FRED'K L BAKER. easing & Coluinbi4 Ulivao TINS of this road run by Relkding , Raii ,toad time, which is ten minutesrfaster that of Pennsylvania Railmad. .AINS OR THIS ROAD RAIN AO ZOLLOWS: LEAVING COLUMBIA AT i t k A. M.—Mail Paisenger train for • .1 V Reading and intermediate stations, leg Landisville at 743 Misitheitn at 3 ; Wiz at 8:13 ; Ephrata Mt 8:42 ; &die at 9:08; Sinking Springa,at 9:40 ; an d lying at Ri ading at ten qclock. At Read connection is made With Past Eirpreastrain 'sat Pennsylvania Railroad,' reaching New ': a 2:30 P. M. with train of Philadelphia . Reading Railroad, reaching, Philadelphia :20 P. M., and also with trams - for Potts- the Lebanon Valley and Harrisburg. P. M.—PASSENGER TRAIN , for Reading and intermediate ste m c onnecting at Landisville at, 2:50 P. M. th Express trains of Penn's. R. R., both ;t grid West, leaVing Manheim at 3:26; Litiz 1; Ephratit at 4:10; Reinholdsville 4:37 p ,king Springs 6:03 and arriving at. Reading ." , :•:0 P. M. At Reading connection is made h trains for Pottsville and-Lebanon Valley. LEAVE LITIZ AT • P. M.—Express Passenger Train 4.0 for Reading and intermediate eta ., leavineßphrata at 2:44, Reinholdeville, sinking Springs, 3:30 and arrivine at ding at 3:45 P. M. At Realing connection with Fast Express - of East Penn's. R. -aching New York at 10 o'clock, P. M., with train of Philadelphia and Reading R. reaching Philadelphia at 7:05 P. M. - ' LEAVE READING AT- p i A. M.—MAIL PASSENGER twin )1../ for Columbia and intermediate sta , ienN in. Sinking Springs at 6 16 ; Rein asville at 44, Ephrata at-7 'll, Litiz at Itt Manheim at 7 58, making connection at adisville with train of Penn'a Railroad, idling Lancaster at 8:33 A M. and Phila lphiu at 12:30 ; arriving colimbil at 9 lock, A. M., there connecting the Ferry for nghtsville and Northern Central Railroad, 11:45 A. M.with train of Penn'a. Railroad the West. :SA. M.--Piisseriget Tr - ain't& Eitiz 0 and intermediate stations, in ar of passenger trains from Philadelphia Pottsville, leaving Sinking Springs afq 1:18 inlioldsville at 11:53; Ephrata 12:28 and tying at Litiz at one o'clock, P. M. ' , . 0 r P. M.—Mail Passdnger TrainlOr A Columbia andintermediate stations . passengers leaving New- York at 12, M., Philadelphia at 3:30 P. leaving Sink ; Springs at 6:31 ; ltemholdeviile 6:59; E.ph a "ia Litiz 7:55 Manheim S: I 1 'Landis ; :tray:Fig at Columbia - at 9 P. M. Ita• The Pleasure Travel to :Ephrata and 'tiz Springs from New- York, , ,Philadelphia, Itimare and Ether points, is by this schedule ,rnainoilatrd several times per day with Ex :ss trains connecting in all directions. • Zr Through tickets to New-York, Phil& !phis and Lancaster sold at principal sta• )113. Fright carried with utmost prompt. PSS and dispatch, at the lowest. rates. Further information with regard to . Freight possenge, may he obtained from the agents the Company. MEN DES COHEN, Superintendent. F. KEE.VER, General Freight and Ticket Agent. / .9. gakot, Scribintr anZI oo.nbtganttr. VOULD most respectfully , take this means of informing his friends and the public generally that he has commenced the drawing of DEEDS, MORTGAGESo:' JUDGMENTS, end in fact everything in the CotvvF.y . ,4Ficrao line. Having gratuitous interemirse with a member of the Lancaster Dar, he Will be' bled to execute legal instruments of writing with accuracy. He can be found at the office of "THE 3[A ETTI ri,"—"Lindsay'alliiilaing,"' (See; and floor) near the Post Oflicei caner; or. at his residence on Market street, tifilf a 'square west of the 6' Donegal Ilmm,"• Marietta -o'l3lank Deeds, Mortgages, .fudginente and, Leases always on hand 'and Tor sale.' 1865. 1 PHILADELPHIA f 1865. J Paper Hangings. j . 11owELL' • MANDFACTUILERS 0 r • WALL. 