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''''' - , -i•- e;tifiet.'Se ', • L .,......- . ~. - '-.`-" h -c ~.% *!: '4".." - AM :. .`yr. . - V4.8 *•NWI t t - - , !--r.., ••- , '-x , .a4S--. - . .. t4P.t.V...114,,, '' ',U..4.i'... VOLUME XI. Ready Made Cletitimg,l. ANOTHER ARRIVAL OP BRELNIG, NELIGII & BREINIO, No. 2 East Hamilton street, have just returned from the cities with an another large and choice stock of SPRING AND SUMMER GOODS, of the most fashionable styles, from all of which they will make to 'order, and also keep on hand. a large supply of READY . MADE CLOTIKINC, nt finch astonishing low prices, that cAnnot ho equalled by any estab:ishmen t in this or any other town in East ern Pennsylvania. Our' Stock is tiviee,uS largo, and we sell double the amount of the-twolest establish ments in town, consequently enabling, us to sell at a very small protit. We havo yond:M-ery style of Garments adapted to the soused, to Slidell the atten tion of the public is inwitod for 14 cOreful exiimination of quality, workmanship;stylo of triminings aPd.cat, which the proprietors will guarantee to ho superior to any House in the trade. We constantly keep on hand a wall solected stock of entleMen's Furnishing Goods, consisting of Shirts, Collars, Stooki, Cravats, Handkerchiefs. Mee, Suspentleit“se;, besides many articles coming in our lino of-1314814085 . , all of which aro sold at the !swot prices. CUSTOMER WORiC • . 'Orders for Customer Work will. elways be received with•plensure,.and ettendial to with punctuality, and as two of the firm ore practical tailors, none but the Lest workinaushio will he Beetled .to peas our B RE I NIO; ,ELIGI !tiny 21 Lehigh County tfi MID/ V4111116121Q Ii ka -;11 v , 9k • ,4*`"st, ko• "•-•' 74:4(r .No. 313 Ircort 114 , oilion street. opposite the " Q 1 :11A•ITIOlg Arnold ronipetrolleo to in° ',Rhona-of Allootovxf coil thimi n Tm o g p no roy, out ho always lins Oil knurl 6 fiiat.:4l,4toitmortritont of CABINET ,WARE,, nr all descriptions, consistingof Bureaus . , Sidc-benrds, Pier, Centre. Card, Dining and Breakfast 'rubles, also What-Not and Sofa Airier Chairs, Spring-seat Rocking Chairs, Sofas, Pinuo-stools, Bed steads of every deseription. together, with a general assortment of KiTturr...v Pulextruirk an of which ho will sell at prices which defy competition in either town or country. fle els.* manufactures to order every description of Furniture, and every nrti <de sold by hint is warranted to give ontiro satisfac tion, or no sale.. Si please give him and sae for yourselves, at \0.:15 West Ifamilttin street, or at the sign of the Yellow Curtain. 11.—A complete nssurtment'of Looking Climes, alwayr on hand, and for rale cheap., ' •Allentown, July 2, 1850. S. IL PRICE. LOOK FIEIBLEI ST)VE IsTerimsrstovE nIVEN It. nornIAN, No. 13 -.West llittrillton NJ street. opposite the Odd Fe colts the attention of the citizens of Allentown and vicinity, to the fact that never in the history of the town was therein establishment that kept on hand a larger and more completenssortmeni of all Muds and varieties STOVES, TIN .AND lIOLL,OW WARE, mid which were offered at such exceeding ltn prices. lfis•itock of stoves comprises eVery'known style of .Cooking, Parlor', Bar-room and.oolce.Stoves, nod of Tin 'Mid Hollow Ware ho takes pains in:keeping on hand everything that can possibly ho wanted in his linos Which is all made by ma:prattled. workmen end the Very host . of materials. Partimiler attention Is paid to Spouting and Rooting, which is !dims done an an unsurpassed style and warlimanlike manner. Persons wishing to purchase arthaes in his lino of business nro respectfully Initifeit i 4i et his store ,and . convince themselves of. the..splendfd stook end low prices. All kinds ofjobblug-cl,inio.af. short notice arid low rates. , Agr-Old Stoves, Iron, copper, biass,letia and pew ger will be taken In exchange for new Wiuy. MI 1-7 in HOUSES and Lots, of every 111 description, and a number of vacant ground lots. in all parts -I `—'*- 1 - - -” , " of the Borough of Allentown, are for sale. For further information inquire at the office of LA WALL & STABLER, Real Estate Agents, No. 59 East Hamilton Street —3m September 10. WAN awan, Scgar Store. ty D. BOAS, Manufacturer And Wholesale and 110- AJL. tail Dealer lit Tubaceo, Snuff and Sugars, No. North Seventh streot, Allentown, Pa. /lo flatters himself to say that ho has at all tittles the bust and clapea+eat stock of TOBACCO AND SEGARS ever brought to this. place. - Dealers in the above ay tieleawill And it to tkeir advaatage to give mu a call, us I seel-at the lowest Philadelphia:mil Now York whole sate 'niece: A general assartinerit of American and Foreign'' Leaf Tobacco always on band. /I, D. BOAS. —ly 31ny 9, 18,;5.. PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY HAINES SL DIEFENDERFER AT ONE - DOLLAR AND , FIFTY CENTS, PER ANNUM. GREAT RAIL ROAD ACCIDENT! $5O 000 LOST AT EASTON.