TI.IUIS or THE " iWJtlt'AX."
H. H. MA8SER,
JOSEPH EISELY.
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. II. wn.lSSKH, Editor.
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Manufacturers of
UMBRELLAS, PARASOLS, nnd SIS SHADES,
A'o. 113 Market Street,
Philadelphia,
NVITE the attention of Meichuuts, Manufac
turer?, Ac. vte to their very extensive, elc-
Rant, new mock, prepared with great care, anil of
fered at the lowest pnasihle priees fir rash.
The principle on which this concern is establish
ed, is to consult the mutual interest of their rn-to-tnerg
arx-l themselves, l.v m iimf n'turing a Rood ar
t e e, sellinir it ril the low. at price for cash, and
reali.inu ilieir own n muiicratioii, in the amount of
sales and qvi irk returns.
Possessing inexhaustible facilities for nvinufue
tore, they are prepared to supply orders to any ex
tent, ami r spi i-ifully solicit the patronage of Mil
chants, Manufactur, rs and Dealers.
(Jj A laiae assortment of the New Slvle Cur
tain Parasols,
Philadelphia, June 1, 1811 1y
HSRR'S liOTBL"
Xo. im ( licisiiiit SI reel,
PIIILADELI'IIIA.
,,1 THK M:iisOi;ini;i!. recently of
jJi'flS- Reading, P.i would inform the ptih-
' ' O ' L III' 1IHS II i T I'll lip Mil' HUtlVtJ Clip I'
Vici'-iis and conieuii'ttt stahlishment, and
will always be r ndv to enter! in vj-itor. Dises
tablished reputation i i the line, it is hoped, will
afford foil assurance, that his cuests will be flip
plieil wi h every comfirt nml Hccomtn dation ;
whilst bis house will lie CTidue eil ui.der such sr
ranuemcits ns will secure a ch.rn ter for the first
responsibility, a-nl saiiatartory ci.terlainmci.t for in
dividual and la'iid e-.
Charge for hoarding 1 prril v.
DANIEL HERR.
Philadelphia. Mav 25. ISU ly
To Country Tlcrihan!.
Hoots, Shoos, I'oimcts, Leghorn and
I'alm Leaf Hals,
(i. AV. & li. It. TAYLOK,
at the IS'. .'. eorwr if Murl.il nnd l'illh Sis.,
rHIIiADSLFIIIA,
"FFER fur sb e an ixlen-ne at,oiunint of the
" 'above nr icl s, all of u Inch they sell at unuaual
ly low pi ires, and paftiiMl uly invite the attention
of hovers visiting the ril , to :in i Jam nation of
their stock. (J. W. L. II. TAYLOR.
Philadelphia, May 2!, 1 ts 14. 1 y
fT.lrt.lf holt S.II.E.-The small f.rin,
containing about HK) acres, about 2 miles
iliove Northutn erl oid. .!j linine lands of Jesse C
lortnn, John Leghnu and otheis, will be sold
rhiap, if application i made soon to die sulsciiber
Nunhury. Aug "II. II. I!. M AiSSEIt.
ETU-IX. Si:t:i The highest price will be
" given for Flax Seed, hv
Aug :n lU. M. It. MASSER.
MUl'ACE i:llILI live copies . if l e Out
tnge Bible, the rbeiipi si hook Tver ul'l.sheil,
I'olitii'liii'g the ( nu lla limn on the Old nnd New
i'i stameiil. ju-t leci iv. d and fir sale, fir six doll .rs
'V .lime 15. II. I). MASKER.
H2KOVAL.
DOCTdll .1. U. MASS Kit,
frS?ir REKPEOTFI'LLY informs .he cii-
'" j i'ens of Simhurv and its vicinity, that
r;iti3 he b s removed hi- nlliee to the white
-ntlir - buiiilmg in Ma ket Kipi ,ie, enst of La
V, ill's -t iie an. I i 1 1 1 m 1 h i 1 v opposite the
'i-l nlliee, win re he v i I he luppy to receive call
ii the line of his rn'cssinn
Kunlmiv, Miiv 4'h. l-lt.
