Huntingdon Journal

              HUNTINGDON JOURNAL.
BY JAMES CLARK:]
CORRECT   PRINCIPLES SUPPORTED   BY   TRUTH.
VOL. XI, NO. 46.
HUNTINGDON, PA., DECEMBER % 1846.
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POETICAL.
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Tqx Ihc Journal.
Hail, meek-cycJ Peace ! whcr'cr thy foolstcps stray, Contentment still atlenils thy devious way, Or in the vales or on Iho mountain's strand, And 'ncath thy arm Pomona crowns tho land, Shakes her .sweet blossoms from ihe sccnicd trees, Bids 'the wild perfume flout upon thc breeze, The shoots to spring, thc tender flowers to gli w In all the colors of the sky-drawn bow; "Wealth, al thy touch, like wisdom's heavenly birth, Springs forth malurcti, ond from the teeming earth Young Gladness smiles to view the rip'ning grain, "With ruRsct mnntle robe the bashful plain : Shouttj to behold thc simple hnmlct rise, And blue smoke wreathing upward to the skies. Parent of Plenty ! wheis with sorrowing eye, From cherished haunts thou art compelled to fly, Who bears the brands, and o'er thc scene afar Invokes ;he presence of unsparing \VHr; The linstock waves, and wakes the sulph'rous roar, Until, afTrighted, thou art .seen no more, Employed the strength thou nurtured for thy ban,
And nerves his homicidal arm but man!
Yes, man prepares to point the cannon's breath, 'Winged, as the simoom, with the shafts of Death, And to the glad and peaceful earth imparl The desolation of hip fiery heart. In vain may Pity pleaJ to him to spare, Her voice finds no responsive token there; In vain the harmless villager may fly, In van may sland, bis foemcn to defy ! Red pours tbe volley ! on his native plain, He sitvks, unheard of, ne'er to rise again. What! shall the wairior stay in 'nitd career, To lend to craven prayers a pliant ear, Forsake the sword, for Justice* equal scale, The prize of valor for some love-iiick t.ile. Weigh every act—preceptive morals read, And live forgetful of a soldier's meed 1 A soldier's meed 1    Aye, murder, burn, destroy, Involve a world in slrilc—tho banc of joy ! Ue thou a demon, and delight in blood— i'rovido for dcalh—his fill of human food. Wrap towns in flames, go sear the earth's rich sod, And desecrate the temple of thy God ! Traflic with life—ambitious to be great, And hide thy crimes in ceremonial slate— Assume a crown, and prate of '* right divine," And own no other will lo guidu but thine : Then look to man lo herald forth thy praise In tones of prose and panegyric lays; And bid poslcrily inscribe thy name In the high templeof ethereal Fame; ,Thy namo ! Hwill last beyond the enduring stone, A beacon, flaming to lead oihers on; To be as thou wer't, lo mankind, or worse. To ape thy deeds, and live thy fellow's curse ; And such is man ! a tyrant or a slave, Inured to suflering, he's "ignobly brave," Resigns his person to a madman's will, Whose freaks of humor either spare or kill: Or, w.'ongly nurtured, runs the race of crime, To win on Immortality from Timk.
HrNTixono.v, Pa. Z.
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MISCELLANEOUS.
TRZ3 T^VO SAIVE DASTA'S;
OR, TUU.Xl.N'li  OVER A .NEW LEAF.
" Dad, I'm going to turn over a new leaf ne.xt week," .said Sam Dnna, junior, to llis parental projector, Sam Dana, senior—tiiey were lioeing corn together near tlie Dana family domicil, in tlie town of Bow.
The two Sam Danas looked as near nlikc as two peas, especially Sam, junior; li« looked a shade younger, otherwise he :niglit have beon taken for a chip of thc old block, block nnd all. At the sound of the other's voice, the elder Dnna rest¬ ed his chill on the end of his hne-handlc, nnd peered at his sturdy olFspring, as if doubtful of the moaning and intent of the fumiliar words. Sam, junior, imme¬ diately li.xed himself in a similar posi¬ tion, lixed his sharp hazel eyes on that of his "dad," and went on. "Yes, dad, I'm^ going to turn over a new lenf.— You've often told inc to do it. Next week, you know, I'm onc and twenty, out of iny lime, I'm off. You see, dad, I've worked on this patch of land ever since I was born, and I calculate I've been a smart boy—haven't I !" (Sam, senior, nodded his head.) " Well, if I always slay here, I shall always be a sinart boy and uothing else. I want to go round ; I want to see the fashions; I want to speculnte ; I want to be some¬ body ; I want to put the dollars ia my pocket-—darn it dad; I wunt to go it, I will go it—I'm olf. I've made np my mind, no use to say nothing, cnn't alter me. I'm going, going, g-o-i-n-g, gone! —the day iny time is oul, I'm g-o-n-c, gone ! VVhat do you say to that !" " Say \—I say you're a jackass!"
