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Wi11i.14.4.1911 M. PORTER, Editor.)
10. R. COOVEB; Proprietor.
VOL. LVIII.
TERMS OF PUBLICATION
1 . 110 OA want: Maw/ Is published weekly on a largo
shoal containlie r ftwentyeight columns, awl furnished
to rulmrrllters at $1.50 :paid 'strictly ill .nllOOllOO :
.$1 7.i Witold within the year ur $ . 2. In all casjs whoa
payment is delayed until after the expiratio n of thg,
yellr: NO 51110.1.111t1000 received fir a 1081: 111.1 . 10.1 than
I . l‘ 111011t110, and 110110 iliSoolltiiilletl Until all arrearoges
are paid. noloat at the option. or the puldisher• Papers
sent to subscribers 1101112 out of Cumberland county
must be p. 4 1 ,1 for in mlOlOlOO. 00 the pnyolollt nssdwud
lA' 00110 1109,011,11,1111101,01) unity Cuto6wrlal).l 1,51111.
.1.y.---Ttiosu.-Ccrux-wlll,bo- rigidly:adhered- to-lu---1111-
....aheA. I •
A D VE ItTIS E DIE STS,
tld vetti,wnents will ' i•liarged 11.00 per mute, et
twelve tin, l'At• threelnitertions. owl 2A cents for tctell
Aul o o c itO„mt, insertion, All advertisements ol let 4 thini
twelve lines considered es It teptal•e.
Advertisements beSwe..M•arcte.ttt and detain.
S eunt:l2er Ilim•litr Sect .intlertion,•mal per liiui
. 11,,, , toloqitnt iitertimet. ttletnetinleations eu stile
Jed, or limin,d Or indtvilialTiit:q.,:l - "V/1111 , 6 - eleteged
i•••nl, tier line, • The Propt•iet•le will loot be •reNtnsi•
ble iii 113111,1:A1:w Inches in 11,1vurti ,, ..t5$ pbit,lary
11 , .tit'I'S 31:1113;es . not useeetlitlg live lines; Will be
luserttwi without charge
The carligtt Ilarili Jon.p,IIINTINII OFFICE Is the
lava,
theet.finty.
141.1 Pres.s.s. sild h geurral lal lety of material
11,r plain sea P.oticy hail; sr every kind. vitublvs
l'Hufi'rz at the shortest Idits , told as the
AMA. .1.1,1114. PIS.. 111 " nut
listacs or n tik,l,lllltv ht•Ilto Jobbing 111114,01 it •ti.
hair-interest 1.0 noire us a call, .Every variety,. 1.1sol:s
..sistantl On bull.
oterat: ant) tocalanformation
U. S. GOVERNNIENT
I•resillimt—.l rA .
Ciro I'rr~ldeut—.lmry I'. ilIll.C31:N1111 , 11F4, •
c.•11-tarp Lt Stnte
St.ort•tary of lilt Ti PSON•
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1-ivert•llry 111 %Vor—.ll.lr.ll. rt,ovo.
St•t•vclpry of N;tvy ••
'plot IIiI.to•r 11,1,01 A . V. 11101110:
At to.'neY 111311.111 S. 'I:I,WK:. •
CLlet.luairo ~t. tills Ullited B. TANEY
STATE•' GOVSENALENT
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orthe i'ourt —I:. Loilvis, A. M. Nth!
110 NO, AV, 11. W. IV. A. l'ora Ln
%COUNTY OFFICERS
p ro p . ll..nt .111,1,,•-111011..;, , ,s It. Nrahom. •
. Michael Cocklin, Snintiel
'0..411.m . n. • -
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S. Co.it.
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N. Ell.ilinger. •
11'1,11 tlitwilf-- , lneoll Deputy, Jpllll .1:11 . 111S.
81101,1,17
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l'ayslthinl,) 3,,1111 Gut:
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31IcItte1 111,11.1.11,
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Clrrl, to 1.!,•14,1•11.—T11,,,, It '
(...011,tableS—.111,111 IBut e, High, Camntablo.; -- Itobort'
\Vvil
.111,1 le e, of chit Spo.kr, David Smith,
S,lLael 11,4.1111 k, Stephen
CHURCHES,
ir4 Presbyterian Chun.lt, Nnrtinsest angle of ('en
i4llll.ll, Itur. 01/11l I'. LPing Pastur...--.`ers in•n
penning a L 111.pieluck, 31., anti 7 u'.•lo4lt
•
r•econd PreniTteriall thUrril, corner orF,,,ah I anoner
I'iatdrvl. , ,t ,, q6 , :. Rev. Mr Ealls,
A. 31., and 7 ri rlorl. P. 31.
St..l elnim Chun ell. (Prot.. 11in,ropnl) no; i Scant angle of
;id S 1:ov..1.tool;
11 n'elerll .1. NI.. and „,'clod;, P. 31,
I:11;41in'; Lot heint; t hunch, 11;;Ifeld -.between Alain
id Lent her sl; et+, Iter..lnt.;;l , Fry. I . :ndor, 6;1;11 , 00
11 o'elnel, .1. 51., ;Ind G n'eleet; AI.
Gertna ‘ n It enirincd Church. Loather, between Ilan.
•er and I'M t•tteet, ller. A. 11. Kremer. l'aster.—
•rvlee. at. 11 Velerk A. 1(1. anti n c;'010e1; I'. I.
. .
Mennellst Ohm charge, 4...rt.:r0t Alain and
tt rev!, Rev. It. D. Chan Pastor. Sort lvea at
A.. 1).• d ott o'elacl; P. 31.
\ tell... Vat, 11. t'llneel, tsecantl charge.) Rev. A. A.
...A, Poster. Fcrrlca. 6r C'llego Chapel, at 11
duel; A. M. and 4 o'clock. I' ' .
llootat, Cade.... Chalet, Pomfret near 11net street.
v.- 1.16,ten, Pastor. brinier on the 2nd :sull
y of each
lerinan LWherau Charelt clan 'r of hattfrot anti/
.1(... d streets. ,m.% ice
lot.; A. M.
v• 11 Lcu elyinget: In Ow a 1.,: urn nect , b,itry the
iper hrrsuua ule I'llillented it, ll"Lity UN. •.
DICKINSON _COI.I..EGII
o•r. Mollies CoMi., D. 1).,.19.,,Ad0nt arid l'iofessor of
111
e. linotan6l..lolloson, 1). 1)., Professor of l'hilto.o
• tot. 1,01.1) Literature.
,owes W l'r))f.».sur of ..1.1.4)411 Iron
•
tges•
o Wm.l,. 111.mwell, A. XI., Profess.... of 3i n li“.. ou ti rs ,
Wl.ls.m. A. 31., Pruit,,2,1.1 . ul Nottonl :strieucu
I s Ciuntor 01 the 310,,,mu,
leNallder -rhem, A. M., rfo(etsor 0r n0....w mud
lot.
:motel U. 11111mon, A. )1., l'ilooloal of 111 e lirolonlar
P. Purcell, A. 8., A F•Isl nut in I be (Inuumar Scluul
I . iOAIAD-OF §OIIOOL DIRECTORSt
,drew Saxton; P. Quigley, E..
'MIMI. C. C. Sereetgry,fason
Treissuiee,lohn 31e,seugue. litet 1•1/
hd:,1111111i1:y ellerl 311)11iii arTilieleyl: A. 31, at fai.
Lion hall.
