Pittston Gazette and Susquehanna Anthracite Journal

              , — n i "ii i t~ i i 'i i 1 ■ i 1 ' 1, 1 i' i ' *i' PITTSTON GAZETTE, l AND SUSQUEHANNA ANTHRACITE JOURNAL. % fBfaklg Iltm0papr~-(ltatofrtt to 3hm. fitatm, |5olifiw, \\)t ftkrrnntile, fitting, ftkrljatriral, iM SgWnnif Snterrstfi of fjje Catmtq, Simtrnrfintr, iimrattnt, 8r. )--€tnn 8 Itrnmn VOLUME 3.--NUMBER 24. PITTSTON, PA., FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 1853. WHOLE NUMBER 128. a great favorite. The window was raided just enough to admit his hand, and under the impulse of extreme hunger, he gently thrust it in and seized 0110 of the apple*.— At the same moment, a stronger hand seized his, there he stood caught in the ve- umde pninlul lo him, he proposed to Robert to live with him, tend his store, and learn whatever he might be able to teach hiin. The days flow jike leathers and ho kneyv Rpt which ho liked best, the cripple, '.lie shop, or his studies. lie wrote all the words ol the spelling book on a slate, and when he could oollect a class of the village children, ho taught them how to write from hi« example, lie never heard the word grammar mentioned, but he soon learned to writo sentences, and in less than two years wrote letters for various domestics who came on errands to the shop, and even had begun to correspond with the vij. lage school teacher, who had taken a great liking to him. He was so serviceable to the cripplo *tliat he enlarged his shop and his stock of goods. Resides making shoes themselves, when they had leisure, they employed other workmpn, and before Robert was of age he became the partner of liis excellent master. DODGING THE GAMBLER, Suiting the action to the word, Dodge deliberately drew from an inside vent pock- Ct nti old greasy wallet, and taking there, (roin ten one hundred dollnr bills, on a Philadelphia bank, held them in his hand, and exclaimed— THE PITTSTON GAZETTE, POETRY. The neat morning the party met in a beautiful grove, w iih their target seventvfive yards distant. The English rifle is different from the American, the barrel being shorter and the stock heavier. Six picked men from thp Thunderer were on the ground, all of whom fired. No one, however, "cut I he paper"—the aize of a dollar—although several of the balls were close to it. AND »'TIS SWEET TO THINK." OR, The Man who bought the Ticket. •HHiuehana Anthracilc Journal PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY C. M. R1CI1ART 8 H. S. PHILLIPS. BY HARKY MATH O. E. Dodge, the violinist, who paid $625 for lhC3 first choice of a seat at Jenny Liod's Boston concert, appears to be a man ol infinite wit ; and the New York Spirit ot the Times tells a laughable story of his taking in three Mississippi gamblers. Some years ago Dodge came on board a boat, pretending to be a half willed Yankeo rusti—whereupon the confederates resolved to fleece him ; and after some circumlocution, they induced him to play a game called "Changing Jack." The Spirit of the Times thus gives the denoument, which is all wc have room for. 'Tin tweet to think that wlien I die, Thcie'a one will held my languid bead, And let me on her bo«om lie, Till every breath of life is fled. ry net, '•Wal, naow, you, feller, if you are determined to throw away your money where you don't stand no chance of winning, why just pull out your dough !" Dodge had meanwhile been gazing intently into his hat, and a person not acquainted wiih this peculiar twinkle of his large eyes would have sworn he had seen nothing else for the last five minutes. Mm ITiit nil •/ Mai" Strut, teetnd ttory »/ t\c "■Lang Stors" of Witntr S,- Wood. Tlie cripple, who had been sitting at .vork near the wiudow, rose, and seeing a strange boy without a hat, he supposed at once there must bo something uiiusual in the case, and iu it mild voice he ashed, t What are you going to do with my op pies, little fellow V Tat "OitiTTi fc It publlehfid every Friday, at Two Doi.lak* per annum. Two Dollars and Kiny Ueats will be charged if not paid within the your. ■ e paper will be discontinued until all arrearages are paid. AuviaTittMSKTs are inserted conspicuously uiOnk IDoi.- i*» per suuaro of fourteen linea for Ihree Insertions) and TwasTY-nvK Cairrs additional for every subsequent Insertion. A liberal deduction to thoso who advertise for sit months or the whole year. /el \Voan.