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BY LEVrir TATE, 5
BLOOMSBUKG, COLUMBIA CO., SATURDAY, JUNE 16, 1819.
( old sum us-, i o ,. r ii'jlx, rr,
The Yoke of the Pestilence,
TMa itnlumliil nnem WH4 written in lh31.
on
thoannrouch of the choleu 1'iom the east towai
(lie western nails of K.urune, mid it is appropriate
in O iMiiu'if1 Hmturatinii noil u-pstward nrotfresS
a mentioned in recent journals. The vigorous
avitriuion yntilimA thrini'tit. and hii.l lioetical
finish, we have seldom met with poetry to exrel
it, ana we are sorry mat we cannot give me au
thor's name :
Breathless the course of the Pale White Horse,
Bearing the ghastly form
Rapid and dark as the spectre barV
When it sweeps before the stnnn !
Balefully bright through the tot rid night
Ensanguined meteors glare
Fiercely the spires ol volcanic fires
Stream on the sulphurous air I
Shade of the slain through the murderer's brain
Flit terrible and drear
Shadowy and swift the black storm-drift
Doth trample the atmosphere!
But swifter than all, with a darkor pall
Of terror around rny path,
I have arisen from my Umpless prison
Slave of the high God's wrath !
A deep voice went from the Firmament,
And it pierced the caves of Earth
Therefore I came on my wing9 of flame
From the dark place of my birth 1
And it .aid : "Co from the South to the North,
Over you wandering ball
gin is the King of the doomed Thing,
And the sin beguiled must fall !"
Forth from the Gate of the Uncreate,
From the portals of the Abyss
From the caverns dim where vague forms swim,
And shapeless chaos is !
From (hides' womb from the joyless tomb
Of Erebus and Old Night
From the unseen deep where death and sleep
Brood in their mystic might
I come I come before me are dumb
The nations ablaut lor dread
J,o ! I have past as the desert blat
And the millions of Earth lie dead.
A voice of fear from the Hemisphere
Tiacketh me where 1 fly
Earth weeping aloud lor her widowhood-
A wild and desolate cry!
Thrones and dominions beneath my pinions
Cower like meanest things
Melt from my presence the pride and the picas
ance Of pallor stricken things!
Sorrow and mourning supremely scorning,
My throne is the boundless air
My chosen snroud is the dark plumed cloud
Which the whirling breezes Lear!
VVas I not borne on the wings of the uora
From the jungles of Jessore,
Over the plain of the purple main
To the far Mauritian shore .'
To the isles which sleep on the sunbright deep
Of a coral paved sea;
Where the blue waves welter beneath the shelter
Of Heaven's serenity .'
From the womb cf the waters, athirst for slaugh
ters, I rose that thirst to sate '
These green isles arc graves in the waste of the
waves,
This be.iu!y is desolate !
From the wide Kiyl rean the noise of my Tssad
Rolled on the southern blast
Eternal Taurus made answering chorus,
From the glaciers lone and vu.it !
Did 1 not pass his granite mass,
And the rigid Caucasian hill
Over burning sands over trust chained lands,
Borne at my own wild will?
Then hark to the beat of my hastening feot,
Thou shrined in the sea;
Where are the dreams that the Ocean streams
Would be safety unto thee?
Awaken! awaken! my wings are shaken
Athwart the troubled sky
Streams the red glance of my meteor lance,
And the glare of my eager eye !
Hearken, oh heaiken ! my coming shall darken
The light of thy festal cheer;
In thy storm-rocked home on the Northern foam
Quisling of Ocean hear !
Listening to Evil Ilcports-
The longer 1 live, the more I feci the import
ance of adhering to the rule which I havo laid
down for myself in u-lalion to such matters:
1. To hear aslii'ie as possible of whatever is to
the prejudice of others.
2. To believe nothing f the kind till I am ab
solutely forced to it.
3. Never to d'ink into the spirit of one who
circulates an ill report.
4. Always to moderate, as fir ai I can, the un
klndness which is expressed towards others.
5. Always to believe that, if the other side
were heard, very different account would be
4'VTcn of the roalt' " i' f Sulomwi.
m b rrfi rf i 1?
