of Publication. I r ; I„, ti ogA COUNTY AGITATOR 1b published F, | I‘“U lirg ßiy Morning, and mailed to subscribers '. I '•■■v.t ' f; DOLLAR PER ANNUM,.®? ’ f f ', y advance. It is intended to notify every £ when the term for which be has paid shall > by the stomp—“Xue Out,” on the mar- L h" o, e last paper. The paperwiH then be stopped K-1 I'-', '’ farther remittance be received. By this ar ?„ no man can bo brought in debt to the is the Official Paper of the County, : large acd steadily increasing circulation reach £ ’ •£, every neighborhood in the County. It is sent f>. *S Milage to any PoUflmce within the county jgj bat whose most convenient post office may be |£ County. tv, Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu- I"" - .’-I directory. ai.o« reV & s. p. wusor, 8 TTOENEYS * COUNSELLORS AT LAW, wffl B r A * .tteni the Court of Tioga, Potior and McKean ffitipi. Keb. 1,1853.] i"" sT B. jB nOO K 8 , ff .rmKNEYAND COUNSELLOR AT LAW aid i™” . EI.KI.AND. XTOOA CO. PA. . mallitaile of Counselors there is safety.”— BOte. j ‘sSt.5MS5S.iy. - ' DR. >v. w. WEBBi . FFICE over Cone’s Law Office, first door below OK rr’s Hotel. Klgbls bo will be found at bis * 8 g r ct door above the bridge on Main Street, Samuel PABXT, DEimST, /~\FFICE at his residence near the | Academy. All work pertaining to 'ill ithi' \®e of business done promptly and J “ ' [April 22, 1858.] rarranteiJ. DicKlXSttK BOUSE COKSISfi, N. T. MiJ. A. Fielii r. - Proprietor, Quests taken to and from the Depot free of charge. pjßs TITABIA MOUSE ffELLSBORO% PA. L. D, TAIfLOR. PROPRIETOR. -nui deservedly iH'pulnr house is centnUly located, and usmends Itself to the patronage Of the travelling public. y o x. 'ib. IS&S, ly» ■_ - 'Americas hoxei. COUSISG, N. T-, j; FREEMAN, ... - Proprietor. iti!s,2scts. Lodgings, 25 cte. Board, 75 eta. per day. forcing, dfsroh 31, 1859. (Iy) J. C. WHITTAKER, ' Hydropathic Physician and Surgeon . ELKLAKD, TIOGA CO., PENNA. Will visit patients in all parts of the County, or re ttl« them for treatment at his house. [June 14,] 11. O. COLE, IS ARBS It ASP 3AIR-PBESSER. SHOP in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in his line trill be done as well anti promptly as it un be done in tho city saloons. Preparations for re aming dandruff, and beautifying tho hair, for sale cheap Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Call and ~e , Welltboro, Sept. 22, 1659. GAINES HOTEI. E C. VEH MIL YEA, P HOP R IETdR. ' Gaines, Tioga Comity, Pa. THIS well known hotel is located within easy access of the best fishing and hunting grounds in North'™ So pains will be spared for the accommodation oi pleasure seekers and the traveling public. April It. 1859. _____ THE CORNING JOXIRNAfet George.W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor. 15 published at Corning. Steuben Co., 17. Y-, at Ono UoUat and Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The Mrual is Republican in polities, and has a circula tfnn reaching into every part of Steuben County..— Hose desirous of extending their business into that and the adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad wnitmg medium. Address as above. I) BESS MAKING. MISS M. A. JOHNSON, respectfully .annouaccßto the citizens of Wellsboro and vicinity, that she bis taken rooms over Niles Jc*T£Uiutl’s Store, where ibe is prepared to execute all orders in the line of DRESS MAKING. Having had experience in t(ie business, she feels confident that she can give satisfac tion to all who may favor her with their patronage. Sept. 2Q. 1559- JOHN B. SHAHKSPEAB) , TAILOR. HAYING- opened bis shop in the room over Wm. Roberts Tin Shop, respectfully informs the citizens ofWellsboro’ and vicinity, that he is prepared to execute orders in his line of business -with prompt icss and despatch Cutting done on short notice. ), Oct. 21, IS5S.—6m ffj TIMES! WATCHES ! THE Subscriber has got a fine assortment of heavy ENGLISH LEVER HUNTER'CASE Ooltl and Silver Watclics> which be will sell cheaper than “ dirt” on ‘Time/ i. e. be will sell ‘Time Pieces’ on a short (approved) credit. All kinds of REPAIRING done promptly. If a job of work is not done to the satisfaction of the party ordering it, no charge will be made- Past favors appreciated and a contiuance of‘patron tge kindly solicited. ANDIE POLEY. Ifellsboro, June 24,1848. HOME INDUSTRY. THE SUBSCRIBER having established a MAR BLE MANUFACTORY at the village of Tioga, .here he is prepared to furnish , monuments, Tonrb-StoneB,j &c., tf the best rISRHIONT & ITALIA* WARttLE vould respectfully solicit the patronage of this and ad vicing counties. Hiving a good stock on hand he is now ready to ex tent© all