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, A PSALM OF 01,L.
Tell mb not in mournful measure,
"Oil is but an empty show;
?or 'tip eafth's; deep-hidden treasure;
And!a, pumplwill make it flow.
"Oil is , greisy," l "Oil doth smell bad"—
So say those;vrho have it not;
SO of Old, the Poor fox felt bad,'
When the grapes he had not got'.
Not to stay'at' kome and grumble
Is the• Way te, make your pilp,
Bat in hearty Slough and tumble,
Dig and bore till you "strike ile. 4
, • ,
Rods are Icing,aaid *ells are sinking,
And the earth, half fall of holes,
the signs of conste.ht drilling,
. I Shows the faith that fills our
•
See at, Oil Creek how they rally,
See in ltieeciOs mud domain,
In the... Allegheny valley,
All have oil , "upon the brain."
Trust no agent's speck fis story,'
Go yourself,;get yoti a lease,
Drill—drill deep in search of glory.
Find it when you find the grease
lilts of greenhorns oft re'tnind us
We, perhaps, by patient toil,
departing, leave behind us
Quite a striking ...show of olL"
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Such h shnw ftS that anottter
Boring'after, lithout luck ;
Some foriorn lid'rfainting brother
Seeing, any keep op his pluck.
Let us, then, he busy bpring
• With the meauslat our control
Keep on drilling., keep exploring,
With a pump in every hole
NEW • indm • liaitL STREET
Brick Poeuet.oy, ever speculative upo ,
.
current topics,: has another ritapsody . fu
the nine' passing.:
"3.3R.10K" POMEROY STAKES PETER •
OLEOM
0 Petroleum ! yea are the Pete for , me!
why? aurae the rock,
a'tl water
. gushuredl . fortlf,. first ; - I smol e .
tty ruck, a id e i seeedlng. much olOii.trea
elei forth, And I am dein+ T.
hind such nroch of grease, dot!) tscll e•
e.rease ticith me.l 1 skirmished - from gai
ret u p.m oil region , Ever sincei I bebaite
'born, 'iliy• poverty bas been ; very hard tln
be borne ! 1 have suffered—l-I have b.:en
bored . by.ereditors 1 My credit was run
into the . ground. People thought we
rich, meanwhile ! and a very mean while
it was,'tuo I They thought Ihad plenty
of ! money, so tliey wanted pay down for
[`,ivliat I bought. Notiwishingi to humor
people, albeit something of ai humorist,'
:,•perhaps, I would not purchase many,
I leased,:i bored, I qrought
vidi, vici I
'Liven that ends 'well; especially if it is an;
oil wet!, I bored and it came. I drilled
is hole through a rock and oilready have;
I
:been rewarded with so 'much of the fuel
prepared for the final conflagration, that:
[.fear the last boil will end in as great
flzzlb as did the Dutch. Gap Canal.
. *cid pow / am rich: 7 / 13)0re rich than;
anOnati or any other man. I have lots;
of money,tiewrwheis I have no use for
What a queer world. ] ;•gothipg like oil.'
Folke'Say, 'tHello, here's Honorable Mr.t
Brick just struck a fortune.—Deuced
fine fellow, .Mr! Brick !" Three months
since, .I was pld n "Brick." It's oil owing
to Petroleum..
Aud now fora: splurge Brown stone,
liouse'OD Fifth avenue, 'with brown-stone
.front designed by old Brown himself, on,
both ends of it. Bed horses With green,
'tails, pink eyebrows, blue ears, 'chocolate
colored '3es, frizzled mane and +matchless:
style. i Yellow wagon with black sideS,-
purple rblinds,l and 'a brown top. a la clam,
.shall. dEthiopian driver with White kids,.;
,belfericio stockings, magenta hatband, and :
:false teeth` on :gotta percha base. And:.
siziy-four extave ethicipiana with bacca-' 4
elle drawers, that mcidesty ,may not be;
. shockett by looking at ;he -legs therea t
And a library devoted to red baciss,.yek
low,backs, brown-backs, nparoon•bicks.;
and; evert - "greenbaaksi !" Darn thei
quothes I! And I'll have a Pack
in the woodshed, and a bathing-tub of+
oil in the Church, and a wild buffalo to
cut steak from—mnd Oysters as, large as'`
Lincoln's majority, and boots with roundi ,
toes and square heels, and a seat in some!:
fashionable Church, and new hoop skirts':..
