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VOL. 1.
DIRECTORY.
PKSPAED KXI"E3SLY FOR "TUK ALLEGIUXIAN."
LIST OF POST OFFICES.
Fust OJices.
3!iu'3 Creek,
Bethel Station,
Currolltowu,
Chess Springs,
Creiion,
Ebeiiburg.
Fallen Timber,
"trtlliuin,
Glca Council,
Hemlock,
JohaJtowu,
Loretto,
Mineral Poiat,
Ifanster,
Pcrliing,
f Uttsville,
Rd.eland,
3:. Auj,'iistia8,
S.-altd.cvel,
Sjiiuivi.
daaiuiTliill,
S im::jit,
Vi'.!;u..-e.
Post Masters.
Joseph Graham,
Joseph 8 Mardis,
Districts.
Yoder.
Blacklick.
Benjamin Wirtner
Daul. Litzinger,
John J. Troxell,
Mrs. II. M'Cagne,
Isaac Thompson,
J. M. Christy,
Joseph Gill,
"Win. M Cough,
II. A. Boggs,
Win. Gwiun,
E. Wissinger,
A. Durbin,
Francis Clemeut,
Andrew J. Ferra!
G. W. Bowman,
Joseph Mover,
George Conrad,
B. M'Colgan,
Win. Murray,
Mt33' M. (iiliespifc
Andrew Beck,
Chest.
Washint'n.
Ebensburg.
White.
Callitzin.
Chest.
Washt'n.
Johnst'wn.
Loretto.
'onem'gh.
Minister.
Conem'gh.
Susei'ban.
White.
Clearfield.
Richland.
Washt'n.
Croyle.
Washt'n.
S mnieikill.
CHl'ElCilCS, IWIXISTKHS, &c.
Vrcs'.yiaian''Rr.x. D. IIakiiison', Pastor.
ri.vhiii every Sabbath morning ftt 1"
'clock, and in the evening at ti o'clock. Sab-i.i-.a
SLho.il at 0 o'clock, A. M. Prayer racet
la erory Thursday evening at C o'clock.
M-.lhjJist KpUcoJul Church Rev. J. Shank,
Prcwhcr iu charge. Rev J. M. Smitu, As-
Uiit. Preaching every Sabbath, alternately
i Ivj o'clock in the morning, or 7 in the
reuiag. SabHuth Schoul at ' o'clock. A. M.
l'rvjr meeting every Thursday evening at 7
0 cluck.
H'dc.U Lvl'pcmLnl Rev. Li.. R. Powell.
Par.r. Preaching every Sabbath morning at
I) o'clock, find in the evening at 0 o'clock.
Sibbat!i School at 1 o'clock, P. M. Prayer
r.s'tlug on the tirt Monday evening of each
uj:i:!i; and on every Tuesday, 'Ihtirsday
aal Friday evening, excepting the first week
la evh mouth.
Cilvinit'te .Ve.thndi.if Rev. Jons Williams,
Ptor. Preaching every Sabbath evening at
1 n 1 5 o'clock. Sabbath School at 10 o'clock.
1. M. Prayer meeting every Friday evening
n T o'clock. Society every Tuesday evening
tt 7 o'l-lo' k.
Dittinlr.t U v . W m . L lot i) , V tin t o r P r e ac h -ia;
Tery Sabbath morning f t 1 o'clock.
r trtknlar Haptixt Rev. David Jf.nkiss.
Fit jr. Preaching every Sabbath evening nt
I o cl j.-k. Sabbath School at 1 o'clock, P. M.
Cdth-jliclWr. M. J. Mitchell. Pa.-tor
8rTtrfg very Sabbath morning at 10 o'clock
aal Vper at 4 o'clock in the evening.
c:ssx-:.h::i'uc; .miils.
mails arrive.
S:str:i. dallv, at 11 o'clock, A.M.
'.VoV.tj, ' BT 104 " P. M.
MAILS CLOSE.
E'Jicr:!, diilv, at 4J o'clock P.M.
'.tor.-i. i;t 6 " A. M.
The Mails from Rati fr, Tndir.ua. f-'t ro !.--;-f
v:i. kr., arrive on Tuesday and Friday of
f---:i wr"k. at 5 o'clock, P. M.
