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CHILD.
A fender i ti fit t it sr'ul
Las- in hrr shroud and coffin ;
llrr checks were like the p.sn I ,
Ir tears had waslied Vhem often.
Ab me ! hrrliA w.is std unit wild,
fdie was a drunken mother's child.
Some children seem, when dead",
As though they were but slecpiiiii;
4Jtit hit ryes m h-4 head
Wen; sunken, as it weeping
Had en:picd nt the fount of life
111 streams of a army and stile.
Her fillers vor as thin
Asstarvins wan covild make them
M-re bunrs encased in skin
Tin" fecldest strain might lire;ik- them;
That wasted form her sorrows told,
As she lay there so pale and cold.
Her time wasshoit; who'd wept
U.id lime with Viernccn shorter ?
flod's love on her w as kept
He claimed his siilTei in daughter.
His goodness ba!e the child to die,
His mercy took hertlh sky.
So delicat-; J llower
Should have a kindly keeper;
Say, -u ho he the power
Would Wake the little sleeper,
Recall her from hrr home above,
T live where she Jid none to love?
Oh 1 quh-tly she rests.
In leaven swcitl siiiL'in;;
Those lmiN with joy ate pressed
That, yesterday, were wiiiigin:;
III helplessness and litter woe,
l'.riieiith a mother's cruel blow.
No more she'll shed a tear
Of bitterness and sorrow,
Nor tremble with the fear
t M'snd'erin to-morrow ;
The anguish past that filled her breast,
Her weary soul is now at rest.
f- - r.
Pence Mnkrr. j
The "Peace-. Maker" is the name which has
been given to the great can-ion which forms the ,
principal ariunnent -if ihe U. S. steamship :
J'riticeton. A correspondent of the ltostnn ;
Post, who recent'y paid a visit to the P.hcoton,
olVNew Vol k, was present at the trial cf the
pun and says of it:
Instead of being placed on the ground in of your ohlc.-l hard wan; merchants, who would
fume remote corner, as is usual in proving guns have disdained a domestic hardware bisiness,
of not one-third of her calibre, such was Cap- brought user here some months since a variety
tain Stockton's confidence in this wrought iron ; of samples of American Hardware to be imi
piee.e, that the proving was actually formed ' 'alPtl '""r l,is ,rade ' Vork, and (oiiud they
on hoard a small vessol ot some twenty feet f"1'1'' "ol 1,0 ",a,lc 9 cheaply here as in A
in length. Thisap,)ers the more astonishing. , merica. From this he went to ndgium, llol
when we con-ider that the charge was fitty land and (Jermany, and found everywhere the
pounds of powder ; a charge that might well be t snie result.
required for the oapicious maw ol a gun fifteen ( Tiv Wahp, &c In almost every article (it
feet long, with a bore of twelve inches, carry- , trails) mai.'e from tin plate, or as they are call,
ing a ball of two hundred and thirteen pounds 1 fd. tin ware, we are greatly before them in
weight, and itself weighim? ten tons. The 'y!e, convenience and cost. Resides, wc have
gun wns placed on a slide made ot strong line J"mdted conveniences in this way, for the
her, in which a groove was made to receive a- kilchen and other household uses they know
bout one half of the vast body, the slide being ', nothing of. Their prices aro in general W per
enrurpd to the vessel hi' several strong hawsers cfl,t- nl,,,ve 11,;o W!llcs t'0 United Slates.
' . , - -- n
passing round the nine, and under the vessel's
bottom, to prevent the terrible recoil which
would otherwise open the vessel the gun be
ing placed athwartships.
The gun was fired off by moans of a slow
match that burned about half a minute, during ,
which the boati containing the officers and crew
had rowed away some two or three hundred
yards from the vessel, to 1 stvn to tho explosion
and w itness the effects of it, at a rafe distance.
