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JWTHHOAD*, PHYSICIAN A SURGEO >
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DENTISTRY.
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his professional services to its citiieos
Ofiee on second floor, formerly occupied by Dr.
Wllram
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Tunk., July 31, "h" -vfinoO tf.
BOLTON HOUSE."
IIAKHISHI Itiit I'l-NNA.
The undersigned having lately purchased the
" IiUERLER HOUSE " property, has already com
menced such alterations and improvements as will
render this old and popular House equal, if not supe
rior, to any Hotel in the City of Ilarrishurg.
A continuance of the public patronage is ref|>ect
fully solicited.
GEO. J. BOLTON*
WALL'S HOTEL,
LATE AMERICAN HOUSE,
TUN KUAN NOCK, WYOMING CO.. IA
TIIIS establishment has recently been refittc.l an j
furnished in tbe latest style Every attention
trill be given to the comfort and convenience of those
who patronize the House
T- B. WALL. Owner an.l Proprietor . 1
Tunkhannock, September il. ISCI
NORTH BRANCH HOTEL,
MESHOPPEN, WYOMING COI'NTY, PA
Win. 11. COItTRIGHT, Prop'r
HAVING resumed the proprietorship of the above
Hotel, the undersigned will "pare no efforts
tender the house an agreeable place ol sojourn to
*ll who uiuv favor it with their custom.
Win. II CORTRIOIIT.
June, 3rd, 1363
MEANS' HOTEL.
TOWANIDA, 3?A.
r>. B. BARTi.ET,
(Late of t . "BKAISAKU HOOKS., ELUIKA, N Y
I'KOl'tt IETOII,
The MEANS HOTEL, i one of tue LARGEST
snd BEST ARRANGED House* iu the country—lt
is fitted up in the most modern and improved stylo
znd no pains are spared to make it a pleasantand
agreeable stoppiug p[ace for all,
v3n2l-ly
DISSOLUTION.
THE Copartnership heretofore exist tng betweea
Jacob Bell and Charles E MsVicar, in the
BSacksmiihing business, is this day dis* r ' ed by mu- !
'ual consent.
The business will be carried on at the old staDd
by Jacob 8011. JACOB BELL
CHAS. E. M VICAB. j
CtDtrnmorelaod, March 31, 1860—34w§
TUNKHANNOCK, WYOMING CO., PA. -WEDNESDAY, APE. 15. 1808.
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Mr. (hat. S. last J.inr, of Xem Pn:nsci.l;, X.J.,
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AYER'S
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THE HEALING POOL,
AM HOUSE OF SIEBCV.
Howard Assoca-inn Reports. fr YOUNG
MEN ..ii the CHIME OF SOLI ITDE, and the EK
ROUS, ABUSES a id DISEASES which destroy the
manly powers, and create impediments to MAR
RIAGE, with sure mens of relief. Sent in sea ed
letter, envelopes, tree of enarge Address Dr J.
SKILLEX HOUGHTON, Howard Association,
Philadelphia. Pa.
6044-1 vear*
TUB TTWION
STRAW CUTTER,
MANUFACIIRED BY
William Flickaur,
At 1 L\YA HA A'.YQ CATenn'a.
Who has the exclusive right for Wyoming county, i*
one of Ihe verv few M n*hiii w 8 that will cut Ilav.
Straw. Stalks, f- better than the old fashioned
Cutl-ng boxes, used by our gran (fathers.
Those who value tine an I i.,hor: and would avoid
a nce liess loss ..f both, in fee ling l heir stock, should
get one of these mipioved Cutters,
No man ever foiin I anything lietter ; or ever went
back to the old machine alter n trial of it.
A Supply Constantly on Hand
and for sale.
WM FLICKNER.
I Tuckhamnoek, Dee. 2, 19f7v7al|#.
"OLD TIMES."
