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B 7 ROBERT WEITB LEIDDLETOIL.I
ADVERTISEMENTS
The Fashionable Hats, Caps
and Bonnets.
Fr. Paxton,
HAS now on hand a very largo assort.
meat of
MEA9I7S, CAPS & SONNETS
at his old stand in Chamhershure Street,
two do,)rs from the Court House.
CONSISTING A 8 FOLLOWS
Men's Castor HATS,
" Roram do.
" Spanish body do.
" Silk do.
" Plato Russia do.
Youth's Fur do.
Old Men's' Broad Brims do.
4 4 Low Crown do.
Also Second hand HATS.
Ladies FUR BONNETS,
" SILK do.
AlBo-A GOOD ASSORTMENT OF
Fl 3 C
ALPS, of different kinds:
ILI IIR SEAL caps for MEN
and BOYS.
All of which he will sell at Low Prices
wholesale and retail—for Cash and Country
Produce—such as Wheat, Corn, Rye, Buck
wheat, Oats, Wood, Wool, &c. &c.
'Call and judge for yourselves.
November 17, 1837.
Sreoft :(z oaks
CHEAPER THAN EVER:
1- - filokr4
DAS JUST RETURNED FROM THE CITY,
WITH A SPLENDID ASSORTMENT OP
0 . 00 BS,
Suitable to the Season, comprising every
variety of
DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES,
War Aware, 8j Queens~vare:
which have been selected with great care,
land purchased on such terms as will justify
him in offering them to the Public
IiCrCHEAPER THAN EVER. 4
He invites public attention to his Stock of
Goods, assured that it needs but it "peep"
lit them to convince any one that his Con
r is the place for BARGAINS!
Gettysburg, Dec. 1, 1837.
BARGAINS!
CALL, SEE AND BUY.
THE subscriber intends locating himselt
elsewhere,and wishing speedily to close
his business at his present residence, will
sell, AT COST, HIS ENTIRE
STOCK OF GOODS.
CONSISTING OF
Cloths and Cassimeres; Cassinetts, Flan.
nets and Merinoes, Calicoes, Muslins and
Vestings; Shawls, Blankets, Hats, Caps and
Bonnets; Boots and Shoes; Hardware,
Queensware end Groceries; &c. &c.
Also— A large lot of DRIED FRUIT.
The Public's most obedient servant,
ADAM EPPLY.
Epply's Mill, Cumberland township,
December 1, 1837.
N. B. All persons indebted to me by Note,
Judgment or Book Account, will see
.11. e
necessity, without further notice, I hope, of
discharging their respective dues.
ADAM EPPLY.
tf-35
December 1, 1837.
O©L 1.1.11.03,
FRL'#'G £ A' 1 7 .1
E Subscriber has now on hand a large
stock of very superior
CO cla vat aava G ,
TRIAGE AND TASSELS,
OF ISIS OWN MANUFACTURE,
which he will dispose of oa thermost reason.
able terms. -
Orders from a distance will be prompt.
py attended to. Any Patters made to order.
Address
JOHN ODELL,
Gettysburg, Pa.
N. B. All kinds of MILITARY work
iaant..lo (.rder.
' November 17, 1837. tf-33
NOTICE.
A LLpersons indebted to the Estate of
WILLI A M GAI ON ER,lale of Lati
more township, Adams Count), deceased,
are requested to call with -the subscriber
without delay, and discharge the same; and
those who have claims against said Estate,
: are desired to present them properly authen
ticated for settlement.
ghe Executor resides ip Latimore town
ship.
GEORGE ROBINErfE, Ex'r.
November 24 ? 1837. et-34
PUBLIC NOTICES.
F 1.U10.41 F IIREI
DELAWARE COUNTY INSU
RANCE COMPANY,
CAPITAL, AUTHORIZED BY LAW,
iSSgeg , SUat
CHARTER PERPETUAL.
THE subscriber being appointed Agent
for the above Company, would respect.
fully inform the public that he will make in
surance either permanent or limited on pro
perty and effects of every description,against
loss or damage by fire, on the moat reason
able terms.
