Pittston Gazette and Luzerne Anthracite Journal

              PITTSTON GAZETTE J ' e PITTSTON GAZETTE, Job Printingand Buling. The "Gazette" Jobbing Office, - • AMI* Luzerne Anthracite Journal. and the Job Printing Office of RICHAKT Sc BEYEA, Being now consolidated, embraces ii larger variety of Jobbing material than nny other office m tli* fconlMy, and i» fully prepared to execute work of all kind* in ll»« best and cheapeai mauuer. Particular altention given to the follow tug:— PUBLISHED WEEKLY BV RICHART, BE YEA k THOMPSON, Thomitson'o Brick Bulletins, 3d floor Neitrly opposite tha Hunk. PAWPULET8, CIRCULARS, SHOW-III1X*, l.ABELK, kt., -ail IfATlng In connection with ihe jobbing department of th(!Ciac«tl« office an Improved RtiiinR Mm-hiiie. we am firepnred to do all kind* of ruling, with different colore.I nks. In good style. Those warning ruling done wii please give una call. "T The GAZETTE and JOURNAL is published every Thursday, at Two Dollahs per annum, *tr%etly in adcanee. $&~So pontage chargad within tho county. IIANhn ILL*, BILL II KAMI. TICKETS, CAKD* AND'LtJZERUE ANTHRACITE JOURNAL ADVERTISING RATES. •IUI. 3«r._ I 1 UI. I 3 m. ] tf 111 I 1 y 1 ■qiiuru, - - . t 00 I 1 #5 | 3 00 I S no I 8 00 t «qWW, . - I »D I 4 00 I S no I 7 00JJ0 00 iT% S l«lmsls. pfc »'»■ 3BWI, SirWUrt 6oml tHm. H column, ■ . 4 00 1 S BP | 7 DO I 1C 00 | 18 00 BLANKS. X CUIuibd, - - % 00 | » 00_| 10 00 | 18 W) J 30 00 I column, . . 8 00 | 10 oo | W 00 I 33 00 | 00 00 PITTSTON, PA., THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 1860. The following BJanka am kept on hand, or printed to order, a id Bold on rcaeonahle term*: PherrifT Pntra, Warranta, Coiistable'i Saka, Sum room, Judgement Contracta, Promlnaory Note*. 8iibp«Dean», Aftiw-hvient*, Executions, Mnrrhge Certificates, Cheek ILDlia, Ttw- Holh, elc., etc. KigvUr yearly kdvcrllit'is n®t to McC4d With onfil hree iC|ttare8 ai an* time, $15. Builneii uotlcea, withadvertlaemetit, $1 each. I3f* The above rates Will be strictly adhered to. WHOLE Wo. 497. VOLUME X. -No 1. Letters.—To answer letters promptly, explicitly, and briefly is a duty incumbcnt on every person receiving one. I have known persons to leave letters unanswered with the consoling re .nark : "Ah there's So-and-so's letter; I must answer that in a day or two." What should we think ifwo spoke to a man, and did not get a reply in a fortnight, and yet to delay answering alettcr is unbecoming. In addressing persons, bo particular to assign them their proper rank, and niako 110 difference in your mode of address, even if a quarrel takes place, unless the intamaey is formally broken off, when the "Dear Sir" must, relapse into the "Sir"again. Impertinent and insolent letters arc not answered. Of all things, keep clear of a paper war; it is a conflict in which the gentleman is sure to get flogged out of you. Long letters are indulged in very much by the unculcultivatcd, but brevity in writing is tho rule for a gentleman. Invitations by letter should proceed from the lady of th6 house, and replies should bo addressed to her in return. I would recommend mlhcrencc to this rule, even in little invitations to tea passing from one friend to another. They give wives their proper place and importance. and that is essential to decorum, comfort itfti propriety. not be neglected, a* the ladies hoped she such d.Cadful reports about her Mr 13 I would be an addition to society ; thus she shall always respect, wherever  cfclrad to spand-BMiab-of-hgr-vlnahlfl him, wU* it is very convemeut for mo to time In entertaining fashionable callers.- have him take a hand at my euchre parties,! Happily ignorant of the gossiping propen- wish Mr. F always to invite him, j but he shies of her aristocratic neighbors, (who, must leave h.s w.fe at home. And hav by the way, owed their position in society ing delivered the above delicate sentcne to the fortunate speculations of their hus- with a toss of the head, the lady (.) rose, bands, not their own individual worth or and walked to the window. \\ hy does intellectual acquirements,) she steadily sheitsrty and turn pale? Iler sudden pursued the path of duty marked out for agitation docs not cscapc the keen eye ot herself, wholly unconcious of the scanda- the maiden and looking out for the cause, lous whisperings circulated abroad to the , saw a neat looking middle aged woman injury of her fair name. In due time she ipproach tho house ; the neatness of her received her reward, in the stranger's re-1 dress could not conceal the poverty of the itoration to health, and the commendation j wearer, so the gossips making sundry er Df the physicians, who acknowledged that j cuscs for their long call, bade Mrt. tit* vithout her kind careful nursing, their gcrald good mornmg. nedicints would have proved unavailing. " Mrs. Smith, did you not.co that poo The pious duties she had thus voluntarily woman '! She was " Yef eelips everything yet wen in l'ennville.