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' fully bends yon bni&b, ii will terte tne1 for n bow. This Htnb, how beautiful? ho# straight! t will Hive it for a handle Ho my t| ear. He then, utterly regardless of too Injury he inflicts, severs them from lay boljjr, and so recompenses me for the oorviee I nave done Mm. I am thinking how I can best afford shelter, while -he is enedHating upon the readiest way to tear Stta up by the very roots," There now,' exclaimed the serpent, " re the two witnesses yeu required; prepare instantly to meet your fate.* Life,* answered the youth, 'in dear to all ?give me one chance more, and if you' 1... . W ?.:n !-. I ffi i'iiukc jrei mi (finer wnnt'w? * win resist no longer, but will then submit to the will of God.* It happened that a fox was standing near, and was listening with great attention to their dispute* Wc will ask the fox,* said the serpent; 'and when he prnnotinres judgment against thee, I will delay no linger. Before the young man could put hia question the fox shouted, 'Man always re* I turns evil for good; but pray sir, what service do you pretend to have rendered the snake,. that > ou should have made yourself obn 'xions to punishment?* The y-mth related all that had passed. 'You appear an intelligent peison,* answered the fox, 'why therefore, do you state what is so contrary tu reason and common ocnnp?? You know it ill becomes a wisse man to advance any thing that is opposed to truth and justice.* The snake assured the fox that the words of the young man were true, and directed his Ltlcntion to the hag hanging at the saddle how; hy mean* of which he hod been drawn out of the flumes. 'Now,' said the fox, *1 know that thou spenkest falsef for how could a serpent of thv great size be contained in so small a compass?' The deluded serpent bent on the destruction of the youth, was anxious prove ?o the fox the truth of his assertion, nn/1 ^ ? .1! ? - - 1- - ? ? umu uiii iru tu I'uiivillVt) IIIIII IIV >1(11111) placing himself within the bag. The fox said that indeed if h<^ should witness it with his own eyes, he could no longer doubt; and would then fairly and impartially decide between them.* Upon this the young man stretched open the mouth of the bag, and the serpent deceived by the words of the wily fox, coiled himself up in it as before. The fox instantly called " O youth, thou hast now thy enemy in thy power; give him no quarter; he is in thy hand, spare him not." I The youth with, all speed closed the ' mouth of the bag, and dashing it with ' violence to the ground, preserved him- 1 self and -the rest of mankind from the ' fangs of the ungrateful serpent. The wise eay, dimly indeed must burn the lamp of that man's understanding, who suffers himself to be cajoled by his enemy. J ON A TIIANS. "You arc rather a crooked character Mr. Jones." "Rather, sir; but not quite so crooked as a tree I once knew, ft was the tallest butternut I ever saw. Standing near to < it one day in a thunder storm, I saw a i -e.x oijutiici i>u uuc oi tne topmast oranclies. The lightning struck the same branch, about three feet above him, anil the squirrel started. The lightning had to follow the grain, of course, and the squirrel "went strait down. So confounded crooked was that tree, sir, that the squirrel, by my watch, got to the bottom precisely three minutes before the lightning." "That's a lie, I swear!" exclaimed the landlord. 41A lie! true sir, true ns ever a story WAS. X n florilMl r/lc cnt? ilio? .1 ~..? ?. _ ?,.?wa ff Mf no ou * mav II I'U nil I |I9 W II and made into rails for a hog pasture. The hogs would crnwl through twenty times in a day ; and so thunderin' crook* ed were them ere rails, that every time the hogs got out, they found themselves back in the pasture again !" Old Oak Tree.?In Windsor Forest there are several celebrated oaks. One of these the King O.ik, is said to have 1 been a favorite tree of William the Conqueror, who made this a royal forest, and enacted laws for its preservation. This oakt which stands near the enclosure of Cranbourn, is 26 feel in circumference at three from the ground. It is supposed to be the largesj and oldest oak in Windsor Forest, being above a thousand years old. It is quite hollow; the space within is from seven to eight feet in diameter, and the entrance is about four feet and a half! high, two feet wide. " We launched in it," says Professor Burnet, " September , 2, 1829. It would accommodate