Huntingdon Journal

              HUNTINGDON J
NA,L.
BY JAMES CLARK:
VOL. XTT, NO. 44,
[correct   PR inciples SUPPORTED   DV   TRUTH.]
HUNTINGDON, PA., TUESDAY, NOYEMBEE 2, 1847.
EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR
WHOLE NO. 614,
TER.MS:
'I'ho "HUNTINGDON  JOl'RN.'\L" .vill b pupliehod   hereafter  at  Ihe  following   rotes,   vi
I of Pence, and like true Religion worketh by Love. ,       1   see in   Catholic emancipation, and
•1.75 a year, if paid in  advance; $2.00 if - in the repeal of the act of Union between   (i    revolvino- <.n<inn« am vinwpd h„ 1-aid during the year.and $2.50 if nol poid un-1 (',.„.,, u'inin and Ireland  onlv incidents I revolving seasons aie viewed by
lil after the expiralion of  the  year.   The  above I ^'^  Vll'^e„^^^^^ unrenceting, is,   to
term, to be adhered to in all cases. °' "" °"-P''""''.'"eP''^n<""''n°V^ P       i P''i'°^^°P''>c inquirer   inlo the pbenome-
nonicnon   of mighty   interest,   but  no  . „„ „f „,,t^,^     ;,,^^,^^ „f great astonisli- portenlious of evil.    It is the universal   ,„^„j „„j ^ .p,,^ ^^,,j   ^,,j   ^^j
No subscription taken for less than six month «n,l uo paper discontinued until all  arreoroges aic paid, unless at the option of the publisher.
(I'j^To Clubs of sis, or moro, who pay  in  ad-
[From iho Philedelphia Saturday Gleaner.]
THB sEAsonrs.
The perfect indilTerence with which
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the
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[From the 'Pioy Budget]     | The Sffarried BOCan's Soliloquy.      '
HY O.NE   WIIO K.N'OWS. I
Blast the women !    They arc al.vays ' fretting about sometbing or other! Yes- j woH^r'See liow Tie'l'l"Tike "that.'
dissolution of monarchial and aristocrat- ical tiovernments, and the eslnblishment
vonce, the Journal .vill  hc senl at  jJX.SO per j pf _,|,.g ijemocracies in their pl.iCC.
conv fur ono vcar; am anv ono who w\\\ send us !      t   ,             *i ¦       i                      . **
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tllttt nutnber of names iiccomp:mied witn the money .                                         . o_                            ) _    .
sliall receive the Ji]
I ono year for his trouMn
i  Know tins cnangc must come,  lor | customed   course,   and passes wi even   the  menaced   Governments   feci I   ^^.ji^n „f        -^^^  or blame,   ,
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O'COWSTBIiIi.
EXTRACT FRO.M UOV. SKWARu's OR.VTIOX.
I and   confess   it. resistei
I power
How   shall   that   change  be passed !— Shnll there never be an end to devasta-
adagc, that " too much familiarity breeds contempt,'' is truly exemplilied in this neglect. Each season returns in its ac¬ th its as bas
I     """_   e.niM,   11.    1 KUOW iiai u win ue:        .^,j   ,„oreorless   agreeable   tothe
MLSCE    iLANROUS '' '"f " 'u"°' '" "'Vr'""-"'^  feelings, or been productive of benefit to
lT±.LUVAlJJ.Jl.ii.li>J_jV^UKJi     j power to rcla.\.    It is a fearlul inquiry,   the mass.
