Raftsman's journal. (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, December 12, 1855, Image 1

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FitES A4 TUB WIND. AND AMERICAN TO TIIS COR
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BY-EiBUOHEB SWOOPE.
CLEARFIELD, .VEMESDAY, DEC. 12, 1855:
VOL 2.-iT0. 19 -TOTAL, 71.
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TIIEHE AliE NO TEARS IN HEAVEN.
J r BY JCn!C T. SCCWARTZ " '
I met a ebibl, his feet were bare; -
': weak frame shivered witli the cold ;
Ilia youthful Urow was ki't with oare, -.
flash icz eves Lis sorrow tuld.
' -SaiJ I. " Poor boy. why weepeft Uou ?"
My parents hvth rsre dead." he saM ;
Lave net wlsrre to lay uiy head ;
'-' : O. I.p.m lore nml friendless no w
Not frieiilcsa. child, a Friend on hih
i'ur you Lis vrt:,;'',u given;
CLscr up atd Lid cath tear he dry ,.
i "I'L-er ere uo tears 5u Jlcuven."
1 d-v.' . taaa in ili'e's ?:y noon, r
-':i!i-a weeiu J J "er fi is youn. wife ' ier ', . .
rTn.i:it r epiirt." he'crivJ, -ej'scoh!"
J(. wr. Lis cl.evk their rolled a tear.
-II44t-jlriken One," sfiM '.
. "Weep Et,iu accctis HJ be tried .
' Tui yci---:tl:ij niy icved ore di;d,
And thu'.i the he so soon fj rot ?"
I'o.voUcd ? still i.-t h-r iovo
sua.:u.i Uiy heait. wiih augi:ih riven;
-ShsveVfcou t" weet thy bri-le r.ljovc, . ' . ,
And diy yoar tc.-.rs iii HiaTsn.- '
'I mw a 'ct.;!o"Ksrt:her wep, . .
-As t fcer ifc'"Wjing fcHmst'ilse prcst'
JLu inf.tr t 'tiv g y aslerp . i .- ' '
; Cn iv- Icin-i i'J:her'j ?::-!fering. breast. .
r.--r i:b. s! ? F-1 prny v.-tren rif more !
. t'-?v.:J--J ; :.' -'1 he i lot i-f aiy J:0'je
k au. v-'ti-to-raa-ltr up ; .
yv bih' ii.i: i t-.'.cL :j de.i; hs louij sbore.;
Yc"- .-; .:'!;:: yl.ld r.o mor) tKgiuf,
.'.i e-"yj ci j JM.S- teiupfcst driv-.u
rL fr, J j'.: bi1 sweet worl.-rilicf : t
'Iheri ar "Bt tears la Heaven.;'',.
Por r traveller o'er life's troubled wave
Cast (jov. ti by grief o'crwhelDicd by cars
There rs cm atovcais s.ive.' 1
; Tbeu yield not thoa to fU ile.iir, '
Lwok upward, uioiwuer.luolv Jibovo! ...
What ihouli the ihui. J-.ts co'-o loud;
The sun shines bright bsyoiid the cloud.
' Ihen taut iu thy rejeeiiier s iov .
Vib'e,re'rc tLy lot in life bc-st.
" Whiit'e'r of or v.oe bo givea; . s .
Pe Smj' rt&t-fcifccr t; the last, , '
-There are to tears in Ilcavea." ' -
; ' - llVom the Cli'L-ssu 'Tiuxcs
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as ixcii'2J(-iK'fe'E.t tirr. ' 1
' Upn what small 'events dr.es tha happiness,
and eren existence of - individuals,, 'often do--v::d!
