VOL. i&
BY S. B. EOW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, JULY .22, 1857.
OTHING MORE.
In a valley far I wandered,
O'er the meadow pathway green ;
Where a sinking brook was flowing,
Like the spirit of the scene!
Aoi I saw a lovely maiden,
With a basket brimming o'er
With sweet buds, and so I asked her,
i'ora flower, and nothing more.
Then I chatted on beside her.
And 1 praised her hair and eyes,
And like roses from her basket.
On her checks saw blushes rise
With her timid looks down glancing,
She said, wonld I just pass before ?
Bat I said that all I wanted,
Was a smile, and nothing more.
So she slyly smiled upon me,
And I still kept wandering on;
What withblushin. smiling. -chatting,
Soon a JMief,, half hour was gone.
Then she told mo I must leave her,
For she saw her eottage door ;
But I could not tiil I rilled
Just h kiss, and nothing more.
And I often met the maiden
At the twilight's loving hour,
With the Summer's offspring laden,
But herself the dearest flower.
And she asked me, what 1 wished for 1
irown more bolder than before,
With impassioned words. I answered,
'Twas her heart, and nothing more.
Thns for weeks and months, I wooed her,
And the joys that then had birth,
Made an atmosphere of gladness,
Seemed encircling all the earth.
One bright morning, at the altar,
A white bridal dress she wore;
Then my wifo I proudly made her,
And I ask for nothing more.
TALC OF FROXTIER LIFE.
THE OUTPOST.
Towards the latter part of the year 17-51, the
French, aided by vast bodies of the Huron and
Iroquois Indians, had begun to make them
selves very disagreeable neighbors to the Brit
ish and American colonists in northern Vir
ginia, Ohio, and the northwest portions of New
York State the French by their encroach
ments on the frontier, and the Indians by their
numerous forays, and savage barbarity to all
who were unfortunate enough to fall into their
hands.
To put a stop to these aggressive proceed
ings, ntsmerous bodies, both of "regulars" and
the colonial militia, were dispatched to the
several points assailed ; and amongst the rest,
a Col. Henry Innes, with a company of thirty
men, among ihem were a party of some dozen
Virginia riflemen, was ordered to occupy a
small ontpost, or log fort, which at this period
stood within a few miles of the north fork of
the Allegheny river.
Having arrived safely at their quarters, the
little company set about righting up the old
post to make it as comfortable as circumstances
would permit ;- and this being done and order
once more restored, sentries were placed at all
the advanced points of the station, while the
strictest vigilance was both enjoined and exer
cised by day and night.
Among the Virginia riflemen who had vol
unteered into the company, was a tall, manly,
fine-looking young fc!Iow, who, from his fatal
and unerring skill as a marksman, bad receiv
ed the somewhat awe inspiring nom de plume of
Death. But with whatever justice this name
had been applied to him for his skill, his dis
position certainly entitled him to no such ter
ror spreading epithet. On the contrary, he
was the very life of the company.
His rich fund of mother-wit, large social
propensities, and constant good nature, ren
dered him a general favorite with the men ;
while the never failing stock"of game which
his skill enabled him to supply the mcss-tablc
of the officers with, not only recommended
him to their good graces, hut caused many a
'short-coming" of his to bo winked at and pas
Bed ever in silence, which, otherwise, perhaps
he might not have got ever so easily.
The company had not been stationed at the
fort much more than a week, ere Death, in one
of his excursions for game, discovered that at
a small farm house, some three or so miles dis
tant from the fort there lived a certain Miss
Hester Standhope, whose equal in beauty and
amiable qualities he had not seen before. And
to render himself still more certain of the
fact, he called the day following, under cover
of the pretenco of having left bis powder-flask.
Death was invited to come again, by Farmer
Standhope, who happened to be from the same
parish as the father of our hero; and we need
scarcely say that the invitation was accepted,
and, as often as circumstances would" permit,
complied with.
The second week after this occurrence took
place, was marked by two events, which,
though Loth affecting the welfare of the little
community at the fc-t, were of widely differ
ent degrees in importance.