I) A V I 1) K V A NS'
Pau-nt Firi' ami Tltiff l'rm.f Iron !
( 'hols, Slaic lined KelVigcnilors, j
willi Fillers atlnched when !
ictviirod.
H WATSOIT, j
Vo. 7ti SoHlhtliirtl St., opjioxitr llir Hxchaiifjr,
PHILADELPHIA, !
M AMI Al. II l!E and t
- i - - tiiild, silver, Ac., tie,, made
f Hod r Iron, (.uid not nv, r Plank as ii'tieiy-tive
til of i very one hundred now in use and for shle
le Tiiaih .) Ni'h fir.-t rate Locks and David Evans'
'ati iil Keyhole (.'overs siniihir to the one exhii'it
d al (he Philadelphia Exchange, for ihiee mon'.hn
ii the summer of tr-' l., when all the Keys weie at
iherty to be i.sul, and the Chest not oa'tied, ill
houth ibe rxperinn tit was tiled 'y al leusl l.r)IKI
lersmis. One of ihe same Locks was Hied by
tohhers, at the Delavvure Coal Ollice, in Walnut
.treel, iihove Thud, but did not succeed.
Qj" Iloisiina Miibines, Inm Doors, uieriot
Links, nml ,i! Kinds of linn IIh'Liil'k. Keul und Co.
(iving Piesses, and Kiiiilhuoik gen. rally, on band
or m in u far I u red at the vliortesl notice.
fXj-CAPTION' I do hereby culion all per
sous ag oust makii i;. usiuu, selling, or causing In
tro sold, any Keyhole Cifis for Fire Proof (.'hi sis,
or Doors, of any kind i-imilar in principle to my
Patent, of IO1I1 July, IS! I, nnd also ag oust Lining
Ivrfnuer.itoiu wiih Sale, lor wlnrli my Patenl
dated 2fiih Mind lsl l,a any iiifuiigeiiicut will
be dealt wi h according lo law.
DAVID EVANS.
Philadelphia, April 13, 1844. Iy
FORESTVILLE
lMtvvs i:k;iit iiv imicks.
HnliE euhsrrilier hh just iiceived, fur sale, a few
1 of the above celebrated Eight Day Clocks,
which will be sold at very reduced prices, for cash.
AUo, superior 30 hour ('locks, of the best make
nd quality, which will be sold for ca-h, al f t 60.
Also, superior ISrusa 30 hour Clocks, at 00.
Dec. 2, Hi:). II. H. MASfiEK.
OTONE WAKE for sale.
O Sf StoiiM Jugs, from 1 quirt lo 3 gallons,
f0 Sione Jars, from 2 lo fi gsllom. For talc,
cheap, by Oct. II II. li, MASEli.
STgjiJkj-i i-l'frU-l tmrd W utei ami I'rovi.
fr-,i ;"r.;'isi''ii b r-, nd Patent Pn
L'iS .3 fT- -Jiniuni Fire and Thiet pool I-
SUNBTOY AMBMCAN.
Absolute acquiescence in the decisions of the
y Manser & EfMcly.
DIUGK l. At'TVMW.
The following exquisite verses, by the late
Willis Oaylord Clark, were written during an
autumnal eve shortly aer be lost his wife. Their
touching pathos will Bn to every heart. Thotmh
often published, they will be new to many, and
we are sure even those who have seen them, will
find a sad pleasure in recalling their music and
feeling :
'Tis an autumnal eve the low winds, sighing
To wet leaves, rustling as they hasten by ;
The eddying gusts to tossitifj liongbs replying,
And ebon darkness filling all the sky ;
The moon, pale mistress, palled in solemn vapour.
The rack, swift-wandeiing through the void
above,
As I, a dreamer by my lonely taper,
Send back to faded hours, the paint of love.
Hlossoms of peace, once in my pathway spring
ing. Where have your brightness and your splen
dour gone ?
And Thou, w hose voice to me came sweet as !
slnS'n!:' j
What region holds thee in the vast Vrmmm? j
v nnt star tar hrmhter than the rest contains thee,
lseloved, departed impress of my heart !
