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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•