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Joseph S Mardis, Blacklick.
Benjamin Wirtner, Carroll.
Daul. Litzinger, Chest.
John J. Troxell, Washint'n.
Mrs. II. M'Cague, Ebensburg
Isaac Thompson, White.
J. M. Christy, Gallitzin.
Joseph Gill, Chest.
J Bethel Station,
CirrolItown,
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Cresson,
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fallen Timber,
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Clen Connell,
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George Conrad,
B. M'Colgan,
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-'t. Aueustine,
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Andrew Beck, S'mmerhill
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ij CHURCHES, MIXISTEIIS, &c.
h Presbyterian D. HARBISON, Pastor.
p....K;niT vprv Sahli:th mominir at 101
! ocloek. and in the evening at 2 o'clock. Sab-
bith School at 1 o'clock, f. 31. rrayer med
ia' ercry Thursday evening at C o'clock.
M--tkdist Episcopal Church Rev. J. Shane,
Trticher in charge. Uev J. M. Smith, As
sistant. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
jt V o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the
v?nin!r. Sabbath School at o'clock, A. M.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening at t
clock. "
Wtlch Independent Rev. Ll. R. Powell,
Pistor. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
10 o'clock, and in the evening at 6 o'clock.
Sibbath School at 1 o'clock, 1. M. Prayer
meeting on the first Monday evening of each
mouth ; and on every Tuesday, Thursday
ai Friday evening, excepting the first week
la each month.
Cdrinistic Methodist Rev. John Williams,
Pistor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
3 nJ G o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock,
A. M. Praver meeting every Friday evening
it 7 o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
at 7 o'clock.
Difi) Rkv.Wm.Lloto, Pastor Preach
ing everv Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock.
Particular Baptists Rev. David Jenkins,
h Pistor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
3 o'clock. Sabbath School at 1 o clock, 1'. 31.
Catholic Uev. M. J. Mitchell, Pastor.
.cerrices every Sabbath morning at 10 J o'clock
ai Vespers at 4 o'clock in the evening.
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; MAILS ARRIVE.
E;t-rn, daily, at 12 o'clock, A. M.
Western, "at 12 J " A.M.
MAILS CLOSE.
Ewrn, ilaily, at G o'clock, A. M.
Western, at C4 " A. M.
taTThc Mails from Biitlcr.Indinna.Rtrongs
''n, &c, arrive on Tuesday and Friday of
h week, at 5 o'clock, P. M.
Leave Ebensburg on Mondays ana inurs-
'avs. at 7 o'clock. A. M.
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K!iTh i,uU friim N'cwroan's Mills, Car-
Tulltown, c, arrive on Monday and Friday of
rh week, at :i o'clock, P. M.
Lenri Klincliiirnr nn Tnesdavs and Satur-
at 7 o'clock, A. M.
63i Post Ortice onen on Sundays from 0
to in o'clock, A. M.
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WILMORE STATION.
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Judijfi nf the. Ctturt. Pri'sliirnt. lion. Geo.
"flor, Huntingdon ; Associates, George W.
'isley, Richard Jones, Jr.
i nthnnotary. Joseph 31 Donald.
Clerk to I'rothonotary. Robert A. M'Coy.
Register ami Recorder. Michael llasson.
l)'.vuti ltmi.i.r nwiri Urmrder. John Scan-
la.
Mfrff. Robert P. Linton.
It'pitty Sheriff. George C. K. Zahm.
County Commissioners. John Hearer, Abel
fieri to Commissioner. George C. K. Zahm.
Countel to Commissioners. John S. Rhey.
eaurr.-John A. Blair.
v-r nouse jJirectors. vv imam iiumci,
0lvi4 0 Harro, Michael M'Guire.
' "or Jlouse Treasurer. George C. K. Aaljm.
JW House Steward. James J. Kaylor.
-lu-iiforj.Uees J. Lloyd, Daniel Cobaugh,
lienrr
County Surveyor. Henry Scanlan.
Coroner Peter Douchertv.
Xl,P'rintendent of Common Schools. S. B.
Lormw l-
EBEsnLRG IIOR. OFFICERS.
Jiuticts of the Peace. David II. Roberts,
4jnson Kinkcad.
uryf Andrew Lewis.
p.rK Counc-.William Kittell, William K.
