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I fl A Family Newspaper Devoted to Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Markets, General Intelligence, Foreign and Domestic News. PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1855 WHOLE NO. 154. VOL. 3. NO. 50.1

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THE BANNER! I t3LteiED EVERT THURSDAY MOSSIXO ; BT TMS PROPRIETORS, ! J. I.. A C A. THOMPSON. J rECMi ec:

, armchair, and I at his feet. pinnacle of wealth n-f estate iell ner, AtrnforSxmonths" - -Vou ! "How can I hore to win her now? "that of all the great heart f life, Zote IS IUeHv"i until the end of the year, 250 he tnurmerrd, lookingdown at his maim- the dearest im.b within it it is a baua failure to order a discontinuance nt the eJ armt a bitter, defiant glance. liful creation, and oh ! not llghlly to be ip:ra!ioa of the time subscribed for, will be she witbner Riorious beauty, her re- i dashed aside !" chinned1. ens!lsealent and Paiei gal p'ride ; so far. so far above me ! Oh ! i I burst into tears ; I pointed to the C rrSy nil will be discontinued untilall mv luve has so compassed me about with door, and cried arr-Mn-sarepv.d.uulessattheoiUior.olthe its strong arras, has so sheltered me un-l -Miriam! there is a despairing and Pusher. .- der its shielding roof, that I feel like an heart-broken man sitting by your fireTiTh above terms will be strictly ad- 0.tcntn0melegs. and lost forever-" side. It is Leonard!" ßrsitJ' a.r- J'..'riA - i 1 looked up at htm. as he spoke, and! She started and fell backward against ADVERT15I IM G . t thouht of the time when he had pledged a chair. The gush of Imperial beauty .TTv.KAsar-) ; his troth to Miriam by that same, shining flowed away from her face and left it (k.v unh t ftn ' .. , . w,,tf .ttf colorless. Then, w th a firm sten and

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" " i i .1,4, vane a or acceptiM securny. Aim iur.. , time not mirk ed. will be inserted till f.rbi Iden. n chirW at th a'uv rate. ' CÄÄÄ ?. Ä THESE NEVCl TT2S. ET L. C. K1C6S. Tüeie never was an earthly dream Of beeuty an 1 delight. That mingled not oo soin with clouds, As sunrays with the niht; That fadtd not from tha- fond heart, Where once it loved to st .y, And left that heart more desolate, For having feltiVs sway. Taere never was a clad bright eye, But it was dimmed with tears. Caused by such griefs a ever dull Tiie sunshir.&of ur years. We hjok upon the swee:est flo-ver Tis withered soon and go'ne; H" gaze upon a str to Jin 1 Cu: darkness v Lere it shone. Tii le never was a nobl ? hea t, Ann n J of worth and power, Thn: had not in this charming worU, Pain, mi ery. for its Covver, T-e laurel on the brow hath lad Fro:n man a c:re ess eye. The secret f the s ul within, Its blight and jgony. Th-rr.ever was there cannot be On earth a precroas spring. Who!-e waters to the ftver d lip, Unsailingwe nriy brin, Ail chane.'th on this troubled shore. Or passet h from the sight; 0 for that warld of joy and peac e tlein as eternal r.cht Iron Slonus Cnrdeu City, j To MANY DAYS AGO ! it c n:c.G:3 henri, 1V e.th will firnni tree. hire lovely flower ?r w. 'Twa there I first met with theAh! many l:iys ago, V"; ynird zephyrs oiily 1I w Era :rhc vvav'd to and fro. Wiirie the dimm s thivkly jr v. A' ! many d iys aj 0. O 1 a fp-riling little hay. Where merry- bra'inf n rtw. Harpy li'iur we fchll'd away A-i ' many days ago, M my things are changing here, Paitig with gentle fhW, Wki.p'rlu in my aeoliau eai Ah ! u-any diys ao. In"s idnes, tl.ey teU to me A ta!e of weal and woe. Since we m t benta'.h tbut tree, Ah ! many day s ago. Charles Patterson, of McIIenry County Illinois, professes to have discovered the true cause of "winter killing" of wheat, and also a method of culture to preveiit this destruction, which Discovery, is, of course (a la Camstock 6c Corey.) a secret, and only accessible through the medium of current metal or its equivalentHe, (Mr. P.) professes to make a "disclosura1' of the valuable information and the modus operandi essential to success to clubs of twenty-üve or more persons, t one dollar each, and "refunds the aoneytoeach indiudual if his theory iVils !Pon a fair trial." Do any of our Wabash i-rmers wish to take Block ? Tip-pecsnoe Fcrmtr. Cy The way to clarify xuaple sugar, äays a Vermont" Farmer, is to filter all your sap before boiling, through a hopper or box. of sand, which, he is satisfied, will take out, not only all the dirt, but all stains derived from leaves, tubs, crumbs of bark, and all other coloring matter that can prerent the sugar from being pure white. CGr' A young lady up town was cured of palpitation of the'heart the other evening, by a young M. D., in the simplest andmost natural way imaginable. He merely held one of her hands iu his. put his arm round her waist and whispered something in her left ear, apparently very soothing, and gmng instant relief. rr?-The mulberrr tiee planted by Milton, in Christ's Church Garden, Cam-J bridge, when he was a student there, still flourishes. About six years ago the trunk reduced by decay to a mere 6hll, was completely ccvered by a mound of f arlh. with the best effect. The old tree is now in luxurient foliage, with abundant promise of fruit. A busy man is troubled with but one devil, but the idle man with a thousand.

