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A VALUABLE LIMESTONE FARM,
At Public Sale.
/11IIF: Heirs of JAMES Berme, deceased.
I will offer at Public Sale, on the pretnisei.
ou Wedneeday, the 11th day of November next,
ut l'o'clack. P. Al.. -
T-HE FARM,
of said deceased, situated in Carroll's Tract,
Adams county, Pa., 8 miles west of Gettys
burg and 2 miles north of Fairfield, adjoin
ing, lands of John and Daniel Mickley, James
Donaldson, John Rhea, and others, contain
-410.27 ACRES and 132 PERCHES, of
Patented Wm& with a fair proportion of
Meadow and Timber land. The improvements
onasist of a Two-story STONE
HOUSE, with Back-building, ;
snit a well of neverfailing water - ".; tr t
at . the door y
• .Blacksmith Shop •' _ - •
n Double Log Barn with Sheds, Corn Crib,
and a well in the Yard—also, running water
through the Farm. There is n variety of
fruit trees and an excellent ORCHARD on
the premises. The land is in a go od state of
cultivation, being principally a Limestone
soil, with an abundant quarry of stone and a
substantial lime kiln Lut recently erected.
ma-Persons wishing to examine the prop
erty prior to the sale will call upon one of the
heirs, residing thereon.
Diir Terme made known on day of sale.
Oct. 5, 1657. is . THE HEIRS.
Public Sale.
MILE Subscriber, intending to quit farming,
will Nell at Public Sale, at his residence,
in Butler township, Adams (minty, one mile
from Arendtsville, on Friday, at 13th day
t f f Nortniber ist.rf, the fulluwing Personal
Property, viz:
T W ORSES,
1 Yearling C.,lt, 4 Cows, 4 head of Young
Cattle, 5 Fnt llogs, 6 Swats. Suw and pip,
9 head of first-rato Sheep : Winnowing Mill,
Ploughs and Harrow, Shovel Ploughs, Corn
Fork, Hay Ctrriagv, S'els , Curu by the
bushel, and Hay by the ton.
Also, Homier - 1,4d and Kitchen Furniture,
Ruch tm Tables, Chairs, Berbarads, a first-rate
Hathaway Cooking Stove, a Ton-plate Stove,
Iron Kettle, and many other articles too nu
..
morons to mention.
kir Sole toc mninence nt 10 o'clock. A. M.,
on gail) t day, when attendance will be given
and tottns Wade known by
JOHN lIOFF3Lk.N.
Oct. 12, 1857. Am
Election.
, BANC 01 GETTYS`JUSG,
October 15, leiL7.
NOTICE is hereby given to the Stockheld
± era in the Bonk of Gettysburg, that an
Election for THIRTEEN DIRECTORS, to
serve one veer, will be held at the Banking
house, on . Monday, theltith day of Xoreniber
next.
A general meeting of the Stockholders will
be held at the same time.
J. B. MTH ERSON, Cashier.
Oct. 19, 1867. td
- To Collectors.
/VIE Collectors of Taxes in the different
-I- townships in Adams county are hereby
notified, that they era required to make collec
tion of Tale*, and to pay the same over to the
Treasurer of the county, on or licfore the lettit
day Nneetnter nest.
Iktir After the first Monday in December no
exonorations can be granted on Military Taxes.
GEORGETITERS,
11. A. PICKING.
JOSIAH B WiNER,
Attest—J. M. WALTER, Clerk.
Ott. 26. 1&57. td
Jurors—Nov. Term.
GRAND i Car.
Huntington—Jonas Johns, Jesse Johns.
Cumberland.—Joseph B.►ilo, Cornelius Lott.
Monntpleaaant—Samuel Menges, Philip Hem
ler.
Hamilton—Michael Dellone.
Oxford—Alex. limes, John Stock, Henry
Kuhn.
Conowago—John Rahn.
Mountjoy—David 'Luck, Jacob Palmer.
Beading--Michael Bushey, Jacob Rains.
Geramny--George Gender, Rufus Dottera.
Menallen—John McKendrick, Henry Reamer.
Union--Martin Grove.
Berwick—Duniel Bucher.
Latimore—Christian Chrunister.
Gettysburg—Samuel Weaver.
Liberty—Gregory P. Topper.
GINZIAL JeltY
TinntingtonTrancis CuaLson, Arnold Gar d
• nor, Leonard M'Elwee, Win. B. Brandon,
Jacob B. Miller, Wm. M'Glitry, Thos. E.
