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FARMERS UM THIS WAY.
E opposition say that in a short time the ground
THE
he ready to sow Oats, Barley, Sc. Row
they know this we urn not title to say, but this much
we will say, that whenever it gets ready, you had
better give us a call for one of the beat (rain Drills.
and warranted at that. Om large talk about refunding
money,) but if the article is not as represented, it can
be returned, and all matters satisfactorily arran,,ed.
Likewise, in due time the grass will be in order for
hay making. and then we are prepared to furnish yes
with Allen's Mower, a splendid machine lbr cutting
'grass of any kind. And in addition, when desired.
we have also the eombined Mower and Reaper, of
Mutiny's Patent, which is mannfactured upon a dif
forma principle from r hose made heretofore, and war
ranted to cut grass and grain as fast as one leant of
horses tom draw it. And further, we have the Pre
miam Corn Sheller of Lehigh county. and as there
has been sold a,very large number is a short time
that have rendered universal satisfaction, we are con
fident it sayitog, that it has no superior here or else
where. We likewise have a Mill for chopping feed,
whielt has bven tested thoroughly in different sections,
and all wpo have witnessed its operations, testify to
the good qualities of the mill, and recommend it to
farmers us an article to save time, and likewise grain
is the amount which is yearly given to millers in the
shape of " toll." in short we have almost any article
which farmers reptire for agricultural purposes, such
749 Ploughs of almost any pattern, Corn Cultivators,
Revolving Ray Rakes. Hay Forks, Corn Pltsighs,
Corn Planters, Lime Spreaders, Threshing Machines
and Horse Powers of different hinds, nnd
,pll warrant
ed to give satisfaetion. Repairing done in all the
different branches, on reasonable terms and at short
mak), Any person residing at a diskinea, to want
or any of th,,,,h,,ve articles, cat obtain them by ad
dressing the sub:scribers at No. Su West Hamilton at.,
Alluntuv.n. Pa: swErrzEß siD;ER.
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do: David Ili,lry. do: David 1.1111 , ..11:Ler.11
gy; George Ileisel.
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FEED MILL REFERENCE
Charles Seagreaves, Alieiktewn.
Allentown, April 2.
WARREN'S_
IMPROVED FIRE AND WATER PROOF
COMPOSITIONNFING.
Joseph Clewell, Allontown, Agent for Lehigh Co
VOnt nttcuti.in is F011446.'4 to rho
above method or 14,01111 e% now 11111,41 USIA ill
1111,1 vicinity. and which hos been exten
sively in use in many of the ,•iiies of the Wc..t. during;
more than eleven years past, during which time it
has been tested under every variety of circuit:stances.
and we confidently offer it to the public as a mode' of
treating nnobjeetionable in every intp.rtant particular.
"n'Lile it emnbines, in a c;rcabrr degree than any other
rout' in use, the V 311131110 requisites or etotolotess, do.
rohnity, and security against both fa.) and water.—
This is rapidly superseding the use or git other hind,
of roofs, wherever it has been introduced, giving gen
eral catisfaction..and is highly recommended by all
who have te,-ted its utility. These root's require an
'inclination of not more than one hull to the foot,
•which in or y runt oil in, atoyr i n cane lire, and for
-drying purposes: They are offered at a price consid-
Crably less than any other roof in use, while the
amount s4' material saved, which would otherwise Inc
used in.extending up the walls nod framing for a
steep roof, often makes n still t'arther important re
duction in the cost or ittdiditrg. (letters may be
formed of the same material ns the roof, at twitch less
expense than any other. • in ease of d e feet or injury,
fr./.011 any cause, there is 110 no easily repaired.
The materials lining mostly non-emobtetors 1/r heU t •
- 1 . 1 . 0 Mot ' ii cool in summer, or 00 warm in winter.
blase wishing to Une bur roof, should give the rafters
.tt pitch of about one inch to the igot. For farther in,
'formation apply to Joseph Cleweil, at Allentown. our •
„agent for Lehigh and Carbon 'counties, -who is pre
yared to execute all orders it short notice.
