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W. il. JACOBY, Proprietor.
Truth and Rigbt God and our Country.
Two Dollars per Annan.
VOLUME 13.
BLOOM SBURG, COLUMBIA COUNTY, PA., WEDNESDAY JANUARY 9, 1861.
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Hiah hopes that bum'd like stars sublime,
: Go down the heaven of Freedom ;
And true hearts perish in the lime
We bit:rliest ned them ? . .
But never fit we down and say .
There's nothing left but sorrow ;
Vie walk the wilderness to day," "
The promised land to-morrow.
One birds of song are silent now,
' There are no flowers biooming!
Yet life beat in the trozen bough,'
, - And freedom's sprin4 is coming !
And freedom's tide comes up alway,
t Though we may stand in sorrow ;
JLcd our good bark, aground lo day,
Shall float again to-morrow.
Through all the lonsr, dark nights of years,
The people's cry ascendeth, . , .
'And eanh is wet with blood a id tears ;
Bat our meek sufferance endelh ! "
The lew shall not forever sway, ' -
The many moil in sorrow ;
The powers of earth are strong to day,
But Heaven shall rule tomorrow.
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.Tbongh hearts brood o'er the past, our eyes
- With sn:i ing features glisten !
For Voloor day bursts np the skies;
Lean out your sools and listen !
The world rolls lr-elom's radiant way,
And ripens with her sorrow ;
Keep heart ! who bear the cross to day,
, Shall wear the crown lo morrow.
'O Youth ! flame earnest, still aspire,
. With energies immortal !
To many a heaven of desire
' Our yearning opes a portal !
And though age wearies by the way,
"' And hearts break in the furrow,
We'll sow ihe golden grain to day,
" Harvest comes to-morrow.
Bu'hl np heroic lives, and all
I ' , Be like a sheatheu saber.
Heady to Hash nut at God's call,
O chivalry oi labor ! -Triumph
and icil are twins; and aye,
Joy Mm the cloud ot sorrow ;
And 'tis the marlwlom to day
Brings victory to morrow.
' The Model Local. j
The Local Editors and Reporters of Mil-!
waukee, Wisronsin, (who, by the way,
form club ofheir ovn.) had a banquet i:i
jlhat city on Thanksgiving Day, in company
,-with representatives of the Press from other ,
.parts ol the State. The exercises on the
occasion were of a highly interestinj char
acterconsisting of addresses, toists re
spouse.4, (he reading of a very fine poem,
nd singing. In the course ol his response
o oue of the regular luats, Mr. Potter, of
the Daily Wisconsin, drew the loliowi.-.g anu wun an air oi mutt meuie couue
picture of the model Local : , tension, put this question :
'-7A model hKl.-U runs to all the fires, ' "If I understand rightly the government
' itteud all the churches (of several of which of ',r "nntry, you acknowledge. d.s.
he i a devoted member., is on hand at all lir"-,,ion of rank consequently you have no
the weddings, knows everybody in town, is curl standard for the manner of a gentle-
'the first lo here ol all the broken legs, arms,
necks, and domestic lies, in all of which he
takes ihe deepest interest; knows the
quality of all the different kinds of liquor in
every saloor, in town, is a zealous member
in high standing of two or three Good Tern- :
lar Lodges, speud. every evening at a
3ance, is the special admiration ot the floor
'enaoagers of balls who desire to get their
names in the papers, sleeps at the station
house lo learn all the night mysterie ot the
city, understands the precise condition of
i nknot Inmhor mnnpr and Mnrl'PN.
! his know!eJ-e of the latter beins derived
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purely from abstract calculations,) knows j
the entire history of every dry go.ids firm iu j
the business, from innumerable puff of the j
establishments, plays billiards ; rolls ten i
pins, pla)8 ball, skates, smokes, chews,
the two latter of which dependng some-i
-what upon the . liberality with which he is j
supplied by Habart and Mark) reports eer- i
moj on. SuBday.; and .seduction .-and m ur-
tier cases on week days, is a special admi
rer of, ihe . Benecia Boy," ami, at thar .same
time is cheek by jowl with all the clergy
- mea in town, retires to bed ai lour o'clock
; in the morning, gen op at six the same
'morning, always sleeps with one eye open
- T and with bis boots and .panta oil is dignified
and saucy, according to circumstances, gets
kiiocked down by some offended ruffian or
rawbided by ihe "big brother" of an injur-
Jed female; periodically, Js all over at the;
same time yet every day' most have three
4 or ioar colorans of leaded matter for his pa
lp er in short, does more work, submits to
more euSij, endures more hardships, has
f reater anhoyances, enjoys, fewer, sobslan--tiai
pleasures,' and lives lewer years lhan
almost any other nian in town, and all lor
"the modest compensation of $C0 or 8600 a
year." . ". .'' ' A .V - '
'' When have married people pas'sed thro'
"the alphabet -of --life ! When they reach
' tha ba be.
