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THE WHOLE AHT .OF GQVERNMNT CONSISTS'IN THE ART OF BEING HONEST. JEFFERSON.
VOL. 12,
STRQTJDSBURG, MONROE GOUNTY, PA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 29, 1852.
No 17.
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From the Flag of our Union.
The World's Fair.
Old England's sons of fifly-one
Resolved to astound the nations,
And show the world what could be done
In the way of competition:- ; , ;
Her nobles straightway, jvent to, work,,
And devised their cunning measures,
To fill their pockets at a jerk, . ,
From other's golden treasures.
A crystal palace then was built, , . .
That covered twenty acres. -A
hundred thousand pounds were spilled
In the pockets of its makers,
Then Johnny Bull to all the world,
Said, "Come join our exhibition;
Here all your flags may be unfurled",
Without fear of molestation."
The French, and Scotch and Germans too,
Delighted with the measure,
Resolved to join the famous, show,
With the products of their-leisure. . .. .
The Yankees who no courage lacked,
And liked bold Johnny's nation,
First saw their "fixius" snugly packed,
Then started 'cross the ocean.'
Their plough, their reaper, and their loom,
Were there to tell' their story, '
That Yankee boys were quite at home,
When looking after glory. r
As Johnny mused, a joyful grin ti
Came stealing o'er his fcatures,: ; ,
He thought our show very thin,' -;:
For such inventive creatures. I'i.!" .
Young Jonathan was mighty cool, .'
But had a quiet thinking. .
That soon there'd be some British gold,
About his trdusers chinking. T 7
Their locks were quickly picked by Hobbs,
And McCormick's famous reaper, '
Did in their fields a Yankee job,
And Stevens beat tlleir clipper. ' ' '
Our Eagle high was posted up,
And had a flying nation ;
She'd one eye on their silver cup,
And t'other on the ocean. ' -When
She'd come out eight miles ahead,
And into port was streaking, , t
John, owned our Eagle "wasn't dead, ' i f '
But quite alive and kicking." -
"Now John, we hope you understand ; . ,'
That Britain's sons and daughters
Can be outdone upon the land, ,u.. . '
And out sailed on the waters.. . 4:j . ' ,
In our national air we glory -too '-i'n;'!
At Bunker's Hill we played it;
It then was Yankee doodle do,
Now it's Yankee doodle did if.
Very Cool.
An apparently unsophisticated youth ;
trflllf 1YT 1 rrttn.lf ni-w rt 4Am Wn.o-.n,vl
5 , , , . .' .J , . ,
ana. asKea ior sometmng to appease ms
hunger.
The keeper gave him a venr good din
ner, after which the -youth said to his
mend,
" If ever vou come uri our
" That won t pay. Your 'dinner
quarter"
" Oh, I han't got xio mone?v.;
come-up to Alleghany county
you ;aoetceriajnnej: for-nothing." . " .
cool."
i j , i j
mueb j!lnLU 'L
HWI T. i.i
Btandinthe pantry, in warm weather,;
to keen the infiflfc .from snnilit.." "
Jfroj , Julius CcBsar Hannibal, - of the
-Picaynej proposes a'publip dinner, '
nil Tin . iJ-. n r . ' t
"" "uwmg as tne Dili or iare:'
l01ams in de shell. l'
2 Clam soup, widout iracter::
3 CIams fried, wid gravyl"
warn ciiowaer. . ,
5 Clam soup, wid crackpr
.r.11Wfi:
6 Pickled clams.
7 Boast 'Clams'.' '
8 Stewed clams;
9 Clam pot pip. ;
lOQlani frjga'zep. ,,
11- T-Ckms scolluped
12 Glams.
" . m jasj!--
U V t; in1.-..
it ." , ! i I
More clams If wanted'.
There will bb' five: Sbbl,! ini
y r.
the month, of JSebuarv. .this vearV, WhJ
oatae win not occur again untiMSoO,.--
vaera shall wealUbe th'en.' ? Don't men-!
