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"S&R PRINTING. rina cencral assortment of large, elegant, plain and orna IIa" gmenlal Type, we are prepared to execute every description of Card, Circulars, Bill Heads, Notes, Blank Receipts, JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER 15 LAWKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. printed ith neatness and despatch, on reasonable terms, at THE OFFICE OF THE .Tcffcrsouian Republican Mourn in?. You ask me John, the reason why I mourn so little for the dead You say 1 pass them heedlessly, And with a smile above them tread.. Til tell you, John, the reason that. v ; I am above your scorning, , And then, perhaps, you'll understand Why I do not wear mourning. 1 had a wife, a dear good wife ! Her eyes were blue as heaven ; 2 ' Oh! never to a pilgrim man Was such companion given. , She was as fair as angels, are, Ct Her voice was like a river . Of kind, and pure, and gentle joy,. -x And musical for ever. I loved her ! oh, how well I loved That fairest work of God ; How faithfully and truthfully My weary path she trod And sheher arms are round me now, As warmly as in life. God took her, and I wait and weep My good, my gentle wife. She loved me with a holy love . Born of a holy hope, Faithful and fond was she, and I--e How could I give her up? I watched beside her and she smiled My weeping face upon; You'll lonely be, my love, said she, When I am dead and gone. You'll lonely be, and all the house Seem desolate and cold ; But you'll not forget me, darling, When 1 am lying in the mould ; You'll sit beside my grave, dear Will, And when my rosebuds blow, You'll strew them on the couch to which Your Mary goeth now. Weep not, beloved I shall be Beyond the furthest star ! I'll wait you coming in the home Where all the sainted are ; Now kiss me such a one as that First one when we were wed ; Once more, my love, close, closer press My dear good wife was dead I I think of her at day dawn, John, I think of her at night ; When the sunshine is above me, When the stars are clear and bright, I think of her in trouble ; Oh ! I dream of her in sleep. And, John, I sit beside her grave, And yes, I do I weep. Her soft white arms are round my ner.k, Her kiss is on my brow And as she sang in love tones then She shigeth to me now ! But think you, John, her grave would be X,ess cold, and dark, and damp, and she More bright, more blessed there, if we. Should put on decent mourning ! Instantaneous Beer. Put to a pint and a half of water four lea spooiusful of ginger, a table-spoonful of lemon juice sweeten it to ihe taste with syrup or witoB.or t-.nH mm it into a iunk botile. Have i umw o 1 ----- - j ready a cork to fit the bottle, a siring of wire to tie it down, and a mallet jo drive in the cork. Then nut into the bottle a heaping tea-spooniu of the t.uper-carbonaie of soda, cork it imme diately, tie it down, then shake the whole up well, cut the stung, and ihe .cork will iiy out Turn U oui, and drink immediately Essence of Celery. Sleep announce of crlerv seed in hall, a pint olbraiidv,..or inegar A lew drops of-ihis .will, give .a.,fiueafJaor ip ouj, and &auce';for iowis. i ? . - t,z STRO dDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, A Sketch by a Sportsman. 'Tuas a fine October night ; I was returning home with my gun over my shoulder, my keep er and dogs had taken a nearer route and had carried wilh them the booty of the day. I passed the old Manor-house grounds ; ihe man sion had been long unoccupied, save by an old gardener, who looked, in his Sunday suit of russei livery, as if the sturdy elms and rugged oaks had, while he tended them, lent him in gratiiude, something of iheir rigidity and slrengih. As my father had a right of shooting over the demesnes I opened ihe gates and entered ; there was a fine lake near tho house, nearly covered by trees, and ihe selling sun gleaming upon its clear and quiet breast, reminded me of Scott " One lively sheet of burnished