The ncii'loflhe gun, Caie-cd by the explosion
of this immense charge of powder, gave the
vessel a deep lurch In the opposite side, and.
the gun bo in' placed near level, the huge to
hundred and thirteen lb. ball rccocheted ulong
the surface of the sea to a very great distance,
touching the water at twelve different points.
at each sending up a perpendi:ulir column ot
white spray, exhibiting the appearance of a
mc.cessiouaf water snouts, halfa dozen of which-
were visible at the same moment of time. Not- ; uch trunks could be hud. Those trunks col
withstanding the conlldence entertained that j "Oi't 17 each, and would bell here for JtSto
the gun would Btand the proof, we can readily fcterling. I would wager the trunks and
imagine that the moment wad one or intense straps they cos.ia'm that they cannot be dupli
excrtemont, and that no little pleasuro was ma- cated in London by an English artisan,
nifestcd by both officers and men to find the big , " '
.i . L fl,... .n,l l:ai . 1 HE LE OK A NATIH4U8T. It IS faid that
gun without speck or flaw, and as bright aim
... ... .,!. ,f!,ui,n Audubon, when on a visit to see the natural
emtling aa if it were not tho most rorinidublo en- . ' . ...... ,, ,
, ... .. ,l ,r.i bridge in irguna for tho first tune, travelled
tine of death and destruction on the lace of the ; ...
globe,"
Dr. Bush was once asked by a student what
per cent, he bad added to tho period of human
life by the skill of practitioners of medicine
and he answered, 'If by practitioners of medi
cine, you mean to include old women and nur-
f es, 1 think the increase has been very conside-
ruble, but if you exclude them, very little,'
GIT Tim following letter from a gentleman,
travelling in l'.iiglund, taVws Iinw well the A
mericans are able to compete with the Uritish in
The manufacture of various articles of tiade. It
proves also, that a protective tariff, in llm end,
invariably enables our mechanics to produce t'iri
nrVirlethcitper than it could be imported, in ma
ny instances even without any duty :
Imltnttoii of Aiunlcnn Cottons.
For some years a certain stylo of American
printed cottons, as well as 1-1 sheetings hive
hern imported regularly from HotBot) to this
country for the Kurt India trade, and a mer
chant of great distiirction tells the amount in
considerable. The goods have Wen imitated
here, and counterfeit tickets and marks put
npon them to make them as nearly like the A-merk-mi
as possible , tret the "Indiana" soon de
lected the deception, and now they will only
buy the goods nf such parlies as can be relied on.
The explanation is" this; The goods while or
colored, were wanted for robes and tire Ameri
cans tist; niiN.li better cotton than the English
for that quality (siz.e) of yarn; the niuiiufjc
turers will nol put us good cotton into coarse
goods, as we do, but they size strongly to com
plice the deception, and to course goods they
use poorer colors. The difference in wear soon
told the story. A great foss was tnnde a short
time since, about the Americans stealing their
1 stamps and styles in a case when a largo lot of
j these very goods belonging t Barings were
' seized because the pieces were stamped "Stark
j Mills, Manch'Mer, N. If.;" but when they
j found there were no "Stark Mills" in Man
j Chester, ami that "X. II." meant New Ilainp
j shire, they li t go, but (till insisted that Man-
Chester was fraud, as wo had no right to Kuch
a name.
j Ampimcvn Ci tu:ry and 11 mmvAtir. I was
j a shor'. lime since in one of the great tailoring
j establishments, and was shown by the master
j cutter a pair of shears made by It. llciuish, of
Newark, New Jer.-ey, lSi!). The party told me
he knew hut of two pairs of them in Loudon,
and he would not sell the pair in question for
JC.V), unless he had another ; that he had been
offered jL'ltl (or them ; that they had been
shown to the best London cullers, who would
not attempt to imitate them. One trial was
made and proved a failure. lie wants two pairs
and if they can be sent to me by some steward
"fa London packet, I will cheerfully attend to
g'l '"" '"""'I price, and send the money by
'I"- "d ' return. I think, however,
twent) p lirs e.uild he sold by him it) a week, and
perhaps ten times the number; he had better
""' through some commercial house. I could
give you many instances of a like kind. Due
We see along the street;, something paraded
on the walk, at others in tho iudows of the
shops, on (out of date with us) affair labelled
"New American Hiking Oven," iVc. I am
sure half a ship load of this order ol Vuukee
'tiona would pay a liauusoine profit it thipped
to Jndonor any port in tho kingdom.
