.('. t Ins i ji . .jiii ii i . i,n 1 1 ij ? , ii Tl.lt! S OF THE " AMERICAN." HENRY B. MA88ER,? Vv rukhkm inn JOSEPH EISELY. $ PKornirroRs. It. B. JtljiSSEH, Editor torrid is maitiT ithkit, atia titltn.) THE AMERICAN" in published every Satur day at TWO DOLLARS per annum to be paid half yearly in advance. No paper discontin ued till ail arrearage are paid. No subscription received for a less period than ai mouths. All communications or lettera on business relating to the office, to insure attention, must be POST PAID. STOBUKY AMERICAN. . : . AND SIIAMOKIN' JOURNAL rniciw of AnvnitTisrvca. I square 1 Insertion, . . fO 60 1 do S do . . ' . . 0 75 1 do 8 dj . . 1 00 Ery subsequent mserltcn, 0 SS Yearly Adfertisemenls: one column, $15 ; half Column, f 18, three squares, f IJ; two squares, f 9 ; one square, $ Half-yearly t on a column, f 18 ; haff Column, f 13 threa square, f8 ; two auarei, foj one square, $3 60. Advertisements left without directions as to lbs lencth of time they ara to be published, will ba continued until ordered out, and chaTged accord- inRly. Cj.sixten Knrs make a square. Absolute acquiescence In the decision of the majority, the vital principle of Republics, from which there I ho app.al but to force, the vital prin-iple and iminediaie parent of despotism Jarmasos Ily AlnRMcr & Cindy. Siiubur), iVorlhuiiibciiaiMl to. la. Sntiirtluy, Oct. , isfi. Vol. a--.o. ft Whole o, 109. From the Sunday Mercury. XV O It I) 8 . Br srooss, o. n. We know the meaning of most words lSy sound a well as sight ; , They mean, although they have no mien, So mind and write them right, ; For thus in 'eccentricity,' One sees Rood many e's. Also, in 'huhbuhbuhberoiis,' The i'$ are thick as bcrs. There ar no tt in English 'eyes' But e't there are in ra.tr t A does want ye to mnke it 'aye,' There's but one p in peas. Some judge judge the English tongue, But kill it wiih a breath ; With wind and words Ibey sentence Some Fine tentencct to death. A sea-hoise is a sea-horse, when You gee him in the tea But when you see him in a bay, A buy horse then is he ; Of course a race course isn't coarse, A fine is far from fine ; It is a saddening eight In see A noble pine trie pine. If miners are all minors, then, Their guardians get ilieir gnin; All slazies extra pains should take To put in extra panes. . A kitchen maid it often made To burn her face, and broil it ; A lady knows no labor, but To toil it ut her toilet ! How do you di ?' si d Sal to John, .Sr), so,' replied he, 'How do you do ! snid John to Sal : Sometimes new, sew,' raid she. If one were ridden o'er a Int. He might his lot bewail, But 'twould be of no use to him To rail against a rail. A bat about a farmer room Not lone ago knew To fly- He caught a fly and then Few up the chimney Jhie 1 But such a scene was never seen, (I am qiiiti; Hire of tint.) A when with sticks all bands essayed To hit the but a bat. A rant is rWrj, ore would suppose, Because K wants a mind; And furthermore 'tis blown about By evt ry idle wind. Tis tm-ishment for me to pun, Tis trilling, void of worih, $o let it pass unnoticed like The dew that' due to cat ill. Hymn for Clianntiig'a Funeral, at WM. C. BBTANT. While yet the harvest field are while, And few the toiling reapers stand. Called from his task before the flight. We miss the mightiest of the band. Oh thou of strong yet gentle mind ! Thy thrilling voice shall plead no more For truth, for freedom, and itiuikind ; The lesson of (by life is u'ei. But thou, in brightness fir above The fairest dream of human thought, Before the Seat of Power and Love, Art with the Truth that thou hast sought. TUB CHOTOX WATKIl U OltKS, The New York Commercial Advertiser, after giving expression to some very natural ecstasies respecting lite celebration of the in troduction of the Croton water into the city, adds the following interesting account of the works. The work was commenced in July, lsV, and the whole amount of expenditure since Aug. S, has been .7,Hi,,,i: fl. Hero arc tome ol the principal items. Aqueducts, reservoirs, bridges, &c. .... hyi,:i70,V57 Salaries of engineers, &c. .MKMU'J Law expenses, ... l(i,i:ttl Real estate purchased. . fllO.UIW The whole line is divided into one hundred j and one sections, generally half a mile