gold Loch Katrine lay, beneath him rolled." I am an enthusiastic admirer of nature ; and I stood lo gaze upon the scene as it lay sleep ing in its calm and placid beauty. It was the middle of the month, and the yellow leaves, brightened by the golden hues of sunset, added a lustre to ihe landscape ; it was truly a scene in which Italian Claude would have gloried. Just as I had turned o leave the spot, my steps were arrested, my whole attention rivetted by a voice breaking on the silence ; ihe tone was one of gentle yet thrilling harmony, my imag ination told me the singer was as lovely, and I remained in my concealment. I had just re turned from College, and knew not that the Man or-house was again tenanted, and was conjec turing from whom such strains could flow. When ihey ceased, a rustling was heard, among ihe leaves, and a tall dark-eyed, dark-haired airy passed. Unconscious of being seen, she turned her face full towards me, and stooped to tie up a luxuriant hop that was clinging and climbing across ihe pathway, then rising, she applied her care to the loose tendrils aboe ; her thick ringlets fell back, and a bright ray of the departing sun made them appear like wav-" ing gold. After a few minutes she tripped gaily away, ever and anon her glad voice break ing forth in some brief snatch of a merry song, as if ihe joyousness of her spirit sought some way lo vent its happiness. People may ridicule love at fiist sight, and smile contompt at such ah idea, but I have felt and know ihat it can be, and-the truth of its stability and power is attested in the fact of my being still a bachelor. After lingering about the spot, as one entranced, till the evening mists came wilh a zealous care to wrap the sil very lake and iis island children from the stran ger's gaze, I bent my steps homeward. Upon ontering the hall, the sound of music came through ihe corridors, and told that my mother and sisters, in vulgar phrase, " had a party and from a damsel of the room 1 learned that my lonely, uncomfortable meal, was laid in ihe library. 1 carelessly sat down, wondering who the lovely creature could be. I ate little, and ringing the bell upon the table, inquired in no ery placid temper, "Who are in tho music room?" The ladies from the Hall, Sir George and Lady Wilstead, Miss Norman, Lord Heartbury, Lady Jemima and Lady Celia Staunton, Cap tain " Heavens, that's enough.! what a set of bores ! Take these things away, and do not let me be disturbed, but when I ring, send De Serre here." I threw myself along a sofa, in a passion wilh myself, the party, but most of all in a passion because 1 did not know who the fair songstress After lounging about for nearly an hour, was. I rose, and seeing that the hand of the Cupid upon ihe alabaster clock was fast approaching ten o'clock I rung for my valet, and having ac complished my toilette, entered the music-room, v here, after shaking hands with old acquaintan ces, and bowing to new ones, I got a seat upon a half-vacant divan, near my sister. In the midst of a disseriation wilh Lord Heartbury upon a Joe Man.on, a voice, replying to solici tations to sing, came upon my ear ; I started, and in another anslant the self-same warbler passed to the piano. She ran her fingers light ly oter the key's, lifted her head and laughed. "I can remember noihing," she said to my mother ; ihen she bent her head, and her beau tiful unadorned ringlets closed over her brow, b minute ihue, and the nexi he threw back the wavy tresses, struck the ivory keys, and the song of the lake rose, echoed, and died through the room. I felt such an uhdefinable feeling ai my heart, that 1 coniinued to gaze upon the enchantress as if every sense, every energy was centred in her. She rose, and turning round, met my fixed and ardent look ; a bright blush maniled her face and neck, and she moved hastily away. A loud laugh near me recalled my wandering attention; it was caused by myself; my marked regard had been ob served by all. " Who is that heavenly creature ?" I asked of Captain Rodney. u:.. !?,.,.,, ai,0 liupc witTi li,r mother 1)1133 X UlOaiCli KJlls ...... ... . at the Manor-house," replied he, but I warn you not to lose your heart for her, for she's en- , To whom f" asked 1 scarcely breathing. To Sir Henry Elliot, of the Lodge." iUnnrhni.