Ocuoteb to Nctus, Eitcraturc, poctri), !acience, iliecl)anics, 'Agriculture, the Oiffusion of Useful linformation, eeneral _lntelligen m
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VOLUME VI.
• THE LEHIGH REGISTER,
puldishal;), the Borough q . Allent o wn, Lehigh
e'et2nly, Pa.;every Thursday
P.lc . " AUGUSTIN L. HUHU,
At jI 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
$2 00 if not paid un , til the end of the year. No
paper diicoutinued, until all arrearages are paid
except at the option of the proprietor.
nvnwri riot t:N•rs. making not more than nnc
square, will be inserted three-times (or one dollar
and for every subsequent inset lion'wentyfive
rents. Larger advertisements, chat
, 2ed in the
same proportion. Those not exceeding ten lines
will be charged .seventy-ftve cents, and those
malting six lines or less, three Insertions fiir 50
cents.
I
1 AMERICAN HOTEL, I Tanners Furnishing Store!
f AND
GENERAL STAGE OFFICE, !
of on a
William Glint,
N.
Corner Ilamillnd ll'illiant Streets, I
i CURIER
m IN ALLENTOW f
I
A LI.ENTO WN. Herewithmakes known to his friends
l and the public in general, that he still con
-1 eiliioJ9 V. Rechtel , !nines the
A nuounct b• to his [twirls and the public, 1 Currying Business
1 that he has purchased II . t ,
its melons branches, at his old stand,
"-- 7-.. -R-F t ‘ th e sinck hold fixtuit '' 1 L 1 ..0y opposite ilagenbuch's Hotel. Ile
1-;// ' m \ • f the above named flo
fi-,149..F? ... c r i[ ffl . 1
.34 7 ,01 ~; .. -R: ' 3 ' l ' ' recently °r
- ell , P l ' '' very law stock, which he is determined to
Wet -- !'Y Jonath "n kulh ' — sell at city prices.
Ili 'll 1,-""" ,) Th e house is one of the ,
..uilders Look Here. - 1 • 1 ‘ - - Sole Lewin') .—Fie constantly keeps on
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A NEW ASSORTMENT OF meet Ilotels in the borough, and its location, hand an assortment of lied or Ilemlock tau
[:v_,m the iimin diate vicinity oh the Court house ned sole !eating. Also an assortment of
A liberal deduction hill be made to those fir e finDr / Ftl i p s A y I , , ~. , , ,% , , , , - Oak tanned, which he will sell at the lowest
,„. .‘. j . tlllO public 011/0 S, makes n a desirab l e stop
u
who advertise by the 3•r ar.
ping place, as well to the men of pleasure prices. Cays4ins and Upper Leather, of
_______
the very best quality at reduced prices.
re e r in, Hamilton NI , one door East , Th e , i ,„1,,,,,„-,,,,i a„,,„ce to t i t , p „1,1,, , LIS 01 Cosiness. The proprietor therefor.,
0 / the German / 11 1°) Mi d " Hi t th . nan 11l that they hate Jti , t. r• tut ncd from Philad, I- assures the public, that he is new teadv to Kids.—lle has an assortment of Span
phis 101 l New York, with a very I ,l r ,- o lot accommod a t e all who may honor him with ish Kids on hand, that cannot be excelled
of I laidn ale, cote-astute of then , custom. m the best manner. In quality or prices.
11:16 1; 111)' 1111VOAIVIA N.i. C;'W S' ! r ~,, , ,:, Mats( PatnisAin, .Irtiths /11 '' TA /11'1: will always - keeps on hand the
:7
i .. . •.... 1 cr,,:... 4 .>„! ---,,, -s ciait
,11, ('Derek 7 ' onon in
r, with the hest the market alloids ; the DAR very best quality of Tanners' Oil, which he
t...y---._ ~..)
, 'Saddle )11 awl ,Vtirt- , with the choicest wines and Liquors; the Is able to sell at Philadelphia pnces.