[Here is an exquisite poem, which appeared in the
Chicago Journal , li Id is probably from the pen of
B. F. Taylor :]
There's a beauteous song on the slumbrous air,
That drifts thr. ugh the valley of dreams ;
It comes from a clime where the roses were,
And a tuneful lua.tand bright browu bair,
That waves iu the moruingbooms.
Soft eyes of azure and eyes of brown,
Anl snow-white foreheads are there ;
A glimmering Cross anJ a glittering Crown,
A thorny bed and a couch of down,
Lost kope3 and leaflets of prayer.
A breath of Spr'ng in the breezy woods,
Sweet wafts from the quivering pines
Elue violet eyes beneath green hoods,
A bubble of brooklets, a seent of buds,
Bin warblers and elambcring vines.
A rosy wiealb and dim; led hand,
A ring and a slighted vow -
Three gulden links of a broken band.
A tiny track on the snow-white sand,
A tear and a sinless brow.
There's n tln. tu*e of grief in tbe beautiful son,
That sobs on the slumbrous air,
And lonelimss felt in the festive throng,
Sinks dowu on tbe soul as it trembles along,
P rorn a cliuie where the rusts were.
We heard it firs t at the dawn of day,
Audit mingled wi.h matin chimes,
But year* have distanced the beautiful lay,
And its melody flowtteth from far away,
And we call it now Old Times.
ROBINS HAVE COME BACK AGAIN.
There's a call u[on tbe housetop, an answer from
the plain ;
There's a w.irble iu the lucshiue, a twitter in the
rain
And through my heart, at sound of these,
There comes a nameless thrill,
As sweet as odor to the rose,
Or verdure to the bill ;
And all these joyous mornings
My heart pours lortb this strain :
"God bless the dear old robins,
Who have come back again,"
For they bring a thought ol Summer, of dreamy
luscious days,
Of king-cups iu the tneadow. making a golden haze;
A longing for the clover blooms,
For roses all aglow.
For fragrant orchards where the bees
With drouir.g murmur* go ;
I dream of all the beauties
Of summer's golduo reign,
And sing ; ' God keep the robins,
Who have come back again " ,
THE CAPTURE OF • ROMEO "—A
FEARFUL CONTEST WITH A FE
ROCIOUS ELEPHANT.
One of the most interesting, exciting
and yet hazardous incidents which has
occurred for many a dtiv, was the recap
ture and conquering on Saturday last of
the huge Asiatic elephant •' Romeo, " be
longing t" Adam Forepaugh's Menagerie,
on the farm of James B. Miller, in Hit
bi.ro, a small unpretending village, twelve
miles from Philadelphia, upon whose pi tin
ise.s he has lu cn quartered duriug the past
winter, together with the white cam. Is,
dromedaries, lueses, and two other ele
phants belonging to Mr. Forepaugh's
Zoological and Equestrian Combintfion,
which will open in Philadelphia next
week.
It will be, no doubt, remembered by
the majority of our readers, that this is the
same elephant that, killed his keeper, Mr
William P. Williams, last December, not
long after going into winter quarters the
circumstances of which might not be unin
teresting briefly to narrate in this connec
tion.
Mr Williams was in the habit, with
other duties and cares, of washing and
scrubbing the elephant every few days
with waim water, the animal at the sain"
time, being chained tiriuly hy securing
both fore feet with a massive iron chain
strongly fastened to rings, secured at the
hottom of his spacious stall, which is built
of solid masonry, of great thickness and
strength, upon which rests the weight of a
ponderous superstructure. From several
circumstances that had transpired a few
da\s previous, such as the annihilation of
a pet cat, the knocking down of a camel
which happened to enrne in the way, Mr.
Willams, his keeper, was advised to be on
his guard ; but having great confidence In
to k n.> precautionary measures, and thus
it happened rliat while he was in the act
of procuring a fresh supply of water, with
which to wash him, his back being turned,
the elephant struck him a powerful blow
with his trunk, postrating him upon his
face, breaking his spinal column and ren
dering him instantly helpless.