Tiuki. Another article is trunks. You
cannot get a good convenient leather tru nk in
Loudon. Their solid leather "orlinaiiteami"
arc of pood material and well made but srl.al!
and will not stand ihe nocks like those made in
New York. IWides for a trunk thir'y inches
long and twel.-e inches trpnre nl the ends, of
""'"I leather you pay about thirty-live dollars,
1 linve souie trunks made by Cuttl.ateh that have
' caused me much annoyae.ee. l.'i utleinen at the
rail roud stations mid on post couches will Mop
nnd examine the trunks with great euro, and in
8 """'"cr ol cases 1 Have been Usked w here
a thorl distance with a farmer, who inude a bet
that Audubon could nut tell when he came to
' it. Mr. A. seeing a Peo Weet, stopped and
said, we are on the brige now. The farmer watt
astonished to see hun slop at tho pm.r pUCe
Mr. A. explained by Bayi";- ti,at tiega i,;pjs
build their neets tinker bridge, and seeing one
. of them in tin place, presumed that the bridge
I couj,j be far away, "
Mnlclls Iiiiluenteai
" Who ne'er hath felt her blind ilsstlaivc steal
Along hiu beurf, the heart Clin never feel,"
Who is there that hath not experienced the
soft blandishments of sweet music stealing o'er
his eoul, and moving it to holy aspirations!
Many a time and tilt has the hardened, reckless
criminal, been :en to brush away a tear from
his rough check, when listening to its sollatH
melting strains. We are lulled to sleep in out
iufuntdays by the melodies often? parent's voice;
lor full well the mother knows tire gentle ami
soothing influence of music and sweet sounds
upon Iier tender offspring. In riper ycrs, its
power btill movosus, ever awakening the tender
sensibilities of tin; heart. In the house of (Sod,
when old age and Tender youth bend tho knee,
side by side, in humble adoration to the great
ParentofoM, how thrills the organ's notes upon
the heart, seeming tho very tongue of Heaven
speaking in deep anil touching rtrnins to firth's
offspring. There is a close alliance between
music and religion.
What were poetry without music! It is the
medium through w hich poetry has ever wrought
its chief effects hey arc inseprrable. liow
many emotions are there indigenous to lire hu
man hreast that can only find vent in pong!
Man could never have been without it, rise he
would not have poFsesscd tho mini capah'e of
such emotion. Our earliest knowledge of the
first tribes of the earth thow us that tluy were
no strangers to the art divine. Music had found
an early home through all the world : even the
wild Indian has his chant, his war sung and his
death song. I,et us duly appreciate an art
which is so peculiarly Calculated to add to our
happiness, to assist in the cultivation of the bet
ter feelings ul tne heart ; let us cultivate an h
miisenietit so rational and innocent, theicbj
adding to the pure, quiet, fireside enjoyments
of home.
The ltinic.
Book of books ! deep, wonderful mine, whose
shafts ages have assaulted, ages have traversed,
and will yet traverse ! Holy lineage-roll, dis
playing the record of the internal unfolding of
tho race of man from the hour of his birth gi
gantic drama of life's beginning and end ! Pra
ms, with dark episodes and bloody scenes, but
whose mornings arc in light, which commences
with mini's infancy, and ends where begins a
new life after death and the grave. Ilia orv ol
histories! how often have I not descended into
its depth with an ardent and inquiring heart.
Iing long was it to me dark, im perious, and
incomprehensible, and I could not separate the
precious metals from the dross, a ml earth which
adhered to it ; the great pulse of reconciliation
steadily bearing beneath the varying weal and
woof earthly life, ninid the solemn blessings
and curses of the wailing mind, was concealed
from tne ; long have I strayed and doubted,
often despairing of the way and the truth. Yet
the eye became, by degrees, used to sec by
twilight j and even for the lcut of his inquiring
children, docs (toil let his light tJiinc ! Now
I will walk securely on the wonderful course;
and, to my last hour, w ill I journey on, search
ing and praying. I(J rlloct m.iii s reconcilia
tion with the true life, and with (ud, the dc
vclopment of his nature and his farther progress
he must, in the present age, especially, become
reconciled with the scriptures. I'rttleri Ad
ISn i r.
