Locomotive, Volume 31, Number 9, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 January 1855 — Page 1

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JOHN R. ELDER, Editor ,;X'"The Chariots shall rage in the streets, they shall seem like torches, they shall run like the lightnings.' Vii,tV, 4. ELDER & HARKKESS, Publishers. v-

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The only direct route to Cincinnati, being 30 milos shorter and li hours quicker than any oilier route. Lightning Express Train leaves Union Depot at 11 A. M., and arrives at Cincinnati at 3i P. M., only stopping at Shelby, ville, Greensliurgh aud Lawrenccburgh; dine at Shelby villo. Chicago Mail Train loaves at 4 P. M., nflr the urrival or the Chicago train and arrives at Cincinnati at SH P. M., (upper at Greensburgh, . , ' Fare to Cincinnati, J3 00 Baggage checked through. Through ti iiots can be procured at Union Depot, over this route to New York, Philadelphia, Baltimoro, Pittsburgh, Colainbus, O., and Wheeling, via the Little Miami Railroad. Passengers taking tho 11 A.M. train, arrive in Cincinnati in linio to take tho 5 P. M. trains for the East. July29 T.A.MORRIS, Pres't. GREAT CENTRAL AND EASTERN ROUTE. INDIANA CENTRAL RAILWAY. : 1854. 1854. NEW ARRANGEMENT. Teivltoute to Cincinnati and Dayton, f olumbUK. Cleveland, Pittsburgh , IMula.On and after Thu rsdav, August 17, 1854, Passenger Trains will ulnhla !...! 1VW It r ti . run as follows, Sundays excepted: Two Trains daily, each way. . Morning Express leave ludiunapolis at 5.45, A. M . Passengers leaving in 5.45 A.M. train arrive in Cincinnati nt 11.45 A. M., in Davton at 10.40 A. M.,in ColuinUus at 2.30 P. M., in Cleveland at 6.45 P.M. Mail train leaves Indianapolis at 12 M. Pnsscngerslcaving In 12 M. train arrive in Ciucinnatlat B.30 P.M.. in Dayton in Passengers tit Columbus, Newark, and Zanesville,by taking the 12 M. train arrive in Dayton at 5.00; in Columbus at 9.4o P. M . , being six hours in advance of all other Routes. Passengers taking 12 M. train arrive in Cincinnati at 6.30 P.M. Passengers leaving Indianapolis at 12 M. for Dayton, Columbas, Crestline, Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and New York, arrive in Dayton at 5.00 P. M., in Columbus nt 9.45 P.M., at Crestline 12 at night, in time to connect with tho night train on Ohio and Pennsylvania Road, for Pittsburg, Philadelphia, and N. York. No change of gunge or cars to Dayton. Passengers save by this route28 miles to Day ton. and 50 miles to Columbus, Pittsburg, or Wheeling, over any other Railroad '"rtfrough tickets can be procured at the office, in the Depot. TTpEastern Baggage Checked to Buffalo; Pittsburg, Pliiladelphiaand New York WV'kmTHiSupt. A. regards ''gKA DSH.W, Freigl.tAgent. ". THE GREAT EASTERN ROUTE. 1854. 1854. INDIANAPOLIS, BFLLh FOP. IAIN E AND CLEVELAND . RAILROAD. CONNNECTING at tliis place witH trains from Lafayette, Terre Haute, Jetrersonville, and Madison Passengers will nnd this tho cheapest, shortest, quickest and mo it comfortable route to Dayton, Springlield, Urbannn, Bllefontaino, Columbus, Cleveland, Pittsburg, Dunkirk Buffalo, Albany, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimoro, and Washington. ..,.., , ... Two Trains leave Indianapolis daily (Sundays excepted). 