Rising Sun Times, Volume 2, Number 79, Rising Sun, Ohio County, 16 May 1835 — Page 1

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tiik co.iriNt; of srniNf.'. The voice of Serin; the voice of Spring! I hear it from n far ! Ho comes wi;h sunlight on his win?, And ray of morning's fi:sr; His impulse thrills "fhro'irh rill :! (biod, It throbs alone the main ; "T is stirrin? in the wnki-ij woo:!, AoJ trembling o'er the p'ain! The cuckoo' call, from hill to hill, Announces hi; is nih The nichf inrtle has fetiud t! e nil She loved to warble by : T!ie thruh to sing i nil ithirst. But will not, till ho Fee Some si:rn of him then mil wiil burst The treasutrd inctod I lie comes he cc-nfi '. Ee'so'd, hrhrild That c'ory in the Enl, Of burning hear.:'-, of jlowin:r c!d, And l ght by light inneasi d ! Already earth unto her hor.it Inhale the p,e:iialhent Already fee t .e flowers ?trrt To beautify hi :Vct. Theviilet ij sweetening :iovr The'air of hill nnd re!!. The snow-drop.', tht from Witiier's i row, As he retreat? !, Tel!, Have turnrd to flowers and ceni thr bower?, Where late t!u wild st-i;m whirled. And wanner ray?, with It :;:.. ningilnvs Give verdure to the worid. The work is done hut there ON K Who hn the tas't n?'.ir;cd Wbo guides ti e errv:e ride s;w, And gathers up the v i:d ; Who showers down t!- nee-Jin I raia lie mea'iros in hi hn ' ; And rear? the trri'er i rinui:) gr.-.in. That joy may fil the hr.v!.' The yonthfnl Srri:ir the rdoa-rt April's;! Hi? course is for war.', v.vw ; He come? with sunlight or. his win;j. And beauty en his brorv ; His iinpn'se thrills thro'irh ri 1 and I'o.d, And thrrh al.;n the tnaia "Til stirrinyin the wakir. we-o ', And trrn.blii'c o'er the plain !

ANECDOTE OF JFWiE CRANF. Shortly nftcrTIis first republican constitution of the Stale of New York, was framed and the judiciary sstcm was established for the civil department, the supreme cour!, cr tint branch tf it called the "circuit court,1' was appointed for one of the circuits in the county of Dutches?, and the eccentric Judge Crane was to preside. Judge Crane was very wenlihy, and highly rc?pected for In- public and private virtue, especially for hi charitableness to the poor; but he. always dressed in a plain garb, and would hardly ever "ear an oer coat, whatever le weather night be, and it was seldom that he rode when lie we;it ahvoad, ahhoegh he owned many v d nolo horse. (), l!ie morning of fh? dav in which he court was to begin, t!v .I'.rlc; set out before day, ard val!t:d z niy on, thro' hail, rain, and snow, to the .appointed place. Oa arrivitJi; at rouiikeepit-, cold and wet, he v. a!kt d (o a. tarrn. where he found the I.uuil.iov and her servants were making larpe prcp.atalien for the entctdainreenl nf tb jadesv, I ivyers,nnd other uen'.lcmep. w Siom they expected would a'.t'M.d the circuirt court. The Judge Wii-: do!- raiiitcd to have soma sport, and in a p -aant tone addressed the landladv: I l ave no money, and was obliged to come, to com and I have walked through the dreadful storm more than twenty mihs. I am wet nnd cold, dry and" hungry: when the landlady put'hcrself in a magisterial posture, and putting on a countenance of contempt, said to Ihe'Judye, ye'i are wet and cold, dry and hot; how can all that be? No, my dear madam, says the Judge, 1 said thai I was wet and colJ, and if you had been out as long as 1 have been in this stotm,. I think you nould likewise be wet and cold. 1 said that I wanted something to drink nnd cat. But you have no mney, you fay, retorted the landlady. I teil you the truth, said the Judge, the whole truth, nnd nothing but the truth; but were I a9 rich as Croesus I -would be willinc to woik for something to eat nnd drink. Croesus, who is Crccsust savsthe lady. I never knew nm, said the Judge, but I hae understood that he was very rich. I want something to drink, and were I as poor as Job in his utmost calamity, and had my health nnd strength as wt II as I now have, I would willingly go to woik a little n hile if I could get something to drink and a bite of cold victuals. W ell, oh daddy, says she, how much do you want to drink? Halt n gHl ol goo-i hramiy madam, said he. Very well, says she t will give you half a gill and some cold victuals if you will go into the hack yard, nnd cut and split three, armlulsot wood, and bring it Into the kitcher, where the servants want to make a good fire to dry the gentlemen's great coats vben they come, and after you get your

