TC1UIS OF T1I1J AllI-ItltAX."
H. B. MAS8KK, i Pu an annas is
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TUP. WMKPIXn maiii-:x.
I iw a fiir rea'd werpinc,
I iwii hv von old onk tree,
Ore day when I ivs rcepins
The cancc I (lew to sec.
Flie turned a I approached lirr.
Then, Mus'iin.T, dropped hrr head;
While I, in tones of kindness,
I'nto t'li1 ni'iidi'ii rtnid :
" W lint e 'evi lb ihrc, fair nial.h n ?
All. maiden, tell me hue,
Can sorrow rest within the breast
Of one so fiir as you '"'
" c ! Vcs !" she cried, " k'ltd stranger,
I've drunk of funny's r tip
Jit-l now my tni. wi'h nithlc.s hand,
Cut my lie iv ittsn.K up!"
A". ('. 7c.
Suit of Oli! I! n c li r I o r
I drcmn'd a drcim, in the midst i f my slumbers.
And, fast as I dicaint, it w.i coined into mmi'ieis
My thouekls rut along in fitch leintiful ou'trc,
I'm sore f ne'er mw any poetry sweeter,
It seemed that a law had heen icernlly made.
'J'llat a tatiinrdd bachelors' pate sheii'il belaid;
And, in order to n-.nkc them all wdlit,i;ly inarrv,
The t lx was as l:i'ie as a man could wed cany.
The h.icheloiK gutinbli d, and paid 'twere no ti e,
'Tvvns horrid ipjn t ee and horrid a!ne ;
And declared tint to save tlicir o.vu luail'a blond
from spilling,
fit such a vile tx torv win. 1.1 rn'er pav a shilling.
Ijnt tl.eruhrs iletiTinini-d i!i. ir i.WW to pursue,
f-o tin y get all l!.e h ie helots tin i ven-'ue ;
A crier was s-,ii t'irou,;!i the town to am' fro,
To rattle l,u hi il, and hip 'ruin; i t to bh.w ;
A'ld to call oil! to :! ho neRht m et in his way,
"Ho! fury old .(! l,e!or. so'd line to-day."
Aid I'f.f, i!v the 11M ninids of the town,
F. :eli one in h. r vriy best bonnet and gown.
Prom thirty to ,:ty, fair. p!a:n, red, atnl pale,
Of every description, all Hocked to the. sale.
'I'he uneiionrer then, in his Inl'or began,
At.d e.ll'J 001 nl,iul,a li.; held u, a innii,
' How milch (or a b.icheloi 1 who wai t to buy .'"
In a twitdi r ety niatilen nvpon.lJ ' I I."
1 n Ml. rt. lit a !.:!
ly rxtniVB'.Mnt rice,
'i'hu ! el i
.c:e k.'I.I oil' in a trice ;
And fell old maid
.ie younje-, h.i oldet,
K .ih Ice. .1 an i Id !ia, hi lor home . n her plirndder.
'';'.'! iik V. 1 1: a e .;;.:;,. A few days
V". a pur oftiiril-s, seemingly uhm'ohsj to be-i-L.me
no, ted to to: s in. :i b inds of wedlock.
l:iio:e n.e:r tv
in-ar.'i'iee beien? one
the i ler-
i: men nf ( i'a
u ho, tin ling the reipii-i'e
eel I ti. ca'o'.s a!i ie;!;', proeei de.l w o, u, ,.,.r,,.
tnony, n::t,l in- i iiue t,, a pi:t,,;'it wlu-ret'ie
eonstieii is jt'tr to the hri.'.-"o..::i, if i:e "is
u :iling Iota!;" this wieiian to he Ins wife ." To
t':,is- neres.ary lotery, the inr.n, after lonsidera
Lls hesitation, ni'..-v, . red, "Xo !" "No!'' said
the niitti-l- r. wit'i a V. -.sdi of s.irpi a-e, "i'or wdiat
i'.,i-'.n:" "J'l-t," sail the poor emharra-'sed
Seop'eton, looting f .) !,ed.,or, ''because I've
taken a seteii.er (d.sg'ist at her.'' ( in this,
ti.e reren.ony, to the ev ideut mortification i I the
fair on'', w as brnkeii oil', and the parties rt 'tlmd.
A few i!.iy at'ler. huvvever, they again presi u
ti d tht ves b, f ,re !i;s ro erence, r.iul tl'C
fii-tidious l,r,d i'Tootn, having declared that he
h n! got ie r his efjerii'iu, i In- eercirionv was
a-;. no t (iioioi'i't'ed, and pmc-v-der! .vithie.it iu
ternijUiou, tdi a (;t:e.-tion, miii'.ir to the above,
w.-ts put to lb.' lo nil' , when she, t:i return, re
el. ed in tht. t;eg ,! ive.