I.BAV3 Eben.xlmrg on Mondavi and Tlmrs
4rf, at 7 o'clock, A. M.
teKThe Mails from Newman'? Mills, Car
ic'.IWwm. t; arrive on Monday mid I'rid.'.y of
'1 week, nt X o'clock, 1. M.
ve Ebensburg on Tuesdays and Satur
at T o clock, A. M.
EP'A. I'ost )ice ipcn on Sundays from 0
'.'J iclork, A. M.
Ei m,!o &s s.:hi:e)I'l::.
V.'lLMDIiE STATION.
'it Express Train, leaves at
" Vail Train, "
2"lt Eltirps-; Train. 44
8.55 A. M
8. 07 P. M.
7.13 P. M
l'J.12 P. M.
C.Ort A. M.
F
:.st Line,
it
Mail Train,
C01.TV OFTICKKS.
Courts. President, Hon. Geo.
.T-r, Hiintliigdon ; Associates, GcorgeW.
tiif?, Richard Jones, Jr.
1'rothonotarif. Joseph M' Donald.
R'Sif.tr and lltrordtr. Michael Has.ior..
''Pij Rr,ji,trr and Jifcordfr. John Scan
'. Robert P. Linton.
I'tp'iti Shi-riJT. George C. K. Zahm.
Ti'i'nrt Aioruft. Philip S. Noon.
C-mt Cmvii.itionrrt. John Bearer, Abel
1:";1. David T. Storm.
'-'"'rk to Commissioners. George C. K. r.hm.
''ini'l to Commissioners. John S. Ehcy.
T"ttr'r. John A. Blair.
Pjor ll.JHt, Ihr'ctor. David O'Harro,
c:'ael M'Guire. Jacob Homer
i'or Unus' Trmsnrtr. George ('. K. Zahm.
l'ror II ,HS Steward. James J. Kaylor.
Xrci:iiit, Appraiser. Thomas M'Connell.
''i:'.?.,rj.Hclir Hawk, John F. Stull. E.
r l-yiie.
Surveyor. E. A. Vickroy.
''orunrr. Juines S. Todd.
''l-'rittirndtnt of Common Schools. T. A.
-Jg lire.
Ci:Sf!i Ilfi IlOIt. OFFIC'KKS.
j'i'cm or the reace. David ll. Roberts,
l--fri?on Kinkea.l.
Andrew Lewis,
j,.'''" Council. William Kittell, William K.
P"r. Charles Owens. J. C. Noon, Edward
-""milker.
':'rk t; C.,,,nci1.T. D. Litzinger.
K-u.U Treasurer. George Gurley.
'r"7' Master. William Davis.
j)-V4'"i Acror.Edward (Haas, William
Reese VS. Lloyd, John J. Lloyd, Morris
Vi", Thomas J. Davis.
'yt'irer of School UoardEv&n Morgan.
"""-U. George Gurlev.
'"'Tor.George Gurley.
'xor.Rit iiard T. Davil.
Ji' of Elettin. iAv En. ,
' 'i'-rt Jt,he S. lUiev, John J Krani.
O- IE. Fs Lament.
An "O. P. F." at the White House gate
One evening stood disconsolate ;
His dickey had lost its usual starch,
His nose was more than ever a pug,
And he said to himself, "On the Fourth of
March
Must I march forth from these quarters snug !
4-I sold myself in an evil hour,
Body and soul to an Evil Power,
And now I'm cheated of my pay ;
For the South with scorn my claim doth
flout,
With 'Every dog must have his day,'
But the day and dog are both -jdayed out.
"Did the South e'er ask, and refuse?
At it3 demand I have changed my views,
Quarrelled with friends and pensioned foes,
Made Walker walk from his Kansas rule,
Ate dirt by pecks and the devil knows
If I made myself more knave or fool.
Too much of both but rather more
Of the last if 1 wasn't one before ;
For what is the upshot of it nil ?
A record foul with a thousand stains.
Power, friends, and fame, beyond recall.
And the Southron's scorn for all my pains.''
HOW I FIRST K!T ftlY WIFE.
