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VOL. 1.
ftLLEGHANIAN" DIRECTORY.
L.1ST O
Vvst Oi-irem.
F IO.SX OFFICES.
Post Masters. Districts.
Joseph Graham, Voder.
Joseph Mardis, Blackliek.
Benjamin Wirtner, Carroll.
Daul. Litzinger, Chest.
John J. Troxell, Washint'n.
M. C. M'Cague, Ebensburg.
Isauc Thompson, White.
J. M. Christy, Gallitziu.
Joseph Gill, Chest.
' J fim's Creek,
,: Jiethel Station,
' ;UToi!tOVIl,
I l'rc.--on,
J.'uMisburjr.
'.i!!c:i Timber,
iiUu.ia,
Council,
!!i.-i:i!.''k,
'im.-towu,
..retto,
jiiiKTal Point.
y in.-tiT,
!:;;!, wii.-,
$'. Aukriiatiiio,
mIji f.eVel,
Kiia.ni.
( i '.in.. rlii;l,
C " ii t,
V v.. M Gough, Washt'n.
II. A. Bog-,
U in. ( wiun,
E. Wissiuger,
A. Durbiu,
Johnst'wu.
Loretto.
Conem'gh.
Munster.
Francis Clement, Coueia'ph.
Andrew J. t crra! tSus'hau.
W. n . l.owman,
Jo.-eph Mover,
George Conrad,
B. M'CoIgan,
V:a. Murray.
White.
Clearfield.
Richland.
Washt'n.
Croyle.
Mi.s.s M. Giliesnifc Wiwsht'n.
l.iwrc,
Andrew Beck, S'mnierhill.
ill SICIJKS, IIIMSTERS, &c.
''-'.;it.-ri:tn Rev. D. Harbison, Pastor.
.ir.'img every .Sabbath mnrning at 0
" k. and in the evening at 2 o'clock. Sab-
.: i St ho l at I o'clock, 1. M. Praver meet-
ry Timrday evening at G o'clock.
iiit Kfitc-paL Church Kev. J. Shase,
i li r in charge. Kev J. M. Smith, As-
a:. Preaching every ."Sabbath, alternately
I'jJ o'clock in the morning, or 7 iu the
Sabbath School at 'J o'clock. A. M.
!' r meeting every Thursday evening at 7
''.c Iri'Irpmlmt Rkv. L?.. R. Powell,
.!.-. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
n't Kick, anil in the evening at C o'clock.
.' i'Vih School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
cling !i tiie lir.-t Monday evening of each
r.:'.i : ami on every Tuesday, Thursday
1 Friday evening, esceptiug the first week
.i !i luouih.
' ' . 'i '.-im.'i'c: .lV.Wil? Rev. Jons William,
' if. l'r J.ic'.iiiig every Sabbath evening at
1 I o'ci.i;k. Saii:ttll School at 10 o'clock,
'i. I'raer meeting every Friday evening
) i Society every ruesday evening
7 o'clock.
l-i;ht Rst. Wm. I.i.oyo, Pastor Proach-
i-very Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
I'iriird.ir JLipti.it Rev. Daviu Jenkins.
wtur. Pr'-achuitr everv Sabbath evcnittir at
iclo :. S ibbath Scho'd at 1 o'clock, P.M.
rt:h:ir iisT. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor.
rvi.-' s evi-ry Sbbatli morning at 1(J o'clock
1 W-'nTa at 4 o'clock in the evening.
4
i:n::.sm ;u maim.
MAILS ARRIVE,
daily, at 1 Z o'clock, A. M.
tr:, ' at Pi J " A.M.
MAILS CLOSE.
.Ki!v, at :J o'clock, A. M.
i-W-r.i, ' at " A.M.
