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PUBLICK SALES.
PUBLIC S) A. 1.8.
TN pursuance of an Order of the Orphans'
21 - Court of Adams county, will be exposed
to sale, by publick vendue or outcry. on the
premises, on Saturday the 24th of Septem
ber next, at 12 o'clock, 31. as part of the real
estate of JOHN COWNOVER, dec'd.
Tract of Patented Land,
situate in Mountpleasant township, Adams
county, adjoining lands of John Hornberger,
Abraham Spangler, George Wolf*, the
heirs of Cornelius Lott and others, contain.
ing 160 ACRES, or thereabouts, with a
ONE-STORY LOG
HOUSE,
a wrier failing Spring of good wa- ""
ter near the door, a STABLE, an ORCDARD, a
large quantity of MEADOW, and about 20
Acres of WOOD-LAND.
lamTo be sold on the terms of one third
of the purchase money to be paid on the Ist
of April next, and the residue in three equal
annual payments, An undisputable title
will be given.
WILLIAM 'COWNOVER,
Administrator of John Cownovor, deed.
By the Court,
James R. Thompson, Clerk.
August 29. 1830. is-22
- PUBLIC S •
WILL be sold at publick sale,on Satyr
day the 24th of September next
on the premises, at 1 o'clock, P. M.,
A PARM,
Situate in Latimore township, Adams coun
ty, Pa., adjoining lands of Wm. F. Bonner,
Nicholas Wierman, Geo. Myers, Sen., and
others, containing about 112 Acres.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE
A Two•Szonv LOG
HOUSE,
with a KITCHEN attached--a
'new LOG BARN, SPRINo•HousE, a SPRING
of excellent water near the house;
1::71.: an ORCHARD, a large propor
tion of good MEADOW, with a suf-
ficient quantity of TIMBER-LAND.
The above property is in good order, and
will be sold as the Estate of JACOB
HERSHEY.
- KY'Terms made known on the day o
sale, and attendance given by
GEO. DEA RbORFF, Z Assignees
GEO. ROBINE'rrE, S
is-'l2 29, 1836.
PUBLIC SALE.
WILL be exposed to publick sale on
Saturday the Bth of October
meat, on the premises, at
.l o'clock r. M.
k FIRM,
Late the Estate of SA X% LaTsnAw,dec'd.
situate in Menallen township, Adams coun
ty, Pa„ containing 160 Acres, more or
less—about 20 Acres in excellent TIMBER,
and about 25 Acres of good MEADOW.
THE IMPROVEMENTS ARE,
A GOOD TWO-STORY STONE
HOUSE, .LO7-
I • rr
with a Loo KITCHEN at-
ono) LLTI I i.
tached; a well of good water at the door, a
Lou BARN, and a thriving YOUNG OR
CHARD.
-AL9O
A TANNERY
in complete order, with a sufficiency of wa
ter; a TWO•STORY TENANT
•••i
MO , HOUSE,
es e !
- wan a LARGE LOG BANIi BARN
This property adjoins Joseph Dull, Simoi
Becker and others.
-ALSO
a Tract ot Wool-Lund,
Containing 6 Acres, more or less, situate
one mile west of Whitestown.
Any person wishing to purchase the pro.
pony before the day of Sale, can call on
either of the Executors. Terms of Sale wit
be made known by
SA M'L SLOTHOW ER, t, ra.
JOHN DULL, Jr. E.c
August 29, 1836.
OZilf the above property is not sold on
B ald day, it will be rented to the highest
bidder.
A VALUABLE FARM
FOR SALE.
T HE subscriber will sell at private sale,
Chat finely situated FA ItM, belongi ng
to the heirs of STEPHEN HENDRICKH, deceits.
ed, situate in McMillen township, Adams
county, on Conowago, 6 miles from Gettys.
burgh,containing 150 or 60 Acresooljoin
ing lands of Wm. Galbreath, Henry Bender:
and others.