There was always a mvsterv haucrin:
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about a certain way that 31ora:i had, and
in w
idi lie was iVniou liturtily by liis
wifr My own cousin, 3Lty .Stlicjlicns
that h;t'.l been a way that troubled my
ottri'isity much, until tin; cue eventful
evening that it was a at Lulled by heariuy
the reason why.
All that Irtit; ei;fenei without telling
what that w:;y was, or how ho was joined
in it by 31 ay.
Tt was; situiilv tlii. : that rvcrv time n
word was broken that led to the period j
when Charley Morgan first met my cousin '
7lv.y, they would both lauh very he.-trti- ;
lv, but would always refu-e to toll at what
thoy laughed. This was certainly very j
provoking, and 1 had little hesitation in
telling them so not once, but many times !
at which they laughed more heartily !
than ever, and always ended by kissing ;
each other and looking very affectionate.
I determined to have a solution of the
matter, if for 1.0 other reason than that it j
Worried me. 1 am but a woman, and iiav
ing . leaded to the r..'..-session of curiosity,
T -u no reason why that foible id" my fox
should elicit no charity, and no reason
why sometimes it should not be indulged.
With this resolution, 1 set forth one even
ing, when we three, Morgan, May and
myself, were drawn up before the lire and
fail 1 v settled for a talk. There was no
use mincing matters, was my first idea
and with this thought 1 dashed boldly in
with "Mr. Morgan," I usually called him
Charley, but I was desirous of showing
him that 1 was really in earnest "Mr.
Morgan, why do you always laugh and
look at May when the subject of your first
met ting with her is spoken of?"
This, I was sure was a simple question :
and yet, instead of answering it in a sim
ple wav, they went back, both of them. on
the old plan and laughed as though the
words I had just spoken were the very
best joke in the world. I could do noth
ing, of course, but look grave and solemn,
which in a few moments brought them
both round to looking the same way, and
then May epoke to me seriously, and
said :
"Cousin Jane, you take our laughing
much more earnestly than I thought yon
would. It is only alittle memory between
Charley and me that brings the laugh ; to
us it 16 a droll remembrance, but, perhaps,
in telling it, there would be nothing to
amuse any one."
This explanation brought back my good
humor in an instant, and, with a smile, I
said :
''Now, May, this is really unkind of
you ; for so long have you excited my cu
riosity that, even were the story not worth
telling, you should tell it."
"Well, cousin Jane shall have that
story, Mav, and 1 will tell it myself to
her." " .
At this declaration I was surprised to
see May flush up to a bright red, and
break out rather vehemently with :
"Now Charley that is really too bad ?
You shall not do it, sir. If cousin Jane
is to have the story 1 will tell her my
self." And then after a pause, she said,
44 When we are alone."
44 You shall do no sueh a thing, Madam
May," was Charley's laughing response,
as he got up and kissed May directly in
the mouth, just in time to stop a torrent
of words that iu another minute, would
have poured out, "You shall do no such
a thing. This time I shall have my way
and cousin Jane shall not Lave her curi
osity excited any more without being sat
isfied." 1 !s:iw there was to b a discussion ou
EBENSBURG, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST
that point, but I knew that, iu some way,
Charley was stire to come off victor ; so,
merely saying that I would be back in a
few moments, 1 slipped out of the room
and walked about the garden until I felt
sure the point was settled, when 1 went
back, and found Charley and May looking
as happy as birds and laughing the old
laugh, as usual. As I entered, Charley
drew up in the rocking-chair, and after
seeing me safely deposited in its depths,
said :
"Xov. . cousin Jane I shall tell you the
story about how I first met my wife :
"It is just five years ago this summer,
that I was granted exemption for one
month from my desk, and weut down
with my chum, lLoracc Hyatt, to his lath
er's in old Monmouth, the garden of that
unjustly abused State, New Jersey. 1
should never have forgotten that isit,
even though! had not tliere met with an
adventure that had it- iriii'icnce on the
whole future of my life. I should re
member it for the real trso hospitality
of the Hyatt's; for the solid, old-time
comfort of the farm, and the ouict way
in which, within a couple of day's after
my arrival, 1 was put into possession of
it, and made to feel that it ail belonged
to me, to do just what I pleaed with.
