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BY S. B. ROW.
CLEARFIELD, PA., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1858.
THE OLD SEXTOX.
Nigh to a grave that was newly made,
. Leaned a Sexton old, on his earth-worn spade,
His work was done, and he paused to wait
The funeral train at the open gate.
" A relic of by-gone days was he,
And his locks were gray as the foamy sea;
And these words came from his lips so thin
"I gather them in 1 gather them in !"
""'I gather them in for man and boy,
Year after year of grief and joy,
I've builded the houses that lie around,
In every nook of this burial ground;
ilother and daughter, father and son,
lione to my solitude, one by one;
But come they strangers, or come they kin,
I gather them in I gather them in !
"Many are with me, yet I'm alone;
I'm King of the dead, and I make my throne
n the monument slab of marble cold,
My sceptre of rule is the spade I hold ;
Come they from cottage orcomc they from hall,
' Mankind are my subjects all all all!
Let them loiter in pleasure or toilfully spin,
I gather them in gather them in !
; 'I gather them in and their final rest
- Is here, down here, in the earth's dark breast."
. - And the Sexton ceased, as the funeral train
Wound mutely over the solemn plain;
And I said to myself When Time is told,
. A mightier voice than that Sexton's old,
Will he beard o'er the lajttrump'sdreadfuldin :
. '! gather them in I gather them in !"
GETTING IN THE HOUSE AT NIGHT
WITHOUT MAKING A NOISE.
Before I was free from paternal oversight, I
was, as bo j-8 generally are, fond of running a
botit at night. On oue occasion, the dour was
locked when I got home, and how to get in
without waking up "the governor," was the
-difticulty. I know he'd give rue "particular
fits," it he knew I was out alter ten, and the
clock hud just struck one. The back yard was
an impossibility, and but one chance remain
ed. There was a porch over the front door,
the roof of which was but a lew feet below two
windows. One of them I knew was fastened
down, and the other opened from a bed room,
which might or might not be occupied. An
old mtl len sister of Jim's wife had arrived on
the same day, and it was very probable that
she was in that room ; but I knew that the bed
was in a corner farthest from the window, and
hoped I would be able to get in and through
the room without awakening her, and then I
bad a comparatively easy thing of it. So, get
ting a plank from a neighboring board pile, I
rested it against the eaves of the shed, pulled
ciffmy shoes, put them in my pocket, and then
cooned up." All right so far, but I thought
It neccssiry, in order not to arouse any suspi
cions in the morning, to remove the pUnfc ; so
dragging it up I threw it off the end, and down
it went with an awful clatter on a stray dog that
had followed me for two ar three squares, who
Immediately set up the most awtnl howl a
whipped hound ever gave tongue to. That
etaitcd half a dozen other dogs in the neigh
borhood a barking ; a mocking bird in the win
dow above commenced singing as if he inten
ded to split bis throat at it ; and an old woman,
in her night-clotbes.with a candle in her hand,
appeared at a window across the street. I
kucw I was safe as far as she was concerned,
but if any one came to our window the candle
crave enough light probably to discover me.
2Cobody;did come, however, and the old lady,
after eering up and -down the street for
a minute or more popped her head in and re
fired. The mocking bird still kept up his c
ternsl whistle, and it was fully half an lunr
before it and the dogs settled down and gave
me a chance to move. Creeping slowly along
the wall till I reached the window I put my
hands ou the sill, sprung up, and with my head
and shoulders witiiin, and my legs hanging
ont, stopped to listen. l"es, she was in that
room, for I could hear her breathing. After
waiting for a minute, I cautionsly drew u; one
leg then the other, slewed them round, and
putting them down to the floor, was just con
scious that 1 had stepped on something soft
and yielding, and was about withdrawing them
when another yell broke out at my feet ; the
old maid jumped up from her bed crying
"Mnrder! murder!" and the dogs and mock
ing bird started again. I saw through it all ;
I lud "put mv foot in it," in more ways than
one. A little darkey was lying on a blanket,
under the window and I had stepped on her
lace, and of course woke her up. I decided
in a flash what to do. The house would be a
roused, and I canght to a certainty unless I
could get to my room before the governor was
tip-;" but I hadn't a moment to lose, for the
little nigger wasye lliug,anduie woman scream
ine; sol started for the door, made three
6teps and struck a chair tumbled over it,
f course made the awfullest racket you ev
er heard of in the "dead hour of night," in a
peaceable house ; the nigger and the old maid
screamed louder than ever, the mocking bird
whistled like a steam whistle, and the dogs
fairly made a chorus as loud asJulien's.
