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MANUFACTOIRY.
Mow tow
THE Undersigned respectfully informs
his old friends, and the Public gener
ally, that he has re-commenced the above
business, in South Baltimore street, one
door south of Mr. Samuel Fahnestock'e
Store, where he is prepared to manufacture
BOOTS AND SHOES
of every description, and of the best Mate
nal& He invites his old customers to give
him a call, as he is determined to please
those', who may favor him.
N. B. FOUR JOURNEYMEN SHOE
MAKERS wanted immediately, to whom
constant work and liberal wages will be
given.
In addition to the above he has opened a
GROCERY' STORE;
and having just received an extensive as
sortment of GROCERIES, comprising
,Cofee, Sugar, Teas, Molasses, Cheese, and
other articles embraced in this line of busi
ness, he feelq confident that he will be able
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JOHN BARRETT.
Gettysburg, Nov. 16. tf-34
kitbi:kilt4lL*3o3 - fo,Paliinti(*);A
Stockholders of the Hanover and
Carliale Turnpike Road Company, are
hereby notified that an Election will be
held at the public house of James Husby in
south Middleton township, Cumberland
county, on Tuesday the 14th day of De
cember next, for the purpose of electing
TWO MANAGERS, for and on behalf of
the Stockholders of said Company for the
ensuing year;.—at which time and place the
Commissioners of Adams and Cumberland
counties are to meet to choose three Mana
gers. GEO. EGE, Secretary
of the Board of Managers.
Nov. 16. 1841. te-34
LAND AT PRIVATE SALE.
THE Subscriber offers for sale the Farm
on which he now resides, situate in
Green township, five miles from Chambers
burg, on the Cumberland. Valley Rail
Road, adjoining lands of Geo. Chambers,
Robert Criswell, and others. It contains
131 Acres and 70 Perches
of first-rate tillable land, in a good state of
cultivation. The buildings consist ofa pod
• DWELLING HOUSE,
El Log Barn, and a sufficiency of
stabling.—Also,
Saw Mill and Clover Mill.
This is a valuable property, and is well
worth the attention of persons wishing to
purchase.
Persons wishing to view the premises,
will please to call on the subscriber.
WILLIAM THOMSON,
Ev'or of And'w Thomson, Esq dec'd.
Nov. 23, 1841. 3m- 35
TEMPERANCE.
PETITIONS, asking for a change in
the laws regulating the licensing of
Taverns, may be obtained at the office of
Hon. James Cooper and A. R. Stevenson,
Esq. Those who are willing to exert
themselves to get signatures are requested
to furnish themselves with copies.
Gettysburg, Nov. 23, 3t-35
TEMPERANCE.
T IDE "York Springs Total Abstinence
Society" will hold a stated meeting at
the Petersburg Academy on 7nesday even
ing the 7th of December next, at 7 o'clock
A. M., when en election will take place for
a board of Gfficers to serve the ensuing
term.
• W. B. BRANDON, President,
11. A. Piceirm, Sec'or.
Nov. 23, 184!.
ADVERTISEMENTS.
Public Axle+
WILL be exposed at Public Sale, by
virtue of an order ofOrphans' Court,
to the Subscribers directed for that purpose,
on Friday the 171 h day of December next,
at 12 o'clock, M. on the premises ' the fol.
lowing real property, late the Estate of
HENRY GROVE, deceased—viz:
I 1 Tract. of Lana,
Situate in Franklin township, Adams coun
ty, adjoining lands of Isaac Rife, Peter
Mickley and others, containing
170 and One half ikerea,
more or less, in a high ante of cultivation,
on which are erected a TWO
STORY LOG
1 , Dwelling House"
a Log Barn, a wagon shed, and a Spring
House, with a never failing Spring of we.
ter. The land is well watered, with a due
proportion of Wood land and Meadow, and
an excellent Orchard.
ALSO
3. Tract of Woodland,
Situate in Franklin township, Adams coup•
ty, containing
as .1101;00 613117 E2t7 21:11MOMUIChs
adjoining lands of Peter Mickley,— Scott
and others.
a Any person wishing to purchase can
view the property beforo Sale, by calling
on Jacob Saum, residing on the premises.
Kr The terms will be made known on
day of sale by-
JACOB GROVE,?
HENRY GROVE, Anialees.
