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A P E R. LN_POLITICS
EICUOteb tO NeWS, Eiterature, Wein), Science, Alecl)anico, Oiffttsion of Uoeful 3ufovniation, General 3ntelligence, 'Amusement, illarketo, &c.
VOLUME 111.
THE LEHIGH REGISTER,
is.published in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., every Tuenday
11V AiIIGIT.STIUS L. RIJIIE,
At $1 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
00 if not paid until the end of the year. No
paper discontinued, until all arrearages are. paid;.
except at the option of the proprietor.
AnvswrisemENTs, making not more than Me
square, will be inserted three times for one dollar
and for every subsequent insertion twenty-five
cents. Larger advertisements charged in the
same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines,
will be charged seventy-five cents, and those mak
ing six lines or less, three insertions for 50 cents.
113" A liberal deduction will be made to those
who advertise by the year.
rar Office in Hamilton Street, next door to
Stem's .dllentown Hotel, (formerly [Feiss')
opposite Sclinininanls Store.
New Goods.
The Subscribers have just received a
large assortment of Goods, consisting in
part of the following to wit: •
Ladies Dress Goods such as Silks, Born
bazines, Alpacas, Berages, Mouslin De
Lnins, Ginghams, Prints •&q„ Gentheneri's
wear such as Cloths, Cassimeres, Vestings,
&c., 'Pickings, Checks, Linens, Handker
chiefs, Shawls, Gloves, Ribbons, 5 Bales
New Market Muslin, sCases Bleached mus
lin. They hope by very low prices •and
strict attention to business they will receive
.a liberal share of customers.
PRETZ, GUTH &'Clo
Mnrct► 21
sibrickerd.
50 Barrels-& 'Half Barrels. No. 1 2 tnd
3 Mackerel on hand and for sale cheap by
Vorz, GUTH, & Co.
.hutch 22
SUG•IR.
20 Hogsheads of Sugar for sale wholesale
and retail by PRETZ, GUTH & Co.
March 22.
Spring Millenery Goods.
John -Stone & Sons,
Importers and Dealers in Silks, Ribbons
and Millinery Goods, No. 45 South '
Second St., above Chestnut, ,
PHILADELPHIA.
WOULD call the attention of Merchants
and Milliners visiting the city, to their large
and rich assortment of
Spring Millinery Goods,
'Received by late arrivals from France, such
as Glace Silks for casing bonnets,
Fancy Bonnet and Cap Ribbon's—a large
and beautiful assortment, of all prices ;
Plain Mantua and Satin Ribbons, from No.
1 to No. 12 ;
French and American Artificial Flowers (in
great variety ;)
Colored and White Crapes ; •
Fancy Laces and Nets ;
French Chip 1-lats ;
Face Trimmings—Quillings ;
Covered Whalebones—Cane;
Buckrams---Willow ;
Bonnet Crowns and Tips,
Together with every article appertaining to
the Millinery trade.
Mnrch 22,
Sheriff's Sale.
Will be sold on Saturday the 14th day of
April, at 10• o'clock in the forenoon, •at the
House of Reuben Moyer, in the Borough of
Allentown, the following property to wit :
A valuable lot of ground on the north east
corner of Hamilton and James street, in the
Borough of Allentown. The lot is 40 feet
front less a three feet alley, arid 230 feet
Been.
ALSO lads Of land situated in
Northampton township, Lehigh county No.
j. containing 10 acres and 10 perches strict
measure, on which is erected a I
MEW tw o story stone House,
Fme Barn, Woot: .. 11 ..:.".!!!'• and
ra
t;46.r -111111, 1 111 ;tii;nildings, and a good orchard.
No 2, containing 5 acres and seventy
eight 'perches, more or less, on which is
• elected a one story frame dwelling
ev - 'house, with a good well of water.
" - - No. 3. containing 16 acres, and
131 perches, strict measure, this tract is
'excellent farm land.