reached tho door, however, swiftly and quietly
.onened it. and iust eot outside in time to see
the old gentleman open his door with a candle
In Ins hand, and come hurrying up tne stairs
Not a moment was to be lost. There was a
wardrobe near where I stood, and I sprung be
hind it. Up came the 'governor,' who reach
ed tho door, opened it, went in, aua in tne
meantime there was all sorts of confusion and
inaniry down stairs as to what was the matter,
Nobody else came up, though, and from where
I stood I heard every word of inquiry and ex
planation in the room. Of course they couldn't
make mucn OI H. A no lime uaritey aj iwu
much frightened and too sound asleep at the
time to understand the truth. The upshot of
the business was that they concluded she had
:beon dreaming; and tho 'governor,' after giv
ing her a sound spanking, and explaining tne
.matter to the aroused neighbors, from the win
dmr. wpnt down to his room again.
So far so eood. I now had to go down
.tairs, reach tho back door, unbar it, get into
the yard, and make for my room, which was
In tho second story of a back building that
fctood unconnected with, ana aoouiaaozen
yards from the main one. Alter giving every
iody another half-hour to settle down again
I started. Boys, did vou ever try to get up
T down a pair of stairs at midnight without
making a noise ? Yon may try all sorts of
ways, dm every step is sure to cracK eacn
with a peculiar noise of its own and loud e
nough, you are certain, to waken everybody,
J bad gotten nearly to the bottom, when a lit
tle aog came ironing up the entry towards me
Telling furiously. A suppressed "Come here
sir, you Zip," silenced him, for he recognis
es! mc, but tne cur started the mocking-bird
and the dogs in tho neighborhood having lear
n,cd to take the cue, of course all joined the
chorus. For the third time I ran along
the passage, reached the door, and unlocked
it, just as the governor aroused the second
lme opened his door, and, seeing a man es
caping from the bouse by the back way, of
course cried "Thieves! thieves!" and made
rush after me. I was to quick for him
though; I opened the door, sprang out, broke
for the door that opened into the room below
mine, ana naajust reacnea it, wuen crasn. !
within afoot of my head went a brick, and
another voice that I knew belonged to our
next door neighbor Tompkins joined the "gov
ernor" in the cry of "Thieves! Thieves!
Murder ! Thieves!" I was safe though. Rusti
ng up the stairs, I "shelled" myself quicker
than ever I did before or since, and was in
bed and sound asleep in less than half a minute.
Was'nt there a row though ? I never beard
so many dogs before ; the mocking-bird of
course was outdoing all previous efforts, the
chickens began to crow, and Tompkins next
door was ballooing "Thieves !" and calling the
governor." I could hear screams and all
sorts of talking and noises among the neigh
bors, until at length the old gentleman's voice
was heard in the yard calling "lorn ! Tom !"
Tom was sound asleep snoring !
'Torn !" cried the old man, in a voice that
would have roused a man from an epileptic fit.
I judged it prudent to wake then, and, jump
ing from my bed, raised the window, and rub
bing one eye, and looking particularly lright-
ened (which I was,) asked :
"U hy father what in the world is the mat
ter ?"
"There's thieves in the house !" was the re
ply ? "Rot your gun and come down, and bo
quick!"
'lie's in that room below you, Tom !" hal
loed Tompkins, "I'm certain of it. I saw
him as he ran down, and threw a fire brick at
him. I know he didn't pass that door Mr.
Jones."
I was directed to "look out for myself," tho
governor stood suntincl at the door, below
armed with a club, while Tompkins had five
minutes to collect aid from the neighlwrs and
in less than half the time so thoroughly was
every house alarmed, there was a dozen or
more men in the yard, armed with guns, pis
tols and sticks.
Tho "governor" led the attack. Opening
the door, he called, "Come out here, you
house-breaking scoundrel ! If you attempt
to run or resist, I'll blow your brains out !"
Nobody came however.
" atch the door," was the order, "while
go in ;" and I was to "look sharp," and
"shoot the rascal if he came up stairs." A
momentary search was sufficient to satisfy
everybody that theS.hief was not in that room.
"lie's iip stairs then," cried Thompkms
"for I'll take my Bible oath be didn't pass
that door."