EilFE.
BY IK-MATtVEIi. '
From "Dream Life; V Fable of the Sea
sons," by the author of the '.' Reveries of a
Rachclor," wemako two brief, but beau-
tiful Extracts. ' The first describes, most
2catho achilcli- The hpj
has been 0-om home; on a "kind of holliddy
visit, but issent for to return, fn conse'quehec
of the more serious illness of his little brother
Charlie, who has been sick for some tune.
What follows, let. the author tell in his own
inimitable sty jc.( . :
4. FrsesidBjdstt.
It is quite dark when you reach home, but
i you sec the bright reflection of a fire within,
and presently at the open door, Nelly clapping
her hands for welcome. But there, arc sad
faces when you enter. Your mother folds
you to her heart ; but at first noisy, out-burst
of joy, puts -her fingcron-her lip, a nil whis
pers poor Charlie's name. The Doctor you
see too, slipping softly out of the bed-room
door with glasses in' his hand ; arid you
hardly know how your spirits crow sad, and
your heart" gravitates to- the heavy air of all
abouUyou. . , ' : . .
You cannot see, .Charlie, Nelly says; and
you cannot in the quiet parlor, tell Nelly a
single one of the many things, which you had
hoped to tell her. She sas "Charlie has
grown so thin' and so 'pale you would never
know him." You listen to her, but you can
not talk : she asks you what, 3'ou have seen,
and you begin for a moment" joyously ; but
when they open the door of the sick room,
and you hear a, faint sigh, you cannot go on
You sit still, with your hand in Nelly's and
look thoughtfullv into the blaze.
You drop to sleep after that- day's fatigue.
with singular and perplexed fancies haunting
- m u
you; and wlien you wake up. with a shudder
7 c
in the middle of the night, you have a fancy
that Charlie is really dead : you dream ofsee-
Inm pale and thin, as Nelly described him,
and with the starched "rave clothes on him.
Yoti toss over in your bed, and grow hot and
feverish.- You cannot sleep ; and you get
up stealthily, and creep down stairs ; a light
burning in the hall : "the bed-room door
stands half open, and you listen fancying
you hear a whisper.
You- steel, on through
the hall, and edge around theside of the door:
A little lamp is flickering ori'the hearth and
and the gaunt shaddow of the bedstead liesi
1 dark upon the ceiling,
Yosr mother 5 fn w
chair, and with her head upon her hand
llmncrh ?t lnnrr fVr AnY 'pk tv.-
tor is standing with his back toward you, and
a" " w"rt 4i1i44iiJ ill.. llii; lUt"
wiui onanie s little wrist in his fingers ;
and you hear hard breathing, and how and
then, -a low sigh from your mother's chair.
Ah occasional gleam of fife-light makes the
gaunt shadows stagger on the wall, like some
thing spectral. You look wildly at them,
and at the bed where your own brother
your laughing, gay-hcarted brother, is lying.
You long to see him, and sidle up softly a step
or two:.butyour.mother's(hascaught,theiovci:-v"day ?anguage vjnch nlifrors tlicvitali -
Ounu, ana sue uecKons yqu to iier, and folds " , ,;wusiuv-;uui "btioaia nave some . d"ib uwwauci; ui your motner aoouc
you-again in her embrace; . You whjspcr to j st of tfiat1 theological mannerism, which is : .o Lovp that reignsin the other world, seems
her what you wish. She rises .and takes you i &sTc6'"3'tb-the boy, as to the, busy man of the: 00 a sudden to widen Heaven, and to waft
by the hand, to lead you to the bedside.'
"The Doctor looks very solemnly; as we an
proacli. lie takes out his watch. Lie is not
. . -
thin ! over the edge of the bed. I
He shakes his head mouinfully at your
mother; and she springs forward, dropping
your Lands and lavs her fingers unon the fbre-!
ilprwi ftf 1flo hnv nnA uc. j.,.:, 1
-.s''. ... ... ."
moutJi.
