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OCT. A. HILL, tlia'=kfult'orthe patronage
he has received in his profession during
12 months past, in Norwalk, begs leave to in-
form ttie public, that he still cotitinues a few
doors west ofthc Bridge, in Burrall’s Buildings,
where he will be happy at any time to‘ see his
friends, and answer all their calls in Dental
Surgery. A
lticorruptible teeth inserted from one to a.
full set. Also, teeth cleansed. separated. ex-
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References.-—Emery Bissell, M. D.: J. D.
M‘Ls.-an, M. D.: Hon. Thomas B. B ttler;
Hon. Benjamin lsaacs. Norwa.lk. Nehemiah
Perry, M.. D. Ridgefield. R. B. BI‘JI,Sf0l'tlI M-
D.; Duct. D. P. Knapp, D;i.nl)ury. Duct.
H0-.vcll Rodgers, Colchester. Ct. William
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November 20. I839. ‘ 1
CA_BINE T FURNITURE.
‘ THE sttbscriber, grateful for past
favors, would solicit a contirtuatice
ofthe satne. He is constantly man-
ufat:turin}_i Furniture ofall kinds. of
the best niaterials, am! will keep on
hand a good assortment. not to be excelled by
any country establisliment for cheapness, dura-
bility. or workmanship.
A good assortment of CHAIRS constantly on
hand, or furnished to order at the shortest notice
for cash. ' .
The subscriber would also offer Cabinet
Ma/cers in this vicinity, and in the interior. an
opportunity to purchase Mahogany Ltimber,
such as Plank, Board. and Veneering, in ex-
change for their Furniture. He will sell this
stock at New York prices, and give good prices
for Cabinet \-Vare. This arrangement offers to
many, who do not wislt to purchase :0 a great
amount. a first rate opportunity of getting their
stock. and saving expense in time and money;
Call at the Cabinet VVare Room. a few rods
east oftlte Bridge. VIM. A. BARLOW.
Norwalk. May 16. 1840. 53
CABINET FURNITURE.
JA.\'lES A. TINDALL
would respectfully irtfortn the
inhabitants ofNorwalk and its
/ vicinity, that he has recently
...~ npeneda(}ABlNET WARIE
,‘ ROOM a few doors north of
-— --2-’-”="J. Hooker's market, where he
intends to keep on hand a general assortment
ofFUI{NI'l‘UR.E. manufactured of the best
In tterials,andin the rriostmotlern style, which
he will sell on reasonable terms.
Norwalk. April 27. I840. 25
FAMILY GROCERY.
, THE subscriber would inform his
_ friends. and the publicgenera|ly,that
7 ~ _ he keeps constantly on hantl, at the
‘° store3 doors north ofthe mill.a good
.8 ssnrttiient ofthe best of FAMILY GROCE-
RIES, which he will sell on the ntost reasonable
terms. ‘In his assortment may be found the
following articles: Loaf, white and brown Ha-
vana, St. Croix. Porto Rico. and New Orleans
Sugar; St. Croiz. Porto Rico, New Orleans.
and sugar-house Molasses; hyson, young ltysnflt
souchong and pttticttotig Teas; old Java. l.agui-
ra. Cuba. and Porto Rico C-ufiee; wheat and
rye Flour: Corn» Meal. Pilot Bread, soda bis-
cuit. butter and sugar crackers, rice. pork and
beef hams. mess atid prime pork, dry and pick-
led cod, mackerel. ttetrings. sounds and tongues,
butter, cheese, lard, soap, sperm and tallo‘w
candles.salt. starch, indigo. pepper, pimento,
ger, dried currants. raisins, pea ntits, almonds,
filbeiits. brazil nuts. figs, prunes. ta:nariuds.or-
auges, lemons, honey, pepper sauce, sweet oil,
pot and pearl ashes, saleratus, cut and plug to-
'bacco. snuff, segars, shoe brushes, scrubbing do.,
brooms, wrapping and writing paper, water
pails. sand, and all other articles usually found
in a grocery establishment.
' GOULD D. JENNINGS.
Norwalk. May. 1840. 27
FAMILY GROCERIES.
JUST RECEIYED.
THE Subscriber has on hand an
extensive assortment of choice Gro-
‘ ceries for families, which were pur-
he lowest cash prices. which enables
him to compete with any other establishment.
and to sell his goods very cheap for ready pay.
Old customers as well as the public generally,
will find it to their advantage to drop in satisfy
themselves. " EDWIN LOCKWUOD.