" Dnd, I   calculate you're mistnken."
" Well, perhaps you'll be sure to make onc of yourself, if you ain't."
" Dad, I calculate you'll lind yourself niistaken."
"I tell you, Sam, now that you'll be sorry. I did just so wlien I was out of I my time ; I cleared out from home, and ! before I had been gone for three weeks, i I was glad to get back again, and you'll j be in that same predicament in less thnn ' a week, or I'm no judge of horseflesh." i
" Dad, I've heard you say a thousand j times thut every generation grows wiser! , now I calculate that I am one generation wiser than  you were at my age.    I'm going—no kind of use to talk agin it."
The dialogue closed ; they eyed each other sharply for a moment ; the senior Dana rnised his chin from the end ofhis hoe-handle, grasped it lirmlj-, and re¬ newed his labor with the strength of two men. Sam, junior, followed suit with none thc less of energy in his manner, and side by side they continued at work for an hour without a word spoken by either, digging as if for dear life. The cider Dana was evidently working him¬ self into a fever of passion ; at last he came to a stand still, at the same moment ejaculating a stentorian " Sam !"
Sam came to a full stop, strnightencd up with a no less einphatic " Datl!"
" What in thunder are you working so fast for," demanded the senior, and at it he went again still harder than before, and after him went Sam, the younger, as hard as ho could dig, and if the dinner horn had not sounded a moment after, they would have worked themselves out of their boots. The moment they heard the horn, thc elder Dana shouldered his hoe, and struck a bee line forthe house. Sam followed in the steps of his predo- (tessor, filed into the shed, hung their hoes ill their propor piaces with military precision—next into the wash-room, washed their hands and faces with the same silent emphasis that had distin- guishod their hoeing for the last hour— wiped, adjusted their hair, shot into the dining-room, and down to the t.ible they sat facc to faco, and again the}' looked fiercely at each other.
" You're a fool!" snid Sam Dana.
" You're my dad!" said the other Sam.
" You're going to make a fool of your¬ self."
" I calculate not," quietly replied Sam.
" What's the matter now X" asked Mrs. Dana.
" That boy, that boy's the matter," said her husband, in tones that told his feelings wore somewhat ruffled.
" Why, Sam, what have you been do¬ ing 1."
" Nothing, mother, only talking a lit¬ tle V
" Only talking 1 do you hear that ! he says he's only talking—did you ever hear anything like that !"
" Well, dad, did I do anything else !"
" Do 1 did ! you talked liko a fool, .Sam.
"Now, husband, do keep coo), and tell me what tho trouble is—you got so wrathy if things don't go to suit you— now what's the matter !"
" Ask Sam."
" Sam, what is the matter 1"
"Ask dad."
" Well, I guess you had better cat your dinners, and you'll foel better after it," replied Mrs. Dana pettishly, puck¬ ering up hor inouth and nose slightly, perhaps contemptuously.
Dinner disnppenre.l wonderfully quick -—the elder Sam laid to it with great strength avd speed ; the younger Sam kept his eye on his author and strove to keep pnce with him in all his movements —they finished together ; they left the Iiouse in precise order ; they sliouldored tlieir hoes ns orderly as veterans ; they re-commenced their labors in the field at thc same moment ; and together, for ncnr two hours, they toiled as if hoeing for a wager—the silence was broken by a sharp, quick " Sam !" from the elder Dana, ut the same instant coming to a stop.
"Well!" was the instant reply.
"Goto the tailor and get measured for a freodiim suit"—and at it they went again ; another half hour passed in si¬ lence, nnd then came again, " Sam !"
" Well," said the individunl.
"I'll give you .^100 to start with."
Another half hour passed ; thoy be¬ gan to slacken their speed.
" Sam !"
" Well V
" What are you going to do V
" Going peddling !"
They hoed a full hour at a moderate pace.
" Sam V
"Well!"
" I'll give you the red horse nnd wagon."
A few minutes more of moderate hoe¬ ing, and tho older Dana " guessed" that it was time to drive up the cattle, fo Sam started for the pasture, nnd the fa¬ ther started for the house—the trouble t was all over.
