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For the Journal.
TOBACCO.
BY JOSEVII BEERS.
Tobacco, which every creature shuns,
Man seeks, and uses up by tons;
The little boys. and Misses tOO,
Must act ns pa and mamma do.
They smoke and snuff front morn till night,
Until they learn the practice right ;
Nor stop to think what others any
Who never learn'd this foul display.
No, on they rush to ruin's brink,
And in the stagnnnt whirlpool sink;
At taverns, and snch common places,
Men stick cigars close to our faces
And smoke—till smoke ascending higher,
'Till all the room as though on fire;
Which cloud becoming thick and stout,
Soon smokes the unconsumer out.
They laugh to scorn, have they compassion?
Why? because it isAlie fashion.
The pretended great whom men obey,.
Their precepts golden smokes away ;
Their.pwn example to their charge
(dives sanction to the vice at large.
Our fair compnnions must submit
To be immers'd in smoke and spit.
The poisonous weed the loafer smokes
The more annoys, the more provokes ;
For who can shun the smoke and smell,
And in the land of freedom dwell?
Where such a host of smokers live,
Without restraint offence to give;
And yet the smoker firmly stands
With visage bland, and folded hands,
As though our ills were not enough •
But he must aid Allem with a puff.
Alas 1 this passion, growing too strong,
Is universal, as it's wrong.
Friends of our race, united come
From palace—hall and mountain home.
,Gird on your armor—ready be
7.0 battle with our enemy.
who aids the gond and just
:Our foe will humble in the dust;
While our hussas—the conflict o'er—
Will rise and ring from shore to shore
Tobacco—tyrant—is on snore!"
6Viltatlgnal.
By J. A. Hall.
Huntingdon County Teachers' Institute.
FRIDAY EVENING SESSION.
Subject of Distinct Articulation continued
Mr. Hall said he had visited no sehOols
out of Huntinadon for several years, and
had no conception of the state of things de
scribed by Mr. Baker. He had listened
to his revelations with mingled feelings of
mirth and sorrow . Could it be possible
that in a country like ours, where eloquence
is one of the surest roads to distinction, the
',titivation of the voice in reading end
. 4 I SEE NO STAR ABOVE TUE HORIZON, PROMISING LIGHT TO GiJIDE US, BUT THE. INTELL/GENT, PATRIOTIC, UNITED WHIG PARTY OP THE UNITED STATER."-[WEBSTER.
speaking should be so offensively rejected ?
To him this would seem impossible did he
not know the integrity of the man who
stated it, and his opportunities of knowing
the truth whereof ho speaks. Ile would
not detain the Institute with 'reflections
and arguments, but show hots: he avoided
the evil of indistinct utterance in his
school. The organs of speech, he said,
are, like the muscles of the arm, impro.
ved and strenghtened by exercise ; and
when there is no mal-formation of these
organs, the proper exercise of them will
secure distinct'articulation is er.ry case.
Such was nits experience. He commenced
with the first letter or sound he attempted
to teach the child, and dwelt upoo this,
and each sticceeding sound, until it was
properly pronounced. lie did not insist
on loudness of sound, but a sudden, full
and free enunciation. He never allowed
the running of letters and syllables togeth •
er, but required a complete termination of
every division of every word. His classes
rose at their seats to recite, he stood at a
distance from them, and insisted on Roar
ing every sound distinctly; if any portion
of the lesson wns not heard, it was called
a failure and treated as such. 'These
were the only means he used, and in ordi
nary cases, nothing more was necessary.
If the scholars are tttnid or bashful, exer
cise the class, and sometimes the whole
school in concert speaking. This will
excite and embolden the backward and
soon overcome all difficulty. If any have
impediments of speech or confirmed bad
habits, they require speck. attention.—
They should be taught the proper position
of the lips, tongue, &c., for the formation of
the most difficult sounds; should be exerci
sed regularly and severe!, in exploding the
elementary sounds; taking the vocals first
a single element at a time, and dwelling
upon it until it is mastered. In correct
ing bad habits and natural impediments of
speech, great force of utterance is requisite
to rapid improvement. The elements
should be exploded very slowly at first,
increasing in rapidity as improvement ad
advances. He could point to classes com
posed of children under twelve years of
age, that had by such training acquired a
greater volnme of voice anti a much clear
er enunciation than he had, some of them,
too, children that had no intelligible lan
guage at the-age of three or four years.