So up stairs they trooped, but I hal lit a
candle by that time, and there was no bugbear
there. The strictest search even to looking
under a bootjack didn't show the faintest
trace of him, the yard was next examined,
then the house, and everybody being at length
tolerably well satisfied that he had escaped,
the neighbors dispersed to their several homes;
but I was appointed sentinel for the rest of the
night and ordered not to go to sleep under a
penalty of a flogging.
The articles missing on a thorough investi
gation next day, were two pies, and the old
lady's silver thimble. Ihe thimble turned
up in a week or two, being discovered under
a corner or tne carpet ; uut me pies nave
never been accounted for to this day. On
oath I could have given very material testi
mony as to the disposition of the stolen proper
ty, but as the case didntfcouio before any
court I remained qniefc-
Didn't the local editors loom though I Ono
of them elongated himself through a quarter
of a column, and headed the item, "A Dia
bolical and Atrocious Attempt at Burglary and
Murder !" describing with graphic particulars,
the "fiendish attempt to throttle Miss and
her servant," complimented the "coolness and
resolution of K. Tompkins, i.sq.," ana peror
ated with a withering anathema on tho want
of vigilance displaved by the police.
It was fun for me to see with what wide
awake sagacity tho watchmen used to stop at
the front door and listen during their nightly
rounds for a month alter; and you couldn't
have bribed a youngster to go under the porch
on any account, alter dark. The excitement
died away, though, after a while; but I'll
never forget the night I tried to get into the
house "without making a noise !
Peettt Woiies. If wo have a weakness or
foible incident to human nature, it is our ad
miration of pretty women. The following
description of one of 'em must have been
written by one who was similarly affected :
"A pretty woman is ono ot the institutions of
the country an angel in dry goods ana glory
She makes sunshine, blue sky, Fourth ot July
and happiness wherever she goes. Her path
is one ot delicious roses, perfume and beauty.
She is a sweet poem, written in rare curls
choice calico and good principles. Men stand
up before her as so many admiration points,
to melt into cream and then butter.- Her
words float around the ear like music, birds of
Paradise, or the chimes of Sabbath bells
Without her, society would lose its truest at
traction, the church its fittest reliance, and
young men the very best of comfort and com
pany. Her influence and generosity restrain
the'vicious. strenghen tho weak, raise the
lowlv. flannel-shirt the heathen, and encour
ace tho faint hearted. Wherever you find the
virtuous women, you also find pleasant fire
sides, bouqnets, cleifh clothes, order, good
living, gentle hearts, piety, music, light and
model institutions generally, bho is the flow
er of humanity, a very Venus Dimity, and her
inspiration is the "breath of heaven."
"Fellow citizens !" said a North Carolina
candidate, "I am a Democrat, and never was
anything else. There are three topics that
now agitate the State : the United States Bank
the Tariff and the Penitentiary. I shall pass
over the first two very briefly, as my scntr
ments are well known, and come to the I eni
tentiarv. where I shall dwell some lime." Ve
ry At place, no doubt. '
The late Miss Belle Cass, daughter of tho
Secretary of State, who was married the oth
er day. was a blooming maiden just a little on
the sunny Side of loriy, ana iair oui not iai
Mad dogs abound in the southern and eastern
part of this state. Canines are a nuisance "to
make the best of them."
A .MOUNTAIN ADVENTURE. j
While stopping in Florence, at the "Casa
del Bello," my companion and guide was James
L. G rover, an American painter of some note,
whom I had known well in tho land of his na-
ivity. It was Sunday evening, and on the
following day I was to start lor Bologna.
Grover and myself sat upon one of the balco
nies of our chamber, engaged in conversation
over our cigars, and after we had talked awhile
of the various things we had seen during the
day, he asked me if he had ever told me ot his ;
adventure upon tho Appennines. ,1 told him
had never heard it.
"Then I must tell it to you," he said, throw
ing away bis segar, and taking a sip of wine.
I lighted a fresh cigar, and he related to me
as follows:
"Four years ago this summer my brother
and two sisters visited me here in r lorence.
They spent two weeks with mc,and then started
for Venice, by the way of Uologna, wtiere
hey bad friends whom they were anxious to
. . . -. i . t i i, .
see. l siiouia nave gone wun mem nau i noi.
been engaged upon a work which I had prom
ised to have done within a given time; but,
as it was, we made the thing wort very wen,
for my brother expected two thousand dollars
by the hands of a friend who was shortly ex
pected from Rome, and it was arranged that I
should take the money when it came, and briug
t with me to V cmce when I got ready to meet
them there. Mv brother left the necessary
document for the obtaining of the money, and
n due time set out.
