Carlisle herald. (Carlisle, Pa.) 1845-1881, November 02, 1853, Image 1

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    E•BEA'AVV, Proprietor
iltars.
DR. S. B. REZZIFFEIS, '
FFIC 11l in Nortli'llanoveratreet joining
1 . 9 qr. Wolf's store. Office hours, m re par
ticularly from 7to 9 o'clock, A.M., an from
s' to 7 o'clock. P.M.- tint 018'51
Dr.'IONN 8: 'SPRIGGS,
OFFEM his professional services to the
people of Dickinson township, and vicinity,
Residence—on the Walnut.Rottom Road, one
mile oast of Centreville, feb2lypd
G. XL COLE,
A TTORNEYSA T ti A NV, will attend
promptly to all business entrusted to him.
Unice in the room formerly occupied by Wil-
Dam Irvine, Esq,-, North Ilanover St, Carlisle.
April 20, 185'2.
DR. C. S. DAERE.
• 1 , ESPECTFU),LY o ff ers his professiona
111, sJrviees to•the citizens of Carlisle and sur
rounding country.
Oili.‘c and residence in South Hanover street
directly opposite to the " Volunteer Office."
Carlisle, Apl 20, 1853
Dr. 413EloRGE Z. 13REITZ,
W ILL lierform all
Operations upon the
teeth tharmay be re
required for their preseniatien.. - Artificial teeth
inserted, from a single tooth to anentire set, of
the in ist scientific principles. Diseases of the
mouth and irre6ularities carefully - . treated. 01
lice at the residence of his brother, on North
Pitt Street. Carlisle
GEIORGE MGM,
JUS'INCE OF THE PEACE. OF
FICE at his residence, cornet of Main street
and tile Public Square, opposite 13urkholder's
Irotel. In addition to the duties of Justice oh
the Peace, will attend to all kinds of writing,
such as deeds, bonds, mortgages, 'indentures,
articles of agreement, notes, &c.
ap 8'19.-
ILL lAA% 33RETZ,
Wholesale and. Retail Druggist, Carlisle
I_IAS just received a large and well selected
Ertnclr '
of American - French tind . Eng li sh
Chdmicals, Drugs, Medieines, ,Painte, 0
Dye-Stuffs, &c. At this store Physicians con
rely on hiving their prescriptions carelully
emonounded.
DR. X. C. 'LOOMIS,
WILL perform all
operations upon the
Teeth that are requi
red for their preservation, such as Scaling,Filing
P &e, or will restore the loss of them,
by inseriing Artificial Teeth, from a single tooth
to a full sett. 0:7 - Office on Pitt street, ri few
d 3q,re smith of the Railroad Pthel., Dr. L. is eh
oni from Carlisle the last ten days of ever
month.
Fresh Drugs,- Medicines &c. &c
- - -
pt•
• ri t',. T have just received from Philadel•
' - phia and New York very extensive
' additions to my former stock, eta bra
tot ,
'II clog nearly every article of Medicine
• now in use, togeiaer with Paints,
Oils, Varnishes, Turpentine, Perfumery, Soaps,
Stationery, Fine Cutlery, Fishing Tackle,—
Briles of almost every description, with . a
endelss variety of other articles, which I am de
termined to sell at the venv news!, prices.
All Physicians, Country Merchants, Pedlars
and others, are respectfully requested not to pass
the OLD STAND, as they may rest assured
that every article will be sold of a goi.l quality,
and upon reasonable terms.
S. ELLIOTT
Main street_ ~.arlisle
May 30
F. N. itOSENS'I'ZIEL.
OUSE, Sign, Fancy and Ornamental
_ Drl__Painter, _lrvinls (lormer/y-Harper's) Itow,
next door to Tout's Hat Store. He will at•
tend promptly to all the above descriptions of
painting, at reasonable prices. The various
kinds of graining attended to, such mahog
any, oak, walnut, &c., in the improved styles.
Carlisle, July 14, 1852-Iy.
CHURCH LEE AND RINGLAND
UaT.D:a-NULE3LI23U3. ur.aQ._r3m
nun
STEAM SAW I%IXLL
EW CUMBERLAND. PA.
TRJIJb SIP OITTeITIC)Or.
THE undereigned'are now prepared to freight
morchandize from Philadel
cl4,-,.-z=- taaphia and Baltimore, at re
" - duced rates, with regalarity
and despatch
fDEPOTS.
Buzby & Co., 345 Market Street, Phila.
George Small, "Small's Depot," 72 North
Srcet, Baltimore.
an2t WOODWARD & SCEIMIDT.
OHN W. BELL, BEN/. DARBY
JOHNBELL &. CO.,
ak COD
GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS
, HOWARD ST R EET,,
opposite Centro,'.
ly -BALTIMORE-.
Carlisle Female Seminary.
7piI'ISSES PAINE will commence the
VIA. SOMMER SESSION of their Seminary
on the second Monday in April, in a new and
commodious school room, next door to Mr.
Leonard's, Ncouh llauover street.
Instruction in the languages am 4 rawing, no
,extra charge.
Music taught by an experienced teacher,at
an extra charge. t- (sept3tf)
IXTEICITEI HALL AdADEIVIT.
Three miles West of Harrisburg, Pa.
THE SIXTH SESSION will commence on
Monday; the seventh of November next.