. The first was, that Death had cither sudden
. iy lost all his skill as a marksman, or, that the
game had removed to a safer and more distant
neighborhood, for the officers' larder had been
fomd sadly wanting in the items of wood
cocks, blackcocks, parmigan, &c, for tha week
fast and ths second and most important of
tho two events, was, that in regular succession,
lour sentinels had disappeared from the ex
treme left line, without leaving the slightest
trace to elucidate the mystery of their disap
pearance. This last circumstance struck such dread in
to the breasts of the rest of the company, that
BO one could be fonnd willing to volunteer to
take the post well knowicg that it would bo
only Uk signing their own death warrahtjto
do so ; ad Col. Innes, not fishing jo wilfully
sacrifice the lives of his men by compelling
them to go, enjoined double caution to the re
mainder of the sentinels, and left the latal post
unoccupied for a night or two.
Two or three reconnoitering parties had been
dispatched off round the neighborhood in the
hope of finding some clue ' to the mystery, or
of obtaining some intelligence of the enemy,
but they had eaeh of them returned as wise
as they started, with no reward for their troub
le save weary bones.
It was on the third night of the desertion of
the post, that our hero, Dca'h, was returning
to the fort, after paying a visit to Standhope
Farm. The moon was up, hut her light was
nearly all obscured by the dense masses cf
clouds which at every few minutes were driven
by a pretty stiff breeze over her face, while the
huge trees, now all in full leaf, creaked and
groaned, and bent their tall forms to and fro,
as the heavy gr.sts rushed whistling in among
their branches.
Our hero had approached within a hundred
yards of the termination of the forest that
skirted the small open space in which the fort
stood, wheu suddenly he paused, and crouch
ing down on his hands and knees, crept cau
tiously forward a few paces. Having remained
in this position tor several minutes, he again
stealthily retreated in the manner he had ad
vanced; and plunging into the forest again,
emerged at a point considerably lower than
where he had intended to leave it before.
Col. Innes sat reading, alone, in his private
apartment, when an orderly entered and in
formed him that one,of the men wished to
speak to him.
'Send him in," said the Colonel ; and at the
next minute our friend, Death, had entered,
and made his best bow to his commanding of
ficer. "Well, what scrape have yon been getting
into now ?" said the Colonel, when he saw who
his visitor was.
"None,Colonel," replied Death, "but I have
come to.ask a favor."
"Let us hear it," said the Colonel, "and we
will then see what we can do."
" Well, Colonel, it is simply this if yon will
put the 'rifles' under my orders to-night, and
let me occupy the deserted post, I will not on
ly clear np the mystery of the disappearance
of the four sentries, but make the post tenable
for the future."
"But how ?" said the Colonel, in intense
surprise.
"I guess, Colonel," answered Death, "you
had better let me have the men, and order ns
off. and I'll tell vou the whole affair after. I
promise you that not one shall even receive a
scratch, that is if they will follow my direc-j
tions implicitly." j
"You are a strings man," said the Colonel,
"but I think I will let you have your own way
this time. When do you intend to start ?"
"In about an hour's time," answered Death.
"Very well, I will give the necessary orders,
so that you can start when you think proper.
And what is more, if you perform all that yon
have promised, and don't cause me to repent
having humored you, you shall have poor
Campbell's place."
nector Campbo'l was a brave but a very
headstrong young Scotchman, who had occu
pied the post of Lieutenant at the fort. In a
sudden freuk of daring he had volunteered to
stand sentry at the fatal spot from which three
sentinels had already so mysteriously disap
peared and he paid for his rashness with his
life.
"Now, my lads," said Death, as in about an
hour after his conversation with Colonel Innes,
he approached the deserted post, at the head
of a dozen riflemen who had been temporarily
placed under his orders, "I will tell you what
we are going to do. . The long and the short of
the affair is simply this, its a gang of them cus
sed, thievin' Iroquois that have circumvented
and carried off our four men shooting them
with their arrows, and then decamping with
their bodies.
