BY S. B. BOW."
VOL. 3.-NO. 34.
CLEAIMELD, PA., AVEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1857.
Fr the "Journal."
TO THE W.I N D S.
' BT HTRRH KAT.
1" roil us winds, but can y tell
, WA4r u-f cam or xchtrt we dwell ?
I) wild, wild winds, your awful toned careering
Calces all the grandeur of this goul unfeariug ;
Kouees a tempest of sublime emotion.
Restless and heaving as the far-off ocean.
Long have you slept but gloriously ye waken,
Strong as the bill whose Brm bnso yo have shaken,
1'rouii as this soul, (but what is that to others.)
Keck less and wild as the waves, thy brothers.
Come ye ret nearer ! for your tread of thunder
Wakens in mo no feelings of poor wonder.
JIowl ye and shriek ! yourcrionof phrenxied mad
Fill Die with joy, intoxicate wiih gladness, ness
Tjko me, I prny yo t as a leaf, or blossom,
Lift me and bear me on your heaving bosuni ;
Lending tho impulse of your grandest passion,
Mould ye my thoughts to a diviner fashion.
fcage, forye're roused me from my silent slumbers ;
In a now rythm will I write my numbers ;
Troud as are ye. to your wild tone agreeing
Chime the fall pulses of my poet being '.
Rage, for I love you ! and your awful power
Hecms to my naturo as its own true dower ;
Thus will I struggle, and with strong endeavor
J-ook onward, upward, to my God forever.
Lumber City, March 18tb, 18S7.
For the '-Raftsman's Journal."
THE INDIAN OIKL AT HER TOILET.
BT MART HAMILTON.
Here sits the little Indian girl
Upon a turf of grass :
The mors grown stone her toilet 1,
The clear blue lake her glass.
She gathers wild Sowers fresh and gay,
All plucked from nature's bed ;
ho views her image in the lake,
A lid tt'U adorns her head.
THE HUNTER'S DREAM.
AJ I.tCIDEMT or MISKIKQCM TALLET.
Some thirty miles above .Marietta, on tho
Muskingum river, in the State of Ohio, ia a
beautiful portion of land, known in early times
as .!.c Big Bottom. In order to have it set
tied the Ohio Emigrant Company gave a huu
dred acres of land to all actual settlers, and in
the autumn of 1790, a company of eighteen
went up from Marietta, located their tracts and
commenced building (or the winter. A large
block house was first erected, capable of ac
commodating all their number, if necessary,
while two brothers named Francis and Isaac
Choate, erected a small cabin on their pieces
of land, and two other brothers named Bullard,
also erected a cabin several rods lelow the
block bouse, on tho bank of the river. Thus
were the little company situated, and being
mostly young men, without families, and little
experienced in Indian warfare, they neglected
two of the most important duties of a pioneer's
life, tiz : barring their doors at sunset and pla
cing a sentinel without to give these within
atopic warning in case of an attack.
. In the month of September, a young man
named Joseph Waugh, went up from Marietta
to spend the fall in hunting. The hills near
there abounded In all kinds of game, while tho
numerous salt licks in tho vicinity were visi
ted almost hourly by deer. The most delight
ful of all seasons, Indian summer, threw its
liazy atmosphere over the tinted landscape, as,
early on a cloudless morning, young Waugh
started forth with his trusty rifle on his shoul
der for a day's hunt. Rising the high bank on
the cast side of the bottom, he halted a few
moments to gazo upon the scene presented to
his view. The smoke from the block house
and the two cabins, rolled up through the trees
and was lost ia the cloudy atmosphere, while
here and there through tho forest, the waters
of the beautiful Muskingum sparkled brightly
in the first rays of the morning sun. The birds
were Just singing their matin songs of praise,
and their soft echoes sounded sweellf among
the arches of naturo's home, while countless
squirrels, with their long bushy tails, and
graceful motions, wore springing from branch
to branch on almost every tree, stopping now
and then to bark at the intruder, or anon to
leap on tho ground and rustle tho leaves at his
very feet.
