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E. BEA.TTY, "Proprietor
Barba.
DR. C. S. BAUER.
114 ESPECTFULLY offers his professions
131, a:ryiJes to the citizens of Carlisle and sur
rounding country.
011 ins and residence in• South Hanover street
directly opposite to the " Volunteer Office."
Carlisle, Apl 20, 1853
CIEZORGE Z. IinZITZ,
WILL perform all
ir la
' w
operations upon the
teeth that may be re—
reluired for their preservation. Artificial teeth
t neertod, from a single tooth to anentire set, of
the in tet scientific principles. Diseases of the
m a tit and irreKalarities carefully- treated. Of
lice at the residence of his brother, on North
Vitt Street. Carlisle
GEIORCIE 3111133,
kis LICE OF THE PEACE. Or
ly
rtes at his residonee, - coraei of Main street
an I the Public Square, opposite Burkholder's
fI flat. In addition to the duties of Justice of
ilia Peace, will attend to all kinds of writing,
gush as deeds, bonds, mortgages, indentures,
articles of agreement, notes, &e.
Carlisle. an 8'49.
Da. I. C. Loomis,
WILL perform ell
operations upon the
Teeth that are requi
re..l for their preservation, such as Scaling,Ftling
Plugging, St.c, or will restore the loss of them,
by inserting Artificial Teeth, from a single tooth
to a fell sett. la - Office on Pitt street, a few
d curs south of the Railroad Hotel. Dr. L. is ah
em from Carlisle the last ton days of every
month. _
y ~~~'ISTr
Q.rebucation
Carlisle Female Seminary. •
ra,NISSES PAINE will commence the
1V 1 SI'MMER SESSION of their Seminary
on the second Monday in April,
„in a new and
commodious school room,- next door to Mr.
Leonard's, North Hanover street.
4lncruction in the languages ant 'rawing, no
extra charge.
Music might tiy an experienced tenclierot
an extra charge, (sept3tf)
Glasgintil and Literary High School.
' NEWIWILLE, PA.
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tion will commence on .TUESDAY, the
let of November next, and continue 5 months.
In the department of Instruction the Principal
will be aided by competent Assistants. All care
and diligence will be used to prepare youths
eithcr for teachers,.or for the ordinary' busi—
nesses of life, or ter College.
TERMS—For Tuition, Boarding,. -
and Lodging, $5O
All other expenses extra.
For further particulars address the under
signed, at Newviille.
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Principal.
Oct 12
Plainfield Classical Academy
Near Carle:lie,
r IIE 15th Session (five months) will com
mence Nov. 7th. 'Pim buildings ate,new
and extensive (one erected last Fall). The
situation is all that can be desired for health
fulness and moralpurity. Removed from the
excitements of Town or Village th, Student
may here prepare for College, Mercantile pur
suits, &c. All the branches are taught which
go to form a liberal (ducat on. A conscien
tious discharge of duty has secured, under
Providence. the present flourishing condition
of the Institution. Its future prosperity shall
be maintained hy the same means.
Terms—Board and Tuition (pert
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For Catalogues with full information address
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Plainfield, Cumb, Co., Pa,
wvEX UAzL ACAArerinr.
• Three miles,Wpi of Harrisburg, Pa.
THE SIXTFI•gESSION will commence on
Monday, the seventh of November nokt.
Parents iota' Guardians and others interested
are requested to inquire into the merits of this
Institution. The situation is retired, pleasant,
healthful and convenient of ;access; the course
of instruction is extensive and thorough, and
the accommodations are ample.
',lnstructors. ' •
gaD. Denlinger, Principaljand teacher of Lan
gitazcs and Mathematics.
Dr. A. Dinsmore, A. M., teacher of Ancient
Languages and Natural Science.
5- 0. Dare, teacher of Mathematics and
Natural Sciencis.
Hugh Coyle, Teacher of Music.
T. Kirk Willie, teacher of
,Plain and Orna
mental Penmanship. '
Terms.
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Instrumental Music, 10 00
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Harrisburg, Pa.
eep7
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Of the State of Perinsyliania.
South West Corner of Market Street and West
• Penn Square, Philadelphia. -
THIS College, incorporated hy..the-Legiela
tare, April, 1853, is designod , lo afford a thor
ough Professional Education to students men,
dad for ENGINEERING, MINING, AGRICULTURE
and the MECIIANICA L and CHEMICAL ARTS.
The Tiustees announce thatthe Lectures on
Chemistry and its application to the Arts will
ne commenced in the Lecture Room of the
Collage by Prof. ALFRED L. KENNEDY, M. D.,
Tuesday Novembo: Ist, at 12 o'clock, M.. and
ho continued on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thurs
days and Fridays,
throughout the session.
•The Analytical Laboratory is also open for
Students in Practical Chemistry.
•
MATTHEW NEWKIRK,
Pres't Board of Trustees.
EJOHN — MeINTYRE,
. _ Sec'y.
Trustee ill Cumberland county JAS, HAM
, ILTON,Esg... • , (nov2's3
. Cumberland Valley Institute.
select BorAing School embracing two distinct
and seperaie Departments, IlfalecFemale.
