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I hare sworn upon the AUr of God, eternal hostility to every form of Tyranny over the Mind of Man." Thomas Jel!"mun
II. WEBB, EDITOR AND 1'KOPRIETOK.
Volume VIII.
I1LOODISIIUKG, COLUMKIA COLSTV, PA. HATUUIJAY, MARCH 22, 1845.
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POETKY
J he following piece, winch is amongsi
the swee'.est gem we have aeen foi ihi
entertainment of the juvenile reader, is te
lected from the second volume of Mrs. L
M. Child's aeries of books for children.
It is a work which sparkles wtih all the
beauties of truth holiness and love, Th
'Biid's Nest,' given below, will serve as a
specimen of its rare attractions.
H'lio Hole the Bird's Nest.
To whit ! To whit ! To whee !
Will you listen to mef
Who stole four eggs I laid,
And the nice nest 1 made?
Not I, said the cow, Moo oo!
Such a thing I'd never dn,
1 gave you a wl.isp of hay,
Uui didn't :ike your neat away.
Nut I said the cow, Moo oo,
Such a thing I'd never do.
To whit I To whit ! To whee !
VVj yon listen to me?
Who stole four eggs I laid,
And the nice nest 1 made?
Bob a link! Bob a !hk !
Now what do you think?
Who stole a nest away
From the Plumb lieetoday?
Not I, said the dog, Bow vow,
1 wouldn't be so mean, I vow,
I gave hairs the iiestto make,
Bnt the nest I did not take
Not I, said the dog, Bow vow!
1 wouldn't be so mean, I vow.
To whit! To whit! To whet!
Will you listen to me?
Who stole four egg I laid,
And the nice nest 1 madt!
Bob a l:nk! Bob a.link !
Now what do you think?
Who stole a nest away
From the Plumb tree to day?
Coo coo, Coo coo, Coo roo,
J.t me speak a word, ion
Who stole that pretty nest,
From little yellow breast?
Not I, said the sheep; oh no,
1 wouldn't treat a poor bird so.
I gave the wool the nest to line,
But the nest was none of mine
Bin bia, said the sheep, oh no,
I wouldn't treat s poor bird so.
To whit, to whit, To wlie!
Will you listen to me?
Who stole fonr eggs 1 laid,
And the nire nest I madt?
Bob s link, Bob a-link,
Now what do you think?
Who stole a nest away
Fiom the Plumb nee to day?
Coo coo, Coo coo, Coo coo,
Let me speak a w ord, too.
Who stole that pretty nrst
From little yellow breast?
Caw caw, cried the rrow,
thouid like to know.
What thief took iwsy
A bird's nest to day?
Cluck, cluck, said the hen.
Don't atk ma again.
Why I hsvn't a chirk
Would do such a trick.
We all gave her feather,
And she wove them together,
I'd scorn to intrude
On her and her l.rond.
Cluck, cluck, said th hen,
Don't aek me again.
Chirr a whirr, Chirr .whirr!
We will make a gre.it siir
Let us find out hi name,
And all try for sliarnp
I would not rob a bird,
Said litile Mary Greens
I think I never heaid
Of any thing to mean.
'Tis very cruel, too,
Said little Mire Neal;
I wonder if he knew
How sad the bird would feel.
A little boy hung down his head,
And went and hid behind the bed;
Foi he stole that pretty nest, '
Fiom the poar little yellow brenst;
And he fell so full of shame,
He didn't like to tell his name
THE PADDY AND TDK ECHO,
Patrick where have vou been thU hour
ir more? You must not absent yourself
without my permission.
Och. niver more will I do tho like, sir '
'Well give an account of yourself, you
eem out oi breath.
ran me same i am sir ; i ntvor was in
f
uch fear since I came to Ameriky. I'll
II ye all about it, sir, when I get breath
insi again.
I heard ye telling the gentlemen of the
wonderful echo, sir, over in the woods
ehind the big hilt. I thnchl by what v
aid ov u, thai it bate all the echoes of mil''
Ireland, air; and so it does by the powers !
well I just run over to the place ye war-
peaking uv, to converse a hit with tin
wonderful creathnr. So said 1, 'Ilillo. hil
hillo!' and sure enough, the echo sad.
Ilillo, hillo, hillo, you noisy rascal !'
I UioiMl that was very qtiare, sir, and I
nid, ' Hillo,' again.
Hillo, yourself,' said the echo, von
legan it first '
What the d I are vou made u?'aid I
' Shut your mouth,' said the eeSu.
