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Lyrics of tlie Susquehanna, !Vo.G.
BY RAVEN.
A pleasant theme deinanJsour pen,
We sing of these courageous men
Who in our valley's forest wild
First ventured with both wife and child.
As yet there was no plea?ant road
On which to drive their precious load,
Rut travelling on from to day to day
Along the new niado road, bridle-waj
At length they reached their journey's end,
The place in which their lives to spend
They here resolve to make a stand.
To build a house and clear the land.
Some mansion now may mark the spot
Where stood the woodman's lowly cot,
Rut doubtful if its spacious room
Gives pleasure as that cabin-home.
The stream and fore.it gave them moat,
Their clearing gave them corn and wheat,
They made the.garmohts that they wore
And soon enjoyed a bounteous store.
'Tis true, no mills as .vet were seer;,
A few there were, but far between ;
With thanks to God, both night and morn.
They ate their nrllk with pounded corn.
Hero labor thrived and chiUren grew,
Here each and all had work ta do ; hoed,
The boys they chopped, and grubbed and
The girls they spun, and knit and sewed.
With bu.?y hinds and robust health
These were their merchandi.-c of wealth ;
With hone looked forward to eniov
The peaceful fruits of their employ.
One thing above anxious thought,
One cloud above with danger fraught
And from that threatening danger near,
Ood save the noble pioneer.
With tomahawk end Fcnlping knife
The Indian sought the whiteman's life,
For this he roamed the forest through
And watched when he luight strike the
blow.
Jann.iry 31, 1837.
i.v the abi:o:i.
Tinkle, tinkle, tinkle.
"There comes the horse car, Dick hurry,
if j-ou are going out to May Street."
Dick jumped from his stool in the little
office, seized his hat, and pulled it down
over his eyes, and rushed out into the street
and into the crowded car. Oi.y just room
enough for "him in one corner, where he
crashed in and almost disappeared, except
his head and shoulders, amid the great ms
of crinoline carried by the lady beside him.
He thought to himself that he had grown
small very suddenly, and wondered if he was
really five feet nine, with a "manly breadth
of shoulder," or not. Once he looked at
his friend, Sam Dodridge, who stood in the
office doer, just to assure himself that he
had not been swallowed up by some awful
monster, but was still a denizen of this earth,
this world of woe, this vale of tears. Yes,
it was all right. Sam wa.s there ; but where
was he ? He felt very much like a chicken
about to be gathered under the wing of its
mother "only more so," he thought.
When the conductor came into the car,
Dick began to fumble around for a pocket
which he knew must be somewhere, and at
last was successful, though he wasn't posi
tive whether the pocket belonged to him or
the lady beside him. However, as it con
tained a ticket, it answered every purpose,
and so passing it to the conductor, he looked
up out of his nest and well, he whistled,
very low, almost under his breath ; and
then he said, "Jehu I" ia a whisper, for
right opposite him, encased in one of the
neatest, sweetest blue bonnets only a tiny
shell of blue silk and lace arid flowers was
the most wondrously beautiful face that was
ever seen (yes, and Dick was willing to bet
en it) in a horse car since the first tramway
was laid.
And ?o Dick sat fooking at the beautiful
face, and growing very much in love with it,
till the tender blue eyes that belonged to
the beautiful face did the same when they
both looked away, and he nestled down fur
ther inf-o the corner, just stealing a glance
occasionally when he thought she was look
ing the other way, only to become more and
more bewitched, until at last he wa3 almost
tempted to rush out and cut away one of the
car horses, spring .upon the back of the
noble (?) steed, implore the young lady to
fly with him which of course she would do
when they would gallop off with the speed
of the wind on a calm day, to some bright
little isle of their own.
Rut just then the lady beside him arose,
pulled the strap, the ear stopped, the lady
got out, followed by the angel with the beau
tiful face and the tender . blue eyes, who
wore the blue bonn t with the little white
flowers in the back of it ; and Dick, looking
out after them, saw that it was the comer
of May Street, and remembering that his
sister lived on that -street only five doors
from the 'corner, and also having a faint
idea that this was the place he started for,
he arose and followed too.
