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VOL. 12.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1851.
No 9.
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.Tcffcrsoiiian Republican.
WHEREAS the Hon. NATHANIEL B. !
ELDRED, President Judge of thc22nJ ,
Judicial disHct of Pennsylvania, composed of'
the counties of Wayne, Pike, Carbon and Mon-1
rl Mnens W. Coolbausrh and Stotrdell I
Stokrs, Esquires, Associate Ji.dges of the Court ( aPart-
of Common Pleas of the county of Monroc,and ; The inertness of the mind is often taken
Ivy virtue of their offices, Justices of the Court for itg
of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail dcliv-, 1
cry, and Court of General Quarter Sessions in ; He submits to be seen through a micro
anri for the said County of Monroe, have issued COpe who suffers himself to be caught in a
their precept to me commanding that a Court of .)at.sjon
Quarteu Sessions of the Peace and Common 1
Pleas, nd General Jail Delivery and Orphan' , True quietness of heart is got by resisting
Court, for the s.iid County of Monroe, to be ' our passions, not by obeying them.
holden at Stroudsburg, on -.1 . i i i
e Man s nature runs cither to herbs or weeds:
Monday, the Twenty -second of December next,
to continue two weeks it necessary.
NOTICE
Is therefore hereby given to the Coroner, the .
Justices of the Peace, and Ccnstablcs of the
said county ot Monroe, mat mey ue men ami
inuic n;nuv wi-ii iiii.ii v ...
tions examinations and otner rememDranccs to
In ihn thinn- which to their offices are apper-
laininc and also that lliose wiioare uouna oy re-
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con-nizances to'nrosecule and give evidence;
against the prisoners that are or bliall be in the
tail of the said County of Monroe, or against
persons who stand charged with the commission
of offences to be ihen and there to prosecute
or testify as shall be just
JAMES N. DURLING, Sheriff
Sheriff's Office,
Stroudsburg, Nov. 20, 1S513
(God save the Commonwealth.)
Jury tist, December Term 1"51.
GRAND JURORS. I
Ross? David Cornell, Edward Enler, John !
Mcixsell, Jacob Frantz. j
Smithfiela; John Scyphcrs, Joseph Houser.j
Isaac Trible
Folk ; Edward Hawk j
Chesnuthill ; Peter Huffmi!h
Jackson ; William Bellis, Michael Meisnor,
John Possinger, Jacob Engler
M. Smithfield ; Michael Wolf
Pocono; James Clure, Feter Melzgar
Price; Josiah B. Snow
Hamilton; Simon William?, Peter Snydtrjr.
Stroud; William Walton, jr., Samuel Ney
bart, John WTolf, Theodore Schocb, George
Ilaiiibury
PETIT JURORS.
M. Smithfield; William Cashar, Jacob Court
rght, George Kintncr, Christian Eylenburgcr
"Paradise ; PelerP. Dornbl&scr.James Henry,
Abraham Ihlgei t
Stroud; Joseph Dtifcnbury, Daniel LeeJohn
Frankenfield, Joseph Kerr, Alfred Drake, Sam
uel Philips, George XV. Rrown, James H.
Stroud
Chesnuthill; C.D.Keller, Jacob Dorshnner,
J. E. Hoodmacher, Michael Getz
Price; Edward Mott
Jackson; Philip McClusky, Peter Miller
Hamilton; Charles Marsh, Joseph Stumer,
Joseph Fenner, Samuel Snjder, jr., Thomas j
Heller. Jchn Groner I
Smithfield ; Benjamin Bush, Abraham Deruc,
William Transue, Joseph Zimmerman
Ross; David Barlip 4
Pocono; Jacob Stouffer, James Trach, Jacob
Transue
TRIAL JLIST.
Dieblcr i? Price township f&p
Rice v Butz et al
do do
do do
Wngner v E'taples
Trainer v Teel "'..-..
