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VOL 3.-NO. 31.
BY S; B. ROW.
OLEABFIELD, PA.', WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 1851
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t CJCSHINE OF THE HEART.
Oh ! don't ct sighing through the world,
Thr'i sunshine all the way:
. " IftomH bat do the acts that e'er
Refleot tho blessad ray.
It jlUtena In the grateful taar,
That flowi for kindly deed,
And quivers in the voice that aoba
Iu thank, for help, in need.
- It sparkles oft in radiant smiles,
At to dm, tuned in the heart. .
And guided over the page of life,
With beams that ne'er depart.
It dwelleth in the loving look
- That answers to our own.
And swelleth op a spring of joy,
To selfish tasto unknown.
It smooths the rugged ways of life,
' With carpet soft and light,
' Woven of conscience free from frowns,
.. And impulse acted right.
It cheers the darkest hour on earth
Steclyunder sorrows deep ;
' " And even smiles above the path,
. ' - That leads to dreamless steep.
' From the Boston True Flag.
ITOAXING THE DOCTOR.
Dr. Tallman was six feet two inches high,
and proportionately athletic. Undoubtedly be
would have made a butter farmer thau physi
cian, but bis mother insisted on it that he was
a genius, and that he should be sent to college,
lie went to college, studied medicine, and
cime out one cf the tallest doctors in the
State. He had not much taste for physic, and
tie believe the doctors generally have not ; bet
2i!s father's exchequer was exhausted by the
drains bis education had made upon it, and he
was compelled to follow the life marked out
for him by his mother.
Thcro was no polish in Dr. Tallman's man
ners, consequently lie did not thrive with the
ladies ; and when the ladies get out with a doc
tor, he might as well hang up bis fiddle. He
did not succeed in one place, and changed bis
locality. TLis suited him no better, and he
was obliged to move again, and for ten years
he led a sort of migratory life, till we find him
settled in Spindletown, a manufacturing town
ia New England. He had not been in town
long before the people took a dislike to him.
TJio ladies wouldn't have him, and the young
men made game of him. Already he had beeu
the victim of more than one practical joke,
and bad come to be regarded by the wags,
wits and loafers, as legitimate prey.
.At the house of the Widow Green boarded
two young men, Joe Sibley and Sam Lawson,
who were particularly hostile to the new doc
tor. In vaiu the widow tried to persnade them
that Dr. Tollman was a very clever man, tbo'
a little awkward, and protested that it was a
shame to talk so about him, and especially to
play off jokes upon him.
-The secret of the Widow Green's opinion ot
the unpopular doctor was, that she had had a
violent attack of the rheumatism aud he had
cured her. It was undeniable that so far as
(be abstract practice of his profession was con
cerned, he was a successful physician, and
nothing but his lack of the social attributes of
good doctor, stood in the way of complete
success.
After tea, one cold, stormy winter night,
Joe Sibley felt particularly disposed to do
some mischief, and the doctor was at once sug
gested as the most fitting subject.
"What will we do, Sam ?" he asked ; and
both racked their brains, or that which stood
there instead of brains, -to devise a scheme
that would afford them the most sport.
"Suppose we tum him out of bed to-night
about one o'clock?"
"Good f We will send Ben Jackson up af
ter him. Let him say wo eat something, and
are both poisoned."
"That's the idea ! When ho gets here, and
finds us bcth well and hoarty, won't his eyes
stick out 7"
Mrs. Green, who was in the back room and
beard this precious scheme, thought they
would toot but she was a prudent woman, and
whatever she did, she kept her own counsel.
Ben Jackson was sent for, and fully appre
ciated the joke, promising to lend his hearty
co-operation.
The yonng men went to bed in their sepa
rate apartments, which, by the way, were at
opposite ends of the house, to await the arri
val of tbo doctor. About one o'clocir, they
heard him try the door, and then knock vio
lently. "What Is wanting V asked Mrs. Green.
" Where are the sick men V
"There are no sick men here," replied the
widow. t
"Yes, there are. Jackson just called me out
of bed, saying they were poisoned, and would
die if I did not como right off," continued the
doctor, rather, testily and Joe Sibley could
distinctly hear hira stamp with impatience up
on the door stone.