Suddenly the breaking of dry tw igs startled
him, and turning, he discoverod a noble buck
walking leisurely along, and stopping occa
gionally to brouse from some favorite bush,
while he was unnoticed. Fearing to stir,
Waugh remained perfectly motionless, await
ing the nearer approach of tho animal. Thir
ty yards only Intervened between them, and
an opening among the trees presented his
whole form to tho eye of the delighted hunter,
when ho set the triggers and leveled his rifle
at the heart. The deer hearing tho sharp click
-of tie triggers, stopped, and his keen eyo had
just discovered his foe, as the loud crash of the
rifle rolled among the trees, causing the birds
to cease their songs and the squirrels to quit
.heir gambols. Instead of dropping dead,
Waugh was astonished to see the buck throw
Lack his head and disappear in a deep ravine
near by. Uttering a few words of disappoint
ment at thus missing bo fair a shot, he hasten
cd to the spot where the deer stood, and upon
examininff it discovered a drop of fresh blood
n the leaves, whereupon loading his rifle with
tho utmost care, ho started upon the trail.
Although young.ho had taken lessons lrom old
and experienced hunters, thereforo he easily
followed the trail, although, after a few jumps
the Mood had ceased to flow. For hours he
followed its course, hich for the first five or
six miles led in a circuitous route from the
Muskingum, then seeming to run uearly paral
lel with the stream for several miles, when
turning a square corner, ho seemed making di
roctly fr.the river. Upon following It a hrl
distance, he wai surprised to find that some
person had struck tho same trail and was fol
lowing it ahead of him. For a moment he
could scarcely believe it could be so, for no
other person from the settlement below was
out, and it was thought that no Indians were
withiu a hundred miles, yet tho leaves that had
been misplaced, together with the twigs and
occasionally a spear of grass that had been
bent in that direction, wero proof positive to
a hunter's mind. With a bold heart he resolv- i
cd to solve the mystery, with cautious steps
he procoeded onward. It was afternoon when
ho reached the bluff bank of tho river, some
ten or twelve miles above the settlement, and :
after taking a careful survey of the bottom and
seeing nothing, ho proceeded towards the
stream. In the sand that lines the water's
edge he saw the tracks of the buck as he en
tered the river, and close by, the Well known
prints of a pair of rnocasins. The deer had
swam the river, while the Indian had gone on
up to cross at a ford some two miles above..
After revolving the matter in his mfud for
same time, Waugh concluded to give up the
chase for the present, and returning to the
bluff bank, he sat down at tho foot of a large
oak to rest. For a few minutes he thought of
the strango adventure, and many were the
conjectures he formed as to what tribe the In
dian could belong to, and why he should be
here apparently alone. Being, however of a
romantic turn f mind, he was soon absorbed
In contemplating tho scene by which he was
surrounded. Afar oil" he could discern tho
hazy atmosphere, seeming like a light cloud
that had descended from the skies to piny amid
the tree tops, and the rays of the noou-day sun
fell through it with a dreamy sort of light
which caused the mind to wander away in the
vacancy of nothingness.
The birds had ceased their songs and sat on
the thickest leaved branches, seeming to par
take of tho same dreamy nature that pervaded
all things around, and only hero and there a
solitary squirrel could be seen leaping among
the branches. The little rill that flowed through
a ravine a few yards distant, alono seemed fil
led with life and animation, and it coursed gai
ly along leaping over a stone or a root with a
murmuring sound that seemed more like arti
ficial music tho longer we listen. The lulling
influenco of the rivulet, the lazy motions of
the squirrels, and tho sleepy attitude of the
birds, were too much for the weary hunter to
withstand, and ere long his eyes were closed
in sleep, his head dropped forward on his
breast, while his breathing becamo heavier
and more stead v.