:Gardner, Wm. B. Gardner, Warner Town
send.
mberland—David Horner, Jew Sharretts,
Win. Ross, Daniel Heintselman, Henry
Butt, John F. Curren, Win. Allison.
iOrtird—Pate; Diehl.
union--Enoeh Leferer, Henry %tells', John
Hostetter, jr.
Gertnamr--Geo. Hesson, Abraham Bankert,
Jacob Monk.
BerWiek—Michael Crist, David Hollinger,
Henry Bittinger,Sanuel Horner, Jeremiah
Bender.
Menallen--Samnel Swope.
pettysbur g —Wm. Smith, Wm. Stallamith.
Geo=er.
Gortow aoob Dellone. John L. %barns?.
tor, Jesse Waltman.
Hamiltonban—Henry Landis, Wm. Bowling,
John Bennett, James H. Marshall.
Straban—lsaac F. Brinkerhoff, Edward Mor
itz.
Latimore—Tames Gardner, Allen Robinette.
itarnilton--Jacob Hartman.
Muuntpleasantv—Se.muel Hilt.
Tyrone—John Eichol ts .
Reading—henry Rummell, James Townsend.
NEW FIRM.
Family Groceries and Confections.
rIpHE undersigned have purchased the Gro
ir,.• ocry Store of E. H. IHNNIGH. on the
Northwest corner of the Diamond, formerly
Outlined by A. B. Kurtz, where they invite
the attention of all wbo msy wish Groceries,
csiigoutions, Fruits—Coffee, Tea, Sugary., Mo
hr* Salt, Starch, Soda, Spices of all kinds,
Lesions, Figs,"Almonds, he. Also, aline as
sortment of chewing and smoking Tobacco,
2fivis, Snuff, ac
ss+zanjeir 17 - Country Produce ta
rimpoi,-;
lake
7,
1857. W M. BOYER SON.
A DEMOCRATIC AND FAMILY JOURNAL.
411itot.
THE OLD NAID
BY ILINA Aunt Beowxr.
Alas! alas ! for the summers Itiwn !
For the beautiful joys that 1 hare known!
Oh, fur the hours, sublime with yo"uth
Wo 1 fur the ruined shrine of truth!
One eve my lover said to m►,
In the murmurous shade of a gardsn tree—
Holding my hand and smoothing my hair,
Kissing my eyes and forehead fair—
All the sweets of all the hours—
All the birds and bees and flowers—
All the suns that ever shone—
All the wiude that have ever blown—
All the dim seas that dreaming lie
Under the arch of the summer sky—
All the glorious morns that wake—
All the splendor of hues that break
On the starry coasts of the eve divine,
O'erflown with the sunset's purple wine—
Were loci (sr half, not half so bright
As my own heart's Mabel is to-night!
Si be talked while the shadows fleet
Ran under the woods, and under the wheat !
Alas! alas' for the summers gone,
And the beautiful guise my youth put on
Willie is married, and I am alone,
Counting my heart breaks, one by one.
Willie is married to Nellie Gray,
-Ind I am alone in the world to-day,
The saddest thin g, that w•as ever horn,
A drear old maid, forsaken, and loin!
Two children frolic at Willie's kree,
And one, the fairest. he cal/s fur me !
She has my girlhood's eyes and mouth,
But not the sorrow that stunned my youth!
Oh. Willie! when countless years have flown
And God shall roll the sorrowful stone
From the grave of the dead past, and the light
Of his awful justice makes all things bright—
When starry crowned, and glorified, '
We dwell iu his presence side by side,
Where the flowers of the soul fade not awas,—
Will you love use best, or Nellie Cray?
O Th.
Elisha Kent Kane.
EEMITA K F.,!T K ANE.—A .Biog,rhphy•
By WILLIAM ELDER.-1 vo.
E=IIMISME!!
" The name of Elisha K. Kane has
passed into history, the history of
science and heroic adventure," says Dr.
Elder, his biographer. It has. Kano
was eminently the martyradventurer
of his own time. INot even Franklin,
in pursuit of whom be devoted his life,
deserves so much merit. Fur Sir John
Franklin went out, as a British officer,
to traverse the unpathed waters of the
hyperborean sea, whereas Dr. Kane
was a self-devoted voyager, partly in
duced to become a., by an irrepressible
desire to plunge into adventure, how
ever daring, and partly by strong feel
ing's of humanity. Arctic voyaging has
hail ninny fascinations for the enthusi
astic mind, during the last forty years.
