Two DWLLARS PER ANi\’UM,]
“ nowr GIVE
if w—
UP THE SHIP.”
;:
[PAYABLE IN AUVANCF,’
«J
« VOL. XXI.
THE NORWALK GAZETTE,
lS ?UBLlSHED EVERY WEDNESDAY MORWVIG,
ovtan no r'r's STORE. ON THE D091:
I/Vest side the Bridge.
Tntuts.-_-—'l‘wo dollars per annurrt, payable in
pdvance——$2 .25 at the end of the year.
To subscribers who live out pf the Carrier's
district and call at t_he Office for their papers,
31 50 per year, zfpaid in advance—other_wise
.552 will be charged. Mail subscribers $2 per
_annum, payable in advance. Noothers attend-
“ed to, and no suhsc :,ption receivtd for less than
_six months. To companies of six or tnore, re-
ieeiving their papers by mail. 31 50, payable all
- rloget/ter, in advance. '
' Execulor's and Administrator's Notices. 3 in-
sertions, $1—Commissioner's notices, 551 25.
Yearly advertisers. one squ_t_1T,c, $10 per annum,
2‘ payable quarterly in advance. All nth_er adver-
tisements at the rate of $9]. per square for 3 inser-
tions. and 25 cents for each subsequenL insertion.
0;‘? All casual advertisements sent to this Of-
fice. should be accompanied by the cash, No
pthers attended to.
JOB PRIN TING»
OF ALL tttzvns.
NEATLY EXECUTED AT THIS OFFIL E-
’ \
GUARD AGAINST
PROTE("1'ION I.\’SURA:VU_f,‘ C,(_)tl1PAf\’I/.
' ll.LtAM J. S t'ltt~:E‘1‘, or 1\.'.(J_|’\Vt1lli.}‘g¢3'“ of
the Protection Insurance Cgmpany,iit Hart
fortl,Conm-cticut, offers to lu.-ure Houses, Stores.
Mills, I-‘aiztories, B2l|'l1~', and the contents ofettclt,
gtogettltcr with et'ct__‘y other similar species ofpropcr
y,'Aguinst Loss or Damage by Fire. '1 he rates of
remium offered, are as low zistliose ol”an_y otlter
,eiiitilarlnstittttion,aitd even)’ "'''v”' has now 3" °P‘
_ portuitily, fora trifling sitiit, to protect ltinrselt
‘lagaittst this Ilr‘StI‘lIt.ll\'e r-lenient, which often in a
pioglo hour, sivenru-uvay the carntnge of many
‘ yt-ars. _ _
Tlie cotit-sit.-ine olhcepttitstu-‘in tranxacttngtlteit
,bttsine.-tsanil in tlie.id_justittgiiiitt pttytiietiinot losses,
_n prompt and llbttlal. For terwis ofin.-‘iirttncc, appli-
,cation may be mzidcto the above itaiqetl Agent, -rho
. snutliorizedtoi.-qsue policieslo applicants without
’ jdelay. -_
Norwalk. .l:..‘t 4. l82l7. 3
'1 UEN‘S UNIVERSALS’l‘RENG'l‘HEN-
L ING l’LAS'l‘ER, Celebrated for curing
pains in the breast, side, back, or limbs. Also
;for gout, rheumatism audlivcr contplaintf, for
,sale by J. A. WEED.
INSWRANGE
' BY A NEVV-YORK OFFICE.
GEOR GE iS’,1';A.;0§;f;l(3I0.(/)1O((§E1V’1'. GAP]-
, RATES of Premiitm very rcasonable—losscs
promptly and liberally adjusted and paid.
For a small yearly sum, save yourselves from
being suddenly, by the ravages of fire, reduced
-to penury and want, from circttmstapgeélolfease
and affluence. GEORGE ST. .
Agent ofthe II-oyylartl YIIlS1l:l't1.llC0 Company, 54
_ \Vallstrcet. e\v- or’.
\ Norwalk, August 7, 1837. 22
’ war-fare §Z-tt.attt‘a:tc-.- Ctntttpaitp
/ HAR'i‘l-‘0l’.D, C0-.\'i\’l'ZC'I'l(.‘U'l‘.
'1.
BENJAMIN 1*-XACS. AGENT.
_ttcorporatntl in 1810, with a “noiiul ot :$l5l),00O,
_ and power to increase the sa~..o to $250,000.