11. M. WALIIEN CO.,
No. 4 Farquhar Daildingg, 1V rout St., l'llitallelphin
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The following named gentlemen in Allentown have
their Lauren roofed with the ahoved named enniposi
..titm, and are able to testify to its superiority over an)
other hind of :
IL-F. Tit I,Ett. 17n ton Kt., between Ninth nil Tenth
It. STI:Til.1:11. bet iweoli Eighth and 'Muth
PAllini.r:N;f3eventhst., between 'Hamilton 1", i c
OTII ,t,•.EGGE, between ,l Fifth
J. R. Wo Sixth at., between llamiltoa Si Linden
• Sew ,t; KNautis,Ninth Bt, between Linden & Turner
A. Klotz, corner of Union and Seventh street.
R. E. IV it in !iv, Fourth st.,,hotiveen Linden Turner.
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A , town and vicinity, that he has lately
graduated as Physician in all the various
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west of the Odd Fellows' Hull, West Hamilton street,
Allentown, whore lie is at all times prepared, by day
or by night, to aid the afflicted, and render his services
to all Who may honor hint with a call.
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Thou dearest hest been linked to mo
By things which never more can be—
By memories of that lovely place,
That village, quiet in its grace,
(Like lilies iu the summer air,
That stir not, knowing they are fair,)
And those whO trod those mossy walks,
And shared with us those woodland talks
Fill our hearts, hungry fur the pain ..
Of loving to he loved again—
Learned the deep meaning of a word
Which bad been better never heard
Down at the end of a long green lane that
led from the substantial brick house of Farmer
Shirley, swung the " form-yard gate," called so,
more by courtesy than by right, since the
" yard" was, in reality, some distance off, in
another direction, while the lane itself led the
passenger out over a smoothly sloping green
sward into the dusty highroad. But the place
had been christened by the young men and
maidens of the villirige who had swung and see
sawed there as children, and who now came, in
their maturer years, to walk and talk together—.
it may be, to breathe a VOW of love, or exchange
an innocent kiss, beneath the shadow and shel
' ter of the tall maples that grew around. So no
one thought of changing its name, and the
schoolboys swung hack and forth on its stout
hinges with shouts of glee the old farmers
leaned over it to discuss the state of the wheather
and the crops, or to talk politics—and the good li
wives of the neighborhood held a solemn con
clave there now and then in the early dusk of a ,
summer's evening, while with a kerchief or 1
apron over their heads, they exchanged the
news of the day and " speered" after one anoth
er's family at home.
But on the evening of which I write, no one
• lingered at the gate, but two friends, whose
home fur years had been in that great house be
yond it—but whose mutual home would be
there no longer. It was well understood,
throughout the village, that Stella Shirley was
to depart on the morrow for the distant city,
and with instinctive delicacy her old school
mates and companions had made their adieus in
theifternoon, in order that she might dedicate
the last hours of her stay her cousin and
acknowledged lover—L l Justin Shirley.
They walked slowly up and down in the pale
moonlight. Stella was tall, erect and agile.
with eyes and hair as black as night—finely
cut and chiseled features, a clear glowing bru
nette complexion, and an air at once gay„ care
less and full of a nameless dash' and glitter that
charmed while it subdued. She was brave and
I=
frank and generous—but she was also proud,
imperious and overhearing—and the plague
spot of ambition had eaten deep 'into her heart.
Her cousin wits slender, frail and•graceful as
a bending reed. Long, curls of jetty hair fell
around oval cheeks both pale 'and clear, and
thick and curving eyebrows of the same hue,
made his large dark gray eyes look still darker.
His mouth was small and full—his smile midan
choly but very sweet. The delicate and trans
parent hands—the blue veins upon the sunken
temples, and, the slight depression around the
upper lip, all told the same tale. , His was a
nature too.delicate and sensitive for this rough
work-a-day world : his spirit could not linger
long, but would escape like the perfume of a
dying flower, and so go back .to him who gave
it.
