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TRUNK MAKER, Xo. 10 CHcNiiut Street, FHII.ADELPHIA, WHERE all kinds of leather trunks valise and carpet-hags, of every style and pattern are manufactured, in the best manner and from the best materials, and sold at the lowest rate. Philsdelphia, July 19th. 1845. ly. II c m ova DR. JOHN W. PEAL. RESPECTFULLY inform vhe ci tizens of Sunbury ud il icinity, irml he has removed hi the Uru k House, in Mmket strciet, for Airily (k copied by Benjamin Hendricks, cart of the store formerly oc cupied by Miller & Mnrtr, and now by Ira T. Cle ment, where he will be happy to receive calls in the line of hi profession. Sunbury, March 9ih 181 S. ITEVtT CA??ETX1TGS. riHE subscribers have received, and are now I opening a splendid assortment of the following Wilton and Velvet Carpeting' Brussels and Imperil 3 ply do CAR Extr superfine and fine Ingrain do PET Englinh shaded fe Damask Venetian do I.NG. American twilled and tig'd ilo English Druageits and Woolen Floor Cloths Stair and Passage Dockings Embossed Piano and Table Covers London Cheuille and Tufted Rugs Door Malts of eveiy description. ALSO A large and extensive essortment of Floor Oil Cloth, from one to eight yard wide, cut to fit eve ry description of rooms or pnssaces. Also, low priced Ingrain Carpeting from 31J to 62 J cents per yard, together with a Urge and exten sive assortment of goods usually kept by carpet merchants. The sbove good will be sold wholesale or retail at the lowest, market prices. Country merchants and others are particularly invited to call and exa mine our slock before making theii selections. CLARKSON. RICH & MUI.LlON, Successors to Joseph Hlackwood, No. 1 1 1 Chesnut, corner of Franklin Place. Philadelphia, Feb. 22,1. ISIS. "uTlimGLLAS & PARASOLS, CHEAP FOR CASH. J. V-. SVAX1T'S Umbrella and l'arasol Manufactory. .Vo. 37 ."Vo-fA Tfrt'l tlre't, lien doors lelaw the CITY HOTEL, 1 li 1 1 a (1 e 1 Ii I a . A LWAYS on hand, a large stuck of L'M JL IJRELLA and PAH ASOLS, including the latest new style of Pinked Edged Parasols of the best workmanship and materials, at prices that will niuke i'. an object to Country Merchants and others to call and examine his stork before purchasing ; elsewhere. Feb. S3, 1845. ly sTTlJtTKI.T'S PATENT WASHIITG lfi-CEHTZ. CTHIS Machine his now been tested by more X than thirty families in this neighborhood, and has given entire satisfaction. It is so simple in its construction, that it cannot get nut of order. It contains no iron to ru-t, and no springsor rollers to get out of repair. It will do twice ss much wash ing, with less than halt the wear and tear of am of the lite inventions, and what is of greater in.por. tance, it costs but lit i Ie over half us much as other washing machine. The subscribe! hss the exclusive right for Nor. thuinberlatid, Union, Lvcomiiig, Columbia, Lu zerne and Clinton counties. Price of single ma chine $G. II. U. MASSE R. The following certificate is from a few ol those who have these machine in use. Sunbury, Aug. 24, 1844. We, the subscribers, certify that we have, now in use, in our families, "Sbugert's Patent- Wash ing Machine," and do not hetilatn siying that it is s most excellent invention. That, in Wa-hing, t will save more than one half the usual labor. 1'bat it dors not requye more than one third the usual quantity of so.p and water ; and that there is no rubbing, and consequently, 'little or no wear ng or tearing. That it knocka off no buttons, and :hat the finest clothes, such as collars, lace, tucks, rills, eVc., may lie washed in a very short time without the b ust injury, and in fact without any ipparent wear and tear, whatever. We therefore heerfully recommend it to our friends and to the DUblic, a most useful and labor saving machine. CHARLES W.IIEGINS, A. JORDAN, CHS. WEAVER. CHS. PLEASANTS, GIDEON MAHKLE, Hon. CEO. C. WELKER, BENJ. HENDRICKS, GIDEON LEISENKING. Hi.' IIoTl. (for merit Tremont House, No. 116 Chesnut street,) Philadelphia, September l.r 1844. I have used Shugert' Patent Washing Maehine n my bou upward of eight month, and do not hesitate to lay that I deem it one of the mo-t use ful and valuable labor-saving macnine ever mven ien I formerly kei.l two women continually or. .nioH in washiuc. who now do much in two days a they then tliJ in one week. There is no wear or tear in washing, and it requires not more than one-third the usual quantity ol soap. I have hid numlsjr of other mchine in my family, but litis is so decidedly superior to every thing els. nd ,j little liable to gel out of icpair, that 1 would not lo without one if they should ice they are a . Id for. DANIEL I ERR. S-UPE KIOR Prt wine. Maderia and Lisbon wme. Also iiperior Brndy end Gin, Lemon yrup. ALo few barrel ol ulok rin, mr HENRY MASSE R. fcuBbory, July 19th, J4. From the N. Y. Commercial Advertuer. LIVING nCRIAL ANDKSCAPK, For the subjoined praphie account of the re markable disaster at Carbondale, and the almost miraculous escape of a man who was buried in the