3 ! HISlongestahlis|imlit.stit«tion has for more
E than it quitrtcr of a century transacted its ex
Pl,-,g,p;iy1’iig itc lOS.~af'.\ with lioiiornblr promptuets:
‘And the p|'c.“ett1. Board ot'l)irr-ctor-4 ])l8(lgOlllClnS4"lVC.'~
this-t p.ti't.ii:til:ir fully to iitaiiitiiin the high rcputa
jinn of the Comp-.ttty. It insures upon the most fa
-vo-‘able lcrin.-t, pulolit‘, hnilrlittgs,i:liurt~lies,dwellings,
y,i.,ri-s. mpi-vl.:inilise;fiirnitut'e. and personal prop_c_t'
,1y gencrztlly .:tgaiitttt loss or daittttgt-b_v lire.
lsmird ofDiicctors.——Eliplti-let 'I'r.-i'_ry, S. H. Hunt
jttgtoti, H. Httntington,Jr. Albeit Day. Samuel \Vil
‘ _!i:iins, Edwin D Morgan, Job Allyn, George Put
pain, Jniiius S. Morgan.
l-'.l.ll'll:\LE'l' 'l'liRRY, President.
J.-'\.\‘lF.S G. BUl.l.l’.S, Scct'ctary.
_’-:'.it'w:ilk, Aug. l0, i836.
VIORWALK STEAM COMFECTIOVIARY,
HE subscribers are now prepared to manu-
facture all kinds of Coiifectionary, in the
best manner and of superior stock, which for
, tlurabilityand beauty of appearance are surpass-
ed by nottc. Experience" has tnugh‘. their; that
an article made ofthe best quality of sugars and
sold at a proportionate price, is far hotter, botlt
for the buyer and seller than a. poor article at _
low price. They have therefore conclutled to
take the former course. Country merchaitts can
always depend pponibeing supplied at their doors
with a f_l‘(?§ll article. All kinds of Confccttonary.
both wholesale and retail, at their establishment
{ No. ,5 Wall street, where all wislting to pur-
']chase are invited to call.
N. B. A splendid article of.TU_._TUBE PASTE,
the real French manufacture, has just been re-
ceived, fresh from the importers, and is offered
_at a low price. Call and see.
‘ N. S. BAILY &. SON.
Norwalk, August 6, 1838. 75
.RO0MS TO LET.
NE or two rooms over the subscriber's store.
V wellcalculated for offices, or some rriecha
. nical business, can be obtained on reasonable
,terms. Apply to WM. J.
"' INE AND OAK WOOD—For‘salc by the
' sitbscriber at the Old Well Landing.
THOMAS L. PECK.
Norwalk, (Old Well.) _._IuK[ 8. 1.838. ir70
- IFTY pairs French Morocco Slips, for sale
’ _ by the subscriber. Price $1.
* _ GEORGE JAMES.
- l Wilton. August 1. 1837- 21tf
I » ’ EEVES SON’S superior writing fluid,
just received direct frotn the Importer, and
Gtrto39
A for sale, by J. A. WEED.
1' DR. I:lULL’S IMPROVED’ HtUssA1'
,. RED UCED PM 0135.
i ” HE subscriber would inform those afflict-
ed with Hernia. or Rupture, that the above
* instrument, so long and justly celebrated, is now
iredu d in price so as to bring it within the
hteans of the poor as well as tue. rich. Its su
periority over all others Trussres is no longer
‘doubted. For sale by -. J. A. WEED.
ARDWARE, Hollow Ware. Cai‘penler’s
tools oflall kinds, also a general assortmen
pfGroceries, for sale cheapclgyhxs. :ISAACs
Norwalk, Oct 15. 1838. If 84
~ AlSINS.—6O halves and quarter boxes first
,tciisivo Iiusiitcss on the most just and liberal priuci _
NORWALIC. CONN, WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 16, 1839.
N0. 9?.
A LIST OF LETTERS
EMAINING in the Post"__Of'fice at Nor-
walk, January 1st, 1839.