"Wb-.'.t is the ne-v.ning of nil this !" said the
e'ereyui.it'. evi lent'v diso'ensed at t'i tooli.-.h
trilling oftlie pirttes. "(1 na'-tltiog nva,' mid
the bin diing ihitii.-el, to-i- iog her head, with mi
itirof reroniiii'viT, 'v,, !y I've j'-.-t tnV: a seuti.
tier at him !" 'I'he t .vo ngiiti irlired to their
lonely pillows, and lonely it would seetn they
bad found them, lor the reverend gentleman, on
coining out ot hit, house the following morning,
met the foo'i di ro iple once more r.n ti.eir way
to solicit his services. ''It's a.' mode up r.oo,"
eaid the uniting fiir one. '( ) yes," said her
intended, "it's a' settled no , r.nd we want you
to rry its as nun as p.i-sib'e.'' I will do no
fticli thing,'' was the grave and rtnrtltn" renlv
to the imptitierit rer;uest. "What for V Esketl
they, speaking togithcr, in a tone of mingled
surprise and disappointment. "O nuethingava,"
eaid his reverence, passing on his way, "but I've
just fa 'en a scunner at yc baith." Kilmarnock
Journal.
The It ace or Mankind would periuh did
they cease to aid each other. From the time
the mother binds the child's head till the cno
n;e:it that mime kind assitta wipes the death
damp from the brow of ihe dying, wo cannot
exist without niutuul help. All, therefore that
need aid have a right to ask it of their follow
inortuls ; no one who holds the power of grant
ing can refuse without guilt. Sir IV. Scott.
N
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the
From tht A. Y. Trihunt.
tKTTKItH 1'UOII lTAl,Y.NO. X.XIII.
THE roi'K DOM MtOl'IX MKIZATOST?.
I'omf, April, 1 .
! To-day I received tin invitation to ho pro
j fenled trihis liolineiJs tlitf Pope1, hnt as I found
i that 'fhort.v' and foiiip tith'-r inconvrnii-nt et
ceteras vutc! in'costiry I Jottlitioi). I regretted
; it uftorward.s, ns I linind I could lmve bot-n pn;
: Kcntrd in my ordinary drrsp. Wlirnovrr billion
arc? prr pouted, court drrfs ia not reipiirod. A
; lady unexpectedly heenmo one of the. number i
i wl...wnrofonee,.mna,.v nor r,mtl i l,;. i... !
lincs.S and I could have seen hitn without the
incoiivetiieiiee I anticipated, j
' It was a matter of very little rone.'ipictice,
however, as I had on several occnvion-i been
within a few feet o! him an hour at a time, and
hen n! l.iui speak, and out, as I ruppo.-i d a verv
pond idea ol'the M;n. lie is nearly K() years
nf ne, but robii'-t and healthy; he sloop.s con
siderably and w alks slowly ; yet when he
mounts hip throne his step is lioht and elastic
as that of a voting man. He has marked arpii
; line lean! tires, a mild eye, and a very benignant
1 counten nice. 1 le was a prelate of no disliue
; tion, and mounted to the chair of St. Peter as
: many other. have done before him, by party
strife. As soon as the Pope dies there com-
mencesa 'urines strtigple between the rival
, families for tlio throne. Tho Cnrdinn's are
; shut up i'l Ihe Popp's Palace on the (iniiimil,
and are allow ed to come out of their seperato
apaitinrtits only to ca-t the-ir votes till a Pope
is eloeted. Two-thirda aro necessary to -(institute
a choice, subject ont o to the veto nl'lhc
Lord Ilij;h ('haniherluin. The on!v way often
to reconcile the fuciions, and escape frem their
imprisonment, is to full o-t some eld mi.! in. lit
lerent Cardinal and eliet hi:u. The ;iroet:t
Pope (ircitery was elected under liie.e cri.iim-
t stance,
man, a
lie is not r ganletl iisi a very clever
eii"h lie bears an excellent mora!
character.