No. 4. containing :9 :acres 131 perches,
also, gold farm 'hind. The 'farm tracts lay
adjacent to 'each other, andmorth of the road
leading from Allentown to Reading.
;ALSO--A tract of land, laying, south of
the Reading road, containing t acres and
:30 pere,hes, formerly the property of Dr.
Charles Martiridec i d.
ALSO--A tract , of farm lima, 'containing
4 acres strict measure, the whole being in a
high stats•of cultivation. It being sold as
the property of Peter Huber.
CHARLES IHRIE, Sheriff'.
March 22. •
Jell - . P.R.L7l'`Ti r e 7 rig,
Neatly, executed at the “Itegiater" O ffi ce.
A FAMILY NEWSP
Particular Notice
Great Rush of Customers !
Old Schnurnzan, has just returned from
Philadelphia and New York, with his first
purchase for the season, of Spring and Sum
mer Goodall of which have been selected
tiejth the greatest care. The unpacking of
ItiVsame, is creating unusual uproar and
contision . amongst customers, all of whofp
are iletettnined to have the first choice.
What occasion's This, is explained by the
display of splendor and cheapness which is
truly wonderful, all he desires 'of his friends
is a little patience, instead of so much 'Crowd
ing, and all will be waited upon. The ar
ticles purchased consist in part of •
Silks—Shaded, Chamillion,. Bltick Satin
Figured, Figured Gro de Naples, 13 B Gro
de Swiss and Indian.
Mouse de Laines—Mode Colored, New
Style, Figured and Colored. .
.121pacas—Silk Warp, Figured and Mode
Colored, Black, and B B Black. .•
Ginghanzs—French, German, Scotch
and Domestic.
Prinls—Purple, Double Purple, Meri
muck and'Common.
Vlothes—French,English and Zephyr.
Cashmeres—B B Silk Warp, Black and
Drdp do.
Cassbneres—Bß Doeskin, French, Eng
lish and Fancy do. Summer Cloth, Tweed
& Summer Cassimeres.
Vestings—Satin,Fancy Silk and Marsail
les Vesting.
Fancy Cravats, Stocks, Collars,Gloves,
Suspenders, Checks, 'Pickings and moun
n of other articles too numerous to men-
HENRY SCHNURM AN.
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Alartli 22
Now receiving 10 1-11n1%. Molasses
$--liN
-.._ 12 .. Sugar.
',...PP •
f/morgilr ' ,itlii' 25'131)15. do.
it€2lll 4l2l t 4 Tierces Honey.
, w ii •xitg.. ,
". -'" : --- '4 25 Sacks Rio & other Cot:
fee.
Mackerel, Cod Fish, Teas, Spices, &c., all
of which will be sold at the lowest possible
prices by H. SCHNURMAN.
Mart h 22. 111-6 w
get eensiVIIIT.
Now unpacking 8 Crates aueensware
conprising an assortment of all kinds, and
sold at such prices, to suit the times.
II• SCHNURMAN.
March 22
The undersigned has also on hand, about
20 Tons American Hamercd Iron, which
will be sold lower than at any other place.
H. SCI-INURMAN.
March 22. 111-4lw
. Such as Potatoes, Butter, Eggs, Lard and
Bacon, always wanted for which the high
est market price will be p'aid in Goods by
H. SCHNURM AN.
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March 22. ¶-6w
Northampt. Water Company.
All persons who make use of the Water
of the said Company, for family purposes, or
otherwise, will please take notice, that the
time to renew their Permits, is on the 2nd
of April next, and it is expected that it will
he strictly attended to. Those persons, who
have not settled for .the same, between the
2nd and the 10th of April, must not corn
plain if water is stopped after that time.
¶-4w
The Board also deem it necessary to noti
fy those who use the water jointly, from one
and the same pipe or hydrant, that the Per-.
mits for the corning year, must be rill by
all, before the same can be granted.toeither:
By Order of the Board,
CHARLES EtC:YMIT, Treas..
