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STOASH BITTERS.
I I: is a fact that, at some por:-"Kl, every mem
rof tLa human family is subject to disease
ar disturbance of the bodily functions ; but,
with the aid of a good toic and the exercise
i: pliia coianion Et-nse, tLer nay be able so to
the ey-tcm s? to secure permanent
S In orJvr to accoaiplisli this desired
jeer, the trae course to pursue is certainly
i n which will produce a titural fctate of
izp tt tie least hazard of vital strength and
'i. For this purpose, Pr Ilostetter Las in
iuceJ to this country a pieparation bearing
1 1 Lia?. triiion is not a ne-sr iaeaicme, dui one
kiiX La b:en tried for years, giving satisfac-
-.3 til who Lave usel it. liie Uitters
km- pirerfully upon the stomach, bowels.
.1 r'cr, restoring tucin to a healtny ana
r-.rKus ncticn, and thus, t j the fiicpie pro-
i c: Etrecgthening nature, enable the sys-
10 triucifh over diseate.
For the cure of Dyippsia, Indigesiion, Nau-
hi, Flv.ultncy, Loss of Appetite, or any Diuoua
t-nijxiai, arising from a mornid inaction
t the Stosiach or Bowels, producing Cramps,
rsetrerr, CoLc, CUoiera Morbus, ice, Lueae
liners hive no equal.
L'lirrbxa.dysctxtery or Cut, so generally con
r:ri by new settlers, and caused principally
jthechiae of water and diet, will be speedily
riIi:eJ by a brief use of this prej.aration.
';pepiia, a disease which is probably more
-Tfsient, la all us various forms, than any
and the cause of which may always
attributed to derangements of the digestive
can be cured without fail bv Uiinz
ii.'jTEnEnS GTOMACII D1ITER3, as pr
.recuonsontfce bottle. For this disease every
:jsician Til! recommend Eitters of tone kind ;
--n w.iv net us3 an article known to te infal-
'.e . A'l natiens have their Eitters, as a pre-:-::ve
cf disease and strengthener of the sys
:ia gone: ;il; and among them all there is
"Jt to oe lout'.J a more healthv rcorle than
Oeraans. fi-ora -vrhora this rreparation ema-
t-i bo?ei upon scientific experiments which
tended to prove the value of this great
Ijantica ia the scale of medical science.
iek asd Aqce. This trying and provok
: iei?e, which fixes it3 relentless grasp cn
?"iy cf man, reduclne him to a mere sha-
ia a short time, and rendering him rhy-
Y-j &ni mentally useless, can be driven
- tae body by the use cf llOSIttli-ii a
i-HWXED CIITLR3. Further, none of the
i-statel diseases can be contracted, even
s:r-osed situations, if the Litter3 are used
:-:r directions. And as they neither create
nor cSFcnd the palate, and render un-
p-ary any change of diet cr interruption
f- riiaary pursuits, but promote sound siecs
M-i healthy digestion, the complaint is re-
is speedily as is consistent with the pro-
tiA.a oi a thorough and permanent cure.
For Pe.-nus in Alvancei 1'tart, who are
-eriag from an enfeebled constitution and
"a bixlr. these Bitters are invaluable as &
rvive of strength and vigor, and need
'-? be tried to be appreciated. And to a
-ile. especially where the mother's nour-
at is inadequate to the demands of the
rt frequently her strength must yield,
- -:.c t 19 wnere a gooa torn?, eucn as
-t:er j Stomach Bitters, is needed to impart
?-nrT strength and vigor to the fystem.
should by all means try this remedy
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1 taeir thvsician. who. if he ia
-stE-lrith th virtue cf the Bitters, will
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1311. We caution the r.ublio aiust usinff
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10. 1859.
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From the Dollar Newspaper PLilad.
BTGOXB OA VS.
BY" E. S. BOCTOX.
Ohf the winning voice of childhood,
How it melts the heart of stone ;
How it vrahens buried mem'ries,
Thoughts of days forever flown.
Ilbw it triugs back joys forgotten.
When in sonny days of yore,
Oft we sported on the hillside
1 Wtfc the frieili we see no more.
How we usJ toath&r cowslips,
Ia the rueado'v by the brook.
