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(Kr vV e are autiiorizcd to an
nounce ISAAC WILLINGHAM, Esq, as a
Candidate for Sheriff, of Lincoln county, at the
Election in January next. Oct. 28,1841.
(Mr W e are authorized to an
nounce ALFRED L. BOREN, Esq. a Candi
date lor Sheriff of Wilkes county, at the election
in January next. October 28, 1811.
os’ W c are authorized to an
nounce JOSEPH T. 15LAKEY, Esq., a Candi
date for Receiver and Tax Collector, for Wilke,
county, at the Election in January next.
October 28,1841. ‘ 9
o ir We are authorized to an
nounce GIDEON G. NORMAN, Esq, as a
Candidate tor Receiver and Tax Collector , for the
county o! Wilkes, at the Election in January
next Ocinber 14, 1841.
We are authorized to an-
Stunce WILLIAM M. BOOKER, Esq. as a
Candidate for Receiver an l ‘Fax Collector, for the
County of Wilkes, at the dpproachin ■ Election
July 29, 1841. * ‘ 48
W e are authorized to an
nounce JOHN B. JA( KSO.N, Esq, as a
Candidate for Receiver and Tax Collector lor the
County of Wilkes, at the Election in January
next. August 18, 1841. 51
ST 3 We are authorized to an
nounce THOMAS A. HEARD, Esq. as a Can
di late for Receiver and Tax Collector of Wilkes
county, at the Election in January next.
September 9,1844. 2
dVolice*
A LL persons u,cemeu io the late firm of
j\_ WILLIS & CALLAWAY, for the year
1840, are requested to call and settle immedi
;pe!y. Oct. 28,1841.
Jftorc *t *eic
BY WHOLESALE AND RETAIL AT
J. P. SETZE’S,
Broad-street, Augusta, Georgia.
e I “ pieces assorted Domestic, French, and
British CALICOES,
10-4 and 12-4 best Linen Sheeting,
9-8 and 5 4 pillow ease Linens,
4-4 undressed Irish Linens,
Bird’s-Eye Diaper, (some extra fine)
8-4 and 10-4 Damask Table Diapers,
Long Lawns,
3-4, 7-8 and 4-4 Damask Napkins,
-Bleached and Unbleached striped bordered
Towels,
Plain, Green and Printed Floor Baize,
Rich printed and satin striped Schally,
Plain do. do. do.
Plain black and do. do. do.
Second mourning do.
Taglionienes, a very rich article for La
dies Dresses,
Printed and embroidered Muslin do Laine,
Plain, black and fancy colored do.
Balzarines, anew article for evening
Dresses,
Chena figured Silks,
Rich figured and striped Silks,
Black Matteoni Lustring,
Black Gros de Rhine,
Blue and jet black figured Silks,
Blue black reps Silks,
Blue black Gros de Royal Silks,
Blue and black Gros dr Messine,
Rich Merino and Chena Silk Scarfs,
Fillet and H. S. Gloves,
Shawls, in great variety of styles,
Best white and black English Silk Hose
and Half Hose,
Rich sprigged and dotted Bobbinct Laces,
. Do. do. Swiss Muslins,
Artificial Flowers and Wreaths,
Needle worked Collars,
10, 12, and 14-4 Marseilles Quilts, &c. &c.
03= The above GOODS, together with
1 nearly every article kept in a Dry Goods
I Store, will be sold by Wholesale and Ro
l “tail, as will be offered by any other
I house in this city, and at fixed prices.
I Aueusta, October 21. 1841 fit 8
FALL & WINTER fiOOtS.
THE SUBSCRIBER
I S now receiving an extensive supply of all
. kinds of GOODS, generally kept in this
section of the country. All of which he offers
for sale on reasonable terms, particularly to those
who wish to purchase for ('AS II!
MARK A. LANE.
Washington, Sept. 30, 1841 5
■ NEW GOODS.
