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BY JAMES CLARK :]
VOL. XII, NO. 12.
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OFFICES
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Applications for License.
To the Court of Quarter Sessions of Hun
tingdon county, at .dpril Session, 1847:
THEpetition of Samuel Steffey, of
Jackson township, in the county of
Huntingdon, respectfully sheweih That your pe
titioner is desirous of keeping a public house or
tavern in the house he now occupies, being in said
Jackson township, on the road leading from Pine
Grove to Lewistown, and from Neff's mill, by way
of Marblehead, to Lewistowi,—that he has provi
ded himself with necessaries for the convenience
and accommodation of strangers and travellers.—
He therefore prays your honors to grant him a li
cense to keep a house of public entertainment in
said hoUse, anilhe will, &c.
SAMUEL STEFFEY.
We the. undersigned, citizens of Jackson town
ship, hereby certify, that the house now kept by
Samuel Stetrey as an inn or tavern in Jackson tp.,
is necessary to accommodate the public, and enter
tain strangers end travellers, and that the said Sam
uel Stetrey is of good repute for honesty and tem
perance. andlis well prepared with house room and
conveniences for the accommodation of strangers
and travellers.
George Wilson, John Stain, John Fa
gan, John Wilson, Lewis Evans, George
Rudy, Wm. Mears, William Goodwin,
Wm. D. Rankin, John McClelland, John
Dickey, Michael Henninger, Robt. Wil
son, Henry Rudy, Matthias Lightner,
jr., John Bieclidal. [ml0 -3t
To else Court of Quarter Sessions of Hun
tingdon county, at Spril Session, 1847:
Fr HE petition of Alexander Carmon, of
1 the borough and county of Hunting
don, respectfully represent.: That he is desirous
of keeping an inn or tavern in the house now oc
cupied by him, for the ensuing year—that said
house is situated in the borough and county of
Huntingdon, on the corner of the Diatnond, in
Main street. and has been kept by him as a public
house for many years past—that he is well provi
ded with every necessary for the accommodation of
the public and entertaining stranprs and travelers.
He therefore prays the the honoiable court to
grant him a license for said purpose, and he will
ever pray, &c. ALEXR. CARMON.
We the undersigned, citizens of the borough of
Huntingdon, and county of Huntingdon, do certi
fy, that such inn or tavern above prayed for by Al
exander Carmen, in the house occupied by him as
an inn or tavern for many years past, is necessary
to accommodate the public and entertain strangers
end travellers, and that the said applicant is a man
of good repute for honesty and temperance, and is
well provided with house room and conveniences
for the accommodation of strangers and travellers.
Frederick Krell, Geo. A. Steel, Benj.
J. Rough, W. S. Hildebrand, C. Wil
•
son, Tem:Steel, David Colestock, Saml.
Steel, Jno. Armitage, E. M. Jones, Pe
ter Livingston, J. Williamson, C. Coats.
march 10-3t4
Iro - the Court oPbarter Sessions of Ilun-1
tingdon county, at 4pril Session, 1847:
THEec
petition of Joseph Forrest re
sptfully represents : That your
petitioner occupies that largo and commodious
house situated in the borough of Petersburg, in the
county of Huntingdon, which is calculated for a
public house of entertainment, and from its neigh
borhood and situation is suitable as well as neves
eery for the accommodation of the public and the
entertainment of stritugers and travellers—that he
is provided with stabling and ell conveniences ne
cessary for the entertainment of strangers and tra•
ivellers—that he has occupied said house as a li
censed inn from the Ist of April last past, and is
desirous of continuing the same. He therefore
prays the court to grant him a license to keep an
inn or public house of entertainment in said house,
i and he will ever pray &c. JOSEPH FORREST.
4 . We the subscribers, citizens of the borough of
0 Petersburg, in said county of Huntingdon, in
which the above mentioned house prayed to be
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licensed is proposed to be kept, do certify, that Jo
' eeph Forrest, the above nursed petitioner, is a man
of good repute for honesty and temperance—that
he is well provided with house room, stabling and
;,,conveniences for the lodging and accommodation
of strangers and travellers, and that such inn or
tavern is necessary to accommodate the public and
iG. ntertain swingers and travellers.
' Jno. R. Hunter, John Westbrook, R.
. Hobbs, Daniel Updyke, Wm. C. Me
-' auley, Roswell Wright, James Temple,
‘eo. Updyke, Albert Owen, William P.
