Indiana American, Volume 24, Number 16, Brookville, Franklin County, 4 April 1856 — Page 1
Ti', i k n -'Tar A NEWS ANO BUSINESS PAPER-DBVOTEO TO PORBISN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, MORALS, TEMPERANCE, EDUCAT90N, AGRICULTURE, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF SOUBTY. VOL. HIV---NO. 16. BROOKVILLE, FRANKLIN COUNTY, INDIANA, FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 1856. WHOLE NUMBER 1212.
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aluand Ja s. treats. Hrook villa, lad. ir.i i . i rw 4i nip rumen.,', corner u irnVS KIMKBS,-Jl'"TICKor tuiPKACK V Vti.rnr Coaaseller at law, Brook rill, lJ. Omca, dtlorj Wit'i new bmMIng froeltnftxV Uait Roim 49 IMS. MOUWW.-ATTOK.1KY A COUMSkU.LÜH A I LA W. Orr in, Ko. 7, tittle' Bj,BrooXlll, Inl. SI 13 Hulai ÄS , W JUUli . V , v'vuna a.u, ' I AT LAW. Omca, ovr Power' v.o. , HrookTllle, In l AT xarx wr. i r -run v v jl. rnirviv r i ou , J, XXLLEY. -ATVOKSBY AT LAW BtWsarpBSLic. Of F 10 a, doof 4U --. ... .ww . i j iiuan, nnminiii. I (1 1 . will takrMlMwl4aaii of UeeJt, lake Butt cer07 OwBoaitloBt. AfiMavIt Ae. rpHOMAS J WTTJT1,-NOTARY PUBLIC, X Lavaat., It., wiH til, tepoattioas and rowl4ntvaU,aa.l attend to Notartal bueincs feasraltr. TOH W 'imhfjtmmfm tl IX (XI to draw and itU acknowledgement MonniM, . of lod. OrPIC Oc door noota of lax Truer Btore TIB. . W KniY.-fU(JKO.N UKNrlST IThrook VU.riT.l.t, . Ikankrat fcffaiif" .tirorm his tBaBasmsatxat irWt. aud IB pubtlt fiiaraJt;,(j7VflBf taxtl to aa determined to do plate UXXIJ work at a redaaad prt whore amro than two i ara tBMrttd, to that aim t all who have i aa BBfbrtunti a to ooaa tho tr natural Walk u.i.nh tnamseires with an artlflc'sl anSellrath ofc roi l Dial will raiure from S3, to 93,75 par tooth, according to thn kind of teeth uad, and tho Amount of plat raqu lrl. On silver plate from 1,74 to i par tooth. On fall upper pnndpal a malt dad action will be mad. Teeth i aua mn ku or teein inera on tea irnea on Pirat frm fijo to J aaeh. Pilling from k-uio on d ilUr. ('toaailnz from Utel to one dolUr. Kklractlng tweaty-Sve eaU, I warraat my work, and make no caargoa for examination or xdvVe. I am now wady. willing and waiting to sex-re you. Co mo no. Office ono door north of tho Old Tyner Htore. HARRISON DIRECTORY. K,, roriiToaw ' . DKAI.KK 15 OKOCKKIKS AM) taioaa. Market itreet, lI.naiaoa, Ohio, l ! on land a roo ! a jrtmont of all an, lee m Ul ha. A LSO general aaaortmait of rVR'ITCBE, Whloh he willtoll cheap for cash or country pro duo. oct 87 43 ic-Jt. war. Lr.no. LEVOW -DHALBÄ8 IS PA.ICV im!': Dar Coon. Ladle UrwttGood erery kind. LaA Grooarta, Hard ware, Q.uenwaro ,Uoott, Shoe ( ntV. the., Coataa Mirr no Wnm Steiiti, BARKIUOV, OBIO. Oct 97 43 1PM PRAHXLIJ COUSTY DIRECTORY. Ciaccrr ( ocat raoete tk lit Monday la February and A ago it may tit thro wowkt. row no PtmCoiti meeu lit Monday In January, April, July and October may it 3 week. Coaajiaeiooaa Cocbt meet 1st Monday In Jane, September, December aid Marth may iU iz day each time. County Officer. A. R. McCleery, Senator, tlm expire Ort 18J 9. B. A. Jeter, Hep M IfW Neah Milter. Joan M. Johnon,T Jork, M Batsnor, Sherio, 4 Wn. Beheeen, Troajwf. Job H. quirk. Auditor, Kodln UUom, Heeorfer, " John Bow iby .Coroner, W. W. HabUrd, Rurreyor, " wtecMIT C0HMlluaas: J. II. " Pb i Oct Aug l3H Mar 1A34 - Oct rV37 Oct 1H31 " MM Kaurot, Elmar Mnut, Slrai.on Calf, time expires October, J notice of the Peace . naoOKTlLL TOWULBlr. Cyra Kllgore, Commlmlon expire Apr in, IHM Alfred Ward Apr SO, 1817 J. B. Vleley Nor., 185 Jinn Mewhinney " Oct 31, lM miaonsi. nwimir. Joseph Welsh, Commission expire Oct 7, 1830 A.C. Millar, Oct , 139 Samuel llolliday, Apr4, 183'J Looi)iooaoTB Towatanr. i)al4teajMaw Commlseloe explroe Kov 1, 18S9 JseCWaaBU, Apr tl, 1857 -Ti.B TowaaHir. Jokn OonllB, ( ore mission expirtt So 1, 1859 A lhrt Bransman, M " Doe 3, in W. A.J. (ildawell, I'd mm expire Feb 20,1856 Joan Cochran, J,3 1859 KIONLXBO TOW iiBir. PmjMla Bnaeht, Commiasloo expire Nor 0, 185 Krauel A. Bowers, " Oct 13, 185 .AOBBL TOWBBir. laMClmteCotttmlMlon oxpicet Da 39, IBM Uudwlek fciismkuger Sov 5, 1H54 KooertH. Jlak M Oat 98, 115 MtT4Hoa tow nsnir. ' . . tl. ti lau 1 . U.ii.i, May J, 1C3U roaar tow mir. Hobt. II. Miller, Commits Ion aspire floptS. U37 ha II. Moore, . u Julyl,IM at rowasmr. ileary stalsaabtr.CetMiuHlon expires May U5 . raard Moorman - May 9, l3s 4L fattx TOWirtoiF . 1 s Hay. Commission expires June 97, 1150 Use Phillip, Poh4. 157 WBITB WsTBB TOWBSBir. 9FtwtrMitrhll,i 'ommisslon expires Sop s, 15 Kllphotet Barbor, - Bep 15, lr5ll Daolol Wilson May 9, IBM ara xownamr. foha Blw, Commlaalon xptrv Jana 9-, tU l.ewl White man April 9, 15 UHION COlTlfTY DIRECTORY. Ciacorr Corax meeu tho tth Monday In February and Angus may stttwo weeks eaeh time. loisiiü n.inl Dur nin- tsaa wouaavsin reirtiary. May, August, and Mnemt.er; oxcept when there are Are Mondays u tho preceding month fen 1st Monday My ell 3 weoksra'll tlm. CoaatM'.osti Juno, Heptomb I ix tr meeu 1st Monday Ih ecmbrand March may (t si daya each fme. utility Ofatcer. Minor Meeker, 8-uator, lima expire Oct. 1858. te. W. Clark, Hop. Ort."3. M.J. Witt MherlsT. " A nay. MtJ. Uwl J. Cline, Clerk, " " So. 1851. VT. Dawson. Auditor So. I8u. ii. K. Krowa, 1'reasarer, " 44 Aug, lfi7. W'm. 4. Rone, Coror, Oct. IM? A. M. Kldea, Mureeror. Ott, 1857. lt. U. Masted; Rordr " Be. 18tW. Cocbt Cobuksiossrs Gtrr: Wilson, Alex. M. Paddock . aad leaae. Snider, Mm aiptrat Soplimber, itSsV7-0. Iiistn or the rue,. K. Jarrall. CoataUaion expire Apr. lm, iU v. Hraaw, VI. in. He. 14. Ie5. IraMawell " H. M. Haworth, M J. 9. Bennett, " O. W RaatT 1 T.J.CoJrlB, ' Jaa rmb. H. Rldr, " J W. Swarm. H Apr. 18, 13. Mays, 1857. o.93, IM'. Oct. 19,1853. Hep. I, ISM. Do,54. '8B0 Apr. 9, I8M' Aug. 9, 1855 Feb. 1 I. is Aug. 93, 1850Ma3. 