Immediately the elephant caught him
with his trunk, drew him beneath his
forefeet, gored him with his tusks, knelt
upon him with his knees,literally crushing
every bene in bis body. At this
fearful crisis, Mr Miller and other mem
bers of his (aut'ly, alarmed by the cries of
the unfortunate man, came to tin rescue,
an.l, hy means of forks, spears, See., suc
ceeded so far in diverting the attention of
the infuiiated monster from lis victun as
to extricate the dying man from his power.
Mr. Williams, it is hardly necessary l<>
add, lived hut two hours after this sad
event. Being securely chained, he wat,
of course, nnablc to do any further mis
chief. and in this predicament be has re
mained all winter, no person bting able
to conquer and subdue him. Of course,
" To Speak his Thoughts is Every Freeman's Right. "
if permitted to remain so all the time, he
would be harmless enough, but the travel
ing season for the menagerie approaches,
and his lordship is needed somewhere
else ; and some means, therefore, must be
devised by which he can be subdued and
nude available for the approaching cam
paign.
In this extremity Mr. Forepaugli was
obliged to secure the services of his old
keeper, Mr. Stuart Craven, who had charge
of him before he was imported to America,
for six years since that event, but who in
consequence of declined health ; was ad
vised to travel in Europe, and about
eighteen months ago set out for the Ori
ent, and wishing to combine profit with
pleasure pursued his journey into the inte
rior of Africa, Asia and Lower Egypt, ac
cumulated an extensive assortment of the
most rare and curious animals, and also of
the feathered tribe, among which were
some of the finest specimens of Africa and
Asiatic elephants, camels and dromeda
ries, &e., ever imported into this country,
all of which have been recently merged
into the mammoth menagerie belonging
to Adam Forepangh.
Mr. Ciaven being an experienced ani
mal (am r, wis deemed the most advisa
ble person to take charge of the recapture
of "Romeo, "as he is Hie only person
who has ever succeeded in conquering and
subduing this, the largest specimen of an
Asiatic elephant on this continent. To
this end, Mr. Graven proceeded on Satur
day last, assisted by the fearless and in
trepid animal performer, Mr. James Fore
paugh, to Ilatboro, accompanied also by
an army of men with ropes, tackles and
chains to bring this monarch of the Orien
tal jnngal to his haunches who has been a
kind of terror to that community ever
since the unfortunate death of Mr. ,Wil
liams.
Immediately on the arrival of his old
keeper, although he had been absent
about 18 months, the elephant recognized
him, became restive and defiant, made a
fearful charge upon hirn with his trunk,
with which, but. for the chain hv which he
was strongly tethered he wo'd have instant
ly annihilated him. This was quite unex
pected to his old keeper, but experience
has demonstrated that when once the ele
phant becomes enraged, he b just as quick
to fight his best friend as those whom he
has never seen. In shoit Romeo was Un
complete master of the situation, and
great apprehensions were entertained lest,
becoming still more lerociotis, he should
snap his trampers and make a great nav
oc among the spectators. To he prepared
for this emergency ropes and chains were
made ready, ard by the wisdom and dis
en lion manifested by Mr. Graven, assisted
by Jaines and George Forepaugli ; both
hind feet of the monster were secured by
chains which the infuriated beast proceed
ed to break like so many gossamer webs
tloating in the air. These efforts were
time and again repeated and as often
buffeted. Larger chains anil ropes were
brought into requisition, which in their
turn yielded to the superior strengtli and
prowess of the mi nster brute, which con
temptuously spurned every effort used to
capture him, until it was evident that
some more effectual means and appliances
must be resorted to in order to dislodge
him frotji his stronghold. The chief point
now to he accomplished was to so hamper
and entangle his legs ir. the massive chains
with which he was confined to the stall as
to render him at once lots de combat.—
In this Mr I raven, assisted by George
Forepaugli, the renowned elephant hunter,
was more than equal to the task.
