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BOLTON HOUSE.
HAKKISHUHO, PKNNA.
The undersigned having lately purchased the
41 Bt EHLER HOUSE " property, has already com
menced such alterations and improvements as will
render this old and popular House equal, if not suj-e
--rior, to any Hotel in the City of H.irrtihurg
A continuance of the public patronage is refpect
fttlly solicited.
GEO. J. BOLTON
WALL'S HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE/
TU N KHAN NOCK, WYOMING CO., FA
THIS establishment has recently been refitted an
furnished in the latest style Everv attention
will he given to the comfort and eonvenier.ee of those
wjo patronize the House.
T. B WALL, Owner and Proprietor .
Tunkhannock, September 11, 1961.
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COUNTY, PA
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HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above
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lender the house an agreeable place of sojourn to
all who may favor it with their custom.
Wm. II CORTRIGHT.
June, 3rd, 1963
MEANS' HOTEL.
TOWA-IXTDA., PA
TL lb BARTI.ET,
[Late oft.. " BRAISARH lloisn, ELMIRA, NY
PROPRIETOR.
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and BEST ARRANGED Houses in the country —It
la fitted up in the most modern and improved style
and no pains are spared to make it a pleusaniund,
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2!lyw3-u.
MELODEON FOR SALE.
THE subscriber offers fo, sale VERY CHEAP, an
almost new Piano Frame
SIX OCTAVE MELODEON.
Also, a lot ot Household Furniture at very low
prices .
For particulars inquire at the house now oceu' led
by the subrcriber, formerly occupied by H- nry Stark.
AG. aTARK.
Tukbannoek, Jan. 30th, 1§66034w4
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Whlls. Tunkbannoik, Sterling A Son, Meshoppen,
Stevens A Aekley, L-teeyville. Frear, Dsan A Co,
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THE HEALING POOL,
AND HOUSK OF MERCY.
Howard Association Report# for YOUNG
MEN on the CRIME Or SOLITUDE, and the KR
KORS, ABUSES a .d DISEASES which destroy the
manly powers, and create impediments to MAR
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letter, envelopes, free of charge Address Dr J.
SKILLEK HOI'GIITON, Howard Association,
Philadelphia. Pa.
6n44- lyear
THE X73NTIO3\r
STRAW CUTTER,
MANUFACTURED BY
William Klicbner,
At 1 'HAAIVOCA'JPenn'a.
Who has the exclusive right, for Wyoming county, is
one of tbe very few Machines that will cut Hav
Straw. Stalks, e , better than the oil fashioned
Cutting boxes, used by our grandfathers.
Those who value tune and labor: nd would avoid
a needles- loss of both, in feeding thctr stock, should
get one of these improved Cutters.
No man ever found anything better ; or ever went
back to tbe old machine after trial of it.
A Hupply Constantly on Hand
aud for sale.
WM FLICKNER.
Tankhsonoek, De 3, 16T7v7nl3tC.
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. -WEDNSDAY, FEB. 19, 1868.
THE TWO„ PICTURES.
KT STELLA, OF LACKAWANNA.
Two lovers-(I peeped through the keyholt,—
Hope 'twas a commendable peep ;)
Sat breathing sweet nothing? by moonlight,
When sensible folks were asleep ;
They said —but why should I rejieat it 1
'Twns whispered, you know —nothing more, i
While the rounl moon laughed in at the window.
An t I—through the hole in the door.
Two hands were cltsped fondly together,
Two laces were radiant wiih joy,
And I spied 'niong the frolicsome moonbeams
The arch-eyed and mischievous boy ;
And the fair cheek .grew crimson with blushes,
When bin el they soon should be wed,
While the round moon laughed in at the window,
And I- through the keyhole instead.
• •••••
The year# had whirled swiftly their changes,
White moons h id lit many a #ky,
But where were the rapturous lovers
I pieeped through the keyhole to ?py 7
Were 'hey building their fabulous castles,
\\ ith hand clasped in band as before 7
V bin tbe round uie n laughed in at tbe window,
And I —through tbo hole iu the door.
