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BY S. B. ROW.
VOL. 3HT0. 3d.
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1857.
on, cherish me.
On
i. efcerurit im, my loved one dear,
The world it rtAi-n and oold :
It freese np affection's faur,
And smiles alone on gold.
I've felt its rod, ebill, withering blast,
its heartless, haughty frown
They've o'er my soul a shadow cast,
And woighad my spirit down.
woman's heart was never mad
To buffet lifo alone ;
And woman true will seek the aid
Of man to guide ber on.
There's something in the world's cold scorn
Which binds my heart to thee ;
As some poor, lone, frail, trembling Tine,
Clings to its sheltering tree.
Then cherish me, my lorcd one dear,
And do not deem me old ;
The volumes in a woman's tear '
Were never wrote or told !
A PROFESSIONAL SCAR.
BT AX OLD LAWYER.
Tour kind letter, Harry, came duly to hand ;
and you will bo surprised to learn that a care
less question of yours will draw forth enough
la answer to cover a sheet j "What caused
thst scar on my temple 7"
ft is a professional scar, Harry ; ono that I
have carried ever since my earliest practice ;
and itJ'.hotijh I have now arrived at a tolerable
o'.Jage.aud Live many, many intimate friends,
it is a iu?a! singular fact that you are the first
aid only person that ever inquired into its or
igin. I can tell you all about it, but must a
void names and places, for the parties most
interested in the incident are yet living, and I
Jim under strong bonds of sccrcsy.
In the year , after passing through a long
examination before grave judges and shrewd
barristers, I was pronounced a proper qualified
person to appear beforo juries aud courts for
others as well as myself, and at once proceed
ed to a large southern city, where, by a mod
est little sign over the door of a modest littlo
office, 1 announced my readiness to commence
the practice of law. For three months I wait
ed, but alas! no business came, and I sat in
my office on a dreary night, at about eleven o
ilock, in this very comfortable position : my
money was gone entirely ; my board bill was
to be paid in the morning ; and my rent the
day fwllowiug ; tind I absolutely feared to go
to my boarding house, and waited in what
trcmed the forlorn hope that something in the
way of a fee might appear, either dropping
from the skies, or suddenly appearing on my
drsk. Outside, no step was heard ; and as I
occasionally glanced thro' my window, tho
flame of the street light, moved by the wind,
would seemingly move me homeward ; but I
would not go. A foot-step sounded in my en
try ; a second, and a third, and then a little
delicate knock. I compelled myself to say
Como ia" with a calm voice, although I ex
pected to bo instantly face to lace with a young
woman j tho door opened, and I saw an old
I had only time to move toward a chair be
fore she was in the centre of the room and
(peaking
'I have no timo to sit. Young man, you
are a lawyer : are you good for anything.
My insulted dignity was controlled by an ef
fort, and I answered that I flattered myself
that I possessed some talent lor my profes
sion, or I should not have chosen it.
"Well, well, no gas 5 can you draw a paper 7"
Here again I ventured to remark, that it de
pended somewhat on its nature ; but I saw
from her impatient manner that she wanted no
trifling. Before I finished the sentence, she
interrupted mo with a fierceness of mannur ex
ceeding her former rough one, saying,
"I want a will drawn ; quick ! hurriedly ! but
o strong that all the d Is in h 11 can't undo
it ! Can you do it 7" And she fairly glared at
me with impatience for my answer.
Now you know, Harry, that my legal edu
cation was obtained entirely in a surrogate's
office, and yon may presume that on the law
and forms of last w ills and testaments I felt
myself sufficiently posted up. I accordingly
assured her that I could draw a will which,
though I could not warrant it to pass the or
deal sho mentioned, would, I was sure, bo
proof against tho efforts of all the lawyers in
Christendom.
And now her manner changod from the fierce
and bold to the anxious and hurried.
Come then, quick! quick! young man,
and you shall pocket one thousand dollars for
your night's work !" sho exclaimed.