The Mail from Rutlc-r,l ndiana.Strongs
v i. arrive on Tuesday and Friday of
'; '-vvi'Ii. at ii o'clock, 1. M.
ivi; K!eiilurg on Mondays and Thura
at 7 o'clock, A. M.
fa.'" The Mails from N'cwraan'a Mills, Car
.ilnwn. .tc, arrive on Monday and Friday of
- h week, at 3 o'clock, P. M.
I.i-.ive Kbeii.-l.urg on Tueodaya and Satur
; '-. at 7 o'clock, A. M.
td" Pot Oi'ice oiien oii Sundays from 9
lu o'clock, A. M.
WILMORE STATION".
t Express Train, leaves at 9.45 A. M.
M i.il Tr,iin " 8.4iJ P. M.
t ut Kvnresa Train. " 8.24 P. M.
M:il Train, " 10.00 A. M.
" Fast Line, " C.30 A. M.
COT XT Y OFFICERS.
Ju ljt-s of the Court. President, lion. Geo.
iylor, Huntingdon ; Associate?, GeorgeW.
'-!)'. Richard Jones. Jr.
I'ri-thonot'iry. Joseph M'Donnld.
f.'Urk to I'rothfiK-tr.ry. Robert A. M'Coy.
k'gittrr ami Rfrordrr. Michael IIas:on.
l'l"ity Rfijittrr and Recorder. John Kcan
n. SU'riJ. Robert P. Linton.
J'u'i SieriJT. George C. K. Zahm.
Jhririrt At'.oritry. Philip S. Noon.
t'i'Knt; Cnint:iLt.'io)irT. John Bearer, Abel
"v !. Ijuvid T. Storm.
f'-rk t 'i,miniion'r. George C. K. Zahm.
. in Cvinminfionrr. John S. Rhey.
'I'rettsurrr. (Jeorge J. Rodgcra.
I'r U-.H'f Jirertor. William Palmer,
'id O'llarro. Michael M'Gnire.
I'htr H'tni" TrrnxHrrr. George C. K. Zahm.
I'ui.r ll'tntc Steicard. James J. Kaylor.
-V mintd Ai'irai.irr. Thomas M'Councll.
.u lth,r. iues J. Lloyd, Daniel Cobaugh,
f "irv Hawk.
'''';.' Surveyor. Henry Scnnlan.
f' ri,nrr. Peter Dousherty.
''''. rinlrndeiit of Common School. S. B.
'-orinick.
nnSIIFRG 1IOR. OFFICERS.
d'i'ticft of the Pence. David II. Roberts,
t '-rri-on Kinkead.
lliirgrrt. Johu D. Hughes.
Tu'ch Council. Andrew Lewis, Joshua D.
"tkh, Dnvia U'Wij, lucnaru Jones, Jr., Ai.
Ihirr.
Clerk to Council. James C. Noon.
Jiorouijh Trenturcr. George Gurley.
M'f'jfi Mutter. Davis k Lloyd.
S'Aooi director. M. C. M'Caeuc, A. A.
'rker. T)
f hvard Glass, William Davis.
irenurer of School Hoard. Lvan Morgan.
Ci,uiide. George Gurley.
T"t Collector. George Gurley.
Ac,or. Richard T. Davis.
Jmlie of Election David J. .Tones.
If" V""'r.David n. Robert?, Daniel 0..
van-.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 15, 1859.
SELECT POETRY.
For tUe Mother's Sake.
A young man, who had left bis homo in
Maine, ruddy snd vigorous, was seized with
the. yellow lever, in New Orleans; and, though
nursed with devoted care by friendly strangers
he died. When the coffin was being closed'
"fiTOP," said an aged woman who was present:
"Let jie kiss him for ma mother !'
Let mo kiss him for his mother,
Ere ye lay him with the dead,
Far away from home, another
Sure may kiss him in her stead.
IIow that mother's lip would kiss him,
Till her heart 6hould nearly break 1
How in days to come she'll miss him 1
Let me kiss him for her sake.
Let nie kiss him for his mother 1
Let me kiss the wandering boy:
It maybe there is no other
Left behind to give her joy.
