LEWI
BURG
CHBON
Yolam VIH, Hamper 6.
Whole Number--370.
& C. HICKOK, Editor.
0. N. WORDEN, Printer.
LEWISBURG, UNM COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1851.
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l..aed Wtdnndny mornings at Lewisburg,
Inim county, I'cmvyhania.
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r llin- -i. luiv.lv to the K.lit-.ri:.l Hrpartmi-ut. to he
d r.vl.-d to IIcnkt IIu-k-iK. K .. 1 those on
b i.m-s t" '. V U-..Hi:i. 1-HUith.r.
l!or on M irkrt utrei-t. h. tw.-n S--nn.t Mi! Third, over
t!w I"--" m. O. N W iKI'KX. I'r.ri. t..r.
'go was 1 1'
' My infatuated widow offered to pur
chase my discharge, on condition that I'd
lead her to the alter.'
' So was I !'
'My infatuated widow offered to pur
chase my discharge, on condition that I'd
' lead her to the alter.'
' Just my case !'
' T hsitjittd at last. consented. '
Mrs. Bouncer departed.
' I say sir,' said Box, after a pause.
Well, sir V
7 "
' What's your dispassionate opinion of over.
( Doubtless a tender epistle from Penel
ope Ann !' said Box, becoming excited.
' Then read it, sir,' said Cox, handing it
duelling, sir?'
! 4 1 think it is a barbtJ-ous practice, sir.'
' So do I, sir. To be sun:, I don't so
much object to it when the pistols are 2t
, loaded.
' No,' said Cox, pacing the room. ' I
4..- ,i i. i- l.. ,i:ir..
. T ijc i , . , -.1 . uiic uv iiiiib uuca make a aiiiiui. tuuu-
' I consented at once, but not without , '
4 And vet. sir.' areued Box. ' on the
'Well, sir,' ctntinued Box, with deep other hand docsnt it strike you as ruth-
cmotion, ' the day for the happy ceremony er a wat.te of tilie for two pwpe t0 kpop
at length drew near in fact, too near to firing pistols at each otLer) whh notu;ng
be pleasant ; whereupon, I wasn't worthy jn em
to possess her, ana tola tier so wuen in- t y0 s;r . ot niore than any wti,er
stead of being nattered Dy tnc compliment, harmless reereation
she new upon me like a tiger ot the lemale , j Mv said after a t10Ugilt wi,y
nniiil.iii. I hai.iiaiI n-tmn oil i i it c I T CAlnn- w w a
..v ,1,. T..r..r i,t Dmiirtorv dru.h- nrjuiin-u ou4cv.4 ijf uo 0,,ect to marrv i'enelope Ann :
Zt? &-.s,2?4f"r-l thing whined past me, within an inch of , because, as I've already observed, I
rnnXTn;rr can t be happy with
diTOTrcd. Sh ww pursurd Ull h n-wch.il tlx- r,-m . mantel-piCCC I 11 WaS the SlOD-DaSlH. X her.'
on wbons tnk hrr rnor wu drawn up. (H It hd OK-n
lfl b jt br own handi. Snringins into it,) fh ouit to
flu henelf bi-yond thr renrh of hor pursiwrs; but thry.
avninf; in iiit iirr, im-. -yim ... w.... .... ..
Tor the Lewisbnrs Chronicle.
ud -rn-, prtfTTinK dth to entity, I-p.-i irum ue . . - n..t:ft f.r lirpf.!i ftf nrninWP '
i0e ul her canoe, and diap-arl in the waters. UCC 01 aUlOll lof LreaCU 01 prOUUaC.
piece : It was tne siop-Dastn. j. licr.
retaliated with a tea-cup wc parted and i ' ilappy ! said Box, tenderly. Me !
the next morning I was served with a no- With the consciousness that I have depriv
FwiTtly Hi aa Indi.in mai l
A-nw ber native nun.
Whrrv the rayi of pMn libt
Ilium--a Uinuftand nlW.
Like the ..vp-T the
Abovo the aTt, unlailfn,
Siel -he on with fairy 5t-p
Thi Tu-arora umidi-n.
