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ROCERIgS.---A fresh supply of DlolaF
sa, Sugar act/ Coffee, just received stud
tar sale cheap by E. IL SUNNILIII.
S 4l: r• — "A line lot of Salt on band at
NORBSCIcS. Haying been purchased
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any other Store. in the county. $1.75 per
Salltilks Warranted to be a superior trticic.
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DEMOCRATIC AND FAMILY JOURNAL.
V.:he-11111,5e,
THE SCAR OF LEXINGTON:
BY U. T. GOULD
"My child, 'tie five-and-fifty years
This very day, this very hour,
Since, from a scene of blood and tears,
w Where %aldr fell by hostile power,
I t.,Vor retire the setting can
It. hind. the hills of Lexington ;
15 le pile and lifeless on the plain
hrutiters lay fur freedom slain!
"And ero that fight, the first that spoke
lii thanifer tones to our land, was o'er,
.druid the clouds ~f fire and smoke,
1 telt my garments wet with gore!
'Tis since that dread and wild affray,
That t-yicg. dark, eventful day,
Froin thin calm April eve au fur,
I wear upon my cheek the scar.
"IVhen thou to manhood shalt be grown,
jAnd I um gone in d-04 to sleep,
liny Freedom's still thitieown,
And thou and in quiet reap
The unhlighteci pitsluet of the toil
whieh .. n)i blood bedewed the soil:
Awl 'nose fruits thou shalt enjoy,
Beth,luk thee of this scar, my buy.
"But; altould thy country's voice Le heard
To bid her children fly to anus,
Gird on thy grand.ire'. tvin,ty iiword;
met tvlartaik,
! uu the battle tield,
1 niadt—the-itnad of 1i hl toy' n t field,
treil like moe, to t7.ti
nat bore thy: up, o iiiie kither4
rz,llliJi - to,Umuouti.
Fountain of Blood in a Cavern.
E. G. squisq.',l l ,.te...:(ni Central Ameri
ca dest•r:be :t wonderful effusion of a
fluid resembling blood. near the town of
Vittul, in the Ntute of ilimituras. It
appo.irs that there is continually oozing
and dropping the roof of a eaverii
there a red ligci,i, which, upon
cnag-uhttes so its to preeise:y resemble
blood. hike iilood, it corrupts, insects
depo•it their larvip in it. and dogs and
buzzards resort to the cavern to eat it.
Attempts have several timcs lysen mad°
to obtain s:ome of thi, liquid jar the par-
poso of analysis, but In ail cases wit Lout
success, in consequence of its ra
;I'
composition, whereby the bottles; con- Exploding Ball.
taining it were broken. The small; F.veryhody has rend of Jules Grard,
cavern, or Irrottooluring the day, is visit- the lion-killer. and .his wonderful en
ed by buz4ards and hawks, and at night counters in the juo;zles of Africa.
by a multitode of vampire bats, for the ; When Gerard cione hack to Paris the
purpose of feeiimg on the unnatural !last time front his favorite amusement
blood. It is situ:it:el on the border ofa in Africa, he suggested to Devisme, the
rivulet, which it keeps reddened with a the well-known gun-maker of the noule
small flow of the liquid, which has the / card des Italics*, the idea of inventing
color, taste, and smell of blood. In sp. I a ball that would explode wilco it ar
proachin4 the grotto. a disagreeable rived in the animal's body. The new
odor is observed, and when it is reached, ;projectile is about the size of a Minnie
there may be some pools of the apparent ; ball ; its pcnetratin,„' , force is ce 4:11 to
blow), in a state of coaplation. . The ; the common ball. Arrived ia the uni
peculmities of this liquid are consider- ; mal's burly, it explodes like a booth,
ed due to the rapid generation in this !and, of course., causes the sudden death
grotto of some very prolific species of lof the animal. If shot into the longs
infusoria. The - California State Jour- of an elephant, for example, the boll in
toil, remar!iing on the above,
observes . exploding disi.:ngage4 carbonic acid gas,
that the e.stero of the town of llontereyand the animal, which front its Size
contains a species of I
blood-red Infusoria, might otherwise survive for a short
(the larva! of water insects.) Which, at ! time, will 4.4ddenly tall asphyxiated.
certain seasons of the year, smells pre- A few days ago, a party of gentlemen
cisely like fresh fish, or, on exposure in ; aceolnpanied 'Devisee to a horse
a vessel, like putrid fish. In some sea- I slaughter-house in the environs of the
sons it has been found dried in flakes, tizy. There the new projectile was
and of.tiee intense color of vermillion. tried on five horses who were standing
—&ieatific American. tied to a fence waiting to be shot.
