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THE LEHIGH REGISTER,
VI published in the Borough (if Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., every Thursday
RV AUGUSTUS L. RUIIE,
At $1 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
12 00 if not paid until the end of the year. No
*paper dise f ontinuedomtil all nrrearages are paid,
'except at the option of the proprietor.
AnvEnrissmnsys, making not more than one
`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,
'log six lines or less, three insertions for 50 cents.
L .- 7'A liberal deduction will be made to those
Who advertise by the year.
14' Ofiice in Hamilton Street, one door
'of German Reforme l March, and nearly
opposite the “Friedensbothe Wier."
RESOLUTION
Relative to an Awn(Went of the Constitution
Rest,ducd by the Senate and 'louse of
Representatives of the Commonwealth, of
Pennsylvania in • Genera; ilsBc7nbly-met,
That the Constitution of this Commonwealth
be amended in the second section of the fifth
article, so that it shall read as follows : The
Judges of the Supreme Court, of the several
Courts of Common Pleas, and of such other
Courts of Record as are or shall be establish
ed by law, shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the Commonwealth in the manner
following, tO wit : The J udges of the Supreme
Court, by the qualified electors of the Com
monwealth at large. The President Judges
of the several Courts of Common Pleas and
of such other Courts of Record as are or
shall be established by law, and all other
Judges required to be learned in the law,
by the qualified electors of the ro)•pective
districts over which they are to preside or
act as Judges.; And the As,ociate J o d uvs
of t h e cou r ts of Common Pleas by the qual
ified elect . ors . ' of the counties respectively.
Thu.:K(l es Of the Supreme Court shall hold
theii ; Offieet for the term ()I' fifteen years, if
theyikill so long behave themselves well :
(SUbject to the aliciftnent hereinafter loo%iti
ed for, subsequent to the first election :) The
President Judges of the several Courts of
Common Pleas, and of such other courts of
Record as are or shall be established by law,
and all other Judges required to be learned
in the law, shall hold their offices for the
term of ten years, if they shall se long be
have themselves well : The Associate Judg
es of the Courts of Common Pleas shall bold
their Offices for the term of live years, if they
shall so long behave themselves well : all of
whom shall be commissioned by the Gover
nor, but for any reasonable cause which
shall not be sufficient grounds of impeach
ment, the Governor shall remove any of
them on the address of two-thirds of each
branch of the Legislature: The first elec
tion shall take place at the general election
of this Commonwealth next after the adop
tion of this amendment, and the conunis
sions of all the judges who may be then in
office shall expire on the first Monday of
December following, when the terms of the
new judges shall commence. The persons
who shall then be elected Judges of the Su
preme'Court shall hold their offices as fel
lows: one or them for three years, one for
six years, one for nine years, one for twelve
years, and one for fifteen years ; the term of
each to be decided by lot by the said judges,
as soon after the election as convenient, and
the result certified by them, to the Governor,
that the commissions may be issued in ac
cordance fflereto. The judge whose com
mission will first expire shall be Chief Jus
tice during his term, and thereafter each
judge whose commission shall first expire
shall in turn be the Chief.lustiee, and if two
or more commissions shall expire on the
same day, the judges holding them shall de
cide by lot which shall be the Chiefhouiee.
Any
.vacancies happening by death, resig
nation or otherwise, in any of the said courts,
13 hall be filled by appointment . by the ( boy
eritor; to continue till the first Monday of
December succeeding the next general elec
tion. The Judges of the Supreme Court
and the Presidents of the several Courts of
Common Pleas shall, at stated times, receive
for their services an adequate compemation„
to be fixed by law, which shall not be dimin
ished during their continuance in office, but
they shall receive no fees or perquisites of
office, nor hold any other office of profit un
der this Commonwealth, or under the gov
ernment of the United States, or any other
State of this Union. The Judges of the Su
preme Court (Intim- , their continuance in
office shall reside within this Commonwealth.
and the other Judges (hiring their continu
ance in office shall reside within the dis
trict or county fur which they were respect
lively
elected.