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"did" all of " 1 ' 1 " 13PDS and ROOMS ale clean and coin- 1 Persons wishing the above articles will
1 will be sold at t•xti, int.ly low pile( s. Thee
lot l ' a ble ;and, 11l fact, ClTly 11l ,
I no , is arras Ido well to call on bun, before they purchase
, ~... •---_,
ask the ptibhc, to , r ..e SILI (LI 105 I lARD '
- -..- .**/ ' .4...1
" " 1 ' ed with a vices - 1
elsewhere.
____.. Slum., svidi o 1 the
felt of his customers.
ALL KINDS Or HIDES
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fa li. - v't WI
4c :---- • , -A° : 2 1
..,,,, In short, he has determined to spate nei
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be viol lot in cash.
(act, that a 'penny sated is a pennyn in i d e : 1 911 11 to all% in rite COolltir, and he there.
New Store Opened ().&., j sikuri , ,.R. but.
1., t
pt
etitui3solicits a
share
of die
pub Punctuality in his hu.iness, and the low
BY
Apill, 22, li___l 3 , tic Ninon:ice. prices of his goods will induce not only his
old cu -tom( rs to continue their favors hut
Elfelman i Manse A ° Cc. -
Eh,. .111entown and Pottstown, and o • r ' i
will !mince many Pew ones to favor aim
0 0 the south." e t collier of :11,111,1 t ' . l '"o 1 ... 5047 . 1 V(‘'./u' r ierPer Si the I: i• ton and IZ,•adlity Sta t je , , suet front
with their calls. He returns his thanks for
Squaw ;led Hamtltnn Stu t tTdirh, o oppo- A ;re at as. mtment of House furnishing tinsl (iii . it is also the stage pulse for
sin. the "Eagle Hotel" in Allentun n, n inch al tick s, such as the etherlaws that I, awe Alit mon n. the hums heretofore received.
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WILLIANI GRIM.
they sty le the cheap
EN 1111:1,1:D and tinned in , ide, cooking AP"' 21 1. ir, ___:',in
Mar 6. 11-6 m
Fanners' and Mechanics' Store. we...set , ,nose .ind ,te,,, pans, 'nese] ve het-
They have lust It tut lied from Philadel- //'''' /1 " // ', n i l( ' ham kettles, frying P' l "' , gild' Boot & IS l llOe Estal, lisinent
„1., with an entire 1t w and ii tll seii cted i r on:, „,” l'he irons, " -c • In Agiciatouta.
1 1., 1 'l'll.ll S and Waiter-, from coin-
stock of the cheapest and tnrst bin unful
mon to fine, in .ets and dozens. A li,o. go' I:- Nisaffer A iftflifer.
sPrin 4 and Slimmer Goods it (Min, in s, ts, and in ianety of pattei 11S,
Hes; • :trolly inform their friends and the
that were t t..rexhilated in this place, (In-
KNI l' ES nil E01:1‘.. - c"—in sets and doi- puldic in cmnend, that they hate latt ly
bracing all the
•Hs , also kilt% , s mils ; (tail ob, steels, rook h0n9,1.t ont'tlit , Stet•l, ol Ali ' John Reese!,
Lattst and ails, TaNltionalde ,ti./ales„ind botcher i,,,,,L,., with at variety of other a ed %%ill conimm , at the oil stand, in [hin
t() which they mine the attendance of thcil manilla( tines.
ilton Stt et t, la , ion. • n the .111, mown I lot . ;
friends and acquaintanct s genvially These 14 I( 'K E l ' and ES—:ior.s, and JII Ilost Ipethe ca , y Stoie, Atli( le
goods bavo been selected with great late scl .ms, 'heats, from the 1 est makers; one, On y ale pi• imi• d t o •se t ate all oriel- in
and attention. 15'e name in part, 1110, ['tree, and 1 blade km., s. theirline of basin, ss., ' jus t also inform the
Fancy .(1 . 7111. .cp, jag- .\ill. 1, u// a idll 1 Mid Si It )%, ELS, soil s, hot s, chants, ink( . , public th it th,"l , Imre Jost rein in d front
qaalit re s, rovlai d Ar//, %, Mut/. • and 1 an- pick,
( . 11 Cola) r d Sill, s, Ile , 1 - :.(e dr S1105"1:1,,1 and TONGS, lion and brass 1 - La , /i• s, i t / i isses' ,S
• /mint s, Pr , • trid ( laths, poli , h( .1 steel 1111 set , 11111 •1111111 Ild ,11 11 I] GentlC77lPle V
II Oa Firm h ,It /.nines, Ginn- hod-, t idol ,' i ro ns tii.oothin -, irons, & e ,
. Gunn Shos.
