From the Oermsn of Johann M. Miller.
THE CONTENTED MAN
.Wy/WU *igh forlweallk
It ft enough fcfr mo
That heaven hat aentnie atrmiglh and braHh,
Appirit g)adandfreei - . ,
Grttefpktheap lijewinjp to.receivt, ,
I'aidg iny h/pm at morn and eve.
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On aptness bat 4ooda of. richea.flyw.l,
Houses.tiorda and gold have they,
' hover kilo*,
Bdl frerUielr Mom »«r»y, ■ •
The more they have, they seek iocrtUe;
CompbtiDU,aodcra?if>g«.never ctpae,
a A-Valedf feara,lhia world they «tl(,' ’
tfhme ifaeenja unfair;
, ti counlleaa pleaantpa .hath for,all, (y
-' And done dehlcd a shore;
• Theliltlb Wfda 6h ndftifledged tvlHg,
The inafcCU retel in the spring*
■ l For Ibye of Us’; liills.wood* and plaint '
In beouteoda huea are-clad•
-And bird*atng ft r. and near tweclatmni,
Caughtuphycphoeurlad. j .
“Rise," ainga the lark, “yoor tapk.to ply;!'
The nightingale eihga "lullaby.’ 1
. Jpii wheiUbe golt)pn pup goea fyrlh,
And all.tikp gold appears. ,
' When Monm oVrspresda the l gliwing earth, ’
■ And ripening ear*,’
'llhink-tbcaegWleatlint l sea
My kind creator ipade for, me.
Then food I thank the Lord above.
And «.iy ta.joyful mood.
Ha Jove, indeed, it Utbcr’a love*
Ho wills to nil men good;
Their let nA ever grateful live,
Enjoying all he deigns to give.
StMlUnir Sftttcft.
Sweat! and’a Adventure on Lake JSriei
Ii was n facauiiful morning in September,
1817, and Solojnoa Sweatland, of Conncaul,
on the Ohio shore of Lake {Jrie, had arisen
at the entUest dawn to enjoy his favorite
amusement of hunting deer. This exciting
sport he was accustomed ;o follow in connec
tion wi'h a friend and neighbor, who, by.tjte
aid of his dogs, would drive the deei; into the
lake, wttete Sweaitand would pursue ihem in.
his canoq and shoot them without difficulty.
On (he present occasion he hud left his cabin
wiihom his coat or waistcoat, 10 listen for the
bavins of the does ns they drove the deer.
Tlie welcome sound soon greeted his ears,
and he was surprised to find that a noble buck
had Already taken the water, and was some
little (distance out in (he lake. In the enthu
siasm of the moment he threw his hat upon
the beach, jumped into ins canoe, and pui ofT
after the animal, with every nerve thrilling
with intense interest in the pursuit. The wind
which hud been blowing steadily from the
south during the night, had now increased to
a gale', but he was too intent upon securing
the valuable prize which was breasting the
waves in advance to heed the dictates of pru
dence The race promised to be a long one,
for the deer was a powerful animal, and was
nol 10 be easily beaten by a long canoe and
a single paddle. A considerable distance
from the land had been attained and the canoe
had already shipped n heavy sea before he
overtook the deer, who turned and made for
the shore. Upon lacking to pursue him,
Sweacland was at once apprised of his danger
bv the fact ihaf, with his inmost exertions, he
not only made no progress in the desired di
rccilon, but, on the contrary, was drifting
further out to sea. He had been observed
in Ins outward progress, by his neighbor, os
well as bv his own family, and us lie disap.
penred froth sight, considerable apprehension
was felt fof his safely. The alarm was soon
given in the neighborhood, nod it was decided
bv those competent to judge that his return
would be impossible, and, unless help could
be afforded him he would perish at sea.—
Actuated bv those generous impulses which
often induce men 10 risk their own lives to
save those of others, three neighbors—
Messrs. Gilbert, Cousins, md Belden—look
a light boai and sinned in search of the wan
oerei. They met the deer idurning, hut
could see nothing of iheir neighbor and (nend.
They made stretches nfT shore in ihe proba
ble range o( the fugitive, until they reached
a distance of five or sir miles from land,
when, meeting with a heavy sea in which 1
they deemed it impossible for a canoe to live,
and seeing no signs of it on Ihe vast expanse
of waters, they reluctantly, and not without
difficulty and danger, returned to shore, and
Sweatland was given up as lost.