! Liy LLi U7J LTd LTd U
Served Him flight-
Sme years since, when a scarcity of grain pre
vaiUU hi Connecticut, a poor man, by tho name
of Crooker, went to a rich farmer, whom he knew
to be possessed of a surplus of Indian Com ; and
(endured him the highest puce lor a bustnl of it;
but the firmer refused to sell, pretending that he
had none to spare, whereas it was evidently false ;
and that lie only hoarded it for the present, in or
der to starve: buyers into the necessity of giving
them the extortionous price they wish to take.
Upon this Crooker gave, him his true character'in
which it seems iie did nut take the name of God
it) vaju.
However, the fanner immediately arraigned
him fur abus'd before one justice Hyde. And
when uur pauper was called upon to answer to
the charge and make his defence.iustead of attor
neysand law books, he produced only a Bible (tor
Bibles were then regarded,) and read a passage
which says, "Curard is lite man that witholdeth
Cunt from the Puor, yea, and the yeople shall
Curse him." Here he argued, that he had done
no more than what God had authorised, and ex
pressly commanded ; and, turning to the old Gri
pus, who had prosecuted him, he said, here you
see," God Curses you! and I Curse you! Do
you Curse him too, Esquire Hyde, fur one of
your Cuisti are worth two of mine.
Domestic Life,
Pleasure is to'woman, what the sun is to the
flower ; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it re
freshes and it improves if immoderately, it with
ers, it deteriorates and destroys. But the duties
of domestic life, exercised as they must be in 're-
tirement, and calling forth all the sensibilities ol
the female, are perhaps as necessary to the full
developeinuiit of her charms, as the shadow are
to the rose.couQioiing its beauty, and increasing
its fragrance.
Sleepy Hearers.
There is always something to keep people from
meeting; in the Winter it is too cold, in the
Spring and Fall it is apt to be wet and unpleasant
travelling, and in the Summer it is so warm that
they cannot keep awake if they go, and therefore
they say they had better stay at home. It is get
ting along towards the sleepy season ; and those
who go to church can havo a clear demonstration
of the fact either in their own experience, or in
making observation on those around them. Last
Sabbath was warm enough to produce sleep, but
the minister that we had the pleasure of hearing
was a wise man, his sermon was very short. Such
a man will be likely to get hearers, and he will
keep them awake, too. Bur your prosy drony,
preachers, who thinks that religion consists in
long sermons, will have but few hearers or rather
attendants, and they will he asleep. And we
hardly think it will be a corrective of the evil, to
do as the preacher did on tho hot summer day,
when in concluding his sermon, and discovering
half of his congregation just waking from sleep,
he (juietly said ; My friends, this sermon cost
me a great deal of labor; you don't seem to have
paid much attention to it, so I think I will go
over it again." And go over it he did, from text
to exhortation. We have heard of a great many
plans and tricks resorted to by clergymen to keep
their audience awake : but the best way is, to
preach plain truth in a spoiled manner, and be
short. You cannot force the truth into people by
boring them by long sermons; they will either
stay at home or go to sleep. It is diificnlt for
some persons to keep aw ake, we know, under any
circumstances ; but in half the cases the minister
is in fault if his hearers sleep. Let the preacher
be awake, and his heaters will not sleep much.
But many ministers need to learn a lc-a.oa on this
ubject.
Home and Friends-
Oh, there's a power to make each hour
As sweet as heaven designed it;
Nor need we roam, to bring it home.
Though few there be who find it!
We seek too high for things close by,
And loose what nature lunud us ;
For life has here no charms so dear
As Home and Friends around us !
We oft destroy the present joy
For future hopes and praise them ;
Whilst fl iwers as sweet bloom at our feet,
If we'd but stoop to raise them !
For things afar more swclIit am,
When youth's bright spell hath l.ouud us ;
But soon we're taught that earth hath naught
Like home and fiionds aiound us!
Tho Friends that speed in tune of need,
When hopes lat reed is shaken,
To show us still, that, cine what will,
We are not quite, forsaken :
Though all were night if lint the light
From Friendship's altar crowu'd u,
Twould prove the bliss ui earth was this
Our Home and Friends around uj !
Till SPANISH MISSION.
Washington, June 'J.
