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Danish all thoughts of this cruel war in our lend and bring peace and happiness, not mitire country, but to your own households, which is a blessing the most important of all—and now to hare this joyous feeling produced just turn your STEPS TO THE STORE JOSIAH BESORE • arta take a look through hie elegant stock of GO O DS!! on do not go off feelin whett - you - ealiell - ,Wiiiill say that pretty goofs HAVE NO UIIARMS.' Conte then and tee the beautiful D'haittes, the han,lsatne • Ctiburgs, P:inimen toes, Belhliazzet:s ozaut Jut ues , Bombazines, Alpacas, ALL 'WOOL DELAINES Trench Merinos, Thihet Cloths, DebaizeA, Shepperds Killarney Clothes, • Ladies Heavy Shawls, Hoods, Nubins, Sontags, Vonavo Jackets, • Bead' Netts, (Madrona', Hoods, • Victoria Ruffling; :Marie do., fit nen Collars, • Embroidered do., Bonnet Ribbons, Mantua do., • Crochet Braid, skirt do. a large assortrueut of ',iii-E . A'S ,tDO I DS 131 k. Cloths, Blue d 0.,. lk? Casshners, noy Vestings, Cassinotts, Jeans, Tweeds, Cordor A r civet Cord Copt's Neck Scarfs, Ties.‘ "= Silk Tland'kfe Linen do., Shirt Bosoms, . Collars. SHIRTING RAMS Red do. Yo'i , `Plaid' • ' 'White do , Col. Flaune;s, Limeys, Fnrnituro Chocks, to gags. &c. lie has on hand a. largo stook of .HARDWARE, - QUEENS WARE Catcrodatiun N3Riresurloas - ccs„ To •which he invites . your special attention and thanks the community for their liberal patrenago hetetofore;and by strict attention to business and a disposition to please.in ova ryrespecs be hopes to merit a continuance • of the same. • Remember country produce taken is ex change for goods at the highest market prices• • Octobor 1861: I have seen My beauty fading, Anil thy strength sink day by day— Soon I know wilt want and fever, Waste thy little life away. Famine makes thy mother reckless, Hope and joy are 'gone,from mc. --- I could suffer all, my baby, Had I but a crust for thee. I nwi wasted, dear with hunger, Alio my brain is sore oppressed ; I have scarcely strength to press thee, Wan and feeble to my breast. Patience, baby, God will help us, Death u ill come to you and n e 1 He will take us to His heaven, ~...„)., Where no want or pain can II Sleep; my darling—thou art war ; • ll od is good, but life is dreary. ' . - —,— , 1 . _much better _than-1- ---- W — E — A R - 1 NE O little feet, that such long years Must wander on through doubts and fears, Must ache and bleed beneath your load ! I. neater to the wayside inn Where toil'shall cease and rest begin, Am weary thinking of your road. . 0 little hangs, that, weak or Strong, Hare still to serve or rule so long, _ Uwe s'ill so long to give or ask! much with - book and pen Have toiled among my fellow-men, • Am weary thinking of your task. 0 little hearts, that throb and beat With such impatient, feverish heat, Such limits and strong desires ! Mine that su long has glowed and burned, With passion into ashes turned, Plow covers and conceals its fires. O little souls, as pure and white And crystalline as rays of light, Direct from heaven, their source divine ! Refracted through the mist of years, How red my getting, suit appears, How twill looks this' soul of in inc ! THE DOOM OF VIRGINIA. • In Dr, Marks' thrilling book on the "Pen insula Campaign," we have an account of a conversation between himself, in company with his friend Dr: Crawford, and an aged and exceedingly intelligent freedman named Ilanson. llanson's .story goes book to the origin of the domestic slave trade in Virginia, and very dramatically and truthfully links the desolations of the present, with the in humanity of the past. We quote part of the story : . "Just about this time the slave trade com menced in Virginia. In my early rcmcm• brances there was no trade in slaves.. If there were any bought and sold, it was iu the settlement of estates ; and was made a point of family honor to purchase all the slaves within the circle of the relatives, and not permit families to be separated. In those days people did not speak of negroes as cat tle, and us without affection for their chit dr m. "When I had bean marrie3 four or five years, a trader Caine. Prow North Carolina to Alexandria iu a little schooner loaded with bacon. For this there happened to be a groat demand that year. This man had no iutcn tion of commencing a trade iu slaves ; but some -of-tho-planters-offerahimaloung_boy or girl for bacon, and in this way he began to• buy., and, collected, I suppose, ten or twelve. ti "From this commenced a great trouble a mono-st'us—eur hearts trembled with fear.