And, auTazod and bewildered as I was, I
found myself at the neighboring corner, step
ping into a hack, before the startling, but com.
fortablo words, "One thousand dollars for
; our night's work !" had ceased ringing in my
Arars. My conductress followed mc in, and
without orders we were rattled furiously along
tho streets to the House.then the largest ho
tel ia the city. My visions of one thousand
bright dollars kept my tongue bridled, and I
was led in silence up two fights of stairs into a
suite of rooms comprising parlor and two bed
rooms. Tl.c parlor, however, was occupied
by a bed, in which lay an old and evidently
dying man. A servant was with him, but ho
Kit, t:pon a motion from tho hand of my com
panion, who approached the lied and said :
"I have an attorney here, Sir; shall he pro
ceed 7"
Tho old man's eyes brightened up, and, af
ter glaring on mo for a moment, ho spoke :
"If you can draw my will, do It, qnlck ! now,
tor I must uv my breath."
I turned to the table where I found paper,
pens, Ink, and every thing necessary; and by
the light of two sperm candles in heavy silver
candle-cticki, I was soon busily engaged at the
will.
I will not trouble you with tho details, nor,
in fact, do I remember them ; but it is enough
to say that a large amount of property, real
and personal, bonds, mortgages, etc., were
left, in the words of the will, to "my good and
faithful house-keeper, Angeline , as a token
of gratitude for her long faithful and meritor
ious service." But the concluding word of
the will I shall never forget ; they were writ
ten from his mouth, and made mc shudder as
I wrote them. There is something fearful,
dreadful yes, devilish in this deliberately
recording, in what purports to bo your last
written wish, a curse upon your own offspring.
And I felt, as I wrote it, an Involuntary desire
to tear the paper into fragments, and to rush
from tho room, but the thousand dollars were
like so many anchors, and I staid and wrote :
"I leave to my daughter Dora all the satis
faction she can obtain from my hearts curse.
When rags whip about her in her only home,
the street, and dogs share with her the refuse
of the gutter, she may regret that she disobey
ed him who once loved her, but dying, cursed
her!"
There was something like a chuckle in the
direction of old Angeline as tho dying man
dictated these fearful words ; but as I looked
and saw the stern face as rigid as marble, I
concluded I must have been mistaken. I
could not, however, divest tnysolf of a certain
feeling that all was wrong. A rich old man,
accompanied by an old house-keeper, and dy
ing in a strange cit7 ; her anxiety to havo the
will so strong ; the curse on his daughter, and
the large lec, all conspired to make mc feel
that I was being instrumental in the accomp
lishment of some villanious object. Again I
meditated the destruction of the paper, and a
gain my fee and my wants conquered. The
will was finished, and I read it over aloud, the
old man groaning, and the old woman looking
an occasional ascent ; but when I read the ter
rible curse, a new actor appeared on the
scene :
L "Oh ! tear it ! tear it ! Oh God ! you know
not what you do !"
The plaintive tones of the voico touched my
heart, even before my eyes beheld its owner;
but when I saw her. heavens and earth ! what
an angel she was! The language is yet undis
covered, Harry, that is competent to give you
a description of that face ; the eyes dancing
with excitement yet liquid with tears; the
mouth proud as Juno's, yet compressed with
anguish. But why do I attempt description 7
The most majestic, yet sweetest countenance
I ever beheld appealed to me, and not in vain ;
for while the old man, weak as he was, jumped
from the bed screaming "Kill her! kill her!"
I tore the will into fragments, and wo both fell
to the floor, he dead, and 1 stunned by a blow
from the heavy candle-stick wielded by the
old hag Angeline.
When my consciousness returned, I found
myself in my own bed at my boarding house,
my host and hostess my sole attendants. My
mind was clear the moment I looked about mc,
and I knew I had been brought home, and was
now confined from the effects ofthat blow. I
resolved to keep my own counsel, and to as
certain what I could of the subsequent pro
ceedings of tho night. Upon inquiry, I found
that I had been brought home by a young gen
tleman in a carriage, who bad left funds for
the employment of a physician, and had also
left a letter for me. I opened the letter as soon
as I was alone, and found two fifty-dollar bank
notes, with these words :
"You did last night a deed worthy of more
gratitude than our present means enable us to
express. Tho property which so nearly be
longed to the infamous hag who struck you,
will soon be ours, and you shall then hear from
us. May the samo kindness which prompted
you to tear tho paper, seal your lips hereaf
ter as to tho painful scenes of last evening.