Miller & Ellcnwood v Snuw
Yetter v Q,uigley etal . -'
Felkcr v Wbodling
lleinhart v Reinhart
Taylor v Hoffman
Getz et al v Getz
Storm v Edmonds -iid Sox
Commonwealth v P & J Getz
Merwine & Walp v JMackcs
Crook v Durling
Long v Kintz & Dietrich
Uottcr v Kunkle
Greensweigv Greensweig el al
Gish v Staples
Quigley v Albert
Mcrwine & Walpv Greenswerg
Clark v Kemmerer et al
Kret'ge & Correll v Hawk
1 Sf5
ml v
AnouaiENT List.
uii. niuLtt I Ul
ol Michael Brown
e re oor.i on .account
In the matter of account of Simeon Schooji
over f
Schoonover v Sc.hoonorer
Craig v Miller
Kinnr v Teel
Keller v Dreher
Haney v Heofsmilh
TT'I I n
uiu v liootsnm 1 - "
Report of Jienl,uppn ,thinJar4jt,of JohriDo
Kishel et al v Dctter H- "
James uNeyhart aJT
Keller v Marsh - ,
Neff v Krome
Merwine v Serfoss
A ILeaf from our Scrap Book.
The advice and example herein set forth
(says the Knickerbocker) are from the pen of
an old and genial friend, who follows, and is,
and docs, precisely what he describes :
Toil not lor fame, nor a sounding name,
Strive not for wealth nor power,
Whoso clings to these faithless thing's
Is cheated every hour.
I'd spend my life away from strife,
With my wife and children dear;
I'd have a col in a sheltered spot,
And a pleasant neighbor near.
I'd work each day in a quiet wa',
1 would read and write and talk:
And I'd sometimes ride by the river's side,
Or enjoy an evening walk.
I'd do what good soe'er 1 could,
Regardless of praise or blame,
And when at last my days are past,
Have my children do the same.
Peace is the evening star of the soul, as
virtue is its sun, and the two are never far
et jim seasonabl v watcr lhc onc and destroy
! ntUn
There are men, who by long consulting
j only their own inclination, have forgotten
, mat otners nave a claim 10 me same ueier-
i ence
Aeitiier me evil nor tne goou mat men eo
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I i ... .11 1.1
is ever mterreu wun tneir uones, dui nves
after them.
It never was a wise thing yet to make men
; desperate, for one who hath no hope of good
; jlaln no ear 0f evji.
He who defers his charities till his death
is rather liberal of another man's goods than
of his own.
The poet who knows how - to express and
j paint the affections and passions of the soul,
w ayays bo read with greater delight than
tl,c Ill0St exact observer of inanimate nature.
Hc that never extends his view beyond the
;scsor rewardsof men wm be dejected by
neSIect anl envy, or infatuated by honor and
! applause.
Some people think that the heart can nev
er be affected till it has undergone a battery
of exaggerated phrases; and they drive nails
into us by way of touching our feelings.
Nations in a state of war arelike individ
uals in a state of intoxication; they frequent
ly contract debts when drunk, which they
arc obliged to pay when sober.
It is often extremely difficult in the mixed
tilings of this world to act trulv and kindlv
tnn lint ill
..... - .. , ... ...
man matins sincerity snouiu nave Kindness
in it, and his kindness truth.
Instruct your son well, or others will in-
struct him ill. No child goes altogether un- shedding a sunset through the little room , Is not all this true? Is it not particular-, done honor to the progress of the Union by a
taught. Send him to the school of wisdom, ! just light enough to talk by not loud, ; ly applicable to large cities like Philadel-1 contribution of thirty-one to the swinish pop
or he will go of himself to the rival academy, as in the highways not rapid, as in the ! phia ? Are there not many persons in ! ulation.
kept by the lady with the cap and bells. ; hurrying world, but softly, slowly, whis-! our midst, who arc living beyond their.' jultcr j8 rotaiIcd at 50 to 75 cents. A
There is always leaching Jroin on of some
sort, jusi at in neius egeiation is neer
- . m.. . .
J jjie.
Philosophy, like medicine, has abundance
of drugs, few good remedies, and scarcely any
specifics.
Pcrhaps the most acceptable kind of flatte-
ry consists less in eulogizing a man's action
or taleuLs, than in decrying thoFe of his
. .
rival.;
There are two classes of people that can
afford to be modest ; those who posses a vast
amount of knowledge, and those who have
but little.
Tho world i onlr ririd to
- , .-. ' .
mon iauiis; a rare auaaciiy asionisnes it; a
splendid misfortune disarms it.
Absence diminishes moderate passions, and
increases great ones, as the wind extinguish-
es tapers, and adds fury to fire.
