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• good fruit—with oaks rising high and str on g' tested the more moist the "itir,' the Mo , •
toying with the tempest and 'kissing the grateful to the lungs. There is 00, or , -
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, clouds which roll over them-With ever.' weather which can mopes sonar
. . greens which shall mark our resting • place pie for keeping in-doorh: oi
• and'eause others to say that we lived not„in client — clothing; protect - 13 4
... • vain. Some of us can plant vines--s om e and they may go_ or'
flowers—some tall trees--lhottie of us the hp- snow and wind.
. . pie which shall 13.0 an apple of lifeothers killed thous.-
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' : the --evergree-p-the_sta ' • ;
- from the marble visiting card we invariably ed i•
• leave behind when going on the long journ
ey; * * * * * *
• But to•night and to-morrow. Re"
. - • love and energies against the '• '
._.._
JE ° LB n 3 11, • , unknown week. We wol , "
happy.' There are a r-
land where should '
_ , there is if me*.
vicelike ;'•
Look '
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A name—not dear to us—but ah l
There may be lips that breath
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------ , As vesper prayers -
There may b
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- fEORGE ST O-1-
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VOLUME XIX
E IFS
SMINEn EEMSII,
GEORGE STOVER
HAS RETURNED FRONT PRILADE
PHIA WITH A SUPPLY OF
DRY GOODS,
NOTIONS, (lIIEENSWRB
GROCERIES,
To which be invites the attention of
of his patrons and the public generally. •
March 30, 1866.
AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE AND
TRUST CO.,
Corner Fourth and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia
Incorporated 1850. Charter Perpetual- Ain hr.r
-i zed Capital, 115500,000. Paid 1.3 p Oaphal,lnso,ooci
. Philadelphia, Feb. 4, 1864.
The Trustees have thii day declared n Dividend
of FIFTY PER CENT, on all premiums received
upon MtcruAL POLICIES during the year ending De
cember 31st, 1863, and in force at that date, the a
bove amount to be credited to said Policies, and
have also ordered the Dividend of 1860 on Policies
issued during that year to he paid, as the alumni
premiums on said Policies aro received.
OFFICE.;RS.
President—Alexander Whilltlin.
Secretary and Treasurer—John S. Wilson
Actuaril---John C Sims. '
BOARD OF TRIIS7'BES.--.—Alarnnilitr Whin
din, Et!gra Thomson, Goorge Nugent, Hon. Jas.
,follock. Albert C. Roberts. I'. B. Mingle, Samuel
Work. William ‘l. Howard, Hon. Joseph Allison,
Samuel T [lodine, John A iktnan, Charles F. Heaz..
• Litt. Thane }lnzlehurst.
Wm. G. REM dhnmbersburg Pa., is the general
A gent'of the American Life Insurance and Trust
Company -for Frnnkl in Co.
Jos. borsr4a, Agent for Waynesboro' and vicin
ity.
12E FERENCES.—Jons Prawn and WILLIAM
H . BROTSCRTON.
•Cull and get a pamphlet.
JOS. DOUGLAS, Agent.
Oct. 13, 1865,
EAQLE HOTEL,
Central Square, Hagerstown,
TeHE above well-known' and established Hotel
hat; been ie-opened and entirely renovated, by
t undersigned, and now oars to, the public every
comfort and attraction found in the best: hotels.—
THE rmiLe is bountifully 'supplied with every
thiliciterthe market will afford, rut SALOON
contains the choicest liquors, and is' ikonstantly and
skilfully atiende'd. THE STA BLEIs thoroughly
repaired, and , car ful Ostlers always ready to ac
commeildie Customers.
JOHN FISHER, 'Proprietnr.
';Hagerstown; June 2-If.
Alestior's Morse. At. Vat tle
Powderc
M : 'S NERhavpyehsed of
Mr,
4ertzer,thorecipe t rtii c tleate
far-lamed Herse•und -Cattle Fol,i , der; fur Pennsylva
nia and Merylar,d,takes this methtnl of informing
intends keeping a good supply alWalys on hand.—
Country merchant*, and others keeping ouch articles
for Fide, wotild do - wall. to - tiOpply themselves with a
soil it on commissionlV' for cf;i4h
cheap. '"Ortlerit will attondetltis'
Januaar 3.1.