The evidences of design   which are , „    , ,,        shown to us by  the succession   of  sea-
tion and carnage 1    Is every step of hu-   ,„„,_ ^nter not inlo the  contemplation
that Airs. Brown than for bis own flesh | Gen. Scott and his Troops.
and blood. I     A Tuiiii.i.iNU  Sckni;.—A letter in the
IJut I'll pay llim,  see if I   don't!    I   N. V. Juiirnal of Commerce from afield
won't get him a mouthful of supper.    He : oflicer of tbe  Army, describing Churu-
may get his victuals where be does bis   biisco says : - 1    ,- ,_ I work!    See bow  he'll like that.    If Ii     The   conflict   lasted  two  hours   and
terday the coal wouldn t burn, and the j should do so—always trying to pleuse i throe quarters, during the whole of grate must be set, the furnace must be ; other folk's husbands instead ol my own ' which time the deafening roar of the repaired, and mercy knows what all; j _^vt. should have a pretty kettle of fish. ' artillery and small arms was continuous and to-day it s as hot as fire ! Save ns j There's Willie, he's tensed for anorano-e i and tremendous—such us no man pres- Irom tbe wants of an inconsiderate wo- [ these three days, and not the peel of one '¦ ent ever before wilnessed. It was a man !—Wnly let ber get the upper hand j [^^s heen seen yet. time of awful suspense,  but the   issue
nnd ^ she II drive like blazes! But I ! i'here be conies, pufilng like a steam-1 was not for a monient doubtful. When won t be driven ! Not I I If fhe wants | boat. If I hud sent bim he wouldn't 1 it was over the firciieral-in-cbief, (ScottJ tbc door hxed, or wood dried, or water : l,ave been back those two hours. Cal- rode iii among the troops. It would brouglit, or thc leech set, or tbc tubs I lj„g at Mr. Browns too, if it nint enough have done vour heart good to bear the hooped, she may do it herself. Con- i to vex a Saint. I'll tell bim I'll quit—' shout with which they made tho welkin found It!    I can t go into the house but , J'H—hut no,   he'll like  that too well ! l ring.
wbat something IS wanting.    If it isn't ; The brute ! |     .Several old   soldiers seized thc Gen-
one thing It is another. I'll leave my j [ „,oii't please bim so mucb. I'll slay , eral's hands with expressions of cnthu- boots in tbe parlor every night, if I have   if it kHis me, and Willie shall have   an i suistic delight.    Suddenly, at a motion
K.urlnnd   tno  with  a Keformed   Pa r I i.i-:           „¦•-i;-- •-—-¦—"--—"•        —(night succeed each other without inter i^iigianu, too, \\ lill  11 i\i.ioiiiiL,ii   laiii.i  , lYiore   perfect liberty to which  tbey are i |-j,^j-| 	
r . rolitical economy will unite w \i ical philosophy in enabling Ii .Iif    retrieve her prosperity, und tlii
ment and a falling aristocracy, is no lon¬ ger thc England of the twelfth, the six- tcenlh, and of the clglileenlli cenluries. I'olilical economy will unite with polit- Ireland to bat cnn be oH'ected only by nilowing her a distinct Legislature.
\Ve may not doubt tbat the appalling distress of the Irish people bowed down the olber.vise unbending mind of O'Con¬ nell. Sorrow for ailliclions that lie had hoped ill vain to avert, and that he could not alleviate or soothe, brought on .[uick- comiiig because long-procrastinatcd age. O'Connell dies like Ancliises, in a for¬ eign land, winning the favor of men and propitiating Heaven with prayers and sacrifices for the restoration uf bis people.
Whatshall bebis rank nmonglhc ben¬ efactors of mankind .' We pause not a iiioinent to disperse thc calumnies tbat follow   bim  to the grove.    They  were
-. ,, .        r     ,, ,1   1 ^      ,1V...'ering wilh their ordinary  pursuits.
so rapidly so irresistably mipelledj-| ^..t „s then engage your attention for a Or shall Ihcy be able, notwithstanding | ^,,o,.t ti,„ i„ depicting some of-the ad- involuntary   ignorance and c cbasement, y,,„, mankind   derives   from   thc
contracted without their fault, und not-1 i.e^utiful arrangement of Almin-bty withstanding  the   blind   resistance   of   Goodness for the happiness of  biscrea-
uuui;^ ill ...u jm.iur e.uiy nigiii, ll ina.e ,( ,t u,||s me, and Willie shall have an ; suistic delight. Sucklcnly, at a motion a inind,^ "'"',.^'''^ "^"V '"^'P ''erself. See \ orange if be wants, .and no thanks to him ' from his band, silence ensued, when in if I dont. Well see wbo will be mas-' either. There he comesugain, and both i the fulness of bis heart lie poured fortli ter.    Before we were married it was— ; iia„ds full.    Wonder   whit be bus ' ....