To-night, as I was returning to the fort, I
suddenly thought I heard the sound of several
voices and creeping on my hands and knees
toward. the spot, got nigh enough to see and
hear that about a dozenlroquois were there and
then arranging their plans to surprise the fort
to-night intending to steal in upon it, by the
point which their cussed devilry had rendered
so easy of access. I only stopped long enough
to learn this,when I hurried off to the Colonel,
and asked him to place you at my disposal, and
here we ore. I did not say a word to him a
bout what I had learned, but determined that
if possible the 'rifles' should have all the hon
or of exterminating-the varlcts. And now I
ask yon, are you willing and ready to follow
my orders ?"
Every man cheei fully answered in the affir
mative, and with quickened palscs, and san
guine hopes, the little company again moved
forwa rd.
The post consisted of a long, narrow space,
bounded on each side by a rocky, shelving
hank ; while its extreme end was closed in by
the dark and impenetrable looking forrest.
The bank on each side of the pass was thickly
covered with brush and underwood, and among
these Death now carefully concealed hia moo ;
taking care to arrange them that their fire
would cross each other, and bidding them not
to fire until he had given the signal ; and af
ter tby Lad fired, not to stop to reload, but
clubbing their rifles, to jump down and finish
the struggle in that manner.
With steady alacrity each man took up the
post assigned him ; and in another minute, the
spot presented the same lone, still and solemn
appearance it had worn previous to thcie ar
rival. The little company had begnn to grow very
impatient, and Death, himself, to fear that the
Indians had either rued of making the attempt,
or else had changed their plan of attack,when
suddenly his quick eye detected the form of
one of his crafty foes issue in a crouching po
sition from the deep shadow which the lofty
trees threw far up the pass.
"Tbree-six-nine-twelve-thirtecn,"counted
Death, as one after another they emerged in
single file from the wood, and with quick cat
like stealthiness of movement'ndvanced up
the pass; their rifles in trail, and their faces
and bodies rendered still more hideous and le-:
rocious looking by the grotesque marking of
their war-paint. On they came, swiftly and
silently, and all unconscious of the fate that
was in store for them.
The foremost of the band, whose command
ing stature, wolf-teeth collar, and eagle tuft,
at once proclaimed him as chief, had advanced
until he was directly opposite the bush in which
Death was hid, when the latter with startling
distinctness suddenly imitated the cry of a
night owl, and discharged his rifle.
Eight of the Indians fell by the volley .which
the remaining riflemen now poured in upon
them ; but, strange to say, one of the five who
did not fall, was the chief whom Death had
aimed at. This unusual event was owing to
the following cause ; the branch ot the bush
on which he had studied his arm in firing,
had suddenly yielded at the momant he dis
charged his piece, thus rendering harmless his
otherwise unerring aim.
Uttering an imprecation at his ill luck Death
sprang down the bank with the rest of his
companions, and with one bound they reached
the side of the Iroquois chief. They grappled
and both fell heavily to the ground, clasped in
a fearful embrace, and darting glances of sav
age hatred at each other beneath their knitted
and scowling brows.
"Keep off!" shouted Death, as he saw one
or two of his companions in the act of stoop
ing down to assist him, "keep ofl ! and if he
masters mc, let him go-"
Over and over they rolled, writhing and
straining, but seemingly neither obtaining any
advantage over the other. At last the head of
Iroquois suddenly came in contact with the
point of a rock that protruded from the bank,
stunning him so that ho relaxed his vice-like
grip of Death's throat ; and the latter, thus re
leased, springing to his feet, finished his career
by bringing the heavy breech of his rifle with
sledge hammer force down upon his head.
The remaining four Indians had been like
wise dispatched ; and the victorious riflemen
(none of whom had received any wound worth
mentioning,) now sent up a shout of triumph
for their victory, that the echoes of the old
wood rung with it for minutes after.
As Col. Innes had promised, Death was pro
moted to the vacant post of Lieutenant ; and
now, dear reader, wo beg to inform you that
our hero and uncompromizing veteran, Gen
eral Morgan, of revolutionary notoriety, were
one and the same individual.
