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VOLUME VIII.
THE LEHIGH REGISTER
41 published in the Borough of Allentown, lelligh
County, Pa., crery Wednesday, by
A. L. MIKE,
A sz 50 per annum, payable in advance, and
02 00 if not paid until the end of the year. Nu
paper discontinued, until all arrearages are pad
except at the optoin of the proprietor.
M* Office in Hamilton Street, one door East of
the German Reformed Church, nearly opposite
the ..Freidensbote" Office.
Attention Customers
CHEAP WITCHES,
Ilanlice Ql.loclis cui Jcwctril,
At No. 21,
WEST FIAMILTON STREET, ALLENTOWN.
Good Watch Glasses 6.1-
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Best Watch Glasses 12
YANKEE CLCCKS FRC3I $1.25 to 56,00
Joseph H. & Co._
Adopts this method to inform then friends
and the public in general, dart they have
lately established themselves in the above
business at
No. 21, WEST 11/..:olLroN Ernwr,
where they will exhibit for sale an assort
ment of goods, lately purchased in New
York and Philadelphia. such as
CLOCKS WATCHES AND JEWELRY
The following is a list of their articles and
prices:
Pine Gold .Lapine "Wa , ches 20 to $24
" " Detached " `.).5 to :I5;
" " full Jew'el. Pat. Lever. 40 - to 75
Hunting Case" " 43 to I`2s'
Silver Lapine Watches 9to 12
" Detached 12 to JO
" Patent Lever " 12 to 25
hunting Pat. Lev. watches, 20 to 35.
Yankee Clucks. 1,25 to 3,00
8 day Clocks, :3,50 to 0,00
" Iron Frame splcndid:y
engraved 5 in 15
Gold Breast pins, from 50 cts. to $lO 00
" Ear rings 25 cis. to 10 00
He also keeps on hand a full
assortntent of Gold and Silver spectacles and
Spectable Oases's, purses, port monies, &c.
Musical instruments such es violins, vio
lin strings, Musical Boxes, Accordians,lll
of which are sold at wholesale or retaii,andi
at prices far below what they ever were
sold in this place.
Persons in want of Jewelry rill 'find it to'
he their advantage
. to give them a call be
fore purchasing elsewhere, as they feel con
fident of satisfying all who may favor them
with their patronage. Mr. ILICO, is well
known in this place as a skillful mechanic.
and all his work will be warranted.
Every article sold by them, is warranted
to be what it is sold for, and no mistake
Clock and watch makers throughout the
country, will do well to give them a call
as they will sell at wholesale and retaireve
ry article kept in their line of business.
• la - Through the aid of one of Bottum's
Patent improved universal Lathe Chucks,
they-are enabled to make repairs on clocks,
watches and all kinds of Jewelry, much
cheaper than the old way of working,"tonse
quently this particular branch of the busi
ness will be punctually attended to and done
up on the most reasonable terms
Allentown, June 14, 1554
YRFAIi S SAS ,
WEIGHING LESS THAN 21 OUNCES.
For the Cure of hernia or Rtpture.
Acknowledged*by the highest medical au
thorities of Philadelphia, incomparably su
perior to any other in use. Sufferers will I
be gratified to learn that the occasion now
offers to procure not only the lightest and
easy. but as durable a Trtiss as any
Other, Se lieu of the cumbrons aml uncom,
Portable article usually sold. There is no
difficulty attending the fitting, and when the
pad is located, it will retain its position with
out change.
Persons at a dista,nce unable to call on the
subscriber, can have the Truss sent to any
address, by remitting Five Dollars -for the
double—with measure round the hips, and
stating side affected. It will be exchanged
to suit if not fitting, by returning it at once,
unsoiled, For sale only by the Importer.
CALEB El. NEEDLES,
Cor. Twelfth & Race St. Phil
-1 Ladies, requiring the benefit of Me.
Melded Supports, owing to derangement
of the Internal Organs, including Falling of
the Womb, Vocal. Pulmonary, Dyspeptic,
Nervous and Spinal Weakness, are inform
ed that a competent and experienced LADY
Will be inattandance at the Rooms,(set apart
for their exclusive use,) No. 114, T‘vELFTH
St.. lit door below Race.