Never was there a stinger contrast between
two lovers. And when he spoke, his voice was
low, sweet and exquisitely modulated. while in
her firmer tones might be heard a slight metal
lic ring. like that one hears in striking a per
fect bell. This slight distinction alone would
have marked the difference between the two, to
an observant spectator.
"And to-morrow evening, when I come here,"
he sighed, " I shall come alone. You will then
be in the city, Stella."
The dark eyes of the girl flashed as she an
swered,—
y Yes—and by the day after, Justin, I shall
•be commencing my search after fame. You
may think of me, during the rest of this week,
hurrying loin ono editor's office to another, in
a state of perfect bewilderment. I shall not
settle down as a writer for some days to C9113C,
I presume."
" But Stella—l have often read and heard
that young authors meet with many disappoint
ments and - discouragements. If tho editor.
should refuse your articles, what would you
do?'
Ile hoped and believed she would shy,—
" I would come home again to you, Justin,"
"When lie saw her wince beneath his warning
words. But the next moment slip threw up
her splendid head with a gesture of mute dell
[Uwe and said proudly,—
" I would burn them and Write more till they
did take them ! I tell you," she added, growing
flushed and excited, " 1 tell you I will succeed.
No one can convince me that I am made for the
humdrum life . your fathei.• and mother have
marked out for Inc."
The boy .colored painfully, but compressed
his lips, and was silent. •
" I know I ought not to call it so," she said,
more kindly, " but I am not good and quiet,
and I cannot help my thoughts. I love you
Justin—you and every one knows that—but I
must have a'larger life before I settle down as
your wife in this little village. I must be fa
mous—l must earn a reputation to lay at your
feet:"
" Oh Stella, you will lay it on my grave, but
I shall never. know it;" ho exclaimed, in bitter
grief.
Sho turned away and leaned her head on her
folded arms upon th 6 old gate.
" I was wrong"—he said, a moment after—
" but . sickneSs and the grief of this parting has
made a coward of me: Forgive me—do any
thing but look so cold and gloolny, Stella, and
I will never speak so again. I will try to think
yOu will not forget me—that you will come
back and' that wo shall spend our old age here
as we have'•spont our childhood, loving each.
123
'THE FATIIVI-YATID GATE.
A TALE OF VILLAGE LIFE
]Y MARY W. STANLY GIBSON
122E11
Allentown, Pat, liay 28, 1856.
other, and happy as the days are long. T will
believe it, Stella. Now look up and smile at
me again."
.A Mussulman would almost have forsaken
his creed, for the smile and radiant look she
give him.
" I love you best, Justin, when you do 'not
make me unhappy by any such gloomy speech 7
es," she said with a quiet kiss. " And now let
us talk of my future—our future—because you
will share it."
He listened to the oft told story of a thou
sand dreams and hopes. They were all of fame
and wealth and the world's app' use—and the
home they were to have loge i her. was always
placed far on in the future ? She was young
and strong and vi;.crons—fitil of litir and srini
—but would his foil,. er heart and trembling
limbs bear him so far mi in the journey ?
He shuddered to think, how he might, be lying
cold and silent in the grave, while she still fol
lowed the mocking phantom of Fame, far away
—but he said nothing of his furs, and the smile
with which he listened to ber eager words was
sweet and solicits as ever.
The nine o'clock bells chimed out in the vil
lage, as therstood there together. At the dear
familiar sound. all eager boastings were hushed,
and realizing for the First time, that she was
leaving all that was dear behind her, she drew
near Justin and listened silently.
" For the last time !" was the involuntary
thought of the boy, as the echoes died slowly
away with a mellow sweetness. And feeling.
for the moment that they two should never
stand there so again, he clasped his cousin
closely to his heart, and murmured, solemnly.
" Wherever you go, my darling. may God
go with you! Be good, Stella—Oh be good, if
you are never great ! God—into Thy hands 1
give her up ! Than knowest what is best !"
