Vincennes Gazette, Volume 11, Number 3, Vincennes, Knox County, 26 June 1841 — Page 1

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From the Christian Watchman. rraycrSwcct Frayor. Am "$ o."i?." Whorl torn in the bosom Dy sorrow and care, 13e it ever so fimphe There's nothing like prayer ; I; e.v;o. soothe., softens, rruSJuec, yet restrain?, Gie- vior to hope, an J I'u'-i pama in chains. IVivc, pravtr, sweet grayer, I ll over so simple, there's uotUi-i- hxc prayer. When far from the friends We hold dearest we part, What fond recollection Still chn to tho heart : VaH converse, past scenes, . Past .enjoyments are there ; f'-h how heartfully pleasing. When hallowed by prayer. Thayer, raver, O sweet prayer, lh it ever so simple, there's nothing like prayer. V.'iuu pleis'Pe would woo u Kxv.'ia piety's arms. The syren sings sweetly, Or ciiently charms, We litten, love, lo.ter, Aie caught ia the Kaire, On kokiiu to Jerus w ('ornpuer by prayer. Prayer, prayer, O sweet prayer. I'e it ever cj simple. t!ure' nothing hke prayer. While Granger to pnyer, Wt-'er straagf-rB tj Mis?, ileaveo pours its tali stream "'hrviuh id medium hut thi : And till vve the seraph's Full extacy shears, Our eha'.ioe of j y must he ( i uarded by prav or. V'ru-er, prayer, O suctt prnycr Bo it trtt S'J si.np-ie. pray cr. .ere's nothing hko c;..a.! ;;i...t it 1 li !i. e piu!iM;i it m 'a ?o-nc w.h i are gudt; mere ... ,u .. ,h. ?sne s. oi f :h. The exeei'em r.-: led too !ietes:a:;ie a p.cf.jre ,r?.l f r a mmen:. it is copied v, ork in- .Miss Sedgvick. called id lln is fr. ::) the section "On on." ii . i en : t'rom a O-anersar : ' ( ' n... The most prevailing fault ;?ion i'.i our country, and I l.esocial cotnmunitios. is gossipeonvt- rs --.p, m al ! . must i:'est l!ie richest B .t'. . SO rig i.vist abounds riiu.:s wiirc rh o-;nl irt Vi. s in small t'W!H ;:ier tana e i the m .? t e t e n i : d i n u t u ; 1 1 aevjuam rso!i use in t.'ie cui-esi ive m the .rnbling a large t fan To disturb the sweet uses o fit:!--ctmmunities by g js .pm is sure iv to TO. n.rr.o ih h-t'.cht oi the !ar, arrr. ments of Pro idenee. In trreat and buv cities, where people ,1, m total igueruiice oi oi-.n ix.iwij, .. , 1 !..-,.,. flinn: inn there is no irossniMfs'WiirliJ fa trient; ' T niT(erstantl barter precisely wtiat Cum -.'s mvier i.ie neaa oi go:ppi.i-. i .i i.l - r I uive vou sme examples ot it. hi a certain smaj thickly scitied town there lives a family, consisting of a man, h:vvifc !r'r- "'fr'3 ie;'- Ho has a p;o!o?fTo,)..Jr. may be a jeweller's, sail- . I " ! . ... ..-.t rtnll .1 C(.i..l tl.er s. oomaiier Si.or u u au civi no nun which, since lie earns enouu ostcnfortably, withj help of and sister, who arnoa-J for their to live m h ' ; v 1 i in lust ry cid economy. One would think ;K v iia' l nothing to do but to enjoy their own comforts, raid aid and pity those less favored than themselves. iiu instead oi i . 1 t' all f 'ais, they voim nteer to supervise all the ens, foiaes and stiori commg.; oi men neighbors. The husband is not a silent !)nr:uer. He docs ins full share of the low work of this gossipplng trio. Go to t . O .. , i ...... Vi n , ti cf, thpin when vo.i m, v'u muv utm o.last iv-ws of every tamiiy witlun half rule, l or cAiuup.v, -j i- " ..At, . rr-.vp QloO for has new - - w n and la- has no need of a new one wag the Oil el P.:-; nor run more than two LU v.'.. - - years." -Mrs. but she won there." .Mrs. has trot a new hired help; 't stay long; it's come and go .;ld another new gown a! ... I ' 1 ' A. L. roeetnV vestcrdav, wrr.c.i mci ..... . .... , . .l -inii AVPrvonO i- uj rihomk on taeir iwuiit.-, u y:u - . , .... r, is a z taiiiil to na e i oh rnv pari, l nau rat.iv.. . - ands." - , "There go Sam Bhss s people wun a I hnrrelof flour, it was but yesteraa. sue. ws at the judge's begginc

