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,"can't affo'rd a new'dress," said Jano
Oakes, ",bu . t.tvaut to go to the ball."
f ,
i „ . (:)na thing is certain , you cannot go
frt,ttl f putoue,",,reidied Mary Teavor, her
friend.
,14,411 w, foolish it it, to dress one's self
o,le a dull: Why can't we go to balls
with such dresses as we Wear to church 7"
"BOcanso it, is not the fashion."
"hut wecan make it the fashion. We
leer of calico balls iu the city, why not
have them here 1"
,"It, would do very well for rich folks,
704 can ationi to be independent."
"Why not do for us who have
f te.tirorepoed of it ?" asked June , thought
."o43
,it won't, that's all I know about
"I haves great admit:4, go with such a
dreiti es I have."
"low reolb4l, 4 ' r e plied Mary with up
.pareut. ditguet. "You would not wear
• - Mott utd berage, would you ?"
wear uiy new calico."
"Are you crazy F Go to a ball with a
, calico dress on :"
,'Just to sisew .my independence, you
Arnow ;" tulded Jane with askarch smile.,
"It %retold be independence with a ven
geance Would not .94m Vincent crow
then 11" ,
.
"Let Lira crow," replied Jane, blushi ng
deepl
24y.
Your Will , prove,then 'that what he said
was correct—that he 'wait reasonably a
'shunted to be seen in a public 'place with
Aft dress-aft you
fir,t7PFtl anY, better, it would ; deprive my
voor old father and Mother . of many of the
• eliinfOrts of life," continued Juno.
- 4 8 tit certainly you will not- disgrace
year uncle's falnily and friends. by going
rRo the ball-in p calla° dress ?"
"Disgrace them F"
"Yes, dii;grutro them, Jane"
i"Viiele often says he shouldlike to see
a little more independence in the -girls..
Lineau to go, Mary, and go in my now
tc4 ,110 9 too.'! • , -
4 ,Fou ,musi not be surprised if your
"Triinidi - "ciit") , ou Oen."
• I.' "Net at all. '
't , And then think. too of the intention of
4410.441."'
•••Dotl7t care for that."
slit {s to he given in 'honor of the 'rich
`rand gidlani Frank fluntingdon, and sup.
-poi Will feel mightily honored by your
•
mafasty what you like ; I will
• litear,roky calico.; .
"tdeit't believe you will. You
,tutti.
: pot &ding one to go with you in such a
, "My uncle."
"He won't."
'I am,sure he wilt."
l'Hren if ,yett do got them no ono will
dince.erith you."
:!I can't help it. I cannot afford a ball
',dress--yours cost at least twenty dol.
oirenty-foitr."
.'So 'much the worse; I want to. go to
. ,the ,bell very. much."
,"But it,is too bad to go in such a plight
~ , i,lf,My quelecomunita I will go." ,
Thie,oopirenuitiori:ixienri - ed in one of our
IFge, Nuw,HUgland villages. Jane Oakes
wakeinteutifal girlspme said the hand
- aor4eakill t_.4 o PIPeo.: if 641,0 0 1 d on bi.dkeas
, better l, , Her.,, father , and mother w ore
.i
~ very , poor, end reinded n en adjoining
town.jape, by &be, exercise of ,a great
‘, *4 of. :P9ell.T 4,o 4 , Pre°‘Trance , 144, ob
tained an eiteelle!it education. and was an
witlettt.AachermathevillitiO gigh,§ o 6 ol
„ Ilia d ' , Emil,w, basal': salary. put the
SW 4 0 m :en ~c 1 the noble hearted girl
: Wong. t,kertnit., er to, spend, money ,in
, , the, yew ties of , rose, while her pantile
tented, nything which she could procure
, far them.
, ~ Oho:pas., naturally gay end fond of ;a- j
• .lanutelnOntes •,especially, of , dancing when
indulged in.at seasonable hours. ,
,he ap- I
„pweebing bell was a sore temptation to
,I
her, but Oc bravely resisted the, incline.
, &lento purchase,s ball dress, and join the
feativities--Iter conscience would not per
mit, ber i to,do so. It would , wrong ler pa
-1 Mary Teastor. her friend, was also a
tanker, and both of them boarded at the
• house of Jane's unele, who *as , quite an
influential 61101 4 in the , village. He was
*plain eni , •common.sense,, man. end
I` , thoeting y , detested , the • vanities which
a l
• . irate year after year • iturodneed ,into• th e
;place from ,the , city. , He had . pressed
Jane to go to the ball with such Is, dress.
!' ad site had. It ,Was literally true; how
ever, that a common calico was .the best
shelled. . , , • '
Ailaiiiitil“Vinetait,4 young clerk in IV 1
; ,""eill•igei' Who' hidluibiliett a great many ex-,
:tiliinet"Oity' 'notions, had , for . some
— niiitit been pointedly attentive to her.
and apparently with her' good wits. He
lad, suddenly withdrawn , from the , lists
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and the reason ho a'ssigned to his friends,l
and the reason which was rumored through I
tbe place,Midwklidt even• reached' Jane's
ears, Was' that' he wO ashamed' of him— she
drelsed so sintbbyl
She Was oontimt to lit it go so, and Lone
of her sound sense' Could not waste many
sighs •over sum a lover.
