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{E the publicin geiieml. that his Packets have
commenced their weekly Trips and will sailfroin
his landing to Peck Elip in the following manner;
Sloop MECHANIf‘, ALDEN Bno'rriwr:Li; Master,
will sail Tuesdays and return Saturdays; Sloop
CITIZEN. Sainfl. T. Itlorchnzlsc, Master. will sail
Saturdays&' retumon Tliursdays, For Freight or
Passage apply to the subscriber or to eitherof the
Captains on board their respective vessels.
MONSON HOYT.
Norzcell.-, Fcbrzuzry 27, 183-2.
SADDLE 8; HARNESS IVIAICING.
THE subscriber ever thank-
ful for the patronage he has
received, would inform the
publie,that he continues to car-
ry on the above business, at
his old stand, in Saugatuck,
where he has on hand and is
’ ,__,_,._, , oconstantly lllanufacturing‘, of
"fi%*ea99.tR9'5 the first rate. l‘.'laterials, Sad-
dles, Bridles, I-larness,Trunks, Valieccs, &c., ex-
pressly for customers use. and as cheap as can be
bought in the United States. Also, for Sake, Buffalo
Robes, lvhips, Spurs,I-Iorse Blankets, Curry Combs,
and Horse Brushes, aye. &c.
*,,* Repairing done with neatncss 8: despatch.
THE highest: market price paid for Wood, in
exchange for Work PHIL0 VV- JONES-
Saugatuck, Nov. 19. I832. 257
NEW ARRANGEIVIENT.
THE STEAM BOAT
CITIZEN, Capt. Peck,
will leave Bridgeport every
, . - _:-2.5-s. Monday, Weddesday, and
5.‘,-may, at halrpast 7 o’clock, in the morning. and
5'0,-V.-aik at 11 A. M., Stamford at 12 noon, Saw Pitts
at 1 P. M. for New York.—1.eave New York on the
morning of the following days, for Saw Pitts, Stain-
for-d, Norwalk and Bridgeport. '
Stages will be in readiness on the arrival of the
Boat at the above named places, to carry passen-
gers as usual.
FOR SALE,
A PLEASANTLY situated, and
very convenient built Dwelling
House, and an Acre of Good Land
adjoining, with fine Fruit, and other
conveniencies, situated a few rods
above the old Well School House, and near the
Methodist Me-e'.ingHouse. The House is in good
azepair, and willbe sold cheap. For further partic-
ulars enquire of Cuuiu-:5 MALLORY.
Norwalk, August 24, I832. 244
"" ousn F0 RSALE.
HE subscriber offers for sale his
Dwelling House, and the whole
orapart of the homestead containing
about 12 acres of first rate land, with
‘ ngood new Barn, and a variety of
Fruit Trees, &c. standing thereon. For further
particulars inquire of the subscriber, near the prem.
ices, about half a mile West of theBridge. If not
sold by the 1st of April, it will be rented for the your
ensuing.
Norwalk. Dec. 15, I832.
H3’ HATS. éill
THE Subscriber have on hand an
assortment ofgentlemens’Hat8 Ofgoot‘.
quality,and intend keeping a full sup-
._ ply made in the best manner and fin-
‘. 3., ished in New York in the latest style.
‘ Gentlemen can be supplied with Hats
to Order upon short notice.
ALFRED MALLORY.
Norwalk, March 2, 1838. 219
JAMES BENEDICT.
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POETRY.
From. the Saturday Evening Post.
THE DREAMS OF YOUTH.
Delusive, childhood, are thy golden dreams,
\Vlien fancy spor's among elysian bower.-‘,
'Ilirough Wlll(.'ll:l)'l‘.'.‘i‘liltl(?l' many crystal’strcams,
\Vith margin decked with r.iinbow tinted flowers,
The world seems lovely to the young in years,
Bcrelt ofthorns the pull) oflife appearr.
But soon departs the rosy morn ofyouth,
No more we rove beneath unclouded skies,
And age mature unveils the chilling truth,
Tliatdreains ofbliss are not realities.
Our bark glides not as smoothly as before,
And Eden breezes swell the sail no more.