Tat reaon why whaies frequent the Arc
' tic seas is, probably, because thy supply
the "Northern lights"with oil.
" Thi cradle is a woman's ballot-box, and
rcTT.tf. cf then deposit ia two fcaHeU at cr.C3.
1 T".nkte
Not many years ago it happened that a
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young man from IS ew lork visited London.
His father being connected with several of
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the magnates of the British aristocracy, the
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yu"S American was introduced lo the rash-
ion able circles of the metropolis, where, in
consequence ol his very fine personal ap-
pearance, or that his father was reported to
be very rich, or that he was a new figure
on The stage, he attracted much attention,
became quite the favorite, of. the 'ladies.
This was not at all relished by " the British
beaux, but as no very fair pretext offered
as a rebuff, they were compelled to treat
him civilly. Thus mat ers stood when an
lion. M. P. and lady made a party to ac
company them to their country seat in
Cambridge-shire, and the American whs
among the invited guests. Numerous were
the devices to which these devotees of
pleasure resorted, in order to kill that old
fellow who will measure bis hours, when
he ought to know the) are not wanted, and
the ingenuity of every one taxed to remem
ber or invent something novel.
The Yankees are proverbially ready of
iuvention, and the American did honor to
his character as a man accustomed to free
dorn of thought. He was frank and gay.
and entered into the sports and amusements
with that unaffected enjoyment which com
municate J a part of his tresh feelings to the
most worn out fashionables in the party
His good nature would have been 6neered
at ty some of tho proud cavaliers had he
not been such a capital shot, and he might
have been quizzed had not the ladies, won
by his respecilul aid pleasant civitilies.aiid
his constant attentions in drawing rooms
and saloons, always showed themselves bis
friends. . Bui a strong combination was at
last formed among a trio of dandies lo an.
nihilate the American. They proposed to
vary the eternal waltzing and piping by the
acting of charades and playing at various
games, and having interested one of those
indefatigable ladies who always carry their
point in a scheme, it was voted to be the
thin
Alter some charades had been disposed
of, a gentleman begged leave to propose
the game called "Crowning the Wisest "
This is played by selecting a jodge of the
game, and three persons, either lad if s or
gentlemen, who are to contest for the crown
by answering successively the various ques
tions which the rest of the party at are liber
ty to tsk. Thcorw he is declared to have
been the readiest and happiest in his an.
, swers receives the crown.
Our American, much against hi inclini
lion, was chosen among the three candi
dates. He was aware that his posi'ion in
the society with which ho was mingling,
required of him the ability to sustain him
self. He was, 'o be sure, treated with dis
tinguished attention by his host and hostess,
and generally by the party, but this wa a
favor to the individual, and not one of the
company understood the character of repub
licans or appreciated the republic. The
three worthies had arranged kat their turn
for him should fall in succession, and be
the lat... The first one, a perfect exquisite,
man ; win you iavor me wun iiiiurii.auon
where your best school of politeness is to
be found V
"For your benefit," replied the Ameri
can; smiling calmly, "I would recommend
the Falls of Niagara ; a contemplation of
that stupendous wonder teaches humility
to the proudest, and human nothingness to
the vainest It rebukes the trifler, and
arouses the most stupid ; in short, il turns
men from their idols, and when we ack
nowledge that God on!y is Lord, we feel
that men are our equals. A true Christian
t1 Pme
1 here was a murmur among tne audi
ence, whether of applause or censure, the
American could not determine, as he did
not choose to betray any anxiety for the re
sult by a scrutiny of the faces which he
knew were bent on him.
The second now proposed his question.