WILLIAI P. PACKER,
Speaker qf the Ilouse Repremaalivor
' GEORGE DARSIE,
Smoker of the . Senate
Iv Tan SSNATE, March 1, 1849.
Resolved, Thnt this resolution ris,—Yens
21, Nays 8.
Extract from the Journal. '
§AML, W. I'EAI.I . BON, Clerk
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iteratnte, Poetrn, Science, IlicrOaks, 2griculturc, the Cliffitsion of llocful 31tformation, ennerat ..antelligence, l 2lnttocmcnt, &r.
CWC3,
IY TIIE 1/IIUSEIIP REPRESENTATIVES, April 2, 1849.
Resolved, That this resolution pass.—Yeas
58, Nays 26.
Extract from the Journal.
Filed, April 5, 1849. .
A. L. RUSSEL, Dep. Sceretary of the
Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania, ss: _
I no cm - awl' that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the Original
Resolution of the General Assembly, entit
led "Resolution relative to an Amendment
of the Constitution," as the same remains
on file in this office.
In testimony ‘‘'hereof I have
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.07.itte t.. „
4 ,5•!' err hereunto set my hand, and cans
r ed to be affixed the seal of the
tot;# l l4 - Sedretary's Office at Harrisburg,
-4 rxl i. this eleventh day of June, Anno
Dotnini, one thousand eight hundred and
foriy-nine.
TOWNSEND 1-11 A INES,
Secretary of the Commonwealth
"JOURNAL OF SENATE."
"Resolution, No. 188, entitled "Resolu
tion relative to an amendment of the Consti
tution," was read a third time. On the ques
tion, will the Senate agree to the resolution ?
The Yeas and Nays were taken agreeably
to the Constitution, and were as follows,
viz :"
"YEAs r —Messrs. Boas, Bra vley, Crabb,
Cunningham, Forsyth, [lnns, Johnson,
Lawrence, Levis, Mason, Matthias, M'Cas
lin,Rich, Richards, Sadler, Sankey, Savory,
Smyser, Sterett and Stine-21."'
"2'Avs-Nlessrs. Best, I)rum, Prick, Ives,
Nonigmacher, l'otteiger and Darzzie,
,S'prukt r—ti."
So the que:,tion wit:, determined in the all
6 rmdtive. '
".11)1(rmil lhe Ilottvr of 17(preventatircs,"
"Shall the resolution pass ? The yeas
and nays were taken nllrccalrly to the pro
ci teat lend' article olthe Constitution,
and are 1123 11.01UW,
“YEAs—M'cs,rs. (;idcon J. Ball, David
J. Bent, Craig Biddle, Peter D. Bloom,
Da viii M. Bole, Thomas K. Bull, Jacob Curt,
John't 1. Diehl. Nathaniel A. Elliot, Joseph
Emery, Daviddl.Eshleman, William Evans,
John Fausold, Samuel Pegely, . .Toseph
Fisher, Henry M. Fuller, Thomas Grove,
Hubert !damson, George Ilenszey,Thorn
as .1. Herring, Jose_ph Higgins, Charles
llortz, Joseph 13. Hower, Robert Klotz, Har
rison P. Laird, A brilmin Lamberton, James
J. Lewis, James W. Lotto-, Jacob M'Cart
nev, John F. M'Cullock, Hugh APICee,
John M'Laughlin, Adam Martin, Samuel
Marx, John C. Myers, Edward Nickleson,
Stewart Pearce, James Porter, Henry C.
