Wabash Herald, Volume 1, Number 45, Rockville, Parke County, 18 February 1832 — Page 4

. -r J 1 From the Transcript. THE COLT-CONFIDING DEACON. A right merry Ballad. Old Richard Gray of Richardstown, A man of thrift and space, Had grown by grace, gear, and renown, A deacon in the place His breed of cattle far were famed, From yearling to the sire; Which, to the Governor when named, Made him a yearling 'squire, But free from sorrow none are born: One day when at his sty, While throwing out his hogs their corn, He threw out a deep sigh. 'Oh, had I had some little swine! These porkers soon must die, And Clarence like, must swim in blood, Then swam in blood his eye. 'This is a mild and heavenly morn I'll visit brother Griggs, v And since he's had some lately bore, I'll buy two of his pigs. "I have a colt that should be trained , At last to bit and back: Thin good right arm worse beasts hasreind, Sure I can ride the tack." No sooner Baid than done the nag Was caught, and then bestfode By deacon Gray and saddle-bags. And put upon the road. Arrived at brother Briggs' place, His 'dicker was begun, And, by the aid of solemn farce, He closed a bargain soon. And the were brought the saddle-bags, And opened for thetr guests. The pigs were packed away like rags, Close huddled in their nests. Now mounted all, for home they rida, Two swine and deacon Gray, And bags and spectacles astride. The de'il would have a fray. Whether the pony felt his oats, Or pigs, in the portmanteau, Without respect for men or shoals, He put offin full cantor. With nostrils wide and high upwrought, "Into the murky air," He wildly ran as if he thought To run away from care. Wide spread the deacon's nether limbs, Perhaps he stretched for fame; His hands by one of nature's whims, Had grown into the mane. Hie breath was short, he telt a load Vp&h his lungs and bowels, For ne'er before had horse been rode With nursing pigs for rowels. "Whoa! whoa."' the deacon cried, With no comma.d of bit; With demon shrieks the pigs replied, Like those in Holy Writ. At length the pony lurched; and cast The r.der on the turf, Like sea-weed when the storm is past, Thrown up by any eurf. Nor paussd the pony or the piffs, Without their leathern styts; His sies still feel their savage jigs, Their cries still rend the skies. Old deacon Gray, whih? low he lay, Had heard their swift departure, And having found himself was sound, Began to follow after. In distance, cries and kicks had died. In grief he onward strode, When locking up, perchance, he spied A traveller on the road. Ajid now they meet. Dear sir, I've been Too pig and cok-confiding 5 I.pfay you tell me, have you seen Some swine a horseback riding." 'Good sir, replied he with a stare, I fear you mean to quiz; Of tricks on travellers beware, You shame that lengthy phii." The gi'th had broke, the pigs were fonud Ikside the road in trouble, Their wrongs lamenting on the ground, Brim full of "wrath and bubble." Thenceforth when'er the deacon read Of Nimrod, first of hunters, He thought how he himself had sped, In company withgrunters. He (old the colt that brought his age With sorrow to the ground, While better beast to run in stage, fla never yet btcn feund.

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But even now, a swinish shriek Portends the horse some evil, He recollects his former freak, And streaks it like the devil. InVeriRont, all magistrates arc "yearlings" that are appointed annually. o::::::::o ONE OF THE TWELVE TRIBE 3. Ould closh! I should be glad to py All vot you've got to Ehell, Come deal with honesht Mordecai Ty cot he'll use you veil. Coat, vescoat, breeches, hat or shoes, Come bring dem in a trice; There's not a shoul among the Jews Vill give a petter price. Vot can't you find no more as deseT Go see vot else you've got, Come, name de monish, if you please, For all the precious lot. It is my vi6h to deal vid you I'll do shoif I can;