The improvements are a huge
TW 0 STORY 14"'
4- ,
HOUSE , IR, • • a
ro •
(weather-boarded) and STONE BACK BUILD
ING; and LARGE BRICK BARN, and an ex
cellent ORCHARD; a good well of water,
and one spring on the place.
The land is of a good quality and under
good fence--containing a sufficiency ofgood
MEApOW and about 40 Acres, of WOOD
LAND.
For Terms, apply to the subscriber living
on the premises.
JOEL HENDRICKS,
for himself and the other Heirs.
August 22, 1836. tf*-21
SCOTT% ILUSTGWOILISX OINTMENT
FOlt the cure of Ringworm, there is said
to be nothing equal to this Ointment—ma
ny having been cured by its use.
For sale at the Drug Store of
Dr. J. GILBERT,
PUBLICK NOTICES, &c. ''
Te, ttaxer s Wanted.
PROPOSALS will be received until the
17th of September next, for SEVEN
TEACHERS, (Male and Female) %yell qual
ified and satisfactorily recommended, to
take charge of the PUBLIC SCHOOLS
in Cumberland township. Proposals to be
handed to the Secretary or President (Mr.
Geo. Trostle,) on the above day.
DANIEL WELDY, Secretary
Board School Directors ofCumborland tp.
August 2tl, 1830. tm-22
ALUMNI
Pennsylvania College.
illpHE Annual Meeting of the Alumni So
ciety of this institution will be held in
the College Edifice on Tuesday the 13th of
September next, at 2 o'clock, r. K. All
the members are requested to attend.
On the evening of the same day, at 7 o'-
clock, P. M. an ADDRESS will be delivered
by Mr. WILLIAM H. one of its mem
bers,in the German Church. All the friends
of Literature are invited to attend.
C. F. STOEVER.
Gettysburgh, Aug. 29, 1830. tm-22
Register's Notices.
Notice •is hereby Given,
TO all Legatees and others concerned
that the Administration Accounts of
the deceased persons herein mentioned,will
be presented to the Orphans' Court for con
firmation and allowance, on Tuesday the
27th day of September next—
The . Account of Samuel S. M'Creary,
Administrator de bonis non of Andrew Noel,
deceased.
The Account of John Martin and John
Leach, Administrators of Peter Miller, de
ceased.
The Account of David VVitherow, Execu
tor of Nancy Shepherd, dec'd.
The Account of Abraham Chronister,
Executor of John Chronister, deceased.
The Account of Isaac Baugher and Fred
erick Baugher, Executors of Frederick '
Baugher, dec'd.
The Account of Andrew Brough. and A•
braham Trestle, Executors of Sophia
Brough, dec'd.
The Account of John Wolford, Adminis
trator of John Albert, dec'd.
The Account of Wm. U. Wright, Exec
utor of the Estate of Sanal B. Wright, deed.
The Account of Daniel Bowel sex,Execu
tor of David Leppo, dec'd.
The Account ofDaniel Bowersox,EXecu•
tor of Adam Unger, dec'd.
The Account of Daniel Burkhart, Ad
ministrator of John P. Clark, dec'd.
The Account of Conrad Keeladver, Ex
ecutor of the Estate of Lawrence Ohler,de'•
ceased.
The Account of Joseph Sneeringer, jr.
and Joseph Shenfelter, Executors of the
Estate of John Shenfelter, dec'd.
The Account of John B. M'Pherson, one
of the Executors of Samuel Sloan, dec'd.
The Account of Geo. Wilson,Executor of
Thos. Baldwin, dec'd.
The Account of Charles F. Keener, one
of the Executors of Andrew Wray, dec'd.
The Account of Charles F. Keener, one
of the Executors ofJames W ray, dec'd. who
was one of the Executors of Andrew Wray,
dec'd.
