Indiana American, Volume 24, Number 47, Brookville, Franklin County, 7 November 1856 — Page 1

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-SaaSWw ' A NEWS MHO 8USJNBSS PAPER-DEVOTED TO PORBMN AND DOMESTIC NEWS, MORAIS, TEMPERANCE, EDUCATION, ACRJCULTURB, AND THE BEST INTERESTS OF SOCIETY. VOL. XXIV-NO. 47. BROOKVILLE. FRANKLIN COUNTY. INDIANA. FRIDAY, NOVUM 11 KR 7. WHOLE NUMBER 1243.

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D,r MtVIlll I AH Mil II sei minimA M'tiMR K t AT UW OlMM,"!1' I II ll.l win i'i-i ei tese. 'LAW. UiimI, 7. lull' Iraebvllle, i4. Si -41 t!tjfito,M't Uu4 NUfll i..ijmtim&MM ,1 AVA gOtaw 4 tee wiwytMMi ( ieu.. qWttafcMteetawe U at tbe Traar wrd -gOUOSoM OMIinKT AM Mit Im SAB k tUf r ateae teweat rU priees tar o4 few Xettn of baa oUtTraer IWH. N4 Ot AIM, "looi -ATTORXIV. AT UW mnio'i piATBi. Tbeyalaep. Athwart uy wbito staut, wlta bet solemn Biles, o'er tkelr reel Mra, tae star-eyed !f jfhl. Bfygtrt, wdWof wild y Or p ley fill M IHBUMrblNH, M UM oa tar-ttl Heeihero seu,kmi, Straage tOBM.Ulll. My key, y trembling ttarl Te Tae im AgeaPs tender est fold. Sower-bell la tae shadiest woia, Sua Sutsf emblems art. TbwV MW but tiro, nd all aeasl's artUtaaetle U dorn Waes tbeee an counted . Hieb and Holy One, Ok baa? BT wambling call I Im aot waatib nor fama we aif jowelal DUdem and wraalh aotSba aahtng brow that tttrobs banaatb, Nor Mol tu fever-flame. 1 eek not length of life, Wat earttty boaan. Weary are the way Taw gifted tnai, aaaala Iba word' baat pralM, And keeatu strife I aak not tbat to ate para them, thong b they dearer, dearer ba ca!a ta deeerts spring So wen totbo hoe, Off aeawwiae to Iba Mm. But kaoellngst their feet, - -light on haded stream ! fron Utah glad tad Inlet dream j, I weaes aar prayer repeat. la that aUario Und, fatare where, amid green, stately bowera. Ornate with proud and crimson-Bushing flow, r.. , wttb tBMoU white hand. the roang away Bad hM bride to her banquet fal t, Ha, ta frlai aba-wolf, eouobath tu aar lair, Hjaa4y to MbItm bjf prey. Tba blight and purpling bloom Of 14 Aoaatha eanaot bide aad bleaching bones that are denied Taper and ebrUm and tomb. Lord, In Ibis midnight hoar I bring mj lambe to thee. Ohl by Thy truth. Tby Btorey , aare them from th' enrenomad tooth And tempting poison Sowar ! Oh, CraelSed and Crowned, Keep 04. Wo bare bo abiold, ao guido, bat TU eel Lot oorrowo MBM let bope't but bloatom bo My Griefs dark tempest drowned. But leadui by Thy hand, Ob, goatteet Shepherd, UU we roat beeide otoar waters, la the pastures wido Of Thine own stntets land! A SHREWD WIFE OR AX TJjrwjtOf ITABLJC TRIP TO CALIFORBXA. r'lthiak, said Mr. Daaa. as he Afcdjbak bit chair from the breakfast table, and lookinghard at his -wire, prettj little woman with large blue eyes. "I tbiak that I should like to try mjlaok in California. Darn it all, eTerybody is goincr about here. Do you think yon could spare me for a yasur, Nelly ?" Mra. Dana made no reply; she appatwed to be Tery busy turning oat a et of tea. though a keeaer observer than her husband would have noticed an ttnaoaabon tremulo eeoeas in her bands as Mr. Dana eajased speaking. MI think I might do well there," the hawband continued, as though speaking to himself. "Are yon not doing well here, on your farm V asked the wife, at length. "Pa making a living, perhaps, but it is only Vy hard work. Now, if I should go to Californis, and be lucky, way, we could nave a great many more man we are messed witü at SL, "We have everything that we could wish for to make us contented, and I an sort T sigh for no luxuries excepting what I can afford," Mrs. Dana replied. "Tai. we hare enough to eat, and clothes to wear, but we cant boy tots of good mrniture.and have a piano, like Bqmre Bolton. Darn it, I want to be as and then I should be coutented," said Mr. Dana, rising from his chair, aad walking to and fro with enerfJ Mr. Bolton is far from beine haDDv " said his wifo. ppy "Wall, I kaow that; but then who could be contented with auch a wife as ba has f She is either crazy half the time, or ebe there HllBh " aaid Mr. TVs.s .ilk s ra. nUw"hfol took; "remember, if she has issues, an nave we all." "Bot what I meao, Nelly, is, that if ho had sack a wife as I have got, and with all his wealth, he could not help kbef happy." . And yet you want to leave a wife yon think so highly of," said she, with another reproachful look. "Bat don't yea see that it is all for ' your own benefit and comfort in the J 0 V.. L . aiii . ., . vuw i 1VU4WW, ny, mat nothing cooM induce ma to quit you, unleee ft was the hope of making a fortune in a short time; and I would'nt be gone Ionfar than a year ; and if I liked the country, aad thought you would be contented there, I'd send for you.' ' The youag wife strove hard to retain aeompoeure, as she ssked- "What win yon do with the farm when you are gone away 1 I will get my youngest brother to come and live hero, and carry it on. Yam snail ba left in full charge, Nelly, to do Jnat as you please."