, They were shot in the lungs, the ball
set-When Washington was_about to ; exploded, and the animal fell dead.
visit Portsmouth, NOW Hampshire, af- ' The experiment was completely satis
ter being elected PreSident, it became a factory. Since then, M. Derisme, to
question with the town authorities by demoastrate the practicability of his
what title they should address him in new projectile as a substitute for the
his public reception, and in their doubts harpoon in the destruction of whales,
they applied to the Rev. Samuel Haven, has gouo to Havre, not with the hope
1). D. ' for advice, which he gave them that a whale would. present itself to
in the following lines : J killed, but to try the experiment on an
"Fame spread her wings and loud her artificial whale that would correspond
trumpet blow, in its resistenue to a real one. The ex-
Great Washington is near! what praise .perinient was entirely successful, and
his due? those who witnessed it assort positive-
What title shall he have ?' she paua- ly that the substitute for the - harpoon
ed and said : is found.
Not one! his name strikes every title
dead."
Embraced by a Saake.—A few days
since a son of Air. Jacob Reinhart, about
twelve wears of ago, while walking along
West Oancheague creek, near Upton,
Pa., saw a young,T lad than himself,
who had been fishing, suddenly fall
backwards into the creek. Young
Reinhart got a pole, with which he
filched the other lad out of the water
and lauded him safely, when he foLud
that a large black snake, about four
and a half teet long, was Wrapped round
the child's body ilk pocket knife
soon freed the latter from the snake's
embrace, and he suffered no further
damage than a bath and a good fright.
Sotnebotly advertises for agents
to sell a work entitled " llymonead In
structor." The best Hymeneal instruc
tor we know of is a young widow.
What she don't know there is no use
learning.
sirOf all the projects of reformers
and enthusiasts, no ono has done 8o
much to enlarge the sphere of woman
in a practical way as 114 m) .
GETTYSBURG, PENN'A.: MONDAY, AUG. 3, 1R57.
A Substitute for Gold.
here is a discovery, unrivalled since
the Phrygian king was gifted with the
power of transmuting all he touched in
to the precious metals. And by the way,
we think the discovery of gold in Cali
fornia has operated pretty much as the
conceded nainelt, of Midas did—it has
`C'hanged everything we attctupt to cat
' into gold, and we must find a new Pac
tolus in the West to remove the elects
of the fatal present. The Boston Trim
eta that ()ride is the nante of a
new mt\tal which has recently made its
appearance tinder a French patent,
granted id' this country in March la t.
It resemble\gold in many respoetf, and
may be used 'f.tf a pare condition, or as a
base for gold Plating. Its cost is about
eighty cents per pound, and yet its ap.
pearance is such st!tat it would- reatEly
ho taken for g,,f1 , 1 most c tsual oft.
servers. It is not a - • 4 :11.,. twttil, but a
compound of several Morals, r,, , tined to
such a degree tha't it \Fat not easily
oxolize or tarnish. Tice e trutlities
make it a valuable ar.,•:kltioa to the
metallic arts. WhLt:i tost4 , l with nitric
arid, ebullition takes pia .e, but no spot
remains. This girth ty,though v.i:a4bl.~
for ntensils, makes it a clan rots met
al for dishonest It c. 1,1 IL!
in counterfeiting. gold so roa 11,v, that
it frill lA' exce:fdine.ly •a!t to detect
/counterfeit from true coin. Whett
placed side by shit.. with 1:ohl. is re luires
( close scrutiny to de, ids w hi, it is gold
and wl,ich oriels. In Franee,: , law has
already been pasted to prevent :roads,
by compelling, tinder sevens p nnitics
for nenlect,all maanraettirers “Oridc!"