What bond of full beatitude enchains thee,
In realms unveiled by pen, or prophet's art ?
All J loved and lost 1 in these autumnal hours,
When fairy colours deck the painted tree,
When the vast woodlands seem a sea of llowers,
Oh ! then my soul exulting bounds to thee !
Spring, as to clasp thee yet in this existence,
Yet to behold thee at my lonely side :
Rut the fond vision melts at once to distance,
And my sad heart gives echo she liait dird :
Yesl when the morning of her years was bright
est, That Angel-presence into dust went down ;
While yet with rosy dreams her rest was lightest,
Death for the olive wove the cypress crown ;
Sleep, which no waking Tvnows, overcame Vier
bosom,
O'ercame her larce, bright, spiritual eyes;
Spared m her Lower connubial one fair blossom
Then Lore her spirit to the nppeT sKies.
There let me meet her, when, life's struggles o'er,
The pure in lov e and thought their faith renew;
Where man's fovpiving nnd redeeming Lover
Spreads nnt bis paradise to every view.
Let the dim autumn, with its leaves descending.
Howl on the winter's verge yet spring will
come :
So my freed soul, no more 'gainst f.iteenntiT.ding,
With a! I it loveth, shall n-gain its Lome.
A New Wat of Mam f(ti iiimi Paint. ! ,worn (!!mirrtc,r '-' Aune, the former
The fiillnwiiifr, says the IVnsncnln (iazette, was ' W n,! 1,111 ,,i,l',,',,' ''"C lutter but seventeen years
related to us by a person who was formerly a i ,'lll-0 ""'v ar" represented at the thea
carpenter in the I'. ?. Navy c j ,r0 ' Anne as a mourning wkI-jw, Kiehnrd as
"During a cmi.-e in the South Pacific, we a ,11fa,'uiLling fiend. The truth is thai Anne
went into the harbor of CVquimbo, and as the ' n( v,'r l"'el1 lUitrned, hut hud been beloved
ship had been ou a long tune, she was covered ''-v K,cl'"'' for years, although she was tiffi meed
with rust trout stem In stern. It was the anxious '" ''llwiir,'i 1 Jineasterian prince of Wales.
wish ol the commander that she shoiil. I be re
stored to lo r pristine colors, but, on examining
the slore-roiKuit, 'twas ascertained that there
was not a pound of white lead in the ship ; in
this emergency, hethouoht me of an expedi
ent w hit'h concocted an admirable substitute,
composed of I lie following ingredients:
ir-slnckiil liuie, pulverised vtntrt it was of
the) consistency of flour, w hich was then pass
ed through a seive.
"Kice boiled in a large kettle until the sub-
stance was drawn entirely out of the grain ; the j i'itiz''iis of I juidon," all intention of marry iut'
water, then of a plastic nature, was strained to ' niece. Moreover, he chose hit nephew lor
separate the grain, &c, and elear the liipiid. ' '''s mi'cessor, and afterwords, on account of
A ttilv, alrotit tin! si?;o ot a half-barrel, of the pre- th it youth's incapatnlily, he svbrtod his eousm,
parvi! lime and rice-water wan mixed with a the Karl ot Lincoln, as heir apparent to the
gallon of linseed oil, and the material had so 'throne. The cuuso of Henry of Uiclimoinl, up
much the appearance of n.iint that a novice "n the stage, is that ot Virtue and right in
could i.ot have tohl the dilferi'iice.
"The ship was painted outside and inboard
with the above mixture (which cost next to no-
tiling) and never presented a finer while streuk
on her hendu or cleaner liulvvaiks and bi r'.h-dit-k
than on that occasion, ar.d no other kind of
11 .1 1
1U.KCI.Y ton ri.iJ nousHaving seen ma- 1
uy I10rs.es die with buts, and many remedies
given without effect, I was induced by a inei
chant in Cambridge lo try the following tor u
horse ot my own, after I bud tried most of the
remedies in common use without illl-ct, a::d hud
given him up for lost.
