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DEATH, OR MKDOltt'S' PRKAJI.
itt Tn it Arnion nr Aiixsrcnrs.
Here is a porm which is very likely to he judged
by strange eriticil canons, i. e. not upon its own
merits, hut upon the merits of the administration at
Vahinpton. We think it unfortunate for the au
thor that it should he so, fur the honk is one more
worthy of admiration thm the ttamlnrd hy which
it will be judged may allow it to receive. It has
some faults of mnnner and some inclegnnciea of
expression, hut on the whole displays umi'uat po.
etic.il nhilily. There are passages in it which seem
til us to possess a hiijh degree of beauty and pnw.
cr. A a specimen of its general style, we extract
the following description of "The Seasons," Atw
York- Poxt.
'Sprlnfj lnuchtng romes to hlrs- the verdant land.
Sweet hrer7.es kiss the slowing, curls that lio
I'pon her hloomine ehei k : a lambent fi'C
Days from her radiant eyes : 'neath her light step
Daisies and cowslips grow. I'pon the hud
SShe breathes, and quick the ro-e nnfolds
I irs tinted leaves, and. trembling with keen bliss,
Sips the pure morning dews, and soft exhales
A gentle odor through the garden's walks,
More sweet ih m beauty's brcith. Hark to those
sounds I
The warbling notes llint rise upon the gate
Stenl o'e.r the sml like voices of pure pr iver.
Or dream of Eden's jojs. O'er all the earih
Warm sunshine streams, who-e fructifying ravs
Strike through the fihroua soil, and qnicken there
A thousand lovely forms ; these straightway st irt
From that deep sleep which heaven so kindly send
Thiough winter's regged hour, while soen they
join
The happy ci'de of all be.iutenns things.
That fill the world w ith perfume and with song,
Hailing thulr bounteous mistress, virgin Spring.
Mark Summer, silting 'neath yon spreiditif
pulrn.
Her shady throne. W ith matron dignity
She gH7.r s Mund, and smiles in quiet prido
While rouniing o'er the glorious wealth that fills
Her wide domain. Now wave the growing fields
Ilenea'h the rip'ning winds and ihe waim sun ;
Now the soft pulp of the distending fruits
I nihil es rich ncctur from the glowing he.tms
Of the c dm, Men day. N -w Hope tils laughing
In a world of light, and Promise ne.u
Weaves ihe bright numbers of a joyous lay,
Wiih plenty still ihe burthen of Ilia theme.
Next Autumn conies, the sweet industrious ma'd,
Who garwr up the treasure of past d.iys.
Brown nu's, and yellow gr.iin, and rijien'd stores
Of mellow'd fruiis; yet still a pensive smile,
Assort as moonlight on some slumh'ring stream,
Throws o'rr her fac a nn laucholy shi'de
Of sober thought, as though her heart was sad,
'I hat the large harvesu which her shklc wins
Should leave the ear h so bare. And then she sings
A plaintive strain th:it ei hues through the land,
Joke the wild coning ..I some sofl-toucd dove,
A rioie nf resiunation and of nea.c.
Thouch still a sound nfs.lnn fiom the soul,
I.o! Winter ruhrs fiom the land of storms :
1'iom the eild Aierie regions, where he sat
Wlotg rlnuds a:'d darkness, anJ vast tuish iped
forms
He comes, u-iih frosts snd howling w:n , and hail,
And the dirk terrors ofa sunless -ky.
I'mhom his rigged beard, and his tierce eyes,
lieleiiili ss a the murderer's stony heart.
Condemns the vic im, while his icy breath,
More d a Uv thin ll'.e lightning's fire gleam.
Sweeps life ir.to ullivioii."
'I lit iirni'j;lnii Immigrants.
A cnrrosjHtinkMit of the Huston Pout, writing
from Detroit, gives the follow inn; picture of a
party of Norwegians w horn he found on board
the steamboat that took hitn there. It tnny or
may not he a fancy sketch, but certainly there
is no flutteiy in the likeness.
What struck mc most on board tlic Bunker
Hill, (kit ing my passage to Detroit, was a large
the ACTOR'S Chili.