•
Juno 28, 1851
Job Printing,
Neatly exceuted:at the "Itagister Office "
A FAMILY NEWSPAI
The largest supply of goods ever brought
to Allentown, can be found at
No. 31. EAST HAMILTON STREET,
KECK and AEWHARD'S
.BULL of Fel 8 1110.1%
These gentlemen adopt this
method to inform their friends
4A and the public in general
"..:' that they have lately entered
into partnership. under the
i (
-
aboye mentioned firm, and •
will follow the
M IC
• RH ANT TAILORING
f
. ^.. . BUSINESS,
,n all its various branches at the "old stand"
formerly kepi. by Keck and Lek, directly
opposite the "Register Office," where they
are prepared to sell at the lowest prices all
kinds of fashionable Goods, such as blue
black and fancy colored Cloths. Cassimeers
and Vt stings,Wintt:r Clothes, Collars, Han
kerchiefs, Cravats, &c. They also keep on
hand at all times a large and fashionable as
sortment of
geadyinade Clothing,
such as Coats of every color and description.
Pantaloons of all styles and prices,all kinds
of Vestings, Shirts and Undershirts,Col'ars,
Cravats, Suspenders, &c., all of which they
will sell at
Extraordinary Low Prices,
that no one, who visits theii establishment,
can help to buy eitht r Coat, Pants, Vests,
or something in their line of horsiness. .They
have just returned from Philadelphia and
New York and have replenished their Stock
of goods that it may with right be turned the
The %%oil( they turn out is under their
own supervision, and hating engnged one
of the best Cutters in the country, they will
be able to turn out the "best fits."
Coats, Pantaloons and Vests
will be made up to order after the newest
fashion, no matter whether the material has
been purchased of them or not.
The"• return their thanks for the favors
•they have received and tiu.Athey
continued.
Fashion plates as they come out. are al
ways kept icr sale.
KECK & NEWHARD.
Allet.tcwri, August 31. ' 5-3al
TEL LE HIGH'
T ausvoytatiem C 0111 p .
Give notice alat they are now prepared
to receive and forward Merchandizo of all
kinds from Philadelphia to Easton, Betide-
Allentown, Mooch Chunk, and Penn
Haven, and all intermediate places. The
Goods will be received and shipped at their
old stand first warf above Vine street.—
They also forward goods to anti from New
York, nia Delaware and Raritan Canal and
Delaware Canal. Goods by this line from
New York will go by A. S. NEILSON'S
line of vessels to New Brunswick, by Sloops
Fox and Grey Hound, which will be found
at the Albany Basin, foot of Cedar Street,
North River.. Any information required
can be had of Messrs. REYNOLD & CLARK,
No. 100. West street, N. Y. at Neilson's
Agent office, 88 West street, N. Y.
IVith•great increased facilities, they hope
to give prompt de,Fpaich to all goods, to so
licit the patronage of shippers.
• DRAKE, WILSON & Co., Proprietors.
• AGENTS.
H. S. Morehead. Philadelphia.
John Opdycke, Easton.
Borheck & Knauss, Bethlehem.
A.. J. Ritz, Allentown.
A. W. Leisenring. Mauch Chunk.
A. Pardee & Co., Penn Haven.
Allentown, April 12, 1854. v ¶-6m
¶-6m
. • The Best and
Cheapest Stock of
Boots Shoes, Gai
adhp... 1 4 -
.4 466 tom, Gums. &c.,
in the city, at
' Dunbsres
76, South Second St. Philadelphia,
(corner of Carters Street.)
Being mostly of his own manufacture, he
guarrantees them to wear; and will sell—
wholesale or retail as cheap as the cheapest.
Easy Shoes for Old Ladies.
Plain and Fancy Boots, Shoes, Gaiters.
&c., always on hand in great variety, for
Boys, Y6ulh, Misses and Children. •
Prices.—Ladies Gaiters, of every quality
and style, from $1 to $2,50. Gents' Calf
Skin Boots, from $3 to . ss, Patent Leather
Shoes, Gaiter Boots, Congress Boots, But
ten Boots, &c., from $1,50 to $4,50.
Gum Boots, Shoes, Sand les, Clogs,always
on hand.
4 g-ly-$8
Ur Old Gums bought and repaired. •
June 28, 18541 *-Iy.
ER.
Glorious News
Allentown flail of Fashion.
10,D28 min)
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., JULY 26, 1854.
poctical 13 cp at timid.
