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PEERCHANDIZE.
AGREEABLY to a certificate furnished
mci by the Clerk of the Court of Quar
ter, Sessions of the Retailers of Foreign
Nierchandize within the County of,Adams,
I hereby, de'signato those who have taken
out License and those who have not, for
one year from the first of May 1840. ,
Those who have taken out License.
Samuel iVitherow, 6
Isaac Rougher, • C
Daniel H. Swope, E
William Hammil, e
Thomas J. Cooper,. ' 8
George Arnold, 7
Robert G. M'Creary, ' E
Samuel H. Buehler, 8
John Jenkins, 8
Jacob A. Winrott, . a
Conrad Weaver, 6
Henry Wnsmus, 8
Alex. R. Stevenson, 8
Enoch Simpson, 4 8
David White, 8
John Tudor, , 8
J. H. Aulebaugh, 8
Eusebius J. Owings, 8
A. S. E. Duncan, . 8
Peter Mickley, 8
Time. M'Knight, ' 8
Albert Vandike, 8
David Beecher, 8
Nicholas Mark, 8
Henry Shriver, 7
John M'llvaine, 5
Illorritz Budy, s
Henry Roberts, 8
John M'Knight," 8
George Minnigh, 8
John Conrad, 8
Jesse Houck, 8
Abraham Scott, 8
George Wilson, 8
Joseph Carl, . 7
Ambrose M'Farlane, • . 8
George Bange, • 8
H. W. Slagle, 8
Wm. Ickes 8
W. & B. Ickes,
- 7
Jacob Myers, 8
Alexander M'Cosh, V
Jacob Brinkerhoff', 8
Abraham King, a
Wm. Alexander,
John Miller, 7
Henry Stouter, a
John A. Heiner, 8
Daniel March, 8
Wm. Hildebrand, 8
John Brown, 8
Philip Miller, 8
Blythe & M'Cleary, 8
Wm. Johnston, 8
Michael Lawyer, 8
Jacob Martin, 8
S. M. & S. S. Bishop, 8
Joseph Kroft, 8
M'Sherry & Fink, 8
E. F. K. Gerber, -, 8
John Weikert, . 8
Alfred Cole, 8
Jacob [ladling, . s
John Clunk, 8 .
Jacob Ickes, 8
Melon Griest, - 8
John Shreiner,b
...,.,
Hiram Boyd? - 8
James ftl'Kensey, ~ • 8
David Zeigler, S
Levi & Arnold, 8
Those who have not taken out License.
David Steitz, 8
James S. Davis, 8
Simon Recker, 8
Adam Epley, 8
John Picking, 8
Benjamin R. Robinson, 8
Wrn. A riield, a
J. H. M'CLELLAN, Treair:
Treasurer's Office, No;•
vernbor 10, 1840.
W3UACEOpES WANTED.
rir HE School flirectera of Cumberland
-m- township will meet at the house of Mr.
Conrad Snyder, on Saturday . the 218 t-day
• of Ilionernber inst. for the purpose of rece;"v
tin,g proposals for Four Male Teach ,
tors, to take charge of the Public Schools
',in said township.
By outer the Board,
SAM'L C9IIEAN, Sec'y.
Noveqper 10,1840. : td-33
THE GARLAND.
—"With sweetest flowers enrich'd
From 'serious gardens cull'd with care."
FOR THE 6:AR AND REPODLICAN BANNER
THE HARRISON .17.15. G.
; . AIteDIED TIMM .1017IIPLACI."
Our flog its stripes in ether laves,
And spreads its stars along the sky,
And oh! to see how high it waves,
Brings joyous tears in ov'ry eye.
"Our flag is there, our flag is there,
Vino hail it with three loud buzzes!
Our flag is there, our flag is there,
Behold its glorious stripes and stars
That flag now floats in ev'ry breeze,
Which o'er our Union's bosom plays—
The spoilsmen's glance it does displease,
But lighJs with joy the (roman's gaze.
