THE WHOLE ART OF GOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN THE ART OF BEING HONEST. JEFFERSON.
VOL. 12.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1S5L
No 5,
I'uMishctl by Theodore Scliooh.
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.UcC fersottKtii Republican.
Wimt is a Year.
What is a year . 'Tis but a wave
On life's dark rolling stream,
Which is so quickly gone that we -
Account it but a dream.
""Tis but a single earnest throb
Of Time's old iron heart,
Which tireless now and strong as .when
It first with life did start
What is a year I 'Tis but a turn
Of Time's old brazen wheel;
Or but a page upon the book
Which death must shortly seal. , .
'Tis but a step upon the road . ,
Which we must travel o'er,
A few more steps and we shall walk
Life'a weary road no more.
What is a year . 'Tis but a breath
From Time's old nostrils blown. "'
As rushing onward o'er the earth,
We hear his weary moan.
'Tis like the bubble on the wave,
Or dew upon the lawn,
As transient as the mist of morn
Beneath the summer sun.
Jr. !
What is a year ? 'Tis but a type
Of life's oft changing scene.
Youth's happy morn comes gaily on
With hills and valleys green.
Nest, Summer's prime succeeds the Spring,
Then Autumn with a tear,
Then comes old Winter Death, and all
Must find their level here.
History of the Cook of I?Ior:o.
As the Boole of Mormon or Golden Bible (as
it was originally called), has excited much
attention, and is deemed by a certain new
eect of equal authority with the sacred Scrip
tures, I think it a duty which I owe to the
public to state what I'know touching its ori
gin.
Solomen Spaulding to whom I
was united in marriage in early life was a
graduate of Dartmouth College, and was dis
tinguished for a lively immagination and a
great fondness for history. At the time of
our marriage he .resided in Cherry Valley,
New York. From this place we removed
to New Salem, Ashtabula county Ohio, some
times called Conneaut, as it is situated on
Conncaut Creek. Shortly after our removal
to this place his health sunk and he was laid
aside from active labors. In the town of New
Salem there arc numerous mounds and forts
supposed by many to be the dilapidated dwel
lings and fortifications of a race now extinct.
These ancient relics arrest the attention of 1
the new Eettlers, and become objects of search ;
for the curious. Numerous implements were j
found and other articles evincing great skill
in the arts. Mr. Spaulding being an educa-
ted man and passionately fond of history j
tank lirolv intm-Pst in these developments ,
.
oi antiquity ; ana in oraer 10 ueguiie me nours
of retirement and furnish employment for his
immagination, he conceived the idea of giving
an historical sketch of this long lost race,
Their extreme antiquity led him to write in
the most ancient style, and as the Old Testa
ment is the most ancient 'book in the world,
he imitated its style as nearly as possible.
His sole object in writing this imaginary his
tory was to amuse himself and his neighbors.
This was about the year 1812. Hull's sur
render at Detroit occurred near the same time,
and I recollect the date well from circum
stance. As he progessed in his narrative his
neighbors would come in occasionally to hear
portions read, and a great interest in the work
was excited among them. It claimed to have
been written by one of the lost nation, and to
have been recovered from the earth, and as
sumed the title of " Manuscript Fund."
The neighbors would often .inquire, how
Mr. Spaulding progressed in deciphering the
manuscript; and when he had a" sufficient
portion prepared he would inform them and
they would assemble to hear it read. He was-
enabled, from his acquaintance with the clas
eicB and ancient history, to introduce many
singular-names which were particularly no
ticed by the people, and could be easily re
cognized by them. Mr. Solomon Spaulding
had a brother, Mr. John Spaulding residing
in the place at the time who was perfectly
familiar with the .work, and repeatedly heard
the -whole of it read. From -New Salem, we
removed to 'Pittsburg, in Pennsylvania. Here
Mr. Spaulding found a friend and acquaintance'
in the person of Mr. Patterson, an editor of a
newspaper. He exhibited his manuscript to
Mr. Patterson who wad much pleased with it,
and borrowed it for perusal. He retained it
for a long time, and informed Mr. Spaulding
that if he would make out a title page and
preface he would publish it, and it might be a
source of profit. This Mr. Spaulding refused
to do. Sidney Rigdom, who has figured so
largely in the history of the Mormons was at
that time connected with the printing office,
of Mr. Patterson as is well known in that re
gion, and as Rigdom himself has frequently
stated, became acquainted with Mr. Spaul-
aing s manuscript, and copied it. it was a
matter of notoriety and interest to all connec
ted with the printing establishment. At
leno-tb t.lin mn misprint, wns rotnrnnd tn its mi.
thor and soon after we removed to Amity,
ttt-i a... p - t. ,-
deceased m lelo. lhe manuscriDt then
fell into my hands and was carefully preserv
ed. It has frequently been examined by my I
daughter, Mrs M'Kenstry, of Monson, Mas- .
