Terms of PiihUcaiioii, THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is pub lisfaed every Thursday Morning, and mailed to sub scribers at the very reasonable price of On* Dol- La per annum, inea nobly.» odeonce. It is intend ed tonoUfy every sutecnber when the tern, for Which he ha, paid stall I »'' e expired, by the stamp —‘•Time Out,” on the margin of the last paper. The paper wmtbea be ato PP ed 01111111 further re mittance be received. By Ibis arrangement no man can be brought in debt to the printer. Th« Agitator is the Official Paper of the Conn tr will i a large and steadily increasing circulation reaching into nearly every neighborhood in the Coonty, It is sent free of postage to any Post office within the county limits, and to those living within the limits,bat whose mostconvcnicnt postoffice may be in an adjoining Connty. Business Cards, not exceeding 5 Lines,.paper to* eluded, H per year. POOR JANET. He will not come, no, never con*, My gallant sailor, brave and ft** I’ve watched these billows ra* a 7 * But Donald comes not bac* to ms—• It seems a weary, weaiy time Since his false ship went nut to sea. And still it’s sailing, sailing on, And Donald comes not back to me. Hash! she is eraxed, say thoughtless ones; And carelessly they torn away, While poor Janet still stands to hear. The moaning wind, the dashing spray— Jtat some who can remember her la happietj days, long, long ago Will oA repeat her mournful tale. And why she waits and watches so. That ship sailed out for foreign lands; At length amid an eager crowd, She stood to watch its safe return, But oh! they spoke of grave and shroud— The blow so stunning crazed her brain, She cannot listen when they tell His parting words of love to her— The anguish of bis last farewell. She knows not that her Donald sleeps HU last, long sleep in holy ground, Wilh the green turf above his head And summer flowers springing round. She cannot go as many can, 1 Bereft of all that makes life fair. And kneeling by the dear one's grave. Pour out her prayers for mercy there. But poor Janet, in summer son, In autumn wind, and winter snow, Still wakes and watches for that ship That sailed away, so long ago— And still her sad and earnest cry Beside the ever-changing sea— “ That false, ialte ship is sailing on. And Donald comes not back to me. 1 * Deacon Brown and the "Stranger.” Deacon Brown considered himself a riillar of the church and chief conservator of the public morals, nor was this idea of his alto gether a delusion. He was a strenuous ad vocate of church discipline, and his every day walk presented to the world an example of the most rigid piety. Though, perhaps, a trifle Puritanic and bigoted he was yet a man of uncompromising virtue. But as Hood says, “Alas! for the rarity Of Christian charily.” The old Deacon had not the least bil of it. Having no faults or foibles of his own (at least he thought so) that called aloud for charity, he could not understand why they should ever form a component part in the natures of other people. He had passed the hey —day of youth, and had quite forgotten that he was once young. With much business and res ponsibility resting on himself, he failed to see how those with fewer cares could possibly be merry and unconcerned. Indeed, the. Dea con witnessed many very uncommon human phcnomenas, for which he could assign no other cause than moral depravity, and withal, he had one weakness, which very naturally grew out of his lack of charily. This was a most unbounded credulity ns to the short comings which gossip is daily charging upon some member of a community. So credu lous was the Deacon in this respect, and so ready to believe in the culpable sin's of an other, that he was often made the victim of.a practical joke; and though he lived in’a vil lage of not over five hundred inhabitants, he had been made to believe that it contained several gambling dens, and, at least, two Peter Funk auction shops. He was at one time convinced that a society of R’reeiovers held meetings in the Town Hall v but before completing his plan for their apprehension, they turned out lobe a lodge of Know Noth ings. Thus he was often put.on the wrong track, but unlike Knight Russ Ockside, M. D. he never succeeded in “getting his eye teeth cut.” But it is only the last “drive” played off on him, that we design recording. It hap pened in this wise: Elder Wisely, pastor of Deacon Brown’s church, was on a tour at the South, tor the benefit of that clerical dis order, the bronchitis. Mrs. Wisely, the sec ond wife of the elder, was for some reason left at home. This lady was quite youthful, and had fay her gentle qualities, won theles teem of the entire parish. It was during the absence of her husband, that Deacon Brown on going to the Post Office one morning, re ceived the following communication: PoDGEvtixE, July 16th, 1846. Mr. Brows; —Dear Sir: I take the liberty to disclose to you some facts, which have given me as much pain as they will yourself. I know beyond all question of doubt that a stranger very mysteriously made his appear ance last night in the private parlor of Mrs. . Wisely. He was first seen there about half ik B 'i. e ' eVen , o ' C * oC * i ’ no one saw him enter i ® . o “ 3e . he has not been known to depart. 