'Shade of Kemblc!' ejaculated Ward, at that
time manager for Jefferson fc Mackenzie, in
Baltimore, 'hero it is past seven o'clock anil
'crook'd back'd Richard not in his dressing
room.'
My dear sir,' said the most original of nil
men, the importnrnblc Thomas V. Garner, 'do
not bo so precipitate. When the late Daniel
Reed "
An you love nie Hal,' interrupted the stage
manngrr, 'goto the ' and then the poor
manager clirtzzcttl, as was bis wont, with his
hands clasped in agony, from one side of the
Ilolliday street stage to the other.
'Ring in fir.-t music, sir!' inquired the call
lioy, who scratched his bead and seemed to en
joy the despair of bis manager.
'Ring, you red-beaded imp of Satan you
juvenile Calibani get out of my sight, or I'll
ting your neck oil'.'
Away went the call boy, and away went the
manager. Ward scare bed every bar-room in
the vicinity of the theatre, for the great trage
dian, hut all in vain. At last a little hoy came
running to him, almost breathless with fatigue,
and told him that Mr. Booth was in a bay loll in
Front street. The manager lound a crowd of
people gathered around the building in question,
and be bad some difficulty in edging himself
through the dense mass. Climbing up a rough
ladder, be cautiously raised his head above the
fb or of'the second story, and there saw the ob
ject of bis search, on a rafter, with a wreath of
straw about his temples in imitation of ft crown.
Booth,' said the manager, imploringly, 'for
Heaven's sake come ! It's nearly eight o'clock
and the audience will pull the theatre to pieces.'
The tragedian fixed bit-dark eye on the in
truder, and raising his right arm majestically,
he thundered forth:
'I am seated on my throne !
As proud a one, ns yon distant mountain,
Whcie the sun makes his last stand !"
Come, toy dear fellow, let's go we'll have
a glass of brandy, and a supper, and al! that.
Come, please come.'
Booth descended graceful from his yellow
pine throne, and kissing the tip snd of bis
fingers, replied with a smile, 'I attend you with
all becoming grace. Lead on, my lord of Es
sex. To the Tower to the Tower.'
After a little persuasion, Ward lead the tra
gedian to the theatre, got him dressed, the cur
tun rose, and the play went on. Just as the
second act w as announced to commence, a mes
senger, covered with dust, rushed liehind the
j stage, and before he could be stopped, was in
i earnest conversation with the tragedian.
'What!' said I loot h, as be pressed his long
fingers on his broad white temples, as though
be trird to cltitrh the brain beneath, 'dead, say
you! Dead and buried.' My poor little child
my loved my beautiful one ! And then see
ing the curtain rise be rushed on, exclaiming:
"She has hearth to progress far as Chertsy,
Though not to bear the sight of me,' ir.
The beautiful scene between Anne nnd Glos
ter was never better played. The actor, the
'noblest of all,' when he chose to be, gave the
words of the bird with thrilling effect ; but
there was a strange calmness about bis manner
that told his mind was not upon the diameter.
Still the multitude applauded until the old roof
rang njrain, and those behind the scenes stood
breathless with eaoer delight. The third act
came nn but B miTIi was nowhere to be found.
It was a bitter cold night, and the farmer as
assemblage of .Norwegians bound for Wiscon- j be drove saw bis horseman wrapped in a large
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cvouk, which as uopeneu uiscioscu n gimermg
dress beneath, ride rapidly past hitn. It was
Booth in his Richard costume. Madness had
lying on bis bod, gibbering in idiotic madness,
and caressing the corpse of bis little one.
AY to Orhitns L'rcscnl Oily.
KnglUli I ii i niul ICitgllali Srrvnnts.