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Mare.t! ;5.
Assignee Notice.
Notice is hereby given, that John Romig,
gnd his wi r i 2 1 :1:21 4 . , Lower Macungy
township, Lehigh conniy, itaYe on the 22. - d
day of January
,1849, made a voluntary ni•
signment of nil their property, real, person.
al and mixed, to the undersigned, for the
benefit of their creditors. Such, therefore,
who are indebted to the said John Romig,
will see the necessity of making payment,
between now and six weeks, and those who
have any legal claims, will present them in
the above specified time.
DAVID 0. MOSER, Ssigneg.
Feb. 8.
latiolDllC9llll
The books of Charles . Kline, and• ail the
money due on the accounts in said books,
have been assigned to the subscriber. -.
Therefore all persons indilbte4 in Aitl4
books tire reitiesied tO Maki+ inintediate
payment to me. All' aecounti not settled
before the tenth day of April next will be
put in BUIL ' •
intriJAMIN laUDWIG.
March 19,
.
Groceries.
Iron.
Country Produce.
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., MARCH 29, 1849.
Poetical Department.
She loves him. yet.
She loves him yct!
I know by the blush that rises
Beneath those curls
That shadow her soul-lit check,
She loves him yet!
Thro' all love's sweet disguises
In timid girls,
A blush will be sure to-speak.
But dearer signs
Than the radiant blush of beauty,
The maiden finds,
Whenever his name is heard—
Her yoqn,3 heart thrills;
Forgotten—herself—her duty—
Her dark eye
And her pulse with hope is stirr'd.
She loves him:yet;
The flower the fatse one gave her
When test'he came,
Is still with•hcr wild tears wet!
. ne'er forget,
Howeve:r,,l*,faith may waver,
. _
'Aro. grief and shame,
Believe it-she loves liim yet!
ilis.favotiie songs
:She will sing—she heeds no other;
With all her wrongs
Her life on his lave is set
Oh doubt nti more!
She never can 'wed another
' Till life be o'er.
illi9celtancous
I`or the Lehigh Ftegi
BROADWAY.
Broadway ! everybody knows Bra
nobody asks where it is, anymore titan we
do the situation of London and Paris when
these names are mentioned. Broadway is
a sound full of rich associations for me.
The back-bone, as Willis justly terms it of
Manhayan's . seagirl island, it bears every
day, bia it hens-gahered4fOrre,rni . .quttpw r
of the globe. It is indeed a remarkable ex
hibition to observe the ; varivies of_ human.
species which occupy its pave liring The
diffe.rent hours of the day.: „•The months . 6o
May, June and July are: probably . the Peri:4
ods when it is most prolific in numbers arid.
variety ; at the time when foreigners arrive
most freely, and the native populatien Inv?)
burst from their chrysalis and now flutter in
the warm sun. Those who have read Willis'-
sketch of Broadway will recognize in the fol-
lowing picture of its habitue's nearly the same '
ground he has occupied ; hut 1 hope his 1
readers Will not accuse the of filching from
him, as my int.ntion is not to be original,
but only to hold a little chit-chat and tell a
little story that happened in this.strcet.