By mingling in the stir and strife of men
The finer feelings of the soul decay, .
Our early visions prove abortive then,
And smiles no longer greet us ‘on our way.
Time leaves his furrows on the sunken cheek,
VVlier health once painted his rich, rosy streak.
We linger fondly o'er departed years.
And oft in fancy do the past retread,
Before the eye grew dim with lava-tears
\Vhen blossoms perfume in our pathway shed ;
\Vlien hope allured us, with her syren smile,
And liunuiii bosoms seem’d devoid of guile.
We sadly find by retrospective glance,
How few are living whom in youth we knew,
The voiceless tomb, their last inhcritance,
Couceals their forms forever from our view.
Our dreams of pleasure vaiiisii_. when we know
That life is but a pilgrimage ofwoe.
TO A KISS.
Humid seal of soft affections,
Tendcrest pledge of future bliss!
Dearest tic of young conucxions,
Love’s first snow-drop, Virgin kiss!
Sparking silence! dum confession!
P.issiou’s birth ! and infants play !
Dovelike fondness ! chaste concesssion!
Glowing dawn of brighter day.’
Sorrowing joy ! adieu’s last action!
\Vhen liiigeriiig lips no more mustjoin,
‘What. words can ever speak affection
Sothriliing, so sincei e, as thine!
;....1_..._..
IVEISGELLANY.
The following story is a selection from
a work in press, entitled “A Yankee among
the Nullifiers,” and purports to be related
to the author, by a South Caroliiiian.---
N. Y. Traveler.
TI-IE TIN PEDLERJS “SLEEPY
DAVID.” _
“The Yankees, as I said before.,are apt to
be too CUTE for us in everv thing except
horse-flesh, and even sometimes in that.---
It was this day three years ago, and on this
very spot, that I entered my horse South-
ron for a purse oftwo thousand dollars. He
had won a like sum two years before with
all ease. In short he was the best horse at
that time in all Carolinia. There were to
be sure two other horses, and very fine ones
two, entered against him ; but they were no
touch to Southron, and I was as sure ofwin-
uing as I am of sitting here this moment---
when who should come along but a Yankee
with a tin cart ! He had the shabbiest,Worst
looking horse you ever set eyes on. He
was a lean, slab-sided, cross-legged,
i'ougl'i-haired, milk-and-molasses colored
son of a gun, as ever went; on four legs.
He stood all the Lllne as if he was asleep-
in fact, his owner called him SLEEPY
Davin. "In short, sir, he was such a horse
as would not have brought twenty dollars.
It was near the hour of starting, when
the pecllar, whose exterior corresponded
marvellously with his horse, and who said
his name was Zadock Barker, to the as-
tonishment of all, intimated a. wish to enter
his horse along with the rest.
‘Your horse!’ exclaimed I——-what that
sleepy looking creature there’! ‘ You’d
better enter him for the turkey-buzzards.’
‘Not’s you know on, Mister,’ returned
the Yankee, with some show of spirit. ‘ To
be sure the crittur looks rather sleepy as he
stands, and on that account I call him
Sleepy David; but he’s a jo-fired smart
horse for all that. He is like a singed cat,
a darned sight; better than he looks. I
should like tarnation well to try him against
some of your South Carolina horses. To
be sure I didn’t come allthe way from home
on purpose; but as I was a coming out this
way with a load of tin and other notions, I
thought I might time it so as to kill two
birds with one stone; for, thinks I to my-
self, if I can win the purse and peddle
off my notions at the same time, I shall
make a plaguy good speck. But I had to
hurry on like the nation, to git here in sea-
son; and that’s one reason my lioss looks
so kind of shabby and out of kilter this
morning. But for all that he’ll perform
like days work I tell you. _
Supposing he had no idea of running his
horse, and that all‘ he said was merely to
gratify his propensity for talking,I bade him
be gone, and not trouble me with hisYankee
oalaver.
‘ VVliy, Mister said he, ‘ this is a free coun-
try, and a man has a right to talk, or let_ it
alone, jest as he can afford. Now I’ve ta-
ken a good deal of pains to get here this
morning in order to run Sleepy David a-
gainst some of your Southern horses. I
aint ajoking, sir, I’m in airncst. I under-
stand there is 8. purse of two thousand
dollars, and 1 should like amazingly to pick
it up.