Adam Minot
Burwell Williamu
Bliss Ralph
Bennett William
Byxbee Moses
Barter E
Brown S Oscar
Benson L Beujamln
Boyer H David
Codmon Henry
Cummings John
Coffin Nancy
Crow T Sally
.Comstock Emeline
Davidson Lidia 2
Dow Kebuka 2
Dunn John
Fitch C Mary 2
Iiawrence Sarah
Lambert Sarah
Lufibrd H
Limeburgh Alfred
Minor Jane Betsey
Mitchell Sarah
McClure S Mrs
Masterson K W
Mead David
Mills Matthew
Nash Mary
Nash L Jacob
Nash Jonathan
Purinton Elbridge
Quintard Charles 2
Ioherts Hettry
Rogers Reuben
Richardson James
Ferry Mils Reymond Sarah
Fairchild Daniel Raymcning F
Frost Joseph Monsieur St. John Thomas
Gordon 61 Cook St. John Ahijah
Grey I & VV 2 St. John Edwin
lloyt M Gills St. John Hooker
Hoyt Melaucton Rev. Smith Mark
Hoyt Emeline Smith Vinson
Hoyt Bull] A Sindle Amanda
Hustead Sherman Seymour W Mary
Hiorth G Capt. Scott Albert
Haitvley Betsey Sherwood \V
Haiglil Elizabeth Selleck Mahitable
Judd Bethel Rev. Wcbber Nathaniel
Persons enquiring for letters will please say
they have been advertised.
[3i*9G] JOHN BURRALL, P. M.
A LIST OF LETTERS
EMAINING in the Post Ofiice at Ridge-
field, January 1st, 1839.
Datiiel Banks lSiiles Edmond
Mrs Lucinda Banks lEdward A Godfrey
David S Barlow Mr Holmoles
David Barlow Moses Hubbell
Miss Roxany Beers Albert B Keeler
Fgtlrnond Beers _._laleul Lockwood
Miss Ann Maria Beers Cyrus Norttiop
l H Borrowe. Mrs Hannah Northrop
Burr Boughton Seth Olmsted
Daniel Bradley Samuel Randall
Byram B Buckingliatii Charles Rockwell
Miss Mary Ann Clark Beldin Scott
Daniel Curry 2 Nathaniel Seymour
D L Eilnionil Daniel P VVakeman
Persons calling for letters will please saythey
have been advertised. .
[3196] SILAS PERKINS, P.M.
A LIST OF ]1ETTERS
EMAlNlNG in the Post Office at West-
port, December 31st, 1838.
David A Bishop 2 \Villiam I Nash
Henry Clinton 0 C Pratt
Samuel M Coly John Pierce
Isaac Davis Henry Reed
Charles Fox 2
William Fairhaven
Silas Gilbert
I D Guyer
George S Reed
Painelia Simona
\Vakem:in Squire
Homer Stuart
Jenuette llurlbtirt James H Taylor
Alonzo Jonson Porter \Vheelcr
MaryA Leaventv-orth2 James VVilson
Rev. Jokn Noyes Ormel B Wriglit
[:$i0.6] WM. PLATT. P. M.
A SUPERIOR LAMP.
EBB‘S Celebrated Patent Tunnel Burn-
ers. A new and superior article in which
is burned a liquid called Camphene. but which
will not explode like the Spirit Gas, and is no
more dangerous in common’ use than Sperm Oil,
aitd ifspilletl upon any article whatever, it does
not soil it at all.
They giye ‘a very perfect and brilliant light,
and on_e Burner will light a room from 20 to 25
feet square most perfectly and will only cost
about three quarters of a cent per‘ hour. The
Burners and Catnphene are for sale by the sub-
scriber at the New York prices, who is the sole
agent for this section ofthe country.
Directions for using l‘Vcl>b's Camp/tene Burn-
ers.
Fill or replenish the lamp eyery morning and
triirt the wick by pulling it up and cutting ofl all
the encrusted parts, leaving the wick clean, and
about one si.-tteenth ofap inch high; then put on
the glass. true all around. that the draft may be
equal. Light the Burner from underneath and
not take olfthe glass to light it, '
In taking olfand putting on the glass, do not
pull the wires,’ but merely spring the glass in and
out. Should any gummy substance appear
about the top of the Burner, it can be cleaned off
by rttbbing with a piece of rag or cloth wet with
the Campheue. '
GEORGE ST. JOHN.
Norwalk, Dec. 1838. ' if 92
, N. B. A trial only need be made of the arti-
cle to prove the superiority of Webb's Burners
to any other lamp in use, as hundredscan testify.
N EW GOODS
AT VIUBW/i\l.K, OLD WELL.