— "Madame Humor," had found out, that orders were sent to the city for ioes and confections; turkeys, ducks, and chickens were fattening in the poultry yard j altogether the preparations being made, were on an extraordinary scale. The cventtul day arrived. Invitations were sent to all who had ever been known to attend a party.— Early in tho evening, the parlors' were filled, and the elite were greatly surprised on their arrival to find not only their minister present with his wife, but the ministers of every little society in town. Mrs. Fitzgerald, with her bosom friend Mrs. Mc- Phereon, immediately sought a private appartment, to consult upon the propriety of remaining in such a mixed up assembly. " My dear McPherson, it w too bad, if Mrs. Allen must give a party to such a people; why couldn't she have made one for them to-morrow afternoon, and they could have had our leaviugs, that's they way I do, you know 1" AC ice for A Sail*. Wocldn't own Up.—Joe Stetson was a wild, frolicking fellow, who spent most of his time in drinking and sprceing, while his wifj Polly was left at home to do the chores. Upon a certain occasion Joe left home to be back as he said that night.— Night came bat Joe did not. The next day passed; and about sunset Joe came up in the worst condition imaginable—his clothes dirty and torn, one eye in deep monrning, and his face presenting more the appearance of a piec of raw beef than anything else. Polly met him at tW door, and noticing his appearance, she exclaimed : THE 80NG OF THE BACCHANAL. The wonders of the telegraph proved rather to much for the comprehension of a native of "the sod in the" instance hero IN VINO VERITA8. the Jfnblet lo thr br Life in full oflitUe cares— Youth in fleeting—hop** grows dim- Ago comes on us unaware*. Let us ilrinlc while life is young; lDrink. till every eye doth shine! Drink, till wisdom mow the tongue I Truth lives nowhere but in wine I narrated Pat [entering.] Is Mr. House in? Clerk. No such person lives here. must have made a mistake ijk the door. P. Och ! now ? don't yotf be comin' any of your blarney. Sure, an' ididn't I read House'$ Telegraph on the outside? C. Ahl I understand. I attend to Ml1! House's business. You Love is but a chest, n dream; Vow* are made to disregard. Little in as it doih seem. ... Human heart rare rold and hard. Drink till morning touch the Last, OusfTthc honey of the Vinci Fm»l is he who drinks the least, There i» truth in ruby Wine! Woman'* word* are falsehood'* aelf, Meant Intt lo U'«uili- the Willi Lay meh imit upon the shelf. Drink till reels the bmin with mirth; Till the »tar* Khali rea»e to nhiue 1 Truth dwells nowhere on the earth, Love within the spirit's shrine! P. Och! ye do ? Well, can ye send to me brother Mick, in New York? 0. Yes; have you a written message? " Why, Joe, what in the world is the matter ?" P. Oh, bother 1 Nivcr need of givin' a missage in writin', at all, at all. Niver a word can he rade. Just give him thisfivo dollar bill, sure, to pay the fine the blackguards put upon him. '•Polly/' said Joe, do you know that long Jim Andrews! Well him and inc had a fight. THE SICK STRANGER, [Written for the Gaiette.] OK, Aristocratic life is a country tillage. " Who whipped, Joe?" as' ed Polly. assumed, prevented her visiting. Hhe . seldom seen abroad except at church, her she could not help observing a growinj coldness on the great part ol her acquaint ances, some returned her salutations by i cool nod, others passed by seemingly un concious of her presence. Pained by thesi demonstrations of ill-will, yet unable ti tell how she had given offence, she attrifc uted the change in their manner to he neglect of those small courtesies that soci ety so imperitivcly demands, and resolvec to make amends for past seeming neglect Before this resolution could be put it practice, some of the rumors in circulation about her and the sick stranger reached her; shucked and pained beyond measure, at the manner in which her kind endeavors had been misconstrued, yet happy iH her concious integrity, and that she had been deing for another, as she would have others do unto her, under similar circumstances; the words of the blessed ltedeemer came with glowing light into her heart, dispelling all the painful emotions caused by calumny, and raising her nan, you know, that lately moved into that little honsc of O'Brine's, you know; she washes, and docs plain sewing, you know. I must have her malcc Some shirts for Mr. Smith, now while she is a stanger, she will work cticapi, to get custom, you know." "Well now, Mrs. Smith, I'll jest tell you something, in strict