The Tioga Oonnty Agitator • ■ -
BY M. H. COBB
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JAS. LOWBEV & S:P. WILSON,
i f I'ORNEYS & COUNSELLORS at LAW,
Ji. will attend the Courts of Tioga, Potter and
McKern counties. [Wellsboro, Jan. 1,'1863.j ’
DICKINSON HOUSE,
CORNING, N. T. * . ’
Mu- A- FIELD, ; Proprietor.
GUESTS taken to and from the Depol free
of charge. [J*n. 1,1813/j
JOHN 1. MITCHELL,
Attorney and counsellor at. .:41V.
Tioga Village, Tioga County, Penn’a. ty\
Prompt attention to Collections. . , * ■
March 1, 1866.-Iy.
JEROME B. NIZ.ES, ?
ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT Lj. T 7,
Niles Talley, Tiog-a Conn tv, Pa.^
Having been specially licensed by the United States
for the Prosecution of Claims for Pension*, -Back
par and Bounties." _
particular attrition will bo given to thaV clfas of
business. , J. B. jNItFS.
Niles Valley, Feb. 15, 1865-ly» ‘ •
PEJINSVLVA.NIA HOUSE,
CORNER OF MAIN STREET AND. THE AVENUE,
Wellsboro, Pa.
j. W. BIGONY, , ....Proprietor.
THIS popular Hotel, having 'been rented
and ro-furnished throughout, is now open to the
public as a first-claes.house. [Jan. 1, 1563.}
D. HART’S HOTEL
WELLSBORO, TIOGa CO, PENEA.
THE subscriber takes £his inetbocKto inform
bis old friends and customers that he hah re
sumed tbc conduct of the old 44 Crystal'Fountain
Hotel,'' and will hereafter give it his entire attention.
Thankful for past favors, he solicits a reneWal,of; the
same. DAVID habt. t
Wellsboro, Nov. 4, 1863.-IJ.
IZUE WALTON. HOUSE,
Gaines, Tioga County, Pa
ll, C. PrbpAtetor.'
THIS is a new hotel "located within'eap? ac
cess of the best'fishing and banting grounds -in-
Northern Pennsylvania, No pains will be spa;%d for.
the accommodation of pleasure seekers and th^'trav
elling public. . '[Ja’h'. 1, ,
A. FOIET, ' r -.,
batches, Clocks, Jewelrv, fec./drc,,
( REPAIRED AT OLD PRICES, f '(
POST OFFICE BUILDING,
r NO.. 5, UNION BLOCK. ‘ J
Wellbboro, May 20, 1863. , r
H. W. WILI.IAMS,
WILLIAMS & SMITH }
ATTORNEYS AND CODASELORS AT RAW,
BOUNTY &. PEItSION AGEACi.
Main Street, Wellsßoro, PA,
January 4, 1865-ly. I
S. F. SHAIRLIN,
BARBER & HAIR-DRESfiER,
Shop Ose Dooe Koetb op Cosvees' Sxo'ie*
' «L
Ladies’ Htir-Cotting done in the best manner*
Wellshoro, Dec 7, 1864. ~ '.
; : — r — *
WESTERN EXCHANGE HOWpL.
KNOXVILLE, BOROUGH, EH. j!.
THE ou lersigOed having leased the al’nt;
for j term of- years would respectfully inform
the traveling public that "he has put’ the iin*el in first
class order for the reception of quests
will be spared, in tbo accommodation ot.
as far as the sicuiitioo will ailowj he will ktf?p a first
class Hotel, in all things, except prices, Tjohich-'wiU
be moderate. Please try us and judgel’or yourselves,.
Knoxville, Oct. 19, 1864—tf. J. H. M*iUTIN.
HCVEMHE STAMPS.?/
JOHN M. PHELPS, Deputy Collector lif Mans
field, has just received a large. lot ,of ' Revenue
bt&mp, ot nil denominations, from o'np cent 'up.-'o $5.
Any person wishing Stanps can get them af my .office
in Mansfield, nr of Af. BULLARD, Assistant Assessor,
at Welisboro. Pa. J. M. PIJIELPS. .
Mansfield, May 2, 1864. V. ‘ . ~
P. DENTISfr, -*
MAi\S TIOGA QUUNTT, PA V,
Ifi prepared to operate in all the improvements in
the van<»u« departments of tilling, extr’KlllJg; iu-
Krhng artificial dentures, Ac.
