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. Agitato?, is the Official Paper of the County,
v ,ith a largo and steadily increasing circulation reach
g- . jaw every neighborhood in the County. It is sent
* iif pottage to any Post Office within the county
*• j tut whose most convenient post office may bo
J SB adjoining County.
Easiness Cards, not exceeding 5 lines, paper inclu
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business directory^
UsYowrey*!. t. wnsojr,
A HORNETS A COUNSELLORS AT LAW, will
attend the Court of Tioga, Fottor and McEe&n
[Wellsboro% Feb. 1,1853.3
S. B. BROOKS,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW
* ELKLAXD, TIOGA CO. PA.
urn the multitude of Counselors there is safety.”—ittWe,
Sept- 23. ISSB- ly.
c. If. DARTT, DEWXIST, .
/"\F3?ICE at hie residence near the
JSEiJSgdi \_7 Academy. All work pertaining to
bis lino of business done promptly and
[April 22, 1855.]
inmate J.
PICKIHSOS HOUSE
CORNING, N. T.
Mil- A. Field, Proprietor.
'iiaesu taken to and from the Depot freo of charge.
pI-ITSs TIVANIA HOUSE
WELLSBORO’, PA.
L. D. TAVLOR, PROPRIETOR.
Tbi* deservedly popular bouse is centrally located, and
fommend* itself to the patronage of the travelling public.
Not. 25.1855, ly. ,
AMERICA!* HOTEL.
. - CORNING, N.Y.,
C FREEMAN, - - - • Proprietor*
\feaU.2scts. Lodgings, 25 cts. Board, 75 eta. per day.
Oarning. March 31, 1859. (ly.)~—
J. C. WHITTAKER,
Hydropathic Physician and Surgeon,
f ELK LAND, TIOGA CO., PENNA.
Will visit patients in all_parts of the County, or re*
ceire them for treatment at his house. [June 14,]
TERMIEYEA’S HOTEL.
E. C. 7EBMILYEA, PROPRIETOR
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa.
THIS is anew hotel located within easy access of
the best fishing and hunting grounds in Northern
No pains will he spared for the accommodation
cf pleasure seekers and the traveling public.
April 12, 1860.
H. O. COER,
BARBER AND HAIR-DRESSER.
SHOP in the rear of the Post Office. Everything in
his Vmc will be done as well and promptly as it
can be done in the city saloons. Preparations for re
coring dandruff, and beautifying the hair, for sale
cheap. Hair and whiskers dyed any color. Call and
tee. Wellsboro, Sept. 22, 1859.
THE CORNING JOURNAL.
George W. Pratt, Editor and Proprietor*
IS published at Corning, Steuben Co., N.X., at One
Dollar and Fifty Cents per year, in advance. The
Journal is Republican in politics, and has a circula
tion reaching into every part of Steuben County,—
Those desirous of extending their business into that
&ud the adjoining counties will find it an excellent ad
vertising medium. Address as above.
- DRESS MAKING.
MISS M. A. JOHNSON, respectfully announces to
the citizens of Wellsboro and vicinity, that she
has taken rooms over Niles & Elliott’s Store, where
she 5s prepared to ekecute all orders in the lino of
DRESS MAKING. Having had experience in the
irsines?, she feels confident that she can give satisfac
tion to all who may favor her with their patronage.
Sept, 29, 1559.
JOHN B. SHAKESPEAR,
TAIL OR.
HAVING opened hia shop in the room over B. B.
Smith it Son’s (Store, respectfally informs the
Citizens of Wcllsboro* and vicinily,that he is prepared
to execute orders in his line of business with prompt
ness and despatch
Cutting done on short notice.
Wellshoro/Oct. 21, I?5S.—Gm
WATCHES! WATCHES!
THE Subscriber has got a fine assortment of heavy
EXGLISH LEVER IftXTER-CASE
Gold and Silver Watches,
which ho will sell cheaper than “ dirt” on 'Time/ i. e.
b« 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 contumnce of patron
age kindly solicited. ANDIE FOLEY.
Wollsboro, June 21, ISIS.
W . D. TEKBEIL,
CORNING. N. Y.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer; in
DRUGS, And Medicines, Lead, Zinc, and Colored
Potnft, Oils, Varnish, Brushes Cnmphene and Burning
Fluid, Dye Stuff, Sash and Glass, Pure Liquors for
Medicine, Patent Medicines, Art isle Paints and Brushes,
Perfumery, Pancy Articles, Plavorimg Extracts, dec..
