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gicuotrb to politico, Ntwo, titcraturt, Warn, '2griculture, tl)c Miffttoion of Useful deformation, Ckneral3ntelligence,'Anntoentent, &c.
VOLUME VIII.
NOTICE.
At a Meeting of the Board of Managers of
the 4'Northampton Water Company," held
at the office, of the Secretary, on the 22d
day of March, the following resolution
was passed.
Resolved.,—That the President of the
Board of Managers, be authorized to call a
meeting of the stockholders of the 4.Norih
ampton Water Company, to be held at the
house of J. W. Eslibach, on the 15th day
of April next, at 1 o'clock P. M., for the pur
pose of discussing the propriety of liquida
ting the funded debt of the company, and
the enlargement of the works by issuing of
prefered stock.
From the minutes,
Jos. WizAvEr., President.
ATTEST.- Tl'. 11. Blunter, Sect'ry.
March 29. 11-3 w
Northampt. Water Company.
All persons using the water of the Com
pany for family or other purposes, will
please take notice, that the time to renew
their permits is the first of April next, and
it is expected that they will call upon the
undersigned Treasurer and renew their per
mits. Those persons who have not settled
for their permits from the Ist to the 10th of
April, must not complain if the water is stop
ped from them after that time.
The Board reserves the right where the
'Water is used by joint Hydrants, if not paid
by all joined, to stop it if they see proper,
xis they consider such arrangements solely
advantageous to those who connect in use
ing the Water, coigequently cannot interfere
with arrangernerff of this kind.
Notice is also given to persons who wish
to use Hydrant Water for building purpo
•ses, that they must. take out their permits
before they commence building, and if this
rule is not strictly observed the charge will
'be double for the Water.
By Order of the Board.
Juus J. KRAUSE, Treasurer.
11-4 w
March 15
Cemetery Notice,
In accordance with a resolution passed by
the new Cemetery Association of Allentown
Notice is hereby given, that the Books of
übscription will be closed on the 7th day of
April next. All persons, therefore, who wish
to subscribe for lots at the present price,
Must do so before that date. Subscriptions
will be taken up to that time by Lewis
Schmidt, Treasurer, or either of the under
signed.
JOSEHII WEAVER, r)
• JOHN G
B. S. HAGENDUCH,
EDWARD 8F.61{,
• CHARLES GROSS, j__
Allentown, March 29,
Store Stand for Rent.
The Store Stand at the
'J . ?: south-west corner of ElainiltOn
4, •••
and Sixth streets, is offered for
rent. 3 ossession given on the first day of
April next. It is one of the best business
stands in Allentown, and the building is
commodious and conveniently arranged
Apply on the premises, to
SOLOMON G ANG WERE.
Allentown, Jan. 4, 1854. ¶-4w
20,000 Apple Trees for Sale,
The Trees are all of extra size and quali
ty, warranted true to the name, with a gen
eral assortment of all sorts of
FRUIT TREES, 4 , 4 ,
Grape-vines, Gooseber
ries, Raspberries, Straw- _
berries, of the best selections, ripening in
succession from the earliest to the latest.
ALso—Ornamental Trees, Evergreens,
&c., suitable for ornamenting public and
private grounds.
Orders sent direct to the "Fair View Nur
sery," Moorestown. New Jersey, or lelt with
John F. Halbach, Esq., authorized Agent in
Allentown, Pa., will receive prompt atten
tion.
Reference.—George Butz, Philadelphia
JOHN PERKINS, Proprietor.
February 15, 1854.
UVULtZIit.
Notice is hereby given, that the under
signed have taken out letters of Administra
tors, in the Estate of the late. Stephen fiat
lie!, Esq., dec'd. Therefore all those who
are indebted to said estate be, it in Notes,
Bonds, Book Debts, or otherwise in Lehigh
county, shall make payment to :Harm Bai
lie!, at the ' , Lehigh Furnace," in Wash
ington township, and those who are indebted
to said estate in Carbon county, to John Bai
lie!, at EaSt Penn. Such, also who have
afiy, legal claiins against said estate shall pre
sent them well amhenticated to said Admin
istrators within six weeks from the date
hereof, .
1
AARON BALIJET, .0 , "
ra.
of Lehigh County. 3
JOHN BALLIET, of "6.*
Carbon County. F
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slarch 29'
A FAMILY NEWSPAPER.
poetical Mepattment.
Who shall judge a man from manners?
Who shall know him by his dress?
Paupers may be fit for princes,
Princes fit for something less.