Man?field, August 10, UiOl-ly. ' •
COWANESQUE HOUSER
TH k* Ilonre which has been open for conv thence*
<»f the traveling public for a number n yours,
U: lately been newly furnished throughout af fitted
1 in nr gouil style as can be fopnd in any country or
i: y Hotel, The Proprietor does not say
11j1' tlmt there will be no pains spared
' uil'irt ot hi* guests, and make it a home fot Ihenu
Ihebe-tot stabling for teams; and a good v b£stlor
always in .if (euJunce, all of which can be found
’ De miitj,*t uf Knoxville, Pa. £ '
M. V. PURPLE, Proprietor.
May 25, 1864.-Iy.
WELLSBORO HOTEL
( Main iStreet and the AiviiHe.)^.
Wellsboi'-o, Pa, f
P. P, HOLIDAY, Proprietor, ’
Qneof the most popular Houses in the fcounty.
Hotel is the principal Stage-house in Wellsboro.
Stages leave daily as follows: '* , \- '
For Tioga, at 9a. m.; For Troy, at Ba. uT. I For
«*rgey Shore every'Tuesday and Friday at 2 km.’;
Coudorsport, every Tuesday and Friday at 5 p. m.
Stacks Arrive —From .Tioga, at 12 1-2
4 F-a.* From Troy,at 6 o'clock p. in.: From, .‘ersey
Tue day and Friday 11 a. m. :• From rojdere-
T°rt. Tue.'diy and Friday £1 a. m. . .. ,7
*'■ B—Jimmy Cowden, the well-kuown ‘icstler,
*"1 he found on hand. '•
Oct. 5, 1564-ly. ' /
HUGH YOUW^i.'
BOOKSELLER & STATIOWEB,
, AND DEALER IN
Clacks, American, English, and 'Swiss
U/*beH. Jewelry. Silver Plated Ware, Spe>'acles,
itture Frames. Photographic Albums, Stereo topes,
Uro:co(jfc9, Perfumery,! Yankee Notions, wishing
ae <U and Flies, and Fancy and Toilet Articles.
& « fcCHOOL BOOKS of nvory kind usciHn the
'*■ constantly on hand and senthy mail oth»
Jr *ifie. to order. - " ■ .}
y °- 5. UNTON BLOCK, WELLSBORO^PA.
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE— ’ -
Letters of Administration baring been grafted to
j° t “ e undersigned on tbe estate of Daniel £ r nyder,
of Jackson township, deceased, notice' is
fnW 0 those indebted to make immediate payment,
d those baring claims against the same to present
em properly authenticated for setUomcTrt to : *
JNO. I, MITCHELL, A:'m’r.
Xl °ga, March 15, 1865-6t* '
Cash paid for onion setts at vv-
ROTE'S D&CtJ SftftEß.
THE AGITATOR,
VOL. XI.
CLOTHING! CLOTHING!
(One door below Harden’s Store.)
WE have just arrived in Wellsboro with a large
Stock, of CLOTHING and 0
Gentlemen’s Furnishing Goods, i
Also, HATS A CAPS, and a groat assortment of
LJPDIES’ CLOAKS, r
Which we offer to the citizens of Wellsboro and sur
rounding countryat.. _; r ~
- 50 PER CEIfT. CHEAPER,
than any other establishment in this part of the
country. Our object is-to reduce our
*;‘ . -1
■ WINTER S FALL STOCK OF GOODS. r!
PRICES:
OVER COATS from $4 to $4O.
BUSINESS COATS from $3 to $25.
PANTS from $2 to $lO,
VESTS from S2J to $B,
Wo bought our goods when Gold was only 1.50
and we can afford to sell pur goods cheap. .» ~
All are manufactured'under su
pervisiou -and can not be surpassed in quality and
durability.
We respectfully invite every one whose interest is
to. be economical, to examine our
STOCK AND PRICES
before purchasing elsewhere.
WAST & AUERBACH,
of Syracuse; N. T., and Blosshurg, pa.
Wellsboro, Dec. 14, 1864-tf.
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
Manufacturers of Photographic Materials,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL, •
501 N. Y-
> In addition toour main’business Photographic
Materials, we are Headquarters for the following, viz :
Stereoscopes & stereoscopic Views,
Of these we have an immense assortment, including
War Scenes, 'Americanland*foreign -Gilieshnd land
scapes, Groups, Statuary, Ac., Ac, Also, Revolving
Stereoscopes, for public or private exhibition. Our
Catalogue will be sent to any i address omreceipt m f
Stamp. . '
Wm. 1L gaiTH.
We were the first to introduce these into the United
States, arid we manufacture immense quantities ih
great variety, ranging in price from 60 cents to's6o
each. Our ALBUMS have the reputation o*f being
superior in beauty and durability to any ethers. -They
will,be sunt by mail, tree,jon receipt of price.