SAMUEL FA HNESTOCK.
Gettysburg. Oct. 13, 1837 tf-28
FOR SA LL.
T HE Subscriber is desirous of disposing
of his Property in and neat Gettys
burg, and offers it for Sale, on very favora
ble terms.
IT CONSISTS OF A
ii
iv; HOUSE & LOT
4..7- in the borough of Gettysburg,
on West York•street, third Lot from the
Diamond. The house is a large, weather
boarded one; and the situation eligible.
-ALSO-BETWEEN
S and 9 acres of Land,
within the western limits of the borough,
between the Millerstown !toad and Middle
street, and south of Middle-street. This
hind will be sold either by the acre or in
Town Lots, to suit purchasers.
-ALSO-
A FARM,
situate in Cumberland township, about 1
mile from Gettysburg, adjoining lands of
Rev. C. G. Lean, Jacob Herbst, E. Pitzer
and others, containing 140 acres,
more or less—on winch are
A TWO STORY
HOUSE
and good Barn
Possession of the above Property will be
given on the Ist of April next.
tr:72•For terms of Sale, apply to the sub.
scriber, residing in Hancock, Washington
county, Md.
ROBERT TAYLOR.
December R, 1837. tf-36
Emu, : tir7/17/...„
1 miN = Ei
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2.1
Keitleaven, Irrilson 4r .
GROCERS & COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
Corner of Commerce and Pratt Streets,
BALTIMORE,
CIFFER to the Country trade for Cash
' 4 .-F or prompt payment, the following
GOODS :
TO WIT:
50 Ns. S. IL Molasses
20 !Ads. West India & N. Orleans ditto
200 bags Rio Coffee, (part strong scented)
100 " Laguira do.
100 " Havana do.
50 hhds. N. Orleans & Porto Rico Sugar
10 pipes and half pipes Champagne and
Rochelle Brandy
5 " Gin
50 tierces Honey
200 boxes Raisins
100 quarto do.
150 eighth do. Fresh importation.
50 kegs do.
TOGETHER WITH
Cinnamon, Cloves, Pepper, Teas in chests,
half chests and boxes, 4.c. (t.c
Baltimore, Nov. 17, 1837.
I_IVER COMPLAINT 6 YEARS STAND
II ING.—Mrs. Sarah Brenhiser, wife of Mr
Amos Brenhiser, corner of Second street and Ger
mantown Road, Philadelphia, affected for the last
six years with the Liver Complaint, was complete
ly restored to health by Dr. WM. EVANS'S Ca
momile Tonic and Family Aperient Pills. Her
symptoms were habitual costiveness, excruciating
pain in the stomach, depression of spirits, languor,
extreme debility, disturbed sleep, great pain in her
side, could not lie on her left side without an ag
gravation of pain, dizziness in the head, dimness
of sight, with other symptoms indicating great de
rangement in the functions of the Liver. Mrs.
Brenhiser has made trial of various medicines now
before the public, but received no relief until she
was advised to make trial of Dr. Evans's Pills, of
which she is happy to state that they effectually
relieved her of the above distressing symptoms,
with others, which are not essential to intimate.
Mr. Brenhiser,(husband of the above Mrs. Bren
hiser,) had been two years afflicted with a distres
sed state of Piles and Costiveness,of which he was
effectually cured.
We do hereby subscribe our signatures to the
truth of the above cures, that the statement is in
every respect true.
SARAH DRENHISER,
JOHN STEIF, Baker.
No. 17 north Eighth street, Philad.
Philadelphia, Oct. 21st, 1837.
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For Sale at the Drug Store of
Dr. J. GILBERT, Agent.
Gettysburg, Dec 8. 18:i7. iv-313
WHEAT WANTED.
T HE subscriber has rented the new and
extensive Merchant Mill lately built
by Mr. Geo. Arnold, in Germany town-
ship, and will pay the
Highest price in Cash for .
Wheat
delivered at the 61111.
JOHN LEICHTY.
Germany Township,
Dec. 29, 1837.