The Subscribers arc now receiving a fresh
and General Assortment of
3W and Fashionable
GOODS,
Comprising in part the following :
SyiPE&OOT ©LOTTHSj,
Cassiineres & AestMg-s
Kerseys and Kinseys,
\Y liitney and Duffle Blankets,
of various sizes,
Brown and bleached Sheetings,
Shirtings, and Drillings,
English, French and American
Prints,
Scotch Ginghams, Irish Linen,
and Long Lawn; Linen Cambric Handker
chiefs, -
Silk Handkerchiefs, Hosiery,
Crapes, Bombazines, Flannels, Shawls and
Ties, French-wrought Collars, Ribbons and
Bonnets, Thread and Bobinet Laces and
Edgings,
Mousseline DcLaines and Shal
leys, _
Birds-eye and Cotton Diapers,
Linen Table-Cloths,
Gloves, of various descriptions,
Stocks, Cravats, and Suspend
ers,
Bonnet Silks, Corsets and La
uds,
Silk, Beaver and
Wool HATH.
A Handsome Assortment of
Wooden, Crockery, Stone and
Hard-ware.
Sugar, Coffee, Tea.
’ Nails.
Anti a complete assortment of
Coarse As Fine Hhoes.
Quills, Foolscap &, Letter Paper.
Looking-Glasses, See. See.
Besides a great variety of other articles
in their line of business,
OX REASONABLE TERMS.
COZART & WOODS.
October 21, 1841. 8
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G li O C E ll lES.
THE SL BSCRIBEIi,
Has just received, and is daily receiving, a
Large Assortment of
FAMILY SROBERIEB,
CONSJTING IN PART OF :
Brown Sugars, of the various
qualities,
Coffee and Teas, of the different
kinds,
Loaf and Lump Sugars,
Raisins, in half boxes, to suit fam
ilies,
Prunes, Almonds, Molasses, Rice,
Pepper, Spice, Mace, Cloves,
Cinnamon, Ginger, Nutmegs,
Patent Tallow and Composition
Candles,
Box Salt, Snuffs, Blacking,
Shoe Thread, Dye Stuffs,
Bar and Fancy Soaps, Alum,
Salt Petre, Writing Ink,
Ruled Foolscap & Letter Paper,
A general assortment of Nails,
Shot, Gunpowder, Bar Lead,
Fine Chewing Tobacco.
Cut Tobacco, for smoking,
A good assortment of Cigars.
Window-Glass, See.
Also, a General Assortment, of
Liquors, Wines,
Cordials, Lemon Syrup
Apple Vinegar, &,c.
All of which will be sold low for CASH,
AND m CASH ONLY.
Persons wishing to purchase any article in
this line, would do well to call and examine my
Stock, as it has been well selected in the mar
kets of New-York and Charleston.
IET Store or. the Northwest side of the Public
Square, in the New Building lately put
up by Mr John D. Thompson.
GEORGE W. JARRETT.
October 14,1841. ts 7
EXECUTED AT THIS
0 F F 0 (0 !E u
WASHIXUTON, (WILKES COUNTY, XOVE.IIBEK 1, ISIS.
: Calln 4* 0 y. NY i 9 £ ik & Cos.
Respectfully inform the Citizens of Wilkes
and adjoining Counties, that they arc
now opening, and offer for sale on
the West side of the Public
Square, a
General Assortment of
■ii i APLki PaMSi cey sseosj
Hardware, Ilzzt®,
BOOTS, SHOES, &.<'■ Sc-
Their Goods having been select* and in the
Philadelphia ami New-York Markets with j
great care and attention, and the STOCK
BEING ENTIRELY NEW, and pur
chased principally for CASH, is confidently
offered as equal to any in the place.
Having commenced with a view to a
permanent Business, they intend selling
tie ir GOODS at such prices as will ensure
tie in their share of business.
They would call attention particularly
to their Stock of
w&wmt
As they have b< en selece and with much at
tention, and for Variety and Richness of
style, cannot be excelled.