My hired girls,"and I will employ
so toady. Diggers to.wait on me, that oil
Pll l have to do willjbe to bo happy.
Pete! let hie kiss you for your Ma! And,
I'll lay a bed wordings, and I'll set upl:,
allpight, and bore 'my friends oil day till:
'beg' can't bare-1 it ! Talk about honMst
industry; sawing wood for" the dust,:i
opening oysters for :the shells, blaokink
tbohts +merely to see your face in them,;
;and bevag honest forty years, waiting for;
eotne rpoh man to adopt you! Played !:
:Petroleum is the boy. And now I'll live;
Out of the - house vain pomp
Awaytrom me,cold outs. crackers; cheese.
;them mush :boiled,' No. 5
."'warm4+l up soup, and brilliant Appetites.'
I've Tuck Pete.,
'-, -x, -
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Deiiotea to the i'hißeiplos of 'hie, DeNoeNoy, oga - tile isseti)ill4tiort:of 3oil g.itehittre Arebs.
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY,„P4i, WEDNESDAY - APIIIX , 19,1865.
Now, When Igo on the Street, •felkirrin
to the witidoWs. and. smilej And -
.they
-smile - at me irthe street.. And they ask
mein smile, in Ginuel Cock.lails hot*.
And they all haVe a kind word: , 0, Pete,
mere the Rolenm for the I
.1 Thine . in
my limit `
edi Kingdom i isn't its they used
to once.- was - Psreviell; ragged habili
meats.
.Gbad bye, hungry istcimdeli.!--
Oil'lliver,Cold shoulders I lts oil right
now. Tetil.years. ago Bnggins. wouldn't
' . :;.,speak to me, cause I,was not Well, &nen.,
.BUggins is now as coa l (
dicil.al bore•radisb or hot whisky. - And
when I would wedlock thoSe rich
''who so sweetly was onto me, her cruel
- 1 ;;-parients-said, "0, poor, but honest youth,
entice thyself hence !". Apd I 'enticed
nobody 11 Now those girl, and that
cruel parients; wish we' te .. call; How
;a0 yon, bettered' eircuthstances 7 - It' is
gdod to remember.oil these things ! And
th'e' time :dWells in those fond recollect.
"tieneof Mine as '.how I Was net: wanted
fiat fashionable parties. „1.\;1o* the doors
. .11$ wide, and ebony angels of
. shoddy
4',Wina".the(panels for me to .enter and
revel. 0, Pete, you're oil right, my boy.
Money ! More than would wad a co.
:flumbied ! Everybody is -willing to trust
me now. I have no need for credit. Rich
::folks are deuced glad to see we pow.—
{They didn't once.' Great is Peter Oleum,
''and boring is its profit! . J u st to think
of it. Bowl used to once dig potatoes
'son thares-‘4urn grindstone for fun—milk
`cows .
ws for the buttermilk—cotton striogi
for suspenders—boss's old bouts or freeze
:toes—hired man's hat or get tanned—,
.ie'cond table or none' at all—"dirty fin
gered type.sticker,", or poor inechanicH
"L - go afoot oti stay behind ! Oil is a dreaM
now. Stare r 'hilarous - days.. for poverty
.are over, and shoddy is indeed envilms.
Guess I can kiss Matilda Jerusha!now„
..aid her dad won't object, for I've struck!
I Reckon tailor will have time to
wake chip:le raiment for Ime this week
`.Think landlord won't insist upOn my
`ilioving out of .his abode 'Things are
, n •
I,vorking now. Another opened ! And
ou dtin't know how• nice it is. If Igo
Go a "bum" folks look over it•now. When
was poor they . looked into it. I can
kick th • boot blacks. - stink poor:people,
-'break-car Windows, throw gobletsat wait
ers, visit queStionahle places, hiirrah for
any man P with to, wink at whose wife I
wish to, tie tuy.teaut to shade trees,'stand
Lon church cushions with - dirty feet, 'jam
:people's hats down over their eyes; tell a
Man he is a liar, spit on the carpets, get
;drunk or. sober, swear or not . as 1. please,(
and. its oil right, for I've struck Pete !-- 1
And I can sit up oil night; and raise
much . it—armory. -No one objects. Mrs.
Stiggiogs says I is the nicest Malislie . ever
'sawed. Mrs. Piggerly says lis the most,
.delightiogest gentleman she ever knoWed.'