CURPQRATIONS
111.ISLI: 1/1 . r.1T nichnrd Porker.
hive. 11 on. M. Booted; Mos
n0n.1%,„ \V. herd: Ul renters, Itichorn s
Bricker, Al.ralunti .Inne. In Lonlns,
inonlo q,d, IV In, 11. :Mullin, ::tunnel II hurry am(
no Zug. "
Father 111 orris sat leaning epon his' large
ivory -headed cane. his white hair so long that
-it'almost %pitched his • shoulders, and his'mild.
blue eye Intl of quiet eeieyment, as h e g ,"O
upon this pet or his ohl age—his fayoi•ile
grand doughtier. Ile patted her gently on the
head, and, was about. to comply with het re
quest, \VIM). 1110 sound of the village heft was
head, and its slow, monotonons tones tad
of &nth. Alice .stopped—the smile passed
frog her counlenance—and turning her Lend
in- the direction whence the sounds came, she
raised her tore linger- toward her graird-fath
er,.as it' to say, "don't speak," 111111 conimen
ced counting the strokes of the bell. It 'was
a t jong teci'she thus stood, while the old gen
tleman, who was deaf, sat watching her COllll
- allenthely. Turning towards hint at
lengt It, she said,
. .
. Johast.nitni•No 211() A.- Y. M , Nittely-eight! it must be old Major Saf-
. Meets 'ld Thurs. .
of each loon th, 31orien ford,' •
01111.111.1311VALT,Ii itAILI:OAT
1131331 rrrrulm•y miii TIT3SIII Eduard 31:
Idle; ;npekintnntlent, Pat.s.eger trains
ee a .lay. ainste•.ird 1.1 lug Carlisle at 1n.:19
31. and 400 o'eluvl: P. 31. o trains every day
sauna, leaving Caylislo at 0,50 doled: A, 31. tilt
P. 31.
.SRl.l$l.ll IiAS AND WATER COMPANY.—PECSideIIt, Fred•
•Is 11 DMA: Suvrelary, 'DAM I 'l,l•titstiier,
Motets); NVntts,
'O/Itl,.Win. :NI. 'kelvin; 111 , 11i'y Saxton, W. Eby,
iis 11. Ilnygns, It. C. NVotram ant. anti IL M. 11111.11 u
It.t.NK.-1..1,1unt..101t0
(!itsblei. If. A. Iqur,, , L•on; .10s, C. lloller.—
eclin,../olin S. Sterrelt,'4l'ni, Ikon,
n, LicLnrd IVuoils. Julio C. Dunlap, lIuLL. C. Sturriitt,
A........turgeitn, and Captain John
SOC . IETIES
ntnhrrLn•:l Star Loilge No. 197, A. Y. 71. wevtß at
•ion stall on the 2nd 'mid 4th Tuesday s 01 every
,Aisle 1,4;dg0 No 91 1. 0.. of U. F. Meets Jlondoy
:ling, 91 Troutx
FIRE COMPANIES
t.. Union Fire Company rat organized In :1100.
.1. ClLLllllnllit Vice President. NVllliani 11.
7,er ; lik , cretitry, A. 11. Ewing; T 1 Pete• Unit
,Compaily locals lhn liret Saturday in Starch, June,
yam her, ‘lllll DeCelll4,l . • • •••
Ifs Cumberland Fire Company n•nl instituted Febrd
.l, ISOU. Nealdent, Hobert McCartney; Secretary,
ennui:my.
to .on the third Satauday ol• aunuaFy, April; July,
Ottoh•r
~,God Will IfosoCottiptuy nuns instituted 'n31,111:11,
i'rePliloutu 11. A. Siurgeou; President...l/11.0
lea :1111,y; I..ovrelary . ,L , ontuol If. Muhl; Treasurer,
1.111 0. Hulbert. Tim vonunilly meets Ili° tuuond
hilly of .Imin:try, .14,r11, July, and OctuLer.
RATES OP POSTAGE.
fogimmi en nll letteisof one.half onorw weight or on
,.3,,,rauts pre paid, except to. Califol . nin or Oregon,
1etc,114.10 come prepold.
, natr.ge our the —llerald Coinly, free.
thlutthe Slate 11 cents per year. To anyeart ,of the
ltda Fytntooti conta....A:eslnge on all Iran Rent papers
ler••^..unices' In weight, 1 cent prep hl or two cents
tad. !Advertised litters; to he charged with the cost
verllghn.f.
.
'III3BALD JOB '8: BOOK
1 1 3 111NYING O. PFICE,
Cor. of the Squ . ake,laln St
MI
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.[Wriyon for the Ileral4l.]
FERV.VINT
Er=l
0, thou most pure a n d holy ono,
'Our pmyi,rs to ilietiwe raise;
/Cud oirbr np day alter day
• Our songs a Nvo and praise;
We pray for blessings Isom thy' bands,
For grace, 's rleh supply
-A pope, en whlsh our souckmay rest
, When death Is drawing nigh.
(4:lnt us '•04.nr,1 2 ' . a trusting hearti
A true I,ellmlng soul;
(kit 50 'll"l.lioNl9That thou t;lono
Caust make le;en• sinners ‘,llOlO ;
--,--..., - . Aini - learir - us; - I:nrrlvnea — Wealt wo are,
HOW much we all devoid
v up lore, an..! pity •,
or God; our uuly Olcud. -
BALI lover, 311,,
4.i3` A .14,1114:Hon of i)Jimis. called j"l'lltt Estray,'
edltml - ny - Lowfollow, Ind inil•llslind In IMston Finnn I
years :I:40, contains Om' following
,I;eautlinl poem, tho
qtalitir of vAllt.ll,%\' - 1. I ellocc, hnv liever.looon usvortui.d
NEs ON A SKELETON
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th•h t ,ht (hi, Ault
Oprt, etherill spirit full
narrow 18115 lift , s rptrval3
This spots, mos tb0ught . 5...3 ,1 01.1 , . Fent.;
pletun•s lined thig spot!
11liat drew inns of illea.tiro Inning forgot:—
Nor I n 11, 1101' joy, dor four, •
111 is loft ti .. 1.111C0 of riii:i.;r4,l Inure.
Iletteath.llils mouldering. tattinit'y •
thiee , shoitu
this bright till Limy 5Tt;
But start lint at the dinnml
. vold,—
If soviet love that eye
If with la lawless Ih:tilt gloiini J.
But through the dde oft:tininess beaul'il;
Thad eye shall be forever , bright.
IVlien stars awl tAtits have lust their light
Here, ravens Ming
Tits re.ttly. mitt, unit tatteful TONGUE;
if f“t5,1,0.1 , s honey it illsdalteil,
And where it could not was ['baited,
I ! .?lilltf.vtrt2ty:tti:ass .. lt
Yet ;!.•tillioeourtd 'rover hi °tut.
That tutiefolToligtt iljk. - att Gtr thre;
tit,tth nut oils vternity. •
_Fay. did thew 11!.m Its 1101,1 the mine,
1/r In Ith Ito ehvied ruhleg nhinet
.To-how the ruck, or over the gent,
•Pen nothing new until to them '.'
Bet tie, poee or truth the . y tought,
llr ronehrt to-tilt, 111011111, broil-all:
1.1 , 1110 , alit-her owed 01311 rlattn ---
'1%411 . 11H that I,alts :1:1111,1:11110.
Avails it,.w tether I are or slwtl.
111. r the path of ditty troth
'lf fnor the hewers of joy they fled,'
To hot ithe allllellon'h homy°
grandellea guilty trite they spotlit!,
And Inane to lap return'd,
Them' feet with amters a lugs shall vie, •
And tread the pale, of the
srlrrt (tv'nlr.