Sam went to town for iiis freedom suit—his old clothes wore nicely mend¬ ed, washed and packed away in his chest—his mother and sisters were busy all the remaining time of his minority, " fixin' off Sam," and when the day came for him to loavo home, all wore pleasant, and with a light heart hc drove off.
Sam was happy. After he had driv¬ en over tho hill, ho pulled up lus horse to have a talk to himself. Said hc— " I'm a man—Sam, you're a man; twen¬ ty-one yesterdny—old horse, you're mine—Sam owns you—old wagon, 1 own you—you're Sam's property—a cool hundred in your pocket, Sam—a chest full of clothes-—(here he threw open the lid)—twenty pairs of socks, sixteen shirts, and lots of drawers—a suit of new clothes, bright buttons, six pairs of now boots, and what is this !— two nice pies, some cheese, and a pound¬ cake—that's the gal's work. 1 own the whole of this crowd—Iiorse, wagon, chest, contents and driver, ha, ho !" and Sam laughed long and loud ; then he halloed, shouted, laughed again, spoecli- ificd to the old horso, talked to Sam, drummed on his chest, crowed, barked, cackled, imitated everything ho could think of, by turns. Sam Dnna was a happy fellow—quite crazy with joy.
Sam drove on. An hour and a half after he left his father's house, ho hitch¬ ed his horso in front of the Melville pottery. Willi the proprietor he bar¬ gained for a littlo load of earthen ware, such as milk-pans, bean-pots, jugs, &c. agreeing to settle for the load as soou as he could turn it inlo cash, and then take another on the same terms, and so continue as long as the arrangement should be agreeable to both parties.— His load wns soon selected, carefully packed in his wagon, and nway he drove. Aftor proceeding a few miles ovor the country, Sum stopped his horse and took a bird's-eye inventory of his load, calculated his probable profits if ho had good luck, hiiiched off his niincc pies and cheese, and was just preparing to mount and drive on to markot, when his horse took a sudden fright and start¬ ed off like a deer. Sam pursued, yell¬ ing " Whoa," liko a madman. Tho old horse sheered oil' the side of the roud, and over went thc wngon, down a steep, rugged bank—thc body parted from the forward weels—chest and earthen ware went helter-skelter in crashing, smash¬ ing confusion down the precipice. Sam stopped a moment, gave a prolonged whistle, and dashed afler his Iiorse as fast as his legs could carry him. At the end of an hour and a h.ilf's chase ho returned, and after considerable trouble he succeeded in getting his wagon to¬ gether, gathered up his clothing which had beon disturbed in the generul smash, collected in a heap tho fragments of his load, and took a parting lo.ik at it, with tl.e consoling remark, that it was of no use to cry for spilt milk. Ho thon mount¬ ed his cart and drove oil' to a neighbor¬ ing tavern, where ho put up for the night. Next morning, in good season, Sam Dana hitched his horse in front of the Melville pottery, and made his way into the count¬ ing room.
" Woll, Mr. Dana," snid the proprie¬ tor, " have you turned your load so quick 1"
" Yes, sir," said Sam, triumphantly, " I have turned it, and I can turn fifty loads more."
" Is it possible ! Well, you shall have just as many londs as you want."
" I guess I'll settle for the loud I took along yesterday," said Sam.
The bill was produced, Sam paid thc cash, and merely remarked that he did'nt know as he should want any moro ware—wished the potter a good dny, mounted his chesl, and drove in the direction of Bow.
On arriving at his homestead, he un¬ harnessed his old horse, turned him out to feed, lugged his chest up slairs to its old plnce, rigged himself out in his working suit, shouldered his hoe, made for thc cornfield and went to work. Sam Dana, jr., is entirely cured of his stray¬ ing notions ; he says ho got cured for something less than fifty dollars, and he intends in future to keep clear of all at- | tacks of the troublesome complaint; in j short, he means to spend his days in the Innd where he was brought up, free and happy, turning the soil for a suro return of profits and independont liveli¬ hood. Sam Dnna is 11 scnsililo follow; and there aro others who niight as well profit by his experience nnd example.
Stbam'.e Bedfki.low.—At n ladies temperance mooting not long since, onc of the members remarked that the Tem¬ perance cause had been a blessing to her—" for," added she, "I slept with a Barrel of Rum for ten yoars, hut now, since my husband signed thc pledge, I have a .Man to sleep with. Then all thc spinsters laid their hands on their hearts, and suid—.1 .Man !