PENG
AN n
AND,.
WAYNESBORO', rRANKLIN COUNTY, , PENNSVINANIA, FRIDAY MORNING,
TOE SOLDIER'S GSM
Tread lightly'tis a soldier's grave,
A lonely, mossy. mound—
And yet, to hearts like mine and thine
w
It should be holy ground.
speak softly, let no careless laugh,
No idle, thoughtless jest,
Escape your lips, where sweetly sleeps
The hero in his rest.
For him no -reveille shall beat
When morning beams shall come;
For him,nt night, no tattoo lolls
Its thunder from the *drum.
No costly marble marks the place,
Recording deeds of fame,
, But rudely on that bending tree
Is carved the soldier's name.
A name—not dear to us—but ah
There may be lips that breathe
,-- The name as sacredly and low
As vesper prayers at eve.
There may be broWs
,th at wear for him -- --
The mourning cypress vine;
And hearts that make thin lonely grave
A holy pilgrim shrine.
There may be eyes that joined to gaze
With love into his own,
Now keeping midnight vigils long
With silent grief alone.
There may ne hands now clasped in prayer
- -T-hisoltliera-lrand-lnath-pressei ,
And cheeks washed pale with sorrow's tears
• His own cold cheek caressed.
Tread lightly, 1m a man bequeathed,
Ere laid beneath this sod,
His ashes to his native land,
His gallant soul to God I
SOON WE'LL" REST.
BY BELL CLINTON
A little time —and we shall rest
From-all-the ills of life;
A little time—and then will cease
Its joys, its cares, its strifo.
Each heart's wild throbbing will be still,
Its restless longings cease;
Who'll weep that we aro sleeping thus.
'Neath the green sod in peace?
Oh ! should there be one loving heart .
Thus kindly beat for me— •
Refreshing with a silent tear
The flowers of memory—
bend me. from my ho'mn of light.
If such to me is given,
And be that spirit's guiding star,
To bring it up to 'Heaven.
—Rural New Yorker
~~~<C~"~a.n.~►.lOTY.
SATURDAY NIGHT
' By the light ef the stars lay it away in
time's grave. Another week—another Sat
urday night—another flake covering the past
with its mantle of forgetfulness. Another
balance sheet for or against us. Another
see.] planted over.our grave to bring forth a
flower around which beauty shall linger, or
a gnarled tree under which vermin shall
gather. Saturday night is the cream of the
week. The stamp affixed to our weekly
deeds. A stepping stone in the bed of the
Great River. It is a round in the ladder
leading to. heaven or to perdiction. is . a
tear which will wash away the storms of the
week, or burn its blistering way to the soul.
Let us rest to-night, weary toiler. Sit
you down and be happy. Leava your head
at your place of business, and bring your
heart to the hearth and fender. Not your
worldly heart, but the one yet fresh in mem
ory. What a battle life is; How few of us
realize the warfare. We hardly know who
our friends are. What a blessing the grave
has no eyes!' How the hand of time closes
its grasp to-night. bearing its wondrous gat h•
wino. rs to God! What a medley to present to
Him! Good acts and had acts. Old ago
and childho , ,.d. Men ' maids and matrons—.
hopes, fears, promises kept and broken, hates;
injuries, tears, sobs, sighs, smiles, rejoicings,
pain,. pleasure, sin and goodness all woven
together like a tangled skein—unravelled by
A glance from that Wondrous Eye.
* * The hill is steep —its
sides are rough to the feet and its tracks dan
genre. book back-:--down inrslopes and jut
tings.--over the memories of the past and in
to the vault of shadows, wherein lie torn and
bleeding the hopes 'which led• you - through
the lanes of childhood into the broad road
of life Hope lives forever, but her chil
dren die one by one! Here and there they
drop off as we toil upward to the great gate
where stands . a sentry of our own ohoosiag:.
* * • * .* * Yet there is mach io
live for. Not for ourselves but for others.
