The Mariettian. (Marietta [Pa.]) 1861-18??, February 28, 1863, Image 1
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From long experience in building machinery we flatter ourselves that we can give, geleral sotis faction to those who may favor us with their orders. Repairing promptly attended to. Orders by mail addressed as above, will meet with prompt attention. Prices to suit the times. Z. SUPPLEE, I'. IL NUPPLEE. Columbia, October 20,,1560. 14-tf TO OFFICERS AND SOLDIERS. Collection of Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay, and War Claims. Officers' Pay Rolls, Muster Rolls, and Recruiting Accounts made out. rip EIE umlersigned, having been in the em ployment of the Upited States during the last eighteen month?{, us Clerk in the Muiter ing and Disbursing Office and-Office of Super intendent of Recruiting Service of Pennsylva nia, respectfully informs the public that he has opened an office in the Daily Telegraph Build ing for the purpose of collecting Pensions, Bounties, Back Pay and War Claims ; also, making out Officers' Pay Rolle, Binger Rolls and Recruiting Accounts. All orders by mail attended to promptly. SULLIVAN S. CHILD: Harrisburg, Nov. 29, 1562. 18- ly A LEXANDER LYNDSAY, ' Fashionable Boot and Shoe Manufacturer, MARKET STREET, MARIETTA, PENN. 000 • ~,, ' Would most respectfully inform, the citizens of this Borough and neighborhood that he has the largest assortment of City made work in his line of business in this _Borough, and be ing a practical BOOT AND SHOE MAKER hiniself,isentibleu to select with more judgment than those who are not. He continues to man ufacture in the very best manner everything in the , BOOT AND SHOE' LINE, which he will -warrant for neatnessand'good'dt. X.:3 —Call and examine his. stock before pur c hating elsewhere. . ~ , H. L. & E. 3„ ZAHN I 0 .` --", TI ESpEC:I FULLY inform then (40 . :.) IIL friends and the public that they ' 41.. ' Still continue the WATCH, CLOW,' ,!-• .'3 A sn,..TE WELRI' business at the old stand, North-west Corner of North Queen street and eenter Square, Lancaster, Pa. A full assortment of goods in our line of busi ness always en hand and for sale at the lowest cash rates. 113 — Repairing attended to per sonally by the proprietors. I VILE American Watches are among the best j_ tiinekeepers now in use, and for durability strength and simplicity far surpass any other watch made in the world. ' 11. L. tir E. .T. Z A H Corner of North Queeii-st.„ and Centre Square Lancaster, Pa., have them for sale at the ren lowest rates—every. watch accomoinied with hemanufacturers guarrantee to ensure its gen uineness. VXT LLCOX'S Celebrated Imperial Ex- Vl' tension Steel Spring Skeleton Skirt, with self-adjustible 'BuStle. The-latest and best in use, just received at DIFFENBACIPS and will be sold at considerable below the *wit prices. UTTA PERC HA BLACKlNG—without ,T brushing : For Boots, Shoes, Harness, Carriages ' and Military Leather Work. 'lt gives the leather a polish like patent leather makes it water proof, doe's not stain the whit cot article of dress and need not be applied of toner than two or thspee times a month. For sale at Dr. Landis' Drug Store. - rpIATENTY 'EMPTY lI.OGSTIEADS —in:good condition—will bold at the low price of $1 each and deliver,ed any where in'or near Marietta free of Charge. "Be ing in want of cellar room, if taken from the store soon-, a trifle less will be taken. Also, a lot of excellent WHISKY BARRELS very cheap. For sale at DIFFENBACIPS 4pIYI. B. REDGRAVE, • C o mmission Lumber Merchant, West Falls Avenue, Baltimore, itld ESPECTFULLY offers his services for itsale of Lvmn E zi of every deseript From his knowledge of the business he. ;. confident of being able to obtain