' So,' siid I, ye blathern si'.iundril, i
was flesh and b'rmri, like an honest man
hat ye isn't I'd h.nniner ye till the mother
v ye wotihi'nt know her impellent son.'
And what do yon think the ec.io saw'
thai, Mr?' 'Scamper ve baste of a Pad
lv,' said he, ' or fine if I catch vou I'll
break ivery bone in youi m ly hud v. n'
hit mv head with a stone, sir, that wa
ih knocking the brains out uv me. So I
run as fast as tver I could; and praised be
II the saints 1 m here to lull you of it, sir.
I N FORM ATIO.N W A N TED.
The Boston Daily Miil asks the fol-
nvinn question!1:
Did you evr know a lady with white
eeth to pui her hand over them when
she laughed?
Did you ever kuow a gay lad anil v
piightly lass who couldn't pick berries
r.io out basket?
Did you ever know a woman that
lever had any thing stolen from hei
ilothes yard?
Did you ever know a young lady
who was too weak to stsnd up during
liayerlime at chuich, who could no1
lance all night without heing died ai
.11?
Did you ever know a young man to
hold a skein of yarn for hil favorite to
wind, without gelling it strangely
Untied?
Did you ever know a man with a
hocking had hat, a long beard, and a
sgged coat, who could find a respecta
ble hotel that was not full?
Did you ever know a very pretty
young lady that had nut a cousin to
wait upon her lo lectures and par
ties?
Tcm, yoti seem to gain flesh every
. i i
day ine grocery onsines must agieei
with you, What did you weigh last?'
'Well, Simon, 1 really forget now;
but it strikes me it was a pound of bul
la.'
THE JEW WITH TWO HEADS
An Illustration Of life in Comluu
tiuotlu In IS 10.
Translated J, om the French, For the Lon
don Journal.
I hire Uvea at Constantinople, a poor
old tailor, who was an excellent Mussulman
scrupulously peiforming his five ablutions a
lay, a good observer of ihe Kamadhan, an.
who regularly kept himself, from morning
night, in a narrow stall, which he tligui
tied by tho name of hoi,and who, for more
than twelve years, had incessantly occupied
himself in mending old clothes. His proph
et had not even once scut lorttine to visit
him, nor had an opportunity ever been
granted him of proving his talent in makiu!
a new suit of clothes. With his business,
lie enj iyed an almost titular one of bi ll-
linger to a mosque, situated near his abode.
It is well known that the residences of I'ur
kith shopkeepers are always separated from
their shops, which forms part of a bai iar.
One day, while Hussein the tailor was sea
ted in his shop, counting his wooden beads
nd wailing lot customers, he remaiked a
well dressed man, who was walking slowly
long the bazaar, passing and repassing
before his shop, and who appeared to him
3 if waiting the moment he could enter
without teing observed Hussein was not
wiong in his conjectures, notwithstanding
the individual appeared to him a personage
of loo high a rank to need his humble ser
victi. (jre-u was then his surprise, when,
jn entering the stranger demanded if he
thought himself capabje ul making a com
plete suit of clothes to the pattern of a mo
Icl which he would give him- At this flat-
ering proposition the tailor felt himself
transported to the third heaven, and as In
lad i vast opinion of his own abilities, he
ii mediately assured die stranger that hi
votlld not regret hating addressed himscll
j him, and he would perform what he de
unn led as well us the most able tailor oi
Siaiubotilt.
It is well,' s.-id the stranger; 'hut yot
mist come yourself to gel the model I hav.
poken of 'Immediately, il ycu wishii,'
Now, e here when the clock strikes liie
iiiduighl hour, and I will then romu to con
ict you where it w.ts necessary to go.'
Your wi.h shall be obeyed ' That is no
; you must consent to have your eye
iiidjgeo.' At ibis second ptoponiwou poor
Hussein ttembled with fear, but the un
known gave him three j itces of gold and
Oiilinued'Twenty other piercsof gold ahali
be you recompense when ihx work is
done, and by Mahomet! jou shall have
nothing to tear.
The sight of the gold and l!ic prohpeci
f a considerable sum in addition produced
in the good tailor the same effect it alwuvr
oes on a Turk, and, nped we add, as h
oe but too often also on a Christian,
Allah Kerim?' said Hussein between his
eeth, and then piomised to he exact in
ailing for Ihe stranger at the specified
lime. Alter this interview the tailor went
to see his wife, to whom he recounted his
dveniure without concealing from her ihe
onditions which fortune had imposed on
In in. His wife, who fell much interested
at his recital, used all her persuasions in
encouiaging him it) his nocturnal enter
prise.
