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The ',anion Fire Company was organized In 1789
Presbleat, E. Corrinian ; Vice President. Samuel
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September, and December.
The Cumberland fire Company was Instituted Pam.
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meets on the third Saturday of January, April, July,
and October.
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Ilumrleh ; Secretary, William D. llalbert ; Treasurer.
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Thursday of January, April, July and October. .
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SELECI ED POETRY•
A SEA-SIDE WALK
DT NLIZADETII.II. BROWNING
Wa walked hankie the sea
After a day which perished ellen tfy
Of Its owliglory—ilke tho Princosa weird
Who, combating the 0 onium, scorched and scared,
Uttered with burning breath, " 110 l victory I" .
And sank adown, an heap of !mhos pale.
Bo rune tho Arab tato.
Thn sky above us rLowed
An„Uzdverral and unmoving cloud,
On which, the cliffs permitted us to Fen
Only tho outline of their malkily, .
1 ,
As mercer - minds, I ron gazed aCl.l3rfice crowd!
And, shining with • gloom, the water grey
twang in it !noon-taught way.
Nor noon, or stars were out.
They did not dare to tread on AOOll about,
Though trembling, in the footsteps or the sun.
The light was neither night's nor day's, but ono
Which, life-like, had a heauyiti its doubt: .
Aud SilencCs impassioned breathings round
Seemed wandering into sound.
0. xolemn•bevting heart '
Uf nnturoil 1 havo knowledgo tbnt thou art
Bound unto man'a by coov he tomtit 0000 e— '
And, what (lino they arc xhu•lcened by him ever,
Punto attest Mx own rnpio'nal part,
Pill! rponoth thy vlbratlo'n 14st and strong,
The Mackened void along.
For though we never spoke
Of the gray water and the shaded reek,—
Dark wave and HOW!, uneont.rhatt ly, Were fused
Into tho niainthe speaking that we used,
Of al.s,nt Wendt; and memories unfoiwok
And had we ',eon each otlon'a lace, we had
7. , Seen haply, eaat'NfiliS tad.
BILLY THE BOWL
I doubt if you ever heard of Billy the Bowl ;
yet his was a choice spirit, and well worthy
of being remembered: Alt l• times is a great
equalizer! Forty years ago, not a wedding
or a wake, Old. a barn•raising or a cudgel play
ing could be complete without his enlivening
presence; and now these things all go on, and
his dust has long been mingled with duller
clods—his absence Intruded, his memory
parted. There are none who 'now think of
Billy, cave the old el ranieler of pest events,
-Be it then mine to rescue. for a passing mo
ment. his memory from oblivion.
Billy Kavanagh was - a cripplc: , .front his birt h ;
his bulky nod misshapen I'ollll was set 111100
two miserable, shrunken little legs, quite in
capable of bearing the smallest weight, and
rendered perfectly useless by their disproper•
lion to his body. liortrw,c,that class of peo,
plc who depend so materndly on the strength
of their limbs for subsistence, the unfor tu
formntion of the poor lad Was no slight cause
of sorrow to his parents, as they consulted to
gether, after their daily labors, on the future
fortunes of their offspring. ' - 7 -
•• Carroll's a stout gossoon," said Mrs.'Ku
vanagh, looking toward the strew pallet where
lay her children ; "and it's he cud' bate the
world numb'', and hos , the grip of n giant.
Och. it's Carroll has the strong pair of hands,
and the well-murk leg, and will make for him
self decently,' so his life he spared. And lit
tle Pat, the crathur, sure be ' s. the darling of
the world, wit his rosy cheeks and eyes like
two beads; then he's my white-headed boy,
and the very moral of my ould fayt her —troth
there's no bet ter he could follow, for it's th'e
Mild MHO could do the work of three. Celt,
there's small fear for Pat, under a blessing al
ways. • But it's thinking of Billy I am, • and
it's that's killing me wid grief and wid fret
ting. What's to come of the poor bit of, a thing
whin ourselves is taken ? Sure we can't live
and work for ivir ; and never a hand's turn
I -oan-themrathur.du forlimself, _will_ his _thinly_
bits of legw and weasand face. Thin it's a
lord he ought have been,let ulonea poor mates
child."
Whisht,- Biddy, wain*" was her hus
band's answer; "don't be timpting of Provi
dence! Haven't we two as fine childer as the
eon ever shined upon? There's nut the likes
of Carroll and Pat iu the Wiry; county—sure
the 'scams don't deny that, and it's murmur
', ye are, after all. that the rother ono isn't
their equal.. It's nobody's luck to be widow:-
crosses,_ and this is ours; but myself will
spoke to the priest the morn, and may be 'tin
he can give us the good advice, and put the
right mind in us what to do for the poor gos ,
00011."
Accordingly Father Rooney wan spoken to,
and under his judicious management . the con
dition of little Billy wee greatly 'ameliorated.
A bowl wan mado of a kind of light wood, in
the form of a light tread•tray, into which the
boy wan strapped with thongs of thick leather,
his useless legs folded under him, and two
strong oaken.crutches placed in kis hands lr
this manner ho was enabled to hop from place
to place at will, much to his own relief as well
an to his mother's, who had hitherto been
obliged to litti him iu herarms, oron her shoul
ders, when he was wearied of his chimney
corner. •
Billy's' temper was kind' and cheerful. Ile
bore cheerfully the deprivations his infirmity
subjected him to, carefully avoiding giving
more trouble than his helpless state actually
required.. lie would hop out, of a fine morn
ing, after sharing with. 4tlst brothers in their
homely meal of potatoes and buttermilk, and.
seat himself by the wayside, beneath the spread
branches of a stunted oak, there anmsing him
self for !Mars either by the 'construction of
HOMO impletneut,of sport -.now trapfor rab
'
bits and now a net for the speckled trout or
much prized salmon—or more frequently in
jeep or laughter with the passers by ; for
Billy had no morbid sensitiveness with regard
to his own deformity, but, ; on the, contrary,
was the first to give himself the appellation
by which•heafterwards became so well known.