Jane consulted her uncle in regard to at
tending the „ball in a calico dress. The
blunt spoken old fellow was delighted with
the idea, and promised his co-operation in
carrying it out.,
The long expected day came, at last, and
the village was stirred to its 'centre. It
was leap year, add' the ladies—we hope
from rioselfish or aggrandising motives—bad
got up this ball in honor of a young nabob
of the village who had just returned from.a
tour to Europe. Besides being young and
handsome and , rich. he was unmarried.—
All the girkwanted him, for his handsome
face and swelling coffers had not spoiled
him. Spite of all the circumstances that
conspired to make him a fop and ninney,
ho was just the reverse,—a good, sound,
substantial, sensible fellew.
Of 'course all the young ladies had set
their caps for him—and we don't much
blame thorn either. Whether the ball was
given to show off by contrast the attrac
tions of au aspiring few or to give all an
equal chance we will cot now discuss.
But Frank Huntingdon made up his
mind to disappoint the whole crowd. He
regarded the affair as an unmitigated "man
trap," and be was fully resolved not to
"got his foot in it." Of course his vanity
was not a little tickled at the idea of being
the LION of the occasion, and he went to
the ball fully prepared to have a good time
and "roar" alike for all
The ball opened. The bend played the
introductory march for the revellers to
promenade into the hall: Jane's uncle had
tortunately succeeded in finding, a young
man who bad the independence to march
hi by the side of the calico dress; and the
brave girl was duly seated, and
.engaged
for the first dance.
By' some strange mis:nanagement, of the
machinery, Jane found heriseli io the same
set with the Jim] of the evening. She was
forced to confess that he was a glorious ,
fc:lew—ehe had- never seen him before—
and just her idea of what a man ought to
be. It would have been easy to love such
a man.
Miss Araminta Edmonson was his part
ner. In her own estiination she was the
most considerable belle in the village, be
sides being the heiress to a handsome for
tune. Her friends had played her cards
adroitly, and she had that far won the chief
distinction'of the evening. She was mot-.
11. muktilliiik. .16". 't—
zar) the mums was antsnea.
. She turned up her nose at the calico
dress, and even uttered, some disparaging
remark to Frank Huntingdon.
"I like her independence," replied the
lion of the evening.
"She is a vary absurd girl," sneered At.-
mints.
"But a very pretty one.le
"Do you think so I"
"I do indeed."
Aud Sam Vincent was-close at band
I too. He had selected the most prodigious
heap of petticoats, muslin, and ribbons in
the bevy of gay damsels, and spent his joy.
ous moments in making fun of the noble
girl whom be boasted of having "sacked."
The first dance was ended, and it became
a question of momentous 'importance who
should be Frank's second partner. The
friends of various young ladies kindly pro,
posed to introduce him. but the lion "play.
ed off."
Taking the arm of a friend he Bantered
i into the drawing room, whore some of the
I old gentlemen and ladies were playing
whist.
"Mr. Oakes," said Frank touching
Jane's uncle on the shoulder.
Ho looked up.
am sorry to disturb you, I have set
my heart upon dancing with that sweet
niece of yours next time."
"But, my dear follow, she has nothing on
but a calico dress," replied the old gentle
man, bluntly, and with the most profound
astonishment.
Frank understood him, though he did not
express precisely what he meant.
.4. admire her independence."
"You are a sensible fellow i. Come a
long."
Frank was duly introduced, and the en
vious maidens were duly astonished by the
sight of the lion of the evening dau cing
wit!: the calico dress.
Miss Araminta was in a rage, and decla
red
that the lion ought to be ashamed of
himself.
What made the matter still mora'aggra.
eating, he seemed to enjoy her cOnveraa
don. and her merry joyous utile. It' was
provoking ,to see them on snob excellent
terms, and half the ladies in the hall began
to think it would be goodidea to go home
and out on a calico.
The dance ended. Ftall'it conducted her
to a seat ; but instead Of, leavingher, as he
had done Miss Aramints, he , continued by
her side liCghing and chettiog with her
till, tbe, call •for the next dance. ,
"You havemo partner ,. Miss Oakes, nei
ther have I. May 1 have the pleuure of,
your hand f" r,' •
Jane wanted to , decline, but Frank in
sisted,
,and be led her to the floor. An
intimate friend ventured tet inggist that he
ought notio have dattooda second time
with the same lady. •
• • "An't care ;' replied. Frank, and drep
ing his voice in & wispor, added--"lt's a
monloitnded snobbish affaii—a regulir man
trap 1" .
"But they are doingyou honor, and you'
ought not to slight 3 .them.". •
"Lbe devil they. are. . 4 111 bet Arty
dollar" Nairfst two . cents there, is not a
girl here, except the “calieu," 'who did
not come for the purpose of catching '
somebody."
dame wont mt. and scores of en
tt.fue Were Isis( at. Jane. Sneers
and ill-natured, not to say malicious; is.
tutuka,' Were freelY indulged; but `line
was too deeply engaged by the attentions
of'her,gallaut partner to bowl anybody'
bat him, and 'remained in slut ignqr.
ance of the sensation she had produced.