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"Ulve me a week to think of It," th wife replied, "at the end of thai Ilm I'll mska up my mind whether to oonsent to your going or not." Mr Dana WH too well plesaad to obtain sven lala oonneealon to think of srgtilug any farther, and nftor bidding his wire to rand the amounts In Iks newspapers containing the latsat newa from California, ho stsrted off to hie work. Mr. Dana owned a farm of about one hundred aaree, near the town of WindMr, Vermout. Ho was a young wan, and a person of eonslderable unorgy, and lud, during his minority, saved a small sum of mousy which he had safely depoalted In tlu Havinga Dank, until such a lime sa he should want to use It. After he beeame of ago, hu had added to his capita!, and when lie thought he should like Nolly Parkin for a wife, and proposed to her, and was accepted, he bought (he form wo And him occupying, and was doing as woll na any young farmsr la the neighborhood. He had boon married about two yeare when the gold fever of iSed-u broke

out, taking ofl thouaands of our most Industrious mechanics and farmers, and leaving many a hearthstone desolate and many a wife to mount an absoiit hu-band. After Mr. Dana bad lelt hi wife, she washed her dishae and put them away, aad tiien eat down to read the glowing accounts of the gold dlacoveriea. The more she read, the moro fascinated did ska become, until at last aha canto to the conclusion diet if alio wero a man, aha would be temptod to go end try her luck. Twice during the forenoon, did aha peruee the paper, and oach time hor resolution ol not consenting to her huaband's departue grew weakor, until she finally made up her mind, if he asked her consent again, ehe would give it. Mrs. Dana was a woman of considerable mind. Brer ainco alio was a child she has been obltired to labor, and bv her contact with the world sho had acIuired a knowledge of business, which d not, however, impair ordotraet from the natural modesty of a good woman's heart or mind. A week had rot paased before the bjsband again alluded to the subject uppermost in his miud. A company - as about leaving Windsor, and many of the young men of the town were enrt ling their names. Mr. Dana thought ' ne wotZ ib a 8 nt'mt für ,hin!' 1 be would have acquaintances to lend1 him a helping handln case he was taken ! sick. His wifo thought the same thing and flighted her husband by giving her coosonttJ his going. They were not aware of the selfishness exhibited in the mines, where each , men struggled for himself and thoujbt It a waste of Unto to help hie fevorish friend to a glass of cold water, or make him a meat of gruol to keep him from starving. Mr. Dana's arrangements were soon made. He had some money on hand, and with it he determined to cross the ', Isthmus, in company with his townsmen . ss he thought ho could make enough after hia arrival, in a week, to psy his passage. Thev wrote to engage steerage ; Derins, and received answer that the steamer would sail on such a day. and that they must be promptly on the spot. This newsecaused the party to harry up their arrangements, and on the day beAT .1 tore tnev were to start, Mr. Uana robuested his wife to accompany him to a lawyer. he a a t Juuiy. T . r L.n I l i inn iiiajr uc vuus lunger uiaa , towithit üst ZJl7l ! If you get tired of carrying it on, sell it to the best advantage; I shall make money enough while gone, to buy a larfer one when I return. I hardly think I shall live on a farm when I come back. o u goto grana new noose in inc town and lire like Squire Bolton His wife thought at tho time that there might be some failure in his plans, but she was hopeful, and would not say anything to dash his bright anticipations. The day of parting came and with it team and mournful looks; but it was not until Dana had left the house, perhaps never to return, that the young wifo felt the lonohness of her . conditic i. t or a week or two she was ow-spirited and sad, but as she received Atters from her husband m New fork, written in a lively vein, and bidding her ho of ehsor hA ar.m,.l rrtinlu r,. . . ' . j - i join her in the course of tho year, she j

became more composed and reconciled ; them for the purpose ol making a to his absence. ! sheep pasture." We will not follow him in tho crowd- "A sheep pasture !" the husband ed steamship, nor across the Isthmus, cr;edj jn astonishment, where he narrowly escaped drowning! . i a. c t while ascending the river; nor will we , Yes, It makes a very fine one. I tell of his arrival at San Francisco, and i bought a hut dreu and fifty sheep, and departure for the mines, whero he was then had some money left, which I quite fortunate, until attacked by the , added to that in the bank. Last sumfever and ague which roasted him in j mer I sold four hundred pounds of one moment, and froze him the next. wool at forty cents per pound. He would lie fn hia tent, and wish that! "That amounts to iust one hunB1 aal l ' J

me genue nanus 01 nis wue mignt wipe the moisture from his brow, or cover him with the blankets when shivering with cold. All of his adventures might be written out, and perhsps Mr. Dana will, somo day. civo an account of his : doings in the land of gold. They will; possibly serve as a warning to other nusoands, ana pcrnaps ne may tlius pre - vent many a heart from mourning for the absentone. Mr. Dana's ferver got no better, and at last the doctor told him he had better seek a change of climate, as he might shake himself to death. Dana thought the same thing, for it seemed to him when the chills care j on, that every bone in his body would be wrenched apart, and when like v er again returned to him he could imagine himself In an oven. He considered the suhj ct one day, end determined to start for home. A team was to leavo next day for Sacramento city, and as soon as his resolution was formed he engaged a passage, sold off his clothes, except enough to resch Vermont, and found he was master of only five hundred doll ars, after working in the mince four m onths. To be sure, hie doctor's bill h ad cost bim a large sum, and was frightful to contemplate. He started the next day for h ome. He determined to live a farmer and die one, if tho Lord spared his life. He iiad seen enough of the gold mines, and as he was going in a cart, and being jolted over the uneaven roads, be though.t what a ninny he had been to leave a c omtor tab!o home and his loving wife, j'vst for the sake oi trying t accumulate a fortune. The jolting of the cart may have helped him, for the fever rapidly lelt him, and by the time he reached Ssn Francisco, he felt like s new man. He

