LEW
BURG
CHRONICLE
H. C. HICKOK, Editor.
0. N. WORDENiFrinter.
Volume Till, Nnmnor 7.
Whole Number 371.
LEWISBURG, ONION COUNTY, PENN., WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 1851.
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aX IXDIM"" "MILT JOCRJAl,
hsucd on Wednesday mitmipgs at Ltwisburg,
I'nion county, Vtiuuyttania.
TFR P'r y"r r rab actually in a-lTance ;
(1 "5. if MiilVitliiD ttiw miith: il paid within
" aj .54, if not Ia:d Wf.nw the yt-arexpirt-n; 5 cent fir
mul'I' SumlK-r. Sulm-riptiona for i months or l.na. to
he pa:d in advance. Uiontiuuanors oj'liuual with the
"Advertisement liaudaolutly iucerted at 50 cents pT
.,utr. ono wwk. $1 four week., $ a year: two wiuar. it,
I for Ki month. $7 for a year. Mon-antitv adtcrtiae
?n nt n cxivi-d'u,; one fourth nf a column. 10.
Jolt WolIK anl fafttial atlvertiat'inunU to be paid for
when hand.-.! in or delivered. ......
Communication! lUieit.-d on all sulu.-ctn of jreneral
Int.-nxt not within the ranc of party or m-rUrian rontut.
All If ttrs must come piist-d. arnwi'auied by the real
alirl of the writer, to n-o-ive atU-ntion. wOjThne
rUling eirlunivclv to the Milorial Pertm nt. to be
dir-eied tj lit .i ". IIiceok. r, iiifur and those on
lushles to l. S. WoBDJS. IWishrr.
OSc on M -rket litrejt, betw.-n S-ecnd and Third, over
the I'wt-0.1ic.'. O. X. WOUDKS. Proprietor.
for the Lewishnrg Chronicle.
An Item of Revolutionary History,
Major James Rees died at Geneva, N.
Y., 21 March, 1851, aged 85 years. II
was born in Philadelphia, of a Welch fam
ily, and was in early life the confidential
clerk of Robert Morris, the illustrious
l-'iuancicr of the Revolution. Mr. Rees
held the office of quartermaster general
under Washincrton in the time of the Whis
key Insurrection, in 1794, also under Gen
crals Wilkinson and Izard in the war of
1814, was laud agent and cashier of the
bank at Geneva, and lastly postmaster
under General Harrison all which stations
be filled with advantage to all concerned,
and retired with unspotted honor. With
the best opportunities for becoming rich
be preferred a moderate but sure compe
tency. The following incident related by
Major Rees illustrative of the real hard
ships and privations of the statesmen and
solJiers who won our Nation's Liberty
was communicated to the New York Lite
rary World :
'It was in the year 1781, that Mr. Mor
ris one morning early said : 'Jemmy, I
wish the horse and chaise to be ready at
ten, and that you accompany me to meet
Gen. Washington on the Square.' At the
moment appointed I was ready, and pro
ceeded with Mr. Morris to the junction of
Market and Broad streets, Philadelphia.
In a few moments I saw the General and
his servant approaching on horseback. The
General dismounted, and saluted Mr.
Morris, with gravity. They both sat down
upon a log in that place. Their discourse
at first was upon the miserable state of the
army from the want of bread and clothing,
and the General said, 'The bead of my
column will soon be in sight, on our way
to the bead of Elk.' The discourse soon
varied to the prospect of raising funds to
procure supplies for his famishing troops,
and I could perceive that tears were in the
eyes of both. Said Mr. Morris, 'Dear
General, I have made my last effort my
notes are in the market in 6ums Tarrying
from five pouuds to five thousand dollars.
Selected for the Chronicle.
CONSOLATION.
BT "CRUUffrnt ELIZABETH."
When the rtrcnmlot is dried tip,
Thru fly to thr iouiila.!ii!
V- hfO the Tittley if fl.iOtii.-d,
Then hat t" lb mountain f
lVhrn the Arm thou liut leaned on,
Is laid in thptJutft,
On the arm of thy t.io1
Lean, wilii Faith' cheerful trast.
Earth gnunli! oh how tempting
Their ilwer and th-ir fruft!
How we love their FWeet dhadowl
Hut a worm's at the root.
TVhen thy pourd, tht once sheltered,
Is withert-d away.