Our Eencmies come nearer the truth in'
their judgment of us than we do m our judg-
ments of ourselves.
Whatis called liberality isjmosl often only j
the vanity of giving, whichlfwe like better!
than the thinw wc ffivo. ' I
4 . it , c. ,
r uiiULUcifciii, uiu uauiuur 01 limorance and
to
mother of infidelity.
When good-will goes gadding, he must not'
be surprised if ill-will sometimes .meets himin which wet a piece of cloth, and apply
on the way.
We promise according to our Hopes, and
perform according to our fears.
Hypocrisy is(the homage which vice ren
ders to virtue. '
A refusaPof praise is a desire to be praised
twice,. "
Gravity is a mystery of the body invented
to conceal the effects of the mind.
Public opinion is a jurisdiction, which the
.wise man will never entirely recognise, nor
entirely deny.
The vain abhor the vain ; but the gentle
and unassuming love one another. It is the
effect of sympathy with the latter, the want
of it with the former.
With a true Wife, the husband's 'faults
should be secret. A woman forgets what is
due to herself when she descends to that re
fuge of weakness, as a female confidant.
A wife's bosom should be the tomb of her
husband's little failings, and his character
should be far more valuable in her estimation,
than his life. If this be not the case she pol
lutes her marriage vow.
lie not niggardly of what costs the nothing,
as courtesy, counsel, and countenance.
A man too busy to take care of his health,
is like a mechanic too busy to take care of
his tools.
The testimony of those you doubt the least,
is not unusually that very testimony that
ought most to be doubted. Lacon.
Lord Bacon beautifully said "If a man be
gracious to strangers, it shows he is a citizen
of the world, and that his heart is no island
cut olFfrom other lands, but a continent that
joins them."
David Hume declared that he would rather
possess a cheerful disposition, inclining al
ways to look on the bright side, than with a
gloomy mind, be master of ten thousand a
year.
' Saturday Higlil.
We cut the following from the Chicago
j Daily Journal.
It is a little gem from
. of the assistanfc cditor bBEN j. T
it
Xayloii. Teacher and Poet who sws
imoresood things in his way, than any
il TT I 1 ..
; otner man in me west. n.c wno nas not
! 1 . 1 1 ...... i-M AMiiinnin(rt .. . . .1 i i - i
uwuuainu luwuti;, .um buu msw iu
admire it, lias reacneci a areary Saturday
mglit in nis iiie one mat never will be
xoiioweu uy a noiy oauuatn s aawn : j otni tue uebire 10 excel, 10 appear m tne ; the stranger who wanders down Lon-wharf
" There has been a great deal written ; enjoyment of fashionable position, is so ' Wlll soon finJ himself in a fcc't BaJel with
about baturday night, its chief luxury powerful that all other considerations j onc e twicethree tim ; ;
to us is comprehended in the words, "no : are lost sight of. . , ,
paper to-morrow," button people it) . The manner of living at the presontl P005 int hlS earS from half a dozen
is vastl- more significant. Did vou ever time, is, in too many cases, characterized l"01"5 at oncc-
read Ike Marvel's " Keveries ?" Some, by the wildest extravagance. This is This is the worst market on earth for in
of them are admirable, others a little eked j displayed in a variety of forms in dress, fcrior articles. People will buy nothing but
out to make a book. j in furniture, in gay parties, in opera dis-' the best. Provisions of inferior quality are
" Well, we have a picture of our own, 'plays, and in all kindred exhibitions. It thrown away. I saw, a few days ago,a quantity
and a beatitude for somebody else. And , is well observed by a cotemporary, "that ! of potatoes thrown into the streets, quite as good
to begin with the latter 3 happy is the persons in moderate circumstances, are j as you would buy at 75 cents a bushel in New
man who uos a June come ana a little 1 earneu away iar oeyonu uieir mean?, y
angel in it of a Saturday night. And an insane spirit of imitation. They vain-
lor the picture; such a night as last-night, fy expect to be esteemed m proportion to
i 1 , , 0 1.1 1 .. j -i t
wiib uiuuuy, C1001113', trusty, rainy case-, uiu usiuuiaiious uismay iney may De a- , T , , - , . ,
ments rattling, storm driving, lake roar- bio to make j and are not aware that true a Pound ! 1 aw barrels of dned Peach-ino-
nlrm the slmrn. " ) mmtilitv is marked morfi bv simnlinif. nC es damaged, sell for 25 cents a barrel, for
j-, O I Q J J 1 J
" So much for the out-door scenery. ' manners and dress, and by dignity of de
Now for the in-door : a martin box of a portment, than in the flash and slitter in
house, no matter how little, provided it!