'Per, Charles Owens. J. C. Noon, Edward
oemaker.
Wtrk to Council. T. D. Litzinger.
trough Treasurer. George Gurley.
yh Jar. William Davis.
'VAooi Directors E.lward Glass. William
Reese S. Lloyd, John J. Lloyd, Morris
J- Evans Th.. rJ t"..t. j
p a,ur'r 0 School Board Evan Morgan.
)nMle. George Gurley.
" Co;,.etor..fieorKe Gurley.
. incnaru 1. uavis
3 of A7con.Iaaac Evans.
Won Joia a. Rhey, John J Evns.
iPootry.
Jl iircli Winds.
BY EBASTL3 W. ELLSWORTH.
Though blasts of March are roaring high,
And clouds run races through the sky,
And weathercocks are vexed to know
Which way to point the winds that Mow,
And in the snow-drift on the hill
Winter is hid in ambush still,
Thou, little bird, with faithful wing,
Hast staked thy life upon a Spring
Hast come, so full of faith possessed,
Winds ruffle but thine outer breast.
Perched on the garden's tallest pear,
Because last" year thy nest was there.
Thy song is of a quiet tune,
Unto the halcyon days of June.
My life has many a gusty sigh,
To blow the clouds of memory ;
And my poor brain is vexed to know
What way my feet had better go ;
And in a vesture white and chill
Sorrow is hid in ambush still;
But still my heart shall strive to Eing,
And stake its life upon a Spring.
My heart, with constant fear possessed,
Shall keep a quiet inner breast.
In season haunts, tho' blown and bare,
Because its last year's love was there,
My heart shall sing a quiet tune
Unto the halcyon days of June.
Political,
Spcecli ol'llon. James I'olloc-K,
AT THE
STATE CONVENTION ATHARRISBURG.
Gentlemen, Members op this Con
vention : I thank you for the honor in
calling me to preside over jour delibera
tions. My only pledge is, 1 will endeavor
to discharge the duties of the position
with impartiality and fearlessness. "We
have a.ssembled upon a day of glorious
memory a day hallowed as the natahday
of him whose name is a synonym of honor,
truth, and greatness; applause; jus
tice, liberty, and right. In honoring his
memory, let us imitate his virtues, prac
tice his precepts, and act out those noble
principles of truth and patriotism that
have made his name imperishable his
name immortal! Prolonged applause.
Thus influenced, we will be prepared to
enter upon the discharge of the duties of
this Convention iu a manner worthy of
our cause and of our Commonwealth. Vi'c
are, and are proud to be called, citizens of
I'ciin.-ylvania, but we cannot, will not,
forget that, in right of our American na
tionality, we claim the higher and nobler
title of American citizens. Applause.
Pennsylvania, true to every constitutional
and confederate duty, has ever been as
willing to recognize and maintain the
rights of her sister States as to defend
her own. True to all, she tolerates no
sentiment of disunion. Applause. No
traitor dares in her Legislative halls, or
in her political conventions, even iu a
whisper to speak that odious, that damning
word. Other States may boast their trea
son, and their traitors may send their
emissaries from capitol to capitol, charged
with the dire mission of hato and discord,
may attempt to sever and destroy the
home of the patriot the world's last hope
for freedom and human rights. Penn
sylvania, true to all, frowns down the
treason, and clings with all the fervor of
her first love to the Union as it is. Im
mense sensation and prolonged applause.
We are here to-day, gentlemen, friends of
the Union and of the States, applause,
advocates of law and order, pledged to
fulfil every legal obligation, every consti
tutional requirement, and pledged to re
sist every attempt come from what quar
ter it may to prevent the due execution
of law or constitution, State or national.
Applause. We have no sympathy with
fanaticism, political or social, whether it
be in the form of Northern Abolitionism
or Southern slavery propagandism ; wo
have no sympathy with fanatics, whether
they be John Brown and his confederate
traitors in the prisons of Charlestown,
Virginia, or the plotters of disunion in the
legislative halls of Charleston, South Car
olina. Several voices "Hurrah! hur
rah !" Cheers and overwhelming ap
plause. We hold the rights of the States
to be sovereign and sacred ; their institu
tions are their own, political and local.
