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"' WEDI;TESDAY - ,.MARCIII 21,:1g55.
• . ShCoking Death. '
On. Friday afternoon last, a littlq daughttiof
lir. ABSALOM Symms% of South
,White all
township, met with death in a very, shocking
manner. Thejnother had left the house five
-er tea Minutes, 'leaving the child.alone. Dur
: ing 'hey absence the child commenced playing
• with some straw near the stove. By some
means tho straw took fire, communicating the
fiames l to its dress. 'When the mother returned
to the house, she found the child enveloped in
flames, and before the garments could be re
moved, was So.' seVerely burnt that it expired
the same day. Mothers should take warning
, and not kaio children alone when they have
access to fire:- -
Appointment.
tt affords us pleasure to be enabled to an
• hounco to our readers, that our friend Mr.
'GEORGE L. Runs, has received the appointment
of Settler of Weights and Measures for the
County of Lehigh. We understand that there
were quite a number of applicants for the ap
pointment. We are quite certain that the Gov
ernor could not have bestowed his favor upon a
man that would have rendered more general
satisfaction. Mr. R. is a gentleman well liked,
and honest and upright in his dealings. Ile has
appointed Mr. henry W. Gangwere his deputy.
Benefit Ball.
The Lehigh Fencibles will give their first
Citizens' Dress Ball, at the Odd Fellows' Hall,
on blondayievening, April oth. As the object
of the Ball is, in part at least, to raise funds
necessary to keep up the organization of the
Company, there can be little doubt that it will
not be well patronized. The Committee as
sures us that every arrangement will be made
to secure order, and that those who attend may
safely anticipate a pleasant time. See adver
tisement.
Trees and Shrubbery.
Citizens of Allentown, whose property is not
already adorned with trees in front, and about
the yards, should have it -done this spring.—
The advantages of such an improvement must
be apparent to all--it not only adds to the
beauty of a residence *but greatly enhances
its value. Yes, plant trees. Plant them by
the' roadside—plant them in yards, streets,
lanes, lots—everywhere you can find room for
a tree to bear fruit or give shade. This is the
very season of the year to plant trees, and
there will be no time better than the present.
Every hundred dollars that is now• spent in
planting hardy fruit trees along the highway
of a farm that has a public travelled road run
ning through it, will add a thousand dollars to
the selling price of that farm twenty years
hence. Procure large trees with plenty of
roots, and plant them as though you intended
them to grow, and they will grow. It may not
he out of place to state, that Messrs. Heintz &
Newhard, whose advertisement appeared in
our columns, have received orders for 1300
fruit and shade trees, and over 900 shrubs,
vines, roses, creepers &c. They select their
orders from Prince's Highland Nurseries, near
Flushing, N. Y.
Committed to Prison.
Seven Irishmen named Neal O'Donnell, Tim
othy Shevlin, ChasAloyle, John Mgride, Neal
Bowen,:Charles McLivot and Andy (Mager,
were arrested on Wednesday night last, on a
charge of inciting to riot on Mum's. Kautz &
King's section on the Lehigh Valley Railroad.
The party got on a spree during the day; and
attempted to drive the other hands from their
work, when after several fights, they were ar
rested and brought before Justice Lawall, who
connuitted them to prison in default of bail.
I ME=
By reference to our advertising columns, it
trill be seen that the Spring Entertainment of
the Allentown Seminary, will take place on
Thursday evening, March 2.oth. The
esliiui
(ions of this Institution have heretofore been
very popular. We would take occasion here to
say that the Institution is in a highly flourish
ing condition, and ranks with the best schools
in the State. After the close of the present
term, the Seminary will be conducted by W.
M. REYNOLDS, D. D.
Where did you, get that Conti,'
" Why, where do you suppose' • 3, ; ~;lVcll, I
don't know, but it's a very good article. I sup
pose you got it at Keck & Newhard's in Hamil
ton street." "Of course I did ; that is well
known to be the place where good, cheap and
durable clothing can he obtained." .
TIME.
" Time like an ever rolling, stream,
Bear all its sons away PI
Ninety years hence, not a single man or.
woman, now twenty years of ageivilllie.alive.
