BY D. A. BUEHLER
VOLtfME XXVII.
NEW FIRM!
Hats, Caps, Boots and Shoes,
THE undersigned having purchased from
A- m. W. Paxten,,Esq., his entire Stock
*4 Goods, will continue the business at the old
stand, in Chambersburg street, a few doors
west of the diamond umb.r the firm of BRING
MANdo AUGHINHAUGH, and solicit the
patronage of their friends and the public gen
orally. We have made arrangements Ihrgely
to increase our stock of
Matt. Capi, Rogge and Shoes.
and will always keepon hand a full assortment
of all kinds, suitable to the season, which will
be sold at the lowest possible prices. Hoping,
'by strict attention tc, business, to merit a lib
eral patronage, we invite all needing anything
in our line to call and examine our goods be.
fore purchasing elsewhere.
GEO. E. BRING:WAN,
H. A.UGHINBAUGH,
Gettysburg, Jan. 9, 1857.—tf
MOST BEAUTIFUL ASSORTMENT OF
MILINERY AND,
FANCY GOODS,
MISS M'CLELL.INS
HAS added to her already large stock a
new and elegant assortment of
MILLINERY AND FANCY GOODS,
to which she would invite the attention of her
friends and the public, believing that an ex
amination will satisfy them that her Goods are
the best ffelected and most fashionable as well
as the eheapest ever offered in this place. The
assortment comprises
Cashmeres,
Milks sl)r Lanes,
°high:ants C dicnes, De
Mtge, Coburg- Clothe, MIN-
Hit, ',Linen. Sack Flannels, Bon
nets and Bonnet Trimmings, Satins,
Ladies' Dress Trimmings, Velvets, Art ti
dials, Black Veile, Wile do., Gloves, llosiery
Handkerchiefs. French Worked collars,
Cambrie,Jackonet and Swiss Edeings,
Insertings, Mosline, Sleeves, Mo
hair and Silk Mite, Black
bare and Embroider
ed Handkerchiefs.
Braids, Fans,
&c., &c.,
111)..Call and examine for yourselves.
OU4tysliurg, Nov. 14, lo3tl.
BOOKS ) STATIONERY,
nituus & MEDICINES.
*ttcreanti flogortment.
AD. BUEHLER hat added to but former
• stock of Goods an unusavllv large as
aortment of Classical, School and Minella
ncou q-jv
3181 111310
embracing all the test Books used in the Col
lege, Common Schools, and standard Classic
authors, with the recent popular publications,
constituting a lar2er assorttnent than ever be.
fora opened in Gettysburg. Also
63srt te 3 Lena Er
-Mall kinds ; Cap. Letter and Note Paper, o
the beat quality, Envelopes, Gold Pens and
Pencils, Pen• Knives, Ste., with a large assort
sn tat of
Palley rood,,
to which ho invites attention, being prepared
to sell at unusually low prices.
M.flo has also largely increased his
stock of—
Dravi and elltlexistem,
which can be relied upon us the best in the
market.
afir A rrang ent ents have boon effected by
tiny article in hie line of business can be
promptly ordered from the city.
Gettysburg, Nov. 2, 1855.
AND STILL TUMID COME
I usT received at DOKE'S Store, a large
supply of Winter Goods, the cheapest
ever offered in market. Cull and 'see ben re
purchasing elsewhere, as ho is determined to
.sell very cheap for Cash.
Also, very cheap Millinery Goods. All
Goods cut free of charge.
Geadv-mnde Clothing on hank which will
be sold low. JOUN HOKE.
Gettysburg, Dec. 19, 1856.
BIaGEIST STOLE,
And Me Cheapext !
MITE undersigned would inform the good
1. people of Adams county and the rest of
the world, that he has received an extra large
• sapply elan kinds of MEN'S & BOYS' CIA.
THING, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps. Buffalo
Robes, &c., from New York ; end although
goods have advanced in price, he is able and
determined to sell at a less price than hereto-
fore.
Country Merchants are invited to call—he
will sell them floods lower than they can buy
in the city. No one can compete with him,
utilesi hebuys hisOoods as he d es : that is to
say, go to New York and stay two, three orfour
months, iud watch the chances.
A word , to the wise is sufficient. If you
need such {foods as he keeps, go to him and
make your purchases, to 'Rave money; •
MARCUS SAMSON.
Oct. 31, 1856.
Erg OZOTA.
Come . this way, - gate want to save al least 20
per cent of yotermiptey.
pOSEN.N.I & PAXTON have just received.
NJ and are now opening the largest and best ,
selected stock of GOODS, in their line of bus
iness, ever offered in Gettysburg, to wit:.
Hats, Caps, Boors, Shoes.
Overshoes and 'locks,' Trunks,
Carpet Bags, Fancy Window Blinds, Station.
try, Perfumery, and a variety of Notions; al
so the largest stock of
qUAISVIVW:f RE. CHIAJ. CLAMS, •
&One and Earthen Ware, ever oterad in
Adams county—alt of which they are determ
ined to sell lower than they can be had at
any other Establishment in tha• County.--
Call at COBEAN ft. PAXTON'S, south east
Co.rner of the Diamond. No trouble to show
Goods.
Oct. 10, 1856.
ITARDWARE-Llinother
Come and make moneyy by buying at low
prit.scs (coming well selected stock.