Pratt, Alonzo Robb, George 11 upley, Theo
dore Hyman, I3ernard.S. Schoonover, Sam
uel Seibert, John Sharp, Christian Shively,
Thomas C. Steel. Jeremiah 13. Stubbs, Jost
Stutzman, Marshall Swartzwelder, Sam
uel Taggart, George 'l'. Thorn, Nicholas
Thorn, A rut ea h Wattles, Samuel Weirich,
Alonzo I. Wilcox, Daniel Zerbey and Wil
liam F. Packer, Speaker.-55.” •
"NAVS—Messrs. Augustus IC. Cornyn,
David NI. Courtney, David Evans, I leery
S. Evans, John Penlon, John W. George,
Thomas Gillespie, John B. Gordon, tVillium
Henry, James .1• Kirk, Joseph Limbach,
Robert R. Little, John S. M'Calmont, John
APICee,• William M'Sherry, Josiah Miller,
William 'l'. Morrison, John A. Otto, Wil
liam V. Roberts, John W. Roseberry, John
B. Rutherford, R. Rundle Smith, John
Smyth, John Sunder, George 'Walters and
David E. Williams.—'2o."
'•So the question was determined in the
SKCIt ETA OFFICE,
ilarriSbUrg,JLlllC 15, 181:1.). .
Pennsylva»ht ss :
l no CERTIFY that the above and
.V 714-, foregoing is atrue and correct T
7.. 4 E. copy of the 'Yeas "Nays,”
t`taken on the "Resolution relative
4 " - il i to an ameritiment of the Consti
tution," as the same appears on the Journals
of the two [louses Of the General Assembly
of thiS Commonwealth, for the session of
Witness my hand and the seal of Said of
fice; the fifteenth day ofJune, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-nine.
TOWNSEND HAINES,
Scertyary (pile Conimonwralth.
June 21. If--:3m
lIATS! HATS! HITS!
Lochanan 6' Brother,
I lave jest received a large and. Fashion
'able assot intent of Moleskin, Silk and Bea
ver I Tats, also Leghorn, China Braid, Patin
Leaf and Woo 'Hats of every variety, which
they will sell cheap for cash.
Jane 7.
Shoulders and 'Hams,
A large supply of Shoulders and Hams,
cured in Philadelphia, just received and for
sale by Attiwrz* LANDIS.
April 5, t--.2m.
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ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 23, 1849.
TOBACCO, SNUFF & SEGAR
JP/an it factory,
Third door below the , German. Reformed
Church, south side of Hainilton street
In Allentown.
•
WM. JACK, Clcrk
81.3111ETAIlfri OFFIC1:
U'Storekeepers, Pedlars and others, are
hereby informed, that they ltcep constantly
on hand a large assortment of the above ar
ticles, and can be accommodated at the short
est notice, and upon the most reasonable
terms, IVholesale or Retail
Aug. 2,
Sncnn•r.tni's Orricr
In pursuance of the Charter- of Incorpor
ation, a Meeting of the stockholders of the
Philadelphia, and Wilkesbarre, Telegraph
Company will be held at the Public House
of Mr. Lewis .tipple, in the Borough of
Doylestown, Bucks Co., Pa., on Tuesday',
the 4th of September next, at 10 o'clocir,
in the forenoon of that day, to choose a Pres
ident, Secretary, Treasurer, and ten Direc
tors for the said Company.
August 10
New No 1. and 2. Saybrook Shad receiv
ed and for sale at the Store of
T. B. WILSON.
.42-6 w
New 11 0 )1a,cker
New No :3. Mackerel in 13arrels and half
Barrels, just received and for sale at the
store of T. 13. WILSON.
.Tilly 26
TEA WAREHOUSE,
\'0.73, (.71q.sInni St., corner of Bank SI
flas fur sale the following TEAS, to which
he invites the attention of the trade
:290 hall chests. Young Dyson 'l''a. 0.
111,1 d o tfu n po %‘• der do
100 do lin peria do
20 do finest Company Dyson do
20 cases, each containing •4 13 lb boxes,
finest Curious Young Dyson.
20 cases finest Currious Gunpowder.
10 do do Imperial.