orders with neatness, accuracy and dispatch. All work delivered if desired. JOHN BLAMPIED. Tioga. Tioga Co.. Pa., Sept 28, X 859. W mTtERBEUm CORNING, N. T. Wholesale and Retail Dealer, In VRVGS, And Medicines, Lead, Zinc, and Colored **'»««, Oils, Varnish, Brushes Cnmphentand Burning fluid, Dye Stuf, Sash and Glass, Pure Liquors for JWj«V, Patent Medicines, Artists Paints and Brushes, Perfumery, Fancy Articles, Flavoring Extracts, ttc., ALSO, —A general assortment of School Books— Blank Books, Staple and Fahey Stationary. riij’rii'iansj Druggists and Country merchants dealing iaaoyof the above articled can be supplied at a small idrance on New York prices. [Sept- 22, 1857.] itfSfOfBMD TIN SHOP! OPPOSITE ROY'S DRUG STORE, Where you cai i buy Stoves, Tin, apd Japanned Ware for one-half the usual prices. Large No. 8 Elevated Oven Cook Stove and Trim a|ags for $15,00. AU kinds of Tii) and Hardware proportion for Ready Pay. B vriil pay any one who wants anything in this line iDe&Uand see our prices before purchasing .elsewhere. the place—two doors south of {Farr's Ho or opposite Roy’s Drug Store. CALL AND SEE _Apnl21 t 1559. 1. ‘ •- H. D, DBMING, snnounce to the people of Tioga County now prepared to fill all order* for Apple, Pear ( £f- c herry, Nectarine. Apricot, Evergreen and Deciduous /wneotal tr***. Also Currants Raspberries, Gooseberries, Uim rnes aQd Strawberries of all new and approved varl- of Hybrid, Perpetual and Sum' t,.. , _ mcr Roses, Moss, Bourbon, Noisette, Tea, CT? ° r an d Climbing Koees, TITL'D|?T> V Including all the finest new w D ? I1jK ' 1 ~riotiee of Althea;Calyca&tbus, “• biiac«, Spines, Syeittpu. Viburnums, WigUUs Ac. FLOW RR Q P&eoalea/Pahliaa, Phloxes, Tulips, he*. Ac A-JlA,w - ? NarcUtU; Jonquils, 141 OrfnrTL 8 * ew Unut-boi. Strawberry, 4 doi. plants, ,5, eollclted. - f J r tfraftipivßitdiUo* or Freeing -111 be IS it wle(i to- -idirew 1.. ,■ , " ■ U. £». DE'IIXQ, W.Uibore, Pa. THE AGITATOR Stbotch to the srteneton of the arm of jFmhoni antr the Spi-rah of at&tform. WHILE THERE SHALL EE A WRONG UNEIGHTED,' AND UNTIL “MAN'S INHUMANITY TO MAN" SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE. ,YOL. VI. i ~ Prom the Evening Post, remembered. Somewhere within the Spirit-land, Where God's immortal children dwell, A holy and. united bahd^ Is one I long ago loved welL, One who thro' all my early days Was faithful, beautiful and dear \' Biifc God’s good ways are not our ways—. . No human love could keep her here. O’er her clear eyes a shadow crept. And slowly dimmed their loving light, And tho* I held her close and wept. There came a dark and bitter night, • When leaden clouds were piled aloft, And loudly winter winds did rave, And winter snows fell fast and soft, They fell upon hor new-made grave. And now, when many years have past, When I have older, colder grown, There comes to cheer my heart at last A smile as sweet as Annie’s own; Like stars that shine thro’ Autnmn skies. And brightens all the misty air. Such smiles for weary hearts arise To win them from distrust and care. Still in the watches of the night Those visioned eyes, may come to me, Still may there beam from them a light, A glance which 1 alone can see. Remembrance of the dead can make A living love more fond and near, And it may be for her sweet sake, That these blue eyes have grown so dear. Wellsboro’, Pa. S. S. Thompson. i From Gleason’s IVeekly. LOST OR STOLEN. nr sophsoma courier. “Lost or Stolen 1” that, odd as it may seem, was the title of it, girls, said the squire; and lost or stolen as it really was ! I had looked in every place where it was likely or unlikely to be found, through the whole house, even in the attic and cellar—for I had been to the one for corn and to the other for milk for the pigs— and over the hnrn yard where X had done the milking. I had run all the way back to the pasture whence I had brought the cows, and a long distance down the lane, where the pony had strayed; in short, I had retraced every step I had taken since the school-hours were over; hut my composition was nowhere to be found. No, there was one place I had not been to, and that was Judge Wood’s. I bad not dropped it at the post office, where I had called for. m v uncle’s and the judge’s newspapers: fori re membered taking it frdra my pocket pn my way back, and glancing at my hand-writing, which I was very proud of. Lost or Stolen! How handsome it looked to me in those large letters, on the outside of my neatly-folded sheet! I had many a misgiving that my essay would not read ns well as it looked, though I bad labored so hard on it and though so much was pending on my source. My uncle—l had been entirely