Ninety years ! Alas, how many of the 'lively'
actors at present on the stage of life, will make
their exit long ere ninety years have rolled
away. And could we be sure of ninety years,
what are they. ? A tale that is told', a dream,
an empty sound that passoth on, the wings cf
tire. wind away and is forgotten. Years shorten
as men advance in age. Like the degrees in
longitude, man's life declines as lie travels Co
•wards the frozen pole until it dwindles to a
point, and vanishes foreVer. Is it possible that
life •is of such short duration ? Will ninety
years erase all the golden names over the door
in.town and substitute others in their stead ?
Will all the;blooMing . beauties fhde and disap ,
pear; all.tho. pride and passion, the love. ho e
and joy, be Passed away in ninety years and e
forgottontl--Ninety. years, says , death ) yuu
think I. shall wait ninety years? Behold .
day,.and•to-morrow, and every day is mine.
'When ninety years are past, this genorati
will have mingled with the dust and he reme
bored not.
Penenitnationii of the U. d.
The most immerousieet in thetrnitedStates
is the Methodist, the second the Babtist, 'and
the third' the .Ptesbytetittns. The first has
char& abcortimodatio . gs for over four millions
ofworshippers : in other words, the Methodists
have houses of worship 'for one-sixth of the
entire population. The Babtists have accent
modations for more than three millions.
The - richest denomination is the Methodist„
which is sot down in the census tables at $14,-
636,67.1. The' next is the Presbyterian, which
is rated at $14,366,889. The Episcopal, which
in number Of churches stands fourth, ranks
third, for its . church property, being estimated
at $11,261,970. The fourth is the Babtist,
$10,932,382 ; the fifth the Roman Catholic,
$8,973,338 , and the 6th the Congregational,
$7,973,962. 'Of these various sects, the two
which sympathise the most in doctrine, aro the
Congregationalists and ' Presbyterians—both
adhering to the Westminister Catechism, and
differing only in their form of government, the
one being republican, the other democratic.—
Together these two sects have over six thou
sand churches, can seat nearly three millions of
worshippers, and hold church property to the
value of more than twenty-two millions.
The sect whose average value of propOrty
ranks highest, is the . Unitarian. Next comes
the Dutch Reformed, and next the Jewish.—
The Swedeuborgians, Roman Catholics and
Episcopalians follow - in the order named. O 6
the leading denominations, the Methodists stand
the lowest on the list, and the Babtists next,
while the Presbyterians and Congregationalists
bold a middle place.
The Weather
March came in heralded by skies of blue, sun
beams of loveliness, and an air which was redo
lent with healthful, bracing vigor; and every
body had an idea that for once, he was disposed
to act serenely, and leave his blustering gar
ment as a shroud for departed February. But
old March has again proved himself a rash and
wayward trickster, as during the past eight or
nine days he indulged in many freaks to regale
his fancy—such as snow, hail and rain, and oc
casionally airing himself upon a whirlwind for
pastime—and altogether, it was the gloomiest
week of the season. Gentle spring who made
her advent amidst smiles and sunshine, is now
all frowns and tears, fully proving the truth of
'the proverb, that if March comes in like a lamb
ho is sure to go out like a lion.
BANK MEETING.
Pursuant to notice the following of the com
missioners named in tho act for the organiza
tion and lecation'of a bank at Allentown, met at
the house of Benjamin Hagenbuch, March 14,
1855, to wit :
W. B. Powell, A. G. Reninger, S. A. Bridges,
W. 11. Blunter, John P. Ruhe, Solomon L.
Keck, Lewis Schmidt, C. W. Cooper, George
Probst, Hiram J. Schantz, Stephen Balliet,
Charles Kramer, John Apple, John Yost, Wil
liam Wenner, James Lackey, Stephen Barber,
Samuel Lewis, Henry Xin g , Nnlhon Ilrouhs , r
John L. Hoffman.
When on motion GEORGE PROBST was called
to the chair, and William .11. Blunter and
Charles IV. cooper, appointed Secretaries.
The chairman stated the ol;ject of the meet
ing.
On motion of Mr. Reningcr, it was resolved
that the books for subsCription of stock be
opened on Monday, the 16th of April next at
9 o'clock, A. M.; at the house of Charles Pale,
in Allentown, and to continue open between
the hours of 9 and 12 A. M., and 1 and 4 P.
M., on that day and each of the five succeeding
days, unless all thd stock should be sooner sub
scribed.