2&SF' Fine Albums made to order.
CARD PHOTOGRAPHS.
Our Catalogue now embraces over Five Thousand
different subjects (to which additions are continually
being made) of Portraits of Eminent Americans, Ac.,
viz: about •
100 Major-Generals, 550 Statesmen,
200 Brig.-Generals, 130 Divine?,
275 Colonels, - 125 Author?;" ’
100 Lieut.-Cdloudls, " 40 Artists, . _ ' - T
‘ 250 Other-Officers, 125 Stage, x ’ ‘ J *
75 Navy-Officers,; - :--- : tit Prominent Women,
150 Prominent Foreign Portraits*.
3,«00‘ COPIES OF '.WORKS *OF-ART,
including reproductions“oT the most celebrated En
gravings, Statues, Ac. Catalogues sent on
receipt-of Stamp. - An-order for One-Dozen''PIC
TURES from our Catalogue will be filled on -the re
ceipt of §l.BO, and'Bent by mail, free.
Photographers and others ordering goods C'. 0. D.
will please remit twenty-five per cent, of the amount
with their order. -
E. & H. T. ANTHONY & CO.,
Manufacturers of Photographic Materials,
. . 501* Broadway,'New York.
--jgfr* The prices and quality of. our goods cannot
fail to satisfy. T [Nov. 16, 1864-^.]
FALL AND WINTER GOODS.— No. 2. Union
Block. “ '
JER 6 ME SMI TIT :
Has lately returned from JSew York with a splendid
assortment of
DRY GOODS, READY-MADE CLOTHING;
ROOTS & SHOES, GLASSWARE, ,
. HATS.& CAPS, HARDWARE,
GROCERIES, DOMESTICS,
- ' WOODENWARE,
ENGLISH CLOTHS,
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, SATINS,. , ;
TWEEDS AND KENTUCKY JEANS...
FRENCH OASSIMERES, FULL CLOTHS.
Attention is called to his slock of
Black and Figured Dress Silks, 5 '
Worsted Goods,
Merinoes, _ ,
1 Biaek and Figured DeLainer,
Long and Square Shawls,
Ladies' Cloth,
Ofiera* Flannels; Ac. 1 •
Purchasers will find that
No. 2, Union Block. Main Street, .
is the place to buy the best quality of Goode at tb#.
lowest prices. * JEROME SM^TH.
Welleboro, Nov. 16, 1864—tf. ' “
FARM FOR SALE.—The undersigned: wishes to
dispose of his Farm in Covington itownship,Ty-i
ing on Elk Run, about three miles, from Covington
Boro, and generally known as the “ Wetherbee
Farm/’ It contains about 93 acres, with about 60
acres improved. -- ----- ... » '
The eonts'of the very best-quality of upland and
the cleared portion is entirely free from Stomps'. ’ Jt :
is well wetered and bas good-buildings. Those Who'
want to buy a good Farm‘may’find it to their advhh
tage to pay this one aVisit before they “ settle down."
Good warrantee deed given. For terms apply Vo’H.'
IL Potter, Middlebury Center, Pa., dr to Levi Rock
well, Cherry Flatts, Pa’. - J. B. POTTER.
Washington, B. C., NorrSO, 1864. •-
DISSOLUTION.— The Firm heretofore 'existing
nnder tbe uame-of S. Bennett & Co v is this day,
dissolved by mutual consent. * The business will
hereafter be conducted by Viscber, Bimon A; Randall,
who ore authorized to use the late firm name in li-<
qnidation. SOLOMON BENNET,
" Middlebury, Feb. • JOHN VISCHER. : '
. Theunnersignod have this day entered intdapo
partnership under thovname i’of * Yiscber, Bltnbn &
Ran did 1 f&r the transaction of the business heretofore
conducted by S. Bennett A Co.
JOHN VISCHER,
JOHN B. DIMON; -'
Middlebniy, Feb. 4, -'6s* JOHN KANDALL, ;
AN Assortment of TABLE will
be found at ROY'S BRUG STORE*
CONGRESS WA T E R/for sale at
ROT’H„DRIJG :; §TOBH;7
acOotrD to the tension of the &rea of ifreehom anti the Spreah of Reform.
WHILE THERE SHALL BE A WRONG UNRIGHTED, AND UNTIL “MAN’S INHUMANITY TO MAN” SHALL CEASE, AGITATION MUST CONTINUE
PHOTOGRAPHIC ALBUMS.