Bo the fhwinw of Ji'.su
Thy shelter and ttayl
How oft have Ilnpe rifling
Dewivtd the .ud-hearted!
Like tli- rainbow they Mione:
Like the rainbow df parted!
hen their Ji-rht that onc sparklc-d
In darkened and cone,
ee the rainbow that fades net
It archem Uod's thruue !
How oft hare enrlhV i1em?nrs
For which our heart put led,
Like the bright poin In rry,
1'ruveU deadly, when granted!
TVht-l. Lite ioul has been fickenwl
With eat-tli' poisoned joy;
to k Dp for pure pleasure,
Their fouuLuu'i oo highl
As the dove, when of old
From :h - ai k it went forth.
Some gr en xt to rest on,
To .ek tlinjuj;ti thw earth,
IVhcn it luund that the duiue,
f o ih-ep and dark,)
Lift no nm n spot uucu?ercd,
llcturued to the ark.
So, when the floods of afniclion
Have dtiugl all "muiid,
Ahd no creen sptt of (r-fclncss
No hojj bran' h in luuui,
Then Mm to the Savior,
The true ark of resit
Oh: tht-re'ft tin place of cheltM
Like his pitying breast!
When there, thou art Bbeltered,
Though itoriii wrap theakieii,
And Libber and higher
The deep Hood. arite
Above tiie dark waters
1 he ark's Jilted bijili.
And Wiir iu bbui -d inmates
To jod mount the tkj I
By the R"orn and the scoffing,
For thy Mtke lie bore
fir the sharp ririfD of thorns,
For thy sake he wore
Ey tltr sweat in the garden,
The death on the tree.
To Him, who redeiiued theo
Thou wtsarit-d one, five.
From II Ira. thine own P:irior,
hsU-'er may betide thee,
Ko ditiUuic rati Mver,
No Nrrow divide thee!
arth friends mny J'orsaT:c-
Hut Ili.'ll fornake never;
F-nrth's lov(d ones must dil
Hut be lives tor ter.
In lore he afflicts thee;
In m Try he chastens;
To wound he is alow
To t ind up He hastens.
TThen tiiy in call fur chastenings,
Tw.U somfifrt impart
Though a frown's on I2t9 brow.
Vet, there's lore in liin heart I
Earh dear earthly cistern
iljr IUh haud may be brrkenl
But the stroke, though severe.
Of His love is a token.
He breaks them, that we.
By their Jo.d may be led
To driuk of pure pleasures
From joy's fountain head.
To Dim who m lorr-d thee.
Let grief draw thee nearer:
Earh dear precious promise
Let Hrrtw m:tk dearer,
Th-n welcome the trial.
By whirl, there in given
To thy soul more of Ond I
To thy heart more of ltearenl
A Hero.
Some two years ago, a young man, be
longing to 1'hikidclpliia, was returning by
railroad to that city,
Heading, Pennsylvania. I5y an accident
which happened to the train 29 it was ap
proaching town, and while he was standing
Romance of Real Life.
The venerable Grant Thorburn tells the
following story in a laic number of the
IT "W . IT
from the town of j journw.j
I lived in v lrinuia during the winter of
1848. At an evening party iu Richmond,
there were twelve mothers, twelve daugh
on the platform, he was thrown off, auj 1 tors, and a tolcrahlc sprinkling of fathers,
fell partly under the wheel tf the succeed-' 8ns' wiJo,r9 nnJ wiJowers Prescnt witL
ing car, and bis nUt arm,
hones, and all,'' crushed to a
" m:irrow,
jelly, and,
L iurie Todd in their midst ; and you may
he sure we had some fun. Conversing
... t it. i i
dropped uselessly at his side. This, how-j w,tn an anc:ent 8,10 Ulal
ever, was fortunately his only inj ury. lie : "('r giuutner came irom crauaua wnen
was a young man of determined nerve, and ! U"S auj n lrSln,a- "u VK-
ofthenohlcstsnirit. He uttered no com-; camc a Mtrt'anl anu Planler 8na
plaint not even a groan.
rich. His agent in Glasgow was Alexan
der McAlpin, to whom he consigned two
or three cargoes of tobacco every year,and
received, in return, cash, dry goods, hard-
A Word to Apprentices.
