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Hinkley. _ niFFIeE on Main Street, near the Pok Of— (ice. Dr. H. is prepared to use Galvanism as a remedial agelit tithe treatment of Purely eis, Neuralgia and Rheumatic, affections, but does flat guarantee aurora Hopi its' implicit tiOri t o all or even any 'of those diseases. Rel.el has been given and cures effected in a number of Instances; laid May be in where. March 27, 11850, ly. Dr. L 0, Loomis, :j; WILL perform al - -' 4 lll w refrAW operations u at pon ren th i- e Teeth that e,u rml for their preservation, such as ScSling,44ling, Plugging . , &c, or will restore the loss of them, by inserting Artificial Teeth, from a single tooth o a full sett. fit:r Office on Pitt street, a. few oors sotithcof the Railroad Hotel. Dr. L. is ab• ent the last ten - days of overymionth. UMMI J• W. HENDEL, Surgeon Dentist .13_, informs his former patrons that he has re• turned to Carlisle, and will be glad to attend to all calls in the line of his profession. loct3l John Williamson, ATTORNEY AT LA\V.—OFFICE, in the home of Miss McGinnis, near the store or A &,\V Bentz, South Hanover street, Carßs4i. Penn's . )44450 Carson C._ Moore, AI PTORNEY AT LAW. Office in LA • the roern lately occupied by Dr. foster, deceased: mar 31 '47 Wm, Di. Penrose, A TTORNEY AT LAW, practice in .til. the several Courts of Cumberland county. OFFICE. in Alain Street, in the room former y occupied byL. G. Brandebttry. Eaq. James R.. Smith, A TTORNEY AT LAW. Has RE MOVED his office to Beetem's Row, two onrw isr3rn thirk holder's Hotel; - apr --- G3SO.III.GXI MGM JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. OF "' PIM: at his residence, corner of Mai street and the Public Square, opposite BurlthoLder's lintel. In addition to the duties of Justice of the Peace, .will attend to all kinds .Of writing, suck as deeds; bo'nds, mortgages, indentures, articles of agreement, notes, &c. Carlisle,..ep 8'49. • Plainfield-Olassical Academy, FOUR MILES NEST OF CARLISLE. The Nina Session will commence on wllo.ll' DAY, Aovember , 1850. N consequence of increasing patronage a large and commodious brick edifice has been erected, rendering this one of the.most desirable institutions in the state. The various departments are under the care of competent and taithlLl instructors, tail ever) endeavor will be made to promote the moral and intellectual improvetnent of students. The surrounding country is beautiful and healthful, and the in stitution sufficiently distant from town or village to prevent evil associations.. - - Terms— s so psi Session (Five Months.) I:4t_eirettiars. wi,ll.full.fidormation.address . - . Rif UDRN S, Principal Plainfield P, Q., Cumberland Counts, Pa bet2'so Fresh drugs, IYiedicines, Erc. &e. I have just received front Phi Mel.. phia and New York very extensive additions to my formeestock embra , mg nearly every article of Medicine now in use, together with Paints, Oils,.Varnishes, Turpentine, Perfumery, Soups, Stationery, Fine Cutlery, Fishing ,Tackle,— Brultes ,it almost every description, with an endless variety of other articles, which I tun de termihed to sell at the vane LOWEYr prices. All Physicians, Country Merchants, Pedlars and others, are respectfully requested not to pass this OLD STAND, as they-may rest assured that every . article will'he sold of.u.good quality, and : upon reasonable terms. S. ELLIOTT, Main street. Carlisle. May :30 Extensive Cabinet Wa re- • ooms Lt C. Gibson, CABINET=M - AKER - &-13 N • IYERTA HIER, North Hanover street , would respectfully inform the citizens of Car isle and the public generally that he now lins'on hand a large assorrment of new ......- w ~>e4 F.LIRNITLLRE, consisting in part of Soles, Wardrobes, Card and other Tables, Bureaus, Ihdioerlds, plain an Jong Sewing Stands', &e. Anihafacturnd of tho best materials and quality waiYanted. Also a gene• rut assort tnent of Chairs at the lowest prices.— Vonitian Blinds, made to order and repairing promptly attended to.•:.73)111rio COFFINS made to order at the shortest nott . and having a splen!.. did Hearse he will mend funerals in town or country. tr:rllont forget the old stand of Win. C. Gibson, in North Hanover street, a few doors north of Glass's Hotel Sept 4-ly Extensive Furniture Rooms JA NiEs R 4 .IvPIANDR. would respectfully call the attention ol House Keepers and the public to hiS extensive stock of ELEGANT FURNITURE. including Sofas, Wardrobes, Centre and ether Tablbs,. Dressing and plain Bureaus trod every otlrtranicle in his branch of business. Also, new, on •hand tho largest as sortment of,CI - 14IRS in Carlisle, at the lowest prices I:Cr - Collins made at the shortest notice and a Hearse provided for funerals. He solic its a call at his ,:stablishinent on North Hano ver street, near Glass's HOTEL. N.B.—Fur• niture hired out by the month or year. Carlisle., March 20. 1850.-1 y .ductioneering: THE.subscriber'svishoslo.informida friends in town and -country, ,that ho has commonc -1: '..•ed the above businciss 4• • ' ; and attend to salon tviair,74 : 4 irf-t ow n and countri'on •;PY. Alb the - 'n'ost reasonable terme 1113 eau W teuntiat tho Hardwrue Store nest door,: to Scott's Tavern :in 'North •Hanover street. - . . Mil GEORGZ Z. ZRETZ; URGEON DENTIST—wouId respectful " 7 .) ly inform the public that he is now proper rid to perform all operations on the Teeth that may, bo required. Artificial Teeth . insetted, front a single tooth to an entire set, upon the latest, and most approvell principle, The pa. troompkor the public is respectfully solicited.