1W Joseph Hrown, ii. iteir. r. J. F. rem pie to u" Oet. i. 1 PAYETTE COUHTY DIRECTORY. i lac i it Co b r mt Sd Monday htetwh and 8eptmbr. may sit two weeka. b l'i Cocbt rite ttk Moriday In January. Apr.l. July, aad Oktober, hold two wok jl business raoutre. CwajajMittt Cocbt meet let Monday In Mareh. June, hoptemtwr and Docr.bff may all ii. os days it : ssary. 1 oi st or i nvitun,,, sits wiien quires n any Judicial day of the Session . .r i m ntwvtvt, County Of f Ice ra. r Meeker, Senator, time expiree Oct t"3 IBM i T roarer, step " " ' . R. Kdwards, Urk, Wat. Met lry,shrlfJJoha M' :ioery. Jailor. " Wm. II. dork, Treasurer, " JohMtuot, AdlWr, M M Joseph T. Tate, Recorder " Hnry Morns, Barvayor. Cestttoias. Axariah !. Deckel, J ad Wa. H. Houston. Feb. IBatt Ocl. UM Hep. 11 Aug IM7 Dee IK3o lle. AVapnrrMtt; affllaj Row, tad I iiaassortnt ii tl n full ruived atSo. : Com;k.oxFauqituar. TT AT AäTD CAPS XX Bwri-xg stylus, last reeol red at Mo Vi I OtXB Kw, aad frtal b; LIM K At FARQUIIAK. ElOBMXTJABSmiB XJ Jut roceivod a gi bonnets aad ribbon at BI3B0B8. at varti of faahionable iterclatRow.by AlfMl M R. DU. t). 11. MARTIN PHY8ICTAÄ AND 8ÜB0E0B ANDERSONVILLK, SB 17 IBOIABA.
"NEVES MBB THE MITTPI. J01." Look op, dear Joe, with brow of brau, Forget that giddy, flirting law, And let her transient Image paaa Tho' sorely fancy-emltte, Joe. Tbare good Iah In tho deep, I road tea. Sporting there, bright, fair and free. And one, I trow, thine own might balk) aaver mind the mlttco , Jo. Forget that girl's enanarlng glanoSt aklait right prettily at tho dance; Her vain, pro ad aire, and dreat, pareaance, To haila of mlrtb are flttlog, Joe. Bat, mark my word with inch a wtfa Tied to (fey hand and porta for Ufa, Thy t lack and blaa daya miss I be rife S aerer aaind Iba mitten, Joe.
I know ne the aerer wore ('poo bar flngere, golden J re. Embracing pearl and game n cor; (Mayhap Ihoatt think I'm twitting , Jot.j She te rarely at i t j I . k. - J A . , 111 liuili ruire, siiij wwwi unou, And ma and form like beauty' qaeen Sh MTr gT the m Itton. Jo. "For why,-' ah ae'er with frothy art Kalaed Idle AaaMatatllly haarU, Then faaatad on their dying tmarU Of fooU o oaokly bitten, Jo. rk k. m Ilk. m Ser auch worth aad Innoewnee Forget that UnseJed Jilt's ofbnsa, And blase her for the mitten, Jo. THE DUMB CHILI). hh was ay only girl. I asked for her aa some moot precious thing; For, all unfinished wax Lore's Jeweled ring, Till tot with ibis toft peart I Tho thade that tlm brot forth I could not tee, How pare, how perfect warned the gift to me. Oh! many a toft old tone I need to ting unto lb.it deadened oar, And ufferodnol the slightest footstep near, Leat th might wake too toon; And hashed her brother's laughter while she lay . Ah! needlr t are! I might hare let thorn play. Twta long r I believed; That this on daughter might not apeak to ma; Waited and watched tied knows how patiently How willingly deceived. Vain Love was long th untiring nurae of Faith And tended Hope until it starved to death. Oh! If ab could but hear For one short boor, till I her tongue might teach To call me mother in tho brokon speech That thrill tho mother 't oar! Ataa! tho sealed llpa aerer may be stirred To the deep mode of that holy word! If y heart It so rely tries , To mo her kneel with such a reverent air Betid her brother at their evening prayer, Or lift those earnest eyes To watch oar lip as thoagl our word she know. Then move her own, at th wer speaking too. I've watched her looking up To the bright wo.idar of a tontet aky, With tuch a depth of meaning In her yt, That I could almost hope The straggling oul would burslltt binding cords, And the long pent up thoughts flow forth in word, The song of bird and bee, The choru of the breezes, tream and grove,. All the grand mule to which nature moron, Are watted melody To her, th world of souada tuneless void; While oven silence hath its c harms destroyed. Her face la ry fair; Harbin eye beautiful; of finest mould Thtn whit brow, e'er which, in wave i.f gold, Ripple her thlnlng hair, Ala t thlr lovely tempi closed must be, For He who made it keep the matter key. Will He the mind within 8huuld from earth - Babel. clamor b kept freo, Kn that lilt (till, small voice, and step might bo Heard, at IU Inner shrtM, Through that dp hush of soul, with clearer tl.rHThal I should giMvt.' O, murmuring heart, bo still! Bh seems to have a ten Of qaitgladna; la her noiseless play, sh hath a pioatant smile, a gentle way, Whoso voir eleaa loque' Tonchet all hearts, though t had onco th fear That even her father would not ear for br. Thank Ood It I not to ! 4nd when hi ton are playing merrily, Sbeomo and leans her head apon hi kit. O, at such times, 1 know, Hy hi full eye, and touet subdued and mild, How his heart yaaraever his silent child. Bot of all gift bereft. Even now. How could I say aha did not speak? What real language llgbta her eye and cheek , And renders thank to film who loft Unto her soul, yet open avenues For Joy to enter and for love to nee! And Cod in lov dnlh give To har dofecla beauly of lu own; And wa a deeper teadrnee bar known Through that for which w frlwv, Yet shall the sal be melted from har ear. Yea, and my vie shall fill It but not here, that new sense is given. What raptor will It first experience b. That never wok to meaner Btelody Than the rich songs of hei'Te To ansa th foil tooed'anthem swelling round, While angels teach the ecstacle of sound: LITTLE EDDIE. BY t. S. A Iraasu'.e wat font me more prclon than gold; I watrlied .1 ty nitit and by .lay. How fondly I loved It the half can't be told (tut lh ang It have born It away. Rot why should l-moum for my dear, little son. Who here snSerod angn'.ah aad pain T Lt m, rather, rejolee; his snSsrlngs are doneMy loss la hit Infinite gain. A I watched by hit bdtld ih long, lonoaomr night. How earned I prayed Oo. kt .are! To aatrd hack th death antv l. who, tlmott in sight , Rut waited thoslgnalle bear M y child-aogol upward to him who did Bay, "Lotthellttl oneaootn onto me." But, lo! aa I gaxed, he was carried away, To a land where my yot could aol se. But i n trust him with ttetsnal for wait do I know. ThaU prutiiita to ut It hath gitun, That he'll sake from tho snare sand tempteiona below. To bouse the in, In tafoty ,lahBVBB. Oh, than I'll pre onward, while cheered b.r the thought, lliat my Kddla'i butjuttgnBooofor! Wliea the Jtjwclatr tiuinber. 1, we il Hui bo orrot. Rut, together, will dwell over mora ! ' - T't I GENEALOGY OF SHOW My fathr it th Sorthern Wind. My motiier't aaroe te Water; Old Parton Winter married them, And I'm their hopeful daughter.