crushed mines, we are indebted to the Rev. Mr. Rowland, pastor of the Presbyterian Church in this city. The narrative is equally interest ing and extraordinary. Correspondence of the Commercial Advertiser. Hong'Dalb, Jan. 15, 1940. On Monday morning last, about nine o'clock, an accident occurcd in the coal mines of the Delaware and Hudson canal company, at Car bondale, which has produced considerable ex citement in the community. A large portion of the hill or mountain into which the mines ex tend, followinir the law of gravity, suddenly descended on the honey-comb cavities within it? bosom, burying all the unfortunate indivi duals within its reach. Very many acres des cended in a mass; and to great was the pres sure of the atmosphere, occasioned by this de cent, as to shoot out from the mouth of one of the mines, at from a cannon, a train of cars with a horse and boy, throwing them to a con siderable distance. Think of a bellows moved by mountain power, find you will form a very correct idea of the blast Painful to relate, fifteen individuals were beneath the decending mast, only one of whom has hsd the good for tune to escape; and his adventures exceed every thing on record. The remaining four teen are buried alive, if not crushed, and may be now hopelessly wanderingn those gloomy caverns, beyond the reach of human aid, and shut out forever, in all probability, from the light of day. To present a distinct idea of his occurrence, I must first give a brief description of the mines, and the manner of working them. There are several openings to the coal, which are number ed as 1, 2, 3, 4, &c ; two of them are above the bed of the Lack a wa na, and the others are below it. These openings are holes in the side of the hill, about six feet by eight, and are the mnin entrunces to the mines. From these motttha are roads leading into the interior of the moun tain, following the clip of the coal, sometimes descending. The extent of the mining opera tions will be perceived from the fact that there are thirty-five miles of railroad laid under ground, in the bosom of the mountain including the main roads with all thei. ramifications. The coal lies in a horizontal stratum of from four to six feet in thickness, between strata of slate. The method of mining is, to cut out and remove the cosl, leaving only piers of it to sup port the hill above, aided by wooden props made of sections of trees, cut of a suitable length. As fast as the coal is removed, the lateral branches of the road are abandoned, and the ninin avenues pushed on the coal beyond In this way the coal lias been removed for a mile and a half under the mountain, and the roads extend that distance. About a mile from the mouth of mine Na I an air-hole was cut to the surface, up an inclined plane, by which access could be had to the surface of the earth, and down which props were taken. The excava tion for coal extends half a mile or more beyond this opening. It was in this vicinity that the necident occurred, and by closing the month of his pnssage cut off all hope of escape to those within, in this direction. As fast aa the coal is removed, no particular care is taken to support the mass above, in the chambers which are abandoned; the props are left to decay that the rock and earth may gradu ally settle down and fill up these cavities, as it has done in former instances; but care is taken to guard the main avenues to the coal from beins thus obstructed. The coal lies beneath a mass of slate, above the slate is the sand stone rock, and above this are gravel and soil. I have olten notice-!, in passing through the mines, that many of the ends of the props, which support the slate above, were shivered like a broom, from the vast pres sure on them , and I never paw this indication without thinking what might happen, should the mass from above take a notion suddenly to descend, and always breathed easier when 1 had passed through the mines and emerged to the light of day. Symptoms of the working of the mass above had been for tome time observed and these symptoms had greatly increased for a few days previous to the catastrophe. Every thing wa done which could be done in theso circum stances to avert danger. No one supposed it possible that thn rock above would prove so firm, or that it would settle suddenly or in a mass. Only a few of the workmen, of whom there are nearly four hundred employed in the mines, had gone in on Monday morning, when Mr. Clarkson, the superintendent, discovered the ominou appearances, and immediately act some hands to work in propping up the slate. On costing out of the rr.tnes, about 6J o'clock, ho met Mr. John llosie, (who is well known on the Croton water works a one of the ablest masons, and who has been in the Hudson and Delaware Canal Co' employment for about ytar, pre paring himself to take charge of the new mines to be opened below Carbondale,) and told him that he had better wait till he could go with him, and they would examine the mines together. Mr. Hosie went