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VOL. 12
STROTJDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, AUGUST 19, 1.852.
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JEFFERHONIAN
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Why do Schools accomplish so
Little?
It is a common complaint that our
schools are inefficient, that scholars seem
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to accompiisn out little, comparatively,
with all the boasted improvements of mod-
cm times. This is doubtless often true:
we nave no wisu 10 ueny n. xns equai-
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lv true that there arc reason for the fact.
Children do not act without motives
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they will not study without inducements
to mental effort yet they cannot be ex-
pected fully to appreciate the value of
knowledge, or to improve their time be-
oause they feel the importance and ncces-
itj- of so doing. Other motives than those
which impel the adult to seek information
fTifi 7-rrtffi5;inn!l1 mnn in inmrnw liimsfilf '
or the man of science to prosecute his re-'
.searches, must be brought to bear upon
them. Among these motives, one of the I
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iiiusi puiicnui is iuu ui .ippiuuauun,
-not of their fellows merely, nor to their !
TWW .l.n, Th.v 77d to fopl tlmt.
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the eyes of their parents, of the men and
women in the district whom they are ac- (
customed to respect and revere, are upon
Htv. '
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VUV VUUV V-1 W ftMWf1'U-iw-r-.w-.
it is seen; it they improve, it is noticed; it
tney mannest ingenuity ana intelligence,
it is observed; and that if thcy are court-
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eons, frank, truthful, magnanimous and ;
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conscientious in their intercourse, and
faithful in their duties, it will be hioioi
and approved of all men.
Let a score of the best workmen, in '
anytrade,be employed upon a work which
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vrnnlil ronnirp mnnfric fnr it.5 nnmnlntinn!
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let each bepaid for his day s work, wheth-'
er he did little or much, and whether that j
was well or ill done; let no one ol tlieir salk anj cutting loose the grain and
fellow-citizens come near from one week ' tiuat tuey attribute all the damage done
to another, to compare the idleness of one to tujs pernicious new-comer among us.
with the diligence of another, the inge- j j naye not 7aad time nor opportunity to
nuity and taste of a third with the dul- vatca jt3 movements: neither have I been
ness and awkwardness of his nighbor;and I an Oioserver of tue grasshoppers. But
would it be possible for any mastcrwork-; expectiDg tnat attention of some one
man, unless elevated almost infinitely a-1 hsLS QQn turneu- particularly to this sub
bove them, to prevent them from falling iect,in connection with the agent or agents
into habits of carelessness and indolence? tuat nave produced the devastationf spo-! in a thrilling and awful manner. Respi
What motives to fidelity, to effort for im- j j.en 0 UOpe tjjat tjie pU)iic win be fa-1 ration was almost impossible, and we
provement, could he bring to bear upon j d !ith the result of their observations. ! could not hear each other speak,
then. But let the same men be employed , THOMAS WARNER, ! IZZT We f
on the same enterprise, under the same j nnrrnnTui- cp.r-fflrv nnh f!n 'so weak that mv other comnanion and
superintendent, and let him frequently re
lievo calls from his fellow-citizens, mani
festing an interest in the work he had
planned and which the laborers were em-!
bodying in fair and beautiful proportions
under his direction; let them drop to the
workmen expressions of their admiration of
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theplanandtheskillofthedesignerjlctmen,
of character and influence commend the j
fidelity -of the workmen; let gentlemeu of j
intelligence and taste notice the Individ- J
ual artists and inquire their names ; and J
would not these laborers be totally unlike
the men they were in the former case?
And could anything short of superhuman
power secure, in the first, anything like
the results which would be accomplished
without any appearance of effort on the
part of the superintendent, in the second
case?
Nee we make the application, to the
course generally pursued with reference
to schools of every grade? Children and
youth are influenced in the same manner
as adults, though to a much greater ex
tent, by the motives above named. Need
we say, that schools cannot rationally be
expected to prosper unless visited and en
couraged by parents and citizens?