By the Court,
S. R. RUSSELL, Clerk.
Nov. 80, 1841. M-28
PUBLIC SALE.
THE Subscriber will offer at Public
Sale on the premises, on Saturday
the 25th day of December next, at 2 o'clock
P. M., the following described property—
viz:—
Traet of Liana,
Situate in Straban township, Adams coun
ty, Pa., directly on the road leading from
Hunterstown to New Chester, adjoining
lands ofJohn Shell, Jacob Ca shman, acd
others, containing
21 Acres and 54 Perches,
of good tillable land, in a high state of
cultivation,on which are erected a
TWO-STORY FRAME
Dwelling House, -
Back building, with a never failing Spring
of water near the door, and a LOG BARN.
About five Lords of the above land is well
timbered.
0::r Any person wishing to purchase can
view the property by calling oa Mrs.
Catharine Hoffman, residing on the premi•
see.- Terms made known on day of sale by
CHARLES HOFFMAN.
Nov. 30. 1841. 3t-28
MEM avelaaua 9
With Goods at prices to suietheiimes.
THE subscriber has just returned from
the Eastern cities, and is now opening at
his -New Store room, on - Chambersburg
street, immediately opposite the English
Lutheran Church, in Gettysburg, a large,
splendid, and entire new selection ofseason
able
- Foreign una. Domestic
DRY GOODS,
among which are Cloths, Cassimers, Sat
tinets, Vestings, Irish Linens, Muslim,
Silks, Bombazines, Nerinoes, Moulin de
Laines, Chintzes ' Flannels, Blankets,
Checks, Tickings,Saxonies, Shawls, Scarfs
Hankerchiefs, Gloves, Hosiery, &c. &c.
Togothcr with a full assortment of
Groceries,
China, Glass and Queenstaare,
all of which have been bought at the present
low rates for Cash. and will be sold at a very
small advance on the original cost.
D. MiDDLECOFF.
October 10,1841. if-30
VI. rilltirratic,
11. INIXORSDIEL, Tailor,
RESPECTFULLY informs the citizens
of Gettysburg and the public general
ly, that he has
REMOVED HIS . SHOP
to the building occupied as the Post Office,
next door to the American Hotel (Kurtz's)
and directly opposite the Bank of Gettys
burg, where he is prepired to execute all
kinds of work in his line of business in the
neatest and most durable manner, and at
very moderate prices. •
pa* He earnestly invites his country
frierids to favor him with a call—they may
expect their work to be made in a good,sub
stantial manner, and on the most accommo•
dating terms.
The Subscriber feels grateful for
past encouragement, and respectfully soli.
cite♦ a continuance of the same.
August 10, 1841. lf-20
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The liberty to know, to utter, and to argue, freely, le above all other liberties.”—Mivron
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The waving fields, where Summer flings
Tho glory of her ripening wings;
The cluttering hop, tho purple vine,
Are sweet to Autumn's fruitful shrine;
But all the sweets of earth above
Ara the requited hopes of Love !
"Do you see that landseape?" said the
old man to me, as we paused on the edge
of the mountain road, and looked down into
the valley of Wyoming beneath us. "Well,
that spot, calm and beautiful a• it now tit,
was once the scene of massacre. God
help me! the agonies of that day almost
wring my heart to think of them even after
the lapse of fifty years."
"I have heard it was a fearful - Utile, end
you have often promised to tell me the tale
of you own connection with it. Yet, if the
subject be so painful to you, I dare scarce
ly make the request."
"No, boy no," said the old man, sadly,
"I will tell it, for the promise is of long
standing, and I feel to.day as if I: could
narrate that tragedy with less emotion than
usual. Sit down on this rock, and give me
a moment to rest; I will then commence
my story."
While the old man wiped the perspire•
tion from-his brow, and eat fanning him•
self with his broad.rimmed summer hat, 1
took the place pointed out by him near his
side, and spent the moments that elapsed
before he began his narration in gazing at
the landscape before me.