- Ta• be carried away, and sold in those distant, new States,was to us an occasion of far great or misery han our fathers endured in being, stalen from Africa. Every autumn the 'ba con man' returned, and others came' with him, and ,there was opened a great; trade iu ne groes. "I never can forget the 'wretchedness of those years. We all felt as if a- sword was hanging over our heads, and as bad as if Ise had heard the death angel itrikc three times over the doors. "Oh, what dreadful sorrows there were, master, in those years! You have heard it said that'ilaves feel but little, that we do'not grieve as the whites ; but in this we are greatly wronged. We love more deeply, be• eausd we have less to love. Our masters and mistresses have their carriages, farms, friends, offices, their slaves, their business ; but we 1-thestrytherefore-to-a-negro-man all his life and happiness are in his cabin, and when you have taken away from him his wife and childran, he has nothing left.— Many have I known to die of a broken heart; others never had any joy again after`a child or a husband was sold away from them ; oth ers I have known to commit "For years I bare been looking , for some great trouble. The people here were far richer and extravagant; and appeared to be far less religious thuri those I remember in my youth. They had become cruel; and, Without any mercy, had torn asunder those whom God had bound together; and a great 'wail of .sorrow and agony went up in the ears of heaven from, all parts of Vir3iaia—wires suriowing for .their husbands, husband mourning for their wives and parents . weep.' .411 k. Faxiti.ll.7' Dretvaisztritor I Neutral 11i 1,1046.1.141:t*!,4xLC1. WAYNESBRW, FRANKLIN : COUNTY 1 3 'C)3111TICJAJEa. CRADLESONG OF THE POOR. BY CHARLES DICKENS. Hush, I cannot tear to see thee Stretch thy tiny hands in vain ; I have got no bread to give thee, Nothing, child, to case thy pain. When'God sent thee first to bless we, Proud and thankful, too, was I ; Now, my darling, I, thy mother, Almost long to see thee die. Sleep, my darling—thou art weary ; • God is good, but lifejs dresty. WI XIS CI MI Ma 3C.a -AL 1V" V'. ing'for their children, and woul. not be com forted. '1 knew that a day Of vengeance, would come for all this, but .1 did not expect it . to fall on us in the way of war- between the North and South. I began to - fear some heavy curse when the greatgangv-of chained slaves were first sent from ti irgil:4sond that ,the day would soon come when the imp of our iniquities would be full. "No f all these great and influential fam ilies have been ruined, and many of them aro wandering beggars. I was a few days Bike Walking in my garden looking down on the country, and the change of a few months deeply affected me. I looked over on -the house and farm of Mrs, Powell. I remember the doctor, her,husband, a very smart man, and her five sons' the most popular young men in' the country, and also her beautiful daughters. Her house was the resort of many elegant and,wealthy people ' but now her sons are in the Confederate Army, her house is a hospital, her beautiful garden trodden down, her orchards destroyed and the fences all gone. "There is the house of Mrs - Leewherei thirifesk that Ellsw orth,as kiltok - owe - of her daughters was married, and the house was filled with gayety arid mirth ; now the “rounds are in ruins, furniture breken* and a 6 ll the beautiful things she gathere d are scattered. There, too is the place ofeolonel Hunter, his fields open, his barns blunt tor fuel, and his house consumed to the ground; and likewise the place of General Lee, one of the finest in Virginia, now used by troops. His grain-fields and meadows wore thrown o pen-,--and-beaten-ter.tire-trigh-ways-;" "At these painful sights my soul was mo