"Half pint vinegar, half pint sol t eon p, halt'
pint gin and half pint ot molasses, well shaken
together and poured down while foaming. To
my great surprise, he was in five minutes
w holly free from pain, and ate very freely the
next morning I was on my journey. 1 have
since recommended and given the tamo in per
haps fil'iy cases, with the same good eflLct; not
in one instance has it failed to ilKct a perfect
cure. for. Albany Cuttimtvr.
wi.no paint was usej curing ine remainder tit " me. , uy uie nisi cmva.-ry or r.ng 1 ICC. t th0 K,,t and West Indies, New Or-t,lCt'f,)it'-"
I fought to the last as a CTt.nl general j VNarm ,.,., . , iSUM.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL;
majority, the vital principle of Republic, from which
Sunbuiy, Northumberland Co.
HICI1ARI) TUB THIRD.
KiriMRD IM. as Dike of Gmhtuhter and
Kino of Enoi.ani. Hv Caromnk A. Hal
btf.ad, author of Liik of Maroarkt
IlKAi'roRT, &c , riii.ADKi.rjiiA : Carey &.
Hart.
The followinp; apt qitoltition from Thnyci
dides is on the title page of the volume before
us; "For men are accustomed to receive from
each other the reports of events which tune
happened before their time without nccuiote in
vcfliirntion, even nlihottph they relate to their
own country." And Richard Plnntnpenet ol
Ktifrlnnd, of nil the great names which have
come down to us in history, standi, alone as the
most wonderful instance of the power of rumor,
tradition, nursery tnle, and p-retry, to blacken
name and fame in the minds of people at larj;e
of their power to metamorphose riiht into
wronjr, virtue- into vice, heroism into fiendish
uesg, light into darkness, an nn?el into a devil.
Instances of the brightening power of tradition
and poetry we have many, and perhaps, in the
present relation, the name of Richard Ca ur do
Lion may bo most fitly adduced as specimen.
Hut there is not nearly the difference, on the
one side, between the real Richard and the lion
hearted King of Scott, r,s there is between the
world's Richard III. the Richard of the Ftaije
nnd the real hero, warrior, and statesmen who,
unhappily for his country, fell on IWorlh's
field
w o are glad to see the volume before us.
YVuljiole and Ilulwer have done s unething liw
Richard of (iloticester, and tire glorious portra't
of the latter, in "The Iist of the R.iinns," is
probably very near the real truth. Rut here
is a royal octavo of 100 pages exclusively devo
ted to the subject Ingeniously, faithfully, and
nobly has the authoress completed her task.
The "Richard III." of Shakspeare is proved to
be one of the most imaginative rf that writer's
creations, formed from the ftlr-choods ot the Tu
dor writers, grown mlo tradition, under the fa
vor of the reigning family ; and the cmrrwitios
of the stage monster of malignity ore shown to
have little more connection with the real prince
than the ci ituesof a Borgia with the virtues of
a Washington.
It is impossible for us, of course, to enter
iiuieh into the detailn of such a worls as the one
before hs. commend it to all readers, as
iHith interesting and instructive capable ol en
lightening most ot them with regard to the
much abused character of its hero. 15.it we
cannot refrain from touching upon several points
in the life of Richard, and contrasting them with
the appearance aiid actions of the. tyrant of
Shakspeare. IL chard was not thirty-three
years old when he w as slain at Bnsworlh the
Richard of the stage is a vv eatheibiMten wairior
of fifty. At the tim. of ihe supposed seem; he-
At the Ii-iii of that priih-o, K'ohard psked
her openly of the king and parliament. They
were married, and lived happily together for
thirteen years, having but one Son, I'M ward,
who died greatly lamented w Jkmi nearly twelve
years l'gt The stage Kichard kills IjuIv
Anne for the purpose of marrying his brother's
daughter, afti rw-ird (jeeeu to Henry VII. Li
lly Anne died, in fact, fur grief at the loss other
sou, and was sincerely mourned by Richard,
wlioopei.lv ilisclaimi-d, 'heloro the mayor and
j truth, Kit-hard wa chosen king by the parlia- !
! nu'nt.nnd confirmed by the people Henry bad I
j no inure claim to the throne than any private j
(gentleman of the realm and Kiehurd fell by i
the most cold blooded treason of Lord .Stanley !
j and the Ivirl of Northumberland. Kichard vv as !