Mr. Brigham said this subject was more
neglected than any other—its importance
was not understood in the country. It had
been his practice to teach the elements of
orthography from the black board, requir
ing his scholars to commit to memory the
different sounds of each letter, and also to
pronounce them frequently and distinctly.
This Ito had found very effective in itn
proving their articulation.
On motion, Messrs. Hall, Sangree, Ba
ker, Brigham and lifeDivit were appoin
ted a committee to prepare resolutions.
Mr. Benedict said it was important in
reading and conversation to throw out our
words forcibly, if we wish to be understood.
Even in the pulpit and at the bar is heard
a great deal of had reading, die indistinct-
ness arising from the fact that the final
consonants are not fully sounded. 'l , :ach
scholars to articulate well the final conso
nants and their reading will be clear and
distinct. Some children are afraid to
speak out, others are too bashful. I'lm
teacher should first find the cause of their
incoherence and then overcome it. Ile
recommended standing so far from the
class that you can not hear it without dis
tinct articulation.
$1 25
1 50
2 50
Tsaac Fisher, Esq., being called on, re
sponded in a lengthy address, rich in
thought eloquently expressed. In the
course of his remarks he referred to Dan
iel Webster, John C. Calhoun and Henry
Clay, spoke of their fame as orators, and
affirmed that one half of that fame arose
from the fact that they spoke the English
language as it is written by the English
classics; and from the peculiar power and
distinctness of their delivery.
Essay by Miss McDivitt—Subject, Mor
al Education.
Essay by Miss Narrissa Benedict—Sub.
ject, no Teacher.
EsSay by Mr. Brig4ElE9—Subject, qgn.
cral Education.
On motion, resolved that copies of the
several Essays read before the fnatitute,
be procured for publication.
SATURDAY MOANING, :)O'CLOCK
Prayer by. Mr. Miller.
On motion, the time of discussion was
limited to ono hour. The hour was occu•
pied by remarks on the best methods of
teaching the Alphabet. Messrs. Mcllroy,
Hall, Rep:edict, Baker, Ewing and Pollock
participated, all insisting that but one or
two letters should be taught at a time, and
that letters'of similar bOllllll or appearance
HUNTINGDON, PA., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1855.
should not be presented in immediate suc
cession. They also agreed that the secret
of success is exciting the child's interest,
fixing his uttentiaj and thus exercising
his organs of font and comparison as well
as taxing his memory, [Capital letters
should not be used, in teaching the alpha
bet.]
The Committee on resolutions, through
their chairman, Mr. Hall, presented the
following, which after some discussion,
were unanimously adopted.
Resolver?, That wo will do all in our
power to encourage the present laudable
and measurably successful effort to intro,
duce a uniformity of good text books into
the public schools of the county.
Resolver?, That our brethren of Blair
and other counties whp have comp up to
the work and aided us by their counsels,
have manifested the proper professional
spirit, and set an example worthy the high
est commendation.
Resolved, That in the opinion of this
Institute, no teacher that desires to do his
duty, advance the cause of education, or
secure a high standing in the profession,
will refuse to connect himself with the
County Institute. ordeny himself the read
ing of the "Pennsylvania School Journal."
Reso?ued, That it is the duty of the
School Directors of tht, several townships
and districts of the country to procure
and file that excellent periodical, the
"School Journal," for the use of them
selves and their successors.
Resolved, That we tender our sincere
thanks to the citizens of Huntingdon for
their attendance, for the increased interest
they have manifested in our proceedings,
and the encouragement thus affbrded to
the great cause in which we labor.
.Resolval, That we are under obliga
tions to Isaac Fisher,Esq., for the eloquent
interesting and instructive remarks with
which he favored us on Friday evening.
Resolved,. That our thanks are due the
County Commissioners for the free use of
the Court room, and to Mr• Miller, their
gentlemanly clerk, for his attention to the
comforts of the Institute during its shun
We would also express our acknowledge.
ments to 0. Miller, Esq., of the Exchange
Hotel, for the kind and sumptuous enter
tainment we received at his excellent
house.
Maolved, That the members of this
Institute and the friends of education gen
erally are much indebted to the enlighien
ed public spirit of our local press for the
present prosperous condition of our Asso
ciation.
The present officers of the Institute
were then unanimous continued for anoth
er year.
•i'i ;; ; g,•etleinen were then
prodosed and elected honorary members,
viz , Messrs. David Dunn, J. S. Morris,
Isaac Fisher, Esq. J. S. Stewart, and Dr.
