VOLTA - 1 13. • Til P; • • POTTER: ,TOl.l-RN'tLIJ puut,o3tiE4 13,y , McillAr'ney . ; - Proprietfir. ' sl.oo PR YEAR, INVARIABLY IN ALSVAESI. ' k * * Devoted to the . ction of Republicanism, interests of Agri'etilture, tlie,advanceirteat ~,r Education. and the 'wilt good of Potter county. Owning no guide except that of reinc_ipie..it,will,end,eay-r to aid in the..werk Preedemizing our country..• AIh*EaTISF:IIRSTS inserted at' the following 4 , , aic9, except where special bargains are wade. ziguare . DO lines] I insertion, - - - . t ,• " - Si .50 dch subsequent irtstirtitth less than 13, . titiiire three mohtlis, I I " six "' . j.. • _ _ 1 " nine " ig one yenr, Colunin six months, - - - 20 00 u 1( . 10 00 fl " " - - ----- 7 00 - 11 pet year. ----- -- - 40 00 ! 4, le u u 20 00 Administktor's Or Executor's Notice, 200 business Cards, 8 fillet or less, per year . 5 00 Special and Editorial Notices, pe. tine. 10 4- ..,;*.A1l transient advertisements must _be paid in advance, and• no rldtice Iva be taken Of advertisements from At - list:thee. unless they ere accompanied by the stoney or satisfactory reference. . . . * * *Bl tubs, and Job Work - of all kinds, at tended to promptly , and faithfully. BUSINESS CARDS. EULAIANI-ODGE, No. 342, 1 A. M. STATE° Meetings on the r 2lid mid 4th Wednes days of each month, Also Masonic gather ings oil every 11:edneA:iy Eveoing. for w ork and practice, at their Cotolor,port. VIIIVIHY IVES, W. M. SAMUEL 11AVF.N. JOHN MANN, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend' the several Courts in Potter and AVE:ean Counties. All business entrusted in his cure receive prnript attention. Office corner of West and Third streets. ARTHUR G. OLMSTED, A.TTOIINEY COUNSELLOR AT LAW Coudersport. Pa., will :mend to all business en.rusted to his care, with protuptnes and fich. Onie on Soih-treat eorner,.of Main and Fourth streets. ISAAC BENSON tfORNEV AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will attend to all ha,iness entra:ited to him, with care and prompt 'lees. office on Set:ond_bt.. near the Allegheny Bridge. • F. W. KNOX, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Coudersport, Pa., will regularly attend the Courts in Potter and the adjoining Counties. - 0. T. ELLISON, PRACTICING PHYSICIAN, Coudersport, Pit.. respectfully informs the citizens of the vii - lage and vicinity that he kill promply re spond to.all calls for professional services. 011 ice on Main st., in building formerly oc cupied by C.'W. 1 7 .11ia. Esq. C. S I' A JONES, -t DE.,4I,EitS IN nittikie, Fancy Articlcs,trtionery, Dry Good: Groceries, &c., Main et., Coudersport, Pa.• E. 01.31.5TEb,- DEALER IN DRY GOoDS, READY-MADE Clothing, Crdckery, Groceries, &e., Main st., Coudersport, P. COLLINS SMiTII: DEALER in Dry Gooda,Groceries. Provisions. Hardware, Qneensware, Cutlery, and all. Goods usually found in it country store . Coudersport, Nov. 27, 1861.„ M. W. MANN, DEALER IN BOOKS & STATIONERY, MAG AZINES and Music, N. W. corner of Moir nad Thiid sts.. Gander:lmM Pa. dOUDERSPOitr HOTEL; - • El F. GLASSM IRE, Proprietor, • Corner tzt Main and Second Streets, Coudersport, Pot ter Co., Pa. A Livery Stable is also kept in eonneci Lion with tins Hotel L. MILD. 6IiftV,EY6R, CONVEYANCER; kc., BROOK LAND, Pa., (formerly Cushingrille.) (Mice in his Sort building. . GILLON, TAlLOR—nearly opposite the Court House— Rill make(-all cliithes intrusted to hini in the latest and hest styles —Prices:to suit the times.—Give him /l • 1 13.41 ANDREW SANBERGA.V.BRO'S„ . TANNERS AND CURRlERS.