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A libenl discount made to yearly aireruseis. , E7Atl letters addressed to the alitor must be post-paid. - ' TTT 1 ' ' i " . r, . - , - jrou jpjtiivriivcr. Ilaring a general assortment of larje, elegant, plain and orna menial Type, we arc prepann io execute every description taw!? wmwtm i Cards, Circulars, B ill Heads, Ntcs, Is lank Receipts JUSTICES, LEGAL AND OTHER BIiANKS, PAMPHLETS, &c. Printed with neatness and despatch,on reasonable terms AT THE OFFICE OF THE .TcffcrsoExiau Republican. The Conrtin'. Zekle crept up unbeknown, An1 peeked in thru' the winder, & An' there sot Iluldv all alone. ' L 'hh no one nigh to hinder. ;.-. .T&.'c s -Agin' the rliimbley crook-necks hung, An' in amongst 'em rusted The ole Qeen's arm that gran'ther Young Fetched back from Concord busted. The wanut logs shot sparkles out, To-ward the pootiest, bless her ! An leetle hres danced all about The chiny on the dresser. The very room, coz she was in, . 3 c. . Looked warm from floor to .ceilinv. -An' she looked as rosy agin Ez lW apples she was peelin'. r She heered a foot, an' knowed it, tu?-r A rasping' on the scraper, -; All ways to once her feeling3 flew, Like sparks in burnt up paper. He kin' o' J'itered on lite mat, ; : ; Some doubtfle on the sekle f , His heart kept goin' pitty pat, But hern went pitty Zekle. ii.otv Tom Hines won the Waecr " r8h?ld nol-hl' but ufor lbe aid of lM or, the Prc-sentimciif ' Pecn,iar -d "ng which you have worn on your by trim hnger ever since I hare known you. 1 noiiced ,, j ' il on your getting out of the coach and was mnQ a it y T,,tner: 11 nere a,n t iom sure it could be none other than yourself." nines, said Henry Jones, grasping Tom's hand Tnm smilfid nt tho m.minn .f. iho rih in a warm and cordial manner, as he uttered carelessly asked, who the females were who this sententious greeting. Wftro . hD .u r n.rl" "rS-a" actluai!llance of Harry's- tioned a long list and remarked, after he had perhaps their intimacy originated in early child- concluded, that he was anxious, if he went at SJon nr!?' !8elher, did homage to .he all, to make the party as joyons as possible, for S,?rre:!n'y,f,h,e vllIag Pagogue, bytrem- the sake ofonoyoun lady, Mtss C., who had not gone much into comnanv for sp.veral vears. snil Hit " f-Sll! nf lnot .U r. - .1 ,w . .... r - J J . iuo greeimg, aiter me ana to whom he had taking something of a absence oj Tom of three years or more, was fancy. hearty and sincerfe free from the stiff res- At the mention of this name a cloud passed traintsofcetiquptteand the colder formalities over the face of Hines-a light cloud-such 01 later lnendsnipsantfewas calculated to lead as we see the sun smile through sometimes, One tO the SUPDOSUlOn that Tnm nnrl Hn vriitu an uiuuiiu is i;ieai iiitiii us iug suuuuws Answerios a Fool according to' his Folly. The American Messenger for August Iras the you as long as you like. i .. i. j .u- . : ,u.tncu JU same cradle; brought up reflected by those airy structures of the imagin- under the same roof and linked together by ihe alion, when the bright Star of Hope shines out closest ties of consanguinity. ' upon ihem-and an apparent change had ta- ' What brings you home?" continued Har- ken nlace in his mind Hfi sni nsi if annrl frnm ry, after Tom had ordered his trunks &c. to everything around him, absorbed in deep med be taken from the coach by which he had fust itation arrived, and both were seated in the side-room What ails von Tom ?" his frind m lonath Of the Hotel. " What brings you home, with- Lnnke. Ynn nr sn ihnMohtfnl and ahstractnd. OUt first announcing to me that you intended1 IO that T ffiar mv reniifint has hppn nroRH too ar- visit us, so that I might have prepared a suita- nfistlv if so foroivR mo and attribntR it to mv ble reception for you ? From all that 1 could Leal in nlease vnn first, without a nrnner idea glean from your letters tome, whilst at Pen- of the nature of your business I excuse you acola, I supposed you were going to marry from omnlvinf?." some young and handsome Creole and settle Tt was hot ihnt Harrv " said Tnm. rovivintr. doyn for a life-time in the