SachuSGttS. with whnm T rmur rnniAc nml Uv
r-; i a a ! iii? T
iuuw. ivvyi nil UUUft Ul .UU1 HlXJil
came out a copy of it was taken to New Sa
lem, the place of Mr. Spaulding's former res-
; l j .i i , : iu tusicoi uuu iiiaAt; must liiunuy, ,
Jdence, and the very place where the manu- , ... i but shut mu evps T am not nnlv thn nnlit
- , . . , 'should, without hesitation, say Oregon. ,om smu my eyes, i am not only tne poiit
senp lound was written. A woman preacher I , , , T , estman but the best electioneprer Yonnno-lit
, , .i . . From what 1 heard at home, I expected to . esiman uuimeoeaieiectioneerer. louougnt
appointed a meeting there, and in the mcet- t , . J,.t T ' to see me shakincr hands with the variations
ing read and repeated copious
CXtactS irom
the book of Mormon.
The historical part was immediately recog
nized by the older inhabitants as the identi
cal work of Mr. Spaulding, in which they
had all beensodecnlv intnrpsfp! vp-irs hpfnrfi
Mr. John Suauldinn- was nresent. nnrl runner.
nised perfectly well the work of his brother.
1 . . " ' J .
He was amazed and amicted that it should
have been perverted to so wicked a purpose.
His grief found vent in a flood of tears, and
he arose on the spot and expressed to the
mnnf,'!, I,!, ..nm -nj .U .1
, , , . . . .
....
ungs or nis deceased orotner should De used;.
for a purpose so vile and shocking. The ex-
citement in New Salem became so ffre.it.thnt
the inhabitants had a meeting, and deputed
r di,;l.4 TT..-1U..4. r.t. - .... ,
: , - ,
tu fKjJair tu luia pjuui;, UIIU lO ODiain irom me
- .. ...
uie original manuscript oi air. GpauJdmg, lor
.1 c : . i . i nr
f) p in cniicri' TiiriT" niT'n mtn,r. . nHA i
vent tneir fnencs Irom embraciny an nrrnr sn !
delusive. This was in the year 1534. Dr. 1
ir.,-it.t i,t,. ...;,u !
"U""ui uiuuih tv ll.ll null Ull lULrUUUCLIUn
and request for the manuscript, which was
signed by Messrs. Henry Lake, Aaron Wright !
and others, with all of whom I was acquain
ted as they were my neighbors when I resi
ded in New Salem. I am sure that nothing
would grieve my husband more, were he liv
ing, than the use which has been made of his
work. The air of antiquity which was thrown
about the composition doubtless suggested the
idea of converting it to the purposes of delu
sion. Thus an historical romance, with the
addition of a few pious expressions, and ex-
tracts from the sacred Scriptures, has been i
constructed into a new Bible, and palmed off
upon a company of poor deluded fanatics as '
Divine The Mormons ; or Latter Day '
Saints. i
jav
Falni ConseqitetEces of Folly
An occurence, which harmenrrl nt. J
young ladies' seminary in New York, is I
mentioned in the Times of that city, which
presents another proof of the fol v of in-
dulging in the thoughtless practice of at-
tempting to frighten others. Two of the ,
joung ladies in the institution were en- j
fff
tbe SCienCO OI anatoinj, 111 the course of ,
wh-ch oneoftnenjproceededtorelates ;
rience she h former ac ired jn a !