"Our flog is there," &c."
From Louisiana's sunny plains,
Whero•rolls the Mississippi's flood,
And o'en where Bunker Hill, its stains
Doth show, of patriotic blood;
"Our flag is there," Ace.
Where young Ohio's hills and dales,
No more the haunts of savage men,
Are lsden'd with the pure, free gales
Which sweep from off the lend of Penn;
"Our flag is there," &c.
Vo Maine, which once did bow the knee,
In thraldom to the "White House" King
Now floats the banner of the free, .
And shouts of Millions 'neath it ring.
"Our flag is there," &c.
There let it wave, there let it wave;
Bo this forever Freedom's land:
For 'tis the home, our Hero brave,
Did rescue with his gallant _band.
Then guard it nobly; watch the trust
Our Harrison did nobly keep—
Guard sacredly the patriot's dust,
And o'er it let the banner sweep.
°Our flag is there," dec.
SaII S I6MMOTOO
THE HEIRESS.
How much of human hostility depends
on that circumstance—distance! If the
most bitter enemies were to come into con
tact, how much their ideas of each other
would he chateened and corrected! They
would mutually amend their erroneous im
pressions; see much to admire,,and much to
imitate in each other; and half the'animosity
that sheds its baneful influence on society
would fade away and be forgotten.
.It was one day when I was about seven
years old after an unusual bustle in the
family mansion, and my being arrayed in a
black frock, much to my inconvenience, in
the hot month of August, that I was told,
my asthmatic old .uncle lied gone off like a
lamb and that I was heiress of ten thousand
per annum. This Information, given with
an air of infinite importance, mado no very
groat impression upon me at the time; and,
in spite of the circumstance being regularly
dwelt on, by my French governess at Cam
den HOuse, after every heinous misdemea
nor, I had thought little or nothing on the
subject, till, at the age of eighteen, I was
called on to bid adieu to Levizac and
pirouettes, and hear uncle's will read by
my guardian.
It appeared that my father and uncle,
though brothers had wrangled and jangled
through life, and that the only subject on
which they ever agreed, was supporting the
dignity of the Vavasour family; that, in a
moment of unprecedented unison, they had
determined, that, as the title fell to my
cousin Edgar, and the estates to me, to
keep both united in the family, we should
marry. And it seemed, whichever party
violated these precious conditions was actu•
ally dependent on the other for bread and
butter. When I first heard of this ar
rangement, I blessed myself, and Sir Edgar
cursed himself. A passionate,overbearing,
dissolute young man, thought I for a hus
band—for the husband of an orphan—of a
girl who has not a nearer relation than him
self in the world—who has no father to
advise her, no mother to support her; a
professed rake, too, who will merely view
me as an encumbrance on his estate; who
will think no love, no confidence no respect,
due to me; who will insult my feelings,
decide .my sentiments, and wither with
unkindness, the best affections duly nature.
No! I concluded, as my constitutional levity
returned, I have the greatest possible re
spect for guardians, revere their office, and
tremble at their authority; but to make
myself wretched to please them—No! no!
I positively cannot think ofit."
Well, time, who is no respector of per•
eons, went on. The gentleman within a
few months of being twenty-one; and, on the
day of his attaining age, he was to say
whether it was his pleasure to fulfil the
engagement. My opinion, I found, was
not to he 'asked. A titled husband was
procured for me and I was to take him and
hoiliankful./ I was musing on my singular
situation, when a thought struck me—can I
not see htm and judge of his character,
unsuspected by himself. This is the season
whin be pays an annual• visit to my god
mother; why not persuade her to let me
visit her incog? The idea, strange as it
was, was instantly acted on; and a week
44 The Itt!erty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, is above an other ItbertiesoP—Mnpron
etaiwwzromvus e zpa.. tetratomeart 40 , 1)Vaagramana aacts.
A feW weeks after Sir Edgar catne of age.