on, however, into No. 2, in tending to join Mr. Clarkson presently, and had proceeded about a mile when instantly the mountain over his head descended with an aw ful crush of every thing which opposed its pro gress, and shot down over him filling up the road with crushed coal and bending him double, leaving not a foot of space between the solid mass above and the crushed coal below. The distance descended was the height of the mine, or from six to eight feet. Sogrent was the pressure oflheair that it produced a painful sensation aa if some sharp instrument had been thrust into his ears. All was total darkness, every light in the mine being instantly extin guished. Ever and anon the thunilcr of the fal ling masses roared through the caverns. After waiting a suitable length of time for the rocks to cease fulling, Mr. Ilnsie began to remove the loose material around him and to creep. lie tried one way and it was closed. He then pro ceeded in the other direction; and after nine hours incessant toil, creeping, removing loose coal and slate, and squeezing himself past ob stacles, he made his way into the open mine. Here he tried to strike a light, but his matches had become damp and would not ignite. He then felt around him, and discovered by the di rection of the railroad that, instead of making hia way out, he had gone farther into the mine, and was cut off from a return by thd mass which had settled down upon the road. He then be thought him of the air hole, and attempted to reach it ; but that passage had been crushed in and closed. Being in the vicinity of the mining operations he found 6ome powder, and spreading it on the floor, endeavored with a pick to ignite it, hut could not. He found also a can of oil, which he reserved in case of necessity to use for food. All was total darkness, and the part of moun tain over him was also settling, throwing off huge pieces of elate and exposing him to immi nent danger at every step; for but a part of the mass above had come at once, and the other seemed likely to follow. Sensible of his danger Mr. Hosie protected himself aa well as he could; he wound up his watch, and felt the time by the hands. Ho also; with a piece of chalk, wrote in different places his name and the hour when he was at certain points. Iking in total darkness, however, he missed his way, but was enabled through his acquaintance with the mines to 6et himself right. He first tred to reach No. 1, but after toiling to that road, found that it was also crushed in. Hi only chance seemed then lo proceed at right angles with the main arteries of the mines and past over to No. fl, and this he labored to do in accordance with his best judgment. At one time he passed through a narrow en trance into a chamber, and in endeavoring to creep out on the other side, he was caught in a narrow place by the hill above snttlmj down tionn him, and remained in this oosition an hour, expecting to die there. Put another set tlinj of the mass crushed out some of the mate rials around him, and he was enabled to free himself and draw back into the chamber of the minp. In returning, however, to the hole by which he had effected his entrance, he found to his dismay that it was closed ; and he was com pelled to hunt a new passage and finally to dig his way out with hia hands. Thus, afle working for more than thirty-six hours, he at length reached No. 3, where he rested, and then when the hill had partially cea sed ita working, proceeded toward the mouth of the mines. On his way he met Mr. Dryden one of the superintendents, who, with his men, was exploring the cavern with lights, in seach of him; and at about five o'clock in the morn, ing he emerged to the light of day, having been given up as dead, and been corcerated in utter darkness beneath a settling mountain for forty eight hour. Mr. Hosie told me many of these particulars, and the others 1 gleaned from the principal officers of the company, to whom they were narrated. At one lime Mr. Hosie raw lights at a dis tance, but they soon diminished. They were the lights of men in No. 3, seeking for him. These light however assured him that he was pursuing the right course. Mr. Hosie' hands were scratched and cut up by working, so as to bo completely covered with sores. He never for one moment lost hia self-possession, and to this fact, added la hia tact and perseverance, is to be ascribed hia deliverance. There were about forty men in the mines when the catastrophe occurred, and the twenty ix who escaped owed their preservation, in a great measure, to Mr. Rryden, one of the super intendents, who conducted them out with great coolness and sclf-poscsion, while portions of the hill, other than those which fell first, were settling down around them. Learning that one poor Irish laborer, who had been atrurk down by the slate, was let:, with hia leg broken, he went back alone and brought him out. Some times he was compelled to creep, and draw the man attcr him, through crevice which were soon after closed by the