NESTOCK BROTHERS.
Sips of 'led Front.
U,Ol/IS,. Cassins. , .rA,,Yestings, and Shawls
40 2 Sr Iti , •11 the attrntiqn n,
all is invited. Ilsoatiasirt• to h9:l N
Skt . .
PUBLIC SALE.
.
9n Monday the 160 of March,
TTHE subscriber will sell at. Public Sale, at
his residence in Butler township, near
Arendtsville, and about of a mile from
Beechorsville, the following personal Property,
to wit :
ZFPOIDV.2`2 9
1 yearling Colt, Cows, Young Cattle, 7 head
of hogs, 1 two horse Wagbn, 1 one horse Wag
on. Ploughs, Harrows, 1 Sleigh, Winnowing
Mill, Cutting-box, Grain in the ground, a lot
of borseGears, Shovel,Forks, Wheelbarrow•—
Also, Tables, Chttiis, Bedsteads and bedding,
1 air tight Coolcstove, I ten-plate Stove and
pipe, Bacon, Lard, Applebutter, a lutnf excel
lent Vinegar, Trunks, Barrels, 3 Copper Ket
tles, 1 Iron Kettle, and a great variety of
HoLsehold and Kitchen Furniture.
Ur - Attendance will be given and terma
made known by
JACOB KECKLER
Feb. 20.-3t*
PUBLIC SALE.
On Tuesday the WA of March, at
9 o'clock, A. At,
MITE undersingned, intending to remove to
Jj the West, will sell itt. Public Sale, at his
residence in Butler township, about midway
between Bendersville and Middletown, the
following valuable Personal Property, to wit:
2 11E .ID OF WORK HORSES,
1 two year old Colt, fi head of Milch Cows, a
number of Young Cattle, ti Shunts, a font ,
horse narrow tread Wagon, Lime-bed, Hay
and Wood Ladders, a good Carriage, Sleigh,
Harness, Gears, Chains, Ploughs, Harrows,
Cultivators, Winnowing Mill, Cutting-box,
Grain Cradles, Scythes, Forks ' Rakes, and a
variety of other firming utensils. Also.
Tahles, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bureaus, Corner
Cupboard, Mirrors, Carpeting, two ten plate
and one parlor Stove, Barrels, Tubs, Kettles,
Meat Vessels, and a variety of Household and
Kitchen Furniture. Also, Corn and Oats by
the bushel, a lot of Potatoes, Lumber, four
Scalps of Bees,
11:3)""If the above are not sold in one day
the Sale will he continued ou the succeeding
day until all are sold.
Az-it - Attendance will be given and terms
made known be
Fob. 20.—td
PUBLIC SALE
Fir HE undersigned, Administrator of the
Estate of Henry Stomliaugh, deceased,
will offer nt Public Sale, on Thursday the 12th
day of March next, Itt the late residence of
said deceased, neir Petersburg, C York
Springs,) the Billowing property, viz : Five
good•work Horses, 1 three year-old Colt,
two year and one'yenrling Colt, 1 young Stal
lion, three years old this Spring, ti toilch
(2 , :ws, 9 head of youog Cattle, 5 Sheep, 10
Hogs, 1 breeding Sow, 1 broad-tread road
Wagon. and 2 Waguiebodies bows and covers,
I plantation Wagon and a good limo bed, a
one-horse Wagon, 1 Carriage and Harness,
2 Sleighs, 2 acts of Hay Ladders, one just
new, one first-rite Winnowing Mill, and ex
cellent Threshing Machine and horse power.
PloughS, Harrows, shove: and fork Ploughs,
a lot of horse gears, and a variety of other
farming utensils. Wheat, Corn and Oats by
the bushel, Ilay by the ton,
and a lot of Corn
fodder. Also, a variety of household goods,
such as Bedsteads and Bedding, one case of
Drawers, Tables, Chairs, one Huth mini Cook- •
stove and one ten plate Stove, a lot of Carpe
ting, Bacon rilul Lard, and a great variety of '
household and kitchen furniture too numerous •
to mention. •
Sale to commence at 10 o'clock A. M., when
attendance will be given nr.d terms made.
by WM. H. WEBB, Adner.
A. li. MYERS Auctionter
Feb.l3, 1857. ts*
PUBLIC SALE.
TILE subscribers, intending to quit farming,
will sell at Public Sale, at their residence,
I/ miles north east of Cashtown, on Friday
aid &earthly the 6th awl 7M Jaya qtr Ma rch
next, the following Personal Property, viz:—
•i head of Horses and Horse Gears, 1 wagon
Saddle, I side Saddle, 7 head of milch Cows, 1
splendid Bull, 11 head of young Cattle, 1 Sow
with 10 pigs, 6 Shoats, I narrow tread Wagon
and Bed. I Carriage, 1 Winnowing Mill, 1
Corn Shellsr, Corn by the bushel, 2 grain
Cradles, Foughs, Barrows, pair new Hay ;
Ladders, and a large lot of Bngs.
Household and Kitchen furniture, consisting
of Bedsteads, Carpeting, Bureaus, Tables,
Chairs, Cupboards, 1 Cook Steve and a first
raie ten plate Stove with pipe, 1 clock, 1 cop
per Kettle, 1 Iron Kettle, meat Vessels and
Tubs. Also, a full assortment of Furniture
and sther articles to numerous too mention.