"I WISH NO OTHER HERALD, NO OTHER SPEAKER OF KT LIVING ACTIONS, TO KEEP MINE HONOR PROM CORRUPTION. -SHAYS
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their proper persons, with their Rolls, Re-
cords, Inquisitions, Examinations, and other
Remembrances, to do those things, which
to their offices and in that behalf appertain
to be done and also they who will prosecute
against the prisoners that are, or then shall
1 3e, in the Jail of the said County of Adams,
are to be then and there,to prosecute against
them as shall be just.
AVM. TAUGHINBAITGH, Sheriff:
December 29, 1837. tc-39
LILLY WHITE, FOR THE LADIES'
TOILET.—A superior'cosmetic for
beautifying the Skin.
For sale at the Drug Store of
Dr. J. GILBERT, Gettyaburgh.
June 16, IRB7. If--1I
PUBLIC NOTICES
PUBLIC SALE.
PCP BY POSTPONEMENT.
' ILL be sold at public sale,in the Bo
rough of Gettysburg, on Tuesday
the 23d of January next, at 1 o'clock P. N.
THAT VALUABLE
LOT Or GROUND,
Fronting on Chambersburg street, in the
Borough of Gettysburg, and adjoining lots
of Robert Taylor and Henry Zell—late the
Estate of JOHN MYERS, deceased.
The improvements are 9 good
two.story STONE HOUSE, ';,-1;•: .
with a convenient Kitchen at.
Cached—a never-failing well of
good water at the back door, a stable, good
fence, a good garden, &c. The poperty is
situated in a pleasant part of the Borough;
and, being but one dwelling West of the
Diamund,well calculated for almost any kind
of business. Mrs. Myers, residing on the
promises,will show the property to any per
son wishing to purchase.
TERMS —One third of the purchase mo
ney in hand and the balance in two equal
annual payments, well secured, without in.
terest. A good title will be given; and pos•
session can be had on the first of April nex
MARTIN EBERT, Adm'r.
De !Joni: non,with the Will annexed of
John Myera, deceased.
December 29, 1837
NOTICE
To Constables, Wholesale
13e,aler s,and. Retailers of
Yoreign elNlerehanilize.
P URSUANT to an act of the Legisla
ture of Pennsylvania, passed the 7tl.
day of ApriI—CONSTABLES will take
notice, that, agreeably to the second section
of the Act graduating the duties upon
Wholesale Dealers and Retailers of Mer
chandize, and prescribing the mode of issu
ing Licences, and collecting said duties,
they are requested on or before tho first day
of January term, to wit: the 22d day of
January next—to make an oath or affirms
ion,and deliver to the Clerk of the Court of
Quarier Sessions, a list of all he Wholesale
and Retail Dealers of Goods Wares and
Merchandize, Wines or Distilled Spirits,
except such as are the growth, produce, or
manufacture of the United States.
MERCHANTS & DEALERS embrac
ed in the provisions of the above recited Act,
are hereby notified, that according to the
fifth section thereof, the Associate Judges
and the County Commissioners will meet at
the Commissioners' Office, in Gettysburg,
on luentay the 23d day of January next,
at 1 o'clock in the afternoon, to hear them
(if they see-proper to attend) as to the amout
of their annual sales during the year pre
vious.
Licenses to be taken out on or before the
Ist day of March ,next, for one year.
Physicians, Apothecaries, Surgeons, and
Chemists, as respects wine, &c. used in pre.
parutions for the sick, and all female traders,
or single women, whose annual sales shall
not exceed these of the Bth class below enu•
metaled, shall not be required to take out
License under the provisions of this Act.
The follovOng will be the classification
agreeably to the Act of Assembly:
Ist cl. amt. of sales, $50,000—550
2d do. 40 000 i 0
3d do. 30,000 30
4th do. 20,000 25
sth do. 15,000 20
6th do. 10,000 15
7th do. 5,000 12 AO
Fth do. 2,500 10
WM. McCLEAN, ? Associate
GEO. WILL, S Judges.