At the promised midnight hour the
stranger was at the shop of the tailor wliert
the latter was anxiously awaiting him. Tin
former then placed a band age over Hussein
eyes, and giving him his arm to guide him
conducted the tailor along the streets, and
for two redious hours Hussein was unabli
lo form the slightest idea as to where he
was leading him.
At length his guide halted, and directed
him to kneel; when.iemovjng the bandage.
and oidering him lo wait a little while, lefi
him by one of four doora thai the room he
entered contained. The moment Hussein
recovered his sight, he found himeelf in a
splendid saloon. Never could he have
imagined a magnificence equal lo that which
now surrounded him. Immense mirrors
uncased with golden frames, silks of the
most costly nature, displayed theuuelvesjpresenled himself to his view, he could
i to In eyes, while the whole saloon wa
ilium nated by splendid girandoles and lus
ire
Ilessrin, kneeling in the midst of this
splendor, on a carpet of the riclieaideaigiiJiHC'
not yn recovered his aslonishmont.when
lie beheld ihe door by which his guide had
lisappeared, and a man of majestic appear
ance, in the blnom of youth, entered the
room, as equally remarkable for his rich
ness of his dress. Thin splendid person
age bore a packet enveloped in a cashmere
of the most beautiful lexlure, which partly
unfolding, he displayed lo the trembling
tailor the pattern which the cashmere con
tamed, together with the rich stuff neces
sarj' to make a similar one, saying thai he
ave him five days to achieve his work
Unfolding the packet and throwing it on
he ground a (ew pacca fiom where litis-
in remained kneeling, immovable ns s
statue, the splendid looking personage left
the saloon, and immediately afterwards the
guide re-appeared, who immediately re
placed the bandage over the eyes of the
tailor, forcing under his arm the packet
which the latter had nol dared lo touch, so
great washis awe' anil astonishment. The
guide reconducted the tailor out uf the sa
loon. When they had entered thubaznr,
the guide withdrew the bandage from
Hussein's eyes, and recommended him t
apply himself ('iligently to the work which
had been confided lo hiin After uridine
that he would come himself to receive it,
and begging him nol to mention his qood
fortune to any one, he Icfl the tailor to his
own reflections.
Il was autumn the foiiilh hiur of day
had scarcely struck, go thai three hours
would yet elapse before lite rising oi the
nn. Hussein thought il was loo early In
insial himself to his shop, he therefore dir
ected his way towards the humble abode,
where he found his wife anxiously waiting
for his return. He recounted to her ihe
extraordinary things he had seen but aoart e
ly giving him lime to conclude his re
aiion, she seized the packet that she might
gratify her curiosity in beholding the he-.uti-nil
atufl's it contained Sealing herself slu
'ifsl minutely examined the beautiful cah
'iiere. With an exclamation of delight she
thei. unloosened its knots, when a cry ol
teiror broke from her while she threw tin
,iacket to ihe ground. Hesscin, at iHe cry
inshed towards his wilp, and by the feehh
h hi of a solitaiy candle beheld a htuua
head rolling on the floor II is teiroi
equalled if nol surpassed that of the wife,.
When the terror Mrirken pair had partly
regained their aelf-posseksion, they ius
themselves in conjectures on such an ex
inordinary event. For a g'ong lime they
huld coiincl together to find out some ex
jiedieui to prevent their ruin.
'By Ali! we aro saved,' ai length ex
claimcu me wile, 'ijn v vesten av t i;i
upstart of a baker, our neighbor, refused in
j j
give me crc lil; bul he shall now pay fni it
Give mo the tin dish we bake meat in, and
lot tne arrange the mailer.'
The tailor brought the dish lo her, when
in she placed ihe head, and covering i
over went out
Hussein, alarmed al ihe events of liu
morning, awaited hit wile a return with
inxiety. A quarter of an hour had scarcely
elapsed when she reappeared.
'All goes well,' she exclaimed on enter
ing; 'make youiself perfectly easy Yoi
may now go lo the mosque to ring the hell
as usual, so that nobody might suspect any
thing.'
