CHRONICLE
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II. C HICKOK, Editor.
O. N. WORJJEX, PniXTtn.
LE WIS B VUG CHIION IC LE
A InSHXENT TXLI JW'lIll,
timed on Wtdiusday morning at LeicUburg,
Union county, I'cnnxylauuc.
TEft V l..r-0 tvr r-ar, for uh a-tnll.v in ailraiice:
$1.75, If paiirrithin three mrrtitlm: 5io' if pai-l within
vear. $.ili if not p.ii'l b.-fins tin- year spirt-; i tviit. f.r
iu number. Sulm-riptinn. fir ix tu inlho or lr". !!
tie fHtid In advanci.. Oi-ontinu:iii .iptit'iial with tlie
KuMiliT. ex-rit hrn the year i pni-l up.
AuveaTistjnjvrii 1111 imitiv iti-'it-ii ni ji wnw r-r
.Lt;,.,. .i,.uciTelv t the K.-tcrial Ocl'trllii 'iit. V. 1 Ji-
.i 1n ll-tirr C H'-itiK. !.. hl b-r unl those uu
Z ' Tl.il.nw
th. hmm-ak. n-"iTrfor.
IP.-jdi 'i !- Lxiy'i Bout
LMSt Words.
II HEir.t HAMILTON.
We treasure f m.i:v in our hearts
A parent's cheering praise.
The iTalor's warm eloquence,
T!ir p-iei" fervent lays ;
The vows of love are woven close
Wiih manv a heart's warm chords ;
Yet. oli! we treasure thrse far lens
Than some luveJ lips' last words.
We stand besi !e tlie beil of death,
Ate) closer bend the ear.
The last faint t.mes of teiidertfs
From those pa e lips to hear;
And. eh ! the wni.j'ij voice of love,
The minsinl's hisih accords.
Sink less in heans' irmnst d-pths
Than those faiut bieaihed last words.
I.a-.t words ! last words ! The bruhen phrase
Formed hy the pnrtini; bn-a'h,
Hre l.ifr's dim tir l'flit fad-.-s aray
Into the nth' of If.ith,
The last notes drawn fn m out a harp,
liefure its hreaVing t ImrtU,
1 ii-M 'neath the sweep f l'' t!h"s ccld hand ;
'I tiett treasure are last words.
Last words! lst words! Tisobbed a licu
Of those who pan forever.
The. waters' m an ere Dea'li's dark sea
Insult's J.i-'e's sp:rkln z i:ver;
A loved name fiiurmiired hr-ikeidr,
A fuinily-lireailo-d farewell
7Ve are thy je vrls. M'-mory !
Guard ihu the casket well.
Cotintcrfeiter Arrested.
rT Tit -1 I 1 I 1 r . 1 jr.i
in t I'iiv th; f il win ' rni tii ul jis f "the '
I I U i. .Ii en 111 IA W tT lit l''Tti
arrest of Dr. Gilmer, which we briefly an
nounced last weck.J
Through the instrumentality of Mayor
Gilpin, of this city, aud Mayor Guthlie,
of Fittsburg, some very important police
develnpnients have been made during the
present week, in the inferior of this State,
and the principal uianufaeiory of counter
feit money destroyed. Tha arrangements
for the descent, which proved so success
ful, were iu rreraration fi.r mouths
past ; antt such uitormition rcaciic i .Mayor;
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iu last week-, that on 1 1 1d.1v. uliieer
Moses, of the eifv nl.'ht noiiee. was des-;
patched to Montour county in order to '
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j.repare for Cap. Bennett and ' fiiccr Bunt
ing of the city police, and Iligh-Cousta'nfc
Hague, of 1'ittsLur, who started on Sat
utday. Officer Mo.-er arrived at the tav
ern ot Abraham Ilatis, bbout lit
miles
,,,re.on ok, si tour we.t. $.. a rear: two u.-e.. wuch were wet having just been print-! tonrruc, muttered I. 'fcWflvilio-
"xln woiirSd ' cd- This description of moucy was beiug j The moon that night though past the side. Arriving near the shore,
h-n h.n.i-a in or rtvii.erej. worked off when the officers went to the full, whs s'ill large and oval, and havine ' three stepped into the water, lore I
re.ttiti-.i.'ui tlie nnfn -f rart r wrtarbn e...t,,t bouse. A large anioiv.it if cot I. U r feit 1 .-, r.-tj be: eii'Iit iihd nine o'clock, now ' aud laid her on the ground beneath
. n.n.. iKi.t-iiMi.1. ariii'iliialili-il hr th.-r-Ml . . . . . ' o
,.r. I.. rii,r. t.. wrin- alUmsinn. C-Thiw -S at(l OS, PUra..rlllHr to J- ol UlC Laui-:: 1 ' i! V.'lUv'x nvi r tlto rii-..r ll.rA.m,J : P.h.p tulil !" .M Fii-tur
fr .m Danville, on Saturday, and lemaintd membcrcd that among the lost by the
thereuntil Monday morning. In the in-; Henry Clay was a sister of Hawthorne,
tcriu:, he had u;adc arrangements (in ac-; wiio.-c body wes not recovered till after a
cnruai;ce wiih Lis directions.) to purchase ! ,.;,Kli of several d.iys, the sketch becomes
fjuaiitity of the counttrfut uit.i.ey, on . peculiarly impressive :
Taesdaj; aLj the persons engaged iu thej Wheu our few preparations were com
traffic, mi; posing the officer to be a large r,lutcd, we hastened, by a shorter than the
