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THE WHOLE ART OF GOVERNMENT CONSISTS IN THE ART OF BEING HONEST. JEFFERSON.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1852.
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Give mc Work.
HY MRS. A. T. DAVIDSON.
I've a strong right hand and a sinewy arm,
And an earnest might of will ; '
But weary days are circling round,
And yet I am idle still.
Oh! give work! For though I might dure
To grapple with Famine alone,
There's a feeble cry aye sounds in mine car
That would madden a heart of stone.
I would gladly survive with the rockiest soil,
Or itB burden of granite would bear;
I would water its furrows with drops of toil,
Hut others already are there.
I long to cope with the sturdy oak,
Whose shadow an acre hath spanned ;
I woold conquer the monarch stroke by stroke,
But the axe is in another's hand
I know there are forests broad and free,
Where the wild deer roam at will ;
But though I have crossed I the boundless sea,
That land is far off still.
The sieep of the laboring man is sweet,
When his daily task is done ;
But what sad dreams may visit him
Whose hands no bread have won !-
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There are visions of want and wasting care ,
In that cellar so damp and low, .
And spectres of Famine and Fell Despair,
And the dread of a darker woe.
Let Charity care for feeble Age,
On childhood's orphaned need ; J
But the Brawny arm of manhood's-prime
Shonld scorn a pauper's meed.
Oh! speed the hour, from shore to shore,
In this land, by God so blest, ,
Where the morning sun shall bring work for
all,
And evening rav brinp; rest.
. .. that which I have committed to him; but the bout the 49th year of rnv age. At that time,
infirmities of nature come m, and render the which was nearly six years ago, it pleased
Ah ! that's the word punctuality ! did body dull and heavy and seem for a EeaEOnj t Godi in his holy providence, to bring you and
you ever see a man who was punctual. t0 courj the soul and interrupt the Spirit's ' brother S. C. into this country, to proclaim
who did not prosper in the loDg run ? communications. Upon the whole, however, the truths of the everlasting Gospel. I did
We don't care who or what he was I have reason for unceasing thankfulness, ! not go to hear you myself, but finding a con
high or low, Hack or white, ignorant or that k is with me ag weH asu Js It Jg DUt ' siderable excitement among the people, I
lp.lTndn enrniro rr niTTilifwl rra l-tinir I . .. ....
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Men who commence business, should
Le'careful liow tliey neglect their obliga- J
n,1U--.f S f'l na as P"1 and, during that timefl can truly testify I in truth, ashamed to show myself at a place
in all his engagements, he prospered, and, ' fa, , . r .. tI . . ,
was more respected than his shiftless, lying have servcd a falthful Master one who' has , of worship. Hearing, however, thatyoumten
neWlibors. "I will never leave nor forsake thee," ded to administer the Lord's supper in D. S.'s
' r i t 1 J i . -l ? wu. iuw.v a ww- t w w wu. vu vy U4.ua O I
tions, and break their word. A person often spoke to each other on the great con- be a great crowd of people, among whom I
who is prompt can always be accomoda-' cerns of the soul, and delighted to rehearse ' might in a measure hide myself, I determined
ted, and i3 therefore "lord over another fne dealings of divine Providence, for the en-1 to attend that meeting. Accordingly I went,
man's purse," as Franklin would say. cburagement of others. Supposo you give ' with most of my neighbors ; but comingxath-
AiCr T nC P'0n!,SeS UPD certainties. us a briefstatemcntof the Spirit's operations ! er late, and finding the barn already filled,
Although the best men may sometimes ,r . . . . 1 4 !. iT ,, l4 - - c . ,
fail to dp as tbey would the case is ex- Wllh 3,ourself' m brinSinff Jou out Trom na- I was obliged to sit uponUhe sill of the door,
ceedingly rare. lie who is prompt to ture's darkne6S int0 God'8 marvellous light. It so happened that I seated myself by the
fulfil his word, will never make a promise I have heard it said you was once a faithful side of an old man, who, informer years,
where it is not next to a moral certaiut' ally of the powers of darkness, and it ipay be had been my companion in sin; but, for some
that he can do as he agrees. If you interesting and profitable to hear something time, had been a reformed man, and a pro
would succeed, be punctual to the hour, of the way in which 'our views have been fessd follower of Christ. Your text was, "By
lleturn borrowed money the moment you chaiisred, and your mind disciplined in theobe-1 faith Noah, beinrr warned of God of thines
promisea. m an things, 11 you are thus
prompt, we will risk yoa through life ; ,
n iiu c,nnoA f ;f
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Those who are prompt in their business
affairs, are generally o in every depart-
ment of life. You never kne-w them to
be late at church, to the polls, or to pay
tlie Printers for advertising. A prompt-
ness in every thing characterizes them.
