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BY S. B. CRAFTON.
SMDERSVILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1852.
VOL. VI--I0. 34.
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POETRY.
[from the weekly universe.]
“Judge not lest Ye be Judged.’’
BY TOM FRANK.
Judge not!—though clouds of seeming guilt
may dim thy brother’s fame,
For fate may throw suspicion’s shade upon the
brightest name ;
Thou ean’st not tell what hidden chain of cir
cumstances m-y
Have wrought the sad result that takes an
honest name away.
Ju<Jge not!
Judge not!—the vilest criminal may rightfully
demand
A chance to clear himself, before a jury of his
land,
And surely one who ne’er was known to break
his plighted word,
Should not be hastily condemned to obloquy,
unheard.
Judge not!
Judge not!—thou can’st not tell how soon the
the look of bitter scorn
May rest on thee, though pure thy heart as
dew-drops in the morn.
Thou dost not k now what freak of fate may
place upon thy brow
A cloud of shame to kill the joy that rests up
on it now.
Judge not!
Judge not!—but rather in thy heart let gentle
pity dwell—
Man’s judgment err, but there is One who
“doeth all things well.”
Ever, throughout the voyage of lift. this pre
cept keep in view—
“Do unto others as thou would’st that they
should do unto you.”
Judge not!
Judge not!—for one unjust reproach an hon
est heart can feel
As keenly as the deadly stab made by the
pointed steel.
The worm will kill the sturdy oak, (though
slowly it may die,)
As surely as the lightening stroke swift rush
ing from the sky.
Judge not!
MISCELLANEO US.
hick Daily’s Stump Speech.
Fellow Citizens :—This are the day
for the popperlation ofBoonville like a bob
tailed pullet on a rickety hen roost, to be
looken’ up. A crisis have arriv—and some
thing’s busted! Where are we. Here I is
and I’d stand here and expirate from now
till the day of synagogues if you’d whoop
Dally.
Feller Citizens—Jerusalem’s to pay, and
we haint got no pitch hot. Our hyperboli
cal and majestic canal boat, of creation has
unshipped her rudder, and the captain’s
broke his neck, and the cook has div to the
depths of the ‘vasty deep’ in search of di
icons! Our wigwam is torn to pieces like
a shirt on a brush fence, and these latitudes
is vanishing’ in a blue flame ! Are such
thing to be did ? I ask you in the name of
the American Eagle, who whipped the
shaggy headed lion of Great Britain, and
now sits.a roostin’ on the magnetic tele
graph, if such doins is to be conglomerated;
1 regcat it to you in the name of that pea
cock of liberty when he is flawin’ o’er the
cloud capped summits of the Rocky Moun
tains, if we’s agoin to be extemporaneously
biogyogged in this fashion ?
“Oh, answer me!
Let me not burst in ignorance !”
as Shakespear says: Shall we be bamboo-
zlefied with such unmittigated outdacious-
nsss ? Methinks I hear you yelp—‘no-sir-
ee !’ Then ’lect me to Congress and there
will be no revolution.
Feller citizens—If I was standing in the
adamantime throne of Jubiter, and light-
nins was a clashin’ around me, I’d continue
to spout! I’m full of bifin’ lather of Mount
Etny. and I won’t be queched! I’ve sprung
a leak, and I tnust howl like a bear with a
sore head. Flop together—jump into the
ranks and hear me through.
Feller citizens—You know me, and rip
my lungs out with a nail grab if I wouldn’t
slick to yer, like brick dust to a bar of soap.
Where is my opponent ? No where. He
ain’t a cat-b ; rd in a garret to me ! I was
brought among you and he was in a school
house, but he can’t get me with his highfal-
lootin words. Hictum, strictum, albro, an-
to, catnip, Brazil, Tegalo, and Baffid’s Bay!
What do you think of that V
‘Go it porky—root hog or die!’ as
Shakespeer said when Caeser stabbed him
in the House of Representatives.