Ohio Journal of Education.
All .may Learn. A little girl went
to the study of a learned philosopher for
fire. 'But you have nothing to carry it
in,' said he. The girl took up some cold
ashes in her hand and placed the live
coals upon it. The philosopher threw down
his book, exclaiming, with all my learn
ing I never should have thought of so
Ciicple an expedient!'
From the Bucks Co. Intelligencer.
Tlie OaCs Crop The Grasshopper
--The WormThe injury done.
The Oats Crop in this neighborhood,
which promised to be a very abundant
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will,, 11U.O uuuu icacucu III
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on it by a noxious enemy that has never
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before been known to disturb it seriously
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that I am aware of, in this section of coun -
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try
Previous to and at the time of cutting,
the standing grain over our fields was
noticed to be visibly alive with grasshop
pers; and they extended theinselvc's meas-
urably over the whole upper surface, so
that hardly a head was to be seen with-
out a moving insect. While underneath,
i ,1 of art cnin -,.o
j or less besprinkled over with the grain
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that had been cut loose and fallen from
' the heads. When the grain ' come to be
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taken up, alter laying a lew (lays in swath,
another spectacle presented itself.
j The grasshoppers were now pretty
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JnUcli rone, large numbers ot tliem lying
; defunct upon the cround, but mostly un -
' dcrueath the swaths : and in their place
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lnd seemingly come another living thing,
whose ravages upon the prostrate grain
were strikingly visible. A worm of a
greenish brown, but somewhat variega-
ted in color was seen in lare numbers
underneath the grain-bearing portion of
tho straw ; and the accumulated quanti-
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surface of the earth, plainly told that they
had been no idlers since they bivouaced
themselves there. They varied in size,
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prooauiy accoraing to age, irom tne tiny
ftnP. nf a nnflrter of an inch through all
i'a: m
t in: 1 1 1 1 i i m:ii i tL n: iiui iiuiu uu lj lul iuijv
developed one of an inch or more in length.
jn appearance, they somewhat resemble
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tue ordinary grubworm, that has such a
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IirXIIMI'I'I Hill II I M il I Ml I I .1 I I I (Ml II l!lt'll ill
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jt3 y0un: and tender state.
sTot being aware of the existence of
sucu a destroyer until after the oats was
'm swath, I am unable to tell whether it'
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commenced its ravages
antecedent to its
being cut or not : neither am I prepared
ii co-rr nfliAtlin,. nil l,n miciliin-F .Innn f n '
tiio cfnnrlinrr o-roin tms nponsinnofl W tiio '
L rasshoppers, or whether conjointly by
l.-iU
lm.IU yum. ,
j bavc understood that some individu-:
ajs nave scen tue worm crawiing up the
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Agricultral Society.
Wrightslown, Sth mo. 5th, 1852.
Whether the same has been witness-
e in other portions of our county, or else-
where, I have not yet heard.
t tit is estimated there is in the neigh-
borhood of from five to ten bushels per
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Beisalem August 4th, 1851.
Friend Brown : Therc are some far-
mers that tell us how to save manure, and
how to farm and often we-may learn a
good, lesson from it ; but while we are sa- j
ving manure and trying to raise good ,
crops, do not Jet us forget to try to keep
our farms free from noxious weeds. The
first and most to be dreaded is the moc
mullin, a new-comer in our neighborhood,
which increases very fast. I never saw
any before the year 1849. I have been
trying to clear my farm of them ever
since, by pulling them up ; but they still
increase, and I expect will, unless my
neighbors will try to keep their farms
clear of them; for I have no doubt but the
birds carry the seed for miles and drop
them, and thus they are scattered far and
wide. The mocmullin has a deep green
leaf; and if not cut or broken, grows with
a single stalk ; but if cut will shoot up
the stem, with a pod like a nightshade
berry, and very hard. I have been par
ticular in describing it, as I said it was a
new-comer
among
us, and may not be
known in general;' I was surprised to
see so many of the above mentioned weeds
on the farms between Neshaniiny Toll'
Bridge and Philadelphia the nearer
the city the thicker they are?" The Can
ada thistle is another had pest. By all
means keep it down. I have for several
years been trying to free my farm from
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. raxsonweea, orwnite Diossom.ana uocks;
ana uave nearly succeeded. I make no
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ni-ntnncinnfl tr lolrninf I unHnref firm
Utl.IVUUtUUU UV UtUil , JL. .A JKl.
