A REFLEX OF POPULAR EVENTS.
Deooleir to progress, llje flights of t\)t Sonllj, auiJ tlje Diffusion of Useful ftnoiolrlrge among oil Classes of Working ftlm.
VOLUME IV. GREENVILLE. SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 12. 1857. NUMBER 27. HS
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AOB1TTS.
W. W. WiLKKn, Jr., Columbia, S. C.
rrrra 8t?adusy, Esq., Flat Rock, N. C.
A. M. Fsdkm, Fairview I*. O., Greenville Diet
VtiUiK OL Uaiuct, Pleasant Grove, Greenville.
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Itltrtrb ^nctrtj.
How Sweet 'tie to Return..How
sweet 'lis to return
Where once we've happy been,
' Though peter now life's lamp may burn,
And years have rolled between.
And if those eves beam welcome yet
That wept our parting then,
O, in the smiles of friends thus met
We live whole years again I
They tell u* of a fount that flow'd
In happier days of yore,
Whose waters bright fresh youth bestowed ;
Ala*, the fouut's uo moreJ
r But smiling memory still appear*,
Vreaents her cup, and when
We sip the sweet of vanished years,
We live those years again.
JRisttllantniK 1R railing.
The Ghost Raiser.
My uncle Ueaglv, who commenced hit*
commercial career very early in the present
ceutury a* a pedlar, will tell stories.?
^ Among them, he tells the following ghost
story so often, that I am heartily tired of it.
In self defence, therefore, as 1 remember every
word of it, I publish it, in order that
when the good, kind old gentleman next offers
to bore us with it, all may say they
know H.
One fine autumn evening, about forty
years ago, I was traveling on horseback
from Shrewsbury to Chester. I felt !olorably
tired, and was beginning to look out for
some snug way side inn, where I might pass
the night, when a sudden and violent thunderstorm
came on. My bone, terrified by
the lightning, fairly took the bridle between
his teeth, and started off with me full gallop
through the lanes and cross-roads, until
at length I managed (o pull him up iust
near the door of a neat looking country jqn.
M Well," thought I, M theie was wit In your
madness, old boy, since it brought us to this
comfortable refuge." And alighting, I gave
him id charge to the stout farmer's boy,
who asted as oatler.
The inn kitchen, which was also the guest
wvun was larcre. clean, nest, and comforts
ble, very like the pleasant holatery describe
ed by Isaak Walton. Tliere were several
tiswors already in the room, probably, like
myself, driven there for shelter?and they
were all warming themselves by the blazing
, fire while waiting for supper. X joined the
party. Presently, being summoned by the
host**, we all sat down, twelve in number,
to a smoking repast of bacon and egg*.
The conversation naturally turned on the
occasioned by the storm, of which
esevy one soemed to have had his full share.
Ow? had been thrown off his horse, another,
dljft jng in a gig, had been upset into a muddy
like; all bad got a thorough wetting,
am agreed unanimously that it was dread
foi1 feather?* regular witches' sabbath.
m Witches and gnosis ptefe." tor their sstfcail
a ins moonlight to such weather as
tiKaP Jhesa words were uttered in a solfjm
torts, and with strange emphasis, by
asm of the oompanv. He was a tail-look
liMMttarf, and 1' b?d set him down in my
^jjfc-hX ** ? commercial traveler. My next
Abet tu li gay, well looking, fashionaffibstsod
young man, who, bunting into
- -/eelif laughter, said, 44 You mu?t know
A mftnners and custom* of gliosis very
I well^b be able to tell that tbey disliks get
tijg srst or muddy,**
*The first speaker, giving him a dark,
fierce look, said, M Young man, speak not so
lighllf of things above your comprehension*
\ 1 \ ^ . 4|. .
