Vliil artaarv wm m a ay a ar-v at a
HENRY B. MA88ER,
JOSEPH EISELY.
orflCI 1 XARKIT STKKIT, If 11 -..
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tub voi'jra widow.
Sorrow hath laid in hand on thee,
Lone mourner of the dead I
And blench'd the glow upon thy cheek,
Aad bo tv 'J thy stricken head :
There ia a wildon in Ihy glance,
A look of mute despair,
Thai lelloih m.ire than word or nigh,
What .cause for griuf lies there.
Widow i thine is no enmman oe,
That briefly dolh aub luo
The young soel's bouyant happiness,
With though: uf sadtTning iiue.
No transient pains that hef to heal
The anguish they impart,
Dut one that gather alrength with tbin,
The crushing if a heart.
Oh, what a world of hope lie hearsM
Within that queit grave;
That woko, to sleep for ever, like
The ebbing of ihe wavet
No ooner forin'd than wither'd by
The lightning glance of death,
In all the sweetness uf their birth,
Ere yet bey scarce had breath,
Paleaournerncri it ia ad t think
Thet thou should' t bear alone
The burden of that a ern regret,
Fin him whose apirit 'a flown ;
Dat who could weep for him lika thee
Whose interchange of love
Wu moulded, not for earthly bliss,
Dut ho.icr joys above!
o ynunfr, loo, ad o beautiful,
'1'hus flow to pine iwij !
A atar o'crsh idow'd by a cloud,
A lily in decay.
It seems a thoug'i some hand had loosed
The bird and act it f.ee,
Well knowing to the Mine far home
The mate would t ro long fl.-e!
DerenvM one! thou hist ne red that bourne
Where hope bee m a divine:
Eanh cliiin-i those snhle weeds, but Hcav'n
That broken heart of thine,
W hose lender choid have given way,
Yet tremulous cling on,
To brealho it aoirowa u'er the iipot
From whenc; tl.e loved ha h gone !
llonapartc's Wound.
Napoleon showed me the marks of
two wounds, one a very deep cicatrice
lbove the left knee, winch he said lie
!iad received in his first campaign of
Italy, and it was of so serious a nature
hat the surgeons were in doubt wheth
sr it might be ultimately necessary to
imputate. He observed that when he
.vas wounded, it was always kept a sc
;rct in order not to discourage his sol
lifcrs. The other was on the toe, and
lad been received at, Eckmuhl. " At
he seige of Acre," continued he, " a
ihcll thrown by Sydney Smyth fell at
ny feet. Two soldiers who were close
y, seized and closely embraced me,
ne in front and the other at my side,
md made a rampart of their bodies for
ne against the eliccts of the shell, which
:xploded and overwhelmed us with
and. We sunk into the hole formed
y its bursting, and one of them was
vounded. I made them both ollicers.
3ne has since lost a leg at Moscow,
.nd commanded at Vinceanes when 1
eft Paris. When summoned by the
tussians, he replied, that as soon as
hey sent him the leg he had lost at
Moscow, he would surrender the for
ress. Many times in my life," con
inued he, "have I been saved by my
oldiers and ollicers throwing thcmsel
es before me when I was in the most
mmincnt danger. At Arcala, when 1
vas advancing, Col. Mcuran, my aid-le-camp,
threw himself before me, co
cicd me with his body, and received
he wound that was destined for me.
le fell at my feet, and the blood spout
d up in my face. lie gave his life to
reserve mine. Never yet, I believe,
tas there been such devotion shovn by
oldiers as mine manifested for me. Ju
.11 my misfortunes, never has the sol
!ier, even when expiring, been want
ig to me; never has man been served
iiore faithfullv bv his troons. Willi
he last drop of blood gushing out of
heir veins, they exclaimed, Vive
'Empereur.' "
" Voice from St. Helena."
IIixts to Tailors. It is computed
hat during the past year there have
;ecn cabbaged by the tailors of this me.
rooolis, nine thousand four hundred
tnd seven yards of cloth, eighteen pecks
)f buttons, two miles of tape, and four
teres of buckram, exclusive of allowa
bles, cabbage, and small fingering's ;
to say the New York Mercury, and as
Mercury is the patron of thieves his
'ascally god-ship ought to know.