1 nyer, made biia afqnaiiitctfwith the place i customary route, through fields and pas
iicre the counterfeit money was inaiiufat-: ,ar,.s au,i across a portion of the meadow,
t-rcl, and of the operations of those ititer-j t0 particular spot on the river bauk
sted iu making it. The three additional , wll;l.!l j had r.iuscd to contemplate in the
'.fficers reacmng UanviiJe or t-unday, and 1
D lulliiaV UlOrUlIie, WItll 2-T. ( 'OrDel.US-
fi.rr.'tknn U-..lit in i itir.i.mi r ltr,ic.i I
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fcpt hy iiaus, on the road leading to U ash-1
ingtonville, iu the character of sportsmen, j
Oalctr Moscr was in waiting fur the par-:
tics, and as soon ss possible after their ar
rival, they repaired to the house of Dr.
Giltner, a short distance from the tavern.
Upon approaching the door of the coun
terfeiting establishment, Capt. Bennet
stepped forward and asked if Dr. Giltner
whs at home. He was answered iu the
negative by the wife of Dr. G., who gave
a signal and attempted to close the door.
Capt. Bennett then quickly summoned
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taose of his party outsiJe, aud with High:
Constable Hague, entered the premises
and went up stain.
No sooner had they reached the second
story, than footsteps were heard, and three ;
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persons jumped out of a window in the .
rear of the house, and ran in different di
rections. The officers immediately rau
!own stairs and gave the alann ; hut be
fore the other persons could reach the in
itiates of the establishment, two of them!
escaped into the woods. The third, Dr.j
Gilt uer, also reached the woods, but he
was soon overcome from the effects of a '
pistol-ball, fired by officer Moscr, which
struck the left shoulder. This was not fir
ed, however, until after be bad been warn
ed by the officer several times to stop.
When taken into custody, Dr. Giltner
asked if Marshal Keyser was in the party,
alleging that he would make it all right,
if present, for the reason that be belonged
to tbe same Lodge tbe Marshal is a mem
ber of. Subsequently, be was told by offi
cer Hague and Capt. Bennet, that they
were membws of the same fraternity with
Martbal Keyset and regretted much to!
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say that be (the prisoner) id such, uu uu
worthy brother.
The house was then examined, and in
the second story a full sett of engraver's
instruments, a priuting-press, the chemical
and o'-Iit preparations used in making
counteifeit-money wire found,bcsides$G00
in 52 counteifeit Harrisbunr Bank notes,
ter Lank issue, were al.-j f. uud secret., i
: " l:fiVrent parts of the house, together
: w;tn 54 on ,i,e y0ik Bank, Ss ou the Mor-
chants and Manufacturers' Bauk of l'itts -
! burg, ilOs on the (.'ape May Bank, altered
i iroru tnc notes ot tlie exploJed .Millington
j Bank, aud 10s on the Bank tf Northum -
j lerland. The plate from which the liar-
risourg couuteiieits were worked, was car-
ned away by one of the parties who esca -
ped, but the officers succeeded iu getting
the plates of the Merchants and Manufac-
I lurt i-s' Bank at l'ittsburg and" the Cape . foremost, past that stump," I replied, j' I ' agony. Her arms had grown rigid in the j there, ere it is uttered. The timid and
j May Bank, at a house about thirteen miles j know the bottom, having gounded .it in j act of struggling, and wero bent before sensitive child must have a word of eu
I distant on the rOad leading to Tvrbutvillc. i fishing. The shore, ou this side, after the , her with clutched bauds; her knees, too, j couragemcnt in season, the forward aud
j Ir. Gilti.tr was conveyed to Danville as ! first step or two, goes off very abruptly ; ' were beut, and thatik God for it ! in the ! presumins checked with ecutle firmness :
quickly as possiLle, in consequence of bis
wound, and loJged in the jail, where ho
wasaltended by lr. James 1). Sirawbridge,
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J iff that day, Justice William Kitchen
j h 'aid the cas,-, and committed the dcfcu-
i uant to prisou in default of S3000 bail, to
o-.i-it;, lui, uui Miiouj. iu me eveninc
j answer t the next term of the Court of
I Montour couaty, v. Inch meets this month,
j The defendant is said to be a beautiful and '.