KrL-ht fwr rlK of aiun tint,
l.wtV. t-U fr.m the Pki'-n;
Lightly l-avM her mor:uiin
lu fNt-rintn as she Hie.
Now aiMite thi fr-'wuinc craj.
She .-nad th" rhoni( that hin t her;
II irk : ue uenrs the navaiv rell ;
The ft ii clow behiud her.
Swift as through the tra klew air
The bir..i th ir patliwav twr,
L'ound he o'er the xrwy dalea.
And U-al th lurietl rh-u-On
they eome the (.ant in- rrew
With i bitw au-1 teeming iier:
Spnnrs ie to her light rwune.
And poddlei dowu the rivt-r.
I.il e a i-mre of tiseri fl.-t
Th. y da-b with awful fry:
Tlii' k nmuiid the mid'-n b t.
The flakes of arrow, fly.
With h"r tre-MH flnHtinK fr.
She .t ap the wave before h.-r :
The waters fold thetr arms above
The lovely Tuscaror.
Xtwis tun'', May,
BOX and COX.
A Capital Humorous Story.
Concluded.
'No ueh thing, sir,' said Cos, with
dignity, 1 1 repeat, sir no such thing,
iir but any wue l mean my mienaea
wife happened to he the proprietor of a
considerable number of bathing machines.'
'Ha' where.?' interrupted Box, sud
denly grasping Cox by the arm.
' AVhy, at a favorite watering place.
IIow curious you are?
Not at alL Well V said Box, again
seated.
'Conscjni-ntly, in tlic Lathing season
cd you of such a treasure ? No, no, Cox.'
Well, sir.' ' Don't think of me, Box ; I shall be
' Well, sir,' resumed Box, breathing sufficiently rewarded by the knowledge of
hard, ' ruin stared me in the face the my Box's happiness.'
action proceeded against me with gigantic ; ' Xow, don't be absurd.'
strides I took a desperate resolution I
left my home early one morning, with one ;
suit of clothes on my back, and another in 1
a bundle, under my arms arrived on the ;
'Me, sir V said Box.
' Of course. You don't suppose I'm go
ing to read a letter from your intended?'
' ilv intended !' said Box. ' Pshaw ! its
1 addressed to you C-O-X Cox !'
' That C. is a B., sir!'
' Nonsense ! Fracture the seal !'
' There ! said Cox, opening the letter
and reading it. 4 Goodness gracious !'
'Gracious goodness !' said Box, snatch
ing it.
'ManjateV said Cox, snatching it back,
and reading aloud :
Sir I hasten to eonrey In you tie intelligence
of a melancholy accident which ha bereft you
of your intended wife'
' He means your' intended.'
'Soycrun! persisted Box, impatiently.
' IIow can that le ? You proposed to
her first.'
' Yes, but then you now don't let us
begin again. Go on !'
Poor Mrt. tViegin? (raumed Coi.) ' fent
out for a ihort excursion in a tail boat a sud
den and violent squall soon afterwards took
place, which it is supposed upset her. as she
was found, two days after, keel upwards-'
' Poor woman !' breathed Box.
' No, sir, the loat,' said Cox, and then
resumed :
nw.l u."l-.fLir mi u..... vt-u wu.i.ar. ..far
' Then don't you be ridiculous, sir.'
' I won't have her !'
won't have her.'
Stay: said iiox, suddenly, suppose '
cliffs opened my bundle deposited the we draw lots for her. She's a fat woman, ! proiierty to her intended husband '
suit of clothes on the Tery verge of the there's lots of her, and why shouldn't we 0x and Cox looked at each other, and
precipice took one look down into the draw lots for her V gradually burstjnto tears!
yawning gulph beneath me and walked 'That's fair enough, Mr. Box.' Generous, ill fated being V said Box.
off in an opposite direction !' ( 'Or, said Box, carelessly, 'what say you ; And to think that I tossed up for such
' Dear me !' said Cox, astonished ; 1 1 to Jiff, sir?' J a woman !' said Cox, sobbing.
think I begin to have some slight percep- j ' T ith all my heart. Pice by all mean,' When I remember that I staked such
tion of your meaning.
