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NIL GARLAND.
With sweetvet (lower. ,
From vurioui. gardens can't with care."
Mortis lleillicaulis.
An American Song, cdabled to the year 1839,
and An lig by silk A mateurs, in all parts of the
United states— Qual:Lrs included.
Whet ho! ye ports—hither bring
Your burps, and strike each gulden string!
!My summon to you ell is:
Come! waken up uur lazy drones,
With all your loudest, sweetest tones,
And make thong stir their rusty buries
For Murus Mulucaulis.
I saw a Priest rise to declaim,
thus he spoke w ith eyes of flame:
(Ile high oil Zion's wall n . ) —
nriear flock! beware of naughty pelt !
The man
.that loves it hates himself;
0! lay your idols on the shelf,
For—Morus Multicaulis."
I saw a Lesite 111166 this way,
And as he passed, I heard him pray:
"Lord! sin my grit(' and thrall is!
0 Lord! look thou in mercy down
-0! turn away thy dreaded frown—
And spare our wicked, crazy town
From—Alorus Muiticaulie
saw a Doctor riding by,
Act] leering with a lustful eye„
here'yonder tree so tall is:
A sick man begged him for a &so--
He gave him, first, a look morose,
And this prescription: Puke corres,
Sub.—Alurus ulticbulis."
A merchant, lounging, stir in hand,
I slaw bchind his c,.utiter stand,
Where yonder pendant shawl is
And as a hdy sought the price,
lie bowed: , •We have them, very nice—
We'll serve you, madam, in a trice,
With—Alums Alulticaulis."
I sew two haut-ionpiolies meet,
Who !nagged orchtiticen in the street
""]our eun inure sweet than dull be
..0! do nut mention it, my dear—
He is tin sick to live, I fear—
He's had the fever •ll the year:
The —Mlurum Alulticauhs."
A Pedagogue whose blockhead stool
Is ult the terror of his school,
In learning's aid a maul is,
.But yesterday gave'ont to spell
A lesson that the Class knew well;
Yet Mt these words amid them fell:
..Buys!--Nlurus Multicaulis."
kanilor On'the wHkeful deep, •
Awake himself, while otherovdoep, •
Curt tell when brewing quell is:
But one who
of
trod the deck,
Aud saw for off a ehyutly speck,
Sung out: "Halloo! 'ahoy! that wreck
0 —Minus u
A fialicrinan came shouting past.
Slouching and grinning in the blast;
I askrtl: ...fell what your howl is."
Ho answervd, with u bwaggt ring roll.
By strtiching out a ten foot pole,
And said, "I'm fishing fur a shoal
Of—Alurue Multicaulis."
I saw a farmer at his plough,
Who murmured, with a ruaged brow,
"Covered my land with pall is:
'Tis fruitless; for 'tis black as night:
No—no! Fm wrung, as sand 'Lis white:
My only hope to Ming it right,
Id—Alorus Multicaulls."
I saw a soldier in the field,
Who otrfor Maine his legion. wheeled;
His cry for coupon ball is:
Beneath the floating banner's fold
I are his step and bearing bold;
He bids tho rattling &um be rolled
For—Morus'
An editor came bouncing neer,
With devil flouncing in his rear
..Nly aim to lay this brawl is"—
Alnud he spoke: ..Good'folk, he still;
1 , 11 raise the devil with my quill,
And he shelll stufryoti to the fill
With—Atorus Mollie:tuns." •
A Goou ItEsoLve.—"l resolve," Paid n
pious English bishop, "never to speak of a
man's virtues before his face, nor
_of, his
futilight.hind his hack." II evdry one would
not only adopt such a resolution, but carry
it into effect, the dawn of millenial glory
'A soots illume Ills "whore broad earth."
4.1 1 a12 MaITI)OIIVriiL2V.
From the New York Suuduv NeWs.
The Old (lock.
Here shr gotfi, there she ones I—Some
vi• His Im o ilo re came to tilts country A Innis
ly front England, which settled on the uppr
pail of this Islam!, lital opened II public
moist.. Among their chattiest was an ales
'amity cluck whirl, they prized more for it•
• tge than ids mmai l l Indio ; atilt. ugh it lied
•itlil the hours for years on 3 enre4 with the
most ertiorneadible e fidelity. The clock is
now situated in tine of the pi ivate parlors of
the bootie, nod many n time has been the
theme of renott It inconsequence of its sob
rotrily antique extei Mr.
