ME BY FRED'K L. BAKER. PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT ONE DOLLAR AND A HALF A 111 D, PAYABLE IN ADVANCE. vlit t , fa " LANDSAY% 13tuntschn,second )601^ , Olt Elbow Lane, between , the Post Office Corner and Front-St:, Marietta, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. Writ Tram RAxhit Qne eqls are (10 lime, or less) 75 cents for the, first insenion arid Ono Dollar and-a-half for 3 insertions. pro fe►eiosal and Business cat de, of six loco or y es , at Ci per annum. Notices in &seeding .cok omits, ten cents a-line. Marriages and Deathis, the simple announcement, b 4 < or 'any additional lines, ten cents a line. A liberal deduction made to may end half yearly advertiaers. Having just added a " NawstraT Movie- T.Ue Tommie peen," together with a large sasottment of new Job and :Capp type; dais, Borders, &c., he,- to the Job Office of " THE ,Itta RI ETV A N," Buttes aril ne, and epeedy execution of allkinde of Joe ,dlr. CARD Parsrra et, from the, smallest . Card to the ARGEn POSTER, at reasonable ' LANDIS ik -TROUT. Landis 1r pout Landis 6- Trout tlt the "Golden Mortar," , At the , 'Golden Mortar,ti , " . Market St ree t, Market Street, Marietta, Keep constantly on h.etna Keep constantly 6004 Drugs, Perfumeries, . Fan ey Articles, Patent Medic tines, Coal Oil Lamps and Shades; 4 Rowe & Steven's Family Dye Colors", Shoulder Braces and Trpsics, Papers and Periodicals, Books & Station ary, Pertmonnaies, Sega% Prescriptions carefully compounded. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Remember the place, Remember the-place, . - Dr. Grove's old Stand. Dr. Grove's old Stand. Give us a call.. Give us a call. JACOB LIBHART, JUN., CABINET MAKER. AND UNDERTAKER, MARIETTA, ::PA 1 11Mim 7 OULD most respectfully take this meth od of informing the citizens of Marietta and the public in general, that, having laid in a lot of aetisoned Lumber, is now prepared to manufacture all kind.s of CABINET' FURNITURE, in every style and variety, at short notice. lle has on hand a lot of Furniture of his own soinufactuie, which for fine 'finish and good w orkatanship, will rival any City make.` Ct' Especial attention paid to repairim7 lie is also now prepared to Attend,. An ID Its branches, the UNDERTAKING- tinniness, be ing supplied with an excellent Herse; large and small Biers, Cooling .Pox, &c. 10 'COFFINS finished iu any, style—plain or costly. Ware Room and Manufactory, near Mr. D inTY's new building,. near. the ''Upper,Sta tion,i) !Amiens, •Pa. . [Oct. 22. Strifitntr an er, nbipitux. Wootn most respectfully take this tnealicof informing his friends and the public generally that he has commenced the drawing of DEEDS, ' • MORTGAGES. JUDGMENTS, and in fact everything in the Con vETAnci so line. 'laving gratuitous intereoum with a membe r of the Lancaster Bar, lie will be 'ena bled to execute legal instruments of writing With accuracy. He can he found at the office ,of 'LA PaTIA lqi—" Lindsay's Building,” (sec ond her) near the Post Office corner,, : or at his residenc e on Market street, half a square west of the ~ Donegal House," Marietta. IQ-Blank Deeds, Mortgagesaudgurnta.and teaseettlways on hand and for sale- - DB. J. Z. HOFFER, ,- DENTIST, P F THE B TORE CHI4...EGE OF DE NT A L SU/IGt/ITI LATE OF EARRISIEWRG OF F I CE:—Front street, next t!lOpe to IL Williams' Drug Store, between Loeunt ass Walnut streets, Columbia. DR. WAI. B. FAIiNESTOCK, OFFICE;— MAIN-YTy nr..A.atv OPPOIII 4 TE S P l ngler & Pktterson's Store. OFFICE lioußs. FROM To BA. M. , i 7 vo ..7.