at least twenty persons with standing room, and ten or twelve might sit down comfortably to dinner. I think at Willis' and in Guildhall 1 have danced a quadrille in a smaller space." Wivbs Wanted.?A Yankee who has wandered into Indiana, and squatted down upon a piece of land that is growing in value every hour, writes home to a friend to send on a hundred girls?he j wants one, and will find husbands fori "the other ninety and nine." Now this is one of the coolest pieces of impudence that we have seen for a long time. "Bring on your potatoes," said the laborer to the minister, ''anil I will dig them for you." "Bring on your girls," ?ays the Yankee Hnimier, "and i will marry them." And this to the fastidious girls of New England, that Must be wooed, And not unsought be won." But that is not all?he must, '* the tfabaryte," choW out of ?' the 'poor njteM^ Hnd limes end emigration may Mig ibe New England < girls to change i5m of their manneis,1 but they have ns| come to that yet.,? The) are not goiMjio lusk oat for custom-, ers at a disuncejjnd s?y with the city advertiser, dgIS from the country greatfully received "j-aN.-Y. Gaz. # In a forest, aetrthp line dividing Sum ter and Kershaw Districts, an old Wood* man and Vis sort, {names not mentioned) were in the wood hewing timber* when the cloidt began to thicken and whirl in the element, in a abort time, the tempest arose to the highest pitch, the sun was shht in b? hind the sooty cloud, and the (see of the earth looked desolate and dreary, the clouds bursted, and the rain fell in torents, when the father and son sought shelter beside two trees, which stood a few paces apart, when a stroke of lightning (lashed down the tree whore the boy was standing and felled him to the ground. The old .Woodman, in a feubounds reached the spot, and found his hoy lifeless. He now became somewhat exasperated?and uri- d out in a loud voice, ,4Njw try me," he drew his cap1 from his head, und then to k his stand the lightning (he said) took nine fair strokes on his naked head and did not break the skin ! The old man tells this for a feet, and we of course, douhi it not. cllnncous* i ? .. Table. ? An aged roaring lion who had reigned scvnnl yearn king of the quadrupeds and hideds, and crowned not for any regal qualifications which he possesM"). hot to serve the purposes of the wolves, foxes and jackals, vho know they could use the old heas? in any way that might suit host, to put a streak of fat oil their own ribs. After wearing the crown a considerable ti.ne, whether from the fatigues of govern ' cm, ?>r that he saw certain prepa alion* that u well bred dog is supposed to understand, he called the Fox to him and addressed him thus : 44 I am growing old. I am in had health. I am going to abdicate the throne and appoint you my successor. But mind. You must trend exactly in my footsteps, or by the eternal, I will soon have your tail in a trap.** The Fox whisked round his tail, and was in high glee. 44 Stop whisking your tail,** oiid the aged munnuh, 44 and listen to what I have to say. 1 have he?*n feared i and revered by all the animals of the for- I est, particularly by the Asses. But there is one Monster roatning in my domains, who has given me more trouble than all the beasts of the field. In my waking hours I have thought of nothing hut him.? When-sleeping I have dreamed of nothing hut the Monster. I commenced laying | trans for him as soon ?? I oninoil it?<? . ? - H "?!' trc. I set my wolves, 'logs and jackaws on him. I succeeded in kilting him. He would not stay killed. I tried every experiment it* get rid of him. I made him rariy burdens from one end of the country to the ??ther. 1 gave him a bad nime I spit! he was lame, and wind-broken, not safe to be trusted ; and drove bim from the imperial cribs. He flirted his tail in my face, and said, that for you ! *'I then took into tavor a large number of smaller monsters, which I have made perfect pets of. I have fed them with pap until they are as sleek as a mole. They agreed to bark and kick at the big Monster, and do all they could to slay him. 1 farther ordered my Jackals to place all the property in their hands for safe keeping?so that you and I may divide it at our leisure. 