' Open the door said Mrs. Bouncer,
'It's only me.'
' Only you ! Then where's the lady?'
Gone.'
' Upon your honor ?' said Cox.
' As a gentleman ?' added Box.
Yes, said Mrs. B., 'and she's left a
note for Mr. Cox.
' Put it under the door,' said Cox.
Mrs. Bouncer obeyed, and Cox picked
up the letter and opened it
' Goodness gracious !' said Cox, reading
the letter.
' Gracious goodness ? said Box, snatch
ing it.
Dear Mr. Box f (rntd loth at once.) par.
don mu candor but heme convinced that feet-
injf, like our ages, do not reciprocate, I Hasten
to aiirise you of my immediate union, with
Mr. Knox .''
' The little floor, back room, is ready,'
said Mrs. Bouncer, putting her head in at
the door.
I don't want it !' said Cox.
' No more do IP said Box.
' What shall part us ?' cried Cox, vehe
mently.
'What shall tear us asunder !' cried Box,
tremendously.
Box !'
' Cox,' said Box, about to embrace him,
but stopping suddenly, seized Cox's hand,
and glared wildly in his face. "You'll ex
cuse the apparent insanity of the remark,
Newspapers.
As wc feel the sunshine; as we breathe
the balmy air ; as we draw our life of life
from household affection all unconscious
ly so we drink in the pleasures and
blessings of the newspaper ; carclesi, yet
eager, and, though dependent, unthankful.
He must be an imaginative man who can
tell the value of the newspaper, for only
: he can fancy what it would be to be de
prived of it.
Circulars and Free Circulating
Newspaper Nuisances. Great com
plaints are made throughout the country
by merchants and others, against the im
pudent practice of sending Circulars and
free Advertising sheets from the cities to
persons who never ordered them, and for
The Farmer.
and
From th Gwrmantown Taltgrapk.
The Pumpkin Its Cultivation
Use.
Mr. Editor : The pumpkin, although
very common vegetable, has never, I think,
been appreciated so highly as it deserved.
This arises in part from the very injudici
ous, and in many instances preposterous
manner in which it is cultivated. From
the great size and extent of the vines, and
the weight of the fruit, common sens
would induce us to infer, that the amount
of nutriment required to bring it to per
fection, must necessarily be proportionally
great ; yet we generally find it growing;
among corn, and not unfrequently upon
Ingenious creature! said Cox, eagerly, feeling in his pocket for' a woman on-on th-thc hazard of a die!'!
You disappeared the suit of clothes was a pair. i blubbered Box.
found' I 'That's lucky,' thought Box. 'I've got a f 'I am sure, Box, I can't sufficiently
' Precisely and, in one of the pockets pair here, that, somehow or other, always thank you for your sympathy,' said Cox.
of the coat, or the waistcoat, or the pant- throws sixes.'
aloons I foreet which there was also I ' Well, sir,' said Cox, producing his
found a strip of paper with these affecting lucky dice,
farewell words : ' This is thy work, O, ' Now then, sir,' said Box.
Penelope Ann V ' Will you lead off, sir?'
' Penelope Ann !' gasped Cox, seizing ; ' As you please, sir. The lowest throw,
Box by the arm. , of course, wins Penelope Ann.'
' Penelope Ann !' observed Box,distinct-
'Originally widow of William Wiggins?'
' Widow of William Wiggins.'
' Proprietor of bathing machines?'
' Pro-prictor-of-bathing machines.'
'At Margate?'
' At Ramsgate.'
'It must be she 3' exclaimed Cox. 'And
which, luckily, is a rather long one we ' you, sir you, are the long htet, lamented
i ...... f i .i .i
te but little u cacu oiner ; uui as mat
is now over, I am daily indulging in the
expectation of being blessed with the sight I
Box
'I am !'
' And 7, sir, was about to marry the in-
f my Moved. Are you married, sir ?! terosting creature you so cruelly deceived!
added Cox, anxiously.