Feller citizens—Elect me to Congress,
and I’ll ’bolish mad dogs, musceeters and
bad money. I’ll go in for tetotal annihila
tion of niggers. camp-meetings a id jails.
I’ll repudiate crows and dustily hen-hawks;
I’ll have barn raisins every day (Sundays
excepted) and licker enough to swim an ele
phant.
Yes, feller citizens, ’lect me to Congress
and I shall be led to exclaim in the sublime
and terrific language of Bonyparte, when
preaching in the wilderness—
‘Richard’s himself again !”
On, then onward to the polls; ‘‘gallop
apace, fiery footed steed, and make the
welkin ring with anti spasmodic yelk for
Dally. I’m a comin.”
Information about tlie Crops.
Alabama.—The Greesboro Ala., Beacon
of the 20th says it receives further com
plaint of the spread of the boll worm, espe
cially in the canebrake region, where the
crops, in many cases, are represented as
being half cut off. From the sandy lands
the complaints are not so numerous.
Tbe Livingston, Ala., Democrat regrets
to learn that many of the planters in that
neighborhood complain of the destructive
rage of the boll worm, an express alarm for
their crops. The good prospect some short
time since of course but renders the injury
the more observable.
The Mobile Tribune of the 25th says :
We saw yesterday a gentleman who has
travelled extensively in Noxubee, Miss.,
and Pickens, Green and Sumter in this
State. He tells us that the planters gen
erally despair of making more than half a
crop" of cotton. The worm was every
where in those counties, and while the weed
generally looked very well, there was a
great defiency of bolls.
Mississippi.—The Jackson Mississippian
of the 27 th ult. says : “ We learn that in
this and all the adjoining counties, the boll
worm is playing sad havoc with the crops
of Cotton; and besides the injury which it
sustains from this cause, in many planta
tions, the plant is usually large, and there
is a great scarcity of blooms.
Trie Union Beacon (Noxubee, Miss.) says
The grain crops of every description have
been secured, and both in quality and
quantity, they must be looked back to in
after times as making this the great grain
year.
The Cotton crop is afflicted with the
worm, and is in a very unpromising con
dition. The Beacon is assured that there
will not be more than half a crop made
within tbe county.
Louisiana.—The Jackson (La.) Mirror
of the 19th ult., says tk;t cotton picking in
that vicinity has now fairly commenced,
and the prospect is good for a large crop.
May nothing blight that prospect.
The Concordia Intelligencer of the 21st
says that a few days since Mr. Henry P.
Daniels, an enterprising planter of that
parish, brought in four or five bales of new
cotton all the way from the Tensas, and
shipped them from Vidalia for New Or
leans. The same paper learns from plan
ters residing in Adam’s county, Miss.; that
the cotton is opening very rapidly on the
hills. Picking is said to be as good now
as it usually a month later *in tbe season.
This is the case also, in a great measure,
with the river plantations in the lowlands.
Further back m the swamp the crops are
not quite so forward.
The Chatahoula Advocate of the 19th
ult., says that everybody in that section
seems to be busy in picking cotton. A
good deal ha'd already been picked, and
the probability was that the first steamboat
down Black River would find at least one
hundred bales on the bank waiting for ship
ment.
The Plaquemine Sentinel says that the
crops generally in that parish are in a
more favorable condition than they have
been known on for years. The season has
been very propitious—neither dry nor wet
soells for any length of time,
1 The Paulding, Miss., Clarion of the 14th
mst., says the plentiful rains the past week
i ‘i__ l — i. ABAna xwKl/iK
Dave UtftJU a grtfUL iciicl^u ultc v/j_ro,
were beginning to suffer severely from the
drouo-ht. A better corn crop will be made
in Mississippi than has been done for years
and that articles will be excessively abun
dant. The cotton crop will be more than
an average one.