Wc claim no right to interfere with them
directly or indirectly. What we claim to
ourselves we yield to them, we yield to
all freedom of 6peech and of the press,
an
d the right as free men to think, to
speak, and to act. If that be treason, let
the adherents of the present National Ad
ministration make the most of it. Voices
"Good! good!" Profound sensation,
and increased applause. Itecognizing
freedom as inherent in our platform, our
principles have been misrepresented, our
integrity has been impugnou, our veracity
I WOULD RATHER BE RIGHT THAN PRESIDENT. TIeney Clay.
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH
has been questioned, our avowals and dis
avowals have alike been discredited. We
have been charged and denounced as aid
ing and abetting the mad folly of mad
and bad men, as enemies to the Constitu
tion and the lawsas recreant to every po
litical and social duty charges as false as
the motives that prompted their utterance
are base and infamous. They speak their
own condemnation, so long as the wrongs
of Kansas and the violence and blood
which marked the atrocity of those wrongs
shall find a place on the pages of history;
so long as the attempts of the National
Administration, through broken faith and
plighted promises, by the strong arm of
the Government which attempted to force
slavery upon a sovereign people, remain
unforgotten ; so long as corruption stains
the Government contracts and the Treas
ury is used for partisan purposes ; so long
as free labor is unprotected and free la
borers are disregarded and counted the
"mud sills" of society ; Voices "good,"
"good," and applause ; just so long as the
apologists and adherents of President Bu
chanan should speak softly their reproaches
of us, or silence forever their slander.
Applause. llecognizing,gentlemen, free
dom as the great center truth of American
nationality, liberty the rule, slavery the
exception, liberty national, slavery sec
tional, increased applause, wc hold it to
be our duty, by every constitutional or le
gal means, and by no other, to prevent
the extension of the institution of slavery
to Territories now free. Voices, "good,
good," and continued applause. These
are the principles of the founders of our
llepublic, and it is safe to follow where
they lead. These are the doctrines of the
Constitution, and of its compromises, and
of all cotemporaueous legislation upon
this subject. As a corollary to this we
hold it to be the right and duty of the Na
tional Government by adequate and suffi
cient legislation to protect the labor and
foster the great industrial interests of the
American people. Applause. This
doctrine, as citizens of Pennsylvania, and
a party, we cannot and we will not sur
render. A voice "No, never !" and
increased applause. Honesty and econ
omy have become words without meaning
in the financial operations of the General
Government; responsibility, as applied to
many of our financial agents, has lost its
force. The evil must be remedied to guard
against corruption in the expenditure of
the public money; and, to secure economy
aud honesty in the expenditure of the
State and nation, are not the only objects
but the principles of the Convention that
I have the houor to address. To protect
iu its purity the elective franchise, and to
guard from every influence that may im
pair its efficiency, are principles dear to
every American citizen, and dear and
prominent in the hearts of the members
of this Convention. As freemen, v. ith
free schools and aa open Bible, our aim
should ever be to secure the rights and
maintain the interests of all; applause;
to protect the rights of the citizen and
the State ; to save the Government from
demoralization and corruption; to advance
the greatness of our common country, and
to aid her in the accomplishment of her
great and glorious mission among the na
tions of the earth. But, gentlemen, our
immediate duty, as members of this Con
vention, is to select a candidate a standard-bearer
in ihe approaching gubernato
rial campaign an election only prelimi
nary to one more important, and that must
succeed. Iu tho discharge of our duties
as members of this Convention, let us cul
tivate the spirit of harmony, of union, of
peace, of concord. If united in the ap
proaching gubernatorial contest, we can,
we will, we must succeed ! Prolonged
applause. A victory in the first will be
but the harbinger of another and a greater
victory. Let our action, gentlemen, in
reference to the National Convention and
the appointment of delegates to that body,
be just, harmonious, and united. Upon
that Convention will devolve the duty of
nominating a successor to the venerubh:
gentleman who now occupies the Wh-ite
llouse. Laughter and applause. Penn
sylvania, in giving the sage of Wheatland,
her "favorite son," to the Union, did not
exhaust her resources. Prolonged laugh
ter and increased applause. Although,
gentlemen, "we ne'er shall look upon his
like again," renewed laughter and enthu
siasm, she has other and nobler names to
offer. Men who kuow there, is a North
and a South, an East and a Wes; who
know their whole country, the Constitu
tion, and the Union of the country; who
know and understand the rights, the in
terests, and the will of all, and kuowing,
will maintain the honor and defend the
rights of all. Applause. Let us then,
centlemen. as members of this Conven
tion, gird on our armor and prepare for
the contest ; let us, strong in the strength
of our principles, move onward ana ior
1 -ward until our won 13 uone j unui suc
cess crowns our labor with victory , and,
rebying upon that kind Providence which
has been with us hi other days, and trust
ing in Him, may we feel that we are safe,
and the destiny of our land will not dis
appoint the hope of the patriot or the
Christian. Applause. Again, gentle
men, I thank you for the honor conferred
on me, aud I earnestly invite your co-operation
in conducting the business of this
Convention, and without it our meeting
will be in vain. This I confidently expect,
and this I know that you will as confi
dently yield.