! tkili'ul peniiun, and can counterfeit a sig-
Ii:itlir.. Wit II liilli-li M-i'i-iumn I I o ll n f ! '
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and siirncU all the notes. Ihe Doct ir is
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a graduate of the Lmverstty of Pennsylva-! Ilollingsworth at first sat mot nuless,
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ma, and but "JS years of age. hen he with the booked pole a levuteu in the air. ;
attended t!ic Uuivcrsity he bore a coud : But, bv and by, with a nervous and jerky !
Daluc was nmt" estcome "1S asi0 ;
cmtcs.
The escape of the confederates of the, and making precisely such thrusts, me- be wrote a descriptive advertisement and the thousand springs of bb domestio hap
prisoncr is unfortunate ; but, under the cir- j thought, as if he were stabbing ft a dead-! stuck it up. Some of the boys who read piuess !
cumstances of the close proximity of the j ly enemy. I bent over the side of the j it, said it was a dogged funny description j But what, if in the task that devolves
woods to the house, and the officers being , boat. So obscure, however, so awfully i easy to understand, but difficult to com- upon the mother, she utterly fail ? What
in a stracge country.the arrest of Dr. Gilt- mysterious was that dark stream, that j prchcud. To give it wider publicity, you if she bo a mother but in name ? What
uer was truiy Drtauate ana adroitly man-j
a get iy the niuccrs. ibere can be no
doult the other parties will also bo brought
to justice, now that they are known. A
portion of the money and tools were bro't
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la charge ol tucnll i.-razor, ot contour
county. !
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The Seirch for the D;3vnsl !
The following vivid description of the
search for the body of the drowned Zcno
bia, is from Nathaniel Hawthorne's
" Blithcdale llomanee."
When it is re-
coul - 3a 0f u,y uf(
ra:nbli. A j
'il .ia drawn j
!..t's pu'; :'.
i nameless prcaeu-.imr:.t tx-x
nnniJufii! ni'M.ii,nti-- t T-, 7
1 uie thither, aftet. leaf i
j si10wcd my companions where I had
founj tlio handkerchief, and pointed to
iirrt r.r tlirr.n foottrnc imnrncci'il inln flip
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clayey margin, and tending towards the
water. Beneath its shallow verge, among
the watcr-wceds, there were further traces,
as yet unoblitcratcd by the sluggish cur
rent, which was there almost at a stand
still. Silas Foster thrust bis face down
close to these footsteps, and picked up a
shoe that had escaped my observation,
being half embedded in the mud.
" There's a kid 6hoe that never was
made on a Yankee last," observed bo. "I
know enough tf shoemaker's craft to tell
that. French manufacture; and, see what
a high instep ! and how evenly she trod
in it' There never was a woman that
stipt handsomer iu her shoes than Zenobia
did. Here," he added, addressing Hoi
lingsworth, " would you like to keep the
shoe ?"
Ilollingsworth started back.
"Give it to me, Foster," said I. I
dabbled it in the water, to rinse off the
mud, aud Kept it ever since. ioi xar
from this spot lay an old leaky punt,
drawn up on the oozy river-side, and gen
erally half full of water. It served the
angler to go in quest of pickerel, or the
sportsman to pick up bis wild ducks.
Setting this craiy bark afloat, I seated
myself in the stern with tbe paddle, while
Ilollingsworth sat in the bow with the
hooked pole, and Silas Foster amidships
with a bay-rake.
