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A FAMILY NEWSPAPER. - - •bigni ol -firplr; Lac n,,ox: EL;ls7tfi /;iri4ll 000 a; k 7 ,, 117 .1 ~zno 7..0(1(101 4.1 ,rr i ns,l s •II ../ Of I Pi: .11.:Yr17:,. -- ;,71 - r, -I Men, $( 1 • cuotcb to News, titeraturc, poctru, 12icicnte, riteconic 9 ; ' agriculture, the rliffitriion tioctitl Jitformation, ecncral Ittelliocnce,'2littre t 4 11 at • 7; " t• ( ( ' MI UME Yl. cam THE LEHIGH REGISTER, fa pub!ished in the Borou g h q f Allentown, Lehigh Crum y, Pli.,Overy Thursday AUGU - STUS 1. MINE, At $lOO per annum, payable in advance, and 12 00 if not paid until the end of the year. No liaper discontinued, until till arrearages are paid except at the option of the proprietor. AnvimmcrmeNTs, making not •more than, one square, will be inserted three times for one dollar and for every subsequent inset 'ion t xentyfive tents. Larger advertisements, charge in the same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lints will he charged seventy-five cents, and those snaking six. lines or less, three insertions for 5(1 bents. ur A liberal deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. UP - Offiee iit. flamillon Sl—one door East of the German Reformed Church, nearly opposite Ike "Friede»sbothe Office." Builders Look Here. Mi ..•,.... ~,, -.,._ ~..:, . ', _,-, , ,i- t - ". - ----, F.-- -,: 4. ~'-'' ' ''' - ,...4_, a ....*-P -4 .& - ; , 4i„Low; W' , '.:•,, , il, i..•:).',;;;!.-t,1•:,;c:19,14",M5rti11 p,iyk-tit,,,,:v R. : !IR If0: 1 , -ItA 3 , - ! I V. ! - " i' , 1 :Ag. ' - As k1.,4-14...1:1.11.11 .'-•',,.,-', Al 6 L7e,7 A ...- "', 4 ts-ii;•‘ - ', r i ' g .‘,..."' -4 -. ' •-• ,)f--.... , - f- . .-.. 1 .,,, 6.-4;4..,t -t---24 '--=- . -- 1 ": L ,,_ '''' ' ' 1. -it: L' , :ft•ti',.., _,; A NEW ASSORTMENT OF /764 RD FraRE! The undersiened announce to the public. that they have just return( d from Philadel phia and Now York, with a very large lot of flattlware, consistiml of !louse Furnishing *ltalics, cutula Trimmings, Saddlery and Shur-findings, all of which will be sold at extremely low prices. Thee ask the public to give ISM:GER . :3 Ilialmmo , . SToau, sign of the ela° a call, in order to convince themselvesof the fact, that a 'penny saved is a penny wade.' O. & J SAEGER.. Ally 8 To House- lier . 'pers. A great assortment of [louse furnishing articles, such as ENAMELED and tinned inside, cooking vessels, sauce and stew pans, preserve kt.t ties, fish and hair kettles, frying pans, grid irons, waffle irons, &c. TEA 'FRAYS and Waiters, from com mon to fine, in sets and dozens. A Iso, goth ic form, in sets, and in variety of patterns. KNIVES and FORKS-in sets and doz ens ; also knives only.; carvers, steels, cook and butcher knives, with a variety of other manufactures. POCKET and PEN KNIVES—Razors, scissors, shears, from the best makers; one, .two, three, and 4 blade knives. SHOVELS, spades, hoes, chains, rakes, pick, axes, &c. SHOVELS and TONGS, Iron and brass polished steel fire sets and standards, coal hods, tailors' irons smoothing irons &c.. and for sale by . 0& J SAEGER. IRON —A lot of hammered and_Golled Iron, Sheet Iron, American any'Englisli Band Iron, Hoop Iron, Cast and Shear Steel, square, flat, and mound, just received with Anvils and Vices, and for sale cheap ut:the store of 0 & J SAEGER, GLASS.-150 Boxes Gla:s, S by 10, 10 by 12, 10 by 14, 10 by 15, 12 by 16, and various other seizes, Cot -sale by 'l'o MEcEIANICS.—TooIs of de scription. such as Bench and Moulding Planes, Hand, Panne!, and Back Saws, Brace and Bitts, Auger Bats, ['mallets, .Squr.res, &c., for sale by 'l'o SIIOP,AIAKERS.—Just received a hew assortment of -Morocco and Binding Leather, Lasts, Shoe-thread, Wooden Pegs Vrench Rubel's, and numerous other artic les belonging to the shoemaking business it & J SA EGER: OILS & VARNISIL—oiI s ()fall kinds. boiled and raw, Turpentinp, Npwarlc Var nish of all kinds, Glue &c.. --«•ill be sold cheap by O & J SAEGE,It. PLANES.—A full assortment of Planes of John Bell's best maize, also a large assort ment 'of Carpenter's Tools, for sale .cheap by U & J SAEGER. NAILS,-:300 Kegs of the best Nails, brads and Spikes, just received and for sale by • 0 J SAEGER. tIOLLO WA RE.