—Wehavo connected with our establishment a well selected aaaorlmentof Jos Ttfs, which will ena bit us to execute, In the neatest atyle, every variety of pjtntlng.  And when these beaming orbs shnll close, And lose, at last, their fading ray, Forever fixed in deep repose, She'll watch beside my lifeless clay. The shots were considered excellent; the English and French officers present were greatly astonished at the proficiency of the riflemen. The commander of the Thunderer, turning to the purser, said, with a smile, Tliis lone of voice revived Robert, who was exceedingly frightened at his situation and lie said, '1 am dying with hunger, sir, and iuvc no mouey. I was tempted to lulte one of your apples, hut I am sorry I did eo.' 'Tis sweet to think that when I'm dead, Her eye will pour ita softest tenr ; Her hand upon my spreud The sweetest flow'rcU of the year. "Captain, I want jew lew hold these thousand dollars, and ns a man ol honor, in the presence of these ere passengers, see that fair piny is did tew a stranger." "i would rather have nothing to do with the nfTair," replied the captain, "bnt if you wish me to hold the stakes, I will do so, and call upon my passengers to see that everything is honorable." " What do you sny to that? I take it you'll find it difficuft to come up lo it." You may think so—but ] consider it no shooting at all," said the Kentuckian. "Vous monies le haut cheval," said a French officer. A PHtCM A CO, mm, tiaasKKa8ffira, QJJtc*—Weil aide Main street, Pillston, Luterne county, Pa. AafuM 'tO, W3«. " 'Tia sweet to think we both sliull lie E'er long within one common tomb, Till, lroin death's bonds released, we.fly To those blest realms beyond its gloom. "I say, yeou ! look year," says Dodge, moving slowly nnd sideways up Jo the In. ble, "I soy, veou, I don't know nothing about keerds, but I am wiliing to risk a heap of money on that 'ere game." ' You may have as many as you wan!,' said the cripple, ' but come round lo tiic door, and let mo know more about you ' THE ORAV3 OF BEN BOLT. There is something in llie inonnor ol true benevolence which removes all fear, and Robiirt did not hesitate to do as he wux requested. "Je vous montrai," said the Kentuck- CJOOPBH A VANZANDT, i: roiTRIS AND DEALERS IN Foreign Wines and Liquors, Wo. 21 New Street, New York. It was not long before Robert became chairmnn of Ike School Con miltec, and : what was his astonishment one day to see | his old teauher conic imo the shop to be examined for a vacant school in one of the ''disiricls. "Very well—I'm with you, stranger," exclaimed Strong, snapping his fingers ; "there's plenty more money where this came from ; and I'm willing to risk all I've got in the world, that I can, by repeating a lew sentences in Latin, change the Jack ol Spades, while under your hands, to the Jack of Club?, and thai you cari't tell, by (he sense of feeling, when the Spade takes its departure." "Well, captain," exclaimcd Strong, in a voice loud enough to bo heard by all present, "there's a thousand dollars in gold and current bills to cover the Yankee's pile." "See that it's genewine, Captain, and no gouging." "Fire away," said tha Englishman. "I'll bet a wine supper for all hands," said the Kentuckian, "that I make three shots, every one of which will be better than any yet made, and each succeeding one better than the first." BY BIDS'KY DYUR Ry thr Ride of «wcct Alice they have luid Ben llolt, Where often he longed to repose, Kor there lie wottld kneel with his early spring ' Weil, who nre you, my little barehea(!«!.' said the ciipple, 'and what have you done with \our hat ?' 1 mnvoLrmis ooorxa, A«|Mt 30, 1850.—ly. oius. a. vaniandt, jb • Of course you have taught before V said Robert, assuming an air of indifference. ' I lost it from u bridge,' said Robert ' What is ynijr name ?' •'All right," replied the captain. "And now, gentlemen, please inform me, loud enough for all present to hear the precise character of the bet." "I'll tuke it," said the Englishman, smiling.The Kentuckian slowly raised a rifle he had brought from home, and fired. The pBper was out! The second shot was better than the first, ar.d the third "bored the centre." Nothing could depict the surprise o( all present ; the Englishman ac. knowledged the corn, and said he was satisfied. The Kentuckian enjoyed a hearty laugh, declaring it was nothing to what he could do—that he would be