' TERMfi OF ;0IEA1IEIUCA!.
H. B. MASSE, Pnitium i..
. JOSEPH EISELY. P.""uZA"
M, B. MJHSKH, KtHUr.
Office in Ccnirt Alley, in thfreur nf n. Mnt
eer't Store.
THE AMERICAN" is-published every Satur
day at TWO DOLLARS per annum to be
paid half yearly in advance. No paper discontin
tied till all arrearages are paid.
, Nosubscriptiona received for a leaa period than
biz kiohth. All communicationa or Irttera m
business relating to the office, to iniure attention,
feiuet be P08T PAID.
W, H. THOMPSON,
Fashionable
BOOT AND SHOE MAKER,
Mm Stbiet, Hrsai-iT,
PI1HANKFCL for past fuvors, begs leave lo in-
1. form h a friend and the public gei.eralty, thai
he Iim jut returned from the city ih new and
fashionahle laat. an.l a fu'l assortment of Light
colored, Bronze, Black Kid, and all other kind
of Morocco for Gentlemen, Ladies snd Children's !
wear; and he urea all who may favor him with
their custom, tht Ihry may rely upon having their
wotk done in the mini substantial and fuahionable
lnnner, and al very low price.
He also ha a foil assortment of tow priced work,
selected by himself, which he will aell lower lbn
vrr offered in thia pine, viz i
Men a Shoes, aa low aa
Evra Rlout Boot, "
Good Lace Boo;a lor Women,
Wocoen'e Slips,
Children's 3hoe,
8ole Leather, Morocco, Ac, for rait low
fi.oo
S.00
1,00 1
60
25
Aogust 22d. 1846. aplfltf
Boot & Shoe
ESTABLISHMENT.
DANIK.Ti I) 15 U( ' K K M 1 1 J ,K R .
At leit Old Ettubli aliment, in Markit Street, j
tSunhun,
(oPPOMTB VHB RKD LION IIOTCt.,)
jjl ETUH.NS hi thank for piat f.ivors, snd re
Ja'S, spccifully inform hi friend ami the puMir
ncrallv, that he continue to manufacture to or- j - " - " - - .: -r.z : r--;-
tier, in the neatest and lateM style, j Potato Plaihtno. Having had some expe.
CHEAP HOOTS AXI SHOES, J rience inlhe culture) of the potato, I beg leave
warranted ,f the beet malerU, end made b, the j ,0 ymf Btfen,ion ,0 one p,, , f.cl not
niwt expeib-nred workmen. He a Ian keep on I , ,. , .
hand a general assortment of fashionable Boot for i "deretood, I believe, or at leaet if eo, not
ttmlimen, together with a larn.et.took of fishion- j eenerally prsetised, that is, that planting the
able gentlemen', bo', I, lies' and child-eu'a Shoes, ,ar pr pr0Injnen, eye, on wjI cet abet
all of wnii'h hkve bm-n mmle under hi own imme I . ... ", . . . , ,
tliate inapeciion. and are of .he be.t material and ' ,Pr y,,,d ,nd ' 8m11 ones- 1 hvc ,r""d
workminhip, whirh ho will ell low for cah. ! experiment eeveral timeo, and always get the
In a ldition to the aUve, he haa jut received same reeutt. I consider five aingle eyc (as
from I'hilndi liihia a tarce Kiid extensive aupnlv of Ll nj .l j, ,
Boots, Shoe.. Ac. of all d,,cription. which he ,No ,he' C,,led) the T f,,r ' M "pd
ofTcra fr ch, cheaper than ever More off red in
tin place. He tepectfully invnrs bis old ctisto-
ers, and other, to call and examine for them-
SiW.
Repairing done with neatrie and dciiatch.
Sunhury, Aujnrt ISih, IS46.
PIANOS.
THE SUBSCRIBER h tieen arrpniiried tent,
for tie de of CONRAD MEYER'S CEL
EBRATED PREMltJM ROSE WOOD PI
ANOS, at thi place. There Pianos have a plain,
ntraive anil Uautitul exterior finish, end, fir depth
and rwertnt-n of lone, and eleg .nee of worknian
hip, are not urpa'd by any in the United Stale.