M Do vou mesn to iinrly that there are
sock things ss ghosts f* said the young
<t " Perhaps thsro are,** replied the other,
M if you had courage to look at thsm.**
ifljBmit ? ?? stood up, flushed with
anflj^^HpPMUlfy resuming his seat, be
u Hint taunt should coat you dear, if it 11
' were not aucli a foolish one."
| " A foolish one !" exclaimed (lie other, j >
throwing on the table a heavy leathern \;
purae. " There aro fifty guineas. I nni
content to lose them if, before tho hour is i
ended, I do not succeed in showing you, j!
who are so obstinately prejudiced, the fortn i
of any ono of your deceased friends ; and if,! <
after you have recognized him, you will al- j t
low him to kiss your lips."
44 We all looked at each other, but my!1
young neighbor, still in the Mime mocking
manner, replied, "You will do that, will j
you!" i
" Yes," said the other, M I will stake these 1
fifty guineas, on condition that you will pay
a similar sum if j-ou lose."
After a short silence the young man said,
gayly, " Fifty guineas, my worthy sorcerer,
aro more than a poor college student ever
possessed ; but thero are five which, if you
are satisfied, I shall be most willing to wager."
The other took up his purse, saying, in a
contemptuous tone. " Younir <r*ntlpm?n
? ? O O ? ' ? /
you wish to draw back !n
441 draw back !" exclaimed the student.
44 Well, if I had fifty guineas, you should
see whether 1 wish to draw back f"
44 Here," said I, 44 are four guineas which
I will stake on your wager."
No sooner had I made this proposition
than the rest of the company, attracted by
the singularity of the anair, came forward
to lay down their money; and, in a minute
or two, the fifty guineas were subscribed,
llie gentleman amteared so sure of winning
that he placed all the money in the student's
hands, and prepared for the experiment.?
Wo selected for the purpose a small summer
house iu the garden, perfectly isolated, and
having no means of exit but n window and
a door, which we carefully fastened after i
placing the young innn within. We now 1
put writing materials on a sinail tabic, and
took away the caudles. We remained out- i
side willi the gentleman muong us. In a
low solemn voice he begau to clumt the following
lines:
What riaeth slow from the ocesn eaves end the
stormy aurff
The plinnton pale sets his blackened foot on the
fresh green turf.
Then raising his voice solemn'y, lie said,
44 You asked to see your freed Francis Viltiers,
who was drowned tbrco years ago off
the coas*. of South America; what do you
see!"
44 I see," replied the student, * a white
light nming near the window ; but it has
no form?it is like nn uncertain cloud."
We?the spectators?remained profoundly
silent.
44 Are you afraid !*' asked tlio gentleman,
in a loud voice.
441 am not," replied the student, firmly.
Then, after a moment's silence, the gentleman
stamped three times on the ground,
and sang:
" And tbo phantom white, whoso clay cold face
wsa once so fair.
Dries with Ilia ahrond his clinging vo?t and his
sea-tossed hair."
Once more tbe solemn question, 44 Yoii,
who would see revealed the mysteries of the
torab?-what do you see now f44
The student anaweted in a calm voice,
but like that of a man describing things as
they passed beforo hiru, 441 see the cloud
take the form of a phnntom ; its head iscov*
ered with a long veil?it stands still!"
u Are you afraid I"
" I am not 1"
We looked at eacli other in horror-stricken
silence, while the gentleman, raising his
arms above his head, chanted in a sepulchral
voice :
"And the phantom said, as he arose front the
wave, he shall know nto in sooth!
I will go to my friend, gay. smiling, and fond,
as in our first youth !"
" What do you see !" said be.
M I see the phantom advance,'" said the
student?M ho lifts his veil?'tis Francis Villiers
!?he approaches tbo table !?he writes
?'tis his signature !"
" Are you afraid!" asked the other.
A fearful moment of silence ensued ; then
the student replied, but in an altered voice,
M 1 ain not!"
With strange and frantic gestures, the
other theu s&ug i
" And the phantom said to the mocking seer, I
some from the South ;
Put thy band on my hand?thy heart on my
heart?thy mouth on my mouth."
" Wbat do you see !" he asked.
" He cornea?he approaches me?he pnr
sum me?be is stretching out bis arms?he
will have me 1 Help?help I Save me !"
