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FARMERS 1001( THIS WAY.
THE opposition sait that in n short time the ground
will he ready 40 ww Oats, Barley, Bow
they know this we are cot able to say, but this much
we will say% that wbenver it gets ready, you had
better give us a call prone of the best Grain Drills,
hnd warranted at that, 'so large talk about refunding
:honey,) but if the nrtit., is not as represented, it em !
be returned, and all Srrtters satisfactorily arranged. !
Likewise, in duo time the grass will be in order fur I
hay making, and timer , are prepared to furnish you
Vrith Allen's Mower, it Idendid tanehine fur cutting,
grass of any kind. ,(V1 in addition. when desired,
:co have also the coe.ined Mower and Reaper, of .
Manny's Patent, which ;s mnnufnetured upon a lif
i'rront principle from tl o mode heretofore, and war- I
ranted to cut grass ntti grain as fast as one team of
horses can draw it. Arl further. wo have the l're- I
mium Corn Sheller of Lehigh county, and Its there
has been sold a very krge number in a short time
that have rendered nub:NM snti,faction : Nre nre con-'
Mont lu no snperior here or elm-
Where. We likewise bre a mill far elloppiv , f..ed.
which has been tested th roughly in different s . ,TetiOns'.l
and nll who bare wittie,,ed its operations, testify to
:ho good qualities of an mill, and recomtnend it to !
farmers as an article ti' , .ye time, and likewise grain
in the amount which it arly given to millers in the
stripe of " toll." In sln:t WU have almost any artilde
which farmers require fi , r agricultural purposes, sari '
us Ploughs of almost pat'ern, Corn Cultivators,
Revolving Hay Rakes, any Forks, Corn Ploughs,
Cern Planters. Limo Spr.aders, Threshing :\ facilities
and Horse Powers or dif , .rent kinds, and all warrant
ed to .give snlisfaction. Repairing done in all the
different branches, on !Tr qmntile terms and nt short
notice. Any person rn.iiing at a distance, in want
of any. of the above anises, ran obtain them hy ad
dressing, the subscribers at No. so West Hamilton st.,
Alitutown. Pa. i . -M'ErrzEß SAEGER.
Dr,lll, 111WEIIENCES.
Inn Ilelrrirh. Nnrth Whitehall: Charles ITen
• David Thtry, do; David I;ttlinF, Mattun
dsel. Allentown.
hIiET.I.ER REVERENC
: .1 ohn Cednr
'nn er, • Lower Ma ne.y : C. & W.
; Reuben C, aelienbarb, North
, REFERENCE
licntown..
C L 0 T II I
Lod r.re daily adding thereto ill g or artielei 1.1
wrinitiing to Men and Boys' Avcrtr. uhielt mill 1.,
at•extraerdinary low rates, ns they E . 111 , 011 tit,
that n " 1111111:IC rixpenee iv Itvl ler th-n
low shilling." They have MI trash of year+ on tia i
Atelves. which they try to palm oIY for IleW 5 , 1 , 111
40ods, but on the contrary. ere ruperior in quality
make and style, to any estahlishmeid in !lie
Give them a trial nun you trill find the l'A IA).
ci.oTnING HOUSE if; the place for everyloidy.--.
Their winter purchases comprise entirely new and do
sirable styles, such as e•tn not be faint at nr,r etb.• a
Merchant tailoring establishment in Allentown. TheU
goods were selected with the grent est care, end will
he ninth, op . in the latest style and fnqiion, and war
ranted to prove the same nsrepre7ented nt the time ot
purchnse. Observe, flint every article of Clothing .
sold by the proprietors of this estnblishment is ni
their own make. nod may be relied upon es being
mod durable work. Among their extensive assort,
nent may be found, tine Mack noel Blum new styli
tress and Frock Coals, made in the Inlect fashion of
tench and English Cloths, new style Ilusines.= Cont , .
f . 11Inek, Brown, Elne, Olive and Green Cloths, and
plain awl figured enssimeres : Over Coats, of nil
qualities, styles and prices, pantaloons, rm., and in
tact everything in the READY MADE CLOTIIINO
LINE. from Tin over-coat down to nn undershirt. The
three great features of Breinig. Neligh 13reinig's
Store nre.,l,,hat they buy for Cash, and consequoilly
can sell cheaper thnn any of the others: their goods
aro made up under their own unit Itirt
though not least, they sell them for rrhut they rcully
Alen. n largo steels of llandherehiefs, Shirts, Col
lars, IVinter Hosiery, Under Shirts nod Drawers of
nll kinds, and everything in fact that is usually kept.