Parents silo Guardians and others interested
ars requested to inquire into the merits of this.
institution. rho situation is retired, pleasant,
iteelthful and convenient of access/. the course
of instruction is extensive and thorough, and
the accommodations are ample.
, Inspructors. •
[!MD. Denlinger, Principaljand teacher of Lan
guages and Mathematics.
Dr. A. Dinsmore, A. M., tehcher of Ancient
Languages and Natural Science.
H• O. Dare, teacher of Mathematics and
Natural Scionets. '
Hugh Coyle, Teacher of Music.
T. Rills ‘Vbite, teacher of Plain and Orna
mental Penmanship.
• • • Terms.
Boarding, Washing, and Tuition
in English per session (5 months),
Instruction in Ancient or Modern
Languages, each, . 5 00
Instritmentsl Music, 10 00
For Circulate and oilier information address
. D. DENLIN GER,
Harrisburg, Fa.
rms
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WINES AND
MADEIRA; Teneriffe,loge,. Lisbon,
Mdseat, Grupe, Juico, Port and Anohor brand
Gliampagno . Wiacs. Boston,.Rum, Ginger
Brandy, Cherry Brandy,' Pale Cogniac and
Dark Brandy, Unhand Gin and Wine Bitters.
Sperm DANDLES 31c per pound, Syrup
and Malauga lIIOLALSS, Washing Soda,
superior Y Ifyson,lmperial and Black. TEAS,
prirkcipe. Regalia and Cuba for
sale by the bog or retail, Ming 'on you ipos
and trr.. horn. 0ny20) . C114.9r, BARN! 2..
Tgelugiraiitr,=---10tatiftir to riterftturt, Cititration, latirttlittrt,
r irtih Otiterni
ARE TWO THINGS, SAITH LORD BACON, WHICH MARE A NATION GREAT . AND PROSPEROUS—A ..PERTILE SOIL AND BUSY WORKSHOPS,—TO WHICH LET ME ADD KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM.—Bishop, Hall
MEM
With - cautious steps as we tread our way
through
This intricate world, as other folks do,
May we still on our journey be able to view
The benevolent face of a dollar or too;
For an Cieell . ent thing is a dollar or two,
No friend is-so true as a dollar or two,
Thro' country and town as wo 'pass up and
down,
No pdasport's so good as a dollar or two!
Would you read yourself out of the baceelor
crew
And:the hand of a female divinity sue?
You must always be ready the hafidsome to do,
Although it should coat you a dollar or two;'"
'Love's arrows arelipped with a dollar or two;
And affection is gained by a dollar or two;
The best aid you can Meet in advancing your
suit,
Is tho eloquent chink of a dollar or two,
NEVER go gloomily, man with a mind,
Hope in a bettor companion then fear;
Providence, ever benignant and kind, ..-
Gives with a smile what you take with a tear,
All will be right,
.
Lookto the li g ht ;
l‘loining was ever the daughter of night;
All that is black w.ll be all that ie bright, '
' Cheerily, cheerily, thou! cheer up.
Many a foe is a friend in disguise,
M.tny a. trouble is a blessing most true;
Helping the heart to he happy nod wise,
With love, ever precious, and joys ever new
Stand in the van,
St,gtve liken man !
This is thearavest and cleverest plan ;
Trusting in God while you do what you can.
Cheerily, cheerily, then!: cheer up.
TWO WAYS - OP, DOING A. TILING
We were passing leisurely along one of our
streets the other eveling, watching the sports
of a group of youngsters, when our ears were
assailed by the sharp, angry voico of a woman.
" Here, you, Jah■ Smith! come into the
house this moment !" -
Ono of tho boys turned hie head, giving a
the same time a ratheiunfilial shrug', then re
slimed his play.
"Do you hear what I say, John Smith?
➢larch qaick, or you'll catch it, I. tell you!"
We rather 'guess Jenny did "catch it," for
we heard after Wok had passed, a jerk and a
slap, accompanied with a smothered yell, as
the door was violently slammed to.
.We went•on our way, doubting whether this
course of treatment was exactly thebest under
the circumstances, particularly as the counte
nance of the lad indicated the greatest good
nature. •
As we were cogitating the matter, we turned
the corner and came upon another group of
lads in front of a house, the d?or of which et
that moment opened.
" Willie," said a mild and pleasant voice.
"Bid you call, mother ?" asked one of the
boys, coming on to the sidewalk.
" Yes, my sod. It is getting late—have you
not played suflisiently to-day ?"
" I should like to stay out a little longer if
you please."
The mother patted the boy on the head, and
smilingly said : "I should not object if it were
not past your bed time. have you forgotten,
the lines you repeated to mo this mor
ning?"
chimed the bay quiokly. I "Yes, mother, I re
member them. Good night, Tommy—good
night, liarry,m and taking his mother's hand
he wont cheerfully into the house. •
• This set us again cogitating . . . Our thoughts
ran on the laws of kindnrea rind force. What
would be the effect on the two lade who had
been eubjectedlo . them 1 'ls it not the inevi
table tendency of the ono to beget kindness,
amiability, obedience•—and the other obstina
cy, ill-temper, disobedience? No one Will dis
pute thie, we think.
Men aro but children of larger growth. .A 5
with the child, so With the man. You can lead
him better with a gentle hand than drive him
with the rod.