About a fortnight after this eventful night,
Standhope Farm became the scene of as much
mirth, good eating, and dancing, as could be
possibly disposed of during the twenty-four
hours ; and though we think it will be almost
superfluous to do so, we will add, that the
cause of this "merry-making," was the mar
riage of the beauteous Hester Standhope with
Lieutenant nenry Morgan.
BEAUTIFUL, AXD WE CAX HEADILY BELIEVE
Tbce. Who doubts that birds love ? Here is
evidence, from the National Intelligencer:
"A gentleman observed in a thicket of bushes
near his dwelling a collection of brown thrush
es, who for several days attracted his attention
by their loud cries and strange movements.
At last curiosity was so much excited, that he
determined to see if he could ascertain the
cause of the excitracnt among them. On ex
amining the bnshes, he found a female thrush,
whose wing was caught in such a way that she
could not escape. Near by was her hest, con
taining several half-grown birds. On retiring
a little distance, a company of thrushes ap
peared with worms and other insects in their
mouth, which they gave first to tho mother
and then to her young, she in the meanwhile
cheering them in their labor of lore with a song
of gratitude. After watching the interesting
scene until curiosity was satisfied, tho gentle
man relieved the poor bird, when she flew to
her nest with a grateful song to her deliverer,
and her charitable neighbors dispersed to their
usual abodes, singing as they went a song of
praise.
The Naw Dome to the Capitol. The
Washington correspondent of the Xew York
Tribune states that the architects have just
discovered the rotunda walls to te too weak
to bear the new iron dome. Its contraction
will, therefore, be puspendend, and the im
mense expenditure already incurred will be
lost. Strengthening the walls sufficiently in
volves nearly the removal and renewal of the
old Capitol Building. "
TRAVELLING FOR PLEASURE.
VIEWED JfEDICAIXT.
In the last number of tho Boston Medical
World we find some suggestive hints on this
subject, the pith'of which we will endeavor to
give in a few lines :
The writer thinks that in our country there
is much much travel, ostensibly for health,
where, in his opinion, the injury far surpasses
the gain. Inexorable Fashion says, we must
go from home in the dog-days ; and in obedi
ence to her mandate, there is a rush in all our
cities and towns, from the metropolis down to
the smallest village, to the place where this
"goddess" specially presides. This is the
season when the quiet and comfort of home
are the most healthful and necessary. But, in
stead of this, we find people determined to ex
change the large, airy, brick-walled rooms of
the towns, the cool mattrases and fine linen,
for the heating cotton, greasy feathers and dir
ty sheets of a tavern, or pent-np village, or
watering place, hotel or boarding house.
But who, asks the Doctor, could live through
a hot Summer without visiting Xahant, New
port, Saratoga,-or Niagara ? He does not de
ny them an occasional trip to such places, but
protests against taking the hottest season to
make these visits with the expectation of
thereby promoting health. At tho season u
sually taken, he says, the organs of digestion
are least able to discharge their function.
They sympathize with all tho other parts of
the body, and, like them, require rest, and, he
asks, is this the time to leave the frugal,whole
somc fare at home, and rush to the gathering
places, where every board groans with its rite
killing feasts, and where the luxuries provid
ed and the exciting presence and example of
hundreds of mouths, eager to reward the purse
at the expense of the stomach, render it next
to impossible to obey the laws of health ?
Where, besides, this poor pack horse, this
gtoauing organ, is teased with mineral waters,
wines, bitters, pills, tobacco juice and tobac
co fumes, to case itself of its cumbersome
burdens.
Dr. Smith maintains that there is nothing
more delusive than the generally received im
pression that people4ire growing better, be
cause as they suppose, they are gaining flesh.
Under the spasmodic action of this parapher
nalia of stimulants, there is often an appear
ance ot more flesh. But it is diseased, not
sound, healthy flesh. For every pound of
such, nature will bo revenged.
Hence it is, the Doctor argues, that most
persons soon after a return from such fashion
able gathering places, have an attack of dis
pepsia, biliousness, sick head-ache, pulmona
ry affection, or cutaneous eruption. These a
buscs, occurring periodically, undermine the
best constitution.