—ffides tanned on theshares, in the best Ammer. Tan nery on the east side of Allegany:river. Coudersport, Potter eountv, 17,'61 B. J. OLMSTED •' , S. D. KELLY LMSTD & , DEALER O IN'STOV E ES, TIN 3; SHEET IRON WARE, Main st., nearly opposite the Court House, Coudersport, Pa. Tin and Sheaf Iron Ware [Rae to order in good style, os short notice:' ' TIEEEI U.4 . 10a " ARCEI STREET,...ABOVE - THIRD, Philadelphia; 17P1 ; 011 S. NEVirCOMEIt, PrOpiletor. Tits Hotel is ciatral;.•Convenieta by • Passenger cars to all parts of the city, And in every parti-tar tidapted to the t+ ants 'of the busioese r Tertns.sl 50 per day UNION HOTEL, , . C OUDERSPORT, t I OTTER COUNTY,.PENN., A. S. ARMSTRONG lIAVVING refitted and ne*ly furnished--the house on Main street, recently occupied by R. Rice,. is prepared to, accommodate- the travelii4, publicin-as good styleas-cait-be had la town Nothing that can in any way in crease the Comforts of the guests will be ne- Slittai. • • . . . ..1..:-''..f2!.:-.-..:-.....:7"-Z.1..11.._:.-::::.._:1...-F,?:-3:.!.:-.;.",2-....ff7:1.'-_.),..^.-w,A.:'x''.,`.f4:-i;.!'!';'''''''''''''''-'''''''-"- ''''' -f: i''''''.::•: - . 4 ' .-- " ,- • - :' ;, : - . , ' ,,,,-4,- .1.7': - ... - !:: -. '":1 1 .:1".7• 2 ° - : , . - ..',' - ''.' f'' - ' : ':."? . .'" -- ": . ..'f"'.:Y.':•1.'IV.TE.',Zr.'..;! . _' 7''.1'.' 1, ...'.! . !.:'.r':11".t'j..2z . ...! . ' . -1-L''- - .i'''-'-'2"-4''1:'- '1 4 1" ,- *! - ....2 . .-1.7'.. - . - ' -.';'.''', 'i'-:'f' - L'2-:' , j: - --__- 7:.' .': __... t l:* -- ~'7z 7 . , -, , . ,-.. .... - -..-... ct.zi. 4-.3 -,: ~.. 1,3. - ..,.. - ow - . : ,:i :- .: 1:-! 1 :1' 5 , ::7 7.... Z. '-. 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And I not there to sheltto. t:u•e, And - bear the storm instead! trim anew the g crThing, fire— • •Ttie flames leap int•rril.r.-:-•• trnakti the lamp-light bright add clear—:: 'Thrill art not herd to See—: since I sit here.all alone What are thes,,all to y nae 2. 25 2 50 4 00 5 50 6 00 0 dreary hearth! O lonesome life 1 U empty- hearth arid home.!. It It is nut home'.to me, wherein • • Thy dmtr feet never come!-- • Tiierois no meaning- In the word Since thy loved lips - are dumb I 0, all in vain thn brighCflatnes dance, The ruddy 'embets glow— I shire.- in the inelloni tight, . Beeanse, aLts I knois The snow-iiriltA heap allure thy sleep— This heavy, heaping snuw ! ChM V rancis, E ' . Blair "Got • J”ssie.” The Politicians tell a good story au collision between Francis P. Blair, Sen. hit', (of the Globe firm of Blair and Rives) :tad Jessie Hellion Ft cutout, wife ut the ex General of theYest.which shows IRS , I ullueti:.e - y Cl/Wide and impudent a WWllall'S•OalgUO . can be when the head which holds the tongue is educated, and when the spirit is high th.ough to datemtu du battle with et ery body and everything It may stand upou record ar one of the best chute era'launched by a WoMati's tongue ' When Jessie came on to Wmm - ..th• .litzton, a few months ago, to endeavor to ferret out the hostility to her" husband which was evidently working there, she very naturally came into eullisimin 'with the Blair• family, well known to •beilmis chief opponents. - During one of 'her in• i terViews With 31ontguniery Blait,:-PoSt• i master-General, Francis P.. the father, was prevent. Jessie's tongue had Iree:n 1 ruinnog at the younger Blatt., with that i looseness and boldness which rightfully belonos-:to the daughter of old Thomas Bunion, and the wile of a man who utice came very near being President; and the fold man alter a time could nut stand it any iongrr. . --)ladanme," tic said. dsawingLis figure to its mil 'heim , hth. and iiitending-to with er the audacious little woman by a ,flash of his hard, .colth eye—L"tlladatne. -allow nme to say to you that, in