—Great Fall ' 9 of the Railroad Bridge—two lo comotives precipitated into the Canal—One man killed and several wounded. Accompany ing this terrible disaster there still was a striek of luck to the Lehigh Valley Railroad Compa ny for its occurring at the time it did—on Tuesday afternoon, because on the following morning some 30 or 40 cars were about being loaded by merchants in New York and Phila delphia with new style Fall and Winter Goods, all of which were to pegs over tho 'Bridge the same afternoon, directly to Allentown, and there to be unloaded at Joseph Stopp's Cheap Cash Store, No. ,35 West Hamilton street. It is' evident that if these cars, with their heavy freight, bad been shipped in time to get of the Bridge, that their immense weight mnkd have broken down the entire structure, and Precipits.- ted their contents into-the Delaivare; and thwi would have incurred a hiss to the Coutpany of between $300,000 and $400,000 : and not this alone, but the citizens of Allentown mitt vicini ty would also have felt the loss, because if this itnmemse quantity of cheap goods would - have, been . lost,. it. would 'Certainly .have caused n scarcity, and a rise of 20 • per-cent. _Bat by the aid of luck 'and the telegraph the intelli gence of the accident was communicated to Philadelphia, and . Stepp consequently hail his goods loaded during the three _ successive days, on stenntbnats, canal ',,boats, wagons, 'carts, wheelbarrows; backs of niggers, &c., anil '44o'r they have' commenced to land' at his new'Store House.: 'llis clerks are now engaged both day and night in - unpacking and selling goods. As I passed by there lastnight . between 11. and 12 o'clock; I steppedin, - and toy my'astonisliment found perfect mountains of goods piled from door to ceiling. VpaSsed- back through the Store and saw a pile-or about 500 Shawls, of all polors and Pricesl4rom $25 down to 374 .cts. piece. On. the other side 1 sitw about 4000 yards fincy Do Laines ; and a little far ther along about 6000.ydsLpf tWilledPersian Cloth: on the ether side I hit my elbow ngninst 14 or 15 cart loads of Calico; and a.littio far titer along there was a piio or 8 or 10.000 yds. shirting and .nheeting , fron to 24 yds: wide. I then looked for men and boyS' wear, and on ono side of the store saw many theusand yards of cloths, eassimeres, sattinetts, Kentucky jeans, tweeds, &c., of all colors and prices.-- I then began to get towards the tear end cf the store, and my eyes fell on carpets, oil cloths, looking glasses, window shades, glass and queensware. By this time I began to get pretty tiled and sleepy, and as I turned around at the end of the store I made a mis-step and down I went. head over heels, into the cellar. I opened my eyes alai my senses were restored. EMI • • le.of salt in one corner from 'flour to ceitingr•op the other Side there was the nicest sugar, Pollee, morasses, übeeso, and ninckereLJ ever laid eyes on, I asked ene of the ctetks some of the prices, and after Iw. full, I fit disgusted on reflecting that I had so long been a fool by paying double prices fur my goods else• where. It was almost daytime now, and Ide termined after breakfast to send you these faits for publication in the Rmister. In. conclusion I will-any, both one all, great and small. go to Stopp's Cheap Cash Store, No. 35 West• limn ilton street. *". - SAM. BONNETS, BONNETS , BONNETS. WE take pleasure in informing our friends and the public in general, that wo have just received a largo and elegant Assortment of PALL AND WINTER BONNETS, Rihbons..Frerkell and Domestic Flowers, vr -4 ‘ Ladies' Dress Caps, Children's floods, &,6., from the most fashionable openings in sow- York and Philadelphia. Wo arc Satisfied that our goods cannot be equalled by any oilier 'es, tablishlnent in town; for beauty and style, as we have them made after the most approved French pntter.ns, and two acknowledged supeti or to any in the country. We return our sin. l care thanks for past favors and hope for a con. firmed. shares of patronage, as we flatter our selves that we can. give satisfaction . both as to price and style. to all who may faVor us "With call. Country Milliners supplied at Ow prices. MRS. STOPP CO. • N. B.