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.Feffcrsoitiau KepubSicau.
nine w
Eottz I Loved Her.
loyed lier wlipn tlu sunny light...
6
i Qi voutli was on her brow, .
r. And not a trace of care was, seen,
tt
vAVhicli sheds so darkly now,-
"j:.iMhen wreathed around those rosy Hps-v.:
Lay smiles in beautyTatei -H J i.
Itt'seemed that nought could everMifrnk' J
so'S a loveliness so fair - !'
ir lovea ner wnen, in alter years, , ,
A change came o'er her heart,w
,Yet knew that-earth could never' moteu.
! "One ray oAjoy impart. V -j rs?
H'he rose uDonAhat fadinff cheek: -
I saw must soon decay,
'Twas marked by earth's 'corro'dirrg care
To earlv'pass away. : &
yQjVed.her when thai. marble, brow, A ..
... ,'Lay could in death's embrace, ;M:.r' r, .
. -jtW'hen the sweet smile-could play,nosmore
i , Upon her angle face.
I mourn for her so early lost,
Yet still the hope 's given,
' That we shall meet in Heaven above!'11
1 e Where friends no more are riven.
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-9tf Jonathan and Sallie.
T" 'A' DDET. BV MRS L. J. PIERSONi
'SiXLiE Naow, Jonathan, I guess as how,
, You re going arter rum,
'a
if
Aiid if ye be, J tell you naow
Ye better stay to hum.
.ta
mmm.
m
The later patch is full o1 weeds,
. The pigs keep crawlin' in, "
And that old shacklin1 barn-door heeds
A staple and a pin.
The.old coaw.tui.has run away,
Because the fence was down ;
-Ye'cV better dew some chores to-day,
34js - a And ilay away from town.
-e tie
.JoN's.T--Dpd blast it!
Sal, 1 tell you naow,
Ye kinder Taise my spunk;; . x .
..I'll go to town, to-day, J swow, r
x t ,r;And demme 1 I'll get drunk!:
YVre fuller of yer jaw, I snore, ' u
Than Satan's full of sin ;
Yre're mouthjieeds more than the barn door
.A staple anqsa pin.
SaTlUie That's pretty stuff to give your1 wife;
. Mtfa nr. - That's pleadin' fur yer good, :
That we're t6 lead a 'dreadful life1
"V - Is clearly understood. 1 :. : ' '
.jkm w'Ye'U learn to guzzle like ai8aow,,v', .
'0T " iAnd be a druken smack - A
- liThe -little we have gathered,bapw
mi dls goin' all to rack; v- '
fm! Then quarrels, poverty and . duns, ,
isdte -r 3 nc conslables will come, v
And we, with our poor .little, ones j
Shall be without a home.
fcHunier and rags will foller fastf iar
Jfek !-' v And poverty and shame ;' : Zut
l And ye'll die in the street at last, , -
&m i -i And who win be t0 biamf l? :
mi -. .
qp4 iiiOh, husband! I reniber-siill! . -mk&
hi-' Wihen first ye were my sparkv -
JUHien yewere busy as aimill;: r '
fcrA:nd merry as a lark. ' !fl
A very bird's nest was our hum
In our first married years,
Jjpfore.ye larnt to put down rum,
And. 1 to put out tears. he" -weeps.,
jJn -Y're" r fg hft , Sal, every wufflye drop,
bis
mi . . I j
I'm . blasted if I 'do 'And he'didn't. 1
The Parrot.
amalfamily, in the. ffpart ofthiS'qily,
forpyearsif had become a petfOfithefamjl. A5
child was'taken sick this spring, and, was pot seen
by'the parrot in some days. The biro" had beep
useJ .to 1 repeat her name ; and in. the child's ab
sence ,kefpi .repeating xhe name so incessantly as. to
annoy the5 family. The child died; thd repetition
of'thVname was kept up, until one of the family
took "the i parrot "to the room where the corpse lay.,
uc warrut lurnea ursi uiit; siue. ui i ucau mm
then..tbe pherTtowards.he cose,, apparently eye
ing it, and was then taken "back. He neypnre
peateajtheamegain,was'at once silent, and the
next dayiedT-ParM '0Jffrj.u.. !