.ll.II l..l..:iiL..ii; . i .-ii
u UM"U 'u,u,t'r ",m 11111 w"" u,,! l,r,'s- !
... I I 1.:., 1.... lei . ..
.. up. . ,,p,. siau-
ley ami .Aorthunitievlatul joined Ins enemies, i
unci vvneu ins
, ..... .
own troops were flyin-. on every I
wl to escnpe, saving :-".ot one j
snie, tie reiuseu to escnpe
foot will I fly, so long as breath abides within
my breast; fiir by l.im that sh-ipeth both sea and
laud, (hit day shall end my buttles or my life,
I will die King of F.nglaud." His enemies hail
long sworn his ruin, and craftily took advantage
ol the proper moment to accomplish it.
It now proved that ho had noth ng whatever
todu with the death of Henry VI., and theduke
of Clarence, und there is nothing but rumor to
establish the fact of the young princes' having
ever died in Ihe tower, much less that they
were murdered by Riuhurd. Tlio latter lived
there is no appeal but to force, the vital principle
la. Saturday, Icr. I I, IS 1 1.
till his days in the love of his mother, 1he old
ducheesof York, who would scarcely have ap
proved the murderer of her own grand children.
Richard took every care of bin nieces, the sis
ters of the young princess, and was in constant
and loving connection with them. It is proved
that Buckingham was a traitor, and deserved
his fate, and that, by the state of the parlies at
the time, either Rivers or his comrades must
die, or Richard himsell be sacrificed. The lat
ter was no more to blame in ordering their ex
ecution than was Napoleon in condemning
Cioorge Cadoual, or Imis Philippe, for guillo
tining Fieschi. Uut enough. We have recur
red to tin- prominent crimes with which Ri
chard of (Iloticester is accused, in play and tra
dition. It remains but to speak of his personal
appearance and general character. In the for
mer he has been nearly as much mafigned as in
aught else. He was of small stature, it is true,
hut with handsome and intellectual features,
and was well shaped, with the exception of ha
ving rounded shoulders. In character, he was
ciol and cautions in resolve, but daring and de
termined in execution. His feats ofartm at Rir
net and elsewhere, from the early age of nine
teen, are proofs of his bravery and military a
hility tho taws bearing Iiih name still attest
his capacity as a statesman among the statutes
ot England the heralds' college yet in exis
tence, the endowments of various schools and
professorships of universities, still prove his en
lightened zeal in the cause of education nnd
all these when llngl uid was just eniering horn
the dark iges, in the intervals of eivd war,
bloodshed, and anarchy. liefure bis elevation
to the throne, Richard was a kind htishind, a
hiMiificent master, u faithful brother, and a
knight incorruptible by the bribes of the French
king, when all the rest of Enoland's chivalry
were found wanting. Alter beeo.niiig king,
he proved himself an able monarch in every
particular, while his private virtues remained
lindrliled.
Ol eimrso we do not mean to say (lint he was
exenipl from Ihe vices of Ihe age. As compa
red with a fopling lord of the nineteenth cen
tury, he was doubtless lough and rude, and has
iiiidonl ledly killed men where now-a-days are
killed pheasants; but we mean to my that Ri
chard was truly dim? oil he lights of the age,
mild, intellectual, and foreseeing in a grrrit de
gree, nnd as much heliire IL my b s Lirtiiuate
rival, as the genius of Napoleon was before
the talent of Wellington. At present it would
seem impossible for lying tradition and popu
lar report to tlms paint over truth and history
with their falsehoods, and yet the character of
some among us is made and broken to future ge
nerations by the polit-cal ribaldry of the d y.
In the almost absence of printing ami of gener
al education, to obtain the favor of a ruling, but
os-vii 1'iing dynnsly, (as to male tlescent) and a
hove all by ihe undying creation of Ihe greatest
poet the world had ever seen, called by his name
and surrounded by his compeers, K, chard the
Third, ot Knghmd, has had bis glory shorn from
him. nut it is time to spread the truth.