ashamed of such firing in old Kentuck. Rolling a quid from one quarter of his capacions "receiver" to another, he continued, "I mnst have another shot to show what can be done with a rifle, and to convince my French friend that I am not boasting." The whole party stood silent in a row, and the Kentuckian retreated about forty yards, making 'the distance from the tree to where he stood near one hundred and twenty yards. Ordering a paper of the same size of the other to be put up in the same place, he reloaded—drew his broad brimmed beaver over his eyes, and alter taking deliberate aim, fired. "That was rather too low," he said, "the ball is about the eigth of an inch below the paper. The next time I'll brinn it." - 6 H. A. GOULD 8 CO. WHOLESALE CLOTHIERS, flowers, And plant o'er his darling the ro.-e. His heart was as true as the star to hi* gaio, \\ hen tossed on the billows alone, But now it is cold and forever at rest, Kor he calmly lies under the stone. '1 have,' said the teacher, 'and for ncaiJy twenty years.' ' Roforit, sir, but don't ask tne my other name, for 1 do not wish to be sent No. 221 Washington Street, Corner of Barclay Street, home.' • What arc your leading principles of instruction nnJ discipline?' "Look here, old flaxhead," exclaimed Brown, another of the confederates, swelling out his large form to its fullest dimensions. and bristling up to Dodge as if for a fight. "Look here, Mr. Philgarlic, you are interfering in other peoplo's business! 1 have set to that man's pile rnyrelf, and I don't want no man to interfere." •'Well,"said "that ere clinp there what's got red whiskers and a watch chain, and my own self, what don't want to hev it called Ixllin', puts lip in your hands one thousand dollars each ; and if the kcerd in that ere hat, with that ere knife jabbed thru it is the Jack of Spades, then the hull tew thousand dollars is mine ; but if that keerd in that ere hat with that ere knife jabbed thru it, is the Jack of Clubs, then the tew thousand dollars is his'n—ain't that right, yeou feller?" 'WEW YORK •You have run away, then ?' • 1 have learned to place llllle depend, ence u|*Dn lessons cotrmilled to mernor}', und none at all upon the rod.' fc. ft. •••LB. » ft. ». aOL'LD. { ' Yes, sir ; I played truant, was 3ruelly beaten by the maslcf, and us rny father promised* to fay me loo when I returnnd home, I would not p,o home to be beaten again, for niv back was already raw.' ' Let inc look at it,' said ihe cripple, who saw at nnce that the back would  a certificate of the truth, or lalsi-hood ol the story. Robert stripped himself, and all doubts were at once removed.—' Why did you p1«v truant?' inquired the cripple, who had become quite interested in the bov. • #* W* inviu the attention of Country Merchants and others to our lull and desirable stock of Rn uty-made Clothing, which we offer at very low mtes. Merchants visiting the city for the purpose of purchasing Goods in our line, would do well to giv» us a call before purchasing elsewhere. Sopltiaber 0, 1850.—tf.  How often his eyes were seen brimming with ' Why so? nuyiy think these essential to thorough instruction and good government.tears, To mingle with others in ifrief: But joy would re-kindle lite light of his smile, When pouring the balm of relief: At last be has gone to the bright spirit-land, And, free from all sorrow and puin, He tastes the full raptures of angel* above, Kor he meets wilh Sweet Alice sguiu! ' I thought so onoe, but my opinion was entirely clinnged some years ago by an incident which drove an unfortunate boy Irom school und from home. That was the great error of my life, and dearly have I paid for it.' "1 ax your pardon if I intrude," says Dodge. Johnson, Wells A Co, MANUFACTURERS A«B WHOLESALE DEALERS IN "Well,'" says Brown, locking at Dodge very closely, "1 see you are not a sporting man. You may bet once, if you wish ; mind, only once, as it's my game ; but as a general thing, hereafter, you had betler not interfere with strangers' games, as you might get into a muss." While Dodge's attention was thus drawn off by the prospective fight. Sirong cut the Jack of Spades directly through the centre with his jack-knife—hid the legs, and placed the head part evenly over the head of the Jack ef Clubs, crossing his thumb over the cut edge, so thaMo all appearances the legs of the Jack of Clubs belonged to the head of