1st day Telegraph Express leaves the Union DcpotntflA. M.; connect at Union with Train for Dayton and Cincinnati; at Bellefontaine with Traill for Sandusky, Toledo, and Detroit; at Gallion with Train for Columbus; and arrive in Cleveland at7sa.no evening, in time to connect nt Cleveland with the Lake Shore Railroad ExpressTrain, connecting at Dunkirk and Buffalo with the day Express Train, and arrive in New York early same evening. Passengers by this train breakfast before leaving Indianapolis. ' 2d. Express Mail Train leavesthe Union Depot at 12. 4j P. M. making the way-connections arriving in Cleveland next morning in time for the Express Trains for Dunkirk, Buffalo and Now York also for Pittsburg, Philadelphia and Baltimore Through Tickets can be procured at the office In the Depot. ItyPassengers for Columbus, by taking 6 A. M. train via. Bellefontaine, arrive at Columbus at 5 same afternoon. Fare Through...., 4.00 J. NOTTINGHAM, Superintendant, Office nearthe Union Depot, Indianapolis 1853. oct29-tf Lafayette and Indianapolis Rail Road! '..; . JfEIV ARRAJtOEMEJfT! : ;' ro Train Daily, Each fTaf, (Sundays Excepted. ON and after Tuesay, September 3d, two Passenger Trains will make daily tri, (Sun. lays excepted,) between Lafayotteand Iiidiauapolis.asfoiiows: FROM LAFAYfcxTK. Express Train will leave the Depot t 8 o'clock , A . M . ,arrive in Indianapolis at II. is, A.M. Accommodation Train will leave at 2.3(1, P. M., arrive in In dianapolis at 0.30, P. M. FROM 1NOIANAPOL1S. Accommodation Train willleave Union Depot7 A. M., arrive in Lafayette at 10.45, A . M. Express Train willleave at 1.15 o'clock , P. M.,arrivein Lafayette at 4.2.5, P. M. At IndianaDolisboth Trains will startf rom the Union Depot. The ExpressTrain connects, at Indianapolis, with Trainsof the Madison and Indianapolis, Bellefontaine and Indianapolis, Terre Haute and Ktchmoiid,aud Peru and Indianapolis Kali Roads, for Cincinnati, Dayton, MadisoD, Louisville, Terre Haute, die. Passengersby the Accommodation Train. lyingovernightat inuanapons,can tako the 5 o'clock morning train, on llto Bellefontaine nnd Indianapolis Railroad. direct for Cleveland and intermediate places. They can also take the morning trains oi the Mao. son ana Indianapolis. and tho terre Haute ana Kicnmona ttauroaasior Mau.son, Terre Hanto, ozc. Passengers from Indianapolis, eitherbv the morning or after noon train, can connect, at Lafavette. with trains on the New Albany and Salem Railroad. for Craw fordsville; also for MicUgan City, thence to Chicago. : Through ticketsto CliicneoforsalebvtheAzents. Price G. A dailyline of packetsl jave Lafayette every evening. after the arrival ofihe ExprestTrain.for Delphi, Lozansport, Pern, and Fort Wayne; also for Attica, Covington, ore. Fortickets. apply at the Union Depot. Indianapolis, or at .no n.ui rxuiiii oiucB in Laiayeiie. D.E.SNYDER, Ageant, at Indianapolis. jtlly23,tf- VM. DUKBIN, Sup'U

VOL. XXXI.