ved and I cried, '0 -Lord I why has this curse come on Virg inia?' And it appeared to me as plain as ever heard human speech a voice spoke to me and said, '0 maul know est thou the land most highly favored of heaven, and where, because God was good, men became desperately wicked and afflicted the greatest wrongs ?' And the voice said, 'Virginia.' Again I heard, 'Knowost thou,- 0 man ? the laud wh ,•, • • 1.; • bred as cattle for the market, and where ev ery year thousands of then► were sent forth to a fate which they dreaded more than death ?' The answer came, 'Virginia! A gain the voice said, '.newest thou the land where, in the midst of the greatest blessings, there has been the deepest misery ; whore most faces were washed in tears, and most hearts tern with anguish; and where the constant wail of distress, inflicted by man on his fellow, was going up into the . ears of God?' And the voico said, 'Virginia.' A gain the voice said, 'Gad is just. "Then," said the old patriarch, stretching out his arms, and lowering theni as if he was releiving his hands of a great weight, "I laid my burden down, And as often as I have mourned singe, I have been 'Silenced by that. voice, 'God is just " Get a Home and Keep It. A leading object with every young man should be to securger himself a permanent home. And for its greater stability, it should consist, partly in land, and up to a certain limit, the more of it the better, if paid for. The house should be as comfortable and at tractive as one.has the means of making it. It should be one that the heart can grow to, and will cling around more and more firmly with every passing year. Its owner should desire and propose to keep possession of it as long as he lives, and his children should grow up feeling that there is ono place fix ed and stabld for them amid all changes. Americans aro altogether to roving in their habits. We build houses cheaply, and pull them down Without regret. Or we sell out and - wove away half-dozen tittles in a life time, iu the vain hope of bettering our con dition: Bow much better to choose a home stead early in life, and then Jay plans with reference to abiding there. Even though our grains be less than are promised' else where, a certainty should .seldom be given' up for an uncertainty. "A bird in the baud is worth two in the bush." — Only those wh - o - have experienced it, know how firmly a family become attached to their long-loved homestead. No children love - houici;so - well - as - those - who - have - known only one. As the young become of marriageable ago, they should go ant, one by one, from the old homestead, feeling it to be the mod el arter . which their own should he'establish ed, and knowing that this will remain un changed as long as the parents live, a place to which they can return, and where they will be ever welcome. A. pleasing writer confirms our doctrine thus: "There is a groat gain in being settled down. It is two-fold. Each year accumulates about the farmer the material by which labor is lessened. The rough channels of labor become worn and smooth. A change involves a great loss, and rarely is there a corresponding gain. Time is lost, labor expended, money paid out, the wear and tear of removal is no small item,: and.above all, the breaking up of old assoei• ations is often disastrous in the extreme Parents and children • become unsettled iu their hibits, if not iu their morals. * * Let the man whO has a „homestead keep it; lot him '.h' ` uV tot him that has none, get one ant tabor to render it a treasured remembrance to the ab sent, and a constant joy to•thoso who'abide in it." To all of which every intelligent,. thoughtful persons must give , a hearty appro val. ; - A good joke was. perpetrated 'by a rebel prisoner captured at.phielcainauga. The reb .el was, lookiug. at one. of 'oar, guns, and to. marked that he didn't think. that the l'anki would use thewguns much longer."