Norwalk. ‘Way 27. 1840. 28
OIL.’ "
-q*t':tt>ERiott winter LAMP OIL, by the
L. barrel or lessquantity; Linseed do.: Whale
-db. for sale by ' WM. C. STREET;
""’1=or‘t-'s.4Ln'.
232- ‘A rely‘
Two DOLLiARS,PER ANNUM. PAYIAB-LE IN ADVANCE.
4
From the Brother Jonathan.
‘WILD OATS.
Bit N. P. vvi1.I.ts.
Ti-in S'f‘EWARD'S cow.
" Iftlie sins of your youth are forgiven you,
you're well ‘to live."’— Vinle/'3 Tale.
The introduction of the Sta-\vard’s cow
into the College enclosure was left to be one
ofthosc ht-ch handed t-ncroaclttttt--tits on hu-
man rights, whit-h call for signal resistance.
Thc studt--nts of the day, it should be pre-
mised, were pztstotally inc.lint>d, and the end
of knowledgre was sht-wed, like Nebuchad-
tit--zzar’s, lyitig bent-nth the shade of trees
It is notmcntioncd thatthc grazing monarch’
of Babylon slittrcd his pasture with other
beasts, and there seemed neither precedtnt
nor propriety in the intrusion of this unman-
nerly. qLl€tClt'upP(l,
In the council held under theonly remain-
ing clean tree to devise means to abate this
gt'ievance, several measures were proposed
which had-in them more of energy than
prudence or humanity. Mr. Thottzas Pip-
kins, the Napoleon of scrapes, and our per-
pettial chairman in council, was a person of
tender sensibilities, and he would hear of no
' , damage to the cow, for which our pockets
could be made responsible. A project ma-
tured with a precocious knowledge of mechan-
ics, by vvhich the cow was to be hung as
high as Ilaman in the tree before the pres-
ident’s window, by bisre.-solute humanity fell
to the ground. So did a scheme for break-
ing hcr.in_to harness preparatory to our stib-
urban excursions in the watermelon time; &
after sundry propositions, of which the above
were the mildcst in their character, the
chairman begged to suspend the discussion
while he ascertained, by vote, the ipopularitv
ofmilk among the members. The "ayes"
having‘it by acclamation. the chairfnan,
moved and sccondt-d that he should be a
comtttittee of one‘ to pro“u re ’s:ttisfac.tion ,to
the class for the ittdigtiity offct‘etil bv the
Steward, to their grass and character. I Car-
ried also, and the meeting adjotirncd.
The South Entry of the South College, as
the passers by very well know, shuts upon
the public street. That. Entry \\':tSOt‘Cllplt’(l
almost exclusively by Sl.ll‘lt‘l'lIS of rather an
cflcrvcscettt quality of cliaracter. Piplcins
occupied the "fourth story, front corner,” &
by dint of experiment on the endurance of
the “pious iridigrents,” who were succt-ss-
ively appointed his room-mates by the Fac-
ulty, his character served him at last as an
exclusive charter to the apartment. It will
be seen that the square dormitory was very
important to the “ Committee."
The regular hebdotnadal meeting of the
Tutors‘ on Frinl.-xy cv-.-riing. -was avtu:.tlly ta-
ken advantage ofto regulatesucli little mat-
tcrs as required their absence from the Eu-
tries ; and milk punch being rather a “ loud”
drink, it was not till the following F‘riday
that we could hope to hear the report frotn
our committee. As the clock struck eight.
and each entry disgorged punctually its guar-
dian white ct-avat,_ progressing with a north-
erly direction to the room of the Senior Tu-
tor, the representative body, of which Pip-
kins. as I said before, was perpetual chair-
man, begart to radiate correspondingly to the
South; and with that SlmlJlIt1nP0lJS prompt-
itude so necessary to the balance of govern-
ment, the Chair was probably taken in both
legislative bodies (the 'l‘utor’s and our own,)
at the same instant. The materials for dis-'
cussion in the two assemblies were, doubtless,
susceptible of contrast, btit they were still
linked as cause and cffcct—-the misdemean-
ms and delinquencies which formed the sub-
ject of the Tutot"s consultation, resulting by
natural sequence-from the hospitable habits
of Mr. Pipkins.