As this change came over his physical na
ture, a change also took place in his mental
faculties, and a different scene was presented
before him. The ravine by his side, the tall
forest around him, and the river in the distance
passed away, while he seemed to be in the cab
in of tho brothers Choate. They were all sea
ted arour.d the rough table, engaged in their
evening meal, and Francis Choate was telling
of his day's adventures in the forrests when
the words were frozen to bis tongue as the hor
rid Indian war-whoop broke the stillness with
out. Seizing his rifle, Waugh ran for the riv
er and there saw a party of Indians surround
ing tho block-house. As there was no chink
ing between tho logs, he could plainly seo
their forms by tho light of tho huge fire blaz
ing within, and by tho aid of starlight, he took
aim at one and fired. Groat was his joy at
seeing his victim fall to the earth, and loading
again as soon as possible, ho again fired, and
again his faithful rifle had done its duty. At
this moment two rifles in the hands of Indians
were discharged, and a white man's voice in
the agonies of dispair, cried, "Oh God, havo
mercy on mo !"
He awoke, with a sudden start, whilu the
cry for mercy still sounded in his car. Gaz
ing around him, it was several minutes ere he
could collect his scattered thoughts sufficient
to remember whero he was and how he came
there. Getting up he looked on nil sides, but
could see no living thing moving, but a flock
of turkies that were passing slowly at tho foot
of tho hill. So great nn c fleet however, did
his dream have upon his mind that he feared
to shoot at them, and keeping on the liigh
hill, so as to have an extended view on either
side he started for the settlement.
It was just dark when ho reached it, and cal
ling all in the block-house, ho related bis day's
adventure, together wi h his fearful dream.
In expressing his fears for the safety of tho
settlement, ho was laughed at for superstitious
whims, as they termed them. That night ho
slept in tho block-house, and again he dream
ed the same dream ; Choate was telling his ad
ventures 5 they heard the same yell; he killed
the two Indians, as before ; and tho samo aw
ful cry of mercy awakened him. The next
morning they were told of the remarkablo co
incidence in the two dreams, and were again
warned to beware of tho threatening danger,
while ho was again laughed at by a majority of
tho settlers. It was, however too much for
him, and after two or three days unsuccessful
hunting, ho left for Marietta, after begging
them to be prepared lor a better defenco,
should they bo attacked.
A few days afterward, a trader, on his way
to Marietta, stopped there for the night and
told them that the tribes above were sending
their squaws away, which was a sure sign that
a attack on some wbit settlement was Inten
ded. He further stated that a small hunting
party had been down that way and discovered
their settlement, by one of their number trail
ing a deer, which upon shooting he found had
been shot the same day by a white man's bullet.
For a time, this news caused them to keep
their rifles in shooting order, but as a month
or so passed by without anything transpiring,
the same careless negligence as before perva
ded the block houses and both cabins. Thus
the full passed nwuy and winter drove tho beau
tics of the Indian summer from the scene, and
winter took, possession with all tho pride of
conqueror.
It was at the close of a cold and dreary day
that the persons who lived in the block house,
were just preparing their evening meal. Some
wero cooking provisions over tho fire, somo
preparing their few dishes, and others were tel
ling stories without a thought of Indians en
tering their mind, as an attack in the middle
of winter hud never been heard of.
Tho eloj-kness became deeper without, but
the huge warm fire seut its blazing warmth
and cheerful light over the whole apartment,
so that all other lights were entirely dispensed
with.
Suddenly the door swung open a huge In
dian stepped within, while several rifles were
fired through tho open door and over half the
number fell dead on the spot. All the others
were killed except two brothers, named John
and Philemon Stocy. John, a young man just
in the prime of life, rushed up the rude stairs
and tried to make his escape through the roof.
He was discovered however, by the Indians
from without and knowing lie was seen, ho
said, "Do not kill me, for I am the only one
left." His answer wassthc report of a rifle,
and feeling the ball enter his vitals, he cried,
"Oli God, have mercy on me J" and fell to
the ground a corpse.
Philemon, the youngest of the two, hid him
self in one corner of the building ; but being
found was about to bo dispatched when a chief
interposed, probably on account of his youth,
and saved his life.
While this work of death was going on at
the block house, another scene was transpir
ing at the cabins.
