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JOIT1 i 0. IIALL,
EDITOR & PROPRIETOR.
Select ?. otity
OLD Ft 9LKS.
" I often think each tottering form
That limps aloug i u life's decline,
Orice bore a heart as young, as warm,
As full of itllc fau Its as mine ?
And each has had its ; dreams of joy,
Itf own uncqualle d, pure romance ;
Commencing when 1 he blushing boy
First thrilled alov ely woman's glance.
"And each could tcl 1 his tale of youth,
Would think it si .-ones of love evince
More passion, more unearthly truth,
Thun any talo be; fore or sinco.
Yes ! they could tcl 1 of tender lays
At midnight peni led in classic shades.
Of days more bright, than modern days
And maids mor e fair than modern
maids.
"Of whispers in a -willing car;
Of kisses on a blushing cheek ;
Each kiss, each w'hisper far too dear
Our modern lips to give or speak,
Of passions too untimely crossed;
Of kindred spirits early lost,
And buds that blossomed but to fade.
Of beaming cyus and tresses gay,
Elastic form and noble brow,
And forms that have all passed away,
And left me what we see them now.
And is it thus is human love
So very light anc'l frail a thing 1
And must youth's brightest vision
move
Forever on time's restless win
"Must all the eyes that now are bright,
And all the hps that told ot bliss,
And all the forms so far to sight,
Ileacatter only come to this'
Then what arc all earth's ticusurcs worth,
If we at length would loose them
thus
If all we value most on earth
Ere loDg must fade away from us ?
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A BoaIIIer atono of our city board,
ing houses on bcinp; asked how they
livi d there replied that the litsh was
rather doubtful, but the beef was 'bully.'
J he dubious indorsement lulled to at
truct a new boarder.
General John A. Sutter, the Califor
nia pioneer, is now in Washington, en
deavoring to get claim aguinst the
government allowed. It will be remem
bend that it was upon, the General'?
iurm that L'old was first discovered in
California,
We know a girl so industrious that,
when fclie bus uothinjj else to do, .she
kuiu Uer brows.
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I'OLVME 6 JTVMIlElt 13
THE ItL.ICK CROOK,
The Boston Commercial Bulletin has
the following :
We arc indebted to our valued coi
rcspondent, " Lancaster'" for tho follow
ing description of the scenic spectacle of
the " Black Crook," as it appeared to
him on tho occasion of a recent visit to
witness its representation.
1. I thought it was doing the "squaro"
thing to see Philadelphia. I have for
saken my crooked ways since I left Bos
ton. Speaking of crooks, I've seen the
Black Crook, and, with tho exception
of the elbow crook, it is the mott popu.
lar crook in New York.
It is advertised in the New York 7ir
raid editorial columns, uud by minis
ters at the Cooper Institute.
You, in the innocence of your puri.
tsmical Boston Heart, suppose the 'Black
Crook' to be a shepherd's crook of that
color; nothing of the sort, it's a dark
complexioned sorcerer, with an affliction
similar to the samo blessing enjoyed by
llichardNo. III.
The Black Crook is p'ayed at Niblo's,
so called because it's kept by Wallack.
l'rico of reserved scats one dollar and
fifty cents.
All the scats that you can see from,
v.nd several that you can not, are " re
served." All the good scats are sold in
advance principally to speculators and
hotels, who re sell ; consequently tho
real pi ice to see ''the crook" is two dol
lars and upwards. The "bare" mention
of the crook has attracted crowds it is
principally a leg'end.ary drama, although
there is moro seen of tho ballet troupe
than ever before in any other piece.
The revelations we startling. The
success of the Crook has been detrimen.
lal to other places of amusement. The
Anatomical Museum and model artistes
are losing many of their best customers.
A petition is in preparation among
tho medical fraternity to have the nnme
of Niblos changed to tho .New lork
Academy of Anatomy.
But to tho play.
It was announced to commence at
half-past seven P. M. The performance
by music from tho Orchestra, enlivened
by frantic rushes of ushers of different
groups of spectators to different parts of
the house, iutcrsperscd with growls from
dissatisfied rustics who couldn't get any
seats below stans.