A falg&friendrincefaCp only looks
bright whcn -lhe un shines ;o.n it.j.r: f
A Great Discovery in, Science. j
ELECTRO-MA'GNETISM AS A MOTIVE TOWER; !
Some important experiments have just been made
at" Washington fey Professor Page. It will be re
membered thaVduring the last session of Congress
Mr.1 13enton presented a memorial, setting forth that
Dr. Charles Gt Page had discovered .a mode of
Applying 'electrpmagnetjc power to the purposes
of navigation and locomotion, and as a general
substitute for the dangerous agency of steam. He
also suggested that an appropriation of $20,000 be
made, to enable Dr. Page to test his discovery by,
practical experiments. The proposition was ac
ceded to, and the experiments have been made; and
in the Senate, on Friday "lGth inst.,-Mr. Benton an
nounced that Dr. Page .was ready to exhibit the
result, of his; labors, and illustrate them by remarks
and explanations. The Smithsonian Institute was
mentioned as the most suitable place, and Satur
day evening named as the, time. Mr. Benton then
submitted this interesting statement :
The practical question which has occupied Dr.
Page is the question of cost monied cost of pro
ducing this power Its capacity arid applicability
had been previously established its capacity un
limited rits applicability convenient and safe. .
But the great question of cost remained, and that
has been deemed too great to admit of its use in
the business operations of the country. In Eu
rope the cost has been held to be fifty times grea
ter than the cost of producing steam. Dr. Page
in a. written communication, now in my hands,
says that he produces this power at a less cost than
steam power can be produced. His words are:
"With the same size of battery, and much less
cost, I am enabled now to exert a force of six hun
dred pounds, where; more than a year ago, I ob
tained a force of only fifty pounds. With a con
sumption of two and a half pounds of zinc, 1 now
produde one horse power for twenty-four hours
This is nearly as cheap as the cheapest steam en
gine in the world, and much cheaper than steam
under some conditions."
Supposing Dr. Page to be right in this state
ment of the present cost of producing the electro
magnetic power, the hitherto insurperable objec
tion to its use as a propelling power is entirely ob
viated, and the cost actually converted into a con
sideration in its favor. It is now cheaper, and must
become more so when the demand for zinc shall
occasion that to be brought into market which is
now thrown away, as a refuse of lead ore, in the
vast lead mines of Missouri and the Upper Missis
sippi. Dr. Page now gives eight cents a pound
for the zinc which he uses; when a large demand
is created for it, it may be furnishrd for much less,
and at the same time open a market for an article
now thrown away.
So much for comparative cost the electro mag
netic power becoming an economy a moneyed
economy in its production. But how many econ
omies will follow from its use Dr. Page enu
merates them. DUltinp at their head, iustlv. the
economy of human life, now so deplorably wasted
by the dangers incident to the use of steam. All ,
danger from explosion, and the main cause of dan
cer from conflagration, will be avoided a co'n-
summation devoutly to be wished by every human
being. Other economies are thus stated. In nav
igation saving room in the vessel, the engine and
battery requiring but little space, and the fuel!
very compact compared to coal doing away with
chimneys, smoke-stacks, and theircumbrous fix
tures instantaneous communicability of the whole.
power, so important in changing course and avoid
ing collision capacity to run a blockade, making
no noise, and showing no light, except at pleasure
simplicity in the construction of vessels dimin
ution of insurance from absence of danger from
explosions and conflagrations, and less danger from
collisions. In land carriage no stoppages .to
take in wood and water, arid saving the expense
of all structures and attendance for such purposes,
one charge of the battery being sufficient for twenty-four
hours, or more no danger to cars or prop
erty from, fires diminution of insurance from ab
sence of danger from fire --comfort to passengers,
in freedom from smoke, sparks, and ashes safe
entrance into towns and cities from the absence of
all the annoyances and dangers which, result from
the use of steam. Such are some of the econo
mies claimed by Dr. Page, of which, one alone,
that of human life, would give an immeasureable
preponderance to this power over that of steam, if
the cost of its production should be made near
equali much more if It should be made equal to
steam, as Dr. Page avers it can be."