ZtSr. Curliij's Speech.
The following is Hon. Andrew G. Cur
tin's speech to the People's State Conven
tion, accepting the nomination for Gov
ernor :
Mr. President, and Gentlemen I
would not be false to the natural pride
which I feel in my nomination by this in
telligent body. It is to me no personal
triumph. I am happy to be in the exalted
position in which your kindness has placed
mo, the representative of a great j art ,
enjoying great political sentiments. It is
not that I should personally have been pre
ferred by this body to other gentlemen,
who contested this nomination, for I do
not pretend to any superiorly over them
which should have subjected me to your
marked kindness. It is not a personal tri
umph. I havo no animosity; I have no
enmities to the friends that now surround
me in this Hall, and I would obliterate
from my memory the record of the vote
by which I triumphed. Iam a party man.
(Cheers.) My allegiance to the party has
never been doubted, and when the drum
beat I was not the tardy soldier to fall into
the ranks at any part of my life.(Cheers)
I congratulate you upon the harmony and
unanimity with which the protracted ses
sions of this convention have closed. There
is success intimated in the extreme anxiety
of the public. Cheers. You have given
me the nomination; you have put me in
nomination, friends say, unanimously,
Loud cheers. I am thankful thatthtre
was no animosity to me in the breast of
any delegate in this body to make him re
frain from trivini' to the candidate of the
party that unanimity which he deserves at
tho hands of the Convention. You have
placed me in nomination; do you imagine
that your duty is performed? We battle
with a foe long in power ; well versed in
political tactics; with means and appliances
of men and money, and I need support in
the great struggle which is to follow jour
actions. I call upon the lo.'J delegates
with the President at their head, whom 1
know well, to come into the field, make a
bold effort, surround the standard bearer,
and victory will perch upon him. Your
duty performed, 1 have a duty to perform,
and I can assure you that 1113- covenant in
the contract will be performed with fidel
ity. I will take the standard of the part',
and plant it upon the shores of Lake Brie
and carry it to the Delaware. Immense
applause. The fight will commence soon.
Cheers. If I fall in the struggle, no
matter. It is a man that has sunk under
the pressure ; but if I do fall I will ele
vate the standard, for principles can never
die. Carry the unanimity and sense of
this Convention into the Chicago Conven
tion; make the sentiment national ; give
us a candidate for the Presidency worthy
of the place ; let the voice of Pennsylva
nia be heard ; cheers ; let us have the
position which we desire in the affairs of
this nation, and the rank our position and
necessities demand. If victory go with
us, something has been achieved for the
country ; nothing for the individual.
Having served long and faithfully iu the
party, my personal triumph must originate
in the triumph of principle. If the prin
ciple fails it is your fault, not mine. I
am a feeble man, but I will perform my
duty faithfully. Here I pledge myself to
perform every condition in the covenant 1
this day make with you.
and long continued.