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iciuais i snail want you to go away. Well, says he. give me the brandy, and I'll sonn bring the wood. He drank the liquor, and walked quietly iniolhc wood yard, where he found a good axe, and lie seon laid by the kitchen lire the quantity rf wood, viz: his arm? three times full. W hen the landlady had got his odd luncheon on the table, in hopes that he would eat and be off. Now for the good bile of victuals, says the Judge. There it is, said she. coldly. And it is almost as cold as tnj -self, said he, but not half so wet, for I see neither tea nor coifee, nor checolato to wet it. Heggars must not be chosr-rs, said she. 1 am not begging of you, madam, said he, but have paid the full price demanded. I told you, said she, I uould give you cold victual--, and there is cold boiled ham, cold pork and beef, tu I 1 potatoes and turnip, cold . r j ill ii . vinegar, pickles and son;; and if you want any thing hot, there is mustard i"d poppi r,ai;d here is good bread, good ratter, and good cheese, and all good nough for such nn old ragamuffin as you are. It is all very good, said he pleasantly, but madam, be so good as to ot me have some new milk, warm, right Vorn the cow, to wet litis good victuals. i no cows are not milked, said she. 'hen let mc h ive a bowl of cel.! mi!!:. stud lie. 1 wis! not send servants in t'!! storm to the spring house to skim it for vou, said she. Said he, with a picaael smile, dear madam I have a good wife t home older 'man you are, who would gf ou? in a woise storm loan this. ta milk the cows anu nnng the milk to tne poor st man on carlo, at uis i ouesl : or to biingthe milk from the spring house cream and nil, without skimming, to feed the most abject of the human race. You have a vcrv good wife at iome, said she. Indeed, I have, s aid io, and she keeps my clothes clean nnd whole; and notwithstanding ou called me an old ragamullin, I am not ashamed to appear abroad inthcclotb.es ! wear, n any good company. Well, I mu-t confess, says she, that when you have your broad brimmed hat edT, you look middling well, but I want vou to eat md be oir, for we want the fire to d: y thc gentlemen's great coats ami um brellas by; and among the rest we ex pert Judge Crane, Judge Crane, sa s the Judge, who is Judge. Crane? The circuit judge, said sh". one of the su-:-eme judges, you old fool. We!!, said lite Judge. I will bet ;v goeso that .i Htge lrane i;as rot uaa. tnd will not have a great coat upon his bat:k, or an umbrella over Ins head this dav. You old goose, paid she. I care nothing for vour l ets. Eat and bo off. I tell Vu. Judge Crane is to be here. md we've no room for you. I doat care, said he. one rye straw mere lor itid'TC Crane than I do for myseM; and it Ins got to he so late, that if he has to rnmo at this time of day, he would more likely go directly to the court ou-e, and stay until dinner time, than go to any tavern; and u business was very urgent, he would be very likely to tay away even Irorn dinner. I know something about the old codger, and some people say he is rusty, fusty, crus ty old lodge. Pretty talk, indeed, says the landlady, about tho supreme, judge. Now eat your cold check, and lie oil, or be oil without eating, just as uti please. I tell you, said Hie J udge, Judge Crane is not ihe supreme judge, and if he w ere, he is no more lit lo be a judge than I am. W ell now be oil with yourself, says she. Don I ue in so great a luirrv, said he, mildly. I win lo know who is landlord here? I wiso to know who he is? He is Ihe high sheriiTofthc county, and won't be home till night; but if he were hue vou would not stay long. Well, madam, sat J he. give us a cup of cider to wet m victuals, if you won I give me niii.v. Not a drop," says her ladyship. Tne Judge, who had now got preily well warmed and dried, and wished for his breakfast, put on a stern countenance, and positively declared he would not leave the room and lire until he pleased. But, added he, if )ou will grant my request, I will eat and be cfT. The cider was immediately brought, and the Judge partook heartily of the eolation before him, took his broad brimmed hat, and gently walked to the court house where he found good fires and clean floors, and during the court hours, he presided with dignity and propriety. When the Judge withdrew, the landlady anxiously looked after him, for some time, as he walked steadily on towards the court house, supposing him

