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BY W. A. LEE AND HUGII WILSON. ABBEVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, MARCH 30, 1800. VOLUME VII.?NO. 48.
POLLLUX, JEWIXGS & CO.,
p, yo\ ips p. t? xx
AND
COTTON FACTORS,
^.XJGrTJ*S=3?^, G-A., j
/"CONTINUE t.lie sale of Cotton nn.l other I
yj oroducu in their jXoq J"'ir?proof ]\'orchouse,
Corner Jacltscn &, Reynolds Sts.
t2>'" Cash advances mud<; when <io?ird.
AM'OI.SR rorU.AIS",
TllO.MAS J. .11 INNINGS,
ISAIAH l'l'USF,.
Sept. R, 185i>-l?-lf.
O. M. OALIiOrx,
w a 1} fcyrrmTaiT'
V 1 1 \ IVlJliU VJ \J) iU I
GEXEKIL C0M1HSSI0X IIEHBAXT,
Iieynftld'a St., bolwcon Jackson ntul Mclulorli
^.UJ-SVLSi-fc^, <ZJ2rZ\.;
will attend strictly to tlio sale of
COTTON. BACON. GRAIN.
Ami nil otli'.-r c<?!?"it;no?l to liiwi. Per j
ponul attention giving to tin: tilling of all or- j
ltjrs for Bagging, liope jit.?1 Family Supplies, j
Liberal Cash advances male ?mi produce in
Store.
June 21, 1S.">9, 8 If
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ABBEVILLE C. II., S. C.
t? I
I
f 1^11F. ITXIJEKSIGXEH wm>!d respectfully j
I. in form tin: publu* tli ; !. li.t hns taken tin- i
lar_^c and coiMiiiuaiouM HOTKL, known as j 1
the
" MARSHALL HOUSE,"
pilimted on the Northd'ast corner of the Public
Square.
Having had ninny years experience as a
llohil Keeper, heflatters himself that lit will
be able to please thoae who ina}' favor him with '
tlieir patronairo.
lli? table will nlways be piovided with th'j
best the market afford*.
Pv?M- ,>(r.,. l will 1... I..-- TT.
a liouie for the weary trnv<dJor. . '
JOHNSON ItAMEY. 1
Dee. 10. 1S57 33 tf ]
VALUABLE |
HOUSE & LOTj
FOH SALE.
'"I'MIK rcsidiMwo <>f Mrs. Ilnrrison, situnte l | i
1. in oik'<>t tlio most eligible locations in i
Abbeville Village, is oil'd'eil for suit* on reusoi.nl>li>
terms.
The eoiitnisis ton room0, with nil neecs?ary
out-building*, in n stnto of thorough re? i
j 'ft i r. ]
ThfiT-ol ern'iraciss five ucrc.s; ft 1 :irgc nti.l i
handsomely improved Flower YurJ, Orchard,
Vin<?ynrd, ?tc. ]
There id also ft second building eitj^on-the I
iirenii.-x-B. _?j3?Sfir' 1
For further particulars
J AS. M. J'ERRlNr-KsQ.
March 3, 18G0, -15, tf
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HOWARD ASSOCIATION, i
PHILADELIMIIA.
A JjfnevoUiit institution <r.lah!in/icd hi/ sjirrinl
cinini ineft, for lie rtli'j' of' the sick am! Jjix
trcsxfd. ttjjlicUtl with Viruhnl and Kpidi-mtc i
Jiixntxca. i
MEDICAL Advice given pratu by the Acting
Surgeon t?> all who npply liy letter
with (Inscription of their condition, (age, occupation,
habits of lift*, ite.,) and in cases of exireinn
povertv.Medicine furnished free of charge
Valuable Reports on the New Remedies employed
in the Dispensary, sent to thcalllicted in
sealed leller envelopes, free of charge. Two |
or three Stamps fur postage will l?c accept ible.
Address, DR. J. SKI LI.IN IlOUGllTON.
Acting Surgeon, Howard Association, No. 2
South Ninth Street, l'liiladelpeia, l'a.
I5y order of the Directors.
KZUA I). I1EAUTWELL, President
Geo. F.uiiam.n, Secretary. [<fnn. 20,12m
ta err i
IU OSLlul*
OR HEN"T.
THE STORE II0U5E nnd LOT at Hodges
Depot, reocntly occupied by ROBERTS
& ADAMS. The House is conveniently situated,
containing Grocery and Dry Goods rooms,
neatly finished, u counting room, and a very
commodious rooin upstairs.