• 290 half chests finest Chulan Powchong,
100 do Ning,yong Powchong.
.30 do very finest Oolong.
190 do,- second quality.
100 do Nin7yong do.
50 chests English Congou.
100 hf. do do do.
25 chests. Padre Souchong.
25• do fine. Moliva do.
1503 pounds prime Company Nutmegs.
These Teas have been selected by D. U.
with great care from the various late cargoes,
and will be found to fully sustain the 'high
and unrivalled reputation which this estab
lishment has enjoyed for the last forty years,
and his prices, as heretofore, will be found
as low as at any house in the United States.
. August 10. dr,
FANCY FURS, MUFFS, BOAS AND TIPPETS
_ (Successor to Solis 4. Brothers.)
Importer mid Manufacturer of every description of
FURS,
Having just returned from. Europe with a
SELECT STOCK OT Funs, s
Is now manufacturing them in a very su
perior style, and trimming them in the most
elegant manner, and would invite the atten
tion of Merchants and others, to his superior
.and extensive assortment, which, ns he man
ufactures as well as imports, he is enable
to offer at such prices as few houses in the
United Suites can compete with,
re - Store always closed on Saturdays.
Cr'Z'The highest Cash price paid for Ship
ping Furs,
Cif'llernember the place, next to tentlen
& Co's Family Medicine Store.
DAVID El. SOLIS,
86 Arch (Mulberry) Street, 6 doors below 3d st.
August 16. ¶-61n
Of Newspapers are informed that the sub
scribers are extensively engaged in the man
ufactUre of Printing Ink of every , color and
quality, which they know to be equal to any
manufactured and which they will sell atthe
very lowest prices for Cash. As they are
determined that their Ink shall recommend
itself, they, only solicit one trial of it, relying
upon merits for future patronage. Mar
Colored Inks are warranted superior to any
manufactured. A circular containing pri
ces, &c., xvill be sent to those who desire it.
Orders for Cash on City Agents accepted: .
'ADAMS & C 0.,.
Steam Printing Ink Works, Philadelphia.
LL - Agents for the sale of new and second
hand Printing Materials,
August
ECKERT & Co's,
wholesale & Retail
~~ ~~~ '~o
mess Shad.
July 20
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PHILADELPHIA,
Davi6 Zoliti,
Printers and Publishers
Vortical Departnlent.
Written at my Mother's Grave
nit O. tl. ruttsTlM:..
The trembling dew-drops fall
Upon the shutting (lowers—like souls at rest
The stars shine glorious—and all
Save me is bless,
Mother- 7 1 love thy grave !
The violet, with its blossoms blue and mild,
'. l h , a ves o'er thy head-when shall it wave
Above thy child ?
, Tis a sweet flower—yet must
Its bright leaves to the coming tempest bow?-
- Dear mother—tTk thy emblem—dust
ir, - - : 3 m
And I could love to die—
To leave untasted life's dark, bittcr'streams—
I3y thee, as crst in childhood, lie,
And share thy dreams.
And must I linger here,
To stain the plumage of any sinless years,
And mourn the hopes to childhood dear
With bitter tears! •
Ay—must I linger here,
A lonely branch upon a Id tsted tree,
Whose last frail leaf, untimely sere,
Went down with thee.
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Oft from life's withered shore,
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In still communion with the past, I torn,
And muse on thee, the only flower
In memory's urn.
And when the evening pale
Bows like a mourner on the dim, blue wave,
I stay to hear the night•winds wail,
Around thy grave. •
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Where is iliy spit it flown
I gaze alinve—thy linik is imaged there—
! listen—and thy gentle tune
IP Is uu ihe air.
Oh, come—whilst here I press
My brow [upon thy grave—tind in those mild
Alitt tht illii tones or tenderness,
Bless, bless, thy child !
Ves, I tcss thy weeping child
And o'er thine urn—religion's holiest shrinc—
Oh, give his spirit undefiled
To blend with thine.