had half a mind to turn back and try again, but the thought of bia wife, and nature and love conquered. Ha weal Immediately to the office of the steam sliiit company mid secured passage home. It whs a 'Mild, blustering day In the in. .1,11, uf winter, when Dana reached Windsor. Hn pulled his apover bis eyes to prevonl being recognised, and then started on foot for his hörnt. II. had hoard from hla wifo but onso sinoo hu had been absent, and Im hardly iaVftd to hope that she was weil, lie quickened his space and name in sight of the house where ho had spsnt so many happy hours, He glanced over his farm, and saw that everything had bsen well oared for.Tito stone walla wera in good order, tho barns loo. ;d neat and well repaired, and just aa bt was thinking that

lita wife and brother hud done remarkably well, the train on whleh he had rodo from Uoslon whlaaod by, directly across his farm. He groaned in anguish at the eight, aa hia beautiful meadow was ruined, he thought, and all owing to hi" fooliah goose ohase for a fortune. His wife could not be expected to know how to attend to thes.i things, and he had no doubt but what the railroad company had swindled her. He approached the house and then knocked timidly at tho door. It was opened, and thero stood his wife, aa handsome as ever, but she looked at him in surprise; ha had forgotten that he had not onoe shayed since he had left her. lie spoke, thon held out his hand, then his arms. Thero was a ahrick. :md then the two latter were well filled. Two hours after, thoy wero talking seriously and solely upon bualness matters. "I am sorry the railroad passos over our meadow," he said; "it reni it almnal Hülsas " "They hare tho right of way, but have not injured it as much as you think," she replied. "I uon't suppose they paid you over one hundred dollars for the land," said Dana. There's where you are mistaken tw aim mo tlv., hnnHro.l dollar for merely the right of way." ,.t 3 ., 8 ., f . . UPP .the7 Pft'd. you n stock, 8,ud hc "rpneed to think she had got arge a 8Um "Yes, they gave a part in stock and part in cosh," the wife replied, trying not to look triumphant "And the stock, what is that worth? A merc Bong i BUppoee." .,, th KZI (Uv t rfl,ftir. , .. . ft . ., ra u ate akuvatace, it is not worm BO rauon PT 8nare now- mougni 1 had rather have the money than to trust to any uncertainty." The husband was astonished. He had re - ceived for a narrow strip of land as mUch as he had given for the whole of his farm ..And what did vou do with the money, "Nelly ?" I took six hundred and bought the rich meadow of Squire Bollon. You remember how you wished to own it?" Dana did remember perfectly well. He had thought of the land when in ev-A Californa, and was in hopes of getting uacn witn money enougn to imy , "The other six hundred and fifty I I,,aced ,n lhe Saym ' Bank' where li now on nte"et. "You are the best wife in the State," the husband cried, with admiration, "But I have not yet given a full account ot my stewardship, iou re member the forest of pines on the hill just back of the meadow ?" Dana noded ascent. He wondered what was coming now. "Well, there is no longer ary forest there; I sold every tree h it stood." "Who was foolish enough to buy pjn,. woods .Tho ra;iroa(i company. They mugt hftye wood t0 t up 8team. Th mc four hundred dollars i, . ., , , , for the privilege of chopping down . , - j f i A , . :j ..l irucB uu 4 B,uu lu (lrßd doilara 8aid nan!. after a slight calculation. "Precisely, without counting the incroase of lambs. I think I did very woll by that bargain "You are a better manager than I am, Nelly. Hereafter you shall be , the head of the house. "I thank you, but I am perfectly content to resign to you now tbat you have arrived." "Then you have no more bargains to relate T he asked. "Yes," she replied with a slight hesitancy "I have made one more trade, but perhaps it is one that will lisple sc you." "Wnat, after my hearty welcome ? Fou can do nothing in future that I will not approve of. Remomber, Nel ly, 1 have returned to you poor in pocket, and none too well in health." "I will take such good care of you that your health will be quite restored bv anrimr. and as for Deiner Door why, J a V 0a OT" that is absurd, when you have a good farm, and nearly a thousand dollars in the savings bank. "Besides a treasure of a wife 1" "Thank you. But will you step into the parlor and sec the latest purchase?" D.ir.n followed his wife, and as she opened tho door she pointed signifi cantly to a dark object in the corner of the room. "A piano 1" cried he, astonished. "Yes, a good, well toned piano. - But before you express your surprise, let me tell you how I earned it. I sold all the butter that I made during the last nine months, and invested the proceeds in an instrument that I knew

you longed for, and to tell the truth, that was rather anxious for myself: but I never said so and until I found myself able. I never thought of buy ing one, Now are you angry T" "Auury I" Mr. fl. haa never eapreaaed a wish to roamgain. He Is perfectly aatiafled that he ean find more happiness on his farm, and in the society of bis wifo, than bo could If surrounded by all the gold in California.