Hon. William A Graham, of North Carol
ina, has defined the acceptance of the inissitD
to Spain. Mcisrs. Stanley ami II r ringer are
the next nv,t i 'i'wi ai-f.i;(-iJ(
Language of Flowers-
As the " season of flowuis" is fast approaching
we, this week, present embliimatic significations
of several of the most common species of vegeta
tion and such whose meaniug is deemed most in
teresting to the lair reader.
Almond tree; Iiidiscrelhu.
Aloe ; Grief.
Amaranth ; Immortality.
Amaryllis; Pride.
Angelica j Inspiration.
Apple blossom : 1'ieicieiice.
Balsam; Impertinence.
Bsech j Prosperity.
Box tree ; Stoicism.
Bramble ; Envy.
Burdock ; Touch me not.
Catchrly ; Snare.
Cherry tree ; Good education.
Chestnut trie; Do me justice.
Columbine; Folly.
Corn; Riches.
Cypres; Mourning.
Daffodil; Self-love.
Daisy; Innocence,
Dock; Patience.
Fennel ; Strength.
Llower-de-Luce ; Flame.
Forget-me-not ; Forget me not.
Geranium, pencilled ; Ingenuity.
, rose-scented ; Preference
, scarlet; Stupidity,
.sorrowlul ; Melancholy mind.
,wild ; Steadfast piety.
Hawthorn ; Hope.
Heart's ease ; Think of me.
Holly! Foresight,
Hollyhock ; Ambition.
Hop; Injustice.
Hyacinth ; Game Play,
Honeysuckle; Generous and dovotcd affec
tion. Ice-plant ; Your looks freeze tuo.
Ivy; Friendship.
Jotiijuil ; Desire.
Juniper; Protection.
Lourel : Glory.
Lavender ; Mistrust.
Lilac : First emotions of loi
, white ; Youth.
Liverwort . Confidence.
Margold ; Grief-
Misletoe ; 1 surmount all difficulties.
Myrtle; Love,
Nettle ; Cruelty.
Peppermint ; Warmth of feeling.
Perrinwkle; Tender recollections
Pine apple ; You are perfect.
Pink, red : Pure love,
, yellow ; Disdain.
, w hile; Ingenuousness.
Poppy ; Consolation,
Peach blossom ; I am your csptir.
Rose red ; Love.
, hundred leaved ; Grace.
.monthly; Beauty ever new.
muck; Capiricioiis beauty.
single; Simplicity.
, white Silence.
.withered; Fleeting beauty.
, Yellow ; Infidelity.
, Cinnamon ; Love at first sight.
Rosebud, white; A heart unacquainted with
love,
Rosemary ; Your presence revives ma
Saffron; Beware of excess.
Snowdrop; llopu.
Straw, broken ; Rupture ol a contract.
, whole ; Union.
Sunflower ; False rirhes.
Sycamore ; Curiosity.
Thron-apple ; Deceitful charm
Tulip; Declaration of Love.
Walnut ; Stratagem.
Whortleberry ; Treachery. '
Willow, weeping ; Mourning.
Cultivation of the Cranberry.
AViiKBEvr.it there is a pond of flight risi
and fall, its margin, at a trifling expense,
may bo fitted up for the culture of this
plant, which will continue productive for
many years. All that is necessary in, to
drive in sonic stakes two or wore feet
within the margin of the, pond, according to
the depth ncmsary to he filled in, and then
place some refuse hoards against t!ie.e, so
as to prevent the soil of the mnhri ry buds
front .sliding into the water ; and lay a par
cel of small stonus or ruh'oish in tho Lotioui
of these beds, and over them peat or hog
earth, to tho depth of three inches nhovt,
and seven inched below, the furnace ol
the water.
In Mich a Fituation, the plants grow read
ily and if a few be planted tliry will en
tirely cover the bed, in the course of a year
or two, by iiir:iii3 of their hm' ronnti;.,
which take rout at different point?. I ron)
a very small space a laru'O iiuanlily uf ci.ui
beiries may be gathered. AV'hen jnoppily
managed, they prove a regular crop scarce
ly aflected by the mate of the weather and
ai uot suhjLct to attack from insects.
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The Young Victim.