the Jack of Spades. "This Is perfectly right, gentlemen," replied Strong, drawing his hsnd across his mouth, to hide a luugh, and edging around sideways, for he could hardly keep in— "Yes, captain, the Yankee's statement is correct." BOOTS, G2D38 AP'S1 We'll gather the flow m from the green shady nook, A mi moss from the silent oM luill, To strew o'er the. graves where otiseurelv repose The hearts that death only could chill; And of . wliyn the soul has grown weary und sad, We'll come by the twilight alone, To muse o er the spot where together Ben Bolt And Sweit Alice lie under the stone. ' The odium of the bnv's disappearance attached to me, though the parents sustained meat the time. But when the boy was given up for Io«1, they blamed me for not resisting their wishes, and 1 have been inducted to leave thai region to avoid their reproaches, and the sceues which reminded me of that crime. Here I am unknown, and inv experience will not be lost.' ' How «o ?' No. 36 Courtlandt Street, * I could not learn my tessons, sir, and I hated study. My master did not explain so that 1 could understand them, and not being able to commit to memory so many words tliat were all Gretk to me, i was flpfffed every day until I got tired of it.' (First Jaw af»n-t the Merchants' Unlet.) DAMl'« vr. JollNSO*, t C *• Br.NKKTT, In , It. WKH.S, ( .V YORK lc. v. memo#. January SI, J85I. 'y- The idea of a verdant Yankee putting up a thousand dollars on the cut throa: game of ' Changing Jack," was so extremely ludicrous that the crowd only by the greatest exertions refrained from yelling."TIIB J6HN GILBERT i CO, TRUANT TEACHER. • Very natural,' said the cripple, ' very natural, and perhaps not very naughty,— Do vou liate studv t' Wholesale Druggists, ' Yoti are playing the truant yourself then, and do not like iheschool of aflliclion, wlinne lessmis only words. You would not like lo be beaten and then sent home to be re-beaten, after you had solemnly promised no! to plav truant again.' No 177 North Third Street, A fevr iloow above Vint Street, East si da, ' 1 liave brought my hoy, sir." sniCl the father o( a hiighteyefl, ro«uish looking fellow, "uikI 1 hojie ypu will punish hira soumlly for playing truant. StD that lie will never dure do it again : and 1 have given him lair warninz ih"l when he comes home after beins» whipped ut school, I shall whip him again 'It thai is m hat you cnll study, I tin,' said Robert, ' but I jfuess I am as reudy ns any body to got all) knowledge worth hav ing ' Strong anil Brown very slyly performed a few mysterious gyrations with (tie fingers, such as imitating the cutting oC the throat, a rope uround the neck, and a dive into the river ; three very common ways of committing suicide, and too olten adopted by young advanturcrs from the North and PHILADELPHIA. "You see that is the Jack of Spade6?" said he, turnging to Dodge. u« ntr.nERt. dlLAS «. W( On examination, the ball was iound to be exactly where he said it was, which increased the astonishment the remarkable shot had produced on all present, with the exception of the Yankees, who were used to it. 40ll9TDnTI*Y 0 C IIaNH, a I.aRGK ittrtHTMENT OF Druin. Medicine*, Chnmic»l», Fuller*' nnd Oycrs Article*, Paints, Oil*, Window Glns», and Painter*' Arlielc*.; Apothecaries' OJUis*- w*re, p Ft lent Mcdicint*, Cfc., Cf-c. Augiut JO, —Ij.  «'WnH,'BsiiWtlie cripple, ' you ninv cat your apple now, and as I'm too latin; lo go home to dinner, I brought something for dtnner, ond here is what is left.'_ Hubert ate heartily as hungry children Itnow how to do, and when he Imd done, the children from the neighboring village school began to enier the litHe shop, and there was hardly room to turn around in iD. "Is that ere spot genowine ?" says Dodge wetting hist finger, mid touching the Spade nt the lieud of the Jack. Tho teacher's eyD» were fixed upon the speaker us they had not been before, fur the noi'ils told upon lii.s heart us well us upon his memory. As lie soannud the lealures of the committee Irian, and seemed to reenCjni7.»D ihem, he exclaimed, 'there oun be no mistake !' '■You find it so, don't you ?" replied ;ha gambler, pressing it close with his thumb, to prevent it from moving. East, who blindly stake their all after fall, ing into the hands of these Western river chaps. C I sTinll see in liirn, nil ," stiid the teacher, " uud 1 think we shall ha%e no more trouble with him.' "This lick will bring the persimmons," suid the Krwutkian, ns he raised his piece high up, gradually lowered it, and ftied.  