Meantime the object of the search was la
boring at his paddle, in the vagi hope that
the wind would abate, or that aid might reach
him from the shore. One or two schooners
were in sight during the day, but notwith
standing he made every effort to attract the
alien ion of their crews, he failed to do so.
For a long time the shore continued in sigh',
and ns he traced i s dim and fast retreating
outline, and recognized the spot where stood
his caom, within wnose precincts were the
cherished objects of his affections, now doubly
dear from the prospect of losing them forever,
he fell that the last tie which united him in
companionship with his fellow men was about
to be dissolved, and the world with all its busy
interests, forever hidden from his sight. For
tunately he possessed a cool head and a stout
heart, which, untied to a considerable share
of physical strength and power of endurance,
eminently fitted him for any emergency. He
was a good sailor, and his experience taught
him that “ while mere was life there was
hope,” That experience taught him also, as
the outline of the far-off shore disappeared
from his sight, that his only expedient wakto
endeavor to reach the Canada shore, a dis
tance of fifty mites. It was now blowing a
gote,and the son was evidently increasing, so
that it required me most incredible exertion
on his pari io trim his uncouth vessel to the
waves, he wos obliged to stand erect, and
move cautiously from one end 10 the other,
well aware mat one losi stroke of the paddle,
or a loitering movement, would bring his
voyage to a; sudden termination. Much of
his attention-tyas likewise required in bailing
oul the canoe, which he managed to do with
ht» shoos, a substantial pair of stogies.—.
Hitherto he had been blessed with the light
of day, but to add to his distress, night was
last approaching, w.hen he could only depend
upon a kind Providence to guide'hina over'the
da f k waste of waleas. The sky, 100, began
to be overcast, and an occasional star which
glistened throUgh'ihe hazewaS all the light
afforded him though that long and fearful
nighr. Wet to theskin by the constant dash
•ng spray; pan of the time in water half way
knees ; so that bij blood seemed
thtlfed m his veins, and almost famished tHfh
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hunger, he feii ihai death was prefqrableTb
l.uch ; long.qonjipued suffering, and nothing
but the thought his family sustained,,hjm
•mhis exeniunij (o keep hia boat trime9e(j,end
headed land, When morning
tja* ned the outline of the Canada shpregrpet
;his eyes, and- he found he bad .made land
tn-thq viciiijtyoof Long Point. Herq,,hen)e)
with-another (difficulty, in adverse wind.attt}-
heavy breakers, But the same hand which bad
sustained him thus (nr guided him in.this
emergency,taiid;flfier thirty hours of unremit
ting and inQred.ibje exertions, he succeeded it)
landing in safely. What his emotions lyet'd
pp -again trading the “ green nnd ;( ao(id
eer(hy” we sheil. not attempt to jnqpirei bbt
hist rials were npl ended. He found himself)
fgint aviih hunger and exhausted wiififaiigoe,
at-ihe distance of forty miles from apy hu
man habitation, while the country that.inter'
vened was a .desert, filled with marshes and
tangled thickets, from which nothingcould Be
obtained to supply his wants. These difficul
ties, together with the reduced state of his
strength, made his progress toward the set
tlement slow qnd toilsome. On his .way. be
found a quantity, of goods which had been
thrown as bmp. .from the wreck ol some verse),
which, olthougb-they afforded him no-imme
diate relief werq afterward of material service.
,x\fier a long and weary march ihroughthe
wilderness hotnrfived at length ,at the settle
mem, where he was received and Ireodediwith
great kindness dnd hospitality by the people.
When his strength was sufficiently recruited
he procured n boat and went in search of-his
goods. These.be found and brought off’.-
He then started overland for Buffalo, where
he sold a parfofi his treasure, and 'with the
proceeds furnished himself wiih a complete
outfit, and finding the Traveller, Cupt.,
Charles Brown, from Conaeaut, iu the harbor,
be engaged passage on board of her. The
Cupt. and crew had heard of his disappear
ance,-and looked upon him as one risen from
the grave. Hi? siory was so astonishing as
scarcely to,he credible, but as he was there
in person to verify it, it could not be doubled.
