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To the Printer &c.
Cambridge, August S, 1770.
The modern diswwetjes in Electricity have
opened anew scene in nature, end a much
more extensive one than could have been
imagined. They have showed us a near re
lation between Electricity and Lightning,' of
.which former ages bad not the least suspicion.
It is now incontestably proved, that the matter
in both these cases is the same, that it is
governed in its operation by the same laws,
and that it is productive of effects, the same
in kind, and differing only in degree. Elec
tricity then is artificial Lightning. By this
discovery we are enabled 'to make experi
ments upon Lightning, and to examine the
manner of its acting, as often as we please,
and without. any danger. And we now.
assert far truth, what twenty years ago would
have been perfectly incredible, that this tre
mendous meteor, which has been the-terror
of all ages, is in a great measure subjected
to human power. Its violence cannot, indeed,
be resisted, but its course may be averted.
From numerous experiments made upon the
electrical fire, or artificial lightning, com
pared with observations of the effects of
natural lightning, it appears that different
bodies are more or less perfect conductor*
of it. It is well known, that trees are
frequently shivered Gy lightning, and that
wooden buildings are shattered, and some
times set on fire, by it; and the higher these
are, that is the nearer the clouds, so much
the more are they exposed to these injuries.
The masts of vessels, and steeples are most
frequently struck. The bricks of chi males,
and the stones in our buildings are often
driven out of their places. Animals are
stunned, or killed, according to the force of
the stroke. But metals are not hurt by it,
unless they are thin or slender, and then are
sometimes melted a little. And it is obscrv
able, that when buildings have been struck,
wherever there has been a quantity of metal
to conduct the lightning, there the contiguous
parts of the buildings remained unhurt; but
where the metal ended, there tho other mate
rials were torn and shattered. Accidents of
these kinds are so frequent, that not a sum
mer passes without some or other of them ;
and we have had two recent instances, in the
steeples of Hampton and Waltham, of which
the News-papers have given an account.
From the foregoing particulars it appears,
that metals are the best conductors of the
electric fire; and that wood, bricks, stones
and animat bodies are ill qualified to be Con
ductors of it. And all this is fully confirmed
by the experiments of Electricity, which
show, that the electric fire is most strongly
attracted by metals; —that it seeks them in
preference to all other bodies; —that when it
can find a sufficient ‘’quantity of metal to
conduct or convey it, it passes along without
doing any injury to that or the neighboring
bodies; and that its destructive force is only
perceived, when there is a failure of metal to
conduct it.
These observations have suggested a
method of preserving our persons and proper
ties from the fatal effects of this violent me
teor ; for which the world is indebted to the
happy genius of our illustrious Countryman,
Dr. FRANKLIN. Agreeable to the forego
ing principles, if a continued line of nay
metal (iron, for instance) of a sufficient thick
ness, be formed, reaching from above the
highest part of a building, down , to the
ground, the lightning which might fail on
that building will flow in a silent innocuous
stream through the bedy of the metal, without
injury' to jho building or ths persons in it;
And it will flow the more readily, if the metal
end at the top is in sharp points, rather than
in a flat surface -ora knob, ; -
’Tia a great pi'y that this admirable inwen.
lion, so simple in its preparation, so beneficial
in its consequences, and approved now by '
the experience of several years, and in differ,
ent countries, should not bo universally
adopted. v*No objections of a philosophic
kind have been made to it, that are worth
mentioning. What has hindred its being,
brought into common use, has rather been
religious scruples. Many persons have con
sidered Thunder and Lightning as tokens of
the divine justice; and in consequence look
upon it as a degree of impiety to endeavor to
prevent them from doing their full execution.