For our own part, we acknowledge a deep
interest in the subject of one of so much good
and of so much adverse fortune ol i tie w ho en
ten d upon pub'ic life as a general in his first
battle, at the ago of nineteen, and w ho was cni
offal thirly-three in the fulness of his virtues
and in the esteem of his people. For ti-', at
least, "tLe crook-backed tyrant" has been but a
creation of the brain. Would that all could so
consider him, and think of the Richard as a star
of i tit e lee t shining brightly amid the blood, sen
suality and brutality of the wars of the Roses.
lloslmi I'u.st.
'I'm: Ice Thaiik A New York ;np.-r says,
now that vvinti r is approaching, we presume the
vanillin companies will prepare for the tee cam
paign, and stud tin ir hardy a.vo men m the
neighborhood of Rockland Lake, to he prepared
Withsh'd and hatchet, railroad and harje, Incut
the solid slabs from their beds nnd traii-p irt
them to this cit y. 1 1 is a singular fact that or
lee eoinpiii'vs appear lo be content to supply
the city ; they look not beyond S.nn'y Hook lor ,
a intrkel, while our ll.iston friends have been
ruining m mi v bv tho article. There ate in
ILtstlill fcl Vtl'l1!! I'll! It IKll) It'S I'M M Ha ill t f'l 1 1 - I II li t .
1 r- I
tpiu..t,ty of ice shipped from Charleston ldis-
;,(i ports a nouuted to HtUHHI tons
No less I
th in MUM) Ions were export
froiii li i-toil.
expense to the slnpp. rs was '. UU. to
U,ul irer of a dolUr a ton. The average
, iim v , ,, '..'i ,1,," 'i i , iii-ii.i,.- hi III 111 lo-
ton freighted one hundred and one vessels, nnd
a cargo was sent to the 1'. ist Indies and ex
changed pound lis- pound lor cotton, w hich was
sold at a handsome profit in England. Suvv dust
for packing sells at three dollars per cord.
Formerly, ice sold in New OrL-ans loi siv cts.
per pound, and now sells for one cent, but more
money is mailt from the increased coiiMimptinn
al one ccol than was made at six cents. The
ice is su-.ved into blocks by a machine, nnd is
packed on board the vessel with straw and bay,
in thin timber boxes, air ;ight. I hie company
l'Xeuded ,7,l00 for bay n'one. The annual
cropot ice i good at vrtKi.tKKl tuns, and tun be
cut and hotrod iu three week-'.
and immediate parent of despotism. Jarrimaos.
Vol. 5 o. 13 Whole ft'o, UMO.
Vnlue of n lnw)-eri Opinion.
The U. S. fln.ptte says, in tho third number
of the 'Revue Francaisc des Families,' tho first
and second not having come tn hand, we find a
story about a lawyer, which wo thought worthy
a translation.
To cometn Rcnnes, without consulting a
lawyer, would nppear as much impossible to a
Breton, as it would have been ton (Ireek to ap
proach the temple of Dclphos, without consult
ing the oracle.
This was ns much tho ense towards tho end
of the Inst century, ns it is now, especially for
the country people, a limid race by experience,
nnd accustomed to great precautions.
It happened that a farmer named Bernard,
having come to market in Rennes, took it into
his head, when his business was accomplished,
and there were a few hours of leisure, thnt it
would be a capital use of that spare time tocon-.
suit a lawyer. He had often heard peoplespeak
of Mr. Potior do In (iermendaic, whose repu
tntion wnssoerent, thnt tho people thought a
suit already gained if he undertook it. Bernard
n-ked for his address, and went immediately to
his office, in St. George's Street.
The clients were numerous, and Bernard had
to wait for a long time. At length his turn
came, and he was introduced. Mr. Potier de 1
la Germnndaie pointed him to a chair, laid his
spectacles upon his table, and asked what
brought him there.
'Pun my word, Squire,' said tho farmer,
twirling his hat round, '1 heard so much talk n
lwut you. that, finding myself at leisure in Ren
nes, I thought I would take advantage of the
circumstance, mid come nnd get an opinion of
yon.'
'I thank you for your confidence, my friend,'
said M. de la Germnndaie; 'but you, of course,
have a law suit.'
