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ZilSE IS YOUR NATIVE STRENGTH.
BY JOSEPH BUTLER-
Rise in your native strength,
Mechanics of the land,
And dash the iron rule
From rude oppression's hand!
By all the might of MIND. .
Anume the place ol man
Heed net the scoff of those -
Who scorn the artisan,
Yt sinews of a state,
Your nation's pride and boast,
TV hose glory crowns her hills,
And guards your native coast
Yeu are her wenlth in pease.
, Her vital breath yfi aie:
And when the bolts of death are
hur'd,
Ye are her sheild in warl
By the eternal sword,
To stern browed Justice given
By Freedom's holy self,
The might of wrong is riverl
Strong monument arise,
In record of your praist,
Transmitting down your names;
To men of other days
Proclaim to all the world
Your usefulness and worth,
Speak out with trump ted tongue,
Ye mighty men of earth'.
Was not the soil you tiead
Wea by yotr fathers' blood?
Then on Oppression's self
Roll back oppression's floodf
Seize with determined hand
The standard sheet of RIGHT,
And let not even death,
-Turn your resolves to flight,
By him who gave to man
The soul's ethereal fue,
That glorious day to NOW
Our motto, onward higher!
WON'T TAKE TWENTY DOLLARS.
Sons waggish students at Yale College,
a few years since,were regaling themselves
one evening at the 'Tontine,' when an old
farmer from the country entered thero
(taking it for the bar-room,aiid inquired if
he could obtain lodging there. The yonng
chapsi mmudiatelyanswered him in the affir
mative, inviting him to take a glass of
punch. The old fellow who was a shrewd
Yankee, saw that he wa.t to be made the
but of their jest, but quietly laying off his
hat and telling his worthless little
dorthal ho had to lio under the chair,
he teok a glass of the proffered beverage.
The students anxiously inquired after the
health of the old man's wife and children,
and, tho farmer with affected simplicity,
told them tho whole pedigiee.with numerous
uuocdoto regarding his farm, slock, &c.
fcc:
Dn von belnnir in llifi r.linrrlit'rulci'rl nnt
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of the wags.
Yes, the Lord be praised, and to did
my father before me,
COLUMBIA
I have sworn upon the Altar o" eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over tho Mlud ofMaM..-ThomM Jcffer,ott '
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Well, I suppose you would net tell a
lie, replied the student.
Not for the werld, added the farmer
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wow what will you take for that dogt'
pointing to the larmer's cur, who was no
worth his weight in Jersey mud.
u would not Uke twenty dollars for that
uos.
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l wenty dollars! why ho is not worth
twenty cents,"
Well I assure you would not take
twenty dollars lor him.
Come, my friend, said the student, who
wun nis companions was bent op having
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some capuai tun with the old man, 'now
you say you won't Nil a lie for the world,
let me see if yeu will not do it for twenty
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uuiiam. iii giro you twenty dollars lor
your dog,'
I'll not tako it? Here let us see if this
wun t icuiik tuu iu ion ue, auucu ine
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student, producing a small has of half dol-
lars, from which ho commenced counting
numerous small piles upon the table.. The
farmer was sitting by the table with his
hat in his hand, apparently uncom-emnd.
There.' added the student, Mhere are twen-
ty dollars all in silver, 1 will give you that
for your dog;'
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i ne oiu larraer quickly raised his hat to
ihe edge of the tabic, and then as quick as
thought scraped all the money into it ex
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.cjm uc nan ooiiar, at ine same time ex.
claiming 'I won't take twenty dollars!
Nineteen and a half is as much as the dog
is worth lie is your property.'
A tremendous laugh from his fellow
tudentstshowed the would be wag.that he
was complelyly 'done up,' and that he need
not look for help from them.so he good na-
turedlv acknowledged himself beat insist-
uon tne eia larmers taking anether giass,
sd they parted in great gleo the student
retaining his dog which he keeps to this
ay, as a lesson to him never to attempt to
play tricks on men older than himself, and
especially to be careful he w he tries to
wheedle a Yankee, farmer Uncle
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FOE'S "TeAPo
A REMKISENC): OF BORDER LIFE.