'Me? paid Box, with much drj-ncss,
'why not exactly.'
' Ah a happy bachelor ?'
Kh ? Why not precisely.'
'Oh! a widower,' said Cox, gravely.
' Why no, not absnhiuty.'
CVx looked, 'loull excuse me, sir,
'Eh? Then you arc Cox, said Box,
starting up.
' I am !'
' Ha ! I heard of it I congratulate you
I give you joy,' said Box, madly. 'And
now I think I'll take a stroll.'
' No you don't !' returned Cox, stopping
bim. 'I'll not lose sight of you till I have
said he, ' but, at present, I don't exactly ; restored you to the arms of your intended.'
comprehend how you can hip being one of ; ' - intended ! 1 ou mean your
the three.'
' Not help it T
' No, sir not you, nor any other man
aliic'
'Ah,' said Box, seriously, 'that may
be, hut I'm not alive?
Jfot ' began Cox, pushing back his
chair ; ' you'll excuse me, sir but I don't
like joking on such subjects.'
I'm perfectly serious, sir,' replied Box,
rtrancelv. 'I've been defunct for the last
throe years !'
' Will you be quiet, sir?' shouted Cox.
If you wont believe me,' replied Box,
' I'll refer you to a very large, numerous,
and respectable circle of disconsolate
friends.'
' My dear sir my very dear sir,' said
Cx, eagerly, ' if there d'rs exist any in
genious contrivance whereby a man on the
eve of matrimony can leave this world,aud
yt stav in it, I shouldn't be sorry to know
it'
'!i !' said Box, examining Cox, 'then
I i-rouwe I'm not to set you down as be
ing frantically attached to your intended?'
Why just so.'
Then there's nothing more easy. Do
as I did.'
I will '.' said Cox, quickly. What
was it r
' rown yourself !
' WVflyou be quiet, sir?' shouted Cox,
once more.
Listen to me !' pursued Box, mysteri
ously. ' Three years ago it was my mis
fortune to captivate the affections of a
still blooming, though somewhat middle
aged widow, at Ramsgate '
' Singular enough !' said Cox. ' Just
my case three months ago, at Margate."
' Well, sir,' pursued Box, ' to escape
her importunities, I came to the determi
nation of enlisting, and did so."
So did I. Singular coincidence!'
'Ihtd no sooner done so, than I was
"rry for il-'
mean vour in
tended.'
'No, sir yours"
' IIow can she be my intended, now that
I'm drowned ?'
' You're no such thing, sir, and I prefer
presenting you to Penelope Ann.'
' I've no wish to be introduced to your
intended.
' My intended ? IIow can that be, sir?
You proposed first,' insisted Cox.
' What of that, sir ?' demanded Box, 'I
came to an untimely end, and you popped
the question afterwards.'
' Very well, sir.'
' Very well, sir.'
' You're much more worthy of her than
I am,' urged Cox. 'Permit me, then, to
follow the generous impulses of my nature
I give her up to you.'
' Benevolent being,' signed Box, ' I'd
not rob you for the world. Good morn
ing, sir.'
' Stop I' said Cox, seising Box.
' Unhand me, hatter ! Or I shall cast
off the lamb and assume the lion.'
' Pooh !' said Cox, snapping his fingers
at Box's nose.
' An insult ! ha ! ha ! To my very face
under my very nose,' cried Box, rub
bing it. ' You know the consequence,sir,
instant satisfaction, sir.'
' With all my heart, sir !' cried Cox,
pulling the bell.'
' Mrs. Bouncer Mrs. Bouncer !' shou
ted Box and Cox.
' What is it, gentlemen ?' cried Mrs.
Bouncer, rushing in.
' Pistols for two 1' demanded Box.
Yes, sir,' replied Mrs. Bouncer, run
ning out.
' Stop, female 1' said Cox, alarmed, 'you
dont mean to say, thoughtless and impru
dent women, that you keep loaded fire-arms
in the house?'
' They're not loaded, sir.'
' Not loaded,' said Cox, valiantly, 'then
jroduce your murderous weapon instantly.'