JVIOIVXZiKEV.
Wc we.e nol many—wc who slood
Before thc Iron steel that doy — Yet mnny a gallant spirit would Give hull' his years if l.e hul could
Have hee.i with us at .Monterey.
Now here, now there, the shout is hailed
In deadly drif.s of fiery cpray. Yet nnl a single soldier quailed Whe.. wounded comrade..? round them wailed
Their dying shout at Monterey.
And on—still on our column kepi
Thioui;!. walls of flame ils withering wty, Whore full ihn dead, iho living slepi, Slill charging on the guns which swept The slippery streets of Monterey.
The foo himself recoiled aghast,
When, striking wnere l.t slrongesl lay, We swooped l.is ila..king batteries past, And hraving full their murderous blast, Storming home the towers of Monlerey.
Our banners on those turrets wave.
And Ihere ou.' evcing bugles play : Where orange boughs above Ihcir gravo Keep g.cc.i the ..ie.i.ory of thc brave Who fought and fell at Monterey.
\^'c arc nol many—we who pass'd
Beside the brave who lell Ihat doy ; But who of us l.a^e nol confess'd He'd rather share their v^¦a^rior rcsl, Than nol havo hecn a| .Monterey.
.STICK TO IT.
In Luneubcrg county, Virginia, there resided many years ago on Squire Col¬ lins, who was, as they termed it, a "fast liver;" aud in his immediate neighbor¬ hood, one Jeff Green, who was a very poor man. As tl.e story runs, .lofT had boon pressed for tl.e necessaries of life, and borr.iwcd moat from Squire Collins and from all the neighbors, under tho promise that as soon as ho killed his hog, he would return the meat he had borrowed of them. He had borrowed more than a hog from the Squire, nnd as much as two hogs from others. The morning Jcfl' intended killing his hog he went over to the Squire. "You know the time has come around for me to kill my hog, and I can't pny yon all, so I como, as I owe most of it to you, to know what I must do \"
Now the Squiro possessed a good doal of cuiinii.g, a..d was not disposed to bo outdone—so he advised Jefl' to kill his hog and hnng it up under the peach tree in his yard—thon get up about midnight and take it away—next morning go round to those he borrowed of, and tell thom that he killed and scalded his hog, hung it lip in his yard undor the peach tree, and that some person had come there and stole the hog, nnd ho had nothing to pay them with. "Then,"says the Squire, " the people you borrowed meat from will pity you and let yon off, but mind, Jefi', you must stick to what you say."
" I will. Squire," said Jell'. Jell'killed the hog, scalded aud hung it up under the peach tree. The Squire hud beon watching his movements, and was do¬ termined not to bo a loser by Jell"—so as soon as all wns quiet, thc S([uirc got into tho yard and carried olT the hog. Tho next inorning Joif called on tho S(|iiirc in great haste, nnd said—"Squire, you know yesterday afternoon I killed my hog, nnd after scalding him hnng him under the peach tree, and do you think some person did'nt come and steal hint, sure enough."
" That's right," said the Squire, "you aro doing very well. Mind, Jeff, and stick to it."
" Yes," said Jeff, " but may I bo hang¬ ed if thoy haint gone and stole the hog, sure enougli!"
"Excollont," said the Squire, "stick to it, Jed", and they will believe you— stick to it, Jeff."
A .Small Calftiilatioii. Suppose a man drinks four glasses of liquor a day nt five cents a glass—in a week he spends ono dollar and forty cts., and in a year seventy-two dollars and eighty cents. This will buy the follow¬ ing articles:
Four barrels of flour, say Four pairs of boots, say Forty imunds of butler. One hundred pounds of beef, A new hat, A new salin vest, A bonnet for wife. Sweetmeats for children,
$72 80
1I7>=- In a neighboring Stato, tho fol¬ lowing whimsical epitiqih graces tho tomb-stone of a renowned dancing mas¬ ter:
Man's life is vapor.
And full of woos ; He cuts a ciiper, and Down he goes.
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The I'ulali) ro.stilciicp.