swamps of Florida, "for I have just made up my mind to accom This informal and unexpected visit, although pany you, but I had a strange piesentiment to it -affords me a great deal of pleasure, I look occupy my mind at the mention of those old upon as an inexcusable peccadillo, inasmuch familiar names." as you have heretofore made me the confidant " A DreseAtiment ! noh ! Tom. vou do not of all your projects and movements. It at least still retain your oi opinion on that subject? timont that you the South." a modest man ew words. I made up my mind to visit H ner but a lew days after I had written to you aT What? how ? made a fortune, and never which time I did not think of so doing and 1 mentioned a word to me? By-my-eyes, you did not think it worth while to write again to are getting very negligent of your old friend, announce my intention, when 1 would arrive, But you are joking ?" n all probability as soon.as theJeiter by which No. I am not I have iust finished a little I should inform you. So you see it is not as speculation, on some land I had purchased, inexcusable a fault as yoti would make it out ; which will yield me a fair income, if properly but only quite a natural circumstance when ex- invested. But I will tell you more of this some plained. But you must excuse me Henry for other time we must now prepare for the par- this eening as I have promised a friend to call ty which I am now anxious to visit as a Span- and see a person in town the first thing I at- ish gentleman at vour suggestion. I miess tented to, and will visit you at your home ear- you had better just call me Don Carlos Milli- y in me morning ana nave a social cnat with ades to make the assumption anoear natural." - i ... jww. r.UJui.o ouu liivtcuicmn. xi ai icciai sun retain your oia opinion on needs an explanation why you took us by sur- You recollect you had a piesenti Pr,se- were going to make a fortune in Well," said Tom, I can give vou that in a And I have," said Tom in a The engagement I following: During the month of November, 1843, 1 have made to my friend is pressing and de-! a clergyman and an atheist were in one of the;ma,lds my earliest attention, and I have yet to n-irlir tr,;no hnta'oon All.nnv nnrt TTtTon The ! Pfepa re IBV dreSS." I " Well, Don Carlos Milliades it shall be, and I am glad that you will go ; but what was the presentiment that made you so thoughtful, I begin to believe in them a little ?" T nin'f tali trrM r r xr v;n rr ill Inimli nt if x wuu w ivu vuu iiu iv y uij trill jauu u it No, no," said Hairy, as Tom rose to de- i part, 1 can t let you oft so easy as that my as you were disposed jo do a few minutes ago." ciaims are tne oiaest ana nrst. a tnougnt nas ' jo, 1 will not 1 promise you." just struck me that we must have some sport " Well then, I lake you at your word I had to-night." aJ pre-sentiment that I am to be married ihiB " Yes, but indeed Henry you must excuse evening, to some one of the ladies mentioned me to-night. I appreciate your claims to myi by you." first leisure moments, after my absence, but 1 Harry could not restrain himself at the men have made a sacred promise to attend to the lion of ihis singular presentiment, and laughed red-faced Irish woman at the end of the car sprang ' business in hand, iho very first on my arrival, heartly. up, the natural red of her face glowing more in- and 1 dare not yield to ihe charms your old "Did I not say you would laugh at my no tensely with passion, and the light of the lamp i sport-hunting possesses until this duty is per- iion, a's you used to call it. " And yet," said falling directly upon it, and addressing the clergy- ;,UI"7"I . , 1 om' Ie,gn,nS 10 oe serious, 1 nave as mucn n 1 1 ' " WaII "nil mill nl Innrl iclnn I r mr nrnnn. I H .1 .U . : . I !,'.. . man in a voice peculiarly startling and humorous") . . " -V'u ftl 'V , ,ia," "VI'--; ""ueuco iu .uoi .o-BB., ..u.n a3 i i.. l J o I w 1 1 inn nmi limn il Trfiii rlMn'f nnnoHn urhir all I I t V. n -r hn fjonnl " I oi'iwii uiiu 'in.ll il ywu uuu uv-vVUU, "ill uii j. uin IJllJIlllOCD UI IIIO UU3UCI. have to say is, that you. must have left your Jones laughed still more heartly at