confidence, mind. " O! yes, yes ! what is it ?" « Why, Mrs. Fill's. Bridget told my Catharine, that she heard Mrs. Fitr. say to Mi. Fi'«. she was mortified a'most to death, to think her mother should move to this town, to disgrace them with her poverty ; when it took more than they could scape together to keep up appearances." " Oh ! la, you don't say so! here wc are at Mrs. Noodles, good bye, Miss Jemima, I'll jest run in a minit, you know, it can't be near dinner yit," " Oh! how do you do, my dear Mrs. Smith, do take off your things, we'ere jest going in to difiner, come and take dinner with us." Mim Jemima; it's the widow wo- G. Oh, wc can't send money by telegraph. Money muSt go by mail. "Polly, wc hod the hardest fight. I hit him and he hit me, and then we clinched. Polly ain't supper most ready ? I ain't had nothin' to cat since yesterday morning.BY ELLA. In our days of Bteam and fast traveling, we seldom take up a paper but the eye rests upon some terrible railroad accidcnt, or steamboat explosion; the heart aches with sympathy for the surviving sufferers, though personally unknown to us. We try to banish from oiir minds the image presented, of the agony of those who are awaiting the return of loved ones who have taken passage in the ill-fated Cars: In the Summer of I8S3, n gentleman who had left his native State, in early youth, to seek his fortune in a southern dime, was returning in the fond hope of again meeting an only surviving sister ; who at the tiuio of his departure, was bUt little beyond the age of infancy, and left in care of a maternal .Aunt. Fortune had smile 1 upon his efforts in his distant home, but scvearal years had passed since he received tidings of his sister, who had long mourned him as dead. After spending a phort time at the Capitol, he took a seat in the cate on the Washington and Baltimore P. Sure, an' what 'ud I go buy male for 7 An' isn't it three pecks of illigant' male I have in mo house already f " Well, never mind, my dear Fitz., now we arc here let's stay aitd see it off, that odious Mrs. B. is not here, and I think after all that's been said, Mrs. Allen has not had the hardihood to invito her ; let's return to the parlor, you know we need not mix, or notice any but our own particular set." C. No. All we can do, if you have a written message, we can send that. That is, we charge the wife with electricity, and make it Write in New York. " But tell mc, who whipped, Joe ?" continued Polly. " Polly," replied Joe, "I tell you never did see such a fight us mc and him had.— When he clinched me 1 jerked loose from him, and he gin me three or four of the most sufficientest licks you ever hearn tell of. Polly aint supper most ready? I'm nearly starved." P. Make it right, is it J Well, now, bedad, that's the thing intirely! Just make it right with Mick/ and here's the money. Mournixo.—Tn calling on u friei.il who is in distress, put 011 a little la our rung also or at least go in no flasy attire. If Your correspondent seals his letters with blaok, seal yours to him with black also". The expected guests were all assembled, when Mr. and Mrs. B. entered, accompanied by the Stranger 1 Mr. Allen with much diguity, introduced M. W , of Louisiana, a millionare, not only in pecuniary wealth, but ulso in taleutand reputation, and Mrs. B., hit sitter, a lady well known in the literary oirele of Boston, as the Author of several excellnet works. Great was the consternation depicted upon the countcnances of some of those present at this anuoucement. Miss Jemima heartily wished she had not let curiosity over-master her prudence. But the kindness and affability of Mrs. B., who made no distinction in the courtcsy extended alike to friends and foes, soon set them at ease.— They resolved in future to fill their minds with more profitable subjects for conversation than the gossiping tales of servants, und widowed seamstrcs. C. ('angrilyt) We can't do anything of the sort. I mean we can write—w-r-i-t-e— print the words you want to say to your brother in New York. "Do tell mc who whipped, will you?" continued Polly. Mysterious.vkssj—Never bo »lr;rk or mysterious. If propriety Ones not. ;i!low you to say a thing outright, Clo not alludC to it at all. A gentleman alway "Pol," said, Joe, You don't know nothin 'bout fightin. I tell you we fout like tigers; we rolled and we tumbled—first him on top, then me on top—and then he would pat me on the head and hollow, Oh my! Stetson ! We gogued and bit and tore the dirt in Seth Kudticl's grocery yard w6rse nor two bulls. Polly aint supper ready, I'm monstrous hungry ?" P. {scratching hit head with a puzzled air.) If ye can do that, just7 be after discoorsin' wid him soon as ye like. I tend C •Mind to those old but excellent inottoo G. But I tell