Saturday Evening l'ost.
.
More iet.-Ihcre are sixty-two
lainols in iew iork, eacn burning
with the laudable ambition of serving
ns country as lobacco Inspector!
The number of aspirants will probably
jo doubled boforo an apointmont is
liaqc,
:
Absolute acquiescence in the decisis of the
lly Manser & Eixrly.
Hints to Farmers.
It is much to be wished that our far
mers were more desirous to possess
good, fertile, produelive farms, than
large farms. If farmers in our coun
try, instead of increasing the number of
their acres, would bestow more care
and extcnse in the best possible man
ner, on every acre they already possess,
they would live easier, and become
richer and happier. It has often been
remarked especially by those who have
travelled abroad, that the great fault of
our American farmers lies in their
eager desire to add field to field, which
often impoverishes them, keeps them in
debt, and renders them unable to bring
any ol their land into the highest and
most profitable state of cultivation.
lhe advice of Dean owift should be
treasured up by every good farmer.
lhis distinguished man said, "Y hocver
can make two cars of corn or two
blades of grass grow upon a spot of
ground where only one crew before,
docs more essential service to his coun
try than the whole race of politicians
ut together. ,uer. Jour.
Keep Stock In tiood Condition.
It is of crcat advantage to the farmer
to keep his stock in good condition, not
only in the first of the w inter, but thro'
the season of feeding, till they can sub
sist well abroad.
An animal may be kept short of food
in the latter part of the fall or first of
winter, at a very small saving in food,
but at a great loss in the condition of
the animal. It is like salting a hog
with a pound of salt a saving of salt
but a loss of Bacon. One dollar saved
by short keeping of animals, w ill be a
loss of five dollars. It will cost more to
keep the animals through the whole
winter, and the profit from the animals,
cither in growth or milk will be lost.
Yankee Farmer.
CKIMM.
The peculiarly rich cream of Devon
shire, England, called clouted cream, is
obtained by using zinc pans of a pecu
liar construction, consisting of an upper
and lower apartment. The milk is put
into the upper apartment ; and after it
has stood twelve hours, an equal cjuanti
ty of boiling water is introduced into
the lower one. At the end of another
twelve hours, the cream is taken ofl"
much more easily and perfectly than in
the common way, and is also more
abundant and richer. The result of
twelve experiments carefully made
were as follows: Jour gallons of milk
treated as above, gave iu twenty-four
hours, lour and a half pints of cream,
which yielded, after churning fifteen
minutes, forty ounces of butter; four
gallons treated in the usual way, gave
in forty-eight hours, four pints of cream,
which yielded, after churning ninety
minutes, thirty-six ounces of butter.
The increase in the quantity of cream is
12 1-2 per cent.
The same principles may be applied
in the use of common pans. It would
be very easy, for instance, to prepare
some kind of trough, or tin, perhaps, or
even wood, into which the pans could
be set, and hot water afterwards intro
duced. As a close trough would be much
better than an open one, you may have
a cover in which to set the pans. An
ingenious Yankee tinman would soon
make a range in this way, sullicient for
a common dairv, at no very great ex
pense. It would last indefinitely. If it
is true, that you would thus get some
two pounds more butter a week from
each cow, the apparatus and the trou
ble would soon be paid for ; to say no
thing of the time saved in churning.
We do not sec why zinc pans, which
are said to be decidedly prefernbl to anv
other for the dairy, with the tin range
as above, would not be quite as good as
the complicated and expensive Devon
hire pans. And it would be easy lor
l dairy woman to satisfy herself re
specting the principle, without cither.
Uy using cold water instead ol hot, tho
range would serve to keep milk sweet
in warm weather.
Vermont. Farmer.