REV. J. S. LOOSE. A. M. Principal.
Tilts Institution will heeeafter occupy Ilia
.new and commodious edihceyuct erected
for its accommodation. The building ia : puj.
euliarly adapted to meet the wants afboth de
partments. The room, are large sad well
veutilated, and the whole house is warmed
with a heated air furnace. which is especially
healthful,
it is located on ate eminence near the bor.-
augh of lgochanicsburg, Cumberland -County,
„Pa.. mittt ample„grounds, 'handsomely laid out
and ornamented . surrounding it 'g inviting to
physical exertdae sod to amusement in open
air.' Every7faeillty for an accomplished ani
riasAiehl edttatiOdn OS here offered' that eon be
found at ainvisimilar Institution in this State.
- TRUNK.
Board and Taikion; Per nest/any ,$5O 00.
Musio and Ornamental Bran Chas, extra
The Summer Session will open on the 2d a
jAlay. and eautiinm twenty one weeks.' '
. IBOARD OF INSTRUCTORS.
.
ReT. I. 8: Loarte, A. M.,Profeicior of Mora
Science stad.Aneleat .Langueges. 'teary . Com
fort. AssiatintA Mier L. C. Walker. Pr incipal
of Female Depontrecut end teacher of Music;
Mica--------Aeurirstara r Mr. Harvard Fells,
Professor of 'Mottera-Lett cages t I. B. tier
oiv, M. D , Lecturer ca .4raielogy and Laws
M fleapit.
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THERE ARE TWO THINGS, EAITH LORD BACON, wmg MAKE A NATION GREAT, AND PROSPEROUS—A FERTILE SOIL AND BUSY WORESHOPS,—TO WHICH LET ME ADD KNOWLEDGE AND FREEDOM.—Bishop Hall
THE FROST SPIRIT
=3
He oomes, he oomes—the Frost Spirit comes
You may trace hie footsteps now,
On the naked woods and bltiVed fields,
And the brown hill's withered brow.
He has smitten the loaves of the grey old trees
(Where their pleasant green came forth,
And the winds that follow wherever ho goes,
Have shaken them down to earth.
He cornea, he comes—the Frost Spirit COMICS
From tho frozen Labrador;
From the icy bridge of the northern eons,
Where the white bear wanders o'er;
Where the fishermen's sail is stiff with leo,'
And the luckless forme below,
In the sunless cold of the atmosphere
Into marble statues grow !
He come., ho coma—the Frost Spirit comes!
And the quiet lakes shall feel
The torpidtouch of his freezing breath,
And ring to the skater's heel;
And the streams which danced on the broken
rocks, '
Or sang to the leaning grass,
Shall bow again to their winter chain,
And in mournful silence pass.
lio comes, he comes—tho Frost Spirit comes
Lei us meet him as we may,
And turn with the light of the parlor firo
Ilia evil power away ?
And gather closer the circle round,
When the fire light dances high,
And laugh at the shriek of the baffled fiend,
As his sounding wing goes by ;
gpltrt gulf.
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THE CR IS OF MY EXISTENCE;
0. -_
Itt 111 OLD DACIOLLOIL
-- : -
I'm not a eeimental man now. I have
paned that state Of...mk , existence !Ong since,
;is a man whose whiskers have got bushy while
the hair on his crown has got thin, and whose
eyes are surrounded by little nascent crows'
feet, decidedly ought to hove done. I confess
that I prefer a good dinner to the 'most en
chanting of balls', claret to polkas, and a jolly
bacchanalian. ditty to the pretty small talk of
the most dainty damsel that ever Coated
through a quadrille in ringlets and clear mus
lin. .
Horrid vri4toh," I hoar some young lady
reader exclaim, as she peruses this confession,
and prepares to throw down the bocilt in dis
gust. Stay ono moment, fair lady, I beseech
you, and yam shall have a little genuine senti
mental reminiscenee of my " days of auldlang
eyne"—and 'then—thon you may throw down
the book it you please and cell me o .! horrid
wretch" if you can I
What a pretty, little, gauzy, fairy-like crea
ture was Angelica staggers when first I mot
her. The very recollection of her at this mo
ment snakes a faint vibration of my heart
perceptible to me, while then the sound of her
name would startle me like the postman's rap
at the street. Bill Staggers (it isn't a pretty
name, Staggers—but then, Angelical) was a
echoolfeliow of mine. 'Schoolboys don't talk
much about their sisters, because they get
laughed - at if they do ;ee that I knew little
more than the bare fact that Staggers had a
siker. In after years when 'we loft sehool,
and Staggers went into his father's office in
Gray's Inn, thcimatter was different.
Staggers'introduced me to his family. This
consisted of his papa, a pompous old fellow who
always wore a dress coat in the street as well
as at home; and whose pendant watch scale
would certainly have drawn him under water
if he had ever had the misfortune to tumble
over board frOM a Margate steamer ; of mam•-•
me, who was a lady of vast dimensions, with
the usual superfluity of color in her cheek and
• cap ribbons on her head ; of a sister of -Mr.
Staggers, senior, who might have been agree
able if she had not given you the idea of being
pinched everywhere—pinched in her waist,
pinched in her nose, pinched in% her mouth,
and pinched in her views of things in general ;
_ and lastly of the daughter of the house—the
divine Angelina herself.