Humanity in the integral is but an iganite
simal sand, not worth living for. But we
'ean,live for others. Under a million roofs
tonight, side. b y side sitting are young.
iiearts fl!ting out their frail baik• for a voy
age on an ocean far more tempestuous than
ever was the billowy waste grandly - rellirr ,
its defiance beewcen distant, shores. - Side
by.sidst fi to-night all. Over the land biers 'sit
ikwtitiA • -,—• •
Many are ended, happy in turtling and in !
ticipating the apple the fiavor of • which is
not knowe. Another• downward
turn to the • light, 'Closer and yet ekiser the
hvarts as.nearer cone the chairs The watch
within its lays :its seconds ao#,--making
its'bundla of shadows against another Salm.-
day Night. .
* * * * * Let us'pall up the shiabs
which have no beauty—cultivate the flowers ,
which breathe forth fragrance, and plant .the
waste with vines—with trees which
,bear,
good fruit—with oaks rising high and strong
toying with the tempest and 'kissing the
clouds which roll over them-With ever
greens which shall mark our resting • place
and cause others to say that we lived not„in
vain. Some of us can plant vines--some
flowers—some tall trees---Isoitie of us the ap
ple which shall he an apple of life=;--others
the-evergreeti-whiell-sha-11-keep-the-storma.
from the marble visiting card we invariably
leave behind when going on the long journ
ey. * * *
But to-night and to-morrow. Renew your
love and energies against the trials of the
unknown week. We would see all men
happy. There are a million homes in . the
land where should be more happiness than
there is if men would break loose from the
vice-like influences which surround them.--
Look back from to-night and then' resolve
for the future. Let the rich be more gen
erous to the poor and.the poor be truer to
themselves. There are too few homes—too
many pictureless walls in the land. Rest , to
night. Save the surplus earnings of the
week, hard palmed, honest laborer,_ whose
earnest friend we are, no matter whai ton
gue_you speak, or from whence name ye.
A thousand'kind words might have been
spoken but were not. A thousand little
luxuries might have been bought but you
would not thus use your earnings. Into the
cesspool of revelry glides many.a week of la
bor, leaving poverty, want, sickness and un
happiness, where should be love. plenty and
contentment. .If for pone other, be a man
for your own sake Do right for .the golden
reward it always brings. Be a man. Stand
w irt.L. (40P4 01110 • 1.1 ties) irml(iii cram wisgefire. •
cry
which line the far shores of dissipation and
careless expenditures. Begin the week with
money in your pocket—happiness in your
heart--the smiles of those around you --the
.od wishes of friend ;be
good wishes of friends—the glorious renew
al of faith in life, which results from being
a man. Then you will enjoy many as you
should and wilt this Saturday Night. .
A Singular Re-union. '
In 1847, a young physician, who had just
graduated from the Missouri State Universi
ty, and returned to his home in Illinois to
practice his, profession, led to the altar a la
dy who had won his love. The young phy
sician, with . that professional ardor which
burns so brightly in the minds of, all stu
dents, had on hie return home procured a
"subjezt," or cadaver, for disseotion,.by dese
crating the village churchyard. By some
means this fact became known and a warrant
was issued for his arrest, and placed in the
hands of an officer to serve, which he did a
few moments after the naarriathe ceremony
had been performed. The crime being a fel
ony, the bridegroom's position may readily
be imagined to have been extremely unen
viable, and the prospects of a prison cell be
ing anything but agreeable he determined to
make his escape. The officer having grant
ed him privilege of saying a few words in
private to his wife, he retired to a room with
her, bade . her farewell, jumped from the win
dow and escaped. He was pursued for ma
ny days but finally managed to chide his
pursuers, and settled in Missouri.' A year
later he wandered into New Mexico, and
from thence, in the course of a few years he
found his way into California. During his
wanderings he had failed to correspond with
his wife,' and she, believing him dead, mar
ried again. After a time he learned this
fact, but determined to remain dead to, her,
and it was not until a few months ago that
he,altered his determination. Happening to
pick up a paper in one of the western cities,
he read an account of the death of the hus
band of his wife, and knowing her to be free
he wrote to her, telling . her that he "still
lived," and cherished her memory as green
as when ho kissed her lips in parting nine
teen years ago. lie told her that ho was
still free, and asked her to come and enjoy
with him the fortune he had accumulated.—
The wife widow received the letter..and while
she road the old love returned, and she de
termined to join him. Disposing of her pro
perty, she, with a daughter twelve years of
ago, - took passage for California, where* they
arrived on Thursday last, and wore met on
the wharf by the old husband, who conduct
ed them to the Cosmopolitan hotel, .where'
they remained till a 'license was piocured.
