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Volume iy. gueenville, south Carolina, Thursday morning, july 2. 1857. ~ number a
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The Farmer's Wife that Would Be.
1 nm it wil<l an<J laughing girl,
Just turned of sweet sixteen,
As full of fun and mischief ,
At any you have seen ;
And when I am a woman grown,
No city l?eau for me ; ,
If e'er I marry i ti my life,
A fanner's wife I'll be.
L?et other girls who love it ho*t
Enjoy the glovynv town,
\Mid dusky walls nud dirty streets
To ramble np and down";
But flowery fields, and shady woods,
And sunny skies for me ;
If e'er I marry in m v life,
A farmer's bride" I'll be.
The Beauties of Nature.
There is bounty in the forest,
Where the trees arc green and fair,
rm
i noie is beauty tn llie meadow,
Where wild flowers scout the air,
There is beauty in the sunlight,
And the soft blue beams above ;
Oh, the world is full of beauty
When the heart is full of love.
. i ... i! . J-.-J
Sirttrratimj Tittle $tortj.
THE COQUETTE.
BY ANNA W1UIOT.
Ada Glen had been a sad tiitlor in her
time. Iler chief pleasure seemed to bo in
extorting admiration from the sex, and then
sporting with the feelings she had awakened.
Iu at least half a dozen instances,
young men had hecn encouraged to pay her
attentious for months at a lime ; and, when
confident of having won her regard, they
came forward with serious offers of marriage,
she threw them from her with an indiffer
cuce that was both mortifying and. painful.
Hut, like most of those who play this
game with the feelings of others, Ada was
inad? to taste a cup as bitter as any mixed
by ner bauds for the lips of her victims.
A young physician r.amed Hedford,
v.iiosc prospects in life were much better
than are usually presented to tbo eyes of
graduates in his profession, met Ada one
uveiiiug, and was exceedingly pleased with
her?and no less pleased was Ada with the
young physician. A wish to make a good
impression added to her usual habit of putting
on her best grace when in company
with young men, made Ada more than
usually interesting, and when Dr. Bedford
separated from the bewitching young gill,
he was completely enamored. He took an
early opportunity to call upon her, and was
received in a manner that encouraged him
to repeat his visits.
Never were visits more agreeable to any
one than were those of l>r. Bedford to Ada
iilen. Hut the old spirit had not died out,
and, really (lettered as slid v/as by the young
man's attentions, Ada was tempted to give
liim a specimen of her power and independence.
?
No very long time elapsed ?^l)r. Bedford
laid bis heaU at AdaWith a
. * thrill of pleasure could she have accepted
the proffered gift of love; but to yield at
once seemed idee becoming too easy a prize,
and she, therefore,* affected profound astonishment
at the Doctor's proposal ; treated it
rather lightly, and deeply wounded his naturally
sensitive and independent feelings by
too marked attscxhilmioii ?>f disdain. .
Doctor Bedford retired with his mind in
a fever of oxcitemeff m u. ?r admiration of
and love fcir Ada had been of the warmest
character. Judging from her inaunur, he
had felt watranUKlh^ believing that tho regard
be felt for her** as fully reciprocated ; i
and when, ha approached her vith it confession
of what was in his heart, he was prepared
for any reception but the one he rereived,
To bo tlier. repulsed coldly, proud-m'
. SRh '4-"?
? * Jr- *
]y, and almost contemptuously, wns to receive
a blow of the severest kind, and one,
the pain of which he was not likely soon to
forget.
Prom the dwelling of Ada, Dr. Bedford
retired to his ofiice with his mind greatly
excited* There ho found a young .friend,
with whom he was intimate, and to whom,
as he could not hide his feelings, ho communicated
in confidence the result of his interview
with-Ada. To his surpriso, the friend
said :
44 I can hnidly pity you, Doctor. T saw
you were pleased with that gay flirt, who is
fascinating enough ; but 1 did not dream
that you were serious in your attentions to
one known everywhere as a most heartless
coquette."
