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A Family Newspaper -Devoted to Education, Agriculture, Commerce, Markets, General Intelligence, Foreign and Domestic News. VOL. 4. NO. 34.1 PLYMOUTH, INDIANA, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1855. WHOLE NO. 190.

THE BANNER lS PUBLISHED EVERY THCRSDAV MOES;5C (Up stairs, in the Oh! Plymouth Hotel,) BY WJI. J. BURNS.

If paid in advance, SI 50 At the end ofsix months, 200 if delavcd until the end of the year, 250 A failure to order a discontinuance nt tlx ;r-,tinn of the time subscribed for, will be considerel a newengageraent, and the paper i Cepi per will be discontinued untPall nrr'rzes ire paid, unlessatthe option oithe PiiM'uher. TT The above terms will be strictly adhered to. ADVERTISING. (TKN lINFmR I.KPS MIKE 4 SarARC.) ' One squire three insertions or le?s 1.00. R vch nddirin'ial iii'rtion . . . 25c. lVisines C irda infertetl one yvnr $f,0i. T.o l advertisements mu?t be cash in ndvririn or nrrcpted fcurity. AdvrrtiserneMs, tiinr notm-irkd. will be inserted till forbi Iden und clnrff'-d at the above rate?. Vi u.iiu.'.i-B!w -liuau j DIRECTORY. OLANK NOTES. Of an approved forr-, for sale at this otuce.

" : upon the jurv but not being excused, ha ' livo. VIABLE PALMER. IValer in Dry Hoods i accordingly took his seat. The case of ! Then the other one says, 'You run into anT kCw' QueenSWarC' (the Lafayette Plank Road Co. vs. the ! me and you ll gel cleaned cut, ccrtain..ro.e us, . e (New Atbauy and Salem Railroad Co. was! And I'll stay on the track twelve hours. NBLS. McT.Al CHUN Saddle nnd 'la" then preceded with, which occupied the if I likeyou may bet your sweet lifo on Manufacturer, one loorwestol the Cor- . . ' ... ' rTer in the old Flvmou'h Hotel. renminuer of the week. On Saturday, the ; that.' r Tr - TvT n 1 Tin Pry (lon-ls ' :rjr WCrC Jischi,rSrJ uo til the following' Wall says our conductor, 'when you T?Twceric fTrori'ery art." Hendy 'made j Monday, and Mr. Where wes noticed to ,' stand on the track on my time, you've got fUoihi'iv; corner Lapoite .V Mich- streets. be in attendance at that lime, as the evi-j to go back to the cast end of the-side t p-mu-virr' v CO Dealers in nr-jdcuce auu argument in tho above namr d ; track to switch off. or you'll ketch it on