J Sad Story of Gambling.
"So KOU.0 ASO LT SO J.OST."
A few duyg since, Mr. Green, the reformed
gambler, took passage on board a steam -boat at
Louisville, bound lor New Oilcans. A short
time a'ter the boat pu.hed off, it was discovered
that there was no less than twenty gamblers on
board and much dissatisfaction was expressed, he-
cause so many had chosen the same boat. It was
soon agreed that ten or filteen should return
ashore at the lust opportuiiily.auil wait for anoth
er boat. Shortly after.this determination was car
tied into ellect, and it was while Mr. Green was
standing on the hurricane i!eck, noticing :h lan
ding of a portion of his old friends, that his at
tention was arreted by a young man looking
anxion-ly upun the departing gamblers. Ho was
pale and imitated, and a tear-drco glistened in his
eve. This was so remarkable, that even Mr.
Green became excited and intcrcMfd. He sought
the yo'ith, ami asked him whither he was coin" ?
lie replied that he 'W not where," and as if
to shun farther m.tiae, left the deck and descen
ded into the cabin. Green, still more curious,
lolbiwod him and by the expression of sympathy
finally induced him to unbosom himself. He
a!.l that liut ii ply was correct that l.e really
did t.i t Kiiort wither ho was goiie' 11- w.ih the
S'.n ol reputable yaiciitsin Huston, and had lelt
it c;ty a lew wei liefo.c fertile nurnesc of
v.-itint, Lou.ville, "which plaiv," he continued
"J" pirccived we have jut pawicd " The
rcauiiis of this coins c Were tail ones. II.- had a
sister at Louisville wi.j 1 ,,u' moved thither,
while he was jet a chili!. '1 l,e doatlu.f that uli-
ter's husband had indued 1,, r to a rite to her
brother 1o come, on, to pii.l ,-rt her in herwid-
dow-hixd and asit in icltiii.g up the estate.
His parents provided him with ail the neccs-a-ries
lor tiie journey, ;;ie him pel ink-ion to tar
ry a lev days at New York and PI iladi Iphia
should be think proper and a'.-o g.ivu him about
two hundred (hilars in ir.ouiy. All went
smoothly and nieasariilv until no arrived in
Philadelphia, Hero he took lodgings at a '.ail
ing hotel and soon formed aerpiaiuUiico with
two young men of genteel exterior, plausible
lio.ni.ers, and rapti.atiiig adilu?s. Accompan
ied by tiifui, he during the day, v kited several
of the leading iinl it'it lol.s iuul it n.viit accep
ted an in-. ;t. to plav a uai.ia of w hist.t!iuo;i.
I.r'l.i.int eni-j. V.iieli In; v.;s laiiii!;,.!
sn.-wu'i i. ... '.d i wmi.its v-tr m ctij.'u a i:i a
- 1 1 ; i '. i c in !.!.. r. If-! ti-'-n !-t.'.'ii,ii:t 1 to coiilin-
Uu h, i'o.i'ii--;.' v-. It:,- .1 I,,; did.
by l..king p
io urn i I in- i.:,,., ir l :it-biiu. (J,i aoj.i .uiii
at .'..i.,.t t!.i! iu-kI -nil :, he w:, delihLnl
to nod iiU two 'ni:ipaii,"i. They a'i.-o i.ud 'n,i.-i.
in ss v..',!, ail I ilny n- ..'!. il :t u-. a pit,, ure HI
h.-.,pe ?o ..r. ea jie a companion. Alt, r fixl.AutU
ing the n.'d.n a.-y i ('( ol I in-o-.y, liii; (r4(!ie 0
wlust v. as aj.iia tl .nu'.t ot and iei,cwrd. Th v
liv.-t pl.-ved Iii--Xi.j. ili'.-n i.-r liquor, and f.,i,;l.
lv f..i : in ,.f ii.' : y. I U xoutli I', r;,ir:e
i v-i;. .!, .ti.d I!..--,- r. .., ro d i.i iii.i. i.n( ,.,
I.;.d I -i i-.-.y o- 'ii.ii tn-it o l- n.'.d to him, u iiii
f.'epl.l..l Ol ,1 !..,(;, j Is" ll'.l .ei i tu juj- ,,j j)ai.