"Bless me! I didn't know it!" added the
widow.
"Let us in at once. Thc"men may die while
w arc talking about it."
Joe laughed under the bed-clothes, and pre
pared to receive the doctor and laugh at him.
In a moment the widow showed him into bis
room. "Are yon the man that has been pois
oned T" asked the doctor, taking the lamp" and
approaching the bed.
"No! no!"
.Joseph Sibley ?
"That's my name, but I ain't poisoned."
"I see how it is out of his head ; not an
uncommon thing with persons who are pois
wid," renwked the doctor. -
, "But I tell yon I am not poisoned, doctor.
Ton have been hoaxed."
"Just so. I see j ont of hia head. But wo
must be quick. Mrs. Qreen, bring me a spoon."
Joe began to feel a little nneasy, as the doc
tor fixed bis earnest gaze upon him. The
widow brought the spoon, and Dr. Tallman
proceeded to fill the) bowl of it with Indian
root, the nastiest of all the emetics a sick man
ever took, to say nothing of a well man.
"Now, young man, swallow this, and it will
throw of! the poison."
"I am not poisoned, doctor ?" exclaimed
Joe, gazing with horror at the contents of the
spoon.
"Humph ! bad sign. Out of his head must
take it," muttered the doctor to himself.
"Nothing ails me I I am as well as ever I
was in the world I" cried Joe, springing up in
bed.
But it was no use; the doctor was a giant,
and resistance was folly. He seized the pa
tient by the napo of the neck, forced bis
mouth open and thrust the spoon into it. In
vain Joe struggled ; the doctor held bim like
a vice, and ho was compelled to swallow the
filthy stuff.
"Now lie quietly till it operates," said the
doctor, in soothing tones, and apparently un
moved. "I'll bo if I do!" roared Joe, as he tried
to jump out of bed.
"Poor fellow ! be raves again," replied Dr.
Tallman, holding him down again with the
greatest ease.
In a few moments the awful dose began to
work, and Joe was sick enough to lay still
without being held. Calling Mrs. Green, he
turned tho patient over to her care, and de
manded where the other sick man was. The
widow gave him' directions ro that he found
the room, and served Sam Lawson in tho same
manner.
"Bless me!" exclaimed Mrs. Green to Joe,
after the doctor had gone, "I didn't know you
were poisoned."
But Joe was too sick to talk, and both of
the wags lost the next day's work. Tho worst
of it all was, the affair got out, and there was
no peace for the w:cked wags in Spindletown
afterwards. And butter still, Dr. Tallman
made all the capital there was to be made out
ot the joke. It helped him amazingly, and if
he had only had a better tact of getting along
with the women, would have made bis fortune.
No more jokes were played off on him, and we
adviso all young men to be careful how they
hoax the doctor.
A CON VINCING ARGUMENT.
A Roman Catholic gentleman in England
being engaged to marry a Protestant lady, it
was mutually agreed that there should bono
contest on the subject of religion. For some
years after this union, this agreement was
scrupulously observed ; but, in the course of
time, the priest, who had paid them frequent
visits, expecting to find no difficulty in mak
ing a convert of. the lady, began to talk about
the peculiarities of bis religion. He particu
larly insisted upon the doctrine of trausub
stantiation, and grew troublesome by bis im
portunity. To avoid being further teased by
him, she one day seemed to be overcome by
his arguments, and agreed to attend mass with
her husband tho following Sabbath, provided
she might be allowed to prepare the wafer her
self. The priest, not suspecting anything, and
glad on any terms to secure such a convert,
gave his consent. The lady accordingly ap
peared at the chapel with her husband ; and
after the consecration of the wafers which she
had brought with her, she solemnly demanded
of tho priest, whether it was really converted
into the blood of Christ 1 to which question,
be without hesitation, replied: "that there
was a conversion made of the whole substance
of the bread into the body of Christ and that
there remained no more of its form or sub
stance." "If this be really the case," said
she, "you may eat the wafer without any dan
ger, but as for myself, I should be afraid to
touch it, as it is mixed with arsenic." The
priest was overwhelmed by a discovery so un
expected, ard was too wise to hazard his life
upon a doctrino for which be had, however,
contended with all the earnestness of perfect
assurance. Tho lady's husband was so struck
by this practical confutation of a doctrine
which be had before implicitly believed, that
he never after appeared at the mass.