The fallowing i. a rernmnirndstion from Ci
IHktv, a celebrated perfo'mer, and himwlf a man
tifctuier :
A GAUD.
II vi j had the pleasure nl trying the excel
lent I'ituo Forlea maufartured by Mr. Meyer, and
exhibited al the last exhibition of the Franklin In
rtitute, I feel it due to the true merit of the maker
to ileclare tbnl these iiitrumente are quite i-quil'
and in some respect even mperioi, to all the Pi
ano Fortes I iiw at the capital of Europe, and
during a ojnvrn of two yer at Pri.
Iieae Piano will be ro'J at the manufcturer
lowest PhiUilclphia prices, if not something Inwrr.
Person r reijuested to call and examine for
t.hi miM le, at the n'ni.lence of the fubscriber.
Sunhury, Mav 17, 184ft. II. B. MASSE It.
3oiiterfeltcr
DEATH BLOW.
rPhe puMie will pleaaa observe that no Brand'eth
A Pill r renume, unleas (he box ha three la
beta opon if, (the top, the aii'e and the bottom)
each containing a fic-imitr eignature of my hind
writing, thu U. BatiDiisrH, M. D. These l-bel-
aie eegrvetl on etrel, beautifully designed,
and done at an eipenae of over f 2.001. Therefore
ft willoeeeen that the only thing ncceary to pro
cure tha metiicine in iia purity, ia to oUerva thtwa
laliels.
Remember the top, tfce side, and the bottom.
The fallowing respective wr'nt are dulv authori
at d, and hold
cruTirxcATES or AOErrcv
For the ale of Brandrcek't VegetaLU Vnivertul
;.
Northumberland eoontrt Milton Mickey A
Chmlei1tn. Smhury H. B. Masner. M'Ewetia
ville Ireland dt MeixVll. Nortbumlerland Wm
Forsyth. Georgetown J. Si J. Wall.
Union County : New Berlin Bogar it Win
ter. Selinagroe George Gundiuro. Mktille
hurg Itaac Smith. Beavertowu David Hubler.
A Ray. Hartleto'tilD.niei Long. Freeburg- j
O. At F. C. Moyer. Lewisburg Walls A. Green. '
CotumtH. county Danville E. B. Kejnol.l.
mav Mi.iiim-w.ouuinjj 4, VItVIIlUUOT1a LIU '
lawiJf-t.. G. B robts. Bloomabimr John R.
Moyer. Jeieey Town Levi Bisel. Washington I
KoU. McCav. Limestone Bailie r M-Ninrh.
Obtarve that each Agent baa en KngraVt-d CVr- j
tifieata of Agency, contuining a reprenUtron of ;
i)t BRANDHETH'S Minufactory at Kini Mne
and upon which will also be seen 'exact eSpie. S i
lb new abds ntw uttd upen the brandrefh PM
Hoxet.
Philadelphia, ofT.ce No. 8. Ninth 8lh street.
B. BRANDKETH.M.D.
JonetttS 1MJ,
iieoircJnr "
HOPE MAKER & SHIP CUANDLEB.
Xo. 13 filorth Water. Sirta, I'hitadctpfiia.
VITAS constantly on Jund, a general assort,
Ropea.
la Rooeji. Tow Lines for Canal Boats. Also, a
complete assortment or Sina Twines, Ac, such aa
Hemp Sbad and Herring Twine, Be Patent Gill
Nat Twine, Coiloa) Shad and Herring Twine, Sfcoa
Thread, etc A. . Also. Bad tJerda, flotifk Una.
HaltrvTrac)a, CoOon and Linn Cape Qhains,
Ac, all of which ha will diaposa of on reaaojvaUk
terma.
' PhtUdP" Nnvemhae 18. Highly.
f7TOEA4sbfl-Tba In a.aahty Sugar House
IVJl MaMasea, only 13) ceU par ftwt lao,
iiiatilM arifchf yeMow Molasses for baking, e
! 411. earn paw qoart fb aJe at law stoe ml
;ee 15, !.- KC.MV HAHbl.