But these scruples, I humbly conceive, aie
founded on misapprehensions of ifte method
in which Divine Providence has thought fit
to govern the material world ; which is, not
by immediate, extraordinary interpositions of
power, but by stated, general laws. Rain,
snow, hail, stormy winds, heat an 3 cold, are
as truly instruments in the hand of GOD for
carrying on the purposes of his providence,
as thunder and lightning are ; and these latter
are as salutary and as necessary to the well
being of the world as the former; and if it
be not only allowable but a duty to make
use oF the means that GOD has put into our
hands, to secure ourselves from the hurlfulor
dangerous effects of any of the former, it
must for the same reason bo equally- so in
respect of the latter. If a stream of light
nmg fall an a building furnished with pointed
lbs*ani* described, it is as much
cm.™ , r° f L G ? d lhal il * hould follow the
tho k 9 , 0 / ,roa W|tflout injuring the rest of
buddmg, a, lhali wben j, a com
snlii j '’“■'‘ling, it should War and
hnw«nJ^ ard i S ’ of 561 tlle m 00 fce. And
1 or /.one y person# can have scruples
nactence about preventing a building
by fgWnpnd yet can
fc -j/ j Ulmost wdeavoretb extinguish a
Hi.t ! a ° j’ as [ bey suppose by the irarae
d » e hand of GOD, I leave them to explain
3 lhe y are able. J. WINTHROP.
THE AGITATOR,
BtbottU to ifie mxttmitm of tse of iFmtrom un& tfje Sprcazr of ftefovm*
waits THREE SHALE BE A WHOSO UNSIGHTED, AS* SSTtti “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MA«”; SHAH CEASE. ASWATIOJ* MUST CONTINUE,
YOL IV.
- X f A’ .Yankee'ln Missouri.
A toiler in the Missouri Democrat, atrik
iDgHrJllusjraies in the following interesting
sketefi, thesdifference between Yankee emer
prise|ind tleindolem habits of men raised in
slafq|State%:'-
Wtes thpaibalf a hundred miles from St.
Lo traps I traveled through Missouri, I could
but mark the tame and quiet aspect of the
coufllry, exhibiting a sad want of enterprise
amqng the people in that particular neighbor
ho«l; fences'll most concealed in the thick
brash; grown up inside as well’as outside : the
fields,' houses of most somber appearance,
wanting even in the cleanly show a peck of
lime and an hours work would impart.—
Looking at the rich soil and pondering the
umhriliy appearance of the country, I rode
along in the stillness of the morning, no sound
disturbing (be quiet, save the occasional re
port of the gun of some hunter of petty game
far up or down the valley ; in the sounds
themselves I thought 1 found to some extent
the solution of the question of why it was
that land so rich and fertile was so badly
tilled; farmers were out squirrel hunting while
the spring time was upon them and the fen
ces not yet repaired.
While I was meditating on the change a
few years will produce in that region of
country, a sudden turn in the road brought
me to one of those beautiful streams of water
found curved among the hills every few miles
along my route, and the sound of a waterfall
mingled with the rattle, clatter and buzzing
sounds of a mill saluted my ears, white a
scene presented itself so highly contrasting
with everything in the surrounding country,
that (he very contrast seemed (o invest it with
new beauties. There stood a fine flouring
mill, with numerous wagons being loaded and
unloaded, horses receiving and being releived
of their burdens, numerous small boys perch’d
on the top of bass of meal or flour, turning
their horses’ heads homeward; dozens of men
were piling and handling lumber; the whole
scene in fact, wearing an Unmistakable look
of bustle and business, as though the energy
of a whole neighborhood bad been centered
in that particular spot. (
A little further on, crowning the summit of
an eminence overlooking the scene I have at
tempted to describe, was a handsome resi
dence built in modern style, neat and tasteful
in every part, white up and down the stream,
large fields of wheal and green meadows
were spread out so picturesquely that with my
admiration there arose a desire to know the
possessor of such fine property. He was
pointed out to me by one of the laborers; on
approachidgTirfh I was received wiih an affa
bie and courteous manner, and was soon in
possession of all the information I desired.—
He was a native of Massachusetts, had not
yet reached middle age, came to Missouri six
years ago, went to work to start a manufac
turing establishment in the neighborhood
where he now lives, found no encouragement
but met with every opposition, was denounced
as a Yankee and an abolitionist, threats were
made to drive him from the country, influen
tial men deliberately went to Work to organ
ize a system to foment opposition to him ; he
soon found himself without a dollar, but with
in him there was that which is worth more
than money—there was a will, a determined
energy which laughs at poverty. Friends,
for he had some friends even there, came to
his assistance'with a few hundred dollars, and
on three acres of land, there in the undis
turbed forest, he began the erection of his
mill, soon bad it up and going, paid off all his
liabilities, now owned eight hundred acres of
the fine land around him, he has been offered
$20,000 for his property; though itisnot half
it is worth, was improving it all the time,
hired all bis labor.