By an adroit movement of a specie ß of
lasso, a large rope was looped around Ins
hind leg. instantly tightened by a triple
fail-block and by the aid of a large con
course of people, attracted by curiosity to
witness the capture, he was brought to
realize for fhe sixth time of his life, that
4 Knowledge is power " and to his man
dates he must sooner or later succumb
Before yielding, however, he made some
desperate lunges at his keeper, and sever
al times came near annihilation him with
his trunk. It was hard for "R meo.' how
ever.ro kick agai; St the goads, lie gradually
found himself ilia ra<k which out Ueroded
tin* palmiest days of the Inquisition.
In spite of himself he was finally bro t
down, to the no small delight ol the spec
tators But he was so obstinate and in
domitable that he would not beg for mei
cv. When the elephant ii subdu d lie us
ually makes his acqu esence manifest by a
p'aii live noi e, which, tlio-e accustomed
to the animal, know and understand as
well as anr -titer knows the cry ot her
child. Ad day Saturday was consumed,
and Satuiday night found Irm stdl ob-ti
nate. Sunday morning cuie and stiff lie
wa* unwilling to yield. However excru
ciating the torture, writhing all day Sun
day in Ins galling chains, M->nday morning
came and with it a disposition to yield to
the conquest At nine o'clock Monday
morning, Mr Craven had him completely
tindi r his control, and never was a whip
ped spaniel more docile.
Loosing his chains the keeper found no
difficulty in conducting the conquered
monarch to this city, on Monday. * As he
is now on exhibition at Manayunk. Onr
citizens need have no apprehension of dan
ger. as "Romeo," like Richard the Ilriid,
is "hims.'lt again."
Something of an adequate idea of the
marvelous size of this mastodon of the an
imal kingdom may he formed when it was
discovered, on weighing htm after his cap
ture, that the scales were brought down to
five tons and three hcndbkd pounds.
The total number of human beings ou
the earth is computed to he 3,000,000,000,
and they speak 3,064 known tongue#,
HONOR YOUR CALLING.
We commend this paragraph, from tie
London Economist, to all who have a " vo
cation
It is a good thing when a man is proud
oi his work or Ids calling. Yet nothing is
more common than to hear men finding
fault constantly with their particular busi
ness, and deeming themselves unfortunate
because fastened to it by the necessity of
gaining a livelihood. In this spirit men
fret; and laboriously destroy all their com
fort in the work ; or they change their
business, and go on miserably, shifting
from one thing to another till the grave or
the poor house gives them a fast grip. But
while occasionally a man fails in life be
cause he, is not in a place fitted for his pe
culiar talent, it happens ten times oftener
that failure results from neglect and even
contempt of an honest business. A man
should put his heart into everything tiiat
he does. There is not a profession that
lias r.ot its pecuilar cares and vexati -ns.—
No man will escape annoyance by chang
ing his business.
No mechanical business is altogether
agreeable. Commerce, in its endless vari- j
eties, is affected, like all other human pur
subs, with trials, unwelcome duties, and j
spirit-stirring necessities. It is very wan-1
tonncss of lolly for a man to search out
the fn-ts and burdens of his calling, and
give his mind every day to a consideration
of them. They belong to human life.—
They are inevitable. Brooding over them
only gives them strength. On the other
hand, a man has power given to him to
shed beauty and pleasuie upon the home
liest toil, if he is wise. Let a man adopt
his business and identify it with his life,
and cover it with pleasant associations;
for God has given us imagination, not
alone to make some poets, hut to enable
all men to beautify homely things. Heart
varnish w ill cover innumerable evils and
delects. Look at the good things. Ac
cept your lot. as a man does a piece of
rugged ground, and begin to get out the
rocks and roots, to deepen and mellow the
soil, to enrich and plant. There is some
thing in the most forbidding avocation
around which a man may twine pleasant
fancies, out of which he may develop an
honest pride.
