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Notice.
CHA ' LAP
ion ESTATE.—Letters
Laircrt
..,te inf o o f tr u at u io n n tin o z n
o tte to es w ta ni te hi o p f t Charles
county, *ceased, haring been granted to the
at "
undersigned, residing in the same township, he
hereby gives notice to all persons indebted to
said estate to make immediate payment, and
those having claims against the same to present
them properly authenticated for settlement.
JONAS JOHNS, _lchler.
March 28, 1854. Gt
Mowing and Reaping
•
ATACHINE AGENCY, G 33 NfArket Street,
I Philadelphia, where farmers may see and
judge for themselves, between SIX OF THE
BEST COMBINED MACHINES NOW IN USE!
and purchase the Machine of their choice.
EMLEN g. PASSMUILE,
6.33 Market St., Philadelphia.
April 4. 1859. 3m
Groceries,
WHOLESALE AND RET.klll.—Molagses
and Sugsr by the barrel, Coffee by the
sack, and all kinds of Groceries, either by the
quantity or iifsmall amounts, at prices that de
fy competition. Call at once at
April 4. FAHNESTOCK BROS'.
New Livery
STABLISHMENT.—Cuantes 43 *
It. TATE has opened a new
iery establishment, at the stables
on Washington street, occupied in part by the
Eagle Hotel, - and has made such arrange
ments as will enable him to accommodate the
public at all times, on reasonable terms, with
Horses, Buggies, Hacks, &c. His stock is good.
ths funeral occasions, kc., he will be able to
supply want which has been much needed.
gsf'-Terms CASH. [May 24, ':+B.
"The Gem."
IVEW RESTAURANT.—The undersigned has
opened a firit-class Restaurant. on the
lower door of MeConaugby's Hall building, in
Carlisle street, Gettysburg, and solicits a share
of the public's patronage. The rooms have just
been fitted up in the most approved style, and
will compare favorably with many of the best in
tho cities. His Oysters, Ale, he., will always be
found of superior quality, and his charges
;moderate.
The proprietor is thankful for the fine run of
dr..ustom" he is already receiving, and is resolved to
innlvc THE cis" even wore popular, if possible.
FLis. 14, 1859. A. li. PItYOR.
Call and See
THE celohnsted New Jersey
REAPER & MOWER,
.st the new Ware-form of
`'HEADS, DrEELER b KURTZ.
lisrch 14, law,.
Nett Cash
I)RY GOODSIIOI.7SIi--EYitEk LANDELL,
Fourth St Arch .Sfseefss Philadelphia. are
ji ,, 14 opening a full anaortment of N EW GOODS
/Olt SPRING OF Idra
Spring Silks of .11:w Styles.
Fashionable Double Skirt Rnbes.
of the New - Spring Styles,
fit Lnines and Fancy Dress Goods,
Summer Poplins and Valeueiss.
Tra% ening Dress Gorda full variety.
Blauket*Sheeting S Housekeeping Goo&
N. B. Storekeepers are respectfully reresteltd
to examine our sUN A: of Block Silks *ad shawls,
before purchasing.
P. S. New Goods received daily, and good
bargains trout the Auctions of New York and
this City. bar Tl.l7lElit.Nlll. lash and prices low.
Msrrh 14. 1r459. Stu
Wall Paper,
I-10WELL k ROURKE. Manufacturers and
Importers of PAPER lIANCINGS. AO. 17
.u,i, Fuurth itrret. ;below Market. and oppoiite
Merchant street.) PHILADELPHIA. keep en hand
n 114f7y and beautiful assortment of PAPER
lIAN(IIMG3, WORIVER. S. - PIREROARD PAT
TERNS, kc., which they are selliq,c.it very low
prirei. Country Merchants supplied at the lon -
est rate. Rooms papered at abort notice by
i ireful workmen. .
The citizens of Adams county are invited to
eza:nine their splendid assortment of Paper be
tire purchasing elsewhere, and }edge for them
„eel ves.
inarZlegant new stylerjnyttereir.:4
April 4,181 W. 4;nn
A. Mathiot & 3on's
SOFA AND FURNITURE WAREROOMS, Nos.
25 and 27 N. Gay street, Baltimore, (nenr
/layette eiteuding from Guy to Frederick
st.—the largest establishment of the laud in the
ruion, Aluays on hand a I,irge a-sortmeut of
HOWSEHULD AND OFFICE FURNITURE, em
bracing Bureaus, BeJstead , ,Wash:tunds, Ward
robes, 4,icefessos of tiozk..cotto. 4 god Hair.
Spriug, Beds. Sofas. TcLe-e-Tetvi, .trtn
socking Etageres, Marble TAblel, Set-
tee, Reception and Upholstered Cti.iirs. A.S
:SORTED COLL/II: 4 OF COTTAGE FCILSITURE.
Wood Chairs, Office C.haira, Barber Chairs,
Cribs and Cradles, Hat Racks. Hall Furniture,
Gilt and Walnut Frame Lookiutt Glasses. Side
boards, Extension Tables, or,vei- ) length.
Persons disposed to purc!,..,,,c are 1.41 ited to
call and Rile our stock nu ex.tunn.it:uu. which
for variety and quality of wurkrnanship is not
squalled by any tiLabli.hinent in the culantry,
J. MATIIIOT 4: SON,
Noa. 2.5 and 27 S. Gai street.
Ang. 2, 1859, ly
New Lumber Yard.