JAMES REN:SHA W, ,o
JOHN WOLFORD, 8
WILLIAM REX, 7;
December, 29, 1837. tni-39
ZPIII6 0241dItgiti UV ajlka
WIIEREAS the Hon. D. DURKEE,
Esq. President of the several Courts
of Common Pleas, in the Counties compos•
ing the Nineteenth Dist rict,dr, Justice of the
Courts of Oyer and Terminer, and General
Jail Delivery, for the trial of all capital and
other offenders in the said District--and
WM. fIrCLEAN, and GEORGE WILL, Esqs.
Judges of the Courts of Common Pleas, and
Justices of the Courts of Oyer and Termi
ner, and General Jail Delivery,for the trial
of all capital and other offenders Mille Coun
ty of Adams—have issued their precept,
bearing date the 30th day of August, in
the year of our LORD one thousand eight
hundred and thirty-six, and to me directed,
for holding a Court of Common Pleas, and
General Quarter Sessions of the Peace, and
General Jail Delivery, and Court of Oyer
and Terminer, at Gettysburg, on Monday
the 22d day of January next—
Notice is hereby Given,
To all the Justices of the Peace, the Coro.
ner, and Constables, within the said County
of Adams, that they be then and there, in
.12tual ceasiaamo.
'BOX TUX LADY ' S BOOR.
MESSIAH'S Ermanom.
BY TIME REV. J. N. !MOWN.
Times solemn music! Con she forget
His touch is marked by swift decay;
That scenes by fancy burnished yet,
Will soon be vanished all away;
And, ere a few more years aro fled,
We shall be mingled with the deadl
She cannot! and the mournful thrill
Of Feeling, waked by Memory's hand,
Is trembling o'er her bosom still,
Unawed by Reason's stern command.
And still she looks for scenes sublime,
Beyond the withering touch of Time.
Nor looks in vain! For lo! secure,
Massuies KINGDOM now appear.,
Destined in glory to endure,
Uninjured by the lapse of years;
But rising still, in richer bloom,
When earth has met her anal doom!
Kisonox OD PEACE! The palming year
Hath wider spread thy gentle away:
And gazing on thy bright career,
We hail the dawn of holier day—
When God's high will on earth is done—o
All nations blest in Christ his Soul
See! every hill, and vale, and plain,
Echo's the Missionary's tread;
See! souls redeemed from endless pain,
Are up to heavenly glory led.
And from Earth's hosts one shout is sent—
i.ftr.iox ox, Lunn GOD OMNIPOTENT!"
The kingdoms of this world may page,
Like billow's of the restless sea;
Wealth may waste, and as the grass
The pride of youth and beauty he;
But souls that own Messiah's sway,
May smile amid a world's decay!
EmnitE or LOVE! The ravished eye
Wanders o'er all thy scenes of blies,
And owns that all beneath the sky
Is poor and mean, compared with this!
Here rests the soul with joy divine:—
Oh, be my interests lulled with thine!
MT.D@LIVOSIVO
!OR GETTYSDUUGH DTAR AND DANNER
THE EPHEMERIS.
Timm: is a trait of character, more general than
most persons suppose, which never fails to excite
my deepest coramisseration: It is that of the man
who permits Imagination to obtain a greater con
trol over him than REason.
Whenever this interesting faculty is employed
iii occupying the mina with waking dreams, and
in picturing scenes too improbable ever to take
place, to the exclusion of subjects of real import
ance, a habit will speedily be formed which will
prove dangerous to its possessor and render him
altogether useless to others. He will be continu
ally projecting plans which he will never execute,
and forming resolutions which be will never put
into effect. And no sooner has he formed one
scheme than he will relinquish it for another: and
thus the time which should be spent in active ex
ertion, he employs in fancying the events which
would follow certain steps, and the influence they
would exert on his after life. When his idle but
delightful dreams have passed away,and the reign
of Reason returns, he smiles at his folly, and the
extravagances to which he had been carried by the
undue influence of his imagination. But the con
templation of real events is too insipid to afford
him any pleasure, and he mounts again into his
imaginary world and lives only in imagination.