the hig market rates for everything entrusted to hi , r I7IA ILY G H SYRUP :—A Col lo Syrup, for children and adults has Jul been put up at my store, which should be iu cll . y family this cold weather. DR. Liunis. Ott 40eptAtitt titurogitantia #aarnat getrateb. to ` - .1 ihxts, Niteratart, Agriiutturt, of -the Ra g , Natal Youth but now 'twas mine to taste ;. Manhood's purpose next` eha s ied': While its spring my life retains, And the blood bounds through my veins. Aged people passed along, Seeming as if never young; And t thought their state trom me Very far indeed to be. • But Age met me on the way, "-- Unexpectedly, one day I supposed him passing -on, To attend some other.one, And a wide berth, to go by, Gave his reverence, rather`sly. Yet I bowed and touched day hat, For :I always have done that; TO denote respect for -what, I must own, I covet not. Much it startled me when EM Stopped me, and my. button`heldi: • - With familiarity, I thought, • - And an honor all unsought. Waiting not for hiaaddreps=,. "Sir, you notice, Iconfess, Undeserved, for one; in sooth, "- . . Of my inexperienced youth." "And"—l added, sonieWhatflurried-- - "Just , now, sir, I own I'm hurried... You have business, too,' said I. "Therefore, reverend. sir good bye !" But, he smiled; and, with a look Too familiar, would have took My reluctant hand in his, Had I not avoided this. • Though so civil, all the while, I disliked his toothless smile ; 4nd by no.means had. a whim,' For a tete-a-tete with him. . . Much lieared his chill breath alight • My imperial whiskere blight : Now; like gold Hylierion's; theY,' Should be'sprinkling them With 'gray, Would look wiser, silvered do ; ' Yet the honor I'd forego. "Friend," said he, "your haste , appears Unbecoming for your years. I have business, as yo u say ; But, 'tis with yourself, to-day !" This unlooked for compliment Through my veins a shiver Ant ; - And the case of .Felit shot, Like an.attow,„ on my thought.— How he listened to Paul's word, Trembling at the truth he heard; And delaYed with him to reason, Till a more convenient season. - My own state ITelt to be ' ' ,• _ "Sir," with faltering tongue, , I cried, "Much, to-day, J. occupied : Go thy way but new ; and I Will attend yen by and by." So I turned to pass trim; and • Left my button in ills band. "Rash man ! wil you go?" lie saith: "But a little on is Death; If my company you Shun,- He willbe upon you soon;." I alone can make him stay From you, awhile, away.", Hearing this, r slifuldered;,,and Proffered Age my trembling iand. Since then, every way and Weather, He, and Igo on together ; Till that other shadow grim Frees me finally from , • Then immortal youth shall be ' Aline fur all eternity ! -TliE STORY OF LIFE. Sa},avbet ii 1. 'Tie to be born • A ,helpless Babe, to greet the light With a . sharp wail, as if the morn - Foreiefid a cloudy noon and night ; To went), tcr Sleep, and weep again, 'With sunny similes lefiveefil aittd'theril And then apace the infant grows To be a laughing, puling boy, Happy, oespite histtltle woes, Were he but conseiousX hisjoy To be, in sliort, from two to ton, A merry, moody And then, in coat and trousers clad, To - learn to say -the' decalogbe; And breakit ; an nuthiAkinr,,Lad, With mirth and mischief all agog ;.1 A truant oft by field uud fen • To capture butterflies,; and then? And then, increased. in - strength and size, To be, anon ; a Youth full grown; A he'll) in his mother's eyes„ A young•Appello _twins ownl •' 't" - To imitate the ways of men , ' . • : In fashionable sins; and then?... And then, at last, to . be a Man ; To fall in lore ; to woo and wed With seething brain to scheme and plan; To gather gold, or toil for bread ; To sue for fame with tongue or pen, And gain or lose the puze ; and then 3- And then a gray and wrinkled Eld, To mourn the speed of life's decline; To praise the scenes his youth beheld, And dwell in meniorybf lang syne ; To dream a while witlydarkened ken, lien drop into his grave ; and then. (7. POSTAGE WIT.