To-day at Fame exercises in the S.i-tine
Chapel, I saw Hon Miguel. He is n very inmd
broking man. He now lives at Albino, fifteen
miles from Home, whither he has been banish
i ed by the Pope, While fie was in power in
Portugal, he btvi.-hr.d his wealth on the Pope,
who now, in return, supports him on a salary, it
is said, of -S'-'O.OilO. The cruise of Ins banish
ment was tin insult ofl'ercd to the Wife of Prince
Rirghese, one of the lirst families in the Papal
dominions. Site was tho daughter of the fii-
nioiis Cat h, i ie I " j r! of Shrewsbury, and, w ;i
true Kng'ish sptrit, resented deeply the insult
f-fTered Iter. Horghe.-e told his Holiness either
Hon .V igin 1 in nt t b.-ave IJetne, or he. Toe
Pi pe, placed iu tins dilemma, exiled Don Mt
etiel fir'ti i ii mill s oil, to tho b'.itit;ful lull of
A lira no, Irotn whence he drives into no town
ol'tr iii-r tiiau I e wi- !.es.
There is n sitioul.ir cost, vu here ilitting llo
!.V Week. Pi!gni! IVe.m -V( ry ejiiurter jour
ney on foot during Ivtsti-r to Rome, for which
they are enter! lined at Ihe Church of the 'Tri
ti'ta" their b-et vvasl.e.i by distinguished indi
viduals, who also serve them r.l tahie, and fi.nl
!y put them nicely to be.l. Tin y are the c.ni-pletei-t
set (" tagatfiuliiris von ever beheld, n;:d
it is rea'ly r-witing to I . . I; nt their nasty (ict.
Two n gh's since, 1) M;guil attenrle.! in nni
of the i oovents ntfnohe.l to the Churi h,
washed titi.I served reverat of t!nc h tisy bg
cat. ireat uierit is attaclfd to this net, and
l'nii Miguel expects, douhtlesa, to v. .;li o.i',
in this way, some of his pncep.dilloes, of vv hieh
tliere is city li'iatttity. I.s! tiight, sotue friends
and ii.vm dfj'tmp' il in!o n carriage at Si. Pe
ter's, rital ivde devvn to see the per'l.: oi.tin'e.
Tie; pi'grims all sa! in p rmv, en an e:eat.d
he'ich, w i' It ck. h a vv.i- den i';.-'i tin ler ins i'e( .
'I iiere is no hu rili'tg u'unt this w-i.-hin", as
there is in the Pope's washing the d'seip!. '
i'eet. The flirt on these Leggnrs is, us Cat !!e
would say, well aoth'nl'caled dirt, m.d il is no
joke to remove it. Two (''irdin i's : ere a oinog
the ii-..c: last nigh! ; and, to my surprise,
one of them I observed to he Cardinal .Mc'.t
thiiti, the gret.t linguist m the world. lb
ijpe.tks filly-two different lii:ig;i".gos. His ac
quirements it lone have btaiiie I fiir bitu n ' tr
niuai's bat and Post Muster; l.tp of Rome.
Tin; Pope attributes his knowledge ot bin
gtinges to a miraculous gilt. Conversing to
day w.th a priest ou the nibject n friend of
.Mezzufimti he told me th.it .MezjVifonti him-
j self attributes bis power in acquiring languages
l" 'he divine influence. I Ie says that w hen an
obscure priest, in the North ( f Italy, he was j
called one day to confess two foreigners con-'
demned lor piracy, who were to be executed j
next day. On entering their cell he found i
them umible to understand a word be uttered, i
i
Overwhelmed with the thought that the crimi
nals should leave this world without the bene
fits of religion, be returned to his room resolved
to acquire their language before morning. I lo
accomplished bis task, and next day confessed
them in their own tongue. From that time on,
he says, he has hud no difficulty in mastering
the most difficult lanjfimge. The purity of his
BUKY A
AND SHAMOK1N JOUUNAL;
majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which
tSunlMiry, IVoiCiiiinbcrluuil Co.
motive in tlio first placo, he thinlip, infl'ir.nrod
the Deity to assist him niirticnrnisly. A Khort
time finer a Sttivhr, who could Fpotik a patois
peculiar to a certain province of Sweden, called
on Iiini, and nilurrFseil him in that diuleet.
Merznliititi had never heard it before, and
seemed very much interested. Ho invited him
to call cm him often, w hich he did, w hile the
cnnver.:ilion inviinnb'y turned on this dialect.
AtleujTth tho Swede called one day, heard
himself, to his nmnzemenf, addressed in thin
" "l p"",s' 10 mqnireu ol Ilie Car.ttnal
who had been his mnater, fur ho tllOU'rht, he
i said, there was no man in IJome who would
speak that language but himself. "I have had
i
no one," he replied, "but yourself I Nr.i:u
fiirp-rl a ictml 1 hrnr onee." It this be true,
be Ins a mirwtttoits innnnry at all events.