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to be some poor man summoned up to curt as a witness, or some culprit, cr some vagabond, who might give her further trouble, in time of courts, and expressed to her servants a desire that they would see that he did not disturb the gentlemen and the judges who might put up (here. while some of the girls declared, if he did come, they w ould use soim of his own expressions, which he used respecting J udge Crane. Let mc see, says one 'rusty, crusty.' yes, and 'fusty old fudge,' says another. When dinner was announced, the court not being thronged, was immediately adjourned, and the day being etormy and cold, the judges and lawyers poured into the sheriff's tavern, where they were sure of good fare; all, except Judge Crane, who walked to a torc and purchased a valuable shawl, and put it into his pocket on the inside of his coat; then walked quietly to the tavern. While he was thus detain "d, the landlady entered the dining room, and earnestly le-cnquiicd if Judge Crane had come in? The an swer was. Not yet, madam, and perhaps lie may not come. The landlady, who was anxious to pay the highest respect to the supreme Judge, retired to the kitchen, not a little chagrined or diappoSntet In the mean time the .in dtre a i iveii, anu heing at proper -or n'de, but at all tims times vi v veiy I of.;! present he ! til ent lemaiks g the minds of these to make some perand to tf 11 some liv !y aneedotes. intended to convey good morals; which set the whole company in a rear of laughter. And at this instant one of the waiting maids entered the room to inform the gentlemen that they might sit down to dinner. She did her errand, and hastened back lo her mistress with the tidings, that the old fusty fellow, with his broad brimmed hat on, was right in among the bare headed gentlemen, talking as loud as he could, and all the Judges and lawyers were laughing at him. Then go. says she, and w hisper to the old man that 1 w ish him to come into the kitchen. The errand was done accordingly, and the Judge, in n low tone of voice, to the girl, Tell jour mistress 1 have a litile business to do with some of these lawyers, and w hen done, 111 be off in the course of two or three day. The girl returned and faith full' rehearsed the message, and ridded, that she believed the old fellow was drunk, or he could not have said, as soon as my business is done, I'll be ofTm two or three days. Well, Bellty, says the "Mistress, go back, and when the gentlemen go lo sit down, do you stand by the head of the table, and whisper to some gentleman, that I wish a vacant place left at Ihe head of the table for Judge Crane, and then you hasten back and see that John has the cider and othr liquor in Ood order. And Mary, do you till two more terrcens with gravy, and put one at each end of the fable. And Martha, do you see that ail the rjean plates for a change are ready, and that the tarts and pies, &c, arc in good order. Betty again repaired to her post at the head of the table, and softly informed a gentleman of the request of her mistress. Certainly, said the gentleman; and Beltv hastened back to assist John. The gentlemen now sat down to an excellent repast, and after a short cjacul itory address to the throne of grace, delivered bv Judge Crane, in which he adored the Father of all mercies, for feeding all his creatures throughout the immensity of space invoked a blessing on that portion of earthly bounty then hef re them, and supplicated divine mer cy through the divine merits of our Uodrrrner, the gentleman began lo oat ve and serve round m me usual loim t l IV 1' it the Judge, was of a singular t'-.tn in n boost every tiling, and had taken a fancy that if a person eat light food at the same meal, and that which is more solid and harder of digestion, that, the light food should be eaten first, and therefore he filled his plate with

some pudding, made of milk, rice, and eggs, and placing himself in rather an awkward situation, with his left elbow upon the table, and his head near the plate, began to eat according to his common custom, which was very fast, although he was not a great rater. And assome of the gentlemen near the Judge followed his example as to partake of the pudding before the meat, of course a large deep vessel, which had contained that article was nearly emptied, when Mary approached with her two additional tefreens of gravy, accor-