Yet I believe there are few, if any of our race.
who are not sometimes subject to this failing. Who
is there that possesses the admirable virtue of con
tentment in so eminent a degree that ho can never
ho said in the language of Johnson to "listen with
credulity to the whispers of Fancy and pursue
with eagerness the phantoms of Hope; to expect
that age will perform the promises of youth, and
that the deficiencies of today will be supplied by
tomorrow." When we cast our eyes forward,and
magined the events which will probably happen
in the course of our future life, do we view them
as reason and experience would dictate? Do we
ever fancy that they will be just as unsatisfactory
as those through which we have gone since the
hour of our birth On the contrary, Fancy in.
variably lends them her coloring. We always
feel assured that the future will be different from
the past; its pleasures sweeter and more substan
tial. Hope, so cheering and yet so delusive,painta
our future pleasures in the most enchanting colors,
whilst their satiety and tastelessness aro hidden in
the shade.
To those whose lot is cast in the midst of pros
perity, this practice of building castles in the air,
may add to their happiness, as they will have it in
their power to realize some of those dreams in
which the) indulged for mere amusement. But
to one who must depend upon his own exertions
for his future advancement, the habit must be ex
ceedingly pernicious. He will feel that industry
and activity are necessary, and he will imagine
that he is thus engaged, while in fact he is indulg
ing in idleness, and suffering the fleeting moments
to pass by, on the improvement of which depends
his future welfare.
If the visionary he in circumstances of poverty,
he fancies himself blessed with affluence, as great
as the wonderful lamp of Alladin could produce.
In imagination be enjoys all the pleasures which
wealth can bestow. He has servants waiting to
obey his every wish, with as much servility as the
vassals of a monarch. But at length some signal
misfortune arouses him to his real condition; dis
pets the pleasing dream; his 4triches take wings to
themselves and fly away;" perhaps he exchanges
his imaginary p,alaces for the debtor's prison, and
his couches of eider-down for a bed of straw.
A castle-builder will sometimes change the char
acter he acts, with every change of the wind. If
he happens to hear of a famous General who hav
ing achieved
_splendid victories, has received the
reward of his valor in the graitude of his country;
been advanced to posts of honor or trout; become
the favorite of his king; received the order of the
garter and other titles of distinction, he is immedi
ately seized with n desire for military femikand his
NO. V
fancy dwells on glory and renown. Before , many
minutes the epaulets will be on his shoulders, the
sword at his side, and the well trained regiment
ready for the order to march to the field of battle.
In the airy romance, he will pass through the
scenes of battle and Woodshed, hear the roar of the
artillery, and in his mind's eye beholds himself
reaping the rewards of conquest. He will be re
cognized as the deliverer of his country; be made
a Senator or President; at last die lamented by his
grateful countrymen. And yet the whole will be
accomplished in the space of five minutes.
Tho next moment he fancies himself a poet,or
ator, philosopher, statesman, or historian, or per
haps all of them at the same time. When tired
of this, he can make himself a king or emperor.
If his crown rest heavily on his head, Le is forth
with metamorphised into a shepherd, a highway
man, or a missionary. And thus in the space of
a few hours, he may live the lives of a dozen men,
and meet with a greater variety of fortune than
ever really happened since the world began.
If the visionary be a female, (and ladies are
said to have more imagination than those of the
other sex,) she will doubtless give herself up to
dreams of love, courtship, or matrimony. If she
be plain in appearance, no matter, she will give
herself a form of the most enchanting beauty.—
Suitors without number will be at her feet. In
imagination she will hear them whisper the soft
tale of their affection. After enfoying the delight
ful gratification of dismissing a reasonable number
of broken hearted swains, some lucky fellow will
meet with a favorable reception. Mite will think
over the marriage ceremony, and perhaps fill up
the picture with a family of sons and daughters,
or fancy herself a brisk young widow looking
about for a second husband.
I verily believe that in this accbunt of the abuse
of the imagination I have not gone farther than
truth will jurtify. Doubtless many have been
carried to oven greater extravagances than those
I have mentioned. Now, besides the waste of
time consequent on the misapplication of this fa
culty which God intended we should employ for
bettor purposes, the person who dwells too much
on imaginary scenes acquiries a di/relish for the
situation in which he is placed, and therefore suf
fers great pain and distress.when he is obliged to re•
vert to the scenes of real life.