-500 Iron Pots and kettles, just received and for sale &tit very reduced prices at the store of May 8, tigued by the exertions of ; the day to seek it after the noisy" little group nre out of the way, and she has done darning and patch ing. Husband comes in now, and rends from some book or newspaper. He won- i "(Tow many children have you ?" ders why she is so little interested, and. "Poore" . may be, very' gently, hints, at her deficien- "All young ?" cies in this respect. Yes, amid all these "Yes, ma'am. The oldest is but seven cares rind this drudgery. he would hnve years °Mtge." her satisfied and happy, sit by his side like I "Have you a husband ?" Klnpstock's Metal “looking so stiil in hi s The woman replied in a changed voice. se vet face." "Yes, ma'am. Rut he isn't much help In the morning. as Form ne the birds be. t-+ me. Like a great ninny other men, he ' drinks too much. If it wasn't for that you gin their sottee. the little flock are out of wouldn't find me crying fish about the bed. Then teem- the washines nod fires- , sings; the busy mother needs twenty hands.: streets in the spring, alid berries through site:tens many wants are poured in upon ; the :summer, to get bread for my children. her distracted ears. It's "Mother, where' s ,l le could support es all Comfortably if he my jecket ?" "Mother, I can't get the wife only sober; for he has a good trade, knot out of m y sh ot s_ s t r i nr ,, ,, or "I've bro!. - e mud is a mid workman. Ile used to earn toy shoe-string ;" "Mother. I want a pie ;" ten, and sometimes twelve dollars a week." - "Mother, Ned, is spattering me with soup_ i 'flow much do you make towards sup- ' ! suds;" -Mother, mayn't I wear my pink ! porting yr ur family" I asked. dress or new apron ?" By this time the l ' "Nearly all they get to live on, and that baby wakes and opens his infantile battery , isn't much." she said bitterly. "My bus of servants. In scoldingt. . N .ede--tee natiehty band sometimes pays the relt, and some rogue, so full of fun and frolic—and helping times doesn't even do that. I. have made the rest, and quieting the baby. the mine: as high ns four dollars in a week, but often tos fly. I lusband comes in, with. j letter two or three is the most I get." iit 'loudness wife, an't breakf as t rea dy yet ? I "How in the ; world can you support It't ten ()titmice 1 est Melo- I've been wait- Yourself, and husband, and four children, ing l'iir . more that an hour. I or) three dollars a week ?'' .. You forgot tlet I have all the children "I have to do it," was her simple reply. to see to, and the iaby is very fretful this i '''Chore are woinun who would be glad to morning," replies tle wife. get three dollars a week. They would Silenced but not !winced, the husband IMO; themselves well off." is quite as apt et take the newspaper and "flow do you live on so small a Sinn ?" sit down, as he is to take the baby from the "We have to deny ourselves almost ev arms i f his oppressed and tender wife I Pry little comfort, and confine ourselves so that she hurry his breakfast. When it down to, the mere necessaries of life. Al., is react, and they are seated at the table ter those who can afford to pay good prices wile must as usual pour out the coffee with for their rnarketing have been supplied, we the baby in her arms, too much fatigued to come in for a part of what remains. I of eeenjoy her breakfast. "My dear," says hus- ten get meat enough for to few cents to last baud, "seems to me , the coffee is not quite the several days. And the same with vete- Kind reader; it 15 no fancy sketch that I , as clear as usual, the steak is a little ton teables. After the markets are over, the am going to give von. It is drawn from rare or overdone, or ihe hash is out seneoneseasoner!butchers and country people, whom we life In all its reality ; and iii ever city, aril- quite right." Not that, n he means to cam. know, let us have lots of dillies almost for loge, county-town and neiehborhood, its plain ; for he knows how desirous she is t o -thee, sooner than take them home. In truthfulness will be recognized. It is the