dependent on him for my living since I was five years old, and now I was sixteen—was a farmer in very moderate circumstances, and both he and my aunt were obliged to work hard ; hut though I was the only boy in the family, and older than either of his six girls, I had been allowed, ex cept for a few weeks at a time, at the very bu siest season of the year, to attend school ever since I had been with him. And now my uncle thought, and very justly, that I ought to work for him. Bus I was very anxious to continue my studies. My teachers thought me already prepared to enter the Academy atM I —two years in advance; I then wanted to go through college, and after graduating, to study law. This was all in my mind, and consequently when I began to speak to Uncle John, intend ing only to ask permission to finish my aca demic course, could not keep anything back, but made a clean breast of it. At first my uncle was very angry, then be looked grave, And finally he laughed ontright. Laughing was the worst. He knew, he very kindly said, that I was not ungrateful nor indo lent ; that dispelled his anger. He could fur nish me with means for defraying my expenses, for Aunt Martha always called me economical. He would only have to do with one hand less on .the farm, and pinch a little in the house (I tried to interrupt him here, but he would not let me); but the idea that when I had become a famous lawyer, I would educate my six cous ins! “Ha! ha 1 bless your , little soul, Sammy!” and my uucle leaned back in his chair and laughed till the tears ran down his facei I was ready to cry* from vexation, but his laugh was soon over, and he looked at me very soberly. “My son,” (he often • called me so) “your teachers tell me you have done pretty well 5 hut 1 am going up to your school on your ex amination day, and see for myself. I know nothing about your Latin or Algebra, or such stuff; but let me see if you can think, and can put your thoughts on paper: I will give you something to write about. Lot me see,” and he cast his eyes on the wall, where little Mollie was pasting np a handbill which had just been thrown in at the door. ' “Lost or Stolen! that will do as well as any thing ; and I dare say you will not be guilty of plagiarism with it. And now, Sam, do your best. If what you write does not suit me, you most not mention this subject to me again ; if it does please me, why then we’ll see. We’ll see always meant yea with Uncle John, and 1 was so happy! There was a whole week before me, and during that week my good Aunt Martha had but very few chores for me to do. Every night the cows came home before it was time for me to • go for them—Aunt Martha ex pected some careless creature had jet down the bars ; and Laura and Jane did the milking.— They were great girls, now,'their mother said, and it was high time they should learn to milk. Every spare moment was given to that compo sition ; and at length, when completed, it did not suit roe ; but it was the best I could do. And now it was lost or stolen. If I could not find it, my uncle would never know it bad been prepared, for carelessness was a fault he would never forgive. , Possibly it bad dropped out of my ipoeket when I called at. Judge ISJood’s door to leave his newspapers. But how could I inquire of Miss Fanny if she had seen my composition! 1 badnever asked her a question in my life, though I had carried her. father’s papers, to, his house twice a week for more than a year, and WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. APRIL 5/1860. though Miss Fanny had always come to the door to take them; in fact I never looked at her, though we passed each' other many times every day; for the young ladies* school in Pel ham was in the same building with that of the boys/ Look at her I why my blood tingled to my fingers* ends only to know that she was near me. What if I had left it there, and Fanny had read who wrote’ such beau tiful compositions that her teacherwanted them printed, only her father would not allow it? All night long I tumbled about my bed, un decided what to do; but in the morning I sum moned courage to go to Judge Wood’s and in quire for Miss Fanny. She came to the door, and I said something, but what, it would be im possible to tell; for when I look up in bet face , —certainly I looked up, though she was a year younger than myself—such a loveliness was standing before me that I thought of nothing but those gentle osure eyes, those fair cheeks dotted over with tiny dimples, that shower of golden curls which fell over the white ‘shoul ders, and those rouncLarms, but half concealed by the lace sleeves of her muslin robe. She put