Oxalic Acid. It may be important
to mention, especially in this suicide lo
ving age, that two ounces ol magnesia,
mixed with about a quart of water, or
the same quantity of common w hiting,
thrown into tho stomach by any means,
(the wtomaoh pump being readiest and
most pre fcrabloon such tx-casions,) will
effectually neutralize and render incit
this most active poon.
AND SHAMOKIN JOUKNAL.
major.,, ,h. vi. principle of Republic., from which
Sunbury, IVortlitimlK-rland Co.
A Wonder fix Grain or Wheat.
One grain the first year produced a
stem containing 11 ears, each ear aver
aging Hb grains ; the second year pro
duced halt a bushel: the third year 20
bushels ; the fourth year 708 bushels,
or 27 quarters 1 This morceau is mak
ing, with great industry, the circuit of
the papers. A Mr. Labor, of Essex,
the grower of the corn : and a Mr,
Smilhof Mark Lane, are vouchers of
the fact. English Taper.
A Valuable Recii-e. At a mcctinsr
of the London Medical Society, Dr.
Wake stated that he was able to cure
the most desperate cases of tooth-ache
(unless the disease was connected wilh
rheumatism) by the application of the
following remedy to the decayed tooth :
Alum reduced to an impalpable pow
der, 2 drachms ; nitrous spirit of eatlier,
7 drachms. Mix and apply them to
the tooth. London Atlas.
An Economical Substitute For Co-
rviNo Machines. In the common ink
used for writing dissolve with it one
drachm of loaf sugar to each ounce of
ink, moisten a sheet ol unsized paper to
copy with, and put it between two
sheets of the same paper to absorb the
superfluous moisture; then put the
moistened paper on the writing, when
y passing a ruler once or twice over
its surface, you will have a perfect fac
simile struck through the copy paper
w iinoui injuring me original in the least.
Daily Adv.
Most Mklamholv. We have been
informed, says the Baltimore Sun, that
on Tuesday night last, Mrs. Worthiiv-
ton, the accomplished lady ol the Hon.
lohn 1. 11. vorthington, member of
Congress from Baltimore county dis
trict, was so severely burnt, during the
brief absence of the nurse from her
room, that she died yesterday morning.
The melancholy occurrence took place
by the doubtless accidental contact of
her clothes with the fire.
Saturday Evening l'ost.
The Wife. That woman deserves
not a husband's generous love w ho w ill
not greet him with smiles as he returns
from the labors of the day; who will
not try to chain him to his home by the
sweet enchantment of a cheerful heart.
rherc is not one in a thousand that is so
unfeeling as to withstand such a home.
Commendable if Trie. It is cur
rently reported in several exchange pa-
crs, that Mr. an lturen has tendered
the hospitalities of the white house to
the 1 resident elect, who, it is said, con
templates visiting lhe city of Washing
ton some time in the month of February
preparatory to the inauguration on the
1th ol March.
Saturday Evening Post.
Georgian Beautv. The good points
of a Georgian girl, says Morier, arc a
rosy or carnation tint on her cheek,
which they call numuck, " salt of beau
ty ;" dark hair ; large, black, antelope
eyes, and arched eye-brows; a small
nose or mouth, w hite teeth, long neck,
delicate limbs, and small joints. They
arc extremely beautiful, lull ol anima
tion, grace and eloquence.
Ship Buii.di.vu in New York. The
The ship yards of New York present
a more than usually animated ap
pearance at the present time. There
are now on the stocks two immense
ships; two steam ships intended for
the Spanish Governments, and prepay
fill. .112 fl I'O lll.lLlhfT f. !...' llm
till-'.. - jj I'JI HI iihj Hl.-';S
of four large atlantic steamers, t:nd a
large scventv-four.
Saturday Evening Post.
Openino a 1at Mine. While a
carpenter wis boring a large augur
hole it tiie side of a Philadelphia ship,
a large rat wound out of the hollow of
I IiC augur, followed by six or eight
others, m such rapid succession that the
atlrighted carpenter began to conclude
that ho had bored into the nest ol some
strange species of snake w ith 7 heads
and as many tails. He of course fell
back a couple. Tattler.