Brewster.
[TO DE CONTINUED.]
Disatiancous.
A Humorous Sketch.
The difference between courtship and
marriage was never more forcibly expliin
ed than in iho following "Charcoal
Sketch."
‘.lVtiat made you get married if you do
not like it ?"
"Why Iwas deluded into it—fairly de
luded. I had nothing to do of evenings,
so I went a courting. Now courtin's fun
enough—l haven't got a word to say ngin
courting, it is about as good a way of kil
ling an evening ns I know of, Wash
your face, put on a clean dickey, and go
and talk as sweet as molasses candy far
an hour or two, to say nothing of a few
kisses behind the door as your sweet-heart
goes to the step with you."
"When I was a single man, the world
wagged on well enough. It was just like
on omnibus ; I was a passenger, paid
my levy, and haden't nothing more to do
with it but sit down and not care a button
for anything. lirposin the omnibus got
upset, well j walks off, and leaves the man
to pick up the pieces. But then I must
take a 'wife and be hanged to 7110. It is
very nice for a while; but afterwards its
plaguy like owing an upsot omnibus."
"Now 1" queried Montezuma, " what's
all that about omnibuses ?"
„ What did I get by it ?” continued
Gameliel, regardless of the interruption.
' , How much fitn ? why n yawning old
woman.and the iquallers. Mighty dif
ferent from conytlng that is. Where's
the fun of buying things to eat and things
wear for them, and wasting all good spree
ing money on such nonsense for other peo.
pie? And, then, as for doing what you
like, there's no such thing. Yon can't
clear out when the people's owing you so
much money you can't stay convenient.
No, the nabbers must have you. You
can't go on a spree, for when you come
home the missus lacks up the devil's de
light. You can't teach her better man
ners for constables are as thick ns black.
berries. In short, you can't do nothing.
Instead of 'yes my clack,' and , no my dear,'
, nsyoti please, honey, and when you like,'
as it was in courting times, it's a darning
and mending, and nobody ever darned or
mended. If it wasn't that lam particu
larly sober, I'd be inclined to drink, its
excuse enough. Its heart-breaking, and
its all owing to that I've such a pain in my
gizzard of mornings. I'm so miserable I
must stop and sit on these steps."
"What's the matter now 1"
6 l'm getting aggravated. My wife is
a saving critter—a word of sharpness;
she cuts the throat of toy felicity, stabs my
happiness, chops up my comforts, and
snips up all my Sunday-go to-meetings to
make jackets for the boys : she gives all
the wittles to the children, to make me
spry and jump like a lamplighter. I cant
stand it, my troubles are overpowering
when I come to add them up."
"Oh, nonsense, behave nice, don't make
a noise in the street, be a man."
"How can I be a men when I belong to
somebody else ? My hours aint my own,
I belong to four people besides myself—the
old woman and three children. I'm a
partnerAip concern ; and so many have
got their fingers in the till that I must
burst up. [II break, and sign over the
stock in trade to you,"
A Love Letter.
'l' ho Opal, a periodical published by
the Lunatics at the Sento Asylum, Utica,
has the knowing love letter• The editor
hopes that Freddy may not 'get the'mit
ten' in exchange for his glove.
• Smola:Twig, Sept. 1854.
My Dear Matty--A !though far from
you, still you are not forgotten. Absence
makes love grow stroner. I have pur
chased a pair of gloves that will exactly
fit your dear little hahtll which I have so
often clasped with delight. Oh that
I were a pair of gloves, that I might
case those tiny hands I Oh that 1 were a
breastpin, that I might rest on your bos
om ! Oh that my arms were a ribbon belt,
that they might encircle your sweet
little waist Oh that I were a watch,
that I might dangle at your side, and
beat in unison with your own true and
loving heart beating audibly! Oh that I
were a shawl, that I might be wrapped
closely around yonr angelic form ! Oh
that I were a breeze, that I might fan your
noble brow, and kiss your lovely cheek
Dear Matv, ::me will prove the sin
cerity, of my heart. Do write, that I may
know that I am not forgotten by one who
in memory I hold so dear; and be assured
that the sentiments of my heart are deep
ly interested for your . own dear sake, and
that your precious lovely form is ever pre
sent in my day as well as nightly dreams.
My own dear love, you are the jewel of my
heart, the precious gem of my earthly
happiness. Could you only realize the
height and depth, the length and breadth
of my affection fo r your own 'dear self,' you
would sot remain silent, and indulge In
such a reverie, but hasten, with all possi
ble energy, to relieve my anxious bosom by
the receipt of a letter from your own well
known, dear, precious, sweet little ger.