To persona wishing to engage in mercantile
life, we Bay this is one of the beet country
otands in the State. Thirty Thousand Dollars
worth of goods nnay bo sold here annually,
intocood hands.
J. N. COCIIRAN.
Jan. ft, 1860 37, 3m.
J. Zi. OXjARK.,
w' kepaiher of
WATHCflES, CLOCKS AND JEWELRY,
HODGES' DEPOT, 8. O.,
18 prepared with all noceasary tools and materials
t5 do anything in liid line of busines*
at the lowest rates. All work warranted
to do well for twelve monthn, if not send it
back and it will be done free of charge. Gire
me atrial and satiety yourselves. Terms cash.
June 17, 1859,1-1210,
VERELL & JACKSON,
4 HOUSE PAINTEB8, GBAJBEB8, MABBLEBB
' AND PA PES HAHGEBS,
3sr3ftqrEX"sr fry, ^ o.
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Jt y. VBIlfeLL. CALEXJ JACKSON.
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Jmb. 37, MO,112ia
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THE INDEPENDENT l'HKSS.
BY LEE & WILSON.
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Dollars and Fifty Cents at tt'
Expiration of the Year?,"5?
All subseriptiono not limited nt the
<iiuc of subscribing, will be considered n
indefinite, and will be continued until arrearages
arc paid, or at the option of the Proprietors.
Orders from other States must- invariably
be accompanied with the Cash.,.*2^3
CANDIDATE S.
The friends of Capt. (i. M. MATTISOX rospeetfully
announce him as -i cai-didate for
Tax Collector at the next election.
The friends of ! AM LIS A. MrCOUl) rcntptctfully
announce him as a Candidate for Tax
Collector at the next <:1? ction.
The friends of 1 >r. J. I'. McCOMIJ respectfully
liiiiumnee hiin as a Candidate for Tux
t'ui'.cetor at the next election
We uro authorized to announce S. A.
HODUKS ns a Candidate for Tax Collector, at
the ensuiiu' election.
TIlCYri<-ii.ls of C.ipt. \V. s. llAKl'IS
r? s;ic-ctf'ii!y ai.nouiu?? liim a? a Candidate fo
I lie of!ico of V'ix Collector of Abbeville Dislii
at the nextelection.
?35" The nn?uvr?Hs frhitih of WKSLFIY A.
ItLAl.'K respectfully announce liini as a
Candidate for Tax Collector ut the next clecI
ion.
Jin; Irii'inl-' c?r JIKNKV S. (JASON respect
iiliv iiiimn ii.ee lii:n as a Civii'li late for Tax
(V>llceli>r, at he > iisiiin^ lection.
Tlio I'rieiitl.i tif .l? ?IIX A. m'NTKIi re
?]>ccifully sisuiotiuce liini a oninii<late for the
i-liice of Ordinary, nt lli?; next election.
E5?" The friei.<ls of Col. .1. O. 11 ASK IN" reaped
f'llly-j-AniH'Unce him n c:in>li<lnl? tor the
nlii.-o of Ordinary, at'.lie next electionTL1E
ONLY AIJTIC1.15
UNRIVALLED IN MARKET
W1TI1 1 MM ION'SK
HOME AND EUROPEAN
DEMAND.
r |"^111"] reason why, is tTint by Nature's own ^
JL process it restores the natural color permanently
after tlieliair becomes icrav ; supplies t!
tlic natural lluids, ami thus makes it grow 011 v
lia!-l heads, removes all dandruff, itching, an<l
licat from the sculp, quiets ami tones up the "
nerves, ami thuscureo (ill iiervetiu headache. n?:d h
may by relied upon to cure all diseases of the
scalp ami hair; it will plop and keep it from
falling oil'; vmkt* it *"/"/, ijlossit, htnllhy and
Wautlj'til, and i!' used l?y the young two or three
times a week, it. will never fall or become gray
Liien reader, read the following and judge for s
yourselves: .
Ni:\v Yoiik, .Inn. S 1S58. "
Messrs. O. ,1. Wood it Co?tSeiitletnon': y
I laving heard .1 r??e??l deal about l'rof. Wood's
Hair llesloratjfce. and my hair being quite gray,
I made up lilVUiiml to luv aside the nreiudiees i.
which 1. in common with a great many persons |
mil against all .iuauiier of patent medicines, ^
;?nd a short timongo 1 commenced w.-iintj your o
article, to ti-st it for myself. ]
Tlio result ha.been ho very satisfactory that
[ f;arn very glad I did so, and in justice l? you, (]
19 well as for the encouragement of others who ,
rcay he as giay as I way but who having my 11
prejudice. without in}- reasons for setting it
usiite, aro unwilling to give your Restorative a
trial till iliey have further proof, and the best c
proof being oceular demonstration, 1 write you 1
this letter, whieli you may show to any such,
hi.J also direct them to me for further proof, "
who inn in and out of the N. V. Wire Uailing a
tSBtuUJi.-Oiiiiuiii every <luy.