Honor Thy Mother. "Here is the parcel, (Inorge; tako it to Mra. Orny, before school, and ask hor to have the mending all done fur me in a weak." "Tos, mother, I'll tie It to my new sled, on my swift Kcindeer's back, and harness Dash to draw it ; just let me find nun stronger oord for reins." "No, my eon, yon can not take Daah thia morning. There ia only time enough for you to do your errand and reach school in soaeon. Dash would want a gret frolio if ho wore to go would'nt you, good fellow?" su id George's mother, turning with an affoctionato caress to tho noblo Newfoundlander that stood by her side liatening ao knowingly to every word that waa said. "0. mot'ier," pleaded the little boy, "do let mo tako him. There'a plenty of time, and I won't play with him to make mo late." "No, dear, you had butter loave Dash at home this time," was the mother's gentle and firm reply. But Georgo put on a sour face, and jerked the parcel out of her hand, refusing her kind order to adjust hia school-books, and replying to her sweet "good morning, dear." witb 0 ily a sullen "good morning," that was little better than no reply at all. "It's too bad," he muttered to himself as soon aa he was out of hearing; "Dash mi?ht go just as well as not ; but mother is always so afraid of something or other, t know I shouldn't be late, and it's real mean ho can't go. 1 wish I uid'nt have to mind," he continued; "men don't have to; it's to bad little boys must. I'll be glad when I'm as big a man as papa; then I can do just as I please always;" and from this soothing soliloquy George wont on to consider the great privileges that manhood would bring him, when, as he imagined, all restraints would be removed, and he might do precisely as he pleased. "That's what I shall like. Won't I have a grand time then 1" and the anticipation really quickened bis step and brightened his face as he hurried along his way. The errand done, George soon found himself among the schoolboys, and in the ordinary interests of his studies and his sports, he quite forgot the ill-temper that hau clouded the morning sky, and the impatient, rebellious feelings he had permitted to work unrestrained in bis breast. But his mother remembered it all sorrowfully. School closed early that line afternoon, and groups of me ry boys started for Bare Hill to coast. George hastened home in high spirits, and bounced into the parlor almost out of breath, asking eagerly, "May I go too, mother ? and Dash ?" His mother put hor arm around him und drew him to her side, kissing the glowing cheek which the keen air had tinted so richly. "Yes, my dear boy, I am especially happy to give you my full consent to enjoy this pleasure and to take Dash too !" Something, George could not tell what, caused him suddenly to remember the incident of the morning, and a pang of self-reproach accompanied the thought. But he was eager for his play, and stopping only to return his mother's kiss, he went in search of Dash. At tea that evening, and for an hour afterward, George's father and mother were engaged with company; so he and his cousin Will stayed by themselves in the library, telling stories and playing quiet games. George was tired after his afternoon's play, and had taken off his boots, wet and heavy with snow-water, to which he had carelessly exposed himself in coasting, and now he sat in his wet socks, not because he knew no better, nor even because "he didn't think," but simpley because he did not feel like tHking so much trouble as to rub his feet and change his socks and put on his slippers. And so he was willing to disregard his duty and the oft-repeated directions of his mother, by thus exposing his health. Presently his father had occasion to pass through the room, and asked with surprise, "Are you sitting all this time without your slippers ? and your wet teet, too7 How is this George? 'O, father, I'm not cold, and my feet are most dry now." "Why, my son, bow can you be so earelesa ? I could not do such a thincr without feeling that I was sinning against the commands of mother, who taught me ft was wron,' to expose my health. Go immediately and attend to yourself." The words were emphatic and se riously uttered. "My father still minding his moth er," thought George; "why, he's a man grown, and old enough to have some gray hairs, and his mother died years and years ago, when fath a. .a er wasn t much older than I am. Father loved her, I guess, a good deal, and then he hunted all through the closet for a missing slipper. "Sinning against the commands of mv mother. Again the words re turned to George's mind as he laid his head on the pillow for the night, and again his thoughts went back to the morning, when he had so rebelled against bis mother's directions, and suffered ao many wrong feelings and wishes to possess his own mind.

thought men didn't have to mind their mothers, aad eonldalwaya do aa tbey liked; but father minds bis mother now, though lie' it man, itml tdie lute been dead a long time, Thai's strenget f never thought it could he so, Father's a good man, and grandma BUI! have been good too," "Aad isn't my mother good, and wise, and kind?" asked nnnsrdonoe. "Wasn't she right and 1 wrong this morning, when foil croae and disobedient Jest then he heard a step in the hall. It waa his mother come to give her good-night kiss and blessing, Rhu observed the troubled look upon George's face, and before she could speak the aaba burat forth. "Mother, I'm sorry I was an naughty cliian morning. 1 will try to mind you batter; father always minded his mother, and ho minds her still." George told her what hia father hud said, and what ho had thought ol it afterward. Yea, my child," aaid his mother, in low, earnest tones, "your father was an obedient son, and that Is what haa has fitted him to be now a wiso and faithful parent. I have many times heard him aay that his remembrance of his mother's teachings comes up to him with an undiminished authority in the dally duties of life, and his obedionoe ta those teachings formed, long ago, many habits that are now too strong to be broken. Her precepts and her example still iniuenco nis life; they will never eease to do ao, and, aa you have heard him say to-night, he would not violate any obligation she had taught him, without feeling that he was sinning against his mother as well as against God." "My son, bear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother!"