BUNBUMY AJ1B
Jll' "
Br Nancr ft. Eluclr.
A KeebJeea pcndlbrin.
"Waitah, thia way ! you doubtleaa heard
Me ring year plaguey bell :
Tou've opened here, upon my word,
An out-end out hotel.
No doubt yeoVe got a larder fine
Of viands ready drett,
A cellar of moat famous wine,
And liquors of the oet."
"Yea, air, we've all that you eonld wish
Be pleated to take a chair
Poultry and" joint, aed soups and fish
I'll fetch the bill of fare.
None of onr wines can e'er complain,
For great is their renown,
And master's claret and champaign
You cannot match in town."
"Wai'ah, of all extravagance
I ever had a dread;
To-day I'll give your bouse a cbnn re
Bring me a herring red '."
would put the rowa three and half feet apart
one way, and two and half the other. When
whole or cut potatoea are planted, the large or
prominent ones take the It-ad, and will produce
good sized tubers if no other put out ; but if (he
season it favorable, (eny warm and nut too wet,
the email eyes will throw outatalki which much
retard the growth ot the others, and only pro
duce email ones, if any at all. If the latter part
of the reason should prove unfavorable, (toodry,)
the product t the small etock would not bo
werih Catherine;.
I prefer potaroei beifljr ret fir seed to plant
ing whole nnes-t middling sited one cut in
three pieces being much better than to plant it
whole, aa it spreads the rtalks in the hill, and
her eyes should be cut in several pieces, in ( rdf r
to have aa etal a number of stalks in hiH as
possible. I know thia ia contrary to the theo
ry and practice of many farmers; but wby not
aa well plant dozen kinds of corn, or wholit
ear in hill, at to plant a potato liat will pro
duce twenty or tr.rrty stafk! In one case, I
am answered that you would get no corn ; in
the other, I anawer, you get very few potatoes
of any size compared to what you would if pro
perly divided, besides waning three times the
amount of seed necer-ary, if, as 1 sa d before, it
waa properly d ivit'ed.
For any planting I lake the eyet singly from
the potatoes with jminted knife for the pur
pose ; and consider that I am doubly and tre
bly paid for the Inbnr ; firtt in the saving nf the
bulk of my potatoes required for seed; nf which
not more than one third is required as when
planted whole, and about ha If aa many aa when
cut; and again in harveet, by getting more bu
shels per acre, and those of a good, even size
generally. -Vermont Farmer.
Ditorsr in TH8 Chent. The Fluhing Jour
nal says that a lady in tht town cured herself
of a dropsy in the cheat by using the root of the
garden parsley. A few cleaned roots were
boiled in a quart of water, until it waa diminish
ed to a pint. Repeatedly during the day a small
rpiautity was taken, mixed with a portion of gin,
",,d eve,y ymptom di-appeared. After a rw
doses the fin was omitted snd the decoction
ony u d. The Journal vouches for the truth
a I V m.
ui tin vaw
A Mkoicai, Ilirr ron Mothers. A medi-
correspondent of an English paper attributes
the high shoulder and the lateral curvature of
.i. , - . ,- - . ,
'h 'P""' Wh'h d,,fifurM l-malca. to
shoulders straps of their dressea resting be-
low r,e ahouIJer and on the muscloa of the arm.
I instead of being on the shoulder, which compels
j the wearer tu be constantly hitching her should
I era to keep up her druas, an action that results
i in forcing up the shoulder, a distortion of the
! chest, and a lateral curvature of the s:ine. He
also states that from thia dangeroua practice, and
buiu, i i" . luucibiF are rorineo, ana not
uufrrqueolly consumption ia engendered.
Tag ti .Machins SuraasKosn. Pip a
appoge in. boiling waUr than quetza it wall, and
aatpraU ii waJl in the. ether.. It is : applied in
that state to the tnouta apd nos'.rila for two or
thru aruniites, it will produce all tbs effects re
o,iiirad withoot the application of the tube.