Mr. B. said further, that he. intended to move
another appropriation for Dr. Page, one sufficient
to "enable him'to work-a ship of war or merchant
vessel by this new power, and said that if it should
be, successful, it would be an advance upon the
use of steam power, equal to the advance of that
J power over sails, oars, and wheels. The National
Intelligencer, in an article upon the subject, no
tices some of the experiments made by Dr. P. and
describes' the results as truly startling. For ex
ample, " an immense bar of iron, weighing one
hundred and sixty pounds, was made to spring up
by magnetic action, and to move rapidly up and
dancing like a feather in the. air, without any visible
support. The force operating upon this bar he
stated to average three hundred pounds through
ten inches of its motion. He said he could raise
this bar one hundred feet as readily as through
ten inches, and he expected no difficulty in doing
the same with a bar. weighing one ton or a hun
dred tons, lib could make a pile-driver, or a
forge-hammer, with great simplicity, and could
make an engine yhii a stroke of six-, twelve, twen
ty, or any 'number of feet.
" The most beautiful experiment we ever wit
nessed, was the loud sound and brilliant flash from
the galvanic spark, when produced near a certain
point in his great magnet. Each snap was as
loud, as a pistol ; and when.he produced th3 same
spark at a little distance from Jhis. ppintvit made,
no noise at all. This recent discovery he stated
to have a practical bearing upon he construction
of an electro magnetic engine. Truly, a great
power is here ; and where is the limit to it?'
M'YLe then exhibited his engine, of between four
and five horse power, operated by a batterry con'
tained within a space of three cubic feet. - It look
ed yery .unlike a magnetic machine, ltftytasja
reciprocating engine pfjtwp feet stroke, and the
whole ?ngin,e arid battery weighed about5 ope ton.'
When the power ws thrown on by: the moYion of
a leveri the engine -started' 8ff? magnificently ma'i
kinff.one Jiundred and' fourteen strokes petf minute;
tjhough, when it drove a circular saw ten in'ces jnj
diameter, sawing upjboards jan incn ana a quarter
thick into laths, the engine made'but about eighty
trnl(ns' oprrminutei-There1 Was great anxiety oh
thefpauo&tho spectatowftoMJohtaVrtspacimens iofj
these'lathsi ilo .preset vei&UMnmesftO) tinjffgreav
" The force operating upon his magnetic cylin
der'throughout the whole, motion of two feet, was
stated to be six hundred pounds whert the engine
was moving very slowly, but he had not been able
to ascertain what the for.ee was when the engine
was running at a .working speed, though it was
considerably less. The most important and in
teresting point, however, is the expense of the
power. Professor Page stated that he had reduced
the cost so far, that it was less than steam under
many and most conditions, though not so low as
trie cheapest s'tea'm engines. With all the imper
fections of the engine, the consumption of three
pounds of zinc per day would produce one horse
power. The larger his enginesj (contrary to what
has been known before,) the greater the economy.
Professor Page was himself surprised at the result.
There were yet practical difficulties to be over
comethe battery had yet to be improved and: it
remained yet to try the experiment on a grander
scale, to make a power of. one hundred horse, or
rhore. '
"Truly the age is fraught with wonders; and
we can look forward with' certainty to the time
when coal will be put to better use than: to, burn,
scald and destroy."
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BY REQUEST.