r An Old Bach. A Washington correspon
dent tells the following :
Among the visitors to Mr. Buchanan during
the past week, was Mr. James Maber, the pub
lic gardener, who -presented tho President o
lect with a beautiful boquet. "Jimmy" was
honored by "Buck", with a seat in his arm
chair, and then the following dialogue ensued :
'Buck" Well, Jimmy, this is really a hand
some present, and, if I only bad a lady to be
stow it upon, it would be still more valuable
in my estimation than what it is."
"Jimmy" "Mr. President elect, by the e
ternal, we have taken care of the buck, it is
now for you to look for a doe."
There was a hearty laugh among the compa
ny at the-well timed" bit, in which Mr. Buchan
an joined.
Thebe is a man "down East" so lean, that
when the Sheriff is after him, he crawls iuto
bit gun and looks.out at the touch-hole !
ASCENT OF MOUNT POPOCATEPETL.
From a newspaper published in the city of
Mexico called "The Extraordinary" we copy
the subjoined account of the ascent offMount
Popocatepetl, made by Dr. S. W. Crawford, 'of
tho TJ. S. Army. Tho doctor was, as wo are
informed, preparing a second expedition io
Popocatepetl, with the intention of spending
a night in tho crater, of which he has promis
ed to furnish the "Extraordinary" a full ac
count. It may be proper to note, by the way,
that this mountain Is situated in the State of
Puebla, and rises to the height of 17,716 feet
above the level of the sea :
Mexico, January 24, 1857.
Mr Dear Sir: In consequence of a polite
request that I would furnish you with an ac
count of the ascention of the volcano Popo
catepetl, made by myself on the 16th inst., I
have the honor to submit the following :
Our party, originally consisting of eight,
with servants, &c, arrived at Amecameca up
on the evening ot the 11th instant. Four of
our number had been obliged to return, nd
another, with servants, left us at Amecameca.
At this point, through the kindness of our hos
pitable friends, we procured our guides and
made the necessary arrangements for tho as
cent of the mountain. . When our object be
came known we were at once joined by a num
ber of volunteers, all anxious to accompany us
to tho summit. While some spoke of the sea
son of tho year and of the intense cold we
might anticipate, others told us of a path to
tho crater made by the Indians going up and
returning with the sulphur, and assured us
that at tome seasons the ascent was by no means
as difficult as imagined. - But we found that
bnt few of our friends had been beyond tho
snow-line, and that the mountain had not been
ascended by even an Indian for some months
the working of the sulphur ceasing with the
commencement of the rainy season As we
8a t at night watching the moon slowly rising
behind tho mountains, and lighting with a
ghastly glaro their frozen summits, stretching
away in sublimo beauty to the clouds, we felt
that the task we had undertaken was no light
one ; but there was a fascination about the un
dertaking that we all felt. There, in her cold
shroud, lay the Iztachihuatl, or white woman ;
while there, in silent watch, wrapped in his
icy mantle, stood the monarch of mountains
of North America. An effete civilization had
invested bim with a mystery that rivalled in
Its poetic wildncss the mythology of tho an
cient Greeks. A God had dwelt there, and
for ages bad controlled the sentiments of mil
lions. The lion heart of Cortes has identified
it with his wondrous career, and tho genius of
Humboldt has consecrated it to science.
The morning dawned beautifully, and, as our
arrangements were not yet completed, wo
rambled over the Sacramento at tho back of
town and visited the beautiful grotto upon its
summit. A lovely view awaited us, and wo
have rarely seen a more enchanting spot. At
Amecameca our observations showed an ascent
from tho city of Mexico of some flvo hundred
feet, and the increasing cold assured us of ihe
fact. At noon we took leave of our kind host
and turned our horses' heads towards the moun
taius. We soon reached Tomacoca, a small
rancho, where a good mil is in operation, turn
ed by a beautiful stream from Iztachihuatl.