Parry and Bccehcy, Ross and Scoresby,
Richardson, and Mae Clare have all
been tempted into it, and, latest and
most distinguished, the prowess of Kane
crowns the record, an throws light up
on it. lie perished—a martyr to the
cause into which he had thrown him
self. - Twice did ho go forth upon the
noble mission of humanity—the second
time his state of health was such that
he was fitter for a sick room than for
the exertion, vicissitudes, and dangers
of such a voyage: But Mind was in
the ascendant; it carried him through . ;
it gave him energy to write that bust
book'of travels which the present cen
tury-has produced ;—it sustained him,
while receiving the well-merited homage
which Europe did herself honor in
cast
ing at his feet,—it remained undimmed
and active even to the last sad hoar,
when the mortal &unmed his immor
tality.
In intensity of purpose, which no
obstacles could weaken or successfully
oppose, we find the secret of Kane's
conduct, the motive power which ruled
his career, and the cause of his success.
Like Crescendos,
He would dare
The deadliest form that Death could take,
And dare it for the daring's sake.
That was Kane. How t was is shown
in his biography, which, with his whole
heart in the work, Dr. Elder has writ
ten cpn amore. We have a biography
worthy of its subject. The narrative
is remarkably lucid. There is no at
tempt at what is called fine writing
The man himself is exhibited to us. We
trace him up from his earliest years, and
see how completely was fulfilled in him
the declaration of Wordsworth, that
"The Child is father of the Man."
The manner in which we are admit
ted to view the interior springs of ac
tion, in Kane's life, is most creditable
to Dr. Elder's artistica' skill. Greatly
resembling his mother in personal ap
pearance, as well as in mental organiza
tion, Dr. Kane was one in whom the
elements were finely mixed. We pre
sent the opening chapter of the Biogra
phy in full. We shall take our extracts
from other portions of the book. In
the present notice we pass little beyond
his entrance into manhood. The lead
ing characteristic of his life was energy
--concentrated, in . his youth, upon
ninety-nine things out of a hundred, the
hundredth being neglected or disliked,
because it was imperative. For this
GETTYSBURG, PENN'A.: MONDAY, NOV. 9. 1857.
young, fresh mind never brooked con
trol. At school, whether ho learned or
was ignorant, young Kane brooked no
superior, shrank from no danger. Of
vices he literally had mine, bet he did
not like being commanded. After he
left school his Will carried him, as a
conqueror, through the studies ho had
neglected. He went to the University
of Virginia, where he remained eighteen
months, and laid in a large store of in
formation. Yet, even there, and thus
ca Iy, he had a heart disease, which
sub3equently killed him. Languages,
practical science, natural history, ma
thematics, literature—he ran through
them all, and how well, lot his Voyages
declare. Self-culture he severely ap
plied, in his own way. At the ago of
eighteen ho was compelled to leave the
University—that fatal heart-disease
even then was in his system. lie ex
pected death, and'sVas prepared for it.
He struggled with Disease, and that
strong Will of his carried him through.
Re pursued his medical studies, and in
October, 1840, ore he had taken his de
gree, er attained the ago of twenty-one,
he was Resident Physician in the Penn
sylvania Hospital, Blockley—health.
still delicate, determidation strong.—
"In the spring of 1841," says Dr. Elder,
"a few months after ho attained his
majority, and a year before he gradu
ated, he was installed ono of the Senior
Physicians Resident at Blockloy."
Soon after he graduated as the foremost
student of the class, and the Faculty
gave their approbation to his Thesis,
and their request for its publication.—
His biographer says :
"This man was singularly fitted,
mentally and morally, for discovery in
natural science.
"The 'die-in-the-harness' resolution
was in full play, as we have seen, during
the year and a half of hospital service
and study at Blockley. Several times
it seemed to be near its finishing fulfil
ment : the doctor was more than once
carried home on men's shoulders to be
nursed, and returned again to his
offrcial duties and scientific pursuits
at the earliest moment of adequate
strength.
";Ilut it was not all desperation that
deterniir.ed him to labor in spite of pain.
