Decatur Eagle, Volume 1, Number 47, Decatur, Adams County, 1 January 1858 — Page 4

- - sitting hens. You’ve heard of him, who thought he could A brood of chickens raise. By fastening on her nest a hen, For one and twenty days. No common chicks he sought to raise. But chicks of rarer name; • Some Dorkins, Cantams, Spanish blacks, And Shaukaislong in fame. His hen he caught, put her on her nest, And put acovor on; And now began his chicks to count, For he was sure they’d come. He waited some two days or more, And then, on taking up The cover, found, alas' his hen Was Sitting standing up. By his experience wiser grown, I thought to set a hen; And what th# Dutchman failed to do, I thought to try again. The trouble was, the hen would stand While sitting, which is wrong: For hens must sit while sitting,or They’ll never get along. For this I made a box.just largo Enough to fit the In n; For then I knew she’d have to sit She wouldn’t have room to stand. I put her in, pressed down the top, And left her sitting, set; Next morning, eagerly I rushed Out to the barn, to get. Report of progress; but, alas! On taking out the pegs 1 found I'd pressed down to tight, I’d smashed up all the eggs. By this experience wiser still. What others'may revolve Fur setting hens, and hatching cbichs, I’ve come to this resolve: If I've a hen, and she won’t sit, D’ye think I ’ll make her, no! I’ll give her corn, I’ll take her eggs. And then I’ll let her go. A Candid Deacon. Deacon M was an honest old codger, a kind obliging neighbor, and a good church going Christian, believing in his creed to the fullest extent; but alackadj '. this pillar of the church whs at times a little ‘shaky’—in fact the deacon would occasionally get exceedingly ’mellow,’ almost every Sunday at dinner he would indulge in his favorite cider brandy to such an extent that it was with some little difficulty he reached his pew which was in the broad aisle, near the pulpit, and between the ministers and the tillage .. • >

bqt’iie’s. One Sunday morning the parson told his flock that he should preach a sermon in the afternoon touching many glaring tins that he grieved to see so conspicioUs I among them, and that he hoped they would listen attentively and not flinch if he should happen to be severe. The afternoon came and the house was full; everybody turned out to bear their neighbors ‘dressed down’ by the minister, who after well opening his sermon commenced upon the transgressors in loud voice with the question. ‘Where is the drunkard?’ A solemn pause succeeded this iaquiry; when up rose Deacon M., with liis face radiant from copious draughts of his favorite drink at his noontide meal, and steadying himself as well as he could by the pew rail, looked up to the parson and replied in a piping and tremulous voice, •Here I am.’ Os course a consternation among the congregation was the result of the honest deacon’s response; however the parson went on with his remarks as he had written them, commenting severely upon the drunkard, and winding up by warning him to forsake at once such evil habits if he would seek salvation and flee the coming wrath. The deacon then made a bow and seated himself again. ‘And now,’ outspoke the preacher-man, in his loudest tones, ‘where is the bvnncrito” A pause, but no one responded, tyes were turned upon this and that man; but the most glances seemed directed to the Squires pew, and ■ -It'd free tion. The deacon saw where the shaft was levelled or where it should be aimed, and, rising once more, leaned over his pew rail to the Squire, whom he tappedjon the shoulder and thus addressed him: ‘Come, Squire why don’t you get up; I did when he called me!’ Inducements to Subscihkrs —A New York State editor says: We shall p roiuWy commence the publication of the ‘Acts of the Apostles” in a few weeks, (as soon as we can procure a copy.) Now is the time to send in the subscribers. Extra copies can be furnished those who desire to secure this excellent story. City papers desiiing to secure this rare publication, will receive an exchange by iu-erting this notice six timesand sending us marked copies of their pa pets containing it. I

MY BIBLE. The Bible is a book of facts as well au- , thenticated as any heathen history; a bool; ■ of miracles incontestably avouched; a book i of prophecies confirmed by past as well as . present fulfilment—a book of poetry, pure : and natural and elevated even to inspiration —a book of morals such as human wisdom never framed for the perfection of, ! human happiness I will abide by the precepts, admire the beauty, revere the mystery, and as far ias in me lies practice the mandates ot this sacred volume, and should the ridi- ■ cule of earth and the blasphemy of hell assail me, I shall console myself by the coni templation of those blessed spirits who in t ; the same holy cause have toiled and' ■ shone and suffered. In the goodly fel- I luwshipof the saints, in the noble army of the martyrs, in the society of the great j j and the good and wise oi every nation, if 'my sinfulness be not cleansed, and my j I darkness illuminated, at least my preten-i i tionless submission may be excused. If I err with the luminariesjl have cho- ! ; sen for mv guides, I confess myself capti- ! vated by the loveliness of their aberrai tion. If they err, it is in a heavenly reI gion—if they wander.it is in fields of i light —if they aspire, it is at all events a I glorious daring, »nd rather than sink : with infidelity into the dust, I am content i to cheat my-self with their visions of eter- ; nity. If it be nothing but a delusion, I then I err with the philosophy and of virtue, with men who have drunk ; keep at the fountain of human knowledge : but who dissolved not the pearl of their salvation in the draught. I err with Bacon, the great confidant of nature, fraught with all the learning of the past and al- ! most prescient of the future, yet too wise ’ not to know his weakness and too philo- ’ sophic not to feel his ignorance. I err with Milton, rising on an angel’s wing to heaven, and like the bird of the morn soring out of sight amid the music of his grateful piety. I err with Locke, whose pure philospby only taught him to adore its source, whose warm love of genuine liberty was never chilled into rebellion with its author. I err with Newton, whose star-like spirit shot athwart the darkness of the sphere too soon to re-as-I cend to the home of his nativity. With men like these I shall remain in error, nor shall I desert those errors, even I for the drunken death-bed of a Paine, or