At last in my roautings I found them,
Sitting glum in a summer day's glare,
And I wailed in vain to discover
One loverly took iu the pair.
Ah, me ! and I ?ighed to remember
'1 he vi-ion that tuit me before,
When the round moon laughed in at the window,
And I —tbtuugh the hole iu the door.
"Small editions in calf' ranged the parlor,
With knots in their carroty bair,
Each bent on appalling gymnastics
O'er sofa and table and chair ;
Atnl 1 said to myself very softly,
Return oil sweet romance of yore,
When the round moon laughed in at the window,
And I—through the hole in the door,
I glanced at the trail little figure,
Bent low over some unfinished scams,
Then sidelong, the while, at the master,
And wondered li these were the dreams
That bewitched the blest hours with their magic.
In the sweet time ere they two were wed,
Wheu the round moon laughed iu at the window,
And I- through the keyhole instead !
TO ONE IN HEAVEN.
GEORGE D PRENTICE -himself one of the most
gifted of tbe / meric .ii bants—thinks that no living
j>etc.-s can surpass the gracefulness and beauty of
the following lines from the muse of AMELIA. They
are exceedingly be.iutilul.
Pale star, that with thy soft sad light
Came out upon my bri lal eve.
I have a sing t> sing to-night,
Before thou tak'.-t thy mournful leave.
Since then .-u sotily time hath stirr'd,
That months have almost seemed like hours,
Aod I am like a little bird
That slept too long among the flowers'
An I waking, sits with waveless wing,
Soft singing 'mid the shades of even ;
liut oh, with sadder heart 1 sing—
I sing of one who dwulLt in heaven.
Tbe winds are soft, the clouds are few,
And tenderest thought my heart beguiles,
As. floating up through mist and dew,
Tbe f>ale young moon comes out and smiles ;
And to tbe green resounding shore
In silvery troops the ripples crowd,
Till all the o<-ean dimpled o'er,
Lifts up its voice and laughs aloud ;
And star on star, all soft and calm,
Floats up yon arch serenely blue ;
And, lost to earth and stee|>cd in balm,
ily spirit floats in ether too.
Loved one ! though lost to human sight,
I feel thy spirit lingering near.
As soltly as I foel the light
Tiiat trembles tbrough the atmosphere ;
As in some temple's holy shade-',
Though mute the hymn aud hush'd the prayer,
A -olciun awo the soul pervades.
Which tells that worship has been there—
A breath of incense, left aloie
Where many a censer swung around,
Will thrill the wanderer, liko a tono,
Who treads on consecrated ground.
I know thy soul, from worlds of bliss
That stoops awhile to dwell with me,
Ilath caught the prayer I breathed in this,
That I at last might dwell with theo.
I hear a murmur from the seas,
That thrills me like thy spirit's sigh's ;
I hear a voice on breeze,
That makes to mine its low replies —
A voice all low and sweet like thine ;
If gives an answer to my prayer,
And brings my soul from beaven a sign
That I -ball know ani meet thee there.
I'll know thee there by that sweet face,
Round nb ch a tender halo plays,
Still touched with that expressive grace
That marie tbee lovely all tbj days,
By that sweet smile that o'er it shed
A beauty like the light of even,
Whose soft expression never fled,
Even when it# soul had flown to heaven,
I'll know thee by the starry crown
That glitters in thy raven hair ;
Oh ! by these blessed signs alone
I'll know tbee there —l'll know thee there.
For ah ! thine eye, within whose sphere
Tbe sweet- of youth and bcau'v met,
Tbnt .-wain in love ami softness here.
Must saiio tn love and softness yet,
For ah ! its daik and liquid beams,
Though saddened by a thousand sighs,
Were holier than the light that streams
Down from the gate? ot Paradise-
Were I right and radiant like the morn,
Yet soft and dewv a# the eve ,
Too sad for eyes where smiles are born,
Too young for eyes that learn to grieve-
I wonder if this cool sweet breeze
Hath toU'hed thy lip# >md finn'd thy brow.