The Signal Star
lIT T•7il.ll' ronnEsTan
I'd not recall my childhood:
With all its sweet delight,
Its simple hiril.like gladness,
It was not always bright.
Even morning had her tear drops,
And spring her cloudy sky,
And on the fairest cradle
I've seen the shadows lie.
I'd not recall my childhood,
Though tend,r memories throng
Around its rosy portals,
Prelusive to life's song;
The full voice living chorus,
Is sWelling round int- now,
And a rosier light is resting
Upon my maiden brow.
I have made a changeful journey
Up the hill of life since morn,
I have gathered flowers and blossoms,
I've been pierced by many a thorn;
But from out of the core of sorrow,
I have plucked a jewel rare,
The strength which mortals gather
In the ceaseless strife with care.
Now I grasp life's burning briplrer.
And howe'er the bubbles glow,
l'il pause not till L've tasted
The deepest wave below ;
Though bitter dregs may mingle,
The crimson tide shall roll,
In full and fearless currents,
Through the fountains of my soul
. I .siu! I'd not go back to childhood,
From the radient flush of noon.
And when evening closes found me,
1 crave one only boon;
Amid the valloy's darkness,
hs dangers and its dread,
The signal star of Judah
To shine above my head.
!-3elcctions.
The Western Man.
The following characteristic description
of the Western Man, is copied from the
French paper, the Pays. published in Paris,
..The great and excellent qualities of the
Man of the West, are concealed under a
rude or even coarse envelope. This is ea
sily explained. The great west was form
ed by an agglomeration of hundreds of
memdepurting separately from every' cor
ner of the union, afterwards collecting in
groups of ten, then twenty, then of hun
dreds, then of thousands, proportionately
ast4Ky opened for themselves routes through
the Miipen. treble forests ; relating to each
'other their superhuman labors, their strug
gles against nature, their combats with the
'lndians, their success in agriculture ; mutat
ly discussing the difficulties remaining to be
conquered, their hope for the future, and fi
nally combining their forces to clear . the
land and constitute the ' immense world
their labor had subjugated.
. All these men had passed through strange
trials ; they had made experience of savage
life ; they had, as it were, lost the memory
of civilization. Their bodies were broken
by every variety of fatigue, their minds had
lost their polish, by their mode of existence,
and they had not sufficient - time left to re
cover their forgotten education. All those
who came to partake with them of the un
fortunate wealth of these new countries,
were compelled to adopt their strange man
ner, for they also were condemned to pass.
throught the sane trials, thesame struggles.
of
consequence was an agglomeration
of beings, always armed for the defence of
their persons, going to. church with their
rifles upon their shoulders and pistols in
their belts. They seemed like a military
colony without discipline. • At table, at the
church, in the streets, upon a word, upon
the least - dispute, a man fell, and sometimes
two, by the band of a neighbor and adver
sary, und.personal quarrels were often con
verted' into. regular battles. This state of
things dates not so very far back—to hardly
filly years front the present day. They
fought on foot or on horseback, with the
omnipotent rifle, wherever they might hap
pen. to meet, While the witnesses had only
the duty of verifying the death of the com
batants; and often the witnesses themselves
changediarts, and from simple spectators,
became actors in these deplorable scenes.
long time necessarily passed before
those eccentric habits lost their exaggeration.
Meanwhile the states of the west were con
stituted; splendid cities were built; the pop.
ulation increased with a etpulity truly
extraordinary. But it needed the heap
ing of new population upon new population
to effect a. mitigation of
,these evils, which,
after all, still retain something of their prim
itive character. • And theme!' of the west re.
mains at the present day, in many respects,
that which he formerly was. He is free and
easy, rude, coarse independent, susceptible,
proud of his individuality, and meanwhile.
familiar to excess.. The Kentuckian, who
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has long been the type of this half civilized
savage, has been defined as •half horse, half
alligator;" that is, something monstrous, a
being almost supernatural.-
With the man of the west the sentiments
of equality is pushed to its extreme limits.—
This results from his habit of life, and his
continued necessities. The most polished
among the western men, those whom a lib
eral education ought to guarantee from these
exaggerations, are the first to glory in this
excessive principle and put it in practice.