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J. &must lloupwrorr, Howard Association, No. 2 South Ninth-it., P hiladelphia, Pa. [jan.l,'6s-Iy. I , ,EW, Fay oc oDR ‘.0,4, p-pg.E4--hxm l i gatlabrliE t t 0 it • -•R ra l Pro (44 so °BOOETERE A ~iA' 6 I E44.jgATTORNEY LA 'l " r t, i ' e s! , r 6llltra o PP o site the Coati ~.tisS* 'l4l/ at tend to the pragtt or,kiewid • in all its venoul brandies. • . . tr PRINTING of every description es °me cratede of The M With anriettian eatness and dispatch `at Ilie . . . CN). : . . r (Ettrz ....., lit / • : • In 0 • 1 al& ._•, . . , 4, ..... .. .. .. , PUBLISfriED FIVRRY SATURDAY 76RiliN9, , AT ONE RAO u A 'YEAR PAYABLE lil7 LID-frANdi: Officio in " LINDWAT'S Bvivbnvc+,•" sedan! floor, on . Elbow „Lupe,. between tAe, Pos Office ,corner , and Front street, Marietta lancaster County Penna. Single,l3opies, with, or without Wioppers, ..E . O t_T OBNT S. ADVERTISING RATES One , square ~ (10 lines, or. Ass) 75cents for the first inse t spontspd One Dollar and-a-half for 3 insertions. :Pro fessionafand BuSiness cas d's; of SiX at $5 per annum.' Notices in the reading col:: umns, ten cents a-line. Marriages and Deaths, the simple announcement, FREE; but tor any additional lines, ten cent A liberal deduction made to yearly end half yearlY. adiertisers: ' • Having just added a " NRWBIPRVIMODN TAIN JOBBER PRESS," together with a large tissortment of new . JA and Card type, Cuts, Boiders, &c., &c., f ob the Job 'Office of "THE Afartik'irispt," which will'insure the Nte and speedrnxecution of all kinds of Joa , & CARD PRINTING, from the smallest Caro, to the, LARGEST POSTER, at reasonable prices... Mlthat4t Rtomr. The night of war has ended noW, The day breaks bright and clear, , And •friendly greetings come to us' From nations far and ;• Our noble country's valiant men Have' happy , days in , store ; And proud wives wait itithi--threbbing hearts To meet them atthe door. Oh, smile, fond mother, on thy' child, And press "its cheei to tline I For s'han al•Ound . his fatiai'S heck 'rheas little arms krill twine. "He's Coming hode;lnes'enirlittg home," You Whisper night and^day ; And;oh, I pray no - blighting taws Alay steal this hope away ! • God speed the feet DOW marching back To homes of peace and love ; God bless the cripple liMping by With blue coat 'Stain's:id' with' . 6lOced I'd rather grasp those hard, brown hands, And feel them clasp my ovrb, , . Than.toneh the royal . palm-of him Who aits.upon. a, throne. Deep grief we feel for missing ones, Long absent from our side; FOr thousands of our martyred friends,' Who fought, and bled, and died And with kind words, and lOving heaitS Let's greet all back that borne, ' And give the soldiers fel. Mid near A hearty welcome honiel • ORIGIN OF THE "Perwrwri'S. DEvir,;". When-Aldus Al anatins set tip in business as a printer, -at Venice, came posses, sion of a little negro boy. This boy was known over the city as "the little black devil," whO assisted the mysterious bi bliofactor ; and some" of the ignorant persons believed hini to be tone other than =the. embodiment of- Satan, ..who helped Aldus in the prosecution of his profession. Onp day, Mounties, desir inetcdisPel thij by publicity, dis Played the young "imp" to the poorer Jlasses,:l4bn this occa sion lie mo n de this shOrt but very charac teristic 'speech;':-'Be 4' known' to Wns, ice, that I, Aldus Manntius, printer. to the ,Holy Church Dsige;' liaye this day Male public ovpooute , of thoprinter's deifil. .A10,116.'66 who think lie is not Sash and blood may' come and pinch him:" ' Juincrm. Wrr.