• " 6 .To 7v. B. tI 4 .NIEL G. BAKER, ATTORNEY AT wi OPPIC LANCASTER'. STA PA. R:— 24 Rolm! = Y'V'T ?PPosite the C ourt House, where Dui he will tat tarind to theac p bran rtice of his profession in 11Wito to chee. _ . fi L. BAKER., Seriviner. All- kinds of • Legal instruments prepared with' care and a a . r 4e uraeY. Ho Can be foundWH ,I, `officeO het he Mariettlan!" 141•Hidistrs'Build n the - Post Oita' Corimr , and inlet street. 1/ 0 4Eltil long celebrited GIN S ll• D. 13F,NJ41ION. , . . , la) . . # 1 Jr . .., I , .- . • : ~ . . . . . . . . - .:. ..an ( 4 ~ . . E i trit . ay.. • Why we• amid Wear Beards.,.- There are more solid inducements tfor wearing the heard than the mere im proVem n or man's perional appearance and the cultivation of such an aid to the every daT diplomacy of life. Nature conibinitig Eta ate never faild to do; the useful wit h the Ornamental, provides 'us with r afili better resgirator than science could eierintike,''end one that is never ed hideous - to * livear . : al' 'that' . 131 : 41t seal irgon the fa morass with:impunity—at least..lis:- chance of escaping the tecrible fever,wcield be bet ter than his beardless companion's. li Pogn,lar Nam,es•of. atates. Virginia; the - OldlOhmiairtn, •Massachusettti; the Biirstate, Maine, the B.Jrder state, Rhode , 'Lltind;Little Rliody, • New York„the,Eutpire state, New Hampshire, the Granite state, VerrnOnt, the Green Mountain state, ' COnnecticut, the Land'of Steady Ha bits, Pennsylvania ; the. Keystone state, North Carolina, the Old North state, Ohio, the Buckeye state; • `South Carolina, the Paluietto state, Michigan, the I#9lyeriiiv. state, Kentucky, the C9rn-Orackcir, .Delaware the Blue Hen's Chicken, ; Missouri, the Puke state, .Indisna, the Hoosier state, Illinois, the Sucker state, lowa, the Hawkeye state, WiscouSin,,tho 13i4ger.stute, Florida„ the Peninsular state,- • • Texas, the Lone star state. MARRIAGE. NOTICEB..—A Weetern -pa per gives the following notice : —"All notice of marriages, where no bridanake is, pont, will.ba set up in, small type, and ; poked in some outlandish:ginner of the paper. Where a , landsome piece of cake is sent, it , will be put conspicuously in latgeletters ; when gloves or -other bride favote are m:lded; a piece of _Ms ,. trative poetry w t ill_be i gi7tan additipp:- Wh( s m, however, the editor attends th i ty ceremony in propria person, and ;kisses .the bride, it will have especial notimf-- very large type, and,themost appropri ate poetry that can be begged, borrow stolen, - or coined . from the brain edi torial.." eir The vicissitudes of a sailor's life are: painfully exhibited in the recent re turns to the English , Board" , of Trade. Of forty - s even thousand seamen ' whose ( names are recorded during the twelve _ years erdiug.l.464, tio less_ thin twenty ,thousand died from drowning ; and more than two thousand.from accidents.of va • dolts binds skir A man has just taken out a pa tent for Intairiond hate 'they would, he says, preserve t the iirVarers front being ran oror,by cabs„at „ night, and,wooid, to some extent,, enable. a saving of the lighting : of streets •with,gaa to be. effect ed,.--Loadon. Paper: • . 