"On the very next dav I was taken ill, and
was confined to my bed a week, but I got out
and finished my work just as the friend arrived
from Rome with the money. He delivered It
nto my hands upon the production ol my
brother's written order, and I set the next
Monday as the day on which I would start. I
was really not fit to undertake such a journey,
but I could not miss seeing my sisters once,
more before they returned home. I could have
sent the money easy enough, but I promised
myself too much pleasure with my dear rela
tives ip enice to miss it now.
"Monday morning came, and I could not a-
rise from my bed without assistance. A sort
of neuralgic affection had seized all my nerves,
and I was forced to stay in doors, and to resort
to hot baths and medicine. But on the fol
lowing morning I felt able to start, and I did
so. Upon reaching Pistoja I learned that
there was no diligence to leave before the next
day. I could not stand this. I was already
behind my time, and, if tho thing could be
accomplished, I must go on. There was a dil
igence under the shed, but no one to drivo it.
"But cant we hire some one ?" 1 asked. "If
sisnor will pay." was the laconic reply. Of
course I would pay; and thongh the sum charged
was a pretty round one, yet I did not hesitate.
The lumbering vehicle was dragged out; four
miserable looking horses were attached, and
then a yoke of stout oxen hitched on ahead of
them. Two rough looking fellows were pro
vided, one as a retlurino (postillion,) and the
other to drive the oxen. Ihus provided, i
took my seat, and the diligence started.
"We were to cross the Appennines by the
Pass of La Col Una, and just begun to ascend
the russed mountaia path when I heard a loud
hallooing behind, and in a moment the dili
gence stopped.
" Ml hat's the matter 7' I asked, poKing my
head out through the opening by my side.
" 'Two men want to ride,' returned the vet
turino.
" 'But I have hired the diligence, and. am
in a hurry ; so drive on. If they wish to ride
thev must wait until to-morrow.
"But the drivers were not to be governed
thns.
'It won't make a bit of difference,' they
said. 'We'll go just as fast; and besides,
they'll pay us something.'
"By this time the cause of the trouble maae
its apjrearance in the shape of two dark-visaged
black-bearded, powerful men. who looked ugly
enough for the incarnation of Murder. I rec
ognized one of them as a fellow whom I had
seen hanging about the hotel at Florence, and
the other I was confident I had caught a glimpse
of just as the diligence left the yard at Tistoja
"I was upon the point ot speaking wuen me
thought occurred to me that I had better keep
my knowledge of the Italian language to my
self. I might find out the character of the
fellows thus. I knew very well that further
remonstrance would be useless, for tho drivers
were stupidly hoggish, and the new applicants
were clearly not men to be arcucd with. The
door was opened, and the fellows entered.
occupied the back seat, and they took the seat
at the other end. fixing themselves so as to
face me. They looked at me out ot wicked
eyes, and as they threw back their short cloaks
I saw that they were well armed.
" 'Hope we don't trouble you ?' said one of
them, in coarse Italian, as the diligence start
ed on.
"I gazed inquiringly into his face, but made
no reply.
"He repeated the remark.
" 'No comprehend, signor.' I said shaking
my head.
" 'Ah ! English,' he suggested, with a shrug
of bis shoulders,
cc No Irish,' I told him.
" Ugh ! he grunted, with another shrug of
the broad, massive shoulders, and an awful
scowl of the face.
"We had now begun to ascend the mountain
in good earnest, and our pace was slow and
lumbering. The fellow who drove the oxen
made noise enough for an army, while the
blows upon both oxen and horses fell hard and
thick, but without accomplishing anything.
Had I been alone I might have enjoyed the
magnificent scenery which unfolded itself be
low us as we crept up the Collina ; but as it
was I could not think of anything save the
two men who had forced themselves upon me.
Pretty soon one of them spoke, and thongh I
appeared not to notice them, yet I could see
that they were watching me closely.
" 'Death and destruction!' he uttered, in
his own tongue, 'we shall be over the precipice
if that drunken driver is not careful !'
"I read tho fellow's purpose in a moment,
and not a movement betrayed my understand
ing of what he bad said. My eyes were half
closed, and to all appearance I was unconsci
ous even of their presence.
c 'He's right. He don't understand us,' said
ono of them.
