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VOLUME X
TnE°PPosition say that in a abort timo'tbo ground
will ho ready to sow Oats, Barley, he. How
they know this wo ere not able to say, but this much
wo will say, that whenever it gets ready, you had
bettor giro us a call for ono of the boat Grain Drills,
and warranted at that, (no largo talk about refunding
money,) but if the article is not as represented, it can
ho returned, and all matters satisfactorily arranged.
Likewise, in duo time the grass will be in order for
hay nicking, and then we are prepared to furnish you
with Allen's Mower, a splendid machine for cutting
grass of any kind. And in addition, when dehired,
we have also the combined Mower and Reaper, of
Manny's Putout,which is manufactured upon a :lif
fertht principle from those made heretofore, and war
ranted to cut gross and grain us fast R 9 one teem of
horses can drew it. And further, we have the Pre
mium Corn Sheller of Lehigh county, and as there
Las been sold a very large number in a short time
that have rendered universal satisfaction, we are con
fident in saying, Oita it has no superior here or else
where. We likewise have a mill for chopping feed,
which has been tested thoroughly in different sections,
and all who have witnessed its operations, testify to
the good qualities of the mill. end recommend it to
farmers no an article to cave time, and likewise grain
in the amount which is yearly given to millers iu the
shape of toll." In short we have almost any article
which farmers require for agricultural purposes, such
as Ploughs of almost any pattern, Corn Cultivators,
Revolving Day Rakes, Hay Forks, Corn Ploughs,
Corn Planters, Lime Sprwelers, Threshing Mochines
and Wise Powers of different kinds, end all warrant
ed to give satisfaction. Repairing done in all the
dilibrent branches, on reasonable terms and at short
notieo. Any person residing at a distance, in want
o f try of the above articles, con obtain them by ad
dressing the subscribers at No. 80 West Hamilton st.,
Allentown. Pa. SWEITZER le SAEGER.
• GRAIN DRILL REFERENCES.
Reuben HeMIA, North Whitehall Charles Hen
ninger, do: David Booty, do;' David Kuhns, :Hamm.
gy ; George Beisel. Allentown.
CORN SHELLER REFERENCES.
David Dont. Wenoesville; John Boaz, Cedar
Creek; Jacob \Veneer, Lower Itlaeungy ; C. Jr, N.
}Molinari, Allentown; Reuben Gockenbach, North
IV hiwhall.
FEED MILL REFERENCE
Chnilev Sengronvos, Alloutown.
Allentimti„pril 2.
WARREN'S
IMPROVED FIRE AND WATER PROOF
EOMPOSITIOII ROOM.
losaph ClowelL Allentown, Agout f kor Lehigh Co
yOl3ll „attention is respectfully solicited to the
above method of Roofing, now much used in
Philadelphia and vicinity, and which has been osten
sively in use in many 'of the cities orthe Wert, timing
more than eleven years peat, during which time it
has been tested under every variety of circumstances,
and we confidently offer it to the public as a mode of
Roofing unobjectionable in every important particular,
while it combines, in a greater degree than any other
roof in use, the valuable requisites of cheapness, du
rability, and security against both fire and water.—
This is rapidly superseding the use of all other kinds
of roofs, wherever it has been introduced, giving gen
eral satisfaction, and is highly recommended by all
who have tested its utility. These roofs require an
inclination of not more than ono inch to the foot,
which is ',A - grout advantage in case of fire, and for
drying purposes. They are offered at a price vend&
crably less titan any, other root' in use, while the
amount of material saved, which would otherwise be
stood in extending up the walls and framing for a
stoop root', often makes a still farther important re
duction in the cost of building. Gutters may be
formed of the same matirinl as the root', at much less
expense that any other. In case of defector injury,
front any cause, there is no roof so easily repaired.
The materials' being mostly non-conductors of heat,
no roof is so cool in summer, or so warm in winter.
Those wishing to use our roof, should give the rafters
a pitch of about one inch to the foot. For further in
formation apply to Joseph Clewell, at Allentown, our
agent for Lehigh and Carbon counties, tho is pre
pared to oxiceuto all orders at short notice.