M}* hair is now it# natural color and mncli
improvt'<l in nppcaai.ee every way being gh>3- ^
>ier ninl thicker and intieli more healthy look- ,
ng 1 afflt, Voifis Respectfully,
11ENUY JENKINS. s
Cor. Columbia and Carroll St*., Urooklj'n i
l.jvin<;sto\, Ala., Feb. 11, 18f?8. "
1'imif. Wood?lJeur bir.: Your Hair Restora- li
Live baa done much good in this part of the
country. My h air has been slightly diminishing
for several year-*, caused, I Guppoee, from o
a slight burn when I won quite un infant, I
have been using your llair Restorative for six ;
weeks and 1 lind that 1 have a fine head o *
hair now growing, after having used all other j
remedies known to no effect. think it the
most valuable ivmedy now exflW-, and advise | I
all who are atiiicted that way to uo your
remedy.
You cun publish tliiit if you think proper. 1
Yours, * l
S. W. MIDDLETO>*.
l'liti.AKKi.rniA, Sept. 'J, 1857. '
Pit<>K. WooiJnpcnr Sir: Your Hftir Kcs'ora- c
tivc is proving itslf beneficial to me. The
front, mill also the back part of my head'almoHt f
lost'its covering?was in fact li.ti.o. 1 have g
used but 2 half pint bottles of jour llestora
live, and now the top of my head is well 1
studded with a promising crop of young hair 1
and the front is also leeeivmg its benefit. I
i . > . h . N
nave lriccj oiner prc*|mraiii>ii0 wuuuub uiiy
benefit whatever. I th<nk from my own per- I
sonal ri'commc1idulion,I can induce man}* others
to try it. Yours, respectfully, ?
D. It. TIIQMA3, M. D. \
No. 46<f "Vine Street. t
The Restorative is put up in bottle# of three
sizes, viz: large, medium, and small; the Binall t
holds ^ & pint, and retails for one dollar per .
lottle: the medium holds at least twenty porj *
cout more in proportion than the 6mal), retails '
for two dollars per bottle; the large holds a {
quart 40 per cent, more in proportion, uud retails
for 53 n bottle. '
O.J. WOOD iL CO. Proprietors, 4-14 Broad- {
way, New York, and 114 Market St., St. Louis
K1a>
And sold by nil good Druggists nod Fancy J
Goods Dealers. I
v SOUTHERN DRIG IIOISE. '
SPEA11S & HIGH't
STILL occupy their old stand, opposite the
Planters' llote), No. 316, where they con-. (
stantly keep on band orte of the Largest Stocks
in the Southern Country, comprising every article
in the Drug and Fanoy Goods'] rade. A'J
of which tliey will sell at New York Prices.?
I'rice before you buy. [Jan. tfi, I860, 20-tf y
DR. JAMES F. MAURY 1
WOULD inform tljo publie that he has returned
to the village, and will continao
the praotiee of medicine. lleHiaj be fouud at '
he MARSHALL HOUSE, uulew professionally
tnoaged. i .. , W# i 4.?
March 1, 186044 U
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THE WINDS OF MARCH ARE HUMMING.
JtY KIT/.-OKEKNK IIALI.KCK.
Tlic winds of March are humming
Their parting eong, thoir parting song,
And euniuicrskics arc coming,
And duys grow long and days grow long
I watch, but not in gladness,
Our garden tree, our garden tree ;
It buds, in summers 'Badness,
Too soon for me, too soon for inc.
3Jy second winter's over,
Alas! and I, alas! and I
Have no accepted lover :
JWt ask inc why, don't ask mc wny,
'l is not asleen or idl*
That love has been, that love has bccti;
For many u happy bridal
The year has seen, the year has se??n ;
I've done a bridemaid's duty,
At three or four, at three or lour;
Sly b'.'st bouquet had beauty,
its donor more, its donor more,
My second winter's over,
Alas! and I, alas! audi
llave no accepted lover:
Don't ask me why, dou't ask uie why.
llis {lowers my bosom shaded
One sunny day, one sunny day;
The next, they (led and faded,
Ueau and bouquet, beau and bouquet.
In vain, at ball and parlies,
I've thrown my net I've thrown my net;
mi* waii/.mg, watching lienrt is
Unehoseii yet, unchoscn yet.