A few day a since, about dusk, a couple nt
imid wags drove up In door t f the hotel
seated to a light and beautiful wagoti,dirivin
by a relpelb bay horse. They sprang ow
—roamed the ostler to pay every utiento
to the animal and Iv &able 1,1111 for the ni g ht.
Entering the hotel, they tossed t fT n ;lams
of wine n piece, benoutherl n cigar. and .di.
reeled the landlord to provide the best game
"tippet in his power. There was n win
some look in the maintenance of the elder—
bridht sparklini , in his eyes which neeA•
sionully he half-close d ill a style that gave
him the air of 'a knowing one,' and a slight
curving of tbe corners of the mnulh that
showed his ability futility, while h El whole
demeanor made eve•y acute observer sure
of his ability to penetrate ii joke. Now and
then, e hen his lips parted and be ran his
fingers 'lnlaid) his hair with a languid ex
'Hesston. it wits evident lie VIIIs eager to be
walkut in his vocation—that of a plaelic a l
joker! 1 lie other was a dapper young man,
although different in appearancc, set with
feattoes whit It indicated that Ills mind wits
well fitted to be a slICeeS9llll co partner with
his mite, and a di v pan or g ravely di liver
ed a itticiam was fro quo Idly worked efrwilli
an air of philosophy or unconcern that gave
loot at once the ciedit of bring n fi st rate
wit. Supper nn the table, thee two Yan•
kers were not dull as:t couple generally will
be at table, but made north and Isughter,
and wit their companions, and as wine in
his parti-colored. floe log robes preceded,
there wits a "set out" fit for a prim e and
hie asapciate s. The Yaokees ale and drank
nod were right noisy. when the old Ciao!)
clock whirled and whizzed as tl.e hanotiel
on the bell struck one, two. three, four, five,
six, seven, eight, iIIiR, ten. eleven, twelve I
The elder looked opal the old tomtit(); before
Ii i iii i struck his elbow on the table and look
ed r_nin steadily for a rninu e, and then
laughed ran heartily, IlAigkenirg the waiter,
woo was just di zing by the windowsill.
" W hat in the name of Mottoss are you
laughing at 7" Joshed the dapper Yankee, its
lie cast Ilia oyes now over the table, now
over and mound himself to ascertain where
the nest of the joke was ouncealed. The
elder winked slyly and yawnieg lazily,
slowly raised the fortifiliger of his right
hand ar.d iii pliid it 2raceftiqy to his nose.
The dapper man to derstood the hint.
"0 ho! I understand—no yiii don't come
over this child! waiter, another bottle 411
champagne." The servant left the room
rind our heroes incliniog themselves over
the table held a hog co.oversation in a low
tone, when the elder of the two raised his
voice, nod with an air of satisfaction ex
claimed,
"Clucks always. go ill"
Then both cautiously rose from their
(+anti, and advancing to the clock, turned
the key of the dour. and looked the
elder in a halt inquiring, hillf decided man
tier saying
Won't it 1"
The waiter was on the stairs and they re
turned m their seats, in a here as if nothing
had happened—both scolding tie waiter,as
he eotered, lirr being so lazy on his errand.
(laving heard the clock strike one, they
were shown to their beds, where they talk
ed in n subdued tone, and flintily sunk to
sleep In Olt morning they mere early up,
and ordered their horse to be harnessed and
brought to the dour. Descending to the
liar room, they asked for thiwr bill, and with
hemming prioniditude paid the an omit due
ver to the keeper. The elder perceiving
the landlord through the window, placed
his arras uprm the bar, and in a serious tune
inquired of die bar keeper if. he would des
pose of the okl clock. The young man hes•
tinted—be knew not what to answer. The
old clock seemed .to him such a miserable
piece o: furniture that lie had an
that it might as well be his as Lis em
ployers, yet he could nut comprehend why
such a person should want such a hideous
article. While he was attempt tng to rely,
the good natured landlord entered, and the
question was referred to linn fur an answer.
"1 wish to purchase the old clock up
stairs! Will you sell it 1" asked the elder
Yankee. while the younger lighted a cigar,
and cast his eye over the Sunday Alumina
News. winch lay upon the table. The land
lord, who had set no great value upon the
clock, except as all hear loom, began to sus.
pect that it might posewzie, the virtues uh
,Wartin (ley wood's chair, and be filled with
dollais uud, almost involuniarily,the three
ascended - to the room winch contained it.