The bolls were ringing blithely in the breeze
the tenants were carousing on the lawn—
when he drove up to the door. My cue was
taken. With a large pair of green specta
cles on my nose, in a darkened room, 1
prepared fur this tremendous intervieW.—
Atter hems and haws innumerable, and with
I contusion the most distressing to himself,
and amusing to me, he gave me to under
stand he could not fulfil the engagement
made for him, and regretted it had ever been
contemplated. "No! no!" said 1, in a voice
that made him start, taking off my green
spectacles with a profound courtesy—"No!
no! it is preposterous to suppose that Sir
Edgar Vavasour would ever• connect hi m•
self with an ill-bred, awkward, hump backed
girl." Exclamations and explanations,
laughter and raileries followed; but the re.
suit was—that—that—that we were mar
ried.
A VULGAR WOMAN, says the Rich•
mond Star, "is one who stays at home, and
takes care of her children—the race is near
ly extinct." The Boston Transcript upon
this text discoureeth at some length, and
tells some truths which will bear repetition.
Hear linu
Pity 'tis, 'tis true. It a woman who
stays at home and takes care of her chil
dren is vulgar, then commend us to a "vul
gar woman." A woman who neglects her
household affairs, and goes gadding abroad
to see and be seen, instead of doing her duty
' at home, is one of those persons in seciety
who should not meet with the countenance
of the public. There are domestic duties
which every mother ofa family is - bound to
perform, and she who neglects these duties
is unworthy to be at the head of a family.
The duties ofa wife and mother is plain and
obvious. The wife should be literally the
head of the in-door affairs of a house. She
should superintend the whole domestic ma
chinery of housekeeping; nut by proxy-but
in person. She should know from personal
observation that every thing is done "de
cently and in order;" that every thing is in
its proper place. She should be up betimes
in the morning; she should not be afraid of
the kitchen,.but should be familiar with the
whole management of it. She should-not
sit down and hold her hands, or call a ,ser
vent to hold them for,her. She should not
ring the bell every five minutes during the
day for the purpose of calling a second ser
vant to wait upon her. She should not be
afraid to wait upon herself upon any anti all
G. WASIZINGTON 33077M11, EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.
saw me at Vale Royal, without carriages
without horses, without servants; to all ap
pearanco a girl of no pretensions or expec
tations, and avowedly dependent on a distant
relation.
To this hour, I remember my heart bea
ting audibly, as I decended to the dining
room, where I was to see, for the first time,
the future arbiter of my fate--and I shall
never forget my snrprise, when a pale,
gentlemanly, and rather reserved young
man, in apparent ill-health, was introduced
to me for the noisy dissolute, distracting
and distracted baronet. Preciously have
I been hoaxed, thought 1, as, after a long
and rather interesting conversation with
Sir Edgar, I, with the other ladies, left the
room. Days rolled on in succession.—
Chance continually brought us together,
and prudence bPgan to whisper, you had
better return home. Still I lingered; till
one evening, towards the close of a long
tete•a fete conversation, on .my saying that
I never considered money and happiness as
synonymous terms, and thought it very pos•
Bible to live on live hundred a year he re
plied, "One admission more—could you
live on it with me? You are doubtless
acquainted he continued with increasing
emotion, "with my unhappy situation, but
not perhaps aware, that, revolting from a
union Miss Vavasour, I had resolved on
taking orders, and accepting a living from a
friend. If, foregoing more brilliant pros
pects, you would condescend to hear my
retirement.—" His manner, the moment
the lovely scene which surrounded us, all
combined against me; and Heaven only
knows what answer' 1 might have been
hurried into had I not got out, with a gaiety
foreign to heart—"l can say nothing to you
till you have in 'person, explained ycinr sen
timents to Miss "Vavasour. Nothing—
positively nothing." "Can seeing her
again and again." he returned, "ever recan•
cile me to her manners, r • habits and senti•
ments —or any estates induce me to place
at the .head of my table, a humpbacked
bas bleu, in green spectacles?"