in answer to a question as to bis political
opinion, he answered freely, “I am a free
softer, sir,” and pointing around him over bis
fields, he added, “here is eight hundred acres
of free soil in Missouri, and it shall grow to
eight thousand actes.’’
Narrow Escape from Wealth.—The
venerable and reverened Dr. Humphrey, of
Pittsburg, writing from Chicago to the If. Y.
Evangelist, thus dilates on an instance of his
life;
How marvellous has been the rise of prop
erty in Chicago ! Happening to be there in
the summer of 1839, when tho Dearborn res
ervation was brought into market, I bought
two small lots, and sold them about seven'or
eight years ago for $2,500, which was tho’t
to be a fair price. Now the new Richmond
Hotel, one of the finest in Chicago, stands bn
the same ground, which I am assured would,
if I had kept it to this time, have brought me
eighty thousand dollars ! -,
So you see bow narrowly I have escaped
being a rich man, and tearing my boys, had
they been young, to rely upon my fortune,
and not their , own industry, economy and
good behaviour. . ...
f slept upon ’ the premises last night at a
fair hotel charge, and without. being kept
awake one moment in thinking of what I had.
IOSt. ....-, r.
I had excellent accommodations, and what
could I ask for more T If the children of the
proprietor who bought the (and of me (if he
has any) escape with the great fortune, as
safely as, mine have done without il, they
will be an exception to the general experience
of wealthy families.
•“Little boy, can I g<f through this gate to
the river 1” politely inquired .a fashionably
dressed lady. “P’haps so;, a.load of hay
went through, this mornipg,.was the horrid
Te p'y- '
"I’ll lake your part ” as the dog said when
he robbed the cat of her portion of the dirner,
WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1^57.
Adventure of an Auburn Editor.
The editor of the Auburn American re
cently attended a (rial of Mowers and Reap;
ers, and while examining bo orchard adjoin
ing the meadow in which the trial took place,
experienced a trial of quite another descrip
tion, His description of the affair is too good
to be lost: ■ .
“Thai boll was one of them; 'He was
monarch of all he coul eat, chase or gore.—
Being deriply-interested in the apple crop, be
wandered out of the field in which the mow
ing was’ going on, into friend ShdlweH’sor
chard. Fat and handsome blooded bows were
tying about, chewing their cuds, and utterly
indifferent to-what was going bn. We wan--
dered pn from tree to tree in. the large orch
ard, and while critically examining some, very
fine looking fruit, was suddenly and, rather
unpleasantly startled from our train of iho’t
by the bellowing of Mr. Taurus, whose maj
esty had been reclining, and of whose august
presence we were unaware. Ho elevated bis
tail and made the- eatlh .fly with his “awful
paws,” and having thus manifested his hostil
ity and given lone, if not color, to bis idea,
that we were an interloper, made a plunge
towards us. A moment’s view of our. antag
onist was.just about enough. -He-bad a tre
mendous front. His eyes flashed fire. He
roared like a “Bull of Bashen.” We did not
at all' fancy the style of his, horns. They
were straight as needles, and about as sharp.
He exhibited an uumjstakeable desire to em
ploy ihem upon us.
Knowing that it was expected of os to re
port the test trial going on in another field,
we remembered the prior and pressing inter,
ests of our friends, and set up a smart run.
So did Mr. Bull! We scampered. He scam
pered. He made belter time than we could
“bottom out.” He gained on us rapidly.—
We could almost feel bis hot breath on the
back of our neck. It was neck or nothing.