I had a "reserved scat," and so kept
cool amid the excitement. My scat was
the extreme eud of the outer edge of
the auditorium and partially occupied
by an iron post it was also siuatcd qui.
distant between three open doors aud
two open windows.
I maintained my coolness throughout
the whole ot tho exciting performance.
At twenty minutes to eight a stam
pede of outsiders, with catnpstools, took
place to vacant spaces about the par
nuette- A few smashed bonnets aud
black eyes caused by tho carelessness of
the stool holders, added to the liveliuess
of the scene. A quarter to eight the
curtain drew up, and my attention was
agreeably occupied the next quarter ot
an hour, by such occasional glimpses of
stage as were not interrupted by the ar
rival of peoplo who were late.
The first scene revealed a viliago at
the foot of the Hartz Mountains, quite
a densely populated village judging
from the number of inhabitants who ap
peared.
Of course their was a peasants' dance
and various other dances, in which the
costume of the Hartz mountaineer could
be studied to advantage.
Hartz is evidently a corruption of
Ilotz, judging from the style of apparel
ot tho female inhabitants, which con
sists chiefly of one pair of thin lace
drawers and six inches of pink silk shirt
The noble young man, who is always
in such plays, and dares to love the vir
tuous young maiden, is in this one, and
is torn from her by the count ot that lt
S'rict, and sent by him, in charge of two
old-stylo Bowery theatre villains, to the
lowest dungeon in the castle moat, iu
hcavv tragedy style, (music, big fiddle
and bassoons.) and tho vituous Y. M
aforesaid led off in triumph by tho count
Scene next, laboratory of tho Black
Crook, melo-dramatio sotcerer, bent
nearly double, and with a bluish purple
tace.comio servant iu this soenc, of
courso.
Scene next, the Black Crook in a wild
mountain pass, whero, after consultation
with a fat skeleton ho concludes to raise
the . He docs raiso the Santanio
majesty generally, besides ehosts, with
towels on their heads, pyrotechnic horso
and rider, and a short demon, about 28
inches in height. Crook signs his sould
away, which, unless straightcr than his
body, is a hard trade on his sulphurous
majesty blue fire white fire red fire
calcium lights trap doors violins trei
molo kettle drums pianissimo- trump
ets fortissimo curtin.
End of FirU Act. Squad drill of
sectious of the New Yoik Hum Brig
ade. Act Second. Four scene on tho
earth and uu'Jer tbo sea mermaids io
mnanu FEjrjti, dev. aofi, isg.
costume naiads, fanes, villagers, dem
onds, dances, passculs, past de deux,
pas de trois, pas de ceuts, twenty specta'
cles blended into one act low.nccked
dresses calcium lights short-skirted
dresses tinsel, glitter silk tights fig
leaves plumes music opera glasses,
tableau curtain.
End 0 Second Act Grand paiade
of Hum Brigade. Route : Through
principal entrances of theatre to neigh
boring saloons counterfinng be squad-
spirited evolutions and return to posi
tions.
'Ihird Act Illuminated gardens-
beautiful calcium light moon dances,
parade of tho barelegged battalion, cos
tumes steel shields, helmets, spears and
cuirasses crowds of faries, peasants,
danscuses, naiads, dress and undress pa
rades, tableaux pictures situations
music lull orchestra curtain.
End of Third Act Speciul drill of
fire-proof members of N. Y, It. Brigade
usual evolutions.
Fourth Act Some little melo-drama.
tic scenes aud dialogue, reminding the
audience of a play. The Black Crook
called for nccordiug to contract, and
kayos in a red-hot bh'ze for regions not
for the brilliance ot their pyrotechnics,
the extreme concentration ot their sul
phur depesits.