'General Jackson. for example, who was
during his whole life the veritable man of
the west, whose youth was chequered with
rifle and pistol shots, whose public duty as
a ffiilitary - commander, and as President of
the United States, attests this need of abso
lute independence anal this moral indisci
pline which is the distinguishing marks of
the western tnan—General Jackson, I say,
clothed with the highest functions of the
government, made no scruples of touching
glasses; and strange to say, it never hap
pened that he failed to meet with •universal
respect'.
•Henry-Clay, that eminent statesman,
willingly passed his leisure hours in the bar
rooms. drinking and, talking politics with
the first corner ; and he said once, on the
floor of the senate, in a speech moreover of
great power, as were all those which fell
from his eloquent lips : —•For myself I
live upon salt pork and cabbage I'
•The western man is, as may be well
imagined, rather cureless in his dress ; but
it is not in the same manner as the Yankee.
Ile disdains the black coat of fine cloth,
threadbare and out of fashion ; he dresses
himself with thick coarse cloth, and his cloth
es are always comfortable and commodi
ous. He wears heavy iron shod shoes :
his cravat, if he has any. has the devil may
care tie, or it is not tied at all, and his hat is
of straw or felt, with a large brim 'such is
his general style of dress. Whereover Le
goes, he is smoking or chewing, alternately
or simultaneously.
•• Passing in the streets, he will not ask
you for fire to light his cigar; be will un
ceremoniously take yours from your lips,
light his cigar, and return it without render
ing thanks, for which he has not the time.
If he perceives that you are smoking a bad
cigar, he'will throw it'away, and offer you
two or three. of his own, if his own are bet
ter, nor does be require or expect thanks any
more than he offers them. This trait suffi
ciently displays what is at bottom, the heart
of the western man. He is, in fact, gener
ous to excess, grand in his hospitality, devo
ted even to death, obliging without calcula
tion. You arrive at his house, with a let
ter of introduction, a pure formulary of po
liteness ; he does not hesitate to place him
self and even his purse at your service, and
chat without counting, never disquieting
himself as to whether you are in a condition
to return the favor. •If he is an honest
man, says the western man, speaking of the
person he is obliging, •he will, sooner or
later, repay the loan; if he is a rogue, why
let us consider that he has put his hand in
my pocket and robbed me, and say no morn
about i t. The regret and the remorse will
be for him( and not for me.'
' in Effecting Court Incident.
We take pleasure in relating an incident
which greatly enlisted our sympathies, held
us spellbound by its interest, and finally made
our hearts leap with joy at its happy termi
nation.
In die spring of 1838, we chanced to be
spending a few days in a beautiful inland
country town in Pennsylvania. It was court
week, and to relieve us from the somewhat
monotonous incidents of village life, we
stepped into the room where the court had
convened.
Among the prisoners in the box we saw
a lad but ton years of age, whose sad pen
sive countenance, his young and innocent
appearance, caused him to look sadly out of
place among the hardened criminals, by
whom he was surrounded. Close by the
box, and manifesting the greatest interest in
the proceedings, sat a tearful, woman, whose
anxious look from the judge to the boy left us
no room to doubt that it was ismother.—
We turned with sadness from the scene
to inquire of the offence of the prisoner, arid
learned he was accused of stealing money.
The case was soon 'commenced, and by
the interest manifested by that large crowd,
we found that our heart was not the only one
in which sympathy for the lad existed.—
How we pitied him? The bright smile has
vanished from his face, and it expressed
the cares of the aged. His young sister, a
bright eyed girl, had gained admission to
his side, and cheered him with the whisper
ings of hope.
But that sweet 'voice, which before caus
ed* his heart to bouncrwith 'happiness, added
only to the grief his shame had brought
upon him.
The progress of the case acquainted us
with the circumstances of the loss—the ex
tent of which was but a dime, no more?
The lad's employer, a wealthy, miserly,
and unprincipled manufacturer, had made
use of it for the purpose of what he called
"testing the boy's honesty." It was plac
ed whore, from its very position, the lad
would oftenest see it, and least suspect the
trap. The day passed, and the master, to his
mortification, not pleasure, found the coin
untouched. Another day passed: and yet
his object was not gained. He, however.
determined that the boy should take it, and
so let it remain.
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This continued temptation was too much
for the boy's resistance. The dime was ta
ken. A simple present for that little sis
ter was purchased with ..it. But while re
truning home to gladden her heart, his own
was made heavy by being arrested for theft,
a crime the nature of which he little knew.