About the middle of July, 1782, seven
TFyandols crosed the Ohio a few miles a
bovt Wheeling, and committed great dep
redation upon the southtrn shore, killed an
Id man whom they found alone in his cab-
in; rnd spreading terror throughout the neigh
borhood. Within a few hours alter their
retreat, eight men assembled from differ-
nt pans oi tue smau settlement, and pur
sued the enemy with great expedition. A
mong the roost active and efficient of the
party, were two brothers, Adam and An
drew Poc Adam was particularly popular.
in iirengiu, action, ana naruinora, lie
had nu equal being finely formed, and
inured to all the perils of the woods They
had not followed the trail far before they
became FMisGed that the depredators were
conducted by Big foot, a renowned chief
of the Wyandot tribe, who derived his name
from tho immense size .of his feet. His
height considerably exceeded six feet, and
his strength was represented as Herculean
He had also five brothers, but little inferior
to himself, in company; thoy wete the
terror of the whole country. Adam Poe
was overjoyed at the idea of measuring his
stiength with that of so celebrated a chief
and urged the pursuit with akeenttes which
quickly brought him into the vicinity of
the onemy For the last few miles, tho
trail had led them up the southern bank of
Ohio, where the footpiints in the sand
were deep and obvious, but when within a
few hundred yards of the point at which
ths whites as well as the Indians were in
the habit of crossing it suddenly diverged
from tho stream, and stretched along a rocky
ridge, forming an obstuse angle with its
former direction. Kero Adam halted for a
moment and directed his brother and the
other young men to follow tho trail with
proper caution, while he still adhered to the
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paint where he supposed them to lie. Hav
ing examined the priming of his gun, le
crent cautioimlt- th
I i Hivpr.ll hid UUDUGIi UnUl
he had a view of the noint of
Hre lay two canoss empty and annarent-
My deserted. Being satisfied, however
u,a' the Indians were close at hand, tin r,
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la nomine in his vie ance. and mni-tlr
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Emed a jutting cliff, which hunr iramedi-
ateiy over the canoes. Hearinir a low
murmurl,eIoflr he p&ered cantieuslv over
tne tank tt beheld Hi objects of his search.
Tne g'ganlio Big Foot, lay below him in
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mo snade of a willow, and was talking
a low eep tone to another warrior, who
semed a mere pigmy by his side, Adam
"unously drew back and cocked his cun
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" was iair tne distance did not
xceed twenty feet, and his aim was unerr-
lnS Raising his rifle slowly and cautious-
t I V M m tftnlr n ot--.l.. . . ti ..
v ic.uj aim at nig root s
brea8, ant tevr the tracer. His run
nasned. Both Indians sprung to their feet
. a aK? nrjeotion of surpiso and for
a S'"eIe second they all three stirred upon
eaoh other. This inactivity, however, was
soon 8Ver- Auam was ,0 much hampered
by tnc Susne to retreat, and setting his life
upon a cast of the die, he sprang over the
1 tlarrt inhini .1.-1. ft
"u B,,c"ore" lllra ana (um-
Ba,nin8 his power leaped boldly down
the precipice and alighted upon the breast of
Big Foot, with a shock that bore kirn to
'.he earth. At the moment of enntant. AHm
had also thrown his rieht arm nrmmH iI,d
smaller Indian, so that all three came to the
earth together. At that moment a sharp
firing was heard among the bushes above,
announced that tho other parties were en
gaged,. but the trio'below were loo busy
to attend to anything but themselves' Big
Foot was for an instance stunjed by ,the.
yioience ol tue shock, alio Adam was eni
oiea to keep them both down. But Ihe
exertion necesary fer that purpose was
great, that he had no leisure to use his knife,
Big I'oot quickly recovered and without
attempting to raise, wrapped kis long arms
arounu Auam s nouy, and pressed him lo
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hu breast with the crushing force of a Boa
Constrictor! Adam, as we have already
remarked, was a powerful man and had set
dom encountered his equal.but never had h
felt an embrace like that of Big Foot.II
instantly relaxed his hold of the smaller in
dian who sprung to his feet, Big Fcot
then ordered him to run for his tomahawk
which lay within ten steps, and kill the
wnuc inmi wmia ne neiu'iiim in his arms.