When the train arrived at the depot, a
carriage was immediately called, when, at
tended bv his fiiond. lie said. " )Hvi :it
nnae to Dr. 's. is Wal.mt strnet " i Ware ctc- IIc LaJ flocks anJ terds mCD-
"Nad'nt you better go iam diatcly scrvants anJ aid-servants, horses and
home ?' asked his friend. j mulc3i Lut oue tLin he
"No," said he, I don't want them to j Lad uo Prctt' wlfc t0 sinS Wlth hlm when
know anything about me until all is over." Lo came tonlc.at nIsH fctigncd with
"Our hero," for he was a hero, was counting money, and satiated with worldly
deaf to all the counter-remonstrances of Pef' for Le 1,ad more of that tLan heart
his friend, and they drove rapidly to the j coulJ w!sh- So' after a wLlle he conclu
houseof the eminent surgeon alluded to. j dod to takc wife as soon as he could
They were down into the parlor and the! calcu one- um nerc was ,nc ruD- 1118
doctor was summoned. After the exami-i tl,nc wa8 80 with his business
nation, " Well, my dear fellow," said the I that bc couIJ uot find time to look about
surgeon, for he was well acquainted with ! ul,u Ior a wl,c ' anu' worse luan a"' uc
his patient, "you know, I suppose, what ' TSS basLful nia- Whc? Lf .saw a mf
niustbc done." "I do." ho rr.died : ! dcn of twen dancing m hw path, hC
.n,l if ; f.. !, e i .. wouia cross me street, leariui oi ueine
"ana it is tor tnc purpose of having it I ' 6
done I am here." "My surreal table," k,1IeJ by a sllot from her f,ParkllnS "yes.
said the doctor, is below." Can it not ! But a remcd WM at hand' bowCTCr- e
bc done without that?" asked th- ,fr.Wr "au 01lcn Ilearu Uls sPcaK mucu '
" I can not be tied I can not be held
Composition of Colon.
Mr. Gliddon, in one of his late lectures
at Boston, gave the annexed information
respecting the composition of colors used
by the ancient Egyptians, in their earliest
An American Grace Darling.
A young, intelligent and interesting
woman, residing within sixty miles of
Jcw York, has, with the assistance of an
aged and in&rm father, saved twenty-one
and latest pictorial scenes which, after a j lives within the last fifteen years. Kate
l ipse of four thousand years, stand unri
valled in brilliancy and beauty :
" To bedn with white. This is so per-
The Farmer.
I praise of the bonny lassies who play
Amputate in v arm here doctor" he enn ' am0,1S llie "cat her on the hill-tops in abounding in Museums, and by glass vases children, upon a salary of three hundred
1 ' ' con-j . . Ij it ii i i
tiuued, holding out his dangling limb over
the back of the sofa. " Do it here, doc
tor; I shall not interfere with vour ope
rations.''
The limb was bared, two attendants,
medical students in the house, were sum
moned ; the arm was taken off above the
elbow, while the patient sat as he had re
quested, uttering no groan, nor speaking a
single word, while the operation was being
performed. The dressings were applied :
and, attended by his friend, tlin patient
had reached the door, on his way to his
own house, which was very near by, when
he turned round to the surgeon and said,
" Doctor, I should like to look at my arm
once more : pray let me see it." The
j Moore is the daughter of Captain Moore,
who keeps the light-house on Fairweathcr
Island, situated midway between the har-
fect that, after the lapse of four thousand , bors of Black Rock and Bridgeport, Ct. !