-Mlpnnn mv head. T could , . . i ,i . T7ii:n, mv not have been more crushed ; .blliot was my oldest friend, we had been playfellows in in- i -f-i . , i i.. . o.r. bridge, and finally wa had .ravelled toge.her. Never had aught of acrimony passed between us, and yet never on earth were iwo more dis- similar characters. Elliot, all conciiliation, , , , c : : i i.:, ....... warm-hear.edncss, and firm principle, his very I soul seemed made up of kmdness. I, all fire, impeiuosi.y, and rashness,, a very miricle of J . .,. thotiohtlessness. Elliot, always cool, sell-pos- sessed, and polite I. always witty" and cap- tious. A pair of bright eyes turned my brain, and if by chance they wandered towards me, J ' . Ill I 1 was CHiimincu. tu... nnA on, r iv a hundred 1 1141 C UCUII 111 oim uui v. v. . v. I i, ... r times, but even at AimacRs, tnai centre ui beau.y, FJlim was as calm and provokingly im- moveable as ever. He was excessively hand- .-..u ..;;.- fi.nr. P?oht thousand SUIUC, Willi an 6AuW.- "5--t ., , . i ,u.. ; n vnnr an o d baronetcv. and an earldom; m default of the marriage of his uncle, an old man r . nn Wnnr .hpn that .he fair Ul auvciiiv-ai , - v. . ...... i walizers of ion put on their brightest smiles for u:m Pi ennhpamQ m crht as we have been llllli. UUI JU uu ... . .. ,1 ,ho rn.L.a nf h Alns. T alwavs .U-..-1.. on,ro hA lft h..t nnR thina out iUUUglU UIUl iiuiuiu iiuu iv... w - " - o of his composition, and that was love-she had given him all else; but I was to be taught otherwise. The next day I met him at the vr of.or f, ,nrrl nf hear.v greeting, I exclaimed : So you are thawed at last Harry ; I hear you are going to be mar- .q ..V- .lu.i ua ,e;,n Bnnh n m11e ac T had never seen before lighting up his expres- sive features, I am, to the most amiable crea- ture on earth ; come wilh me, I'll introduce , , you to her. We turned back ; he was evidently glad of , rQ,r Anv ml,r man wflnld have described Agnes Forester as a beauty; but true to himself, he dwelt only upon her mind. We found her at her easel. Upon our entrance she turned and perceiving Elliot, an expression of happy innocence gathered upon Jier beautiful brow ; she was so gleeful, so girlish in her countenance, and yet bo modest and reiiring, that youe?J you were gazing upon the impersonation of purity and womanly lore- jjness For six months I was daily thrown into the company of Agnes Forester, and loved her to distraction. Wilh a confidence ihat did his no- ble mind honor, and my friendship and princi- pies of justice, Elliot frequently made me the messenger of his love to the being he was be- ieei niguer .nan uio iubu.i.-.... .-v troihed to ; and never did a shadow of distrust Gulf of Mexico is 28 feet higher than the Pa nrneo Ilia cnlfmrlid hrnw when he met Apnes cific. leaning on my arm, or gazing in my face, list- ening with her eyes to tales of sunny Italy, of hiM, nrhanS her oallant lover was the hero. Yes, he was safe, he had his security in hi own honor and trust. Who could look on that face, those clear, unsuspicious eyes, and medi- ale treachery ? And never did I love him more than when I felt that the day that gave him Agnes would make my reason totter ; yet I had not courage to withdraw for it was heaen on earth to linger near this gentle girl, within reach of the sunshine of her glad smile, and to catch the infection of her merry laugh and sporting glee. Trin fifteen h of ihe. next October was fixed on for ihe nuptials, and 1 heard the news with surprising fortitude ; but my hnart was raging FEBRUARY 3, 1848. wilh the fire my own rashness had kindled. Two days before ihe one appointed for the cer emony, Elliot and I parted from shooting at the