In stores of tho kind. Call and.see before you par.
chase elsewhere, no they willingly show what they
have. They . nro satisfied that all their goods bear a
close examination.
December 10. —tf
FURS! FURS! FURS!
Aro :al the go now*-clays, and we arc
'thrgli, determined not to be behind the titnes.
Consequently we Itnvo procured a very
large assortment, direct from tho best manufacturers
in New York city—whore Furs arc got up in the most
fashionablo style, and at the lowest rotes. Our as
sortment is composed of all the stylus now in use_
such as
Sable Victorinos, Tippots and Capes,
Steno Martin, " a
Fitch," if 11
Imitation do. ii Ii
• Rock Martin, ‘r ".
Siberian Squirrel, " ,r
Brown Coney, " It
Bladt do. " a
do. Lynx, a id
Cbildron's Furs of various styles.
Gent's Fur Collnrs, Caps and Gloves.
ILimo. Wo have enlarged our stock of Boots
and Shoes and Hats and Caps, .suita
ble for the season. Our stock of Over
Shoes is particularly largo, comprising all tho various
maims in tho market, such as India Rubber, Buf
falo, Calf-Skin, Felt, Web, &c., kc. .Ladies and Gen
tlemen in want of any of the above articles, will do
well to exatulno our stock before purchasing else
where.
All the above goods sold at 'Thalamic at a liberal
diaoount to morehanta In the enunl6-.
YOUNG LEO . .
No. 45 East Hamilton Street.
Allentown, December 10,185 G. .
JOH ► H. OLIVER,
SiTT NV.AY ari -Law,
nrFicE is End lla milton stroot,nearly oppoqit
Bechters Amoricannotol., • ly
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY HAINES & DIEFENDERFER AT ONE DOLLAR AND FIFTY CENTS PER ANNUM.
WARREN'S '
IMPROVER FIRE AND 'WATER PROOF
COMPOSITION ROOFING.
Joseph Clow°ll, Allentown, Agent for Lehigh Co.!
YOUR attention is respectfully solicited to the ;
alcove method of Roofing. now much used in 1
Philadelphia and vicinity, and which has been eaten-
sively in use in many of the cities of the West, during
more than cloven years past, during which time it !
has been tested under every variety of circumstances,
and we confidently offer it to the piddle as n mode of
Roofing unobjm (humble in every important particular, :
while it combines.. in a greater degree Ilium any other
roof in one, the valuable requisites of cheapness, du
rability. and wearily against both tire and water.—,
This is rapidly superseding the nee of all other kind:-
of roofs, wherever it has been introduced, giving gen
end satisfaction. :Lod is highly recommended by all ,
who have tested its utility. These roofs require an
inelination of not more than one inch to the foot.
which is of (pent ntirantage in rose re, aril for !
drying purposes. They are ol'A. - c.l at a price e
ern hly lees than any other roof in ow, while the
t amount of material saved. which won't otherwi , P be
wed in extending up the mills and framing for a
steep roof, often makes a still farther important re.
duetion in the cost of building. Gutters Tony he
formed of the same material on the roof. ;it much less
; expense than nor other. In ease IT detect or injury,
from any enusr , ,.there is no roof so easily repaired.
The inaterinl Icing wie , tlytton-conductors or heat.
no roof is sn cool in Summer, or so warm in winter.
Thome wishing to sec 11111'1,0i% should give the rafters
a pitch of about one inch to the f mt. For further in
formation apply to Joseph Ckut 11, at Allentown. r=•
.agent for Lehigh and Carbon comities, who is Fe
; pared to execute all orders nt rlinrt 110;i , o.