HOW shall I describe Angelica is I first saw
her one fine summer's day, about two.o'clock
in the afternoon, dressed in the most ohariffing
of muslin negligee dresses, reclining in a large
cosy chair, and - embroidering on a frame a
pair of worsted slippers for her papa ? How
shall I ever' give an accurate picture of her
beautiful, light,' golden hair, that-literally glit
tered in the rays of the moonshine. that made
• their nay through thaltlf.dretwn grain VW:ti
tian blinds of the window by which she eat,
in the draxing room of that delightful villa
at recklrini, that looked out on to the smooth
ly shaved lawn with the largo .washing basin
of a fish pond on it,. containing ever so many
shillings' worth of gold and silver fish 1 I can't
do it. I have let all my poetry run to seed,
and I feel myself as incompetent to do'justice
to the charms, of . Angelica ,as ti-aign-painter
would be to copy a Madonna of Raphael, dr a
street ballad screamer
, t9/61 - 1 - rg the stabat
meter" of Rossini. I joust give up. the at
tempt: but cannot de the reader help me out
of the difficulty by imagining something very
fair, pink and white, very slight, very animal
ed, and, very ethereal-looking al together- ? . Of
course lie can ;:—then there is Argelioa Slog
gers before his eyes directly. •
From the moment I saw her I felt flint my
doom was fixed, and-my heart trans-fixed. I
admired, I loved, I adored her, and the very
atmosphere that surrounded her (I don't mean
the emell of roast duck that wne steaming up
from the kitchen) seemed to breathe of para
dise. Accordingly, as a very inatural conse
quence of this feeling of mine, I behaved very
sheepiably—blushed and stammered, and tore
off the buttons of my gloves,' stuck my legs
into absurd positions Trom pot kobwing what
the deuce to do with horn, stumbled over an
ottoman as I took my leave, and to aim
'. own elall caught at a chins pard-tray and
smashed it—effecting my torrent •atlength in
state of tremor sufficient to have brought 'ori
• payout; foyer..
.11,y friend Staggers quizzed. me:-
•
$5O 00
J,o'nes, I never saw you so quiet.. I
always thought you 'such of u fellow
omong,tlio YoU've lost yourlocigud
day : what.is it 7" . •
What s it its if I were going to -toll him
QPtCII.
CARLISLE, PA., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER I'. 1853.
what it was.' Supposing I had told him that
his Meter was en angel, the fellow would have
grinned and thobght I was mad. Mon never
do believe in the divinity of their sisters; they
are almost as incredulous as husbands tenth
ing their wives. The last man in the world I
would select as the confidant of my love af
fairs would be the brother of my adored one.
I should know that ho would annoy -me . by the
most anti-romantio anecdotes of his sister's
childhood, and tease her to death by frightful
stories of myself. And so I invented mouses
about being "ont of sorts," and that sort of
things to account for.my unwonted taciturnity
and embarrassment at this my first interview
with Angelica Staggers.
I was soon a very frequent visitor at the
Peokham Villa, and I had reason to suppose
that I was a welcome ono. The old gentleman
was very civil; mamma WS3 very pressing in
her invitations ; the "maiden aunt" affable in
the extreme; Angelica always received me with
a smile, that I valued at a higher price. than
California and Australia together mould Any.
The Staggers family led a quint life, with
the exception of Bill. *who, haunted theatres
and cider collare, and harmonic meetings, end
passed as disreputable; an'existence us a city
clerk well could. I seldom mot any one at the
Pockhara Villa but the family, and occasion_
ally a Signor Fidilini, who was Angelica's
music and singing master, and was sometimes
invited to tea in the evening, that he might
delight Papa Staggers by playing and singing
duets with Angclion. I can't say I liked his
delng so myself, and I always considered his
doublebass growl spoiled the silvery notes of
his pupil's voice; and then I had a groat ob
jection to seeing his jeweled fingers hopping
about and jumping over, Angelica's on the pi
ano, in some of those musical firework pieces
they played together. But ho was a very
quiet, gentlemanly fellow, and remarkably re
spectful in his manner to Angelica, so that
there could be no real cacao for jealousy—but !
—the word seemed quite absurd to use in such
a ease.
My father, pronounced me the idlest clerk
he ever had. lam not quite sure that be wee
quite wrong, but he little suspected the cause.