On motion of Mr. Blumer, the chair appoint
Wm. IL . Blumer, A. G. Reninger and C. W.
Cooper, a committee to procure the necessary
blinks.
On motion the following committee was ap
pointed to attend during the opening of the
books, to wit:
Charles Kramer, Hiram J. Schantz,
Win. H. Blinner, Solomon L. Keck,
A. G. Beninger, John Apple,
Ludwig Stifiniidt, John Yost,
Stephen Barber, Charles W. Cooper
On motion Resolved, that when the commit
tee publish the notices for the opening of the
books they also publish inmano or more news
papers, as they may deem expedient, the sub
stance of the 2d and sth sections of the act of
April 16. 1850. . .
. .
On motion Resolved, that these proceedings
be signed by the officers, and published in the
papers of Allentown.
On motion 'adjourned. .
' GEORGE PROBST, President
ensnmts W. CbOpp.,
Secretaries.
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Wm. IL Bluet,
Perith of. the Vier' of Wilma^ t
The Africa,. at Halifax, on Thuriday, brings
the important announcement that Nicholas, the
Czar Of. Russia, died suddenly on the 2d inst.,
of
pulnionic apoplexy, following a severe attack
of influenza.
.The intelligence was announced
in both houses : of the British Parliament oft the,
.same day, on the authority of two desplftches,
one from the British Minister at Berlin, and the
.other from the British Minister at the Hague.—
It was also announced that there was no doubt
of the authenticity of the report. The illness
of the Czar was previously known. The an
nouncement produced a great sensation in Eng
land, as . it will do throughout the civilized world.
Nicholas I, Emperor of all the Russias and
,King of Poland, was born July Gth, 170 G,
'being nearly 50 years of age, and having reign
ed .thirty years. He, in 1825, succeeded his
eldest brother, Constantine, who renounced his
right to the throne, and died in 184 r. Nicho
las married July 13th, 1817, Charlotte, daugh
ter of the King of Prussia, born July 13th,
1708. The issue is Alexander, Grand Duke,
hereditary Prince, three daughters and three
other sonti, Constantino, Nicholas and Michael,
Grand Dukes. Prince Alexander, the heir. to
the Imperial throne, was born April. 29th,
818, and is now nearly. 37 years old:
.I , OWNSHIP EIL 111 0 TION S
~.The 'ft:flowing persons Were on Friday, the
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thinstant, elected to fill the several offices in
the 'different Wards and Townships of Lehigh
county.
ALLENTOWN. .
'Thmarss—Thordas Mohr.
MGR CONSTABLE—Jahn L. Hankoy.
Annrron—William F. Hoffman.
NORTH WARD:
Judge—John Eckert.
Inspectors—Benjamin M. Krauss,
Edward'Seider.
Assessor—Samuel Miller.
Assistant Assessors—Joseph SVeiss,
Charles Hellman.
Constable—Samuel Burger.
Town Council—Dr. John Romig,
William Maddern,
Enhriam Diefenderfer.
Scholl-Director—Charles M. Runk.
SOUR' WARD.
Judge—Ephriam Grim. •
Inspectors—M: D. Eberhard,
Thomas Sweitzer.
Assessor—Henry W. Knipe.
Assistant Assessors--George keck,
Reuben Sieger.
Constable—Samuel Hartman.
Town Council—Amos Ettinger,
Joseph Dietrich.
School•Director—Petot• IL Lchr.
LEHIGH WARD.
Judge—Benjamin Whitesell.
Inspectors—Richard Deily,
' Nathan Gaumcr.
Assessor—Jonathan Schwartz.
Assistant Assessor—Henry T. Klecicner,
Amandes Trexler.
Constable—Solomon Smith.
Town Council—Stephen Keck,
Solomon Butz.
School Directors--Peter Moll,
Jesse Wasser.
HANOVER.
.Tudge, William Rohn ; -Inspectors, William
Reichard, Jonathan Dcch ; Assessor, Henry
Eberhard ; Assistant Assessors, henry Hum
mel, Samuel Krauss ; Justice, L. A. Micksh ;
Constable, Richard Miller ; Superinisors, Robert
Oberly, Jonathan Laubach ; School Directors,
Adam Walter, Samuel Kohler ; Auditor, Joseph
Moyer ; Treasurer, Charles Ritter ; Township
Clerk; Josiah Mellose.