my judgment, your proper , plaee is ut the head of your husband's to;IISel101d 111 Si. Louis. and this int ermedling,wit h the:affairs of state, to Say time least of it. is in' very bad' taste on yt ur tart'" T 1 en,-to make the blew a final and brushint , one, and to show that I ‘Vasnmgrei L was the spot where the des tinies of G—enerahi as well .as i tatesnmen wore to be finally decided, he added, 'I !wish you to ui,derstand, that here in ; ‘Vashington is where we make men, and kwhere *we 4in-7/tit& thew." -3.1 - r Blair," said Jessie; shrugging her shouldeis after a manner that she learned in France, and casting - a' wicked look out, of the corner of her "eyes at. koingomery - - --Mime seen some men of your muking, that is the hest you con db, I ad vise you to quit the business !" Those who know the weaken and dried up appearance of Francis . P.. Blair him , re..lf, and th.:, decidedly unormonental physique of his suns, may, turn, some ideal !of the effect of this paishan, iti the midst of the, smoke f um which Jessie gathered' up her skirts and swept out 4,f tha room,' leaving . the Blair family routed, horse,' foot, and dragoon. Old TOW himself,j the hero of five hundred spicy _tunguel fights, -may be proud of the daughter hel has • behind, if he has : the privilege! . of looking out of his place of retirement..l on the personal and.political squabbles of the land he once' sr rotie over with so proud a coin•oiotisiiess of per-shnal "YANKEE -root, KILLEtts." 7 -One of the North Carolina- companies captured at Roanoke Wand rejoiced in the above -sugltestive appellation. They arrived on Sat n'rd,y. the Sil. before the :surrender, were not in the tight,- but- were jut in titne; i to be.:•cooped ,up -,so handsomely-by our ;kallant brktides ' They feel very chop fallen oter the re,,ult,and none among all the,prisoners Teel cheaper or look wort 4.Shtnned.of FI emsel7es than these poor `Foot killets.." who .didn't even smell a Yankee until they were' disarmed and powerless.. _ , HARK !—'4lark from the Toombs a doleful sound.!!.. The traitor Toombs and a few inure of the'saine'sort-have issued an address in which they utter a cry of despair for the Southern Confedracy. Al ! ye§, the rebels are- be . ginning to:see the terrible, eireumstarices that surround them, and - theilerrible fate that stares them in the face. etiofzij io fig i"iiricipies of IMF , ' Dctroctaey, -of gokliiii9, flitehttp qqo EVENING. ms s. , • COUDERSPORT,' ROTTER .COUAITY, - PA., : WEDNESDAY; MARCH:I2, '1862, Atinies :and INavieli Enroipe la in Whitt is called a state of armed . neutrality; 'end a teriible.,expen• sive condition that .is. • Across the water, lively - jeurindiats.are energetic in abusing this COW ri,.beCanse the necessities 'of the as ma e,) .retplisp,e ,that- we should have ;dame army—the fact being that the larger thefoiee the sooner must be our tritittipli,,und therefOrotbeless the expense and. the brielerthe suspense. 77 In wtiaf condition are, thejluroptan na: lions The.Alro'nticite'de Co Jhn for 1862. Wide!' :publishes. tune, but Official . state agents, gives some interesting deiails., . In Enghlad, the. rec . Oar artnyis 213,. 773 infantry, and 21,903 cavalry, besides about forty, Militia regiments and 150.000 volunteers--4otal, 424,677 Soldiers of all classes. Her nay consists of 893 steam and sailing vessels, carrying 10.41,1 guns. The crews number 88,200 men, including 18.000 and 8;5501 coast. guard M i en. This Military and naval force, it must be re membered, is on the peace establishment. Iu time of war it would be augmented. The Frineh army, on a war footing, consists of 767.770 i nten, and 130,000 horses; in peace the windier in service late 414,56$ men and 78 . ;820. horses. At t his moment, when there is nominal !peace, and war miss spring up at an j meat, like a Iwo refr e shed, the actual effect it e force of the French artily is 650, 00U men. Its navy consists ot 600 ves j sels'(afloat. building. or under transform ;whim) carrying 18,843 guns. Of these 1373 are steam vessels, of which 59 are tiron.cased. 