hams, Frem h Chntz/ %, platy Lawn lot sale hi• r i lkt 1 1; ' \ Et . tEIZ
..".. ~. 7 - - -' •,.11 , -.1 They also I,e• p
Calirots, felon 3to brave (eat; a gm,' .111111, 2'2,
—1 • ' --
on hand of then
Willi E GOODS — ,
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IRON.—A 10l 01 I I liniocied and Rolled - •••:„. olx n taa it ti facto ie,
Of a ll deserprons, I mom t and Sn iss Ed
' Eton, :sheet lion, lin, limn and 1:11;11,1 1 /I general as.m um nt nf extra fine and coarse
gir g., Insertions, Linen and Cotton Laces,
Band Iron, Hoop lion, Cast and hheal Gentlemen's Boot., llooroes and Shoes.—
:100 New ales !% Ladies' Needle Work Col
\S'vtiet}(:),Asrnittaitt., llo l a q d loto , ul, jti , t received , A 150 ,,. T.ldles' an , c , lllll.ses' 1101 , n , c . c0 and Pru
lais from 0; cents to $1,50, 11 rtsthands,
ins and Vices, aint for sale clo•ap nom Gaiters: bootees and Shots. noys
o_lun's. &c. A good assm tment of [Misery,
Glove., Mutts, t.5..,c al•a•ay s on hand.& R
at the store of 0 J SAEGE. I and C'1111,11,•11., Hoots and Shoes—all made
of the hest material, of their own selection.
A huge assortment of silk and cotton GL SS A —1:10 Boxes Gla s,", by 10, 10 i They will na I rant all the ir.wotk, and or-
Umbrellas. Parasols of all style,, colors by 12, 10 by 11, 10 by 15, 12 by 10, and
and prices. tiers will de executed at the shortest notice,
various other seizes, for sale Leses and in the neatest :winner. 'rho hands in
then employ ale of the best that can be
found, both in the Ladies' as well as 6:ct
tlemen's branch ofthe business.
'l'll, , assortment they beep on hand is
very extensive. coin prising every article that
may be called fur 111 I.IIVII line.
Persons who are in want of a pair of good
Boots or Shoes, an article highly
GENTLENEN'S WEAR,
French, English and A mericnn Cloths, of
various colors, Plain and Fancy Cassijoers.
Satin and Panel' Vet.tim , s, Satinets. A
large assortment of Woolen, Worsted, Lin.
en and Cotton Goods for Spring wenr.---
Cra vats, Pocket I landkerchiefs, Collars, &c.
Also, a boaltiful and handsome assortment
of Goods for Boys' wear.
They are satisfied that they have selec
ted a stock of goods as cheap if.not cheaper
than ever before 0111. red in Allentown, and
are deterinined to sell them at it. very small
advance. They hope therefore that ilium ! ,
strict attention to their busines - , they will
be able to draw a large share of public pat
ronago for which They will ever be thankful.,
EDELMAN, I !ANSI: & CO.
Allentown, April 20, au—fim
G roceries guecosware.
2114.: The subscribers
i ?,40 - "Bp have also a large 11-w.I
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Antif
A I stock of fresh fain- •
ily Groceries, Prime, . Java and Rio Col=
fee, from 16 cents a pound and as low as .
63 cents, Sugars, Teas, Molasses Cheese,
Spices, Crackers, Raisins &c., &c.,
Butter, Eggs, Lard., Hams, Sides, Should
ers, Potatoes, Onions, and Soap, for which
the highest Market prices will be giv e n i n
exchange for Goods,
All Goods sold at this Establishment are
warranted what they are represented to be.