Thus time rolled on—his situation remained
externally the same, with the simple variety
that a now bowl was provided for him each
succeeding year as he advanced to manhood.
Although unequal himself to any bodily labor,
his parents found it easy, with the aid of his
brothers, (now both sturdy young men,) to
supply his simple wants. A larger bowl, a
new suit of corduroys, a scarlet waistcoat, for
Sundays and holidays, was his yearly expen
diture. The good frieze coat that defended
hint from the winter blast, was tlto donation
of thecharitable Father Bonney. whocommise
rated the helpless lot of the poor boy, and, as
far as hie . slender weans permitted, contribu-
I led to his comfort. These kindnesses he re;
paid by all that was in his pqwer ; constant
good humor, gaiety, and ready. sympathy.
Tranquilly be passed his days formally a year
and iu possession of his oak in summer, his
chimney nook in viata,.nuor.lßßY eAjoyed
peace and happincto to which the favored sons .
of fortune are often strangers. But the low
liest lot is not exempt front the alternations
of joy and sorrow, and a time of trial had.ar
rived to try the spirit and call forth alt the
energies of the crippled lad. One of those
fatal fevers which so often desolate the homes
of the Irish peasantry attacked his father's •
household. The old man and his two manly.
hardy sons were soon its victims, and the
Mother, with a heart crushed by grief,. and a
frame emaciated and diseased by piivaoon;
lay stretched upon her couch, apoor bedridden,
creature. Poverty and its attendant train of.
evils followed the 1093 of those wArTz. MI hith
erto made theirhomeone of peace and plenty.
Debts had been incurred during their trouble,
and demands followed,-in upon them which
they were utterly unale to answer.. In the
midst of this came quarter daY;--that. day of
wo. to the unprepared tenant—and - the" hard
Mider-itgent ordered them off the little farm,•
`EQPIE2 WO2 Map IMMILT GESAka.
obtiining great credit for allowing them the
respite of a single day—time, as he said, to
seek a shelter elsewhere, On the Afternoon
of that sad day, poor' Billy, seated near his
mother'S" bed, watched with the calmness of
deApitir the wasted form of the sufferer, as she
tossed and moaned upon her uneasy couch
The last of their small stock of provision had
been exhausted in their yesterday's meal, and
ho had not .the means of procuring a single
crust.
" My poor mother, what will come of her'?"
murmured he, suddenly arousingr•from the
deep reverie in which ho bud been plungtid. -,,
The whistling of the rising blast from with
out; -warned him that another drop was adding
to their cup of wretchedness, and as he gazed
on the setting sun surrounded Mid almost hid
• den by the dark chiuds that foretold the com
ing storm, he felt that with it the light of hope
and happiness was forever departing. The
keen winter wind penetrated the walls of the
ill built. cottageand pierced the delicate frame
of the pour little cripple, and Ito instinctively
turned towards the broad chimney. where late
a blazing tire and a group of happy faints had
greeted his sight ; but all was dark and cheer
less there. The extinguished embers lay upon
the hearth, half buried among the cold ashes'
—cold es those dear forms U'lli.uu kind voices j
had been wont to call him to their side, and'
whose cheerful saber bad provided for the
pour old mother the emithort s which pow she
80 much needed. The thought of thatanother,
and his utter incapacity to aid or sustain her,
pressed with ridded heaviness upon liiii,lUind,
and he covered his facts with his hands and
wept in utter.bitterness of spirit . .
Amid all the ignorance and foibles of the
...Irish peasantry, (rind, poor people, they have
enough to answer fur, I hanks to the cold:blood
ed policy which has been fur ages striving to
uproot every ifitin of good and virtuous feel.'
tog from anompt them,) there is yet it vein
if true piety pArrvarling and enobling their
, clods, a dependence of the goodness of I'rovi
-101100 hod a 'submission to his will, which
would do honor to the practice of their superir
:ors in birth and station. This feeling sustained,
the bereaved lad in this trying hour; his
heart had - been relieved by . tears, those kindly
toittisters of grief, anti hope revived within it. '
Sure Heaven will not forsake us," he
niCillidly exclaimed; and, as if in answer to
his pious trust, the little latch wits suddenly
' raised, and the kindly and familiar face of en
old woman, a gossip of It is !nether's presented
itself before hitt!
"Pelt, Billy, uh bone! hilt to' See ye'es?"
was her first greeting; "raid myself had no
word of your new ilisireBll till the day. They
tolled me 'twas. Mr. li Brien' would turn ye'es
oil thelartn—:(bati luck to him, any way, the
rhlittir l) snit she in that pass : Mill so 1 had it
in mind to sle over and 'see would ye stop a
bit will tis - , till ' e would purvirle better tor
.ye'rselves. Ne arr vex ye, nor tret about the
mother," pursu d she, tuterrupting his Ilex
ions and distil artened glance at tee couch,
"nlyselT has Col hriVe I it rill--it's hut taking I
the loan of his dour, (surall — thahlts to Mister 1
CY Brien for 'the 'ca.ion of that same,) and
there's Tint Reilly and Darby MTerntick wid
outside, (troth 'tis •thim's the kind hearted
lads,) torhye my uteri bays, will lilt her as
usy soli 'teas a CoUelt itself."
The offer so kindly made was accepted with
heartfelt grWitude, slid ii revulsion of feeling
as delightful an it wan ilinidiked rot. A ijoine,
itt, least for the ,present, wits . provided for his
11011401eSS mother, • and time given him for
thought as to their destiny, and with a light
cued heart he assisted his good neighbor in
the arrangentehts for their departure. The I
dour was soon taken Mr its hinges by the stout.
,yotilig inert Old Novell had brought to a id i n
her kind errand, and laid by the side of the
invalid's couch. Theo, try the dittictidit of
Norah, the bed with its pale inmate was gent-
ly lifted on it, and the frieze coats of the,
young men, who all averred they could walk'!
better without them, thrown over the litter,
setting.at_detionee.the...cold_witni_and_snow..
which had then commenced lulling—in—large,
Bakes ,
In this milliner they Het out on their little
journey,- and create night. had fairly Me s sed in,
I Billy had the joy of seeing has poor - Mother
Placed in the wannest Curlier and the best bed
in Norah Dolan's hotpilable cabin. And now
did he set himself seriously to considelOg the
'means of suppma tor his mother and himself.