“Gentlemen,” said our enterprising and
efficient Chairnzan, “your committee re-
port : -
_F-irst, That, as far as can be discovered
by the naked eye. the evidence of misde-
mt-ariors on the part ofthe pccant cow com-
mended to our notice, have rather increaaed
than diminish d.
journeyrnan baker, whose talt-ntsliad been
S-zcondlg/, That frotn such a prioti rea-
sonings as warrant us in deducing the fttture
from the past, there is no prospect that the»
habits of the said animal will be rr-served"
modified, OI'Slll)_lt‘(‘lt’(I in any way to the con-3
trol of your committee.
T/Lirrl/_1/, That as there appears no rea-
son tvhy mir virtuou_s lltdl-_‘ll:tllOl'l should
not, lll((-‘.FiIlSi:1fl-‘IS “dist-uses.” he “turned
t.o commodity,” your committee, having con-
trol of the executive purse and quarters, has
caused to be purchased. sundry bushels of
turnips, a halter and the milk pail, for the
prolonging and turning to account virtuous
indignation.
Four!/ily, Your committee, therefore, re-
spectfully urge this House to resolve itself
without. delay into aCommittee oftheWhole.
to Wait on said cow, and, by such persuasion
as the exigency shall require, induce her to
to present herselfon this elevated floor,”
“Hurrah for Pipkins !” “ How will you
do it '2” were audible among the confused
cries that greeted 'l‘om’s parliamentary doc-
ument.
“. Order! Order! Listen to‘ the chair!" cried
Pipkins. “ Is there any member ofthel-louse
who is not the proprietor of a pair of tongs !”
No answer. .
“ Item, a vessel containing oil '2”
No answer.
“ Item. a newspaper, college catalogue,
dictionary, or other combustible?”
No answer.
Then cretitlemen, I see. my way !’ Meet
me in the lower entry, equipped every [man
withthe articles now mentioned. The House
is adjourned.” I ._
CHAPTER . it.
. the entry.
K. _,.. ..., ..
NORWALK, CT. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 1341.
success, issued his orders with the calm col-
lectedtiess so indicative of the.mztster spirit.
-\ rmed after the manner of Gide-on and his
three hundred at the taking of Jericho, tie
stood in a back room ready for the ctisis.——
Firmly pinched in thelcxtremity of his
ton,{_rs,each “brave” held diction:trv~or news-
paper saturated with oil. At each titau’s
font a lighted lamp. - i
‘ lllume !' hoarsely whispered Pipkins,
thrusting his head in the door,
In an instant the flambt-aux were alight.
and the room shone like a '.t’titplet),flltt~'Sd2ll.
‘At the third thw.tc.k, cliarge into the
entry! Front rank apply your fi;,m..si(,
the caudal cxtremityl Rear rank lift high
and wave, and let the war cry be ‘Go a-
|On,(I.1 H .
Th_iv.'iz‘k l
Thwriclt !
Thwack !
The cow had already struck intoa cantor,
when the door was flung open_ Thirty hlaz.
mg torches‘-——thirty hoarse voices vocifero-
tinq ‘Go along,’ accelerated her speed into a
gallop. The stairs were before ber.- One
wild moment she stood roaring with aflright,
upright as a giraffe at a palm tree,but thwaclr,
went_ the brootnstick, and closer pressed the
flaming torches, and with spring, stumble.
and snort, the astonished quadruped achieved
the stairs.
‘Front rank! Once more tothe breach 1’
shouted Piplrins. He led tlie.assault with
his white ash brooin—the l)T€‘l1l.lllPSS animal
was driven on—-bang! crisp! the blows de-
scended, and the burning tail ltlSSt'(l in the-
flame, and up, like 'l‘aurus frightened outof
the zodiac by a comet, rushed" the thunder
stricken cow. N0 brcathin_r_r timr'—-no stay!
—An0thcr rear-——anoth-.-r snort of terror-La
whisk ofthe fiery tail——a noise as of batter.
ing giants or clubs at Donybrook Fair—and
_extremity of ottr desperations, we kicked,
panting. gaspingand glaring lt'l'i‘lflci{tllv :1-
round, the l.')t‘lP.:t[_7_‘l1l't"(.lJ cotv, stood at Tom’sl
door in the fourth storv. t
Slightly darimged in the knees, but “oil
otherwise hurt, -Pipkins’ knew chum tvasl
easily haltered and installed in the vacant
tl0l'tI)il.()l'y, and with more philosophy than
acconipanics titost sudden t.*le\’:’tli(tn.~‘, she had
coin’.-. to her fccd, and exemplified most of
llt'l' habitual functions in the lapse of ‘half
:tn liottt‘. ’
The turni,r:s, Tom's patience, and our ca-
pability ofcxcitetne-nt lasted a week. _Nigh[.