"Hump•backed?" "Yea, from the cra
dle. But you color. Do you know her?"
"Intimately. She's my most particular
friend."
Sincerely beg your pardon, What an
unlucky dog I and I hope you're not offen•
dad?".
"Offended? IlTerided! 0 no—not offen
ded. Hump backed! good heavens! .Not
the least (derided. Hump-hacked! of all
things in the world!" and I involuntainly
gave a glance at the"-glass.
"I had no conception," he resumed, as
soon as he could collect himself, "that these
was any acquaintance." "The most inti
mate," I replied; "and 1 can assure you
that you have been represented to her as
the most dissolute, passionate, awkward,
ill disposed young man breathing. See
your cousin. You will fund• yourself mista
ken. With her answer you shall have
mine. And with a ludicrous attempt to
smile, when I was monstrously inclined to
ery I tried to make my escape. We did
nut meet again; fur the next morning, in no
very enviable frame of mind, I returned
home.
occasions. She should not be afraid to take
a needle in her hands, and use it too.
The wise man says of a virtuous woman,
"she looketh well to the ways of her house
hold and eateth not the broad of idleness."
An idle, careless, negligent wife, is one of
the greatest domestic evils which can fall to
the lot of man; wo know of hardly any
greater, unless it be a sluttish wife. A
sluttish wife! Faugh! This is beyond en
durance. To go into-a
-house and find the
parlors cluttered up with all sorts of trumpe
ry. children pulling and hauling every thing
about, no order, no regularity as regards
furniture, is disgusting. But neatness is
not limited to the parlors. It extends to
the- kitchen. If that is not kept in.order.
depend upon it the house is not neat in any
part. Some wives dress themselves up in
their silks and furbelows, soon atter break
fast, sit themselves down in-the parlor, - and
let every thing take care of itself. Such a
person deserves not the place of a wife.
When a husband comes home to his din
ner, his wife should know whether it is
properly _prepared; she should know from
personal observation too. Sorne wives
seem to think that they were born to be
waited upon. A woman who always wants
a host of servants to tend upon her, is not
fit to beat the head of a family, and ought
never to bo married. We bar this everlast.
ing calling upon ono another, to wait upon
you. Help yourself. Why, what were
your hands made for, unless you use them?
We could no more marry a woman who
wanted always to be waited upon, who
Would let the household affhirs take care of
themselves without concerning herself about
them, than we would marry a Hecate. She
may be as beautiful as Howie, but beauty
will not make the pot boil, nor keep the
house in order. Sitting idle in the parlor
all day,- or walking in the streets is no way
to bring up children, or to keep house.
woman who stays at home and takes care
of her ch;ldren, aye, her house too, deserves
any appellation other than being called
ovulgar %venter]." Commend us to a fru
gal, industrious, vigilant housekeeper, an
early riser; one who does not turn night-into
day or day into night; but from a slut, above
all things, a slut,-good Lord deliver usl
ea—
RRAL Wirros.—An instance of extraor
dinary zeal in favor of Harrison and Tyler
on the part oftwo Whig voters of our city
has been communicated to us. John Sin
' Clairand John Parrott, were at work on
Tilghman's Island, about thirty miles from
Baltimore, for some days previous to the
election, and wore prevented from leaving
in consequence of having no means of con.
veyance to the city. On the morning pre.
vious to the election, a sail boat from Balti
more touched at the Island, and took on
board two Loco Focos, the boat having , it is
said, been sent down especially for thern.