Iternain it burden on the kind people who !MEL
bored therm they could not, for Bally knew that
old Nord] aud her sons labored hard for their
daily bread, end had, beside, their tithes and
their tlueS to pay to stern, unyielding masters
But what to do'? His weak and crippled state
precluded allpossitelity of work ;,,and bitterly
did he sigh, its lie tusked down Mt his wither
ed, useless limits. .
" Pelt ! why was not I taken is lieu of Car
roll or Pat '!" hehalf uttered. Checking. how
ever, the ocular, which he deemed ungrate
ful, he appealed to old Nora!' fur advice.
" What for no oak the gentry and great eulktt
fora Shritle of a morning ? sure they'd Dttyel ,
arise it out of their Leaps;-Dud iD the iud won ' t
he blessings of the pour-be 01 inure wort to
them 1."
• Acting upon her shiggestion, Billy the heat
meriting strapped himself into his bowb'and
taking firm grasp or his crutches, set . 'our 'en
•iis first venture. It wits a new thing to Billy
to ask charity front high or low, and his heart
oft times railed luau iiahe approached the por
tals of wealth, or extendb4 a 'beseeching hand
o the passer-by ; but the iftought-of his help
ers mother gave him new strength in his en
leaver—and, her the honor Or litituanity he it
throe wets few who refused au alms to
• he crippled buy. At the 01 - se of the day
dilly returned to Nuralt's cabin, and reported
o the kind old woman his success, urging her
d the saute time to lake ti fair portieu or all
to should r-ceivo, as some remuneration for
edging his mother and himself. To thisw
.angentent, after some getterqudi objections,
the consented, and Billy entered regularly on
Aim trade of _asking alms Each moriiing's
rising sun saw him on the rood to ono or other.
of the little towns in the vicinity,. and its set
ting beam beheld him returning to his sick
mother with theyittance- he had received to
which Wilai of ten added some little comfort—a
warm garment or a drawing of tea - wherewith
to cheer and solace her. As time rolled on,
and Billy became reconciled to his new mode
of lire, his nutural gaiety returned, and his wit
and good humor were of no small advantage
to him in attracting the kindnesses of the peo
ple among whom,.he dwelt—fur though a por
tion of the world nifty give "for charity's sweet
sake" alone, the Imijurport, like at least an
critiivalbrit for their benefits ; and often when
appeals to their sympathy failed, a jest or an
amusing talc would open to Mtn Mike their
hearts and purses. - In truth, Billy was no
coalition beggar; he was nu whining every
day cant— no unvarying title of sorrow, pain
'or sickness.' lieggilig , With him was tro occat
sional retmurce, nor did he wish that it should'
seem so—it was his occupation, his profession
—by it he made hiudivitig and supported-his
tlstither,, and he followed it in a true business
devidingto it all his talents and I
all his time. A thriving trade ho
his frame spread fur and neitr, and it soon be
mime bier interest to hulks. longer journeys'
from home than his bowl enabled him to per.:
form, to attend ' the fairs, horse-races, and
merry.makings of all dpscriptions, with which
Ireland at thht day "abounded. Billy had a
true mercantile spirit of, adventure, an intori-'
ting'an 'honest- name—a great advantage, : lay :
the way, iu any. land—he-foundno dillieully
iu procuring the conveyance lie had projected.
A low, rude vehicle, scarce worths the name
of wagoil, constructed of a fight kind of wood,
to which was yoked a littlelsbagged Mountain
porty,"wes.the height of Billy's-ambition. As
l,said before, his honest name here stood hint f
in stead, and be obtained his desire upon part.
CARLISLE: PA., FRIDAY, MARCII 22,
.1861
payment of their value mid his bond for the
remainder. ,
filly might now be said to dd business in
style. There was not a city, a town or a vil
loge of the green island, but at one 'time or
another was enlivened by the Visits of the gay
little oripple.. The kitchen of the. great man,
the parlor of the farmer, the clay cottage of
the Ihboring peasant, wore alike thrown open
to him, and his presence welcomed as the sig
nal of general mirth and frolic. Ile could not
come amiss. The best soot and deepest flagon
in the servant's hall seemed his prescriptive
.right, and was most cheerfully accorded hint.
•The kitchen damsels crowded round. him, to
learn their future fates—for he told most true
•fortunes by the tea-oup.—and with good-natu,
red foresight shaped their destinies
.to their
Wishes. Even my lady's laid, all beflouuced
and ringletted as cite was, would forget' . her
affectation in listening to Billy's merry prophe
cies ; and where could the old crones find such
another gossip. Ile wEtild talk of Murders_
tool witcheratts, portents and omens dire, till '
their very hair stood on end, and the blood
crept more icily through their aged veins, giv
ing them that painful yet pleasurable excite- I
tent, which it is one of the contradictions of
our not urt• to delight in. For news there Wet;
no gazette equal to Billy; the changes of poli
tics. the country' quarrels, the rows and the
risings wet e,discussed with gravity, mirth or
sarcasm, as best befitted the subject, to the
great edification of the men, to whom Billy
was the blithkstof boon companions, drinking
with them, jesting, tithing jokes soil merry 1 1
jibes in good part, and returning them with
compound interest. The young heir of the
house, too. was never happier then when, ,
escaping for an hour his tutor's vigilance, he
could plant himself at Billy's side, and listen
to his woodrouSAides of fairies "who tread i
the moonlight: ring." and the little Cobbler
Cluricane. the Pintos of Irish mythology, or
the PllOOlia who, in the shaped hokle or goose
misleads the unwary, partiou*ly after a glass_
too much, beguiling them into weary and Mill
emus mi•haps. Then his legends of saints .
and heroes, trot St. Patriot: downward, were
never exhausted, and the sparkling: eyes and
glowing cheeks of his young auditors attested '
the delight they afforded. Alt.! those were
merry Joys !—why does one grow old ?