He affected to b a great politician, was
raouatached and whiskered like a diploma
tist, which station he had been coveting.
His voice was bland bul his emphasis' was
very significant.. . , .- .... .
"Should I visit the United" States, what
subject with which I am conversant would
most interest your people and give an op
portunity of enjoying their conversation ?"
' "You must maintain, as you do at pres
ent, that a monarchy is the wisest, the
purest, and the best government which the
skill of man ever devised, and that a de
mocracy is utterly barbarous My country
men are proverbially fond of argument, and
will meet you on both these qustions, and
if you choose, .will argue with you to the
end of your life.'?
The murmut was renewed, but still with
out any decided expression of the feeling
which bis answer had bean received.
The third then rose-from bis seat, and
with assured voice which seemed to an-
f uoonce a certain triumph,, said :
"i require your decision on a delicate
question, bul the, tales of the pastime war
rant it, and also a , candid answer You
have seen the American and English ladies;
which are the fairest ?" ' . ,
The young republican glanced around
ihe circle. It was bright with Hashing eyes
and the sweet smiles ihat wreathed many a
ed patriot from his allegiance. He did not
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nesnate, tnougn ne Dowed low to me la- j
dies as he answered :
"The standard of female beauty is, 1 be
lieve, allowed to be the power ot exciting
admiration and begetting love in our sex,
consequently those ladies who are most ad
mired, and beloved, and respected by the
gentlemen, must be the fairest. Now I as
sert confidently, that there is not a nation
on earth where woman is so truly beloved,
so tenderly cherished, so respectfully treat
ed, as in the Republic of the United?States,
therefore the American ladies are the fairest.
But," be again bowed low, "if the ladies
before whom 1 now have the honor of ex
pressing my opinion, were in my country,
we should think them Americans."
The applause was enthusiastic, and after
the mirth had subsided so as to allow the
judge to be heard, he directed the crown to
the Yankee.
College Hazing.
The process of ''hazing," which faculty
of Harvard College recently punished by
expulsion, is thus described ;
"You send your boy of sixteen, seven
teen, or eighteen years to college. He en
ters the Freshmen class. Away irom home
among strangers, perhaps a little home
sick, he appears 'green' or 'spoony.' But
he minds his own business, and kn uck
les to his tasks. Not so with the im
pudent fellows of the class above him.
These Sophomores immediately conceive
the idea of 'putting through' your boy. They
have various ways of doing this. They
take him of a cold night an 1 put under th e
pump, and after he is well wet and chilled,
let him go home to his bed and a sore
throat; or perhaps, they will get him into
a room and there try to 'smokn him out,'
by burning tobacco in the stove, and keep
ing up a continued puffing of cigars and
pipes, and when they find him becoming
pale and sick, leave him with laughter.
Or, if he is a nervous or 6ensative boy,
they will try to frighten him out of his wits
by compelling him to go blindfolded into a
darkened room and then show him hideous
things. There are various other ways of
'hazing,' snch as ducking in a tub of cold
water getting the novitate drunk, etc. If
the boy has spirit enough to resist these j
outrageous insults, he is told that the result
I of resistance will be discomfort and annoy-
ance during his whole college lifeand we
'have knowu inUwce where this was the
cae.
"You will be likely to ask in what part j der the plea of preserving the Union, would
of the 'joke' !lhe laugh comes in,' and your j convert the federal authority into an odious
boy, of course, feels inclined to put the despotism, and wealthy, high-spirited corn
same question, and so do we. j mutinies into theatres of bloodshed and de-
They have carried this thing so far in solation.
Harvard College that in one or Iwo cases I That Mr. Lincoln and his anti-slavery
lives were endangered, and the students ' adherents would gladly see the flame
were unable to do any 6tudy during a whole j of servile insurrection, the horrors of war'
term. conflict, may be fairly inferred from the ut-
'The faculty of the College therefore made
an example of eight Sophomores who were
caught 'hazing' some poor Freshmen, and
gave them leave of absence for a year,
learn al home less bratal manners.'
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Extraordinary Double Elopement.