3 Corvl roots Shoe?, Ready made j Clothing Hardware & Cutlery. TAH. T. A. LEMON, rraetieine Physician. $ and dealer in Dru-s Medicines Ods Paints r.rocerief, east s.de Michigan street. . . t i N . iVorneVfe froreries and Provisions, ; .it sld? Mliis:an rtrcrt. : 1 ; j WL. PIATT .Chair Ar CaWt ; Worth r,ÄÄÄ j r . .i .u,Ur c - in Pv's 'c Rhoo?, and Shoe l'induiirs v est side 3iehit'an street. OM. RAKXARD, Saddle & Harne rr.an- , nfaeture-, r. esf 5i ofejnistret i "S. r LEA VELAND Wholesale nnd reJT tail dealer in Stoves, Tinware, & Hardware generally, west side Michican street. NTT. onl.EsnEK & Co. Dealer-? in Dry . C,ov r.-.verie-:, Hir.lwre. Hiots nnd Shoe,-. Troery &c. in theRfick Store. ROI:F.UT P.U?K, Dealer in-Family firrwv--rleü. Proviions and Tinware. Bakery attached, east side Michigan street. TCF. CREAM SALOON, M. H. Tdd.its pro1 prietor, up stairs in Rusk's buVl hn-.'. RIMPLER. Merchant Tailor, and Tealj . er in Clothing nnd all kinds of Furnishing Coods, in RusVs buildin..'. -fTTETF.RVF.LT &. HEWITT. Denl-rs in 'V DrvCwds.Crorerlcp, Hardware Hoots Ä P!,f-es, Keady ma h- Clothin? X e. fx U. PEMSniXr, Wholesale and Retail H. dealer in nrnesTIfcdieines.Oil.'J'nints, I lass Clnsvarr, f;ror..-Tie. Sr eiii'- r vine. nROWXÄ HA XTFJ! Manufacturers oi m 5 m t- . I- - in.! i'ß(lffi j Stove si-n of Tin shop Stove. - : j - nunetiiallv atten leil to isi Nc-rtliera Iu diana. Lnnls lor sale ch;ap. f V. SMITH, .Tustireor the peace, will ' T 1 attend to business in the Circuit and Corn. Pleas court?. Over the Post olTice. Ü" l. SÄM'L. IIIGfilXROTHAM, Physician and Siuv'ron. Office at his residence on the e.ast side of Mieiiiiran street. TOIIN COVT.LE, Keeps a tenerai assort9 ment of Dry Hoots, Croceries, Vegetables n nd Mf-ats of all k'u.ds. Cor. finnn X Mich. sts. Dt:.J. D. CRAY. Eclectic Physician, will a!tenl to calls tlay or n iirli t- OiTice four doors north of C. . Reeve's residence. T7U.UOTT&: Co. Wa-on. j Manufartnrer. at their Wa-on. Curiae & Plow new stand at the. Fouth end of the Rridire. Michigan streetDT?. R. RROWX. Physician and Surgeon, will promptly attend to all calls in his mofession. OftVeathis residence, south Plym. A. JOSEPH. Cabinet Maker and Un- . TerJaker, South Plymouth. DR. CUAS. V;EST, Eclectic Phviciri, OfHce at his residence, east side Michigan street. . CHAS. KLINK. Cloek and Watchmaker, and Rilversm'.thin! irenerally. Up stairs in the old Plymouth Hotel. ; & . TH! D WARDS' HOTEL, Wm. C. E-Hvards Pro.SJ prietor, cornxrof Michigan nnd Washington streets. PC. TURNER, House Carpenter Sc JoineT. . Shop on Washington street, east of Michigan street. A K. BRIGGS. Horse Shoeing and Rlaclismiihinzof allkinds done toorder. Shop south east of Edwards' HoteL A MERICAX HOUSE, O. P. Cherry & Son proprietors, South Plymouth. A BALDWIN, manufactnrps nnd keeps on hand custom made Coots & Shoes; east side Michigan street. TOIIN SMITH. Manufacturer of Fine Custom made Boots. Shop next door south of Dr. Ilicinbotham's ofiice. JAMES & M. ELLIOTT Turners. Chair MaIfcrs, and Sin Painters, Michigan street, Fouth Plymouth. E. ARMSTROXG, attends to all calls in his line of Daznerreotyping, at his residence north oi Edwards' Hotel. 71 T II. PEC HER & CO., Dealers in Family J.?X Groceries. Provisions, Coulectionarics &C, South Plymouth. Vn the Jllarhet. WIICAT At the highest market prices, taken on subscription to the Ranner, delivered at the office. July, I8.3. JLu i, " .1 ."erf MÄ" i ' ' " n i ir An rf.- T ! a .nil 1tt t

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Deaclifal. We have seldom, if ever seen sixteen lines in the English language excel the following for beauty of expre slon and holiness or