Were I called upon to assign the cause for this
evil habit, I would not:hesitate in attributing it
almost universally to the reading of works of fic
tion. The world is filled with petty romances,
nleys, and novels, whose tendency is to corrupt
the taste, deprave the intellect, and inflame the
passions. And a modern novel reader will always
acquire such a strong relish for the romantic, as
will make him a mere dreamer an I visionary an
his life. The character of Don Quixote was that
of a madman; but the tendency of modern novels
is to produce the very same disease of the imagi
nation.
Those, therefore, wfio have the education of
youth intrusted to their charge, should restrain
them from indulging in much light reading, as it
is called, in older that in the next generation there
may be more matter-of-fact men and women than
unfortunately are to be found in the world at our
day. H.
Gettysburg, Jan. 12, 1838.
Examination of a Midship
satin.
The following humorous account of the
examination of a Midshipman in the Eng
lish naval service, is extracted from an ar
ticle in a late British Magazine:—"l remem
ber at Malta one unfortunate youth named
Richards, the day of whose trial was fixed,
and who from the known characters of his
judges, had good reason to be anxious about
the result. On the morning previous to his
examination I found him in a dreadfully agi.
tated state; and in order to encourage and
reassure him as much as I could, I took
him out with me and endeavored during a
long walk to explain to him any difficulties
that occurred. After a good deal of ques
tioning and cross-questioning, finding him
self au fail, began to take courage, and to
look forward with confidence to the result
of the morrow.
We had been nerambulating about in this
manner for a couple of hours, and I was just
about to accompany him on board, when
whom should'we meet plump in the face
but one of the passing captains.
"Well, youngster!" said the skipper, ad
diessing my companion; "so you are going
to pass to-morrow, eb,•--to try at least, eh!
—Very well! see you are prepared; for it
shall be no childs play! I'll work you my
boy; I promise you I will."
"It will never do, Ned!" said the poor
fellow to me,as soon as the captain was gone.
'•lt will never do! I'm sure to be rejected!"
"Nonsense!" I replied. "Keep your
spirits up, and never say die! every body
knows that that fellow does not always bite
when he snarls."
"Well!" said the desponding youth, "it
may be, but you'll see I'll be rejected!"
"The eventful hour at length at riven; and
poor Richards approached his fate with a
palpitating heart. As there were six others
for trial at the same time, they were appor
tioned among the different captains; each
taking upon himself the examination of one.
"If you will allow me," said our friend of
the previous day to the eeuior officer; " If
you will allow me I should like to examine
Mr. Richards!"
"Certainly!" rephed,the senior captain,
and the poor fellow as white as a sheet was
immediately called forward.
"Now, sir," said the captain addressing
him, and assuming a very grave and severe
expression of countenance; "now sir: let us
see what sort of an officer you maker You
are the officer of the watch sir, of the Dido
Frigate—don't forget her namesii!—there'o
a heavy gale of wind from the southward—
do yod hear sir? Pay attention to what I'm
saying to you, air!—l'll lay my life, you
have forgotten what point the wind was in!
—mark me, sir, for it's important!—the
gale is from the south-west, air! remember,
the south-west! Plenty of sea- rotsm, : str:
vessel made all snug for the night, tying to
under trysails! do you mark that sit! nailer
8--NO. 41.
trysails! We the capta in comes on deck'
and says to you—observe what the captain
says, sir: he says to you, "Mr. Riclardtil
how's her head? You of course.made the
proper response; after which, the captain,
putting his hand in his pocket, takes Out II
small leathern case—mark, siri a• leathern
case!—and presenting it to you in an easy •
sort of a way, he offers you a cigar. Now,
air—answer me immediately, sir—which
end of the cigar would you put into rink.
mouth'!"
The poor middy, who, as the ciptain was
proceeding with this address, was looking;
forward to some awfully formidable, gum=.
tion, was so thunderstruck by this unexpect f ,
ed termination of the harnngue, that, not
knowing whether it was meant in joke or in
earnest, he stood for a moment without open.
ing his lips.