Winten for the Cincinnati Commerci I- and womanly love, a deep, dewy teuderXtl Islam's Love. , ness. Tell her to go te him and pour out at by meeta. his feet all that depth of devotion which lies, so rich, in the heart of woman. To c;tinfT hv the fireside Leon- Knld out her hands to him and raise him

ur 1 an 1 I ; he leaning back in thn wide about him like a ripe sunset, and when he gasped, in his vigorous hands, such ki nf ihn fiitnm. Now. without even that future to call his own poor, maimed aud useless, he had come j back to the old trystingpiace. .uroKen l . i.t . i :.. r...,.9 o. I 1,1 i i i riCll jq iove. Leonard," I fcaid, rising and leaning mv hand on his chair "I am coin now ' -Ä Ät" 1 m 6 n j ) lie star tea ana a iiusacu enguisn came : ' over his still beautiful brew. He grasp-1 ed my hnnd convulsively. On moment.' he whispered; "ono j moment, and I shall bo myself again. I cannot meet her thus ! He bowed his face, and the light brown

curls fell, in a cloud, about it. conceal-i took another step forward and spoke to ing the outward struggle. Then he rais-1 her. "Miriam, I have come to say farti i un i .nnipdmlv 1 well. I am come to release you from the

-I am readv now ; I will release her j ties that biud you to this wretched and i thit vow which canuot be otherwise than maimed being the shadow of myself. ! irksome to her proud spirit. She shall I am here to give you up forever !" 1 never know the agony it cost me to givti His voice died away in an agony of '. her up. I will meet hr bravely like a ' anguish, lie essayed to regain his cour- ; n,a7!. ageous and manly bearing, but his love, j So I went out and left him sitting ' omnipotent, supreme, loosened all tho there, his- !ve lying, like a shattered ' functions of his hart. and he wept. ! Vdso. at his feet. With one bound she reached his "side ; j I found Miriam before her mirror, ar- j with one wide .unbracing of her arms, i ranging herhair. She turned her gleaming ' she made a circle of love about him; ! fate toward's me as I entered, and it was j with one burst of tears, she rained n ! overflowing with love, hone and expect- ' heaven of light, and hope, and devotion

