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The courts have decided thai refusing lo take a newspaper or periodical from the office, nr removing and leaving it uncalled for, is "pri ma facie" evidence of intentional fraud. Olden Memories. LEWIS J. CIST. They are jewels of the mind; They are tendrils of the heart, That with being are entwined Of your very selves a part. They the records are of youth, Kepi to read in after years ; They are manhood's well of truth, Filled with childhood's early tears, Like the low and plaintive moan Of the night-wind through the trees Sweet to hear, though sad and lone, Are those "Olden Memories !" Like the dim traditions, hoary, Of our loved and native clime ; Like some half-forgotten story. Read or heard in olden tune ; Like the fresh'ning dew of even To the patched and drooping flower; Like the peaceful thought of Heaven, In life's tempest-stricken hour; Like the cadence of a song ; Yet, oh ! sweeter far ihnn these Are the thoughts, that 'round us throng With those "Olden Memories !" In the solitude of even, When the spirit, lone and dreary, Turns from Earth away, to Heaven, As the refuge of the weary ; In the dreamy twilight hour, When the world is calm and still, And light zephyrs, fragrance shower Over dewy vale and hill; Oh ! then sweeter than perfume Borne on aromatic breeze To the softened spirit come Those dear "Olden Memories!" In our days of mirth and gladness We may spurn their faint control, But they come, in hours of sadliess, Like sweet music to the soul ; And in sorrow, o'er us stealing Wiih their gentleness and calm, They are leaves of precious healing, They are fruits of choicest balm. Ever till, when life departs, Death from dross and spirit frees, Cherish, in thine heart of hearts. All thine "Olden Memories :" Rigger Conundrum. " Why am the steamer Charter Oak like a khiotiable novel, ha, Jumbo?" "Well, caze she's hud a good run." " Dat's werry good, but 'taint it." " Well den, Hill, I gibs dat up ' " It's bekase she's from de Pcn-ob-scot" Divorces in Olden Time. The chronicles of Connecticut attest the fact 'hat at one period, (not half a century ago) two divorces were granted in thai Slate on the ground that the defendants were habitually af frcid with cold feet. Now, even a cold heart not break the ro&y chain of Hymen. STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1846. The Fruits of War. "When the great Frederick came to the limine or Prussia, his father had prepared and equipped Jfor him an army of a hundred thousand men. Meeting, shortly after, the Aus trian Minister, the latter said to him : " Your father has given you a great army ; but our irnops hao seen the wolf, yours have not." "Well, well, said Frederick, "I will give them an opportunity to see the wolf." Frederick then added, in his memoir, "1 had some excel lent old pretensions lo an Austrian province, which some of my ancestors had owned, one or two hundred years before; and I sent an embas sador to the Court of Vienna, stating my claim, and presenting a full exposition of my right to the province. The same day my ambassador was received in Vienna, I entered Silesia with my army." So you see that on the very day his army entered Silesia, he gave noiice to the Court of Vienna, that the convention for the joint occupation of Silesia was ended." John Q. Adams' Speech. Character of Frederick. "A tyrant without fear, without faith, without mercy; irritable even to ferocity: enjoying the pain and humiliation of others." Motives of his sudden War on Silesia. "The King of Prussia, the Anti-Machiavel, had al ready fully determined to commit the great crime of violating his plighted faith, by robbing the ally whom he was bound to defend, and by plunging all Europe into a long, bloody and des olating war; and all this for no end whatever, except that he might extend his dominions, and see his name"in the gazettes. To quote his own words 'Ambition, interest, jhe desire of making people talk about me, carried the day, and I declared for war. This was in the Win ter of 1731.' " Progress of the War. But for this begin ning of war, it is probable that the peace of all Europe might have been preserved. Now the whole world sprang to arms. On the head of Frederick is all the blood which was shed in a war which raged 22 years, with some sus pension of hostilities, and in every quarter of the globe. These are the two French wars, before the American Ketoluliou. That the Prussian monarch might rob the Austrian of the province of Silesia, black men fought on the coast of Coromande! ; and red men scalped each other on Lake Erie; the men of New and Old England shot each other' around the walls of Lewiston, Nova Scotia, and