Vamilton, Henry Neville, Geo. Barker,
14, ames Murphy. [mlo.3t
i t Lewistown Money taken at Pail
rpHE subscriber has on hand Thrashing Ma
chines, which he warrants to bo good, and
i olrers them for sale very cheap. He will also re
, pair Thrashing Machines, and furnish castings at
, his shop in Allegheny street, opposite the stable of
the Pioneer Lino of Boats, Huntingdon,' on the
shortest notice, end most reasonable t erm .. R e
would also remind his friends and the public gene
rally, that he still carries on the coach and wagon
making business in all its branches.
EDMUND HAWKING.
7 A upset 16, 1846—tf
Retailers of Olerehalidize.
Classification of Retailers of Merchan
dire in lluntingdon county, by the
" Appraiser of Mercantile Taxes," for
the year commencing on the first day
of May, 1847:
Claes
' Amount
Of License.
dilexandria borough.
Bucher & Porter, 12 $l2 50
Gemmill & Porter, 13 10 00
Moore & Swoope, 13 10 00
Henry C. alker, 14 700
Michael Siegler, 14 7 00
Birmingham.
James Clark, 13 10 00
- Blakely, 14 7 00
Barree Township.
James Maguire, 13 10 00
A.W.Graft &Co.(liquor)l3 15 00
Benjamin Hartman, 14 7 00
Couch, Read & Co., 14 7 00
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Cromwell.
Blair & Madden, 13 10 00
Tho. E. Orbison & Co., 13 10 00
A. J. Wigton & Bros., 14 700
Samuel lsett, 14 7 00
Cass.
Robert Speer, 14 , 7 00
James Henderson, 14 7 00
Clay.
Benjamin Leas, 14 7 00
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Dublin.
A. C. Blair & Co., 13 10 00
Franklin:
John S. Isett, 14 7 00
Samuel Isett, 14 7 00
John Harnish, 14 7 00
David Stewart & Co., 12 12 50
Samuel Wigton, 13 10 00
Martin Gates, 14 7 00
John H. Shoenberger, 12 12 50
• Hopewell.
James Entriken, (liquor) 12 18 75
A. & E. Plummer, 13 10 00
Henderson.'
Milliken & Kessler, 12 12 50
m. Buchanan, 14 7 00
Irvin, M'Cahan & Co., 13 10 00
Huntingdon Borough.
John N. Prowell, 13 10 00
Wm. Stewart, (liquor) 13 15 00
Fisher & IVl'Murtrie, 12 12 50
Swoope & Africa, 13 10 00
B. E. &W. M'Murtrie, 13 10 00
illiam Dorris, 13 10 00
Thos. Read & Son, 13 10 00
Jones & Simonton, 13 10 00
George A. Steel, 14 7 00
James Saxton, 12 12 50
Marks Goodman, 14 7 00
Johnston & Long, 14 7 00
George Hartley, 14 7 00
Jackson Township.
Hall & Rawle, 13 10 00
S. S. Cummins, 14 7 00
A. Creswell & Co. (liq.) 13 15 00
D. S. Bell, (liquor) 13 15 00
William Couch, (liq•) 14 700
Morris.
S. P. Wallace & Co. 13 10 00
George H. Steiner, 13 10 00
Porter.
S. Hatfield & Son, 13 10 00
James Irvin & Co., 13 10 00
Shirleysburg Borough.
Allen 0. Brown, 13 10 00
John Long, 13 10 00
John Lutz, (liquor) 14 10 50
Henry Brewster, 13 10 00
David Fraker, 14 7 00
Shirley Township.
Samuel H. Bell, 13
Springfield.
Madden & Blair, 13 -10 00
Tod.
Reuben Trexler's heirs, 14 7 00
- Likely, 14 7 00
Walker.
Jas. Campbell, (liquor) 13 15 00
Simon Ake, 14 7 00
Given & Orlady, 13 10 00
West. - -
Hunter & Co. Neff's Mill, 13 10 00
Hunter & Co. Petersb'g, 13 10 00
A. & N. Cresswell, 13
___ 10 00
Warriorsmark.
Benjamin F. Patton, 13 10 00
A. Stevens, 13 10 00
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to the
above named Dealers in Mcrchandize,
that I will attend at the Commissioners'
Office, in the borough of Huntingdon,
on Tuesday, the 13th day of April next,
for the purpose of hearing persons who
may desire to appeal from the above
classification, as to the amount of their
sales for the previous year.