We were here joined by a party., among whom
was Don Pablo Perez, a gentleman who had
been engaged in extracting the sulphur from
tho volcano, and who had pursued the occupa
tion for three years. His ascents had been fre
quent, and we felt re-assured by bis resolution
to accompany us. Our road now was up, over
steep ascents, through the cedars and pines;
wild flowers of every hue grew through tho
tangled shrubbery. The labored breathing of
our horses plainly told of tho change of at
mosphere, as our path gradually led us through
tho clustering pine trees to Tlamacas. We
arc now ascending the mountain, and the rich
loamy soil and ashy earth through which our
way led gave evidence of tho fact.
By sun-down we arrived, much fatigued
from our day's journoy, at Tlamacas, a settle
ment created for the convenience of those en
gaged in the extraction of sulphur. The night
was exceedingly cold and comfortless. The
thermometer stood at 28 Fahrenheit,while our
barometrical .observations showed an ascent
from Amecameca of over 5,000 feet. Instead
of tho rest so necessary to us, wo passed
another disturbed night, but day at last
dawned beautiful and clear and our guides
aroused us to tb ascent.
Our party numbered twenty .including guides
and peons. We "set out from Tlamacas on
horseback as far as La Cruz, some thousand
feet above. Here, with two of my compan
ions, I set out on foot; the remainder roda on
some distance. At the same time we all join
ed, and. after our final arrangements of our
packs, &c. we grasped our spears, and, protec
ting our eyes from the reflection, set out upon
the snow, our guides ahead, the Indians with
our packs following. Our first start out was
steep and amid frozen snow. The guides and
indians struck boldly out without spear or
.staff; tho rest of us, clinging to our snow
spears, slowly followed. Up we went some
eight hundred feet, when, getting in advance
of the party, we halted to take breath. Bes
piration had become labored and difficult, and,
as I sat exhausted on the snow, a deadly feel
ing akin to- sea-eickneea came aver ma. Ral
lying, however, I looked aronnd for my com
panions, and of all those who bad joined us at
Amecameca not one remained. Two of my
friends, with the guides, were above me shout
ing to us to follow. On we went, slowly and
tediously. The difficulty of travelling in
creased with every step. The servants who
accompanied us bad all given out, and, taking
the barometer from one who had sank exhaus
ted, I joiued my companion above. On we
toiled some hundred yards further, and again
we stopped to rest. Our number was now re
duced to four and our two guides. The same
sickness I had experienced was now felt by
others ; the oppression was extreme. An an
gry cloud swept around the brow of the moun
tain, and a snow-storm seemed inevitable.
The cold was intense. My companions com
plained loudly of their feet, and so great was
the suffering of one of them that I persuaded
him to return. One only accompanied me for
a short distance, when ho returned, with one
guide, to follow his descending companions.
I was now alone with one guide, and but half
way to the summit, and, as clinging to the ice,
I looked dbwn at my retreating companions
and heard tho shouts of tboso at the foot of
the mountain, I almost regretted that I had
not yielded to their solicitations to accompa
ny them. My solitary guide now rebelled,
and I was obliged to bribo and even threaten
him to induce bim to accompany me. Up, up,
for what seemed an age, wo clambered over the
fields of frozen snow. The ascent had become
more and more difficult, as, breaking the ice
at every step, we progressed slowly and tedi
ously. Once rnoro I turned to look back from
tho dizzy height. Ono mis-step and inevita
ble destruction awaited us in the abyss below.
Tho stillness of the grave was over every thing,
and, recoiling from the sight, I looked dewn
no more. To go on for more than eight or ten
paces without stopping to take rest was impos
sible, so rarified had the air become. At one
time, after an extraordinary exertion to reach
my guide, I fell exhausted, and for some mo
ments was unconscious. The blood gushed
from my nostrils. Chocking it with the fro
zen snow, I rallied and clambered on. My
guido more inured to such trips, had now got
far ahead. The sickning sensation I had at
first experienced returned with redoubled
force. As I again sank exhausted on the snow
a heavy weight seemed pressing upon me, and
everything appeared to grow dim again, when
I was aroused by loud shouts from my guide,
as standing high above me he shouted "the
crater, the crater." Up, up, again I climbed,
clinging to liis foot-prints ; one long painful
struggle more, and I sank exhausted upon
its brink.