Sitting on a huge knoll, at the edge of
the mountain, just where the bill began to
slope down into the valley, we commanded
view of one of the most unrivalled land
scapes in the wadi. To our ,left rose up
the mountain, bold, rugged and barren, like
the back of some vast monster reared
against the sky—but on the right nothing
interposed to destroy the view: whose love•
!mess so far exceeded even my expecta
tions, that for some minutes I gazed on the
scene in mute admiration. Beneath me
stretched the valley, diversified with gently
eloping elevation, and sprinkled with fields
of waving golden grain; while here and
there a patch of woodland, with its dark
green hue, lay slumbering on the land
scape— the surface of the forest ever and
anon varying to a lighter tint as the wind
swept over the tree-tops. Right through
the centre of the valley, meandered the
river, now rolling betwixt bluff banks, and
now stealing gently among the rich meadow
lands in the distance, until at length it
turned to the left, and skirting the foot of
the far off hills, was lost behind the profile
of the mountain before us. An the centre
of the vale was the village, with its whits
houses and airy church. steeple, smiling
over the scene. Far away on the horizon
stretched* line of hills. their darkr blue
summits half hid by the clouds, which
Wrapped them as in a , veil of gauze. No
sound came up from the valley. Occasion.
ally the twitter of a bird could be heard
from the surrounding trees-while the low
twinkle of a tiny waterfall on our left kept
monotonously sounding in our ears. The
morning rays of a summer's sun poured
down upon the landscape, and every, thing
around was bright, and gay, and beautiful.
I was still lost in admiration at the loveli•
nese of the'ecene, when the old man sig
nified his readiness to commence his tale.
'lt is now fifty years ago," he began,
"since I came to this valley, a young
frontier•man, with a hardy constitution,
a love of adventure, arid the reputation of
being the bebt shot on the border: the place
was, at that time, settled principally by
families from Connecticut, and even then
bore traces of its present luxuriant cultiva
lion. Many of the families were in good
circumstances, others had seen better days
—and altogether the society was more re-
5/ALIIM.6II4IO)c.
—" With sweated flowers enrich'd
From various gardens cull'd with care."
From the London Keepsake for 1842.
STANZAS.
DT 161111. CORNWELT. BARON WILIOB.
The song of birds, the breath of flowers,
Are sweet at early Morning hours;
The ring.dove's lay, the folding rose.
Are sweet at gentle evening's Mole;
But all the sweets of earth above
Are the first dawning hours of Level
The fountain in the sunny noon,
The leafy bower in glowing June; -
Tho speeding palm, 'neath eastern skies,
Aro sweet to wand'ring pilgrim's eyrie;
But all the sweets of earth above
Are the first whisper'd words of Love
Tho enow•wreath'd bills, the trackless plains
Where Lapland's endless winter reigns,
Tho leafless bough, the sterile field,
The cheerless aspect Nature yields,
Are joy to what the heart roust prove
That mourns the first decline of Love !
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SATE BEVERLY.
A STOUT 07 TUX VALLE! OP IVIOYINO.
ST P311C12 R. SIIIILTOIII.
fined than was usual on the frontier. A.
mong all the families, however, in the val
ley, none pleased me so much as that of
Mr. Beverly—and, of his fireside circle
his second daughter, Kate, was, in my eyes,
the gem. How shall I describe her beauty?
Lovely, without being beautiful, a sylph
like form, a laugh as joy ous as the carol
cf a bird, a step lighter than that ofa young
fawn in sportive play, and a disposition so
amiable as to win, irresistibly, the love of
all who met her. Kate Beverly was
scarcely seventeen before she had a host
of admirers, and mild.: have won any
youth in the valley. Why it was that she
preferred me over all the rest, I cannot
tray, perhaps it was the consciousness of
some mysterious sympathy linking us
together, or perhaps it was that we both
came from the same town in Connecticut,
and had been school•mates In childhood—
so it was, however. It soon began to be
known throughout the valley that before
another season should elapse,Kate Beverly
would become my wife.
"Ohl happy where those days—too hap
py, indeed, to last. I will not dwell upon
them, for they fill my soul with agony.—
Suffice it to say, that while dreaming of
bliss such as mortal never before experi
enced, the war of the revolution broke out
—and, after a hard struggle between my
passion and my duty, the latter conquered,'
and I joined the army. Kate did not at
tempt to dissuade me from the act— she
rather loved me the more for it. Though
her woman nature caused her to shed tears
at my departure, her reason told her I was
right, and she bid me God speed.