"It puts me in mind of my young
days," remarked Silas, " when I used to
steal out of bed to go bobbing for horn-
routs and eels. Heigh-ho! well,
life
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and death together make sad work for lis
all! Then I was a l.oy, Lobbing f ir C.ih ;
and now I'm letting to he ua old ft How,
end here I be, groping fur a dead body !
I tell you whal lads, if I thought anything
had really happened to Zenobia, I should
j feci kiud o' sorrowful."
! " I wish, at least, vou would hold vour
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o?itc hank, with ifa v:nrU
: imo u
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up
j huher shore pretty clTeetu.;lly.
: appeared to fall on the river
Xi;t a rav
itself. It;
lapsed imperceptibly away, a broad, black,
; iiiM-rutable depth, keeping its own secrets
'. from the eye of man a impenetrably as'
;iuid oeeaa could. j
M ell, Miles Coverdale" said Foster,
"you are the helmsman. How do you
mean to manage this business ?"
" I shall lot tlo bil:.t lrift Iirnniljido
land there i? a poo!, just by the stump,
j twelve or fifteen feet deep. The current;
i could not have force enough to sweep any ',
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out. oi mat uonow.
f" " Come then," said Silas ;" hut I doubt
j whether I can touch bottom with this hay -
rakke, if it's as deep as you eav. Mr.
Ilollingsworth, I think you'll be the lucky
man to-ntglit ; such luck as it is."
We floated past the stump, Silas Fos-
tor plied his rake manfully, poking it as
fir iw liA rnit!I into 1 lif. Ir-i!.ir 11 ml 111.-
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sides. :
movement, he began to plunge it into the ;
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blackness that upbore us, settios his teeth, !
and the thought made me shiver like a j
leat 1 might as well have tried to look j
I into the enigma of the eternal world, to j
'discover what had become of ZenobiaV
isoul. as into the river's denth. to find her!
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bodv. And there, perhaps she lay, with :
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boat, anJ my own pale taee peering down- ;
ward, passed slowly betwixt her and the
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sky! 1
Once, twice, thrice, I paddled ,he boat ;
tlpS,ream,and agi:n suffered it to gli !e,
wirh the river's slow, funeral ;
dowuward. f-i!as Foster had raked lip a
large mass of stuff, which, as it came to-
wards the surface, looked som -what like
a . , , , ,
a flowing garment, l-.,; proved to be a
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sunken log. When once free of the botj
torn, it rose partly out of water-all weedy i
nrl !;. do.-; ! :! h;,
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the moon had not shone upon for half a
hundred years then plunged .again, and
sullenly returned to its old resting-place,
for the remnant of the century.
"T:-.-f looked ugly!" quoth Silas, ;I
L ilf tliniilii ii was the evil one, on the
j-;-.-e ; id as ourselves searching for
Zeiii-Lii." I themselves: he lays still only when he's; , ,. ,, . . . , .,
,T , , .,r , J J . ; now became highly incensed at each other,
' He shall never get her," said I, giving hissed and then he docs like when he i . , , -i .
the boat a strong impule. Uint. As for victuals h. aint particular nd met funously on the m.ddle ground.
That is not for you to say, my boy," j f at n.ost any thing he likes meat best ; Here a most awful conflict ensued for a
, , J .. t, A , 1 and bread and butter has a good appetite short space, when the right whipped off all
retorted the yeoman. Pray God li wbea he eat3 at once to da him 3 times a of a suajt.n as w0 thou2Lt fairly van
never may! Slow work tins, however !jay k and continues in the same or-! ;slicd fcut W(J wcre in mof ia that.
L Biiuuiu itwiy uc giau uuu ouiijvtuiui: i
Tshaw ! What a notion that is, when the
only good luck would be to paddle and
drift and poke, and grope, hereabouts,
till morning, and have our labor for our
pains ! For my part, I should'nt wonder
if the creature had only lost her shoe in
the mud, and saved her bouI alive, after
all. My stars ! how she will laugh at ns,
to-morrow morning !"
It is indescribable what an image of
Zenobia at the breakfast table, full of
warm and mirthful life this surmise of
Silas Foster's brought before my mind.
The terrible phantasm of her death was
thrown by it into the remotest and dimmest
back-ground, where it seemed to grow as
improbable as a myth.
" Yes, Silas, it may be as you say,
cried 1.