When the news of woe the morrow
Burns her bosom like a coal.
She may feel this kiss of sorrow
Fall as balm upon her soul.
Let mo kiss him for his mother I
Heroes ye, who by his side
Waited on him as a brother
Till the Northern stranger died,
Heeding not the foul infection,
Breathing in the fever-breath,
Let me, of my own election,
Give the mother's kiss iu death,
Let me kiss him for his mother I
Loving thought and loving deed I
Seek no tear nor sigh to smoother,
U eh tie matrons, while ye read,
Thank the God who made you human,
Gave ye pitying tears to sheed ;
Honor ye the Christian woman
Bending o'er another's dead.
SELECT m S SC ELLA HY.
A Kilt in I lie CIouUn.
BY T. B. AKTHCE.
Andrew Leo came home at evening from
tho. shun wlierft ho had worked nil d.iv.
tired and out of spirits ; cauie home to hi.s
wile, who "vva.-j ahH tired, and out ol
irits.
"A smiling wife, and a cheerful home
wh.it a Tiarnui.AH it would he 1" Paid An
drew to himself, as he turned hi.s eyes
. t t 1 1 f T. T 1
iron tne ciouucu iace oi urts. xjw, anu
Kit down, with knitted brows and a moody
a.stect.
2s ot a word was 6poken by either. JUrs.
Lee was getting supper, and ehc moved
about with a weary step.
'Come," the said at last, with a side
glance at her husband.
There was invitation in the word only,
none in the voice of Mrs. Lec.
Andrew arose and went to the table.
lie was tempted to speak an angry word,
but controlled himself, and kept silence,
lie could find no fault with the chop, nor
the sweet home-made bread, nor the fra
grant tea. They would have cheered his
inward man, if there had only been a
gleam of sunshine on the face of his wife.
He noticed that she did not eat.
"Are you not well, Mary ?" The words
were on his lips, but he did not utter
them, for the face of his wife looked so
repellant that he feared an irritating re
ply. And so, in moody silence, the twain
sat together until Andrew had finished his
supper. As he pushed his chair back,
his wife arose and commenced clearing off
the table.
''This is purgatory 1" said Lec to him
self, as he commenced walking the floor of
their little breakfast room, with his hands
thrust desperately away down in his trous
ers' pockets, and his chin almost touching
his breast.
After removing all the dishes, and ta
king them into the kitchen, Mrs. Lee
Fpread a green cover on the table, and
placing a freshly tiimined lamp thereon,
went out, and shut the door after her,
leaving her husband alone with his un
pleasant feelings. He took a long, deep
breath as she did so, paused in his walk,
stood Ptill for a few moments, and then
drawing a paper from his pocket, sat down
and commenced reading. Singularly
enough, the words on which his eyes res
ted were, "Praise your wife." They rather
tended to increase the ttisturoance oi imuu
from which he was suffering.
"I should like to find some occasion for
praising mine." IIow quickly his thoughts
expressed that ill-natured sentiment. JJut
his eyes were on the page before him, and
he read on. t
"Praise your wife, man ; for pity's sake
give her a little encouragement ; it won't
hurt her."
Andrew Lee raised his eyes from the
paper, and muttered, "Oh, yes ! that's all
very well. Praise is cheap enough. But
praise her for what ? For being sullen,
and making your home the most disagree
I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT
able place in the world Ilis eyo fell
again to the paper.
fciic has made your home comfortable,
oiir ii
expect it : it will make her eves or.cn wi.
der than they have for ten years ; but it
will do her good for all that, and you too."
It seemed to Andrew that this sentence
was written just for him, and just for the
occasion. It was the complete answer to
his question, "Praise her for what ?" and
he folt it also as a rebuke. He read no
further, for thought came too busy, ami
in a new direction. Memory was convic
ting him of injustice towards his wife.