There were plenty of horses, and we rode;
there were plenty of fish and we fished ;
plenty of wood-coek, and we shot. Ail
this t hall be spoken with a pro iso. I
say we by Horace's two sisters, Carrie
and Xettie, as having participated in till
these .' ports. They rode, to be sure and
charmingly they did it, they fished, and, 1
am obliged to confess, were much luckier
than their guct. JJut they did not shoot,
though T .-hall not exult over their lack
of this accomplishment they were charm
ing enough without it. I : insure 1 sha!i
excite no jealousy by deolaariug that,
with ouo exception, v.
! shall not
mention here, Carrie and Nettie Hyatt
were the two most charming girls 1 had
ever seen, and 1 ig:s je-t. hesitating as to
which of tliein I should fail desperately
in love with, when my calculations were
all disturbed by an accident for so I
suppose 1 must call it though really
seeming like a special providence. What
this was, I shall tell in the best way J
know how.
''For some days after my arrival at the
farm, my curiosity had been much exci-t'.-d
by the voung ladies noun a. once
schoolfellow of their own. May Stevens
by name, who was, according to their
highly-colored account, the most perfect
thing in the shape of a woman then living.
1 tried to persuade lnyM'if that nothing in
that line could surpass Carrie and Nettie;
but still the reception of this May Stevens
haunted me, and came like a shadow across
my new b'jrn passion. 1 formed, at last,
an imaginary May Stevens, and do what
I would, the figure was with me. At last
I was worked into an agony of curiosity,
and trembled with some great purpose,
which should bring before me the object
of my thoughts and of the sisters' contin
ual conversation. In what this would
have ended it is impossible for me at this
time to say had I not heard, one morning,
as 1 entered the break fast room, the start
ling words from Nellie :
"Ami so she is coming at last. I'm so
glad :;
"W hethcr it was that the tra'n of my
thoughts was upon that point at the same
moment, or what, I cannot say ; but I
knew directly the whole matter. I saw
Canie with an open letter in her hand,
and coupling it with Nettie's words. 1
knew that the hitherto only heard of May
Stevens was, about to become a reality. I
had 110 need to ask questions. All the
information was proffered. May Stevens
the incomparable May was to spend a
month at Hyatt's, and they were to expect
her at any moment though, as the letter
rend, she might not be down for a week to
come. A week! it was an age, a cen
tury ; and I was in a flutter of excitement.
My long standing passion, of nearly two
weeks duration, for Nettie and Carrie, was
forgotten in an instant, and my whole
mind was absorbed in making the best
figure possible before this new queen.
With this idea, I began to look into my
wardrobe. I had come down with suui
cient clothes to answer all ordinary pur
poses, including, of course, Nettie and
Carrie ; but the new goddess was certainly
tvorthy of a tie'T rig on my part, and cer
tainly should have it. This resolution
was made within fifteen minutes after
hearing the announcement of her inten
ded coming; and before two hours had
gone by, I was whizzing on my way to
town, to carry out th;t resolve. My
choicest morsels of wardrobe should be
offered on the shrine of May Stevens.
"I had absented myself on the plea of
a sudden memory of business neglected,
and faithfully promised Nettie and Carrie
that the next day should see me down
again at Hyatt's to stay out the month
that May Stevens, the wonderful, was
about to pass with them.
"The racking of brain that day, to cre
ate a grand rnxanhlc of costume some
thing bey.uid all criticism, that should at
the first glance strike the beholder silent
with admiration was indeed terrible.
The labor of writing "i'aradise Lost" was
nothing to it. It was early in the day
when i arrived at my city rooms, and, for
six hours, 1 dressed and re-dressed, com
pared, selected and re-scleettd ; and at the
end of that time, I had laid out those por
tions of my wearable good in which I
had decided to make myr lirst appearance
before May Stevens. It wanted still sev
eral'hours to sutuet, and having got safely
through the great object of my visit, I
thought it would not be a bail idea for me
to take the last train and return the same
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it to il vatt s, instead 01 waiting over
utitil mornitoj
I packed mi
s o sooner
said
than dene
habiliments, and away
went. hiz.i ng and puffing over an un
interesting road is provocative of sleep;
so 1 found it when the shades of evening
fell, for to the best of my recollection, J
was in the ery midst 0! a dream iu which
May Stevens, attired iu book muslin and
pale blue satin, sat on a purple cloud and
admiringly inquired who my tailor was !