It i a singular coincidence that tha same diaeaae
which has attacked ibt pwtatses in other countries
ktt Attaches) tka ccea ia Jinr.t.ca.
AND SHAMOKIN JOURNAL.
Hunbliry, Northumberland C
It.b.t.ofv.r.oo. AtHhrts.
Homer, it ia said, had euch an aversion to na
tural music, that he could never be nrevaili d
on to walk along the banks of a murmuring
brook , neverthelew, he eang his own ballads,
though not in the character of a mendicant, aa
recorded by Coiloa.
Virgil was so fond of salt, that he etldnm
went without a box full in his pocket, which he
made use of from time to time, aa men of '.he
present day use tobacco.
Zoroaster, it is said, though the moat profound
philosopher of his time theoretically, was very
easily put out of temper. He once carried hia
irritability so far as to break a marble table to
pieces with a hammer, because he chanced to
(tumble over it in the dark.
Shaketpcare, though one of the moat gorge
ousof men, was a great higgler. He waeoften
known to dispute with a ahopkeeper for half an
hour on a quarter of a penny. He gives Iloia
pur credit for a portion of hie own difpwition,
when he inakca him Bay, "I would cavil on the
ninth part of a hair."
Peter Corneille, the greater,! wit of his time,
o far as concern his works, waa remarkably
stupid in conversation, as was a loo Addimn, who
ia acknowledged to have been one of the nv nt
elceant writers that ever lived.
Samuel Rogers is an inveterate punaler, al
beit from his poetry, one might suppose him to
be the greatest writer in Christendom. He tins
one peculiarity that dietinguishea him from oil
ports, past present and to come, i. c. three hurt
dred thousand pound.
Young wrote hia "Night Thoughts" with a
scull and a candle in it before him. Hia own
scull was luckily in the mom, or very little aid
would have been yielded by the other.
Dryden, it is said, was always cupped and
physicked previous to a grand effort at tragedy.
Brmbo had a desk of forty divininne, through
which his sonnets passed in succession, before
they were publj.hcd.
Milton used to sit lejnin? back obliquely in
an easy chair, with his legs flung over the el
bow of it. He frequently composed lying in bed
n the morning; but when he could not sleep,
and waa awake whole nights, not one veree
conld he make; at other times hisMtiprecedm-
ted rffusiona were easy wirtj certain impetus
and ccs t mm aa he himself used to believe.
Then, whatever the hour, he rane for his daugh
ter to commit them to paper. He would some
times dictate forty lines in a breath, and then
reduce them to half that number. Thnse may
appear trifles; but such trifles assume a tort of
greatness when related of what in great.
Ttt ft-iENct or Boor itw.-A publrca-
tmn by an eminent London bnotmiier, J.
SpAftkcn HaM,, gives some Very useful and ju
dicious rugged ions relative to the art of boot
making. Iledeclarea himself obliged to admit
that much of the pain eufrered ty the victima
of corna and bunions must b attributed to ttve
manufacturer ot the boot or shoe. We quote
some of Mr. Hall remark, since they relate
to a matter in w hich no inconsiderable amount
of eumfort or suffering is involved:
"A last fitted up to the lergth and width may
do, or it may not. It may do by chance, or fail,
of necessity; but if fitting be anything, it ia a
ikilful adaptation of the last to the true form and
requirementa of the font generaPy. Mny jv r
son have an idea that right and left ehoce are
comparative modern innovations of fashion; but
thia is a mistake straiehl lasts are a modern
invention, and, notwithstanding what many per
sona say to the contrary, are decidedly inferior
to a well formed right and let pair. The great
evil haa been that all right and left lasts of late
have been crooked. It was thought that, in a
bandoning the straight last with all ita faults, a
perfect fit could be secured in rights and lefts ;
and from one extreme, aa is generally the ease
in fashion, the opposite waa tdopted, and a
twisted right and left msrJe the matter still
worse. It was thought nothing could be right
and left but that which took a lecidrd turn; and
the consequence has been, that for year a lasts
have been made with an ugly twist inward,
where no wood waa required; auJ on the out
side, where the toea, with all tenrlernrep, ind
liability to injury, have required thicknesa and
breadth, nothing has bepn left. I have pointed
out this fault to last makers a thousand times;
have atood by them at their work, and have seen
the part, where I wished of all things the room
to be left, cruelly sliced off, or rapped away;
the consequence to the unfortunate wearer of a
shoe or boot made on that laat necessarily being
'mouths ol torture."
