VOL: 11,-40.1 Fox AT'. PRIVATE' SALE. /IMO subscriber will , sell at private sale the FARM on which UItNRY Has swim!jr.+ now resides , situate in Franklin township,'Adints county, adjoining lands of Ring Wilsod,. Andrew Heintzelman, and 'other!, containing 144.,41.424/909 more Or leis. The • iinproventents are a TWO-STORY ' `Frame Dwelling House, i first-rate LOG BARN, with a Spriht Of good 'water convenient to the donr. - There is a fair proportion of Tim ber and Meadow on the farm, and an e: censor Orchard. Persons wishing to as certain the terms, which Will be reasona ble will eall , upon the' subscriber. The prapert3r can be viewed on application , to the tenant " HENRY • HERSHEY; Men. Franklin tp., June I,' 1849.---t1 SAW estOgiit Writ subscriber tenders his acknowl edgements to his friends and the pub.. lie for the liberal patronage hitherto ex tended to him, and respectfully - Worms them that he has just received from the Cities a spendid assortment of new Goods, comprising in part a tine stock of SHAWLS, GINGHAMS, DELAINES, GLOVES. STOCKINGS, RIB BONS, FLOWERS, COLLARS, Irish Linens, , Muslin, ate ? , all of which will be sold at the low est cash prices. The subscriber deems it unnecessary to enumerate the different articles which comprise his stock. He would therefore earnestly invite all to call and examine for themselves before purchasing elsewhere. J. L. SCHICK. Gettysburg. Sept, 28, 1849.—tf. VALENTINES. ILL be opened on the let of Febru ary, and will be found on examina tion to be one of the largest and cheapest varieties ever offered in the place. Don't neglect calling to see them. Remember the only true and genuine assortment is to be found at the cheap Book Store of KELLER KURTZ, S. E. Corner of Centre Square. and H. Sehriver & Son, Littlestown..l. A - Gardner, Petersburg, Jacob Hildebrand, East Berlin, Lilly & Riley, New Oxford. Jan. 25,1850. Slid WL S 4114 irt,s NEW ARRIVAL! PLAID LONG SHAWLS at BAY STATE and from that down. Also, a fine lot of Cashmeres. Kr Ladies, call at KU RTZ' Corner before purchasing elsewhere. Nov. 30, 1849 JUST RECEIVED and now opening a large lot of Long and Square SHAWLS, Turkere do., which will be sold lower than they have ever been offer ed in the county. Ladies call soon at KURTZ'S, and examine for yourselves and secure, ere too late, , one ot the Mind actuest and most graceful articles that so richly . ' enhances the costume. LAST NOTICE. THE subscriber hereby notifies those who know themselves to be indebt ed to hien over a year, that he is much in need of money; and respectfully requests such to make payment as soon es possible. T. WARREN. FOR RENT. A SMALL FARM, Siguabein Germany tp., Adams Co.. p a . • GEO. ARNOLD. Noy. 23, 1849. POR RENT. ASTORE ROOM, in a very desira ble situation in the country. Posses sion given the first day of April next.— Enquire at this office. Dec. 91, 1849. 4OLD PENS AND SILVER PEN. r curs; (best quality ) Card Cases, Visiting and Printing Cards, Fancy Note Paper, Envelopes, Motto Wafets, Fancy Sealing Wax, Letter Stamps, &c., for sale by S. H. BUEHLER. EILHS—now opening a splendid assort ment of those rich CHANGEABLE SIII,K8: - .0harneleon Silks, Chameleon Stripe - Armure,Sstin,Du• Ohne, besides 8 ire" variety of Black Silks, which will lid sold 20'pet- cent. cheaper than at any other itillablishment in town. A. B. 'KURTZ. NOTICE• ALt. those indebted to me either by by Mite or book account, of a long standing will plsase call and pay the same by the fint,bey of April next, and oblige Very Respectfully, GEORGE ARNOLD. Feb. 1, 1850.-4 NOTI.OE. o',,4,,stivitt 4P.,..Vant s Execution Docket. 4"mall, No. 4, Jan. Term; trotting Under tho firm 1850. of P. A. &S. Small, au. 23, 1850,m0' ' Iii41,1111en• Payne, nieo considered as in Court—Rule for *rat 11. Redding. distribution of the satimikiao 411 e 28th day of February next. Notice to be given by publication for three l'intoltmiti,ortepewspaper published in Got lyobotrg.