Call and examine for yourself.. Goods free
ly shown with strong inducements to buy.
• Enr:►.ints, liercsr: & Co.
Allentown, April 29,
Grain Wanted.
50,000 Bushels of. Wheat, Rye, Corn
and Oats wanted, for which the highest
market prices will be paid by the subscribers,
at their store on the South west corner. of
Market Square and Hamilton. street, in Al
lentown.
• EDEEMAN, HAMM & CO.
Allentown, April 29, 11-611)
NAILS.--. 900 Kegs of the best Nails,
--ds and Spikes, just received and for sale
0 & J SAEGER.
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1:0 SII O ENIIKERS.—Just received a
new ai,sortinent of Morocco and Bindinq
Leather, Lasts, Shoe-ihread, NVooden Peg's
French Huhers, and numerous other artic
les belonging to the shoemaking business
0 & J SAEGEIZ.
011,S & VA uN s tif all kinds,
boiled and raw, Tarpelaine, Newark Var
nish (dull hinds; Glue be sold
Cheap by • 0 & .1 SAI.IOEII.
PI.ANES.—A full assortment of Planes
of John 13e11's best mabe, also a large assort
ment of Carptiter's , Tools, • for sale cheap
by & J SAEGER.
ME (3II ANICS.—T oo I s of every de
scription. such as Bench and Moulding-
Planes, Hand, Panne], and 13ac1: Saws,
13race and Bills, Auger Bats, Hatchets,
Squraes, &c., 'for sale by
WHITE LEAD.-2 tons of \l'l,ii. Lo u d
just received, Pure and Extra, .4nd for sale
by 0 k.% d SAEGER.
Ap r ;! ,
11—ly
IiOLLO%VIVARL.-600 Iron Pots and
Kettles, just received and for sale at very
reduced prices at the store of
To Builders.
A splendid assortment of Front and Parlor
Locks with mineral knobs, german Locks,
Latches, Bolts, Hinges, Screws, Paint Brush
es, and a variety 01 other building Hard
ware just unpackimr, and for sale cheaper
than ever by 0 & J SA,EGEIH.
May 8. y
Two Piano Portes
l e i ida ij Alt a
LV ~ The undersigned has just fin-
Tts4T
I v. r ishcd and has ready for sale, two
six and three quarter octavo Piano Fortes
with Rose wood cases. Apply at his Piano
Forte Manufactory, in Hatnilton street, west
of Hagenbuch's Hotel, in Allentown.
SIMON SWE[TZER.
April 6.
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Q & J SA EGER
U & J SAEGER
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., MAY 20,
& 1 SAEGER
necessar
to keep your feet worm and dry, will d o
well to give thew a call, before purchasing
elsewhere, as they donut intend to charge
anything for &lion ing their goods.
April 15.
let te (f)
s _._ll - 11'h
To the Heirs off' Paul deed.
Notice is hereby given, that the under
signed, ono of the executor:, of the last tvill
and testament of Paid Pallid, deceased,
late of North Wh i tehall township, Lehigh
county, is re:"aly to pay all the legal Heirs
or Rel";eseniatives of the said estate. Since
h.''..,%vever, the estate is yet in law, it will be
necessary to ask of each and every Heir or
Represemative, a Refunding Bond, with ap,
proved security, before his or her respective
portion cati be paid. The legal Heirs and
Representatives and those who may be in
terested, are requested to make application
for their respective portions to
STcrimix BALLIET, jr.,
Acting Executor
April 22
II G. SICKEL,
intAss.:w9AKER,
Respectfully informs the citizens of Al
lentown and its vicinity that he continues
at his old stand
No. 32 North Second Street,
the manufacturing of
Gas Fixtures, , Vickels' Patent Raid
Lamps, Chandeliers, Girandoles,
Bored Holders, (S-c., tkc.
LV'fle also manufactures Fluid and Pine
Oils.