long, 1 and the first is the Croton dam, by which the I Croton water is collected. This embankment is ') leet long, Cm high and 55 wide at the top, j and is made of hydraulic stone masonry. The j beautiful sheet of water thus funned has been lajued the Croton River Lake, to distinguish it from the artificial reservoirs ; il covers lour hundred acres of land, and will contain six hun dred millions of gallons. This will allow a dis charge of thirty-five millions of gallons every lay, an ample supply for a long time to come. Other darns can increase the quantity if it shall be ever needed. la a distance of 35 miles through Westches ter county are passed an arch bridge of feet 12 tunnel or excavations under ground fur the aqueduct, the aggregate length of which ia 1, 400 feet ; 32 ventilators and four waste weirs for the discharge of surplus water ; and all are pjx4ied at a 11 expense of about four million! tjf J pilars. At section 80 the aqueduct crosses the Harlem river here a bridge is now build ing for this purpose, which is indeed a Ilercu Jeao task, requiriitj uiorc aklll aud watchful- j ness than any part of the whole line. It will consist of seven arches, over land, of 50 feet span, with eight arches over water, of HO span and when finished will nearly equal in dimrn sionsany bridge in the world. Its cot is csti mated atone million of dollars, nnd its eleva tton is so grent as not to impede the navigation of the stream ; thus taking care of posterity and the wants of our metropolis when she shall have extended to the Harlem river. Some i ilea of tin's vast undertaking may lie formed from the fact that the excavation for one pier has been carried 31 feet below the surface of the wntcr, and then, a rock foundation not hav ing been reached, 210 poles, from .'50 to 40 feet lonir, were driven in for the purpose. Several piers have been already carried, by the aid of coffer dams, from four to fifteen feet above high water mark. Nearer the city there ore more than 12(H) feet of tunnels cut through the rock for two lines of iron pipes, 30 inches in diameter. Section 90 embraces the receiving reservoir at Vorkville an immense structure covering a surface of fl2 acres, resembling an inland lake and containing l. millions of gallons. The walls and embankments are of the most massive and durable constructions, and the whole is enclosed by a beautiful iron railing. The next two miles form the connecting link with the distributing reservoir or Murray's Hill. This is a beautiful spot ; and an admirable piece of workmanship, of solid granite, in form square, hut much smaller than the other reset voir. A round its elevated summit, 115 feet above mean tide and 31 alovc the surface, ie a no ble and broad walk, affording a most exten sive view of the city, the Hudson and the sur rounding country. The work South of the distributing reser voir consists in laying pipes to supply the lower part of the city with the water. More than 100 miles, the distance from New York to Philadelphia, of these subterranean streams have been finished, and .'tO more nre yet to be added. Splendid public fountains w ill be built in our principal squares and public places, fur nishing a supply of water to the poor, and high ly ornamental to the city. Those at Union Square and the Park are now in oNration ; the basin of the latter forms a circle 100 feet in diameter, with a turf bank, and the jets rise to a height of 55 feet. The firmer lias a ba sin frO feet in diameter, and three feet deep, with various jets (10 feet high, the most im posing of w hich presents the form of a wheat sheaf, resembling the one in tin; court of the Palais Royal at Paris. Both fountains are strikingly beautiful, and few in the world are of equal dimensions. The whole length of the aqueduct is 32 miles; its foundation is stone, and a bed of con crete made from broken grat.itc and hydraulic stone; the sides are of hammered stone, and the llour an inverted arch of brick eight inches thick; the upper arch the same. On the 8th of June last the superintendents went through the aqueduct 011 foot, and the whole being found complete, on the 22d the water was ad mitted to the depth of H inches. "The Croton Maid," a small boat prepared for the purosc, a