1 had some trouble with the Frogs, but I showed my b elli, and they gave in. 4 1 have only one thing farther to say, and that is of more importance than nil the rest. Go on nod kill t t Monster!" This said, the old Lion departed to his lair in the western woods. The Fox, clothed with tlie imperial purple, called a council of the Wolves and the Jackals which he had left behind lo devise the besti nlan to (Ipsirov tl?? Mnn?tn? i''-~ '*' r j ...~ mjousk . nr rrsuill of their deliberations was to dig a pit inj the path they knew the Monster would tread. '1 he work was completed. The pit was dog. The Monster was caught, llut unfor'tunntely, all the little pet monsters had to travel the same road, and the\ all tiiojhlrd polle-melle into the same well, aith all the old Lion's plunder on their barks. Here was an elegant pot of chowder. | nri i ? i ne r?x could not touch a hair of (lie old Monster's tail without killing gon:e of the little pet monsters. The Fox wag in a complete dilemma. The old Lion has heard of it. He leaps round and round his den. and roars like all nature: lie swear- that the li tie pels are a set ol fools, and swindlers, ami rascals for daring :< fall into tiie pit He insists upon it thai the Fox shall slaughter the whole ot them, so thai he, and ihe Wolves and the Jackals may have a blow out over their care .sses. Moral.? Recollect when you do a had action to injure your neighbor, it is ten to otic .hit it reacts, and fulls on your own head.?Patriot.? N. Y. Ghz. Almost a I'haokdy.?A singular exhi bilion of frantic passion took place r< centI , in the Superior 1'oUi t ol Yaucy count), Nortn Carolina, the partic ulars of which, and the history of its origin are thus relaud in the Ruih< rford Gazette. About two years since, a man by the flam* of John VtiUon, marrfed Elisabeth Rey jif thai counts. Thgy liV?4rlocllber bout seveo wetlii, when tome disturbance tojk place, which caused tl*ir separation. Sis 'months ago tho husband jiled a petition for divorce, setting: forth various causes, declaring that he was young and .!no*porienced when he married her and was .not acquainted with her true characterthat her. conduct, during the time they tired together, was insupportable, and by him could not be endupcd. She answered that they were raised in tlies'ime neighborhood, and had known each other from Wieir infancy up: that he knew her character atod circumstances in life perfectly well, when he married her, and had taken her with his eyes open to all Iter frailties; she positively denied ever having been guilty of any misconduct during the time they lived together, but that she acted towards him the part of an affectionate wife. She further-asserted that when lie was about to leave her, he made I . a i . . 1. no marges against ner, nut gave as ms [reason for separation, that lie did not, nor !had he ever loved her; that his friends hod induced him to ruarry her merely for her property, and that he had ascertained he could not enjoy life with a woman he did not love. At the last Court an issue was made up ami submitted to n jury. The petition ami answer having been read, evidence was then introduced, which proved decidedly in favor of the petitioner. On the part of the plaintiff, the cause was submitted without any argument; but the counsel for the defendant resisted the divorce, by a long ami feeling speech, in which lie alluded to the solemnity of the marriage vow, the mutual duties it imposed on the parties, and the want of sufficient cause, in that case, to dissolve the bonds of matrimony. During this investigation the parties w?*re both in court. The husband was ap pnrently young and simple, and in fact, a mere boy, and there was nothing in the least prepossessing in his appearance.? The wife seemed somewhat and altogether the superior. She is a fine looking woman, willi dark hair, black eyes, and very expressive face. She manifested great interest in the trial. The Jury, after retiring a few minutes, r< turned a verdict for the plaintiff. The parties were still in their seats behind the liar some six or eight feet distant from each other ; the wile asked a gentleman by whom she was sitting, for Jus knife, as il to trim her finger nails ; she felt of the edge, rose to her feet, paused a moment, turned pale, her eyes flashed fire, and tlien suddenly sprang forward with the drawn knife, and aimed at her husband a deadlyblow. But fortunately, a lady, wko was standing by, saw her gel the knife, and perceived fri?m bor countenance that she was meditating something of a desperate character, watched her until she saw the blow aimed at the throat of her unsuspecting husband, and instantly seized the artn of the infuriated wife, and diverted . 