From sunrise until about seven in the
morning the street is occupied with laborers,
mechanics and shop-girls going to their
work. An omnibus strays downward, like
the first flake of a snow-storm, which is soon
succeeded by others that come thicker and
thicker, until about half past eight when the
street is fully seized by them. The current
of vehicles still pours downward, and each
one surcharged with clerks and merchants
doing a moderate business. At this time
the character of the omnibus cargo begins
to change ; for the' well-to-do-in-the-world'
wholesale merchant and the Wall street
broker begin to pour out. What a differ
ence is there in the appearance of these two
classes ! The first tall, thin, pale and sup
plg ; the other is fat, well-fed, red-faced and
invested with a my-business-to-me-is-my
kingdom-and- I-dont -care-for-anybody-else
look. So numerous are these classes, 'and
so generally do they avail themselves of the
omnibus for locomotion, that it is difficult to
find a place in one, unless you are ny5 e .,,,,, n1 '
and near their pace of strlv:,„ g ; but to think
of riclin4 ',..ip in the morning, is absurd .4 . for
the current of travel all pours downtown:,--
In the morning, that is, from half past eight
until twelve, the only persons, seen in tho
street, are generally fine laclies .incog who
are obliged to make purchases.which they
are not disposed to do at mete fashionable
hours; gentlemen of no particular class or
busine"q; and everybody snit :nobody. ' At
four o'clock, the f a shionable hour par, emi
nence, is about at its flood. Now Broad
way is Broadway ; now she is in all her glo
ry; now is her population seen like an au
tumnal forest variegated with its kaleido
scopic colors by the pmCbing frosts; Eve
rybody, nobody, but particularly the some
bodies
revel in their peaeock glOry. The
dandied popinjay; with his short cane, su
perbly setting clothes, small waist, nicely
tapering, leg, sproutitig mOustaChe And bal
anon ar; the roue *ll.ll'hiS hollow cheek,
Sunken eye and spiritless air ; the iniblash"-
ing nymph of sin, whose unpainted cheeks,
and rich,'but extravagan tly adorned attire,
*noel, her calling ; the be.mootaehed and
ye hiskbred Frenchmen; the oyellow haired"
German • the tlerce:eyed and yavenihaired
Spaniardnd POrttigese ; ; the lovely' belle ;
tl
thcinnitren y chaperon ; the brighticheeked
youth; a 1 4t On parade to sec on 4 .be
§OOl. • • :'„ .
Broadway, as you of course know, has
Many other attractions; but to recount them,
would be to say that the moon is bright and
the sun brighter ; everybody knows them.
Peradventure what I have said is equally
superfluous. My object however was to in
troduce a little story whose scene was laid
in this wonderful street, and which is as
follows :
Some eight or nine years ago, there was a
French hoarding-house situated a few doers
above Franklin street. In this house a
friend of mine whom I shall call Leclerc,
_and who was quite a young man then,
boarded. There were ten or twelve other
boarders, one of whom styled himself a
Marquis, a peer of the realm of France.
The marquis and Leclec could never agree ;
in fact they were always sparring. The
origin of their quarrel arose from the fact
that the latter would never accord to the other
the deference due to his aristocratic dignity.
Matters thus went on for a long time, their
never bursting out in any decisive
de stration, but merely occasionly giving
a Very slight glimpse of its nature, like
thunikr which is heard in the distanCe.
But tbey could not remain so long ; the
thluoar exploded very decidedly. The
Maiilisis was of the flesh, fleshly ; so his
covetOg eye fell upon Madame the wife of
the-kindlord asheseeming his wishes. The
soul, was too much awed
ir of feeding and lodging a
!specially- : With the honor as
te marquis' attentions to his
anything In his lordship.—
nowever, and Leclerc c especi
matter up .airtrentonstrated
tip on account of his scanda
ll to no eflect. One day as
tis doughty antagonist were
•
sharply abeZot. the matter in
irlor, the latter became so en
. took up a poker lying-near
him And hurled it at Leclerc's head. It did
no cktier harm than to shiver a valuable pier
glasslio pieces, that was on the other side
of theroom. Leclerc's young and hot blood
could not endure such an insult, so he de
typnined to be revenged.
Terri larendlamctuid
,protliqaader at the usual fashionable hour.
tihr.l4 - it(-particular, he sallied out with
-.' ! .lladarke,Nritendi_cig to give. his vanity a
' , treat • bYthe disiday of his nwn charms and
of t h ose oat is companion. Ife started Iron') the
house ; he descended the steps ; he dircted•
his course d'owe town. Everybody stared
at them. Gratified by this'demonstration of
popular admiration they continued their way
to the Bowling Green. The same manifes
tations accompanied their return, except
that a troop of boys began to follow them.—
When they had reached the house and rung
the bell, the Marquis' own servant opened
the door., But while standing on the steps
andfOniting at the door, a crowd had gath
ered around in the street and were gazing -at
the French couple.