" 'All safe,' returned the other. -
'After this they conversed together quite
freely, and I was not long in having my worst
feaTs realized. But not a change could they
detect in my countenance. I kept my knowl
edge as secret as the yery grave, and all my
feeling was within me. After awhile they be
came satisfied that I knew nothing of their
language, and they became more bold in their
speech, atd talked their plan all over ; and
from them I learned the following highly in
teresting particulars :
"The one whom I had seen in t lorence nau
by some means learned that I was to carry quite
a large sum of money with me across the moun
tains, and be had come on to Pistoja, where
his confederate was, to await my arrival, in-
lending to rob mc, thtre, if possible. But
when they found that I was to go alone in the
diligence, they had a better plan. They would
rob me on the mountain, lne two drivers
were friends of theirs, and were to be paid lib
erally for allowing themselves to be overcome.
The villains talked about cutting my throat,
shooting me through the head, or plunging a
knife to my heart, and then throwing me over
the precipice, as coolly as though they had
been planning the dcatu ot a fowl tor dinner !
The place where they were to murder me was
aboutamilo distant, where the-roud would
round a high crag, with an almost perpendic
ular wall ot rock upon one hand, and a deep
chasm on the other.
"This was an interesting position sure e-
nough. I was weak weak at best but doub
ly weak now with my illness and the only
weapon I had was a single pistol. Either of
the brigands could have thrown me over nis
head with ease, and as for fighting with them,
that was out of the question. What could I
do ? Both the drivers were in league with
them. If I leaped from the diligence, I should
die on the spot where I landed. If I shot one
of the bandits, the other would annihilate me
in a moment. I had the gold in a small trav
eling bag at my feet, and as the heavy car
riage jolted over the stones, the yellow pieces
iineled sharply, and I could see the eyes of
the villains sparkle like stars.
"At length the high, craggy peat was in
sight, and I could see where the road wound
abruptly around it. Thus far I had been tor
turing my brains to invent some way of escape
but without effect. I was as thoroughly
hedged in as thaugh bound by iron chains.
And in a few minutes mot e all would be over !
Still I felt for my pistol, and had it ready.
"Presently the diligence stopped at the
foot of an abrupt rise, and the fellow who
drove the oxen came and told the bandits they
must get out and walk up. They stepped out
at once, and in a moment more I heard a slight
scuffle. I looked out just in time to see Dotn
the drivers lashed together by the arms, bck
to back. They must have been placed ready
for the operation, for the thing had been done
with incredible quickness. I drew my pistol
and awaited the result. My heart was m my
mouth, but the intense excitement rendered
mc strong for the while.
"In a few seconds one of the villains came
and poked the muzzle of a huge pistol into my
face.
"Gold! Gold !' he said. 'Give me gold
or die.'
"It was but the work of a second to knock
his weapon dow n with my left hand, while with
my right I brought up my own pistol and fired.
The ball entered between his eyes, and he
reeled back and fell. Then I leaped after him,
for I saw his companion coming up upon the
other side. I hoped to gain the dead man's
pistol, but ere I could do so, the heavy hand
of the living bandit was upon my shoulder, and
his pistol aimed at my head. With the energy
which the presence of death can alone beget,
I knocked his weapon down and grappled with
him. lie hurled me to tho ground as though
I had been a child ; but before he could fol
low up his advantage, the postillion cried out
" 'Hold, Marco ! A vettura is coming I'
"The robber turned, and in a moment more
a heavy vettura, with four horses attached,
came round the corner full upon us. I started
to my feet, and saw my brother looking from
the open window.
" 'Help 1 Robbers !' I shouted, with all my
might.
"The bandit had taken aim at the vetturino
of the new team, but he was too late. My
brother had comprehendid tho whole truth in
a moment, and with a sure aim, and a quick
one, too, ho shot the villain through the heart.
"We secured my two drivers, and then mat
ters were quickly explained. I told my broth
er all that had happened, and he then told me
that he had heard of my illness, and was com
ing back to see me. One of my sisters had
been ill at Bologna, so that they had not yet
gone to Venice, but were waiting until I
should be able to join them. You can imagine
how deep our gratitude was, and how fervently
we blessed God for this fortunate interposition.
My joy seemed to lift me up from the pain I
had suffered, and I felt better than I had before
felt for weeks.
"And now what should wo do next T Should
we let the two rascally drivers go, and turn a
bout for Bologna ?