Wnpirlln of 1 li.iniili
A gentleman fattened J turkey in a month re
placing him in a box some tour or fice feet
square, made as dark as it could be and allow
ventilation, and tveding him six kernelsef corn
per day during the time. In addition lie had
plenty of pulverized charcoal, and pounded
i l'ncl' a,ul irt'f" cl,iir watrr
j "What stuff," says onr-'Mimibug," pay
I another "Book farming," says a third.
I ,0 '""t. rnV friends. I do nol know that
i ,ne turkey was fattened, becau-e I did not see
j ll I but this hhoir, a gentleman who had
great fiith in the use ot'chureeal to feed all fit.
j telling animals, o:,ce took two pisrs (d' the same
J litter, and a.i near alike as he could get them,
" he fed with e'eir meal ; the etlu fhc IVd
Uh half meal and half puUciixod charcoal,
At the end of the month, the one fed w ith clear
I n'i was perceptibly losing wlulsl tlio one fed
with the charcoal continued to gain. Desiring
to try the experiment thoroughly, but being
compelled to leave home for some time, he put
his pigs in the especial care ot his hired man.
On his return, some four or five weeks alter,
he found, very much to his surprise, that his
meal pig was decidedly ahead of his coal. pijr.
They had been fed just alike, and 'n'13 iustruc-
tions followed to the letfc except the man
had made a mistake, '-nj rcti Ul0 meal anj CORi
to the wron Vjll B0c cT our young
Irieud- try t,0 experiment cii one or two of their
towl.1, and give '9 the results? Let it be done
faithfully and fairly. .Yr Uauttc Furmtr.
A w it and a fool in company are like a crab
and an oyster the one watches till the other
oneni his mouth, that he may catch him up.
Citrtoit Agricultural Elprrlmeitt.
The following novel and interesting cxpere
inentlms been successfully made by Mr. A.
Palmer Cheam Surrey . In July, 112, he put
one grain of wheat in a common garden pot. In
August the snmowas divided into four plants, ;
which in three weeks were again divided into 1
twelve plants. In September these twelve
plants were divided into thirty-two, which in
November were divided into fifty plants, and
then placed in open ground. In July 113,
twelve of Hie plants failed, but tlm remaining
thirty-etirltt were healthy. On the 19th of
August they were cut down, and counted IDC. ' ,
stems, with an average of fifty grains to a stem j
givingau increase of (W.OtKl! Now if this be a '
practicable rm:as.im ot planting wheat.it fol-
lows that mo.-t of the grain now used f r seed
may be saved, und will infinitely more than co- !
ver the expense of snwinif, as tho wheat plants
can be raised by the laborer in hisgarden, his
wife and children being employed in dividing
and transplanting them. One of the stemi has
been sent to us as a Fample which is rather
nire than 6i.x feet long, stout in proportion.
I.oitdtin pujirr.
i ntimitis nmier. j
Every good house wife knows that ot times fir .
some peculiar causes, (most generally extra ,
sourness or bitterness of the cream,) much dif- ,
fieulty is experienced in making the cream into
butter. A lady writer in the ludini.a Tanner
recommends tho fallowing course lo such cases,
Wo have, says the Wectern Parmer for years
used s?xli or snlautus for the purpose, and
found them usually successful ; ;
I wish to inform my sister butler-malters of
the means 1 used, wh,ch so successfully re-
moved tho difficulty. I churned, norhans. thren
hours, to no puipose, and tlom tried to think of
something that I bail read in the Indiana I'lirm-
er, or some other periodica'. I could not re-'
member precisely, but I recollected the reason
stated was the cream being too sour. I then
thought of soda, (pearhish, 1 presume, would do
as well,) and dissolved a large tea-spoonfull in a
pint of warm water, mid as I poured it in, churn-
ing at the same lime, it changed in a moment,
and gradually formed into a beautiful solid
lump ofsweet butter.
in nil !i'iMtuer l'aritt.
I raised, the past year, from ftl acre of land,
ml .1 j ....... I... . . i i i
00 bushels ot potatoes, St) bushels of barley.