Sale to cntnmence nt 9 &clock on said days,
when attendance will ho given and terms made
known by
PETER ESHELMAN
JOSEPH ESHELMAN
1857.—td
LADIES' DRESS FURS.
A Fine Astortment of new and elegant
IL FANCY FURS, consisting, in part, of
fine French Sable, Ermine,Silver and Roch
Martin, Genett, and Frenc h Cony ; all new
and fiishionablv made into Mantinetts, Cuffs,
Victorines, Wtlitlets, Muffs, &e—just received '
and for sale at the 'Hat and lap Store of
S. S. M'CRRARY.
*®"Wanted 16 fierchase—Muskrat, Mink,
Otter, and Fox Skins. 5../S. M'e.
Dee. 19, 1856.7-3 t.
COME ONE!- CONE ALL!
pn3RE 'WE Ana •ArAINI•
WITH the handsomest and cheapest Stock
of NEW GOODS to be found in-this
place. All the newest styles are to be seen
in the assortment, and many of them are really
magnificent,. without being costly. No time
for particulars. Call in kid age for yourselves,
at " J. L. SCHICK'S.
• On the Public Serra.
Oct. 31, 1856.
Flour for Sale.
IT you want a 'good barrel of Floer, call at
HOKE'S STORE, as he has and° arrange
monts.to have always the best, which he will
sell at 25 cents advance. •
- May 2,7 1856:
splendid assortment of Queensware,
China, Glass, Stone and Earthen water, at
(*BEAN PAXTON'S.
" READY.HADIS CLOTHING.
All good 3 cot free of charge by so caper
ieneei Tednr.
' n - 4 41 S
"it -
A spirit of the muse, whose mind
Awoke the world to strains profound;
Whose mystic pathos soared to find
A nobler earth beneath the ground;
Whose clouded brow spoke storms of woe,
Whilst at his feet lay smiling flowers .
Whose magic, mirthful, maddened flow.
Had vainly sought for keener powers ;
Whose curses, prayers and feryiill soul
Poured forth poetic rays,starlime ;
Whose fondest, distant helevon goal
Was REST 'twist death anl'hurting time.
As oft' he loved beyond his bound,
And idly sang of futile bays,— '
So oft' that love new objects found,
And tuned his thoughts to other lays.
He learned mankind, alas I too well ;
He saw how frail the human heart;
He trod where human greatness fell,
Yet dared to choose misfortune's part.
He sought the lucid haunts of fame,
Then spurned its upward--soaring flight ;
Ho strove for power—pomp—a name,
Then bade them seek chaotic night.
Thus Byron came and.pfssed,away,
The victim of a thatsand wrongs ;
A poet king--a inete;;:ddr—
fhe genius of unrivalled songs.
Though men eith sacerdotal tongue,—
Conceited minds unknown to fame—
Too weak to sing as he has sung,
Would tarnish Byron's living name ;
Let them but scan' existence o'er
And glean their evil from the good,—
Won't many hearts, with grief, deplore
That they now stand as Byron stood ?
The poet sang his darkest deeds,
And nobly hushed his gen'roto hand ;
His m,ind spread forth its bitt'rest seeds,
• Yet bore a secret, prayerful wand.
Unlike the constant-gliding crowd,
With outward morals unsurpassed ;
Whose acts seem pure ; whose prayers are
loud ;
Whose every thought shows heavn'ward
cast..
Such are rot always what they seem,
Nor cAn the world thus judge aright ;
Yet twinkling, star and sunshine beam
Attend their God both ”day and night."
Thou, strains profound are buried now,
Thnt9llod from a Byron's lute ;
His ardent soul—his pensive brow—
His vivid throb—his form is mute.
But, oh! his deep, muse-born renown,
When nal tire crowns the mind of man,
:Must ever wipe away the frown
And pour delight where hatred ran.
When fancy finds a„ p , rfeet muse,
Without a single, sinful blot ;
When other bards their fame can lose,
Oh 1 01411 can Byron be forgot: •
WM. H. WRIGHT
It is not our design to uphold thelawlessness
of Lord Geo. G. N. Byron. But we are prone
to remember and admire the goad; to honor
rather than blacken the character of the dead
—and withal to render "justice to whom it is
due." The great majority of mankind have
forgotten to be gracious in their eulogies upon
this great poet. Ho has been classed with
demons and infidels, and yet ho was neither.
Although some of his most profound thoughts,
as recorded, partake of infidelity, yekthey were
in every instance the result of a profound, yet
careless and unnatural brain—made so by
the free use of stitnulantsouch as wine. gin
' and water, rte. His error most be attributed
to the head and not to the heart.. We have
conversed with the roost prominent authors
who have touched upon the subject of our
theme ; we have carefully perused and medi
utted upon what we have learned ; we have
!searched out all minor sketches within out
scope, and after having done so. fjel perfectly
' justifiable in opposing the too bitter contume
' ly that is constantly being poured upon the
man. His natural mind was devout and.
prayerful, and when nnintoxicated, his hand
was ever open to the necessities of the poor
and oppressed—which is a noble example for
those to imitate, who would disturh his peace.
ful ashes by reckless abuse. We say to
such—Go heap sarcasm and venom upon his
hateful "Don Juan," and several other of his
most unworthy productions—remembering
that Bacchus did the deed, and that Byron.
unlike the mass of humanity, beantifully en
deavored to obscure his most noble deeds and
wrongfully sang his darkest-mid molt evil ones:
Hnd ardent spirits, as already alluded to. been
kept from his Lordship, %re do not believe that
' any portion of his productions would have been
• unfit for the perusal of the most modest and
refined. The major part of his life was great
ly at fault ; but for some years before his
death he prayed frequently ; wrote religiously,
and et his death remarked to his constant
servant—"l am not afraid of dying-1 nm
more fit to die than people imagine." Thus .