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Prom tit. National Mats line. UNCLE JERRY'S (MOST. It hiM been satti that all children are naturally credulous. I do not believe it. At least it wib not so with me. From my infancy I hnve been inclined to skepticism, a id have had a stronger propensity to doobt than to believe on almost every subject. I was especially incredulous with regard to ghosts, about whom, as I suppose is cominon with children, I heard many narratives, said to be welbauthenticated. Bat I never put any faith in them, aad bi I rrcw up to manhood I was in the habit of treating the. aubjeot with ridicule. A friend of mine, whom I fthftll call Smith, that being a nnmc by which his real cognomen may be most successfully concealed, was on the contrary, from the manhood, credulous, Bid, I may say, almost superstitious, cspecirtlly on tht subject of visitors from the unseen world:. It is now more than a quarter of a century since Smith and I were fellowstudents at a Urge boarding school. We were inseperable friends, nnd siept in the same bed. He was a troublesome bed-fellow, and frequently disturbed my slumbers by starting up in his dreams, which were almost always about gho9ts. I remember very distinctly many of the poor fellow's experiences, one of which I will relate for the reader's edification. On one occasion our teacher gave us a tea-party, to which were invited moat of the boys and girls in the neighborhood, Cake and confectionary, almonds and raisins, oranges, kisses, mottoes, and other good things were provided in abundance. The master seemed determined to make some amends for the short commor.8 on which we had been kept, and, as I have thought since, to impress upon the villagers an enlarged idea of his liberality, and of the happiness of the young gentlemen and ladies who were so fortunate at his bountiful table. The evening spascd delightfully in eating and drinking, in romping, and in playing blind-man's buff, hunt the slipper, pillow and keys, and u variety of other" games, in which the master condescended to assist: and even the mistress, a remarkably sharp visaged lady, irave us instrtruction. 0, it wns a merry timo, you may be sure! and no one enjoyed it better than my ghost-ridden chum. 1 remember distinctly how he com plied with the directions given to the owner of a jack-knife, when, to redeem that pitwn, he was directed, being une anu not uperüne, to oow to the wittiest, kneel to tho prettiest, and kiss the one he loved best.; Smith bowed to the v madam, whereat we all set up it loud laugh; but he knew what he was about, and then knell with a face of wonderful 'r;ivity cunning Smith to the madame's red-haired daughter Jerusha. At this too some of tho villatre-inrls snickered, but we, members of the academy, knew better, and looked grave, as if we really agreed in the opinion that Jcrusha was tho the belie of the evening. There was a momen tary pause, and all were eagerly watching to see whom he could se lect as the ono he loved best, for Smith was a fine-looking fellow, then almost fiiteen, ami hta father was said to be rich. To the surprise of us all, he selected for this special favor a little dumpy girl, whom almost everybody had neglected, and upon whose plump cheek he implanted a rousing kiss. These details are pernaps of little interest '.o you, oi i fogy; buf to us thev wore as momentous and and im portant as you choose to deem the torn -fooleries of Congress in pretending to elect a speaker, and wasting tun day after day on a matter of about as much consequence. Like all good things in this lower sphere tin party cvme to un end. It was about eleven o'clock, and as nobody came for Jemima, (so was the dumpy girl called.) Smith, with some little reluctance, agreed to sec her home. I had no call for my services in this line, and immediately went to bed, where I soon fell into a dreamless sleep. How long I slept I know not. I was suddenly aroused by a violent shaking of the bed; and the first sounds that met my ears were groans and ejaculations from my chum, whom I found laying by my side, and b.ttSied in it moxt profus.' swrjit. "Why, 8mith' said I, -what is the matter? are you nick?" "No," taid he; "but 0 dear, O denr, such anight as I have had, and such a chase. Thert'9 been a ghost after me!" r "A ghost," said 1; "nonsense, There ib no such thing." "Isn't there?" said he. "One chas-d mo all through the grave-yard, aud I think he's in the room now. Do you see anything?" During this short coloquy, Smith had his face buried nndcr the quill, and 1 lotind he had got into bed withovt undressing himsnlf. I jumped up and succeeded in striking a light, which somewhat allayed my compAnion's trepidation. He sat up in the bed, and gaacd wildly around tho room. Me isa.t there," ho said; "but do lock the door." "That's of no use," saidl. "for if it be really a ghoat ho can come thro' the key-hole." To please him, however, 1 turned tho key, and in the course of the uight, for neither of us fell asleep until tho gray dawn of morning streamed through the window, he refuted in broken snatches his wonderful adventure It seems that after leaving Jemima at her home, and while passing the village grave-yard on his return, his attention was suddenly arrested by a tall figure arrayed in a white robe.