please him, ever to say a word imentionally dais way we make our slender means go a to wound her feelings. Bet t'lese slight great deal further than they would if we evert day liki of woottto—vt;olono in her hints to an overtasked woman, amid her had to pay the higher market price fur eve domeetic character—we intend portraying. Yes, woman, it is here, where thou art gentle, but imperious demands, are oleo it-' re - thing. But it often happens that what true to the nature illy Maker hath given hutting to the reclines, and call out many a wie gain here is lost in the eagerness we thee thou excellest, and art honored ;long- caustic ebarp caustic reply, of which she repents feel to sell whatever we have, especially in live minutes alter. ; when from having walked and cried for a entrering, full of humble and generous Mrc- Thus meny a woman breaks and s i n k s long time, we become much fatigued. Al- Lions, s,icriecing thyself to the happiness of beneath the ittMetion. She rallies before most every one complains- that we ask too these thou loteiet, and grateful to Heaven that of the two penalizes the severest falls the world, and "her children rise up and much for our things. if we happen to. be upon th ee. Thy love is, indeed the eyrie- ' call her bleseed,"emd she is blessed in con- one or two cents above what somebody has serious attempts to discharge her duty ; but paid in the inerket, where there are about sue of life; never wanderiog from the tete ' cares cal away at her heart ; tie e d a y pros- as many ditheent prices as there aria p r point, never faulterine, never failing., . her with new toils • the night' sefoe A young man arrives at an age when he thinks it time for him to get married, and ; and they are unfulfilled ; she lies down in every one tries to beat us dewn. It diet) settle down.—He has a respectable educe weariness, and rises with uncertainty; her happens that, after I have walked for four , tarn, and wants a woman who is equal. smiles become languid and few, and her hours and sold but very little, I have parted He looks about hits, and makes a choice.- husband wonders et the gloominess of his with my whole stock at cost, to some two She is intelligent, loves books, possesses a home. When he in weed, he thought the or three ladies, who would not have bought I chosen of his- heart his equal in intelligence, them at all if they hadn't known that they refined and delicate taste, and is in all points well fitted to be the mistress of a cheerful, but now she is far his inferior. Poor SOUL ! were making gond bargains out of me; and happy home. She becomes his wife ;i I wonder she ever had courage to even this because I. could not bear up any longer. s industrious and ambitious to do as much as think of a book—she who must care file I think it very hard, sometimes - , when ladies she can toward a living. May be they are body and soul, day and night, who must who have everything in plenty, take oil um not very well of to The things of this pray f u r, teach, guide. and rule her OkVil In!arly all my profits, alter I have toiled houshold, while her busy hands and feet through the hot Min for hours, or sliveredworld, and both are equally ambitions to are ever active in giving meat in duieseasort in the cold of winter. It is no doubt right the husband soon becomes avaricious enou g h accumulate a comfortable propetty ; and a , nd•seeing to it that their garments wax not enough Mr every one to he prudent, and buy d to allow the woman of his 10V0 to bt,COIIIV old. things as low Its possible ; but it has never his most devoted drudge. her life is I Now, this is certainly wrong; and the seemed to ine quite just for a rich lady to thenceforth one of the most unremittitie toil. foundation of all this wrong is principally heat down a poor fish-woman, or strewher- It is nothing but cook and bake, wash dish- in that avaricious spirit which makes the ry-woninn, a cent or two on a bunch or a es, thrash about He r s: the standard of respectability. The basket, when the ; cry cent made, is per- amm i g pots and kettles, money expended for help in the hotter looks baps, one third or one hall of