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have turned their home into a common sewer through which all the sins and loihies ol the neighborhood run. Yes; but their minds have to run to waste, and there is some taint, I fear at their hearts. The noted jrossin. Miss makes' I he noted gossip, Miss .i visit in a town where she has previously been a stranger. She divides her time amcng several families. She is social, and what we think miscalled, agreeable; for! sue is perpetually talking ot persons and things. She wins a too easy confidence, 1 i ,, ... , .uiuit.it? returns uume wu;i an iniiiiisiorc of family anecdotes. one Knows uku oir. and Mrs. So and So, who are supposed to live happily, are reaiiy on bad terms, and that he broke the hearts of two other women before he married his wife; she knows the particulars, but she has promised not to tell. She has found out that a cer - tain family who for ten years have been supposed to live harmoniously with a step-1 mother, are really imminently wretched. She heard that Mr. w ho mtly is in very flourishing circumstances, h been on the brink of b last ten years, cVc. ankruptcy tor the Could this woman find nothing in visiting a new scene to excite her mind but such trimmer v I We have given you this i am pie to show vou tiiat tiie sm ot gosvervales most communities. "ivoin'r l This woman did not create thee s'. r:. she heard them all, the indi idua'.s w': o- i them to her, little t!i'mk:ng r'.at they ini-ov. would becor.v4 iw subject of -imih.r rt mark to the very per- wios .) a.i';.. rs they were communicating, What would we think 'of persons who went abe1!;: e collecting for exhibition examples of the wart1', wens and cancers with which their fellow-beings were alllicted? And vet would ivt their employment be more honorable, more humane, at ieat than this gossip-monger's ' We l ave heard such talk as follows between ladies, wives, and mothers, the wives of educatedmtw .jM pefsons who were cane e .mcirteui luen. "Have ydri heard! l'.'.iis is ing to Washington ? Washington! won earth rau thJ rd a wingom how tor in Washington V i Know t;i"Hie IlOl M1 llUii.l tnjcv . . .-.t i ; ,.ve rn debts. jriid tiiev have six gins to dipo of, and find rather a dull market here. "Have you heard the New tons are g mg to the country to live!" vt 'es me, no, w hat's for r 1 ucato Sallv the ? r children ;' b.U my dress m Smith, who works for-Mrs. Nev. ton. says 'he is w n out wit'. aimer partie -He runs tne u i.lo,,. n v ith com;, -ny. Oh, I susiic taev are oet-ged to go to economise. i ou know sr.? .re:C-e-i uer children so extravagantly. I s; o Mary Newton at the theatre (she is not older than my Orace.) with a diamond mroniere." Diamond was it? Julia told me it was .-oi f.-nnn m.'irma. The extravagance ol extravagance some neonle is shocking! 1 doirt wonder ho' out of pat a nee. Don't tell it a- am because .Ned M i.ler t' me m confidence. He actually lias leaked up all his wife's w orked pocket handkerchiefs. Well, whatever else, my msband com plains of. he can find fault with mycxtravagance. ' IVrhajH not; but faults far more heinous than extravagance this poor woman had to account for the pernicious words for which we must be brought into judgment. I hone it may appear incredible to you. my young friends, that women, half way through this short life, with the knowledge of their immortal destiny, with a world without them, and a world within to explore and make acquaintance with, with the delightful interests and solemn responsibilities of parents upon them, should so dishonor God's good gift of tongue, should so waste that time, and poison social life. Hut be on your guard. If your minds ere not emploved "on higher objects and your hearts'on" better things, you will talk idly about friends and acquaintance. The habit of gossippiug begins in youth. I once attended a society of young persons from thirteen to seventeen years of tige, who met for benevolent purposes. 