Ji biinhels of bee!", 15 bushels of w heat, ltt
bushels ol beans, l tons of mow eil oats, ti tons of .
Ensiled hay, It) tons of meadow hay. lit bushels
of com, '-Ml btehels of carrots, ?." chickens, and
turkeys, and a grert variety of garden sauce.
I hive killed one hog, weighing lUKJ lbs, '
made 1IH? pouiu's of butter, kept three cows, a
pair of oxen, two heifers, two stcets, eight sheep
nnd four hogs. I have been on tlm pbio. but
two years, and hare laid MX arre.i ot land t
grass ; the hind a clay l.uuii, easy lo work. I
have no convenience for my hosjs to graze, nei
ther do I believe it economy, tor the otra ma
ntiro that can be nuide by yarding them, will
pay the evlra feed. I mix lime with my com
post, mid plaster toy Corn, pout-ies and grass.
I i-orl my potatoes before oale, mid by tint
means save half a peck per bushel, which would
lw; lost lo me il'uot Mirtpt. I'mally, 1 cisik every
thing I give my hogs, and feed warm, and kiip deceived,' quoth tho lady, but this is the elo
!. A. T. PEllKl.NH. lry :
(Ifust f'.trm'r. lAhout CnO oVlock to-day, a pale, and rath-
, . ... 7i i: ii ! er interesting yenng gehllctnan', dfc&sed in a
Pr vt rfc ix 1 it:s We copy the follow ing re- , , , ,
, , i ,i i seedy suit of black, came to the house in great
eipe lor miking the genuine unkce Pumpkin 1 . , ... ,
,, ,. ,, , raste almost out of breath. He said ho was
lies, trom a Massachusetts paper t ! i . . ,
, , i , i Hist from Court that he Was one ot the clerks;
1 he almost universal mode in .New Liightml ,, , , , , ,
of preparing pumpkins for pies, (a kind which j
is uiuver.-ally adii'ircd,) ts thrt of ttctoi the ,
pumpkin alter it has been cut in pieces, stH
pis.-ing through one cr two other processes bo
lero it i in a state of baking thereby making :
much labor. I think a more preieraulo nt"de .
of preparation, and one which 1 believe will be ,
highly gratifying ta nil housewives, is that of
i;rutini; tlr fiiimihiii 1 Utter grating odd the
mi.'i, ej'gs, iVe., i t the tatuo pioporlu'iis ss .
when !wl'll, Your domestic readeri will find
that pieS n.ade ill tins way are equally nice
and tvtti iiioie i;vhcate wiih one third the la
bor. A MoiSKWIIE.
IIki-s It is a Well attested fact, that when
2 or 3 distinct hives of beet are united in au-
tumn, they consume but littlo if any more than
one would in the winter, and ecud fort1;, the
earliest und best swarms-.
Good humor Is the clear Uaie sky of the soul,
on winch every star of talent will shine mora
ch.-atly, and the sun of genius encounter no va
pors in his passage. 'Tis the most exquisite
beauty in a nue face a redeeming graco in 4
bomeiy one. It is like the green in a land
scape, harmonising with every color ; mellow
ing the glories of the bright, and softening ihe
hue of the dark.
"Jack, your w ife is not so pensive as the used
to be." "No she's left that off, and become
jc-peiisive.
A Tle ofafarkiy,
A certain learned Judge in Mexico, somo
lime since, walked one morning into Court, ho
thought he would examine whether he was in
t'io for business ; and, feeling for his repeater,
found it was not in his pocket.
As usual,' said he to a friend who accompa-
tiied him, as ho passed through the crowd near
the donr 'As usual, I haVCBgain left my watc'.i
'" under my pillow.'
Ho went en the bench and thought no more
Tho Court adjourned and he returned
As soon as lie was quietly seited in his
l""lor, he bethought him of bis timepiece, and
turning to his wile, requested her to send for it
lo U"'ir chamber.
'"t, my dear Judge,' said ishe, 'I sent it to
.vo" llirce hou" at'
'St','t il to me, my dear ! Certainly not.'
'Unquestionably,' replied the ludy, 'and by
the person you scif for it i
The person 2 sent for il !' echoed Ihe Judge.