—A general assortment of School Books—
Blank Books, Staple and Fancy
Stationary.
Physicians, Druggists and Country Merchants dealing
m any of the above articles can be supplied at a'small
Advance on New York prices. [Sept. 22, 1857.]
! m STOVE AAB TlfflOP!
J®. OPPOSITE BOY’S DRUG STORE.
Wicre you can buy Slaves, Tin, and Japanned
Ware for one-half the usual prices.
Large Xo. 8 Elevated, Oven Cook Stove nnd Trim
mings for $15,00.
All kinds of
Tin and Hardware
la Proportion for Ready Pay.
•it will pay any one who wants anything in this line
to call and see our prices before purchasing elsewhere.
Recollect the place—two doors south of Farr’s Ho
tel, or opposite Roy's Drug Store. CALL AKD SEE
2l, 1539. 1.
H. D. DEMING,
respectfully announce to the people of Tioga County
p* 4 * l>c is now prepared to fill all orders for Apple. Pear
‘WcbjCliorry, Nectarine. Apricot, Evergreen and Deciduous
trnam.'atal trees. Also Currants, Raspberries, Gooseberries,
Blackberries and Strawberries of all- now and approved vari*
R-OSPS— 1 C° ns * Bt > n J? of Hybrid, Perpetual and Sum*
uo nier Roses, Moss, Bourbon, Noisette, Tea,
or China, and Climbing Roses.
bHRTTRRP'R V Including all the finest new m-
A>lJlZilv X of Althea, Calycanthns,
•etna Lilacs, Spiraea, Syringias. Viburnums, Wigilias Ac.
FLOW PR <5 Paeonics, Dahlias, Phloxes, Tulips,
Hyacinths, Narclssis; Jonquils, Lil
CRAPES— All varieties.
*cabodj‘a Now Haut-bois Strawberry. 4 doz. plants, $5.
j™ c ”J es peotfully solicited.
Orders for Grafting, Budding' or Pruning will be
vioptlT attended to. Address
J*- I VSB. H. D. DEMINO, TV • »boro, pa.
TIOGA REGULATOR,
ORORge F. HUMPHREY has opened a new
VJ Jewely £tore at
Tioga Village, Tioga County; Pa.
tndT U P re P are( * to d° *U kinds of Watch, Clock
'*ork Welry re P a Wng, in a workmanlike manner. All
warranted to give entire satisfaction,
h not P do work better than any other
bo 'v We 0411 M good work as can be done in
c ernes or elsewhere. Also Watches Plated.
„ , r s GEORGE F. HUMPHREY.
March 15, 1860. (ly.)
to ft dvautage to mil at
*3pdlt Store, as he has jus( received a large
Eaaeatial Oils and Essences of all kinds
—c% is selling very cheap for cailL
ALSO,
the Agitator.
53 choicer io if>t 3SyttnBi*n of tfce of jfmDtom atiU tfyt SpvtnU of f&caltSg Sfctfotm;
WHILE THERE SHALL fcE A WRONG UNSIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE,
VOL. VI
LOWELL & WAENEE’S
COMEBCIAL COLLEGE.
LOCATED OVER THE SUSQUEHANNA VALLEY BAKE,
Binghamton, n. y.
Rooms open for Instruction from 9 A. M. to p. M.
_ _ _ FACULTY.
TV. Principal, Professor of the Science of Accounts,
Practical Accountant, author of Lowell's Treatise upon
Book Keeping. Diagrams illustrating the same, Ac.
Jornr Rankin, Commercial Accountant, Professor of Book-
Keeping and Practical Mathematics.
J. J. Curtis, Assistant Teacher In the Book-Keeping De
partmeni.
A. J. 'Warner, Professor of Practical and Ornamental Pen
manship, Commercial Calculations and Correspondence.
Tr LECTURERS.
Hon. Daniel S. Dickinson, Lecturer on Commercial Law and
Political Economy.
Hon. Ransom Balcoh, Lecturer on Contracts, Trommlasary
Notes and Bills of Exchange.
Rer. Dr. E. Andrews, Lecturer on Commercial Ethics.
EXAMINING COMMITTEE.
Hos. Satan*?.-1). Phelps, We, U. Osbom, Ebo.
Tract R. Morgan, EKq.
The object of thia College ia to afford all an opportunity of
obtaining a thorough Buetiieea Education.
The Books and Forms are carefully arranged by practical
accountants expressly for this Institution, and embrace all
the recent improvements.