years, its lustre is inimitable. It was . The Island contains five acres of land, and j
formed of pure chalk, by pounding the va- ( is about half a mile from the shore. Many j
rious species of fossil crabs, &c, that disasters, it is known, have occurred to
abound in Egyptian limestone quarries, j ressels driven round Montauk Point in a
Yellow, was yellow iron ocre found of all fctorin, and sometimes in the Sound to
possible shades in the strata of Egypt and homeward bound, and this lady's ear is so
.Nubia. Oxides of iron in their natural fcurate, it is said, she can distinguish the
state ; sometimes burned, vary the color. shrieks of the drowning mariner, and di
Rcd was red earthly bole, in the natural rcct her barque in the darkest night. She
state tritoxides of iron, in which is classed ! can trim a boat, and manage as well as any
the colcotar or "violet of vitriol." Blue, ! man, and seems to make up in tact what
comprising the costly " ultra marine' is 'she lacks in strength, and never refuses to
sometimes an oxide of copper, frequently 'turn out in the darkest night to the relief
an oxide of iron ; and many Egyptian I of the sufferers. Our informant adds that
blues give oxide of cobalt, under analysys. , she is a highly accomplished and literary
These artificial formations imply extreme lady, and perfectly feminine in her man
chemical skill. Green was compound 1 of erc, and that, although she occasionally
artificial mctalic blues and natural yellow i visits New York and other places iu that
ocrcs ; and as the blue itself was formed vicinity, and has a large and most respec
by vitrifying oxides of iron, copper, or ! table acquaintance, many of whom know
cobalt, with sand and soda, in crucibles ! of these facts, they have never come to the
or in balls, subjected to the heat of the ' knowledge of the public before. The late
furnace ; and, as blues and greens abound , lamented Major Noah, who was rcmarka-
in the paintings even of the pyramidal era. ble for collecting the most interesting
(or long before Abraham) this not only j facto, by some means became acquainted to Gcm but .
explains why the Egyptians were well ac- with them. W e also understand that , , , n a .
qnainted with glass in those days, but that j Captain Moore and his worthy helpmate !ith u throuh Germans. jt WM
they knew how to color it, as is proved by , have resided upon the island over twenty mnch u J both . the
Greek and Roman ladies. Pliny recom
mends it to be mixed with honey and rub-
Bntter.
Milk is the most natural and common
food of man. Out of milk two other com
mon articles of food are obtained, vix.
checsc and butter ; butter exists in th
form of very small globules, and out of
100 parts of cow's milk, 3,75 parts of bot-
' tcr are obtained. Human milk contains
about one-sixth more butter than tho
above. Butter is indebted to a substance
called "butyrine" for its fine flavor. Can
em, the cheesy matter of milk, if not well
removed from the butter, by working and
washing, soon putrifies, and will give the
butter a bad taste. Butter does not ap
pear to have been known to the ancients
at least so far as history reveals knowl
edge, but we can not believe that butter
was not known to them for all this. We
read of "a land flowing with milk and
honey," but no butter ; still this is not
conclusive against the reasonable conclu
sion that the old Hebrews did know what it
was. The oldest hint, historically, is
given by Herodotus, who ascribes the use
of it to the Scythians. Ilippocratus also
alludes to the Scythian butter, and recom
mends its use externally for medicine. Ia
the time of Galen butter was known and
used, but to a very limited extent, among
the Greeks and Romans; in the second
i century Pliny ascribes the invention of
relics of all kinds of colored glass itself, years, and brought up a family of five I
Scotland. A bright idea struck him. drawn on the monuments, of exquisite . dollars a year, all of whom have an excel-
When he was leaving the office, his clerk ! colors, produced by arts now lost Black , lent education, and that they entertain a
was copying a duplicate order for sundries : is sometimes pure bone black ; sometimes great many persons who visit the island,
with true old-fashioned hospitality. A.
Y. Tribune.
to be sent as part of tho return cargo. He ! it is a black earth (oxide of iron) found in
thought to himself that he would order a' Nilotic mines.
young lassie for a wife, as the last item on
the list. The article was ordered accor
dingly. At the same time he wrote a
private letter of instructions to his agent,
Mr. McAlpin, giving a minute description
of the article wanted, as to age, height,
health, ctc. In short she must, be a bonny
Scotch lassie ; to bc sent on the return of
his own ship ; her name to be on the
manifest,bill of lading, ctc. nc promised,
on arriving, to have her stored in the
house of a respectable widow whom he
named, and, if agreeable to the parties
These colors, in every shade, reduced to
an ini a'palle powder by grinding, mixed
with Gumarabic, and diluted with water,
were those used by the Egyptians, and
were appled on the subject to be painted,
after the wall had been coated with a layer
Pacific Rail-Road.