I fact is,' said the Yankee, ••I mice
won a hunched dollars with a cluck like
that.'
•A hundred dollars!' ejaculated the land
ord.
Yes! You see there ivas one like it in a
room over in •lersey, and a fellow bet lite he
could keep hi, fore linger swinging with
the pendu him for an Ituur, only bey ing,
'Here she l;nt•t+, there title goes' 'lie could'in
do it. t walked the loamy rut ul hint. in
no time.'
`You did You cPuld'ot walk it out of
.4• ,, va FREE. ..L7l
PcODERT A. P,LITO.V, EIPIT01:,.1.1141 PROPRIETOR.
::1':1 4 rX ala.9 5 .13 a U 4 '.!?:.0 Dil cr2:i 4
.111 2) 3 a3,t94
me. I'll bet ycu fiity donuts 1 cau du it on
lie Fplif
'Done,' cried the Yankee.
The eh ck struck eight, arid with his back
ri the table and the dour, the landlord pup•
l ied into the chair—
'here she goes, there she goes !' and his
Inger waved in a curve, his ev es fully wi
he pendulum. "I he Yankees behind him
interrupted—'lS here's the money 1 I'l3ll
he 'money.'
"I he landlord was n•:t to lose in that Way.
Ills hoe finger, slowly and surely, went
with the peodolurn, and his left disengaged
his horse. Fr his pocket, wh ch lie threw
heirand hire upon the table. A'l was silent.
The dapper non at length couelud e d
'Shrill I dpi the money in the hands
of the bar keeper ?'
'here she goes, there she goes!' WWI the
only 'answer.
One of fiber Yankees left the room. The
landlord heard him go down stairs, hut he
was mil to he disitir bed by the k-
Presently the har keeper entered, and
tourhina him upon the she asked—
'Mx. B. , ate 3ou crazy? What
are you doing 'l l
'Here she goes, there she gees!' he re
sponded, his hand waving the fore finger ac
belitre.
The bar keeper rushed down stairs; he
called one of the reighbore end asked him
to go up. They ascended, and the neigh
bor seizing him gently by the collar, in an
ing vi ore, said
-11 B ,do not sit here. Come,
, onte down stairs; what can possess 3uu to
Sit here V
, Here She goes, there she goes! .vas the
sole reply, and the solemn face arid slowly
moving fii.ger settled the metier. lie was
mud / •
'lle is mad,' whi.;pered the friend in a
low voice. '%Ve must go for n doctor.'
The landlord was tent to be dllprd ; he
was not to he r ecti‘r d, althhugh the whole
town came to interrupt lum. 'You had bet•
ter call up his added the iii nd.
'llere she goes, there she goes!' rrpreited
the 11111(11,4d, and his hand still moved I n.
In H minute his wife eideied. full of Rop
ily of soul 'lly dear,' she kindly said,lorA
on rue. It is your wile t. her speaks!'
•Ilete she goys there Fhe goes!' anal his
hand continued to go, hut his MI 110 woolo'ot
go; she wor.ll stay, and he On nubt she was
delrrnoned to Conspile fig:6l44 hire and
make him lose the wager. She wept, and
she continued—
, Wtta. n u rse have y3ll for %hiet Why do
1, on do sot Has your wife"—
`Here she goes, there she goes!' and his
finger seemed to be tracing her airy pr.-
oress, fir any thing sho could aucvirluio to
the eontrarv•
'My dear,' she still continued, thinking
that the thaarglit of hischild, whom he FIJ-
I Iv loved, would teed to restore hue, 'shall I
call up tour dinighterr
'Here she goes, there she goes?' the land
lord again ff'pel' led, his e 3. s hecoming
none fixed nod 11, from the weediness
.11 the gaze. A slight smile, which lied great
efPct upon the niiiids of those present, play
ed upon his face, He he thought of the ninny
unsuccessful resorts to win him Irmo Ilia
purpose, and of hie success in killing
them. Thn physician entered. lie stood
by the side of the busy noun. He looked at
nim in silence, 56th k his bend, and to the
anxious inquiry of the wife, apse ered—
'Nip, mullein I 1 lie levier persons here
the. he'ter. 'I he maid loud better stay a
way; do not h t the niaid—."
Here she gin's, Ibete she goes!' yet again.
and again, in ith the waving fin
ger, issued from the tips of the landlord.