— He may he hound at the residence of his bre ilidt on North Ph street. Carlisle, Sept 18, 1850. Lumber-Yard. T um would .respOetfully inform hi* friends and tlre public generally that lie has just opened it 'now LUMBER AND COAL YARD iti West High street, a fow doors east of neSsrs - .1 - & 311 Khoads'a Warehouse, where he new.' has and will' keep constantly on hand iiirst rate assortment of nll kinds of sea Awned• pine boards and plank and all Oiler kinds of St 1 ,11; sll of whisk. he will soli tow cash April 3, luso:: JOHN N. ARMSTRONG Notice. . TUB Commissioners of Cumberland county dent it.propetto inform the public, that the eta ed meetings of the Board of Commissioners will be held ea the second and fourth. Mondays, of elle. l l !mull, et whieh tinth any- persons.having busi lees with said Ooard r will !mot them at meit office in Carlisle . Attest la= 4:Dyeing and Seeming. virimo.m.BLAl ß ; in Lotithei Street, near the Coilegi3, dyes Ladies' and Gentle men's apparrol, all colors, pad -warrants all work gbo.ollisfactory.,. Qrdera in his tine reapeetfullY aolieited, • •' Bea 2 '46 - • • • • • • '.Co Thlillo3.ors. - •• JU S I'. received another "lot of" Bonnet rrarties'of the:latest Style. 'Also, Bonnet silhe - , Hilk and_ Stitin Liniege.of verloutycolors,. deo!' • • Cr IV , HITNERI a F a mily ,ireivsptep&,—...,evoted to . Literatures e9errilC4l4Bfre;-: , . THERE ARE TWO THINGS, SAITH LORD BACON, WHADH , 'MAKC A NATION GREAT AND PROSPEROUS—A' FERTILE. SOIL AND' BUSY. WORKSHOPS,—TO WHICH, LET ME , • w c c • Se 91 • 1 Say, Melancholy, whence art thou, Arid what's thy miraion here below? the 0 When of thy shrine s int bow. It leinns, alogrthe tide I tr ire. - ' CllllOllllOll c'et t akintli a errowing mind And yield at length rel of firmi rare, • For which the heart dot oft repine,' When helplessly li,iit lee ensitarid ? No, to, for oh th,toMinrins are false— Es ocrienct.rifell the truth attest: Thou "Cans't no wilo`e.mie Joys impart Nor 3 ield a troubled spirit rest. For, for away, be thine abode, Arid not mirthu this heart or intim, For those who' tread thy witching road Are oft to wretchedness criesign'd. Wien, what lo life if thou alone COmparrionslilp afford below : 'Tot void 01 best, but more lotion, If naught could mertol ease, bestow. , But charms there are which ne , er decay ' live, yes, they blossom forevdrinore, Their cheer the christion's stormy way • And whisper toils will soon.be o'er. Then, then, when life's turmoil's ore o'er, Eternal joys will usher in, ,When Jesus greets at Heaven's door The soul releas'd from death and ale. Oh then,.with all the angelic choir We'll ever sing redeeming grace, No more, no more, shall vale desire, Annoy us in that:Heavenly place. MIRANDA Walnut Bottom, Sept. 29, 1850 ~~ ~~~~~~s~7~~~~o • From ibe'LadleC.Rtlogazine. _ The Woman whotad Nothing to Do. `Well, Mary,' said Charles Lewis, to 'his young wife, who bud returned, after an ab sence of a tow weeks, from an exploring oxpe dition, 'I think I have found a plum which will suit us both.' 'Where is it 1' inquired..s.liiry. 'ln Bloomfield,about fifty miles from here.— There is not a single store within four miles, and every person I mentioned the subject lb, is of the opinion that I cannot fail to do a good business.' And can a suitable house be obtained 7' 'Yes, one that w inexactly suit you ; were 'you to see it, you would Imagine • that it was, built 9n purpose-for us. It is white, with green blinds, and is literally ' embowered among trees .and shrubbery. • . 'Are there any flowers 1' 'Plenty of them. They.border alt the pathos and as for roses, judging from the number of bushes, we may, if we please, have a 'feast of ruses,' as they do in the East.' 'According to your description, it must be an eiltftly Paradise. When shall we go?' /Next Monday, if you. can be ready as soon no then.' '1 could, if necessary, be ready before that time,' was Mary's reply. r iThough Mary's , expeetationi had been raw ed high, she was not disappointed with the op .pearanee of their new. residence. It was exact.- ly what she wished. i3y this close of the week every thing was errs nged ,end all the apartments wore a neat, quiet,home look. Mary had never been accustomed to do housework, having be fore her. marriage taught school for a livelihood ; but she had, whenever opportunity presented; been a close observer, and bade ,fair, with a lit tle experience, to make a most excellent house keeper. Though her husband thought that it would be impossible for her to get along with out, at least, a girl of a dozen or fourteen yeire -te.assistberraim-told any Jute make the attempt, as they could not afford to increase their household expenses. , llon't you think, Charleß, that I am nearly equal to Irving's Mary 7' s.iid alie t nne_ day, as for the dessert she placed some fine strawber ries and cream upon the table. • 'I am sure I do. Ilow very fragrant they are. • That is, partly, because they are fresh from the vines.' 