M. WARREN 4 CO..
No. 1 Farquhar Duiblimzs. Walnut St., Philadelphia
. .
The following sunned gentle:nen in Allentown hove
their 110115 C! r o ll with the ohove nonte4 ootnrori-
Hon. and ore ohle to tedify to ito tuperiority over nn:,
other kind of rnots
Iwhr Fried, thrt , 7 rtorylehmr.her Shop.'f , th Ft
Thu Biteheeher, 2 three tt,,ry IhrelUhl; HOMO'
1:11itot Ftrrot.
Bruin ir. Neligh Dreinig.ruur : , lory Clothing Store .
I!unnilt.,ll ',trout.
E..T. :znev:er. three story Dwelling Ilionfe
Hamilton ,treed.
EMii
I. D. St three FtoryToig House, Eam
Ulm) tt-tt t
II Ye:lml, 2 L'arce story Ihr,,ll;ng Nora.:-
~iil to at :trot I
Chri,t:on P. t....Fterwl
KrauFB S. Mohr, :; Olive Ftor:.• I)weliing
drool. •
Mertz
Front trout
120.cr „t Setuitz, 2 llircc et-r 1)wel:111 90,
Frh. 13, 1130
Dissolution of Zartnerslatip.
yOTTCE heret , y ;tiven tbot the p mtrete.7tip
II heretofore bettreem Peter Itermit and
llnrri:nu Furth, tr.nlitm mole:• the firm of ./...:eadt
S,,ith, in the Flom. and-n-110.triret. , .. in A:let:town.
ems tti,e.ive I I.y 11111.11;:t ciii, it nll the 12(11 11,1 S it
Deermlwr, 1 -:At. Ail :met' imt.•Me , l to I;rtil
ore requested to matte Mtn , .. . Feittemeat at th e
(4.1 ,tend, end :melt who may her :my chin;, ern like
present them. P ER It ERN ll'.
7i7r - The 1.11:,:ner; will be enntiane.l at the
in Eighth -trect. I.etive,n li'al
nut stror!s, the inuler.*:tul, it will lie
nuttier of pleasure to Lim to Foo tali y new aril al'
old eiutonier , . to all of tvluon lo• will on , l,evor lI
render Fo:i,invlion. PETE!:
Jen. fl.
121
E E.
ri C. NAND, DENTIST. II: , the pleq
lure slate .1:I:It FO far re
oovLrel his health as to hi. n!.le 1 , 1 ri2Flll7m the prne
tie ,, °lbis profession. 01 7 1 . 11 E ill the "Bal.:1N1l.
BUILDING."
Thtr It imir of rcfa rinC t , frentlemen
for and tiwir families he. lies tii erilteil . ,
lice!) Mildly r;rimieil.
ninnl.er of years Wahl) lie e ip. eil, rirtre the,
operations were performed (and whose teeth Ftiil re
innin preserved.) ii attached to their re , peetive sit
natures : Garrick ninety. 21 yclrs .Tohn Romig.
M. 11.. 23 years; Chrietian I're:7,, 25 : Benjamin
.T. Ilagenbuidi. II do.: Charleq Saegvr. 17 do.; C
M. 11unk, I I dn.: Evan W. Eehert. 1G do.; Ours
Saeger, NI dn.; 11. C. Longnecker, 13 do.; It. E
\Vright, 23 .10.
'These, are a few of the imndreds of eases in wide'
the ehernieal preparation of 1)r. Hand, ns n reme
dial agent for deoayell teeth, has been tu , e4l. in no 'roe
of %%idyll has it failed b, restore to " pr:stine health."
itrtilicint 'l,..ct h. front one to a foil eet, of the beet
11111114 y, inserted in the nto:4 relentitie manner,
feasible ; price?.
Allentown...Trontrry 23.
