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STROUD SB UKG. MONROE COUNTY, PA., "WEDNESDAY, JUNE 15, 1842.
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POETRY.
The Angel and SIic CEiiirf.
An Angel form, with brow of light,
Watched o'er a sleeping infant's dream,
And gazed, as tho' his visage bright
He there beheld as in a stream.
'Fair child, whose face is like to mine.,
Oh come," he said, "and fly with me
Come forth to happiness divine,
For cat th is all unworthy thee.
'Here perfect bliss thou canst not know;
The soul amidst its pleasures sighs,
All sounds of joy are full of woe.
Enjoyments are but miseries.
'Fear stalks amidst the gorgeous shows;
And tho' serene the day may rise,
2t lasts not bril'iantto its close,
And tempests sleep in calmest skies.
'Alas! shall sorrow, doubts and fears
Deform a brow so pure as this!
And shall the bitterness of tears
Dim those blue eyes that speak of bliss!
-No, no! along the realms of space,
Far from all care, let us begone;
Kind Providence shall give the grace
For these few years thou mightstlive on.
"Xo mourning weeds, no sound of wail
Thy chainless spirit shall annoy;
Thy kindred shall thy absence hail,
Even as thy coming gave them joy.
"Xo cloud on any brow shall rest,
Nought speak of tombs or sadness there;
Of beings, like, thee, pure and blest,
The latest hour should be most fair."
The angel shook his snowy wings,
And thro' the fields of ether sped,
"Where Heaven's eternal music rings
Mother alas! thy son is dead!
From the Mother's .Magazine.
"Hope tiiati in God."
Air Woodland.
BV REV. FRANCIS C. W00DW0RTH.
My soul, 0 Lord, on thee relies,
Though all is dark and drear;
To thee my fainting spirit flies;
And to thy throne devoutly cries,
Nor will I yield to fear.
My heart, my bleeding heart shall be
Submissive to thy will;
Thy mercy long hath flowed for me,
And though thy frowning face I seV
I'll trust that mercy still.
Though sorrow all my hours attend,
Or when I wake or sleed.
I know on whom my hopes depend,
And upwaid shall my thoughts ascend -
HI praise thee while I weep.
In all-my griefs, while here I stay,
O'er life's brief stage to roam,
Thou wilt defend by night and day,
And safe conduct me all the way
To my eternal home.
My home! no sorrow enters there,
No hearts with grief are riv'n.
Then all life's ills I'll gladly bear,
.Since thus my Father would prepare'
Mv chasten'd soul for heav'n.
Seven Years n CEiurcIi.
There resides in Western county, Slate of
New York, an aged man, a member of the res
pectable society of Friends, who has rode from
Sleepy Hollow up 10 Chipcqua Meeting, a dis
tance of seven miles or fourteen miles going
and coming twice a week, for the space of
l:!tv years. In doing this, he has ridden a
distance of seventy-two thousand and four hun
dred mi!--" or al'"0551 lnroc limes thc circum
ference of the earth. Allowing him live hours
rach meeting day, and ten working hours to
he dav, he has spent, in his go-to-meeling ex
peditions, seven years and forty-five days.
A Fair Wt.
'Here, vou bog trotter,' suid a half dandy
soap-lock to an Irish laborer, 'como tell the big
gest lie you ever told in your life, and 111 ireat
you to a' whiskey punch.' 'An by me sowl,
yer honor's a ginileman,' retorted Pat.j
Father was'nt, Alexander a heroV 'Yes,
my boy,' replied Oats. 'Well, then, father,
wasn't Miss Alexander a. shc-ro? 'Take that
boy to bed. What depravity!'
A maicli " Jreiic.
A few weeks since, a man. in the neighbor
hood of Worromonlogi's Pond, in llio east part
of Hallowell, heard a great outcry from his dog.
Going quickly in that direction, he saw his dog
had been seized by a bear, but had got loose
and was running towards him, the bear being
in pursuit. His gun was loaded with shet, and
before he could put a bullet in it thc bear was
close upon him. Tho animal rose up before
him, and was attempting to give him not a very
fraternal hug, when thc dog seized her behind.