Soma years r.go, there lived in a snntil
interior, tuwa iu Ohioi a young woman then
but at'teeu years of age- Sha was the ' heiress
of a large fortune held by trustees. The will
ut her fill er strictly ecjolued upon her that
ahe was not to marry until after she hud ter
riiiEafed hr twenty-first year. lie had en
forced this it junenon by 'strong and earnest
appeals to her .)!T.'ction. and by reminding her
t.f th imtimjlv death of tvv) elder sisters who
had bsn married yo;in;
1 had-died child-
Uss shortly after.- Cut, with most .'prophetic
judgement of her future let, he hd added a
atii! stronger in-iucemet to obtain her com
Llidncj with bis rviuest.' He hud stipul.tcd
itut, in cnse of Lr death or niitriage before j
attaining the prescribed age, the trustees
tthould by deed convey ;di his estate. to some
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dUtant relative ,it.e young ana i.anuso.ue ,
girl soon I'ouud Herself the attractive ooject ;
oftheattetit:o::s-3 the devotions, and the un-j
p r;ui;;t: of a score of 'young men of the
r.eig'aiorhood: She was aware of the provis
ions f her lathers w ill, and honestly intended
to comply 'with bis so fervently expressed;
vidual iitoa whose honor, faith and manliness J
her destiny was from that hour to depend.
ii. ut- j ,1 f .ir nf-nni'ilished cirl. and
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.s an heiress of hall a million. lie was out a
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victor at that town. Ho. remained there but
time succeeded j
a few weeks, but during that
too well in leaving a highly favorable
vorable impres- j
ioa cf his w orth upon the heart of the lady.
ile returned iu one month, announcing his in
tention to reside in that village. The vanity,
not criminal, but natural vanity of the woman
wiie gratified; she recognized in this voluntary j
aUft-Iopment of his former home and friends,
to Ulcc up his residence there, a tribute from !
bis. heart to her own l ersonal and mental at- j
t:aet;o:;. He failed not in soon conuVmins j
that belief, uud in proU-sUtiotis of deep auec-
ti-n and 'uraed the inevitable life of w vetch- j
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-ones h. world endure in case, ot tier reive-
tion, as well as by, the' tl'.s; lay If ail the out
ward aceomplishiiieuts and bearing of a gen-tl-er..a'i,
won her love, and obtained from her a
promivi .f a i..ar.iuge. Tbcs'e proceedings
had been secret, and were entirely unknow n
to her "guardian, with whom she resided The
betroihrneiit was soon tollowt-d by an urgent
request for marriage. In her hour of blissful
co nmunion with her lover, she bad almost
forgotten her father's command. It now came
upon her with sudden and bitter force. She
.'answered the proposal of marriage by stating
thai her fathers dying command was that she
should pot marry till twenty -one' This be
tu'H.K.ntinir the fears and superstitions'
o; too. a--sk.ua parent, and holding out to
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Lr iiie alternative cl. obeying &n unreasonable
request .of a. deceaed.--preut,..wade. M heu a
cU' I and, when her capacity for forming, a
i',.i..-.aJiiauee could iot.;.bi determined,;, or j
tfcj, 4:.trv&, ruin, madness of a true aod, hon-.
est heart which couli uot exist if separated
from her. .: ' . . . . .- '
The next objection met with more serious
consideration. 'She told him that she' could
not obtain her property till she was of full age.
Though this wm unexpected, and did not at
,.j.....on t.l. uri r , - 0vdrconie w5th piJef, s!le fainted, and before ; them. To a quart ot juice 1 add tiirce quarts
cate, unreasonao a ' s 8,1C ha.i r;!Cover,d be bad left (he house and .f water, and three pounds of sugar. Jug or
Turee year- atter ler f-.hcr s d.a h, . u c ,; a .a,.s ; h.Ti j. k.t it sc.t without stopper or
t,en being r tmg llUh-J e, with the ineomprcLn.i- j bung until done working; cork it up. In six
acquainted, at a testive partj , wit., an inai iu, b u..u.,, ,H. v.-..,-u-i1! havft n' i.h.as.ant drink. You
all agree with the hopes and aims of the wily , whom she knew coul.l iiot road, to take tlis
suilor, ho was too well skilled, in deception to letter to the post office. This servant, to get
betray his disappointment. He therefore ! l?ave of absence, took with her one of her mis
promplly interrupted her in her explanations . tross' children. To amusj the chilil she al
of the conditions of her. father's will, Ly the : lowed it to carry the letter; and the little one,
niost solemn assurances that with him her-lor-j pleased with the red stamp, as they walked
tune had not a feather's weight; that he loved ; along succeeded in removing it. Tho lotter
her, and that love would he as pure, and as ; was deposited in the oiiice without a stamp,
strung and as devoted bad she been reared in j and was never, of course sent,
poverty instead of the expectancy of wealth.' j A few words more will close this brief histo
Again and again she sought to explain to hiiu ; ry. A month later, the lady's former guardi
tbat with her marriage before the period fix.d ' an, who was a poHl ician, received a Chicago
by her father, she would sicrificc all lu'r cx- 'newspupt-r which had been sent to him be-pt-cted
wealth; but with the , blindness which cans it contained apolitis.tl speech' delirer-ott---n'oT'''i.-.'s
-m-l n;:",l'J a varies and oth- --ed in -this city; after reading it, ha laid it
' er base missions of human nature, ha assured
her that he knew all; that he was aware, of tv
I ervthing; that he had enough, for both, and
J was prepiretl to remedy to tho extent of ;:li h.