•A ciinvultation, I think, wine lIVCVSI I 3.
ry,' said tt)e ph% sician. •Will you run fur
Dr. W.-- ms'r
The kind neighbor buttoned up his coa
And hurried Drum the room.
In a few initiates Dr. IV-2---ins, with an.
other medical gent leitenn, entered.
:This is iivorry sight,' said he to the doc-
for !tryst nt.
!Indeed it is, Rit e ' was the reply. It is a
sodden attiteli r , one :if the
'Here t.he.goes, there she goes." was the
soli. reply._
'rite physicians stepped into a corner and
consulted together. •
'WIII rou he good mount) to run for n
barber ‘Ve inusi hove hid head alum('
find blistered,' said Dr. ‘V—nis.
•Ali, poor husband,' sold the lady; *1 fear
he never again will know hid miserable
.
'Here she goes, there she goes!' said the
land.md with a little emphasis, and with a
more nervous yet determined waving of his
finger in concert with the pendulum ; for
the minute hand was Year the twelve—heat
point which was to put fifty dollars into his
pocket, if the hand arrived at it without his
suffering himself to be interrupted.
The wile in a low, bewailing tone con
tinued her uneratice
'No I never; nor of his daughter.'
'Here she goes—there she goes.' almost
shouted the landlord, us the minute hand
advanced to the desired point.
The barber arrived; lie was naturally a
tulkarive man—and when the doctor made
some casual remark. refieeting upon the
quality of the imminent be was about to
use, tie replie d
'Ali ha! no, Monsieur you say very bad
to razor—tres beautiful—eh look
—very film ibn't slier •
Mere she gces— there she goes!' scresm
ed the landlord. his band waving en--on,
,au) his fare gathering a smile, and his
while frame in readiness le be convulsed
with joy.
a.t barber was amazed. 'Here she gars
—there sae gar's! tit responded in the twit
Enol , h he could u.:e---17-ire ? vare shall I
Iwg Vat is the he ran r
•:_qit.ve his head nt once! interrupted the
actin. ;slide the hay park inn. the chair.
'Here she gees—there sloe—goes! fair the
hist tune,' cried the landliird. as the dock
stria* the hope of nine_ ned he sprang from'
his sent in on restary if delight. screaming
nt the 1.. p Lit his voice, as he :kipped about
the Malin—
•I'velann it ! I've vrnn it !'
alt said the b.tr kveper.
echoed the dortnrs.
T' re eehord tie wife.
'Why , the wager—fillV (I. , lbirsr But cwt.
ing his eyes arionid the rrson. aid tinasing
the yiniv. inn n who induced hint to watch
the cliwk, he a.ked los bar keeper—
.W he nre yi.tin. , nun whn cup
ped here last night rill quick. where are
they r
.1 her went away in their wagon nearly .
an hour ago was he reply.
The truth t 3 .r.hed Ike a thunderbolt thy,'
his m od. They had taken Ina pocket book
with the or.e hundred and seven dollars
therein and decamped—a couple of swind
hog sh.rpers, with wit to bark them! 1 he
story is rife on all meted ton:zues in the
neighborhood where this offor occurred,
and -the fircts are not otherwise than here
set down; but we regret that the whrthy
landlord in endeavoring to overtake - the
rascals, an ihroon from his own wagon,
and !ra Feverely injured as to be confined to
his room at the iree.eart moment, where ire
can watch the peLdulum of bts clock at his
leisure.
PhrenologT.
Mu. Rama : 1 neser was more tickled,
I dont suppose, an the whole course of nay
file, as the other night when 1 went down
to the National Hotel and got any hesd
examined by the great butup-doctor. I had
heard 'en. tell of such fixstas, but did'ist
navel- believe in may great share of 'cm no
how; hut I thought I'd go and see what
was what, so that l could tell more about
it. Ufa 11, you sue, I went up stairs into the
doctor's room, and p:unaped myself right
damn, iefling him he inizlit go-a-head.
Well, he begun to feel and p. ke attain my
I reel, just slimily - as o'c'her used to, after
pokers. bays he, y ou'ie gut a great organ
lof plill. , Vir,gcsionriless. Now, you see, I
don't uotlerstastd Greek, and says 1, what's!
that! Says he that's, the organ for loving
chalaken- 1 n.ust jut that down fifteen.