ly tnilk punches and nightly frolics will
‘War. we discovercd,even upon the head and
stomach of a Sophomore, and hospitality to
quadrupeds. Pipkins was obliged to confess.
has a litnit in the fourth story, however it
may be on the ground floor. We had laugh-
cd ourselves faint over the steward’s trouble
"llol" l1lSlUS'-C0“'. ftncl Tom, -wb-:2 had’cu;'é-setxiblin-as very stat-tlinzrly m_‘,' idea of tlio
the advertisements front the newspap.-rs and
pasted thetn on her horns. fairly wished she
was again cropping the college enclosure-.—
How she. was to be got down was a pointwe
left securely to his brilliant generalship.
In the ‘fourth story front’ of the next en-
lt‘Y. We fortunately had an ally, and, as a
ttieans ofescape from 'I utors, we hm] limp
maintained a hole in the wall $eCI't‘[l\r con-
necting his dormitory with the correspond
mg one in our own entry. Anotht-r ally
llVt't.l inthe back roottt on the same floor,
very much crat_tipt-(l in his love of liberty,
however, by his chum, l\"lr. Sneeps, an ex-
discovered by a benevolent socié-tv late in
life, and who made a conscientioiis dtttv of
informing the Faculty of all misdemeanors
that came under his observation. In col-
lege phrascology persons of this Pkculiar
complexion of conscience are cotnmonlv
called blue s/sins. "
Saturday evening came round again, and
true to our trust we assembled in South Col-
lege. Tlte cow had now been stalled eight
days and nights in Totn’s vacant bed-room,‘
and the atmosphere was rather bucolic. The
occupant on the floor below had been ob-
liged to remove his bed from undcr, but that.
was no great matter. He was one of us.
The punch went slowly around, and the!
conversation was almost at a stand -still. Two!
or three were asleep on the chairs with their
glasses filled before them, a l=racr- or two‘,
had fairly taken to Tom's capaciotis bed, and
as the college clock struck
Johnson, (Snr-ep’s chum)
ing vacantly at the almost briming tnilk pail,E
tle only oncsthattvere an-alte. - ;
“Is that twelve .7” said Tom. musin2lv.l
“V-Vhat time doessnecps go to bed, Johnson ?”
‘Had you not better get rid of your cow
before you try a new scraps-.2’ was the in-
direct answer. ‘I confess I should like to
see my way well out of this-—’
‘ You shall see the cows ‘way out of this'
in twenty tninutes,’ said Pipkins, jumping
tip and swallowing a bumper of the punch.
‘ Come, rouse up ! The cow is in trttnsilu.’
Who’ll bet an oyster supper that I— don‘:
shotv Sneeps the devil,dispose of my ten-
nttnt, and tomorrow go unsuspected to the
chapel?’ _
By this time the sleepers’ were on their
legs. and all were on the qui nice, for Tom's
new project. - I
Producing two large newspapers. he steep-
ed thetn thoroughly in oil, anti twisted them
around the cow’s, horns. binding them tight-
ly with twine near the bead, and opening
them, fanshaped, at the points. In the week
that the kindly animal had been his gtlvst,
she had fed daily from his hand, and now
submitted roost tractably to his -decoration.
Having arranged her head-dress so that
she looked like the horned pictures of Moses
he loosed her halter, and taking the last
bunch of_turnips tin his band, led her into
The opposite room was open.
and with his candle and provender he cross-
Th.e entry was in perfect darkness. The
cow stood at the farther extremity, drawing
ed to the dormitory, the cow following, and
crept through the secret hole in the wall.
F, ‘Bf/I'~‘l‘9i
- -her breath heavily, andPipkins, confident of
t\\'t'lVt', PipkinS.;
and m_\’S"lf, \‘.'t‘l'|:’,
leaning with our elbows on the tibia, g:tz.,?
as his design began to flash upon our com-
prehensions. The cotv stopped at the ob-
stru__(‘tion, buf on the other side of the hole.
which was barely sufiicient to let Ilt‘I' body
through, stood Toni with the turnips tempt-
Ingly her nostrils inquiringly and utadea
slight demonstration toward a jttnip. Tom
retrt-atcd slowly, till he stood in the door-
\\a_v ofthe little room, and taking a single
step half out of 'sight,he once more shook
the turnips, and gave a coaxing ‘sogh!
soglt l” and the next moment the cow stuck
fast with her head and fore-lt-gs it. the north
e-ntt‘_v, ‘and her re-maindcr in the south. V
‘ Prick her on l’ cried Pipkins, just audi-
bly through the wall
‘Crowd her back !’ cried all who were
behind.