This the priet 'old mo he had from Mey.;' lfm
ti himself- At home this would be headed
' '-Strange if true."
I forgot to say, while Fp"ik!ng of the cere
iimny of w ishing the pilgrims' feet, that there
is a st partite apartment in the same budding
for tho females, and that princes are mnio
times seen engaged in this menial ollice. J-very
(ine so washed receies a cerlilieate of it, mid
! if lie wishes, a mi ihil enl itling him la bra. I
wandered through the apartment with feelings
half sad half comical. In one room, previous
i to the ceremony of washimr the feet, they were
all assembled before a bhich .i'f,fi;r;ir, atnl fitteh
miserable looking objects ! never witnessed.
Kneli with his pilgrim Htafl'in hand sM leaning
forward in -.iient worship his tattered gar
rnentM, mid shrunken limbs, and hii-'yard face,
and wo-worn hudi, making my heart bleed with
l;l ine,
At the cerenmnv of washing I ob-eiveii j
several pilgrims that were mjie boys vv ho seem
ed frightened enough at the Hidden notoriety
they bad acquired. One little fellow in particu
lar attraL-led my notice. He was ii-jit frighten
cd and half roguei.-h ; uud between the curious,
gaze of the spectators-, the odd position lie was
in, nnd Ihe Cardinal in his awful robes at his
feet ; his countenance had a hall' sacred, I. all
comic look, nnd his eya rolled from the Cardi
nal to the spectators, rind back again in such
(tieer bewilderment that il quite upset inv gra
vity and I indulged in one of Leather StoekintjV
long silent laughs.
7Voi thr I'nitrtl Service J.'iiruul.
A t-'iriu Ii Amnioit.
Towards the end ot 'I-iHi, on a fine acttun
n.'.l morning, X.ipe'o-on was ri viewing his
troops decorated with Ihe laurels of Kgy p ( ler
mar y an 1 Italy ; and had already passed the
fronts of several regioients, whose i
ers and
lliiigees in tin-field of ha':!? he had so often
witnessed tin. I shared, when he arrived at the
I'll hussars, mi leuiarkable f r its spViidid a p.
pe ir.mce. II. s ejg'o eve s.im pii-reeing a ol-
tin'
r who vv is caracoling nut of his ranks, he
exclaimed
'Why is this hu
ar not in his place, fr ) nd-
ib'd he to the Cnione
I iov is u that, in a
regiment which I I'reijuei.tly ipiote as n model.
Mich a w ant i ! disctjiiuii
is pel nolle, I in toy
presence '
Let the soldier be put in arrest fur
eight days.' I
'Sire,' rep!. ed the Colour, 'permit me to ap- j
peal again-t this severe senteiici', and los.d.Cii '
pr.rdi ti tor my vo'ivilecr. Yen would net re- j
fuse me, if voii would hut interrogate him'
Very we!',' said tin: Kmperor. 'lie it so. j
1 .et hini n ppr i "-li.' i
The L'l-sur cure' forward nl a gallon ; an I .
the follow ing dia
'glte Cli-'ic
'Your name V
'My Cmpernr, my name is I 'neon, in I
i)l! the regiment cu',1 ice lirctou l"ou'o
I'or wli.it reason did y,i jtrfiftie to
tin
ranks '.'
"I never entered ir.t.i them -merely lollow
ing the r 'gitnee.t ns a volu ileiT, at, I not vv e 't
ing to form nut nntil v eir Maj-rtv Considered
me worthy ol lb it honor '
'I low l.ing hu', e you htvu atlachcd to the ie
giloeut !'
K.'gbt years.'
'U'liat has iiidiie.-.!
oil
j n the
r
'Love of my country and of my hii.-h.r.id, lioui
v.hor.i I was tie; irons never to bo separated.'
'Wti it ! you a wouvtn.
' j'es, se.e ; -.iiid you have ne-.er La l in
your regiment an arm r.ioro devote J ti,i)n
mire.'
'What is the name cf your htisbiiiid !'
'Poncet.'
'From what country do you come!'
'Aiigouleme.'
' our age !'
'Thirty -three years.'
'Have you any children v
'Yes, siie one son.'
'How ie ho employed !,
'As trumpeter lo the 1 lib dragoons.'
Very well ; do you understand the cvolu-
lions of the regimvnt !'