I send, with my deepest love, a pair of
gloves, hoping that they will exactly fit
your dear little hand I have so often clasp
ed with so much heart-felt interest. Flo
ping to hear from you soon, I bid you an
affectionate adieu.
From your anxious lover,
FREDERICK.
"Stop My Paper."
The following remarks are too good to
be thrown to one side without, at least, a
passing notice. They are true , to the
letter, and suitable to all localities. We
are of opinion that the weakest capacity
cannot fail to understand them :
It is astonishing what exalted not ions
some persons have of their own importance.
They seem to imagine that they aro al
together necessary to the onward roll of
our little world, and if by any means they
should be shoved out of the way, the
screws would be loose that the old machine
would no longer hold together; and of
course, if such important personages only
say to an editor, "stop my paper," the
whole establishment must go to naught
instanter.
We have often laughed in our eleeve. 7
though outwardly we looked as grave as
an owl—when one of these regulators
of the world has marched into our edito.
rial sanctum and ordered a discontinuance
of his paper. And it always does us good
to sce how the starch is taken out of hint
while the editor smilingly replies, . Cer
tainly, sir, with the greatest pleasure, just
as soon as the clerk has entered a hundred
or more names which have just been sent
in. The mighty man wilts down like the
narrative of a whipped spaniel, and he
shrinks away, muttering to himself:—
~ Well I'm afraid that stopping my paper
has not ruined him after all."
These swells who stop their papers on
account of some miff which has found its
way into their cranium, am sure to watch
the time of the next issue, thinking that
another number will hardly make its ap-
pearance ; and they are sure to borrow
their neighbor's copy to see if it does not
contain the editor's farewell address to his
readers.
We once knew a minister who, in des
cribing a Christian's character, and the
circumspection of his walk, said the way
to heaven required as much care as it did
for a cat to walk on a wall covered with
broken bottles. It is something co with
an editor, if he pleases everybody.—•Lan.
caster Whig.
Why People Drink.
Mr. A, drinks beCause his doctor has
recommended him to take a little sooth.
Mr. B. because his doctor ordered him
not to, and he hates quackery.
Mr. C. takes a drop because he's Wet.
Mr. D. because lie's dry.
Mr. E. because he feels something ri
sinein his stomach.
Mr. F. because he feels a kind of sink
ing in his stomach.
Mr. G. because he's going to see a
friend off to Oregon.
Mr. H. because he's got a friend come
home from California.
Mr. I. because he's so hot.
Mr. J. because he's so cold.
Mr. K. because' he's got a pain in his
head.
Mr. L. because he's got a pain in his
stomach.
Mr. M. because he's got a pair. in his
'side.
Mr. N. because he's got a pain in his
back.
Mr. O. because he's got a pain in his
chest.
Mr. P. because he's got a pain all over
him.
Mr. Q. because he feels light and hap
py.
Mr. R. because he feels heavy and mis
erable.
Mr. S. because he's married.
Mr. T. because he isn't.
Mr. U. because he feels a sense of g one,
ness.
Mr. V. because lie likes to see his
friends around him.
141 r. W. because he's got no frieiuls
and enjoys a glass by himself.
Mr. X. because his uncle left him a
legacy.
Mr. Y. because his aunt cut him off
with a shilling.
Mr. Z. (we should be vory happy to in
form our readers what Mr. Z's reasons are
for drinking, but on putting the question
to hint, he was found to be too drunk to
answer.
The German Branch of the Smit Family.
TIIE "Turn Vereins" is the name
of a society in Albany, composed of Ger
mans, having for its object the develop
ment of the mussels, and proficiency by
gymantic exercise, by Ottigon and others.
The editor of the Albany Express who
was present at a meeting a few evenings
since, says he was most profoundly struck
at the calling of the roll with a number
of "Smite" belonging to the institution.—
Ele gives all he can recollect, as follnws:
Big Smit.
Little Smit.
Smit from the hijl.
Smit from de holler.
Smit mit do store.
Smit mit de blacksmit shop.
Smit mit do larger bier shop.
Smit mithout any vrow.
Smit wot wants a vrow.
Smit mit one leg.
Smit mit two legs'.
Smit snit de pigs.
•
Smit mit de pig head
Smit mit de pig feet.
Smit mit de brick yard.
