ITIKKOIA
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..THE WHOLE 'ART OF GOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN THE ART OF BEING. HONEST. JEFFERSON.
VOL. 11.
STROUDSBURG, - MONROE COUNTY, PA., THTJTCSDAY, AUGUST 21, 1851.
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I would not wake the Past again. '
Sweet lady, though the ambjent air
Ne'er floated sweeter strains
Than tremble on thy heart-strings now,
And 'hold the soul jn chains,
I pray thee cease that gentle lay,
And wake .a bolder strain ;
I would not yield to saddened thought,
Or wake the past again.
Yon moon that soars in azure blue,
High up the vault of Heaven,
Still pours its holy light on earth,
Soft as the dews of even.
And yonder stars that gem the sky,
Still burn as brightly on
As when thev first together sang
Upon creation's morn.
And earth is still as beautiful,
As bright the summer flo'wers,
As when I plucked them for thyhair,
In childhood's sinless hours ;
There is no change in earth or sky,
They're bright as e'er before, .
Yet, lady, to a saddened heart, -They
seem not as of yore.
Ah ! time hath wrought a weary change,
A Weary change indeed,
Since love and song have ceased to charm,
And hope's a broken reed,
Then, lady, though the ambient air
Ne'er bore a sweeter strain,
I would not yield to thoughts like these,
Or wake, the past again.
Louisville Journal.
The Shirlhlie Costume.
A writer in the Dallas (Ala.) Gazette pro-; stood tip to the desk of types, " intent on j with his constituents, Mr. G took up
posed the "Shirtishe Costume" for gentlemen, 'thought, and all the world a blank." He his quarters at the public Rouse kept by Mr.
as a set off to the bloomer." He says the . had not stood there many days before his of- j p , He was delighted with the break
peculiar advantage of the "Shirlishe" are its ce companions appeared somewhat to doubt; J fast 0f venison steak, the dinners of turkies
cheapness and comfort. It is a gown or shirt, ana tne more tame ones began to sniff a lit- anj moose meat, and other corresponding ac
aiade of Irish linen, and reaches to the knee." tie of the" young lion. But they could not j commodations; butreally the rate of board
It is made, in all respects, like the ordinary , entirely forego the anticipated pleasure of was more tnan he felt able to pay. Accord
shirt for a gentleman, with the exception that initiating their new friend, so, as his hair was jngiy ne appHea to the landlord to know
the collar id to be broad and thrown back '
vith a Byronic air. It is them7y article of the trade of ink and types, they applied the
dress to be worn! As it consults comfort, no " Wack balls," until they thought the impres
drawers, vants, coat. ' vest or shoes are re-' slon would come off intelligibly. This was
quired.
-n- i . r i. 4, r u -
The Knickerbocker has the (following good
nt. - 1
' "Isee vouare in black," said a friend of
ours, the other day: "are you iu morning .for '
rnA Ti,nmci 1
'No; I am in morning for my sins.1' school for intellectual culture to our young, pay uncommonly high, this season, for my
" I never heard that you had lost any," was debutant: Debates ensued historical, polit- j turkeys, venison, eggs, &c."