It stood direetlv in. front of him, apparcntly determined to hedge up his
hedgt way. Smith crossed to the other1 su e. The ir host did the same. CJ Thus they both continued, 1 know not how long, Smith said more than an hour, he trembling and unable to say a word; the ghost calm and equally silent, hating apparently no other object than to frighten the poor boy and prevent his passage. "Why did you not speak to tho unmannerly scamp?" said I. Speak to him, indeed! Poor Smith could not have uttered a word if his life had depended upon it. He blessed his stars for a lucky thought (hat at length occurred to him. This was to turn about and take to his heels. This he did; but the ghost was after him. Smith jumped over the fence into the grave-yard, and made, as he said, a circumbendibus. aThe spirte, or whatever it was, pursued him. Smith declared that it followed him into the house, up the stairs, and at the door of our bed-room had hold of him by the tail of his coat, nnd, as he verily believed, came into the room with him. How this may be I cannot tell. The ghost was certainly invisible after the cnndle was lighted. I am bound by my regard for truth to add that my poor chum':i coat it was a bright blue with metal buttons was actually torn, as he showed me in tin morning, being to him a satisfactory assurance that the ad ven.ure could not have been merely imaginary. Smith had many more visions which were equally mysterious, but which it is unnnecessary to relate. As for myself I must confess that I still continued incredulous. I heard indeed strange noises at times, and once I did see at the window something white, which had terrified my chum, and roused him from sleep at midnight. It di3appeared, however, before I had time to examine it, and thnnrrh T w a littlr. frightened I aRsumed a tray swagger and lauirhed Not to dwell upon those boyish days, lot me come to more recent and intinitelv stranrer developments and .. -a -- more unaccountable adventures. The reader, as I relate my unvarnished tale, shall decide for himself whether or no I have cause to repent my juvenile incredulitya o m After leaving the boarding-school, Smith and I althou-di we lived in the samccitv saw each oth-r only occa-1 sionally ' Our pursuits have been dif-1 ferent, but we we.e always friendly. I attended his weddiug when he claimed Jemimah for his own, and he was one of the guests when Eliza Jane made me happy. But I need not enax ter upon family m itters boon after the firm develonements . made by the spint-ruppeis, when as whin a vet thev were onlv able to comraunij . . I . cato letter by letter, and mAi;HM knew how to write, Smith paid me a friendly visit. My little ones had said their prayers and gone to bed. We sat and talked of old times, my wife having also retired, not finding our convocation sufficiently soothing to allay a r.ick headache, to which she was subject. We ch itted until midnight, and he was preparing to leave, when abruptly I asked, aud. I confess it, with a kind of laugh 'Well, Smith, how about ghosts? Do you ever see any now-a-days?" The solemnity with which he heard and answered this question startled mc. "Believe in spirits?" he said: "why tllt-V Hir all nrnuii'l US ii luim fn. quem communications from the inlenor. "Frora where?" said I, in breathless astonishment. "From the interior; that is," he continued, "from the invisible world.' This, of course, awakened a deep interet-t, and, if I must confess it, excited what the reader may deem, perhaps, an unhallowed curiosity. He must remember, however, that I was still skeptical, nor vas ray faith largely increased by the further statements which I succeeded in pumping out of my friend. They amounted, briefly, to the fact that he wus in the habit of attending, weekly, a select circle. Whilo in this circle he had been favored with revelations from his dead father, ditto mother-in-law, ditto his youngest cnild. who went into the in terior, he told me, when only a month old. He had alto had messages from Oeneral Washington, lied Jacket, Swedenborg, and, if I remember rightly, from Mary Queen of Scots; and also from ('apt. Riley, whose wonderful narrative was, in our young days, exceedingly popular. "It is hardly credible, tha( these illustrious people would want to communicate with you." "So I used to think.'' he replied; "but I know better now. 1 have had message from them all. Captain Hiley is as sociable as my own father, and his revelations have been equally explicit and candid. "Do you remember." he continued, "the spirit who visited ine when we were at the bourding School?" 'I remember," said I, "the story you told me about a ghost clofing you thro' the giave-yard." "Don t say ghost. replied he, with great solemnity. "It was, as she herself has since told tne, the spirit of my Jemima's mother, who had then been in the fourth sphere v x i al years, and wlm thu, cie lite spiritual alphabet had been intented, sought to communicate with me." "What upon earth," I asked, "did tho old woman want? Was the tin iff bent upnn making a match between you and Jemima?" I saw, by Smith's couutenansc, that I had offended him by this ill-timed levity. I felt rebuked. I apologized, and begged his pardon "My dear follow," bu said, ".why Mill ,,i t fw.raisf in VAitr L ..i, t i.M all. ' If you had seen and heard what 1 ,,1.1 j j i -1 i. ... , . .. . ,..
j have, you would not dare ts ridicule ! ' such sacred realities."
I admitted that thia was very likely: j and alter a little more conversation, during which, so far as I remember, j I did not even smile, we parted with the understanding that on the niuht :
but one after, I the skeptic, nay, the 1 prefer darkness. Jerry, however, was j deceive the little cherub, as her bright ; preprinting three millions of dollars scoffer sbonld be admitted into the not one of that kind; for when asked blue eyes were fixed on mine "will i for incrt.aing the armament and mudread solemnities of my friend's cir-' if we should turn off the gas, we re- j never forget his sweet little pet An-'nitioag of mM for lhe mwvitt-
Cje. Mow often I attended these meetings, and all that I saw and heard, I are indeliblv imprinted on mv memo-!