HE subscriber respectfullyinfortns the in‘.
habitants at the Old Well and its vicinity
that he has commenced business in the Store
near the Steamboat Landing, and now offers for
sale a general assortment of DRY GOODS,
GROCERIES, CROCKERY, &.c. all of which
has been purchased recently, and at the lowest
auction prices, in New York, for cash. Those
who wish to supply themselves on the most fa-
vorable tertits,'will find it: to their interest to call
and examine his stock, before making their
purchases elsewhere. ' ' '
His goods will be sold at moderate prices and
on accommodating terms.’ He friendly invites a
share ofpublic patronage. '
THOMAS L. PECK.
Ncrwalk, (Old YJell,) May 129, 1838. tf 65
KATES. S_KATES.—A fine assortment of
Skates, for ‘sale’ cheap by
' CHAS. ISAACS.
Dec. 1838. If 92
(V ARPENTER'S TOOLS.—Carpenter’s
J Tools ofall kind, forsale cheap by
CHAS. ISAACS.
Norwallt. Dec. 10, 1838. tf92
EW BOOKS.—Bob of the Bowl, by the
. author of Horse Shoe Robinson; Home as
Found, by Cooper; Letters to Mothers, by
Mrs. Sigourney; Wayland’s Political Economy,
., fly quality raisins, for Sallé ISAACS.
r-
1" 791,71. .;_1le,_ta7u,ler’s Wcelcly Messenger.
l WOULD THAT I WERE BEAUTIFUL.
BY CA'1‘flAl’.II\'E WATERMAN.
I would that I were beautiful,
Tho’ fragile as a flower,
To weave the spells that beauty weaves,
And own its magic power.
There’s more within a sunny eye,
A brow of radiance bright.
A lip that shames the retldest hue
Of sttnset's ruby light,
A check on which the sumrrier rose
Halli reared its blushing throne,
A forehead which a lily field
Hath marked out for its own.
There’s more in beanty’s magic spell,
The human heart to bind.
Than all the wealth of woman’s love,
With faith and fondness twitted.
We love the bright and gayisl; sup,
Although alike on all,
We see its dazzling beams of light
In golden glory fall.
\Ve love the blushing hues that lie
Within the opening flowers.
Tho’ they’re as bright to other eyes
As they have been to ours.
We love all that is beautiful,
Tho’ not for its alone
Is the bright welcome smile of hope,
or the endearing tone.
Yet will we cling to beauty's chain
’Till link by link it part,
And the cold iron slowly sinks
To rankle in the heart.
Olt! would that I were beautiful;
If beauty’s power could give
That one kind heart wherein mine own
Hath learned so long to live.
Could I but lure it back again
With beauty's syren breath,
I would be fragile as a flower,
And pass with it to death.
MAJOR DQ\‘V.\lINQ.
To the Editors of the New York Express-.-
the same paper my old friend Mr. Dwight
printed aspell ago.
Gentlemen—-Please tack on to my last let-
ter this one about the same matter—which
is the last time l’ll trouble myself or you or
Congress about Abolition petitions—which
matter will go by like others before it, alter
the old hens and young roosters have had a
spell at cackling-—in all these things, it aint
the old hens, alone, who lay the eggs, that
make the most noise about it—-they woiildrft
cackle ttztlf so long and loud, ifit 1-.-3-.-.~.i*‘: :1..-
others answering on em. So I don’t know
tvhich to blame t'nost——at any rate I'll stop for
one. Your friend, ’
J. DOWNING, Major,
Downingville Militia, 2d Brigade.
To Co2tgtress.—_-Some folks in Congress
and some out of Congress have a notion that
petitions in favor of "Abolition” in the Dis-
- trict and in the Territories, is a very differ-
ent thing from petitons in favor of abolition
in all the States; that Congress can grant
the j_ii'st but they are not so sure that Con-
gress could grant the last, according to the
constitution.‘ They say that Congress had
by law entire and complete control over the
District and also over the Territories and
therefore can pass any law they chuse—and
so they can———provicling howsoever that all
such" laws are, as all other laws must be—
according to the constitution. The consti-
tutiou is older than the District and the Ter-
ritories—-the constitution is older than the
laws——the constitution is one thing and the
chief thing——and'ki_1o’\vs no laws or leases or
bargains or contracts, but such as are made
under it and in obedience to it-—now that is
the shtrtivr pint, and dont let its forget it.
Whett Virginia and Maryland gave to Con-
gress ‘ten miles square’ to transact public
business in—they did not intend to alter the
constitution——and did not intend that Con-
gress should alter the constitution—and I say
no power existed in any one on ’em to do so.