txl holding hair persons, was then placed in the aqueduct, and navigated its entire length by some of the same party. This novel voyage was made sometimes ut depth i.f 75 feet lie low and then again Ml feet aliove the natural surface of the earth, at the rate of a mile in 10 minutes, the velocity of the current. When four feet deep this will probably reach two miles per hour. On the 27th the water was admitted into the immense receiving reservoir in the pre sence of a large assemblage, including the Mayor, Governor, military, firemen, Ac. Ac. A salute of IW guns was fired and the "Croton Maid," soon making her appearance, was hail ed with great enthusiasm, as the evidence that navigable stream was now flowing into our ci,y- 'r,lt' tl,L' formally presented to theatre Department, and alio n.w lie atiugly ' distributing reservoir. To this x stream was admitted on the 4th day f Jotyi amidst general and imposing demon. sttationsof public joy, the temperance socie ties taking a prominent part. Since then the water has continued to flow about two feet deep through the aqueduct, de livering into the receiving reservoir twelve millions of imperial gallons per day, and, as yet only five or six millions in the pipes ; nor ha any delect been found in any section of the work. The Harlem bridge is alone unfinished and it will require vigorous prosecution of that work to finish il in two and a half yeirs. In the meantime the temporary pipes used there answer every purpose for tho passage of the water. Over 12,000,000 is the cstima- ed cost of the entire work when done, From ten tu twelve dollars is th.o ru',0 charged per an to families f.ir tl,e , uf H,0 water ; its own force carries nt .tre.i into the highest bUiriosof t,a iot elevated buildings. Tho "auie if .Major pyuria, and hi auccossor John B.aJerrfs, Esq., the engineers, will be connected with the Croton aqueduct as long as it endures. We have heard of the "seven wonders of the world." This may justly be cons dered the eighth, and although (lst in time, it is among the foremost of its magnitude, expense and public utility. Front thr Rochrstrr Advertiser. Advantages of Dntiiljlnni. Some time in June Inst, a very respeetnlile and thriving fiirmer, hiving an unexpected cull to the city, did not stop "to clean up" in o ther words, to change his field dress for Sun day "fixing" but hurried off just as he wr.a.nnt apprehending that he was likely to disturb the more refined olfactories of any body by the ne glect, much less subject himself to the ridicule of any of civil bipeds. It so happened that his daughter, a beautiful creature, of more good sense than pride, w as staying here at a friends, at the time, but did not expect to see her fa ther on that day, nor did he intend calling on her. The farmer after performing the most im portant business that called him to the city, went into a store, where he was immediately selected by one oft he clerks as the subject of sundry small potatoe quizzing, but of which the victim appeared most marvellously uncon scious. As good or ill luck would have it, at the time this interesting sport was lieing enjoyed by this vender of fancy articles, the daughter of the quizzed was in the store, with a la-ge group of her sex, and soon became concious nut only o' the presence of her father, hut also of the very laughable exerimenl being essayed upon hint. In a moment her face was in a glow, while her eyes flashed with unwonton brilliancy, but these were immediately succeeded by a marble like paleness her mouth became most rigidly conipressed-a glance half pitiful and halfscorn- fol, was directed towards the clerk, and Lucin- da T was herself aain. The father pas- sed out without having discovered his daughter, nor did she seemdesirous of making him aware of her presence the reason for which was best known to herself. The evening following the incidents already narrated, there was a gay and select party as sembled at the dwelling house of one of our citizens, among whom was the lieautiful Lucid- it it T anil the magnanimous experimen ter tin the supposed credulity of her father. It would not have taken even a casual observer long to have discovered that Mi.