--tbord Bacon of hie farmer, Sir Nicholas,.that when,ap pointed a Judge on Ile Northern Ijir 7 calk, he was by one of..the malefactors mightily importuned forto:eavelis:life'r wkicti;-wheri nothing he had' said avail, he at length &hired his-mercy on account Of kindred. krlthee;sai'd y.Jbrd jndge, 144 came that in ? • Why, if it-pleases yoii„.4:Tord.your name is Beam and 'mine is HOgl"and is all ages Heg,and Bacon layerbbeen so near•kiiidred that they are-not <to be separatid. Aye, Eitii 1 140,4 Lord BaCion, you and IcannOt,be kindred, exceptAyou -be Banged; roil Hog is net - B aeon' until it-is A NATURAL CONCLUSION. ~A Dutch, man, the reading r an account of a meeting, came to •the words; "The meeting then 'dissolved."' 'He could pot define the meaning of the latter word, so he referred' td dictiOnary, and felt* satisfied. ins a few' minutes , a'friend came in, when Honty . said, "Dey - ; intist have werry ,hot fweddeff 'aeie` in .New York relt. an . 1 01 - kilt) Of/ Ps *it** vere.alt &loopier nielteditswayYkw NtycnittutVaiisztibaulOpatual, for: ikt gnu Q tfrdt MARIETTA; SATURDAY -MORNG;InY-15i-4865:; WRITTEN FOR Tin MARI 0iD.,'.04 - • : 54i,04:100;:7...' BY " NTELLus.” "Few thinga, itrtbn eating:way; -have the innate politeness so temnrkable; iti the Character' offaf shad: , ;Had the shad beeri.blessed:with , fent and heads; there eanuot.be , a dciubt.but , thatl. it -would completethe . measure bf, its complhis ance by walkingturrthe streetf arid oring• ing IE4 the bel!,.vv,ith , Finiyy l for the cook and - the, gridiron., it would come about pagan,,hour before 'break fast, and, nays; defer its call, till after tea. Cemtnend up to the shad as, the beat mannered fish that swims. Many 1 TMC “nl4. men might, go to school the ,ehad ; and, indeed, if our placatory learning be not a t fault, the shad do assemble in schools,„to, which cause possibly may be attributed the excellence of their train ing. Always bow with deference to a shad—it itas . traveledn far to enjoy the pleasiiin of ydur aCquaintanCe." • • NicnoLis Nom.rirtivs. `Mani Of tfla 'citizens of Mariet ta and Vicinity, may have'qi4iVid recol leCtion' of the khad-fisheriei, ' that were dotted here and •theie Wont the - York couniy'Stbril of the Susquishanna; from opri p sife tlieloWer endof the' borough to ther - Yillage *Therse were four of these fisberie'slirfrill 'Wait during enr„boyhoodof which. „we enter ; telt 3 Tcible faire TqcoPeption. ; The lowqqne,was i .called, ",Zublins Fishery," the pool. ofW.hiPh.lef•tnnded i froin a : large boulder,,just belewAke ,rlypr the , !!spring,•" . about,a qnarter ,oe, a mile . below and where, at, that ; time, the "fish-house" stood, ,l From, e Qtne cause, or other this fishery was, the least .yalu able of any of those along ,the,,York„ , county shore, or at least any of thoSe near 'Marietta. iri' - diddr l 'td :hb'vitite sonie'diffi•dialties undeil;liieli the 13rePii9 etori'abo'rlif and `to afill'iiiee"tilie Verde' of theill fisibety,Ahey'briilt the I .73httery,'"' whiCh 'the . water falls rreethin?sitlitk. Battery` fishingliotiVver paiff . very well,' arid 'to' cap the"Cliinak; the' building - of the Columbia Datn and the'•Ticle Wa ter.-•eariel,took the• wind out of the sails: of all , the fisheries abovh that-phint. Thelbatterylbelng in theinain and deep est!channel of the river o mberr.it , was at' low'water mark• it became; afterwards.a• , famous,place.for es youngsters tot take a summer bath, for thei•water there .was always clear, pore and cool. ~Cap,e,May bathingcan really not c t ompare with tha'tof the,eid battery twenty 0 thiity years ago. The next fishery, in the order of space, was the ..11eesey . Fishery, the pool of, which, eitended'from the lower end .of the garden, in front of the old Ferry house, down to a whitti, on the bank, thVold° 4 fiShtibute ''stobd, for many yeats after the fiShery - 'had' been entirely ab'andoned.'' fi'shery was' at cine 'time tol6fably4nerative 'oria;• and from this the denizens •i:;f1 'Marietta' oAtained, 'post ,pf : those:•early gentle ißkkabiltiat.l3 Pc t•ha.wen.