The course of Instruction comprises every department of
business. The learner will bo thoroughly taught the science
and practice of Double Entry Book-Keeping as applied to the
following kindsi of business, viz;—General Merchandising,
Manufacturing, l Banking, Commission, Stcamboating, Rail
roading, Forwarding, Freighting, Foreign Shipping, &c.
Ladies Department entirely separate from that of the gen
tlemen.
Students can enter College at any time and receive indi
vidual instruction. By this arrangement every student -is
permitted to progress os rapidly as his enterprise and ability
will permit, and when thoroughly perfect and competent,
will receive a Diploma which will enable him to review at
pleasure.
Time to complete the course from 6to 12 weeks. No vaca
tions. Board $2 and £2,50 per week, AMutance rendered
to graduates iu procuring situations.
TERMS.
For Book-Keeping, full accountant’s course, including
Practical Penmanship, Commercial Computations and Diplo
ma (Time unlimited,) £35 00
Same course for Ladies, (separate apartment - 20 00
Penmanship ami Arithmetic, • - 10 00
Tbacher’e course in Penmanship, practical and orna
mental, - - . . 30 00
Twelve lessons in practical Penmanship - 200
'QQ* Occasional classes will bo formed in Phonography.—
For further particulars send for a circular.
Binghampton, Sept. 8,1859.
PRINCE & CO’S
IMPROVED PATENT IHELODEANS.
The oldest Establishment in the United States t
Employing Two Hundred Men/and Fin
ishing Eighty Instruments per Week,
Combining all their recent improvements—the Divided Swell
Organ Melodeon, &c. AS~Tho Divided Sffell can only be
obtained in Mclodeons of our manufacture.
GEO. PRINCE dc CO.,
manufacturers, Buffalo, N, Y.
Wholesale Depots; 87 Fulton St., N. Y., and 110 Lako St.
Chicago, Illinois.
WHOLESALE AGENTS— RusseI & Tolman, Boston,
Mass; W- F. Colburn, Cincinnati, Ohio; Balmer i Weber,
St. Louis. Mo.; Ph. P. Werkin, New Orleans; A&S N’ord
heimor, Toronto, C. W.
From the Home Journal, April 3, ISSB.
• The Melodeons manufactured bj* Prince & Co., and for sale
at 87 Fulton Street, are the best in the world. We have tried
them, and therefore speak of their merits.—
They are afforded at a very moderate coat.
Prices of Portable Instruments,
Four octavo Melodeon, extending from C to C, - - $45 00
Four and a half octavo “ *♦ Cto F • • •CO 00
Pne octave, “ <■ fto p’ -'. ’75 00
F tve ot uve, double reedy “ “ FtoF, - - -130 00
Organ Melodcon.
Two banks of Keys, Five Sets of Reeds Eight Stops, One
and a half octave Port pedals one set of Heeds in Pedal Hass
Independent, $350 00
Prices’of Piano Cased.
Fire octavo MeloJeou, extending from K to F - - $lOO 00
Six octave do do F to F - - .-130 00
Five octave double reed, do Fto F - - 150 00
Five octave, two Banks of Kevs 20u 00
Our facilities for manufacturing are perfect, and from our
long experience in the hnrine-s, having finished and sold
over Twenty-two-thousand'lYlclodeons feel
confident of giung Kuti«factiun.
All Instrument's of onr manufacture, either sold by ns or
dealers in any part of the United States or Canndas, arc tcar
ranted to be perfect in every respect, and should any repairs
be necessary before the expiration of one year from the date
of sale we hold ourselves ready and willing to make the
same free of charge, proriding the injury fa not caused by
accident or de-jgii. GKO. A. PRINCE & CO.
Hng-h young l , Agent for Tioga Co.
5^ 8 f° r th*' sale of our Molodeon* may be found in all
tlui principal cities and towns in the United States and Can
ados. [Juno 23.1550, ly.
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MEDICINAL SALERATUS,
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WELLSBORO, TIOGA .COJJNTY, PA., THURSDAY MORNING. MAY 24, 1860.
' ASLEEP.
An hour before, she spoko of things
That memory to the dying brings,
• And kiss’d me all the while ;
Theni 'a£ler.Bome swefiC parting words,
She seemed among the flowers and birds,
~UntD she fell asleep.
*TwaB summer then, *tis antnmn now,
The crimson leaves fall off the bough,
And strew the gravel swoep;
I wander down the graded walk.