WELLSBORO, TIOGA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY MORNING, MARCE L, 1865.
select iMetrp.
[From the Atlantic Monthly for January.]
On woodlands ruddy with autumn
The amber sunshine fics;
Hook on the .beauty around me,
And tears come into my byes;..
For the,wind that sweeps the meadows ; *
" Blows'out of the far South-west,
Where onr.gallant men are fighting,
And the gallant dead are at rest.
; . . The golden-rod is loaning
f And the purple aster waves
In a-breeze from the Innd of battles,
‘ 'A breath from the land of graves.
Full finst the leaves arc dropping
Before that wandering breath ;
As-fast. on the field of batt)e.
Our brethren fall in death.
Beautiful oyer my pathway
•The forest 'spoils are shed: i
They are spotting the grassy hillocks |
With purple and gold and red. • * *
Beautiful is the death-sleep
,Of those who bravely fight - ■
In their country's holy quarrel,
And perish for the Right. ;
_ But who sball.comfort the living, .
The light of whose homes is gone;
The bride, that, early widowed,
ut ' Lives broken-hearted on;
The matron, whose eons are lying ,
In graves on a distant shore ;
The maiden, whoso promised husband
* Comes hack-from* the war no more ?
X on- the peaceful dwellings
Whose windows glimmer in sight,’
With croft’and garden and orchard’ %
That'bask in the mellow light:
And I know) thnt, when our couriers 1
With news of victory come,
They will bring a bitter message
Of hopeless gricf.to some.
• Again 1 torn ta ihe 'woodlands, :
And shudder a) •! see
r The mock-grape's bloed-rcd banner
Hnng.6nt_oii.the cednr-tree; 1
And i.tbinkof days of slaughter,
And the night-sky red with flames, ~ -
On-the Chattahooche , BTncadows,
• And tho> wasted banks of the James. : I
Ob, for the fresh Spring-season, ~
' When the groves are in their prime", **
'7: .'And far away: the future’
. ; . Is the frosty quruum-time I • j r • >,
" Ob, for the better season,'
When the pride of the foe shall yieldj
} And the ho*ts of. Qqd and freedom \
March back from the well-wpn field j
And the.matron shall.clasp her first-born
With-tears of joy and pride;
' And the scarred and war-worn lover
A - Sball claim bis promised bride I
Utav-CB oxe (iftpifrom tV* brauvliv«,
Bui the living buds are there,
With folded flower and foliage,
To sprout in a kinder air.
, [from the- S|agazino.J_ .
DOTON A FKBIBO^ G SILVER MINE.
A whole village'df miners'exists aroundthe
shaft. The “ hands” employed..at this - one
■pine number nearly 1,500.,. -My friend’s
“.house” seemed tr> consist.of one largish room,
serving us parlor,.tap room, .cellar and. bed
room ; for behind a curtain was the “ state
iig.il,” and numerous children snored in nil
kinds of indescribable contrivances round the
wall The beer (no fear of that growing ‘ deitd’
iyjiich never had nr, spark of life,)was contained
ip huge stoneware jars, uncovered, from whence
bis. wife drew for us into noggins exactly, like
“ Luther’s drinking-cup” in the Dresden Mu
seum. j[ could, not forget, that his birth-place
was imt far off; that, however “ Chprprinz,”
or,” Kiiiiigovnn Sicehs,” i nr “ reigning family”
■night turn political Papists, these pour miners
would be staunch. Yea, there he was on , the
wall, ” neatly framed and glazed.’’ and in
scribed in the formal German way,*much us if
our immortal ,bard.,were entitled W. Shake
speure, Ebip, "I)r. Marlin Luther,”; Who,
looking round at that humble portrait, eould
doubt that the poet was expressing his coun
try men’s feelings,; when, indignant at-Luther’s
; bust being shut nutpif the Walballjt, or, Qer
■ man “ Westminister Ahbey”;for groat bcnefuc
tiirs’of their nation, he cri d “Dor liebt in den
I Ileizuii; wozu iiooh in Stein?.”—•• Why peed
1 w>-a, bust when he Jives in our hearts ?”
~ lint return to the.miners. They came drop-,
ping in, one or tun at a limn, till .some dozen
were,collected, drinking .beer and eating black
bread : and slices of sugar sausage. The room,
like all German rooms, wat very hot to begin,
with, and now :becamo ; so insupportable, that
I wondered bow “ mine best’s eldest daughter
(who, amidst ,the outstretched bodies of her,
brothers .and sisters, was washing cups.; and
,passing ocepsional jokes with the company)
qndure. the, thick “ Berlin,w,ool” jacket in
which the upper part of her figure was encased.