entrance of the grounds ; he to join Agnes, I io gaze on the spot where one brief year be fore I had first beheld het. I had just reached it, when 1 heard the report of a gun, followed by a piercing scream. I threw down my fowling-piece and hastened to the place ; a groan of stifled agony, a gurgling, choking shriek burst from my breast as the terrifEc sight met my eye before me lay Elliot, his left arm and side awfully shattered, and dying ; by his side was Agnes, senseless. He opened his eyes I 1 1 I 1 - T MtninrtnVinfl n A If 1 1 I anu DecKoneu uiu ; x I1VF,u'lu,cu a,,u ,-T- I while he spoke faintly and with difficulty : " Grenville, on your friendship I rely for comforting Aenes. This is an awful accident, P tne very erge ui u..B , uca,, UOa. e...Bf may God protect her. Franki if you love me, sit ear," and he looked earnestly in my face, " that you will be a brother to my blessed Ag- j 5 n.elci, watcn ner as i snouiu nave none, and win her affections if you can to you I con- fide her, and upon your honor I rely ; .ell her my uu muuguw wi uC, , continued he, upon my proposing assistance, " I am dying, L feel it ; to remove would only hasten mv end. uou De mcrciw 10 me, ne ,dale" uv ".oved s up. as n . I .erven, prayer,-ne .u my hand, .he grasp of death was m ... "Frank, flA htooo ro t" Hnnvn srnns rame on. cleat ll J was grappling with its vtciim-" Agnes- Ag- "es !" he .creamed, as i knelled m her ear by a demon, the shriek recalled her senses She . . 1 K A M r.l hnnlr mora rlochal Ina nlllS. SlQIlCU IU liCt IOOl- UUV.lv 11HVI UUJUVU uv wiuf ... i t tenng ringlets ; madly ner nanus were pressing 111 on her temnles. and her eves set and glazed in ---- i e norror, siarea upon ner ,oiBr- r u hi ol ihnt nnnall- uc"1" oluuu 1 ,r ing agony had startled him from his prey. . , . . ... " Aenes I breatneu iti no , irientenea ai ner a5"" & fearful sta,e- " Ha !" she gasnedj but the rigidity of mar . 'as "cr ihuu-u.uuu g"- .". "H,M"UU a,,u "aa " tion a scream that would have woKe tne aeau, broke from the maddening girl, a groan, that told ihe coonvulsion was over, and that ear.h ailu- " tia U1 luo -u.w., Mouoweu i.. I stood then alone, the only living thing amici ful slaughter, for Agnes, with a gurgling iauS" B,dUUBH 1CU uu'" m tt,uia a upon uer rover. I have a confused remembrance of being ox ammed by a coroner, something, loo, of a funer- 1 1 l I fV. . mwi mtnH a' au wul, F,u,"e3 uc,u,c but all is vague and indistinct Years after this I wandered on the Conti "ent till recalled by my fathers death to claim lne a"d ,a-Ke 1,16 0ainS OI a reer was still young, with health, wealth, and rank ; but I would give all to erase that day of fearful horrors from my memory. rcS and Curiosit.es. Bird lime is prepared from the berries of the I I t - I 11 I I. T UnlUfl It ID mistletoe .anu me miauie oar ui .n uu,.j. boiled till it becomes soft. The ear.h is believed to increase m heat; a t : f. r. t.-fini. virt6 in aegree in every uuecu ui iuijf . depth. .. . . Mercury Tor thermometers is pur.nea oy agt- lauon in a oot.ie, wi.n sanu, aim iuu . ing U through leather. The waters of the Red Sea appear to be 32 Most mountains present their precipitous fa- ces .o tne sea anu u.e.r s.p3 .u u.o ,au. The sea is to the land, in round millions of square miles, as 160 to 40, or as four is lo one. The narrowest part of the Atlantic is more than two miles deep. In other pans it is one and a half mile. Insects are found in slate, and flies and ants in amber. The mountains of Seger, in Arabia, produce frankincense ; and those of Safra, the balm of Mecca, from the a.nyria opobalsamum, which the early ages sold for its weight in gold, Earth is eaten as bread in several parts of the world. Near Moscow, a hill furnishes earth of this description, which- will ferment when mixed wnn nour.