the seri- taste for fun in Florida." ousness with which Tom expressed his faith, " Proceed then and f will listen." and said that he considered Tom's Belief in so " Well, there is to be a party, composed of strange a presentiment as absurd as the doc- young men and women old acquaintances of trines of the Koran. " For" said he, " not ours out at S 's to-night, to which I have withstanding we sometimes hear of spontane been invited. Now, my proposition is that ous matches of this kind, still, in general, it is you go there with me. There will be some of ihe result of years of courtship and I cannot the old kind of 6port there dancing to the believe that any , of the ladies to be present at old-fashioned music of the fiddle with maids this party will be eager, to join herself with an that " blush at the praise of their own lovoli- unknown Spaniard." ness :" and that s rare sport, 1 take it and al- " And vet 1 believe that -my nre-sentiment .. .. ... ... though i had not intended to go, still, as you will be verified. are here, and so unexpected, I wish to spend " What, that you will be married this nigh the evening in fun and frolic." 10 one of the ladies you may meet at the party ?" " J cannot say that r have loll my taste lor " Yes so 1 belive." such sport behind me, arfd indeed would like " And so I can't rbelieve," said Jones "and to participate with you in the enjoyment of it ; ahhough it is a, fool's argument, Tarn willing but my promise to an esteemed friend cannot ho bet you a cool hundred, that your invisible be violated fur my own personal gratification, informant has deceived you this time at least. " But how will your friend know that you ' Say, a basket of Champaign and it s a bet. did not luin your promise, on tne instant oi As vou iike aa;n Tone8. " but vou yield your arrival i a n0jni by diminishing the amount of the bet- " It will be known that I am here this even- your confidence has fallen some twenty per ing: that 1 was at this parly you propose to cent." go to ; and that is all that is necessary ior my iot a jot l only wish to save you irom an friend to discover my faithlessness." unnecessary extravagance, as iho bet I offer " Pshaw ! Hines, one would have supposed will as well susiairi our respective positions as that vour lon amnnrn amnnw those 4 in'pyer 'he one you propose. And now 1 think we - O J 1 , , . " ' ' . rr r o. . drivers' would have worn the wire edge oil nau oetter prepare io set on ior o s as it is your conscience, but I find it is as sensitive as already dusk and in all probability the parly .' -...! 1.11. I 11 ever but your last objection can easily be nas aireaay gamerea mere, satisfied. No one but ruyaelf knows that you The two young men now separated, after are in town and-1 am sure that no one would agreeing upon the necessary arrangements, and suspect you of being the same Tom Hiiies thai m half an hour afterward were on their way io left us but thred'years ago you are so aljered the house at which the party had already gath- and alf tfrat is necessary is for you to change qred. As they drove along, Jones grew more, your name to Don Pedro Bazanella, or to'sdme credulous on the subject of presentiments, as other'outlandisrr one, td be taken for a real out- Tom re!aed several strange occurrences of that ah'd'but Spaniard." nature to him, and although f he slill held an But you recognized rne" very 'readily) ! '"and adverse opinion, he did not reject (ho idea en others may do the same." 1 " . Mrely that, such things might be" and in or- n,ght being cold, the passengers gathered as close Jv as possible around the stove. The atheist was very loquacious, and was soon engaged Jn a con troversy with the minister. Jn answer to an in riry of the reverend gentleman as to what would lie man's condition after death, the atheist replied : '.Man is like a piV : when he dies, that' is the end ffhim." As the minister was about to reply, a-' ace glowing more in- ajm i uare noi yieiu io uie cuarms your oiu " uia i not sa; the Tight of the lamp i sport-hunting possesses until this duty is per- tion, is you used i addressing the ci'ergv-;rrmf'i;' . f. Tom, feigning to .