Their Stoch consists in part, of,
Plain and figured, Black and
Colored, Gros de nap, Gros de Rhine, Lus
tring and Chenea SILKS.
Kmhroidercd, and Fancy, SiSli,
Merino, Thibet, and Cotton SHAWLS';
Plain and Hemstitch Linen, Cambric, and
Silk H A N1) K ERC HIE FS.
Embroidered, j lain, figured, &.
second Mourning Metis!in DeLains.
.Striped, figured Sc plain Chal
loys.
Thread and Bobinet Laces,
Edgings and Footings ; Capes &. Collars ;
Scollop and Inserting Trimmings.
English, French and American
Prints and Muslins.
Cation Cambrics j Plaid, Vlull,
Book, and Jackonet MUSLINS.
English, French, and German
MERINOS.
All Pacha Cloths , anew arti
cle for Ladies’ CLOAKS and RIDING
DRESSES.
New Style, Florence, English,
Straw Bonnets, and Hoods.
Gauze, Grodenan, and Chenea
Ribbons ; Wreatlis, and Sprigs.
Silk, Cotton and Worsted Ho
siery.
Silk, II iskiii Sc Worsted Gloves.
Tapes, Needles, Thread, But
tons, &c, &c.
3-1, 4 1, and 5-4 Bleached and
Brown Shirtings.
Red, White, Green, and Salis
bury Flannels.
Rose, Whitney, and Maccinau
and Negro Blankets.
Wool-dyed, Rack, Blue, Mix
ed, Oxford Mixed, Drab. Brown, Green, and
Invisible Green Cloths.
Pilot Cloth, an Extra Article
for Over Coats.
Plain and Ribbed, Black, Blue,
and Drab Cassimers.
Plain and Fancy, English and
French Satins.
Vestings, Plain Cut Velvets,
Silk, Cotton, Sc Worsted Shirts,
and Drawers; Assortment of Satinets, and
Kentucky Jeans,
Fur, Silk and Wool 1 hits,
Fur, Cloth, and Sea! Caps,
Ladies’ and Gentlemens’Boots
and Shoes of every description.
Negro Shoes, a medium and ex
tra article.
Hardware, Crockery, Drugs,
Groceries, &c. &c.
September 30, 1841. 5
ADAMS & 11 tPKINS,
WARE-HOUSE
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
AUGUSTA, GEO.
JOHN M. ADaMS.
LAMBETH HOPKINS.
Augusta, October 6, 1841. lOt 7
WATCH & CLOCK
REFAinntfi.
Subscriber returns his thanks for the
custom heretofore received, wishes to in
iorm his customers and the community general
ly, that lie has just received a good supply of
Materials for Repairing
Wst.tc!ses, Cltcks, dc.
A large supply of all kinds of Chrystals
arid Spectacle Glasses.
Also, a few pair SILVER SPECTACLES
and PENCILS,
For sale by R. 11. VICKERS.
October 14, 1841. If 7
Months after date, application wi 1 be
* made to the Honorable the Inferior Court of
Wilkes county, while sitting for ordinary pur
poses, for leave to sell the LANDS belonging to
the Estate of Asher Laync, deceased, this 10th
of August, 1841.
THOMAS Jj. PSALMONDS, Adm’r.
A thrust 32 TF.4 r, i 50
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING.
SUM CfUflW OtML
NUTMEGS.
| A correspondent at North Yarmouth
j wishes to caution the public, through the
medium of the press, against the deleteri
! ous effects of a too free use of tlie Nutmeg.