She had even forgotten the calico dresi
she. wore. ,
Again she WM eeated, ,again
. the Hon
' /teemed chained to her'side--a' very tract
able and •obedient lion. • This time she!
would not permit him to forget hit partner I
for next dance, but he insisted on procur r
ing•one fur her first,' for he fully. under. ,
stood her position and the snobbishness ; Of
the party.
, A personal treind of his from the South
was "too happy" to dance with Jane the
next-timer, and Frank led off Miss Sophia .
Butterphly--the termed maiden in "intro
once at court."
After this there was no lack of partners
! for the "calico." Jane had moreapplicarne
for her. hand than. shecould attend to, and
already her cardindicated, engagement* for
the next six dances—so much for the
on's patronage!
Frank came again at this junoture,, and
finding that her card was rapidly filling
up declared that the managing mammas
had bribed all:the gentlemen in the hall
to preveiii him - from daring with her,
"But. Miss Oakes, will you permit me
to write'on your card?" said he.
"Certainly," replied she, with a sweei
smile and a. blush, for there was some
thing in his earnest glance that stirred up
a fluttering and a contusion in her heart.
When he returned the card, she found
be had written his name against every
fourth dance through the programme!,
And he danced them with her too, nor
• o *
heeded the rage and malice with which
hie attentions were regarded. In violation
ol.the order of arrangements which Miss
A`raminta Edmonson's friend's had aettled,
he led her to supper.
And worse than all, when the ball was
over, he conducted her home, and still
worse,-though every body,did not know
it,;be asked permissfon to call and inquire
for her health the next day.
01 course it was granted, and ofcinirse
he went. Jane blushed in bi - iipresence,
and had nearly fainted whey as he took
his leave she very distinctly : felt quite ,a
generous pressure from- the hand that held
here.
To make a long and romantic story abort
and practical, he came e very evening af
ter that--said sweet things—pressed her
hand—popped the questinn—rkissed her
blushing cheeok —and wanted the day
named.
The day was named, and the village
was iucontinentally astonished by the spec•
mein of the rich handsome, and gallant
Frank Huntingdon leading . the poor but
beautiful and noble hearted, independent
Jane Oakes tothe altar of,llpiwn-posted
tiff; krteirh being at the head of the broad
Btim Vincen's sneers didn't amount to
anything, . and Frank had occasion to tell,
him just before his marriage, that he was
not only a snob, but ruifout and out toady.
Mary Treavor was one at the brides.
maids, and declares to this . d ay that there
is a great deal of virtue, in calico.
We need scarcely add that Jane's poor
father and mother arenow in the enjoyment
of every comfort and luxury which wealth
can procure ; and though blessings innum
erable are showered upon them, they can
but realize that' a good daughter—a noble
sacrificing girl like Jane—is the greatest
blessing of all or, at least on earth, for the
old folks belong to the church.
Tun Paustirms Pazse.—.The nawepa•
pers'of Prdssia are all of a small size, bin
ably conducted, and containa great deal
of important matter in a condensed shape.
Deficient as they are in enterprise, they
take high rank as literary journals, though
their columns are entirely controlled by
the Government and their frdedom of
speech greatly restricted. We copy two
obituary notices from the Berlitaische Na
chrichien. which show aomething of the
Prussian style, and strike us as both novel
and beautiful':
"Yesterday evening, softly fell asleep,
my warmly loved grandmother, Henriette
Chevalier—born Krack-....in the arms of
her true sister, Frau Dorothea Meyer—
born Krack. She had left the Slot year
of her life behind her. For silent sympa•
thy for her lose, beg
"This noon, at half past one o'clock,
fell softly asleep our little Paul. We
thank God, who vouch.safed to us for two
years the possession of this dear littlti child
and beg of our relatives and friends thou
silent sympathy." ,
CATASTROPHE PREVENTED BY A CAT'.
Small'ehild of Thomas Murray,
assistant freight agent of the Boston Rail.,
road, while playing near iv well .in East
Albany, N.;York, a few days since, slip
.
pod, and was just nn , the eve of being pre
'
cipitated into it, when the little one grasp.
ed the cat by the tail'and held on to'it,l
until the cries of the child'brought aegis.
tanee, when it was rescued. The eat
was sitting on a log, and so like doatkwas .
its grasp that the prints , of its nails was
easily detected 'in the log.
"AN OLD PLINY is T Ivy GRENN."...-
Frowthe palace to tbe cottage, in ,Ger
many. there is scarcely I room to be louna
which does tiol, posses!! its ivy.tree., As
you walk through the'sweeis and cut Your
'eyes upon 'the hOused, there is scarcely a
witidow which is not twined into a very
bower by the graceful and gracious fes
toons of ivy. ,Among the picturesque
leave* often gleam* forth a small statue of
The Madonna, or of Christ. .‘
SAD Sl7lolDit ' llY A BRIDZ.—Miss Clara
Haskins' was, found dead in her bridal dress
and chamber num.. Natant:, Miss., on the
2d inst. After being dressed by her
bridismaids she requested them to retire
fora short time, and when they returned
hey found her lying lifeless upon her couch
with an empty phial which contained pros
eM acid still clasped in her hand She
adopted the alternative of self-destruction
rather than marry a man she could , not
love in tliedience to parental authority.