The S! iggings and, Piggerly. girls'' say
'am mostly exqiiisitous. Its oil on account
Of Peter Oleuw, -who ' , has - lately come toy
see me,
Shor/felkry
I F c And I'm on it now. Have- left my
measure for a set of diamonds size of a
,coal-hod. And I ha've ordered silk shirts,
:satin stockinus, moire antique elastics
:and a gold shaving cup. And I'll have
/a guitar,- harp, organ, piano, and the
tinkling cymbal in the house, oiled with
petroleum, so they will play easy. And
Inv.,hair,
hair, tuy whiskers, my pocket hand
kerchief, my big clothes and my little
clothes shall bask in a barrel of petroleum
;lvhile I sleep.. 0, Pete, lam fixed at
liast. I'll found a.church. or fOunder a
Olorse. 11l buy a horse railroad, and run'
with petroleum; hire religious editors
;,to puff me into C hr i st i an i ty ;
ouy nom-:
.ination for a fat office, and become as stiff
; as oil-boiled silk. Go way, poverty,'
,wearying of iyour caresses ! You have
'a large society, but I don't -appreciate.
your grip. Your,by•laws are right, but
;against my constitution. Now I can give
.advlee, and it will be needed. Its nice.
to have struck ile--one has so many mm e
friends than he_ ever thought-..for, and.
:people take such an ' interest in you.
'can go on change, buy a few thousand'
shares on call, sell gold long or short,
deal in stooks•at buyer's uption, hare-a:
private box at the opera, shake hands'
'with old Mr. Nabob. and sing what tune,
I please.. Young man, bore for oil. Strikei
Pete, and be happy ! Cause the earth
to gush into your lap,- and beauty will.:
gush oil over thee. Strike oil be!,
great.
The question once was, who inflicted a
blow under the auricular of William Pat
terson. Farewell, Pat I : The interrcga•
Lion now is.: "Who struck Pete ?" I've
~truck him, nod once more- Mu' happy.
If society wants to. come forward and
hake, a new brother's hand, society can
do it now. If young ladies wish to caress
me sweetly once ere. I become old, they
wtll please come forward and not rumple
my clothes. If any seeker after notoriety
wish to kiss me for the Sanitary, they
can tIO it, and one of my niggers shall
`hold the stakes: rye. struck Pete, and
the result is, much gorgeousness of ap
parel—many gnod thjags 'heretofor
known to me only by observation.
_ -
- 2 P -I,l=
I would not be a poor man—
I would notlf I could; '
; ;IBut I need not fret about it,
• ! For I could not if I would.
while the earth divulges its' hidden se•
crate into my lair at. the rate of thr
hunired barrels. Its oil right now. Once
I Was merely a bore.l Now I am a Btll3.
°espial borer. And my troubles have
been &owned in oil by the genius of sue.
cei---Peter Olautn. .Oilways thine,
,i 6 Barce , POMBItOY.
Hints to Youn g Gentlemen.
,
Don't give up your seat io the cars
when -you are tired with,your day's work,
to .a pert young miss who,has been amus ,
ing herself_ with a little shopping.. She
will not thank you for,it ; and if a man
is going to sacrifice his comfort, he h4 , la ,
reasonable right, at least, to expect a lit-
Ile;gratitude. No use being polite to
smile ladies—tbere is an old . proverb about
casting pearls•befere—what's her name?
Don't submit' to be crowded aff the
~tiveinent into a muddy gutter by two
advancing balloons of silk and whalebones;
Haven't your newly blacked boots as
good a claim to Inspect as 'their skirts'?
Look straight before yon, and stand up
for your rights like a man—the ladies
can contract a little,lif they see there is
no; help for it. _ 1 ' , '
0013% talk literature and the fine arts
Ithe pretty girls of -your acquaintance
itil'you are sure they know.the differ:
e between Thompson's Seasons .and
ouipson's Arithmetic). And if they
aypatticularly bentimental, then you
know that they do not understand
hat you are talking about. . I
Don't ask a nice little girl about bet
Ills, unless you are, very certain she'has
it "cowe out," and been engaged in two
three flirtations already.
Don't say complimemary things to , a
utig lady at a party without first mak
,
sure that her "intended" is not.
nding behind you the whole tithe.