6/1 - ‘' Imournlormy bleeding conn- Cry," said' it .oertaid tinny contractor. to Gen. Sheildlan. "So you onKlit yon , ecoundrel, ' replied Sheridan, "for nobody has bled her morelhau you." . •I, At tbo czrcae, women ,jumji,R: l , l ,lan ,ttipoxighloope e In society tl4-IcIPIP into Ahem. Ana 'stick there., • Sir gold is , the only idol that wor- Wiped lands' without- a - temple, and by all sects williont . bypicrisy. MARIETTA, .:.SATURDAY 'MORN IN' a ft 44CT08ER , ' , 7:18 9 66 '" • _ I was ITed up in_ the of the marvelous, or ta!e stapict o ir e opkrfel, as My unclOica4oo 411, 1 k,„rel a te an anecdote ; in point, ,- ,, Pcnip,,,gcptlemen mere diningitagetber,:and.rel4ing their traveling adventures,; one of them dealt so much pn the marvelous that it induc ed another to give him aleineu.., " I was onciii,;" said he, "engaged in e skirmishing ,Party" in America;;l ad yanced tee fiir, was separated from my friends, and sew three Indiens,in pursuit 'of ate ; the horrors of thetomehawk in Atl ng i.. !.! the hands orary savages, took poss ession of my mind. I considered for a moment What was •tolbe dime ; most of usieve life, , aed mine was -both 'preciots and useful to my family;. I wes swift of feet; and' fear added to my speed. Af ter looking bank, for the country was an open one, I. at length , perceived that one of-my enemies had outrun the oth ers, and the well-know, saying _ , of 'divide pnkconquer,' occurring, to, me, I slack ened my speed, and allowed him to - come pp ;,- , we engaged in mutual fury;; I hope none here ( bowing to his Audi tore) will doubt the result ; in a few minutes he lay e'corpieat my feet. In this 'short space of time; the two Indian's had advanced upon me, so I tookiiiin to my eeels—not from cowerdice; I can in truth' declare-:-Aut with the hope of 'reaching a neighbo'ring woed, "ihere knew dwelt alribe friendly to the Eng- lish ; this Wipe,' IfeweVer, I was forced togive up ; for, on looking back, I saw hone kt,f'iny pursuers far before the other. I waited for hini, recovering my almost eahauste.d breath, and soon this Indian shared: the fate,- of the first:.:. I had now only one enemy to deal with ; but If fatigued, , and being- near the , .-wood",11 . , was more.desirous-to -Baia my own life than to ,destroy another of my fellow creatures. I plainly perceived smoke Curling up,amongst the 'trees, I redoub lediny speed, I prayed to heaven, I felt inured my prayers would be granted— but at this moment the yeti , of the In dian's voice sounded in my , ears—l even thought I felt his warm breath—there was , no a choice—l turned round—' Here the gentlerben, who bad related the:wonderful stories at first, grew 'ire petient Past• his- endurance;. he 'called out. sell, sic, and you killed him also ?' dr, he.killed • 44 , , , .., . ' ,si A MET OF' YOUTHIIiii3TO are IVO lit= - -, inen•vige cabnot - grow' om enoldt--- who, Without'anY epecial effort, remain always young and attractive. The' nimber is smaller than it should be, but there is still §. sufficient number to, mark;the wide,difference between this class and the other. Allitkriste t rAtof this-petpe.tpal yeti* lies AO in _beauty, for 80108 , is:gm en possess it W.ho are.,littt at ail; hand some ; nor in,dress,:fer they are,=fre quently careless in that respect, so, far as ihe mere arbitrary dictates of fashion are concerned ; nor in having eothing *to do,Tor these ever young women are always as busy as lieek,'tind It iii" Very well known thalidleness will-fro-people into , old age, and ugliness-,,faster than overwork. The,charm,-iire imagine,kies in ti. sunny temper—neither more or less, Oe'blesiied` gift - of always '`looking oh • tit t eliiiglit tilde Wilk, aid& tif dtretching the mantle of charity oitir'eVerybedy's faulte.anif failings. It idnet iiiiieh''ef e liecrei; butit:is. all 'that - 4e - bave been able to discover, and we have wet:Cited stick with, great in terest„ and_ a, dotermi hati,in to report truthfully for the