Then, when weary, we would hasten
To ome quiet, shady nook,
There tu tell of future horu-r,
"Which we fuudly hoped to gain.
Ah ! we thought rot thou of sorrow.
Crushing anguLh, l itter pain.
Oh ! those long, long days of summer,
When beneath the old oak tree,
Through whose branches gulden sunlight
On the grass danced merrily ;
We lay with eyes upturned to heaven.
Crazing through the either blue.
Wondering where lived the angels,
Mother said, watched me and you.
What a web of glittering fancies,
We wotdd weave of corning years.
Not a thread was tangled in it,
Not a wbp of donbt or fears,
Then would pass a silent hour
When each other's dreams we knew,
For, of Jovod ones we were thinking,
Locks of gold and eyes of Hue.
B yish love Lr boyish idoli
Goue forever, ever more ;
G-ne the uew of early feeling;
All that blessed us then is o'er.
On a hillock in the churchyard.
Side by tide thofe laved ones he.
While we wander at a distance-,
'Xeath a brighter, warmer sk-.
A Stery as is a SCory.
Vti are not given aiuh to secsallon arti
cles, but o.-casiocally a remarkallu tbir.g will
come under our notice, and it would be a a in
to keep it from the public. We cannot vouch
tor LL12 trutu ot tnekjiiiiOH-tcg story, tola
this moriiiag by aa oil sucier. but venture
to say that suoh thing. have been beard of
before, (ia the Arabian Night's Entertain
ments): It is just twenty years ago that a party
of U5 fellers went over to Cahokia Creek on
a skating match. The diy was colder than
ten icebergs stucc together, but the ice was
smooth as g!a?3, and we made up car m:u Is
to have a heap cf fun. ULIl lierry was the
kalr.i- of the crowd. lie wbs a tail fix-footer,
fall cf r!u2k, r.ad the best skater in .11
creation. Givo Kill Ucrry a good pair of
s!:ate3, and smootlie sailing, aad bs'd make
tha trip to lialiins Bay and back ia twenty
four hours, only stopping long enough to take
a uritik. Vii, we otto the Cree.i end fu3-
ti.-ni-'i our skates on; and after taking a good
horn out ef Joe Turner's llaik, " started of!
i:i good styles win Dill Drry m the lead. As
I wa3 telHcg you ii wa3 a dog-ouned cold
day, ar.dRO had trT skate " fast to keep the
blood up There was little breathe boles in
the ice, and rvery now and then we would
come near goin' iuto 'em. Just as I had
finished buckling on my straps, I heard a
noise. I looked up and saw something shoot
ing along the ice like lightning It was liiil
Derry'3 head He had teea going it like
greased electricity, and before be know it he
was into one of them cussed holes The
force was so great as to cut his head off against
the sharp coi uors of the the ice. "It's all
day with Bill Berry," said I; 'and all night
too," said Joe Turner. Just as he got these
words out of his mouth I looked at Bill's bead,
which had been going it on the ice, and all
at once it dropped into another hole. We
run to it and I heard Bill Berry say, "For
God's sake, boys, pull me out!" I looked
into the hole aad there as sure as I'm a sin
ner, was Bill Berry's body which had shot
along under the iee, and met the bead at the
hole in the ica. It was so thundcrin' cold
that the bead froze fast to the body, and we
Dulled Bill? out as good as new. He felt a
little numb at first, but after skating awhile
he waa as brisk as the rest of us, and laughen
over the joke. We went home ab jut dark,
all s-atisGed with our day3 sport. About nine
o'clock in the eveniug somebody knocked at
my door, and said I was wanted over at Bill
Berry's. I put on my bat and went over.
There lay Bills tody ia one placo aud bis
head in another. His wife said that after be
came home from skating, he sat down by
the fire to warm himself, and while attemp
ting tu blow bis nose be threw his head into
o
the lire place.
The Coroner was called that night, and
the verdict of the jury was that "Bill Berry
came to bis death by skating too fast."
SyThe following are the rules of a school
down in Maine :
No chewing tobacco in school hours.
No kissing the girls in the entry.
No novels allowed to ba brought in chool.
No snapping apple seeds at the master.
No cutting the bcnche3 with Jack knives.
t&l-" Havo you any traveling inkstands ?"