The Account of Joseph Sneeringer and
Joseph Shenfelter, Executors ofJohnShen
felter
who was one of the Executors of
Henry W ill, dec'd.
The Account of Conrad- Keefauver and
Samuel B. Epley, Administrators of Peter
Epley, dec'd.
The Account of George Smyser, one of
the Executors of Samuel Sloan, dec'd.
The Account of Henry Brinkerhoff, Esq.
Executor of David Demeree, dec'd.
The Account of Wm. Duttera, Adminis
trator of the Estate of Leonard Riffle, dec'd.
The Further Account of Jacob Arndt,
Esq. and Elizabeth Harmin, Administrators
of the Estate of Joseph Harmin, dec'd.
The Account of Jaynes Cunningham,Esq.
and Jacob Myers, Administrator of the
Estate of Michael Bruner, dec'd.
The Account of Quintin Armstrong, Ex.
ecutor of the Estate of Isaac Armstrong,
deceased.
Thu Account of M ichael C. Clarkson,Ad.
ministrator of Margaret M'Conaughy,dec'd.
-ALSO
The Guardianship account of David Dear
dorff; Guardian of Eliza M. Mark.
JAS. A. THOM PSON, Register.
Register's Office,Gettys
burg, Aug. 29,1836.
NOTICE.
THE subscriber being duly appointed
one of the Trustees of DAVID ECKERT,
(formerly of Gettysburgh,) and wishing to
have the business brought to a clo.e, at, an
early day as possible, would earnestly call
upon all persons who stand indebted either
by note, or book account, to call upon the
subscriber residing ;n Gettysburgh, and die.
charge the claims that may be found against
them, as longer indulgence cannot nor will
not be given.
SAMUEL. S. FOANEY.
August 29, 1830. 3t-22
ROBERT F. McOON.A.I7OBIr,
ATTORNEY AT LAW.
O FFICE in York Street, next door to
the Public Offices, in the room lately
occupied by John L. Fuller, Esq.
Gettysburg, April 18, 1836
"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF MT LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR FROM CORRIIFTION."--SHAE3
arkturtwzrazrovitat,, !Rao, Givaboarbanre araabulaicatzaram tz,) auch
likt expedition, I pass over unnoticed, 'lave only
that these holy ware originated the establishment
of the "holy Inquisition," as it was most errone
ously styled—the germ of mischief,—die greatest
abomination of all abominations,—a living monu
ment of human indiscretion and criminal weak.
MM. In addition to these causes, the exorbitant
corruption alba entire system of the christian re.
ligion, was another cause which contributed to
hasten on this gloomy period. The then nominal
christians, (I say nominal—because they retained
only the form, in part, and apparently hadlost
nearly all the power and substance of godliness)
were engaged in perpetual broils and logomachies.
This last cause of itself:together with the general
u.atm (eaLILLaliviED.
-"With sweetest flower's cnrich'd,
From various gardens cull'd with care."
FROM THE . TIOOA COUNTY PH NIX
LET ME DIE.
BY MARY EMILY JACKSON.
LET me die—mother, let me die!
' There i• grief upon my brow,
And the head thou didst nurse in my infant hours
Is sick and fevered now,
Lift high the curtains' hanging fold
And let the free air in,
I would go e'er the breath of the world has come
To mark this brow with sin.
Let me die, mother, let me die!
Earth has no home for me—
For sorrow bath haunted my wayward steps
From the bowie of infancy;
It has been but a weary time since first
My bark to the waves was hurled,
Yet deep, full deep has my spirit felt
The scores of the angry world! "
Let me die, mother, let me—
I would linger with thee still,
But my young heart pules for that better laud,
Where I may not know of ill.
Take far from me that cup of wine.
With its fleshings deep and high—
Let the warm wind's breath come in once more,
Then, mother, let we die.
I'VeUsboro', Pa. 1336.
oa2aaLlF2alo
FOR THE OETTYSDURGH STAR AND BANNER.