disscctinff room. Jusl as ,he eon.rsnf:nil I
reacued this point, the door of the room '
opened and another of the inmates of the
seminary cnterea with slow and solemn '
tread, having a whitesheetwranned about
u luiui, uuu iicx iau j u uereuiopeneci,
whiteness, her let-black hair, eves, and
, L ' , ? ,
brows presenting a contrast which gave
i ixi kij 4.n i ,ri
t: X I 1 J n
tenance. The lady who was relating
her experience, as already stated, is said
to be mentally superior to any of her
classmates, and noted for her strength of
mind and freedom from nervousness and
absurd sensibility. So sudden, however,
was the approach of the figure, just at a
moment when her mind was least prepa
red for any thing associated with thoughts
of the dead, that upon beholding the
apparition she fell sensless to the floor
and awoke to the scenes around her only
to show lier anxious attendants that reas
on -had fled and left sad tokens of tbe
.mental -wrecks At last accounts no
change was discoverable in the distres
sing symptoms of the unfortunate girl,
and there is little encouragement to liope
that reason will ever resume its seat.
This occurence, of course, has produced
much distress, both in the seminary and
it the families of the respective par
ties. The Persimmon County Debating Club
out in Indiana, are debating the question:
Whieh ?s the nrntidest. a rirl with' her
nrst Deau, or a woman wicu ner. mm
Iabv? (- 1
Give IT2e a Friend.
DV STACY G. POTTS.
Give me a friend to love me
A friend that I can love
And let the storm around me blow,:
The sky be dark above
The breathing of that gentle heart.
The light of that bright eye,
Shall be to me a world of wealth,
The rainbow of my sky.
Oregon.
We take the following from The Mihcau
CC (Wis.) Sentinel:
Portland, Oregon, Aug. 10, 1851
Messrs. Editors :
Perhaps a few lines
from a former subscriber and resident of Wis
j consin may not be unacccPtable t0 J rea.
1 ders.
. . 1 3
asked would be. Do vou like Ore?on
T.-J l.i L n i:i... r
than Wisconsin . This would be a difficult
question for me to answer, prejudiced as I am
in favor of the latter. It is hard to compare
vo regions of country so totally different in
, almost every respect. But, if I were asked
in which country a farmer or mechanic could
1 ,i i. .1 4. t
., . . T , .,
ims respect l can assure your readers tney
would be disappointed. I do not think that
any portion of America could compare with
Wisconsin and Illinois in that respect; but
! we have here other advantages that far over -
! baIance that
This is undeniably proved by
j wonderful PPerity of the farmers gen
alv. anr in(wd of -n ciasses of mGn ,vi10 are
commonly industrious.
The great advantage the Oregon farmer has
is the lonff Summer and the short and mild
Ie w:-. t t:. : r l
lllll. All YY1CUUUSUI UIU WUUUr IS UUSV
. .
neuiiv uie wiiuit; suiiiniur 111 ruua.i iiiit lur inn
- ' Tt
' : :K1 u
1 aauu ,a sw u,uu a"
U SllUfl IUUL UUL 11LL1U
i snc.h PreParation is necessary. In the Upper
I Willamette Valley the crass continues rreen
the whole year round. It is ofa remarkably fat-
. - . "
itennjr ana tv. This makes Ornimn t ,r
I " " .. .
Greatest stock-raisin"" country in the world
ket, it is incomparable.
Oregon Butter and
Cfaeese haS already a name which lt weI1 de
serves.
In ramrt. to rrmin-arnu-inip. T will monlinn
r. .i. :n i
uuxi liiut mat win sounu siranjre 10 visconsm
farmers.
At the time when the sold was first
discovered, farms, stores and work-shops were
nearly totally deserted; all rushed for the"
mines. The dry summer weather at length !
coming on, and "water becoming too scarce, !
they returned home to harvest the crops of
wheat that were sown the' preceding season.
Of course they would not plow and sow again,
as they knew they could return to the rich
disfjiincs with the commencement of the rains.
i The wet season came on and to the mines
went returnin honie as before in tte
" They then found, as before, a fair
crop ready for the -harvest, growing from the
waste of the vear before, without one stroke
crop ready lor the -harvest, growing from the!
ivnstonft mvpnrhornrp wlflmtit nno ctmbo
of labor having been applied. This was re -
neated last season, making three crons from
the same "round with but one nlantinrr.
This, I can assure your readers, is the fact,
and shows how little labor is required in Ore-
imn fnr tlm nstpmnrp nnifn
variety of soil and timber is offered to
tj,c cil01cc 0f tne emigrant- those that prefer
th(j v.0()dIand can hav it to the5r lieart,g con.