The New Haven Palladium, publishes a
letter from Forest Shepherd, Esq., written
at Sacramento City, and chiefly descriptive
of California. He says that " it is now
ascertained, almost beyond a doubt, that a
surgeon raised tue mangled limb ; the
patient glanced at the bloodless hand and concerned, he would make her his wife in
Stick to your trade, boys, and learn how , said, " Doctor, there is a rin" upon the thirty days after arrival. If not, and she
to work, if you wish to be truly independ- i middle finger of that hand, won't you j wished to returned, he would pay expen
ent. I here is no more pitiable sight than jtake it off for me ? My mother gave me
a half-learned mechanic applying for work, 'that ring on her death bed. I can part
He is always at the foot of the hill, and 'with my arm, but while I live, I can't
labor as he may, unless he has become part with that ring." The ring was slip
perfect in his trade before he attains the peJ from the cold white finger. " Put it
I have already received twenty thousand;-'--' - - on urn nnger, " saia lie, Lowing out the
1 have aircaoy rec j perfect, and can calculate on poverty as e fin2cr on tLe lcft La,i As ue was
from some Friends, meaning Quakers,
and have that sum here ready lor your
military chest, and will forward to you
other gums as they may come in, with flour
and pork also.' The General siczed the
hand of Mr. Morris, saying, '.May an infin
ite God bless you, my dear Morris, for this
timely relief! It will save my men from
Ftarving, and may win us a victory.' The
tears rolled down their cheeks, and I was
unable to avoid weeping like a child. It was
now that I heard the drum and fife, and
soon there advanced the head of a column
of pale faced, ragged infantry, gaunt and
lean; but their countenances brightened
as they beheld their chief in converse with
the great 'paymaster.' Multitudes of these
men were without shoes to their feet;
some had one shoe and some one boot a
part of an old coat or a ragged blanket.
Many of the olhccrs had their garments
patched, on the knee and elsewhere, with
cloth of various hues. This column was
on its route to the Bay of Chesapeake,
with the hope and purpose of Washington
to intercept the march of Cornwallis, with
what success it is well known and that it
ended gloriously at Yorktown, as it ended
the war .
jeSomc people are disgusting with
great merits ; others, with great faults, are
very pleasing. One sees this so constantly
in society, that it looks almost like folly
to put it upon paper ; it is so constantly
thrust in your face, that you fancy all the
world must know it But all people do
not think of it, or there would at once be
change so far at least that merit would
le adorned with the gracefulness of its
nature ; and if vice would not doff his mask
and appear in his true deformity, still the
people would learn that the beautiful skin
of the serpent docs not make its venom less
deadly, nor recommend it as a domestic pet.
tgi,Tke duty of Supervisors, Council
men, Selectmen, &c, to see that highways
are kept safely for life and limb, is a very
important one. So think the tax-payers
of the city of Lowell, who by a recent
judgment are required to pay Lyman Ray
mond the sum of Nine Thousand Nine
Hundred and Seventy-Five Dolls.(S9,97o)
for personal injuries sustained by him, ow
jng to a defect in the streets.
his portion with a good deal safety.
ses, loss of time, etc.
When Sandy Alpin had finished read
ing the letter of instructions, he slowly re
moved his spectacles, muttered to himself, !
" The lad (his correspondent, who was
thirty years old) is daft; ho tells me to
send him a wife, as if she was a barrel o'
01 StUCCO proporwl irom l.jpsum, i railroad can bt iWn.U from tho M!e-
colors were laid on in ordinary fresco. ! issippi to the Pacific, without crossing any
The mummy cases have established that mountains, or without meeting anymore
the ancient Egytians also understood en- j impediment from snow than would a road
caustic painting, wnn wax aissoivea in from Albany to Boston." He gives the
naphtha.
leaving the door, with his attendant, to herring ; gudc lens thcush (trouble)
We have in our mind's eye, a lad of enter the carria-re. he said. "How shall I I was at to get a wife for myself. I'll sec
eighteen, who a lew mouths ago was at break this thing to my poor sister?" It
work in this office at fair wages; but his no4 tLiLs a true " hero," reader 1KnicIc-
parents encouraged mm in tnc idea that
he was a man, aud should have a- man's
pay.
crhocke.r.
TnE Army is New Mexico.-
-Col.
He left us with a feeling that he could Sumner, of the 1st United States Infantry,
get rich faster in Boston, and since that is now making a short sojourn in our city,
we have learned of his having been enca- on his route to Fort Leavenworth, and
ged for a short time in three different offi- j thence 0 gata Fc, to take command of
ces in three several cittes. (the United States military force in that
Of course, with his slight knowledge of i department,
business, he could not have permanent em-1 Col. Sumner will take out with him six
ployment, and so he has taken up a new or seven hundred fresh recruits, to fill up
trade. He joined a company of corps dra- j the companies now in Mexico. He will
matique, and the last notice we had of his ,also take out a supply of fresh horses for
whereabouts was from a handbill announ- jthe Dragoon and Artillery service; and we
cing his appearance before the citizens of learn that orders have been given to take
Worcester, for a benefit, in the character . out improved stock, bulls, cows hogs, &c.,
of the "Irish Tiger."- Exchange Paper.