Territory and Population.—The follow
ing tabie in regard to area and population
is not without interest:
The Nations Acres. Population.
The area ofU.S.is 2,081,759,000 23,267,498
Df China, 830,829,000 400,000,000
Of France, 130,391,000 40,000,000
3f England <te Wales 37,000,000 17,500,000
3 f Ireland, 20,400,000 8,000,000
Now, with such a comparison of territory
and population, what ideas of national gran-
leur expand within the mind!
fggp There was a .nan so anxious to make
a “noise in the world,” that he left orders
when he died, to have his skm tanned and
made into a drum.
A Trtelisey Spirit.
The persecuted spirit of King Alcohol,
which so often disguises its votaries, is now
perpetually condemned to disguise itself in
those regions where the Maine law prevails.
The papers bring us continual tidings of
some new masking habit which it is obliged
to assume, and from which it is no sooner
routed than it flies to another still stranger
and more Bizarre. Now it is molasses, now
vinegar; it is milk, it is butter, it is lard it is
honey, it is apple sauce, it is everything. It
is put into all sorts of receptacles, and trav
els by all sorts of conveyances. It is slung
in bags on bent backs; it is wheeled along
by porters, who call it baggage; it is rowed
through the water by boats; it rides on horse
back in two gallon valises; it is even carried
in brass-nailed coffins, by solemn-visaged
men; nay, more, it is said, in one instance,
to have been hid in a cradle in a night-cap
ped keg, and rocked gently to a soothing
lullaby, while vigilant officers searched the
house for its whereabout. Vigilant they
were, too, for they found it eveu there, and
waggishly exclaimed, as they lifted it out;
“Dear little innocent—the very picture of
its father!”
. These stratagems remind us of one said
to have been practised many years ago on
the frontiers of France and Belgium, some
what as follows. We do not pretend to be
literal in our recollection, and may have
slightly embelished the story.
A gay carriage very frequently passed
and re-passed the “lines,” as we Yankees
say, being never more than glanced into by
the officers of the Customs, for it evidently
belonged to a man of wealth and conse
quence, who was its only occupant. Its dri
ver was in livery, and so was its large black
footman, who stood very erect at bis post,
and whose broad, shining face displayed a
perpetual grin of delight. Cuffee, indeed,
became a person very well known, and was
often spoken of on the route which he trav
ersed- He was also sometimes spoken to
and bowed to, at turnpikes and other brief
stopping places; but he was remarkable for
never, ra the slightest degree, returning
either bow or salutation, notwithstanding
his extremely good-natured look.
“Pretty stiff, for a nigger, isn’t he?” said
one of the mobocracy one day when the usu
ally swift carriage had become accidentally
impeded by a crowd in tbe street, and was
forced to travel very slowly.
“I say, Cuffee, how do you do? A warm
day, isn’t it?”
The footman continued to grin, but said
nothing.
“Perhaps he don’t understand tbe lan
guage,” said another, for the speakers were
French; “try him in Dutch.”
He was tried in Dutch with the same
success.
“Blast the blackamoor! he might at least
make a bow, even if he is a Hottentot,” said
the first speaker, raising his cane threaten
ingly-
“Give him a cut!” cried another.
Down came the cane, and a sharp, ring
ing sound was returned, which excited
much astonishment.
“Deuced queer hide that fellow must
have,” said the cane-wielder, leaping to his
side on the carriage, while a roar of laugh
ter proceeded from the crowd.
Whack ! whack ! whack ! fell the blows
again, and this time on the shoulders of
Cuffee, who, although clearly a man of met
al, made no resistance.
The carriage was stopped, and the voice
less footman was assisted to alight, when, on
examination, he proved to be a leaden im
age, hollow as the wooden horse of Troy,
and filled from his toes to the eyes with the
choicest brandy. The carriage and horses
were of course confiscated, together with
Cuffee, who was bled very freely by the
Custom House officials, in the attempt to as
certain tbe exact quality of his contents, in
order to make tlieir processes all correct.