SOUTII Wurrintm.t.
Judge, Tilghman Woodring ; Inspectors,
Urialillertzel, Sylvester Guth ; Assessor, Adam
Markel ; Assistant Assessors, Theobald Kuntz,
Solomon Griesemer ; Justice, Charles Guth ;
Constable, Daniel Stettler ; Supervisors, Charles
Reichard, Michael Minnie'', Aaron Guth, Reu
ben Schreiber, Lorance Keck, Paul Newhard ;
School Directors, Daniel J. Roads, Edmund
Butz ; Auditor, Tilglimati Miller.
"WEis
Judge, Jacob Grim ; Inspectors, Icri Wer
Aaron Moyer :Assessors, Abraham Werly ; As
sistant Assessors. Elias Wetherbold,
Luuunt u r ea ;
ble, George Grim ; Supervisors, Jonas Ebert,
George Rex ; School Directors, George Rex,
Elias Gramlich.
WASHINGTON
Judge, John Fenstermacher ; Inspectors,
George Vleit, Daniel Weer; Assessor, Thomas
Kuntz; Assistant Assessors, Nathan Peter,
Daniel Reinhard ; Justims, Levi Krauss, Henry
Kuntz ; Constable, Nathan Eck ; Supervisors,
Moses Lentz, Daniel Peter ; School Directors.
Peter Wert, William Mosser; Auditor, Wil
liam Mosser ; Township Clerk, Charles Peter.
UPPER MILFORD
Judge, Samuel L. Beck ; Inspectors, Abra
ham Hiestand, Edwin Keenly ; Assessor, henry
Jordon ; Assistant Assessors, John Ortt, David
Hiestand ; Supervisors, John Lorantz, Aaron
Huber ; School Directors, Rudolph Stabler,
Reuben Wilt ; Auditor, Peter Marks ; Treasu
rer, Levi Ritter ; Township Clerk, Samuel
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Moyer.
NORTII IVIIITHITALL
Judge, Joel Cross.; Inspectors, William Lein
bcrger, John Croll ; Assessor, Franklin Smith ;
Assistant Assessors, Paul Millet, Owen Schr6i
bey ; Justice, Edward Kohler ; Supervisors,
George Haft; John Bertsh, James Kern, Tobias
Delbert.; Constable, Stephen Wright ; School
Directors, E. T. Butz, Michael Woodring ;
Auditor, Peter Cross; Township Clerk, John
F. Ritter.
LOWER MILFORD
Judge, Christian Ortt ; Inspectors, George K.
Carl, Daniel C. Stauffer; Asssessors, J. IV. 11.
Engelman ; Assistant Assessors, Sartiuel llottle,
Henry T: Scholl.; Justice, Willoughby Gabel ;
Constable - , Laniel Stabler ; . Supervisors, George
Kline, Silas Ott ; School Directors, William D.
Dilliriger, Jonas Roeder; Auditor, James D.
Dillifiger ; Treastrier, Jacob Weber ; Township
Clerk, David Engelinan.
U .• SALISBURY.
Judge, Moses Wiand ; Inspectors, Jacob
Firdnutit, Solomon Kline ; Assessor, Jacob Lau
denschlager ; Assistant Assessors, David Mo
ritz, Solomon Kline, sett. ; Constable, Isaac
Hasler.;: Supervisors, David Schitz, William
(Bering ; School Directors, Thomas Burghal
ter, David Moritz ;Auditor, Solomon B. Ritter :
Township Clerk, Jesse Keck.
IJPPEIL StUCON
Judge, Daniel Dubs, ; Inspectors, Charles B.
Weber, George Stahr ; Assessor, Henry B.
Person; Assistant. Assesors, Jonathan Leith,
Daniel Berger ; Justice, Charles W. Cooper ;
Constable; Edward Weaver ; Supervisors, J.
Reinhard, Jacob K. Young ; School Direc
tors, Jacob Jacoby, Jacob Hartman ; Auditor,
Abraliain Miller; Township Clerk, J. Cooper.