A.dara seeing his danger.struggled manfully
to extricate himself fiom the folds of the
giant, but in vain- The lesser Indian ap
proached witfr his uplifted tomahawk, bu
Adam watched him closely as he was about
to strike, gave him a kick so sudden and n
olent, as to knock the tomahawk from his
hand and sent him staggering back into the
water, Big fool uttered an exclamation in a
tone of deep contempt at the failure of his
companion, and raising his voice to the
highest pitch, thundered out several words
in the Indian toneue. which Adam could
not understand, but supposed to be a direc
tion for a second attack. The lesser Indian
now again approached, carefully shunning
Adams heels, and making many motions
with his tomahawk, in order te deceive him
as to point where the blow would fall. This
lasted for several seconds, untill a thunder
ing exclamation from Big Foot compelled
his companion to Strike. Such was Ad
am s dexterity however, that he managed
to receive the tomahawk in a glanceing di
rertion upon his left wrist, wounding him
aeepiy out not disabling nun. lio now
Hade a suddsn and desperate effort to free
himself from the fiant and suceedid. Instant-
ly snatching up a rifle, (for the Indian
ceuld not venture to shoot for fear of hurl-
ing his companion,) he shot tie lesser In-
dian through the body. But scarcely had
he done so when Big Foot arose and place,
ing one hand upon his collar, and the other
upon his hip, pitched him into the air.as he
would have pitched a child. Adam fell
upon his back at the edge of the waten but
before his antagonist could spring upon him
was again on his feet, and stung whh rage
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t the idea of being handled so easily, he
attacked his gigantic antagonist with a fury
which for a time compensated for his infe
riority of strength. It was now a fair fist
fight between them, for in the struggle neith
er had leisure to draw their knives. Adam's
superior activity and experience as a pug
iliit, gave hiia great advantage. The Indi
an struckawkwardly, and finding himself
rapidly dropping to the leeward, he closed
with his antagonist, and again hurled him
to the ground. They quickly rolled into
the river, and tho struggle continued with
unabated fury, each attempting to drown
the other.
The Indian being unused to such violent
exertion, and having been much injured by
the first skeck in his stomach, was unable
to exert the same powers that had given
him such a decided superiority at first and
Adam, seizing him by the scalplock. put
his head under water and held it there, un
til the faint struggles ol the Indian induced
him to believe that he was drowned
when he released his hold and attempted to
draw his knife. The Indian, however, to
use Adam'e own expression 'had only been
possummgV He instantly regained his feet
and in his turn put his adversary under.
In the struggle both were carried out into
the current beyond their depth, and each
was compelled to relax his hold and swim
for his life. There was still one loaded
rifle upon the shoie and each ewa.n hard in
order to reach it, but the Indian proved the
most expert swimmer, and Adam seeing
that he should be too late turned and swan
um who me sireaw, intending to dive, and
thus frustrate the enemy' intention.
At
this instant Andrew, hearing that his broth
er was alone in the struggle with,two Ind
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tno eoge ol tho bank jbove, in order
assist him. Another white man followed
liim nUe.lit .. : it ... . .
...... wi.ibiji mm accing Auam in the river
covered with blood, and swimming rap'idly
from shore, misiook him for an Indian and
fireu upon him wounding him dangeroufly
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nis Brother, called loudly upon him to'shoot
'"e big Indian on the ahorel' Andrew
man U
uuKCTir, was empty, naving jus
been discharged. Fortunely Big Foot had
also seized the gun with which Adam had
shot the Indian so they were both upon an
equality.
The contest was who should load first
Big Feot poured in his powder first, and
drawing his ramrod out of its sheath id too
great a hurry threw it into the rivcr,S:whilo
he ran to recover it, Andre wgained an advan
tage. Still the Indian was but a seco.id too
late, for his gun was at his shoulder when
Andrew's ball entered his breast. The gun
dropped from ins hands and he fell upon
his face upon the veiy margin of the river,
Andrew alarmed for his brother, who was
scarcely able to swim, threw down his gun
and rushed into the river in order to bring
him ashore but Adam moie intent upon
receiving the scalp of Big Foot as a trophy,
than upon his own safety, called loudly
upon his brother to leave hi.n alono and
scalp the big Indian who was now endeav
ourins to roll hiatself into the water, from
romantic desite peculiar to the Indian
warrior, of securing his scalps from the
snemy. Andrew, however refused to obey
and insisted on saving tho living, before at
tending on tho dead. Big Foot in the
mean time had succeeded in reaching the
deep water before he expired, and his body
was borne off by Ihe wavis, without being
stripped of the pride and ornament of an In
dian warrior.