Dr. Bedford looked surprised. 44 Arc you
in earnest !M he said.
44 In earnest? Certainly! Didn't you
i 1 ?? '
niivo in<ti mis wni ncr cnaracier 1'
" I had not tho most remote suspicion."
" Strange that it t>hould not have come to
your car*'/ 1 can point to you three she
linn jilted, within my own knowledge."
" If that is her character," said the doctor,
rallying himself with a strong elfort at
self-control, ami speaking in a composed and
resolute voice, " 1 will at once obliterate her
image from my mind. It was unworthy to
rest there. 1 did not love Ada, hut a fair
ideal of womanly virtue that I vainly believed
she embodied."
' You are right. She is not worthy of
yea, my friend, beautiful, intelligent and interesting
as she is."
" No. She is utterly unworthy. Fortunate
aiu 1 that bhe did not accept my offer."
It required, on the part of Ada, a strong
effort to assume towards Dr. Bedford n false
exterior, and when he withdrew from her
presence, composed and dignified in his man
ner, she more than half regretted her folly.
But she forced back this feeling with a gay
smile and a loss of the head, saying .half
aloud ? ,.
" He'll be here again before a week goes
by."
But Ada was el'ghtly hi ciror. Tho week
passed without bringing her. lover, And so
went by two, three, aiid four weeks. But
,.r i.? ? .i - - ?? --
win! v>i iivi iiunui uvcr iiiu inner sex, jvuh
Mill endeavored to maintain u confident spirit,
though there were limes that the sudden
thought thnt Dr. Bedford would never again
tcek to win her favor, made the hlood gather
n chill around her lieart.
About this time, a friend gave a little
fancy dross party*, and Ada learned, much
to her real delight, that the individual who,
of till others, had most struck her fancy, was
to be present. This was to aftbrd the first
opportunity 9 for meeting, since her half
haughty repulse, the man who had offered
Iter, in all sincerity, n true and loving heart.
An overweening vanity made Ada confident
of her power over any of the sterner
sex ; and that sho believed tliut only a slight
yielding effort on her pail was necessftry to
bring the Doctor to her side.
Choosing her costumo for the evening,
Ada arrayed herself with great care, and in
a style that she believed would attract attention.
The fashion of her dress was that
of a hundred years ago, and the material a
rich old brocade in which Iter grandmother
had danced the minuet many a lime, in iter
younger days.' i
Calm in her conscious power, Ada joined
the coinpi'.ny at her friend's and her quick
eyes soon made known the fact that Dr.
Bedford was already present, llcr heart
be?t quicker, nod tho color of her checks
grew deeper ; but no one could read in her
well-schooled face, a trace of what was passing
in her inind. No long time passed before
the young doctor was thrown near her,
so near that a sign of recognition became
necessary. lie spoke to her, but in a man
ner that sent a nervous chill to her heart.
Not that he was studiedly polite or eold;
not that he manifested resentment, hut in
his eye, voice, face and manner, was a language
?he could read, and it told licr that
to hitn abe was no ionger an object of inter
est.
For this she was, of aTl things "Teast prepared.
She had never felt towards any one
as she felt towards this young man; and
now, when the first weIlgroundeu'*^ear of
losing him stole through her bosom, she became
inwardly agitated, and in spite of every
effort to OQatrol herself, manifested too
plainly the fuc&TUat she was ill at ease.
Fancy parties wefa novelties at that time,
I and all, except Ada, who usually led off on
I festive occasions, entered into the spirit of
I the hour. Even Dr. Bedford appeared to
I enjoy himself as much as any. But the
: beautiful coquette, whose peculiar stylo of
j costume attracted all eyes, had for once lost
the gay extorter for which she was ever diaungutshtfd,
and there wore hut few jjroscnt
by whom this-was not lemarteed.