Yes, sire, and the sword exercise,'
'I am very anxious to witness this,' said the
Emperor, wholudcrud to Ilrcton Double with
m err
there U nn appeal hut to force, the vil.it principle and
Katurdity, Xov. If, IS 13.
increased interest. 'Colonel, let a troop
advance, and let this brave Poeton join the I
ranks :
The Colonel directed the movements, which
were executed by Iit eton louble with so much
ardor and precision, that the Kmpcrnr was de
lighted and .-urprire I at w itne.-sing n woman
nia.iagc her horse wilii the vigor mid courage
of an old campaigner.
'I am satisfied with your real and ability,' j
said the lhnpcinr, 'and appoint yen a regimen- j
tal Cj'iartennastor ; lake this towards youi j
dress,' at the some time placing n napoleon in i
her hand, and ordered r.d litiutial to be given
her. (jo and rejoin your sijuadron ; we i-hall
meet you a yain.'
Pre'on T'oni'le epivsed her prattTul thanks
to the Koiperor, and lust no tune in takin.T t'iie
posit 'on to w hit h, bv her new rank, she become
elitilled, niiiidet the cnpgrjlu'ations nnd cheers
of the nuinermis witness' s of the scene. The
Olh hussars shortly a'erw ards j .ined the corps
of the army in Piussia, and the battle of P.vlau
afforded Hrefon Pouble an opp irtunity of dis
tmiiisliino herself. The action had continu
ed more than two hours when Rrefon Hottble
who had be-Mi i-cot to the right win;' with an
order, rejoined her cures, and, perceiving that,
the troop was surrounded by a large bixly of
IStissinns, eotirageoiislv dashed through the en-
enty, sword in hand, killed the commander, re- j
lieved her countrymen, and returned to the i
camp proudly i
i
' qui died officer.
The ri'iip toi having h"cn informed of this
gallant fi at, directed a gou'eii e.ici.il to be pre
j petite,1 o lo r, vv't c't was received by our he
roine with gratettil ami religious respect, .mi.i-
I setpieutlv, in Pru-'ia. at t'ie conitnencetnetit ol
Ml action, she had the lies oidiue- to be wound
ed by a mil-'. i t. ball in the right hip ; instead,
how ever, of return : eg to the camp, she contin
ued to assault the enemy with increased vigor,
out of rwi nge Ihr tho pain she was enduring
from the wound ; but she w an aga in struck by
a bullet under the rig ht arm. i.tvviih-tatid-ing
tins, she refused to ijuit the field ; bound
up the wound with her handkerchief t st"p
the bleeding, hung her arm in n sling, pissed
the rein of her bridle over her neck, nnd chan
ting her sabre from her r gl.t to her left hand,
rushed like n lupous hyein into the enemy's
ranks. After killing and disabling several
men, she finally cap' tired six Prussians, whom
she immcdia'ely carried in triumph to the Piii
peror. Nnpoleoii, ioc.'lu y.'iig Hretori Double,
vv as nflec'ted nts-ncli devotion nnd bravery; he
look from hit owe !
ro,,st tin
rs, direct:
iter vv one
cross t I
nor.
m placing l!
I s!
'
foiliiw 1 1 : i und i
s examined, mm
every attention paid lo le-r by the surgeons.
Pro n that peii.i 1 u-il:l 1 -1 1 . Breton 1 '.".'.!,. ,!
not t;u;t her legniiout ; performing etoin -ii!
set v ice to the c iurei'gii sometur.es as a cour
ageous soldier, nnd tt ether times entering in'o
j he enemy's hues in I'eioalc attire, eith-r as a
huckster er a peasant, in which hitter capacity
t-heefti'ii c.'.iiMiied in'hrmation thit war, highly
impel taut und lolvan'ti omus to the I'lemli
ire,, ns. At V..ier!oo-he paid hrr Inst tr Lute
to the e'mv n lYitne, iu the military sotvice
of which tdio bad p.ssetl seventeen y :ir-; I'tt
rrr' that eng.i'. en.c.t !eT left leg was broken
by a niusket-ti.il! ; n:id Pnuc.-t,
then n c: 'va::;, die! :.', hi r bide,
MT lllls.iiitii',
nt iillsia .--1 .C ,1-
ly Ivlo'Vltlg !'ie i 'tgie w;s itlil Victorious. II
Victor.ons. ,t
w as am
'itate.l n I'l
scene ofsln'o'hlcr,
llrel.ci Pe
e.
re .-pe.-'.".! and admiie I by
wa, Co:, It, did to lt(l:i:i,
el to mi lot go a secoti I run-
I"1:- la!" eiieiu,,
vv here rhe vv a - ol
itioi above her km .. A tier p-iss-ng s;x
V "a Is
in
it ry , ev erv vv here h-Ttoied nin
b
it.i'.-lv t
o'.ae
d II 1
r an.'
i the death i.f I i: ; III, t.irnn bed M'h !-'-r
I I :tri'; t-a :n ti.e i'o.i h (' ii-u' in I'uhl.n, an.