Minority Report
Op;a Committee op the Connecticut' Eegisla-
TURE ON THE SALE OF SpiRITOUS LlQUORS.
The majority of the Committee having reported
that nothing could be done, and that the petition
be returned to the next assembly, the minority
made an able report, and. recommended a bill
whichrpassed the House. Says the Committee :
As a means of determining the precise effects of
this traffic, a prohibition of which is sought, we
have only been able to examine the common sour
ces of evidence which are open to all. From
thence, we are plained to learn that. full three
fourths of all the paupers in our State have been
reduced to their present, condition by intemper
ance. From actual examination of the acts in
the case, it has been. asc.ertained;that,. in, -.many
towps, almost the entlsefpoor tax is created as a
direct result of Irlisf'vilrbv.hich is paid, not exclu
sively by those who have been benefited by the.
sale of strong drinks, but mainly by such as pray
to be' relieved from these excessive burdens.
Your Committee have learned, also, that a very
large proportion of all the crime which is exposed
and punished in your State, is traceable directly
to this evil.
.The Commissioners of Hartford County, in their
report for 1819, say, "that of the 127 commitments
to "the county prison, 97 were intemperate persons.
Of the remaining 30, but few were known to be
strictly temperate."
The late keeper of the Hartford county prison,
i" answer to the question, " What portion of corn-
mitments to your prison owe their origin directly
or indirectly, to intemperance 1" answers, Ninety
per cent., and more- than two-thirds directly.
m, . . .7 l j j . tn
There have been twelve hundred commitments to
.... ,
mis prison in ten years-ten nuncired and twenty
of which, by this, estimate, have had thier origin
. . .
n ntnmnfirance. The coats o the State the ast
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year, for executing the criminal law in Hartford
county alone, upon those charged with various of
fences, who were more or less addicted to the use
of strong drinks to excess, have been nearly $1,
500 ; while the cost of trying all other criminal
cases not connected with the use. of liquors, hast
been less than $275.
In New Haven county your Committee have
sought in vain for relief from the terrible , facts
brought to their knowledge from other parts of the
State. .
In 1849, the commitments to the New Haven
county prison were 227; 181 of which had their
origin in the same source.
The Chief of the Police of the City of New Ha
ven, unequivocally, affirms that seven-tenths of all
the vagrancy and crime which comes under his
observation, is thedjrect fruit of intemperance.
In New London County the increase of vagran
cy and crime has been so great, within a few
years past, as to make it necessary to enlarge the
jail at Norwich ; the keeper of which affirms that
more thsn three quarters ofall the peisons who
have been commuted there for several years past
have been intemperate.
The Commissioners of Windham County say
" that of 58 commitments .to; their prison in a sin
gle t y6ar,5 had, their origin, directly 1 or indi
rectly, in intemperance!
Of the 4Q commitments to the Litchfield Coun
ty prison, from May, 1848, to February, 1849, 31
were directly occasioned by thp. use of intoxica
ting drinks, and the rernaintng 9, confessed intem
perance, if not the direct, the indirect cause of the
commission of the crimes for which they were
committed.
From June 1st, 1845, Jo February 1st 1848, there
were committed to the Fairfield County prison, at
Danb'ury, 80 persons. Of this number 38 for of
fences-committed while in a state of intoxication;
and 25 of the remainder-were more or less addict- J
ed to habits of interhperance,hile 16 were in the j
constant' habit ofusit.ig strong drinks: leaving 1
only of the 'whole' 'number a total abstinence per
son, and iTo'dt of the'8Q, vyho did ript-,owe their
criminal confinement and degradation tt Jhe 1 use
of intoxicating drinks. r , t .-,...