1 think this new visitor was expected, and the has been even heard to address him in thei lenderest and most loving tones Such are the facts. You can act in the premises as your sense of duty may dictate inf ° pin , lon f 18 lhal > shou| d Eider Wisely be nformed of the stranger’s advent, it mUi “Mien his return. Yours truly, ° As tko n A OF FIDEtITV, a visible - read . this epislle ' 'here was his eve P m ° r - ! n h,s ha ad- He pdished perused ft carefully ® B '' k handkerchief, and con Brown l U ' y [ h SeC ° nti llme - Bul Dea ‘ duty thoueh it M m , an ,0 BWervo from go- Putting tho i blra w here he should not ing hi™: his hat. and button 'be hardware si Chm j he hastened down to fidemial clerk nmp a " d , whiB P er ' D g to a Con ors. Wisfilu ’ u oCeeded to the residence of cidedlv on iho He slruc h his cane very de usual “Pood h m pave ’ i ree:ed no one wilh his m the fornlm °i rD - Dg ’ - bul Beeraed absorbed mplation of a great purpose.— YOL. IV. Arriving al the scene of his triumph, he sta tioned his clerk in front of the bouse, and giving the bell knob a cautious pull was soon admitted by the servant girl. The following .dialogue then and there took place: , “la Mrs. Wisely in ?” “Yes, sir; she’s in bed, sir.” The deacon examined his watch, and mut tered, half past seven 1” He then asked : •"> “How long before Mrs. Wisely will rise madam 1” For the Agitator. “Well, really, sir, I can’t fell, won’t you take a seat in the parlor, air?’’ “No, thank you—can’t slay. Did Mrs. Wisely have company last night ma’am ?’’ “Yes sir, I believe she did sir; she—” Here the girl blushed, hesitated, and striv ing to conceal her embarrassment,showed too plainly that she would evade the true .expla nation, if possible. Jhe deacon interposed, as if to relieve her, said: “The company, I suppose, ma’am, was a young gentleman—a stranger to you I” “Yes, sir—l believe he is, sir J” “Is that young gentleman in the house now ma’am V .-“To be sure he is, air.” “Will you be so kind as to stale what part of the house 1” “He is in Mrs. Wisely’s bed room.” The deacon’s manner by this time became greatly excited, and he gasped out, “Can it be 1 can it be !” The maid failing to comprehend the deacon, inquired, “Can what be 1” “Why that a young gentleman is, at this very moment ” Virginia. “But you know, sir, he is a very young and a very little gentleman, too, sir.” “What do you mean by his being a very little gentleman 1” “Why, haint you beard, sir, that Mrs. Wisely has got a baby —a nice, fine boy— weighs nine pounds, sir I” The old gentleman seemed, as the phrase is, perfectly thunder struck. He was for once in his life favored with a lucid interval, and saw by the I'ght of it that be had been sold. Saying that Mrs, Brown would be over in the course of the day, he took his leave, without subjecting the maid to a cross examination. The joke got out in due lime, and we fear the deacon never quite forgave the writer of that anonymous letter. He has, however consented to the stranger, having Mrs. Wise ly’s love. New Anecdote of Randolph. Arlbur Livermore, of New Hampshire, and John Randolph, of Roanoke, Virginia, were boih marked men in their way, and both members of the House of Representatives in Congress, together. Mr. Randolph was a man of. overbearing pride and great hauteur of demeanor, and one who could not, With any tolerable degree of grace, brook opposi tion, and whose ire was roused to the last de gree by defeat. Mr. Livermore had not been subjected to the same degree of accidental and artificial stimulus of pride and arrogance; but bis spirit was scarcely more submissive than that of his lordly compeer. Above all things, he disdained to be trampled upon by an arrogant despotism, roused to the most impudent excess by the habit of domination in the daily relations of life. Livermore had one day made a most-subversive onset upon tine of Randolph’s favorite pieces of invect ive irony and playful slang, which be always delighted to deal out for the amusement of the house, and which consumed more time and afforded less light than ought to have been expected from a gentleman of such distin guished learning and ability as are, and al ways were, by common consent, accorded to the hero of Roanoke. Randolph turned up on Mr. Livermore wilh more than his ordi nary measure of gall and bitterness ; among other things, calling him repeatedly, “the member from Vermont,,” a Slate, at that lime, of somewhat dubious