to stamp the word upon the articles
proflucel. A mannfaetorY has reeent
ly-iteen started at IVaterbary, coton..e
tient, capable of turning out any quan
tity of the new metal. It is said t au t
a great deal of the late imported gold
( chased ware is nothing buVoritle ! It
has already made aff...iaranee in
connterfeit coin oat' West. A moat
having, so nfany or the cita-net.‘ri , ticg
ses.n tied its w:• , .• to ti,e
hands or men. The yui
' need - to he on their •r.l tt the par
' (•iitt.e goi , l
•^lt,is tot
a m•dal t7;44fornia wlo cos:, butt
tciLd cents pt.r . ronn,l: it Nvolli•I
be quit,? as ca-y 1 -,, r a d ma n to
inix. the cheap nia , erial with tin costly.
It is likely, however. that se:ctive
furnishing a combination of metals so
us e f u l, will al.() furnish a detector
against its use as a counterfeit. Na
ture is always true to itself, and 'the
ability to create so valuable and y e t
(whe.n nsed dishonestly) so dangerous
an article, argues the ahility to produce
that which shall be a sate: tuned t 3 the
public against the dislemost purpose.
Meanwhile, it is quittclik,AY that till
the citutliti,a4 of tlo metal are better
knov, n, the public w ill be locust. v. °lay
cheated.
ILIeS,
EMI
IteL.Not less than fifty German prin
cesses are ofan age to be married; and
hence, of course, looking out in the
matrimonial market. On the other
hand, there are not more than half a
dozen continental princes who are of
au age befitting the expo•tants. Among
these are the Cone, of Flaniers and
Georze of Saxony, both heirs
apparent of tiirtyies; Prince Napoleon,
Prince William of Baden, and two or
three others of minor note.
lar"Boy," said an ill-oniperod olrl
fellow to a noisy la 1, " what arc von
hollerin' for when I ant pa,ing by
" Humph," returned tho boy, "what
are you going by for when I'm bob
lerin'l"
NW - There is a Mall iu West Troy
who has so much of the )nilk of human
kindness that he is obliged to water
it, for fear that ho should be so be
nevolent as to give away all his prop
erty.
writ no sin were punished here, no
providence Would bil.believed ; if every
sin were punished here, uo judgnieut
would be expected.
"TRUTH TS' MIGHTY', ANT) WILL PREVAIL."
A French Trick.
We find this in a French clarrempon
dent'4 letter to a Southern. journal :
1 " dear." nsl“‘,.l yoang Puri' lady
to a tin de friend, " do yin] klieve that
nli. , erly X. would lend methroc thousand
francs r'
X. was the name of a well known
sporting man.
" it tlepcucis on chance," was the
answer.
"flow 4hall I , 4-r •
" Take a lien and
[v dear AlCred-1 have been Ilkap
pniit.tc4l in the u')ii-receipt or :44, 11w i n o, le y
this morning. (',.:11.1 3 119 I ring HIV thi. 4
evo:ting fr.m(4, and at
the , :tmo tim.• rlirve a pkenqtint I have
just ree,.ivetl? Fats cs-rt r.."
" Awl do you Lelivve," Nai.l she, w
ho letter W. 1,4 scut, " tirlt I khan 11:1Ve
711 , ,VeV ?"
"11 . itli that rut ' , m you'll not
,art a ~~r..
«':•y did Tun make me write it
th
" Becatig(s it waft nereftary that a
first note slintit,i precede u !le e°
yuti 'quiet-A:m(l,r"
.. No."
"'Ciike your pen."
•' \flint write iozain ?"
"Three line.t only."
"Nfr (tear A lired—Thiqk or rte note
ir,t, z-vot. j ugt utlor I Inul
(-I it. I ro•civ -1 my twwwv. 1)..0't for
11.)‘‘ovcr. :rn.l stip with me.
Thi, letter wn, Netit like the first
"Now -Pe w",l happi.:l," sai , l
tllo lady frien4l. "Alfro,l will Ici.rn'inut
to lir V. rot•Nvt.4l vow.. :.ecowl letter, and
a .1 0 , w g ‘nero,ity
n no 112 , ,ncy. Tho
re-t If."'