You talk of picking up a purse Of two
thousand dollars with that bit of carrion of
yours. Away with you, and dont trouble
us any further’!
‘ ‘Veil, ifI caii’t run then I spose I caii’t;
but it’s darned hard any how for a man to
take so much pains as I have to come to the
races, and then can’t be allowed to run after
all.”
‘It’s too late now: by the rules of the
course the horse should have been entered
yesterday; however, if you’ll plank the eu-
NQTRI-VAEiK, CONN. TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 1833.
trance money, perliaps; you may get in yet.’
I said this by way of getting rid of the
fellow, having no idea he could command a
fourth part of the sum requiicd.
‘How much miglit the entrance money be’!
drawing out a purse containing a few shil-
Iingsiu silver and a few pence in copper.
‘If it aint more’ii a qnai'tci' of a dollar or
so, I’ll plank it on the nail.’
‘ It is two llllt‘l(Il'C(l dollars.’
‘ Two liuiidrcd dollars!’ exclaimed the
Yankee. ‘By golly, what a price! why
they axed me only a quarter of a dollar
to see the Cl(l1)llt1lll2_1l.ll(l the whole caravan in
New Yoi'k.—Two liiiiidrcd dollars! why
you must be joliiiig now. Bless me! my
whole load of tin ware, linss, wagon and
all, woi.il(.lii’tfctclithat. ‘But Mister, dou’t
you think I could get in for ten dollars 1’
. ‘Nothing short of two liuiidred; and
that must be paid in the short space of
five minutes.”
VVC now tliouglit we had fairly got rid of
the fellow; but lte l'Cil.ll‘llC(l to the cliarrgc,
and asked if fifty dollars would not do,
then seventy-five, then a liuridred; and
fiiidiug‘ he could not make a bargaiii for
less than the regular sum, he engaged to
give it, provided he could find any one
to loan him the money, for which lie of-
fered to pawn his wagon, load of notions,
and Sleepy David to boot. He asked
one, then unotlicr, to accommodate him
with the loan—dcclai'ing that as soon as
ever he took the purse, the money should
be returiiecl, and he would give a dozen
of tin whistles into the bargain. Ilc, how-
ever, got more curses than coppcrs, until
some wag, who had plenty of cash. and
liked to see the sport on, lent him
the hundred dollars out of sheer malice-
though, as it afterwards appeared, the
Yankee had money enough about him,
and was merely playing the ’possuin all
the while.
Ills next object was to borrow a sa‘-
dle.—Hcre also he was accommodated;
and taking Sleepy David from the tin
cart, he scranibled upon his back, and
took his station on the course. You never
saw :1 follow sit on a horse so awkward-
ly in all your life. Every body said he
would fall before he lizid gone a hundred
yards; and some, out of coinpassioii, urg-
ed him to withdraw.
‘ Not by a darn’(l siglit ! etzclaimed lie——
‘ why do you think I am such :1 tariicl
fool as to pay two liundred dollars, and
then not run artcr all?
Others, who wanted to see the sport,
tiiougli it should cost some broken bones,
encouraged hnn to p1'oceed--saying‘, as they
laughed aloud, that they had no doubt but
he would carry offtlic purse.
‘That’s wliatI mean to do,’ said he---‘I
liaiiit come here for uotliiiig I can tell yoi --
W'ake up Sleepy David, and look about you
you must have your eyes open to-day; it’s
no time to be suoozin when tlicre’s money
at stake.’
The horse, as if he understood what his
master was saying, opened his eyes, pricked
up his ears, and actually showed some signs
of life. -
The signal was now given to start.---
Away sprung Soutliron, with the speed of
lightning, and away sprang the other South-
ern horses, lcaving Sleepy David far in the
'ear,and the pedlervcrgiiig from side to side,
as ifhe wasjust ready to fall oil’. The horse
went pawing along with his tail clinging
close to his haunclies, and his nose stuck
out straight before him; and you never be-
held so queer a figure cut by inau and horse
as this singular pair made. But they im-
proved as they procccdcd ; the pcdler sat.
more jocky-like, and the horse evidently
gained upon the others. But it would not
do. He came in halfa mile behind South-
rou, and a little less less behind the others.