du-t as I was about to inform her, there
came a crash, and for a moment T was not
enti
iViV ecri
lisi whether it was the cloud
that had exploded, or myself that had torn
some portions of my apparel that was
overstrained. J t required but a moment
to awaken me to i!ie fact that Loth pre-
1 .
ere wroirr. it was our tra'.n
the
-that had run oil the trae
sinashin
the coitt
the ro.o
ikuis '.;eue; ai; , aie.i ST'ting
its of .-c Vera! baggace cars::! mg
to say nothiii'.r of friahtenintr
1
half a hundred passengers into a condition
bordering ou lunacy. This was a pretty
state of things, and to make it still worse,
I was exactly eight miles from my desti
nation, though, as it afterwards proved',
not a mile from the next Village, where,
as I hoard it canvassed, a tavern, supper
and beds could be had I was disposed to
make myself agreeable, and, accordingly,
rendered all the assistance in my power to
unprotected females, for whieh 1 got my
reward on arriving at the haveti of refuge
the oromise-l
tavern by being- informed
that suen
ii
as a bed for the night
was an impossible idea, and 1, with some
twenty m..ro of the male gender, must be
coni- nt with chairs, while the 'beds were
appropriated to the gentler sex. Slightly
disgusted, I swallowed my supper, and
looked out upon the night. It was a
beautiful moonlight, and verging on to
ten o'clock. ly Jove, I would walkover
to Hyatt's. No sooner said than done.
(living liiv eariet-bag into the hands of
the landlord, with the most, emrdiatic
charges for its safety and punctual deliv-
cry at Hyatt's next morn ing, at any ex-
pense, I set Jorth. I'.igtit mtics is a tri.le ;
l i . 1 ' 4.
and iut as mv watch marked the quarter
,.,,' 1 11 .11
tilier midnight, L marched up the lane
t 1. -1 ... , . ., -
that led to the house. They were early
folks at the farm early to bed, ami early
up. I walked round the house trying
each door and window for an entrance,
but e ach and every one was fastened. It
was of no consequence ; my bedroom win
dow look out upon the roof of the piazza ;
I would not disturb the house by knock-
- lilt 4( -.limlini'i- TVivi:!.! il 1 i V. o liiKl- '
ness, and should the window be fastened, :
I would tap and awaken Horace, who was j
my room-mate ami bedfellow. The thing .
was executed as soon as thought of, and ,
my hand? on the window, which yielded, I
and I stood in my own 100m. 15y the
moonlight which streamed in I saw that
the bed was occupied, and by the heavy
breathing I knew that Horace was in a
deep sleep. I would not, therefore, awa
ken him, but save the story of 1113- mishap
for the following day. With this resolu
tion, I slipped quietly into bed, and in
three minutes was obliviems.
"What ought 1 to have dreamed that
night? ut I will not anticipate. I lay
facing the win-lows as the sun peeped up
above the distant hills, and scattered the
grey mists of the morning. My bed-fellow
was breathing heavily, but it was broad
daylight, and there was no more sleep in
me, so I determined that Horace should
wake up and hear my story of the railroad
breakdown. I turned quickly and gave
the sleeper a sudden shake. As rapidly
as mv own motion, my bed-fellow, who had
lain with his back towards me, sprung into
a sitting position. There are sueh surprises
as, without a terror, absolutely- deprive us
ed the power of speech until the brain has
time to act aud reason. Sueh surprises do
not generate screams and faints. They are
expressed by open-mouthed and silent
wonder. This was the case with my bed
fellow and myself, ns we sat upright and
stared. Plight by my side, with her face
within two feet of mv own, sat a young
woman, not more than seventeen, with dark !
hard eves, aud sucn. rre.t masses 01 crown
1(, 18(50.
curls, tucked away under the neatest little
night-cap th-it ever was. She had gathere d
the bed-clothes, with a spasmodic jerk, up
about her throat, and with the most rigid,
astonished look, as though doubting wheth
er she was sleeping or waking, gazed stead-
in
my eyes. Memory serves a
man
but little in like cases, but, if my memory j
rves m right, it was I who lirst snoke
I blurted out with :
"How came you here'''"
'The figure still stared in speechless as
tonishment, but iu a moment, as though
awakened from its stupefaction spoke:
"Are you Charles Morgan?"