Don't accept a young lady's invitation
go shopping with her unless vou have
eviously measured the length of your
me.
to,
P
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Don't stay later than eleven o'clock
r en you spend,the evening with a pretty
end—the wisest and wittiest wan in
irit , tendom becomes a bore after thst
EMI
IDon'tlelieve any, woman an , angell It
you feel any Symptoms of that disease,
.1, take 4 dose of sage tea and go to bed,
l s tis much a ruakidy as the small pox,
:arid it is your business t
i o
'get •over it as
1
'soon ,s possible. An angel; indeed! If
vtludo_not find out pretty soon that she
: leeks (considerably •more than the svino:
• ID • •
we arse sadly mistaken.
IDou't make up your-mind about any,
(creature to a belt ribbon and velv4t ros•
•tts without first,asking your sister s ad
vice. Depend upon it, oue , woman cab'
read another better in five minutes! thab
? vdu can in five ipars.
.Aou, above all, do net imagine that: ,
you must keep your lady talk and gen.
tieinan te4k in separate, budgets, labeled
.aild sorted, unless you went the girlsito'l
laugh in their sleeves at your wishy-washy ;
sentimentalism. Talk to them in a frank,
manly style, as ,you Would to, en intelli.!
gent gentleman. Don't suppose, because 3
,they are, women, they don't know eq.;
thing. j
trißemember an tills Advice, sir, and yob
ay make rather less of a foe' of your ,
s•lf than 'yoti would ,otherwise.l
Who Should-not be a Wife.
Has that woman a call to ibe a wife
ho thinks more of ber . silk dress thin
r children, and visits , her nursery no
.4tener than once a day'? Has' a woman
, m call to be a wife who calls •for a cash' r ,
;mere shall when her husbai3irs}notes are
• being, protested ? Has that woman a'call
1
! , ti) be a wife who sits readinc;• o ', . the last
, 1
• dew novel while her husband 'steads be.
fore the glass vainly trying to pin togetb
er a butttoniess shirt bosom r illasithar
eirtiatra tall to be a wife who expects
lierjhusband to swallovildiliited • coffee
soggy bread, smoky tea and watery pots.l
t 6 es six days out of the seven T. 1 Has she
call to be a-wife who ilirts.With every
forshe meets, and reserves her frown's: ;
for the home fireside? Has the a' call
''o be a wife who comes down to breal6
:,ast in abominable curl papersi a coiled'
-dressing gown, and shoes down I. at the'.
' eel?` . Has she a can't° be a' wfe whose :
usband's love weighs not in the balance
with the. next *door = neighboni damask -
:onitsins or velvet carpets 7 Has she a.
all-to be a wife who would ta4e'advau : -
age of a , moinent of 'congugal weakness,
to extort money •or extract a promise ?'
Has she a call to be a'wife Who takes a
journey for, jileasure, leaving her husband
to toil in a close office; and have an eye, -
when' at home, to the servants and chit
dreg? H_
as she a call to be a wife to
whop a good huabanirs society is not: the
greatest' of
,earthly,blessings, and a house
fell of rosy children its best,: furnishing
and .rettiest ornament ? , - _'• . , -
A down East Yankee, has inv . ewted
machine for orating people's feelings.
ioiti
Going to sea when I was a small phapl
the height of a canitan bar, was a very
different . affair in several , respects from
going to sea in these flying clipper and
ocean steamer days. The bread feature•
lies erhaps undergone a more radical,
chan o than any 'billet.. Now we eat ,
"hard' tack" 'at sea for a rarity. Then We,
!Easti India goers saw a lOaf or.biscuit so.
-eldorn that we forgot the limes entirely.
'•
:and'called everything that was not hard;
taok soft tomtny,
Ir . my eighth year, I ,shonld think, :we;
weal to Providence with our Cargo of teas;
One ;voyage; and a . couple of days aftei.
.ur arrivalony father took the steward'
, asho're with,himi and sent down aboard
,by that offtcial'five great round waves o
Yankee brown bread, still warm from the:
:oven, and two rolls of the nicest, richest'
• ellow butter I had 'everiseen.
Depositing the loives'and rolls of but.:.,
ter . oo the cabin :table; . and saying—:
"Dtot, you look out for ! ; tbat bread arid;
'butter, while I i.te hint 'a washer-wothati:
for the ship,"
off be went. leaving me.the
guardian 'of the' . five loaves and two. rolls
of butter' . • '
, , s
"6, yes," I said, in soliloquy, "Pick
will take precious good care of that pre
'cious bread and butter,some of it at least.