'No, ma'am we have them with feet and
lege but they are not eld enough to travel
yet."
Beautitcx.- As winds the ivy round the
tree, as to the crag tha moss patch roota, so
clings my constant soul to lota I my 0a. J
mt beatifal-nv boot. !
as to the eras the moss patch roots, so
iBistcilcmcous.
- From Evan Life of. Lewis Wetzel.
THETTCSTER. RAXGCRS.
Io the year 1791 or '92, the Indians hav
ing made frequent incursions into the settle
ments, along the river Ohio, between Wheel
ing
and
.Minso
Bottom, sometimes- killing
and capturing whole families, at other times
stealing all the horses belonging to a station
or fort, a company, consisting of seven men,
rendczvouzed at a place called Beech Bottom,
on the Ohio river, a few mile3 below where
Wellsburg has been erected.
This company rera -John ; Wetzel, .Wil
liam ' M'Cuilouga," John Hough, 'Thomas
Biggs, Joseph Hedges, Kinzie Dickerson,
and Mr. Linn. Their avowed object was to
go to the Indian town to steal horses. This
was then considered a legal, honorable busi
ness, as we were then at open war with the
Indians. It would only be retaliating upon
them m their own way.
These seven men were all trained to Indian
warfare, and a life ia the woods from their
youth. I'erhaps the western frontier, at no
time, could furnish seven men whose souls
were better fitted, atid whose nerves and sin
ews were better fctrung to perform any enter
prise which required resolution and firmness.
They crossed the Ohio, and proceeded with
cautioui steps, and vigileat glauces, on their
way through the cheerless, dark, and almost
impenetrable forest, in the Indian country,
till they came to an Indian town, near where
the head waters of the Sandusky and Musk
ingum river interlock. Here they made a
fine haul, and ee t otf homeward with about
fifteen horses. They traveled rapidly, only
making a short bah, to let their horses graze
and breathe a short time, to recruit their
strength and activity.
In the evening of the second day of rapid
retreat, they arrived at Wells Creek, not far
from where the town cf Cambridge has since
been erected. Here Mr. Linn was taken vio
lently eick, and they must stop their march,
or leave hiui alone, to perish in the dark and
lonely woods. Our frontier men, notwith
standing their rough and unaccomplished
manners, had too much of Uncle Toby's
sympathy for sulTering humanity," to for
sake a comrade iu distress. They halted, and
placed sentinels ca their back trail, who re
mained their till iaf in t'na night, without
seeing any signs of being pursued.
The sentinels on the back trail returned to
the camp, Mr. Linn still lying in excruciating
pin.- All the limp! remedies in their pw
er were aJmiuiatercd to the sick man, with
out producing any effect Being late in the
nigut, they ail lay down to rest, except one,
who was placed as guard. Their cnrLp was
on the bank of a small branch.
Just before day break the guard took a
small bucket, ani dipped some water cut of
the stream; on carrying it to the fire, he
discovered the water to be muddy. The
muddy water waked bis suspicion that the
enemy might be approaching them and were
walking down in the stream, as their footsteps
would be iioisoless ia the water. He waked
bis companions and cummunicatcd kii sus
picions. They arose, examined the branch a
little distance, and listened attentively for
j some time; but neither sawnor beard anything,
an i tiicu co-jc uded it must hare been racoons,
or some o:hr animals paddling ia the stream.
After this conclusion the company all lay
down to rest, except, the . scntimd, who. was
stationed jast outside the light. Happily for
them the lire had burned down, and ouly a
few coals afforded a dim liLt to ncint osit
where they lay. The enemy had come silent
ly down the creek, as the sentinel suspected,
to within tea or twelve feet of the place where
they lay. and fired several guns over the
bank. Mr Linn, the sick man was lying
with bis sile towards the bank, aud received
nearly all the balls which were at first fired.
The Indians then, with tremendous yells,
mounted the bank with loaded rifles, war
clubs, and tomahawks, and rushed upon our
men, who fled barefooted and without arms.
Mr. Linn, Thomas Biggs, and Joseph
Hedges, wre killed in or near the camp.
William M'Cullough had run but a short dis
tance when he was fired at by the enemy.