In after years, how the memory of that part
ing blessing wrung the woman's weary heart,
even while it kept it pure and true !' For wo
manhood showed her that human love is far
more dear than lame !
PART II.•
Oh p m , hush thi• twilight. hour
When I marl. with a listless 1 . 1 . 13
The elnolow none n way,ide flower
Ow the grass the. meadow lie--
When the sound of the eveoim4 n Mil is lo,t.
On the surge of !lie rest;e , s •
I weep for all I hay; hived and MA
Li loving tel losing thee !
Two years passed away. In the village
which had always been his home, Justin Shirley
faded gradually away, while Stella out in the
busy world and in that eager strilb which holds
the heart us if with a chain of iron to itshigh
est efforts, paused now and then to think of
him among her bettor memories, and wonder;
vaguely when the goal would he won, that she i
might retniiii and make him happy.
She had been more successful than she had
even dated to hop , . The kindly and timely no
tice of an influential friend, procured a
situation. in a groat publishing hoitie, whgre
her generous salary allowed her to lay by a
stpck of the yellow gold," while her in: iurvte
association With the books of the best writ(Gs'
of the day, saved her from the general cri'or:: of
young writers, and flamed her terse and vigor-'
ous style after chaste and beautiful models.
With careful study and thought she prepared a
volume for the press, and having seen it ac.apt
ed.and noticed among forthcoming works, she
ran down into the country for a week's holiday,
that her lips might be the first to tell Justin,
the joyful news.
Although she had been so long absent, she
had only seen hint twit e since that first parting,. i
The duties of the situation had kept lice con.
Stantly in the city. and though on both of her ;
visits home she had been struck and pained by 1
the alteration visible. in him, it only atiumlated
her to renewed effwts, in order that her heart's
desire might be the sooner gratified in time to'
make ldm happy also.
On • this occasion. she , came gladly. She
could say to hint now, " I have gained all I
went to seek, and now you will not talie a poor
or unknown bride to your arms. T inn rich
and shall be famous, and I come to redeem my
pledge and promise to you:"
To her impatient fancy the stage horses seem- I
ed to creep. - It was early afternoon when they
reached the village hotel, and ordering a hor,e
saddled at once, she took possession of her
room,. made a hasty toilet. placed upon her
hand the ring situ intended for a gift to Justin, 1
and after a hastily swallowed dinner, sprang in
to the saddle and, galloped towards the Farm
house.
Two years of city life and its attendant ex•
perience had madea great change in her. From
OA slender girl she laid shot up into the tall
and finely developed woman—her eyes and hair
seemed darker—her complexion &are'. this n lie
fore. For Justin's sake she was glad of her
beauty, and she thought with a happy smile,
how proudly lie would look upon her on their
bridal night.
Suddenly the village bell began to toll slowly.
A nameless fear seized upon her, and hurrying
her horse to his Wiliest speed, she flew along
withno thought but. of Justin in her heart.
Three weeks had gone by since she had heard
from him-'-eould it be that lie was sick--
dead ?
• •
" God in Heaven, have mercy upon mu :" shO
murmured, as she Wiped her damp 'forehead.
" If I come to him too late I shall never .see a
happy day again."
The bell seemed to answer her. She tried to
fix her thoughts upon other things—to remem
ber the daily thoughts and trials of the past
two years, and the good which had come to her
through evil—she even tried to look beyond,
into - the rose-colored future, and picture herself
and Justin happy and contented in their cot
tage, home—training the wild rose aboye the
lattice windows—it might be, teaching a rosy
faced child how to take its first trembling steps
upon the journey of life. But still the tomb
seemed opening beside her to snatch away all
she loved, and the clear laugh of her dreamchild
was hushed and smothered in the booming of
the funeral bell.
As "thega . lloped up over the green sward from
the public road, she saw a lohg procession muv-
WV' len alb MS I?CniaritillitG
ing slowly down from:the door of her home. In
the midst a coffin was borne upon the shoulders
of six men. JustinV father walked behind it
with his eyes bent moodily upon the ground.
