THE CmrWBII PEMOCKAT.
I have iworu upen tho Altar of Gotlj (sternal hostility to ercry form of Tyranny over tlio Bllild faf' Man." Thomas Jefferson.
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Volume IV.
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, COLUMBIA COUNTY PA. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1841
Number 42
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Oft at tlie hour when evening throws
Its gathering shades o'er vale aiul hill,
While half the sceno in twilight glows,
And half in sunlight glories still :
The thought of all that we have been,
And hoped and feared on lifo'elong way .
Remembrances of joy and pain
Corao mingling With the close of day.
The distant scent) of Youth's bright dream
The smiling green, the rustling tree,
The murmur of the grass'fringed stream,
Tho bounding of the torrent free)
The friend, whoso tender voice no mors
Shall sweetly thrill the listening ear,
The glow that Love's tint vision wore,
And Disappointment's pangs aro here.
Sut soft o'er each reviving scene
The chastening hues of Memory spread;
And smiling each dark thought between,
Hope softon3 every tear we shed.
0 thus, when Death's long night comes on,
And its dark shades around me lio(
May parting beams from Memory's sun
Blend softly in my evening sky !
man coj'jsf.ctiow
BY F. S. OSOOOD.
11 1 grant him good and handsome, dear,
This charming Julian Stanley;
A genius and a hero too,
And courteous as he's manly.
1 own his heart a generous one,
And rich in warm affections,
"None fcnow him but to prainohim," love:
But has ha high connections ?
" He has, the highest I" Jane replied,
With smiles and blushes blended.
"Ah! then all's right !" her crony cried,
" Who are they I how descended I"
His kin aro all the great and good I
He's linked with them forever,
By Sympathy the only tie,
That Death will fail to sever,
And higher still his noble mind,
His pure and true affections,
Have won for him a homo in Heaven:
Thenars his "high connections."
An Honorable Example. Tho follow
ing we find in the tho Maysvillo Eaglo. It
u reUted of Mr. Craddock a member of
the Kentucky Senate from the counties of
Hardin and Meade :
"Sir," said Mr- C, What I have said
here to day was said in a rough way, and
if it has wounded a Senator, I hope he will
attribute it to no unkind feelings, but to my
want of the polish of education. Sir, your
Superintendent of Common Schools has
maid, that there ore many men of family in
this Commonweailh, who can neither read
nor write, and it is but true, my own mar
riage bond has my mauk to it, and my son,
wlit now sits in tho other House, was a
lout boy when I learned to write."
. Mr. C. is now not only a respectable
,iHnalor, but a good lawyer. What more
lleod ho sniil in liia nmiiu 1
- i -
yu. Tho face of truth is not less
fair and beautiful for all tho counterfeit vis-
on which have been nut on her.
A MELTING STORY.
No other class of men in any other coun
try possesses that faccteoua aptness at In
flicting a good humored revenge which
seems to be innate with the Green Moun
tain boy. Impose upon r injufo a Ver
montcr, and he will soem tho drollest and
best nalurcd fellow you ever knew in your
life, until suddenly he pounces upon you
with somo cunningly devisod offset for your
duplicity and even while he makes his vic
tim smart to the cote, there is that manly
open-heartedness about him Which infuses
balm even while the wound is opening, and
renders it quite impossible that you should
hato him, however severe may have been
tho punishment ho dealt out to you. These
boys of the Green Mountains seem to pos
sess a natural faculty of extracting fun from
every vicissitude and accident that the chan
ging houra can bring; even what aro bitter
vexations to others, these happy fellows
treat in a manner so peculiar as completely
to alter their former character and make
them seem to ub agreeable, or at least en
durablei which was beforo in the highest
degree offensive. Another man will repay
an aggravation or an insult by instantly le
turning injury, cutting acquaintance and
shutting his heart forever against the offen
.1 I. ... - tr . ....
ucr; uuia v ermemer, wun a smilo upon
his face, will amuse himself with obtaining
a iar keener revenge, ciacking a joke in
- - I l i
suiii;iusion,anb maKing nis lormer enemies
forgive him and even lovo him after tho
chastisement.
One winter evening.a country slore-keop
cr in tho Mountain State was about clos
ing his doors for tho night.and while stand
ing in the snow outside, putting up his
window shutterB, he saw through the glass
a lounging worthless fellow within, grab a
pounu of Iresh butter from tho ehelfand
hastily conceal it in his hat. W
The act waa no pocner lotdiJ ii.mt. i
venge was hit upon and a very few moments
found tho Urecn mountain store-keeper at
once indulging his appetite for fun to the
fullest extent, and paying off the thief with
a sort of toituro for which he might have
gainod a premium from the old inquisition.'