I Within a day or two he was on hjs .way to
join Iris f.imilv, who. he was informed by the
I Qapioin, had given him up for dead, and wnre
,in ihe deepest despair. His fi-eling* can be
1 easily imagined when he approached the vi-
Icimtv of that home which he had never again
expected lo behold. When the packet ar
| rived opposite ihe house, ihecrew gave three
| long, loud, hearty cheers, and fired guns
I from the deck in token of joV', Whichldd tii'i
family to anticipate his'return. On landing
I he found that his funeral sermon had -been
preached, and had ihe rare privilege of see
ing his o« n widow clothed in the habiliments
| of deep mnuriuag.
[ The facs of the remarkable incident em
bodied in the foregoing sketch, are derived
from Hi-tnrical Collections of Ohio.— U. S.
Magazine.]
Anecdotes of Avarice.
My Lord Harwich, the late Lord Chancel
lor, who is said to he worth £BOO,OOO, sets
the same value on half a crown now, ns he
did when he was worth only £lOO. That
great Captain, the Duke of Marlborough,
when he was in Ihe last stage of life, and
vetjinfirm, would walk from the public room
in Btitlriohis lodgings, on a cold dark nigh’,
to save a sixpence in chair hire.lf the Duke
who lelt at his death more than a million and
a half sterling, could have forseen that all
his wealth and honors were to be inherited by
a grandson of Lord Trevor, who had been
one of His enemies, would he have always
saved a sixpence I
Sir James Lowther, after changing a piece
of silver at St. George's Coffee' ho use, was
helped in his chariot, (for he was lame and
and went home. Some time after,
he returned to the'sn'me coffee-house on pur
pose to acquaint the woman who kept It that
she had given him a bod half-penny, and de
manded another in change for it. Sit James
had about £40,000 per annum, and was at a
loss whom to appoint his heir.
f knew one Sir Thomas Colby, who lived
in Kensington, and was, I think, in the Viet
ualing office; he killed himself by rising in
the rp'ddle of the nigW, when he Was in a
profuse sweat, the effect of medicine which
he had taken for that purpose, and walking
down stairs to look for the key of his cellar,
which he had inadvertently left on a table in
his parlor. He was apprehensive that his
servants might seize the key and rob him nl
a bqttle of port wine. This man died intes
tate, and left more than $1,200,000 ip the
funds, which were shared nrhong five or six
day laborers, who were his nearest relations.
“ Jim, did you ever 'Study grammar ?”
“ I did.’’
“ What case is Square X- ' —?”
" He'i in the objective caie,”
“ How so 7”
“ Because he objected to paymg his sub
scription which he has been owing far live
had girdjed~ibe-fir&.ii>~Mr.-X ? » bar-room,—
-'fheyhad pulin' reqnisiiiotf "every chair and
everyneWspapcrm the rdoW, ; ntid'b attfe num'-
her’Was ccm sizable, Was tflftrldus
lo geTas near ajf f h’e ; koffrcb of
comfort/’ the cfoaeljh wedged thhir-bricks
formed "a ■ soft of tdrtirdfre ; since,
Witliodl some onWshpuidmove, all ) tigress to
the ffre was cut ofl’/hs'tli(iu|h ; i[“'Were under
quhfariiihe. '■"'Anff the' legs
and feet lut-ni'hg i n werdsfoWa ilid heart h,
looked like Spokes of ah' pnbrmoiis wagon.
Wheel. Even thelundlprd Was excluded, and
with his hands in bis breeches pnckql.s, Wj-,
X. Was induslriously'.prompnading. his bar
room, endeavoring to, lopk ps good, paturcd
and ps coroforipbleas, circumsippcea »you)d
permit. , ........
In this suite of things, Dr. ?, of pur (owt,
entered,. robbing, hip bunds, nod pronouncing
energetically several monosyllabic, words, in
conneciion.-with some; quite original observa
tions on the state of the weathert But in
vain.did, he, with blua; nose and beseeching
look, walk round the. semi-circle of kind
' hearted neighbors to get access to the file—
not a soul moved.
“By the.taws, it’s ,co)d!” at.length, ex
claimed the Doctm, by way of drawing at
lent ion-lo bis forlorn condition.
“ Hey ? cold did you say ?" answered one
carelessly; “ yes, I think it is, out in the
street ;”~apd he coolly gave his chair a
hitch in the successful- effort lo bring a half
inch nearer the fire.