•,-, By the Court, NUKING, Prothon'y. Prothonotary's Office, Gettysburg, Feb. I, 1850. f 3t• •tHM nDA Figured Clumps. PBVIISEADS, Purse Twist, Tassels, 4 3 4 •Vinvass. and Reticules, constant. Igy bag 4 and for sale at SCHICK'S. Vii' an Om Strive. ona-the ocean ne'or wesacroiesti Repining on the shore ; A nation!' freedom ne'er was won When 'sloth the banner bore. 4 . Strive on—'tis cowardly to shrink When thingeris the around ; etreetter fan though linked with pain, • 'to gain the eantegeground , Bright name* are on the roll of Fume, • Like stars they shine.on bigh They may he.bid with brighter. rays, But never, never die I And these were lighted 'mid the gloom of low Obscurity ;. Strugelng thimigh yews of polo and toil, And joyless poverty. But attivethio world's not all a wale. A wilderness of ears; Green 'pots eta on the Acid of life, And Amide blooming fair. Then strive--but, oh ! Id Virtue be The guardian of 'liar aim ! Let pure, unclouded lore Marie' The 'path that leads infante t TILE TEMPEST. DT °DODOS D. PRENTICr. I war never a man of feeble courage• There are few.scenes of either human or elemental strife, upon which I have not looked with a brow of daring. I have stood in the front of the battle, when the swords were gleaming and circling around me like fiery serpents in the air. I have seen these things with a swelling soul, that knew not, that reeked not danger; but there is something in the thunder's' voice that makes me tremble like a child. I have tried to overcome this unmanly weakness. I have called pride to my aid—l have sought for moral courage in the lessons of philosophy—but it avails me nothing. At the first low moaning of the distant cloud my heart shrinks, quivers and dies within me. My involuntary dread of thunder had its origin in an incident that occurred when I was a boy of ten years. I had a little cousin—a girl of the same nge as myself, who had been the constant companion of my youth. Strange that after the lapse of many years that countenance should be so familiar to me. I can see the bright younr creature—her eyes flashing like a beauti ful gem, her free locks streaming as in joy upon the rising gnle, and her cheeks glow ing like a ruby through a wreath of trans parent snow. Her voice had the melody and joyousness of a bird's, and when she bounded over the wooded hill, or fresh green valley, shouting a glad answer to every voice of nature, and clapping her little hands in the ecstacy of young exist ence, she looked as if breaking away like a free nightingale from the earth, and go ing off where all things are beautiful like her. It was a morning in the middle of Au gust. 'rho little girl had been passing some days at my lather's house and she was now to return home. Her path lay across the fields, and gladly I became the companion of her - walk. I never knew a summer morning more beautiful and still. Only one little cloud was visible, and that seemed as pure, and white, and peaceful, At if it had been the incense smoke of some burning ceneer of the skies. The leaves hung silent in the woods ; the waters in the bay had forgotten their undulations ; the flowers were bending their head! as if dreaming of the rainbow and dew, and the whole atmosphere was of such a soft and luxuriant sweetness, that it seemed a cloud of roses scattered down by the hands 6f a Peri, from the afar off garden of Par adise. The green earth and the blue sea lay around in their boundlessness, and the Peaceful sky bent over and blessed them. The little creature at my side was in a de lirium of happiness, and her clear sweet voice came ringing upon the air es often as she heard the tones of a favorite bird, or found some strange or lovely flower in her frolic wanderings. The unbroken and al most supernatural tranquility of the day continued until near poop. Then for the first time the indications of an approach ing tenspest wile einnifeet. On the emit mit of a mountain, at the distance of a bout.