1 - - - me weapon rr<?ni the object at which it was aimed; but determined on her hellish purpose, she threw the knife with great violence at her husband, and turning, made a furious attack on her whose hand had arrested the blow, and thwarted the wicked design. The court ordered her into custody ; she was arrested and borne out of court, making the most wild and frantic exclamations?calling on Iter busband in the most tender and passionate language, and seemed to be entirely deran ged. Iler conduct was strange and unaccountable, but all who witnessed the scene agree that she must have loved her husband. She bad listened attentively to the investigation of the whole matter, heard the pathetic speech of her counsel, and then the verdict of the jury.- pronouncing their final separation ; she felt that she loved him above all others, and the.idea that he was then at liberty to marry again (for that was said to be his object,) was more than she could endure. Iler heart was devoted to. him, and sooner than see him pledged to another, she would see him die. and that, too, by her own band, in the presence of the court, and the multitude that surrounded her. Of the consequences to herself she nevei thought, nor for them cared ; they could not have been greater than death, and no dotiht she felt, at that moment, that she would gladlv take refuge in the arms of death. She remained in i!? i I linlSI tVia : ? ... jtvii until nic iirAI lilt Tiling, when she was brought before the court, and after being severely reprimanded, was sentenced to five days' imprisonment, for contempt of the couit, and required to give bond and security for her good behavior for the next twelve months. The Love-Letter?a fragment?The beautiful Uerogenia was reclining in her gorgeous arm-chair, her head rested softly on the velvet palm of her left hand, her feet were adjusted carelessly on the rounds of a neighboring chair?a splendid mil n?r whs suspended opposite her sent, and while her long snowy lingers played thro* the jet black ringlets of her hair, she surveyed herself in the glass, and smiled at (lie proud consciousness of her own beauty. 1 Ah !* said she, smiling prettily, and forcing one happy peal of laughter : * 'Tis thus I've often done, hut of what avail, of what avail! Surely he must have a heart of steel. I've tried all a woman's ways; and yet he is the same. 'Tis true, he is kind and generous and courteous and obliging, hut yet, he loves me not! A ould that I told him to-leave me and?.' But the emotions of her heart checked the utterance of her words, and site sob bed end moored,for a wltfle. 'No. said 8b?,^lM^jCAM^iire fot a moment: I will not r peak wflftp that. Oh Frank! would to heaven you knew how 1 love you?my brain it on fifo when you are away?niy nights are sleepless, and my day sjumbers are peopled with your forhi forever! Oh God, it it not a sin that woman should love.so truly; so deeply; and; and, not hay# the virtuous passion of her soul requited? But it will teach me how to lore agaih!' And deep with emotion, the troubled Herogenia rose hastily from her Weal and paCed her room to and fto. 'Alas! why do 1 love? And cannot my charms; my beauty, captivate his coid heart? "An Frank!* said Herogenia, as she seated herI self again, you are a cruel, cruel, lover! Here Betty,' said ahe, calling to her ser vani maia. wiio was in ihe room: 'Here, take ihese keys, unlock that escritoire, and bring me those letters within* Let me look at it again. Yes, yes?this is the one 1 first received frt?m him?the one that first elicited the pure affections of my heart for that poor and despised hoy ?who, after having wnh the heart hie besetted, is now laying it was>e! Yes?this is thedetter which b-eathed of hope, of love and .of constancy. Oh delusive scrawl! perfidious Frank-?May your sorrows cq.ial mine?and may the pangs which now rend my heart, be no stranger to yours!*' "And why should I talk thus?" said Herogenia, after a pause. "Did he ever harm me! Did he ever show aught of unki ml ties toward me? Did he ever displense me? No: no:" said she desponding, never! And yet, I let the frail utterance of speech, belie the emotions of my heart. Shame upon my fickle nature. But I'll be still in future. And though Frank* cruel conduct dims these weary eyes ot "mine, and breaks thiR forlorn heart, yet, never will I say alight against bint! I love him, and he knows it, and I pray to heaven that he may not coldly pass niV affec lions by! Oh Frank! Frank!