"It you please, my dear." But, cracky ! „ow, and who c'sc he is runnimr il ber tone hasn't changed! She shall j Coming through the gale, and yes and shan't, from week's end to week's   both pockets full of oranires.    'i'lie
despotism, lo change tbeir forms of Gov ernment by slow and measured degrees, without entirely or all at once subvert¬ ing tbem, and from time lo time to re¬ pair their ancient constitutions so as to adapt llicm peacefully to the progress of thc age, the difiusion of knowledge, the
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tures.
Among the planetary syslem attach¬ ed to our sun, tbe Globe we inhabit, seems to bave engaged the especial care of its Creator. Not only has it been made the arena for tbe grand display of
, . -   .        ^    . , ,   , .       his  benevolence in  tbe mission of  his
cu tivation ot virtue, and the promotion ; c.       . . , ,, i- •.¦       r ..
, ,       . , ' • I bon ; but Ihe peculiar position of Its axis
ol happiness!  i to the plane of  its orbit gives it advan-
An Engagement with a Shark.      j tages not enjoyed by the other planets, In the timeof Queen Anne, the sailors   and this position of  its axis  produces on board of the  York Merchant,  a col- | the subject of our essay, by the earth's lier, having disembarked the last part of   surface being   presented more  or   less their lading  at  Barbadoes,   those wbo | obliquely to the sun as it performs  ils had been   employed   in tbat dirty work | revolulion around that luminary, ventured into   the   sea   to wash  tbem- j     Of the   four   seasons,   however,   the selves ;   but   bad  not  long   been  there   most uncongenial to man is winter.   Ils before  a person   on   board  observed a   cold nnd forbidding aspect;  tbe sufler- tributes lo his greatness  yielded by ' large shark  making toward tbem, who   ings of the poor ; the stagnation of com- ungenerous   ininds; for it is thus that j P"^'«'"^tice of   the danger, upon which | mereial business ; and the genernl feel- Providence compels the unjust to Iionor   the men swam back,  all but one reach-   ing of discomfort, have characterized it
ing the boat in time to save themselves. ! as the worst ofthe four; but those look That one poor fellow, however, the mon- ' only on the surface, who thus presume sler overlook, when griping bim by tbe i to question Omnipotent Goodness, small of tbe back, tbe devouring jaw! In the full blaze of a siinimer's day, cut bim asunder. He soon swallowed when all nature is clothed with verdure, thc lower part ofthe body, the remain- ! and the birds nre hymning tbeir praises ing part being taken on board. The dc- for the bountiful provision ; when the ceased had a comrade, and between balmy air of tbe morning and ibc glories tbem there had long existed a friend- '. of the evening sky infuse fresh vigor ship which wns distinguished by all i and delight into our souls, we feel our those endearing reciprocities thnt imply ! hearts expand and mentally thank the union and sympathy   of souls.    On Ins   Great Cause.
seeing tbe severed trunk of bis friend, ! When Autumn comes, loaded with its he was filled with emotion of horror too • rich treasures of fruit and grnin for our rrrcal to be expressed by words. During ! subsistence, we are accustomed to ofler this aH'ccting scene, the shark was ob- j up publie thanks for the blessings be- served  traversing  the   bloody   surface i slowed by a protecting Providence.
Each of tbese seasons is also enjoyed
virtue.
O'Connell left bis migbly enterprise nulinislied ! So did the founder of the Hebrew Stale; so did Cato; so did Hampden ; so did Eniinelt an.l Fitzger¬ ald. Will tbeir epitaphs be less sublime by reason oflhc long delay wbicb inter¬ vene before tbey can be written 1 Tbe heroic man conceives great enterprises, and labors lo eomple tbem. " Success he hopes and Fate he cannot fear." It is (lod who sels the limits to human life and thc bounds lo humnn achievement.