Despise woman ? ,No 1 She is the most ad
mirable handiwork of God in her truo - place
and character: per place is at a'man's aide.
Her office that of the sympathizer; the unre
served, unquestiouin; believer; the recogni
tion, withheld in every other manner, but giv
en, in pity, through woman's heart, lest man
should utterly loppa faith in himself; tite - rAo
of God's 'own voice, pronounoing, "It is well
done!" •All the separate action of woman is;
and over has been, and always shall be, falso,
foolish, vain, destructive, of her own beet and
holiest qualities, void of every and
productive of intolelable mischiefs!
Man is-n wretch without woman ; but woman
is a monster—and, thank Heaven, an almost
impossible and hitherto imaginary monster=
without-man as her acknowledged:prim:bat !
Ae true as 1 had-once a mother whim I loved,
were there any possible prospect of woman's
taking the social stand which some of them—
poor, miserable, abortive creatures, who only
dream of such things because they lave missed
woman's peculiar happiness, or because nature
made them really neither man nor woman I.
there were a chnnee of their attaining the end ,
which these petticoated monstrosities have in
view, I would call upon my own sax to use Its
physical force, that unmistakable evidence of
sovereignty, to scourge them back within their
proper bounds! But it' ill not be needful.—
The heart of true womanhood knows where Its
own sphere is, and never seeks to stay beyond
it I—Hawthorne. •
$5O 00
don aavu ile TlllB 1104s.—One winter eve
ning, while the family were, as usual, gathered
around the-centre table, a neighbor , drove up,
and entering soon with hearty friendliness, had
Kitty on his knee. "Come, Kitty, said he,
"won't you go home and live with me?" The
- child looked up into his face; the golden curie
fell backwards to her shoulders, and her deep
blvd eyes met his, as she answered, "God gave
me this home." '
ptittrq.
A DOLLAR Oft TWO
CHEER. UP
I=
Tijt I6omi , Cult,
Early to bed and early to rise
Makes one healthy, happy and wise,
TILE SpnEntr. OF 'WOMAN.
The . tone was aimido as the words, and the
Silvery voice wee childhood's; yet for a mo
ment the sound seemed as if it wafted from a
far-off world, where angels ,only dwelt. A
shadow—no, not a Shadow ; but a sober bright
ness, as of something profound and holy, was
cast over, the meditative mood of the dwellers
in "this house," 'and every heart within it
swelled with gratitude for the groa . t. God's gift.
—Knickerbocker,
gricrt guff.
From an English Magazine
MAKING OUR WILLS.
Some time ago I had occasion to go to Doc
tors' Commons to look at the will of. a deadl
man. The hand that signed it was in the grave
long befoie=dust, perhaim; l l3ut the record of
the will which animated that, hand was there
among those dusty folios, engrossed in an al
most undecipherable hand, which toll how all
the real property in the country has been die- 1
posed of over and over again. I had no CIE-.
culty in finding it, for I had a note of 'the pre
cise day the deceased died on. It is not no•
emery to say anything about .the contotite of
that will, hciwever, for they have no relation to
what L m writing. It is only the date which
I have any business with. This will was-dated
the day before the man died. I had, of course,
often heard of men making their wills when
they-were just at death's door, without any par
ticular thought being excited ; but this time I
woe surprised, as a single fact very often - does
surprise us, when we have passed by a host of
similar once unnoticed. q I know the man who
bad made that, will. He was a shrewd, pru
dent, sharp lawyer, who had risen from noth
ing to be a man of immense wealth. If he
was distinguished for any qualities in portion
lar,-it-was for punctuality and-promptitude.—
None of the clerks of his office were ever five
minutes late. That was an offence not to be
forgiven. No ono over knew him to be behind
at an appointment, or to lot business go un
done. His housekeeper, who managed: his
bachelor house for many years, only kept he'r
place by being exact to time. Yet this ma:n
had not made his will a few hours beet a
his death; and therefore-the possession of his
property formed the elubjact of a very flow
isbing lawsuit.
When I went out of that dark, dismal clan
()Omit of dead mon's wills, I went on think ing
of all the similarcasee of procrastinatioi which
I knew or had heard of—and they were not a
few—for this is a piece of 'the sxperienc4 of
one who was a law-clerk before he quarre•led
with red-tape. What a curious catalogue they
were ! There was an old lady, a toothless old
dowager, who had a reprobate and discarded
son, and a pretty gentle niece, who lived with
her. We used to manage all her affairs, and
it was pretty well known in the on that the
"nice girl with the long curls" was to-be•the
old lady's heir. Our head-clerk, a red-whie
kered dandy, who had no mean opinion of him
self, built, I could see, certain speculation■ on
that basis. The old lady never came without
Eliza; and when a visit was expected. Mr.