j aijCT . Is it all cheerful and bright below stairs V she asked, quickly. -Quita beaming."! replied. I was so glad." she continued, in a joyous tone. "What a long journey he j --it 1 T : I OK I l . ....... v., - 1 so thankful that I am mistress of Ash-i .... . . 1 burn proud, beautiful Ashburn ; that I can offer him a resting place." iler deep sleeping pride blazed out in her dark oriental face flooded it with glory. Alis! lAur pride was to cruh such a great; noble love such a wealth of happiness. 1 tdood beside her. where I could see her beauty in the mirror, as I have seen the sunshine lying afar eft' on the hills. Red, scornful lips; dark, prtdeful eyes ; rich, glowing cheeks, and waves of raven hair, braided with gems. "Miriam." said I earnestly. I should ... . . . . 1 t like to tell you a little story, wnne j are alone. Something that we.ghs upon Imürl fi Kfl II t u Knut A fritTld til mine. She turned and looked at me with a curious glance ; then she said cheerfully and quickly : -n j Uh. 1 understand ; you are going to tell me something relative to iucia that friend of whom vou used to sneak. 1 bowed- mv head in silent acquiesence. Then 1 commenced.in a low vic playing with the coral with which playing with the coral with wnich she was going to adorn her loveliness : - - and very proud. Three years ago, she pledged hit troth to a brave, manly lover. He also was my friend. They both joined hands, and stepped together into life and the world. He. with a glorious future stretching wide before him, a hopeful heart, and a soul full of noble aspirations." ilow like to Aim," murmered Miriam, pride flaming out, again, into her eyes. "He went abroad.'T continued,-,,mis-fortune came upon him, and that rip?, luscious future turned to ashes in his grasp. Still, he struggled on, end when he had conquered destiny, and built for himself another and a fairer castle, he lost his right arm, and became a crippled, miserable being.' The hand that braided those shining tresses, trembled visibly. The face in the mirror assumed a softenedexpression; the eyes grew darkly tender. "Broken hearted, toil-worn, and grown o! 1 with care, he returned to his old home. He came to me, for he dared not meat that cold, withering elance of pride that scornful triumph of station and beautv, in the face of her he had so worshipped, so adored with a love exceeaing all things in its width, and height and power.,' Was her pride then, so mighty? her woman's nature so much less said IWiriam, in a voice made husky with indignation and tears. 'Could she dared she fling h:m from her. who had ence dwelt pre eminent in her heart? He, broken-hearted -and alone in the wide, pittilegs WuTld !" "She'is a woman," I replied, "her heart is true aud loving, but her pride ha ever been to her a second-self. She fears the world with its saeeri and jibes. I have promised him to go to her -to prepare her for this sad event., Miriam, how shall I council her to act? hew deal with that supernal, overwhelming pride ?" . . Miriam ihoolt back ;tbe waiving hair, from her brow. and turned her regal face upon me. It was lighted up with noIe