"What for you look so at us ? 1 ' said the
Marquis to the rabble.
His only answer was a loud guffaw from
the bystanders.
"We no look at you but at —." Said a
voice in. the same tone as the Marquis' in
reply, clinked with laughter.
"Pardieu ! what for you laugh ?" con
tinued the Marquis, "I be no one to be laugh
ed at so ; I be Marquis ; I be grandee of
France."
"You, you be one - big grand humbug,"
shouted the same "Mocking tong from the
crowd.
The valet now approached his master and
said in French, "Pardon, my lord, there is
a piece of paper attached to your hat."
"A piece of paper what do you mean,
rogue ?" replied the Marquis in the same
tongue.
- .
``This . tlr, look here," replied the valet
taki'ag frorn s his master's hat, n piece of pa
per on which were written these words in
large chara6tVs,.
These Upier Rooms to 14—U!fur
nishet 1: Eta - quire of the Bearer !
Childhood 'and Youth.
Childhood and Youth,— like the sweet
flowers of Summer, are beautiful.: beautiful
in their own bright forms—happy in their
own sweet visions. Light as the air they
breathe, no Cares; b 6 anxieties press upon
them, save ilio'se Which are like the still
dews of evening' that fall on the blushing
flowers, ,and pass away in the first rays of
the morning sun.
Childhood and Youth, like flowers, soon
fade.—soon cease to attract, by their rich - -
ness and beauty, the admiring eye. Some
retain their fragrance long after their loveli
est lines are fled ; while others more gaildy,
more strikingly •brilliant, expire as they
close their bright petals; and we knoUrthetti .
no more for &vit.: no perfume' remains tb
render their faded leaves precious. How
necessary: fertile young to .cultivate their
minds while living amons . sunshine and
flowers;• nnd.c.lethret - instrUction from then,
As they groW in , years,' , ind' enter upon the
adtive cliniesW life,.how desirable-,it is that
tlley should perform thelk•part upon its tra6
glo stage, In AU& a manner as shall tender,
Eheni 41Pft11.4110POrePlell• 'They will soon
be parents—soon have the care of young
mortals ; surrounded by those who will look
up to them for amusement and instruction.
Their minds must be cultivated, if they
would be happy and make others so: their
hearts store-houses of intelligence, from
which should - emanate all that can delight.
Home must be the bright spot ; earth must
know none which can equal it. It must be
the resort of love, of peace, of joy. Every
thing depends upon, the proper cultivation of
the mind. Let the Bible--be first studied:
it is from this sacred fountain that the in
fant becomes first nourished. How the
bright eyes of the listening cherubs gleam
with the varied emotions of joy and grief, at
the recital of its interesting stories!
Let truth be first stamped upon opening
intellects, for great is the pleasure derived
from this pure fountain of enjoyment ! The
mother can gain much by conversing with
her children; they can be calmed and still
ed in this way, better than any other. Chil
dren.become weary of their playthings, and
are often irritable; their feelings must be
soothed by their mother; this is her peculi
ar province ; and as they grow in years she
must strengthen her efforts. Home must
still be the elyseum of their souls. If sepa
rated,-much still depends upon the mother;
she must follow herchildren with her letters
and her counsel. Her communications must
be such as to keep alive the flame of love,
and draw their minds back to the scenes of
their childhood, that, however remote they
may be—in whatever situation they may be
placed—in temptation, in sickness, in health,
in prosperity or adversity—like a charm,
home and. mother must operate upon them,
and prove a talisman to guide them all in
their devious ways.