Now, Doctor Z., though one of the bes'
hearted men in the.-worid, is exceedingly irri
tant, as while as fond of a joke as Curran
was, is known ns n perfect dare devil, capa
ble of anything. And, after a moment’s
waiting, he left the room, muttering some
thing expressive of his private opinion as to
the suite of civilization-in thartown. Cross
ing the street to a 1 store, he put neatly up a
bundle, some four inches by two in size io
one corner of which he put about a spoonful
of “ Dapont’s best.”
Re-entering the bar-room, he lipped the
landlord a sly wink, and then, by a personal
appeal, prevailed upon the most good-natured
men of the group to move his chair momen
tarily, so as to admit Z. within the circle ; a
movement which the rest reproved instantly,
by looking daggers and icicjes at the gopd
natured man.
Doctor Z., however, quietly turned his
hack lo the fire, pulling his coal-tails aside,
Ameridm fashion 1 , and very composedly
Ut*ititn A VivnUpn Doodle.
At lenglh somfi one chanced to rernntH
“ Most he a good morning for rabbit homing.”
“ Yes,” said the Doctor, catching eagerly
at the-very hint he had been waiting for;
“ yes, I should think so. I’m going myself,
directly, Just bought a pound of first rate
powder over the way there. Finest article
I've seen in town.”
And coolly taking out the package, he
lore o/T a corner, as if at random, and pour
ing upon his hand about a spoonful of the
apparent contents, threw it upon the fire.
The explosion elevated some half-a-dozen
of the circle (who had not noticed what he
was doing) two or three inches from their
chairs, and loud remonstrances followed
against the repetition of any chemical ex
periment of that sort; while the landlord,
who had got his cue, remarked:—
“By George!, you'd better blow a man’s
house up, hadn't you !”
“ If you any much, I will,” rejoined Z.,
in great apparent- heat. “ I’d just as soon
pitch the whole two pounds into the fire as
not. ”
“ I’d like lo see you," replied X., confi
dently.
“ You dare me lo do it I" shouted Z.
“ Yes, I do," doggedly.answered the land
lord.
years or more.” '*
“ What is a noun 7"
“ Don’t know; but I know'what n re
noun is.” '
“ Well,, what is it 1"
“ Running off without paying the printer,
and jelling an ihp black list asji ; fielinquenl;”
“ Good I What ia a conjunction I”
No sooner said lhap done. With a mut
tered remark about “ taking a dare” from
any man, Z, dashed the bundle among the
blazing brands, and dashed towards the door,
fallowed by the landlord.
Heavens and earth what a scattering ! .No
one stopped to shove back his chair—every
thing turned a complete summerset ; and
gathering themselves up as quickly as thev
could, disentangle their arms and legs from
the confused mass, everybody shot for the
doors and windows without stopping to look
behind him.
One mnn, whose pluck has been tried on
ordinary occasions, vanished through the
back door, jumped'a five foot fence without
breaking bis trot, and was last seen streak
ing it down a back street, 'yelling murder
at the'top of his- voice, end once in a while
looking up backward, to dodge the falling
timbers.
Another long legged' individual, who is
built up like a pair of longs, made bin three
strides acrosssixty foot street; and headed
up a lane, leaning forward at an 'angle 1 of
about 45 degrees, putting doWn his long
spars like l the buckets of a s'eamboat wheel,
with his coot tailsstreaming behind him like
the tail of a.comet.
While one courageous citizen;' perceiving
both:door* and'windows hopelessly Wedged,
scrambled behind a door, and commenced
praying most devoutly i but being' rather
more familiar with any other sort of feomnn
sltidn than- the Lord!* Prayer, he was heard
vociferating, in tones of most energetic de
vptionTT-, ;
“ A method, of collecting puistandingsub
scriptions, in conjunction ,wi)h, a owfabler
never employed by printers until the-last ex
tremity.” .1
. Gibls should never object lo being kissed
by printers, They, .should- make -every al
lowance fur the freedom of the press.—
Keep this in miod, or more effectually to Re
tain it m?ko a , practical demonstration at
the firil’opportunity, ' ‘ ,l '
'• Now I lay mo down to dps. ,
To this Cay, if you talk of •• ralibii hunt
ing” in the' prespnce of apjr of those con.
corned, he will coat ip Ipss than
two minutes.
VELLSB|B i OTIfiH,.TIQGACODTOrPA.,,THUBSI)AY..MQJIM%!KOVEMBEIt;6.jBSB.