Byron died under the ingnenee of Christi:mill, -
'to some (twee. The world had, done him
injustice while he lived, and why should they
notlearn to be just after he has departed into
the presence of a more than earthly judge.—
Yet again, we say—select from bia writings his
moss beautiftif and - protound—yetnfortil and
religious prOductions, and "speak'not too
harShly.of the dead."
Getip&urg. Pa.
Al). HOIIIK6U.--Thil wit of
Br3ughnm in his better . days, as well as his
propensity to punning , and impromptu , is well
knows. The fasting anecdote aiipeain to be
welt authenticated: '
The Duke of Gloucester;beinkin conversa
tion with Lord Brougham on the ,subject of
reform, grew so warm in the argument that he
observed hastily the chancellor was very netts ,
a fools Brougham replied that he 'could not
think contradicting.the duke, and declared .
that he fully saw the force of his royal high
. ,
ness'posilion. • . '
sarA young lady,' ,whcvivas , rebuked by
.har . nuither.for kissing her •ititended, justified
the ant hy quoting.-le passage: "tyhatsoever
'you would that men should unto you, do
ye eren'ini unto them." • '
JOHN HOKE
11(11...A bill is before the. Lowden& Legisla
ture allowing the head of each family to
,take
a three dollar newspaper at the expense of the
State.
'GETTYSBURG, PA:, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCfI 6, 1857.
[For the Sior and Banner
)3FRON.
BY B. JACOBY •.
If girls knew how, sadly they miss it, while
they endeavor to show off their delicate hands
and unsoiled slips, and put on a thousami
airs, they would give worlds for the situation.
Of working - ladies Who are as; fir above 'thenv
ifi w iOtelligence, in honor, in everything; as thd
heavens are above the earth. • • •
Be- wise, then • you' have made fools of
yourselies througlvlife. Turn over a new leaf,
and begin s though late, to live and act as 4 11 ..
man b e i ngsi as coiepanioris to immprtat man,
Sail not playthings limb:Tolls. In Wo other
way can you be happy and subierve the de
signs of your existenct.
"When a feller has reached itcertain pint
drinking," said an old smoker, think he
otter to stop." "Well, I tkink,t l said a wag,
silo I, tter atop before be reaches a pint."
Ol•
"YEA 9$ AND F.l*."
A' ' DISH TALE.
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•
7 Wrat 112111fAlf.
4 ,
. • .
In Fain* 0
a ui town in Sweden, a hull!
dred years and ago, a young miner kiss.
ed his fair bride:pod said to here: • ..
1.„
"On St. Lucietdajour: love shall be hies
,
i
sed by the priest • ,
.. d. Then we shill build
...
us a little neat . i ;own." . • ---
"And peace ~, ... I love.idnin dwell in - it,"
said the beautifd . -4 ride, With a sweet smile,
4 ifor thou art all in all, and without thee I would,,
choose my grave_ •
But when the ,priest in proclaiming their
burin in the chufiah for the second time before
St... Lucia's Day prenounced the words, "If
now, any ono ca '`shoal good reason why
these persons shciirld not be united in the bonds
of matrimony," lietith was at band.
The young MOth , as he wiled her house
next morning in ll; black mining garb, slrea
dy wore his shro* lie rapped upon her win
•
flow, and said good, morning. He never came
back from the mine, and nll in vain she em
broidered for hldt on that very, morning, a
black cravat a red border for the wed
ding day. - This filie laid carefully away, and
never ceased to 4 , oep orLmourn for him.
Meanwhile Om passed on; the Seven
Year's War waViought; the partition took
place; America tbeounto free; the French
Revolution and I lpag war began: Napoleon
subdued Prussia;and the English bombarded
Copenhagen. Ifit haibandnian sowed and
reaped, the' mille4round and the smith ham
mered, and the timers dug after "the veins of
metal in their subierrnnean workshops.
As the miners ii Falun, in the year 1801,
a little before orler St. John's day, were ex
cavating an °peak, g between two shafts, full
three hundred ells ,below .the ground, they dog
from the rubbish And vitriol water, the body
of a young man, intirely saturated with iron
vitriol, but otherwife tunieeayed and unaltered
-so that one, cottledistitish his features and
age as well as if lie had - died only an hour
before, or had fallen 'asleep while at his
work. " •
But when they brought. him nut to the light
of day, father Mnd mother, friends and ac
quaintances had key . heen dead; no one could
identify the sleepl* - yeuth, or tell anything
of his misfortune, . she game- to, the place,
who was ofme the
i ketri:thed of that miner, who
had one deOrionetthe thine aid peyerAtur•
ned. Gray and shriveled, she came to the
place hobbling upon a crutch, and recognized
her bridegroom, when more in joyful extacy
than pain, she sank down on the beloved
•
form.
