. Behold once agahTtby compv&Jh, Botkndw that tbe look * & 'to* They have clcaed (be ltd <it the coffin, Them(W3K*i am tnrttag erway, The loved, ooejf'ahxtiaded la darkneaa, And lifd frott the flfcbt of the Ay. Tbe iptHfbai BWn to It* uttftr. Tbebody now ndta in tbe tomb, Tbe home of tbe lost one b Jowly, The fob* baft loti eUtbrtr bbom. MrthlnW, u t it« on (bff thwebOH Ike leetrdb trflf greet dm again. Bat vacaacj meeU aad confront* me, Astd no ode probotmeft my name. We*U welt not the dfead with the living. Nor need we to btter a rigfa ; But yield to the will of Jehovah, And echo the leat a good-bye. COL. JOHN 0. FREMONT- John C, FrbNont, whom (he People’s Convention at Philadelphia have selected to head the grand exploring expedition in search of the lost and almost forgotten landmarks of the Constitution, is still a young mao. His father, who died when h« was a child, was a Frenchman, his mother a Virginian. He was born at Savannah on the 21st of January, 1813, and educated at Charleston, South Car olina, where his panther, left a widow with three children, had taken up her residence. The circumstances of the family were exceed ingly narrow and the childhood of Fremont was surrounded by privations and difficulties which with a powerful nature like his, natu rally tended to develop the heroic elements of hie character. At Charleston Fremont enjoyed the instruc tions of Dr. John Robertson, who in the pre face to a translation of Zenophon's Retreat of the Ten Thousand, which he published in 1850, records with pride the remarkable proficiency of his pupil. In 1828 he entered the junior class of Charleston College. After leaving which he employed himself for some time as a teacher of mathematics. In 1833 he obtained that post on board the sloop-of war Natchez, which had been sent to Charles ton to put down the nullifiers (a purpose simi lar to that for which he is now nominated for President), and on board of her he made a cruise of two years and a half. On his return he adopted the profession of a surveyor and railroad engineer, and was employed in that capacity under Captain Williamsof the Topo graphical Engineers in the survey of a rbute from Charleston to Cincinnati. When this survey was suspended, he accompanied Capt ain Williams in a reconnoisance of the coun try then occupied by the Cherokees, after which he joined M. Nicolel, a distinguished French savan in the employ of the United States, in an exploring expedition over the North-Western prairies. He was employed in this survey, in which headed as principal assistant, during the years 1638 and 1839, and while absent upon it was appointed a Second Lieutenant in the Corps of Topo graphical Engineers. While reducing the materials of this survey, and preparing maps and a report, he resided for some time at Washington, where he formed the acquaint ance of the family of Mr. Benton, resulting in his marriage, in 1841, to one of Mr. Ben ton's daughter.. Shortly after—in May, 1842—he started on the first of his three great exploring expe ditions, This expedition, which occupied about five months, resulted in the explora tion of the famous South Pass across the Rocky Mountains, and in the ascent by Fre mont and four of his men of the Wind River peak, the highest summit of the Rocky Mountain chain. The report of this explora tion attracted great attention, both at home and abroad, as well for ns unpretending modesty as for the importance of the infor mation contained in n. This report was scarcely published when us author started on a second expedition designed to connect the discoveries of the first one with the surveys to be made by Commodore Wilkes of the Ex plormg Expedition on the Pacific Coast, and thus to embrace a connected survey of the almost unknown regions .on both sides of the Rocky Mountains. The party, including thirty-nine persons, started from the village of Kansas on the 29th of May, 1843, and were employed in the exploration till August of the next year. It was this exploration that first furnished any accurate information as to the Great Salt Lake, the great interior basin of Utah, and the mountain range of the Sierra Nevada, and first brought to light, as it were, the region now constituting the Terri tory of Utah and the Stale of California, After preparing ihe report of this expedi iion in Ihe Spring of 1845, Fremont, now a Captain, set out on a third expedition designed to make a more particular survey of the re gions which he had previously visited. It was while engaged in this expedition, and be fore he had received any intimation of the commencement of the war with Mexico, that, after having himself been once ordered off by Ihe authorities, he was induced by the entrea ties of the American settlers in the valley of the Sacramento, whom the Mexicans threat ened to drive ont of the country, to put him self at their head. Thus led, they defeated the Mexicans. Fremont put himself into communication with the naval commanders on the coast, and soon, in conjunction with Commodore Stockton, obtained complete pos session of California, of which, on the 24t(i of August, be was appointed by Stockton Military Commander, The fighting, however, was not yet over. The Californians rose in insurrection ; but (he arrival of Gen. Kearney with his dragoons from New-Mexico, enabled the Americans, after some hard-fought bat tles, to maintain themselves in possession.