-A letter bearing the following address was recently mailed iu Rochester, New "York : ' To Hiram Allen, OSWEGO ; ' Transposed, it readeth WE-GO-SO ; Transposed again, and you will see That thus it ruonellt,'SO-Q.O-WE; Transposek onco.,more, and it will show A common adage, SO-WE-00! wi go in tile's - GREAT MA IL If badly, "thereby hangs a tale!" '11:,,,..ari .- 4,ti(i - it - i . lt - ; MARIETTA, PA., SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28; 1863.- NO. 31. AGE, -THE STRANGERi • "Lay her the earth I , And from her fair and unpolluted flesh, May violets spring I" SnAlorneaF.. One morning in the early part of the extremely, warm summer of 1 8—, 1 was travelling along the dusty hiihway.to wardS the . No.. rain, had fall'en for many days . ; and the young grai4 and humble Wayside' blossoais were withering beneath the searching , rays of a_Southern sun. I. too, felt my weary head fast drooping earthward, when a cool . sparkling' stream came bounding across my path, leaving a long bright line of verdure to mark its. pleas atat, path Way: tallpwed thecaurse , of the rivulet . I bathed - My hot brow in its refreshing waters—Watck• ed'the tiny fishes' aPorti'ag' Over. bright sands—lfstened to the soag of the hidden bird, and gathered the wild roses that'dipped their blushing-Patals - ii(the waves. Thus pleasantly engaged, I for got my journey apd wandered on through -the sweet valley till - I reached a large antiquated farM louse. 'lt stood beside the creek,' and was hag ,coneealedrby, a cluster of weeping Willows that swept its low roof with their long silvery leaves. The smoke curled lazily up the chimney_; and tho white palings kleeped forth from the clusters of •hlossoming• vines. All outward tillage breathed peace and blessedness; and yet a few short moments since teeniest to which the earthquake • ,violence is as noshing raged, within .those. wails—within the portals of a human heart, that now .lay all cold and pulseless l and sorrowful to tell rendered,so by -its own ungaverted impulse: I entered . the open door.. •A fair young girl -lay dead upon . the seta. Her rich hair lay in the 'wild"masses around her marble neck and finely moulded form ; the long lasheS droo - ped heavily over the closed eyes, and the broad open brow told that-spirit of no common order had the inmate' of its deserted halls. Yet the small delicate features were strictly "'feminine, un • the - deep tears' of del.roW iind'the eiffe - ing lingered still around the chill che and lips. , A broken phial escaped, frot. that palsied hand, told how the.fatal deed had accomplished. , The group of honest ,country people who i stood ,near,.koaked down with awe and wonder, and could not conceive how. one so fair, delicate anTi,..richly clad could havekhad,,aught,ofearthly sorrow,. Alas„? the .iricli,eilken,roke, the jewels that shone on , the snaall, snowy fingers , werci,little,regarded ‘ by the unfortunate owner. ..13nt who, and,„what A stranger from it far land,- who but a few' short days since came" to - thieso pestered 'glen to-seek:repose: A serail lay besidelet, and presuming that its contents might inform us of the history I opened it arid 3 read 'as fol lows: "Friends I alas,'nci--I have nolrientfil and" therefore lam 'the's. rand 'strang ers 'vandal:lm not unheard; one who has no'ne'io pleadher catise. •Perhsksyeur happier lot may prevent you' from fairy understanding . the feelirig like tine.