No matter what they intended—-if the pow-
er is claimed by Congress to do any thing
they please in the District or the Territories
becau§e they have what in law is call’d ‘ex-
clusive jur.is'dic.tior_t’—_ethen I say let that law
be examined alongsidethe constitution and see
if it will stand the racket. ’
If Congress claims a right byvlaw to pass
what regulations it pleases over the District
and the Ter_ritories—-without regard to the
constitution—we may live to see the day
when a law or regulation of Congress may
declare the District ‘a refuge’ as in old times
and in old countries-—where no man
could be taken for crime if he could
outrun the constable and get his finger
in the key hole of the church; and it
would be a famous place for Treasury
rats and other varments.
I see nothing to prevent tltis——and there-
fore I for one say dont let us lose sightofthe
constitution—for that is the land mark and
guide post; and any man of common sense
who keeps that in his eye can tell in a flash
as soon as he reads any law or regulation
whether it is sound law or nonsense.
Now as regards the ‘ District of Colum-
bia,’ what is it—-Congress took a perpetual
lease (and I hope it will be perpetufal,) from
Virginia and Maryland of “ Ten miles
square,’ to build the Capitol and the White
House and other public buildings on, and to
transact there the public business—and Vir-
ginia and Maryland said—there, take it, it is
yours, and \ve are glad to have you so near
us-—and the law was drawn up and all the
parties were all high-minded and honorable
men and knew the constitution,as clear as the
&.c. &c. just received by J. A. VVEED.
Jgnuary 1, 1S39: tf
way of making cider. W'ill. any man of com-
rnon sense say now that no matter h_ow that
lease read, w_h_etlier any thing was put in 01
any thing left out-—cou'ld alter——changc——-oi
shape any part of the constitution that was
made long before it? Could Virginia or
Maryland lease or sell or barter or change
any of the rights guaranteed by the constitu-
tion to the people then living in or after\vai‘ds
claimingto live in that ‘ten tnilejs squajge’
nonsense , ’
Why there was a case jist like it close by
Downingville when I was a boy, and I re.
member it as well as though it was but yes-
terday—-arrd it was settled off hand pritty
quick-,-siflftccording to law and gospel too,
and there was no mistake about it. The dis-
trict wanted to build a school house and the
select inert pitched upon a spot that corner’d
offtliree E.1:ms—-..less,e Bowtel’s, Elam Bliss’
and Epepheras Petit’s farms, and they all
agreed to give about an acrcior so each; and
out, and cattle full lease too—well it l.l1l'nt,'(/
out that Epepheras Petit’s part took in th
spring where he sometimes got his ivatci,-A
and his cows always went to drink and h
horses too; and when other springs run drf’
Bowtel and Bliss and other neighbors’ cat,’
came there too—\vcll it turned out, arter
spell that some of the select men took a
tion that as they had a perpetual lease for 1
school house and this spring was on ;
ground, they would cut off the folks ft
coming there and set the boys to work ril _
t/Le sprin_.r,r, and for a spell there was asht.‘
ing muss; and all the folks for miles ro 3
all got riled up too about it considers
And the lawyers got to work, and some 3
thelease and look’d wise, and then they
‘that law was law,’ and there was the It
and that was clear enuf, and there was ’
spring and that was clear enuf, when
boys didn’t rile it, and the spring was on
ground lcas’d—and as far as the law kn-. «
why the spring was no longer the props. I
of the former owners and so forth. And \ '
p1'0pel’t3.“, Epcpheras Petit and the rest on em
didu’t mean to lease more than the riglit of
keeping school there, and they didn’t think
that the cows drinking at the spring would
prevent the boys from larning their lessons,
and one sly chap said he didn’tthink that old
Dilworth had any lesson advising boys to
rile sprizlfls; and so arter a great deal oftalk,
(which did not, however, entitle the talkers
to eight -'lollars a day and free postage) it
was settled by the Court (ofContmon Sense)
that there was but one meaning in the lease,
and that was, that the ground was givin for
the s’c§,:f.\,..i';,:\_. tuiil tho lioyc were’ “leatin illleill‘
lessotts-‘Ln'cre, keep good order and go home,
and if they dared to rile 2'/re s])7'i7tg or do any
thing to annoy the neighborhood, the old
school house must come down, and the select
men select some other place. I remember
as well as if it was but yesterday, the speech
that E-pcpheras made before the Court—
‘Why,’ says he, ‘who on airth thoughtl
gave my share of the ground to folks to do,
what they pleased there, beyond school triat-
ters; ifthey can do one thing, they can do
another, ifthey can rile I/re .s;gi'ings, why not
turn to and raise skunks and w_cazles there;
that would he as good fun for the boys as ril-
ing the springs and tying squibs to my cows
tails; and then what a pritty state my fowls
and eggs would be in.’ This settled the mat-
ter right off; the select men sneek’d out of
Court and the squabble lieal’d up, and there
was no more trouble about it, tho’ it good ma-
ny folks tried to make a considerable more
muss of the matter, and to open it afresh-—
there was Ezra Gleason, and Hezekiah
Standish, and Job Munson, and a good many
more, rale politicians, some taking one side,
and some the other, as there was an Election
just then coming on, and suc.lt a dispute right
in the thickest ofthe neighborhood, was too
good a thing to let ofi"tvithout a hussle in
politics; but it didn’t work that way no how
and no way in the world; folks somehow in
them days managed better than we do now-a-
days to keep every Tub on its own bottom;
and the politicians got no chance at such
windfalls as they do now-a-days. So every
thing went smooth agin; the boys was told to
larn their lessons and good manners and let
the springs and cows alone; and the select
men found useful employment in attending to
the school matters without troubling them-
selves about the constitutional and natural
rights of Epepheras Petit and the other folks.