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How Folks Differ ! We chew tobacco,
the Hindoo takes to lime, while the Pat-
agonian finds contentment in a "bit of controlled dominion over me, while it would ( former life, had run, with myself, the down
n,or, rpho ni,iWrnn f ihU nnnnirn awaken in my own heart only painful recol-, ward way ; and particularly when I saw my i
idigbUn candy j those of Africa in rock
salt. A Frenchman " goes his length"
on fried frogs, while an Esquimaux In-
dian thinks a stewed candle the climax.
of dainties. The South Sea Islanders '
differ .from .all these, their fancy dish be-,
mg Droiiett clerffymen. while they never
get bold of a frass Vovered umbrella .
withonf boilino-it im f i
The story is told of a certai
Zealand chief, that a youner missionary
landed at his island, to succeed ,a sacred was sent in the utter neglect of everything J and see H I did not feel better. This, how
teacher deceased some time before. At "that was good, and greedily walking after the . ever, made no diflerenqe; and although I was
an interview with the chief, the young ways of my own heart, and according to the e8,irou" ;or6tay, "ntU l-6 exe7i ?,SmJ
minister asked, "Did you know mv de . . I ,nl 0 1 u .,... nc i ded' V1 1 found 11 wa8 P08Slble- 1 took my
narted brother ? Ol 1. , i a 7 B,2ht of ovvn ee8- The Sabbath VVQS ha" hat and hastened from the place, and took a
in Ms church "All JS l"00" biluaX vioIated tl,e houseof God ic6, walk-down through the village.
Mm Jell i Was he 'nS Cd and 1 "U company carefully sought and delighted As I walked along I found the tears inces
mux eii, auu wts ue not a good and;. ... e , ,r..i santly rolling down my cheeks and watering
tender hearted man. j in and the society of pious people as careful- ( Ue l Jt jlImcdiately
"Yes," replied the pious deacon, with ly avoided. My highest pleasure consisted i ccurred lo mc This will not answer.
much gusto, "he very gpod'and very ten-1
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By Request.
JOHN E LOIYCJ ;
OR
The Prodigal of Fifty Years.
BY A CLERGYMAN IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Taking a ride of a few miles on horseback,
and ascending.an elevation, upon the top of
wh,ch was a clUBtsr of cottees 1 vi6ited an
a&ed C0UPle whose putation for piety had
spread through all that country. Like
Zacharias and Elizabeth, they were " both
righteous befor? God, Walking in all the or-
dinances ,and commandments jof the Lord
1 blameless." Here the morning and the eve-
nmg sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving was
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daily onered; and here the neighboring Villa-
gers came together from time to time, to pre-
sent to the Creator the humble homage of
; their hearts, and to unite their supplications
' before his throne. Their animated andchecr
i ful countenances bespoke their peace of mind;
1 a peace which the vicisitudesf life had in a
j great measure, ceased to disturb ; a peace
i which nothing but a sense of the divine ap-
probation could afford, and which seemed
j daily toacquire new strength, as they felt, lite 'children in the heighborhood to come togeth
, to be receding, and eternity, with its solem-1 cr on that day at my house ; and studied to
nilies, drawing nigh. ! amuse them by relating some of my own wick-
j The old man in former days had been an ' ea- exploits, or telling them obscene stories.