will hold hco or so no matter how hum-
bly furnished, provided there is hope in
it. Let the winds blow close the cur-
tains ! What if they are calico, or plain
white, without border, tassa', or any such
thing? Let the rains come down heap
fl,
n up the fire, but it must be an oven, fire
Tirnio nf vniiv rl- m'Term Innlrinrf efnnu
jn iuiug
No matter if you havn't a candle to bless ; the paramount duties of domestic lifcand ! around her, all of the same crop. Had the
yourself with, for what a beautiful light,, retarding and defeating the establishment' stalely matron been better versed in the his
irlowing coal make, reddening, eloudimr. 1 of young men at the head of families." tory of the country, she would probably have
PerinS,Tj wmi pauses uetwecn, tor the
kniri I ii'iiiii II Mil TiiniimiTti tti r nil m tin
o j
'storm witnont tne t.hniio- its within tn mi
. .11 : i.. ii I i 1 1 i on
- - '
up.
" Then wheel the sofa round before the
fireno matter, if the sofa's a settee, nn -
J uncushioned at that, if so be it is just
j long enough for two, or say, two and a
ia' wtn w0 or two aua" ahnf in it.
I pow Btwoe.t1 the music of silvcr bclls
uum luu uiiiu iu viuuii;, iiiuft uxi tnu libiuii -
- -I .1 tt n
How mournfully swell
( the chimes of "the days that are no more.'
1 xuci uvi-l v kUVU
"Under such circumstances, and at
such a time, one can jret at least sixty-nine
I and a halsptatute miles nearer 'kingdom
in this
world laid down in 'Maltc 5run.7
" Maybe, you smile at this picture.
: Well, smile on, but there is a secret be -
tween us, viz : it is a copy of a picture
rudely done, but true as the Pentateuch,
of an original in every really human
I heart. Are you so old or so wicked that
. nnlinif nlnln rn ! A un n nA m A rttst r r1
bcyond f restoratiou v Thcn bc shrived
make a gatur(iay night 0f jifGj and bid
1 good uight'to the world.
" Maybe, you think it a ridiculous pic-
ture ; then ITcaven mend, and Alison cul-
, tivate your taste.
v
Crc j.Qf a T. TaIce amim saIt
make a strong brine, simmer it on a fire,
it tor inirty successive uaj's, ana it win
disapper.
Sugar and Hoiiejj. A young gentle-
man "who has just married a little beauty,
j says he would have been taller, but she j
lis made of such precious materials that;
nature could not afford it. How full ofjJ
sugar tho honey-moon makes one, don't
it I A year trom now he will be swear
ing that his " d d little fool of a wife
has been cleaning the cookrstove with bis
best boot-brush."
JGSfThe following sensible and appro
priate remarks from the Pennylvania In
quirer, though intended for city readers,
are well worth the attention of people in
villages and country :
"Living like olUjer People."
An Eititoit of False Pride.
"Here beggar Pride defrauds her daily cheer.
To boast a splendid banquet once a year.
One of the most prevalent foibles of
the present time, is a disposition to imi
tate and rival our neighbors, even with
means far more limited than theirs. It
is an error of false pride. We fancy
that the world can be deceived by out
ward show ; that we can make it appear
that we arc affluent and independent, no
matter what the facts may be. This is
a sad weakness, and it is often attended
with serious consequences. The idea of
livinglike other people, withoutthe means
possessed by other people, is indeed ab
surd and suicidal. It is only calculated
to involve us in difficulties, and to take
from us the very independence that we as
sume and aspire to enjoy. The progress
of luxury and extravagance is indeed ex
traordinary. Magnificent mansions and
costly furniture are now the order of the
day. The spirit of imitation and of ri
valry is every where apparent. In social
life it id an every day occurrence, to hear
individuals indulge in gross exaggera -
tions, when describing their own affairs.