Once or twice Ada was thrown directly
into tlia company fif Dr. Bedford, when ha
treated Iter with an case and politenosa that,
mora than anything else, tended to extinI
finish the hope that had arisen into a flame
in her heart. Had he manifested any eiuo\
tion, had he looked grave, troubled, indignant,
proud, haughty,.*r anything dse but
calmly indifferent and aelf-possessed, ,Ala
I would have felt sore of her power over him.
i But a jK)icej)tj(^i. of the real truth was aa
distinct to her as if the most emphatic
words, scaling her fate, had beeu uttered in
her ears.
Kailier than the rost, Ada retired, nnabfe
longer to control herself as she could wish,
and unwilling to expose to eyes already too
observnnt, the cha.ige that had come over
her feelings.
From that hour, Ada Glen censed to be
the gay, buoyant, attractive girl, who had
extorted admiration from so many, nnd tiitled,
in her vnin pride thoughtlessness, with
all. She rarely went into company, and
then her sober inein left her usually in the
background.
The lively belle, in a few months, ceased
to attract attention; and young, men who
had been captives at her feci, wondered
why she had exercised such power over
them.
As for Bedford, he erred in believing that
with the singlo dash of \ho will, he had effaced
forever the image of Ada from his
mind. Wounded pride and honest indignation
had raised him in a moment, superior
to the weakness of hi* nntiira Wni ??
long period did not pass, before line after
line began to reappear, and before be was
really aware of what was going on within,
lie found himself gazing upon the image of
the maiden, distinct as ever upon his heart.
The discovery, when first made, was far
from being pleasant to the young man, and
he turns from the fair image with impatient
scomk Hut turn which way he would, it
was still before hiin. Occasionally, he heard
of Ada greatly changed, and sometimes he
was thrown into company with her, when
the change was apparent to his own eyas.
These meetings, whenever they took place,
left linn in a musing, sober state. There
was something about Ada that still interested
him ; and when, as it occasionally hap
pened, lie looked suddenly towards her, and
inet her eves fixed intently upon hint with a
.-ad. earnest, tender look, he had feelings
that lie was hardly able to understand.
Thus affairs prog reused, until, unexpectedly,
the young people found themselves
brought together in a pic nic. Dr. Bedford
was less displeased at this circumstance than
lie would have been a few months earlier ;
but he was careful not to throw himself purposely
in Ada's way, for his self-possession
and cool indillercnce, so far us she was con
cerncd. no longer existed. The thought of
her even, had now power to dbtuib the pulsations
of his heart."
The pleasant day had drawn nearly to a
close. Two or three times Bedford had
been brought into such close contact with
Ada, that lie could not, without appearing
rude, have avoided speaking a few words to
Iter. On these occasions lie said little ; but*
it was impossible to help observing, in the
manner of her replies, in the tones, and in
the expression of countenance, something
that told him as plain as language could
have uttered it, that she deeply repented of
her former conduct towards him.
44 It is too late,'' t lie young man said to
himself, with some bitterness of feeling, as
he reflected upon what it was impossible
not to perccivo. And even as lie said this,
there arose extenuating arguments in his
mind that he in vain strove to expel.
Disturbed by such thoughts and feelings,
I)r. Bedford wandered away from the gay
(party, and remnined alone for nearly an
iiour. As he returned, he came suddenly
upon Ada, seated in a pensive attitude, just
?iu?? .. c.ii J
???-v?w n Iiibav u??niiin^ UUWII 1IIIU
which she whs looking. She was entirely
lost in the scene, or more probably, in the
thoughts which it was impossible to drive
out of her mind, that she did not observe
the young man's npproach. Bedford paused
suddenly, and his first impulse was to retreat.
But not being nble to get his consent
to do this, he, after a little hesitation, advanced,
and when within a few paces, roused
her from her revery by a few lightly uttered
words. Ada turned with a start, while
a deep crimson mantled her face. It was
sometime before she could command herself
sufficiently to reply with anything like composure,
and even her voice slightly trembled.
Few words passed between them, as Ride
by snie tljey slowly returned to where they
had left their companions, for both were
nfrnid ftfTTfrst themselves to speak. Before
a week elapsed Doctor ljedtord, breaking
through prido and every other restraining
sentiment, visited Ada, and. before leaving
her, renewed his offer of marriage, which
was accepted amid a gush of joyful tears.