* gine, the colds of a dark cloud be came suddenly visible, and at the same in stant, a hollow rear came down upon the winds as if it fent been the eonpikett waves in a rocky eavern. The cloud rolled on like a Wirt. unfolded upon the Sir, but still the etaosphere was as cairn, and the leaves as motionless, as before ; and there was not quiver . among the steeping in ters to tell of the coming hurricane. escape the t e mpest Nita h possible. . Ai the oe)yresort we fled to sr oak that stood at the foot of a tall and rusettpreci. pica. Here we stood and gazed a . breathleesly upon the clouds marshaling themselves like bloody giants in the sky. The thunder was so frequent, and every burst was so fearful, that the young crea ture who stood by me, shut her eyes con vulsively, and clung with desperate strength to my arm, and shrieked as if her heart would break. A few minutes and the storm was upon us. During the height of its fury, the lit tle girl lifted her linger towards the preci pice that towered over us. I looked, and saw an amethystine Peak ! And the next moment the clouds opened, the rocks tot. GETTYBIIIIIIO,.FA. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 8, 1850. , . . .. .. tered to.. their , fortudetions ! a roar like the ' AN AFFECTING STORY. groan of the universe fi lled thicair,, sett I 'felt .....-- myself blinded and thrown I know, not Jack is a Methodist ttmal preacher. In whither.- -How long I remained insettel. one of his sermons he Sid this story ; when We, I eannot ten—but when ooneeinosnees I was a lad, there wars no religious people returned, the violence of the tempest wee near where I lived. put I had a young abating, the roar of tbe . wiruls was dying ,i n master about uty. age,. who was going to VT the wee trope , and the dee p tones , of then- school ; end he was ~. fond of me. 'At der came. in fainting murmurs from the night he would ,conte .. 4) the kitchen, ,to eastern hills. . teach me the lesion biried learned himself , 0 ., I rood and looked , tremblingly and al. during the day at "eh*. In this Watt most deliriously around. She was' there learned to read. ho r —the dear. idol of my infant hive. - strolch- When I was welt : • grown "Pi rad • ed upon the green earth. After.a moment Jack+ we took ap. l ew Tellialnent• 4 o of irresolution, I went up and looked up. agreed to read a vent by verse. When on her. The hankercbief upon her neck one would make' a mlO6 the other was to was slightly rent, and a single dark spot correct him, so that iee could learn to read upon her bosom told where the pathway well. '.. of her death had been. At first I clasped • In a short time we bath felt that we were, her to my breast with a cry of agony, and sinners - before God, it both agreed to. a " then laid her down and gazed upon her seek the salvation of ' 'Ends. The Lord fact almost with feelings of calmness.— heard nor prayers, and ' eus both a hope Iler bright disheveled hair clustered sweet- in Christ. Then 1, ' to hold meetings ly around her brow ; the look of terror had for prayers and ezhotilion among the col lat. faded from her bps, and infant smiles were ored people. pictured there; the red rose tinge upon My old Mester soon and out what was . I going on. He was ~, angry, especially her cheek was as lovely as in life, and as . pressed it to my own, the fountain of tears was opened, and I wept as if my heart were water. I have but a dim recollec tion of what followed. I only know that I remained weeping and motionless till the coming twilight; and I was taken tender ly by the hand and led away where I saw the countenances of parents and sisters. Many years have gone by on the wings of light and shadow ; but the scenes I have portrayed still come over me with a terrible distinctness. The oak yet stands at the base of the precipice'; but its limbs are black and dead; and the Iloilo* trunk looking upwards to the sky, as if !leaning to the aim& for drink," is an emblem of rapid and noiseless decay. A year-ago visited the spot, slid thoughts of by-gone years came mournfully back to me. I thought of the little innocent being who fell by my side like some beautiful tree of spring, rent up by the whirlwind in the midst of blossoming. But I remember—and 0 ! there was joy in the memory I—that she had gone where no lightnings slumber in the folds of the rainbow cloud, and where the sunlight waters are broken only by the storm-breath of Omnipotence. My readers will understand why I, shrink in terror from thunder. Even the I consciousness of security is no relief fur ine—my fears have assumed the nature of an instinct, and seem indeed a part of my THE MULE'S PRAYER. At an animal exhibition of the deaf mutes in