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' : l:---=:-'•!. • rnii tt / r''''!•::,f , ' ., /,i• y l. O '''''.-fio Y 4'- •e l , '''',;;;•••• ts,zi •P 1 ' / i-- :( ---- 1 r ;,....• -'' ' - '4: ''-k -. -/''' N' '''Z' 4 1 - 01+‘-.' • 1 ')'), '' • •--- )•,, l•-• . er . -, i r_ . f" .1 , ,! r , ~.. :-.., -- _ • __ . . ____ -• -=, :•-=';-• 4 44:::t.,•-.: . --'..-:- 4 ' 7 0:11' NEUTRAL IN POLI T ICS e . - —=--- • I' . _-- -'-' 12. 4 ......-... z•_•_ - __ .....----___ -,....- "v.. - •ap••••••••-..- • ''''' ".....' ...... ................_. A FAMILY NEWSPAPER,. ..13cuotcb to NM/5, titeraturc, poctri), Scicke, 'lgriculturc, tl)c Wiffusion of ttocfut Ifilformatiou, General Jutctligcnce,'ltuttwancut, &c VOLUME IV. THE.LEHIGH REGISTER, 'la:published in the Borough of Allentown, Lehigh Cgunty, Pa., - every Thursday ..1111( AUGUSTUS L. 11.1ULUE, $l 50 per annum, payable in advance,.and $2 00 if not paid until the end of the year. No piper discontinued, until all arrearages'are paid except at the option of the proprietoi. ATIVILIITIREMISSTS. making not more than one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar and for every subsequent insertinii twenty-five cents. Larger• advertisements charged in the same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines, will be charged seventy-five cents, and those making six lines or less, three insertions for 50 cents. • IWA liberal deduction will be made to those who advertise by the . year. ' LW' Office in Hamilton St., one door East of the German ReforMed Church, nearly opposite the "Friedensbothe Office." Refectory, Fruit Store .IND • • Oyster House. B. STETLER, respectfully inform their friends, and the public in general, that they have lately purchased the Good Will, Fixtures, &c:, of the Rough 4• Rea dyPyster House, Ice Cream Saloon, and confectionary EstabliShment, lately kept by Messrs. Stetler and George, in the building formerly occupied by the old Northampton Bank, on the corner of Market Square and Allen Street, in the Borough of Allentown. . . They are prepared to serve up oysters, in the most fashionable City styles, at the shortest notice, to wit : Fried, Roasted, Sauced, Stewed, ALSO :—Berj Tongue, Tripe,.9le,Porter, Lager and other Beer, Mewl. Their accommodations will be such, th'at 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 receive a liberal share of patronage, for which they will ever feel thankful. December 20. ¶-2m. IDI 3Y113321)311115 The Girard Life Insurance Annuity and Trust Company of Philadelphia, Office No. 109 Chestnut Street, Charter Perpetual, • CAPITAL 300,000. Continue tomake Insurances o;i Lives .on ahe most favorable terms. The capital being pnid up and invested, - together with the accuthulated premium fund affords a perfect secteritylo 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 th 6 sum in sured under the oldest policies, to 81 per 71 per cent, &c., on others in propor tion to the time of standing making an addi tion of $lOO, 997, 50, $75, &c., on every $lOOO originally insured, which is an aver age of more than 50 per cent on the premi mns paid. and without increasing the annual payment to the company. Bonus or Addition Sum Tusurcd No. of Volley $lOOO $ 100 - 3500 250 - 4000 400 - 2000 124 - 5000 • 437 50 No. 58 •• 88 .• 205 •• 276 •• 393 Pamphlets containing tables of rates, and explanations of the subject; forms of appli cation ; 'nnd further information can be had at the office in Philadelphia, or on applica tion to A. L. Rona. Agent in Allentown. B. W. RICHARDS, President. JNO. F. JAMES. Sauury. December 13. ¶—ly Selling of at First Cost ! Great Bargains? Great bargains are now offered to the_pub- Jic at the store of Win. S. Weil, consisting of all kinds of Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods ' as, he is desirops of selling out his stock of goods and confine himself to whole saling exclusively. He offers all his cutt • goods at cost which are all new and season - able, and consists of Cloths, Cassimeres, Sattinets, - and Vetings. • Also all kinds of 'Cashmeres, Alpacas, CoburgCloths, Mous lin. de laines, Mohair Cloths, Merinos, wee, &c.; AC., he also has on hand n splen did assortment of shawls rind a large lot of jewelry, Violins, Accordions, &c. Per sons-in• want of goods are requested to call and examine before purchasing elsewhere, ns these* geods must be sold out before the lit of April. He Intends making. large additions to his whOlsaleing goods add will supply the coun try Merchants as heretofore with all hinds of . .Yankee Notions. He has just received large lot-of Ited Ends Violin • strings and • should be happy to fill any orders that may sent to- hine WA. S. WEIL. January, 10.. • Tr--4t. WHEREAS, the Hon. J. Pringle Jones, President of the several Courts of Common Pleas of the Third