Rail fence twenty rods off! Tight race]-
No bets! Bull in high spirits ! Gave up'tbi
a “goner !” No such thing! Friendly ap.
pie tree with low branches 1 Clutched two of
them and lifted our precious body into the
tree ! Taurus arrived just as we cleared the
ground! Pawed-and roared horribly—Tau
rus did ! We attempted to reason with him.
No sort of use ! He was obstinate sad hard
of heart. Evidently a great scamp. We
eyed him. He eyed us, Good sight for both
of us. Being in the newspaper line, we are
in favor of the earliest publication of import
ant news, but we confess that the Bull-let-in
contemplated on this occasion shocked our
sense of propriety. And the . fact that vtg
were treed, illustrated our antipait-j. in prnr*.
(icing the popular fqat of “taking the bull by
the horns.” In this case it would assuredly
have been “a horn 100 much.” So,
Our enemy pawed around the tree, bellow
ing after the manner of “Boanerges the son
of thunder,” glared at us, and finally walked
off the distance of. three trees. Thinking all
wax right, we slid down heroically, and “put”
fof the crazy old r fence. Tht distance from
tree to bull, and from bull to fence, was just
about an even thing, Bui our assailant saw
the movement, and once roore.the chase was
a hot one. But this time we distanced the
“horned critter,” and,scaling the fence, land
ed in a field of ryeat abouj-the same moment
that our pursuer’s boros struck the top rails
of the fence, and sent themAying, Separa
ted by the fence, we read the' scoundrel a lec
ture that we hope he will remember to his
last moments. We made alb due allowances
in his case for the excitement caused by (ho
hubbub of the mowing and reaping affair, but
nevertheless, concluded that he, was a great
scamp. ~ , • . ; ■
Typographical Errors. —The most cu
rious mistakes are made by printers, which
are often overlooked.by the proof-reader.—
Generally speaking the good sense'of printers
and readers make ariiad manuscript perfect
ly clear. An exchange presents the follow
ing specimens of some amusing errors which
its Editor has noted ;
During the Mexican war one .of the Eng
lish newspapers hurriedly announced an-im
portanl item of,news from Mexico, that Gen.
Pillow and thirty-seven of his men bad been
lost in a bottle’(battle.) Some other paper
informed the public, not-long ago, that a man
in a brown surtoul was yesterday brought be
fore the police courfon charge of having sto
len a small ox (box) Irom a lady’s work bag.
The stolen properly , was found in bis waist
coal pocket. A rat (raft) says another paper,
descending the river, came in contact wuh a
steamboat ; and, so serious was the injury to
the boat, lhal great exertions were necessary
to save it. An. English paper once stated
that the Russian General, Backinoffkowsy
was found dead with a long word in
his mouth. It was perhaps, the same paper
. that, in giving a description of a battle be
tween Polos, said that the conflict was dread
ful,, and the, enemy was repulsed with great
.laughter (slaughter). Again ;-r-A gentleman
was • yesterday brought up to answer the
charge of having eatpn (beaten) a stage dri
ver, for demanding more than his fare. At
the late fourth of July dinner in the town of
Charleston, none of ihe.pouliry were eatable
except the owls (fowls), •
Conclusive Logic.—A very celebrated
Scotch Divine in oneof hisiertnonscrowded
the following mass of argument into a single
sentence:
“TWi world we inhabit must have had an
origin] that origin must have teen intelligent ;
that intelligence mu4l have been Ultimate;
1 (fiat ultimate power most have been supreme;
and that which always was «nd is Supreme,
we know by the name of God.”
Mr, Editor he
Did climb the apple tree
The ball la see.