-s l.tieinda's beauty of feature and no less boa 1 it 1 fill figure, had made a most dangerous assault upon the heart of the aforesaid clerk. Indeed before the conclusion of the party, he seemed and decided ly was "a gone case," and the chances were ninety-nine to one, '.lint, but tor permission sub sequently granted tocallat her father's in the cotmfiy, we should have been called onto chro nicle another "Sam Patch" catastrophe. We will just skip over the occurrences of two long weeks, and quietly scat ourselves where we please, provided the place selected gives a fair view of the witty clerk and his charmer. Well, there they were seated, each at the window of the splendid dwelling of the rich farmer T . Our hero of the scis sors and yard.-ticks is looking the unutterable at the fair Lucinda, while a sarcastic smile is playing around her lovely lips, making him dream 'he ie monarch of all he surveys.' It was a moment of deep interest but suddenly the silence is broken by Lucinda, who pointing with her taper fingers towards the road, exclai med, "see, Mr. L, what a queer looking man there is making toward the house." "Delight ful," rejoined the lover, "the identical old fellow who allorded me no little amusement in the ci ty the other day. Never saw such a laugha ble old codger in my life ! As I am a christian, he is coming right into your parlor." Sure c iiough, ho did come right in and no so-Mier had he entered her room, than the young lady rose proudly, and turning to the oppinjay with over constrained Mliteness said 'permit me, Mr. L, to make you acquainted with mv Fatiihh, who was so fortunate as to conduce great ly to your amusement in the city a few weeks ago.' Mad the waters of the Ontario come booming up the Falls, thus apMtllingly reversing the order of nature, the lover could not have been more completely stopified than he was by this announcement. His nether jaw fell down below his cravat his eyes became fixed am', distended, and so wild and so haggard was his look, tin, even he would not have known himst-if had a mirror been held up to nature. TIiib could not last. The triumph of i'no saucy beauty had come, and the l'.,ver was but too plainly sensible of it ; therefore mustering all his courage, ho rose and without a nod, darted from the housu leaped into hi borrowed buggy, and in a moment rai sed such a dust a to thut him from iew. Scarcely did he breathe for the first mile of his flight ; hut aboiit midway of the second, he so fur mattered his feelings as to mutter in a woebegone folic "bit by thunder," Fmm lThr Indicator.' f Ol XSKI.S TO TJ1H VOl'KO. BY IIOKACK ORt'.t.l.KV. Three millions of Youth between the aires of six ami twenty-one, arc now rapidly coining forward, to take the rank as the future husbands and fathers, legislators and divines, instructors and governors, politicians and voters, capitalists and laborers, artisans and cultivators, of this vast country, whose destinies are even yet so faintly, imagined, much less developed. Not one is so hu.iiblo that he will not cert-iinly ex eit an influence it may be an ininien-e and imperishable influence, on the happine.-s ami elevation of his country and hi race. The hum blest cottaoe miiden, now toiling thankfully as the household servant of some proud family by whom she is regarded as nobody, may yet be the mother of some fiitiite President or, nobler still, of some unaspiring but (jod-directed man, w ho as a teacher of'rightoousness, an ameliora tor of human suffering, a successful reprover of wrong, sensuality of selfishness, may leave his impress on the annals of the world ait a server of his race. Nearly all our now eminent men. politically Jackson, Clay, Van Buren, etc., were not merely poor and of humble parentage, but were left orphans in early life, and thus deprived of tin-support ami counsel which seems most eminently necessary to success in the world's rugged ways. In the higher walks of genuine usefulness, the proportion oft hose enjoying no advantages of family influence or hereditary wealth, w ho attain the loltiot eminence, is very great. Call to mind the first twenty names that occur to you of men distinguished for ability, energy, philan thropy, or lofty achievement, and generally three-fourths uf them will bo those of men bom in obscurity and dependence. All