the Indiana Institution, the fact was stated, that Indiana was the first State in the Union to provide for the gratuitous education of her deaf mutes. Since the es tablishment of this institution, several oth er States have followed the noble example. The following prayer was recently deliver ed, by signs, by Miss Orchard, one of the pupils in the Indiana Inatitutiuts : God bless the state whew generous arm sustains, With willing coatings trout her spreading plains, Our hapless band, which else in darkest night Had ever roomed, noblest of science light ; Rid never learned thy sacred - Word to love, Nor hoped to rest within thy courts above. With golden harvests let her gelds be crowned, While peace and plenty spread their joys around God of all nations ! Grant her moos inay live For her and Thee alone ; and will thou give, When earth no more its annual circuitsolls, And animl's hand the knell of ruin tolls, A peaceful end, with parting splendors crowned. Blow let her arch of empire tumble to the ground AN INVOIIINTARY Tnrar. We riotiped a little occurrence, a short time ago,' which has given cause to considerable merriment at the expense of a countryman, in Alpaca township, near the ell line, who lost his leather purse, containing a small amount of money in notes, in the following singu lar manner. He was loading wood in his wagon, when he observed a rabbit in the pile, which he caught. 11emoving a few more sticks another made its appearance, and in order or to secure it, he tied the hind legs of the captured one with the strings of his purse, and in fancied securi ty laid down the rabbit, when it started off at a fleet gallop with purse and money. The countryman- puritued it for upwards of six wiles, when getting exhlttleland and out of breath, he gave up the chase. 'Figsre is still force in the old saw , that a hawk in hand is worth two on the wing.—Berits ~•3 • • , County Press. , • ullow do I look now, Pompey t• said a dandy to his tiersant,os he finished dres slag. . • "Elegant. muss; you look bold as a "Bold as. . a'liod, Pbynpey 1 How do yiu know? You never sail a lion." "0 yes, mem, I aeod one down to mas sa Jenk's, in big stable." "Down to Jenks, Pompey ? Why. you great fool, Jenks hasn't, got a lion ; that's a jackass." "Can't help it, massa, you look just like him !" The Fulton county Democrat tells of a panther hunt in that courrty, which lasted several days, and, in which hundreds parti cipated. Finally they succeeded in shoot ing the animal, which proved to be a brine died dog with his ears cropped. because. his son had . Jute pions. He forbid me holding any*Ore meetings, say. that if I did, he wouhr ' , Whip me severely for it. From that time I condoned to preach and exhort on Sabbaths anti Sabbath nights; and on Monday moraiitg my old master would tie me up, and cut my back to pie ces with s cowhide, so that it never had time to get well. I anio obliged to do my work in a great deal of ,pain from day to .day. Thus I lived near a year and,shalf. One Monday morning. my master, es usual, had made my fellow-slaves tie me to a shade tree in the yard, alter stripping •my back naked. to receive the cowhide.. It was a beautiful morning in ths4ummer time, and the sun phone very hitt. - Every thing around looked very...phloem. , He came, up to me with cool deliberation, took his stand, and looked at. ale closely, but the cowhide hung seat his side.- His con science was at work, and it was a great moment in his life. IVell, Jack, said he, your hack is cover ed with. scars and jom b and I see no place to begin to whip. Yoh obstinate wretch, how long do you intend to go on in this way? Why, master, just as long as the Lord will let me live, was the reply. Well, what is your design in it? \V by, master, in the morning, of the res urrection. when my poor body shall rise from the grave, I intend to show these scars to my heavenly Father, as so many wit-, tresses of my faithfulness in his cause. He ordered them to untie tne. and sent me to hoe corn in the field. Late in the evening. he came along, pulling a weed' here, and a weed there, till he. got to me, and then told me to sit down. Jack, said he, I want you to tell me the, truth. Yon