A Scared African,
The brig Flora, Capt. Yales, of Now cas
tle, Maine, arrived at the port of New-York'
on Monday from Dix Cove, West Codstpf
Africa, May 20, bringing among her crew sF
native Krooman, who had ’ been taken on
board at Dix Cove, as a foremost hand. '((The
fears of this native African had been excited
on the passage by the sailors, who gave him
to understand %hal he would be sold, as a
slave when he reached the Whiteman’s coun
try. When the vessel hauled into the Atlantic
dock, a monkey on board attracted a curious,
crowd, bu( was forgotten 'soon by the sepe
rior attractions of the African, with a pair of
huge bracelets on his wrists. Seeing so
many white and strange faces he became,
alarmed, and running - into the forecastle
threw off all his • clothing, except a blue
jumper, and then sprung into the rigging, and
with the- hgilily of a monkey: ran up to the.
fere loyal, yard, where he parched himself; 1
and by his moaner bid defiance to all white
folks. - . j
A naked Africaii in snch a position soon
drew a large throng of spectators; the mate
tried- every means to; -induce him to come
down, but without efleet;-to the males com
mands he would Wake'but one reply, “me
dies, rne dies,” -and by his gestures intima
ting that: he would cut his throat before lie
would be’taken. He remained on the yard
for about three hours, the excited crowd
hooting,’yelling and throwing stones at the
poor creature, to increase his alarm of course.
He finally told the mate he would come
down if “while man go ’way,” or, “Cap’n
come.” The vessel was hauled away from
(ha dock to gel rid of the mob, but at length
three “bumbers,” or longshoremen, went on
board, and in defiance of the mate’s remon
strances, climbed the rigging to force the
Krooman down; Their efforts to catch him,
however, were wholly in vain; he ran from
one yard arm to. uooiher, and sprang about
ihe 'tins and braces like a cat, defy ing. all
attempts to reach him.. At-one lime he
dropped from the outer end of the royal yard
arm and caught the topgallant list alighting
safety upon the yard below. . ,
These wretches, finding he was too spry
for them aloft, then descended To the deck,
and pushing the male aside, seized the lop'
gallant braces pnd began lo surge, to pull
and slack up and. awing the yard back arid
forth in the most violent manner, the negro
clinching with might and main to the yard
and lift, the crowd on the doek the mean-,
time yelling like fiends, and awaiting to see
him thrown from the yard. The police
were called..but rtmlH nnt wnntH nnt (tl«.
perse the rowdies. At last, worn out by his
exertions to save his life, as a sudden jerk of
the braces was given by the scoundrels on
deck, the poor fellow was thrown from the
yard, and striking the braces fell into the
water a distance b( seventy or eighty feel.
He barely escaped the rail of the vessel in
bis descent; had he struck it, or fellen-bh the'
deck, he would have been killed -instantly.
Some-boatmen now attempted to- reseflb him
from the water, but be dove as quickens*
flash, and swimmthgbrider water camri up a
fong distance oflt ‘
They pursued him, however, and seizing
him by the ivory rings on hia .wrists, endea
vored to get him in'o ; the boat; bat he re
sisted with all his might, and cried out “Me
die I Me die !” -He Was. finally, got on board,
and lo satisfy him - that their motives were
inendly, one of the boatmen prilled off his
own shirt arid pantaloons and pul them' upon
him. This immediately quieted his feare t
and he surrendered bimselfTo his new friends,
who to escape the mob, rowed him to the
culler Washington, where he was received
and cared for by 1 LieUt. Lellum. .He is
called John Davis, and made our reporter
understand- that- he came from Gletnaboc
taboo, that he fußFnof been paid his wages.
Capt. Faunae will enquire info his. case, and.
see that the poor African has justice done
him.— Times.
The Giant of the |World. —The Jack
son', (Tenn.) Whig has the following addi
tional particulars, furnished by the Rev. John
Brooks, concerning the late Miles Darden of
Tennessee; „ *
, He was twice married. His children are
very large, but probably none of them will
ever be more than half the weight of their
father. He was quite active and lively, and
and labored until-about four years
he became so fleshythat he was compelled
to stay at home, or be hauled about m a two
horse wagon.
In 1649 he made a contract with a tailor
to furnish him a suit of clothes for S 5Q —the
cloth was lo cost five dollars per,yard.