't: - INDIANA POLTS,

SLANDER. A whisper woke the air . A soil light tone and low, Yet barbed with shitmu and woe;- , Now might it only perish there ! Nor farther go. Ah me! a quick and eager enr Caught up the little meaning sound 1 Another voice has breathed it clear, And so it wanders round, . ' ' ' From ear to lip from lip to enr , ,' Until it reach a gentle heart, And (hat it broke. It was the only heart it found, , . The only heart 'twas meant to find, , i. . When first its accents woke; It reached that tender heart at last, ! And that it broke. Low as it seemed to other ears, It came a thunder-crash to hers That fragile girl so fair and gay . ' That guileless girl so pure and true 1 '. "lis said a lovely humming bird That in a fragrant lily lay, And dreamed the summer morn away, Was killed by but a gun's report, Some idle boy had fired in sport ! The very sound a death-blow came ! And thus her happy heart that beat ' With love and hope, so fast and sweet, (Shrined in its Lily too; ' For who the maid that knew, But owned the delicate flower-like grace Of her young form and face?) ; 1 When first that word ' Her light heart heard, '...: . It fluttered like the frightened bird, . Then shut its wings and sighed, And with a silent shudder died!' Frances S. Osoood. A MARRIAGE DILEMMA. ''Oh, Lorenzo, If thou keep promise, I shall end this life, . . Become a Christian, and thy loving wife. " - ' A few evenings since, we had the pleasure of hearing the following amusing story : , Alter a long and gloomy rule in one ot the in terior counties of Missouri, during the day, I came to a good looking house, and concluded to stop for the night, if the owner's concurrence could be stipulated. I soon learned from him, that I not only could stay, but he declared him self fortunate in having my company. I was escorted into the rural mansion, and soliloquised, a la bonne passee. ' I had been here but a few minutes before the magnamimous proprietor informed me that he was an old settler in this country, and that he had, after a long time, been elected Justice of the Peace for his township. He said he was not an educated man ; but that he knew a good deal about politics and law r-that he had been a mem ber ot the Missouri "legislates several times, and had succeeded in accumulating a small fortune. Of course, I was profoundly satisfied that 'Squire Brown was a gentleman, and eminently worthy of the halo of honors that dazzled over the career of his noble and eventful life. Here our conversation was closed, by the. appearance of several persons. We soon learned their abject was to get the 'Squire to marry a couple. They were not aware that the fequire was elect, only, and not qualified. But they, like most persons, thought the 'Squire could do anything. ., The gentleman and his future consort moved Up to 'Squire Brown, with that unmeaning and vacant supplication, mingled with confusion, that usually characterizes such shows. The fortunate bridegroom accosted the. venerable and worshipful dignitary of ceremonies : t " 'bquire, 1 suppose you know me, don t you, old boss? and don't you know this gal ? I guess you do, 'Squire." . i : The Squire gazed at the rustic couple and paused, as if he had some indistinct recollection of his romantic guest; glancing his eyes occasionally at some of the company for information, said ; "Why, really, it seems I.I think, I've seen you before." , .. "Oh, yes, bquire, said the bridegroom, "don't you know John Smith and Sally Jones? 'Squire, you are not posted up?" "Yes, replied the bquire. "1 know you both you are the son of James Smith." .' "No, 'Squire, said . bmith, you are mis taken." - ' . -T - r - - - r ; "Well, you are the son of Joe Smith." "That won't do yet, 'Squire," said Smith. - "Then you must be the son of Bill Smith:" "Nosir-ee! you can't come it yet, 'Squire," said Smith. .... ; "Oh, I remember now," enthusiastically exclaimed the 'Squire. , "You are of the Smith family generally." "Then you come it, like a thousand of brick. Now I will tell who this gal is," said the gentleman of the generic cognomination. "This is Sallv Jones, the belle of the Jones family, like a d 1 n. And now, 'Squire, do you know what we are arter?" . ; '' The 'Squire replied, that he supposed from what he had heard, and their bridal appearance, they wished to be married. "Ah ! 