ry. 1 have seen a table tilt over, cross-purpoBBt. Question after ques-1 at any other time the 1 elation of one of Having said this much more parwhen, for the life of me, I could not J tion, knock upon knock; rap, rap, rap. her night-visions would have been of ticuhriy"in regard to the bill under tell who did it, nor wl y it was done. At length it was suggested that Jerry little consequence; but now I stopped, Mnskfortka, 1 dcire to say a word I have heard tt "P". nd have heard wanted to be alono with rue. I con- having cut my chin, at I remember, or tvrit m rij,wrd ha the general subspecial revelations to myself. The fess I hod an inward tremor when this ! and, half-shaved, sat down and took :eCk jch has been discussed by the number of my father's ehildren has was proposed, but for the world I i the child upon my knee. honorable Senator from Michigan, been declared tome. My wife's mai- would not have owned it. The rest of j "Tell me all about the dream," said Cass.) He misunderstood me if
den name was spelled out, when, I am sure, no one in tne circiu except aim 111 . . J I. . O I.I. . and in v self, unless he told it to the medium, which of course I am not at liberty to suppose. The disease of which my youngest child died was pronounced croup, by rapping at the loiters indicated in that word: and when I asked bow long my grandfather had been in the interior, there .re heard four distinct raps, a rap .wT a year, which, as well as I can remember, was not far out of the way. But all these things must I own it? had little salutary effect upon my inveterate and apparently incurable skepticism. 8mitli began lo look coldly upon me, and the other mem bers of tne circle eviuentiy regarueu me as little better than an irreclaima ble infidel "Smith," said I, "it is all humbug and imposition." r.: .,1 ,.,n.nl kni suatxl nnih. 111 V 11 It tl IA L 1 Vi-v,v , y w. w .usiu as v . 1 ing. "It can bej nothing else," I con tinued; "or why don t these pretended spirits tell us something worth know -1 ing? What a miserable farce it is," j mg? t "f . a . a t ! so desperately skeptical was 1, "What a miserable farce. I say, to I . . . . i bore reasonable beings round a table j night after night, and leave us no wiser than we weTe before." These were bold words; and I refer , to them, that the reader may be assuredthatno commonplace exhibitions could by any posiibility overcome my inveterate and long cherished unbelief. But I must hasten. The ever-mem-', I orable night, the list of November, was dark and dreary, The winds of heaven seemed to Bff holding a gener-1 ul carousal, ana 11 was wun uuucuiiy I kept my hat on my head as I wandered, drawn apparently by an irre-j Bistable impulse, to the house where the. circle held their weekly meetings. 1 'A. J:XXJ 1... We Bat around the table in solemn silence. The tempest without int M .1 ' creased in violence, anu now mo ram 1 I , pourod down ; Bswnst T,a r.nr ,.ft. ill ir 'uu . a j w a vw I r.n..LPit n... stioii. "Are there anv spirits present. there WOS no ans . . swer. 1 remember a joko I perpetrated at this iuneturc. Irreverent as il 1 1 . r j . vcaii. 1 n.r.iril It act ConlcBSICIt UUC tO the truth, and as a warning to any of ' "I my readers who may chance to be iu .1 similar situation. "Of course," said I, "there are no spirits here. They are all cutting up their shines in the air. We may as well go home." 1 tried lo lauL'h at tnv own wit, but
- each time more dreadful than before - After a pause of perhaps half a min, Ute, our medium, who by the way. was a lady, inquired, "Does the spirit wish to communicate with any of the present company ?" As I expected, an affirmative answer was received, and as my conscience had premoniahed me, I was designated as the favored individual. The next question was, "Will the spirit please give us his name?" This .1 ra ; o.,-.: :x juv. i.. ,u .i-.ukr was answered in me amrmative. oiowiv ami uc ui, niti I bis in .Hi.uii J . ; Wavseelled over, and tue result was,' iT.jr.C.L.S J.K.R K.Y. Thia startled roe Mv mother'., onI y brother, a rich old bachelor, was at this time at the south. His name was Jeremiah. "Ask him." said I, "if he is dead." Our medium, however, knew better than that, and propounded this question1 "When did you go into the in- "' Au hornr-. thi xniwpr rxmi J a
nobody seconded the motion , and I i it disease (1 can call my skepticism had hardly uttered the sentiment, i by no more apntopriate name) brok whe we were all startled by the most' out afresh. Have I not been htimunearlhlv sound I ever heard. It bugged, said I. after all ? What eviwas not a rap, nor a sigh, nor a ma- oence have I that tbe whole affair wbb niac scream, but seemed to blend all not a tricka mean, contemptible trick? ihr., in nn It wx ijirice rcneated And then will the reader believe it?
promptly and distinctly: t.o. d.a.v . nut tnen, the twenty tnousanu uo,;ixrp lars! Ay, said 1 to myself, twenty ' The medium then inquired, "Where thousand,! twenty thousand ! twenty at ? " The raps gave, in response, thousand dollars ! ...... , these letters vitusxi, At this I "Iwcnty thousand fiddlesticks! laughed, saying there is no such place; ' muttered my precious wife, apparentbut? sooth to sav. there was not much ; ly in a state of balf-cunscionsness, as jocularity in my laugh, and it was l"rncA ov" uneasily upon her pil.Luiid ntr nrtn f Min rmfh low.
SBSSHB . - sneeuiiy e-iua-ax-u u; vuv vi mv ..., wrhrt nnid. "VcB. there is. Ask him : u. Q..io Tlit. .a. .Inn and the reply was a l a b a m a. Hy the gazetteer lying on the piano, we ascertained that there is such a nlax. nnd nroceoded with our tiues - tions. To our surprise our visitant seemed, all at once, either unwilling or unable to give us any more Infor - mation. The knocks camo in all sorts of confusion. I was not much disap.slZaljL fnr auch conduct was uuitc n keening wilh my uncle's habits; and if lie was now in tne interior, ns he as sertud, it was not strange thai he should delight in exciting our curiosity, and then perplexing us. We were all unwilling to givo the matter up. One after another proposed questions, pertinent and impertinent. The anBwera were uriinM iiit'ioiu. yet ii was . .i i :r .tui
evident me iiuvev, si n uuuri, . had more to say. gehca, my pet daughter, then about "Perhaps," at length said one of J'"" old' Lcame ,nto tho room the circle "he wants us to sing. 1 w,,erc 1 w,u haw known spirits who would only "Pa," said she, after I had held coiiimunicale after listening to solemn i down o hcr my lips to receive her masiagtaf. Does the spirit want us to j tin kiss, "Pa. when is Uncle Jerry hing?" The words were scarcely ut- coming back ?" tered before a soul-harrowing negative I felt stunned for a moment and an-
was returned. "Shall we piny a tune ! on the piano?" x.o ! n.o 1 .0! with i