The Holmes County (Ohio) Farmer tells
this story of a curious elopemenl and its
consequences :
"On Tuesday of last week, while slar.d-
ngon the platform of the depot building
Crestline, waiting for the train to start eal
ward, we saw a train arrive from the east
The first persons we recognized getting i
from the train, were W. K. Scott and the j
wife of Levi L.. Johnson, Marlborough, i
Stark county. They readily recognized ns,
came up to where we were, and after the
usual salutations, inquired when a train
would leave for Bellefontaine. At this mo
ment, Mr. Johnson and the wife of Scott
also unexpectedly made their appearance.
The woman instantlj recognized each other
and without uttering a word, 'pitched into'
one of the liveliest fr ee fights we have ever i
been called upon to witness. The way the
ribbons, bonnets, collars and fancy fixings j
flew was refreshing to milliners and man
tumakers. This excited Scott aud Johnson,
and they were so sorely grieved at each
tka t r9 pimnintf suratf uriln I hill r rAlnAPT. '
ive wives, that they went into pugilistic ex
cise with a hearty good will. ,
"A great maty persons were gathered
around, but no one caring much which ot
the parties whipped, they encouraged the
fight and laughed at the sport. While the
free fight was progressing, constable Smith
stopped the fighting. and took the parties
before the .Mayor, and his Honor fined
each of them $5 and costs for breaking the
peace.
"Scott and Mrs. Johnson, who have for
some time been suspected of being guilty
of intrigues, bad planned an elopement, to
be carried out on the same day with the
other, parties. Both guilty couples had
clandestinely slipped off from Muriboro' on
the same day ; one party took the cars at
Alliance, and ihe other got on the same
train, though a different car, at Louisville
Station. Neither party suspected the other
until they met at Crestline, when ihe feel
ings they enjoyed may be imagined, but
cannot be described on paper.
"After paying their fines, which satisfied
them thai fighting was an unprofitable way
of settling ihe difficulty, they indulged in
ihe application of a goodly number of hard
words and names to each other, and finally
separated ; Scott and Mrs. Johnson taking
the B. and 12 Railroad, and. Johnson and
Mrs, Scotl the Ft. VV. and C. Railroad.
Since then nothing has been heard of their
Ihe President QDd his Assailants.
Having failed in their a-temps to force
the President into the adoption of the coer-
cion policy, the leading Lincoln journals of
the North assail the Executive with a ma
lignity never exceeded in partizan contro
versy. The Courier and Et quirer, the Times
the Tribune, and the Black Republican press
generally exhaust the vocabulary of abuse
in ar.imadvertions upon Mr. Buchanan's
capacity and motives; and they receive aid
and encouragement from ihe mercenaries
who boast of their independence, whilst
ready to sacrifice their best friend on the
altar of sensation journalism. Only the
atrocity of these attacks redeems them from
contempt. Vituperation-and slander, and v
downwright, unmitigated falsehood are
jumbled together thro the whole columns
of attack, with a pertinacity which springs
frnm hafflfl m!n-tiif and Innr nent hatn.
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l he conduct of the Administration in the
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crisis is the pretext upon Mr. Buchanan's
assailants proceed. They rate him and his
advisers roundly on the alledged ground of
"imbecility, indecision, weakness, treason;"
the Tribune reaching theclimax of atrocity
by publishing sta'.e.nen's impugning Mr.
Buchanan's sanity, and declaring its hope j
they are true : and others attaining the top
most folly by gravely calling upon him to
rosign his office into other hands !
Th cause of this disgraceful bitterness of
spirit lies upon the surface. Mr. Buchanan
has incurred the displeasure of the Lincoln
party by his repudiation of the coercion
theory and his firm refusal to permit a re
sort lo force as a means to prevent the se-
cession of sovereign States. Pretending,
a some of the Black Republicans do, so
far to "hold the right of self government
sacred" as lo object theoretically to State
subjugation, it is plain that the whole party
practically favor coercion, and are anxious
that it shall be employed against the seced
ing Commonwealths. They would like to
have Lincoln's battle fought by Mr. Bu
chanan. They would infinitely prefer ihat
Mr. Buchanan should employ the resources
ol the Federal Government in subduing in
dependent States, Mhan that Mr. Lincoln
should have the mortification of finding
himself the chief officer of a section, as dis-
j tinguished from the President of the United
Slates. Mr. Buchanan wisely declines to
be the Black Republicans' eafs-paw
He
refuses to precipitate the country into civil
war, merely, to serve the purposes of the
opponents of slavery. He will have noth
ing to do with the tactics of those who, un-
j terances of recognized leaders, in Congress
I and the pres. Such a course would be
i but the carrying out of their ultimate and
unalterable schemes. But they are not,
therefore, to be regarded as trustworthy
commer.tors upon Mr Buchanan, or the
line of action which he has honorably fol
lowed. He is not a coercionist. He is not
1 an opponent of State rights
lie is not an
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anti slavery emissary, whether of the Gar
ri;ori or Lincoln stripe. And-havins pro
muc,ated the reasons which led him to ac-
i cept U,e no-coercion view of the State and
Federal relations, as understood by national
statesmen, North and South, the only path
of patriotic doty open to him is that to
which he quietly, but steadily adheres.