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handling the pi
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pen; so you will j
ough much better than the
villpardonall errors and make
what use of the above you please.
AN OLD FARMER.
Great BaUoon Ascension.
Mons. Petin, a Frenchman, made a
, fine balloon ascension at Bridgeport, Ct.,-
a few days ago, and has published an ac-
count of it; His balloon was 70 feet in
' din.7nfit.fi r. nnd t.TiP Tinnt. nttnolifirl wn 25
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feet long. In it beside himself, were '
-Ions. Gustave Regnard, of France, and
' Mr. Wood, of Bridgeport. 64 men held
I,,' ,m,,.i . .
me ropes until uie signal was given to
j "let go." He says :
"With the rapidity of an arrow we went
r : i a 1.1. j? i A nnn
, iew imuuu;&, uu ueigiiu ui xu,uuw
' feet. We yet heard the huzzas which
were sent to U3 from our friends below,
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and felt the vibrations m the ropes ot our
balloon. We now saw the cities, villages,
woodsand rivers, as an unsurpassed land-
scape. In a beautiful frame of green we
saw the public buildings and churches of
the city of Bridgeport, whose domes and
towers and spires, gilded by the sun,
climio lil'o rrnlrl mill nonrla 1-iononfli na
We saw the city of N. Haven, with its
' pleasant greens, and on the other side the
villages of Fairfield, Westport, Southport,
Vnrfollr Sfnn.fnrrl Nfiw RnTifill,, nnrl n
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thoslind s.cenes of ,d.om.esfclc tran:
hMss 30 lavorcd
, u bile vjicatui ui tuu nuiiu.
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J "Far beneath us, shining like molten j
silver, lay Long Island Sound, dotted with j
silver , laying island bound, dotted Wltl
vessels, which appeared ike specks upon
its DOS
its bosom, while Long Island appeared in
.the distance, and far beyond, the broad
expanse of ocean. We observed the di-
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section of our currents it was the fifth
time we changed them and we found a
constant current, 15,000 feet from the
il. 17 X X L I. 1. 7.1
eanu, iroiu easii lj wuiun wouiu
current known already to extend over
1 O nflfl :i r, ,1000 Ct-
taKe us over tne iimerican continent ; a
from the earth, is a current in the onno-
' direction, which would take us tol
lib., mama . 7rtrn i-T rx fnM J n , , i- nr a n I
. , Q-n,A Tt;.r Af
i1G:ht we now ' a 3.000 feet. the
balloon appeared to us like a vast ruby,
framed by the azure. It threw its large
shadow on the clouds, and gave us the
image of an seril Venice. I threw out
more ballast, and we ascended nearly as
far as possible for human being to exist ;
we had reached the height of 22,000 feet
The earth appeared a chaos thermome
eter at 9 below zero. The cold was in
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tense; a heavy hailstorm, held in the
.n'r riv n. nnirfir mi If Ttnwn tn im tint. nrnn.
JT
myself were hardly able to open the valve
At last we succeeded in opening it, and we
descended rapidly to an altitude of 13,
000 feet. The imagination of one exal
ted to such extreme height grows vivid
and warm, as the body becomes dull and
chilled. For us no reality, no limits, were
existing. The dreams of Bernardine and
St. Pierre were realised ; universal peace
seemed to be on earth, and the whole
globe were United States. But a strong
condensation of the gas brought us back
to the reality of terrestial objects, and
we descended to the ground.