And muse on all the happy talk
We hod beneath the limes;
And resting on the garden ’float,'• *
Her old Newfoundland at my feei,
I think of other times:
Of golden eves, when she and I k
Sat watching here the flushing sky,
The sunset and tbo sea;
Or heard the children in the lanes,
home the harvest wains,
And shouting in their glee.
But when the daylight dies away,
And ships grow- dusky in the bay,
These recollections cease ;
And in the stillness of the sight,
Bright thoughts that end in dreams as bright.
Communicate their peace.
T wake and see the morning star,
And hear the breakers on the bar,
Tho voices on the shore ;
And then, with tears, X long to be
Across a dim unsounded sea,
With her forevermore-
THE PATCHED OLD LADY.
The church was fashionably full.
From choir and altar went up loud-voiced
praise to God. The organ rolled out its mighty
tones from lungs of brass. There was a flut
tering, rustling motion, as of the moving of
myriad silks ; the gentle breath of hundreds of
fans, while soft white feathers, and rings, con
spicuous under their gloves, and tremulous
laces, and faint, sweet odors, attracted the eye,
and regaled the senses.
The preacher was in his pulpit—more Hke a
throne it was with its bangings of lustrous
damask, its tassels and fringes, and cushions
of crimson velvet. The Bible before him looked
heavy with gold, and its splendid leaves flashed
at their edges as they were turned over with
reverent touch. .The pastor’s wife sat in the
first pew—a delicate, pretty-looking woman,
well-dressed and much admired. From there,
all along, even to the door, beauty and wealth
sits intent on listening to the rich tones of the
pastor.
.Farther along still, in a corner pew, very near
the entrance, sits an old and faded woman.—
Her bonnet and dress are black, but quite
shabby. Her gloves are mended and her old
shawl patched. Her face is meek, sweet in ex
pression, though very much wrinkled. Her
posture denotes great humiliation, but as she
listens to the words of hope, a tear now and
then steals down the deep furrows, and the pale
orbs washed with much weeping, are reverently
lifted to heaven. r
"‘Did you notice that old woman 1 in the door
seat ?” asked Mrs. Dix, slightly shaking out
the heavy flounces of her dress.
‘‘No, I did not; who is she ?” was the reply,
ending with a question.
“Some poor old thing or other; she seems
like a Christian, though. I suppose we ought,
some of us, to speak to her.”
“She gets out of church so quickly;” said
another lady, overhearing the conversation,
“that no one can catch an opportunity to say
a word. She’s dreadfully poorly dressed, too;
what a mag-ni-fi-cent sermon we had to-day!”
“Splendid—o, did you see our new comers?”
“You mean the lawyer’s folks—yes I’m glad
he’s taken a seat with us. What a beautiful
family he has 1” j
“Beautiful indeed 1 and dressed in such ex
quisite taste. Nothing in the least gaudy but
perfectly genteel, and very rich.”
“They say he is immensely wealthy; he
came from Boston. His father died a year
ago, and left him a hundred thousand dollars.
How they did listen 1 I hope they will be un
der conviction before a great while.”
“What! are they not religious?”
' “Bless you, no. They are very nice, moral
people, though—better than professing Chris
tians, I’m told, but then far from being pious.”
“Sister Dix, we must cultivate their acquaint
ance. What a field for doing good.”
"01 yes; great indeed. Did you notice
what elegant hymn books they carried I Tur
key morocco and gilt—every one.of them, down
to the smallest child.”
“Noticed that. T think they have paid our
preacher quite a compliment. There are so
many men of talent in town."
And so they wended their way down the
church steps, talking of the new acquisition.,
That evening thje eloquent preacher said to
his wife, “My dear, I had very attentive lis
teners in the new family who took a pew last
week.”
“I thought so,” was her reply.
“We must call upon them immediately.”
“Certainly ; I shall be ready at any time.”
The next day little Minnie, the youngest
daughter of the pastor, came home, admiring
a beautiful bunch of flowers which she held in
her hand.
“See, mother—-just see—how beautiful! The
old lady called me in again to-day, and took
these from her little garden.”
“I can’t think who it is that gives these
flowers to the child,” said Mrs. Ivers, the pas
tor’s wife.”
“0 1 she’s a real nice old lady, mother. She
says she loves father, and thinks he does a deal
of good. She had a w'riting-desk, and was
writing when she called me in, for she had a
pen in her’ hand. She skys she hasn’t been
here a great while. I asked her if father had
called to see her, and she said no, but she
didn’t expect it yet knew he had a
great deal of calling to do.”