Those of the 12th class are estimated
to sell to the amount of $lO,OOO and less
than $15,000; those of the 13th class,
to the amount of $5,000 and less than
$lO,OOO ; those of the 14th class t 3 an
amount less than $5,000. When liquors
are sold, fifty per cent. in addition is
charged. W. S. AFRICA,
mlO-4w] Appr. of Mercantile Taxes.
rozlaa,
ALL persons interested, are herebynotified, that
Jacob Sltinefelt, committee of John hhinefelt,
&lunatic, has filed in the Prothonotary'. office of
Huntingdon county, his account of the execution
of said trust, which will be presented to the Court
of Common Pleas of said county for confirmation
on the second Monday of April next.
JAMES STEEL,
Prothonotary.
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CORRECT PRINCIPLES-SUPPORTED RY TRUTH
HUNTINGDON, PA,, MARCH 24, 1847.
POETICAL.
TO A SISTER.
BY JOHN H. WHITTIER.
DEAR SISTER !—while the wise and sage
'rum coldly from my playful page,
And count it strange that ripened ago
Should stoop to boyhood's folly;
I know that thou wilt judge aright
Of all which makes the heart more light,
Or leas ono atar-gleam to the night
Of clouded Melancholy.
Away with weary cares and themes !
Swing wide the moon-lit gate of dreams!
Leave free once more the land which teems
With wonders and romances !
Where thou, wiia clear-discerning eyes,
Shalt rightly read the truth which lies
Beneath the quaintly masking guise
Of wild and wizard fancies.
Lo ! once again our feet wo set
On still green wood-paths, twilight wet,
By lonely brooks, whose waters fret
The roots of spectral beeches:
Again the hearth-fire glimmers o'er
Home's white-washed wall and pointed floor,
And yonng eyes widening to the lore
Of fairy folks and witches.
Dear heart !—the legend is not vain
Which lights that holy health again,
And. calling back from care and pain,
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And Death's funeral rations,
Draws round its old, familiar blaze
The clustering groups of happier days,
And lends to sober manhood's gaze
A glimpse of childish gladness.
And knowing how my life bath been
A weary work of tongue and pen,
A long, harsh strife wills strong-willed men,
Thou wilt not chide my turning,
To con, at times, on idle rhyme,
To pluck a flower front childhood's clime,
Or listen at Life's noon-day chime
For the sweet-bells of Morning!
MISCELLANEOUS.
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL.
A CHRISTMAS STORY.
It was so terribly cold—it snowed,
and the evening began to be dark; it
was also the last evening of the year—
New Year's Eve. On this dark evening
a poor little girl went into the street
with bare head and naked feet. It is
true she had shoes on wlnYa she went
from home, but of what use were they !
They were very large shoes, her mother
had last worn them, they were so large ;
and the little one lost them in hurrying
over the street as two carriages passed
quickly by. One shoe was not to be
found, and the other a boy ran away
with, saying that he could use it for a
cradle when he got children himself.
The little girl now went on her small
naked feet, which were red and blue
with cold. She carried a number of
matches in an old apron, and held one
bundle in her hand. No one had bought
of her the whole day—no one had given
her a farthing. Poor thing! she was
hungry and benumbed with cold, and
looked so downcast. The snow-flakes
fell on her yellow hair, which curled so
prettily around her neck, but she did not
heed that.
The lights shone out from all the win
dows'
and there was such a delicious
smell of roast goose in the street ! It
was New Year's eve, and she thought of
that !
She sat down in a corner between two
houses—the one stood a little more for
ward in the street than the other—and
drew her legs up under her to warm
herself, but still she was still colder,
and she durst not go home; she had not
sold any matches or got a single farth
ing! Her father would beat her—and
it was as cold at home; they had only
the roof directly over them, and there
the wind whistled in, although straw
and rags were stuffed in the largest cre
vices.
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Her little hands were almost benumb
ed with cold. Ah! a little match might
do qome good, thirst she only draw one
out of the bundles, strike it on the wall
and warm her fingers. She drew one
out—ritch! how it burnt ! it was a warm
clear flame, like that of a little candle,
when she held her hand round it—it was
a strange light!