'l'i.c nay fierce consists of 60.000 been in war,.and 38.370 in peace. In what is called. the .maritone inserip thin. out of whieh the navy way be re cruised, there are 670,000 seamen. In War there are 26,879 marines, in pea& 22 400 There are 25,511 men in tic coast guard and custom pause duty. In Prussia, the str ligth of the fumy. on a peace, footing, is 212.639 men; .and 622.860 in war; this includes infantry and cavalry. The Prussian navy is sit all, consisting a 20 steamboats, carrying 121 guns, and 74 sailing vessels,' carry ng 200 guns. The maratime force is small. Russia, in peace, has an army of 577,- 858 regular froops, with 137 r,:gitnents of cavalry. 31 battallions„ and 31 bat teries for in egulars. She has . 242 steam vessel s in ber national navy, carrying 8,• 851 guns, and 71 sailing vessels. She has also several 'hundred vessels acting as guard ships and transports. Austria has 24N.660 infantry and ca'- airy in active service, and as many more ready to be embodied for field duty at a few weeks' notice. Her navy coithisiN of 53 steam ships, earning 439 guns. Her naval force is under 5,000 then. Italy, which is at present in somewhat of a chrysalis state, has her returns made Jtitte. 1861. Her army consisted of 327,298 infantry, cavalt v and 'Mullet-Y . -- and her navy of 100 vessels (steam and sail,) carrying 1,086 guns and 19,000 men ;Snell are the military and naval statis. tiet., briefly given, of the leading Et ropean 1 pow-N. I, will be ,seen how' gigantic Ithey are in war—hots %as( even in ueace. Let our readers judge how far any of them may be qualified io clharge us with need ilesslY having organized a largo army. We have dune it: ' Nut for conquest—not fur acquiSition of torritury—itot for e x tension of - sway. We have si.oply placed our, eitizemsoldie - ri . in the field to maintain tho integrity of the Union, which made t.s a mighty nation, and, with- God's aid and - blessing, w • shall , succeed in. our! great and just eudeavor.—Pltiludelpltia' Press; . . LOOK TO TII ( K SHE EPP' t.l) =Sheep will' not wholly take care , of themselves, accunimodating :IS' they are in this respect. Lambs need special attention. In the month of September:, they should be sep arated from their dams, and put into the best. pasture the fin in affords perhaps a few ; old and, feeble sheep may go with chem.! The design of this is to brine: them into the wintry season tat and hearty: If underfed in Autumn. they will become weak, and before winter is ,over, many I Will sicken and die. When brought into the sheep yard early in winter, they have,. not any a daily ration of good hay, but a lit tle "rain or (.lil tneal beside. Of course r , • they have good Shed. into which they - can retreat in 'sternly weather, and 'Where they can lie at night. In DPcettiber, let. the bucks and ewes be pat together, If it is desired, to in crease several distinct breeds. divide the ewes into . as 1014 separate pens or yards, With select buck in each. They will all be serveu in threb foitr weeks. - The custom of some farniers to neglect protiiding gaoci freak - water fog' sheep, is nut. - conmiendable:. - They — can; itideed; . inelt snciwin their 'stotnaeli, arid so . can' all animals if compelled to du so, but good; clean inter would be. better: By - all Mesas; lank' well to the sheep fold,. and DOW; *hitt' the of 'ma makes this kind of stook unusually valuable r.