Taking children to such places the writer
denounces as the very consummation of folly.
More than half the so-called diseases of the
season, and the death of children which occur
in Angnst and September, arise, he says, from
this fashionable dissipation. No place is so
good for children, if you wish them to live, as
a quiet home. But take them to places of
fashionable resort, and stuff them with tempt
ing viands, gravies, puddings and pastries, is
to cheat them out of two of the best things in
the world a good conscience and a good sto
mach. THE WAY HE LOST HER.
The only objection ever made to me in this
ere country as a legislator, was made by the
wimniin, 'causo I war a bachelor, and I never
told you afore why I remained in a state of
of number one. No feller stays single pre
meditated, and in course a hansum feller like
me, who all the gals declar to be as onticin' as
a jay bird, was not fixing to stay alone if he
could help it. I did see a creeter once, named
Sofy Mason, up the Cumberland, nfgh onto
Nashville, Tennessee, that I took an orf ul han
kcrin' arter, and I sot in' to lookin' anxious for
matrimony, an' I gin to go reg'lar to meetin',
and tuk a dressin' tremendous finified, jest to
see if 1 could win her good opinion.
She did get to lookin' at me kind of sly, jest
as a horse does at somcthin' he's scart at,
when, arter champin' at a distance for a while,
I sided np to her and blurted out a few words
about the sarmin she says, yes; but cuss me
if I know whether that wur the right answer or
not, and I'm thinking she didn't know nuttier.
Well, we larfed and talked a lectio all the
way to her daddy's, and thar I giv her the best
bend I had in me, and raising my bran new hat
as peart and perlite as a minister, lookin' all
the time so inticin' that I sot the gal tremb
Jin'. Her old daddy had a powerful .numerous
lot of niggers, and l:ved right jinin' my place,
while on the other side lived Jake Simmons, a
snckin', cute varmint, who war wurser than a
miser for stinginess, and no sooner did this
cussed sarpjnt see me slidin' np to Sofy, than
he went to slickin' np too, and sot himself J.?
work to cut me out.
That ar wur a struggle ekil to the battle of
Orleans. First some new fix-up of Jake's
would take ker eye, and then I'd sport rorae
thin' that would outshine him, until at last
Jake gin in tryin? to qufdress rne, and sot to
thiukin of somethin' else.
Our farms were jest the same number of a
crea, and we both owned three niggers apiece.
Jake knew that Sophy and her dad kept a sharp
eye out for the man of chance, to he thought
he'd clear mc out by byin' another nigger;
but I foller'd smt, and bought one the day af
ter he bought his, so he had no advantage thar.
He then got a cow, and so did I, and then
jest about then both of our purses gin out.
One Sunday mornin' I war a leetlc late to
meetin',. and when I got thar the fust thing I
seed was Jake Simmons sittin' close bang up
agin Sofy, in tho same pew with her daddy.
I bilcd awhile with wrath, and then turned
sour I could taste myself. Thar they wur,
singin' hims out the same book. Je-e-ininy,
fellers, I war so enormous mad that the new
silk handkercher round my neck lost its color.
Arter meetin' war out they walked linked
arms, a smilin' an' lookin' as pleased as a
young couple at their christinin', and Sofy
turned her 'cold shoulder' to mc so orful that
I wilted dowd and gin right up straight Jake
had her, thar war no dispntin' it.
I headed towards home, with my hands as
far in my trowser's pocket as I could push
'cm, swarin' all the way that she wur the last
one that would over git a chance to rile up my
feelinks. Passin' by Jake's plantation, I look
ed over the fence and thar stood an explana
tion of the matter, right facin' the road, whar
everyone passin' could see it; his consarned
cow was tied to a stake in the gardin' urith a
most provtlsin calf alongside on her ! The calf
jest soured my milk, and made Sofy think that
a feller who were always gittin ahead like
Jake wur a right smart chance for a lively hus
band. A shout of laughter here drowned Sugar's
voice. As soon as silence was restored, lie
added in a solemn voice, as. ho shut one eye
and pointed his forefinger at his auditory
W hat was a cussed sight worker that his git
tin' Sofy, was the fact that he borrowed the
calf the night before of Dick Ilarley! After
It
the varmint got Sofy hitched, he told the joke
all over the settlement, and the boys never
seed me afterwards that they didn't b-a-h,
b-a-h, at me for letin' a calf cut mo out of a
gal's affection. I'd shot Jake, but I thort it
wur a free country, and the gal had a right to
choose without bein' made a widder, so I sold
out and traveled. I've always thort since
then, boys, that wimmm wur a good deal like
licker if you love 'em too hard they are sure
to throw you some way.