The drift of the stream had again borne
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us a little oeiow tue stump, wnen 1 ieii
yes, felt, for it was as if the iron hook
had smote roy breast felt Ilollingsworth
strike 6ome object at the bottom of the
river ! He started np, and almost overset
tbe boat.
" Hold on !" cried Foster, " you -have
her!"
Putting a fury of strength into tbe
effort, Ilollingsworth heaved amain, and
up came a white swash to the surface of
'the river. It was the flew of a woman s
COUNTY, PENN., FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1852.
garments. A little higher and we saw
her dark hair streaming down the current,
Black river of death, thui hadst yielded
up thy victim ! Zenobia was found !
: Silas Foster had laid hold of the body;
Ilollingsworth, likwise, grappled with it ;
j aud I steered towards the bank, gazing all
' the while, at Zenobia. whoo limbs were
in the current close at the boat's
we all
: her out
a tree.
and his
di v old heart. I verily believe, vouchsafed
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Tere I to describe the
perlect horror
of the spectacle, the reader might justly
reckon it to me for a sin and shame. For
more than twelve long years I have borne
it in my memory, aud could now repro-
duce it as freshly 33 if it were still before
i my eyes. Of all modes of death, me -
thiuks it is the ugliest. Her wet garments,
j swathed limbs of terrible inflexibility,
Sslip ir:ia till. tnfirlitA irniim nf n iritti
attitude of prayer. Ah, that rigidity !
It is impossible to bear the terror of it.
It seemed I must needs impart so much
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in the coflin, and that her skeleton would
' keep it in the grave, and that when Zeno-
j bia rose at the day of judgment, it would
'..i uer uouv must Keen tue same Dosition
be iu just the same attitude as now !
From tlie !Io:i!layburg; Standard.
All about a j)os.
This is the meridian of " dog days,"
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muu uvu us v. s ud.a mu a uuub 1111a ui
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disnositioii to be out roamin" while thev
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are iu, as " every dog must have his day."
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So one dropped in upon a near neighbor
in his rounds and dou't sec in disnosed to
move any more thuu Jim Bugs did. To
find the owner, or tret rid of him lawfullv.
may pt it in the paper if you think fit.
Here it is :
STRAY DOGr.
Came to the residence of the subscriber,
Jul' lul1' t'--,a dog like what toiiows
He is black in his color, with a ood many
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rr:iv hairs Si-attfrcd all over Iim fioilv in
faaj j ,,j L boJ
such nuatittty that Vou can t tcil whether
he is black or irray or a color which atut
neither. In his body be is heavy, but not
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very oig; ouiy it is a oig uog ior nia size,
be," .""i' "'"i, "'3 ,e?,rldU,B lU rUBa A W W"
ai lin.f out a
shoulder down. The hind lee-are sTa;"ht
in the same way, only crooked backwards. . boarding-school, when, arter many souci-
1Iis tail curly when tent straight j is tations aud apologies she Mated herself at
about 15 inches long, aud stick straight the piano, rocked to the right, then to the
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lower enu, uut wou.u ue longer n nor cut
all. Vhn he barks he makes a noise ;
like a tigger dog, but he aiut no bigger .
on account of it, and remains quiet just ;
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like when he was barking before.
he runs ho lifts up his hind legs before he
lifts up his fore leg, before, one at a time
iuuiiiu I'vmi'; lie 111119 uu cue mu'.icj. :
When he walks he lifts them up just like
Dcniua nciore ne 11113 up xue oiaers.
when be runs, only the other ones first. ;
He is good about a house to watch hogs, i
but never runs after them when they run, j
aud when he chases them and they go out I
uer BS UClOre.
h, . t . .
unt and keeps in sight so you can see
what he does when be never barks to
chase anything away but is quiet at your 1
heels when you say " sick 'em " be goes:
away before just like behind before aud j
back.
The owner 5s requested to prove who be I
belongs to when he can t hi will be dis
posed of as no owner is found when his
day is fixed 10 sell he will be knocked
down if uo bidder is found in my posses
sion according to law.
D. DOGBERRY.
Dogwood Swamp, July 0, 1852
UDUTVU,J.U, .
P. rf. If anv of your sportsmen take
a faucy to the dog, they can have Inm at-
ter two mouths. He won't be sold.
Your Friendly D. O. G.
Tlie Editor's Sentiments.
Bold in speech and bold in action,
Be forever! Time will test
Of ihe free snuled and the slavish,
Which fulfils life's mission best.