like decided emphasis. This, I tho't, ! was rather in keeping, for Jerry never had no ear for music. It was suggea- j ted that perhaps the room was too I light; for some spirits, it is well known, ceivea an unmisiaaaoie nnawur to tue negative, with an intimation of displeasure. An hour passed in these unfruitful the party accordingly left the room, .1 I . . . ,J ,1... ....,, , , mi, im x pursucu sue lUTci.ijjaouu wn own account. I found Jerrv execud- i . .. , . j itvgiy tractable, anu receivcu reaay re- . r. n -. . nll m iniuinai I .1 iti'j'.iii. ;
It were teaious to reiaie mem in ue caca irom tanaua. States who desires a war with lingtail. Suffice it to say, that he not on- j Merciful heaven! Could it be that ,ind j never thought so, and never ly roiterated the time and place of his j after visiting me at the circle, Jerry Sjtili 8u; but j j; think, and I did death, but gave the astounding, and I j had, in spirit, visited the child, and tfiy j tnjnk M( ay now, that must add, the gratifying intelligence, sealed the truth of his actual pres.-nce iiie'u ndeney ofHpecches in ihe Senthat he had left behind him twenty ! by n kiss upon her cheek? Rte jM Deen t0 provoke war. The ef-
thousand dollars, and that by hir will I was constituted his only heir. He assured me further, that in one month's T - time I should He put in possession of
that noble sum. i aon, wun eyes mat wouiu open ano Here was a development, such as in jshut, just like Mary Smith's. Won't my indecent curiosity I had longed j you buy me 8uch a one. pa?" for. It was the revelation of a fact, I put the child down and finished if it was a fact, that mortal could not ! shaving. A stranger narrative awaitcommunicate. The death of an indi- j ed rac at the breakfast-table. My
vidual away in, the interior of Alabama revealed in New York, within, at most three hours of his departure! -1 - ' ar Revaled by himself, too I and to me ! I was perfectly astounded, terrified, overwhelmed. I took mv hai and started homeward, hardly staying to bid the circle a decent good night. ; men, 100, tne twra y uiuutanu ui - ilars! what should I do with such a rn a i . . i...-..,j ,j Ä
sum : jjuy a larm, 01 an eiegani city mansion, or speculate in Erie Rail-road stocks? My brain whirled, there was a perfect chaos m my poor head. What will fclixa Jane say.' Shall 1 tell her, or keep dark until the news 1 Mil 1 a . comes oy mau I inese last were troublesome questions. At the time of our marriage we had agreed that there should be uo secrets between us. As 1 1 ell knew she bad kept her part of the compact inviolate to the letter, could I be so fr.tthless as to keep from swspbw j er had? Would she treat me so? I knew she wouldn't. Then, too, she j bad a perfect right to know it. She ! was ray partner in weal and in wo, ' Hnv iki. ika ,,,.. tnrflh liAcml I f U true as steel, faithful always Mrangc as u may seem, oowever, 1 wa.sv.l ftn A ts t 11 Vt a nrt Vi n n n fin 11 t if 1 i.""i'.ui , ..n .,Uv.,.Ub ----- made ud mv mind deliberate made up my mind deliberately, i 1 a a .a V. I I a 1 r - j ar will keep the secret, ll win oniy oe will koep the secret. It will only be i e i .v u f..i .a i ,ur A uuu, hhvi wmmm ii. i-, felt like a villain, and stole up to bea, certainly rather to be pitied than env P( lx.ll. . Srinll T nurn mv rnlin lind to- . t 1 w BBi J eeeasaww- m otssb veal the sophistry by which I was be - guiled ? I must. I began this narralive with a determination to tell the truth, and I will. Before I reached home on that eventful night, that twenty-first of November, myinveter1 I asked myself, suppose Uncle Jerry should not be dead? Not dead ? not dead? said I to myself, interrogatively, at least a hundred times, as I tossed upon my uneasy bed. "Who is not dead, dear?" asked Klixa Jane. Confusion! 1 had been thinking aloud. I made no answer, and pretended to be asleep. She did not repeat tbe question. But. said I. mentally, how could liiere be and imposition in the case? . a ... nt nnn nf thn nartv knew that I had and Uncle Jerrv. Smith knew it. to m J t... k... ,i u nMani vv uiw, vui iutn u that evening. He had been detained 't home bv sickness. Might not ne . a at x t ' i a. 1 1 . .... n :.o nave told mc mt a urn a i niwui in Was it not. from beginning to end, a well-laid plot? Is it not easier to believe that Smith ib a knave, and the medium herself a deceiver, than to believe that Jerry's ghost traveled all that distance in that short Bpaco of time, on that terrible stormy night? I .. . .. I I . . , 1 Hius the remaining hours of the night dragged slowly away and he for ornmg I had made up my mind ! to wait patiently for the- expiration of the thirty days at which time I had !" told I shoald come into thopossession of Jerry's property. If Jerry did go into the interior, that is, die at 1 M- 00 twenty-first of November, if he did leave a will making "e his only heir, and i 1 do see and l'ndlo the hard rash, why thcu, said M will believe; nay. 1 will give a per centage of the money to aid in the promotion of spiritualism, and I will come out frankly, and publish my expcrienct to the world. How cunningly cautious 1 was I A little incident that happened next morning, which at any other timo wo'd speedily have been forgotten, made a ' deen imoresaion uuon mv mind. An
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swered abruptly, without taking time to think.il" Uncle Jerry, my child, will
never "Will never what?" she answered quickly. "Will never forget," said I, and I blush to think that I could attempt to igenc. "I dreamed about him last night," said she. The child was a great dreamer, and i. . .s ,, , . much ! I only dreamed he came uy - "i - s .. . . - 1 , . I into ui oeu room anu aisseu me -est ns lie ntn lent rsur win n h. ,.nnw . ... -- - "Whatdid fee sayT I asked. j "I don t remember that he said any- j thing" was the reply. "Only I know W 1 lit 1 ihe gave me a beautiful doll, a wax i wile na also naa a aream. ii was j about Uncle Jerry. Ol course it was. ,1 knew that without asking. She dreamed that by some means she was j transported to a wild region of country, apparently in some part of one of 1 the southern states. Ihere, rolling in weallh. with a large plantation and a hum rs.ri ti-ii-fn. rv urac n vinrt in , - " great style, a bashaw kind of an old i ux..0.o. . , ..u u..n I the appearance of the most luxurious wealth , , ld be say anything. leaked,
trying to conceal my agitation oy read an extract from the London XJatscalding my lips with hot coffee. ; llf Telegraph, of February 20, a very ; t 1 I ' 1 t . , . 1 I .-..!... ...f.t'." . 1
lu!...!.., replied my wife. "He said, 'Come and lire with me. I have plenty. Bring the whole family;' and in my o ream 1 mougnt we uio remove mere j ana take possesMon 01 nis large estaic, j while Jeny acted as overseer to the plantation.