These circumstances were sustained by sev
eral of his employer's workmen, who were
also parties to the plot. An attorney urged
upon the jury the necessity of making the
"little rogue" an example to others by pun
ishment. Before. 1 could see many tears
of sympathy for the lad, his widowed moth
er, and faithful sister. But their eyes were
all dry now, and none looked as it they car
ed for naught else but conviction.
The accuser sat in a conspicuous place,
smiling as if in fiendike exultation over the
misery he had brought upon that poor but
once happy trio.
We felt that there was but little hope for
the and the youthful appearance of the
attorney who had volunteered in his de
fence gave no encouragement, as we learn
ed that it was the young man's maiden
plea—his first address. He appeared greatly
confused, and reached to a desk near him,
from which be took the Bible that had been
used to solemnize the testimony. This rnov
ment was received with general laughter
and tauntine. remarks ; amorig, which we
heard a harsh fellow, close to us, cry out:
"He forgets what it is. Thinking to get
hold of some ponderous law-book, he has
made a mistake and got the Bible."
The remark made the young attorney
blush with auger and turning with flashing
ey4s upon the audience he convinced them
there was no mistake saying, "Justice wants
no better book." His confusion was gone,
and instantly he was as calm as the sober
Judge on the bench. The Bible was open
ed and every eye was upon him, as he qui
etly and leisurely turned over the leaves.—
Amidst breathless silence he read the jury
this sentence, "Lead us not into tempta
tion."
We felt our heart throb at the sound oi
these words. The audience looked at each
other without speaking ; and the jurymen
exchanged glances as the appropriate quo
tation carried its moral to their hearts. Then
followed an address which for pathetic4lo
quence we have never heard excelled. Its
influence was like magic. We saw the
guilty accuser leave the room in fear of per
sonal violence. The prisoner looked hope
ful ; the mother smiled again ; and, before
its conclusion, there was not an eye in the
court room that was not moist. The speech
affecting to that degree which caused tears,
held its hearers spell-bound.
The little time that was necessary to tran
spire before the verdict of the jury could be
learned was a period of great anxiety and
suspense. But when their whispering con
sultation ceased, and those happy words,
"Nut guilty," came from the foreman, they
passed like a thrill of electricity from lip to
lip, the dignity of the court was for
gotten, and not a voiceovas there that did
not join in the acclamation that hailed the
lad's release. The young lawyer's first
plea was a succes.sfull one. Ile was soon
a favorite, and now represents his district
in the Commonwealth. -
The lad has never ceased his grateful re
membrances, and we by the affecting scene
herein attempted to be described, have often
been led to think how manifold greater is
the crime of the temper than of the tempt
ed.—Rrthur Home's Gazette.
Oar Prairies.
The great prairies of the west are thus
spoken of by a late English traveller
i'ho word prairie is derived from she
French; and signifies meadow. in Ameri
ca it means grass land naturally free from
timber, and is used in this sense by me.—
Prairies have not been found in the eastern
parts of North America, and many conject
ures exist regarding their origin in the west.
Gradually passing from the forests and oak
opening of Michigan, it was not until after
crossing the river Des Plaint's that 'become
fully sensible of the beauty and sublimity of
the prairies. They embrace every texture
of soil and outline of surface, and are suf
ficiently undulating to prevent the stagna
tion of water. The herbage consists of tall
grass, interspersed with flowering plants of
every hue, which succeed each other as the
season advances. The blossoming period
was nearly over at the time of mrjourney.
sunflowers were particularly numerous, and
almost all the plants had yellow blossoms.
Every day brought me in contact with spe
cies formerly unobserved, while others with
which I had become familiar, disappeared.
Occasionally, clumps of trees stood on the
surface, like islands in the man. The
bounding forest projected and" receded in
pleasing forms, and the distant outlines ap
peared graceful. I had no time
. for search- .
ing Out and studying scenery, and perhaps
conceptions of beauty and grouping of trees
NUMBER 43.
formed in the artificial school of Britain,are
inapplicable to the magnir-ent scale on .
which nature bath adorned the country be
tween Chicago and Springfield. The works
of man are mere distortions compared with
those of nature and I have no doubt many
prairies, containing hundreds of square miles
exceed the finest English parks in beauty
as they do in extent. Sometimes I found
myself in the midst of the area without a
tree or object of any kind within the range
of vision ; the surface, clothed with inter
esting vegetation around me, appearing like
a sea, suggested ideas which I had not then
the means of recording, and which cannot
be recalled. The wide e*panse appeared
as the gift of God to man for the exercise of
h;s industry ; and there being no obstacle to
immediate cultivation, nature seemed invit
ing the husbandman to till the soil, and par
take of her bounty.'