Smit mit do junk shoi.
Smi'. mit de bologna.
Smit mit de one eyc.
Smit mit two eyes.
Smit mit de bone picker.
Smit mit two vrows.
Smit mit de swill cart.
Smit mit de segar stumps.
Smit mit peach pits.
Smit mit de red whiskers.
Smit mit de red hair,
Smit mit no hair.. •
Smrr.
for fly farmer.
He that by the plough would thrive,
IliunselF must either hold or drive.
Fmm the Farm Journal,
Wool Growers Look to Your Sheep.
MR. EDITOR:—If wool growers would
look more after their sheep and see that
-proper bucks are kept in their flocks, we
would see more handsome and large sheep,
carrying fleeces of fine long and compact
wool, in place of the many long legged,
misshaped sheep, carrying a light, open
and coarse fleece of unsaleable wool,
which will scarcely pay for producing it.
But says one, when have we proper bucks
in our flocks I will tell you when you
can be certain of it, and do not rest sails
fled until you have your arrangements
made for the coming fall; from now until
you clip your sheep will be the last good
opportunity you will have for arranging
them properly for this year. Begin by
throwing out all the worst formed sheep,
from the flock you wish to breed from, and
then when you wash, you can throw out
those having coarse and uneven fleece?,
and when you clip, you can tell by the
scales which are too light fleeced to retain.
Now make such marks on them that you
will make no mistakes, and next fall put a
perfect buck with your flock of owes, and
you will find that the offspring will more
than meet your most sanguine expecta
tions. I have followed this method for a
number of years, and the man that will i
follow the same method, will find that his
sheep will be much sought after by wool
growers. Perhaps the reader will ask
what kind of sheep to breed from? I
would answer Merino. For four lbs. of
wool at sixty cents will amount to two dol
lars and forty cents, which is better than
two nt eighty cents; and five lbs. at fifty
cents, which will amount to two dollars j
and fifty cents, or six lbs. at forty cents, j
which will amount to two dollars anti for
ty cents, is better than one and a half lbs.
at ninety cents; and that ten lbs. at forty
cents, is better than four at eighty cents ;
yet I have exceeded any of the above cal- !
culations. Yours respectfully, J. S. G.
To Promote the Health of Cattle.
Feed all animals regularly. They not
only look for their food at the usual time,
but the stomach indicates the want at the
stated period. Therefore feed morning,
noon and evening, as near the same time
as possible.
Guard against the wide and injurious
extremes of satiating with excess and
starving with want. Food should be of a
suitable quality, and proportioned to the
growth, and fattening of animals, to their
production in young, and milk, and to
their labor or exercise. Animals that la
bor need far more food, and that which is
far more nutritious, than those that are
idle.
In dry time, see that the animals haw
a good supply of pure water. When the
fountains are low, they drink the drain
ings of fountains, streams, and passages
of water, which are unwholesome.
If barns and stables are very tight and
warm, ventilate in mild weather, even in
winter.—New England Farmer.
Value of Roots.
In the winter of 1852-3, we fed seven
cows on good English hay, cut and mixed
with one quart of oil meal and two quarts
of cob•mcal, per day, for each cow. In
the winter of 1853-4, the same cows,
coming in about the same time, fed on hay
cut upon the stone ground as that of the
previous year, and with the addition of
four bushels of rota bogus per day, but
not a spoonful of grain of any kind, gave
just double thr gallons of milk that they
did when fed on grain ! The circumstan
ces under which the cows exlsted, both
winters were alike, with the exception of
temperature—the weather being much the
coldest when they gave the most milk.—
The burn, however, in which they Were
kept is a very warm one, so that in the
coldest weather they were all comfortable,
N. E. Farmer.
Wintering Young Cattle.
If you wish to raise well sized, full de
veloped animals, you must give the young
creatures plenty of food. When we say
plenty. we do not mean that you should
keep them fat like show beeves, for that
would bo an unhealthy condition; but we
mean that you should keep them in good
growing condition—that you should so
feed them as that they shall have where
withal to build up their frames.
Cure for Ringbone.
I noticed in the Cultiviiior for May 15th,
an inquiry for the cure of a ringbone in a
colt, and answer, take high wines of cider
brandy, add saltpetre as much as Will dis
solve, and wash the ringbone two or three
times a day. One of my neighbors cured
one of three or four years' standing, by
the application of this a few t nnoc--Bos.
ton Cultivator .