- Why not ? inquire d -- he fe4. "Ikea wee, Said ho, the Confederacy is getting so narrow thitt you'll fire olear over it and hit Melt on the, other side." The truckk system of rroulaWs rights is„ let her to do about :is Oic.pleasep. ENNSVLVANIA, FRIDAY MOANING ) JANUARr 22 0804;1 SERGEANT UUDIIIIISTON'S FAMILY The following account of a visit to the fam ily of the dead soldier of Gettysburg, whoae remains were identified by the - ambrotYpo'of his children foundin his hand, will be lead with great 'interest : • <Comer:titanco of the Phila. Eve. Billietin.) . NEW YORK, Init. 7, 1864. Having had the opportunity of being at Portville, in' western .New York, on the occa sion of the visit' just made to that place by Dr. J. Francis - Bourns, of Philadelphia, the writer believes the incidents of the visit will be read with satisfaction by the public gen erally, and will therefore attempt a brief sketch of them; although a very full a e oount is understood to be forthcoming from Port and tuay appear in Philadelphia papers. The visit was made by Dr. Bourns teethe double purpose of learning how the family of Sergeant' Huniniiston may be best assisted; and of returning to the widow the precious relic which was a dying consolation to her beloved husband, and which she has longed again to see and possess. Four _leading cid! zeus of the town orPortvillo awaited `the Doctor's arrival at Olean, on - the Erie Rail road, six. miles distant from the former place: He was conducted to Portville, and became the guest of the respected pastor of the Pres byterian Church there. An hour afterward took place the Doctor's visit to the bereaved family. A gentleman, who has been one of' their truest friends in all their sore trial, went in advance` to apprise the widow that the_strangeeifrientl-Wag coining pastor, and another minister of the gospel, accompa nied the Doctor. The interview with the little household could not be other than very affecting. There.was no scene-60 •ftoting but undemonstrative as was the feeling of the occasion, it was deep and tender. After a quiet and affectionate greeting of the wid ow and the little ones, and when all had be come seated, it was seen that the 'orphans were sitting precisely as represented in their picture. Frederick in his high chair in the • entre-d-t he-grow-A-lice—the-ledate-littl • Alice, on his left, and I"rank on the tight. Tip mother sat beside her fatherless children, wonderfully successful in her effort to be composed. Kind and cheerful conversation for some minutes led the way far Dr. Bourns to produee-the relit"), and gently place it in ' the widow's trembling hands. The Dr. sug gested the propriety of offer ing thanks to trod for his good providence ' in bringing to pass such a result of their pro longed efforts and anxiety of mind; and' the clergymen promptly eeduieseed. The Rev. Mr. Ogden remarked that the hand of Di vine Providence was so clearly seen 'in the events which had led to the present ocea. sion, that a most devout acknowledgement of the goodness of God was an impulse and; a duty ; tied the Rev. Mr. Vincent followed in offering an eloquent and beautiful prayer of thankfulness and praise to the God of - the widow, and the Father of the fatherless. Before terminating the interview, Dr. Bourns presented to the three orphans a num ber of little books which George It Stuart,' Esq., and others of Philadelphia had Bent them, delighting the children greatly. He also—apart from the little company—placed in the hand of their mother what he impres sod upon her mind to be no charity, but an expression of a felt obligation - from many warm hearts that sympathized with her in her sorrow. Words failed her to give utter anee to her sense of' the Christian sympathy shown her, and by friends so far distant from her A public Welcome to Portville was extend. ad to Dr. Bourns on the next day, the 3d inst.; in a general union meeting which was held in the Presbyterian Church.. As a rot port of this meeting is likely to appear in the papers, no further reference' to it need be made in this 'fiteety sketch. • As was stated in the letter froin the Rev. Hr. Ogden, lately published in the Bulletin, Sergeant Ilummistort left his family very do. pendent, utterly helpless beyond the widow's -needle-and-pub tic b nev ole rietirritc—govid= people of the vicinity have hitherto' aided the family liberally, with . other families of soldiers; but_the widow