bene fit of the rest of . the sex. ..P. j a - NEV . provoking that it is epmetkipg. which cannot,be.porked4w,tind „sold : for,. Afty 1 Peol 3 -a-,POttg+ PA, t V, ,this is 49P980:. ,ble,,wlty„the mosl,ec ! es will kave I to keep on growing as ugly and disagree able as possible. - A: 13 4PP.:44.ettlxl — A-P914 gentlefeen was relating ; story of one of yPef-rftheif horse, half alligator!! St. Lawre,noe boat men.. "He, Jilqd, , -Yee44 l ,; -sea he, 4e,:akopd under an oak in wPeel 1 , 4 8 .14 11 ,Lning- Btr4ok ,tree, anChe.d_o44o.4 eeFenteen :times, whpo ,finOing ognlstnot. clock° it'apj Jo4lagPrillPo o 94..andotßek Pine claps ,on ?PO oPYeA%fitne4ed-": =SEM _ tlar "Qome till America, Psif I" c writee alkou of the„Eateraliljele to his friend 'tika fine country,to get a living .in. „A.llle, have to .49 is to ,gota ,three-ooparatil,l4%,anttilk it. .ivid tiosl„carry it ttll,.the lyop. ; or a ,four ffitoFYlbuildingi.aad,thg 1 4.gl:Lett , ;. top does the.,:ivcirlr, Ms Brilme Isr tells di; that the life "v. ~—• r 'of a nob ?ld baCheler ePlendid breakfast a tolerable flit dinner and' a * mint miserable sutoper, go en Verns L riliatha ah l trual fo t itt *mt. Ctrit. A Marvelous Story. Courgnrin lowa. .„........: ... --r. , ..-. The following circumstances happen ed in Cedar county lowa •. A certain young man being out on a coo#irigergedition came late onSun- day.everiing,ind pi order. to keep hie secret from lie young acquaintances el dee coed to. beat lki. bright and 1 ear3ll.9e rfayblierning:7l;orinted on his lior4i,dressel in, his Ana white aim- mer mots and pther fixings in .propor- tion,lie.irrfied at the residence of his inamorata, Were he, was kiudly , receiv ed 'and his t horse properly , cared for--- being turned into vesture.. The • night Rased away and three o'clock ,in the morning arriied. '''' ''' • 1 Three 9',clock., was the . time for hiin to depart, so that o he might arrive at home before hineOrerades were stirring. He sallied' forth to, the paitnie to catch his : horse,, bat there was a difficulty- zz the: grass was ,kigh arid loaded, with dew. To venture,in.witk white pautaloopri,on, would, rather take.,tke . starch;, out , 9f them and • lead to . , his • detection. It would not do to;go in wit_hbiewhite un mentionables, 'kola quickly: made- his resolve. Be.carbfully, disrobed. himself of hie valuable whites , and. placed Ahern; safely on, the fence, whil e l heiguie , chase with .nnscreened.ped a; through. thei wet grass after lis horse.; - - `Returning to the fence where he' had safely suspended his lily_ unmentionables. : 0, horrible dictitl. iwhat a sight 'le met . his , eyes-1.- Thet.fleld into which his' horse:had. been turned?was - not only:2a! horse, but a calf; pasture too, and the naughty calves; attracted by.tke white flarkon .the fence, had. -betaken. them- settes : •;to it, and, calf-like; ;held -:eaten ithetw.hp 1 ..Only,a few well-chewed frag- 1 tents of this oAce'veluable portion of the i ward-robiVcr etined=only a --lbw areas—X*Bp ii'' ' to indicate-What they once' kiiilf4;!;?' What ., a- pickle was thialbi-s*ae‘: , ' , .:'.apikn to be in! It was nowdaylfght, , and.the: 'farmers were up," and 7ciur. hero 'far - from house with no,coVering forAis "travelling ap. paratne." It wouldmot' do - to trim baCk to the house of his lady-love, neither go to town in:that , plight: -There 'was only one resource left to him ; that ' was to, secret himself in-the• bushes for some time, audit may =be' imagined that his feelings toward the , calf kind were•pot of the most friendly character. iti.,conse