All 1; is: executo , l 9ePorlin. , to form,
the ipor:inur m ut 0,-.;ll;intlr otivred the
furec thotti-Ati4l Intuoz., emtviiiee(l they
von-C-1 It.)t .1 ; hut to In hor
eur t:. i,.. , •k•••tt 1 610 :11.)110V.
:t 11 I I I ) adj. 1.1 I ,i.;!!`1:' "01 'CIA ill° 1111 -
Ci.. I "; ,i 11 ' . • r• s.tt
Dlscovory.
(1 , 1 , , if Ct. t't • 1' ,st
:,," :Ai • I,l'
ESN
t\ .1 1 1 ,1. 1
:1 . !; ork on N. , i \VII : (11
evon h v tore the
1.!" the ::1•1 or printing. Ile is
no‘r e , lif . ) log the of modern
times, by puhltslling.this curious pro
duction in the at the rate of a
chapter n flay. As a rpeciinen of its
tersetn-: and pmtandi...y. V. copy the
f.)llovving elinpte:', trent ing upon a, va
riety nt the hoinan li has
eau-r.( te,,uhle in this part
0 f the N e,..-1,1 0 1 commonly called
••.111))..0:"
I'll —l•e 7,a,no6re
1-t.r:t•th from a farr
oft crottitt:e. lio vi not cotaelie to
luoke vp.,, , . lic V \ trot vvork,
it; 1,0 v".ith !,11'11).!? , .--TllOl% . ht.
refitcl tlt. t t 1 ot:i:ir!!t:':‘ o that ye Illrick
untooro 11:1:.•;11 Ftwt!, , , i t, v.; therel,ve
Letter ttt mn yo ?,alv-i•r nevcr
the les4. otiter3 f 10.3 trum thys bc
lvcf. 11.)vvIwit, ut weve.., vvitli:d. I
(I , v thyok. forti•t- opinion quite
th:ttt Ntalcor vvill
hot he Ityla and ivo salv.tge vvell cared
fur vu vu owk, tit
lilack:.rno,orc r, • S, ;th nvveh at yn
sovitfle ()lye Fy , l , 1 sorer 'he
imtreth ve rn-pau.k htotight
vvaie J . :diet!' he to skypping
ivko veto 0:4 , o vv yl.
everthels..4,' he verve vsefvl
Etmylle.
.t.-2 - Sonv? peop!e eompinin that they
have no friends; bit they might as
wolf co,nplain that they have no clothes;
tiwy h:n•c simply ic u•n f/0.,9 out! Dr.
John.on said, "a iu•ui should keep his
friendships in repair," and ho !poke like
a philosopher, as li;‘. was. Q.►e route:
roußf would vou eat year cake and yxt
keep it? would Yon spend your shillings
and still hear them jingle in your pock
et? would you use y utr fiends up by
incessant and mil ea-ion:dile demands
upon their good will, and still have as
many friends as betirv? The idea is
preposterous; and yet you complain or
the fickleness of friends and thi instabil
ity Whitman affection: Judge Olin, of
Vermont, being asked the secret of his
political influence in that State, an
swered "By rurely using it." And
that's the way ft-sensible man keeps his
friends: by seldom using them. He
keeps them lovingly and carefully, as
ho would a precious old coin of gold,
which ho esteems not merely for its
market value, and only uses it in the
last cuiergency .- Boston Post.
distinguished ,Georgia lawyor
says, that in bisyounger days he taught
a boy's school, kud ropiiring the' papas
to write toraposttions;he sometimes re
ceived some of a very peculiar sort, of
which the following was a sample:--
"On industry.—lt is a bad thing for a
man to be idol. Industry is the best
thing a man can have, and a wife i s th e
next. Prophets and kings desired it
long, but died without the site. The
end." llero is another:— 'On the sea
soas.—There are•four seasons—spring,
tiuminer, autumn and winter. They
aro all pl,..tsant. Sonic people may
like spring bust; hitt as for me, give
me liberty or gi,ve one death. The end."
p-. 1 ragged indivitl nal was sainted
a few days since by a little urchin, thus :
"I say, you, sir, don't you belong to
the army r' No 7' was the indignant
reply. Well," said the boy, "I thought
that you did, as you are out underarm."