His prices aro moderato, and his orders
will be filled with tho greatest dispatch.--
Therefore remember the place, No. 32,
North Second Street Philadelphia. •
Nov. 27, 1851. ,!<-1y
Philadelphia.
New Ali Hillery in Allentown!
Nile s. A. S. kaufnian,
.ff;*: . .• ; Respectfully invites the
attention of the Ladies of Al
'entown and its vicinity, that
sir still keeps open on the
' east cornprof Wilson's Row'
near the German Reformed
Church, directly oppo s ite J.
B. \loser's Apothecary store. She has just
returned from Philadelphia with a new
Anil Fashionable Millinery Stock,
comprising the latest styles. fler stock eon
, sists in part of Gossamer, l3raid, Fine Hair
and Blonde, Jenny Lind Looped, Fine Sat
tin and Pearl. Albona and Sattin, Imperial
and Tripoli, China Pearl, Coburg, and eve
ry other style that can be named. Also Cas
ing Bonnets of all kinds. Artificial flowers
of every description, Caps, &c.
Repairing, `Shaping, whitening and 'pres
sing done after the latest fashions, and equal
to any city establishment, and done at the
shortest possible notice.
Haying followed the business for a num
ber of years, believes herself competent to
give full satisfaction, and hopes that a gene
rous public will still extend to her a liberal
patronage, (or which she will always feel
very grateful. To those who . have favored
tier with their calls, she returns her tlinks..
April 15,
FOR S.ILE.
The undersigned oilers for sale a second
hand Goal Gas . l lpparatus, which he will
warrant to be able to furnish from 50 to 70
lights an evening. It will be put into op
eration at any place required, and will bo
sold at a great bargain.
Ile further informs the public that he
will put up the Apparatus, at but a trifling
cost. Ile will put up the Gas Works in
villages of from 5 to 50 houses and furnish
every thing required for permanent lights at
but a trifling cost..
The Apperatus offered above is the one
formerly used for lighting cast Hamilton
street., The wants of the community re
quired more lights than
.this was able to
furnish.
iii —3 al
The Apparatus can be seen at any tune
by calling at the A pothacary Store of
May 6
Removal.
GEORGE KECK,
TAILOR IN ALLENTOWN.
Informs his friends and the public in gen
eral that he has removed his shop in the sec
ond story above Reber's Store, directly oppo
site 0. & J. Saeger's Hardware Store, where
he still Continues the
Tailoring Business,
and will at all times be ready to make gen
tlemen's apparel, after the latest London,
Paris, New York or Philadelphia fashions.
Having employed experienced hands, and
being determined to render satisfaction to
all such as may favor him with a trial, ho
feels confident of a continuance of their cus
tom.
He tenders his former customers his grate
ful acknowledgements for past. favors, and
hopes by reasonable prices, and punctual at
tendance to his business, to merit their con
tinuance.
April 8, aff--2m
IV. F. DO&OWESICy
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NEUTRAL IN POLITICS,
•
The Bewitching Widow.
Kate Warrem! bright, beautiful, bewitch
ing Kate Warren !—it almost seems as if
I could see thee now, and, as in days of yore
when thy bright eyes shone with a sun
like lustre and thy cheeks were like the ro
ses in thy own gardens.
But who is Kate Warren ?
Ali, that's it, reader. I was just about to
tell thee who Kate Warren was.
Kate was the daughter of an honest far
mer—the youngest. child, and, of_course,
I petted and spoiled. There were four girls
of them—Sally, Frank, Lizzie and Kate ;
but Kate was the life and soul of the whole
family. Active and sprightly as a fawn,
she was constantly in mischief, and if any
roguery was concocted, Kate Warren, you
might be sure, had something to do about
it. And yet every body in the neighborhood
loved Kate, from the old bid-ridden beldame
to the laughing, frolicking child.
If Kate did not labor as hard as her sis
ters, she was equally as. useful. She drove
the cows, tended the chickens and turkies,
l caught the horse and harnessed hint when
her father was in a hurry, and the way she
would leap over a three-barrel fence was a
caution to petticoats. ICate would have
been a "Bloomer" if Bloomers had been
in vogue in her young day; nevertheless,
short dressess were then worn, and Kate
was not slow at a race.