Oitice Skekers There are over
three hundred applicant from the
city of Newark, N. J. for situations in
the New York Custom House.
1 he population of New Hampshire,
according in the recent census, is
AMBMCAN.
.here i, no appeal but ,o force, ,he vila. p,ielp,c
Iu Saturday, December 19, 18 lo.
How Smart! A young lady, rather
given to gossiping, was in the habit of
lumpiainitig ol a bad taste in her
mouth every morning. She consulted
a physician tijion the matter. He told
her it was because she went to bed ev
ery night with so much scandal in her
mouth. Well then, doctor," said she,
' if that is the case, I will bo sure to let
it all out before night, hereafter."
Repealers' Uniform. The Repeal
ers throughout Ireland arc to be known
by their dress, a pepper and salt coat,
velvet collar, and repeal buttons : which
garb Mr. O'Connell has already adopt
ed. fTinnerarv Free Press.
Both Kin no a Steamboat. An old
woman on the batiks of the Mississippi,
hailed one of the lamest steamboats
passing up the river, which rounded to,
supposing she w anted to take passage.
She stepped on board, sought out the
captain, aad told him she wanted to sell
him a dozen of eggs. She 4 ad'nt but
eleven by her, but said one of the old
hens was on the nest, and if he would
only wait a few minutes, she could
make out a full dozen !
Resourera uf our C'ouulry.
The Agricultural and Doim-Mic Keaurce of our
country ore inimen.-ely greater than the mass of brr
people have aupposid. The Cincinnati Chronicle
give u lhe agricultural return of nino tonshi a
of Monroe county, N. V containing over 22,001)
people. The result is astonishing. It is proof con
clusive of the immrnt-e and almost illimitable re.
ourres of thrse t'nitrd Statm. Tbece town pro.
duce in gross as full ms :
Wheat, 658,000 bushels.
O.itn, 245,000 "
Com, 1S1.0U0
Potatnei, 320,0(10
Wugar, 1 10.000
iSjtiriiuous L'qnnrs, " 2,200
11..
bbls.
The above ia only a pwt ! (Such trifling uffiiis
horsra, hmy, dir,a, manufaclur. a. &e. Va.. m
hate not added up. But look at the result. Eve
ry living soul, man, tvuman and child, haa in the
ali ilment, as its sharer in the production, 25 bu
sbclaof whe.tt, 12 bushels of oats, 9 bushrla of coin,
4 bushels of potatoes, 5 lbs. ofsugar, etc. Or any
head of m family has ISO bushel of wheat, 82 if
oats, Si of corn, M of potatoes, and 30 Ibe. of
sugar.
TAen a a whl", thrse townships rui.-e at least
four lime as much bre.id rtuIT as are iiectsajry lor
their consumption, sml other things in proportion!
But if the re.idcr be a little surprised at this, he
will he more so when lie learn tuat tlKse aame
towns made $105,000 worth of butter arid choi.-,
raised $32 000 north i f fruit : msdc f 10,000 wnitli
of home cloth ; am) productd $150,000 of manu
factured anirles; or $30 a piece fur each liii g
soul. This altirds matter f.T comment not on y on
the phyxicul, I ut the moral condition if the county.
None but a country in the highest inoial condition
can roduce turh a renulL Tin so jeoj le are not
only well i IT, independent, but they are the richest
in the world. Nor i Ibis an isolated example.
Hcside ihete wheal fields ri-e the village church
and the village school. There are happy fucea.
young and old, around them. I. .ng may thiy en
joy the jieareful fruits of hoppy, indcjiendiMit Uw !