" Is he .sleep, Doctor FsbS Sk toe
you do not t'ooiv. , . -..yf.l
Be calm," madam.'-'1 TheDoc'tdr isVery
-i. ,. - i
,PI; ' : A " v iL:'L rf
voi:r. mntlur
iiers head, upon ,tlicbody of fpcor,
7 -'
UCau-l!artl6! nn -'on vv inn vnn enrr ipV
form shrikWnd nuiver with, the dceo..s,notli-1
;y vnen you
counting unarlie s pulse, for ,he has dropped , " Jf"i smi lamuiar nanuiing 01 tnc ( rmu.is anu oi nurcn-gomg, j, thc iajeg) jjavc got tired of look-hkrhand-;
and it lies-carelessly, but oh, how ' 's- Jien'.uppniEternity, which my story will . ? sometimes fall aslfep under it all. And n like white people, and are doin their
. cairn. f , : ; uibuiu.,i)( uu.v-u-un;mjiiigbomeume3 ?-j .ab jyiiuiuuuu.uuu icar cruciating little cruls, and nnally, m des-
wav , ca;l." " I am calm," 'says' you?motIw ; but vou ! lhe ,avc noQC' Thcy have meaning, I iU be thrusting their untruth and falsei show j pair at their bad success, went to bed sick
1 , -'III II . 1 Hivmnf T .! tint .'VOt h'niUXr nit linn f l,n t ir.r.r. i J. .1 i 1 . -. . ,
is a ' do net think it, for:.youseelhcr tremblfe,verv wlien your .heart- is troubled-when -a grief. luto the vey essentials of Religion. at heart, because they 'couldn't look like
plainly. '..-..- va '. '.r u -tT oJawronglnveigh"3- flwn yauj- then1, the? Again, you wonder, if the clergymen are1 tllcir servant girls.' ine new., style,
Ibnt if you Dar mnrlnm. fmwill npi.TOni,nn ,v?1,ie ' keping-oFHhc -FdHier, ' wliich !ydn' imhlore,J all such very ff0od men as vrii, r t.miW-trt! though, certainly has piquant, effect,
.Pllcivo - ' i sbb'tbWeYdmHlie bottom 'of .'
ered-s'obyouVcrying 'bursfs forth loud fnaWfeG-
siroh .r,, all about you, .breqda a jdUtagte-for mil above '
The Doctor lifts Vou in 'his arms, that vou ",u uie iaaS "Pars 01 nsomc days, lit- eay very eloquent things. You'will find v
r Ufitiinnnln 1innffWn n.', tic thought coihes over you 'of the tnorriin'flf'selfsadlv' mistaken nn 'this- nnint: Krfnvn
- j-. ..i uiucu yiui; ujwo Uil i - w( v
sunken; (that flaxen hair 'gprie tlfpse w.hitQ P"6" ; a"d- only when' b veninng-deepens itV; get on very fair in life.
ins pinched and hard '-.-Never, nnvnr. iv.'l
tjie. boy forget his .first terrible sight ' pf
D.p,alU;l . ,.L . ;;. .
Iu;your silent chamber, after the stof m nf
sobs i has wearied; iyou, theboy'-dretfms' are
fitrtfnfeeand earnest' -They take hold on 'that
awfurVi4Itauttthc ,'sthinff6sIinphigJdwayi
slin'pi
from lifq, of wljich we ku'ow 'sp little.
know,' alas' so much !. Charlie that
ft 4 .'' r r .
ri , ... I V ' . t -
brother, is now only a name, peryaps Jjc is.an
arigclVFernaPs uc'r;tjie pjd imr2ejhgs;Eaid.t
whpn,hc, wasiigly7-and no,w) you hate.hpr for j
i0.k. it vith,gjifep; t vi
.q!But:yojare.kretiii8carin6be;;y.ou are sure
il... i i t . . K'i
uiuiuou wno mauo nimsuiier.