'Squire," said Smith, "you are a prophet to guess. We come here for you to do that, and nothing else." The 'Squire said to the interesting pair, "true he had been elected Justice of the Peace by a large majority, but he had not been commissioned or qualified, which was requisite to authorize him to pronounce the ceremony officially." But the parties persisted in their determination. The eager and curious crowd, liberal in their construction of official duty, insisted that it would all be right. , Beside, the'y urged it would be hard if they were driven to the perplexing necessity of looking for another 'Squire, with the loss of lime, in the interval to the soliciting parties. . The 'Squire seemed disposed to adhere to his opinion, that he could not marry them legally ; but as their case required expedition, he could do something tantamount tTIereto. , "The 'Squire's a boss, and will do the thing right," said Smith. . ,

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The 'Squire ordered the lovers and their companions to get ready; he would do what he could for them. ' Our hero, at this trying stage of matrimonial proceedings, seemed to suffer the reality and importance of the occasion to intrude, somewhat, on his heretofore buoyant and confident feelings. To relieve himself, as well as to assume a gravity and sanctity compatible with the times, he drew from Iiis pocket a "Washingtonian," rosy with "old red-eye," took a full and soothing quietus to all the follies and doubts that usually beset and embarrass those who are about to try the solemn realities of the married life tlat strange and mystic voyage, marveillevx f ". But after taking a drink, and passing the bottle freely around, with many rrntestations of love and attachment for his lady-love and friends, he ran his arm round Sally; then passionately embracing and kissing her, announced himself ready. The 'Squire then commenced . .' , "My friends, you have been told that I have just been elected to this responsible office, and that I have not received my commission or been qualified to act. But as this case is very urgent and not admitting of delay, and as I like to please all my customers, I have resolved to solemnize the bands of matrimony for these persons in the following manner, under my hand and seal 1 "By authority of my election and this certifi cate to me, from my honorable county court, and considering I am not commissioned to do all things as a Justice of the Pea may do after being duly qualified : I do, in the sight of God and man, and in pursuance of the urgent request of these persons and their friends, and the necessity of the case, certify that John. Smith and Sally Jones may, and are hereby authorized, to go together, and do bs married people does, any where in my county. Ami I hereby obligate myself, that when I get my commission, to marry them good, and date 'em back to kiver accidents." New Madrid, (Mo.) Times. A Honey Moon Incident, The interference of a police officer was called for yesterday afternoon, at the residence of Mr. Felix M. Baker, in Pine street. The circumstances are worth telling in methodical order. Mr. Baker, a bald-headed gentleman of five-and-forty, was married two .weeks ago, to Miss Sarah Garvin, of thirty, and upwards. The young couple were very comfortably situated snug house, nice furniture and handsome income. (Mr. B. is a senior mercantile clerk with a good salary.) Two weeks of rapture passed, beheld Mr. and Mrs. Baker seated side by side on a sofa in the parlor, arranging their plans for the future. Their expected ''responsibility," happened to be the leading topic. ' Mrs. B. I. hope the first may be a boy. Dear little rogue ! I seem to see him now, tumbling about the carpet and kicking 'up his inno cent heels like a blessed lambkin ! He shall have your name, my dear Felix. It souuds so beautiful. Mr. B. Thank you, my love, I wished to have him named Felix. Very glad to find that we agree in every thing. 1'Jl teach, him some amusing tricks; see if I don't. I'll make a man of him before he is six years old. Won't I, my dear? ' Mrs. B. To be sure you will, darling. He shall learn to read and write before he leaves off petticoats, I know he'll be precocious. Mr. B. That he will; and he shall learn to smoke a cigar as soon as he is weaned. It looks so manly to see a little toddling fellow puffing away at a real Havana. All promising boys learn to smoke early. I smoked in my second year. - ..'