Upon measurement, it look twelve yards of
cloth. So the tailor lost ten dollars and (he
making. The, tailor states that three men,
each weighing over two hundred pounds, put
(he coat on, buttoned it around them, and
walked across the square at Lexington, in
1850 it took l'3 i yards of Aax doth, yard
wide, to make him a-coal. It took 16 yards
of cambric for his shroud ; twenty four yards
wide of black velvet to cover the sides and
lid of his coffin ; one hundred and twenty
five feerof plank to make his coffiin. -
His coffin was eight feet long; across the
breast thirty-two inches j across the head,
eighteen inches j across the 1 foot, fourteen
(Defies; ft# depih thirty-five faces. Be
weighed, in 1835 eight hundred and severity
one pounds. , His height was seven feet six
inches. His weight, when he died, as nearly
as could be ascertained, was a . fraction oyer
1,000 pounds. .
A Vulle boy- hearing bis father say that
“There ’ Was --time • for all things,” asked
“when is the proper time, father, for Hooking
sugar ou) of “the sugar bowl.”
&ommmr I cations.
To the Ladies, of Wellahoro.
. ,Jt saddens me,-dear. ladies, to look around
our congregations and see your pale and sa).
low faces—and to convince you that this is
oof owing to my Jaundiced eye, let me men
tion that several strangers who have- visited
the place, have remarked the same j- one even
.went so Ear a a io say that be saw "but one
healthy looking woman in Wellsboro.”
We boast of the pure, fresh air of our bills,
and *tis a pity that the looks of our people do
not make good our boast.,. Allow me from
an earnest wish to do you good to make a
few suggestions 1 1 - -i
Our climate- is probably not.favorable to
any great mcreaseof flesh, but.if we rightly'
improVed the mean's I 'which God and nature
have put irifoour hands,’,’robust Health would
not- be so rare nmong-us. | Is it-noi, in part,
slavery to,the needle thatJ pales the faces of
our women, and causes premature old age.T
■ Lwoold say to ! ibatyoung mother, do less
unnecessary needlework, j Let the garments
of -yodr little treasures be plainly hemmed.— 1
Let the embroidery which now occupies
many an hour that might be spent in-the
open air, be laid- aside; and let me urge upon
you l that -the cheerful temper, and buoyant
spirit which springs from heallh and vigor, is
of more consequence Ip the well being of
your darlings, and tho happiness of your
home, than the ornamented dress in which
you take so much pride and pleasure.
If you are feeble, ride when you can—
but it is far boiler to walk-— walk miles ; but
belter still, go into your gardens, your yards,
and do not disdain the use of the hoe and
trowel, or even the spade j lake the trimming
knife or saw, and by active exercise in the
open air, you will gain health and strength,
happiness and beauty ..and at the same time
send nerses 'and medicine to the dogs.
It is not all owing to climate that the Ameri
can nation is so unlike the English'or Ger
man women of the same / age. It is more I
(roly- believe to their babifs of living so much
in-doort, •In oar long Winters it is difficult
to avoid this as much ad could he desired ;
btrt let me beg ydti ncjto, to be laying in
strength and vigor for coming days, by en
joying as much ns possible the free air of
heaven. i ' ’
In English families ofj cultivation and in
telligence, daily [exercise is considered as
much a mailer [of course,! as the daily meals,
and an English woman 'of rank and station
is not ashamed to planf.totvccd, and to-work
among her flowers ancLshjoba in « manner
•perfectly shocking I 'dreadfully: vulgar! ‘
' Hannah More, that noblest.and moat useful
of women, speaking of .her home at Bailey
Wood, said it was much.endeared to them
from the circumstance! hat every tree and
shrub was planfedby their own hands,' How
many women in Wellsboto have ever planted
one tree? And then such walks as these En
glish women take. Prof Humphrey writes,
“(-was spending the day with an interesting
family, and tl Was prbposed «r visit some fine
mitiS, 'five miles distant. After exploring
them to our satisfaction we returned by a dif
ferent road, a mile farther round, f must
cbnless that this wfflfc of eleven miles, was
rather too much’ for me. j But to my anxious
inquiries, next morning, Mr. W. said his sis
ters Were accustomed lojsuch tvalk%mnd did
not mind ihemT j
In these, remarks ,! have particularly ad
dressed those who have passed the first bloom
of youth. To the younger ladies it is .only
necessary’m sny, that the means suggested to
reflyre the roses of the mothers, will infalli
bly preserve those of the daughters.