THE undersigned have opened a Lumber
Yard, at their Warehouse, corner of Strat
ton street and the Rulroad, Gettysburg, where
they now have Lumber on hand and will con
ntnntly keep a large assortment. to which they
oak gle attaation of buyers. Their priLes Are as
tow as the lowest, and no efforts spared to at.-
s•nntoodate. ICLLNEFELTER, SEITZ J: CO.
%larch 21, 1859. Sat
New Goods.
OEORGE ARNOLD has just received and is
now opening the largest end most beeet.i_
Ail assortment of LADIES' DRESS GOODS that
has been offered to the public at any time. Al
so, iv lot of beautiful Fancy Bonnets, Bonnet
'Trimmings, Shawls, Hosiery, Gloves, Ac.,
large stock of Gentlemen's Dress Goods,
READY-WADE CLOTHING, k.c., all of which
have been bought low for cash and will be sold
.cheap. All persons are invited to call—the
ladies' et.tentio* is particularly invited to my
stock of Dress Goods, which for beauty of style
tannin be beat_ (April 4, 1859.
Fresh Arrival!
CqaTILL COMLNQ,I—Just received at the Store
of COIIIAS & CCLP, a large supply of HATS,
3, BOOTS A SHOES. Allele Latest Spring
and Summer styles of Hats and Caps in the
merketjust opened. Call and see then. They
Mrs never been excelled in qualiky and price in
Gettysburg before. Also, having been fortunate
is layi new stock of Boots and Shoes, we
are wr to offer such bargains as will es.
tonish the public.
EftWe have also added to our stock of WALL
lt. another supply of the most beautiful
patterns. COBEAN A COLD.
Match 21, 1859. tf
- ffiarble Yard Removed,
Tasubscriber baring removed his place of
. :oboes to East York street, a short die
tame below St. James' Church, would armouries
te:tha pablio that be is still prepared to famish
W a ts of work la his line, such as Moan
- g es ai gh t eh hc. arm,' variety of
=64' fidolt,xlHib Asirrwitholn %taw led
to ottsti of picot to 'soft
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417 YEAR.
Poets Cornier_
--
The Seigel amid Me Dasigheer
Suggested by reading a recent newspaper
paragraph, describing the scene between the
brave old Ethan Allen arid his daughter, on the
eve of her death, when she staked the stern infi
del in whose faith he would have her to die, hie
or her mother's.
"The damps of death are coming fast,
My father, o'er my brow;
The past, with all its scenes, has fled,
And I must tarn me now
To that dim future, which in rain
My eyes seek to desert:
Tell Inc, my father, in this hour,
in whose belief to die.
"In thine? I've watched thy scornful smile,
And heard thy withering tone
When e'er the Christian's humble hope
Was placed above thine owls ;
I've heard thee speaking of coming death
Without a shade of gloom,
And laugh at all the childish fears
That cluster round the tomb.
"Or in my mother's faith ?
How fondly do I trace
Through many a weary year long past
That calm and saintly face!
How often do I call to mind,
Now she's beneath the soil,
The place, the hour, in which she drew
tly early thoughts to God I
"'Two then she took this sacred book,
And from RI burning page
Read how its truths support the soul
In youth aid failing age,
And bade me in its precepts live,
And by its precepts die,
That I might share a home of love
In worlds beyond the sky.
"My father shall I look above,
Amid this gathering gloom,
To llim 'dpe promises of love
Extend beyond the tomb!
Or curse the Being who bath blessed
This checkered heart of mine?
Must I embrace my Mother's faith
Or die, my sire, in thine??"
The frown upon that warrior brow
Pooped like a cloud away,
..todtoars coursed down this rugged check
That doted not till that day.
"sot in mine," with choking voice,
The skeptic: node reply—
" But in thy mothor'a holy faith,
3.h daughter ntay'st thou die !"
Miecella.aaepi]
THE HA.PPY MISTAKE.
I=DM
" There are no two w.tys about it, Kate, you
must and shall marry the person I have se
lected for you. Ile is every way capable of
becotnin,.l a good and indulgent husband, and
no foolish whim of yours can alter my well
matured decision, so let ire hear no more nn
this subject for the present."
In this manner Mr. Brewer disposed of the
happiness and life prospects of his daughter
Kate.
Mr. Brewer was a merchant of considerable
wealth, who hail amassed his. fortune in the
great city of "Gotham." lie was a kind and
generous father, but his bump of firmness was
extremely large. and srben he made up his
mind on any point. he carried out his deter.
mitiation to the extreme.
Kate, Mr. Brewer's only child, was a be
witching little black-eyed fairy of eighteen
summery, who was, at the time of our story,
staying on a visit ti., her aunt, who resided in
the '•thty of Elms." During he i r summer
sojourn she bud become, acquainted with a
young mermotileclerk from .Neni York, who
was on a, risit to the same place.
Thomas Lowden was a very prepossessing
young man about twenty-one years of age,
and, being of an enthusiastic nature and pus
sessinga warm heart, it is not to be wondered
at, that he should have fallen deeply in love
With the beautiful Kate: and, not being very
bashful or timid, he soon made known his
luved and was blessed to find that his affection
WWI warmly redprocated. Kate; never accus
tomed to concealing any thing from her father,
immediately wrote to him, imploring hisaano•
due of a union that would make her happy of
love. what mates you weep
so ; I thought you told me this morning that
you were Fupretu oI y happy ?" said Tom, one
afternoon, on finding hb.te in tears, with au
open letter in her hand.
•• Read, Tura. read," said she, handing him
the missi‘e.
For a moment his brow darkened as he pe
rused the scuteuce, but the next instant laupe
lit up his heart. •'llJn't take it so to'heart,
love, your bather would surely alter his deci
sion if lie kuevr huw much your happiness de
pended upon our uniuu. Litt. tell we. do you
.ow who the person is that he says he has
selected ?"