— Pending these operations, a commission ar rived for Fremont as Liaut.-Colooel— a pro motion which neither be nor his friends bad solicited, but which be gladly received as a ratification on the part of the Government of his intervention, on his own responsibility, in the affairs of California. Prom the moment of Kearney's arrival 8 dispute had sprung up between him and Commodore Stockton as to the chief com mand. Kearney sought to throw upon Fre mont the responsibility of deciding between their respective claims. This he declined, professing his readiness, if they would agree between themselves, to obey either; but de claring bis intention, till that point was set- (led, to continue to obey the commader under whom he had first placed himself, and by whom the war had been conducted, Kearney was greatly dissatisfied at this, but dissem bled his resentment till they both reached Fort Leavenworth on their return home, when he arrested Fremont for disobedience of orders and brought him lo trial before a court-martial. • ♦ • From Tho N. T. Tribane. As this Court held (hat Kearney was the rightful commander, they found Fremont guilty of the charges, and sentenced him to be dismissed from the service. Mr. Polk, then President, signed the sentence as being tech nically right, but at the same time offered Fremont a new commission of the same' grade as that of which he had been deprived. This Fremont refused, and returned a simple citizen to private life. Thus, discharged from the service of the Government, he undertook a fourth exploring expedition of his own, with a view to discover a passage across the Rocky Mountains southerly of the South Pass, near the head of the Arkansas, which might serve the purpose of a railroad communication with California. He started from Pueblo, on the Upper Arkansas, with thirty-three men and a hundred and thirty-three mules; but misled by his guides, all his mules and a third of his men perished in ihe snows and cold of the Sierra San Juan, and he himself arrived on foot at Santa Fe with ihe loss of every thing but his life. Not, however, to be baffled, he refitted the expedition, and in a hundred days, after iresh dangers, reached the banks of the Sacramento. In the rising State of California in which he had become one of the earliest American proprietors, by the purchase during his for mer visit of the since famous Mariposa grant, Mr. Fremont took a great interest. Ho was active in the formation of (he State constitu tion, and in securing in that document a pos itive exclusion of Slavery, and was chosen one of the first Senators to represent the new State in Congress. A short term of two years fell to his lot, and, owing to the delay in the admission of the State, he sat in the Senate only one short session. On the expi ration of bis term the political control of the State bad passed into new hands, of which a striking proof was given in the choice of John B. Weller, a decided Pro-Slavery man, as his successor in the Senate. Mr. Fremont now devoted himself to de veloping the resources of his California es tate, which had been discovered to be rich in gold; but, in addition to the loss of his com mission, as (he only reward be bad realized . for his services in California, he now found himself greatly annoyed by claims against him for supplies which, during hie campaign in California, had been furnished to the United States on his private credit. During a visit to London he wss arrested on one of these claims, and it was only after great delay that the Government of the United States was finally induced te relieve him from further annoyance by thr payment of these debts. In maintaining his right to the Mariposa property, he was obliged to encounter many annoyances on the part of the Government which resisted his claim, but finally, by re peated decisions of the Supremo Court of the United States, he triumphed overall of them. Having exhibited a singular force of char acler and a distinguished ability in every un dertaking to which he has applied himself, he has now been called by the loud voice of his fellow-citizens in almost all parts of the Union to place himseil at the head of a new, more difficult, but at the same time most glo rious enterprise—that of rescuing the Gov ernment and the Union fronq the hands of a body of unprincipled politicians, who threat en to subject the country to the double misery of despotism and of