'A law suit i a law suit, indeed ! ! 1 hold them
in utter abomination ; nnd more tbnn that, Pe
ter Bernard never had a dispute with any man
living.' I
'I hen you wish to settle some estate, or di
vide the property among the fnmily.'
'Beg pardon, Squire, my family and I never
had any property to divide ; we all eat from the
same dish, as the saving is.'
'It is alrout sisne contract for the purchase or
sale of something V
'Not at all; 1 nm not rich enough to purchase
any thing, nor so poor as to sell what I have.'
'What, then, do you want of me I' asked tho
astonished lawyer.
What do I want ? Why, I told you at first,
Sipiire, I came lor an ojiinion, for which I will
pay, of curse, as I am in Rrnnea now, at lei
sure, and it is necessary to profit by the circum
stance,' M do la Germandaie took pen and paper, and
asked ihe ooiiutrv man his name.
Peter Bernard,' answered ho; happy, in
deed, that he had succeeded to mnko himself
llllilerstissl.
'Your ago V
'Thirty years, or llierealiouts V
'Your profession I'
'My profession ! Oh, all, yes that is, what
do I do. ( )li, I am n farmer.'
The lawyer wrote two lines, folded up the
P'ip-r, nml gave it to his client.
Is it done already !' cried Bernard. 'Very
4 ",.us rtgni. mere is no time to get. Nt,xt ttill appe(lr polne ,ilt!e ,e,ve . ,mir
ru-ly here, as they say. Hvv much do you wi H,gin tl, trrHWf veiM will brinch . t)l o(1
eliaro,. fr opinion, Squire !' scales will fall ol!', and by slow- degree the
' I hree francs-. j CdV(,s vvj arrange themselves uj on the stem,
11,-rnnrd paid w ithout disputing, made a grand each unfolding from the bosom of the other,
scrape with hisfo.it, and went out delighted j And thus, out of a little March and gum, for the
will, having 'profited by tho occasion.' j ,lCl,rn was mlicll more, m-Jiiifold parts will
When ho arriv ed home, it was already four bo curiously produced bv ( )ir wondrous creative
o'clock. The jaunt had fatigued him, and he ! powers of nature. (Sardntr's ( 'kronicln-
went into the house for some repose. ,,. . .
r j Mom mi'm- to AsiiiN.. rov. By a state-
Meantime his grass bad been cut four days, . ln(,lt j u,0 Xatiomil Intelligencer of yesterday
and was completely dried, and one of his lads ' it appears llmt it is the intention of the Wash-eauietoa.-k
vv holder he should get it in at once.' . iugton National Monument Society to expend
Not this evening,' said Mrs. Bernard, win the fund now standing to the credit of the Soci
had jnsi j lined her husband ; 'it would be tuo i ety (about sVil'.UMHI) in the election of a Monti
bad to set the people at work so lute nn hour, : ment to Washington. It is to be regretted,
when the bay can It; got in to-lnorrovv just . however, that the amount is so small, both as it
ns '!!.' j respects the reputation of the country and th-i
The nrg.-d thnt there might he a chnnge glory of him to w hose memory the structure H
in the weather, llmt everything was in order, . to be reared.
and the tii op'e were doing nothing. j
Y iiii kNativk Si RAWuuuiY. A. Goc.Lv in,
Mrs. Bernard said th" wind seemed to be in ! a r i i i i , , , r . ,
. Ashfield, Mass., describes a kind of birawherrv
the right quarter tor fair weather, ard they i .. , , ., , ,. ,
1 ' .' w hich lie thinks is nnlivo ,,l ihn ItorL-lnr.,
would not get the work done helore dark night.
Perm.rd listened gravely to these udvocaten
without knowing how to decide between them,
,,,,n 1 M",,!v I"1!"'' ! '"ld
received from the lawyer.
-.-.op a nitnuve. cr.e., e, nave got n!
;.i;iio,i It is from a fatuous lawyer, and cost I
.... i i -
me three francs. This will settle the matter
Here, 'I'herese, come tell us what it says; vim
can read all kindsofvv riling, even the lawyer's.'
sirs, iiernaia iook iiio paper and, with ioino
hule ditneiilty, read these lines :
"Never put uffuutil to morrow list yroi can
do today."