'Who gathered the . in for you 7' .No one-1 gathered thew myself.' .But we 116 e none in the garden.' .1 found these In the fields.' SMILEY , Lot you find them where you would, they are delicloue. I believe that they are superior in flavor to those which aro cultivated. Didn't you find it fatiguing . to rove round the fields af ter them 1' was a little tired by the limo I reached home, but I shall enjoy my reading and sewing all the better fot it this afternoon.' !Speaking of reading matters makes me think of the magazine I 'took from the post office as I came home. Among the contributors, besides our favorite Mrs. Stevens, I noticed the name of Miss Ella Rodman, the author of "rho ley Farm,' and several other find writers. glad the magazine has come. The tie room wo have fitted up , for a library will be a delightful place to read in. Those 'maples shade the windows, and create u cool delicious gloom, while the rustling of their foliage makes' exactly the tight kind of music, for one who wishes to toad or indulge in revery.: You . Must not be surprised it the rural influence by which I am snrrounded, proves ro inspiring. that I alien one of these days, write something for .Peterson'a Magazine. Don't you think that the name 'of Mary Lewis would look very well on the list of original contributors 7' A - S ^SENER .1 wish you could stay at home; this afternoon and read with me.' .oh, never fear fur me,' said he,taily, 'as long as I can measure calico and ribbons, an employment which Is delightfully - varied. by weighing sugar, coffee, and tea.' Half an Wet, afterward, Mary had scaled herself near the open door of the librsrY. whence, whonever . ehe chess she could step out upon a smooth. green terrace. She had just commenced culling oinetlie leaves of the mag azinbosiben she was somewhat startled by a rake Unit said, .You are that lady. et the Immo , t‘akett. •• ' • Lookint up alto saw a tall and lean, yet rig atone lookink'Woatan standing•at the door. ant,' wus - .ll4tiry'et answer. - ..And my name is Pic:kilo; and al am your, nearest neighbor, I came. right ,. in_without knocking. I sat ou t to comaiind ocelot' yes. - terday ellarnoon, Mrs .. . 0 opeon came In and_ .;. hindered Suspecting she hae,4ltin*,h'the intention of spiendingibe ulterney,9,33vhasited.har-to- : Asher off her things, and Am' Conducted her in to the pprlor 4 • ~;~~c~t~~~; .. For the Herold MELANCHOLY. I=l3 I=M=lll CHAPTER 11. 'This is my work,' said Mrs..Piekinsiopen leg a large beittile as soon as she had seated herself: 'l've a large family to sow fOr, and have to improve every minute. I.was telling Mrs.'Hopson, yesterday, that if I was in your, place I should!nt be" tibia to find nn naughty thing to do a tenth port of niy time. I shetild , tie obleegur to sit and fold my hands: • rood, or cultivate the flowatii,Wett Y have' no work which 1, am obliged td do,' said Ma- 'Well, I know a body can read when worst cornea to worst,. bunts terrible dull music, ac cording to My way of•thinking. And as tor limiers, though I don't siiybut "whiit they - look pretty enough, them is no refit in them they'll neither give you moat, drink, nor clo thing. Mrs. Hopson and I were wondering be tvreen oursehies, why you 'didn't keep a cow. taking care of the milk, and making a few pounds of butter now and then, would be pret ty little work for you, and help to fill up your time. Arid you haven't -a mite of spinning to do -neither. Well, as Mrs. Hopson and -I said, it's a mysiery how"any body that hes 'no 'Mare to "i 1.3 than you have, can get thrdugh the day .with any kind of comfort. 'I heliovo, if anj thing, 'it is worse than to hove as much to do as I have. Only see what a sight of work I briiught With mp, and there's not a stitch of it 1.).0. that I may safely say we ore -suffering for. Hero'e an apron to make for our Sully; tinoth cc for Kitty, a gown for Betsey, and tho button holes to work on Sam's jacket, and how I'm ever to get thorn done is more than I can toll.' Wynn aro moo much of a hairy, lot me as sist you this afternoon,' said Mary. 'Well, if ydu Will take. hold arid help me a little while; I shall bo the thankfullest critter that ever lived. Here's the button-holes I spoke -pflotho pork on Sam's jacket—l know 'you are good ut button=holes`—ain't you now I' believe I can work a buttonhole,' said Ma.- ry• .1 knew so. Now our Sally, though sho:s a good smart girl about the fiuteo to touch a, mite of sewing, and as for button holes, ghe can't work one that is fit to be seen. You see thilt this jacket is u pretty good piece of cloth ; it looks as if it would wear well, and I don'A think t'will fade. By good rights -the buttonholes un such a good jacket as this ought *to ho w&ked but I haven't a needle. ful in the world' • .1 believe I have sumo that vi ill do,' said Ma ry, 'I will look and see. , 'So do—that's a good door, and sometime when ft canes handi, I will give you as much of something. I calculate, if Mrs. Hopson can go with mo, said Mrs. Pieltins, after Mary had found'the twist, and cominenced working the buttonholes, 'to go and pet, Mr7: - Creamly to morrow in the afternoon. She's a grand good woman to go and see. She knows how fond am of warm , cultes and custa rds , and so iyhen I go to spend an afteinoon with her, the miit bto it in four-o'cluelt-uhe puts the riven' to heat ing. and then't‘e have, somoViing: io_cat with our tea that's North eating.' ; Mary, after this broad hint from her guest, thought she could do no less (hell follow Mrs. Creamly'e'example.. _She., therefore, worked.. as hard as if she had been on a wager, so as to finish the buttonlitiles 'in time to bake some cakes and custards. When she rose to go into the kitchen h in order to perfdrm her task, she requested Mis:PiCkine to Cdelil3o her- abspnco.. 'The land.' said hersuest, , l hope you don't think that I am going to stay more alone while you aro getting supper. I'm going to keep .you con‘pany,for_l. WOO idnN,- have --you—think that Pin so proud that I oito't sit in the kit- Mary remonstrated ak far as politeness would permit, for, considering herself, as yet, a mars novice in the culinary art, she did not care to' be subjected to the scrutiny of such an adept as Mrs. Pickino declared herself to be, during the performance of her onerous tusk. Remon straaco, however, to such u-determined_wornan ,as Mrs. Picking, proved vain, and taking Sally's epren to hem, because, as she suid,..it was More curtailer work thareabything else she ilud try thr,' she followed Mary into the kitchen. 