melancholy. The Fast Frankfort Crescent relates tno following very singular incident: j During the late term of our Circuit Court, a Dutchman by tho name of Sarn-1 uel Where, living in Madison township, j was cailea Dy the bherilT to take his seat jns a Juror, tho regular Pannel not being1 present. At tho time, ho remarked to the sheriff that he was 'too Dutch to fit - -ase was not yet concluded. Accordingly Mr. Where appeared in the Jury-box onj the following Monday, and acted as n competent juror throughout the remainder of the trial. I auri ine lsc was cunciuceu anu n A f. I. J 1 J i , verdict brought in by the jury, a motion or a nc,v t'ial was made; and one of the allegations to sustain the motion, was Mr. Where r,s a Juryman hud not a -Hlcient knowledge of tl!o English laniJ lu3r lu uiiuciaitiuu me uniure oi ue cvidnco iu the case, and consequently could arrive at no just conclusion in reference to it. To ascertain how far Mr. Where's knowledge of the English language extended, the Court required that he bo brought forward and questioned, to settle the point. Mr. Where came forward and was thoroughly interrogated by the attornies; he finally made affidavit that ho could understand but little of what tho witnesses said; a word now nnd then he could understand, but not enough to comprehend the weight of tho testimony. Whereupon a new trial was granted. During his examination, Mr. Where became very much alarmed, nnd in spite of the assurance of the Court, the Bar. and his fiends, that ho had doi.e no wrong, he still thought ho was upon his trial for some crime he had committed. lie inquired, in his own language, what would become of his f miily, ami burst into tears. Not being able to reconcile him, ho was discharged, and immediately proceeded homeward. On arriving rvl O "c '""V , u. iU ,la!",,Jr l e uwyers here had 'scared h;m nearly to death, and he didn't know that he round get over it. IIo remained thoughtful ana melancholy until Sunday the 20th inst., when his family were horribly shocked by finding him a corpse, suspended by the neck in his own barn. Not understanding the nature of the examination ha was buhjcted to, and supposing ho had committed some great wrong, so wrought tip .n his mind as to induce him to commit suicide. Mr. Where was a respected farmer, had acquired considerable of a forture, nnd was an honest and worthy citizen. His untimely and tragical death will be la mentcd bv a latee circle of friends. WoalJat Coatead. A cross-grained, surly man, too crook cd by nature to keep still, went over to his neighbor, Mr. FM a remarkably cool. calm, non-resistant man, and thus addressed him, That piece of fence over there is mine, anl you shan't have it.' Why,' replied Mr. F., you must be mistaken. 'No, it's mine, and I shall keep it Well said Mr. F., 'suppose we leave it to any lawyer you ahall choose I won't leave it to any lawyer said the other. Well continued Mr. F., 'shall we leave it to any three men in the village that you may select?' 'No, I shall have the fence Not nt all discomposed. Mr. F. said, Well, neighbor, then I shall leavo it to yourself to say to whom it does belong whether to you or me Struck dumb by the appeal, the wrathy man turned away, saying, I won't have anything to do with a man lhat tcm' contend for his oxen right s Barnum's Bby Show in Cincinnati proves a grand failure, in consequence, as he alleges, of the strictures of the press. He has brought suit against tho Commercial, claiming 810,000 damages. He ought not to recover one cent and most probably will not. The Cincinnati papers, especially the Commercial, did just what they ought to have done in holding Barnum's disgusting exhibition up to public reprehension. The press is the frrr.ni rnnsprrBtnr of rtublic morals in this country, and Phtneas T. Barnum, in his. . .I 'll i! action against the commercial, win prooably find it out. He is an unprincipled! humbuer. who has cone unwhipped of J Vout long onouSh t . i ...u Jfa4n Banner.

Leiter. From a Western Locomotive Fireman to his friend in tho East. Dear Jim: Why don't you pack up your plunder and come out here? We have rate sport, I con tell you you can bet your lifo on that. When I first came out hero -1 had the nger a good deal. I shook every ether day for six months, and then got to going every day. Took more quinine than a horso could draw. After a while Joo Smashup asked ine to run on his engine and fire for him. 'You won't shake long on my engine,' sajs ho, 'for if pine knots don't drive your ager one or two collishuns MI fix it for you.'