It had become apparent that his system
would not brook repose ; rest waS not
his remedy; unintermitting activity
was proved, on fair trial, to be his best
medicine. This was true of his whole
subsequent life ; and his apprehension
of this necessity explains and justifies
the tension and persistency of his eater
prise, otherwise liable to be ascribed to
impulses more heroic and reckless than
reasonable or even excusable. Tho
current of his life shows convincingly
that incessant toil and exposure was a
sound hygienic policy in his case. Na
turally his physical constitution was a
ease of coil-springs, compacted till they
qaivered with their own mobility ; ner
vous disease had added its irritability,
and mental energy electrified them. It
was doing or dying with him. And it
was not a tyrant selfishness, a wild am
bition, that ruled his life, but a rare
concurrence of mental aptitude, moral
impulse, and bodily necessity, that kept
him incessant in adventure. If some of
his performances which we have to re
cord tranw2end even the large range
which a right regimen dictated, it is
' only their excess, not their quality or
purpose, which incites a candid censure.
i Whoa anatomy was hut little advanced,
the sinews wore called nerves; and the
adjective 'nervous' is thence employed
' by literary people to'mean strong, ripor
ous; in colloquial phrase the same word
is used for irritable, agitated. Put both
these senses of alb word together, and
you will have some notion of the way
the nerves were strung in our subject.
"His father was so well persuaded
of all this, that, when Elisha was about
to graduate in medicine, he applied,
without consulting him, to the Secreta
ry of the Navy for a Warrant of exami
nation for the post of Surgeon in the
service. The doctor was not a little
dissatisfied with this sudden diversion
of his drift, when he learned what had
been done and how ho was committed.
The enthusiasm of his last o year's re
searches was strong upon him; his plans
looked to continued occupation ,in the
career he had entered upon with so much
success; and, besides this, his hospital
training and habit of mind were rather
alien than helpful to the special duties
of ship-board practice.
"But he resolutely faced about; and
the firstfruit of the um endeavor
was a L x i: l ied improvement in his
health, under the hard work of prepar
ing himself for his now examination.
" lie stood the inquisition of the Board
of Navy Surgeons handsomely. There
were four candidates so nearly equal in
the judgmeLt of the examining board
that they settled their relative rank by
the rule of seniority. Dr. Kane stood
third in the report made under this rule.
"Bad health may disqualify a navy
surgeon for the performance of his duty,
and is properly a ground of rejection,
however.well he may be otherwise fitted
for the place. After Dr. Kano had
passed his examination, he frankly told j
the Board that he labored under chronic
rheumatism and cardiac disturbance,
and that he knew they could reject him
for that cause. But the metal in the
man outweighed his physical infirmities
in their estimation, and they refused to
re-examine him."
In May, 1843, he sailed in the Brandy
wine, as physician to the Embassy of
Mr. Cushing, to China. En rouse, ho
witnessed the Coronation of the Em
press of Brazil, and visited the Eastern
Andes of Brazil, examining the geologi
cal character of that region. He made a
journal of his whole tour, which he lost
on the Nile, as he returned, almost los
ing his life at the same time. On the
"Tairrn Is unwary, AND WILL raxve.m."
voyage to Bombay, (where they had to
meet Mr. Cushing, who proceeded by
the Overland Route,) he devoted himself
to study, in conjunction with a young
midshipman for whom ho formpd a
strong attachment. " Among their
studies," says Dr. Elder, "the Bible and
Shakspeare had their place. With the
admirable idiom of these hand-books of
the head and heart, few laymen were
more conversant than DO. Kane, and
he is a more than ordinarily wise man
who has profited more in the practical
wisdom of their teachings." -He re
mained some time at Bombay, and visit
ed the caverned temples of, Elephants
and other renowned places within reach,
and even passed over to Ceylon, whore
he shared in the elephant hunt and the
rare sports of the jungle.
Here we leave him for the present.—
Our purpose was to show, by copious
extracts, what manner of book this
Biography will be. We pronounce it
worthy of the reputation of Dr. Kane,
and of the high literary character of
Dr. Elder. It. is rapidly passing through
the press, and will be a companion
voln me, in size, typography, and aspect,
to Dr. Kane's Arctic Voyages. Among
its illustrations will be a full-face por
trait of Dr. Kane; a view of Fern Rock,
his home residence; a sketch of his,
collie as it lay in state in Independence
link; a view of his tomb, and engravings
of the medals which he received in hon
or of his deeds of high emprise. The
book, price a dollar and a half, will be
ready in a few weeks. A very exten
sive sale is calculated on, as orders tin•
30,000 copies have already reached
Messrs. CHILDS tt, PETERSON, the pub
lishers.—Ph ilts. Prem.
India.
India is a country that never belong
ed to its natives. Two k onsand years
ago Alexander and his reeks led dus
ky captives in golden fetters from thorn
to Athens, After him it became tho
prize of Parthian bows and Scythian
spears. Then came Mohammed and
the Persians from Ghnznee, to teach,
by the scifnetar, the new theology,
" Allah is Allah, and Mohammed is his
Prophet." Then the Afghans drove
out the Persians. Then the Tartars
drove out the Afghans. Then came
Timour the Terrible Tartar, and the
long and princely line of Great Moguls
—Baba- and Ahliar, Tehangiro and
Aurengzebe. The Mogul empire gut,
like the British, too big to bola to.zoth
er. Down wont the throne at Delhi,
and .up sprang a crop of Viceroys,
Nizams, }sings, Shahs, Rajahs, New
aubs and Nabobs all over the provinces.