H. M. WARRENS CO.,
No. 4 Farquhar Buildings, Walnut St., Philadelphia
• REFERENCES.
Tho•following named gentlomon in Alloutown have
(lick houses roofed with the aboved tutored composi
tion, and are able to testify to Its superiority over any
other kind of roofs :
B. F. Tin xt.en. Union st., between Ninth and Tenth.
B. Srerrimn, Walnut et., between Eighth and Ninth.
F. Bon br.N, Seventh at., between Hamilton ik Linden
Horn k i✓aor., Linden st., between Fourth & Fifth
J. R. WoLLE, Sixth at., between thimilton k Linden
Sen. kltstAoss,Nintit st., between Linden A: Turner
A. Klotz, corner of Union and Seventh street.
R. B. Wilton; Fourth st., between Linden & Turner
rob. 18, 1850. —ly
'Mil. H.
OFFICE AT THE
3111.ALCIVIZEll ME CP 'I'M La ,
No. 3 WEST HAMILTON STREET.
ALLICNTOWN,
Allentown, Fob. 6. —l3!
br. Eavviri G Martin,
14."°uNcEs to the citizens of Allen
town and vicinity, that he has lately
graduated as Physician in all the various
branches, in the University of ylva
- nin, and has commenced his rm.:Live in t.'.o
Office of his father, Dr. Charles 11. Martin, nest door
west of tho Odd Fellows' Hull, West Hamilton street,
Allentown, whore ho is nt all times prepared, by day
or by night, tb aid the afflicted, and render his services
to all who may honor him with a call.
Da a at 31 at as
PREMIUM INSTANTANEOUS LIQUID HAIR
DYE, just received and for sale, wholesale and
retail, at Returnee Shaving Saloon, No. 10 East Hamil
ton Street.
AR/glair colored at all times, and satisfaction
warranted. •
Allentown, March 5. 19
fUEENSWARE.—Wobave the fullest and best so
looted assortment of Quoon and Glass Ware own.
soon in Allentown, and which we aro enabled to sell
cheaper thanit eau ho bought elsewhere.
GUTH ECGILAUGH, AG W. Hamilton EL
April 23.
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY HAINES & DIEFENDERFER AT ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM.
THE NEW LIFE.
PaILIREEPO girWT4.
AY .
BY SYLVANUS COBB, JR
The reader will pardon me for not revealing
the name of the person who gave me the follow
ing strange episode in his life. Ho is still liv
ing, an honored and respected man, and might
not like the idea of having his name sent
broadcast over the world in connection with
the bit of romance which only his immediate
friends at present understand. One pleasant
afternoon I called upon him agreeably to his
own invitation, and •after supper ho gave me
the history of the event which had —. But
the reader shall see ; so hero is
MY FRIEND'S STORY.
My 'parents were not only poor hut they both
died when I was quite young, and my first en
try into active life was as an apprantice to a
watch-maker. I remained with him until I
was eighteen, and then I went; to B— to
work for a company of jewellers upon very fair
wages. It was here that 1 became acquainted
with Olara Lotwell. She was a year younger
than myself, and of respectable parentage,
though by no means wealthy, her father being
only a journeyman carpenter. But she was a
beautiful girl, and I learned to love her. -She
was not one of your painful looking beauties ;
nor was she of that stamp which marks the
highest, noblest, purest class of beauty. But
she was very fair, with laughter-loving dimples
and sparkling blue eyes, and with a voice as
sweet as the warble of the robin. At least, so
it all seemed to me then.
Finally Clara confessed her love for me, and
L was then happy. It was a wild, passionate
emotion, and every avenue of my soul was filled
with the working love. I was perfectly hap
py only when by her side ; and when she rea
ed upon my bosom, and the 'deep love-light of
her oyes beamed upon the, it seemed as though
in all the universe there could be no higher
heaven. I was with her whenever I could be
away from my business. We talked, and
walked, and read, and sung together, and the
moments sped, on, glittering like diamonds us
they dropped from the glass of time.
.At the end of a year from the time of my
(list interview with her I began to talk or mar
ripge. I was then twenty, having been with
the jewellers two years. Clara was willing to
become my wife at Once, but her parents most
peremptorily said no. But they told me that.
at the end of another year. when I was one
and-twenty, if I was then doing well, and our
love remained unchanged, we might be married.