! PHILO.
-Tdo'“PjtEciiSE. > * —Twenty or twenty-five
years ago old Phleg o|>‘ >n Madison county,
w'as'tefllng Tits friend Jones, coosarnin’ of a
fight. Phleg had eery! little edicalion, but
Jones was a man of right smart readin.”—
So old Phleg went on lejlio’, "and,” says he,
“the y fit and fit and jil!"
“And” yays Jones, with a knowin* look,
“did thee keep n-filiin!7
Old Phleg drawed himself up and looked
as sour as buttermilk into Jones’ face, and
says lie— , -*
“You're cursed precis
font I then blast you.” |
, Phleg was a man e
warn’l, ip say, a book Ip
Blushes anitTeahs! —Goethe was in com
pany «hfh a mother and her daughter, when
the latter, being reproved Tor some fault,
blushed'and burs* Into tears. He sard: How
beautiful your reproof has made your daugh
ter. The crimson hue pnd those silvery tears
become her better lhanjany ornament of gold
and pearls. Those may be hung on the
neck of a wanton, but these are never seen
disconnected with moril piety. A full blown
rose, sprinkled with the purest dew, is not so
beautiful as this child (blushing beneath her
parent’s displeasure, a'nd shedding (ears of
sorrow for her fault,, A blush is the sign
which nature' hangs' out to show where chas
lily and honor dwells, j
A certain'judge observing much tittering in
Court one day, and fancying that he was the
object, whispered to Curran who-stood near
the bench :
“Curran do you see! anything ridiculous in
this wig 1" ' 1
“Nothing but the he
witty barrister’s reply
aad, my lord,” was ihe
Squailer Sovereignly: the-entrance of six
full dressed ladies' into a large omnibus, and
talcing' ■ dXdhttive por session ■‘-thereof, while
eighteen spare gentlemen are forcibly ex
pelled. j
THE TIOGA COUNTY AGITATOR is pub
lished every Thursday Morning, and mailed to -üb,
•Briber, at the very reasonable price of Omt Dole
ta* per annum, intwrieWy taodasae*. It is intend
ed to notify every subscriber when the term for
which, he baa paid shall have expired, by the stamp
—■"Time Out," on the margin of the last paper.
The paper will then be stopped until a further re,
mittance be received. By this arrangement no map
Can be brought in debt to the printer.
Tg* Agitator is the Official jiperof lie Coop
ty, with a large and steadily increasing circnlaliop
reaching into nearly every neighborhood in the
Connty. It is sent free of pottage to any Yoat officu
within the county limits, and to those living witbip
the limits,hot whose moslcopvenienl poatoffic? may
be in an adjoining County.
‘NO. 71.
Business Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper in
cluded,' $4 per year.
The following stoxy was told in Sandusky,
Ohio, and appears in the Massillon iVsiM,
which says:
A. patty of young men In (batancient city
amuse their leisure moments at the hotels in
drawing ■ long how, or telling wonderful
yarns for the benefit of those, apparently ver
dant, who may happen to come in from other
pacts. They tried the effect of a few extra
ordinary wolf ,stories upon a venerable and
sedate customer not long since who had
come to spend the night at bote),
and be listened to them with ranch surprise
and interest until their stock appeared to
have run out amf the conversation flagged,
whep he remarked that be bad been much
interested in the news they had given him,
relative to the inhabitants of that
country ; but regarded an event in his early
life as more pecuhat than any they bad named.
Said He;
Tot The Agitator.