However, bythe time I bad been rigged opt,in
full rpiner’s garb, much to my own satisfaction
apii to the infinite amusement of the 'lookers
on ; the wprd was given to start, and, I and'
my guide stepped out into, the cold, rainy-night.
Wo soon reached the mouth of the shaft,, and
after a preparatory descent.ihto a work-shop,
wh- re we got lanterns fixed,to our girdles, we
;bade farewell in good earnest to, ; “ all beneath
lb,e sun,” Ob, that first, ladder LI shall nevr.
er- forget the resigned-faeling ,with which I
stamped down step sftpr step behip.diny guide;
the greasy work-t-the-dampr-grave-like air ;
.above all, the roOriand din from the huge water
wheels and engines constantly. Y at wotk tO keep
the mine.in eny thing . tanking. order. Truly,
“I heard the .wash of waters, but nothing
.could I see’r-b-Bave vast- slimy iboardd rftoying
slowly up and down at my elbows, ' At’,first I
naturally; enough t took these coliossal pislton
:rbde for the firm walls'ofdhe chimney;;down
which I was. creeping. I was set by one - gra
zing my hip, and. making, me shrink within
myseifj Jike the.man who saw' the prison walls
closing,in around'him. . • .i .
After reaching the first landing'place all un
pleasant feelings vanished, or Were exchanged
for a fear that some ininer (we began to meet
them as gbt’lower dottnjmight/in his iaore
MY AUTUMN WALK.
BY WILLIAM C. BUT AST.
jfttffctUang.
rapid descent, come unawares upon my fingers.
This was all but realized in the ascent; the
guide had forgotten to give the cry which
should stop that flight to all down comers un
til we had passed; and as I Uiadly worked
my way .up, my first intimation of danger was
some clumped foot coming rudely in contact
with my miner’s cap..
ths depth to which I descended I can
form no' notion. ' My guide-books says the lad
der is - from 24 to 30 ells. Of these I wav
told there are sixty in the Himmelfurt. In
deed, my cicerone persuaded me I had gone
down forty-two of them., However this may
be, the depth of “ Birch wood shaft” stands
in the gnide-book as over 1,300 ell's; and the
“ Murder Mine” is deeper still. The passages
are;generally very low; an exceedingly un*
pleasant stoop had to be maintained in travers
ing; them. Generally the walla Wire plain
gneius or quartz, often discolored with red
muddy water from iron springs; but here and
there the veins were so rich, that even our
dim light® sufficed for a magic illumination.—
This was especially the ipase in the “ new
vein.” the great discovery of the year, suffi
ciently painful to creep through, but repay
ing all. by its great brilliancy. The gallery
seemed to round almost to the same point where
our descent had ceased. Going up the forty
two ladders -was weary, tiring work. How
ever. we wore cheered at each landing by the
Gluokauf” from. • parties- of descending mi
ners, to whom we duly replied “ Maeht ges
und . Schicht”—“Well speed thy task;” for
these people have conventional phrases, which
are as indispensable as the mixed jargon of
Frepch and‘English peculiar to certain cir
cles at home. In ascending 1 noticed the ex
collect ventilation, managed by trap-doors
at the different landings. There is always
an official, moving about to see to this. In
Etfgland'.we ' leave - this important duty too
often to mere children. The floors and trap
doors were, also in'my eyes admirable pres
ervatives against what might occur with such
very perpendicular .ladders —viz : a fall right
.through ffpm' fop to bottom. After a weary
climb -we got within sound of the eternal an
ti-danger -bell; and at length' emerged- into
jihe. cold rain. When we ‘descended,- the
children in the “ schools”-were singing their
evening hymn, and-“-mine host’s” parlor was
full of grave omnivorous'guests ; but now all
was silentthe cabaret deserted by all except
oiie man,.who had been some years among our
Cornish'Mines, and spoke a little .English—a
drunken fellow, who had wanted’ to accompa
ny ■me beloW,-and, foiled in this, had 1 waited
above, in hopes of more beer—and for one or
two more, for-whom the “ swipes and sau
sage” seemed lo_he?“ ne ver-euding —■
1 While W -were-divesting ourselves of our
leathern' integuments, I had an opportunity of
testing the honesty of iny guide! It is strictly
forbidden—lknow not why—to 'sell or give
away any specimens of the ore; all snob must
be obtained by special permission, at the Berg
meistSr’s office. We were alone in our ‘ dress
ing-room,’ several really beautiful peioes of
flbo'f,- quartz, and silver crystals,' etc., were
round, biit nothing could tempt him to let me~
dn more than touch therit; It was.,too late to
go and visit the Amalgam Works or any other
woiiders, even’had I been duly provided with
permits; so there" remained nothing for it. but'
to kill time till the hour for the eilwagen’s re
turn : T therefore waited till the change of re
lays (they have three in the twenty-four hours.)