While I ought to have been drawing abstracts
of title, I was drawing fancy portraits of An.,
slice; while I should have boon engrossing
brief sheets, Angelica's form w,as engrossing
my_ thoughts; instead_of studying declaration.
at law , I was cogitating a declaration of My
attachment.. To plead well my own manse
with herself and her father was the only sort
of pleading I, cared for; while the answer I
might get to my suit'vvas of ten thousand times .
more consequeno l in my eyes than all the an- 1,
ewers in all the fusty old Chancery suits in all
the lawyers' offices in the world. As for
reading, Moore and Byron supplied food to
the mind that ought to have been intent on
Coke and Blackstone. Apollo ! God of Poo•
try, and Venus, deifiCation of Love, answer
truly l—ie there a more wretched being, a
more completely fish-ont.of-water individual
than a lawyer's clerk in love I •
After long and painful watching, I became
convinced, in spite of a lover's fears, that An
gelica was not insensible to my attachment. The
little bouquets I bought for her et Covent Gar
den Market were received with a look thitt
thrilled y through my very soul. (I hope that
is a proper expression, but my poetry having ,
grown rusty, as I before mentioned, I um in
some doubt about the matter.) There was, or
I dreamt it, a gentle pressure of the hand as
we met, and es we parted, that , could not be
accidental, and could not be that of mere
friendship. There was a half timidity in the
tone of her voice as the addressed me, differ=
ent from the self possession she displayed in
'conversation with others. In ishort, there were ;
p, thousand of those little signs, vieible though
indescribable, that Angelica Staggers knew .
that I loved her, and was gratified bithelact.
• Now most wen would ha've thrown them
selves at hor feet and made their vows, in such
a case; but I was doubtful vihether tliat was
the moat safe bourse to pursue in order to se
cure tho price.. It struck me that her father
woe just one of those crusty old gentlemes,
that look on a young fellow at, little better.
than a pickpocket, who daree to gain a daugh
ter's affections without first asking her father's
permission to do so. Qnthe other hand I was,
quite aware that young ladies dont like to be
asked of their papas before they aro asked
themselves ; there is too much of the Mahome
tan and of thO'Continenttil style . in ouch a pro
ceeding to please our free hurts island lasses-
Still;_l might get over that difficulty by ex•
plaining bow hopeless I holieSed to secure her
father's consent at all, unless I get it fire. I
was rikht; and ao I resolved to have an inter
view with Mr. Staggers, and explain my sen
timents.
Did any of my readers ever drive in tandenr
two horses that had never been broken to har
ness? Did he ever lot off a blunderbuss that
hail been landed for ten years? Did be ever
walk through long grass notoriously full of
venomous snakes? Did he over take a cold
shoiver bath at Christmas ? Did ho ever pro
pose the health of tho Indies in the_presence of
the ladies themselves, and before ho had at all
"primed" 'himself? Did ho ever walk 'scrota
a narrow greasy plank, 'placed across a
ohnsat some hundreds of feat in depth ? If ho
has done all or Rorer - titan feats, I' can bear'
'tittles to the ram that he has had some expo
rienoe in the nervous work; but if he has nor
er boon book parlored with a grass, pompoila
old tattler,' of whom ho4a, about to ask hitt
daughter's hand, then, I say his expeFience .of
real genuine 'glorious work" is but infenthie
after all. Making a declaration to' the lad y
horsolf is nothing to it, though a little embal•:!
tossing; toe; but then you know that the fair
one is in as mush trepidation ea yourself, amd
.oat. watching you with a cold, calculating eye
weighing your eapressions, and drawing ooti-,
elusions, perhaps prejudicial to your reputes,
tiers for sense or honesty. I declare that ;I
would : not go through that ordeal again for,thd
wealth of the: Antipodes, (that's the last new,
phrase,) and, betwen ourselves, that fa the very'
reason why I remain to tide day a—; but
stay.--I am anticipating.
I.cannot give an nogouat or my interview
with ,Old Maggots, Impanel° half an hour af
ter it was ever, I had but a confused, recollec
tion of ihattaolc Plneeat it. I only know that
it haunted :my dreams like a nightmare, for
night' after. I Was eternally jumping up in
my bed, in a cold pm spiration, with my hair
half-thrusting my night-op off my head,in the
midst of "explaining my intontions." However
a great point was gained—Mr. Staggeas agreed
to offer no opposition to the match provided my
father consented also.
' I shall call on him to-day, my young
friend,' ho said, 'co dine with us at Peckham,
at six, and you shall know the result. ' I don't
forbid you going there earlier; if you feel in
clined to do so.'
This was handsome, I expressed my grad
tUde as well se I was ebbe, and at once took a
Peckham omnibus, and hastened to Angelica.
Misses is out„sir ; and-so's Miss Staggers;
but Miss Angelion'a in the drawing-room, sir.'
Very well. I'll go there; you needn't
show me up.'
So saying, I sprang lightly up stairs, and
was in the drawing.ioom in em instant. A
sudden ebriek—a short, quick, half-stifled one
—met my ears as I entered, and I saw Signor
Fidilini move his arm very hastily, as if it had
been in far closer proximity to the waist of
Angelica, wit) was at the piano, than I should
h(ve considered at .all necessary iu au ordi
nary music lesson.
obh dear, Mr. Jones! bow you did startle
me,' oried Angelica, blushing terribly, as she
rose to shake hands with me. I didn't hear
you coming at all, I assure you.'
I didn't need that 'murals* and I believo
I said eouselliag of the sort.
Mees Angelica eo feared, dat I put out my,
arm to atop bar fall off from de otool,' said
Fidilini; and he looked eo perfectly truthful
and embarrassed as he spoke, that my dread
ful !suspicion* berm to be allayed.
I fool quit* norroue at • this present mo
ment,' said Angeles. Indeed,- Signor, you
must not ask me to take any more music lea•
eons to-day.'