the instant and keen reply. ca anc re&ius questions were discussed, J " Now, see here," interupted Mr. G ,
. ' and often while all hands were engaged at "I suppose these Sxin's are wo'thall you
There is a certain district "in the suburbs the font of lTPes; and here' ihc Purpose-for charge for board. I wouldn't complain if I
of Lassa the capital of Thibet, where the wbich our friend vl,ad read 501110 " "was madb , felt as tbouh 1 could afford to eat BUch din'
hoases'are built entirely with the horns 0f 'manifesL Sudh was the correctness of. hi8jners. Now why not let them'that want to
cattle and sheep. These odd edifices are of, mcmor in what he had 4read' in both biblical , eat the turIs' Pa for 'em ? For Part
extreme solidity, and present a rather agree-1 and Profane bistor tbat the Rev' Mn R was , Pd eat COrne'd beef every day aS n0t
able appearance to the eye; the horns of the oflen Put at fault by his correctlons- He al- I. won't, eat your turkeys, and don't see why
cattle being smooth and white, and those of ways 1uoted cbaPter and verse to Prove the , 1 fihouId for 'em " '
the sheep being black and rou-h. These ' Point in disPute 0n one occaslon' the Rev. j Very well," said the obliging landlord,
strange materials admit a wondered divers!-' Mr- R' Baid that raoney was the root of a11 e" j with an indulgent 8mile " If yu are willin&
ty. of combinations, and Won the walls an ' vil' whpn he ws corrected by the "devil," , to confine yourself to corned beef, as far as
infinite variety .of desino. The interstices vbo said be believed -il rea-d in the Blble that meats are concerned and toeat other things
between the horns are filled with mortar.-! the love of money was tbe root of a11 eviL i accordingIy, I suppose I can make some de-
Thpsfrfi thn onlv hmifios thnt nrn not whitn
WBRf,fl. ThP. Thibetfcim hn vp t.h rrnn tte
to leave them in their natural state, without ,
endeavoring to add to their wild and fantas
'tic beauty. It is superfluous to remark, that
the inhabitants of Lassa consume a fair, share
of beef and mutton their horn houses are
incontestable proof of it.
(rV-lliam Penn and Thomas Story trav
elling together in Virginia, were caught in a
shower of rain, and unceremoniously, sheltered j
themselves from it in a Tobacco house, the j
owner of which happening to be within it, ac
costed them with,
"You have a good deal of impudence to (
trespass on my premises. You enter without i
leave, uo yon know who I am:
To which-was answered, " No."
"Why, then, I should have you to -know, I
am a justice of the peace,""
To which Thomas Story replied, " My
friend ker ,raak .s-uch thing as thee he is
tbe GovwrMr.rf Pfiwyjvaniut."
TMjetf'jmoBiquicWj.&ba't
CCS3.
A Reminiscence.
Some time in the month of May, 182G,
while I Was concerned in publishing the '
"Nortlicrn Spectator," a weekly newspaper, '
in the village of East Poultney, Vermont, I '
was one morning engaged in my garden,
when there came to me a stripling of about
fourteen years of age, and enquired if" I was
the mnn who carried on the printing office 1
I answered that I was. He asked mc if 1 1 man printer, but lost all his earnings by
wanted to take a boy as an apprentice! I j which he had hoped to better his circumstan
told him T had thought of it, and asked" him ces.
if he wished io become a printer! He said'J We next see him in the city of New York
he had, some notion of learning the printing a stranger in a strange city. friendless and
business. He had come some ten miles on
foot that morning from an humble home in
the vicinity of West Haven, "to make this ap-,
plication. I had not at first paid much at-
, tention to his address and now turning to
the young stranger, I saw standing before
me a light slender form, dressed in the plain ,
farmer's cloth of the day, and with a neglige,
not in accordance with the fastidious ta.ste of. Greeley, from first to last, are they not writ
Beau Nash or Brommel. His hair, of a light ten in the New Yorker, xThe Log Cabin,
hue, shading upon the orange, lay thinly up-1 The New York Tribune, andthecoteraporary
on his broad forehead, and over a head rock- literature of his country! except we have late
ing on shoulders apparently too slender to seen him at the assembling of nations, speak
support the weight of a member so disprop'or- ' ing for America at the Paxton dinner, or, as an
tioned to his general outline. On entering American Lion, shaking paws with a Rritish
into conversation, and a partial examination ' Lioness at ja. Jevee. of Englands's nobility.
of the qualifications ef my new applicant, it !
required but little time, to discover that heJ
! possessed a mind of no common order, and an '
acquired intelligence far beyond his years.
He had had but little opportunity at the com
mon school, but he said " he had read some,11"
and what he had read he well understood
and remembered.