"Yes," was my rather subdued reply.
"Well then, Mr. Morgan," said the fig
ure, by this time speaking as calmly, and
with .juite as much dignity as though in
the drawing-room, "i am May Stevens,
and I was put i:i this room, after an unex- ;
j peeled arrival. Horace had gone over to ,
I a neighbor's, a few iniics oil" before 1 L."t j
here, and was not to return until to-day.
j.uat is how 1 was put 111 this room.
So here L was, sitting face to face with
this May Stevens, that mythical lady, for
the first meeting wit li wh::a J had inteud-
ed to ut up such a superlative toilet! A
j nice style of introduction, and a nice stvle
I of toilet '.
And she she by this time was
11s cold as the oJst of December, and sat
lookiiiir mo r;u;lit 1:1 tue eve.
1 made a
scrambling explanation ol my being louml
iu that extraordinary t'O.-ition. It was a
lame explanation, wonderfully mixed up
with irrelevant matter, and stammered and
stuttered through in a way that should
have disgusted any sensible person. She
scmik i to be seriously pomiermg during
toe recital, and at
end, looking at me as
tiimjg;! asking the most simple question iu
the world, said :
"What's to be .lone ?"
"Let me jump out of the window, as I ,
came in," said 1 in a sickly tone i voice, 1
lor the thought came to me that to achieve
this end I must make some desperate dis
play of myself in a style of costume which
1 deprecated. She relieved me instantly
with:
"No, that will not do, there are people
moving about, and you will be seen."
It was my turn now to stammer out:
"What's to be done?" For I saw that
the little haze'-eyeJ girl was superior to me
in pre-enee of mini and energy of action.
She elid not wait long to answer my ques
tion. "You must lie still here while I get up.
When 1 have left the" room, you can rise.
dress and go away at the lirst opportunity,'
as
her ro-pe;:o, delivered in a quiet,
s-nkc manner.
And so I did. umb r May Stevens' com
mand. I buried my intruding head in the
be d-clothes, and kept it well covered until
; I heard the retreating footsteps upon the
' stairs, which was but a few minutes, tho'
' it seemed an age, and then with a desper-
. . 1.1 1
; ate bound I sprung lrom t lie bed, and:. ,. . ,. ' . ,.
. 1 i 1 .1 i i i I, implies a change lrom rest to motion, from
j turned the key on the departed one. It ! .' . , c ,. '
1 - . " .. 1 t 1 3 i privation to reality,
: was the outckest dressing 1 ever maue, and . 1
I will vtnturo to say that no man ever
sneaked out ef his own apartment more
j stealthily than I did.
i That morning we met May Stevens and
j I at the breakfast table i in the charac
i tor of the newly-arrived that morning
and we were formally introduced, during
! the ceremony of which wc astounded every
one present, and planted a thorn of wonder
in the sides of Nettie and Carrie, by burst
ing simultaneously into a hearty laugh,
which we have never failed to repeat when
ever the memory of our first meeting
comes up."
"And now, cousin -lane, you have the
whole story of how 1 lirst met my wife."
Enemies. Have 3-011 enemies? Co
straight on and mind them not. If they
block up your path, walk around them,
and do your iluty regardless of their spite.
A man who has got no anoniies is seldom
good for anything he is made of that
kind of material which is so easily worked
that every one has his hand in it. A
sterling character, one who thinks for
himself, ami speaks w hat he .thinks, is al
ways sure to have enemies. "J'hey tire as
necessary to him as fresh air ; they keep
him alive and active. A celcbrarrel char
acter, who was sut rounded br enemies,
used to remark : "They are sparks which
if you elo not blow will go out themselves."
Let this be your feeling, while endeavor
ing to live tlown the scandal of those who
are bitter against you. If you stop to
di.qmfe, you but do as they elesire. and
open the way for more abuse. Let the
poor fellow talk there will be a re-action,
if you perform your duty, and hundreds
who were once alienated from you will
flock to yon and acknowledge their error.
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V, A g'litleinati coming into thu
room of the late Dr. Barton, told him that
Mr Yowei was dead. "What," said he,
"Vowel dead ?"
Thank Crod it is neither
v nor .