ae tin In P. ' I .-'nil r g to I .kiiisv j iie.
tt.it a.: iiritbc sMao'i rs m-d- ti:eir a;ip. i.ranci"
on im.il d an u!n -i ,vi r ii ai ,.i r, and 1 1. ii;- hopp
f in-. .vi ring what he bad lost, the deluded
y iung jiU'.ed a,,iin, whea his pil.l witch ,
was the sacrifice. On arriving at Cilicinnutli hi
was nearly mad. He then bethought himself ,i
a packiiga which his mother had confided to liin
for his siMter. He sought fur it in his trunk,
found and opened it. It contained a necklace at
a love-gilt, and an unsealed letter, in which was
enclosed a bank note I'orlUU. Still tempted by
the demon ol gambling, and still anxious to re
gain what he had l".l, he returned to his vile
companions, and whist. Ho played hour alter
hour, lost the money, then staked and lutt tlu
necklace. At this point, the horrors of his sit
uation were iiidiacril.able. Louisville was at
hand, but how could he meet hi eister ? How
could he explain his folly, his infatuation and
Ins crime lie had left home with a good name
on a mUsiou of sacred duty, ami ho was now a
thiel and a robber, lie had misemployed funds
given under hallowed circmublaiices, and hi:
condition was imleeJ de-ieiali;. Con luted and
perplexed he is at last determined to rush from
the boat, leave the rilled package, a.t the house ol
his sister, and follow the fortunes of the g-.'tn-olcrs.who
had tempted and betrayed him, in the
hope that they would not be so heartless as to
throw him off. Hut this hope was of short du
ration, for they were among the party that left
the boat as above described, in consequence tf
their being too many of tho fraternity onboard.
It was while they weru roturcing that he was
noticed by Green, and that hence a tear forced
itself to his eye, when ho ic-aii.cd the loneliness
and wretchedness of his condition. He was uu
outcast and a robber had become so in a few
days, from having ventured upon what he called
an innocent gatnu of whist, and thus he truly laid
in reply to the question that had been put to
him that he knew not whither he was uoiiig.
Green advised him to leturn to his si.tcr and
make a frank confession but his heart failtd him
he had not the moral nerve. He could not meet
the being he had so bitterly wronged. He grate
fully accepted a slight loan fiom Creeu and soon
alter departed.
Two years rolled by. Green was again on the
Mississippi, a passenger rnthe steamer Meditera
nean, on her way from Orleans to Louisville.
An accident happedod by which she was induced j
to stop near Phiquermine. While there, a fellow
passenger remarked that he has just witnessed a
horrible sight upon the forward deck cf th boat
"Ah!" exclaimed Green and immediately
proceeded to the spot designated. He there belli Id
five men in chains convicts on their wav from
New Orleans to Baton Rogue, where the" Slate
Penitentiary of Louisuna is located. Jlmtmg l "It was once our lortu.ie to be thrown into it
them was young M:fmunt 'the name is ol course J cial circle, in which were the near reia'ives of
ficticious) the wretched youth ivhoxe unfortun- j s,J"'e of (hose who perished in the coinV'ratn.n
ate journey from Eoxtiiu to Louisville, we have. of the liichinond Theatre, in tSU. winch so v ide
lureso hastily described1 He had but a lew days j ly sci.tteied the weeds of wo among the fn-t lam
before been convicted of lorgery, and sentenced j 'lies of Virginia Two r three leir.aikabie in
to the Statu Prison for five year ! This, gentle slatu-es ..f pre-entimenls w en told us as having
reader, is riot fiction, but a true story, and the j been felt and avowed previous to the urc be tti,..-
moral it conveys m to the danger cf gaustlimj, ! wiiobccanm victims, but v;e have 1,-ea-iired t-j
canno: be mistaken. Phil. ,.;.
The Saviour's ir.-.iifixm
April the JS;h annually presents on tho hanks
of the Jordon a scene of the most thrilling inter-e.-;f.
It is (l.e anniversary of the Saviour's l'ap-
I i s m by John. And Ii ns of thousands of niierims.
many of them from distant coutitriw, are this j
morning seen hastening from their lenis on the
plains of Jericho, tothcipot on the sacred stream,
where eighteen centuries ago the baptism took
place, and where also, thirty-three centuries ago,
the nation of lsreat passed over on dry ground,
whilst tho waters stood in mountains at their
nida.