" 'No, said my brother. 'Our sisters won't
expect us for three days, so we'll carry these
villains back and give them up, and to-morrow
we'll go over in my vettura.'
"We tumbled tho two dead bodies into the
diligence, and then bound the two drivers hand
and foot, and tumbled them in after. The
oxen were cast adrift, and my brother's vet
turino mounted and started the heavy team
back, while we assumed the control of the
vettura ourselves.
"The drive down the mountain was quickly
performed, and the city of Pistoja was reached
without mishap. The two dead men were re
cognized as old offenders at once, and my tes
timony very quickly settled the business for
the drivers. On the next night we were in
Bologna, where my sisters received me with
open arms, and two days afterwards we were
all in Venice.
"So much for my trip across the Appenines.
And let me say to you If you have ever an
occasion to hire a special diligence, with
strange drivers, to ride over the mountains of
Italy, be sure that you are well armed, and
have a trusty friend with you if possible."
An old toper in Boston ofTcred to bet that he
could tell each of several kinds of liquors pre
sented to him blindfolded. The bet was ac
cepted, and he suffered his eyes to be bandag
ed so that it was impossible for him to see.
A glass of brandy was offered him; immedi
ately upon tasting it he pronounced that it
was brandy. He next tried whiskey, gin, and
other drinks, and he was equally successful in
deciding each kind. At last a glass of water
was presented he tasted it, paused, tasted
again, considered, shook his bead donbtruiiy
he was nuzzled : "Gentlemen." said be,
"take the wager am not used to that sort of
liquor.
MODEL LETTERS FEOM ABSEKT SPOUSES
Affectionate letter to an absent wife. The
husband is tarrying in the city, and whilst nav-
ing a "high old time" with some irienas, con
cludes to write to his wife, who is spending
the summer months in the country.
"Mv dear wife In silence and alone, (boys,
don't make such a racket there, if you please,
while I'm writing!) in the stillness of my qui
et chamber, (Ha! ha! oho! good? What's
that?) I sit down to write a few lines to you.
(You know how to dress salad you do !) Al
though I feel the pang of separation (fill up !
fill up! so; thank you;) from your dear self
at this moment, yet it is a pleasing reflection
to know (what's the state of the game now ?)
that a lew short days will enable me to be again
with you. & cizar, Joe,) and once more press
your gentle hand in mine. (Oh, I can't take
a hand now.) Again 1 suau leave tins cuy,
tiresome indeed d urine your absence, (' e
won't go home till morning !' oh, keep still,
ill you ?) and every hour of the interval will
3 counted (capital story, that, Billy!) with
anxious solicitude by me. As I sit here alone
in the stillness of the night, (Come, give us a
song! I can't, pon my word! oh, do!) se
cluded by myself, my mind is filled with ten
der recollection, and alowness of spirits comes
overmc, (Gaily still the moments roll!) wnicn
I endeavor (While I quaff the flowing bowl,)
in vain (Care can never reach the soul!) to
shake (Who deeply drinks of wine !) off. I
now lay down my pen, (Bravo ! bravo !) lor fa
tigue (one moment, boys,) overpowers me.
Adieu, my dear wife, (in a minute ; duty be
fore pleasure ;) and believe me (I'm with you
now, boys!) your affectionate husband, ."
Here is a fair set off to the affectionate letter
from a disconsolate husband in town to his
wife in the country. The lady seems to have
been equally lonely and inconsolable :
'3Iy dear hubby I received your affection
ate letter yesterday, (Do! don't! be quiet!)
and it was truly welcome, (be still ; you shan't
squeeze my hand !) I assure you. You have
no idea how lonely (there, you have made me
make a blot !) I feel when I am separated
(will you ?) from yon ; but the assurance that
I shall see you on Saturday (if you attempt
such a thing) is a great comfort. I look for
ward to that day with so much pleasure, (Will
if you kiss me again. 1 will write to Charles !)
for vou know it is delightful (there ! you've
broken my bracelet !) delightful (you've made
me write delightful twice) to live in hopes.
( It's too late to take a ride, isn't it ?) I could
not but feel pity for you, when you spoke of
being alone (upon my word, Mr. Impudence,
that's three ! 'n Ihe stillness of your chamber !