I see from my desk at this moment,
: , , '
uiuubaiius oi biraigiu, urn pines aim nrs tvv
feet high, with scarcely a branch,
To me the openings and prairi
most inviting. Many of the praries contain
but a few hundred acres, and are entirely sur-
rounded by the forest; others are much lar-.
..i,,. ;nto,nnn,i ,;i, rr,, r
'
trees anJ water.courses. in fact, I look upon
4. r r At rf
them as a perfect farmers' paradise. Above
, . , 1 i
all their other advantages, I look upon their
perfect healthfulness as the greatest of all.
Jno. M. Brecic.
Coiiimoit Employment.
" What are you doing, Joe 1" said I
" Oh ! nothing sir ;" was Joe's reply,
"And you there, Tom, pray let me know"
" I'm busy, sir ; I'm helping Joe"
" Is nothing, then so hard to do,
That thus it takes the time of two 1"
"No," says the other with a smile,
And grins and chuckles all the while ;
" Cut we're such clever chaps, d'ye sec,
Nothing's too hard for Joe and me."
Antidote Against Powon.-hudreds of lives i
might have be saved by a knowledge of thisj
simple receipt. A large tcaspoonful of made '
mustard mixed in a Jtumbler of warm water j
I
and swollowed ns soon us nossible i it acts as
an instant emetic, sufficiently powerful to re
move all that is lodged in the stomach.
A-
x..- ... rr t. .i. . ii
Kjougii in nurses. it is earn uiai. Email
twigs ,of, cedar, chopped fine and. mixed 'withl
their crain, -will oure a-cousrh.-tind that'-itfims-l
beoa usd with complefo j6bS$& ' 5'fngoiiiT enter withont knocking; Afee off
Am IGIeciioneeriisg Go an.
One of the greatest electioneerers of the age
is a Mr. Daniel R. Russell, a candidate for
auditor in Mississippi. His mode of election
eering is to deal with the "sovereigns" with
the most blunt frankness, discarding every
particle of blaneying humbug. The following
sketch of a late speech delivered by him must
have puzzled his opponent to reply to:
Ladies and Gentlemen : 1 rise but
there's no use of telling you that ; you know
I am up as well as I do. I am a modest man
very but I have never lost a picayune by
it in my life. Being a scarce commodity a-
mong candidates, I thought I would mention
iUl U4 " UIU11 -vuu uevur WUU1U "ear
: c-.- rn - ;e r ,i:,i.,' ii i
it.
Candidates are generally considered as nui
sances, but they are not they are the poli-
.,dr i,,'D ,i,i t,
i n-i ui huy o iuui luimiv, n ml a liim iiiuj.
! Pecc Ior croPs' Mc" anu 1 am Uie P,Itest man
there fs in the State' Dav.v Crockett says
i uie P0llie" man ne ev er saw wnen ne asked
; a man to drink turned his back so that he
""a1" ullUK ai3 U1UU" Ub UB P-'- Deai
' lhat a11 hollow; 1 "ive a man a chance to drink
! twice if he wishes, for I not only turn around.
I .:..!. .i:i. i. ..-i i i t i a
1 thn nnmn-bnndln finrl nnnHiilntn. tlin rrn;;-
; 1 r 1 '
i cut anu w,,e wale- 1 understand the
bGlvlKa aim it any oi tue country
! candidates wish instruct"ns they must call
, on me'
I Fellow-citizens, I was born If I had'nt
been I would'nt have been a candidate; but
u goinff ieii 3'" wnere ; 'twas noc m
t : .n i. .
Mississippi, but 'twas on the right side of the
, neSro line J ei inal s no compliment, as uie
' neSroes are mostly born on the same side. I
I i- ..t., i- . ..
' started in the world as noor as a church mouse.
yet I came honestly by my poverty, for I in -
l:i . i tt . '
herited it ; and if I did start noor no mnn can
say but that I have held mv own remarknhlv
- J
1 well.
Candidates generally tell you if you think
Uie are qaned, tec.
Now, I dont ask your
j thnncrht'; Inchwrn'nc
! tnouS,lto 1 asv joar Oies.