" I Lelicve he means that silly little Croton
born who is stayir,g here at the Tauatiue
Hotel,"
fla, ha, ha why your father never could
have thought of bebtuwing yuu upuu thatlittle
dandy, who never had an idea except of the
amount of broadcloth necessary fur A cunt, ur
the latest style of arranging a cravat. Why,
the supposition is ridiculous:"
" It is, nevertheless, too true, I fear," re
plied Kate.
I am sure I can convince your father,
Kate, that ho had better insert my name in
the place of Geo. Crotoriborn in his selection
fur your husband. and I will write him imme
diately on the subject."
Geo. Crotonhorn, J r., as be signed himself,
bad been paying his attentions to lists Brewer
for u p wards of s year past. and. although Kate
intimated in every manner possible that his
society was far from agreeable, yet he did Out
appear to have brains enough to take a hint.
fifi his self-esteem was so large that he
thought Wise Brewer could not have helped
being smitten with his charms. how Mr.
Brewer ever got prepoesessal in favor of
George is a mystery that liekle Fortune alone
can meal.
It so happened, that, on the same afternoon,
Tom and tieorge each wrote a letter to Mr.
Brewer, asking for the hand of Kate. Mr.
Brewer wrote the two following notes.—the
first Cm Tom Ltiwden, aad the weed for Geu.
Crotoahorn.
..4figt—Your letter it yasterday was receiv
ed this 'lstarnim. My clambakes baud is
preikagaget, -lag..yoa will not trouble
iska Inlh any ours ocumaisaiosilorv.
Dear Sin—Your esteemed favorer yesterday
is received. The confidence I have i n your
character and business quulitteh, gives me
pleasure in welcoming you as my intended
son-in-law. I will take you into my firm on
your marriage. Kate's dowry will be . a
handsome basis ou which to build your for
tune.
Hoping to see you very soon, I remain,
dear sir, Yours, very truly,
Wm. Balms*.
These two notes Mr. Brewer folded, and,
directing dm envelupee, enclosed one dale
letters in each, and sent them to the post-of
fice. Now it au happened that be enclosed
George's letter in Tuufs envelope, and George
received Tom's ; and, as they were nut direc
ted inside, the result may easily be compre
hended. George, confounded at such a sod
den change in the old gentleman's opinion,
concluded he wuski not, indeed, "trouble"
him any more ; *ldle Tom, surprised acd de
lighted. married Kate the some week. Mr.
Brewer's rage and disappointment can only
be imagined ; but, after a few weeks, ho cool
ed down, and. seeing that it was all a mistake,
fulfilled all the promises contained in the let
ter that reached Tutu. and ho never regretted
having him for a sun-in-law, fur he has made
a devoted and exemplary burlutnd. Tutu al
ways celebrates the day of the I.l.trrr Mis-
TA ILI.
At that eventful period of the war of 1812
when that section of our country lying near
Lake Champlain was invaded by the British
Commander Prevost, a clergyman, resident
about thirty miles from Plattaburg, exhorted
his flock to march to that place and repel the
army. Many did so. After they had de
parted, the gunrdinn of liberties as well as
souls called together those who had remain
ed, for the purpose proffering up prayers for
the success of those who had depsrted, and
when they had assembled he could not Sad
an "able bodied man" among his cor.gregn
tion. Itwar composed of female aud decrepid
old men !
A scene like this was fuel to the feeling
and food for the emotions of the heart of it
patriot, nod the preacher was not unmuced
by it. lie commenced a prayer ;he faltered.
Ile recommenced ; again he faltered. The
burning feelings of the NATIO. bad got the
mastery of the calm, mellifluent strains of the
preacher. lie rose from his knees and ex
claimed: "I cannot pray when my mind is
not on usy maker, and, I rainless, it now cen
tres on Plattsburg, whither 1 shall repair
with all possible speed, and render my feeble
assistance in defenee of the civil and religious
lilwrty which we now enjoy." lie immedi
ately 14mi:seed the weeping congregation,
bade than an affectionate "good-bye," took
his gun. and followed his brethren to the
field of battle.
An Attempted Suicides—A married couple
residirg on Friend street, near the canal,
found that after a few years of connubial fe
licity, they m ere the must miserable mortals
alive, Wing unable to agree upon any one
point of domestic ecouomy and diplomacy.—
raeir daily cares were sure to culminate in
an evening quarrel. and they sometimes
as:on; shed each other's proboscises with blows,
accompanied by the usual mark of' their re
spective distinguished considerations. The
maternal relative of the wife, it is said, was
mixed up in this family row, and added to the
discord by her officials intervention. Find
ing life disagreeable, and being able to agree
upon no other point, they finally concluded to
try the last grand experiment together by
jumping into the Scioto. Night before last
was the time set for the attempt. A raw
and biting air prevailed, but their resolution
was fixed, and they descended the bank to
gether. each trying to nerve the other by de
prerating iris and her courage with bitter
words. They rrearh the bank of the Scioto
—hand in hand Miry stood upon the bank of
that abyss which mortality is wont to regard
with horror. The air was cold, and so was
the water--neither was congenial, neither
was the existence they were about to leave.