Complaints have been made in Eii.g- land that thc Archbishop of Canterbury has established forms of prayer for food for the people, while the votes of the Bishops are against the admission of corn. The pious Archbishop Whatcly refuses to permit the prayers tobe read. Douglas Jorrold thus discourses of thc proceeding:
" When the sold icrs of Charles V. hud sacked Rome, and imprisoned the Pope, the Emperor ordered public prayers to bc oH'ored up in all the churches of Alad- rid, beseochiugtlio interposition of Heav¬ en on behalf of his holiness, though his own sign manual, received by the com¬ mander of his forces, woul.l have reslor¬ cd the Pontifl" to immediate liberty.— This case has often been cited as an il¬ lustration of hypocrisy maximized. Per¬ haps it has a parallel in the conduct of our own govoriiiiiont of the present day, who, through his Gr.acc of Canterbury, have directed that prayers should be of¬ fered up in the 11,H)0 parish churches in England and Wales, that scarcity of food may be averted, while they con- j tinue .a duty nn the import of foreign | corn. Wo nocd not make any conmieiit i on this profane mockery—it will bc sup- ; plied by the indignation of our read- j ers." I
A rnifaiie Swoarer .Viiiiiiliisscil.
We have the aulhority of the Knick- , erbocker for tl.e following: I
" In Schoharie county thero livos a \ man whose addiction to swearing is . such that his name has become a by- | word iind reproach ; but by some inler- i nal thernionieler he so graduates his oaths as to make them apply to the pc-! culiar case in hand; the greater the mishap or cause for anger, the stronger and more froquont his .uljurations. His business is thnt of a gatherer of ashes, which he collects in small quantities and transports in an ox-cavt. Upon a recent occasion, having, by dint of great labor, succeeded iu filling his vehicle, hc started for the asliery, which sl.ands at the brow of a steep hill ; and it was not tintil he reached the door, that he noticed, winding its tortuous course down the long declivity, a line of white \ ashes, while something short of a peck i rcninined in the cart.
" ' The dwellers by tho way side and thoy that tarried there,' had assembled in great force, expecting an unusual ana- tliomal display. Turning however to the crowd, the unfortunate man heaved a sigh, and simply remarked : ' Neigh¬ bors, it's no use; / can't do justice io thc subject r "
The Iliururs of War.
Tho following incident is givon in a letter, dated Monterey, October 7, ad¬ dressed to tho Louisville Courier:
" While I was statione.l with o.ir left wing in onc of tho forts, on the evening of tho '21st, I saw a Alexican woman bu¬ sily engaged in carrying bread and wa¬ ter to thc wounded men of both armies. ' I saw this ministering angel  raise thc I hea.l of a wounded man, give him water . nnd food, nnd then carefiillv bind up his : ghastly wound with a handkercliicf she took from her own head.    After liaving : exhausted   hor supplies, she wont back j to hor house to get more broad and water i for others.    As she was returning on her ; mission of morcy, to conifort other woun¬ ded ))or.sons, I heard the report of a gun, and saw the poor innocent creature fall | dond !    I think it wns an accidental shot . that struck her.    I would not bc willing to believe otherwise.    It made mo sick | at heart, and lurning from the scene, I involuntarily  raised my   eyes towards : heaven, and thought, great God ! and is this  war I    Passing the spot   the next | day, I saw hcr body  still  lying   there, ' with the broad by her side, and the bro- | ken   gourd, wilh   a few drops of water | still   in   it—emblems   of her  errand.— We hurried hcr, and whilo we were dig- j giiiir her gravo, cannon balls flew around i us like hail." !
A Coi.u PuosPErT.—Christmas day fnlls on a Friday this yenr, and if we are to have faith in an nnciont ballad, a hard winter may be expected. The ballad runs thus:
" Yf Crystinas day on the Friday bc, The fyrstc of winter linrde shnll be. With froslo and siiowo, and with llodo. But the lasle cndc thereof ys goode."
Judicial Dignity.
The following conversation is said to have passed between a venerable old lady and a certain presiding judge in
 .    This loarnod functionary wus
supported on his right nnd loft by his worthy associates, when Mrs. P. was called to give evidence.
" Takc ofl''your bonnet, madam."
" I had rather not, sir."
" Zounds and brimstone, madam, takc oil' your bonnet, I say."
" In public assemblies, sir, women ge¬ nerally cover their heads. Such, I nm sure, is the custom elsewhere, and there¬ fore I will not take ofl" my bonnet."
" Do yon hear that, gentlemen 1 She pretends to know more about these mat¬ ters than the judge himself! Had you not, better, madnin, come nnd tnke a scat upon the boiicii !"
" No, sir, thnnk you ; for I think thoro are enough of old women thoro already."