quence. But, ere - long, his seclusion Wig destined , to beziktrude& By and-by the boys, who 'had beeri' out' to feed the ealves, tett/rued - With the rem emits • ofj"the ideritider White garment which` hat'adoined the ilewer life' of their late Visitor:- • ' -` Theiwere mangled anttornlo'shieds 1 'ln inquest Was iMMediately. told ciiei Sombrawfulfate eat:l - befallen the man. -The. neighbors' were sumbioned! :search for themavgledii`orpse,:anill-the posse, =with dogs and -arms, set hilt . vitth airspeed. , - The.pistureawas thoroughly scoured,' and thbn the:adjacent thickets; when lo ! our hero was driven , frogn lair by the keen Sant of the dogs, all safe Add sonfid,"rdirhis the [filen'. Atkixplatiittion tlien' in' sued at ilia expense ot Oti c ebeio, - Liiiliciiiittio63s ful in •theVniiiiiilli int:tried 'ilia. lady, and is now lyitig one Of the ilottrishinktioiriat'oHlivia; 1 4ce,n 11 541 1 P0Fir.0-:9f•cne' of ; the city fathers of New Bedford, Iliasse,tpre sented4ier-husband.with-three children -itt - a birth:= Alttirpreliiiiiid that lirevibue -ly 6:cat had; :given. , birth' - a litter of -kitt'ene,;WhiChlitwith" , the , 4xcefitioitt of 'one; ;were 'eumnitril,Hisp °Veil f the banal The rdedighted ; father took hie t little danitterfifourleurevof age;* to see.' her neat. relations.vl She lookidr7it the diminutive little Iminol:al:few- itd:# mante s when, turrilirg to her father,. she : j ariCyou gone ;6"11 1. 1 14 11 Poqo&ba 1 119 0 -9 1 :1 1 1 6 WO) ja 1 4f1J10 13 k §l9/ B ePißg infant? The Rocky Mountains. Who wag the firstlittle boy-mentioned in the Bible? toiAr. %long OA th`d".terk.tr"The 7 Zookd 'tile fax: they Obnibliind4ie brusWbetwiliiii lear A apectatoieate4N - ewpoit, 'lotting a roan Sonia 'distance -fiord ihp.= shore, bathing; °expresso& ~a pprehbosions. dor his safety, whenivbystander remarked, ‘ l Therlis nofiaollsl r =his - helfd - will buoy 440 li n eitiib; five balls 16'cied '& B cbigioliefr )4 / ' 43E6 I _ _ musket 4:7h97 1 ,Ari I' i: C a n °n gulls.?" !" bat, kirolpr : balls; tbtin ‘!" MEM FMII 1 /- 44°motorize'thas long been a i elkteeibiegiefe, ' whether the pees ler war cry of the mos ((Alto was produced froth "Whatevei' it has:ip the way of lunge,or was merely Caused ef its '4.2.party who inclined to the-for iCer ACeland that he Id t'ret won no ob to the mosquito hold= ing a sanicitizigrf festlial.tipcin his 6°4 , irlie did not always aay grade before meat, an eminently , facetious remark. But, nevertheless, it is.,certain thet„the here Of the blood thirs tyinsect t ip pro duced by its wings, a feet sufficiently proved by . 41e Cessation of the sound when he alights to begin his Cannibalis tic repast. " - • It has been ascertained by an instill ment'callved the eite'ne; 014 a Mosquito's wings vibrate at the rate of fifteen'thou sand times iksecond, the •pitch of the note produced 'being more than two oa tavos'above"tT e *giegt octavo piano. nip wing of a mosquito is.so. thin that fifty thousand , placed one upon the Other,, would, not form )rap more thF4 a quarter . The. man ,whosleted thatthe mosqiii; toes, in Atialati,cl!COUnth '3NqW;, P'erSCY, made a noise like the. passing qf a rail-. -road train, and -that they FM. InO l O l P. bit of clinching ,their stings in the bodia,B of small children and carryinethem_ciff, to be disposed ,of at leisure, was guilty of a heartless and base prevarication. There is also. no With in the report that 'they eat oxen in the fields and•thea take wsiesta on the lance, picking their teeth with one 'of horns.; - • • THE WATERFAI2L.