,GETTYSBURG,- tA.,'FRIDAY - gVENINq,'6OToBit? it, 1855
ALBERT LAHDO; ' •
DOROTHEA '3l EVER."'
Mies Lucypne he given notice that
a Woman's hta' Convention will' be
held in Boateo-sourow.
' ' '
Naples.
Naples, blessed with; ti balmy' climate.
an ,exaberetitly fertile a superabun
dance of costly and, on account
of her geographicalsituidion, with invalu
able oonimercial'advatita i pi. is, neverthe
less. one of the teak wihtehed and liripov:
erishod empires'of. %trope. The - causes
of her effeteness an4„decrepitude are fun
datttentally those, which. ruined the- beau
tiful Spanish peninsitii—clerieg prod` m
and in its train peitulii
tion, religious . fariatiehnn .'and intoler•
ance, and the effects :of,dhe remnants of
the feudal system„ which: Ake an ipettbna
upon the breast of,ths ,qatioe, stifling in
its germ attempt at progress. and
forcing that pcieir dijude'd race downviard
to the very brink of steal 'diesolution.-2
The moral degradation of Naples ,is .e.
quailed, but net ,learfieNted, by, that, of
Turkey.
Besides the regitlei'.efitrifY and the In
mates of four Jesuit tiolligea,' the nation
has to defray the expenZeid 658; monas
teries, and to maintain:in idloneds tho • jet
moose number of 18,000 monks and 12 7
000 nuns. The small kingdom counts no
less than 13,000 princely and ducal faun
lies, besides those of'counts and barons,
which latter are not considered as belong
ing to the higher aristocracy. The whole
number of nobles exceeds 160,000.
That, under such circumstances, no par.
ticular distinction can be attached to the
mere, title, is obvious, and, as most of
them are impoverished, is not ,an un
common thing , to , see',grandees, oven
princes and, dukes, engage In all sorts of
business, especially as stack -jobbers and
brokers.
Hut the worst of the institution. is that
it breeds a large proportion of men with
neither talent nor education, nor energy
to reach a respectable position by honora
ble and honest exertion, who, too lazy or
too proud to work, fellownll sorts of Hier
gi Ornate_ pursuits, thus setting an example
dangerous and ruinous to public merals.-
The number of non-producers, of people
who, neither by mental abilities tier bodi )
ly exertion. benefit, 'seeiety, but lead, by.
means of the mist contemptible, disguit.
log and villainous shifts and tricks, a Pre
carious and beggarly eximenee, has ;bus
beaOma incredibly large. In Italy , . aria
particularly in Naples, nobles are as nu
merous-Is the stars. They are met in
palaces and in hovel", in eight story gar-
rot rooms and in no rooms : it all, in par-
riagos and on foot, at court'and on a coma-
try stage, as strolling actors, nobles in
talk and nobles in rags.
The whole oouniry iiilnfietted,' by an
immdnse army of ktiiglit.errants, gam
blers, or worse, and 'peopla without nay
visablo meana.of
of change, be it Red Republicanism or Al>.
solution), revolutions within, or war
:with
out, or any political disturbtmee at all.—
They have everything to gain. When in
1848 the. Bourbon throne, though hated
on account of its tyrannical rule, was as.
sailed, the King attempted to ptit the
mob down by bribing ,the worst portion
of them to fight the rest; and he succeeded.
The frequent occurrence of revolts. under
the pressure of such influences from with-
in, and that of the politleil- iiehemes o
Finites and England frog, without, can
astonish nobody. It is only to be won
dered at, tbat•.the whole fabric has not
crumbled to stoma long beioro this, espe•
chilly, as the throne, far from recogni•
zing any of the preming ecigencien of the
times, clings stubbornly aid blindly, with
all the power of an arbittuy sway, to the
decrepid and detrimental principles upon
which the status quo is bunded.—North
dYtnerican.
•
Very Slngtenr. 1
We copy the followiti hum the 3lnbile
1
l 2 egister, of August :—Ou Sunday
morninz last the fish of 3 ohile Bay paid
f l
their annual visit to the E stern Shore for
the purpose of enjoyhg the luxury of
a snooze upon the sands o ilut coast. 1
This phenomenon -if r waters has
been the wonder of theold t as.well as the
youngest inhabitants d' ldwin. Once
a year, at least, the atiol extent ,of the
coast is actually strovoil the water's
edge with multitudes f li. ii, in condition
so torpid that they iWy i &elected and
taken up by the bout wi out dilfierilty.