.;. Mrs. B. I'd rather he should not smoke, my dear, it's a very nasty practice. ' Mr. B. A nasty practice, my love? How; can that be? I smoke, you know. ' ' - Mrs. B. Yes, I know you dd, Mr. Baker, and I'm sorry for it. It's the only . imperfection in your character. j Mr. B. I consider it one of my most graceful accomplishments, madam; and I've resolved that every son of mine shall learn to smoke the very first thing. . , Mrs. B. And I've resolved sir, that no son of mine shall learn to smoke at all. . Mr. B. (with excitement) I'm very glad that you mentioned it then, for it is right that we should come to an understanding on the subject. I'll let you know that I'm master in my own hoUSe. . ';;'.. . - Mrs. B. I'll let you know that you are not my master, you ugly old tyrant. . Mr. li. It you say such another word, you saucy jade, 1 II turn you out of doors. -:!- Mrs. B. Touch me if you dare, you cowardly old villain. Help ! murder 1 murder ! Mrs. B. falls into "violen hysterics," servants rush in.. Housemaid supposing Mrs. B. is assassinated by her husband, flies to the front door and repeats the cry of murder. Great crowd collected, Mr. B. arrested by a deputy marshal of police. Explanation at the Mayor's office Mr. B. is bound over to be of good behavior to wards Mrs. is., which will insure a quiet house for the balance of the honev-moon.' And here was rather a bad matrimonial fracas, all about smoke. Sund. Merc. Lighter Paris rrossip is sadlv in arrears for the month last past; we cannot read a single piquant scandel; and the anxious holding of the breath, which belongs to the expectation of war-news, seems to have palsied the tongues and the pens ot all the gossip-mongers 01 the capital. In this dearth we seize eagerly upon a bit of street-talk, winch belonged, a fortnight ago, to a bridal array at the Church of the Madeline. The bride was pretty and piquant, with a robe from the best modistes, and in a blaze of dia monds. The husband had three fold her years and wore a wig, which concealed imperfectly enough the ravages of a Ion? and a loose lite. It was not a contrast, however, to surprise a French circle of friends, or greatly to disturb them; nor would tho street-talk have warmed it self into inqury, if there had not been dropped a hint, from some injudicious acquaintance, ot the parties, of a piquant drama which belonged to the storv of the marnaw. Mademoiselle V (a good letter to point a

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blank with) was pretty, as we said, and piquant. She was well connected, but was not blessed with a rich parentage, and could have little hope of a heavy dot. But her face and graces brought admirers; among them a certain Monsieur T- , young, hopeful, and weak enough, as the story goes, to form a sw ious attachment for a pretty woman of one-and-twenty, who had neither fortune nor expectations. Mademoiselle V , who was the subject of this attachment, had grown blindly and injudiciously into a reciprocation of this feeling; and between themselves, their engagement was counted secured. . Neither could boast of fortune; but both had youth; and a rational affection seemed to connect the tie. It is true, the young lover had his misgivings about his ability to supply the wants of a household, or the demands of a young girl whose air was always elegant, and whose wise (the only English word is, "getting up") wore always the trace of the daintiest hands of the daintiest modistes of Paris. But the love, or what-not, kept him and kept her, long-while, to their plighted faith. At length, on an evil day, (he counted them gleeful,) the lover learned that an old bachelor uncle of his own, who had long lived quietly in the metropolis, in very humble quarters, had suddenly become possessed, by his ventures at the Bourse, of a vast fortune. He was his only heir; and from' the kindly way in which he had been always met by the new-made millionaire, could have no doubt that his inheritance was secured. This security made him ponder sagely a fortune in Paris opens brilliant expectations, both matrimonial and otherwise. The pretty girl he had loved could boast no coronet in her name; coronets were matters of purchase, specially" by