' Very well, sir.'
' Sixes,' said Box, throwing.
' That's not a bad throw of yours, sir,
said Cox, throwing, 'Sixes.'
'That's a pretty good one of yours, sir,'
said Box, throwing 'Sixes.'
And Box and Cox continued to throw
sixes for some length of time, paused, and
surveyed each other.
' Those are not bad dice of ours, sir,'
observed Box.
' Yours seem rather good ones, sir,' re
marked Cox.
' Suppose we change, sir ?
' Very well, sir.'
' Sixes !' said Box, throwing.
' Sixes !' said Cox, throwing. j
' Pooh !' said Box, flinging down the
dice. 'It's perfectly absurd, you going onj
throwing sixes in this sort of way, sir.
Am her man eif tmainesa. 7 immetliaf'lu nro.
treJid to examine her papers, among which I, but the more 1 gaze on your features, the
more I am convinced you are my long lost
brother !
' The very observation I was going to
make'
'Oh, tell me, raved Box, 'in merry tell
me have you such a thing as a strawberry
mark on your left arm ?'
'Ao' demanded Box, starting back.
'Tl.en it t' he !' and, with one accord, Box
and Cox rushed into one another's arms,
and remained their for several moments.
It was thereupon agreed that the room
was big enough for both, and they went to
Gravescnd together that day, and had quite
a jolly time of it.
Bitter Fruits.
The Utica Teetotaller states that iiot
less than 8100,000 worth of property have
been made the prey of the devouring cle
ment within the last six months in that
city, by the torch of the incendiary. The
same paper thus refers to the source of the
evil :
" In looking over the testimony before
the Recorder, on which the young men
charged with the crime of arson have been
held, one thought must have fastened it
self upon every reflective mind. We al
lude to the intimate connection between
rum and rowdyism' or intoxication and
high criminality ! These young men have
had their brains turned, and their hearts
nerved up to a point of reckless destruc-
1 ' 1 i l .i e .
-men iucj are nuujecicu io me expense oi ;, mnsl;tlIt- n, ,aM nf .VK
the carrier s fees on all occasions, and in ;9 weak to insure nmm
many instances to the postage besides. Lst crop9 Xhe ot this 8pe.
Advertisers who expect to increase their jc ies of - . hnRvmdr, :neT:t.vi. j.
customers by this mode of piracy upon the
pockets of the people of the country, will
be very much mistaken. If they desire
custom from abroad, they would act wisely
by informing the people of such districts
wherein they wish to extend their trade,
through the newspapers of such districts.
'And I'm sure, Cox, you couldu't feel
more if she had been your own iutended !'
'Mv own intended !' cried Cox. ' She
was my own intended !'
'Your in tended!' said Box with contempt,
' Come, I like that Didn't you very pi o
pcrly observe, just now, sir, that pro
posed to her first T
' To which you very sensibly replied, sir,
that you had come to an untimely end V
'I deny it.'
'I say yon have!
' The fortune's mine I'
' Mine ?
'I'll have it!'
' So will I !'
' I'll go to law.
' So will I,' said Cox.
' Stop !' said Box, suppose we divide it.'
'Equally?'
'Equally,' assented Tot. 'I'll take
two-thirds. tivcnes.i. bv beveraces dealt out in onr
ml o
' That's fair enough,' said Cox, 'I'll take splendid saloons and drinking places, and
three-fourths.'
' Another letter, Mr. Cox,' said Mrs.
Bounecr, entering : two pence more, if
I you please, sir.'
' I intend to go on, sir, till my luck i Good, I forgive you again,' said Cox,
changes.' taking the letter. 'You can go, Mrs. B.,'
' Pshaw ! let's try something else. Sup- and Mrs. B. retired. 'Another trifle, this,
pose we toss for Penelope Ann 'P from Margate.' Cox opened the letter.
'The very thing I was going to propose,'
said Cox, taking out a sixpence.
' Goodness gracious !' exclaimed Cox.
'Gracious goodness!' exclaimed Box,
'Now then, sir,' said Box, taking out a' snatching the letter. Whereupon Box
shilling. 'Heads win.'