Oh ! that was a long time to look over—that
long, long year ; but yet I wits - happy. I re
solved to strain every nerve towards doing
well fit my business, for the prize was a priitt•
less one—more than all the world beside to me.
My employers-liked the well, and at the com
mencement of this third year raised my wages
to a sum that would have enabled me to keep
house in a respectable manner. I had nearly
five hundred dollars laid by, and it was this
circumstance, coupled with my known steadi
ness of habit, that gitve me power in the eyes
of Clara's father.
OM
Time sped on, and my love grew stronger
with each succeeding. day. I could see no im
perfections in my beloved—she was all perfec
tion to me. Iler little pouts were but as clouds
upou a mirror, which a single sweep will wipe
away ; and the surface I thought unmarred.
At length, when six months of the long year
were done, my employers wished Inc to go to
New York and assist in un establishment which
they had bought out there,—or rather, which
had fallen into their hands by way of a heavy
debt. They told me I might be gone only a
month, and perhaps two, or three-months. I
disliked to,go, but 1 dared not confess the weak=
ness winch held me. The evening before I was
to stari I spent with Clara. We talked a long,
long while of our love, and we both were sad
with the thoughts of the separation ; but we
promised to write often—she was to answer My
letters as soon as they were received, and we
were to be both very unhappy all the time I
was gone. At the hour of midnight I arose to
leave. I held Clara to my bosom a long wink,
and then, with one warm kiss, we said •' Good
bye—tied bless you"—and in a moment more
I was in the street.
On the next morning I was early on my way
to the great city. I watched the house whetu
my loved one lived until it was shut from ate,
and then I turned my thoughts inward, and
wondered if 1 should feet as unhappy during
the whole time as I then. I reached the
city on the night the second day, and the
first thing Idi ter reaching my room was-to
sit down and write a letter fur Clara. You
can imagine what kind of a letter it . was. It
would have been a silly, nonsensical thing to
any third party, but to me it was the lire of
Heaven's own love. In due time I received an
answer, and it was all my heart could have
hoped for. 1 fairly wept over it id . the deep
gratitude of my love.
A month passed away, and during that time
I had written six letters, and received replies
to each one of them. During the second month
two of my letters were unanswered, and the an
swers 1 utd receive were brief, and, I thought,
cold. I thought they had answered rather the
tone of friendship, than of love.
At the end of the second month I returned.
My last two letters remained yet unanswered.
11 hen 1 reached my boarding-house, the hos
tess handed me a package of papers that had
come during my absence, and with them was a
letter. it was low. clafa. I went up to my
room and opened IT. - 1 read a few words only,
and then my head grew dizzy. She had re
turned my ring and miniattny, and—wished to
see me no wore but as a common frißod !. At
length I read the letter through. She informed
we that she had never meant to deceive me,
but that she had not truly known her own
teart-4t was not mine !
And then her father wrote somethhig at the
bottbm. Ile hoped I should not blame his
daughter, and that I would noe`allow
i p% cir
cumstance to affect we. • I sprang to y feet
and resolved to go at once and see Clara. Per.
Allentown, Pa., June 1856.
haps she would yet love me if I told her all my
love over again. I went. I reached her door,
and I heard her voice in the sitting-room. It
was in the.evening, and a lamp was burning in
filo room where she was. I did not atop, to
knock—l was too much excited—l opened the
door and entered. I saw Clara, and—sho was
in the' arms of a young man ! She was upon
his lap, as she had sat in mine an hundred
times; her head was upon his bosom, and his
arms wound fondly about her !
They started to their feet, and in the youth I
recognized the son of one .of our wealthiest
stockhold?rs. His nano was James Rawson.
I remember that he angrily asked me why I
was there ; and that sho bade me begone and
never see her more ! I fled from the house, and
sought my own chamber again.
Oh ! what a crash was that ! My soul was
one chaotic wreck, and my heart all crushed
and broken ! I paced up and down my room
until midnight, and then I went out of doors,
where the fresh air seemed for the moment to
revive me. I saw not my btd that night. On
the following morning, all pale and haggard, I
went to see Clara's father. I had yet a faint
hope that he might intercede for me. Clara
saw me as I approached the house, and she fled,
saw her father, but he would not listen to Inc.