Be thou like the noble ancient-
Scorn the threat that bids ihee fear ;
Speak ! no maiter what beiide thee ;
Let them strike, but make them hear !
Be thou like the great apostle
Be thou like heroic Paul ;
If a free thought seek expression.
Speak it boldly ! speak it all !
Face thine enemies accasers ;
Scorn the prison, rack, or rod!
And. if thou hast truth to utter,
8peak ! and leave the rest to God !
Another lot of liquor has been turned
into tho Providence river ; tbe 11th dose.
Wonder what the fish think of it ?
A Word to mothers
"Pear mother," said a delicate little
girl, " I have broken your vase."
"Well you are a naughty, careless,
trouhlesome little thiag always in some
mischief, go up stairs, and stay in the ;
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And this was a Christian mother s an-
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stru-'ded with and conouered tiietempta -
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tion to tell a falsehood, to screen a fault I
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tlie child obeyed, and at that moment was
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I er of truth, perhaps never again in after
i years to be revived to life.
O, what was
;the loss of a thousand "vases." in com-
j parisou !
j "fis true, an angel might shrink from
the respontibilities of a mother. It does
'not need an angel's powers. The watch
1 must never, for an instant, be let up: the
'scales of justice must always be nicely
j balanced ; the hasty word, that the over-
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there must be no deception, no evasion,
j uo trickery, for the keen eye of childhood
j to mark ! and all this, when the exhausted
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i I LllUV. OIIIA3 D1LU tCiMJIUSS lgll3, I'll 1IU 1S
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and tb thousand nettv intHrrir.ii,,iw mi
I j f
; uulouked for auooyanccs of every hour,
: almost bid defiance any attempt at system,
: Still must that mother wear an unruffled
brow, lest the cherub on her knee catch
her angry frown ; still must she " rule her
own spirit," lest the boy so apparently en-1
, . , .. ,
; grossed with his toys, repjat the next lno-
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iui.iib lutuuLriiiicut uiu uia cat lids ..auilUL.r
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seientiouslv licrforaicd. a mother's rwuril
' i
is in secret and silence. Even him, on 1
- v i
whose earthly breast she leans, is too often
unmindful of the noiseless strutrek tilli
too late, alas ! he learns to value the dcli-
, co -
cate hand that has keDt in untirincr motion
if she consider her duty performed when
ber chili is fed, and warmed and clothed ?
What if the priceless soul be left to the
chance training of hirelings? What if
she never teaches those little lips to lisp, I
" Our Father" ? What if she launch her i cau 1'ardly be criticised ; for it has pre
child upon life's stormy sea without rud-i seuted to the world a model of that species
der, or compass, or chart 1 God forbid .
there be many such mothers ! j
rf
?7 eTeB,BS',ro f M
i llsS' wno uaa relurneu lrom
i.Cfran
She placed her right hand about j
""J-J " keys, and her left about two
octaves below them. She now put off the
right to a brisk canter upon the treble
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The left then
jt,d tne wiiy baet an,j rjgbt pursued iu
w The - u ture(j and re.
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reated. lts "mcnt, but the left out ran
this time, bopped over it, and Dung it
entirely off the track. It came in again,
however, behind the left, on its return,
,,.,... . it ; fl,B s.n. ..i. ri..
fiaCK xianuoipu cauuuus iu, 11 uuu uuiv
,v-"- r -. T
" fallen back to a stronger position. It
had mouuted up two keys, aud commenced
the note of a rattlesnake. This bad a
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wondcrfui effect upon tbe left, and placed
the "doctrine of snake-charming beyond
dispute. Tho left rushed toward it repeat
edly, but seemed invariably panic-struck
when it came with a tremendous roar down
the bass keys; continued its assaults,
sometimes by a zigzag movement, but all
its attempts to dislodge the right from its
- .
strong hold, proven lueiicu.u-.,
close up to h aancrsmj aim
Any one, or rather no one, can imagine
what kind of noises tbe piano made during
the conflict. Certain it is that no one can
describe them, and therefore we shall not
attempt it The battle ended ; Miss Jane
moved as though she would have risen,
hut this was protested against by a number
of voices at once.
" One sons, my dear Jane," said Mrs.
Small, "you must sing that sweet little
French air you used to sing, and which
Madame Fisreisfiuaski is so fond of." Miss
Jane looked pitiful at her mamma, and
her mamma looked ' sing" at Miss Jane ;
accordingly she squared herself for a song.