By thu report of the M.irhil of the WYatern dis
trict of Peni'S) Ivjiiii, it apHr thut the number uf
furnace, rolling mill, &c, in Piltsbutgh nJ A'
login ny county is 40 ; the value of the articles
manufaciu.ed about $5,000,000, and the capi al in.
vested $1,931,000. Number of ghs houses, 16
value iniiiufactu ed, $520 000; capital $580,000-
C. ttou niJiiufit-toTics, 5; spindles, 17,570; vjue
mauufacturid, $571,000 cap tal, $500,000. Tan
neiie, 30; ulc leather tanned, 0,580; side up
er, $57,880, Bushels raised, ll,535,556k
Wholesale and retail mcnautile bou.es, 590 ; copi
tal $5,762. P'jO. Flouring mill, 3JI ; gristmills,
69; -w mills, 78. Barrel flour manufactured,
43 ,u-' fuinilure m;inuflictu,cj, f55o
I Wy ?143 6ot, llBrawre.,u.b,y,&c?
1 r
000;
$350,.
000. The nunilier of printing ollices is 18 ; daily
papers, 4t weekly, II ; peilodicals 10. The total
amount of capital employed in manufacturing is
$5,Ms,472.
Fort uuatr Escape.
The Honorable Waddy Thompson made a most
lucky esie with hi hfo Sund.iy evening on the
railroad, between Richmond and Petersburg. The
Compiler says: To telieve the cars and le ter ena
ble the engine lo iu-ke headway, the pa.-scngs rs all
gut out snd were walking on the track she.id of
lhe engine, which after a while, iucreabing iu iui
petua, CJtne rushing Upon them, and tbey all, with
the exception of Mr. Thompson, left the track, lie,
wilh his clouk wrapd about his ears, did not bear
ibe engine, and was knocked down and run over by
it, but we are happy lo say sustained no serious,
and we believe haul y any injury. It waa a most
foitunate ece. The new of bis iaiminent dan
ger will excite a shudder, but his mirsculous es
cape will be a source of gratification to hi many
friends snd tdrnirer. Mr. T. was on his way to
Washington to attend te hi duties as K-p'enta
live in Congress (rom f'onth Ciiulm".
and immediate parent of dcspolisn,-
-J urn a
VOl. ImmXO. XIV.
The Washington Monument,
This aulijecl,. which ha lately been revived, i
not, we trust, again to drop. The state of the cae
cem to be thu: Thefttate 8oriely of Cincinn
ti are in poosi n of near $16,000, a large part of
which sum h.aa from limo to time been made up of
the voluntary contribution of our citizens, and by
them haa been invested. The society are merely
trustees. Ano her fund of about $5,000 ia the in
vestment of committee appo:nted by the citizen
in 1824. A committee in 1832 was again ap
pointed, and ono during the present year, under
whose auspices about $6,000 have been aubacribeJ,
and model of an equeatrian statue rocureJ. But
$50,000 are required to construct a statue of iron,
bi autiful in design and worthy of the subject, the
ma'etial (ihe iron) having been tendered by a Pcnn
sylvanian, one of our Congressmen. The amount
of obout $30,000 remains to be raited, but our ri
liz. ns dicline paying until they are assured the
work will immediately proceed. This being cer
tain, there is no difficulty in raising the amount in
month. The Cincinnati, however, seem to en
tertain diubt whe-ther their committee should not
have the exclusive direction of tho work, and fur
ther that the money muil all be raised before a
commi nce.nent. As lo lhe first p int, they are
mere trustees for the contributors, who are clamo
rous to proceed, and there can be no objection to
the blending of lhe committee of lhe ci'izens and
the society. The public tvill not wait longer, and
these who have contributed and wish to contribute,
have a right to demand action forthwith. It is a
disgrace to our city that thix mailer should stand as
it doea. We undcrstan I, however, plan is con
templated, which, if cariied out, will put an end to
further delay. A ' -Washington Monument Asso
ciation" is to be formed in each ward and township
in the city a..d county. On the approaching birth
day of Washington, a public meeting is to be held,
vihich ought lo be one uf the most numerous ever
held in this city, when the people will lako it into
th- ir nwn hands. Success must and ought to be
the reiull. American Sentinel
A Glorious Record.