jrom pthejpountieg we.havp pot, been, furnjshed
witlusjatj sties, hut ca see, no . reason 4P .expect
any? better stateofithingsj than those .alrpadyn pre,-i
sented. ' - .isii an 9 -- . '-! '. h.l A '(
From thence we turn -to Uhe SfatePria6n; -arfd
if possible','toa;m:6re' appalin'g deVelopmerit'uf'this
PYii;4hariyelH '
the:drimes fHjlufithwejep;
same prison, 1.70 male convicts ; 128 of whom
drank, to excess before imprisonment, and 92 of
them were intoxicated when committing the crimes
for which they are punished ' . '
There are among these piisoners 58 husbands
and fathers, who have, in the aggregate, 180 chil
dren, who are exposed to the evils incident to
their fatheir's position. '
For information upon this subject we have
searched the records of insanity, and there learn
the melancholy fact that a large portion of, the lu
nacy which comes under the Inspection of the offi
cers of our Insane Retreat, has its origin in intem
perance. We have searched, too for the legitimate causes
of idiocy, and.though we have no statistics upon
this subject in our own State, we learn from a re
port of a Committee of the Massachusetts Legisla
ture, appointed in 1848, to investigate this sub
ject, that of thirteen hundred idiots in that State,
between eleven and twelve hundred were the chil
dren of drunken parents., A committee of the
Ohio Legislature appointed for a similar purpose,
report two thousand idiots in that State, a very
large majority of which have either been intemper
ate themselves, or are the descendants of intem
perate parents.
From hence, we have turned to the history of
murder in our own State, and learn the singular
fact that nearly all the murders which have been
committed here during the last twenty years, have
either had their origin in the grog shop, or their
authors have been prompted to their deeds of vio
lence under the stimulus of strong drinks. Si:
murders have been committed in this State
the last year, and the authors of five of them have
been proved to have been urge'd fatal word
under the maddening influence oUtoxicating li
quors. We have been favored with the testimo
ny of Jude Ellsworth, of the Supreme Court of
Errors of the State which is that eight-tenths of
all the criminal cases he ever tried, and every case
of murder ever investigated by him, have had their
origin in intemperance.
F.rpm a still further increase of pauperism and
crime, with the terrible consequences to communi
ty incident upon their further development, a large
poition of the people feel that they have a right
to be' protected. Whatever compromise may have
been heretofore tacitly acknowledged in the ad
ministration of the State Government, by virtue ;
of which, under our present system, a few have
made themselves rich by crowding our prisons and
poor houses, as well as furnishing victims for the
gallows, two of whom are now under sentence of
s death ; the people feel that this Legislature is un
der solemn obligations to exercise the ample and
unquestioned power vested in them, and to say
j that henceforth and forever there shall be no more
' legalized extension of this great work of desola-
tion and death ; 110 more special privileges given
i J - ..... a1 .;.u .i
10 men unt'atitiu 111 mm iicuiiu, vvuiun, mure man
any otner slavery endured on earth, robs men of
their manhood, sunders the family relation, and
i. c . A 1 t 1 ; ; -l
iransiorms men into uruiiKaras ana criminals
Your Committee are deeply sensible that no ob
ject whatever so vitally affects the whole commu
nity, in all its social and moral interests, as this;
and they can only expect an efficient remedy for
the gross wrongs under which the people suffei,
by prohibiting entirely the traffic which is the pri
mary source of the evil. As far as we can ascer
tain,jhose States which have enacted such laws
are eminently in advance of our own in ability to
abridgle the sources of pauperism and crime, and
of course to lessen the expenses incident thereto.
None of the- New England States, save our own,
now sanction the sale of intoxicating liquors as a
beverage, each having prohibitory laws, more or
less stringent, according to their circumstances.
Anecdote of D'Alembert.
D'Alembert was the illegitimate son of a cel
ebrated lady of high rank, who, for the purpose
of concealing her indiscretion, caused him to
be exposed on the steps of Si. Koch. Here
he was found by a poor woman who earned a
livelihood by her needle. She adopted him,
mainiained him by the produce of her labor,
and placed him in ihe college of Montaigne.