Rave and abuse and falsify as they may,
Mr. Buchanan's assailants will not succeed
in a manner inimical lo its interests. He
nas proceeded iu the only way that admits
of the preservation of peace, the restoration
of our confidence and the reconstruction of
the Union under happier auspices than at
present attainable. The consciousness of
the fact that his motives have been and
are of the purest, and that his policy
commands the approval of all but the sup
per ers of Mr. Lincoln, secret or avowed,
! mar well sustain Mr. Buchanan amidst as-
1 hg hl ba?fl more ffinity lo barbarism
than aught that has been knowa in modern
political warfare. Constitution.
After a Battle.
The following graphic sketch, from the
pen of English officer who served with his
regiment throughout the war against the
Sepoy mutineers in India, describes the
field of battle after the victory of Munda
soore :
A battle field immediately after an action
is no very inviting scene. More than one
sense i sickened by the objects around;
the air is tainted, and death &iares you in
I ihe face in most hideous lorm ; swollen
and bloated carcases covered with voltures
or being torn to pieces by ihe pararie dog s;
corpses lying drawn up in a heap burnt to
a cinder; some without a vestige of cloth
ing, others lying peacefully as they fell ;
the village was almost too foul to pass
through, almost every house had its in
mates of dead in some ghastly form or oth
er what the sword had commenced fire
had ended. Death and black ruin lay ev
erywhere togelher. Spite of all this,one o d
woman, who seemed nearly eighty years of
age. had remained there a witness of the
fearful consummation. Perhaps she was
too feeble to fly or held thlitila., life then;
flowing in her veins too worthless to pro
long. She appeared starving as she sat on
a rtnr famhW M.hi-i ' sM rVt: Vi floral
no one to comfort her, and the soldiery
passed her by as they would a dog. Dowu
a well not far from the village we found a
! man hiding in a recess of the earth. How
long he had been there no one knew, but
he was too feeble to ascend by a rope
which was thrown down to him. .However
we helped him up, and when he gained
the lop he was too weak to stand. Some
brandy -and-water and native bread was
offered to him by Major Boileau; but this
he refused as he might have done poison,
although he appeared dying from starvation!
Another was discovered in a tree where he
must have been (or three days. He refused
at first to come down ; a musket was point
ed at him, which had the desired effect ;
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uown lie came, maicmocK, luiwar, ana
powder-horn, too. In his belt we found
eighty-eight rupees. This the men divided
and the bird was made a prisoner and sent
r .i e.i.i. .u
mm camp, in one oi me news an oiu wo-
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man was found witn her right leg shattered
with a shell ; in another, a little girl about
nine, with her leg shattered ! All over the
maiden were scattered English books, pa
pers, envelopes, Lidies' silk dresses cover
ed with blood, bonnets, parasols, elegant
j drawing room chairs, and other thing the
rebel had plundered from Neemnch and
i other s'ations. The village still smoulder
ed ; the high crops were all beaten down
the eaith torn up ; nullahs filled with bro
ken furniture, dead cattle and dead mea ;
black heaps ol ashes lay here and there,
with "charred corpses in their centres; the
air was laden with sickening gasses in
which vultures, kites, and crows circled
and screamed, and circled over the horrid
carcases below ; wretched camp followers
were prowling among the corpses and ruins
women, laughing and trampling through
the broken corn men, turning about man
gled bodies, diving into wells and tanks,
climbing trees, and breaking down grain
stacks all searching for plunder like cow
ardly assassins, and revelling in the horrors
of death like fiends !