Deeply had Ada suffered through her folly,
and from her sufferings she had come forth
a purer, nnd n truer, and a better woman.
There aro few a liko Ada. But rarely
does the vain coquette escape with so brief
a period of suffering. Usually with her it is
a life long season of sorrow and repentance.
After rejocling, with heartless levity, her
worthy suitors, she yields her hand at Inst
i to the inost unworthy, and, unblessed by
t true affection, wearily 'torn Iter way
through the world; glad when the hour
cutty* in wfeteh shf may lay slown her burdens,
and find rest and pence To the quiet
A tor of land, fronting 10 feet, -and 50
dot in depth, was nold in Houston^ T*??e.
on the 2d instant, for the sum of $1000.
Only $2 per square foot.
31iisrtllnnfnns lltnbittg.
GethsemtnoThe
darkness of night shrouded the sleep
ing citv. No moon gilded with silver;
light tfic spires and domes that, hv day hat
leflected the fiery brightness of a torrid sun
No star sent forth its mild and cheering
beams to releave the gloom and desolate
ness that like a pall hnd fallen on the earll
will^ the setting sun. The night wint
moaned hoarsely among tho dark cedar
and mournful cypresses ot Gethsemar.e?sad
desolate, wild was the scene. There was t
vngue oppressiveness and gloom in the verj
stillness that reigned over that spot. Bu
see! A figure clothed in white glides slow!)
liko a spectre and kneels on the cold, datm
sod. \Vliy is lie hear? Long since lia;
sleep sealed the eyes of the thousands tha
daily throng the Rtreets, and marts of Judea'i
Capitol, and even his most faithful follower!
a little way off overcome by fatigue, am
heaviness are wrapped in profoundost slum
ber. Hut hark ! how clearly and sweeth
rise hia mournful accents on the still air o
night. 'Tis the voice of a son plcadinj
with a father?-"'lis the voice of the lonj
promised Messiah?the Prince of peace?
the Saviour of Israel. For Jong rears hac
he borne the murmurings, scoltyigs anc
persecutions of the stubborn Jews. " Il<
came unto his own, and his own receiver
him not." Wearily had he travelled on hi)
mission of love, healing the sick, giviiu
sight to the blind, waking the deaf to lian<
with delight on the inciting accents of hi
own gentle voice, and calling the dead frorr
the icy embrace of the tomb. lie felt ilia!
now the hour of sacrifice was approaching
and sank in nflony beneath his father')
fro mo. He heeds not the chilling blast
too intensely bitter is the anguish of lib
spirit. All the energies of bis soul are con
centratod and absorbed in lite struggle
against llio gloom and agony that crush
him to the earth. And from hia brow
6lnmmy with the night dew of heaven, la?g<
drops of bloody sweat trickle o the ground
Bee! the anguish and woe that is depictec
upon every lineament of his lovely face a:
he erica ; " Father, if it he possible let lliit
cup pass from me." Legions of shining
angels, unseen by mortal eye, gazed with in
tens* st sympathy on the scene, and hrighl
seraphs hovering on noifelesa wing will:
mingled awe and sadness watched the fear
ful conflict. Nor were the black tienda o
hell uuconcerned spectators of the struggh
It.r-r !?,? .1... ..? I...? -.< I
? no iv <vo?- \uo ? criAia^'f VI 1111 11 ii II11 V ,
and the omnipotence of God. As Nature
failed, Deity onmo to his nid, and with r
smile of resignation he exclaimed ir. sweetest
accents: "Not my will but Thine be
done." Hell's dark legions fled aghast, and
angels with tenfold rapture turned their gol
den harps before the Throne of the Eternal
Comforted, resigned, he arose and nwok*
his drowsy followers to meet, the cmbiaceo
the traitor, and to sutler the death of th<
cross. The moon threw off her canopy o
cloud, the stars one by one appeared in tlx
tirinanent and nought remained to tell o
that scene of agony and sorrow. Calvary
received its bleeding victim. Fire, famine
sword and pillage bowed that devoted city
in the dust. Not one stone of its magniti
cent temple remained to tell the tale of its
departed glory. And the fulfilment of pro
plielic vision sent Israel an outcast among tlx
nations of iho earth. Centuries have roller
away, uud Getliseinane still remains in in
gloom and loneliness, a perpetual memenU
of the anguish of the " man of sorrows."