Signor Fidilini bowed gracefully hie assent,
and / east a delighted' look at Angelica ; for
was Ike not getting rid 'of that tiresome musip
master for my eake Fidilini packed up his
Gorman uncage roll of music, and, bidding us
good-day, bowed himself out of the I:Odin, -
We were alone! We looked tneorefortable,
and we felt eo—l am sure of it•in her case as
• -
well u my own.
Angelica l' I exclaimed. •
Obi started, and laoked ortyrised
Angelica, I love yOul-you know it; but
you de not know how deeply and how dem
tudly,' &o. &c.- I suppose it is quite unneces
sary, for me to give the remainder of the dec.
'oration, beoause no one ca.".. be ignorant of
the usual form of the words in these cases.—
It is as ' stereotyped' as an Admiralty Score
tary'slettnre—but I suppose it means alittla
more or what a deal of fibbing lovers must be
guilty of when they come to the grand scene
of the domestic drama of . love!'
Angelica hung her head, and blushed, and
panted. I felt the was mine, and I seized her
hand and began to cover it with kisses, when
she snatched it from me in such baste, that
her diamond and pearl ring scratched my fin
ger. I weeatuazed
Mr. Jones, I can listen no more. I assure
you I must listen no,more."
Wlfy so? Your father will not oppose my
wishes for—' '
It is not that, sir: it is, that I cannot re
ciprocate the attach:tient you profess forme.'
Oh ! do not say so—do not—'
'! If you have any generosity in your heart,
Mr. Jones,. you will cease this strain at once.
You have mistaken my feelings altogether.'
Uhl that bureed Fidilini!' I cried in a rage,
forgetting my good breeding.
I beg, air, that you will not use such lan
guage in my proeonee, espeoially with refer
ence to b gentlemen for whom I entertained a
feeling of—'
Love !' I said, with a stupidly indignant
laugh, and an attempt at an air of tragedy.
But I care not. I will ,shoot him within
twenty-four, hours, or he, shall shoot me ;' and
I started on my feet with a thorough determi
nation to call out Fidilini without an Minya
c' •
delay.
For heaven's sake- don't speak so,' cried
Angelica. 'There will be murder; 4 koow
he'll fight, and you might, kill—'
Thank' you ; I might kill him—yes you
don't seem to have any, fears lest ho should
kill me. However, he shall have a chance,'
and I strode towards the door.
Stay,' cried Angelica: and aid; seized my
arm: 'stay, you shall have my Secret, and
then I throw myself on your generosity. Ho
is my hushefnqi•
the &VIP I exclaimed.
Ne aro privately Tarrind,' said Angelica,
'but, for the prtsent, do not let.—' ,
Hors wo were interrupted by the arrival of
Mrs. and Miss Staggers, who entered the
room, to our great discomfiture,', , Angelica,
with an appealing loOkl.owards me, hurriedly
left the room.
If ever a poor wretch felt himoolf in en un
comfortable position, I did at that moment,
and during the rest of that evening. Mr. Stag
gers br t aighi home a city friend With him, ob.
vioualy to avoid a tete a-tete with me after din
nor, but he took care to inform me,'in a whis
per, that his , negotiation with my :father bad ,
failed. I dare say ho was very much surpris
ed at the 000 l indffererma with which I received
this pieoe of information, for he little knew
bow worthlooa were the consents of iho papas
in the proseit instance.
Of all the artful• little hussies that ever
lived, decidedly that girl ie the most complete
thought I, as I watched the quiet and coni c
poseutmanner in which Angelica behaved du
ring dinner, and the evening wbioh folloWed.
She played and sang as freely ao ever, and
even eipressed her morrow that Signor
was not present, that she might sing one of
her papa's favorite duets. If he had beep pres
cat, I believe I abould have strangled the fel
low against all resistance.
flow I past that night, "won't say, but I did
net sleep.
Nextknorning I ROB at the office 'as usual,
and really tryi,ng to work hard to keen my
thoughts from dwelling on Angelina. About
ten o'oloair. my' father rushed into the room
where I was seated at the, desk, in company
with Mr. Staggers. . ,
•Villain!' cried Staggers, to pap
'You youngscoundrodr icrcnxed roy father
I was really alarmed, for I thought that both
those respectable elderly gentlemen must have
gono mad. I stared, in open mouthed aston
ishment. •
'Whore's niy danghterl' bawled Staggers.
'Answer, sir!' ohoutod my father, as I looked
if possible, still more surprised.
I don't know,' I replied.
'You lie eir,' cried Sloggers.
'You are quibbling sir,' added my father ;
'we don't ask where she is . at this very mo
ment; you know what we mean.
'ls she married?' said Staggers; answer
that.'
'Really,
'Answer plainly, sir, and without shuffling,'
cried my father.
' I believe she is,' I answered.
'Believe! why, you young villain, when you
know whether you have married her or not,
bow dare you talk.about what you believe?'
/ marry her! not .married to her!'
cried in surprise.
'What the does all this mean ?' ex—
claimed my father, losing all patience. , idiss
Staggers has run off from her father's house
—with you, its suspected.'