- ded r their wig up through,swift channels and.o, .01;kesfipflak,q. almost to,their. very , doors , seeminoly, for the mere purpose of,belAg ,fried••tuad eaten Number Three, was the White' Fiat 845t4hich stood 4/2' the ank about` half i f inile ea 7 h.bia. , That red liOnse 'Arita 'verb''''r4'ii," and was a sort of landmari in - those days., ~We have , not , been, near it for some years e .but, imagin& .that , by",.. this' timetnearlpall the red mast be Worn off , it, ,,, ,,Ne-dogint , recollectoLhaving visi— ted White s fishery more than once or twice dating our boyhood. It wea l - not so well boorn,, i norpo i pro4alle , a con cern, as the two. { fisheries immediately ) above and below t. OW , f, this fishery, ie we mistake not, extended froth thelfidlitibli§origiio liking' fhb, WO Are nifiCceitain,lidainVer‘,.of thbi, (or there frilly bebirabbtlifir tie;` tween White's and Haidei l- alled' Gill- Inap'e:Vishery;,,, heyingdrs Ashhotile at or: near -the month ofilVild.Cattertn,t- ,Number,.Fontr, i tilit,the Haines,klighers, and as this was the one at whigh,,m 3 o father fished; and as ne soviet ipea j ac companion him tnitner, most of our early it t. 17", f," 4.4 f I. • iniPteOilions of Shad, eb dfiBhing , and , shadfisberti, received i l iere. The proPrietcirtooPthisifishifir citizens of :the village , of /MaytoWk anditherefilie it was claimed as a .distinct insti4ntion, Moot ; of t the ~,hands, vewhb fished this, hory, ,w,e rit„ b aloe from the villagp,of,fdaytown andtvicini-- ty, including Coffey-goes, Possum hollow an t tru f fiter 1 !ilfric7t vf to Nelohi upward, =for tnotance. woe a 4 arvir 11110dtt-:; Two setts of hends; consisting of fivin eight to, temeach, two iboate,,:and two seines, , were:nenelly,requirell. c to ;fish a , ,pookfor shad. , - .3.`w,enty,fortx , ,honrs was. ca11e444404r LONOiVr as-Ahe -fisher men, pronpunced li it, ..andtltheee, hands fie,hAdlinj alteraMe:t o W6V7, from: ethe, gionjupto t tlieoud, of the 4ehingtneaspn, which usually continued; from,the let.or `middle of April to the Ist or middle of theh thiA' ilateri ..°A.ll`the *niat'eriel, and fighing-tieklez; and oiher'neceSsiiry-ini: p reliiidte; • "i , v re ; filrnibh`edlirtlie propri:‘ e tort' " 01' 1 'th° fi e'ry t , - ti'e 'p sid the fishermen no wagetl= might ; acgrue to 3 them from,division of the,,fish ; inade t at n tberend of, each-towers; tb9rfitt ( M,-tbeiJaPZoLinknOf .dei. ) Y7iffige 9 dependgcl, Inpon the. ,irinun 1,9 colas veryivregular and iiiicfrtain. This . was „perhaps the , only.defect in the educatonaorArgining , of he shad, although; t,hey were ppnet-- nal enough , in attendipg,their, schools,. yet the fishermen could never toll to a certainty wlieri and where to find those schuoli ;Inv!' when found, him ninny' of , the' amiable gentlemen might be "'play ink the' truant:"' - ' • In' the fiist•Place,',iine 'half . ' of all the fisfi'caughe at each tower: went 'to the "Seine,.' that feta the proprietor Of the fishery and the other ,balf WBB divided, share and share. .alike, ; among; the fisher men?. Two meniusually -made the divi sio.po.nci,thou the one r turned . .bis face from the ,fish, of „closed his oyes, 'whilst 0f1t.‘91 4 1",' J°Pg rod stick, pointed to the different divisions' and, asked, "Whose heap _is this ? As the names of - the different fishermen were celled"ont, they tOoli Poseesnion of their " piles, and disposed'ofthem as seeme d best o" theiaselies. 'Sometimes they made giiiid'uiages;‘' but at Other times they did'ilitif get much more thin the salt ,they. f ote during the tower. , We have ili' wnithe, division; after.! fishing twentygour hourswhieb was the length of the tower4o be only half,a shad to a man.; and have also known it- to be four or five hundred. The tower coin= maDO O 4 at 12 . 