Wall, on to his engine I went, and I haint shook since. It's better than Kolngog, Joe i3 a perfect brick. He'd ruther run into a train or drove of cattle than not. You'd ought to see the horns fly sometimes. We had a little fun the other night and I'll tell vou how it was. The other train, that we meet every night nt Filcup station, has been in the habit of holdin on to the track on our time, and tho conductors had two or three jaws about it. Our conductor says to the other one, says he. 'if vou don't get off on tho oiher track a little livelier in futur. I'll run into you some night sure'a you some dark night.' 'No says t'other one, 'I eint a going to no east end of tho s'ulo track to switch off certain's you live. Wall, then vou'll cot smashed to hell, sure's you live Wall, you just try it on Wnll. you'll see Wall, you'll see Wall, you'll make a heap by running into me. I reckon Wall, you'll make a heap by holding on to the track that's cortnin. Well yon see that's the kind of talk we had once or twice, and the other night, about half past two in the morning, they got to the station ahead of U3 and held on. Tho conductor goes into tho depo and cocks his feet upon the stove as cool as a cucumber, leaving the train eight passenger cars on tho track. The depo man was a wide awake chap, and because his switchman was sid and off duty he had to turn the switch if the train wa3 put on the side track for us logo by. So he went in and asked the conductor if he warnt goin' on to the side track. Y-a-s, I spose so Wall, you enn't be a mito too quick about it now 1 tell ye The conductor went out kinJor slow and tell'd the engineer to go to ihe west end of the side track nnd switch off. but - ' 0 m? afore they got tbeie they met us. nnd then warnt there somo fun! Joo Smashup Bays to me, What's them fellers tryil to do? Aint they on our time? Yes says he, looking at hi3 watch, 'the track belongs to us, an' I'm agoin to let her rip sure's vou live What says I, 'you goin to run these rains together? Look here says he. 'I'm running on my own time the track belongs to me, and I don't see any signals, so 1 aint to Maine it there's a smashup. Same tims, between you and I, we'd always orter be ready to jump when we get lar the de po; and he gin me a wink, as if to say look out for your self.' It's a mighty straight track across tho country at Pilcup. and we struck a pretty good gait. Joe had his hand upon the irons, but he kept a mighty sharp look out. 'By George says he, we shall head 'em off. They cant get up to the switch in time. Get ready to jump. No you needn't. 'Twon't be a killer, for they've stopped and are crawling off the way. l m ajraia we aaou iuu miu em though. I did jump before she struck, but Joe Stuck to the machine. He's used to it, and knew jest how hard they'd hit to a pound. The damage wasn't no great. The Lion, t'other locomotitc. was smashed considerable, and ono baggage and one passenger car wernt no good arteiwards. Then all the couplings nnd platforms on both trains were smashed up. We lost our cow-catcher and lantern, but the old bully machino run just as well as ever that momin'. Well, the passengers screamed. One man's ankle was smashed, one shoulder jvas put out of joint, and one passenger had his leg crushed all to pieces. We took him into the depo, and the young surgeon cut off his leg close to the thigh. It's probable that he'll die. The young doctor has pot to hanging around Tilcup depo every night for the train. I believe he has cut off four legs there in a month. I heard him tell Bill Robinson that he was ahead yet. I got a sight at this feller sure. I heard the jaw betwaen the conductors yesterday, and I reckoned on a jib this morning. The man that was smashed was going home to his family in Wisconsin. It took some timo to clear tho track, and the passengers growled like fun after they got over the fright. Kn Jim come out hero, and get on a train with a gritty set of conductors and ngineers. and you'll have a heap of fun, sun's you live. m . where There ,s a villa the church-boll is rung every day at twelve for the pooplo to take men qumiue, ' they have the chills and fever all aroun d

A Happy Man. In several of yesterday's papers appear, ed the following advertisement extraordinary, which we dou3t not created some excitement throughout the city. Birth. New Orleaxs, Oct. 9. 1655. The Hon. Mrs. Marceline Aubran gave birth to a fine daughter this morning at seven o'clock. Mother and child doing finely." Yesterday we found out all about it, and as none of the patties concerned can read, and, in consequence, will not have their feelings laceyated. by seeing themselves in print, we shall tell our readers of it. Mr. Aubran, thchusband of thehonori able lady and mother above advertised, is an eccentric old Frenchman who keep n grocery on Euterpo street. "Some years ago, the wife of his bosom, not being able to present him with an heir, became disgusted with him and ran off. After a while she returned and opened negotiations with him for a divorce. He being willing, the knot hymeneal was severed by duo course of law, and each returned to a Iifi of singlo blessedness. After a lapso of lime, however, their blessoJncss degenerated into misery their "affinities' brought them together again and, after a brief courtship, they agreed to get spliced agiin, and everything was got in readiness for the event. Justice Gaienne boing selected as tho officiating pastor. On the day preceding the wedding, however, tho intended biide gave way to. her ancient