THE DARN AGES.
THE lives of other men should be regarded by
us as light-houses to guide our life-bark whilst
floating down the stream of time, that in avoiding
the rockssofSylla,the gulph of Charybdis may not
escape our vigilance; that, when good is clea:ly
perceived, it may be earnestly pursued; and when
evil is distinctly discerned, it may bo boldly and
uncompromisingly resisted. All who have ac
quired an acquaintance with history must have
learned in what a deplorable condition mankind
were during what has been commonly, and what
may, with great propriety, be emphatically, called
the dark ages. This period, strickly speaking,
extended from the fifth century, when Rome was
vanquished by the Goths, to the fifteenth century
when Constantinople fell a prey to the arms of
the cruel and merciless Turks: thus, making in
toto,according to the computation of reputable his.
torians, a duration of about one thousand years.
Lei us notice some of tho causes- which contr
buted most to bring upon mankind this universe
night of ignorance and barbarism. Europe hav
ing been overrun by hosts of barbarous tribes from
the North, called by the comprehensive appella
tion of Scandinavians, it was natural that Ignor
ance should gain a prevalence in all the countries
and states that fell a prey to their all-conquering
arms. Those tribes were illiterate in the highest
degree, and in every sense of the term,rude; more.
over, they wore turbulent and possessedof a war
like disposition.- Thoy pompously adorned their
gods with martial robes and implements of war;
and,we are told,that "even the web of future events,
woven by their three Parcae, was manufactured
of strings of human entrails, the shuttles being
formed of arrows dipped in gore, and the weights
of the sculls of gasping warriors." These hordes
of barbarians not only lived m all the barbarity'of
savage life, but generically entertained a spirit re
pugnant to science and polite literature, as well
as to the fine and mechanic arts. Some of the
countries in the southern part of Asia, Arabia.
Persia, and particularly that part of Arabia called
Felix, had already made considerable advances in
science and literature and In some of the fine arts.
It is here that the art of poetry was first cultivated
—and that, too, with unexampled success. But
eso golden days soon vanish—sullen ignorance
displays her colors—the Muse ceases to restrain
the boisterous passions of the human breast and
melt the soul in tender sympathy; and to use the
language of her own inspiration,
"the rising prayer
And rapturous song are heard no longer there,
Save perhaps where some mosque profane may rise,
And with unhallowed praise insult the skies,
Spread an Impostor's guilty fame abroad,
And join the name of Mahomet with God."
When the great arch impostor entered the are.
no of action, ho introduced a novel eystern often.
gionovhich, at this favorable juncture, spread like
some moral contagion. Ho converted, or rather
endeavoured to convort, poets, orators and literary
characters of evory grade and order into warriors,
(for this is the true spirit of his religion,) in order
to gratify the designs of his unholy ambition.--
The Saracens, who embraced the Mohammedan
system, promulgated and acted out, & adopted as
their motto, that "to fight for the faith is an act of
obedience to God;" and accordingly, the shameful
depredations and bloody havoc; which they ea.
crilegiously committed they distinguished by the
contradictions title of "holy wars." To the mar.
tial and demoniac spirit of this sect,cloaked under
the falsely assumbd garb of religion, must, to the
eternal disgrace of Mohammedanism, be ascribed
the destruction of the Alexandrian Library,
Another cause, which exerted a powerful egen.
cy in bringing about the sad state ofaffairs which
we aro now considering, was the crusades—a war
professedly undertaken,commenced and executed
for the purpoL a of rescuing Palestine out of the
hands of infidels. The almost incredible number
of lives lost by both parties, and all the other la.
mentableconsaquencesattending this unchristian.
confusion or confounding of the language of eve
ry civilized nation in the world, was sufficient to
stay thO proud march of science and learning.—
These aro some of tho causes that exerted their
influence in producing this unhuppy state of at
tain., and in enveloping the human intellect in the
darkness of ignorance and superstition. It is
true, there were others; but those that have been
mentioned, it is more than presumable, wore the
chief.
