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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
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Lehigh County
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.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:"
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