LoWIIILL
Judge, Jacob Peter ; Inspectors, Jonas Knorr,
Reuben Scheurer ; Assessors Charles Scheurer ;
Assistant Assessors, Benjamin Diehl, Jonathan
Zimmerman, Justice Jacob Zimmerman, Peter
Weida, Constable, Joshua Werly ; Supervi
•sors, John Schumacher, Charles Deshler ; Au
ditor, David Delon ; Treasurer, Elias Diehl
Township Clerk, John Dittncri
OeVAseuQue
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• Judge, Joshua Hunt, Jr. ; Inspectors, Vallin
line W. Weaver, Jonathan Snyder ; Assgdssor,
David A. Tombler ; Assistant Assessors, Phil
ip Fenstermacher, Simon Sterner ; Burgess,
Uriah Brunner ; Justice, Chancey D. Fuller ;
High Constable, John Heinly ; Constable, John
Hack; Town Council, William Neligh, Charles
Dieder, G&rge W. Bogh, Wing - kin Flilman,
Reuben Patterson ; School Directors, Samuel
Glace, David Thomas ; Street Commissioners,
Enoch Yund, John Boyer.
ITEIDELBERG
Judge, Nathan Wuchter ; Inspectors, Reuben
German, Augustus Berkemeyer.; Assessor, Ja
cob Harter ; Assistant Assessors, Frederick
Krauss . , Peter Miller, (farmer) ; Justice, John
Saeger ; Constable, William Adams ; Supervi
sors, John Itressel, Elias Mentz ; School Direc
tors, Elias Snyder, Elias Bittner ; Auditor,
Levi Peter ; Township Clerk, John Sensinger.
UPPER MACU\GS
Judge, Alphron Steinberger ; Inspectors,
John Baer, Stephen Albright ; Assessor, Amos
Brauss ; Assistant Assessors, Owen Faust,
Tilghman J. Hoffman ; Justice, Willoughby
Fogel, David Schell ; Constable, Francis it.
Jacoby ; Supervisors, William Desh, Solomon
Mohr, School Directors, Jacob Schaffer, John
11. Lichtenwalner ; Auditor, Daniel Meyer.
Treasurer, Solomon Albright.
LI - mi.
Judge, Jones L. Brobst ; Inspectors, Daniel
Weaver, John A. Reitz ; Assessor, Jones J.
Kistler ; Assistant Assessors, Daniel J. Leiby,
Reuben Buck ; Justice, William Kistler, Pact.
Snyder; Constable, Daniel Follweiler ; Super
visors, Peter Moyer, Daniel Oswald, Daniel
Brobst ; School Directors, G. Kistler, R. Ross ;
Auditor, Joseph Gift; Treasurer, Reuben Fedi
erolf ; Township Clerk, Edward D. Follweiler.
LOWER MACUNGY
Judge, Jacob Michael ; Inspectors, Jacob
Marks, John Stephen ; Assessor, Horatio Her
zog ; Assistant Assessors, Michael Cressmnn,
Samuel Sehmoyer ; Justice, Harrison Mil
ler; Constable, Andrew-Ncurnoyer ; Supervi
sors, Daniel Lauer, Isaac.l.Eisenbard ; School
Directors, George Schaffer, Henry Gorr, Audi
tor, Peter Weiler ; Treasurer, Nathan Klotz ;
Township Clerk, Franklin Merfz.
WHITEWASHING. TREES. A correspondent
condemns the practice of white-washing trees.
" Where the trunks of trees are incrusted
with scales and parasitical fungi, scraping
thoroughly, and rubbing down with coarse sand
till all the roughness is removed, and the sin.-
thee rendered perfectly smooth, and then trash
ing, off with lye, or soap spds, produces an ex
hilarating effect, and communicates to the cir
culatory system, and to the emunctories a de
gree of energy which cannot so readily and ef
fectually be imparted in any other way. When
whitewash is applied, the process of purification
is always necessarily slow and imperfect. The
lime uniting with the moss, etc,, forms a hard,
tenacious and comnact mass which,effectualfr
closes the pores, altoarrests m t
e unitnya
perspiration, and by confining the fluids which
the system rejects, and would, if permitted,
throw oft', lays the foundation of diseases more
fatal than those it is designed to prevent, or
cure. Lye has not this effect.
SNAIL EATJXG.-A paragraph has been going
the rounds of the papers, relative to the eating
of snails in Switzerland ; a certain kind are
consumed there, as we consume oysters here.