And he walked up May Street behind
them, noting the light, graceful form of the
angel, her easy carriage, the nent little foot
ah ! wasn't it a beauty? Dick couldn't
help thinking so, thinking too that the soft
pit pat of those little boots on the pavement
was the sweetest mtisio he ever "heard a
sort of bootee solo, I suppose, far superior
to G. Swaim Ruckley on the bones ; but
just then she looked back at him, and Dick
got a gush of loveliness right in his face and
eyes just before she disappeared up the
steps of tho tall brick house next door to his
sister's.
He stood still just for a moment to recover
himself from the flood of beauty that had
almost swamped him, and then remember
ing that it was tea time, and that his sister
always waited for him Saturday, evenings,
he hurried on and found her standing in the
door; and little Jennie his niece, canic out
to the gate to meet him. So he took her in
his arms and gave her a kiss, saluted his
sitter IMary and her "dear John," as she
always called him, who, according to her
account, was one of the best husbands that
ever lived, patted the dog Rose just for
minute, and recfived a welcome from that
animal after the fashion of dogs, and thou,
looking up at tho brick house next door,
thought he saw a face at the upper window,
though he wasn't positive, and it was all the
same for tea was ready, and Dick was just a
little bit hungry. So he went into the house
and sat down to the table between John an I
Man-, and commenced talking and eating
just as If ho hadn t lost his heart utteen
minutes before, and couldn't tell for the life
of him who had it, except that it was a beau
tiful young lady with melting blue eyes and
golden hair, -with checks like peaches, an!
lips of rose3 bright with dew, who wore a
blue bonnet and had -the neatest little foot
in the world.
Rut clter tea was over and Mary had
washed up the dishes and put little J ennie
to bed, though she had to kiss XJnele Dick
twice before she would go, Mary came into
the parlor and sat down beside Dick on the
sofa, and began to give him a dolorous ac
count of a young lady whose cruel parents
were about to force her to marry a man
she did not love. An old fellow aged enough
to be her father, ugly as sin, who would
make her miserable all her life if he didn't
die, and the probability was that the cross
grained old fellow wouldn't if he thought it
would please anybody. Ile was rich, and so
the girl's parents thought it would be an ex
cellent match.
"And who is the distressed maiden?"
asked Dick, feeling very much like appear
ing as champion for the young lady, and
running the old curmudgeon through with a
butter knife and marrying the maid in spite
of the did folks.
"Why, it's Katie Weaver she lives next
door in that brick houe."
"Oh, ho 1 You don't!" exclaimed Dick,
starting to his feet.
"Don't what ?"' asked his sister in some
alarm, grasping his arm.
"Don't say so."
"Yes, I said so; but why?"
"Then I've seen her!" replied Dick,
in a very solemn tone, resuming his scat.
"Yes, these eyes have seen her, and and"
"Well, that isn't very strange."
"No! oh, no, it's nothing to see the most
beautiful woman that ever trod the earth
nothing to behold the light of her radiant
countenance, perhaps ; and thoso eyes, so
blue, so tender, and so oh, yes, that foot,
that bonnet oh, no, 'tis nothing per
haps." "Arc you crazy, Dick?"
"No." after v, pause, "I'm only in lote ;
but that is quite as bad, perhaps: And
she is to be married ?"
"Yes," replied Mary, looking very sad,
while poor Dick felt very much like crying ;
and John said if he was a young man he
would see what could bo done; ?nd Dick
asked what that would be, and John said he
didn't know.; and Mary said she couldn't
think, and Dick said it was a great shame,
and Mary and John said so too. And Mary
said he ought-to be tied up and whipped ;
and John thought State prison too good for
him, while Dick said he should be hung up
as high as Hainan ; and though they talked
till ten o'clock, they didn't conclude what
they would or could do about it but went to
bed in a very sorry frame of mind.