• A Si'Ort lOttient st.g7inoii;; I, will give you ti serpwn twthiy,(l n rewo frow the folltiwitigfteAt : “The lady who beside a tub, Is not ashamed to ring or rub; . • 'Or,pu the floor ashamed to scrub; Aildcares not who calls in to see, • •Her labelring's6 industriously, Will make t wife for.you or me. •• -- .My Heat:era—lt 'was ordained by Heati en-.-nut by' the devil—that 'every 'wan should IniVe a wife, and every woman be blessed with=e.husband.' thing God made two of thegenus iimno , ;- of,lopPusite Sex: 'The title' elected posit the other negtoively; so that when they preXiteated, their' Mystical. &Ted wouldbe produced une'to another. .The how, tiie wiry, the:wherefore; no mortal has yet4been able to understand—neither is it 'necessary that he should. That the sexes naturally approach and adhere to each other, through ,some mysterious in fluence, admits of no solution. • :Let it suffice that it is so. 'When the Creator made Adam, he saw that it was not good fur hint to be alone; su he Mesmerized the inatiL.-dug a rib it om . his side without the least:particle of pain—and flour it wade Eve.tu he a helpmate for h.tn, as well as a fancy plaything Now hoot know lug ,what love was, they couldn't help loving, the moment they set their eyes Lorene atiether lie cast sheep eyes at her in the distance, and :Mel hreiv sonie , kitbag glances on him in return that fired his soul, and set his heart vibrating like' a splinter upon a chestnut rail in a sou'-: wester. They finally came together just as natural as a couple of apple seeds swimming in a basin of water. But sit• timed as they were at first, and having' little or no manualiabor to perform-Z.Eve could be of little utility to Adam. and Adam couldn't be a great. deal for Eve, Still th2y hived and were ready to assist each tither in case of-any emergent cans utility, and so when they found that aprons were necessary they set. to, and with the needle worked together For mu tUal god _Eve only understood plain sewing,—she knew nothing about your embroidery, lace working, and piano play ing, a nd eared not about the saute. The. coople were perfectly happy iu their rude suite until the old serpMit gut among them, arid even theft stuck to each other throuo:h thick and thin—thiougl: all the bramb ling Vicissitudes of life- 7 -frum Paiadise to Perdition. My brethren since you know that m a r triage is a divine institution, and that every one oi you should have a wife, what kind of a rib would vuu select ? - A pret• ty little uselesS: doll, or a woman big and spunky enough fo wrestle with a bear and ' Come otr'tirst best ? I imagine you would not cart much fur either extreme; but you would look tnr personal charms . 0 you foolish jdolaturs at the shrine of beauty ! Know you nut that thousands of husbands are made miserable by IMnd. some wives, and that thousands are happy in the possession of homely ones ? Home ly without, -but beautiful wit;tin. Alas what is leatity ? It is a flower that wilts and wit tiers as soot . ' as it- is rlueked; transient rainbow; a. fleeting meteor; a l deceitful will•u%the-wiSp ; sublimated moonshine. The kind Of a wife you want is of good !morals and knows how to.niend trowsers; who can revfon:lie peeling, :potatoes with practical or fashionable piety ; .whwein waltz with the churn dash; and sing. with . the tea kettle —wliounderstands bruinn oltry;•atti. the tree science of mopping— vibo can knit Stockings without, knitting her brows, and knit