TIN Thursday the I.lth of February. at 12 o'elocic
1.1 at .neon, at. the house. of Edward Kratn.r. in
South Whitehall township. Lehigh county, will be
sold the following articles, to wit:
.4 4
..•'''', Five mules and genrs, one orewngon
tl ; ,n
~..., t and ;Indy, rockawny wagon and geor,
windmill, cutting ,box, wood ladders,
•_.i..._- . ...,...31 - ,. snddle and bridle, old iron, manure
forks, sieves, boxes, tubs, empty barrels, a wheelbar
row, 110 fence posts, n lot of hoards, stove nod pipe,
a grindstone, picks, grubbing hoes, axe, ladders, lock
chains. rough luck chain, wagon lever, one burrow,
fifth chain, swingeltrces, 11100 rails, buckets, groin
cradle. grass scythes, :i work bench, shovels, ore
buckets and windlass, &O.
Conditions will be made known on the day of sale
by DANIEL W. NEMMEREIt, Assignee
of Edward Kratzer and wife.
Ziegenfuss, vcnduo eryer.
Jan. 28. • --nt
HEREAS. EDWARD KnAnnte and his wife Ft-
ANNA, of the township of South Whitehall.
Lehigh enmity, on the 16th day of January, 1857,
made a voluntary assignment to no undersigned. of
all his property, real and 'personal, for the luinclit of
his creditors, notice is hereby given to nil Fuel' in
debted to the said Edward Kratzer, to mnko payment
within 6 weeks from dale hereof, and nll such who
may hnvo legal claims against said Kratzer, nre deo
requested to present them well authenticated to
. DANIEL W. KEMMERER, Assignee.
Jan. 2. • —lit
PE '1 1 S T it Y.
youwant to save your teeth or have
asi•"' 1 them repinccd by artificial eubstitutes,
go to Dr. J. P% Barnes, he can benefit von more than
any other dentist in tlao county. Office. No. 48 East
Hamilton street, up stairs, a few doors East of Pretz,
Guth Co's. Store.
Jan. 23—Jul. 4. —t f
GEHEItiIiI.SrPENT ,
ItEFEEENCE:i
chult7, 2 tl.r..e ,t)ry Dwoliing
]l.llUtlSu\ 5211T11
PUBLIC SALE.
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Ants-atm, Pa., Febraary 11 1 1851.
Dr, Livingstone's Discoveries In Africa.
The discoveries of Dr. Livingstone in A6ica
arc considered of great commercial value. He I
lived with n tribe of Bcchuanns for eight,years,
and, in co-operation with NW. Oswald discoier
eel Lake Ngami. He traced, by himself the
course of the great river Zambesi, in Eastern
Africa, and extending two thousand miles.
This immense stream, whose, discovery is the
great fruit of the journey, is in itself an enigma
without a parallel. But a small portion of itsl
waters reach the seacoast. Like the Abgssini
an Nile, it falls through a' basaltic cleft, near
the middle of its course which reduces its
bi milli from LOGO to 20 yards. Above these
falls it spreads out periodically, into a great sea.
filling hundreds of laternal channels ; below it
is a tranquil stream of a tot dly different char
acter. Its mouths seem to lyc closing. The
southernmost was navigable when the Portu•
gese firstparrived in the country. 300 years ago,
but it has long since ceased to be practicable.
The Quillimnne mouth has of late years been
impassable, even fbr a canoe, from July to Feb
ruary, and for 200 or 300 miles up the river na
vigation is never attempted in the dry season.
And in this very month of July, when the lower
portion c f the river, after its .cpril freshets has
sunk to a mere driblet, above the fills the river
spreads out like a sea over hundreds of square
'miles. This widi frequent - cataracts, and the
hostilitybf the natives, would seem to be an
effectual barrier to the MO hopes of fat trade
and filibustering in which English merchants
1 and journals aro now indulging.