Billy rarely remained tiers than one night i
in the setae place ; at the ;owning's, dawn lie I
resumed his wanderings, followed by the kind
good wishes of the menials, and bearing with
him silver tekens froin the master andmis- 1
tress. Then—did he visit the farmer's dwell- 1
Mg ? - --what joy ! - What - welcoines ! and if he :
chanced at. wedding time or christenings, no- i
thing noire was needed to complete rhe feast. 1
Even though sorrow were in the house, there
was a welcome and a place for Billy ; l'im his
unfeigned and friendly sympothy brought to ;
grief, lit least, alleviation. list i f the pea. 1
l ' Sallt'S salami was ltilly most !Outset ; there his I
I presence diffused the greatest happi less: They j
were what might be tested his own people.--
Intimately acquainted with their 'wants and
their - trials, their pails and - , lieir pleasures,
he tees sue Or themselves, and his liihirious •
temper always 'taught him to look on the
"brightest Hilt , 01 lify. Ile raised their Striking
hearts, Soul awakened nithin them that spirit
of mirth which sorrow and opiression may tor
a time sit other, but can never eradicate from
an Irishunoi s s heart— There Billy Was the
, dispenser of; kiiiiii ! „, , -.. toil , . 4 . favors let•
ceived from the rich he gnvAwhat he conld
I spare, and that with cheerful vtiice * and latigh•
ter-moving jest. Ile was beloved in propor
lion; the chubby half-clothed children,wituld
spy him flora afar, and run .joyonsly to tact
him, sure of reiyiving sobie 'lt - mumbrance in
the form of sugar-plum or toy, end in gleeful
anticipation of the tale and song the Ittlis,
would 1111111 Se Them with at eve; their mother
spread the board with the best the house at'-'
forded. and the weary father, When returned
from his toil he heard the Merry , voices of lii
guest and family, felt his heart grow lighter,
and joined the circle with a cheerful face
Billy Wee a StleCl - OlSCUl specula - Ur . and liy a
prudence and thrift unusual to tine of ilia va
grant profession, soon cleared him el debt,
and continued business on a more independimt
footing. Prosperity attended him, and a few
Ncars from the commencement of his career,
ffifsßtlty - tlfe — reSiTee of a comfortable cabin ;
his old another restored in some measure to
health, and capable to govern matters within
,doors, warmly clad and well eared for.
Billy was unchanged by Fermate s favors;
cheerily had lie borne her frowns, and, total•
tered in' tits outward or hfutr man by her
smiles, he jogged merrily on, in his ancient
style, with his little rough pony, that seamed
to have caught a portion of his master's,spirit, '
so gentle and kind was he. yet so •gamesume. .
They wile .welemne guests wherever they
might stop • and tun the less so shire the whis
per-prevailed Or the Bowl'S good luck. , Still
he levied contributhms front the•wealthy, but
his poor friends had ample proofs of his tid
violee in fortune, in the add: d value a the
tokens he brought them. A scarlet Imilille
for the granddione,'and perhaps a pound of
tea rind stool', a wintergarntent for the baby,
or a bright 'new scythe for the iudostrious
father.
A great fair was held in the town of Kilross,
' and the country people, in their holiday garbs.
were thronging towards it front all directions.
Here the substantiail farmer, with his 'well.
laden cart, anticipating a geoid sale fir Nhe
produce of his' farm—then: the hard wOrkfitg
peasant, driving bolero hint his last cow; that
by it, price he tight he ready with his tithes,
for the support of the haughty churchman,
who was not his pastor bid his oppressor. Now
a group of laughing merry girls came hound
ing along with their hanks of yarn or knitted
hose, the winter's industry; which they hoped
to dispose oft° their advantage, whiling the
way with jest or story, or bright intag,';lllltiktis
or the gins their bachelors would beel'Wripon
them ; and further on the stout...young. men
might he .seen, • exchanging practical jokes,
find branishing their shitelaglis as yet in sport
'and amity. Stragglers of all descriptions
.crowded the way—paupers and idlers, nouni ()-
banks and jugglers, all linger to share in the
pleasures and profits of the day. But not the
least conspicuous figure on the road tens Billy
the Bowl, snugly seated in his wagon, his
pony sleeker and fatter than of old. going on
an easy trot, slow enough to allow his master
to exchange gay salutations with all he not,
for all were old acquaintances, Mid from the
'roars of laughter attending every sally, and
the brightening faces as Ito drove along, one I
might deem him not an unfit representative of
the mirth-prqvoking god, the merry bents.
Pass we itow the bustling intermediate
hours ; the business of the fair was almost
eencluded.dhe sun was descending to its side,
and some, th e quiet and peacable, and those
who lived at a dispute°, were leaving for their
homes. Crowdstiv&re collected, round the
sliebecti houses, those banes to poor, Ireland,
or to the . temporary sheds erected for their
accommodation, and the power of their pota•
tiona was already visible, in Their flushed
cheeks. 'raised voices,And now and then pros
trate forms. Clubs wore grasped, and threats
uttered, between jest and earneit, and vaunts
and challenges given and returned,• but as yet
'they were not quite ittfuriatetl-as 'yet the
demon was not in his might.. Apart from this
was a gentler scene; a pretty;modest looking
girl had-just sold the last
,of her little store,'
and with. the silver tied in the corner of her
white kerchief, was bending her stops towards
her hoMe ; but she proceeded not far unat
tendeff.;
himself front one of- the, and joined her,
a fill and handsomeyouth (disengaged
drawing lier.nriti within his own, with Atte air
of one•who knew it would imam give offence;
and had. Ito harbored a doubt, the sweet con'.
tiding smile that parted her, lips', and. beamed
in her blue eyes as . she doolAtl up to him,
would have dispelled it at once.,
• [oosttnsfl , rtarr ;Wang.]