her profite. wash and iron, churn, pick up chips, drawn water, and a thousand other things "too tee so large to some Men, that so long as their ef t was on l y yest e r d ay t e nt I ste e pe d at dious to mention." meals are cooked, tlMir shirts, entente., and at house to sell a Meech of fish. The lady The result is, the husband soon owns collars are in order, not a button off, their took a fancy to a rice twitch of small rock. the house he lives in and something besides, stocking-) darned, etc., they don't• trouble i for which I asked her twenty cents. They takes his ease when he chooses. reads and themselves about the circumstances under had cost. Ine just sixteen cents. "Won't improves his mind, mid becomes important l which these things have been dune. Their teen take three lips I" she asked. "That in community. But the cares of his fa- wives may do the most menial drudgery, leaves toe too small a profit, madam," I re did, broken-down wife know no relaxa- - toil early and late, if they do not complain plied. -You want too much profit," she tier. The family enlarges, rind she poor too much ; and .become old, withered, sal- returned , "I time just Snell a hunch of fish woman, has enough to do without finding ' low, nervous, broken-down women twenty in market yesterday for three lips." "Yes, time to increase her stock of knowledge, or years before their time, and frequently give but rentember,'-' I replied. "that here are place to a second wife, to come into the the- fieh at your their. Vim neither hate to watch the progress of the mind.) of her children. It is, therefore, no fault of hers share in the property that the first should to send forth em, 0111, nor bring them home your have enjoyed through a quiet old age of self." “Oh,ne to that,"slie a r t - ism-rod, "I've istics and habits of :doubtful tendency. that they are growing up with character rest. . got a waiter whose business it is to carry We hope to see. the day when there will the marketing. It is all the same to me. There is always the measles, the. looping-' I be a reform in' this thing. We call upon So if you expect to sell tour things, you cough, worm fever, of summer complaint, ' WOnlen to engage in this reform—for I fear must them at market price. I will or something of that sort, in the Taman; . Will is constautly breaking his head, nd that many of you are deeply in the fault of give y ou-y three lips for that bunch of fish, avarice—and show husbands that life can and no more. I had walked a great deal bruising his knees, and coiling, his raiser.; and Ned and See are invariably in mewlmewlbe copy'. d more truly by the, proper pre- I and sold but little. 1 was tired and half It was time servation of thehealtheind beauty, nCeoot- sick wi t h a dreadful headache. of soap mid %%mei. And when ~the little, I plieloutotte end good spirits, of their coin- I for me to think about 'getting home. So I noisy, miechievoue, yet beloved fleck ere panione ; that if they would have intelligent, sale, "Well, ma'am, I suppose you most dle-beds and cribs Intw many safely tucked 1111 ay for the night in ;run .slockiiigs orderly children, neat houses, good dineere, I take them, but it leaves only a mere trifling there are nut at the heels and toes: how and smiling wives, they must not be too will- I for my profits." A servant standiug by many jackets nut at the elbows end Limy- ju g to have them occupy the time that I took the fish, and the lady handed iti:• a sers out at the knees !—W lint a variety of should be devoted to their own improve- quarter, and held out her hand for the cross-grained holes in frocks, and how I ment and the training of their children in I change. 