VOL. 20. NO. 7.
mat {`Tl I,`i, umour♦
DuETTITFI - Ji
FIRST COMPLETE COLLECTION,
Original Views of Men and Things.
NUMEROUS ASPECTS OF AMERICAN .
LIFE.
IL—DOESTIOKS IN LOUISVILLE.
LotrisviLLE, July 14, 1854.
_ _
MINE FRlEND:—llaring been thorough
ly cooked by the broiling sun, which has
unremittingly paid me his ardent devo
tions during the whole day—having been
alternately melted and blistered by the
aforesaid—having had the skin peel from
my back like a wet shirt from a little boy's
back—having made a perfect aqueduct of
myself for the last twelve hours in the
fruitless attempts to keep cool—and hav
ing swallowed so much dust that Otero
got a large sand bar in my stomach—l sit
down to write you in as enviable estate of
mind as you can perhaps imagine ; and
this town, which is remarkable for nothing
but big cats, fat wenches, witty editors,
tandem jackass teams, and darkies in white
pants, which invariably have a hole be
' hind, where the sable integument peeps
forth by way of contrast, is so utterly de
void of interest, that I shall confine my
self to the opinion I formed of it, from
spending one night, and a portion of a day
at its hest hotel. After endeavoring te.
endure, with what philosophy I can mus.
ter, the savage onslaught of ferocious
fleas, the odoriferous attacks of blood
thirsty bed-bugs, and the insatiable and
impetuous assaults of musically murder
ous musketoes, I ant roused by the infer
nal clang of that most diabolical of all hu
man contrivances—a gong—a dire inven
tion of the enemy, a metallic triumph of
the adversary, compounded of copper, and
hammered upon, with an "embon point"
drum-stick, by a perspiring &rimy, who
does not "waste his sweetest in the desert
air," (more's the pity.) After an abortivo
attempt to wash my face in what is truly
liring water, assisted I t a piece of mar
bleized soap, and, hastily drying upon
three inches of towel, with a ragged edge
and iron rust in the corners, I proceed tc,
dress.
Button off my shirt-neck, which being
a matter of course, does not affect my
equanimity half as much as finding that
one of the sleeves is torn nearly across,
and is only connected with the main body
by a narrow isthmus of seam, which is
momentarily growing "small by degrees
and beautifully less." Second gong foe
breakfast; everything on but —open
the door, and bud the. porter has brought
the wrong ones—he always does—ring rite
bell indignantly, and sulkily wait, (break
fast disappearing the meanwhile,) until
the blundering darkey explores his sub
terranean dominions, and eventually re
turns with the missing articles. Break,
fast at last; waiter sets before me a mass
of bones, sinews, and tendons, which he
denominates chicken, and then brings me
something which he calls steak, although,
but for the timely information, Y shoulcl.
have supposed it gutta-percha . . pours out
a lukewarm, muddy mixture, supposed to
have been originally coffee, which I swee- .
ten with niggery.brown sugar, and swal
low at a gulp, ignoring the milk pitchor
entirely on account of the variety of bugs
which have found a 'watery grave" there
in ; bread hard and greasy, butter oily, and
full of little ditches, where the flies have
meandered ; knife with an edge like a
saw, and fork with a revolving handle, ta
ble cloth splotchy, eggs hard as pebbles ;
rest of bill of fare consists of salt ham,
red flannel sausages, hash with hairs in it,
dip toast made with sour milk, burned bis
cuit, peppery codfish, cold potatoes, mut
ton chops, all bones, and mackerel with
heads, fins and tail complete. Stay my
stomach with halta-glass of equivocal
'poking water, and exit. Go to the office,
and order my room regulated immediate
ly; go up in an hour, and find two inches
of dust over everything, my port folios
untied, books open at the wrong place,
tooth-brush out and wet, and several long
red hairs in my comb. Considerate,
cleanly chambermaid !
Pack trunks, pay landlord, fee porter,
hurry to the cars, tumble baggage oa
board, only too happy, if, by the diaboli-
cal ingenuity of the baggage man, it does
not get put off at the wrong station. So
endeth my brief glimpse of Louisville,
which may be summed up as follows : '
This town does very carious seem,
Vur boys run loose a Land=
Alid when folks want u splendid teem,
. .
They hitch two jack-asses betore a dray, and
get a big nigger, with a red shirt on, up be•
hind, to drive 'eni tandem.
Yours, clandestinely,
Q. H. PIAILANDER DOESTicks, P. H .