'I say, Seth,' said the stoore'kecpor.com
ing in and closing tho door after him,slapp-
irg his hands over his 8houlders,and stamp
ing the snow off his shoos.
Seth had his hand upon tho door, his hat
upon his head and the roll of new butter in
his hat, anxious to mako his exit as soon as
possible.
'I say Seth, sit down; I reckon, now, such
an K-TAiwial night as this.a lectio somothtng
warm wouldn't hurt a fellow; come and sit
down.'
Seth felt very uncertain; he had tho but
ter and was exceedingly anxious to be off,
'our. the temptation of 'something warm,
spdy interfered with his resolution to go.
This hesitation however, was soon settled
by the right owner of tho butter taking Seth
by the shoulders and planting him in a seat
close to tho stove, where he was in such a
manner cornered in by barrels and boxes
that while the country giocer sat beforo,
there was no possibility of his getting out,
and right in this very place, sure enough,
tho stoor-kcoper sat down.
'Seth, we'll have a little warm Santa
Cruz,' said the Green Mountain grocer,-as
he opened the stovo door and stuffed in as
mar.y sticks as the space would admit.
'Without it you'd freeze going home such a
night as this.'
Seth already felt the butter settling down
closer to his hair, and jumped up declaring
he must go.
Not till you havo something warm,Selhj
come, I've got a story to tell you, too;
sit down now.' and Seth was again pushed
into his seat by his cunning tormentor.
Ohl its tu darn'd hot here,'said tho petty
thief, again attempting to rise.
'Set down don't be in such a plagey
hurry,' retorted the grocer, pushing him
back in his ciair.
'But I've the cows tu fodder, and somo
wood td split, and I must bo
tinued the persecuted chap.
Bgolll,'
con-
But you mustn't tear yourself away.Seth
in this manner. Set down! let tho cows
tako caro of themselves; and keep yourself
cooli you appear to bo fidgety!' said tl:o ro
guish grocer with a wicked leer.
Tho hcxl thing was the production ol two
smoking glasses of hot rum toddy, tho very
sight of which, in Seth's present situation,
would have made tho hair stand erect upon
his head had it not been well oiled and kept
down by the butter.
'Seth, I'll give you a toast nOw,arid yoU
can butter it yourself,' said tho grooer.yet
with an air of such consummate simplicity
that poor Seth still believed himself unsus
peeled. 'Seth here's here's a Christmas
goose well roasted and basted, cht I tell
you, Seth.it's the greatest eating in creation.
And, Seth, don't you never use hog's fat or
common cooking butter to baste wilhj fresh
pound butter, just the same as you see on
that shelf yonder, is the only proper thing
in natur to baste a goose with como take
your butter I mean Seth, your toddvi
Poor Seth now began to smokb as woll
aa to melt, and his mouth was as hermeti
cally sealed up as though he had been born
dumb. Streak after streak of tho butter
came pouring from under his hat, and his
handkerchief was already soaked with lh
greasy overflow. Talking away as if noth
ing was the matter the grocer kept stuffing
the wood into the stove, while poor Seth
sat bold upright, with his Stack against the
counter, and his knees almost touching the
red hot furnace beforo him.
'Darnalion cold night this,' said tho gro
cer. 'Why, Seth, you seem to perspire as
if you was warm ! Why don't you take
your hat off! Here, let me put your bat
away 1;
No ' exclaimed poor Seth at last with
a spasmodic effort ts get his tougue loose,
and clapping both hands upon his hat, 'No!
l must irot lei mo out. i aim .it me
go
! A greasy cataract was now pouring
down tho poor fellow's face and neck, and
soaking into his clothes, and trickling down
his body into his very boots, so that ho was
literally in a perfect bath of oil.
Well, good night Seth,' said tho humo
rous Vermontcr, 'if you will go;' adding as
Seth got out into tho road, 'neighbor, I reck
on the fun I've had out of you is worth
ninepencn, so I shan't charge you for that
pound of butter.' N. 0. Picayune,
GREAT MEN ARE GENERALLY
FARMERS.
Georqe Washington, the father of in
dependence, and great benefactor of his
race, when public duty permitted, devoted
all the energies of his well balanced mind
to the improvements of agriculture at Mount
Vernon, Virginia, where he died. He cor
responded with Sir John Sinclair, and oth
er distinguished husbandmen of tho ago,
upon various improvements indispensable
to good farming. Somo of his agricultural
epistles have been persovcred as everlast
ing monuments of his goodness and great
ness. John Adams, the second President, and
in the language of Mr. Jefferson, " the
great pillar and support in the Declaration
of Independence, and its ablest advocate
and champion on tho floor of the hoiue,"
was a farmer in Quincy ,Masiachusclts.