An American, whoso letter? from England
arc published in the Richmond Enquirer, writes
thus from Fed ton, in Northumberland county,
England :
"I had cause to bo surprised at the comforts
to be bad at the country iuna of England, equal
ling as they generally do, those of the best ho
tels of 1mdon. I say surprised, becauscthc
terms, as compared with those in J.ondon,nr
so moderate. At this inn, the price of lodging,
such as a prince might be content with, is on
ly one shilling. Mels are not quite so cheap,
but much lower than the same in lindnn. Von
know the IkiiuIoii hotels are proverbially high
priced, the world over. This is not at all
wonderful, when you consider in addition to
the heavy taxes upon every thing that is used,
the extravagance with which all their depart
ments arc conducted. The loss inevitable
from this extravagance and waste, must come
out of the pocket of the stranger who patron
izes the establishment. Any one, too, who will
look at the servatits.and the manner in which
they dress, will not be surprised that they want
high fees from all upon whom they attend.
Imagine, as is actually the case, the waiter
dressed in fine broad cloth, a ruffled shirt,
white cravat, elegantly worked collar, pumps,
nnd occaf ion illy white gloves, and what a con
trast do we sec to those we have been accus
tomed to have around ns. This finery in
which these servants dress, is no doubt borrow
ed from the servants of the nobility, who are
very gaudily arrayed. The aristocracy seem
to have quite a passion for handsome servants.
Of course Ihey are dressed in livery ; but as
livery is not confined to the nobility, but ex
tends to many commoners ns well, I cannot sec
its use, unless it be to distinguish the servant
from the master. A stranger, without this
distinction, would be at a Iods to know who was
the gentleman the servant being in many in
stances the better and more intellectual look
ing man of the two, as I hive often observed in
Hyde Park.
"The practice of giving fees to servants in
England, has become as much a part of her sys
tem, as the revenue laws themselves. It is a
custom the more especially vcx itious to Ameri
cans, because they have not been used to it.
The evil does not consist in nnv thing so much
as the uncertainty as to what you have to pay.
If, when one's bill were piesonted at a tavern,
the amount due to servants were added on, ac
cording to some fixed and general rule, there
would not bo much reason to complain. But,
as it is, the traveller is oft en put to the necessi
ty of paying more than he can afford, or than
A Sorrowful Title.
The New York Sun gives the following his
tory of the unfortunate Christiana (lilniour, who
is now about to be; sent to Great Britain, to an
swer fiir the crime of murder :
The history of this unfortunate young wo
mnn should operate as a warning to parents,
and teach them to beware of an unrelenting
opposition to nn honorable attachment formed
by a daughter, or even n son, merely because
theohjoct favored by such is not of equal worth
or rank in life with themselves. It were bet
ter far better to rais-e one than to destroy the
other. Mr. Cochran, tlio futltcr of tbis young
woman, is a wealthy farmer in the shrine of
Renfrew, near Paisley, in Scotland. She re
ceived a passably good education ; and we
have seen a letter written by her to her parents
since her arrival here, couched in sweet and af
fecting language, and written in a practised,
pretty hand. About five years ago, it appears,
she being still in her "teens," she became ac
quainted with a young man in the neighbor
hood by the name of Anderson, and a mutual
attachment sprung up between them. Although
of excellent character, and of good moral con
duct, ho was in humble life, being a gardener
in the employment of a gentleman in bis native
parish. They made no secret of their attach
ment ; but it was bitterly opposed by her pa
rents, particularly ns her fitber, and the father
nf her future husband, had already decided that
she nnd tin; unfortunate Joh:i (lilniour were to
he united. The great object of her parents,
from the time of discovering her attachment to
Anderson, was to keep them npirt ; and with
this view, she was at times confined in the at
tic of her father's dwelling, and a most rigid sys
tern of coercion applied to her, with a view to
compel an abandonment on her part of the oh
joct of her n flection ; but without ell'ect, al
though stripes, and at times, severe beating.-"
were icstoicd to. "Oh, father," she exclai
ined, (as we are informed,) otic day, "I cannot
marry John Gihoour I have nothing to say a
gaitir-t him, but I do not love him permit
me to marry John Anderson, whom I know
is attached to me, as I love him and I will
go down on my knees and bless you. He and
I can take the farm, which will in a short time
be vacant, and my little sitters can live with
me, and we shall all bo happy in each other's
society. John Ciilinour cut) find another girl,
who will loc him and make him a good wife ;
but oh, father, 1 cannot 1 cannot marry liiui.