The largest portion cethe aft 'flounders,
but it is not an ustialo fi all other kinds ,
a play among them. , T come at bight
and remain upon thether until the sun
rises upon their gess, st en they gradu
ally regain their wowed realty, and then
away to the "open s.":
_ ~. , . ,
Had we not onieivm frequently wit.
neesed this phiern en , we ;might
have really dented i even thou'
h
Il t
it comes from : thllob; Register : 'O
the Jersey Shorest no in seasons of the
year, the sea foie lea ouch quarititiei
of their featherapon the, beach, that, it
literallY'resemts a feather bed., • !rite
herring, tempts by this downy resting
place, come tudre abort dusk, hunt:, a.
round until the find a 'clam shell for a
pillow, which by turnover, round side
up, OW after sing their prayers, calmly
compose themwes to dumber, lulled by
the dirge of thwaves. i It is a touching
and affecting specie to'watch the , myri.
ada of the lomat. , fishes thus going
through their jratiosti l t Flounders are
proverbially floor thsy, too would look
up a feather be Jeney fish are sharper
—and, we naaydd, a Side scalier than ,
the common .n.-- - Phila delphia - BIZ
lain
A.
•
A. printer along ago being "flung"
by, his:sweet kit, milt to the office and
.
tried to commlnictib with the "shouting
stick," bits thhingwouldn't "go bff."
The "devil" bingo pacify him told
him to peep irthe anotum whore the
editor was wrig dus to delinquent sub.
scribers. Hod so,and the , effect was
magical. 'pays hat picture of de.
spair reconoilhim U his fate.
M!INIM
Officer 1,001 introduced to the notice of
the invigorated Jiidgn a gentleman whom i
he had',arrested for being dixorderly, aril
Making a stump, or rather a lamppost or
ation( to an attentive audience of butcher
bop. . The,. beauty of the new man was
•
.decidedly of the yard-tukk chiracter—he
'was as` Icing se an lowa railroad, and as
irymitietrieal as a fence-rail ; his face was
as expreseionless as the head of Shak
.speare which is seen ,nu the drop-curtain
of the Broadway Theatre. surrounded by
a iripple row of attenuated sausages.—
Rid'tiquare , and' angular shoulders made
him :Tesemble' , a high-shouldered pump,
while !deems moved with as much grace
11, ll the handle t the,same., Long, black
hair, parted '' in the middle, was shaped
down' Until the oleaginous ends reposed
apowthe uhbuinue,Collar of his seedy coat.
Ills,- shirt-collar. guiltless of starch, was
uttbustoped nt the neck and laid far back
over_,ldvest, doubtlesa to display a neck
Whieh; had it 'beencut . off, wale long
enough to tie. ' His name he anifffenced
as Inlius•Jenkins, and'his story is one of
blighted hopes, disappointed expectation',
unrequited love,
sell unapprectitted genius.
We renal' his. lhquent words as nearly as
pOssible. first 'pretniaing that the 'disorder.;
ly eoriduit for which he was tweeted, con
sisted, in his trying. to 'whip a nue-eyed
butt:her, who had married his couain. •
~ iitour Hono r —l loved my cousin net
sey—l had always loved my cousin Bete
say, from the time when 'is . .ellildren' We
tore in loving partnership.-our tiitiral pee;
talent and petticoats. (for •theattplege.oelte
wore pantalettev, and their Hymthetry was,
hidden, from admiration. by, pe‘cilcmpo ),
looking for blackberries in a Cedar swamp
—from the time we.sticked eggs toreilier
in the burn-yard, and, of teetered" in happy
sport the same boeid- 7 -from the, time
,
we e , built ;playhouses in the ,. garden and
l'inatle puppy, -love beltied the' urrant 'bunk-,
its , --from those happy days °rival felicity
until the present time, - t my chitties Boom,
.haa .been the ideal of, my soul. I We need
to cat bread nnd milk out of the saute bow/.
dig angleworms with the ammo nhovel, go
Milting to the same creek, steal apples (rem
the same Orchard, and crawl through the
same hole in the fence when the matt chas
ed qs. . Through ell .roy, lueely life the
memory of cousin Betsey , lies been my
guardian angel.,ti 1
I have been exposed to
dire temptatietts--onc . 4 , as redueed (6
such. extremity that Iwas about to earn
my dinner by sawing wood, •but my conk
jn Betsey .seemed to ripe. before
,me and
say, 4.lp.iiipit don'tniftxxxitile,yrovself,JC
andl di d nI - I cast the saw-tu the earn',
and "begged 'my' dinner from a'colored
washerwornan. , ['once' aceepted a 'alma.
. 1—.1 .r ... ... 1 . 4 1 4 . 1 0.ikap0utiLireci50m.,....1 Quid.
it.weett, but . on every barret of sugar on
every bar of soap,. in every keg of lard, in
each individnal pritata. in every bubhol in
all the cellar, I saw the' reproachful' face
of my cousin ' Betsey--it- rose before ate
from the
.oily depths of the, butter- fi rkin,
and from the cratery interior of the milk-
Can—thet very peanuts rose,up in judgment
against me, anti hid on each `
separate' end
a speaking' likeness of nay conchs •BetseY.