They have a shell about an inch and a half in
diameter, near the aperture. They aro all
about two and a half inches long wheit creeping
on the ground ; their color is gray. They are
found about hedges, and are only eaten in au
tumn and winter, when in their dormant state.
Monks and those professing the Catholic religion
ire very fond of them, as they are allowed to
eat them upon fast days, when flesh meat is
prohibited. In some of the convents they have
regular snail pastures, where they are raised in
large quantities: They are boiled or roasted,
and eaten with butter, and their taste is said
to be excellent.
SrocKixas.--A stocking knitting machine is
among the latest novelties in New York. It
was patented in 1851, but, with the exception
of a 'few in Connecticut, has not been practi
cally tested. The Mirror says :—A girl ten
years old can knit half a dozen pair of stock
ings in a day, working the machine by hand or
foot. In a factory, with motive power, ono
person can manage a, dozen machines. The
stocking is entirely made by the machine from
top to toe, and no nimble fingers Of:industrious
elderly maidens, sitting 13ythe hearth corner,
could " widen" or " narrow," or "'heel" or
" too" more perfectly. The inventiOls in the
hands of a stock company, who are about to
apply it in a large factory, and who offer for
sale the right to use the machines.
BRILICII Or PROMISE.-At the recent term of
the Circuit Court of. Orange County, held at
Goshen, Miss Charlotte Wright brought a suit
against Langford R. Drown for breach of mar
riage promise. Thecase was tried and thOplain
tiff recovered damage in the sum of $3,500.
Thus Langford was done right brown ; and as
the circumstances arc stated to have been of an
aggravated character, we think the Jury but
did their duty. This trifling with young ladies'
affections is a non-paying business, and should
be suspended.
SEASONABLE REFLEVTIONS.-A winter's bed
room, without a red checked stove and wife.—
If bachelors are ever to be pitied, it is in ivinter,
when the thermometer falls to zero' and frozen
feet. Married men are less troubled with rheu
matism than any other. Dr. Frances explains
the reason—they' sleep warmer. Think'of this
, •
thing, and connubalize as soon as possible.—
The bachelor not only sins against God, but
fan, comiort and happiness.* There aro fools
in this world—but there is no foot, like that
man or woman, who don't believe in hugging,
and kissing, babiesantfmatriuloni. - _ '
prtatbings.
SENATE.
On the 12th of March Mr. FRY presented
two petitions from citizens of Lehigh county,
for the repeal of the office of county superin
tendent.
Mr. FRY called up Scnate — btlrgo. 207, to
incorporate the Pennsylvania Lehigh Zinc com
pany.
The Speaker submitted the question of order
heretofore raised 'on this bill, whether it did not
come under the provisions of the general manu
facturing law to the decision of the Senate.
The question of order was discussed at some
length by Messrs. Fry, Haldeman, Darsie,
Buckalewo.Tordah and Price, and finally ; on mo
tion of the latter gentleman, postponed.
On thu 13th of March, Mr. FRY, presented
two petitions signed by 110 citizens of North
ampton county, for a law to regulate the mea
suring of paving stones.
. The following bills signed by the Governor,
were presented in a message to the Senate yes
terday.
A supplement to the charter of the Thomas
iron company, approved April 4, A. D., 1854.
An act extending the jurisdiction of the
courts of this Commonwealth In cases of
divorce.
An act authorizing the incorporation of the
Allentown Bank:
. • i HOUSE.
On the 1.4 March, Mr. REESE, presented
.
a petition, tg to the m i lt:school super
intendent. : 1 '• •
The supplemelt to the act teittitimate
,the
children : # l 4 Aar n Ballot, of Lehigh con y,.
was to urita . 4d passed.
Alp b a ft relative to building associations,
pad. e nd . April, 1853, in the Counties of
Bucks, bai, Lancaster and Lehi.
Hon ost:vo.—Many horSet; are injured
by care z rh o g. Their feet differ so much
Il i
that it rejiires great judgment and thorough
knowledge of their anatomical structure.—
Smiths generally pare the'heel too m;:ch or do.
not pare the toe enough. The frog should be
permitted to grow sufficiently to strike the
ground before the hoof opposite ; it rarely grows
tbo ioti g ; it is intended by nature to prevent
the heavy jar produced by weight. When the
heel is mud' lower than the too, the cords of
the legs become strained, and the legs sore and
stiff and . the horse will move awkwardly, which
is attributed too often to founder, when the
cause is bad shoeing. Sonic burn the toe off ;
this is very injurious. So far as the heat pene
trates, it destroys the circulation which gives
the toughness. The hoof necessarily beconies
very brittle, and is liable to crack. Great care
should be taken in driving the nails, to see that
they do not split and enter the quick, and cause
lameness.