Catchpole brushed his fiery hair into the most
killing "curls, and changed-the out-at-elbows
coat for the smart one ho wore out of doors,
and beautified himself as fur as that Wras prac
ticable. Well, a message came ono day that
the old lady was ill, very ill, with an urgent
request that some one should go at once and
make her will. Off wont our Adonis as fast as
a promise of somethihg libsral over the faro
could urge the cabman. When he arrived, the
old lady was alive---ljust alive enough to toll
him that all her property was to be left to Eli
za. She told him that in the hissing whisper
which supplied the place of the cracked voice;
but when she came to the word "all," so full
was the poor old creature of love for the niece,
or, perhaps, of determination—let us hope not.
hate against her son—that she half rose up in
her bed and clenched her withered hand, and
shrieked out that word again. It must have
been n terrible eight; that of life etruggling
with death for a will! It was a short matter
to write that will down; and estchpole's pen
flew over the paper, and the old eyes,,t.haf were
glazing so fast stared anxiously the while, and
the thin fingers actually held the pen she had
- asked for beforehand ready to sign the paper,
no a low tnicutas, all was ready ;' but what 4
- .
difference that few minutes made! The clerk .
had risen from hie seal and approached the
couch, when the surgeon, who stood on the
other aids, said, with that ciolness which me•
dicnl practic6 brings, "It is too late ;" audit
was too late. The dead fingers clenched the
unused pen so tightly that they had to bo
elesped from it. The' son woo heir of all, and
Eliza a beggar! Death had tinnillated that
sorenmed•eut "all" into none: The sequel le
soon told. The property was rastetrby the
son, and has long since passed into other hands
and, Eliza, instead of possessing soma thou-
sonde a year, and Wink wooed by Mr. Catch
polo, ie& faded daily gorernese.
Briny lawyer's office has plenty of such sto
ries as this. Ono I remember of . a wilier who
bad ruined more than one family, and in his
last momenle wished to make such reparation•
as' bequeathed .gold could Compaes. Poor
wretch, when thp,Will was brought, Catalepsy
had seized him, and ha lay there a hiving corpse
—dead in all but mind. He could not move
his hand ; his tongue refused its Milne ; only
his eyes Were free to move: and of those oyes
I have been told, a terrible tale. Its was, as
misers often nro, a man of strong tolled:and
iron nerve. Passive as he was in every other
part, the eyes" told all that was passing within;
You could have seen in them intelligence when
the will was road to him ; the powtirful volition
brought to bear, and persevered in, when the
written• word whiciti'wee to make tested.ont
woe required; ,the terror and horror whit&
came over hitu when ho found the right bend
which had no often aided him for evil, would
not help Idta'for good : the dosiair which bur,t
thduneeen bonds around him, and, .with a oon
vuleive motion let out the last of• life. It
must . have been a epeotoola of horror, when
punishment oarae in the ehapo of a prohibition
of the one not of, moroi, whiob In 4 ht Lay°
madtreome amends for a lifetime of , wrong.
Then there .rine another legend of .4 man
whoa daughter - married ',vide( his well. ne
CARLISLE, PA., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMIWR 2.. 1853.
lived somewhere init iAtlred country-house far
off from any tdwn. This man was subject to
a disease of the-heart . ,4nd one night, fooling
the symptoms of-an approaching attack, and
that strange presentiment which so often ootnes
beforedeath, he roused•Ne household, and sent
off a Messenger on horseback, not for a sur
geon, but for a lawyer, Ho wanted his will
made instantly. The messenger could not be
expected baok for at lonet two hours, and long
before that the spoknodic attack had come on,
but still in the intervals of his paroxysms, that
determined man wrote as though agajnst time.
When the :lawyer did arrive, all thae'was loft.
of the living will which had been eo active and
energetic a few hours, before, was that last
piode of writing. It expressed the deceased's
intention, in the• strongest torms,;,utterly to
disinherit his rebellious child, and to give his
proPort7 to Some charitable institutions. It
'was complete, even to the signaturei only the.
flourish usually added'to the name was want
ing,' as though there the land had failed. But
that writing was not a will ; it was cot in pro
per form, nor attested. In the eye of the law
it was but an.invnlid pieoo of paper, and the
daughter took that which her birthright en
titled her to,
Wills generally afford a frightful temptation
to the worse part of our nature. I believe
that more cunning, more • falsehood, more
- worldly anxiety,
,and more moral wrong are
blended with the 'subject of "wills" than with
the whole mass of law parchments extant. A
will should not only be properly made, but
properly placed, and more than one should be
cognizant of its whereabouts. I have known
many oases of gross turpitude in the shape of
destroying wills, and can record ono rather
'curious anecdote, affording a..vivid illustration
_
of unprincipled greed defeating itself. Two
gentlemen in the city, close friends from their
schoc:l-days, were in the dooli:ie of life. Mr.
Edmonds .had a large family, with compara
tively small means, while Mr, Raymond was
worth two hundred thousand pounds, with no
living relative hilt a nephew of the most profli
gatoand hopeless character. nephew bad
been expensively educated, and had spent un
limitedmoney foi:„.trie . worst purposes, and the
uncle at length became wearie4 and disgusted
with the young min's utter depravity. "Ed
munds," said Raymond, one day to his-friend,
as he handed him ii roll of paper, "here ismy
will. I Wave left my nephew ten thousand
pounds, and the rest of my kira - perty to you,'
who, I know,;rill make good it of it." 'Ed. , '
monds remonstrated, and implored, but was
eventually compelled to take the will, and lock
it up in his private desk. Within a few months,
however, by dint of constant entreaty, Ed
munds prevailed upon his friend to make ano
thef will, and just reverse the bequests, leav
ing the nephew the bulk of the property, and
Edmonds the ten thousand pounds. This will
Edmonds read, and saw safely deposited in
Raymond's iron chest at his private residence.