'You find the oven to be first rate, don't you 1' said she. 'That's the cams pones Griggs used to give it. Mra. arovkiier, that used to live here, was an ailing woman, and used very ?flan to have to"get Dorcas to help bor. • v 'I haven't tried the oven yet,' replied. Mary, use a-booking storic.l - tell if you do? Well, I couldn't con 7 trivo what kind of a piece of Orniture that. was. 'lt;r3 the, first thot was ever in_the place. I've heard tell of 'em--can't think it ie possible to baits .any thing eo well in 'em as in an old •fashioned brick oven'. Come, now, supposing you should go and heal - -tho old - ovon - juat - for tho notion of It., I can tall you all about it, and perhaps you won't have, another such a chance for a long ' . But as Mary's svish to pleaso was not strong enough In overcome her reluctance to trying the exporimplat of !sliding the oven for tho,first Brno, she declined in a quiet, yet so decided a manner, that Mrs. Picking did not urgo the mutter any further. Sho kindled a fiN in the stove,bind hoped that when this room became uncomfortably worm, Mrs. Picking would take 'refuge in the polar, as the conscioustreekof btring watched in every movement perplexed ter exceedingly, and ronderbd her task doubly oppressive r , She.. lied greatly underrated - hot guest's powers of endurance, when triad 'in ,the balance against her curiosity, She endue ' ed the heat with stoical fortitude, and evidently had no thoughts of withdrawing: ' At- last Mary Ventured to suggest, that as, , tho Wee rondo tho room very 'ward, oho would be' Mitch . more eomfortable in;.the parlor. ' 'Wail; if Yac can' hoar the Install guess I can,' was the • %am obliged-to boar it,' said Mary. 6Well, I don't care foithat.,, I wouldn't have You think . NO MAUI' as IV ' ipt oft arid leave you horo all tujo steno. Y.Oll have to mope bore by youraelf lull enbitgli, , without alngle person teapeak to, and beshies,:l - limeto watch the manoeuvres of e , younwomen when, they firet•set. pp - liousekeeping,to two how they ;ear.' rysatl, , , and. lop bid falr :tuititti "'goad, amart,UlivSs ! ' , 4 0;; Trim - Atte firat, hid a' kind..of wigs' anapleion that, curiosity, Was the r,Cal.;ciuse why Mrs. Pieiiins so pertinaciously insisted on CARLISLE, DECENlfitii Is. 1850. remaining in the kitchen, this uncerbMonious; announcement of liar motive; bility, to her surmises!, heightened fier ember regiment to such a degree that 'sho:foundit im. ' possible to recollect whether: she. hati-Pui the: requisite quantity of soda into 'the. cakes' rho, um; preparing or nor..,This putt her to the sta-• isessity of trying a small 5 calm t by. itsolioilso, - to renew .the fire, that the oven might longer' retain the, proper'degsee of heat/ As the:cake refused to ride, she forbid Out oho had omitted: the soda altogether, cvliieli'clicited",from Pickins, th• savory admonition, !to mind and always have her thoughts about„her. , As soon us't he cahee were fairly in the oven, 'I want to know,' 'said Mrs. Piekina, 'if the cur. rants ain't big enough to 810wn..., _. I don't know,' replied Mary,lfor as we have had plenty of atm wbernes, 1' haven't noticed them particularly.' • . .1 gusts they are,' said Mrs.Tickins. 'Com e -. suppose you and I should go into the garden and pick a feW to make into sass for tea.— They make_firatlrate sass—an excellent thing to whet up the appetite? The currants were accordingly gathered, und ' after duo propuration wore. placed upon the Stove; to stew. . 'There, now you go and set your table, if you want to,' said Mrs. Prelims, 'acid ill watch the currants, and see that they don't bars too.' • Mary planked her, and gladly availed herself of her offer, for the cakes and . mallards Warc . nearly done, and she did not Wish themito get too cold to suit her guest's fruit's. :If was also about time for her hbsband to come to eat, and as-he haiku° clerk he would not' like to be e. bliged'to wait. When MMY 'returned to the kitchen, she visa surprised dot to sob Mrs, Pickins. • , ' 'Here lam in the store-closet,' said she. I'm , hunting round for a pun orlsometiring of the kind to set the dish-of curranie in the cool.— • There you needn't come'—l've - found something at last. What a gilind, good provider your husband is,' said she as ehe'placed tho_dlsh of.: • currants into a basin of cool Water. 4 While,l was In the stomeloset,l took the liberty to look round a little, and saw that Icere vias plenty of - everything the heart could In a'few miriules arrival' While 'at the table, Mrs. Pielstns gave hlma faithful account of the household labor sirs was obliged to perform 'melt in and week nut.' She also averred, that had ehe not se r en . it done with her . own' eyes, she coatd nut have belieied it possi ble that such complete cakes (Told have over been•bak r ed in a atove -oven; ,sho took Iplive, she assured Mary that-slui had found her to boa much more agrceabl! person than she - expeatednot half so jmroudur starched up— and that us fer buttonholes, ey3 dig think she ivus the neatest hand at 'on el-any person she ever came across. crt.',l4 ll. • The' next da'itilary - latd Staab* and iron inn do, which, besides•the'cooking and oth• er necessary tasks; kept her closely employed till dinner time. The wenthe Was uncommon ly warm, and by the time-AO was ready to sit down in the afternoon, she-tiad seldom' ih her whole life - felt - so- much fatigued. - 'Aeon' the preceding day, .she seated hirself near the open door of the library, with magazine in' her hand, she could not help tbliking that she had earned the right to reed it, Stu:imit finished__ - cutting - open - the - leaTcs, - antlread - tikistit - Valf Or - 'Julia Warren,' when she heard sow one rapping at the back door. to answering the somewhat noisy summous,,she saw a large, •tiwkward-looking - hoy - i - 19 bundle -- in his hand. 