M Are vou afraid now 1" naked the other,
in a mocking voice. A piercing cry, and
then a stifled groan, were the only reply to
this terrible question.
" Help that rash youth !" said the gentleman
bitterly* " I have, I think, won the
wager; but it is sufficient for roe to have
given bim a lesson. Let him keep his
money and be wiser for the future."
He walked rapidly away. We opened
the door of the summer house, and found
the student In convulsions. A paper signed
with tbe name M Francis Villisrs " was on
the table. As soon as the student's senate
were restored, be asked vehemently where
was the vita sorcerer who had snbmentally
subjected liim to such a liorriblo ordeal?he (
would kill him. lie sought hitn through- l
out the inn in vain ; then, with the speed of i
a madman he dnshed off acroaa the fields in 1
pursuit of him?and we never raw either of
them ngnin. That, children, is my Ghost f
Story ! i
" And how is it, uncle, that after that you ?
don't believe in ghosts !*' said I, the first
time I heard it. <
44 Because, my boy," replied my uncle, \
14 neither the student nor the gentleman ever <
relumed ; and the forty-five guineas, belong- (
ing to me and other travelers, continued 1
equally invisible. Those two swindlers enr- ?
tied them off, after having acted a farce, t
which we, liko ninnies, believed to be real. <
[From Cozr.ens' Wino Press.] t
Anecdote of General Coombs. '
Although a veteran of the war of 1812,
nnrl nnn rf fl?o Kmnaat ? ?*"11 *
V?? M Ills vimvrijUiruviiii V.UWIIIDS Mill (
retains the spiiglitliness of youth : his bend (
in erect, his back straight as a pine tree, his '
eye as bright as a gamo cock's, and his 1
laugh as cheerful as the carrol of a bird in 1
nesting time. All these qualities are, doubt- '
less, owing to an internal well-spiing of wit 1
and humor, as ccrlain to keep the outer 1
man fresh and verdurous as the spray of a
fountain will keep its borders in perpetual 1
bloom. One day the General was traveling '
in a stage-conch with one of those unhappy '
philosophers who bestow more attention up- 1
on the lumps on their skulls than on the '
linings thereof, ycl< pcd phrenologists. Of 1
course, everybody in the stage was thor- 1
oughiy bored by this professor until the
General drew him into an unlucky ambuscade.
" Sir," said Leslie, " I used to be of '
opinion that this science was neilliet correct j
nor founded upon proper grounds, although
I had never given tiie subject tiie attention
1 now find it metits, but I am convinced,
from the very able discourse you have giv- 1
en us, that your theory is a just one, and | ,
of no little consequence when we need to \
make an estimate of the characters and dis- j
positions of men. lhil although I had no ,1
great fuith in it, yet 1 was sometimes struck i1
with a resemblance in its leading features to I
a science with which I am familiar, nnd by 1
which I am, in n great nteasute, guided in
my intercourse with strangers " 1
44 I presume," interrupted the professor,
with a Btnile of self-satisfaction, " you al- 1
ludo to physiognomy I"
44 No, sir," replied the General, 44 my
science is dogology." I
" Dogology !" echoed ilie professor, aghast.
a Dogology," said ilio General, with n
winning smile, " I can always tell, sir, by
the appearance of n dog, what sort of a
man his master is."
" Sir," replied the phrenologist, drnwing
himself up stiffly, " I see your intention is
to cast ridicule upon my science."
w Pardon me," 6i?id the General, with a
most amiable expression of countenance, " I
will convince you to the contrary. At the
next town where we stop for dinner, and
which I have never visited bcfoie, I will tell
you from the dogs in the streets what sort
of men their owners are. And if I fail to
do so, I will forfeit the drinks for tho wkolo
stage lond of passengers."
M Oh, yea. that you could readily make
up a fanciful theory, I am convinced, and
draw an imaginary character for that of the'
master of every dog, I have tolerably good |
reasons for believing; but how am I to tell,
whether vou are correct or not ? T nm ? I
stranger lure as well as yourself," said the
wary professor.