Rap! rap! atthat instant came the_ tu-
tor’s knock at the door behind us, and in the
shoved and frightened the poor brute till she
drew her legs after her, and left the avenue
open for our escape. A cloak was instantly
‘iung over the hole, and the occupant of the
room remained behind to blow out his can-
dle anrl answer qtit-stions,
The cow was now in a room ofthe north
entry. and as the hole in the wall was entire-
ly utiknotvn to the tutors and other students,
we thought a better sequel could hardly be
cotitrived than to leave the cow in the fourth
story to explain her own advent.
Torn, however, had not bounded his am-
bition ‘;at this. He carefully restored the
ornatelsprcad of the coiv’s coiffure, and hav-
ing discovered by a tip toe reconnoitrc, that
Mister Sneeps was asleep, as softly as the
cotv could be made to follow, he led her a-
long the entry to that g'etttlcrrtati’s door.
‘Noti-,_ Johnson,’ said” Pipkins, ‘go in
and get to bed, and when the door opens cry
‘fire !' and ‘the devil !’.aud smash all the
crockery you can lay your hands on. Lie
across that upper stair, one 09 you, with your
back up, and the rest: take sticks, and lay on
like 'Macdufl', when I give the word!’
‘All ready 1’ said Johnson. through a
crack in the door. '
With his handkerchief over the cyrs of
OFFICE VVEST
for a butcher, and brought her advc-ntu_i'cs,to
a tragical end.
From the I{m°cIcerbocke<r.
A CHA PTE R ON PROPOSALS.
As will be understood by the title to this
essay, I propose to ofi.-r at present a few re-
.marl.s upon the subject of matrimottial pro-
posals. So much has been said, thought,
written and done upon the subject, that the
man who could actually offer any thing
like a gt-nine, and efficicnt chart to the lorn
and frightened mariner upon the uncertain
sea of love, tnust ittder-d bea genius, the
railroad track of whose imagination diverg-
es far from the ordinary highway of human
thought.
Yout humble correspondent proposes no
such lofty flight. For hint it shall be suffi-
Cicnt, if he succeeds in selecting among the
many awkward modes now in vogue, olask-
irg a lttd_t"s hca rt, that wliir:h is least so,noth-
ing doubting, but that by so doing he uill
confer a lasting favor upcii many individuals
who are (loomed to tread the dark and shad-
owy path toward that fairy land frotn whose
bourttc, (take the W0l‘t_l:‘- of a happy IIUSIJ-‘.1l't(l
of thtrty year’s experience for it;) no travel-
ler wishesto return. _
But to enter more minutely into the sub-
jt-ct,al';ow tt!8lO givc,as in the oustt I-have pro-
post-rl, a bi'it-faccotint of an earlyadvcnture:
It will not be deemed vanity at my age to
say that at twenty five_I was possessed of a
full share ofthe. ordinary personal charms of
youth. Within a little of the Cl]f:'Slt‘*l‘flt"l(l
stzindard of height, five feet ten, with locks
‘black and glossy as the rave-n’s ...wing (alas!
the driver; snow is not whiter now)‘\vith fair
complexion, che’el.'s glowing with the red
tide of youth and health, and possessing what
is considerr-d suflicicnt good sense and edu-
cation for all tlicptacticttl purposes of life, it
may be thought that m_v experience in mat-
ters of the lteart ouglit It prove an exception
to the rule that “ the course oftrue love nev-
er did run smooth.” But alas! noise! It
was my fortune to become acquainted with
a young lady posscsst.-tl of so many charms,
mental moral. and personal, and so super
the cow, Pipkins set fire to her inflammable
eminent in each that it was indecd impossi-
hmtd-dt*ess, and before he could withdraw l hle for me to avoid falling, as I tlid,dcperate-
his bandage, the horns were in billows of
flame. A wild snort of terror came front
the astonished ztnitttnl, but at the same in-
sent a dozen blows descended on her back,
and with a leap like a dc-er,she sprang thro’
the open door. Crash! went an unt|efina-
ble titass of crockery, and round the rooiti at
‘I pace perfectly inforiatetl. galloped the cow,
trtitnpling at every round over the, over-
thrown chairs and tables. and with her glar-
ing Pvcs and fl;tminr__r horns certainly re-
devil. Pipkins held the dootgopen only by
a crack, and we looked in over his sltoulder.