Literature is full of anecch.tes illustra tive of these encouiaging truths: a single fact now occurs to me w Inch I have never seen recorded : 1 have often worshiped in a Baptist meeting-house in Verrmmt, w hereon at its con struction some thirty years since a studious and exemplary young man was for some time em ploye! as a carpenter, w ho afterwards qualified himself and entered upon the responsibilities of the Christ ian Ministry. That vounj man was Ja red Sparks since F. litor of the North American Review, of Washington's voluminous Writings Ac. and now recognized as one i.f the foremost scholars, historians und critics in America. I promise here to set forth a few inisirtniit maxims tir the guidance and encouragement of those youth who will hearken to me maxims based on my ow n immature experience and ob servation, hut which have doubtless in sub stance leen projiouuded and enlorced by elder and w iser men long ago and often. Still, as they do not yet apeiir to have exerted their full and proper effect on the ripening intellect of the country as thousands on thousands are toilsomely, painfully struggling forward in the race lor xisitiou and knowledge, in pi-.liablc de fiance of Ilieir scope and spirit I w ill lnqte that their presentation at this tune cannot be w ithout some effect on at least a few expand ing minds. They areas follows: 1. Avoid the common error of estimating a College education necessaty to usefulness or eminence in life. Such an education may be desirable and beneficial to many it doubtless is so. But (ircck and Latin are not real know l edge; they are only means of acquiring such knowledge ; there have been great and wise, and surpassingly useful men who knew no lan guage but the mother tongue. Beside, in our day the treasures of ancient and cotempo rary foreign Literature are brought home to e veiy man's door by translations, which cinliody the stibctance if they dollot exhibit all the beau ties of the originals. II your circumstances in life enable you to enjoy the advantages of a college education, do not neglect them ulsive all, do not misiiiiprovc them. Hut il your lot lie different, waste 110 time in idle repining, in hu miliating lieggary. The stern, self-respecting iudt'H'iideiice uf your own soul is worth whole shelves of classics. All men cannot aud need not be rollege-hicd not even those w ho are horn to instruct their kind. You can never be ja,. I ly t'eeined ignorant, nor your acquaintance con teiiiptil.de, it you embrace and fully no .rov e t ',jU opportunities which are lairly otfr ,cd voi. 2. Av iid likew ise the k'dred r lU ,.(pMly ptriuciuus error that yoe. iust UMVt) a profes sion must be a C.4rgyn Jhl Lawyer, Doctor, or something i.'tl.Kj(j(rinori,.rt0 bo ii.thr entiul, itse:" res jK,t t,.d ,,r u Bate the case in its best re,p,.ct, that you may leudauiulel lec'.ual l .i'o. Nothing of the kind is necessary ve.ry fur from it. If ) our tendencies aro in tellectual if you love Knowledge, Wisdom, Virtue for themselves you will grow in them, w hether you earn your bread by a profession, a trade, or by tillu.gthe ground. Nay, it may be doubtful whether the Farmer or Mechanic who devotes his leisure hour to intellectual pur suit from a pure luvu of them ha not mine advantage thereto over the prul'cioiial umu. Iln comes to his hook at evening with his head clear and his mental appetite sharpened by the mental labors, taxing lightly the spirit or brain; while the lawyer, who has been running over dry books fvir precedents, the doctor, who has been racking his wits for a remedy adapted to some new modification of disease, or this divine who, immured in his closet, has been busy pre paring his next sermon, may well approach the evening volume with faculties jaded and palled. There are few men, and perhaps few er women, who do not spend useles-dy in sleep, or play, or frivolous employments, more thro than would Ite required to render tliein at thir ty well verged in Hivtorical, Philosophy, Ethi cal.ns well as Physical Science, AVc. No Man ran ever Itnrrntv lilnnrlf out or lie hi. Under this caption, somebody, we know not w ho it is, makes the following very sensible re marks. "If you wish fir relief you must work for it, economise for it. You must