As she turned to strike a blow at the dog with
her paw, the man struck her with his gun with
all his strength; a second blow broke his gun,
when the bear rushed upon him again. He
seized the animal by the ear, and held her off
at arm's lenyth with his left hand. In the
scullle,.thev came down together, the man up-
part in a bear,) and while he hold his grasp
with his lett hand, lie actually neat tne Dear to
death with the other. The skin of the animal ;
was shown in our ofiice: the marks of ihc brui
scs made by the stoi.e are to be seen on the
skin, which is nearly cut through in several
places about the head.
'1 he ferocity of this bear is accounted for by
the fact that she had cubs: these have since'
been seen, but we have not heard of their being
lalcen. lne man is large ana aiuietic, una i
cnmnmhal irii'innni in yin-arc Wl ntllft Olin 1
who knows
Journal.
him send his name? Augusta
Five years ago, in the very heart, and in the
suburbs of the town of Lancaster, there were
in operation at one time, twenty distiller
ies, most of lhem, if not all, had two stills run
ning day and night, and al the same time six
large breweries were in a successful tide of
operation. And with what feelings of pride.
must every, good citizen now say, that L,ancas-
ig.oitittiice vs. SwCaSrty.
If you wish to marry a woman who will sit j
your mn
and marrv
wer and
Tlie Western HrsUiiii.
The following sublime burst cf eloquence as
tonished the natives in Arkansas classical,
Rackensack,) some few weeks since. An
overseer had killed a negro named Daniel.
T - r A 1 t'ortil ii'iii r A tin V5o fl i f r r f iLlc i
"Gentlemen of thc jury---I know that Dan -
Jl ...ill nn Innwnv tAii.tr tn wliil nutlirirr tint!
an aay witn noies in ner siocuiiigs, mm iitv iu ( Iq. Ul5t continue Javmg perpetually. iiy pus iu; ouarn. iu.
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you about what sacrifices sne would ue wining : jiens ajwayS jay aj winter, and each lrom sev- 'fjie NaVy Yard at Gosport, Virginia, is sit
10 make for your comfort and convenience -1 cnty.five J0 one hundred eggs in succession. uatej on the south branch of Elizabeth river,
who will see you toiling, and sweating day and i jr tjie aij0VC pjan u-ere generally followed, eggs . adjoining Porismouth; it contains sixteen acres,
night, for the support of your family, and never woui(i U(, jusl as plenty in winter as in summer. , anj cosJ $ 12,000. This is one of the most irr.
reach forth a finger to assist you, while she ad- -r"ne ony reason why 'hens do noi lay in v.-in-i p0rtant Navy Yards in the Union; and has a
dresses you in poetical numbers, and calls you , er as frgeiy as jn jhe summer, is the want of (jrv jocjc which was built at an expense of over
the noblest of beings whose heart is always 1 an;maif00(t which thev get in summer in abun- $900,000. At this vard were built the Dela
bursting with love, while your shirts need wash-! d : .1 r 0f iSCcis. I have for seve-j W!,rV(. lnr.edonian7rebuil0 26; John Adams
and you can never get a meal cooked toiraj wjnle reduced my theory to practice, and (rein,ilt 20; Natchez 20; Erie (rebuilt) 18;
id H you would marry sucii a ono, go , prove,i jlb enljre correctness. It must be ob-l Yorklown 16; and others.
a romantic maiden wiio reads uui-1 ;r.rpri tl,, nrp.sRiinn of the male is not ne-! T .... o...: nu.,,,, r
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SI "IIS IU U1U 111UUII. nnet
ii 11 in uu imigvi jnwii w " 11.1v wui"jj wi , witn nine, luriiiw a vui v wu-uhiui w i -n uo w.v
from the cotting stalk no more enliven the 1 cecdingly cheap coloring matter for walls.
midnight crowd with the patting of ihe roman- j Take good lime and slack it as usnal, one and
tic jawbone, and tho playing of the sentiment- j a imjf pounds of blue vitriol, dissolve the chrys-
al jewsharp will never again casi his angling ;
line into thc broad, superfluous, majestic and
outrageous bosom of the eternal .Mississippi.-
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Yes 1 know thai he now reposes 'alone in his
glory on ihc norJh corner of a bleak hill-side,
with his eyes turned towards the cerulean
heavingH, and his big toe sticking out a feet!
Yet, is that any reason why my client should
be hung? I think not! 1 rather suppose not !
Rochester Dem.