Tlie next day was Sunday, a long, dreary,
rainy day. Dick went to church in the fore
noon, but in the afternoon he staid at home
and read part of the time, and thought
about Katie Weaver, and how he might love
her, and how happy they could be that is,
providing she could love him, and there was
no old curmudgeon of a rival in the way
ah, that was the rub.
And so he laid there on the sofa in the
back parlor, the shrrtters all closed, with
only a dim lig"ht in the room, holding a book
in his hand, with his eye fixed on the toe of
his slipper, thinking, thinking, thinking, till
he became very desperate, and was almost
willing to undertake anything for the sake
of Katie ; but there wasn't anything for
him to do that he could think of except to '.
wait, and just then some one called :
"Tea is ready, Uncle Dick," aed little
Jennie was standing in the doorway waiting
for him. So he took her up . in his arms
and kissed the little round, rosy face and
carried her out to CTnrer,l?jr-Mii!iJHna.
self how happy sister Mary and John ought
to be with such a sweet little bundle of sun
shine to gladden their hearts, for Dick loved
children.
One evening more in the parlor, Dick sit
ting t the window looking across the gar
den at the tall brick house, and John lying
on the sofa with little Jennie in his arms
listening to her innocent prattle, and Mary
reading there in the little rocking chair,
swaying to and fro, and looking up at John
and smiling occasionally. Ry and by she
put down her boolc and turned to Dick.
John didn t tell you we were going to
Sawny's Pond next Wednesday?" she
asked.
"No, I havn't heard anything about it
before," replied Dick, turning away from
the window.
"Well, wo are, and Katie is going with
us. Couldn't you drive out there alone, say
about four o'clock?"
"Don't know but I could,' and he twirled
his moustache for a moment, and then bro't
his hand down on his knee very hard "and
I will," he added. "It's just what I've
ben wanting."
"Yes, and Katie wouldn't be there if -ou
went with us, you know Mrs. Weaver
wouldn't allow it."
"No. of course not," said
D
ici
!but I
shall be there all the same."
And so it was settled, and Dick weut back
to the office and his seat on the high stool
next morning quite cheerful, keeping an
image of Kate in his mind, all the lime with
thoughts of her that made even the dingy
old office look bright.
Rut Sam Dodridge didn't know v;hat to
think of him, he seomed so happy all day
long ; and when he questioned him his only
reply was "'tis all right, my boj Just
wait awhile."
"Of course it's all right, Dick. I know
there's nothing wrong ; but what makes you
so happy ?" asked Sam.
"Why, don't you know?" putting on a
very serious look.
"No'
"Weil, then you can tell no one," and
Dick laughed and went back to hi3 le Jger;
but Sam didn't ask any more question''.
So Wednesday afternoon came, and a
splendid horse with a top carriage to match,
and Dick Yemon in.-.ide, rattled over the
road towards Sawny's Pon 1.
John, with Mary and Katie had gone on
before; but while John was fastening his
horse to the stump of a tree near the lake,
and the ladies were sitting in the boat by
the shore, Dick drove up in a cloud of dust,
with his horse all flecked with foam, and
breathing very hard, as if the grass had not
a chance to grow under his feet.
"Well, John, jou didn't get much the
irt of me," said Dick, jumping out of the
carriage and proceeding to fasten his horse 5
after which they walked down to the boat
where the ladies were, and Mary introduced
mcic to -Miss weaver; ana tcerc was a
conscious blush on Katie's face when she
gave him her band, and he thought sh2 re
membered seeing him in the horse car, try
ing to flatter himself that she did.
Rut whether she remembered him or not
I do not know, and she didn't tell, though
she made herself very agreeable to Dick and
he did every thing in his power to please
her, and they became excellent friends in a
very short space cf time. And they rowed
all around the lake and filled the boat with
lilies, and Katie sat down and made a wreath
of them when they got ashore, and put it
on Dick's head ; but he thought it would
be more becoming to her, and so crowning
her with the lilies, he whispered, " My
queen!" and looked so very much as if he
meant it that Katie blushed, she didn't
inow why, but I think she was trying to
fancy how Mr. Stevenson, that oil man that
her father wanted her to marry, would look,
on his knees before her, crowning her with
lilies, and whispering "My queen !"