Thea was the mind left without the lamp of
reasozi and the instruction ofrovolution as beacon.
light/0o direct its course, to its own misguidance.
and cinsequent aberrations from the path of rec
titude; A. when "the king of terrors" throws his
cold icy arms around the unscrooned victim, the
blood congeals in the veins, the vital current la
stupped,and the soul, submissively cosigned to the
fate of mortality, quits her comfortless abode and
cour s that long, untraversed and eternal road;
so sy re the fair and fragrant flowers of expanding
soie e withered and carried away by the first
Ga . c blast that swept over the proud and vaunt •
od ih t istress orthe world. Knowledgo ur intolli.
.....
game, that brilliant luminary, which, a rhort
time before, had stre . amed and burned and cast'
afar its dazzling rays, must now bo extinguished
—that star, too, the last fond hope of expiring lib
erty, must nutv sot in lowering night.
The arts of meehanism,us well as the fino arts,
ceased to bo cultivated to any considorable extent.
The pencil lost its magic, and music Its transport.
ing sound and melting melody. No longer did
men write books, orators speak .pooches, and yo.
eta • burn what they call the midnight taper, to
have, when the original was dust, a name." No
longer did
"Poetic fancy
Scatter from her pictured urn.
Thoughts that breathe and words that burn."
Ah! what lover of learning, what candid ingui.
rer after truth, or what admirer of unsullied virtue
can road over the history that gives the details of
the events and the condition of men and things
during the dark or middle ages, and not feel a
sort of seriousness mingled with disgust pervade
his bosom, and unpleasant emotions excited in
his mind. What depravity of morals! what a
perversion of intellectual powers! what a sad
deterioration in point of mental worth! what a
retrocession in virtue! what signal and striking
exemplifications of human imbecil.ty!
It may be worthy of rematk, that scarcely any
age or clime of the world has been so unprolific
as not to produce some talented and remarkable
men; accordingly we find that oven in the mid
dle ages there lived some ofthe brightest geniuses.
But their number was indeed "few and far be
lawn."
Whilst all of us admit tho truth of Mr. Addi
son's remark, that "Reading is to the mind what
exercise is to the body;" and whilst we attest our
belief in the sentiment, that
"Learning elevates the mind; and renders man
A being still nobler than God made him;"
we repudiate ignorance as the ever-sptinging
source of error, superstition, , and blood-thirsty
fanaticism
As the body requires to be continually fed with
aliment for the sustainanco of animal life, so must
the craving mind be constantly fed with useful
knowledge; or instead of advancing in its march
up the steep ascent to the temple of wisdom, it
will degenerate, and retrograde.
While I vituperate the character and conduct
of the man, I admire the genius which prompted
a Byron to exclaim
Where is the mind of fancy so devoid,
Of taste and sentiment so dull and cold,
As not to feel the magic force
Of Genius!
VEIISI Elail?1/401340SIV0
FROM THE NEW-YORK MIRROR
HOME AT LAST.
A shivering child one winter's night,
(The snow was deep, and cold the blast,)
Hugging her ragged mother tight,
"Mother!" exclaimed, "we're home at last"'
Aud as she spoke, poor little one,
A ruinous hut she stood before,
Whence, ever since the morning sun,
They strayed—to beg from door to door.
Ye're home at last! Sad home is this--
All lore without, all cold within;
The adder here might lurk and hiss,
Her poisonous web the Spider spin—
But there's no fire to warm, nor light;
And crevices are yawning wide,
Through which the storm, this freezing night,
May lay you stiffened side by side!
And yet this wayward child had been
By many a gorgeous house—and past
Where mirth and music cheer the scene,
Nor envies—for she's home at last!
Thus may the heart be trained below
To love the cot wherein was cast
Its fate of poverty or woe,
Like her's who cried—" We're home at last!"