Judicial,District, compo sed of'tho counties of Northampton and Le high, State of Pennsylvania .and Justice of the severel Courts of•Oyer and Terminer and general Jail delivery, and Peter Haas, and; John F. Ruhe, Esqrs., Judges of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and genll•al Jail delivery, for• the trial of all capital of fenders in•the said county of Lehigh. By their precepts to me directed, have ordered nil Jail Delivery, to be holden at Allentown, county of Lehgib. on the First Monday in February 1850, winch is the 4th day of said month, and will continue one week. NOTICE is therefore hereby given to the Justices of the Peace and ConstablPs of the county of Lehigh, that they are by the said precepts commanded to be there at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, of said day, with their rolls. records, inquisitions, examinations, and all other remembrances, to do these things which to their offices appertain to he done, and all those who are bound by recognizan ces to prosecute against the prisoners that are or then shall he in the jail of said coun ty of Lehigh, are to be . then and there to prosecute them as shall be just. Given under my hand in Allentown, the 10th day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty. God save the Commonwea4h. CHARLES IHRlSlterig: Sheriff's Office Allentown, , January 10th, 1850. S N. B. Magistrates are desired to fOrward their returns in cuminalcases to the Deputy Attorney General at once, and to request prosecutors to call at his office before court, and thus afford sufficient time to prepare the indictments, and other matters necessary for trial. The amount of unsettled business renders this at present absolutely necessary. January 10, 1850. ¶-4w Office al Steckel's Hotel, eillentozen, Pa. Has just returned.from the City of New York where he has procured newly inven ted instruments which greatly faciliate the operation of removing teeth, making it less painful to the patient, and more expeditious to the operator. Also a beautiful assortment of artificial teeth which he is prepared to in sert in the most durable and artistic manner. Diseases of the gums skilfully treated, Car ious Teeth filled, Nerves of Teeth destroy eh without pain, and all operations pertain ing to the profession performed with entire satisfaCtioo and .upon moderate terms. Refers to the following gentlemen, resi dents of Philadelphia and Allentown : Saml. Geo. Morton, M.D.: E. Townsend,D. D. S Henry S. Patterson, •' IJ. K.Townsend, Dent. John B. McClellan, " IL. It. KMclcer Dent. Charles H. Martin, " IJ. P. Shantz, M. D. Charles L. Martin, " IJ. Rom ig,Jr. M. D. N. D. Teeth and roots extracted gratuitously, when removed for the insertion of artificial teeth. Allentown, December 20. , The well linown Tavern-stand is offered for rent, sign of the Luny. Black Horse, ott the public roatl, leading from Allentown, to Bethlehem, about one mile from the Le-: high Bridge, in Hanover township. Lehigh, county. The [louse is two story, conveni ently situated, with good Stabling, and ex cellent water' springing out before the door. For futther particulars, call upon the un dersigned, who resides near the Tavern. JOSIAH KLADER. January, 17 ¶-4w The Great China Store. Amount of policy and bonus payable at the party's decease. MC 2750 4400 2 t 75 5437 Thankful to the citizens of Allentown and its vicinity for their increased custom, we again request their company to view our large and splendid assortment of CHINA, GLASS & QUEENSWAnE. Dinner Sets, Tea Sets, Toilet Sets, and single pieces, either of Glass, China or Stone Ware, sold in quantities to suit purchasers, for less than they can be had elsewhere. In fact at less than Wholesale Prices. American and English Britannia Metal Goods, In greater variety' than ever before offered in the city. FANCY CIiINA in a great .va riely very cheap.. &Me would invite any person visiting the city to call and see us—they will at least be pleased to walk around our beautiful store and' to view the finest China and the cheap est the wOrld produces. Very respectfully, . TYNbALE & MITCHELL, No. 219 Chesnut Street. Philadelphia, Sept. 20, . _ 4 ll-Iy-8 . G .6 U.lllB 1 I The undersigned have just received 1000 pnir of Men's .Ladies' and Misses Gum Shoes. 'A fine article of Ladies' bum Boots, which they will sell low. LOCHMAN & 13R0. PROCLAMATION. Henry Laurence, DE.VTIST. TAVERN FOR MT. OF PHILADELPHIA ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY; PA., JANUARY 31, 1850. poetical Department. How is it, o'er the strongest mind, That trifles hold such sway A word—nay e'en a look unkind May darken all life's day. Oh, in this world of daily care, The thousands that have erred Can any hardships better bear • Than they can bear a word ! The man who with heroic heart Can stern misfortune meet, Unflinchingly perform his part, And struggle against defeat With faith unaltered.