,THE TORY PREACHER AND YOUNG
AJOR ;
•
OH, CUURCJI DIFUIPLINE IN OLDEN THIES.
It tans 41 warn', tioltry day in August, one
of chow quiet, happy days' when even the
gra , shopper and butte' fly teem weary of play
and take an afternoo`n nap under some green
leaf, 'or enjoy their gobfett dreams in the. fra
grant e(tp of some summer flower.
'l•he high road is travel-worn and dusty, and
every shrub and bush 'by the wayside seems
ucary or the hest, iind drooping henemli the
weigid of dust. Nought looks cool, save the
dark woods in the distance, nird — the weary
pedestrian longs to 111111 aside, cross the
rustle bridge which spans the clrook, and rest
awhile under those wide-spread elms, which
stand like sentinels at the entrance of the
NVIPAL lilt the eataa.yif lilt; call him away,
and lie must plod MI amid the toil and fever
thirst of this world, until thu evening brings
its darkness and rest.
Not .far from those trees, at . the end of ft
green lone, stand.: Father llorris' cottage. It,
is plastered and whitewashed on the outside.
The fragivit hop. with its luxurious foliage
and light green _blw.sonts, have covered the
gable end of the Itousi;, and ambitiously
climbed. to the very roof, while the little door
yard in front is filled with flomers. and vines.
They had: as if *aided by somemore tasteful
baud than That I.l' Father 111 w -rim, who has
;Tent a greater part of his life in the camp
end baffle field. Jty, there is the litthpfainr.3
who presides wet the garden. She has ill:A
wheeled - Tier gratulptiler's arm choir under the •
grajterr' and is now seating herself' on It lit out
by his side'. • rc carelessly . slut inrushes
ilose_rieh - I,eurls.from.her-foreheadonal
how • ugly she looks up into the old gen
t's face.
Now, grandpa., I've done spinning, and
put all illings in order•; grandmit is asleep in
bedroom, end Aunt Sally Los gone to
the Sewing Society : now won't you tell me
story or old lilacs?"
• " Grandpa, grandpa," she• repeated in- a
louder tone,- it tout be the Major, for there
is no one else in town' no old."
But the old gentleman'lnid fallen into a rev
erie. Prom the length of thou-which the bell.
totted, he knew for whom it 'rung,those sr.d
notes, and his heart_ was. now
,busy With the
past. Memories of otlir'days when the blood '
circulated swiftly through his youthful limbs,
amnia could boast of health. strength, and
igor,-scenes nett •Thont/1117.r.Utitlit'
fields anti council oliambers, pr fyranny
'shied, and independence inlayed. All these
were connected with thoughts ends friend:—
ivholtad just liassed front earth. What a de
ptisiMity or reliesanust art old
. man's heart bet
Not buried . Pompeii or Ilerculaneum . present
more tutieets of thought' ohan one' hereon
heart; could we look beneath the lava, ub-
Allah and •dest with which genre and inter
courtie,with the World have covered ft The
ig
crust ellen deep and hard to be penetrated;
but.new and thertan operdng is made,quid we.
have it'glatiee' tit the depth's', beneath. • It was
thus new 1011 father Morrie, and •the 'wise
mon_ had-hc,been t h&c,' arid looked •nt the
shattered hermit; ithich, like beautiful' ruins,'
were . ticateered.' ever that life;' and at the
elitinded wrecks upon We Shore; would have •
exclaimed Snow i‘. o ,Al! is 'vanity lin . d vend -. Lion of 'spirit.'t Aut. poor 'Alio thought duly
S_ °° WOE S 3 ,MIE WA,P2EcIT assialm.
• of losing her story. Seeing .flie moottof
. her
grandfather, she tett Anwn'..by-his side, and
leaned her head upon his knee: The tremb
ling hand wits by the power.of 'habit involun
tarily laid upon it; but the touch moulded his
wandering thoughts, and be said: •
" I must follow soon, Ally. iNly old com
-
panitins-in-arms are almost all dead. My ar
mor is worn.and -rusty, and I must soon lay
it_tttiiJ.hut disturlt--your--yonng
heart with. sad thoughts. -Go bring my pipe,
and I will tell a' story of old titling, but it
shall be about this same Major-STilford—l cam
think of no one elSe this afternoon." ••
Vol rather hear about something else,"-'-7
thought. Alice, lint she neeCr 'thwartea bar ,
..grandfathen's.wkhes, - •
. tio'lighting his pipe.frota.the embers of the'
iuthen...litle,_ah.c her.. •
work, and resumed her seat.
You Cgs, \lly," said the old Anon; after
taking a few whiffs front his pipe, and knock
ing the ashes therefrom, holding it in his hand
a moment, and glancing-at his snug little cot-'
I age and pirden, which rustled amid the
shrubbei-y like • a ..Itird's nest in the . green
leaves of a tree. '" You see, Ally, Matt (3113
were not always as pleasant and peaceful as
new. Indio early settlement of Vermont, •
I were stirring times- acid these green
it,was not _ivithout Mtany_a ._bloody
tray
111111 neree bilitle HIM we settled down so
quietly under ‘l,lll. ,IWIL vine and fig tree,' as
the minister says, in his proyer." , %4
you haul, to light the Indians, I suppk.s.9,"
said Ally.
Ten times - worse than flint, dear child; we'
had to fight the 'York tones. 1 cannot ex
plain it all to yon, for it is it' long story', and
would pilule yotti• little head; but tomake it
short, you see, the Tolla seer the Hudson
thought they had at claim Is the lands this
side, - and they sent out to Eitafrlld and, ob
' mined, as thee 'royal and unity to the
Claim. Then they sent officers here whh
parehmentrolls, earl papers toes-*called deeds;
and threatened to Meru us out. 'of our, lioniee,-
and front the hinds we had with so much Labor
cleared.
- " thd' Green 'Mountain boys, with
Ethan Allen at their head, determined to re
sist, and you know, for you have often heard
me tell, Wow they fought.
• " speaking of Iltone times reminds me
of what I meant Cii tell you when I .begun,
that is a snit of love story, ih which the Ma- .
jor - Mitl myself are interested,"
Al these wards, Alice dropped her knitting
Work. though it was Ind in the-t-eam needle.
awl looked m»vith much interest ".In,
which yon were interested, did. you say,
gamins. ?"
'! Yes. cidltiothen I was young and foolish,and easily taken with - a pretty face.; and the
love part would not be worth repeating now
only as connected with the sottrage'of the
'Major."
" Oh, tell the whole, grandpa. I don't like
half stories,"
• • Vell„-_Av_all:-alertl..-int-or-r-n-pt,m_eottyl-I-wi-11
proceed.. J said-the elptrage or fhe 1161 111161,1.
It requires some courage to tint er - n - laittle - tield,
and stand 'there as a mirk tti Ije shot at by the
enemy, and l'iel that ylllll' hotly...y-1H! rood
Tott'earriop; but -to holy the minister in his
pulpit ; with all his church to* back' him, re-•
quires intlre
I thought-it-was-a. lore story, grandpa ?"