; excellent singer, and there was still some-! possessing a kind of vulgar wit, Isoon found
. thing in his voice and manner which seldom 1 ray Sahbath audiences quite regular in atten
' failed to awaken a kind of sacred enthusiasm 1 dance, and, to appearance, mightily pleased.
in all whaheard him. In former years he had
stored his memory with worthless songs, with aione, I was guilty of, cannot be known until
which he used to amuse the young; but since 'the final day; and I can never think of it
his reiurn to God, he had been as diligent in but with the deepest compunction and selfab
treasuring up delightful hymns, which heh0reuce.
j sung for his own edification, and that of oth-
,' ers-
I As I entered the door of his dwelling, he
. met me with a pleasant look and a cordial
shake of the hand, and gave me an honest
! welcome. Having seated myself, and know-
j ing, from long experience, that the readiest
j way to make a profitable religious topic, with-1
! out first complimenting the world with tran-
. sient remarks upon its business or its chan-
fres, I said,
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g x an jjpuac jruu ac uut ui iiiucc tavuicu iv
who feel always heaven-born and heaven-
; bound ; you hardly know I suppose, those tips
and downs and changes ot leelmg which ol-;
tentimes distress us weaker Christains. j
Blessed be God, said he, I do feel that I walk '
I in the light, and that Jesus is constantly pre- ( emphatically, as melancholy breath. It ap
1 cious to my soul; still, there are seasons when ' peared to me, that if I became religious there
! 1 have not that full enjoyment with which ' was an end of all earthly comfort that my
j God pleases to favor me at other times. Not that friends would abandon mc, and the remainder
I have painful doubts as to the final issue, for .
) I can truly say, "Iknoio in whom I have be-
ilieved" and am confident that he will keen'
- raw ,.0rc c:n, t cof mv rna knnnu.nrj '
a wno keepeth covenant for ever.
Well, said I, friend John, the saints of old
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dience of Christ. '
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1 "ave no objection, sir, he replied, tograt
if 3ou in this respect, for I am often called ,
uPon t0 speak of these matters to neighbors
and friends ; yet it is seldom I can do'it with
a suitable command of feeling, or without
making my heart bleed afresh for sins and '
follies I would gladly, if possible, for ever e-
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rase Irom my memory. 1 he rehearsal, how-
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ta , ouM give yon bat iittlo faction;
I shall, therefore, be. very brief m this part of
my narrative,
The history of mv former life is but the
history every other notoriously wicked man '
wilh this difference, that while some men '
, t. , . e . r .
arf. dlStInf fr one fPof immor-1
tabty, and others for another, in me vice of
in frolicking and carousing; and for many J
years there was scarcely a midnight dance,
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every Kind reigned triumpnanc vvitn the w eimii ve u wpuruieu m u imun. a.u.
n exception of murder, there Scarcely a crime f nce." I felt worse than it is possible
n -,ieW J i tn (Incrrihn nnrt lid not knnw hilt 1 Should
with which I was not familiar. My youth Bink r lh conciII(ieii to arise and stand up, I
or any other scene of riot and disorder, with
in many miles around, which was not graced,
or rather disgraced, by my presence.
The same course was continued even after
I was married, although I well knew that
such irregularities were then less excusable ;
yet such was the force of early habits that I
could not deny myself. In such places I felt
easy and at home there I was sure to meet
with others as corrupt as myself, who strength,
ened all my prejudices, and were disposed to
run as great lengths as I could, in intemper
ance and blasphemy, and in ridiculing holy
men and -holy things.
Such places are the very schools of Satan;
and those who habitually visit them not only
run the risk of effacing, ere loner, every ffood
impression from their minds, but the truth is,
whatever they may be willing to confess, their
minds already are deeply corrupted.