—A good experienced hand can get employment' by calling on the undersigned. A.good girl, to do, housework, is also wanted.. Sept. 3. . . . —tf ROSE'S PATENT iTHE sitbserlbers invite the attention'er the . tubliuto their now patent 'ENDTIAN WINDOW ILINDS, which they are iw metnufaCturlim and tlling.wholesale nail re, til t nt their Factory, No. 14 West Ilamilten St., Ilentown, Penn. These Linde are faMsuperior to ay other ever manulke trod, and are secured by totters Patent, kstultil as llose's Putout." They re greatly superior to II others in the fitet that' icy aro constructed with 4pper and lower bends, 01 in such nmanner that ...4.14 when the uppor bead is ram (-frame, the lower part ntry be separated or connected with ease. A. little chill can take the Blind down, clean and replace it. This is a great advantage when it is remembered that with the old style of Blinds, a mechanic was always necessary to take them down or pat them up. In other panic ulars. too, they exceed for beauty and convenience I all others. This improvement will bo attnebed to the old-fashioned Blinds on reasonable terms. Orders ore respectfully solicited. Persons wishing to secure Patent nights of the above in any part of I tho Union, can do so by addressing the undersiy;nedl at Allentown, Lehigh Co., l'a. lIOSL L HUMBERT. =I Allentown, Sept. 3 S. SIA7EXTZEIVS Piano Tort 6 Manuracton - LI:ENTOWN "n., WARE ROOM, No. We ituntilten rireet. Conshmtly on Irnol n sow riot n,sortment of ROSEWOOD PIANO PORTI y —iI, of the latest and most approved Ftyle,, ineindir::: :all us have font round eorners, with hooks finished and polished in agreethent with the front., stroll feet, ke.. warranted to be of the best materials and workman- I ship— Second-hand Pianos taken in part payintnt fer new ones. Auz. 2U---"in WINDOW BLINDS Alinatov,t!-;W, November 5, 1A856. DOMESTIC LIFE, WHO'S TO I:LANE? One evening the fastidious harry Wentworth, on coming home tired and depressed. found his wife in the parlor, dressed in a soiled morning gown, and wearing a pair of slippers down at the heel. To increase his vexation, she was sitting in nn easy ehriir, with one le t ; crossed over the other, reading a trashy novel. " Why, Fanny r' he exclaimed, in amaze ment, fOr they had bden married only a few months, and hitherto ho had thought her the pink of neatness. . • "Well, what'is it ?" she asked, looking hp. Then noticing the direction of his eyes, abe,as sunned a becoming , position, ".You don't like my dress; perhaps;" she ; " but real ly I. was too tired to change it." • • What have you been doing all day 1"-said "Oh, reading thfs,".she replied . ; she colored as she held up the book, and added, " and then it has been so warm !" Now, herhusband had been hard nt work all . through the. sultry summer day, and had as was usual with when, busy, dined at..his office...lot his attire was neat, and even * his hair newly brushed .; for' he' had . gone to his cii4Oer to dotins before comb* into the . ar • • 10. -it may . be. supposed, therefore, , that he was annoyed at the slovenliness of his. wife .the more. so as, on looking at the novel ho found it quite a worthleas . affair.. lie said' nothing, however, except " nt-least to change your slippers, my dear. You don't - knew how mueh I dislike to see n lady slipshod." • • ".Do you! Hew odd !" said* his wife with it- silly laugh, stooping down to pull up the heels of her shoes. •• There, that, will do, I think: : I really can't walk as far as the cham ber tliis 'warm evening. I wish you would ring fur tea, the bell' is by you, as I want to finish this chatter.' ' • Her husband sighed, but ants he was bid. The tea came up. and he took his aeat,.but the chapter was not concluded, and so he was com pelled to wait. When ht last Mrs. Wentworth came to the table the tea was cold. The meal, under these circumstances, was a dull one, and the husband, after it was over, finding -his wife 'absorteil in her book, lay down on the sofa cud finally went to sleep. Airs. Wentwoi th had been the belle of. the town hefore her marriage. Her..sprightliness and beauty had been the theme of constant ad mirations; But these qualities would have failed to have Wen - Harry Wentworth's heart, if. they had not been