lickleness, and ran off to Mobile withj another msp, who married her there. This made Aubran so 'pizm' mad. that, after a courtship of forty eight hours, he married his housekeeper. Miss Kate. Being spunky, withal, he published his marriage in somo of the city papers, the notice being preceded by one announcing his first marriage and subsequent divorce. This was about two rears aeo. A Tear having passed after the last marriago without offering the husband any promise or even a ray of hope that the one wish of his heart would be fulfilled, his divorced wife, who had returned to the city with her husband, maliciously circulated ston ies through tho neighborhood tint ho was nothing but an old dry bones, who was never intended by nature to bo n father; telling this, as one nho had n right to know. Aubran, though considerably nettled at heart by this, made believe that he didn't care, and threw the tuant back, by telling her not to' brg till she had presented her second husband with an heir a thing- by the way,,, that she has not done yet. Within the past year, tho neighbors became aware of a great change in Aubran. He becamo frisky, good-humored, nnd somewhat younger in appearance, and as months rolled on he became more and more so: nil which wus rather wonderful, he bein in his forty.fi fth year. Within the last month, he has been to a certain extent 'wild.' On Wednesday morning the grand event came off, and the old man then "flew off the handle1 entirely. He fiew round the neighborhood as if his house wcreafiro, greeting hia friends with har.d-wringings and exclamations of 'All right, old fellow all right! all right!' The first burst of enthusiasm over, bo refleeted awhile and then determined to publish the glotious news to tho world. Being unable to write English, he got a friend to act as amanuensis, and dictated to him the unique notice which heads this article. The prefiix, 'Hon to his wifo's name, is a speciality, intended to compliment her, nnd at the same-time to crush forever the satanic glee and the taltlings of his divorced wife. In tho advertisement, tho mother end chiJd are announced as doing well. We are gratified in being able to add, that the father also is getting along splendidly. He is at last in the honey-moon of his existence. A". O. Crescent. Da it Yourselves Coys. Do hot ask the teacher, or somo classmate to solve that hard problem. Do it yourself. You might as well let them cat your dinner, as 'do your sums' for you. Its in studying, as in eating; that he sees it done. In almost any school, I would give more for what the teacher learns, than for what the best scholar learns, simply because the teachei is compelled tosolve all the hard problems, and answer the questions of ths lazy boys. Do not ask him to parse the difficult words or assist you in the performance of any of your studies. Do it yourself.. Never mind, though they look dark as Egypt. Don't ask even a hint irom any body. Try again. Every trial increases your ability, and you will finally succeed by dint of the very wisdom and strength gained in the effort, even though at first the problem was beyond your skill. It is the study and not the answer, that really re. wards your pains. Look at that boy who has just succeededfter six hours of hard study, perhaps; how bis Urge eye is lit up with proud joy, as he marches to his class. He treads like a conqueror. And wellhe may. Last night his lamp burned lale, and this morning he walked at dawn. Ouce or twice he nearly gave up. He had tried his last thought; but a new thought; strikes him as he ponders the last process. He tries once more and succeeds; and now mark the air of conscious strength with which he pronounces his demonstra lion. His poor, weak schoolmate who gave up that same problem after his first faint trial, now looks up to him with something of wonder, as to a superior. That problem lies there, a great gulf between those boys who stood yesterday. side by'side. They will never stand together as equals agaiu. Tho boy that did it for

himself has taken a stride upward, and what is better still, has gained strength to take other and greater ones. The boy who waited to seo others do it, has lost both strength and courage, and is already looking for some good excuse to give up school and study forever. Conn. School Journal.