Interesting from Australia- -The tide of
immigration from England to the Austral
ian Colonies is said to be a thousand a day.
Immigration was never so fashionable or so
aristocratic. Men are abandoning positions
once deemed advantageous and creditable,
far above tbe average, and voluntarily re
signed appointments into which at their low
est grade they not long since thought them
selves most fortunate to obtain admission.
Among the very aristocracy of clerkhood,
not far short one hundred resignations have
been given in to the directors of the Bank
of England by the employers of that vast
establishment. Great mortality prevails at
the gold diggings in Australia. The scarc
ity of water has been dreadful. They have
had to go miles to fetch it for drinking, and
it has been scarcely possible to wash the
gold. The gold is found mixed with-quartz,
white or red. Prices remain extravagant
ly hight. Six common second hand mahog
any chairs lately sold for eighteen guineas.
All clothing is dear. Shoes are 20 shillings
sterling a pair. Dysentefy, rheumatism, and
consumption abound.
A young and pretty girl stepped into a
store where a spruce young man who had
long been enamored, but dared not speak;
stood behind the counter selling dry goods.
In order to remain as long as possible, she
cheapened everything, and at last said: “I
am cheating you.” “Oh; no,” said the
youngster, “to me you are always fair.”:
“Well,” whispered the lady, blushing as she
laid an emphasis on the word, “I would not
stay so long bargaining if you were not so
dear.” '
jggT “This is hot work,” as the pig said
when the butcher was scalding his carcass;
[FROM THE WASHINGTON UNION.]
Letter from Lieut. Drum, Uni
ted States Army.
The shameless charge of coYvaraice which
has been preferred against Gen. Pierce by
vile patisans of tbe Whig party, is receiving
day by day that exposure and rebuke
which its meanness and mendacity deserve
Gallant officers and soldiers, both of regu
lars and volunteers, who served with Gen.
Pierce in Mexico, unite in repelling impu
tations so injurious to the well earned rep
utation of a broiher-in arms. The follow
ing letter from Lieut. Drum, of the 4th Ar
tillery, addressed to Hon. Charles Shealer,
of PittsbHrg, will be read with great inter
est.
Fort Brady, Saut St. Marie, (Mich) )
July 20, 1852. j
Dear Sir:—In reply to your interrogato
ry respecting tbe absurd alegatiou that
“Gen. Pierce managed to faiut at the com
mencement of every battle’* during the cam
paign in the valley of Mexico, 1 will give
you the following detailed statement as an
eye witness of most, if not all, Gen Pierce’s
movements during those engagements.
On tbe 18th of August, 1847, Gen.
Pierce was directed to act with bis brigade
as a supporting force to that portion of.Gen.
Twiggs’s division ordered to attack in front
the enemy’s position at Contreras.
In complying with the instructions, he
was exposed to a continued discharge of
round shot and shells. The General was
at that time mounted and riding along a
ledge of pedrigal (volcanic rock.) After
having advanced with bis force about half
a mile, directly towards the enemy’s work,
the fire from their battery became very se
vere; the air being filled with missiles, his
horse look fright and fell with him on the
ledge, throwing the General some distance
and injuring him very severely. The gen
eral impression at the time with those who
witnessed the accident was, that he was
either killed or severely wounded.
He was, I think, when the accident hap
pened in advance of his brigade, and cer
tainly displayed duriDg that engagement
as much gallantry as any one whose actions J
came under my observation. j
Though seriously disabled, as was indeed
evident from his physical appearance, he
remained in the field that night, and insis
ted upon joining the contest in tbe morning
of the'20th, and although it was with diffi
culty be could retain his seat on horseback
yet "he led the command into the engage
ment of Churubusco; while there, he was
relieved iu command by Gen. Shields, in
consequence of the injury received the pro
ceeding day.