—yet can lose • Ills temper, e'en for aught, Which falls not ai his will would choose, Or proves not what lie sought ! And woman can furgive a wrong, Which casts her on the world, Far better than forgive the tongue That may some sneer have hurled ! A thousand times prefer a lot . As hard as want deplores, Then•feel or think herself forgot •By one her heart adores! Alas, the human mould's at fault; And still by turns it claims A nobleness that can exalt. A littleness that shames ! Of strength and weakness still.combined, Compounded of the mean and grand ; And trifles thus will shake the mind That would a tempest stand. Give me, that soul•superior power, That conquest over fate, Which sways the weakness of the hour, Rules little things as great; That lulls the human waves of strife With worts and feelings kind, And makes the trials of our life, The triumphs of our mind ! e The Dead Alive. A. Thrilling Incidenl;' The subjoined narrative, pnblished.origi- - nally in Chamber's Journal, is statedio be translated from a foreign newspaper. it is necessary to remind the reader that the.ls land Mauritius, appertaining at this day to the English, was originally colonised by the French, and that the population consists in a great measure of persons of that nation, to whom, by a former treaty between the two powers concerned, their ancient laws. and usages were preserved without material al teration. About three or four months ago, the Sir Cloioniir Frenois, a rich merchant of the island, was found dead, and frightfully dis figured in his own habitation. His body was discovered lying on the floor, with his face mutilated by a pistol, and all doubt as to the catastrophe was dispelled by the dis covery of . the fatal weapon by the side of the corpse, as also of a paper in the hand writing of the deceased. This paper con tained the following words : am ruined villian has robbed me. of twenty thousand livres sterling ; dishonor must be my portion, and I cannot survive it. I leave my wife the task of distributing among my cred itors the means which remains to us, and I pray that God, my friends, and my enemies may par don my seltdestruction. Yet another minute andl shall be in eternity. (Signed.) CLODOMIR FRENOIS.". Great was the consternation caused by this tragic event, which was the more un expected as the loss alluded to in the note had never .been made public. The deceas ed had been held in great esteem over the colony, a man of strict honor, and was uni versally lamented. His attached widow, after endeavoring to fulfil his last wishes, found her grief too powerful to mingle long er with the world, and took the resolution to consecrate her remaining days to the ser vice of religion. Two months after the sad end of her husband she entered a convent, leaving to a nephew of the merchant, a phy sician, the charge of completing the distri bution of the effects of Frenois *tong his creditors. A minute examination of the papers of the deceased led to the discovery of the pe riod at.which the unfortunatemerchant had been robbed ; and that period was found to correspond with the date of the dissappear once of a man named John Moon, long in the employment of FrenOis. • 'Of this man, on whom suspicion not unnaturally fell, no thing could he learned on inquiry; but, shortly after the' division of the merchant's property, Moon appeared in. the colony. When taken up and examined respecting the cause of his flight, he stated thnt he had been sent by his master to France, to recov er sums due to the merchant there, in which mission he had been unsuccessful, and he further averred that if Clodomif Frenois. in his - existing correspondence, had thrown any injurious suspicions on him (Moon) the whole was but a pretext to account for defi ciencies of which the merchant himself was the sole cause and author. This &dam* Trifles tion. made by a man who seemed to feat no injury, and whose worldly circumstances remained to appearance the saute as. they ever had been, had the effect of silencing. if it did not satisfy, the examiners ; and the affair soon fell, in n great measure, out of the public recollection. Things remained•for a short time in this condition when one morning, Mr. William Burnett, principal creditor of the late Clodo mir Frenois, heard a knocking at his gate at a very early hour. He tailed up one of his servants, who went!