He told me—mark now, the motivelle told
me that his daughter had found opportunity
fur a more promising alliance, and she had taken
np with it ! I tried to convince him that James
Rawson was not a steady man, but ho would
not listen. He knew that Rawson's father was
wealthy, and that was enough. At least, that
was the meaning of his words.
After this I wandered off, and returned to
my. room at early evening without having eaten
at all. What was life worth to me, now ?
Every hope was gone, for the basis of all my
hopes was swept away. I pondered upon it,
and I could only see in the future the same dread
blackness that enveloped me then. I could not
live so. I could not suptiort an agony so in
tense. I had often wondered how it could be
possible that n man could ever reach such a
state of mind as to lead him to take his
own life ; but I wondered no more, for at that
moment life was but a drear waste—the future
a thankless burden which I could not bear.
Those who have never experienced the feeling
can form no idea of it. Men may tell of trials,
and troubles, and ofgriefs ; and they may paint
the joys of hope and of fruition ; but man can
not tell the awful depth of that hopeless despair
which swallows up the broken heart !
The first moment of calmness which came to
soothe me was when I had resolved to die.
As sooon as I had made up my mind that I
would live no more, a sort of calm, tranquil
spirit of resignation succeeded the dire storm of
soul, and I turned my thoughts now to my
Saviour and my. God.
I went to my desk and wrote, I wrote first
to Clara, and after informing her of what I
should have done when she received that note.
I forgave her, freely and fully. I sealed and
directed it, and then wrote one for my hostess.
I bade her take all 'my money and my goods.
and informed her what I was about; why I was
about it, and asked her to explain to my em
ployers. These I left upon my desk, and then
I took my pistol. I loaded it carefully, with
two balls, and then placed it in my bosom.
It was now near midnight. I glided noise
lessly from the house, and when I reached the
street I made my way towards the. river, which
I reached at the end of half an hour. I then
turned from the road and moved on along the
river's bank until I had reached a small grove
of chestnut•trees, where pie-nies were sometimes
held. It was a beaßtiful place, and I had se
lected it as the spot where I would die.
The night was as calm and mild as the breath
of a sleeping child, and the stars twinkled in
the clouille4 vault. I gazed up into the heav
ens,l and th stars seemed to look kindly upon
mo, and I p yed that my soul might soon he
wending its way along the track which they
lighted np A> the feet of the redeemed. I felt
no doubt hitching Ow work I had resolved to
do—not one particle. I was calmly. hopefully
resolved, andupon-my knees I prayed that God
would not set this last act of my mortal life
down'against me. for I only hoped to be with
Ilia, whet% (he dark griefs of earth could be
washed cm yeforever.
Then I at to my feet and drew the pistol
from my b.son. One more word Of prayer
a simple ej dilation for God to save me to Him
self—and I raised the death-servant to my tem-
plo. At t at moment, befiire I could consum
mate the ecd, I heard the brushing of feet
close behir me, followed on he instant by a
low cry. turned, and saw a female form close
by my sid .
" Who art thou ?" I quickly asked, moving
back a pace, for fea he might grasp the pis
tol from um . .
She gazed upon me s Me moments before an
swering, dnd then she s 'd, in a low, tremulous
tone.—
" Have you come hero to destroy yourself ?"
" Why do you ask ?" I said.
" Because you had a pistol at your temple
when I first saw you. But, fear not, sir, for I
have come on the same errand. Had you not
stood in my way I should now have been in the
calm rest of the deep, dark waters of the river.
Oh !I do not think God will blame me He
will look kindly upon the poor orphan whose
only crime was that she sought the r epose of
death for a broken, bleeding heart !" •
I now recognized the female as a young girl
who had been Working for a family in the town,
and whose name was Lizzie Meredith. Artd•,-
strange enough, too, I remenibered•to. have seen
her on several occasions with James Rawson !