anarchy. May he bo as successful iu this as io everything else that he has undertaken ! And that he will be, who can doubt? for surely every honest man in the country will hasten to aid him with his voice and his vole. At a Welsh celebration in New York, Dr. Jones told the following amusing anecdote : “The speaker said that editors were like other shrewd men, who had to live with (heir eyes and ears open. He related a story of an editor who started a paper in a new village at the West. The town was infested by gam blers, whose presence was a source of annoy ance to the citizens, who told the editor that if he did not come out against them they would not patronise his paper. He replied that he would give them a “smasher” next day. Sure enough, his next issue contained the promised “smasherand on the follow ing morning the redoubtable editor, with scis sors iq hand, was seated id his sanctum cut ting out copy, when in walked a large mad with a club in his hand, and demanded to know if (he editor was in. “No sir,” was the reply; “he has stepped out. Take a seat and read the papers, he will return in a min ute.” Down sat the indignant man of cards, crossed bis legs, with his club between them, and commenced reading a paper. In the meantime the editor quietly vamosed down, stairs, and at the landing below he met an other excited man with a cudgel in his hand, who asked him if the editor was in. “Yefc, sir,” was the prompt response j you will find him seated up stairs reading a newspaper.” The latter, on entering the room, with a furi ous oath commenced a violent assault upon the former, which was resisted with equal fe rocity. The fight was continued until they had both rolled to the foot of the stairs, and pounded each other to their heart’s content.” IT IT tl 1 T 1 Ji atboteg to EEUngioit at tbt am t COBB; StURROGK & CO.. YOL. 2. A Shrewd Editor. PulpCrnickel saya,thal a woman's hehrt is the ‘most sweetest’ thing in the world—ln fact, a perfect honeycomb—full of sells,— Bee ware. ■ ■. ’ •' v -•> . : I h, .■ :. “ram agitation or thought is the ■ Winning or wrooiti” " ... -it .*,*• j. WILLSBOBOU6H, TIOGA COTJHW. FA., THOpBAT MOffliP. JUH T 3; M; The renown which Kentucky riflemen have obtained for precisionand skill in hand ling the rifle, has become world wide, and excited the attention and wonder of the war riors of other nations. In battle, they have stood as cool and collected, although the first lime in action, as the oldest vejerans of Eu rope; pouring in their deadly! fire with un erring aim. “ I shot that officer,” exclaimed a rifle man, as he saw an officer fall at New Or leans. “ No, no—l shot him !” said his comrade at his side. “ If I shot him, I shot him in the right eye,” said the first. " And I shot him in the left,” was the response. After the battle it was found (hat this offi cer had been shot in both eyes. This uner ring precision can only be obtained by long practice and thorough drilling. The first settlement of their Stale they were compelled to be constantly under arms, as it were, to guard against the wi(y Indians and escape the murderous tomahawk. As the father, so the children grew up, taught, in the earli est infancy possible, to poise the rifle and di rect its aim. As ammunition was not al ways convenient to be had, the father would dole out to his son a certain number of car tridges for' his rifle, fur each one of which he must bring home some sort of game, or get a taste of hickory for every missing shot. Many years ago, I was conversing with my father on the wonderful shill of the Ken tuckians, when he related the following an ecdote : “I was out in the wilds of Kentucky, some years before the war, on a surveying expedition, and had an opportunity of study ing. the character of the earlier settlers for a considerable length of lime. It became necessary for me to stop a few days at log tavern, and to while away the time I took my trusty rifle and explored the woods for game, of which there was an abundance.— The landlord had a fine little son, about ten years of age, who accompanied me with his rifle, and always had extremely good luck.- On one occasion the fates seemed to be ad verse to him; for, perceiving a squirrel on a very high branch of a tree, he up with bis rifle, blazed away, and dowh came the squir rel. The look of dismay with which he viewed his game I shall never forget. Drop ping the but of his rifle on the ground, he burn tmo tears. In (he utmost I inquired what the matter was. He an swered : “ Daddy’ll lick me I" , V Lick youl What fori” " Because I didn’t hit him in the head.” 1 soothed him all I cquld, but the day’s pleasure was over. On returning to the tav ern I interceded for him all in my power to save him from the hickory, but it was of no, use; the application must be made, if only for example. “ No, no, stranger; if I let him off I break a standing rule of our Slate. 