Discipline of the Mind. It is not by mere study, mero study, b oy n that mere accumulation of knowledge, you can have for eminence. Mental discipline, tho exerciso of the mind, the quickening of your apprehension, the strengthening of your memory, the forming of a sound, rapid and dis criminating judgment, are of even more importance than the store of learning. Practice the economy of time. Consider time like the faculties of your mind, a precious estate ; that every moment of it well applied is put to an exhorbitant interest. The teal of amusement itself, and the successful result of application, depend, in a great measure, upon the economy of time. Estimate force of habit. Exercise a also the 1 constant

and unremitting vigilance of acquire-, ague and fever every other day, aud ment of habit, in matters that are ap- shakes till his teeth chatter, and the parently of indifference, that perhaps bed rocks beneath him, is that a reaaru really so. independent of the hab- SOn why he should make himself and itants that they endanger. It is by every body else wretched the inthe neglect of such trifles that bad tervening days, when be dosen' t have habits are acquired, and that the miud his shaking fit? We contend not. He by total negligence and procrastina- ought, as a man of sense, and from tion in matters of small account, but selfish motives, If from no higher, to frequent occurrence matters of which have a good time and enjoy himself, the world takes no notice becomes and enter upon his shaking duties accustomed to the same defects in cheered with thoughts of the good matters of high importance. By mo- time he had the day before, and the tires yet more urgent, by higher and anticipation of just such a one the purer aspirations, by the duty of obe- ;next day. And so with all sickness, dieuce to the will of God, by awful with all suffering, and all disappointaccount you will have to render, not ment. We should never yield a whit merely of moral Actions, but of facul- j 0f that which is enjoyable to the mopties entrusted to you for improvement jDg misery of misanthropic sentimenby all these higher arrangments do ' tality. Away with it! It deserves I conjure you "so to number your Q0 plate in the h. trt of a man ot ordays that you may apply your heart dhaary a nse eiv brains. A man who unto that wisdom which, directs believes tbat life is a pilgrimage of your ambition to the noble end of ben- pftin, must have had chronic rheumaefitting mankind, and teaching hum-1 tism all his days, and chronic fooli-h-ble reliance on the mercy of yonr Re- Dega m the head. . at ! a. 1 s 'i .

ueeraer. may suppon you in tne Some people seem to look upon "lime of your wealth;" and in "the ; laughter as a sin one of the sad folhour of death, and in the day of j ii8 0f thoughtless youth. They dejudgment," may comfort you with nounco it. and attempt to crush the

the hope of deliverance Adulterated Articles of Human Food. In the report of the select commit tee of the House of Commons, appointed to inquire into the adulteration of food, drink, and drugs, the following passages occurs: "Without entering into voluminous details of the evidence taken, your committe would enumerate the leading articles which have been proved to be more or less commoniy auuitero, toew rrowroot, adulterated with potato .and other starches; bread with potatoes, h ,, .... a M nesta a nmn and en nh nfo LMttaiUJ VI X WW, smaasib hu e-ijnww of copper; bottled fruits and vege toDies witn certain eaita oi copper, i - fee with chicory, roasted wheat, beans, .1 MnMAl1 nttHA ' Ahl,ArV Villi and mancrold wurzel; chicory with roasted wheat, carrots, sawdust, and Venetian red; coaco with arrowroot; potato-flour, sugar, chicory, and some feruginous red earth, cayenne with around rice, mustard husk, dtc, col ored with red lead, Venetian red and tumeric; gids with grains of Paradise, sulphuric acid, and cayenne; lard with potatoe flour, mutton-suet, alum, car - bonate of soda, and caustic lime; mus-

tardwith wheat flour and termenc; i . Havc you not seen the hapmarmalade with apples or turnips; por- nv . of od . th Bttt

ter ana stout . taougu seut out ... a M.X. l a. A - pure state from the brewers) with water, sugar, treacle, salt, alum, cocalus, Indlcus, grains of raradise, nux vomica, and sulphuric acid; pickles and preserves with salts of copper; snuff witb various Chromates, red lead, lime and powdered glass; tobacco with waUr, sugar, rhubarb and treacle; vinegar with water, sugar, and sulphuric acid; jalap with powdered wood; opium with poppy capsules, wheat flour, powdered wood and sand, scammony with wheat flour, chalk, resin and sand; confectionary' with plaster of Paris, and other similar ingredients, colored with various pig menU of a highly poisonous nature; and acid drops, purporting to be compounded of Jargonelle pear, Ripstone ninnin. lemon. Sc.. with essential oils containg prussic acid or other danger-

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"Laugh and Orow Fat Yea, "laugh and atom fail" H is one of the homely old maxims wnloh are full of truth, though gtfllUea of poetry, It I common sephsvlt ia raaaon It is nature It ia good ami wholeaome advlon, and we endorse It "to the fullest extent to the futlost extent." It should be written on the walls of ovary man'a dwelling, and one of the earliest luasnna In ahildhood. daughter is, In our estimation, an Ineatlmable blessing- an fndlanensable and glorloua "institution." Without it, erirao, and violence, and dyspepsia, and suicide, and murder, would run rampant Laughter ia the voloo ej good feeling the emblem of good nature, and Tiealth, and generosity. Show us a man who never laughs, and we will show you a selfiluh narrowminded bljot a regular ourmadgodn -a man who hat cramped aad dwarfed tho generous impulses of nature, lillitlly no longer exert an influence upon his thougnts and actions. Such an anomalous being would be like a desert with no oasis, no cooling waters, and no living thing. To one and all wo say, "Laugh and grow fat;" Away with your lugubtioua philosophy. Away with your mournful fault-finding with tho universe in general, and your songs full of falao aad aiokly sentimentality, which would make ub believe that