) In addition to the ripe intelligence mani-
j fested in one so young, and whose instruction j
, had been so limited, there was a single-mind-'
i edness, a truthfulness and common sense In '
j what he -said, that at once commanded my 1
regard. After conversing with him awhile,
I told him to go to the office and talk with
the foreman. He did so, and soon 'returned !
with a line from the.foremansayinghe thought, all sorts of men to deal with, . the state rep
we had better try the lad. He soon entered J resenatives being composed of farmers, ship
' the office, after having bound himself an ap- builders, land speculators, lumber merchants,
' prentice for four years. &c &c.
! On -his first-entering the office, there was j Of all men, however, the queerest custom
1 quite a sensation among the older apprentices er Was a representative who had not certain
i and journeymen. They thought they had y been chosen for anv remarkable oratocial
j caught a green one, and resolved on a treat talents, or for any extensive knowledge of
, of fun. But the new comer paid no atten-1 political economy. In fact, his notions of
' t?nn t n win t ti'in nncQinrr VTr tnnlr liid rnnv
i and composing-stick from the , foreman and 1
of a lighter hue than they thought became
1 done while he stood at the desk of types ; but
none of these things moved him, nor did he
lose a single " em?' bv the operation.
r
About this time the late Rev. L. J. Reyn-
olds' a sound, well-read theologian, and a
practical printer, was employed to edit and
conduct the paper. This opened a desirable ,
A small town library gave mm access to
books by wbicb' toSether witb thi rcadioS
of the exchange papers of the office he im.
; proveu an nis leisure nours. ne Decame a
frequent talker in our village lyceum, and of-
ten wrote dissertations.
In the first organization of our village tem-
perance society, the question arose as to the
age when the young might become members. '
Fearing lest his own age might bar him-, he j
moved that they be received when they were
old enogh to drink which was adopted -nem.
con.
Though modest and retiring, he was often
led into political discussions with our ablest
politicians, and few would leave the field
vvithout feeywg instructed by the soundness
of hi viewg) and the unerring correctness of
his statements of political events.
Having a thirst for knowledge, he bent his
"hiind and 'all his energies to its acquisition j
J wjtu unceasjDg application and untiring de- j
' votion aod I doubt, if in the whole term of
his apprenticeship, he. ever spent an hour in
the common recreutions of joung men.' He '
he went to his daily'
tft nnlu . a . .4 it--.... !. T ft n . . . t f
or'stood
in the way, so rairch absorbed did he appear
in his own thoughts his head bent forward,
and his evfis fiyprt nnnn Mm m-nnnd. Mint T
have the charity to believe the reason why
he never turned his head or gave rue a look,
was because he had no idea I was there !
-At the end of about four years, he went to
Chatauque county where, I think, he so-
, journed about a year, employed as a journey-
alone, in quest of employment as a foreman
printer. At this time he wrote me the first
letter giving any account of hunself since he
had left. Poultney stating his.object in going
to the city, 'and the many obstacles he met
with in the way of obtaining the employment
he desired.
Now, all the rest of the acts of Horace
A. II.
TIic Corned Beef Boarders.
BY TAUL CREYTOX.
A few years since, the capital of one of the
New England States boasted of but one pub
lic house which was a very credible estab-
i lishment, by the way and at which, at the
present time, you can make sure of very
comfortable and satisfactory accommodations,
on reasonable terms. Then, as now, this
house was the temporary home of the Solons
and Lycurguses of the state when their legis-
lative duties drew them to the capitol.
Mr. F , the proprietor of the house at
the time to which I allude, found that he had
n,nJnm:i.inJ
tie following anecdote will show ;
if he could not board him for less than the
usual price.
"I should be very happy' to accommodate
you," said Mr. F , politely, "but I should
lose by the operation. I have the best of
everything on my table, and my expenses are
so large that I' could not live if I were to re
duce my prices."
" No way "at all in my case !" inquired
the representative, ruefully.
"No I don't see how lean. I have to.
duction in your case.