up her husband's raveled sleeve of care—who , prefers sew itio tears with her needle, to sowin ,, tares cf scandal'; with her townie. Such is de- eidcdly a better half Take her up if you eau get her—let her be up to:her elbows 1 - 6 the suds of the washtub, or picking geese in-a cow-stable. My hearers—My text speaks of a lady at a wadttub You may think it. absurd. but let me assure - you that a feuntie,aan be a lady- beside a washtub or in a kitchen as much - us in a drawing-room or in a par lor. What constitutes a lady ? it is tint a ',costly dress, pint for the cheeks, false hair or still falser airs ; bits it is her de• portment. •-Mier .Euieileetual endowments, and that evidence of virtue whiohcotn• 'Hands the siicht rezqpect and admiration of the world She would be recognized as a lady at once—it tilattera nut where or in what si!uation she were funtl-- whether seolehiug bed bags With a red hot . pok , tr, or hollering hallelujah at a eanip meeting I All that I hve furCier to h ay fellusv batcheluis, is, that when you mar• ry, see that you.gei a !tidy inside and out —ln Who. knows how' to keep the.pot. a boiling, and looks well to her ltouse•bold. So [Dote it be.—Bucheior Sr. "Pras e Sir," said a judge.'angrily, to a blunt old Quaker. from whom. no direct itosycer could be obtained, "do you kn whiit'we sic here for?" "Yes. verily; 1 . d0." said-the Quaker ; "three of you for four dollars 'ic!Aintiitnd the= fait. one in the middle for four thousand a year.": 'Lotik - Forivrtt. not It seems to we, says a writer, times are alike- adapted for hap and if.wu grow old ascot should grf. the last days of life west be. tiro ha Of all. , Every stage: - 'of life is 6:i Preparathiiii fur the Pest one. - 14 !remit:lra-house in Which are holler the pleasureS that are to wake the, thee happy.- The child has indel few troubles, but they are to la' a tines prove to his "pareut. I friend once, speaking of the liappy,l less ‘daYs, of his childhood - , if 'he iike to be - always a child-' stopped, for a moment, and the "Nu." I think hie was right. TI Progress in every - thing—in our Ilk liappiuess, and in (Air capacity for went, Then let us - look back u 4 time-wrinkled face, of the past on! feebngs of regret. Give - we the p glewing, and full 'of life; and the glorious with its bright visions. I rather look forward than back'; ppeud the golden boars workie present happhiess, than in vain for the past. It is but the -heltn, which to eteer tier onward course the sleep and rugged mountain up •'!rich' lies our wziy. It is not genitis n r tor tune that paves the way to eminenie, bat earnestness, self•cuntrul, wisdutu. I rltese are toour hands; let us use them, and when, at the sunset of life, we turn to lout: - back on our path, and see it stretch ing far down before us peacefully, we may lay ourselves down to rest. Marshal*Neyls Death-Scene. The. vengeance of the allied powers demanded some victims; and thelutrepid ?ley, who had well nigh again :put .the ;crown on Bonaparte's head at Waterloo, !was one of them. Condemned to be shot Ihe was led to the garden of LuxembUrg, lon the morning of the 7th of December, 'and "laced in front of a file of soldiers., drawn np,to kill him. One of the offi cers stepped nu to bandage his eves, but he rept.lsed hitn, trying, "are you igno rant that fur twenty five years I have been accustomed td faCe both ball and bullet ?" the then lilted his hat above his head and with the same calm voice that bad steadied his columns so fre quently in the roar and tumult of battle, said : "I declare uefure God and man, that I never betrayed my country—may my death render her happy ! Viva la Prancer' lie 'then turned to the sol diers, and striking his hand on his breast, cave the order, "Soldiers fire!'' A sim-I ultaneuus discharge followed, and the bravest of the brave sank to rig: no mote tie who had fought five hundred battles! for France, nut one against her, was shot] as .a traitor. As I looked on the spot! where he fell, I could not but sigh over' his fate. BATTLES IN• JANUARY.