Thomas Jefferson, the third President,
died a farmer at Monticello, Va.
James Madison, tho fourth President,
was a great admirer of agriculture.
Jamks Monhoe, tho fifth President, was
a good farmer, and a very correct justice of
the peace in the county of Loudon, after
his retirement from the Presidency.
John Q. Adams, the sixth President of
the United States, was and is a farmer at
Quincy, near Boston.
Andrew Jackson, the seventh President,
is a farmer in our immodiate neighborhood.
His " Hermitage" plantation is one of tho
roost beautful situations in tho United States,
and were he to quit cotton, read agricultural
papeis a little more, and study carefully tho
improvements nature suggests in this coun
try, his indefatigablo exertions oven in his
old age, would make him a first rate farmer,
Martin Van Bumsn, tho oighth Presi-
denti is a farmor at Kinderhook; an excel
lent judge of aheep, and successful wool
grower.
William Hknry Harrison, the ninth
President elect, of the Union, is a (armor,
and a first rate wheal grower, at North Bend,
Ohio. An overwhelming maioritv of the
voters of the United States are practical far
mers, and it is out of the question to think
of any other man being President but a far-
inert Agriculturist,
From the Picayune.
MULLINAVAT ItACES.
A STORY OF THE WIDOW II00AN S COW.
The following story was told a few even
ings since by an Emeralilor to one of his
companions, tlia latter ot whom is some
thing of a turfman and had that day been to
the Louisiana Course and witnesseed a very
interesting race which ho was bragging a-
bout.
Arrah, bo aisy Pat wid yet sthories iv
yer great reees wid Sary Bladen an' Grey
Medoc, an' Boston an' Gann, an' all the rist
iv yer nags an' crealhurs, whin all iv them
would bo nothing intircly, kimparcd wid
the racing animals iv ould Ireland, that'll
r'm their two mile an' three quarters in half
the limf, an' thin tossli of aglasshov whis
key wid the company. Shlop a bit till I
light me pipe, an I'll infarm vd iv a race
that'll bate this coumhry or anny other.
Yo see the boys iv Mullinavat had jial
rethurncd from the Limerick races, whin
what should inter their heds but to mck up
a race jisi to plaze (ho girls an' be way iv
making a little shport; but thcro was no race
horses tu be had) no, tho diva the one.
Well) is conscquince iv having raed all the
arfangemints widout thinking iv the horses
at all at all, the boys were forced to tek Lrr
rv. 0'Uorntuli ould Jarru!.hprse. ,.an'tho
Widtly Hogan'a cow. Uch 1 tnat was me
cow for ye; sure, she'd outrin tho divil an'
all his imps in tho bargain anny day an'
thore wasn't a sowl in MullinavaU nor twin
ty miles to the back iv that, barrin' tho Wid
dy Hogan, could como up wid her. Well,
the performanshis iv the day begun wid a
fut raco iv a quarther of a niilo hate, which
was beautifully coutisted betwane Pat Mc
Guiro an Micky Coggins tho shoemaker,
an' no doubt but Micky would iv won, if
Pat hadn't run agin hlmjist afther thoy
shtarted, whioh Micky resinted and shlruck
Pat a blow untlier the leg, an' thin kem
three rounds aich. fair play, the last ov
which settled poor Micky intirely. Thin
the fut race being ower, tho ' Sprig iv Shil-
lelah,' as a signil for shtartin' an' off they
wint, Laity mounted on his ould baste an
tho Widdy Hogan ashtrldo tho coW, wid
all the boys iv Mullinavat a rinnin' after thim
for tho baro life. Fat' an' bo jaibers ! but
the bitting rih high that timo. Twinty to
ono on tne vviuuy.' 'jjone, siz mo
praisht. I'll wager yees a tin month ould
pig agin a couple iv murphies on the horse,'
sed Barney Maloncy. Done, siz Pal Mc-
Guiro. Mano timo away they wint amidst
tho shouts iv the boys. ' Och, whack ! go
it Widdy.' ' Don't bo bate by a cow, Lar
ry,' an' so on, till the cow, catching a sight
U the horse passing her, (for the ould crea
thur had his lame leg greased an but in or
thcr, and wint shmart,) shtuck her tail in
the air an' mod at him full tilt, an' het him
a blora that sint him an' Larry, ono bo tho
other, nate an' comfartable on the grass,
whilst tho Widdy kep on.till the md iv the
coorse, an' thin kem shport. '1 ho boys pu
led the ould bourse wid turf, an' Hairy pil
led it back at thim; an' wid that they pilted
one another till it was all, Phililoo ! Tar
rinages I Shtand claro 1 Away wint turf,
an' murphies, an' shillolahs; off wint boas,
an' bang wint shillelahs on tile hids, "an'
mathurs wint to a great height whin the
girls interfaredi tho ould piper shtarted a jig,
an' from fighlin' they all wint to daneiu'.