; Aii.ba-ri.d'ir :n f."i,-?en. lVmu h r laig
I sen, -e. it w as coiie'iKli ,i that she h id been kti
"d
nt y i': i loo : ui;.!, in i-' iisof.. u
name
tin- ii
of 'l'
Cti-ir!
i : t:i i.T vv oiu an, s
i vv o 1 i
y of t ie order oi
turned in Im. let
g ion ot In i'or, m i
iiil'i rs. N et ev
i s . .a i . , ni
e I..;. from
'i o
i : ; n il ti e to-
Yo.
on of J id v , r i
ll'-lle". 'Ml
r'he's, did but
, mid to Ihe lliis.iiriuues of Ihetoti l.i
w h
. .
I was ueprived id ine mi .ins o! suosi.-li aice eran-
ted to in j- by ihe k.ng. Seue cs i.ui ab hers
could not, however, la justice, be passed over
unrc v arded ; atnl iu I -oil or 1 ,"!, the widow
Poncet was intlirm .'d tli.it ilnj Minister of iir
was in evpt". t.ilioii uflit in j enabled to t-atisfv
all the deiiianilt she had on her cuutilry Inr b'i
long mill faithful sen ices, by readmitting hrr
to the order of ihe cross of lion, rr, and by be-
stowing on her tie-pens.oii ol a vvoum..'tl ipiar-
term.ibler, and ui.-o the wido'V of a cspl.iin.
TN- f 1
f. how in;' seiitiin'-ot, wbit !i she nf:en
littered illah r the s id tr:;
character ef this ex'r ior
, wid iran:;
eiry woiuan
'A!-
though my fortune is l iui.b'e, my heart is cle-
V.lt.
Tiie son of Rreton D .ible ehtaoi-d hi-h
rank in the dr.i 'nnns, unJ accoiiipin'.ed the Lin
perof I-' Uiba.
immediate parent of despotism. Ji
Vol. 4--.o. Whole Xo, 163.
Reader, should ymt meet nt Orenoble a f'e
tnnlo painfully moving on crutches, rt body htim-
bled by grief and wounds, this is Breton Don-
blc sii'uteher; respect should ever bo paid
to the unfortunate and deserving.
Kxlrartt fioni hum Sllelv.
Halifax The Horse Trade forp atthk
Tit i:k-iom Hot nr.. The next morning was
warmer than several that had preceded it. It
was one of .hos.o uncommonly fine days that j
di.-tinguish an American autumn, t gueas, .
said Mr. Slick, tho heat to-d.iy is like a glass
of mint julip, with a lump of ice in it, it tastes
coo! ami feels warm iu reul good I tell you;
I love sueli a day as this dearly. It's general
ly allowed the finest weather in the world is in
America there aint the beat of it to be found
any where. He then lighted a cigar, nnd
throwing himself back on his chr.ir, put both
feet out of the window, and sat with his arms
folded, a perfect picture of happiness.
You appear, said 1, to have travelled over
tlw whole of this Province, and to have observ
ed the country and the people with much at
tention, pray what is your opinion of the pre
sent state antl future prospect of Halifax 1 If
I yon will It'll, said he, when the folks there will
wake up, then I can answer you, but they aro
fast asleep; as to the Province, it's a splendid
province, nnd calculated to go ahead ; it will
j grow as fast b a Varginy gal, and they grow
so aninzin fast, it you put your arm round ono of
j their necks to kiss them, by the time you're
done, they're grown up into women. It's a pret
ty Province I tell you, good above and better
be'ow ; surface covered with pastures, meadows,
wixils, and a nation sight of water privileges,
nnd under ground full of mines it puts me in
mind o! the soup at the TVcr-tnont house.