,llndeed !' I exolaimed, interrupting him ;
' then I suppose I may tell the truth ; no doubt
she is gone with her husband, "
Never shall I forget old Staggers' rage and
eurprise when ho hoard my simple slot y ; met
hie savage indignation when my father (think
ing only of hie own son being out of n moss)
exclaimed :--
' I'm deuced glad of it.'
I am going to the christening of Madame
Fidilini's seventh child tomorrow. They like
an old bachelor for a godfather sometimes, be
cause he has no other children than god child
ren to provide for. Grendpepa Staggers will
be there, and' so will grandmamma end grand
aunt; and the latter will be very attentive to
me, but she's more pinched• than ever, rind
looks like a dried - herring in figure and corn
plezion. I shall dine with old Staggers after
wards, and he has some superb claret, much
better stuff than—well, never mind, I have
done!
3 iui rItaIICOII2.
MISS BRICIIIER IN A. PICKLE.
The following amusing incident is from Miss
Bremer's new work, Homes of the New World:
I like better our usages nt the table than in
this country. With us, peoplo can enjoy the
pleasures of conversation, and they need not
'think about the dishes, except in so far as en
joying them goes. Everything with us is done
silently and in due order by the att&dants.—
At a glance from the hostess you are offered a
second supply, but this nl:so silently ; the dish
es comb round to the guests, each in his turn,
and after that pimple are not troubled with
them Here it is not so. Ilere'there is an in
cessant asking and tavitirig, so that what with
asking and inviting, and selecting and answer
ing, there is really no time for the aejoyment
of the meal, much less of conversation. Nei
ther is ono able to holp one's self; but the host
or hostess, or aunt or uncle, or some other po
lite person, or it may be the servants, which
here in tho South are always negrocs, help
ou, and you seldom got what you wish for, or
,ne mush or as little as you want, and not on
that part of the plate where you wish to hnie
it. You arc asked, for example,
" Will yqu have butter ?"
Yes, I thank you."
And with that comes a piece of butter on the
odgo of the plate, on which the annoying
thought alWayeisuggeets itself, that it is cer
tainly exactly where the servant put his thumb.
Then it goes on ;
0 Will you take fish or meat? chioken or tur
key ?"
0 - Chicken, if you please."
"Have you any choice ! The breast or a
wing?"
Then comes, "will you have pickles?"
" No, I thank you."
A pause and' calm °Mines for two minutes.
Rtit then somebody on your left discovers that
you have no pickles. and pickles. come to you
from the left. " May I help you to pickles?"
"No, I thank you."
After a few minutes morit.,;soniabody on the
right sees that you have no pickles, and has
tens to offer you the bottle. " Will you not
take pickles ?"
" No, I thank you,"
You then begin an interesting conversation
with your next neighbour; and, just as you
'are \bout to ask some question of importance,
a per Da opposite to you observes that you are
not entingpiokles, and the pickle bottle cornea
to you across tho table, and you are called up ;
on to asy once mars, in solf-justification,
No, I thank you, not any," and continue
your conversation. .
But again, at tho moment you aro waiting
for some reply. interesting to you, cornea the
servant, perhaps the very best daddy in the
whole black world, and shoots the pickle bot
tle i n 'between you and your conversnbll neigh
bour, and with horror you again behbld pick
les ready: CO be put upon your plato, so that in
the' end you find yourself quite overcome 'by
the pickle persecution.
Thus goes - on the meal; one Incessant bus
tle of serving, 'which takes from you all on:
joym . ent of the food. , I have at last a regular
palpitatibli „ of the heart from disquiet and im
patience ; but that is in a great meneuro my
own fault,tho fault of,my weakness, though
something must boalloived to the, fault of .the
custom. here ; IT hich.is not quite in harmony
with the higher pleasures of social intercourse.
This custom, however, - did not originate in this
country. It belongs to England, and must he
put down to the account of England. , •
OD; Whon once yeti alloiv•a girrslmad.l6
get full_ of , finery , and boaux,' and her Imola full
of waltzes, polkas, and" cotillions, You may
'about tuz well throw her'-books Into the fire;
and Marry her to the 'first simpleton who will
'tako her off your hands, for leer daya of study
and improvement aro at an Cad.
THANKSGIVING IN THE OLDEN TIME.—The
following queer paragraph about, an old time
thanksgiving, is taken from
,a history of Coos
county, in New Hampshire, published some
years since, "by Rev. Grant Powers, A. M.,
C. H. 8," a garrulous, pious, good natured,
simple minded country parson.- It was a sin
gular state of things when so great a festivat
as thanksgiving could be 'deferred on account
of a deficiency of molasses, but so it was a:-
cording to the Rev. Mr. ifo - wers:.
"Early in the settlemen't, of Coos, it so hap
pened that the annual thanksgiving was pass
ed before intelligence of it had arrived there;
Iwit soon after, a Dr. White came up to visit
His friends at Newberry, and brought with him
a proclamation. This proclamation was read
publicly on the Sabbath by Mr. Powers, find
by bins it was proposed that they should-keep
a thanksgiving, notwithstanding the time spo•
eified by the Governor was passed, and he pro.
prised the next Thursday. Upon this a mem
ber arose and gravely proposed that it might
be deferred longer--"for," said he, "there is
not a drop of molasses in town, and we know
how important it is to have molasses to keep
thanksgiving. My boys have gone to . No. 4,
and will be back, probably, by the beginning
of next week, and they will bring molasses:
and it had better be put off till next Thursday.