We will now Bee what has become o
the head The wife of the tailor, well a.
quainted with the habits of the baker, w.i-
4ware thai every morning, while his ovei
was healing, he took a strole out while hi'
son did not rise until his father left the
house, so that the nhop remained without
any one in il for a short lime She there
fore seized tins moment to place her baking
dish among others filled with meat, which
the neighbors had left for baking When
the baker returned fiom his wtlk, he found
his son waiting for him or. the steps of the
door, without suspecting aiiyihing. Sud
denly ihe dog rushed wilh extraordinary
energy against ihe tailor's dish; the baker
surprised, lifted up its cover. Had Satan
not have been more startled--for he he
held two large black eyes staring si him
which struck him speechless. Astonished
at the sudden emotion of his father, sntl the
barking of the dog, ihe son, approached lo
see what the dish contained, when he was
seized with a fright equal lo that of his
taihei. Being, however, ihe first lo te
cover his self-possession, ho began to re
fleet on ihe hest mean lobe employed of
gening rid of this terrible head. Following
the example of ihe tailor's wife, he deter
mined to pass it on lo a neighbor. To ex
ecuie his determination, it was necessary
that his lather should assist him, and the
following was ihe plan pursued:
Al the turning of the sireet in which the
baker resided, there stood a barber's shop
mil it was to him the hen! was destined.
t a pretext the bakar first invited the bar
her to lake a walk with him, while the
son followed his father at a little distance
carrying1 the head hid under his mantle,
end entered ihe shop the moment his father
and ihe barber had Icfl it. On the rhaii
where the barber's customers were wont t
al themselves, he placed a piecce ol
wood of Ihe size of a human body, on which
he plsnted the head & liuri a shaving clol
over tho wood which he had enveloped
in an old fiock. On returning, the bather,
asting his eyes on the figure, ihoi' ihnt ii
was a customer awaiting him.
'You are very early,' he exclaimed.
Finding thai no answer was returned, he
nntiuued; 'Ah! ali! I see now, he i
dnnih,'
With this exclamation ho prepared the
necessary articles, and placed himself,
cita tum wlan,.o commence his shaving
operation. At ihe first touch of his hand,
die head hist its equilibrium, and fell rol
ling lo a comer of the shop Astonished
at this, so unexpected an event, the barber,
though terrified at the moment was less so
than the tailor. After a short lime epent in
consideration, he took up the head and com
meuceri lo examine it By a small tuft rf
hair that gicw on ihe ground, he recogniz
ed il as belonging to n Mussulman, which
-t i m u I a t-il him to ihe same desire as that of
its p eceding possessors ihat of promptlv
getting rid of it. Placing, therefore, the
head under his mantle, he bent his way
towards an eating house, kept by a (Jreelt
who lived a few doors from him, and wieii
he often went lo take Iris inculs
'Landlord,' he exclaimed on entering,
ihis day is nol of fasting, prepare me a good
piece of rouM'-ri mutton and a di.h o;
rice.'
After g'niui this order, tiie barber
strode into ihe back shop to light his pipe.
wht n, seizing an opportunity, he hid tlx
head under a quantity of pieces of meal
that were piled on the table, and then lefi
the room. A few moments after, the mas
ter, in preparing to arrange the meal I'm
ooking, discovered the head. His aston
isliineiii and fears were even greater than
the preceding bend bearers, and situatinn
even more critical than theiia. If a head
were discovered ni his house, there wag no
doubt, in his quality of a Christian; he
would l once be impaled. A prey to ihr
innsl vioh'iil fears, mid in a stale almost
bordering on madness; he seized the head,
md inshed forth from his house into the
itieet; running as if a domon was pursuing
liim. Luckily il was nol yet dav, F,iic
conducted him to ihe quarter of ihe Jews
ivhcre ho airived out of breath. While
running a'ong in hasie he struck himsell
igainst some objoci1, and looking at what
thus impeded his path, he recongnized, by
. faint gleam oflighi, the dead body of
nan, the head of which was separated
roin the trunk ; and placed between Un
legs. Such is siill the ignoble mode re
served for the decapitated Jews, the Mus
itilinans enjoying the honor of having tl
head placed under the right arm until ihr
body is interred. Without considering tha
no mm; nol even a Jew; can he possesscr'
of two heads; the pout fellow eeid what
he thought a favorable opportunity of gett
tng rid of his terrible burden; by placing
it dote to and in ihe ssme position as the
liber btii. and then qjiedy returned to
hie home.