' Or tails lose,' said Cox, ' whichever
you prefer.'
'It's the same thing to me, sir.'
' Very well, sir. Heads, I win tails,
you lose.'
'Yes! no,' said Box, suddenly. 'Heads
win, sir.'
' Very well, go on.'
' Heads !' said Box, tossing.
' Heads !' said Cox, tossing.
And Box and Cox continued to toss up
heads for about five minutes more, again
paused, and Ftared at each other.
' Ain't you rather tired of turning up
heads, sir ?' demanded Box.
' Couldn't you vary the monotony of
our proceeding by an occasional ftti, sir?'
said Cox.
' Heads !' said Box, tossing.
' Heads !' said Cox, tossing.
' Stop, sir !' observed Box, after a pause,
and taking Cox's sixpence. ' Hello, sir !
your sixpence has got no tail, sir !'
And your shilling, said Cox, snatching
it 'why it's got two heads, sir.'
'Cheat !' said Box.
' Swindler !' shouted Cox.
' Come on !' said Box, squaring off.
' Come on !' said Cox ; and, after hit
ting at each other several times with fierce
ness but no effect, Mrs. Bouncer entered.
Is the little second floor room, ready?'
' Oh, not quite, gentlemen. I can't
find the pistols, but I've brought you a
letter it came yesterday. I'm sure I
don't know how I forgot it bu I hope
you'll forgive me, sir. By-the-by, I paid
two pence for it.
' Did you ?' said Cox, taking the letter.
Then I do forgive. You can go.' And
Mrs. Bouncer went. 'The post-mark is
decidedly Margate.'
and Cox both read it with intense eagerness
and interest :
Happy to inform youfalse alarm'
Mrs, Wiggins, vour intended"
Picked up by a steamboat'
'Carried into Boulogue'
Returned here this morning'
Will start bg early train to-morrow'
And be with you at ten o'clock'
Box and Cox pulled out their watches.
' Cox, I congratulate you,' said Box,
taking his hat.
'Box, I give you joy, said Cox, taking
his.
' I'm sorry that most important business
at the Colonial office,' said Box, ' will pre
vent me witnessing the truly happy meet
ing between you and your intended. Good
morning!'
' No you don't,' said Cox. 1 It is obvi
ously for me to retire. Not for worlds
would I disturb'
' Didn't wc last arrange,' said Box, hot
ly, 'that he was your intended V
' No, yours P
'Yours !
' I say yours P shouted Box and Cox,
both together.
Whereupon, ten o clock struck, and the
noise of an omnibus was heard without.
' Ha I what's that ?' cried Box, wildly
rushing to the window. 1 A cab no, a
two penny omnibus.'
' A lady's got out !' said Cox, looking
over Box.
There's no mistaking the majestio per
son it's Penelope Ann I cried Box.
' Your intended? said Cox.
' No yours I
1 Your V said both, rushing to the door,
and planting their backs against it
' Mr. Cox, Mr. Box,' said Mrs. Boun
cer, knocking.
' I've just stepped out,' said Cox.
' So have 1 said Box.
kept open and brilliantly lighted for most
of the night ! W hocver has had occasion
to be in the streets at unseasonable hours
has found these subterranean palaces and
elegantly furnished groggcries in full blast,
ready to entertain juvenile depravity as
well as more matured and hardened and
confirmed rascality. Here young men,
no worse by nature than many of their
neighbors and associates, have been pre
pared to go out and perpetrate the highest
crime known to our laws to kindle the
flames which have destroyed property in
large quantities and put human life in
jeopardy 1 To suppose that incendiaryism
could have been cultivated and matured to
such an alarming pitch without the aid of
rum is a supposition hardly worth a mo
ment's thought The head must be
turned, and the moral sensibilities mad
dened by rum before one can venture thus
on destruction. And now while we feci
no wish or inclination to interpose a plea
of intoxication as a ground of impunity to
crime, we protest that to punish the im
mediate agent in incendiary acts and still
allow the schools of crime to continue on
unchecked and licensed by law, is not only
bad policy, but as bad morality. This is
a thought which we put to our city author
ities and to our citisens in general. The
makers of mad men deserve to be re
strained and punished as well as the
wretched workmanship of their hands!