Then came his friends and conipanions, all sad
or weeping, while frorn., the window of her
chamber his invalid molar looked down with a
gush or tears.
Iler heart seemed turned to stone within her
bosom, and she sat on her horse like a marble
statue. The het ceased tolling—the procession
halted beneath the great maple tree that over
shadow( d the Pa rm-yard gate, and the beat ers
played their burden revcrently beside an open
grave that had been dug at its foot_
Theo , be. h new, beyond :ill doubt, who was
to he b,i.•ied there. n) olio but Justin would
have loved that spot so well. and with a terrible
groan she Hung herself fin the saddle and
pressed up to the spot.
Every one shrunk hack at her approach as
if tiwy 1:111 5(111 a spirit. She had been expect
ed the day before, hut the letter despatched
to smomon her hind. passed her on her way.
And 11 , w when she stood among them so pale
and wi;d, she seemed more like a being of an
other sphere than like a being of flesh and
blood.
No one dared to stay her as she pressed on
towards the collin. Tlie bereaved father rook
ed op with a bewildered glance as she stood
before Lim—the young girls wept and turned
pale, and the n u n involuntarily uncovered their
heads in the presence if such mighty grief.
.
She reached the coffin. Atniotion of her
hand
,the bearers lir ed the lid,--and the lovers
met where they had parted two years before on
that very day !
Yes--there he hit-, looking as calm and tran
quil as if he had been asleep" A sweet smile
lingered around his sunken mouth, and_ the
wind rustling through the trees, stirred a little
curl upon his pale Ihrehead—but those soft and
dark eyes were closed, never more to meet her
own again. and the hand she lifted to her heart
was cull and heavy as lead. lie had gone fr
eyer ! And the vulture of remorse was alreat,ly
preying upon her heart !
di(quot weep or sigh—she severed the
lock of hair Roth the tTl:ple, and hiok the wed
ding ring from her finger and placed it upon
the lifeless hand. The diamond sparkled and
glowed like tire in the sunlight. She looked'
around upon the awe-struck spectators with a
melan!ialr
•• I iY,pai to have LeCTI she said
And even in I he grave I have made
him mine. You have witnessed it."
One last long look upon the beloved face--
one last long his.; pre-:sed upon lips of icy cold
ness, that, the first time, gave no auswer
back again -‘-and she rose to her feet, and step
ped Lack from the coffin. The lid was replaced
—friends and relatives crowded around with
tears an 1 tubs—thee it de;wended, and the E i ee
nod form she had loved were shut out front her
tbrever ! Her heart seemed to die whhin her!
She anal with folded arum a::,1 bowed head'
till the funeral cercumnie.: were over. Th en
sending. her lease hack by the servant, she took
her uncle's arm nml walked slow! e tip to the dis
,on.ailate home. followed:by the pitying glances
of all who lingered there.
I have lined the veil from a heart which few
have ever understood. Perhaps sonic will re
cognise in Su la Shirley" a woman well
known to fmne, but whose keen sarcasm, bril
liant wit. cold g race (.1' manner have left
few trac:ts of the girl who knelt be,ide the lone
ly grave. Ambition weds her heart, and the
only gentle memory there, would seem to be
that of the early loved and lost. ...My tale is
told.
Bullets mut SLirls
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nit !LH c;:nrin inn CNCI' . 4" 111i1 . 1111, :--)
1 tt,c Indy, if .rav I 'affray,
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I , or rat Ifyrtv iera --an 'tont:ll4
ThCallead3 wtratl.lfe,.•oze, frattl " II tI, sun
Litllc %vai:•t rind iiiiiivtrous ! •
Pew the Lill: sea wir.ei+ end bounce; ! .
how the hoping hillows quiver
Lilo a lovely ro:dling river I
Ith wondrous watered-• yea !
What wlialeleineY in your depths, we:A.lw!
lots ergelit--all c;oCtt ;ay
Spiiiudered en yeit--liri;;lit yilken reit I ti
An listere.tlng
" Shon, mine shon," said a worthy German
father to his hopeful heir of ten years, whom he
had overheard using profane language,:•` Shun,
mine slum, eoine here and I fill dell you a little
stories. Now, mine shun, shall it be a drue
stories or a make pelieve ?"