No matter what may be the condition of
another, a disposition to rival and excel.
is too apt to prevail, and thus m many
it l l .1 r :
uiu m au.uiu pieieiiMUiib aiuiu-
uuimju na uie grossest laiseuoous are A - -.,a
, fr, , - , . American name is a fair index of the tenden
utiuruu. xrue, uieso iaoneauons are
in a measure harmless, because they are
so transparent as to deceive no one. And!
yet the habit is vile, and calculated at
, 1 . 1 1
. once to aestroy connuence ana impair
. 1. O 1 T
T - t.n-.. ...,J.......nl . I . .n
iumwtui, .m muuiuu.ii uu js
icnown to laisny on one suDjcct, is very
, apt to tie distrusted on every other.
which many modern line people seek to
acquire a notoriety. The. creditors of
: such people arc too often found to be the
real parties who contribute to the ex
1 pense of the show. The effect upon so
ciety is extremely pernicious, hurrying
many into pecuniary embarrassments with
the loss of character, reason or life, nffen
i flJcrmnlifvin it irnmnn -friv flm K?nlm.n.n ef.
"uu"'" iui uwjuugu vi
means, simply witli tlie object ot living
i iiko other neon m Am thorn nnt mnnv
....
i:p -i i. l 'j i t i
. iii.i ill imr iiiiiiiiui f .ini t tinrn -r rx v.
i . i j
wasf imr tlmir Siibsf.inff. tn tbo mvmf.tr nml
idle nursuit of fashion, or in an nffhrfc to!
! obtain a position, not of liiirh re.snnetnl.;!.
ity and elevated character, but of idle
( importance, in the gay, the giddy, the
fashionable world X
Tt -s well enough perhaps, for the rich,
1 ouvji ao imtu laigcjuwmus, tu iimuiifu
n j.i. 1 .i 1
1 in all the elegancies andv luxuries, so
characteristic of affluence, refinement and
splendor. But for the individual who
! has a fortune to mal
ice
who is engaged
.111 an uncertain and hazardous business,
j and whoso future, therefore, is by no
-
; means clear and unclouded, to imitate all
: this extravagance, and to tread in the foot
' steps of sonic millionaire, is follyat once
! egregious and deplorable. Yanity so
empty and idle, pride so ialsc and unsub -
stantial. are almost invariably the hand
maids to ruin. Nevertheless, there arc
lilt i A vrw? c i f fKia n Am nT f nnrio rrr A in flio
: niom pnrauit. They are taxing their
, energies to make a dashing appearance
before the world, and at the same time
are neglecting the real sources of ease
j and independence eponomy and pru-
dence in the manajrement of their affairs. !
rni , - t m i . t
The true policy is, if possible, to live
within one's means. Unnecessary luxu-
1 nes should only be indulged, when we
have " enough to spare." The mechan-
, me u-auur, or me auupKuuuui, u jo
j getting along smoothly, quietly and suc
cessfully, who is able to provide ms lam
jily with the comforts of social existence,
! and at the same time to lay by something
for a rainy day, is indeed mad, or worse,
if tempted by the idle vanity of display.
to appropriate his annual surplus to some
unnecessary extravagance, and thus to
make his condition one of constant de
pendence. The misery of such a condition
! cannot bc too vividly described. Osten
tattoo in the out-door world will nevr r
r
pay for wretchedness at home. Compan
ionship with the fashionables of the hour,
the butterflies who flutter in the sunshine
of flattery and of envy, can never com
pensate for the loss of "real independence,
domestic harmony, and peace of mind,
which are indeed among the brightest
jewels in the moral treasury of our na
ture. The folly of living to dazzle and
astonish others, to excite envy and grati
fy pride, while all the purer and holier
objects of life are neglected, can only be
likened to the delusion of the poor
moth, which flatters around the very
blaze by which it is doomed to be consumed.