She brought her hands into a capus this
time in fine style, and they seemed to be
perfectly reconciled to each other; then
commenced a kind of colloquy; the right
whispering treble very softly, ana the It It
respiuding bx-s very loudly.
Tl e conference had been kept np until
we began to desire a change upon tbe sub-
iject, when our ears caught, indistinctly,
some very curious sounds, which appeared1
t ti-k .e...Mil teiitti lino et lliua .Innp
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incy seemea m oe a compounu oi a ury
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to us as interpreters between the right aud
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i left. 1 Linus had procressea in this way
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, for about fifteen seconds, when we bap-
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! Pe,,e'1 l" a,rec' our l
( mt- 1 1 ! 1 1
I Ilia frf4 vprA ifiaaf Ina hpail
eye& were closed, b$ beau strung
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j ucai.uij v"uijfiai.cui.j tcaiTru uu uia uiuie
tenauce, and his whole man gave irresisti-
ble demonstration that Jane's music mads
j him feel good all over. We resolved from
I this contemplation of Mr. Hose's transport,
to see whether we could extract from tbe
performance anything intelligible, when
Miss Jane made a fly-catching grab at
! half a-duzen keys in a row, and the same
instant she fetched a long dunghill-cock
crow, at the conclusion of which she grap
pled at as many keys with the left This
dine over Hose like a warm bath, and
over us like a rack of bamboo briars.
Our nerves had not recovered uutil Miss
Jane repeated tbe movement, accompany
' " wim lue mi ucai oi a piucueu cat.,
ry-1 ,
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rew us into an ague fit; but from
respect to the performer, we maintained
our position. She now made a third grasp
with her right, aud at the same time raised
one of the most unearthly howls that ever
issued from the throat of any human be-
ing. Ihis seemed tbe signal for universal
. . 1 7 . .- t-t .t.
I uproar aud destruction, che nmr thre
away all reserve, and charged the piano
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Witn hr whulc force. She boxed it. she
awed it, she scraped it. Her neck veins
, . - . .
swciiea, tier cum new up, her face Bushed,
t i ii i . . .
her eves glared, her bosom heaved ; she
screamc(j gue B0WleJ gbe elled she
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! upon the note of a screech owl, when we
iai!K'iil. anl was. in ttift aer. nr il..llmii
took the St. Vitus' s dance and rushed oat
of the room. " Goodness I" said a by
stander, "if this be ber tinging, what
must be her crying ?"
Congress will adjourn on the last day
of the present month; and none will sor-
j row "8 demise, or regret its dispersion ;
! i,s proceedings having, for a long time,
ceased to attract attention, or excite cuu-
"'J- II liUS done so little that its deeds
1,1 'egisiaiion, mai can occupy me longest
H(.ace of time in doing the smallest amount
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01 ousiuess. inis, peruaps, ought not to
"gretted, considering the material of
P"" Congress is compo-
all hands to be
inferior to any of ita pr.dsors. It may,
perhaps, occur to these Representatives of
the people, when they feel the loss of pub
lic respect, that it is better to be faithful
to their trust, aud economical of time.
wbich, in this case, is money, than forfeit
the confidence of their constituents, and
incur the public sneers aud censure.
Efforts are now being made in Congress
to recover lost time; but such efforts sel
dom retrieve the dilatoriness of the past,
or redeem the character which an idle waste
0f t5nw affixc. t0 pullic bodies. Umj Ie
gialation is worse than no legislation at
all ; for that which is done hurriedly, when
deliberation is required, is not done as it
ought to be ; aud bills are passed at such
times which are afterwards found to be
very impel feet, if not very uiischievous,in
their character. Things are jumbled to
gether which have no necessary connec
tion ; propositions, good, bad, and indiffer
ent, are tacked upon each other, one to
help the other through, till the worst sys
tem of log-rolling exhibited in its most
mischievous for in the Legislature of
Pennsylvania becomes a Congressional
practice. One-half of tbe time spent this
session in making Presidential speeches,
which influence nut a single voter, would,
if employed in proper deliberation upon
the propositions presented to Congress,
have perfected all the bills e any publie
i u teres t now before it, and .'have tatisfwd
the wants of the people. Sow many of
them are in danger of being passed over, j
V if enacted into laws, of being of little
or,
nractical utility, fo. want of sufficient eon
siiieration, ana ncuig aenvien in proper
provisions for carrying theft into : effect,
or lacking proper remedies nad safeguards
to niake them useful. '. , - v
Americas Silk .M an rr actum.