This thought was decisive, and they plunged
into the water, which was not deep, but very
cold. The man could swim, and his first ins
pulse on rising to the surface was to strike
out for the shore, but he wanted to see what
his wife would do. She came spattering and
blowing to the :surface, and supposing in the
darkness that her lard was at the bottom,
called loudly for help. an d sank again. When
she next appeared. the husband caught her,
and they both reached the shore in safety,
wet, cold, freezing. Crest fallen and asham
ed of the foolish act, they went home togeth
er. negotiated a new treaty of peace, and
commenced anew, satisfied that nothing can
be irritate' than the bottom of the lifer. There
is now a fair prospect of the couple going
down the hill of life together, quietly and in
peace.—Ohio Stateasuat.
A Teutonic friend of oars, as worthy and
clever a disciple of St. Crispin as ever repair
ed understanding, on Thursday morning met
with a disaster, which, although somewhat
laughable, was not very amusing to him.—
This gentleman owns a dog—a huge, but nut
vets prepossessing canine—which he is wont
to take with him in hie vrambulatiuns about
the town. The Herr. hating the fear of dog
poisoners belore Ins eyes, and feeling some
anxiety for the fate of his favorite, determin
ed to remove him to country quarters, at the
huu.e of a friend. So off ho started, the dog
trundling atter. When the twain were in
close proximity to the bridge which spans
the canal below Sutte etreet, a Hibernian ap
proached. driving a cow and calf. The canine
of the German proceeded to be familiar with.
the calf, even against the earnest protesta
tions both of his master and the indignant
Hibernian. The familiarity was somewhat
rough—too rough to suit the maternal ideas
of means (cow) and Num (dog ;) and disliking
the insults offered to her off-spring, made a
dash at the dug, which speedily beat &retreat
and took shelter between the gigantic legs of
his master. The cow had no wore respect
for the limbs than she bad for the dug, and
carefully, yet quietly, placed her weapons of
defence in a tender spot, whereupon the Ger
man became exceedingly vexed and sore, and
turning, whether toward the headman, or the
cow, we are not prepared to say,.wae heard
to ejaculate something,to this effect:—" Oct
fur dam, I sue your cow for stick her born in
my coat tail."—llarriabori Patriot.
liar The Cincinnati Gazette says that Weiss
bier is to some extent supplanting lager beer
in that city. It has very much more carbonic
acid. and so little alcohol that it Is almost
impossible to get drunk upon it. This bier
halls from Berlin.
Killed by Battslsorn. —A little child of Gm).
Boyer, in Brush Valley, Huntingdon county,
was killed by a dose of HartehorT4 which an
*Liar lad pre it, of emus* without being
amass of tts *Recta, LW other day.
IlerSsarkias meat is selling in Philadel
phia at from Foal to Mix emits per pound.
WK. DUTU.
GETTYSBURG, PA.: MONDAY, MAY 2, 1859.
A Patriot Preacher.
Matrimonial Difficulty
Opposed to a " Horn."
" TRUTH Is MIGHTY, AND RILL PREVATL."
I Knew She Would
Deacon W., was a staid and honest Baptist
deacon in one cf the interior tc.wns in this
State, who had a rein of dry, can,tic humor
in his cumpoeitiun. The deacon had a boy of
some dozen summers, who was somewhat in
clined to be a little ugly when not under the
parental eye. In school, especially, John
was a source of constant annoyance to the
teacher. Oue day the teacher punished him
tor some sort of misdemeanor, and John went
home, crying, to enter his comtdaint, and
told his father that the mistress had whipped
him.
"What!" exclaimed the deacon, elevating
his eyebrows, " been whipped?"
"Ya-tri," sobbed the buy.
"And did you let a woman whip ye I"
shouted the old deacon.
" Ya-a-e, I couldn't help it."
"Well, John, you little rascal, you go to
school to-morrow, and if Miss— undertakes
to whip ye again, ye just pitch in ; don't let
a woman whip ye if ye can help it. Don't
take any stick to strike with, but ye may
strike, scratch, bite and kick as attach as
ye're a mind to."
The neat day the boy went to school, and
emboldened by the permission given by big
father, was soon brought before the tribunal
of violated rules. The teacher undertook to
correct him, and he did as his father had told
him. The result was that John gut a most
unmerciful trouncing arid was thoroughly
subdued. When he went home, ho went to.
his father, crying;
" Well, dad, I got an awful bad licking to
day."
" What!" said the old deacon, "have ye let
that woman whip ye again." ~
* " Ya-a-i.," whimpered John. " I locked
her, and struck, her, and fit her all I could,
but she lainmed.me (Molly."
" Abu I" chuckled the humorous old deacon,
"you tarnal little fool, I knew she would,
and she'll l give ye a trouncing every time
she underflike.s it; and I advise ye to Lehave
yourself in future."
John began tw have some perception of his
father's motive, and ever after was a budder
and wiser boy.—Aroostook Pioneer.
A Sister in a Tight Place.
At N , one Saturday evening, fatig
ued by his long juurney a wagoner, with his
son John, drove his team into good range,
and determined to pass the Sabbath enjoying
season of worship with the good folks of the
village.
When the time for worship arrired, John
was set to watch the team, while the wagon
er went in with the crowd. The preacher
had hardly announced his subject before the
old man fell sound asleep. Ile gat against
the partition in the centre of the body slip:
just A n 9 .llllPli /11.11, 50?:"Iratel only by the very
low partition, sat a fleetly lady irtor seemed
all absorbed in the sermon. She struggled
hard with her feelings until, unable to con
trol them longer, she burst out with a liorl
scream, and shouted at the top of her voice,
rousing' the old man, who but half awake,
thrust his arms around her waist and cried,
very soothingly :
.• We, Nance! Wo, Nance! We! here,
John,"—calling his son---••cut the belly-band,
and loose the breeching, quick, or she'll tear
evreything to pieces!"