The two Whigs solicited a pissage on board
the boat, but the Loco Foco commander
positively refuseii them, notwithstanding
five dollars were offered by each of them
for a seat. Determined not to be preven.
ted, ii possible, from depositing their votes,
they procured, on the morning of the elec
tion, a small canoe, barely sufficient to eon-
lain the two, and stepping into their fre.i
and tender bark, paddled across - the bay to
Sandy Point, a distance of seven or eight
miles, at the imminent peril of their lives—
from thence they looted it all the way to
Baltimore, a distance of about 35 miles, ar
riving at the First Ward polls at half past
five o'clock, precisely thirty minutes before
the close, covered with sweat and dust,
when their votes were triumphantly depOs
ited for "Tippecanoe and Tyler too." Suet
devotion to correct principles has no pare!
lel in the history of electionS
had only arrived at age in October last, and
the vote which ho gave on Monday was
consequently the first noble at t of a grateful
and zealous freeman, towards one of his
country's noblest benefactors.
....100 ip 1,....
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.—A romantic
incident has just occurred in the Marylobone
Infirmary; • Ann Dempsey, a young and in
teresting girl, who had been the sipport of
an aged mother, had gone into the infirma
ry for the purpose of undergoing an opera-
lion for the removal of a dropsical complaint,
which had assumed the form of a large tu
mour. She was warned of the painful and
even perillous nature of the operation, but
she expressed her resolution to submit to it,
owing to the ardent wish that her life might
be spared for her mother's sake. The ope-
ration was accordingly performed in the
presence of her mother and several eminent
medical men. It lasted two hours and forty
minutes, and the magnitude of the tumour
taken from her may be imagined when it
contained no less than two gallons and a
half of water. Notwithstanding the long
and painful operation, singular to relate,
this heroic girl never uttered R single cry;
but at the conclusion tears were observed
rolling down her cheeks, end being desired
not to shed them, she replied that "they
were tears of joy at her freedom from the
incubus which had so long afflicted her."
As she appeared to be in a sinking condi
tion, the medical gentlemen;upon a consul-
tation, deemed a fresh infusion of blood into
her veins absolutely necessary. OR ma
king inquires as to whom they could pro-
cur 3 to provide the blood, it was ascertained
that two men were in tho adjoining room,
one 25, and the other between 30 and 40
years of ago, anxiously awaiting the issue of
the operation.. Believing them in the first
instance to be relatives of the poor girl,
they were ushered into the room, when it
turned out that the eldest was her employ
cr, for whom eho worked at shoe . binding,
and the other a journeymen in the same
employ, both devotedly attached to the un
fortunate girl. On being made acquainted
with her state, and what was required to be
done for the patient, they both simultane
ously volunteered to supply the blood from
their veins. Much bitterness of feeling and
contention between them ensued as to which
should do se, which was put an end to by
the' decision of the surgeons in favor of the
youngest, who, baring his arm, with great
energy exclaimed, "that
.he was willing to
lose the last drop of his blood to save her life."
The blood was then carefully infused from
hie arm into the veins of the poor sullerer,
till the young man fainted from his loss.—
On this taking place the elder lover implo-
red permission to supply the remainder, but
the girl recovering, it was deemed unneces
sary. The poor girl began to improve,
and great hopes were entertained of her re
covery, hut udortunntely these hones were
blasted, for, unknown to the surgeons, she
was found to be afflicted with a severe diar.,
dices, which increased until it became a con
firmed case of cholera, from the effects of
which she died on the fifth day_ after the
operation. She was sensible to the last,
and the death bed scene is represented us
truly affecting. She expressed a wish to
see the young man who had lost his blood
for her, kissed him, bade him eut off a lock
of her hair, and begged of him to be kind to
her mother. She then entered into pray
ers with the Rev. Mr. Moody, the Chaplain
to the workhouse, and in the midst of
expired,
A FREAK or FORTUNE•-A Michigan
paper tells the following story, geed in itself,
though it smeds fishy:—
A Mks Ingram of Pontiac, some time
since was 'perusing a Texas paper; and
observed amongthe persons that bore a
prominent part in the elfin 8 of that govern
ment, a man bearing her own name, and
jocosely remarked to her companions, that
she had made an important discoyary—
that she had found a namesake in .• Texas,
and intended to write to him and claim
relationship; This resolution, more from
curiosity and a desire of novelty than from
any conviction that her hopes would ho
realized, wan carried into effect. She
wrote him a respectable letter, giving him
a history of her family and -parentage,- and
suggesting that as the name was not as
common as most of the names of our coun
try, the probahtlity was strong that a rein•
ionship existed between them. She recoil!•
ed in reply, a friendly and effectionate
letter acknowledging her as a cousin, and
expressing an earnest desire that the cor
respondence might be continued.