Hon. A. II. Stevens, of Georgia, in a recent address at a meeting in Alexandria, for the benefit of the Orphan Assylum and Free School of that city, related the following anecdote: "A poor little boy in a cold night, with no home or roof to shelter his head, no paternal or maternal guardian to guide, to protect or direct him on his wny, reached at nightfall the house of a rich planter, who took him in, fed, lodged, and sent him on his way. These kiud attentions cheered his heart, and inspired him with fresh courage to battle with the obstacles of life. Years rolled round; rrOTidcncc led him on and he reached the legal profession; his host had died; the j cormorants that prey on the substance ot man, had formed a conspiracy to get from the widow her estate. She sent for the nearest counsel to commit her causo to him, and that counsel proved to be the orphan boy, years before welcomed by her deceased husband. The stimulus of warm and tenacious gratitude, was now added to tho ordinary motive connected with the profession. He undertook her cause with a will not easily to be resisted; hegained it; the widow's estates were F.ecurcd to her in perpetuity and, Mr Ste vens added with an emphasis of emotion that sent en electric thrill lhro:i;h the house, that orphan boy stands before you. The Boston Post gives a terrible case of suffering caused by Postofiice mismanagement or robbery which happened recently at St. Louis. Aman went from thenco to Texas, to return immediately, found some profitable business which would detain him some months, and therefore wrote to his wife, an 1 enclosed 8130 for present wants. The letter was never received, and being, with her five children turned out of b-r home for non-payment of rent, bnd dricn to despair by the idea that her husband had deserted her, she drowned herself and youngest child in the Mississippi. The unhappy husband and father, receiving no answer to the letter, relumed to St. Louis to find himself a widower, and his children supported by public charity. The postmaster who stole that $150 w ill have a fearful account to settle with a departmental the Head of which it is impossible to cheat or ceceive. Origin of Oyster Eutin?. It has often been said that ho must have been a bold man who first ate an oyster. This is in ignoranco of the legend which he assigns the first act of oyster eating to a very natural cause. It is related that a man while walking one day, picked one of these savory bivalves, just as it was in the act of gaping. Observing the extreme smoothness of the shell, he insinuated his finger between the lids, that be might feel iheir shining surface, when suddenly they closed upon the exploding digit, with a sensation less pleasing than he anticipated. The prompt withdrawal of his finger, was scarcely a more natural movement than ils transfer. It is not very clear why people, when they hurt their fingers, put them into their mouths; but it is very certain that they do; and in this case the result was fortunate. Tho owner of the finger tasted oyster juice'for tho first time, as the Chin3inan in Elia's Essay, having burnt his finger, first tasted cracklin. Tho savor was delicious; he. had made a great discovery; so he picked up the oyster, forced open the shells, banqueted upon their contents, and soon brought oyster eating into fashion. An Attractive Lady. The Springfield Journal of Saturday relates tho following singular occurrence.' Yesterday afternoon, while a lady of this city was engaged with her household duties, a swarm of bees entered the room, settling upou her head neck and shoulders. As may be supposed, tho lady was sadly frightened, and quickly brushing the intruders away, she sought refugo in an adjoining apartment. The window being inadvertently left open, the bees immediately entered, and again took possession of tho lady, who finding they did not harm her, and unable to remedy the evil, quietly went about her work, experiencing but little inconvenience. The bees continued to hover around tho lady till near sundown, when they depaited as suddenly as the) came, having paid no at tention to several children who wero in the houso the whole time. The Bloom of Age. A good woman never grows old. Years may pass over her head, but if benevolence and virtue dwell in her heart, she is as cheerful as when the spring of life firstopened to her view. When we look upon a good woman, we never think of her nge; sho looks as charming as when the rose of youth first bloomed on her cheek. That rose has not faded yet: it will nover fade. In her neighborhood she is the friend and benefactor. Wfho does not respect the woman who has passed her days in acts of kindness and mercy? We repeat such a woman cannot grow old. Sho will always be fresh and buoyant in spirits, and active in humble deeds of mercy and benevolence. If the young desire to retain the bloom of beauty and youth, let her love truth and virtue and to tho close of her life appear a gardon of sweets ever frcah and ever new.

The Tarmcr. Who makes the barren eaitli A paradise of wealth. And fills each humble hearth With plenty, life and health? Oh! I would have you know They are the men of toil The men who reap aud sow Tho tillers of the noil.