During this unprecedented encircle, alone and
among savages, to whom a white face was a
miracle, Dr. Living Stone teas compelled to
struggle throug,h indeset ibal,le hardships. The
hostility of the natives he conquered by his in-
timate knowledge of their character and the
Bechuana tongue, to which theirs is related.—
Ire waded rivers and slept in the sponge and
ooze of marshes, being often so drenched ns to
be compelltd to turn his armpit into a watch
pocket. His cattle were destroyed by the ter
rible tsetse fly, and he was too poor to purchase
a canoe. Lions were numerous, being wor
shiped by many of the - tribes ns the receptacles
of the departed souls of their chiefs ; danger
ous, too, ns his cinched arm testifies. How-
IMIS
show and glitter, and ns much as $l5O had
been given for an English rifle. On the arid
platena of the interior tvater-melons supplied
the place of water for some months of the year,
as they do on the plains of Hungary in sum
mer. A Quaker tribe, on the River Zanga,
never have consumption, scrofula, hydropho
bia, cholera, small pox, or measels. These ad
vantages, however, are counterbalanced by the
necessity of assiduous devotion to trade and
raising children to make good their loss from
the frequent inroads of their fighting neighbors.
____
How to Make a Fortune.
Take earnestly hold of life, as capacitated for'
and destined to a high and noble purpose.—
Study
closely the mind's bent for labor or a pro.
fession. Adopt it early and pursue it steadily,
never looking back to the turning furrow, but
fOrward to the new ground that ever remains
to be broken. Means and ways are abundant
to every man's success, if will and action are
rightly adapted to them. Our rich men and
our great men have carved their paths to for•
'tune, and by this internal principle—a principle
that cannot fail to reward its votary, if it be
resolutely pursued. To sigh or repine over the'
lack of inheritance,, instead of inheritance, is
unmanly. Every man should strive to be crea
tor instead of inheritor. He should bequeath
instead of borrow. The human race, in this
respect, want dignity and discipline. They ;
prefer to wield the sword of valorous forefath
ers to forging their own weapons. This is a
mean and ignoble spirit. Let every man be
conscious of the power in him and -the Provi
dence over him, and fight his own battles with
his own good lance. Let him feel that it is bet
ter to earn a crust than to inherit coffers of
gold. This spirit of self-nobility, when once
learned, every man will discover within him
self, under God, the elements and capacities df
wealth. He will bo rich,
: inestimably rich.in
self•resources, and can lift his face proudly.
I AM NOT FALSE. TO THEE.”
I am not false; this heart of mine
Still turna,vvith fond regret to thee—
Still treasures up the lightest look,
Which thou didst first bestow on me
I think of thee by day and night,
And oft in, fancy hear the tone
Of thy dear voice new lost to =—
Alas, forever lost and gone r
1 nm not false; in all my drenms
I see alone thy radiant form;
And oft upon my brow I feel
Thy pas: inn disses Fort and warm ;
Full oft I grasp but empty air
When to try lonely yearning breast
I'd fold the heart which mice was mine,
And feel again supremely bleat.
I mu not fake ; in foqive throngs
I meet the young end gay and fair:
But oh, no marvel I cm Fed.
For thou m•t gone. thou art not there;
In other tlnys it x•is not no—
nrm woo ever in thine own;
But now in distant hells thy feet
Keep time to music's gala tone.
I rim not : they know me not
Who deem me earelerF. 00i11 attcl Cold,
Or sly that I rrotbl e'er I,rgi:t.
The hopes nml f,mrs I l.ncw of old;
It iSTIOL ;my spirit otill
1)ot h wander 1.m.1; to early scenes,
'hen th,ot w(rt all I lore , l below,
Toe I:right ideal of my dreamt..
I mo nod ; Itelvcn r.bovo
thi ,, my !,:lnin vow—
wh a t e . tr I eli ic, o,lllr lve:tl or %MY,
love tile° ever, e'en ns Cow ;
Thy Iteart may prmr its ehnicer,t gifts
1 . 11011 Itnotlus, fairer ~ : .r;nr,
Ihd .lenill it, elf can lin Lr cliangc
The deep drt•nti..n fiNc.l ill min.
Green Wood and Dry Wood
A few calculations relative to the compara
tive value of green and seasoned wood for fuel.
may serve to remind those interested of the
subject.