It was all the work of a moment, but the
sister forgot to shout, the preacher lost the
thread of his discourse, and the meeting came
prematurely to an end ; while, deeply morti
fied, the poor old man skulked away, deter
mined not to go to meeting again until he
could manage to keep his senses by keeping
awake.
loperisleabitily of Great Exata . ples.—The
following eloquent passage occurs in Everett's
great oration on Warren:
" To be cold sod breathless—to feel and
speak not—this is not the end ul existence• to
the men who have breathed their spirit into
the institutions of the ecienirje,vrhu have
stamped their characters on the pillars of the
age, who have poured their hearts' blood in
to the channels of the public prosperity.—
Tell me, ye who tread the sods on you sacred
height, is Warren dead? Can you not sti
see him, not pale and prostrate, the blood o
his gallant heart pouring out of, his ghastly
wound, lint moving resplendent over therfield
of honor, with the rose of heaven upon his
cheek and the fire of liberty in his @yet—
Tell me, ye who make your pious pilgrimage
to the shades of Vernon, is Washington, in
deed, shut tip in that cold and narrow house?
That which made these men and men like
these cannot die. The hand that traced the
charter of Independence is, indeed, motion
less, the eloquent lips that sustained it are
hushed ; but the lofty spirits that conceived,
resolved, and maintained it, and which, alone,
to such men, " make it life to /ive," they
cannot expire:
"These shall resist the empire of decay,
When time is o'er and worlds have passed away;
Cold in the deist the perished heart may lie,
Bat that which warmed it once can never die
Secrd of Beasolg.—ln Poland, girls do not
jump from infancy to young lady laved. They
are not sent from the cradle to the parlor, to
dress, sit still, and look pretty. No, they
are treated as children should oe. During
childhood, which extends through a period of
several years, they are plainly and loosely
dressed, and allowed to run, romp and play
in the open air. They are not loaded down,
girded about, and oppressed every way with
countless frills and superabundant flounces,
so as to Ls admired for their much cluthing.
Sur are they rendered delicrte and dyspeptic
by continual stuffing with candies and sweet
cakes, as are the majority of American chil
dren. Plain simple foul, free and various
exercises, and abundance of sunshine during
the whole period of childliooti,tu.e the secrets
of beauty in after life.
.3;mplicity.—The more I see of the world,
the Inure I am satisfied that simplicity is in
separably the companion of true greatness.
I never yet knew a truly great man—a man
who overtopped his fellow men, who did not
possess a certain playful, almost infantile
simplicity. True greatness never struts on
stilts or plays the king upon the stage.
Conscious of its elevation, and knowing•in
what that elevation consists, it is happy to sot
its part as other men, in the common amore•
went and business of mankind. It is net
afraid of being undervalued.
/161r•An editor having read in another pa
per tbat there was a kind of tobacco. which
if a man should either smoke or chew, he
would forget that be owed a dollar in the
world, very innocently concluded that many
of his subscribers had been furnished with
the article.
bfirWben blessed with health and pros
perity, cultivate an humble and compassionate
disposition ; think of the distresses of human
life; of the solitary cottage. tits dying West.
and the weeping orphan•
IllirThe Buckeye Potato is pro/ow/solar
sound and unit for market by the " Asserlais
Avienkurist."
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Paddy's Pig
In "Southern Lights and Shadows: or Life
in Australia," we find the following amusing
anecdote:
As a shadow to all these sunny southern
lights, I must hero mention that I did meet
with a few extraordinary mean men in Syd
ney. There was one, a merchant prince,
who made it a boast that he had never given
away a shilling in, his life. So fur as I know
lie only departed from his extreme selfishness
on one occasion, and the circumstances are
worth relating. One morning, a poor Irish
man stepped into his counting house, and
looking the very picture of misery, said,
"Oh ! may it plazo yer honor, I've lost a pig
—the only pig I had—and Misthrass—;
the governess has given men pound, and sent
me to you for another. She says you have
enough gold to build a sty wid, and will be
sure to give me a little." At first, old bard
fist refused ; upon which Paddy threw him
self on a stool, and raised such a piteous wail
that the merchant, thinking he was mad
about the death of his pig, gave him the
pound, to get quit of him. Next 'day the
proprietor of the defunct porker was passing
the warehouse, and seeing his benefactor at
the door, pulled his hat to him. "Well, did
you get drunk with that pound, or buy
anojher pig?" asked the rich man gruffly.
"Bought a pig, yer honor—a darling little
thing, wid a sweet twist in his tail, like a
lady's curl." "Well, it's to be !loved you'll
take better care of him than you did the other.
What did he die off" "Die ofl Did ye s.ty
die of. now? Why, get out wid ye—he war
so jilt that /kilted kin I"
A Largo .Fiah.
Old Joe Phillips was an awful story-teller.
When a stranger came to his tavern, if be
appeared at all credulous, old Joe would tell
a long yarn to his village acquaintance, but
talk at the stranger. A short time since a
stranger came into his bar-room with rod,
line, and other paraphernalia, when Joe seized
a friend anti startled him by the question :
" Bid you hear about that big fish Cu!.
Potter caught to-day in the river?"
The stranger pricked up his cars, Joe and
his friend talked on after this style t.
" No," said the friend, iu answer to Joe's
question.
" Biggest sturgeon that ever was caught
anywhere."
" You don't say."
" Yes .? when I came away he hadn't caught
all of him, though ho had about six feet of
him ashore."
"Gracious, how much did it weigh ?"
" Throe hundred pounds; and he made nine
barrels of oil."