The paper fell from the tree, the ball driv. ing homo the nail that supported it! Lan. guage cannot describe the looks of the foreigners, and particularly of the natives, who crowded in numbers around the Kentuckian. That night the wine flowed freely at the "Old Admiral's," and a more joyous party never met in Malta. HOLLINGHEAD, WHITID 8 Co. Wsl "Wal, vans, 'pears to—be—so—so now uo on with the show, for 1 want tew make some money ell fired bad," says Dodge, taking hold with both hands of what appeared to be the leg of 'he Jack of Spades. Smiling at the earnestness and unbound, ed confidence of thfe heartless blacklegs, whose slightest movements had not escaped his eagle eye, Dodge merely remarked— "Let them laff thai wins; there's lew sides to every question, tew sides to every keerd and tew sides to yflur mouths; and them that lafls on one side may yet laff on toth - )) er. As soon as llie father was cone, the master ordered the boy to toko oir his waistcoat, and then began beating him severely, as if staying from a school he disiiketl. was a crime. The little fellow was small, though ten years old, had braced himself up to bear the punishment, and, severe as it was, not a cry or a tear escaped liiin for AND DKAM'RS IN ' [ want a cent's worth of clirsuulk, ' None at all,' said Robert, offering his hand, ' I am the truani himself.' Wines and Liquors, said one. The po'T teacher seized the proffered hand, and ns he begged his pupil's pardon, In wept like a child. Robert, too, who shed no tears when a child, was molted bv those of his teacher, and the good cripple could hardly prevent the teacher from worshipping him, when Robert introduced hiin as the friend whose benevolehee and judgment had discerned a remnant of good in the starving truant boy, and by wixe instruction had led him to love knowledge from which he had formerly fled.— American Banner. "Very well, then," says Sirong, lurning tho pack over—"now pull the card, and keep ii bottom side upward." N« 77 North Water street, and 38 North Wharves, Philadelphia. J At. M. uouinoriiead, pctkr SIDES. * WH. C. WHITR. • Robert,' said ilio cripple, 'enn you count out twenty five chesnuts for that liltle girl ?' • 1 guess I enn,' f=nid Robert, delighted at the tasR, and .still more -so with the con fidence it implied Dodge pulled the apparent Jack of Spades out on tho tuble, holding iiis left hand over it, while with the right he took off his bell crowned hat, and sweeping the card off between the palms of both hands, hod tho appearance of placing the drawn card into the top of his old beaver, but, in fact, only into the folds of his old bandana, upon which he placcd his doubled fist, remarking at tho eiimo time, K«b 7, IK51 a long lime. p 'I will r.cvcr play tru.int again, sir,' said lie at last very coolly, 'il you will not strike mc any more.' And so saying, he drew out the knite, lifted up the hat, and turned the oardover. To the astonishment ol all it was the Jack ol Spades! PEROT, HOrrMAJI A C«, Ike was a boy that knew his rights, and knowing them he always maintained them. He loved fishing, and having the consent of his old mother, he one day went to a brook near by orid in a bliort time had succeeded in enticing a fe w of the " f.nny tribe" from their crol r6treat, he planted them in a basket which he carried for the purpose, and was patiently waiting for another bite, when an overgrown negro boy came along and wantonly kicked his basket, tiout and all into the water, and with them went our heroe'a hope* of deligliting his good old mother with a trout supper. ■onWARDlXd * COMMISION MERCHANTS No. 41, North Wharves, and 83 North, Water Street, below Race St. another ' I should like n slick of candy," taiil ' You don't like it (hen,' said llie master, and lie laid ilio blows on with a heav. ier hand. ' Recollect lhat your lather has promised to ibllow this whipping with a sccoud part to the same tune. You are sorry you played truant, 1 guess, by tliia time.' • Hand it to liltn, Robert, and put the cent in ilio drawer,' said the cripple. The lower jaws of the disappointed gamblers suddenly fell about a feet, as they beheld it, and they simultaneously exclaimed—PHILADELPHIA Reference!. WvKorr 8 Co., Pittston, Fisher As Rogabdus, \Y ilkesbavra. Franklin Platt 8 Co., Philadelphia J«n. 31. 