--40D20401)y EtEDOUE gas, throeg h .the. Boston papers, that the "waterfall "r. has lost caste, at, length with the fashionatiles, and will be, gra4- ually withdrawn front the toilet whenbv-, nr,a more classical , mode of hair-dressing shall have been -invented to -take its yahoo. Supposing such announcement ta•be reliable, we;feel inclined, on' the score-of: taste; ;to 'regret thafiat ;. fcir the 4 1. waterfall,": with all the absurd elabor ,ationi affected by some ,wearers, is real ly' a graceful device. • It differs , from al most all preceding - styles, in -toeing at • least passably 'becoming to all, sorts .of faces and is surely more piquante feet than any of the .old style , Ahead dresses" and nets:- But if capricious Fashiiin:hatrdbcid'eil against 'the ~"'wat erfall," of Coniewitinust 'give way--to something 'non /and the " artistn " in venting thelattar will fie sure of a for t:we. `, ; • : . Ar An orator, , ia appealing to. the `!bone,and:sinew,," said : •„, "-Myfriends, am plond to affe around me to-night the hardy yeorßanEy..of , the land, for I love the agricultural interests of the country, and 'Wall may I . love them, felione:ciiikaas;-fili'T WWI' born a daYerof youth 'were spenti ' in tifel‘peacaful evoeetiOim ''Of e - 69 'of 'the sbil:"- 'lf I may be allow= expression, friends,.l iiaj, I was raised befween two.rowe of - corp " . "A pumpkin, by thuuderl7 axclaime4 air inebriated, chap just in front of the day for two eineeliearint of # the 7:oi'ereib 4 oute of a guest wini r liaillYeceinped - sOliVoiii, -going ithronerithe ;asegl.,fornialkil of paying bie,bill,.eent bim-polot r e Dear, Wi.ll ydo • fiend ,omooo of pour, billi_and obAige," itto:: To. which the 0 1eligane,n4t 1 4 , adt Wif}w,r.; Theam o u nt is4§94lil7N FXMI•rt SqBPP..(4I - IMMO .IlarA..gentlstl))auldiping 'wig; *Scia4d, lOne,dayras strunk,butho, earuestness ;with which, oke of : the, littlegirlsregard ..ed.hiplt go !therefor,..„t t ook - her upon knee, and began to tulk.,t9Fher. c rjeasp, sir, said she, "telline - what's in the house neat?to'foiz `; '1 3 41 like:to ;dee ie Wren ine,lntlitild de iontiviah thltnow. wßdealaba, eir, Ie tielird -thotteistiptleiat you were hail dViiorftcP wbitttee ar In 1558 wse: enactedAhakl4l+ lctiry, or knight'e-wife shotildilkave more than one velvet v i g ow for epmnier rthai r all : lad - Veer rnatiet'or cainliit'threedpYa in the *belt . ; 'tinder - th'a 'Admit - 'Of . tel Eihillickfl=per day, aod,,that. re, snyteYflf—,l42 l ld-eami, ine .o , ll l adieoltMird , x9ol.L" anet enr,veyor hEillean clajs 1,, L voe't "Is it poetlible„„htise, that Yon:do not, 'Ate manuits oLsontia .ofe.• ytnir t lbeet fricindelldiniziatreain,genaletnaw of : al la. dy. "Certainly," ahe , Teplincl4.A,T A dfni't evv i klow what fat own - may be a year hence." =I .• 11 ` - linairtuivv.-=IA correspondent of the New York Mercury, who is personally 'aeqUainted with Parson Brownlow, gives ihnfollowing faithful pen-and-ink portrait lir hid ExeellBncy : .A. dusty, Ballow - man—all gall and blaster. He, is. BeWit-Irish by birth, ,iia4,a shouting. Methodist ,preacher by ,p,rofessien . fierce rather than strong, an uncomfortable.friend and an ugly en- Me-is a. tall- and awkward man, lvii-h,large hands igi,d shambling feet. His provincialism is shocking, and his coarse nese repulsive t The most nnchris. Han af iiFeachers; he - makes it a sin to foigivniin 'His personalities are brigibal!''''He has some vir iiiesUbidieiarinke or smokes. His son I .)r t ohnlitikthe . 