Keeping and Settling Accounts.
We have for a long scries of years,
watched pretty narrowly the habits of ma
ny farmers, and we have found that those
who have kept constant and accurate ac-
capacity of the soil of New Mexico.
We think it probable, from what we
can hear, that the head-quarters of the
army and the position of the troops will be
.,.,..:. .Il- !.. .! l.: 1 rr!
i . i., ii .i mmuiaiiv tu. u-cu upou uls arntai. rueie
nitu men uviiiuuuiBj uiau aeeu an men . - -
r i i i : are now in New Mexico, twntvono com-
farm operations in neat and regular order. ' " 3
On the other hand, those who are careless l'T ? . luo u""!re . . 01 lue 8 .
and slack in settling or paying theirdebts,
and a large amount of seeds, graits, &c, I
what the gude wife says," (a bright idea.)
Next day, Mrs. McAlpin eat in council
with Mrs. A. and B. Invitations were
sent to ten matrons, whose daughters were
in and out of their teens, to assemble at
Mrs. McAlpin's tea-board. Each matron
was requested to bring with her a daugh
ter who was not "o'er young to marry yet"
All being present an hour before tea, Mr.
McAlpin read the letter, and made an ex
planation. They then sat down to tea.
After tea each lass gave him her ultima
tum, when it was found that only tlreo
were willing to accept the offer. These
three agreed to draw lots, to decide the
preference. Mary Robinson drew the long
est straw, and was hailed as the bonny
bride.
t .I--, i. ,.... (,-... i.n ..:i r
with farming implements, and appliances! . . ,, , , it.
r . . . . i . , , . , ! America. They entered Chesapeake Bay
also keep a slip-shod account with every
part of their farms no system, no clock
work regularity is maintained in their
yearly routine of work. They also waste
time in hunting for displaced tools, waste
money by doing work out of season, and
waste happiness by fretting over the disor
der and confusion which their own hands
have created. To avoid these evils, begin
tho year anew, by settling in some Ebape
or other with every debtor, and creditor
and keep a strict and careful account with
everybody, but more especially with your
selves and lay out all work with regular
ity, and execute it with energy. Ibid.
ST We talk of telegraphic wonders, but
the greatest of all is the newspaper, opened
at the same moment by thousands, and
Strlkim the electric chain wherewith we're darklj bound,
filling them all on the instant with the self
same tho't. Men are more brotherly than
they know of, while tlicy read the papers.
Their hearts beat for the time in unison.
The head-quarters will be removed from
Santa Fe to Los Vcgos, or to some point
where the fertility of the soil will justify
the opening of a largo farm. Sufficient
troops will be retained in Santa Fe to pro
tect that place ; both portions of the
troops will bc s'a'ioncd on suidi parts of
the frontier, and in such proximity to the
Indians, as will afford the greatest facility
to observe their movements and chastise
their depredations.
As soon as other moro pressing duties
have been discharged, it is designed to
make the army in New Mexico self-subsisting,
at least to a great extent.
If the Government, through her sol
diers, will establish farms at various points
on the frontier, where the capacity of the
soiLthc genial climate, and the advantages
of modern improvements in irrigating can
bc made manifest, it will induce a large
influx of population and a consequent in
crease of everything necessary for the
support of the army aud the population.
Hi. Louis Rrpub. '21th vlt.
after a voyage of twelve weeks, and iu two
days more they were in James River.
When Mr. Crawford, our hero, heard of
the arrival of the ship, he, with four ser
vants, repaired to the wharf. Miry was
standing on the quarter-deck, admiring
Nature's wildest grandeur. She had re
covered from her sea-sickness when four
days out The healthful breezes of the
broad Atlantic had imprinted on her pret
ty face a beautiful freshness. There she
stood, her cheek tinged with the roses of
Sharon, and her bonny brow white as the
lily of the valley. Crawford sprang on
deck, and was introduced by the captain.