The nse of English Classical Literature.
Thorough and accurate sluuy of the Eng
lish language and literature would supply
what the great body of fairly educated peo
ple are greviouly deficient in, viz : power
rf ovn rOAui rn It hia rivor I un'iirira
f been ascertained how large a precenta:e
ol the middle class of this country can
write and speak their own mother tongue
with fluency and correctness. This is too
delicate and subtle an inquiry for the ma
chinery of the census ; but, were such an
inquiry possible, the resuhs would not af
ford much gratification. As a matter of
fact, the language is degenerating in the
hanJs of prolessional writers ; hybrid words
awkward and conventional phrases, daring
anacoloulha, and extraordinary syntactical
licenses, are continually manifesting them
selves in the current literature of the day.
Much more then must wete prepared for
maltreatment ot the Queen's English among
the trading and commercial classes. And
we find it plentifully. To be able to teil in
plain words; lo make a statement simply,
clearly, concisely ; to record the details of
business in vigorous, business like terms
is an accomplishment that dofs not appear
in company with shred sense and sound
business capacity. Now it would go far to
remedy this defect if the nascent hopes of
the commercial classes were carried thro'
a coure of the strong, nervous, racy proe
ol the seventeenth cen'ury. Brrow and
South may be voted somewhat dry reading;
but the former helped to make Chatham an
orator, and the latter can boast of a style'
the mixed excellences of which adapt it for
the use of the rhetorician on the one hand,
and Ibe practical man of business on the
other.
It is surely not necessary to seek further
arguments in favor of such a reform or
modification of existing methods of educa
tion as shall more prominently and more
effectually enlist in the caue the services
of our national literature. If that literature
embody all the excellences for which we
give it credit, if il be full ol the living pow
er of geni us, if it be a rich storehouse of
thought and argument and imagery, if it
breathe a manly, generous, liberal spirit,
and be pervaded by a pure and healthy
morality, it must, if rightly applied, act
powerfully and benignantly on the opening
faculties of our English youth.
Mysterious Disapprarance.
Our cotemporary of the VaUty Spirit has
a felicitous way of doing up a local occa
sionally when the ma'erial is at hand. In
the following, while we cannot but pay the
credulous Frenchman, we find a vein of
humor which 6roacks of genuine "attic
salt."
About ten days ago a dapper'little French
man made his appearance in this place and
formed the acquaintance of a well known
resident named Alexander Kovila-ki, a pol
ish Jew. The twain seemed to be well
pleased with each other and when the lime
for the departure of the Frenchman arrived
Kovilaski' heart warmed so affectionately
towards him, that he could not think of
parting with his new made acquaintance,
and proposed accompanying him lo New
York where the Frenchman was to obtain
the snug sura of six thousand dollars. The
Frenchman did not understand the language
and customs of the country, and Kovilaski
tendered his invaluable services to see that
he got his draft all right, in current fund-,
and that the pickpockets and garroters of
Gotham did not get him or his money into
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the money and deposited it in a carpet bag,
which was handed over by the unsuspect
ing Frenchman to the nafe keeping of Kovi
laski. They then sauntered around the
city to see the sights, when Kovilaski, ai a
certain point in their journeyings, suddenly
recollected that he had some important bu
siness to transact a few miles out of the
city. He parted with his French Friend,
and as a token of remembrance, in case
they should never meet again, he look the
carpet bag along", promising to return and
meet the Frenchman at their lodgings in a
few hours. The Frenchman waited a few
days, but Kovilaski did not return ! He j
then poMed back to this place in great per
turbation of mind to find the missing mar),
presuming ihat he had returned to ihe
bosom of his family ; but he is doomed to
sad disappointment. Kovilaski ia won est
inventus, and it is not at all improbable that
he will keep so. The Frenchman is not so
much concerned about Ihe money as he is
about the man. He thinks if he could only
find ' Kovy" his money would be safe. He
will not belive that he has been victimized.
He remained in this place several days, but,
Kovilaski not appearing, he returned to
New York under the belief that he might
still be searching for him in that city t It
is not likely they will cross each? other's
path soon, and in the meantime the French
man can make up his mind that he has
been duped by an artful knave, and that
his mooey is gone past recovery.