From this injury Gen. Pierce did not re
cover during his stay in Mexico; and it was
I believe; the'cause of his return borne soon
after tbe occupancy of tbe capitol
Gen. Pierce’s conduct during his march
from Vera Cruz to Puebla was certainly
sufficient to shield him from so foul an ac
cusation as the one above quoted.
Within my own knowledge he was fre
quently exposed to tbe enemy’s fire " T and
upon every occasion conducted himself with
that propriety that should characterise tbe
conduct of every brave and true soldier.
He has never presumed to be a military
man, but those who witnessed his conduct j
know that every order given him was not j
only fully executed, but with a promptness ;
and correct judgment that secured him the !
esteem and confidence of the most promi
nent military men of the army. There was
however, one great military virtue that
General Pierce never failed to exercise. I
allude sir, to his unceasing efforts to allevi
ate the sufferings and necessary privations
of the men under his command. It was
with him a duty to contribute with kind
words and attentions to ihe comfort of the
sick and wounded soldiers, and from bis
personal means secured them many neces
saries of which they were destitute.
In conclusion; I must say that amongst
those who were more closely connected
with General Pierce, and who were witnes
ses of his acts, I have never heard the slight
est intimation of a want of courage on his
part; ana on the contrary, he was esteemed
a brave good man, and officers and soldiers
were most warmly attached to him.
I am, sir, respectfully yours,
RICHARD C. DRUM.
Lieutenant 4th Artillery, U, S. A.
Hon. Charles Shealer.
Distressing.—The Galveston News, of
the 10th, thus refers to almost distressing
and melancholy event, which lately occur
red in that city:
“We have to record one of the most mel-
«*va1wv1 CT 'ATTnnfo tknt Iuml opqi* kannonarl• in
aiU-irvt y t7»cuw vuav imo vtoi ***
this city. On Friday nighfcjast, Mrs. Ed
monson, the wife of Dr. E. Edmonson, a
dentist of this city, died in her bed, her
husband being entirely unconscious of the
dreadful calamity that had befallen him,
until he awoke in the morning and beheld
the lifeless corpse by his side ! Mrs. E. bad
been afflicted with the toothache for some
time, and had been accustomed to find re
lief in the use of chloroform, administered
by her husband. It is believed that she
was. afflicted with pain in the night, and
being unwilling to wake her husband, pro
cured the chloroform and administered it
herself in such excess as to cause her death.
There is really no doubt such was the case.”
“ ’Tis strange,” muttered a young man as
he staggered home from a supper party,
“how evil communications corrupt good
manners. I’ve been sui rounded by tumb
lers all the evening, and now I’m a tumbler
Yellow Fever in Charleston.
Our city has been filled with rumors t for
the last two days of the prevalence in Char
leston, of yellow fever in a maglignant form
and according to the accounts, the mortali
ty is already very great. We sincerely
hope it may not be true, yet. it has reached
us in so many and such reliable forms that
we cannot doubt that the disease has made
its appearance in that city.
The papers, however, are perfectly mute
on the subject, while tbe country is being
filled by passengers and others with what
we believe to be most exaggerated accounts.
Under such circumstances we think the
journals would be but serving the interests
of the city by giving faithful daily reports
of the progress of the disease. This, how
ever, is a matter for the exercise of the dis
cretion of the authorities, with which we
have nothing to do.—Augusta Chronicle &
Sentinel of Tuesday
We have for several days past been in
possession of tbe fact that there was ye!
low fever in Charleston, but we have no
mentioned it, lest an improper motive
might be attributed to us. A resident of
that city assured us last week that a young
man an acquaintance of his, had died of it
and^lhat as many as fifteen cases were re
ported to have existed on Tuesday last.