SG was a lovely, girl, not more than eighteen ;
mild and gentle, • and as modest as the first
opening•of the blush rose. I moved nearer to
her, and .whilea strange emotion wont whirling
through my soul, I spokb4
" Lady," I said, " 'whoa strange fate . has
thus thrown us together on this occasion I can
not determine. idy heart has been crushed and
broken, and I had come hither to set all at rest
in the arms of death. I have loved—loved with
all the . detotion of a heart that never was false
—and my love has been turned hack upon it.
self a flood of fire and pain. Tho woman into
whose keeping I had given the whole hope and
joy of my earthly future has proved false and
betrayed me. Last night, when I went to see
if sho would not love mo again, I found her in
the arms of another 9"
" You speak of Clara Lotwell 1" the girl .
whispered, with a strange shudder.
I do," I returned.
" And you fbund her in the arms James Raw
son 3" she added, still more lowly and tremu
lously. •
" I did," I replied.
A moment wo stood there in silence, and
then I moved nearer to Lizzie Meredith's side,
and asked her if it was Rawson who had prov
ed false to her and she told me yes. I could
now see her countenance plainly, and I was
moved by the strange sadness of the beauty
that dwelt in her features. It was a different
beauty from Clara's. It Was a ~calm, pure,
heavenly beauty, such as can only
.be begotten
by a noble generous soul, and a heart all purity
anil virtue. From pity I went on to sympa
thy ; and from sympathy my soul wandered
away in its thoughts to a maze of Strange emo
tions. I asked her if she would tell me her
story, and with her small white hand upon my
arm she told me yes. Then, insensibly her
hand fell into my own grasp, and she told me
all.
She told me how James Rawson had won her
love—how he had sworn eternal fidelity—how
ho had promised to make her his wife—and
how she had given up to him her whole heart.
And then she told the he had whispered into
her ear thp basest proposition the libertine can
uttershe started from his side in terror, and
he tried to soothe her fears. Again he whis
pered the damning thing, and she burst into
tears ; and when he knew-when he was as-.
siired—that she wotad die ere she would go
tainted to the bridal altar, he left her, and cast
her off. She tried to bear up, but her love lied
been strong, and her heart could not bear it.
As she closed her simple story she burst into
tears, had her bead rested upon my bosom.—
Instinctively I wound my arms about her, and
then for the first time, the light broke in upon
me.
" Lizzie," I uttered, with all the fervency of
a soul just redeemed, " surely God has thus
brought us together! Can you not see His
hand in the work ? Let us receive the lesson,
and profit by it. I had given up my life—you
had girtu .up yours. ➢lay we not now open
upon a NEW LIFE? Oh ! I feel sure my heart
would never turn from thee. Even now it has
burst from the thrall of night, and the soft
whisper has awakened my soul. As the cho
sen ono of our Lord and Master received the
message from Heaven when on his way to do
the work of death, so have I felt the influence
of this strange meeting. Live—live for toe,—
and. I will cease to bless and to love dice
never !"
I cannot explain the strange emotions of that
short hour. It seemed a voice from Heaven
eh angel's message—and so, to this day, do I
regard it. Lizzie returned my gaze, nod while
the starlit tears dropped from her long, silken
lashes, she told me she Would live !
And, arm in arm, we walked back to the vil
lage. I left her at her boarding plane, and
then I went to my own. On the next morning
I began to recover my wasted strength. and
when evening came again. I went to see Lizzie
Meredith. She caught toy hand and pressed it
to her lips. and told me she hind blessed God an
hundred times that I had saved her. We sat
down together, and as I gazed into •her faee I
could not help wondering that I had never dis
covered the marks of Clara's fickelness. Oh,
when I came now to see the calm, stt-et purity
of the features before me they contrasted
strangely with the brilliant, einrveseent beauty
of Clara Lotwell. Clara was beantifol, but
'twns not of the soul —'twas not that beauty
which conies from the prayerful. trusting spir
it. and which wears Ihr a crown above all others
of life, the tint's of unsullied. unconquerable vir
tue. But such was Lizzie's, and so I loved her.
It was no more the wild, ungovernable passion,
revelling in castles and whirlwinds ; but 'twas
the deep, calm. absorbing love of a soul that
had found its mate fur all the times of changing
life.
In one short month we were married, and
the bright sun of peace and joy which arose
then upon our pathway has never dimmed.