(n.i;, umnrnJ " v;eil' yu "ill al least listen to my propo- confidence in th irom its imDassioned tone and the richness oi its . .1 . . .... .1. 1 . . ... 1 , . brogue, exclaimed : "'Ar'rah how, wiirydu let the taste alone Has he not said he's a pig ? And the more you will pull his tail the louder he'll i squale !" The effect upon alL was electric ; the clergyman apologized for his forgetfulness in at tempting to make any reply to such an assertion, and the atheist was mute the remainder of the journey An old clergyman, preaching before some of 'American army at Corpus Christi, made Use of 'lese remarks : " Ten thousand dollars is a large sum to most fcfus yet wha would it profit? You cannot farn- it out of the vorjd. Then what would you ('o -with it, or you, or you or you Py pointing with ' n oratorical flourish at each repetion, to different individuals before him. At length an old stager, """ell known to the Corpus Christi army, Judge ft ys, could contain himself no longer. When 'be finger pointed at him, and irr the momentary 'atise succeeding the" searching question,, the -udge broke the silence by answer?"og in a loud rill tone, "Lay it out in mules !" " Shall 1 at- pt," says the narrator, " to portray the effect 'Nte audience was convulsed. The holy man 1 maintained himself with becoming gravity and "possession for a moment, and made a feeble 'lempt to proceed, but soon gave up in despair. A Dandy Robbed. Ti.e lodgings of a dandy were lately robbed of "palr of slays, a smelling bottle, two pair of arti- ' -al eye-biows, and a white surtout, in'a'pocket ,f which there were thiee love-letters, wrii(en..to mself, in his own jiani;writjngv . pj.-f. 'liv is a puppy. do'gilk aover't Deoausit "s -nd wows, der to prove it, and thus satisfy his own mind upon the subject, ho made Tom promise not to disclose his real name to the party until he was satisfied that he had lost the wager. This was apparently " a clincher," as it deprived Hines of the'advantago that former acquain tance might have given him. They at length arrived at S's. The parly had just finished a coitillion and were making sets for another when Jones and his friend en tered the room. Tom had a general introduc tion to all present and all eyes were turned upon him. The ladies especially admired the young Spaniard, although " bearded like the pard" -a huge pair of whiskers covering his throat and chin, and an " extensive mustache" decorating his upper lip and much was whis pered between them of his good looks, &c. Af ter the commotion, consequent upon the arrival of Mr. Jones and his ami distingue had subsided, tho dancing was resumed " And all went merry as a marriage bell " There was one lady in the room, who ap peared to be particularly t" taken" with Jhe Spaniard, as she gazed upon him even when all the rest had apparently forgotten him in the " round of pleasure." This was Miss C , of whom Jones had spoken to Tom. She ap peared 'wrapped in herself,' when all around was life and gaily. , Her eyes followed the" Spaniard at his least move., and all her t houghts seemed to be centered upon him. Hines no ticed this and colled Jones to him. " Friend" said he, with a solemn and ser ious air, "my invisible informant, as you, were pleased to denominate my presentiment, 'leads me to believe, that the lady to whom you say you have taken considerable of a fancy of lale, is iho one who I am to wive this night." " That's unfortunate," said Jones aside. By this time he was possessed of an inordinate faith in the presentiment yet he was unwil ling to confess it- and his fears were aroused that he might lose Miss C as well as the has immediately ratified. Tho pressirifiUusijiess, of wjiich he spoke to Jones, as having promised a friend to perform, was in accordance wnh another peculiar stipulation in tlieir 'engage ment that he should visit her first of all upon his arrival, as a testimony of abiding lov; The wager, of course, was not demanded of Jones, and indeed was not accepted upon pre sentation, as a just debt, inasmuch as tho nre timent was but a previously jormed sentiment carried into affect. Jones' explanation of his failure with Miss