Jan Schalkenls three Welshes.
A DUTCH LEGEND.
AT a small fishing village in Dutch Flan
ders, thole is still shown the site of a hut,
which was an object of much attention whilst
it stood, on account ofa singular legend that
relates to its first inhabitant, a kind-hearted
fellow, who depended on his boat for subsis
tence, and his own happy disposition for
cheerfulness.during every hardship and pri
vation. Thus the story goes:
One dark and stormy night in winter, as
Jan Schalken was sitting with his good-na
tured buxom wire by the fire, he was awak
ed from a transient doze by a knocking at
the door of his hut. He started up, drew
back the bolt, and a stranger entered. He
was a tall man, but little could be distin
guished either of his face or 'figure, as he
wore a large dark cloak, which he had con
trived to pull over his head after the fashion
of a cowl. "1 am a poor traveller (said the
stranger,) and want a night's lodging. Will
you grant it?" "Aye, to be sure, (replied
Schalken,) but I am afraid your cheer will
be but sorry. Had you come sooner you
might have fared better. Sit down,howev
er, and eat of what is left." The traveller
took him at his word, and in a short time
afterwards retired to his humble sleeping
place. In the morning as he was about to
depart, he advanced towards Schalken, and
giving him his hand, thus addressed him:
"It is needless for you, my good friend, to
know who I am; but of this be assured, that
I can and will be grateful; for when the rich
and the powerful turned me last night from
their inhospitable-gates, you welcomed me
as man ahJuld welcome man, and looked
with an eye of pity on the desolate traveller
in the storm. I grant you three wishes.—
Be they what they may, those wishes shall
be gratified." Now Schalken did not cer
taint', put much faith in these promises, but
still he thought it the safest plan to make
trial of them; and accordingly, began to con
sider how he should fix his wishis. Jan
was a man who had few or no ambitious
views; and was contented with the way of
life in which he had been brought up. In
fact. he was so well satisfied with his situa
tion, that he had not the least inclination to
lose a single day of his laborious existence;
but, on the contrary, bad a very sincere
wish to add a few years to those which he
was destined to live. This gave rise to wish
the first. "Let my wife and myself live
(lie said) filly years longer than nature has
designed:". "It shall be done," cried the
stranger. Whilst Schalken was puzzling
his brain for a second wish, ho bethought
him that a pear-tree, which was in his little
garden, had been despoiled of its fruit, to
the no small detriment of the said tree, and
grievousdisappointment of its owner. 'Tor
my second wish, grant that whoever climbs
my pear-tree shall not have power to leave
it until my permission be given."
This was also assented to. Sehalken
was a sober man, and liked to sit down and
chat with his wife of an evening; but she
was a bustling body, and often jumped up
in the midst ofa conversation that she had
only heard ten or twelve times, to scrub the
table or sot their clay platters in order.—
Nothing disturbed him so much as this, and
he was determined, if possible, to prevent a
recurrence of the nuisance. With this ob.
ject in view, he approached close to the
stranger, and in a low whisper told him his
third and last wish: that whoever sat it a
particular chair in has hut, should not be able
to move out of it until it should please him
so to order. This wish was agreed to by
the traveller, who, after many greetings,de
parted on his way. Years passed on, and
his last two wishes had been fully gratified
by often detaining thieves in his tree, and
his wife on her chair. The time was ap
proaching . when the promise of longevity
would be falsifiedor made manifest. It hap.
pened that the birth-days of the fisherman
and his wife were the same. They were
sitting together on the evening of the day
that made him 79 years and Mietje 73 years
of age,when the moon that was shining thro'
the window of the hut seemed suddenly to
be extinguished, and the stars rushed down
the dark clouds and lay glaring on the sur•
face of the ocean, over which was spread an
unnatural calmness, although the skies tip
peered to be mastered by the winds, and
were heaving onward, with their mighty
waves of cloud. Birds dropped dead from
the boughs, and the foliage of the trees turn
ed to a pale red. All seemed to prognosti
cate the approach of Death: an 4 in a few
minutes afterwards sure enough he came.—
He was, however, very different from all
that the worthy couple had heard or fancied
of him. He was certainly rather thin, and
had very little colour. - but he was well dress
ed, and his deportment was that of a gentle.