1851.—ly* .  Two or three others wanted something, and llobcrt was allowed to wai' upon them. "Jewed !" 1 Who is that fellow V said c nc of thfl little boys to the cripple. Finely Caught.—Some two miles up the river from St. Johnsbury, Vermont, is a jirimuiive sort of a little village, culled 11 The Centre." Here, not long since, the rustic youth of the vicinity congregated for " a dancc," " and danco they did," said our informant, " with an unction unknown to your city belles and beaux.'-— One young man having " imbibed" rather too freely, became "fuligued" in the course of tho evening, and wisely concluded to " retire" (or a short rest. A door ojar near the dancing hall revealed, invitingly, a glimpse of a comfortable bed, of which he took possession, with a prospect of an undisturbed "snooze." It so happened, howbeit, that this was the ladies' withdrawing room, and no sooner had he closed his eyes, than a pair of blooming damsels cdirm in from the hall, and began adjusting their disordered ringlets, tho dim light of tho candle not disclosing the tenant qf the bed. Thq girls had tongues, (like most of their " seek") which rau on in this wise: " What a nicc .lance we're having! Have you heord Anybody say any thing about me, Jane?" "La, yes, Sally ! Jim Brown says ho never see you look so handsome as you do to-night.— Have you heard any body soy anything about 7n«?l' "About »ou ! why sarlin  I heard Joe Flint-tell Sam Jouea that you wcro the prettiest dressed girl in the room.' Whereupon the dear things chuckled, " fixed up" a little more, and mode off towards the ball room. They had hardly reached the door, when our half-conscious friend raised himself upon his elbow, and quite intelligibly, thouch slowly, inquired, " Ha* you heard anybody tap anything about me, girh f" " Ph*nsy their pheelinks" at this juncture! They fled with ! an explosive scream -—Knickerbocker. "By ginger, if you can get that ere Jack of Spades out of that ere hat by way of your Latin, I hope I may be stuffed to death with biled unvons." "Yankeed I" "Bit!" 1 No, sir, I 11m not sorry,' said tl»o boy in a resolute tone, while ho looked pale as death. ' Had you took m« at my word 1 • ivould have kept it, but now 1 will make no promises and no confessions, if you kill me.' * lie h a poor little fellow that was dy. ifi!» with pain and hunger, and 1 huvejust been feeing him,' replied he. ' Won't you have ilium of my clipthnuts?' said n little girl, holding out her little stock. By this time the passengers comprehended the whole allair ; ond as Dodge coolly pocketed the pile, they yelled, cheered, hooted and jjroaned in such a manner that the discomfitted blacklege were glad to escape from the room, leaving the "green Yankee" to enjoy liis victory; nor did they make they make their appearance again while Dodge remained on board the boat. — D. L. PECK HAM, While the party were in the highest state of frolic and excitement over the verdancy of their victim, Dodge took from his pocket a jack-knife, and opening it with his teeth, held it over his hat, und taking out the bandana, which held the card he had dru/rn from the pack, he jabbed the blade of the knife through another card, hat and into the table, exclaiming at the same time— OJfirr on Main StrreL, Unit ?C"•*, f' attorney at law hv, it, mi JAMES L. SELFRIDGE 8 CO There was something in the manner of the boy which alarmed the master, and he with-held his hand. 'You may havp this apple,' said a rosy faced boy, ' 1 don't want any more of i:.' lie had ortly taken ono large bite from one side. But Ike had too much of his lamented father's spirit in him not to resent such an insult as this, and quick as thought, he dodged behind the darkey, and chucked him in after them, and put for home with all his speed. FISH, PRODUCE, AND GENERAL COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 67 North Wharves, BELOW nm street, rilll-ADELHIIA • Will you now promise never to play trvanl again?' 