DolMo WBAT TBS DEVIL NEVER DID. A
worthy clergyman somewhere on Cape Cod,
waa told that a portion of bis flock were dissa
tisfied with hia ministry, and wer anxious to
get rid of bias. ' Determined to be beforehand
with them on the next Sunday morning after
aerv ee, be addressed them aa follows ;
'My dear hearers, ia the course of the ensu
ing week, it ia my intention to do what the de
vil himself never did ?. Pm gting o lent
Cuje Co': SunJuy TlfrnyK.
' - Tl bUl force, ,h. vita, principle
o. Pa. Saturday, April H, is-tY.
Things to b nmmlrer!.
Horses should never be put to severe work
on a full stomach. More hnrerts are hurt by
hard driving after a full feud, than by a full feed
after hard driving.
In laying in a stock of winter fodder for ani
mals let it not be forgotten that a little too much
is just enough. Starving enimala at any time
is miserable policy,
A you treat your land, rn it will treat you.
Fred it with manure liberally, and it will yield
your bread bountifully.
Avoid debte aa you would the )eproy. If
you are ever tempted to purchase on tredit, put
it off fur three days. You need time for reflec
tion. If you keep your sheep snd cattle in your
meadows until June, don't complain next Win
ter because you are Compelled to purchase hay
for your stock.
The man who uses good seed, has a good soil
and w orks it in good season, rarely fails of hav
ing a good crop to reword hi toil.
RtrtPF rort Hams. Miss Beecher has the
following rcipe or receipt, a she calls it, for
curing hams, in lu r Book of Receipt :
'Take an once of ealtpetro for each hum, and
one pint of molassea to every ounce of saltpe
tre. Then take a quarter o? a pound of common
suit to every pint of mrlses used.
Heat the mixtnre till it nearly boils, and
smear the meat aide with it, keeping the mix
ture and rubbing it in well, especially round
(he bonva atid recesses.
Let the hams lie after this from four to seven
days, according to the aizovif the ham.
Then place them in a fat It pickle strong enough
to bear an egg, for three wee ke. Then soak
eight hours in fieeh wafer.
Then hang in tin? kitchen, or other more con
venient plrrre, to dry for a fortnight. Tlren
stroke Trom three to five days, till well smoked
Then wrap them tip in strong tar puper, ty
ing it close.
Then tic them in tight larra of cuttnn stuffing
in shavings, so that no part of the paper It'tiches
the cotton. Hanglhem near the roof in agar
ret, and they will never give you any trouble."
One pint of molasses to every pound of salt
petre ! This is evidently a m:sa print. Who
ever hcerd of using a pound of saL'petre in a
family.' It should manifestly read a pint to an
ounce. We notice that the rccipo is in circu
lation without correction.
The KSazrlte Mfdicnlr, published in Paris,
speaking of Loi'ta Pmt.iri-r, King of France,
says-
"He riaes at 5 in the morning, at ail eeannne;
works in his cabinet white fresh and clear, and
iheretnrc with eee breakfasts r-imply-then
takes a long walk, which promotea a mild salu
tary reaction towards the skin; at dinner haa
constantly half a fowldress-cd with rice, and for
hia drink takes only pure water, about which hia
Majeaty is Very particular. At the end of hia
meal he takes half s glaaof old Bordeaux wine.
He sleeps on a single niattrens, laid un a camp
bedstead, but tor never more than sir hour.