Within the following year Raymond died. The
nephew found the will, and, as it afterwards
appeared, such was his baseness, that, to so
sure in addition to tho rest the ten thousand
pounds left to Edmunds, he immediately burnt
the document, knowing that if his uncle died
intestate, he himself was heir-at-law. On this .
villainous announcensent,..7Edmonds,--sinking
his conscientious scruples, produced the first
will thyta by Raymond, and claimed the chief
of the property; and the.unprincipled nephew,
after making full confession during a fit of
delirium tremens, killed himself.
Ills'Excuse for being a Bachelor
The only objection ever made to me in this
ere oonntry, emit legislator, woe made by the
wimmin, canoe I war a bachelor, and I never
told you aforo why I remained in tho state of
number ono. No fellow stays single premed
itated, and, in conrse,,a handgun' fellow like
me, who all the gale doolar toloo as cuticle as
ajay bird, wasn't going to stay alono if he
could help it. I did ace a erector onto named
Sofy Mason, up the Cumberland nigh into
-Nashville, Tennessee,-that I tuk au orful ban
kerin arter, and I sot into looking anxious for
matrimony, and I gin to go reglar to meetin,'
and tuk to dreosin trethendone Sniffed, just to
see if I could winher good opinion. She- did
git to lookin at me, and one day coming from
meeting she was Lakin a look at me kind of
shy, just as a horse done at sumthin he's start
at, when Brier champin nt a distance for a
while I sidled up to her and blated out a few
words about the sarmin—she soya yes, but
elms me of I know Whether that 'war the right
anewor or not, and I'm thinkin she didn't know
then, nether. 'Well wo larfed and talked a•
leetle all the way to her daddy's, alf Thar
give her the best bead I had in pie, and raised
my hat as peert and perlito as a minister, look
log all the time so entioin that I sot the gal
tremblin. Iler'old daddy hada powerful nu:,
meroue lot of healthy niggers; and living right
adjitaing my place, while on t'other side, Jack
Simon—a enoakin onto varmint, who was w,us
'oar than a miser for stingineee, and no sooner
did this cussed aerpint see me sidlin up to
'Sofy, than he went:to slicking up too, and sot
himself to cut me out. Thatar war a etrug.
glo akin to tho battle of,Orleans. Pare. somo
now fix up of Jako's would take her oyo, and
then I'd sport eomethin that would outshitie
him, until at-last Jake gin in. trying to out
dress me, and sot to thinkin of something else.
"Our farms wur just the same number of
acres, and we both owned three niggers apiece.
Jake knew that Sofy and her dad kept a elinTV
• eye for the main Obaucte, no he thort'he'd clear
• me out by, buying anotherniggitr ; \Mit T , just
followed suit and bought one the day after tab
got his, so ho had no `advantago in that; lie
then got a cow, and so did and just about
then both of our purees gin out. This put
Jake • to his 'wile end, and I war wondorin,
what in the yearth he Would try next. We
stood so, hip'and thigh, for about two weeks,
Goth on us talkin sweet to Sofy, whenever we
could git horalone. I thort I seed that 'Jake,
tlio'sneakin cues, was gittin a mite , attend of
me, conga hie tongue was so My;: however, I di itl~t
let on, but kept a top r _oye on him, On
Sunday mornin Ltvar:a . elitile late t 6 meetin
f,p11101 . 0115.
THE STANDING CANDWATE
and whoa I got thar, the feet thing I seed wai
Jake'Simotts sittin close bang up °gin Sofy, in
the same pew with her daddy! I Idled awhile
with wrath; and then turnedito:.sour, I could
taste myself. There they were a singin . himp
out Of .ttfe-Itame book. Je-e-o-mini, fellers.
1 war so enormous mad that the now silk hand
korcher round my neck lost its coltir I After
meetin war out they walked linked arms a smi
lie and lookin as pleased ns a young couple at
their first christniu, and Sofy, turned her cold
shoulder at me so erful pirated, that I wilted
down and gin in right straight—Jako had her
and there wur no disputin it! I headed toward
home, with my hands as fur in ,my trousers
pockets my'llould push 'em, swaging all the
way that he Was the last ono who'd ever get
a chance to rifle up my feelins. Passing by
Jake's plantation I looked over the fence, and
tiler stood an explanation of the matter.-
- Right facin - the - road, Viler every ono passing
could see it—his conearned cow was ticcl to a
stake in the garding, with a most promlsm calf
along 'eido of her I. Tho calf jest soured my
milk, and made - Sofy think that a fellow who
was Always a gettin a head like Jake, wur a
right smart chance of ,a , lively husband.
A shout of laughter here drowned Sugar's
voice. As soon as silence was restored, he
added in a solemn One, with one eye shut, and
his forefinger pointing at his auditory
Wbatdwas a cussed eight wusser than his
hitting Sofy war the fact, that he borrowed the
calf the night before from Dick Harley! After
the varmint got Sofy hitched, be told the joke
all over the settlement, and the boys never
seed me afterwards that they didn't bah at mo
for lottin a calf out me out of a gal's affeo
ehnns. I'd shot Jake, but I thort it war a free
country, and the gal had a right to her choice
without bein made a width'', so I jest sold-out
and traveled. I've allers thort sines then,
boys, wimin wore a good deal like Halter, of
you love !cm too hard the're sera.to,throw_you_
some way!"
qipe ',tamer.