It seemed as if I could, my dear hubby, (a-a-h!
do behave, will you ?) as you were writing to
your faithful wife. I, too, ara ato, (1 am
telling a great story now !) and thinking of the
days that will intervene between (how becom
ingly your collar is turned down !) now and
Saturday. Not another for the a-c-h! The
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country iooks ocauiiiui, u uum uu nice iv
take a short ride to the beach, but I never en
joy it when you are absent. I declare, there
are the horses at tho door. I have but a few
minutes to conclude in, tell Jane to bring my
bonnet, as the mail closes and my skirt in a
few minutes. Adieu, my dear well, I'm glad
you have stuck yourself with a pin ! hubby !
"Faithfully yours, Mari."
The Hudson Bay Company.
The Hudson Bay Company consists of a
bout two hundred and forty merchants, who
elaim a monopoly over four millions of square
miles, inhabited by fifty nations or tribes.
The charter was granted by Charles I, in 1790,
when the country so ceded was claimed by
France, and is, ff that claim was good, no
more valid in law, than if the "Merry Monarch"
had made a present of Franco or Italy, and
the recipients of his bounty now claimed the
sovereignty over those countries. This is
generally admitted, and tho only reason why
the Company's claim has never been disputed
has been that the territory was not needed
by the human family, and it was thought that
the only use that could be made of it was by
the Great Fur Company. Of late years, how
ever, as the pioneers of civilization pushed
further westward, the discovery was made that
large portions of this region are rich in agri
cultural capabilities and. mining wealth, and
that it has been the policy of the Hudson Bay
Company to conceal from the public all knowl
edge of the country, and, utterly unmindful
of national interests, to use it in the selfish
spirit of monopoly, with the sole desire of
accumulating largo profits.
The Fiasx Telegraph. Ex-President Fill
more, in his speech at Niagara Falls on the
reception of the messages of the President
and Queen, referred to the period ho being
chairman of the Committee of Ways and
Means in the House of Representatives when
Professor Morse sought aid from Congress to
test the practicability of the telegraphing.
Mr- Fillmore made! a favorable report for an
appropriation of thirty thousand dollars. It
was received with derision by a number of
Congressmen, who scouted the idea of talking
by telegraph, and offered all sorts of a
mendments designed to defeat the bill. The
bill passed, and a line from Washington to
Baltimore was soon ready for operation. Mr.
Fillmore remarked that be looked back with
pleasure upon this incident in the early his
tory of telegraphic enterprise, and had ever
since taken a great interest in its progress,
and was most happy to be able to mingle bis
congratulations with the citizens of Niagara
Falls npon the success of the great enterprise
of modern times. ;
"Father, look a here. Wat's the reason
that you and mother is allers quarrelling ?"
"Silence, my son. Do you know what you
are talking about .'
"Yes, sirree. I do. I wos just wonderin
wot you'd do ef you had as many wives as
Solomon."
"Bah! go the bed."
"Yes, it is werry well to say go to bed.
Solomon had more'n a hundred wives, an or
them liven in the same house, a eaten togeth
er, and never a fight."
A white Mountain guide thus philosophi
cally explains why it is that young ladies are
more venturesome on the edges of precipice
than youths of the sterner sex: "A gal,"
saya he, "when she gets into a ticklish place,
alers expects a feller will be a holding onto
her, and she does it just out o' bravery (brava
do). But a man when be makes a fool of him
self in that way, knows he's got to stand it
himself."
A Toush Story.
Dr. Livingston's Travels in Africa, recently
republished, is considered one ot the most cu
rious books of modern times. Among vari
ous surprising things in it is the following ac
count of a strange deformity existing in a tribe
of negroes in the country he bad explored.
Every man, woman, and child in the tribe an
without front teeth. Inquiring into the causo
of all this unnatural appearance it was given
to him thus : "Once upon a time tho chief of
the tribes, like many better men in civilized
countries, was possessed of refractory wife.
He endured her impudence and annoyance for
many years, but one day his passion becoming
suddenly aroused, he gave her what is termed
in civilized parlance a "ping in the mouth"
with his fist. The blow must have been well
aimed, for it relieved the mouth of the proud
woman of all her front teeth. Thus despoiled
ot her beauty, the sable matron hid herself in
shame, and afterwards became a tractable and
obedient wife. The warriors of the tribe, in
council assembled, observed the good results
of that one blow of the chief, and being troub
led generally with disobedient wives resolved
at once to follow his pugilistic example. Each
repaired to his home, and rested not content
until their wives were lorcibly relieved of
their front teeth." - .