you you must write the message yoa wish to send, on this bit of paper. your own business," and "A stil tongtt. a wise head." Punctuality is one of tl;e characteristics of politeness. lie wiio does not keep promptly is unlit for the h4*fciety of gentlemen, anil will soon find himself shut out.from it. P. Och, bad luck to it! Nivir a bit can I write, sure! G. Well, I'll do it for you. What's your brother's name ? P. Mick. "Joe Stetson !" said Polly, in a tone bristling with anger, will you tell me who whipped. Polly said Joe, drawing a long sigh, I hollered." fail road, but ere he reached the latter City, one of those frightful accidents occurred, and he found himself beneath a pile of broken curs, unable to move hand or foot. Providentially he was still able to make his foice heard by those who were searching among the ruins for the dead or Woundo J. After much hard labor by those Who were trying to extricate him, he was borne by sympathizing strangers to a hotel in the city. We will pass over over the Weary weeks of pain endured by the stranger in the city of Baltimore ; and as he was so anxious to pursue his joarncy before his strength was sufficient; we will accompany him to a small village in the interior of Pennsylvania, where he was again prostrated on a sick bed. A few weeks before the stranger's arrival at Pennville, a lady and gentleman had taken board at the same hotel, from one of the eastern States, whom wo will call Mr. and Mrs. B , hoping our readers will excuse us for availing OWiilvea of the piivi ge taken by modern story writers; and please don't spend your time in searching the map of Pennsylvania for the village of Pennville, for like a good many other towns that have sprung up rapidly in the coal regions, it is noton the map. Mrs. B. knowing the sick man to have no eare, but such as he received from hired servants, and being actuated by lovo to Him, who said, "I was a stranger, and yo took me in, sick and ye ministered unto me," resolved to become his nurse, and with the hearty approbation of her husband, entered upon her self imposed duties. Faithfully were these duties performed ; ofte then sick man thought he was dreaming that a gentle female hand bathed his fevered brow, or administered far above the shafts of slander. " In thin world, ye shall have tribulation. But In Me, ye have At this stage of affiirs the rumor of a large party, to be given by Mrs. Allen, a leader of the ton in PennviHjf, set all uppcr-tcn-dom in commotion. " I do wonder who ull will be invited f" was the exclamation that traveled from house to house along Broad street. The ladies' calls upon caeh other, grew more frequent, a number of fashionable callers, foand themselves collected together, in the elegant parlors of the ultra fashionable Mrs. FiUgcrald. " Mrs. Allen is so extremely exclusive," simpered Miss Bosalie. "I am really astonished at her to think of giving a party at all. I do wonder if she can find people enough 5ur toWn, sufficiently rofincd (in her estimation) to fill her parlors ?" " Bah," said Mrs. Smith, "not very exclusive, her intiuiacy with that Mrs. B., at the hotel, makes me think she can't be be much, if she is rich. " Birds of a feather" you know, only yesterday I called there you know ; well I began to tell her you know, about what they say of that Mrs. B., you know, I thought it would be right, you know, to put her on her guard, yon know, when she was unmannered enough to cut ine short; and say it was an evil report, she would not listen to it, you know, that she thought Mrs. B. a patteru of piety, il would be well for us to imitate, you know." " Well I never! Is it possible!" exclaimed Miss Jemima Arubella, an antiquated rejuvenated spinster, who had long outlived the recollection of her youthfull follies. "When Mrs. B., has been seen fre- " O ! la, is if So late ? wi on't can if I do ; been making calls, you know with Miss Jemima Arabrito, you know and she'* jest been telling uiCj sich a picci news, you know, its taken all mi breath ; well I will fftCp to dinner, guesi Smith and the children, can do withou me, plenty of servants to watt on 'em, you know." The intelligent reader has already dc fined Mrs. Allen to be a lady of far differ cnt stamp, to those whose attempts ai conversation we have recorded. It had been her privilege to travel much through the States, and enjoyed ihc society of the most refined in America ; her mind was not warped by those narrow prejudices engendered by a constant residence in one place. Mr. Allen being engaged in a very lucrative business, in 1'cnnville, they expected to make it their permanent home some time. The high position she occupied gave her great influence; and that influence was exerted for the moral and intellectual beuefit of those