As soon as she had recovered her compo
sure, she exclaimed—
"It is-my betrothed, whom I have mourned
for fifty years, and now permits me to see him
mice more before T.die. A week before the
wedding time, he went uuder the earth and
never returned." ' •
All the bystanders were moved to tears, as
they beheld the former bride a wasted and
feeble old woman, and the bridegrooni:ktill in
the beauty of youth, and now. after an ab
sence of fifty years, her youthful love awoke
again. But he never opened his mouth:to
smile, nor his eyes to recognize ; and she'linal
ly, as the only one belonging to him, and hav
ing a right to him, had him carried to her
own little room, till a grave could be prepared
for him in the church-yard. The next day,
when all was ready, and the miners came to
take him away, she opened a little draw6r; and
taking out the black silk cravat, tiel it around
his neck, and then accompanied him in her
Sunday garb, as if it were the wedding day,
and not the day of his burial.
As they laid him in the grave in the church
, yard; she said :
"Sleep well now, for a few days, in thy cold
bridal bed, and let not the time seem lon to
thee. I have but little more to do,and will
'come soon, and then it will be day again."—
As she was going away, she looked back once
more and said :
"What the earth has once restored, it will
not a second time withhold."
b WORKING GIRLS.
Happy Girls! who cannot love them? With
cheeks like the roses, bright eyes, and elastic
stop, h ow cheerfully they go to work. Our
reputation for it, such girls will make eveellent
wives. Blessed indeed will those men be who
secure such p?izes. Contrast those who do
,nothing bet sigh all day, and live tefollow,the
I fashions who never earn the bread that they
eat, or the shoes they wear; who are languid
and lazy front one week's end to the other.—
Who but a simpleton and popinjay would pre
fer one of the latter, if he were looking for it
companion? Give us the working girls; the.*
are worth their weight in, gold: You never .
see them mincing along, or jump a dOZ;11 feet
to steer clear ofa spider or a fly; they have
no affectation, or Silly airs about them: When
they'rneet you, they speak witheutAaptting on
a doien silly airs, or trying td show. off to het.
ter advantage,. and you feel ,as...ifyou :were
talking to a human beingout,ff not.to s .pain
led automaton or a fallen angel.
OVERLOOK AMY FORGITirk dEFEI7;
• '. CBS. ' -*
Every man -4111 meet with enemies.: They
will speak evil of ion, annoy you, and, soil your
i fair fame. ° Never , mind—o on the "even
. tenor of your way," -do ri ght and
,yon will
conquer. Overlook in ,affront--forgive an
enemy. A certain man, who hp been, as Ile'
thought, sorely injured, went ''.naillta eler-
gymen how he tiest could' obtain redritut.—
The good man opened his bible and read Fey--
eral texts showing how ()renders should be,
.
treated. Among others, this s.--..ttif. thine en ..
emy hanger, feed him ;if he thirst, give, him
drink. ,By so doing,- thou shalt , heap „coahlrof
fice on his bead.",. Gtiod,'good, said the ang
ered man, that'a he thing—that's what I Want
I should like rt-lead of eonlstouseln. this
way. /30,1i0t. 08 ITiay who was BO bad
r I s E
au O c iiiijairatr o tywilt. - , - . '
tatit" hitakatid unforgiving,
-A e in Jove, 'tie pleasant living.
gen angry man should meet thee,
And assail the indiscreetly,
Tarn not thou again and rend him,
lest thou needlessly offend him;
Show love hath . been thy teacher—
Kindness is a TrtoOt preacher; ---
Gentleness is emr",flirgiving--'
Live in love, 'tisplausant living. =°
Why be angry with each other?
Man is made to hive his brother;
Kindness is a human duty,
Meekness a celestial beauty,
Words of ki ad ii cis spoke in season',
Have a weight with men of reason;
Don't be others' follies blaming,
And their little vices naming.
Charity's a cure for railing,
--Suffers much, is all prevailing ; -
Courage, then, and be forgiving ;
Live in love, 'tie pleasant living."
Ntessamrs.--"Polly" is one of those
_
P m
hypocoriss,"- or pet•nanses, in which our
I language abounds. r Most are mere abbrevia
lions, as —Will, Nat, Pat, Bell, ite., taken
usually from the beginning, sorbetirons front
the end of the'name. The . ending I/ .or ie is
often added, as ,a more endearing. , form form : as
Antie, Willy, Amy, Charlie, &c. We have
letter-changes, most of which imitate the pro
minciation of infants. Lls hyped fur r.' A
kflotral 'consonant is doubled: 0 hetweini M
Yid l is more easily4ounded than a: •An in
fant forms p with its lips sooner than nn: Mary,
I
Maly, Melly, Molly, Polly.. L for rappers in
Sully, Dellyi.Hal; P for m ireP,atty,,peggy;
Ivowechange WM:try, Jim, Meg Kitty, &c. ;
land in several of the double consonant, To
lium° the nulireeiv" , e4tilietiVi44444t-'es
in Nannie, Nell, Dandie; and (by inbititu-
I tion) in Bdb. Ded would be of ill omen;
therefore we have, for Edward, Ned or Ted, n
and i being coheir to d; for Rick, Dick, perhaps
on account of the final din Richard. Letters
are dropped tor softness; as Fanny fior Franny,
Bah for .13urb,, Vat for. .Walt. Walt. Mend is Nor
man for Maid, from Mathild, as Bauduin for
Baldwin. Argidius becomes Gile's, our nur
,
sera friend Gill; ulni accoMpatiied Jack ob him
disastrous exPeditiOn "uF: the hill." , Elizabeth
gives birth ter Elspeth, Eliza (Eloise?), Lisa,
Lizzie, Bet, Betty, Betsy, Bessie, Bess j Alex
ander to Alick and Sandie. What are we to
say of Jack for John ? It seems to he from';
Jacques, which is dm French for our James.