*' cried she in an impassioned strain, "you are breaking this poor heart of mine! But let it be: 'twill tell of woman's unalterable love!" A soft tap was now heard at her room door: she flew from hei seat, adjusted her hair?said-it was Frank, and ordered Betty to open the door. She did so, but no person appeared. The night was dark and boisterous, and Herogenia thought she might have been deceived by the rattling wind. Thc'door was shot, and she again threw herself in her arm-chair.? " Again am I deceived! No Frank yet.? Oh what a delusion aro I laboring under. II ow long will it last? There Betty, fcike I that cursed letter from my sight! Lei no , never see it more. It has caused me ail 1 my nnhappinessl But it shall cause me no more!" and the beattlifi.1 llerogenia resigned herself to tears and sobs, and buried her face in her lap. A soft s.ep was heard at the door?the brass knob quickly turned, and Frank rushed in the room, and knelt at the feet of his mistress. lie picked the ft agmeutof his love-letter front the floor, and while he looked up sorrowfully in the face of his beloved, said; '(Vase your repining*, my dear, and let the contents of these fragments, never trouble you more! Dry up your tears and listen to me. He rogenia/ said lie, rising from his posture ami standing crert?4I am sorry that I have ever rauseil you one painful feeling. I aim the same Frank you knew me at first: what I have done I deemed to he right: and one day you'll acknowledge it. I prize yon above earth! 1 have tried your constancy, and find you true! What more do I want?hut?but?your hand, llerogeniu.' *Is that all, Frank/ said the beautiful girl, brushing away her tresses and smiling through her tears, while she looked the look of" innocence itself: 'Is that all, Frank! then yon shall have it, and ?,?i * nt..?.Miir iuu. rraiiK clasped her to his 1 heart, and in the outpouring of their voting ' hearts, they both mutually breathed oaths of eternal fidelity. And in one month after, they were joined in the closest of bonds. 'Oh these men?these men!' said the beautiful IJcrogenia, one day after marriage?'they tease us.poor creatures nearly to death?and yet, we love them still!' Thus cuds the adventure of the 'Loveletrer,' LF.BAsr. The Native Amirican Silk Worm?New plan Jar the Worms to wind the Co1 10OUS. I Mr. Editor? Since the receipt of your paper yesterday I received the Raninckfi Inquirer of 15th inst. in which Mr. Jenks asks for further intelligence in relation to the articles on the !"ilk Worm, published in the Star of the 3d inst. As the words 41 six dilierent plans for the worm to wind the cocoon," were verbatim n? 1 I them in conversation with you, the call seems to require s??me explanation on my part. I will give it briefly, thus : " It is so many contrivances to accommodate the insect in its preparation for "winding up." or so many different contrivances on which (not round which) the lavrre may suspend and wind the cocoon. One of the plans may be described thus: nine laths 1-4 i inch thick, 114 inch wide and 40 inches i long, placed on edge, horizontal, paralel i to each other, and 1 inch a part in the'l clear : these are connected by laths, 11 1-4 I inches long, fastened across the ends ; the whole forming a grate of 9 bars 11 1 4 by i 40 inches. Five of these grates, placed i parallel to and above euch other, 3-4 inch i apart in the clear, connected by a single i / nail at each corner, with laths 9 1-4 inches', i long, standing vertically on end, forms t one plan, fchilh is probably tbq beat of the six, and in the opinion of sdme good judges is superior to all other plans (not excepting the European plan of bushes and branches of trees) for economy, both in the space which it occupies to accom* modate an equal number of worms, and the expense of construction. The 46 laths required for its construction are worth y cents/nnd can be made with the labor of one hour, worth 12 cents?ma* king in all 16 cents. The worm winds the cocoons between the bars and between the grates, when by removing the 4 vertical laths Ji?4he corners the cocoori can be cleared natio a few minntes, certainly in Irss time, and in better condition, than the same number can be removed from ft III OIIII llllcllAa anil ..K vmuuva aiiiu iPtiCBi The native American Silk Worm feeds on elder, which is its prjqciftajHood, and from it spins a cocoon of gWOlW rtrong soft and lustrous, though coarser than tnat of the Asiatic worm. The smallest cocoon in my possession, from the native American worm; is 70 per cent heavier than the heaviest of the Asiatic. A fair average of the native cocoons are nearly 300 per tent heavier than most of the I iuj lirks.l " ?v % i^ncu ?