'Kirlf Jive uad a t►alf yards make a
perch, how many' will maize a trout ?
Ansl tkictia, if two litigaheads make a
pipe, how wally will make a cigar.
On Thursday, Mr. Edward B. More.
house, Police Clerk in Judge Cornell's
Court, came into Court from his dinner,
anti fonnd a lady waiting to see hint on
some office business, she being complain
ant in a case beton) the Court.
A young man, well known about the
Police Court of Brooklyn, hearing it re
ported by some, the officers of the Court
(In je.t) that She u as looking for a law
yer, inlmediately commenced importan
ing her to employ him to conduct her
case.
"t...."'
Mr. Morehouse happening to content
at that moment, and neting the lady's
peepkxhif• pl*itiOn, she evidently wish
log to ridliel , :eif of M.+ annoying pre's
mice, told him (the voting sprig of the
law) to clear out ant - I
let the lady alone.
The said limb, however, paid no at
tention to Mr. Morehouse's command,
hut Lopt on talkirig to the woman, when
M r . M., losing his patience, at length
threw an old 'hook at him, which hap
pened to lie on the desk.
Th
.rather nettled the limb, who
shortly afterward left the court, mid
nothing more was said or thought on
the sulject by Mr. Morehouse, until, on
going-into his office on Friday morning,
he discovered a note directed to him,
lying on bis desk, containing the follow
ing:
E. R. :—in presence
of several pi•rsons ye.iter,Liv you gave
me a rt•ry St.t•l'MS insult. rkt it pas.,
i)o(.:utsw it was in Court. I now de
mand au apology, or by heavens some
thing serious may happen.
A. 11., Atuirney at Law.
N. B.—lf you ran not upologi.e, n:uno
your tiuic and weapons by return of
111 r. 3f orehnu4e,nn reading the above,
together with thfiNe in the Court room
at the time, enjoyed a hearty litti7h. and
then wrote hint the following re-ply:
!Tv. IhrnAct rh r :—Your ehal
lon7 reeeired, and all I have to ~ay
in nnktv - or ;4' ; 6.0 i \\ dl h 1 in the Park,
in tl.e , rear of the City Hall. at tt
on Satin. lay ummetig, with two hustles
of Pop. di-•tan-e ihrty the holder
of the hot:le tix ((irk of \Odell pumps
;1, 0 hi L :he,t on they string tieing eut, to
pay tie., shots tot tnr crowd.
, 1"•'ll,: It) di,-
)r ter seruling this answer to Mr.
11fr. Morehouse went before
Jnstiee Voorhies and sued out t war
raw, against him, on which he was ar
rested and bold to bail in the sum of
F. 500 to keep the peace towards More
house for one yea r. —N. Y. Ex presB,loth.
b. - a - The Loyal editor of the Lynch.
bur l : Virginian puldi•hes the folinwin4,
and gays he has tried it unit found it a
g.) Al remedy :
" Tu cure a pain in the brett , ,t, pro
(•111't' 3 well mile.ilk or woolen Ire
e , itially well yon.tructed wo
man in=ide of it—and press close to the
part affeeted.—ltepeat the dpnliestion
till the pain Yeases. receint, when
the diruetions are earetidly uh , erVed,
rarely been known to tail to etTeet
!4 :1 care The medicine is found in ainto4t
every household, and may possibly cost
a tritlo."
Preft A ineriran (:,nllintent.—" Yo nr
Englisi ladies
are very handsome," said
a young American gentlemen to Mr.
Punch.
Your -American girls are exqui•,ite-
Iv lovely," returned Mr. Punch, scorn
ing to ba outdone in eourtesy.
'• Aye, girti, that is true; but they
fall ()If as they count years. So, you
see, your women carry oft the palm,
and; what's more, it's a palm that will
boar a date."
"Bless'em all:" said Ur. Punch pious.