This may be an exaggeration, but that
there have been a number of cases of yel
low fever in Charleston, and that it is there
at this time, information from various sour
ces leaves us no room to doubt. The Cath
olic Miscellany of Saturday, published there
contains obituary notices, of five who died
of yellow fever, and fobF who died of stran
ger’s or country fever, which is understood
to be the same thing—all within a week.
It should be remembered that the Miscel
lany publishes obituaries of Catholics only.
—Sav. Rep.
A Sad Story.—Miss Ida Williams, a
beautiful and talented young English lady,
23 years of age, who was rescued from the
steamboat Atlantic, has arrived at Detroit.
The Advertiser, of that city, says:—
“She had arrived in this country from
England, and was travelling westward with
a view to select a location for a future resi
dence, in company with a twin-brother, a
married sister, a brother-in-law, and two
nieces, all of whom were lost. She states
that the last recollection she has of any
thing which took place on the Atlantic, she
was standing in company with her friends
on the deck, when a beam or piece of woo 1
fell and killed her brother, and bitting he.
also in its fall, injured her back, when she
fainted. She bad no conciousness of any
thing which took place afterward, until she
found herself on board the propeller, on her
jvaytoErie, without clothing, except her
night dress, without money, and without a
friend on this side the broad Atlantic—her
friends were all lost! Not knowing where
to turn for succor, she took passage on board
a Detroit boat, and reached this city, where
her immediate wants were supplied, and
where she has been kindly offered a home
in the family of a highly respectable and
hospitable resident of Detroit.”
The Late Storm.—The Columbus En
quirer of Tuesday says :
“One of the heaviest rain storms that
has been experienced about here lately
took place on the 26th, by which all the
streams near this place were so much swol
len as to stop travelling for a day or so.
The Chattahoochee river rose higher than
it has been for several years, and we learn
that the plantations below this place, lying
near the river, have been almost wholly
submerged, doing material injury to the
growing crops thereon. The factories here
were compelled to suspend operations, and
the damage some of them may have sus
tained, is yet not known correctly.
“On the Muscogee Railroad, the cars
went out on Sunday morning, and 19
miles below the city the conductor found
a part of a bridge had been carried away
by the rise of a creek. On returning with
the train when within 7 mile of the town
a part of the embankment was found mis
sing, which had slid off with the track since
the cars -had passed over. Every thing
however, is righted at present, and the cars
are rnnning as usual.”
Soule and Pierce.—Mr. Soule, the dis
tinguished Senator from Louisiana, in a pri
vate letter to his partner, thus speaks of
Gen. Pierce:
“I have seen the man, and a man he is,
of lofty mien, of winning manners, and easy
and elegant speech, of great directness of
purpose, of facile access, and yet dignified
and imposing—-a man, I tel! you, who will
grace the Presidential chair, add to the cred
it of our party, and do honor to the nation.
In him we may repose the most absolute
and unreserved confidence. His mind is of
the highest order. What stpkes in him
most is the bold confidence with which he
addresses himself to any subject-^-an uner
ring revelation of conscious rectitude and of
moral and mental strength.”
Cure for Love.—Several years ago, when
Mrs. Rogers, the actress, was young and
handsome, Lord North, remarked for his
handsome face, accosted her one night be
hind the scenes, and asked her with a sigh
—“What was a cure for love?”
“Your Lordship,” responded she, “the
best I know of in the world.”
If you wish to. make your wife think of
putting a sleeping draught in your coffee,
come home some night ‘from the lodge’ with
a female night-cap in your hat.
Mexico and llie United States.
Tehuantepec Affair.—Sir.. Mason, .from
the Committee on Foreign Relations, in
the United'Sfcates Senate,' to ' whi.cjh -b.ad
been referred the correspondence between
this governmentand that of Mexico, in re*
lation to the right of way across the Isth
mus of lehpan tepee, on Monday made a
long report; concluding with the following
resolutions, which were ordered to be prin
ted : Jfe V
Resolved, As the judgment of the Sen
ate, that, in the present posture of the ques
tion the grant of a right of way through the
territory of Mexico at the Isthmus of Tehu
antepec, conceded by that Republic to one
of its its citizens, and now the property of
citizens of the United States, as the same
is presented by the correspondence and
documents accompanying the message of
the Presidentof the United States of the
27th July, 1852, it is not compatible with
the dignity of this Government to prose
cute the subject further by negotiation.