Cheering, loud
The Follies of Great Men. Tycho
Brahe,Jthe astronomer, changed color, and
his legs shook under hiin'on meeting with a
hare cor a fox. Br. Johnson would never
enter a room with his left foot foremost ; if
by mistake it did get foremost, he would
step back and place his right foot fore
most. Julius Ca?sar was almost convulsed
by the sound of thunder, and always wan
ted to get into a cellar or under ground to
escape the dreadful noise. To Queen
Elizabeth the simple word "death" was
full of horrors. Even Talleyrand trcmble'd
and changed color on hearing the word
pronounced. Marshal Saxe, who met and
overthrew opposing armies, fled and scream
ed in terror at the sight of a cat. Peter
the G reat, could never be persuaded to cross
a bridge ; though he tried to master the
terror, he failed to do so ; whenever he set
loot on one, ne would shriek out iu agouy.
15, 1800.
Angling for a Husband.
M me. D., who resided at Chaton, was a
lady of the strictest character, and of a
heart proof against allurements. She pri-
ded herself upon her great insensibility,
aud her profound indifference had repulsed
all those gallants who had volunteered
to offer their addresses. The country was
only happy iu solitude. The charms of a
chosen circle, the pleasure of the world,
had for her no attraction, and her favor
ite recreation was that of angling, an
amusement worthy cf an unfeeling wom
an. She was accustomed, every pleasant day,
to station herself at the extremity of the
lonely island of Chaton, and there, with a
book in one hand and her line in the "oth
er, her time was passed iu fishing, read
ing, or dreaming.
A lover who had always been intimida
ted by her coolness, and who had never
ventured on a spoken or written declara
tion, surprised her at her favorite pursuit
one day, when he had come to the island
for the purpose of enjoying a swimming
bath.
He observed her for a long time with
out discovery, and busied himself with
thinking how he might turn to his advan
tage this lonely amusement of angling.
Bis reveries were so deep and so fortu
nate that he at last hit upon the desired
plan, a novel expedient, indeed, yet they
are always most successful with such wo
men as pretend to be invulnerable.
The next day our amorous hero return
ed to the island, studied the ground, made
his arrangements, and when Mine. D. had
resumed her accustomed place, he slipped
away to a remote and retired shelter, and,
after divesting himself of his clothing
he entered the stream. An excellent
swimmer and skillful diver, he trusted to
his aquatic talents for the success of his
enterprise. He swam to the end of the
island with the greatst precaution favored
by the chances of the bank and bushes,
which hung their dense foliage above the
waters. In his lips was a note folded and
sealed, and on arriving near the spot where
Mme. B. was sitting, he made a dive, and
lightly siezing the hook, he attached it to
his letter.
Mme. P., perceiving the movement of
her line, supposed that a fish was bi
ting. The 3'oung man had retired as he came ;
he had doubled the cape which extended
out into the water separating them from
each other, and had regained his post
without the least noise in his passage un
der the willows. The deed was done.
Mine. D pulled in her line, and
what Mas her surprise to observe dangling
upon the barb of her hook, not the expect
ed shiner, but an unexpected letter.
This was, however, trifling, and her
surprise became stupefaction when, on de
taching the transfixed billet, she read up
on the envelope her name.
So then this letter which she had fished
up was addressed to her !
This was somewhat miraculous. She was
afraid. Her troubled glance scrutinized
the surrounding space, but there was noth
ing to be seen or heard : all was still and
lonely both on land and water.
She quitted her scat, but took away the
letter. As soon as she was alone, and clos
eted with herself, and as soon 3 the pa
per was dry a paper perfectly Mater-proof
and written upon with indelible ink she
unsealed the letter, and commenced its
perusal.
"A declaration of love V cried she at
the first words. "What insolence !"
Still, the insolence had come to her in
such an extraordiuary manner that her
curiosity Mould not suffer her to treat this
letter as she had so many others pitiless
ly burn it without readiug.
No, she read it quite through. The
lover, who dated his letter from the bot
tom of the river, had skilfully adopted the
allegory, and introduced himself as a gro
tesque inhabitant of the M'aters. The fable
Mas gracefully managed, and M-ith the
jesting tone which he had adopted was
mingled a true, serious, ardent sentiment,
expressed with beauty and eloquence.
The next day, Mme. B returned to
the island, not without emotion aud some
trace of fear. The threw her line M-ith a
trembling hand, and shuddered as, a mo
ment after, she perceived tho movement of
the hook.
Is it a fish ? Is it a letter ?
It was a letter.
Mme. B was no believer in magic,
still there was something strange and su
pernatural in all this.