i One day I was walking in the Mall, and
who should I meet hut Major Bradford, a gen
tleman from Connecticut, that traded in calves
and pumpkins for the I?ostc.:i market. Says he,
S ick, where do yr u get your grub to-day ! At
("ieneral Peep's tavern, savi I Only fit for
nigger-, Fays he : why don't you cotr.c to the
7'ifc niout bouse, that's the niOit splendid
thing generally allowed in ail the v.-orld. Why,
says 1, that's a notch above my mark, I guess
it's too plapy dear for me, I can't afford it no
hovv. Well, says he, it's dear in one sense, but
its dog cheap in ano'.her its a grand place for
a speculation there's so many rich southern
ers and strangers there that have more money
than wit, that you might do a pretty good busi
i.rss there without goin out of the street
door. I made tw o hundred dollars this mornin
in little less than half no time. There's a Curo-
! lioa lawyer there, ns rich as a bank, and savs
he to me nrter breakfast. Major, says tie, 1 wi:di
knew where to get a real slappin trotter of a
horse, one that could trot with a flash of light J great animation, clinching his fist, and exteu
uing fhr a mile, ami beat it by a whole neck or j ding his arm darn it all, it fairly imkes m
-o. Says I, my Ird, (for you must know, he j dander ris", te see the nas.'y, idle, lounging,
ys he's the ne.ireyt male heir to a Scotch
peerage.) my Lord, snys I, I have one, a proper
sneezer, a chap that can go ahead ofa rail-read
steamer, a real natural traveller, one that can
trot, with the ball out of the small eend of a ri
de, and never break into a gallop. Says he,
Major, I wish you wouIJ'nt give me that are
fit I: name, I don't like it, (though he looked ns
tirkled all the time nj possible,) I never knew,
; ., j l. . t,,r,l il,n .i-ornt n l.-w-.l llrilVs a '"let
, ...... ...... .....V . w..., . ,
,, I iliot'j tlip rpnson T don't en a bend nnd rltim
, I'.pilt'p. V,.H I. mv Lord. I don't know
1 .,o s,,.-,-.eliove I can't beln a thinkin. if wi have
i a Vtt(,, claim, you'd be mere like a fo-j! not to go
; ahead with it. Well, says he, I-or.l or no Lord,
I ht's l.mk at vonrhotse. So awn v I went to Joe
R..v,i's livery stable, at tolher cend oftlw citj-,
an I picked nut the best trotter he had, and no
eu I great stick to brag on either ; says I, Joe Brown
' whit do you ax fur that are horse! Two bun
j die. I dollars, says he. Well, say I, I will take
I In. n nut and try him, and if I like him I will
keep him. So 1 shows our Carcdnn Lord the
! ierse, and when ho et !s on hi in, savs I, Hnn't
j ,-t hou trot as fast as ho can, resarvo that for
! a ,.lt . ift'ksfiail out how rverlaetin fast he
j ,t.v,i rtt t-art'J to stump yon lor a start j
. v jieii he returned, he said he liked the Worst
a :n t
itigiy, ami axed the pi ice, four hundred
: iu'lars, nays I, j oa can get nothin special with- ,
'
! ,.t u gnod price, pewter i'Hes never holj goo.1
i watches; 1 kim.v it.savs he, tho horse is luiue.
' Thinks I to myself, that's more than ever 1
o.ihl say i f h-iti tiien any hovv.
Wi II, I w as "om lo it'll you about the soup
ivs the .Ma ior, ii? near about dinner time, j t
nunc and see bow you like the location. There
' WMS n ; ,,t ,.f ,,;' ti,Cie gentlemen and ladies
! ;.. ,id:e rrmn. M never seed so nvanv afnn
,.xr,.y.t i.t ivui'neti. ement day,) all ready hr u
i s;.,ni r,,. when the gong sounded, off we sol
1 I k-a fl k ni' sin. en. Well, if there warn t a
( mi yo to ,y i
I ne,,r ..' s
en
y.(-i
soul" g ve rr a poll, and
luels up o;er head, so 1
' re o hed t lit b .t'l hands, and caught hnlj of the
fir t thing I colli. I, nnd what should it be but
I.tdv's eres we!!, as I'm alive, rip went tho
fn.i k, and tear e'.cs; the petticoat, and wht-n I
ii"httd mvtvlf 'Vent mv btani teiuis, awav thev
. -
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all came home to me, and t'uers tshe was, the
ptetty critter, with all her upper riggin stand-
ing as last as her waist, and notliin left below
but a tdiort linen undergarment. If shedid'nt
scream, it's a pity, and tho more she screamed,
the mere folks larfed, for no soul could help Tall
in, till one of the waiters folded hor up in a ta
ble cloth.
Well, I gets near the Major at table, and n.
lore me stood a ch'na utensil with two handii :,
,, 0p solip about the size of a foot tub, wHii
a iHreo BC00p jn it near about 8S aa a
ladle ct a maple sugar kettle. I was just a
bout bailing out some soup into my dish, wbr l
the Major said, flsh it up from the bottom.