Mi==Ml=l!
MMM
Thaeliakers is the strangest religions sex
I ever met. I'd beam tell of 'em and I'd seen
'em, witlf . their broad hats , and long
wastid coati; but I'd never emu into twine
jit contack with 'em, and I'd sot 'em "down ns
lookin intellecic, as I'd Bever seen 'em corn to
my , Show—eastways, if they cum they was
disgised in white peple's close, so I didn't
know 'em.
But in the Spring of 18—, I got swampt in
the exterior of New York State_ one dark and
stormy night,,When the Winds Blue ,pityusly,
and I was formed to tie up with the 'Shakers.
I waitoilinthrew the mud, when in the dim
Nister °elite futer I observed the gleams of a
taller candle.- Ticin a hornet's nest to my oIF
hoes's tail to kinder encourage him,.l scow
reached the place: I knockt at the door,
which it was opened unto me by 'a
slick faced, solum lookin intlividoottl, who
turn'd out to be a Elder.
°Mister Shaker,'" sod I, " you see before
you a Babe of the Woods, so to a milt, and he
axes shelter of you." .
ray," sedithe Shake , and he led the way
into the homteebrothe Shaker hem sent to
put my 110:5.901 and wavin under Myer.
A solum female, lookin stunwhat like a last
year's bean-pole stuck into a long meal bag,
rum in and axed me was I athurst and did I
hunger to which I , urbanely answered
few." She went art' and I indeverd to open .
a cotiversashun with-the
"Elder, I spent ?" sod I.
" Yay." he sed.
" Health's good, I reedcon ?"
Yay.!'
"-What's the wam pf II Elder, when he
understans his bizness--er do you devote your
services gratooil ns 1"
•
.• Stitriny night, sir,"
"lay."
"If the storm continners there'll 141 Ile mess
underfoot, hay."
" "ay."
" It's unpleasant when Iherifs a mess un
derfoot?"
" Tay." • • .
If . l may be so bold, kind sir, what's the
price of that pecooler kind rt . weskit, y_ou were,
incloodin trinunins . ." .
" Yny."
I pawsd a thinit, and then, thinkin I'd bo
faseshus with him nod see how that would go,
I slapt kite on (lir slTA‘ulder, bust intern harty
Ina, and told him that as ir yqyer he had nu
liv.in
lie jumpt up as if bilin water' had bin
Hurtled into his ears, groaned. rolled kis eyes
up lords the Bealin' and t ied: You're a man
uf sin Ile then einl i tit. out of the room.
Jest then the fentalAn the meal bag stuck
Iher . hed into the room and statid that terresh
i ments awaited the weary trarler, and I sod if
it was vittles sheitirSia, the weary traveler. was'
ugrtikd, and l fettered her into the next room.
1 not down'to the table and the temale in
the meal bag pored out aunt tea She said
twilling, and for flee tninits the only line thing
in that room was an old woolen clock, which
ticks in a snbdood 111111 wanner in the
corner. This deathly , tillneSs made toe on
easy, and I determined Iti talk to the female •
or bunt. So eel 1," Mairigo,, is ugin your
rules, I beliere, warm ?"
"The sexes tic striekly apart, I spect ?"
"Tay,'"
"Kinder singles," se.z I puffin on my most
sweetest look and spettkin in a winnin voice,
that so fair a 1111P.11!ns thew never got hitched
to soot likely feller." [N. 13.—She woo upt•
wards of 40. and homely nut. stump tende,
'Lot I thaws tickil her.] • • .
I don't like men!" she slot very short..
Well, I dunno," see 1, •" they'er a' rayt her
important port, of the popultyion. I don't
scarcely see 1103{ , we could git ; along withota,
'em '
great deal better if there was on aen
"l ' ot ' h excoos me, mum, but I don't think
that.air would work. It wouldn't be regfer."
" I'm afraid of men !" she sed
" That's onnecessa . ry, moan Vas ain't in
no danger. Don't fret yourself on that Ont.','
" Here we're shot out from the sinful Iwo] Id.
here all is peas Hero we air all brothers
and sisters. We don't marry and consekently
we hay no domestic dillic4tie. ll,tusbao
don't abmwe Their wives Wives don't Worrit
their htishatts. There's no ehileren to `
rit.us "'No m tin to worriins here. No wieked
matrimony here. Would [how like to be a
Shaker ?"
"No," ser. I. ft ain't my stile "
'I had now !listed in as big a load of per-
Vi,llllllB IN 1 could carry comfortable,
.and,
leanin back in toy cheer, eommenst Piekin
my teeth with a fork. The female , went not,
Invin me all atonic with the &belt. I hadn't,
Rd:ghat-long befere the Elder poked hi, bed
in at the. dour. " You're' it man of sin !" bo
sed. and •grutined :tad went away.
'Direekly Char emit in two }sung Shaliv..r
e:..ses, tut putty and slick lookin 'gals as ever
I met. .Itlis trim they was drest in meal bags
like the old one I'd met previsly, mid their
shiny, silky hay was hid from sight hy
white caps, skit as I spose female gusts wear: .
but their eyes sparkleirlike diminijs , th6r
cheeks was likt roses, and they-are charmin
enult to make a man throw stuns at his gran
mother, it they axed him to. They eummenst
elearin away the dishes , ettstin nity glanees at
me all the time. 1 gut excited. 1 forgot ,
Betsy Jane in my raptor, nod sez 1, "thy put
ty dears, how are you',''
" We air well," they selotnly sod.
• " %%liar's the old man ?" .sed I, in a soft
voice.
• or whom -door thew speak Brothel•
!frill!! ?"'
"I meat/ the gay and fordiv cuss Wbo calls
toe n luau or sin. Shouldn't wUtiller' if hhi
name was Udall "
"Ile has retired."
"Wall, ray pretty dearq," sez f, "let's have
SUM fun. Let's play Puss In the corner. What
•
say ?"
"Air you a Shaker, sir?" they axed.