In affliction's stormy hour, when the
bright orb of day is shut from the weakened
eye—when the voice of song is hushed, and
the rambling among the flowers are over
when the same monotonous scene occurs from
day to day, from month to month, and not
unfrequcntly from year to year, it is then the
mind seeks relief: it wants enjoyment, for it
is an active principle which will never, which
can never sleep ; and the more intense the
siiffering, the more active the spirit. Noth
ing can chain it, it will work—it will rum
inate upon the by-gone scenes of joy and
grief ; lights and shades pass over it. It
recieves consolation from its own resource.
Tho4soe:studied., the
. lessons imparted, ser
mons welitiligested,,iitice)lany„ lyrics, poe
try, "hiStoili; .all serve to comfort and
relieve the aching mind. Persons in distress
can overcome a thousand nameless evils, by
reciting or composing; such a train of
thoughts overcomes pain and lifts the soul
above earth. How necessary to enrich the
mind in early life, "before 'the evil days
come." It dies not' with the body : it runs
pantile! with God. It is a living, undying
principal and must be enriched here The
more it knows of God, the more it will be
like him : and the better prepared for sub
limer enjoyment above. The soul that views
God in' all his works, in every tree, shrub
and flower, "sees him in clouds and hears
him in the wind." With every change,
with eVery object, associates the Deity.
That soul lives a life truly great, and will
rise high in a purer clinic, amid that bright
constellation of intellectual beings who wor
ship continually before the throne of God
and the. Lamb. Let the youth attend to
these things, and for a moment suspend their
anxiety for the outward adornment of per
sons ; and remember, a well educated mind
is a jewel far inure estimable in the, eyes of
an intelligent man, than the most beautiful
exterior, deficient of this treasure. It is The
only source of enjoyment here, and will en ,
hence their. happiness in another and a
brighter world.
To Boys and Gijis.
Never tell a whole lie, or half a lie, or a
quarter of a lie, or any part of a lie. Many
boys, who know well enough what a sneak , .
ing, dirty thing it is to tell a lie, will yet
twist the truth, or deceive a little. bit. This
is about as ba&—and a good deal more cow
ardly than a plump falsehood. If a boy
does somothing wrong, either through igno•
mance, carelessness, or accident—and then
tells one half tritth e and one half lie about it
—he might almost as well have told the
whole untruth, that he didn't do it at all.
Now sea how the spirited, Manly, true
hearted, clear tongued boy Will do, after an,
error : he resolutely determines to acknowl
edge it, without being afraid of anybody's
anger—to tell it just as it Was. I never in
my life knew any one to, be injured by tell
ing the truth in this way; but I have seen
many n boy and man.too, who 'was looked
upon with contempt, and thought poorly of,
because he would tell sneaking lies, or half
lies, or quarter lies. The worst sort a un
truths—those WhiCh are deliberately, Made
up—stories about peopleor little stories
magnified into big ones—prove the teller of
them to be a worthless, impure; and mean
person. The liar is indeed 'despicable both
to Ocsiand men. On' the other hand, noth
ing is more.beautiful than a stricty truth tel
ling young person—one who never varies
from the truth, who is open, candid,. and
*Jove clecejt To become so t boy should
NUMBER 25.
strive hard—should determine to become so
—and he will become so. Besides, it limo
easy always to speak the truth-and so ve
ry hard to arrange a plausible falsible false
hood—which even then will in all likeli
hood be found out nineteen times out of
twenty.
Woman's Age. .
Eve, it is well known; was sixteen years
old when she was awakened at the aide of
her husband. Sixteen years old, say an
cient writers, and that so boldly, that they
must have seen Eve's register written on
the lilies of Paradise. Now women—who
have, nine times out of ten, more curious
and rabinical learning than the mean envy
of our sex wilt. allow to them—women, in
heriting the privilege from their first parent,
believe that, after a certain time, they haven
just right to let their first sixteen years go
for nothing, and so they sink the prelimina
ry sixteen with a smile, counttng with
mother Eve, their seventeenttii's their first
real birth-day. And they are right=;' for it
deducts from your warren - ciflie-and:forty,
all that she cares to lose, giving her a fair
start with Eve, and'pegging hex back to full
blown nine-and-twenty. And, inikeed, it is
impossible that any really charming WOMIM
should be a . day older.