"Many an tin wise parent labors hard and
lives sparingly all his life for the purpose of
leaving enough to give his children a start in the
world, as it is called. Setiinir a voung man
afloat; with money left him by his relatives, is
like tying bladders tinner tne arm 01 one wiio
cannot swim; ton chances lo one he will lose
his bladders and go to the bottom. Teach him
to swim and he will never need the bladders.
Give your child a sound education, and you
have done enough for him. See to ii thai his
morals are pure, his mind cultivated, and his
whole nature made subservient to the laws
which govern man, and you have what will be
of more value than the wealth of the Indies.
You have given him a starl which no misfor
tune can deprive him of. The earlier you
teach him to depend upon his own resources
the better,"
Dr. Skip recommends a hop poultice for a
jumping tooth ache.
secret is like silcnccyou cannot talk about
iCand keep i.
3Tvac and false IDelicacy.
Above every other feature which adorns the
female character, delicacy stands foremost with
in the province of good taste. Not that delica
cy which is perpetually in quest of something
to be ashamed of. which makes a merit of a
blush, and simpers at the false construction its!
own ingenuity has put upon an innocent remark.
This spurieus kind of delicacy is as far removed
from good tasie, as from good feeling, and good
sense; but that high minded delicacy which
maintains its pure and uudeviating walk alike
amongst women as in the society of men; which
shrinks from no necessary duly and can speak
when required, with seriousness and kindness
of things at which it would be ashamed, indeed,
lo smile or to blush that delicacy which knows
how to confer a benefit without woundinn the !
fnpHncrq of nnnlhor. nnd vviiifli lmilnrstsmls al- !
tion. mis is me aeucacy wmcu iorms so nu-
portant a part of good taste, that where it does
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not caisi as u natural niMiuui, 11 is uiugiu us inu ;
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first principle of good manners, and considered !
as tne universal passport to goou society. ior
1 1 w
can this, the greatest charm of female charac
quired in after life. When the mind has been !
accustomed to wnat is vulgar, or jjross. tne line , the Vincennes u; tnc rainiiuu .u, uo
ed"e of feeling is "one, and nothing can restore ! vant 20; the Peacock 18; the Decatur 16; the
it. It is comparatively easy, on first entering ;
upuu me, iu niuiniuiu iuu pau ui uiuu '
M(fl. IlV L'lOSlIl"
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it against everv improper!
i w 3 y
imaoR- but when once such images are allowed :
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lo mingle with the imagination, so as to be con- j
sianiiy reviveu uy jneniury, aim mus iu u ;
their tone to thc habitual mode of the female j
character may indeed be said to be gone and :
its glorv dep'arted. Mrs. EMJs Daughters of -
England. j
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to inane iiitcns lay 2?es"se4ii:i. 1
Hens will lav eas perpetually, if treated in !
thc following manner: Keep no roosters; give 1
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what is called nest
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roosters
UU IWU V. UiJ li!U liwllw UilU IIW H-.JV llw
in the nest, the hens will not cease laying after j
I -l,n nrnrWnnn of tsvrlve or fifteen c"'s. as thev
ai v.ays do when roosters and nest eggs are aldywinc 44; Columbia 44; Si Louis 20; Uram-
;arv or the produclion 01 oges, as mey are
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fnrmed whether tho male be present or not. Ul ,
course such eggs will not produce chickens
When chickens are wanted, the roosters must,
of course, run with the hens. AW. Cull.
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ijn the country, that blue vitriol when mixed i
i ...:.t. C . .. 1. ., (..! .it. titiM rc x- i
Jajs with boiling water, when dissolved mix it
whn thc white-wash, and add one pound of glue
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well dissolved. This should be prepared in a
glue poi if possible, to prevent its being burned
or scorched. When well mixed the first coat
3d. When well mixed tne nrst coat .
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must be put on horizontally or lrom side to
side, and the second coat vertically or up and j
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down. Thn wa w be of a bn-'ut blue color 1
resembling the bottles some tunes seen in
apothecary shops. By following these direct
ions, women can put on thc coloring as smooth
ly and as well, generally, as men.
Thc following i the latest and surest meth
od of pulling teeth: 'Fasten a strong piece of
twine to the tooth thai is to be drawn, and at
tach the other end of the twine to a heavy
stone. Then, if the tooth be in the upper jaw,
stand 'on ihs fence and let the stone dropdown
suddenly if the moth bo in the under jaw,
stand at'the bottom of the fence, and throw ihe
stone over.'