know that for at long time your back has been sore from the cowhide ; you have had to work very hard, and are a poor slave. Now tell me are you happy or not, under such troubles as these ? Yes, master, I believe I ant as happy a man as there is on earth. , Well, Jack, said he, I am not happy-- Religion, you say, teaches you to pray for those that injure you. Now, will you pray for your old master, Jack ? • Yes, with all my heart, wadi. We kneeled down;and I prayed for him. Re came again and again to rue. I, pray ed for him in the field till he found paaCe in the blood of the Lamb. After this we lived together like brothers, 'in the same Church. On his death-bed he Ore me. liberty, and told me to goon. preaching as Hived, and at butt meet high heaven 4 I have seen, said Jack,many christians whom I lored, but I have never seen any I loved so well as my old !nattier. , I hope I shall meet him in heaven. [Western Christian . 4dvocate. Omni - rum Too green ~g ood o natured, money-making, upimpry J9 O " athan, who said every thing drilY, ”Ilot things fixed," and struck by a bargain far matrimony : having no regard for appear ances, thi parties agreed.to ehiptiy, n horicountry justice to put up , the tackling. He commen c ed the ceremonies brew , marking thst mit was mitatomary on such occasion' to comment* with .prayer, but ha believed he would omit that"—on tie. ing the knot he said, "it was customary to kiss the bride, but he believed he would omit that also." The ceremony being ended, Jonathan, took the squire by the button-hole, and clapping his finger to his nose, said, "Squire, it is customary to give the magistrate five dollars,---but Ib' neve I'll omit that !" GRACE AFTER MEAT.......GREI day at the table of the late Dr. Pease, dean of Ely, just as the cloth was removed, the subjeet of discourse happened to be that of an ex traordinary mortality among lawyers.— "We have lost," said a 'gentleman, "not less than six eminent barristers in as many months." The dean, who was quite deaf, rose its his friendfinishod is re =rico, and gave the company grace—.. For this and -every ante he prpsed." other mercy, die Lord's MY. CLAY'S SPEECH—INTERESTING IN. CIDENT.—The scene in the Senate on Tuesday, during the delivery of Mr. Clay's . . speech on his compromise resolutions up oh 1 1 the slavery ;question, was of more than ordinary interest. No language, says an intelligent correspondent, can describe the manner of Mr. Clay. His lofty patriot jin and manly courage make his every • word eloquent. as his talents and stateman lhip mete all he says wise. The galler ies and floor ottlie Senate were crowded to stifllication. Many were moved to tears • 1 and at thuterlywn difficult to Suppress the applause. Before leaving his lodgings that'morning, someone had presented to Mr. Cl ay ' ss p iece of the coffin of Washing toil,.Which be took with him to the Senate, and toward. the. closet of his remarks, he thus referred to the thrilling incident : "A man came. to my room—the same at whose instance a few days ago I presented a memorial calling upon Congress for the purchase of Mount Vernon for the use of the public—and without being at all aware of what purpose ! entertained in the discharge of my public duty to-day, he said to me: "Mr. Clay I heard yoq makes remark the other day which induces me to suppose that a precious relic in my possession would be anaptable to you." He then drew out of his pocket, and presented the object which I now hold in my hand. And . Whit, Mr. President do you suppose it is ? It is a frigntent of the coffin of W ash ingum—a fragment of that coffin in which now repose in silence, in sleep: and speech less, ell the earthly remains of the vener ated father of his country. ' Was it por tentous that it shOltld have been thus pre sented to me 2 Was it and presage of what might happen - UAW fabric which Wash ' sington's virtue, patriotism, and viler estab+ fished ? No, sir no. It - Wet st•• warning voice coming from the grave to the Con gress new in session to beware, to pause. to reflect before they lend themselves to any, purposes ,which shall 'destroy that union which war 'cemented' by hi. exec fiche end his example. , Sit,tltope'setri- - Ipression may be made on your mind such as that which was mode on 'mine by the reception of thie. precinue relic." Dry Goods.