"Wall, my pretty deers, I haven't arrayed
my proud form in a long weskit 3 it, bitt if
they was all like you perhaps I'd jine 'ern.
etc it is, I'm a Shaker pro tempoiary."
They was full of fun. I seed that at fust,
only they was a teethe skeery. (awl 'em•'
Puss in the cornerandsich like plus°, and we
had a nice time, keepin3ltiet, of course, so the
old man shouldn't hear.—When we broke up
sez I, "my pretty dears, ear I go you hav no
objections, haw you, to a : itinerant kiss at
partinry
"Pay," the,. sod, and I yay'd.
I went up stairs to bed. I spose I'd
enonzin halt a hour when I was woke up by a
noise at the door. I sot up in bed, leanin on
elbers - end rabbit' my eyes, and '1 saw the
follerin picter: The Elder merlin the door
way, with t o taller kande' in his hand, lle
hadn't novveariu appeeVel on exeept his night
close, which flutterdd iu the breeze like a 4th
of July Flag. ,Be sod, "you're a man of
slur' then 'groaned and went away, • '
- - I went to sleep agin and ,drempt.of rennin
orf with the pretty little Shakeresses, mounted
on my Californy Bar. I limn, the Bar insis
ted on steerin grate for my door-yard in Bal.
dinsville and that Betsy-Jane cum out atittl l.
giv us a warm recepshun with a pauftillThEV
Bilin water. I was•woko up only by the
der. He sed refreshments was' reddrfOr mM
down stares, Then sayin I was a inannt.sin,
he went'gruanin away. 4 l'!" ;
• As •I waa gain threw the entry ta tho rifinn
whenethe-vittlea watt, Yount' aereea thd Elder
and, the.old•female I'd' met :the, night before,
and what
,d'ye: epee' they Who up . tor,
and young lovers in their gushing ' '
let elate: 84 ttiny•Slin er from*. I reelfoo
yoit'd•better suspend:the rules, unit git mar
ried 1"
"You mnsi, excoos Brother Urinh," sed the
female; "he's subjeck to tits and hain't got
no command over, hisself when he's into 'em.
"Sai acz Ilia took that way
myself frequent."
,• You're a man of sin," sed the Eldon -
After breakfast my little Shaker frends cum.
in agin to clear away the dishes.
•" My pretty dears," sex I, "shall we stay
°gin 7'
"Nav," they tied, and I nay'd.
t iThii:ltakers axed me to go to their meetin,
as they was to hay Earvices that tuornin; so I
put on a clean biled rag and went . The meet iu
house was as neat as a pin. The floor was
white es chalk and smooth as glass. Ty
Shakers was all - on hand, in clean weskits and
meal bags, ranged on Ilia floor liko milingtery
companies, the mitilmin.one Side of .the room
nod the females on (other. They commenst
olappin their hands , and singin and ilanein,
They danced kinder slow at fast ,it as they
got warmed up they shaved it down very brisk,
I tell you. Elder Urinh, in particler, exhib
'erteil a right smart chance of Spryness in his
time of life, and as he cum a dabble shuttle
near where I sot, I rewarded him With a ap
provin smile and sed:—"Good boy! Go it,
my gay and Leslie CIP,S!"
' , You're a Mall Or sin!" 11%sed, conlinnerin
Lin shuttle, 1.4
' The Sperret, no 11My called it, then moved
a short fat Shaker to say a few remarks. Ile
ned they woo Shakers and all woo ekal. They
was the purest and seleckeot people on the,
yerth. Other peplo was sinful as they could
be, but Shakers was all right. Shakerii was
all goin rolap to the Promist. Land,-and no
body wat oin to stand at the gate to bar 'em
out, if they id they'd git run over
The Shakenn.? then danced and,sung tight,
and arter't hey was threw, ono of 'em axed the
what t thawt °f r it:
See 1, .• What due it siggerfy?"
What?" sc. he.
"Why. this jumpinup and singia?- 7 This
long weskit bimiss, aud - thivanty-matrittiony
idee? My fronds, you air neat and tidy.
Your lands is llowirr with TrOlk and honey.
' Your brooms is tine. antlyour apple BUSS is
hottest. When a man buys a hag of apple sass
'of you he dou't hind a grate many shavins uu
det• a few layers of sass—a- little Game I'm
sorry to say snot of my New Englan ancestors
used to practise: Your garding seeds is tine
quad if I should sow 'eat on the rock ut
ter prObly I should raise a goutititess of gaol
ing sass. You air honest in your dettliits.
You air gnict. and don't disrarb nolonly. For
all this 1 give y/u credit, but your religion is
;MIMI pkTinten's, }moil say. You mope away
your lives here in single retchidnose, and as
you air all by yourstdves, nothing ever con:
flicks with your.pecooler itlees, except when
fin:WM rater baste out among you., as 1' Un-
, derstanshe sun times do. • [1 giv liriah a.sly
wink here, which Made the old feller s q uirm
like a speared Eel.] You wear long weskits
and long; faces, and lead a gloomy life indeed.
No ellildren',-r prattle is ever hbarn around
your harth•diuts you air in ri e dr.etu•y fog all
the time. and you treat. the jolly bundii Ile of
life no tho' it W 11.9 a thief, driviu it front your
doors by them weskits,. and meal hap, and
petiouler IDISiIUIIS of you'll. 'rite gals among
you, sum of which air us slick pieces - of esti
her as. I ever cot eves on air grin to phi• e
their beds agin we•kite which kiver honest,
manly lytrto, while you old hods fool yerseives
with the idce that they air fultillin their nilsh
un here, aod air eunlented. Here you air,
ull pezol up by yourselves. Whin chow the
sins , of a world you don't know nothln . of.
Meant/bile said world continners to resolve
rounit F on her own axeltree oust in every i 1
hours, subjeck to the Conatitushun of the Uni
tea States, anti is a very plesant place of rcei
- dritee. It's a unmoral, unreasonable and dis
mal life,you're leatlin here: So it 'strikes Lao.
i'‘.ly Shaker fre . nds, 1 now.bitl you a welcome
atloo. '. You hav treated me exeeetliti well
hunt you :holly, one and all. tie
"A base exhibitor of depraved mot . - e - ys and
onprinelpled wax works!" sed
" fl ello, C . riah," sez I. "I'd most forgot you.