was stilt occupying the very humble dwelling in which her hus band was compelled to leavo'ber when he went away to: die in defence of his country. It is a little house in the country, in a new cleared spot, dreary and desolate, half a Milo or more from any other. dwelling: But. Dr. 8., effected an arrangement by which' the family will soon b'e removed to the town, and be comfortable, near sehool.house and church, until ample means are provided tor their fu ture maintenance. • E. N. H. larDr. Bourns, referred to above, was formerly of the vicinity of Waynesboro'. WOMEN STRONGER TUAN OXEN —lt id related of a certain New England divine who flourished not many years ago, and whose Matrimonial relations are supposed not to have been of the most agreeable kind, that one Sabbath morning, while reading to his congregation the parable of the supper, in Luke XV, in which , occurs this passage— " And nunther sad, I havOrough!-ilve-yo' v. of oxen, and I go to prove thorn; [.pray lan me excused' and, another said, I havu 'Monied . a wife, and therefore can not como'), —he suddofily,paused at the end of his verso, drew off his apeetacies, and; ; ; looking roues ou his hettiers,,e4d,, with Maphisis : ' "The "fact is, Mibrethern, ono woman, can 'draw a man :furtlor,,fiom ,the .kingdent Of heaven thcin fi 'y'O/cc,,of ozo !" • Ilonaibody. who knows, says that when two dein* wonion; . approaching - you on a nar roW.walk, fill behind oach other ai to arc you' to.pass, you way 'be-sure thoy c ladies of uneonnucu' politeness - and , eonsidei,atiun. Tlie-usual-course—pnrsueel-----by-:-wornen—i• elairge along all abreast, sweopiag:everybedy into Terrible Sufferin . The Westein Papers continuetik, be pled with appalling accounts of the sette're : storm that ushered in,the New year,could. fill our. paper to its utmost cap3city sOth ea ses where people have been frozen to death in different sections. , . . A WROLE FAMILY FROZEN TO DEATIA The Detroit Tribune says that the driver of.the Stage coach cowing from Crown Point to Lake, via Centreville, found that the dwel ling of a man named Krutzer had been burn ea to the ground, it, is supposed the Right -previously, but none of the family were to be seen. • About a mile further on, howev er, ho was horrified to find the father and two boys frozen to death. The boys were in the father's arms,•and it is supposed that be had fallen with them after having been, so far afieeted with the frost as not to be able to proceed. The three corpses Were Paced *in the stage, but before It had proceeded more than a quarter of a mile on its destination, the body of the oldest *.P b irl was found in a snow drift, with _a shawl wrapped closely_ a round it, where it had doubtless been deposit ed by its wear") , mother, while yet alive, io . the hope that some chance traveller might rescue it from an impending fate. Ala corpse, too was placed in the coach, and a gain it started on its way;ouly to find, after travelling a short distance, the lifeless re mains of the mother, with • the two youngest children. The body of' the, mother was sten. ding erect in a snow drift, with the children in her arms, the youngest one being at the breast..• The seven lifeless bodies were eon 'rued to Centreville by the driver of the stage, at which place-they were 4 ledently in terred by the inhabitants. This is certainly the most appnling disaster that it has ever been our duly to record, and the bare reci tal of the facts could not fail to brine a sliud-_ der even to a heart of' stone. -- A w hole fami ly ushered into the presence• of their Creator, and none to tell the tale of suffering. .At Perstone 111. , on the lst,inst. a little death. Two brakesnien on the Old, Creak Railroad wore frozen to den th near P.ittsburg. A poor woman and two children were frozen to death at Chicago. Wm. Bartlett neph ew of the lion. J. R. Bartlett of St, Louis, ,a youth of eighteen, who went on a hunt ing excursion, was frozen to death, in hear, ing of the residence of n gentlomna whom he had been visiting. At Oshkosh, • lAris, and Rockford, 111., several -persons were frozen to death, and business was suspended. A t Dubuque, Iowa; all railroad travel