Feeling myself lost as it were, to all good,
I took a malignant pleasure in trying to make
others as abandoned as myself. Instead of
going to church on the Sabbath, I held out
every inducement to the young people and
.The amount of mischief which, in this way
During this career of vice and folly I had,
at times, it is true, deep convictions of guilt,
j and awful apprehensions of death and eterni-
' tv ' lint T rnnc?florfl cunh fonlinrra frir thn
m08t part, as weakness, and endeavored al-
ways to stifle them as quick as possible.
t sometimes found it pretty difficulty to effect
this in my sober moments, but never failed to
accomplish it by having recourse to my usu-
al antidote, intoxication. With respect to
religion and all its concerns, I had the most
gloomy impressions. I viewed it as some
thing well enough to ne possessed when men
coine to die, but as utterly inconsistent with
an the enjoyments and comforts of life.
Christains appeared to me a race of gloomy,
unhappy mortals ; and the breath of prayer,
of my days be one unvaried scene of gloom
and dullness.
Such had been my life until I reached a-
sometimes had a secret wish to no. 1 was
barn, and not recollecting ever to have seen it
administered, and knowing that there would
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not seen as yet moved with fear, prepared an
ark to the saving of his house; by .the which
he condemned the world, and became heir
of the righteousness which is by faith."
Heb. 11 : 7. During the sermon my atten-
tion was fixed. I felt more than usually sol-
emn. But at the close of the sermon, when the
line was drawn between those who might not
worthily partake, and I witnessed the move-
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ment of those that were going forward, to
the table, and saw among them some who m
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ovenvheiminfr and i was forCed to say to my-
self, " Just so it will be with me at the day j
of iudnment ; friend S. and hundreds of oth
ers that I was acquainted with here, will re- j
f eiJfe ft,1 Sttlute' fWJ!!; '
"urit u,e KU,gU01" ireparcu ur juu, aw mu
g.0 and dwell for ever with the Lord,, while I
shall be left behind. Just as we are separated
Suppose I should meet some of my forjner
jolty companions, wimt wouw nry eoy ioscb
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me coming atvay from the meeting crying?
I should not know where to hide my head.
These feelings must in some way or other,
be suppressed, and the soonor the better."
I accordingly determined to go and get part
ly intoxicated, which I had always before
found to be a speedy and effectual method of
removing trouble. I went to a tavern and
drank a gill of spirits. I shudder to think
how I could thus peril my soul; yet still I
found no abatement of my dreadful feelings.
The judgment-day, with all its solemnities,
was before mc. I still, in immagination saw
the righteous receiving the plaudit, " Well
done good and faithful servants," and risiner
with their glorious Redeemer to a world of
glory, while 1 was Iett behind to mingle my
unavailing cries with those of devils and
damned spirits, and to sink with them into
everlasting night. In a little while, my guil
ty soul, with all its crimes unpardoned, must
stand, helplessand naked, in the presence of a
justly offended God. Now, thought I, there
is no time for trifling; I shall soon be in that
awful hell I have so much dreaded. To stand
out any longer, I plainly saw, would not an
swer. Call on God I must, or be damned for
ever.
I forthwith left the house, and aimed for a
piece of wood near at hand. I came to a
convenient, spot, .where a tree had fallen, and
kneeled by the side of it and endeavored to
pray.: I cried to God in the best way I
could for mercy and forgiveness, and to
save my guilty soul from going down
the pit. But although my misery was intol
erable, and my feelings almost agonized, yet
I could say but little more than " God be
merciful to me, the chief of sinners." If I
couldave wept, it would have been some
relief; but the fountain of my tears was dried
up. I returned, after a while, to my home,
and, h course of the day, went several times
to the same place for prayer ; but there was
no alteration in my feelings, and not a tear
could I shed. The night that followed was
a sleepless one to me. The pains of hell
seemed to get hold upon me, and the terrors
of the Lord to distract me. Next day my ex
ercises and feelings were very much the same.