We landed at River Head, L. I., 50
miles from Bridgeport, and 90 from Brook
wheM we kindst assistanco
from the inhabitants."
The Mail and Hie Vine.
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In one of the early years of the world,
man began to plant a vine, and Satan saw
it, and drew near.
?Whatplantestthou, son of the earth?'-'
said the prince of demons.
" A vine," replied the man.
i: Oh, its fruit is pleasant to look at,
and delicious to taste; from it is produced
a liquid which fills the heart with joy."
"Well, since wine makes glad the heart
of man, I will help thee plant this tree."
So saying the demon brought a lamb
and slew it, then a lion, then, an ape, and
last of all a pig, killed each in succession,
and moistend the roots of the tree with
the blood.
Thence it has happened ever since,
that when a man drinks a small portion
of wine he becomes gentle and caressing
as a lamb; after a little more, strong and
bold as a lion ; when he takes still more
he resembles an ape iu his mischievous
actions, but when he has swallowed the
liquid to excess, he is like a hog wallow
ing in the mire.
day Frank Pierce Finns
down his Book.
Tunc "Joe Doane."
One day Frank Pierce flung down his book,
A sabre in his hand he took,
And fiercely swore that he would go
And kill some one in Mexico! ..,-'
Repeal.
And fiercely swore that ho would no
1 Anil kill mmp nno ;n T;,.r.i
lilUU Kill bOIllH One In lMRYlf.rt!
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Stuck high upon a trotting liorse,
He rode to meet the hostile force,
But Rosinnnte down did go
And half-kill'd Frank in Mexico !
At Cont'ras, on his horse again,
He stoutly held on by the inane.
His hold he could not then let go
To kill some one in Mexico !
All to his sabre tightly tied,.
j To Ghurubusco Frank did ride !
He fainted when he saw blood flow
Hartshorn was scarce in Mexico !
At bloody Molino Del Rey,
' He mad .n0 haste Join lhe fray
i It was discreet to be ftuitc slow,
And none killed Frank in Mexico!
Chapultenec was the last fight,
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His blood was up his soul was right ;
, He t the r,pes.anj tls Ahl Woe !
j He kill'd no one in Mexico !
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I One day a dog did chase a hare,
j AnJ wouj j,ave caUgUt pe0ple swear;
; But something slop'd him do you know
j If t,iat sl0PP'd Pierce Mexico I
' But something stopp'u him do you know
If that stopp'd Pierce in Mexico J
Ten Years Ago.
We are astonished when we contem
! plf f the ClianS3 ,
j in, fche C0Ur.3e ; n y?r3' 0W r,ap"
f tUc tld f ola
Themornmg ot life passcofl like a dream
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I and lok rUnd m. v.a!n. for th!c.om -
pamons of
our youtlitul days. W nero
are the gay, the beautiful, the happy, with .
of youtu andr bu0Yancv ofcnfoyment
ness ot jouth and uuojancy ot enjoyment
om we once sported in tne spriantn-
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; They were here; we knew them; we loved
U.hem: we reioiced with them down time's
iime's
Lsunnv stream with nleasure's fragile bark;
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sunny stream with pleasure's fragile bark;
One
but where are thcy now? Alas! they quest ot a brother that came on betore
have gone before us; the whirlwind 0f . nim and had settled in some of the dig
ii -i i -ti i j gings of that vicinity,
death drove them rapidly onward, and j?at was a strong, athletic man; a true
they are now sailing on eternity's wide, Catholic, and had never seen the interior
shoreless sea! The scenes of our child-' of a Protestant church. It was a plea
hood, too, fade away, and soon, not a '. sant Sabbath morning that brother In-
vestige of them is left as a token that they
1,..,. Awmrl TirtlA'p Y nr rl nil a TTMnnl
is ever rolling on.
where will we be?