Rat Dick wasn't thinking of rivals then ;
and when Johfi said that it was time to start
for home, Dick stood up, and looked down
at Katie sitting there on the grass, and
asked her if she didn't think it would be
more comfortable to ride home with him
than to go with John and crowd them into
one carriage ; and she said she thought it
would though of course she didn't think
anything about the pleasure of Dick's soci
ety any more than he did of hers.
They became very well acquainted on the
way home ; and though they knew there
was no one to hear, still they talked very
low to each other, and Dick found out all
abcut his rival, Mr. Stevenson, and I don't
know but he went so far as to hint that the
old gentleman never could love her as a
"certain young man" always would, for the
simple reason that he couldn't help it.
Rut I know that Dick thought that the
ride "home was very short. , Even Katie
made the remark that Diek had a very fast
horse, though John and his wife had been
at home half an hour at least.
If old Mr. Weaver had been awake he
might have heard something out by the gate
that sounded very much like kissing; but
then it might not have been that, though
1 don't think Dick Vernon's conscience
would have ever troubled him if he had
kissed such a pretty girl as Katie Weaver,
even if the old folks had been unwilling.
After that Dick and Katie met very often.
It was generally at the house of Dick's sis
ter Mary, though sometimes they had stolen
interviews irf the garden by moonlight ; and
Katie came to think very mtrch of her
younger lover, and was almost persuaded to
run off with him in spite of the old folks ;
but she always said wait till she was of age,
nndJdi!Th.ia
she pleased that was enly three months
longerand so Dick tried to be as patient as
ho could.
And at last tho three months had nearly
expired. "Only a week longer," said Dick,
as they eat on the seat in the grape arbor,
Katie trembled just a little, and Dick put
both arms around her aud pressed her to his
bosom and kissed her, just as he thought
he had a right to ; but Katie looked
up then, gave a little shriek, and fell back
into Dick's arms again.
What was the trouble? Nothing, only
Mr. Stevenson had appeared, at least Dick
thought it was he. And cow he stood in
the arbor doorway looking very sternly at
the lovers, though he didn't speak at once.
"Walk in," said Dick, determined not to
be frightened till he saw some cause to be
so.
The old gentleman advanced a few steps
toward him, drew out his snuff box, took a
pinch, put up the box, took out his hand
kerchief, and then spoke :
"Young man," said he, "do you love
that girl ?"
"Rctter than my life," Dick replied,
drawing Katie closer to him.
"And, Miss Katie, do you love this
young man?"
"Yes, Mr. Stevenson," answered Katie,
in a trembling voice.
"And you never Tared an3-thing for me?
Why did you not tell me that before?"
"Rccau.se you never aked me," was the
simply reply.
"And when I asked you to be my wife,
your mother answered for you'
"Yes."
"What a foci I've been."
"Exactly," replied Dick, "you've hit the
nail on the head now."
"It isn't my nature," said he, after a
pause, "to marry a woman whose heart is
already another's. I don't think I could
ever be happy with such a woman. I could
not be happy with you even, Katie, after
what I know now. Adieu !" and Mr. Stev
enson passed out of the arbor toward the
hous?.
What he said there I don't know, but the
next day Dick received a letter from Katie,
saying that he could visit her at the house
now whenever he pleased. Rut the visiting
did not continue long, for a month from that
night when Mr. Stevensoit met them in the
arbor, there was a wedding at Mr. Weav
er's, and Mr. Stevenson gave away the
birde; an 1 Dick Vernon sail that it was
the happiest day he ever saw, though, by
the by, he has seen a great many happy
days since.
Scene on a Slct'piaj Car.
An amusing scene occurred on a sleeping
car on the Pennsylvania Railroad last Sun
day morning. The Governor of Colorado
Cummings, we believe, is his name was a
passenger on the train coining West, and
had engaged two berths in the sleeping car.