At the iustaut the firing was giving, he jump
ed iuto a quagmire aud fell; the Indians sup-
posing mat iuey naa Kiuea uim, ran past in
pursuit of others. He soon extricated him
self out of the mire, and so made bis escape.
He fell in with John Hough and came into
Wheeling.
John Wetzel and Kinzie Dickerson met
ia their retreat, , and returned together.
Those who made their escape were without
arms, without clothing or provisions. There
sufferings were great; but this they bore with
stoical indifference, as it was the fortune of
war Whether the Indians who defeated our
heroes foil) wed in pursuit from their towns,
or were a party of warriors, who accidently
happened to fall in with them, has never been
ascertained .
From the places they had stolen the horses,
they had traveled two nights and .almost-two
entire days, without halting, except just a
few minutes at a timo, to let the horses graze
From the circumstance of their rapid retreat
with the horses, it was supposed that no pur
suit could possibly have overtaken them, but
that fate bad decreed that this party of In
dians should meet and defeat them.
As soon as the stragglers arrived at Wheel
ing, Captain John M'Cullough collected a
party of men, and went to Wells Creek, and
hurried the unfortunate men who fell in and
near the camp. The Indians had mangled
the dead bodies at a most barbarous rata
Thus was closed the horse stealing tragdy.
Of the four who survived this tragedy none
are now living to tell the story of their euf
ferinff. They continued to hunt and to fight
as long - --
Dickerson died in tha country near Wheeling.
John Hougb died s few yean finoa, naar
Ion? as the war las lea. ionn eizei auu
Columbiana, Ilarni.ton county. Ohio. The
brave Captain William M'Cullough fell in
1811, it, the battle of Brownstown, in tbe
campaign with Gen. Hull.
John Wetzel and Voach Dickerson associa
ted to go on an Indian scout. They crossed
the Ohio at the Mingo Bottom, three miles
below where Steubenville has since been erec
ted. They set off with the avowed intention
of bringing an Indian prisoner. They pain
ted and dressed in complete Indian style,
and could talk some in their lansuase. What
induced them to undertake this hazardous
enterprise is now unknown; perhaps the nov
elty and danger of the undertaking promp
ted them to ction. No reward was either
given for vrisoner or scalps; nor were they
employed crTpaid by trovernment. Every
man fought on his own hook, furnished h:s
own arms and ammunition, and carried his
own baggage.
This was, to all intents a democratic war,
as every one fought ss often and as long as
he pleased; either by himself, or with such
company a3 be conld confide in. As the
white men on the frontier took but few priso
ners, Wetzel and Dickerson concluded to
change the practice; and brin? in an Indian
to make a pet. Whatever whim 'may have
T 1 1 .1 A. V ..... . .
iduuccu iticm so set on witn tne avowed in
tention of bringing in a prisoner, or losing
their own scalps in the attempt.
They pushed through the Indian country
with silent tread and a keen look out, till they
went near the head of the Sandusky river,
where they canae to a small 'Indian village
They concealed themselves near to a path
which appeared to be considerably trav
eled. In the coursa of tht first day of their am
bush, they eaw several small companies pas
them. As it was not their wish to raise an
alarm araon theenemr. they permitted tliPDi
to pass undisturbed. In the evening of the
next day they saw two Indians coming saun
tering along the road in quite a merry mood.
They immediately stepped into the road, and
with a confident air. as if they were meet
ins friends went forward until they came
within reach of the enemy.
Wetzel drew Ins tomahawk.' and with one
sweep knocked an Indian down; at the fame
instant Dickerson grasped tbe other in his
arms, and threw Lira on the ground. By
this time Wetzel bad killed the other, and
turned bis band to aid in fastening the pris
oner. Thi3 completed, they scalped the dead
Indian, and set off with the prisoner for
home. Tbey travelled all that nishton the
war-path leading towards Wheeling. In
tbemorr-ti--strnck offfrntn th path,
and making diverse courses, and keeping on
the hardest enund. where thir feet would
make the least impression, as this would ren
der their trail more diScult to follow in case
shev should be pursued. They pushed along
until they bad crossed thfl Muskingum some
distance, when their prisoner bejran t- show
a restive stubborn disposition, he finally threw
himself upon the prounl an ! refused to rise.