"'Heaven bless you, Harry,' she said,
'and bring this unnatural war to a conclu
sion. I cannot bid you stay, but I pray
that the necessity for your absence may be
abort
“Time rolled by—the American cause
was still doubtful. and the war bid fair to
be protracted into years. I bad risen to
be a captain in the regiment when I
received information that the tories and
Indians intended making a descent on the
valley of the Wyoming. I knew the un
protected situation of my adopted district,
and I trembled for the lives of those I held
moat dear. At first I discredited the ru
mor—chance, however, threw in my
way an opportunity of ascertaining the
reality of the reported descent, and 1 be
came convinced that not a moment was to
be lost if I would save the lives of those 1
loved at home. My determination was at
once taken-1 solicited for leave of absence
—it was refused: I then resigned my com•
mission, and set forth to Wyoming. -
"I never shall forget my emotions when
I drew neat the ill fated place; it was on
the very day of the massacre—and the
first intimation I had of the calamity was
the mangled body of one of the inhabitants,
whom I had known floating down the
stream. A cold shiver ran through every
vain as I gazed on the terrible sight, and
a thousand fears agitated my bosom; but
my worst surmise fell far short of the
truth. When, hours after, I met some
fugitives, and they rehearsed to me that
tale of horror, I stood thunderstruck refus
ing to believe that beings in human form /
could perpetrate such deeds—but it was all
too true.
"Almost my first inquiry was for Hate.
No one knew, alas! what bad become of
her. One of those who had escaped the
fight, told me that her father had been
killed at the beginning of the conflict—and
that, deprived of a protector, she had pro
bably fallen a victim to the infuriated sava
ges, while the other inhabitants were
severally engaged in protecting themselves.
How 1 cursed them for this selfishness!—
And could I expect aught eras of human
nature, than that each one should protect
those dearest to them, even to the deser•
tion of others?
"But my mind was soon made up. I
resolved, come what might, to ascertain
clearly the fate of Kate—so that if dead I
might revenge tier, and if living, I might
rescue her. Bidding farewell to thelly
ing group, I shouldered my rifle and struck
boldly into the forest, trusting in the gui•
dance of that God who never deserts us in
our extremities.
"I will not tire you with a protracted
narrative: I will only say that, after nume
rous inquiries from the fugitives I met, I
learned that Kate had been last seen in
the hands of a party of savages,—this was
sufficient for a clueer-1 once mere began
-to hope. I waited until night-fall, when 1
sought the spot which had been described
to me as the and where Kate had beep Last
seen—and, never shall I forget my feel
ings of almost rapturous pleasure, when I
found in the neighboring forest a fragment
of her dress sticking on-a bush, by which it
had, doubtless, been torn from her in pa 4.
sing.
I was now satisfied that Kate had been
carried off captive. Fortunately I had
met, in the group of fugitives, a hunter
who bad been under some obligations to her
family; and he wag easily persuaded to join
me in my search. Together we now began
a pursuit of the savages. fie was an adept
in forest warfare—could follow a trail as a
hound the chase—knew the course which
would be most likely to be chosen by a fly.
ing party of Indians, and witbalv. was one
of the keenest shots who had carried a
rifle on the border.
"'lt's my opinion,' said he 'that these
varmints did not bolong to the regular body
of Indian. who followed Butler, though
even they were 'bad enough. I think,
however, be would'at•euffer s deed like
this. These villains seem to have acted
on their own behalf—and, if so, they would
fly to the back country as soon as possible.
You may depend upon it we shall overtake
them if we pursue that way.'
"I felt the truth of those remarks, and
assented to them at onto. In less than a
quarter of an hour after first discovering
the trail, we were threading the forest in
pursuit of the savages.
"Let me hasten to the clove. Hour
after hour, all through the livelong day.
we pursued the flying Indians—crossing
swamps, clambering over rocks, fording
streams, and picking our way through the
labyrinthian woods, until, towards night
fall, wo reached the edge of au open space,
or, as it were, a meadow, shut in by gently
sloping hills.
"'Hilt,' said my companion, 'wo aro
upon them. Do you not see that thin
thread of smoke curling upward over the
top of yonder aged hemlock?'
"'Ay—it must be them—let us on.'
"'Softly, or we lose all: We know not,
certainly, that this is the party we seek;
let us reconnoitre.'
"Slowly and stealthily, trembling lest
even a twig should crackle under our feet,
we crept up towards the edge of a meadow
—and peeping cautiously through the un•
derwood, beheld the objects of our search
in six tall swarthy savages, sitting smoking
around the remains of a hre. At a little
distance knelt, with her hands bound, but
her eyes upraised to heaven, my own Kate.