Day now began to appear in the nar-
iow streets ol Constantinople
The
Jews, aware thai one of Iheir number
lutl been decapitated Ihe Divcediii"
evening btf iru thtir residences, did noi
dirt 10 g ou', but viewed Irom their
windows with astunishn.hnt t tie tlll
of the two heads. At Ihe amo lime
the Mussulnicn, who commt need pas,
ing along ihe stitets, beheld ih, m, also
with Bimilar wonder and anon an im ¬
mense crowd collected, which coninlue-
ly tbstruced ihe passage of the street.
Al llie it poitof this tumuli, a b idy of
Jitiissaiiua watt seen lo advance lo estab
lish ordei ; but, oh shann ! ihev beheld
the head of a Mussulman, lying next
'0 that of Jew. 'Tr.e Israelite dog!
nave commuted Ihii sarenlte. Down
wuli ihe cursed net!' it-sounded on ill
a.d.s. In a moment they lushed into,
the Jewa' houses.land commenced boni
ng and pillaging all they were enabled
to lay hold ol; but their venaeance in
creased to still g' eater degree when, on
xamtiiing the head they recognized it
o be that of their favorite aes. Their
r ge now knew no bounds; md sevrM
bodies of the same corps arrived lo join
their conuadts a formidablc;revolt men-
iceu mo wnoie ciiy, whon Ihe tumuli at
length reached ihe earn ot the fiilian.
His grand viz-r and pr;..cipal officeii
weie immediaiely di?i),itclicd to iI.h nr
& upon the Janissaries being promised
in ins name uiai jtisticj should he ren-
lercu lo mem, ney were with much
liilkully peisuaded to rctiie to Uitir
iiu'icrs.
Ai the first news of the tumult, th
ulian divided iis cause, and despatched
the Uiloi's guide, who was no other
ban a faithful slave, to ioquit e of IIu.
em what he had done wuli ihj head
ihat he had borne to his hona'i Dim pre
ceding night. Thi lailor immediately
elated how his wife had laken it lo the
uaker. The slave then applied to the
htter, where-he learnt the manner he
had passed il on lo the baiheranu the
laiier in his I m ii, owned the way hn
had disposed of it; and, bsilyhe Ge Ic
ecotinied how he had nlaced it bv tha
side of the Jew's head.
Upon the report of the slave, the sul-
Un wished to have Ihe diff.-rent runs if
the slory related to him person. ; l y by
itiuse who had been actors th.-rVn.
The lailor and his wife, the baker
.nd his son, the baiberand the Greek,
we:e all summoned into his presence,
md after each had given Ivg relations,
were, with the exception of the Greek,
d smissLiI with rich iircscn's. in icsti.
:iuiy of his s itisfaclion at Iheir ingenn
i no uuioriunaie Ureek was sewn
iji into a sack and thrown into the Hos
pliorus, to punish him for his audacity
id placing the had ofa M j.sul.n in nec
hi' of a Jew
As to the head of the aga, it had bren
urtick oil by order of the sulian, in const
qnence of the influeno his olficer cxen i ed
.verthe Janissaries.'Many times had order
leen given to ihat effect without being ex
criiied, and this lime, to nake sure of
obedience, he had commanded the head of
tie aga lo be brought into his presenceand
to prevent the discovery c( his decapitation,
Hussein had been thus conducted by night
to ihu suliun,aii(l the head of ihe aga p'a id
in ihe packet delivered to Ihe former. F.ita
ordained the rest.
A REAL GENTLEMAN.
He never dresses in the exireTie of
fashion hut avoids singularity in his pri
son or habits.
He isaffabla with his eq'i tls ami pi- as
int and attentive lo his inferiors,
Iti conversation he avoir's Insly, ill
tempered, or inputting remarks.
He pays puuctuilly for his newspa
pers. He ncvci pries into another persons
jiTurs.
He detcs's eaves-dropping as auionc
tie most disgraceful of ciiines.
He never slanders an acquaintance.
He never, under any cii Cuuislanccs
qteaks ill of a woman.
He never cutn an arqu.intance who
has met wilh a reverse ol fortune and.
Ha always pays the nesi e? on lis
letters ol busine,
A young buck of the nu-tplofk omUt
.vho wore an r shavtd fart . b'-raust, -.N
he said, it locked lureigo, ,,r,.v BPrn....
ed a Yankee a' or.e of our hr.tt h., Hs fu
lOVVS: ' SHV, frl'ow, firmi- ihllllif'uala
thii.k 1 am Frenchman, and some lake
me for an Et.ilvene; now what ,0 jtu
think I am? fihink you arc a djn-.rd
foul,' trjdied Jonitiitn.