She had always made his home as comfor
table for him as hands could make it, and
had he offered the light return of praise
or commendation ? Had he ever told her
of the satisfaction he had known, or the
comfort experienced ? Ho was not able
to recall the time or the occasion. As he
thought thus, Mrs. Lee came iu from the
kitchen, and taking her work-basket from
a closet, placed it on the table, and sitting
down without speaking, begau to sew. Mr.
Lee glanced almost stealthily at tho work
in her hands, and saw that it was the bo
som of a shirt, which she was stitching,
lie knew that it was for him that she was
at work. "Praise your wife." The words
were before the eyes of his mind, and he
could not look away from them. But he
was not ready for this yet. He still" felt
moody and unforgiving. The expression
of his wife's face he interpreted to mean
ill nature, and with ill nature he had no
patU-nce. I lis eye fell upon the newspa
per that lay spread out before him, and
he read the sentence
"A kind cheerful word, spoken in a
gloomy home, is like a rilt in a cloud, that
lets the sunshine through."
Lee struggled with himself a while lon
ger. His own ill nature had to be con
quered first; his moody, accusing spirit
had to be subdued. But he was coming
right, and at last got right, as to will.
.Next came the question as to how he
should begin, lie thought of many things
to say, yet feared to say them, lest hi.s wile
should meet his advauccs with a cold re
buff. At last, leaning towards her, and
takng hold of the Hnen bosom upon
which she was at work, he said, in a voice
carefully modulated with kindness
"You are doing that work very beauti
fully, Mary."
Mrs. Lec made no reply. But her hus
band did not fail to observe that she lost,
almost instantly, that rigid erectness with
which the had been sitting, nor that the
motion of her needle ceased.
"My shirts are better made, and whiter
than those of any other man in the bhop,"
said Lee, encouraged to go on.
"Are they V Mrs. Lee's voice was
low, and had in it a slight lutskiucss. She
did not turn her face, but her husband
saw that she leaned a little towards him.
He had broken through the ice of reserve,
and all was easy now. I lis hand was
among the clouds, and a few feeble rays
were already struggling through the rift
it had made.
"Yes, Mary," he answered, softly, "and
I've heard it said more than once, what a
good wile Andrew Lee must have.
Mrs. Lee turned her face toward her
husband. There was light in it, and light
in her eye. But there was something in
the expression of the countenance that a
little puzzled him.
"Bo you think so ?" ehc asked, quite
soberly.
"What a question !" ejaculated Andrew
Lee, starting up and going round to the
side of the table where his wife was sit
ting. "What a question, Mary I" he re
peated, as ho stood before her.
"Do you V It was all she said.
"Yes, darling," was the warmly spoken
answer, and he stooped down and kissed
her. "How strange that you should ask
me suoh a question !"
"If you would only tell me so now and
then, Andrew, it would do mc good ;" aud
Mrs. Lee arose, and leaning her face
against the manly breast of her husband,
stood and wept.
What a stronpr liprht broke in upon the
mind of Andrew Lee. He had never giv
en to his faithful wife even the small re
ward of uraise for all the loving interest
sIia had manifested dailv. until doubt of
his love had entered her soul, and made
the lijrht around her thick darkness. No
wonder that her face grew clouded, nor
that what he considered moodiness and
ill nature took possession of her spirit.
'f You are good and true, Mary, my own
dear wife. I am proud of you 1 love
you and lhy first desire is for your hap
piness. Oh, if I could always see your
face in sunshine, my home would be tho
dearest place on earth.
"How precious to mc arc your words of
love and praise, Andrew," said Mrs. Lee,
smiling up through her tears into his tace.
nr iiearin uriarht and shinmrr rniii-fnm
agreeable; for pity's sake, tell her you
thank her, if nothing more. She don't
l 1 - T "-'
TIIAJf PRESIDENT. IIesbt Clay.
With them in inv ears, inv heart ran
never lie in shadow."