'Is this reading or talking afternoon?" asked one of the girls. 'Heading," replied the president, "and I have brought Percy's Reliques of D..glish Poetry to read to you. ' -Is not that light reading," asked Julia Ivers. "These are old ballads and songs." 'Yes, 1 suppose it will be called light rending. " Then I vote against it; mother don't approve of light reading." Julia, who had the lightest of all minds nnd the most voluble of tongues, preferred talking to any reading, and without loss ol time she began to a knot ot girls, who too much resembled her. Did you notice Matilda Smith, last Sunday?" Yes indeed; she x on a new ailk dress. I'hat is the verv thing I wanted to find out, whether you were taken in with it. It ft as nothing but her old sky blue dyed." Can that be? why she has worn it ever since she was thirteen. I wonder I did uot see the print of the tacws. nmira of invcetiiTaUuil. Ml 1' 0u loo!: r.t it as the stood in tiie door. Sh cOU'-u'llt t v mc n n:i ;-. u n lei".

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whether you were deceived or not," said ( Alary Morris, the youngest member of the society, coloring up to her eyes, j Oh, I forget, Mary," said Julia Ivers, l4'that Matilda is vou ctfuvsin." "It is not hrnA h iinv cousin. replied Mary. Well, what is it then? Mary's tears dropped on her work, but she made no other reply. She had too ... -. . , much delicacy to proclaim her cousins private good deeds; and she did. not tell HOW Matilda, liavni-' nau a email sum ui money. which was to have been invested j n a new silk gown, gave it instead to her j kind 'aunt sally,' who was sinking under ja long indisposition which her physician said 'might be removed by a journey.' It : Was and we believe Matilda little cared J j,ow much these gills gossipped about her dyed frock. Ju!ja Ivers turned the conveisation by saving, 'Don't vou think it elrange that Mrs. Sanford lets Maria ride out with Wilier label!" Yes indeed, and, what is worse yet, accept presents from him." 'Why, does she?" exclaimed Julia, staring open her eyei, ami taken quite aback by another person knowing a bu of gossip which had not yet readied her ears. "Vc:!, she does; he brought her three vlegunt plants from New Yon, and she wears a ring which he must have given her: for you know the Sanford'a could not a fiord ". ouy j-jch things; and besides, they never c ." I have given but a specimen of various character and circumstances wjiioh were discussed, till the young gossips' wre interrupted by a proposition from the president that the name of the society should be changed; "for," as she said, 'the little charities they did with their ntedies were a poor offset against the unchari'.ableness of their tongues." There is a species of gossippjng aggravated by treachery; but bad as this is, it is sometimes committed more from thoughtlessness than malice. A girl is invited to pass a day, a week, or a month, it may be, m a family. Admitted to such an intimacy, she may see and hear much that the family would not wish to have reported. Circumstances often occut and remarks ro iiiade, frCm which no harm would come if they were published to the world, orovided what went before and eame after could likewise 02 known; but taken out of connection, they make a false impression. It n bv relating the disjointed circumstances, and repeating fragments of conversations, that bo much mischief is dona by those admitted into the bosoni of a family. You know tht among the Arabs, partaking salt is a pledge of fidelity, because the salt is a symbol of hospitality. Such a sacred gratitude for hospitality is shown by never making any disparaging remarks or idle communications about those in'.o v hose families you are received. I know person:- who will say unblushiiigly, 'I cure that Mr. So and So is not kind to h wife. I saw enough to convince me of it when I was there.' 