Grand J" nuiCjScere "Palace ot Dew
Props" fairies on revolving pedestals
naiads swimming in blue gauze nym
phs floating in the air girls bursting
out of cold clouds sprites rising from
gold waves cars pillars columns
clouds sold, silver, crimson calcium
hts fairies vicing in rivalry to out
strip each other nymphs in short cloth,
cs silver and cold tissue in sheets
mermaids in nil costume of a coral
necklace and green gauzo scarf sea
monsters glitter glare music ma.
chinery limbs gauze burst .span
gles eyes lace necks gold and sib
vcr tissue ballet positions mechani.
cal surprises more changes, more every,
thing curtain
The above full and lucid description
gives you a lair idea 01 one s nrst 1m.
pression of the Black Crook.
It s a big thing. 1 hings are dono on
a grand scale hero always, whether it's
distilling whiskey or electing members
to t'ougress.
louarea slow people in lioston.
e do as we please here.
" ood-cocks. captain u. saw
at Williamson's tho other day a lot of
cedar fawcets. Soon afterwards tho
mouths of Cairo epicures wcro "water
ing over the repcrt that llliamson
had in store a splendid lot of wood
cocks. Captain Bill II., ot Mound
City, was in town, aod at once concluded
that he would have some. Driving his
carriage around that way, nu his way
home, he told John I'attou to put him
up half a dozen. John, beiug"up to
snuff," funned a large package out of
that number, and placed it iu the Cap
tain's carriage. The Captain paid the
bill, and complimenting his stomach
with a rub, gave voice to his eager ex
pectation : " Wood-cocks iust what I
wanted nyc, wou't they go gay for sup
per !" Giving his horso a cut, he dart
ed homeward to oroil or fry his eedar
uiccets.
Wiiat's in A Name. .1 gcutlcman
had five daughters, all of whom he
brought up to become useful and res
pectable characters in life. These daugh.
tors uiarried, one after another, with
tho consent of their father. The Erst
married a gentleman by the namo of
Poor, the second a Mr. Little, the third
a Mr. Short, the fourth a Mr. Brown,
the fifth a Mr. Hogg. At the wedding
of tho latter her sisters, with their hus.
bands, were present, and the old gentle
man said to the guests "I have taken
paius to educate my daughters, that
they might act well their part in life;
and frore their advantages and improve
ments, I fondly hoped that they would
do honor to my family. I find that all
my pains, care and expectations have
turned out nothing but a Poor, Little,
Short, Brown, Hogg.
A teacher in a Sunday School was
examining a class of little boys from a
Scripture catechism. Tho first question
was : " Where did (hey stoco him J"
" Beyond tho limits of tho city." The
third question : " Why did they take
him beyond tho limits of the city ?" was
not in the book, and proved a poser to
tho whole class ; it passed from head to
foot without an answer being attempted.
.It length, a little fellow, wholiad been
scratching his head all the while looked
up, and said : "Well, I don't know, un
less it was to get a fair fling at him !"
As editor at a dinner table, beiug
a'sked if he would take some pudding,
replied, in a ht ot abstraction, " Owing
to the crowd of other matter, we are un
able to find room for it.
A lazy fellow lying down on the grass,
said " Oh, how I wish this was called
work, and well paid for."
Jllr. Hpitrgeon's Lie lure.
on
"Candies.".
A Liverpool paper says : As a very
great nniount of curiosity is manifested
with respect to tho lecturo which the
most celebrated preacher of the ago will
deliver to.morrow in tho Philharmonic
Hall.it may be interesting to lay before
our readers a complete synopsis of that
remarkable address which 1ns attracted
so much attention in London and other
1 he importance ot the candle as an
illustration is proved by many references
to Holy Scripture. This Icing dono.
tho lecturer proceeds to show ol what
thiegs the caudle may ho said to be cm.
blemctical :
I. Seven candles of different lengths
illustrate the seven stages of humane
life, teach our morality, and bid us '-work
while it is called to day."
2. Candle box full of candles repre.
sent many churches which uro of no
service to the age. As the candles are
of no practical use till lighted, so church
es are useless till heavenly firo lights
them.
3. A number of fino wax caudles,
not liiiie.l. looking down with disdain
upon (if 1 rush light which is lighted,
and there by lining more than all its line
neighbors.
4. An until caudle, which, plac?d in
candle-sticks ol all sorts, yet gives no
light in any one ot them, shows how
men may lay the blame ol tiu-ir Uf-clcss-ness
upon the position of life in which
they arc placed.