A DREADFUL WORM.
Who has not heard of the rattlesnake or cop
perhead ? An unexpected sight of either of
these reptiles will make even the lords of cre
ation recoil. But there is a species of worm
found in various parts of this State which con
veys a poison of a nature so deadly, that, when
compared with it, the venom of the rattlesnake
is harmless. To guard our readers against
this foe to human kind, is the object of the
present communication.
This worm varies much in size. It is fre
quently an inch through ; but as it is rarely
seen, except when coiled, its length can hard
ly be conjectured. It is of a dead lead color,
and generally lives near a spring, or small
stream of water, and bites the unfortunate peo
ple who arc in the habit of going there to
drink. The brute creation it never molests.
They avoid it with the same instinct that
teaches the animals of Peru to shun the dead
ly cobra. Several of these reptiles have long
infested our settlement, to the misery and de
struction of many of our citizens. I have,
therefore, had frequent opportunities of being
the melancholy spectator of the effects pro
duced by the subtle poison which this worm
infuses. The symptoms of its bite are terrible.
The eyes of the patient become red and fiery ;
his tongue swells to an immoderate size and
obstructs his utterance, and delirium of the
most horrid character quickly follows. Some
times, in his madness, he attempts the destruc
tion of bis dearest friends. If the sufferer has
a family, his weeping wife and helpless infants
arc not unfrequcntly the objects of his frantic
fury. In a word, he exlubits to the life all the
detestable passions that rankle in the bosom of
a savage ; and such is the spell in which his
senses are bound, that no sooner is the unhap
py patient recovered from the paroxysm of in
sanity occasioned by one bite, than he seeks
out his destroyer, for the sole purpose of be
ingiitten again. I have seen a good old fath
er, his locks as white as snow, bis step slow
and trembling, beg in vain of his only son to
quit the lurking place of the worm. My heart
bled when he turned away, for I knew the hope
fondly cherished, that his son would be to him
the staff of his declining years, had supported
him through many a sorrow. Youths of Penn
sylvania! would . you know the name of this
reptile. ? It is the worm or the still. From
Field's Scrap Book.
David Forney, of Franklin, Pa., abused his
wife so that her father took her home. In re
venge for this, Forney set fire to the old gen-
tleroaVs house and $70,000 worth of property
was consumed. Forney waa arrested last week
in Cincinnati, where be was passing under an
assumed name.
Are 4ligatobs Mailable T Two young
alligators were received at tho post office in
Charoletto, N. C-, last week, taring come
through the mail from Smithyjlie, in the sam
State. They were packed in a box, with
stamps attached to pay the postage.
The yellow fever has made its appearance at
New Orleans. - - ;
AGRICULTURAL.
Lime. Its Application For many landr
there is nothing, cost considered, more advan
tageous to the farm, than lime. The first con
cern of every good farmer is to increase tho
"manure pile" to its greatest extent. After
this, lime comes in as a most powerful and e
conomical agent, since it is not only found
beneficial upon poor soil, but operates benefi
cially on all our grain growing and grass lands ;
for the greater the quantity of vegetable mat-'
ter returned to the soil in the shape of ma
nures, grasses and green crops, the happier tho
mechanical effect of lime thereon in convert
ing the coarser elements into a proper condi
tion to be taken up by plants. The idea that
lime is useless on soils based npon limstone
the result of theoretical reasoning entirely
has long since become obsolete in the lime
stone regions of this State, under the opera
tions of practical experience.