`down and opened the door, and immediately returned with the intelligence, that a stranger, who seemed desirous of keeping his person concealed, wished to spenk with Mr.. Burnett in pri vate. Mr. Burnett arose, threw on his dressing-gown, and decended to the parlor. He saw thereto stranger, of tall person, seat ed in an easy and familiar attitude,upon a sofa, with a number of the Morning Post in his hand. The back of his visitor was turn ed to Mr. Burnett as he entered. Rather surprised to see a stranger conduct himself so like an old friend of the house, Mr. Bur nett said aloud, "Sir, may I beg to know your business with me ?' The stranger turned • round, and advanc ed to salute his host warmly and courteous ly. Mr. Burnett started back, and uttered a loud exclamation of surprise and alarm.— W ell he might; for before his eyes stood his friend and debtor, Clodomir Frenois, whom he had beheld nearly a year before a mutilated corpse—whom himself had fol lowed to the grave. What passed at that interview between . Mr. Burnett and his strange visitor remain ed a secret. Mr. Burnett retained the se cret. Mr. Burnett was observed to issue several times, pale and agitated, from his dwelling, and to visit the magistrate charg ed with the conduct of thei.riminal proces ses of the colony. In the course of the day, while John Moon was regaling himself with tea, under the palm trees of his garden, with a Circassian female whom he hid bought some time previously, he was arrested and taken to prison by the officers of justice. On the following day, he was brought before the criminal court, accused of robbing the .la,te,.Clodornir Frenois, the crime having been conjoined with a breach of trust and violence. Moon smiled at •the charge with all the confidence of a man who had nothing to fear. The Judge having demanded of him if he confessed the crime, the accused re plied that the charge was altogether absurd, that clear testimony was necessary to fix such a charge upon him ; and that, so far from there being any such evidence produ cible, neither the widow of the deceased, nor any other of the persons in his service, had ever heard the pretended robbery even once mentioned by Clodomir Frenois during his life. ..So you then affirm your innocence 1' re peat&d the judge, after hearing what the oth er had to say. "1 will avouch my innocence," replied Moon, "even before the body o my late master, if that be necessary." (Such a thing frequently took place under the old Colo- . nial law.) "John Moon," said the Judge, in a voice broken by some peculiar emotion, "it is be fore your late master that you will have to assert your innocence; and may the God of justice make the truth appear.' A signal from the Judge accompanied his words, and immediately a door opened, and Clodomir Frenois, the supposed suicide, en tered the court. He advanced to the bar, with a slow and deliberate step, having his eyes calmly but firmly fixed on the prisoner, his servant. A great sensation was caused in the court by his appearance: Uttering shrieks of horror and alarm, the females fled from the spot. The accused fell on his knees in abject terror, and shuddering, con fessed his guilt. For a time no voice was heard but his. However, as it became ap parent that a living man stood before the court, the advocate for the prisoner gained courage to speak. He demanded that the identity of the merchant be established, and the existence be explained. He said that the court should not be biassed by what might prove to be a mere accidental likeness between a person liking and one deceased, and that such an avowal as that of the pris oner, extracted in a moment of extraordina ry terror, was in no way to be held of much weight. "Before being admitted here as.a witness," continued the advocate, addressing the re susciated merchant, "prove who and what you are, and disclose by what means the tomb, hich so lately received your body, mangled with bullets, has given up its ten ants and restored you to the world in life and health." This firm appeal of the advocate, who continued steadfast to his duty, under cir cumstances that would have closed tho lips of most men, called forth the following nar rative from Clodomir Frenois : • " My story may soon bo told. and will suffice to dstablish my identity.. When . I discovered the robbery committed - by the ac cused, he had then fled from the island. and I speedily saw all attempts to retake him would prove fruitless I saw - ruin and disgrace before me, and came to the resolution of ter minating my life before the evil day came. On the night in which this determination was formed, I was seated alone in my .pri vatecliamber. I had written the letter which was foindon my table, and I had loaded my pistol. This done, I prayed for forgivenes s from my Maker, for the act that I was about to, commit. The end of the pistol was at my head, and my finger on the trigger, when a knock at the door of the house startled me. I concealed my weapon, and went to the door. A man entered, whom I recognized to be the sexton 'of the parish in which I liv ed. He - bore a sack on his shoulders, and in it the body of a man newly buried, which was destined for my nephew, the physician then living with me. The scarcity of bod ies for dissection, as the court is aware, com pels those who aro anxious to acquire skill in the medical profession, to procure them by any possible secret means. The sexton was at first alarmed at having met me.