This was readily acceded to, and it was
carried on agreeably and satisfactorily• to
both parties, until very recently, when she
received intelligence of his death, and
information that in his will he had bequeath
ed her the handsome sum of $20,000 in
gold and silver, leaving his personal proper
ty and immense landed estates to his rela
tives in that country. A few ddys . previous
to the reception of this joyful coniinunice
tier., she had connected her fortunes, with
those of a Methodist clergyman, and should
their deeds of charity comport 'with their
muns, the widow's heart will be filled with
joy, and many an orphan live to implore
blessings upon the heads of their benefac
tors, for their deeds of benevolence and
generosity.
TRATSCENDENTALISM MADE CLUB.—
We published an article some days ago,says
the Boston Journal in which we inquired
what transcendentalism, was, stated that if
the disciples of that sect would boil it down
and give us the essence or extract or essen
tial oil, we would try to uudestand it. We
are happy to say that we now begin to see
into if. The Daily Advertiser, of this
morning, containes the following tranecen•
dental article which , makes the whole sub•
ject so clear that no one need hereafter
complain that he cannot comprehend it.
To speak seriously, however, it is the best
burlesque and done up in the happiest style
of any thing we have seen for a long time.
GASTRIC SAYINOS.—[From the Gridiron.]
—The popular" cookery is dietetical—it
addresses the sense, not tho soul. Two
principles, diverse, and alien, interchange
the soul and Sway the worlds by torus.—
Appetite is dual. Satiety is derivative.
Simplicity halts in compounds. Mastication
is actual merely. The poles of potatoes
are not integrated; eggs globed and orbed
yet in the true cookery flour is globbed
in the material, wine orbed in the transpa-
rent. The baker globes; the griddle orbs
all things. As magnet the sten, so the
palate abstracts matter, which trembles to
traverse the mouths of diversity and rest in
the bosom of unity. All cookery is dhoti.
ger, variety is her form, order her costume.
Mr. Parrot
A Nl,4lonnir tronEn!—The majority of
Mr. Geddifigs, (Whig) recently elected a I
member of the next Congress from the 16th
Congressional District of Ohio, is 5,682.
Pormin INOREASH.—The Cincinnati
Chronicle estimates the number of votes
polled in the late election in Ohio at 270..
000,being 60,000 morn than was ever polled
in the state before.
'SINGULAR AND PAINFUL ACCIDENT.-
About six o'clock yesterday evening,' Mr.
E. J. Cannon, a very respectable man liv
ing in Aisquith street, was passing along
East Baltimore street on horseback, when
he was run against by a one horse buggy
wagon, which passed directly on. Mr.
Carmen immediately idler fell senseless and
LUVElV,gaZirerPbc. 864%
it waq found that one et' the Phalli, of the
wa g on had entered hie leg and penetrated
hie body in a perpendicular position more
than eighteeri inches. The brolcon4dititt
was drawn out,.and medical-nssistonce ren
dered. From. the circumstance- or there
being very little loss of blood, it is hopes`
that the accident will not prove fatal.—
American. . .
BIIIISTINO or S-rovzs.—The Philadel
phia Guzette relates an instance of the
bursting of a stove from covering up the
fires. It was a large common stove in the
lalsratory of a cheinist, and had bean partly
filled with wet or damp anthracite coal pia
! eed on ignited coal, and the whole covered
with ashes. In arrhour or so afterwards 4
tremendous explosion occurred, and on en-
tering the leborator% the stove was found
blow into pieces, and the pipe split assun
der to the ceiling. The phenomenon lent
tributed to the accumulation of gag in the
stove before the fire burst into flame, and
when the flame touched it the explosion fol
lowed. The case is mentioned as a warn
ing to housekeepers.