quicken.arifl multipfyilifs-Ei
wuii youra-ejjfiiow -wunriK sOj' and msiuow,
vcu, went your religion to help you all it con. 1
4 4
You toss, in your bed,, thinking oyer and 0
vcr.,df that strange thIdg-r?-Death,j and that
perhaps it may overtake, you,; before :you are
a man ; and you sob out those" prayers, (you
scarce' k'riow ' why) whtcfiasc God ,td eop
life in you. ' -You 'tKirikilie 'involuntary " fear
that fna'kes your lit'tldjpraer 'full of sobs, is a
holy feeling: and sbitfis 'a holy feeling-
Hie same feeling which makes a stricken cliild
yearn from the embrace, and "the protection
of a Parent. But yotr 'will find there1 are
those canting ones, trying to persuade you at
later day, that if. is a mere animal fear, and
not to be .cherished. . .
You feel ail access pfgoodness growjng out
of your- boyish grief: you feel right-minded.:
it seems as if your .little brother in going to
Heaven, had opened.a. pathway thither, down
which, goodness comes streaming over your
sbtili . ' . .
You think how good a life ybii will lead ;
and you map out great purposes, spreading
Y ' I' - i'i r r
themselves over tnc school-weeks of your re
maining boyhood ; and love your friends, or,
seem to, far. more dearly. than you eyer loved that goodness is not to be reckoned in your
them before ;. and you ,fbrgiv;e. the boy who ! chances of safety : that there is a Higher
provoked yqu to .tha-sad, fall. from the oaks, J Goodness, whose merit is Ali-Sufflcient. Tin's
and you forgive him all his wearisomo puzzles you sadly ; nor will you escape the
teasings. But you cannot forgive your- J puzzle, until in the presence of the Home al
self for some harsh words that you have tar, which seems to guard you, as the Lares
once spokca."to Charlie : stilly less can you ' guarded Roman children, you feel you can
forgive yourself forrhav'.ing- once struck him, ; not tell how, that good actions must spring
in a passion with your fist., ,You cannot, forget from good sources ; and that those sources
his sobs then: .if hcwere-only alive one lit-, must lie in Heaven, toward which your boy
tie 'instant, to let you say "Charlie, will you , ish spirit yearns, as you knell at your moth
forgive me "
Yourself,, you cannot forgive ; and sobbing
. over Jt'anu murmuring "Dear-dear Charlie!"
you drop into a a troubled sleep
I L cxt we taKe Uay Keligic-n," which we.
specially commend to old as well as young.
tv i, T.n r.L . v. 1. , '
; ? lia u- luu IUUCU 01 cre "cau re -
, J1S10D 01 raero Po1" V ot dogmatism
Procrustean beds of. faith, on. wliicbthe ten -
dcr forms of children have been, arid still ace
i )a5nfu,y extended. Let the warm heart-re-
j ! ligion come now ; it is fur better and more
j uIon comc novv ; 1
acceptable to God.
I?oy It elision.
Is any weak soul frightpned, that I should
write of the Religion "of the boy 1 How in-
I eeti coull! 1 covcr Hie. field, of his morale or
J intel'ectual growth if I left unnoticed those
i -rearns ' futurity and of goodness which
comc sometimes to quieten moments, and oft-
cner, to his hours-of vexation and trouble?
! It would be as wise 'to describe the season of
bprmsr, with no note of tho silnnt fnfliinnP.Pf:
( w- -
i oft,lat burning DdyTgod, v'hcfi" is . melting
j ua.
1
ill.TV hv flriv flin cl,i tru-ail't.,-, .fthc' CWTlnt-.
which is filling every bud with succulence,
auu iJ4iuuur oiiu uower wiui crimson, anu an-
-..1' ! 1 n ' '. 1 - - 1
other with white.
I know there is fcclihg-by much too sen-
eral as it seems, to me that the subject may
not, be approached, except through -the dicta
of certain .ecclesiastic bodies ;, and that the '
inm,nrwi.; u i i. .1.. J
wnrl 1 1
T know very well that a rreat many jrood
uur ur caj jcyuy, vnac, i can Honesty ;
nit.l .1.:.. . Y 1 li
a"ow. l.snaitaeei sure tiiat m keeping
true:toi Mature with word and with thought.