C ., was, that he knew of Tom's engagement, and merely paid s.ttc?n'inns 10 her out of respect for his friond, which vai reasonable enough to those who new of tho in timacy that existed between the two gentle men. 1 have no doubt, however, but thnt ho will be surprised, iThe should ever read ihi exposition of the affair, and may possibly uiv the lie to it ; but.you may rely upon what L .say as being true, and laugh at him for his pains. Influence of flic ITXoom upon i!ic Weatlter. There is no more extensively known a'n'd uni versally believed superstiution, than that the chan ges of the moon have some effect upon the weath er. The classic student finds traces of this be lief in very early times ; and years and observa tion seem father to have confirmed than to Itavo shaken men's faith. Virgil, in his beautiful songs for the husbandmen, written before Christ was upon earth, thus gives ih'e signs of the new moon : . A If when the moon renews her refluent bearn, 1 Through the dark air her horns obscurely beam, Along the waited earth-and stormy mam In torrents drives the congregated rain ; But if (unerring sign) the orb of night, j.. Clear wheel through heaven her forth increasing light; Itain nor rude blast shall vex that hallowed dav, . . And thus the month shall glide serene away." "" Another La'tin writer, even earlier than Virgil, says that " if the new moon have its upper horn darkened, the last half of the month will be rainy. But if the lower horn be darkened, the first half nf ket of Champaigne. Now I might as well fell ; the month will be rainy while if the Wdl ba darkened, the middle of the month will bs rainy." it here, that Jones had been paying his devoirs to this lady without much success Tor some time previous, and his vanity, perhaps more than his affection, was engaged in the court, as many more before him had failed to gain her affections, which was prophesied of him In our day the popular maxim seems to be that we may look for a change of weather at every change of the moon. t It appears that there, must be something to dis- also. He therefore heard, with a degree. of! tinguisn this irom most other signs, or like theni mortification, that Hines had picked out this it would have its day and be forgotten. It be lady from among ihe rest that were present, as 1 comes one, before he rejects it as altogether un the one whom he was to marry, in accordance ' worthy his notice, to account for its having taken 111 -lit'. .1?- ... s witn wnat lie now consiuereu almost, a omne . such strong hniri uhnn mpn's frith W. h.. nV,, O i " w ua a prescript. But when he considered the repea ted failures of others-young men of respecta bility and wealth his .spirits revived and fie ventured 10 say, with a degree of complacency : " Hines, you might as well pay tho champaigne, that lady is not to ofe won' in the way you pro pose." " Faint heart never won fair lady, you know Harry, and if you will but give me a special introduction to her, I will be willing to pay the bet, if I do not succeed." Jones complied, and in a few minutes Don every few days uttering their graye predictions i concerning the weather; and, if you question their signs, they solemnly assure us that marry years' observation goes further with them, than ail our scientific scepticism. And there have been individuals, who, durTrfg the greater part of their lives, have compared' Uie changes of the moon and weather. Toaldo', of Paduaj made these observations for forty-five years. Every change of the weather occurring within three days, either before of after a change a'.1U3 iviiuittuoa, was o aicu ucoiuc wi . Df ine mnon. he nttrihuteri tn thnt rhonw nnrl and had her engaged in a conversation . His that is about the time generally claimed.' He- friend joined in the 'next sot' and persevered in the 'figures' vith a heavy heart, until an event occurred that put a stop to the dancing Miss C. had fainted in the arms of the Span iard. This occurrence was more readily ex plained to Jones than to the rest of the party present, and he augured well from it. His first impression and it was very plausible--was, that Hines' proposition was so unnatura