In Choatc's cabin they were just engaged in
eating supper, as a small party of Indians en
tered. Thinking they were friendly, a portion
of tho meal was olfered them, whereupon they
were seized and bound. Upon being told they
would not sutler if they kept still, but that in
stant death would be their portion if they made
the least noise, seized their rifles aud went out,
and sooii discovered the attack by hearing the
cries of young Stacy, fled to the woods and
made their escape. Hastening to Marietta,
the dreadful news was told and the next day' a
company started for the'Bottom, among whom
was Waugh. Upon arriving there, they found
the cabins had been burned down and tho block
house set on fire, but the logs being green
nothing had burned but the roof and floor.
Piled in the centre lay tho unfortunate men
who h id fallen easy victims to their own heed
lessness. They were so charred and disfigur
ed by the flic that only one or two were rec
ognized. So, digging a largo grave in the
centre of I ho building they wero all consign
ed within it when tho party left with sad
hearts for Marietta. All wus silence and des
olation, where but a few moments before was
life aud animation, while the cold winds of
winter, as they swept among tho leafless trees,
howled a dismal dirgo above their untimely
graves.
In tho spring a few persons went tip there
and built a cabin or two, but no permanent res
idence was established until five years after
wards. Arch Bisnor Ilconxs Displaying: Himself.
A very singular scene was witnessed at tho Ta
bernacle, in New York, on th 2Gth March. A
meeting was held there, that night, to aid the
movement for promoting Irish settlements in
tho We t, which was addressed by a priest
from the West named Tracy. As soon as he
was through Archbishop Hughes rose and de
livered a severe rebuke to him. He said that
Tracy was introduced to him a few days before,
and had asked permission to eclcbrato Mass,
but had not asked permission to address this
meeting nor even alluded to it. He charged
him, therefore, with having acted in bad faith,
and rebuked him for daring to hold or address
a meeting without first obtaining tho Arch
bishop's consent. From reading the tirade
levelled at this priest's head, tho impression
is forced upon the mind that tho Archbishop
allows no freedom of action to those under his
archiepiscopal control. They must ask his
gracious leave before taking any step in pub
lic. Poor Tracy tried hard to defend and ex
culpate himself, but the bulk of the audience
being composed of thoso who submit from
habit to the dictation of their church dignita
ries, they slunk away, awe-struck, and left
Tracy under ban for his contumacy.
C7"Beautiful is the love and sweet the kiss
of a sister," says an old paper. Exactly so,
and of a pretty cousin, too. And if you have
not a sister or a cousin, try somebody else's
sinter or cousin ; it's all the samo.
E"A gentleman who has a very strong do
sire to be a funny man, sat down upon a hoop
ed skirt the other day, and with a desperation
equal to any emergency, ho whistled, "I'm
sitting on the fylt, Mary."
For the Rafisman'$ Journal.
SCHOOL GOVERNMENT.
At a meeting of the "Curwcnsville and Pike
Township Lycoum and Teachers' Associa
lion," March 7th, 1857, the subject of School
Government being under consideration, Jesse
Broomall read the following communication ;
after" which a resolution was adopted request
ing u copy for publication.
Wobtht PitbsiDEST : Individuals who are
desirous to be employed as teachers or instruc
tors of children and youth, should, in the first
place, qualify themselves to instruct their pu
pils in the several branches required to be
tanght in the schools they wish to enter.
They should also qualify themselves to govern
their schools with a good degroo of modera
tion and temperate fueling. Teachers can
then, with great propriety, ask such compen
sation for their services as will remunerate
them for the time, labor and expense they have
incurred in preparing themselves to become
instructors of youth.
The first duty of a teacher when he enters a
school wherd he is a stranger, is to he very
careful of the danger of making an unfavora
ble impression upon the minds of his pupils.
An unfavorable impression created at first may
prove fatal to his success both as a disciplina
rian and teacher as long as he remains In that
school. Jacob Abbot says, when he was a
small boy, "we were thunder-struck when our
new teacher, with a stern voice and sterner
brow accosted us thus: "Takeoff your hats!'
Take oft your hats, and go to your seats!'