Anecdote of the Revolution.
OEN. M A HI ON '>4 ADDRESS TO 1118 SOLDIERS.
After tlie destruction of tlie Americai
army at Camden. Colonel Marion, with hi
little band of volunteer troops, U'ing in tin
immediate neighborhood, were in imniincn
danger. When he heard the dreadful tid
ings of defeat, he retreated to the woods
and ordering his company to halt and form
ho addressed them as follows :
" Gentlemen, yon are aware of our situa
lion?so widely different f.om what it on?
was. Once we were a happy people 1 Lib
erty shone upon our land, bright as the sui
that gilds yon fields; and we and our fath
ers rejoiced in its beams, as gay as tin
bilds that enliven our forests.
H But, alasl those golden days have (led
and the clouds of war hang dark aud lower
ing ajove our heads. Our once peacefu
laud is Filled up with uproar and death
Foreign ruffian* invade our very fiereside
and altars and leave us no alternative bu
slavery or death. Two gallant armies havi
marched to our assistance, but l>olh are lost
That under General Lincoln, duped am
butchered at Savannah ; that under Genera
Gates, imprudently over marched, is nov
cut up at Camden. Thus all our hopes frou
, the North are at an end, and |K>or Carolin
is left to tight for herself. A sad alternative
indeed, when her own children are mad I;
uniting with the enemy, and not one in i
thousand wilt riae to take Iter part,
i " My countrymen I I wish \<> know yon
minds ou this inoineutous subject. As fo
, myself, X consider my life but a moment
aud to till that moment with duly is my al
To guard this innocent country from the
evils of slavery, seems inv greatest duly ;
and I am therefore determined that while I
live she shall never ho enslaved. She may
come to that wretched state ; hut these eyes
* shall never behold it. She shall never clank
>' her chains in inv eyes, and pointing to the
1 ignominious budge, exclaim, It was your
* cowardice that brought me to this.1 "
? One and all, they answered, " We will
* conquer for our country, or die with y ou !**
1 44 Then, my brave friends," sa.'d he,
I "draw your swords. Now form a circle,
s | emblematical of our eternal union ; and
*i pointing your blades to llenvcn, the bright
II throne of Ilim who made its free, swear you
*! will never be the slaves of Britain !" It was
' i all devoutly done.
' j The reader will he pleased to hear that
> I this brave man rose to n high rnnk in the
' army, and lived to enjoy the pence and
1 prosperity of ibe country he so ably defend*
" ed. Ilis wife survived him : and as long us
* : sho was able to ude, the poor people of
I; Carolina used to press round her carriage
-1 and bless her. as they exclaimed, " That is
' i the widow of our glorious old Mariou !''
A Woman Can Keep a Secret.
? The following authentic story will inval|
idate the oft-repeated charge against wo:
man, " that they cannot keep a secret:"
' Some years since a lady oalled at a glov:,
cr'a shop in the outskirts of the city of Lon*
j don, and purchased n pair of gloves for her
* I immediate wear, observing, at the same
' 1 time, that she was 011 her road to Burnet?
> that sho had Jcft her gloves at her friend's
41 house where she had called, and that she
1 was apprehensive of being benighted if sho
1 i went back for tliem. The glover fitted on 1
'! the gloves ; a:tJ the lady, after paying for
': them from a purse well stocked with bank
'. notes, stepped into her carriage and proceed'
j ed 011 hff journey. She had scarcely renclij
ed Finchly Common, when a highwayman
' stopped the carriage and demanded her
1 money, lie entreated her not to be alarm'j
cd, as ho had no intention on her person??
if she surrendered her property, it was all he
'; wanted, declaiing that distress, and not his
will, urged him to this desperate act, and he
", was determined to remove his pecuniary
' wants, or perish. The lady gave him her
C j purse, and the despnrndo rode off.