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IosiL'sjI,any mcouvenienco sue num o.,... i ,
pecuniarily, from disobeying her father's re- ,
qut-st. In telling her Hi.U' he knew all,, he ;
quest.
.vTf wi falsehood: h ; h.td nnde c.'.r; ft.rr
guised it:fii:ii ies, and by every one whom, he ;
addressed he was told that Oii.-sC would in- j
hi-rit her father's fortune '-at twenty-one but;
not It-fore." It did not sr.it his
'unniaak h:stotives, and, disguising with i:i-
diHerenca hia nuestions, ' b failed to aseer-
tain the whole trutn. apposing tier iaui.1 s i n ly voU di.T,.tj so ,;i:lc;, f yum
will was saui.lv framed to prevent the fortune j t5mj (o .. '(w c'n yoin. rcs;.ionc 'Kose Cot
lulling iu any way, however remotely, j , ell y-,u "may; you b.in.t up all the
the control of her husband before the reached j (1; .r.rcnt rt)SJS:)Ud flowers'an-i fusi about there,
that ni.tfur? age, he desired by marriage to se
cure it ultimately.' He bad good cause for
speed:" with him prompt and secret marriage
was essential, for penniless he could not much
longer iiVajntniii appeirancs. or pay his boatd, j
for which he was largely in arrears.
His apparent' disinterestedness at length
prevailvd o.-er t!ie daughter's obedience. A
falsa statement that' lier.,giiai;diaa had Joroid
ii i in addressing her, wiiy iucess-sn.t mgiug luat
business required his jux'sence in New-York,
r several months, swept away all further ob
jections to an immediite :md secret marriage.
They were married privately at a neigbborivg
village,, and to the bride's surprise, he -flflvi-sed
her return to her guardian's hoits? for a
fw days. He returned to his own lodgings, !
and at once, publicly, every where, and to t.i!
he met, announced his marriage. In a few
hours" he called at the house of his newly wed
d 'd wife, and as he entered it, her guardian,
who had just heard of the marriage, -dso en- as cherries. How do you manage to raise
tered. He was .sternly questioned as to tire j (hji.i Ours is so small, and hardly worth
truth of the report, and he nohly avowed it. piek',..g.'' Til led if you will follow my ex
m -.iking no apology for the unauthorized aet, j p..rienca in their culture. My currant bushes
but assuming the attitude of one who wr.s a- ; are pl.iuied in hills, fet:r feet apart. Theli.sf,
titled to admiration for a most successful ma- , secoed and third years' growth is on the hill,
louvre, lie demanded permission. to see bis i the fourth year's growth is cut out every
wife; she was called; and in their presence ; spring, and not more than tea or twelve stalks
i the guah
li hi bw;iiled the inirirudetice ot t.icsr ;
conduet, and for the flrt time, the hereto. ore
Uy h ,
- fol.fv.itt.d the entire fortune of her !
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Eaided, disappointed, ch-e.it.d, t..t l.uv. .u i
i.,. w.,.r atofmort ana ravea ; ne lunisu uw-
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! .. r,or t-omblin? woman to whom, but a
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His name which f;r many months had been :
coupled ith reproaches and contumely, nev-
I li,..- S!iu iiftiiM not lit!lii;ve Li Ml
r nassed her l!US. sue v.oui i not o':..evo
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er p.wa "i' ;
the mercenary vi.iaiu n. i.uo. ,.,t...i- j
ed. She still clung fondly to the hope that
all the love lie na i proiciseu
and broken in spirit, that hope seeme i w ueep j
her alive.