Crumpled shirt and dirty jacket,
May beclothe the golden ore,
Of'the deepest thoughts and feelings—
Satin vest could do no more.
There are springs of crystal nectar
Ever swelling out of stone,
There are purple buds and golden,
Hidden crushed and over-grown,
God, who counts by souls, not dresses,
Loves and prospers you and me,
While he values thrones, the highest,
But as pebbles in the sea
Man unpraised above his fellows,
Oft forgets his fellow, then ;
Masters—rulers—lords—remember
That your meanest hands are men !
Men by labor, men by feeling,
Mcn by thought and men by fame,
Claiming equal rights to sunshine
In a man's ennobled name.
There are loom embroidered oceans ;
There are little weed-clad rills,
There are little inch-high saplings,
There are cedars on the hills.
But God, who counts by souls not stations,
Loves and prospers you and me,
For techim all vain distinctions
Are as pebbles in the sea.
Toiling hands alone are builders
Of a nation's wealth and fame;
Titled laziness is pensioned,
Fed and fattened on the same.
By the sweat of other's foreheads,
Living only to rejoice,
While the poor man's outraged freedom
Vainly lifteth up its voice.
Ent truth and justice are eternal,
Born with loveliness and light,
And sunset's wrongs shall never prosper,
While there is a sunny right;
And Gud, whose world•heard voice is singing,
lioun'dless love to you and we,
Will sink oppression with its titles,
As the pebbles in the sea.
iUiaccltniicou' cicctioiu .
Brooks, who lived in Robinson county,
North Carolina, wanted to buy a trnct of
land near him, and concluded to despatch
one Angus McAlpin to Charleston, South
Carolina, to buy it from the owner, who liv
ed there. Angus started off, and in due time
Brooks would take his seat and look down
the road, in the hope of seeing his agent re
turning. At last he appeared, and the mo
ment he neared the house, Brooks accosted
him— •
11 —mow
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"Well Mac, have you got the land
The agent, in whose face was anything
but sunshine, replied somewhat gruffly, that
'he might let him get down from his horse,
before he put at him the question of busi
ness.'
'Did you get it ?'
'Pshaw, new, Brooks, don't press upon
a body in that uncivil way. It's a long sto
ry, and I must have time.'
Brooks still urged, and Mac still parried
the question till he got into the house.
'Now, surely,' thought Brooks, 'he will
tell me.' But Mac was not quite ready.
'Brooks,' said he, 'have you anything to
drink ?'.
To be sure I have,' said the other, and
immediately had some of the best lorthcom
ing.
Having moistened his clay, Mac took a
seat, and his employer another. Mac gave
a preliminary 'ltem.' He then turned sud
denly around to Brooks, looked him straight
in the eyeir, and slapped him on the thigh.
'Brooks,' says he, 'was you ever in
Charleston ?'
'W'hy, you know 1 never was,' replied
the other.
'Well, then, Brooks,' says the agent, 'you
ought to go there. The greatest place I
assure you upon the face of the earth !
They've got houses on both' sides of the
road, for five miles at a stretch, and d—d
the horse track the whole way through !
Brooks, I
,think I met five thousand people
in a minute; and not a chap would look at
me. They've got houses there no wheels.
Brooks, I saw one with six horses hitched
to it, and a big driver, with a long whip, go
ing it like a whirlwind. • 1 followed it down
the road for a mile and a half. and when I
stopped I looked, and what do you think
there was ? Nothing in it but one little wo
wan sitting up in the corner. 40 •
'Well Brooks, 1 turned back up the road,
and as I was riding along; I sees a fancy
looking chap with king, curly hair hanging
down his back, and boots as shiny as the
face of an up country nigger ! I called
him into the middle of the road nod asked
hint a civil question, and a civil question,
you know, Brooks, calls' tor a civil answer,
Souls, Not Stations
Buying A Farm,
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., APRIL 5. 1854.
all over the world. 'I say, stranger, can
you tell me where Col. Lamar lives ?' and
what do yO r shink was the answer? Go
to grass, y fool
.Well, Brooks, I knocks along up and
down, and about, until at last I finds out
where Col. Lamar lives. 1 gets down and
bangs away at the door. Presently the
door was opened by as pretty fine spoken,
well dressed woman, as ever you seed in
your born days. Silks, silks there every
day, Brooks.
'Says I, 'Mrs. Lamar, I presume, ma
dam ?'
'1 am Mrs. Lamar, sir.'