Hew easy had been the work for An
rew Lee. lie had swent his li.md
the cloudy horizon of his home, and now
the bright sunshine was streaming down,
aud flooding that homo with beauty and
joy.
A Sistkr's Love. There are no purer
feelings kindled upon the altar of human
affections than a sister's pure, nuonntami
uated love for her brother, It is unlike
all other affections so disconnected with
selfish sensuality so feminine in its de
velopment dignified, and yet, withal, so
fond and devoted. Xothinar can alter it
nothing can suppress it. Tho world
may revolve, and its revolutions effect
changes in the fortune, in the character,
and in the disposition of the brother yet
if he wants, whoso hand will so speedily
stretch out as that of his sister ? And if
his character is maligned, whose voice will
so readily swell in hi.s advocacy? Next
to mother s unquenchable love, a sister s
is pre-eminent. It rests so exclusively on
the ties of consanguinity for its sustenance,
it is so wholly divested of passion, and
springs from such a deep recess in the
human boom, that when a sister once
fondly and deeply regards her brother, that
affection is blended with her existence.
In the anuals of crime, it Is considered
something anomalous to find the hand of
a sister raised in anger against her broth
er, or her heart nurturing the seeds of
envy, hatred or revenge, in regard to that
brother. In all affections of woman there
is a devotedncss which cannot be pronerly
apprcciated by man. In these regards
where the passions are not at all necessa
ry in increasing the strength of the affec
tions, more sincere truth and pure feelings
may be expected than in such as are de
pendent upon each other for their dura
tion as well as their felicities. A sister's
love, in this respect, is peculiarly remark
able. There is no selfish irratiticatiou in
its out-pourings; it lives from the natural
impulse, and personal charms are' not in
the slightest degree necessary to its birth
or duration.
Youno Man, You're Wanted! A
woman wants you. Don t forget her.
Don t wait to be rich. If you ao, remem
ber that, ten to one, 3'ou are not fit to get
married. Marry while you are young,
and struggle up together. Kr.
Jiut mark, young man . a he woman
does not want 3 ou if she h:is to divide her
affections with a cigar, fancy dog, fast
horse, or whiskey jug. 2s either does she
want you simply because you are a 'nice
young man' the definition of which, now-
a-uays, is too apt to be an animal that sports
an immense hirsute appendage, lots of
jcwclr-, kid gloves, a fashionably cut coat,
a gold-hcadcd cane, a pipe, hat on an
empty head, drives a fast nag, drinks like
a fish, swears like a trooper, and is given
to all manner oi licentiousness. She
wants you for a companion and helpmate
-she wants you if you have learned to
regulate your appetite and passions in
tact, she wants you 11 you are made m the
image of Cod, not iu the likeness of a
beast. If you are strong in good purpose,
firm in resistance to evil, pure iu thought
and action as yon require her to be, and
without which inward and outward purity
neither of you are fitted for husband or
wife if you love virtue and abhor vice
if you are gentlemanly, forbearing and
kind, not loud talking, exacting and bru
tal ; then, young man, that woman wants
you that fair, modest, cheerful, bright
looking, frank-spoken woman we mean
one who fills your ideal of maiden and
wife it is she who wants you! Marry her
when you like, whether you are rich or
poor we will trust you both on the con
ditiona named, without further security.
Sacked Wobps. Words are often as
uuforgetable as voiceless thoughts; they
become very thoughts themselves, and ore
what they represent. How many simple,
rudely, but fervently and beautifully rhy
med psalms of David, are very part and
parcel of the most spiritual treasures of
the Scottish peasants being :
"The Lord's my shephard, I'll not want,
He makes me down to lie
la pastures green : lie leadeth me
The quiet waters by."
These few lines sanctify to the thought
ful shepherd the braos of every stream
that glides through the solitary places
they have often given colors to the green
sward beyond the brightness of all herbage
and of all flowers. Thrice hallowed is all
that poetry which makes us mortal crea
tures feel the union which subsists be
tween the book of Nature and the book
of life. Prof. WOstm.