Second: Should the Government of
Mexico propose a renewal of such negotia
tion, It should be acceded to only upon dis
tinct propositions from Mexico, not incon
sistent with the demands made by this
Government in reference to said grant.
Third : That the Government of the
United States stands committed to all of its
citizens to protect them in their rights a-
broad, as well as at home, within the sphere
of its jurisdiction; and should Mexico,
within a reasonable time, to reconsider her
position concerning said grant, it will then
become the duty of this Government to re
view all existing relations with that Repub
lie, and to adopt such measures as will pre
serve the honor of the country and the
rights of.its citizens.
A dancing master, on being cast away
on a desolate island, lived six months with
out any other food than which he derived
from “cutting pigeon wings” and stewing
them. Here’s a hint worth taking^ to sea.
If learning to dance will prevent you from
shuffling off this mortal coil, it is the duty
of every man and woman to grow wise in
cotillions.
S. M. Hewlett.—The Newark N. J. Ea
gle, of the £0th Aug., says the Temperance
meeting in that city on the 19th, was one
of the most numerous gatherings of the
people that ever assembled together in that
city. At least four thousand persons were
present, a large majority of whom were at
tracted together by tbe announcement, that
Mr. Samuel M. Hewlett, formerly of that
city, was to speak on the occasion. The
performance of Mr. Hewlett is spoken of in
very high terms of approbation.
Death of John Doe and Richard Roe.—-
By the London papers we learn that these
distinguished persons who have lived so
long (some 7G0 or 800 years) as to be con
sidered immortal, and who were apparently
the largest owners of real estate in Great
Britain, will cease to exist on the 34th of
October next; an act of recent session of
parliament providing that instead of the
present proceeding jn actions of ejectments
(in which these worthies always took a
conspicuous part) the writ shall be directed
to the person in possession of the demand
ed property, and in which the poetry shall
be described with reasonable certainty.-
A notion seller was offering a Yankee
clock, finely varnished and colored,
and with a looking glass in front, to certain
lady not remarkable for personal beauty.
“Why, it is beautiful,” said the vender.
“Beautiful indeed ! a look at it almost
frightens me,” said the lady.
“Then, marm,” replied Jonathan, “I
guess you’d better take one that aint got
no looking-glass.
The following pretty toast was given at
the Fourth of July celebration at Lewiston,
Maine.
“Dowr East—-That mystical land where
the sun is said to rise; the land of pretty
girls; the land of pumpkin pies:—may the
Fates protect it and shield it from all harm,
and Uncle Sam ne’er forget the N. E. cor
ner of his farm.”
Considerate.—“John,” said a careful fath
er, “don’t give cousin Simmons’ horses too
many oats, you know they have hay.”
“Yeth, thur,” said John, moving towards
the barn.
“And, hark ye John—don’t give them>
too much hav; you know they have oats.”
QO* Mr. Emerson, in one of his lectures,
observed that in New England a man might
one day be a tavern keeper and the next a
judge. “A very natural transition,” whis
pered a wag, “from the bar to the bench! ’
The story of a man who had a nose so
large that he couldn’t blow it without the
use of gun-powder,has turned out to be a
hoax! ^
JBST’-The Chinese think that the soul of
a poet passes into a grasshopper, because it
sings till it starves.
A Wellerism,—“I’ll take your part,” as
the dog said when he robbed the cat of her
portion of the dinner.
“Though lost to sight, to
dear,” as Jones said, when Brown
and left him to pay his bill.
Why is a pig’s tail like a
Because it is flourished over