It was now tliouglit; that the Yankee had
got enough of the race, and would witlidrav.r
before the next heat. Contrary to all ex-
pectation, liowcvcr, he persevered; and
even ofl'ered to bet a tzliousaud dollars on
the issue of the race.
‘The fellow’s a fool,’ said one.
‘He don’t know which side his bread is
buttcrcd,’said another, ‘or else he wouldn’t
risk any more money on so desperate 11
stake.’
‘He’s safe enough there,’ said a third,
‘for he has no more to risk.’
Here, however, every -body was mis-
taken again, for the pedler hauled out
and old greasy pocket book and plankeda
thousand dollars. It was covered of cou.rsc.
But I confess I now begun to be stagger-
ed; and to suspect the Yankee was after
all more kuave than fool. I had no fears
however, for the purse. Southron was not
a horse to be distanced in one day, and
especially by such a miserable looking
beast as Sleepy David.
The second heat was now commenced;
and, if I had before felt confident in the
entire superiority of my noble horse South-
ron, that confidence was strengthened, as
I again saw him coming ahead of the
rest. I considered the purse now my own
property. In imagination I grasped it,
and was about putting it safelyin my pock-
ct, wlicn--- lo and behold! the pedler’s
horse, which was behind all the rest, sud-
denly shot forward; and stretching his cock
like a crane, won the heat by a threat-
latch.
Every body was astonished.
The Yankee, in the mean time, offer-
ed to plank another thousand dollars; but
nobody would take the bet. And°it was
well they didn’t, for at the third ’heat,
Sleepy David not only distanced every
horse, but even came in a full quarter of
a mile ahead of Soiithron himself.
‘There, by gauly !’ said the Yankee, as
he dismounted, ‘I’ll take that are lectle
purse if you pleas, and the totlier cool
thousand ! I know well enough your South
crn bosses cau‘ld’nt hold a candle to Sleepy
David.’ ” -
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DIVORCE.
A short time sincc,a petition was present-
ed to the Legislature of Pennsylvaiiiii,
praying that the. bonds of niritriinony that
then existed between Thomas Hayes and
Caroline his wife, niiglit be dissolved. The
petition was presented under circiimstaii-
ccs at once the most extr:ioi'diiiai'y and iii-
terestiug. \Vliilst the petition was pending
Mr. Packer addressed the Senate as follows :
The case now before the Senate may be
considered in some respect, a peculiar one,
and I am not sure lbull I can present it in so
forcibly---certainly not in so feeling :1 inan-
iiei',as it has been presented by the petitioner
liimslefin the paper which was read in coin-
mittee, of the whole. The bill proposes to
declare mill and void, the inarriage contract;
of Thomas Hayes and Caroline Geddis---a
contract which in legal parlance, was only
in part exccuted,:ind in which coiiteniplation
of divine precept and spiritiizil _iui‘ispriulenCC ,
was never C()l'lStlll'lll1i.lt0(l ; :1 contract, which,
though virtually received by the parties, is
iievcrtlicless considered so far biiiding as to
have prompted this application, and have
filled the bosoins oftlie parties with thorns,
and the hearts of their fri_ei'ids and relatives,
and part:ici:larly of their aged and respect-
able parents, witli pain and aiigiiisli.
The parents of the parties have lor.,r__r rc-
sided in the sonic town, and have always
lived upon habits of iiitimucy and friend-
ship, Thcy are respected by the whole
community in which they reside, and by
honest industry and propriety, have attai.ii-
ed to afilucnce and wealtli. Tin-ir children
spraiig up around them, and they seemed
toinlierit the virtues of their parents, and
by their exemplary good conduct hail gain-
ed the aifectioiisof the circle in which they
moved. Tlioiiias and Caroline were inti-
mate from their cliildliood---they were
mates oftlie same school, and as ilicy grew
in years,!ikc two flowers oftlic same garden,
that seems, as they sprung up and advanced
in maturity, to incline ii':scn.sibly to each
other, and to iiitcrweave their foilage ; they
seemed destined to unite their lives. The
wedding day was set and their parents con-
senting‘ to the union, wliicli was considered
in all respects a suitable one, looked with
pleasing aiiricipatioiis to the fiitiirc happi-
ness of l'll(:ll'Cl’lll!.l:'€ll. All was gaiety, liar-
inony, conviviality, and virtuous mirtli.