.
Slow and Sure. We may learn some
thing from our German citizens. They
thrive on the same income that a Yankee
would starve on. We knew a young Ger
man whose eapitol, when he landed on our
shores, consisted of a singularly constructed
suit of blue clothes and a lorg tailed pipe
Yet in five years he bad a house and lot,
money at interest, a wife, two babies, and
any quantity of domestic bliss and pickles
During the most of this time our meriton
ous friend received a salary of only 6ix dol
lars a week. A Yankee might have receiv
ed five times that sum and come out head
over cars in debt. The fact is, Germdns
have very sensible notions of life. They
are not fast. They drink beer and smoke
pipes with astonishingly long stems, but
they are not addicted to "calling on" mul
titudinous baskets of expensive He'ulsieck.
They are industrious and economical.
They know enough to lay up something
for a rainy day, which is a great deal more
than some Americans know. Many Amer
icans seem to think that they will have no
difficuliy in borrowing umbrellas when the
financial rainy day comes, but they ascer
tain their mistake when the time arrives,
aud are too often forced to seek shelter in
the poor house or go and live with their pa
rents. Meanwhile our Teutonic friend goes
pleasantly ahead, raising garden sauce and
babies, and constantly waxing richer, fatter
and jollier. We repeat, thai we may learn
koineihir.ii from our German citizens.
A Problem Solvkd The following prob
lem ha arrested many a fellow in hi rush
through Old Badcock's arithmetic, partly
by il difficulty of solution and partly by its
exqusite poetry :
A horse in the midst of a meadow suppose.
Made last to a stake by a line Irom his no-e:
How long must the line be that, leediug all
round
Will permit him lo graze just an acre of
ground ?
The Maysville Express volunteers a solu
tion as follows :
I'ts a very plain cae,if you'll only 'suppose'
That it's jusi seven feet from his tail lo his
nose !
For the line will be then (the rule cannot
fail)
About keven teet less lhan if tied to the tail.
The following beautiful stanza is copied
from a young lady's album :
"Fare made, when I Bhold ure fac,
& gaze in two ere azhur ize,
my love is warmed in 2 a blaze
& thtfiits within my oozum rize
2 big for my week tung to utter,
which leves my hart awl in a flutter."
" Why, John, 1 don't think you like
liver."
"O, yes," said John, "I like it very well
for forty or fifty times, bul 1 don't like il as
a steady diet."
The eld lady cooked something else for
the next meal.
A man- recently put his dog to bed and
kicked himself down stairs ; he did not dis-
cover the mistake until he tried to chase
cow and couidr. 't bark
A brother lawyer once told Sane that a
beard was unprofessional. "Right," said
Saxe, "a lawer cannot be too barefaced."
He is happy whose circumstances suit
his temper, but he is more happy who can
suit his temper to circumstances.
Passion is a very keen observer, but a
wretched reasoner. It is like the telescope,
whose field is clearer ihe more contracted
il is.
A man in love has very little need of vic
tuals. So if your landlady doesn't give you
enough lo eat, iatl in love with ber daugh
ter. "Down outside", said the fiddler, when
he fell out of ihe window.
Speak low, ladies ; and yet always en.
deavor to be high toned women.
in Old Time Fict'nre.
Wherever a railroad has made itfc way.
tne old fashioned vill age inn disappears. II
flies before the coming engine like a wiUl
flower a the touch of the plough -share. .
The picture of a New York village inri
has become historic a thing of the past.
It and the stage coch were lovely in their
lives, and in death" they will not be divided.
What New York country boy boy twen
ty years a-ao! does not remember that inri
cannot shut his eyes and see it now, a
it stood a rambling structure, with low
browed "stoop"' and welUworn step, and
the traces of time and storm upon its bal-
ter'ed gables? Here was the barroom;
here the great fire place, with its huge eld
knob-andirons, in the old fashioned winter.
bearing a pyramid of fire, while around it '
the rush buttoned chairs were drawn up in
a great circle. And where is ihe old Boni
face, with ''capon lined," shuffled around
in his slippers and stirried the glowing logs
with a areat shovel, till they roared again ?