\#-nojr Q lUir QVCFB^Q of the native American cocoons with 4 different kinds of Asiatic, from my own raising this year?the weights show the quantity of sitk? without the chrysalis, as follows : Grains: Native American Cocoon, 17 Asiatic large white Cocoon, 6 44 bright white Cocoon, 4 44 Montidi Brian2a, a pale yellow 3 44 Golden yellow, 2 /The ova of the two last named were imported by Mr. Tinelli the prcsent.'yean I'hey' are much cultivated in Italy and Spain, and produce the finest silks in Europe, The Montidi Brianzi is particularly lamed for receiving and retaining the intuit beautiful dye. By the above you will perceive that the Native American furnishes 850 per cent more silk than the Golden Yellow Asiatic. A description of the Native American Silk Worm may enable Mr. Jenks to recognize an old and familiar acquaintance, w.hich he has often frighted from its resting place with the exclamation "Oh! what a beautiful butterfly," pronounced in a tone too loud und too hursh for such sensitive antennae. It ranks in I.innc's System of Nature in the Aniruul Kimrdom. Class R ^ ? x- aiiObWIO Order III. Lepidop icra, Genus, Phalaena. The inuoth of perfect i.iscct is without proboscis, and therefore cannot eat; it has Antennae 2 pectinate and black, head white, eyes 2 black, thorax red, abdomen entirely surrounded with alternate red and white bands. ?vin>:8 4 brownish grey, lighter in the male, interior of 2 upper wing red, with one large ocellate spot near each exterior and 2 smaller and less distinct in the margin; from the interior to the posterior is a hand of 2 distinct white and red lines, between this band and the interior is a large white lunate macula surrounded? with red and black ; the last dc?cribed hand and lunate macula arc the same in lower wings ; across the exterior and margin is a band of 4 distinct lines ashy gray, black, cream, and ashy gray; lower wings the same. The Larva? is greenish, without hair except a few on 2 protuberances, and feeds mostly on elder. 'I lie ova is ereum color rlnnil??t ...tin ? . null l?Udish mini, with which they ore fastened to the lea or bark. The Pupa or Cnrysalis is dark brown enclosed in a cocoon of strong,soft and lustrous silk. It is a native of the Norih American States, and is found in no other country. 1 have eleven of the coccfona in my possession, four of which I f ?und on manhattun Island, near llarlem, N. Y.' and s?ven in the forest of Bergen county, N. J. I intend this summer to manufacture some sewing silk Irom the native American Cocoons, and hereby promise to send Mr. Jenks one skein of it, provided he will * contrive" some better nnoic than 'contrivance" for the plan of lath described in' this communication Yours, <fcc. C. F. DURANT. Jersey City, 1837. From the N Y " He fired at ducks and sifoT a Plover.? The tiger which has for a long timo been playing the dense w ith the sheep and chickens of the people about Sandwich, Mass. has at last been shot by a teamster, who me* him on the road and happening to have n loaded gun with him, stopped the rascal's career of mischief on the spot. It so happened, however, he was no more a tiger than the dnm that bore him ; but a wolf, nnd as the Sandwich boys themselves say, no great shakes, neither; for he only weighed seventy-five pounds. The teamster made a capital " hit" however, for he is entitled to receive a bounty from the Slate and town, of one hundred dollars; besides which he sold the carcass to a speculator for $20 Definition of Si ckers.?The term Sucker, in the West, menns nothing more nor less than an inhabitant of Illinois, and arose from the circumstance of the hunters and travellers carrying a hollow reed* and when in want of water, on the prairies, they had nothing to do but seek the burrowing hole of the land crab, at the bottom of which there is always water. Into this hole the reed is thrust, and the thirsty traveller, applying his inouth to the end of the tube, sucks up a present supply of the indispensable element-? S' metimes neither clear nor savory, but always welcome. In our good old Pennsylvania, sucker is a different species of