, Well, madame, says I, have come all
the way from North Carolina to see Col.
Lamar—to see about buying a tract of land
(nun him that's up in Our parts.'
'Then, she says, , Col. Lamar has rode
out in the country, but will be hack shortly.
Come in sir, and wait awhile. I've no
doubt that the Col. will soon return,'—and
she had a smile on that pretty fad'e of her's
that reminded a body of a spring. morning.
.Well, Brooks, I hitched my horse to a
brass thing on the door, and walked in.
.Well, When 1 got in I sees the floor all
covered with the nicest looking things! ni
cer than any patched worked bed-quilt you
ever seed in your life Brooks. I was try
ing to edge along around it, but presently 1
sees a nigger stepping right over it.—
Thinks I, if that nigger can go it, I can
go it too. So. sig h! over it I goes, and takes
my seat right bef ore a picture, which at first
1 thought was a little man looking in at the
window.
Brooks, there I sot wailing and
waiting for Col. Larnar„"and at last—he
didn't come, but they began to bring in din
ner. Thinks Ito myself, here's a scrape.
But I made up my mind to tell her if she
asked me to eat—to tell her with a gentle
bow, that I had no occasion to eat. But
Brooks, she didn't ask me to.eat—she asked
me to be so good as to carve that turkey for
her, and she did it with one of them lovely
smiles that makes the cold streaks run down
the small of a fellow's back.
'Certainly, madam,' says I, and I walk
ed up to the table—there was on one side
of the turkey n great big knife, and a lork
with a trigger on the other side.
'lVell, I falls to work, and in the first ef
fort I splashed the gravy about two yards
over the whitest table cloth you ever seed
in yot'r life, Brooks. IVell,l felt the steam
began to gather about my eyes. But, I'm
not a man to back out for trifles,. so I makes
another effort, and the darned thing took
flight and lit in Mrs. Lamar's lap.
'Well, you see, Brooks, then I . was taken
with a blindness, and the next thing I le
membered, I was upon the hatch a kicking.
Well, by this.dme I began to think of navi
gating. So I goes out and mounts Poseum
and puts for North Carolina. Now Brooks,
you don't blame me? Do you ?'
A Youthful Robber Reclaimed.
Many a reader whose eyo may rest on
these lines and who first saw the "sweet
light" in Tennessee or Kentucky, will re
member the Rev. John Craig. This gentle
man was of the methodist persuasion, of the
original Asbury . school, and he, like most
others of that denomination at the time to
which we allude, was noted alike for his
plainess of dress, and a strict walk and re
proof of sin in what form soever it makes,
its appearaace, and under any and all cir
cumstances.
Mr. Craig was one of the first preachers
to visit the section called Middle Tennessee,
now so populous and powerful, but then
(ISM) a mere wilderness. Ile was an iti
nerant. [1 is.circuit extended from Powell's
Valley, east of the mountains, to the extreme
western settlements on the Cumberland and
Duck Rivers. The-settlements of which the
white men were 'few and far between :' no
public roads had been established—thoie
distant neighborhoods were connected only
by faint traces, which were but seldom trav
eled.
Mr. C. was exposed to many hardships.
He lay down on hard beds, slept in open
cabins, and shared many a scanty repast.
But he was a man of energy, and his zeal
never fagged nor grew weary. Ha felt the
importance of his mission, and urged on by
his zeal in his master's cause, and the good
of souls, he waded snows and floods, braved
the fury of the winds, surmounted all diffi
culties, and carried the glad • tidings_of sal
vation to the new settlers.
• The writer was born in Middle Tennes
see, and although a mere child when . he last
saw Mr. Craig, his image is as fresh in his
mind as the'events of yesterday.
In 1830, Rev. Mr. C. came, late one even
ing, to my father's, and passed the night at
our house. During the evening, after fami
ly prayers had been offered by him. before
retiring to bed, he gave to my father, in my
presence, a narrative, which was in sub
stance, the following
Many years before, Mr• Craig, was pas
sing from East Tennessee to the Duck ri
ver country. His way led him along a dim..
path through a mountain 'pass,amid. craggy
rocks, near awful precipices and frightful
chasms. Suddenly a young stian'spran,g
from a huge
.rock, , and, with a heavy rifle
presented at Mr. Craig, demanded is money.
Mr. C. regarded the robber with a look
of discrimination, peculiar to himself, as he
reined up his horse and said, !‘You man,
you never robbed before. What has brought
you to this V'
The robber again demanded his money,
threatening instant death if the other did nitt.
comply.