1 was never let off, and what was good for me is good for him. He must shoot right or put up with what he gets.” The hickory was applied, but no bones were broken. Such training as that, which was univer sal in those parts, tells,the secret ol Ken, lucky rifle shooting. The Factory Girls and Bully Brooks. The factory girls of Lowell have given expression to their feelings upon the late Sumner outrage, by sending P. S. Brooks thirty pieces of silver (3 cents pieces) a rope and a winding sheet, with the following letter expressing their sentiments: Mr. B. —Sir: Perceiving by the public prints that your friends are giving expression to their senligtenis towards you by rich to kens of esteem, we too, the factory girls of Lowell termed by Southerners “Northern Slaves,” yet who are not such abject slaves as not to understand—to appreciate—to de test—to abhor, with all the sympathy, hu manity, and dignjty of woman, apd as the free daughters of New England, your late base, “ murderous, brutal, cowardjy” attack upon one of New England’s sons and noble men, Massachusetts’ Senator—Sumner, the champion of freedom for those who now wear Southern fetters, and the watchman and guar dian of the rights of the Northern laborer, lest those same fellers be fastened upon our teet, and the slave’s manacles encircle our wrists, and the dark pall of slavery be drawn over our minds. Such a man we honor, and he who has no arguments to use but the cudgel—no sense of honor but the duelist’s—no locate sense or truth, right, and justice, but the betrayer’s, certainly deserve the fate of Judas, and we wish M aid him in obtaining it; we therefore send you thirty pieces of silver, a good new rope, and cloth of our own manufacture for a Winding sheet, begging you to accept them, and as soon as possible follow your illustrious predecessor, Judas, and know well as you do It, thai a whole army of true Women, here, are spinning the threads and watching the flying Shuttles that shall ere long, as we trust, weave' the web of Freedom, long and wide enough for the winding sheet of that atrocious system, American Slavery. Factory Girls. Thomas D’Arcy MoGee wrote a letter to (he President of the Democratic National Convention at Cincinnati, demanding the ex pulsibp pf the'murderer Herbert nia, who is one of the delegates. No notice was taken of ir. ' I ' Mif” Kentucky Riflemen. r rf. - r * > •■■■ Tlm dbetlud Kobj. Egypt was the original country for hones, but eg they ftrenowfound in all parts of the world, they differ greatly, eachkind of horse being gdapfetl'iq the'climate and productions of ihe_ country he inhabits. 'The Shetland pony ? is just (he animal' required in Scot land, ,the Shetland Islands, from which its nameja derived, and Granada. Its diminu tive sfce suits the scanty'vegetation of these countries,, which would not support large ani mals ; but if they were as feeble as they are small, they would be of little service. They, howeyer, possess immense strength in pro portion to their size, and are so tough and healthy that they can live among the moun tains through the long winters, and survive to a great age, even filly or sixty years. In Scotland ‘they are called Shellies, and as they have to take care of themselves, they run almost wild open the mountains, and will climb up steep places, steading with ease on the very edge ol the roost frightful precipices. On the Sabbath they are always wanted to carry the families to church, and they must be caught on Saturday. The rogues know how to make this a difficult task. It is a pleasing sight Sunday morning, to see one or two women mounted upon ohe of these ponies, covering him so completely with their large dresses, that nothing can be seen of the pony but its droll little head. A middle sized man must ride with his knees raised to the animals shoulder to pre vent his toes from touching the ground. It is surprising to see with what speed they will carrv a heavy man over broken and zig zag roads in their native mountains. * A gentleman, some time ago, was presen ted with one of these handsome little ani mals, which was no less docile than elegant, and . measured only seven hands, or twenty eight inches in height. He was anxious to convey him to his present home as speedily as possible, but, being at a considerable dis tance wqs at a loss how to do so most easily. The friend said, " can you not carry him in your chaise I” He made the experiment and the Shelly was lifted into it, covered up with the apron, and some bits of bread given to keep him quiet. He lay peacefully till he reached his destination thus, exhibiting the novel spectacle of a horse riding in a gig. - A little girl, (he daughier of a gentleman in Warwickshire, (England,) playing on the banks of a canal which runs through his grounds, had the misfortune ‘to fall in, and would in all probability have been drowned, ***% a Mirlo which had long been kept in the family, plunged