He looked on Mary with love and admira
tion ; her soft hand lay in his; he was
smitten.
They all descended from the ship, and
repaired to the mansion of the widow
aforesaid. On the thirtieth day of proba
tion, the lovers were united in the holy
bonds of wedlock. In conclusion, the
sprightly though venerable widow re
marked, that a happier couple were never
linked together.
tSfA telegraph despatch, dated Wash
ington, May 5, states that the President,
Cabinet, 4c, have agreed upon the plan of
Thomas U. Walter, architect, of Philadel
phia, for making the proposed enlargement
tf the National Capitol.
Honor to Woman,
We have read with infinite pleasure, eu
logiums on the sex, from Jlungo Park,
Ledyards, Schillar, and every gallant wri
ter of modern times. But the Macon
(Ala.) Republican beats them all. Here
it is :
"Women and Newspapers. Women are
the best subscribers in the world to news
papers, magazine, 4c. We have been ed
itor now going on eight years, and we have
never yet lost a single dollar by female sub- j
scribcrs. They seem to make it a point of
conscientious duty to pay the preacher and
the printer two classes of the community
that suffer more by bad pay (and no pay at
all) than all the rest put together. Whcn-
1 ever we have a woman's name on our book
we know it is just as good for two dollars
and a half as a picayune is for a ginger
cake. Besides, whatever they subscribe
for they read, whether it bc good, bad, or
indifferent. If they once subscribe for
paper they arc sure to read it upoa the
principle, we suppose, that if they did not
their money would be thrown away as an
old lady, whom we once knew, for whose
sick servant girl the Doctor had pre
scribed a dose of oil; but as the girl would
not take the oil, she took it herself rather
than let it bo wasted. Hence, we say,
they arc the best readers. For there rea
sons, we had, any time in world, rather
have a dozen women on our books than one
man.''
Preaching to the Point
Passing along on Wednesday night for
evening at tho South is our afternoon in
Montgomery, Alabama, I stepped into the
Presbyterian lecture room, where a slave
was preaching.
" My bredren," said he, " God bless
your souls, 'ligion is like de Alabama river.
In spring comes fresh, an' bring in all de
old logs, slabs an' sticks dat had been lyin'
on do bank, and carrying dem down in de
current Bymeby de water go down den
a log cotch here on dis island, den a slab
gets cotched cn de shore, and de sticks on
de bushes and dare dcy lie with'rd and
dryin' till comes 'nothcr fresh. Jus' so
dare comes one 'vival o'ligion dis old
sincr brot'rin, dat old backslider bro'tr
back, an' all do folk seem comin' an
mighty good times. But, bredren, God
brcss your souls, bymeby vival's gone
den dis old sinner is stuck on his old sin,
den dat old backslider is cotched where he
was afore, on just such a rock, den one
arter 'nother dat had got 'ligion lies all
along de shore, an' dare dcy lie till 'nothcr
'vival. Beloved bredren, God bress your
souls, keep in dc current !"
I thought this illustration beautiful
enough for a more elegant dress, and t o
rue, alas! of other than his own race.