The first time I met Kate Warren, she
was — standing, iwith her sister Lizzie, on a
little knoll in her father's pasture; half a
mile from home, hallowing with her musi
cal voice to the cows, and as she leaped
from rock to rock in her endeavors to-make
them "fall in" into the cowpath, I thought
her the most lovely little sylph I had ever
met with.
With all her mischievousness, Kate had
a heart—a whole heart—but it was enca
sed so thoroughly that, though numerous
"nice young men" had hinted their partial
ity for her, she cared litle about them—and ,
told them so. She was free—generous to a
fault. Ifshe erred it was on the side of human
ity and ninny a poor traveling beggar. was
indebted to her iuterposition for a night's I
lodging at fernier Warren's dwelling.
Bin lime rolled on—Kate grew older;
her sisters were all married, and she, de
spite her own good sense to the contrary,
was induced by father, mother, sisters, un
cles, aunts and cousins, to wed a young
man whose
.farm adjourned her father's.—
Not that she loved him— she never saw
the man she loved, and never expected to—
! but mother said "it would bo a good match,"
and Kate to get rid of them, said "Yes, if
she must get married, she'd as soon marry
henry' Tilton as any body. and she wasn't
going to be teased to death."
Poor fellow ! he'd better have committed
suicide. As it was, it was next thing to it.
Kate would forget his dinner and when
supper-time arrived would be "over to moth
er's." If her husband wanted the horse,
Kate was sure to want it the same moment !
and many a time in the busy season would
the good man hurry up to tho barn for his
horse just in season to see Kate driving off
Jehu-like, with two or three young girls in
the wagon, Mr. Tilton talked to her fath
er and mother,and fatherand mother talked to
Kate ; but she told them she. Married to
please them, and was now "her own wo
man, " and "could not alloW her domestic
arrangtnents to be meddled with by other
people "
One day Kate's husband was compelled
to walk three miles, because she, contrary
to his expressed wishes, had gone on a drive.
What his thoughts were the reader can guess
front the fact that in less than a week the
old mare had been "swapped" for a five
years-old colt, which Kate was told was too
high •spirited for her to drive.
As on every other subject, Kate differed
with her husband on this—the more so as
the colt was a beauty—and she admired:
besides, the idea that he could "go," which
made her anxious for the opportunity to test .
his qualities; and as soon as the breakfast
things were cleared up, Kate led Out the
colt, anti, "hitching" him to the wagon, star
ted to see "sister Frank," who lived some
four miles off. The colt was a "prompt
traveler," and Kate told her sister she
"loved him dearly."
When Mr. Tifton returned to dinner the
colt was standing in the yard, with one of
the Ivegonshafts hanging to a portion of the
harness, trunbling like a frightened rabbit.
Her husband was frightened, and procuring
a horse of his father-in-law, started off in
pursuit of his wife. Half a mile from ho:ne
he met Kate, skiliping merrily along, and
snapping her whip with as much satisfac
tion as though she were comfortably seated
in her carriage.
Poor man ! we cannot chronicle his many
sufferings. Kate was killing him by inches
yet, when he was taken sick she tended
him with all the affection of a loving wife
and when he died, she wept as if her heait
was broken, and every body pitied her and
said "she must have loved him very affec- .
tionately." ' . •
But Kate's tears were soon dried. She
*as a widow, with only one child, a curly
headed, blue-eyed boy, and property worth
ten thousand dollars. It was in her nature
to enjoy herself, and why should'nt she?
The second year of her widowhood, Kate
visited Boston, and spent a few. months at
the residence of a friend. While here, shet .
became acquainted with Mr. Blifkins (not
I3liflcins, of the Carpet-bag,) a bookkeeper .
iri an extensive dry goods establishment..._.