5. Trying to light a candle with an
extinguisher upon it, well sets forth tho
ill cfleets of predjudico in preventing
the reception of the truth-
6" A d:iik lantern represents those
who do net benefit others, because they
keep their light to themselves.
7. A candle protected from the wind
in a lantern clear and bright, pictures
the watchful providence of God over
His creatures.
8. Represents a lantern with a pane
out, showing thereby that men who trust
to their own strength have an opening
through which the wind ot temptation
can blow and extinguish their light.
9. A dirty, battered lantein, its filthi
ness rendered conspicuous by the light
within, is an emblem t.f professed Ciiris.
tian, whose faults are 1:0: iced the more
beoeausc ot their pro), ssion.
10. Is a lantern with cracks iu it,
through which the lijltt gleams bright
ly, illustrating t'oe fact that very great
gifts are often given to those who have
very weak, frail bodies.
11. Caudle under a bu.-hel
12. Candle under a Vandbox. through
which the flame burns lis way, aa em
blem of the Christain's gcacu coming
forth stronger in times if persecution.
13. One candle lighting another il
lustrates God's method ot instruiucutal-
14. A small taper lighting a great
candle shows how humble individuals
are able ofteu to influence greater, as
John Owen blessed by an unkuowu
country preacher.
15. A candle blown out while nu
attempt is being made to light another,
shows how aits of iudiscreet zeal are
often checked.
16- The night light, which portr.v s
those kind aud generous woman who do
good to tho sck and visit tho homes of
the poor.
17. A noble wax candle, over which
a sheet of tin is held and mado black
by smoke, but being held by tho side,
acts as a reflector to increase its bright
ness, shows that we should not be con.
stuntly striving to pry neighbors' faults,
but rather acting as reflectors to increase
their splendor.
18. A candlo ol great thicicness with
a small wick is au emblem of a man
with great talents and little zeal.
ID. A thiet in a caudle is like a beset
ting sin.
20. A sputtering candle is like a sour.
tempejed, crotchety man.
21. .1 caudle in a common guard il
lustrattsthe need of wa chluluess.
22' Suufl'ers speak of the need to take
away our "supeitlivty i.t uauglitir.ess
23. email piece k f .'an lie on the ' save
all shows how should use all our
talent for God.
24. Burning tho cati.iiu at both cuds
seta forth the profligate's folly.
25. Steel filings dropped upon the
flame of a caudle produce sparklets ; so
afflictions are ofteu made the means ot a
grander display of grace.
2G. Two candles of difl'oreut heights ;
the shorter one behind the longer casts
a shadow ; by putting the shorter can
die in front you get tho light of both
This shows liow they ot high degree
should recognize the aid of tho most
lowly.
27. Light insido a lantern inscribed
with tho words " Take a light,'' illust
rates that those who have knowledge
ought to communicate it.
28. A chandelier holding a great vari.
etv ot lights of various colors aud sizt s
illustrates the uuity of the Churcli in
the midst oi diversity.
.u.-j ". ;i!siii,JL"ii?;
JF. MOOKE, Publisher.
TEHMS-l CO Fer 1'car in France.
These are principal points on which
the reverend gentleman founds his very
brilliant and powerful lecture. Such a
variety of topics will form a subject of
great interest.
In
the Wrong
tnancc of
Htd-Thc Ko
ilea lily.
A certain young gentleman who boards
at a private hous".: a respectablo house,
too had occasion to remain away from
his bod until lour o'clock in tho uioru
ing. Some timo after tea on the even
ing of that eventful morning, two beau
til ul, buxom young ladies from the
country, friends and acquaintances of
the landlady, arrived. Beds being
rather scarce, and the young geutleman
not expected to be Ht home that night,
without a word of explanation or warn,
ing, one of the ladies was placed in the
young gent's room. We will leave the
dear creature in her slumbers, and sec
what bus become ot the young gent.
It is now four o'clock iu the morning.