n..v 1 ...'.A T. .i.Un .1. wu.u . .. . auitUmr the mvstenous circle the niL'ht 'oniuseu .1 siiiie uu as 11 win ou 1 ... :. . . j 0 prcviuu. x uu tc...w.w -wiv. ... ' my bosom, and l anew noi wi.ai to do I !,, r wa , I 1 . aar n.il m .if f a do i a u.j uum, .u x - w nin i in mv wav o mv n nc.- oi T T T , . f T7J r--- -; --. ( ousiness i uetunniuvu to can on onmu. t i"mu mm in ueu, ... .m .ever - ian, out no uoctor uau oronounceu . . ' ish, but tho doctor had la m a w .. llimOUtot Ulinget. Jle WaBeXCee.l j tsa , ingl)' glad to see me, chatted pleasant ly, and adverted to the storm of tbe i se iHKui, uj xxinvii, .... ' u, . a 1. 1 Ka whiAk nu I, . . .n nf..,,i the members of the circle were prevented frora assembling. I did not undeceive him, but. atter a pause in the conversation, 1 afked: "Smith, tell roe candidly, what is f i r a., .--.:. your opmion of Mrs. . naming the lady who was our medium. "I. she an honest woman? "Of cour she ,s. and a member of an Kvangelical Church. "Did you ever, now on your houor, Smith-did you ever say anything to her about my Uncle Jerry. "To the best of rov recollection," ho replied, "never Hut why do you
x wo, emu, in... wo packet from tbe other side 01 me. At- made a pet of. Chame Ions are innudrenm." I an tic more and more convinces us of merable, darting over the pra:rie ia "Of course it was," she replied. the correctne.ts of the views we have every direction with incooeeivable "and a very foolish dream too.' expressed, that it behooves England 1 awiftness, and undergoing their pemMy mind was, I confess, in quite as to b d stirrinL, or otherwise. liar cbamre of color, corrwanondiacr to
as; sucn a question; Union, and allowing that pap-r to aoI made uo reply, when, to my un-. W4.r it rjut( sir, this is not the onutterable horror, he added: j , ncW8 wc ,ave flom Kurope, aud
"By the way, 1 had a strange dream ab out your Uncle Jerry last night. " t he duce you had, said x, tnrown ar J r .. - -' - .... i i ii ii . i on my guaru mr a uioiu. in. "Yes," he replied; "1 dreamed lie sx a . .a a was here, and that he had come awaj x. I . I from bevor: a the MNsissippi by telegrnpu. By telegraph?" 'Wasn't it a droll , n. ; conceit?" si ' Smith, laughing 'I dreamed that he x.j :' aa k i.;.i,
naa mu-mcu .u......,v .v ....... . HKltfltUvC., Diati. .me. i .,DansB. is a rocn Tbey lead them to believe thai ter.al bodies could be sent euer th. blacW(Uagh,er)-a member of the there h noJ rit ia mUt wire, just aa we now send terbal me.- HoUM Dcetration from the State of married vin ut 0uide lhow sages, and that he himself had thus MMiachu8elu. i hi. double quality andUat delicacy aad propriety tome upon the wires to test the value of acoomi maa and an Abolitionists malk, of otjuide S jy of his invention. (rettewed Ueghter) he has inspired atffect of Ulf)ir character is that of a Smith laughed at the strange con- profound)averskn among the members ' teni corruption, sapping the fouaceit. Did 1 laugh? Well, nomattcr. irum Southern States. This nomina- dalionof honor and probiiy and truth. "Yes," I. e continued, "and 1 dream-1 tion is a double blow, which hits the Let them beware. Let them reserve cd that I examined the machinery by j Democratic party on one side, and the tut.jr -harms Hd the fascination of which he bad effected tl.i .-. wonderfrl now Nothings on the other. (Laugh- lhejr flattering attentions for their
tight. Ho left the plaoc of his doparlure l lorgei tne name, out it was m Alabama, f think at six o'clock, and he was bore a few minutes before eight." "Indeed," said 1, very alowly. "That was--funnv. W ould you re - member the name of the place if you heard it?" "I don't think 1 would." he replied. "Dreams are such slrange and foolish 1 1. m.r. 1 aiddom Hinp'e mv niemorv with them." "Wnsit Wetumpka?" I asked, with un i.ii- ut iiniilh it lire. at twta w - - - . "Av." said he. "that was it. A queer name; how came you to think! of it?" "Did Jerry say anything about me?" 1 asked, evading his question. "Not a w rd. Hut now 1 rememher he wanted to sell me a hliar' in ... bbsbx a a a his invention. I Ic uul 1 should n it it for" "For how much?" I asked eagerly. "Twenty thousand dollars!" (COSCLUOID VtXT WICEK.) JHTSo there's been another rupture of Mt. Vociferous! said Mrs. Parting ton, as she pul down the paper. It t..lU nil nhoiit thn lather running down the mountain, but it don't tell how ii got on fire.
Scire! UTiscrllann.
Senator Hai on War. We take the following from Hon. :John P. Hale's speech on the bill aplure and collection of sruhll arms, in accordance with the recommendatiou j of the President: . .sudooh-.I ili ttl hM iinnoM-il 1I1 it I aid it was mv rr on n in iii:n snv nt'Dit art wa uau ' T.,i .,.i. ; v.M. 'f " - ...... ö Un(l Wiir i do not believe . . . I . i mere in a sum- p;-aon in me unitea fect of tu. m whatever may be their 1
intcnl haH bt.cri to produce that very Itite of a hen's egg and leg five or gUte uf fcein r whic5 tbcy depmrtte'J six inebeelonir. and covert with W
t hiolt too ranch heed is given to newsDaner articles. I believe it is icies. i Deiieve 11 is h consequence to them t v w mw xr. Tf. giVioe t to answer them in the opinion is, thai when .1 tTl . aaTl comes containing such statements as have been alluded to by the Senator from Michigan, the better way of answerinor them would be to allow our 1 own newspapers to doit. If the Brit-j j8U resft uag ,. bused us we have news papers in thia country to return what t),eT ,av; and j tuey wx onf abUse the ßr,t'jgh i,af as Dafliy M they have abused the AbolitionisU, the British b .1 ; will get a greai aeai worse man mey send, and the matter need not be in- . . v I trodnced here. (Laughter.; low, , slT l have a London paper I do not 1 often get one, but by accident I have t one this m0ming. and I desire to ' late date. It says: I ..Xhe an-wsj at ihe Africa, as an-1 n0Unced in our yesterday's impression, bringing news from New York up to the 6lh in6t., by no means tends to lc8Son the fear entertained by marry lhal a ptc witb Uie Uuitcd Sut- s is a most inevitao e. r.very ire&ii v a a a.v jr xl 1 . . . . , . . 1 ... c . . . . wewiii Ond the loe ai ourooors oeiore u..: n. ..1 . .......r kim Tmnnr. wiul ucum m w tant debates have taken piacc in toe Senate aau unmistakable has been e at - - nai, Iina unmistnkaDle .. i u. c r . me language oi axi. m " Foot of Vermont. Tbe latter Senator , hM thrown jowl the gauntlet ot de . ,n.,, " UBnCC Mr. Cass Am I out of that scrape? (Laughter.) Mr. Haile Yes, Sir. entirely. mm. ., . St V . "The ntu'r henaior air. ro ll h thrown down the gauntlet of difimce, and England on her very soil. We are now wnrne,l off, and if we , to otM,y the haughty and insulting mftnriate. we are tobe "removed b "" . orc,o arau, ! the article ys: ..We are RfrHld,here te butono way to tt.u)(. this (ii,pulef and ,bat at the inl o( lhtJ bayonet. The aggressive irit of llll5 of thL. United an humbling, and it is for us tü .