1 first put into it a five cent piece. many buttons, and hooks, and eyes off—all the most menial drudgery. It is the opin- She collie:toed holding it out, unlit I search to sigh over, and be mended ! ion of a great manthat "the perfection of a ed about in my pocket for a penny. So The only wonder is, that the mother does j society consists in the division of labor," you've cheated Me out of it quarter oT u cent and a humble housekeeper agrees with him. at last, she said, half laughing and l u ll( in not sink wiebio this circle of everlasting d ruge..t. ry, which deprives her of the priv- earnest; "you are a sad rogue." a little boy e e ore you s p eak , and consider &ere of relaxation for a day, and the tune before youinpromise was standing by—"here, Charley," she . which ehe would gladly devote to the ma- • said to him, "is a penny I have just saved. term)! education of her children. She is tar Prosperity is no just scale ; adversity I You can buy candy with it:" is the only balance to weigh friends. occupied, from morning till eiight, mono"As [turned away from the door of the unending round of duties and cares—mis- , CV - When ill reports are spread of you, l ar - e , g beautiful house in which that lady tress mother and maid of all work. Her live so that nobody may believe them. lived, I felt something rising in my throat mind, though craving knowledge, can not 1t..7 . 71te Lehigh Register, should be found and choking me. I had bitter thougW of seek it ; for she is generally too much fa- in every family. . all my kind. ' Happily, where I next stop .. 0 & J SAEGER 0 & J SAEGER o&iSAEGER poctiral Qcpattinent. What is a Year I What is a year? 'Tis bqt a wave On hies dark rolling stream, Which is so quickly gone that we Account it but a dream 'Tis but a single earnest throb • Of time's old iron heart, Which tireless now and strong as when It first with life did start. What is a year I 'Tis hut a turn Of rime's old 6razeritvheel. Or hot a page upon the honk Which death must shortly seal. 'Tis lon a step upon the road Which we must travel o'er. A few more steps and we shall walk Lite's weal) , road no 1114 e. IVhat is The earth? but a breath Front Tone's old nostrils blown, As rushing onward o'er the earth, We hear his weary moan. 'Ti. like the bobble on the wave, Or dew upon the lawn, As the MIS! , of Morn D,111:1111 the 11 . 11,tt it: the earth? 'Tis but a type Of ori chatiLting Happy nmrn comesly un With hills anti valleys green. Next summer's prune suee-i.ieils the Spring, Then Autumn viih a tear, Then eetlies 111 IVlnter—Beath, and all Must liml then level here. illi!3cellancinto 121clection. Every-Day Life of Woman. BY II:11010N ILLENTOWN,_LERIGH COUNT-Y, PA., NOVE-lIIMR IBSI En Rich and Poor. EXTRArr FROM A SKETCH PC MARV ELLWOOD NEUTRAL IN POLITICS. Ped, f tnet with one more imnsiderate. She gloomy r; .;ti T!;.: triptial ceremon: , bought two bunches of fish at my own was prountineill ; ler a moment all tea price—spoke very kindly to me, and even breathleSs silence ; and then the busy Mtn: went so fir, seeing that I looked tired out, I broke Inr:h as audi!dy as eve r. Thu wet'• to tell iii to go down into her kitchen and ding try!.:t brilliant ia all ropects. I: rest myself for a Hole while. Leaving tny etas followed up by partv ;;I:er party, F . 's tub of fish in her yard, I accepted her kind , that nearly a ; , Ith away before th: offer. It so happened that the cook was giddy round was Ot•er. The only one wle , making tea for some one in the house who did not appear to mingle fully in the gencr was sick. The lady asked me if I would abfeeling, was the mot::: r t f the bride.— not like to have a cup. I said yes, for my She loved her daughter FO that !Wad was Reiling badly, and I felt faint ; seemed imposible for Ir.'r to sonsign her t‘. and besides, I had not tasted a drop of tea other hand.r... She teas one of those we fur several days. She poured it out with men who devote tlemi , elt,;; v, holly to thei, her own hands, and with her own hand, children. rtml v: h:, have tin wcoll withun-, brought it to me. I think I never tasted them. hi the ni,,ht of time I.v...iding, a tea:- such a cup of tea in my life. It was like would occasionally r.;11 diwa her eheek.a,,!.. cordial-14;a' bless her! When I tvsin 1 she gazed upon her elm-:e child, and as e went out upon the street my headache was i tide of maternal ['lions, melted all Itcr gone, an.l I felt as fresh as ever I did in my l soul ! life. ^'•lure I ..,topped nt this kind lady's house., was so much worn down and out of heart, that 1 determined to n o home, even thong!' not more than half of my