'Mrs. S. is very mean in her family.' 'How do you know that?' 'I am sure I ought to know, for I staid a month in her house.' 'If you wish to be convinced that Mrs. L. has no government over her children, go and stay there a week as I did.' 'The IPs and their stepmother try to live happily together but if you were in their family as much as I am. you would see that there is no love lost between them." ! Now you perceive, my young friends, th-t the very reason thou'd have sealed this gossip's lips, she adduces, as the "round of your faith in her evil report. tgr Jlr I have dwelt long on this topic of gossipping. my young friends, because, as I said before, I believed it to be a prevailing fault in our young and growing country. The only sure mode of extirpating it, is by the cultivation of your minds and the purification of your hearts. All kinds and degress of gossipping are as distasteful to an e'evated character, as gross and unw holesome food is to a well trained appetite. -. Eurhi I!isin!.&ome people have an idea that early rising is better than iate risin". It is a false idea altogether. F.arly riving puts color into the cheek, to be sure, and elasticity into the step. But wdiat of that? It makes you strong, beautiful, and rosy cheeked, and gives you many long years to live. But, for all that, early rising is decidedly vulgar merely mechanical, and only suited to the common people, who have to earn their mea'.s before they eat them. We like to see neonle lie in bed till ten o'clock, especially rhe M'oiioi. We admire a woman who sleeps till ten, and then gets vp with a pale - i i rface and a leered puise oKNTi el! Me- Cult. Ir LOOKS so TI'.s nor. y paid for advertising should never form the least difficulty to a man who has any thing to gain. It should be to him as a mere drop Jroin the ocean. A painter once asked a very wealthy merchant, why he had not a better sign. 'Ah.' s iid he 'I advertise. My fteighbors have all tplendid signs, but they nerer bring as many customers as mine. Any one, in the whole country, may see my ig:i board. It is the printer and r.ol the 1

The fcczi J&oona. The Great Pick-Pocket. Every person who is at all a play-goer knows how inimitable James S. Browne is in his personation of the vagabond pick-pocket, Robert Macaire. From the St. Louis Bulletin, of the 11th instant, we cut the following: "Pick-pocket. Last night at the theatre,

during the performance of liobt. Macaire, one of the 'honorable profession' tried his skill in the dress circle. J. li. Walker, Esq., was conversing with some ladies, and turning round observed a well-dressed hut suspicious-looking man behind him in the same box, and feeling in his pocket he found his pocket-book had been taKen. lie immediately acquainted a police offi cer who was standing by, and this stran ger was arrested. 1 he pocket-book however uc.3 found on the floor, Mr. Walker's coat-pocket having been cut. The rascal was taken into custody. He performed his work very ingeniously, but he will have to take a few more lessons of Robert Macairie before he can escape detection in this city." This affair, of course, created great excitement in tiie theatre and wa.s the talk in all the hotels after the play; particularly on account of the striking coincidence, that at the very moment of the thief's discovery in front, Browne, upon the stage, was also a.lrcitly abstracting the contents of a pocket. Soon after t'ue performance. Manager L , " tho theatre, (.'barley K , the best fellow in St. Louis, Jim Vvvell known joker from New York, Joe I) , tiie most notorious wag m an the West, and J. S. Browne himself, formed a group at the supper table of