Loveliness. It is not your neat dress, you; expensive shawl, your golden fingers that attract the 6ense. They look beyond ihese. It is your character they study. If you arc trifling or loose in your conversation no matter if you are as beautiful as an angel you havo no attraction for them. It is the true loveliness of your nature, that win and continue to retain the affections of the heart. Young ladies sadly miss it w ho labor to improve their outward looks, while they bestow not a thought on their minds. Fools may be won by the gewigaws and fashionable showy dresses, but the wise and subslanlial are never caught by such traps. Let modesty be your dtess. Use pleasant and e;reeabiö language, nnd though you may not be courled by tho fop, the good aud truly great will love to linger in your steps. Fight Between a Rattlesnake axu Hogs. The State Rights Democrat, published at Elba, Ala., narrates the following: Two gentlemen were lately in the woods, when their attention was attracted by on uproarious noise among some hogs. Thinking thai something uncommon was to pay, they repaired to the spot, und found that the hogs had been in a fight with a very large rattlesnake. Tho fight, from appearances, had been a long and desperate one. The snake was torn to pieces, three hogs dead, and a fourth dying. They say that, as lha last hog would groan, tho snake would raise its head, being unable to do anything else. The snake and the fourth hog soon. died. They report that for thirty yardo arounA, the grass and ground wero torn. up. The snake was six and a half or seven feet long. The hogs, in the fight, had destroyed all the rattles but two. Fcllow-ciliiens!' said an old lino orator, we have ihe best country iu the world, and the best government. What people on the face of the globe enjoy moro privileges than we do? Here we have liberty to speak and liberty of the press without onerous despotism. What, felIov-cilizen3, is more desirable thau this? Do you wont anything more, my countrymen?' 'Yc3-sit-ee sang out a rcd-noscd friend, 'this la dry work 1 want a suck out of that flask stickin' out of your coat pocket.' Orator looked queer aud hastily coucluued. A modest young gentleman at a dinner party put the following connundrum: Why are most people who tat turkeys like unto babies" No, rrply. Tho motlcsl, man, blush ed, nnd. Would, have backed, out, but finally, gave the answer himself: Because they are fond of tho breast'' Did you ever ! Two middlo-oged la dies fainted at this awful perpetration the remains of the young man wero catricd out by the coroner and three married ladies clapped their handkerchiefs to their mouths iu convulsions toothache, cf course. Goon. A genuine Down Easter, lately essayed to appropriate a square of exceedingly tough beef, at dinner, in a Wisconsin hotel. His convulsive efforts with a knifo and fork, attracted the attention and smiles of tho rest of the compmy, who were in the :--ama predicament vsith himself. At last Jonathan's patience vanished under ill success, and, laying down his utensils, he hurst ont with 'Strangers, you needn't laff; if you han't got no regard for the landlord's feelings you ortcr have some rcspccl for the old cowV This sally brought down the houso. A Wise Answee. 'You must not play with that girl, my dear said an injudicious parent. But ma, I like her; she is a good little girl, and I'm sure she dresses as good as over I do, and she bas lots of toys.' I cannot help that, my dear rcspon ded the foolish anti-American, 'her father is a shoemaker But 1 don't play with her father, but with her; she aint a shoemaker. What is Law Like? Law is like a country dance, people are led up and down it till they are tired. Law is like a book of surgery there are a great many terrible cases in it. It is like physic too, they that take the least of it are the best off. It is like a homely gentleman, very well to follow and a scolding wife, very bad when it follows us. Law is like a new fashion, peoplo are bewitched to get into it, and like bad weather, most people are anxious to get cut of it. I Wi Hot and Cold. An Irishman discovered a part of the wood-work of the chimney-piece on firo that endangered the whole house. He rushed up Ftairs to his master, announced the alarming intelligence. Down he rushed with him. A large kettle of boiling water was on the fire. Well, why don't you put out the fire? I can't, sure Why, you fool, pour the water upon it.' Sure it's hot water, sur The National Intcll igencer says that the hotels at Washington aro now capable of accommodating 'J570 persons,