make more and spend less than you did while yon were running in deht. Yon must wear homespun instead of broad cloth, drink water instead of champagne and rise at four instead of seven. Industry, frugality, economy these are the handmaids of wealth, and the sure sources of relief. A dollar earned is worth ten borrowed, and a dollar saved is better than forty times its amount in useless gewgaws. Try our scheme, and see if it's not worth a thousand banks and valuation laws." Another straggling piece of advice, which we find among our clippings, is worthy of be. ing tacked on the als.ve. The w riter says : 'It is a mistuken and ruinous policy to attempt to keep or get business by delaying collections. hen you lose a slack pav master from your books, you only lose the chances of losing your money, and theie is no man who pays more mo ney to lawyers than he wlro is least prompt in collecting tor himself." Damp Ilrda Beds become damp, either from their not be ing used, from standing in damp houses, or in rooms, w ithout fire, or from the linen not be ing dry w hen laid nn the bed ; nothing is more to be dreaded by travellers than damp beds, w hich are very common in some places. When a traveller, cold and wet, arrives at an inn, he may by means, of a good fire, and a dry bed, have the prespiratiun restored, but if he be put into a cold room, and laid in a damp bed, it will be more obstructed, and tiro worst consequence may ensue. But inns are not the only places where damp Usls are to be met with. Beds kept in private families for the reception of strangers, are some times equally dangerous. All kinds of linen and bedding, when not frequently usd become damp. How then is it possible, that beds which arc not slept in ulmvn three or fair times a year, should be sate ! Nothing is more common than to hear people complain of having caught cold, by changing their bed. The reason is ob vious; were they careful never to sleep in any bed that was not frequently used, they would seldom find any i'l consequence from a change. Nothing is more to be dreaded by a delicate person w lieu on a visit, than being laid in a damp bed. In hotels, w here the b-ds are used almost every tiight, nothing is more necessary than to keep the rooms well seasoned, and the linen dry. O uetY vf Hi t.lth. iM'Al.l.lHI.KCt UK lOK THL ToOI H C HF..-Tt -Jf ut our readers who have felt the exeriic ,(,. t pangs of 'his disease, and who, like 0 .irsi-'v-s, have experienced but little huinar. sympathy on such occasions, w ill no doubt he or ititied to he put in nssession of a remcjy which will 111 all probability forever quie. the Jl,niereil"ul of fender. Oo one occasion while '.nboring under tlie tortures of this distress". disease, a t'rien.1 en tered the room, and rter learning the ease of our sutK-rir.g, joyr Jby exclaimed :-- N '", my il .ar friend, 1 can cure you in five mi'-aes , 'How tiow?' inquired we. ' rlave you any alum V Yes.' ' 'Bring it, and some Common salt. They Were produced my friend pulverized I hem, anu mixed theui in equal quantities; then wft a small piece of cotton, causing the mixed powders to adhere, and placed it in the hollow ! tooth. There,' said he, "if that disss not cure yon, 1 will forfeit my head. It was as) predicted. On the Introduction of the mixed alum and salt a sensation of cold ness was experienced, which- gradually subsi ded, and with it the torment of the toothache. Forum. The ancient and magnificent convent of the Pouiiuicans of VaDada, near Palette!, in the kingdom of Leon, . after three day's con flagration, Udi been eutirvly Cvinsu.ned. Manner In Missouri. A member elect of the lower chamber of the legislature of this Stato, was last year persua ded by some wags of his neighborhood, that if he ditfnt reach the State House by 10 o'clock on the day of assembly, ho could not be sworn, and would lose his seat. He immediately tnonntcd with hunting frock rifle and bowie k.nfo atid spurred an til he got to tlie door of the State House, and hitched his nag. A crow d tvere in the chamber on the lower floor walking about with their hats on and smoking cigars. These he passed, ran up stairs into tho S-n., to chamber, sat his riflo against the wall mil bawled i.'it Strie.i.'er wliars the man tli.it