'You inay have half of my candy,' said a third, and the cripple let them give, and told Robert to luke the offering, because he had known by hard experience that such lessons nre sacrifices in benevolence, one of which is worth a thousand of those committed to memory. ' No, sir, never,' said the boy We passed three weeks in Malta, waiting for despatches. Various plaDis were devised to kill tiine, and nevei did it pass so pleasantly away. Fishing, rowing, dmners, suppers, etc., formed our principal amusements, and as the harbor was filled with vessels ol all nations, au interchange of national courtesies was kept up until our anchor was weighed, and old Ironsides again before the breeze. The Kentuckian in Malta. The other pupils, both girls and boys, evidently sympathised with the truant, and begged the master to let him go. Glad of an excuse to desist, he yielded lo their entreaties, and told the boy to put on his clothes and take his seat. "Dang my buttons if I keer for the hat •—I'll jab her, unyhdw, cause if 1 make a hull lot of money I can buy a new hat, can't 1 VD " Well, Isaac my son," said the mother, as he entered the door, '• where is yonr basket? 1 hope yon have not been so naughty as to sell it or lose it?" DRIED t PICKLED F18H, fcc., r Mackerel, I Codfleh, Hem., Salmon, 1 Blue Fifch, Stdefc ■had. Port, Shoulder., If erring, I l.nrd, Choeae, Ilc, ruiadelpmft, May 30, 1851—Cm* While Dodge was holding on to the knife and looking as if he expected every minute that the hat would take wings, the trio could hardly keep in, but it was too good to spoil,' so they only winked to each other, as much as to say, Ike told the whole story, in a few words, and hard ones too, as he speke of the darkey's conduct. The readiness with which Robert wailed on the children satisfied the cripple that his natural powers were, to the least, as good as those of common children, and not knowing -what better to do, he took R..beit home with him for the night.' In the course of the evening he made some inquiries into the studies to which the bojr had attended, and the manner in which he had studied them. The spelling lessons had been learned by looking at the words, reading them over to him self, and then spelling them as the master ' put ihem out.' Geography had been learned by rote in the words of the book, without any explanation or illustration.— Uut. it was grammar that had. driven him Iron) school. He could not understand a word of it, and it wag never explained or applied. Mo knew that Man Virtue-London, was » substantive. He knew that a pronoun stood instead of a noun, but he could not nia'ko nny of them stand instead ol a Man-Virtue.London. He knew that a v'erfy was a word that signified to be, to do, to sutler, arid Jie supposed the whippings and sufferings he endured were parts of a verb, but the conncciion was not explained, though the application was often made to his back. O. H, GORMAN, M. D. When school was out, the wary teacher selected two of the largest boys to see that the truant went directly home to reoeive what awaited him there. " Well well, Isaac," said-the venerable lady, did my eon brook an insult as that ?" {UiMCtfulW tenders his Provisional services to the citizens of Pittston and vicinity. Office nearly opposite tlu Post Office, Pittston. 2, taao. »y- Atone of the entertainments Riven on shore by the officers of a British frigate, the conversation turned upon rifle shooting, which led to on animated discussion, in which our officers took part. "I have oflen heard,' said tho command, er of the Thunderer, '-that you have some fellows in your country called Kentucki. ans, who are reckoned great shots with the rifle." 'Bill,'said the truant to the largest ol his guards, ' 1 am not going home, to be whipped ngain.' "A sure thing of it! Got him on the dead ! What an excellent thing to tell !" " Don't know anything about that," an. sworrdjke, C• But 1 brooked the nigger, bet O. F. BOWMAN, ATTORNEY AT LAW. The crowd, smoking something extraordinarily rich, gathered around the party, and revealed by their anxious faces that ev. ery one on board had now become deeply interested in the result of the professional I What are you going to do V said the boy whom Robert addressed. II don't Vnow, but I am determined not to go home ' Not Vbrt Bad?—Tfrie Detroit Tribune tells of a gentleman who was sitting at the table of a very excellent lady who had stewed pears on the table. He took up one of them, and clapping it in his mouth, pulled at tke stem to get it out and leave the pear in his mouth, but it was no go.  