Such is the sober and austere hfo of onr Sover
eign, and with such a regimen uo n nay live
long. It is known that Iyiuis Philippe has some
medical opinions of his own. Ilia rrmrdt- s,
however, are mi-l innocent, and have the sanc
tion nf one of the greatest practitioners by whom
our art ia honored. Like Sydenham, in feet,
the King may cany the whole of his therapeu
tical apparatua in the head of his cune. The
lancet and opium are his great remedies."
GitrenoraH'i Nxw Wokxs. We learn that
oar countryman Greenotigh, the aculptor, ia busy
in bis atudic at Florence, modelling a atatus of
David going to meet Goliab, with hia ataff and
aling. Tha general idea ia already developed.
David may be suppoaed listening to the scornful
reproach of the giant
'Go bold fond dalliance with the Syrian maids,
And with your boyish loves in wanton trea
sure dance,"
Another rolotiat work, designed to adorn the
Capitol at Wathingten, it in progress unJn the
hand of the workmen. It illustrates tLe strife
between the Indian and Anglo Saxon racca. The
Anglo Saxon is seizing upon the savage to pre
vent bim striking with bis tomahaw k. The com
plete group w ill comprise four flgurea, a woman
and child, with tbs two male figures above indi
tatsd Button Trans.
In Bnviria an extraordinary jcandal has ari
sen, liola Monies, a Spanish JuHteuie, who ap
peared in London a year or two back, having
turned the brain of the King, who haa sought to
create her a countess and to present her with
one of the finest crown domains. Tha Minis
try, by whom hia fully waa resisted, have boen
dismissed, but they carry with tbern the popular
ympaihiea.
Sib Edwasd Coo it says :
' Fix boor's to sleep tolsw's grave atudy aix ;
Four apeml ii: prayer tha rttt on Datura fix.
Or rather aa Sir Wm. Jonxs aaya : .
Fix howra to law to aoothlnr alumber seven
1 an to :t wtrlc .'.!c:t trii 1; t rli.vr
ICAN
J immediate parent of despotism..,... .
Vol. T--!o. 28WtiOio !Bo, 340
TorjcMiiwj Story The following beautiful
and touching atory was related by Dr, Schneb
ly. of Maryland, at a meeting held in New York
to hear the experience of twenty reformed
drunkards .'
A drunkard wrm had run throngh hts proper
ty, Teturt.ed one night to his unfurnished home.
He entered hia empty hall anguish was gnaw
ing at hia heart string, and language is ina
dpcuatetot'xprese hia agony aa he entered his
wifu's spartment, and there beheld the victims
of hia appetite his lovely wife and darling
child. Morose and sullen he aeated himself
w ithout a word he could not speak, ho could
not rook upon them. The mother said to the
little angel by her side.
Come, my child, it is time to go to bed,' and
that lni). babe, as was her Wont, knelt by her
mother'a lnp and gazing wistfully into the face
of her suffering parent, like a piece of chiselled
statuary, slowly repeated her nightly nrrsnn ;
end when she had finiihtjd, the child (but four
years of age) said to her mother.
'T)f ht mamma, may I not offer up one more
prayer.'
Yes yes, my swept ret, pray ; end she lift
ed up her liny hands, closed hereyes, and pray
ed 'O, God! ppare, OhJ spare my dear papa '.'
That prayer was wnfted with electric rapidi
ty to the throne of God. It was heard on high
'iwa heard on earth. The reapnnaive 'A
men' burt-t from that father's lips, and his heart
nf stone became a heart of flerh Wife and
child were both clipped to his boom, and in
penitence he said.
'My child, you have saved your farherTrom
thegraVeof a dmnkard
The grand feature in the Written eontlitu
lion which the Kng of Pitieaia haa given to his
people is the wganizatinn oT all the provincial
diets aa a Cong ret a, or national Legielature,
with power to regulate taxatioo independent of
the Kmg.
Tmk Rait JimVur This new invention, of
xvhrch much has been said in New Vork, will
shortly be introduced here, a store being about
to be opened tor the sale of the article. It con
sists of an elsntic cord, to which ia appended a
horp, and a contrivance to rontafa the baby.