and a minister re-married the parties, after
which they proceeded to the house that had
been prepared for them, and whom they en
tertained quite a number of friends on Thurs
day evening. Truly the incidents of 'real
life are more startling And romantic than the
wildest fancies of the romancer. •
DIDN'T KNOW His OWN BABY
went
zen of Jamaica Plains, Long Island, went to
answer a ring nt the door at the request of
his wife, where be found nothing but a ban:
kot. On removing the cover a beautiful lit
tle child appeared, some five months old.—
The lady screamed, one of the lady's visitors
took u.p the baby,
and found a note 'pinned
to its dress, which chargod,ihg gentleman
with being its father and imploring , him to
support it, . A rich scene ensued between
the injured wife and indignant husband, The
latter denying all knowledge of the little one,
and asserting his . innocence. The friend in
terfered, and at last she was induced to 'for
give her husband, thommh. he stuck to it like
a Trojan that he had. always been a faithful
husband. Finally the lady roguishly told
her husband it was strange not
,know.
T - 1 • . 117 . 171 : 11 I,lka -
spring whichtad just been taken. Itenk the
erati!e for the purpose of playing theleke,,,,
"..1 am on the trail of a dear;" as a gentle
man said when he tro'il an a lady's. dress.
• CONSUMPTIVE P.EoPLE,—A hundred times
iny; consumptive pitiable expressed
surprise at the wet. weather, in which I have
insisted that . they,should go, out , as usual,
,has not injured thent—; . -thet they even breathe
more . freely than _on ; pleasant days. Of
course, I tell them, if the body is :Well pro
tected the more moist the the More
grateful to the lungs. There is no , possible
weather which can monist consumptive peo
ple for keeping in-door's: Give them suffi
cient—clothing; protect — their — feet carefully,
and they may go out freely in rain sleet
snow and wind. Ignorance of this fact has
killed thousands. Consumptives and' inval;
ida• and indeed personSie health, are caution
ed to avoid the bight, air .
offer this advice forget that there fir no other
air at night but "night 'air!" Certainly we
cannot breathe day air during the night.—
Do they mean that we should shut ourselves
up in air, tight rooms, and breathe over again,
through half the, twenty-four hours, the
atmosphere we have already poisoned ? We
hate only the 'choice between night air when ,
pure, and' the might air • poisoned with the•
exhalations from our skin and lungs already
diseased,—Dr.
• "ALL'S RIGHT."-A. Priest, who had been
particularly recommended to the captain of a
vessel, was sailing from France to America,
when the captain, who saw that a storm was
approaching, said to him :
"Father, you are not accustomed to the
rolling of a vessel; you had better get down
as fast as possible into the . hold. As long
as you hear the sailors swearing and blas
pheming, you ,may be assured that there are
good hopes; but' if you should hear them em•
bracing and reconciling - themselves to each
other, you may make up your accounts with
heaven."
As the storm increased, the Priest from
time to time dispatched his companion to
"Alas I father," said he, returning, "all is
lost. The sailors are swearing like demoni
ses; their very blasphemies are enough to
sink the vessel."
"Oh I heaven be praised," said the Priest,
"then all is right I"
TITOUGIITS OF SATURDAY NIGHTS.—No
one can forget the youthful thoughts of Sat
urday nights, especially if indulged in at a
country home. . .
Then it was that the blacksmith's bellows
grew breathless, and his hammer lay silent
upon the anvil, the fitful tinkling of a bell
denoted the last wamierer of' the flock safe
in *the fold; the mill's big wheel stood' still,
and the,upper and lower sections of its ,bat
tered door was closed; the 'ironing' of the
old-fashioned mother was aired and folded,
and laid away, and the last loaf was drawn
from the glowing cavern of the old blaok ev
en. .A moment more and the moon • sur
mounted the needs. The dews grew radi
ant, and the mist of gray that fringed the
stream on whose shores we loitered,' were
likened unto silver, and the memory of those
is golden..