" Dave'patience, child, and Pit conic to the
point at last. Well, you see, our minister WllB
a tory, and though he didn't say so in plain
WOrdS, 1'042 1104h6itlit. but he believed in the di
vine right of kings. - At 'any rate, he had a
great dealto on about the f powers that be,
being ordained of God,' and he always prayed
for our lawful sovereign, as he termed King
George, nnilthat, • we might be trite idol loy
'id subjects.' But. Salford was a staunch Ile-
publican, and would have fought the tilirKing
ally duo . , could he have had a thence. 'So
there grew tip a mortal enmity between the
parson and the young Man, and when the for
mer, with all his dignity and Ilignitivs, viz:,—
powdered wig, three cornered hat, and silver
'ed belittles, walked the streets, Salford never
bowed, but walked straight along, as if he
scouted obedience to one who would bend the
knee to an earthly king. But, he still coittin
tted to go to meeting,-tied would sit ns pati
ently through the lung 5C11111111,4 and loyal
prayers, as good old Deacon Burr hintself.-
The Dinh was, this same Deacon had ono
daughter, and a prettier girl than Polly Burr
never entered a village church: Or,' 1 might
stir,- graced a palace. Site had a roguish
black eye, and her lodr curled naturally; . you
never saw it. in paper, even in the niortung ;
and then she was co neat and trim in . her
gingham short gown
_anil .white petticoat, and
at meeting she looked pretl i c entingleirrmake
a young man's heart ache. -
S
She was' the belle of the village, and at
quiltings, and paring bees, and it:Dices, she
was the life of the company. I had long had
my eyes upon her as the choice of my heart,
but there were RI many that went to see her
on timidity evenings, it wile 11111 SOIIIOIII that I
could 1111(1 a chance to speak with her. -But I
was industrious and prudent, saving all that
I could earn, that I might have a plealiant
1101110 to.olhai. The .Deactin, too, favored - me,
and cooing I Won of 0 steady turn Or ntinditt
ten invited me to big house. But young Saf
ford it seems,' ,pll unknown to the Deacon,
loved hertilsoilmt-liwwas-such -it-wildrbohl
youth, sod thoreoVer. SO.lit SWOrdSdiollit )11111
Gm:minister. that, he never defied 'reveal his
feelings, save' by sundry little attentions, no
ticed only by Polly lime'''. - .Now it happtinei
that the Deacon had, with great labor, cleared
a patch and planted. it with corn. It 00115 .
growing finely on the new, rich land, and the
young ears were already formed, and promis
ed a tine 'harvest, but for several successive
. Sundays, there . was great destruction in the
corniitild. In vain he made Ne/117Cel'OWS :11111
set traps, and 01'111,111 tumor his old coats on
II pole, a sight that would frighten bbe worst
bey in the village, for he was the tit hhig man
that terror of rogues. lint the next"gunday
the mischief was i'cpealed, till the patience of
the olitgentlenourwas nearly warn tint. - Bat
he belungH to 0 church remarkable for die
rigidity of-lits gets and the strict noes of its
discipline; to..have permitted 'any one to stay
at home to watch a cornfield would have been
considered a hellions offence.
I declare," said the old deacon cue Sun
dny after sundown, "we shall lose all' our
corn, unless we catch• those rascally thieves.
Who hnows - but they 'are lildians?"
As he spoke he accidentally looked-at
She' sat in tile corner of tho' great oak settle
which stoodAefore the fire, watching the pull
ing. steam: from the tea kettle, and looking
somewhat sad., •
" Why, the.deacon, with 111 free
animation than usual; " among all the rest of
my troubles lately, 1 have been bothered by
two -or three-young Men who.want you for a
wife. I have a mind 'to say that whoever will
shoot or take prisoner the. thief who steals toy
corn,. shall have you for a Wire " •
I'ODY
mode, of disposing of her. hand I but ihe' next
instant there was a roguish - twinkle in , her
black eye, and turning to berfatlter sho said
A bargaitt,.-if you idease."
- She knew very; well' )vlie woold.' be first on
thellenl, and wlwitie courage and porseveronee
would be tho most likely to hold tut the lung:
. . •
Brit: will you keep your promise, fat lier?".
"I wouldn't hare it 'mill that the deacon o
the church ever told a lie f'tio. I Say it now—
whoever Will shoot: art alto' Prierner-t he:thief,
shall Intro Polly Burr fer•his wife." •" .
Tido conversotion wos'ove•heardbythe
Itir
'ed boy; and soon-circulated through
loge. Great Ni ; as the commotion among, Om
young men of the Place. , 'Aa for myself 1 rode
far and near ; Y examined the,Oorftlield'•hy
night;' and deideed every means lir•niy power
to neeertain the offender... Indeed; ono whole
CARLISLE, . ,
night I watched bdhina 6ho stvmp an old
tree: Ibit
:Bot, the yery nest' Sunday," whenl'arson
Goodman was saying, "the nild.h head of my
discourse," the aongregation'wara stiOiled, by
the report: of a guu. -
Thbre was n general rising, and great com
motion among the women. Our. first thought
was, of bulbuls or Tories.. There was a rush
for-the door, a fumbling-over-uhildrerrand
screaming of their mothers. 4 , - • :
Zit what was our surprise, when; fairly
landed upon the green, to see yoting Safford
dragging with, all •his strength 'a huge - bear,
that to alktPpearanco had just breathed her
last..
_ I've caught her,.deactaili" he shoutid,-=
'"l've caught the rascal nt last!" he yepeated;
her_loo_in_the_ittry_act,.yon cam
sac for yourself,". he added; pointing to the
distended mouth half :filled with unchewed
corn. The poor deacon, stood mute with as
tonishment, for he recollected that, JePtlnt
had - iMide a. rash yoW. -, '"
'The-minister was the first to break silence.
Ilis indignation at being disturbed in his this
, Course, and his anger at such an open viola-
lion of holy time, was at the boiling point.—
fie exclaimed in his loudest tones: "Young
man, who are you, that you should dist unit
J . woyshipof tho ,stmetuary2.___Know_ you
not that yoti are bttealiing the o hms or God
nod-mat'! Constable elnelid, .a.1:1 1 , ,,t. this
•man and hold Mtn 'prisoner Until fuhlter
.posal can he made of his perstm " .
Poor. Salford was thttnderst ruck ; he ^ini
intended to harni, but in his eagerness to
play his 'Adze, and snrpoting nrvieo over, he
Intl bastbied towards the village. it. hod not
once, occurred to hint that he 'WIN a church
member, and as 'mu:11,110)1cl° censure:
• Ile knew that it was wrong to absent Idm
self from nMethig;- but he thiinght. the idrefiee
Would Ite_pardoned,' because of the benefit
conferred. Seehig lie was about to be Is
prisoner, he at first resisted, but•recollecting
that lie was in the bamle of a legal officer, he
thought best to submit. quietly. His confine
ment, however, was short, and another mode
of puMshment proposed. '
DiMitig the week a church meeting was
Milled, and young :Salford cited to appeni•
thereat, 111111 give reasons why he should not
be excommunicated from church for his high
'handed wickedness. :lie deacon:wits present,.
.but Polly was nowhere to be seen. "When her
Who. proposed so summarily to dispose 'of'
her hand, her first thought 11:118•Or Salford, - 1111 d
knowing his hold, and daring, ''spirit; she felt
sure that he would wits Poor girl ! She lit
tle thought ,ir .swell a sad termination of the_
affair. To be exclimmunituded from . church
, was; in the.eygs_of r that little emnimmily,
mist grievous • inflielbm. Sack-unfortunates
were considered.ns losim , :mtmte, and were
raided "among and infidels.
• safford picatteq - hiz: bwn cause with all the
elTiquence he could eimunand; v . :dm - did he
vont Laid that it ivas lawful to do got's' on the.