The appeal was unheeded, and served but to
make oer situation worse, and she determined
upon escape, to wander, she knew :;ot whither
Watching her opportunity, t.hc (led, but was
soon pursued by her father and all the servants
of his household. She took shelter in a thicket
where she remained for some time undiscovered
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sin Territory, whose singular costumes and re
volting liloveliness of appearance formed the
staple subject of conversation till the day long.
It has never yet been ascertained, I believe,
seized him, and regardless of everything, at the
what system or internal economy prevaueu in i sun hours oi midnight, he was going to pay a
the domestic establishment cf Adam and Eve. j visit to his dead child. Drawim; bis flat sword,
Therefore wo ought to be careful how we ap- j and throwing his jewelled cap from his bead,
ply the term primitive to any portion t-f the bu- lie lahed bis horse's flanks with the bare wea-
nian fintiU'. lest we should unwillingly asperse . on until the animal sported in pain. The tall
the services are worth, for fear of seeming to J although her pursuers often pissed the spot
impose upon a menial by paying to little. At
many public places, where no tickets of ad
mission are sold, antique places, churches, no
blemen's scats, Sic, fees are regularly expect
ed, and generally the gratification felt by the
stranger is such as to make him feel that any
little stun he may have to bestow, is well spent.
I can tolerate a poor widow, making her live
lihood by exhibiting the memorials of such a
man as Shakspearc; lean excuse a work
man, in a hot manufactory or foundry, toiling
and sweating from day to day for lean wages,
asking for the wherewith to buy a bottle ofale
or some comfort for his family ; but when I
sec noblemen, who are rolling in wealth, and
splendor ami superfluity, making, as it were,
public tdaccs of their seats, ''rounds and 'Gal
leries, permitting their establishments to he i i,1"e,i'i' be experienced severe iorture,
shown for money, which indifferently finds its ' P'TiHied. Circumstances came to light which
way to their pockets, or else paving their j allorded but too much ground tor suspicion that
where she lav, till her little favorite An" found
out his mistress and came fondly upon her. This
led to her detection, and she was taken back to
the house and severely beaten. Finally, goad
ed almost to madness, or to what hns been clai
med in rejard to her, insanity," she gave a
consent, so far as the law required, to on union
I with (iilnioui : and after being bedecked in bri
dal robes, was brought ns an ox to the slaugb
ter, or a lamb to the sacrifice, from her place
of confinement, and her destiny interwoven, for
i life or death ! with that of John fiilmour. The
parents bad given them JL'1000, or about soOtHI
; each, making MO.OI'O in nil, nnd they were set
j tied on the farm at Incl.iiinon, which became
i their property. In about five weeks from the
i marriage, the unhappy husband, after a sh-.irt
the character of our original parents. But if
priniitiveness be meant to imply not only the
utter absence of every thing bordering on re
finement, but moral and physical degradation,
then the class of emigrants mentioned above
arc the most primitive race of people anywhere
in existence. Their hands and faces were ac
tually begrimed with the accumulated filth of
years and as to their attire, it is difficult to
conceive how any human being could have
been so disengenious as to devise so contempti
ble and tinpitturcsqiic an article of clothing as
that which they wear.
With regard to their taste in the matter cf
food, it is 6.ifBcient to say that they would often
scramble among thcineelves tor the very slops
which the cook threw in a large bucket of dir
I ty water, althongh as I had occasion to ascer
tain, they had plenty of gold in their possession.
Lord Nelson, in describing tin inhabitants ofa
new island be bad discovered, in one of his de
spatches to the admiralty, laconically portray
ed them th'js : '.Manners none; customs
beastly." That must originally have been eet
tUd by Norwegians !"
dark trees on each side of him touched his heat
ed brow with their silver frosted branches, and
thinking they were men in pursuit, the mad
actor cut at them with his sword, and cursed
them as he flew rapidly by.
At last, after a gallant ride of two hours, the
horseman came in fight ofa country grave
yard, and as he saw the white tops of the mon
uments peeping through the dark foliage, like
snowy crests upon the bosom of a black billow,
he raised a shout wild enough toscare the ghosts
from their still graves. He dismounted, and
away sped the riderless horse over hill and dale.