IfJattors and TEiiass'i in California
The following facts relative to the health,
markets, vegetables, daily operations and pro
ducts, wages of laborers, and mode of doing
business in California, (which we fmdin the
San Francisco correspondence of the Tribune,)
will be found very interrcsting :
The health of the State continues good, ex
cept that autumnal fevers have appeared in
some localities and dysentery and erysipelas
in others. In this city there have been 62
deaths the present month; last year there were
102 in the corresponding period. The Chi-
nese have suffered much from scurvy and
,other disorders contracted on ship-board, and
! from their crowded mode of living. In the
last fortnight twelve of them have died. A-
i mong the interments are noted the names of
Ah Koy, Ah Hoy, Ah Hing, Chum Wa, Lee
0n, and Mo Fachu ; also a child of Chinese
' 7
, parents paul phiHpSj aged two months. The
riT rr fine?
cy of this people to adopt our customs.
i0 sianu Demna a counler anu walt u,e
tardy movements occidental customers does
o..Jf tl.n n'.'.l A7" T ...1.
nnt o..Jf 4-1.. I r.. n t n.. ntMt4- A7" T. ...I.
un imjiauuua ajmn w a iuumu wuu
nfnf.nc Itncln f n vmli I Tn n M..YI
munra uaow w giuw nui. xiuuut; a mum
, tude ot retail auctions by day as well at as
night. At any hour of the day or evening
. York or Philadelphia in the Sp
Bot nQ one wiU ick such
fl . , ,
i nrst rate ones can uc iiatt
mg of the year,
potatoes when
for ten cents
hog feed, though they were not worse than
pie-makers often use in the Atlantic cities.
Brooms by the stack, slightly damaged,brought
, 30 cents a dozen.
I The supply of fresh Beef is always good
' and the best pieces can be bought for 19 cents
a pound; Mutton and Pork being 40 to 50
. nl? gaj
j
mon 25 cents. They increase
apidly and require but little attention. I
haVC SCCI1 a SOW Wltll HCW-bom grtmtcrs
g itnrtr t.n.ilt mmntihr le in nrrifltmnil in ttir
, V.'IV . . 1 I I 1 II lllilLIILILV 1 .7 . I.L IIIUUUI.I.U All LI 11.
j i j j i
country. Those who raise cows can better
country
scI1 the niilk aL fifl? ccnts a 1uart if tl,c'
i livG ncara market. The native cows are poor
j milkers.. They are large, masculine looking
animals, and being generally allowed to re-
tain their calves for six months or longer,
they do not willingly submit to the rcgula-
tions ot the dairy, it rctimres too or tnrcc
I J 1
men to milk a California cow. They set to
work on horsebaok, and' first lasso her and
tumble her to the ground. They tie her
head to a post, and then bind her feet tightly
in pairs. One of the mqn does the milking,
while another holds the bucket, the terrified
animal enduring the process with the same
, docility as a cross baby exhibits while its dir-
1 ty face is being scrubbed. One or two quarts
1 0f mjik are the result of the operation.
Far more valuble for dairy purposes are
the cows from the valley of the Mississippi,
that have crossed the plains. On the journey
they are worked like oxen, and even here they
are harnessed to the wagon.
A loaf pi" bread, such as youbuy in the At
lantic cities for J or 4 ccnts, here costs you
U. Potatoes retail at 8 to 12 cents. They
are in demand by the quantity at 7 cents.
We certainly have the finest potatoes in the
world. From one to two pounds is a com
mon weight, and they often weigh more. I
have never seen nor heard of a California po
tato being hollow or imperfect at the core.
They are invariably dry and mealy. A few
days ago 1 sat down to dine with ten othera
mostly adults. A large dish of potatoes graced
the table, cut in pieces before bqiling. Our
landlady informed us that there were two po
tatoes in the dish, and no more. But there
was enough and to spare. On another dish
was one-third of a beet. Onions oileu exceed
a pound m weight. A cabbage at the door
of a restaurant near me weighs 28 pounds.
These vegetabjes arc not the result of forced
culture. The soil, in many 'localities, can't'
help producing them. Very little attention
is paid to tillage, and no- manure is employed.
I am informed that some- of the gardeners in
this vicinity are applying manure, but I haver
not seen a load of that commodity in Califor
nia.
Tomatoes are plenty, at a shilling a pounds
which is considered cheap. Grapes are com
ing in, and bring 75 cents to 1 a pound.
They will be cheaper before long, as immense
quantities are to come from San Jose and
the adjoining villages and from down the
coast.
A cargo of oranges lately arrived from the
Society Islands the first offering, I believe,
made by those Islands to California.