Mr. Craig, answered, “This is the first
attempt. You have been better raised !
Your mot h e r—"
Instantly the young man dashed down his
gun and burst into tears, saying that indeed
he had been taught better things. And he
cried most bitterly.
Mr. Craig, tied his horse to a limb, alight
ed and invited the trembling youth to be
seated near him on a flat rock. The young
man instantly complied, when Mr. Craig,
in a mild and engaging manner, asked him
how he had happened to become a robber.
The other told him that he had been rais
ed in Virginia—Lis parents weve in easy
circumstances in life, and members of the
Presbyterian church—that they had educa
ted him religiously, and lavished on him all
the affections characteristic of parental love.
About eighteen months since, he had mar
ried again st their will, and with his young
and *lovely wife, he had made his way into
this new and unsettled country. His pa
rents had Riven him no assistance, and hav
ing but little on' which to commence life,
and falling sick, without money, friends or
credit, both he and his wife had well nigh
starved. In the depths of his distress, he
had, as a last alternative, resolved to make
one robbery, only one, and afterwards live
honestly.
Mr. Craig, in the spirit of love, pointed
out his error. lie told him that he should
have gone to his heavenly Father, and
made known his wants—that his tender
mercies are:over all his works, and none
that trust in Him shall eveF want. The
young man was all tears—all penitence.
Mr. Craig arose, went to his horse,
and taking MT his saddle-bags, said—"l too
am poor.. I own no foot of land—no cot
tage in the wilderneSs is mine. I have but
thirty-one dollars in the world, and reserv
ing one dollar only, in the name of the "Giv
er of all good, "1 present you with thirty dol
lars. Take, take this little sum, as one sent
you from Heaven, and God and his angels
are witnesses that you promise amendment
in future life."
Mr. Craig then prayed with and for the
astonished young man and took an affection
ate leave.
Thirty long years have elapsed. West
Tennessee is a wilderness no more. The
pale face had felled the forest. The red
man had (iked his hunting grounds, and
they were chequered off into a thousand
furrowed fields. Mr. Craig was now an
old man. His locks were white as wool.
ills children and grand-children had grown
up around ilia:, and children of his spirtual
charge surrounded hini, like waving wheat
heads in the harvest field.
One sunny eve in Autumn, as the old
preacher sat in the midst of the family group,
it was told him that a gentleman was at the
gate who wished to speak with him. He went
out, and saw an elderly man, neatly dressed,
riding a fine horse. The stranger asked for
accommodations for the night. This being
granted, he dismounted, and with Mr. Craig
he entered the house.
Little beyond the common civilities of
life passed between them, until supper had
been served. The elder gentleman asked
Mr. Craig to show a private apartment, and
and when they were alone said;
'4.M r. Craig, I think that you do not know
EU
do not," replied Mr. Craig.
"And yet I tried to rob you. lam that
same poor wretch, that demanded your me
ney•with, a rifle presented at your bosom, 30
years ago, among the mountains."
"Is it possible?" exclaimed the other.
' , Yes," rejoined the first, I am the same.
I took the money you gave me home to my
poor starving wife, and told her how I ob
tained it. We counted it out on a•wooden
stool, and knelt down and covenanted with
God and each other, to live honestly in his
sight, and to .walk uprightly before Him.
We have prospered. Want has long since
been a stranger to us; riches have flowed in
upon us, and our children and children's
children have risen up around us, to call us
blesse& We have years ago become mem
bers of the Church of Christ. I have long
and ardently desired to find you, but not
knowing your name, I knew not how to
make inquiry. Last Sabbath,nt the camp
meeting, when you arose to preach, I at once
recognized in you the man that had saved
me from a felon's fate. I then learned your
name, and now I have come to pay you
the thirty dollars with thirty years interest.'
...Cast thy bread upon ti r: waters, and
thou shalt find it after many days."
Mr. Craig ridded, that the name lie had
never mentiorbed 7 in connection' with these
circumstances, nor would he ever.
.4.13ut," ho said, have since [visited
them at their own house, and found them
people of respectability, and refinement and
piety, and 011 C Son now occupies a high
place both in Church and State.
The New Carpet I
"I.can hardly spare it, Jeannette, but as
you haVe set your heart upon it, why, I sup
pose I must."
The young wife looked with rapture
upon the ten shining gold pieces.
"One hundred dollars," she said to her
self," how rich it makes me feel ! It seems
a great deal to pay fOr a carpet, but "gold's
worth is . gold," the old saying is, and one
good purchase is Worth a dozen poor ones.