It was the work of a moment, (and tho insane
are cunning beyond all,) to wrench the door
from the vault containing tho dead body of bis
child. lie seized the tiny coffin in his arms,
with the trong arm ofa desperate man ho tore
open the lid, and in a moment more tho cold
blue lips of the dead child were glued to the
mad actor's.
The next morning some of the tragedian's
family heard a wild strain of lai''nter that seem
ed to proceed from his 'reping room. The
door was forced cpesj rt,jt, wgg discovered
housekeepers and porters with what is receiv
ed, and thus permitting these "gentlemen in
livery" to levy contributions upon the public,
wherewith they may gamble, and carry on
high life below stairs," I can find no justifi
cation for such practices being carried on by
men, who assume to be above every thing sir-
did, and, more than that, who style themselves
"noble." I do not know bow the practice of
taking Ices could have become so general, tin
In; had been mnrJoro.l, nnd that this his unfor
tunate, hut now, it is feared, guilty wile, bad
caused bis death. The subsequent events are
known she fled to this country in protection
ofa youiig man, and passing as his wife, but oc.
eup jng (lib! inet I ciths, and both assuming a fie
'.'emus name. Anderson is still living at Ben
frewshire, and i. wiid to be of good character.
Christiana declares that she did not murder her
husband. If so, the prsyer of ull will be, that
"Milfons for de.em," a tho darkey cried
when the farmer's dog was after him.
the terrible ordeal which she will be called so
sion to encounter.
less it be a sort of extension of the princi')U t:,t' w'" permit l"T to iis.s in safety through
upon which John Bull has acted that of taxing
every thing that would bear it. You know
that servants, the world over, w ill imitate the
vices of their masters. 1 think tho English
menials, seeing what large Bums their masters,
who governed the country, raised by inonns of
taxes and protective tarills, or.ly adding on a
little to the price of every article, resolved that
they would do the wnie.ae.rj protect themselves
by screwing a small s.m, or as much as he could
give, outftevc,y gentleimn they met."
A papt-rin Texas recommends the settlers
not o run in debt. Having run in debt to get
here, says he, there can be no greater folly than
running into it when here, beyond whioh there-
is no place to run.
Jeremy Taylor's nightly prayer, lor biinsell
and his friends, was for (Sod's merciful deliver
ance e.ml preservation from the violence and
rule of passion, from a servile will, and a com
manding lu-t; from pride and vanity J from
false opinion and ignorant confidence: from im
providence and prodigality ; from rnvyand tho
spirit of slander; from sensuality ; from pre
sumption and ilcr-pair ; from a state of tempta
tion and hardened spirit ; from delaying of re
pentance and persevering in sin j from tin
thankfuliiess and irrcligion, and from seducing
others; from all infatuation of soul, folly and
madness; fiom wilfulness, 6e!f love, and vain
ambition; from a vicious life and an unproid
rd death.
Sum Sllrk In Knglniwt.
Those who have read Dickens' ill-natured j
thrust at our manners and customs will not
fail to relish tho following extracts, from the
new publication of "Sam Slick in England.")
SUM'S OPINION OP lltCKKNS.
"What h the temper," he replied, with much
warmth, 'that they visit us in! Cuss 'em!
Look at Dickens; was there ever a man made
so much of, except Lafayette ! And who was
Dickens! Nrita Frenchman that is a frend to
ns ; not a native that has a claim on us ; not a
colonist, who, though English by name, is still
an American by birth, six of one and half a do-
?.en of t'other, and, therefore, a kind of half
breed brother. No ! he was a cussed Britisher;
and what is wus, a British author ; and yet, be
cause ho wau a genius, because genius has the
tarnal globe for its theme, and the world for its
home, and mankind for its readers, and bcan't
citizen of this State or that State, but a na
tive of the universe, why, we welcome him, and
feasted him, nnd leveed him, nnd escorted him,
and cheered him, nnd honored him ; did ho ho
nor us ! What did be say of us when be re
turned .' Read his Book.