`And forthwith; provided with ti;earving.
knife; I Elahed one of ' the huge loaves
:square through the centr, and then cut
;ring a slice filly, an inch thick, and
•ahoulci judge a l bout l the.size of a door mat'
•I laid on to the best of !my judgement;
.three quarterg of an inch of butter, and
prepared to take care of the material
I. had only bitter) out the first horse
shoe when a tramp on' deck announced'
the; arrival of my father and company.
with him
w.
,'hat was I to ...ow or wii,_
could I hide my l plunder l' father was
and •
? M
on the stairs, to run to the pantry
would be,to run directly under his eye.
Help me runthe l i r wit, now if ever ! A
briht idea occUrred to me. With the i
;rent slab of bread in my hand, 'butter!
side 'up, I spatted it up underneath the,
table„ leaf and it Stuck there.
Dawn came my father, and down after
him came four fellow sea captains, whom
he !lad invited to knob with hiiii. • Seat.
lug• hituselfl at , the table, I• was ordered to,
laylon knives act the great cheese, and
at ft they Went, disposing of brown bread
and butter, ht'such a rate that I, after a
little while, began to whisper softly to
myself:
..
Wick you're a lucky dory to have se.
curd just a taste for yourself",
13ut I hadn't quite done tbat t - for after.
they had been gorMandising a half hour:
lor so, my father suddetily called;
"Boy, Dick !" ' •
"Sir," I Said promptly, standing up as
;straight as a stick close to his left shoul
.
;den i
Boy, do i?ou 'love soft Tommy ?"
father ioquired i 'very 'earnestly.l
'No—sir-1--don't--hke—soft—Tom•
tor r,
s'pose not. I say
lboy, do you like bread and butter ?"
"Don't know l air; never ate any."
allow tho action of raspiratton to he carried,
on through the mouth.. The, nasal pes.
sages, are e !early the medium Oro' , whict
respiration was, by our Creator, designed.
to be carried on. "G.,od breathed - into
man's nostrils tbe l breath of life,,' previove
to his becoming diving creature: . The
!difference in the ;exhaustion of strength.
!by a long walk with the month' firmly
!closed, and respiration carried ontirrough
ithe nostrils instead of" the month; is in
'conceivable to,those who have never tried
the experiment. Indeed, this I mischiev.,
ous and really unnatural habit'of carrying
on the work of.inspiration and expiration
through the mouth is the triter origin of.
- almost ail the diseases of thelliroat ind
1
Eat i ng , a Pie -p late ; . f ., - he lungs, as bronehitis, congeStion, asth-
Obtaining liberty one day, I went right'rna) and consumption itself:
,That
f.
straight through the town, en d r ight, ofi '- excessive perspiration to which some' in.
dividuals are so liable in their sleep,•and
mi t into the nountr:r till I got tired, and
then tacked ship and stood along underwhicii is
.so. weakening to the body, .is
e the effect of such persons Sleeping
ens y 'sail homeward bound until , e,omin ,; I ° l6 Y
with their mouths unclosedl Abd the
to a decent looking farm houie gloss to
. salue, unpleasant and exhaustive results
the channel, I tacked ship again and
arise to the animal system from walking
toed into port to lay in provisions and
• .with the mouth open, instead of, when
water, . 1 , i
. in
Found front door open and splint hot. ' not en g a g ed . in -con v ersat i on , Prescrvina'
.gilled chair sitting against it inside ; floe ;she lipS / lin a state of firm rn
but quiet co.
looking, motherly old 'lady spianing:, flax -Pres:inn',
through the lungs depend . al
As the .heat and velocity of
On
ping
wheel, and two handsome, strap• Ole
01000
ping, young ladies spinning wool on big most entirely upon the :quantity ofthe
wheels. atiuosplieric tar inhaled with each ins pi.
Came to anchor in splint- chair, and ration, and as it is unavoidable( that it
asked old; lady for drink or water and should fbe taken in, in volumes4by - the
piece of b're'ad. Old. ady ;said; : month, : ' whilst it can only be supplied its
';Lucy get the boy a bowl of milk and -moderate quantities, and just in sufficient
a pie ;" and while Lucy was obeying or. %proportion to servo the purpose of a i
ders, old ad asked : . , healthy respiratory action whilst supplied
y l •
..:through the nostrils, it is clear that the
'q3e. venu.a sailor ?" '
, I,A.