James Rawson became a degraded drunkard,
and after committing a number of forgeries he
fled from his home, and has not been heard of
by'his friends since. •
And poor Clara Lotwell ! Sho possessed not
Lizzie's stern, purpose of virtue, and she was
ruined ! She sleeps in the churchyard, and her
child, which lived not to know its own and its
mother's shame, lies by her side !
• But see—here comes my Lizzie now. Isn't
she a lovely woman ?. Oh, God bless and keep
her always. I shotild be very, very sad and
unhappy without her. fur she is my light of
life—my hope on earth, as God is my hope in
Heaven.
(I:7"Sonie lady or gentleman has written the
following to a newspaper east, which applies to
any locality whore men wear hair
Kit hates "oustaches : "so much hair
Makes o,i : e man.look liko a boar."
But F "y, who no thought can totter,
I out, tho moan Into boars the bettor ;
"Bocausc," her pretty shoulders shrugging—
" Bears aro such glorious chaps for huggiug."
Do Something.
Girls, don't gad aboutthe streets so much.
Go into the kitchen and assist your mother,
and learn the art of housewifery before you
trouble your head about beaus or think of get
ting married. Come, take advice of a friend
and try to be good for something. Some of you
do not know .how ridiculous you appear when
you put on airs, and pretend that you are too
good to work.
i 1 7A person seldom attacks the clutraoter
of another without injuring hitvown.
Ladies , floors.
"It cannot bo, it cannot be,"
Tho lady said right mockingly,
"Fain would I grant a parting kiss,
But how can it ho done in thief"
Sho pointed to her hooped dress;
And Ito sighed out in diro distress.
"Full fifteen paces round about—
Ah me—it makes ono 14: so stout!
And full five steps it measured through,
Oh goodness! my! what shall I do?
We can't c'cu take a last embrace,
Much less approach with Paco to face."
Ho walked the lady round and round,
She seemed in trenched upon a mound ;
Securely spanned and fortified,
As If all lovers she defied.
You'd say if yen that hoop should see,
A war-whoop It was meant to be.
Ho waited the lady round awl round,
And sank all weary on the groun 1 ,
"I'm sold?" quoth he—"tia all no go—
Ah love, how could you serve me so?
ritlONVen—in foreign lands I'll range,
At least, until the fashions change."
Ire Went. to Cal-i-for-ni-a,
And in her hoop she walked away.
The world once celled her quite the tan,
And sho was hooped in fact like one.
Such hollow hearts once wore a mask,
They dress now. a in brandy cask.
The India Rubber Tree.
The tree (Siphilla Elastic) is quite peculiar in
its• nppearence, and sometimes reaches the
height of eighty and even a hundred feet. The
trunk is perfectly round, rather smooth and
protected by a bark of a light color.
Theleaves grow in clusters of three toge her,
are thin and of an uvote form; and are from ten
to fourteen inches in length. The centre leaf
of the cluster is always the longest.
The remarkable tree bears a curious fruit, of
the size of a peach, which, although not very
palatable, is eagerly sought after byglilDrent
animals—it iA separated into three lobes, which
contains each a small black nut. The tree: are
tapped in the same manner that New Encl 11,d
ere tap maple trees. The trunk having been
perforated, a yellowish liqnid. it!t7
cream, flows Out, which is caught itt small clay
cups, fastened to the tree. When these bur:nine
full• their contents are emptiol into large e trth
en pt., in which the liquid is kept until do.
sired for use.
The operation of making the shoes is as sim
ple as it is interesting. Imnghie your elf. dear
reader, in one of the =lna.° groves of Brazil.
Around you are a number of good-looking, na
tives of low statue eV olive complexion. All
are variously engagid. One is stirring with a
long wooden stick the contents of a cauldron,
placed over a pile of blazing embers.. This is
the liquid as it is taken front the rubber t
into this a wooden •• last." covered with clay.
and having a handle, is plunged, A coating of
the liquid remains.