But the day following I experienced a little
gleam of hope that there was yet forgiveness
with God, through Christ, even for such a
wretch as I. The thought of this so over
whelmed my heart that the fountain of tears
was now broken up, and my tongue unloosed
for prayer. I continued by that log, praying
and weeping, the greatest part of the dayit
was almost drenched with my tears.and for se
veral days afterwards it was never dry. I was
enabled more and more to trust in the divine
mercy, and to give myself up to Christ, de
termining, if I must perish, that I would die
at his feet, crying for mercy ; at the same
time a secret whisper seemed to assure my
heart, that there no soul was ever lost. He
appeared to me a Savior just suited to my
wretched, circumstances, as willing and able
to save to the uttermost, all who come to God
through him. Thus, by degrees, my painful
and desponding feelings passed away, and
light, and joy, and peace possessed my heart.
Although I had been before an abandoned
drunkard, yet it has now been more than five
years since I met with this changef and I have
had no more hankering after spirituous liquors
than if I had never tasted them. I can truly
say, I never knew what happiness was before;
and if religion was followed by no blessed con
sequences beyond the grave, yet the peace of
mind it here administers, renders it worthy of
the pursuit of every individual. It sways are
ways of pleasantness, and it is profitable as
well for the life thatnqw is, as for that which
is to come.
While our aged friend was going with his
narrative, several of his pious neighbors had,
one after another, stepped in, and when he
had ended, we improved the occasion for a
little season of social prayer. After which,
the old man sung the annexed hymn, which
he had committed to memory, and which so
well corresponded with his own felings, and
was sung with such heavenly pathos as to
draw tears from every eye. -
Nay, I cannot let time go,
Tjll a blessing thou bestow ;
Do not turn away thy face
Mine's an urgent, pressing easq.
Tliou didst once a wretch behold,
In rebellion blindly bold,
Scorn thy grace, thy power defy
That poor lebel, Lord, was 1.
Once a sinner, near despair,
Sought thy mercy-scat by prayer j
Mercy lie ard, and set him iree
Lord, that mercy came to me.
Many years have passed since Ihon,
Many changes I have seen ;
Yet have been upheld till now
Who could hold mp up but thou I
Thou hast lielp'd in every need,
This emboldens me to plead ;
After so much mercy past.
Canst thou lev "c sink at last ?
When these exercises were finished, I felt
jefreshed, and my spiritual strength renewed,
and could not help repeating, again and a
gain, " It was good to be there."
Reader, are you wandering from Christ,
like John Be Long? Return : trust in his
merits, and you also shall find mercy. Or is
your own heart bleeding over the obduracy
of some hopeless prodigal! Despair not of
success. By your faithful labors and prayers
he may yet be brought to bow at the Saviour's
feet. There is mercy in Christ for "the chief
of sinners."
lames' Next Novel. We arc not posted
up as to the title, but we commend the
following, which we clip from the Boston
Bee, as a very good commencement, if the
scene be laid in America :
The night was dark and stormy ; the
keen norLh wind blew the falling snow
violeptly upon the almost frozen forms
of two young men who were traveling
over Cambridge bridge ; not a word had
passed between them for several minutes,
when one of them turned quickly about?
struck his companion on Ihe shoulder and
paid: "Tom, jfive me n chav of tobacco!"
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From tfic Boston Inkstand.
Certificate for the Cure of JBro-Keu-Dowai
31 ere ha lit.
HEAD THE DOCUMENTS.