Ohl how my heart leaped at the sight. 1
raised my rifle convulsively, and was about
to fire, when my companion calght my
band, and said:
"'Softly, or you spoil all. Let us got
the varmints in range, and then we shall
fire with some effect. Hist!'
"This last exclamation was occasioned
by the sudden rising of one of the savages.
He gazed a moment cautiously around, and
then advanced towards the thicket where
we la, concealed. I drew my breath in,
and trembled at the beating of my own
heart. The savage still approached. My
companion laid his hand on my arm, and
pointed from my rifle to one of the Indians.
I understood him. At this juncture the
advancing savage, warned of our presence
by the crackling of an unlucky twig be.
neath my companions's foot, sprang back,
with a loud yell, towards the fire.
"'Now; said my campanion,Pternly.
"Quick as lightning I relied my piece
and fired. My companion did the same.—
The retreating savage and one of his corn-•
panions fell dead on the ground: each of us
then sprang to a tree, loading as we ran.
It was well we did it, for in an instant the
enemy was on us. Shall I describe that
dreadful fight? My emotion forbid* it. A
few moments decided it. Fighting from
tree to tree—dodging, loading, and endeav
wing to get eight on a foe, we kept up the
conflict for nearly five minutes—at the
end of which time I found myself wounded,
while four out of the six savages lay pros
trate on the ground. The other two, find
ing their companions dead, and despairing
of being able to carry off their prisoner,
suddenly rushed on her, and before we
could interpose, bad seized their helpless
victim. I had only been prevented, hith
erto, from rescuing Kate by the knowledge
that an attempt of the kind, while the sava
ges were still numerically superior to us,
would end in the certain death of us both,
—but now, worlds could not have restrain.
ed me, and, clubbing my rifle, for the piece
was unloaded, I dashed out from my cover,
shouting to my companion—
"'On—on, in God's name, on."
"'Take care of the taller varmint, thun
dered my companion.
"The warning was too late. In this tu
mult of my feelings I had not observed that
the savage furthest from me had his piece
loaded, and before I could avail myself of
my companion's cooler observation, I re•
ceived the ball in my right arm, and my
rifle drooped powerless by my side: had I
not sprang involuntarily aside at my coni.
panion's cry, I should have been shot thro'
the heart.
"'On—on,' 1 groaned in agony. as I
seized my tomahawk in my almost useless
band.
4 , 'Stoop,' said my companion, 'stoop low
er;' and as I did so, his rifle cracked on the
still air, and the Indian fell dead.
"AU this had not occupied an instant. I
was now within a few feet of •her 1 loved,
who was struggling in the grasp of the oth
er Indian. He had already entwined his
hands in her long hair—his tomahawk was
already gleaming in the setting sun. Nev
er shall I forget the look of demoniac fury
With which the wretch glared en hit victim
A second only was left for hope. My com
panion was far behind, with his rifle unload.
ed. I made a desperate spring forward,
and hurled my tomahawk at the savage's
head. God of my fathers! the weapon
whizzed harmlessly by the wretch, and bu
ried itself, quivering, in the trunk of a
neighboring tree. 1 groaned aloud in ago.
ny—there was a yelll of triumph on the air
suilden flashing in the sun, like a glanc
iog knifo, and—but I cannot go on. She I
loved as my own life; she who was the ru
, rest and lovliest of her any; she with whom
1 had promised myself a long life of happi:,
ness—oh ! must I say it—she lay a Mangled
corpse at iiiy.feet I But her murderer, aye!
he was cloven through the breast by a blow
from his own tomahawk, which I had
; wrenched from him with the strength of a
:dozen men."
The old man ceased—big tiara rolled
down hie furrowed face, and his frame
womeaa alatc) ouva
shook with emotion. I saw the remem•
brance of the past was too much fur him,
and I sat by his side in silence.
I subsequently heard his sad tale from
others, and then learned the meaner in
which Kate had been carried off. The old
man's , ,companion was right—she had been a
made prisoner by a predator . y band ofln
dittos, who had followed Butler, and desert
ed him directly after the massacre.
Beautiful as the Valley of the Wyoming
is, I never have seen it, from that day to
this, without thinking of the aad fate of
KATE BEVERLY.