GATHERING APPLES
' The keeping of apples and other fruit de
pends very much.upon I.he care with which
they are deposited;
.hence a few hints on the
subjeot will not bo valueless to the orchardist
and gardener.
I,itte "autuinn and winter apples belong to
that class of fruits which are gathe'red before
maturity and ripened in the,fruit room or cel
lar, and they should be picked when they have
received from the tree all the valuable elements
the season will allow it to give them; English
gardeners have a rule that no fruit should he
suffered to remain on the trees after they cease
to vegetate, end this is in general a good one.,
The apples above spoken of, as well as pears
of the same class, may remain ungathered un
til there is danger of injury from frost, as the
sun and air, and the still remaning vigor of
the tree, seems necessary to tfair perfection
and maturity.
Apples designed for long preservation,
should, as far as practicable, be picked by
hand, carefully and separately, and when they
¢re'Till) wet by dew or rain. They should be
handled so as not to bruise them in the least
—as carefully almost as eggs or glass-ware.
Lay them gently upon the floor of a cool dry
room,_a_foot deep, to sweat and season for two
or three weeks, and then, on a clear dry day,
sort and pluck the apples carefully in clean dry
barrels, filling them so full that the apples can
not move after being headed in. The very
best, which will keep longest, may bo wrapped
up separately in soft paper barere packing, or
they may be placed in layers•with dry chaff
around and bettieen them.
Moat cellars and ground floors aro too damp
for the perfect keeping of apples through the
winter and spring, and also of too variable a
temperature—the latter should not vary much.
from 40 degrees. if an upper room can be so
prepared as to retain about the same degree of
heat, arynese and darkness, it is a very desi
rable locality for the preservation of fruit; not
only apples, but pears, grapes, &o: To the
preservation of the two last named,. consider
able attention has recently been given.—New
Yorker.
NEW VARIETIES OF 'WHEAT. —At a late meet
ing of tile Philadelphia Eoelety for promoting
Agriculture, Dr. Emerson presented a box of
early Wheat, called the Alaba'ma Wheat, which
ripone earlier, and ho thought yielded more
abundantly than the Mediterranean. The
sample was decidedly in its favor. He also
presented a bunch of Vel . vet wheat, another.
new variety, and . spoke iu warm terms of its
good qualifies. It is grcrlrn in Kent county,
Delaware, ana is said to'be a good producer.
The editor of the Germantown Telegraph says
ho never saw so beautiful antiAerfect a head
and stalk—the straw really lake(' volvaly--- -
and we should, if *tva..judged - frolrt its appear
ance only, suppose it to be a productive va
riety. Dr: E. considered early wheat desira
ble, inasmuch as it was not do subject to rust
as later kinds.
&Erin..usu.—This is a word used .to denote
the "faculty of perceiving and indicating sub
terranean springs and currants by sonsation.'t
It is so called after a Fremihman named Die
ton who possessed it , or affected to ponies it,
in ahigltdegreo. The practise of resortineto
this prooese for the purpose of ascertaining
whore 'water, lies, and at' what places to dig
wells, is very ()oilmen in this country and in
Europe. In• almost all sections wo can find
persons who claim the faculty and practice it
extensively. Usually the person takes a fork
ed stick, and balancing it in his hand, pasties
.eover the spot where it is desirobto to find water:
If the element exist, one end of the stiok is
'id to incline towards the earth,
'We have in Mobile, men who are employed
in this way, or who give their servieer gratul
touely,to their neighbors, and we hive whet
we ceimider.;Mi attested proofs of their sue-.
oess. , Most People; however, who have - 13017CD
seen' the experiment tested , ; ridicule it, and
those who practice it eon give no reason for'it,
or tell by what process hidden waters should
impress the stick whiob they carry In their
handi:--.Mobits Herald and Tribune.-
311ii3rclintitotio,
MEM
Who aro the Blest?
•
They who have kept, their sympathies
Anti scattered joy for more than custom's sake;
Steadfast and tender in the hour o(' need,
Gentle in thought—benevolent in deed;
Whose looks have power to make dissensions
CORSO-
Whose smiles are pleasant, and whose words
aro peace;
They who have lived as harmless as the dove,
Teachers of truth and ministers of love— ,
Love for all moral power—all mental grace ;
Love for the humblest-of the human race ;
Love for that tranquil joy that virtue brings;
Love for the Giver of all goodly thing's;
True followers of that soul-exalting plan,
Which Christ laid down to bless and govern
They who can calmly linger at the last,—
Survg the future, and recall the past;
And With that hope which triumphs over pain,
Feel well nesured they have not lived in vain;
Then wait in pence their hour of ',final rest;
These are the only Blest ! •
\Vho,are the Wke 7
They who have goVe'rned, with a self-control,
Each wild and baneful passion of the Foul ;
Curb'd the strong impulse of all fierce desires,
But kept alive Affection's purer fires ;
They who have passed the labyrinth of life,
Without one hour of weakness or of strife,
Prepared each change of fortune to endure—
(tumble though rich, and 'dignified though
' poor
Skilled in latent movements of the heart—
Learned in the lore which Nature can impart,
Teaching that sweet philosopliv aloud,
Which sees tho "silver lining" of the cloud—
Looking for good in all beneath the skies :
:Thum aro the truly wise!