settling of the hill. In two hours more the whole had shut down, so that if he had been left hi death would have been inevitable. Thanks to Mr. Brydenfor hia coolness, intrepidity and humanity. The greatest possible efforts are now made by working night and day lo reach the place where the fourteen were at work ; but fuint hopes, however, are cherished respecting them. The places cannot probably be reached before the middle of next week, if then. The proba bility is that Ihey have been crushed to death. Most of them were men with families. One boy only is known with certainty to be dead. Except for the loss of life, this uuforscen oc currence is not much to be regretted, nor will it greatly impede the company's operatione since it has occurred at about the time when it is usu al to suspend labor for a couple of months, to re pair for the Spring, and every thing will be rectified before them. The immense strength of the rock above prevented the hill from set tling in the usual way; but now it is down, it is tu be rejoiced at, as it frees from future dnn ger, and the rouds when reopened will be per fectly secure. It was an innovution for it to come down suddenly in a mass, instead of the quiet decent way it has adopted informer install ces, and no human foresight could have predic 'ed the manner of its descent, nor could human prudence, in the present state of knowledge, have provided against it. The quantity of the mountain fallen is vari ously estimated. Mr. Bryden said that it was about three quarters of a mile long, by half a mile in width. Mr. Clarkson said that it was about half a mile long and an eighth wide. In the former case it would be about 210 acrea, and in the latter 40 acres. Mr. Archibald, the chief superintendent of the mines and rail road, whose science and practical (kill are not ex ceeded, estimates the amount full en at far less than either of the assistants. Since the first avalanch, it must be borne in mind, however, many other portions have cone down. What the extent of the whole ia no one can conjee tore with any approximation to certainty ; ami it is exceedingly difficult at present to get any accurate information respecting it. 1 do not know that the company have any interest either to magnify or conceal the mat ler, inasmuch as it is more likely to prove a be npfit than a damage to their future operations The only expenso attending it will be to re pair the rouds and remove the obstructions; but these will then be safer; and the knowledge acquired by this experience may prove of the greatest utility hereafter. The occurrence seemed to me so nn!ke ant' thing I ever heard of, that I commenced wri 'ing the arrounl of it (o my friends; but it has proved so lung, that to save the multiplication of letters, I concluded to send it to vour paner which most of theni are accustomed to rend and they may, ll they choose, consider it as per sonally addressed to each of them. There may be others nt vour readers aUo to whom it mav not he uninteresting. With tenements respect, I am yours, II. A. ROWL.VND. ol Improved Moile of Warming Dtvrlllnga. The improvements in the method of warrnirg dwelling-houses, which have been introduced into the City of New-York within the last two years have effected almost an entire revolution in th department of our domestic arrangements. Mr E. L. Miller, of Brooklyn, was the first to intro duce among us tho present admirable system of air-furnaces. He has recently, however, intro duced into his own house, S3 Clark-st. an arraije ment for warming by air radiattj from u-atrr-licatcj turfuttt only ; in other words, a hot-vva ter furnace of an entirely r.ew construction. The apparatus is placed in the lower basement of the house, occupies nt more space than an ordinary hot-air f'irnace. and distributes the heat throu 'h i tho house in the usual way of the common furnace; but the quantity of fuel under ignition, and the character of the heat, are truly astonishing and delightful. The combustion of th. fuel is regu lated with the greatest precision by means of a self acting damper which he has introduced, and which is worked by the expansion of water and air combined, o as to consume any desirable quantity of coal, from 50 to 100 lbs. in the twen ty four hours, according to trie state of the weath er. The space we saw wvrmed to the tempera ture of 68 to "JO degree, comprise two very large four tory houses, 51 feet front by 50 feet deep, containing about thirty rooms. The heat may be carried to any desirabla distance, say from one to two hundred feet from the furnace chamber, and it capacity for heating may be proportioned to building of any sire, while the peculiar purity and salubrity of the atmosphere, produced by this mode of heating, renders it par ticularly desirable for dwelling-houses, apart ments for the sick, conservatories, &c. &c. Mr. M. ha erected hi furnace, not only for the purpose of warming hi house, but for exhi biting its operation, which he will be most hap py to do to any gentleman who may wish to ren. der hi own house more than comfortable, in the most efficient and economical manner JV. Y. TribwM. GirtL, iit'STiyjo. A Half-length frmn t.lf. fit MRS. C. M. KtDKtaD. "A theme of perilous risk Thou handiest, and hot fire beneath thy path The treacherous ashes nurse." Can't you let our folks have some egj V said Daniel Webster Larkins, opening the door and putting in a little straw-colored head and a pair of very mild blue eyes just fur enough to recon noitre ; 'can't you let our folk have some eggs ! Ourold hen don't lay nothing but chickens now, ami mother can't eat pork, and she ain't had no breakfas', and the baby ain't dreatnor nothing!' 