He says:
“ Having recently purchased the article,
j I took a broken one and put it into my
j pocket, and in the course of six hours, I hail
j oaten about half of one. Soon after 1 felt
a dizziness and an unaccountable derange
ment of intellect ; transient loss of memo
j ry ; yet a perfect consciousness of all that
1 stud or did. 1 became remarkably lo
quacious and seemed to oe neither in this
world nor the other, felt happy and free
from any pain—l was truly in an undiscri
bubic state. 1 felt as l have supposed one
might feel that had been magnetized. My
friends were greatly alarmed, and the doc
tor was sent for post hast**. Bleedin** was
proposed but as I thought I knew at least
as much as any one 1 was not willing to bo
! bled. After keeping them laughing and
crying till about II o’clock at night, 1 re
j tired to bed, without any thing having been
done for me. I awoke in the morning and
was as well as usual, having never be n
sick a day in my life. Since this occur
rcnce, several eases have come to my
knowledge in which persons having eaten of
nutmeg wore affected the same as 1 hail
been. Had I eaten a very little more l have
no doubt it would have proved fatal, as 1
learn it has been in other cases.
THE NEBULAR THEORY.
Wo extract the following interesting arti
cle on this subject, from a lato English pa
per. It furnishes food for reflection.— N.
Y. Sun.
“ The discoveries of Astronomy have
! not only extended over the existing world
of celestial bodies, but recent investigations
have revealed the probable mode in which
new worldsare called into being, and shown
ihe process by which they are gradually
| and imperceptibly moulded into shape.—
| Sir William Herschel and his no less gif.
ted son, Sir John, in conjunction with tho
French astronomer, Laplace, had, for a
considerable period observed certain masses
ofluminous vapors in various portions of
the heaven, and presenting various appear
ances in the course of their progress to
wards a definite form and character, some
appearing as mere films of light, others
gathering into separate masses, others as-j
suming something like a globular shape, j
while others presented a dense central nu
cleus of light, surrounded by a luminous
mass like the tail of a comet, so that a se
ries was tints to be observed from groups of
round bodies illuminated in their centres,
to seperate nebula with single nuclei, to a
central disk, constituting a nebular star, &
finales to an orb of light, with a halo like
our sun. By such a process, it is con
ceived that onr planetary system was
formed. The sun is conceived to have
been once a diffused nebulosity ; a scat
tered mass of vapor, which has condensed
into its present form ; and during this pro
cess of condensation, it is believed the plan
ets were successively thrown off, the most
distant, Herschel, being the first, followed
by Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Earth, Ven
us and Mercury. The assertion that the
solid earth has condensed from a mass of
vapor will seem strange and startling to
the mind unaccustomed to scientific inqui
ry ; but when we reflect that water may
be frozen into a suDstance, ice which is as
hard as a rock, or again may be melted in
to water, or sublimed into vapor, and again
condensed into water and frozen into ico, or
finally, may, by chemical decomposition,
be reduced to its two component gases, ox
ygen and hydrogen, we may cease to won
der at phenomena which are produced by j
the same laws, and may bo explained on i
similar principles.”
A TREASURE TROVE.
Mr. H. formerly an employe in one ofthe |
j Government offices, had become so straight- j
I cried in his affairs through some family I
lawsuits, which he had stood the brunt for
the last four years that he could not pay the j
rent of his apartments in the Barriere des
Martyrs, and his landlord became very im
patient, threatening him almost daily with
forcible ejectment. On Wednesday the
landlord had again called upon his tenant
to remonstrate with him about the arrears of
rent, and in the course of conversation re
newed his threat of ejectment.
Mr. H. prayed him to have patience, he
should doubtless soon gain his suit, and
would then be able to pay him all that he
owed him. The landlord was, however, in
exorable, would hear nothing in extension
ofthe delay, and at length said, “ I have al
ready obtained judgement against you, and
if you do not pay me I will put it into a ex
ecution.” This threat put the poor man
into a most furious rage. “If you take my
things,” saidlie, “they shall not beof much
use to you ; for I will set fire to them or
beat them in pieces, rather than you shall
treat me so harshly. Suiting the action to
the word he seized a candlestick from the
mantle piece and dashed it at the looking
glass, which shivered it into a thousand pie
ces. But what was the surprise of both an
gry men [angry no longer] to see a perfect
rain of gold pieces pouring from t'ac fractu
ring glass frame !