And where is the old village squire that sat
there in the corner, and nightly saved the.
nation "from war. pestilence and famine ;"
whre the village gossip that retailed to the
crowd of listners the small scandal of the
day ? The walls are covered with bUi
handbills; all that remains of one is a frag
ment abour a carding machine, while the
top of the bill,' where the wool ougnt to be,"
went away in a whiff, as it lighted some
body's pipe, while in the lieu thereof, 'con
stable's sale,' done with poor pen and pale
ink, is attached to the wall with four sec
tions of an unfortunate wafer. Here an im
passale horse is getting away from ari In
describable man; there and old placard of a
"Caravan" hangs in tatters, a green parrot
havir.3 allighted on a blue elephant, and a
rampant lion having thrust his nose into the
pocket of a stage driver's coat that hangs
fro m a wooden pin, but grandest of all is
the picture of the stage coach labelled the
"Enteprise," that is drawn by four spank
ing horses, with three legs or so a piece, is
plunging directly into a thunder cloud.while
"John Rogers and family" stand aside to
see the world go by ! -
Here is a bunk, slrown witfi a buffalo
robe, a rough coat, the advertising half of
an old newspaper, a whip with' an Alexan
drine lash, and a village loafer; and there,
in that dim corner, is a cage, with wooden
bars pointed at the tops, and a narrow shelf
beneath, through which, aforetime, little
green tumblers and round black bottles
came and went, as the weather was cold or
hot. or wet and dry, or the wind blew from
the north, or "there was a great calm."
Then there was the dog, huge shaggy and
old as long ago as we can remember, old
before that, forever asleep under the bunk,
or forever lying with his nose between hla
paws in the open door.2
It is summer, and a summer noon. Tho
big yellow watch hangs motionless, ihe
blacksmith's hammer intermits, a man lies
asleep on the dry goods box, and the mer
chant stands still in the door. A thirsty
dog is lapping water al the trough by ihe
pump, and a drone is saying bis prayers on
its edge. The bar-room is silent, all but
the heavy breath of the dozing master and
dog, and the drowsy hum of flies. The
fire-place is green with asparagu. for the"
winter is over and gone. Faintly in the
distance is a sound il is a bee in the gar
denshriller, clearer il is a shout. Lou
der, louder, nearer, it is the horn of the
coming stage ! Now it winds op and
down among the notes like a bugle, abrupt,
and emphatic, and then with a "dying fall."
The landlord arouses himself, the dog is
awake, the post-master comes out upon the
steps, ihe tailor looks out of the window.
The rattle of wheels is distinguished, the
jingling of bolts and the crack of ihe long
whip. Down the hill, over the bridge, here '
it come, rounds to wiih a flourish, and the
four in-hand are brought np before the door
with an emphasis thai makes the old coach '
rock and swing like a ship in a swell.
The dopr is thrown open, and one wo-'
man in a green calash emerges; the de
pleted mai'bag is whirled out from beneath
the driver's feet, and the leaders and wheel
horses already are meeting the "relief," as
they defile out from the shed, the leaders
gay with tassels and the bright plated rings.
"All right," is ihe cry ; the "ribbons'' are
in hand, twosharpe notes upon ihe horn ;
! the women in the green calash comes out
again ; the coach door goes to with a bang ;
; ihe whip is whirled off with a whistle, and,
j by some slight of hand, explodes exactly
between the oil leader s two ears, ana away
they go, while clouds of dost roll up behind
the dusty "boot" and hide the small boy
towed by the straps like a small boat stern'.
The "Columbian Star." and a letter for the
lawyer are taken out of the bag ; ihe tail
or's needle is flashing again through lhe
seam ; the sparks begin to fly at the door
of ihe Blacksmith thelandlord lies stretch
ed at leugth on the bank, and the world has'
gone by tor a day !
Happy village ! Would that the Rip Van
Winkles of the valley might awake from '
their long, long sleep ; but not the stage
horn's herald note, nor the steamer's as it .
rings along the river ; nor yet tie voice of
the steed whose neck is clothed with iron,
with thunder, can disturb their dreamle'
repose ; for no sound can reach them
where iLey lie. Auljum Demccral.
A Western paper published a number of
verses a few days ago one as lollows :
That rainy day 1 met her,
When she tripped alonz the street,'
And with petticoats half lifted,
Showed a dainty pair of feeU