Everybody knows that green wood is poor
stuff t 3 kindle a fire with, though some con
tend that it will keep up as well as seasoned if
applied constantly. not suffering the Twat to go
down. That is, if yin cap have a good fire to
season it in, you can burn green wood as well
But to the calculations :
iek of green wood weighing one hundred
when seasmed we ighs oily about
ix pounds, or such is about the usual
. ; , -e of wood used for fuel. In a seasoned
nu have all the Nrorid—all that will sup
unbustion—you only get rid of thirty
unds of water.
•, water will not burn, and if present in
his to be converted into steam, at the
;e.of that fuel, and it will take four times
h heat to make steam of water, as it will
to bring it to the boiling point. Here
at once the poor economy of using
wood.
have shown that abont one third of the
of green wood is water—now, how
barrels of water arc there in a cord of
? There are one bun fired and twenty
cubic feet in a cord, which. allowing
7ths for vacant space between the sticks,
seventy-seven feet of solid wood, one
of which is water—equal to over six
. of water in every cord of green wood.
c heat required to evaporate this water,
would bring thirty barrels to the boiling point.
And this is not the only expense : if the wood
was cut properly, piled, and seasoned in the
woods, the cost of drawing would be nearly one
third less. Any way you look at it, the econo
my of burning green wood is more than ques
tisnable.
Every farmer should keep a stock of wood
on hand, sufficiOnt to last one year at east.—
And ho may look at the difference be ecr
wood seasoned just enough, and under .co
and that which has lain out of doors until the
sap-wood has become rotten; and one half its
value has been lost by exposure to the weather.
—Agricultural Exchange. •
Cold Regions Extending.
It is well known as a matter of history, that
when Greenland was discovered it possessed a
much warmer climate than it does at present.
The ice packs have been extending south from
the polar regions for some centuries, and the
north-east coasts of our continent are much cold
er than they were three centuries ego. The
cause of this is not well understood—the fact
only is khown. It is believed by some persons
that there is a great eddy in some parts of the
polar ocean which sometimes changes its direc
tion, and by drifting large icebergs from one
place 'to another, changes the climate of those
places where they are drifted, by the presence of
such 'masses of ice diffusing their low tempera
turn to great distances. In the month of July
last, the White Sea was blocked up with huge
mountains of ice, and the commerce of Archan
gel stopped—something Which never happened
before. In the Faroe Islands snow fell in the
valleys in the middle of July, the like of which
also never happened before. If this drift of ice
continues regularly for a few seasons, the coasts
of the White Sea will become as inhospitable
as those of Greenland now are.—Sciatfifie
American.
A Greenhorn on the Locomotive.
_ .
Mr. Snodgrass. Junior, has been " scooting The first gas lights may be said to have (Hs- -
around" at the West, and as some of his expo. covered themselves. The most remarkable'
'knees are rather amusing we copy an extract natural jots were found at n colliery at %nac
os follows: haven and Cumluniand. The miners were at
When we got to the depo, I went around to git work one day, when a gust of air of powerful
alook at the iron boss. Thunderation ! it was'nt odour passed by them, and catching fire at their
no more liken 'loss than a mcetin house. I was !lamps blazed up with such brilliancy that tho
goin to describe the animule, I'd say it looked !colliers took to their heels in ri i2:ht. It was
lik3—well, it looked like—darned if I know what , soon found, however, that. the flame large as it
it looked 'like, unless it was a regular he devil, . was, burnt quietly and without danger, and
snorting fire aid brimstone out of his nostrils, the men returned to 'their work. A curious
and puffing out black smoke all round, and Om- Iresult then appeared. The (home teas entirely
tin, and !main, and swellin, and chawin up red I put out, but immediately rekindled on the ap
hot coals like they was good. A fellow stood preach of fire, so that the only way to get rid
in a little house like, feedin him all the time ; of the gas was to conduct it to the top of the
but the more he blowed and snorted. After a ! mine. A tube was fixed for this purpose, and.