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x uc. . - - -- .
ww akk.Ai. 4nvna mil en ma tropt tins BTMn
K v.. which turns out some very fine speci -
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mens of good giving another proof of
a.rl inihhiiili AmnriMn mirftnint
tuo lac.iii J " -1 j
can adapt itself to any branch of industry,
nnder sufficient encouragement The fac
tory has been In operation about four
years, and it manufactures cravats, hand-! at fifty dollars more, so as to give double)
kerehiefsj nd Testings of excellent body, crops, ia much moie valuable and protfita
soft in texture, and which will no doubt! ble than twenty acres nxuKpiwed, costing:
wear well. the same money.
VOLUME IX-NO. 1G.
WnoLE Number, 43C;
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be Fanner.
Grazing on tie Road.
The turning out of cattle to graze upon
the road is becoming a great evil. Occa
sionally some mean spirited farmer will
turn his cattle into what is technically
,y ,() rvaaj ratner than
furnish adequate pastu.-e at Lome. In the
neighborhood where we j-eside, this evil ia
very great. Custom seems to be in oppo
sition to law ; the pound has become a nul
lity, and it is impossible to ornament tho
road-side by sod or any other means, un
less a watchman be placed to drive off tho
cattlo turned daily by their owners to feel
upon the road, and to destroy their neigh
bors' improvements.
A gate can not be left open without
some piratical cow entering to destroy your
garden; and if you complain to your neigh
bor, be advises you to keep your gate shut,
as if he did not know that neither law nor
justice requires you to have gates at all.
The law recognizes fences as necessary to
keep yonr cattle from intruding upon your
neighbor, and not to keep his cattle from
entering your grounds from the public
roads. In many parts of Massachusetts
aud other States, you may travel for days
without meeting a single stray auimal up
on the road. In New Jersey you may
find in many farmers' stables, a horse kept
at home for the express purpose of ena
bling the farmer to ride after bis cows.and
drive them home at milking time, when
they are again sent forth to annoy his
neighbors. Ed. Working Farmer.
Order and System.
One of the best farmers in the State of
New York has the following rules and re
gulations agreed to and signed by every
man he hires; they are heartily recom
mended. It is expected that persons employed on
the farm of , will carefully attend
to the following principles :
Regularity in hours.
Punctuality in cleaning and putting
away implements.
Humanity to animals.
Neatness and cleanliness in personal ap
pearance. Decency in deportment and conversa
tion. Implicit obedience to the proprietor
and foreman.
Ambition to learn and excel in everj
thiug.
Mo liquor or strong drink of any kind
to be allowed.
Maxims of Obdir and Neatness.
1. Perform every operation in the pro
per season.
2. Perform every operation iu the best
nuDoer.
3. Complete every part of an operation
as you proceed.
4. Finish one job before yon begin an
other.
5. Secure yonr work and tools in an or
derly manner.
6. Clean every tool when you leave oflf
work.
7. Return1 every tool and implement to
its place at night
Flowing and Seeding.
Messrs. Editors I wish you would en
courage our agriculturists always to seed
their grounds .as "fast as they plow. Tho
amazing advantages will at once be appa
rent to the reflecting farmer. To those
who will not think on the subject enough
at once to see its importance, I recommend
to " try a patch."
It ia lamentable to see so many farmers
plowiug for a week, and then when tho
hole field is done, and the wed and grass
seed pretty well germinated, begin to put
in their crop.
The moisture and mellowness of tho
earth, when first turned, creates immedi
ate vegetation ; delay loses this t the crop,
and gives tbe advantage to tbe weeds and
grass that are in the soil. Only look at it I
Aobicola.
Tbe above is from the Ohio Cultivator.
Farmers are not as likely here, as there,
to have a field that will occupy one week
in tbe plowing. We are over-fond of small
I P, and tour-wre lota. But the sd-
J goa any wne ; ana
we aiso aavice a (ruiot " a paten, Jour,
of Jtyrkmiurt.-
.Thi Ccbcclio. Several of our Horti
eural friends have been experimenting, is
to the best method of getting rid of 44 tho
. little ABrs. and among these, some claim
! that finely pulverized
1
1 '
ly on the trees, has
B
sulphur dusted even.
been most successful,
learn all tbe facts ia
relation t this method.
A ten-acre field, costing fifty dollars pet
acre, and ditebed, manured, and improved
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