0 01 90 k, M. 00 0 0 0 day and continued to the setae, hour next day, so, that both setts of fishermen, had an en: tire night, and also.a forehoon„and ,on diex.lloOn .fishing. ',l3efore the fishing season opened, the proprietor selected his hands, and then all repaired to the:iris:Wog house, or some other ,tappro priate place; where-they were. famished with.- , mneedles and twine, and engaged; for, .a 'few days, in repairing the old seine of last season,.or in knitting a new one. This was always an occasion of jollifica-' tion among the fishermen, and also one of high anticipation ; and all the ,pay, tlieY got then was their 4ups o/-. ways something, else to wash the cobwebs that 'collected. in their, threat's, through protracted conversation .. and labor—down. • .:The` Haines , Fishery being 'l:ather'• a moiirektenhive raffair 'then' -the: others timed,'required also *a larger nun:ctet of fishermen to , fish it, It :had •t also large and email :seines, -and , large -and :small• boats, and could work a' double - sett - of ot,,eix.yen hands, = accordingly as ) L 13c K., required;,, These, setts:mere, divped into„,.?anclanee : _and, boatsmei2, ! nnionget : % !4 ° , l l,l'ffkre, PPINTdiPaW afl superior grades of functions and offi cials—such for instance as the bows men;-brailmeri,- leachneli, bioyinen, &c., /SRL The ileibeivah'eapped on a large piatter,a'deefipyiiig the whole stern end of the'betit!, tinifori 4 p - rbl'oe'ediag 'to 'the upper end of the root., the boat was swiftly run-out in a rightline from the shore, - one of the:boatsmen .being °eon-- pied:in '.paying . ont • the After this was accotoplihhed the: bow• of the boat was turned doiin • the stream, and then followed a elow heavy drag until .1+ ,+. , + t I the boat arrived opposite the windlaie c „, • ••• “•- f + z.`,l7+ t+ • at the, lower enkof the ,pool, when it headed in towards the goai or landing; an& en arriving. Within the cables4ength of - the windlass, :the: cablekwas 'unbar.' toned-. andi:swifkiy , riai:,:outr whilatnlie Captain or Bowsnian , •wculd'L':cry-,,out Peg, ns:the:tipat app roached the shore. At this * Word of • nommaukthe Oailimere 1 ++i " 4' 44 ,di4, all iie9,4MOYMung, 4rc: men all rushed to the windi4es, one et carrying the end of the cable andllasten ineit Yheletii, by deans of eelifi Wig -111 1 A the' slibki h ole cnietaitially't i oo'k Bhargent the boat righting it, dad': fireParitiletbj shipi the ' , tieiqq, W.41.9„Ek :• Ow haul waßAcq 01DPiiffihe4.1 kile.'beate4 men werft,Atuei.engageAwtileijiimm en , at the inner or Upper ep4.,of the, Belem!, Wyretrr I. ii/ 44N ir " 8/ 1 4 44 ier , 49 8 . 8 o? and 1 1 11 ti` Ing the• do gra cm y an seine r, , and inward, one, of , then? ,sarryipg the cable, which ever aud - anon would receive „ /.4u, a new coil as the distance between them .and the brail becamejihortened— .Thus ;the e shad, V any, were gr.adalilly 'down, kite near the: loweriend of t.494ll:iine,,par,t,„ 9f t Abe, men balding domp,4l3e„le . ,cicllke,, and. • parkadjpsting the p upg-line,,-,wheritoifteß, Ainio_g,-Ahus effectnally cornered, they gilled by. the ate pt ol.,the ; fishermen Emoitagit:Apjvrilig,rippn, the. beach, and 'the same, e p,topese; was sppeated !again cif,thp,fish,,catight,nt •those -fisheries, in addition 0,, ith M:Mb:IPA r§hed, • Aou -B,aRIPOt %Nig* fO,O M tp pp. river 0 Pqr.lti(-44/0 0 CYPri?nus): the P.l l cke.r) (Catostomus, ,Rigricjau,s) , and the ' let ..,(Catostognespalkdus) s and sometimes / also (40rax Lineata) alli4 l l- 14 11 PSIFi9I4 Perea flava eens). Usually these latter fish did got, inure to the seinerbut- were -divided afnorig