Come name your price, tho' I'm a jew, I'm quite an onesht man. Vot fifteen shilling for dese here! Py cot you make me laugh; No business ve shall do I fear I couldn't pid you half. To ax for rubbish fifteen bob! The like vash never heard; I'll give, tho tish a losing job, Five shilling at a vord. i Von't take it vel, I'll give you shix I'll give no more py heaven; You tink I'm arter roguish trioks, Vel my lasht price is eheven. If you won't take it, good and vel, 'Tie time for me to vag And ash you have no vishto shell, I'll mizzle vid my hag. FRANK VAJVDERHACKW& Dream, Frank Vanderhacken was one of those discontented mortals, who are eternally & eternally endeavoring to wear out the patience of our good lady 'Dame Fortune,' with his complaint. Iii9 crop never grew to his liking; the season was always too wet or too dry, too warm or too cold. I he price of grain was always too low, and that of groceries too high, for the plain reason that he sold the former and had to buy the latter because madam and the young ladies loved to set ofFa smart tea-table; & Frank himself was no very dedded enemy to good living. But things went wrong and he was not a happy man. His neighbors used to call him a cas tle-building sort of a fellow, and said, all his troubles arose from his dreaming himself into a very great man eve ry night, and waking up plain rarmcr rank in the morning. But however this may have been, his afFair9 became m time, somewhat deranged, in conse quence of inattention to business, which grew out of his perpetual repining. A heavy heart never drives business Epecdily, and misfortunes, sometimes come in earnest to those who take so much 1 pains to persuade themselves they arc unfortunate. Thus were affairs situated, when r rank, who, from being discontented with his own situation, had become envious of that of eveiy one else, al ter a 1 wg walk over his farm, at tins time loaded with the promise of a rich harvest, returned home, and throwing himself on a sofa, fell into a profound sleep. Directly, a tall, noble looking figure wrapped up in a lartre cloak stood by his side, and accosted nim with, "Come, r rank, my name is Fortune, go with me. I have long- heard thy com plaints, and I propose holding a iair to day, by attending which, thou mayest possibly better thy hard lot. He arose immediately and putting on his hat accompanied his myeterious guide. Presently he found himself in an ex tensive plain, crowded ' with a great number of persons belonging to all the ditlerent professions m the country. Here said rortune, pointing to the I great assemblage here are many thoDsands of good men, either of whom will exchange situatious with you, e ven handed, at my command. You . . . 1 . - . uiay now, mereiore lake your own choice. Frank thanked his cood friend Ins eyes sparkled with pleasure, as the crowd began to pass, one after anoth er Derore mm and he could hardl contain his iov. as his avpi rct,l the portly form ol a rich neighbor on o lUSHlto nnsone Ol the first tn 111 1 proach him,& whose long purse hcjhatl That is the man if you please said I Frank. At the beck of his companion, old 1 ft r . j ' 1 . ' Mortgage siooa uy ins siae, ana very complacently began 10 aeurer up h

deeds, and bonds, and obligations and having done so, Frank was about to run home with the glad news, and get ready to put tbe old man in possession of his farm. But Morgage lifted up his gouty leg and Fortune called stay Frank, this goes with the rest the bargain is situation, for situation & the gouty foot goes with neighbor Mortgage's estate. . . Frank was thunderstruck. He started for a moment, and then threw down his blind le of papers as a man would a hot dumpling. 1 would not havfe the gout for all the dale,' said Frank. The next personage that arrested Franks attention, was a wealthy shipping merchant of the city. He was agmn in raptures, and bent on the exchange. The merchant began to deliver inventories ofhis property ad amongst the rest those of the cargoes of five vessels at sea. These last constituted a main part of the clear estate and Frank never knew the am iety that follows the possession of such property till now. He remembered the great storm but a few days before & had heard of the wreck of some vessels on the shore, he hesitated he trembled, he turned to go but he felt that he should be forever unhappy and he once mora declared himself to be dissatisfied, and that as yet he had not found one whose situation was better than his. Then a dashing young fellow wl.o owned by far the largest, richest, and most elegant farm in all Annandale. presented himself, and Frank was s"rr of being pleased. He had often w ed for Jehu's fine horses and currir! , and thought to be a farmer after l!;.v sort, would be worth living for. ? ! when the young buck came to d-1; up the title deod, a bond and mortc-v with interest unpaid forhaKa d years, wan inclosed in it-enough v swallow two thirds of the estate, 0 --j