8 ' 14110 ' 4141e of temperance, bit "iince killed a fellow-collegian. eir Dean Richmond, who has long inanageitthiNew York Central Rail- Vim& and- alstf the "Democratic party of tfie &Uplift State, does not seem to have 4iny'veryilivaly 'faith kri the actual axis tenbir Of ttarpolitidal organization which he has f9r years Controlled. While at Buffalo the other iday he directed the the rOcOinn,of the wages of the Cen tral 4ailroad employees. An'exasperated committee of strikers telegraphed to hinuthat they would not (Vote 'for the (Democratic ticket next fall, zt.thlay did-cot :get their former pay. 4:;reply Came 'back more forcible than zelegiinto.!' The Democratic, party has gone tcp .- h—tl andru may ko there too" i.d • sir What kind oft - paper resembles a sneeze f Tissue paper. Which is Oa most profitable °Elk!' Ul:finesses ? The shoe, for every pair is sold before it is finished A woman L when she is forty, isr,aen.talk 008 the idle wind, bttt Ofe' t 4i l iikis"alWaye ben, and ,, like a theeitat it whietibs'at its work. - orThettnetteeessfnl spinsters on their watering -places, are - VOL. XII.-NO. 9. - .!Gwrritri.; MAnnTSD.---A rather laugh. ableltrittietiction'teok place a week or more ago in tire town of De Witt, Clin ton county, Michigan; in which love and business are so intermixed that it re quires an adept,to distingnish between the two. A inilloafe Peddler called at aphouse to sell a safe. The woman in forined him theit'she:Wits a widow, and would ranch rather have a man. The pedlar infolmed her that if she would take a safe he weed' send her a man. Shelnokit; and" the peddler went on hie way rvoicing ; and soon sent a man, Who 'fie'asOrtained had no bosom corn paniert, and' directed him to the widow. Going on, he called at a house to sell a sate, and was informed that the man was a widower, and would prefer a wife. He told if he would take a safe, he Weald direCt him where he could get a Woinen: tfe'took the safe, and the ped illerdiracted him' to the same widow. When he r resched her; he was about an hair too late, the iirit having just semi 'rittpthe p3ize. The kindhearted woman, liciweveoent him to a second widow, whom he secured; and both loving cou ples were married that afternoon. GLux he .— . T use of this sub • has become 'Very extensive in 'Fritnee; and it may be useful to give 'the process by which it is obtained. A liilogramnie, 2 lbs. avoirdupois, of good' glue of Gologne, or Givet, is die `solved in a`liter of water in an earthern pot plunged in hot water, the water lost by evaporation: being replaced. When the glue is completely dissolved, one fath'of akilogramme of nitric acid at 30. centigrade is added ; the acid throws • the solution' info a violent of offer ioenence; and a quantityOf reddish-col gtiseiicapie; When 'the mixture liae become quiescent it should be well stirred, set aside to cool, and afterwards -placed in well stopped 'vessels for future • `A DoC4 STORY.—JerO Calstakes was one evening retailing his day's experi ence to a cluster of delighted neighbors. Among other things, he said :—"Squire 'Brown his been down - haie to-day, and - he fetched that little 'black dog of hie'n along with him. Why that critter a'n't tiggar than my two Bets. Well, you see, the squire wanted me to go out to the' corn•house with him, for something orother ; so we went into the corn-house; and,l was not minding yon see, and, . when I came out flocked the critter in. Well, if, you'll believe me, that little Faecal eat, up a ham of bacon that weigh ed thirty pounds, and a leaf of bread that had . a pea, of meal in, it, and then crawled out throng!' tanpt hole."