After twitching at it two 6r ;hree times, he gave it up iu despair, and dropping it up. on his plate, remarked that the stem wai put in tight. On examination however, he found the pear to be nothing more nor less than a mount, which had unfortunately gijJ drowned in the preserve jarf Wilke»barr«, P* tK. 10,1853. J. BOWKLEY 8 BE YEA, ' I can't sny I blame you,' said Bill skinner Coal Merchants, ' I would nol go if I were you,' said ilio guard, ' but we shall get it, if we let yC?u escape.' "Now then," says Strong, looking his victim sharply in the eyes, and holding up liis right arm, while he repeated in slow and measured tones, as solemn as the High Sheriff at a public execution, "now then, my friend, prepare for the miracle. Now look out for tricks strange, hocus pocus— presto—change !" Qflti Corner of Main and Rnil Roni 8trtttsl PrrrrroM, Luziune County, Pa. Angtlit 16, 1890. -tf. "Yes, sir," replied Lieut. N , "iheir fame in that line is great, which is easily accounted for. As soon as they are able to shoulder a rifle they commence practicing, and in course of time become excel, lent marksmen." ' There ! there goes my hat!' said Robert, who, seeing the opportunity as they were crossing a bridge, knocked it into the stream. COAX. OFFICE or Fuller, Crawford Sf Co. ■H theif New Brick Store, Main Street, Fituton "They may bo very clever, but I believe we have better shots on board our vessel." Tho two guards, supposing that it was blown ofTby the wind, both ran to recover it, and Robert running lo the opposite di. rcction, was soon beyond their reach. He mftde for the nearest railroad station, and slyly entering a cuttle car that wus conveying sheep, he was carried many miles, and when he released himself u us not noticed by the conductor of the train. He immediately went up to the villago to try to get some food, not having eaten a mouthful since the day before, when he went suppterless to bed. On his way there he saw some apples In the window of a shop kept by a cripple, who mad? shofs, and retailed frtllt* and confectionary to the children of tho villngo, with whom ho was January, 30, 1369. J " I'll be ker-nalloped to death with old cabbages, old feller, if that ere kcerd is changed, anyhow !" "I do not belong to that section of the cottntry," observed the lieutenant, " and have had but little practice with the rifle ; but if 1 mistake not, we have a Kentuckian in company, who will stand up for his native State." ' PI ret e!ass in astronomy stand up— where does the sun risef OBO. W. BRAINERD A Co. ®8©SBBS» 104 Murray, fteax West Street, NewrYorip "I'll go a thousand dollars that it did," says Strong, "and that the card your knife is now slicking through is the Jack of Clubs." • Please, sir, down in our meadow, 1 setd it yesterday.' « Hold your tongue, you dunce.. Where ClofS the sun rise. • f*now, in the east.' A Yankee in IoWo, lias just taught ducks to swim in hot water, and with suoh sue cess that they lhy boiled eggs. Who says this Da not an age of improvement. Br9 W. Bbainkbd, I4M. 8, D850.-ly«- BBLKNAP A ORIQOB, BiVJD BELDEN, 'Yes, on all occasions," said our purser, a tall, muscular descendant of one of the first settlers in the State. The cripple's mind was made up before morning, and believing that it wpuld bo a benevoloril ftct to develope th« power of the boy's inind by a little proper training, so that lie might become reconciled to study, nnd needing also a lad lo do many things that his lameness and ill-health "Wal, 1 oomed out west to buy a considerable oi a farm, and ef I can make a thousand dollars in one pile, 1 spose 1 may du it, but mind now, I don't call tt bettin* lor that would be wicked, Cnd I only take this thousand dollars for a benevolent purpose, but in father used to say, in for a pence, iu for a pound, so here goes." ' Right. And why does it rise in the east V WHOLESALE GROCFR8, and commission merchants No. 252, Washington street, between Mur* ray and. Robinson, New York. Chau.vcey BELKNAr. ! James M. Griocs. I Aug. . " Vat you make dere 1" hifctily enquired a Dutchman of his daughter, who was bring kissed by her sweetheart very clainerously. " Oh, not much— just cou rling a little—dat's all." "Oho! dat's all, oh.! I taught yott was vighting." "What say you, then, gentlemen, to a shooting match to-morrow morning ?" asked the Englishman. "Agreed, with all our hearts," said the Yankees. • Because the 1 east' makes everything ' Out, yer booby, and wipe your nose., Ruuior gives Louis "Napoleon [a new bride weekly.