the delirious war-whoop of the surviving fiends who would erect this altar on the ruins of Society. They will not believe in the prophets, in Moses, in the Apostles, in Christ, but they believe in Tom Paine, with no government but confusion and no creed butskepticism. I believe they would adjure the one if it became legitimate and rebel against the other, if it were once , established. A Dutch Somnambulist. Vot I shall do mit mine pruder Fretty, Ino can dell. He stands up von he lays , toun, unt coos valkinarount van he’s vide aslileep. He shleeps in der same ped in I anoder room as me; 1 mean, he sleeps in ~ anoder room in der same ped as I. Vel, I next veek Sunday night, der dailor sents home my new suit mit plack proad-claut close. 1 dinks nex day I vares dem mit I I • |- meeting, unt Parpary vill kinks I looks . nicer as mine rifal, Henrich Botishimer. , So nex morning gets up vare early, like everypody toes ven fay hass new close, unt looks around, ven lo! and pehol'! I I find at mine close hadn’t staid put! Te key vas locked digitt, mit der toor on the insite, unt noting was proke losse novares. II I looks on te ped, unt unter the ped, unt like der ole shentleman Pyron dell , apout, every vare, but in te ped tint. Tno uuusuem ■’raraii i pegins to shware in low Bensylvany dietch, vich sounts very " much like der steam wusic untnat equalls 1 ..... uut der nois vakons up cruder Fretty. Sourkrout unt grab apples! vat dinks . you? Te scamp has got up in nite, tressed hiinseif in dem, unt come pack ter ped mit dem on Te stnardest chew in Chatam street vouldn’t base solt der whole suit vor vile thalers! If I hadn’t a known ’ Fretty tone m bis shleep, unt dat he vas more as a coot teal stronger as me, I’d a panged him dill he vas so plack as plew. —.V. K. Spirit. One of the partners in a prominent Philadelphia firm, lately suspended, kept two cariinges, five light riding wagons four fast horses, two dogs, two coachmen and five servant girls. It is no wonder that such men fail. Bayard Taylor's wedding day was appointed for Tuesday of last week U Gotha, Germany.

ft ifed ® S! I &•IL w &- w i ‘ ~ "" i P . S. UN DERII IL L , J (Successor to A. J. Mershon, and late managing partner of LaDow, Under hi.l : Co., Piqua, Ohio.) North side of Main street, three corners from the Public Square, and real of Works nearly opposite Taylor’s Warehouse, I o' t W ayne, Ind. The proprietor woutarespecfully announce to the citizens of Decatur and surrounding coum tryhe has“purchased of A. J. Mershon his entire interest in the Marble \\ orks formerly conducted by him, and has added a large and elegant assortment ot Ame r ican & Italian Marble, And is now prepared to furnish custom, rs with any discription Cemeterial Work, from thesmalCo Tb an ’Ym n i hand or made’to order on short notice. Also, a large and choice collection of new and beautiful from which selections can be made. • Busts Medallions. Urns, Vases, and every description of Ornamental Carving t done in a. manner not to be excelled Ambrotypes inserted in a durable manner, if desired. F>om an experience of over 12 years, both in conducting the business and as a pract.ca IworkI man ami keeping none but the best of Sculptors, the proprietor feels warranted in pledgingen ! Hre satisfaction to all who may favor him with their custom. The public are respectfully invited I on-aR and exanfine specimens,especially those who have lost friends. Our work will speak for itself (ITOrders from a distance are respectfully solicited and will receive prompt attention. [Jj-WM. S. SPENCER, Local Agen', Decatur, Ind. Oct. _, looi.