1 EljaJI ,n no dy qffend against those high-
cfit 'tratfis,; to' which all truthfulness js kind -
fed
"YflM Tin VPClirief nin (o.ipliore nl,ii cnnnl.
7. lire Bilite.; jeftgrow up
'a,$fi: hP?W Pf Wmws .m "e
Per,,?RsJ?uSt to say them
t . i i
and vour eve suffuses with sud tnarR Affnl. '
asyoucountloIy,.anjIa
'T , i' '.'wy., r . , v., .
k fa -fe fl .WaW, isome
anu your,Doyisn venations, latigue ,
JMf 'Jd? ".'.W oHi:i
p - Hf aM uiuiuw .i.u, iUf v.-un mey
tejl" j'ou praveTtsoftpn ,the way..
ii it.; r. i.
pmetimes upon a Sumpie Sunday, when" seems a plac.e to be loved, and Ipngpd A " C
i.r..v . i I..',.. ..... . Q, . ivJiuo,
yoij afa wajioiui upon ypun .soacin cnurcii,
wuujfB
Ifofefc'f in"d$fctHpvo.
fajthec; as!f6rjTelIyrJ3siveirktmwB; you could
rtnKfrnnt Flt)ii ',wt.nv,,tn l.nin.lior .hottnV i thnri
rnrVliP InW nf Tlitfp !VT wlrri.- nnrtlv lipuniisrt
you have sometimes caught yourself trying .
r
anu yeti fW Wf mSfM Mcura- ipyw tb tYiirilcf iria talking as
was your of j.aiiil whether there be.enough 'of it after w.nic.. yu are sturre !ie"
aii.rio carryypursaiejyraway.irop) ,ipe cm'Qii , uiure, puzzies you again ; anu you reiapse
6 Ejfil! Arrit! rftraigitw)iy,you reckon up.' ih,o,inder,!,doiibt and yearmnff. ' 'u r
uiose'tnendships' Where ybur hda lies; you 1 ' .i - Ati p ' "" t' ,' ,,
irnw,w ;,n fi A;i ;L And there Clarence, for the present I shall
miwir vmi tii it i mi" ;i rin iiiiii i. iiiitihi iu . . i , . mi i u- . i
, wouia.nofnow '.'mrv?.-, Av.-.f ivw,-j;'".h rajign.! wonaiis.ajpunu you, anu :u . nescverv
nftrmi-taffrees'yP-0''; H 'm'.. v-' W
"f ':.t v.v,,f Vih.f
sd ;i and jult-uotf, ftfr ihe love' of little 'Aliulge : partly because 1 .nl?,. ns"','ria" 19 these sketches no ofijqe
not to love her: and partly because the black-
eyed Jenny comes in the way. Yet you can
find no command in the Catechism, to hove
one girl to the exclusion of all other girls. It
i's'spmewhat doubtful if you ever do find it.
Bui', as for loving some .half dozen you could
name, whose images drift through your
thought, in dirty, salmon-colored frocks, and
slovenly shoes, it is quite impossible; and sud
denly this thought, coupled with a lingering
.'remembrance of the pea-green pantaloons,
utterly breaks down your hopes.
1 et, you muse again there are plenty of
good people as the times go, who have their
dislikes, and who speak them too. Even the
sharp-talking clergyman, you have heard say
some very sour things about his landlord, who
J raised his rent the last year. And you know
that he did not talk as mildly as he does in
the Church, when he found Frank and yo'ur-
self quietly filching a few of his peaches,
through the orchard fences,
I t a ...
But your clergyman will say perhaps, with
wnat seems to you quite unnecessary coldne:
er's side.
Conscience, too, is all the while approving
you for deeds well done; and wicked as you
fear the preacher might judge it you can-
not but found on t.iose deeds, a hope that'
. your prayer at night flows more easily,
A.. , , ,-, . . ..