But has not O'Connell done more than enough for funic ! On thc lofty brow of .Moiiticcllo, under n green old oak, is a block   of granite,   and   uiiderncatb  are
1 thcasi.csol'Ji-tt'crs.ni. Ke.-td the epitaph I'^'-¦"''•^hing after the remainder of ils | Each of tbese seasons is also enjoyed /'_,t is the saiics claim to Immortality: l"'ey- 'i'''« »'est of the crew thought | by excursions of pleasure to the counlry, /       >'Aulbor of the Dcchirntion   of Inde- p'"-"""*^'^'*^''   ''"PP.V >"  being on   board: | or to the sea-side in pursuit ol   health;
tcr._    Before we were married it was— ; l,a,ids full.     Wonder   what be bus got ; a few most eloi|uenl and patriotic words it you please, my dear,     hut, cracky !   now, and who   c'sc he is running for I   in   coininondation of tbeir gallant   con¬ duct.    When be ceased there arose an-
 pockets lull 01 oransres.     llie    olhcr shout that might have been heafd
end ; if I venture to put in a word other- ! dear soul I I knew be wouldn't forget ! to ihe srand pluz-i of Mexico. During wise, I'm shut up by ber infernal clat-j l,is own children !—Won't Willie have this thrilling scene I looked up to the ter ! Talk ubout late bours and extrnv- : a good meal ! And I will—yes, be shall balcony of tbc Church that bad been so agance! Wonder what she calls lalc ; have mutrins for supper ; Slocum loves ' bravely defended. It was filled by hours!    I   could   slay   out   once nntil ; nuiflins ! | Mexican prisoners.
broad daylight, and she too, if the party j That's all we beard, reader, for when I Among them were Gen.- Rincon, a w-as agreeable.—But now if I chance to   Slocum opened the   ball  door   Charlie, I venerable old   soldier, who was leaning
"" '"   '   "  ' " Willie, and wifeund all wcnl out to meet [ forward, llis   counlcnance glowing   and
llim, and get somo of those oranges.        ! his eyes sparkling   witb etory manifes-
j\Irs. Slocum did get supper, and Slo-' tation of delight.    I verily   believe that
cum had muffins.—I'roy Budget. [ the old veleraii, wilh tbe spirit of a true
,   ,,    c,  . ,   -,,      soldier, upon beholding   tbe victorious
Laughing in the Pui.riT.-feaid   Mr.        ,^^^1 ^^ „,,,cicd by tl.e brave men be
    C -, a Presbyterian minister of some   ,,,,^,  j„^j ,^.,,   t„ victory, forgot for the
ninny. He must grieve and bear it, if; notoriety, 1 never laughed in the pulpit 1 momeni bis own position, (that be was it cuts ever so close. And oyster sup-i on'j' o'» t)"c occasion, and that cainc : ^jg|-j.myj a„d a prisoner) and saw and pers. Wonder ifshe don't like oysters 1 I near procuring my dismissal from the | „,o„„|„ only of the enlhusiasm by which Tell me about the propriety of  sitting   ^'n'stry.    About  oneol tbe  first   <lis-' |,g ^^^j. jj„j,,ounded.
down to tbe breakfast table   wilb  ber 1 courses I   was called   to deliver, subse-1  _
hair uncombed.    Once sho was all curls ' fP'ent   lo my  ordination, after   reading A Beautiful Epitaph.