How came the confusion? I Jo not remem
ber to have met with the name James in early
English histery, anti it seems to have reached
us from Se . otland. Perhaps, as Jean and
Jacques were among the commonest French'
names, John came into use as a baptismal
tonne, and Jacques or Jack entered by its side
as familiar term. John answers to the Ger
'titan Johann or Johann, tho Selavonie Ivan,
the Italian Giovanni (all those languages
using a strengthening consonant Co begin 'the
second syllable): the French Jcanj the Span
ish Juan, James to the German ' l lacoli, the
Italian Gil:Cote°, the French Jacque's, the
tipanish ;Ingo. It is observable that of these,
James and Giacomo alone have the •rn. 241
of our softened words are due , to tha smooth
tongued Normans, The haroh Salon Selrob
besbyrigsehire, or'Shropshire, 11%8 by them
softened into le Comte de Salop, and both
names are still tisc4l.----ITotriaridrie.;.
PHILOSOPHY OF. RA tx.—To anderstand the
Philosophy of this beattliful and ften sublime
phenomenon, so often witnessed since the
creation of the world, find so essential 'to the.
very existence of pants and animals,.a few
facts derived from observation and a Gong
train of experiments, must be remembered.
1. Were the atmosphere everywhere, at all
times, of a uniform temperature, we should
never have rein, or hail, or snow. The inte . r
absorbed by , it in evaporation from , the sett
and the earth's surface, would descend in an
itiverceptible 'vapor, or cease to be absorbed
by the air when it Was once fully saturated. ,
2. The absorbing power of the atmosphere,
aud consequently its capacity to .retain humid. ;
ity,.is proportionately greater in .warm thap
cold pir. - t •
3. The air near the surface of the earth is
wartncr than , it ism the region of the clouds.
The higher we as..minf from the earth,' the'
colder we find the atinosphere. Efeace the
Teepetual snow on very high mountains in the ,
hottest climate. "
Now, when, from cor.tinned evaporation, the
air is highlj Saturated with vapor, though it be
invisible andthe sky cloudless., its temperature
,is suddenly reduced by cold currents descen
ding from above; or nudtilg o from a higher to
a cooler latithde, its capacity to namoisture is
diminished, cloreis aieforrned, end the' result
is rain. Air condenses as it cools, and, like
a sponge filled with water and compressed,
pours out the water which :its diminished ca
pacity cannot hold. How singular, vethew
simple, the philosophy of rein! What but
Omniscience could hare_devised.sach rw
rangement for watering the earth IL-:Nets
York Observer.
A SMART HIT.—A prosy ender reproved
Lord North for going to sleep daring one of
his speeches. "Pooh, pobh said the drowsy
Premier, "the physiciartshould never quatrcl
'.ith the effect of his own medicine."
*cm) To LITTLE GIRLS.
• Who itr.tnore lovely? It is that little girl
who, drops sweet words. kind remarks and
pleasant smiles, as she passes along—and has
a kind word of sympathy for every has or girl
she meets ip trouble, and a kind hand to help
her Companions tint of difficulty—who never
scowls, never contends, never teases her mates,
nor seeks iu any way to diminish, but always
to Increttse r their happiness. Would, it please
you to pick up a string of pearls, drops of gold,
diamonds, and !I:impious stones, as you pass
along,the, streets? , But these are the true
.
Rearhytnil precious stones which can never be
lost. Take the hand of the friendless. Smile
on the sad -rind dejected. Sympathize with
those itt trouble,: Strive everywhere to diffuse
around; you iuntiffirte and joy.
' If you, do, this, you, will be sure to be Toyed.
Dr.,DOdridgb one day naked his little girl why
it was that everybody loved her. "I know
`not," she raped,' "unless it be that I lova
everybody ." This is the true secret of being
loved.
,",flrr that has friends," sir Solomon,
"must, show Iriasqlf friendly)! Love beget
love. if you lave othArs, - they cannot help.
loving you. So not put on a scowl,
and fretfelly comirlain than nobody loves yoe,
or that such or such a one does not like you,—
If nobody loVes you it is your ewe &ult.—
Either yon do not make yourself lovely by a
sweet winning temper, and kind "wincing way,
or, you'cannot rove' those of whom you cow
.laio.—Aneidote of Girl.",
' .Tue STARS.-.What is there beyond the'
stars? Other stare„brighter, and loifier, in a
scale of ascending rnagnifieenee - --"worlds bti•
yond worlds—all glorious, and 'all God's. It
was the conclesion•of the older Hereheil, that
the depth of the Milky, , Way, in some places,
admitted 640 stars being itrntugetl In a line
one behind the othet, and "each separated
tram the othnr bye distance equalto that which
divides oar sun froth, i nearest fixed stal 4 .l •
. . .