" We will leave the decision to the landlord
of the tavern where we stop. lie must
know every person in the place," replied the
General.
" Agreed," said tho phrenologist, winking
at the other passengers, and regaining his I
self-satisfied air, "1 agree to that, and will
forfeit tho drinks if tne landlord's account
tallies with your descriptions."
On arriving at tho tavern, dinner was
speedily discussed, the passengers being anx-1
ions to enjoy the exhibition of this novel
science. The General beckoned the landlord
out of tho bar-room. This drew all the
idlers with him, so that with them and the
passengers there was a tolerably large group
in front of the tavern, and, of course, this
attracted other persons to see what was go
tug uu , ?j mm, ujr >iia lltJu ;iiO latlUiOnl
had been mAde acquainted willi liix duties
a* arbiter, quite a respectable audience was
collected?in numbers at least.
" The owner of tbat dog," said (lie General,
as a fine pointer, with a steel chain collar
round bis neck, pessed, M is a gentleman
of education and property. He lives well,
dresses well, has a fine hoirse, (the best
house in town, quoth the landlord,) enjoys
himself rationally, isfond of society, a sportsman,
(that he is,) is generally popular and
on good terms with his neighbors. How is
tbat, landlord I"
44 True aa a die," said the landlord, M the i
very man." t
Just then a little wiry Scotch terrier dart
ed from under a garden gate opposite, and i
rushed up the street after a Hook of chick- '
ens. "Ibe owner of that dog," said the '
speaker, 44 is a boy aboot fourteen or fifteen
years of age. A sly little rogue, always I
about some mischief; be is a spoiled ohild, I
perhaps the only one ; be and the dog are I
constant companions, mid neither are happy li
inlcM engaged in some scrape; and the c
leighborhood is, no doubt, troubled nil the v
ime with their pranks." c
" Jly jolly 1" said the landlord, " there's
something in this lieie dogologv. Thai boy
s just such a boy as you sav lie is, Strang
sr. J
" The owner of that dog," continued the a
jieneral, as a pug nosed bull-dog, with groat y
wrinkles on his checks, short belligerent I
\nn% heavy thick eves, broad chest, bnndy
oro-legs, and tail that looked as if it had n
jeeJt gnawed off, made its appealance, "is g
in uneducated man. In disposition, lie i> u
suspicions and obstinate; very wrong head a
:d ; not likely to have many friends?if any, c
ncn like himself; not apt to take much in- n
crest in public affairs, close in bis dealings, I
ind not given to talk much." li
44 Hy thunder," said tho landlord. " you've t
jot hiin again. The owner of that hull- t
log is a Hutch butcher. lie don't talk, for p
10 can't speak English good ; he don't tako ti
10 interest in public afi'uirs, because he can't b
rote; and he's obstinate as a mule, as I fi
inotv, for he always gets more pounds of ti
neat on his bill than there is in his weight, v
ind he won't take oft" a cent, neither." p
" That dog," slid General Leslie, elerat- ?
ng his voice, for he was very much elated b
villi his success so far, as he saw a capital p
ipecimen of the bull-terrier coining up the I i
road?a union of ferocity and cunning? f
heavy headed, lank-bodied, broad-breasted, <
eyes like coals of fire, ears and tail cropped
for rough and tumble fighting?"that dog. |
is owned by a man who is, probably, the <
worst man in this town, if not in the State
of Kentucky, lie is destitute of honor and t
principle, and would not hesitate to take the 8
ife of any man for the 6ake of a few dob \
?r*V i
llere he was inteiruptcd by a voice in the 1
rrowd: i
" Look here, *0 anger. you'ie making a i
ittle too free with my character, by Gard ! t
I'liat dog does belong to me I" and the i
peaker pushed his way through the crowd, i
and confronted the dogologist.
" My friend," said the General, calmly, i
pushing back the hair from his high fore- |
head, " I want to ask you a question?tehere <
iid you gel that dog ?" '
" By Gard I" answered the man, " I rait- <
td kim myself." <
** Then," said the General, u I have lost i
the drinks- 1 ivu? r>nI? lu>nin? .l~~.l?