!EST
“Who can it be, husband ?"
“I can’t think, I am sure," was the reply.
“Father, won’t you go with me some time?”
asked little Minnie.’
“Certainly, I will,” said her father,
“She kisses so nice,” said the child, art
lessly. “She don’t make a fuss about it, but
is so neat; so different from almost all old
ladies.”
The pastor and his wile smiled.
A few days after this, Mr. Ivors was Out on
a collecting four. It was for-an important ob
ject, for which he had Volunteered; to work, and
give his fiuie. He drove around town, little
Minnie beside him.
“Oh!’ what a splendid house!” said the
child, clapping her bands, as they stopped
before a stately mansion. “Who lives here?”
“The new family, dear, that sits in the pew
behind ns, Don’t yon remember those pretty
little girls ?”
“Yes ; but I didn’t like ’em,” said Minnie,
“because they didn’t smile to me when 1 smiled
to them, but tossed their heads so.”
“You shouldn’t notice such things, Minnie,”
said her father, helping her out of the carriage;
“perhaps as they are city folks they want to be
introduced.”
“I didn’t,” replied Minnie, significantly.
They went up the marble steps, ami were
soon, seated in tho great parlor. Tho lawyer’s
wife and the lawyer’s daughters came in—were
polite—talked of the weather—the society—
several little nothings, but not a word of that
chiefest thing, personal piety. 01 how cold,
unprofitable, barren was the conversation 1
The minister felt congealed; little Minnie
fidgeted, after trying in vain to make tho little
igirla talk. ‘The older young ladies sat looking
tery interesting, but scarcely opened their lips.
However, when then tho minister opened to
them his mission, and said that he did not ex
pect over five dollars from any one subscriber,
the lady immediately took from a silver ports
monaie a new, rustling bank note of that pre
cise amount and handed it, with a smile to the
clergyman.
The visit was ended.
“How good the sun does look I" cried little
Minnie, springing from the last marble step.
“I was so cold in there.”
“So was I,” echoed her father, in his thought.
“0! there's my dear old woman's house;
that used to bo a shop you know. Now you
must go and see her.”
So, true to his promise, the minister sprang
out, and Minnie, all eagerness, led him in. An
aged woman, very neat, very smiling, arose
from a desk where she was writing, and wel
comed them warmly.
“I am not busy, you see,” she said, laying
down her pen ; and forthwith she began to talk
of the last Sabbath sermon, with a beauty of
language that quite astonished the pastor.
“It is very strauge X have not seen you be
fore,” he said.
“I know you had enough to do, with such a
large flock,” she replied.
“But where do you sit ?”
“I have been in the last pew but one, on the
left side ; your sexton showed me that one, and
I have, ever since I have been here, sat in it.
It is, however, so inconvenient that I believe,
as I have made up my mind to attend your
church, I shall hire a seat farther up.”
The pastor's cheek burned. He remembered
the old, solitary woman in the poor seat.
“Father is getting money for the missiona
ries ; don’t you want to give him some?”
asked the minister’s little daughter, innocently,
“Yes, dear—l’m sure I do. I’ve just twenty
dollars of my annuity left. I was wondering
how I should dispose of it, for you must know
I have taken to the freak of giving it away in
my old age. I can support myself by copying.
Till the Lord takes away my strength, all the
money belongs to him.”
“Is not this too much ?” said the pastor,
taken quite by surprise.
“It is the Lord’s,” said the old lady; “do
with it for him, os it seemeth to thee good.”
That visit was one of prolonged, of unex
pected interest. The old lady repeated parts
of the history of her life. She had been a
wealthy, learned and ambitious woman. Her
place had been in courts, and about royalty.
But terrible reverses had chastened and eleva
ted her spirit, and she had brought ambition,
learning, and what little wealth she had, and
laid it at the foot of the cross. Never did the
pastor enjoy a richer intellectual or spiritual
feast.
The wealthy lawyer and his family contin
ued for many months to attend the society
under Mr! Ivers, then the summer came, and
they flew like birds to a watering place. The
church'was never richer for them, but while
the old lady, who had attracted no attention
beyond a little curiosity, remained on earth,
her worldly wealth, and her godly walk and
conversation were full of untold benefit, and
caused more than one thoughtless church mem
ber to blush for their want of interest in the
patched old lady who sat in the poor scat.