and smiles. Now she's seaternly ns a !'"Y text and opening my subjeci, iny At n mason's yard in this city isa washerwoman.—Blast thc race! Tbey j it."-""tion was direcled to a young man , j,eadstone, wilb these words: "Our ought lo be indicted for obtaining bus- ¦ ^^'"'' " ^'-''¦y fo|)pisli dress, and a bead ! ^car little Baby ;" and the marble upon bands under false pretences! If they'd i °f exceeding red hair. In a seal imme- i wl,ich afl'ection has cut the sentence, is only show out, thc men wouldn't be ' J'iitely behind this young gentleman j as small and as pure as an infant. Sure- such gudgeons.    But no, they'll   smile | ^f" ='"   urchin who  must have been ur-j )yj,ere is perfection in an epitaph ! The
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the sorrowing comrade alone was un-! but no sooner does angry Winter shake happy, at his not being williin reach ofl bis hoary locks, and bring bis norlhern the destroyer. Fired "at tbe sight, and | blasts to chill the frame, than nature vowing that be would make the devour- J quails beneath ils fury, and retires from He ^ftve Liberty of Conscience to i *"" disgorge or be swallowed himself, hc i the contest; all then appears dreary and Europe, and renewed the Revolution of! P'unged into the deep, armed with a j desolate, and wrapt in universal gloom, the Kingdoms toward I'niversal Free-j'*''"'T pointed knife. The shark no But has winter no attractions ! If man dom winch hail begun in America, and ' sooner saw bim than it made furiously '. be driven from tbe fields, the woods, the had'been arrested   by   the   anarchy  in   loivards him, both  equally   eager—the : waters, does hc not   lake refuge in his
one for bis prey, and thc other for re- ' home, and there, by the cheerful lire- venge. The moment that thc shark | side, surrounde.l by his family and opened bis rapacious jaws, bis adversa-¦ friends, enjoy the hnppiness of social ry dexterously diving aud grasping liiin , converse, heedless of the storm which with his left   hand somewhat below the ' ruges without I
upper  fin, successfully   employed   his !     When the rivers are  bound  up Avith knife in his right  hand, giving him re- '¦ icy   fellers,    the   heallhy   and   manly peated stabs in the belly.    Tbc enraged   amusement of skating fills up the vacant crty lo a people, by the rnere^utlerance ''*''°''''^'   "'''^''  '"tny   unavailing  eflbrts, [ hour ; and when nature has assumed hor of bis voice  without an army  navy  or   finding himself overmatched in llis own i robe of spotless white, emblem of iniio- '    ' ¦ ' '        element, endeavored  to disengage bim-   cence and  purity,—fit covering for  the
self, sometimes plunging to the bottom, I embryo plant, that is again to cover the then, mad with pain, rearing bis un- ! earth wilb beauty—is there not tbe couth   form   above   the  blood   stained' sleighing  to compensate for the   sum-
pnidence and of the Slatule for Religious Liberty."
Stop now, and write an epitaph   for Daniel O'Conne"
France."
Let the Statesmen of the age rend that epitaph and be humble. Let tbe Kings and aristocracies of the earth read it, .and tremble.
Who lias ever accomplished so much for human freedom, with means so fee¬ ble I     Who  but be  has ever given  lib-
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revenues—without sword, spear, or even a shield I
Who but be ever subverted tyranny, saved tbc lives ofthe oppressed, and yet spared the oppressor !
Who but he ever detached from a ven¬ erable constitution a column of aristoc¬ racy, dashed it to the earth, and yet left the anciei.t fabric strouger and mure beautiful than before 1
Who but he has ever lifted up seven millions of people from the debasement of ages to the dignity of freedom, with¬ out exacting an ounce of gold or wasting the blood of one human heart !
Whoso voice yet lingers liko O'Con- ncH's in the ear of tyrants, making them sink with fear of change, and in the car of the most degraded slaves on earth, awakening hopes of freedom !
Who before him has brought the schismatics of two countries together, conciliating llicin at the alter of Univer¬ sal Liberty !    Who but he ever brought
waves, the shark at last, much ivi.-akcn cd, made towards the shore, and with hiscoiiijucrer, who flushed with an as¬ surance of victory, pushed his foo with redoubled ardor, and by help of the tide dragged him lo the beach, there ripping up his bowels, and aftcr.vards uniting nnd burying the several parts of bis friend's body in one grnve.