The ceremony was performed, and for a
time this scene of joy and good cheer coii—
tinuet .---But it contiiiued for :1 time only---
not a day---nay, not an hour! The scene
was cliaugcd, and the bride who befoi'c ap-
peared in all her loveliness, and was “ob-
served of all observers,” was now silent sul-
len and sad. There was ‘sometliiiig in her
soul o’cr which her inelanclioly satin brood,’
It was discovered, but to late, that while
her haml hail been tendered in i:iai'i'iag'e to
one, her heart and her afections belonged
to another. How straiige the infatuation,
and how eccentric some times the operations
of the human mind ! Her passions and her
afi'ections were pursuing one road, while
her acts ran along another, and her reason
boingtoo weak to controul and combat them
each gaining strength by time and circum-
stance, slie proceeded step by step until the
fatal crisis arrived, and having reached the
very summit of the cliff, both were precipi-
tated into their present state of difficulty
and pci'plexit_y. The intimacy which had
so long existed between them, and which
with him had ripened into love, ardent dc‘-
voted, with her had assumed the character
of friendsliip onl_v, which in truth is but a
name-an empty sound. “I*‘i'ailty, thy
name is woman !”
Yet, “witli all their faults we love them
still,” and while in the present case-, we
have to deplore that weakness of her nature
which allowed concealment to grow into
crime, and to invcigle an honest and unsus-
pecting licai't,yet the fact pleads for the no-
bler virtues oftlie scx—-constancy and fidel-
ity. _It strikinly exemplifies the truth of
Moore, that “no srcoxn passion c’er can
charm :”
“Oh, say not woniaii’s love is bought, .
By vain and empty ti'easure-
Oh, say not women's heart is caught
By every idle pleasure.
Wtien once her gentle bosom knows
Love’s flame, it wanders never;
Deep in her heart the passion glows-
Slie loves and loves forever.”
All the prospects of future happiness-all
the cntreaties and cndearmeuts of a tender
and devoted liusbaud——all the solicitations,
pcrsuasioiis, and reasoiiings and tears, and
devices of parents and relatives were una-
vailing. She was Ill8X0l‘Ell)l(-.,illl(I, her deter-
mination unalterable. All hope of concili-
ation vanished, and in about four days after
themarriage they separated forever. There
was no alternative. \Vliat other could have
been pursued? In the language of the pe-
titioner liimself: “Manhood, honor, self-
respect, forbade that he should drag her
from her fatber’s house a reluctant and
loathing bride. In company she treated
him with disrespect and shunned his conver-
sation. Every expedient that the fondest
affection could devise had been tried in vain-
and your petitioner adopted the only course
which a man of honor could adopt—l1e Fe
linquislicd her forever.
This, Mr.Speakcr, is not the kind of case
contemplated by our act of Assembly cin-
powcring our courts to decree divorces.——
There has been no “irmlicious clescrtion
and absence by either from the habitation
oftlieptlier for two years,” because they had
not acquired a habitation. There had been
no “turning out of doors,” nor “indignities
and barbarous treatment, endangering life,”
although in the laiigiiage of the act, “life
had truly become burtlicnsomc, and their
condition intolerable” They had never lived
together as man and wife, and fortuiiately
there is not, as -in ordinary cases of divorce,
:1 family of children left to mourn over the
fruiltics and inisfortuiics of their parents.
my 1 i_f'IiLl'L1|.\I¢aI'
The case, tlicrc-fore, is a peculiar, and re-
quiring the iiiterpositioii ofthe Ioffglsli-lilll'(‘.
All parties join in the prayer that a di-
vorce may be dccrced—-alljoin in an implor-
iiig the Legislatiire to pluck this sting
from the bosom of this ill-fated couple, and
to save, if possible, the gray hairs of their
parents from going down sorroiving to the
gruve. The bill passed ?£7l(2'.7t'l"I-‘0?«’Sl_.'/.