horse and curricle in the Frank drew back. No sir, the Dairy is clear of debt, slip through my hands in thi oargair?ays h' and dout 1 way, I hus it turned out wifh some hundred of others who were presented as candidates for a change of situation with Frank. Though those were taken promiscuously from among the rich and poor farmers, merchants, mechanics, professional men, &cSomc were encumbered with debt, others with disease that belonged to their necessary modes of life. Some had one trouble, some another difficuland Frank, in the end, was thor oughly convinced he never would be able to better hist situation, on the whole, by an exchange, and express ed to his kind guide his perfect satisaction with his own condition. "Take then home with you, said brtune, "None are perfectly happy in this world few comparatively so." "In every situation, there arc diffi culties to be encountered and he is the happiest man, who is determined to bo happy with what he has, instead of troubling his head about that which he has not. You can see but the out de of others you know nothing of the secret troubles which perplex their bosoms, try to be happy and you will be as happy as your neigh bors. Frank'wakened from his sleep just as Fortune fini bed hi? speech, and has vcr since been a changed man. I here s not, at this day a more merry fellow in all Annandale, THE SAVIOUR. From the toils and trials of a dis tressing but perfect life, follow this ilustrious personage to the place of his death. Approach his cross and fix your attention on the prodigies which gnalizcd his sullenngs, and stamp divinity on their martyrdom! Tjiink not that I allude to the terrific draper ry which in that dread hour was Hung around the crcat theatre of nature. No, 'tis not the darkened sun, the bur sting tombs, the quaking mountains, or the trembling world that I allude to. These indeed are prodigies; but these vanish before the still creator prodi. gies of meekness, humility and sin-for giving goodness, displayed in the dy ing saviour. When I behold amidst the last agonies of dissolving nature, rasing his dying eves to heaven, and C7 . f ' forgetful of himself, interceding with the God of Mcrty, with his last breath and from ls very cross, in behalf of those wretches whose insatiable mal ice had fixed him there. Then it that the evidence of his claims rises to demonstration, and I feel the resistless force of that impassioned exclamation which bursts from the hps ol infidelity itself. "If Socrates died as a Philoso pher, Jesus Christ died a9 a God,"t And -shall a worm, covered with crimes, and living on sulTerence, in that same world where the Saviour ut tered his dying supplication, and left his dying example for imitation; shal such n worm, tumid with resentment lift his proud crest to his fellow worm and incapable of mercy, talk of retribu lion? No, blessed Jeu9, thy death is

an antidote to vengeance. At the foot

of thy cross, I meet my enemies, I forget their injuries, I bury my revenge. and learn to forgive those who have done me an ihiury, as I also hope to be forgiven of thee. Dr. JVotCs Address. A PUZZLE. A letter with the following scription was dropt into the superBoston Post Office a few days since: Walpole o F Newhan Phier Charles Dol By The distributing clerk was somewhat puzzled, but having consulted the Champolion of the office, he concluded to send it to Charles Dolby, Walpole New Hampshire. He guessed right. The letter reached Its destination in safety. Another, letter mailed on the same day, was directed thus.: This letter it is written so, Must to New York City go. Jimmy Bachelor he is there, He'll pay the postage fair and square. Mv dar," said a gallant to a lady. as t! v wre returning from the musical osseiiiiily on the ice, "now don't C sharp, you'll B flat." replied (lis lad)', "would be D 11 you -That, basing; hut if vou saw a lady in such a predic ame:i, couldn't you comeahd meet hrT?"' "Common metre, egad," says he, "if a person measures her length on the ice, 1 call it long particular metre." THE TOTAL PORK. r.f esse Stedman, of Chester Vt. ;,u a reward of fifty dollars, for one ? 'oAu Philips, late of Chester, who 1 ' 'uled with 103 shoals belon ging -: " :;d Sfcdman. He describes Phil- : ; 5 as being "twenty three years old, ihort. thick set, red face, large mouth, 4hkls lips, dark hair, talks loud, laughs t"';cit,aitd drinks more. Wore away a Toir. and Jerry coat and drab hat. This is going more the "entire pork" than any other politician in that state, which we have yet heard of. Utica v Observer. A hint to the. Sedentary. Speaking, reading aloud, and singing, are very useful kit ds of exercise, and it is supposed that thi3 is at least one cause of the great longevity of all clergymen, public speakers, teachers in universities, and schoolmasters; and Dr. Andrew pleasantly observes, that one reason why women require less bodily exercise than men is, that they are in general more loquacious. Hence those sedentary artificers who, from habit, almost always sing at their work, unintentionally contribute much to the preservation of health . Henderson. ACCOUNT OF A BEAVER COLONY. It is now about twenty years since I accompanied a trading company 01? a journey to Detroit, where we were to stay some time to procure fur from the Indians. We had penetrated far into the in terior of the country, and had encamp ed loi the night, In the midst of an In dian village, situated on the borders of a clear and swift stream, which emp tied into Lake Michigan. After we had succeeded in gaining the confidence of the Indians, they permitted us to go, one at a time, and watch the operations of the beavers. and notwithstanding all I had heard, I could not but be ustonished at the wonderful powers with which our Creator had endowed them. The river was about one hundred feet wide at this place, and they had constructed across it at this place a solid dam, as much as 12 feet broad at the base. The Indians told us they had labored in the construction of this with wonderful perseverance. A large tree, a foot in diameter, had been first sawed off by their teeth, in such a manner, that it fell acioss the stream; then they sawed ofT its branches, that it might lie level, many working togethci with the greatest zeal and industry. Some of them at the same time traversed the banks of the river, and cut down smaller timber. These they cut into equal lengths sharpened at one end, and dragged them by land to tbe margin of the river and then bv water to the place where thnv were roinff to build. Some of them plunged to the bottom and dug holes with their fore feet to receive the points of these stakes while others supported them against the tree which had before been laid across the stream. Others brought earth and filled all the interstices between the piles. These piles consisted of several, rows of stakes facing the lower part ofthc river, slo ped upwards to sustain the pressure ofthc water: so that the bank which was ten or twelve feet wide a the base, becomes reduccc to two or three at the top. I They bad taken another precaution