In the farthest corner of his bedroom crouch-
ed Mr. Sneeps, his mottth Open and his face
livid with fright; and obsrrving the next
moment that he had covered his eyes with
his hands, Pipkins slipped in and t'll\’l~'lt)ptf.l
himself in a Slit-‘Pl from. .lobnson’s bid, and
by art adroit rush upon the cow, drove her
straiglit into the dormitory. With hands
extended and hair upright, the terrified titan
ttiade a single bound to the door. Tumbl-
ing over the back of our friend, as Pipkiiis
had calculated, he pitched lteadlong down
stairs; but.up in a second, and still dumb
with horror, he continued his fliglit, never
stopping, as we afterwards learned, till he!
reached the room of the President, where
he burst in and threw himself on the floor.
Pipkins was never abandoned by his an-
gel oftliscretion--—closing the door after the
flying blue skin, he threw a b‘lt1i'Ilt’t*t over
the horns of the cow, sent Johnson into the-
cntry to gape and wonder with the rvst of
his disturbed neighbors, and hid himself
witli the cow in the vacant -,'__dormitory of
poor Snrcps. ‘The tutor had been disturbed
by the rattling of hools, but he took a few
minutes to dress, and in that time the won-
dering Snplts had slunk again to their beds.
and with the unsatisfied fnnctionary, the
last footfall was silt-need in the entry.
ly in lhve with her.
As far as glances of the eyes, tremors of
the voice, and occasional inucitdos, might go,
I doubt not that Isticcot-tlctl full well in im-
parting to ht-r‘a l\'l"lO\\lt.'(ig(’. of the state of
my heart; and_I will not presume upon your,
patience so much as to detail the ecstasy of
jo_v_ with which I at fit'stdiscovei't-d, through
similar media, a rcciptocity of feeling on the
part Oflllr yottnglady. Let it suffice to say
that this was the C;tSt~‘, and that the time
(‘:)t’t'if‘ xi,-h. 5, it uass iitctt.'r:l)t tit on me lo tt‘::1l.'c
-.1 distinct at-ow:-il of my lovc. This, after
long and p9t‘plt'.\'lD<,I mental dtbfllt’, I ft solv-
ed to do by lt-ttcr; and after writing some
forty cpistle-5 on as many sheets of gildt-cl
s:ttin-paper, I finally SUCCt‘0(l2'(l in forming a
It-tit-r. :itnr‘:mting to about six lln<*S. Cfmlflln‘
in 9, as Il.l1rttl'-.-'l”ti, the crtntlcnserl qttintrsst-nvt‘.
of every thing that could orought to be said
on the suljt-ct. ‘Of this precious morceau, I
retain but ti slight rt.-col.lccti0n. That it a-
bonndcd with terms exprcssive of puro,tvarin.
ardent, glowing. untlying, everlasting and-
unprecedented affection. I have not the least
doubt. But ttnfortun:ttcly, this little speci-
men of epistolary excellence wa’s scat'cclyf:n-
lished, when chant-ing to peruse some of the
experience ofa predecessor in the path oflove,,
I read that nothing was more unwise & dam-‘
gorons, than ‘making an ofli.-r of out-.’s hand
and heart by means of pen anti paper.
\Vi'.h the credulity of -'1 simple mind, I at
once gave implicit credence to this doc-
trine, and frightcnd at the fearful precipice
which I had so narrowly avoidt-d, I imme-
diatclv destroyed my letter, and resolved to
declare myself in person. with my own lips
and voice, and to bear with my own cars the
replv which was to seal nty destiny.
Never did an Alexarttler, -.1 ‘-Vallacc, or :1
Napoleon. feel the inspit‘in2' Offer! Of-'1 ll<‘t'0-
ic resolution more powerfully than I felt the
influence of this! I had resolved. lwould
execute! I walked the streets with the prottd
-I have laughcd at intervals of years,
and in very grave places, when some clianco,
:-ISSOCIHIIUII has brought back to my memory
the picture of [lint lticlrless cow, as she ap-
peared to [lie nssetttbled collvge on Sunday,
ntorningr, loolring down upon the grass from !