Young gent nat wishing to awaken the
inmates of his boarding bouse, cautious,
ly approaches the door, and alter care,
fully inserting his night-key, is pleased
to find the bolt yield without a squeak.
He softly feel his way to his room, lit.
tie dreaming of what ho would Rfl com
pelled to witness in a few short minuios.
Young gent approaches his room and
knowing the location of the furniture,
c. aud being without matches, enters
tho room, closes the door, and immcdi.
ntciy disrobes himself. Without iurth.
or ceremony he throws his wearied limbs
and body upon the bed. As a matter
of course, he was somewhat surprised
to find his bed occupied, and wishing to
know who his bed fellow was, he rolled
over and gave the young lad)' as rude
as it may seem a dig in tho side in.
quiring as he did so, " Who in tho devil
aroyou?" A slight movei lent of the
the part of the young lady followed this
demonstration, und then, very frantical.
ly she exclaimed, " Good God !" an in
an instant she was iu the middle of the
room, frightened so badly that she was
nuablo to say a word. Ihe young gen
tleman ducked his head under the cov
ering, und iu this pnsitiou endeavored
to explain. Young lady slid out, aud
we have been unformed failed to appear
at the breakf ist table at the propor time.
The position was, we should judge so at
least, a very trying one, and both par
ties have our sympathy. Hannibal
(Jo.) Rep. Xw. 3.
A Comi-mcateh Divorce Case
A suit has been commenced in iho
Wayne Circuit Court, which, if tried
with all evidence, documentary and oth
erwise, wiil not only prove interesting
to all who are imbued with a morbid
curiosity, but will tet the validity of a
divorce granted iu a dill'erent State from
that in which tho divorced parties were
married and tor a long time resident.
Tho c.-.so is substantially as follows:
The parties were married several years
ago, ami resided iu this county ; but the
husband being of a jealous disposition,
they never lived happily together. He
has accused her of being criminally in
timate, with a man residing in the neigh
borhood and charged that 0110 night ho
caught the individual escaping from her
bedroom window. Of the truth or fa si
ty of this aecusatiou we know nothing,
but ho ' made a uotc ou't," and left her
to get along in tho world as best she
might, ihe husband removed nuo an
other State, subsequently applied for a
divorce ou trie ground ot adultery :
end obtained a decree by dtlault the
wife putting in no defence, lie then
got married again, evidently to a com.
panion more suited to his taste. The
first wife preferred a charge of bigamy
against him, aud the last grand jury of
this cuunty indicted liini fur the olfence.
ft does uot, however, appear that any.
thing further was done about the mat.
tor at least tho c.iso has never goue to
trial. She has now applied for a divorce
ou ground cf adultery with the second
wile and may obtain a till by default, in
which event there will ho no trial iu
the case. If the bigoiny case should
be tried it will be the means of ascer
taining whether a man can take up a
residence iu another Stato aud obtain a
divorce, which is too frequently the ro.
suit now-a-days of a brokerage system
which is so extensively carried ou, es.
picially in the Stato of ludiaua. De
troit Tribune of Xuc. 20.
When Sheridau taught school, ho
had in one of his classes a boy who ol.
ways read partridges for patriarchs.
"Stop," exclaimed the of wes a teacher,
' you shall not make game ot the patri
archs.
When may a loaf of bread bo said to
bo inhabited '! When H has a little
Iudiau in it.
" My native c;ty hus treated me very
badly," said a drunken vagabond, " but
I love her still." Probably," replied
a geuileuiau, "her still is all you do
Hates ot Advertising.
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Advertisements displayed more thaa
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2 IJltie Story lrith a Moral.
" Corry O'Lanus," the humorous cor
respondent of the Brooklyn Eogle, is rs.
sponsible for the following "littlo story"
illustrative of the demands of the Radi
cal party :
O'liliqne thinks that if a man wants
everything, the best way 's to let him
have it, for then he will be satisfied aud
wou't want anything else!
If the people of the North will only
give the Radicals all the offices, and tho
white people of the South will grant ne.
gro suffrage : give up their lands and
personal property, and then come in
with ropes round their necks and sub
mit to be hung without any bother, we
shall have peace.