was stop pod, from Wednesday until Sunday. At Mil waukee people were picked up on the street insensible. Railroad employees were badly crippled for life. At Springfield 111., sol diers were frozen to , : death, at Camp Yates. A stage driver was frozen to death on his box. At Port Wayne, lad., two men were; frozen to death. At Madison, Wis., the roads were all blocked on Wednesday and Thursday, with snow fourteen and fifteen feet deep, with the thermometer, on' Friday, at thirty four below, and on, Saturday at thirty-mue below zero. - Lt. Alexandria and four men of the 52d Ind., regiment were frozen to death on New Year's night near Fort Pillow. , The Set of the Tide. On the 2d day' of December The Arewbu,,y pore Herald, a paper Which .has persistent ly opposed all those measures and purposes usually denominated "Radical," and favored the most scrupulous "Conservatives," gave utterance to the following language: "Three years ago to-day John Brown died —executed for treason by order of Henry A. Wise, who since -then, has himself been one of the chief of traitors. Then the groat majority of the country declared his 'execu tion just; now that same Majority. urges the war !Or the accomplishment of same end that he had in view.. What a change has come over as in three years ! Thee Slavery was rampant in Washington, and now eman cipation is the word on the same spot where - -tlieThadffikeltiberty is - represen tea iaibent lug over to unshackle a negro. Then Wen.; dell Phillips dared not to go,to Charlestown to defend John,Brown ' but Vallandingham was there to question- hint. Now Wendell Phillips would be welcomed in that town, and Vallandinghina, an exile from the country, if eaught there, would be in the same cell that John Brown occupied, and possibly hanged from the same tree. Who says John Brown's soul is not marching on'?" The United States'is a groat solar system, and the Constitution is the sun around which that system revolves. Far down into the in• Okla° depths that luminary flashes its light. It is surrounded by States which-are Words in themselves, but the light of 'whose glory is reflected from the central sun upon whose existence' theirs depends.• The' United States feels confident that there is nothing in the future or in the past to shame or dismay.— In her treatment of the nations of the earth she is influenced. by neither fear nor favor, said ,he Sanctions hex Executive in every pab lie nit of his momentous life. The ("niece! Stales is' a,•.rent machine• a wonderful] ioce of mechanism. is wor. . it turns oat is 'u nion freedom. Some people say that it is grown rusty, and needs oiling. Who truth i.s•thut ,there is 'sorew loose down South.—' 'But it. will suon 'be-put to'rights, and we shall go ou smoother thou ever. CR:itut grreateht, of all •ctinnitig is to prriear blind to the -snares laid* for us men noir* never sO easily deeolyytU,Eis viten they are ondenvoriog to clecuii&Others, RE,lnimt,—N over listen to an infamous :stoupkatte&-yeit.by a person Who $4 known .to'bo nulanetny to The person Ito is:lief:nu . , Qoe pour lost tn. tho morning, is 'hour .ritlatttl-er4C • -7, - -' 71.-fS 7 04.130 1 :11eab Ireimirs - - NUMBER 86. "In the somewhat famons-'ease.of,.t rs. Dog- Ames will,--w.bielt g wae-tried4Qme.~aars ago, Whbster, 'appeared as . eo4.o.s'tilleii ; for the appellant. lifrs. Gfreeffou . gli;. - 411 4 e, 3 id the Rev. William Griitenotigh, lifeUritiftikrNew ten,.i tall' straight, queenlyieriking'sfornan, with a keen blaok op:---a woman Of ~ great self possession and deeision tif charaoter waft called as a witness on the opposite side. Webster, at a glance, had the , _ sagacity to foresee that her testimony, ifit eontained a nything of importance ; wouliiimvo',great weight with the jury. He therelore resolv• ed, if possible, to bio.,k her op, and whoa t.lic answered the first . 