It woe unanimously agreed to: but themelas•
see hot coming it was deferred another week;
and finally, thanksgiving was kept
,without
-molasses. 'This, which is enough to provoke a
smile, will nevertheless show us the simplicity
and destilutiom of those days."
BACKING Our OP A BAD Ittatoton.--Thcre
were several corms in a house where there
here was a young child POMP , two or three
days - oldT among them - a - little - bright - eyed - boy
of some four summers. When the_ grandmother
soon ofter . cameln, with the babe in her arms,
he was particularly pleased with it, kissed it'
and evinced every symptom of delight; asked
this aunt where she 'got, it, and was told she
bought it of Dr. Adams; then asked how much
she gave for it. .She told him she paid ten dol
lars. He then stood by her lap, on which the
child was lying asleep, his.eyes beaming with
intense satisfaction. The babe mitt' awoke,
and equaled vociferously. Instantly his noun
termite() fell; and with almost disguit pictured
on his beautiful face, he turned around and
said; "Aunty, if I was you I'd take it haelp to
Dr. Adams, and get my ten dollars I for making
such a noise as this !"
Ill:TULIP MONEY Baas.—Many a man there is,
clothed in respectaility, and proud of his Lon
or, whose central' idea of-life Is interest and
ease—the oonception that other men are mere
ly tools to be used as will beet servo him; that
God Las endowed Lim with sinew and brain
merely to scramble and to act; and so, in the
midst of this grand universe, which is a per
petual circulation of benefit, ho lives like a
sponge en a rock, to' absorb, and bloat, and
die. Thousands in this great city are living
so, who never look out of the narrow circle of
self interest; whose deeldogue is their arith
metic; whose bible is their ledger; who have
tie contracted, and hardened, and stamped
their natures, that in any spiritual estimate
they would only pass as eo many bags of-dol
lars.
TARE A NEWSPAPEIt.-" / am poor and can
hardly afford it, yet-'I take a newspaper for my
children," was the exclamation of an honest,
hard-working man, on being asked if ho took
a newspaper.
Would that all fathers would do the same,
and thus place before their children a good
newspaper, which would soon,orento au inter-.
est for reading and afford the young a sonice
of enjoyment which, in after years, they will
recur to with pleasure. If parents instead of
giving their children a quarter to visit each
to veling show, would invest the money in eub•
scribing for a newspaper, they would confer a
snbsta'utial favor on the child.and themselves.
THE VIRTOO or LAUGOTER.—There is reck
less laughter, too; there is heartless laughter,
but when one can give, and does give, a clear,
honest laugh, or in any way shows forth a go.
nial sympathy' there is still loft some of the
innocence of nature and the pulse of goodness.
It is true, there are those, the intensity of
whose inner life, and the circumstances of
whose lot, may repress tumultuous joy ; yet
tqereis an attractiveness in thorn, as though
that which in others breaks out into laughter,
were distilled into Spiritual serenity, an 1 comes
forth'now and then in the suit-burst of a smile.
TEE PATENT OFSICE.—Among the patents
grantedindBq2, is one for frosting the surface
of glass plate by covering it with : sand, pebbles,
and wsterond rocking it backwards and for
wardsiEo that the sand will pass over, the sur
face. Another was for a campheno lamp, the
wick of which is surrounded by a chamber fil
led with water to extinguish the lamps if they
should be accidently upset. Another a machine
for making patent medicine, which considering
the amonnt of drugs : passing through the hu
man stomach, is not Undeserving of notice.—
The ingredients are fed in between cylinders,
and they come out manufactured
_pills. Just
the, machine for cholera
A GREAT POULTRY Suow.—At the second
poultry show of the Royal Agriculture Society
of England, hold recently at Gloucester, these
were several turkeys which weighed forty-nine
pounds each! in the geese department there
wore nine pens containing eighteen : geese and
ninoganderii which Banged thirty-four pounds
each in weight I Those, geese which took the :
premiums weighed 'respectively thirty-nine,
forty, forty-one,, and forty:iliac and a half
poundal
F.14111:ING EASY '
.—No hoard, ft story of a fel
l Orr 'who reiritod his oxperienoo when the Na
hone Bank failed. a As soon as I heard Of it,"
soya ho, "wy heart jumped right into my
mOutb.' Now, thinks I, If Pre got any bills on
that ere bank I'm a gonor, thai'i a foot So
you see I on „with tn./ coat, and put for home
as fast as my legs world carry me: I run all
tho way. So, when '1 got there, I leokod and
found I had'nt got any .bills on that etio bank
—nor, any l other, I felt Some - eintior" . '. ' '
VOL. .LIV,. NO 11
AAticulturaL
THE FAMILY SITTING ROOMI
In a recent address before one of the coun
ty agricultural societies in Ohio, Prof. FAIR`
enno, of Oberlin, argues the importance of
comfortable and tasteful dwellings. He plaoos
the kitchen first, and claims that it should be
furnished with all possible conveniences for
making the necessary household labor easy,
and then goes onto say :
Next in order comes the family sitting room
—a place where you and the wife and children
may enjoy each others' society and help each
other in the right pursuits of life after the Ta
bora of the day are over. A home is not e
home without such arrangements. To eat and
sleep is, not the chief end of man. Even in
reference to the present world there are high
er enjoyMents of which we are capable and
'nobler aspiratioos which claim our regard.—
There aro social affections which, rightly cub , "
tivated, give us more elevated nature and wi
der rage of enjoyment. It is for such a (mitt
vation and for the attainment of such a hap
piness that God hath set the solitary ih
families." But this object is, to a great ex
tent, lost without arrangements corresponding
to the end to be secured. There must be time
'and place for quiet and social intercouree—
th books and periodicals and objects of taste
at hand which shall aid in the development of
the mind and the heart. The pines for these
associations is the family sitting room. It is
in Tact the centre of home, the point to whioh
. the whnderer looks back with longing heart
when far from his father's house. You supply,
then,a great family necessity, when you provide
a comfortable, quiet; trustful room, viith suitable
furniture, in all particulars inviting as a gath
'oaring place foryour family at home.