I'll buy one of the very finest Brussels."
Afternoon came t the rosy, babe was laid
asleep in the cradle, and the little maid re
ceived a score of charges to linger by its side
every moment till the darling woke up.
Jeannette looked her prettiest, and, throwing
a mantilla over her hanckome shoulders, was
just hurrying away, when a loud ring at,
the door brought out a very pettish "Oh,
dear !" at the expected intrusion.
"Oh, Jeannette—dear Jeannette,!" and a
pale young face sank pant ing on a sofa.
"We are In trouble—such dreadful trouble !
Can you help us ? Do you thick• we could
borrow a hundred dollars from your husband?
Couldn't you get it fur us, Jeannette You
know you said I Might always rely on you
when trial came, and Charles expects every
moment to have his little stock of goods at
tached, and he is so sickly !"
"Dear, dear!" said Jeannette, her good
heart suddenly contracting. "Edward told
me this morning not to ask him for any more
money for three months ; and she gathered
her purse up tightly in her handkerchief ;"
sure if—l—only could oblige you, I
would; but I suspect Edward is really hard
pushed. Can't you get it elsewhere ? 1 - lave
•011 tried?"
"Yes," answered her friend desponding
y, "I've tried everywhere. Pcopk: know
t tat Charles is sick, and cannot repay im
: ediately. Oh! it seems to me some credi
to - have such stony hearts Air. J.—
s just our circumstances, yet he in
sists upon that money. Oh ! it is hard !
It is s bard!"
Iler pitiful voice, and the bi g tears run
ning like rain down her pallid cheeks, al
most unnerved Jeannette's selfishness.
But the carpet—that beautiful carpet she
had promised herself so long, and so often
been disappointed of its possession, that she
could not give up. She knew her husband's
heart—and that he would urge her self-de
nial—no ; she would not see him—if she
did it was nil over with the carpet.
"Well," said her f:iend, in a desponding
voice, rising to go,"l'msorry . you can't help
me ; I know you would if you could. Good
morning. I hope you will never know
what it is to want and suffer."
[low handsome the new carpet looked, as
the sun streamed in on its wreathed flowers,
its colors of fawn and blue, and crimson, its
soft velvet richness—and how proud felt
Mrs. Jeannette at the lavish praises of her
neighbors. It was a bargain, too; she, had
saved ten dollars in its purchase, and bought
a pair of elegant window shades.
"I declare I" said her husband, " this
loods like comfort ; but it spoils all my plea
sure to think of Charly Somers. The poor
fellow is dead."
Jeannette aavq o a little sharp scream, and
the flush faded from her face.
"Yes, that rascally Jones ! For the pal
try sum of one, hundred dollars, he attached
everything in the little Shop, and Was so in
sulting besides, that Charly, springing an
grily up in his bed, ruptured a blood vessel,
and lived scarcely nn hour afterward."
"And Mary r
"She has a dead child ; and her life is
despaired of. Why on earth didn't they send
to me. I could easily have spared the mo
ney. If it had stripped me of the last cent,
they should have had it. Poor fellow—
poor Mary 1"
"And I might have saved it-z4r/7," shriek
ed Jeannette, sinking on her knees upon the
rich carpet —"Oh, Edward, will God for
give mu for my heartlessness ? Mary did
call here, and with tears begged me to aid
her—and—l hitd the whole sum in my
hand—and coldly turned her away. Oh,
my God ! forgive me."
In the agony of grief, Jeannette would re
ceive no comfort. In vain her husband
strove to soothe her; she would not hear. a
word in extenuation of her selfish conduct.
"I shall never forget dear Mary's tears ;
I shall never forget her voice ; they will
haunt me to my dying day. Oh, take it
away—that hateful carpet ; I purchased it
with the death of my friend. flow could I
be so cruel ?
..Years have.passed away since then, and
Mary, with her .husband; lie under the
green sod of the church-yard. Jeannette
has grey hairs mixed with the bright brown
of her tresses, but she lives in a home of
splendor, and none know her but to bless
her. There is a 'Mary, a gentle Mary im
her household, dear to her as her own•sweet
children—she is the orphan child of aim
who have rested side by side for ten long
•
years.
Edward is rich, but prosperity has not
hardened his heart. Ills hand never tires
of g iving out (Jod's bounty to (led's pour ;
and Jeannette is - the gatirdian angel of the
needy. The "new carpet," lon since old,
NUMBER 27.
is sacredly preserved as a memento of sot- .
rowful but penitent hours, and many a wea
ry heart owes to its silent influence the prim
perity that has turned want's wilderness in
to an Eden of plenty.
Who are the “Know-Nothings?”
The Delta (New Orleans) gives the fol
lowing account of the now secret society,
which appears to have originated in the city
of NeW York, and to have first shown iur
teeth at our last State election, but which
has since extended itself through most of
the cities and some of the principal villages
of the Union. The Delta says, its adhe
rents in that city are variously estimated at
five hundred to five thousand, but probably
are not far from six hundred. It proceeds z
The objects of the “Know-Nothings" are
two-fold—part religious, part political ; and
the ends aimed at, the disfranchisement of
adopted citizens, and their exclusion from
office, and perpetual war upon the Catholic
religion. With these cardinal principles,
the qualifications for membership and broth—
erhood are easily determiol.
Ist. The applicant for admission to e
"wigwam" must be a native born citizen, of
native born parents, and not of the Catholic
religion
2d. 'l:p renounce all previously entertain
ed political leanings, and co•operato exclu.-
I sicely with the new order.
3d. To hold neither political, civil, or
reli g ious intercourse with any person who
is aCatholic but to use all available means
I to abolish the political and religious
privil
eges he may at present enjoy.
4th. That he will not vote for any. man for
office who is not a native citizen of the Unit.
ed States, or who may be disposed, if elect.
cd, to place any foreigner or Catholic in any
office of emolument or trust—the latter not
being, in the opinion of "Know-Nothings,"
a "credible witness" in any case save where
the oath is administered by his priest.
The "pass-words" and "signs" for admis
sion into the 'wig-warn' of the "Know 7 Noth.
ings" are as follows : The applicant raps at
the outer door an infinite number of times,
asking at the close, in a low whispering voice,
"What meets here to-day ?" (or night. as the
case may be.) The interrogated immediately'
replies, don't know." To which the ap
plicant for admission responds, "I am one.
and forthwith he is ad nitted to a second door,
at which he gives four distinct raps, when
the door being opened he whispers to hie at.
tendant "Thirteen," and then advances in•
to the body of the lodge. If disposed to
leave before the adjournment of the lodge,
the member leaving salutes the President
then the Vice President, by first placing his
right hand . on his heart, then letting it fall
to his side, whispering to the Guardian as
he retires "thirteen." If a member requires
the assistance of a brother when mixing
promiscuously with the public, he places.
the right forefinger upon the left eyebrow,
as if in the act of scratching, looking directly
at the person whose attention he desires torte•
tract, if the person be a member, he will row
spend immediately by a similar sign. • If it
be desired to know of a stranger weather he
is of the initiated, on shaking hands with
him the middle finger is placed upon the
lowest joint of his finger, next to the wrist,.
with a gentle pressure ; when, if he be a
member, he will ask, 'Where did you get
that?' to which he will rejoin,qi:lon't know
and: the querist will end by replying, "L
don't know either. "Nothing concerning
the association is to be committed to writing
or published, and the most profound silencer
and secrecy are to • be observed by every
"Know-Nothing" outside;, but every thing
inside the Wigwam is imparted indiscrim
inately to members. . Every member on ad
mission swears by holding up his right hand
and pledges himself to do all in his potter to
put down foreign influence. and particular.
ly the Catholic religion, and in no case to
vote for any person for any office who is not
a "native American citizen ;" and no one,
with some exceptions, is eligible to member.
ship unless he and both .of his parents are
native born.
rirCOULD'N'T HELP Ir.—A. brutal teach•
cr, whipped a little boy for pressing the
hand of a little girl who sat next to him at
school, after which he asked the child,'why
he squeezed the girl's hand t' Because,
said the little fellow, "it looked so pretty I
could'nt help it."
PADDY'S description of a fiddle can't
be beat. ' , lt was as big as a turkey, and as
muckle as a goose—he turned it over on it*
back, and took a crooked stick and drawed
it across its belly, and 0, St. Patiick, how
it ded square."
rr"You are very stupid, Thomas," said
a country teacher to a little boy, eight years
old. "You are like a donkey, and what do
they do to cure them of their stupidity;"
"They feed them better and kick them leas,"
said the arch little urchin.
tarAn Irish girl being inquiied of fel
specting her mistress, who had gone to a
water-cure establishment, replied that her
ladyship had "gone to soak,"
Love ban more champs auto beauty.