I,lli9cellanco us Zelcction9.
CUTTING A FELLOW OUT
,I once attempted to cut out a fellow; that
is, poke my nose into his business, tned
dling with the atrections of his gal, and g ot
kicked for my pains. She is a nice gal, a
fine gal is Mary Mains. Levi Smith had
been her acknowledged admirer for several
years. Ile attended to all her little affairs
()laudability, and it was said til/1l they were,
and for a lung time had been engaged to be
married—Titat I believe is the explanation.
I would not say a word atminst Levi for the
world„but somehow it has become impress
ed upon my mind that he was a simony ; be
sides he kicked inel can't forget that—
I wouldn't forget it if 1. could. 'Twas the
happiest moment of my life ; I felt proud,
tickled, to think I had. been kicked by a
Smith. Smith, he kicked me with a hearti
ness that convinced me he was in earliest,
and thought lie was serving me right. True,
1 felt mortified at the same time, not that 1
was kicked, but for what I was kicked. 0 !
Smith ! Levi Smith! you kicked me in the
presence of Mary Haines—and for what?
Smith courted Mary [Thins about five years
before I ever thought of upsetting his apple
cart. Everybody, because it was customa
ry to meddle with the business of every be.,
dy else, wondered why they did not get mar
ried ; old folks said it was scandalous; young
folks said they would not stand it ; and the
girls especially, said they would sack him
oil ;• I considered the matter, and concluded
to cut him out and take her myself ; go the
whole figure, besiege the fortress and carry
off the prize. I long had cherished a sneak
ing notion of her, and now 1 determindcd to
let my feelings haVe full sway. According
ly I opened a talk with Mary on the subject :
1 appealed to my admiration for her love of
pork and beans : I tickled her conceit with
the long straw of flattery ; I pitched into
Smith until heir dander raised up, I convinc
ed her that Smith was trifling with her feel
ing ; I promised to marry her in three weeks;
that fixed her flint, and she launched into my
tOrns with a rush—it was all over, I loved
her and she loved me. But how to get rid
of Smith r For three weeks we held a two
hours' consultation each day ; and every day
grew fonder of each other; but how to get
rid of Smith ? It was the first thing thought
of when we met, and the last thing spoken
of when we parted. At last we settled
upon a plan which we deemed honorable,
and just the thing for our,own comfort To
tell the truth, I did not feel altogether tran
quil when I reflected upOn my ding the
whole length into Mary Hains's affections,
knowing that she was engaged to him, amid
that she was deceiving Smith or myself pos
sibly myself, more probably Smith. • One
day Smith came .to our home on a business
errand. I. drummed up sufficient ccurage to
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invite him on a walk with me down the
brook, a goodly distance from the house,
where we could not be interrupted. Once
there, I seated myself on a rock and invited
him to help himself to another, and the fol
lowing conversation took place :
"I should like to know why .you have
trotted me away down here."
"Smith," said I emphatically, and at the
same dine putting on a look of ;twin! portent,
—"Smith, I will tell you."
"Wdl, out with it—what do you look so
devilish silly for ?"
"Silly, Smith !do you love Mary [[airs ?"
" - None of your business."
"Business, Smith ? Do you intend to mar
ry Mary Ilains ?"
"Why, you infernal jackass ?"
"Jackass, Smith ? Are you fooling Mary
flains ?"
Fooling the dccil ! What's the matter
11 VOU ?
"Matter, Smith I love Mary Mains.
I intend to marry her."
"I have a good intention of giving you a
thrashing !"
"Thrashing, Smith ? I would not fool
Mary Mains."
"No, I don't think you would ; you're too
big a fool for that."
"Cool, Smith ? Look here, I'm going to
cut you out."
"If you go there I'll kick you out."