around her. As wealth increases in our country communities, and city fashions arc introduced, city vices enter with thein, often indeed the vices take preccdeuce. With the commendable object in view of banishing the vices, and establishing a better order of things, she freqeuntly oolleoted together thoso whose wealth gave them leisure to seek amusement, and no one could fail to admire the tact displayed by her at these social gatherings. Always watchfull that no sujoct of conversation was introduced to wound the feebngs of her assembled guests or injure then-jut ion of the absent; she ir.aiaged to have the evening pass pleasantly, by introducing innocent amusements and D11 I dC Punning is of late years very much in dulgcd in. It is not altogether objection able, bnt is liable to become so; foi C- What is his other name ? P. Same as me own. Sure, we're broth- pnnurted,C. Yes, yes ; I know that. But wliat is he called? Way to Receive Beaux Mrs Mftrray ridicules tho morning dirt and negligence of the Spunish lady, but thus speaks of her afternoon habits: sters, like mad dogs, when unci run on till they are exhausted. .Tunning too, is the lowest species of wit, and unless puns arc most hapily pointed, and Crcc from all personal allusion, they are silly and contemptible. Ifyou pun do not laugh at During the evening, the company were made acquainted with the following particulars. The stranger's severe illness had prevented Mrs. B's. making any inquiries in regard to him, and she had not heard his name, he being spoken of as the sick stranger When the fever left him, the ring worn by his nurse, attracted his attention as something familiar to his eye, and finding it had been her mother's, mutual explanations soon folloved, and Mrs. B. found that in " entertaining the stranger," she had been entertaining her long mourned P. What is he oalled. is it? Well in the ould country they called him " Shillelah Mick," bekase of the mighty fine taste he had at swingin' that bit of a twig; 'an many's the sconce, sure, he cracked like an ojd tay-pot, when— She is well-dressed now; her dark hair is smoothly banded, or plaited in broad braids ; and behind her ears is a bunch of jasinino or orange blossom. She is standing at her window, o* leaning over the balcony, talking to her Novio or lover, who, for three hours more will remain beneath, smoking a cigar—and sitting on a three legged stool! This is the great delight of a Canarian woman ; who talk and flirt in the sight of all men; she up in the bricony, he down in the street; she with her fan, he With his cigar; and both standing before the public, envied by some and admired by all. &fiedoes not always re-' main in the balcony, though ; for in the cool of the evening the Plaza is all alive with crowds of women in black, with black •yes, black hair, and black mantillas. Fans flutter like gigantic butterflies; cigars twinkle like countlcss glow-worms; and care has no more root in Canarian soil.— The Canarian woman is well dressed, beautiful, admired and surrounded by adorers, and can any Spanish woman desire your own joke, Purse-Pride is to be seen everywhere, and is always an evidence of weakness and vulgarity. Make no exhibition ofyour means; and if misfortune befill any of your friends, be still more careful not to display before them your superior fortune. Many a heart has been wrankled by conduet of this sort, which prevails largely amongst the members of families. (angrily.) Oh, nonsense ! I don't want to know anything about his fighting propensities. I want to know his other name. It is Mick what ? P. Och, botheration, no ! Mick Watt is my cousin—bad luck to him !—as lives in the County Kerry, an' he's been dead these five years. Brother unawares. No one was made acquainted with the discovery, but Mrs. Allen, and they made up their minds to give the ladies an aggreeable surprise, at the party honor of the distinguished stranger. G. Confound it! Can't jort tell me your brother's other name ? He has one be-' sides Michael, hasn't he ? Origin or Camp Meeting's.—From 1767 to 1770 Messrs. llead and Harris visited the region north of .lames River, in Virgiuia. In the course of one of'thesijouruies, which generally lasted several weeks, they baptized upwards of2(30. It. was not uncommon, at their great meetings, for many hundreds of men to encamp oil the ground nil night, in order to bo present the nest day. Tho night meetings, by reason of the great work of God, continued very late; the ministers could scarcely have an opportunity to sleep. .Sometimes tho floors would be covered with persons struck down under tho conviction of sin. There arc instances of person3 traveling more than one hundred miles to one of these meetings.