You Will perceive that another native takes
the " and holds it in the smoke arising
from the ignition of a specks of palm fruit, for
the purpose of causing the glutinous substance
to assume a dark color. The •‘ last," is then
plunged again into the cauldron, and this pro•
cess is repented as in dipping candles. until the
coating is of the required thickness. You will,
moreover, notice a number of Indian girls en
gaged in making various impressions. such as
flowers. etc., upon the soft surface of the rub
ber, by means of their thumb nails, which are
especially pared and cultivated fiw the purpose:
nor this final operation, the 'shoes are placed
in the SIM to harden and large numbers of
them may be seen laid out on mats in exposed
situations. _The original name of rubber is ea
elichn, from which the formidable word of
eanntehone is derived.
Attempts are being tnntle,to prepare the gum
for exportation in its liquid state. and a quart.
tity has been thus brotiaht into New York and
New Haven from Para S. A. It is of great
value for most purposes. and the prospect is
that it will soon be imported in large quantities.
—Journal of Conant:par.
Home—Made DriuLa 17,1* the Field
Mo/asess Beer.—Six quarts of water, two
quarts. of molasses, half a pint of yeast, two
spoonfulls of cream of tarter. Stir all together.
Add the grated peel of a lemon ; and the juice
may be substituted fur the cream of tarter.
Bottle after standing ten or twelve hours, with
a raisin in each.
Harvpst Drink.—Mix with five gallons.ofgood
water, half a gallon of molasses, one quart of
vinegar. and two ounces of powdered ginger.
This will Make not only a very pleasi.nt bever
age but one highly invigorating and health
ful.,
Erin old gentleman, named Page, fell in
love with a young lady: In a b;tll room the
lady dropped' her glove ; instantly he took it
up, and said in presenting it : •
If from glove you tido the letter g,
Then glove makes love; whibh I present to thee.
nun ANSWEI.
And if from Page you take the letter p,
Then Page makes ego, and 'that won't do for me,
rC"WVAsn FOR Sus4umi—The following is
highly recommended. Take to drachms of
borax. one drachm of Roma t aluM, ono drachm
of camphor, half an ounce f sugar candy, s and
Roma
a pound of ox-gall. Mix nd stir well for ten
minutes or so, and repeat this, stirring three or
four times a day for a fortnight, till it appears
clear and transparent. Strain through blotting
paper, and bottle up for nlO.
. (r7"Hoof .ointmcnt.—Take one pound each
of tar mid tallow, and mix them with half a
pound of common turpentine in a stoneware
dish. Stir them weUntil they are thoroughly
incorporated together. This forms an excellent.
dressing for the sore hoofs of horses and cattle
NUMBER 36.
[lror4ho Lehigh Itogizter.l
Geographical Enigma.
Er " LILLIE AND TL".I," or Nowrit WarrratALT, PA.
I am composed of 12 letters.
My 5,1, 5, is a river of England.
" 8,2, 4,6, 1, is a river;of Germany.
" 10, 8,4, 5, is a town of Great Britain.
" 1, .0, 11, 1, is a lake of North America..
" 7,8, 12, is amisland of Europe. '
7,1, 0,3, 3, 1. is a town of Aftica.
My total is a member of the Literary Society
of Allentown, Pa.
The Haunted Moose.
A friend of ours. says the Albany Tribune,
Bob 11., during the late coil term. thought ho
woußgo into Ilanailton and have a moose hunt.
IIt; left the city, in company - tvith six other
gentlemen, on Wednesday adast week. After
a ride of about' tWenty four hours. they reached
the border of the great wilderness. Having put
up their horses and sleigh at the last tavern,
tiny started out for a week's sport in the woods.
The second day in the wilderness, our Mend
and party started a moose of first class propor
tion:.—They sighted him about noon. and kept
on his track till :liana 3 o'clock. P. ,11., when
the party informed Bob that they were com
pletely tired out. and they intended to take the
back track• for the shanty and have dinner.
thu• friend said : • 'Very well..go back if you
please. As for toe I'll have that moose or per=
ish in the attempt." The party went back and
Bob went ahead. He kept up the chase till
nearly dusk, when he got stalHently near the
critter to :rive him condign. lie was a glorious
fellow. Like Frank Gnu - m(l% '•six feet high
and well proportioned." Bob was rtlioiced at
his success. But his pleasure had one draw
back, what could he do with hint ? Another
source of uneasiness was the excessive cold,
and the distance from the shanty, some eight
miles. While philosophizing upon his folly,
night mine on, and as there was no such thing
ns getting up a lire, he was at his wit's end to
° keep from freezing. At last he hit upon an
exnedient.