', I inflict a CJjesterfield)a n
f vxjl^'.pish jo qay a
•? regard tqjji ,?na(ier in frjpeb.wg
iMsa.o|jijinsB succepSjn life
P! p I' cl ! ,a
pujinns, m piying tp.atiqn/ipQ pr ciyjjity ip
others*. "A soil qpswer uirpeih fliy.ay.wrath.V
W - perils kindly .fpokw, jwljea. tho_ h«bit is
P.pc? acquired, come As.readilyas rough,and
-speechj- , x ..■■■:.: . . ■„- •■„
,J kqnw qn,(instance, of-two shopkeepers,
&SS goods dealers,..wha,kepi .Sdjomingstores
in a peiahbpring town. -Asi far as' business
lad and shrewdness wore concerned, they
were equaj, t but ip qf dealing wiih
cusionyrs, were widely.different, Onefaijed
in business tjwo or three limes, in the course
of eight or ten years; while ttye piher went
on accumuiaung.propeny, and » now worth
a hnndsqnje .fortune. I said their mode, of
proceeding:) With cusiomers was -entirely'mt
vntiance. The unsuccessful one’s mode of
proceeding was 'ds'follows;A' customer
would borne in, day to purchase 'some silk
poods. “What is the price oT 'this.Mr. A. 7”
the customer would ask',- “One dollar.a yard,”
A. would reply. "I will pivq you Rye shil
lings, oudrike a dress,”'the customer wml’d
say. Wheteupon A. would retort in a quick
hard tone, “Five shillings ! do yo.u suppose
I’d sell such d silk as that for five shillings ?
I’d keep it (111 doomsday first, ’’ &c. The
upshot would be, ihat ihe customer would
leave A.’s shop without purchasing, and go
into the next shop kept by B. “Have yon a
certain kind of silk 7” the purchaser would
inquire.’ “Yes,’B. would reply, “I have the
goods, which 1 should be happy to show you.
The kind you want is one dollar a yard,"
The purchaser makes ihe snipe pjfer, that he
did to A., yiz., five shillings. B’s mode of
proceeding however, would be very different.
Instead of returning a short gruff answer, he 1
would sniilingly reply, ‘iNow don’t ask me
to lake five shillings o yard for such silk as
that—l can’t afford it”-—all the time reason
ing with the purchaser in a cheerful and smi
ling manner ; und he would effect a sale, and
in nine cases out of ten get his price, or very
near it, and by his cheerful manner would
please the customer- so that he would call
again and purchase. >
In a certain town in New Hampshire, re
sided two -mechanics, masons, whose mode
of proceeding was analogous to that of the
1 shopkeeper#.'" They both 'commenced work
ing for thbntselves nhoutlhe same time, were
equally good workmen. Af'er they had boon
in business some three years they happened
in company, and commenced miking over
matters connected with their past business
“How have yon done 7’’ asks C. the
pleasant, ofT). the gnirr. o. P^,|y .’- fe .
plied the latter; “I have just been able to
make things meet-. You have the advantage
of me, C., you con gel much better prices for
vour work than 1 can. There was old Squire
E. gave you three hundred dollars more for
doiag the mason work forhis house than I’d
a donn it for. How happens it that you gel
so much hefer jobs than I can C. 7” To
which C. simply makes reply, “civility”—
and thts was the secret. C. was always civil
and polite while D. was Ihe reverse. The
The former was successful—lhe latter event
ually failed.
I have in my ‘minds eye’ an expressman
whose business is large and varied* and who
is exceedingly popular and respected. What
is the secret of his being universally liked,
dealing as he does with all kinds of people—
what else but civiliiy and kindly manner to
all ? I might go on and cite many more in
stances to the same effect. The world is full
of A.’s, B.’s C.’s and D.’s—one succeeding
while his next door neighbor fails. “Ft costs
nothing to lake off your hat to a'man,” once
remarked an old end vyry successful auction
eer on Central Wharf, who was a very polite,
and consequently popular man.
“I am very much astonished to sea you
bow to ihot boot-black,” said n Beacon street
exquisite to an ex-Mnyor who was celebrated
for his gentlemanly deportment and elegance
of manners. “You’d not have me outdone
in politeness by a negro,” replied the latter.
And so let it be, let us be kind and polite one
lo another, remeraherinc that
>• * “AH that live must die.