And unless this is done, these dens which
allure to ruin and these schools of vice,
will go on preparing other sons and broth
crs for like damning deeds 1"
Gossip and Scandal.
We think it may be set down as a matter
of course that every man has a certain
number of faults, foibles, or deformites,
that are well-known to his acquaintances,
and that are freely spoken of not less by
his friends than his enemies. Now this
state of things does no great harm in
many cases none at all unless some offic
ious fool turns tale-bearer. Every sensi
ble man takes it for granted that he is,
more or less, " talked about;" but no sen
sible man cares a fig for ti e matter unless
he has occasion to resent ihe obvious ill
manners or uivuco which bring him ac
quainted with what has been said. Bos
ton Post.
Readers. Readers may be divided into
four classes. The first may be compared
to an hour-glass, their reading being as
the sand ; it runs in, and it runs out, and
leaves not a vestige behind. A second
class resembles a sponge, which imbibes
everything, and returns it nearly in the
same state, only a little dirtier. A third
class is like a jelly-bag, which allows all
that is pure to pass away, and retains
only the refuse and the dregs. The fourth
class may be compared to the slave in the
diamond mines in Golconda, who casting
aside all that is worthless, preserves only
the pure gem. Coleridge.
Bad Books. Bad books are like ar
dent spirits ; they furnish neither " ali
ment" nor "medicine :'' they are "poison."
Both intoxicate one the mind, the other
the body ; the thirst for each increases by
being fed, and is never satisfied : both
ruin one the intellect, the other the
health, and together, the soul. The ma
kers and venders of each are equally guilty,
and equally corrupters of the community ;
and the safe-guard against each is the
same total abstinence from all that in
toxicates mind or body.
A school-boy being asked to repeat
twenty-six words beginning successively
with letters of the Alphabet, in one sen
tence, succeeded, as follows :
A boy cannot dig easily for gold ; henoe
if just keeping lead melted needs oxygen.
put quicksilver, rapidly saturated, timidlv
under vitriol, when xebecs yeam zeolites.
Hawthorne, in the House of the " Sev
en Gables," speaks of a smile, so broad
and sultry, that had it only been half as
warm as it looked, a trellis of grapes might
at once have turned purple under its sum
mer-like exposure."
" Although the devil be the father of
lies," remarks Swift, " he seems, like oth
er great inventors, to have lost much of j
his reputation by the continual improve
ments that have been made upon him."
that neither the corn when so grown, nor
the pumpkin, attain their maximum deve
Iopement, and both crops are garnered at
an expense which often greatly exceeds
their worth. Now, sir, nature is always a
fair dealer, but she will not be cheated. If
we would realize remunerating crops, wo
must proceed on righteous principles : then,
however liberal may be our demands, all
our behests will be guerdoned with a fair
equivalent in return. My method of cul
tivating the pumpkin, is this :
In the autumn, I break up a piece of
well conditioned sward land, roll and har
row. I then spread on after the rate of
thirty cords of manure to the acre, and
turn it under with a light furrow. Four
bushels of gypsum to the acre are next ap
plied, the soil rolled smooth, and left in
this condition till the subsequent spring.
As soon as the frost is fairly out, and tho
soil sufficiently dry to admit its being wor
ked with facility, I take on the cultivator.
and give the surface a thorough working,
following and dressing off with the harrow.
My hills are then made six feet apart each
way a large broad hole being excavated
to receive one bushel of old compost on
which I plant my seed from five to six
of which are allowed to each hilL Over
the seeds, and in immediate contact with
them and the manure, I apply half a pint
of gypsum, and a little sulphuric acid or
pulverized copperas, and cover with one
inch of fine soil, pressing it down with the
hoe.