something in my band ; it was not my .com position. Two days after, I found it was an old newspaper which she ban given me. All the morning I spent in trying to recall what I had written, but it was in vain, ■ Eleven o’clock came, the time when our compositions were to be carried to the teacher; but I cannot very well remember any thing which had hap pened after that hour, till I beard myself called upon for a Latin recitation. All that I remem ber is having looked for a long time nt a beam over the unfinished chamber where I slept, and trying to think if there was a rope anywhere about; and afterwards wondering if my father and mother knew how unhappy was the little hoy whom they had left in the world. The voice of my teacher recalled my self possession. I was conscious that niy lesson had never been recited so well before. Despair gave me the power to concentrate my thoughts. Then came the reading of our compositions. “Lost or Stolen I started at the words.— But—did hear aright ? It was not my manu script which the teacher held! The production was a thousand times superior to mine I I leaned my head on my hands till the visi tors rose to depart. Then my uncle came to me, and slapped me on the shoulder. I tried to speak. “Uncle, that was not” “Half as good os you intended V’ he inter rupted in a whisper ; “but it suits me.” “But, uncle” "Hush said a voice near me. I turned my bead, but it was only Judge "Wood’s stern, cold glance, which confronted mine. ] Nine years had passed away. They were pleasant ones to mo, though they had been most laborious. Ceaseless study or toil, that I might be able, now and then, to write home, “I shall need nothing for the next six months, Uncle John, hut your good wishes,” had filled up every day. I had been home hut twice during that long period; hut now X was going to "Pelham to make a visit, that is, if I should be successful in the business which had been entrusted to me. Only half a year before, the name of S. Morrison, Attorney-at-Law, had been placed over the door of my humble office; and now one of the wealthiest men of the city was counselling me in an affair where a very large amount of his property was at stake. 1 wondered, at the time, why, he should call so young a man as myself in so important a case. The mystery was ex plained afterwards. The affair was a complicated one, but 1 be lieved my client had right on hie side; and I bent my whole energy to the task. A very handsome reward was promised me in case I should be successful; but that, though the money was needed badly enough by but a secondary object. The gratification my success would give my uncle far outweighed every other consideration, though I will not deny there was another very important one, which had some hearing on the case. Uncle John came op to the city to hear my plea ; and when I entered the court bouse, the first countenance which met my gaze was that of Judge "Wood’s. He appeared not to recog nize me, and if my glanoe was not full as cold and grave as his own, it was not ay fault.— Three hours after, he gave me one of the most cordial greetings I ever met with, and whispered a few words which made my heart throb. He was interrupted by my client, who then came forward, and to my surprise, thanked the jade for recommending him to entrust his business to me. I went down to Pelham a few days after. My aunt and cousins, the latter all young ladies now, were rejoiced to see me; bufclittle Mollie, tny old favorite, attached herself to roe partic ularly, and I soon knew all the secrets of the family, the most important of which tome, was that Laura and Jane would he married the com ing winter, only father could not spare • them anything at present; j-bis crops bad, been poor and he bad lost some of bis cattle this year. •‘They will have to wait a long time, I am afraid,” added Mollie, “for father says they must not he married till he is able to divide a thousand dollars between them.” Just at this moment I was the happiest fellow in the world ; for Uncle John had always prom ised me the pleasure of repaying him for his kindness to me, should it ever be in my power to do so. An hour after I stood before Judge Wood’s door. I bad not been to his bouse, nor seen his daughter during the nine past years for on both of my visits at Pelham, she had been out of town. My pull at the bell-rope was very faint, but it brought the individual to the door, whom I had observed peeping over the Judge’s shoul der, and watching my approach through the half opened window-blind. The promise of her girlhood had been more than fulfilled. Fanny Woods was’Very beauti ful, and those azure eyes looked into mine with that half-timid,. earfieSt, trusting gaze, which had made my heart throb, and my brain ’.whirl so many years before, My hopes had not then •been all idle dreams. : .