into the stream and brought the child safely ashore, without the slightest injury. A farmer in Canada had a large number of ponies, and among them a very handsome and playful one, which was a great favorite with a little boy about ten years of age, the only child of the farmer. One day the boy was sent several miles on an errand for some money, with a warning to return before night, as the county was infested with rob bers. His visit was so delightful that he forgot the command of his parents, and did not mount his pony to return until it was quite dark. His road lay through a thick forest, and ft was not long before a highway man attacked and dragged him from his horse, which ran swiftly hohioward. Mean time, his terrified parents sat trembling by (heir fire-side, awaiting their boy’s return. They were just preparing to go in search of him, when they heard the clattering of hoofs and soon after a loud kicking and pawing at the door. On opening it, they saw the pony in a state of great excitement, with his sad dle and bridle dangling about him. He ran from them a short distance, then frisked about, and seizing the father’s coal in his teeth, pulled him along. The agonized pa rents followed the animal, who ran ahead, constantly neighing to urge them onward.— After travelling many miles through the woods, (hey came to (he place where the boy had been robbed, and found him lied to a tree, stripped of his money and clothes, and half dead with fear and cold. iHe was placed on the pony’s back who proudly bore him home, and was ever after treated ag a true friend by the boy whose life he had saved. We have somewhere read a curious story of a farmer who was in the habit of riding a little “ Shelly” to an ale-hpuse, some miles distant, where he squandered his hard earn ings in driokjng, and generally became so in toxicated that he could hardly mount his horse. But the animal knew his master’s failing, and usually succeeded in bringing him safe to bis horse. But, one night, the man was so drunk that he rolled off into the mud when about half way home. The fall out bis head severely, and he lay with his foot ia the stirrup, so that the poor horse could not move without treading on him.— After standing patiently for some time, he became vexed with his beastly'master, bod, turning his head, gaVe him a hearty shaking. This roused the man from hii stupor; bat bis hurt was so severe that he cbuld not rise —though he tried to do so—till the horse took hold of his collar, and raised his head nearly to the saddle, when he contrived to crawl upon his back and was carried care fully home. “How could you be so imprudenta thing t’ said a curate to a very poor Taffy; “ what reason could you have for marrying a. girl as completely steeped ip poverty as yourself and both without the slightest provision V’ " Why sir,” replied the Benedict, “ we had a very good reason; we bad a blanket apiece; and as the cold winter weather Was coming on, we thought that putting them together would to warmer, ‘ ‘ ATOR. v-.k PUBLISHERS & PROPRIETORS. 1 / eommunfcattoiTD, "We’ll Dissolve the Dnlon.” Mb. Editolm The above declaration was made by a Buchanan man a few days since, wiih whom I had a conversation upon the po litical affairs of the day, and a few thoughts were suggested by this stereotyped motto of the Union sating democracy. He had been dwelling long and loud upon the noble prin ciples of the gldrious old democratic party— that it was the only national organization— that its success alone could preserve the Union, and that the election of the Republi can candidate would be equivalent to a “dis eolution or thio glorious confederacy.” The South with her doughface allies will break in pieces this Model Republic unless Jimmy Buchanan can be our next President. 1 have heard this threat so often (bat the question has occurred to me: Will the-Souih be benefitted by the much talked of seces sion? Which portion of the Union would be the greater loser by the operation ? Is there any danger of the Slave oligarchy put ting its favorite threat into execution! > In my opinion there is not the least possible danger of the Black Power seceding. Sup pose the Union is dissolved and' Mason & Dixon’s line becomes (he boundary between the North and South. To day every north ern freeman is made a slate catcher by the fugitive slave law. Every citizen of the free stales is bouad by that hell black enactment to pursue the panting fugitive longing for the free and God given air of liberty, and unless he obeys the order of the slaveholder, he is immediately fined and imprisoned by the ac commodating Marshal, and his refusal would be declared a treasonable act by every Bor der Ruffian press, both north and south. This odious law is one of the favorite planks in the platform of the Buchanan Democracy, They think it a great honor to help their southern brethren catch the fleeing bondman. They esteem