About this time IL B. M. has.t. India
Company came to trade. and stayed to
rule. By cajoling one Prince, threaten
ing another, invading a third and " pro
tecting" a fourth, they got the whole
concern into the hands of John Bull,
and the lion end the unicorn. If the
Sepoys succeed in securing a native
Ilindoo dynasty now, it will be the first
they ever had.---Albany Jvunta, Oct. 7.
e Constitution of Oregon.— he con
stitution likely, according to the last
accounts, to be adopted b the Oregon
convention contains sons remarkable
provisions. It does away (s:lys the
Journal of Commerce) with grand juries
as unnecessary, the preliminary exami
nation before a magistrate previous to
committal being deemed sufficient. It
provides that there eaten
ant governor ; that try of
the State shall oxen' one of
Governor pro tem., i i death
of that functionary ; and that the Gov
ernor shall ulso be Treasurer of the
State. The number of members of the
State Senate is limited to fifteen, and
that of the Assembly to thirty, with
biennial sessions. The ballot is abol
ished at elections, and viva voce voting
substituted. Judges are declared ineli
gible for any office not judicial during
the period for which they are elected,
and for one year after; municipalities
are absolutely prohibited from contract
ing debts; and bank charters of every
description are forbidden. With regard
to the question of slavery, it is believed
that two clauses—one legalizing and
the other prohibiting slavery—will be
ppendod to the draught of the consti
tution, to be adopted or rejected by a
- übsequont vote of the people.
Dismay of a Human Cranium 180
Feet under Ground.—At thefirst of oe
tober meeting of the Boston Natural
History Society, Dr. A. A. 'Hayes read
a letter from Dr. C. F. Winslow, of
Troy, presenting to the Society a sup
posed fragment of a human cranium,
fonnd in California, 180 fret below the
surface of Table Mountain. It was
found in the claim of Colonel Hnbbs,
and was brought up with the pay
dirt." Remains of the mastodon hare
been found in the same locality, but not,
at BO great a depth.
Female Labor in California.—The
San Francisco (Cal.) papers say that
there are hundreds of servant girls in
that city worth from ono to ten thous
and dollars each, their ordinary wages
being now twenty-five dollars a month.
In the splendor of their dresses they
far eclipse their mistresses, and as the
saying is, they "can take Broadway
down" without an effort.
Silk Sails for Vessels.—Captain Rod
anet, of the ship Franklin of La Roche
ville, France, reports that silk sails pos
sess great strength, flexibility, and firm
ness—they absorb less water and , dry
more quickly than other sails. They
are always very easily handled, even
in the roughest weather.
The " winter fashions in Paris are
exceedingly rich, and the silks %ore
sumptuous than ever.'? "
' Once on a time in the village of
B , in the State of Massachusetts,
lived a bounteous maiden of seventeen,
wholl call Fanny L-, and
Georg --was her accepted lover.
The coarse of true love ran smooth, and
iu duo process of time came the usual
happy termination of their wooing, and
the twain were made one by the bene
diction of the holy church.
They wore married early ono sum
mer's morning, and the same day trav
elled cozily and happily together to
New York as the first stage of tho wed
ding tone. As a companion, a younger
brother -of the bride, a mischievous
young rascal, aceompaniod thorn, and
well it would have been for the happy
pair if they had trusted themselves to
their elm society, and left James at
home to ornament dog tails and spitball
the schoolmaster.
Well,tho party arrived at St. Nicholas
Hotel. Whilo George was dutifully at
tending to the comforts of hio young
wife, James in the performance' of his
duties as groomsman, went to tho office
of the hotel to enter the names and se
lect appropriate apartments. Pon in
hand, a brilliant idea struck him, and
in pursuance therewith, ho entered
their names on the register thus :
James
Miss Fanny L-------.
Georgo
Fanny retired early, being somewhat
fatiguod with travel. Goorgo Smoked
his scgnr for an hour or two, and dream
ed of his bachelorhood, we suppose, and
finally he requested to bo shown to his
apartment. An obsequious wai tor canto,
with candle in hand, and asked what
rium!‘er it was.
With the lady who camo with mo,"
'replied George.