The young man profited by the instruction re
ceived, so that, like Pascal, he made new dis
coveries in geometry in his 1.5th year. His
name soon became known over all Europe, apd
the learned courted the society of the young stu
dent of Montaigne. Such was the fame he ac
quired by his eaily talents, that the lady at last
began to be proud of having given birth to such
a son. His foater mother had been watched,
and consequently the real mother had obtained
information concerning the fate of the child,
but without contributing to its subsistence,
"Vanity brought aboui what the voice of nature
was incapable of effecting. She one day re
paired to the college, and requested to see the
youth. He came. She began a jpng har-
rangtio pn the tyranny of prejudice, on the pain
she. felt at being obliged to forsake him, and so
forjh. I am your mother," said she. 14 You
. 1 ir
my motner 1 1011 aro mistaken: I nare no
mother but her who took care of me in my in
fancy. He turned hts back upon her and
neyer savy her more ; but continued the.affec
tionate,and dutiful son of the seamsires&, and
repaid her with ipjeres in her old age the
carp5tshe had. besiowejl on hjs childhood.T ,
Family jferald-
Wonders off Chemistry.
t, Aqusfqjis and the, air, we , breathe are made
of The.jmme materials. Linen and sugar and
WP-'fiC W9 ?f&B0 RPpb in their chetn
jca'Lcpmpojitipn, that an pju shirt can be con-
yened into .its, .own weight in sugar, and the;
biinjir jntp ep.irjts of wine, ;Yine is, made of.
Li wo substances ope of which, is the,cause.qf
all combinations 01 ourning, ana me mmtr wi
j)iirn with more rapjuuy Ihan anyttung in na
ture. , The 1 famous Peruvian bark, so mwcrjf
tue.d )iair4erigthen99Xoriap.h apd he poiso;
pus nrincipjesj oJfiRiftmf Mie. iajn
ju a 1 0 1 1 a h . o t ten tji m encanj . w .
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Advice to Fools
BYHORACE GREELEY.
Fools are not abov8 taking advice ; they even
seek it "sometimes, though; generally afterfihey
have followed their own nosea into dilemmas that
they cannot stay in nor see their way out of. We
shall try to give them a little that may be, taken
earlier It they bave a mind to.
Ut course, we are not creerr enough -to advise
them acbrding to their needsif they were pre
pared to take such advice, they would not.bejbols..
The advice they will take is that which accords"
with their inclinations, arid1 we shall ply them ac
cordingly in the following:. ,L.v. orD $?,. ) rs;! tm
HOT-WEATAER MAXIMS! :
1. Crowd into the Cities and -Villagesras'maifc
ny of you as possible, especially in dog days.
You can be more useless there than elsewhere,
and will have to beg harder and ctinse lower
for opportunity to earn a living. If you can't
earn anything- so, you can probably beg a quarter-
dollar by working as hard tor it as you need to"
earn a dollar. by honest industry in the country;-? A
You can sleep for nothingt on some sloop or steps,.,
when the best bed in the City is not equal to ain'
arm-ful of hay under an apple tree in the coun-
try. ...
2. Cram yourBtomachs (if you have the wheresw
withal) with as much greasy flesh, strong coffee,
&c. as possible as soon as you have fairly risen
in the morning. That will prepare you to
3. "Go in1 for a good supply of green apples,
wilted peaches, sun-struck water-melons, &cl, in '
the course of the forenoon. Only eat. enough of
these, with a few dried up dough-nuts, hunks of ,
pie, gingerbeard, &c, and you won't need any ,
dinner.
4. You will begin to feel faint, healed and
thirsty, along in the middle of the day ; now pour .
down tumbler after tumbler of ice-water. It is a,. ?
very refreshing beverage, and never made anybo- 4-.
dy drunk. It sometimes kills people, likec other
good things, but they are generally such as have
been drinking heartily of stonger liquids, which' 1
we don't advise you to take ; being fools, .you;
will swig these bountaneously without any prompt
ing. , ;s
5. When evening comes on, parade about the
streets a while, and then sit or lie down, thinly
clad, in the strongest draft you can find; with,the i
least possible clothing. What are Summer even.
ings sent for but to recover people from the. heat
of the day ?