Ten years more, and
Our present friends,
our nrcsont comnanions. will thev still be
? -vt ii v er. o
here? No: they may be scattered tar a-
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way; strangers, and in a strange land,
Ten years, and the aspect of things to
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families, and the last remains of forlorn
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wretchedness,) where will he be? He
and the beggar whom he drives from his
door, will have ne to tlieir Ions homes:
his wealth will have passed into other
hands. Ten years, and the student who
many, very many, will be changed. The stature,) invited brother 1. to take a seat recipe for destroying a very troublesome
i j i7i his rrtv. TTe accented the invitation rmitilft Worms in iiots mav he easilv
paie, emaciaieu miser, mac now ueuus u- ' ' ' . WW V , -tT i T i, r , V V 1 t r,
"i .. . . , ... . - . , and walked m. tohowed bv Pat. who destroved. sinmlv bv waterin the soil
- f ver his useless cold, (the wrecU or ruined . , , . . , ' a , ,T r ' . e -,l t i. i i i i
is now poring over volumes, and seeking replied Pat. premises by crawling on the surface,
with such avidity for knowledge, will have The meeting was opened with a prayer J when thcy may be taken off and destroy
acquired, and perhaps, forgotten it. The the pastor Patwas eyeing him close-led. If any remain, another watering
. A. ' .. 1 . 1 ' ? . . ly; when suddenly an old gentleman who may be applied. c have never iound
lovely maiden, whose mind and person g -n th(J p(JW dir(jctly -u front of Pat !any difficulty in destroying them by this
are just matured she is beautiful she is shouted 'glory.' ' method. Sat. Visiter?
happy pleasure beams in her counten-! 'Ilis-st ye noisy divil,' rejoined Pat: "ZT'T. 7 .,,
i 7i-i ui 1 ivifli lii'o Imirl whiminr which n-is heard The Erie Railroad. lhe N. 1 . & Erie
ance, and ioy sparkles in her eye; with utn ms loua unisper, umcn -nas nuuu
r w r 1 ir if, l d by the minister, 'be dacent, and don't 1 Co., has made a loan in London, ot two
a light foot and lighter heart, she steps yakoa bfllck(rui;rd of youwofi millions five hundivd thousand dollars" ou'
upon life's stage; but, alas, ten years,and ilc4parS0no rew m0ro and more fer- the bonds of the company, having fifteen
this lovely nemg win dc inaeeu cnangeu-'
thc.briL'ht. fascinating smile no lonser'
o longer
auMiiii"
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plays upon her cheek her once h
eve sneaks deener of miserv now than
A A
er it did of pleasure. Ten -years, and
what is now beautiful, will have taded
like the morninc flower. Ten vears.and
many that sport in the sunshine of pros-
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nniMMr will hr wpotinn in Tiiictnrr.nnn'a
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giooimesc aue. iuii yuara uuu liiu m.iu
of business will have settled his "final ac-
nonnt, thr fonl will linve 'nrrnwn wise. and
the wise will have discovered his i.rio-
o
ranee.' Tho Atheist will have found out
his mistake, and the Christian will
Ii
realized his hopes.
The farmer whose pigs were so lean
that it took two of them to make a shad-
ow.has been beat bv another who had !
several so thin that they would crawl out'tatcSj in Louiaiana have already amoun-!
through the cracks in their pen He ' ted to 100,000.
finally stopped that fun by tying knots
in their tails.
'I am now about to do for you what the f
Evil One never did by you,' said a quaint
parson in his valedictory to liis flock,
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'That is, I shall leave you
.'