The devil !'looks I to toy self—l shall have
,
la by pretty Lusy, at it! - is rate; because you
I see, 1 haven't alsne 8 or 10 childsen now,
I our., lam gettreg welt niOs fifty. Rut if 1
5..-assi- 'have vul---. -- 1 -a: 1 ruppuee I must i
IVO' the next thing wagon, ...:a I 1.._..a ~
I pent deal of consturtsveness—now you
! must undersand that." .chad-feilow ot mine,
when I was a little boy, threw a brick bat
at me uric day, and raisea.l a paissp on tits
back of mi, !mid, which has always stayed I
there—so 1 thoteaht the ds.clor ought to
have called it the organ of brickbutiveness
1 — but I said nothing. He told me, too,
ithat I had a great deal ..f secretiveness,
which I don't thiok is coned', because nay
wile and all my neighbors can tell you that
I I Lave no secrets tat speak of. There was
a great deal more which I don't remember.
that I suppose would hit any body else's
dispos.itiou as wells mine. Rut I ;allowed
that, slier the doctor had got through, he
would's,' hate nil - Miceli. us to hating me
exanitne his Lead—and sure ruough he
didn't ; but, in case he should s nt send you
an account of nay discos - vies. ill jest Owe
you a lew of the strocg ponds ; I guess
they're about right.
Brass-face iti.cusaa,
Soft-soap-i. lity.
110.1.1,u5-itiver.esa,
Loinniun below,
Gab.utogy.
alli‘n.t...yourpocket-iameas. any quantity.
Leine tow ei-itt.einss, 62 very •dive.
_ _
if my obseivotions am about the thing to
'bake usi3 covens to this grand science,
I'll give you smut inure of 'em, by and by.
. Jowl tisumEs.
P. S. I forgot to tell you to put the slops
and musks tutu ibis don't thud:
1 2 %e gut the organ of puisakallsly very .
.1. G.
ANECDOTE OF A PAETSIAN CONVICT.—AI
the beg g of the Restoration of the 11111.
holmium Charles 1, then C9ibte d'Artois,
was tiiie day axing in review two regt's to
the Palace Vendome. Amongst the crowd
o: ape clatters were two galley alines, who,
utter finisfuog their time. had senntied to
Pails. At tile bead of one of the regi's,
ii.uuuted on a gaily caparisoned horse, and
beating the Legion 01 Honor on his breast,
was a hauctsome Lt. Colonel ; a u.an of 45
) ears of age, called the CoettedeSt.
-bee," all at once excianned one of the con
victs, "how that gay officer lucks like our
tinnier comrade who 10 years ago escaped
titan i lie gallium:" 71 he other Cali% ICl,fiXllllg
a searching look upon the ollker,eitclatitieti.
"It is he, l LINAW burn by the eicatin on his
cheek." Upon tins a police ollicer,who had
oevu watching the thinge.ous pair, brought
out a tile ol withers to it:move the tu-soleot
übsert ens. •%% by do )tsu arrest us," said
uue 01 them, "for u.aking a true remark. 11
you wish fur a warianty tor toilet 1 said take
this us is proof" nom which the con% teL
called out the concealed name ut the Lieut.
Colonel. At this fatal at-jut - anon the otlicer
turned round bonito stouck,auti then became:
ghastly pale, until rerhug ou his horse, he
tell. sauce ins escape he had served under
a nobler Dallie than lit* teal naute in the es
tut unrolling wars of Napoleon, whew pia.
motion b tug rapid, by deeds of desperate
valor, he row, up to command.
A FARMER'S DAtrottTEß.. A lew year,.
ago n far leer living a few miles from Easton.
sent his daughter on biorsebae It to that to%t
to procure from the bank smaller notes fir
one of 100 dollars. When she arrived thus
the bank had closed, and she endeavored in
efh•ct her object by °tiering it at several
stores, but could not get her mite changed.
She had not gone far on her return when a
strange r rode up to her and acco-ted hei
with so much politeness that she had nut thy•
Slightest suspicion of any evil intent;on ou
Ins part. A tier a ride of a mile or two, em
played in a very social conversation, they
came to a retired part of tie road, and the
gentleman commanded her to give him the
bank Hole. It was with some diffi,-olty that
st a could be made to believe him in earnest,
as his demeanor had been sn friendly—but
the presentation of n pistol placed this mat.
ter beyond a doubt, and she yielded to ne
cessity. Just as she held the note to him,
a sudden guff of wind blew the note into the
riaid.and carried it gently several yards from
them. The discourteous knight alighted to
overtake it, and the lady whipped her horse
to gel out of his power, and the other horse
who hao been left standins by he r side,siart
ed with her. His owner fi ed a pistiol,which
only tended to increase the speed of all par.
ties, and the young lady arrived safely at
home with the horse al• the robber,on which
was a pair al saddle bags. When these were
opened, they were found to contain. besides
a quantity ef counterfeit bank notes, fifteen
hundred dollars in good mimes! The horse
was a good one,and when saddled and bridled
was thought to be worth at least as much as
the batik note that was stolen.
A southern paper states, that in the upper
story of one of the houses, winch was con
-I.umed by the late fire in Elizabeth City,
there were about 200 muskets a great many
of which were loaded; when the fire reach•
ud them, there way a regular firing for the
space of ten minutes, and a is singular that
nu one was hurt.
"Mister how do you sell your sugar, to
doy ? '
twenty cents n pound."
'Can't give it. drink my colf.e with•
out sui:aroind kiss my wile ler sweetening,
first. Good day, sir.'
'Good day, air. When you get tired of
that kind of sweetening you will please call
'Perhaps I may.'
Ile culled next day.
RATHER FOOLISII.-TWO young gentle•
men hating each other, on amount of u may
that does'ut care a tig fur either of them.
An old lady clown ens!, recently slept en
swoon, Lt.-, ••.•• •-•••• %S. 0/1,1,.• v.. MCP WIJi mug
she didn't know who she was I
There is a man in New Orleans so thin,
thut he gets his [ward foe nothing, the lady
at the house nut knowing that ho hoards
with her.
WARmir b El—We saw a grnminddy, last
Saturday, 82 years old, cairving nn old
fusee with a matchlock, to a blacksmith's,
to get mended.
ONE WAY OF GETTING orr.—lt takes a
Yankee to gel himself vet of scrape %%jai
‘.14 ing t oleos," as the. following will show.
We find something like it going the rounds
ul the peileers. •
.t.F.hon't 1 eve y'tu hum from shigin' skull
to-olulit, Jen/013r
ou shunt do no sui h thing, I don't
want you nor lor company, Reuben.' •
'P'ra pa pat did'ait exactly under stand what
I saie - continued Reuben, drily.
'Yes, I did. You asked me ifyou mightn't
ace we
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'Wy, r.o I didn't—l only asked you hot
your murm was."
No PR OOF OF REsiTvrA B LITY.--A young
brougli betiire the linsion
alifiled in (faience of Kai respectability that
slie was acquainted with "all the lawvers in
New York." - She was instantly committed
fur six niuutha.
A GOOD orrn.—"High-heeled bents and
strut, !Amy mind's eye,the plainest aikn
board in the world, hung our in capitols—
" Chambers in the attic to let. Inquire at
the tailur"a.”---Appletreelpot, Esq .
Extract of a letter from a gentleman in
Texas to his friend in ;hi- Cogs--
"The credit of our country, you know, is
on the rise, and we are administering our af
fairs en prudently that we have nothing to
fear from the future.
"You will bear in mind that we are deci
dedly in advance of the LT. Slides in civili
zation. We hang men for murder in Texas;
with you they earnpe. We have no mobs—
no lynching—no Harrisburg alitirs.
VOZ.T2U3SiIBC3@ I::)llQalßUV_'24Tii`
My text is stlected from thnt portion of
the, piairie called the Dar Lick ; and my
design is
1. To explain the text.
2. To state and illustrate the doctrine ;
and
3. To make a practical application.
1. I an► to explain the teat.
A lick is a snit spring; so cnlled from the
eircunistance that the earth about it.ts so
impregnated with Saline particles as to be
licked by the deer,
.the bison and other
animals. These licks abound on the waters
.1 short Sermon. •
.4 TeX(. --"THE DEER•LICIf."
[WHOLE NO: 469.
of the Kuneliwa in Virginia, and Vluskin•
gum in Ohio, near Sh..wnetown, in Illinois;
on the Licking in Kentucky, end generally
ur the Western Stater•—Who has travelled
from Mar.ville to Lexington, nod fins stop.
ped to quaff a tumbler full of the Blue Lick
water will ever forget its taste or its smell !
Bless me,--if di the delicious thioge id a
drug shop, —essafootidne, and cugter nil,
Epsom salts, and rhubarb, were beaten
together in a vast mortar, they would make
a compositton nothing like it.
A lick is also tiny place without salt,
visited bylruimnls for the sake ofgratifying
their taste. Licks of this discription are
numerous in the West; and though they
abhor water us WO* does a vacuum there
are many of them on out principle water
COll rbes.
They may be known by certain infallible
signs,
One is that animals visiting them are of
one kind oily, and that pteuliar.—They
have two legs and yet have neither wings
nor feathers.
• Another is, that these animals are in•
dined to be both not!.) and filthy ;—noisy
as the moon eyed bird of the fittest, and
foetid as the African Goat.
Another ts,that beaten paths usually lead
to them.
Another is, that these licks usually have
accommodations neither for man nor beast,
WO of which they are required to keep by
law.
Another is, that those which lick there,
often get licked themselves.
2; —I am to state end illustrate the doe•
The doctrine cf the text is, with a little
change of orthography, that the Lick is
deur.
It is dear, whether. we consider its coat
or its c)nsequence.
Look at its cost. He who licks at the
rate of twelve cents a day, licks away 43 .
&Hare and 80. cents a year; which in • 20
years, without interest, automata to the round
sum of t9O•dollars I Enough to build a cora•
tunable house, buy a good farm, or educate
a son at College. .
He who licks at the rate of one pint a
day, swallows 46 gallons in a year ; and in
20 years 920 gallonti, or .28 barrels and
24 gallons Arad this, at one dollar a gallon,
would purchase 736 acres of Congress land.
To lick so muck nu-t cost time—at least
one hour in a day-305 hours in a year;
about one wkole year‘ik 20.. And who can
uff.ird tti part with so inucli time, without a
compensation of 4 ot Tioo dollars 1
But the cost of licking is nothing com
p a rod with the consequences.
It leads to insanity. a nu,
animals which lick there raving 'mod. Of
4195 patients in one insane hospital, 2b7
~ere oilmen to have Lrousla on- their d(f-,
rangenient in this way. .
lt leads to crime. Almost all the crimil
nut cases which come beflire our courts are
occasioned in the IMMO way. Those whci
shot Lovejoy were prepared for the molder
at the Lick.
It leads to desease and premature death:
So every intelligent physician will testify
who has not been poisoned at the Lick.—
This is the testimony of 75 physicians in
Boston, of 45 in Cinciunatti, aid of the
great body of physicians throughout the
United States.
It leads to wretchedness. There is no
fiction here. Look tom the filthily whOssi
head is in the habit of frequenting the lick,
and if you fihd wretchedness any where
UPtill earth, you find it there ; wretchedness
One, arid no n istuke.
It leads to ruin, temporal and eternal.--;
What is one of those animals, which .stag:
gers and vomits about the heir, good for
Neither for the land or the dung-hill.—
Neither for this world or the next. Be is
lint fit to wallow with the decent swine.—
lien a mule has served his generation
fa:tlifully in pulling a dray, and can stand
on all lours no, longer, his hide is of et me
value : but not so %ith the animals ruined
et the lick. Both ILving'and &nth they
epie a curse to themselves and others.
3.—The application.
1 take it for granted none -,of my hearers
are holm habit of frequenting the lick ;
yOrAlAti are !lime %%ha do, and to such you
1161 , jr duty ., to perforni:
•`Telf the mechanic, that if he would save
his cash, his character, his health, nod his
hapuingss; —if he would have i 1 good house
to cover his pay hairs ; a gaud nice 1N hoie
heart will beat in unison with hisown ; and
good children to rock Ithe cradle c.f his
'declining years;—tell ham to keep away
from the lack.
Tell the farmer: if he would not earn
wages to'flt in along with holes—that if
he would nut sow to the wind and reap thu
whirlwind—if he would nut till the mort
gaged farm of the sluggard, and leave his
children to inherit only the rt putatiyn which •
drunkenness bequeaths ; tell him to ovoid
the lick.
Tell the professional man to beware of
the lick. To shun it as he would the
poisonous tree of Java, or the Sirocco of the
desert ;—thai instead of becomin g more
Yarned.; wiser or bow'', he will soon be the
reverse for going there.
Entreat the old to take the old read round
rather than go by the lick ; and in the
words of the wise man exhort the young.—
"Hearken unto me now therefore, 0 ye
children, and attend to the words of ray
mouth. Let riot thy heart elichno to her
ways, gn not astral, in her pate. For she
bath cast dmsn many aouraied ; yen many
strong men have Leen slam by her. Het
house is the way to Hell, going down to
the chamber of death."—//tineis 7crnei
Herald.