'Thai's it,' cried Bernaid, av if ho hid re-i-CIVed
klldde'll light opi.i.i thy mbject. vV.ike
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haste with the wagon, the girls and tho boys,
and let us get the hay in.'
His wife offered some more objection, but
Barnard declared that ho was not going to pay
three francs for an opinion, and then not follow
it ; so lit set the example and led all hands to
tho field, and they did not return to the house
until all the hay was in the barn.
Tho event seemed to prove the sagacity of
Hernurd's movement for tho weather changed
in the night. A terrible storm came on, and tho
next morning the streams had overflowed their
hanks, and 6wept ofl every particle of now
mown grass. The liny harvest ol evejy other
farmer in the neighborhood was utterly destroy
etl. Bernard alone eaved his liny.
The first experiment gave him such critifi-
I dence in tho opinion of the lawyer, that ever
after he adopted it as a rule of conduct, and be
came, thanks to his order and diligence, one of
the richest farmers in the country. lie never
forgot the service which M. de la Gcrmondaia
had rendered him, and he brought every year
to that lawyer, a pair of good fat chickens ; and
he was in the habit of saying to his neighbors,
when they were talking of the lawyers, that
next to the commandu of Cud and the church,
the most profitable thing in tho world was a
lawyer's opinion.
The Oitk Citrloun Kxperlnieitt.
Take nn acorn in the fall ot the year, tic a
string round it in suth a way that when sus
pended, the blunt end of the acorn where the
cup was, is upward. Hung it thus prepared in
the inside of a bottle, or hnyacinth glass, contain
ing a little water, taking care that the ncorn
docs not rench the water, within an inch; wrap
the bottle all over in flannel, so as to keep it
dark and warm, and put it in a warm place. In
three or four weeks the acorn will bnvc swol
len, its coat will have burst, and a little whitu
point will make its appearmee ut the end oppo
site the water. This point is the root; the n
corn is now changing its nature and becoming
nn oak ; still, however, it must be stationed in
the dark, Ftill it must be kept clear of the wa
ter, and so it must continue till 'he young root is
at least half an inch long.
Then '.ho water may be allowed to rise high
er ; but it is only when from the neck on the
root, a little point begins to turn upward, that it
is safe to allow the water to touch it. At this
time, tho acorn has censed tube an acorn, nml
has really become a young oak ; for the littla
point directing itself upward, is the beginning
of that great trunk which a century later may
form the timber of a frig ite. As soon as the
young stem begins to shoot, the oak will require
a dose of light, a little every day ; and it also
yearns for more final, so that its root, which in
reality is its mouth, must bo allowed to touch
the water and drink it.
After these events have conic to pass, our
little nursling breathes, and must have air ; di
gests nnd must have light ; sucks greedily, and
must have fresh water given to its root, which,
however, should never be permitted to be whol
ly covered ; jiiat that point w here the stem be
gins, should be kept out of the water. The pet
having been brought to this, its first state of ex
istence, must he kept in the window. At first
it will be a stout thread, whitish, and covered
with tiny scales, then the scales will expand a
little, and the end w ill become greener.
ILIls. Ho says; "It is larger than the common
field strawberry, very hardy, and yields a great
quantity of fruit, producing in succession threo
j or four weeks. When ripo it is of a yellow
I ish white, contrasting beautifully with ttie ro 1
u u, fim, tl,vir, and whe;,
:,...,., ,, ,lt, iiui
A Kot M Bin. "Why, Tom, it strikes m.i
ll.al .....i l.h.O Io.t.1.1 OlO ,1 lllflhl r. I loll l...r.
j ,.' "I an s it is tv,,d ." ouoth Ton.!
and I have oomo fl;r the purpose of hiving u
rjuurt d. '
o mi anm: iio:.u
" T".o any !rl bat her.'" said Ned,
Wiih e.-ery oilu r tletter ;
I II be Coi.l. iiteil wi'.ii Avs, lri.,
An ! won't have inn lnl her ''