“Here are the Judge’s-papers, Miss Fanny/’ I said, taking a bundle from under my arm, as I had done so many times before; and Fanny answered tremulously, as in former days— “Myfather la greatly obliged to you. But do yoef’nok want yodr composition, Sammy"? You left" it here tbs other night." I extended my band, not to take the paper she held, out to. me so demurely, but to draw Fanny herself towards me; and we stood there beneath tbe vines which shadowed the old pi azza, vand'" talked over the long past; and I made Fanny confess the feelings which hod prompted her to write that composition for me which bad afforded my Uncle so much satisfac tion, that he had allowed me to complete my education. But Fanny would not promise to give ine her heart; that, she acknowledged after long evasion, and with many blushes, had been, lost nr stolen long ago. Tbree roonths after, there was a wedding at my Uncle’s house. My cousins, Laura and Jane, .were married; and, the nest Spring, Fanny Woods became Fanny Morrison. Book* of-the Bible. When and by whom were the hooks of the Old Testaoient first collected and arranged? By Eira, aboat 450 years before Christ.— The five books of Moses had been kept with the Ark of the Covenant (Deut. 24—26,) and Joshua had written the portion of Scripture hearing hie name “in the book of tbe law of God," Joshua 8, and 24; 26. What are the most prominent translations of the Bible that have ever been made ? Tbe -Septuagint, the Vulgate ( tbe Donay, and the English or King James’s Bible. What is the meaning of the word Septuagint? Seventy, The translation was so called be cause it was made by seventy, or more strictly, by seventy-two men ; six having been chosen from each of the twelve tribes of Israel for this purpose. When and where was this translation made ? At Alexandria, in Egypt, about 200 years before Christ. It was a translation of the Old Testament only, from the Hebrew into tho Greek. How was the -translation regarded by the Jews in the time of Christ ? . It was regarded with peculiar reverence.— Our Saviour and the apostles in their discourses generally quoted from this version. ' What is the Vulgate Translation ? It is a Latin translation of the Septuagint, not of thoi Hebrew, and so called the Vulgate, because, being the only version which the Ro man Catholic-church holds to be reliable, it is in fbat.churcb tbe common version. When and by whom was this translation made ? By Jerome, about the year A. D. 400. It wait jiastilyjinade, and became very incorrect byxnany changes. What of the Douay Bible ■ It is an English translation of tho Vulgate, with'notes and comments, and is the only English bihle approved by the Roman Catholic church. 1 From what did it receive its name? From the place where it was first published —-Douay, a town in France. When was it published ? In the year 1610. Why does it differ so much from our English Bible ? Because it was made, not from the original Hebrew, but from the Vulgate, which was from the Septuagint, and was very imperfect. It could not be as correct as a translation made directly from the Hebrew. Why is our English version called King James’s Bible? Because it was .made during the reign of James L, King of England. When was it begun and when completed? In the year 1607 the wort was commenced, and was finished in about three years, and published in 1611. By whom was the translation-made ? - Fifty-four of the most learned men of the kingdom were appointed for the task. Seven of these did not serve, leaving forty-seven as the number Who were actually engaged in the work. How was the labor apportioned among this number ? They were divided into six classes ; to teach of which a certain portion of the Bible was given to translate, not from the Latin nor from the Septuagint, but directly from the original Hebrew and Greek. How will our English translation compare with other versions of the Bible f It is said by the most competent judges to he better than any other. What was the earliest division of the Bible ? That which is supposed to have been made by Ezra. The books of the Old Testament were divided, into three classes: “the law," “the Prophets," and “the Writings," or “the Psalms.” To this our Savior refers, Luke 24: 44--“ All things must be fulfilled which were written in the low of Moses, and in the Proph ets, and in the Psalms conoetning*me.” W hat books were embraced in. these three divisiotfs ? "The law," included in tbe first five books; "the