'Karth Its wilderness of,woe Aad llfea pllgrlinsgt. of pain. Wo don't believe a world of ill Kar'h is no mom a wilderness than it is a Eotatoe patch, Behold the wide and eautiful landscapes spread around us upon every hand! What transeendant loveliness, and lofty grandeur, aud varied beautiea are seen thickly spread about us, suited to every taste. Karth A wilderness! No!-it ia full of all good and beautiful things; Its landscapes, and rivers, and hills, and trees, and valleys, and forests are the eyes which God opens upon us, to show his sublime perfection and his parental kindness. The eart.. a wilderneasl The man who believe- that is as selfish as a miser, and as blind as au owl in aunshinel Earth is not a wilderness, neither is "life a pilgrimage of pain," love-eiek bards and cynics to the contrary notwithstanding, That we have many sorrows in life; that we must toil till we are weary, and suffer pains and disappointments, and see our fond hopes go out in darkness, is as true as can be, and almost every man could swear to it should he be called upon in a court of justice; but what of shat? Is it a reason why we should not enjoy the ten thousand pleasant things we find around us, so capable , of beintf enioved? If a mn has the gay, happy spirit that prompts it. Nothing could be more absurd or mischievous. It is a sin against God and human nature mot to feel at peace with yourself and mankind generally. Can there be any particular merit in looking sour, and feeling sour, and making every one about you feel uncomfortable? We say not, and we say, that God made us to enjoy life, and the good things he placed here capable of inspiring enjoyment. If be did not intend to have us laugh, why d d he I . ug ft of the Uu hablt f and so h to if u? wm ; , fh . . ers auswer it will puztfcM j Tho trtJlh j8 meQ gencrttny jk , tho world throngh the spectacles : J Qwn fee,- md notion3; and I . . . the man who sees nothing to laugh at, or nothing to feel good over, is "of all men miserable," and deserves commiseration. To him who communes with God in the beautiful things around him, the sorrows and disappointments of life are only temporary, and sub , tudß and thankaglvinf. which eTer ari. 1 from tQe neftt Wfl u-r t, h. ft servient to the great praver of gratiFJ - - . were ü d n, over rough roads, amid hunger, and cold, ' m 9 o and fatigue? One humorous soul will make the whole load forget their misery, and laugh till tbey are at peace. Laughter is the best remedy for dyspepsia both physical and spiritual, And we say to ono and all, "Laugh and grow fai." w - "Jim, what makes you limp so?" "Liimp i l guess you d limp it you had walked between two rows of bar rel hoops as long as I have. Why, the outside of my legs are as raw as a piece of beef; but I have got an in vention to cure that difficulty. I am going to take them military pants of mine, and run a piece of bar steel right down through the stripes, and thenjf any hooped female, or walking cooper shop, invites me out, 1 think 1 shan't have my legs aawed off."

Ixaustlnf the loll. We rued in Amerioa much of the "nhausied soil of Kurope." 1 have aeen none of It. Ho far from bolng ethauxted, 1 think the soil of Karop i - now bettor than over, and thai it it made to. yield larger crops than ever. How nan soil bo exausted, which has for centurli'M, received plentifully of

manures, and manures made upon the best possible systems. 1 think a litt! ! rolluotiun, coupled with a propur ob eervanoe of Kuropean agriculture, must lead to the oonviolioit that lbs sell of Europe is oonaisiitly receiving more back in manure, fco., than is ta ken away in prodtttts Of all farm products, the atmosphere aad rains furnishes the larger quantity of Its oomponuut parts, and whenever a proper system of manuring oxlsta, tho ground must beoomo oonstantly enriched In Europe, manure is the aver pres ent idea of the farmer, and by gather ing all oü'als, and making manure in any conceivable way, Ivy doeg not only ny green manuring, such aa plowing

clover under, out I a . a at si w street and dwelling vtBffV IW tpilt to IHWhlifl "Ml II PJ v a A Wat fit raaiiaia. (.. mis tal she require, and to do it without gtudging, and with compound interest. Soil is only there exhausted where crops are raised which tre entirely removed, and of which nothing is returned to the soil for iustancv, tobacco. This is very little the case in Suropu, Tbu fine whoat ureps which smile upon the traveler, aa he is rushed past them by railroad speed, would be an impossibility if the idea of exhaustion weru true. The meadows, too, which are mown thrice eyery j year, and each time give a good crop, and have been so mown for age, con-1 tradiots this exhaustion theory. No!, tho European farmer and his land are j always on good terms with each other. , The man yields good husbandry, and . k.. i.a j j r the land yields good crops. Okas. RkEataiLti.-..- -Ohiu Famtr. Disclosures of t Liquor Dealer. Mr. Delavan, President of the New York State Temperance Society, in his recent address in the Capitol, at Albany, dwelt mainly on the now prevalent adulteration of liquors. With in a few weeks, he said, it had come to his knowledge, that a person whose conscience revolted at bis employment in a large liquor establishment, hae left it for a more innocent aud creditable business. Ho stated that it now only took ten. some say four gallons of pure whisky, to make a barrel of of the whisky of commerce. To

by stable, factory, , --ud one of the mostly wferous of manure, take good , ,","1 PP-d hew he could swal,th i oarth the ran- ? "on!' H!u , Hfl ""1 PP-