-- You walk beneath the fair skies that 'smiled upon, your hirth—loafk,nows not what it is to be an exile—a houseless wanderer on the earth,. to, buy with gold a shelter beneath., ano,therp .ropf-treia, and mark-- the:, frep sthilp of„the close knit circle fade away.and, their si s ceenp grow. cold 'on-the apprzeich ef the pale ,faced stranger. ; •; Yet she top olapellad -friends and relatives. ...4.-ba,nd :of young sisters wreathed their ;twit, arms, with hers, as they- sported in -the_ merry spring time en'the `green lank's OPthe Vistida.' An honored father sheltered them 'frond evil by the' broad Shield' of his name and wide spread lands, and fond e§e 'of a tender Mother followed as with •unsleeping love. We rejoiced in each otherd•joy and knew no 'sorrow till the grasping hand -of..despntism' drove. us forever from Poland. We found shel ter ou jour peaceful shores ; but my pround father's heart grew faint, to he thought of his &lien name and desolii:- teTdountry ; and in a few'short months ho died.' My sisters' droopad like sweet blossoms tran4fietedfrom their iiiittyA climiite - and faded t :one by one ioe'eafy from - earth, and, ske whoigaye . es h_rth whose life,was as it wi3re , a, part •of oars she tot , •bent dewllhEir.•lctead4r4 )is tined no more to any-voice as of•old: +y:by day_ she kOCEIIIII3 IliAll3 silent, u= til death earner to restorer her , to the gine before. Why did I not follow tiem?' ' - ' - Iran, the tried friend and sharer o !,ur fortune still stood by` my side, su P iorted by his strong loye and faith:T. again lifted - up iny 4 eyne 'and dared td hope. With him the future could not be stall darks S dreamedmot tbat.there warno luture for him ; for be strove to conceal from me the. slow fever which was wearing ,away hivitals ; . ,and ,when at.lait he sunk •upon .his death couch, still he'lield' my handy and akir death itself were disarmed.by the mighty rower of lOye. It was a delightful night. The light ning-Ilftshe d;*i tin d' tbeterce 'der m • beat against our crazy dwelling; till it rocked diiii , shoe( te its fouddafien. 'l' prayed thal it inightiall=that-the red thunder bolt might find afilicEoin inY' tbikt Iran 4 :But ;the tomPPet.P* B o a'FAY.i. BII 4 light _of morning Coancl, mo .seatad.toside his lifeless form—alone ; in the world:— Yet his spirit still hovers ; round ino ;La the dim night abd by day, .Something frOM the'hfrieClOuds beckons me hence_. Tcome'i 'and May ilepen." . — 'Here the illegible froth the `tears'of the unhappy writer. fell fast, as I e'Alaircied,'6ll I -had - comb sooner.? /Perhaps a kind.voice; or, friendly„ care might have given courage to this, striker soul ;Ishe might, ill time have become' resigned to the dispensation of-Providence and.have lived a useful and ,honored servant, of Him - Whose 'co - ram:ands she has tbus out. raged. Reader condemn her 'not ; fox' perad venture V e v en . thou. art` not altogether • • guiltless. desPiiir , never gathered srength within the breasts .of' tilOsewhe read 'contempt: in ''thy" light' , tone , and Born in , thy haughty broWq - $a -not thelriendless`one Often shrunk from thy cold withering glance, and grcian6d 4)e neathiife's burdlinsl•• If eel lay thY' firi"- ger on thy lips and be silent.? • --• And thou dear sister; who sittasti in thine: own.:quiet home,.surronuded by cherished forms and ,obj acts, let thy heart ever flow , with gratitude . - to the great Giver and-remember "the.stvarager. that is within thy zae-1,L... -7\ TIE ROYAL' WAGER. "Come tell mewheritlie nuiid is found; Whose hearteavicite without'deceit, Ahd :I will range the‘wotld around, -1 To sigh one mo fluent ht .her feet..! 2 =MOo RE On aline; July day, the, fair Margaret, queen of Navarre, then on- afisit to her royal brother; had arranged a rural feast for the riiiiinind•fo'll'oiving which Fran- Cis had, declined attending. Ho' was melancholy'; and the cause was Said to be sbrifola`v.4's , quarrel fv4iite dame. ThO morrow came, and dark mbilty 'dlonas - destioyed - . 