•• Oh; a true story of course," answered
John.
" Perry fell, den. Tern vas vonce a goo!,
Mee oldt gentlemen, (shomit. like. me,) and he
had a tam tirty, fiddle boy (shoost like you.)
Andt von day he heard hunt shwearing, like a
young Milan as he vas. So he vent to the win
kle (corner) and (100 k out a cowhides, shoost
as 1 am thing now, and .he look der duly liddle
plackgunnl by de collar, (dis .vay you .see !)
end vollOped hint shoost so ? AIMt den, toy
tear shon, he bull his ears dis vay, and smack
his fare dat vaY, , and dell him to do mitout sup
per, shoost as you viii do dis
Important Advice.
Do not venture into a sick room if you ere
in a violent perspiration for the moment your
body becomes cold it is in a state likely to ab
sorb the infection ; nor visit a sick person (if
the complaint be of a contagious nature) with
an empty stomach, nor swallow your saliva.
In attending a sick persori; place yourself where
the air passes from the door or window to the
bed of The invalid; not between the invaild and.
the fire, as the heat of the fire will draw the
infectious ' vapor in that direction, and you
would run much danger frau breathing it in.
'Never Kl,' and Tell.
hi,,ed a maid - the
lint who she tvas I may not tell ;
ller eyes were as the diamonds bright,
Mal soft as these
of•hubel—
But I never kis . s and tell.
Her breast a bank of virgin snow;
Whereon no thought of sin shonfil dwell—
Iler yoke wa.i very sweet and low,
And like the voi; e of Tsabel—
llut I never tries and tell.
Iler as elierrie,, sweet find.red,
All.l A,: na+ehy as a gazelle;
She Inc baeli—and then elle lied,
Just lilac mn• charming 151,1.51 •
Butt never kiss and
31anniacture of letter Envelopes.
Tons of paper and barrels of mucilage are
used up-in this city every month in the manu
facture of an article so knsignificant and impre
tending as let ter' nvelopes. Four firms are en
gaged in the business on a large scale, and
several others in a small way. It is estimated
that the number of envelopes made in this city
every week is at least four million. Probably- - -
the largest concern is in Beekman street, which EtTects of Heat upon the Icebergs..
is said to turn out nearly 1.500,000 weekly, , A rolling noise is heard, like the thunder'
emlfracing 1,000 varieties. They employ girls peals in our autumnal tempests, and we see the
in ffhling, which is the most common method, head ofan iceberg separate from the trnnk; and
while another large concern, manuilv.turing 1,- I fall crashing into the sea, throwing up-clouds
000.000 per week, employ machinery. Out of of spray to a great. height. Tho monster Oscil-
New 'York, there is a factory in Worcester, laces several times, as if to recover itself upon
Massachusetts, which manufi!ctures to a, large ! its base, or, perhaps in sign of salutation to ,
extent, :lad there is one doing a moderate busi- other icebergs; for who can interpret the mys
ness in Philadelphia. terious language of nature? A long swell goes
' The process of manufacture adopted by ong_ ; _to announce at a distance ; of several miles, its
of the establishments which we have visited in- entry into the world ; a few minutes more and
this city, may be briefly described. A ream of I that which but now was- a dependent portion
paper, or about 500 sheets, is placed under a of a larger block, is become itself a.member of
kniff of a shape corresponding with an envelope; that family of giants. Oh, How little
when entirely opened, which is forced down by ! you are in the world! What arkyouir pyramids
a powerful screw press, worked by a hand lever. ! two hundred feet high, your dome of St: Po
ne pieces cut out, slightly adhering, at the ter's, your Kremlin ? Here are mountains eight
edges from the action of the knife, resemble al hundred feet out of 'the water, and!with' bases
solid block of wood, until broken up. The flap two thousand feet deep ? here are Cupolas and
is afterwards stamped, by a similar process, ] domes at a height of four hundred feet.—/Ifem
a boy being able to prepare 50,000 per day sirs if Lieut. Balot.
in this manlier, taking one, two or three
envelopes at each movement of the hand. They
are then taken by 100 girls, seated at long ta
bles. by whom they arc folded arid' gummed.