Marshal Net’s Death Scene. —The ven
geance of the allied powers demanded some
victims; and the ’intrepid Ney, who had well
nigh again put the crown on Bonaparte’s head
at AVatcrloo, was one of them. Condemed
to be shot, he was led to the garden of Luxem
burg, on the morning of the 7th of December,
and placed in front of a file of soldiers, drawn
up to kill him. One of the officers stepped up.
to bandage bis eyes, but be rebuked him, say
ing, “Are you ignorant that for twenty-five
years I have been accustomed to face both ball
and bullet ?’’ Ho then lifted his hat above his
head, and with the same calm voice that had
steadied’his columns so frequently in the roar
and tumult of battle said: “I declare, before
God and man, that X never betrayed my coun
'try—may my death render her happy ! Vice la
.France !” He then turned to the soldies, and
striking his hand on his’breast, gave the order,
“Soldiers, fire!” A simultaneous discharge
followed, and the bravest of the brave sank to
rise no more. “He w.ho had fought five hun
dred battles for France, not one against her,
was shot as a traitor t” As I looked on the
spot whore he fell, I could not but sigh over his
fate. True Jhe broke his oath of allegiance—so
did others, carried away by their attachment to
Napoleon and the enthusiasm that hailed his
approach to Paris —still, he was no traitor.
“Great Men never swell. It is only three
cent individuals, who are salaried at the rate
of two hundred dollars a year, and dine on
pot%toes and dried herring, who put on airs,
flashy waistcoats, swell,' puff, blow and en
deavor to give themselves a consequential ap
pearance. No discriminating person can ever
mistake the spurious for tho genuine article.
The difference between the two is as great as
that between a bottle of vinegar and rKhottle of
the pure j - dice of the grape.”
It may fairly be contended that inventerate
laziness is the mast effective labor-saving ma
chine ever ihven’ted.
[From the Londop Naw«, April 18th.]
An English View of Ruffianism of the Ring..
We trust that the most fastidious of our rea
ders will not shirk the report of the great
Prize-Fight, which we re-publish from contem
porary columns. It is net os “faithful-chron
iclers,” as the members of our profession are
sometimes called, that we print the account of
the contest between Heenan and Sayers. We
have never acknowledged, and we never will
acknowledge, the obligation of conductors of
newspapers to become the sympathetic recor
ders of whatever takes place, just because it
happens to find a considerable measure of sup
port amongst the public. 'While so much of
good that is done every day is commonly held
to be “unsuitable for the columns of a news
paper,” it would be hard indeed if we were
bound to mirror the worst side of human na
ture. There are times, however, when the sen
sitiveness of quiet, easy-going people ought not
to be spared, and we thinlf that English society,
which, forewarned for weiks, permitted the exhi
bition at Ash yesterday, has no right to complain
at hdng confronted with its hideous details. If
there are any of onr readers who can pernse it
without regret, we confess we cannot print it
without shame. This brutal display would not
have taken place but i for the-countenance the
fight has received from persons better instruc
ted than the classes which are generally under
stood to support the prize-ring. We live in
times of reactions and.revivals. Because some
new delusions have been detected, old lies arc
welcomed back as credible, and surely none of
them is greater than the pretence that society
can be in any way renovated or strengthened
by the spectacle of two men fighting in a ring
until their disfigured [faces cease to have a hu
man likeness. If what took place at Ash yes
terday is good, we ought to have more of it.
We ought to be able to se£ it at the Alhambra
and elsewhere for our shillings, see it under the
sanction of the law and the regulation of the
police; but if it is bad, it ought not to he al
lowed anywhere. In a sporting print published
last evening, we find the remark inspired at
yesterday’s fight. “When we saw the immense
numher of first class men our hearts warmed,
and we thought of the days of our grandfath
ers, when the glorious old Corinthians looked
upon the ring as an institution of the coun
try."