6. Keep your pores closed as if with wax, and -'
your skin as if rubbed over with printers ink or
bad oil. Who wants the heat let into his system
this weather ? If you are poor, you can hardly, f
sleep under the shelter where there shall notbe
abundant noxious effluvia, so there is no need of .
council on Mai point." -1
Only let the F ool9 master and implicitly o-
bey the above maxims, and if they don't hayeits
the cholera, the proportion of wise and consde-
ate persons among our population will very cer
tainly be considerably larger next November-ithan
at present. i
Down East Girls.
Speaking of Barnum's Chinese lady, who ist
holding court at Amory Hall, and who boasts
a foot only 2 1-2 inches long, the Post observesv-i
that " In some countries one thing, and in
other countries something else indicates beauty.
'What a splendid woman !' says the Hottentot, v
'she weighs over 300!' In American it is,
'What a lovely girl, her waist i3 only a span
In China it is, 'What a lily ! her foot is only.,
two inches.' So we go. Which is the best !". .
To this the wag of the Belfast (Me.) Jour- ,
nal, who is evidently as shrewd a connoisseur'
of female beauty, as the Moor whom Shak-
speare has immortalized, replies in the follow-
ing satisfactory style :
" Nature of course. We can show you some
specimens down east, who have not been de- ,
formed by liver-squeezers or tight shoes, fat-...
ted after the manner of Hottentots, or. -starved-a
la mode in cities. They have grown up ac- : j
cording to organic laws, dieted 014 beef steak. .
and corn bread, exercised as the Greeks used
to ; are up and coming like a flock of partridges
with a pointer among 'em, can wash the.teaj
things, go out and milk the cow, and jump over
a five rail fence with the pail full and never.apil!
a drop. Needn't "rap;" we have seen 'emllo tt-r
Life in Stnmptown.
It becomes our duty this morning to record
an occurence of the most singular, startling and
alarming nature.- At a late hour last night, as.
the citizens of the quiet borough lay in the un- .
consciousness of sleep they were aroused from,
their slumbers by the most fearful sbreika for,
help, accompanied by appalling cries of jnur
der ! Several persons hastily arming them
selves with bludgeons, hurried to the spot from
whence the alarm proceeded. The shrieks
fearfully increased, accompanied by the agoni
zing entreaty Oh come quick! He's eatino
me up ! 1" A light was procured and multitudes
rushed to the scene of action, and oh ! horrid !
what a spectacle presented itself. There. lay
a man streched upon the ground beside the ,
fence, on one side was a calf sucking his ear.llHiSi
and on the other was another calf looking on,,t
as if in perfect wonder. It seems that the initt
dividual had partaken too freely of " refresh?,
mftnts ' and choosing this for his quarters for'
the night, waft awakened by the calf tugging .
at his ear, when he commenced the uproar als
luded to. Newark Mercury.
Appearences always take precedence- of ufe
Jlility,. Roses and double pinks are among iheJtt
least useful of all vegetables, and yet roseand
pinks have always a place provided for ilje v
even, in the parlor. A potato, on the contrary
is among the most useful of plants, anu yei
who ever saw a potato vine even on the han
tlepiece of a kitchen. HbW'is this world la
ken with show.
l tM
Tho Cincinnati Commercial says Wa kriow
a lady in this town who has lost three husbands
hy death within ten moths, and ls-nowron'ga'ged'
to. a fourths .vs -
It is. yeryxuripus jha,tmealneve;JyipAv V?)nfh
! I.. r nu .liAliioririla g K!lt
made for thorn brother pep"S.v .t
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