COULDN'T FOOL 13..Ett.—The Layfayette
(Ind.) Courier tells an amusing story of some
ladies and gents of that place who were ta
king a social walk near the cemetery, when
a ghost appeared. They all ran but one
sturdy woman of the strong .w.listled class,
who stood her ground till the ghost got to
her. She then thrashed out of the fright
ful disguise a mischievous fellow who had
heard the project of walking about grave
yards discussed, and hid himself to give the
party a fright. She led him back to the
house. and in reply to the questions that
poured in upon her said: "Can't fool me:
Iv'e seen too man'ymen in sheets to be fright
esied by them."
. A SCENE iN • A PRINTING OFFICE.—A
patron of a village newspaper once said to
the publisher:
"Mr. Printer', ho* is it you have never
called ou me for the pay for your paper?'!
"Oh," said the man of types, "we never
ask a gentleman for money.'
"Indeed," replied his patron, "then how
do you manage to get along when they don't
pay?"
"Why," said the editor, 'after a certain
time We conclude that a man'who fails to pay
for his paper is:not a gentleman, and then
wc,ask hind"
"Oh, ah, yes! I see, Mr. Printer, please•
give me a reeipt (hands him two 'dollars)
and please make my name all' right on the
books,"
Trn Ewursß JUDGES ON STRONG DRTNK
AND CRIME —There is scarcely a crime
comes before me that is not directly or indi
rectly caused by strong drink.—Judgc Cole
ridge. •
If it were not : for this tiritiking, you (the
jury) would have nothing to do.—Jadge
Patterson.
Experience .has proved .that almost, all
drinieg into which juries have had to inquire
may be traced in one 'way or' another to
drunkenness.— Williams.
I End in eveiy calendar that comes before
me, one unfailing source, directly or indi
rectly; of most of the orintect that .are, com
mitted, intemperance.—Jit4e ilriyhtman. ,
If all' me could be ciiSsnaded from the use
of intoxicating liquori, 'the ofrm of a judge
would- be 'a ec u Judge Anderson•.
.
Buiwor, thenovelist, in n recent letter to
a gentleman, of, Boston, said, "I._ have ntosed
my career as a.,writor of action. !I - am glonmy
and unhappy.: . I. , have f exhausted Ihppow
c rs - of . niy life, Ch a si rig pleasure where it is
To rri/b.,p. man of Lis; Enoney : ,is r .to wound
hittrin the chest. • •
;11ny not the bird - who sleeps' updn tho
wing be said to Flcrli folther,botl,
OBe \v
era Went up on
low ma
MAY 18, 1886.
• • • PublisAed by ReqUest:'
A Leaf from the kTaartuil of a Seiith
• Inner: •
SECESSION IN BLOOM, 1860. •
Promised. States Rights in 'the fullest
sense. Liberal freedom •for person and . pro-
Rerty. "Peaceable Secession"--that there,
could be no Win'. That we were to be re
lieved frcini tax masters--from corrupt ex
tortioners—from selfish Politicians-4.r o m
• Fapaticisam"that we were . 0 have a'nation
of our own: 7 -=hse from dishonesty—a perfect
Paradise with the tree of life—the cotton
plant--i-before which all Nations were to bow
down and worship, and from which rivers of
Free Trade_wereqijoivtm to the ends of
the• earth, on'the_bosorricir -- tEte-rieh
merchandise from every clime , was to be
freighted, and poured down in oar laps free
of takation"—Every man was to live under
his own vine - and fig tree; with none to me
rest, or ask him wit - yr—We- wers,--alLto_groiv_
suddenly rich out of the enormous taxes now
being paid to the-North.—We were ali-to be
of one.mind r one heart, and, have a unity of
interests—,a perpetualsuoshine would follow
us to the end of time—no other Nation could,.
be so happy as we. Ours would be the hap !
py land, to , ,which all Nations and people
would desire to emegrate. The North would
be abandoned;merchants bankrupt, property
depreciated, and grass growing in the streets
of New York and other of her cities. An.
arehy, and Confusion . would rule supreme,
•and the poor would cry for bread in the
streets. All Europe having bowed to the
cotton plant is ,hand and glove with. the
South,.and ask pardon for a seeming delay.
The Star of the South is in the ascendency
and we have become the chosen people.