swors me 1:1 !" nt the sunie time taking out Ins credentials "Walk this way," mid the clerk, who was at this moment ignitinga real Principe, and he was sworn without in quiry. When the teller came to count noses, he finiiul there was one Senator too many pre sent, tire mistake was discovered and the hunts man w as informed that he did not belong there. "Fool who! with your com bread !" he roared. Yon cant flunk this child no how you can fix it. Pm erected to the legislature, I'll go against all banks and eternal improvements, and if here's any of your oratory gentlemen wants to get skinned, just say the word, and I'll light upon you like a nigger upon a wood chuck. My constituents sent me here, and if you want to floor this two legged animal, just hop on as soon as you please ; for though Pm from a back country, Pin a little smarter than any quadru ped you can turnout of this drove!" After this admirable harangue, he put his bowie knife between his teeth and took up his rifle with "Come here old Suke, stand by me!" at the same time presenting it to the chairman who however, had seen such people befiare. After soiiie expostulation the man was persua ded that he belonged to the lower chamber, upon which he sheathed his knife, flung his gun upon his shoulder, and with a profound bow remarked, "Gentlemen, I beg your pardon ; but if 1 did'nt think that ar lower room was the grogery, may I be 6liot !" Klegaut Kxlracts. Heacon Snowball, the nigger preacher, in his last discourse published in the Uncle Sam newspaper, gives the follow ing concise histo ry of the labors of the late English negotiator Iird Ashburton : "I 'spew you all know dat Ixrd Warspite had gone home in de vessel dat is called de Ash burton. He had been heah to declare war again de caffob de leg.which was berry bad for Kurnell Vebster. He had lame leg ; when he dance, he dance on one leg hereafter. Massa Lord Warspite '.iad been up to dig for de boun dary line dat was loss lass war, and ha hab got it up, and hs fotch money over to dis country to pay for de Caroline, dat was sent up Naggary falls by Oe British las revolutionary war. Do getnnjan dat command de Caroline waa one Catjpen Tyrcr, and ho pay de money to he. Dis fulfil de scripture, dat dar should be war.s and rumors dat alt de warioua ofTUs boulders should get turned out ob dar oftiss before do eeitd ob de world should cum. Do worl will be Vtroyed next April, and all detn dat want to move aw ay before dat accerdent take placr, is informed dat Peter Widgeon hab a waggon dat w ill bold ten folk, and will accommodate dem d.t wants to move in de country before dew.jrl is 'stroyed. Massa Miller will furnish s'd dent (hit wants it wid a btiticateob good bc havur for one dollar." TiirlhueoNoN Astronomy "One ob de star-; is Jop-tnr, and om ob dem Wentis, and i i'--,ii 1- S i'an. Dis is de star dat go wau.ir n !.i and fro in de airth. seokin who I e uia ,' devout v ) ne''.uly, I hear hitn roar in de night in wii.f r 'ike 1 1 on, and I gets de bible and put him under my head, to dat him can't do nosin to me." On Matrimonial Government. "When I'eter Wnlgeon straptod his wife toddcr day, she tell him dat he was no gemman, and sho sd she woo hi complain to de Woman's Kite Society ; and sode woman ob dat society call ed to see Peter, and Peter treat dem to egg-nog and a roast chicken, and dey sed dey guessed dat his wire was in do rung arter all, for de egg-nog was berry good, and de chicken was fus; rate I" Kockv Mountain Corn. Mr. Harrison W. Tiiioii, of' I'lium Vale, ha left with us two ears of corn, (if one of them can be called an ear) the product of seed which is said to have come from (he Kocky Mountains. The perfect ear has eight rows, w ith largo kernals, and each grain is covered with a hull. This grew upon the stalk, while the other ear grew upon the end of a sucker, and may be taken for what is termed a "top gallant," but on examination it will be seen that it is well filled with perfect kernals, each having a hull, resembling tho hull to a grain of w heat Poughkcepsie TVc groph. "Saw mv Lvo Okf." We notice in a West, eru paper that Mr. Sauine was united in mar. riago lately to a Miss Manau Legoti A'. Y. Alius, t
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