The representative was highly gratified.-
He promised to eat corned beef, and to ab-
stain irom various cosuy uisueH wmuu were
named, upon which condition a satisfacrory
bargain was made.
Accordingly, every body who observed Mr.
G at table, from- that day, were very
much astonished at his singular choice of
food. Of course the bargain was a secret
confined to the two parties by whom it was
made ; and the unconscious waiters laid be
fore the representative temptation, after
temptation, which he no doubt found hard to
resist.
" What shall I help you to sir!:' they would
ask him. "Turkey, chicken pie, venison
steak, roasted
"Corne'd beef!" would be the self-denying
exclamation of the scrupulous boarder.
I)ay after day it was the same: Sometimes
the waiters would through a mistake, we may
suppose, place before him a choice plate of
"the forbidden luxuries, which it made his
heart ache to send away again, with his modest
cull, for ' corned bbef."
At length the waiters gVe,v so stUpid--br
waggish, we suspect that Mr. G. would
have to send away half a dozen appetiting
dishes, before they could be made to ..under
stand that his unalterable choice was "corne'd
beef!"
- This state of affairs afforded a great deal
of amusement to the waiters, boarders, guests
everybody except Mr- G
llimscil, Wllo
was grievously annoyed. At last human na,
ture could bear it no longer. One day Mr.
G. called for his favorite dish three times,
and received successfully roasted veal, moose
steak, and broiled chicken ! Glowing and
sweating with perplexity and wrothful im-1
patience, he sent away the last named dish,
with an emohatic reoucst for "corm-M Wfl"
The waiter stupid fool! returned with smo
king odorous turkey !
" You thjck-skuled rasqal !" cried the fu
rious representative, "can't you understand 1
I ain't a turkey boarder, I'a corne'd beef,
boarder! Do you hear ? Tarn a earned
beef .boarder !"
The waiter heard
-the table roared the
representative perspired profusely; but he .
, .L . a, ,1 i i i -.i r - ,
was never afterwards troubled with refusing,
"uu,wlwruu" "
enjoyed the joke, and the, representative the,
j i c : ii? t
thn Jichnc nn (nvnpiinin 'I'll i . . . f A im
corned beef, in quiet. Albany Butchnan.
measures of Surface or now to before the milk is strained, so as to keep
McaMire an Acre. it sweet as long as possible. The churn
As the time is at hand, when our patrons , is filled about half full with milk, with
may be laying off their experimental plots of the addition of cold water sufficient to
ground, we have thought it would save them i bring it to' the right temperature: In
trouble if we were to place before them a ta- j cold weather the same quantity of warm
ble of distances, each of which would include I Jate is applied. When the churning
an exact acre. The usual course with most 13 Tfi1mshed there 'are then two pails of
r r -rn i u c ' co water applied to raise the butter
farmers is to step off 70 yards each way for an ; and cool it 1 The butter is tben ten
acre, but this gives 4900 Square yards, and as out of the churn and then put in a large
there are but' 4840 square yards jn an acre;;tray; this is immediately filled with cold
there is an excess of GO square yards, as de- J water, and the butter carefully washed;
termined by the above rule. And as accura- after which the water is thrown, off.
cy as to quantity of land, should always be ' The butter now undergoes the process of
sought in every oxperiment, we have calcu-j salting; it is then placed in a cool situa
lated tho following table of distances, each of I tion where ifc stands about an hour and
which contains an exact acre : A plot of ' then worked carefully over This fin-
ground .
5 yards wide, 963 yards long, contains 1 acre
10 " 484 " " lacre
20 " ' " 242 " " lacre
40 " " 121 " " " 1 acre
80 " " COi " - " " 1 acre
70 " . " 691-7 " " lacre
220 feet " 193 feet " "1 acre
440 " " 99 " " " . lacre
110 " " 396 " " lacre
60 " " 726 " " lacre
120 " " 363 " 'lacre
240 " " 181 r " lacre
American Fanner.