which said, "Julius'-don't ,degrade your
pelf ;7 I cooldn't atand it ;,in the,derkimee
Of eight I packed up.my.,wardrohe, (cone-
PrisititfUne 'ehirt of my own and two I
bhrrowed frimi a neightioringelethes-liniq
helped,' myirelf . to the small' change, sna i l
vanished ;.1 became, a painter,. I executed ,
e portrait ol s my cousin , Betsey t.I asked
a critical friend to see my. master-piece ; ,
!legend a monieut, and
.ilien 'asked Me
which was the tail end—the dolt I he
thought I meant it for a pir:Tarrote 'ph.,
etry to my cousin; Beisey,,bot the. primer
returned it bectiuse 1 spelled Cupid with
a K, and put the capitals abbe wron g end
of my words 7 -the uninformed ass ; he
did not Underetand theeceantriciltes or ge
nius ; I became an actor. and attempted
Othello ; ,at the rise of the curtain I was
saluted with a shower of onions from ap
preciative friends, and at its- fall I was
presented by the manager. with, a brush,
to which he added his gratuitous advice
that I ehould keep the paint on my 'face
and go into the tiootblioking hueiness t I
turned Composer, but. could`never get me
“Bootjack Waltz" 'phblialted,' or My OM..
rittrie of ...tile "Ancient APPlewollah,"
before the public ; at • Just my ,cousitt Bet
ay came to live in,the City, and I, thought
once more to peaveys her love; but I foetid
a rivelit one-eyed butcher ;.I wrote lore
letters to her ; I know that they should
have been tied with blue ribbop.-but ne
cessity dictated cotton tivinel I sent her
presents--not ao,valunble , as I could hive
wished ; my inientiou was good but my
means were limited,; 'I could have whit*.
ed to effergelJand jewels, but I could never
afford morethan a string of smelts; or half
a pint of huckleberries ; 1 resolved to ser
enade my cousin Betsey; I procured a vi
ol; strung with the daintiest filaments ever
made from • the bowels of the Most dale
cate female feline infant ' ,
. I reP i a red he -
,
1 1 need' her window and cemmenced my
song, but the butcher came to that win
dow, threw down a dime._ and told me to
go away ;he took me for an organ-grin- I
der ; I indignantly stamped the money in-
to the earth, hut thought again, picked it
up, and 'purchased some brandy to nerve
me to a desperate deed ; I had resulted, ' ,
,'.to see that butcher, to meet that butcher,
to challence that butcher, to fight that but- ,
cher, to conquer that butcher or to die ; I
met that butcher, but my personal strength
was not equal to the task ; he boxed my
ears,'Relled ray nose and kicked me out of
doors ; I demand that this Court itntnedi- 1
ately annihilate that butcher of the aolita
ry optic, and restore to me my Betsey."
Tbe prolix orator here ran out, and the
butcher told his story :
"This here feller's allers botherin my
wife, cause he says:she's hien ; yester
day he gits drunk, comes in niy place and.
wants to fight me ; I doubles him Up, and
that's the end of him." ~ , - -
Mr. 'Jenkins gives . bail to keep , t he
peso°.
The man who kissed s lady's Asnowy
brow" caught a revere cold. and has been
laid up ever sine*.
- From the N. Y. Tribune
Pollee.
. .
A young man of Now ..Jersey, ,about
tienty., was engaged in the, labors of the
fanoduring 1E1 7 .: he was vvalkingteisure.
ly.' 'with . cart 'and oxen along the public
.road,.wtititt .his eye caught sight of n little
plecft‘of paper:which a breath of passing
wind gently, stirred"up and set in 'motion.
He`walked mt. „Pitriosity, howerer, was
:eveltett. ' lie 'stepped went:back, pickeil,
up the piece of paper tosee whack might
he. It WOE, the fragment of a Bible 'leaf.
He read as, he. followed his teem.
The summer had scacely ended, when
t h' larw:r'a'Epu —as stni.l.elf —.ized with
a fatal disease. During the ititerVats of
agony, 'he was told of his danger and ask
ed whether he was prepared to die. He
a ~...-ccrhi., lit amornitercrpnrums-b4. fierce
was
was made with God. On his bed of
death he declared what the Lord had done
for his soul. That Bible leaf in the wind
was guided by his hand who directs the!
sun. This flying Scripture was an arrow I
Out ot Jehovah's quiver. : From that soil-1
ed, tattered page, carelessly picked up by
the' way=ftitle. spoke the voice of the Lord'
to the slumbering soul. Consciece nevelt°.
Sin unknoWn and, forgotten tdviverl.—,
HO 'guilty, burdened' .vpirit cried to God,
in secret places. •The, Lord heard the sup.'
pliant,' with the Bible, now his .cornpan- I
en; pointed
,firm to the Lamb which taketh '
away rein. In Jesus' he bath found re-'
rdemption throub his
,blood, and
.forgive.
'mesa of sins, according to the riches of his
grace. And whendeath
started up i n his
path :and' called him, With 'scarce' a Mom-
Tot's ;ace; from the "pursuit of the' term
and the endearments of home away into
titqthty„ he VVAs possessed, of tor ..auchor
sure and ateadfasi. That. flying. Bible
leaf had . taken hold a his heart, and link-
Millis 'shit safely 'to die throes b! God . ..L.
Presbyterian. •' •. .