Congress is doing tho government out
of 82500 a' day. Nothing ele of interest, j
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Looking Very Far into a Mill
Stonc. "The three wise men," not of Gotham,
but of the Keystone, have discovered a
mare's nest. In the last number there is
the following announcement:
MIn the event of Scott's election, John
ston will certainly receive a Cabinet ap
pointment, or his friend Stevens will be
Postmaster General. In either case the
parsonage of the National Government
would be at the disposal of the Abolition
leaders in this State, and there are thou-
sands of honest Whigs who will never
vote to produce such a result,. This is
the tenor of our information from all quar
ters." If Johnston be appointed to a seat in
the Cabinet or Stevens be made Postmas
ter General, a democratic Senate will,
share in the appointment, for the Senate
must act upon, and either confirm or re
ject all the important nominations of the
Executive. There is, however, no foun-
dation for even the slightest rumour that
either Gov. Johnston or Thaddeus Stevens
will be an applicant for an appointment
In the
event of Pierce's clection,he ;
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ed to Martin van Buren, John'
be indebted
Yan Buren, Preston King, Benjamin F.
j Butler, Robert Rantoul, David Wilmot
i and Bryant of the New York Evening
J Post, all well known anti-slavery men,
! or Abolitionists. Martin Van Buren and
. J ohn never work for mere love to either
' PnnoiPlcs or men- Thcy have 1Dade
their bargains with Pierce, and they and
, their Abolition friends will command the
natronafre of the Government. The Kev-
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, stone is working hard, but it can not get j
the Harrisburg Post office. Bomb-shell.
The Irishman and the Deacon.
I A few months ago, as Deacon Ingalls !
, p f ' traellinril'? tho ;
' -.p Q.n-c.f t t ,m0 tM,TAii;-;,,
t,"lr. 'f t. ''ot t - of v JYorlc
i,0 frtn .:fi, ni1 Triaum!tn n.hn wi ;Cf
T.ioi, i.-
arrived in this country, and who
1 arrived in this countrv. and who was it.
lit; i: i i l ill ."in 1111 ii u in
fc
I
gaiis met i ac, wno imjuireu ioi tue roau
nearest church.
Insralls was a ood nious man. He
told Pat he was going to church himself,
and invited his new made acquaintance to
accompany him thither, his place of des-
tination being a small Methodist meeting
, n , .
house near by. 1 here was a great reviv-
i al therc at that tIm and one of the dea.
COns (who, by the way, was very small in
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ter he was seated, he turned to brother
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I. and in a whisper which could be heard
all around inquired
'Sure, and isn't this a heretic church?'
'Tr,iell' noirl Tnry'illt: 'if vr stiiinl- n
loud word ther will put you out.'
IXUiJili a 1V J- 1A 111 1U j J J u
mivll a word will T sneak n.t all at all'
vent in the devotions. Presently the dea -
con uttered an audible groan, 'His-st, ye
con uttered an audible groan, 'His-st, ye
' blackguard, have ye no decency at all at
all?' said Pat, at the same moment giving
the deacon a punch in the ribs, which
tlir rlfnrnn ji linnc
caused him t0 lode his equilibrium. The
minister stopped, and extending his hand
in. a supplicating manner, said
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, . uroincrn , , uu , i i
'Urotncrn, we cannot ne uisturoeu in
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that man out?'
'Yes, your
will.'
riverance, suouieu rat, x
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And suitin.r the action to the word, he
collared the deacon, and te the utter hor-;
ror and astonishment of the pastor,broth-
o.v Tn -alls, and the whole coireation.he
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;iuu nun mi uu" u iuu ai-iu, nun ti mi.
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trfiinendous kick a nostenon. as the.
logicians say, he landed him in the ves-
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tibuleofthe church.
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A Hoax. The story that the equestrian
actor, Mr. Sands was killed recently, while 1
attempting to perform his antipodean feat
of walkin on the ceiling his head
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downwards, turns out to be a hoax tab-
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ncated, it is surmised, by interested par-
tics, for the purpose of advertising Sands
throughout the Union without cost.