'W.II you walk In 7' sai.! - Tilie; after vainly waiting for him to make linlam his errand. 'Well. 1 guess 1 can't said.he. 'Aloth er has sent you 'l'in'e best,)tcket and mine for you to work the hutton-hola. • She seed them ykiu.worked for Sam Pieta, and moth er says you've nothing to 4 and would rather work them than nut. The!must be done to morrow by noon, 'causo,T4 and' 1 , want the jackets to wear over to Chi o Hesekiah's.' 'What is your, name?' i uired 'Mary. 'Ben HopSon;and 1 li over: in 'lne red lionse next to the selioul 1/stisp.' Before Mary had made her mind what lo - say in reply to this singulal request, Ben had deposited hie bundle on th sill and turned to go: She thought of ca ng hint back, and sending word to his mothe!that eho was busy and could not work the biton-holes; but a' lit- . Ile hesitation on her partgave bim limo to get - beyond the sound of her trice, had she made the attempt. Having thd, tacitly consented to perform the task HO unceemoniously imposed, she took the bundle into ib house a nd opened it. On examining the jatele she found Ilfey ' were of a dozy fabric, aiich would ravel 'it -the slightest touch ; this would make it` very - difficult to - work.the btititholes in a , manner at all eatiefaetory. As rre was nothing sent .work tbei - with, she con dect that Mrs. Hop son ear acted she woulditd whatever was nee.- 3 1 1 unary as she had donel Mrs. Piekine. fla ying. succeeded' in find g seine silk of the right shade,'shemitb ae h resumed' her seat in the library, with a ju al io her hand instead ,of the magazine. As'. had anticipated, it required the utmost e 'lion of her skill to make them look decent ' She worked with unremitting assiduity; a 'was barely able to finish them by- the - timel was necessary tdpre. pare tea. Some sewing her own that - could , not well be dispensed w t which, with a little reading, she had- inter d.-to. atop)°, herself during the afternoon,.oeppled her time till Into in the evening ; and theiblie'vas fur,tod weary, • to haso.any- wish- to• ltd. The pillow was mortrattratitive 'Akan • t ' alisorbilig- pages of, 'Julia Warren.% .' ... ' , ...' The folloiving day, almoolonsumedall he 9e. again took her en magazine in, her hand 19,.squiker4elf . up 1.91 pages. 4 9 1 Y .P':9 . 1 1 4 4 1) holett i ocented tp.(ortp . work round the colum press, Stio started- nt nolta t lar aha was had that liven thin:thatis on Their 'Tay, tvhlohl; ImAnvelgie'd• made, up kierMilinl:to live mannei.o,.l alwbuttonholevlin heraelfoetartiog.quiokl sound of o low, modes 17 . ; Ausines.s and G_eneral_lutell:lit_ence._ Shp' went and opened it„ and beheld • a pretty; rospelieeked girl of eighteen. She held . a emelt bundle_in.her hand, and Mary was Sure that There were unworked buttonholes in it;.yet the gj ,.. o's blue eyes heaped so modestly, ,and her voice seas . so sweet' when she said, '1 believis.this is Mrs. Lewis,' that Mary could not helP•inviting . lier' to welk in, not cOlitty . und . ceremoniously, but in a manner so warm and gincerejhat the blue-eyed beauty's courage at abut revived. Mary insisted on her taking off her bonnet and spending - the afternoon. She soon affer rvards' took some sewing to encourage tier young guest, (whose name she fotmd was Ella Gray)(o.tuido l the roll of snowy linen, which, at her.entranee, she laid on the'lable. She Soon lobk it theiiee, and Mary - oliserSed that her rotor heightened, arid her hands trembled as she unrolled it. i•Thouglid dislike very niuch to trouble you,' salifshe, taking up a shirt' sleeve, which was nearly mptlo, '1 have takenthe- liberty to call in order to-request you to • teach' me 'how to make the - button-hole — 'Buil - mustn't Itarn on this,' and restoring the sleeve to the bundle, .915, produced a piece of cloth, on which were euhdry-dongliudinal- perforations =intended - for iuttonholea, all of whien were decided failures. &tyros right in thinking that they did not look 6tslo appear on the wristband of the sleeve she had just exhibited. 'These are the best I can do,' said .she, 'and you see what miserable looking things they are, and they will be so unmercifully criticised by Edward's This allusion to Edward brought another ,blush to her chock, deeper than before. —.Doran think it-will be possible for me to learn to make buttonholes as nice as you can, Mrs. Lewis ?' 'Oh, yes,' replied Mary, with a little instruc l. ion you will bo able to' make 'them finite no Well.' • 'Do you think so F lam very glad, for Ed wcird'i'sikers are so nice, and have laughed at him so much about being obliged, when we are married, to come to them to have all his nice sewing done. He o stied me to show them' that they were mistaken. by making some`nice shirts for him. I have taken a great - Ideal of pains with them, and have succeeded pretty well; I believe, till I came.to .thts buttonholes. They were too hard for me.' 'I suspect you didn't begin right,' said Nary, and so it proved. By carefully' following the directions of of her instructress, her sixth but tonhole, she felt sure, was quite .equal, if not superior, to what Jane Horton, Ed ward's eldest Sister, could work.' . 