A Fleet gc!
The Washington Banner tells the story of a
fellow who wanted to 'sign away his liberty';
but having no pledge at hand, sat down and
wrote tho following 'Blister my feathers if 1
drink another drop of alcohol, sick or well, dead
or alive.'. He signed it and stuck to il nobly.
If you run your nose against a larhp' post,
blame nobody but yourself, and bid it good bye.
Why are ladies more polite to other men than
to their own husbands?
AKaeric&M Itfavy Yaycls.
Beginning north, thc first Navy Yard on our
coast is found at Portsmouth, N. H. The Na
vy Yard is situated on Navy Island, on the east
side of Piscataqua river, within the boundaries
of the State of Maine. The yard contains fifty
eight acres, and coat the government $5,500.
Portsmouth is the only seaport of New Hamp
shire; but its harbor is one of the best on the
coast, being easily accessible, as it has over
forty feel of water in the channel, at low tide;
and" is, moreover, perfectly landlocked. It is
also capacious and well protected. Here wero
built the Washington 74; the Concord 20; the
Preble 16; and others.
The next Navy Yard is at Charlcstown,
Mass. It is situated on the north side of Char-
kvs river, and at the east noint of the town. It
fni'ir vi pvtpnl nf np.arlv sixtv acres. The
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juie isoston 4v; tnc warren zv, me vau
the Marion 10; tho Porpois 10; the Pioneer
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iu; me oonson iuj nits jjuaci
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The Navy Yard at New York is situated on
Wallabout LJay, i.ong lsianu oppuanc iu
city of New York. it contains aooui iony
acres, and cost tne government c-iu,uuu.-
Here were built the Ohio 80; the Lexington
Dolphin 10; the Enterprise 10; the steamer
r uiioii, aim uib siuuiiici miaauun
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The Philadelphia- Navv Yard is located with-
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in hn AUirir.t nf Snufhwark. on the west side
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0f the Delaware. It contains eleven acres, and
cosluic united oiaies 00 ,uuu. mw )uiu
was built the largest vessel in our service, the
Pennsylvania, of 120 guns. Here also were
built thc Franklin 74; the North Carolina 80;
the United States 44; the Guerriere 44; the
Vandalia 20; the Dale 16; the Relief store ship,
and the steamer Mississippi.
Baltimore is a naval station, with one or
more receiving ships; but has not, we believe
f 1 - - iVt.nklr
'Savy 1 ard is situated on me
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Kom limtinll Q f the river Potomac, contains
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thirty-seven acres, and cost but S4,000. Here
was built the Columbus 74; Potomac 44; Bran-
C.I has
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ucwii uui iw-wiiiijf wni..ww, a-
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of importance have been erected
The Pcnsacola Navy Yard is situated on
Ponsacola Bay, about six miles below the town,
and is important as a rendezvous for ships'sta
tioncd in. or cruising near the Gulf of Mexico.
Savannah Georgian.
Soot Destroy- Cut Worms.-
Soot destroys or drives off from all plants of
cabbage tribe, from pinks, and from other plants,
those common and voracious grubs of gardens,
the larva; of the moths of the family Noctuadce.
After being annoyed almosl to despair, by the
ravages of this grub, I resorted to the use of
soot, and thus applied it: 1 iaiu 11 ury, aim
near an inch thick, over the ground, and dug it
11--1 .m "i-n um-'m b -
fMl 1 ....n tU111 t nntnr rflin "II If
in. , 1 ne p.auts u
ao in a row aim '"Z
i ri : .i,i ,1 inn Tii'ini 111 n rnw.
insieau 01 iusu.g u.uv ' - 1 - -
before had done, I think I did not lose
I
mrrr limn th.it number in a bed of 200 or 300
In thc grub's attacks on plants of tho cabbage
family, its habit is to cat some nearly and others
quite asunder, a little below thc heart: it often
oreatly annoys thc farmers in their turnip fields.
1 have made uso of the same remedy since and
have never found it to fail. Last summer 1
was troubled with the grub in a bed of pinks; I
then made some soot water, and watered the
bad well, and thc bed was soon freed from the
orubs. The precise mode of the soot's action
on tlic gnib 1 cannot state; but 1 believe the
ammoniacal matter which it contains destroys
Home and disperses the remainder. 1 hare not
found the soot to injure the soil at all; and I
name this because I had been told it would.