--The following incident, as we learn ftom good enthority, occurred in one of our stores the other day : "Buy any butter.lwrc?"said n rountry customer who walked into a dry goods store on Marketsquare, and looking much likeramerwlsoitno***AutitunlGAlWCl about hithself than he' eared to teli: • •-No sir," replied the merchant, "we' don't wish to buy any." •`„ "Want to huy any eggs I" 'No sir, we keeps dry goods store here." ! iVul then may be you'd like to'bny some chickens—fat as pigs and a mighty sight nicer tn." ..No sir, 1 tell you we don't deal in any thing but dry goods." “Could'ln I sell you a nice bind quarter o pork'" tell you sir, we deal in dry good; ez ciusively." • , ..Wal, then what'll you give fur dried caches V" • During the summer of 1848, cora being scarce in the uppercountry 711nd one oldie Milton', being herd pressed for bread, ha ving worn thread bare the hoepitallty Of his neighbors by hie extreme , laidiese, they thought it an act of charity to bury him. Accordingly, be woe carried toward the place of interment; and being met by one of the citizens the following conversa tion took place: "Hello I whst r have you there r' "Poor old Mr. 8." "What ore you going to do with him I" "Dory him." 44WItsti is he dead ? I luidn't heard of his death." "No be is not dead. but might so well be ; he has no corn, and is too laity to work for any." '4l his too angel rot civilized . people. I'd gine bin two bushels of commither than see him buried alien." Mr. S. • raised the corer, and asked in hie usual dragging tooth "I-s ii-h-e-1-1434 1" ' "Nos but you eon soot shall it." "D-r-l-v-e an. toni-re.l, plsuish boy who was trying to get a iiad that he was an Isiah boy.— "Hon% know' w hat you mean by not be ing,an'lrishman;" said the gentleman who was about hiring him : "but this I know, you were born in Ireland." "Ooh, your honor, that's all," said the boy, "small blame to that. Suppose I had been born in a stable, would I have been a horse." A litvowino M. D.—Jeems was taken sick, the doctor came end felt his pulse, and asked him if he had been imprudent in his diet. "Not at 1.11, doctor," replied Jeems and enumerated what he had eaten in the last day or two : in the list was a part of a chicken. "Ali! ah !" said the disciple of Esculapius. "I see how it is : you have been eating chicken and have got a fowl stomach." A negro, having purchased a hat, was observed to take it from hie head on the fall of a shower of rain, and to manifest considerable anxiety to preserve it'firmT the wet. On being remonstrated with for his supposed stupidity, in th . dia.ltaving his head exposed, he wittily observed, "Hat belongs to me, head belongs to mom" TRAVELLING through Illinois some years ago, a coach was overtaken by a most vio lent storm of snow, and with great difficul ty reached, by means of toting and push ing, the village of N—. The passen gers made speedy tracks for the only ta vern in the place, and were soon rendered comfortable by a large fire and auminut "to take, when the following conversation occurred between Jack ll—, the soul of the company, and the landlord Jack.---Landlord, what place do you call this? Landlord.—Wo call it N—, sir. Jack.—What is its age ? Landlord.—lt was laid about four years since. Jack.—W hat is Its population t Landlord.—About fifty souls in all, air, Jack.— Well, landlord, all I have to arty a, that you have more snow here in propor- tion to the population than any place I was ever in "Hallo!" ejaculated an anxious guar dian to his lovely niece, as he entered the parlor, and saw her on the sofa, in the arms of a swain, who had just popped the question, and sealed it with a smack, "What's the time of day now 1" "I should think it was about half-pelt twelve," was the cool reply ; "you see that we are almost one." Gums, REM, Tnia.