up, to stand beside her. on that high

graceful majesty, she took my hand anJ led me out into tne Droaa nan. uown the ereat stair-case, and across to the door of the room where he sat. Her brow was pale and calm, her hand did nui uemoie wiuuu nunc. Sii'.l in the win seat whers I had left ... - I him, the fire-light shining vividly around Mm cat T.onard. H arose when he i " . caw ns, and took a Step forward into the middle of the room. 1 could have fallen down .nd w,b.ma M as he s.ood in mo uuun f and hi great adoring soul standing on th threshhold of his eyes. He looked ill anu sorrowiui. out a ton&ciuus uigimj of manhood hung about him like a cloak. Miriam leaned heavily upon me, and now she trembled like an aspen. He into nis crusneu soui. inriugu me veu of her jeweled hair 1 saw her face lifted upward in divine grattitude, the hps moved as if in prayer, the broad white brow wore a halo about it, like a golden band. 1 rlrfiiartoil ciL.ntlr unrt I h Trtll oh ni t that . happy day I repeated truly and earnestly. 11 ., .1 r Tif. 1 "Of all the great heart of Life, lore in the dearest throb xcithin if." Startling Exposure of Mormanism rotter from Irettlcnt Voung's Chicago, Jan. 16 1955. Editor Boston Daily Times Allow me to trouble you with these few lines which I wish you to insert in your Daily Tines. My object is this: I have been j for the last ten years a firm betiever m the doctrine of the LatVer Day Saints, or ratherMormanism. My patents be came followers 01 tue ceieorateu jo Smilh in an eatiy day and emigrated to NauvoQ After the deaih of Smith and t . t his brother, we were, driven from thence. The society split. There were two who wished to "take their leader's place, nnd stand at the head of the Church, but could not ogree. inereiore wiey tcpara- . . rr t r a I . . : White and hU foliowers, that . o K-i:-.-oi i h; , wm is. such as believed in hi ii, went to Tex as, and are living in peace and prosperity Col. W. is a worthy man compared with our groat or rather notorious 15rig j ham Youn g Ilotwilhsunding he has been ; f . threc g Uwful hus. w band, that is. according to their own laws and rules. But for the last twelve months, I have seen enough to satisfy me; for what I dont know about Mormonism is not worth knowing. They h'tve secret plots and objects that they mean to accomplish. They censure the Government for not protecting thtm in their hellish works. For all thia they mean to have satisfaction. My object in writing this is to warn my lemale friends to bewaTe of the false prophets who are daily sent out from the Great Salt Lake City to deceive people. It is my intention to travel through the Uuited States, and visit all the principal cities, and lecture on this great and important subject, to caution all young people who should be so unfortunate as to be led into the ungodly trap. Beware ! In Boston 1 shall deliver my first lec ture, as that is my native city. I have one young lady in company who also left the Mormar.s with me. She has renounced the doctrines, and will help mein my lectures. We shall both be present, and show Mormonism in its true colors which you never have had in your enlightened State. Had it been represented in its true light, and its object told, there would not have been a follower left sweet New England to join such a set of imposters, for I can call them uothing else, knowing them to be such. If there should be any elders or followers of Mormonism, 1 hope they will come to the lectures, and dispute what we have to say if they can. We have and shall fetch documents to prove our assertions. Wt shall be there in a few weeks. We are at present staying with friends, and as soon we are refreshed from the journey we shall start for Botten, It is "ear two months since we left Salt Lake City. You shall hear from me again. But no more at present from vour humble servants, ; MRS. SARAH YOUNG. MISS ELIZA WILLIAMS. (The above comes "from a responsible source. . ', '

(XT" The following declaration, drafted somewhat after the style of that Independence, has it is said, not only been widel circulated among the people, but presented to the Legislature : PRO BONO PUBLICO. To the Governor of Indiana, the Member of the Legislature, and the Citizens generally icho will tanctio an immediate repeal 0 the Free Banking Z.?tu of Indiana is dedicated the foU loicins; 5 DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. When in the courss of human events it becomes neces? ary for our people to dissolve the bands which bind them to the present free banking system, and to restore a good and sound currency, which