NO. 52.
Lager I'lkr Scientifically Dispos-
F.n of. It would appear from the follow
ing that the "lager" is not so harmless a
tipple as has been supposed:
"Lager beer," says the Scientific Amer
ican, "on account of the long-continued
fermentation, contains less nutritive and
more alcohol than any other beer or ale
A comparison of about twenty chemical
analyses of lager and other beer shows that
in lager the alcohol is always iu excess
over the extract, while in other beer the
excess is in favor of the malt extract. In
lager the malt extract does not reach five
per cent ; so that one would be obliged to
drink two or three gallons in order to get
from this villainous food such an amount
as would be required if taken in a civilized
way. Ale often contains a larirer pereent-
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tgc 01 a icon 01 man laner, out ine malt cx-
tract is still in excess unless the ale is very
old. Certain witnesses have testified, and
courts have decided that laircr beer is not
intoxicating; but, in view of the fact that
a pint o! lager beer contains as much alco
hol as an ordinary glass of brandy, it might
be suspected that those witnesses and
courts had been indulging in lager just at
tlu: time they needed their sober judgment.
Finally, it is claimed that lajrer is a pleas-
j ant bitter tonic, stomachic, dyspeptic, &c.
Jut healthy men need no medicine ; and a
friend of ours, who prides himself 0:1 being
' an American, suggests that lagur beer 13
! too tunic."
Time and Ftkrmty. Wc step on the
earth, we look abroad over it, and itseenis
immense so does the sea. AYhat ages
Lad men lived, and knew but a portion ?
i r-l'l,ey circumnavigate it now with a speed
: under which its vast bulk shrinks. Dut
let the astronomer lift up his glass, aud
he learns to believe iu a total mass of
matter, compared with which this great
globe itself becomes an imponderable grain
of dust. And so to each of us walking
! along the road of life, a year, a day, an
ll., T..TI 4 ,1
nour suaii secui long, vs we grow oiaer
the time shortens ; but when we lift up
our eyes to look be3'oiid this earth, our
se venty years, and the few thousands of
years which have rolled over the human
races, vanish into a point : for theu fe
are measuring Time against Eternity.
Tiie Daxgbrs of Indolence. Indo
lence is one of the vices from which those
whom it once infects are seldom reformed,
liver' other species of luxury operates on
some appetite that is quickly satiated, aud
requires some concurrence of art or acci
dent which every place will not supply;
but the desire of ease acts equally at all
hours, and the longer it is indulged the
more increased. To do nothing is in every
man's power; we can never want an oppor
tunity of omitting duties. The lapse of
indolence is soft and imperceptible, because,
it is only a cessation of activity; but the
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"Set Him Back." There is a story
told of an old gentleman who made it a
rule that his children should dine at a side
table uutil they were sixteen years old, at
which age they were permitted to eat with
the older members of the family. On one
occasion, a visitor, who was aware of the
custom, observed one of the boys, who he
thought was of the requisite age, catiugat
the side-table, and asked him if he was not
sixteen years old. "Yes," said the boy,
"I was sixteen some time ago, and father
let me come to his table; and there was a
dish for dinner that I was very fond of,
but instead of beiug helped, I undertook
to help myself, and reaching too far, met
with an accident, and so ho set me back
two years."
Steamboats and Fish. Landlady,
(deferentially.) "Mr. Smith, do you net
suppose that the first steamboat created
muck surprise among the fish when it
was launched ?"
Smith, (curtly.) "I can't say madam,
whether it did or not."
Landlady. "Oh! I thought from the
way you eyed the fish before you, that
y ou might acquire some information oa
that point."
Smith, (the malicious Yillain.) "Very
likely ; but its my opinion, marm, that
this fish left its native element before
steamboats were invented."
tttT" A gentle disposition, aud extreme
frank fulness and irenerositv. have been
j ruin in a worl.ilv Fens. of lssnv a
j noble spirit. There "is a degree of cau-
j tiousness and mistrust, end a ccrtaiu (n-
sensibility and sternness , that seem es&eu-
;ai to th0 man who has to bustle through
j vvoria nnd secure his own inter-
js
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1 , f If you would learn how to boT.
' wnteh a mean man when h talk to a gen-
tlemarr of wculth:
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