" Nine barrels of oil?" inquired the strang
er, advancing, "did you say nine barrels?"
" Yet.," said Joo fiercely, " I said nine bar
rels. Is that anythiag r atrarige, sir ?"
"Oh, no, beg pardon," said the stranger,
musingly ; " only I was thinking it a little
singular that you could extract twenty-seven
hundred pounds of oil from three hundred
pounds of fish !" and gathertn; up fishing
utensils, be left.
Obeying Ordera.
A certain General of the United States Ar
my, suptrosiag hie favorite horse dead, order
ed- an Irishman to go and skin h
" What! is Silver Tail dead ?" asked Pat
rick.
"What is that to you?" asked the officer,
"do as I bid you, and ask me no questions ."
Pat went about hie business, and in about
two hours returned.
" Well, Pat, where have you been all this
time?" asked the general. .
" Skinning your horse, your honor."
"Did it take you two hours to perform the
I partition."
" No, your honor, bat then you see. it took
me about half an hour to catch the horse."
"Catch him I Fire and furies! Was be
alive ?"
' "Yee. yonr honer. and I could not ski
him alive you know."
" Skin him alive—did you kill him!"
" To be sure I did, your honor! and sure
you know I must obey orders without asking
questions."
One Use of a Man when Dead.
A very worthy &barman by the name of
Grizzle was drowned sometime since, and all
search for his body provod unavailing. Af
ter it had been in the water some months.
however, it was discovered coating upon the
surface, and taken to the shore, whereupon
Mr. Smith was dispatched to convey the in
telligence to the nitlioted widow.
Mr. Smith—Well, Mrs. Orinle, we have
found Mr. Grizzle's body.
Mrs. Grizzle—You don't say I
Mr. S.—Ye•, we have—the jury has sot on
it, and found it full of eels.
Mrs. G.—You don't say Mr. Ora:la's body
is full of eels 1
Mrs. S.—" Yes, it is ; and we want to know
what you will have done with- it?
Mrs. o.—Why, how many eels should yon
think there is in him?
Mrs. S.—A bushel, or over.
Mrs. o.—Well, then, I think you btud belt
tnr send the eels up to the house, and um
ni* AGAIN
,•T here is a rule at Oberlin College that
no student shall board at any house where
prayers are not regularly made each day.
A certain man fitted up a boarding house,
and filled it with boarders, but forgot until
the eleventh hour the prayer proviso. Not
being a praying man himself, he looked
around for one who was. At length he
found one—a meek young man from Trumbull
county, who agreed to pay for his boarding
in praying. For a while all went smoothly,
but tho boarding-master furnished his table
so poorly, that the boarders began to
grumble and to leave, and the other morning
the praying boarder actually " struck!"—
Something like the following dialogue occur
red at the table: Landl.-rd—" Will you pray,
Mr. Mild?" Mild--" No sir. I will not."—
Landlord—" Why not, Mr. Mild 2" Mild—
" It don't pay, sir ; I can't pray on such vic
tuals settles.. And unlessyou bind yourself
in writing, to set a better table than you have
for the last three weeks, nary another prayer
do ruts get Ind of ate!" And that's the way
matters stood at the latest advises.
-A correspondent of the "Rural Ameri
can".recommends seed awn to be soaked in
warm water and saltpetre before planting;
twelve hours, if the ground be cold and wet,
twenty-flour hours lf'it be oold and dry.
aro. Pm afraid," said a lady to her hus
band, "that I am going to have a stiff neck."
"Not at all improbable, my dear," replied
her sponse, I bare seen stroll qmproms of
it ever since we were first married."
own is said that gold has been found in t h e
neighborhood of gill °reek, limitingdoo
man% ,la this State. Specimens, of gold
beeriapipertsand June lamp gold hare berm
oat to Thiladolphis to be testa.
bllliriteforeth ungorain oafs should not bo sown
e lea of Ray.
Vir' 4-0 1 4 ,`Ak
TWO DOLLARS A-YEAR.
Names of the Months.
The names of the months were given by the
Romans.
January, the first month, was so called from
Janus, an ancient King of Italy,. v‘ ho iv as
deified after his death, and derived from the
Latin word Januarins.
February, the second month, is derived
from the Latin word Foburo, to purify. hence
Februarius: for this mouth the ancient Ro
mans offered up expiatory sacrifices fur the
purifying of the people.
March, the third month, anciently the first
month, is derived from the word ,Stars, the
God of war.
April is so called from the Latin Aprilus,
i. e., opening: because in this month the veg
etable world opens and buds forth.
May, the fifth month, is derived from the
Latin word Majors., so called by Romulus,
in respect toward the Senators: hence Mains
or May.
June, the sixth month, from the Latin word
Junius, or the youngest of people.
July, the seventh month; is derived from
the Latin word Julius, and so named in ho
nor of Juliue Organ
August, the eirbth month, was so called in
hunor of Augustus, by a decree of the Holum'
Senate, A. D. 8.
Sept=Ler, the ninth month, from the La
tin word Septet'', or seven, being the seventh
from March.
October, the teuth month from the Latin
word Octo, the eighth, hence October.
November, the eleventh month, from the
Latin word Nevem, nine:, being the ninth
month from March.
Decemher, the twelfth month, from the
Latin of Decent. tea ; •o called. because it wag
the tenth month trout March; which was an
ciently the manner of beginning the year.
A New Race of Human Beings. .
Some time since a paragraph appeared in a
New South Wales Journal relative to the dis
covery, in the far interior, of a new race of
blacks, "who had no hair on the top of their
heads in the phial , where the wool ought to
grow." The account of this most extraordi
nary discovery, says the Bombs. Telegraph,
haslmen corroborated by ant eye witness, a Mr.