Ile gallanted her about the city, took her to
tilt opera theatres, concerts, &c., and really:.
thought (though he was on the shady side of
thirty and a little bald, that Kate loved him.,
Whether the "ten thousand" had anything-to
do with his affections we cannot tell. He:
was very attentive to her, and promised to visit
her, at an early period after her return home.
About a month after Kate had arrived
home one pleasant Saturday afternoon, Mr..
Blifkins rung the bell at the door of her.
residence, and was met by the Mistrees.—
He appeared pleased to see her, and ex-.
tended his hand: Kate drew back.' "Real-,
ty, he had the advantage of her—she was
sure she did not know him," and when he.
mention the name of "Blifkins," she had
never heard it before—there must be some
mistake. To add to the annoyance of
Blif
kins, Kate motioned to the servant-girl, 'a
witty-daughter of Erin, and winking to her,
left..Blifkins to her tender mercies.
Bridget told him she was sure no jintle. - -
man would insult a lone widow in her own,
house, and in order to give greater effect to
her words, she placed her hands—which,
unfortunately for Blifkins, had but just
emerged from the damp flour which she
was "mixing" when the gentleman arrived
—on his coat.
Poor Blifkins !—h o was dumbfounded!
There was no tavern in the town, and he
was compelled to beg n lodging, and, what.
' was worse, the innocent man was compell
ed to invent a falsehood as the reason for
his visit. He returned to Boston "a sadder
but wiser man," fully satisfied that middle
aged book-keepers should never make love
to bewitching widows.
Kate is still the same—driving and frol
icking, gay and thoughtless; and though
time has made a few furrows on her brow,
her admirers have not decreased, but wheth
er any of the "lords of creation" will be able
to make a wife of the "bewitching widow," •
is a matter which for the present is locked
in the mysterious casket of her own heart.
Freedom Against Force.
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Somebody writes in this wise. "The se
curing of married women's rights in their
own property ; the protection of their power
in that of the husbands; the exemption of
the homestead and of a liberal amount of
household furniture from execution for debt
all of which are rapidly coming, whatever
else results, will have the effect of putting
business on a new basis—Cash and charac
ter.—Mean men will find some way of play
ing the sneak and rascal, then as they do
now; but most likely the force of opinion
will be as effectual in the collection of debts
as that of law. Gambling debts and mar
riage fees, in this country, and physcum's
in •England are paid punctually, because
they are debts of honor. Collecting money
by rigorous legal measures has been called
"grinding the face of the poor;" publishing
the insolvency and unpunctuality of debtors
under the new system will "be putting them
out of countenance." The thing is going
to be tried, and it is worth the experiment,
for raising a higher standard of responsibili
ty in business relations, and will doubtless.
do as much gond as society is capable of
getting out of it. .11 there is any good in
human nature it is to be expected that per
sonal honor will keep pace with personal
liberty. All these things are calculated to
give dignity to the man, which is surely the
best way of regulating all questions of prop- I
erty.
Power of Imagination.
A year since, Elijah Barnes, of Penn.;
killed a rattlesnake in his field, without any
injury to himself, and immediately
after put on his son's waistcoat, both being
of one color. He returned to his house, and
on attempting to button his waistcoat he
found to his astonishment, that it was much
too small. His imagination was now
brought to a high pitch, and he instantly
concieved the idea that he had been imper
ceptibly bitten by the snake, and was thus
swollen from its poison. He grew sudden
ly very ill and took to his bed. The family
in great alarm and confusion, summoned.
three physicians, and the usual remedies
were prescribed and administered. The pa
tient, however, grew worse.overy minute,
until at length his son came home, with his
father's waistcoat dangling and about him.
The mystery was soon unfolded, and the.
patient being relieved from his imaginary
apprehensions, dismissed his physicians,"
and was restored to health.
rirHE THAT MOWS the coals in qu
rels he has nothing to do with, has no right
to complain if a spark flies in his face. '
Wine is an old toper's nose like the I
'Ate
tiwilve of an engine ? Because they di
both sure indicators of when ateattrilisql:
ri"People's toes are litre Whitt:lli
bear ache-corny:
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