Oregon.
The following statement of the amount of Wheat raised in Oregon, during 18411, is from an authentic source, and will surprise those who regard that country us still as an unsettled nnd uninhabited wilderness : Chanipreg county, Tualitad, Yamhill,
50,000 bu. 80,000 " ;i0,000 " 15,000 " lat- ics,   25,000 "
Polk, ^Papal Rome and Protestant America  to [ Clockamas, Vancouver, C '¦ burn incense together 1 sop, and Lewis countic
It   was O'Connell's  mission to teach       Wheat   appears to  be the  principal ,    inankind that Liberty was not estranged   crop, and this year will be much more
f from Christianity, as was proclaimed by j abundant than it was last year. The j yor pardon, young lady,'but if it's plais- Revolutionary France—that she was not I inhabitants complain much on account I ing to yc, I'd thank ycto keep yer cheek a demon, like Jlolocb, re.iuiring lo be ! of t),,.. scarcity of vessels. They would I a.vay from that rose: ye'll put the lady propitiated by the blood of human sac- export considerable grain if tlicy Imd out of consait wilh thc color of her rifice—that Democracy is the daughlcr , the means. , flowers."
mer's ridel
If summer's and autumn's stores are laid up for consumption during tbe win¬ ter, that season returns the obligation by providing stores of ice for their eon- sumption—and this not confined alone to our shores, but portions of our rivers arc conveyed in solid form to quench the parching thirst of those wbo reside in Southern und Eastern clinics, thous¬ and of miles distant. Do wc not then sec the beneficial adaptation of one sea¬ son to another, and how conducive all is made to the happiness of man 1 Sure¬ ly then, this should cnll forth tliose feel¬ ings of gratitude implanted in every heart, but too frequently suffered to lie in abeyance.
An IitisH Co.MPi.iMENT.—A lovely girl was bending her head over a. rose-tree which a lady was purchasing from an Irish basket-woman in Convent garden market, when the woman, looking kind- "y at   the young beauty, said, "I   axci
attend to the club but once a week there is a prelly mess directly. And don't never think of ber ! Gracious me! I wish I could forget bor for five min¬ utes, just lo sec how it would seem. If young men only knew. But no. If a man says n word be is set down for a
and spurk and tivitter until a fellow is I gfl "». i'| 'lis ''cvillry by thc evil one; age of a dying child is nothing, and fairly cut, and then, by Jujiitcr, if ihey I biinself, for I do not conceive ho.v the : m.gd not beVccorded ; and wbat is there don't haul down their colors. And then j y"""?^''''' thought of tbe jest be was in a name when the heart yearns for the the baby tending ! It's worth a fortune j P'«yi"g o'f on the spruced dandy in front ('onn. Tbis litlle stone has no mark lobe compelled to bear the squalling ! ol' bim. The boy held his forefinger in f„r curiosty, and cold history would brats, night nfler nigbl. Croup or cho- \ ^'"^ '"C'^ ''"i^ of the young man, about as ; fro.vn ou it : but a parent—nny parent lie is the eternal complaint. If I had i 'ong as a blacksmith would a nail rod | —entering ibe graveyard where that ba- iny way I'd shake the cholic out of i'o heat, and then on his knee common-. by rests, and that small marble tablet them in a hurry. But no, they must be ' *=«'' liounding bis finger in imilalation of | may stand, would carefully avoid tread- dosed with pink and annis, and onions, i •''smith in making il nail. The whole j jng on the litlle grave, and yot would and the douce Knows what, and trolled thing was so ludicrous that I laughed, st.and there, conjuring up tbe bright nntil their gizzards are fairly shaken I''"= o"'y.'"'"c that 1 ever disgr.iccd the oyes of that baby fixed on a niother's out ;  and then  if any onc is lo be kept ; pi'lpit with any thing like mirth. |ove, and ils arms opening for a father's
up, why Slocum can set up, it won't j S-ioon on iikii Position.—Tbe follow-''^""'"css ; and then, alas, the dimming hurt bim! But I've done with if, I j in.r circumstance which occurred re-i of those eyes, nnd tbe drooping of those won't, that's a facl. What's that you j ^potly in our coii'iniiiiiity is the great-' "''"'s—the silence, nnd what more sad, say! Mended my pants! And four ; est example of an assertion of position of a dead child;—and tbc father and new shirts, and a neckclolb I Well, I j that wc have ever heard of. A divine i "'Other bereft of all but this cry of na- dcclare, J\Irs. Slocum is clever after all! i _ „.e need not say who, suflice it to say ture—" Our dear litlle Baby !" If she didn't scold so like—but no mot- | thai be is an eminently good man of our t,., _,,„,... ,.^ (lorFiiNAirvT A Ki-im ter, 1 know I provoked ber, I'll give in,   ,ity- .alle.l recently to sec a  sick lady   Y„vrieterb^ll^fo lowing
I'll own up; I'll  .    The reiiiaii»der , belon.rinir lo his church      Said lady had ^ ^"  ,..'"'"" '' ,  lollowing.