CURIOUS DEFINITION OP A E.159.•-.E 4 11"
Tact from n Love . Letter, written killed.
enr 1679, translated from the German:
"What is.a kiss? A kiss is, as it • were,
a seal expressing our sincere attachment;
the pledge•of our futuro union; a dumb, but
at the same time audible Language of kliv
mg heart; a 'present which at the same
time that it is given, is taken from us; -the
impression of an ardent attachnient on an
ivory coral press; the striking of two flints
against one another; a crimson balsam for
a love wounded heart; a sweet bite of the
lip; an affectionate pinching of the mouth;
a delicious dish which is eaten with scarlet
spoons; a sweetmeat which does not.satis
fy hunger; a fruit which is planted and
gathered nt the same time; the-quickest
exchange of questions and answers of two
lovers; the fourth degreo'of lova."
PR I MITI V n METTIODISTS.—The Primitive
Methodist Connection in England is com
posed ()leaven districts, and one hundred
and fifty-four circuits; number of members,
73,990; increase for the year, 3,594; deaths,
825 itinerant preachers, 487; local preach
ers, 6550; chapels, 1149; children" taught in
Sabbath schools, 60,508; ' and gratuitous
teachers, 11,968.,
Sorrentml Tut Exenagonc.-:-'That'a
a thundering big said Tom. 'No,'
replied Dick, 'it's only a fulminating en
largement of olongated , veracity!' Harry
took off his hat, elevated his oyes and held
his tongue.
M&THODISTS IN MICHIGAN.-The num
ber of members of the Methodist Church in
Michigan is 11,408, viz • 11,300 white
members, 12 colored, and 87 Indians.—
The number of ministers 73, and local
preashers 110.
PAOFANITY.--- Avoid those who ' tfi•e
profane and-obscene to their language.--
By too long associating with such youth,
you will by degrees habituate yourselfto the
language, and thus be shunned by the virtu
ous end the good. When you hear the
name of God irreverently spoken by.a com
panion set him down as an -unsafe friend;
and unless he break away froni this habit,
in future have but little to do With htm.
HUMBUG IN CANADA.-A lady is now
in Canada, recently from Buffalo, who
publicly advertises herself as a fortune tel
ler. She appeals exclusiyely to the respec
table portion of the conithunity for support.
She takes each person alone into her room,
end tells their destiny for 50 cents a head.
Her receipts are said to average 0100 per
diem.
NPROVHD TELEGRAPIL—PIace a 'twee
side of gossips (male nod female) half a
mile apart. ComMunicate the news to the
first, under oath, that they will keep it
secret.
"I- wonder how they make Weiler match
es," said a young married lady to her hus
band, with whom she was always quarrel
ling. "The process is very simple—l once
made one," replied he. “flow did you
manage it?" "By leading you to church."
The bull can gore, the ass kick, and tho
dog bite; and what does man dn, when ho
throws abide his reason and resorts to
personal violence, but place himself on a
par with the brute creation! The most
important lesson man can learn is the art
ofgct , Verning his own passions.
QUALIFIED ADUsE.—"I wish (0 know,
sir, ifyou called me an ass." "Yee, . sir,
but I qualified it." "A ba! sir, you qualified
it, did you? The better for you, sir; and
pray how did you qualify it?" "I said you
were an ass, sir—all.but the ears."
An old mnn who had been dreadfully hen
pecked all his life, Was visited on his death
bed by a clergyman.
The old man appeared very indifferent,
and'the parson endeavored to arouse him by
talking of the King of Terrorst
tout, , mon, I'm nu sear't. The King ,of
Terrors? I've been living sax and thertty
years with the. Queen of them, and the
King canna be muckle waur."
Snow fell to the depth of one foot, cast of
Cleveland, 011ie, on Thursday of week
before last.