, "1U1U ,ret;i; anu more noiuy toward uur
, 1'ather m Heaven." Nor indeed, later in
' life whatever may be the ill-advised ex-
pressions of human teachers will you
ev-
cr find that Duty performed, and generous
endeavor will stand oric whit in the way cith-
cr of I'aith or ot Love. Striving to be good,
is a vcry.direct road toward Goodness ; and if
life be so tempered by high motive as to
make action always good, Faith is uncon
"sciously won. .
Another notion that disturbs you very much,
is your positive dislike of long sermons of;
sucn singing os tiiey have when the organist
nist
thatj
t0 a
, 1S away, lou cannot get the force of th
verse of Dr. Watts which likens heaven
: never-ending babbathe; vou do hone thourh
. - - 1 o
11
seems a half
r .-:T....1 1 i it ta
1 vii ir ii'ii 1 if 11 if j iii'jniifF -
" 1' VliUb w j ka
. Will Hfit f1f tllP nronrJinr Vnn fTiinlr
that your heart in its best moments, craves!
Yny .-nmntMnn . 1 1.1 T . .
sumBumig iuac luvawu. xou suffjrest
this perhaps to some Sunday teacher, who'
onlv shakes his head sourlo, ann tells you itl
is a thought that the Devil is putting in yourj
braln- " strikes you oddly that the Devil
should be using a verse of Dr. Watts to puz -
7.1n vn..' Unt iPif u i. i, :
j hY yM thought very pertinaciously, until
away, your doubts like a cloud.
It excites your wonder not a little, to find
nnr.nin ,i, .(.ti. i j i .. , ,
people whirtalk gravely and heartily of the
I nvrtri nfinn nf Aa.;h- 1 C 1 1 1
uu wouuer u uiey reany like preaching so'
J well, why they do not buy some of the min-
j lslor s old manuscripts,
, on week-days ; or, invi
and read them over
ite the Clergyman to
preach to, them in a quiet way in private 1
All, (cJarence, you do not yet know the
poorness ofeven ,aood,ad
" fccblogropmgsof the soul toward a soul's
ww, ... ... "wi ui nit; nuim: lOU QO
nI6 will lm trri m i 1. 'i .L..
to prove that instead of being so good,
wivv-uiu' iu met, very StUDIU and bad mrn
At-that da you have no clear conceptions of!
between stupidity and vice ; , , Jn Sof Kirfn"
and Ihiiilc that a xrood man must necessarilviPl?U
our"
you ,
HCavcn. ivhrn wnIir mnthnr nonnlna tt ....
friend gond, and 'little Charlie, and that bet-
ter Friend, who, she says, took Charlie in his
.'
nf,B tn, ; i.: t. ....
But to think that Snch-an-one, who is
only good on .Supdays. will be there top; and
he does, of a place
.would spoil if he were
ten?l? -a"
.hove ygu.Jju.bjt', hangs very high, A, vidq,
' , l ... ,i r. , - i . r. v
ain nssunupff in inese sKctciies no oiice
of a teacher. I am eneking only to make a
truthful analysis of the boyish thought of feel
ing. But having ventured thus far into what
may seem sacred ground, I shall venture still
farther, and clinch my matter with a moral.
There is very much Religious teaching.even
in so good a country as New England, which
is far too harsh, two dry, too culd for the
heart of n boy. Long sermons, doctrinal pre
cepts, and such tediously-worded dogmas as
were uttered by those honest, but hard-spoken
men the WcsttninisterDivines, fatigue,
arid puzzle, and dispirit him.
They mav be well enough for those stronrr
souls which strengthen by task-work, for
those mature people whose iron habit of self
denial has made patience a cardinal virtue;
but they fall (experto crcde) upon the unfled
ged faculties of the boy, like a winter's rain
upon Spring flowers like hammers of iron
upon little timber. They may make deep
impressions upon his moral nature, but there
is great danger of a . sad rebound.