Slick, well, sure enough, I fgives it adra.j
from the bottom, and up como the fat piecr
of turtle, nnd the thick rich soup, nnd n sig' t
of little forced meat balis. No poul could tell
how geod it was it was near about as hand
sum as father's old genuine particular cider,
and that you could feel tingle clean awny
down to the tip rends of your toes. Now,
pays the Major, I'll giv.3 yon, Slick, a nevr
wrinkle on your horn. Folks nint thought
nothing of, unless they live at Treemont : it's
all the go. Do you dine at Teep's tavern
every day, and then riff hot foot to Trcemon!,
and pick pour teeth on the street steps '.here
und folks will think you dine there. 1 do il
often, and it saves two dollars a day. Then
he put his finger on his nose, and says lie,
"Mum is the u ord."
Now th is Province is jint like that are roup,
good enough at fop, but dip down and you
have the riches, the coal, the iron ore, thj
gypsum, and what not. The only thing thiit
will either nmke or save Halifax is a rail
road nctoss the country to Bay efFtindy.
It will do to tall; of, says one ; Vou'il scj
it some cay, says another ; Yes, says a third,
it will come but we aro too young yet.
Our old minister had a darter, a real clever
looking gal as you'd see in a day's ride, anil
sue had two or three offers of marriage from
sponsib'c men most particular good Fpec?
but minister always said, "Phoebe, you are too
young tho day will come but you are to,j
young yet, dear." Well, Phccl.e did'nt think
I H, Bt all ; ehe said, she guessed she knew bet-
ter nor that ; so the next oiler ehc had, she said
she had no notion to lose another chance o:V
the sot to Rhode Island and got married ; says
she, Father's too old, he don't know. That's
jist Ihe case at Halifax. Tho old folks say t fir
country is too young the lime will come, tin 1
so on ; and in the mean time thu young folk
won't wait, ai'l run cfi' to the State, win, ',
the maxim iV "i;n:ilh is th-' time for improi -mciif
; a new country is nricr foo yetrig r
exirlioii push on herp moiin gouluail."
Ham it all, said the clockmiker, rising wii'i
! good for nothing, do-little critters they aint ft
to tend a bear trap, I vow. They ought
to be qtiil'ed round and round a room, li!;j a
liuly's lap dog the mutter of two hours a day,
to keep them from dyin of apoplexy. Iliuh,
hush.EP.id I, Mr. Siick.you forget. Wei!, sail
he, resuming his usual composure well, it'
enough to make one vexed though, I declare
isn't it !
An Fari.v DoMrsiu-Incidvnt is l.or.n Ei.
LiMsoitoi'fiii' Cahti:!!, related ly a Calcutta
.-riter. "At the first levee which he lieh!,ei
ly the civil, military, and Kuropeaii gentlemen
werti ptesented, many native gentleman wh
went, being requested to retire, as they were
not to be pretenled then, but at a Dunbar to
be held o'l a future day. Accordingly, they
then went in great state ; and, as is the cus
tom at a native Dunbar, they presented ric.'i
silver salvers, with large smus ol' money, on
which he (Jovernor ought on'y to place his
hand, as noticing them, the whole being return
ed untouched to the owner. Instead of this,
his lordship had a per in in aitend uico with a
large bag, and when the money was presented,
instead of his lordship patting his hand upon it
as usual, he desired the attendant to big it hll,
and senJ it all to tho Treasury. You may
' imagine the ro'istcritation of the native gcotle-
' .,.. ... ; .it.,,, "
i ' " ttk .. .
Dkiimsvj a Pokitivis. An editor out U (at
! has just rome out with a new paper. His m-
augural is the most radical thing we have Into
j ly read. He i-ays :
"We havn't got any political principles, rx-
j cept we believe in 'roast beet' and 'hard cider,'
j nnd go the whole hotg, including the tail. Wei
I love all the girls harder than a mule cn kick
the pretty on ' in particular and one wit
knows, douh'e r.-fi'ied iri ieu'ar. We are out
for total absmnatton of h irk cuxhioni nn
makes the w "i o's -onts stand out behind,
(we're a n-c . . . ' '' a'! like to say 'bus
tles') We're oi tor rie nhr i gnl ll'otl of all
sonp locks, fh".'k Le-k", li;i locks. We a-
j Dominate s'rttps, boenete tie y i.npejo loeomo-
j tion. We got I'm whole temptation cicty,
to th livitJin of the barrel."
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