—A. few days since a young gentleman related us the follow ing He said that his mother was speaking in tbit evening at the social home circle, of ' , fortune's changes," and remarked "that in 'her girlhood, at a social party, whore there was music and dancing, a 'young blue eyed, light haired boy asked her to dance. She refused, and thought him rather presuming, as he was the son _Olialackernith, and she the daughter of a militia captain. There was a difference in their social position. That boy is the.prearal governor of Massachu setts !" Postan or CoroiCIEN , ;E.—A legal friend in sit adjoining county, mentions a .very curious ease of lunacy, the facts of which were' developed in a recent investi within. 4n Englisturtau, a resident of thli'Mitirdef'firSTdriffyifirii,lit'det be-i fore leaving England quite a Large sum of money as a legacy from his father. He was worth previously a considerable pro perty. By a codicil in the will tie receiv ed One hundred and sixty pounds, which in the body ofthe instrumeni.were reserv ed to a brother, and -slaw. This latter sum was.secured lay some persuasion and• effort on the part of the recipient, although it has never bean supposed that he resorted to any maxty posltivelY unfair' or impro per. This additional ,sum, thus obtained, so pressed upon his thoughts and con science as finally to dried him raving mad. He IS ow an inmate o( the asylum at No would pace his room all night wring his hands. and exclaim in intense 'agony, "1 did tt." 4.l'm the man.'' "i'm horribly . guilty ;, sod shall be damned hereafter." fibly father altered his will; and I told him to do it." He fancied, too, thai he ivis•beret with evil spirits in con sequence of the unfraternal act. Efforts were made to divert his mind front the one dark theme; but in vain. It was sug gested to hith that he might now restore the £l6O. and thus stone for every thing. "Not no.7.he always replied—"lt wouldn't hernyfalhees will—would it ?" "That's what titoables me. I'd give all my pro perty lb eininge that, but it's too late." "Ringing the changes" on this sore point, his thinegradually became shatter .edeand nothing but constant watchfulness pieveintest his selfilestruction.---BoAlo Ceur4B.* A inns& MAN THAN NU BROTHER.— The Philadelphia, Spirit of the Times vouches for the correctness of the follow . tog • "On Thursday last a wedding party ar rived from the country, consisting of the bride and groom, the brother of the latter and several friends. They put up at one of our public houses, and in the evening, the preliminaries having been all settled and the Clergyman in attendance, the cer emonies were about to begin, when the groom manifested some dissatisfaction.— The bride seeing this, and being high spir ited, showed as much independence as the lover. In the midst of the confusion which ensued, the bridegroom's brother stepped up to the bride and said I—" Since won't marry you. I'll marry you my self, if you have no objection." "None in the least," said the bride always took you for a better men than your brother, and I am now fully convin ced of it." The knot was at once tied, and much gratification was expressed at this finale of the affair. THE POSER it jolly tom• party, each one was to. ask a question ; if it was answered, he paid a forfeit ; or if he could not answer it himself, he paid forfeit. Pat's question was : "How the little ground squirrel digs his hole without showing any dirt about the entraneet"-- W lien they all gave up, Pat said, "Sure, tlo you see, he begins at the wher end of the . hole." One of the rest exclaimed., 4484 *totem 01'4 sfir kir kw." a' how does beget there!" , tikh." 4aid Pat, saatelli ~„,_ 111, “that's your questiott--tim you'ani war it , if you bcoa I*" a “"al ON , yourself 1" I liras." • TWO DOLLARS PZR INEW SERIES-40. 158. I.ONo VI'FM.ITY OF SEEDS. So completely is the ground impregna ted with seeds, that if the earth is braved to the surface from the lowest depths at which it is found, tome vegetable ssaNefr will spring from it. I have also middle , ed this fact as one of the t4tatlY BOrplinit instances of the power and bounty of Ala mighty God, who has thus literally filled the earth with his goodness, by storing up a deposit of useful seed 4 in its depths,' where they must have lain through* suc cession of ages, only requiring the ener gies of man to bring them into action. ler boring for water lately, at a spot near Kensington on the Thames, some earth was