He held down his bead, and told tbem they
micht towahawk him as soon as they pleased,
for be was determined to eo no further. They
used every argument they could think of to
induce bira to proceed, but without any ef
fect, lie said "he would prefer dying in
hia native woods, than to preserve his life a
little longer, and at lat be tortured by fire,
and his body mangled for sport, when they
took biui to their towns."
Tbey assured bim his life would be spared
and that ba voobi be well used and treated,
with plenty . - But all tbeir efforts would not
induce bim to rise to Lis Feet. Tbe idea that
ha would bo pat to death for sport, or in re
venge, in presence of a large number of spec
tators, who would eniov with raptures the
scenes of bis torture and death, bad taken
such a strong hold on hU mind, that he de
dermined to diss-ppoint the possibility of
their being gratified at his expense. As it
was not their wish to kill bim. from coaxing,
they concluded to try if a Hula hickory well
applied, would no, bend bis stubborn soul.
This, too. failed to have any effect He
appeared to be as callouse and indifferent to
the lash, as if he bad been a cooper's horse.
What invincible resolution and fortitude was
evinced by this son of the forest! Finding
all their efforts to urge bim forward ineffec
tual, they determined to put bim to death.
They then tomahawked bim, and left bis
body a prey for wild beasts of the forest, and
to the birds of tl. air. Our heroes return
ed home withtIieTr two scalps; bat vexed and
disappointed that they could not bring with
them the prisouer.
Right to tlie Point.
The gallant Commodore Stockton, of New
Jersey, hs bit the Republican party. He
says in bis letter just printed:
The Republican party is an organization
formed for the purpose of hostile geographical
agression. It breathes menace and a per
petual conflict towards the laws, and institu
tions, and social compact of fifteen States of
the Union. It is from its nature and consti
tution an instrument adapted to produce dis
union. Its success must inevitably insure
that result.' "
Such an instrument should be dolled; sucb
an organization shoild disband; and tbe intel
Hgence, and patriotism, and conservatism of
tbe North ought to rise up en matte and in
sist that such a party should become histor
ical, 'f v "
23T A daniy, remarking one summer day
that the weather w so hot that when be put
his head in a basin of water it fairly boiled,
received for a reply, "then, sir, youjiave a
calf bead soup at very little expense.
An Jrith . idixkitemeni. "If the gentle
man who keeps a shoe-store with a red head
will return the umbrella be borrowed of a
young lady-with an ivory handle, ba will hear
something to bar advantage.
The Seven Shilling Piece.
During the great panic of 1826 a Rcntle
mau named Thompson, was seated with some
thing cf a niclancholly look in bis dreary back
room, watching his clerks paying away thou
sands of pounds hourly. Thompson was a
banker of excellent credit; there existed per
haps, in the city of Loudon, no safer concern
than that of Messrs. Thompson & Co; but at
a moment such as I speak of. no rational re
flection was admitted, no former stability was
looked to; a general distrust was felt, and ev
ery one rushed to his banker's to with
draw bis hoard, fearful that thejext instant
would be too late, forgetting entirely that this
step was that of all others the most likely to
insure the ruin be sought to avoid.
"But to return. " The wealthy citizen' sat
gloomily watching the outpouring of bis gold
and with a grim smile listening to the clamor
ous demands on his cashier; for, although be
felt perfectly easy and secure as to the ulti
mate strength to his resources, yet he could
not repress a feeling of bitterness as be saw
constituent after constituent rush in, and those
whom be fondly imagined to be bis dearest
friends, eagerly assisting in the run upon bis
stro ig box.
Presently the door opened, and a stranger
was Ushered in, who, after gazing for a mo
ment at the bewildered banker, coolly drew a
chair, and abruptly addressed bim. "lou
will pardon me sir, for asking a strange ques
tion; but I am a plain man, and like to come
straight to the point "
"Well sir," impatiently interrupted the
other. v
"I have beard that you have a run on your
bank, sir."
"Well?"
"Is it true?"
"Kcaly, bir, I must decline replying to
your very extraordinary query. If. howev
er, you have any money iu the bank, you bad
better at once draw it out, and so satisfy your
self; our cashier will instantly pay you;" and
the banker rose, as a bint for the btranger to
withdraw.