Now this matter tho’ it happened a good
many years ago, seems to me to come so nigh
the present squabble about abolition petitions
at VVasl,\ing’ton, that I couldn’t keep telling
on’t; and so I put it into this letter to tuck
on to tltp last and leave both to Common Sense,
Common Justice, ]l'Iol/zer VVit and the Con-
slituti02z., and they are pretty much all one.
Your friend,
J. DOWNING, Major.
Dotvningville Militia, 2d Brigade.
ConsoZrrt‘ion.——\Vhile Gen. Green of Rhode
Island, was independent ofall fanatics, he had
a capital nack of soothing the disappointment
of beaten candidates, and on stgch occasions
used to tell a favorite story, inia style of ini-
mitable humor. which reconciled every body
to the loss of oflice. ‘Ne canigive nothing
ofits spirit-enzercly the outline.
slave in the-south, to whom meat was a rare
blessing, one day found in his trap a plump
rabbit. He took him out alive, held him un-
der his arm, patted him, and began to spectr-
late on his qualities, ‘Oh how fat ! ’ how her-
ry fat! de fattestl eber did see! Let me
see how I cook him. I roast him. No he
be so fat he lose all de grease. Ifry him.
Ah, yes, he be so berry fat he fry himself;
golly how fat he be.’ No I wont fry him, I
stew him.’ The thought ofthe savory stew
i'.ela.\'ed, when of hopped rabbit, and squat-
illlgto a goodly distance, he eyed his late
owner Wltl) cool cqmpogure,
The negro linen? there was an end of the
matter, and summoning all his philosophy,
he thus addressed the rabbit, shaking his fist
at him-—‘ You long-cared, whtie-wh,isket‘cd,
red-eyed rascal, you not so berry fat arter all.’
Where have you been this week '2’ ‘.Me'.l
l’ve been fishing.’ ‘ /atch any thing?’
‘ Yes. a cold.’ '
‘ Where were you last night?’ ‘Docking.’
‘ Get any ‘.2’ ‘Yes, one.’ " ’tVltet'e '2’ ‘In
. v ., H "_ L 1
them a thousand fold ifshe would, as it \’,VaI]I,-
ed It very much, _c-ondescclrid to wipe hi_s
nose. The novelty of the request was
th0U,£§.l1,t’n.0thing of; the widow was "proud,
ofthe promptitudc she had displayed in suc-
couring the distressed; and to a person who
has done. you one kind action, the second
seems always easy. Her white hand and
whiter handkercltief were raised to'Mackay’-s
cutwater; but the moment that it was corn-.
plotely enveloped in the folds of the cambric,
he gave such a sneeze as made the whole
church ring; it was, in fact, more like a neigh.“
The minister paused in giving out the hymn ;-
the river.’—‘ How? ‘ Tumbled in.’