When put in this, at a convenient height from
the flimr, it hongs in perfect safety, tossed, dan
gled and trotted, all by its own weight, and to
its infinite delight. Such an appendage to the
nursery hthe very thing for a smaH family, and
must certainly please the bi.by. I'M. Jjeig.
A CVfcrmm Cause or Wax -tit the year
l(K)t some soldiers of the commonwealth of Mo
dena ran away with a bucket from a public Well,
belonging to the Bute of Bologna. Thia im
plement might be worth a shilling; but it pro
duced a bloody quarrel, w hrch waa worked up
into a bloody war. Henry, the king of Sardi
nia, for the Emperor or Henry the second as
sistrd the Miafeneee to keep possession of the
bucket; and in irrir of the battlra he was made
prisoner. His father, the Emperor, offered
chain of onld that would encircle Bologna, which
ia seven milt-sin compare, fur his son's ransom,
but in vain. After twenty-two years" imprison
ment, and his father being dead, he pined a Way
and died. li s monument is still extant hi the
church of the Dom nicisna. Thia fatal buchetlpieaae pass tha salt thia way V when one of our
i .t- . . l j 1 '-. i-i-i . t l . . i j . . . l -
ik still exhibited in tho tower of the cathedral of
Modena, cncl.vcd in an iron eege. '
Rrjiot.rTro.iABr A(iwoot-M. B , mer
chant of Providence, Rhode blend, erx! man
quite celebrated afterward (or hia liberality and
public spirit, was the owner of a most fortuoaW
privateer whtrh sailed out ot the port of Provi
dence. On one occasion w hen she had Just un
diippvd a cargo ol sugar, etc., taken from a very
rich pnze, in rolling it into the yard, one of the
hogsheads stove, and a quantity of fugar fell
out. A poor woman in the neighborhood see
ing the disaster, ran arid filled her apron. Mr.
B from the loll of h.a store colled out, ''What
are you duin there!" Tfi poor woman look
ing up, answered, "Privateeringi air.'' The re
tort waa sn forcible, that the merchant immedi
ately made her a present of the entire hogshead.
Thk Chei.it SvsTm A lady with a tweet
face and remarkably templing pair of lipa, en
tered one of our shop a few Iaya since, and af
ter examining tome small articles, enquired the
price of a nice little pnir of mits. The shop
keeper had almost lost hitn.elf in gazing at the
ruby porta! through w hich came the little mu
sical Voice. 'Misa' (aid he, 'you may have them
for a kiss.' 'Agreed, replied the lady, the bluih.
on her cheek eclipsed by thespsrkle in her eye,
agreed, and aa I see you give credit here, you
may charge it on yoar booh and colled it the
beat way you can Smiling enough on the re
fus clerk to pay half the debt, she pocketed
the purchase and tripped gaily oll Reading
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Captiox. Whenever you buy or aell, let or
hire, make a clean bargain, and rever, trust to
v.e fharj't d:argree about triCce.'
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Tl WAT TIIIT PtrttED THEM VT, ASD LIT
win At.L. The following amusing adventure,
given by a correspondent, writing from Buffalo,
actually took place inlhe town of M-, in Ohio,
two years ago. It would have made the lata
Isaac Hicks, langh at a solemn "Seventh day"
meeting. 'Farmer , had two daughters very
interesting young ladies, yet in their teens, who
were quite romantic in their notions. Their fa
ther was an aristocratic member nf the Baptist
church, and of course waa very particular as to
tha 'company' his girls should 'keep, Now it
happened that these two girls been me scquatn
ted with a Couple of young bock, clerks in an
adjoining village, and, to use a common phrp,
took juit a ahyin' to 'em.' To the oM
gentlemen was very mnch opened, a. (- in
tended to match hia dsophler liim!f. But it
twaa noove talking to them; wh'1" wek a'ter
week wore away, and found the ynnng men
conftant visitor. At lergth. in order toen
force obedience, the old man found himee'f dri
ven to the necessity of locking np hi foolish
children, who had prusumed without hi conaer.t
to fall in love with a couple ot poor tradramen.