it an especial privilege to help send back one of their fellow men into (he most abject slavery, there forever to drag the galling and degrading chain of oppression. But suppose they “dissolve the Union” what becomes of the fugitive slave law ? Who will help them catch their runaway niggers? Most certainly, (hat nice little job will fall on themselves. If this Union passes away, so must this detestable law, and the breaking up t of this confederacy would be the death blow to slavery. Instead of escaping to the far off Canadas the slave would only have to cross Mason & Dixon’s Hue and the shackles would fall powerless from his limbs, and the iron grasp of the dealer in human souls would forever cease. The south would then have no overflowing treasury to resort to that had been filled'by the enterprising and industrious north,. Tens of thousands of dollars are apnually expended for the recapture of the fugitives. The cost is not counted, so that the gentlemanly slave oligarchy is kept in good humor. Glaring handbills are scat, tered throughout the entire length and breadth of the land, and every citizen is ordered to help one of the national democrats to catch his “runaway cattle,” but if a northern ap propriation is asked it stirs up the whole southern menagario and meets with a flat re fusal. Yes, let them “dissolve the Union” and in stead of Senator Toombs calling the roll of his slaves from Bunker Hill monument as he vauntingly boasted he would do, he will find in (hat act (he first blow to the abolition of his pet institution. Perhaps if they “dissolve the Union” they will bo obliged to pay their own postage, but it is a thing they have ne'’- er done yet. It is a notorious fact that the slave States have always been a clog to the free ones, and they have never sustained themselves except at the expense of the north. If the grand old democratic party is only accommodating enough to “dissolve the Union” it will be a great relief to the free north, whose resour, ces have always been expended to nourish and protect slavery. Millions upon millions have been expended to purchase slave terri tory —we have involved ourselves in foreign war and the best blood of the north has flowed freely at the demand of slavery, and if a homestead bill is presented, calculating to protect the honest laborer from the wiles of the speculator, it is only to be kicked out of Congress by a “virtuous and indignant south.” A southern statesman once remarked that “the south could never survive disunion” and he spoke (he truth. They cannot take care of their own "cattle” let alone contending with the mighty free States for the overthrow of (he principles of “life, LIBERTY and (he pursuit of happiness” as enunciated by the Declaration of Independence. The south will be the last to “dissolve the Union"—the threat is only used to force the unresisting into quiet submission. Political capital is all they expect to make out of it. We have heard this threat so long and so ollen that it ought not to frighten old women. They told us if the Hon. N. P. Banks was elected Speak er they would “dissolve the' Union,” but he was elected nevertheless and as usual they forgot to put their threat into execution. Now (hey tell us, that if we do not let them have a doughface administration for the next four years they will “dissolve the Union” without fail, but who believes them 1 Their greatest fear ia that the fat offices of the federal gov ernment will pass from them into abler and belter bands. Now, I believe I love this Union that was established by our fathers in the days that tried men’s souls, as Well as any of the cot ton. headed democracy; but rather than see slavery extended everywhere the' Stan and Stripes may chance to float in the present and flilure—rather, thou sea time-honored compromises broken up at tho demand of the great southern Moloch—rather than see Kan sas and Nebraska and all our public domain banded over to,the withering grasp of human slavery—rather than' see, liberty-loving men shot down in cold block! merely for holding freedom better than oppression—rather than see out, free press muzzled end the freedom of debate destroyed, I say let them "dissolve the Union” and after it is broken in pieces I may possibly obtain a fragment of 'free soil not contaminated with the pestiferous breatlt of (he slaveholder—whops I Will not be obli ged to do (he bidding, of tba Black Power and send beck, those' that hive souls (hat will run parallel to my. own, into all the hor rors of the foulest and. blackest slavery. If they are.bound.to “dissolve the Union,’* if wa object to the absorption of all our free do main by the peculiar institution, I for one, am willing. Let them make the attempt if they dare, but they should be. careful lest tha fearlbl consequences they intend for us don’t fall on their own devoted heads. So, Mr. Doughface, “dissolve the Union,” if you