_ ... j V... ?w fco.ogy,
and, my friend, you have swept me.
Come in," said lie to tliu phrenologist, '* I i
want you to feel the humps of this gentle- ,
man. And I hope tho rest of the crowd I
will join ine in a drink to old Kentucky."
Any person who has seen the C?reat (
West, will know how cheerfully this last i
sentiment was approved by tho crowd generally.
Customs of the Chinese.
Says the l!cv. \V. C. Millne, author of
Life in China, on this subject:
" In paying calls, you take off your hat.
lie keep* ltis ?Ap on -, you siltnuce nod oiler
a hearty shake of the hand to your friend,
but he, as he advances towards the host,
closes his two fists, and shakes his own
hands.
u At dinner, (when you can afford it.)
you cominenco with fish and soup, etc., and
end with a dessert of wines and fruits ; but
be just turns tho tables, beginning with
fruits, wines and biscuits, and winding up
with fish and soup.
" At weddina* Knn'iJi lo/lio? ??_?? .
- --?-?a ??.?? >?mic ,
Chinese ladies cannot wear white, but oilier
colors. Instead of young, blooming bride
maids, trimmed in white, you may see old
matrons rigged in black, attending on the
anxious bride; and, for a honeymoon, the
biide dispenses with a flight about the country
to this and that spa, and satisfies hprself
with being caged up for the first month in
her husband'* house ; and there is no need
of any announcement when she may be * at
home."
" At funerals, black is not worn, but
white; and the dead are shrouded, not in
white, but the gayest dresses.
M In amusements, it is not uncommon to
see adults flying kites, and little urchins
squatted on the ground, looking on ; and
shuttle-cocks are battledored generally, not
by the hand, but the heel.
" In Itoviia, ilie trauit, when w.iticn on
outside, is inscribed on the bottom edge.?
The beginning of tlio book is what you
would count the end. The running title is
on the edge of each leaf. The paging is
near the bottom, not at the ton corner.?
Marginal notes are written at the top, not
at the foot of the pages, and in reading, you
proceed from right to left, reading each column
from top to bottom.
44 M i set I la neon t.?The surname announced
does not follow the Christian name, but i
proceeds it. In kissing, the fond mother ,
holds up ber lovely babe to her nose to
smell it, as she wonid a rose. In moonlight, ;
no matter how bright, you bear your light- i
ed lantern about with you. The^unan, I
in naming the points of the comjflunays ;
1 east, wset, south, north." In InSUig a <
ressel, she is sent into the water WE^ty*.
The horseman should mount his Ih?so on
iiis right side. The scholar, it^acitiog his i
essons, does not face his innjrf^Aut turns (
nis back upon him. In partfl[^HBot wear (
iglit pumps, but an thick soled shoes as you
an get ; and, for blacking, they must be c
rhiteued with white lend, and only the ?
dgea of the sole." a
The Beginning of the World. ^
The following extract from a sermon of 8
Ir. Spurgeon, the pious English preacher, is K
i specimen of the eloquence which, within a c
ear or two, has made his name familiar in e
>olh hemispheres : j
"Can any man tell me when the begin i
ling was ? Years ago, we thought the be- "
[inning of ibis world was w hen Adam came a
ipon it; but we have discovered that, thousnds
of years before that, God was forming
haotic matter to make it a fit abode for j,
nan, and putting races of creatures upon it. ?
l.nt iI.aw .r.;?t.? ?1 i * ?-?