French Courtship and Marriage.
Did you over see• a French wedding ? Here
you are, on the place St. Sulpice. Douses
built for the groat and rich, now deteriorated,
degraded - into sordid lodging, houses, a/el on
all the othe sides t, but in the centre is the
beautiful edifice of St, - Sulpice, :with its two
open towers. It is - gloomy enough within--
silent and solemn-. But now all i's bright, * If
the right of driy comes but dimly through: the
windows, hundreds of was candles illumine
the aisles, On - the storm Boor a rich carpei .
: has been laid, rows of velvet and gold surround
the altar, and on the altar itself the masses of
white °amass, roses, jessamines, and white
lilacs almost exclude. the eight of the sacred
imazeit. The aisles aro filled `with new straw
chairs; the eacristants are in their best; the
beggars in their worst—for that is, their wed
ding garment. All stand in waiting round the
door. On 'the steps is the Sui3se,looking to the
.uninitiated-uncommonly like the drum-major
of a regiment, all gold lace, with cocked hat
and feathers, and a sword by his side—in hand
a long pole with a silver knob. His legs are
models, and ho knows it. Now the carriages
arrive. The Suisse stamps his stick upon the
stones, and down gots the bride, led by her
mothers—futhjrs are rather on the back ground
on these occasions. The organs peal, and the
tvhole procession, headed by the Suisse, starts
up to the altar. Then the aisles fill with qve
ry .sort of magnificence of dross—one, two,
three hundred, or even a thousand people.—
E verybod_y os kJ:6=l3_37ns- eser- known- to—
either bride or bridgroom come of course to ,
the wedding, or at least to the church. -
While the question, "Wilt thou take this
man ?" Is addressed to the bride, she takes
forever her leave of maternal control, by turn
, with a profound"oeurtesy to her mother to ask
her permission to answer. Mamma responds
by another , inclination, and then Jim. daughter
says the "yes" which gives her her freedom
evermore.
The youngest sister or cousin of either bride _
or bridegroom then, handed by the youngest
gentleman of the party, preceded by our
friend of the fine legs and his sounding silver
pole, goes through the orowd with downcast
eyes, and a tine velvet bag in her hand, solic
iting contributions, '‘Pou les pauvres, a'il vous
plait:" They then adjourn to the vestry; and
then, for the first time, the •brilegroom calls
his wife by her Christian name—the timid
bride does not drop the " till some
days after she has become a wife. Then there.
is feasting at• home, dressing, dancing, nod
little crying; then the bride, installed in her_
home by her mother, leaves forever the paren
al roo f. r
New, in all probability the two principal
Rotors have never spoken twenty sentences to
each other since they were first introduced.—
This is tho' way they court in Prance. Ono
lady says to another; "My daughter is eight
een. She has much." Every girl bus a dowry,
if it be but 600 francs. " You have known
her from a child. You coo eo malty men-:-
cannot yofi think of ono to suit her."
. •
Or course the lady can; for men aro as ea
ger to marry in France as - girls'to get bus ,
bands; it is an increase of fortune, and o pat
ent of respectability in all stations, in all pro.:
fessions. The young annals spoken to, and of
course the young lady is named to him. A
' party as given:and they meet ; or sometimes
the girl is taken to the opera, nod the lover
examines her through hisglass. If satisfied
with the survey, he is allowed to `pay her a
visit. Then the girl, supposed to he in entire
ignorance of the proceedings up to this point,
is 'asked how sho would like eo•and-so for a
husband.
Now, it is but just to say if the girl does not
approve, the.negotiations go no further; but
as sho bus novor .spokon to •tbig suitor, and
knows sho will not spook to any future suitor
If the man is tolerably flood looking, and the
tailor has done his' duty; whi:ebets being as•
Bared that the 'money is all right ' , generally
eaye.yes. Then the mamma of theliridegroonl
comes,' one evening when' the Lome has boon
set in order and ovary body drossed in his
best; and after the first salutations, she rises,.
and In 'n
solemn voion ask! the hand of 'lllncilla
Estelle for Monsieur Aohille Then
the Mamma on the opposite side of the house
rises andfiecepts the offer; 11Indlle. weeps and
throws, herself into her future Mommaisarros;
whilst the son•in• he , embraces the mother of
the intended., The papas shako hands, the
betrothed lovers, released from parental arms,
mutually bow to each other, and the servants
bring in Con
Theo the lawyers Oat to work to' int'''. Ili
ooniraotei the Ineakeiti :orders, no» droner
itforutatitut.
VOLUME LILY. NO 6
&0., for bef' daughter, and puts new caps nod
dresses on herself. The bridegrooni comas ev
ery oVening with a grand bouquet,Whigh he
offers to Mademoiselle, flirts an hour or two
with the mother, bows to the daughter, and
goes off. The bride oleot hai only to embroi
der quietly by her mother's side; smile, blush,
and simper.