And let the same authority tell what these
first class men oara&to see. The American, we
are told, excited the ’ admiration -of his oppo
nents. “His right eye was nearly blinded early
in the contest; about the twenty-fifth round
his left was also fast going to sleep. He had
an awful ‘picture gallery’ to look at. Hia
snout was like that of a ringed boar, and he
had fearful gashes in his cheeks, but still he
fought with indomitable pluck. When he hit,
his blows were terrific, and sounded on the cars
of the spectators like the crack of a hunting
whip.” The right arm'of the Englishman, we
are told, was-disabled by a steam hammer blow
from his opponent at about the sixth round.—
“He was caught on the ropes twice by his mad
dened adversary, who placed Tom’s head in
chancery, and on the second occasion would
have strangled him outright had not the ropes
been cut.” ;
And this is the “noble art,’’, io see which hun
dreds, it is said thousands, paid their three
guineas apiece yesterday. For this the days of
our grandfathers, those “glorious old Corinthi
ans,” are to be revived. The simple account of
the matter appears to be that the American, a
man in the flower of youth, much taller; longer
in the arm, three stone heavier than his oppo
nent, early gained an advantage over Sayers by
sheer strength, disabling the right arm, and from
that time directing his blows to the undefended
side. AVhat beyond the well'ascertained fact
that Sayers was a man of skill and fortitude,
was to bo taught by the conflict of two men so
unequally matched, .we cannot conceive. It
is given out that as the conflict is still undeci
ded it must of necessity be resumed and con
cluded some day or another. Y/e trust not.—
Now that the has grown up al
most without knowing what prize-fighters are,
has been made acquainted with their true char
acter, we may expect that it will be long before
another exhibition like the greatfightof Sayers
and Keenan is permitted. Our civilization has
cost much, and we cannot afford to go bach to old
ruffianism.
American Dietetic Abominations. —No oth
er civilized people, probably, are accustomed to.
abuse their stomachsiso badly as we Americans
of the United States.: Our food is often badly
chosen, still more frequently spoiled in cooking,
and almost allways eaten in utter disregard of
dietetic rules. AVe eat far to much flesh [meat
(and especially pork, in its most objectionable
from,) and too little bread, vegetables and fruits.
Our hot, soda raised Biscuits, hot griddle cakes,
saturated with butter, and the hot, black, intol
erable coffee, which form,the staple of our
breakfasts, are, in the way in which they are
taken, among the most deleterious ever put
upon a table.-.- Pies are another American
abomination and have no small share of onr
health to answer for. The mince pie as it is
generally made, is the abomination of abomina
tions. Some one describes it as “very white
and indigestible at the top, very moist and in
digestible at the bottom, and with untold hor
rors in the middle.”! Even our bread is un
wholesome. Now add to our badly chosen
dishes and our objectionable cookery, the rapid
eating, imperfect mastication, and the continu
ally interrupted digestion which ouf intense
and feverish life necessitates, and we have a
complication of abuce which would, one must
believe, have long since utterly destroyed the
vitialjstamina of any , people not originally en
dowed with marvelous physical powers.’
A soldier who was once wounded in battle,
set up a terrible bellowing. An Irishman who
laid near, with both legs shot off, immediately
sung out —“Bad luck to the likes of ye—do ye
think that nobody is kilt but yers'elf.”
Goon News tor Men.— The recent change
in the style of female costume spears at once
prudent- and amiable.; it is a sign that the ladies
consider that their charms have been too Long
Wasted.
Rates of Advertising.
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Posters, Handbills, Bill-tleada, E«lcr-Head» and|d|
kinds of Jobbing done'ln country establishments! ex,
touted neatly and promptly. Justices’, Constables'!
and other BLANKS constantly on band.
NO. 43.
‘'Penciling! by the Way,”
The New York Ledger, -sometime since;
through Fanny Fern, contained some sharp
hints for its lady readers. 'According to
Fanny— -
“There are two things a woman can’t do. Ist
She can’t sharpen a lead pencil. Give .her one
and see. Mark bow jaggedly she hacks away
every particle of wood from the lead, leaving
an unsupported spike, of the latter, which.
breaks immediately asyoutry to use it. You can,
almost forgiye the male creature his compas,
sibnate contempt, as chucking her under the
chin, he twitches. it from hey awkward little
paw, and rounds and tapers it off in the most
ravishing manner for durable use.