..... ...-.J um iinu I row inicw OI HIS
isndiwork nnd marvelous skill, before lie lied
Ilia band on mnn. Hut this wns not j,
lie beginning; for revelation points us to n 0
eriod long ero tbis world wiui fashioned? A
9 the days wben tbe morning stars were j,
^gotten ; wben, like drops of dew from tbe
ngers of tbe morning, stars nnd constelln- p
ions fell trickling from tbe band of God; ,,
rben, by His own lips, be launched forth /
tondcrous orbs ; when, with His own hand,
le sent comets, like thunderbolts, wanderng
through the sky, to find one day their j
iroper sphere. We go back to those days,
vhen worlds were made and systems were j
ashioncd, and we have not even approach- j
id (lie In-ginning yet,
"Until we go back to the time when nil ?
lie universe slept in the mind of God, as f
ret unborn, until we enter tbe eternity t
where God, the Creator, dwells alone, every (
hiug sleeping within llitn, all Creation <
sleeping in His mighty, gigantic thought, c
\o have not guessed the beginning. We
nav go back, back, back, ages upon ages.
We may go back, if wo may use such ,
.vords, whole eternities, and yet never ar- (
rive at the beginning. Our wing might be
lired, our imagination might die away.? ,
Could it outstrip tbe lightning's flashes in j
majesty, power and rapidity, it would soon !
weary itself ere it could get to the boffin
ling. But God, from the beginning chose (
liis people, when the unnnrigated ether was (
ret unfanned by the wing of a single angel, .
when spAce wns shoreless, or else unborn ;
when universal silence leigned, and not a
voice or whisper shocked the solemuity of ]
silence, when there was no being, no molioD,
and naught but God, Uimself, alone in
I lis eternity ; when, without the song of an
angel, without the attendance of even a
cherubim, long ere the living creatures were
born, or the w heels of the chariot of Jehovah
were fashioned ; even then, ' in the beginning
was the Word,' and in the begin
riing God's people were one in the Word,
and * in the beginning he chose them nil
unto eternal life.'"
Tiik Nkw Fashion.? If we may judge
from the New York journals, a sudden rage
of retrenchment, an epidemic of economy,
has seized upon the ultra fashiouables of
New York. ' They aro going to wear old
lints, old bonnets, and old clothes in general,
this winter, and li't the poor batters,
milliners and mnntua-makers starve. Thus
lbey rusk from ono extremo to the other.
Their reformation would command more
confidence if it were more gradual, and
d'ACA ?\rAm rv* -vrl - * * 1 m *
ov.u (..vmiiuvu i?y |Miui-ipiu manna oi impulse.
In truth, it in becoming the fashion
in New York, Philadelphia, ?fcc., to be economical,
and, like every other fashion, this
will have its day, and run out as soon as the
hard times have ceased. In the meantime,
the needle-women, and tho laboring-classes,
thus suddenly unhorsed by a fresh cap)ice
of the upper ten, will be the chief sufferers
from this transient (it of frugality.
Tim Chess Congress terminated its labors
in New Yoik last week, and a movement is
on foot, for a National 44 Draw Poker Player's
Convention " to correct some of the
abuses that liavo crept into the 44 four kinga.*'
[//?ton HoH'/c Comet.
We suggest that a convention of players
of the aristocratic game of " Old Sledge " be
held to correct an abuso which has crept in
by which a player may get out the Hrst
hand?44 High," 44 Low," 44 Peg," 44 Gift,"
44 Jack," and the 44 Game," (0) and then to
count the one your muddled antagonist gave
you besides, (7) and taking down tiio half
dollar, is prospering too fast for these hard
times.?Mobile Mercury.
A New Animai..?A Kenlnckian stood
gating at the largo bill outside a wild beast
show, or travelling menagerie, beginning
with the lino, " Fht Orantl Caravan,"
alluding, of courso, to tho van or vehicle
which contained tho animals. lie paid hit*
shilling, and went in. After some little so
journ, ho returned to tho door keeper, saying,14
Mister, I've aeon your noxzycross, ami
your elifint, and your babboons, and your
rarpinta?but I'm not to be swindled, no
how yon can fix it. I mean to keep you in
your tracks?where the hell is the beast you
call the grand ra ra van
The love of the beautiful and true, like
he dew-drop in the heart of the crystal, ronaina
forever clear and liquid in the inmost
Jirino of tho soul. 1
. 1
A Literary Yodno Lady.?W? were *
onversing with r voung lady some few ?
vening* ngo, nl n literary reunion, snd as
he had been introduced as a poetess, we of
ourse touched on poetry. It was not many
ninutes before she had ran through the
tereotvped list of favorite authors, when
he concluded with Byron, assorting her
onviction that he was the greatest poet that
ver wrote. We modestly hinted that we
treferred Shsksjx'are, upon which, with an 4
in affected laugh at our simplicity, she cried,
Why. 8linknj)care wasn't a poet; Ju?plays
'ont rhyme.'"? Toledo Blade.