TIIE XEW PLANET. Mr. Wm. Lassnel, in a letter fo tho London Timos, states that he Ims dis¬ covered, with his telescope, that Lc Ve- rier's newly discovored planet has a ring and a satellite. With r.;gard to the ring heis not prepared positively to announce its existence, though he feels suro of it; but of the existence of a star, having evory aspect of a satellite, he says there is not a shadow of doubt.
An English pnper, speaking of this now planet, says:
I " The present distance of the new ; planet, expressed in common measure, j is about 3,200,000,000 English miles j from tbe sun, and about 3,200,000,000 I from the earth. Its distance from Ura- ! nus, whoso motions it disturbs, is about I 150,000,000 miles. Its diameter is es- ; timatod at 50,000 miles. That of Ura¬ nus is about 35,000 ; of Jupiter 81),000 ; j of Saturn 79,000; of thc carlh ,S,000. ^ Its cubic bulk is to tl.at of the earth as 250 to 1. The now planet is the largest j inonr system, except Jupiter nnd Saturn; nnd since these two planets, as well as Uranus, are each atlended by a train of satellites, it is extremely prob.iblc that the new planet will have a similar ac- compaiiiment. We had tlie pleasure of seeing the iilniiet on Thursday night from Colton Hill. It comes to the me¬ ridian a fow minutes before nino, and is within a short distance of Saturn. With a power under 200, it is not distinguish¬ able from a lixed star."
It is thought thc new planet will bc culled "Neptune."
A RE.-.1A11KABI.I: Case.—A remarkable law suit, which has boon pending two years, in  Russia, Jias just been decided by the Emperor.    A  wealthy Russian General was botrotliod   to the beautiful ; daughter of  a  Polish   nobleman,   near I Warsaw, and obtained l.is consent to the : marriage.    O.. the day fixed for tl.c cer¬ emony, tho bridegroom appeared, atten¬ ded by   a captaiii and  two olficers,   the j firsl disgliised as a priest, and the latter as his Ti'itnesses, and the unsuspecting bri.le was married to her Russian lover ; by this false priest.    Two years after, the  general  became tired  of his wife, nnd dosirod her to return to hor father's house, at the same time informing her how  she  had  been  deceived.    She, at I first, thought he was  jesting,  hut   her ' cr..el husband soon convinced her of the i fatal   truth,   and   shut   the   door of his . house upon hor.    Her indignnnt   father immediately brought an action   against the general ; but, of course, lost it inal! the Courts against the Russian general, : till, at length, the sentence came before the Emperor, who decided as follows:— As the general is not really married to I his wife, the marriage   is null and void, , but ns   the wife has beon most scandal¬ ously imposed upon, he is dismissed with [ the loss of his salary and his oflice, with¬ out having any claim to another appoint¬ ment.    His  whole property  is given to the  lady wliiini he  hus so wantonly de¬ ceived, and he is not  permitted even to marry again.
Getting 'em Mixed.—Wo oncc heard an old follow, famous all over the coun¬ try for his tough yarns, telling whnt heavy wheat he had seen m the State of New York.
"My father," said ho, "once had .i field of wheat the heads of which were so close together, that the wild tnrkoycs, when thoy camo to eat it, could walk round on the lop of it anywhere."
We suggested that the turkeys must have boon small ones.
" No sir," conlinued he ; " they were very large ones. I shot one of them one day, and when I took hold of his legs to carry him, his hcnd dragged in the snow behind me!"
"A curious country you must have had, tn have snow in harvest time!"
" Woll, I do declare," said he, looking a little foolish, " I have got part of two stories mixed."
" Ol'l out of the way, old Dan Tucker, You're loo late lo come tosupper,'* Has been changed, in thc course of ad¬ vancing  refinement,   so  as   to  read	
" Will the vciiernble Daniel Tucker, Esq., have the goodness to withdraw for a few minutes, as in consequence of his late nrrival, it will bo wholly impossible for him to take his evening rofreshmont at the lirst table."
[D^ JVIr. Jones wns in thc habit of get¬ ting occasionally somewhat "balmy," nud one night he was discovered by a neighbor leaning ngninst the sido of a church for support. He hailed him with —" Hallo, Jones, you look serious ; think of joining the church I" "Well," repli¬ ed Jones, '^I incline considerably thai way at present.'"
An ExTiiAonnixARv Memorv.—Miss Louisa West, a girl fiftoen years of age, at Georgetown, Kentucky, committed to inemory, accurately, the whole New Testament in six weeks, at the snme time tending to hor other domcslic du¬ ties.