,    , •' '       ,1 .      ,-,        ,.        r..     I ueioii^riug ro Ills ciiiin-ii.    I .liu idiij IIUU       Jl Jl report speak   true, some of our was lost 111 sometbing like a kiss,    hive   Kpfn   verv h ml K'   attended diirinsr  bor ' tvt       -tr    ', 'i      . ,• ,,
, neen   vcij Kinuij   aiiciiucu uuiiug  '"-f i Nc^v York  mercliants nre making well
'""c^-^ ''y » f'-'"'"''-' cousin who was also ; ^^. j,,^ Mexican war. It is said vessels a member of the saine congrc-ation.—,j,^^,^. 1,^,.,, |,i,od for government use at Ihe mir.rte'.- ;ir-'yr,! .-.. 1 '"^--tn-;*"'! n.osl cAl.o.bilunl rates—and that their ono, and being cognizant ol the kind¬ ness of the cousin, besought the Lord, in bis   priiyer, to bless his servant   who
shirts must have done it—for Slocum forgot lo swear when be was asked to attend the baby.
A. IKCarricd 'Woman's Soliloquy.
BV ONE WHO HF.Alill IT.
o.vnors receive as much for a few months' use of n vessel as she is worth. It is also said that some gentlemen of the city arc engaged in constructing steamboats for tbe government without being direc- o so, and selling tbem at prices
Yes, it's go I go ! go ! and get! for ev- j had, in so kind and Christian n manner, ery body on earth,   bul one's own wife. I watched over thc afllicted   lady.    The    _^    __^ If'l shouW ask iMr. Slocum to go out ai | cousin    withdrew  l^ortbwilb   from   bis I ^^.^j (^^ ^i'
such a time of day for a water pail or congregation, assorting at thesame time , ^,,j.yj||^, |-j,j^|j'| thirty lo'forly thousand basket of oranges, d'ye guess he'd go 1 that she would let him know she wasn t ! joUars over their cost, and fifty or sixty Nol he! not he ; I might want one a while | anybody's servant.-5r. Louis Re¦^^etl'e•l^^^^^^^.^^^^^^^.^,^. their worth, to tbc gov-
TiiE SicniTExi-ANnEii-./Z new Inven- \ ernment agents.    How true this is I do lion.—It  anpears  that a gentleman  of: not know, but I can truly say that our
tbe city of'Troy has invented an article I citizens believe it.	
ic calls the   Skirt Expander, for which |
and take  it out in  wanting!    Oranges,
forsooth.    'Twas only yesterday 1 asked
bim to   call at William's for Charley's
shoes.    Wouldn't you like to have heard
him scold though !    If hc  didn't lunet!'" 'r""V"'; .'^'''^^ ",;T'.:''n,'.eni "The!     BnEAD BAK.XG.-Persons wbo arc so
up! Always soifetbiiig wanting! Wislp|--,^„"J°;^'^;°,P-;,-,„^,P^^^^       a^ly i •""-^"-- -   ^  '-^ P°-»' .P'"-'"^'?