Is it absurd to suppose that some adaptation
is desirable"! And might not the teachings
of that Religion, which is the iEgis of our
moral beingrbe inwrought with some of those
finer harmonies of speech and form which
were given to wise ends; and lure the boyish
soul, by something akin to that gentleness,
which belonged to the Nazarcne Teacher;
and which provide not onlv, meat for men,
but "Milk for babes 2"
The Kossuth Oat.
The Scientific American, speaking of
the new fashion of hats, known as the
Kossuth hats, says they are a decided
improvement upon the hard shelled silk
hats which are now generally worn, and
adds :
" The common silk hats have what are
termed felt bodies. These' arc made of
felted wool, are soft and pliable, and al-
ntlo f m, . . t..,, , t
, Tn mnkn if ;il- w l.ie -rn
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. body is saturated with lac varnish and a I
covering of silk is ironed down on it and
smoothed up to shine like a mirror. This
hat, the common sober hat, is then hard
as sheet iron, and quite as stiff ; it greatly
resembles a little pot, and in warm weath
er it most effectually prevents the evap-
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oration ot tnc pate. It causes lieahachc,
makes the hair decay carl', and is a most
uncomfortable head appendage. We hop
its days are ended in principle ; oldish
people of a sedate turn, although they
' would prefer the Kossuth hat,' do not
like to adopt it just yet, from a prudential
; ica 01 Deing conspicuous
icur 01 ueiug conspicuous,
3 our feeling exactly upon the
subject We like the black felt Kossuth
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hope to see it come into such general use
as will warrant us in doffing the hard
shelled silk head kettles. There never
was a more ungraceful head ccar than
that of the common hat."
We should rejoice to see the stiff, awk
warl an ungainly hats in common use
superceded Dy tnc light, low crowned
1 fTlfe or beaver ats and believe that the
I change wouldconduce equally to the health
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Ftts!iic:a in IVevi'-Orle:iJ5s.
The New Orleans Picayune thus hit3
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,iu vj"ue uiiiuiiif mu luuiu.-i oi liibinuu iu
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best to imitate the mulatto and quadroon
women that may be seen about the streets
any day, selling fruits and flowers. - So
far, the colored ladies arc decidedly ahead
of their pale-faced imitators. We have
been told of the desperate efforts made
- feMXj "&
thd u,jroon mulattrek They
j ft tuuii uim, tiuu iu ut HqIiu aii i.-
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Fond Father ami Promising Child,
KcCarty, editor of Uic Padueah (Ky.)
J oufna1' a "X
iu pplitics, and is silent upon most vexed
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questions of the day, but from indications
we are inclined to think he is not for bcott
In fact, after wp filled for him the oth
er night a tin cup of whiskey-toddy,
, I which he emptied whith grace and dex
tccity, he cocked up Ins eye. and said as
" Thquy God, sccstine.-A .father aid
his. sqn .wcnt pit together to ste,al,pprn..
"Vtheii .they came to thc.fi.cld, jthp.fath.er
clipibed up, oi; tic fence, looking careful
ly around that no, eye might -aco him.
He then began to filLhis. bag, wjfh corn.
' Father said' tho boy, 1 thera is one
way w.bicK you.did not look.' v: , . K
fAh, ray son,' replied tbe. father, 'anj
wlierc is.that)' . , -r -H.
Q'iVfatWr; y'QU ,d4 Pofc ty&.W-
The man returped.jiome with an empty
bnr and a stricken conscience
.
A correspondent of the John Ball says:
" I happen to know one of our bishops,
second in worth to none on the Bench,
wlio was thus reproved by a Bomanist
lady, ' I wonder, niy lord, you are not
ashamed of having a wife and half a dozen
children.' ''I should be more ashamed,
ho answered very gravely, ' to have tbo
children without the wife.'