For all my spirit hears and sees
Recall thee too my mv memory now ;
For every hour we breathe apart.
Will but increase, if that can be,
The love that fills this little heart,
Already tilled so full of thee,
Yet many a tear these eves mut weep,
And many a sin mist be lorgiveu,
Ere these p-i'e lids shall sink to sleep—
£re thou and I shall meet in heaven
44 To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. "
TRIED AND TEMPTED.
Five o'clock of a piercing February
night, and so dark already that tbe weari
ed young workmen in Madame Tournay's
" Fashionable Dress-Making Establish
ment" movnl more closely to the window
to catch the last fading beams of light. It
was a small, ill ventilated apartment, shab
bily furnished and over-crowded with pale,
tired-h>oking girls—but what then? Mad
ame her-lf rolled in a claret-colored coupe,
and kept liveried servants to wait upon her
door ; and who never paused to think how
her money was made.
" Oh dear," said Grace Hooper, with a
sigh, " this Greek pattern is so puzzling,
and my head does ache so hard. I don t
see why Mrs. Wharton wants a dress al
tered that she has worn but once. Fine
ladies are full of caprices."
44 Give it to me, Grac<-," said Kate Sel
wyn authoritatively ; '' I'll finish it, and
you go home to bed, unless you want to
be laid up with a brain fever."
" But what is to become of vour work,
Katie?"
4 * Oh, I'll take care of that—it's but an
hour or two's uxtia work, wheu all's said
and done."
Grace Hooper hesitated a moment —she
know from sad experience bow trying was
an " hour or two's extra work" when brain,
hack and fingers were alike wearied out.
But the pain in Iter head was increasing
too rapidly for much remonstrance
'• It's very good tor you, Katie," she said
meekly, " at.d perhaps 1 had butter go
home."
Kate Selwyn nodded a pleasant good
bye to tlie pale sewing girl, and began to
\vork on Mr#. Wharton's wine-colored silk
dress with busy, skillful fingers.
She was a tall, slightly made young wo
man of two or three and twenty, with rich
brown hair, wound round and round the
hack of her head in heavy lustrous cils,
and large black eyes. There was hut little
color in her r. d cheek ; Madame Tournay's
ivotk r-'Otn had stolen her roses away long
| ago. hut her lips were red as cut coral, and
there was an arch dimple in her rounded
j chin that sp >ke of mirthful temperament
j and unwearying cheetfulness. Poor Katie!
! it needed all her courage to meet the stern
1 realities of life, f->r even now she was pon
<l ring within herself how it might he pos
sible to meet tlie landlord's demand for
rent, already overdue.
" 1 cannot pay him any way in the
world," thought poor Katie; "hut oh, it
would he very haid to be turned out of
doors such weather as this. Why, what
makes the pocket so full Surely Mrs.
Wharton must have left something in it."
Kate S"lwvn drew troui the pocket of
the wine—colored silk dtess an embroidered
handkerchief; but there was something
still remaming—a ten dollar bill!
The room was comparatively, dark—no
one was observing the young seamstress,
and it was the instinct of a moment to slip
the money into her bosom, while her
,-het ks hunted and her heart throbbed wiih
quick irregular pulsings.
"Some kind fate has sent it to me,"
thought Kate Sclwyn. Mrs. Wharton will
never miss the money—she has an abund
ance without it. aud to me it is home—
bread—shelter!"
So Kate Sclwyn worked away with fe
versh color, and hands thaljwould tremble,
in spitextf hers<df.
" Kate, how soon you have finish
ed it!" said one of Iter companions, as she
hurriedly folded it up, and laid tt on a pile
of completed dresses. "Grace IL-opcr
would have been two hours about it!"
" It was Lte when Katie tied on Iter
worsted hood and went home, through tbe
chill and frozen streets, the ten-dollar bill
hidden awaj' iu her bosom 1 HOME—it
was but a narrow room without tire or
light, but it was all Katie had !