sustained, by.amost exqtd-: site arm!, See Fanny When. you' would, 'she , was . ' alWays . Candidly attired d and as Harry Wentworth was particularly fastidious on this point, he thought him Self the happiest of men, when Fanny, ono bright summer : evening, promise& to be his. .11ut unfortunately, the bridia had no .real habits of neatnem; but only of admiration. It was sanity that induced her, while single, to be careful of her dress'; but now ; that shO was married, she gradually gave way to her natural indolence. The _first occasion on which she did this to any glaring extent, was the: evening on which our story opens but it was soon followed up by other exhibitions of slovenliness. . . , " i do wish, ,Panny, that you would dress more neatly," stihl lilt. Went Worth, in a vexed voied;.aome months later 5ti11..." Night after night Icome hone and find you in that atro cious. Wrapper." , . • .. : . .. . You used to think me pretty enough in any dress," snid MM. 'Wentworth testily. ' "But I never saw you in one•like that be. tiro we were married," replied her.hueband.:. "To be sure not," replied Mrs. Wentworth, .. and she laughed ironically.- " I always dress ed for coMpany, - then, and Ido so now.'! • What-:could Mr. Wentworth say / If his wife did not think it necessary to keep herself neat in his Presence—did not consider hitn as worthy of pleasing as the comparative strangers whom she called company—it was useless to argue with her ; so after tea, the slip.ahod heels still annoying, with a perceptable hole' in 'the stocking to increase that annoyanee, he moodily look his hat and left the house. . A!.llrst.lllr: Wentweith walked up anddown the street, but atlast fatigued With this, h o step. pod into a debating room ittached to, a tavern. Here ho met several acquaiittances, and gradu ally falling into conversation, the evening pass ed rapidly away. When ho went home, Mrs. Wentworth, look ing very sleepy, and a little out of humor, ac costed him with, " Where in the world have you been ? I have finished my novel an hotir ago, and have had nobody to, talk to ever since. lam moped to death. There was a time," she aidded, poutingly, " when nothing in the world could have induced you to spend an evetiing away from me." Mr husband was on the point of replying in a similar upbraiding style, hut he recollecte,l that h;311:1.1 expostulated too often and too vain• ly, anti . 4 .6 lIC Said nothing. It was anmher wvek before Mr. Wentworth spent another evening out. Ile tried sincerely to stay at home, but his annoyance at his wife's shivenliness was too great, and at last ho left her again to her novel and her slipshod heels. Mr. \Wentworth has now become a constant visitor to the debating room, the members of which arc chiefly married men, and, if the full truth was known, it would appear, we believe, that most of them, if not all, had wives resem bling Mrs. Wentworth. Sometimes there is an undue quantity of brandy and water at these meetings, so that some members; Mr. Went worth among them, have been understood to go home inebriated. It was on one of these occasions that an intimate friend ventured to expostulate with Mr. Wentworth on hig•habits. " It is easy for you to talk," was the bitter . reply, '• abont •the . felioity. of a man's:fireside. Your home, I have no question ia a refnge for you when you seek it, tired and dispirited at . • night,; for you have a wife neatly dressed to re- . ceivo - cleanly apartment; to sit in, and vheerftil• conversation. ',But when •I go home, it is to find my Wilb slip-shod, untidy; - thervooni utiswept, and the childMn _dirty. • Were I to stay at home; What comfort'Coold, I find'? ' : lib ; .the debating room is far pleasanter to and there Z will go. If Mrs: Wentworth - don't like , it, she has no one to blame but herself."-, . . 'Airs. Wentworth does not like it; but cent . plains loudly at what she calls 'her husband's cruel neglect. • ' bee shall Icave it to the reader, who has heard both sides of the question, to pronounce who's to blame. • - I Think . of.l'hee. - . I think of thee when morning comes, Whon night ling passed away, - • And slowly in thOonet, is soon -- The monarch of the day; I think of theri when or'ning comes, And sadness 'stools o'er md, When nature, gladly seeks repose, - Oh, then I think of thee. ..os I think of thee oft in tho night, When there is beard no sound, And nature's hushed in calm repose, And silence reigns around. `•is I t';'.nit of thee-In solitude, To calm this heart of mine, 'rho vot-y zephyrs seem to broothe, That awn loved name of thine. I think. of thee when far away, _ AT.tt'nnii.r'.i bat vintager see, I always have a thought for you, Oh, hero you ono for fluor • 3.1 A LT 0. 