spell the feller matched him by the tail, and the gas being lighter than the air, ascended to
great Jerico ! he set up a yell that split the the surface. As soon as it appeared there, it
ground for more'n a mile and a half, and the ! burst out once more into a brilliant flame, and'
next mini( I felt my legs a wag.ging and found ! crowds of people came to look at the extraot
myself at ember end of the string o' vehickles. : dinary spectacle. The application of gas to
I wasn't sheered, but I had three chills and a general purposes of idutninat ion was first tried
stroke of palsy in less than five minits, and mc' by Mr. Murdock, in Cornwall, in 1792. The
face had a curious brownish color in it, which , first display of vas works, was made at
was perfectly unaccountable. " Well," says 13 oul & Watt's faundry in Birmingham, on
" comment is superfluous." And ‘I took a seat ! the occasion of Cie rejoicings for peace in 1802.
in the nearest wagin, or car, as they call it—a I Gas lights were first introduced into London
consarned long steamboat lookin thing, with aI at Golden Lane, August 16, 1807. They were
string of pews down each side, big enough to ! used for lighting Pall Mall - in ISO 9. and were
hold about a man and a - half. Just as I sat ! generally used in Dublin in 1816, and the
down, the boss hollored twice, and started off l streets were generally lighted in October, 1825.
like a streak, pitchin me head first at the stom- The gas pipes in and about London extend to .
ach of a big Irish woman, and she gave n tre. 112',000 miles.—Thu;:ias PoT cr.
menjams grunt and then keteli'd me by the head !
and crammed me under the scat ; and when I
got out and staggered to another scat, the cars
was a jumping and tearin along at nigh onto for
ty thousand miles an hour, and everybody was
a bobbin up and down like a mill saw, and eve
ry wretch of 'cm had his mouth wide open and
looked like they waslaffin, but I couldn't hear
nothin, the cars kept such a roc kit. Birneby
they stopped all at once, and then such another
101 l bursted out o' them passengers as I never
!learn before. Latin at me too, that'o what
made
.me mad as guilder, too. I lb; up, and
shaking' my fist at'ent, says I, " Ladies and gen
tlemen, look a-here ! I'm a peaceable stranger
—" Mid away the darn train went like small
pox was in town, jerking me down in the seat with
I a whack like I'd keen thrown from the moon,
and their cussed mouths flapped open and the
fellers went to bobbin' up and down again. I
put on :an air of magnanimous contempt like,
and took no more notice of 'em, and very riatur
ally went to bobbin up and down myself.
leep the Mouth Shut during* Cold Vl'eallicr.
Dr. hail advices every person who gees out
into the open air from a warm apartment, to
keep the mouth shut while walking or ridirg.
Ile says—" Before you leaVe the room, Lan Ile
up well with gloves, cloak, and comforter : shut
your mouth Wore you open the street door.
and keep it resolutely closed until you have
walked briskly for some ten tninutes tl.cn, if.
you keep on walking or have reached your home,
you may talk as much as yen please. :Not so
doing many a heart once happy and yOung now
lies in the church-yard, that might have been
young and happy still. But how ? if you keep
your mouth closed and walk rapidly, the air
can only reach the 'lungs by a circuit of the
nose and head, and bccomes, warmed before
reaching the lungs, thus causing no derange.
ment : but if you converse, large draughts of
cold air dash directly in upon the lungs, chill
ing the whole frame almost instantly. The
brisk waking throws the blood to the surface
of the body, thus keeping up a vigorous circu
lation, making a cold impossible, if you don't
get into a cold bcd too quickly after you get
hoMe. Neglect of these precautions bring.;
sickness and premature death to multitudes
every year.
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lbsrontcm..—lloop petticoats were introduc
ed into England in the reign of Queen Anne.
They constituted a part of the female's court
dress, until abolished by George the Fourth.
Aprons were part of the dress of a fashionable
lady dnring..thc early part of the last century.
1744 they reached the ground. Mafia and
black silk thamtuas were also in fashion. Or
naments were worn in profusion: A watch
adorned the waist, a jewelled necklace sparkled
on the bosom, and brace'ws were worn t ver the
long gloves. Powder on the hair was worn so
late as 1793, when it was .discarded by Queen
Charlotte and her daughters. Ladies wore
white silk stockings, even in mourning, as late
as-the year 1775. After then, black silk stock
ings came into fashion. Shirt collars and the
round hat appeared immediately after the great
French Revolution. •
A PUZZLE FOR CAILPENTERS.-TllO fOllDWiTtr,
problem has been communicated by a carpen
ter to the Cleveland Plaindealer
Having an aperture in the floor twelve inches
Eqhare to cover, and his whys and means lithi
ted to a board 9 by 1G inches in size, he wish
es to know how the feat can be accomplished
by once cutting the board in two ? Its solution
may servo to beg.uileA winter's bour.
it An Irish gentleman hearing of a friend
having a stone coffin made for himself. exclaim
ed : " By me sowl, an' that's a good idco !