Thomas. who has arrived from whore aborig
inals ruralize. They are, says be, of a cop
per color, and are tall and athletic, much su
perior in every respect to their dark skinned
brethern. The women are also said to hive
more claims to beauty. They, however, are
also deficient of what is generally acknowledg
ed to be the "glory of women." Mr. Thomas,
it appears was at camp on the Upper Ilalunne
with others, on gronnd hitherto untrudden
by a white man, when he was surprised by a
visit from these hold pated copper colored be
ings. They appeared to have friendly inten
tions, and as nothing was noticed in their
conduct of an e agreastre nature. a conversa
tion of nods and signs ensued. After a while,
a sovereign was shown to them, when one of
them, picking up a stone, pointed with his
finger to the fur west, and intimated that
stones of a similar discription t..) the sover
eign were to be picked up on the ground in
masses as large az the stone he held. Tho
place was understood to be some hundred
miles further in the interior, but they signi
fied their intention of bringing some stones
at their next visit. Mr. Thomas intends to
return .again to the Balonne, and to await
their arrival. If the story is true, the age of
wonder* truly has not ceased.
"Can Travel Like Piaui."
The electric teler.r, Kilt is bound to remain
a mystery to the million, and the ludicrous
conceptions of the modes operandi, which
some of the most ignorant people hare formed,
are as mirth provoking as anything out of
Rebell*. or Smollet. Not long siuce an old
lady entered O'lleiley's office in this city, and
said she had a message to send to Wheeling.
In a few moments her note was deposited in
a dumb waiter and ascended iu a mysterious
ner through the epiling.
" Is that going straight to Wheeling!" in
quired the old lady, with her eyes bent on the
ceiling.
"Yes ma'am." answered the clerk.
" I never was there," continued she, " but
it hardly seems possible that their town lies
in that direction. IV ben will I get an an
swer, Mr. Telegraph?"
"I mut scarcely tell, ma'am, it may be two
or three hours.'
The old lady went away and returned in
exactly two hours. Just as she entered the
door the dumb waiter came down through the
ceiling.
"There is your answer ma'am," said the
clerk.
The old lady took the neat yellow envelope
in her hands, with a smile of mingled grati
fication and astonishment.
"Now, that beats all," exclaimed she;
"bleu my heart, all the way from Wheeling,
and the wafer still wet l That is an awk-
ward looking box—hut it can travel like pi
san."—Cia. Paper.
The Lonely . Cottager
A pious oattager residing iu the centre of
a long and dreary heath, was salmi by a
Christian visitor, "are you r.ut sometimes
afraid in your lonely situation, et pecinlly in
winter ?" "0 no, sir," eho replied, "fur
faith shuts the door at night, and mercy opens
it in the morning." CAtagers, what are
your feelings on retiring to rest? Do they
afford similar confidence to this pot believer,
and with her do you also say "faith shuts the
door at night, and mercy opens it iit the
morning?"
What it Means.
"Married well" means yoking two fools
together, with plenty of money as ''galvanic"
stuck to justify the folly. Hearts, brains and
worth have all gone out of date. Some folks
think if they get married they can live un
love, but they End themselves mistaken, love
will not support a married couple. We have
tried it, and found it bad capital to live on.
It won't buy the babies' clothes.
11d-It is in the power of every roan to pre
serve his probity; but no man living hits it
in his power to say that he can preserve We
reputation, while there are so many evil ton
gues in the world, ready to blast the (sire's
character, and so many opan ears ready to
receive their reports.
J'Here is a beer drinker's epitaph:
Beneath these stones,
Repo*e the bones
Of Theodosius Grim,
Who took hi's ma
From year to year,
Until the mums took him!
sirdro clear mom from fruit-tress apply
cold soap suds with a whitewash brush. A
few applications will leave the bark fresh
and glasry. ±
Mirlf a mask zsapatia whataosher ha sew
sib, what, a harslet °foam and breeches our
laws will base sae of these days.
"Was ma la bify married, bis s' rib"
is worth as take o th er - buses in his body.
Must
cows I hare long been seeking fir: a proven._tire,
tive, and tiler her* . tried onexistg, whip.
?iog, strapping up ths fore leg, and atria*
other aig&urbe Tawas., none of them 44-
sweriag. I had at last coulstded to feed,*
very due heifer for the one fault onlys..when
happening to asentkra th e subject one day to
en old fanner, be remarked that litt Asetee
had any trouble with kicking ewe as. ,bet.
a vary easy way of prommti sham br
nuked of hint his plan, who re
following, (one that / have nerseel i ti
print,r and I send it to yon hoping it lid*
I,eneftt many as it her me:
Take • rope or strap about thise feet he
length, and make a loop at one end, then
carefully place the loop end around the hind
legs just above the knee, run the other end
through end draw the legs together as close
se possible, then wrap the remainder of the
rope around the partencircling the lege, end
fasten. When 'properly adjusted it is impos
sible for a cow to kick. flossing., Chad&
Ford, De/aware co., Pct.
NO. 31.
liens Eating Eggs.—ln the Country Gen
tleman of March 24th, I notice an inquiry
from "Down Easter," to prevent hens eating
their eggs. I have been very successful in
preventing it in this manner : Take r. parti:
ally eaten egg from the nest, and eubatituto
ground mustard for the yolk, and put the egg
back again. I think one trial will rim kir
ficient. I have never been obliged to repeat
it. Our IV MLA.
sertA Black Republican print. in noticing
the appointment of lion. Joseph Bolt, (Alit:m
inas., us Postmaster General, Bp:
4‘ 110 is represented as being an excellent
man fur the position, but ho ia from the
South."