that it caused a faint to overcome the lady This was pleasing to him, notwithstanding his warm attachment to Tom : for the heart is nev er willing to sharo its objects of love with another, however friendly disposed it may be The faintingjady had been convoyed to a bed, which Hines immediately called for and had partially recovered when Jones met him. v Ho could hardly conceal his joy at Tom's unsuccessful attempt, as he thought, when they met. " Well," said he, " did 1 not tell you that you would not succeed in that quarter ? Your wild proposition has almost frightened her to death." ' You are wide of the mark," said Tom, " for I have her consent already." This was a thunder-stroke to Jones. He could not comprehend'how a stranger-a Span iard too at that could win the love of Miss C, who had rejected the suit of many genteel young men, whoso reputation she nau been well acquainted with, upon a first interview. gives us as the result of these tedious calculations that out of every seven new moons, six were at tended .with the change of weather; out of every six full moons five were attended with chane ; and out of every three quarter moons, two were attended with change. x Others have made similar observations, and have arrived at. similar? conclusons. Do Ve discover ! unv uruiui mv uere ur now snail tnese remnykn- ble coincidences be accounted for ? Let us see. From the time of new moon till the time of new moon .again, is just about one month. During rliat time it goes through its four changes. This makes its changes occur at about a week's interval. Now, 'allowing three days after each change to be in fluenced by that change, and it will leave but one day in the week independent! Need v$5 wonder, then, that out of sevens new moons six were attended with rain 1 A much greater wonder to me is, that sixty-nine out of seventy were not thus attended. In reading the faithful observations of these patient men, I am sometimes reminded of the an ecdotes travellers tell of the North American .In dians. Sometimes they suffer severely, from drought ; and after having tried sacrifice aud self- torture rri vain, they resort to one expedient which they say has never failed to be followed by imme diate ram. Spurn not to be taught by a son of the forest. The ceremony is simple ;; any one can try it at his will ; and my word for it, it will rain the minute he is through ? One of the chiefs gets upon some hi".V k;h upon the roof of a hut, and eomnv-.ncr--;',,.. His fists at the clouds, shoritinc 'rt;o'",ru,c in uZ sky, and defying the st.Vrm,rQ(J to aflhet tho-i. U,,- - ta 1 lift in ni:iiini t uu ucivu - hit n.i:iiiiin:ii. iin . V ' : iLt. J " Vm, " ... Zer: " nen ne gets lrr.d another lakes hjs more irom cg.u. .uuu .u ,nse. inert - , and so they keep ft .jp d fler dav, ,vH,I:' aner something mysterious in that." . week, and moi-.'.h .r,. "A pre-Bentimentf lhat a alj," cooly replied mysteriou5---pr,rfectly inscrutable is, it always Tom. I need not. .say; thai ,the. union of Thomas Hines and Miss C. was celebrated lhat night, but will explain to the .reader what may oth- erwise appear unnatural and strameu. Miss C. had engaged herself to' Hines be bre his departure for tho Souih. The line io which Jones referred, as the cause of his im mediately' recognizing Tom, was given to lines by her as a testimonial of the eneae- ment'V and upon the presentation ' of which, to ier, the lerms of the engagement were to bo orings tn-e rim ! The clouds have to yield. The stortp.-god gives over the battle. Should we see such a performance going on in one. of bur towns, we should pronounce it ridfeu- dus. But I am at a loss to. know how much less ridiculous to consider u, when I see a per son the step up to a corner on a rainy day, take down almanac, and very sagely remark, " Ah ! T seo what made it rain to-day. The moon chn1ig0tj three days ago," Qpvelse "will change- inMhfee days," as the case may be; and that, too, wheh one minute's thought would teach them; that h6foe hour of their lives.is removed, by 'four flaysftorrt some one of the. moon's changes.- Wright's Paper.
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