Gratefully yours, Dor.v and her Husband."
My first act was to conceal the letter beneath
my pillow ; my second to call my host and ten
der him the amount of my board bill ; to my
astonishment he told me my companion paid
it when ho left the letter. It seemed I raved
a littlo about my inability to pay my host while
I was uncouscious, and thus tho husband of
Dora (Tor I bad no doubt it was ho who brought
mc home) had ascertained the fact and paid
my bill. Added to this, my wound was not
severe enough to need any surgery more than
was ollored by my kind landlady ; so when I
recovered, (which was soon) I had only mo of
fice rent to pay, and then resumed business
with the larger part of the ono hundred dollars
in my treasury. I made cautious inquiries a
bout the House as to the subsequent move
ments of my mysterious clients, but could on
ly ascertain that tho old couplo arrived on that
eventful night, tho old man ordering a pleasant
room in which he could die : that tho young
couplo came by another conveyance, and had
taken other rooms ; that tho old man's body
was immediately boxed up and shipped for the
north under charge of his man-servant ; that
the old woman left alone ; and that finally the
young man paid tho whole bill, and left also
with his wife. To do my worthy host and kind
lady full justice, I must say that they never
even hinted at the matter, and I never had a
question to auswer ; they probably took it for
granted that I had been the victim of somo
broil, and avoided annoying me by any refer
ence to it.
Thirty years of hard work rolled by, Harry,
during which I acquired a family, fortune,
fame, and gray hairs ; but I never. In all that
time, saw or heard of my clients, with the ex
ception of one letter, which was received some
years after tho occurrences which I have re
lated, aud which contained two more fifty dol
lar bills, with the words :
"We are very happy ; God bless von !'
Dora."
But in all that time, I have never forgotten
that beautiful angelic face, nor the mute ap
peal which it made to my heart ; the answer
to which cost me' the deep scar which is the
object of your present curiosity, and a one
thousand dollar fee less the amount received
from the young folks. Neither did I in all
that time, regret the course I took.
Some ten years ago, as you probably remem
ber, I spent a winter in Havana. I boarded
with a Spanish landlord, whose bouse was gen
erally filled with American visitors. But,
strango to say, I passed ono week with him
without a single American arrival; and I was
mentally resolving one day to leave for New
Orleans, where I could find troops of friends,
and rid mys.df of the ennui consequent upon
nyr solitary position, when I heard my host
calling me :
"Sonor, Scnor, los Americanos America
nos !"
Looking from my window, I saw a fine port
ly gentleman attending to his luggage, and an
swering the demands of the thousand and one
leeches of porters who each claimed to havo
brought something for him. Thinking I might
be of service to him, 1 went out, and with two
or three dimes dispersed the villains who,
knowing me for an old stager, submitted to my
orders. The gentleman turned to thank mc,
but suddenly started back, then glanced at my
temple, and seeing the end of my candle-stick
mark peering out beneath my sombrero, he
caught me by the hand, exclaiming :
" We have. nt before), Sir ! glad I am
to seo you !"
And theu, without explanation, he drew me
to the door-way in which stood a matronly but
still beautiful woman.
"Sec, Dora," said he, "is not this our old
friend 7"
At the word "Dora," I started, and there
before mc, sure enough, there stood the Dora
of thirty years previous, still retaining many
of her former charms, but with the marks
of time, notwithstanding, impressed upon her
features.
You may well believe our re-union was most
pleasant ; and after our dinner was over, and
we were out enjoying the sea-brcoze,the whole
slory was told me. I will not give you the de
tails of it; it was long, but the main features
of it were about what I had surmised. Dora
was the only child of a wealthy father ; her
mother died when she was a mere child ; old
Angelina had remained with her father in the
capacity of a house-keeper, and had, while
Dora was away at school, acquired, as is gen
erally the case, complete influenco over him.