THE NEW BONNET.— After Governor
Gilmer, of Georgia, returned from office,
he went to his old home in Lexington.— '
lie had a penchant for old irons, such as
plough-shares. old carriage <g.
stone cranks, old shovels, and the odds.
and ends of plantation tools. Attending ;
the sales of estates, he accnmu'ated an ox- !
cart load or two of such stuff, which he !
dumped down in a corner of his yard near
his dwelling, very much to the annoyance
of his wife. The pile kept increasing.— j
She determined to make awav with it, and 1
one day (Sheriff's sale day) sent it to the !
court yard (with the knowledge of the
Sheriff, who loved a joke) to be solJ to
the highest bidder. Governor Gilmer that
morning rode out of town a mile or two,
and was returning as the Sheriff was pro
ceeding with his sales. Catching the eye
of the Governor, who was looking on, he j
pointed out to him the lot of old iron, and
requested him to make a bid for them. j
" Good," said Governor Gilmer, " I will;;
I have 6ome pieces at home that will match j
exactly. I hid ten dollars for them."
'• Ten dollars ! ten dollars !*' repeated j
the Sheriff—(nobody bids more) —"They i
ate yours, Governor."
Delighted with the purchase, he paid
ten dollars, and left them in the yard for j
future movement. The Sheriff paid the j
ten dollais to Mrs. Gilmrr In a few days
sire bought a handsome bonr.et, and the ]
Governor, admiring it very much, said: i
" My dear, where did yon get that pret- j
t v bonnet ? It is beautiful and becomes
you.'
" Don't it, husband, don't it! I bought
it with the ten dollars you paid for your
own old iron trash."
The Governor wilted—be was sold by
his own wife.
But time cured the chagrin, and the
g>od Governor had frequently to join in
the laugh at his expense over this little
incident.
The Richmond Enquirer says that
a gentleman in that city recently purchas
ed some oysters from a York river boat ;
attached to and imbedded in the shell ot
one of them, he encountered a me'a'iic sub
stance. This oyster he carried home, and
there proceeded to break it to pieces with
a hammer, when he found that it contain
ed a French gold coin, known as a Louis
d'or, of the value ot about fourteen dollars,
hearing date. 1573. It is probable that it
was lost overboard from the French fleet,
daring the seige of Yorktowu
gg" An Englishman was once making
some, extraordinary statements as to the
speed of a horse which he owned "My
dear sir," said an American bystander,
'• that is iather less than the average speed
of our roadsters. I live at ray country seat,
and when I ride to town in a hurry in the
morning, my shadow doesn't keep up with
me, hut generally comes into the store a
minute or two" after my arrival. One
morning my horse was a little restless, and
1 rode him as haid as I could several times
around a large factorv, just to take the old
harry out ot him. Well, sir, he went so
fast that 1 saw my back before me the
whole time, and 1 was twice in danger of
riding over myself 1"
CIT" WiN' am Howett, now ninety-three
years old, says he owes his .longevity and
health to four doctors—Temperance, Ex
ercise, Good Air and Good Hours.
STARVED TO DEATH.— W® cut the fol
lowing from an exchange
A respectable, industrious womifn, the
mother of nine children, died of starvation,
last week, in Philadelphia. Her husband
who worked in a foundry, had been out of
work for some weeks, and the poor woman,
too proud to ask assistance, had denied
herself that her little ones might have
food, until nature could endure no more,
and she perished.
This is the way it goes, says the Doyles
towr. Democrat. A white woman starves
to death in Philadelphia for want of food,
while the government keeps up a bureau,
which cost the taxpayers several millions
a year, to feed, clothe, and educate negroes.
This thing goes on year after year and the
people quietly submit to it. Congress de
votes a large share of its time (o the negro
and all manner of ways are devised to
make him more comfortable and give him
new power, notwithstanding women arc
permitted to starve in Philadelphia, under
the nose of the Union League. It seems
sometimes that justice has taken its flight
from this world.