Sabbath dap:" Ito spoke before
,judges det
mined to condemn.
11 c ' :lcu:yangndiugly eandi , niired in . he pres
ent on the next Sabbath, when the sentence
would be read. In the meantime the loyers
had all interview. Poor Polly. could' do little
else but we'ep. lien fafher said' nothing, but
looked Stern and dit:Tleased.
"But you say, Jolly," repented Safford,
that if I am not exconnnuacaded; your
Rather will consent '!"
. 1 .! Ile connothelpdoing so," tflie ;Insivereil ;
•'but, he thinks the Bible colidenitis. church
nembers lu:truing non-profeseers, 44 would
not dere to give Lin con,ent. t. , c der iturriuge
r they (urn you out or the church." • •
" But 1 tell you .1 am not going to leave the
church; that tory minister will find that he
cannot manage me'so easily."
" But it is already :shielded," said Polly ;
papers are already inside nut, and to
mor4ow it trill be read."
s llithey will not read it, trust me, Polly ;"
ans:lllms they parted. •
and with it the - whole con
gregation to meeting. The whole, did I say
All exeept•young Salford. lint when the af
ternoon service was about half over, he en
tered, his gun loaded with a brace of balls,-his
! sword and cartridge box on his side, and his
knapsack on his back with six days provisions
ih it. Ile marched into a corner and there
took. up, his position. As soon as the benedie
ion.was pronounced, Parson' Goodman began
to read the excommunication, but had not
proceeded far wirer Salford entered the aisle
in his martial array, cocked and leveled Ids
piece,
piece, exclaiming, " Proceed, if you dare!" .
••
proceed, and you are a dead man !" The
poor man, oviirwhelmed 'astonishinent
and fear, shrunk. behind his pulpit, and hand
ed the paper to one — Of Ids deacons. Ile,
trembling front- head, to foot, endeavored to
obey. The same threat was repented, and
smr,,rd added, " Desist and march, or yositiFe_
all dead men ! I will not leave this house in
:1 halite :" Not many minutes elapsed before
the house was cleared, and the. daring young
matt left its solo ocestPant. De locked the
door, put the keys in his pocket, and sent
them the next day, with his respects, to.the
minister:. Ile Thus remained a member of tho
- clutrelyin — " - goul - sund — regular standing,' -- un- -
til the day of his 'deaths. Deacon Burr re-
Ceived such evidence of the perseverance Of
Isis sell's:elected son,— that-he- dared -not --to--re
also his consent-to the marriage.
And grandpa, didti't you reel badly ?"
sail litho. Alice.
. . .
. .
- 0 iere's year Aunt Sally comiag,.uii the
walk, from the Sewing Society; she'll: have a
batch of news ill fresh front the matatfaetory,"
he replied: " rota and meet her." -
- A PLATFORM OF ItANDs.—At a "recent fire
in- lloston-,--a rs.-11 iekey- was-ea tight r i n-t he
third story and could nut escape by the stair-.
'ease. She then went into the room binned',
ately under her own, and on presenting her
411' at the window the persons below called on
her to take courage and observe their direc
.tions,..atah they would' SIM: her.. _They then,
to the nundair of six or eight, or as many its
could join, formed a circle, each man extend.
his'arms horizontally, nod grasping With
his right hand, the right, and with his left.
hand the lel't.ltmalef tho man opposite, their
arms crossing. They then told her to kheel
upon the window, sill, nod to incline liar body
in such a way as to free lter 'head from rho
wall. and to fall' sidemiys. All being ready
she threNr herself from the third story -win
dow ! Not a man drew back from the inuni:
icent peril to . 'which oath was 'exposed. All
stood firm, and this poor woman was rectii 4 nd
in safety on the pilot:over of hands as arms
injitry either to them or herself.-'--
Truly, a noble deed,
, .
MIMIC A STIMULANT TO MENTAL EXNUTION.
'—Alperi, often before lie - wrote; prepired his
mind by listening to music. Almost all my
tragedies were sketched in my Mind, either in
-themet-of-lionving-musie or ii,few--houromfter,--
a- circutinitanee which has been 'recorded or
1.
'ninny others.. .Lard Ilaceti 'h tr
ad uts'a often
played inlho room adjoining his-stud, , Mil.
ten 'listened to his organ for biusolonit LIMO.-
I rations,. mid musk: was even hedessary to War
burton. -Tho symplionins which tiwoke..iii the
p - Oet - atibliine emotioiM, Might have oemposed
the inventive mind of thy great 'braid ,in the
.visions of his theoretical inyotoNloo.. - 41. , ootoi ,
bon( oil Froodh pretuutr,_l.lourchtlou or illassi 7
llOn, Was ofitie found playing on tho violin, to
screw. his mind tip ,to the highest 'pitch, pre
paratory to his sertiton; Which. within a.sliort
interval, lilt was to preueli,. We're tho'"COUrt
Curron'a yuyorlfientotto of meditationyas with
his violin in hie :.hniel, 1'61: heure together
'would he fcfrgui' himsi3lf,' running voientarieti
over the string4.n.hilo hia'' imagiuntierir MA : -
Pcting his tones; r 'W ‘ tta opening.all-hisfenu4ies i
Pr thomgming.timOgotioy at tlid 'bar. .. • .
WEDNE AY, 'JULY -7,u1858.
LITRIIIIONIAL PHILMSOPiIIeS:
BY-A. RANKS....
When Mr. Sniuggins married, hound fond
'ly hoped to ensure - domestic bliss. Three
months after that important event ho expretq.
sod with 'savage earnestness to .
Mrs. Sinuggins,.tlint he hadn't. If he had °it
peeled nothing,• (ride an ancient volttmJ Ili
might have lid'en a- blessed individual, as Hl'.
was,•he wag tiwofully dissappointed one.
Mrs. Smuggizislitietly deliVered a *Miler
opinion respecting herself, and vent•olt with
her knitting with an aggravating calmness . :
Mr. S. •Nitilked aboutthe room evideptly un
der the impression that the 'law-for "assault
anal battery"owas botlfunhullowed . and .
ut
Sadden)) , he slapped.
4 .Mrs. Sniuggiris Mrs. Smuggins! ' ho
.i•tred, as be received no reply.
• Wellovell,4.lthimyou.ninu,i_lient_yon'L •
said,tliat amiable lady. and she took up anoth
er }nap. ~W hat is it !"
have a pudding for My dinner or
not.?" • I
.
"Pe - rhaps you may, and maybe you mayn't
was his rib's tinsatisfitetory reply." .
`o Well, we'll see about that," smiled Mr.
S,-stamping around, and milking his 'coat.tails
ire about. ' - '
•
" 1)',;11 my dear,- you had perhaps - best, go
and see about it.; Suliey's in the latch - en.'
And then she dropped a stitch.
," ju'd. aggrayate a saint, Madam," ex-
Claimed Mr Sning•gins. _
" Do saints upset chairs in thatlway?" was
the nu intjuiry. •. ' .
"nubs ,tiniuggins,"Aald the niche proprietor
adult euphonious name, confronting his sleep-
•
jug partner. ,
Well?" .-
"Will you make riieo. pudding; or not?"
" No,". .
.• You ivonT?"
me—rve told you Once'
" Ihney, Mrs. tintuggins; that you entered
into a.compact to obey me," said her ,shanie
folly deceived lord, .beating the devil's tattoo
on his best carpet. 6 ,
"1 won't , be ordered was the reply, end the
lady, with a great deal of dignity, picked up
her imps and flounced out - of the room.
in another -pliant c the outraged 'gentleman,
was in the kitchen. , .