"Come, air!" cried the captain—"quick!
—which end?"
"The twisted one!" replied the youngster,
who was fortunately well practised in the
tre of cigars, --"The twisted one, sir, if a
Havannah; and either end the same, if a
Cheroot!"
"Excellent!" cried the captain, throwini
himself back in his seat in a roar of burgh
ter. "Capital, sir!--very well answered
indeed sir!—Gentlemen, I have no hesita
tion in saying that Mr. Richards is extreme.
ly well qualified to make an excellent of&
cer!"
The youth was accordingly duly passed,
and all his evil forebodings ended. This
was one of the lucky turns of the wheel,and
we all congratulated him heartily on hav
ing drawn a prize."
An unsuccessful lover was asked by what
means he lost his divinity; "alas!" cried he,
"I flattered her until she got to be too proud
to speak to me."
A gentleman met another in the street,
who was ill of a consumption, and accosted
him thus: "A hl my friend, you walk slow."
"Yes," replied the man,"but I'm going. fast'
A gentleman one morniniz last week,ask
ed a hula barefoot boy, what hie mother
did for a living? "She eats cold victuals,
air," was the reply.
The cost of advertising quack medicines
in the twenty•four States, annually, , re sup.
posed to amount to two hundred thousand
dollars. The Medical Journal says that a
peck of pills a day . is considered necessary
for Boston, and halfa bushel for New York.
Good Sense.—An insolvent debtor lately
gave as the chief cause of his pecuniary►
embarrassmentathat he had not been blessed
with a wife.
COOL WEATHER.—Man caught stealing
his netghboes wood. Cerium specific for the
removal of the piles.
A dead horse found basking in the sun on
the bank of the river, below the city; beauti
ful illustration of animal muggotiam.
BoY LOCKS.—Those long bide tresses,
which make our young fashionables look so
queer about the head and face, are kuown
by the name of Boy Locks,and are an imita
tion of the style in which Dickens wears his
hair.
A quaint old author denounces oysters as
being ungodly, uncharitable, and unprofita
ble meat; ungodly, because they are eaten
without gra-e; uncharitable because they
leave nothing but shell; and unprofitable
because they must swim in wine.
ECCLESIASTICAL.—The Rev. JER•
PEL, late of Greencastle, Pa., has accepted
a call from the Evangelic Lutheran churches
in and near Manchester, Carroll county,Md.
The Rev. W. L. GrinsoN, late of Addison,
Pa., has accepted a call from the Evangelic
Lutheran church at Bedford, Bedford coon.
tv, Pa.
The Rev. E. C. Yormo has accepted a
call from an Evangelic Lutheran congrega.
lion formerly in the charge of the Rev. GO.
YEAGIEU, to Nolson county, Ky.[Luth. Ob.
CAUTION TO LADIES.-At Ever Green
Grove, on the Ice Foils of Yellow River,
Wieconsin,the young men nssembled togeth
er one afternoon, and after proper warning,
drummed a very respectable voting lady out
of town, for expressing a resolute determina
tion to remain in a single state. '
THE MAN OF THE WORLD.—The true
companion for your man of the world, is
quicksilver. It is always cold, yet never
can be brought to genuine, stoick ice; is
brilliant,without light; white,wit bout purity;
in the shape of light globules, yet oppressive
in weight; pure, yet when sublimed. a cor
roding poison; it runs tDgether, yet has not
the slightest cohesion; is proper for mirrors;
unites with nothing so readily as gold and
silver. This is the great world? We live
in the quicksilver age.
CHURCH AND JAIL BURNT.—The new
Methodist churcb,lately erected in Berwick,
Maine, was destroyed by fire on the 18th
-December. It was to have been dedicated
in a few dave.
The Jail of Dublin county, N. C., Wall
burnt a few days since, and a negm man,
who, it is supposed,fired the building to effect
his escape, perished in the flames.
The whole number of arrivals at New
York, in 1'337,2071, to leas by 122 than ha
1830, which results from theextraordinatty
depression of commercial buisinoas. Tbf ,
number of A tnorican armed is 1.117 p
. 4 111,
-21!
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