Trial of a License Case.
A few years since, an effort was made by
the public of this county to break up the
traffic of ardent spirits between the Indians
residing on the Alleghany Reservation and
their white neighbors, who were engaged
in the business of supplying them with the
4.fire water."
In all the trials that were had, the Indians
were necessarily called as witness, and as a
disclosure of the names of those who were
in, the habit of furnishing them with drink
usually operated to stop the supplies of those
who informed, various expedients were re
sorted to by the witnesses, to evade giving
the necessarf °rid !nee. On one occasion,
where an indictment was pLnding against
an inn-keeper for selling liquor to the Indi-,
ans, 'John Titus" was called to prove the
offence. 'John' loved a drink amazingly,
and came upon the witness' stand with the
air of a man whose mind was mad.. up to
baffle the District Attorney in all his inqui
ries, at all hazards. After the usual oath
was administered, the f0i1..,..'g slialoghe
ensued : •
• 'Well, John,' asked the District Attor
ney, •were you at Currier's on the day of
the circus ?'
'Yes,' was the prompt and laconic reply.
•\Yho else was there, John ?'
.oh, Dan Killbuck, and two. three other
'Had you been drinking there, John 1' .
'Yes. 'All of you?' .Yes.' 'Were you
all drunk?' Yr.' Pretty drunk?' Yea
very drunk.'
'Well, John, where did you get your
whiskey?'
John drew himself up to his full height
and assuming all the dignity of his.race re
plied with marked deliberation and empha
sis, and almost a pause between each word;
'.9h—dal—too—muchuestionr
No effort would induce. John to give any
other answer, and he was allowed to retire.
Olean S. Y. Journal.
READING A LOVE-LETTER.—An amusing
instance of Hibernian simplicity is afforded
by the following little story, told us by a
friend, in whose word we give it .
Molly, our housemaid, is a model one.
who handles the broomstick like a scepter,
and who has an abhorrence for dirt. and a
sympathy . for soapsuds, that amounts to a
passion. She is a bustling. busy, rosy
' cheeked, bright-eyed, blundering Hibernian.
who hovers about our book-shelves, makes
war upon our papers, and goes about thirst
ing for new worlds to conquer, in the shape
of undusted and unrighted corners..
One day she entered our library in a con
fused and uncertain manner, quite different
from her usual bustling way. She stood at
the door with a 'letter between her thumb
and finger, which she held at arm's length
as if she had a gunpowder plot in her
grasp. In answer to our inquiries as to her
business, she answered : *
'An' it please yer honor, I'm a poor girl.
and twin's much larnin,' and ye sees, place
yer honor, Paddy O'Reilly, and the etthee
than him doesn't brathe in ould Ireland; has,
been writin' of me a letther—a love lather.
plase yer honor; an'—an'—'
We guessed at 'het embarrasment and of.
fered to relieve it. by reading the letter.—
Still she hesitated,, while she twisted a hit
of raw cotton in her fingers.."
Shure,' she resumed. 'an' that's jist what .
I want, but it isn't a atunleman like ger-,
self that would be knowing the secrets be-.
tween us, and so, here she twisted the cot
ton quite nervously, if it 'ill on l y plan yer
honor, while yer radeing. it, so that Or may
not hero it yerself, y'll jiltput Mishit of cot—.
ton in yer ear an' stop up yer heroin,' and
thin the socrets ill be unknown to yer.'
We hadn't the heart to refuse her. and ;
with the gra'vest face possible, complied
with her request ; but often since, we have
laughed heartily as we have related the in
cident.—Exchwrige pope?,
Nor Ben.—TwolrishEtt4.4ifunkin Prietn
one for stealing a cow, La the& otharlor
stealing a watch.
"Mike," .said the cow.stealer.
what "o'clock is id"
‘.och. Pat, I haven't my watts!) bandy;
but I think it ie about oinking