the laws of the trade and all honest peo- J pie demand, a decent respect for the opin- j ions of mankind, and also of those mis-j erable wretches who were the framers 1 and propagators or this rotten free bank, system, rrquire that we should declare) the causes which impel us to the separa- j tion. ! We hold these truths to be self-evi-dent: That all men are born free, but! not free bankers; that ail wealtny men are not endowed by their Creator with banking privileos ; that no Legislature has the right of building up the rich and crushing the poor, nor have they the! right of instituting banking laws which make every gambler, rumseller, or swindler bankers. That whenever any form of banking becomes odious und destructive of the ends for w hielt it wns instituthed. it is the right of the people to alter er abolish it. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that banks of long standing should only be changed for good causes ; and, accordingly, all txperience hath shown that laborers aud honest business men sufftr while bad money floods the country. The history of the present free banking privileges is a history of repeated and usurpations, all having a direct object to swindle the people, let facts be submitted loa candid people. These free bankers have obtained their j bread, not "by the sweat of the brow," as high heaven demands, but through the sanction of a rotten law. By issuing notes, or bills of credit, without ever intending to redeem them in the end. By shaving their own notes, which the meanest and lowest vagabond that treads this bank -ridden State would blush to do in the presence of an honest man. They have established their banks for self-interest alone. They have withdrawn the gold and silver from circulation, and refuse to pay it out on the redemption of thir miserable trash. They obtain specie with their wildcat currency, and use it as a speculating mfdium only, which no law should ever give a bank the privilege of so doing. They report a fellow bank good, so Ion?; as it euits their purpose ; and refuse to take it on deposit after it gets out of their hands reporting it good or bad, as the case may 6uit; to prove either assertion they keep two kinds of reporters. They procura the different grades of State Block at a great discount for ready means, make a deposit of their smallest required amount $50,000--issue their bills, shove them off, before they get cold, to the Eastern market in search of more stock make another deposit and increase their circulation and so on until they throw into circulation 815.000, on a cash capital of, perhaps, not more than 840,000 a beautitul speculation, to the detriment of the poorer mortals, who have this tax to pay, by the depriciation of the stuff Thus doubly armed they float along until they get twice the amount of their cash out-lay in gold and silver, then turn their iron heel upon their bill-holders, laugh at the State, show their jack and defy a trump that can touch it. They havo created multitudes of new officers whose insolence is intolerable. They have almost ruined our trade, destroying confidence, aud played the devil generally. They have been the means of breaking mora and better men. than they have made, or ever will, In anticipation of these oppressions, we, the people of Indiana, in the firm reliance in the present Legislature, de. mand a repeal of the free banking law. regardless of consequences. With the sole Tie w ol bettering ourselves by doing without money, we most solemnly appeal to Joseph, and beseech him to appeal to the present Legislature, and to tell them, that "sink or swim, survive or perish,' Indiana shall no longer disgrace her statutes with this phree banking law ! And for the support of thisdeclaration, we, the citizens of Indiana, in multitudes assembled on the streets and highways, pledge eternal gratitude to those who may be the means of wiping this stigma and blot from our State, and thereby re. establish her former purity and enviable character. INDIANA EN MASSE. Pbettt sear Druhk. A German employed in one of our hotels, was sent one or two evening since for a bucket of cistern water. Remaining longer than was necessary, the landlord, who knew him to be pretty well filled with lager beer went out to see what was the matter, and found him industriously turning the wheel of a dray, which had been propped up 10 be greased, with his bucket placed under the hub. Myneer complained that the water was very low Vin der cistern. Metropolis. Gun metal is 12 lbs, of tin and 100 lbs. of copper.

From the Detroit Advertiser. TIIE LAMLNTATIOX OF ME. DOESTIdS.