man. Bowing very politely to the ancient
pair, he told them he merely came to give
notice that by right they should have belong
ed to him on that day, but a fifty years' re
spite was granted,and when that period had
expired, he should visit them again. He
then walked away, and the moon, and the
CONDORCET.
stars, and the waters, assumed their natural
appearance. For the next fifty years every
thing passed on as quietly as before; but as
the time drew nigh for the appointed advent
of Death, Jan be c ame thoughtful, and he fel
no pleasure at the idea of the anticipated vis
it. The day arrived, and Death came, pre
ceded by the same horrors as on the former
occasion. "Well, good folks, you now can
have no objection to accompany me; for as-
suredly you have hitherto been highly priv
ileged, and have lived long enough." The
old dame wept and clung feebly to her hus
band, as if she feared they were to be divid.
ed after passing away from the earth on
which they had dwelt so long and so happily
together. Poor Schalken also looked very
downcast,and moved after Death but slowly.
As they passed by Jan's garden, ho turned
to take a last look at it, when a sudden tho't
struck him. He called to Death and said,
"Sir, allow me to propose something to you.
Our, journey is a long one, and we have no
provisions; I am too infirm, or I would climb
yonder pear-tree, and take a stock of its
best fruit with us; you are active and oblig
ing, and will, I am sure, Sir, get it for us."
Death, with great condescension, complied,
and ascending the tree, gathered a great
number of pears, which lie threw down to
old Schalken and his wife. At length he
determined upon descending, but to his Sur
prim and apparent consternation, discovered
that he was immoveable; nor would Jan al
low him to leave the tree until he had given
them a promise of living another balf coati.
ry.
They jogged on in the old way for fifty
years more, and Death came to the day.—
He was by no means so polite as he had for
merly been, for the trick that Schalken had
put upon him offended his dignity and hurt
his pride not a little. "Come, Jan," said
he, "you used me scurvily the other day,
[Death thinks but very little of fifty years!]
and 1 am now determined to lose no time--
come."
Jan was sitting at his table,budily employ.
ed in writing, when Death
_entered. He
raised his head sorrowfully, and the pen
rembled in his hand as he thus addressed
him, "I confess that my former conduct to.
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wards you merits blame, but I }tile done
with such knaveries now, and hove learnt to
know that life is of little worth, and that I
have seen enough of it.. Still, before !quit
this world, I should like to do all the good. I
'ten. and was efigaged when you arrived in
making a will, that a poor lad, who hasibedta
always kind to us, may receive this hnt and'
my boat. Suffer me but to fiuish what.l
have begun, and I shall cheerfully follow
Wherever you may lead. Pray sit down, in
a few minutes my task will .be
Death, thus appealed' to, could iefuse - no
longer, and seated himself in a chair, from
which ho found it as difficult to; rise as he
had formerly to descend from the pear4ree:
His liberation was bought at.the expeneepf
an additional fifty years, at the end olvirhich
period; and exactly on their birthydaY, Jan
Schalkea. and his -wife died 'quietly' in their
bed, alid.the salt Water flowed freely in the
little village, in which, they bad lived long
enough to be considered the hither and mo
ther of all its inhabitants.
Cheapening GoOds.
There are many.persons so niggardly, so
tenacious of the uttermost farthing,;or so
habituated to look for 'bargains in
, A t ir , ery
ng
thi they buy, thatif they hive btil-ti'eux-
penny purchase to make, they, will travel
from one end of the city to the.other cheap
ening the article, and lose more time and
wear out more shoe-leather than 'twenty
such purchasPs are 'worth. Indeed, some
persons are such prodigious sticklers at a
bargain, that if the price ofan article be but
a cent, they will want if for hallo. one; and
if it be but half a cent, they will`want it for
two millsand a half.