Why, there's
nothing to think of, except to watch and see
: ' awuiw' 1L uu aim Pul m,ne on-
1 am certain that I am competent, for who
had ought to know belter than I do ! No-
UUUJ" 1 ,vl" uuuw t,mL owa" 15 Ule DesiAU'
i li,l.r T ...111 .. !.. O "!! .
1 ditor in the State
that is, till I am elected;
j "i' l-"- vw " " ay
liar. nni..nnn :.' I f
any thing more. Yet as an honest man, I
u,u uuuuu lu luaL x uuutJve grievous
S' tor Llde thin from m-y low-citizens;
thcrefore 1 sa that mJ' Prit opinion,
puoiiciy expressed, mat in rnaice uie oest
Auditor ever in the United States.
'Tis not for honor I wish to be Auditor, for
in my own county I was offered an office that
was all honor Coroner which I respectful
ly declined. The Auditor's office is worth
some 5000 a year, and I am in for it like a
ZVf ! r- T
lhonnd oftac. To show my
! Leart 1 11 rnake ln,s to my
1 am sure of being elected, he
rrnrif noec nf
' ' w "'J "i1-
x ouiu ul uiuuiuu, Il Will lOSU
, somcU,in b' the css; therefore I am
' wiilinS to divi equally with him, and make
1these two ofTers : I'" lake the salary, and he
1 ma' have t!,e Ilonor; or ,1C may have the
, honor, and I'll take the salarw
n tnc wa of honors I have received enougl
satisfy me for life. I went out to Mexico,
' eat Pork and bca"s' slePt m tIlG rain and ,nuJ'
I and swallowed every thing except live Mexi-
' If ordered to "go," I went; "charge,'
I charged : " bro:ik for the nhnnnnml" vnn
- o . - rr-,
had better believe I beat a quarter nag in do
ing my duty.
My competitor, Swan, is a bird of golden
PIutaSPj ,,as een swimming for the
iaat luur ivia' U1U 'uluuorb ponu.atonuuu
a year. I am for rotation. I want to rotate
11"
him out, and to rotate myself in. There's
plenty of room for him to swim outside of
that pond ; therefore pop in your votes for me;
I'll pop him out and pop myself in.
I am for a divission of labor. Swan says
he has to work all the time, with his nose
down to the public grindstone. Four years
must have ground it to a pint. Poor fellow ;
the public ought not to insist on having the
handle of his mug ground clear off. I have
a large, fuil grown, and well-blown nose, red
as a beet, and tougli as sole leather. I rush
to the post of duty. I offer it up as a sacri
fice. I clap it on the grindstone. Fellow
citizens, grind awuvgrind till I holler cough,
and that will be some time first, for I'd hang
like grim death to a dead African.
Time's most out. Well, I like to forgot to
4.11 T. "T..:l ' - fUr-t
?ou mY "a,,,L-
Dan- Not a handsome name, for my parents
were Poor Pe0Ple who livcd whcre tl,c h
appropriated oil the nice names; therefore
.1 r 1 . . I. J Ir.Tf r.rwl fill IMC
"'"y iiuu to uik -.. o -
round among us; but it's handsomens 1 am
R. Russell. Remember, every . one of
'.vnn. tlmt it's not Swan. .
br; T nm silrp tn be elected; so one and all,
. ,, . . '
I!, u'hpii vnn cnniH
dowu, ip '4ckso, after t elt'cUp, at
liiiAiiilifSr's office: the latch etnnsr fllwavs
yotir things, and make yourself at home.
Dan crawfished out of the stand, bobbing
his head like a tip-up amid the checr3 for
" Dan," " A D m Russell" and Young "Da
vy Crockett."
Varia6isss from CSisssuie in Or
gaitic JLiie,
Organic life assumes new characteris
tics under new influences. The domestic
animals of Europe were not found in this
( country on its discovery. They escaped
from the Spaniards, and ran wild for cen
; turies. Inconsequence, new and striking
f characteristics liavc been acquired in ac
! commodation to the novel circumstances.
The wild hog strikingly resembles the
wild boar of Europe. The hog of the
mountains of Parasmus resembles the
wild boar of France. Instead of bristles
which the stock has from which he sprang,
he lias a thick fur, often crisp, and sorac-
j times an undercoat of wool. Changes in
! color bavo taken place, and the anatom
ical stucture has altered.