At New-London, Connecticut, ibe following in
scription is found on a grave atone. The records of
aneiam Kuim and Greece do not exhibit nobl I
instance of patriotic heroism : "On the 20th Octo
ber, 1781, 4000 English fell upon the town with
Gre and swor.l 700 Americans defended the fort
for whole djy ; but in Ihe evening, about 4 o'
clock, it was luken. The commander of the besei
ged delivered up hi sword to an Englishman, who
immediately atal bi-d him ; ail hie comrades were
put to lhe sword. A line of p wder was then laid
fiom the magazine uf the Fort to the sea, there to
be lightei', thus to b!ow lhe foit into the Mr. Wil
liam II ol man, who lay nt far distant, wounded by
three stroke of the Is joint in his body, Iclicl I it,
and aid to one of hi woui.dcd fiiends, who wis
also s:il ulive, W'e will endeavor to Ciawl lo this
line; we will completely wet the owdcr with our
blood ; thu will we, with the little life that remains
lo us, save the f rt ai.d magazine, and perhaps a
few i f our comrades who are only wounded.' lie
idotie lud alrength to acc mplish this noble design.
In b i thirtieth year he died on the powder which
he overflowed with hi blood. Hi fiiends and se
ven of hi wounded companions by that meana had
their bv. preserved," After tbi simple narrative
are Ihe following woids, iu Urge characters: "Hub
EkT William Mothm." Hartford Cuumnt.
Horrible Hulclde.
Wo have just heard of one of the most melan
choly suicide within our memoiy, continued on
FiiJay last, near Chester, in thi Hiaie. Thd vic
tim waa a young and beautiful girl about 18 or l'J
yeara old ; she had been for some time afflicted with
a religious monomania, and about two month
dnce Ql'empUd for the first time to destroy her elf
by taking Uudanumi but some membeisof the fam
ily perceiving the phial, labelled, lying on a table
near her, mtilicul id was immediitely uuim ined,
and the liquid exti acted, a slioil time after she
made a second attempt by taking arsenic, but was
again l'rustruted. Her parent then act a wa'ch up
on her, and had every possible mean, such as
knives ru us, cVc, pljcrd beyond her reich; but
o determined was she lo hulH off thi mortal
coil," that alie by so.ne stratagem obtained au old
razor, which bad been used in the stable for r. pail
ing harness, cutting leather, Su, and wilh it die
committed the lash act, while in the silting room of
the house, and when there were none uf the fautily
ptrsenL The first intimation her fiiends had of
the melancholy event, wat by a girl employed lo
woik about tho house, who, when about pieparing
dinner, went to the store room, which waa immedi
ately under lhe sitting room, for the purpose of la
king eonie meat frou a barrel where it bad been
packed, when to her great horror and atonihroit.t
she beheld the top of lhe barrel clotted wilh Woo l,
and a trickling stream falling from Ihe ceiling. I he
arTii.hled girl immediately communicated th bet
of lhe appearance to lhe family, when the repaired
to tie loom and found lbs aukide lyiii on the
floor, with the carpet upturned, weltering in her
blood and life almost rxiinct. She eiislej about s
quarter of an hour afterwards wheq the vital spark
of one bebved by all who knew her, ft i. Thu
mot singular part of the whole liaiinscUoii is jhe
fact that nothing ave the Ct i f nionouua a could
have lawipied her lo ecmniil ih lash act. Hhe waa
about to be untried to a young gentleman i f tba1
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vicinity, upon whom she doated. and when one of
her Cm was on would rave and call for htm
Daily Chronicle.
Resurrectionists.
On Tuesday afternoon, as Mr. Samuel Young,
city missionary, of No. 123 Spring nlreot, New
York, was passing along the warf at the foot of
Courlland atreet, hi attention was arreited by
beer barrel on the warf, around which number of
persons were assembled, and on exsmining which
he discovered the head out, snd the bodies of an
old man and a young woman, partly protruding
therefrom. After examining and finding them to
be fresh subjects, covered ovor with hops and the
dregs of b.er, he headed the barrel up again, and
hastened to lhe Coroner's office, but the Coroner
was not there to attend to Ihe inquest on the bodies.