"SukeY," Lc Enid , furiously,. °mole me a
currant, dumpling for dinner—plenty „of cur-_
rant s." „,
'.ll'lly, sir!" replicdtlint younglnay, "here's
one nbilin !"
, Mr. Smuggling was in the same dreadful pa
t4lion that we could imagine ,a certain editor
=would he in deprived of a '' grievance:" Ile
was fairly llabhergits-ted-idealess, worthless,
with. the exception of "Nonsense," which came
feebly - foil
. Well; look . , sir, for yourself," said Sonn.
4.)1 Lus made it 'with her owa.hands an hour
ago." ••• _;.-
And there, Sure enongb, bobbing .up and
down, yes a glorionS sized dumpling—the
species or dumpling on whieli'lle (bolted.
• Considerably. nudified, w•itliavense
or a wronged husband, 'lie proceeded [xi his
wire's ram.
"Well, madam, he began, so it seems there
is a putbling afterull,"
" tlfere?'! Wea the echo.
" Yes, madam; and it hi lucky for you that
there s)."
Is it,
,really?" the' provocative re
sponse. . . •
"Yes, madam, it—hd ht fact you dared not
no Mrs. Smuggins, dared not •Intie disobey e.d
me. You knew that it was made and wanted
to give a specimen of your infernal:cantank
erousness."
"In-deed!" replied Mrs.. S. with a suspi
cions emphasis: Now, if you don't leave the
room 1 will, all that I've got' to say is, t h at 1
won't he ordered."' , And she went to another
room, slammed the door, and locked it. Mr.
S. boiling over with indignailon,consoled hint.
self as he went down town with the fact that
Ito had gained. Lit t point, and that his pudding
- Was boiling.
Dinner time enure a n d se did our injured
husband. (Dinner's the time . to bring 'mu
Roane.) Ile sat down, said nothing. looked
daggers, and pretended to quarrel with the
tenderest of tenderloins. The fact was, how
; ever, that he wits preserving an enormous
corner for the , flumpling._ •
The dumplthg came. Smuggitis undid
the loWer buttons' of his 'vest, drew himself
half a foot nearer to his work, and handed his °
plate, saying-grittily. 'Clive me some of that."
You 180 have it all; my dear," wits the
mild acquiescence of his wife,•as sac pushed
the dish tOwards him.
Mr. Smuggins bolt off the cover. Ile turn..
ed pale. "What's Ills?" he shouted.
"' c The pudding, my dear" 'was thureply.
•• What . the.,--have.you been doing to it'!"
he frantically demanded.,
"I rolled it in the ashes; Illy sweet love:
You know you said thii morning that L dared
not disobey
.you No Moro I have my 'dear.
There's your. pudding eat it."
Tim speeinten of conjugal 'obedience disap
-peared -suddenly- mit-of-I he rotiMovii Ira -I tear
ty laugh: It was lucky for her lint the door
was on her side, and had been left ajar ex . - •
pressly-for a-prompt. exit.
Mr. S. said many a highly immoral thing
on the impulse - of 'the Momeni; - however; - he
too.nmelt of ;t Jet his laid-_
ding cool, so he cut-it...epen.and . scooped out .
the middle,
Ile - then went down town, and gave a little
boy whet: on the head for presuming to slip
down against hint.
Ile didn't go home to supper, but stepped
over to Thiunpson'sluid then Went ty the then-.
tre.. About ten o'clock, something in the
play. scented so to tickle his fjptcy amazingly,
for he scratched his head, as though an idea
had suddenly taken root there, and smiled.•
Hamlet touched*the conscienee of a king with
a play ; had- a play t welted the heart. of Thom
as Smuggins? It lookedlike it„to judge from
analogy ; for the king alluded to didn't 'de
part quieker than he did. The main diGr::
Mule between. Mr. Smuggins and the crowned-_
blackguard was,. that the' formet,made 'his
exit with a grin on his phiz, and the latter
didn't. . • •
Mr. S carried ids sri ilo honie with 'Fitment'
pi) to his bed I'oolll, Nl6l'o MiT. S. was mak
ing paradoxical preparations (by disembar
rassing herself of her luggage). for a trip to
Blanket Bay.
"Deuce take it," said ho, a few minifies af
terwards, with an olive : branch croak in his
tone -•• 'shy, do you Icnoiv where my
night-capis? 1i yint do I wish you'd gerit
for me, 'that's a good girl." •
""rilp be sure. I will, Thomas," was the Itcar
ty response. ••_th, hero his!"
•••I:hank you."
• 'Look here Thomas," said Mary,ltt,ying her
Mind gently, on hiti artn, • "wd had words today
1 - liope - therwill - Arever - bappen - 'again;
haven't been together very , long; 'cud wq may
as Well just. make up our minds to start Stritight
or we shall 'coming in strum day or other
most confoUndidly 'crooked. I promised. to.
love you, 4nd. I do, dearly. I promised to
libitor,you;_ yell,do. also promiecd . to
obey. you.. • Now Thomas, tAk' me to'do any.'
thingjn my power, in reas.on; 'or almost out.
of reason,.as you askett,me.tO get your night
cap, and do it gladly and umnurmuringly.
But if xou . nsk me to.do anythingasyou asked
me to make that Pudding—••oo and make u
pudding'!" I Won't.. dh it, '1 will 'obey. you,•
Tour,.but I-von't• be•ordtwdd. , !.. •
,:•
• • ”There,' now, loop nuff• mono,
locieedy'lvem Tom's , cs closed. hero'.
with ti thrilling kiss. •
lie put oti his night-cap, blew out the light
jumped into bed;;and overcome by tho'. con-
Mailing emotions of that oveutful day, both
were nlmostimmediately heirid to 'snore in'
blissful unison.
OIORAL.
Wives—tot MrS. - Snitiggins be yoirmodel.
llusbands—lt is no disgrace to be ruled on
certain points by a Mrs. thouggius.
THE NUMBER 'SEVEN.
In six days creation tuns perfected,- and the
seventh was'set apart for rest. On the 7th of
the 7th Month a holy observance was ordained
thle children of Israel, who fasted 7.days and
remained 7 days in tents;' the seventh day
was directed ,to be a Babbatli.of rest for all
things ; at the pnd of 7 times 7 years osini 7
menced the grand jubilee; every seventh:year.
the land lay fallow; -every seventh year there
- Iy4 - in - iofg, mid all
bondsinen• were set free. From .this law may,
have originated the custom 'of binding -young
men to 7 years apprenticeship, and of punish- .