Seventy Hundred and Ohe, Narrow Steeet. New York, Jan.; 23, 1855. Sorrow is upon the heart. a heavy grief upon the soul, and a great affliction in Ihe home of me; Doefiticks. My friend, the charm of my chamber, the comfort of my lonely hours, ihe treasure of my heart the Ii"ht of my eyes, the sunshine of my existence, Ihe borrower of my clean j shirts, and my Sunday pantaloons, the permanent clothing and fancy goods debtor of my life, is no more. My sac cloth gar-1 ment is a3 ye; not complete, my tailor I having disappointed me; but dust and ash- 1 es lie in alternate strata, undiiturbed upon j the hend of me, Doesticks. Weep with j mo sympathizing world, bear a helping j hand to lift away this load of sorrowful I sorrow, ol woful wo, of bitter bkernGssf j of agonizing ngony, of wretched wretchedness, and to rturing torture, w hich now afilicts with direful weight the head of me, Doestick?. I grieve, I mourn, I lament, I weep, I suffer, I pine, I droop, I sink, I despair, I writhe in agony, I 1 feel bad. Damphool has departed this lifo. He is buried, but ho is not dead; ho is entombod, but he is still alive. After a metropol itan existence of a lew months had partially relieved him of his rural verdure, nfter having seen with appreciating eyes the suburbs of n town which alone contains the entire aud undivided Elephant he has voluntarily exiled himself to a stagnant villiage in tho western wilderness a sleepily ambitious little townlet, vainly for many )cars aspirins lo the dignity of city-hood but which still remains a very baby of a city, not yet (metaphorically speaking) divested of those rudimentary triangular garments peculiar to weaklings in an undevealoped state without energy enough to cry when it is huit, or goaheadism enough to kcop his nose clean. A somnambulistic town fur iu spite of ail the efforts made for its glorification, it has obstinately refused to shake olF its municipal drowsiness a very Rip Van Winkle of a town, now in ihe midst o( its twenty year's nap. and which will arouse sometime and find itself so dilapidated that its former friends won't recognize it a town which actualizes that fable of the hara and tortoise and, truiting in its capability of speed, has gone fast asleep at the beginning of the course, only to awake some luturo day to the facl that all her tortoise neighbors have passed it on the way, and it has been distanced in the race, rather than be disturbed in its comfortable snooze. A very sepulchre of a town, into which, if a wouldbe voynger in tho stream of earnest life bo cast away and stranded, ho is as much lost to the really living world, as- if he were embalmed with oriental spices, and shelved uway in the darkest tomb of the Pharaoh's, A town whose future greatness exists oulv in the imagination of its deluded habiters, whose enterprise and public spirit are as fabulous as the Phoenix, A town which will never bo a city, save in name, until telegraphs, railroads colleges, churches, libraries and warehwuses become indigenous to tho sou ol the Wolverines, and spring like mushrooms from tho earth, without the aid of th human mind to plan, of human will li urge the work, or human hand to place ono single stone, For, sooner than tnis oortnant town shall be matured into a floatishing city by the men who now doze away their time within its sleepy limits, the dead men of Greenwood shall rise from iheir mossy graves, and pile their marble monuments into a tradesman's market house, Y'et here has the late lamented Damphool resoWed to bury himself, establishing thereby an undisputed title to the name ho bears: and I can only hope that in his exile some ftrny newspaper may be wrecked within his reach, that he may come to know tho present heartfelt lament of me, Doesticks. I have ever tried, 0! mighty Damphool toforgivo thy faults, and overlooK thy frailties. Some have insinuated that thou wert selfish, even unto meanness ''qui en sabeV Some have said that thou wert lazy, but such have never seen thee eat. What though thou wert foppish to n degree! I could forgive thy Shanghas coats thy two acre turn down collars; and thy pantaloons so tight thou hadst to pull them on with boot hooks; thy gorgeous cravat, with it3 projecting bow on either side like a silken wing: thy lemon colored kids; thy cambric handkerchief, dripping with compounds to me unknown; and thy blanket hawl, which mnde thee resemble a half-breed Scotchman- I could overlook the boarding-school-ism of tho Miss Naaeyish "Journal," filled wiiti poetry rejected of the press, with unmeaning prose, with dyspeptic complaints of hard fortune, of billious repinings at thy lot, and all the senseles silliuess which thou didst inscribe therein. I could endure the affected airs thou didst assumo before the lady boarders, that they might think and call thee Poet; the abstracted air, the appearance of being lost in thought aud tho sudden recovery of thy truant wits, with a spasmodic start; the shirt collar loose at the neck, and turned romantically down over the coat; the long hair brushed bajck behind thy noticable ears, to show thy "marble forehead.' I could admire thy self-appreciaticn of personal charms which made thee certain all the young ladies were smitten unlo matrimony with thy fascinations. How faithful wert thou in thy gustronomical affections.' how constant to thy first love fried oysters; and how attentive to the choice of thy maturer judgement, boiled turkey, .with celery, How

unwavering in thy economy, never parting with a dime in charity, in generosity or in friendly gift, but only disbursing the same for a full equivalent in the wherewithal to)deccrate the outer man, or gratify the inner individual. How consistent in thy devotion to music and the drama; always attending the opera or theatre whenever generous friends would buy the tickets. What an intense appreciation hadst thou of literature, always going fast asleep over anything more substantial than the moruing paper. How fashionably sincere iu all thy professions of piety, attending church on Sunday, reading the responses when they could be easily found and sleeping through the ser