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ding to the command of her mistress, and as she sat down the hist near the Judge, lie says to her in an austere manner, Girl, bring me a clean plate to eat sallad on. The abrupt manner in which he addressed her, a: d her disgust at seeing him there in that position, so discouceited the girl, that she did nolobfene that any one excepting the Judge had partaken of the pudding, nor did she know what he meant by sallad: but she observed that Ihe large pudding pan was nearly empty, and then hastened back with her utmost peed to her mistress, and addressed her with, Lord, madam, that old fellow is there yet, nnd he is certainly crazy or drunk, for he is down at the table, and has eaten more than a skippie of the rice pudding already, and lias his nose right down in a plate full now, shovelling it in like a hog; and he told mc, as if he w as lord of the manor, to bring him a clean plate to cat sallad on. Bless me, where can we get sallad at this time of the year? And the gentlemen have done carving and not one has begun to eat meat, much less to eat a tub full of pudding. Ave, he'll get a e'oan plate, says Mai tha, before gentlemen want clean plates. I'll clear him out, says the Mistress and starts for thf dining room, burning with indignation. The Judge was rcrr.arkab le for not giving unnecessary trouble io any body where he put up, and gent-rally nte w hatever w as set before him without making any remaiks; and seldom made use of more than one plate at a meal; but at this time he had observed near him a dish of btyiutifol raw white cabbage, cut upTnid put in vinegar, (which the Low Dutch at I'oughkeepsie call cold s.'azo and which he called sallad.) and he wished for a separate plate to prepare some of it for his own fancy. The carving and serving were not yet finished, when he expected the clean plate, and when the landlady arrived at the door of the dining room determined to drive him out. She advanced with a firm step lo the. door, and fixed her keen eye firmly on the Judge, when he turned his eye that vav and observing her, mildly said, landlady can 1 have a clean plate to eat some sallad on? A clean plate and sallad ! retorted the landlady indignantly. I wish you would come into the kitchen until gentleman have dined; I had reserved that seat for Judge Crane. The company were struck w ith astonishment, ai d fixed their eyes alternatn'y on the landlady and on (he Judge! and sat orslood in mute suspense, when the Judge gracefully raided himself up in the chair, carelessly folding his arms across his breast, then putting his head awkwardly on one side You reserved this seat forjudge Crane, did you, landlady? Indeed I did, says she. It was very kind, says he, in an ironical tone, but ifyou will step to the door and see if he is coming, or send one of the servants to call for him, with your permission and the approbation of these gentlemen, with whom I have some business to do, I will occupy this seat until you shall find the Judge. Find the Judge, said she with emphasis, go look for him yourseif, not send me nor my servants. I gave you your breakfast this morning for chopping a little wood because you had no money; and I expected you would go away quietly and keep away, nnd now you must come here to disturb gentlemen at dinner. Here the w hole joke burst upon Ihe minds oflhe gentlemen present, w !io fell into a loud lit of laughter. After the tumult had a httle subsided, says ihe Judge mildly, did I chop wood to pay for my breakfast? Indeed you did. sas she, and said vou had no money. I tedd you the truth, sa)Sthe Judge, t ut I have a beautiful shawl worth more than ten dollars, w hich 1 just nowbought, and will leave it with you in pawn, if you will only let me eat dinner with these gentlemen. Here the gentlemen were biting their lips to keep from laughter. How- did vou buy the shawl worth more than ten dollars with out money?' 1 bo't iton credit, sajs he. And where did you find credit to that amount?) says she. I brought it from home, said he. This i9 a likely story, and something like yourabuse ot Judge Crane this morning, said she. How could I abuse the Judge if he was not present, said he. Why, says she, you Skipple is a niennre of three peck, used in Holland, instend oflhe English bushel t and the inhabitants of I'oughkeepsie were hioitljr Low Dutch at that time.