these are added rain water, camphene, ,.l aware how faithfully that repreand arsenic; the laUer tp restore the j entation, with all its beautiful and bead destroyed by water He stated, Bignincant decorations, haa been proalso, that brandy made to imitUe the served, from the earliest periods of anran Prenoh brandy, and of materials tiquily. even to this day. Not only of the most poisonous character, was Ult. extent and form, the support aud sold at $4, ptr gallon, costing only , situation, but the ground work and twenty-two cents. That all kind of covering of a Mason's Lodge, aref all wines were imitated so closely, that matters upon which the most volumithe best judges could not discriminate nou, expositions might be employed; them; costing but trille and sold at. inasmuch as these points, when sepaprice to suit customers, lhe higher '. rately considered, serve to illustrate the standing of the customer, and the the great end of masonry, vix: that of more particular as to his wines, the imbuing the human mind wUb the higher the pries, to satisfy him as to ; loftiest conceptions of the purest morquahty. The most celebrated Euro- al principles. American Fm Mapean dealers were quoted, as to the sun source of supply; and European deal-1 !' . . ,

ers, be it known, arc not much behind, but much in advance of the American trader, in their adulterations. He quotes an advertisement from a chemist in New York, who is "now prepared to furnish the flavorings for ovory kind of liquor." We have known personally several such frauds. The devil is carrying , on no greater farce in the "fashionable j world," than what la called wine i drinking. The poor coxcombs who 1 smack their lips over their glasses, are only drugging themselves. If a physician should prescribe their diams, letting them know meanwhile their real composition, there would be general insurrection against the faculty. Dreaming Match. Sir Wm. Johnson, who was super intendent of the Indian attars in America, previous to the revolution, received some suits of clothes horn England richly 1 teed, when Hendrick, king of the nations of Mohawks, was present. -The chief admired them much, but did not say anything at the time. In a few days liendxick called on Sir William, and acquainted him that he had a particular dream. On Sir William inquiring what it was, he told him that he had dreamed that he had given him one of those fine suits tbat be had received from over the water. Sir William took the hint, and immediately presented him with one of the richest suits. Hendrick, highly pleased with his generosity retired. A short time af ter this, Sir Willi, tq happening to be in company with Hendrick, told bim tbat be also had a dream. Hen drick being very solicitous to know what it was, Sir Willi im informed him that he had dreamed that he (Hen drick) had made him a present of a particular tract of land (the most valuable on the Mohawk river) of about 5,000 acres. Hendrick presented him with the land immediately, with this shrewd remark: "Now, Sir William, I will never dream with you again, you dream too hard for roe." The tract of land thus obtained is called to the present day, "Sir William's Dreaming Land." During an earthquake that oc curred a few years since, the inhabitants of a small village were generally very muoh alarmed, and at the same time surprised at the calmness and apparent joy of an old lady whom they all knew. At length one of them, addressing the old lady, said "Mother - , are vou not afraid?" e "No," said the mother in Israel. "I rejoice to know that 1 have a God that can shake the world."

Got, Benton. Mr. ii. i.i. .1.. la hie anaeuh at fti. Umia, on th flat of June Laat, speaka of tho Cincinnati Platform thus: "Cltlspuat I have told you of tho attempts to kill off Mr. Uunhaaau In Hi Coaventlon under the two thirds rein; them was another of a different al A a- a l . a est .

fciu.i. to no iou aasna thing it waa a lijr"- patibulary straet.ro wi.m . iojmi uiii inn iifisHi, arm strap door under ihn ft amj to rWrW Met if fir iit fiu at, hi tMI itrutnj up in iht Jforth; f ojj U tmt Uid awv af thp Mimik, ilia iriunls found oat the Km, and determiaud to mount It, be i eonsequenoes what they might.They said the President doea not swear to platforms hut to the Const!, tation. and, mwktteH, it ia lawful to light lite with art, it waa concocted by tho old jamaaariua, aud produced jat at the moment the balloting waa to commence -ao a to make dUordor in the ranka; bat the trick failed It was received in a tempest of emulous aiHilausu, aad extolled to the ekios. tly, "At Jdo ipfcaef sa j'ukt it Hp oyuwi" Young Ooatiemen. Whruover you fail in conversation to amuse the company, begin to laugh immoderatelv ; thereby you will command attention. If any gentleman should tell a remarkably good story, tu,ver laugh, but immediately tell another story yourself, and then laugh as much and as loud as ton please! Never enter 4ho society of ladies without your breath is capable of emitting the aroma of cigars smoked half an hour since. It's not fast. Consider yourself insulted every hour and speak of pistols frequently -ii i 3. . you win get cnarapngne gratis, ana a refutation. When in the company of ladies, endeavor, to show your learning use hard words. It will excite their admU ration. Uo not let the skirts of your coat reach lower than your anele; for it will cover the aAole calf unless sucb is your object. Corner Stout To the practical working Mason, it is scarcely necessary to remark that the corner stone of our society is arcLioiOM. We assemble ia Lodges, which are intended to represent the structure of the world, and van r That Jug, "Watchman spare that jug, Touch not a single drop. It served roe many a tug. And I will be its prop. 'twas my forefather's bead. That placed it in his cot, There, watchm!lD let it stand Thy club shall harm it not. That old, familiar jug, Whose credit and renown. Are known to many a mug. And thou wouldst smash it down? Watchman, forbear thy blow, lireak not ,iU !t!irth brown clay, Nor let the liquor I10W. uui let uie oia jug ay. Th( watchman could not stand this ! powerful appeal and after leaving a j pamphl-t of the Maine Liquor Law used next day for shaving paper he took his departure The Apprentice. The apprentice foreshadows the workman, just as sureTy as the bend of the twig foretells the inclinatioa of the tree. The upright, obedient industrious lad willggraduate a steady, capable man, as unmistakably as the perverse, idling, careless boy will rifien into a laiy, dissolute, and worthess lad. Tbc fact is a boy is measurably the maker of his own destiny; and if he fails to acquire a masterknowledge of the trade to which he is put, it will be mainly because he did not at his outset determine to be a master-workman. Good morals and stead industry are indispensible. Earlt Risiyo. Dr. Wilson Philip, in hrs "Treatise on Indigestion," says "Although it is of consequence to the debilitated to go early to bed, there are tvw things more hurtful to them than remaining in it too long. Getting up an boar or two earlier, often gives a degree of vigor which nothing else can procure. For those who are not much debilitated and sieep well, the best rule is to get out of bed soon after waking in the morning. This at first may appear too early, for the debilitated require more sleep than the lie-filthy ; but rising early will gradually prolong tbe sleep on the succeeding night till tbe quantity the patient enjoys is equal to bis demand for it. Lying late is not only hurtful, by the relaxation it occasions, bet also by occupying that part of the day at which exercire is roost beneficial." An old stick says: ''I have seen women so delicate that they were afraid to ride for fear ot the heme running away afraid to aail for fear the boat might upset afraid to walk for fear that tbe dew might fall but I never saw one that was afraid to he married."