'at • dude; 'the scheme's Othi3"icourtll , throng. l'ilarga: tef . ivdi angry; and sho grew 'weitry'i her only hope loiLaintisament was 'in ,Vran cis; and ho hrioVshat himeelfup'llan'ex cellent reason why she should:4ln more desire z to ,bee S.he ,iintarsd,•,his apartment ilia. was atanding at, the, case ment,,againkt„wbiali. the, noisy,: shower treat, writing with diamond . : on' the glass, : Two bpautgul,dogswereAiksole companions ..4.s,quean -Margaret tared, he hastily let down the sikkan,cur talif be6rn ,the winddW, and looked a • • ,1 A little cannibal hat'triason is' tho, the'queen, `f what erimgone'Yiar 'cheek'? 1. - natiet .46434'6 eame." " "It is treason," replied the king, '"ari'd theiteforg, siVetit 'sfeter,-:thou'''indienot This . tiN ['sorb eicitrid?Arafgeidtib l eti. riosity,Atid - ii Playful contest ensuea.— Francis et'l`ast yieldea' ; lie tiire'vi him self onl huieliglrliack n ed tiettSe`;` , i-.3, as the lady drew batik the curtain with .an Arch, sun ile ; , he; gretvc grovoiiand sdnti jue!:itali ; regoe tad oni the, Qantas which•had : inspired.this libolAgainstlall woman-kiwi. p 4; c.q "What.ba,y,e;we lere ?"•said ,Alarga ret. ."Nay,., this„is lese majeste— Souvent femme vane—bieu fou, ciui s'y fie (Often woman ehanged=:foolieh he who• this her:), ITery litkleehange weird great:it &nand your line sir—would' it not rnn hetier thus': ' ' ' ' cSouvent . homme folle '8'); fie (Qften .man phaugeafoolish she: , who trusts I could tellybilA - thonsand stbribp :of man's inconstancy." will) be - conteb t 'with,onb true tale •of womari'd'fi'delffy; - fiald F'r`ancis,'dry ly ; übut , do'riotlreirrnie 4 1 'Would fdili liß itifieittelfrithAlle - soft ritatilia ties,,qorithpdetie-sake."- re!plled' Mika ret, atd . 'in§ta'bee :the -falsehood of one noble and well,reputed darde." . !Wet fever' • Eatilie de-LagnY.:2 said the king.",•`. '; Irbisf was Itsore.subjeot for:the-queen: Emilie• had been brought up in 'her hdaseholdithearnost , beautiful and - the most :virtuous of her maid - s4f honor,- She hadllOng loved the :Sire' de - -Lagny i and their'ntilitials. were ce-.lebi'aled•-with Estalcaihecl April li, 1854.. rejoicings.butlittlft ominous of the re sult. De Lagny , was 'agensed but year after of traitorously yielding to the em peror a fortress under pp lomtqapp,,n4 he was condemned to perpetual impris oniuent. For ; some time,vas A , indonsololle, Offen visiting ,the misera ble dungeon .of het.linsband, and suffer ing, on her return. from • witnessing-1M lirretehednnss, suelPparoxysms - - of grief thibatettedi her life: Suddenly in the midiVof ?het' sdirow, - 'she .disappeared;• and in quiry only'divulged .the) disgrace; ful fa6t, - `she had escaped 'froth France, beeringt.Eer jewels witiriher,,an'd accompanied tiy her :page,- Robinet:Le4 roux. I It. was whispered that, during herjotirney, the= ady and tor stripling were often seen together ; ~and • Marga ret, enraged at: these :discoveries,- corn manded that.no further finest 'should be made for her lost favorite. - - Taunted now by her brother,, she ; de,. fended Emilie, declaring that she be lieved'`ler''to lie guiltless; even` m'so far as io : boast that:withila would brinV proof of her indOcence. "Robinet was a pretty boy," said Francis, laughing. "Let usumake a 6et," cried Maygaret. los9, I will bear thrsvil9 rhydie of thlise" as, a motto to my shame io. my grave ;. if break wy wiadoy, and .gract thee whatever bowl thou askest." ' The result of this bet was long