Does any one object that each arrangements
are too nice and fancifullor a farmer's house?
that it is better - to spend the evening before
the old-fashioned 'kitchen fire, where apples
can bo pared, and hickory nuts cracked, and
axe-helves whittled, without any fear of de
triment to carpets and sofas? Allow me to
suggest, my friend, that you are the very one
that needs that sitting room, with its elevating
and humanizing influences. 'Nuts and apples
and axe-helves are all good in their place Lbut
you rind your children have heartixand.minds
as well as stomachs. Unbend your neck a lit
tle, and look up to the blue heavens above you.
The view shall kindle within you the latent
spark of immortality. Look around upon the
brutes that periali, and acknowledge that you -
are netlike them.. Drop your axe helve, then,
and devote the evening hour "to your higher
nature. The farmer who finds no use for a
sitting rocm is not the man for Northern Ohio
in the latter half of the nineteenth century.
FARMERS', C/,VOS,
The farmers of every neighbourhood should
form themselves into a club, and meet once a
week during the winter, for the purpose of dis
cussing such things as tend to their mutual
improvement. It is astonishing what an a
mount of knowledge they may thus obtain, and
how greatly their interests will be forwarded.
These meetings may be-held at - some central
building in the neighborhood, such as the court
house, school house, or some respectable tav
ern. But the best place, in our opinion, fora
club meeting, is at the farmers' own homes,
where they should be held alternately till the
whole neighborhood is gone over, and then
commence anew, and so keep on in regular
routine. •
It would be well to have these meetings once
e week in the winter, and once a month in the
more busy season of the year.
Clergymen, physcians, lawyers,' merchant!,
mechanics, and indeed nearly every other pro
fession associate for mutual improvement, and
the furtherance of their own interests; then
why shoula not the farmer?—the Most numer
rous and worthy class'by far in every nation,
and without whom the world would soon come
to an end.
Unite, then, for mutual benefit and instruc
tion in every" hamlet and neighborhood—no
matter how few your numbers, form yourselves
into clubs. We know of nothirig so well cal
culated to instruct you:Juni raise you to that
rank which your individual worth and impor
tance as a class entitle you to assume.: Be
you the rulers as well as the workers of the
land ; and allow no other clasawhatever in this
great republic to take precedence over you,
whether in the scientific or practical knowl
edge of your profession.
to RAISE FRUIT ,ENERY YEAR
If rightly understood, few trees, unless ab
solutely dead or rotten, need occupy ground
without yielding a plenteous crop, After a
long and variedseries of experiments, I grad.
wally adopted the following:
"As soon aa.the winter has 'sufficiently disap
peared, and before the sap ascends, I examine
my trees; every dead bough is lopped etr.--'
Then, after the sap has ripen sufficiently to
show where the blossoms will be, cut away
all - the branches having none on, and also the
extremity of every limb, the lower part of
which bears a considerable number of buds,
thus' concentrating the sap of the tree upon
the maturation of its fruit, and saving what
would be a useless expenditure of strength.—
In the quince, apricot and poach trees, this is
very important, as these are apt to be luxuri
ant in leaves, and destitute of fruit. YOU may
think - this injures the trees, but it does not; ;
for yOut will find trees laden with fruit which
formerly yielded nothing. Of course,•all oth
er well known precautions must be attended
to, such as cutting out 'worms from the roots,
placing an old iron on the limbs, which not as
a tonic to the sap, &o. Try it, ye who liaTo
failed in raking fruit.—Fartner and Mechanic.
ICS. Ignorance pays such a tax that we
can't imagine how any body can afford to be a
blockhead. 11I'Crooken works for &dollar s
day, while Spring his neighbor, commands
twenty, shillings; a wide difference, and. all
timed by Spring's knowing how to read,
write and cypher.. From these figures.lt will
be,seeu that M'Craoken's wint of knowledge
;coste.hint"four hundred dollars a;year'—whieh
Shows ,that ignorafici.iostalith more than hit
Rife and epildren, house rent