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sow to soaeeal yon had mean bwnsv aaei to reform . Poirtneas is (the ta tat there mar be nothing ia it, bat H eases yonr folia weWelly -People become 111 by driekiaar health.. He who drinks the bjeJi of awry body, drinks away hie aem, Only weak Ml nda allow tneir itdgjaents to be warped by sympathy or indignation. Ledle should hear la that of exercise, walking la the cheapest. It la baat. ur Heoldlnfl never d good ltbnruthaehlld.it wwwnaJaP jaaa9 and nparent; U Is evil, everywhere ways. gtnTNever pare base friends by gifts, for If you cease to give, they will oeaae to love. Botne cell them "small potato friends." tfaT Let yoer expiates bt such at to leave a balaass in year? poehtta. Ready moaey, iadeed, la a friend in aoed, MkT The man who baa been encaged for Ua yean in the Dwranit of nie profobsioa, caught jt one day laat weea. MoT Wild turkeys are abundant ia the vicinity of Vineennea, Indiana. A man killed three atone abet a taw days ago. We paint oar lives ia trmo. The soft and facile plaster of too monument hardens under every etroke el the brush into eternal rook. Time past is contracted into a point, and that the infancy of twang. Time to come ia seen expanding into eternal existence. Beauty U t transitory flower; e'en while it lasts it palls on the ro ving sense when bold too dwelling there too long. "What did you give for that he neighbor 1 "My note." "Wall, that was cheap." "Do make yourselves at " gaid a boast aa to her visitors wsbw ww sewwww aw7 swpb w vbwwwvbbb' one day; "I am at home myself, and wish yon all were." The object of life itself if we do but our duty to ear own minds, we shall toon come to do it to the world. 1T Last winter it is aaid t cow floated down the MtseiaaipsH ean peeee of ice, and beeame so cold that ehe haa milked nothing but ice matte ever since. ElPLOSIOH AID Dxath At A Fall. A portable steam engine exploded nt the Delaware County Fair, (Ohio) killing 14 persons aad wounding oth ers. -Theodore Hook once aaid to a at whose table a pabKsheri woe very drunk, "Why, yon appear to have emptied yonr wine-cellar into your book-seller." A sharp compositor of a brilliant daily paper attempting lately to set op a familiar Haa of poetry, made it read thus: "Death borm n mark." Yirtuons love if wholesome. Therefore be virtuoaa, to make yourself worthy of self-love. Not of course, that thon art thereby prevented from loving somebody else. Snooks was advised to get his life insured. "Won't do it." said be, "it would be just my luck to live forever if I should." "Well, I would'nt, my dear." meekly observed Mra. Snooks. One person having ashed ther if be believed in the apearaoce of spirits. "No." was the reply; "bat I believe in their disappearance, for I have missed a bottle of gin since laat night." tW A short man became attached to a very tall woman, and somebody said that be bad fallen in love with her. "Do you call that falling yn love?" said an old bachelor; "it's more like climbiog up to it." ZW Hon. Preston S. Brooks, says the Louisville low mal, has accepted from the citizens of Greenville, Sooth Carolina, what we didn't think him very anxious to take from Mr. Burlingame a ball. Female Delicacy Above all other features whicS adorn the female character, delicacy stands foremost within the province of good taste. Not that delicacy which is perpetually in quest of something tobe ashamed of, which makes merit of a blush, and simpers at the false construction its own ingenuity hse put upon aa innocent remark. Thia spurious kind of delicacy is far removed from good sense; bat the high minded delicacy which maintains its pare and uadeviatiag walk alike amongst women, A Goon 0a There is a distioguishod politician in Mississippi, says the Memphis inquirer, remarkable for the recklessness of hia Mssrtsone on the stump, who is not unfreqaently called "The Well Digger." Tbe other day, ae it is reported, an old man, ia Tennessee, was introduced to him directly after one of his in the State, who remarked "Well, Governor, I think yon are the man who ia aometimes called the "Well Digger?" "Yea," aaid the Governor, "I believe they do sosnetimes call me tbat; bat the troth ia I never dug n well am my lita." "I thought ao," aaid the old conntry man. They say 'truth lies at the bottom of a well,' and treat year spesch to-day, I tkouUjndyt that fm had mm him Ihm.