GOOD my
. court was sitting
r
op, the banks or. the
Connecticut It, It was not far from this' time
of
. tfie year . —cold . -'weather;:anybow--Land
knot of lawyers had 'cidlected around :the 01 .
Franklia in the bar room. The pre rblaxed,
and mugs of tip were passing away'wiliout a
groan, when ire came it rough, gaunt Jooking
"babe of the woods,"
.knapsack on—kboulder
and staff inhand., 1 ,
iixicialtelf44andhnif perambultittiii Alm
circle that hemmed in the fire,'as with a wall
of b!ais looking for a chance to` ' warm' his
sbins. "Noboiy moved, hewever,land: unnble
to sit down, for lank of n iihair,he i siid the next
thing-4eaned against the wall with "tears in
his eyes, and his lists doubled and listen•
ed to the., discussion pn the proper: way of
serviug,a referee on a warrantee deed as if he
was the judge todecide the mntter. Soon he
attracted the attention of,tbe cOmPriny, and a,
young sprig spoke to him. ' •
"Yon look like a trarellor." •
"Wall; I spose Itnm ; I 'come from Wiscon
sin afoot at any rate!! : '
. .
"From 'Wisconsin! that is a distance•to go
on ono pair, of legs. limy did you ever pass
h--11 in your taavels ,
• "Yea. sir." he , finswered, kind of, w i cked , ,
look stealing over his ugly physiognomy .
hen, throUgh the outskirts."
In
, "I thought likely. W re ell. what are'
and customs there?.Some of in would like to
know."- ' • ' • .
"011," says the pilgrim, •Tdeliberately, half
shutting his eyes and drawiug round the corn;
er of his mouth till two ruws of pilaw stitbs,
with a mass of masticated pig, tail, appeared
through the slit in his ebeek, find them
much the same Its in this region—Me Mayers
sit nighest Mefilv"
TERRIBLE': Nyty.—Lor4. Bacosi tells of his
.. elbser, Sir .Nieholas, .that.when appointed .s
Judge on the inirtiteris circuit in
"Ho was brotte - oi, the malefactorillmighli l 9
importuned to ssve jiis lifer vthich nothing he
:said did avail. he at length' desired his theirs
on account of kindred : "Prithee," said. mv
lo'id judge, :"Isow came 'that in 4" "Why, if
it please you, in lard, your Mime is Baccon,
and my' name is Hog i and in all ages H9g
and Bacon have' been so near kindre4' that
they are not to b; separated "". "Ayi ipsts" re:
plied Lord Bacon, "you and I cantiet be, kin. l
dred, except' you be hanged, fin: hog is . not
bacon unless it hi well hanged." • ,
'Too OBLIGING BY H/LP.-4. Tery
lar Friend" is Amos .`Smith, and a decided
enemy .to dll ,worldly titles, as anybody' in
Philadelphia knows i hut a business corre,s
pondept from the South didn't know: Amid
"thereby hangs a tale •
.
This correspondent' had 'directed his letter
to 'Antos ,Sinith,' . Esquire." Friend Arnim
replied punctually, and after despatehing
business Matters, added; the following, pare,
graplu— .
"I desire. to informyou that,. being time
,m
-bertif the Society of Friends,.l am ngt free.to
use worldly titles in eiddressing my friends,
and wish them to refrain from using them to
Thou'wilt, therefore, please to omit the
word 'Esquire, - at the end, of my'name, and
direct thyletters to Amos Smith, without any
By the return of mail came a reply, directed,
in precise, accordance with the, request of th e
particular Ft:lend, to , ,
"Ann Smalls, alai* any lail,‘Phitudell
Fanms Goesnraisev,-Au eccentrics clef ,
gyman, lately alluding io his pulpit to the
subject of family goveumment, remarked that
it-ia often said, "That novo-days there is no
such thing •s family goverment. But it
fillso—mall Wee f There is just as much fami
ly governtnst.t now as there ever *vs.-just as
Much as in the days of oar Aitken and grand
fathers. The only difference is, that then the
old folks did the governing, and pow it ii'done
by the young taloa!"
. 4
TWO * DOLLARS PEA Elite*:
Nviv;pcp,;;4.o...:
. pivot the F l areslogratsi , '
Setzettox'ol' SEED CORL—Mrstms,
Tone:—We all. rementber.to our sorroW, thtv
difficulties we wero called uptm to encounter
at our last coin planting. Almorg evert ' far
mer was cotnpelled to replant, net once
but frequently two or three times, and In some
instances failed todtectire a *tart, even with all
this trouble. Witting ceases were muligned
for this failure of the seed to germinate., By
nowt it was attributed to the intense cold ;by
others, to the unusual moistness of the cob .&e
But whateMir the cause of the failure, it ought
to prove a warning to every farmer, to- Make
an effort to prevent a repitition of it next seas.