'Precisely, my dear, the trry person you sent
for it '. You had not left home more than an
hour, when a well dressed man knocked at the
door and asked to sec me. lie brought one of
the very finest turkios I ever saw ; and said,
that on your way to Court yon met an Indian
with a number of fowls, arid having bought
this one, quite a bargain, you had given him a
couple of rrals to bring it homo ; with tho rc-
quest that 1 Would have it killed, picked, end
rut to cool, as voti intended to invite vour Lro-
l 4
ther Judges to a dish of nioHc with you to-mor-
row. And, 'Oh ! by tho way, Senorita,' said
he. 'his excellency, the Judtrc. reoucstcd ino to
sk vou to irivc yourself the trouble to tro to I
y0ir chamber and take his watch from under I
the pillow, where he says ho left it, as usual,
: this mon.in-r. nn.l send it to him h mn. And. !
of course, mi qu riIo, I did so.'
'You did !' said the Judge,
'Certainly,' said the lady.
'Well,' replied his Ilr.nnr, 'all I cart siy to
1 you, my dear, is, that you are as great a goose,
as the bird is a turkey. You've been robbed,
f madam ; the man was a thief; I never sent
; for my watch; you've been imposed on;
and, as a necessary conscquenCei the confoun-
ded watch lost forever !'
i The trick was a cunning one ; and 'after a
laugh, and the restoration of the Jtidgo's good
humor bv a rood dinner, ft was resolved actual.
j v , ,iave the lurkey for to-morrow's dinner,
s
and his Honor s brothers of the bench to enjoy
so dear o morsel.
'Accordingly, niter the adjourment of Court
next day, they all repaired to his dwelling, with
appetites sharpened by the expectation of a rare
repast.
Scarcely had they entered the sttla and ex
changed the ordinary salutations, When the la-
dv broke forth with rnnirrtMibitions to his llo-
nt r,nn ,;,e rrerrri of t' r xtnhtt u-'itrh
'Mow hippy am I,' exe!a:iiol ?'.c, 't
villain was apprehended !'
'Apprehended 1' said the Jndgo w
n the
prise.
Yes; and doul.tlosa convicted, too, by th.s
time,' siid his wife.
'You ate always talking riddles,' replied he.
'Explain yourself, my dear. I know nothing of j
thiil, watch, or conviction.' 1
'It can't be possible that I have been afifin
in ji me great villain wno uau me auuaciiy
to steal yotir Hjnor's watch had just beon arres
ted t that the evidence was nearly perfect to
Convict him ; and all that was required to
complete it was 'the turkry' which must he
brought into Cotirl, and for Hint he had been
seM with a potter by your express orders.'
'And yo j gave it to hitn.'
Of course I did who could have doubted,
hiui; or resisted the tirdcrs vf a Julgc !'
tttch and turkey both if one-pray, what
the devil, madatnt are we to. do '.'or a dinner V
firunti llaycr't Mexico.
QruariON u Navigation. Sprrrto9 a canal
Imat heads wes..nnrth.west for tho horse' tart.
j anu 'aithe. wind abeam, with a flaw coining'lip
. the south, would the captain, according to
'.naratiino law, be justified in taking a reef in
the siove-pro'Q without asking the cook 1
(h't'Tioxsioit a DEBUtxc SiK-nrrr Were
the Ftarslnade to be tored lo death with eccnnd
rate poetry of the first class asses, or where
they intended to guide canallcrs on their lonely
way above the nine locks !
A man down east has invented a machine to
renovate old bachelors. tut of a good sized,
fat greasy old bachelor he can make quite a de-
cent young man, end hive enough left to make
two small ;", a pair of leather biecches,
and a small kettle ol f soap! .Suicly tin
is an age uf improvement.
ting incident.