brought up from a depth of three hundred and sixty feet; this earth was carefully covered over with hand glass, to prevent the possibility of any other seeds being deposited upon it; yet in a short time plants vegetated from it. Irquielt , lime he put upon land which front time immemorial has produced nothing Inn hew titer, the heather will he killed and white clover spring up in its place. A curious fact was communicated to me respecting some land which surrounded an old castle formerly belonging to the Regent Murray near 'Moffat. On removing the peat, which is about six or eight. inches in thickness, a stratum of soil appears, which is sup. posed to have been a cultivated garden in the time of the regent and from which a varietrAf !lowers and plants spring, some of ilientlittle known even at this time in Scotland, CORN COBS A frieed who had Nadal] article in some paper recommending corn cobs, ground oe ungronntl, as constituting a valuable feed for stock, undertook to test the truth of the statement fur himself. Ile had a large quantity on hand, and after providing him self with the proper vessel—(hall hogshead tub,) he filled it with corn cobs, and then with a solution of salt in water. , In this steep the cobs were suffered to remain till they imbibed a sufficiency of the fluid to render them soft. In this condition they were fed out to his stock---half a peck to a full grown ox or cow. in the morning, and the same quantity at evening. The stoat time fed consumed less hay and grain than before he commenced giving them cob feed, Neither do they require salt in its natural state, He has also ground Bever al bushels of eobs, and finds the meal sus excellent article fur making "mush." ECONOMICAL MODE OF FEEDING &TOM. --Farmers who have but a few animals. say two or three cows, a yoke of cattle, or a pair of horses, will find it greatly to their interest to cut theircorn-stalks, straw, and even hay, when it bears a high price. When this is done, put the fodder into casks of suitable dimensions, take hot wa ter to prolong the heat, and salt it at the rate of two quarts to a barrel. All know that brine can he kept hotter longer thus fresh water. Pour this upon the cut fod. der as fast as possible. in order to prevent the escape of heat, cover the head of the cask close with a blanket, or any thing convenient which will keep in the steam, and let it stand half a day or longer, when it will be found tolerably well cooked.— Now place it in troughs for the stock ; and if you have a little meal or bran to spin- , Me over it, your animals will rehab the feed so much the better, and it will do them more good. Cornstalks, straw, and course hay, are worth twice as much for food when thus prepared, than if thrown out neither cut nor steamed. We give the a bove from experience, having been in the habit of following the practice for years. Farmers labor diligently during spring. summer, and autumn, to raise fodder, and then allow a large portion to be wasted from sheer negligence. Winter is their leisure time, and they should endeavor, at some extra pains, to economise the food they have worked so hard to procure.--- Machines for cutting stalks, straw and hay. have been greatly improved and multiplied within a few years past, and can now be had at low prices. It is economical to pos sess them, and no farmer should be with out at least one on his premises. As GOOD AS IF IT WERE EISOP.—A mouse ranging about a brewery, happening to Fall into a vat of beer, was in imminent danger of being drowned, and appealed to the eat to help him out. The at replied it a loolish request; for as soon ea I get you out I shall oat you." The mouse replieth that fate would be better than to be drowned in beer. The cat lifted hint out ; but the fume of the beer caused puss to sneeee, and the mouse took refuge in his hole. The cat ealledon the mouse to corasout. "Did you,sir, hot promise that I should eat lieu!" teplieJ the tnouse,mbut Yam kilo* I Wtl9 iu liquor at the riots?" A 'wag says that Father Mettles be rneently reerired a large offer to take ■p his resilience in 'IQ , . Elmo. to sop dos money niarkei from ruin; tight.
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