savages murdered or carried into captivity men,' women and children, from Haverhill, Deerfield, Schenectady and Wyoming. Tim allied armies overran Prussia, burnt ci ties and villages, and devastated the country. Every ixih man in Prussia had perished. Frederick anticipated the ruin of hs throne and nation, his sleep was broken, his face haggard, the grave was his refuge from misery and dis honor, and he carried the poison in a small lass cae. He wrote lo his friends "1 have no resource left, all is lost. I will not survive the ruin of my country. Farewell forever." But the King recovered hope and pushed on the war, not caring to what extent property was destroyed, or the pursuits of civil life suspend ed, so that he did but make head against the enemy. As long as there was a man left in Prussia, that man might carry a musket; there were still rye bread and potatoes there were still lead and gunpowder, and still Frederick fought on. At this time ho writes, "I am no Saini, and tdiould die content, if firt I could inflict a portion of the misery which I endure." Result and Policy. In February 17G3, ihe nations Mgned a Peace. The contributions levied, on Ptussia by the invaders had exceeded a hundred millions of dollars. Near 15,000 houses had been burnt to the ground. The traveller passed a succession of villages in which not a single inhabitant remained. The fields were uncultivated the flocks and herds had been swept away The very so-d corn had been devoured in ihe madness of hunger. Thirty years of peace might restore Prussia. Boston AMas. A gootf word for a bad one, is worth much, and coats little. The assessed value of property in Michigan amounts to about 28,000,000. Health. Dr. Beaumont, of the United States Army, gives the following important rules : 1. Bulk, or food possessing an undue propor tion of innutritious matter, is best calculated to preserve the permanent welfare of the organs of digestion, and the general health of ihe sys tem. 2. The food should be plainly and simply prepared, with no other seasoning than salt, or occasionally a very little vinegar. 3. Full and deliberate mastication or chew ing is of great importance! 4. Swallowing the food slowly, or in small quantities, and at short intervals, is very neces sary. 5. A quantity not exceeding the real wants of the economy is of prime importance to health. 6. Solid aliment, thoroughly masticated is far more salutary than soups, broths, &c. 7. Fat meat, butter and oily substances of every kind, are difficult of digestion, offensive lo the stomach; and tend to derange that organ, and induce disease. 8. Spices, pepper, stimulating and heating condiments of every kind, retard digestion and injure the siomach. 9. Coffee and tea debilitate the stomach, and impair digestion 10. Alcohol, whether in the form of distilled spirits, wine, beer, cider, or any other intoxica ting liquors, impairs digestion, debilitates the stomach, and if preserved in for a short time, always induces a morbid state of that organ. 1 1 . Narcotics of every kind impair digestion, debilitate the stomach, and tend to disease. 12. Simple water is the only fluid called for by the wants of the system; artificial drinks are more or less iniurious. some more so than oth- ura tint nnno nuti fla!m pvpmntlim frnm tli ' general charge. 13. Gentle exercise after eating, promotes digestion more than indolent inactivity or rest. Violent exercise, with a full stomach, is inju rious. 14. Sleep, soon after eaiing, retards diges- lion, and leads lo debility and derangement ofj the stomach 15. Anger, fear, grief, and other strong emo - lions, disturb digestion, impair the functional P0WeM uf ,l,e sU,U,ach' a,,d dli,crioa,e lhe j CreUOnS K"""- Work for Children. There is no greater defect in educating chil dren, than neglecting to accustom them to work. It is an evil that attaches mostly to large towns and cities. Children suffer much from it. The parent never considers whether the child's work tu tiunnkinnrtr r nit ti flio rfil!rl IVTnl lilntr to ' . . , . . , , more uncertain than their future independence . . , . , . ' . and comfort ; much depends on their being ac- , . , ., customed to work accustomed to provide for ' the thousand constantly recurring wants that nature entails on us. If this were not so, still it preserves them from bad habits it secures their health it strengthens both mind and body it enables them better to bear the confinement of the school-room and it tends mtlre than any thing) else to give them just views of life. It is too often the case that children, provi ded ihey spend a half dozen lyurs of the day at school, are pertniiied to spend the rest as they please. Thus ihey grow up in