Iecia Retort.
Mother wit is areat help to any body in
certain emergencies. We give an example:
"Billey Barnes," a rather eceentric divine,
ministered to a Ilarrisburg congregation
years agoue, we think, about the time of the
memorable Buckshot tfar, in common with
most pulpit orators, decidedly disapproved ofj
the custom of leaving church during survice,
and one evening, while preaching, when a
young lady of the congregation had got a.
bout half way up the isle leadinjMO'the door,
he at once " dropped his parable" and arrest
ed her further progress, by bawling out at
tne top ot his voice ;
' There goes the devil's
daughter ! The damsel, unabashed. imme -
maieiy turneu around and courtescy ing grace-
Sf. i,!r;p,lel,, Gor.b'C!, fa,tbe,r'
wju. aw uiupiiiisia uii uiu woiu " laiuur inai
was unmistakeable-. The old fellow was non
plused by this savage .reply he had nothing
to say and the young lady proceeded on her
way undisturbed. Lycoming Gazette.
Good and bud Vinegar.
If a mixture of sulphuric acid and water,
(known to be such, were offered for sale as a in bis kitciien 0I1Q evening, had the curi
substuute for cider vinegar, few persons could , f . . fc, tQ the door to -know
be induced to taste much less to purchase it : . . L ,.J , Xn , . nl 1 1
for general family purposes. Andyet a very i wbal was.tbe matter, when he beheld his
large portion of the liquid called white vine- servants indulging in. the most unbounded
gar is made in this way. Sometimes it is roars of laughter at a couple ofhis negro
colored to give it the appearance of the ordi-' boys, who were mimicking himself in
nary cider vinegar. Sulphuric acid is a poi- his drunken fits; showing how he reeled
son and its effects upon the system, whennsed an(j staggered how he looked and'noded
in the form above mentioned, are most dele- j10W hiccoughed and tumbled. The
terious. It possesses corrosive qualities and i picture which these artless children of
differs greatly from acetic acid, which when d y f j. d hich had fiU d
properly diluted, as m vinegar, promotes the uahUi . ' , . ,
digestion of crude vegetables, such as salads, the rest with so much menment, struck
&.c. Ton munh mm mnnnt hn tnhnn tn n vmd him so forcibly that he became a perlect-
these impositions in the purchase of vinegar,
Many families use it at every meal, and if
composed mainly of sulphuric acid, it will de
stroy the teeth and lay the foundation for can
cer, in the stomach. The presence of sul
phuric acid may be detected in vinegar, by
nrlrlmrrn Rmnii' hnr.nfi't,, Af nhUruUnf hnriiim.
which will cause a white precipate1 to be men, but it appears that even they are i
thrown down. Pa. Farm Journal. J not familiar with all the sounds in the
: ! mountains. The Cumberland "Allega-
03" A-Yahkec Pedlar, with his cart, over- ujan savs that "recently a party of hun
taking another of his clan on the road was ters were arrested by a sound unfamiliar
addressed : j to their ears, various opinions were given
" Hallow, whut do you carry?" . as to the class of sfnhnal from which it
Drugs and medicines," was the reply. - proceeded; but with the true spirifof
"Good," exclaimed the other, "you" can hunters, it was resolved to take the I'var
go ahead. I carry grave-stones." . mt' at all hazards. They took the di-
' rection of the sound, which broke upon
We wonder if there is anything that fheir ears at intervals, and as they ap-
a Frenchman is "afraid to cat." We pick-
ed
found
bv
rjonotamus soup, stewed cameleopard,.ele-
pnani) steaivs, auu itmimui wiw. -y
elephants stakes were served with ou-
nmr.fnnrr RfincG while the alligator tails
with a side, dish of
roast baboon. "Wnc cot, vdt a 'poc-
v6s. " '"'
up d Paris paper the other day, and sure ofthegame and with their rines cock-
the following delicacies advertised ed and primed, they came upon a steam
one of their restaurants, viz: Hip- saw mill, the Schistic1 of which gave tho
An JCnqtiiry Answered.