Psalms,” or writings, included the Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes!, and the Song of Solo mon. “The Prophets” included all the remain ing books. * . . When and by whom was the Bible first divi ded into chapters f This is generally said to have been done by Cardinal Hugo, A. D. 1240. But as early as the middle of the third century, the four Gos pels bad been divided into chapters. When add by whom were the chapters divi ded into verses f By Robert Stephens, in the year 1551. It is said that he performed the greater part of this laborious task while on horseback, on a journey from Paris to Lyons ? , Collouut. or* the Mississippi. —“ Boy, who do you belong to ?” asked a gentleman as he stepped, on hoard of a steamer of a "darkey” leaning on the guards. “I did b’longto Massa William, sir, when I come- aboard; but he is in de cabin playing .poker avid de captain, and I don't knout who J •AYpny tv now ”’ The Next Queen of Great Britain* Far away be the time when Great Britain shall know another Queen than she whose very name seems to herald a succession of victories to British arms, British policy, and British com merce—victories all the more brilliant for the sore trials through which they have been won. We are sure that all' our readers, whether sub jects of her most gracious Majesty or not; will join heartily with us in this wish; and yet we have noticed in various quarters an uneasy cu riosity to the personality of the next Queen. — •She, of course, will be merely a Queen consort, not a Queen regeant ; her present most excel lent Majesty has taken care of.that. Hence it would seem that the question as to whom she may be would have, at this time, very, little in tarest;. but on the contrary, if wo may judge from some of our English files, that very reason appears to make the subject a matter of curios ity and discussion in certain circles. There fore it is that we depart from our usual custom, and decide a disputed question, which has been submitted to us by some of our readers. We are asked to say whether, “if the Prince of Wales, now heir to the British throne, should not marry before he becomes King, he can then marry a subject, or whomsoever he likea ; and whether the issue'nf such a marriage would he lawful heir to the Crown ?” To the question, in both its parts, we answer, yes. The; action of any member of the royal family, in tnis mat ter, is, of course, as independent as that of any other person,' except in so far as it is restrained by acts of Parliament. Of these, there are three touching the marriages of princes and princesses of the blood. The first- was passed in 1772, at the special instance of George 111. himjself. It rendered all the descendants of that monarch’s predecessor incapable of con tracting marriage without the consent of his Majesty; but such descendants being above twenty-five years of age, on giving the Privy Council twelve months’ previous notice, might, after the expiration of that time, marry without the royal assent, unless within that time both House of Parliament should declare tpeir dis approbation of tho proposed nuptials. This act originated in the marriage of two of the then King’s brothers—the Duke of Cumber land with a Mrs. Horton, and the Duke of Glou cester with Lady Waldegrave. The other acts were passed in 1827 and 1836, we believe.— They wese amendments of the former, and had special reference, if we remember aright, to tbe connections formed by George IV., when Prince Regent, and William IV., when Duke of Clar ence. They, however, did not deprive tbe King of the. same power of consenting to his ’own marriage, which he had the right to exert in regard to any other member of his family.— The right of the King of England to marry whom he pleases has not been restricted by any act that we can remember - r and it has twice, at least, been exerted in the marriage of, subjects by monarchs upon the English throne, and without in any manner affecting tho valid ity of tho issue of those marriages to the suc cession. Edward IV. married Lady Grey, the daughter of one commoner, and the widow of another—Sir John Grey; and tbe title of his elder son by her to a place on the English throne as Edward V. has never been disputed, although he did not reign, as he was murdered by the usurping Richard 111. Again, Henry VIII, married Annie Boleyn, the daughter of a com moner : and if any Englishman had called in question the title of-.tho only issue of that mar riage tb tho throne; as Quceb Elizabeth, he would probably have received without delay sufficient information upon the subject to last him as long as he lived.