This brought' a crowd of swarthy miners into
.mine, host’s for “ beer, Washwabser,' and put
zen” (beer, washing water, and toilet). Tfie
English speaker now went into biff turn, and
I was left with some eight or ten, all burping
to know whence I camo, and why. I told
them the fact, that I was from “ aus Ireland ;”
hot not being strong in.geography, they shook
their heads, till uiio started “ Island” (Iceland)
as an emendation ; and forthwith I was set
down as a' countryman of the geysers, and
doubtless connected with legends of the iron
working Norsemen, .who, forged the swords of
and Harold Haarfagor. This was too
good to last, and the murder came out through
riiy ownfolly. Eash miner wears a belt, to
which arc attached two curious knives, and a
■lend pencil of most primitive construction.—
This 1 coveted, and began bargaining with one,
of my friends for the fee simple of his prop
erty. At once the shrewdest of the party cried
out, “ Ach Golt, der Her ist cin Englander,”
and up went the price of the belt, and'my “ lit
tle bill” for beer and sousages was swelled,
.doubtless,.to, three, times its true dimensions.
Nevertheless," I got some good information
about the hydraulic apparatus, and was told
: that, in spite of It, the jnThe nearest to this
(the “Prince Elector’s level)”-could .only he
worked to its real depth. The mi- -
nofg,wore fine tall fellows,, not a bit bent by
their work ; grave even beyond .their country
men of grave Saxon-land, nevejr surprised into
anything . beyond ~a- lengthened “ Wie-eh f”
whereby in their broad dialect they politely
expresaed'an incredulous “ Ni, you don’t say
sot” Tire,lowest wages are from three to five
hewgroschen (some five phnee to seven pence
a day); men get about seven, ond master-work
men op as high ag fifteen (i. e., about one shil
ling,and ten.pence). However, we must re
member that in matters of food, money is,
worth nearly twice, and .in the consideration
which "it gives the possessor full five times as
much as in England. ; ■
| Con.tba.band To* —who baa come into Sheri
dan’s lines, says the rebels are-having a “right
smart talk” about arming the colored men,
arid the nsgroes-are talking about it themselves,
but,the blacks tire about equally divided on the
matter. Says Tom —" Bout half de colored
men link dey would run directly over to da
Yankees wid .de arms in der hands, and toder
half tink dey would jiss stand an’ fire a few
volleys to de rear fust, fore (fly run —dat’e all
de difference,”
Nothing was eo much dreaded in oar school
hoy days as to be punished by sitting between
two girls. Ah, the force of education I In af
ter years-w» learn to submit to - such things
without shedding a tear, 1 ’
Excess in Reforms.
Let us say a word or two in season against
limitless washing—a matter which has become
a. serious nuisance among the higher classes,
and even begins to threaten the lower. It has
come to that pass, that one gentleman thinks
another nnclean who does not step from bis
bed every morning into a tub of ice-cold water.
Cleanliness is virtue, of course; but when a
man allows himself to be puffed up with the
consciousness of using a shower-bath, or gives
hinself airs upon the strength of flesh-brushes,
his selfrigfateonsness has evidently passed be
yond its due bounds. Why'sbould this manly
virtue be made the subject of boastfn 1 triumph?
If 1 am beautiful, (which 1 am), and take pains
with my personal adornment, I don’t remark
how neatly my hair is parted to eVery acquaint
ance whom I happen to meet, and who, more
over, can see it for myself; if I cultivate my
mind, (which I do), I don’t brag to my friends
of bowjmany encyclopaedias I have swallowed
lately. Why, then, should J exclaim; “ Ha,
ha, lam warm; lam all in a glow; nothing
like a cold shower-bath.” Then.(contemptous
ly): “Ton don’t take shower-baths; ah, I
sboald’t think I was washed unless I took a
shower-bath.” Now, I meet ten of these fool
ish physical fanatics for one who is a prey to
spiritual pride.