'What is the matter, Websterl Where's the girl V 'Oil! we ha'nt no pirl but father, end he's had to go 'way to a raisin' and mother wants to know if you can tell her where to get a girl!' Poor Mrs Larkins I Her husband make but very indifferent 'girl,' being a remarkable pub lie spirited person. The good lady is in very delicate health, and having an incredible nun hor of little blue eves constant'' making fresh demands upon her time and htrensjth the usual ly keeps a girl when she can get one. When she cannot, which is unfortunately the largest part of the time, her husband dresses the chil dren mixes stir-cakes for the eldest blue eyes to bake on a griddle, which is never at rest milks the cows--feeds the pigs and then goes to his 'business' which we have supposed to con sist principally in his helping at raisings, wood bees, huskings, and such like important affairs and 'girl' hunting tho moit important and ar duous, and profitless otall. Yet it must be owned that Mr. Larkins is tolerable carpenter, and that ho buys as many comforts fur his family as moat of his neighbors, 1 he mam dilliculty seems to be that 'help is not often purchasable. The very small portion of our damsels who will consent to enter anybo' dy's doors for pay, makes the chase after them quite interesting from its uncertainty ; and the damsels themselves, subject to a well known foi ble of their sex, become very coy from being over couVted. Such racing and chasing, and begging and praying, to get a girl for a month They are often got for life with half the trouble, iiut to return. Having an esteem for Mrs. Ijirkins, and sin cere experimental pity for the forlorn condition of 'no girl but father,' I set out at once to try if fetnele tact and perseverance might not prove effectual in ferretttng out a 'help,' though mere industry had not succeeded. For this purpose I made a list in my mir.d of tho6a neighbors, in tho first place, wlioe daughters sorr.etime con descended to be girls ; and secondly, of the few who were enabled by g iod luck, good manage ment, and good pay, to keep them. If ! failed in rnv attempts upon one class, I hopod for some new lights from the otlier. When the object isofsii'li importance it is well to string one's bow double. In the first category stood Mrs. Lowndes, whose forlorn !.--g house had never known door or window ; a blanket supplying the place of the one, and the other heing represented by a crevice between the logs. Lit'ing the sooty curtain with some timidity, I found the dame with a sort of rpel before her, trying to wind some dirty, tangled yarn ; and ever and anon kicking at a basket which hung suspended from the beam overhead by means of a strip of hick ory bark. This basket contained a nest of rags and an indescribable baby ; and in the ashes on ti.e rouoh hrartli played several dingy objects, which suppose had once been babies. 'Is your ihnieliter at home, Mrs. Lowndes !, 'Well, yes ! M'randy'sto hum, but elio'a out now. Did you want her.'1 'I c.iine to see it she could go to Mrs;. Larkins, who is very unwell, and sadly in want of help.' 'Miss Larkins! why do you tell ! I want to know! Is she sick again . and is her gal gone? Why! 1 want to know! I thought she had Lo i-sy Pud. Ion ! Is.lAi-i-sy PiidJon gone ?' , 'I suip.ise so. You will let Miianda go to Mrs. Larliiiis willvoii !" 'Wei', I iloono' Lot I w.iiilJ let her go for a spell, jut to 'commodate Vtn. M randy may go if he a mind ter. She's got a c iinfortalde home, and n thanks to noho hly. What wage do they give I 'A dollar a week.' 'Kat at the table !' 'Oh ! certainly.' 