Util-ity of Lau.ghter.—A hearty laugh is
occasionally an act of wisdom ; It shakes the
Cobwebs out of a in-.m’s brains, and the hypo-
the school house was built and the lease made 7‘
A field -
cltontlriri from his ribs. F.-ir mrtrp. pm-r-tiiallv
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tother side it was said, that in leasing th
preac»--. _
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though after he is ‘gone, the people" may re-
lapse into their quiet Unitarian paths, still
they have no objection to wa_ndct' out pftlicni
in search iofany novelty in religion; and
ifthey do not always change their belief with
every fresh ignportation, they at least pay a
man the complimentof hearing what he has
got to say. There happened to be, during
the period of which I am speaking, one of
those wanrl'ering theological meteors blazing
_ilI‘.)ittltl Boston, -._u'iil' people from every lane
snd by-way flocked to see it, not with pieces
of smoked glass in their fingers, but with ten-
cent-picces and York shillings, to drop
into the green box, by way of adding fuel to
the flames. "
So great was the crowd, that the ordinary
rules about the quiet possession ofpews which
the owners had paid for were entirely broken
down; everybody took that seat which suit-
ed him best, and those who came late sat
down in the places left to them by those who
had come early. One pleasant Sunday morn-
ing Mackay went to the church by times,
took his {seat in a central pew just under the
shadowof the pulpit, and sat bolt upright,
with ‘his arms extended with an apparent
degree of unnatural rigidity down by his
sides. He was presently surrounded by half
a dozen females, nearly all of whom were
strangers to his person, and in a little time
the whole church was full to ot'e1‘flotving.
The psalm was sung, the prayer said, the
sermon delivered in the prcacher’s best style.
He dwelt particularly on the reqitirements of
the great precept of brotherly love, upon the
beauty of universal ben_evolence—on the
pleasure which -arises, not only from cloth-
ing the naked and ' feeding the hungry,
but from attention to the minute and graceful.
courtesies and charities oflife, by which the
thorny path is softened and adorned. In the
language ofthe critics in such matters, “there
was not a dry eye in the place :” the appeal
had found its way to every heart. All Mac-
kay’s immediate neighbors were sensibly af-
fected; he wept with them; the big tears
chased each other down his cheeks. But
while every one else was busy with their
handkerchiefs wiping away the water that
the orator, like asecontl Moses, had by strokes
ofhis eloquence caused to gush from their
flintv hearts, Macltay held his arms stiffand
straight, while half a glass of liquid pufiitsed
his face. The dried eyes ofthe female friends
were not slow to observe this; for in addition
totlte evident signs ofdecp feeling, which it
exhibited, his face was rather a handsome
face. He tvriggled, fidgcted, looked confus-
ed and interesting, but raised no hand, search-
ed for no kerchicf, and seemed to be in deep
distress. ’ i
_,\t length :1 young widow lady, who sat
beside ltim, remarked that he was ill at ease,
and—heaven blessithe female heart _! it al-
ways melts at any mysterious sorrow—a_fter
one or two downcast looks and fluttering
pauses, she said in an under tone.
“Pray, sir, is there anything the matter
with you ? You appear to be unwell.”
“ Ah ! madam,” breathed Mackay in a
whisper, “ I ain a poor paralytic, and have
lost the use ofmy arms. Though my tears
have flowed in answer to the touching senti-
ments oftlte pastor I have not the power to
wipe them away.”
In an instant a fair ha_nd was thrust into a
reticule, and a white handkerchief. scented
with otto of rose, was applied to Mackay’s
eyes; the fair Samaritan, seeming to rejoice
in this first opportunity of practising what
had been so recently preached, appeargd to
polish them with right good will. W hen
she had done, M. looked unutterable obliga-
made the negro forget himself, and in spread-
ing out the feast in his imagination, his arm
the deacons put on their spectacles to see
what could be the matter; and in an instant
every eye was turned upon Mackay and the,
fair Satmaritan, the latter of whom, being so,
intent upon her object, or so confounded by.
the general I1OI0l‘l(~:l.y she had acquired, still
-. convulsively grasped the nose.
There were hundreds of persons in that
clt_urch who knew Macltay and his propcn'-_
sities well, and a single glance was suflicierilj.
0 convince them that a successful hoax had
ween played off for their amusement. A
'cni-ral titter now ran round the place—
nods and becks, and wreathed smiles’ wertg,
ie order ofthe day.‘ l\rlen held down their
ends, and laughed outright; and the ladies
ad to stuff the scented cambric. into their.
iouths, which had been so recently applied
I the sparkling founts above.