In accordance with immemorial usage, gteut
inuililudi s of oriental Chi istiai.a continue to re
hoi t lie-re at I his season and plunge into the conse
crated waters, under the impression that the wa?h
in them on this memorable day will clcauss fruin
sin and enhance immortal blessings.
The company of the T. S. Kxpluring Expedi
tion in that quarter, were present at the anniversa
ry l,t year ; and cue of the party, in his recent
published journal, under daie of Apvil IS, lblj,
says
"As early as two o'clock this morning, we
were roused from our short slumber by the thous
and of pilgrims gathering around us. There are
probably twenty or Iweiily-iivc thoiisluud mfn,
women and ci.i'.u'icu. Here aie all agisaml con
ditions of men, from dil'!erent counti ies, brought
leather by en.' picvailing -unlive. Thr M'. ne of
the brr.:.d .lt-uding plains, in rear: in i,-.tfu;l ;
il-.i! II mm ,r l..-a,:(.s w,.i:!i seivcd as a lam
n to
their p:M: .or
i;.ii,i.s of I'oe .?
ala e:;'.i i.
hi. 1,1 lie
le ; ,,ini no a , i .d, 1m . .i.e-ao.l, and yooi'ir,
with cagernc-? j'l l'p i.dn the rive,-; the coilo'ii a
:f -rv.'i il years are t'c.n.Aii in, and tl.eiiila.ua
c.i.fii'.iy liaiidl.-il hy tin! mlhei.i; li.ft poie.-ty-slii.'keii
and (he siiiimi; jousiy dies.scJ, alike un
ci reir-.oniou.--ij , c, a-h in stream, while their
Ceiii.U.ndiiCCs lie?pe.,k I he ha.ipineauf tl.eii ou:.
,'iu) wr.iilj not v.idi id join in such a plej-u.c as
tliis.' It is v. nn!i t'ue v. !io!e Voau Jroai New
'ivxWXooton P.'.
HTTid-e somcshi'licd corn, and run a
hnne. hair throitgh the nh with a ntedio,
and tie a knot in tins hair dote to the grain
nnd sow the in in cornfields, and tin; crows
will pick i.ptlus giaiu with thch.vr in it;
it will tickle them and they will kiU'them
bclv en ncratchinj.
UiaMd by a Locomotive-
Tie following is a "HoosieiV description of
his first night of a locomotive, and his adwnturui
consequent tlieicuo:
"I came across through the country and struclf
- your railroad, and was playing it at aluut four
knots an hour. Now, I heard tell about locomo
tives, but never dreamed of seeing one alivu and
kicking: but about two miles Iron'i Lre i heard
something turning, coughing, sneezing and thum
dcring, a nd I looked around. Sure enough, theru
she comes down alter me, pawing the tilth up,
and splitting the air wide open, with more snioka
and tiro flying than orto come out of a buning
mountain. There was a dozen wngons lolleriu'
arter her, and to save her tarnal black, smoky
noisy nei-k, the couldn't got clear of th.'in. I
don't know whether (hey scared her up or no,
but here Khe come framing at the mouth, with
her teeth full nf burning red coals, and she pitch
ed right straight at me like a thousand of brick.
I couldn't atand it any longer, so I wheeled round
and broke down the road, and began to rmik
gravel ny in eveiy direction ; no sooner had I
done that than she uplit tight afu-rmej and every
jump I made, ehn squealed like a thousand wild
Cats! She began to gain on me comin' up a little
hill, but we. come round a pint to a st.eight levil
on a road. Now, thinks I, I'll gin you i'ilig-r,
as I'm great on a dead level ; so I pulled Uj it,
and got under full speed ; and then A hcK,u, 'o
yelp and cough and stamp, and come on full rhii
el' and made tho hull airth shake. Kut I kept
on before, bounding at the rate of twenty feci at
every step, till I got at a turn in the n.ad, when
I was under such headway, tint I couldn't turn ;
so I turned head over heels down a bunk by
hou-ejanded eosinciirk info a. soft apot of ground,
much to the di.-fii;i..-ment ol my wardrobe. Jui
at the tine the locou.otiva found thai I had g.,(
away from it, it commenced spitting hut wider m
me, and I thought ia my soul that Mount Vesu.
vius had buded in some place in the neighbor
hood, lint do you suppose I staid (here long?