The barrel was directed to a Mr. S:illman, at Al
bany, and there is no dubt that the bjdica had been
disinterred by ome resurrectionists, for the purpose
of being lent to Albany, to some anatomist for dis
section. A crowd continued about the barrel up to
the hour of nightfall, and considerable excitement
was caused on account of Ibe diicovery of these
bjdits picked in the buret. Express.
Hrurocephsdus.
Mr. Woodward, U. S. Mar-hal for taking the
ceiuu of Clinton county N. Y. reports the case of
iulia lluuuah Knight, daughter of Elija Knight, of
Ellenburgh. This child was six yeais old on the
22 of August 1 .st. Its height is three feci ; around
the wrist three and a half inches. ; from the top of
ear to ear over the head, twenty and one-fourth in
ches; and around the head, which is partly trans
parent, twenty-seven and a half inches. The child
is sprightly, though in f ebie health, and drliiate
as an infant. Its body haa giown very little of lata
but its bead constantly enlarges.
The Dance of Life.
Mirth and motion prolong life." Aberntthy.
Human life i a mere dance the nursery the
bawl-toom ! Old miids and bachelor, for want of
partaera are compelled to exhibit in a passeuL
Knaveiy practicea the shuffle, while pride, prudence
and experience ae professors ia the art of cutting.
Courage leaches the " en evant," and discretion
(M the better part of valor") the "en arriere."
Hjinai happy in their choice of M partners;"
while many are doomed to go through the whole
" dance" with the powerless and disagreeable .Vn
Fortunes and JlVe-Chancr.
The ambitioua would-be-great are continually
tiuggling to (how off in a particular "set;" but
notwithstanding the pain ibey take in their "step,"
frequently experience the mortification of a "doa-a
dus," when they are anxiously exerting all their
etT'tls for a smiling vis-a-vis,"
These are the " ups and down" of the dance.
The lord of the creation," (with few exceptions)
i.ri very awkward, and ungainly ; while " love
ly woman" i most generally peifcct ia tbo
" fijjure."
Love i g nera ly - master of ceremonies," but
being rather purblind, make the most ridicukm
m stakes in introducing - partnera ;" mud although
Avarice (who officiate in the higher circle) ia
lynx-eyed, he commit a many eirors iu "coop
ling" the company a hi coadjutor.
Hopo illuminate the festive aceoe," and away
they bound on the light fantahlac," .hand
across-down the middle up again till Tirao
leps in and throw a damp uj their merriment
the piper stop for - want of breath," and lb
dance ende.
D.acair-rios or a Goon Wirt. She bad'nt no
ear far music, 8am, but she had a capital eye for
dirt, and for poor folk thai' much better No ono
ever seen as much dirt ia my house as a fly could'nl
brush elT with his wings, lioalon gals may boast
uf thi ir apinnets, and theii g yUrs, and their eye
tulian airs, snJ their ears for music, but give ma
the gal, 1 say, that has an eye for (, for she's the
gal for my money.
Tut rowtt or coxsciisct. A few weeks
ago, James Johnson, Esq. of York, Pa. receivej
ihiough the IV l clTw an anonymous note, of
which the following with ocne orthographical col
lections ia a copy, in whi-h was enclosed the uut
of twenty dollars :
" Mr. Johnson I got from you some tooney
few yesrs ago in a wrong way, not by cheating,
but il was wrong. 1 gi it back agiin with intei-
est."
Conscience will make cowarJa of u all.
Y.xitl Sice:. A cunning chap waa ta
ken bi fore the police of Philadelphia and fined five
dollar for off ring for aale (auages which he hail
made out of red Jlannel and minced turnips.
The PiiiLosoruiH says thai smaU man will
never slaud in i.evd of a great coat tux tcquiia a
long Dup. -A1. 1'. Ik: aid.
A Lor ta, say the Uoatun Post, i a ia "bo
in hi anxiety lo obuia piiasein of another, be
lost poion of himself. Pieuy good Colonel.
" lY'l. are) o into lhm aweelmeal again T -No
uiarui, kUsiiu sweuluwaU are into me."
$120,000 in sfcie arrivsd at New York CJfc
1buida Ur, fom Veil Litu.