Paris os Svudat. Rev. D. C. Eddy, now
in Paris, writes : "One can hardly find Sun
day in Pjms ; the streets are full of people;
the pleasure grounds are thronged ; the shops
open ; regiments of soldiers marching in th
streets, and a high festival being had by tho
working people, who make the Lord's day a
day of recreation. And the further one goes,
the less reverence he will find for God's law
and service. There are churches, but they are
dedicated to art, and music, and show. There
are priests, but their religion consists, appa
rently, in a long gown, a shaved head, and a
good living, and the motto of these continen
tal countries seems to be, Let us eat and
drink, for to-morrow wo die.'"
The N. Y. Post calls attention to the fact
that the word Baby does not appear in the new
Cyclopaedia, and supplies a definition :
Baby the judge, jury and sentence of eve
ry well regulated family. A thing that squeaks
at midnight, and will not be comforted by any
quantity of sops. A biped called by its moth
er "de little rosey posey, pinkum, pink, blesa
its 'ittle heart," and very frequently "trotted"
to the tune of "Here we go up, op, up-se, and
here we go down, down, down-e." By bache
lors called "brat," and by Tupper, the philos
opher, delicately alluded to as a "well-spring."
A Yankee chap, down in Holt, Kansas, oc
cupying an old Daguerrean wagon by the road
side was discovered a short time since, wash
ing and scouring an old gnn barrel. On be
ing asked what he intended to do with it, be
replied that he was fixing up to go into the li
quor business and to avoid the law, was going
to make use of this tube instead of glasses,
thereby making it appear beyond dispute that
he is selling liquor by the barrel ! The fellow
is doing a thriving business. ' A great many
persons have been "shot in the neck" by this
novel contrivance.
Paper. There are in the United States
seven hundred and fifty paper mills in actual
operation, having three thousand engines, and
producing in the year' two hundred and fifty
millions ot pounds of paper, which is worth
say ten cents per pound, or some twenty-seven
millions of dollars. To produce this quantity
ot paper over four hundred million pounds of
rags are required, one and a quarter pounds of
rags being necessary to make one pound of
paper. The value of these rags, estimating
them at four cents per pound, is over sexteen
million dollars. '
Two wills have just been recorded in Phil
adelphia. The first one: "I will and be
queath all money or effects owned by me to
or his heirs." The other is still more- brief,
and reads thus: "I will every thing to my
wife absolutely." These wills, though brief,
arc just as effective as if whole quires of pa
per had been written over.
A year or two ago, the portrait of tho Mayor
cf Montreal was cut to pieces by some rascal
who entertained a spite against him, and tho
City Council ordered a new one painted. This
was nearly completed, and, on Sunday night
a-week, the artist's room was entered, and the
new one destroyed.
A Ladt Fined for Wearing Cbinolixx.
The Independence Beige states that a young
lady living in Hanover has been sentenced by
a court of that town to pay a fine of two francs
"for having worn a dress which, occupying the
whole breadth of the pavement, is an obstruc
tion to the public way." . "
On the 2d Aug., two Roman Catholic mons:9
were arrested as vagrants in Liverpool. They
represented that they came from Drogheda,
Ireland, and were on their way to a convent
at Loretto, Pennsylvania, and having been
robbed on their journey were obliged to seek
assistance. They were committed. '
At a gold mine in Montgomery, N. C, a
nugget of gold weighing eight pounds, togeth
er with a number of smaller ones, weighing ia
all twenty-eight pounds, have been gotten out
in a few days washing. This is ahead of tho
Frazer river diggings. -v
The "black tongue" has made its appear
ance in the vicinity of Danville, Va., and tho
Transcript learns of several eases of death
from drinking the milk of cows so diseased. '
At the People's County meeting in Carbon,
Hon. A. II. Reeder was nominated and recom
mended to the other counties composing tho
district, as a candidate for Congress. ; 1
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Saratoga never was so full as this summer.
An ordinary sized closet is called comfortable
accommodations. Bachelors are hung op ia
the hall the same as hats.'
A shawl lately sold in Philadelphia, for ono
thousand four hundred and twenty-five dol
lars. In the same city women make shirts for
six cents each. ; '
Five glasses of whiskey and a gallon ofbeer
will enable a man to see a sea-serpent - even
on dry land. , .
The hay crop all over tho country ia im
mensely large ; better, it is said, than in any
season for years past. - .-