My second winter's over,
Alas! anil I, alas! and I
Have r.o accepted lover:
Don't ask inc why, don't osk ine why.
Tliey tell ine there's no hurry
For Hymen's ring, for Hymen's riug ;
And I'm to young to marry:
"1 h no such tiling, Im no Fuuh thing.
The next spring tides will dash on
My eighteenth year, 1113' eighteenth year ?
It puis tne in n pulsion,
Oh dear, oh dear ! oh dear, oh dear I
Mv seeond winter's over,
Alas! and I, nlas ! audi
Have no acecptod lover:
Don't ask mc why,"don't aBk me why.
A COQUETTE'S KISS.
"Love is the mistress of us all."
"How smooth the surfacc of the river is
his evening ! Surely ihe current is gentle
nough to tempt even the timid Mary to
euturc a sail," said I, half ironically.?
Come, hero is a boat, let us cross over and
pond an hour with the Misses II
"Hut it may be dark before wo return
nd then"? she hesitated.
"Then wo will return by tho bridge,''
aid I. "It is a delightful evening, and the
ist too that I shall spend in your pleasant
illage for the present, so let us enjoy it."
She made no reply, but placing her hand
u mine permitted rne to seat her in the
iH.lL A fi?vv cfrr\lroa r\C f1?/\ "
.. -~ v.kvw VI HIV Vill <iiJU >YV
;ained iho centre of the river. The dwelling
of the Misses II. was situated some
istauce below, and yielding ourselves to
lie current wo floated slowly down.
Report had assigned to Mary W. the unnviablc
reputation of n heartless coquette,
'he village gossips would recount her alnost
numberless pnnnncsta />cno/?iii11tr
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tnong the students of the neighboring col. ge.'
Many a fascinated undergraduate
ad thought more of her than his studies,
nd received for lii3 trouble a coquette's
miles and a tutor's frowns. Mary was ineed
beautiful and full of that graceful
ighthcartejiness, which more even than
leauty bewitches us, but one which is so
ften, alas! found united with heartless co[uetry.
At first I was led to believe that
vhat seemed the general opinion was truo.
3ut I soon thought otherwise. I could not
>ui ueneve inaiaiunn so lovely enshrined
i heart?a heart, too, susceptible of the
nirest and holiest passion that mortals
enow. My classmates, however, only smi
ed and shook their heads at what they callid
tny infatuation. But I had noticed her
tctions fur soma time closely, and in a meamro
unobserved. The inoro I 6aw the
noro wns I convinced that Mary had yet to
ove, and that when sho did, it would bo
vith a fervor of which few are capable.?
Vfeantime our slight acquaintance gradualy
became intimacy, and it was said by the
Milage gossips that I would soon bo added
o the catalogue of her vicLims. Thus the
,inie passed by until the period of my dejartnre
had arrived, and on leaving tny
oom on the last evening of my stay, I deermiSS^to-know
if sho was the heartless
jeing so generally considered, or if sho was
:ap.ible ot loving and of being loved.
For once her usual vivacity had dese'ted
ler, and our walk on this evening was uniko
the many which preceded it, almost a
nlent one.
'We return by the bridge do wef 61m inquired,
as wc left the Misses H.
'1/ you prefer it. The distance is considerable,
however; perhaps it will be loo fa~
Sguing.
'Oh, do; I like a long walk sometimes.'
A few vain attempts at conversation and
?e again walked on io silencer We had
learly reached our bpme when she hesitatingly
iuquired?
'May I ask you a question!' '
'Yes, two, if you wish,' I replied,?somewhat
piquod at her previous reserve.
'Who is Ellen C.'
'A cousin of wipe, aod a pretty ono too.*
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'You correspond with Ler V
'Yes, and hopo to seo her soon.'
"She ii< a lovely creature, eucli nn one
As poets love to dream of, pouts paiut."
"Wo had now reached the grounds enclosing
her father's residence. Instead of taking
the patli direct tothcliouso,?wo had,
unobserved by me, taken ouo leading to a
small nibcr, where wo had frequentl)' spent
an hour iu idle converse or in reading some
favoritn miflinr 'Tom full. ?
. J. Mil* , IV3L U5 I UM j
a while,' said Mary as wo readied it. Wo j
Wo entered. I obsTvod on the scat n vol- j
tunc of Tasso's Jerusalem which I had gived
her. I took it up. llcr gloves were
lying between the loaves opening to a particular
passage?a favorite of mine. Apparently
without noticing it, I referred to
the pages which I had been reading during
the day, ai.(1 then spoke of some new publications
which I had received, offering to
send them to her for perusal duriug my absence
in vacation.