A subscriber, of Dauphin county, in
quires, through the "Newspaper " the
best manner in putting up firkin butter, !
x :l r . i. t 1
iv jnuvuiiir ib lrum getting strongr xn ,xear,y anu luusauea ior nis visiting aai
reply I would say to him that butter is ' ly several resturants of Paris; where he
nothing more .or less, than grease, and if is fed with' all the remains of the precer-
flifl millr nnd writer ia nil pvtrnoforl if rHncr rnrr -which ia tiof. anlr? A -fnw -rlntxa
j titJII IrnpTi no well as lard or feallnu T7m-
salting the butter, use the best kind of
i Liverpool sack salt; the quantity varies
. according to the state in which the butter
is taken from the churu if soft, more, for
' works out with he milk; if hard, less
alwaJs taking the taste as the surest
! Sulte- h? best of.preserving but-
, tul . "ugu wie summer anu win
ter, is as follows: The vessel should be
a stone jar, clean and sweet. Put in a
churning of butter, and put on strong
brine. Let it remain on until the next
churning is ready to put down, and so
on till the jar is filled; then cover it with
fine salt, the same to remain on till used,
Mr. Mc Williams, of Orange county, the
celebrity of whose butter is unsurpassed, I.
. ii .1 i. i ii. .i .f L..U !
UULU.U maKiug
his practice is not to churn the milk until
, 1 , , ,
l
and cream is then' churned together.
Tue temperature of the milk is about
nr.. - r .. .
nity degrees
In warm weather about
a quart of cold water is put into each pan
before, where it stands three or four
hours, and is again worked over; again
replaced for five or six hours, when it is
worked over for the third time. It is
now replaced where it stands until the
next morning, and worked over for the
fourth time. A small quantity of nitre
is then, put in the butter.
Thus finished, it is placed in firkins hol
ding about eighty pounds.
Previous to packing, the firkin scalded
with hot water; then rubbed all around
with fine salt; thjs prevents the butter
from adhering to the sides of she firkin.
When the firkin is full, a linen cloth is
placed over the top of the butter; on this
cloth a covering of salt is put, one inch
.deep, and cold water enough added to it
j to form a brine. It then stands till it is
t senfc to mari.ef when the salt and cloth
nrfi.rftmftVfi(i thn firkin turned down, the
top of butter in the keg washed with cold
water, and the pickle drained off. The
firkin is then neatly headed up and sent to
niarket
All the buttermilk must be thoroughly
extracted by. repeated washings, and
1 wuen completed, the butter should be im
i mediatelv Dacked. and not a particle of
I air allowed to come in contact with it till
opened for the table.- s. c. a.
Bradford County, Pa.. 1851.
Cured of DriiJiketincss.
A Norfolk (Ya. "inaner savs that a man
not fifty miles from there, notoriously
n.ddif,tnd f,n this vice, hearing an unroar
ly ober man,' to the unspeakable joy of
his wife and children
A New Varmint Surrounded.
The Alleganians west of Cumberland
have considerable reputation as nunts
proached it they cirled round to make
uncertain sound."
s
j Wef,l Named, -The Inidans give
each other vervsignificant names, Lieut.
Hooper, of tho Arctic "expedition, fouiuV
a' woman at lTort irapsonnioao name
twas Uhirty-iis Tongues."
Glutton
A very eccentric man, whose appetite
has no equal, I think, in the world, is
now in Parris His name is Thomas (the
t j ii n.i p . i i -
nrrn. n.n Atnprip.nn tranflnman. "wb'n liar!
jnTet him at Bercy, in a tavern, made aet
with one of his friends that he would
j furnish the 'Bear," Thomas,sixteen pounds
of veal, a salad for sixteen persons, a
j loaf of bread (weighing six pounds,) and
, ten bottles of wme. The bet was accept-
ed, and the dinner swollowcd by this ogrer
of the nineteenth century, who on the
same day, eat for his supper fourteen
pounds of codfiish, a basket of twenty
'pounds of strawberries, and six pounds
! of bread. Decidedly, Thomas, the Pole
has a stomach beyond that of an ostrich.