— 'Did my nephew request you to bring this body.' No,' replied the man, 'but I knew his anxiety to obtain one for dissection, and took it upon me to oillq this-body. For mer _cy's sake,' continued the sexton, 'do not be tray me, sir, or I shall lose my station and my family's bread.' 'While the man was speaking, a strange idea entered my mind, and brought to my - despairing bosom hopes.of continued life and honor. I stood for a few minutes absorbed in thought, and then recollecting myself, I gave two pieces of gold to the resurrectionist, the sum which he expected. • Telling him to keep his own counsel, and that all would be well, I sent him away, and carried the body to my cabinet. The whole of the household had been sent out of the way on purpose, and I had time to carry into execution the . plan which had struck me. The body was fortunately of the same stature as myself, and like me in complexion. I knew the man ; he was a poor offender, abandoned by his family. 'Poor relic of mortality I' said I, with tears in my eyes, 'nothing which man can do, can now injure thee; yet par don me if I ruddy disfigure thy lifeless sub stance. It is to prevent the ruin of not one but 20 families. And sh6uld success attend . my attempt, I swear that thy - children shall be'my children, and, when my hour comes We - shall rest together in the tomb, to which thou shalt be born before mc." • At this portion of the merchant's narrative, the most lively interest was 'iexciteil in the court, and testified even by tears front . many of the audience .- Freuois thus proceeded. "I then stripped off my cloths, and dress ed the body in them. This accomplished. I then took up my pistol, and with a hand more reluctant then when I applied it to my person, I fired close to the head of the de ceased, and at once caused such a disfigure ment as rendered it impossible for the keen est eye to detect the substitute which had been made. "Chosing the plainest habit I could get. I then dressed myself new, shaved off the whiskers I was accustomed to wear, and took other means to alter my appearance, in case of being subjected by any accident to the risk or betrayal. Next morning saw the on board a French vessel, on my way to a dis tant land—the native country of my ances tors. The expectation of this scheme was not disappointed. I knew John Moon was the man who had robbedne, and who now stands et the bar of • this Out-4 and that lie has formed connections on this island which would in all probability bring him back to it, as soon as the intelligenceel my death gave him the promise of securitY.:• In this I have not been disappointed. I 'have been abund antly fortunate in other respects. While any unworthy servant remained in imagina ry safety, I have been successful' in discov ering the quarters in which, not daring at first to betray the appearance of wealth, lie lodged the whole of the money. I have brought it With me, and also sufficient proof supposing . his confessions of this day to be set aside altegether.- - to convict him of the crime with which he stands charged. By the same means,' continued Clodomir Fre nois with a degree of honorable . Pride, in which• all who heard him syffipethiied, ."will I be enabled •to restore my family to their places in society, and to redeem the credit of a. name on which.no blot was left by those who bore it befcire me, and which, please God, I shall transmit, unstained, to my children's children." John IVloon,•whtirbe guilt was thus stidden;. ly and strangely laid bare to the world, did not retract the confession which he made, in the extremity of his terror, and without separating, the court sentenced him to con finement in the prison of the colony. The news'-Of Clodomir' • reappearance spread rapidly,...and the high esteem in which his character was -held led to en uni versal rejoicing on the occasion. He was accompanied from the court tehis kitten by a dense multitudeewhe welcomed him With prolonged shims. .It would : be vain 'to at tempt any description of the feelings of his wife, ho had thus restored to her the beloved being for whoie sake . she had- quitted the World. She was from. her eccles ialitieal , vows, and rejoined. her'.htisbind, no more to part till the grave.really Claimed one or the other of them as. its due. NUMBER 17. Selections for a Newspaper. Most people think the .selection of suita ble matter for a newspaper the easiest part of the business. blow great an error. It. is by all means the most difficult. To look. over hundreds of exchange papers . every week, from which to select enough for one, especially' when the question is not what shall; but what shall not be selected , , is no easy task. If every person who reads a newspaper, could have edited it, we should hear less complaints. Not unfrequently• ie it the case that an editor looks over all his \ exchange papers for something interesting and can absolutely find nothing.