'But will you call again before you
leave ?'
'I think not. My uncle's carriago will
arrive in the morning, and wo shall leave
as soon as the comincnccuieut is over.'
']5utyou can call for a moment at least.'
'Do you wish it.'
She looked up reproachfully. A tear
6tood trembling in her eve. My arm encircled
lier waist and gently drew her to
me. Our lips met; tbo first long kiss of
love was given, and ber bead sunk upon my
bosom. Wc breathed no vow, but tliat
moment lias been to me tbe holiest ono in
memory.
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1 bear my wife's r,top approaching the library.
'You arc just in time, Mary. Read
this . Have I sketched it correot!y?'
'Yes?but?'
']3ut what ?'
'You should not bavo written anything
about?
* A K/Mlf 2'
'About that kiss !'
"Well, not again.'
'You promise V
Yes, but that promise must bo sealed or
it will not be valid,' aud gentle reader my
story is ended.
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EDUCATING THE HEART.
The following remarks from a late num- i
ber of the Loudon Quarterly Review, with j
referenda to educating llio heart hofr?rr> tl??
head is too full, commend themselves to all i
wbo have the managaraent of children: j
It is the vice of the age to substitute i
learning for wisdom?to educate the head, 1
ana to forget that there is more important i
education necessary for the heart. The I
reason is cultivated at an age when nature <
does not furnish the elements necessary to a I
successful cultivation of it; and the child ]
is solicited to reflection when he is only i
sensible of sensatiion and emotioa. In infancy
the attention and the memory arc I
only excited strongly by things which im- '
il.. I il. - I 1 ? -> ?
jjicaa iLiu Bunaes una iiiuvu tuu Licuri, UUU a 1
father will instill more solid and available <
instruction in an hour spent in tbe fields,
wbere wisdom and goodness are exemplified, <
seen and felt, tban in a month spent in study,
wbere tbey are expounded in stereotype
aphorisms.
No physician doubts that precocious
children, in fifty cr?6es for one, are much
worse for the discipline tbey bavo undergone.
The mind seems to have been
strained, and the foundations for insansty
are laid. When tho studies of muturer
years are stuflod into the child's boad, people
do not reflect on the anatomical fact
that the brain of an infant is not the brain
of a man. Tlio first eight or ten years of
life should be devoted mainly to the education
of the heart?to the formationof principles
rather than to the acquirement of
what is usually called knowledge.
Nature herself points out such a course;
for the emotions are then liveliest and mo9t
Vj
easily moulded, being as yet unalloyed by
passion. It is from this source that the
mass of men aro hereafter to draw -their
sum of happiness or misery. The actions
of the immense majority aro, under all circumstances,
determined much more by feeling
than reflection ; in trutb, life present*
an lufirnty of occasions where it is ossotftial
to happiness that we should think profoundly.
'I'm afraid,' said a lady to her husband,
'that I'm going to have a stiff neck.'?
'Not at all improbable, my dear,' replied
the spouse; 'I've seen strong symptoms of
it over sinco we were first married.'
A person asked a Grecifvp philosopher
what be thought was^the proper time to
dine. 'Sir/ said the ancient, 'the proper
time of dinner^ wiWr the opnfgnt is when
he can.'
A shrewd observer onoe said tbat, in
walking the streets of a slippery morning,
one might see where the good*natarerf
people lived, by the ashes thrown on the
ice Wore the doora.
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UMXtt'lH HIHMO/JIJt TIHTTTI-n?l III !
.PERSONAL URAITS OF WASHINGTON.
A volume of recollections and privato
memoirs of Washington, by his adopted
son, with a memoir of the author, by his
daughter- isjust out, Tho.o is much iu it
that will bo read with great interest.
During the interval betweon 1759 and
1774,1110 time which Washington could
spare from his building and agricultural
improvements, was devoted in a great
measure to the pleasures of tho chase. lie
appears to have had no taste for shooting
or fishing ; but fox huutiugwasa sport in
entire accordance with his athletic habits
and Lis fondness for equestrian cxercscs.
His kennel was situated near tho family
vault,in which his remains were at first doposited.
It was a rude structure, but afforded
comfortablo quarters for the hounds.
The pack was very numerous and select.
Every morning and evening "Washington
visited and inspected the the kennels, in the
same manner as he did his stables, lie
took pride in the discipline of his hounds.