During March of list winter, the courts had .
set aside her marriage on the ground of fraud, j
ana no one co tewm v. o.
possessor of a nngniticent fortune. IhecaseJ
was noticed iu the papors, and some weeks af- j
tor there c-mo. a Utter to her. It was t.-om. ,
her lover 'and husband.- He had seen that no i
tiee of the annulment of her marriage. . That j
was a relief to him, for he was o:i the eve of.
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marrj mg ag "0 J :
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heard .her story rep-aieu w.tn no ao .
ferences to himself; he .had heard it more
than hinted that she still retained an auction
for him; but, more than all, J:e ascertained
that she was now sole possessor of ti.at fortune
which had so stronijly tempted bim to wrong.
He returned, and addressed her tho letter
liave mentioned. It was full of repentance-;
it proclaimed that bis life since be had left
her hid been one of continuous' misery. He
profes'sed to be unacquainted with what had
t, ikki..1 and with hnmilitv tendered again his
love ' declaring that as he bad been the cause
of her losing her wealth, justice reqoireu mat
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he should share with her tne loiuu.e ue uau
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WlitV Ot WOlllllil SdCTl'UU:!, S ll.UJclll.i:.l. ! ..........
amassed in the growmcr ciry wuere no ,-uot-a " - -
Unknown to any'one she answered that letter, j he speaks as though ho supposed you were
accepted bis love, forgiving and venturing ex-j dreaming, and was afraid of awaking you,
cases for bis past conduct, and informing bim i when he shakes hands ho grasps as though he
that she was now prepared to give Urn that in- thought you had the plague, and was afraid of
heritence which to them had been the .ourco catching it, wc say, from such men and such
of much unhappiness. That letter of her'a was women, Good Lord deliver us. e would ra
destined never to reach him. To avoid any ther live on a cup of water and a crust of
conjectures that might arise if seen to dePo-
sit a letter addressed to that name, she indu
ced, bv a libftrsl reward, a neighbor's servant
down, with soma re mar!; ;oii the extraordi
nary ri owt'i cl the eaty in which it'was prin
ted. Ta- name of Chicago was iicar.l by the
lady ; she took tbepaper. glanced over it, and,
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week she was dead. In thai paper was found
the Rimouneeiusnt of tin m.irri.!ge of her des
troyer.
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Having beou fr s.'voral y".us exp-'rimnt-ins
in culture on mv :nan lot i:i the village
i fron' exp?rie:icp. 2Jy neighbors say,, "it is
1 msv for von to heevoitr bomestaad looking
and then you plant di'derent species of peach,
plum, cherry, and other pits or stones, besidss
grafting them, and apples and quinces too."
All this is right, and if people want health, va
riety, and something to please the senses, the
spiritual, as well as the mental, the eye as well
M lhc e:ir M t:;OS, tilings want attention.
fj1.,r)g0 ment.d as well us physical promotes
health and strength, and there are but few per
sins i:i country places, who. if they would
but have order in their arrangements, would
have time 'to attend . to all these thir,g3.
"There is a time for all things under the sun,"
says a wise m m. Too much time is wasted
at taverns, stores, parties, politics, &c, that
should be spent at home among the family.
a.,i girnishiug your homes. You all express
your delight when walking over my premises.
but Low few are v,nn:ig to put their time to
necessary improvements. La! la! did you
ever see such curre.nts, how full, and as 1 irge
are lett in xtitf t.ni; i: c i;i.i or oeu is nnucneu
ai.d i;ej;t tree Jror.i
:raf
As soon in
the
. aH ihs wi pormit, always let a
f.-.v of each ye.u.'s growth stand; cut out the
ba'danee. The stalk are four oY Jive ieet hb-h
J i.oavy bea: -ers. I make my wine, jelly,
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Cec, when t'ney are perfectly ripe. In jelly, I
use a poun i, or pi;.:, oi -jai. io ; pouiki .
juice to a pound r
le for these last i'iv
can racs. u n you cuousc i,e uo: ui.viuti.
r-T j, e 1 1 ard SlTJuBapt ist s," aro a well
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known sect in the faoutti ana bouiliwest. I iiey
rs t rtf,atad t5, lt wo kntm. of to the llarJ
ShcU Dl.m,,c,,lts o( :.