She undressed hurriedly an>i crept into
her li'tle bed—somehow she could not say
her prayers that night. Was it the ten
dollar bill that stood between her and the
gates of Heaven !
Ten dollars —it was a jear since Katie
Selwyn had possessed so much money at
one time. To Iter it s.-cinetl almost untold
wealth—and several times during the night
she started np, half fancying htuglars in
the room, trying to abstract the precious
prize. Such a long, troubled, fever stricken
night! And when at length she arose, un
rested and unrefroshed, the gray dawn was
peeping through the one window of the
room.
44 I can endure it no longer," thought
Katie Selwyn. " I would rather beg my
bread from door to door, and sieep upon a
bench in the market place, than bear the
brand of a thief upon my own conscience!
I will take the money hack as soon as pos
sihle, and try to forget last night, as we
foiget hideous dreams!"
She flitt- d through the streets, shivering,
as the chill breath ot early dawn smote up
on her forehead, and nervously avoiding
the passing footsteps of the few pedestri
ans who were abroad at so unusual an
| hour!
Madame Tournay's sleepy footman came
to tbe work bell in a red worsted jacket and
a dingy cotton handkerchief tied around
his ambrosial curls.
" Tears to me you're uncommon early
this morning, young woman,' said he dis
contentedly.
44 Yes," said Kate, trembling lest John
should read the secret of Iter mission. " I
want to finish something that should have
been done la#t night.'
44 Tnere's no lire in the wo>k room yet."
44 No matter —it will soon be lighted."
And Katie ran np stairs to the chilly,
deserted room, wh-re .dippings of silk and
worsted lay on the floor, and the chairs
still stood around the work-table, just where
they had been occupied the night before.
Mr# Wharton's dress lay on the pile of
finished work, and it was but the action of
an instant to slip tbe ten-dollar bill back
into its place beneath the embroidered
handkerchief!
Then she drew a long breath of relief
it was as if some heavy burden had been
lifted from her over weighted sbouldfet9.
44 1 eau breathe more fteely now !" she
murmured. 44 Oh, Father! I never before
understood the full force of my daily pray
er; 4 Lead me not into temptation !' "
* • * *
Ten years had passed away, and you
would not have known Katie Selwyn in tbe
fair, matronly presence of Mrs. St. George.
Katie bad matie what the world calls 4< a
good match." Mr. St. George had seen
tlie pretty seamstress at his sjster's house
one night, and straightway fell in love and
married her. So, from want and penury,
Katie stepped into a luxurious borne, and
a husband's warm, true heart.
44 I really can't tell what has become of
that money," said Mrs. St. George, tho't
fudy, as she sat warming one velvet-slip
peted foot before the fire. 44 I left it on nty
diessing bureau this morning; of that I
am certain, and the children have not been
at home to scatter things around."
44 1 know where it is, mamma," said
Harry, a pretty boy of eight years old.—
" Wa# it in two bills?"
" Yes—what do you know of it my boy?"
44 1 saw Norah hiding something away
under her work-box up stairs, and I was
curious to see what it was, main ma, so I
went and looked, after she had gone down
stairs, and there was a five aud a two-dol
lar bill, all folded up."
44 Mv boy, you are mistaken," said Mr.
St. George, promptly. 44 Norah is the
very soul of honesty."
4 - Yes, hut Bruce," said his wife, in a
low, earnest tone, "she may be the soul of
hone-ty, and yet in a moment of sudden
temptat ion "
She stopped short. Norah herself had
entered the room, with a feather duster in
her hand.
She was a pretty young Irish girl of six
teen or seventeen years old, with large vio
let gray eyes, jet black hair, and cheeks
where the soft crimson glowed through a
slightly freckled surface.
44 1 thought you rang, ma'am," said No
rah, with her eyes fixed on the floor and a
tell tale flush on her forehead.
Mrs St George fixed her clear glance
on the girl's face.
41 No, ixoralt, you thought no such thinn,"
she sai 1 calmly. "Go down to the nur
sery—this is no time for me to say what I
wish."