The first emotion was that of surprise, and the
second was that of the ludicrous." No doubt
an impression made on the minds of children
so unexpectedly would remain with theni as
long as they lived : so strong arc impressions
received in youth. I do expect, "take oft"
your hats," would bo a by-word with the boys
in many a playful gambol while that teacher
remained. The writer is of opinion that it
would have had a much more wholesome ef
fect upon the minds of the children for the
teacher at such a time to go among them, take
some or all of them by the hand, inquire after
their health and the health of their parents,
make remarks on the state of tho weather,
&c, and endeavor to show a degrco of socia
bility that nearly all children uic pleased with.
In this way a teacher would gain the good
will of his scholars from tho commencement
of his school.
All teachers of any experience have, or
ought to have a plan digested and settled in
tho mind before they cuter the school room,
how they mean to conduct it. Their duty
then is to put their plans into execution as
they come in courso and the writer's advice
is to follow out those plans until they arc
found not to answer the end intended, or until
better offer. Dr. Blair says, "He who every
morning plans the transactions of the day, and
follows out that plan, carries on a thread that
will guide him through tho labyrinths of the
most busy life." Thoso teachers who com
mence school without any system, cr without
much idea of classification, and let business
take its chance, will tind themselves in a short
time 60 burdened in endeavoring to do many
things at once, that they will scarcely find
time to do any thing as it ought to be done.
Young- teachers, or those who have never
taught, we cannot expect will have very many
good plans. They had better apply to the Su
perintendent, or to somo experienced teacher,
for advice in opening and conducting their
schools. In commencing school, a new teach
er should do but little the first day, other than
having his or her pupils properly seated, as
certaining their names, how far in different
branches they arc advanced, and above all, re
quire them to sit and do nothing during va
rious portions of the day. At such times,
watch the children clooely, without seeming to
do so observe ou whom this treatment sets
easily, and who aro irritable under it. By
this means, the dispositions of a largo number
of pupils may be obtained with a good degree
of accuracy.
Tho writer don't think it needful in govern
ing a school to have very many rules, and
what there are may be short, somewhat like
these "Keep yourselves clean. Let every
one attend to his own business. Do to others
as you would have others do to you. No whis
pering or leaving seats during study hours."
I don't mean the above should be adopted in
all cases, or even In any they aro only sam
ples of what teachers might choose.
As n general thing our schools are governed
too much. Children have, commonly, too lit
tlo to do during school hours ; hence their dis
positions and inclinations lead them to find
something to do, and what they find is not al
ways the thing most needful to be done. Ma
ny a teacher, therefore, thinks those whose
youthful misconduct is somewhat reprehensi
ble and who come immediately under his no
tice, must bo governed forthwith, while oth
ers they don't seo are equally guilty. It is
not best, as many teachers do, to seize only on
those particular cases of transgression, which
may happen to como under their notice.
Those individual instances are probably very
few when compared with the whole number of
faults, even of tho same character, against
which the teacher ought to exert an influence.
It is of but littlo consequence to punish one
particular transgression. Tho grand point is
to devise somo plan to reach the whole evil,
and to correct it if possible.
The best plan that I have discovered Is for
the teacher to give a short lecturo on the sub-
jeet, enumerating a number of transgressions,
from his note-book or from memory, with tho
date of the offence, Some of which the chil
dren no doubt thought the teacher had no
knowledge of, and of others that ho kmd for
gotten. Appeal to the children's own good
sense of what is right or wrong; make no
promises of punishment, but rather let them
know they are not to receive any at this time.
The salutary effects of this proccs have often
been realized. I am fully aware that there arc
vastly too many teachers in our country from
whose month an appeal to the children's good
sense of propriety, would be wholly in vain
it would literally be like firing a popgun a
gainst the heights of Abraham. The man who
is nccustomed to scold and storm, and use th
terms blockhead, scoundrel, dunce, numskull,
or, if yon do that again I'll knock your head
ofl', without doing any such thing or ever in
tending to do it with many other degrading
names and threats and all this because chil
dren do not completely comprehend the thing
that has never perhaps been clearly explained
to them, or who magnifies trivial faults into
great offences, and then punishes the offender
while under the influence of irritation or an
ger. I say pitch teacher must not expect to
win over his pupils to have conli It nee in him,
or to the principles of their own duty ; but on
the contrary an appeal will not be lost when it
comes from a man whose daily and habitual
practice is laudable and excellent and corres
ponds with his profession. Hence we may see
the indispensible necessity of employing teach
ers of pure morality and fervent piety, as the
Instructors of our children and youth.