As soon as the plants are up, I give them
a dressing of ashes, about one pint to each
hill, and hoe them in rough leaf. As the
bug, which preys on the cucumber and
squash vine is also an equal enemy to ths
pumpkin I spread over my plants in
"buy time," a thin flake of cotton, fasten
ing it down by means of wooden pins,
which prevents their doing much injury
to the plants, and often, when properly
done, wholly prevents their attacks. As
the vines extend, the benefit of the spread
manure becomes regularly and progressive
ly more obvious and apparent From
every joint of a pumpkin vine there ema
nates a system of small fibres which pene
trate the soil, and perform the functions of
roots. They are, in fact, veritable roots,
when they fasten upon a soil or section of
soil replete with humvs, or the active ele-
A lady, with a sigh exclaimed, " Well, ments of vegetable nutrition, they greatly
I have lost my lawsuit!" "Oh mamma! sist in augmenting the thrift and fruit
how glad I am," said her child, " that you j fulness of the vine. As every portion of
have lost it ; for it tormented you awfully.'' jmy pumpkin plot is filled with organic
Died on the 8ih"rnt . at the residence of matter, in a condition to be readily appro
his son-in-law, Mr. A.Williams, in Shael- priated and assimilated by the organic ac-
fer's valley, Perry county, Mr. Richard
Baker, at the age of One Hundred and
Two Years, and Three Days. He was in
the army o( the Revolution, and under the
immediate command of Gen. Washington,
ol whom he always spoke with the liveliest
emotions, and with sentiments of highest
veneration. The deceased was a member
of that noble band who crossed the Dela
ware, on the niht of the S5ih of Decern-
tion of the vegetable system, every fibre
becomes a mouth for the reception of invi
gorating food, and every evolution of roots
an increase of vital strength in the parent
plant
Great care is had to keep down th
weeds, and thoroughly to eradicate every
Vestige of spurious vegetation, before the
development of the runners and foliage has
her. 1776, and wos in the action which i become so exuberant as wholly to occupy
luuii i.auc uii ii.c iicai uajr. ue was a.su j
at the batilo of Germantown, and in vari- j
ous other active scenes.
It is always dangerous to press the sen
sibilities of men beyond their information.
The understanding should go before, and
guide their impul. The operations of
truth are gradual- the progress of light is
often slow and silent. Of Christ the pro
phet said, "He ohall not strive nor cry,
neither shall any man hear his voice in the
streets." He would no! make his progress
through the world, like a political dema
gogue, or some great modern reformer,
with noise and tumult but in comparative
silence and privacy he would encourage
the desponding and comfort the broken
hearted. Dr. Geo. Peck.
Philadelphia, April 30. One of the
greatest pieces of extravagance heard ol
lately, is the fact that a dinner was given
in this city a week since by a party of 18
of our cititens to as many gentlemen from
New York, which actually cost the enter
tainers 150 each, or $900, in all. There
were twelve courses disposed ot, and the
wise bill alone was tlB6. The bill of tare
was printed in a nest little book ol twenty
pagea, cmblatoned with an appropriate
device. The dinner was given in return for
an entertainment in New York, and the
endravor to surpass it proved successful.
the soil. In this way, vast crops of thi
useful and valuable production may be ob
tained at comparatively small expense.
For feeding swine, I prepare a few bar
rels of pumpkins,annually, in the following;
manner: Selecting the earliest ripe, I cut
them, without paring, into thin strips, and
dry them thoroughly in the sun, by sus
pending the rings on poles, and when dry,
pack them away for future use. Prepared
in this way, pumpkins may be kept an age,
and when ground, mixed with skimmed
milk, and sweetened with a little molasses,
it constitutes one of the best and richest
articles for winter feeding that can bt sap
plied. A few handfulls of this meal, will
be found sufficient fbrabaeket fall of mush,
as it absorbs a large quantity of water, and
" swells' much more than Indian meal,
especially if baa been properly dried,
and preserved from wet
A Practical Famib.
Bald Eagle Farm, April 14, 1851.
SuTo prevent eafefi i'lars worms, or
insects, from crawling up the trunks of
trees, ntak a ring of tar ao inch is width
around th hw, and they wont rross it.
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