What a spectacle ! The incessant toil of
eight hours, hunger and cold were aliko for
gotten, as, lying down upon the snow, 1 drank
in, like a refreshing draught, the sublimity of
the scene. Tho hugo crater yawned in horri
ble vaFtncss at my feet; sulphurous odors is
sued from every side. An awful stillness per
vaded every thing, and 1 looked into Its depths
with a feeling I never before experienced.
Before me stood the southwestern side, dark
and gloomy; huge rocks roso from its depths
craggy and precipitous, while far below the
golden hue of the burning sulphur added to
the picturesque and sublima scene. I looked
around me and the world seemed stretched be
neath my feet. The lovely Valley of Mexico,
with its lakes and mountains, lay like a map
beneath met to the south and west lay the Ti
erra Callcnte, its bills red in tho setting sun.
A misty rim of silver showed the Gulf of Mex
ico far to tho eastward, and the frosty top of
Orizaba rose gradually from the purple land
scape. Though conversant with nature, I
had never before beheld her in such magni
ficence. To remember that sight must ever
be a glory ; to forget it can only occur with
the general decay of tho faculties.
Jt was fast growing late, and, planting my
snow spear, I hung up my barometer. I look
ed around for my guido ; ho bad fallen asloep.
Arousing him to a sense of his danger, he im
plored me to descend or we would be lost.
Not a foot would he return in any direction,
as, deaf to my entreaties to assist me to enter
the crater, he protested and threatened to
leave mo. I descended a little distance into
the crater for some specimens of lava and ba
salt, and returned to again arouse my guide,
who, exhausted from his efforts and overcome
with the intense cold, had again fallen asleep.
It was now highly dangerous to stay any longer,
and, carefully taking my barometrical and
therraometrical measurements, I prepared to
descend. One more look at tho abyss, black
and dreadful in the deepening shade, one more
longing gaze at the glorious prospect as it
grew more lovely in the evening twilight, and
I left the scene. For awhile we descended
rapidly as we followed our ascending tracks,
but at last tbey had frozen ; and, as if sudden
ly, the whole mountain bad become a sheet of
ice- It was this that my guide had feared.
The sun had now set, and darkness was fast
coming on and our danger increased at every
step. My guide lost me, and I had to make
my dangerous way alone. The ice had now
become so bard that it was almost impossible
to break it, and it was with great difficulty that
my snow spear snstained my weight. Strik
ing it fn advance ef me, I slid down gently to
its foot, and sustaining, my weight as I best
could while I struck into the ice ia advance of
me. I was on the edge of a great baraec cr
ravine. Excited by the peril of my situation,
I progressed rapidly on.; I know not bow long
I was in descending. .. At last the black ashes
appeared beneath m, and I heard the loud
shouts of the guides sent to look for me by my
friends, who thought I waa lost.
One more slide and I was upon the earth.
The nervous excitement that had so long sus
tained me was now gone. I had taken no food
or drink the whole day, and an exhausting de
pression followed. My guide again joined me,
and we took our way towards the rancho.
Near La Cruz Imet my horse with tho guides
that my thoughtful friend Fearn had sent in
search of me. In a short time I was among
my friends, and with a hearty supper around
a blazing fire my toils were forgotten.
Very respectfully, yours,
S. W. CRAWFORD.
NEEDLE MAMA.
Charles Sumner, M. D., gives a rather
strange account in the Rochester (N. Y.)
Union of a case of mania for sticking needles
and pins in the flesh :
The subject was a young lady, nineteen
years of age, of nervous temperament, very
healthy, and the daughter of a respectable far
mer in Butternutts, Otsego county, N. V.
She first came to my office April 28th, 1853,
to have a needle extracted from her left arm,
which she said "got in accidentally as she was
moving a bundle of carpet rags." This, is a
medium sized sewing needle, was soon found
and extracted from the anterior aid; of the fore
arm, about midway between tho wrist and the
elbow. In less than a week she called again,
saying she had another needle in her arm. X
examined and found deep in the bend of the
arm, a bard substance, which proved to be a
needle similar to the first, and accounted for
in a similar manner. Oue week after this the
arm was very much swollen, painful and pre
sented the appearance of malignant erysipelas,
wliicU continued about six days. . .