—[See Benedict's History of tho Baptists, 1st Edition, volume 11, pages 4, 6.] From tho Christian ChronM P. Oh, yes,sure ; why didn't ye be after tellin me that's what ye wanted, before : for slire as my name's Pat Finegan, ye should have been towld the family name of my ancestors #itttout blushin. A Long Nose.—Old Uncle Hector was famous for having the longest nose in all Cape Fear region. He could not helpthat tho', but unfortunately hi? habits gave it a bright rosy color, which, withitssize, made it a natural and artificial curiosity. One night he retired to rest, after indulging pretty freely all the evening, and waking up in the course of the night with a raging thirst, he rose and set off for something to drink. It was pitch dart, and for fear he would strike agaist the door of his room, which was unusually left standing open, he groped along, took the door directly between his hands, and received the edge of it full tilt against the end of his nose. It knocked him over backwards, and he screamed otft with an oath and agony—• C. Ah ! Finnegan is the name ! P.. No, jewel—Mick Finnegan. Nivir an R. Finnegan in the family, savin' llory. He's listed for a soger. B. No matter about (hat. Now for tho message. ( Write*.) " To assist you in paying the fine imposed on you, I will send you five dollars by mail." There that will do. Here are eighteen words; tho first ten will cost you fifty cents, the others twenty four—making seventy four cents iu all. more ? We step upon the earth, we look abroad over it, and it seems immense—so docs the sea. What ages had men lived— and knew but a small portion. Tho circumnavigate it now with a speed under which its vast bulk shrinks. But let the astronomer lift up his glass, and he Icarus to believe in a total mass of matter, compared with which this great globe itself bccomcs an imponderable grain of dust. And so to each of us walking along the road of life, a year, a Jay, or an hour shall seem long. As we grow older, the time shortens; but when we lift our eyes to look beyond this earth, our seventy years, and tho few thousands of years which have rolled over tho human race, vanish into a point ; for the cooling draught and knew not that the presence was real. Somebody has said, " that every village which can boast of a hotel, church, blacksmith shop and half-a-dozen houses, has its aristocracy." Now, Pennvillc could boast of six good church edifices, thrice ag many places called by the proprietors, " hotels," several stores, and a large number of substantial brick dwellings, to suy nothing of the numberless white frames that embel- quently with her arm around the sick man's neck, by the servants, while she fed him like an infant; and new he is convalescent,I hear she spends nearly all hor time reading to him, and I myself surprised him with the lady's hand in his, pretending to examine a ring she wore, a very mean old fashioned thing I thought, and guess it was only an excuse for retaining the fair lady's hand; when she saw me, I heard her say something about its belonging to her moth- causing all assembled to feel perfectly at ease. The young pooplo voted her parties the most delightfull places they ever visited, cake, fruit, and some harmless beverage served her for refreshment. If any one wished to have a harmless game of whist, or euchre, a practice that had become very fashionable in the place, she would answer, "There is certainly no harm in the bits of pasteboard, and we might as well amuse our hours of relaxation with them, as with P, Oh, bother the first tin words ! Sore Miek'll uifir miss'em. Send the lafit. C. We ean't do that. You must pay forty cento, at any rate, Elder John Lelaiul records in his Journal, page 20, that, in 1779—"In June this year, the first camp-mot ting was attended, in Caroline County, Virginia, that lever heard of. By arrangement, eight or ten Baptist preachers held the meeting three diays and nights." "W ell, I always knetf I had a big nose, But I never thought that it was longer than my nrm before t' P. Sorra • bit can 1 do that! Sure, you may tell Mick the rason of bis gettin' do missage from me was owin' to the occasion of the money it cost, and that'll explain the reason of his not hearin' from me at all. The above facts Mr Editor, arc submitted as proofs of the activity of Baptist, ministers in the (lays when houses of worship were few, and a'scattered? population could in this manner only hr reached and benefitted. In our day, I am convinced, they aru generally unnecessary, and often injurious. Our Methodist and Presbyterian friends claim the paternity of camp-meetings, and place their date ten and twenty years later than the above record- of our authentic bin- J0@- A wag proposes to improve upon Mr. Merriam's project for roofing the Croten Reservoir, and icing