mon with as much rea,ectapility as anv 1 church member, of them all; truly, most estimable Damphool, I shall greatly miss thy intermittent religion. How lovely wert thou in disposition, how amiable In manners, with what an aflfectijuate air couldst thou kick the matchboy out doors, box the ears of the little candy-girl, and tell the moro sturdy apple-woman to go to ihe devil. With what a charitable look coulJst thou listen to the tale of the shivering beggar child, could sea tho bare blue feet and view the scanty dress, while thy generous hand ciossd with a tighter grasp upon the cherished pennies iu thy pocket. Anatomically speaking, friend Damphool, I suppose thou hadst a heart; emotionally, notatrace of one; llio feeble article which served thee in that capacity knew no more of generous thoughts and nuble impulses than a Shanghai pullet knows cf the opera of Norma. Gj, immerso thyself in that western town where, like the rest who dwell therein, thy abilities will be unäevelopea, thy talents will become veiled, thy euergies rest out. and thou wilt become like them a perambulating, passive, perpetual sacrifice to the lazy gods of Sloth aud Sanctity. I shall mourn thy taper legs, I shall lament thy excruciating necktie, 1 bhall weep thai last coal that did so very long a tail unfold.I shall sorrow for thy unciieus hair, and grieve fur thy polished b-mts and jeweled hands, I shall miss thy intellectu al countenance radiant wilh innoceut imbecility, and I shall lose mv daily meditations upon the precarious frailty of those intangible leg?. But, ancient friend, when hereafter all the rustic maidens have yielded their hearts before thy captivating charms, when thy manly beauty is lully appreciated, and thy intellectual endowments acknowl !g?d by the world, deign to cast one condescending glance downward toward thy former friend and perpetual admirer and give one eracious thought of kind remembrance to sorrowing, disconsolate me, Doesticks. Damphool, thou art superlative, there is none greater, farewell: Henceforth, friendship to me is but a name, and I sur. vive my bereavement only to concentrate my affections upon my embryonic whisk ers. Sympathize with me, Mr. Editor, and 1 remain. Yours Inconsolable, Till the bell rings for dinner, Q. K, Philaxueu Doesticks, P, B. A Tali Nnrse. The Maine giantess Silvia Hardy, has been engaged by Mr. Covert, to travel with his concert troope. She is a native of Wilton, in Franklin county, Me., is seven feet six inches in height is rather lean than fleshy, yet weighs three hundred and thirty pounds is ncaily thirty years of age, and is still growingShe has heretofoie maintained herself chiefly by service in the capacity of a nurse, having the reputation of "being a most excellent one; but for a few months past, her health has not been good enough for her to practice this vocation. Her mother is said to have been below medium size, and her father not above it. She was a twin, and at birth weighed but three and a half pounds. Her mate did dot liye. She has always been an unusually small eater, aud accustomed to labor. Her figure is not erect, Like loo many tall people, she seems to strive to appear shorter by assuming something more than the "Greecian stoop," which has the usual effect of making her look taller than she js. Her complexion is fair, her eyes blue, aud the very modes and mild exexpression of her countenance is said to he a true index to her character. We are assured that she never, as nurse, takes an infant in her arms, but always holds it in her hand. Placing the head ujion the end of her fingers, its feet ex tend toward the wrist, and with the thumb and little firger elevated, she forms an ample and admirable cradle the length of her hand being quite equal to the whole length of an infant. She is unable to pass ordinary doors without stooping a good deal, and it is said that for convenience, she usually puts her thimble and other little articles upon the casing over the door, instead of upon any lower object, as a table or desk. An amusing incident is told of her, which rnns in this wise, and which is said to be strictly true: While she was passing through the kitchen of a farmhouse one day with a large pan of milk in each hand, her hair, caught upon a hook which projected two or three, inch es from the ceiling, and, held her fast. She could neither stoop to set the pans down, nor raise her hands to disengage her hair, and was compelled thus to remain until her cries brought others to her assistance. Portland Argus. The chap who hid !'cönscientiousscrur pies1 disposed of them to a'diuggtst.