--hrlhe vari rats battles and shirmishem that tool: place during the month of JaiMary th 6 year, between the Union and Rebel forces, the following is the tio•regate of the killed, wounded ' and missiug : tuion Killed, 48 Wounded, 186 Missing, Total, SOME BEANS —Mr Siefehlf of Franklin Massachusetts, thinks he has be'dicti the New Ilampshire Man who raised four hundred and fifteen beans from one so:d. Mr. Mtheaff says that a few years since he raised from two beans one hundred and fifty•threepods un one, and one hundred and fifty six' on . the Aber: The beans counted up fifteen hundred - and thirty-three. • -A volunteer. who prides himself upon the domestic arts he has learned during his camp life, writes- home to advise the girls not to be in a hurry to marry,, for the boys will return' hi a short titae, and girls .can get good husbands, who can cook, wash and iron, and do general housetvOrk; wori in tile garden, - or run of errands fur their wives. Tito Parisian, asked to describe the ocean, F a thi g hly big pond with en awful smell of tar," A French gastronomer present when he gave this definition, begged to correct bim-! "NO, Monsieur," said lie, "the sea is a rat of brine, where Nature pickles lobsters, codfish, and mackerel." MRS. PARTINGTON told Emus the other day in confidence.- that—a-young man had committed infantioidebyiblvw ing his brains up in a state of 'delirium tremendous. and the corner was-holding a conquest over nis domains. • A • wag being' uslted the name of the inventor,uf butter stamps - , replied that n was probably CaututO;lts he first Wet :tilt letters into Greene. .• If vie lack tlic sagacity to discritUid:ite nicely betweCo our acquaintaucce, niitfor tune will readily dti it' for - us,- - I- -. - -- »- ::"1 VENTS.- -$lO PPR -, • t "Th• • • ::1 7:l'3'. ey SPY..I'. • •, • . • We shall net. attempt, : for. we =ail harilly'expeCt te'suceeect, pertritYing. r the defoimitted of a charactir•sarefoulitve as the ".thei'epiQ tiodi of Men ar d woinan,goodiiidtbat old and youngjare alike' Withered blighting.infuduce: couoenient mail{ for .the slanderei'frimia behind which to emit the ftittlesi, lib the Most scandalous rumors and toot gl,tless pe4wins there are thiiiiie'ib7 Petty _seandat *lr, malicious' and give it currency; whhOut *tisipteiti consider its 'Oobability or the...:ionsill quence of proeniting its circulattot--. -They Say" is a demoh inalayia that itilt.des every circle; destroyi the peace. of 'families, 'Waits ,reputation; sows discord, ebgenders 'strife add heart= bunings, nitlicrs frieddship, poisoci6hl tout;tain of lovti, and even . desearatia the `altar. The habit of rePtating i iiiiitte antes grows tiptice with the Jets gene°, and produces, results - of the tuntit ' painful cha.acter. Htopy. - and affections are sorely..tac'er.4o;iaij 'that not for 11161' tithe only,,bht bovt.irftelf do the slandersithus germinated ,like_tci, injure the good name and fame,foryearif, atter.