the water, as follows : "The prescription should have gone further so as to add the following ingredients daily, vis; Ten boxes best Sicily i lemons; ten barrel's Stuart's best pulverijsod sugar; ten quarter casks old Otard brandy; the lemons to be sliced and squeezed; a little arrack or old Jamaica may bo added without risk of injuring the flavor." This he thinks, would afford "a cool and agreeable beverage, which the majority of our citizens would pronounce a vast improvement on the lnko warm, iniusipid Croton, at least during the dog days." C. We ean't do any such thing. You must pay forty cents, or we shall send no message at all. lish all our villages. Indeed, we must er, and I was so excedingly shocked at the beg parden of the good citizens for calling impropriety of the whole proceeding that their imposing town a village. It had I sank into a chair unable to speak a word, been incorporated, had its borough fathers, And he such a stranger! nobody knows lawyers, and law-makers ; besides all this, who he is, or where he came from. Poor the railroad passing through made it a Mrs. B., if 1 had a husband, Fd know betstirrng business place. In fact Pennville ter how to treat him?" Poor Jemmima had grown so ambitious with the possession Arabella! what blind simpletons the men of all these privileges, that she wished to j are, always have been, and will continue to jump out of the country and create a new ; be, to chooeo such poor specimens of the one, where she could reign supreme.— sex for wives, and leave all the estimable Consequently "the aristocracy of Pennville maidens to go down to their graves in was greater and much more exclusive, than lonely maidenhood. that found in k rustic village. The ladies ( " Ah me 1" said Mrs. Fitzgerald, "what belonging to this class, mado it a-point of shocking depravity there is in the world; etiquette to call on all the strange ladies surely Mrs Allen will Dot Insult us, by who came to reside among them, if their inviting that woman; if she does, and husbands engaged in any business above honors me with an invitation, I shall tel tbe laboring mechanic, or took bowrdiug at Mr. F. that I can never go into any society the United States Hotel, jj| Mr*. B. could 1 where Mrs. B. is expcctcd, after hearing coversation cards ; but there arc so many evil associations connected with a pack of playing cards, that the sight of them causes mo a feeling of pais." If they are used by the respectable as a source of amusement, they are also found in the lowest haunts of infamy ; and there are many ruined gamesters who commenced their downard eareer at the fashionable card table—so with wine, how many poor inebriates there arc, who imbibed an appetite for strong drink, at parties they attended in their youth ! tbis is an oft repeated tale, but only too true, the test argument afjaint it, is to banish cards and wine from tho board. Hitherto the parties at her house had been entertained in a manner similar to the abovo description; tbe coming party it was expected by tbe knowing onees, would then we are measuring Time against Eternity.P. Och ! bedad, I'll pay niver a cint to send a message over your ould dhirty wire machine of a tillegiaph. [Exit multtriag.') Listen to what a Western editor •ays about this time : "Wood, chips, coke, coal, eor»-«obs, leathers, rosin, sawdust, shavings splinters, diy leaves, old rags, fenee rails, barn doors, flints, or anything that wit) burn or strike fire, taken on subscription at tbis office." Bgju. Mike came into our sanctum the other day with a very knowing look. His first salutation was—''Why ia the Great Eastern like an Irish girt ?" We of course gave it up. " Bccauso," said Mike," one is the Maid of Erin, the other is made of iron 1" He left immediately. torians, OBHEBVEII BSuThe Baltimore Clipper says that the new codo of Maryland provides :—''That'if any person belonging to this State, shall go out of this State, ami there"marry with any person belonging to this State, without license or publication, each of the said parties en conviction shall be fined one hundred dollars." WST Give a man brains and riches, and he is a king; brains without riches, and be is a slave; riches without brains, and he is & fool. Bft. A few yearB ago, the ladies wore a kind of hood, called "kiss-me-if-you-dare." The present style of bonnets Blight with equal propriety be called Kise-me-if-youwant-to."A siek boy, dreadfully sick from chewng tobacco, lay on a store box. Another hoy sympathised with, and cheered him by saying. " Grin and bear it, Bill— we're all got to come to it some time.'* W3~ A Bachelor of our acquaintance,wl» baa a very pretty sister, recently wrote to anothor equally fortunate, "please exchange."A high vent, A hole in the crown of your hat.