bed over the gums of children to ease the
paiu of teething, and for ulcers in the
mouth a hint that may not be useless to
us moderns. The Romans anointed the
bodies of their children with butter to
make them pliable, and it appears that
they did not know butter as we do, ia
firm cakes, but only as a semi-fluid, like
thick olive oil. This is not wonderful,
owing to the general warmth of southern
Italy. Neither the Spaniards nor Porto
grucsc kuow much about butter, and the
inhabitants of Mexico seldom eat it Ia
the city of Mexico it costs one dollar per
pound ; the most wealthy classes do not
use so much of it as the poorest amongst
us : in fact they do not consider it an es
sential article of food we do, and could
not, to use a common phrase, "live with
out it It is justly believed that more
butter is consumed in the northern States
of America than in any other country
following sketch of the route : "This route
is from the head or southern portion of
Tulare valley, through Walker's pas?,
thence to the Mojaree river, thence north
eastward to high grounds on the tributaries
of the Rio Colorado, thence crossing said
river above the great Carion, thence cast having the same amount of population in
to Pilot Mountain, near Santa Fe, passing the worid. The Hollanders are distin
Pilot Mountain on the north side, thence ; guished for making good butter, so also
to Santa Fe and the Mississippi, at Apple ' arc the Northern Germans, Norwegians,
Creek, below St. Louis, where there is a ' and Danes. The English, Irish, and
good landing and open navigation to New j Scotch make and consumed great deal of
Orleans through the winter, and of course . butter, especially the Scotch, who are, or
a road on the bank of the Mississippi to St. j at least were, almost half Jewish in their
Louis. This route will be six or eight .feelings towards the use of pork and lard,
hundred miles nearer than any other, has The great secret of making good butter,
wood and water nearly the whole distance, ja cleanliness and plenty of elbow grease,
and abundance of stone and coal at Santa In some parts of Ireland, but especially in
Fe. The above route will accommodate Devonshire, England, and Ayrshire, in
both north and south, New Mexico and Scotland, the butter made has had a
California and ocean steamers will soon world-wide fame. The plan pursued
render a trip from San Francisco to Asto- 'seems to hi for the dairy-mails to wash
ria as light a matter as at present from j their understandings, and perform the
Buffalo to Chicago or Mackinaw. The same operations as the French and Por
tuguese who dance among the grapes at
route further north is very objectionable
on account of the snow on the table lands
on the head waters of Feather river. I
have traveled over snow apparently un
drifted, varying from twelve to twenty
feet iu depth, in the month of June."
the wine press. By having large tubs
with false bottoms, covered with clean
coarse cloth, into which the butter was
placed and danced upon, with water to
wash it as much as is required, all the
cheesy matter is pressed throogh the
coarse cloth and runs off with the water of
This is a most efficient and ef-
cleansing.
Doing Nothing by Halves.
t. - -l.l . .1 . 1 1 i - 1 T 1 Tl' !
it IS Said mat tue ccicuruieuuumi niair
Smith Prpaidcnt of lTamnden Sidncv Col- 1
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lege, and afterwards of Union College, that lUl" "" m 1"'US'
"he drew crowds after him, for it was one j As a general thing, the kind very common
nfVi. ui;ar wonertics to rut out his I in our markets Jepends for its weight in
w. , A .
strength in everything that he undertook,
and to do nothing by halves."
We have here brought to veiw, the great
law of intellectual progress. It is, that the
full strength of the mind should be thrown
into every effort that everything undcr-
ken should be done to the best of one's
ability.
It is a common proverb, that what is
wnrth dfiinsr at all is worth doinji well.
D '
having a good deal of the milk left in it
and none of the cheesy matter pressed out
it is a profitable way of producing it for
sale. Butter from foreign countries should
bc well tramped or beat and washed some
way, and it should be packed in a dish
placed in the inside of a larger one, big
enough to fill around it with salt
Rancid butter can be completely cured
of its bad taste and smell, by melting it)
The proverb docs not state the whole truth. ' in a clean tin dish, adding some salerataSj
. . i . ii .i ' i . t ii i i i .
Whatever is worth doing at au, is worm ana straining it turouga a ciean ctotn.
doing as well as possible. If men would After this it appears of a different form j
act steadily upon this principle, there would jit crystalizes in soft round crystals, and
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be a great increase ot mental power. e
should have better thinkers, better books,
better sermons, and better laws.
The same law applies to spiritual pro-
n n vtwimpnca Mil Vm Til .In
gress. Bcarce auj r"o"-"
unless there be the putting forth of the
full strength of the subjeet. Few regard
has no taste like what it would have had,
if made well at the first operation. All
rancid butter for cooking should be treat
ed this way ; it changes tho butter, takes
away the bad smell, prevents it from spr
ing again, however long kept, and it really
has a beautiful appearance. The butter
should be k pt stirred afer it is all dis-
tliAlaw and hence the path of few like the soIved for about ten minutes. One ounce
uc t - . . .. ,1 . , . :ii :e.. t j
liht which shinetli more ana ; ft saierams wm puruy iur pounusui uo
TK. Bible re- r. A tnicK seuimcnt talis wine do: torn
morning
moro unto the perfect day.
ires us to seen t,iat Butter is one of the finest articles of human
to make all pursuits secondly to at
of religion. I.nrheart and! bread and beautiful golden butr for
the Lord our God with all our . dinf b,n
?7,8ro1ane rVaacr done thU?- Jto wnnmtW thins ar, AlflH
Hatrh. d- Ji'cetor.