*** • . *
I wish to hear no argument on that point, be
cause when I once make up my mind, "all the
king’s men” can’t change it. Well then—Sec
ondly : A woman can’t do up a bundle. She
takes a whble newspaper to wrap op a paper of
pins, and a coil of rope to tie it, and it comes
undone at that; When Igo shopping—which
it is sometimes my hard lot to do—l look on
with the fascinated gaze of a bird in the neigh
borhood of a magnetic serpent, to watch clerks
do up bundles,. How the paper falls into just
the right creases ; how neatly they turn .it over,
and tuck it under, and tie it up, and then throw
it down on the counter, as if they had done tho
most commonplace thing in the world, instead,
of a deed which might—and.faith— does! task
the ingenuity of “angels 1” It is perfectly as
tonjshing. ~
Thirdly—l might allude to the fact tha£
women cannot carry an umbrella, or rather to
the very peculiar manner in which they perform
that duty, but I won’t. I scorn to turn traitor
to a sex who, whatever may be their faults, aro
always loyal to each other. So I ehall not say,
as I might otherwise have said, that when they
unfurl the parachute, alluded to, they put it
right down over their noses, take the middle of
the sidewalk, raking off men’s hats and women’s
bonnets, ns they go, and walking right into the
breakfast of some unfortunate wight,' with tha«
total disregard of the codsequent gttfp, which,
to be understood, must be jfeZj, as tiie offender
cooks up one corner of tho parachute, and looks
defiantly for the victim who has had the effron
tery to come into the world and hazard the
whalebone and handle of. her “umherile !” No ;
I won’t speak of anything of the kind; be
sides, has not a celebrated writer remarked,
that when dear “women is cross, it is only be
cause she issiclc.” Let .us hope he is right.—
We all know that is not the cause of a ban’s
crossness. Give him his favorite dish, and you
may dine off him afterward — if-you want to.”
The World of liandonl
Tear by year this ancient town, like a young
and rich colony, creeps eastward and westward;
north and south, fields and fresh air giving np
their verdure and freshness to dingy brick hou
ses and feited allgs, and the masses of popula
tion clustering together around the common
centre of work and pleasure, .The thirsty souls
of London need 'have ho fears of becoming
thirstier, so long as there are upwards of 4,000
public bouses, and 1,000 wine merchants. The
broad to this enormous quantity ;of sack; is
represented by 2,500 butchers;
(nof including pork butchers,J,2,6oo tea-dealers
and grocers, 1,260 coffee-room beepers, nearly
1,500 dairy-men, and 1,350 tobacconists. To
look after the digestion of this enormous amount
of food, upwards of 2,400 duly licensed prac
titioners, surgeons, and physicians, are daily
running to and fro through this mighty metropi
olis, whose patients, in due course .of time ami
physic, are handed over to the tender mercies
of 500 undertakers. , Nearly 3,000 hoot and
shoe-makers add, their aid to that of the doctor
to keep our feet dry and warm, while 2,050 tai
lors do as much for the rest of pur bodies;—'
The wants of the fairer portion are supplied hy,
1,030 linen-drapers, and .1,560 milliners and
dress-makers. . Then, 1,540 private schools taka
charge of cur children ; and 290 pawnbrokers'
shops find employment 1 and profit out of the
reverses, follies and vices of the community.—
About 300,000 houses give shelter to .two mill
ions and a half of people, whose little differ-,
erices are aggravated and settled hy upwards of
3,090 attorneys and 3,900 barristers.' The spir
itual wants of human souls are cared for hy
939 olegymen and dissenting ministers, who re
spectively preside oyer 429 churches, and 424
chapels; of which latter buildings, the Inde
pendents have 121, the Baptists TVes
leyans 77, the Homan Catholics 59, the Calvin
ists and English Presbyterians 10 each, the
Quakers £, the Jews 10, the numerous other
sects being content with numbers varying from
1 to 5 each. —London Ex,
A Fighting Country. —A citizen of Mem-'
phis, Tenn., has just returned from a trip to
Arkansas, and tells the following, which will
convey an idea of how they do up matters in
that State;
Having occasion to stop at n small town oh
the river, he was compelled to remain over Sun-’
day. After the usual cogitations Incident to a
Sabbath morning, he strolled through, the only
street in the place,and halted at the “grocery,”
around which a crowd of a dozen people were
congregated." lie remained there throe hours,'
and in that time one man was shot and fatally
wounded, and two others seriously stabbed, in
three separate fights.' From a fighting country
himself, our friend’s equanimity .was not seri
ously disturbed,' hut he was rather surprised
that, after the affrays were over,' the perpetra-’
tors of the shooting and stabbing should resume
their previous occupation with seemiqg uncon
cern. Turping to an acquaintance, he in-,
quired : “Don’t you arrest anybody here ?”
“Oh, no t”was the answer, “we ain’t ineorpora-'
ted yet !’’
“Pap,” observed a young urchin, of tender
years to his “found parieht,” “does the Lord'
know everything?”
“Yes, my son," replied the hopeful sire;
“But why do you ask that question ?”
“Because our preacher whan he prays is so
long telling him everything, I thought' he
wasn't posted."
The “parient” reflected.’ '