No, sir, I did not. Now, here I am, a rale dou
ble revolving locomotive Snolly Gloster, ready to
attack anything but a combination of thunder and
lightning, smoke, railroad iron, ai.J hot vAatt-r."
Prevail Ixunis.
D. P. Thomson, of the Croen Mountain Fro-,
man, in an interesting article on i'ie,eiit..meiit,"
j 1'cla,M ibt oiUvi,,S nec'J' ;
one more p.cul.ar ih.ni the others, b can,,-, ;.
stead ot beii.? (olloued by tha death f ,;, u.,u
was the subject of the premonition, ii v.as th
oiroct means, in ail human piebahilnv, (J s3,,,(l.
him and a laa.ity ot acrcipUi-l danglers r..m
destruction. Tho play an.ru.nccil for lln.t night
was an annactivt one. 'j i;,. jji-ntk-inen ;0 i,UJl
we aim, io, nan proposed to i.. . ,jri;i,v to attend.
'At0 w',,h them, and evcialtiti.e., through
in.: oay, aj.MKe oi iiib p.ei.su.-e lie) aniici.aL'd in
witnessing tbe peiformaiice. Cut tovvafds nifl.t
he became unusually thoughtiul; and,as the up
pointed hour drew acr, ia took a ;; -v.tli n,
ladies, and commenced reading to them a long
and interest;, ,g vtoiy, e, a liiij all c-aversatim
about the tiie..ti-c Thij ho ctmtir.uc.l until in.
terrnpled by er.coflim wond-rinj via-!.-, w,0
ugg'.ted that it was time to start. Again i.vj.
ding the subject, he went on reading till ho n u
a lecocl time inierruptcd, and leld tl-.ey must g
immediately or they should certainly be d.-laved.
I''inding he could not put them ell till loo late to
go, as he had hoped to da, he turned to them and
earnestly asked it as a t,.vov that they would all
forego the p.omisc.i pleasure of tlu play-house,
am itinain with him at hol.'.e through the etc
nn.g. Though deeply u;-p:iti'il and soiely dis
appointed, yet they dutifully acqiiiciici'd ; and in,
tiie course id' tho evening, while engaiu-J in their
quiet liicsido eiitcrlaiiiinent, tliey v. era aroused
by tbecla' .'i f fire; and in a few minutei mora
by the jpp-lling tidings that hundreds were per
isl.ii;;: in the ll nets cf the burning theatre, m
whi'h.lor '.he lequcL-t which had sermed so
.-Irai.te to ilium, ilicv t .to would have been found
t.i l.e i:-i:v.ini;.! a.;., n- thj victims. The next
i!.ori;.::5 ibe . ;'..-t; i-..iJ ( In u,, in cxplanatiou
of his conduct tl r. eve.iiaj bt.V.o, ihii is die hour
s.-t f'H- the .e,.'..,ii...;,.e i-.i hei1, he became
Un.'.cioiiiiiaiiiy I fj,;i r. ;d with ti a i;.i :i or feeling
ll.asor.ie fewful calau;':)' th.-.t night to lall
on the company a--.tK.hu..! at iSe theatre; at.d
that the preijio.-idiurt, in jjore of all hi elfoil to
shiue it r.il", it lentil became so strong and dfi
cite, tl.it Ik tccutiy resolved at ny cost to pro
vent iLein fiem attending."
Almost 'C first thin j the farmer ihoiild
a'tend to,;, i. e wea'mei becomes .niTicicnil
warm to pi r. .lit the opening of his cellar
doiiri and windows, is the careful removal
ol' everything clculatcd to engender noxi
ous and niHi t.i'lejonin gases. Let every
,!iin- hn it'in.vvod,or clean:cd, and the wjls
co.ited with whitewash, and the bottom
strewed witii cautic lime. Kottcn potalofll
cabbage stumps beets carroti, &p,
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