I &Uo,against inundation , they had made

sloping holes through the thiaest part of the embankment to allow the sur plus water to escape, that it might act with less force upon the dam. When we had made our first visit to them, they were already separated into smaller societies and were making their separate habitations along the margin of the river. There were about twenty of those parlies, with as many .cab ins neatly finished: there were two opening3 in each, the one for going to land ahd the other for plunging into the water. These buildings varied slightly both in shape and size, some being round, others oval; some of then consisted of two or three stories, tbe walls were about two feet thick, raised upon plank, which served both for foundation and floors for their houses Those houses which were but of one story, rose perpendicularly but a fewfeet and then curved in terminating m a dome of vaulted roof. They wero all very solid and neatly plastered, both within and without. The beavers were Very busy when I saw there, in completing the plastering, using their tails to mix the mortar, and their feet in putting it on. One day, while I was busy in watch ing them, a heavy shower came on so suddenly that I had not noticed its ajV p roach. The wind blew verytempestuonsly all the time and f,ct tiTf tbft storm had considerably abated that! I II! A . 1 1 J . uaa umc 10 iook around me, and observed the condition of my friends the beavers. When I didso, I could not but remark with surprise, how com? fortably and how perfectly sheltered they had been. They had retreated to the inside of their cabins, where neither wind nor ram could get at them. I observed large trees rooted up, and fragments hurled from the rocks; but the houses of the beavers stood perfect ly firm, and were quite dry on the in side, lor by this tune I had got familiar enough to lake a peep without disturb ing them at all. Different materials, wood stone, and a kind of sandy earth, were used in the construction of these houses; the wood was principally that of alders, willows, and poplars, which grew on the banks of the beautiful river, and were most easily cut, striped of their bark, and transported, than hcavier'and more sol id timber could have been. The bea vers cut them off about a foot from the ground." They do this in a sitting posture, and enjoy at the same time the pleasure of gnawing the bark and the wood which is their favorite food. After the cabins are finished, the beavers employ themselves in laying in amplo stores of provisions, this seemed to be done iu exact proportion to the siz of the cabin and the number of its inhab Hants. And the Indians told us they never pillaged from one another. Some families consisted of only three of four individuals; the largest cabins contained thirty, but generally fthere were from ten to fourteen inhabiting one dwelling. They never quarrel with one another; when danger approaches, they give notice by striking their tales on thewater. Some on such occasions plunge into tbe water for security, others conceal themselves within their walls which no animal will venture to enter or overturn. I was charmed with the neatness of these houses; the floors were spread with the Green brunces ofthc box cind. fir trees and were always quite clean. The window that faces the water answers for a balcony to receive the fresh airland for the purpose of bathing. Those wipdows arc made high enough to prevent being stopped up with the ice which is oltcn two or three feet thick on the river; it is very important to the beavers to keep up a free communication with the water; they often swim to a considerable distance under ice; and their fuvorit position when in their houses seems to be sittingonend, at their windows with the lower part of the body in wator. In September they collect their provisions. From this time till the close of winter, they remain in the cabins, and enjoy the fruits of their labors, and the pleasures of society .This is their time for repose. In the spring they separate; the males retire into the country to enjoy the pleasures and the fruits ofthc season, they return, however to their cabins but to dwelt there no more. The females ramain ir the cabins and arc occupied in nursing protecting and rearing their young, which 'after a few weeks are in a condition to follow their dams. The beavers do not assemble again until autumn unless their cabins be injured by inundation, for when this happens they suddenly collect their forces and repair the breaches that have been made. Thatcfur's Manual. :::o'Have you dined?' said a lounger to his friend. lI have upon my honor,' replied he. Thcn rejoined the first;, 'ifyou have dined upon your honor, Z. fearyou'vemadQasganty meal.'

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