The writer then goes on to detail the extrac
tion of a large number during a period of a-
bout three years, and winds up as follows :
The whole number extracted was, of sewing
needles, 2G7 and these were of all sizes, pins,
G7 ; darning needles, 2 ; hair pins, 5 ; knitting
needles and wire, each 5 total, 383. Great
efforts were being made on the part of the fam
ily to detect her in the act of inserting the
needles, but iu vain. It was ascertained by
comparison that most of them were taken from
a box of needles which had lain in the house
for along time. This waremovcd, but she
contrived to use the same kind, cvidcutly from
a supply secreted about the premises." Almost
every means has been resorted to, to find the
reason for so strange a laney ; but nothing has
yet developed it. Sho is firm in her denial of
knowing when, how, or why she did it ; simp
ly saying "it, must be that I do it, for I know
no one el.se does." Sho is perfectly sane on
every other subject, although the effect upon
her general health has been bad, yet during a
great share of these years of suffering she has
performed her accustomed portion of house
hold duties.
Da. Hank's Doo. The Arctic dog brought
home by Dr. Kane, has strayed away ofTin Al
leghany. He has become the property of James
McArthur, timber dealer in Oramcl. The re
cently intense cold weather has kept this, large,
black, shaggy animal in high spirits. When
they take him into the forest among the tim
ber hewers, where he can do no barm, and re
move his muzzle, he cuts all sorts of pranks,
seeking tho deepest drifts, and actually bury
ing himself for delight ; you can see the dry
snow move, but no semblance of a dog, till on
a sudden out he pops, giving his hairy fleece
a tremendous shake, and away he runs for an
other dive. Mr. McArthur calls him "Eski
mo," (Esquimaux,) not a very smooth name,
but characteristic. To look "Esk" fair in the
face you sec almost a likeness of the black
bear, though his eyes are rather languid. His
long, soft, shaggy covering is nearly equal in
bulk to his body. Wheu left run at large in
the village, he wears a muzzle to prevent bis
destroying tho pigs and chickens. Sew York
Daily Advertiser, March 3.
Rrr-LYiNQ to an Ixsclt. During tho late
war with England, "an American officer, who
carried a flag of truce over to the British lines,
after having dispatched the business of his
mission, was invited by the British officers to
dine. As usual on such occasions, the wine
was circulated, and a British officer being cal
led upon for a toast, gave, "Mr. Madison, dead
or alive ;" which the American drank without
appearing to give it particular notice. When
it came to the American's turn to give a toast,
he ghve "The Prince Regent, drunk or sober."
"Sir? said the British officer, bristling up
and coloring with anger, "that is" an insult."
"No sir," answered the American, "it is only
a reply to one."
C7"Mrs.Enoa married-women, living in
New Haven, Ky., killed a man named Robert
Ford, in Bardstowo, last week, for seducing
her by means of chloroform, some time since.
She met him in a store and shot him with a
pistol. " :- '- -
Kp-Tbe Judiciary Committee of the U. S.
Senate, to which had been referred the rrottt
against the validity of Simon Cameron'a elec
tion, reported in favor of his right to a seat..
A TETE A3TD T0TCHI2JO IKCIDEHT,
The Glasgow Christian News givea thefol-"
lowing, as "no fiction, but the plain trnthj
A young man and his wife were . preparing to
attend a Christmas party, at the house of mt
friend some miles distant. "Henry ,.my dear
husband, don't drink too ranch at the party to-,
night; yon will promise me, won't your"
said aho, putting her hand upon his brow, and .
raising her eyes to his face with a pleading
smile. "No, Millie, I will not ; you may trust
me." And he wrapped his infant boy la a
blanket, and they descended. . The horsea ,
were soon prancing over (he turf, and pleasant ,
conveisation beguiled the way. "Now don't ,
forget your promise," whispered tho young,
wife as she passed up the steps." Poor thing! ,
she was the wife of a young man who loved to -look
upon the wine when red. The party, pas
sed off pleasantly ; the time of parting drew
near, and the wife descended from the upper
chamber to join her husband. A pang shot .