Tim Liiwrrciz AND THE ‘WILL.---illi'. C
was a lawyer in the north of Scotland, pos-
scssed of talent, and the strictest integrity,
rose to great iriflucnce, not in one but two
counties, ucqiiired landed property, was a
jiidicioiis improver, and must have left he-
hind him very C()llSl(lt.‘l'2.ll)lC wcaltli. On
one occasion he was sent for by an old gen
tleman to iiiake his will, who by early in-
dustry and rigid ecouoiny, or rather pru-
dence, had accumulated :1 very liaudsoinc
fortune. This old gcntleinaii had a broth-
er in London, whom every body supposed
would be his heir, but his i'el:~.tive’s temper
was very peculiar, and his reslovcs, \\'l‘.Ctl
once formed, as irreversible as fate itself.
A l'lllSUl'l(lCl'Sifll‘i(IlHg‘ or quarrel liud arisen,
and the testator, to use a common phrase,
had secretly deterininerl to ‘cut his_ brother
olfwitli a shilling.’ Tlicman of business,
on learning this intention, looked the vcr"
picture of amazement, and was of course
still more confounded and surprised when
directed to put liimself down as heir. This
injiinctioii he declined to obey; talked of
the London lirotlicr’s family ; of the suspi-
cious that would attach to his own charac-
ter, and the scandalous ruinors that would
be circulated against him; and, in short,
made a liberal use of every dissiiasivewliicli
an honest mind could dictate, or language
convey. But it was all to no purpose ; the
testutor pleaded in favor ofliis a_«_>;ciit, while
imrczhi/c diclu, the agent pleaded against
liimsclf, nn(l,ainoug other things, was re-
miiirlcd by his employer that lie was the en-
ly man he had met with during all his ex-
perience, who rt-jectctl rather than cour-
ted the smiles offortuiie, and considered a
very handsome estate umvoi'tliy of accep-
tance, wlicre the purchase money was less
tlian a. pepper corn rent. All this he bore
calmly, and it was only towards the conclu-
sion oftlic controversy, when asked wliotlier
he had not a nephew, a cousin, or a boy in
the o‘i-‘lice, who niight have no objection to
‘a lump ofland,’ that he consented to sub-
stitute his own name, on finding the other
so wilful and capricious. Tliis point coii-
ceeded, the deed was drawn, signed and
executed, and liaiided over to the wi‘itc1' as
custodier, as well as for the purpose of rcg~
istration. But with him it did not remain
long. Having seine acquaintaiicc with a
nobleman who resided in the noigliberliood,
repaired to his seat, told him wliat liad liap-
pened, begged he would take a note of the
circumstaiice, and return the will in his own
possession, lest, in an evil moment, he should
be tempted to deviate from the path ofduty.
The old gentleman only survived a few
months, and his brotlier, so soon as circum-
stance was revealed to him, paid an early or
immediate visit to the north of Scotland.»-
Hc was received by the agent, who accom-
panied him to the seat of his noble friend,
and without divulging the secret fartlier, or
making any merit of his own generosity,
requested the production of the deed of set-
tleinent, that it miglit be read and shown to
the heir-at-law. All this was done, and it
was only when the stranger remarked, a-
midst: the bitterness of his disappointment,
that it was hardly worth while to bring; him
so far on so unpleasant and errand, that Mr.
O. placed the will in his hands, axplaincd
his feelings so far, and with the greatest
coolness volunteered a reconvcyanec.