If in running one of them lost the scent,
another was at hand immediately torecovcr
it, and thus when in full cry, in sporting
phrase, you might cover the pack with a
blanket, lie kept a register of his'hbrscs
and hounds, in which might bo found tho
names, ages, and marks of each, and with
these companions of tho chase, ho was as
punctual in his attentions as to any othor
inisiness ol ins lite. At the commencement
of the season, Mount Vernon
became crowded with guests from the neigh-,
bothood from Maryland and elsewhere.
Their visits wcrj prolonged not only for
days but for week?, and tbey wero entertained
with, the exuberant hospitality of the
Old Dominion. Washington was always<
superbly mounted, and in the genuine ^cos-^'
tllTllrt I if llin /-line.. IT.I n l.lun ?"?!
?_ v. v w>.Mwwt ?i.v ??vi w <? wi^^yot)
scarlet waistcoat, buckskin breeco^g^top
boots and velvet cap. With his long thtfSS?
ged whip in hand ho took tho field at daybreak.
Will, I-cc, Lis huntsman, and^L
brave array of friends and neighbors, f&llow- I
ed iu the train, but none rode more gallantly
in tho chase, or with more cheery voice
awoke tho echoes of tho woodland, t an
the boast of Mount Vernon.
After tho close of the Revolution, tho
hunting establishment, which had gone
down during tho lato war, was renewed by
the arrival of a pack of French hounds,
ient by Lafayette. These dogs were of
great 6trcngh, and Gerce courage. They
would have been able to encounter tho wolf
c>rboar, or oven to grapple with tho lion
in his native sands, as well as to pull down
Lhe stag iu the Atnrican forest. It was
necessary to keep them in close confinement,
as from their ferocious disposition
Lkcy would not hesitate to devour a strangsr,
who might pass their kennel after uigliL- (
fall, should the gates bo unclosed. The :
huntsman always presided at their meals, (
and it was only by the vigorous uso of the
ash that any degrco of law and order could
be prnserved among these savage animals.
If the weather permitted, thero was a hunt
three times a week. Breakfast was served
on those mornings by candle-light. Washington,
as usual, took uothing but a Indian
cake and a bowl of milk. Before sunrise,
tho whole cavalcade would often have
left the house and unkenneled the fox.
Washington was one of tho most accomplished
cavaliers. lie rode with case,
eleganco and power, lie took no aocount
of any vicious propensities of his
horse. The only qualiLy whiob.ho demanded
of a horse was that ho should go along,
and ridiculed the idea that ho could bo
unseated, provided that tho animal kept on
Iiis legs. Indeed, with hid sinewy frame
and iron muscles, he had such a tenacious
gripe with his knees, that the horso might
as easily throw off his saddle as such a rider.
His favorite animal for tho chase was
ahorse called Cleskin, of a dark irou gray
color approaching to blue. This was a fine
but fiery steed, of great, ondurace in a
long run. The huntsman, Will., better
known in Revolutionary lore as Billy,
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iuuv a ug^oo taiicu uuiu&i!u<^, u wuuuup
ful leaper and very much like its rider;
low but sturdy, and of gieat bone and muscle.
Tbe only duty of Will, was to keep
with tbo bounds. Gallantly did be Jperform
biV task. Mounted ou Cbiukling,
throwing himself almost full length on tbo
animal, with a French born at his back, and
bis spur in flank, this bold rider would rush
at full speed through brake and tangled
wQpd,in a stylo at which modern huntsmen
would stand aghast. There were roads cut
through the woods in various directions, by
which timid hunters and even ladies could
enjoy the exhilarating cry without risk of
life or limb, but Washington rode gaily np
to bis dogs nor spared his impetuous steed,
as tho distended nostril of Blueskin would
show, lie was always in at the heath, and
yielded to no man the honor of the bruab.
Aftdf the obase, the party would return to
the mansion where, at the well spread
board and with the flowing glass, the incident*
of the field were discussed, while
Washington* nsve^deviating from his orderly
habits for the sake of convivial pleasarea,
would, after a few glasses of Madeira,
retire supperless to bed at nine Vj^ook.
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CHIMNEY CORNER COWARDS.
OWftheso clear, cold, bracing winter days,
when all things seem possible ! when tho
step is quick and vigorous, and the blood
leaps through tho veins, and every muscle
seems strained to its utmost tcnison ! Then
I,faco tho biting wind with a glad defiauce.
Then I laugh at tho luxurious danio in lace
sleeves, who sits, feet on tho fender, scorching
her nose, whilo littlo tricklets of cold
water seem to course down her indolent,
snivering uaoic. mis luxurious dame, who
with all her laces and diamonds, docs not
own ono warm, sensiblo out door garment
for such a day as this?and, what is worso
has no desire to do so; this fair weather
pedestrain?this dry goods doll?this butterfly,
who spreads her gauzy wings only
when tho sunshino is warmest with a very
sorry caterpillar she will be by and by ! (N.