Pawing through naturo to eternity."
And lhai in the final disposition of things,
our places may be reversed, nnd.thnt no acci
dent of birth will' airail tls, where (hose «(io
have filled the humblest stations on this earth
may bo exalted (o the highest, while those
who have flitted theip brief hour in kingly
robes rhay be abased.
“flail, ye s.mall sweet qourtesies of life,”
says LatvVehde' Sterne; “for smooth do ye
make the road of it; like grace end beauiy
which beget 'ihe inclination to love at first
sight; ’tis ye who open the door to let the
stranger In."
Dv oil means sleep enough, and give nil in
your care sleep enough; by-requiring them to
go to bed at'some regular hour, and toget up
at tho hour of spontaneous waking 1 in'(he
■morning. Never waken up-any one, espe
cially children, from a sound sleep. Unless
there is urgent necessity ;• it is Cruel to do so.
To prove'ihiSf we have only to notice how
fretful and unhappy a child is, when' waked
up before thfe nap isout. Iflhe braihis noOr
ishCd during'ileep. it must Rhve mote vigor
in thC mnrnibg j hence the mo'rninif is the
best time for studfy—for theft the brain has
most strength most' activity..and must work
mpre Clearly. 'lf is the “ lamp”
which floods t}ip world with, sickly sentimen
talities, with false nipralSf with rickety, and
with all those harum-scanJip dreams of hu
pjan elevation, which abnegate Bible teach-,;
iugs.— Journal of Health. 1
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How FMd lrDlgwtwL
Many of our. readerSMvillvemember a
Series of , experiments,, pqbljshed by sr.
of i}ie Ignited Slates Army, almost
tweiyyyeprs ago, pa..,fjip, physiology of,di
gestion, ja which, WO* aided,materially by
a person na/jied St., Marlin, n.Canadianeoy
agtur. This mao had been wounded,by the
accidental discharge of bticfeshot, one of
whiph, entering the lung from' behind.Uav.
ersed it end emerged at uhe,stomach, leaving
ah opepiiig, tyhicti could, peyer be united
agajn,, which Dr. Beaumont was
enabled to vyjio.ess tlig. p,roce?aof di
geslioo, and to make (he series of experi
men'lk with which his name is so very honor
ably connected.
This opening made by the bullet was about
ihree fourths of an inch in diameter. Dr.
Beaomnnt tried to effect a cure by keening
St, Minin wjihout food for two days. The
gastric juice secreted by the mucous mem/
brone of the stomach would hot allow the
.reunion of the lorn walls of that organ.—
Tbe'conseqiience has been natural—a fistula
nr opening from the stomach—so that if St.
Marlin does not keep n compress tQihe.nper
lure in drinking water, or swallowing any
thing else, the whole contents of the stomach
will pass out through that opening. .Through
this opening comes out a smalt part of the
stomach, i e., the' inner coat,-which shows
: its different appearances—thick or swollen
when under the work of digestion, and thin
ner when the digestion is over.
St. Martin having been lost sight of by the
scientific -.world, after nearly a quarter of a |
century has suddenly turned up aaain as a
subject lor, digestive experiment. He is now
in this city, on his way to Europe, under the
auspices of Dr. Bunting, of Montreal, who
proposes, to extend more minutely the series
of experiments so successfully commenced
by. Dr. Beaumont, arid alio to enable the
savant of the Old World to witness the ex
periments, Mr. St. Marlin is at present a
little upwards of fiftv years of age, of a spare
frame, but apparently capable of considera
ble endurance. He is in excellent bodily
health, and has much vivacity of manner.—
His early life was spent upon the Premiers,
and since leaving the employ of Dr. Beau
mont he’has married and resided at Montre
al. The opening of the stomach has had no
injurious effect upon his health, "nor has it
prevented him from pursuing active and se
vere labors, indeed it is possible that his
daily knowledge of the effect of food upon
the stomach may have prevented him from
abusing this important organ for the gratifi
cation of momentary taste. He is a man of
simple tastes in his diet, and drinks, it is
said, no ardent spirits. ' ,
On Saturday afternoon a meeting of sev.