A single earl will apply the gum to 60,000 or
70,000 in a day and from 5,000 to 7,000 may be
folded in the same time. In these processes the
girls acquire great celerity and skill, being
stimulated by the wages offered. !which vary
from 12 to 30, cents for each 1,000. The7en
velopes are next counted, banded and packed. l
Sonic varieties are embossed, or otherwise deer
orated. requiring additional labor. The estab
lishment of which we are now speaking con- !
sullies not far from 12 tons of paper per month,
in the single article of envelopes. This quanti
ty of paper. at 10 centst^per pound. would cost
`>" ,500. The machines employed to make 'en
velopes are very curiously constructed. Each
piece of paper. upon being cut into the proper
slo, f fe, is placed on a kind of artificial hand,
which conveys it Over an aperture of the size or
an ordinary letter. when n plunger drives it
through „gumming end folding it in the process.
It then falls into a box, which, by revolving at!,
intervals is gradually filled up with packages ,
of twenty-five. ready for use. These machines
am age 20.000 envelopes per day, and arc ca
pable of turning out eighteen per tninute.—Nete
paper.
Dcnnls {] nn 9 s Ptiut to Explate a Then.
Dennis Meeann. a son of the Emerald Isle,
had long absented himself from the confessional,
but a few days since he appeared before the 1
Priest and confessed to sundry transgressions. '
Mt' the PrieSt was nut satisfied, and some- 1
thing like the following dialogue passed be
tween them :
Priest—Now Dennis. I fear you have not •
confessed r.ll, so you had bettcr not keep any
thing back, but make a clean /breast of it, and
tell me all. Come, out, with it.
Dennis—Well, then, yer worsliip, if I must
bo aftei tellin' ye all about it, I stole the Wid-
der Johnson's pig—an' that's a Act, ycr Wor
ship.
hie...A—That's a mighty sin, Dennis, and
you must make satisfaction to the widow.
Dennis-du' phis° yer worship I don't k ow
him at all—an'that's a fact, I don't.
Priest—Make restitution, satisfy the widow
Johnson. •
1/ennis—An' faith I don't 1:(low him; its
inesilf that don't know liitit al hit, now, and
that's true what I'M tellin' ye,:yer worship.
Priest—Make her recompense ; pay for the
pig. Dennis ; pay.\lrs. Johnson for the pig. :
Dennis—tk•lt ! try me sowl, an' is it that you
Mane now? Sure, I. can't do it, for I've ate
him, and 1 have-not a hap'orth for tnesilf and
the childer ; so what'll be the trouble about it,
yer Riverencejf I don't pay her ? •
Priest—You wilt be before . the judgment,
Dennis‘—( shall he there, too, Jo accuse you—
.the widow Johnson will also Ve there. • '
Dennis—Au' what will I do? will the pig be
there too 1
. 1
Priest—Yes, Dennis, the .pig will be there,
surely.
Dennis—Och, murther l- what will I do thin,
ycr worship ? nix, and I have it, yer River
(nice. I'll give her •up, the pig thin an' there,
ycr worship, an' so I will, an troth that sain'll
be after satisfying her intirely
ir7Good Adyice
Boys, wheu„'your court, you f.hould deport,
.Yourpolyes with eircuinvectiou ;
It is a sin to spok to win •
And triflo with affection. •
. .
CL - 7, c—lfooped skirts are adverti4ed for sale in
Philadelphia at 75 cents. Cheap enough for
the quantity of material which must be used in
building them.
g:7Forgiveness is the Itweetness which flow
ers yield when trampled on: •
NUMBER 35.
Timely Warning.
A Yankee editor thus confesses to have fuel
dealings with Satan for the good of his readers
of course : I was sitting in my study when - I
heard a knock at the door.