'question:ll;e spilt to her "I belioce." Webster ronrad . ,:eitt, • "we 'don't wail fp hear what you believe, Rte *ant to hear What you know."' Mrs:. Gfeenougb ; 4 1'hat- 14 just tuhat I was about tu say," and .went on with her testimony. And, notwithstanding 14 rope:nal effirts to disconcert her, slie.puriuel the..eren ten. or of her Way, until Webster becoming...quite fearful'of the result, arose, apparently in great agitation and drawing out his largo snuff box ; thrust • Ina thumb-and-foreilluger to the very., bottom, and carrying the deep pinch to both nostrils drewlt up with - gusto. Webster--" Mrs. Greenough, was Ars. Bogden a neat woman'?" Mrs. Greeuoug It —"I cannot give you very fgll information as to that, Hit . ) she had ono vory dirty trick.” , IVebster — What's that ma'am ?" . . . _ . Mrs, Greenough—"She took snuff." The Mat ,t the aourt was such that Ile it h. er rose nor spoke again till after Mrs. U ran ough had vacated her chair for another wit- HOWL - A Rich story - The - following dve slip tram nn exchange. ft is old but good and will bear reatliug aain Ho any of you know, old' Bill Lowery? Ho rncived from Springfield to BOuse point in Min nesota. Bill is tough, smart as a ,whip - , keen but tV- as a - bier Wu - . loves to see the bottom of the tAtubkr.at all times. Well, once their as a Methodist r.viaral in town.. Bill was there :tad a lilt le to full of his iciud of spirit to 11014 ; ranch or the other kiitd. Bui'he sit still: •At btst the sermon was - ended, add the, minister came down from his proclamation stana and said : "Now, I want all who love the turd to come forward'and be prtiyed for 1" No one moved. In a minute he repeated: "Brethren and sinners. I \taut ell- 'who love the Lord, or who ivish to love hith, to come fOrward on the bench'!" No one moved. Then -he lalted.rnati and spoke out ratlier.quiek: " "If there is a musts in/this Itouse.witc is a friend of the Lord, I-want. him to come for ward—if Ifo has no friends we Will 'quit 1 ., Just then old Bill arose, hitched his trousers, and in a pecalint half-sober voioo hang out— : "Hold-an there t I'm I'm De ifriend of the Lord or Any other man who ain't no more friends than he 'pears to' have . in this section 1" ICE FOR. D/PTHERIA.—A. Correspondent of the Providence Journal vouches for the efficacy of doe as a cure for diptheria, croup, fend all ordinary inflammation of the throat. The manner of appFeation is as follows : "Break up a Small lump dice iu a towel, and put the pieces iu a bowl. 'Take a position slightly inclined backwards, either in a chair or on a sofa. Proceed to feed yourself with small lumps of ice, lotting them dissolve ably- IY in• tho back .part of the throat, A single application will soften break up a common sore throat, which otherwise would have a course of two or three days. In case of a bad sore throat, use the ice frequently and freely. In case of ulceration .or diptheria, koop a small lump of ice' constantly in the mouth." " A STOPER."-A renownedgymon - of Lincolnshire lately preached a long sermon from the text, "Thou art weighed in the bal ancer and found to be wanting." After the congregation had listened about an hour some began la get weary nrid'Wetit , out, oth• era soon followed greatly to . the, enu lance of the minister.-, Another parson started, whereupon the parson stopped and said "That's right gentleman; as fast' es you are weighed pass out." lie condoned his sermon at same length after that, but no one disturbed him by leav ing There are notes in niusic called bush•notes. 'Twere well if a good many singers had nn other. , Those who must ret4liate their though by fretting and 'scolding, had better do a lit tle) patching to the house they lire in. If the ant p;ivets 1a exampte•of inattstry, it is much mare than a gqa , l ninny uucics ti'. -If you spend your time chasing lies, yoo, criii ho like)) , to lose four breath ns well as your prra . ThOPC, who fe , tr i thu.depthg'4, 2, clanger., :.ous_poot,.unut not play round iti,edivs: wlio refuses tc...:.he a party to.any tent'Of Tra.u4, is . an hennot - inan... • ;1 fis I ,• , ' . A INV slyi be sure' to nit ynur know thtit: you appritei - ato - hi:='xvoll-doing. Tho roast ta,etniuerco and-, fatne-often lies through tuany a thorny 'aiktto. • • • : ; What (feint-1 4 94n rnursolf, and is and by everybodynvirci thou yonriceit'r Yam name . — TT 4 o thy, tu •• fitt:lCT auk f:ubs:zribe ftw:T P`w` i '''' :1 ' 9
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