« “When a young roan, I was travelling in
western New York, and late of a stormy
night applied at a log cabin for lodging. The
occupant, a woman refused it, saying her
husband and sons were out hunting, and if
they found me there, would murder roe,
I preferred the chance of the storm, and
she consented that I might lie down before
the fire. In the night I heard them coming
and scrambled up the chimney.
-‘Thinking I was safe when at the lop, 1
stepped over the roof, and, jumping down at
the back'of <he cabin, jumped plump iolo a
wolf trap. A scream ol pain brought the
men and boys out, and they declared I de
served a more severe punishment than death,
so they kept me both in ,a trap and in sus
pense until morning, and then, heading roe
up in a hogshead, with no nir or light hut
through the they put me on a sled
and drove me some four miles up a hill, and
then rolled me off to starve. This 1 un
doubtedly should have done but for a very
singular occurrence. The wolves smelled
me out and gathered around my prison, when
one of them, in turning around happened to
thrust his tail into the hung hole. It was
my only chance. I caught a%m hold and
held on like death to a negro, which fright
ened the wolf, of course, and he started down
the bill, followed by the hogshead and mo.
It was a very uneasy ride, over the -stones
and stumps ; hut I had no idea how long it
was until the hogshead striking a stone
fairly, the slaves worn by long travel, were
broken in, and I jumped out to find myself
away down in the lower end of Calaraugus
county, thirty miles from the scene-of
not express any lfouhVol ffie’Vfuffi'oT your
stories, and 1 hope you will not of mine,”
It is currently reported that the "sell club”
of Sandusky’has not had a full meeting since
that occurred. '
Some years ago, during the heat of a cof
fee speculation in Boston, when everybody
was holding on, wailing for the article to ad
vance, an old merchant, keen as a razor,
whose store was packed from the first to the
fourth floor with prime gteen Rio, concluded,
fro m signs he well understood, that prices had
reached their acme. He was too old a hand
at the bellows not to know, that the moment
he, with his immense stock, began to sell,, an
alarm would be taken, and down would go
the prices. Quietly sending off - a pretty stiff
invoice of the article to auction, and giving
the auctioneer a good humored hint to mind
his own business, he attended the sale, and
bid readily at prevailing prices for the coffee.
Other holders, that knew he had twice as
much on hand as they had, concluded that it
was safe to buy when he did, and so stood up
manfujly and bought. While old Mr. ’s
carmen were tumbling his purchases in at ihe
front door of bis warehouse, five times as
many were carrying away coffee from the
back door. On the next day of sale he bid
as freely as ever, and this continued for two
or three weeks. One day he failed to appear
at a coffee gale, and most of the dealers took
the alarm and prices declined a little. During
the afternoon a pretty large holder, who had
always been ready to buy when be saw Mr.
willing, met him in the street, and asked
the rate o( coffee.
ie about langwidge—
“I don’t know what it is going for to day,”
replied the old fellow, as cool and pleasant
as ice cream. •
if natural parts, but
Tni man.
••Did it ?” respond Mr. , with what
seemed to his fellow tradesman a strange
manifestation of indiflerence.
- “Yes, certainly ! Haven’t you beard it be
lore?”
“No—but Inspected as much ”
“Whv, we shall all be ruined, if prices go
down!”
“Not all, I presume,” replied Mr.- with
on unmoved countenance.
“Me?”exclaimed Mr. —,in well feigned
astonishment, “J haven't got a hag in if it
store /”
At an association dinner, a debate arose as
to the benefit of whipping in bringing up chit
dren. Old Dr. Morse took the affirmative—
His opponent, a young minister whose repu
tation for veracity was not very high, affirmed
that parenjs often did barm to their children
by punishmen', from not knowing the facta
of the case. “Why,” said he, “the only
lime my father whipped me was for telling
the truth-.” “Well,’ 1 retorted the doctor, *‘t{
cored you, didn’t it ?” The doctor beat.
No man on a death bed over regretted arty
act of self-denial or benevolence* done by
h'mself.
Terms of Publication.
A Rather Tough Story.
Diamond Cut Diamond.
“ft declined this morning.”
“Why, you’re in it deeper than any of os.”