1J.?Mr. Fern says I havo put tho cart before
tho horse, and that it is tho caterpillar
ihatturns into tho butteafly. Pshaw ! these
biographers aro always hunting up facts.
I hate facts.)
Ifnrrrili fnr tlin Kitinr* tlnva nf I
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Now sco those lazy men, who wear their
hats all day in hot countingmoms, creeping
into omtiibnsses, via their dinner, scowling
at every fresh coiner who does them the favor
to introduce a breath of fresh air to
qualify tho damp, musty straw in which
their lazy feet are buried ; who, with all
their knowledge, don't know that a good
brisk walk homo is a bettor sauce for their
food'than Soyer in his most inspired moments,
ever invented. May dyspepsia be
their merited portion ! As for me, I depluro
that snow-balling is forbidJon ray se*i
As for tne I would like to challenge that
kepulscbraljJ^-occssiou of schuol girls to a
race frori^Bnion l'ark to the Battle, As
forme, I ^ly woiidro any omnibus driver is
insane endfijfgh for a moment to halt, in the
unwarreijiud hope of tukidy me in a passenger
! As for ine, let doctors hang their
Leads, and shoe-makers hold up theirs. If
^perfer paying the butcher's bill to the
uj-uggists, is it an affair of Mrs. Grundy's!
fof'&aradoxical as it may ^appear after what I
hav<9aid,I dou't live on air ; no,4I despise
a woman who is too raiuciug to own to a
good appetite. Very substantial luncheon's
prepare the way for thoso delicate
dinners, you may depend. I've seen era ?
Oystors disappear down those lovely
throats in manner alarming to cooks.
How slic gnawed it
How ebe clu wed it
When alio found herself alone.
And ye she forgoes the brisk, stirring win
ter walk after it, which alone would save
her good looks?and this is the only argument
between you aud mc that is likely to
move?but grows loadou eyed and puffy
over sumo wr?t?h?<l Iwnlr. with n rliarrnnt
ing hsp-dog in ho rapron. If there is anything
I hate, it is a woman with a lap-dog.
[ always want to drown it and put a baby
in it3 place?ouly that I know tho baby
would have the worst of it, for your lap-dog
woman can by no possibility make a dcccnt
mother. Perhaps you think the cold
weather has made uie savage. Not at all.
I was never in a more beatific frame of
mind. At the samo time, I have a great
contempt for that man or woman who shrivels
up like a driod leaf this glorious winter
weather ; who having meat,drink and clothes
enough, has yet not spirit or blood
enough to air his or her gratitude, Miserable,
cowcring wretches ! Imagine them
coming over iu the Mayflower 1?Fanny
Fern.
Taking Cold.?A 'cold' is not necessarily
tho result of low or high temperature.
A person may go directly from a hot bath
iuto a cold one, or into snow even, and not)
take col-i. IIo may remain out iu ibe
coldest atmosphere until chilled through
and not take cold. On the contrary,ho
may take cold by pouring a couple of table
spoonfuls of wator upon soino part of bis
dress, or by standing in n door, or before a
stove, or sittiug near a wiudow or other**
opening where one part of ths body is colder
than another. Let U bo kept in miod
that uniformity to temperature over the
whole body i9 tho Brst.thing to be looked
after. It is tho unequal heat upon different
parts of tho -body that produ'oea colds, by
disturbing the uniform circulation of the
lxtrwl wlitnli in fnHl
VIVVU) uuivu ?U ?H>u luuuwa i^UU^UOtlUU Ul
some part. If you most keep a partially
wet garment on, it would pcrbape be as well
to wet the wholo uniformly.
Tho feet are a great source of colds on
account of tbe variable temperature tbey are
subjected to. Keep tbese always dry acd
avoid fraught of air, hot or ooid, wet spot#
on tho garments, and otber direct causes
of unequal temperature, and keejTthe system
braced up by plenty of sleep, and tlio
escbewiog of debilitating fagfe and drinks,
and you will bo proof aga iiqjwcotd qpd its
An origins* wnjr.of ai)8w?Tg|ft|fc^
lions at a tiuaa : 'Here, Bid4^^M-qij?ra
what's tho time o'uight, .ilfo
pwtaty padding V 'It's cig^ktU.*- '>
piitihsts as Affected dy Complex
ion.?The F^dinbtirg Medical Journal publishes
some curious observations made by
Dr. I>eddoc on the supposed proditffty to
phthisis in' persons of xanthous complexion.