estimate in the companionship of the original thirteen. Liv. ermore, not a whit abashed, rose on the in stant, and did battle so effectually as utterly to demolish all Johnny’s glittering soap bub bles, all the time referring to him as “(he worthy member from Rhode Island.” He said he objected to that gentleman, even, pri vileged as he undoubtedly was, riding rough shod over the heads of his associates of the House with the same imperturable coolness with which he swung along the streets in his coach and six /’’ John arose and indignantly disclaimed as suming any such baronial airs as had been attributed to him by “the honorable member from New Hampshire, and at the lop of his shrieking voice declared he never drove more than two, on any occasion. Said Livermore: “I repeat, a coach and six —two horses, two niggers and two dogs!" This sudden expose of the usual retinue of Mr. Randolph, brought down the house in such hearty roars of laughter that he did not deem it prudent to enter into any more ex tended explanations off that occasion ; and he seldom afterward invHtd the strictures of Mr. Livermore, whom ho thenceforth denomina ted “my excellent friend from New Hamp shire.” ‘ A gentleman, who at breakfast the other morning, broke an egg, and disturbed the re pose of a sentimental looking biddy, called the waiter, and insinuated that he “did not like to have a bill presented till he bad done eating.” ' . “A pretty pair of eyes are the best mir rors to shave by.” “Yes,” said a bachelor reading, “many a man has been shaved by them.’’ THE,AGITATOR BefcoteUf to tfce mxttmian of tfte Uvm of iFmtrow anir t&e atr of Scalt&g a&efown. •WHILE THEBE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “ MAN’S INHUMANITY TO Man” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 20, 1857. Faying an Old Debt. A merchant very extensively engaged in commerce, and located upon Long Wharf, Boston, died intestate, February 18ib, 1802, at the age of 75 years. After his death, a package of very considerable size was found carefully tied up and labeled as follows : “Notes, due-bills and accounts against sundry persons down along shore. Some of them may be got by suit and severe dunning. But the people are poor; most of them have bad fisherman’s-luck. My children will do as they think best. - Perhaps they will think, with me, that it is belter to burn this package.’ About a mouth after ho died the sons met together, when the elder brother the admin istrator, produced the package, and read the superscription, and asked what course should be taken in regard to it. Another brother, a few years younger than the eldest, a man of strong impulsive temperament, unable, at that moment, to express his feelings by words, while he brushed the tears from his eyes with one hand, by a spasmodic jerk of the other towards the fireplace, indicated his wish to have the package put into the flames. It was suggested by another btothcr, that it might be well to make out a list of the names, and of the dates and amounts, that they be enabled, as the Intended discharge was for all, to inform such as might, offer payment, that their debts were forgiven. On the fol lowing day they again assembled, and the list had been prepared, and all the notes, due bills and accounts, which included interests, amounted to thirty thousand dollars, were committed to the flames. It was about four months after our father’s death, continued my informant, in the month of June, that I was silting in my eldest brother’s office, wailing for an opportunity to speak with him, when there came in a hard favored little old man; who looked as if lime and rough weather had been to the windward of him for seventy years. He asked if my brother was not the executor. My brother replied that he was the administrator, as our father died intestate. “Well,” said the stranger, “I have come up from the Cape to pay a debt I owe the old gentleman.” My brother requested him to take a seat, he being at the desk. The old man sat down, and putting on his glasses, drew out a very ancient looking pocket book, and began to count over his money. When he had finished, as he sat wailing his turn, slowly twirling his thumbs with his old gray, meditative eyes upon the floor,- he sighed, and I knew the money,! as the phrase runs, came hard, and secretly wished that the, old man's name might be fdpnd on the forgiven list. My brother was soon at leisure, and asked him the usual questions, his name, residence, &c. The original debt was lour hundred and forty dollars. My brother went to his desk, and after examining the forgiven list attentively, a sudden smile lit upon his countenance, and told me the truth at a single glance. The old man’s name was there I My btolher quietly look a chair by his side, and a conversation ensued be tween them I never shall forget. • Your jiote is outlawed,” said