- So let all British mammas who have daughters approaching mar riageable years regard them with complacency and treat them with respect; for who knows what may happen.— Kcio York 4 lhion. Defects of Calf-skin Leather. We have hoard of persons purchasing sev eral pairs of hoots at once, in order to lay some of them away for long keeping, under the im pression that leather when kept in a dry situ a--' tion improved in quality by age, like oil-cloth. Upon inquiry we found that such notions are very generally entertained, hut why this should be so we cannot imagine, for they are the very reverse of all facts and experience in the case.; and we call attention to this question for the first tjime, we believe, as “a word of warning." Calfskin leather, instead of improving in qual ity with age, when made into boots, detorio gatea rapidly. It is subject to a species of dry rot eremacansis; and in the course of three years it becomes as tender as a piece of brown paper. Dealers in boots and shoes experience a considerable loss from this cause when such articles are left on their hands for more than two years. .This dry-rot, in calf-skin boots first appears at the edge near the soles, in the font) of a black glossy sweat, resembling var: nish, and from thence it gradually proceeds until the whole leather becomes rotten. The application of grease rather accelerates than arrests the progress of this decay; such leather endures much logger when worn on the feet than when laid aside in a dry situation, but whether this decay is caused by the grease used by the curriers, or is some peculiarity in the skin, is not knowq at present. Cow-skin and kip leather do hot seem to he subject to this rapid deterioration * but all kinds of calf-skin, eren the very best French, is just as subject to it as the poorest qualities. This is a subject deserving of practical scientific investigation in order to discover some remedy for the evil. At present the practical application of this in formation by purchasers of calfskin hoots and shoes is an easy matter—be careful not to buy aged articles. —Scientific American. .A young and pretty lady recently mado her nusband a present, biit It only cost three-pence and yet was the souroo of a wonderful amount of happiness, and drew, perhaps the domestic bond a little tighter. The threepenny article was a choice Havana cigar: and, of course meant, ‘“Henceforth, my love, you may smoke at home, and need not go to the club-” ' ’ 9* —— i_. Why js. a miser like seasoned timber ? Be cause he never ..... Advertisements will be charged $1 peV squ* 19 lines, one or three eeota'ibr every sabsequen t insertion. Advertisement* of Jess ?bas IP lines considered is ft square. The subjoined rates MU be charged for Quarterly, Half-Yearly and Yearly ad vertisements : Square, - 2 do. ■ 3 do. i column. . i do. Obtains, - Advertisements not having the number of insertion! desired marked upon them, will be published until or dered out and charged accordingly. Posters, Handbills, Bill-Heads, Better-Heads «cd«>l kinds of Jobbing done in country establishments, ex ecuted neatly and promptly.- Justices*, Constables', and other BLANKS constantly on band. SO. 36. COMMUNICATION. its. Editor,— -The following which I clip from your paper, I notice, is going the rounds of newspapers, and as its distinction in not ex actly In consonance with the best authority on Chirography at the present day, I venture "an amendment." I axd J.—There are no two letters in the manuscript alphabet of the English language which occasion so much misconstruction as the two letters I and J, as many persons inadver tently write them. The rule for writing them properly, and which should be universally adop ted, to extend the S below the line, while I should be written above the line. It is true the letter “I” should always ‘‘ba written above the linebat this is not suffi ciently definite. The I should always stop on the line. It is not “proper" to say that the J should “universally 1 ' be extended “below the line.” The J may be “properly" made either above or below the line, but should never stop on the line. While the I should always 'terminate on the line. The J “below the line," considered by the best “scribes” at the present day as “old fash ioned,” and lacking that beauty and graceful ness expressed by the “chirographic cure,” or “Hogarth’s line of beauty.” A reason for making the J above the line, is that it does not then interfere with the writing on the next line below, which is a neat, per spicuous and sympathetical style of Penman ship. 11. C. Joit.vs. Tue ReasELtEß’s Three Scxs.