through her trusting heart, as she met bin,
for he was intoxicated bo had broken hia
promise. Silently they rode homewaad, save
when tbo drunken man broke into anatchea of
song or unmeaning laughter. But the wife
rodo on, her babe pressed closer to her grieved
her.it. "Give me the baby, Millie I can't
trust yon with bim," said be, as they approach
ed a dark and somewhat swollen stream. Af
ter some hesitation she resigned her first-born,
her darling babe, closely wrapped in the great
blanket to his arms. Over the dark waters
the noblo steed safely bore them, and when
they reached the bank the mother asked for
the child. With much care and tenderness be
placed tho bundle in her arms, but when she
clasped it to her bosom, no babe teas there I It
had slipped from the blanket, and the drunken
father knew it not. A wild shriek from the
mother aroused him, and he turned round just '
in time to see tho little rosy face risjone mo
ment above t'je dark waves, then sink forever.
What a spectacle ! The idol of his heaat gone-
gone forever atid that by his ow n intemper
ance. The anguish of the mother, and re
morse of the father, are better imagined than,
described.
K7"The Bellefonte IVkig gives an- account
of n number of persons in "the great State of
Snow Shoe," Centre county, disposing of a
Mrs. Shealer, who, we presume, is a rather
"gay" lady, in -a very novel manner, week
before last. After having divested hen of all
her clothing, they gave her first a coat fit honey :
and then a coat of feathers. "Honey and
feathers," is a new kink. The lady wss lodg
ing nt a M-. Foust's house, the roof of which
was torn off, and his stable burned, by the reg
ulators. Sr.Loris, March 10. The Independent cor
respondent of the Leader, under date of the
31 instant, announces the arrival of the Salt
Lake mail, having been three months on the
way. The trip was the coldest and most per
ilous ever made across the plains. Many of
the Indians on the route had died from, cold
and starvation. They had eaten their own
children, because they could procure no game.
Ax Arab Mare. The Kentucky Stock Ira
porting Company has recently brought over a
veritable Arab mare, which is now in. New
York. She is a long, well knit, shajK:ly crcat
uae, of a greyish color, above-the avcraga
size, with very large muscular thighs, and
marvellous elasticity in every movement.
Her value is estimated at 510,000.
ETThcy have a new method of "garroting'
in Buffalo, which it is said is not painful. As
a gentleman was about leaving a house in the
fashionable quarter of the city, where he had
spent the evening, a pair of white arms were
thrown aronnd his neck, and his lips were sti
fled. The suddenness of the attack deprived
him of all power of resistance.
mm m T
"Lot's Wxfb." Dr. Durbin, the greatMeth
odist orator, once attempted to preach from
the text, "Remember Lot's wife, and made
a failure. Afterwards remarking to Dr. Bond,
that he did not know the reason of bia failure,
the venerable doctor replied, that "he bad bet- .
tor thereafter let other people's wives atone."
C7"Nobility and gentleness go band In
hard, and when I see a young gentleman kind
to bis mother and gentle and forbearing to hia
brothers and sisters, I think be ha a nolle
heart.
If we would have th kindness tf others, we
must endure their follies. lie who cannot per
suade himself to withdraw from society, must
be content to pay a tribute of his time to a
multitude of tyrants. -
E7"To kill bed bugs tie them by the hind
legs and then make mouths at them until vou
get them into convulsions, "after which crawl
around on their blind side and stone thunder"
out of them.
..ivinm. IU NJ IUU Ik
would take as many massea to pray souls ou -
ION ,, I r. ,1 .... MA n A . . -
ri6wij, u ii uuui iaKo snowoaua to -heat
an oveu. , - .
Cyin China, if a vourir man in not married'
by the time he is twenty, he is drummed out
of town. No place for bachelors among the
Fura-Fums, it would seem. . . . . ;
C7"In Siam the penalty frr tjiiig is to have
the mouth sewed up. Suppose such a!w-
were in force here, what number of mule ;
we would have.