This was a sudden transition with a ven-
geance, from dis-appoiutmeiit to hope, from
competence to aflluencc, and it need liardly
be added that the brotlicr, in the first instance
looked unutterable tliings, scarcely beliving
the evidence of his senses, and reqiiired
sonietliing very like cutreaty before he could
be induced to study his own interest .by al-
lowing others to make an auto do ft: of the
caprice and prejudices of a defunct re-
lation. An 1ll1(.f5‘l’Stfln(llllg ensued of the
most; gi'atifyii'ig nature; all parties were
pleased ; and the lawyer in the long-run,
received a present amounting to several
tliousand pounds, in token of his disiiitere.s—
ted and deserving coudiict. The story more-
over, soon ‘got wind.’ His clniractei'i'ose to
a high prciniuin,---business waxed every
day, and inspired, right liand and left, such
a (lcgaee ofcoufidencc, that he became the
legal leader of two counties. And here
ends our anecdote, unless we choose to add,
that in repeating it to a blunt visitor, the
man exclaimed, on the spur of the moment
‘Lawyers 0’ that kind are thin sawn.’---
Dam. Cour.
Tun SunLiMi3.—-Our German friends are
in the habit of publicly announcing the dem-
ise of their near relatives with a tribute to
their memory. In how poetical a fashion
this is sometimes done, take the following,-
wliicli we have pilfcred to the very letter
from a Rbenish paper,---in proof ;---“'I‘hc
inmost feelings of my adored husband went
to slerp, quietly and happily/, on the 16th
instant. The extent ofiny suffering none
know better than myself: nor my present
condition, nor the stagnation of business,---
much less the dead weight, which altogeth-
er strains m._1/loins. He, the dear departed
Fi'edcriek M , as my husband, every
inch of him ; he was partner in all the.af-
flictions of life with myself; and I wish,
tliercforc, every one as sp_ced_7/ and [N1]?-
p_1/ an and as his. To_ enjoy. the folly of
life with groaning of 1/16 SPl7‘?ta'''tl11S 13
what I call virtue and umlm-standing ; pa-
tience and wakefulness, and inelaizc/ioly and
ecstasy and to build the -mansion of peace in
oiie’s own bosom, are ten thousand times
more costly possessions than gold" or virtue.
Our business will not hitch ; and I will do
my utmost as a widow.”---Constellation.
rm.
rm. 14.
BviioN’s OPiNioN or BEAUTY.---I do not
speak of mere beauty (continued Byron) of
feature or complcctinn, but of expression,
that looking out of the soul through the eyes
which in my opinion, constitutes true beau-
ty. V‘-Tomcn have lceu pointed out to me as
beautiful, who never could have interrcsted
my feelings from their want ofcountenance ;
and others who were little remarked, have
struck me as being captivating, from the
force of countenance. A woman’s face
ought to he like an April day— susceptible
of change and variet '; but sunshine should
often glearn over it, to replace the clouds
and showers tliat may obscure its lustre,
wliicli, poetical description apart in sober
prose means ~tliat; good-liumourczl smiles
ought to be ready to chase away the expres-
sion of pciisivcncss or earthly ill call forth.
“YOIHCH were riieaut to be the exciters of
all that is finest in cur nature, and the sooth-
ers of all that is turbulent; and liorsli. Of
what use, then, can a handsome automaton
llC‘, after one has got acquainted with a face
that knows iiocliange,tliougliit causes ina-
ny? This is a style of look_s I could not
bear the sight of for a week, and yet such
are the looks that pass in society, for pretty,
handsome, and l~eaiitifiil.—-III. ZlIaga::z'ne.
A S'riu«‘.A'rciiiin.—An e!clc~i-lygontlcman 0’
uniinpeacliiililc veracity, tlioiigli, by the Wfl_‘
soinewliat. addicted to story telling, relate:
the foll0winq',—
During the early years of this town be-
fore carts cuenc in vogue, he was accustom
cd to haul his wood by the aid of an olc
black mare, kept in his service.——Now lllt
old marc’s lltll‘llC£S consisted of a breast
plate andtraccs, made ofthe untanned hide
of an ox. At the close of a rainy day, he
went to his wood lot, sitiiated some forty or
fifty rods from his dwelling, for the purpose
of procuring: a load of wood. After having
cut a log wliicli be judged would be a smart
load for his beast, be fastened her to one
end, set her head towards home, and gave
her rein. The old more continued her
course till she arrived at his door, when to
his sur,irise he discovered, that owing to
the giwrat extensibility of the traccs,they had
strectlicd the whole distance, without mov-
ing the load an inch. Tlirowiiig_' down his
axe, he went to his bcast,~aud re-moving the
liarncss from her, threw the breast plate
over a post that stood near the door, and
went to bed. Upon rising in the morning
he found the heat of the sun had so opera-
ted on the coii‘iract;iliility of the traces as to
bring his wood up to his door, ready for
liewing and splitliiig.—LI2u'cll Comyicml.