'So,' Thought Mary, as she listened to her re• marks, and noted her earnest countenance, 'by teaching Ella how to-work a ballonhole,lhave perhaps given her the means q vorking ,her 7 self, into the good graces of her 'future sister, in-law, withobt - which her domestic • haptiiness• bight reso.la.a precarious foundation." . ' And this':refleCtihn, when .she remembered that Mrs. Piekins was the primary cause, mime what ameliorated the feelings of dislike with which she regarded her too unceremonious next door neighbor. 'There bust,' thought she 'be an end to the buttonholes,' and so.. there was fur that season, at least ; but thePity.lav isbediupon her because site had nothing, to do, appeared to be inexhaustible. This, while it sometimes amused her, still oftener annoyed her; the more so, because she really had so - mueh - tu - doTas - to - sulTer - m - orti'or — tear r( otq - ligue every day. One woman, when compassionating her on the subject, like the Widow Bedott on a differ ent occasion, declared that if she had nothing snore to take up her time, than she had,, she should be tempted to commit 'aelfeuicide.' = That hlarimight not be beset by such an aw ful temptation, she told her that Ttirtilliessed she should send her ti cap and collar to . work. 'lt would,' she said, 'be sweet pretty little innocent work, to amuse her with when she was all alone.' _ .So, it would,' said Charles LdWi3, who en tared ill Beason to hear this last sentence, 'bu us ill, or perhaps good luck would have it, Ma 11 has got to make a dozen bhirls fur tine, and can hardly toll what beside. You see, there ffirc, that working the cap and collar is out o the queStion.' 'La, well,' she replied, 'if. she only has some kind of employment to keep her from being low spirited, all ono to tee I'm sure. 1 wasn't governed by any selfish motive. I des. pile being as selfish as Mi. Pickinsis. I wish though, I hadn't gone.to the expense of buying the muslin. I got plain. ,muslin instead of sprig ged on purpose for your wife's sake.' , tun much obliged to you, Charles,' Said Mary, alter their neighbor had gone.' for, re lievingine of the cap and collar, but I thought you had so many shirts, that you would not care to have any,more made at present.' `You thoughto right. You can, if you please, be the next dozen years about them. it is, however, necessary that you make Immedi ate beginning, other Wise, every woman in the village will have a op and collar for you to work—not because they care about having them done, but because you have noihipg to It was soon .nireulated through the •illage that Mrs. Lewis had a dozen 'shirts to make ; a circumstan c e, which; whilti it saved her much lime and eye-sight, provnd a great injury 'to the sale of her,husband's plain muslin; The sprig ged. however, went off with unexampled EDITORIALi.—A noted chap once stepped' lc,. to the sanctum of a venerable and highly re spected editor, rind indulged in,„a tirade ognltitit a citizen, with whom he was on bad termil:•'--- "I wish," said he, addressing the .men of the pen, "that jou would Write n very severe'etl tiole,against B--,,and put it into your pa per." • "Very well," was, the : reply, and, alter - iorneinOie ,convorootipn, the, Toltec: si,cr4 a way.7The next 'rnning he came.rushing in to the office, in a violent state of esteitement "What did you put info• your hnvo lied my hota.pulled . and I?oatt,,khatiod ,ttylue. "1 wrote h severe iirticle azyou.ileair9it,".4l4- . ly-riiiiined the editor,'"and si,gned your . naafi toil." household • duties, us line till dinner: When; the library with: tho o futtnd it impoeaiblo I :lllll.4nyoyeeent 'of Its tired, ,ravolly , button 7 • iud of speotrak Crime of neat, .elear::letlorf imply at the elighteet d With a presentiTent . lotiCof button.'holes 'the 'inetdrisihe would ;rig; 1(4 .80 lirlhe'rnoit'liosi ;;; ; • , :' ,3 llloi,tx; amid tulady'to'llek , . scifititif, 4 1 Ink sot the rivet on fire:' • .• PrOde doh] 'elan to rot hell' . ehnir at , tho nook of the front door. IKHIfy Aritlede, ma'ani, - 141 riover iie a itlier ileing'enything so w lelled=rtflie.imep up . all the 'tttle fishes I= =II ~l Yicul#iu al. • • For the Herald PARNENG AND, VARNER& o Thcul tT : t°not the nojlhanthese days beeometke:groa interestsubnctoi with all classscr_6 i itjoi,.Anitdoyuequir ing importariCe, not alone as every one's groat source of dependence, but as a science, noble in character and aim ; the theoretical and practical pursuit of which is ever presenting to the mind new'rind exalted truths, and themes Worthy of investigation and research. It le in itaell d ' noble occupation, well 'culCulated to' pronibte health .aud happiness, (of no mine importance.) and, if lightly pursued, the_ occu paticiii of all occupatione, tending to the exer cise of the higher -and purer faculties of our nature. There i'e-a" pleasure experienced in the . intelligent pursuit\ el agriculture, known to no other occupation ; 'a- feeling of dignified inde. pendence;free from all ..the_petty jealousies of trade, its •rivalry and competition, and. all. its sickly flattery; so essential to success. In years gone,byThc - ic - i — iltivation of the soil way lookoopofi r us'a ,degrading occupatio n.