sung by trotiliadmii - and 'minstrel. The'qh.eciri employed' a 'hundred' emissaries r -pnbt lished rewards;' for 'any iritellilerideof Emilie—all , in ' . The. month, was expiring; and Margaret,would , haver giv en many bright:jewels to redetim-her word. On the eve of the fatal day, -the jailer of the prison in which: the Sire: de Lagny was cenfined, sought an audience of the queen ; he brought her a message from the knight to say, that if,the lady Margaretlwould ask his pardon , as her boon, and obtain from her royal brother that:he inigbt, be brought :before , him, •r bet was won. Fair Margaret was v=ry joyful,,and freoily,,paqo the Aje sired promise. Francis 'was unwilling to see his false servant, NA ho, MP. high good , humor', , for a cavalier had that morning broight intelbgence.of a victo ry, over the imperialists. , The Messen,. ger himself wasTatided in-thede,Spatch as as the Most:fearless and.breveknight in Franco. The king islided him with presents, only regrettipg, that a, vow prevented the soldier from raisinga sor or declaring his name. That same evening,.as this setting sun §hone on MEl:lattice , on' .which.the• un gallant rhYme - wad .' traded, , Trancis poeed , .onithe. same sottee/an&tho-boaff tifulNiieenof,Naviirrel.pith:itititnipicia her bright. -eyes,4 sat beside' tended by:guards,the prisoner was; bro't in.; his frame was attenuated.:tr priva tion, and he ,walkedNiith totteringkeps : 11e knelt at - the feetrof,Fratieis; and un covered ,his head; a., quantity r ofrich golden, hair then eseaßiyg, fen over tho sunken cheeks and pallid brow of the supplicant. e aveere criedthe h treason.h I"' 'king. 4 ,54' where is year pris oner?" - " ' "Siie, blame him -not,"laid : the' Oft', faltering voice c 'df, .Emilie ; "wiser men than-he have been deceived by tvoglan. .Aty:deartlord.w,e.s gctiltlees cd7 the crime f o . l lWbiett saffere,2l. ; ; .There was but one mode to save, s him; I assumed- his chains;; he, escaped,with poot Robinet Leroux in my attire ;Ire joined-yout.ar ;, „the young 933 .gallan t cavalier Avl - 19 delivered the despatches to your.grace whom yon 9°9l'wheATl (l -4 5 vit 4 -1 1 0;1:qr.13 and rewards, is my. town Euguerard de tagnY. '1 waited 'but-' for 'his arrival with teslimoniale 9f l his 7 intib - Cence, to declare myetilko my ftidtitte. Has lA's tube tvkin - heel dt Fend' e dn "she asks —" • ' '• "Is de Lagny's pardon," said 'Marga ret,', as she also knelt,`- to" tho'hiig.z2 "Spare your faithfUl'vaithil; re ward,thip .truth l" Francis first brae the false pealiinc , - window,,then he raised: the ladies-from their supplicatory potture. In, the tournament, given to celebrate this "trit9ph of ladies,' the sirs, de Lag ny bore off•everypr*;_ark . fi•sgrely there was more loveliness in Emilie:s faded cheek—more grace-in her emaciate& form-Ltyperas s tlierw6re.of the . truest: affection—=than ins the prouder bearing anillrehhiir complexion of the most:4l6l - bpaut:kainduttemlittied on• the 'cOnrtt ly festival. .: ! Cr. Soinebndy'eaid: the other'dity that a stick;thiown *dog =in - front'.of Washington hotel; hit' five Brigadier Generals. EARLY INSTROOTION OP HORSES.-ELI ring .my, long career among the Arab tribes, L have seen— and watched tile breeding: of mom than ten thousand cOlts, writes:au English traveler from Arabia,,anCl-am-certain that all those whose :education did hot commence very early,land. was not--directed, moreover, on good principles, turned out f vicious:and,: in general,- good: for no thing, ?So.rauelk am:l persuaded =of the necessity ofearly instruction, that inva riably;.in my travels, when I was under the.necessity'of buying horses, L refused those whieh'had not . been : mounted at the age of. eighteen ganths. this,loarue