He had for travelling compauiorls a hairless
specimen of the canine species one of the
Mexican breed of pups a "horrid ugly
brute," and an American citireh of Afri
can desceut to sey nothing of other scents
who was the possessor of fully as much
ugliuess, if not more, th?n the drft. The
"Gov." was on the point of conducting his
companions da voyage into the sleeping car,
when he was politely informed by the con
ductor that such a thing "couldn't be did" on
that road. The "Gov." wanted to know
"wherefore thing's were thus," and whs told
"how it was." 11 a became ril"d, and swore
that he was clearly entitled to one of the
berths, and that Sambo should share it with
him moreover, the dog should sleep at the
foot. "1 am Governor Cumining?, of Col
orado," he pompously exclaimed, "and I
do not propose to suVmit to er.y unjust ndes
imposed by a railroad company." He was
overruled, however, the conductor remark
ing that he did rot care if he was King of
Hayti, or any other great man. The happy
family were excluded dog and all. Cum
mings little knew he was battling against an
institution even greater than Governors of
great Stales, to sy nothing of Territories!
We believe he does net profess to be a Radi
cal, but he is tending in that direction.
A Slranper Talicn In.
Rerr.ard Ivocney i.s a stranger who has
been sojourning in our city for a few days
only. Among his first acquaintances here
is one Thomas Elliot, "who works at Pagan's
oyster saloon, in the Diamond. The ac
quaintance soon ripened into friendship, and
Rarney and Thomas became quite intimate
so intimate, indeed, that Thomas as alleg
ed by Rooney, tock the liberty of borrow
ing a silver watch and chain from his friend,
without the knowledge of the owner.
Rooncy ventured to gently remonstrate,
against such an unwarrantable proceeding,
when Elliot, with clenched fist, told him
that if he again opened his mouth te would
knock his face off. . Not wishing to be to
tally deprived of his ftontispiecc, Rooney
did not again venture a word in that pres
ence, but he repaired to the office of Alder
man Lynch, where he told his story in the
shape of two' informations against Elliot, for
larceny and surety of the peace. The ac
cused was arrested and held for a hearing.
Pittsburgh Post.
A woman was testifying recently in court
in behalf of her son, and swore "'that he had
worked on the farm ever since he was born."
The lawyer who cross-examined her said :
"You assert that your son has worked on
the farm ever since he was born." Says she
"I do," "Then," said the lawyer, "what
did he do the .first year ?" 11 He milked,"
Rules for Courting.
EY JOHN QUILL.
Having had imich experience in the sci
ence of courting, I have determined here
with, to lay down some definite rules for
the rruidanco of mv voumr friends. ou
C V -J
see, I had a good many unsuccessful courts
before I tret my present wife the females
whom I loved having gone emphatically
back on me. Rut bless you, did it harm
me? No, it didn't; I was benefitted there
by, and when I met my present love, I
knew the repes, and gatheripg up my affec
tions, made one fell swoop on Sally's heart,
and the door thereof banged wide open and
let me in. I will give you the rules, and
shftd the sunny light of illustration upon
them from my own life.
1st. Never go courting the girl's parents.
You'd better edge up to the charmer her
self at once, for you can't marry her, if j-ou
try, unless the wants you, and you may be
able to even if the old folks are hard on
you.
This is the policy pursued by myself in
my last attempt.
2d. Ry all means get the girl's ma as
much down on you as you can. If the old
lady is always blowing against you, the little
dear begins to tuke your part, and can't
help loving you.
I did this way, and my present mother-
in-law usea to irrow Drooms ana wasn
boards at me, and teach the dogs to bite
me. N. R She's got over it now. and :
lives at my house without paying board.
If remorse fosters iu her soul in conse
quence of her conduct, however, I haven't
noticed it yet.
3d. If you see any other fellows prowl
ing around always euchre them if you can.
If you see one of them buying tickets for
the opera, go right up and make an engage
ment with the girl, and get yours afterwards.
And when they visit the house always act
a3 if you were at home and they were only
visitors, and never leave first.