the fishermentpltheiseitib ?could only'rightfuliy-,c.laim. one, half of all 'the' Sliacl.thatiwere , takeinduringitlie season. Themoet, inferior, in ,quality. was , the' Mullet which-was•said to have—/-with ar considerable, aPproachlo, the ifuth-ite bones...tied , up [ in small bundles; .and , die tributed,through its whole. , body. The , first ran. of, the, shad- were. also small and inferior in quality. These Were be lievod-not to be a different species from those, larger ones,thakcame after them; and iwhich Aperei so,-much! superior 'to them : in ,qatilitylWAlie . diffetence being merely a .s.exmil ;Jhe 'males preceeding thelemalesawa generahthing ; although larger and finer ~ flavored, males Were ta ken in subsequent...lune. The shad caught it Ate Mariiitia fisheries, aiid those hiifie'r teihe river §ii`scpieloirina r were flitiingiloitn'thoee' 9 uaright that Point; or indeed perior to any caught elsewhere in the tire finning S 0%4 lk S After the building 6f the large dams' in the groinniehitinfit,' beforO , illuded, shadfishilig Was discontinued at all the fisherfes'abOve Safe lierbor, althOtigh few shad 'evidently 'reached head waters 'Of the' river, to 'spawn 6 : Teri season. kad . tlikr darniCbeeri bulk With =EU an ascending and cleeCending• anglerof aliont thirty, degrees, abov,e,and they would 47,E, been much, more „own, pact,nnd stronge r ;, and l itt,agiven,ptage of, water, the shad, sould,have .6:lastly ascended that- Bade: of mclinetiou ,as they co* 4ieintmy_shutes and l swift water passes Opt! ! „aro naterally, the; river between Pori Ei t epnsit ,and, dki 3 ques Itook.__Many....young shad were caught rin- fishrtinps or fighla. kets in the;Sniquehitnnthion'theY ;Vote descendinglh'e'eitreatvi int thie - falk on theirmapto theiroWiiiterquartersinAhe Bay. l , a , ,;e Whether tour .taste' kite inidergone- a radical Change; oriwifetkertwiPhaVe be Came more fastidious in our tinitini: is more than we are noble truly.to say, biti' r of6rie thingwe . c e rtain, sad ,that is, ive, tasted ae good shad any wheia,nor at any tape, ne thoiie caught m Ihe, riy er, at the KeeSey and 'Haines psii4ieg, spine five aria * thirty Years ago. Shad seas° amply providSd.with 'the WeAnt ,of multiplying ant% continuing theirapecies„ that, •with ,alll, the , draw bacissi and ',disadvantages 4theyl, Are: ,con stantlynubjected to; there ialittle ;dan ger- pf.•their; ever : dying olt has been estimatedthatOf all-the ova -were' to successfully- hetet-and-the-fish there from "kat to` rola' idattilty; 'ficoril 4 a single pair of - shad;•ia twenty years, ` would be'procriiated,' edfilinits ofasf as lir& as the globit **inhabit. Fro& this it 'inky' iliferre&lciaieier numer ous they hes,tiu t iliavr of those hatch- ad from the egge ever • reach maturity. In oar youth sha4,was,our beau itlecg?i of all that was excellent in a fish, partic 7 ularly . ,whenit wee fresh, and even tkase• that were salted seemed •better. to our taste, than nineteen-out•of twenty of the best fresh 'ones we-get'now. -When aboy, ori • many ad Obz @maim/Passed roitgiaddAieat l y night thwibckltift" of thogold'fishthc&eil ing to the mOnottindus Wailitigivof tiny itra- tength. into a disturbed strimb•in, and dream of I • - •iti,T , ' 1 le J. gOrkieCitlige4Singa on, staid, in nncon ,. scions anticipation of t he effp,egeAtlfyil on the 'approach_iii.,;ruoriiing. Apn one' ocaasion:. we had a companion - 06ton thras et. four. years-ear. junior; who • lay! n sort.oficoil around tlie 'stove pipei-4 a la genusnetthir e - , and, only iiipeoverirdn that his , vest and pants' 'n front, were -I)6'll'ilB4a Picivala i reltiii q r R i ll; 118 - we, Well 4.11 VOL. E.