The Tork Trade. It is the general impression that tho number of hogs. in the Vvest fall short of last year's supply, when the packing was twenty-two per emit deficient as compared with that of tho previous Fcason. The Cincinnati Gazette is of the opinion, however, that as only a small proportion of tho hogs actuaJly produccd go into the hands of

packers, the present heavy crop of corn nnd the high prices that prevail for hogs, will operuie to a very large extent towards making up the deficiency that exists In numbers, so far as regards tho packing business, and also to increaso the weight as to more than annihilate the an ticipated falling off. Kxpericnce, says the Gazf tic, has fully established tho fct that high prices far corn and low prices for hog-, prevailing at the same time, have never failed to result in a short packing of the latter, regardless of tho numbor of hog3 in the country; and low priced com and high priced hoes have m most cases produced the opposite result. fhe price of corn and hogs for the last two years wero as follows: l3l. 1?55. Hogs pr 100 lbs. $1 Oil 80 73 New cum vr bu. 00 Last season, the tendency of hog5 was downward and corn tended upward, and for this season corn is heavy and hoS are firm. This .condition of the market is well calculated to increase the packing. Out of lenor twelve million hogs produ ced annually in the Western and SouthStates not much over three millions en ter into the reports of packers. Tho Gazette holds, therefore, that, un less a euddeu reaction and material de cline takes place in prices, the number of bogs packed this season will be equal to that of last year, while in weight there will be an increase of at least fifteen per cent, in pounds, or an aggregate on last year a crop 03 reported, of about fcixtyfive millions of pounds. The stock of old products, now in tho couutry, as compared with those of the correspon ding date of last year, aro deficient about forty-five millions of pouuds, thus leaving an excess of twenty million pounds for tho products of 1Sjj-6. OLM Large Potatoes. We have in our office six enormous potatoes, of the Jenny Lind variety, raised by Mr. Cathcart, of Chanhasson the largest of which weighs 2 1 2 Iba. S. W. Case of this place has exhibited six pink eye potatoes raised upon his own farm which weighs 10 1-2 lbs the largest of the six weighing 2 Ibi. Minneapolis Dem. Tin; Laugest potatoes Yet. We were presculcd yesterday, by David Lyman. Esq.t twenty-fivo potatoes, weighing forty lbs, and measuring thrco pecks, Thi3 beats anything in the potaloe line we have seen yet. St. Croix Union. Speaking of big potatoes, these are not q priming to somo we have in our office, of the pinkeye kiud, the largest of which weighs 3 1-2 lbs., and thrco weighing 7 I-1 lbs. Our neighbors at Minneapolis and St. Croix c a n-'t quite come it yet. so 'try, try again,' lied IHng" Sent, Hogs Large Operation. The Louisville Journal of Thursday says 'we understand that one olour pork bouse firms yesterday sold, to an English packer, twenty thousand hogs, at 86 00 from tho hooks. An averago of two hundred Iba net per hog, would make the aggrejxato amount involved in the transaction 8210000. This is, we believe, the largest transaction that bas ever taken placo in this market Arkansas can take the premium cn the watermelon question The editor of tho Fayettcville Independent was recently presented with a wateimclon that weighed 62 pounds. ----- A HUNDRED MILE FIRE.—The Salt Lake News of the 29th of August, brings us the particulars of a sweeping fire in Northern Utah and Southern Oregon. It says. Wc understated by Mr. Hawes, recently from Mary's River, that the country on the north side of the road was recently burned over, destroying the grass end timber; we also learn that the fire has extended north from Bear River over 400 miles, destroying grass and timber and everything in its way in the eastern part of Oregon. ----- Hon. Justin Buttcrfield, commissioner of the general land office during General Taylor's administration, died at Chicago, on the 23J ult., in the CGth year of hi3 age. A phriend pheeling phunnily phigurative phurnishes the phollowing: '4ty Itunatc -testers dtuitously ltifying 41orn 4trcsses, Icibly 4bade 4ty 4midable 4eiguers lming 4oging4ccs Carriages rs. Omnibus. A little minx boasted to one of her little friends that her father kept a carriage. Ah. but exultingly replies another one, 'ray father drives an omnibus.' Meeting a negro on ihe road, with crape on his hat, a traveler said: You have lost some of your friends, I ccc 'Yes, Massa Was it n near or disiant relative?' Well, putty distant 'bout twenty-four miles was the reply. A most interesting sight to fee, is lhat of a yonng lady with 'lips like rubies nni with teeth of 'pearly whiteness and with cheeks that. have stolen the 'deep carnation of. the deathless rose wilhher mouth full of gingerbread! The prettiest trimuiiug for a woman's bounct is a good humored face.

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