Dora was wooed and won by a poor clerk ; the
father would not listen to it ; an elopement
was the consequence ; and the old man in his
rage broke up house-keeping, and taking old
Angeline with him had started for the South.
Dora had followed him with her husband, al
though she knew he would not seo her, and al
though he had always been harsh and unkind
to her, yet sho knew he was in tho last stages
of consumption, and she determined, if possi
ble, to be with him when he died. At the
time of his death, they had been tollowing for
about a month from place to place, keeping
concealed from him,and eluding even the keen
eyes of Angeline. When Dora appeared in
the room, it was only because tho man-servant,
who had been with her father, and who, as you
remember, left the room as I entered, had ob
served their arrival and had kindly gone to her
and informed her that her father could not live
an hour ; she was entering the room to make
one last effort at reconciliation when my voice
reading tho fearful words of her father's curso
caused tho outcry and denouement. Her hus
band, who followed her in, found the old man
dead, Dora in a swoon, me senseless, and old
Angeline in vain trying to put the many pie
ces of tho will together, raving and cursing
like a Bedlamite. Ho and his man-servant
put the old man's body into the bed, took Do
ra to her room, and while tho servant kept
guard over Angeline, he took me home in a
carriage. The rest you know.
I have only to add that, whenever I wander
north, either alone or with my wife and fami
ly, we always stop at tho house of our kind
friends. They have spent ono winter with us
at tho south, and we expect them again the
coming season. And the young gentleman
who studied law under my instruction, and
who practices law with my name on the sign
with his, (as senior partner, although be does
all the business,) is Dora's son, and from cer
tain conscious looks and bright blushes on my
pretty daughter's cheek when he calls, I ima
gine he may be mine too. But of this, Harry,
rest assured I shall not curse her if she mar
ries him.
Hope is the leading string of youth mem
ory tho staff of old age.
COWMOJT SCHOOLS 0? CLEARFIELD CO.
. REPORT OF 1S5T.
Tho follow ing brief account of the condition
of the schools for 18-3G-7, as given by the
teachers at the timo of visiting thorn, will ex
hibit their retrogression or advancement. If
any of the teachers feel due credit has not
been given tj their districts, a moment's re
flection will excuse me from partiality, when
they consider I cannot be in all the schools at
oue and the same time, without possessing the
attributes of omnipresence 'and. 'omniscience.
Some schools were visited from six to ten days,
an4 others from four to ten weeks or more af
ter"' tho opening of tho schools.. Those first
visited will not be fairly represented unless by
a second visit towards the close of the term.
Some schools have been visited twice, a few
three times, but a large majority only once.
It Is a matter, of impossibility to see all tho
schools twlce and do justice to any of them.
Time spent in examining Teachers and
Schools, over four months. I have aimed to
be impartial and thorough in the examination
of applicants, to the extent of their knowledge,
so as to bring out their real qualifications in
the branches to be taught. Having but one,
two or three applicants at a time, I have ex
amined orally, giving each one a slate and pen
cil to write answers and solve problems, per
taining to practical business of she school
room. I have examined this year about CO
applicants singly, that was unavoidable on ac
count of residing in other counties, and this
will be the case so long as we have not half the
number of teachers wanted, without calling
tliera from other counties. From six to eight
thousand dollars are paid annually to teachers
who do not reside In the county. Why not
prepare our own teachers, and thus keep the
money in our own county 7 By making a com
parison between this and last year, it is evi
dent this has been a year of progress and im
provement, in teachers and schools, of nearly
fifty per cent., and another year will tell still
more the happy results of our system of pub
lic instruction, through the common schools.
Exhibitions. Several have been held at the
closest the schools for reviewing the studies
and speaking pieces, highly creditable to the
tcacheis and pupils. These exhibitions have
beeu largely attended and highly applauded
by tho citizens.