And the laborer has but a poor prospect
ahead. All that rich Southern trade that
kept the Northern workmen employed,
has been destroyed, and though it might
have been long since, partially, if not
wholly, restored, Congress is mischievous
ly bent in further destruction. Industry
at the North will never resume its wonted
prosperity until affairs are settled in the
South, so s to encourage white enter
prise.
Political Miscegenation.
A DISGUSTING EXHIBITION, —We copy
the following from a Philadelphia exchange
a few days ago :
In Chestnut street this morning, upon
the promenade, where all was brightness
and beauty, conspicuously among the
throng on the north side ©f the street,
walked a male negro, mpon whose arm
leaned a beautiful and richly dressed white
woman. We saw the satne disgusting
spectacle on Saturday. That we almost
doubted the evidence of our senses is
shown in the fact that we made no men
tion nfth nnusnal sight. i nis morning
we saw the saiue couple. The man is as
black as a roll of Russia sheet-iron, and
sports his handsome apparel with evident
complacency. The woman is yonng, very
lady-like in mien, and was elaborately at
tired in purple velvet and costly furs. At
first the idea was that she might he of the
demimonde. Of this we are now assured
to the contrary. The case is evidently
one of the grossest miscegenation. It is
the first we have seen openly paraded in
the public streets of this city.
What could he more disgusting to a per
son of the least refinement than the exhi
bition above mentioned ? What must a
white woman think of herself who will
marry a negro, and thee parade her shame
before the world f The teaching of the
Radicals leads to the pit into which this
woman has fallen and degraded herself.
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A WOMAN TAKES TIIE FIELD. —The
editor of the Memphis Avalanche having
been arrested, the wife of one of them has
undertaken to conduct the paper. Mrs.
Fanny B. Galloway, the lady in qucstioa,
publishes in the Avalanche a card from
which we take the following extract:
44 A preconcerted arrangement has been
made to crush out the paper. It cannot
be done. Duiing the incarceration of my
husband and Mr Campbell, I am con
strained to take charge of the paper, and
can be found at the editorial rooms of the
Avalanche, and if men are not brave
enough to defend their rights and tbeir i
liberties, 1 trust the paper, for the next ten
days, will prove that there is one woman
ready to defend the rights and liberties
which weak and timid men seem disposed
to yield. "
THE IMPKACUEUS AGAINST CHASE. —
Judge Chase's letter to the Senate was
recently discussed at a meeting of the Im
peachment managers. Wilson character
ized it as nothing more than a statement
of li s own self nnpoitancc. Old Thad
was more outspoken in his condi mrflßon,
and said, "I have always considered Chase
a d d political trickster. During the
earlv part of the year 1801, I had twoand
a half hours'conversation with him, and
he then urged me to advocate that it wo'd
be best to allow the Southern St ites to
leave the Union, and to acknowledge
their independence. That satisfied me,
and 1 tell you he can't be trusted, and it
would be better for us not to put any faith
in him.'*
NOT SATISFIED —The Rads have
always been blowing about the verbosity
of President Johnson in his various mes
sages. On Tuesday, however, lie changed
his tactics, and sent in to Congress a
veto of their late bill to abolish the U. S.
Supreme Court in certain cases, so short,
sharp and forcible, and yet with such
modest dignity, that both Houses wete
staggered—had to pause a whole <iay for
breath, and watt for the cracking of the
whips of the Tribune and Press before
they conld pluck up courage to override
the veto. And now the Radical papers
arc blowing the other way —that lie is too
brief! They are never satisfied.
TERMS, $2.00 Per. ANNTJM, in Advance.
NO. 36.
|3ise aitit gltifttow,
"Keep dark," as the old bachelor laid to
hit dyed hair.
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A man who make* Lis livlihood bj hi# pen
is often penniless.
Patrick told his sweetheart he 44 Could not
sleep for dreaming of her."