4.' : $ . ;r1,0..p 7WE nr I.rxxa Lizqwoon " I don't think llarlton and' Alice Leo will ever, marry," shicl. my friend to me the other (4ty, " Harlton so well educated, SO refined in his manners, so noblennd generous, and sohand- . some ! Caeyott believe ho would think of wed ding a poor forlorn girl—a sowing girl in his father's family I I tell you 'tis all moonshine,;' when }Tarlton Marries. it Will be one witlrbeau ty and . Wealth, his equal," and Kate's dark eyes flashed, and her cheek.flushed as she spoke. " A queenly beauty; n Cleo.patress 'beautY— you mean that dark flashing beauty, which oar ries a heart by storm. 'Oh, Kato ! because Al ice is not so . .sparking,ly beautiful as . your own Proud self don't call her plain. . Did you over see Softer, brighter golden hair waving over a . fairer, purer brow 3 Did-you' ever see eyes so clear, so laughing, so loving in their gaze ; on a, rounder cheek; or a prettier rosy Mouth, or e. more graceful form Didyou ever hear'a laugh that - was merrier; or asterr lighter".than Alice 1 1 Lee's * ' , . " Now." I continued, mischievously, ,4 do you suppose Harry Harlton would rather win this little sunbeam, or the flash of lightning. ' You say, it is moonshine, but I think it will be sun- shine, if ever Harry and Alice wed." " Well perhaps so," said Kato with a sigh, taking up her embroidery. g'l suppose she will do to make his'elothes, and do his work ; fur my part I wouldn't exchange places 7 .with her," 4. Do you know the reason, Kate ?" ••• " There,.don!t trouble me ; you aro suoh a quiz:' and Kate , arose and took a seat at the opposito side of tholool2l. mad we changed the subject. ' • - , . . think I never witnesse d s more joyous bri oat than that of - Harry Heaton and Alice Lee. Harry; with his dark sparkling eyes and noble bcOw, seemed the persimification of true manli ness, while Alice, in her white bridal dress, with her brow wreathed with pale orange flowers, shaded by her snowy veil, seemed the loving, trustingcreature that she was. Sweet Alice !how happy she was, with her noble souled, high minded• husband, who she loved—yes almost worshipped him. It was wrong, perhaps, yet that joyousness subsided to a calm and quiet peacefulness—a strong, firm and unshaken love and confidence in the'one of her choice. It was a pretty little cottage, with vines climb ing over the lattice and - over the windows.— That was Alice's home after her marriage. Al ice, as was before 'noticed, was penniless and her I.asband was not very wealthy ; so with one servant-to aid them in their garden, Alice attended to the honsehuldOuties, while Harlton was away at his (Alice ; and when night came, tl,ere was always a bright happy face to wel come hint, and ehurtning loving words to greet him. 0 ! those. days ! they passed away. They parted as the waves glide on ; they died as stars go down." There is a little grove with a pretty white fence around it—a pinin, white marble slab, with simply " Alice llrlton, aged nineteen," engraved thereon. She died young ; it is such the good father calls home, ever surrounded by love and tenderness—per haps to show us how vain it is to place our af fections hero. Poor Harlton ! ho wandered a broken spirited man. There stood the little cottage. Another summer had come on. The vines clambered again, ovee' the window where Alice a year be fore would wait his return. How lonely, how discogsolate. There was no joyous face to smile a Welcome ; there was no soft, melodious voice to beguile the evening hours away. Fur a while ho gave up to solitude and sorrow : then came forth' into the world's gay ities, as if to drown in mirth the deep heart sorrows. It was a beautiful evening. I sat alone in My'room, and I confess my thoughts wore sad ; thoughts of the loved and lost come to mind, aud'the Pure sweet image of Alice was among ahem. The door was suddenly thrown open, and the sparkling, beautiful Kate entered. She smiled gaily, yet came I thought more gently than:Usual and seated herself by my side. "'You will be surprised, Mary dear," she said f.,!, when I tell you my errand. I wish you to,l3cny bridesmaid." "You then arc going to be married." I ex claimed, looking at her dark