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VOLUME IV.
THE LEHIGH REGISTER,
lr publiahect in the Borough - of Allentown; Lehigh
County, Pa.,erery Thursday
.11T AUGUSTUS L. RUHEI
'ATSI.SO per annum, payable in advance, and
1.2 Nit not paid until the end' of the year. No
paper discontinued, until all arrearages are paid,
except at the option of the proprietor.
ADVERTISEMENTS, 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
malting six lines or less, three Insertions for 50
cents.
WA liberal deduction will be made to those
who advertise by the year.
Ioj 4 Office in Hamilton St., one door East
of the German Rcformed ChurA, nearly
opposite the ~F riedensboike Office."
X 321 aDataions
The Girard Life Insunsnco Annuity and
Trust Company of Philadelphia, Office. No.
169 Chestnut Street, Charter Perpetual,
CAPITAL 300,000.
Continue to make Insurances on Lives on
the most favorable terms.
The capital being paid up and invested,
together with the accumulated premium fund
affords a perfect security to the insured.
The premium may be paid in yearly, half
yearly, 'or quarterly payments.
The company add a BONUS at stated pe
riods to the insurance :for life. The first
bonus was appropriated in December, 1844,
amounting to 10 per cent. on the sum in
sured under the oldest policies, to 84 per
ctnt, 71 per cent, &c., on'others in propor
tion to the time of standing making an addi
tion of $100,887,50, $75, &e., on every
$lOOO originally insured, which is an aver
:uge of more than 50 per cent on the premi
'urns paid, and without increasing the annual
payment to the company.
No. of sum Bonus Amount of policy and
or bonus payable at thelPolicylinsured
Addition.party's decease.
No. hsi $ 1000' $ 100-I, $ 1100
~ 88i 3500 I 250 -; 2750
•• 2054000 i 400 - i
1 4100
275 2000 1 124 - . 2175
•• 433 5000 ' 437 50 i 5137
Pamphlets containing tables of rates, and
explanations of the subject; forms of appli
catiun ; and further information can be had
nt the office in Philadelphia, or on applica
tion to A. L. RUIIE.. Agent in Allentown.
B. W. RICHARDSOOPreSideIIt.
JNO. F. JAmrs„ ./ctuury
December 13.
Refectory, Fruit Store
ND
Oyster House.
J. IL'B. • STETLP.R, respectlt4ly inform
/their friends, and the public in general,
'that they havo lately purchased the Good
Will, Fixtures, &c., of the Rough 4 , Rea
dy Oystei House, Ice Cream Saloon, and
confectionary Establishinent, lately kept by
Messrs. Stotler and George, in the building
formerly occupied by the old Northampton
Bank, on the corner of Market Square and
Alley Street, in the Borough of Allentown.
They aro prepared to serve up oysters,
in the, most fashionable City styles, at the
shortest notice, to wit :
Fried, Roasted, Sauced, Stewed, 4.c.,
ALSO :—Reef Tongue,Tripe,dle,Porter,
Lager awiCotheifeer. Mead. 15. c.,
Their accommodations will be such, that
those who will Give them a social call, will
not leave the establishment dissatisfied.
.They trust that•by strict attention to bu
siness,.and good accommodations,.theY will
teceive a liberal share of patronage, for
Which they will ever feel thankful. •
. December 20. • 5-2 m.
Paper Hangings
Cheapest Manufacturing Warehouse
In Philadelphia,
Is in SIXTH STREET, one door below
'Race ! , where purchaser/ and dealers can se
4ect from New Style , Gold and Satin Paper
'for parlors, with . .
Velvet and Gold'Veollopod Borders,
'as well as Hall or Entry, Chamber and Din
ing-room wall papers, which will compete
in style and quality, with any in Philadel-.
'phis, or any other city in the United State%
'and' at-a 4 saving of 25 per cent,..
WM. U. PATTON,
ManufaCea're'r uf Wall & Curtain Papers,
:N0.1 1 3 North 6th I door below
. Race.
Decembet,Orh .
A Frail:ie . : y. 4n I Br ick
v_ari d e.
for Stile a
dri4rbigFie t d i ?I n r e nT and a half
, twoat2r:Y, * ick a s , t i at c in vary
u stony Franie haus! ?
asint patts ,Vof the °T
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New • Efinblorbs I
Mauch Chunk Hotel.