Not a man of ths Indians had escaped.
Five of Big fool's brothers the flower of
the WyamUt nation, had accompanied him
n the expedilon, and all perished. It is
said that the news threw the whole tribe
inio mourning. Their remarkable size,
their courage and their superior intelligence
gave them immense influence, which,
greatly to their credit was generally exerted
on the side of humanity. Their powerlul
interposition, had laved many prisoners
rim ths stake, and (Wen a milder ohar
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acter to the warfare of the Indians In tht
part of ihe eountry. Adam Pee recover
edofhis Wounds, and lived manv vaara
jHfettiii memorable conflict, but never for
gPflpe tremendous 'hog' which he sustain-
the arms of Bie Foof
That Fankee.Tht editor'of the Nor
wich News says that the other day an old
lady walked into his office, and 'let out, n
follows:
jYou've got all sorls o' books here han't
yet'
'No; ma'am some kinds o'booki w
havn't now on hands.'
'Wall now, what han't ye gelJSeemi to.
me you might have every things'
We hav'nt got Foster on Flea Bilee, nor
Cook on TownjMeetings, nor Dwight on
Hot Nights, nor Lalhrop on Physic, nor
'Wall, I should'nt ha' thought it, but
you've great 6i6ei, han't ycl
'Wall then, let me put on my specs, and
look at um.them are that havo got the apoth
ecary in um, are the sort I want d'ye lake
tipple-sauce?'
'Yes, raa.am, we take 'all sort ' tauct.'
Wall, I guess If you.re mind to pick ma
out a geod un that's got thedx and getse
marked on the lids, and throw in.n sarin
book, I'll take one and bring the sauce if
we have a good apple season, next wjn
ter.' 'Could'nt throw in the psalm book no
how'
A Kissing in the dark. The Cleveland
Herald tells the following story, which wo
copy for the benefit of affectionate- young
gentlemen. It it a regular Virginia break
down: ,
A-younglady and gentleman were ono
eyening playing the 'Graces.' and aa
those acquainted with this 'sport' know
that when the gcntleman'throws the hoop
or ring over the head of the lady, he has
right to a kiss. After playing seme time
the gentlemen threw the ring over the head
of the lady, and h started for the kiss.Sho
ran and put out the light, went out of ths
room into tho kitchen, and told the colored
girl to go into the parlour and light the
lamp, and to open the doer very -quietly
and make as little neise as possible, Tha
girl did as she was ordered. Mr.
was waiting on tiptoe at the door for a
'good one, 'as aeon as the ser.vant girl enter
ed the room, he caught her and kisced her,
and in a moment heard Miss clippina
her hands and laughing most heartily, be
cause Mr kissed the cook.
Gentlemen should be careful about kiss
ing the girls :n the dark.
SEED POTATOES.
As the period is fast approaching when
the farmer.will be putting in the crop of
early potatoes, we would advice him to
plant none but the best. We are aware
that different view are held by many, but
for ourselves, we firmly believe ibat many
failures in the crop arise fiom small, or re
fuse potatoes. Our own observation and
experience justifies us in saying, that in an
equality of soil; manure and culture, tha
product of large potatoes will always
greatly exceed that of small imperfect ones,
lhf'h of the same variety W, mr.ant
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upon one occasion to Have bought a lot of
30 bushels of refuse patatoes for their
cheapness , for planting, which we treated
with every possible care; so far as manure,
preparations of the soil, and after culture
were concerned. The product of this Iot
were Iiko their narenis. nerfeci ilivm-r.
mall alike in vines and tubeis, and an-
pearing from the beginning not to possess
the requisite vigour to ensure healthful
vegetation. We madi from a plantin? often
bushels of the same potatoe, which we se-
leted in consequence of their great size,
planted in similar ground aud treated in all
respects alike as to manure and culture,
the same season, six limes as many roots
as from tho first parcel. And while tho
fint were fiom their diminutive- size, tot
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