The waiter smiled, hesitated, and
then approached an exquisitely dressed
ulerk, and repeated the question:
With the lady who arrived hero
with me," George answered again,
blushing' to the tips of his er.rs.
The clerk smiled and stk - )ok his head
as if in pity at tho young Luau's ignor
ance.
"It won't do, sir'; you hare mi,daken
the house, sir. Such thing.: are not al
lowed hero, sir."
" Won't dor why, I only want to go
to bed."
"That von may certainly do in yonr
own room, sir , but not in tho lady's
aintrtnitmte, sir."
Tho lady's apartmont? Why, that
lade is my will).
the clerk• bowed ironically. 1, All
very fine. sir, brit it won't o down,
sir : here is the entry, sir."
George looked At the register, and
there wao the entry, sure enough—"lilian
Fanny George B
stsr-A capital story is told of a young
fellow who ono Sunday stroled into the
`village church, and was electrified and
!gratified by the sparkle of a pair of
brilliant black eyes, which were riveted
' upon his. face. After service,
,he saw
the possessor of the witching orbs leave
the church, alone, and emboldened by
her glances, he ventured to follow her,
his heart lacking with rapture. 'He saw
her look behind, and fancied she evinc
ed somev emotion at recognising him.
Ile then.,quickened his pace, and she
actually•slackened hers, as if to let him
come up ;with her—but we will permit
the young gentleman to tell the rest in
his own way : i.
" Noble young creature V' thought I
—" her 'artless and warm heart is su
perior to, the bonds of custom."
" I reached within a stone's throw of
her. She suddenly halted, and turned
her face towards me. My heart swell
ed to berating. I reached the spot
where able stood. She began to speak,
and I took off my hat as if doing rever
ence to itu angel."
"Are you a pedler?" ,
" No, my dear girl; that Is not my oc
cupation'.'
" Well, I doit't know," continued she,
not verybashfully, and eyeing me very
sternly, 4 ' I thonght, when I saw you in
the meeting house, that you looked like
the pedlar who passed off's pewter half
dollar on me about three weeks ago,
and so I was determined to keep an
, eye on you. Brother John has got'
' home, now, and ho says if he catches
the feller, he'll wring his neck for him;
and I ain't sure but you're the ;good
-1 fur-nothing rascal after all."
•
One of the Reasons.—During the May
anniversaries in New York the follow
ing dialogue was overheard between
two of the newsboys :
" 1 say, Jimmy, what is the meaning
of so many preachers being here all to
gether ?"
" Why," answered Jim, " they al
ways meet here once a year to exchange
sermons !with each other."
liiirliard times produce one good
thing; they check gossiping. gird
Clacker has only had company once
since last summer. The consequence is
that the neighbors' characters stand
higher than they have done fur the last
five years.
isijr-Thp most curious thing in th
worid is 1a woman that is not curious.
r‘7.7 l ;rs "' ,
Ile saw the whole Fccret at, a glance;
ha protested and entreated—but it was
ip . ) usu. lie called on James to witness
his veracity; but James was nowhere to
to. found. The bystanders laughed,
the clerk was inexorable. and the
poor fellow was ferecil to his Solitary
chamber to pass his bridal night, in
voking blessings on the whole class of
" regime, file--'houses" sad younger
brothers.
- now Aeorg,e justified his conduct to
his disconsolate Fanny, this veritable
hiAory cloth not state.
Por the Times.
Ile`Bverybody will remember the
" money panic " they had "San Fran,
cisco some years since,—and the story
"John Pbcenix" used to tell of its effects
—individually illustrated. Before the
fright, a frugal old Dutchman, by dint
of hard labor, had aecumalated some
$5OO, which ho cautiously deposited in
ono of the banking houses for safe keep
ing. Rumor soon came to his ears that
they were not very safe—some said
that they had " broke." Next morn
ing, ho tromblirlly drew his balance
and put the shining gold in his pocket.
o breathed decidedly freer, but hero
was a dilemma. What sho uld , ho do
with it? He did not dare to keep it
about him—'twas too precious heavy.
So after a sleepless night or two—in
constant apprehension of Uurglars—ho
deposited it in another "banking house."