He cut open the moose; took out. its entrails,•
and cratvled in and lay down. The animal
heat kept him as warm as pepper 5 , 11 , a. " till
a'hont midnight, when he fell asleep. lle awoke
about sunrise and tboneln he wooid crawl out
and start back to his lit , rids. Tto re ..vits one
pull back to his arratipmikait. After the heat
had left the moose, ha had fre7.en as stiff as a
post, an operation that snhiccted Bob to as rigid'
confinement as if he had been lucked up in
Bastile. Bob endeavored to .cut his way out
.with rt. knife. Bit it was no go. He might au
well have undertaken to whittle granite. Bub
spent a most mehmeholy day, and finally wor
ried nat ore into a stunt
While this uneons. , : , ions, a company of bun
ter. e:one airing, discovered the totie, fastened
a rop6 to his lees, :Ilia set about drazging him
out of the woods. The movement awakened
B ,b. who thought he was getting hatmLed, and,
therefore, commenced hallooing for help. Such
a noke fimo a deed moose, excited 1,4 e,
superstition of the hum ere to sneh a degree
that tlfev abandoned their m izo and fkd as if
the devil was'after them. After running about
three miles they out BA's. friends. who had
been out all day trying to discover his where
abouts. The hunters told the story of the
haunted moose and the stranze noise which
came from his abdomen. Bob's friends smiled.
They requested the hunters to rciurn. In o.
half hour the '• haunted moose" n•n.; reached.
The friends halloed " Bob ?' I..ab hallowed
" here !" The friends said : "we arc going to
cut ; look out f n • the axe." Deli said: "let
drive ; better have a damaged head than legs
made of icicles." The siti•cuturc has mode an
impression on Robert. no says next time ho
sleeps inside a moose. he will take gond care•
that it has leather hinges on its back."
'Mc Gardw.t.
STRAWBEIM:=.-1103 the rotes, aria
cover'with a innlehine., either ofstraW. tan bark
or short grass; anything that will keen•the
fruit clean: a ti prough watering will be of
great, use after thiffirst flowers arc set to fruit.
GonsF.asnatzs.—Mildow may be prevented
by watering with soapsuds, over the branches.
A radical cure for this rwst may lie formed by
mixing a peck of lime, and a pound of sulphur,
in ten gallons of water: let it stand and settle.
A pint, in four gallons of water. syringed over
bushes when the fruit is forming, will keep
theta clean : cover the ground .with manure,
and .spread a small quantity of salt over it. to
keep us touch inoistuto us possible about tho
roots.
Gn.tyrs —Rub Wall the superfluous shoots'
as soon as the strongest can be ascertained.
In consegnence:of the r...:tretne severity of the
winter. much of the young wood
Young vines. Ora ripened their wood imperfect
ly l a st season. ore most likely to sulfur in this
way. Such shoots require to be 414 back to
sound and healthy parts. Even thotigh injured
slightly. they require cutting down, as Such
unhealthy shoots spread disease over the wholo
plant.—Horiiculiwist. • •
ri - KtsstsvPoucA.--The KissingPolksi hhs
been revived in Paris. and is now all iherrago .
in that fashionable capital. In this country wo
take it youn7 folks prefer taking kissing and
dancing in two separate doses.
,1:7 -- Tn making choice of a wife. prefer the
person beibre the money, virinre before beatify.
the mind before the body ; then thou host in a
Wife a friend—a companion who wilt bear an
equal share in all thy toils and affections.
Cr'..7.T. B. Horton lately .surd the editors of
the New Orleans -Picayune for Libel—damnies
clamed 810.000. The jury gave him nothing,
and made him pay alt costs.
fl The wholesalenlothituz trade ofCiuchituttil
does a business ofBl6 000 000 per annum, and
ives employment to 50.000 persons. '
('The peach crop of New Jersey will, it is.
thought, be excellent this year. • . ; •
.