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THE UNCI3I2TAINTY OF THE LAW.-41. ie
no unusual thing to see men in this country
rise to eminence at the bar, and in the
State, by their own unaided energies, and
the natural vigor of their minds. Of this
kind was Judge B—, of Maryland. He
had come to the bar late in life, avoiding,
or overstepping the dull technical formali
ties which surrounded the usual approaches
to the practice. Having reached the pro.
fits and advantages of his profession with
out them, he felt or affected for them in
difference or contempt, and the old "Mar-
tinots" of the law were often made to stare
at the liberties he would take, with what
they deemed indispensable and necessary
forms and rules of practice. To S— the
form was nothing, so that he could seize
right.
A. notorious offender, who had long es
caped the meshes of the law, by means of
flews and holes in indictments, was to be
tried before him. Gen. Mason was his
standing 'counsel, and the fellow's good
fortune, and the ingenuity-and tact of his
counsel, was considered as good as law
proof. Judge S , was well satisfied that
the fellow deserved punishment,. and• was
determined that he should receive it, maw
gre the talents of Mason, or any legal
difficulty that might interpose.
The prosecution went on and the 'counsel
for the state made out a very clear case;
the offence was proved point black, and
Mason began to think his client rather
cornered. When the prosecuting atter,
ney, to make assurance doubly sure, called
one more witness, a very respectable man
in the county, he confirmed all that had
been proved by former wi'nesses as to the
offeoce, and with it this additional important
fact, that the offence wee committed in
Pennsylvania, not Maryland,—it being one
of the border counties. Amarently the
court paid no attention to this part of the
testimony. But the criminal's counsel re.
marking that he supposed he need call no
witnesses, as this fact, so well ascertained,
must at once put an end to the prosecution.
"Not at all —not at all—go on," said the
court. "Your honor will not attempt to
try an offence committed in another Stater
"I tell you I will, sir, and show you good
reason for it. The offence has been clear
ly proven, and he deserves punishment—
we have him here and can punish him. In
Pennsylvania they cannot catch him, and
the law is not to be baulked by such techni.
calities."
The counsel here remarked that he
could convince the Court of its error, if he
had time to look up authorities—he had
not the books with him, hut could procure
them in half an hour.
"0, I will give you as much time as you
weal," replied the judge. "Take half a
day it you choose."
So soon as Mason had left the -court, in
search of these unanswerable authorities,
the judge turned, and remarked to the jury,
"that they had heard the testimony, and
could no doubt make up their verdict, and
he would take care of Tom Mason " The
court sentenced him to receive 50 lashes
on the bare back, and ordered the 'Merino
execute the sentence forthwith. His coma
eel returned with the least' possible loss of
time, and without noticing the absence of
his client, commenced quoting his authori
ties, and arguing therefrom—the court
taking notes and listening very attentively
all the time. Mason at last missed his
client, and inquired where he was. "Nev
er mind, never mind—go on, Mr. Mason."
But Mason had become alarmed, and re
fused to go on further until satisfied of the
whereakouts of hie client. "Wall, Mr.
Mason," said the judge, "if you will step
up to yonder window, you can see Wm.'
Mason proceeded in the direction indicated
by . the judge's gesture, and had no sooner
looked out than he turned to the ctiurt,with
the exclamation, "Why, sir, they are flog
ging biro."' "That makes no difference,"
replied the imperturbable judge, "proceed
in your argument:" What good will my
algument do—the man is already sentenced
and prutishedf I have nothing to gain by
convincing the court!" '4O yes, I toil[
grant you, said the judge "a. new trial!"
—Pitt. Amt.
FOR THE LADIES WHO LOVE FLOWERS.--
The Western Farmer says that the lovers
of sweet flowers may derive advantage
from the knowledge, that sandy or gravelly
soils "promote the secretion of aroma.
Those flowers oldie richest perfume aro na
tives of sandy lands, Kirsh., Arabia, dGc.,
and iltose in pots should. therefore be sup
plied with a portion of sand or gravel.
A tru,teT answßn.--A gentleman re
cently travelling in the country, called out
to a boy, 'Where does this road Kota, my
ladr , •Well, I don't know where it goes,
but it's always bere when I come along.'
"We'll let that sari:" as the pig +mid to
the locomotive.