fish were sold, Bit now I went on cheerfully and %lith confidence. In an hour my tray was empty, and iny sold at a fair pike. "You do not know, madam," continued the woman, "how much good a few kindht spoken words, dint cost nothing, or a httlu gEnerous regard for us, does our often dis couraged hearts. But these we ton rarely meet. Much oftener we are talked to harshly about our exorbitant prices—called a cheating set—or some other such name that does not sound very pleasant to our ears. That there aro amongst us those who have no honesty, nor, indeed, any care about what is right, is too true. But all are not so. To judge all, then, by the worst of our class, is not right. It would not be well for the World if all were well judged." The Bridal. A SCENE FROM REAL LIFE BY nonERT 310IMIS The scene was one of mirth, and - joy, rind loveliness. and beauty. Two spaciuus par lors hail been thrown open in one of the largest houses in Arch street. Lights had °littered in the various chambers since ear ly sundown—carriages by dozens had driv en up to the door, each freighted with friends or relatives—so that the world without found little difficulty in arriving at the con clusion that some extraordinary scene of fes tivity was in progress within the walls of that spacious It was about nine o'clock when we enter ed. The two large parlors, brilliantly its by gas, and glittering with a rich collection of young and beautiful females, each dressed in the most tasteful or gor geous manner, presented a scene truly mag nificent. For a moment the eve seemed to quail before' the general flash, while the mind also grew dizzy ; but these feeling; lasted nut for the instant, as friends Were to Le met on all side, and we soon found our selves mingled id the giddy and trifling Con versation that too many °lour fair c•aintry women S 4•0111 to d. is ou such occasion,. Still as the first flash passed by, we paused to contemplate the scene in . a calmer and more meditative spirit. The party was a "13ridal" one, and the bride wag the ilaii4leer of one of our most respectable merchants, a worthy good-heart ed in in, who tied devoted himself to his busioess, and paid no attention whatever' to tlie frivolities of flishionable life. The bride st•eined very Coup;—not more that, sixte••n or seventeen. She could not be regal-W.(l beautiful, in the general appreciation of the ward. and yet she had one of the sweet. est faces that we ever saw. She had soft blue eyes, brown hair, which fell over her shoulders in ringlets, a pretty and expres , stye month, with teeth that appeared to us faultltisss. Her complexion was clear,' but her face looked rather pale, although at times it became flushed and ruddy as the rose. !ler dress was of thb richest white satin, and the ornaments of her hair, and neck, and writs, consisted almast of pearls. I ler frame was slight and ;full of symmetry, and her voice was remark able for the gentleness and amiability of its tone. We gazed upon her calmly for In tn) , minutes, and the thought hissed through our mind—"So young, so fair, so delicate, so happy, and yet so willing to enter upon the severe responsibility of the wile and tile mother ! Who," we inquired of ourselves. "may read that yoitng creature's destiny Doubtless she loves the object of tier choice with a woman's virgin and devoted love— doubtless she believes that the next sixteen years of her life will prove radiant with hap piness, even more so than the - girlish and sunny period which has but just gone bys— and doubtless the youth who has won that gentle heart believes that he possesses the necessary requisites of mind and disposi tion to render her happy. And yet how of ten has the bright cup of joy been dashed from the lips of women when about to quaff it ! How often dues • man prove recreant and false ! How often 'is he won from his home and his young wife, whose heart gives way slowly, but fatally and steadily, under the influence of such indifference and neg lect I" But wo paused and dismissed these ' Word on. We freqnently saw the youno. bride in the sirects ; and her cousin—who w:s our hi:at-Wale neighbor of her pid , r-cts