- No. 30r Sweeney in Horses. I have a recipe for curing sweeney that I, got hold of the other day, accidentally, just in time to cure a foorse 0f miUQ inai was iakeiitt very lame. And by the by, I got it for the iri fihg sum of seventy-five cenis. I look upon it as being ahead of anything of the kind thai' is going ; two or three applications being suffi-, - . l i. .i 'I cieui for my horse, ana ne was apparently wen in two days. c. Take the proportion of one pint of spirits of turpentine, one ounce of Spanish flies, half a pound of lard, half a pound of rosin. iUejt the lard and rosin together; when partly coo. put the other two ingredients in, and shake till thoroughly mixed. I suppose that ii is always well to bleed for the Sweeney the first thing. To apply, the mixture, shake it well-, and rub ii-in well with the hand, so as to get it into the hair thoroughly: Apply it 'to the part aftected once. in. two -dayi: n hot weather let the animal stand in the Min; in cold, heat it in wilh a hot iron. It is pe'r- ectly safe and sure; and leaves no mark other than to take the hair off, which comes on agaid directly. Cor. of the Prairie Farmer. J -" . -.q See what the Girls o the Bay State do: We have received the statistics of the, van- ous branche's of industry in Massachusetts, for 1845, taken wilh ihe Slate census that year. To show our young ladies that it is no dirace io work in the Pilgrim land, we give them the particulars of the straw bonnets and hats, and siraw braids and palm-leaf hats made there in otie year : Number. Value. Straw Bonnets & Hats, 1,046,954 SI, 057 ,892 Value of Straw Braid, . 102,367 Palm-Leaf Hats, 496337 Total; S1.640.59G All this by females, mostly farmers'daughters. Worcester, Hampshire and Franklin counties do the most. Are not such industrious girU worth going after? Instead of street yarns, ihey are for the dollars and cents. They don't constantly bother their parents and husbands with teasing for a new silk dress, or a S40 shawl. They have the money in their purses from their own industry. There are lots of rosy cheeks who have their hundreds deposited in banks, from the straw braid employment. YVe once knew two sisters who bought a farm for $4,000 for iheir parents, from the savings of braid. Springfield Republican. s 1 Heated Rooms. Rooms heated wilh anthracite coal, and rooms heated with close sioves, in which wood is burnt, have a very dry atmosphere. The use of water in such rooms is very congenial to health; but ihe water should hot be placed in an iron or tin vessel upon the stove, for tho reason that it will undergo that degree of heat which will make its vapors offensive and inju rious to breathe. It is as injurious to the hu man system to breathe putrid water-vapors of this kindj as it is to breathe the vapors from stagnant ponds in hot weather. If water is used upon a stove, an iron pan should be ma'de use of; and this filled with dry sand, in the sand set an earthen bowl filled with clean water, which should be changed twice a day, and the bowl washed and kepi as clean as if used for a drinking vessel. Where hard coal is burnt in a grate, a glass globe should be. suspehdedin the room filled with clean pure water, and as the heated air arises to the top of the room, it will steadily evaporate the water and moisten the dry and healed air. Persons w hrj pf e"fet the atmosphere of salt water vapor, can add cologne water, or any other perfume w htch they prefer. It i3 as important to have clean air for breathing as lo have clean water for drinking. Basement rooms, where hard coal .is yburnt should be frequently ventilated. Small 'chil dren accustomed to stay in basement roomsfiud a bad air near the floor, the air should, be! re moved by allowing the doo.r to be opened. freely to let in the fresh air. A' linle care manes e, matters will tend wonderfully to;. comlojl4and enjoyment. Our idee is says s fellow ihatg60 a1 shrew for a wife that r ; 3 Woman's love is like Scotch snuiTtjn We get one pinch and that's enougW.f An old darky says . .(tt Woman's lub is India fubbef 1 , i vilt stretch de more-de moreiyutiE lubAhor
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