At length something like order was restor-
l, the hymn sung, and the blessing given,
midst stifled noises of various kinds, when
ie congregation rose to depart, wid’-
w,_ up to this point, feeling strong’in the
Jncsiousness ofhaving performed a virtuous
ztion upon a good looking face, heeded not
‘)6 gaze ofthe curious ngrthe smiles ofthe
tirthful; but what was her astonishment
xhen Mackay rose front his seat, lifted up one
fhis paialytic bands, and took his hat from
tpcg above his head, and with the other be-
an searching his coat pocket for his gloves!
fhough the rinkindestcut of all was yet to
ome; for Macltay having drawn them on,
. and opened the pew door, turned, and bowing
to his fair friend, put this question In a tone.
the most insinuating, but still loud enough
for fifty people to hear. ’ i i
‘ Is it not madam, a much greater pleasure
to operate upon a _fine-looking Roman nose’
like mine. than upon such a queer snub as
you have?’
These are random illustrations of a very
original character; and ifthey are relished
bythose for whose amusement they are in-
ten:de'd, I may find a leisure hour to string
together a few more. ’ ’ '
The Friar and the Warming Part.
In t,he spug little town of Antnboy, in the
county of Mcath, there once stood a large
inn, known by the cognomen ofthe ‘Three
Bells,’ kept by one Mistress Mulcahy, a stur-
dy, industrious, and painstaking woman;
a busy, money making sort ofa little body;
The ‘Three Bells’ was famous for good
eating and drinking‘, bttt more particularly
for the peculiar tuck in of the beds and
the pleasing warmth given to them by the
warming pan. Mistress M. was a ‘good
soul, and never was known to derogate from
‘ Irish hospitality,’ or to rcfusea night’s lodg-
ing to any person who could not well reward
her kindness, and, moreovetjshe was pious,
or at least behaved with the greatest kindness
to her poor friends and relations. Amon
those who partook ofthe bounty, was an ol
friar ofthe order of St. Francis, who occa-.
sionally dropped into give her his blessingg
and one of her beds a warming. Now,
though Mrs. Mulcahy was a generous soul,
as I said before. yet she thought the Friar’s
blessings were too frequent, as he constantly
occupied one ofhcr nice beds ; but what could
she do? She could not think of desiring thg
‘poor dear man’ to— ' ' '
“Take up his bed and walk.“
Not so, that would be cruel ‘in the extreme,
and did not exactly agree with her notions
of applying the scriptures, so she contented
ltersel_fwith calling the warming pan, the
friar-_—-a nickname which she grew so accus-
tomed to, that, in the course oftime, she could
call it nothing else. Now it happened’ that
Mistress M. discharged her maid servant,
whose business more particiilarly was 39.
make the beds;and in getting ail new oule,
she entirely forgot to instrttct er in t e‘
nickname ofthe warming pan, which piece
of forgetfulness, trifling as it may appear,
was ,,e,-,,- ruining the fame of the ‘ Three
Bells,’ as the sequel yvill show.
There was in the inn six bedrooms, whtc
were in more general use than the others.
beiprr always occupied; these rooms were
rlistihguislted by their different colored paper;
one olrfthem 1?]-as occulpicdl by this lapd_ladhy’s'_i
aug ter, a ommg ove y crea ure, In etf
eighteenth year, named Ellen Mulcahy,
The first night the maid had been at her
new place, as she sat at her tea, she heard
her mistress calling her, at the top ofthe kiiclrf-_
n stairs ‘ she answered and hurried u . ‘ Ma-
Ty,’ cried the landlady, ‘are you don’; your
tea yet ?’ ‘ No, Ma’am, said ll/lary, hi lfgoll,
then as soon as vou are. go and put ,t, 9 ,rtaI_:
in the green room bed.’ said the Mistress.
* Yes, Ma’am,’ said Mary, innocently, and
having drank off her tea hasluly. 8:6 P§3,Cf*_?{3d:
ed up stairs to the parlor W ;3,r,e.t .8 '_0 ,, _,Fl31'~
was sitting, and told him her mistress had
desired him to be put in the green room bed.
-Very well, my dear,’ said the frtar, ‘Iam
ready to go now, for, indeed, I’m rather bad
today.’ No sooner was the good man in bed,
,},,,,,‘1\,fiStre5s M ulcahy proceeded down stairs.
s‘\/tm-3,-, did you do that yet?’ said s.he.~—-,
. Yes, Ma’am.’ ‘ NQW go put the frgar in the
blue room bed.’ Mary did as she was destr-
ed ; she roused up the friar, and bade him go
tions, but whispered that she tyculdinc1‘ease
into the blu_.e:roprn bgd.’ M1'§- _8,-§l§€gl E]-_5l?¢:
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