SECESSION IN FRUIT, JANUA.ItY, 1864
War rages. Politicians have become har
dened in corruption—the country-demorali
zed—a ieeulation has assum:,_
_th
patriotism .despotisru that o f Preedom—_
States. Rights have been ignored—contictip:-
don has dragged into the army all males
fl om 18 to 45_. earEyt of tge, leaving their
once peaceful, happy homegiiiv - roteetcd r an
their families unprovided for, Horse a,
Mules, stock and produce have been pressed
into the service of the Government—negroes
have beoome'demoralized and unprofitable—
Plantations once-the-gardeng of the sunny
South have been abandoned—improvements
destroyed, fences 'broken down—stock driv
en off—the plow thrown aside, and briers
cover the fields once clothed with the fruits
of the - earth for man and beasts, and the
lordly owners driven into exile without a'
home, or a shelter. Cities ate depopulated
—business broken up. Merchant princes
have become paupers—the fountains of trade
have dried up—the wheels of co meree have
stopped. Our seaports are w . bout a ship
40
—stores are closed—grass gro 8 in the once
busy streets—the once gay ammoth hotels
stand as monuments of the st—schools
broken up—churches closed—citizens won
der.. about the streets contemplating th e
wreck--mothers and wives mourn the loss of
sons and. husbands, sisters in vain expect the
evening return of their brothers. Disap
pointment is marked • upon every counte
mthee--,-all butfhope has vanished.
Great were - the promises—what has thus
far been the result? Who is the happier, or
better off? Who less oppressed by govern
ment and laws?
A NOELS SENTlMENT.—Copperbends who
affect to sneer at every philanthropic effort
to ameliorate the condition of the Southern
negro, will not be pleased with a sentepee
that occurred • in a late speech of General
Howard on the Freedmen topic.
"If the negro •is a ereatute for whom
Christ died, ho is a man whom no follower
of Christ can despise or trample under foot."
If this is sound deotrine (who can dis
pute it?) no man who professes to be a Chris
tian, or approves the principle thought by
our Saviour, does his whole duty if ho fails
to exert all the influence he .posesses to ed.
ucate and elevate to a higher plane of man
hood this long sufferha& and cruelly oppress
ed race.---.E.r.
A gnetleman, one evening was seated near
a lovely woman when the company around
were proposing conundrums to each other.--
Turning to his companion he said, "Why is
a lady unlike k mirror?", She "gave it up : "
"Because," said the rude fellow, "a mirror
reflects without , speaking; a lady speaks
without refleeting. "Very good," said she.
"Now answer me. Why is a man unlike
a mirror?" "I cannot tell you." "Because
the mirror is polished,
.suid the man is
not."
A:New Horan. lady has a , little boy. about
three years old., of a dark complexion, who
was sent into the sitting room to 'amuse
himself., Soon his mother heard a crash,
and on going into the room found a fine
mirror broken into small pieces. On being
asked what'he had done it for, 'he said he
was not -going to have that surly headed
"brook" boy making up faces at him 1'
Say what you will of old maids, their We
is generally more strong and sincere than
that..of ; the, young milk-and-water creatures,
whose hearts ~vibrete between the joys of
Wedlock and, the •dissipations' 'of the ball
room.Until:the heart of the -youn g lady
is capable of aettliug firmly and: exclusively
ea one object, her 'lova is like a .play show
er, which makes rainbows, but fills no cik
terns.
Au actor, eulogiiing•l iit. inistress; one clay,
indicated by hi• niannorn .somewhat differ
ent position of tho heart. !lemon t on thus:,
° ways wear it next to myearn" arid here he •- - - ' • . r - -.- • -
I ,ir i erylinin 14,iqyobinfarily ori4inal in at
prpinegoil 'the precious, daguerreotype, not ! , ~—....,. ;m°~ .. ....,.. .•• 1 0 .--
.
from his bosom, bq,t from Apoßk,et in, tali I .east ono thing manner-of sneezing.
.... ..
of his coal! - -
:kli.ery is Itlim s associate.