The subscribers taice
this method to. inform
the citizens of :Much
Chunk, and the public'
in general, that they
have rented and now ,
occupy the well known
tavern•stand of Mr. Alexander Stedman, in
Mauch Chunk, so extensively known as the
Manch Chunk Hotel,
which has been refited in the most coinfbrt
able anB fashionable manner. .They hare
occupied the same from the first of Au
gust last, and they will make it their busi
ness to add many other improvements, to the
convenience of those who may favor them
with their custom, and make it equal if not
superior to any public house in the place.
Their Bar will be suppliedwith the choic
est of liquors, there Table set with all the
season affords, and their Beds are all new
and clean ; in short, neither trouble or ex
pense will be saved, to accommodate their
customers in the - very best Manner.
Their stabling is large and convenient.
with the hydrant water in the yard,. and an
attentive ostler to attend to customers.
They trust their streneous exertions to BC
comedate those who may favor them with
their calls, will be the means of bringing
them numerous new customers.
ESSER & PETERS.
September 13, 1849. ¶-4m
Pure Fresh Cod Liver OIL
This new and valuable Medicine, now
used by the Medical profession with such
astonishing efficacy in the cure ofpubnona
ry consumption, scrofula, chronic rheuma
tism, gout, general debilit►/, complaints of
the kimleys &c., is prepared from the
liver of the codfish for medicinal use, ex
pressly for our sales.
(Extraetfront.Me London Medical Journal.)
"0. J. B. Williams, Mr, D., F. R. S.,
Professor of Medicine in University College,
London, Consulting Physicians to the Host
pital for consumption, dr.c., hays ; I have
prescribed the Oil in the above four hun
dred cases of tuberculous disease of the
Lungs, in different stages, which have been
under my care the last two years and a
half. In the large number of cases, 206,
out of 23.1, its use was followed by marked
and unequivocal improvement, varying in
degree in different cases from a temporary
retardation of the progress of the disease
and a mitigation of distressing symptons, up
to a more or less complete restoration to ap
parent health.
T-iy
"The effect of. Cod Liver Oil in most of
theSe.cases was very remarkable. Even in
a few days the cough was mitigated, the
expectoration diminished in quantity and
opacity, the night sweats ceased, the pulse
became slower, and of better volume, and
the appetite, flesh and strength were gradu
ally improved: .
"In conclusion, I repeat, that the pure
fresh oil from the Liver of the Cod is more
beneficial in the treatment of Pulmonary
Consumption than any agent, medicinal,
dietetic or regitnenal, that has yet been em
ployed."
.11 we have nzadc arrangements to pro
cure the Cod Liver Oil, fresh front head
quarters, it can now be had chenticallyvere
by the single bottle, or nt bo.vcs of one doz
en each.
Its wonderful efficacy has•induced numer
ous spurious imitations. A s its success de
pentlq entirely on its purity, too much care
cannot be used procuring it genuine.
Every bottle having on it our written
signature, may be depended upon as genu
ine.
Pamphlets containing an analysis of the
Oil, with notice of it from Medical Journals,
will be sent to those who address use free of
JOHN C. BAKER & CO.,
Wholesale Druggists and Chetnists,No.loo
North third street, Philadelphia.
Oct., 11. 11-6m-6a-
WOW/10Mo
That application will be 'made to the next
Legislature of Pennsylvania, to incorporate a
Bank,with general Discount and other Bank
ing privileges, to be located in the Borough
of.4llentown, Lehigh county, to be called
“The rarreiers and Mechanics' Bank," with
tr capital of one hundred thousand dollars,
with the privilege of increasing the same to
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars, and
further 'providing to commence the usual
Banking privileges when fifty thousend dol
lars are paid in. •
Christian Pretz,• Peter Wycltoff,
Curios Samson, • Wm. H. Newhard,
Amos Ettinger, -. .• J. D. Lawall, •
William Kern,. -=-' •'- J. D. Stiles,
. Nathan.Dresher, ' ' J. Saeger, jr.
. Jonathan Cool, l Limes f,I, Bush,
J.ease Suhitilei, , ' '.• a'Weidner,
A.:G. Ituningel; ••Joseph Builre . ..
Joshua Hanse, '• dhuthab Kolb, .
July 5; , • • ..
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ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., JANUARY 107-1.850.
posticaLlicpattincut. _
Remembrances.
She stands beside the open drawer:
What sees the matron there?
A broken ring, a picture case,
A tress of auburn hair,
With many a letter, stained and worn !,
The records of the past;
Of days of spring time happiness
Thtit were to bri g ht to last.