The boys broouhed a barrel iv whiskey,
and a nailer shindy niver occurred in Mul
linavat from the time iv Methuselum to this i
day; atld the Wlddy ivery year, immediate
u fiher the Limerick races, kapcs.up the art
niversiry in thb oiltd cowi
SPINOLOGYi
In those days, when boarding schools fdr
young ladies ate devoted to the fashionable!
ologies of the day such as tihoncology, or
nithology, Ichthyology, zoology and such
like, we propose an additional science, a3 a
finishing touch to young ladies education!
viz: Spuidlogy. Our grandmothers of oU
den timo, who made good wives, tot patri
otic men that achieved our indopendencoi
know how to spin. They were too expert
at wcave-ology; and as to cook-ology, nond
of tho learned ancients could go ahead ot
them. As a consequence of all this, they
enjoyed good health, and sUch things ae
dyspepsia and consumption wcro seldom
known. But in modern times those scien
ces, so honorable to the matrons of tho Rev
olutioh) havo gone out of date. A lamenta
bio degeneracy .both physical and moral has
followed. Then the country had womenj
now we havo none. Females havo all Vim
od ladies.
If our faahionabia schools cnhhbt ho ill
duced to establish departments in spinologyi
weaveology, and the like, wo would sug
gest that some matrons if a number quali
fied for tho business ball bs found) should
go into our cities and towns, anil set up
splnhing schools to teach young ladies
not hoW to spin street yarn this art they
luvo generally aohieved already but good
substantial wool and llnneh, in a work-wo
manlike manner. This should bB prepara
tory to High School for teaching the healthy
and ingenious art of Weaving and they
have become proficients at both a good
knowledge of Cookology should entitle
thorn to a regular diploma, with tho hono
rary degree of F. Wi Fit for Wives.
Maine Cultivatott
A BEAUTIFUL PASSAGE.
"irraTecenrspeecrrBrxrxaonncinr-
wtntr-
ladies of Kilkenny he makes use of the fol
lowing language, as beautifully cxpresscd;ai
it is original in conception. Mr. O'Connell
is at this time tAe orator of tho World and
Freedomj and may bo said to be a living
impersonation of Eloquence. Unlike al
most any other; he is at homo in every cir
cle; and whether pouring his polished peri
ods and nervous invective into thB startled
ear of the House of Commohs, or dealing
in good'huraofed slang and familiar doublo
en tendres in the presence of the workmen
of Cork, he is alike in every place. Wo
can conceive no richer treat than to hav
heard him deliver this exquisito passage.
Observo the fine figure in italics.
During tho lengthened period of ray ex
islenco I have been in many relations with
the higher and nobler sex. I am a grand
father, and know what it is to lovetand how
sweet it is to hoar tho chirping of a grand
daughter to an old man's car. One of mind
tho eldest, is a bright eyed girl, just enter
ing into all the happiness which lifo can
give to a young heart bearing its first affec
tions, and a kindlier glow never warmed
my heart than when sho clasps the neck of
her grandfather. I did enjoy tho affections
of a sister, who loved mo more than I de
sorved, and when I could not love her half
so much as I do now. I wept ovai tho
grave of my sainted mother, who early in
structcd and brought up my infant mind
to the possibility of failure, but the impos
sibility that the lessons I received could tar
nish the morals or virtue of her son; and I
do sincerely believe that, when at her last
expiring breath her sainted soul poured
forth a bloasing ou my head, what ever
success I havo had through life was owing
to tho efficacy of her last pleasing though
melat.cho.ly lesson. I havo had tho pledges
of a wedded love in those daughters whonit
pcthaps, with tho eratic instinct uf paternal
iifiVclion, I have deemed the faireah as they
certainly are among the gentlest of the aexj
I have beon a happy husband did I say I.
have been t Oh, no I am her husband
nillthe eruve is between us but thi
link that binds our souls is immortal, niut.