A HEARTPKIS SENTIMENT INOPPORTUNRI.T Ex
o
.
given in a fashionable circle a few weeks since,
not a hundred miles from our metropolis, and
the festivities were kept up to so late an hour,
that the fair hostess became completely wearied
out. Some fifteen minutes after the lady sup
posed the last of her guests had left, she. walk
ed into the supper room, where the gas had
been turned down, and ,gavo vent to her wea
ried spirit by ejaculating—" thank God, they
are all stuffed aid! gone !" " Not quite all,"
squeaked, out a voice, " I have returird to find
an car-ring which I supposed was dropped
while at, the supper table !" The hostess's
chagrin can be better imagined than described,
when on turning round she discovered one cf
. her nearest fashionable neighbors !—Bos. Post.
A FORMII;ADLE UNDERTAKEs:G.—A contempo
rary puts the tobacco question into the follow
ing shape : " Suppose a tobacco chewer is ad
dicted to the habit of chewing tobacco fifty
years of his life, and that each day of that time
he consumes two inches of solid plug, it
amounts to six thousand four hundred and sev
enty-five feet, making nearly one mild and a
quarter in length of solid tobacco, half an inch
thick and two inches broad. Now what would
the young beginner think if he had tho whole
amount stretched out before himoind were told
that to chew it would be ono 9f the exercises of
his life, and also that it would tax his income
to the amount of two thousand and ninety.
four dollars ?"
BREADSTUFFS IN TIIE UNITED STATES.—Hunt's
Merchant's Magazine thus speaks of the trade
in breadstuffs that will open at the commence.
ment of navigation in the Spring :
" When Spring
.open.g the canals and the
lakes, a stream of breadstuffs will set towards
the Old World inVininterrupted flow. The
ground sorry is the most extensive ever under
culttire . within our limits, and if there be' no
blight on our harvest we can feed the nations
of Europe so far as they may need beyond their
own production. Previous to the coming for
ward of the new stores of old, which have accu
mulated at the various points of inland ship
ment, will be sent forward, and that which
was hoarded during the fall, when a high price
was offered for it in vain, will be sold for below
the rates current ?"
Boxzs.—Save all the bone's of, the meat con
sumed on your place, every 200 pounds dis
solved with 100 lbs.. a sulphuric acid, diluted
with twice the (pant* of water, if mixed with
ten bushels of spent ashes; will fertilize an acre
of ground sufaciently well to 'carry it through
a four or six years riitatitirizt-to be harrowed
. .
A Rik lir•AN' UNUSUAL PiAoE.—tiapt.
ender of the schooner Elizabeth Ann, of Prdsr•
incetown, Mass., while fishing last summer on
the Gilind Bank of Newfoundland; Wok' from
the stomach of a cod43sh, a lady's plain gold
thiger-ring, perfectly bright and smooth, and
which had riot appirditly boon therelont; _
0-6 itt 14 5 \
Um E S N;
07Tass•word bf the.SV Night.B-riietzet
41711iiitarineribf Delaware complaM of.A
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seVera,#rouklit.
11:7•There are 750 paper millsAn actual Op
eration in the United States.
Oa - Strawberry julips. are among theillni
ries they were ihdidging in ittNeW Orteana hut
week.
Wild pige . oi?a in n3 . yriada arc said to
abound in the foiesta of Spottnyliania c county,
Virginia.
13:7'A train of sixty cars came into Chicago
on Saturday last, on the Aurora road,.:wprith
over 3100, head of dressed hogs on board.
[?Dien of the noblest dispositions always
think themselves happiest when othersibhare
their happiness with them. _ •
- _ •
o:7•Prince Albert is bald on the top of his
head—a very important piece of news brought
by the last steamer.
11:7*Gratitude is the fairtat blossom Irhich
springs from the soul ; and the heart of "tiiidi
knoweth none more fragrant.