A Great ISarn. The New York Tribune gives en account of a Barn in Berkshire Co., Mass.,

j owned by Mr. David Leavitt of New I York city, which is the largest in the United States, follows: Its main features are as This Barn is built across the bed of a small mill stream which is soon after lost in the Housatonic, and which, though largely fed by springs, is here in such immediate proximity to the steep BerkShire hills whence it rapidly descend, that it must often he swelled to a raging, desolating mountain torrent. Across thi3 stream a very sebstantial dam of cut stone, filled in with earth, is thrown just above the barn, forming a fine fishpond above, affording a good wattr power and supplying Witcr in every part of the barn and for ev.-rj conceivable purprpose. The barn i'.r.-.lf we should juJg to be about one hundred End fiftv feet long by seventy in width, and (as we have said) nearly ono hundre Let high. The basement (of cut stone) is of course devoted to minures, which, without waste and by mechanicel arrangements, are precipitated from the cattle stalls on tho next story. This basement has a tight stone floor, is always cool in summer and warm in winter, and twenty carts may be driven in at one end, loaded simultaneously, and drivn out at another door, No frost over enters, and the manure is usualiy removed every month and applied directly to the UnJ. The advantage of being able 10 work hera in comfort during the most inclement weather, and to sled out the compost ia winter talcing a load to the uplanJ an I bringing back a load of cord-wood to the railroad is esteemed considerable. Ou the next floor are the cattle and Horses, including more than fifty MilkCows, mainly fine Devons, with three or four yoke of Working Oxen and as many teams of Horses. Each is kept in its place by a long strap buckled around tho neck, but giving each ample freedom to lickevery part of its body, which is deemed important. Food end drink are given to each in a large iron trough or manger resembling a quarter of a large po;. ash kettle, with one circular and two square sides. The water flows within easy reach everywhere. The stalks, roots) &c,, are all cut or sliced btfoie feeding, and are ultimately to be steamed in a gigantic boiler on the premises. At the end of each long row of cow stall hangs a large black board, bearing at the left side the number of each stall iu a perpendicular column; ou a horn of the occupant of said stall a corresponding number is impressed; and whenever Eho has been milked her pale i3 immedately set ia the weigh scales, the weight of ; milk ascertained and placed opposite her number ou the blackboard; and at the end of each week, the aggregate weigh; of milk and its ascertained value are carried to the cow's credit in an account book, where her food is in like manner charged; and if any cow protes on a )ear'b trial unprofitable, she is sold off and another put in her place. The animals of course are clean, fat, and comfortable, They are only turned out in mild weather for a short time at midday, and Mr. Wilkinson observed that they might thus be kept ninety successive days in the stable without injury or suffering. The Milk-room is directly north of the stable, under the carriage way, with an arched stone roof and a capacious store of ice at tha far end. The room is well tempered of course, may be warmed in winter if necessary, has water pipes running through it, and ice within arm's length of the milk-pans. On the next higher floor is a capaciou kitchen and all conveniences for the family who board the workmen (fourteen to twenty in number) who sleep in a spacious chamber still higher. The family never have to move cut of their special premises for water or any other accessory to their labor Their slops fall into thu basement, where they belong. On this floor arc a Woodruff Plaining Machine, a Siw Mill, a Buzz. Saw for cutting wood about as fast as it can be handed on, a grind-stone always kept in rapid motion by water, &c, &c. Into one apartment a load of grain is driven and pitched off into a hopper, thencu run by water through a Threshing-Ma-chine, the screened grain delivered iu its proper bin, the chafFsent to its appointed destination, and the straw carried some sixty to eighty feet aud deposited in the apartment prepared for it all beyond the pitching being done by the unaided force of water on machinery. A short time ago, two of the most dis. tinguisbed millionares in a flourishing southern city, met in social chat, and discussed their mutual merits. In the course of the confab, the Judge bantered the Colonel, and offered to bet five dollars the latter could not say the Lord's Prayer. The Colonel accepted the bet; and. putting himself into a solemn attitude, began to repeat, keeping time by the swaying of bis body, and pronouncing with emphatic force alternate on each syllable, the lines: "No w.I lay me dotva to (deep. I pray the Lord mysoul to keep. If I should die- y "Stop, stop!" cried the Judge, Interrupting him, "thai will do, I give it up. here's the V, but 1 did ' not think you could say it. " HiBSLBXiciSM. An Irishman complaintd to his physician that be stuffed him so much with drugs that he was sick a long time after he got well. This fills the page. :