ihe world without the knowledge of its cares and toils. They view it through a false medium. They cannot appreciate the labors you bestow, as they do not know the toils they cost. Their bodies and minds are enervated, and ihey are exposed to whatever vicious associations are within their reach. The daughter, probably, becomes that pitia ble, helpless object, a novel-reading girl. The son, if he siirmminis the consequences of your neglect, doe's it probably after his plans and sta tion for I lie are fixed, and when knowledge for one of its important objects comes too late. No man or woman is fully educated if not accustomed to manual labor. Whatever accom plishments they possess, whatever their menial trainings, a deduction must be made fur igno rance of thai important branch. There is a plantation for sale in Louisiana in a rather suspicmtis location, the advertise merit stating it to be lying 'waV bdou) the " Dev il's Elbow:' Mr. Billy Williams and Mr. Sammy Chipps, being gentlemen of a reflective and philosophic turn, sal like a pair of Ancients upon the Le vee, the other day, wanning themselves by the remnant of a fire made by some sailors for the purpose of melting tar. Like all contemplative men, they sat in silence. Mr. Williams under took to remodel his hat, which appeared to have had a recent acquaintance with certain curb" stones, while Mr. Chipps pursued a stray atom of tobacco through divers leaky pockets, with the utmost desperation. Finding it at last, and dividing it between them the matter of a pea's bulk for each Mr. Williams lifted up his voice, and discoursed as follows : " I say, Sammy, have you seed the Messige?" " Wot messige 1 Nobody never don't give me no messige-, 'ceptin a messige to cut and make myself scarce no more do you " " That are a fact, Sammy ; but that aint wot I mean I was agoin to speak of the President's messige Jimmy K's gineral statement to all out doors, and some part of Ashey. I borrid one from red-headed Jake, 'toiher day, and I reckon if you wos to have seed it, you'd have said it was some snakes ! Yes, hoss .'" " Wot does it treat on ?" enquired Mr. Chipps. "Treat on!" returned Mr. Billy Williams; " wy it don't treat at all it don't say bitters,' or 4 eye-opener,' wunst. No, it refers us, that is, toe, the people, theirselves, to our furrin rela shuns, and " "Oh, cuss furrin relashuns ;" interposed Chipps ; who ever is agoin to ax them to stand treat ? and then agin, 'sposin that a feller hainl any? And I'd like lo know, jest for greens," continued Mr. Chipps, waxing wroth, " wot a 'Merikin President has to do with furrin rela shuns anyhow. haint none, nor never had. 1 wos born on the sile, and I wos riz on the sile, and I oilers calc'late to slay on the aile without I'm traded off to the doctors, and the skellintou hung up in one of their musinaries. No sir-ce.' Cuss furrin relashuns !" " You'd be a goat, you would, if you had a pair o' horns, Sammy Chipps," replied his com- J pauion, " and be a buttin yer brains out agin 1 every thing. Wy, steamboat ! 'taint folks he's ; lalkin on. It's furrin countries. He scrouges , right up agin old John Bull, and flings a mighty ! heap o rocks agin ihem F rench folks. As for them thar Mexican, wooden-legged, tanned-up, uticropped, onciviliztd, miserable specimens of kerriers of bad Durango dollars, wy, he hits 'em a bat between the two eyes, and jest hol lers out Come on, dod rot ye, if you want any mure; I'm thar, and thar's a heap to back me Oregon,' says he, 'is ours, and 1 ve i dnv a nail down clean lother side of tliejumptn , . . , . - , , . , ( off place, and tied a string to it, and kerned it , . , . . , i out to ihe Pay-cific oshin ; so, jest you keep , , i , , . vinir nlitnHor inlhnr slrl n th:it linn, aim don 1 y 1 . , , . , so much as look ugly- across on't, or there'll be one of the orfullest musses you ever did see in these parts!' Thai's the way to tell it!" " Well," interrupted Sammy Chipps, " who said it warn't ourn ? Aint it put down so on I the map of the U-nited States, and kolored yal- ler ? 