--.l rrnnsclier in Massachusetts was Visited fay the wife of one of his customers, who besought him not to sell, the poison to her husband ; it made him so cruel to her and her children, that she could not endure it. But he let her-know that if her husband wanted rum, he should have it. She j went away, to mourn in silence and try to guard, her children against influence of the man who, for money was killing their father. He contin ued to sell' His customers became drunkards, I and their estates-fell into his bands. lle-be-1 came a rich man ; but at length died, and went to meet his victims at the judgment. His sons inherited his estate. They removed into tht western country. The eldest opend a store, and prosecuted his father’s business. He soon, like his father’s customers, became a drunkard, and sank into the inebriate’s grave. His broth cs took his place and dealt in rum. lie, too, became a drunkard, and was sooniti bis grave. The third, and only remaining son, took the property, and prosecuted the same pernicious and dangerous business. He also became a drunkard, and was soon seen staggering •through the streets. Witat a Boy’s Pocket Coxtaixeo. —An ur chin of seven summer's growth invited his mamma, the other day, to repair a slig! t acci dent to a pantaloon pocket, and to do this it be came necessary to upset the -contents thereof upon the floor, an inventory of which we pro ceeded to note down as folows : India rubber, a bottle cork, an old gas burn er, one nine-pin, apart of an exploded fire cracker, an old'match box. one old envelope, a bag of marbles, one hickory nut, a piece of silk cord, several pieces of twine and strings, the lid of an old pill box, pieces of chestnut hell, a piece of tin, a piece of gingerbread, some pieces of fancy colored paper, two old nails,a small pic ture book’ a slate pencil, a broken jaw's-harp, the remains of a pocket handkerchief, a penny whistle, a piece of shoe string, two grains o£ corn, a pocket knife-handle, half a peach stone, two spotted chicken feathers, a piece of brick bat, a spinning top, a dead moose, an assort ment of buttons, with crumbs of bread, candy, and a mixture ef sand, pebblea-nnd dirt gener ally.—Harrisburg Telegraph. Sagacity or the Arctic Fox. —ln a recent lecture upon his experience in Arctic life, Ir, Rae said : "On the journey, I saw a very curious incident of the sagacity of the Arctic fox. Con scious that I was aiming at him, he tucked his tail between his legs cotked up his ears, and endeavored to look as like a hare as possible, (which is an animal comparatively worthless.) Another fact of this kind oeutred to me, whilst being detained at a particular place, .where our favorite amusement was trapping wild animals. Our mode of doing this was with a spring gun connected with a bait, which when touched, produced the explosion. One instance showed Us that o'fox, either from observation of a com panion’s fate, or from hard-earned experience, had gone up to the gun, bit off the cord connec ted with the bait, and, the danger being averted, went and ate the meat in undisturbed comfort. And it is a common ocurrence for the fox to make trench up to the bait, seize it, and permit the charge to pass over bis head. Select Coup ax v— .We have frequently heard the advatages of keeping a pig spoken of, hut the slang terms of expression were hardly so con vincing as the argument which came to our ears a few days since, while passing through one of the byways which is inhabited, chiefly by the sons and daughters of the. Emerald Isle. A new sty had been built for the comfort and con venience of a shoat, the property of Bridget Mulroony, and Bridget’s neighbor,- Ellen Fla herty bad called in to inspect the premises, du ring the progress of which we happened to lo passing. -“An illegant sly,” said Ellen enthusiastically, “and the fine shout—what comfort he’ll he fur ye when Patrick is away. When I reflect, as I frequently do, upon the felicity I have enjoyed, I sometimes sav to my self that, were the offer made to. me, 1 would engage to run a gain, frora.beginihg to end, the same career of life. All I would ask should ho tha privilege of an author, to correct, in a second edition, certain errors of the first.— l’,anklin. Is the Wkosg Place. —The somewhat note I Lucy Stone onco said: “There’s cotton in the ears of roan, but hope in tbe bosom of woman.” .Prentice, suggests that Lucy made a mistake with the c'-itu-n and got it in tha wrong placa. Rates of Advertising, 3 xoarns. 9 Jtostas. 12 hosth», - $3,00 $4,50 $6,00' 1 6,00 6,50 8,00 J,OO 8,50 ■> 10,60 ■ 8,00 9,50 - 12,50 - 15.00 20,00 " 30,60 23.00 35,00 50,0( Sox tb. Agitator “1 and 3,”.
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