'No, don't read bis book, for it ain't worth
readiu'. Has he said one word of ull that re
ception in his book 1 that book that will be read,
translated and read again all over Europe has
le faid one word of that reception ! Anjwer
me tlmt, will you ! Darned the word his me
rnnry was bid; be lost it over the tnffrail when
he was sea-sick. But his note-book w as safe
under lock and key, and the pigs in New York,
and the chap the rats eat in jail, and the rough
man from Kentucky, and the entire raft of gals
imprisoned in one night, and the spittin' boxes,
and all that stuff, warn't trusted to memory ;
it was noted down and printed."
I.Mil.ISII C IVIMTV.
"There's plenty of civility here in England
if you pay for it ; you can buy as much in five
minitsas will make you sick for a week ! but
if you don't pay for it, you not only won't get it
but you get fcarce indeed of it, that is if you
arc tool enough to stand and have it rubbed
in.
'They are as cold as Presbyterian charity
and mean enough to put the sun in eclipse, are
the English. They haynt set up the brazen
image here to worship, but they've got a gold
one, nnd that they do adore, and no mistake
its all pay, pay, pay ; perquisite, parquiMte, par
iiuisite ; extortion, extortion, extortion. There
is a whole pack of yelpiu' devils to your heel
here, for everlastingly a crinin', tawniii', and
coaxin', or snarlin', grumblm', or bully in you
out of your money. There's th boatman, and
tide-waiter, nnd porter, and custom'er, and
truck-man as soon ns y i lai..! ; and the ser
viiiit-inan, and chamhvr-v:ai, and uo j's, nnd por
ter again to the inn. And then on Ue road,
there is trunk-litter, nnd coachman, and guard,
and beggar-man, and a critter that opens the
coach-door, that they calls a water man, cause
he is inftrual dirty, and never sees water,
They arc just like a snarl o' snakes ; their
name is legion, and '.here ain't no eend to 'em.
"The only thing you get for no'.hiu' here is
rain and smoke, the rumntiz and Pcorny airs.
If you could buy an Englishman at what he was
worth, and sell him at his own valiation, be
would realize as much as a nigger, and would
b; worth tradin' in, that's a fact ; but as he
ain't worth within', there's no market for such
critters ; no one would buy him at no price. A
Scotchman, is wus, for be is prouder end mea
ner. Pat ain't no better nother ; he ain't proud,
cause ho has a hole in his breeches and another
in his elbow, and he thinks pride won't patch
em ; and be ain't mean cause he ain't got no
thin' to tic mean with. Whether it takes nine
tailors to make a in in I can't exactly say, but
this I will say, and take my day to it too, that
it would take three such goneys to make a pat
tern fir one of our real genu'ciie free and cn
liohteuej citizens, and then I wouldn't swap
without largo boot, I tell you. (lues I'll
go and pack up my fixiiis, and have 'cm ready
to laud.
HIE NCION MONI ME.VT.
"There he is, ns big as life, five feel within"
with his allocs on. Now, examine that monu
ment, and tell mc if the English don't know
how to brag as well as sonic other folks, snd
whether they don't brag, too, sometimes, when
they hain't got no tight to. There is four fig
ures there, represcntm' the four quarters of the
globe in chains, and among them America a
i roiiehin'down arid a beggin'for life, like a mean
ludgin. Well, jist do the civil now, and tell
me when that little braggin' feller ever whip
pod us, will you 1 Jist tell me the day of the
year he was able to do it, since limammy
cut the iipron-slring, nnd let him run to seek
his fortiu '. Heavens and uirth, we'd a chawed
hitn right e.p !
"I w ish you woulJ speak as loud as yon ge
nerally do to your husband," raid a L'arned and
probably benpieked counsel to a married feaiale
w itness, whom be could not persuade to speak
above a whnpe r.
Tomato Ems. Tho rc-publication of tho
following recipe, will prove acceptable to sotno
of our readers at the present time :
Take six pounds of Sitgarfo one peck (or 10
pounds') of tho fruit. Scald and remove tho
kin of the fruit in Ihe tisunl way. Cook them
over a fire, their own juice being sufficient
without the addition of water, until the sugar
penetrates and they arc clarified. They aro
then taken out, spread on dishes, flattened and
dried in the sun. A small quantity of tho
syrup should be occasionally sprinkled over
them whilst drying ; after which, pack them
down in boxes, treating each layer with pow
dered sugar. The syrup is afterwards con
centrated and bottled for ttsc. They keep well
from year to year nnd retain surprisingly
their flavor, which in nearly that of the best
quality of fresh figs ! The pear shaped or single
tomatoes an.wor the purpose best. Ordinary
brown sugar may be used, a large portion of
which is retained in tyrnp.