The ox has undergone similar changes;
some in South America, called "pelones,"
having a clothing of fine fur: others with
: a naked skin, like the Mexican or Guinea
dog. In Columbia the practice of mil
king cows was given up, and the secre
tion of milk is confined to the period of
sucking the calf.
The wild dog of the pampas does not
bark like the domestic dog, but howls
like a wolf. The wild cat has lost the I
! sweet music of the caterwauling concert, j
J The wild horse of the higher plains of i
South America is covered with long sliag-
! gy tur ot a unilorm chesnut colon
The
a
i he'ep of the centrai Cordilleras produces
a thick, matted, woolly fleece, which
breaks off in tufts, and never re-appears.
i The goat has lost her large teats, and
, produces two or three kids annually.
Similar changes occur in geese and gal-
S linaceous fowls, llumpless ones have
! Tg ec?udle vertebrae.
i'Cats are frequent on White river without
Cats are frequent on White river without
tails.
The fat-tailed sheep of Tartary lose
their mass of fat on removal to Siberia,
Tlio Afrif.nn slmpn lms hnc.nmp. Uku ?i rmnt.
covered with hair. The Wallachian
sheep are different still. The wild hores
of Siberia have anatomical differences .
from tame ones. It is a question among
naturalists whether the dog and wolf be
long to the same species, though it is re
fered to one species. But between the?e '
I' !-. -
the differences are immense, from the
gigantic St. Bernard and the Newfound
land to the little lap dog in a lady's
arms. The cow, the domesticated fowls,
and pigeon have put on infinite varieties
of size, co or, and character.
American. Scientific,
To Care a Felon.
Take one table spoonful of red lead,
ana one taoie spoonrui ot uastue soap,
1 IT ft -.!
mix them with as much weak Icy as will g fc throuh some 0f these forests, and
make it soft enough to spread like a salve, thousan(iSofacres had been cleared as ef
and apply it on the first appearance of the fectually as if tlie woodman's axe had
felon, and it will cure it m ten or twelve , been bugy forycars. The prairies are so'
uours- ; parched that the Buffalo ha3 deserted its
- - - - ' 0jd iaunts auct the Indians are compelled
ISiioracof &rcal Fbr&icai , tQ wandcr fartothc Korthforgaine. Many
TT & ' "V1", xJ 'of the prairie tribes are in a starving con-
IIow few men really believe that they ditiona'ndunless thegovernment furnishes
sojourn on a whirling globe, and that thcm food aI1 the troops in the Union
each day and year of life is measured by cannQt ke them from stcaling tbe cat
its revolution, regulating the labor and re- tJc ofthe frontier scttlers:
poses of every race of being. How few(
believe that the great luminary of the fir- ff8!sp0r!asi B.fsal OvcWion under
mament, whose restless activity they dai- tilv B2oincs5cai Exi'islsosi Law.
ly witness, is an immoveable star, con
trolling by its solid mass, the primary '
plants which compose our system, and
forming the ignomen of the great dial
which measures the thread of life, the
tenure of empires, and the great cycles of
the world's change. How few believe
that each of the millions of stars those
atoms of light which the telescope can
scarcely descry are the centre of a
globe upon which they nightly slumber,
is an elastic crust, imprisoning fires and
forces which have often burst forth in tre-
vc oitcu Durst lortn in tre-
mendnus energy, and are at this very in-
stant struggling iu uu uuuiug
A I . . ........ 1 r mTi futile . i f . i . iimnimnrv
lllUll il 111 vuiuaiuu uicj iiwn uiuio...
i 1 1 l Z il.!.-.
isianas aim comments, uuu umuvnu&
strength for the final
AllthflVCt TT 1WU fa
to usher m the new heavens and new
arth "wherein dwelleth righteousness."
and make a quicker preparation for its
close.
TiJt; a5Ssei Style tel.
A correspondent of the Boston Bee, in
describing the recent grand dress ball at
Newport, says of a young lady; that she
looked sweetty in a plain white muslin
dress tuclccdvp to the 'waist V j
As '- - i
. j
Ijj?A venerable old lady, who had a
singular faculty for skijfpirig 'hard words' j
in the text, came to the passage which f
says 'And the Lord smote Abijah the
Hitfite, that he died,' which she rendered ;
thus- ' , . v J ' - I
'And fche Lord stadle AbijahHiiw tlin, '
tai lie did".''
planetary system that may equal, " not" appointcd appraisers who reported that
surpass our own? And how very few W t,conld not hc divided with-
beheve that the solid pavememt of the f nnA -f n3 nn
Three "Great TIaii:s!" " Ibeir
vay.