Children ought to havo plenty to do in
school. To this end I would furnish every
child, large and small, with a slato and pencil,
or paper and crayon, that they might make
letters, write, draw, scribble or do anything
to which their inclination would lead them.
When the small children are through their
lessons, if in summer, let them out into the
open air to amuse and exercise themselves as
they may sec proper, until the time arrives for
the next lesson. Here wo may see tho great
necessity of shade trees near a school house.
The writer knows by considerable experience
the salutary effect this practice has upon small
children.
Children should not be permitted to whisper
and leave their scats during study hours; and
in order to alleviate tho monotony of this
rule, permission might be given at the end of
every hour, to whisper, leave seats for special
purposes, or communicate by signs, during a
period of three or four minutes ; but nothing
should be done at this time to interrupt the
studies of those who do not w ish to participate
in this privilege.
There are teachers who seem to think before
they go into their schools what sort of living
things boys and gills are, and any common
case of youthful misdeeds docs not surprise
them they look for such things and prepare
themselves accordingly.
There is another class, and perhaps far tho
most numerous, who seem never to make it a
part of their calculation that their pupils will
do wrong forget that they themselves once
were young and when any misconduct oc
curs, they become unsettled and irritated, and
look and act as if something terrible had bro
ken in upon "the spirit of their dreams."
Much has been said and written in latter
times on the subject of abolishing corporal
punishment in schools ; and there has been
withiu my recollection a very perceptible a
batement, as far as my knowledge extends, of
that kind of punishment called flogging, put
ting a split stick upon tho nose and standing
tho offender upon the stove-hearth standing
on one foot'and holding up one end of a bench,
and all that sort of thing. When the writer
commenced going to school, say about the be
ginning of this, the 19th century, the above
kinds of punishment, and many equally curi
ous I could mention, seemed to be a large part
of the discipline of our schools. Tho teach
ers were foreigners but they could teach.
Had 1 and my cotemporaries had the advanta
ges in school books and other things in thoso
diys that children have now, it is uncertain
where our learning would have found bounds.
But to return there are some children so per
verse and ill-disposed that there seems to be
no way to reach their moral perceptions or
nerves of sensation, but through the pores of
the skin. If this is the fact, it does seem that
the "threshing machine" ought not to be to
tally abolished at this time.
In order to avoid corporal punishment as
much as possible, in cases where otherwise it
would appear to be needful, my advice is,
when children happen to be in a fretful hu
mor, any unpleasant command that is not in
dispensable ought to be avoided, for it is best
to prevent collision at a time when children
seem disposed cr determined to disobey.
Finally, never represent to children any
thing that is not strictly in accordance with
truth never make a promise that is not in
tended to be performed never threaten a pun
ishment that is not intended to bo executed.
tT7"Tho man who knowingly circulates a
lie, may have to pay the truth for it, and be
punished besides.
i -f n
C"Ingratitude Is a homeless dog, which
Htoi upon all and ds-fondi nons.
A SOUTHERN OPINION.
The Louisville Journal contains a long and
able communication, signed "A Kentucky
Lawyer," reviewing and denouncing the de
rision of tho Supreme Court in the Dred Scott
case. The Journal says it was written by on
of the ablest men and soundest jurist in that
State: The author says' s
"The majority cf the court decided In this
case, that plaintiff Scott, being a negro, could
not be a citizen of Missouri that therefore th
court had no jurisdiction or power to decide
the case on its merits, and ft was accordingly
dismissed for Kant of jurisdiction.
Having so decided, the court should havo
topped there, nud not attempted to go any
further into the case. All beyond that was
extra-judici;il, and entitled to no further res
pect than if the judges had expressed the
same opinions in a debating club, or had pub
lished thera in a newspaper, for the undisguis
ed purpose of aiding a political party."