There are more poor, willing to give chari
ty from their necessity, than rich fiora their
superfluity.
True goodness is like the glow worm ; it
shines most when no eyes, except those of
heaven, are upon it.
It is not until the flower baa fallen off that
the fruit begins to ripen. So in life, whan
the romance is past that the practical uaaful
nesa begin*.
The moat affecting instance of the power
of music is that presented by the troubadour
mentioned in the song. lie sang so sweetly
he actually ' touched his guitar. "
How many fine hats serve as a cover for
worthless heads, and how many plated shirt
bosoms covers a hollow cavern whers a heaft
should be lodged.
Ladies who have a disposition to punish
their husbands should recollect that a little
warm sunshine will melt an icicle sooner than
a aorth east gale.
If the beautiful and good are not always
united, we can only say that they ought to
be so. for they belong to each other at bloa
som and fcuit.
"Bus driver (to conductor of opposition
bus)—"l've known jer ever since yer was
born. I knowed yer poor mother ; she had
two on yer that time. One was a werry
nice fittle boy, t'other was a half* hidiot—a
aort of a brown paper feller. The werry nice
little boy died wetrv yonng, he did."
John Bull, conversing with a Canadian In
dian, askei him if he knew that the aim nnv.
cr sets on the Quean's dominion, 4 Na," said
the Indian, 4l I)o you know the reason why ?"
asked John. "Because Heaven is afraid to
trt an Englishman in the dark," was the
savage's reply.
"Ma," said a little girl to her mother, "do
the men want to get married as bad as the
women do ?" 4- Pshaw ! What are you talking
übout ?" "Why, ma, the women who come
here are always talking about getting mar
ried—the mea don't." Put that child to bed.
Douglasa Jarrold calls woman's arms "the
serpents lhal wind about a roan's nek, kill
ing hia.best resolution*." The "oldest inhab
itant" says he don't object to that kind o'
serpents.
A poor fellow protested to his girl in the
hay-field that his two eyes had'nt come to
gether all night for thinking about her."—
"Very likely they did not," replied the
sweet plague of his life, "for I see your nose
is still between them."
A young woman's faney is like the moon
which changes continually, but always has a
man in it.
EXTRACT FROM SAMBO'S SERMON. —"Strata
am de road, an' narrow am da paff which
leads iff to glory !"
Bredren Blevers You am sensible dis
nite in coming to hear de word and have
splained and monst rated to yu ; yea yu is
and I lend for to splain it as de light ob lib
en day. We am all wicket sinners hea fe'low
—its a fac my bredren and I tell yu how it
cum. Yu sec—
Adam ws de fus roan
Ebc was de tudder
Caue was de wicket man
Kase he kill his brudder
Adam and Ebe war bof brack uien, and so
war Cane and Abel. Now Ijspose it seems
tu strike yer understanding how de fus white
tnan ctiro. Wy I let yu no. Den yu sea
wen Cane kill Ins brudder de massa cum an'
say, 4 Cane whar yure brudder Abel ?" Cane
say "I dou't uo Mats#." But de nigger node
all de time. Massa now git mad, an' cum
agin, speak mighty sharp dis lime, 44 Cane
whar jure brudder Abel, ju nigger ?"
now git frightened an' he turn white ; an'
dia is de way de lus white man euro upon
dis earth ! and if it had not been for dat dar
nigger Cane, we'd neber been troubled wid
i de sassy whites pon dc face ob dis circumlar
i globe.
Require will sing do foriy-llth him,
tickler meter. Brudder Jones pass roun de
sasser.
"Is your horse gentle, Mr. Dabster V*
' Perfectly gentle, sir ; the oniy fault ha
has got, if that bu a fault, ia a playful habit
of extending hia hind hoofs now and then."
"By extending his hind hoofs, you don't
meau kieking, 1 hope 7'
"Some people call it kicking, Mr. Green,
but it's only a slight reaction of the muscles,
an infirmity rather thau a vice-"