It is a little odd that the three greatest
inventions of the age have not yet, in spite
of a good deal of preliminary description
and announcement, been brought into
practical use. We refer, to Paine's Gas
Hillotype, and fire Anuihilator. By coup
ling them, wc do not mean to say that
they are all alike; but strangely enough;
they all deal in the same clement of fire;
either in the shape of light or heat. Mr.
Payne proposes to light the world with
gass made from water; the Annihilator
proposes to extinguish fires with gas; and
Mr. Hill proposes to give U3 colored pic
tures of landscapes, human faces, &c, by
the aid of sunbeams only. Of the three
we have not yet seen a single room ligh
ted by Mr. Paine, a single picture pain
ted by Mr. Hill, nor a single building ex
tinguished by the Annihilator. The
last, however J promises to be on hand
first. Mr.Barnum, the energitic working
man of the Fire Annihilating Company is
to set "a house on fire" for us before a
great while, when we trust (by his success)
Mr. Paine will be encouraged to set the
N. Kiver on fire, or do something on a
smaller scale in turning water into light;
as for Mr. Hill, if he fails to appear soon,
we shall think he is not a "colored gem
man," as he professes to be, and that he
dares not to show his face. N. Y:
Reveille.
How to cured Cold.
Of all other means of eurino" colds fasfc.
ing is the most effectual. Let whoever
1 has a cold eat nothing whatever for two
' days, and his cold will be gone, provided
he is not confined in bed. because by ta-
king no carbon into the system by food,
but consuming that surplus which caused
tis disease by breath, he soon carries'off
his disease by removing the cause.
will be found more eflectual if In
This
will be found more eflectual if he adds
copious water drinking to protracted fast-
i"g- By the time a person has fasted
one day and night he will experieude a
freedom from niiin and a clearness of
.
mind, in delightful contrast with that
mental stupor an 1 physical pain caused
by colds. And how infinitely better is
this method of breaking up colds than
medicines'
TerribEe SSrongSat ii: Tesns.
The Houston Telegraph z informed
that the drought has been so severe in
the fronter counties of Texas, between
the Trinity and the Brazos, that the
grass through a belt of country more
than a hundred miles broad, is literally
parched up. it was so ary, tnat wnen
rubbed between the hands, it crumbled
like dry fuze.
The cedar forests in many places were
all brown and sere; and scarcely a living
trnA onu,A vofniln(j fnr miles. Fires had
Court of Common Please. Judges
King and Kelly. Henry vs. Williams.
This was a rule to show cause why the
sheriff's sale of the deft's real estate,
should not be set aside. At the time of
the levy upon the property a notice was
served on the sheriff, in compliance with.
the defcndant cla;nd the benefit ofthe
. f 300 Thosheriff
rf. J sold for the nominal price of
?pJ , f th rulccontcndedf
- , , nofc auffifcient sum
w
' . , f , , .ff f d f
danfc fco CQmQ . secondly tbat the re,
n port of the sheriff's appraisers was defec-n-r
f. i i i i j .
nj j,,:,! unnonl!0 nn orttf
4
uve ana mvaiiu Decause no appraiameuii
...nn WtnAnm A .1 A lill'ill IT Hill fllfl rtT
, ni firlof:rtT, r,
, . J ,,n n . 4 .
C it
gherii2;lfa. Argm. '
A fellow was engaged to a girl inMaine,
but liked lier sister better than he did
her. Wishing to be off with the old ono
before he was on with new, he asked
his betrothed what she would take to re
lease him she replied that about sixty
two dollars she thought was as muelias he
was worth; whereupon he paid the cash,
took a quitclaim, and married the sister.
JSsgKThe first newsjif)Dt?r tolerr.ted in
Virginia waa in 17eC; the subscription
price w as 850 per annum micoyy ad
VrtjjofWjOratj lengtih were in
tjf fee "Mr -teirteifer bae fir-t.weck and
8W3a dollxnf for each wee& sneeediug.