"Far from it, sir; I have not one sixpence
in your hands."
'Then may I ask what is your business
herer
"I wished to know if a small sum would
aid you at this moment.
"Why do you ask the question?"
"Because if it would, 1 should gladly pay
in a small deposit?"
The money dealer Etared.
"You seem surprised; you don't kuow my
person or my motive. I'll at once explain.
Do you recollect some twenty years ago when
you resiled at Kssex?"
"Perfectly."
'Well then, sir, perhaps you have not for
gotten the turnpike gate through which you
used to pass daily? My father kept that gate
aud was often honored by a few miuutes chat
with you. One Christmas morning my fa
ther was sick, and I atteuded the toll bar.
On that day you passed through, and I open
ed the gate for you. Do you recollect it now i
sir?"
"Not I, my friend." J
osir. lew eucn men rememoer tneiri
deeds, but those who is benefited by them.
I am perhaps prolix; listen, however, only a
few moments, and I have done."
The banker began to feel interested, aud at
once assented.
"Well, sir, as I said before, I threw open
the gate for you, and as I considered myself
in duty bouud, I wished you a bappy Christ
m'asT" "Thauk you, mj lad,"' replied ycu
"thank you; aud the same to you; here is a
trifle to make it so, and you threw me & sev
en shilling piece. It was the first money I
ever possess-ed; and never shall I forget my
joy on receiving it, or your kind smile in bes
towing it. I long treasured it, and a3 1 grew
up, added a little to it, till I was able to rent
a toll myself. You left that part of the coun
try, and I lost sight of ycu. Yearly, how
ever, 1 have been getting on; your present
brought goodfortuue witn it, I am now com
paratively rich, and to you" I consider I owe
all. So this morning, bearing accidently that
there was a run on your bank. I collected all
my capital, and have brought it to lodge with
you, in case it can be of any use; here it is."
He handed a bundle of bank notes to the agi
tated Thompson. "In a few days I'll call
again;" and snatching up bis hat, the stran
ger, throwing down bw car J, walked out of the
room.
Thompson undid the roll; it contained X30,
000! the stern hearted banker for all bank
ers must be stern burst into tears. The
firm did not require this prop; but the mo
tive was so noble, that even a milonaire sob
bed be could not help it. The firm is still
one of tbe first in London.
The 30,000 of the turnpike boy is now
grown into some 200.000. .fortune has
well disposed of her gifts.
The last number of tbe Knickerbocker bas
a good anecdote of a man wbo rarely failed to
go to bed intoxicated and disturb his wife da
ring tbe whole night. Upon his being char
ged by a friend that be never went to bed
sober, be indignantly denied the charge, ani
gave the incident of one particular night in
proof. "
"Pretty soon after I got to bed, my wife
said: "Why, husband, what is the matter
with you? You act strangely!"
"There is nothing the matter with me,"
said. I."notbing at all."
I'm sure there is", 4 'said she; "you don't
act natural at all. Shan't I get up and do
something for you?"
'.And she got up, lighted a candle, and cape
to the bedside to look at me, shading tbe
light with ber band.
"I knew there was something strange abo't
you,' said she; "why! you are tohrrT
"Now that's a fact, my wife will swear to
it, so don't you slander me any mora by say
ing I haven't been to bed sober in six months
cause I have.
A Yankee Dlbliclst.
Standing for a moment, the other day, at
that paradise of gentel loafers, the Bauk Ex
change corner, who should come along but
"Old Slapjacks?" Stradling himself, as if to
monopolize the small remnant of sidewalk be
tween the stationary crown and the curbstone
bo commenced upon politics anathemized
the administration, and was gM darned if
we don't Lave a colored President in less than
ten years as black as the ten spot cf fpades;
for," said be, "the time is already at hand
when there ain't no distinction to be made be
tween color of skin, head-vegetatiot; nor an
cestry." He built bis arguments upon high
and dry moral grounds, having a religious
hopo, ard quoted Scripture like tbe d !
At his first breathing-point, I remarked:
"Why, Slaps, you appear to be as well
posted in Bible literature as you are in a game
of old aledge." -
"Je-bos-e-phat! guess I know it all. Can
begin at Genesis, po right through Job atd
Esther, dive into David, clean out Solcmon
and bis pumpkin vines, stir np the Evange
lists, pitch into Paul, and bis five-act play of
the Romans, and clarify tha Revelations clear
er than rectified cider!"