A, country, "chap'," 'who recently visited
the city for thei Bret time, givee hilt Views of
tbe . ladies in this way: "Somewhere in eV
eyy.,eircumference of silk and
_velvet that
wriggles along, there's allars a woman, I
s'posei but how•mneh of the holler is filled
in with meat, and how much ie filled ' with
gammon; lbw spectator dun 00. 'A feller
martrit a wife, and finds when it corned -to
the, pint he has uuthin' in, his -arms but a
regular anatomy. Rif men is gay decevers,
wok's to be Bade of the female ; that dresses
for a hundred and forty weight, but , hisift,
reely as much fat as would grease a griddle 7
—all the apparent plumpness consisting of
cotton and whalebone."
FRANKLIN'S BI ISTAKB.—Franklin
when he Ivo embassador to Franeici - , Wingat—
e meetingof a literary society, and not well
understanding the French when declaimed,-
determined'to applaud when he saw a lady
of-his_._acquaintance express satisfaction.=
When.they had VeaSind - , --- a — littleLehild. -who
understood the French said to hitik, - "But,.
grandpa, you always applauded the loudest
when they were praising y0u.",:.. Franklin
laughed heartily, and explained the, matter.
Mrs. Jenkins complained in the evening
that the turkey she had eaten at Thanksgiv
ing; did not set well.
"Probably," said Jenkins, "it was mot, a
hen turkey.
.Ile got a glass of water in his face.
A Laity asked her gardener - why-the-weeds
always outgrew and covered up the flowers ?
"Madam," he answered, "the soil is mother
of the weeds, but only step-mother of the
flowers."
"111 am not at, home from the party to
night at 10 o',elooksaid_a_itusband— to—his—
better and bicTer half "don't wait f,
a areint," replied the lady significant
ly;-"Pll-corne for you 1" The gentleman re
turned at 10 o'clock precisely.
A would-he prophet down South lately
said in one of his sermons, that 'he was sent
to redeem the would and all thisgsf—
Whereupon a native pulled out a confederate
Arinplaster- r _an.d asked him to fork over
specie for it.
An English' married lady - bas consulted
ber lady on the question, whether• having
married her husband fur his money, and that
money being all opera, she is not a widow
and at liberty to marry
As one single drop of black ink will tinge
and pollute a vessel of crystal water, ao one
little act of faithlessness may irredeemably
poison a whole lifetime of the purest friend
ship and eonStle4ce.
Scarcely anything in life is se sweet as tho
repose of Sunday—the soothing suggestions
of its devouter offices, its silence, its calm,
its immunities.
A fascinating sight is to see a young lady
walking as though a floe was biting her on
each hip. She is almost a match for the
dandy who steps like an open•winged turkey
traveling over a bed of hot ashes.
"Why, lions, you have the most feminine
cast, of countenance I have ever seen." "Oh
Yaw . ," was the reply, "I know de reason for
dat; mine 'madder ions a woman."
•We saw a drunken fellow, the other day,
who mistaking a fly on a wall for a nail, tried
to hang up his hat on it. The fly was
astonished—so was the luau.
Why should a man always wear a watch
when he travels in a, waterless desert? Be
cause every watch has a spring in it.
A woman in Green county, Indiana, has
applied for a divorce from her husband on
the plea that he habitually sleeps with his
back toward her.
A great many of oar Southern friends are
going North. They feel a curiosity to see
what on earth whipped them so.—Louisville
Journal.
A. man maketh a wry face over a gill of
vinegar, but he taketh down a quart of whis.
key without a twist of his snout.
Young gentlemen who would prosper in
love bpould woo gently. It is not fashiona
ble for young ladies to take ardent spirits_
Cardinal Wisarnan"s dying words . .were,
'Weil, hare, I ant at last; like a child trom
school,going home for the holidays.'
- A cotomporary says the article which
produces so many deaths from 'unknown
causes' is sold in every town and village in
the country.
Our President's name is Andrew Johnson,
and not "Moses," as might be inferred from
a remark he made. -
Many a poor woman thinks she earl do no
thing without a husband,•and when- sho gets
one, finds sho ran ao nothing with him.
A man most know many things before be.
is able tr)Aly and, judinion3ky to judge of ano
ther, or of his °ire .actions. •
C2==i
• If yon wish to, know how quick a man can
go a mile, tell a ied 7 baiied woman that bar
baby pqniats:
that the ieere cheek *
hy i$ 1 genf4ou3, man
—ilecaussp.b. '4ir-P;lntit'
coz° wear
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