be, “it was dated twelve years ago, payable in two years; there is no witness, and the interest has never teen paid®- you are not bound to pay this note ; we can never recover the amount.” “Sir,” said the old man, “I wish to pay it. It is the only debt I owe in the world. It may be outlawed here, but I have no child, and my old woman and I hope we may have our peace with God, and I wish to do so with men. I should like to pay it.” And he laid the bank notes before my brother, re questing him to count them over. “I cannot take the money,” was the reply of my brother. The old man became alarmed. “I have cast simple interest for twelve years and counted it all Over,”, said he. “I will pay compound interest if you requite it. The debt ought to have been paid long ago ; but your father was so very indulgent—he knew I had been unlucky, and told me not to worry myself about it.” My brother than properly set the matter before him, and taking the bank bills he re turned-(hem to the old man’s pocket-book, telling him that although our father left no formal will, he had recommended to his children to destroy certain notes, due-bills and other evidences of and release those who might be legally bound to pay them. . For a moment the old man appeared to bp stupefied. After he bad collected himself, and wiped the tears from his eyes, he said : “From the time I heard of your father s death, I have raked and scraped, pinched and spared, to gel the money together for the payment of the debt. About ten days ago, I made up the sum within twen'y five dollars. My wife knew how much lha payment of this debt lay on my spirits, and advised me to sell the cow and make up the 'difference; and get the heavy burden off my mind. I did so; and now what will my good old woman say? I must go back to the Cape stnd tell her this good news. She’ll probably repeat the very words she used when she put her hand on my shoulders as we parted —“I have never seen the righteous forsaken nor bis seed begging bread.” Giving each of us a shake of the hand, and a blessing on our father’s memory, he went on his way rejoicing. After a short silence, taking his-pencil and making a cast, “There,” said my brother, “your part of the amount would be so much. Contrive a plan to convey to me your share of the pleasure derived from the operation, and the money is at your service.” Such is the simple tale which I have told as it was told me. To add the evident moral, would be an insult to the reader. S i aim. Sir John Bowring has given an account of Siam, and the two kings of that country. He says; “Persons who knovr little of the stale of Siam, will be surprised to learn that the first king is well versed in the works of Euclid and Newton; that he writes and speaks English with tolerable accuracy; that he is a proficient in Latin, and has acquired the Sanscript, Cingaliese and Pagun languages; that he can project and calculate eclipses of the sun and moon, and Decollations of the planets; that he is fond of all branches of learniog and science ; that he has introduced a priming press, with Siamese and English type; and that his palace and table are sup plied with all the elegancies of European life. He lived twenty-seven years in retire ment before h'e came to the throne, and during that time he acquired the accomplish ments which make his reign a memo table and most beneficial era in Siamese history. He was born in 1804, and is now conse quently fifty-three years of age.” The second king (his brother,) appears to be equally estimable: “My intercourse with the second king was, in all respects, most agreeable. I found him a gentleman of very cultivated under standing ; quiet, even modest in manners ; willing to communicate knowledge, and earnest in search of instructions." His table was spread with air the neatness and order that are found in a well-regulated- English household. A favorite child sat on his knees, whose mother remained crouched at the door of the apartment, but look no part in the conversation. The king played to his guests very prettily on the pipes of the Laps portable organ. He had a variety of music ; and there was an exhibition of nationol and pastimes, equestrian feats, ele phant combats, and other amusements ; but what seemed most lb interest the king was his museum of models, nautical and philo sophical instruments, and a variety of scien tific and other curiosities. These kings reign, each in prescribed limits, in perfect harmony. This double monarchy is an old institution of Siam, and is popujar, with the people.” The Siamese, hy report of Sir John, are an amiable and intelligent race, with a high degree of civilization in all that relates to social institutions. They profess the faith of Buddalt, and seem affectionately, though not bigotedly attached to it. They are willing to engage in controversy with our missionaries, and show much acuteness in theif arguments. The author relates : “I found no indisposition among the Siam ese to discuss religious questions, and the general result of the discussion was ‘Your religion is excellent for you, and ours is ex cellent for us. All countries do not produce the same fruits and flowers, and,we find va rious religions suited to various nations.’ The present king is so tolerant that he gave three thousand slaves, (prisoners of war) lo be taught religion by the Catholic missiona ries, saying : ‘You may make Christians of these people.’ Pallegoix, the Catholic bishop, who is a great favorite with his majesty reports several conversations with the first king, which do honor to his liberal spirit. ‘•Persecution is hateful,’’ ho said ; “every man ought lo be free to profess the religion ha prefersand he added : “If you convert a certain number of people anywhere, let jne know jjou-have-done so, and Twill give them a Christian Governor, and they, shall not be annoyed by Siamesej authorities.” I have a letter from the kins', in which he says that the inquiries into the abstruse subject of the Godhead, “we cannot tell who is right and who is wrong ; but.l will pray my God to give you bis blessing, and you must pray to your God to bless me ; and so blessings may descend on both.” Be Gentle at Home. —There are few families, we imagine, anywhere, in which love is not abused as furnishing the license for impoliteness. A husband, father or broth er will speak harsh words to those he loves best, and those whoTove'him best, simply be cause the security of love and family pride keeps him from getting his head broken. It is a shame that a man will speak more impo litely,, to his wife or sister, than he would to any other female, except a low and vicious one. 'll is thus that the honest affections of a man’s nature prove to be a weaker protec tion to a woman in the family circle than the restraints in society ; and that a woman is in debted for the kindness and politeness of life lo those not belonging to her own household. Things ought not so to be. The man who, because it will not be resented, inflicts his spleen and bad temper upon those of his hearthstone, is a small coward and a very mean man. Kind words are circulating me dium’s between true gentlemen and ladies at home, and no polish exhibited in society can alone for the harsh language and disrespect ful treatment 100 often indulged in between those bound together by God’s own ties of blood, and the still more sacred bonds of con jugal love. —Life Illustrated. “Billy, how did you lose your finger 1” “Easily enough,” said Billy. “I suppose you did, but how V “I guess you’d lost your’n if you’d been as honest as I was." “That don't answer my question !” “Well if you must know,” said Billy, “I had to cut it off, or else steal the trap.” Women is like ivy—the more you are ruined the closer she clings to you. An old bachelor adds : “Ivy like woman the closer it clings to you the more you are ruined.” Sensible bachelor, that. A Great Bridge in Pennsylvania. A correspondent of the Easton (Pa.) Daily Express, writing from Lehigh; county, gives the following account of the; completion of one of .the most remarkable j bridge in the world; - It has been my good fortune to witness within a short lime the progress and fipal completion of one of the most. extensive and creditable enterprises our country can boast of—the construction of an Iron Bridge.— This bridge is constructed on jthe line of the Calasauqua and Foglesville Railroad, about four miles from Calasauqua.' This line of railroad is built principally by the iron com panies along the Lehigh river,;for the purpose of conveying iron ore front the adjacent country to their furnaces, in which many of your citizens are deeply interested. The road is about twelve miles long, leaves the Lehigh valley railroad at Calasauqua, run ning westward through a highly cultivated country, giving access to and affording means of transportation of the mineral wealth in which Lehigh county is so very rich. The structure is 1,100 feet long and 90 feet high, spanning a beautiful valley and river—the Jordan. I have learned from i the contractor that on the 27th day of August, 1836, the first stone for the foundation of the piers was laid, and on the 23th of lune 1857, every portion of the structure was in its place; and that nothing remained to jins done but the final adjusting and painting ilj-r-an astonish ing short period for the.completion of such a stupendous work. The foundation for the piers, of which there are ten jn number, con sists of niassive masonry laid in cement and thou roughly grouted, nod raised on an aver age about five feet from the surface. Some of the stone for these foundations were from necessity brought sixteen or I.eighteen miles, and the sand used in their building