wish, but rest assured the Republicans will do their best to elect a President that will prove true to the great and good of hu man freedom; the whines of the Buchanan ites to the contrary notwithstanding. Yours &c., FRANK. NO. 49. A Yankee Fanner’s “ Sell" Some waggish collegians, not far from the "City of Notions,” were regaling themselves one evening, at a house where they were ac customed to meet for a frolic, when an old farmer entered and inquired if he could ob tain lodging. The old fellow, who was u shrewe Yankee, saw at once that ha was to be made the butt of their jests, but qui etly taking off his hat, and telling a worth less little dog he bad with him, to lie un der his chair, ne took a glass of proffered beverage. The students inquired after the health of the old mao’s wife and children, and the far mer, with affected sympathy, gave them the whole pedigree, with numerous anecdotes re garding his farm, stock, &c. Do you belong to the church 7 asked one of the wags. Well, I don’t belong to nothing else, ex cept Betsey, said the farmer. I suppose you would not tell a lie, said the student. Not for the price of that air cur an’ Bet sey’s weddin gown an all the fixins belong ing to it, to boot, said the farmer. Now, what will you take for that dog 7 pointing to the farmer’s cur, who was not worth his weight in Jersey mud. I won't lake twenty dollars for that dog. Twenty dollars I why he is not worth twenty cents. He’s worth twenty dollars to me. He pertects the house, and keeps the plaguey Shanghaea from roost in on Betsey’s clothes line. Come, my friend, said the student, who, with his companions was bent on having some ca pital fun with the old man, now you say you won’t tell a lie—let me see if you will not do it for twenty dollars, i’ll give you twenty dollars for your dog. I’ll not take it. You will not? Here, let me see if this won’t tempt you to lie, added the student, producing a small bag of half dollars, from which he commenced counting in numerous small piles upon the table. The farmer was sitting near, with his hat between his knees, apparently unconcerned. There, added the student, there are twenty dollars all in silver; I will give you that for your dog. The old farmer quickly raised his hat to the table, and then, os quick as thought scraped all the money into it except one half dollar and (hen exclaimed : I won’t take your twenty dollars ! Nine teen and a half is as much as the dog is worth—considerin he’s got one broken leg from Betsey’s brum-stick—he’s your prop erty. A tremendous laugh from bis fellow stu dents showed Ihe would-be wag that ho was sold, and that he need not look for help from that quarter ; so he good-nafuredly acknowl edged the beat. The student retained his dog, which ho keeps as a lesson to him nev er to attempt to play tricks on men older than himself, and especially to be careful how he tries to wheedle a Yankee farmer. A Dissbhtation on “Hoops.” —The spicy Boston correspondent of the Pawtucket Ga. zetle, whose letters are always sparkling and readable, thus “lets himself out’’ on the sub ject of hoops in ladie dresses: “And, talking of the ladies, they are posi tively getting bigger and bigger. The petti coal mania rages fearfully. They fill up tho sidewalks, and as they brush by you, you feel bones—whalebones, I mean, for there are no others within half , a mile of you. What a dreadful reversal of the order of na ture is all this. Ido not object to plumpness and rotundity in the proper places, but what sense is there in being so tremendously Orb icular about the feet 1 Between you and me, Mrs. P. T. has fallen into the fashion, and maugre my remonstrances, has purchased one of the most monstrous bf these inven tions. I examined it with mueh awe, (he other night, after she had gone to bed. 0, Roberto, it “is fearfully and wonderfully made.” It is an institution. In size it is like a small country law office. I think it must have been raised like a barn. It is lat ticed and corded and stiffeued with the ut most ingenuity. When she has it on, my “gude wife" is like Hamlet’s father, clad in complete steel.” She is just as safe as if she were in a convent. She is entirely shut out from this vain world. The question of beauty is another matter.” A man in Wisconsin, who recently inser ted a long advertisement in the papers offer ing his farm for sale, closed in the following sublimely ridiculous style:—“ The surround ing country is the most beautiful the God of natpre ever made. The scenery is celestial, divine; also two wagons to sell and a yoke of steers.” The following reply to that everlasting In quiry, “ How do you do?” was made by an original the other day. “ Rather slim, thank you. I've got the rheumatism in one leg, and while swellin’ on t'other knee, besides having a leetls-touch o’ the influenza—and ain’t very well myself, neither!”
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