Teachers. A number of young man and
ladies of this county who have taught school
the past winter, have adopted Davy Crockett's
motto of "go ahead," and are qualifying them
selves for the profession of teaching, by at
tending a normal school, or some other respec
table seminary of learning. The number of
good teachers is increasing, and will continue
to increase in proportion as their services are
appreciated and tho pay made to correspond
with their qualifications. Directors have gra
ded the salary in some districts according to
the certificate, whether professional or tempo
rary. This is right, and serves as a stimulus
to those who aro deficient, to improve and
qualify themselves better. Teachers holding
temporary certificates may have No. 1 and 2
in some of the branches, and No. 4 and 5, or
0, in others. Such are not fit to teach, and
should not be cmyloyed if better can lc found.
No teacher should bo employed to teach a
branch not named in his or her certificate, as
it would be lost time to tho pupil.
No. or Teachers 70 males, 20 females. 20
of the males hold professional, or No. 1, cer
tificates. The remaining 50 temporary, and
some very poor certificates. 8 of the females
hold scaled, or No. 1, certificates, and 12 tem
porary. All seem anxious to improve and be
useful.
Ages. 12 males are between 17 and 20 ; 26
between 20 and 25 ; 20 between 25 and 30 ; 7
between 30 and 40, and 2 between GO and 70
years. The oldest arc tho poorest teachers,
(over 50 years.) 3 between 50 and 60. Of
the females, 15 are between 17 and 25 years,
and 5 between 25 and 35.
Some eight or ten teachers make no preten
sions to geography or grammar, and are not
good in arithmetic ; others havo improved so
as to obtain No. 1 and 2 in arithmetic, geog
raphy and grammar, who had Nos. 3, 4 and 5
on the first examination. Only one teacher has
been examined to teach the German language,
four in Natural Philosophy, Botany or Physi
ology, and eight in Algebra. I can report 30
teachers by profession, or propose to become
such, and a few holding temporary certificates
are not qualified mentally nor by education to
become efficient and successful teachers. A
man, young or old, with littlo mind, no educa
tional training, and without means to fit him
self for tho profession, had better give up at
once, and eugago in some other business better
adapted to his capacity.
Difficulties. Those which most impedo
the progress of improvement aro tho want of
a sufficient number cf competent teachers and
a uniformity of text books, out-line maps,
globes and other apparatus for the benefit of
teachers and pupils. We havo but 90 teach
ers, (some only pretenders,) to supply 120
schools. Of course some of the teachers are
employed for two schools, to make up the de
ficiency. 110 schools only are in session this
year, the Directors having in some districts
thrown two into one to make the funds reach
four months.
Penis. Whole number abont 4300. There
are 500 more males than females. The aver
age attendance is about f of the whole num
ber, but in many places not over half the num
ber attend regularly. . ,.
Comparison. By comparing this year with
tho last, I find the number in each" branch of
study.es well as the number of branches, in
creased. On ray first visitation of the schools
in the county, not over tun pupila had liceu
thro' any arithmetic. This year upwards of
80 have beeu through Rose, Davies, Greenleaf
or Ray's Arithmetic, and many others nearly
through. There are 205 in arithmetic, 90 in
geography, 100 iu grammar, more than there
were last year. Our Teachers with few ex
ceptions have improved very much. History,
Philosophy, Physiology and Algebra will soon
be introduced into many of our schools.
Miscellaneous. A - County Institute of
three days was held at the county scat in Oc
tober, but politics ran so high little could be
done for education. Four district associations
lavc been organized for the improvement of
teachers and the condition of the schools, via:
Penn tp., Curwensville Bor., Clearfield Bur.,
and Luthcrsburg. I find by note book, seme
parents think their children should learn ;
books or .no books at home, or at school.
Some schools had 4, some 8, aud one only one
pupil at the timo of my Visitation. One pa
rent said 5 ''Master, push my boy ahead ; I
find ho can't tell the difference between Divi
sion and Subtraction." Very well; send
him to school." I see by the tally paper, he
has been in all two days there, and had one
sheet of paper, so smoky and black that ink
would almost make a white mark on it.