Why starts thelady thus aside,
As If some voice she heard 1
Those few pale faded lilly flowers,
What thoughts can they have stirred,
Save memories of a forest walk,
Or garden tangled o'er.
Or splashings of the mountain brook
beside her father's door.
f thought they all had fed the flames
'Upon my bridal day ;
That summer winds had borne their dust
With life's young hopes away ; .
Why comes this shadow from the past
To mock my calmer hours 1 •
Oh, would that every memory
Could wither like the flowers 1"
She hears her children's laughing pia?
Beside their failtees knee;
The lady's heart is far away
Across the deep blue sea;
Across the stretch of desert sand,
Across the Indian wave,
Iler English home lies fur around ;
Her heart is in the grave.
el)e .ffantito tirile.
Marriage in different Nations.
In Ceylon, one of the principal ceremonies
consists in tying together the clothing of the
bridegroom and bride, to signify that they
are bound together for life. Tills ceremo
ny is performed in the presence of their
friends, and with such festivities as the
means of the parties will admit. •
In Java there are three kinds of wart
gcs. The first, and most common is, where
the parties are of equal condition, or the
bridegroom is the superior of the bride, the
second is, when the wife's station is much
higher than that of the husband ; and the
third is a kind of halfmarriage, the ofEwrings
of which are not admitted to an equality
with other children. This marriage is
quite .unceremonious, but the two other
modes are celebrated with some display.
The first wife is always at the bead of the
family.
Girls in Java, are married at so early an
age, that a single woman of twenty-two is
i almost unheard of. A price is always paid
by the bridegroom. The bridegroom splen
didly mounted, accompanied by his friends
with music, goes to salute his bride. She
comas out and meets them with a low obei
sance. They sit together on an elevated
seat, and eat out of the same dish, after
which they go to the mosque, and the nup
tials, are celebrated according to the Ma
hommedan ritual. Then ensues a wedding
Procession thro' the village, a wedding feast,
and at the end of five days anothor proces
sion, in which the bride is conducted to the
residence of her husband; in some places
the spinning -wheel, loom and kitchen uten
sils,are carried in the bridal procession. In
others the bride washes the bridegroom's
feet, in
token of subjection.
In Sumatra, the Battas have as many
wives as they please generally five or six,
who all
live in the same apartment will]
their common hushand..but each has a sep
arate fire-place. Husbands purchase their
wives of their father-in-law, and gamble
them away, or sell them whenever they
please.
Among the Redjangs, anothe'r tribe, he.
sides the purchase of wives, a man is some
times adored by the girl's father as a son
in-lew, and both are subject to the parent ;
and there is another marriage, where both
men and women pay an equal price. and
are on equal equality. The ceremonies are
very. simple.
•Itt.Borneo, no man is allowed to solicit
a damsel in marriage until he has cut nfl'
the head of an enemy. When this condi
tion is fulfilled, the lover makes•presents to
It is mistress; if they are accepted, an enter
tainment is`giVen by her parents, and on the
ensuing day
.by his parents. After the
feast the bridegroom is
_conducted home to
the house of the bride. At the door, a
friend sprinkles him with the blood of a
cock, and her with the blood of a hen ; and •
the parties then give each other their bloo
dy hands, and from that time they live to ,
gather. If 'a man loses his wife, ho cannot
marry a second, until he cuts'off the head of
another enemy. • -
In Celebes, the husband receives no oth-:
er dowry with his wife than the ptesenta
she obtains before'the ceremony. - As soon
as the young couple ate married, they are
ishat up inapartment by themselves for three
days; -aservaAt brings them ,the necessary
rood while their friends are entertainerk- with
Trost Merriment by ibeltide l ejethet. , At
the end tot , thie time they are. libetatedi te-
ceive the congratulation of friends, and arc
- conducted - home.
The marriage customs of the natives of
New-Holland are rather more curious than
agreeable. Before a girl is given to her
husband, her two front teeth are knocked
out. The-lover then throw& a Karigaroo
skin over her shoulder, spits in her face sev
eral times, marks her with painted strips of
different colors, orders her to march to his
hut with his provision bag; If she does
not move fast enough to please hini, he ad
ministers a few kicks by the way. These
savages generally steal wives from the tribes
with whom they are at enmity. As soon
as they perceive a girl without any protec
tor they rush upon her and stupefy her
with blows of a club, and drag her through
the woods with the utmost violence. Her
tribe retaliate merely by committing a simi
lar
outrage There are no other wedding I
ceremonies among these savages.