They hastily gathered them up from the
: floor, and upon counting them found that
there n'r-rc no !*•?? than two hundred and
j twenty old gold coins of eight and forty
francs each, and fitly Napoleons. Their
quarrel was suddenly put a stop to. and
1 Monsieur H. paid his landlord his rent and
i heartily thanked him into the bargain tor
having put him into a passion. He then
proceeded to examine theglass frame, and
; (bund .‘hat the back of it had an opening with
I a groove and slide. A note in the hand
writing of his deceased wife explained the
mystery. Th, money consisted of s& v i nqs
| w hich she had put by for a “ rainv dav.
! without letting her spouse into the secret.
French paper.
From Cruiksliank's Omnibus.
FRIGHTS!
There is no fever so contagious as fright.
It runs, like a bell wire, through the house,
! communicating from ono lino of agitation
! to another.
b rights in a national point of view, are
| called ••clouds on the political horizon.’
; 1 he-scclouds are very catching ; ifononu
j tion in Europe has the vapours” all have—
|as we have lately had an opportunity of
witnessing. As in a civic, or we should
say lather in a commercial sense, fights
j are called “‘panics ; : they are wonderful
ly contagious. No sooner is one house in
* I anger, than another feels itself in peril.
You walk m sueli a season through sum
vast capital, amidst lines of lofty anil dura
bio looking mansions, and every one that \
begins to totter puts at least a couple in
mind of tottering also. As tins nods to its
fall, that returns the nod instinctively.— j
Unco set ihe panic afoot, and each seems
inclined to be foremost, rather than hindmost
in tho road to ruin ; let but a single firm
topple down unexpectedly, and its neigh
bors break too, Iron) nothing but sheer ap
prehension of breaking. Amidst large as
sembluges of people—in ball rooms, thea
ires, often in churches—frights is irresisti
ble in its progress, if once kindled. Tit
! cry oi “fire, ’ or a sound construi and into tin ;
cracking oi the wainscot, is enough. The !
strong, the weak, the bold, the nervous, the j
old stager and the young novice—are all j
reduced simultaneously to a common lev
el : they become one muss of flying, flutter
mg, struggling, shrieking, selfish mortal
ity—rushing to the door, and there effec
tually blocking up tbo way ; each bent on
escape, and each helping to render escape
impossible ; trampling, stifling, crushing
ono another in hideous rout and disorder, j
without one rational idea amongst the be- I
wildered multitude ofthe reality of the dan- j
ger, or on*’ courageous impulse to face it. |
i I bis wild alarm, like jealousy, male s
i the meat it feeds on. There is something
so contradictory in it, that the presence of
numbers, which should be its protection,
increases its confusion. It sees its own
pale, glaring, terror stricken image in
each man’s face, and its diseased imugiua
lion, multiplies the causes of fear, because
its elf cts arc manifested.
While such panics prevail, as all vera
cious chronicles show they do, amongst
mankind, who still presume ungallantl v to j
laugh at thy innocent objects of terror, oh, j
womankind! or childhood, even at thine!
All have their favorite antipathies. Gen
tlemen ere now have been appalled at the
sight of a black bottle ; many a lady yet
looks aghast at the intrusion of a black bee- ‘
tie, while the child still screams, affrighted
at the idea ofa black bogy. Leaving the
first to the satirist, and the last to the .school
master, let us picture to the eyes of ladies j
a scene, in which every fair reader almost
must have been at least once in her life, an
actress.
W will suppose that scene to be ala- j
dy’s “finishing establishment”—for there I
are no schools now—th*’ school went out of!
fashion with tho shop, and the “establish !
ment” came in with the “ depot” and the j
“emporium.”