Wages continue high. Farm hands have
received from 75 to 100 a month and found.
A mere child can command twenty to forty
dollars a month, " to mind the baby." Thir
ty dollars was lately offered for the services
of a litttle girl of 12 years, but her mother
declined the offer, as the girls services at
home were worth more to her than that. A
laboring man made a wry face to me, and
complained that wages had fallen so that he
got but four dollars a day !
There are washerwomen here who make
from 50 to 80 dollars a week, by the labor of
their own arms. The price of washing and
ironing is from three to four dollars a dozen.
Board, witli lodging, is from $10 to 20 a
week.
Weddings, after the Atlantic fashion are
becoming quite common. Mr, Douglass the
U. S. Marshal, brought hither from Sacramen
to a blooming bride last week. On Friday
evening a party was given here at the " Ori
ental," and things were conducted in Orien
tal style. The party cost a thousand dollars.
Boston Ice having melted away, the snow of
the Nevada Mountains was used instead.
This native production is brought to Sacra
mento wrapped in blankets, on the backs of
mules, and is there shipped to this market,
where it sells for fifty cents a pound.
A Grand Division of the Sons of Temper
ance has been organized here. Mr. Willis,
of Sacramento, is the presiding officer, and
Henry Haight, Est., of this city, is the Grand
benbe. A large number ot the Policemen
of this place are memttrs of the subordinate
Divisions. Five of them joined at one time,
last week.
Smoking "Chimneys.
The "Scientific American," says, on what
it calls reliable authority, that if at two feet
above the throat of your chimney you enlarge
the opening to double the size for a space of
two feet, then carry up the rest as at the firstr
your chimney will never smoke.
Boy Iovo.
One of the queerest things to think of
in after life is " boy love." No sooner
docs a boy acquire a tolerable stature than
he begins to imagine himself a man, and
to ape manish ways. He casts sidelong1
glances at every tall girl he happens to
meet, becomes a regular attendant at
church, or meeting, sports a cane, carries
his head erect, and struts a little in his
walk. Presently, and how very soon he
falls in love yes, falls is the proper word,
because it best indicates his happy, delir
ious self-abasement. Hc lives now in a
fairy region, somewhere collateral to the
world, and yet somehow blended inex
tricably with it. He perfumes' his hair
with fragrant oils scatters essences over
his handkerchief; and desperately shaves
and annoiuts for a beard, lie quotes poet
ry in which "love" and "dove" and
" heart" and " dart" peculiarly predomi
nate : and, as he plunges deeper into the
delicious labyrinth, fancies himself filled
with the divine afilatus, and suddenly
breaks out into the scarlet rash of rhyme,
nc feeds upon the looks of his beloved ;
is raised to the seventh heaven at a pleas
ant word ; is betrayed into the most as
tonishing ectacies by a smile, and is plun
ged into the gloomiest regions of misan
thropy by a frown.
He believes himself the most devoted
lover in the world. There never was
such another. There never will be.
He is the one great idolater 1 'Hi is the
type of magnanimity and self abnegation.
Wealth! hc despises the grovelling thought.
Poverty : with the adorable beloved, he
rapturously apostrophises as the first of
all earthly blessings ; and "Love in a
cottage with water and a crust," is his
beau ideal paradise of dainty delight?.
He declares to himself, with the most
solemn emphasis, that ho would go through
fire and TNter, undertake a pilgrimage to
China or ajwischatka, swim storm-tossed
oceans, scale impassable mountains, and
face legions of bayonets?, bu$ for one sweet
smile from her dear lips. lie doats up
on the flowers she ha.s cast away. He
cherishes her glove a little worn in the
fingers next to his heart. Hc scrawls
her dear name over foolscap fitting me
dium for his insanity. Hc scornfully de
preciates the attention of other boys of
his own age ; cuts Peter Tibbets dead,,
because he said that the adoable An
gelina had carroty hair; arid-passed Har
ry Eell contemptuosly, for daring to com
pare that gawky Mary J ancy with his
incomparable Angelina;
Happy ! happy ! foolish boy ; love with'
its hopes and its fears, it3 joys and its
sorrows, its tortures and estatic fervors,'
and terrible heart burnings, its solemn
ludicronsness, and- Lb iut -iiovly prosais
termination.
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