The Moors marry at an extreme early
age. Wives are always purchased ; and
the father of the girl cannot refuse an offer,
unless there is some stain upon the young
man's character. The bridal tent is adorn
ed with a small white flag, end the bride
groom's brow is encircled with a fillet of
the same color. The bride is conducted to
the tent by her parents, where the lover
presents her with garments and jewels ac
cording to, his wealth. A grand entertain
ment is given, and the young women dance
all night to the sound of the instruments,
while the spectators regulate their motions,
by cla rping their hands. These dances
aro not vely decorous. The marriages of
the negro tribes ere conducted with but 'Ve
ry little ceremotfy except in an abundance
of pastime and dancing.
Meng the Jereres, when the lover secur
ed the consent of relations, he summoned
his friends to assist hint in carrying off
his bride, who shuts herself up 4: a hut,
with her companions, where they maintain
an obstinate siege before they conclude to
surrender,
In Brammuk, the bride comes to the hut of
her husband 'with a calabash of water, with
which she washes his feet, and wipes them
with her mantle.
In Congo; the negroes take their wives
for a.-year on trial; if at the end of that
'time they are satisfied, the wedding is cele
brated with a feast. The Missionaries en
deavor to abolish this custom without suc
cess ; the mothers declaring that they
would not risk the happiness of their (laugh
ters by urging them into an indissoluble uni
on with persons with whose temper and ha
bits they were unacquainted.
In Abysinnia, there is no form of marri
age ceremony. Parties live together as
long as they choose, and these connexions
arc dissolved and renewed as often us they
may think proper.
African Princes have an unpleasant way
Of. furnishing dowries for their daughters.
When the Sultan of Madam married his
daughter to an Arab Sheik, “the nuptials
were celebrated by n great slave hunt among
the mountains, When after a dreadful strug
gle, three thousand captives by their tears
and bondage, furnished out the materials of
a magnificent marriage festiYal.'
In Daliomey, all the unmarried females
throughout the country are considered the
property of the sovereign. Once a year
they are brought before him ; he selects
the most engaging for himself, and sells the
rest at high prices to his subjects. No
choice is allowed the purchaser. He pays
twenty thousand dowries, and receives
such a wife as the king chooses to award
him ; being oblidged to appear satisfied
with the selection, whatever may be her as
pect or condition. This.monarch has three
wives; but the King of Ashantee has ex
actly three thousand three hundred and.thir
ty three, and the safety of his•country is
supposed to depend on his keeping up this
mystical number. .
I Thrilling Scene.
During n high wind ono day, while
the broad, torpid river rose in short, angry
waves, that bore a most threatenirig aspect,
a couple of little boys were seen in a small
skifl; a long distance from shore, apparently
amusing themselves with youthful daring
in braving the angry current, and the fierce
wind. Suddenly a large tow-boat,. the An
glo-Saxon, came puffing round the point at
Algiers, and rapidly made her way up the
river and in the direction of the skiff: The
boys seemed heedless . Of the danger, and re
mained dancing about on the waves; now
and then taking a pull at the oars. On
came the boat, the rapid whirl of hetwheels
and the .quick loud puffs from her steam.
pipe showing how greot was her speed,
whilst all elf board appeared not
,to notice
the.small shell of a boat, that contained two
human beings, which now floated . but a
short distance ahead of them. It was a
deep, thrilling sight to watch the great steam
monster movingmteifilyon her way, plough.
ing through the foaming surges, and throw
ing it in cascades from her bows, every mo.
merit nearing the.frail thing of planks, for
which .escape appeared. hopeless, At
length. :the. boys perceived their danger—
the red glare of the. furnaces &shed in their
eyes—the clang and , cnish of the engine
struck their cars—human figures cluster
wildly on the decks and - sides of the big
boat that is furiously coining down on the
poor boys, who . hold out their hands and
shout to them—in vain. A moment more,
and all will be over ; they will• go scream
ing andstruggling down into the fearful,
•Iniling gulf that leaps up at them as if to
grasp its shrink ing prey—a thought of home
and loving faces—a wild prayer, a shriek
of agony—and they will be food for fishes.
But see ! the boat is stopping; the wheels
have ceased to turn ; the steam-pipe is si
lent; she has taken another direction ; the
gallant boys ply their oars with might and
main ; life is in every movement ; the boat
passes them by a few feet only, but that is
enough—they are saved ! Ageneral cheer,
in which the brave little fellows joined, cap
in hand, winds up the brief but perilous
scene.--N. 0. Della. •
Scene at a Slave Sale.