•ittr--incorrigible-offenders-for4Owiee-ot
three times 7.'years;' every 7 years the law was
directed` to . Fie read to the people, Jacob
served 7 years fdr the possession of Itttehol
and also another 7 years:. Noah had 7 days
warning•of the flood, and was commanded to
take the fowls of the air into the ark by sev
ens, and the'clean beasts by sevens; the ark
touched the ground in the seventh month; and
in 7 days a doveAvaa sent, and again in 7 days
The 7 years of famine were foretold in
Pharaohlerffiiiiiiiprlirfliii - 7 flit and the 7.
lean beasts,' itlinhp 7 ears of full corn and
the 7 ear's of blasted corn. The young ani
mals were to remain with the dam 7 days, and
and at the close of the 7th .taken away. lly
the old. law,.man was commanded to forgive
his offending brother 7 times, but thin meek-
mess of the last revealed religion,extendedhis
hamiliatiod, to seventy times' 7, •-" If- Cain
shall be avenged. 7 fold, truly Lamech seventy
times 'i t ". In the destruction of Jfirjebo,
„priests bore trumpets 7' days,.on -the seventh
day surrounded rho wall 7, t hues ; and after
the seventh, tine the wall fell. Itlataam pre
pared 7 balloeks atid.7 rams for a sacrifice;
'Etrhan pursued Jacob 7 days' journey Job's
friend;• sat with hiM7- days and 7 nights,
and offered seven bullocks and seven rams in
atonethent for their wickedness; David, iu
-.bringing up the ark, offered seven bullocks
and seven rams ; Elijah sent his servant seven
thiN'to look for the cloud ;
.Ilezekitch -in
cleaning the temple,. offered 7 bullocks and 7
rams and 7 Pd . :goats as a sin "offering. The
- children of Israel, when Ilezekinh took away
the strange alters, kept the feast ; of mileaven
: eel bread 7 dayS.:__Rings :Ahasuerus_ had_ 7_
chamberlains; and 7 days feast, and cent for
t he' Queen MI the 7th sly; and in the 7th year
of his reign-she--was taken - to him. - Queen
Esther hail? maids to-attend her. Solothon
was 7 years building . the:temple, at the dedi
eatimoE.Whielt-he _feasted 7' days; in -the tah
ernacle were 7 lanips 7 days-Vere'appointed
.for 'an atonement . upon the altar, and the
priest's sot) way ordained to wear his father's
garments 7 days ; _the .childrene of Israel alt,
unleavened :bread 7 days; Abraham gave 7
ewe lambs -to Abimelech /IS n niemorial fur ti
well ; Joseph mourned 7 days for Jacob. rabbis.say Goa emplpyed the power of 'an
swering thismumber to perfect the -greatness -
of Samuel, his name answering the virtue' of
limit:Ger:3 in the Ilebrew word, which siguK
lies 7—whence Mullah, his mother, in her
thanks, says that the barren had brought
'forth DM seventh." in the scriptures aro
enumerated 7 resurrections—the widow's son,
by' Elias; the Shmunite's son, by Elisha ;;
the soldier who feuded the banes of he
prophet ;' the , daughter of the ruler of the
synagogue ; the widow's son of
rns, undone blessed Lord. OM of Mary Mag
dalene were cast. 7 devils. The Apostles chose,
7 deacons. Enoch, who was translated, 7th
after Adam, and - Jesus Christ he 77th in a di
rect line. Our 'Saviour sPoke 7 times from
the cross, on which he remained 7 hours; he
appeared 7 times; after 7 times 7 days sent
the holy Chest. In the Lord's prayer are 7
petitions, expressed in 7 times 7 words, omit
ting those of a mere grammatical connection.
Within-this number are contained all the rays
. teries of the ApociftYpse, revealed to the 7
'.churches of Asia ; there appeared 7 golden
candlesticks, and 7 stars that wero in the
hand of Him that was in the midst; seven
lamps 'Leing the seven spirits of God. Thfi
book with seven seals; ;seven °Kings; seven
thunders ; 7 thousand nhenslain. The dragon
wiih 7 headS, and the seven angels bearing 7
vials of wrath. The vision of Daniel 7 weeks;
the fiery furnace was made 7 times /hotter for
Shadraelt, . Meshed: , and Abednego ; Nebu
chadnezzar ate grass of the field 7 years. The
elders of Israel were 70. There are also
numbered -7 heavens, 7 planets, 7 stars, 7 wise
men, 7 Champions of Christendom, 7 notes in
music, 7 primary colors, 7 deadly sins, 7 sac,
raments in the Roman Catholic Church. The
seventh son was considered as endowed with
-pre-eminent Wisdont , t the seventh son of a
seventh son is still thought by some in 'pos
sess the power of shealimr"diseases spontane
ouslj.. Perfection is likened to geld 7 dines"
purified in the lire, and we yet say, you
frighten me out of my 7 senses." Anciently_
a child was not named.before 7 days, not be
aecounted fully to lace life before - that
periodical day. - The teeth spring out in' the
Seventh month and are renewed in the seventh
year, - Whetchifihicy is changed into Childhood.:
At_thrice_J • thc faculties' are developed, man-
Ititod 'commences, and we become legally_com
peient to all eivil acts ; at four times 7 man is
in full possesSion of his strength ; at live
lichen 7 he ik"fit for the business of the world.;
at six times 7 Ito becomes grave and wise, or
never; ut sown times 7 ho is in his apogee,
and front that time lie decays. At eight times,
7 he is in Ins first climacteric, or year of dan
ger ;_and ten_liines 7, three score years and
ten, has by the' royal prophet been pronounced
the natural period of humaiiiife”-There were
7 chiefs bolero Thebes; try blood was to be
sprinkled ?times before the altar; Nauman was
to be dipped 7 times in Jordan; Anhalcius
speaks ot' the dipping of the head 7, times for
purification.',.. In all solemn rites of purgation,
dedication and-consecration, the oil , of whter
was 7 times sprinkled. The house of wis
dom, in Proverbs, had-7 pillars
An old fritnd by our side reminds its__that
the war of independence occupied 7 ytitii , s. and
that Burgoyne surrendered to Gates in. 1777;
so that as Americans, we have good reason to
cherish this hallowed number
'rkr'A - ,feiVilitYs ago, a sailor at a railroad
station, - waiting for .the next train, inquired
of, a bystander - where' he could get some
(Inf. - A place near by ‘llll3 pointed out to
him, and lie inquired if it wasguode;;Theitn
swor wash-hat it was such poisonous sta that
it, would.probnbly kill. A few minutes' after
lomat* the sailor called to a negro who was
sawing weed near by, and took him into - the
shop which had boon pointed •out, where he
treated him to a drink.. The bar-tender asked
the sailorif,hoyas not, also• going ft) drink,
but reeeivetin negative answer, and both the
visitors left, :Very i3OOll the sailor again TM*
his 'appe . arance, called for liquor, and Was
asked why ho did not dyink when he was in
befera. lie replied that he-had been -Watch
ing the nigger"—that'itjibst seven-ruiri
nteS-sincelm dratik;Autd-nd-tli - i'3 liqtior had-net
killed Malin that time; he believed ho could
stand-it, and would-run thdrisk.- -
LOVE
. . ,
Loo is the- food the.angis eat,
And love is the heavenly manna
The only source from orliitl can spring - •
IA. cure- for mortar suffering.; • •.
Dar a Od'itive riebooid,tO'iromon: for they
would riot have boon ablo'to kekifroni, tailttag
wliile being ; - '
•
, .
.1 $1 50 per unman In advane..
$2 00 If notpld iikadvanee.
Natrits:-glgarintnit
• [Soloctodibr tho.lforald.)
AMERICAN WOMEk
FEODI,TUENENDOWN LEAVES IN READING
,The zeal with which the cause
.of liberty
was embraced by the women of America, du
ring the war ofotir Revolution; has often been
mentioned With admiration and praiSe,, The
ffilloWing authentic anecdotes wilt foroibly,th
ingrate the extent and strength of thie,:patti
otic feeling.
To Mrs. Pinelmby the wife - of Col. - Charles ,
Pinckney, a British officer once 'safe' is
-impessible not to - n - dmire - t he intrepid firMness
of the huh& of.your country. Had your men
But.half,their .resolution;" we night give up
the contest, America would be intlineible," t.