a young man of amiable feeling and a full purse. In short, quietly and gradually the young Monsieur T discontinued his visits, he purchased a dashing equipage; he was seen in the beau-monde; he wrote an exculpatory lino to his ijiancee concealing, indeed, the change in his moneyed prospects; fearing their marriage might prove a sad one to her; proposing in gentle terms, the common relinquishment of their promses until better times should dawn. Mademoiselle V , with something of a woman's softness perhaps, had a French finesse, and felt very vengefully, as a French woman will, her wounded pride. Her reply was collected, even to gayety; she recognized fully the justice of his conclusions, admired the candor of his action, and released him from his promise. Never was Mademoiselle V more gay and lively than the summer past; never was her dress so siognee; cover her -smiles more abundant, most of all, her attractiveness of manner was lavished upon an old gentleman of sixty odd years, who wore a wig that but illy concealed the furows in his face. A bachelor, and newiv admit ted into the coveted regions of the Chaussee d'Autin, he was bewitched by the naivete and the beauty of the pretty .Mademoiselle V , who honored him with such marked regard. In short, she won her way to the heart ot the old millionare, and in such a triumphal way that she made her own terms of conquest secured the settlement of his whole fortune (in case of his death) upon herself; and, in this way, had the satisfaction ot taking a womanly vengeance upon her former lover, who, by the marriage in the Madaleine, had become a penniless dependent upon his uncle her husband. .' ; -' -r: ; And this was what made the side-chat of those who looked on at the ceremonial. The story is unquestionably true, since the parties are said to be living on the second floor of the house which stands at the corner of the de Rue de la Chaussee d'Autin and the Boulevard, where they can be seen any eay in the week by those who know them. , 1 ; , An Upheaving. Since sewing circles became " permanent institutions," the expediency of "staying to tea" has been a vexed question. It is not vet settled. Annually upon the opening of the winter circles, it is resolved unanimously to stay to tea, but upon the condition and with the direct understanding that the table shall be as simple as possible not a sweet meat not any cake except the "plainest kind of jumbles." The alphabet is called,' and the one nearest A" has the sewing society first.' As there is nobody to outdo in the way of entertainment, the rule is in the main adhered to. . Perhaps a few plums done up for common use in brown sugar, are added, and may be a dish ot cookies flanks the jumbles. But women, like men, pass a great many resolutions in convention assembled, and then do as they please. The opening of. spring generally finds the circles broken up by reason ot the extravagance or the tea table. A New York sewing society the other day exploded prematurely, without, however, doing serious damage. The circle met at the residence of a physician, and the afternoon passed glibly by. Tea was announced, and the soda biscuit broke open as light as air, and black and green tea made the heart glad. Soon there was a general languor, and the lady of the house excused herself "for a minute." ' The guests too turned pale, and as the darkey orator said, their "bosoms heaved with emotions too big for de earthly body," and a general stampede for bedrooms, closets, and other household apartments took1 place. The parlors were cleared as suddenly as was Macbeth's banquet hall where the announcement was ' " Stand not upon the order of j'jur going But go at once." ; . But all would not do, the soda biscuit were so light that they "came up," and what washbowls, spittoons, basins, handkerchiefs and pockets could not contain was spread upon the carpet. Even the grass plat in the area was occupied, and the circle was laid out on its back. The report started that all had been poisoned, and the crowd rushed in, relatives came and picked out their friends and by the aid of outsiders the guests were removed to their homes. . " On investigation it was ascertained that the servant girl on mixing the soda biscuit mistook the Doctors Tartar Emetic for his wife's Cream of Tartar. Cleveland Herald.

NO 9.