One of the most revolting, and at the same
time touching scenes, it has ever been our
lot to witness, occurred yesterday in the auc
tion store of Mr. N. Vignie, on. St. Louis
street. The estateof M r Ben yenta() Duran,
lately deceased,, consisting chiefly of slaves,
was to be sold, for the benefit of a creditor:
The negroes were brought up, as is usually
the case, one by one and exhibited to the by
standers, before being put to the hammer.
On the presentation of the third, advertised
as "Madeline, an orphan quarteroon, aged
about 9 years," every one present was hor
rified to behold paraded before them a love
ly girl, delicately formed, white us the pur
est of the Circassian race, her face buried in
her hands, and her slender frame convulsed
with sobs. Thera was a pause of some min
utes. . The crowd could not realise that one
of their own nice could be thus led up
amorfil negroes to be passed into lifes-long
bondage, AMazement was succeeded by
indigntabo,-as several gentlemen setabout
inquiring:as.;,to . the manner in which the
child had been:thrust into such degrading
associations.
Mr. Duran, it appears, was a Spaniard by
birth ; was some years since in affluence, in
this city ; but latterly his circumstances de
clining, he moved from the first to the third
Municipality, where he kept a small groce
ry store, and struggled through comparative
poverty. None of the negrues knew any ,
thing of the early history of the girl, except
one old man, who said' heetriother was a
white woman, who dying when her child
was yet but an infant, Mr. Duran took -the
orphan in charge to rear as an adopted child.
This was when he was in prosperity. For
some years after the death of her mother, a
lady was in the habit of visiting Mr. Duran's
house regularly, to see the child, and con
tinued her visits until about the time he
moved into the third Municipality, since
when, Fier or five years ago, she has never
been seen. Whether this lady was a rule,
tive or friend of the mother, interested in
the fate of her offspring, the old man knew
not ; nor did he know who the lady was, or
whence she came. -
Upon this information, the sale was stop
ped,und Adeline was taken possession of by
Mr. Charles Lovenskiold, to whose human
exertions in her behalf she is perhaps in
debted for her liberty. Mr. L. has kindly
installed her in his own family, and will
bring her up as a member of it, if the law
does not defeat his benevolent intentions.—
The girl though of late years mingling al-•
most exclusively -with the negroes of Mr.
Duran's household, is intelligent' beyond
her years, speaks both French and Spanish
fluently, and understands English.
The affair speedily obtained public notori
ety in the lower part of the city, an created
an intense excitement. Several free per
sons of color interested themselves- in'the
case, and in a few hours collected among
their own .class near $2OO, to buy the girl ,
out of the estate, and bestow upon her, her
freedom. This - ; has not been permitted ;
however, and from present appearances,
there is little probability of her subjection
to the degradation of being included in the
chattles of the succession.
Mr. Duran has left no heirs, mai dying
intestate, his property escheats to the State,
nfter satisfaction of the creditors. There is
but one creditor, and his feelings were us
deeply alneted yesterday, as those of tuiy
'person present. Mr. LevensMold and oth
ers who have taken the girl's cause in hand,
however, have determined upon an entire
purification of the girl, and if it be practica
ble, will bring the case before the courts in
such manner that a jury shall pass upon her
blood.—N. 0. Delta.
Sa able Navigaior.—An.Englisli voy-.
ager to San Francisco, states .that, whilst'
sea,, the drunken 'codunander . of his ship,
twelve hoursboxed the compass round
a speck of dirt on his chart; supposing it to
be an island.'.'' • :
Love,Lelenii—Rossrati talk' us flint, to
write a good loire.;iettot;"you- ought' ip
.bpgin
without knowing what yott Mean td . say;
and to finish without• knowing what' you
have said. ' ,
tarlanuary 4th, 1784, txeatk, •bemoan
United Status and Great Britian.
.;
NUMBER 14.
Doings in our School House.
Under this head, •We .find in the N.
'Spirit' some humorous r"miniscences
I Nix, of Gowanus,' .from which we extract;;
the following spicy paragraphs
'First class of vagabones, rise !' thandered::::s
our old schoolmaster. Well the vagationea,
rose. 'Now answer every question 'cor
rectly or I'll break every bone in Your bod
ies,' was the next pronunciamenta of the
old autocrat of our red school house.
'John Brown, what do you understand by
accoustics ?'