The little girl thought she sat before
a large iron stove, with brass balls on
the top; the fire burnt so nicely, and
warmed so well. Nay, what was that ?
The little girl stretched out her feet to
warm them too ; then the flame went
out, the stove vanished—she sat with
the stump of the burnt match in her
hand. Another was struck, it burnt, it
shone, and when the light reflected upon
the wall, it became as transparent as
crape, and she looked directly into the
room where the roasted goose, stuffed
with apples and prunes, steamed so
temptingly on the table, which was laid
out and covered with shining white'
cloth and porcelain service. What was
still more splendid, the goose sprang off
the dish, and waddled along the floor
with knife and fork in its back; it came
directly up to the poor girl. Then the
match went out, and there was only the'
thick cold wall to be seen.
She struch another match. Then she
sat under the most charming christmas
tree—it was still larger and more orna
mented than she had seen through the
glass door at the rich merchant's the
last christmas ; a thousand candles burnt
in the green branches; and motley pic
tures, like those which ornament the
shop windows, looked down at her. The
little girl lifted up both her hands—then
the match was extinguished—the many
christmas candles rose higher and high
er, she saw they were bright stars—one
of them fell and made a fiery stripe in
the sky. "Now one dies!" said the
poor girl, for old grandmother, who
alone has been kind to her, but who was
now dead, had told her that when a star
falls, a soul goes up to God !
.She again struck a match against the
wall ; it shone all around, and her old
grandmother stood in the lustre, so
shining, so mild and blissful. "Grand
mother !" exclaimed the little girl, "oh,
I know you will be gone away when the
match goes out—like the warm stove,
the delicious roast goose, and the de
lightful christmas tree!" and she struck
in haste the whole remainder of matches
that was in the bundle—she would not
lose sight of grandmother, and the thatch
es shone with such brilliancy that it was
clearer than in broad daylight. Grand
mother had never ldoked so pretty, so
great; she lifted the poor little girl up
in her arms, and they flew so high in
splendor and in joy, and there was no
cold, no hunger, no anxiety—they were
with God!
But the little girl sat in the corner by
the house, in the cold Inorning hour,
with red cheeks, and with a smile around
her mouth, dead—frozen to death, the
last evening of the old year.
New Year's morning rose over the lit
tle corpse as it sat with the matches, of
which a bundle was burnt. She had
been trying to warm herself, said they!
But no one knew what beautiful things
she had seen ; in what splendor and glad
ness she had entered with her old grand
mother into New Year's.
WORKING GIRLS.
Happy girls—who cannot but love
them 1 With cheeks like the rose, bright
eyes and elastic step, how cheerfully
they go to work. Our reputation for it,
such girls will make excellent wives.—
Blessed indeed will those men be who
secure such prizes. Contrast those who
do nothing but sigh all day and live to
follow the fashions, who never earn the
bread they eat and the shoes they wear
—who arc ;languid and lazy from one
week's end to the other. Who but a
simpleton and a popinjay would prefer
one of the latter, if he were looking for
a companion 1 Give us the working
girls. They are worth their weight in
gold. You never see them mincing
along, or jump a dozen feet to steer
clear of a spider or fly. They have no
affectation—no silly airs about them.—
When they meet you, they speak with
out putting on a dozen silly airs, or try
ing to show off to better advantage, and
you feel as if you were talking to a hu
man being and not a painted, fallen
angel.
if girls knew how sadly they miss it
while they endeavor to show off their
unsoiled skins, and put on a thousand
airs—they would give worlds for the sit
uation of the working ladies, who are
so far above them in intelligence—in
honor—in everything—as the heavens
are above the earth. Be wise, then,
you who have made fools of yourselves
through life. Turn over a new leaf and
begin, though late, to live and act as
human beings—es companions to immor
tal man, and not playthings and dolls ;
in no other way can you be happy and
subserve the designs of your existence.
A FLIGHT OF BUZZARDS,
The Montgomery (Ala.) Journal learns
from a correspondent at Missouri, Pike
county, of the sudden appearance in
that vicinity of an immense flight of the
great American Vulture, of several
miles in length, and containing millions
of these wrial scavengers—they were a
long time in passing, and in millions, at
some time to darken the whole horizon.