The Charm of Cleanliness.
A white-yellow cravat or shirt on a man,
speaks at once of the character of his wife;
and be you assured, that she will not take
with your dress, pains which she has never
taken with her own. Then the manner of
putting on the dress is no bad foundation for
judging,—if it be carelessly; slovenly, if it
do not properly fit. No matter its mean
quality ; mean as it may be, it may be neat
ly and trimly put on ; and if it be not, take
care of yourself, for, as you will soon find
out your cost, a sloven in one thing is a slo
ven in all things. The country people judge
greatly from the state of covering of the an
kles ; and if it be not clean and tight, they
conclude that all out of sight is not as it
ought to be.. Look at the shoes, if they be
trodden on one side, loose on the foot, or run
down at the heel, it is a very bad sign;--
and, as to slipshod, though at coming down
in the morning, and even before daylight,
make up s your mind to a rope rather 'than
live with a slipshod wife. Oh! how much
do women lose by inattention to these mat
ters? Men, in.general, say nothing.about
it to their wives ;, but they think about it;
they envy their hickier neighbors, and in
numerous cases, consequences the most tie
rious arise from this apparently trifling
cause. Beauty is valuable; it is one of the
ties,•and a strong tie too; that, however, can
not last to an old age ; but the charm of
cleanliness never ends but with life itself.
A Touch of the Yankee.
The Editor's Table of the March Knick•
erbocker tells this characteristic story; An
odd-looking person joined the passengers on
the New York and Erie railroad the other
day, at a distant western station. When hef
entered the spacious car, he looked around
in utter amazement at its extent, and the com
fort and elegance of its accommodations. And
now began to talk to himself, which he con
tinued, by the way until the cars artioed at
Piermont. "Wal," he commenced, Htlits is
what they call a 'car,' eh"Wal. it's the big.-
gist bildin I ever see on wheels I Thunder
a-n-d light-nin ! how we du skit away! "In
this way he ran on, staring around, and talk•
ing at every body and finding nobody totalk
to. At length he saw his man. A soleinn
visaged person, with a tvhite athohe,' tied at
that exact point where ' , ornament is only
not strangulation," a straight , collaed coat,
and a flat,
,broad brimmed hat, tilting on a
distant seat "caught the speaker's eye''
"Hello, Dominie I be you there t Goin' down
to York. How do they do down to
How's Mr. Williams gittin on now? Pooty
forehanded, aint he ? Where be you gain' 1
Goin' to preach in 'York? Aint gom 'to
Californy, be you ? Didn't know but you
might bet most every body seems to be go.
in' there now." As soon as there *as it
sufficient pause in this avalatiehe of unto•
swered queries, the grave passettpt replied:
"Yes,l am on my way toCaliforma.'" . "Lord.
a-massy, you aint though, be ye t ;you cunt
'gin up preachire, hey ye? 'Team tome I
wouldn't. I was to damp-meetin when " on -
tell'd your 'experieneu and strugglin'. Yiku
hnd the dreadfullest hard time gitting '
on, 'at ever. I see, in My life ! Seems to ,
me, a'ter so much trouble, I wouldn't era
it up so. None o' my. business, thoughi
course. So, goin' to dig gold. ehl" . :As
soon as the roars of laugh, which now filled
the car, had subsided; the grave gentleman..
explained that deeming California a fruitful
field for missionary labor he had detennkiett.
to g.o forth as a pioneer In the good -
and ho was therefore to sail from Newirork
4 in three days for San Francisco'
Ln
rirAn exchange tells or an excitably igen:.
tleman, who at a fire, headed a line of Are ,
buckets, and as last as they were - rued op,
to him, he threw buckets and al IMO thd
fire, cry ing _ all the while( :91! -- the
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