Norah retired, but she did not go down
to the nursery, according to Mrs. St.
George's orders. She crept np stairs, in
stead, to her own room, trembling so that
she could hardly walk. For Norab, from
the adjoining room, had heard the whole
conversation, and knew that this, her first
theft, was discovered.
44 Sure, what will she do with me—it's
in jail I'll be put; and my uncle Patrick
rtttd my mother never'll hold up their heads
again. O, why did I take ihe money ?
Sutc, I wish I wa9 only dead and at
rest in the old graveyard in tbe County
Kerry ! It's tbe landman) I got for my
toothache that'll save me from disgrace,
and "
The vial was close at her tremulous lips
when there was a soft tusth' of silken skirts
in the room, and a light hand was laid up
on the nurse girl's arm.
44 Norah, stop!"
The laudanum bottle fell from Norah's
unnerved hand—site uttered_a tlight cry.
" Mrs. St. George ?"
And the fair young matron drew the
Irish girl close to hi-r arms.
44 Norah, you have done very wrong;
but it is not too late to repent My child,
begin lite over again from to-day."
Norah took the money from its hiding
place and gave it to her mistress with hys
teric eagerness.
"Sure ; ma'ma. an' its'slike the unguis of
Heaven you are I II never do the like again,
aud I don't know what evil spirit tempted
tne ! But you'll discharge me, ma'ma? "
"No Norah, I shall still retain you in my
service, and trust you implicity as before—
that is if you choose to remain. "
Norah began to sob, on her knees at her
mistress's bet.
44 Oh ma'ma, if yon hadn't come in just
then 1 should be standin' at tbe bar of
of Heaven now, with my soul b acker than
darkness. I was wild, ma'tna —it seemed
as if I couldn't live to have mother and
Uncle Patrick know I was a—a —thief!"
Mr#. St. George looked pityingly into
tbe girl's face.
"Go down now, Norah. You are forgiv
en; and remember that from this moment
your new life begins. "
Mrs. St. George satan instant in her ser
vant's room, her bands clasped, and her
eyes gazing wistfully into vacancy.
44 Am I so kind ?" she murmured to her
r,elf. "Nay, it is but human justice 1 It
seems but yesterdcy that I, too, passed
through the ordeal that ha# so tried poor
Norab. I was a thief, and I repented.—
Shall I he less merciful lo this poor child
than God was to me ? "
Ami so the bitter of temptation and trial
blossomed into fruit Mrs. St. George had
learned to "JUDGE NOT LEST SUE BE
! JUDGED,"
One of the richest specimens of a real
Irish bull which has ever fallen under onr
notice was perpetrated by the clever and
witty, but blundering, Irish knight. Sir
! Richard Steel, when inviting a certain
nobleman to visit him. If, sir," said he,
44 you ever come within a mile of cay house,
11 you mil slop tKors"
How TO PROSPER IN BUSINESS. In the (
firt place, make up your mind to accom
plish whatever you undertake, decide upon j
some particular employment and ptrsevere j
in it. all difficulties are overcome by dilli- i
gence and assiduity He not afiaid to
woik with jour own hands dilligently too. i
A "cat in gloves catches no mice." He :
who remains in the mill grinds, not he who
goes and comes. Attend to your own
business, never trust to another. "A pot j
that belongs to many is ill stirred and worse |
boiled." He frugal. " That which will
not make a pot will make a lid. " "Save
the pence and the pounds will take care of
themselves." Be abstemious. Who
dainties love shall beggars prove. liise
earlv. The sleeping fox catches no poultry
Plough deep while sluggards sleep, and
you will have corn to sell and keep. Treat
every one with respect and civility. |
" Everything is gained and nothing lost
by couitesy." Good manners ensure suc
cess. Never anticipate wealth from any |
other source than labor especially never
place dependence upon becoming the pos- i
sessots of an inheritance, "lie who waits
for deatf men's shoes maj' have to go a long
time barefoot." "lie who runs after a shad
ow has a wearisome race.," above all things,
never dispair. "God is where He was"—
He helps those who truly trust in Him.