Wall, look 6•lit for thorn fits of yourn, and don't
roaten curd and die in the flour of yogi: youth
and beauty."
And ITei,oo o n my jerney:
sTup TuAttzeo,
-
of Snow was smad ot'er the icy
streets and the pede,trians walked carefully
shod with India rubber towards the churches
on a cold Sabbath morning in Veht•nary.
_Walking somewhat hastily church ward, for I
misdate, I noticed it bright looking little lad
smtoling upon intrement, with his eap in
' Rand, and his eyes fixed upon one spot
in tire sidewalk. As I ap . proached him, he
looked up to ine, and pointing to the place,
said:
• I
"Please don't step 'there, sir; I slipped
there and, fell down."
I thanked tho.philenthropie little B•Rnw,
and passed rout the dangerous &pt. "Don't
;top there," was the theme' or . inc medita
tions during the remainder of tuy walk.
are many places as'We journey along
the pathway of lite, where we slide and fall.
How earefully.should we ottraelves tread past
such places in oar future journeyings? Vet
how' often is it lamentably trite.. that ou the
same spot we - repeat our slit inidingsl Where
ever under the temptations of the adversary
or through the wrong impulse of my perviirse
.affections and passions. I have once }dipped,
let me put 0 watch, which to remind me of
my further nail experience, shall cry out to
- me as 1 approach, "Drat step Literal" The
friend who truly loves me, and who is rigor.
ously solicitous for my apiritual good, when
he sees me carelessly treading on a spot
where he has himself fallen, will refer to his
own misfortune or fault and kindly at j' to toe,
"Ain't step there " as
And WI elit?rish benevolent sentiments to•
wards my fallen fellow men, I desire for their
own good that they shoul-I Walk upright; if
zeal for the honor* of the Church mrake soli
citude for the consisteneymad ittrity of our
fellow-disciples, shall I not, when 1 see the
feet of any of them near the spot where I
have seen another slip, kindly say to them;
"Don't step there."
'Selfishness would hurry away from the
place of a fall, muttering, "It is none of my
busine3s. what becomesiof those who follow."
Pride will' seek to hide his humiliation. Mis
chief and - malignity would wait for a laugh
or a 81100 r at the coming helpless traveler.
But benevolence halts for a little while tout
ter it kind warning anti to guard a fullow-be•
itx against an unhappy calamity:
A thousand tittles since has the clear voice
of that kind hearted child rung in my , ear,
reminding me ofmy own duty to these around
mu,, and urgih'4 , ' me to repeat, wherever the
repetition, prem.ses to be useful, "please don't]
step there'
THE PRINiER —lie. beat's the. , fti'rmer with
his fast Ilse; the carpenter uitKhis rule: and
the mason in setting tall catanins; he surprises
tho lawyer and the dootor iu tending. to cases;
mid beats the parson iu the managenfent of
the demi. .
The storms oftisiv9,rsity are:Wholesome,.
though, like snowsto rms, thole drifts. aro
tioEol‘vays.soon, • . 7 .7
' 110's happy 'whose circumstances suit
his teuiper,'but Lo is
M. thore- happy who can
suit. his tamper to rcumstances.
13i :divil to. a woman who doesn't pare her
$1 50 per annum in advanec4 .
$2 00 If not pall. In advance
Speech at lien. ttlley, In the floosie of
Itcpunflillesourl, Feb. 1.,—.1[861.•
'After along and heated discussion 'on the
Jreference'of a bill amending the character of
the city of Carendelet, to a standing commit
; tee of the House.
Mr. Riley obtained tho floor, and addressed
.I . tho Houso: -
Mr. Speaker: Everybody is a pitching into
I this matter like . toad frogs into a willow
swamp, on a lovely evening in the bahnly
month of June, when the mellow light of the
full moon fills with a delicious flood the 'thin,
I etherial atmospheric air. [Applause.] Sir,
I I want to put in li word, or perhaps a word
[end a half. -
There seems to bo a disposition to fight.
I say, if there is any fighting to be done, come
lon with your corn-oohs and lightning•bugsl
[Applause ] In the language of, the .Ancient
'Roman.
-Come one, mum all, tlgs rock shah tly
From Its firm bust:, in u pig's eyo." .
Now, there has been a great deal of bombaSt'
hero to•day. I call it bombast. from . 'Alpha' s
to "Omega." ( I don't understand the mean
itfg of the words through.) Sir, the question to
refer, is a great and magnificentquestion - . It
is the all-absorbing question—like a .sponge,
sir,—a large unmearrablo sponge, of globe
shape, in a small tumbler of :water—it sucks -
up everytlultg. , stand with the. weap- '
Ons I have designated, to de feud the rights of
St... Louis county, the rights of any other coun
ty—even the county of Ceder itself. [Laugh.
ter and applause.] Sir, :the debate has as
sumed a lath utlinosity. We have had a little
black jack leinconibe, a little trobit buncombe, '
bombast buncombe, be ug•hole buncombe, and
the devil and his grandmother knows what
other hied of buticombe. [Laughter.]
Why, Sir, just give some of 'em a little Nor
thern water end a little Southern so .p, and
quicker than a hound pup can Holt a '.skillet
they Will mike enough humanise lather to
wash flee golden flock,that roams abroad the
azure meads of heaven. [Cheers, arid laugh
ter.] I Allude to the starry
,firtnatnent.
The Speaker: The gentleman is out of or•
der.
,lie must contine•linnself to the question.