Bo!—A' Detroit doreoetile
: , rentiettian, who was traveling eastward "e
hort tinse.since, went to the clerk of out of
the Ontario ,boa:a to be' shown to, his state.
room. The plea handed the applicant .a
koy, at the same time pointing to a door
at souni little disuinue, marked B.
/Our. friend wont in'the direction indica.
Led, but opoued the door next to his. own,
marked , where ,he , discovered ,a • lady
passenger, reeking her toilet, who, upon
the iiirauger'S aPpeerance, uttered a, low
' - '
"Go :away I go 'away I" :meowed -the
Letter P? yelled tho elork.., • ,
6 1 am not touching - her at all 1" shout
ed, the indignant '
•11ir. Purple, a tuember of the Nebraska
Legislature, Informed a gentioanw at Chi.
°ago, a short time
. sinee, something how
men)hoia are gotten up in Nebraska. He
said
"Ounitniiigs, the Secretary, said to me
one morning. , Purpie we want metnber
from Burt county. So ,L harnessed up and
took nine fellows with ate. and ; start
ed for the woods, and when we thought we
had . got about tar enough ftit:' Burt county,
we unpacked our ballot boa "and held au
election, canvassed the vote, and it was as
tonishiug to observe how great was the
unanimity at,the first elsetinuover held in
Burt county. - Puride had every vote 1--
So Purple was declared duly elected, and
here 1 ant."
A great battle ban taken
. pince near the
North Fork of .the Platte river, batwoen
450 'United 'States troops, under General
1 II urney. and a large `force- of Sioux ludi
-1 ails, resulting in the delbat of the latter
after, a desperate fight, with the loss of SO
men killed and 60 women and children ta
pir°
ken inners,. General Barney lost six
kifed and as many wounded. The hll-
ans-w the same who nawdered .Lieut.
Grattait's party, and also a mail party......,
The 'way-bill of the mail was found among)
them. •
Butcrus.—Julius Wethe, , a native of
Germany, and a resident of Lewisbury,
in York county, aged about thirty years,
committed suicide on the 21s; ult., by
;shooting himself with a gun it the grave"
of his, wife.
First Fatally Prayer at* Tavern.
Rowland, Hill was once driven by a
storm into a village inn; and . .compelled to
.stay the night. 'Yhen it
the
into, the
landlord sent a recpiest'bv the 'waiter that
the guest 4oultl go to bed. M r.' HIP re
plied, '"1 have been waiting 4 long limb
expecting to he sailed to family prayer."
',Family prayer! I don't, know what. you
mean sir ; we never have such things here,'
"indeed! then tell your master 'li cannot
go to bed mail we have had family prayer.
The waiter Informed his master, who,
In consternation, hounded into the room
occupied by the faithful minister, and Paid,
'•Sir I wish" you would gui to bed. 1 can
not go until 1 have seen'all the ligtha nut;
lam . en afraid of tire." .'St am 1,"• was
The reply; but I have been expecting every
minute to be sommonsrl,to family worship.
"All very good sir;•but itcannot be done
at an inn..' Indeed then pray get me my
horse. I cannot sleep in a house where'
there •is no family. prayer." The host
preferred to dismiss his gyojudicoo rather
Theo his guest.' and said,
4 have no objection to 'have prayer,
bot I don't know how." "Well 'Theo
summon your people and let us see what
can be done.' The landlord o'ouyed,
,and in a few , moments the astonished
doinestics wereupou 'their knees, and the
landlord : was called 'upon to pray. "Sir,
I •riliver 'prayed in thy life; I don't kiiow
how." "Ask God to teach' you," was
*he gentle reply. •The landloril said folding
.his arm., "God teach us how to
• • •
—"That i t prayer, my friend," cried Mr.
I Hill, joilulty, "go cm," ant titre 1 daii' i t
*now What to say now, sir." Yes you
Au; God has taught you how-to pray, no iv
! thank, him for it. "Thank, you God
Almighty, for lotting us pray to you!"
' exclaiMed Mr. Bill,
and Then; preyed himself. Two years af
lerWaids, M. Hillfound in that "small yd.
lage a chaple and a school. as the result
of the .4rmt effort of, family_ prayer at the
qilacic 'Lion," •
A Blble, Lent' In the Wind.
•
TWO DOLLARtiMirWrtfre
UMBER 31,
,
The Sliver Lake Sea Serpent
The Hartford Times copies a letter from
a gentleman of Perry, N. York, the tweeter
the recent Marvellous serPontineexhibitions,
to his brother in Hartford, giving a farther
description of the Silver Lake mouldering'
the means adopted for his capture. The
writer, for whose respectability and - Oath.
fulness the Times vouches, says there are
uniuostionably two monster smiles and
brood of young ones in the lake; and .he
thinks it is to the existence of , the ytalOff
enakelings that the people are indebted for
the more frequent appearanoe of the old view
this season than heretofore. 'A few days
ago one of the old ones raised his head, which
tae, writer says was larger than the head of
a horse, eight feet out of water, within , two
rods of a man who was watching for him
with a gun ; but the man was so Pandlied
by his sudden,appearance that he could net
pull'the trigger I On the 10th instant tate
of them approached within thirty rods of
the observatory erected in the lake. • His
head was about four feet out of water, and
about thirty feet of his body could be seen,
increasing in size from his head•as far batik
as he showed himself ; but his tail could
not be seen. Ho is of a bright browneolcr,
and must be more than sixty feet
He was distinctly seen for half an hour ,
and until dark.