-form the task." , 0J anggeilt llie propriety of lhis artlci0 lo lhe Washington ,wHnri isnot the only contrv walch inr ns wo i i being the (treat Republic (Jf rorld. 1 propose to read an from the French organ, La extract ralrte, the organ oi iuib napoieon a Administration. The tranelatlon f which is: ... . mm j mr s ai last, ongrxas . urxr...... We have grounds i hojie it will exert um It to regain the time m has lost, lhe rnsi.lr.nt nf tin. House of lveorer V. . . . t ter n,n B irom a newspaper pwuaux.u i jn France. The honorable Senator from Michigan read from one paper i which he said was Lord PtUaiwtilai'i 'paper, and he charged its acntiraenta ! uno 0a paper. This, I am told, is Louis j Napoleon's paper. ; Mr. Cass No. sir. Mr. Hale 1 am so informed. , M- f'rxaa Tho Moniteur is the V nnch oflcial paper. j Mr. Hale fce Isouis Napoleon L.iahliah.d the censorship of the r,..t I believe he does not allow any opposition papers to be published in France. (Laughter ) Mr. Cass Louis Napoleon knew butter than to call Mr. Danks a negro. u, 0M been in this country, and wo'd not publish such stuff as that T . jBi a a Mr Hale The Senator is arguing from general priociples against a specific allegation; but that is not fait 1 think if Louis Napoleon had read had read all that was said in this country about Mr. Banks, he migh very well conclude that he was a black man. riaoffhterl for, if I rti member correctly, the I papers in this country a saw i m . Administration have called him at black Hepublioao;" and probably Louis ISapoleoa supposed that, being
a black Republican, be mast, of course. I be a black man, fLaagbter. I ' think, therefore, that this extract i ..-,...'...1 ... .1 - r
' .I..,,. J, mutu cvifniuriauutl the other. I have read the tiro to show that we ought not to govern ourselves in our action here by newspapers, and thai we may verj w4l leave our own newspapers to answer such statements. I tbmk the honora bie Seuator from Michigan has fallen into the mistake of rrivinir too much consequence to newspaper paragraphs. . . Texaa it Venomous Reptiles A writer thus speaks of the reptiles of Texas: "The eattle are not the sole occupants of the prairie by amy means. Droves of wild horses are not un frequent, and deer are in count -lese numbers. The small brown wolf it nniisMmmM aassmii. mw i'vvvuiiiiii nuu rix uvisiiuuaur '2 - t..nV. x. -v. J Z r.f ,r hmn... r i,i. i -. 1.0. ri . um imi ia tne paraaiae 01 reptiles snd creeping thiniri. Rattle aad . ml o " tnoecasm snakes are too nu me roue even to shake a stick at; the bite of the former ia easily cured by drinking raw whisky till it produces in toxiication ; but for the letter there is no cure. The tarantula is a pletvsent institution to tret into a Quarrel with. He isa atmUr. with h,w eKmst tW a . - coarse black hair. He lies in cattle tracks, and if yon see Mat, asove out of his path, as his bite ia absolntelv ax . . .
senate. m certain deatb, and be never gets out a n wspaperiof anv one's wav. but can mann eio-ht
x ' or ten feet to inflict bis decdly bite, . ." . . r. w 1 hu there is the centipede, furnished with an unlimited number of legs, each leir armed with a claw and each claw inflicting a separate wound. If he walks over yon at niirbt von will have cause to remember him for months to come, as the wound is of a particularly poisonous nature and is very "difficult to heal. The stinging hzrd is a lesser evil, the sensation of i s wound being likened to the apoli- . J. . - a cation or a red-hot iron to the tssraea; but one is too thankful to eseape with life to consider these leaser evils any annoyance. -But the insecta ! flying, creeping, running, digging, boning, slinging, . . V DO they are everywhere Ask for a cup of water, and there the rejoinder in our camp is. "Will you have it with a bug or without?" The horned -frog , is one of tbe greatest curiosities here, I and is perfectly harmless. 14 hee none of the cold slimy qualities of bis 1 . a a . ar . nonnern brother, hut ib trenuenLlv : . ' t. J I 1 . o . . v. r. w - u.e color ot the object under which k.. . .. 1. ti... 1 .. .v.. i;r uk. uc wwwa uu mc banks oi the bayous are perfectly al.re with mocking birth moat, beautiful, and r .1 1 i j - s inmirreu game ia aounuant woo very tame, and is scarcely ever Bought after The only varieties that I hare seen .... ii... " r ii t ; mc uv uusii, usuiuvc, auiirxr, bibiisiu, plover and prairie-hen " Flirtationos of Married Women The "rwwrwar flirtation" of marrid women is one of the abominations of modern society. Even a desire for promiscuous admiration is wrong irt tL ic wile. The love of one and his i.w..uk-.n.u.A-j.-u i 'iinui nuuuiu uv an mai sue suuaiu beoeBiful. u h m digu.t,og and apHlmgght to herKdeco;ating thatbeautyr Wk. J6 h,r Jb ,ht. aUcntin of all the senseless fops arourd hcr Rnd rf.;0icine at the a? miratiÄ 0f otber tJan herhuaband Her beautv shostltl be 'J M Tlht gl of (hoe fooU that floter mT(mnth There is always among the and wise a sensation of disgpsi waea a married lady attempts to trap aad ensnare young men by a profuse display of her charms, or unlicensed outlay of her smiles. Such chrams and a B a.a sucn smites are loathsome to tbe inaiffercnt beholder "the trail of the ierpent is over them all." Such wives shoald know, if they do not kDOW ,t alrcady thal there iaflu(.nc6 0Tcr nd lhe ?ndtnoe of young men is as deletmoeu aa il .i - .. . Y w 'e " aoanaoneo oi wo husbands, to whom they belong, and if they must be admired, lei it be as faithful 'wives, as self-denying mothers, as the educators of our gtmerstion of immortals. It wat said ia the praise of women in ancient time jVomm mannt : lanam recti. Let auch be the motto of married women now Hartford Ciiwassf. A Ftbasub Ban. "Way Jim. bow pale you look; what's tbe swatter?" Second Lroefar Obi got no sleep last night. F. L. "How was thalT' S. L. "Why, yoa see. another feller took my cellar" door, aad so I bad to take another, and I eaa never sleep in a strange bed. -, xti s I as aaw y-Biddy, has that nurlr fellow cleaned off tbe saow from the paremcntr Yes, sir "Did he cleaa it off with alacrity'." "No sir, wid a shovel " This Is really the smallest bore I ever aaw," said a countrytnaa, on viewing a Shetland pony. lndade, now," replied ibis Irish companion, "bot I've seen oae aa small aa two of him."
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