"Now, Smith, keep cool and listen You
have'courted Maryllains for •live. -
"That's none of your btli..iness.";
"And everybody says that you are fooling
her. Now, if you are courting her for the
sr art of it, then [ calculate that I haVe a per
fect right to go for the sport, too; Out if you
intend to marry her, I won't interfere. Now
"Well, what next ?''
I)o you intend to marry ?"
"As I told you before, that is timed your
business, and if I catch you poking your uErs
ly nose around the house, I'll punch your
head for you. Now, don't open your lips
agaiti—but just think over how you can
best profit by niy advice to you. Bo care
ful of your stupid pate, that's all."
Levi Smith traveled, I stuck to the
rock.
At first stunned at his disi lay of stupidi
ty in not appreciating my disinterested in
tentions then indignant tfiat he treated me
so cavalierly, by and by furious to think
that I had condesCended to inform him of
the laudable motives that induced me to cut
him out. Finally. I pulled off my boots and
went wading after pollywogs, in shallow wa
ter, thinking that it might cool me oft; and
thinking of Mary Mains, I got out of my
depth and put my foot into a hole, and down
1 went all over into the creek, which, in
stead of cooling my ardor, aroused n tierce
desire to flog L!vi Smith ; not forgetting
that he was considerable of a man, and I
considerable of a buy, some six or seven
years his junior, and in size I bore the stone
relation to him that a pile of chips does ton
cord of wood. Fur all that, I felt that my
pluck was opal to his big body, and if op
portunity had ulrered just then I should
have taken efficient measures to secure to
myself a most comfortable thrashing-1
have not the least doubt of it.
Night Caine. I Was boiling over with in
dignation, and as snappish as a hyena after
a brisk stirring up, and in that very pleas
ant state of mind, made Mary Hauls a visit.
Walking into the front door in my usual
way without announcing my approach by a
series.of raps on the door-casing, I made di
rect for the parlor, and as I stepped over the
threshold was struck hard enough to fell an
ox, by the discovery of Levi and Jlary snug
ly stowed away in one corner engaged in
the very animating and gratifying (tu me)
pastimes, denominated hugging and kissing.
I made a sort of a stop, sudden--“Uood even
ing," said Mary in no wise disconcerted. I
dropped into the nearest chair and brought
my lelt leg to a horizontal, resting over my
right knee,
.then linno. my straw over my
rampant amid stumped Levi Smith to knock
it off: -
"Stump me, do you ?
_ stump you ; dare you ?
No sooner said than done. Smith stepp
ed promptly up and give my hat a kid; that
sent it flying out of the parlor into the entry,
then applied the toe of his boot to me in a
manner that E . ent me out of the front door
more powerful in the legs: Ile did not fol
low me out—if he had, hang me if 1 don't
think lie would have met something that
would probably have induced him to renew
the operation. Mary smilingly passed out
Inv hat, and advised me to run right home.
'l'he advice I considered particularly, good,
and availed , inyself of. it immediately; But
the way I pitched the rocks into Levi Smith's
chicken coop, as 1 passed his father's house,
wasn't lazy, ha !
Well, the very next Sunday the Town
Ckrk ; after the forenoon service was over,
rose.up inthe gallery behind the pulpit and
read from a slip of paper,"Marriage of Levi
SMith and Mary Hains."
About a month after 1 danced at their wed
ding. I have ever comforted myself with
the reflection .that, if I did not succeed in
cutting him out, I stirred him up to his du-
NUMBER 4G.
ty. Mary will never forget it. She named
her first boy after me—a smart little fellow
about seven years old now. She has got
five besides, all younger. A darling wife, a
treasure of a wife, is Mary Hains that was
—but Levi Smith will never forget me for
hurrying lip his cakes of matrimony.
Barber Shop Scene.
At the barber shop opposite Smith's clock
store on fifth street, a most latighable trick
was played on the boys in the shop.
The room was well Supplied with custo
mers, and the chance of getting shaved in a
hurry was out of the question.