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railed him rusty, f u s t yr fudge, and old codger, and said you did not care a rye straw more for him than you did for yourself. And here the whole company were i-i an uproar of laughter again. But as soon as it a little subsided, one of the gentlmen asked the landlady howshe knew that (he gentlman she was addressing w as not Judge Crane? Said she, he looks more like a sm'fe than a crcar ! Here the loud laughter burst forlh a Miird time. And after a little pause the Judge said, 1 must confess that I am not a hi id of very fine feathers, but I assure you that I am a Crane, nnd a crane is often a very useful instrument; I saw a very good one in your kitchen this morning; and sometimes an instrument called "a crane," isof incalculable use, madam. Before she had time to reply, some of the gcnllemc: with whom she was acquainted assur: d her that she was talking with the presiding Judge. Astonished and confounded, she attempted some excuse, ami hastily asked his pardon for her rudeness. The Judge had by this time, unobserved, taken from his pocket the beautiful shaw l folded it full length one way, and in a narrow form the other, and it be ing of a very fine texture, appeared more like an elegant sash than like a valuable shaw l. When he arose, with graceful dignity and with a half smile, advanced a few steps towards the landlady, sajing "it is not my province to pardon, but it is my business to judge? and I judge that you and I shall hereafter he fiierds! and I judge also that you will, without hesitation, receive this as a prosenl, if not as a pmot! So saying, he gently laid it over her shoulders and -across her arms, saying, '-Take it, for it was purchased on purpose for a present for you.'' She hastily retired in confusion, hardly knowing what she. did, and took with her the shawl worth twelve dollars instead often. And here are three parlies who had each two good things. The landlady had a good shawl and a good lesson to meditate upon the gentlemen had a good dinnet and and a good joke (o talk over and the Judge had good intentions in the joke, and good will and ability to follow up" the lesson given. j CHOXT STOKir!?. is a foolish and perniciou Tb -.re practice wim some people, ol relating sfories fo young children fo excite afarm nnd terror. If it were only foolish, or unreasonable, it would not justlv call forlh strong expressions of censure. Yet, even in such case, the practice had better be discontinued, and tnnv be condemned as quite improper. Stories to arouse curiosity and excite in quiry, if the subjects tend to utility, are certainly proper and commendable. Hut the common tales of B!uc Beard, and Giants, of specters and ghosts, are. extremely injurious in their influence! and effects. Unfounded and absurd notions are received, which serve only to terrify, and which even by correct knowledge afterwords received, cannot be entirely subdued or eradicated. It is in vain to reason against them; or to oppose; to them the knowledge, derived from natural pltlosophy and the sciences. I have known men of great learning, w ho w ere unahlrj lo get rid of early but very unreasonable fears, produced in childhood by the stories of nurses or illiterate parents; and who were always occasionally under their unhappy influence, though their sober judgment was that they were mere lixments. Let children be taught, that the great Creator has impressed laws on all things, which operate uniformly; nnd that they are in safety, w hile they conduct w ell and have a reverence for that great and good Doing. They should be taught that ghosts and apparations are wholly fanciful; that all the specters they need guard against, are guilty fears, and if they are virtuous, these w ill never haunt them, nor exist. Important to Farmers. Lay' a piece of a board flat on the ground to preserveyour plants from a striped bug w Inch some seasons is very destructive. This simple experiment may seem to be novel and ineffectual, but the secret of the matter i, the board forms a shelter for a toad which hops from under (he covrr at night and destroys the bugs, and during the day lime may he found by turning over the board. Should any one have doubts on the subject, he can. I easily try the experiment, .