The best time to apply lime to land, is a mat
ter on which much difference of opinion ex-.
ists. The favorite method now appears to be
to apply it to the sod two or three years pre-'
vious to plowing down for corn. There are)
several reasons for this preference. First; it
is found decidedly beneficial to the grass crop'
encouraging a growth sometimes two Md
greater than would be realized without-its
agency. Second the tendency .of lime be
ing to sink in the soil, as application totha
surface is considered preferable on that ac
count. Third the application can be made
at leisure, and does not crowd the labor of tao'
seeding time in fall or spring.
Another important query is often propoun-
ded, as to the proper quantity to apply. On'
this point we were recently interested by tho "
recital of an experiment made by a Chester
County farmer. He selected four acres of
ground to one acre he applied twenty-five '
bushels, to the second fifty bushels, to tsn"
third seventy-five and to the fourth one hun--dred
bushels. There was no material difler-'
ence apparent in the effect the first year, but
the decline was marked and regular in the suc
ceeding years. That which received the least
number of bushels exhibited the least durable
effect, while on that which received the most,
the effect continued the longest. The process,
of exhaustion seemed regular, aad .the, ersa
nence of effect in accordance wlfii quantity
applied that is, the hundred bashels appear
ed to operate four times as long as the twenty
five. The experiment seemed to fasor the ex
pediency of making a light application of lime
with every series of rotation of crops. .
This is a subject on which we would like to .
receive communications from practical farm
ers. Montgomery Ledger.
Tows Making. A gentleman recently re
turned from the west relates that, in setting
out early in the morning from the place where. .
he had passed the night, he consulted bis map ,
of the country, and finding that a very consid-.
erablc town, called Vienna, occupied a point.?
of his road, but some twelve or fifteen milea .
off, concluded to journey as far as that place
before breakfast. Another equally extensive -town,
bearing as sounding a name, was laid
down at a convenient distance for his after
noon stage, and there he proposed halting for
the night. He continued to travel at a food :
round pace until the sun bad risen high in tho
heavens, and until he computed that be had
accomplished more than twice or thrice the v
distance which he proposed to himself in the -outset.
Still he taw no town before him, even ,
of the humblest kind, much less such a mag- v
nificcnt one as his map prepared him to look
for. At length, meeting a solitary wood-chop- x
per emerging from the forest, he accosted Lira
and inquired how far it was to Vienna. "Vien
na !" exclaimed the man ; "why yon passed it
five and twenty miles back. Did you notice a v
stick of timber and a blazed tree beside the,
road 1 That was Vienna." The dismayed:
traveller then inquired how far it was to tho (
other place, at which he designed passing the k.
night. "Why you are right on that place k
now," returned the man ; "it begins just on.
the other side of yon ravine and runs down to,
a clump of girdled trees which you will seo
about a mile further on the road." "Are there.,
no houses built T" filtered out the traveller,
" Oh, no houses whatsomever," returned, the
woodsman ; "they hewed and hauled the logs,
for a blacksmith's shop, but before they raised.'
it the town lot were all disposed of in theEastem.
Slates ; and every thing has been left just aa...
you now see it ever since." Boston Traveller .
Affecting Incident. Among the note wor
thy incidents of the Montreal steamboat disaa- .
tcr, says the Montreal Gazette, was the saving,
of her two children by Mra. Bloomeld, whose
husband is in the employ of the Grand Trunk
Company at Toronto. She held a rope with
one hand, keeping the bead of one child above
the water with the other, and holding the other.
ud br fastening her teeth in its dress. - So
heavy waa the load, that two of her teeth gave
iray and were lost, yet she 'still retained her
bold. At last & boat came ' towards her, and
men were screaming all round her to be, takcrji
aboard. She could not scream, but a tain
ing her situation, brought the boat to t,r,,
ling them she needed aid most. Thai
strength gave way, at the prospect of he r n
lief and aafety, and she came near ning
ere she could be lifted into, the boat- - She is
asghi, delicate woman fa appara;, 4n
one wonder' how she was able t dare'o
much. ' --...;.' i