A gentleman of Easton, Md., not over
twenty-five years of age, informs the editor
of the Star, that five of his school mates
have committed murder, two have been
murdered, two have met with violent
deaths, one has been sent to the peniten
tiary for stealing, and another narrowly
escaped' going the? same voyage for a like
offence. Moral place., that. t
JS" "I think," said a farmer, "Ishould
make a good Congressman, for I use their
language. I received two bills the, other
day, with requests for immediate pay
ment ; the one I ordered to be laid on
the table the other to be read that day
six months!"
Spots Count. A Detroit paper is re
sponsible for the following : " Careless.
T bought a gallo.n of Otard at Brady's
to take home, and by "way of a label wrota
his name upon a card, which happened
to be the seven of clubs, and tied it in
the handle. Alderman C. coming along,
and observing the jug, remarked, 'That's
an awful careless way to leave that
liquOr."
"Why so ?" said Tom.
"Why? Bceause somebody might come
along with the eight spot and take it!"
A lady, a few evenings ago, upon ti
ing up "Shelly's novel," "The 1
tak-
ast
Man," threw it down very suddenly, ex
claiming, " The last man ! bless me, if
such a thing was to happen, what would
become of the women ?"
1 See there!' exclaimed a returned Irish
soldier, to a gaping crowd, as he exhibit
ed with some pride-his tall hat with a bul
let hole in it. ' Look at that hole, wilL
you? You see that if it had been a low
crowned hat I should haver been killed
outright !'
Mr. Thomas, a recent writer on
China, says that the term "barbarian,"
as applied by them, is intended for a
compliment, and that the word so trans
lated means simply 'southern merchant."
They consider it a special compliment
also to call a man a "red-haired devil."
To see a young man swapping kisses
with a pretty girl, is an affecting sight.
Whoare the most disinterestedly good I
Those who are good for nothing.
JBS?"The following is a copy of a joiner's
bill, for jobbing in a Catholic church in
Bohemia; Forsolidly repairing St. Joseph,
4d, for cleansing the Holy Ghostr 9d; for
reparing the Virgin MaTy, and making
her a child, os; for furnishing a nose for
the devil, putting a horn on his head, and
glueing a piece to his tail, 4s. 6d.
TT'c should like to have seen the '
young
buck' mentioned below, as he said c good
mawmng:
1 A icgal friend pf ours, the other day
was about entering a haberdaber's shop
in Broadwa-, when a yourgbuck, with a
large moustache and small income born
like J aflier with 'elegant desires,' drove
up a pair of spanking bays, glittering
with their splendid caparison. Ah, G-
said he, 'how de do, how de do T
-how de do ? How d'v-ou like me ho
ses lune animals, but very costly.
What dp 3'ou think I gave for the pair ?'
1 guess you'gave yoftf note.1 said G
f Good mawaing !' responded the blood j
1 good mawning !"
A droll story is related of an honest
old farmer, who attempting to drive home
a bull, gotsuddeulv hqisted over the fence.
Recovering himself, he sa'w.tho animal on
the other side ojf the rails,. sawimr. the air
with his head and neck and pawing the
ground. The good old man looked stead
ily at him a moment, and then shaking
his fist athim, exclaimed Darn your apol
ogies you needn't stand there1, you tarn-
al creature, a bowm', and scrapin' you
did it a purpose, darn you !
JpS?TT A woman wa3 lately buried in a
grave-yard, near London, who had been
dead upwards, of five years, a near rela
tive having left her an annuity of 30, to
be paid on the first day of each and every
year, so long as she should remain on
earth. In consequence of this' legacy,
ncr surviviug uuauaua nireu a little room
over a stable in the nerchborhood of his
dwelling, where she was Icept in a' lead
coffin until after his deathi
. Etc! vide i-e Del. ii'. K.
The prospect 'of getting this r,padlis'
daily growing brighter. A few days since
the matter was" placed before the'Merch
ants of Philadelphia,- and very1 favorably
received. When it comesiupifor cdn'sid-
eration by the iioard ot I radeiitJdexpoct-r
ed that action will be ta&eu for favtyin
r'.e enterprse th'outj'r.