Modrst Matrimonial Candidate.-?a
"rench journal has the following curious
natrimoiiial advertisement:
" A young man. twenty-one years old, of
y>od family, and skilled in Latin, Greek,
listory, belles-lettres, mathematics, the art
f designs, vocal and instrumental music.
na a goou dancer, wishes to dispose of all
lis talents and his person, which is very fine,
esides, in a legitimate marriage with a
Jain woman no longer young. All he asks
i? return is money lor his future expenses,
address, postpaid. Ac."
A man once died greatly in debt; when
lis death was reported in a company where
everal of his creditors happened to be, one
>egan to say. " Well, if he is gone, then he
ins carried Ave hundred ducats of mine in.0
the other worldand another said,
'And two hundred of mine;" and a third
ipoke of large sums of his. Whereupon
me that was among them said, M I perceive
iow, that though a tnnn cannot carry his
nvn with him into the next world, he may
:arry away that which is another mftn's."
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EniTons of papers are earnestly requested
to copy the following notice for the benofiL
of an afflicted fumlv :
Pltane copy.?\Vm. P. Fowler, conchmaker,
formerly of Warrenton, N. O., and
latterly aupposed to be a resideut of Chicago,
is iuformed that both his parents are seriously
ill, one of them with but small hopes
of recovery. IIis relations and friends earnestly
request that he will write as soon as
possible.
A Wronokd Woman's Kkplt.?Recently
a man died at a tavern in this county,
that he had long frequented, neglecting his
family. The tavern keeper sent his wife
word that he was dead, and inquired her
will. She replied : 44 In life he was with
you?he gave you his money, and drauk
your uquor, wincii undoubtedly caused his
death ; 1 now leave him with you to bury."
[jYInrburyport Herald.
Kkuovino tiik Sion.?It is a custom ia
lioHon for a man of business who fails, to
remove his sign from his door. Many years
ago, one Moses Poor failed in Ikiston, and
did not comply with the usual custom of
removing his name. During the night
some boys took down his sign, sawed it in
two, and replaced it; but with the names
reversed, so that it read, Poor Moses.
Cakdiu.?John Randolph was one of
the most sarcastic men that ever lived. One
time a young man attempted to make his
acquaintance, lie obtained an introduction,
and among the first remarks, said: u I
passed by your house lately, Mr. Randolph."
" I hope you always will !" was the sharp
reply. *
Down East Eloquence.?Mr President,
I rise to get up, and am not backward to
come forward in the cause of education ; for,
had it not been for education, 1 would be as
ignorant as you are, Mr. President.
In Seine.?We often hear of the loaves
and fishes of office, but few are aware of the
net by which they are caught. The implement
by which this is effected is known by
the namo of cabinef.
New Yokk, October 24.?From Utah.
Advices received in this city state that Brigham
Young declares that lie will burn Rait
Lake City before he will submit to the demands
of the Government.
Many a professing Chiistian spends
enough every year, on a single pleasure
jaunt or a fashionable party, or on new and
elegant furniture, to more than pay the
whole salary of his minister.
Our tempers are like an opera glass, which
makes the object small or great, according
to tho end you look through.
We hope to grow old, and yet we fear
.11 -i . ? *
ouj jtgc-, mai we are wining io live ana
afraid to die.
Tiik faults of genius might Iks passed over
if the world would promise not to imiuto
tliem.
Womsm do act their part when they do
make their ordered houses know thetn.
[ h'now ft*.
Tnv It.?To ascertain the weight of a
horse?put your toe under tko animal's foot.