" Let's liquor."
lErA friend of ours dined out the
other day,, and having iiu i too
maeh after dinner, rose to take his de
parture. Tho dining-room was oti the
second ilgOr, and he walked oat of one
of the windokcs, mistaking it for the
door. Lackity he wa4 not much hurt,
and on piekin,g himself up he havagcly
remonstrated ;with his host for having
"such confounded long steps up to his
front door." through which he cones:iv
t-xl 'aims& to hove passed.
Right, beet Dratchaeb.—" Glad to see
you, Monsieur envier," said one of the
forty of thoi French Academy, "we
have just finished a definition which we
think qui satisfactory, but upon which
we would lie to have your opinion.
We have defining the word crab,
and have explained it thus : Crab, a
small, rod ash, which walks back
wards.'" "Perfect, gentleman," said
envier, "only I will make ono small
observation in natural history: the
crab is not a fish, it is not red, and it
does not walk backward. With. these
exceptions, your definition is excellent!'
—rnglish paper.
031" The' velocity of light, nedorehg
to 7lerrse6el, is a million of miles in 'Eve
minutes, requiring 40,00 yearg to reaeh
the earth. .
SarA down east,.wlitor advises iris
roadera, if they wifth to gut talk histited
gratis, to go and steal trait were his
wateh-dog is on guard.
True glory takes root, and over
spreads; all &Ise pretenocs, like tlo worry
tall to the ground; nor can auk = counter
feit last long.
se-Somebody says there is a decided
difference between perseverance and ob
stinacy. One is a strong will and the
other is a strung won't.
var• The musket that kicked the boy
over has been :wrested and made to
give bail. The plea that it was cock
ed" at the time, was ruled °Lauf court.
Challenge to Fight a DueL
11.1()Itr.1101. - gr
Good vs. Bad Breed of Hogs.
Reader, did you ever sec tt shonot l!iie
.
rnotinz kick up every tiow i..,...1l hi
- nose into the grontril, trviwz to
stand on hi, head ? If so, don't lin v
him; he will not prove a profitablo
feeder. We might call these u sub-soii
variety.
Did you ever• see a ling that would
grab an ear of corn and run n quarter of
a mile before he would !Atop to cat If
so, beware. We 'will place than
the same category, and for the sake of
di.stinc•tion We will call them the Elm
peelers. Did you ever see a tall, :4,►b
sided, long leggol. razor ba,•k t yl breed
that were always hungry. and when
opportunity required, would entail up
to \s hero the rails hi the fence were
some dist-Awe apart and then either
slip through :t crack or thri‘v oft a few
rails and jump over If so, don't pur
chap unless you are a small farmeraml
e•an't possibly Guild etirn rruw. W e
might perhaps, call these tree sellers ur
else barn btu•uers.
Did yea ever see a slim, dead alive
kind of thing' that would get so boor as
to he obliged to trot before and canter
behind when required to get up motion
and still not die; its eyes both coating
out at the same hole, or at least so near
it that the host appeared eross-eyell ?
f so, let ns pass the dismal-picture.—
All these breeds may be described as
tollows : Long e;trs, large, heavy heads,
long and thick legs, a streak cf leau
underneath a thick gristle, and that
covered with it thick, tough hide, with
abundance of bristles, and in tine a great
amount of offal of every description.
Such animals have no thriftiness, nn
capacity to fatten, and very'little about
them that is digestible after they are
Considering the number of hatcs that
are raised annually - in the linited,States,
and especially as so malty depend al
most exclusively on the hog crop )or the
money they need,' is it not wonderful
that so few persons take pains to obtain
the b,.?st varieties ? Suppose you have
to give S 2 or even for a pair of
pigs to beizin 11 itit. Is this an iti , r.ffer.
able obstacle ? I answer no. .110111 , t.•
less you may propuro :t good breed for
le,.s money, hut let u , look at the prac
tical pre , :t',on the • of economy, and
see how long it would take it to pay at
these figures. Suppt:se you have 100
hogs of the alligator or land pike breed
which you sell at 85 per hundred. 150
lbs. at twelve months old will he about
all you can make them weigh. Here
yon have 87.59.