ew York, though their
CUrh!i;ln namc is the same. They go dead
aU Toniperailcc and Education
Societies; hate missions to the heathen, r.nd
&n njoaurn schen,es fur converting the rest
oimosed to
leirning, and speak as they are suddenly mo-
ycd; A Georgia correspondent relates the
followlns of 0j,, ,lf their preachers : "Two of
t,lvlM w,.,.c ;a tLe sime pulpit together. While
t)ju W:i8 pr,.aChiirr, ha happened to say,
Whi.n Aljr.,iia!jl built the ark." The one
u.hhl l strovu to correct his blunder, by say-
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, ins out aloud Lra.tam wariil liter." Uut
the sneaker pushed on, heedless of the inter
rable re- 1 ,.... i..M-.ti..
....,. :in i or,iv to re?e it more decidedly.
j j;J wJu.n AJ).u:1;lm iuju tire ark." "And I
, sjy ,;crl.J ?hu otllcr l,rilhT.n icam't there.'
. llartl - SllL.n w. too hard to be beaten
j jn lh,s W;)V Rn1 a;UreS!in the people,
, illili;il:lt;outI . s.iy
AhrAhim'wgls thaf.w lhr auovts.
. .
IxniFFEaExcK. We prefer an out and out
j enemy to a milk and water indiflcrcnt friend,
Indifference is perfectly detestable. If a man
; spits in your face, or knocks you down, you
can wipe oli tho one, and if the blow is not too
, ,l:,rJ, get up wnen i.ie eueei -
. - j . j l .. ...V. r. mon liinVu of mil anil
; 8uus,ue.
! j .,..,- a rnn nt t ia aimn limn T,rn
bread, wear nnsey wooiscy, auu .oUi0 vu
grass, than bo under any obligations whatever
to such persons.
- Voting Undsr DiSieultics.
A corrsspondont of the Knlc kerlock;r furnish
es to the Editor of that journal the following
amusing sketch of the purity of the elective
franchise in the state of Ohio. We should like
to have grasped the hand of the patriotic fel
low who was so anxious to vote the tigwhick
et," if it were not for the fact, that ho finally
backed out.
'In the north west portion of the State of
Chio, in tho county of Auglaize, there is a
township, the citizens of which are principally
German, and notwithstanding their 'sweet
accent,' they are all Democrats of the regular
unterriaed stripe. From the time of the erec
tion ot the county up to- 1S32, there never
bid been a whig vote cast in the township spy
ken of, although there were over six hundred
voters; but at the fall election of that year,
upon or.nting the ballots, it appeared that
(he. e was out regular s'r.iight-oul whig ticket,
and they dara not pass it by. This caused
great commotion'; their escutcheon wns djm-iii.-cl:
there was a tc.'.g amongst them; that
bio' must he wiped out, and with their cour
age (Dutch of cours) up to fever heat in the
sha le. thy went to work slyly to find the man
who i:au .i trea to vote tue ; sg
Dkksi
but
their lahors ware unsuccessful.
Iu the mean
time another year rolled ro;d, and the good
'beeples' were again assembled at the. election
precinct. It bad not been forgotten, however,
that f.t the last election wnio one had voted
the-Vig Dieket; and it was now the subject
of open remark and wonder.
'.While they were having an out-door dis
cussion of the subject, Sarn Starrett, a late
immigrant from the eastern shore of Maryland,
came alonz and demanded tho cause of the
commotion. '
Veil, ve vas vondering who it vas wat vo
ted vig dieket at the last election, said an old
Dutchman.
"Ii was me, Sam said, and it 'wa'nt no bo
dy else."
"I dinks not," said the old Dutchman, and
the balance shook their heads incredulously.
I, tell von, it was, though," said Sam,
pul!g out a Whig ticket, f and may I be chaw
ed n: . if I aint going to do it again. I am go
ing to vots't'itf.', (holding out the ticket,) and
voiv;t open. too. I'll let you know that I am
an cric,i Citizen, and I'll vote just as I
please, Hii.l you can't help it by Jemima !"
So in he went to deposit his ballot. There
sat the three old Dutch judges of election,
cairn aa a summer morning ; and true to his
word, Sam hnnded over his ticket, open. One
( f the old judges, took it a few seconds, band
ed ii back toward the independent voter, and
said :
"Yaw, dat ish a Vig dickct."