:Why, a stick to drive cows with I spose . .
'Get out you young vagabone did I not
just see you reading, about the science of
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Guess not—that was about Sylvester
Soune,' the Somnambulist.'
.It was eh.? Sarah you are John's younger
sister •
'Yeti; thir. f •
'What is accoustics ?' •
know thir,--it ith the art of mtiking'. of
noith, and hearing a noith.' . .
'You are right—explain h.': • -
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'Yeti) thin If you stick your finger Into'
your mouth' •and then pull it out thuddenly
the cold air ruthed .into. the traltkum and
prudathes a thound that thrilledh ort the
tym pan of the ear, which leaked) the thomid
audible, and ith, called the thience. of L e ,
coutlitixtli.'
'You are quite right Sarah, Sohn, carr
yon now tell me what is meat by accoustics
Be careful, sir; or you'll feel my stick.'!.
'Yes, sir. A cow, stick your finger in
her mouth kicks over the tin pin,which . .
sounds awful and is•called the science of
a cow's kick.'
Well John ; you do credit to your' teacher
—You may take your books and run home.
William Chase, what is the curttency of the,
United States P
'Cash and mooey." ,
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• 'What are its denominations.{ • ~ .
'Coppers, bogus and Bugtown tent.4,•crert•
nies, fips, pies, four-pence ha peneys f liwys,,
ninepences, Spanish quarters, pistereens
and Shinplasters.'
'That will do. Jones ; what is the stand. ,
and weight of .the U.S., -
'Scales weight and weight a little longer.
'Samuel, how many kingdoms are there
in the material world !'
'Four.'
"I'llroe, only threes' ,
'Four, I think sir.'
Well name them—what are they V.
'Mineral kingdom, animal kingdomofeg.
etuble kingdom, and kingdonecorne."
'Now how many kinds of motions are there r
'Four.'
'No, only two ; voluntary and irivehintary.
'Simon says there are four.' • ,
'What does Simon say they are.' •-`•;•!.....2
'Point, point. up, point down to wigivag. l •
'You rascal ! I've a mind to wigwagyout •
jacket ! Had'itt' you better describe. the
motion of toy sticl ?
'I can, sir.'
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'And its effect ?' . .
'Yes, sir. Up stroke and down strolte
the np stroke regular and easy.) :.the doivrt
stroke, spasmodically electrifying. and its
easy effects strikingly
-1 • You understand that, I see.' . .••
'George Smith, do y,ou recollect the.story
of David and. Goliath ?' ,
sir—David was a raven Affner,„
and Goliath was an intenipeinip`inan.'
Who told you that ?'
'Nobody. I read it, and it is said that Da
vid fixed a - sling fur Goliath, and Goliath got
sle'wed with it:
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, Was'ut Clohatn a-giant, a strong man, P
'Yes ho was a giant, but 'he had a Wank
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head.'
, f-Tow so 1 4 • '
, Why to get so easily slowed.' ' • •
'Yes, George ; that was undoubtedik ow
ing to the strength of the:Sling. Wits s ntDa4
vid a musician
Yes, sir—he played psalms on the harp 4
a favorite instrument with the Jews, and at
the present day it is Called a Jewshatp. I
have one in my pocket—hete it is, •Pjaae
in your mouth, thasHbteathenn thctnigue
gently; then strike with your fing er,- this
way-- . -and the psalms, in harmonious corn ,
cob, fructify on the ear us natUral. as thrill ,
der.'
''c'hat's sufficient—you can pocket yotti
harp.' • •
June, what is time ' •
iSomething, that flies, any how.'
, l-low do you make that•out ?''
4Why, tetnpus fugit,' •
What's that ?' ,
'Latin 1 it means that time tiles and ntinit:) *
can time, if it flies, be anything else! thtijr
something that flies ?' •
Excellent. What is the meaning of
quiescat in pace? ' '
*Rest quiet cats in peace;'
, Well, Jane ; at Latin you are - tibri_44lo:;,
aufait—Which 'tnxnalitted ' Miens. TrirffibliC,,
awful ; it is a great phrase, from theehaipark
and applicable to h 'clatisr partiettlarlkA.l4.':-~
Now take off'you'jacket'lndlitill•gliiiay,ow.it •
rewards of merit." , Those iVIA-4 . 4fet; more!,,
than they merit, can keep thiCOVatplint ',lc : .1
token of my speciataflectiOn 4 for
those "who get: less,- can have . .the irt1 81 4 1 1&; 1 ".'
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