the \\'ll.]tl()\\' ofthe fourth story ofthe North
vntrv. Totti ticd her with a sliott tether to
the hinge ofthe outside window blind, and i
when the bell rang for morning pt‘d_Vet‘S,5
and Professors. Tutors and Students, were‘
all ivending tlucir way sobcrly to chapel,l
sottte chance eye discovered the protrude-dl
head of the Steward’s long lost cow. A’
shout to others to come and look soon turn-l
ed the tide of matingoers front the path to:
the chapel. and in five minutes. the entire;
population of the college was in a body un-t
der the window, gazing upward. The mt-r-l
ririient_wa§ so obstreperous that it was not
thought expedient to proceed with the morn-
ing prayers—the only instance ofthat emis-
sion, I believe, in the history of the institu-
tion. -
How the cow got thert-——where she was
kept during the week" that she was missing,
and who were the perpetrators, remained
profound secrets till after Pipkins had taken
his degree. Of course, no suspicion attach-
od to Tom’s entry, and the burthen of sur-
mise fell divided among the innocent resi-
dents ofthe entry, where the cow was dis-
covered. ~ '
Death ends theimerriest tale. The Stew-
ard fed his cow in her elevated station till
Monday. when he attempted to induce her
to descend the stairs. But she had enough
of the extraordinary. Nothing could coax,
lrag or drive her to the staircase; and get-
ting out of patience at last with the obstina-
[dignified thing 1 did.
consciousncssofthc height of my pride,fairly
3 fearing lest, in the words ofthe poct,I should
“strike the stars with my lofty head.” But
sensible ofthe imperfection of huntnn pow-
érs, and conscious that mine, in particular,
were liable to fail on so delicate an emergen-
cv, I resolved at least to write and commit to
rnetnnrv mv declaratory speech. This un-
‘ Instead oftrusting to
the tvn rm outpourings ofan ingenuous heart,
which in some way at least,tvould. have man-
aged to make itself tinderstoodand felt, I
committed to memory a cold formula of
unrds. to be deliver:-d as the schoolboy re-
cites his speech, of which it is sufficient for the
purpose. of this little article to recollect
the following sentence: " Miss Adams! you
will allow Ime to offer you my hand and
hen rt?"
The ft‘ZIl'fUl hour arrived. The evening
for my wanted visit approached, and I found
myself seated by the side of myadored in the
summer evening twilight. The last rays
of the setting sun had gradually disappeared
from the rosy clouds that lingered about the
\\’(?SI, The full moon rode high in the
heavens, and one by one the glorious stars
became visible.
The open window by which we sat looked
out upon the garden stored with a profusion
of rich and rare flowers, which there exhal-
ed and -rose around us, a delicious fragrance,
forming a fit atmosphere for such a scene.
The time, the silence; the'scenery, every
thing was appropriate; and she, the beauti-
ful, and almost unearthly, seemed by intui-
tion to understand my thoughts and intention.
is with head bent down she gazed earnestly
(and with asligbt blush upon’ the fair cheeks
around which her auburn curls were play-
cy of the anitnal and the immoderate laugh‘
Shouts of laughter rang through the college,
ter of'_t-he-students, the angry purveyer sci:-t
\
mg.) upon a moss-rose which she was earl
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Number 18.
nestly engaged in pulling to pieces. I wag
eni;-loyctl in the serious occupation of ‘open.
ing and shutting a“ small fancy situflibog;
which I held in my hand.
Alas! where now was the A"exar.d'.'i:m or
Neapolitan courage that had, inspired me?‘
I felt my valor oozing out of the palms of
my hands! But at length summoning re-
solution, like a man upon the scaffold. who
wishes to die with at least seeming forti ode
—-or to use the more forcible illustration,-
gatltering tngctht-r concentration‘, as it were,
all the engies of my mind, 8fteFflt_e manner
of one about to submit to that most itthumen
of all earthy tortures, the extraction of a,
tooth; Isay, with such energy as ih_ig_[
1'.=ilSt-'(l my eyes to tlose of Isabella, and in the
language of my prepared speech said, "Miss
Adams!”
_The unnecessary and startling cmplmsig
with which this rather formal commence-
mom was delivered, seriously frightened both
parties. The rose droppcdifrom ht-r finvcrs,
the box from mine; and I was only-able to
follow up the impressive exorditirn with
some common-place remark about the beati-
ty of the evening, after which we relapsed
into our former silence.
Gathering, however, energy from defeat,
I made afteraslight pause, a second at:
tempt.