Again take 100 hogs of a good breed
which will weigh at the same age and
with less feed 25) lbs. - Here von have
812.50; making a clear profit of $5,
without taking into account the save
in feeding, which would no doubt 11
the profits to a much larger amount
A bog that has to be kept more than
one Zvi titer before fatten-ing, will eat his
head off in all cases. Henna the most
profitahle kinds will he finnal in those
hogs which attain the greate.,t Rt
(without extra attuntion,i 2 from 1: . to
18 months.
Pick for n Ito! , with a small. clean
heaft, rather small bone, body low to
the ground, long and square; 11.1. as full
and round; disposition quiet and pleas
ant. Such a bog will always insure a
good return. If you can conc., across
such .hogs, whether called licrkshirej
Woburn, Suffolk, (ii.azier or what not,
get some and try them. They will not
disappoint you.
A word to the wise is sufficient.—
Valley Farnwr.
Large Wheat Gnarere.—A. , •entleman
who seemed to• be conversant with the
facts, has inform-1 the Fredcricks . burg
Herald that Richard Baylor. Esq.,
would make on his Sandy Iloint, estate.
lying along James River,
Ga ,, helz4 of wheat this A - 1 , 1
that, Mr. Allen, whose estate or estates
border on the same river, would make
thirty thousand bushels of wheat! Mr.
Allen is represented to have 'trade
much as 25,000 bushels heretofore. We
presume he is one of the larg. , st wheat
growers in the State. Mr. Baylor has
also a __tatate on the itappahau
k some 5,000 acres, if our memory
serves us correctly, and in all probabil
ity grows more wheat and corn than
any other man in Virgiuia.—llicisutotui
Whig. •
The Dark Rule of A ilatranony.—Latelr,
a slave in the West Indies, who had
been married to another slave by one
of - the missionaries, at the cud of three
weeks brought his wire back to the
clergyman, and desired him to take her
again. The clergyman asked what •tvjts
the matter with herr "Why, msgsa,
she no good. Thelxink says, !she obey
me. • She no wash my clothes. r She po
do what I want her to do." The min
ister said : Bat the hook says, you were
to take her for better or for worse."—
"Yes, magma, but she all worse, and no
better. She hab too much worse, and
no good at all."
An Old Drum.—On ()finly,
the editor of the Iriliedgeville (Ga.)
Recorder had )n his handb a th•itia that
was beaten at the battles of Saratoga,
Vowpens and Eutaw Sprim.ts. The
Savannah Volunteer Guards are thAt
fortunate possessor' of this revolution
ary relic, rendered more sacred said
dear to the American soldier from the
Net that in each battle, victory perched
upon the American Standard. To give
vent to his patriotic feelings at the
pleasing incident, the editor drank to
the memory of the old patriot" who
beat that drum in the "times that tried
meu's souls."
M.. 1 lama had a sign np. "Clp:
ladies' s [1(11. for sale here." lie r:
that not a lady entered his'zt'or.:•
wonder—the ladies don't Id at° et Ha
ed cheap, but dear:
Pride breakfasted with Plenty,
dined with Poverty and supped with
_
TWO DOLLglig
Afit Ptimti-4
ib n u i r s Without Eniolutnents.—A, ;
"try man -down east," knowing
eou'..l be clect6l to a captaincy if Lc
would consent to a nomination, eall'e('•
upon a neighbor who had formerly ser.-
(Ain that capacity, to ascertain 1). •
()dice was ono of pecuniary profit. II
ing told by the retired veteran. that I,•
had.hell the office for five ears
saved 8500, he gladly accepted t',•
nomination, and was' chosen captain 1 .
his company. After three years' can:
paigning, in the way of "compun,t
training" and "general musters," Ind
big his office to be a heavy bill of ex
inlise instead of a source of profit,' h
eallcd on his Ohl friend again for infor
mation as to how he had saved baln,
while he himself lost SEA by the suite
" Why," replied the old captain,
" 1 was worth just $l,OOO when I was
olok•teql ; I held the office live years, and
lost ssuo by it ; so I resigned, and sure:
the other jive hundred ."'