Another day—the panic increased—
there was a run on his bank—ho push
ed in—drew his gold—and felt easier
once more. Another anxious day and
night for his "monish," and again it
was deposited in a safe 'bank. This time
lie felt safer than ever before, and went
quietly to his work. But the panic
reached his bank, and anxious depoei
tors besieged the doors. Ifynhoor
heard the news, and put post haste,
book in 'Laud, for the scene of action—
jammed in with the. crowd—drew his
gold, new and bright—put it safe in
his corduroys—and was happy once
more—but here was the dilemma agitin
—where to put it. Ho had gone pretty
mmh the rounds of the banks, and hav
ing had such narrow eseapos, couldn't
trust them any more. He sat down on
a curbstone, and soliloquized thus—" I
put mine monish in von bank, von he
preak I put hitn.in de oder bank, von
h© preak too ; L draw him out ; I can
no keep him to home; I put him into
dis kink, now die ono preak ; vat to
tuyvil shall I do? I take him home
and sow him up in my frow's petti
coat, and if she prakes I prakcs her
head I"
tair•A friendly correspondent writing
from Washington, Pa., says : "Like
most other small towns, we have here
a 'colored church,' where many amus
ing things aro said, highly exhilarating
to the spirits of the few who occasion
ally visit our 'Hayti' meeting house.
Hayti' is the name given to that part
of our town where 'pussons of color'
reside. Ono winter evening, when the
colored preacher was in the midst of
his sermon, making a most violent if
not eloquent appeal to his hearers, ono
of the legs of the stove, which bad been
loosened in some way, full out, and as
a natural consequence, the red-hot
stove tipped over at an angle alarming
ly suggestive of fire. The audience, of
course, commenced crowding out of the
door like a flock of black sheep. Ad
dressing one of his prominent members,
ho cried out : 'Pick up do stobe, brud
dor Bolah I pick up de stobe ! Do Ler'
won't let it burn yon! Only hab faith !"
Poor brother Bolor had unfortunately
too much faith, and immediately seized
it, all glowing as it was; but no sooner
had his fingers come in contact with the
fervent iron, than he dropped it again,
and dancing round on one foot, blowing
his skinless fingers, he exclaimed with
all the energy which he could throw
into hiS voice : De h-1 ho won't 'do
h-1 he won't I' "—Knickerbocker.
Henry Ward Beecher in a Mock Auc
tion Store.—An exchange thus alludes
to the unexpected meeting of one of his
parishioners by Henry Ward Beecher :
Henry Ward Beecher, in hid wander
ings about New York city, disguised,
to study nature and the different as
pects of society, recently dropped into
a mock auction shop. He stood some
time, when the auctioneer called out,
" Mr. Beecher, why the devil don't you
bid?" He was greatly astonished at
finding himself known in that place.—
lie retired and sent a friend to ask
Funk how he knew him, (Beecher.)—
"How do I know him? Why I have
been a prominent member in his church
for the last five years, and own the fifth
pew from the front!"
A Chinese' Jest.—A woman surprised
by the unexpected arrival of her hus
band, bad just time to hide her gallant
in a sack, and set him up against the
walL The husband, on owning in, ask
ed :
u What is there in that sack 1"
The woman was confused, and hesi
tated fora moment for an answer. The
gallant, afraid she would blunder,
called ont from the inside of the sack—
" Nothing but rice I"
Biros -Minded Ladies.—The N otting
tam (England), Review says that the
town of Milton Mo wbray , can boast of
two independent ladies who have taken
out game certificates, and who enter
the field Tsid can bring down the game
equal to any mule sportsman, as well
as those indulging in fishing, hunting to
hounds over the country, &c. In the
same place is a female blacksmith, who
is snob an adept at shoeing a horse or
working at the anvil as to cause univer
sal excitement.
asrA cotemporary say s, "There is a
man up in our country, who always pays
for his paper in advance. He has never
had a sick day in his life—never had
any corns or toothache—his potatoes
never rot—the weevil never eats his
wheat—the frost never kills his corn
and beans—his babies never cry in the
night, and his wife never scolds."
siir-Panch says that Adam had one
great advantage over all other married
couples—an advantage which has been
lost to us with Pc.radiatte Aad -no
nooteter-in4aw,
two Nittiata .A.
Avirityorer Growing from a
- -Tumefaction.
We mentioned, a few days sinV at io
case of the lad .Northrop, at I
upon whose diseased limb there grew a
singular formation, like to the passion
flower. Dr. Hawley, formerly of Ge
neva College, has writtea a more detail
ed account of this case. The lad is
from 13 to 14 years old, and has been
subject to tenderness and disease of the
hip joint, which, at two years of - age,-
resulted in extensive tumefaction; these
years later an abscess wasformed, and
finally the disease caused the disloca
tion of the hip-joint. For fotir months
the patient has been unable to move. an
inch in his bed; abscesses have formed.
in the abdomen, through which the
fecal contents of his intestines Wore dis
charged ; ,stid his nervous sensitiveness
has bten such that he would allow ao
one to touch him or make. an investi,
gation,And careless walking across the
floor has caused him to cry oat with
pain. The prolongation of his life 'WIIII
regarded as a miracle. On the 4th
inst., there %las projected from thesight•
limb, which for a long time had been
greatly swollen, a stein, on the inner
side, at the edge of the gastroenemlaa
muscle, rising at right:angles with it,
more than seven inches in height, a
flower sparely set upon it, resembling
the Passion Flower, or the China Aster.