£g"Miss Letitia Christian Tyler,born in
the Presidential Mansion at \\ a#hington,
the beautiful and accomplished grand
daughter of Robert Tyler, so distinguished
for his zeal and eloquence, and a trusted
leader of the old Democratic party before
the war. is now engaged in type setting,
in the employment of the Advertiser news
paper, Montgomery, Alabama. This brave
girl shows that Iter blood descends from a
resolute fearless stock. Miss Tyler spent
the greatest part her life at Bristol, in this
county, where Iter father and family resided,
and where she is remembered by many old
frienes. We think she does herself credit
in turning her hand to an honorable occu
pation in advertise times. We like her
spunk.— Doyle-stown Democrat.
FEAR or DEATH.—It matters not when
or where death comes to us, ivhetner on the
battle field or on the ocean, in the quiet of
our own chamber, or by some sudden ca
lamity amid the stotms and bustle of life,
we should make up our mind to meet it
with coolness and reserve which should
characterize intelligent, immortal beings.—
We have continued evidence before us of
the perishal le nature of all things , and
should neither fear nor shrink from that
which is inevitable. As our fathers
died before us, we must ourselves go down
to the grave, sootier or later. There is
neither hope, nor reason, nor apprehension
that we ever can escape the sad ordeal.—
Yet, notwithstanding this certainty, of our
ultimate dissolution, the fear of death is al
mot universal throughout the wor d. —
There are but few indeed, among the vast
multitude that people the earth, who are
not the slaves or, subjects of it. Even tbe
true and faithful believer, whose faith has
pictured to him unutterabe transports and
happiness in that world beyond the grave,
trembles at the appioaeh of the grim mes
senger, without whose intervention this
transport and happiness could never be
tasted There is a positive weakness in
th s, which is alike strange and unaccount
able. That the momentary pang the part
ing struggle and the closing of our eyes for
ever upon tbe sorrows and ealamaiies of
this life, should inspire so much dread, is
truly remarkable, win n we know that they
are all that separate us from the joys and
delights of heaven.
It seems to most persons, a fearful thing
to die ; to go down into the cold grave and
form companion-hip with worms; to sleep
the last sleep and be insensible as the dust
upon which the head is pillowed. But the
apostles and prophets have gone that road
before us; the noble at my of martyrs, who
now tune their harps among the redeemed,
passed through the trying ordeal: and the
Saviour of mankind trod tho weary w ay,
with bleeding feet and with dusty sandals.
All the wealth of the world cannot pur
chase for one single human being an ex -
emption from death and the grave Why
then should we shrink back with fear and
shudder at the approaching doom, when we
know it is fixed and unchangeable ?—Ratti
er let ns meet it like men, hoping and trust
ing upon tbe promises, which'have inspired
ns with confidence and given us faith in tbe
life which is to come-
A Cumous LOVE STOUT. —A very cu
rious love story is told by several of the
ancient writers respecting Egivard, a sec
retary to Charleniange, and a daughter of
the Emperor. The secretary fell in love
with the princes?, who at length allowed
him to vi#it her. One winter's night he
stayed with her very late, and in the mean
time a deep snow had fallen. It he left,
his foot-marks would expose him to dan
ger. At length the princess resolved to
carry hitn on her back to a eigltboring
house, which she did, It happened, how
ever, that from the window of his bed
room the king saw Iter.
In the assetnblv of his lords the follow
ing day, when Egivard and his daughter
were presented, he asked what ought to
be done to the man who compelled the
king's daughter to carry hitn on her shoul
ders through frost ar.d snow, in the middle
of a winter's night ? The lovers were
alarmed, but the Emperor, addressing Eg
ivard, said ; 44 Iladst thou loved my daugh
ter thou shouldst have come to me ; thou
Hrt worthy of death, hut I give titer* two
lives. Take thy fair porter iu marriage,
fear God aud love one another.
TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNUM, in Advance.
Htfiseanb jjtjiftfoisf.