I always did this, and have frequently
sat until day break, while the fair oue snor
ed away on the sofa. You can't bluff me.
No, sir. Ha! ha! I guess not I would
have been there yet if the fellows had
staid.
4th. If the old man has worldly wealth,
express a dislike of greenbacks and a hank
ering after love in a small house.
5th. If you are fclene in the parlor ycu
may sometimes try whether yciir arm fits
well her waist.
I tried this once and called forth a pierc
ing scream, which induced her father and
two brothers to chuck me down the front
steps. So careful.
Cth. When you inquire whether she will
have you, don't fall cn your knees it's ri
diculous, besides beir:g rough on trowsers.
Just take her hand and speak out like a
man.
I behaved similar to this to a female and
said: "Will you be mine? ' She replied,
rather abruptly, "Not much, I won't." It
is likely she would have been, a little ; but
I didn't care about pursuing the subject
further.
Tth. When you are engaged, don't go off
like an old jackass, and begin buying tea
spoons, and wash-boilers, and cradles.
Why, I recollect, I was so glad that I
went right off and purchased a baby jumper
and a gum ring. It was a long while ere
these things were recessary, and then the
baby jumper had shrunk so that when we
put tl.'.e first of the Itttle Quills into it, it
suddenly jerked up, and. came frightfully
near battering the devoted child's brains out
again.-t the ceiling; while the gum ring,
having been kept in a box with cockroach
poison, threw the baby irto fit?, and he had
spnsins in the crib for four days. It was
dreadful.
Sth. If a girl refuses ycu, don't give it
up, but try again. Recause two negatives
make an affirmative in grammar ; however,
don't consider yourself accepted when a
girl jilts you twice.
I asked one female fcrty-cne times, and at
last she got to expect it whenever I came,
and sometimes would holler cut, "No!"
from the top of the stairs before I got fairly
in the house. This is unusual, however,
let me here remark.
9th. Kifs 11 the little children in the
house, even if they are dirty, and do smear
mohsses candy through your hair. Let
the boys play horse with you, and make a
fool of yourself generally. This alwaj's
works. It's a irunrp card, if you play it
right
10th. an I finally. If there are two sis
t r?, and the old one is jealous, get some of
your friends to choke her off, while you go
in for the younger.
I did that once, and used to get my
friends to ask the senior girl out every
evening, but she found me out, and used to
arrange hair pins ia the sofa cushions be
fore she went out, so that it was extremely
uncomfortable.
Thus it is to be seen that when courting
is alluded to, I am right there, and if any
further information is wanted, send me a
letter, enclosing a stamp (fifty cents,) and I
will cheerfully give it grati".
E?9u "Lame!" sighed Mrs. Partington,
"here I've been sufferin' the pigamies of
death three moral weeks. Fust I was seized
with a bleeding phrenology in the hemis
phere of the brain, which was exceeded by
a stopage of the left ventilator of the heart.
This gave me inflammation of the borax,
and now I'm with the cloroform morbus.
There's no blessin like that of health, par-
About a Chicken.
A dispute has arisen beetwen John Sulli
van, of Peebles Township, and Patrick
Finn, of Pitt Township, in regard to the
ownership 0f a game chicken. Sullivan,
the other day, made an information against
Finn, before Alderman Lynch, charging him
with the larceny of Baid chicken, and a par
tial hearing of the case took place yesterday.
The value of the property alleged to have
been stolen is, perhaps, fifty cen'ta not
above that sum. Counsel tave been em
ployed by the contestants, whose fees wilt
reach at least twenty dollars. -TKjg evinces
a determination on both sides to figtit it out
on that line. On his arraignment tlta de
fendant averred that he had not stolen ha
chicken, but had only taken what belonged
to him. The hen feminine gender wai
his property, and he was prepared to estab
Ush the fact by producing the parents of th
bird. The prosecutor thought the averj
meet was defective '; for the matter of that
he could bring into court "two 6wn sisters'
of the hen, which he thought would go as
far toward the establishment of 'bis claim to
the property as the production of" the par
ents. Ihe case was conducted bv the Dar-
mt or
ties themselves, counsel having no. chance
to get in a word. It was adjourned over
till two o'clock this afternoon, when a full
hearing will be given.