eyes. Slie only s answered by a laugh, then replied soberly, " I am going to wed the only man I ever loved— • Harry Hariton." NM struck dumb with astonishment, I bad no answer to give. At last I said : • '‘ And when ?" "In two weeks. You must be sure and not disappoint me. Let me see ; this is Thursday. Come, pUt on your bonnet, and go with me shopping. We will select our dresses and take them to the mantau-maker, that they may be doneln time." They were married, the stricken man and the beautiful Kate, whose father being wealthy gave them a handsome residence, and the cot tage passed into other hands. The furniture ofthomot was sold, and; only a few articles re- Untineirthaf spoke of Alice(r—Therre the jcelous hearted Kate put out of sight with great core, antl.,the,lov . ing smiling face of Alice's picture next the, wall in an unoccupied tAoilii the little gifts she had made for liar- TY.- With her own hands were locked up tightly .out of bight, as she said to take good care of them.- Poor }Tarlton ! he could not speak the name of Alice, but the bitter, scornful voice of Kate Would' reproach him and taunt him for his words ; he could not wander up stairs and look at the little hidden picture for the eagle eye of Mite folloWed him. lie could whisper of tier in his dreams and smile as her image came across his imagination, yet a week of scornful displeasitre from his wife was the penalty. At this state of sadness and misery he sought in the wino cup that forgetfulness he could not obtain elsewhere, yet his memory returned, and again and again ho sought its sparkling brim to drown'his recollection. And poverty came, slowly creeping on. The splendid ulausion was sold, drinking and gamb • Hng did it . ; and only until wretchedness and bodily misery aroused him, did ho awake to his degraded situation. Kate's father had refused .to aid him, but urged his daughter to leave her lusband, and again return to her childhood's home.; yet the proud woman who had been the means of all this misery. scorned to love her husband in the hours of his adversary. Watch ing ever him tenderly by night, working for his support by day, long weeks and months passed on. Oh, Kate ! what had jealousy to the loved and lost done for thee. " What a pity ! what a shame ! That was the husband of sweet Alice Lee !" The remark reached her ear ; it stung him to the heart. Ire was on the way to one of his drunken revels, yet ho paused and looked with wonder and astonishment around him. And that - name! with it came the little, and the smiling face, tho grave in the church-yard, and his overwhelming grief. Oh then, how he Cursed the spirit of intemperance, and in his heart, by the name of that sainted wife, ho re solved to begin anew, and again be a man. • ,There is little cottage where the vines clambered, and the birds sung many years ago. There is an old gentleman and lady, they are called grand-pa and grand-ma by many of the little sons of the village. The old man with his thin white locks, still bears traces of manly strength, and lustrous, yet softened by the trials of years, and with a world of love and ten derness mirrored , forth in her even now beauti ful face. It is Mr. and Mrs. Ilarlton, strew ing their way with deeds of love and kindness. There are two pictures hanging, side by side, over . the mantle-piece of the old fashioned parlor ; beneath there is a gilded scroll, with the inscription fancifilly penned iu Kate's own hand—the two brides. One with the soft lov ing blue eye 3 'and se•eet•smiles, will be recog nized as Alice and the other, with its (ilk, queenly beauty, is Kate. I have told the tale as it was-told to me," Peririrs there is a moral ; if so, the object of Le writer is gained. '' NUMBER 5. The Process of Oyster Dredging. A very large proportion of people who eat oysters have at best but an indefinite idea of the way in which these interesting bivalves are fished out of the deep, to supply their plates and satisfy their appetites. Some may imagine that they are picked elf the rocks, like the • Irishman's gold dollars from the streets; others. that they are the mysterious product of tho restaurants; obtained by merely knocking apart their shells ; while many have some in definite notion 91" a process of planting oysters in the mud, in shallow water, to be procured, when wanted, by dexterous manipulations of rakes or tongs, like potatoes from a hill. This latter mode of catching oysters is ono most common