The writer says they came nearly from
due north, and steered nearly south.; he
said the whole element was darkened ;
some flew so low as to be within the
limits of the boughs of the tallest trees,
others so high as scarcely to be seen ;
the train supposed to be about two miles'
long ; at one time the whole canopy
seemed to be darkened with these birds
from east to west, north to south, from
the top of trees to as high as the sight
could reach, was one dark cloud. Many
of the inhabitants thought it omenous
of dire calamities. One opinion was
that it prognostigatod a great slaughter
of our forces in Mexico.
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.`,JOfIN RANDOLPH,
THIS: ORATOR OF VIRGINIA.
We extract as follows from the life of
John Randolph, by L. Sawyer The
most 'difficult part remains to be per
formed, a description of Mr. Randolph's
character. This has been in a partial
manner developed, as we have proceed
ed by degrees to unfold his political and
private life, so that the reader may form
a tolerable estimate of his pretensions
in the two-fold relation in which he has
been presented. " Take bins all in all,
he was a man whose like we may never
see again."
He was "sui generis," and as such, it
is next to impossible for the biographer
to classify or fix his proper rank in the
scale of human destiny. It is difficult
to find a parallel (the usual recourse of
Plutarch and his successors) to draw a
comparison between him and any known
personage in ancient or modern times,
as a more familiar and invariable stand
ard from which to infer their respective
merits, and thus form a correct and im
partial decision.
From what is known and admitted by
juxtaposition or contrast, we might be
enabled by induction, to learn what was
before unknown. He was elevated so
high above his cotemporaries by the
greatness and originality of his genius,
like a "winged Mercury newly alighted
on a heaven-kissing hill," as well as
from his strong aristocratic prejudices,
his pride and selfish qualities, that we
are not permitted to approach near
enough to catch the delicate lineaments
of his physiognomy.
As an orator, he was more splendid
than solidi as a politician, he wanted
the profound views of a great statesman ;
and a large stock of patience, gentleness
and pliability, to lead and guide a party
successfully in its struggle for power,
while he was too intolerant and indocile
to be led by one, or to go through the
drillings and discipline required as re-
I pillar in the ranks. He was incapable
of the confinement, the application, and
the drudgery of office. His genius, to
use one of Isis favorite figures, (which
is not original, but borrowed from Swift,)
might be compared to a fine edged knife,
used for the common purpose of sever
ing paper, that is apt to slip or turn aside
from the right line, and endanger the
hand of the operator, while a man of
moderate abilities, but of business hab
its, who might be likened to an ivory
folder, will go through the task smooth
ly and steadily, though of a duller edge
or of more homely material.
He wanted consistency of political
conduct as well as a uniform and acknowl
edged code of principles, and no party
could, during the short period of his
fortuitous junction, calculate upon any
two successive votes, when the emer
gency arose that required them. He
was possessed of a fine taste for litera
ture, a general reader, a ripe scholar,
particularly in the department of Belles
Lettres ; by which acquirements he was
well supplied with apt illustrations to
embellish and enrich his oratory. He
levied his contributions from 'the wide
dominions of ancient and modern liter
ature, with'the undisputed authority of
a conqueror, which he stored away in
his capacious memory, as an inexhaus
tible magazine, to distribute with judi
cious discrimination upon every subject
that arose in debate. Although in the
course of his long political career of
more than thirty years, he spoke vol-
tunes, and some of his speeches towards
the close of it were verbose and irrele
vant, yet he never failed during some
part of them to arouse and astonish his
audience by some classic allusions,
happy siwiles , " some thoughts that
breathed and words that burned," some
beautiful and striking metaphor, and
mos mellifluous & harmonious periods."
MEcaANics.—They aro the palace.
builders of the world; not a stick is
hewn, not a stone shaped, in all the lord
ly dwellings of the rich, that does not
owe its beauty and fitness to the me
chanic's skill; the towering spires that
raise their giddy heights among the
clouds, depend upon the mechanic's art
for their strength and symmetry. Not
an edifice for devotion, for business or
comfort, but bears the impress of their
handiwork. How exalted is their call
ing—how sublime is their vocation !
Who dares to sneer at such a fraternity
of honorable men—who dares to cast
odium upon such a patriotic race 'I—
Their path is one of true glory, and it
is their own fault if it does not lead them
to the highest posts of honor and renown.
A Mr AT WIDOWS.—It Is said that
on a certain time, a Chinese widow be
ing found fanning the grave of her hus
band, was asked why she performed so
singular an operation. She said she
had promised not to marry again while
the grave remained damp, and that as it
dried very slowly, she saw no harm in
assisting in the process.
[EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.
WHOLE NO, 582.
SCRAPS OF CURIOUS INFORMATION.
It is said that the most extraordinary
instances of corpulency occur in Eng
land. One of the most remarkable in
stances was that of Mr. Bright, a tallow
chandler of Maiden, in Essex, who died
in the 29th year of his age, Nov. 12,
172. Seven persons of the common
size were easily enclosed in his waist
coat. A stocking which was too small
for him was large enough to hold a child
four years old. He was comely in per
son and affable in manners ; he weighed
forty-two stone and twelve pounds. The
celebrated Daniel Lambert, who was
much older weighed ten stone morethan
Mr. Bright; he died in 1809.
Currants were first introduced into
England in 1533. They were brought
from Zante. The Barberry bush was
brought to this country for the purpose
of making hedges. Its tendency to
spread into the fields soon made it be
regarded as a nuisance. We believe it
was first planted in Brookline, from
whence it has gradually advanced into
the interior.
Forks were in use in Europe in the
thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, ac
cording to Voltaire. A writer of travels
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, says :
" At Venice each person was served (be
sides his knife and spoon) with a fork
to hold the meat, while he cuts it, for
they deem it ill manners that one should
touch it with his hand." Another wri
ter, A. D. 1608, after describing the
manner of using forks in Italy, adds :
"I myself have thought it good to im
itate the Italian fashion since I came
home to England."
Almonds are said to have come into
England first from Barbary, about 1548;
Apples from Syria, about 1522 ; Apricots
from Epirus, about 1540; Cherries from
Pontus, as early as A. D. 100 ; Goose
berries from Flanders, before 1540 ;
Grapes from Portugal 1528 ; Mulberries
from Italy, 1520 ; Peaches from Persia,
1572; Plums from Italy, 1522, Quinces
from Austria, 1573; Strawberries from
Flanders, 1530 ; Raspberries from Vir
ginia, before 1696.
The origin of Rice is traced to Ethi-,
opia ; that of Buckwheat to Asia; of
Asparagus to Asia ; of Horseradish to
China;'of Potatoes to Brazil; of Cab
bage to Holland ; of Parcely to Egypt ;
of Beans to Greece; of Peas to Spain.
Historians relate that the Emperor
Maximus was 8 feet and 6 inches in
height. In the reign of Claudian, a man
was brought out of Arabia, 9 feet 9
inches tall. John Middleton, born in
Lancashire, England, was 9 feet 3
inches high. Patrick Cotter, the cele
brated Irish Giant, born in 1761, was 8
feet
_7 inches in height. _ _
Needles were first manufactured in
England by a negro from Spain, during
the reign of Queen Mary the bloody.—
At his death the art was lost, and not
recovered again till 156 G, in the reign of
Elizabeth, when Elias Growse, a Ger
man, according to the chronicler Stowe,
taught the art to the English.
NEW PLAN OF COURTSHIP.
At a wedding, recently celebrated,
were some twenty-five young persons,
all of them in a condition which, for
various reasons, they generally concur
red in regarding as undesirable, viz :
the unengaged. One of the gentlemen
of the party suspected the prevalence
among them of feelings, that might
easily be exchanged for others infinitely
more fixed and agreeable. He accord
ingly proposed the selection of a Presi
dent, a person worthy of all confidence,
whose duty it should be to receive from
each individual a folded paper inscribed
with the name of the person handing it
in, and also with the name of another
person, of the other sex, whom the first
would be willing to marry. The Pres
ident, in addition to the restraints of
his own sense and honor, was to be put
under a solemn pledge of eternal secrecy.
All refusing to accede to the proposition,
were for the time to leave the room.—
Those whose choice was reciprocal, that
is ; whose papers contained the same two
names, were to be privately informed ;
while the selections of the others were
to remain undisclosed. The result was
that the trial was made—all shared in
the experiment—and eleven people were
found to have made themselves happy,
and their several unions were subse
quently consummated.
ID- An inquisitive country gentleman
once accosted a boy who was feeding
pigs, thus:
" Boy, whose pigs are those 1"
" The sow's, sir."
" Well, then, whose sow is it 1"
"Father's."
" Well, well—who's your father."
" If you will mind the pigs, I will run
home and ask my mother."
IE7- He who loves none but himself
cannot expect any one to love him.