the Planter's Hotel. The fun that was flying about in this rare crowd fastened an exceedingly stronrr interest upon a certain eccentric Colonel from Tennessee, who happened to be seated near at the same table, a man of singularity wild and erratic genius, and quite as remarkable for a kind and excellent disjtosition. Browne's peculiar phiz and the character of his jokes at table seemed to hit him hardest, and as the par ty left the supper room ne ventured to touch Joe 1) on the elbow. Sir,' said the Colonel, 'I do wish you would be kind enough to inform me who that gentleman is?' Who, that gentleman, passing?' Yes, that gentleman;' pointing out Brow tie. Ah! that gentleman with a hat?' 'Ycm.' 4 An 1 a coat on ? 'That's the man.' 'The man with the nose" Bless you. ves!' ;ir, tell you. Yes, bless you!' The Colon-;! has this habit of bestow ing his blessing c :::stantly uj)n every body. Joe walked the Colonel rn'erio :sly into a corner, lowering his tm-iv penciled eyebrows with an expression of .he pro-fourde.-t gravity. 'S;r,' r.d Jo 'I inu-1 ask of you the mo-.; ohe.-in secrecy.' Yes, cc rtaiuly, hies you.' 'Swear it, sir!' said Joe, in the hollow guttural of Hamlet's daddy from under the footlights. Ilev, d n it, yes, bies you; upon my soul, sir, I'll never mention it to a living being. ir, said Joe, in an awful whisper, 'that man is the "realest pick-pocket in the k)iou-n world!' Bless you!' gasped the Colonel. 'Come", I'll introduce you,' said Joe. 4Bless you! hey! O, no! d n it! any other time will do for that.' He may introduce himself to you.' 'That's a fact, yes, bless you! d n it. so ho may,' said the Colonel. 'Didn't you see him pick a man's pocket in the theatre to-night?' Why, to be sure, bless you.' Joe's extraordinary manner took such forcible effect upon the good-natured Colonel, that he never dreamed of the actor, but remembered well the confusion caused by the real thief. ' "'Well, d nit, bless you why, is he loose? Whv don't you have the rascal secured?' 4 An oath! an oath!' said Joe, placing his left thumb with indomitable gravity upon his lip. Then he stalked oil, leaving the Colonel standing either upon his head or his heels (somew hat dubious w hich) in the corner. And as Joe's back turned, his left thumb glided from his lip to the hop of his nose, and his fingers were immediately agitated with sundry verv fantastical gyrations. IVently the supper party were together again in the saloon, and the Colonel was soon observed wandering a! -out the apartment, w ith his eyes rivetted up n Browne. All w ere now alive to the j'ke. and a new confederate was called into action. 'Sir,' raid Browne, walking up to an apparent stranger in near icimty to the Colonel, will you favor me, sir, with a light from your cigar?' Browne's manner was the quiuf'scence of good breeding. Ceitainly sir,' said the pretended stranger, and he knocked the ashes oil his cigar. As Brow ne took ir l-rt slipped a large pock'-i-book dike winking' from the stranger's pocket into his own, nnd then returned the cigar w iih 'Sir, 1 ar indebted to you tor your t-oht-.ne.c-s. ' Tho f Y?.one! sa .e cenfeuei'f.K-.-- ra ':;e w ho'c

stranger another. The stranger walked out of the door, and the Colon'ei bolted after him! 'You're robbed, sir! Where's your pocket-book? You're robbed, sir! bless you,Vou're robbed!' said tho Colonel, almost out of breath with excitement. 'What! my pocket-book gone!' said the pretended stranger, counterfeiting the utmost consternation. 4 Yillain, I'll soon have you tak'en care of!' seizing the Colonel by the throat and offering to force him back into the saloon. 'Not me, sir; the rascal's in tho saloon! Not me, sir! Bless you d n you, sir, let go of my throat, f-ir, or I'll blow your brains out on the spot!' and tho Colonel actually whipped out a pistol in hot wrath.