THE GLOBE: THE OFFICIAL PAPER OF CONGRESS. r PUBLISH now my annual Prospectus of The Daily Globe, and The Congressional Globe and Appendix, lo remind subscribers, J and inform those who may desire to subscribe. , that Congress will meet on the first Monday of . next December, when I shall recommence pub lishing the above named papers. They have ‘ been published so long that most public men | know their character, and therefore I deem it s needless a minute account of the kind of matter : they will contain. I, The Daily Globe will contain a report of the j debates in both branches of Congress as taken ' down by reporters equal, at least, to any corps ' of short hand writers in this or any other coun- t try. A majority of them will, each, be able to . to report, verbatim, ten thousand words an hour while the average number of words spoken by fluent speakers rarely exceed seven thousand . five hundred words an hour. When the debates of a day do not make more than forty : ' columns they shall appear in the Daily Globe of i the next morning, which will contain, also, the ' news of the day, together with such editorial ( articles as may be suggested by passing events. , It is alsomy intention, from time, as occasion may require, to publish my reminiscences of the ' public men with whom I have been associated 1 during the last twenty eight years. Anecdotes of General Jackson, and the leaders of the party which he conducted, and the leading men of other parties, will, I believe, be interesting now when partisan bitterness has abated. In becoming the reporter of the debates of Congress 1 deemed it proper to say that the : Globe would never be a partisan paper. This pledge will not be forfeited by introducing as a ' contribution to history the political t raits of character which distinguished the public men ofinytime. Although 1 am, and intend to remain, a thourough democrat, I will never ob-i trade my principles in away to make them ob- I noxious to any party. But in regard to persons andevents which go to make up history, I hope 1 to make the Globe an honest memoir; and with that view I am resolved to speak independently of all parties. The Congressional Globe and Appendix will contain a report of all the debates in Congress, .•evised by the speakers, the messages of the President of the United States, the annual reports of lhe heads of the executive departments, the laws passed during the session, ami copious indexes to all. They will be printed on a double royal sheet, in book form, royal quarto size, each number containing sixteen pages. The whole will make, it is believed, 3,8 -0 and 3,900 . pages, as the longsessions for manyyears have > . ranged between those numbers, and the next j session will be what is termed a “long one.”— ■ This I believe is the cheapest work ever sold in any country, whether a reprint or printed from manuscript copy, taking for data the average < umber of words of the long session since the year 1848. The average number of pages is 3,876, and the average number of words on a l page is 2,397,consequently, the average number , of words of a long session is 9,29',772. As I hare sold to subscribers that number of words . -for six dollars, it follows that they have paid less I than six and one-half cents forevery 10->,oo<!i ' 1 word 1 have furnished them, while I have paid I 11 my reporters $> 29 for every 2,397 words, of: 1 1 this work, in manUH.,: v n i i instance, while it was new, at so low a rate? I I , I believe not; and so strong is my belief that I I , hereby agree to give to any person who shall S prove the contrary a complete set of the debates .'running back to 1833. making forty-three j quarto volumes, which sell for $5 a volume. An I act of Congress authorizes these papers to go by i 1 mail free of postage. The next session will be. : ’ without doubt, an unusual interesting one; as it I | will be the first under a new administration, ! and several complex questions must be discus- j sed in it—for example, the currency, Kansas, revenue, and other questions. The Globe will be : asheretofore, the only source from which full de- ; . bates can be obtained. terms: 1 For a copy of the Daily Globo one year, $lO 00 i' " “ “ six months, 5 On ' “ “ “during the session o 00 1 For a copy of Congressional Globe an Appendix, and the laws passed during • the Session, * fi qq Bank notes, current in tilesection of thecoun- ' try where a subscriber resides, will be received at par. The whole or any part of a subscription may be remitted in postajpj stamps, which is j preferable to any currency, except gold or silver. A paper will not be sent unless the money accompanies the order for it. JOHN C. RIVES. Nov. 20, 1857. Washington, County Orders, &c, We will pay the face in g.iods, or ninety-five centson lhe dollar in cash, for County Orders. Other orders purchased on the best, terms J, D. & J. M NUTTMAN. Aug. 1 I, 16.7. ts

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I prospectus IXDIAM STATE SEXTIXEL. 1857. The proprietors of this establishment deem it , almost unnecessary to urge upon .le. ~a cv of the State, the importance of lag y | creasing the o f Democratic ibe thoroughly informed a blic | pressions upon all the party t he |’prions object of the past, this w ill be V;,!,fni accomplishment of Sentinel and to the . -ij ive fn their abil-j this duty, its proprietors willgiveau ity, energy and zeal Democracy of i evErv fc?at J will feel it his ! diity to be a soliciting agent in his own ne.ghi 11 ~.,1 for in no wav can he accomplish grea r mod’ th-in ill the circulation of a paper true K“ faith! The Sentinel should have a I lt - .l-oion in the State of Fifty Thousaxh, and I Cl ' C ‘t B accomplished if the Democracy of the ' State wßtat■ With alittle effort on the part ol I our friends, this number of subscribe! s can be I obtained in the next thirty days. central shall be’ m.r'aim to do eqnaLnd justice to aIP Our duty is to be the advocate and exponent of , Ihe principles and measures of the party, and whJever tliey shall select as. its Representative | Men, to give them an energetic and cordial sup P< The administration of Mr. Bicuax-'N.will soon be inaugurated. Every democrat. should be interested to knowthe sentiments and policy of the man of his choice. Congress >s in f session and the people should keep informed of the do in (, s of tli ir ts. . . Th • Legislature of this btate will assemble, on the 7th January, and every citizen ot the commonwealth slnmld watch, with in. anxious

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