--NO. 49. I e d to participate in an ample breakfast - of "fresh shad and hot coffee." Some of thciee nights were cold and windy and baYely'comfortable in the fish house, to say'nothing of the exposures and dis :Cot WO of those who were toiling all ;night at die oars, the ropes, the wind lass and the seine, through wet and dry, „and the result of whim° labors the morn „int BO would often reveal was scarcely mote IlUin a' breakfast for the hungry But it was hot always so, for we retneinber offifteen hundred shad being taken'at a single haul at the Haines Fisheiy; end at "Elliot's Island,” on one tic:caSiob, over twenty-five hundred were taken at one haul. But those .tithitithalie Haig since passed away, and I findihail haireonly been vainly ex , orcisirig the ghosts of auld long syne. LANCASTER, JULY, 1865. t The Lifetime of Man. When the Wort&was created, and all creatures assembled to have their life time appointed, the ass first advanced add tsked how king he would have to live ? "Thirty years," replied Nature ; "will that be agreeable to thee ?" "Alas I" answered the ass, "it is a Remember what a weari some existence will be mine ; from morning until night I shall have to bear heavy buidei3s, dragging cornsacks to the Mill, that others may eat bread, while I shall have no encouragement, nor lie refreshed by anything but blows and kicks. Give me but a portion of that'time I pray ?" Nature was Moved with compassion, and presented but eighteen years. The ass'went away comforted, and the dog camelorward. ."Howilong dint thou require to live !" asked Nature. "Thirty years are too many forlhe tule„bnt wilt thou be con tented with-them ?" .‘ls it thy will that I should ?" replied the Alog.,;"Think how. much I shall have.to run about ; my feet will not last fonisirionralime, and when I shall lose l'Oice.ifor barking, and my teeth for biting, what else shall 1 be fit for but to lie in the-corner and growl ?" Nituria thought he was right and gave yetirs: Tlieape then appenied. '"Thou wilt, doubtress, willingly, live theythitty years," said nature ; "thou wilt not'hive to labor as the ass and the dog. be pleasant to thee." "Ah r no"!" cried he ; "so it may seem toothersbut it will not be ! Should pmidings eyer rain down, I should ex cite, laughter by nay grimaces, and then be nwarded by a sour apple. How of ten sorrow r lies, concealed behind a jest ! I shill not be able to endure for thirty years." - Nature .wae gracious and he received but ten. -AV last came man, healthy and strong and.aslred-the measure of his days. “Will.thirty years content 'thee ?" "How short a time 1" exclaimed the man. , "When I shall have built my house; and kindled a file upon mine own bearth=when the trees I shall have planted are aboit to, bloom and bear Shall seem to me most deeirable; 3 shall die, Oh Nature grant me a longer period." ."Then shalt thou„Cave the eighteen years ,of. the :US besides." .hh,not enough i " replied the man. "Take,likewise the twelve years of the dog.". "It is not , -yet- sufficient," reiterated man ; meniore," will give thee, then, the ten years otthe api3`; and in'vain wilt thou claim More." Man departed unsatisfied. Thus man liVesSe;inty years. The first thity are his human years, and pass ewiftly by Fie is then healthy and hap lithors:carefully,, and rejoices in his existence. The eighteen of the ass come nest.;..burden.oupon burden is beiiped'nfion hito--he carries the corn tlititikte - fehd ethers.; blows and kicks arelthe reward ' , l:)f his faithful service. The twelve years of the dog follow, and he„,loseA WS : teeth, and lies down in the corner ,and.. growl's. When these' are ganpjhe ape's ten years forth a concla !fait. tlion 11:17113, weak and silly, be. conies 'diet Sporti of le Ildrea.-7ransia. tetyrolar the .German: . jor#o . 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