.IqaTiatniel flail Iming.obtainectpermission; -
lo mother 'who residing' on John's
Island, was on the point of embarking, when
a British officer stepping forward in a most
knthorative manner, demanded the key of her •
trunk.
"IVlutt.dp you expect to find there" asked
the lady' " . _
"I:seek for treason" woo the reply:
".. 1 . You may save yourself the troubie•Jif
search," .said-Airs Hall "you-may, End plenty
at, my tongues end" and lie„,did.
Au officer, distinguished by his inhutrianity
nod constant oppression "of the unfortunate,
meeting Mriioliaries Elliot in a garden, adorn
aby n great variety of flowers,. asked .the
name of the ciumnomile, which qppeared'io
tlohri.s 11 'with peculiar luxuriance.
"The 'rebeifion•a!' she refilled.
Why was that naine_givente it" asked the
officer. •
. , .
Because rejoined the lady "it - thrives -moat
when most trampled on." • - -
So much were the ladies attached to the wbig.
interests,.habituated to injuries, and so TOO- .
. lute in supporting them that they would jocose
ly speati ofonisfortunes, though at the moment
severely suffering under their pressure. . •
Mrs:Sabina Elliot having witnessed the ac- •
tivity of an officer who'had ordered the plun
dering of her poultry houses, finding an Old
muscovy (lack which had escaped . the general
search, still straying about the premises, 44
him caught, and mounting a servant on horse
back, orderMl him to follow and - deliver the
bird to the officer with her cemplimentd, as
she concluded that in the hurry of depitrture ..
it had been left altogether by accident,
In the indulgence of wanton asperities to
wards the patriotic - fair, the aggressors were
_not mnfrequently answered With a-keenness of
repartee, tliat left little cause for triumph,
The haughty Toilet on, vaunting his feats of '
gallantry to the great \ dispaiitgement-of-trie—
officers' of-The Continental cavalry, said' to a
lady at Wilmington • 1 g have a very earnest
desire to see your.far fame d hero Col. Wash
ington.' _
wish, Colonel, might have been ftd
ty, grat ilimP-slie promptly replied "had yen
ventured to Mok behind you at the battle of _
the Cotepena." It Wits in this Made — that - '
Washington had_woiin ded Tarleton in - the bead
'which gave rise to a still IllOrp, pointed retort.
Conversing with Mrs Wilby Jones, Col. Tarte.
ton observed, "You appear to, tldnk very
highly of Col. Washington, and yet I have •
been-told that he is so ignorant a fellow that
he can hardly write his own name."
• "It nuty.libo the ,ease" she readily replied
"but no roan better • than yourself, Colonel,
can testify that he knows how to make hia
math.
HOUSIN3KEEPEIVS RECEIPTS
GRANDMPTHEICS CAKE.-ozx eggs, 12 te'elo:
spoons of lard ; 1 teaspoon of salt'and one cup
of sugar. Cut the dotigh in small pieces, roll
thin and cut the centre in narrow strips, leav
ing the ends'whole; fry in hot Lin], and if
you say they are not good it will be beeauso
you don't make thentos.grandmether did.
•
PA . R3I ER ' S Punnrna.—Pare and slice nearly
two quarts of sour apples, put thetir in a ket
tle with half pint of warm water, and boil.
Cookies.—Ono cup cream, 1 cup sugar,
ounce liartsliorn, flour to suit.
• Illac4 - berries.—Preserve theso as strawber
ries or currants, either liquid orjain, or jolly.
Blackberry jelly or jam is an excellent niedi
eine in summer complaints . or dysentery. To
make it. crush a quart of fully ripo blackber
ries with a pound of the best loaf sugar, put,
it over a gentle fire and cook it until thick,
then put to. it a gill 'Of the best fourth-proof
brandy; Stir it awhile over the fire, then put
it in pots. -
Blackberry Syrbp.—Mako ti simple syrup of
a pound of sugar to each pint of water, boil •
'it until it is rich and thick, then add to it as' .
• many pints of the euressed juice of ripe,
Iblackberries no there are pounds of sugar, put
hall' a nutmeg, grated to each quart of the:
syrup; let it boil fifteen or twenty minutes,:
;then add to it.half a gill of fourth-proof bran-.
, dy for each quart of syrup, set it by to be
come cold, then _bottlo_it-for_uso_k
spoonful for a child or st. ineglass for an
adult is a dose.
Blackberry' f lotiving is Sitid.to":
•be an excellent receipt for the manufacture
: superior wine front blackberries. MeaSure ; -
:join. berries and bruise them, to every gallon
addin:r one,quart of boiling water. Let 'the
mixture stand twenty-four hem's, rtirring Ott
;eakonally, then strain the liquor into a cask
to every gallon adding two pounds - of sugar;
'cork tight, and let stand,till following October
'and you will have wine ready fqr use, without
hny further straining or boiling, lt 'will •
make lipssnutok as they nevoc smacked, un-:
der similar influence, before.
. . .
I ' Blackberry and Ifine Cordial.—We avail
Mirselves of the kindness of a friend to pub... -
iish the Viewing excellent receipt for ntakirfg' •
ordial. It is recommended as a delightful
f everage, and an infallible specific for diar- '
11okt or ordinary disease of the bowels. To • '
talf a bushel of blackberries,' well reasbed,add -.- •
t quarter of a potted of allspice, two ounces,.,
iff cinnamon, two ounces of drives. Pither, •
ke well, mix, and•boil slOvay until properly
done ; Then strain or squeeze thejuice through
kmespun or flannel, and add to each pint-off
~
lho juice one pound of loaf su.ar. 4.loilagain
for seine time, take it off, and . : Irbil° Cooling,, •
add a half a gallon • of'best Cuplio 'itrandy. -(
Dose for an adult, half a gill to a - gill, fora" •
child, a teaspoonful or
,more, according -44;0
age.
. _..
Neat. troUssuccriuts. It. is 'iny honest' •
opinion." says Mr Blob s; "that out el .ono •
hundred young ladies who dress well other. r. '
;wise. but whose shoes are generally-found bad , ,,,..
ly titling anti down at the heel, OA whose
stockings are wrinkled/ma twisted nbout ..the
l og, not _on e utti_of_th at tuunber_wilintako.noat. i
i_
housekeeperski,i , innate love: of neatness ~will; , .
not permit a lady ' to:, overlook' propr!et.i. ,ikirc
matters of this kind, though generally, "on atc-
count: of sweeping dresses,"unnoticed. 4 l' haie'''
seen, says -Mr. IllobliS, ...Mmelogant ( bonnet,:,:
shawl anddre.ss to matoh, p,araditigliroadway, ,{
and the-lady, wave her parasol,-in 7 fivo'r-dollatm'
parasol, to au atunibtis, And upon lieriilticing
. - ..
-herfoot upon the steo, Sir;" said Dlobbs, krave-- -:
ly,‘ '" I learned morn of hCr true character,tby: , l
tho sight of that Shoo ~anci„ stocking, ;flan.,ll- ,
year's visiting would have . given sae; that la-.'t
dy lost cake by that Miserable old iditio and
w iste+ earele sh l y worn stoc ki ng ." Bltbliit ''
aplulosopher..:: . , ; 4
:
,
• : l'Atasnento Airrt.'--Mirth' should 'be 'the etn- , • .
liroidery of the oonversatfonvnet , t,he web; 7 .6ti4{..4.
Niit•th! , .ornament of the mindi not:thn:
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