On Wednesday the boy felt an easing
from what had been expected to be en
abscese, and expressed great relief. He
did not permit an examination until
Saturday . afternoon, when a stem was
seen arising at right angles with the
limb, at about the height of threeinchee
crowned with pare white buds, resent.
bling ;the white buds of the orangel
On being exposed to the' light, the :
flower expanded, and assumed the col;
or of a beautiful greyish purple.—.lls
citester Democrat.
Keeping Potatoes in Whit*.
Potatoes spoil in winter, it harrier
from three causes. First atidimit=
want of ventilaticm. Sew
nearly allied, dampness. 711 ii iy, and
more rare, freezing. Farmers find most
of their . potatbes spoiled at the top el'
the heap, where they suppose thee
bec&me frozen; but this is not the usual
cause; the damp, foal, steamy air
ascended there, and could not Mows;
and this spoiled them. A hole made in
the top, with a crowbar, and • Mooed
with a whisp of straw, would have al.
lowed ogress to the oonflnixl air, sad
saved the potatoes.
The best way to secure potatoes oat.
doors is to make large heaps, Say 80
or 60 bushels; see filet they are dry
and clean, by digging before wet weath.
er comes on ; cpver them sU over with
one foot of packed Arab", and three in
ches of earth. The straw will prayant
dampness, and the few incliekne,eartli
will favor ventilation. A farmer who
raises many potatoes, and practices this,
mode, does, not loose a peck, on the av
erage, in fifty bushels.
Wine at Two Millions a Bottle.—Wine
at two millions of dollars a bottle is a
drink that in expense would rival the
luxurious testa -of barbano splendor ,
when costly pearls were thrown "fate
the wino cup, to give a rich flavor to its
contents. he French Courier-speaks
of a wino which graced the table of the
King of Wurtemburg on a late• occa
sion, which was deposited in the cellar
at _Bremen two centuries and a half
ago. One large case of wine ) contain
inn 5 oxhoft of 204 betties, cost 500 rix
dollars in 1624. Including the expen
ses of keeping up the cellar and the
contributions, interest of the amounts,
and interests upon interests, an exhort,
costs at the present time 555,647,640
rix dollars, and, consequently, a bottle
is worth 2,723,812 rix dollars; a glass
or the eight part of a bottle., JEI worth
340,476 rix dollars, or $272,389; or at
the rate of 540 rix dollars, s27e per
drop. As burgomaster of Bremen is
privileged to have one bottle whenever
ho entertains a distingnished guest who
enjoys a German or - European reputa
tion. The fact illustrates the operation
of interest, ,if it does not show the cost
of luxury.
' N'ary Red to Nary Broker.—The de
♦teesof the banks in the West to save
specie, the comniodity so ecaree with
them, are original, to say the least a
them :
The Springfield (Ohio) Nonpareil
says the citizens of that town last week
adopted a new plan for protecting their
batiks from being run on by the brokers.
Learning that a broker had reached
town from a neighboring city to run
the bank for coin, they promptly plac
ed on one side of the bank entrance a
bucket of tar and brush, and upon the
opposite a long, rough-looktnr fence
rail, bearing this inscription : "Nary
red to nary broker." As the- bro ker
?
approached the bank hod-read the • in
scription, glanced at the tar bsicket
and retreated. The bank went on as
usual.
Can a Minister Marry d Divorced We.
man f—Rev. Mr. Shields, of lowa, har
ing been siletwl by the Presbytery of
Des 'Moines, for marrying a woman
who had been divorced by the laws of
lowa, appealed to the Synod, and his
appeal was•sustained. The Synod ex
presses its opinion that the action of
the Presbytery Was correct in form,
and suggested by a laadableieal in the
service of the church; and, although re.
instating—Mr. Shields, does not approve
of hisioarriago.
Caution.—The Mobile (ALL) liternary
cantions the public in regard to alodibir
stook with Mirseso sugar DOW -*Mrs
the blades aid „4 1
forage, but that tin seeds 10. p~t
. -
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