Tho sweet girls were accordingly confined on
Sunday aftcrnoona in the back bed-room in tha
aecotrd atory, which fronted the barnyard ; a ve
ry romantic 'look out.' Under the window waa
a pile of stones, which had boen left after re
pairing the celler-wall in that corner. For two
or thTee boccpsmvh Sabbath evenings, tho usu
al period ol Visitinr their inamoratas, the lovers
had climbed, by meana of the sheets of the bed,
which were let down from the window by the
heroic, girls, up to the apartment of their impri
soned lovers, snd from nightfall nnti! roy morn
ing did revel in the 'ambrosial delights of love's
yottng dreams. But thin cladentin" courtship
could not he continued without b"inr at !et di
scovered. One lovely Snbhuth just at twilight,
the father coming Trom the birn tho't he saw
some rather ominous hnnging out of the back
window; so walked noiselessly around to ascer
tain the 'nature of it,' There hung the fatal
flag of surrender;' and the old msn giving it a
light jork, commenced the ascent. He waa
lifted gently from off hia feet, and felt himself
gradually 'rising in the world,' 'Twos a very
heavy weight the daughters thought ; and to
tell the truth, it waa a corpulent body corporate'
at which they were hopefully tugging away.
But lot hia bead reached the window sill ; and
now, just aa hia old white bat appeared above
the window, hia affectionate daughter 'dropped
htm like hot potato;' and with something lik
tha emphasis of a tquaahed apple dumpling, tha
old man came in inatact contact with tha mo
ther earth, while the two knights of tape snd
scissors, 'mado hasty tracks from the settlement,'
leaving nothing behind them but bodily misery,
borroratricken damsels, and their own coat-tails
streaming the cool night air 1' Antcfrer&oArcr.
LsoislaTivy Piohiit A Boston paper re.
latsa the following, which is said to have recent
ly occurred atone of tbe principal hotels in tlat
city. ' ft ia'tapitaf :
Several members of the House of RsprMenta
tivee were Boated at tbe dinner table, (feeling ra
ther digoiUd. wa suppose,) when one of them
setd, "Will tbs gentleman from AnJover please
pass tha hotter this way ?' Tretty soon another
spoke, 'Will the gentleman from Worcester
rity wags, taking tbe hint, turned round to tha
Uaea umUc aad said duline'Iy, 'Will the gni'c.
mum from Africa please pais the bread this way,
Waxjuna a Bis A good lady in the city of
Portland, whose husband was tormented w-ith
the rbeumatirm, was advised by a neighbor ti
warm hit bed with a pan of enaU anj to throw
in a little augar. Sh accordingly " nr-
tbe abeet vomething lik a potmd " 1 '-. '!-
vana sugar, and proc-ed 'd to dra'v a r-in ri r.o?
coals britkiy between the sh e's, by wh'rh nr..
ration the sugar was nigh restored to its pr mi
tivs state, and made as hot as when it came forr)
the boiling' cauldron. Meanwhile the old n ou
had denudsd himself, and when the pan waa
withdrawn, crawled between the sheets at fast
at hia lamenesa would permit. Dut the bound
from the bed gave tbe lie to hit complaint-co
member of the Havel family could have vaulted
to tha floor with more agility than the sugar
scalded oldtodger, and no Stentor could havs
roared loader than be did. In the jump he struck
the dame, anti. man, woman, two children and the
hot coals Carrie to the floor together. But tbe
coals wars scarce lest comfortable than the hot
sugar, and the evening's entertainment concluded
with "ground and lofty tumbling by the whole
company." But the exercise thus taken waa
productive of good, and barring the acalded skin
the old man was rendered more free from pain
than ha had bean for saaey years
Tax Cam with sjomb T.ADite. A young 1.
dy observed: "When I go to the Theatre, I
am very careless of my drees as the audience
are too attentive to the pity to observe my war
drobet hut when I go to church, I am very par
ticular in my outward appearance, aa most peo
pie go there to acc how their neighbore dres
and deport themse'.vf