' M559 11617517713.’ said I, in a slow. solemn
scpulchral voice, "will you, it-ill 3/01,.»-.-_.
will you allow me to off‘:-r you-———to of-
fer you a. pinch of sm/fl"
‘ With pleasure, sir,’ ]‘t'pllECI a soft, sweet
voice. which. in contrast with my own,
sounded like a strain ofsoft music following
up the rutitbling of an earthqualie. I_f:-it
my eyes starting from my head. I felt the
veins on my neck were swollen, like ilm
strearrs of spring. I /zcard the loud heat-
ing of my hc-art, and in an ‘agony of both
bodily and mental pain. to which ihe rack.
the wheel, and the gibbet. were paradise, I
rushed from the room, and hurried to my
hotne, entered my own chamber, loclred
doubly;-trcbly locked my door, lest anv ont-
Sl”.-0Ul(l observe my slianic. and ventcct my’
spl-‘en in idle imprccation upon my own-stti-
pitlity. _ _
An ltour‘s walk across my chaml3er,se-nu
ed however. to calm mv spirits; and with a
composure that seetncdinaturallv supernatu-7
ral, compared with my recent violent. agita-
tion, I sat down and wrot.e-=-
“DEAR IsAni:i.i.A—-'l‘al.'e pity on an an:
hnppy youth, who is too deeply in love with
you to utter three C0!‘.St'CllllV8 words in voui‘
presence ! I am miserable till I hear from
you.”
This pote was immediately despatciied,
in tilt? tinI\'t’TSt".‘--‘l\-5)" Izmbcllu jjiuvtid a pat‘-
tern of excellence. I was never offended
with her but once, andtlicn she dispclledimv
wrath, by asking me, in n mock-serious tonla
tf voive—-“IVill you——will you—will you
—-Z‘tllO\V me to offer you—-a pinch of snufi ?”
A Couple of 1I7tecrlo1os.—'Fhe author of
the caustic article on Congrcssioiial Elo-
quence, in the last North American Review
in the course of his illustration, relates ll’)-'5'
following anecdotes, which, though old will
beat‘ repeating 2
"I-"ir_s_zinia—r.otv legislator. now soldier, now’
comtncntator on the Apoc-.tl_vpsc—in this
course of a two days’ speech upon nothing
in Comtitittee of-the Viltolc, was called to
order by Mr. Arthur Livcrrnorc, cf'Ncv-.-
I-lampshirc, for irrelevancy of matter. ‘ Mr.-
Clmirman.’ said Stnith, ‘I am not speaking‘
for the member front New Ilampshire, but
to p-ost.et‘ity.’ ‘The gcritlcinan,’ rejoined
Livermore, ‘is in a fair way. before he fin-
ishes. to have his audience before him.’
Here is another in relation totlie forensic
t‘l0(]tlt~‘I'lCe of the Federal city‘. A western
advocate, already prominent in the Iiegi,-.-la-1
turn, had begun somev.'here near the origin
of things, and the first principles of society,
land was working his way‘ down through
Bracton and Coke to the case in hand, in
argument before the late Chi-.:-f Justice Mar-
shall. The magnificent old gentlemati was
seldom wrary and never impatient-'-—but he
thought that on this occasion, some time
mightbe saved,——-‘ Brother H. ----H--’ said
he, ‘there are sortie things which a Chief
Justice of the U. States may be presumed
to know,’
The new Secretary of lite IVa‘t7_’I/.-~TIit3
selection of George E Badger, Esq. of N.
Carolina, as head of the Navy Department,
is understood to be highly satisfactory to the
South. North Carolina, all things consid-
ered, has done nobly for the Tl/‘hig cause,
and it is well that she should have a voice
in the Cabinet. The Vfashitigton corres-
pondent ol the I\'. Y. Commercial Adverti-
ser, says:
“ Gen. Harrison was not personally ac-
quaintcdwith Mr. Badger. But he knew
him well by reputation, and his name was
presented, and backed with recommendations‘
of the highest possible character. Mr. Bad-
ger has never filled any office under the
General Government, nor has he ever been
in Congress. But he has long stood at the
head of the bar in the South, and is known
to those who have practiced of late years in
the Supreme Court, as unsurpassed in the
highest departments of his profession. He‘
is a man of strong intellect. improved by the
expanding effect of general studies—equally'
remarkable for quickness, subtlety and am-
plitude of mind. As an advocate at the bar,
and at political orator, he is one of the most
‘eloquent. To add to his claimsgto confi-
dence and re-spect the highest ofall. he is a
Christian—sincere, devout, unaifccted——and
of a member of the Episcopal Church."
and in balfan hour I was the happiest man
The versatile Gen. Alexander Smith, of
exemplary in the discharge of all the dutieiv
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