Scandal is a visitor who never calls
without bringing her vork with her.
Oates TTorlli Remembering.
1210 Glass windows first uan r.
hzht.
12C(j Chimneys first put to houses.
1252 Lead pipes for carrying water.
121)0 Tallow candles for lights.
1302 Paper first made from linen.
1341 Woolen Cloth first Jn.ldo in Pn-
gland.
1410 Art of painting in oil.
1440 Art of printing from moveable
types.
14 4 Vv atches first made inGermany.
1540 Variations in tho cornr, first.
noticed.
1543 Pins first used in England.
1590 Telescope invented bv IWh n1
J j - -
ansen.
1590 Jupiter's satellites, di snovprrv Lv
Janscn.
1001 Tea first brought to Enrnnn from
China.
1603 Theatre erected in Knl.mrl. l.v
Shakspeare.
1G10 Thermometer invented bv Sanc-
torious.
1G19 Circulation of blood discoverpd
by Harvey.
Io2o Bricks first mado of anv requi
red size.
102(3 Printing in colors invented.
1020 Newspapers first established.
1035 Wine made from grapes in Ea
;land. 1C:9 Pendulum clocks invented.
1041 Cofiee brought to England.
1041 Sugar cane cultivated at the West
Indies.
1G43 Barometer invented by Torrioc-1-
li, in Italy.
1040 Air guns invented.
1049 Steam engine invented.
1049 Bread first made with yeast.
1759 Cotton first planted in the Uni
ted States.
1785 Stereotyping invented.
18:2 Telegraph invented by Morse.
1 839 Daguerreotypes invented.
1859 The Alhvjhanian established.
It u 111 Is Xot a Clft of God.
From the hands of the benevolent Be
ing who sitteth upon the "circle of the
universe," directing the destiny of the hu
man family, we receive naught to injure
or molest us all his dispensations are for
our good, and that only and all his gifts
are for our happiness while upon the
earth. Those mighty engines of human
destruction, which damn our earth and
obscure heaven, are of human origin and
human invention. Bum, the great sire
of them all, was conceived, concocted, and
created by man, for nowhere in creation
can it be fuond among the gifts of our
Heavenly Father. We affirm that in all
the world nay in all the universe of God,
there is not a lake, a river, a streamlet, or
a fountain of intoxicating drinks. There
is no such a thing in nature. Water,
God has everywhere given, spread it all
over the world, sent it down from the
clouds, sent bubbling up from the earth,
made it journey in ceaseless activity iu
rills and great rivers towards the ocean
lie has, wherever man can live, given it
to him at his very door, but intoxicating
drinks he has provided nowhere on the
face of the whole earth. That "gift,"
whether good or evil, is not the gift of
God, but the iuvention of man an. inven
tion that ha.s destroyed more sorrow and
anguish, than war, pestilence and famine
combined. It mav, by many, be thought
a questionable policy to deprive men of
the use of it by legitimate enactment, but
to call intoxicating drinks the "Good gilt
of God," is an abuse of terms, and a burn
ing reproach upon the benevolence and
holy attributes of the Deity.
An accident occurred on one of
our railroads recently, caused by the axle
of the tender giving way, detaining the
train several hours. A lady inquired of
a gentleman passenger why he was so de
layed ? He gravely replied : "Madani, it
was occasioned by what is often followed
by dangerous consequences the sudden
breaking off of a 'tender attachment.' Tho
lady looked serious, and was bilent.
Naomi, the daughter of Enoch,
was five hundred and eighty years old
when sho was married. Courage, ladies !
"There never was a goose so gray,
But some day, soon or late,
An honest gander came that way,
And took her for his mate."
ss A young lady recently remarked
with much simplicity, that she could not
understand what her brother William saw
in girls, that he liked them bo well ; and
that, for her part, she would not give the
comnanv of one young niau for that of
twenty girls.