4Bet Put .wav your nisto!, sir,' said tho joker: 4 but you soy you , . , saw my pocket-book go?' Go! yes, never saw money go so fast in my life! Bless you, the d n rascal's in the saloon now, sir the greuteit pickpocket in the icorlu! bless you, sir.' 4Ishe? I'll have him. Lend me pisloi I'll go with you. Here's a him dead, bless you.' pic tot k ill They re-entered the saloon. Ah," 1 know the fellow,' said the confederate wag; 'his name is Browne.' 'Uroivne!' said the Colonel; d n me, if ho ain't the very murderer, sir. that the police are now after.' Like enough. Come and help me secure him we'll get the reward.' Bless you, sir d n the reward! I'll help you catch the villain You get br hind him on the left, I'll seize him ou the right.' They approached, studying each others motions, and both suddenly rushed upon Browne, pointing their pistols at his head. and calling upon every person present to assist! Here the joke exploded just in time to prevent the Colonel's pistol from doing the same, and such a roar of laughter rang through the new hotel as startled the sleepers away in the sixth story, and frightened the very gang into an tigue fit. The honest Colonel freely joined the fun, forgave the hoax for the sake of tho merriment it atlbrded. laughed as loud as the rest, and heartily shook hands with the greatest pick pocket in the known world! From the New Orleans Picayune. A Elenth Bcl Scrssc. Leaves have their ti.ne to fall, And flowers to wither at the north wind's breath And btars to wet hut all. Thou hast all seasons fur thine own: oh. Death.! H-.ii tat a. There is at all times something inexpressibly sad and mournful in witnessing the departure of a living sou! for the world of shadows there is but little connected with "the grave, the pall, the bier," which gives birth to cheering reflections. Philosophize as we may, about the relief furnished by death from the cares and anxieties of earth, and the comparative felicity of those w ho have succeeded to a heritage of immortality in heaven; still the survivor, in proportion to the strength of the attachment, will sorrow as one having no hope, or experience the chill, benumbing influence which follows a renewal of the aw ful lesson that "it is appointed unto all men once to die." But there are times when death is peculiarly affecting, when around all that pertains to the closing scenes in the life of the departed, there is thrown a thick veil of bitterness and gloom, through which the s'ighest ray of hope may struggle in vain to penetrate. A" short time since, near the hour of midnight, we were walking down one of our most quiet and unfrequented streets. An hour before one of the guardians of the night had preceded us, and extinguished the bright flames of gas, which since nightfall had struggled so ambitiously tc emulate the wan queen of the night. It was be no means a dork evening the moon rode full in the heavens, reflecting upon earth and earthly tilings more than earthly glory, bathing all objects, animate and inanimate, in a flood of spiritual radiance. We stopped and gazed upward upon the fragment, Bespangled with its inlee of light." "hile thus engaged in admiration of the perfection of Nature's handiwork, a slight movement upon the sidewalk a few feet from us, attracted our attention. We gazed attentively and discovered it w as a living and breathing being. Astonished beyond measure to find any thing warm with life, in so singular a situation, wc stooped down and gazed earnestly into the face of the, little suiferer. It lay upon its side panting with fear, or some strange i i emotion, and as we attempteu to touch it, it essayed to rise to its feet and dash away to its home, from which, in the hour ef it? trial, it had heedlessly strayed. Its limbs refused, however, to perform their accustomed office, the effort was too much for if frame, and the poor thing lay for a minute perfectly motionless. We looked upon the spectacle w ith strange emotion?. It was apparent enough that the little wanderer was upon the verge of closing its earthly career, and dese'etc r iced were the lat moment"? oi it morta i nee. !r ."Vnr. deserted bv its friends n a; nc, kindred, literal! I lerp indc e d v. a ' "uymg in l:aj e.iee. s one i"d" ;ho,-e in-rno, -tcher. of the g; "". n.-c-tei -.- "e e - ;' ' V i i i t t .re