Tbs tvorst wheel of a cart il*ays make!
the most noise.
A little three year old girl on feeing told
that she was too young to have a muff,asked
indignantly : "Am I too little to'be cold V'
Sensible child.
"llow well he plays for one so young i
said Mrs. Partington as the organ boy per
formed with a monkey before the door ;
"and how much his llttil brother looks like
him, to be sure !"
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A man in the Nutmeg State announces
that his golden wedding will come off just
thirty years from uow, and offers a liberal
discount on any presents his friends then de
sign to make him.
"Mister, I say, I suppodo you don't kboiT
of nobody who don't want to hire Dobody to
do nothing, don't you 7" The auswer was,
"yes, I don't."
POETIC. — Twas Sunday night.—-The moon
shone bright, and all was cool and shady,
when a gay young gent, t dowa High street
went a walking with a lady. Tbey talked of
love ; he called her dove j he told of his kfr
fection. She heaved a sigh and turned her
eye in an opposite direction.— But why that
that start that chills the heart, as if with ice
incrusted ? Ah do not blame sweet Sarah
Jane, two hairpins she has trusted, but
hear her shrink or rather speak ; "My wa
terfall has busted !"
RL'LES or HEALTH,—Never hang yourself
out of an open window when you go to bed.
In col l weather always wear thick warra
clul'iing about tour body. If yrlu haven't
money enough lo buy it, attend an unextin
guishable conflagration in the vicinity of a
fii&t class clothing store.
If you are quite a small baby, be careful
that 'here sre no pins in your clothes, and
always take a drink of milk punch out of a
bottle with a gum thing on the nczzle bafore
you get into your cradle.
In eating raw oysters always peel the
shells off before swallowing. The shells are
indigestible acd apt to lie on the stomach.
Never travel on the railroad trains. Many
persons have died unexpectedly by this im
prudence.
Always come in when it raing ; and if a
rattle snake bites you iu the leg, cut it oft,
unless you wear false calves or a wooden
leg. In that case just untie and take it off.
I don'' say that those who follow these in
structions will never diS.andJet their friends
enjoy a ride to the cemetery, but they won't
get choked off in the bloom of their youth
ahd beauty.
Somebody says, that every cord of wood
given to the poor, is re-corded above,
He who puts a bad construction upon a
good act, reveals his own wickedness at
heart.
The wise carry their knowledge, as they
do their watches—not for display, but for
their own use.
Description of a scoundrel : "That scoun*
drtl. sir, why he would sharpen a knife upon
his father's tombstone to 6lay Lis mother !"
'So there's another corruption of Mount
Vociferous," said Mrs. Partington, as she
put down her specs. "The paper tella us
about burning leather running down the
mountain, but it'don't lell how it got afire."
In a Sunday School, not many miles from
this place, a youth was questioned by bis
teacher if his father took any religious pa
pers. "Yes," replied young hopeful, "the New
York Clipper and the Illustrated Police News,
every week,"
A cotemporary paper says : "If you wo'd
keep your children in health, give them
plenty of fresh air." This is all wtll enough;
but, now-a-days, children put on so many airs
of their own that it is almost.impossible to
give them a fresh one every day.
A philosophic and self possessed ship
captain was passing through a church yard at
midnight, when a " sheeted ghost, " rose up
behind a tombstone, and approached bim
with menacing gesturing. The ancient mar
iner cooly raised his stick and gave him a
crack over the side of the head, asking, him
"What he meant by being out of his grave
at so late au hour ?"
A good many years ag" 1 , a Massachusetta
man was elected to the office of Lieutenant- *
Governor. When the fact of his election was
announced he was called upon to make a
sbeech. He proceeded to acknowledge the
honor in very handsome terms, and added
that he had no doubt he should make a very
good Lieutenant-Governor, as that was the
"ffice he had always held in his own house.
How TO ASK A FAVOR. —The humble man
requests a favor as though be were unworthy
to receive it; but the proud man asks a favor
in the same time at if he were granting on#,
NO. 28.