War in Africa.
The British Government has a'war hi At
ries as well as in the Crimea. A Mendiago
sold a negro near the mouth of the Gambia.
The negro,it was said, was* British subject,
and the British authorities undertook to ar
rest the man in the village of fiabaiee; hay
ing been repulsed, Gov. O'Connor proctired
the, assistanee of 190 French soldiers from
Gorce ' flinched and again towaids &bare
with a
force of about 620 men, three Bald
pjeces . and one 24 pound howitzer. The
"rebels" were driven into town, when the
stockade was tarried by assault at the point
ro' the bayonet, and Sabagee no loneler @s
isals." Loss to "rebels one of their best
towns and fifteen hundred souls.
fiiirlt is officially announced that it is a
penal offence to deposit in any post office to
be conveyed in the mail, any envelope, or
packet eontaining letters addressed to differ.
out persona. The law upon which the a.
hove is based is frequently violated by Or.
8008 Who are not aware of its existence. The
13th section of the act, approved. rdareb,3,
1847, reads, that every person offending in
the roomier indicated "shall 'forfeit the mutt
of ted'dollars ' to bo recovered by action,
qui tam, one half for the nse of the inform—
er and one•half for the use of the. Peat Of
fice Department." There is one extleiniga l
bowo.ver, end that is in ruse of, letters ad
dressed to foreign countries.
Tr -
exam Lynch Law. —A. man.named Um
worth,"mratgod itittt - muraer.Nas 'reeeptir
placed in jail in DeWitt'conitty, Texas:—
A few nightiafter a gang'of men proceeded
to the prison, and broke open a door *Mar
seems to have been in the top bf the oell.
Through this they dropped an ignited lir
pentiue ball, by the light of which they
could plainly see the situation of the pita
nor. They then deliberateli murdered
Ainsworth, firing successively four different
volleys of buckshot until he was killed.!—
The cries of the victim for help, and , his
screams of pain, were distinctly beard by
persons oloso at hand, not one, of whom.
ow ever
t , would venture to his *resistance
Limo Members are 4, 1 , 0 t Up" for d.
Nebraska I..egislature.---A. Mr. Purple, a
member of, the. Nebraska Legislature,
formed a gentleman at Chicago a short time
since something how members are gotten
up in -Nebraska. He said : "Cummings,
.the Sedretary,' said to we one morning,
~P urple, we want a member from Burt
county." So T harnessed up and took nine
follows with me, and then we started for
the woods, and when wo thought we had
got about far enough for Burt county we
unpacked our ballot-box and held an elec
tion, Canvassed thu vote, and it was aston
ishiug to observe bow great was the nnanipt
ity at the first election ever, hold in Bart
county. Purple had every vote So' Par
ple was deolared duly elected At here I am."
nits, Dollars for a Passaie.--114m,
Godard, monnut, advertises in the Mulish , •
nuti papers seats in his monster balloon
America for aerial voyages at fifty dollars.
As an extraordinary inducement fort:at*,
lers to Patronize the America, it is sinew
cad that "passengers will enjoy a seat hi a•
small house, to which the balloon is attach
ad, and in which a table, containing luxttriits,
sueh as wines cordials, cakes, &0., will bassi.
out on a magnificent scale. Husbands stal.
wives, or a whole family, can be taken on
this, excursion, the pleasures of which can
never be described.' Thrze pertionsawo
gentlemen and a lady---have engaged seats
for the next ascension on Monday. •
Size of the Russian Reel Destroyed at
Sebastopol.—According to the Courier des
Etats Uois the Russian flag counted is. Bs
b4stopol, in the month of September, 1854,
,seventoon ships of war, five of 120 p ut, the remainder of 84 guns'; four frigates of
sixty guns; four corvettes or brigs 3 . glebes
riatitstlips ; and - eighty-two ships of interi
or rank ; in all 119 ships, carrying 2,200
guns. This colossal armament was destroy
ed by the Russians themselves, to Nortek
it from falling into the bands of their , sus.
toles.
aar S'ltock it! Speducle.-00 nuncio,
night a anil! boy, 11 years of ages in*
found on the steps of St. "James' Ohnith.
Philadelphia, in' a beastly state of into:idea
tion.
,A porter, bottle twit full of bad bon
dy, was in one pocket, and a fen serape, of
' paper in the other. His cletbing Was
scarcely sufficient to cover his nakednees.—
The officers made inquiry and found 'IS
boy's mother in a similar situation ai boom
Ho was taken before A.lclertzan. Ogle s , so
much atupified that he could give no Mr
count where be got the liquor. The 140
tunate'youth has but one leg.
Singleton Mercer, the young nunr)utbs
'shot 'Sabatii of Philadelphia, Joao
. , ,
ago, for inducing hi/ outer. died bat witty
at Norfolk; of -yeilova
minis toringlo the Wok mod 414451
rjetior to the muss.. .
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