Elementary Branches. More attention has
been paid to Orthography, the nature and pow
er of letters, Heading, Mental Arithmetic, &c,
than in times past. Small pupils that can
spell in three and five syllables, with a few
proper explanations in the vowel sounds, take
up and comprehend them as readily, and often
better, than the larger ones, and can tell what
figures govern the vowels in any word given
them to spell. Writing ranks high with many,
aud if the teacher is a good writer, he must of
course be a good scholar in other branches ;
but if the teacher Is a poor penman, let his
other qualifications be what they may, he is
considered an indifferent scholar. As far as
my experience goes, I have found the very
best writers in this county to be very deficient
in other branches, because writing is their
hobby, on which they ride into many a school,
at the expense ol more important branches.
A good teacher may bo a poor writer, while
good writing does not constitute a good teach
er ; yet a good teacher should understand the
system of writing, and write a fair, legible
band, uniform and proportional.
Graded Schools. There are none properly
graded, but many well classified, and in an
other year the prospects will be fair for graded
schools in the towns and villages. The sooner
this is done, the better. It will save time,
money and labor, and not require so many
teachers of a higher grado to do (ho same la
bor. So long as our schools are mixed with
eight or ten branches taught in one school, an
increased demand will be created for a l5gher
grado and greater number of teachers of that
kind whose wages also must be higher. If the
schools arc rightly graded, and all the advan
ced scholars in a District put into ono school,
one teacher ol the higher grade will answer in
place of five or six.
Wages. Male teachers avcrnge from 18 to
$30 per month 5 females lrom $16 to $25, ac
cording to qualifications. In a few places the
teachers have all the same monthly pay with
out regard to qualifications or size and ad
vancement of the school. This is wrong and
does great injustice to the professional teacher.
Applicants. A few applicants, who could
not answer half the questions in orthography,
or give the element sounds of any letter, or
rules of arithmetic to fractions, felt rather in
dignant at the high numbers on their certifi
cates, (a Mr. Hunter was one of tho number,
and said he had tcachtd school seven years,)
while others, satisfied with any numbers, went
away conscious of their being minus, yet with
the laudable resolve to study and improve, so
as to be equal to the best if possible. This
resolution some eight or ten are pursuing with
all the vigor of mind they have.
"Land Office." The suggestion has been
made to abolish tho office of Surveyor Gener
al and give the building to tho School Depart
ment, that Is occupied for that purpose. "The
reasons which sustain this proposition are
strong." "The Auditor General's report for
tho fiscal year 1853, gives the State revenue
from the lands at $17,448.15, and the expense
of the Land Department at $10,097.78. Thus
the State pays over $10,000 to collect a little
over $17,000. What economy! Most of the
land which the State now owns, lies In the
poorer counties, which suffer most from heavy
school tax. Let this land bo given to their
schools, and the $10,000 which are given to
useless officers, be given to the school fond,
and the Land office building to the School De
partment. By this the schools and the State
will be better served. Let the records and ti
tles be deposited In the different counties to
which they belong, and the earliest grants and
patents be placed in the State Library."
Uniform Tax. I can make no suggestions
for the improvement of the school system, that
have not already been made by others ; but I
cannot recommend in terms too strongly to
the citironsof Clearfield ccusty, and evxry
other county with a high school tax, to nsa
every honorable and laudable means to pct-
tion the Legislature on this point to make an
amendment to the law in (his respect. - I can
not do better than nso the language of Super
inteudent Guyer, of Bradford county, who is.
the poor man's fiiend, and a tried and untiring
friend of Education : "The schools sustained
under our common school system, have caused,
such severe and unequal taxation, done so lit'
tie where most needed, that confidence is near
ly lost in the enterprise. What confidence'
can be placed in a system with burdens and
privileges so unequal T No two counties or
districts are similar, yet all unite in supporting
some schools. Where one pays two mills
school tax, another five, a third. 12, and a
fourth 20 or 25, it is impossible to avoid dis
putes, litigation and loss of schooling. The
district with three mills tax can have tea.
months schooling ; the one with five or eight
mills, six months; and those that pay 13 to
20, but 4 months schooling. This inequality
in tax is calculated to excite jealousy and op-,
position to a law that works so unequally."