vol ting. No kind word from the hps of love, fell upon its ear, no hand of allcctiou performed tho last final offices, but upon one solitary stranger, accident had devolved the ultimate duties of the living to the dying. Wc laid our hand upon the region of it3 heart a faint throb responded to the pressure. Carefully we raised lh poor creature, thus breathing away itlife, from tho cold stone upon which it had fallen, and conveyed it to the green grar. that grew luxuriantly near the inner edge of tho banquette, and gathering a few scraps of loose cotton we formed a soft pillow beneath its head. These kindnesses were r.rt unheeded even in it? last moments tho frail sufferer yielded tofh dictates of gratitude; feebly, as w it'i e vti c u.ti pain, even as the dampness of death gathered upon its brow, its eyes were unclosed, and it gave us one g'ance m full of acknowledgment for the slight favors we had extended it that will taunt us "while memory holds a seat in the distracted globe'." Sweet and peaceful were its dying moments. He faded, an J so ca'rn and mock. v) .-only worn, sweetly weak, tearless, yet s; tender kind. And grieved for thoe. he left behind: With a.l tk-: while a cheek whose bl'ioro Was a mocki ry of the tmh, Wh e tiiiti aa gently sunk a.vuy As a departing rainbow's ray An yu f inoet transparent light Th it almost n.ade l.i-t death-led 1'ight, And not a word of murmur not A groan o'er hi.-j untimely lot.'' One more struggle and all w as over tin pure spirit tied, to eternity. A tear st'o.i in either eye as wo gazed upon the life

less remains f th interesting strarg; although of his name and race we we:utterly ignorant; all we knew was that h" died in silence, afar from friends and home, unh'.nored and unsung, though pt rehane" not unwept. Our rellections as we bent o'er the dead, were most bewildering. Was it the victim cf unrequited lose that was stretched cut silent neon hs kindred clay before us, or still another iaeritice to female perfidy? Perhaps ether sorrows, far beyond hi. n.r.n ken. had thus cut him down in tiie bloom and beauty of hisdavr. All speculation was idle, his sei'r-. t, if am. h had, ha.! died with him. Sadly ci.'d mourn felly we .'traightened ou: 1 :s de'icato limbs, already stiffening f r the grave. plucked some tiny flowers upon which tho dew of night glitlered tike diamond;, scat tered them over him, and with mw la-', lingering look, left him for "decay's ipe- lingers prey to dr! nui. w orni Faithfully a tid mini;:--I. we thus aescrmed the iat moiu'-Tus o i t one of the fattest rats v.e ever beheld! t: 34 i, it : ii A Scj:m:. Kn'cr Im 'u-s. Lady I wi.-h to sic some ul im.r most fashionable linger ring? (The Jeweller shows a number.) Lady. Are these the latest sly le? What is the price of this? electing one fiern the variety shewn her.) Jewtiler. 3 deleirs and a half. Lady. Three d.dh;rs and a hall! what a price! I know I can buy thern at other store for two dollars. What do you a.k for this plain gold one? Jeweller. I have always sold gold rings of that kind for 81 A; a niibrP.r, but you may h ie it lor j'O cents. Lady. Fifty cents fur tins plain rm ' w by it is a mouetrous price? I never hc.e: J of such a tiling. Jeweller. 1 wish I could trade with you Ma'am; you shall have it for thiuseven and a half cents. Lady. No, sir, I cannot think of it I want to buy a ring, but cannot afford m give such an exorbitant p.'ice. Jeweller. Say no more, Mi'am, ou shall have it for twenty-five. Lady. O, that's altogether too much: 1 know that I can buy them cheaper elsewhere. Jeweller. I am desirious of f.cunng your custom, Ma'am, and I will fccil i. fur twelve and a half cents. Lady. Ah, you are getting a little more reasonable, but twelve and u half cents is too high. Jeweller. I am resolved to please you. Ma'am, and my lowest price is six am! n quarter cents. Lady. (After examining it very densely.) Will you warrant it to be pure gold? Jew eller. Gold of an extra fineness. It suits your finger exactly, and you shall have the little box into tha bargain. Lady. (Aside to her tister.) 0! la! 1 most wish we had brought some monty with us. (Aloud.) Is that your lowest price, si;? Jeweller. That, Ma'am, is my luwctt price. Lcdy. If that' the case, I am afraid we fliall not be able to trade 1 know 1 can buy them for three cents at the other shops. Gooil morning sir, (Exit ladies.) 'J Jeweller. -Good morning, ladies. Well, that beats all. Three cents for a gold ring that cost me one dollar by the dozen. And this is what is called Slipping. . Saturday Courier. The ever fuiile brin of the Yankees ha" invented a new kind of ink, edied "the love letter ink." The virtue ed' thi ink cousin" m its bring a sure preventive againl all case of "breach of piomice," as the ink fade-, a wav and Icv.ts ii sh'rt r ; U if m M . in 'J h : , i . : . . r 1 -. . f . .... .. , -.. I

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