One of these persons, who may be called
a cheapener of goods par , excpllence,
other day, being in want of a yard of tape,
called at a store and asked the price.
"One cent," was the reply.
"One cent!" echoed . the bargainer—
"seems to me that's rather high. Wont you
take less?" •. • -
"Less than a cent fora yard of tape?"
"Yes, seems to me you might take half
a cent. You'll make quite profit enough
then."
"Well take it at your own price; but you
must make the chanae."'
"That I can do, as r. l keep a few halfcerp
about moon purpose for such occasions, that
I paid a penny apiece for. But I'M in hopes
on the whole I can get the tap a little low
er. . is that the very lowest You'll take for
"I'll take any price that you can make
the even change for."
•
"There's the plague On't now—l haint
got nothing less than a half cent piece.
do wish, when they're quining eagles,' and
dollars, and sich-like, theyX.quilie•a_few
quarter cent pieces, mill pieces, and so
downwards. Howsomever, I'll inquire at
the other stores, and ill . cant, get the tape
no cheaper, I'll come back and trade with
you, as you seem to be a civil-like sort ofa
fellow."
So saying, the bargainer went about to
twenty or thirty other stores, cheapening
the yard of tape; until, being satisfied he
could do no better, he came back to the first
resolved to complete his purchase.
"Well, Mister," said he, as he came in,
puffing and blowing like a porpoise, "I've
been most all over the city, and find you're
the most reasonable dealer of any on'etri.—
I'll take the yard of tape now, 4 11 a quarter
of a cent, if you'll change me sixpence."
"That's more than I haigained for. T
told you I'd take any price that you'd make
the even change for."
"Yes, but consider now, you get 'a cue.'
tomer by being so kind of clever and oblig
ing. If you'll change me a sixpence, I'll
take the tape, and perhaps trade with you
ellen."
"Thank you, sir"—with a profound bow,
and beginning to measure the tape. •
"Give me as wide as any you've got,and
let me have good measure.".
"It shall be done,sir"—with another bow.
The tape is cut off, and wrapped up, when
the purchaser, beginning to fumble for his
money, exclaims— van,now,l
\ don't much
like to change off silver for copper. Wont
you let 'me have the tape for nothing? 'Tis'nt
no great thing for you to lose—and then
you'll get all my custom, you see."
"Any way to accommodate";—bowing
more profoundly than ever.
"Thank you sir," said the customer, tak
ing his tape and departing, well satisfied
with his bargain--'•there aint a more rea
sonable dealer in New York than you, and
whatever I want in your line, I'll be sure to
come here fbr."--N. Y. Transcript. •
-..•mss«--
PROVERBIAL POLITENESS OF THE MILT.
TARY.—An officer in India, who had been
just raised from the ranks for hie gallantry,
being invited to the Governor's table, was
invited by the Governor's lady, as a marked
compliment, to take wine. "No ma'am, I
thank you," replied the unsophisticated hero,
"I never takes wine; but I'm a tiger at
beer!"
Here's a fellow to the above:
"Go and buy me a Parrot," said a gentle
man to his servant. An owl was brought
"That thing can't talk," exclaimed . the
master.
"No, Sir; but he is the devil for thinking ' '".
vas the reply.—Saturday News. . . •
CHANGE OF BRAIITY.-•"HMI on earth.:'
did you happen to be so ugly?" imbed
person of a very remarkable looking friond .
of his. "I, ugly?" was the reply. "Ilion -
I that am ugly. I was bora beautiful; but > :
my nurse swapped me when I was* little
baby, for the child ofa friend of hem, WitON,
mother didn't fancy him over handsome: