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VOL. `„t-,1?.*.1
i)v it I 1:1.:1011,',NTS
SHERIFF CAN DIDA'rES
'A 11 11 V A. LT.
To tho Free and Independent
VOtVri Of
FELLOW CITIZENS:
'Through loud pnrgonsions from
tminv of my friewlq, I have been induced to
•otfir selfas n candithoo for
of Starrier,
nt. Oil ensuing net*lino, nod respecir'illY
t licit your voteß. And ht• Eup Inr•
In receive vont' ronln!ence, by tw
in., (drew(' In thal offiue, I pb.dge toy Nell to
tltdchnrf;e the du. pes of the., office with fideli•
1y and impartinility.
FREDERICK DIFAIL.
rranklin tiachship,
March lA, 18 39.
S 11, 11.7 .
IC;EORGE W. M'CLELLAN
Hiiiiiras his sincere thanks to his
r;end. nod the pnhlic ni general, for Waring
him on Ihn rentins with the pies, nt and
tAriner Sheriff, and tivaitt offers 'inland.
mien wore as 11 eanditiate for the
Oirice of Nherilir,
et the ensuing Election. Should he be
honored with their conlidenve in Waring
him In thit offiee, no corm-lion no his part
shall he wanting in a (*.wilful dischaigeof
the duties of that important trust.
March 19, 1 s;t9. to-S!
C; 1.:1) .
111111EN1)S having nonnunePtl my name
IL . to Il l y V.,ten4 of Adams county rill
'lift Olflrnnl littistor and 12oronit.r, I
would take tinr liberty rospt•t•tilitly
myself a candidate for illy 0.i , c0 of i'ro
thoncdary; anti solicit the stiliisigvs ()I the
puhiic.
AMOS :I!AGINI,Y.
Fairfield, April 2, f,-3u.
FOR PRoTHONOTARY
'l7o tl►c L'rcc►nc►► oV. atlams
Uuuuty.
FELLOW CITIZENS :
I ofFtr myself tn votir ennsidsration
for the office of PROTHONOTARY, at
the ensuing election—should I be an for
tunate tis In receive a majority of
,your
votes, I pledge myself to discharge the du
ties In the best of my tibility.
JOEL. B. MANNER.
Get trburg, June 24, 1 0 39. tf-13
'V° tile yoteys of aamos
Couut-s.
FFILLOW CITIZENS:
ff 01Pr mytiVii to your nonsieprntion nn n
- 1 4 enriditflifp for !lift (.Ilicee Of Reg isler and
Recorder, al the ensiling election.
I I tiviriv, from practical experience ergot
red a pellet.? knowledge of the detatt, of
those offices, I hope it elected, to be able to
do the businc l is promptly, correctly and in
perbon.
The Public'. (Tumble Servant,
WILLIAM KING
Gettysburg!, Feb. ;?,(1,
FOR REGISTER & RECORDER
Co tl►e Independent Voters of
Adams Comity.
FELLOW-CITIZENS :
• I offor MVSPIf to viltir ennsidornfom
nt thn Gen,r,il n oral
Ow nfliv,A,l 01 ne. f .rixler 4. R ec ,, r d
er: And myseff, elect( d, to dis.
elidr.ue the dotieq of those offices with
delily and itioniptttut!e.
JACOB LEFEVER.
Mnrch 19, 1 :39.
the Independent Voters of
-Moms County.
FELLOW CITIZENS
I offer myself to your crwsideratior.
nc n enuilidntr lor the Office o f Ile i tis of
sc , veriti Courts at the next General
Election. Should Ihe so fortunate as to
bN elected, I pledge myself to discharge
the duties of the (Alice faithfully.
TtioNIAS I .II'CREA WY.
Strohm Township, July :30. IH—te
FOR CLERK OF THE COURTS
the Voters of .I(lants Comity.
FELLOW CITIZENS :
I uflor t»ys , If to your congider.
ation as a candidate fUr Clerk of the Courts,
at the ensuing election, being well acquitiiit•
ed with the business of said offices, I shall
ende tiror to discharge the duties thereol
with fidelity.
S. R. RUSSELL.
Gettysburg, July 23, 1839. 11-17
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a.
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TUE GA ULAN!)
•
44:rt ol 4 t,
'o=l f'Ai .1
7f' - --
IF'0( Aitiv"A
tilLn w 110 •einich'd ,
F'rom variou. 4ardel,t, cut ‘v ith care."
Freru Alotitinat
=7". ti.l9 1,7... a.
There is a patig that all have felt,
There is a grief that none can tell,
When beauty's tearful e)e It Htli
01. UN! Vk bib, fal(ritht, out, Farewell;
The, ithgui,.ll ot li.r pulled ch. ek,
The tear of love drat silent fuil—
rho thoov,lit, ex l ten6h.tt could out speak,
Einhittering il.at word.—Furewell !
The silent -, , re.stire of the bend,
1 hr busum's se,,,nizing
The long elieck'il that murmurs bland,
Oh stay ! yet feels the while, Farewell !
The lips that never met till no”.,
And tremble as they clinging tell,
How much they love, and plight the vow,
That half repoys the wind-14 (newel'.
Alas ! how hard it is to part,
NV hen dooni'd %%hit doubt no more to dwell,
And, heartx art,
/kiwi! how hard l.ibay—Fa, ev,
And yet, in alter day a, 'tis sweet;
To think on every tear that
And vows that cattle lilt from
And looks that aauth'd that word—Farr/well
4,1:171.
cr=
On the plains of New Jersey, one hot summer
day,
Two Englishmen, enng in a stage coach wore
waVring;
A Yankee, who hnpten•d to travel that way,
Took a Seat. along side, and bat w uderiug and
gaping.
Chuck full of jmrnrlnnee, orne Briton,
Who knows British stars ler outshine our poor
The cocknies saw nothing their optic/iconic! hit on
But what t'. izoopid, or onserOly puny.
Compared to the EnoHA, our horses were reit%
An ox hut a calf—and a sheep but a lamb—
And then Mr the Penpir—p.or piailul dolts
Mere Hottentot elnklren, eoxtrt.sted with them
Just then a black cloud it: the west wns ascending;
The liglittilitgs liashcal frequent, with horrible
glare;
While near, and mere near, a fierce tempest poe.
tending,
The thunder re-bellowed along the rent air.
An oak, by tint way-si,le Jove's bolt ulnae a Nan
With n peel that knocked horses and Gael:mks
all flat;
There, tl—n 'nu, said Jonathan, quite in
110Stit01),
HilVe you got better thunder in England tha
that.
IVIISCIELLA.NEOUS.
TH WAY.
Some time since a Kentuckian arrived at
Natchez with a boat load of produca, llav
in disposed of his 'plunder' and receiveo
his pay, he tent from the river up to one
of the banks to get his bills converted into
Spl'Cle. The MllOlllll, SOine four or live
hundred dollars; he t.ed up in an ()Id ban
dana handkerchief, and started back for the
river. tits movements were closely watch
ad by a !nook:al pr(dessor of the 'Thimble
Rigg, who, considering that the Kentuckian
did not understand the game, thought him
a fair sultj,ct. lie was grievously mistaken
in the however, a, the sequel will 8110 W.
Walking up alongside of the flat boat 111411
with [Mich ILLIIIIIIHUIty he ac cos t e d h im
with--.
nre you stranger? [Tow do you
(In?'
'Pretty fair, thank you, how do you risiT
'About the stanie. You have Irately come
down I . take it.'
Tire, a lbw days
'Have you been over the city much--seen
the curiosities about town V
'No, I lin int touch time to spare—want
to _et back.'
on ought to look round a little.
'Sposing you tale a short walk with meow
in this direction,' pointing to a part of tin
iver bank where there were no bowie..—
.Come t I Will show you SHOW of the curios
ities with pleasure.'
ROBERT' A. P.IXTO.7II', EDITOR PROPRIETOR.
43 9
Anxious to see what the ehow %%its 'up A Fatotruut "Fix."—%Vinle at Fel
to,' the Kenturlcian, a sh rewd, Stn)sible man, Sncllit.g C.ltt. I;ar3 tut became acquaintm
consented In aerefflininY 1119 new acquaint -1 with Caw. tetitt,nl the U. S. Artily, ana
They soon cattle toil lonely s li d um rive of Vermont, who 18 one fli the ereatcs
ftequented part ot the bluff overhadtiog lice
river. Here the rascal recominended 11
halt, and a set-down was agreed to. Allot
aome common place conversation, he hauled
out a set of thimbles and commenced
them backwards and forwards, lilting
them and displaying the little hall
"['his is a great game,' said the anmhl‘.r.
.11 looks interesting,' returned the Ken.
tur kian.
'Do you understand it?' said the gamb
ler.
.1 don't exactly two into it,' eont inner! the
Kaintuck,who all the time was as well op to
it as the other,
'lt's very interesting alter you once got
the hang of it,' sail the rascal.
should think so, very.'
.'Sposing we strike up a small game just
to na , s away time 7' itaittirod the stranger.
'1 have no 'particular objection,' rejl.ned
ihe Silt River mail.
Things were now in n fair wnv, rind the
irreedv thirnhlu player lisike.! with an enoer
eve towards the lotralkeicliiet of llexienn
castings be.'ore kiwi, shortly, ns he thought,
to hecoine his own. Fie calculated on
litd viciiin a little, letting him win
oriee or I wfce, in order to make the a rand
haul he e.,ntemplsted more sure. Having
arr.:4lo*-d his thimble-8. he said,
you hot you eon tell whirl,
the hall is under?"
go you too doPrtiq ita under the mid•
dle one.'
Tile money was pot un, the thimble rais
ed, and Hie Kentuckian won of course.:-
The gambler appeared vexed of his loss,
lan soon had every thing arranged fir at.-
other stake.
ail! you go Ibis lime? sail the
gn vnn n twenty th;tl pop,' returned
the K:iintiick. The thimble was ruseil and
with the sanity success. 'l'ho gambler now
cursed his luck, said that late was aouitist
Imo, that he never handled the t. 111"4 en
in all his lite, and intimated that
a child might beat him. lie was 41111 ill
inn, however, to .go tt ngail;.' and r.;:iim had
every thing fixca fur a last
ginw munch do pia bet this tinv-r gait!
he In the Keidiwkiaii.
'l'll ei) tile clitire pile end resumer'
IV ha ! the whn'e ()Fit 7' nail the erredv
Itnicht of the thimbles, hi 4 e)ca spat khnz
with delight in anticipation of bo much
hootv.
•Every cent in o , ^ Tc. , n
teritien coolly. `I go the whole I); le 6r no
thing.'
•WeP, I hav'et thqt much mrinrr
relortud the e atithler, 'hut thvev'd utv
wltir h--11»t Iworth merli,' nt the same
n iyinng the mime% which was
now spritqld open in the
‘There , 's a diamond breastpin—t lint's Wort it
oil much,' putting Ihnt in n1,,0. In lilts w uy
.111(1 by staking what iniinev lie hint, iiP Sn"li
had an Ittliollnt which IhH K o llilleklllll
rnu
hnipmd n fair &An.
The gambler now commence(' arrnnainr.
his Melt; with !neater care than usual,
while the Kentuckian set In work at the dot
leient corners of the handkerchief, lift i n .
them un apparently to get all the money nod
va'unbles in the centre. He was evidently
bent upon playing a striingaa• game than the
gambler. but one which the latter never 'saw
into.' until it was too late. Otte by one the
gambler placed his thimbles, and one liv
one the Kenlurkian gathered eaeh cf the
Pair corner', of the bandanna in his hap '.
Bel , re him was a high and very steep bluff;
almost pet pendicular ; one! which no one
rind(' ascend, and one which not a Soul hut
the Kentuckian would date go down. He
well knew that the gambler would win this
time, and he also knew that he would never
dare follow him in et Iffinide down the bluff:
'A it lived,' said the gambler.
'AI fixed,' said the Kentuckian, ns by n
sudden twist lie wound the corners roiled
his wrist, gathered himself up, nod 11.11 , 41
~frthe pi ccipice like a turtle (en lo g , tak
ing his own wooer besides the watch, breast
not a n d motley of the gambler. The latter
thuuiiet•strt:ck, and gazed at his vie.
ho was rutriblini , and tumbling down
precipice, with the saran feelings the
fititish troopers had when they saw old
Gen. Putnam riding down the stone steps
at Cow Neck. ea'i3 and sound ‘und,r the
hill' the Kentuckian landed, jumped upon
his test in an Instant, end sing out to the
disappointed gambler, who still stood on the
high bluffs wino hundred feet itl3,)vo.
•How are yeti now? Sorry to leave you
n this unceremonious way; but business
oust he attend-!d to. Wheu you want to
get up another game of thimbles, and run
your rigs upon a chap that has slept all his
days on the Mississippi. just drop on beard
my host. You'll always Mid me at home.'
This was the last he ever heard of the•
Ihiwhle-plover. rascal well knew that
lit! could get nothing on hoard the flat•buwt
except a lynching, and wiser• kept away.
Thus ends our description of a birolig t ir
gainer even 01411 that known ua 'The
bles.'
Woonrwn 1 1 P.—Tho land agent in Blaine
has sold 43a0,000 worth of trespass timber
to pay off the expenses of the Aroostook
war.
This has created a tree•mrndous excite•
meta among the Maniacs; they say they
mood rather din in the last ditch, than pine
away under theme growing wtot.gs. They
.ire fairly at lag-gerheads, and we may ex.
peel wine c u lling work ti, clear qr causes.
Miners' Journal.
t,- vr.ARLEssAND FREE. 4.1 U
Nimrods in the country, and probably thi
Lost marksman in the world. Two lima
toes being thrown up in the air, he will
watch his opportunity and pass his riffle ball
through them both, and this astonishing
fest he is said often to have performed.--
This potato-piercing business, however, has
nothing to do with one of the huntorCap
Inin's perilous adventures, as related by liter
•elf to Capt. Alaryatt, in these words, to
wit:
I was rid;ncr nut one day in Arkansas, and
it .4 ,, happen( d 1 had not fly rib): with we,
nor indeed a weapon of any description, not
even my j.ick knife. As 1 came upon the
skirls of a !Heine, near a small copse, a
buck slatted out ntid dashed away as if
much alarmed. I thought it was my sud
den a ppea 1111C0 w hich had alarmed him;
I stopped my louse to look slier him, and
my eves afterwards in the direction
fr,.ni whence it hail started. I perceived, IPI
thought, on a small mound of earth raised
by un ant.nal called it gopher:, just Ow bead
of tiu: doe, her body concealed by the high
grass. I had no arms, but it occurred to
that if I could contrive In crawl up
very biddy, the high grass might comical
my approach, and I should be able to spring
Hp,' her and secure her by ni.tin strength.
"If I can inaoage this," said I to myself,
tt will be something to talk about." I
tied my horse to a tree, and commenced
crawlitor very softly on toy hands and knees
iwivard HI.• gopher hill; I arrived close to
it, and the die had hilt started ; I rose gent
ly with both hands ready for a grab, and
prepared to spring. slowly raising my head
that might get it sight of the animal.—
iippeared that tie 1111111 A was 1111110 IV in
quisitive, and wished to gain a sigh 41 me,
and it slowly raised its head nom the grass
eta I did mine. Imagine what was my sur
wise and consternation, to find that, instead
Of a doe, I m.its face to face with a latge
iutde panther. It was this brute which bad
orated the buck, ni.d now equally Scared
m . o. There I was, to hardly one yard's dis
;awe from bun, without anus of any de.
;:ct il,tiou, .and alm,et in the paws of the
Jam her.
1 knew Om, my only e!unice was keep
ing my eyes steadfastly on his, and hot
niovi,4; halal or loot ; the least motion to
retreat would have been his signal to spring;
so there I was, us white as a sheet, with
uty eyes fixed on hiirt Luckily he did not
v, hat was pastg, within me. For
eosical rout my g.ize, and
1 Legan to give myself up fur lost I ft's
titou fur yuu to go, thought I, or 1 inn gone;
will you never g,7 At labt the animal
bliokod. nod the:: his eyes opened like bulls
afire; I remained, fascinated as it were;
blinked tinned his head a very
1114th tufneo reund-and went away at
a light canter. Imagine the relief. I
hastened hack to my horse, and away a!so
went 1 ut u light canter, and with a light.er
heat', giatelul to [leaven for having pre
served me.
SUNcliitTl TO TIM vrrY rJAST,.—The ru
litig Passion strong in Death— We have
somewhere read of a hard C:180 whom his
friends hod tried every way to break of' his
curio wed habit of drinking. As a last ex
pei mu lit they took him one night, while
dead drunk, nod pl,iced hint nicely away in
aC. fTin. 11l order It) CCM inCe 111111 still
stronger that lie was dead and gone,ii fro ad
consmed to digitise and stow himself awn)
in another c. tlin close by, in order to watch
Ihe t Erects and carry nut, according to cir
cumstances, the serums joke. Having gut
over his (limter) nap, the htiro of the story
aired himself - slimly in his coffin the next
morning aid looked around wi:li no little
wander. Seeing Ilie i tkm' now in Ihe same
had fix, lie shook is muddy head and rub•
d his ilus and said :
114114), strangrr, cue% you give me on i
WM.-
`You? why, you're dead and buried.' •
'You don't &iv
'Yrs, but you are.'
, WeN, you rc iu the same had snap, ain't
you ?'
'Yes, I'm gone too.'
'Poor fellow ! %Veil I must have died
very suddenly, any how. I was out on u
reeulnr•spiee las night.'
'Oh, no, you are mistaken. You have
been dead and buried II rce )ears!'
devil, I h a v e ! Well it don't seem
long to me I H 0.% lung have you Leen here,
I\l like to !mow 1
• Ft ve years.'
• Well as you have been here
lt , ng).r..tliali 1, and know the place better
just tell'itie where 1 can get a gin cocktail.'
N. 0. 'limes.
Lobster& chewing. Tobacco.—Lobsters
learn to chew tobacco, anyhow they
cull ix it. A ship laden with the vile weed
was recently wrecked on the Island of An•
gleselti c ltind the tobacco was washed
triti s tirFyi:ces of the locks, and the lobsters
.I.h . t4iPvett there took to chewing it. The
nex.-morning the beach tons strewed with
chit unhappy victinis of indiscretion, so sty k
that they were unable to crawl. Those
who have been sickened by essa)ing to be.
come tobacco chewers, will know haw to
leel fur these unhappy lobsters.
A man advertising that he had a cherry
colored cut tUr exhibition, the people flocked
to see his great curiosity. ‘V lion he •lei
tile cat out of the bag,' it proved to he a
black one. lie desired they would not won.
der, as there weru black cherries as well as
green.
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THE WY AND THE OAg.—The
ing beautiful tillembry is limn the intert•st
ili a volume of ' , A Igic Itosearchos," just
fished by 11. It :Sclifirliera
"A vine was gimtilie besides a thrifty
oak, and had Just reached that height at
which it requires support• 'Oak;' said the
ivy vino, 'betel you're truck so that you may
he a support to me.' 'My support,' replied
the oak, 'ls naturally yours, and may you
rely on my strength to bear you up, but I
:1111 too large and too slid to bend. Pot
your um iiruur.d me, my pretty vine, and 1
will manfully support nod cherish you, if
you have an ambition to climb, even as the
-clouds. While I thus hold you up, you
will ornament my trunk with your pretty
preen leaves and shining scarlet berries.—
They will be as frontlets to my head, and I
shall stand in the forest like a glorious war
nor, with all his plaint's. We were made
by the master of Life to grow togetlier,that
by our union the weak should be made
strong, and the strong render aid to the
"But 1 wish to grow independent/y' said
ihe vine, 'why cantos you twins round me,
mid let me grow op straight, and not be a
were dependent upon you ?' 'Nature,' un
-wered the oak, •did not design it. It is
impossible that you should grow to any
height alone, midi! you try tt, the winds Az
lain, if not your own weight, will bring you
to the ground. Neither is it proper fur you
to run yoir arms hither and yon, among
the trees. Ihe trees will begin to say, it
is {Ant my vine—it is a stranger—get thee
gum., I Will tint cherish thee. By this time
thou wit be so entanOed among the differ
ent branches, that thou elitist not get hack
in the oak; and no body will then admire
thee?, or pity thee.'
'Ali, me,' said the vine, 'let me escape
from such II destiny'—and with this, she
iw Med herself around the oak, and they
both grew and flourished happily together."
Co IT nOOTEL rd. Jemtma Boots ad
ye' tines Mr. Anthony Boots in an eastern
Paper. Sim says Anthony is a "seutl..titi
fellow," and has left her bed and loader.—
Nonsense Mrs. Boots. You ought to let
your shabby spouse the to the d---I, if he
tikes—for what's a Boot without a sob/ ?
n.,1 fit to be trial Mani even by the pretty
bait of a lady 1 We dare say, one halt of
the ladles who are cursed with worthless
husbands, would be glad to get rid of their
'old Boots" in the same way, tied help
themselves to a "better fit'' forthwith.—
Theretere, we say let him go Mrs 8., and
us you have found out by sad experience,
where tbe juatiiroo , :ial boot pinches, you
' will tako care t o be betterpaired next.tinte.
bu go it boulai to Texits,and if you are pret•
ty and interesting, come to Maisliall, and
we'll do all in our power to help you to
partner with at least us enphoniouE a cop
men as Boots, and some under standing.
Mut-shad Co. Republuan.
Mum', numtv, Runny.—. Whatever
else may be said of us as a people, it will
he universally conceded that we are '.not
slow. " Standing on the steps of a Chesnut
street Hotel the other evenine, about the
lime when stores are closed & the business
of the the day overove were hirctbly struck
with this peculiar trait of A inericaiiism.—
Men and woolen all went by at a sort of bu•
sues hot, us it theta was supper for only
Iwo at home and live to eat it. It is so a
board ofsteaniboats; hull the folks ain oft
at.d on the williffilectire the plank ;El out or
the bunt wade last: and we become at Wal
ly distressed it we do not gobble down our
duelers at nest haste speed, uhlieugh with
malting on (quilt to do alt.er we eat them,
except to hurry on to sapper I We saw an
Englishman the other eday leisurely looking
over his bill of fire, 'and on in &ring his
dishes discover Ul,t3 hall - InAl vanished into
the maws oldie: boarders. We begin in a
hurry, 11%e to a hurry, die in a Larry, gene-
rally u steamboat explosoni; nut having let•
sure to wait to dui quietly. And the ladies,
they, too, are to u hurt ; little girls ill a
but ry to collie out in a hurry to get marri
ed, to a hurry to have babies—but never in
a he, ry to die old maids!
rhiladtlpha Ledger.
''AL clergyman in a country church had
been, in the course of his sermon, expound
log 011 the nature of miracles. No sooner
had the set vice ended than one of his con
gre.:ation, a bluff fernier approached
and begged to thault him for much that he
had learned in attending to his discoup,e;
but hoped that his reveience would pardon
his askilig for some nuther elucidation of
Ale nivatung of a mi./ode; nothing thet ht
lord then heard huviiig teuded to enlighten
his ignorance of the mouse of such an oc
currence. The divine immediately
assent
ed, r questing the farmer to wait in the
porch till the_ congiegation had dispersed.
In the porch accoidiugly did Giles station
himself; happy in the hope of the solution uI
such 0 illy stery , and was scduously watching
the depu, lure of the last loiterers in the
chureli-yard, when he was literally 'taken
all aback,' by the tremendous salute in the
rear, hour the well directed and vigorously
upplied toot of the pastor, who, ill reply to
toe mingled expressions of pain ono woud•
er ivhicu burst from his disciple, mildly tn•
gulled 'Whether what be had then received
Mid caused bun any pain ?" 'Hurt the
hurt ine most wounclily,' rejoined the farm
er. .Theo,' said the clergy his most
mu t ,nificent lila!' tier," all 1 can tell you is,t but
it would have been u nsirucle, ir it bud no/.
How to get rid of him.— ' W hen you me
teuzud to buy, by u pettier, just tisk law to
trust you tur u year—that is thu %bay %ill
talk to thein.•—l.rchunge
[Wito.a.4l 41)1.
`•ll4r - rtitc LAucit :CHAN el Wi/
we. Thrr's no tile in robbing one's eyes
and blubbering over all "the ilk that fleih
is heir to." ft i,ll eyes, caused, by any thing
but brandy, or its kindre,l, are heandalons
looking affiirs. The best way is to "stand
up to the reek" and take the good things
and the evil at; they come alia;g, withcut
repining—always cheering yourself with
that phylosophiral eliculatb.n, "hatter luck
next time!"
Is dime fortune ns shv n 9 n wensel 1 Tell
her to go to thunder and latialt her in the
lace The happiest f e llow we ever saw.
slept upon a plank--=and loulint a shilling In
Ins pocket, nor a c'4t to his hack.
Do you fil , l :" ` ,ointment lurking; in
many a prizo ?" throw it a way and
laugh at your folly for so long pursuing it.
Does lama elude your grasp? Then
laugh at the fools thut aro on often her fa
vorites. of no consequence any how,
and never buttered a piece of bread or fur
nished a man a clean dickoy.
Is your heart broken by
"some maiden 194,
Of bri4ht blue ryes and auburn hair 1"
Then think your stars that you escaped with
your neck, and make the welkin ring with
n hearty laugh. h lightens the weight on
one's heart amazingly.
Take our advice on all circumstances to
"laugh dull care away I" Don't be in a
hurry to get out of the world—its a very
good wwhl, cm,sidering the creatures who
inhabit it, and is just about as fug of fun nal
it well can be. Yoefiever saw a ninti cut
his throat with n broad grin on his lace; its
a grand preventive of suicide. There's
philesupliv, and religion too, in Inugbing—
it shims a clear conscience and sincere grat-
itude for the good things of life, arid elevates
us above the brute creation. So here goes
ter fun—and we'll put in for our share while
the ball is rolling.—Goshen Democrat.
TUT OITRANG OUTANG.
Lately brought from . Africa by Dr. Go.
horn, of Columbia, has been bought by a
gentleman of this county, for $lOOO, and is
HOW being exhibited at the Mechanic's Hall,
in this city, where she will remain 'for a
short time.
Jenny is truly a wonderful animal. She
is four years old, two feet six, inches high,
and covered with black hair. The color of
her shin is that of a bright mulatto. She
appears to understand nearly all that is said
to her, and evinces a curiosity to know all
that is going on around her, that would de
no do:credit to the Paul Pry himself. The
proprietor has procured a dress, which fits
her well, in which she will tie exhibited this
day. The 'following extpiet (iota 'Ail:cif&
giVii taeiable Correct i
dea of her powers of observation and imita
tion.
Nothing escapes her among the persons
in employ at the tmssion house, and every
thing is imitated so exactlf, that our vist
bles are severely taxed—as for instance,—
Jenny coneltides she ought to do sorbething
towards the washer woman's department,&
if she can only be indulged with a tub ofwa.
ter and a piece of rag, she rubs—shakes—
squeez”s7— wrings with all the intense ap
plication of a first rate laundress. Al her
meals too, this mutative faculty is equally
observable, Jenny uses her knifeyand fork
and spoon, and if the latter be held awk
wardly, her master demands it hom her,or
dors the hand to be turned,which she obeys,
d✓ receives the handle (lithe spoon between
her fingers and thumb with no inconsidera
ble apish grace. Observing the boy of the
house cleaning the knives and forks by rub.
hing them on the hoard. Jenny concludes
that her spoon Ought to receive the.same at
tention, and so gets a stone and commences
a series of tubbing, by no means calculated
to give a fine polish Observing the car
penter at work not long ago she found a nail
obtained a piece h , f board, and with a small
stone ler a hammer, begun to drive the nail
its thirty as nay young apprentice to the
trade,
But the most amusing scene is the erect
of music on her nerves mid pin , sioos; we
sometimes indulge her with a visit in the
inist:uni house, take up an Accordion and
play her a tune. The excitement, the trans.
port she is thrown into and her various ges
tures and movements are astonishing.
She jumps up and down on all fours for a
while then • Spi ings on a chair and has a ca
per, and sometimes mounts on the back of
the chair,giviog all the evidence of Iseing per
fee t iy char ncosler Union.
The following is u literal copy ofa letter
sent to a medical gentleman, tilt far distant
from 11'nel, : -
"Cer—Yule °Wage me if yule kum linen
me, I have had a"liad kowld, am Hill in my
Bow Hills and have lust my Happy Tight:"-
Three in a bed.—Marnmy, whole gain to
sleep in that ur lied with Jim and John and
Jack and Kate and Bet and Mull and Jane
and Su in d Dick, alai that strange man
what's here to-night 1"W hy,ine and Duds
dy to ha sure I.'
Here's a scrap from brute Walton, that
every one w'no leads it should cut out and
carry in !,is pocket.—Norfak Beacon.
"A. companion that is cheerful, and free
from swearing and scurrilous discourse, is
worth gold. I love such Mirth as does not
woke friends ashamed to look upon one au
usher next morning; nor men cannot• welt
bear it, to renew the money that they spent
when they were warmed witlndriok. And
take this for a tube : -you way pick out *nett
limes and companions, that. you may make
s ours' Ives Merl ier fur a little than a great
deal of theirey--for tlia company. and
not the chargo that wakes the ret.,t,