been bred?" was , always my first question. : "My lord," replied the city Arab, "this gray' jewel of the river' has been retired like one bf my own children; has been :well•fed., well nursed, and well taught: only mOunfahint when full four , yearn- See how sleek his skin and how glossy his mane l" "My friend, keep - thy horse. lie is clearly thine own'and , thy family's pride ; and shame-upon my white beard were I to deprive thee orhim." "And thou," I then addressed% son of the Desert, sUriburnt'from'head to fuot ; "how hest thou bred thy horse" "fly lord," ho Iliswered, "from his earliest youth I have accustomed his baclt"tb the saddle, and his mouth to the brfdle: 'While still young ho lni ear- . riee fur; fur into the Desert ; many 11E08 a ivitlionC drink . , 'and many nights without food. His - flanks look naked, it ii'irue ;' f bret, belleVO Me, should you ever mistrals° friends on the road, he Will not leave you iri trouble." . e'llalloO I servants, tie the chestnut horse to the tent; and entertain my Arab friend." FATHER AND DAUGHTER.—TIIOrO is DO prettier. picture In life than that of a daughter reading to her aged father. The ad man; while listening to her sil very notes, 'goes back to, other times, hnother ono ,by', his side, and whiripered Words he will never hear again nor does he wish to do so, for in the soft evening /iglit lie 'sees Ler image reflec ted ifilier 'child . ; an at one by ono gentle emotions steal over` him he veils his face, and daughter, thinking himself asleep, goes noiselessly in search .of other employment. 'Virgin innocence, watching ,over the,,cares and waats ,of old, is a epectable fit for angels. It is one of the links between earth and heav en, and .takes from the , face cf the hard and selfish. world, many of its features. You have 'heard, perhaps, reader, of the encounter betsieen - an 'English man and tho market . women at a fruit Stu:nail ;New York.„Tho Englishman had ]earner] 'of the Yankee habit of bragging, and hp thought ho would cut iliec'onib or that 'propensity. he saw some, huge . watermelons on the market .• woman's stand, and walking up to her, andpointiqdaithern with a look of (lig appointinent, said : "What I don't yea raise bigger apples, than these in Amer ipat” The woman looked at him a mo ment, ;nrul. then retorted': "Apples I inybody might know you was an Eng lishman. Them's huckleberries." `Q — "What a censorious liar ! ex - ClAned old Mrs. Partington, as sho read in a paper an account of a new counterfeit which was., said to contain throe, women and-abust of Washington on each e 41, 4 7--" 4 ct.t, : tl : said she, "G en e ral Washington : on.a, bast ! 'Lis not so!" and the old ladY:Alfte,d herspecs and de eland: she,had ``known: the old gentle • Mad tor l the'last thirty years, and she never heard of his being on a bust—much less with three wotten.". W.lVe:clerive the custom of wearing orangeiflowe.rs at a wedding from ' li' f rance. : It is a matter of much pride and importance . , inasmuch as it is not onlFaJoken 13f the purity of the bride heiself, but also• bears witness to the integrity and morality of her relatives. 4-z - Blushing is occasioned by an in creased action of the heart from ex citement, or emotion of any kind ; there is conseqUently DO means of preventing a suffusion, whirl is, generally speaking much , more distressing 'to the sufferer than actual pain. ..Not long a ago a youth, older in wit4hait in years, after being catechised concerning the power of nature, replied: s'Now, Lthink there's - one thing nature can't do." "What is , that my child ?"-- Slichc . a,u't : make BM Jones' mouth any 'bigger, Without setting his ears back." 'Er A-4mm is an animal whose butt U, en the wrring'end of him,