ed he could   go to   the store and back ' •        .       .        .    • . .    •¦
without calling for a dozen articles ! And when he came in and put them on Charley's feet, slapped him for crying because the pegs liurt bim! Poor fel¬ low, be limped round till his father had gone,  and then pulled them   ofl".    Tbe
.villi the cotton bustle. It is said to be principally made of India rubber, nir tight, nnd is capable of being infla¬ ted or concentrated at any timo. If a lady should be walking and wish to np¬ pear larger or smaller, the Skirt is con-
.    ,- , » .1     1      »      1    strucled that she may enlarge or diiiun-
pees were nn inch long at the least cal- i . ,  , .„•„,. .,i„ „ . .,,. i
1   r. ,    , *?   . , T,,     1 isb ber  apparent size at pleasure    an-'
cululion.    And now just because Mrs. •' - ..'.
Brown bints at a water pail, he's up and
oflfin a minute! Why couldn't Brown go 1 Just as tliough her own husband wasn't good enough to wait on ber. I'd sbo.v him the difference, if 1 was Brown! A pretty how'd'do we shall have of it, if things go on at this rate. I'll ask Brown to do my errands, and see how be likes it.
If the girls only know !    But no, tbey won't believe u word of it!     "Bought
yet n person may be walking with and not discover bow, or by what means her apparent size is diminislied or increased Tho inventor also says that the ap¬ pearance of a lady, witb one of these Skirts is much improved—the dress set¬ ting much beller and easier ;   and that
it will save the labor of carrying nbout         ^_   _^_ _^ ^        ^ 	
the streets quite a small bale of colton,   faji^ c'nkcTcan b'cmadeTn tbeVoUowin any from eight to twelve skirts.
wilh those agents of mastication, good teeth, will be glad to know tbat there is a method of baking bread .•hich obvi¬ ates the necessity of a bard crust. Tbe crust commonly attached to tho loaf is not only troublesome to such persons, but IS ollen tbe cause of much waste. The wry to be rid of it is ns follows :— \\ ben the loRves nre moulded, and be¬ fore tbe, aro set down to "rise," take a small quantity of clean lard, warm it, nnd rub it lightly over tho' loaves. The result will be a crust beautifully soft and tender througliout. This is not guesB work.—Prairie Farmer.
Corn Meal Cakes.—Excellent break-
A   Slander   Rei'uteu.—The   Boston
wit is the be.t, if you don't get it too Times denies that Postmaster Cave dear." Denr! I wonder what some Johnston lias cbarlercd /oKrtcc/i 7n.ud folks call   dear"!     There's Nelly  Bly.   turtles  at a hundred dollars a  year, to
You might talk to bor till next July, aiid convey the mails between New York she wouldn't believe it. But she'll see! , and Boston! Tbe New London News She'll learn a lesson for herself she'll not thinks that the denial was unnecessary, forget very soon. as tho story bears ibe inqircss of fulse-
if I was a girl, 1 wouldn't change my hood upon its face; for the whole of condition in a liurry ! Not I. There ' Mr. Johnson's inanagemniit of the mails was Slocum ahvays ready to run bis ¦ has proved bis uiiwillingiiess to employ legs oil—but now—he'll go   sooner for [ so fast or fco c«rtai» a conveyance.
manner:
.Mix two quarts of corn meal—at night —.vilh water, and little yeast and sail, just thin enough to stir easy. In the morning slir in three or four eggs, a lit¬ lle sal.Trulus and a cup of sour milk, so as to leave it linn enough to pour out of a jiaii ; bake three quarters of an hour, and you will have large, rich, honey¬ comb cakes ; and with a good cup of colloe and s.veet butter at breakfast, one finds with Hamlet, "increase of nppetit* lo grffw with what it feeds on."