(",. , ‘l%lAnAms,your shawl is dragging in the
mud." " Well, you little hussy, suppose it is
isn't it the fashion 1"
WELL, sir, what does spell I"
Boy—" I don't know." " Mat have you got
on your head ?" Boy. , —(seratching)- 7 !I guess
it's a muskeeter bite, for it itches like thunder.'
17. A good barrel of flour, costing $lO,
weighs 106 pounds. When in the state of
dough it weighs 305 pounds. When baked
265. -
;es it folloVthat a man raised on ginger
. e gingertbred ? Let some of our young
yceu"ins discuss this. The warmth of the sub
jW will admit of a spicy debate.
I llgirFemales generally aro supposed to be in
fallible. A man frequently admits he was in
the wrong, but a woman never—she is only
liable to be miss-taken.
I:lGierman physiologists affirm that balf the
deaths of men between the ages of 18 and 28
arc attributable to a waste of constitution in
duced by smoking.
13 - Young ladies who faint on being " pro.
posed to," can be restored to consciOusnem by
just whispering in their cars that you were only
joking.
is an old saying that Timo waits ; for
no man—but the fair sex would have us be
lieve that ho is gallant enough to wait for the
ladies.
1317 - Two minutes is the extent that any one
should trespass upon an editor's time, during
business hours, unless he is..upon 'busineSiof
importance.
onewho will abandon a friend for one
error, know but little of the human character,
and prove that their,heurts are cold as their
judgments aro weak.
(fl"' You had better ask for manners than
money," said a finely dressed gentleman to a
be77, - nsboy.who o liadeskdtpr elms. " I asked
boy's reply.
[l:7--" If I were so unlucky," said an 'taker,
" as to have a stupid son, I would certainly
make him a parson." A clergyman, who wau
in the company calmly replied," you think dif
ferently, sir, from your father."
10 - A skeleton was found in a swamp near
Bangor, Me., under p rope hanging to the tint/
of a tree, supposed to be all that is left of a
man named: Philips, who disappeared 'three
years ago.
ii:7'Our junior d—l (Bully). is beginning to
show signs of genius. He suggested the other
day that the old song, " Come rest on this
bosom" should read " Come rest on this .eid
loa."
:11Vild ducks are plenty in tho American
Bettoin, opposite St. Louis. The lakes and
streams back eight or nine miles from the river
are said to be swarming with ducks that have
just appeared there in numbers almost ap.
proaching to myriads.
0 7A popular clergyman, who was sadly an
noyed on Sunday by incessant coughing among
his congregation, paused in his discourse and
remarked, that "if ladies would wear their
bonnets on their heads, and tie the strings,
coughs would not be so prevalent." He cer
tainly don't mean to be " coughed down."
13.1 f a fool knows a secret, he tells it be.
cause he .is a fbol ; if a knave knows one, he
tells it wherever it is his interest to tell it: But•
women and young men are very apt to tell whit
secrets they know, from the vanity of having
been trusted. Trust none of these, wheneier
you can help it.
A Perim Nays:v.—The New York Mirror of
Tuesday says, a male child,' it day or two old,
was discovered on Saturday morning, in Ninth
street, near the Fifth avenue, lying in the Snow,
with no covering to shield its tender frame from
the frosty air save a newspaper, wrapped about
it. Tho unusual appearance of the parcel at
tracted the attention of a policeman, who car
ried tho child into the Brevoort House, where it
was cared for, and finally removed to the Alms
House. Strange to say, in spite of its exposnra
in the cold wintry mormng and scant covering
the child was apparently uninjured. • ..
Luxunnts IN SAN FRANCISCO..—The Chinese'
at San Francisco are " somewhat" on luxuries.
Among other tit-bits advertised by a long- •
queued restorateur in the muddy city we notice
the following : " Smoked rats, preserved - bird's '-
nests, and *pickled bill dogs ! served daily at'
the ordinary at 3 P.. 31. Tickets $1 each. N. •
B. Queues twisted and teeth picked without' ,
additional charge." • • • -
Paoirirto.—Mr. Thomas Parsons, living near ,
Royal Oak, in. St. Mickaela District; informs the':
editor of tko Daston (Md.) Garotte,. that last"
week one of his cows had four.calves at one',
birth. Mr. Parsons is a m a n of vCracity, in&
his statcthent can be relied on. WO tl4ik th*
'will: bo Bard to heat.. •-•