Shure, an' a stone coffin 'ud last a man'his life
time !"
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Gan Lights.
in no Cit 7 of licaico,
ME
La Nacion, a newspnp(r of the City of Mexi
co, speaks in its num'lcr of the :net ultimo, of
the snow storm there thus :--" Last night, at
half past nine a heavy storm began,
which laird several benrs. Never have we
seen this I,:lerimenon, so common in altitudes
hiLlier than ours, in Mexico before. It also ex
cited to a high ticgrec, the curiosity of the in
habitants of the capital. The thermometer of
Reatnner was one degree above zero, and main
tained himself there during the whole night.
The flat. roofs of our houses, the streets, the hills
%Illicit surrounded the City
,of the lakes, and
give her so beautiful an aspect, the public:
walks,, all reminded us, this morniii?kof the
first snow storm we ever witnessed . , which was
last fall, in the United States and in Europe.
Mexico city presented this morning a truly pic
turesque for the green leaves of our eter
nal spin firmed a lively contrast with the
ar l ltces of snow, which dressed them in an attire
to which they were not accustomed.
Woriil Knowing..
Light move.:; at the rata of about 192,500
miles per f:ceond
In l SCI the transit of Vontis i.a meant what is
genet•ally un.lerstood by nn eclipse. The planet
Venus will rass directly between the earth and
the sun, during. the day, and the darkness
caused by it •.1 iil trrthe 14;laS necessary in the
houses. The transit happens only once in a
century.
Iron is said to,lrtve irm discovered accident
ally, by the burning of Mount I in, 1700 years
before Ciab , t. Iron k the incra useful of all
known inetak. It k converted into steel by
combining it with a ritt. ptoportion of carbon.
Iron was first 111:10.0 in !auto ira in 1715.
O,ik is stronger than iron—both piezes being .
equal in weight !
Gold and, salver are the only perfect materials
known ; they are called per fon bccause they
lose noili:lnT from the heat of fire. Imperfect
metals are those which decrease by the heat of
fire, and arc easily corroded by acids ; as quick
sliver, lead, contr. &I.
MC and
It was a calm moonlight evening. All naturo
seemed hushed in repose. The moon waned its
way through the milky pathway of the heavens.
The vespers were fanned to steep by the spicy
breezes of en eastern wind. All nature was
hushed, calmly and serenely, when my beatiti.
ful Amonia stepped forth on the balcony in all
the beauty that characterizes the Caucassian
slave. Eyes like the gazelle of the farest—fore
head as pure and bright as the Parian marble'
—cheel:s as white as the driven snow, softly
tinged with strawberry juice—a form that an
angel might envy—het matchless arm was
raised—her breast heaved, her brain reeled—
she exclaimed. .0 she screamed with a terrifflo
scream - , " git cent, youd arned old sow, rootin i
up all our taws."
Tnmas we Snortn Lmn TO Sr.n.--A married
man who could give his right hand of fellowship
to his wife's old lover ; or take a hint from the
toe of her slipper under the table before compai.
ny. A milliner who could be bribed to make
a bonnet t) cover ilia head. A husband's rela
tives who could speak well of . his wit:. A doc
tor who had not more patientiti than ho could
attend to.
COAL V ERSE'S GOLD.- It appears that the coal.
extracted from the mines of Pennsylvania tho'
last year has been equal to the
. tium of forty .
.millions of dollars, which is well up to the
yield of the gold mines of California, and yet
while wo.havehenrd little or nothing of tho'
Pelitysyliania coal, all the world has been run
ning crazy after California gold.
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