We have often tried, in our feeble
way, to make the-people of this city un
derstan'the benefits to be derived from
giving publicity to their business, through
the medium, of the Press. It will cure
more bipkendown, week, sickly business
men sjive more lives than were ever
saved br all the medicines ever sold tak
ing the certificates of doctors and drug
gists fcr true ; but read the docu
ments :
HEAR, THE TESTIMONY,
In the year 1840 I started business
in the city of Boston with a cash capital
of 5000, and. a good fair credit.' I
hired me a good store at a moderate
rent, and applied myself industriously
to my business. In 1842 1 took an ac
count of stock, and found that I was
S3000 worse off than when I began
more than half of my capital had been
sunk in expenses and bad debts. This
rather discouraged me, but as it was the
first year of my business, and I was but
little known, I thought I would try it
another ye.ar. My creditors and friends
recommended that I join a church or an
engine company both of which I did ;
and in 1843 I again took an acconut of
my affairs, and found that if I could
stop all my expenses, and sell my stock
out at the marked prices, I should lack
just 81500 of having money enough to
pay my debts. . I had a note against one
of the brothers in church for 200,
which some said was good this would
reduce my indebtedness that amount
but he never paid it.
To make a long story short, I failed
burst up went to smash and all my
friends hnd creditors pronouoced me a
ruined man, and to make it sure, they
turned me out of the church. In 18451
contrived to get a little amoney, with
which I bought a few goods. I got some
small bills and Cards printed, and sent
them to every body I could think of the
consequencewas, theybegan to come in
and trade with me a little. I continued
to push the Cards and Bills, and also to
advertise in the newspapers, and cus
tomers came in from all parts of the
country. I soon had to enlarge my store,
'and I now do a bigger business than any
man oa the street I keep up my adver
tising, and my business keeps increasing.
I have got 815,000 invested in good
stocks, I own the house I live in, and it is
worth 87,500 my goods are all paid for,
as I bny(for cash and sell for cash and
I havejpaid all my olddebts of 1843.
This I attribute to your invaluable re
medy to atfunhealthy business, of letting
the public know what you are doing and
what you want to do, through the press.
If this certificate will be the means of
saving one poor man situated as I was
seven years ago, my object is accom
plished. (Signed) C. SHARP, Jr.
A miser of the old school such a miser
" as we read of" died lately n Eng
land, from gradual starvation. One of
the habits of the old gentleman was to
pick up and carry home everything of
the slightest value which he found in his
walks, such as pieces of coal, old brooms,
etc. After his death, his house was
found to be so completely filled with such
warej that there was barely room for the
entrance and lodging of a single person.
The following is an inventory of his
effects : " One and a half tons of coals,
(although it is well ascertained he had
only bought one ton for twenty years,) a
cart-load of sticks, a quantity of gate
posts, a pair of barrows, several plough
shares, a cart-wheel, sundry posts and
rails, a guide-post, a quantity of children's
wearing apparel, a bushel and a-half of
partly-burnt candles, fifty half-worn
brooms, a number of spades and shovels,
a quantity of linen, principally belonging
to children, a largo number of tops, balls
and marbles, which nearly filled a bushel
measure; many stones weight of staples,
hasps, nails, crooks, etc.; one sackful of
cowtics and halters, eighteen farmer's
whips, eighteen plough hames, a large
number of rakes and forks, etc. The
amount of 650 in sovereigns, spade
guineas, together with 7s. pieces, was
found in different parts of the house."
Frozen Pofaloes.
It is 3tated that if potatoes, when in
a frozen state, are dropped one by one
into boiling water, and cooked, the.taste
or the quality will be uninjured by the
freezing.
In Chaptal's Choraistry, it is recom
mended to sprinkle the frozen potatoes
with slacked lime, so as to absorb the
excess of moisture whioh forms beneath
the skin when the tuber begins to thaw,
and whioh would otherwise occasion
speedy decomposition. Wo presume
that dry ashes would answer the same
purpose, and dry Plaster of Paris would
be better still.
As many potatoes in
cellars and pits
the late severe
foregoing hints
some housekeep-
liave been frozen by
weather, perhaps the
may prove valuable to
crs.
Everything has its ludricrous point of view,
and funny incidents occur even on suchrar
occasions as funerals. A certain Blue Beard
of this kttitude, overcome by his sensibilities,
fainted at the grave of his fourth spouse.