could not be obtained, within a distance .of twenty miles. The pier supporting the superstructure -con sists totally of iron. The iposts, of which there are eight to each pair, bre of the cross pattern, built in vertical sections of fifteen feet in length, strongly connected and scien tifically braced, to afford resistance to any strain that they may be subjected to. The superstructure corresponds well with the other features of the bridge in all its parts. In the arrangement of the truss many im provements in its details have been brought to bear never before known!jn bridge con struction. The distribution!of the material is proportioned to the actual that comes upon it. Where great strain is the result you will find abundant material, and where the reverse lakes place the same principle is observed; consequently the structure is obli ged to support no surplus.material, qo useless dead weight. Hence the reason for iron bridges competing with wpodasregardsecon omy. The bridge is calculated to support a moving load of 1100 tons, gnjimmense weight to be borne ninety feet in tbe'air, but it passes this load without the least observable deflec tion or motion of any kind.! This fact may give you an idea that the structure must be ponderous and heavy, but you will be disnp. pointed. The outlines of Mhe bridge are scarcely discernable at a | distance of three hundred yards. ! i Seabch for Happiness.— A wealthy epi cure applied to an Arabian doctor for a'pre script ion that would restore his body to health, and give happiness to his mind. The physi cian advised him lo exchange shirts with a man who was perfectly contented with his lot. Whereupon the patient pel out on a jour ney in pursuit of such a person. After many months spent without accomplishing his ob ject, he was told of a certain jcobbler of whom every one had spoken as a model of content ment and Pursuing the direction given, the traveler was at length rewarded with the sight of the cobbled enjoying a com fortable nap on a board. Ayithout ceremony he was aroused from hifelumbers, and the important interrogatory whether he.was con tented with his lot was answdied in the affirm ative. i i “Then, said the seeker'after happiness.— I have one small boon to ask at,your hands. It is that you exchange shirts with me, that by this means I also may; become contented and happy.” | j “Most gladly would I accede to the re quest,” replied the cobbler, ,“but — ■ “Nay, refuse me not,” interrupted the man of wealth; “any sum that|you may name shall be thine. I : 1 “I seek not thy tvealthj”Ilsaid 1 l said the cobbler, “but—but” j f “What?” it “But the truth is —l hate no shirt.” During a learned lecture by a German ad venturer, he illustrated the glory of mechan ics as a science thus: Oe thing dal is made is more superior dan de maker. 1 shew you how .in, some things,. Suppose I make de round wheel of de coach.; Yer well dal wheel rolls round five hundred !niile and I can not roll one myslf! Supposejl £im a cooper, what you call, I make de.biglubto hold wine. He holds tuns and gailoiis, and I can not hold more than five bottles! So yon see dnt what is made is more superior dan de maker. ” | A transcendental preacher look for his text, “Feed my lambs.” i A plain farmer quaintly remarked to him, on coming put of the church, “A very’ good text, sir; but you should take care not ip put hay so high in the rack that lambs can’t reach it.” There is an old law which says that “Con tent is the true philosopher’s stone,” Brown says it is very likely—for ; nobody has ever found either one or the other. Advertisements will be charged 81 per square of fourteen lines, for one, or three insertions, and 25 cents for every subsequent insertion. All advertise ments of less than fourteen lines considered as a squate. The following rates will be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly advertising 3 months. 6 months. 12 mo’s 1 Square, (Hlines,) - $2 50 $4 50 $6 00 2 Squares,- . ... 400 600 800 J column, - ... 10 00 15 00 20 00 1 column,- - - . -18 00 30 00 40 00 I All advertisements not having the number of in sertions marked will be kept in until or dered out, and charged accordingly. Tasters, Handbills, Bill,and Letter Heads, and all kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, executed neatly and promptly. Justices’, Consta. bles’ and other BLANKS, constantly on hand and printed to order. ' :m iy. Resolving Run Mad. —lt has become much too common to adopt “preambles and resolutions” on occasions which do. not re quire them. The thing indeed is run into the ground. But the following caps the cli max of absurdity and verges on irreverence. A Sabbaih school attached to a church at Syracuse recently made an excursion to.Littlo Sodus Bay. While enjoying the sail “the following preambles and resolution” wete unanimously adopted :—, Whereas, Divine , Providence, in his wis dom and goodness, having favored the Sab bath School of the Second Baptist Church of Syracuse, and the many citizens accompany ing them, with a lovely day on this excur sion, rendering the occasion agreeable and delightful to all, affording us the enjoyment of a healthy and refreshing ride over the blue waters of Lake Ontario, with its varied and charming scenery, and whereas, we have been vouchsafed a prosperous ride, free from accident and danger, be it therefore Resolved, That we humbly acknowledge our indebtedness to the Almighty for the en joyment received on this occasion ; and that we commit ourselves to his care, returning to our respective homes, in the hope of receiv. ing similar blessings of His Divine will. Resolved, That we heartily return our thanks to Stone’s Sax Horn Band. The Albany Argus remarks, wickedlv enough, on this series of resolutions, tho usually Anal one is lacking: Resolved, That a copy of these resolu tions, signed by the President and Secretary, be forwarded, &c., Arc. Fasting. —Fasting has been’'frequently recommended' and practised as a means of removing incipient disease ; and of restoring the body to its customary healthful sensa tion. Howard, the celebrated philanthropist used to last one day in the week ; Franklin, for a period, did the same. Napoleon, when he fell! his system unstrung, suspended his wonted repast, and took exercise on horse back. The list of distinguished names might, if necessary, be increased ; but why adduce authority in lavor of a practice which the instinct of the brute creation leads them to adopt whenever they are sick ? Happily for them they have no meddling prompters, in the shape of well meaning friends, to force a stomach, already enfeebled and loathing its customary food, to digest this or that delicacy —soup, jelly, custard, chocolate, and the like. —Life Illustrated. A Judge’s Prescription. —Judge Oakley, does not joke every day, but a short lime since a mnn who was afflicted with the dis ease to which Hahncman traces almost every other one, came into his presence beseeching his honor to be excused from jury duly. “But,” says ihe judge, “if all that ask are excused, we shall have no juries left.” ‘‘l know, your honor,” said the applicant, with downcast head, while the finger nails were busy here and there and everywhere that ten practiced digitals could reach. “I know, but mine is a peculiar case. -1 ha’e to say it, judge, but if 1 must, 1 must, I suppose. I'i'O got the itch ! ‘‘Here, Mr. Matsell,” hastily interposed tho judge, scratch this juror out.” - Temperature op the Earth. —The opinion that the interior of the earth is a mass of flame, is founded chiefly on the existence of hot springs and volcanoes, and the fact that below fifty feet from the surface the tem perature increases about one-degree for every fifty-five feel of descent. Says a writer : “The water must be wholly converted into steam at a depth of two miles ; must melt at a depth less than fifty miles the very rock must be in a state df fusion, or like flowing lava. The solid crust of the earth, by this calculation, is only the one hundred and six tieth part of its diameter, and bears about the same relation thereto as the shell of an egg bears to its bulk !” Resignation.—A certain old lady, who had been famed for sour looks, and not very sweet words, touching the accidents of life, was observed to have become very amiable. “What a happy change has come over you,” said a neighbor. “Why,” said the transformed, “to fell you the truth, I have been all my life striving for a contented' mind, and have finally concluded to sit down contented without it.” The best example of the ornamental style of.illuslration in an address we ever met with is lhe exordium which Southey records of an English lawyer, who made the following charge to the opposite party in the suit: “This man, gentlemen of the jury, walks into court like a motionless statue, with a cloak of hypocrisy in his mouth, and is at tempting to screw these oak trees out of my client’s pockets.” Some lime ago one of the churches in Salem had a misbehaving brother up for dis cipline, and was about to excommunicato him, whereupon the world’s people held a meeting outside, and voted not to receive him, unles he should be returned in as good condi tion as when delivered to the church 1 “John,” said a schoolmaster to an idle boy, “you will soon be a man and will have to do business; what do you suppose you will do when you have to write letters T” “Oh, sir,” replied John, “I shall put easy words in them.” Punch suggests, iu anticipation of the title about to be bestowed upon the Queen’s phy sician, pc. Locock, that he dubbed Lord Deliverus. In courting, three hard squeezes are better than fifiy soft words. Rates of Advertising.
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