1 seed it myself, and I'll bet drinks on't. Wy, you know'd old Scrap Dykers. Well, he lied a bar skin as come chuck all the way from ihar, and he never sed it warn't ofT'n a 'Meri can bar. O' course Oregon's ours !" " Well, 'taint nothin else," pursued Billy. " So's Texas ; and so'll Kellyforny, and Ken nedy, and Kuby be 'fore long, or else I'll live on stinkin mackerel that am a fact ! ' Yes,' sez he, 'afore ihem outside, starved out, trans-lated-over-the-water powers interferes on this continent, I'll be continenially and eternally buttered and briled if I don't lambaste every one on 'em, so that ' " " Whose agoin to lambaste anybody ?" de manded a policeman who had just come up. "Oh! hello, old feller!" replied Bill, "you see wo wos ony a talking over the messige, and we'd got to furrtn relashuns, when " Never mind relations, but up with you both and see some of your old acquaintances. You have been away from 'em about long enough, and the Recorder wants to give you tickets to the party.' Come along !" " I'll have a trial by jury," muttered Billy as he shuffled along; " for this is unconstitutional --an inwasiou of wesied privileges. You've no right to take a njn up when he's agoin to No. 35. or from the Legistatur, or discttxstn the affairs o' the country. Woi's the messige hut 'lair of the country; and aim we the cnuniry itself? Aim uothin else!" N. O. Delta. ITInlfs and Tea-lartie. The St. Louis Reveille tells tli following laughable " tea-party incident." Ladies' muffs are certainly convenient at tea-parties " Standing Onti evening, at the table of a fash tonable TeaParty, got up in aid of some char itable institution in our city, I wat fadualiy pushed along by the fair guests and their beaux, until 1 found myself opposite, not only a mag nificent cake, but a most bewitching pair of eyes. 1 looked across the cake, and the own er of these orbs shot at me a flash which I, in my modest admiration, Was obliged to dodge. The signal was given, and the company attack ed the good things with vigor, but as for my aef, the bright-eyed beauty opposite was food enough for me, and I commenced familiarizing my own peepers to the glances of hers. She at first laughed, then pouted, and at length looked angry. I drew off rny surveillance and she luoked pleased ; a gentleman of my acquain tance having addressed her familiarly, I e:zed on him and requested an introduction , he grant- ed it, and I bowed in lowly homage to the beau ty. . The gentleman with her, resigned the beauty to my care while he searched fur her sister, that they might leave together, and t was left to promenade in company with the bright eyes and their ownen " Allow me to carry your muff," said I. most persuasively, "this room is so warm it must bu an incumbrance." " No, no!" said she in evident alarm, and bi ting her pretty lip at the same lime. "Why," thinks 1, "she cannot suspect that 1 wish to steal it," and resolving to convince her of my honesty, I reached for the muff and insisted upon carrying it. I had hold of otm end and she the other, to which she held most tightly; but my gallantry triumphed, and pulling it from her, out dropped a slice of pound cake, four dough nuts, two jumbles, and an orange ! I need not say I was horrified at the effect of my gallant effort. 1 picked part of them up hurriedly, and handed them and the muff to her. The perspiration was rolling down my face in ' stream.i, and putting my hand into my coat pocket, I pulled out my linen cambric handker chief, when out of its white folds dropped halt' a chicken ! In my fit of abstraction at the ta- ble, some wag had carefully rolled it up in my I handkerchief, and placed it in my pocket. The cause of my fair partner's confusion at the table was produced by thinking I had seen in her muff the pound cake She laughed heartily at my chicken, and we mutually agreed to keep quiet about our extra pickings. A enriosts place to look for a Judge Judge j one of the judges of a minor court not a hundred miles back of the City Hall, has managed to have, and, for reason best known to himself, continues to make, ti great many enemies. Recently an Irishman was sued before him for a small debt, and, on paying over the judgement, insisted that the judge should give him a receipt. The latter refused, saying it was not customary, and wished to know Pat's particular reason for requiring it. " Why, ye see, judge, if I was to die anugo to heaven, I might be axed if 1 owed any one. Difil a soul,' 1 should say. 1 Don't you owci Judge V ' No, shure, and I paid him.-" Then they might ax where the resale wag. This would be a mighty puzzlin' quistion, and I should be under the disagreeable necessity of hunting all over h--ll to find you!' The judge gave him the receipt. Sunday Times. Taking lints to get Smoothed. A fellow went into the hall of a boarding house in Barclay stt., New York, a few nights since, while the boarders were at supper, and gathered up all lhe hats on the table. He was making his way out with his booty, when a boarder a little behind time came in, and asked him what he was about. "Oh," says the thief, "I am taking the gen tleman's hats round to deary's to get smoothed." " Well," replied the boarder, " take mine along." " Certainly, sir," said the. a.ccouiuiodaiing loafer and vauished.
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