Pittsburgh Post.
a5T" The fallowing story i told of a Yan
kee captain and his mstc. Whenever them
was a plum pvdding made, by tlie captain's
orders ail the plums were put into one pla
ced next to captain, who after helping him
self, passed it to tho mate, who never found
any plums in his part of it. Well, afterthis
game had been played fcr ac'm3 time', the
mate prevailed Cn the steward to place the
end which had no plums in it next to the
captain. The captain norooner saw the -pudding
than he discovered he had the wrong
end of it Picking up the dish, and turn
ing it in his hands, as if merely for examin
ing the china, he said, "this dish cost me
two shillings in Liverpool," and put it down
again as though without design, with tho
plum end next to himrelf. "Is it possible T
said the mate, takingup the dish; Ifehouldn'
suppose it was worth more than a sniffing,"
and, as in perfect innocer.ee, arid he put
down the dish with the plum end next to
himself. The captain looked at the mate,
the mate lookod at the captain. Thecaptain
laughed, tho mate laughed, "I tell you
what, young one," said the captain, "you've
found me out, so we'll just cut the pudding
lengthwise this 'il'iie, and have the pluhis
fairly distributed hereafter."
Tuf. Typo and ttie Editor. Tho law-j-cr
editor of a country paper who wrote i
very "blinl ban 1," was frequently annoyed
by compositors' inquiries concerting words
which they could not decipher. One day a
compositor as little acquainted with the dis
position of the editor as he was with the
har.d-writirg entered the sancirirrij andhold
ing the copy before his ej-es, inquired what
a certain crooked mark stood for. The edi
tor did not wish at that time to be interrupt
ed, and exclaimed. "Go to the devil."
The compositor retired, not te bis Satanic
majesty, but to the composing room. When
the editor real his proofs he had the pleas
ure to see a line in leading editorial read;
"lie (Mr. Webster) wM hi sT: probability
go to the devil."
The copy was looked for, and the crooked
mark was marked "be nominated."
SCT" An English book cf reminiscences of
the famous members of Parliament in the
last century gives the following story of the
elder Pitt: "When the inquiry came on, he
get up from his gcuty chair, and came down
to the hou-e to act, and over act that al
ways favorite part of his the sick man raolr
ed with pain coming ta the call of his coun
try. I was a broiling day, but he was wrap
ped up in a beaver coat and waistcoat, and
a scarlet roquelaure lined with fur, with his
gouty arm out of the sleeve and hung in a
sling. ( )ver his legs were drawn huge stock
ing. Rut it was noticed that in his excite
ment of speaking he forgot the ostentatious
debility of his helpless arm, and at glowing
passages it was withdrawn from the sling and
flourished with all the pase of a sound one."
The sun is called masculine, from.its sup
porting and sustaining the moon, and fincU
ing her the wherewith to shine always 93 she
does of a night, and from his being obliged
to keep such a family of stars. The moon is
called feminine, .because she is constantly
changing, just like a. ship blown about by
every wind. The church is feminine because
she is maried to the State ; and Time is mas
culine because he trifles with the ladies.
T'A wide-awake minister, who found his
congregation going to sleep one Sunday be
fore he had fairly commenced, suddenly
stopped and exclaimed, "brethren, this isn't
fair ; it isn't giving a man half a chance.:
Wait till I get along a piece, and then if I
hain't worth listening to, go to sleep; irtit
don't before I get commenced ; give a maa
a chance."
taT" Lucretia Mott says that a "youn
man cannot persuade women to buy what
they cftvef want, or their husbands to be
able to pay for, ahou'd "never expect to be
come at all celebrated as a dry goods clerk.
Lucretia is an observing youEg woman.
2S A Mr. Wilkenson writes to a west
ern paper, informing the public that he
thinks the newspaper record of his death is
incorrect To the best of his knowledge he
is still alive, ard would be kicking', if y
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