Then the negotiating lady comes in grand
state, proceeded by an enormous trunk.—
Mamma and the bride receive her—never, of
course, heeding the ,trunk. Then the -lady
makes a speech, opens the trunk, and presents
the bride with the corbeille—namely, the wed
ding drOss, veil; and wreath, two or three
Cashmere shawls, ditto velvet dress, a set of
furs, a set of lace flounces, a set of diamonds,
a watch, a fan, a prayer' book, and a purse Of
gold. These coins from the bridegroom.. In
return the lady gets a beacelet from the bride,
and many thanks for the presents and the hus
band The mother scot& the intended for
the reckless magnificence displayed, when he
comes at night. - The bride says, •• ALI; mon
sieur !" blushes, and throws herself into her
mother's arms. Then - the mamma gives her
presents - to the bridegroom—six cambric shirts
and six white cravats, the whole trimmed with
Valenciennes. chose with an eye to the future,
pocket-handkerchiefs of the bride ;, for, after
the wedding day, what man will be bedecked
with lace?
• At last comes the'signing Of the contrast.
The bride takes one step into the worl&—she
receives . her visitors, and speaks—nay, con
verses with all except the intended; that would
be improper. ,Ehe gives a token of affection to
her unmarried relatives, bought from purse
in the corbeille. The wonders of the corbeille
arc displayedin one room, whilst the lrousi , 4u
of the bride (given by the mother) is exhibited
in the other. Embroidery, linen, cambric,
laces, &0., ore here lavished on the undereloth
ing_of the bride, xnado__up
,in_dozens of, each
article ; piles on piles of Mble:cloths, sheets,
towels, &c., all marked with the embroidered
marks and tied with pink and blue ribande.
This is the way they manage Marriages in
France.
SIGNS
When a man finds a great deal of fault with
'a newspaper which ho - never. fails to read, it
is n sign that he has not paid for it. People
seldom pink flaws In their own property.
When a young lady signifies. her intention to
devote the remainder of her days to taking
care of "the old folks at home," it is a sign
she would rather not, but is preparing to make
a virtue of necessity.
When you see a young gentleman begins to
pay marked attention to his legs and nether
extremities, it is a sign that ho id "shaky!'at
the other end. The-calf is more than the man.
When the mother of seven nnwedded dough
ers •regrets that the time will'soon come when
he dear things must bo parted," it is a sign
hat ehe would not like to go into mourniug•on
hat account.
When a gentleman takes studiously to Moore
and Byron; grows fond of the edict, finds it
difficult to distinguish calico from muslin, de
tects himself in the habit of gazing at French
pirTtiiresin ihop-windows, and has a good deal
of trouble in passing a clothes line without
Counting all the long stockings—these are signs
'that he. ought to got married, and the sooner
the better.
PAnzits, = To the poor, the weekly newspaper
is a precious boon. They cannot afford books,
and indeed, would have but little time to read
them. But for the merest trifle, hardly to be
missed, a whole family may' draw almost daily
from an inexhaustible fund of reading. • The
father can discuss the contents of his newspa
per at the breakfast table, with hie wife and
children, and go forth to his labor supplied
with material for thought which cannot fail to
make him wiser and better, and elevate him in
the scale of humanity.
,It is an undeniable
fact that while -the few read books, the many
depend entirely on the news paper for intellec
tual food. Surely every lover of his country
would 'rather see the.great body. of his fellow
citizens intellectual and virtuous, than do•
graded to the level of the ignorant an abject
-masses-of European population. Then we say
- remove every restriction upon the circulation
of newspapers. The postage tax is restriction.
Abolish it. let them bo scattered broadcast
over the land, it is safe to predict, that the ri
sing generation of America will prove the most
enlightened race of men that the world ever
saw.—..dmesbctra Pillager .. _
463.- A New Hampshire editor, while recent
ly:travelling, had his wallet tibstraoted . from
his pocket, while indulging in a short nap, --
The thief wns so difigusted with the l rosult_of
his exploit, that he returned *the plunder by
express, to the address written Inside the wal
let, with the follnwing note:
" You nrdserabil skunk, hears your pookit
book. I don't keep no sioh. Fur a man
dressed as well as you was, to.go. round with
a w . allit with nuthin in it but a lot of newspa
per serape, a ivory tooth comb, two' newspaper
stamps, and a pails from a ralerode direotur,
isacontempterble impursition on .the public.
As. I hear you are an editur, I.return your
trash . p never robs any, only gentlemen."
ser- Wo never leer men, on making a bar
gain, use the common phrase, "We'll not quar
rel about a trifle," without being sure that
troub'o is in tho Wind. Every contract, even
one for the'value of a dollar, should bo.expli
, oitly stated, down to its minutest particulars,
so . that there can be no possibility of miscon
et`ruction. If this is nogleoted, difficulty is
nearly certain to arise. Many an honest man
has been cheated, many a friendship hes been
broken for life, because a bargain lute not been
fully stated, bechuse th 4 parqUa •••orould not
quarrel about trifles."
Ate` Good humored wit Is the elixir of Mb;
Your gonial, jovial , combo, graphic, talker or
writer does more tcrpoetpone the eummons of
grim 'death, than ton'eollogos of dootorirand
0 011' 04 1 d oorde of druge ' Laugbtornerfeet as
oil to 'lntricate kimPing"ielnd
and body frointrksilim bytbe eerie of, eakb p
'and seeilabilni'oureYstemejo run ouruoAiter.
pe'rfoithbetter, and 'wear !Dagen .