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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
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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 '
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more uncertain than their future independence
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and comfort ; much depends on their being ac-
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customed to work accustomed to provide for
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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
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( off place, and tied a string to it, and kerned it
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i out to ihe Pay-cific oshin ; so, jest you keep
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. vinir nlitnHor inlhnr slrl n th:it linn, aim don 1
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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.