"Weil, put it in the box," said Sara.
"V;.t you sty " said tho old Dutchman,
his eyes big with surprise ; "put him in do
box ?" . '
"Yes, sirVe, put it in the box ! I am goin'
to vote it !"
. -0h ! nix goof, nix goot ! dr.t ish a Tig dick
ct," said the old Dutchman shaking his head.
'Well, I reckon I know it is a Whig ticket,
and I wan" t you to put it ia the box, darnation
quick."
"Xo, no, dat ish not goot ; dat ish a Vig
dieket ; we not take him any more," said the
old judge, turning to receive goot dickets'
from some of his German friends.
'Sam w ent out and cursed till all was blue
said ho had come thar to vote, he'd be flam
bergasted if be wa'nt goin' to vote in spite cf
alb the Dutch in the township. So, after cool
ing oll'a little, he again went in and tendered
his ticket, very neatly rolled up. The old judge
took it again, and notwithstanding Sam's de
demurring, unrolled it and looked it over ;
then turning to Sam in a manner and tone not
to be misunderstood, said :
"1 tells you dat ish a Fig dickct ; dat it ink
lAx goot ; and dat tee not lake hint any uiose .'"
' ;Sam again retired, cursing all democrats
generally, and the Dutch in particular, and as
signing, the. hottest corners of tho brim
stone region ; and was going on to curse eve
ry body that didn't curse them, when he was
interrupted by an old Dutchman in the crowd,
wiih : ' ; , :: :'a . ,
' "Sam Starrett, I tells. -you vat" it Ish, if you
vill vote Dimercrat dieket, and lcef der goun
tv we gifi you so much mouish as dakes you
vere you cum'd vrom."
Sam scratched bis head, studied awhile,
and then said that as he had come thar to vote
and wan t goin' away without votin', he gues
sed he'd do it. - -
Again Sam made his appearance before the
judges, and tendered his vote. The same old
judge took it, and looking it over quietly,
turned to Sant aud said :
"Yaw, dat isli goot; dat ish a Dimeicratic
dieket !" and dropped it into the box.
It is only further necessary to say that Sam
went back to the eastern shore at the expense
of the township; and that, at that election
and ever since, that German township has
been 0. K.
That is what I call preserving the purity of
elections. '
EG?" A dandy asked a barber if he had ever
shaved a monkey. '"' ' :' '. .' ' .
; If you'll take a seat I'll try,' answered the
lad.
Von. Sweitnel on Polit:c3.
Mine neighbor, Wilhelm, vat you tink of
bolif ics, hey V asked Peter Von Slug, of his
neighbor Von Sweirzel, the Twelfth Ward
blacksmith, last evening, as he seated himself
beside him in a 'bierhaus.'
'I tinks much,' said Sweitzcl, giving his
pipe a long whiff.
Veil, vot you tinks . i
. 'I comes to der conclusion dat holitics is
one big fool.'
'Ah ' exclaimed Pet, after taking a drar.g't
from his mug, 'how'do you make him dat V
'Veil, mine frien, I tell you,' replied Sweit
zel, after a few whiffs and a drink, 'I comes to
dish place ten yesr last evening by der Dutch
Almacic, mit mine b'aeksmit shop. I builds a
fine. little bouse, I poots up mine hellers, I
m ikes mine fires, I gets plenty of worg in,
and makes monisli.'
'Dat is goot,' remarked Pete, at the same
time demanding that the draind mugs be re
filled. I says that I made much friends,' continued
Wilheim, relighting his pipe. 'Der bceples all
say Von Swcitzei bees a goot man, be blows
in der morning, he strikes in der night and he
mind his business. So dy sprIieu to me
many times, and it makes me feel much goot
here, clapping his breast.
'Yaw, yaw, dat ish gocter,' remarked Pet ..
who was an attentive listener.
.. 'Veil, it goes along dat way tree year. Tree?
Let me see, one year I make tree hoonerd tol
ler, der next tree hoonred and fifty, der next
four hoonerd and swenzy, aa.l der next fiv-e
hootidred to'.l.T. Dat make five year, when
old M.ixe der watchman, who bees such a bad
man, comes to me and he say
Swictzel, what makes you work so hard V
'To make monish,' I tell him.
'I dells you how you make him quicker rs
dat,' he say.