"Do vou think you could hold your own
withDr Scott?"
"I don't know any thing about your Dr.
Scott; but you know Parson Basset, don't
yer? , Wall he's a boss and a balf; but I can
just give bim tbe First Bock of Kings, and
skunk bim like whittling!"
WeiyJtt cf an Incident. At an assembly
of friends lately, the absence of a ladj was
apolagized for by an acquaintance, who said
she was detained by a "little incident 'Ah
yes." said Mrs J. Clatterbell, a beautiful lit
tie 'incident it was too weighs just nine
pounds and a half."
iST A few nights since somo thieves en
tered a female seminary at Wheeling. Ya ad
ministered chloroform to the pupils, and then
deliberately carried off tbeir jewels, money
and apparrel, not for getting to kits all the
pretty girls as they lay reposing in bewitch
in-
beauty.
. X5T Carrier pigeons were used by the an
cients. There having been, ia tbe ancient
world, nothing in the way of a post office,
people wtrre accustomed, when departing from
home, to take pigeons with tbem, and re
lease one, with a letter tied to its neck,
whenever tbey wished to send news borne.
The birds fly back to their young with as
tonishing directness and celerity Oa one
occasion, about tbe year 1818, thirty-two
pigeons were taken from Antwerp to London,
aud three set loose at seven o'clock in tha
morning. At nooa precisely, on the same
day. one of the pigeons reached Antwerp.
Fifteen minutes after another arrived. Tha
remainder all came in on tha following day.
The Champion Shimmer. A Sandwich
Island boy recently deserted the whale-ship
Franklin when twenty miles at sea, jumping
overboard about eight o'clock at night, aad
swimming all night for the land. By day
light be was within half a mile of shore, but
there encountered a strong opposing current,
and after buffeting the waves s in a vain ef
fort to reach the beach, he saw a sail several
miles to the leeward, changed bis course for
the vessel, striking out to sea agaic, and was
ou ber deck by nine o'clock on Friday morn
ing, nothing harmed by bis fourteen hours
swim.
A very clever conundrum was that
which took a prize ia Philadelphia 6ome years
since: In what manner did Capt. May cheat
the Mexicans? He charged tbeta with a troop
of horses which they never got.
Jt- Don't you think my eyes look quite
killing this morning V said a country dandy
to a smart girl : and b twisted bis leaden vis
ionaries in the most cruel and fascinating man
ner, "Tbey remind me" replied the damsel,
"of a codfish dying of the toothache." She
can piss.
"t3-C-ive a man brains and richca, and be
is a-kiog; give bim brains without riches, and
be is a slave; give bim riches without brains,
and he is a fool.
tlT A
wag in JNpw xork. seein ir a rr an
driving "a tack into a card, throueb tbe letter
t in the word "Boston", printed oa it, seized
the latter and exclaimed. Why, what are
you about? Don't vou know that layio? fax
on tea in Bos'un once raised a thundering
muss there?"
A Partington. The old lady told a friend
the other day, m strict condence, that a you'g
man of ber acquaintance bad committed in
fanticide, blowing bi9 brain9 up. in a state of
delirium tremendous, ani that the corocor
was boiling a conquest over bis remains.
That was a triumphant appeal of an Ir
ishman who was a lover of antiquity, who io
arguing the superiority of old architecture
over the new, said, "Where will you find
any modern building that has lasted so long
as the ancient?"
JSJTX Connecticut correspondent sayr:
"Having made a call on a neighbor. I hap
pened to take np an oil family Bible, and on
looking over tie family record, I saw an ac
count of a birth written in this wise; "Eliz
abeth Jones, born on tbe 20tb of November,
1783, according to the Ictt cf ,er rcccollcc
tion!'n SilT The most astonishing Western buster
was LorJ Gore, who remaicei nearly three
years cn tbe plains, and tbe plateau of tha
table lands between tbe Sierra Madre and
Sierra Nevada. Ilia retinue consisted of
thirty men. sixty horses, large baggage and
provision trains, tons of ammunition, and
10,000 worth of improved fire-arms.