eral emiriont physicians of the city was held
ai tin. *io W York Hospital, for the purpose
of being introduced to Dr. and his
celebrated patient, and of witnessing some of
his experiments. |
The first experiment performed was that
of introducing the thermometer into the stom
ach through the opening, from which its tem
perature was ascertained to be 101 Fahren
heit. Dr, Bunting next introduced into the
stomach the gum-elastic cathetei, and extract
ed nearly an ounce and a half of gastric
juice, which was presented to Dr. Griscotn,
and examined by him and others, as to its
taste and other properties. The third experi
ment consisted in,cnusing the patient to drink
two tomhlers of water, which was immedi
ately afterwards poured Out through the ori
fice into a basin held by Dr. Bunting. The
experiments being concluded, various ques
tions were propounded to Dr. Bunting in re
gard to the time consumed in the digestion of
various foods. In reply, he observed that
the carrot would consume between five and
six hours," while rare roast beef wodld thor
oughly digest in an hour and a half. Melted
hotter would not digest at all, but float about
in the stomach. Lobster was comparatively
easy of digestion. Upon the application of
the gastric juice to a piece of purple tissue
paper, the color at once faded. In relation
to the patient's health, Dr. Bunting observed
that it had been uniformly excellent, having,
since his recovery from the effects of the
wound, supported a large family by his j
daily labor.
T hese experiments-do not differ materially
from those made by Dr. Beaumont. The
latter ascertained the difference between the
natural and artificial digestion by a very
simple and beautiful experiment-:
He took from the empty stomach, at an
early hour in the morning, two ounces of
gastric juice, which ho divided into two equal
pans, and placed In separate vials, in each
of which he placed a given quantity or roast
beeft The one was placed ia a sand bnth at
OOdegrees, and the other in the open air at
39 degrees. He likewise put the same quan
tity of meat in a like portion of clear water,
and intermixed a similar portion with gas
tric juice previously extracted, of the tem
perature of the air,
"The meat in the fresh gastric juice, placed
in the warm bath, proceeded towards diges
tion ns if contained in the stomach, and was
finally wholly digested by the addition of a
further quantity of gastric'juice. That con
tained inthe water Wds simply macerated ;
and that in the gastric' jhico having a low
temperature was affected but slightly.
The series of experiments instituted by
Dr. Beaumont, to ascertain the lime required
16 digest various articles of food, are familiar
to medical and scientific, men. Bulled rice
was found to require one hour to digest, and
pork five hours, these two being the ex
treme?.
Thw.experiments also, as a general rule,
confirmed.the opinion previously entertained,
that farinaceous vegetable are more easily
o r i:
t '‘S') * 3 »
r; v
digested the
the limit of
which
, An#cr
oeyeiopfej i
brolK»i r
ciefe eaover
thdy cab 6e
the coosequ
'es?,
solid rood.
i succulent; and wild game, and
full.grpwn animals, than thus*
I HWftjO tS ) n-■
very , wipprlfl|nl Ja*t of. digestion
i r a«, "mat fluids, like soups an<|
I iS'ltf hhfe their nutritious par.
: »into ; a Solid substance before
i Acted upon by the gastric juice i
mceii ihat.all such ailments are
| Cor weak stomach* than mare
Occasiom
usually plat
The efloctu
siantaneous
ed,.bi# ; io«
chyme, the,
likeaobslgn
under, ofdin
Ipgnd.withii
The case
ouliar. one, i
being, found
lime one. of,
count of. «h
by it to. ou
whnt wo ro
from it, ;
,It i* ; Won
life has beet
qnemly, the|
years areosj
hm ytujih,—|
| illy S|, Idar jin's temper, although
1 td.' hetedmes viofemly ruffled,—
i|>on.ihe digesiive proces* wds’in.
snd dfiisidod. Digestion proceed*
>od ofithe»formation of healthy
tlomach:contained a ibid' gruei>
i *1 ntuoHlfinged with bile, which,
i»ry circumstances, is not to be
ill.ft.- r i'' ■' -
af St. Martin is altogether a pc*
be like, singularly enough, not
.on recoid. lt is st thesamo
narked interest, not only on ae.
it fhas already been contributed
r 'knowledge of digestion, but
reasonably expect
ty of remark that St, Marlin'*
a .regular one, and that conse*
I experiments made in advanced
[valuable as those prosecuted in
JlVieio York Earning Post. •>
A Good Story.— vVe are kindly permitted
to copy ihe following good anecdote from a'
private lelte/ just received by a gentleman of
ibis city, from a brother now in Nebraska.