" i After ho was gone and her fright had 1
j somewhat subsided, the lady imagined that i
1 in tlio address of tlie highwavman she re- '
* I tl,A -r... 1? j : ?. 1
C V"b...?v? * ?* ?"IVV Ul IUC VI 9IIU llitu Jliai
before dealt with. The conceit struck her
! so forcibly, llyit she ordered her servant to
' drive back to town?not choosing, she said,
! to venture farther over the heath.
1 On her arrival at the glover's, she knock'
ed and gained admission, the glover himself 1
I opening the door. The lady desired to '
speak to him in private. The glover show- 1
ed her to a back parlor, when she exclaim- 1
' ed : "I aiu coine for my purse of which you 1
j.; robbed ino on Fimdily Common."
^' The glover was confounded, and the lady 1
l| proceeded : " It is of no use for you to deny 1
it. I ain convinced, and your life is at iny
mercy. Return me my property, and trust
i to my humanity."
| Tho glover, overcome with guilt, shame
' | and confusion, confessed the crime, returned
.: the purse, and plead his distiess. The lady,
, after suitable admonition, gave him a ten
. pound note, bade liirn mend his way of life,
, and keep bis own counsel, adding that she
I would not divulge his name or place of
,; abode. She kept her word, and though the
j i robbery was slated in the public papers, the
discovery was omitted, artd it was not until
recently that a minute account of this sin
| gular transaction was found among the pa- \
pers of the lady alluded to. Kven in the |
private mcinorauduin the namo and resi- j
dence of the glover was omitted, and the
j secret in that particular rests with the lady
9 in the grave.
t A Word about Tree Planting.
An exchange says : " Let a tree be set so
i as to be two inches deeper than it stood in
( the nursery ; let some of the manure come
to the roots ; and when the hole is nearly
. tilled pour in half a bucket of water."
e We would set it just as low as it stood in
? the nursery; would carefully exclude all
^ manure from the roots, letting nothing hut
. clean soil touch them ; and would pour the
e water on the ground at a little distance from
the tree, so that it should reach the roots in
the same minutively divided slate as when
- trees are watered by showers.
1 If you were goiug to neglect a treo ever
i. after transplanting it, it might possibly live
s longer if set two inches lower than it stood
t in the nursery ; for in that position it might
e stand a severer drouth. Hut if the tree is
to be neglected, better not set it at all.
1 As for letting the manure touch (be roots,
I unless it were well rotted nnd composted
v most thoroughly with the soil, we certainly
o would not; and wo would about as soon !
a swallow mild pills to euro the dyspepsia, as
to put the lacerated roots of a tree into a
y bed of mud. The f oil slioufd bo In a moist,
u pulverulent state, as so to fall into the cavities
in a natural state; and then in order to
r afford sufficient, but not redundant moisr
ture, tho wafer should be left to trickle
; througlMw gently as in a rain Morm, filterI.
ing itself as it passes.
In this way it would come (o (be root* as
limpid hb pare fountain-water. Who ever
thought of applying muddy water ton fresh
wound ! And yet nothing can be more
grateful than fresh, clean water slightly
warmed. An ordinary cut, in a healthy
person, will henl in twenty hours if kept
moistened with fic?h w ater and secltd<*d
from the air. You have only to apply half
a dozen thicknesses of linen, to keep them
wet only?no rum to keep out the cold?
and the healing process will go on itself,
and that rapidly without pain.
It is so with wounded roots; they should
be moist but not drenched, and above all
should not be smeared with mud. The
truth is, trees will live in spite of a thx>d of
water, at setting, but they will bo inoressr*
to live without it. and wiii do belter.