Even more than ifor inordinate washing is
the presentyhror for a superabundance of fresh
air within doors. Ton may take a horse to wa
ter—l. mean you may take a man to a shower
bath in the depth of January, but you can’t
make him pull the string; but if you ventilate
yomj house according to the latest improve
ments, and be is fool enough to accept your in
vitation to come and see yon, he.is perforce ex
posed to every wind that blows there. I have
known several that were once comfortable coun
try bouses turned into winnowing machines by
these contrivances for health—all offspring of
the fiend of physical pride. It is under pre-
ISBce of making me robust, powerful, muscular,
that these appliances are sought out, wpich on
the.oontrary never fait to give me catarrh and
rheumatism. lam quite aware a-number of
their ‘.‘good intentions,” to which I cordially
wish the position which the proverb assigns to
them. Butfor my part, I would prefer to be a
little less muscular and rather warmer; I would
bate a few inches of the circumference of my
calf, rather than have the window open for an
equal space while the east .wind is blowing; I
would rather have my cheeks less like a peony,
provided that my teeth did not chatter with the
cold inside them. Now this always happens
when I go to see my ventilated friends in the
winter months. They assure me that their ob-
is a equal temperature tbronchout,
their residence's ; and I will b ear EHem witness
that this they have effected, for one room is as
cold as another.— Chambers’ Journal.
Hints to Young 1 Qcntlemen.
Don’t give up your seat in the cars when yon
are tired with your day’s work, to a pert young
miss who has been amusing herself with a lit
tle shopping. She will not even thank you for
ItT'audJf a man is going to sacrifice his com
fort, he has a-reasonable right, at least, to ex
pect a little gratitude. No use being polite to
some ladies—there is and old proverb about
casting pearls before—what’s her name ?
. Don’t submit to be crowded off the pave-l
ment into a muddy gutter by two advancing
balloons of silk dnd whalebones. Haven’t
your newly-blacked boots as good a claim to
respect as their skirts ? Look straight before
you, and stand up (For your rights like a man—
the ladies can contract a little, if they see
there is no help for it.
Don’t talk literature and the fine arts to the
pretty girls of'your acquaintance until you are
sure they know the difference between Thomp
son’s Seasons and Thompson's Arithmetic.—
And if they look particularly sentimental, then
you may know that they don’t understand
what you-are talking about.
-Don’t ask a nice , little girl about her dolls,
unless you.are very certain she has not “ come
out,” and been engaged in two or three flirta
tionj already.
Don’t say complimentary things to a young
lady at a party without first making sure that
her “ intended” is not standing behind you
the whole time.
.Don’t accept a young lady's invitation to go
shopping with her unless you have previously
measured, the length of your purse.
; Don’t stay later than eleven o’clock when
you spend the evening with a pretty friend—
the wisest and wittiest man in Christendom bo
comas a bore after that hour.
Don’t believe any woman an angel. If you
feel any symptoms,of that-disease, take a dose
of sage tea and go to bod—it is as much a mal
ady as'the small pox, and it is your business
to get over.it as soon as possible. An angel,
indeed I If you do pot find ont pretty soon that
she lacks considerably more than the vpngs,
we are sadly mistaken.
Don’t make up your mind about any crea
ture in a belt ribbon and -velvet rosettes with
out first asking your sister’s advice. Depend
npon it, one woman can read another better in
five minutes than you can in five years.
And, above all,, do not imagine that yon
must keep your lady talk and gentleman talk
in Separate budgets, labeled and sorted, unless
you want the girlsj to laugh in their sleeves at
your wishy-washy sentimentalism. Talk do
: them in a frank, manly style, as you would to
an intelligent gentleman. Don’t suppos be
cause they are women, they don’t know any
thing.
I Remember all this advice, sir, and yon will
-make rather less a fool of yourself than yon
would otherwise.
This is the style in which the fair ones in
some parts of Yorkshire cdhvoy the hint to
backward swains. “ Why don't yon get mar
ried 1” said a young lady the other day to a
bachelor friend who was down there on a visit.
“ I’ve been trying for the last ten years to find
some.one who would be silly enough to have
me,’’.was the reply. “Then you have not
been.down onr way," was the insinnative
rejoinder.
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NO. 31.
Josh Billings Answers his Correspondents.
Americas—Your contribushun iz in hand I .
We like its fluidness. It iz like ile on a sand
bill. Natur baa did a good thing for yn, and
yn ought tew be willing tew dew a good thing
for nntnr. This line in yonr produkahnn
strikes ue as very butiful and original: “ A.nd
iarn the luxury of dewing good." Goldsmith
hisself mite have bin proud of such a line.—
And again : “ Oh, would some power the gifly
giv na ov seeing onraelfs az others see nz
ynre idee or introdusing the Skotch acksent
into yonr stile, iz very happee. If yon never
h’av red Hubert Hnrna, yn will be aorprluoA tu
iarn that his style very much resembles yutes.