THE CHECK REIN. When Sletvpyd harnesses his horse for dragging brick up a grade, the horse's head is pulled back toward his tail and anchored there by the senseless, and merciless check rein.' The arrangement is unnatural ; the animal is constrained by it. He must inevitably lose strength by it, for it disturbs the vital force and induces 'an unnatural action in the muscles of the neck, head, shoulders, and mouth. There are actually less energy and . vigor left for the limbs and chest than there would be if tho stupid contrivance were jerked off and thrown over the nearest fence. If reason cannot teach this promptly to any man, just let him try the experiment by putting a martingale upon himself and, go to wrestling, or put a check in the jaws of a boxer that shall extend down his back to his belt. Who, besides the British, use- the check rein, saving their general imitators, the Americans? The French do not use it ; the Germans do not ; the Indians and Spaniards of South America, who literally live on horseback and are perfect horsemen, do not; the Spaniards of Europe do not, nor do the Turks. The most observant nnd most natural people in the world are free from this mischievous error. It is strange to us that the English and ourselves did not, years and years ago, reason upon the constantly witnessed fact that when a check rein was loosened at a tavern stoop or in a stable, the pool horse always stretched out his neck, and hung down his head. That was his language for saying that the strap hurt him and worried him, and that he was heartily glad to be relieved from it. . The genius that first proposed the mechanical feat of lifting himself up by the seat of his breeches, must have been the author of the theory that the check rein held the horse up and kept him from falling. The mechanical action in the two cases must be precisely the same. . If the reader will reflect for a moment he will see that no suspending power can be derived except from without the animal. A post, tree, or beam is just as indispensable to the support of a horse, as to the support of a man intent on suicide. A horse can't hang himself up in the air by the terrets on his back any more than a man can by pulling upward at his neck handkerchief. . , The check rein should be abolished. It wastes motive power. Its use is unhealthy, for it disturbs the otherwise naturally and equally distributed vital forces. It shortens the life of the horse. It diminishes his speed, and lessens the free and quick action so essential to the animal's safety and that of the driver. It is of no use, and cannot confer dignity or -grace to an animal that was made by the Lord. Had man got up the horse, check reins and all sorts of contrivances would have been not only allowable, butperv haps necessary; but the work of the Great Artist cannot be improved upon. Brethren of the press, let us emancipate the horse from the British check rein. Bvffulo De-, mocracy. ! &3T A young lady declard in our hearing the other day, that she would marry no one who could not keep her a carriage and horses. We presume her air is " Wait for the Wacron." . A Political Joke. In a neighboring county one of the political parties had for over twenty years been in the habit of holding their, county nominating conventions at the house of Mr. G : . ; , . He happened on a recent occasion for the first time to be in when they had finished their business and heard a little delegate from R. move that "this convention do now adjourn sine die." "Sine die," said Mr. G , to a person standing near, "where is that?" "Why, that's way up in the northern part of the country," said his neighbor. , "Hold on, if you please, Mr. Cheerman," said G., with great earnestness and emphasis, "hold on, sir. I'd like to be heard on that question. I have kept a public house now for mor'n twenty years. I'm a poor man. I've always belonged to the party anil never split my ticket in my life.' This is the most central location in the county, an it's where we've allers held our caucusses. I've never had, or asked an office and have worked night and day for the party, and now I think sir,' it's contemptible to go to adjourning this convention way up to sine die." " JfctT We published a few days since an account of the amusing exchange of parcels in one of the stores of New York, whereby a bachelor was as tonished to find, on receiving his package, that it contained bobbins, laces, and other' et ceteras of ladies' gear; and the lady, on opening hers, was equally astonished to find such articles as were only required for a gentleman's toilet. A similar occurrence happened in our own city last week. A gentleman whom we may call Mr. A , from Niagara Falls, came up to make some purchases for a lady acquaintance; having collected his laces, silks, &c, he happened to call on a well-known tailoring establishment and laying down his parcel, another individual having a . very similar one, laying on the counter, unconsiously took the other and departed. Mr. A shortly after took his departure with, as he supposed his own parcel, and on arriving home, sent it to , t'le lady. Judge her astonishment on opening it, to find a pair of pantaloons! Her indignation knew ' no bounds the insulting imputation conveyed only added fuel to the flame. The parcel was in-, dignantly sent back the gentleman hastened to make an apology which was spurned with anger; and it was not until the real owner of the unfortunate breeches sent his explantion to the iritated dame, that peace was restored. Buffalo Com. Ado. .... A Rare Chance. In a letter recently published in the Tribune, the Rev. Antoinette . Brown says that, if Providence had given her an "invalid husband and half a dozen children," her sal- . ary as a clergyman is amply sufficient to pass them comfortably through life. Upon this, the editor of a country paper exclaims "Here's a hint for a 'sick' man situation comfortable, weather cold, and a young lady freezing herself on a single bedstead." trA are ready to "punish a bad actoid few to reward a good one.

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