on. Theta is but tme way to do thits andthlit
is: first, select a sefficient number of' the
finest este, taking care '
,that they,ate not
merely the largest in size, but the mot peifect
ly filled, from the heel of the ear to the
Taken ever& the grains on which are loose or
imperfect Having selected a sufficient Oen
tity, next place it where the air can Ilave•free
access to it. A dry, moderately warm, well
ventilated loft, is in , my opinion theyaniit unit
able place. If the . selection is made in the
field during htisking a small' portion 1;f the
husk should be allowed to remain on each ear
in order that two or more ears Can be tied to.
gather, and hung up to the raßorq
If this course is , pursued, I have but
(caret (auure.to germinate., ,
To Suransa EAxoto Ituyxxin--An
culturist,, near Brussels, In Europe, having
succeeded in removing the hatismell and dip ,
agreiable taste of buperby besting' or mixing
it with chloride of lime, he was encouraged by
this happy result to continue his experiments
by trying them upon batter so rancid es to be
past 'use; - and he has restored , to butter; tie
odor' and taste of whichtwore insupportable' to
'all the sweetness of fresh butter. 'The oi'ver•
ation is extremely simple and praeticableoe
all. 'lt consists in beating the butter in'a sitt‘
ficient quantity of, water, into which had been
mixed twenty-five or thirty drops of chloride
of lithe to two, pounds of butter. After having
'brought all its,parts in contact with thtrwater,'
it may be left for an boar or two: afterwhrd
.withdrawni and washed , anew in fresh water.'
`The chloride of lime having nothing injurious
in it, can salbly be increased; butafter s havitig
verified the experiment, it was 'dhat
Antenly.fira4tr :thirty . .drops td two and a halt
'pounds of butter were autfiCirnt.,
A'.RAT STORY.—Reit --- Walfer 'oslton. l
his diary of a voyage to California, in ft . lotiri•
aftwir, entitled "Dock and Poit," relates - thst'''
following capital rat story 1- 7 -
I •have always felt some
,rekard foia rat
since my Cruise in the COnaiellittiort. We 1
werefittiog for sea , fit Norfolk, end , talrhuf
in water and provisions. A pl u nk b ra e Oat
ingoh the sill of quo of the porta, which :`born
I mul l ienied with•the wharf. On a bright,. mono -
light evening, we discovered two the
the plaak,-coming into Abe ithip. r elke fore ,
most was 'lending the other he a sitrivri -One
and'efs which 'WWS held hi hilCinouth. 'We
maraged 445.;capture them hoth f 'ticlfolititi to
Our inprise, that the one led by the ether was
hlittd. Nis faithful friend Wait frying
„to get
him,ort hoaid; wherettewo,,Old have coinfotta-.
ble quarters during a threeyearte erttise.;,2ll'ol
felt no disposition tos kill either, and 'lauded
them, err wharf, Hopranaay thero - „,0 6 iR
this•world; to whom the fidelity of that.; rat
readeth a lesson I
Mot;;;-77-
A tionkt, Vit.bAgg-L—blvery !Naos 'shop itt
,Monroe, Georgia ) has been dosed; Thu
zens ritisett due thonsand
opt s , and shit up 14eiir 4ocins. „
111",..A hnrdy aeaman, who had inictiped'one
'of the late shipawneks on oar mann, ntll4l(rd
by a 'good lady': how he tea when the' cold
Vases broke offer him? 'Wet s ma`mir; ;very
wet." e replied With
1;07A ,cir
clergy ma after service, Met ftiend l
'who had "aat,untlor hiin,l Rad asked whirl ha
thought oldie sermon. "Well you w 6. trot
lone'' "Se' Much' the better." snid tho'reeto4
ant , 'glad wss not tarots." qi3ittl.you
were tedioat,': rejoined the Mend.
LqA gtrXdestl is said aboet.the eithartp
.gaitee °Oldies in dress. Wonder if there it
any eitravaminde among men, in late hours
at the gareingisble, in fast 'horses, in , fine
gars and liquorihAo , Lc,,? = quesa'thersxtrar . ..
agance is not all ou one side, !VF* jilltit
a p
ace of the 41l
coiaits'ould not tiring thedies
gflt:At a late puttlie tate:tit:4, the following
"dry" toast was . giv'en. The author 'yid' get
"buttelve when he reeehesbotimet '
"The Press—the pulpit—nod PetticOits.:
the three rUting phlers of the:d4,,' t
spread:: knowledge; , thii.secorid 1:110114 and,
the last spreads—Cousiclitably.."
, Ittn going to drain this bean into a
knot,' an the lady maid *hilt /standing at the.
hyrieneal altar.
, Mir 'The speaker who took the door* lea
been arrested for stealing 411tribek.
L'ln a dial** which Doted ; with -
himself. the other day, he came to eMtclu
sion tbaetbs best way to succeed with a we.
man is to brag other baby, and trimarrell of
her. bonnet. •
111 E .A Doctor told hit patient that be • 4
take'ao emetic. - "It's ma use," said the pit
tient. "I have tried it berore, and it 1;00 ace"
tut) , on, my stomach five tractions!" , tt,
itel.."Yon look Millar aliZ 4 We ,
koala to the pan-ttake. "1 would utlot. tiuttatt
an insult," said the paarailts, "bat
Um'um*
you bareback statuttioi ite
crA wife wrote home to bee booked Le
Californieouel oostaseeowl bit loser 0/011,i
"Olt tell me eat this absiKeree"eete love,
the longer Toe osey sway th"Ou .1 like
C. 11.,1