' Come in,' said I— when the door opened and
who should Walk in but--Satan ?
How d'yo do ?' said he.
• Pretty well,' said I.
What are•you about ?—preparing your edi
torials ?'
• yes,' said I.
' Ah, dare say you think you are doing
_a.
great deal of good
• Well, not so much as I would wish—but
little I hope.'
You have a large lot of readers ?' said he.
•' Well, pretty well for that,' said F.
' And I dare say you arc proud of them ?Said
Satan.
• No, that I am not, for not one half of them
pay fnr their papers,' said L
' You don't say so !' said he
• Yes, that I do,' said I.
them pay for their papers !'
Well,' said he, then they are an immor
tal lot--but leave me have the list—l think I
can do a trifle myself"witlyattch-pe9ple.'
ID-A sailor having purchased some medicine
of a celebrated doctor, demanded the price.
Why," says the doctor, " f cannot think
of charging you less than seven shillingrand;six
pence."
" Well I'll tell you what," said the sager,.
" take oil' the odd and pay you the even.'
Well," said the doctor, " wo won't Tier , .
rel about trifles."
The sailor than put down a sixpence and was
walking off, when the doctor reminded him of
Lis mistake.
" No mistake at all,- sir—six is o t terrand soy - -
en is odd all the world °very's° I bid you good:
morning."
" Beoff," said the doctor, " it is a sell—but•
I've made a fourpcnce out of you still."
A Poor Husband on Bonnets..
The expense of a now bonnet dopes riot stop'
with the purchase. I only wish it did: The
worst is, when your wife has got a nevi bonnet,
she must go to this place, and that place, for
the purpose of showing it. The new bonnet of
itself is but a small matter ; but it is the.con
stant exhibition of it afterward that inflicts the
injury on Ih3 husband's pocket. I should liko
there to be some simple, cheap remedy for UM'
evil ; and I wonder thatladies, when they Wish•
their friends, and all the world beside, to know
that they have recently come into the posses
sion of a new chapeau, do not, instead' of pub
fishing the fact on, their own persons, resort to
the far easier and cheaper plan of advertising.
it in the newspapers.
Court Scene.
Sir,' said a fierce lawyer,,' do you, otiyottr'
solemn oath before the high God, swear that
this is not your hand writing ?' •
I reckon not,' was the cool reply.
•
Does it resemble your writing ?'
' Yes, sir, ish in k it don't.'
Do you sgcar that it don'b reserublb' your
writing 7'
Well, I do, old head.'
Yon take your solemn oath that . this Writing
does not resemble yours in a single letter?' •
' Y-e•s, sir !'
' Now, how do you know P
• 'Cause I can't write.'
Ct•At what ago arc ladies most happy r Bfar
ri-age.
IL/ The wife that neglects her busbatitt's.,
shirt front, is not the Wife - of his botOtif.
- [a - A MAN out west is so great a Miser that'
he uses only one eye at a tithe to . stw;o the otheri." -
(a - IVltr are postage stariips like lazy sohool
- ? Because you have to lick theiir back to'
make them stick to their letters:
lig - LADY (fashionably dressed).—Little hby
can Igo through this gate to the rivet:. •
Bor.—Perhaps. A load of hnSr Wed throtigli
this morning.
well!' means, now-e.-days;
iking two fools together, with plenty Of 'honey
or land to justify the fully. hearts, biains and
worth have gone out of date.
[I3A Frenchman, soliciting relief, said very
gravely to his,fair hearer—Wa'aniselle, I never
beg but dat I have von wife wid several small:
family dat is growing very large, and noosing
to make deir bread out of but de prespirationw
of my own eyebrows.' ,
0:7 - Why are kisses like creation ? Because
they aro made of nothing and are Very . good.
The perpetrator of the abtivo was seufbnced l
to kiss fifteen young ladies, as a Punishment for'
his offence: He took thb niaiter very coolly
saying that he considered kissing capital pun.
ishment.:
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