as cheeriviz and happy. But one evenhez, j -t alter sun down, mid less than a year since we had seen each other at the Irt chliog. lie called. and, with rather a grave arect, invited us to accompany him to his aunt—the same house that had g!itter•d with so much ligh! and re-echoed with so much laughter, on the night of the bridal. We proceeded along calmly, for although somewhat struck by the sedate aspect of our friend, it did not excite much stirpritai. •Oo arriving at the house, the first oh . jects that attracted atten tion were the cloned and moped windows, and the awful silence that seemedto "breathe and sadden all around." Our friend still refrained from speriking, lon led on to the Chamber of ! Odr worst apprehen• Sinus were realized. The fair young crea ture, who less than a year before bail stood before us, radiant with loveliness and hope, was now still, pale, and cold in .the icy em brace of death. The sweet, soft smile, that told of a gentle heart, still lingered on her features. Her infant survived, but the sud den decease of that cherished One shed a gloom over that home and its happy house hold, which is not totally dispelled. The widows of the dwelling are still bowed, and the afflicted inotherolthowidi a sincere Chris tian, and anyi ms to yield in a Christian spirit to the decrees of Divino Providence, frequently find, her:elf melting in tears and her %Omit , soul convulsed with grief at the memory of her dear CLARA. And such are human hopes and expec t,•ttions ? Rufus Choate. Jac!: flumphries, the comic Boston correspondent of the .q/hany Dutchman, dives the following off-hand d. , scription of IZufos ChouLe: "Rufus Chuatti—fatnont; (or throwing sontersets, flip flaps, tuahiii mouths and ugly •inugs' at jadges an I ilinos--is inving away at that sane old Rev. Fairchild ease. You pro!, ibly never saw Rufus, but you've heoc.l of hi:o ? lie's great on saving hard ceititi front getting their dues. Ho saved Firrel, the murderer of Ellett Bickford. trout hemp stretching ; and that (act ha:: made in great demand. where thin:s are doublid, ever sinco. Ile has saved !natty a scoundrel front well merited punishment, and, perhaps. has obtained, for some. justice. IZufus Choate is a pic ture to look at, and chowder to spout. Ho is about seven feet six, or six feet seven, in his socks ; supple as an eel, and tviry as a cork screw. 'llk face is a c3.ndouna of wrinkles, 'yaller jouders,' and jarispru7 ' chalet.. Ile has small, keen piercing black eyes, a head shaped liLus a inaminouth big end tip ; his hair black and curly, much resembling, a bag of Wool in it ,gale of wind. Il is body bast; kind of brush heap shape.; and his wit and legal 'dodges have set trinity a judge in a snicker, and so confounded jurnrs, as to make it almost iin possible for them to speak .I.lnglish of tell the truth, for the re,t of their natu ral lives. Rufus is great on twisting and coiling himself up, sluirminl. - raround, and p rane i. n , r , jollying and kicking up the dust, when steam's .nip. Ills oratory is first rate and arruments ingenioas and forcible. Ii generally niakes a ten etrike—judge and jury down, at the end of every sentence. 1 is great on flowery expres.sions, and high fohonin , fl ih-duds.' Strangers most ly drink he's crazy and the rest scarcely understand what it's . all about. fie in voices his time oath elocution. -1,003 per. cent. over orditriry eliar..!,!.s, having o ne ' s self put through a course of law. Rufus Choate is about fifty years of age ; perhaps over. He is considered the ablest lawyer in New England, or perhaps— the United States, His hand writing can't be deciph ered without the aid of a Inds of compasses and a quadrant. Ills afrograph somewhat - resembles the map of Olin, and looks like piece of crayon sketching dorm in the dark, with a three pronged fork. Ile has been in the Senate, and may be, if he had time to fish for it President of the Unked States. If the Rey. Mr. Fairchild don't lick his adversaries (libel case) with Rufus Choate to 'talk to the jury, his case isn't worth the powder to blow it up.' Ent
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