" From the South ?" And so were Wash
ington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Clay,
Calhoun, Benton, and a host of other eminent
statesmen. whose lofty intellects. unspotted
reputation, and pure patriotism, illumine din
pages of our national history with the bright
est and most glorious colors. Since when
has the South become noxious ground, to
taint the character of her sons? It was not
so, in days gone by. before negro-worship be
came exclusitc philanthropy, and the cant of
fanatics and letriagogues the test of American
Republicanism. Out upon Nth narrow, set
doh Gamin:Wit.= ; Ood's providence assigns
toman his birthpace! and so that ho lirce,
and motes, anti acts as a man, in the splicru
allotted to him, what right have we, or any
of us, to make that action a ground of objec
tion to him? The Union is outset dissolv
ed, and until it shall be, North and 'South ars
integral parts of a common country.
Amusing and Characteristic Anecdote of
Thomas H. Benton.—The Alexandria &W.
nei tells the following true story about 001.
Benton's refusing to recognise! the House of
Ilepresentativcs as a legal body, after tb•
fourth of March:
" It vas Sundlity morning, and the fourth
of March of the short session. Col. Benton
held that as the third of March was the cull
of the period for which the representative's
had . been elected, the House had expired at
midnight.ef Saturday. By a sort of legal fie
firm, however, the House claimed not only to
be living on Sunday Morning, but was calling
up its absent members ; and it so happened
that just as Cu!. Benton, after a good night's
sleep and hearty breakfast, reached the door
of the Hall, just as his name was culled by the
Clerk. Immediately his indignation was
great. 'You shan't call my name sir! This
is no House, sir ; and I am no member, siir.
I'll sue you, if you call my name in there,
sir !'"
In edition to this, 0.1. Benton told the4lt
was a mob—that he was " a member of DO
such body." The present Speaker, Orr, was
in the chair at the time, and he prumptlj
refiliett:
"An the gentleman denies being a member
of the House, the Sergeant-at-arms will please
remove him from the flail."
The remark created a roar oflaughteri-and
"Old Bullion" in a towering rage, stalked
out of the Oapitul. •
ser it has been affirmed by a celebrated
writer, that " there is no disposition se
rugged,"but that education will polish." It
is true, the elegant accomplishments of ski!.
ised life are to be acquired, the energies of
the mind expanded, the person and manners
formed to tho standard of laqiion by attention
and care: but the finer feelings of humanity,
the blushing graces of modesty, the exqesite,
the sublime emotions of benevolence, can
never be cultivated, unless implanted by
"Nature's sweet and cunning hand."
birA city buck visited the Shakers tel
Lebanon some time ago, and as he was lam
daring' through the village encountered p►
stout, henry aped/men of the beet and duo
addressed him:
" Well, Bruadbrire, are you much of o, Shii
ker ?" I •
" Nay," said the other, "not overmuch ; btet,
I can do a little that way."
" I should like to see yott perform."
"I can accommodr.te thee, friend," said then
other, quite cowl, and seized the astonished
customer by the cullar and nearly shook him
out of his boots. •
IM.There is a man in l'hiladelphia who
owns two good brickhinnies and wieed store,
and has $4OOO in stock -- --all of which be has
accumulated solely by the business of catch
ing raw, which he sells to proprietorsof oral
pits."
You may insert a thousand excellent
things in a newspaper, and never hear a word
of approbation from the readers, but just let
a paragraph slip in. (bpraccident,) of one or
two lines, not suited to their taetoa, and you,
will be sure to hear of it.
lerThe use of lime in planting potatoes is
strongly recumniended by a gentleman in
Lancaster' county, as a certain preventive to
the rot. His putatoet have been tuna injur
ed by this isease.
ifirA twen-bee will lay 200 eggs daily
fur 50 ur GU days, and the ekes aro batched
in three days. A single queen bee has been
stated to produce 100,000 bees in a sou-ton.
lOWA telegraph despatch received from
Marseilles, stater that one hundred and filky
thousand poople died iu one mouth at Jaddtu
Japan, of Cholera.
le)....The Ohio penitentiary is otcrfloweil
with inmate,. It has now near une hundred
more than there are cells in the histitutilla,
and the cry is still they come.
IBM-There is an apple tree near Louisvillt,
Ky., which bears apples•both sweet audio
—that is to say. one,half of each apple Ts
sweet stud the other half sour.
IteL.3laple sugar selts at Albany. N.T..0
10a 12 cm par putvid. Farmers thereabouts.
make from three to five tons each.
ser-A. farmer testifies to some priw
the4ideantage of running the piow deeper pr
cam and winner grain than for cora.
Mof t arts requite long and stitaxip•
plication but the must useful art of 41400
.of pleasing, requires only the ides.,
tarns rely is independent who eastelnier
fain himself by his own exertion, ataaided
and mono.
=fro. growl, rich byeemating Tibor;
tit* cid:arrow mac grows pour bj
rich.
/111rAn indiscreet versos is likesaikiiiia
id letter, which everybody can peispeowt,i
Arne last invention in Ohio ii trade&
rubber nient4sw:' Progieissirnap, tithe;
1 t0i , 41
ime.Tesse tloquence aunsisis is "ups*
Was is nikeessary ricizaP4 l 4 lll o l :,,L4
a irp o ij ig w e n--Th‘ wiliorediediona
the Cosopiltr. . • .1,