These are our notions ; but it is well that
our reade's can follow whose notions they
please.?Plough, Loom and Anvil.
Brdsidf. of a Dtinq Believed.?Let
pause a moment at the bedside of a believer,
and mark the marvellous power of the Bible
as manifested in the hour of nature's extremity?the
hour when the heart and flesh
shall fail its, when every anchor shall bo
weighed,amd every earthly joy shall fade-?
w hen we must go all alone through the valley
of the shadow of death into the dread
eternity beyond. In that awful hour, sure
ly u is oniv inn11 mat can stnntl ; it is only
what cannot be shaken that will endure.
Search the records of the closing scenes
of God's saints, and find, if you can, an instance
of one who bewailed, at that ctisis,
that he had timled the Bible?find, if yott
can, one whose dying breath testified that
ho had believed a cunningly devised fable,which
had proved as a bruised reed whew
ho leaned upon it in his agony. I have
read and heard of, yen, and wilnessed not a
few who bemoaned, with bitter regret, thi.?
they had not more piized and obeyed the
Bible ; I never read nor heard of, or saw
one who believed thnt ho had loo much*
valued, followed, and mngnifiod it.
Many a time has it crowned the deathbed
with a light from heaven, converted the
llames of martyrdom into a chariot of trrumph.
and swallowed up death in victory*
The testimony of the dying surrounds tbe *
word of God with a halo of glory ; countless
are the clouds of witnesses which attest his '
power! What .should we do in the terri*
bio hour without the lamp of life, the chat-ter
of salvation, tho title deed to heaven t
[Hugh StoicelL, ' ?
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A Western chap gives his views of the'
New York women in this way: "Somewhar8
in every circumference in silk, velvet
and cetry that wriggles along Broadway,
[here's ailurs a wutnaiu, I sposc : hut h&w
much of the holler is filled up with meat,,
nid how much i* gammon, the mere special
ur ken never know. A feller marries re
ntc. and finds when he comes to the ???/.
that lie has nuthin in his arms hut a regular
anatomy. Ef men is gay desccvcrs wot's
to be aed of a female that dresses for a hundred
and forty, but ha?ent really as iriuclr
fat on her as would grease a griddle. All
the apsrient plumpness consisting of cotton
atul whalebone
" IIow old are you, Bridget ?" said n gentleman
to his servant girl. " A Unit fitly *
sir," replied Bridget. " Von are mistaken,
Bridget, you are not over twenty." "Yes,Bir,
that is it. I'm about twenty or fifty^
somewhere along there." This answer indicates
about the same degree of intelligent!?
as that of an old gray-headed negro in
South Carolina : " IIow old are you, Bete V*
said a gentleman to liim one day. M I dut.-?
nn. Mass, 1 feel berry old ; Vpect I'se about
five or hix hundred."
A western editor and his wife iter?
walking in llie bright moonlight, one evening.
The wife wan of an exceedingly poetical
nature, and said to her male : " Notice
that moon?how bright, and calm and beautiful."
"Couldn't think of noticing it," returned
the editor, " for anything let* than
the usual rates ?a dollar and fifty ceutc for
twelve line*."
American Grates.?It appears fronfi n
letter read befoie the last meeting of the Cincinnati
Wine Growers' Association, by Mr.
liobt. Buchanan, one of the largest and
most successful cultivators of the grape in
that region, that the American grape is being
substituted to a considerable exloatt in
the vinynrd* of Europe fur the nnlive Varieties,
on account of its exemption frOtn the
pi availing disease.
Gkn. Washington seldom indulged in n
joke or a sarcasm, but when he did he always
made a decided Int. It is related that
he was present in Congress during the debate
on the establishment of the Federal
armv, when a member offered a resolution
limiting the aimy to three thousand men,
upon which Washington suggested to a
member an amendment providing that no
enemy thou Id i/trade I he country with more
than two thousand soldiers. The laughter
which ensued smothered the resolution.
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Isi>i'3'tky and economy aie the Iwflfgreat
secrets of success in life.