The number of cases noted was fiVo bandied,
two hundred and forty of whom aro
natives of Scotland, two hundred and se venteen
wero English, and forty thfeo wefo ifisb.
Persons having gray hair wero not noted.
These observations not only dispro^d the
old notion of tbo epecU 1 liability Of xanthous
persons, but go faf toward proving
consumption to bo more rife among dafk..I.
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vv., uu.-uaMiuu |icupiu. i^j?rK eves were
more frequently met with among the phthisical
than was any oilier color, lied hair
rose slightly above, and fair hair slightly
below tho average. Brown hair counted
little more than three-fourths of its proportionate
uurnber. Dark brown, on tho'other
hand, roso almost as high abo^e tho average
and black still higher, showing an excess
in tho proportion of more than three to
two. The frequency of black hair among
the non-phthisical Irish does not tell much
on tlio average, as Ireland furnished only
forty-three cases out of the five hundred?
less than nine per cent. That consumption
may ho very frequent among persons of fino
bkiu and delicate complexion, Dr. B. does
not deny; in fact, he heieves that a very
fair complexion, especially when ennjoined
with black hair, is very often associated with
proclivity to tubercular disease. It is also
conceivable that the progress of the disease
may he in general more rapid in fair than
in dark subjects.
Sleet,?There is no fact more clearly
established in the physiology of man than
this, that the brain expands its energies and
itself during the houso of wakefulness, and
that those are recuperated during sleep ; if
the recuperating docs not equal thfe expenditure,
the brain withers?this is insanity.
Thus it is tlhtt. in early English history,
persons who were coudcmned to death by
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uuiiijj jiiuveuiuu iroiu sleeping always died
raving maniacs ; thus it is, also, that those
who arc starved to death become insane;
the brain in not nourished, and they cannot
sleep. Tho practical inferentos arc these :
?First. Those who think most, who do
most brainwork, require most sleep. Second.
That time saved from necessary sleep is
infallibly destructive to mind, body, and
estate. Third. Givo yourself, your children,
your servants?givo all that are under
you tho fullest amount of sleep they will
take, by compelling them to go to bed at
some regular early hour, and to rise in the
morning the moment they awakc?g, and,
within a fortnight, nature, with alipust ttiib
regularity of the sun, will unloose the bonds
of sleep tho moment enough* repose btjs
been .Secured for the grants of the altera.
This is the only safe and sufficient rule?
and ns to the question bctw much sleep
any one requires, each must be a rule'fpr
himself?great Nature will never fail to
writ? it out to tbo observer wider the regulations
just given.?Dr. Spicer.
Remedy for Headache.?A correspondent
writes as follows :
'My rgmedy for Ibe headaeho is to take
ouo-jbrth to one-thitd of a teacupful of
green tea, Bleep it well and drink itfJand if
tbo pain in tbo bead is not relieved within
ten minutes, repeat tbo does. This remedy
btggpever failed to cure in my case: and
the only uupleasaut effoctjof the lei, when
several does are laken, is, lo render one
ralher wakeful at uiglit.'
'Does my son William, that's in tbo
army, get jile^ty to oat ?' asked an old lady
of a recruiting sergearilgj^the other day.
IIo sees plenty,' was tl|e laconic reply.
'Bless his heArt, then, 1 know he'll hare it
if he can see it; ho always would at
homo.'
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An auctioneer on ouo occasion when
speaking to a horse dealer about tho surrounding
couorry which was very level, and
Bomo of whioh he had to dispose of, remarked,
'The country is excee^ngly beautiful,
and I doso admire a rich, flat??So
do, I, sir,* said tho grinning jockey.
An Irish clergyman once broko ofFthe
thread of his discourse, atdt^JuiB addressed
the congregation :?'My dearbrethren, let
mo tell you that I am now just'half through
my sermon, but as 1 perceive your impbtience,
I Will say that the remaining Iralf ia
not more than a quarter as long as that you
have heard.*
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A Frenchman?having heard the WQrd
proas' made use of?to imply, peraqade
press that gentlemai^^Uka somf
ments, press him to stZyJ. eto?thought be
would show Ma talents by naifig (whai^ho
imagined) a synonymous term; iad'fee,
thor?&rqpma4a tfoscryple to cry out c?(mn&ny.
OPr&y jaoueeae that lady to sine!
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9>. Goaam .Custard.?Mix a pint of
with one of milk, flva beaten eggu, a tabteof
flour, and three of sugar. .A'dd
uutmcg to' the taste, and bake the cuatard
in oage or pie-platw in a quick oven,
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