.Onae more yu say: “If ignoranse iz bliss, ’tie
folly tew be wise." This sentiment iz' jist az
tru as 'tiz common. Pope, i think, Haz snm
thing similar ; bat awl grate minds snmtimea
express tbeirselfs alike. Tare contribnsbnn
will appear in onr issn, with a wood cot piktar
ov a saw buk at the top ov it.
Flora —Yu sa that “Tore Adolphns has
proved antra, andyu must die." I never ad
vise deth under enny circumstances, altho it
proberly iz cheaper jist now tew die than it iz
tew live. Bear.np like a man nnder yure dis
pensasfaans. Taka sura Pills; bat if yn find
that yn are so bound up in Adolphns that fis
sick won't work, hire obt to teach a distrik
ekule, and it won’t be 3 months before yn kan
exklaim, with the Patriark ov old, Adolphus
be d—d 1
Beta—l think snmly az yu do, “ thiawurld
is awl & fleetin oirkns, for man’s illnshnn giv
en,” hot that ain’t no rezon for not pitching in
and beingillusionedonsein awhile. 1 wouldn’t
give a sent for a man who • hadn’t been, illu
sioned, and who didn’t expect tew be several
times agin.
Philander —Yu ask me which- is the most
beat, the marrid or the single qondishun ?
Most evry bdcMy, at sum time in theiq life, haz
tride the single state ; also, most evrybody haz
hankered after the doable state, or marrid con
dishnn. I hav tride both states, and am reddy
tew aware, that if a man kan git a woman who
kan fri pankakes on both sides witbont bnrnin
them, and don’t hanker to be a wimmin’s kom
mitty, the marrid- state is a Haven and arth
awl tew onst. But after awl, the marrid state
iz a good deal like falling ont of a cherry tree;
if a person don’t happen tew git hart, it iz a
good reason for not trieing it agin.
Economy in a Family. —There is nothing
which goes so far toward placing young peo-,
pie beyond the reach of poverty os economy in
the management of household affaires. It mat
ter* not whethera man furnishes little or much
for his family, if there is a continual leakage in
bis kitchen or parlor ; it runs away, he knows
not how, and that demon Waste, 1 cries “ More I’’
like the horse-leech’s daughter], until he fhat
provided has no more to give. It is the hus
band's duty to bring into the house, and it is
the dnty of the wife to see that none goes
wrongfully out of it. A man gets a wife to
look after his affairs, and to assist him in his
journey through life; to educate and prepare
their children for a proper station in life, and
not to dissipate his property. The husband's
interest should ~be the wife’s care, and her.
greatest ambition to carry her no farther than
his welfare or happiness, together with that of
her children 1 This should be her sola aim, and
the theater of her exploits in the bosom or her
family, where she may do as much toward ma
king a fortune $s she can in the counting room
or workshop.
Take Him Odt.—A scrub head boy haying
been brought before the court as a witness, the
following colloquy ensued:
“Where do you live?” said the Judge.
“ Live with my mother.” '
“ Where docs your mother liye?”
“ Sue lives with father.”
“Where does he live 7”
“ lie lives with the old folks."
“ Where, do they' livaW says the Judge,
getting very red, as an audible snicker goes
round the room.
“ They live at home.”
“ Where in thunder is their home V’ roars
the Judge.
“That's where I'm from,” says the boy,
sticking his tongue in a corner of his cheek and
slowly closing one eye on the Judge.
“ Hero, Mr. Constablfe,” says the coart,
“take the witdess out and tell him to travel;
ho evidently does not understand the nature of
an oath." ■ I
“You would think different,” says the boy,
going toward tha doorway, “if I was once to
give yon a cussin’ 1”
A ladt, who was very modest and submiss
ive before marriage, was observed by a friend
to ose her tongue pretty freely afterwards.
“ There was a time when I almost imagined
she had none.”“ Yes,”j said her husband, with
a sigh, “ but it's very long since.”
The so-called instinct of animals—the ass
which perceives the angel presence sooner than
the prophet—ought ’to be regarded as. the
greatest miracle of creation. *7
A young lady refused to go into the Water
vliet Arsenal the other day, because she heard
that some of the muskets yrcre without breech
es. There’s delicacy for yon.
Great Shock.—A lady we know was start
led the other day, by being told some one was
waiting below for her “ body.” Dressmakers
should be careful.
Jt is an error to think that a long face is
essential to good morals, or that laughing is an
’unpardonable crime.
Why is a baby's month like a portion of the
heavens ? Because it is the milky way.
What was Eva made for ?, -ddum’scaywaw
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