'I ask him how, and den he tells me lo go in
to bolitics and get big ofilce. I laugh at bim,
ven he tells me dat Shake, der lawyer (lit
make such burly speeches about Faderland
bes a going to run lor Congress, and Shake der
lawyer dells him to dell mo.' if I would go
among der beeples and deil them to vote mid
him all der while, be would put me in von big
othec, where I make twenty tousaud tollars a
year.' " " "" '
'Twenty tousand! mine Got!' "exclaimed
I'tie, thunderstruck.
Yaw, twenty thousand. Well, by Shinks.
I shust stoji der strikin', and goes to mine
friens, and all der Yaruiins vote for Shake,
and Shake bees elected to der Congress.'
Hero. Mynheer Von Swcitzei stopped, took
a long draught of beeg and fixing his eyes on
the floor, puS'ed his pipe as if in deep thought.
'Veil, mine neighbor,' said Pete, after wait
ing a due length Af time lor him to resume,
'vat you do di.-n, eh V
Well, I ask Mike, der swellhead watchman,
for d:;r oiiie-e, and he dells me I gits him de
next year. I waits till after der next krout
making time, and den I say again,
.'Mike, veil vill Shake give me dat twenty
thousand tollar oiiice V
'In two year, sura,' he say, 'if you work for
for der baity.'
Veil, I stop a blow ia' mit mine hellers and
I blow two year for der party mit mine mout.'
'Two year mit your mout V asked Pete iu
astonishment.
'Yaw, two year. Den again I goto ?Jike
der sweHhead watchman, and dells him I wants
der twenty tousand tollar, and he dells rue in
one more year I gets him sure. I dinks he
be fools me, yet I blow for the party another
year, and den vat you dinks?'
'Dinks! Vy, you gets him twenty tousand
tollar?'
G its him, Ty shinks Mike, der sweHhead
watchman, dells me I les von big fool, and dat
I might go to der bad place, and eat sourkrout.
lie tell you tUt V
Yaw. Sure as my name bes Von Sweitzcl.'
'. 'After you do der blowin uiit your mout for
der barty V -
I 'Yaw.' . ' . : '
Mine Got ! vat you do den, mine neighbor ?'
'I makes a fire in mine blacksmit shop, I
blows! my own belleYs ag.iin. I heats mine own
iron, and strikes mit- tuina own hammer. I
s.iy to miueself,
Wilhelm Von Sweitzcl, bolitics bes a hum
bug and bolificians bes a bigger von. Wil
helm Von Sweitzcl. do your own blowing and
let boliticians do ders !' -
Neighbor Pete thought he had came to a
wise conclusion and after wishing all sorts of
bad luck to politicians, that class of men whose
patriotism and integrity lie in their pocket,
they ordered all their mugs to be again refill
ed, and changed the topic of conversation.
How to Choose a IIi sbaxd. Never marry
a man till you have seen him eat. Let the
candidate for your hand pass through the or
deal of eating soft bo: led eggs. If ho can do
it and leave tho table-spread, tho napkin and
his shirt unspotted take him. . Try him next
with a spare-rib. If he t:complishes this feat
without puting out one of his own eyes, or
pitching the bones into your lap, "name the
wedding-day at once; he will do to tie to.
rXT" 'Cleanliness is a virtue,' . said a moral
newsboy, when he washed his hands iu the
gutter, and wiped tham on the eurbstona.
Ths Eorth Cape..
We cut the following description of the North
Cape of Lapland, from an exchage paper ; i
presents a striking picture of a subhme vicw
of one of nature's wildest scenes:
'Lord Silverton approached the Cape, aud
looked steadily -downward, ne drew a long
breath, and in hushed accents, said:
-This reminds me of Shaksjieare's descrip
tion of the chalk cliffs of Dover, in King Lear.
But vhat are the cliiTs of Dover? But what
are the cliffs of Dover to this North Cape of
Lapland ! This is awful tremendous sub
lime! The whole world has not its equal.
What would not S'uakspeare have written, had
he stood on this North Cape! A sight like
this would make even a common man a poet-:
but tile poet-born would be ttherealizsd
transported beyond himself inspired!' .
-Give me your band, my lord,' 6.aid Herr
Kline.uager, -for I think you have iron nerves
like myself, u:id we may venture to approach
nearer the brink of tiie precipice.'