The Yankee referred to is the right kind of
a'fann id deal with thA “border ruffians*’ irj
Jfansas. We do not remember to have seen
this story in'print. Here it is :
You know the test the Missourians subject
nit who make tbeir appearance at
tiny of their' ferries, and ask to be crossed
into Kansas.' Some days since a slab sided
Yankee arrived at one of the Northern Mis.
soUri landings, with a long train of plunder
of various sorts. By way of testing him, the
ferryman asked him what slock he had 1
“Wa4l,” days the Yankee, “I’ve got (wo
horses, a yoke or oxen and (wo keows.”
“That’s ehough,” replied the ferryman ;
“you can’t cross here.’’
“Why not!?” inquired (he Yankee.
The ferryman told him that his insiructiona
were not to cross anybody that couldn't pro.
nounce the Word cow)
But f said ;keow,” persisted the Yankee.
“Well yotf can’t cross here.” rather gruffly
replied Chardri.
“But I hdve got tickets entitling me to
cross,” urged (he Yankee.
The ferryman replied that he did not know
of anybody' who had a right to sell him tick
ets.
“But I’ve them, any way.’’
The ferryman demanded a sight of (ho
tickets, whereupon Mr. Yankee stepped buck
a little, hauled out a revolver in each band,
crying—“Them’s the tickets, and I am bound
to cross this Terry, lemc or no keow /" And
he crossed.— Marango Jour.
Hat Field Anecdote. — That is a good
story, which may have been heard in more
thnn one Yankee hay-field this summer.
We beard i} one day ,when on a visit to the
country, to show some men how
to “pitch.” We had failed, and wilted down
under a haypock, and lay /lushed, and fan.
ning the glow and sweat of our features in a
comfortable iposition, when one of the jolly
haymakers related the anecdote of the old
man who Was always bragging how folks
u«ed to work in his younger days, and who
finally challenged his iwo sons tngeiher to
pilch on a load of hay as last as he could
load it.
1 he challenge was accepted, the hnv woe*
nn driven rpund, and the (rial commenced.
For some time ihe man held his own very
creditably, calling oul, launtmgly: “More
hay ! more hay J"
Thicker and fasier it came, whole hay
cocks at a time,cloud after cloud, overwhelm
ing. The old man was nearly covered up;
still he kept crying: “More hay ! more hay j!
until struggling to keep on top of the disor
dered and ill-nrrangrd heap, it began first to
roll, then to slide, and at last off it went from
the wagon, and the old man with it.
“What are you down here fori” shed the
boys.
“1 came down after hay!” answered tho
old man, stoutly.
Which was a literal fact'} he had come
down after about half n wagon load, which
had to be pitched on again rather more de
liberately.
Mow HE SAVED IT. —A military man,
“down £a?l," knowing he could be elected
to a captaincy if he would consent to a nomi
nation, called upon a neighbor who had for
merly served in I hot capacity, to ascertain if
the office was one of pecuniary profit. Being
told by the retired veteran that he had held
the office 1 for, five years and saved fire; hun
dred dollars, he gladly accepted the nomina
tion and was} chosen caplamofhis company.
After ihreeyears, campaigning in Ihe wav o(
“company ijiiin/ngs” and “general musters."
finding his office to be a heavy hill of expen
ses instead of a source of profit, he called on
his old friend again for information as to how
ho had saved five hundred dollars, while he
himself lost pne hundred dollars by Ihe same
office.—“ Why,” replied ihe old captain, “I
was worth just one thousand dollars when f
was elee'ed ; I held ihe-office five years, and
lost five hundred dollars by it j so I resigned
and sated the other Jiee hundred.
Reasoning.— Lately, at a distribution of
prizes in a German village, a girl seven
years old, whose parents had just been turned
out of their lodgings, because they had failed
to pay their rent, whs asked hy the rector:
“flare ypu studied sacred history, niy
child]”
"Yes, sir.*'
“Do yog know the history of the creation P
“] know tjtiot God made all.”
“Why were Adam and Eve turned out of
Paradise (
The child ( hesitated a moment, and then
fixing her eyes on the examiner, replied—
“ Probably they were turned' out because
they eould'nt pay their rent.
Burke told Garrick at Hampton, that all
bitter things were hot, “Indeed,” replied
Garrick, “then what do you think of a bitter
cold day 1”