in Northern water —the oysters hay ( ins first been brought from the South, and " bedded" here ; as it is thought that, by this transplantation, they are much improved in flavor. There are, however some varieties of the naive oyster that are hel 1 in the highest esteem by epicures r -being of extraordinary size and superior flavor, and as these are to bo found only in deep water, rendering the process of catching them quite laborious, their market value is much enhanced. Of New York, na- . ti,ve oysters, the " East Rivers" aro most in favor, —the.market prices for which range from 51,50 to 5p 2r hundred. These aro caught by " dredging." During the autumn months, the attention of travellers on Long Island Sound is invariably attracted by the large fleets of'sailing craft that nei:er.fitil to meet the eye. when the wind is fair, tacking hither and thith er, and stretching away on either side, as far as the• limits of vision extend. Frequently, I upwards, of one hundred may be counted at once, all under canvas, and presenting a beau tiful.appearance. Of these, many are coasting vessels—which may always be seen dotting the blue waters of Long Island Sound,—but the greater number are fishing smacks, dredg ing for oysters. Such fleets are encountered at intervals, all the way from Throg's Neck to Whitestone and Norwalk, Connecticut—which points embrace the fishing-ground for " East Rivers." The " dredge" is a sort of drag net, made of the strongest materials, and holding about two bushels. This is lowered to the bottom, and towed after the vessels by a stout rope, varying from fifty to ono hundred and fifty feet in length, according to the depth of the water. Frequently, as many as half a dozen dredges at once—each one being hauled ' in every ten minutes, and emptied of its contents ' of oysters, mud and stones, which it may have scooped up. while dragging on the bottom. The process is slow and laborious—as hauling in so great a weight, with the vessel sailing under a three or six knot breeze, is no slight task—and not less than four or five days' constant labor are required to complete a full load.- It is cus tomary for the smacks to start out on Monday and deliver their cargoes at market on Friday or Saturday ; though shorter trips are some times made. .0o the best grounds, one hun dred bushels per day are taken ; but the aver age yielding is flyless. This mode of catching oysters is also practised in the waters of Chesa peake Bay, whence are taken the greater part of the oysters brought to the North to be plant- • ed—thousands of cargoes of which are shipped hither every year. • DoUnit lons. Fine Fellows—The man who never refuses to lend you money, and the fellow who is, courting your sister. Genteel People—The young lady who lets her mother do the ironing, for fear of spreading her hands. The miss who wears thin shoes on a rainy day, and the young gentleman who is ashamed to be seen walking with his father. lodustrions People—The young lady who reads romances in bed; the friend who is al ways engaged when you call, and, the correspon dent who canna and time to answer your let ters. Timid People—:l lover about to pop the lion a man who does not like to he shot at, end a steamboat company with a cholera case on board Datmfied cit in a country town ; a midshipman on the quarter deck, and a - school committee on examination day. Persecuted People—Worn:ln, by that tyrant; man ; boys by their parents and teachers, and all poor people by society at large. can People—The man whO kicks people when they are down, and the subscriber wl refuses to pay for his paper. 11:7'Mr. Showman, what Animal is that r . That, "my dear, is the rhynocercow. Ho is cc:Rising German or Dutch relative to the uni: corn. He was born in the desert of Sary Ann. and fed on bamboo and missionaries. Ho is very rourageons and never leaves limbo 'unless lie moves, in which case ho goes somewhere else unless overtaken by the dark. He was brought to this country much against his own will. which accounts for his low spit, when he's melancholy or dejected. Ho is now some• what aged, although" ho has seen the day when he was the youngest specimen of animated na ture in the World. Pass on, my little dear, and allow the ladies to surway the wisdom of Provi. dence us displayed in• the ring tailed monkey, a hanimal that can stand hanging like critter, only it's reversed:" , I , : l El
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