What shall we do with him! naked a p--plexeJ
friend ot his. 'Let hun ii..
a waggish by-stander, 4 he'll soon re-wife P
Fool Rot in Sheep
I would suggest a simple and yet sure and
efficient preventative and remedy for the foot
rot. The treatment is as follows; As th
farmers tags his sheep and turns them out in
the spring, lot him pair their hoofs as thin aa
possible, without producing blood; let them re
main "n their pons till thoir hood IwvaWnme
hard and callous, so as to render them unsus
ceptible to the influence of pebbles, stubs, &c,
and for this a day of two .will be sufficient.
The hoofs will thus grow outsoundand heal
thy. If farmers will go through with this
process with their sheep each spring, we
guarrantee that they which have been thus
treated, will not be troubled with the foot rot,
no matter how much they may be exposed.
Bost. Cult.
Wrestling with the Lord.
Josey Dobson was a fisherman, and a
great wrestler, his great boast was that
he could throw any man 'his neck of
woods.' Josey was not an educated
man ; he took every thing literally and
not Jigiirativety he despised all trope3 or
figures of style.
One occasiou, during the heat of sum
mer Josey was in New Orleans pursuing
his honorable calling, when the hot South
ern sun proving rather too much for his
iron constitution, he was taken with the
yellow fever. In a little while our hero
found himself in the Charity Hospital,
emaciated .and shrunk up with disease, a
mere shadow of what he had been. The
doctor did all.hc could for him, and final
ly told Josey that he must seek his
peace with Heaven by calling in a preach
er. Accordingly the preacher was senfc
for, and like a good scrvaut of his mas
ter, visted the poor man's bedside.
"Now," says the good man, "you
must prepare for death ; there is no hope
of your living."
" But I don't know how," said the
dying man.
" You must wrestle with the Lord,"
replied the preacher, " wrestle with himr
wrestle night and day as did Jacob of
old." ,
" What rastle with the Lord," said
the assonished Josev, looking down to
his emaciated limbs, " rastle with the
poor shrunken limbs Why, he u trp
me into hell the first pass !"
Indian marriage Promise.
A yonng Indian, falling in his inten
tions to a young squaw, she made com
plaints to an old chief, who appointed a
hearing or trial. The lady laid her case
before the judge, and explained the na
ture of the promise made her. It con
sisted of sundry visits to her wigwam,
many little, unuefinable attentions,
presents, a bunch of feathers, and several
yards of red flannel. Thi3 was' the
charge.
The faithless swain denied the unde
finable attentions' in toto. He had vis
ited her father's wigwam for the purpose
of passing away time, when it was not
convenient to hunt ; and had given the
feathers and flannels from friendly motive--,
and nothing further.
During the latter part of the defence,
the young squaw fainted.
The plea was considered invalid, and
the offender was sentenced to give the
lady " A yellow feather, a brooch that
was dangling from his nose and a dozen
coon skins."
The sentence was no sooner concluded
than the squaw sprang upon her feet,
and clapping her hands, exclaimed with
joy "Nowmc be ready for another sweet
heart. This is a dangerous period of the year
for bad colds people should be careful
Mrs. Partington says she has got a
romantic affection in her shoulders, the
neurology in her head, and the embargo
in the region of the jucular veins, all
from opening the window, to throw a
bottle at some beligerent cats on the
shed.
A married lady, who was in the habit
of spending most of her time in the
society of her neighbors, happened one
day to be sudenly taken ill, and sent her
husband in gnat haste for a physioian.
The husband ran a short distance, but soon
returned, exclaiming Mjr dear, where
shall I find you when I get back!
Wages in the United States. From tho
census table it appears that tho average
of daily wages in the whole United States
is in wrought iron works, $0 07 ; in
cotton factories, male, 80 65, feina e,
SO 44. In Massachusetts the average 13
81 01, 81 27, SO 52, SO 88, SO 54j re
spectively. Cotton labor there is paid
belter than anywhere c in the Uui?n
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