'I lave Sunday V Why no I believe not the whole of Sunday the children, you know' Oh ho!' interrupted Mrs. Ijwndes, with a most disdainful tos of her head, giving at the same time a v'gorous impulse to the cradle, if that's how it is, M'randy don't stir a step ! She don't live nowhere if she can't come home on Saturday night and stay till Monday morning. I took my leave without farther parley, ha ving often found this point lha tine qua non in such negotiations. My next effort was at a pretty look ing cot tage, whose overhanging roof and neatouterar rangemonl spoke of English ownership The interior by no mean corresponded with the ex terior aspect, being even more bare than the u (oil, and far from neat. The presiding power man in woman a domes, ana wnose mazing face ornamented here and there by great hair moles, spoko very intelligibly of the beer-barrel, if of nothing more exciting. A daughter of this virago had once lived in our family, and the) mother met me with an air of defiance, as if she thought I had come with an accusation. When 1 unfolded my errand her ebord softened a little, but she scornfully rejected the idea of her Lucy living with any more Yankees. You pretend to think everybody alike, said she, 'but when it comes to tho pint, you're a sight more uppish and sucay than the ra'al qual ity at home ; and I'll see Yankee race to- I made my exit without waiting for the con clusion of this complimentary observation. Unsuccessful thus far among the abitera of our destiny, I thought I would stop at tho lions'! of a friend and make some enquiries which might spare me further rfbluffs. On making1 my way by the garden gale to the little library where I usually saw Mrs. Stayner I was sur prised to find it silent and uninhabited. Tho windows were closed ; a half-finished cap laid on the sofa, and a bunch of yesterday's wild flowers up'in the tab'e. All of demolition, the cradle not exactly an appropriate adjunct of a library scene el-tewhere but quite so at the west was gone, and the little rocking was nowhere to be seen I went through the parlor and hall, finding no sign of life, save the break fast table still standing with crumbs undisturbed. Where b;lls are not known ceremony ia out of the question so I penetrated to the kitchen, where at "length I caught sight of the fair fica of my friend. She was bending over the bread tray and at the same time telling nursery-stories as fast as possible by way of coaxing her little boy of four years old to rock the cradla which contained hi baby sister. 'What does this mean V 'Oh ! nothing more than usual. My Poll took herself off yesterday w ithout a moment's warning, saying that aha had lived out long c nough ; and poor Tom, our factotum, has the a gue. Mr. Stayner has gone to some placo ix teen miles off, where he was told he might hear of a girl, and I am sale representative of the la mily energies. Iiut you've no idea wnat capi tal break 1 can make. This looked rather discouraging for my guest f but knowing that the main oiiit of table-com-paniouship was the source of most of Mrs. Sny der's difficulties, I still hoped Mrs. Larkins, who loved the close intimacy with her 'help,, and al ways took them vsiting with her. So 1 parsed on for another effort at Mrs. Randall's whoso three daughters had sometimes been known to lay aside their dignity long enough to obtali some much-coveted article of dress. Here th mop was in fjll play ; and Mrs. Randall, with, her gown turned up. was sulashing diluted noil on the wol's and furniture, in thereceivpd mode of these region, where Viaired glass windows' are nide wi'.hout a putent. I did not vt n'urji in, but asked from the door, with my best di plomacy, whether Mr-. Randall hue w of a girl. 'A gal ! no ! who waul a gal!' Mrs. Larkins.' 'She ! why rlont she get up and do her own work V She is too feeble.' 'Law sakes! too feeble!- she'd b able as ant body to thrash round, if her old man didn't spile her by wait in, on ' We think Mrs. Larkins deserves small blame on thi score. But, Mrs. Randall, the poor woman i really ill and unable to do anything for her children. Could'nt you spare Rachel tor a few days o hfln her V help fier ' Thi was said in a most guarded and depreca tory tone, and in a manner carefully moulded between indifference and undue solicitude. 'My gals has got enough to do. They arn't able to do all their own work. Curline hasn't been worth the fust red rent for hard work ever iiice the went to school to A .' 'O! I did ret export lo get Caroline. 1 un derstand the ;s going to get married.' What '. to B ll Crecn ! She wouldn't let him walk where she walk-"! last year ! Here I taw I had made a mistake. Resol ving to be mere cautious in future, I loft thn se lection to the old lady for one of her girl. But my eloquence wa wasted. The Miss Randalls had been a whole quarter at a se'ect school, an! will not live out again until their present ttni k of finery ia uuwear..ble. Mis Rachel who-s company I had hope. 1 to secure w a even then paying attention to a branch of the fine art. Rachel Mundy !' cried Mrs. Randall at tint foot of the ladder which gave access to the up per region'fetch that thing down here ! It' the prettiest thing you ever seen in your lite turning to me. And the educated young lady brought down a doleful compound of card board and many colored waters, which had it seeine occupied her mind and fingers for some dav. There! said the mother proudly, 'a gal that'ej learnt to make such baske'.g aa that, aiu com to be nobody's help, I guess !' I thought the boast likely to be terified a prediction and went my way, crestfallen anl weary. Girl-hunting , certainly amon? one .u.nouau.rj -cnorf .' VA'es-'srn UJrtn. A
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