— It was thought any,- man was compdtent to plough or dig; and that they,who were engag ed In it, were Ft repronentaiives of the occupa tion itself. Worthy farmer's eons deserted- the p' lett!), for the office of some Counsellor of the Law,-or the mere honorable profession of being able to sell tapes and calicoes; whilst the lees favored in wurldly'eircumstiances sought relief tha,"fltork•beri L ch,""and became journeymen. those days of pseudo-refinement hive gone by, end ignorance and prejudice upon this subject has been dissipated -by the light of truth and science. Labour has bedome respectable. Men of everyprofesnion are adopting Agriculture ae-their future profession. Men of learning end acquirements in almost every_ department of science, are joining the ranks of the pructi cal flrmers, and by these and thousands of other avenues, light and influence and character is being given to this goodly occupation. Prac• field farmers—men of intelligence we mean— are-wakening to the necessity of coniOned ef fort, to Secure advancement of agricultural in. tenets, and the advancement of those who constitute-.the-forming community. There ie I,an agitation on this nubjeci that augurs well - for the future.; and with these signs of the the times we would fain predict the day to be not far distant,, hen Agriculture will be _uni. vernally - considered the Most h °notable "Toni thin" in IWO, and when farmers— practical fariners—will command en influence and re spect. which they have hitherto not possessed. • -That farmers . have nut; and do not occupy the position they should—that they do not 1. command the inficioneo which should naturally be thoirs as a class, or tie mom bore of our,com• •mon2country, is painfully manliest. skr they:do, 'three-fourths of the wealth of the hind—having "Within the nwelves -' the poW4r , . make that wealth tell to their advantage, and holding, as they do in .their hands, the balance of-power, in a country where all are free and equal4as far as regards the right of Suffrage, and - the right - of - power; - ;s it not filimillating in the last degree, that their special, controlling influence, has ever been but little felt in the affairs of our country ; even when their own guolffennuided-it—No--elase-of-tnen as - little know their poWer, and none "so little care, as the great majority of farmers. These remarks depot refer to individuals. ' For in every farming, community there is a -minority - who - itve - honoriffilff excepiiiThs, and perhaps„in none, is to be found - mere, who are pride and a pattern of lolly principle and ag ricultural zeal, than in our own Cumberland Valley. But,tnat they di). apply to farmers es a class, is manifestly true, and that fluty do ap ply to the farmers of Cumberland county in common, le lamentably. true. • A few inquiries upon this subject:we would venture to make. Why i 9 it that the iermers aro behind the age, and even behind their pro feasion. Manifestly, the great vrant of our farmers is the right kind of information. "Knowledge is pqwer," and wore this maxim specially `affixed to our farming community, its practical Work ings would astonish a world. We would Won-. dor at ourselves, and at ourselves bo lost. 'Not entirely practical skillfin the cultivation of the soil is wanting, but intelligence, varied in its nature; that which exalts both the standard and the moo._ That which gives new light of useful practical nature. Why certain causes produbo certain draws,. and why the effeqts are of practical That 'Clieinistri tau part of Agricultural Sciencd, and aiplicable too in 'a practical way. That every day forming should be conducted, upon:scientific principles; In short,-- every Aht . ng --tending -6 .prof4to a spirit of inquiry and 'experiment, teaching that there aro more things in .the heavens above and the earth beneath, then worn thought of in . , the good old wai t :is-the one kind of knowledge wanting' to oui farmers.' A species of !Mow ledge, too, is wanting, apart trout the earth, upon which ts,Written toil. That which teaches that the world without ihas .its claims, and that every individual is concaincd in the story of its history, in •the L passing day—and that Itis . every one's duty to ~ help , onward the march of human progress, • ha to wait for "the good litho coming," is a, philosophy thati,but few appraciate ; and..yft,;; wen* battli Woull in- , dedd'bo . radeetiid, Any pliilettophy - that teaches what Man 'What; life Is, its . .Obis:at and end, ;sin' 'and essential to ovary immurtdl cram Lure; Vb . & th'e Matt who ivith and - 4 - 104 'among the rel'aei t cir`bo i'vholdjio'iipOil'`Olig*krtioif 'earth. , aCquirein'ents or higlier' Ord.:4 aro rojiietad Vain anttioeleas by' :Vaiit ry'olf , &Who're; ie is an iiffOrriiritia falicrong° wukoh &that to soir; . arof 'up in lino &Ida a 'wolci?mOOdinor' , ln r ,fnary an impost heart. It, conininn mashav, that , learning tlestroye the caeacity, for. Imeqming, good . . farmer, th , , • many books;ere the bane, of honest.labo . Once, newspapere wore found to be I. ...fitittl7!('' to-the-honest farmer's.property, mily would read; end hence, they ite h lho , i fengled notions at tririance With' of 'the, pa ran ee' 'earlio`r L yeais 410 this respect that we have come upee;:istlter days, end the newspaper, Wksre-reinisill. is - . . E a.; ME rt VOLUME . L . I: 6. • . . • . , found to bo a l together tritlispensable... Yei we ore liorsiiadeifthat thantwei;tlilids'Of our &nacre take Hence so Many men who might . bo Radii! their day, era contented to plougb:atid sot,. to, oat and drink, to live, and all this no 'other ob ject than to make,monay, anki.disi end be for gotten. Wo have often Ward it renverlird , that farm. era have not spirit enough among them, partici ularly m our county, to'aupport any institution. for their !mime' henefit. It intrae.,Porhaps the want of that spirit ie manifested In the failure of the Cuivitieriandecianty Agricultural Socie ty, notwithstanding the untying efforts of the few to sustain it, and theifobleendetivor of Its llonourable'rresident; to Convince every man,- Viet It must be sustained ifVour agricultural % openly would advance.' Bayne ; apa th and indifference which line ever Character ise our farmers, when their true , Interceta were concerned prevailed; and to our shame, it has, perhaps gona,down.