;11r. Miley: Just return your linen if you
please: I'll Stick to the text as close as a
pitch plaster tea pine , phink, or n lean pig to
a hot jato rock, [Cries;of •go on:' 'you'll do:']
' I want, to say to these carlfoneriferous gen- '
Illentert, these igneous individuals, these de
, mons! ratON, these pereginous volcanoes, come
on wit b your combustitiles ! If I. don't --
' well, i l ll suck the Gulf of Mexico through a
1 goose quill [ldatighterittitl applause ] Trerr'
hap+ you think I am diminutive tubers and
sparSe in a mundane elevation. Yeti -may '
discover, gentlemen, you are laboring under
no great It indotpprelienSioll 114 though you hall
'incinerated your inner t:inittlynt. In the tan it
gunge of the noble bard,
..1 Viii.sof 1.4 . 1110,10111,1.01
'ls to ,arril I); a eri.•ka. 1 Applause.;
Sir, we have lost our proper 'position. Our
proper position is to the zenith and nadir.
uer bulls to !Menne; our heels to the other,
111 right angles with the hio•iron, sptituled.ity
I but azure' are •of tliti histriotts .firinamo it, •
bright ir ith the curruscations of inumeraide '
conetellatious; and proud as a speckled stud
horse on eounty court d ay. [Cheers.].
`• But how have the mighty fagot," in the .
language of ' lite poet Silversmith. We have
lost our proper position. We have 0 lifilltned a '
sloshindicular or a dinganological positien.—
A nil what i9lllO (9/01 4 1) , ? Cebu ittiswees "bun
combe," sir. `• buncombe." The people have:
been fed,oit buncombe, while a 11/1 II Hpnvined,
rnigboned, hanist rung, 91191%11011011, Willi!•
galed, se:pi:eyed, split-hoofed, distempered,
polleviled, pot-bellied politicians have bad
their no-es in the public lftib - titoil there ain't
fodder enough left to make it gruel for a sick
gras , -hopper. [Cheers awl ltughter.] . .
Sir. tlit,e hungry brats keep tugging at the
'milli,: pap. They say, ~ let down your 'silk,
Sticky or you'll lit:veal . split Imp: " Do they
rtitinh - t - thus - cats - stuff-such-bitticombealowtrour .
• craw'. Nil, sir: you might tic well try to
, stun butler in a will cat wit lin hot awl [Goo f
filmed laughter
. 1 The thing.can't he did.
1 'l'lw public grind-stone is ti iireat instil wion, .
sir--yes, sir, a greet institution.—One of Gm
1 greatest perhaps that ever rose. rogue I or
, I'll. 'But, sir, there i'.'l too much private cot
levy ;vailinit 'flie thing won't pay. °e.t.a:air:nal- ,
ly a big axe is brought in to be fixed up, osten
sibly for the Ptiepose art' hewing down this
! gnarled trunks of error antl cleaving out the
. brushwood .f ig.norance and folly that t;bstruct
the public highway of progress. The machine •
whirls; the mac is applied The lookers-on
ne enchanted with the brilliant sparks elici
ted. The'tool is polished :- keenly edged ;
and, while the public 'stare in mping expee- ' 1 ....
fancy of seeing the road cleanse , t)he imple
ment is slyly taken off to itnproxe/the private
acres of some ''faithful friend of the people:"
What is the result'. The obstructions remain
unmoved. The people curse because the .car
Inge—or, if it does move, 'tie at the expense
of a broken wheel and jaded and sore-backed
team. I tell yon, the thief; won't pay. The
lime will come when the `nasal promontories.
of these dkinterested geinders will he put to . •
the steno, instead of sheik hardware. (Ap
plause.) I tun mighty afraid. the machine is
11 goll' to stop. '!'he grease is giving out
thundering fast. It is begiening,:lo creak on
Its axis.
,Geinlemen, it is my private Opinion.
confidentially expressed, that all the "grit': is
pretty near wore utf. (Applause.)
Ste. Speaker,lyou must excuse roe for my
latitudinosity and circuutlocut ovine s. My
old blunderbuss scatters amazingly. but if
anybody gets peppered, it ain't my fault if
they are in the way:
Sir, these dandatlical, supersquirtiottl, ma
hogany-faced gentry—what. do they „know
about the lilCS•iillgo of. freedom ?—About tis
much, sir, tic a toad frog does of high glory.
Do they think they can escape me ? I'll fol
low them through pandemonium Rod high we. .
~
ter 1 (Cheers anti laughter.)
These are the oyes that have got our-liberty
pole oat' its perpendicularity.: 'Tie they who
would rend the stars and stripes—that noble
flag, the blood of 'stir revolutionary fathers
emblemed in its red:—The purity of the cause
for which they died—denoted by the white;
the blue—the freedom they attained, like the
azure air that wraps their native hills and lin
gers on their lovely plains. (Cheers ) The
high bird of liberty,sits perched on the topmost
branch, but there is secession salt on his glori
ous tail, I fear he will no mors spread,
,his
noble pinions to soar beyond the tizuvt'regions • !
of the boreal pole. But let not . Missobri pull .
the last feather from his sheltering
.wing to '
plume a shaft to pierce his noble.ibrest ; or,
what is the same, make - a pen' to sign a seces
13i0IIIiIIIIIICCI (Applause.) Alas, poor bird,
if they - drive you from the branches of the •
hemlock of the North, and the palmetto of the
South, come over to the gunt•tree orate West,
and wo_Will protoct your noble birdslilp,..viiiilo . .
'water grows and genes runs. (immense ap, -
plause,) Mr Speaker, Isubsidefor the present.
'4M rsTERi , I say, I don't suppose you don't
know of nobody 'What don't wont to hire'no
body to do nothing, don't you? , The answer
'wee, "Yes I don't."
THE remembrance 'of a beloved mother
become o too . shadow . of, all our , 'actioOd.i it
either goes beforS or follows. - ,
Turnn are t,190 languages that are universal
—one love and the othertocin4.. • Tholyegion
uoderstand one, and men thu other, ,Oemt
sionally; hOwever, the women understand, both.,
" I DECLARE, tooilitr,"'imitt pretty-;little
girl; in it ptelty 'Hide vody;'' , "ija _too—hall l-
rou hiways send nto to boil.'wbOn:
, r..
and ninitOine gat bptyltenlanCtireeM"
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NO: 17.