This is precisely th-j ground oceepied by
the Republicans of th-s 2-orth. We append
tho concluding paragraph t
"The inference from the whole is that these
Judges, in thus attempting to overrule former
decisions and thwart a course of legislation of
more than sixty years standing, are endeavor
ing to deprive Congress and thereby the inhab
itants of a Territory of a proper, beneficial
power, indispensably necessary (o the perma
nent well-being of the Territory. Such a re
sult should never be attempted but upon com
pulsion and for reasons of the clearest and
most Indisputable sufficiency. Such is not at
all the character of the reason upon which
these Judges have ventured' t6 base their in
timated opinions. On the c6ntrary, no lawyer
will feel that he hazards anything in character
izing them as about the flimsiest and least sat
isfactory that ever influenced the opinion of
any respectable tribunal upon an' important
question, .fj to the nation acquiescing in tuck
an ojiinion, the idea is preposterous. Instead or
q.iicting the subject, it will only serve stilf fur
ther to inflame the controversy, by stimulat
ing the already too highly excited jealousy of
Northern people against the imputed nnduo
influence of the slaveholding power."
Fortt-Two Ykars Coirtsiup. We find in
the New York News the following marriage)
notice: "At Wilmington, on the 29th Feb.,
Asahel L. Beers, of Albany, N. Y., and Miss
Ann Uidcr. Their united ages are 124 years,
and the courtship commenced forty-two year
since."
A fo-ty-two years' courtship ! Why, dur
ing that time we have concluded one war with
England, and almost had two more ; have in
vented railroads and steam printing presses;
had a war with Mexico ; invented the electric
telegraph ; brought out spirit rapping and dis
covered the northwest passage ; annexed Tex
as, and brought to light the' gold of California;
have extended our national area 200,000 or
BOO ,000 square miles, and arrived at such a
point of civilization as to appoint special cor
ruption and investigating committees in Con
gress. What great results have been attained,
all about us, during the forty-two years it has
taken the modest Mr. Beer's to "pop the que- '
tion 7"
Sharp. Three small boya went into an a
pUhecary's store, a few days since, when tho
youngest urchin cried out : "A cent's worth of
rock candy" "Don't sell a cent's worth,"
was the reply. The boys adjourned outside,
and held a consultation and then entered, all
smiling. "Do you sell three cents worth ?
"Yes, I will sell three cent's worth." "Well
wedontwant any," was the quick responee,
as the boys left the store.
7A young gentleman was lately engaged
in teaching mutes. lie w-aa explaining, by
signs, the use and meaning of the particle,
"dis." and requested one of them to "writu
on the blackboard a sentence showing her
knowledge of the prefix." A bright littlo
one immediately stepped forward and wrote
the following : "Boys love to play, but girls
to display."
CZTThcre's no use in saying that worth
makes the man. A poor acquaintance says
that he put on a borrowed suit of broadcloth
to accompany his family to the show, and was
surprised to find how affable 11 bis acquain
tances were. Tho ucxt day ho entered town in
his overalls and was not known, nor could ho
obtain credit for a mackeral.
Taking Care op the Baby. "Mother?
Mother! here's Zeke fretting tho baby."
"Make him cry again, Zeke, then mother will
give him some sugar, and I'll take it from hiru ;
then he'll squall and mother will give-' him
more, aid you can take that, aud we'd I oth
have omc."
E7"An Irishman was asked at dinner wheth
er ho would take some apple pie. "Is it houl
some ?" inquired Teddy. To be sure it is j
why isn't it ?" "Becanse," said Teddy, "I
once had an uncle that was killed with apple
pcxy, and, sure enough, I tho't it was some
thing of the same sort." ' 1
DC7Tn the museum at Pifilutin is flea
skin containing seven misers' sotils, vcven rich,
men's consciences, the ''principles' of seven
leading politicians, seven old bachelors' hearts,
and all tho remaining sweetness of seventy Ol4"
mna.