% Who 114 escaped its ,bauelni:th._ ilueuce? Po* tuauy can trace ,the 4.. moat ,poignant Borrow to some -behritesti; utterance. exaggerated by repetitioa„ au& to be ; traced in its origin only to the uhi.. (pitons -They Say 'l' This fiend is ever busy scaring the reputation, magnifo4. the frailties. and, torturiog the iundt . cent conduct unit actions of men: vine reputation is a.priceless jewel, an ti . we envy no inaa's or woman's heart . wi.4, will lightly' trifle with it, by heeding 'r giving eurreneyi'm "They Say" -rdniorsi: affeeti. g the character .of ,a !low what niche.. Wicked it is. When sails the aliseut,Pcilio cannot meet its - cusations, - rut Itinntr duffer without Ott', opportunity to repel it, it may he, COI& to late to avere the evil it IMS..eutiti!e-i,.., It is a very safe rule, when yoh have t•ti,ikr'- ; rug good to say 'fbout your neiglibiir,_ t» keep your snoutli shut. Above ail, kt the r "unruly ineuihek" be stifled agaitist,tli6.l . utterance of "They Say" rumors. - lhat all rioess. lw old. *piest ut the is the , ted future ed but larger 'bed a i eloud /would lie said ,ere Is cues of enjoy= th. with eseut, uturc, would rather g out egrets With ENE TIIr WdiJN OP TfiE may gelato a b411..r00m, writes tie 14- thur of "fluunni Nat Itte,:§, i .wheie tliez are twci hundred women. -Que hundred' . and ninety' of them you will pasi. with as nitieli itifilifferenee as one ,htindet4 and nicety - nine pullets; the tnu hundredth irresistibly draws you' to her: '1 here are one . -4Modreet hatotiomoi. nn& nintety nine -elOverFr ones .present; she [shine luts_the r magnet that allia&si you ' Now, rotiat is'that magnet?. "Id it her tyan per that charms ? is it her 1'76;4 that strikes on One of those thoesand ain't one chords of yOur nervous system, alai ; makes it vibrate as sound, duel hail* glass Or do Eger affect y dtY you have rib fit 4 ro ietie6t,' and - do' 63W partnnity for your head to jthip,o hoWycii 6an digest the notions they 41ave put into it ! Or is it magnetisin,'Or *liar • the p:agu - e is it . • Rebel. 2B 383 34.: E• POOR Wit ts'r tnt G. —S pea k i tie of herei, - .:!' sacs a victim to one of the sinews can scarcely imagine one' capable of id= • flietinc , wore udeery than an ietote6ilde . whistler. I can stand e fife, Whefiall the nation is armed end eqeipped day, and the dr(itn, With itsAting,fienk,! : : serves to drown ;its seicitni; VIA to to:a poor air, badly murdered" puckerer, too much, and fer death in sonic 'easier, if ,doi: quicker way. I always think of the Fiee'ch stago;., &abil driver, Wboi.being very tilueb ativ", titled by such a!• bore, turned Er•p - opi with • 'Mine tries'; vat for yud all de time. , • viSsel ? • You IciSi yoiYr leetle clok;eh "• • 1012 DREADFUL TiiicEL4.--When Set got home from inackereline;, -- hd sought' his Sarah Ann, and found'rhat • she,: the heartless one. had :Wed another Morn. And then most avrfulAight begot. add' ea' hi weni away. and bound. Itiuts'elf•tb oak 'way off in Florida`. He pitied -upoti the live oak land, he . murmured ine th glades i I • ay . grbw heavy in his handi, - all in' the WildWOUcl shades: . MusqUituite bit hint evetynthe're, no comfort could hes . get, and . oh, how'io,tribly he *mild' strear whenaiee . he'd - get bit. Al la'se asfair:' ing of relief, and wishing :himself dead; he went into the Woodi.apiedeiand chop , . - ped off; his own_head..- :• Wowen can't bear control. Had tli6' Lord donimande4 Eve; to eat the apPleg . probably she wou . in't, hare tounhedit. Dutv't* assodiate ',with a wait aavat- , phys his. debts.. It a fella* : motet his cou;Pan.Y. wou'i• There is no fone'ral scterid ti? falloirja c: - the fribtral of Ciaf'xrivii youth; Whieh hive beta Oruyering with fond ambitioes hopeo v iW'all -the , bright bets: ries that berg ii-koisonous:clibttileteeza the path of life . ,-- Y l fir X - 1 fy1:75 , 7? EMS Ell _~.., s . '=~r MEM
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