If a uniform school tax can be substituted for,
the present district school tax, let A. B. and
C. pay equally according to their property,
live where they may, and it will take ofl or lej
sen the tax of not only Clearfield, but every,
county and district that pays a high school
tax, more than one half. Why should A, the
poor man, pay 12 mills school tax and get but
4 months schooling, when B. pays but threo
mills aud has 10 months schooling 7 Tho
tiling is absurd. Tho highest tax payors re-
ceive the least schooling.
I have carefully examined the statistics of
all the counties in the State, ard not ono pays
so high an average school tax as Clearfield.
Cambria is next, and Jefierson next. Dela
ware, Cumberland and Bucks have from 8 to
10 months school with threo mills tax ; Chester
and Lancaster, 6 to 10 months, with from one
to five mills tax. The ball has been put in mo
tion to reduce the school tax to work on all
alike. Let us keep it moving till the end La
accomplished "aud schools prove good enough
for the best, cheap enough for the poorest,
free and accessible to all," which is the duty '
and policy of the State.
My term of office wid expire the 1st of June.
I have done the best I could to promote the
interest of the schools under existing circum
stances. I sincerely tliank the Directors and
citizens for their kindness and hospitality, the
Teachers for the respect shown me, awl the
editors in particular, for their favors in print
ing. A. T. Sciibvver,
April 4th, 1857. Co. Supt.
The statistics of the several townships and
boroughs, will appear in the next Journal.
C7"A long, lean, gaunt Yankee entered a
drug store, and asked :
'Be you a drugger 7"
Well I 'spose so, I sell drugs."
"Wall have you got any of this sontin stuff
as the gals puts on their handke'ehers."
"Oh, yes."
"Wall our Sal's guine to be married, and
she gin me ninepence and told me invest the
hull amount in scntin stuff, so's to make her
smell sweet, if I eould find some to suit, so if
you've a mind to I'll jest smelt round."
The Yankee smelt round without being suit
ed until the 'drugger" got tired of him and
taking him down a bottle of hartshorn, said :
"I've got a sentin stuff here that'll suit you
a single drop on a handkercher will s:ay tor
weeks, and you can't wash it out, but to get
the strength of it you must take a big smell."
"Is that so mister 7 Wall jest bold on a
minute, and when I say neow, you put it to
my smeller."
The hartshorn of couise knocked the Yan
kee down, he got up and after rolling up his
sleeves and doubling up bis fists said, "You
made me smell that tarnal everlastin' stuff,
now I'll make you smell fire and brimstone."
C7""FelIow sinners," said a preacher, "if
you were told that by going to the top of thosa
stairs yonder (pointing to a rickctry pair at
one end of the church) you might secure yonr
eternal salvation, I really believe hardly any
of you would try it. But let uy man proclaim
that there were one hundred dollars up there
for you, and I'll be bound there would be such
a getting up stairs as you never did see !"
E7""Wc met a gentleman or this city yester
day, says the 'New Haven Palladium,' who
had just received from Washington a box of
cuttings from fruit trees. It came by post of
fice, franked. We suggested that he onght to
feel indignant 'at such abuse of a national in
stitution, but he replied, "No, I think that all
this cursed administration is good for is to'
peddle garden seeds. '
C7"The attention of a beautitul little girl be
ing called to a rose bush, on whose topmost
stem the eldest rose was fading, but lelow
and aiound which three beautiful crimson buda
were just unfolding their charms, she hart less -ly
exclaimed to her brother : Sec, . Willie,"
these little buds have just awakened to kiss
their mother before she dies."
- COnce on a time, rich dresses, luxury, ex
travagant fashions, elegant furniture and cost
ly buildings were considered ainiui signs of
are deemed necessary accompaniments ot ir-V
frot, honor and respectability.
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