1116 Y -Sol. Jones was a stage driver , fc
many years before the Railroads L.
be: nne plentiful, and he has 1011 m.
y:11.10ns oecnpations since. 1-lis prin6-
pal employment non is drinking strong
liquors, and his nose reflects constantly
the "everlastinglontire." 'One (la . .
last week, Sol stelMsed into one of oar
fashionable restaurants, and called for
brandy. The decanter was handed to
him. and he poured out a tumbler full.
With a look of aversion at the water
pitcher, whieh was standing near, he
tossed off the brandy, and set down his,
glass with a strong expression of disgus •
upon his humorous emntonance. "Any
thing the matter with that brandy F'
inquired the bar-tender. " Yes,"
the gruff reply. "What ails it?" asice
"`Shy, d—n it," quid
" I kin taste the water in it!"
Cornerel 110.—" What has brougiA
you here'!" • said a lone woman who
"was quito " ilustrated," the other morn
ing. by an early call front a bachelor
neighlior•who lived opposite and 10,
was regarded with peculiar favor.
"I came to borrow matches r' •
" Matches! that's a likely star;
why don't you make a match yc
bell'? I know what you eamo
cried the exasperated old virgin, as sh
backed the old bachelor into a corner—
" you came here to kiss one I But you
without you are the strongest.
and the Lord knows yon are l"
1==:I=1
per-" Wasn't that a waste of powder?"
said an Irishman to a.Kontuelcian, who
hail just brought a coon to the ground
from a large tree.
IVliv .40 f - wilted) h., }meter.
"Snit. the fall weiil 4 l a kilt kiln:"
_They are,n, deeply religions' p,ll
- in 'l:Lode !bland, if the followipg lr
try:"
A l'ultne , cticitt schoplmaster.asked t
i 13(i from " liuw malty
t , Llicro:'L
, uf.
I Tim I.oy, of ter scratching his
.:01w time, rcplied : "I don't •know ho
many you've got in Connecticut, bu
We have none in Rhode . • -
aci,..A lady riding in the care a fv:v
Weeks since, found herself seated by,th:
Sulu •
ot an old matron, who was oxec,l
jingly deaf. " Ma'am," skid. she, :
high tone, "did you ever try eteetri'
tv?" " What did you say. Silas?" ‘•
at•ked you if you ever tried electricit .
. for Your deafness?" " Oh, yes, nal:,
; it's only last summerf got stily!
tif;htriimr, bat I digit sou as it did
me a bit of good."
=I
A faNtidinam berarden, at a 'cheap'
establishment in Net► York, lately q•
peared at the table, when a rather nu.
savory ham presented itself fur di4eus
shin. It looked well, but sit:lithe hear
der Olds host, how terrible it smells!'
"Nell," replied the keeper, " what
that Y Take bold, man, you come t•
the table to eat your victuals, nut t',
smell 'cm."
CarA young man having preachol
for Doctor Emmons one day, was aunt
ions to get a word of applause for hi
labor of love. The grave Doctor, how
ever, did not introduce the subject, an.:
his young brother was obliged to l%:tit
the hook for him. "I hope, sir, 1 dic
not weary your people b,y the-length 0.,
my sermon to-day." so, sir, ugt, a..
all: nor by its depth, either."
siirTo a fond mother whoa° clad
dr4m were at the time making theumkr.
diftagreeablo, a gentleman 01t3en4.41, '
have a decided preference for had elt,i.-
dren, madam." "110 w strattgu, zto
pray for what reagon'f" said she. Ikt-it.'
cause they are always bent out uri,bk.
room."
then): what's your bil
ry ; wlore arc you going?"
"(:(iiiig? I'm running fora() office•. 4
IVhat ()Mee?"
," Ttie Squire's office; darn it, I•''
suod."
&env in Court.—La wyer—.. Where
you live ?"
Witriess—" With Frank."
Lawyer—" Where does frank
WitiiusK—" With. tau."
Lawyor—" Wituro do you both livc Z '
Wittießs--" Tvet her." ,
11Ei-The, ,pt -t, tic
i ticks the houtilhat lite.
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