—Every paper is dryer than a contribution box; and yet something must be had—his paper must come out with something in it, and he does the best ho can. To an editor who haslhe least care about what he selects, the write ing that he has to do is the easiest part of his labor. Every subscriber thinks thO pa per printed for his own benefit, and if there is nothing in it that ' , suits him;" it Must be stopped—it is good for nothing. Some peo ple look over the marriages and deaths, and actually complain ol"the editor, if but a few people have been so unfortunate as to -die, or so fortunate ns to get married in the pre vious week. An editor should have such things in his paper whether they occur.or not.- Just so many subscribers as an editor may have, so many diflerent tastes he has to consult. One wants tales and poetry; an other abhors all that. The 'politician wants nothing but politiCs. One wants something smart; another something sound. One likes anecdotes, fun and frolic, and the next door neighbor wonders that a man of sense will put such stuff in his paper. Some thing spicy comes out, and the editor is a blackguard. Next comes something argu mentive, and the editor is a dull fool. And . so between them all, you see, the poorfel lows get roughly handled. And yet to nine ty-nine out of a hundred, these things do not occur. They never reflect that what does not please theta may please the next neighbor ; but they insist that if the paper' does not suit them it is good for ntohing. Vermont Patriot. A Beautiful Reflection. I cannot believe that earth is man's abid ing place. It cannot be that our life is cost upon the ocean of eternity, to float a mo ment upon its waves, and then sink into noth ingness! Else, how is it that the gloricins aspirations which leap like angels frOM the temple of our heart, is forever wandering about unsatisfied ? Why is it that the rain bow and clouds come over us with a beauty that is not of earth and then jittss offend leave us to muse upon their loveliness?-- Why is it that the stars which hold Their festival around the midnight throne, are set above the grasp of our.limited faculties, for ever mocking, us with their unapproachable glory ?. And finally, why isit that the bright forms of human beauty are presented to our 'view and then taken froM us, leaving the thousand streams of our affections to flow back in Alpine torrents .on our hearts? We are born for a higher destiny' than' that of earth. There is a realm Where the . rain bow never fades, where the stars will spread out before us, like the island , that altiaibers in tho ocean ! and where the beings 'that passed before like shadows will stay our press ence forever. Dreams. If a young lady dreams that she . - id ' a saint, it is ominous that her stockings are holy. For a tailor to dream of.beingimOrisoned is a gentle admonition that his last stock . of •cabbage was altogether too extensive. If a "fashionable lady" dreams that she was asked to sing, it i§ a taken that she is undoubtedly aliening sold. ; • To dream of colors is bad; as it most gen emlly turns out a dun. • .• • It • is very lucky for an Editor, or in fact any business man, to dream of mosquitoes; it betokens customers that will settle their bills. . If a - printer dreams of starving to death, it foretokens an altundance of pi. • tW'A young miss having accepted the of fer of a youth to gallant hey home, after wards • fearing that jokes might be cracked at her expense if the fact should become public, dismissed him when aboufhalf way, adjoining his secrecy.—" Don't be afraid,'' said he,'..of inr,saying anything about it, for I feel as much ashamed of it its you& do. rirOne of our townsmen, meeting with one of the strolling organ-players, waa =in clined to engage in conversation Atith , hint, and asked him : "What .part inrthe -great drama of life do• you perform mind my own btisineas ! ' was the brief and point.. ed reply. - • - orb -Kentucky tr ploughmen became enamored.of a mills maid, on a neighboring farm. His addressee utektljected`r gad the dizlhppointed . .suktin,.fti 1 melancholy and revenge procured a rope, went lo the' barn and tied all the cow's- tails together. , 'Come out here and /i 4 the ,yvholtkof you as the boy said to the candies in a witidtsiC•
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