Tomato Pickles. Take totnatos when about
two thirds ripe ; prick them fall cf holes with
a fork ; then make a strong brine, boil and skin;
it. When cool, put your tomatos in ; let them
remain eight days, and then take out and put
them in weak vinegar. Let them lay twenty-
four hours; then take thorn out and lay a lay
ing of tomatos, then a thin laying of onions-,
with a tea-npoonfutl each of cinnamon, cloves
and pepper, and a table-spoonfull of mustard ;
then pour on sharp vinegar. You may put them
injnrs, if you like. Michigan Farmer.
Tnr. Difficulty with Farmlrs generally is
that they have too much invested in land, and
not Fparc capital enough to manage anything;
to advantage. Tiw many think if they can
but get a farm, they will leave the rest to take
care of itself", instead in the first place of se
curing the means of managing the farm to ad
vantage, Hence follows the prac'.ice of buy
ing on credit at high prices and paying in pro
duce at half price, or of making forced sales
to meet obligations which need not have exist
ed, bad tho farmer in the outset had his 6paio
capitul proportioned to the size of his farm.
Haston Tran.
Mormon, is a Creek word. According totho
Baptist Register, "Donegan and other authors
of Greek dictionaries define it, 'A bugbear, a
hobgoblin, a raw head and bloody bones, a hide
ous spectre, a frightful mask, somctihing to
frighten children.' It is thus used by tho Creek
author Theocritus, and the Creek author Aris
tophanes the comic pott. Sohinioii Spalding,
having tried to preach three or four yc.irs anil
faded, being a classic Greek scholar, and out of
nil business, wrote for his amusement what ho
called the 'Book of Mormon,' i. c., ua he under
stood it, (Ac Drake Xpert re s. A!cr his death,
the ignorant Joe S;nith and J. Rigdoii, comin
into possession of the book, and ignorantly pre
tending that Mormon was a sacred Jewish
name, have used the book for deceptive purpo
ses, as all the world know, and have attempted
to clothe the word Mormon with a 6acrcd mea
ning. Above is the definition nd origin of the
word, as well as of the book.
M?rmoxs, then, the anglicised word, or tho
derivative as comprehending the people, may
be defined "Devotees to bugbears, hobgobolinsj
and spectres." Seventeen thousand of such de
votees, it is said, arc now residents in Nauvoo.
An AwKWAnn Batiii.no Puedicamext.
The Liverpool Meicury describes an amusing
incident w hich recently occurred at the far-famed
town of Redcar. A lady and gentleman
on a visit to the water place, not satisfied with
the restrictions and forms attended on bathing
from a machine, started early in the morning
in their pbn-ton to a favorable spot two miles up
the sands; the lady provided herself with a ba
thing diess, the gentleman as gentlemen often
do when bathing, declining such incumbrance.
After un lress-.ng on the sand, and placing their
clothing in the carriage, they took to the wa
ter, but had scarcely recovered from the first
dip,' when to their dismay, they observed tho
horse start away at a smart trot with the car
riage, dresses and all leaving them in the pri
mitive state of our first parents ! After soma
time it was arranged for the lady to proceed
in her picturesque and scanty costume, ti
Martke, where she arrivcJ barefoot anJ bare
headed, nnd after relating the unfortunate but
laughable account of the horse , succeeded in
borrowing a dress lor herself and husband,
which w as fl rwarded in all speed to him ; and
be wag soon recognized by the messenger, pa
tiently enduring bis woful plight, though up to
the chin in the water.
A Fuddleometerhas been invented out West,
by w hich a man can tell when be isgstting too
drunk to walk.
Woman is said to be like ajewsharp, for the
so'.ereafon that she is nothing without a tongue
and must be pressed to the lips.