A Good OiiCi
Ludicrous blunders will occasionally
occur in cases where ignorant persons at
tempt the use of language about which
they know nothing. The following is a
case in point :
Not long since, while travelling from
Pittsburg to Cincinnati, two queer speci
mens of the female sex came on board of
the boat at one of the landings, who for
and Jane N(W Mar'y had cufc ber eyeJ.
j teeth, or, in other words, was acquainted
(with the rules and regulations which gov-
ern geuteel society. J ane, the younger,
had never mixed to any great extent, and
was therefore in blissful ignorance as to
any of the rules which govern more re
fined persons. Her language, too, wa3
only such as she beard among her rustic as
sociates. Mary was aware of this fact, and
had therefore cautioned her to observe how
she (Mary) acted, and to govern herself
accordingly. Jane promised implicit o
bedience. Shortly after, while seated at
the dinner table, the waiter asked Mary
what part of the fowl she would have. She
informed him, in a very polite mannerf
that it was 'perfectly immaterial.'
nRftrdiWlv mw WaWn nml tlinnin-
quired of Jane what partshewould choose.
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lhe simple-minded girl replied, with all
the self-assurance imaginable,
1 believe 1 11 take a piece of the
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The scene that followed this declara-
tion is beyond our pen to describe. The
j assembled company were compelled to
give vent to their surcharged feelings in
peals of boisterous laughter ; whilst the
poor girl, her face suffused with crimson
blushes, left the table, declaring as she
fled to the ladies' cabin, they won't ketch
me abord on of those pesky steamboats
soon again.'
Quick Wouk. Mr. David Piatt, of
Westport, Conn., felt the necessity of buil
ding a large barn upon his premises, and
wished it completed in a hurry. He ac
cordingly, one morning, went at it, em
ploying all the builders, painters, &c, in
nis neijmDornoou. jluc lumoer. in it3
? rouSu stateJ was carted to the ground,tho
frame made and raised, the doors all fin-
! ished, the whole building erected am
and
properly painted, a quantity of rye drawn
in from the field, threshed on the barn
floor, sent to mill, brought home and made
into bread, taken to the new barn and de
voured by the builders, all between sun
and sun the same day, and in the evening
they had a jolly time over their extraor
dinary day's work.
This may appear like a "barn story,,r
but is true nevertheless, as we have it
from a reliable source, and had the plea
sure of seeing the wonderful barn. Some
smart people in Connecticut. Jersey City
Sentinel:
J5 Ladies who cultivate parlor flow
ers, will gratefully receive the
following
YItIl 1UUC-1I IllUlj lllll-u lllu UJ
putting a piece of lime weighing about
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two pounds, into a pail of water
wiieu
the whole is well slacked and well stirred
up, it should be allowed to settle. The
flnr Trnfrr rrmv thnn hr ttrnfn nfr nnn
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the soil in the pot should be well watered
with it. The worms will soon leave the
' years to ruu, ueanug wsjiei ix-m. imt-r-
: est, which, with the principal, is payable
est, which, with tne principal, is payable
! in London. With u, a double track will
belaid on important parts ot the road,
for which 5,000 tons of English rail iron
have already been bought by the agent
1 wno contractu ioi inu loan,
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two years, has caused a great increase in
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tji( pro(juctlon 0f tiiem 1U many parts of
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11113 Jj:isl- yt,iir ll1- ""iur oi a.rea
planted was exceedingly large; but it boro
no comparison with the number planted
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tiiia v c it i .
Those farmers who raised this
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crop largely last year and year beiore,
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maae a great ueai oi money. e nave
heard of siucle
farmers who sold in tho
Snriner lame ouantics, ranin from 4,-
rt . .
000 P to 1U'UUU bhcl3' lhey colu"
maml hlh Pnces smW from 9o CQnt3
to 81,20. Whether the immense plant-
! inir of this season will break down tho
price next winter, remaius to be seen,
'jjou t the clouds begin to DreaK in
quired Harriet, during a storm. She
was impatient to po out shopping.
"Guess so,' was the reply, and the
speaker glanced out of the window.
'Guess they're broke, - thel yeck bad en-
uu.