Agricola.
An AiiclcJtt Kelic
A few days since, while some men wcra em
ployed in digging a cellar for a new house in
Carleton place, Boston, they found a grave-stone
several feet below the surface of tho ground,
bearing the following inscription:
" Margaret, wife of Wm. Snelling, aged 1G
years, deceased yc,18thdayVrJviieJ 1GG7."
Advice lo SJsasssarris! ILadici.
If you have blueeyes languish.
If black eyes leer.
If you have a pretty foot wear short peti
coats. If you are the least doubtful as to that point
let them be rather long.
If you have good teeth don't forget to laugh
now and then.
If you have bad ones you mtisi only simp
er. While you are young sit with your face to
the light.
While you aro a little advanced sit witli
your back to the window.
If you have a bad voice always speak in a
low tone.
If it is acknowledged that you have a line
voice never speak in a high lone.
If you dance well, dance bui seldom.
If vou dance ill, never dance at all.
If you sing well make no previous excus
If you sing indifferently hesitate not a inn "tnh '
mcnt -when you are asked; for few persons11 i.:.
competent judges of singing, but every w or
sensible of a desire to please. thache,''when
If in conversation you think a persorbelv cured in
rather hint a difference of opinion tbed and brought
a contradiction. le patient is
If you find a person telling an absolute r1
hood let it pass over in silence; it is noJ" f
your while to make any one your ener 0f extracting
proving him a liar.
It is always in your power to make a lotion, for
by smiles what a lolly to maKe encaiiea-ai gums,
frowns !
When you have an opportunity to praise do
it with all vour heart.
When you are forced to blame appear, at
least, to do it with reluctance.
If you are envious of another woman never
show it but by allowing her every goad quality
and perfection except those she really possess
es. If vou wish to let the world know you are in
love with a particular man treat aim with lor-
, and everv one else witn ease and irec-
vou are disposed to be pettish or insolent
I it is better to exercise your ill humors en
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your cat, or your servant, man your
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If you would preserve beauty rise early.
If you would preserve esteem oe gentle.
If you would obtain power be condescend
ing.
If vou would live happy endeavor to pro
mote tho happiness of others.
The sagacity of the canine race is truly sur
prising. Jones, of the Second Ward Hotel,
once had a very valuable Newfoundland dog,
who used to sit at th door, aad people fre
quently gave him pennies, with which he used
to run" to the market and buy a piece of meat.
All at once the dog began to act queerly grew
sleepy-loafed about, and got poor. The doctor
could do nothing for him. He went no more
to the butcher's. One day, Mr. Jones followed
him, and saw him go .to a three cent gin shop,
and there found that instead of buying his cent's
worth of meat, the poor fellow had saved up
his pennies and laid them out for gin. Every
effort was made to save him, but without avail,
and he died soon after of the delirium tremens.
N. Y. Arena.
The Philadelphia North American gives the
following discouraging account of the business
concerns of that ciiy:
"Wo do not remember to have seen business
so dull in this city as it has been for some weeks
past, at this season of the year. It more resem
bles the month of July, when ihe greater part
of our merchants are absent in pursuit of health
and pleasure, than tho spring of the year.
Though the principal part f the spring busiuosss
has usually closed bclorc tins time, stilt inere
are some lingering remnants of U left, especial-
ly in the Pennsylvania trade, to remind us of
whal has been, ror even tnat, we now loolcv
and look in vain. It is estimated that aboir
2,000 mechanics are nov out of employ, an
this number will be increased, ratner tnan t.
minished, during thc coming season; rents ha.,
fallen about 25 per cent., and every thiigbeto
kens extreme lassitude. There is extreme stu .
fering, we fear, from almost abject poverty, 1
the part of many who have never herctotutv
known want."
An auctioneer lately indulged in the fii!- -inj
little bit of thc pathetic: "Gentlemen, .
my father or mother stood where you do . .
didn't buy those boots those elegant boots
when they were going for one dollar, I shuul :
feci it my duty, as a son, to tell both of 'em tlui
they were false to themsolves, and false to their
country."
The Packet Boats now take pasiongers an
"cat them," from Buffalo to Schenectady for $7.
Time, 70 hours. If any oae wants to trawl
any cheaper, he may get a "check on tho tov.
path" for nothing, and "eat himself!"
JICS
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