"These Indian warriors remained with Us
during the night, and the next day they wcro
invited by ('apt. Stewart to take a shock from
an electrifying machine that ho had brought
with him. This was about tho newest 'ma
chine' that the Sioux had hoard of. Buttle!
lightning! The man that shades the aim tur
ned pale when he heard of it. A few of ti
stood around and received a shock before tho
Indians; that they might gain something of an
understanding of the affair and witness w hat ef
fect it Would produce, llut though they mani
fested great wonder at tho clinking of tho
sparks and at our simultaneous start, it was c
vident that no true intelligence had glimmered
upon their comprehension in tcgard to what ic
all means. They, however, readily arranged
themselves, ns wo directed, ind w e sot the Me
dicine Machine in operation upon them. No
thing conld have been more Comical than tho
effect produced when the shock took p'ace
The Solitary Dog thought tho White Hull
struck him, and at once commenced pummelling;
back in furious fashion. For a moment tho
thing rooked as if we had kicked up a despa
rate row among the ltrutcs. They shouted
and jumped and tossed their arms in the air.
The Bull roared, the Dog howled, Lilllo Thun
der rumbled, Gray Ryes twinkled. The Fly
ing bird fluttered, A'i-fo-Arr (the untranslata
ble) looked indecrihablo and the Causer of E-
cVi?c "lushed blue at finding himself eclipsed
lmt prpnscd them most was ttie tact ol lha
tl,0CK eianm V. 811 81 oace Wl1" "c'"n
sianiancous rapiimy, wnno ineir unsop.nsuca
ted notion was, that if the bottled lightning had
to get through one man on its mad to strike a
nothcr, the msn struck first ought to feci first.
They expressed this to us, at the same timo
acknowledging that the dese of lightning wo
gave them was 'great medicine.'
Anaoium. Pilate's question to our I3rd
"What i truth 1" in the 1-atin Vtilgafc standi
lints : Quid est t rrilas f These letters trans
posed, Est ver qui eJrst signify, "It is lha
man before thee."
The editor of the Ohio Stateman asks tho
following question : 'If a fellow has nothinff
when he gets married, and the gal has nothing,
is hur thinga hizzen, or his things hum V W
should guess they are.
A St. tiuis paper tells a 6tory of a disconso
late widower, who on seeing the remains of
his wife lowered into tho grave, exclaimed
with tears in his eyes : 'Well, I've lost hogt,
and Pvc lost cows, but I never had anything;
to cut me like this.
The following inscription is li'.crally taVcVt
from a show board : 'Wrighten and UarMon
and trt'.v Speliin and also Mirchauts Acs. units
! lr-w Entrey Post-Sknpt, O.r'.Is and.
l'"ii.v" J!'uWod, anil gotl oozitch 'or clul
t dren.
Tho editor of 'The Oasis,' asks U;e ti. Mowing1
question : Hid you ever knew a young mail
to hold a eke n of yarn, for his favorite, to wind,
without getting it strangely tangled? Wo
never did, says an exchaugo, but one, and lm
turned out to be 'an old lUchelor.'
'Patrick, you fool, what make you stale af
ter that rkbbit, When your gun has no lock oil
it 1' 'Hush ! hush ! my darlm,' the rabbit
don't htinw that !'
There is so much opposition among the teli
gious societies in a certain village in Vermont,
that the vveathcr-vancs or churches w nt point
in one. direction at the same time. This u
whdt we call the lit ig ht of prejudice.
Tho Mercantile Journal says that Sir. (Vrrfirs
t;f the Massachusetts Legislature, presented tho
petition of Mr. and Mrs. Death, and their fami
ly, for a change of name. They should feel
much obliged to hint for uwhi iukiiig the of
lice.
An irregular apprentice frequently krjcfi'ulj
late hours, his toaster at length bv k occasion fa
! apply some weighty argument to ronviucn
him of the uerror of Aiv u-ajs " Peeing tho
j chastisement, he contiunally -c'ainied, "Jtoip
1 lung will inu serif the dfvii. ?" Thn boy re
p;(1( whimpering " Yon Aoir best, Sirt
i)fjrve ml i,tlInUurr v ill be out in three.
; w0,
C'iokmkiI Monur. An exchange eays,
; '-lietting into dobtj without intending to pay, U
! ony Un iuiprovement in r tcaling."
j - -
i A young lady, who had been evercly inter
' rogated by ait ill tempered counsel, observed,
j leaving the witness box, thst she never befora
fully unJeutood whul was meant by cmJ U-
. animation.
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