sinll_one ( inteana. ” : body most be much lighter and :cooler,
Neow dew tell ! My Billy's tt" sailor. , and the breathing mob freer and easier,
Don't. yeon - knosv Billy ?" '' ' when the.latter course rather 'than the;
former one is adapted: , Chilrden ought:
', Guess. Dot._ Ilainty of sailors I don't
konw.. ; ', 'j . 1 . . • never to be allowed to stand or walk with'
Stik . here"a raced
Luo) , w i t b a bit: bowl. their months open ; • for besides the val
of Sall, pewter plate with i puOipkin cant appearance it gives to . the , counte.
pie on it.. ScoFfed the pie direetly. and Dance. it 'is the - eertain - i 4 icausnr,..ef
watching a fair chance ) shied' & y e - pla te coughs, colds, and sore ) throats. •C:
"Eh I what: never ate any bread and
.butter? Upon my word, that's too bad
Sere, my lad, give you a taste," and
'net then fetching away my monstrous
slab of brown br:ead from under the table'
he spatted the slice, hotter side to, slap
;all over my fare; and then said, very qui
:
Ihere, my lad, eat Your way out . of
hat, and you'll likely be able to tell me if
you like bread and - Ontter.• And Gook ye
'here. my son, so long as you're cabin boy
on [this ship, and take a fancy for a first
'cut into anything, it will be well to as
permission to do so." •
MO
.ftithS.,::4llo. PER OM.V.!•!
out into ihe many weeds-aerestut .etioad•
,
Sucked down - the . milk, and inquirettor
old lady, "what's to payt >
"0, nothing; we don% never cliarge
sailors for Bich like, -„Lueygeon.talke the
things." = And wheeLneycitme for Abe
things I banded her the bowl andleoketi
innocent.- Lucy held out her lafitud,.axd
said : ' -
. „
"0, my gracious! Miss Lucy 0 1 deitr
E. din't mean to---Fve eaten %that plate..
I beg pardon. I did't know there„was
.nvtlying un!er that 'pie 'a oh
.fraid I'll di some time-or other. getee
a dollar. I must hurry to Prondence-aPit
'find a doctor!' ' •••• ,;
The Jast-Isaw of these three spinners
they were peeping eivand, the vorner?of
the house after me, probably wondering
if I_ wasn't a youno. ostrich.. • ,
JA traveller on the vieetern ; plafas i
writing from Colorado Territory, recotzt.
"mends camp life to that region as a cure
for all sorts of infirmities i l He says '
I , A fesv ,
.years ago the great wettern
plains were,a kind of terra • incognita to
all but a foss hardy Rioneers. -Nc.csr tiiop
sands,of immigrants and emigrants, team
sters, traders and, soldiers go over ill'eut
in all dareAians. Still the class that -Oh
-1
orally ventures out is the hardy scirt, an.
swerie to the backwoodsman of tarty
years wee, when. Ohio and Indiana were
considered the Far West. I have often
wondered why our , timid, nervous, deli.
caw females do not occasitinally take a
trip tins ray. The stars are very ball.
liant in the clear atmosPhero, the air, ex.
cedingly invigorating, and the fare peeti-
Iliarly adapted. to health. .I , sat oppostie
to a lady to-day at table, .whose rosy ,ap
pearance,, and enbonpoiat.showed well ae
Ishe partook heartily of jack•rabbit. .Thit
Iday before; she ate wild goose with; tin
=equal relish. Effeminaey produeet by
ertnni, delicacies and .hot-beds, is alto.
igether unknown. When a lady Can learn
!to spread her buffalo-robe on the plain,
arid look claltnly . up to heaven—which
Iseews nearer here- thari elsewhere r -and
sleeps while her husband whisperkin her
fear, and - the t welves howl a sytnpliCny
!trona an adjacent sand-hill,;, she is ante
; fromhysterics and romance, and bids - fair
'to be remembered by posterity._
i We passed large herds of buffalo telow
!prairie Rock. The meat this , season is
etnarkably fat and tender ' .katelopes
flit past us on alMost every ridge. Geese'
and ducks are abundant ion the Aiken.
sus. end the jaok-tabbii, which (jUdging
from my opposite table clunianion) has
become quite a favorite, sprin&s, from
almesi every tuft, like a young teer.' It
is indeed a wild country: '
do \ ? fl
WALKING AND TALKING..—There 18
:elle rule to be observedin taking, eercise
'by walking—the very best foray it:Li:which
:it can be taken by theyonng, and the able.
;bodied of all ages,, and that is, never to,
,;
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"Plate if you:'ease."
"What say, .111iis I.tuoy?"
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