In the year IS!-1, Major Brown, of the
United Sii'1IL’S;l.l'lIly, wore a cone with the
initials “R. B. B.” marked on the cap.---
Being‘ asked what they stood for, the l'vlajo1‘
replied that his father was a Revolutionary
soldier, and that his babtismal name was
B1'_i‘ant. He (the Major) was born during
his fatlier’s absence with the Army, and his
mother anxious for the return of her lins-
l)fll'l(l, cristencd the little pledge Return Bry-
ant; and_so llliijor passes throizgli life as
Return Bryant Brown. In due time after
his fatlier’s retui'ii from the army, :1 sister
was born and his father took it into his head
to 1'etu1'i’i the compliuicnt, by calling her
after her mother (who bore the old fashoned
name of Molly) and pmtixiiig thereto Re-
member; so that his sister, unless she has
since clian_«_rcd lier naine,is iisually recorded
as “Rcuiei'nbci' Molly Brown.”
Traizscript.
A wagliappened to go into the shop of
atailor just as the latter was in the act of
p:1tcliin_-,' an old giirniciit with new cloth,
thus addressed the kiiiglit oftlic bodkin .—
“You, sir, are no man, and I can prove it
by the highest aiitiiority.” “How so,” rc-
plicd the iiiisiispcctiiig tailor, as he plied
his needle with redoiililed activity, “I should.
like to hear the evideiicc foryour assertion.”
HY \ , ‘ , 97
on shall be accommodated, sii, says
the wag, asking him at the same moment,
if he l‘CC0llGClC(i of ever having read the
passage in the New Testament which de-
clares that “no man putteth a piece of new
cloth into an old garment.” The tailor
laughed heartily at tliejest, and insisted up-
on qiiafiiiiga pint of Old Cicily with the
wag, at his own expense. .
A SPUNKY I).-\i\IE.-A. women offering to
sign a deed, the judge asked her whether
her husband compelled her to Sign it’! “He
compel me !” said the lady; “no, nor twen-
ty like him!”
C'o0pcri72g.—Iii a country paper, the
marriage is announced of a “Mr. Cooper
to Miss Stoves,” the result will be Barrels,
probably. ' ‘
To PROMOTE 'rn,i«: GROWTH or '.l‘,n.i;i-:s.-—Some
separate the drybaik of fruit: and forest trees,
to promote their growth, and prevent the bark
from binding‘ too much. This disiigures the
tree, makim seems in the trunk. and makes it
grow in angles. The best way is, ‘when the ‘sap
is forced up by warmth of the spring, to scrape
off the scaly particles of the dead bark, and
wash the trees repeatedly during the week, with
soap suds, &,c. Trees of C()|lSltl0l'a’Jle age will
then have aryouthfnl rippearaiiec, be more thrifiy,_
and in the case of fruit trees, the fruit will make
more cider. than that grown on scurvy, moss
grov. th trees.
Put cinders, bones. and stories, about {'33 roots
of pear trees; it will increase their gm“.-1], one
illlfd, and SEVG them from llle bll5:,,1[._C{en7;c_g_g-gg
Farmer.
Lamb, Lion, and I103-._.When Noah planted
the first vine. ‘and ‘retired, Satan approached it
and said, “I will nurturgtyou ; ,-_.b,,,,,,;,,g p]unt!1)
He quickly fetched three animals :_ a sheep, a
11011. find 11 hog. and killed one aftor_aiioilier, near
the vine. The virtue of the three animals penc.
Hated It, and is still manifest in its growth, When
a man drinks one bottle of wine, he is agreeable,
gentle, and friendly——that is the nature of the
lamb; when he drinks two, he is a lion, and says
“ who is like me !” He then talks ofstupendous
things; when he drinks more, his senses forsake
him, and at length he Wallows in the mire-—iiegd
I
, it. be said he then‘ resembles a hog?
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