Virtue, Liberty and Independence.
publishers.
NO. 17.
WITAND WISDOM
Gentility.
Genteel it 13 to have soft hands,
Bnt not genteel to work on lands ;
Genteel it is to lit abed,
But not genteel to earn yonr bread ;
Genteel it is to cringe and bow,
But not genteel to sow and plough f
Genteel it is to play tho beau,
But not genteel to reap and mow ;
Genteel it is to keep a gig,
But not genteel to hoe and dig;
Genteel it is in trade to fail,
But not genteel to swing the flail ;
Genteel it is to cheat your tailor.
But not genteel to be a sailor
Genteel it is to fight a duel,
But not genteel to cnt your fuel ;
Genteel it is to cat rich cake;
But not genteel to cook and bake ;
Genteel it is to have the "blues."
But not genteel to wear thick shoea ;
Genteel it is to roll in wealth,
But not genteel to have good health;
Genteel it i3 to "cut"' a friend,
But not genteel your clothes to mend ;
Genteel it is to make a show ;
But not genteel poor folks to knowy
Genteel is to run away,
But net genteel at home to stay ;
Genteel it is to smirk and smile,
But not genteel to shun all guile ;
Genteel it is to be a knave,
But not genteel your cash to save;
Genteel it is to make abet,
But not genteel to pay a debt;
Genteel it is to play at dice,
But not genteel to take advice ;
Genteel it is sometimes to swear,
But not genteel poor clothes to wear ;
Genteel it is to know a lord,
But not genteel to pay your board;
Genteel it is to skip and hop,
But not genteel to keep a shop;
Genteel it is wate your life,
But not genteel to love your wifo.
Fools and obstinato people mako
lawyers rich.
EST" Wit once bought, 13 worth twico
taught.
JES?" Good to begin well, better alwaya
to end well.
tOT Every mun is a fool where he hath
not considered or thought.
fg?" Tinners out to make good speak
ers they do so much "spouting."
tk The breaking of an army's both
wings is a sure way to make it fly.
"EG, Miss Sillyprini says she may bo
old now, but that she has seen tho time
when she was as young as anybody.
Kg,The phrase, "down in the mouth,"
is said to have been originated by Jonah
about the timo the whale swallowed him.
J3f" Tho mayor of a certain town out
West proposes to kill half the dogs of his
town, and tan their hides with the bark
of the other half
"Did you see Ary Schcffer ?" in
quired an artist of a traveler who had just
returned Paris. "Nary Schcffer," was
the reply.
The phrase, "fighting on his own
hook," is now more elegantly rendered :
"Waging war upon tho individuality of
his personal curve."
J&2r Said a young lady to her gallant,
"please chisp my cloak." "Certainly,"
said he, putting his arm around her, "ami
the contents also."
The ladies, no doubt, will be grat
ified to learn that a bowl containing two
quarts of water, set in an oven when ba
king, will prevent pics, cakes, &o., from
being scorched.
Eg, A would-be wit, having fired off
all his stale jokes without effect, at last
exclaimed : ' Why, you never laugh when
I say a good thing." "Don't I," retorted
Jcrrold, "only try me with one."
S, There aro pome persons in tho
world who never permit us to love them
except when they are absent ; as when
jtresent they chill our affection by show
ing a great want of appreciation of it.
JE? Said a man to a little boy walking
up Broadway, with his cigar before break
fast, "My boy, you would look better with
bread and butter in your mouth than with
a cigar." "I know it," said the urchin,
"but it wouldn't be half so gloricud."
Jones, while recently engaged in
pplitting green wood at Memphis, struck
a false blow, causing tho stick to fly up
It struck him on the jaw, and knockod
out a front tooth.
"Ah," Faid Bill, meeting him soon af
ter, "you had a dental operation perform
ed, I sec."
"Yes," replied tha sufferer, "axe-idcti-tal
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