She had an idea of throwing back the
letter into the stream, but relinquished it.
The mast stubborn and haughty woman is
always disarmed in face of the strange
mystery which captivates her imagina
tion. This second letter was more tender more
passionate, more charming than the first.
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NO.
30.
Mme. B read it several times, and
could not help thinking about the delight
ful merman who wrote such bewitchim?
letters.
On the subsequent day she attached
her iine to the bank, and left it swimmiu"-
in the stream, while she withdrew to a
landing place upon the extremity of the
island. She watched for a long time, but
saw nothing. She returned to the place,
withdrew the line and there was the let
ter! This time an answer was requested. It
M-as, perhaps, premature ; yet the audaci
ous request obtained a full success. Tho
reply was written after some hesitation,
and the hook dropped into the stream
charged with a letter which was intended
to say nothing, and affected a sort of bad
inage, which was nevertheless a bulletin
of a victory gained over the hard severity
of a woman until then unapproachable.
M me. B had too much shrewd
ness not to guess that her mysterious cor
respondent employed, in stead of magic,
the art of a skillful diver. Scruples eas
ily understood restrained her from that
portion of the bank where she was suro
that the diver would emerge from the wa
ter. But this game of letters amused her.
First it pleased her intellect, and her cu
riosity became so lively that she wrote :
"Let us give up this jesting, which
has pleased me for the moment, but which
should continue no longer, and come with
your apologies to Chan ton."
The lover answered :
"Yes, if you will add : Hope.''
The inexorable lady replied ;
"If only a word is necessary to decide
you, be it so !"
And the word was written.
The young man appeared and was not a
loser. The gift of plca&ng belonged to
his person as much as to his style, and ho
had made such rapid progress under water
that it was easy to complete his conquest
on land.
Thus Mme. B caught a husband
without wishing it, and in spite of the vow
which she had taken never to marry.
Holding the line, she had been caught by
the fish.
Not so Bad. We copy the following
from the Jfonmouth Inquirer. Every per
son on the American continent has had tho
pleasure of reading the first chapter of
Wolfgang, which left Capt. Lester in the
robber's cave M-ith any number of long
tailed rats, crawling upon him to keep their
feet dry:
WOLFGANG COXT1NTED.
Our readers may feel curious to know
whatever became of Captain Lester, who
Mas left in a cave, bound in irons, whila
the rising M-ater was threatening destruction
to himself and the pesky rats. It M ill bo
remembered that he had just discovered
Carrie Thornton through a fissure in the
rock, a circumstance which gave him great
courage. He bribed an old rat to gnaw
off his irons; and killing the remainder,
he tied their tails together, took himself
to pieces, and Carrie drew him up through
the crack, piece by piece, by the rat-tail
rope. Having with great presence of mind
marked each piece, he had no difficulty in
putting himself together again. Just at
this moment Wolfgang came up, ani Cap
tain Lester stuffed a feather-bed down his
throat, causing instantaneous strangulatiou.
The Captain and Carrie were married, and
are now keeping the "Wolfgang House,"
on the rock of Gibralter, at the mouth of
Baffins' Bay. They are said to be in easy
circumstances. The Captain never thinks
of rats without a shudder.
A Clerical Anecdote. The Rev.
Br. P., of Brooklyn, belonged to the old
school divines, and while attending to his
usual Sabbath ministrations, managed to
discover m Iio of his congregation were ab
sent, his first duty on Monday morning
being to call on the absentees, to find out
M'hy they were not at church.
Among those whose places were often
vacaut, was one mau who cared but littlo
for the sanctity of the holy day, or tho
minister's reproof.
On taking his usual Monday norning
rounds Mr. P. was sure to vuit Mr. C., m
wc Mill eall him. Said the good man:
"Why were ou not at church, yester
day?" "Had other business to attend to," was
the blunt reply.
"Mr. C.," said tho clergyman, solemnly,
"there will be no preaching in hell."
"Well it won't be for want of miuistcrs,"
was the quick rejoinder.
This was a hard cut, and the good old
doctor shook his head, and went his way,
ruminating, doubtless, upon tho doctrine
of human depravity.
Why vras Adam's wife called Eve?
Because, when she appeared, man a
day
of happiness was drawing to a close.
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