A small man with a wag,gish look came
to the door, and after. surveying the crowd,
walked in and took a seat on the sofa.
low far is it to a doctor's office ?' asked
the strange 7entleman.
'Just across the way,' replied one of the
boys.
The eyes of the company were turned
upon the stranger.
.1 feel bad said he ; at the-same time a
spasm took him, and his hands clenched and
his legs drew him up in a perfect ball, and
he rolled oft on the floor.
'That's a Cholera case,' said ono and
he took his hat and left. This was the sig
nal and all followed suit except those under
,goin a the shaving operation.
The spasm seemed' to subside—the arms
and. retched-outlegs.st at full length. and-the
patient lay postrate on his back.
, Wipe off the lather,' said the fat man
next the door, ol'll come in again—l can't.
stay now.'
Just then another spasm took the stran
ger and by some strange movement ho
bounced upon the sofa without any apparent
enrt, flat on his back as he was laying on
the floor. He rolled up into a ball again
and roiled backward and forwAl on the so
fa in a style that would have done credit to
it circus man.
This was a finisher; those that were
shaved left, and those not shaved had'ut Limo
to stay, the boys looked at each other in as
tonishment. The Cholera subject uncoiled
himself and asked thein if his turn had come,
when he took. his seat and had a good
cleave.
, What's the charge ?' asked the strait-
'Nothing,' said the barber, 'if you will
leave your name.'—Gill. Cont.
Mistakes of the Rich.
The Egyptian King; who swollen with
g,randuer, ordered a collossal staircase built
to his new palace, discovered to his chagrin,
that it required a ladder to . got from one step
to another. He had for ; ;otten that a king's
legs after all are as short as a begtrar'. Ag
.*randize as you may;, the limits of our sen
ses check us miserably every moment. You
cull yourself proprietor ! Houses and pic
tures outlive yon, and after taking your will
of them for a short time, Toil are carried out
of your door feetfonn 'lost, never again to en
ter it, "Proprietors." you were, perhaps, of
farms and castles, estates and moumains ;
but now 3:ott are nothing but a hole in the
ground, six feet by two!
' The artists who visit your gallery while
you live and own it, enjoy it more than you.
You are rich 'enough to dine twentyfour
times a day, but you must eat sparingly
even once.—Your cellar is full of exquisite
wine, but you Can only drink one bottle your
self; and to use your store you are obliged
to call around you your friends, relatives,
parasites—a little world who live open your
substance, and who instead of being grate
full, are likely to make you a return in en
%'y. You have thirty horses in your stable;
you cati mount but one, or ride after but two
or four.
lletschild is forced tn content himself with
the same sky as the poor newspaper writer.
and the great banker cannot order a private
sunset, nor add one ray to the magnificence
of the night. The seine air swells all lungs
:;attic kind of blood fills all veins.—
Each one possesses, really, only his own
thoughts and his own senses. Soul and
body—these are the only property which a
man owns.
All that is valuable in this world is to be
had for nothing. Genius, beauty and love
are not bought and sold. You may buy a
rich bracelet, but not a Well turned arm to
to wear it—a pearl neclrlace, but not n peat
ly throat with which it shall vie. The rich
est merchant on earth will vainly offer his
fortune tobo able,to Write a verse in Byrom.
One comes into the world. naked-and goes
out naked. The difference in the fineness ofai
bite of fine linen is not much. Marisa hand
ful of clay, which turns rapidly back again.
to dust, and is compelled nightly to replace.
into nothingness of sleep, to get strength to,
continence life again on the morrow. •
In this life, so partaken by annihilation;
what is there real ! Is it our sleeping' ow
re
xc i o
waking—or dreaming or thought? Do 0'-
arrive to the more - valeable life whe • . -
to bed 'or when we arise ? Ma . ' liti'pro
prietor ! Or he owns but the' ; reath as it
traverses his lips, and tho idea ns it flits
across his mind. And evert the idea be
longs to another..
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