This reminds me of a littlo story :
It was about a man in Connaught;
his name was O'Keegan.
lie was a decent, quiet, orderly, pea
ceable sort of a man, who believed iu a
quiet life.
lie lived out of town, and had to
travel a bit of lonely road, with a boi;
on one side aud woods on tho other.
One day as he was traveling home all
alone, and it v; as quite dark, the moon
hadn't risen, and that part of tho coun
try wasen't lighted with fas in thoso
days, wheu who should stp up from be
hind a lamppost but a big murtherin'
villain with a shellalah under his arm.
" Good morning to you, Mr. O'Kee
gan, says tie, "an 1 11 trouble yo tor
the time of day,"
Mr. O'Keegan took out his watch to
answer the question, wheu the blaguurd
grabs it.
" It's a line repeater ye have got, Mr.
O'Keegan," says he, ''aud it's iu danger
yo ure of losing itjso I'll just take caro
of it for ye," and ho stuffed it iu his pock
et. Mr. O'Keegan says to himself, says
he, "Better let him have the watch, and
he'll bo satisfied and go away.''
But he didn't.
"Mr. O'Keegan," says ho, "may bo
ye have some small change about ye,
th.it you'd be happy to lend me; and
you'll save the trouble of going through
your pockets by shelliug out-"
Thinks Mr. O'Keegan to himself :
" lie only wants my money, and I'll let
him have that rather than have any
trouble with the fellow."
So he shelled out, and thought he had
satisfied the rapscallion, aud was going
off quiet peaceably.
" Whist, Mr. O'Keegan," says he,
'you have a mighty fine coat that ud
just fit me, and I'll trouble you tor it."
Mr. O'Keegan thought it wasn't worth
while to fi;;ht about a coat, so ho pulls it
olT, and the other chap puts it on, and
Mr. O'Keegan thought he was going to
get. home at lasi in his shirt sleeves.
But the rapacious cuss wasu't satisfied
yet.
" It's bad the nont, look's without the
waistcoat, Mr. O'Keegan," says h'j ;
aud it ye'd be after letting 1110 liavo
that garment peacably, it would save a
misunderstanding between us."
Mr. O'Keegan believed in concession
s i lie peeled again, though he began to
ivcr, and though it was cold comfort
to be a Christain uuder such circum
stances.
But the chap had'ut done with him
yet.
It s your boots L want now, says
he.
Mr. O'Keegan began to think that tha
chop was a little too Radical but as the
chap innsted thutthe boots were au indis
pcusablo concession, Mr. O'Keegan pul
led them off, sayiug to himself "he's got
everything now, aud I'll bo off."
lulo the villiau was putting on the
boots, Mr. O'Keegan wished him good
night and was trotteug off, wheu the
unreasonable omadhuun calls after him.
"Mr. O'Keegan," says he, "just sthop
where ye are. I have your watch aDd
your money, and your coat, and waist
coat, und your boots, aud I belave that's
all yo have about ye that's worth taking.
liut now ye 11 be alter going to tho mig
ihtrates aud telling yer story and send
ing tho peelers after mc, and trying to
get your propeity back and me hanged.
To s.ivo yo all that trouble I'll jist
knock yo on the head, aud make ye u
comfortable bed iu the bag, and cover
yo up so that nobody'll disturb ye.
Ifye've u mind to confess your sins be.
fore ye take yer nap I'll give ye jist two
minutes by yer own watch."
Now, Mr O'Keegan began to think
the virtue of concession had its limits,
and that it was timo to take a stand in
defense of conservative principles.
His eyes were open.
He was aroused, and instead of saying
his prayers, he squared off and pitched
into tbo unconscionable scamp, and be.
ing some on his musclo when his dau
der was up, he knocked the blaguurd
out of time iu the first round, recovered
his property, aud huuded the chap over
to the first policeman who fame laong;
" BoJad," said Mr. O'Keegan, ":f I
had only dono that iu tho first place I'd
have saved myself a dalo of troublo an f
a bad oiwld."
I thm'i we bad hotter fight it out
the first issue.
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