They did so; and Lord Sih erion, accustoai
ed as he had been to ascend to the rcyal yarda
of a thr?-decker, involuntarily shrank and
shuldered, as he gazed down the blue gulf of
air, .and the saw apparently, miniature waves
break at the foot of the mighty Capa, and
heard the f int echo of their roar.
'T; terrible astounding almost horrible:'
raurmi.red he.
' 'From r.r.r sian liag-pciut to the surface of
the sea below U sheer one thousand feet,' cool-
iv remarked Herr lllingma;;
See the guiia
ana t.:
real 'uuks fiyis; hali-way down.
l.-avor to conceive the sSeue here iu mid-win-
ter,
:en ah is storm aiiu tt.iv.ct.c-is, aud
1 irh.".
the ocean, driven in Luge waves' from tho isy
Arctic regions, burst r.gi'mst this sentinel of
nature this defiant Capo and casts up solid
masses of water in tens of thousands of tons,
hundreds of feet high, against the rock, and
the foamy spray flies a hundred feet above th
summit where we stand!
' 'Listen a moment,' he continued; you feel
the cutting wind, and you hear its shrill whis
tle as it rushes against us; but do you alio
bear a different and most peculiar sound?
'5Tis the loom of the ocean at our feet, is it
not V ' 'Yes; we hear the sound cf the waves
Jrcntirs V-.trrrTil x -T-they liave beat,-wfthou
rest or pause, for thousands of yeais against
the base cf the Cape; and the sound is so faint
at this immense elevation, that one might fan
cy he wes standing on a spot long miles from
the sea. But it is net the echo of tho waves
that I wish you to notice. Bend your hoad
an 1 again li-den.'
'Lord Silverton did so; and now he distinct
ly heard a sound, or A variety of sounds,blen
ded together, so as to produce a species of
wild,' unearthly symphony. There were wail
ing sounds, vibratory sounds, hissing sounds,
moaning sound;, rumbling sounds, sighing
sv.-.uds, rushing sounds, quivering sounds,
sharp, Ro't, end mingled sounds all heard
faintly yet clearly, and impressing, tho hearr
with a pleasing sensation, but unlike the inu
gin iry distant concerts we sometimes listen
to in a dream.
' 'What fresh marvel and mystery is this V
' 'It is no mystery, my Lord, but a very na
tural and simple phenomenon. The singular
and undescribable sounds are produced by the
very same wind that blow s against us, and they
are caused by the resistance offered by tba
wind, on its passage, by the head or front of
the Cape beneatL our feet ; and it is, as you
would observe when sailing around it, not a
plain surface like a wall or bastion, built by
tiands, as it at first sight seems, but grooved,
and rifted, and full of hollows and protuberan
ces, of all sizes and shapes ; hence the singu
lar variety ot sounds, all of which reach tu
here in an undertone ; but were we suspended
half-way down the front of the Cape, we should
doubtless be astonished at their loudness !'
' -To what a depth must the solid founda
tions descend ?' ' "- -' , 'j " -" "
Perhaps they begin miles below our foet!"
' RAcarL. "Rachell will cause much sxcltV
ment here, Mrs. said the young doctor
addressing Mis. Partington, givinj the nam '
theloreign pronunciation. - 5 :'1 "' -J
"I d ire say," replied she; "they are a!wayn
getting np new nostrums to cause a fomenta
tion among the people. Bat do you really
think, doefror, that this Kochelle is any better
than the old-fashioned globular salts ?"
The doctor bit his lips and told her that ha
preferred Roche'lo with a little soda, bat th
one that be had named was the great tragedi
enne, Rachel.-"' '
She looked at him a moment.
"Well," says she, smiling, I believe I am
losing all uiy conscientiousness, and by and
by shan't know nothing." .
The doctor got up to go, taking his Mat a
little ways with him, as some aiheiing vtzx
that Ike had laid down in the chair, pinned
him thereto. Boston Pott. -' '
CT"Description of a bad road. "Stranger,
which is the way to - village ?' -
"There's two roads," responded the fellow.
"Well, which is the best?" - ; -"Aaint
much difference; both on 'em very
bad. Take which way you will, afore you're
got halfway you'll wish you tuck t'other."