- ' • But as we have before said;a change, tfgreat change, will come, when farmers tvike up to the necessity of concentratdd mutual . nation in bringing that change-aboutt-when every' indi. vidual man perceives his special, agency in the advencetnent of truth,-and iincritilddge, and Reis once, in relationrto'the subject t—when farmers see their true position, and that it hoe been themselves, not their ,calling, v,ldah has kept both so long chained and stationary,;. then shall a bright day dawn - upon our land. Then shall our country, rich in its soil and resources, and blest with a government that gives the greatest wind to the-greatest number, be indeed a mod el republic. Then the blessings of universal education shall be felt, and and when art, ad. once and religion, shall go hand in hand ; then shall- ,he heroic anthem of freedom be echoed from every hill side, and the eagle of liberty shall nestle 'von our - ettindard- forever. But,. for that time coiling, we must "wait a little A FARMER. longer." ' December 12th, 113.50 How TO WlSAllfk SHAWL..-If a lady sports a shawl at all: and only very falling shoulders should venture to do so,.we should recommend it to be always either falling off or putting on, whiclißroduces pretty action. Or :she should wear it upon one shoulder and down the-other, Or in Borne way drawn irregularly, so as to ,break the unifbrrnity. Ono of the,faults of the .; present costume, as ovary real 'artisk knowe, is• that it oirers.too fow diagonal lines. Nothing is more picturesque than a line across the bust, like the bread ribbon of the order of the garter no worn by Queen Victoria, - or the loose girdle sloping across the hips, in the costume ' of the early Plantagenets. On this very au - count, the long scarf 5h0.1 , 1 is as picturesque a thing as a lady can weal.. %Vitt; tho 61'04 pattern syveop ing over ono shoulder, and a narrow one, or none et all on the other,:it euppiies thd eye with that irregularity which drupiry requires while the slanting form and colors of the hordor, ly ing carelessly round tho figurelives that east ern idea which every shawl more or lees im plies. What Oriental would over wear ono straight up - and down, and uniforin on both sides, as our ladies often do I—Quar. Review. THE, Doa pa, I j(st Seed: one of the worstest dag-fights as ever systecseen_or__ Ileurb-on-in- this world,' H •Well, Cimonony boy, how w:oil?' 'Well, Were was ono great big blaalt dog with white ears, and a brass collar, and One M ile hlackgreen.tlog_ that hadn't no man with him, and as—' ..Come, come, Chinon, don't talk•so. fast—you get everything all mixed up. Stop and take breath a moment, and don't !how so !hula por- poise.' 'Well, I want to tell you how one dog, • with the atone ears, got on one aide of the meeting house, and the other meeting:house with the yeller dog! No, no—L mean, one • meeting— keine with the•yaller earespton,one aide of the dog ;and the other, dog, he—no, no—the white dog with the yeller pars, he gitr_a•yelp at the other, meeting-house, and the other—the. other. tor, dad, I'm gin.eout . FtIGITIVX SLiVILS AT, THE NORTIIREST 6 .- , -31r. John Calvert,-a» agent Wbii Wei sent to Chies go, froin St. Louis, to racov.at ' , fugitive, slaves, informs the St. Louie RepUblicia» ..fhat ; While at Chicago all the letterasept to bins wore in tercepted end broken oven aitd destroyed, and although he sent 32 telegraphic dispatches to St. Louis, he could get no answers to -any Of them. He says that there are a large e'er of fugitive slaves at Chicago, but thkt.tlirough the activity of the abolitionists -it is almost Im possible to recover any of them. One retrial* slave cemented to return with him, but she was forced f ItimatAlridgewater by fifty or sixty colored per.ons. In pursuit of fugitives .he went to Chatham; in ,Canada, _where he fJund a large number of them," and - many others constantly arriving &Om the State's. A FACT koa , Fattemes,..--pr. R.Baldwin 111113 - recently - ,itu d ei.uol to Abu - result OCT several yeara tovesiigutious auld . esperimpik9p99_ t o t ,. nures, and the various wayti of tortiiiaing the soil. He states that the beet apd,epoedicet stay is to: cover t tt.. over with straw, bushes or any raw material; so, as, com pletely, to suede lt. The surface of: earth thus being e mad' cool, dark, damp, MOLolase, . loud M t p ideree chemical, procoes like ..,,putre , .flictioti; and bCeMitiik highly ,. fertilized. Title 'ilea Of for tillzt nye; Maj tie ep lied with succeed' to ally . soil • whatever, no mo. et' how pbor. Mid' the rceult will bit-astonishing:'. 4 411:nate TILL • 111 Jr.siont,".—An , lrlihrnon had beptieick for some tinsei and While.in this state would occasionally. cease breathind, and Ulm ba apparently extinct fOr some,titne,tWhed 4 0 .1)roUld again .901:1/6 to.,:ittu °nevi these no. casions,, when. he had just awakened: frorn his sleop t .fatrick asked iliht4. "An VI, • Imov:,,Ternrny, when. you're deal—.you're aftel yak ia!,qp ~”Brinkthe gltiss a' grog, ori , , arp's tit, T e) .4 i l n .J n Y..* ,l 9o . )F,;..# ° P3'rP4 l3 u p ? h ! 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