"Many ji young lady who objects to
be kissed under the mistletoe, has no ob
jections to be kissed under the rose." r
t a i :,1 ; . i
aiupm t;uiupuur ou xuuue an error
m the above, rendering it so to say "has
v i t i j t u
I .r
nose.
E. C. Delevan has written a jpamphlet,
in which he exposes practices in regard
to th adulteration of liquors, disgusting
enough. The "nutty" flavor for which
Maderia wine is much admired, is produ
ced in the adulterated article by placing
a bag of cockroaches in the cask, where
they remain until dissolved.
A Scotch lady entered a store in Bos
ton, and inquired for a table cloth of a
dambroad pattern. "We have some pret
ty broad," was the reply of the astonish
ed salesman, "but none quite so broad
as that." The lady explained that dam
broad was the .Scotch term for chequered
patterns.
Couldn't stand the Cold. Stephen
Hall, a qtfeer gepius, had made frequent
gracious promises to his troubled friends
that he would put himself out of the way.
One stinging cold night he vowed ho
would go out and freeze to death. A
bout eleven o'clock he returned shiver
ing and snapping his fingers.
Why don't you freeze?" said a relative.
'Golly, said the pseudo-suicide, 'when
I freeze I mean to take a warmer night
than this for it."
Singular Preservation
Lightning.
from
The Woodbury Constitution relates tho
following rema'rkrble instance of recovery
from the effects of lightning, Trhich occur
ed near Estlevillc, Atlantic county:
Itfr. Samuel Evans with a team of
mules was in the woods, and while haul
ing out a log preparatory to loading, from
under a large tree, he was struck downr
with his four mules, by an electric shock,
lie did not lose his consciousness, but he
was wholly unable to move hand or foot,
and his mules were in the same helpless
condition; After remaining in this help
less state for about 15 minutes, vitality re
turned, first in his forefinger and thumb
on one' hand, enabling him to rub them
together. Eearing that the mules might
recever b'efore he could get from among
them, and in their struggles injure him,
he worked his fingers and by slow degrees
regained the use of his hand, then his
arm, &c, when by great exertion he
dragged himself out of reach of the mules'
heels. The mules gradually recovered
also, and he got them upon their feet.
A bright red line marked his arms, also
his chest and legs. He felt sore for some
days after the occurrence. Thcro was a
cloudless sky at that time, and no indica
tion of lightning or rain. The tree was
completely shivered to splinters.
Female Fliysacam
. This idea seems to'Jjc making .rapid
progress through the country. In the
August number of God'ey's Lady's Book,
Mrs. .Sarah T. Hale, the editor, has taken
up the subject in earnest. "There are,"
she writes, "a few self-evident propositions
and it would be questioning the common
sense of mankind ta doubt the general
belief on those points. One is, thai wo
men are'by nature better qualified than
men to take charge of the sick and suffer
ing; a second, that mothers should knor
the best means of preserving tho health
of their children; and, a third point is,
that female physicians are the proper at
tendants for their own sex in the hour of
sorrow."
In speaking of the exclusion of fcnialea
from the profession, she says, "To this
practice, and consequently, to the increas
ed ignorance and helplessness of women,
as regards their own diseaso, and their
children's well-being, wc believe is, in a
groat measure, to be attributed to the in
creased and increasing constitutional ill
health of tho American people." She
notices particularly the movement in Boa
ton, quotes from the Legislative Report
in favor of the Iutritution there, and in
troduces an extract from Mr. Gregory's
"Letter to the Ladies, iu favor of Female
Thysiciansfor their own ?cx." It ough(,
ahe says, to be circulated throughout tho
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