! The group is the prettiest possible, as a
; specimen of still life : there is not a wbis- *
i per, scare* iy a motion ; the superior is ,-i.
lently calculating the amount of her Mi
| chelmus accounts ; the a. s'stanl is mutely ,
i wondering whether young \iiosto Jackson,
I whom she met at Northampton lasi lioli-
I days, will again be there at the next breu- i
’ king up ; and several young ladies, in pro
i cess of tuition, are learning irregular verbs
by heart, reading treaties abstrusely seien
tific, and thinking all the time of nothing,
when—all ofa sudden—but no, that is not
the word—quicker than lightning, trans
formed as by magic, the scene presents to
the eye but one image of consternation, to
the ear but one note of terror and dismay-
In the centre of tiie sacred apartment
has been detected a small sable intruder.
A cry of horror from one young lady—
••Oh 1 my good gracious, there’s a great
black beadle /” brings every other young
lady’s heart into her mouth. In an instant
the room resounds with wild piercing
| screams. Every chair has its pedcstalled
votary of Fear, its statue of Alarm exquis
itely embodied, the sofa boasts a rare cluster
ofuft’riglited nymphs ; more agonised by far
than if they had been, by some wicked
bachelor of a magician, locked for life into
a nuuery. The lady president, to exhibit
an example of presence of mind, has leaped
upon a chair for the purpose of pulling the
bell ; she at the same time conveys a les
son of industry, for she agitates it like a
“ ringer” pulling for a leg of mutton and
trimmings. The bell rope breaks, and the
other is out of reach. The screams in
crease ; the servants are summoned by
more names than they were ever christened
by “ Cook, Sarah, Betsey, Betsey, Jane,
Cook, Sarah,” are called together with se
veral domestics who have long since gone
n . .8 . Id AC s lSi ?, , f>• iit ter.
!away.
i In the mean time let us snatch a qlance
I **t the little dingy contemptible insect, the
! sable agitator, the Christophe of entomol-
I ogy, who Ims innocently created all this
| palpitation in tender bosoms, this elistorta
j tion of beautiful features, this trembling of
limbs, and this discord in voices the most
musical'. lie stands a moment stupified,
| petrified with astonishment at the rush and
1 the ri ar around him ; recovering from his
* !ir>t surprise, be creeps a pace or two ill
1 blank p*. rplexity; lie wrestles with his fears;
for frightened lie is out of his little black
wits, you may dep* ndon it—runs here and
there, a few inches to tho east, then a few
| inches west ward, to and fro like a bewilder
ing thing : and making up his mind, “away
lit cuts ’as hard as he can pelt into the
obscurest corner. The enemy out of sight,
: tho boldest ofthe party, after a minute or
i two ventures down and makes a desperate
S rush to the door; others soon follow this hc
| mine’s example : and when they reach the
j landing—there pale though recent from the
j roasting jack, and peeping up from one of
’he lower stairs of the kitchen flight, they
j perceive the face of the cook—a face whose
expression is half curiosity, halffear. As
pects of wonder and wo begone alarm aro
j iliscernablo bevond, and fill up tho picture
! of agitation.
I “Oil Cook ! where have you been ?”cry
the pretty trembh rs.
“ Oh, Miss 1 what is the matter?” sighs
I the cook sentimentally, observing at the
j same time that “her heart beats that quick
j as she ain’t sure she knows her own name
; w hen she hears it.”
“ Oil, cook !” cries the least exhausted
!of the party, “here’s a great —here’s a
j great black beadle in the parlour!” On
which a very small scream, and a pretty
j shudder at the recollection, pervade the as.
; scrub!y.
•• A black beadle, Miss Higgins! is that
fill! Laud, well that is disappointing ; we
! thought as you was all a being murdered,
j and so we couldn’t move, we was so fright
ened, why I minds a black beadle no more,
no more nor—no, that 1 don’t ! But if it had
been a hcarwig, Miss Higgins ! —ur-r-r-rh!
now that’s a ruptile, as 1 never could
abide 1”
Had wc rushed down stairs sooner, just
at the first ring of the bell, a kitchen-group
might have presented itself, not unworthy
jof being sketched. There should wc have
j seen a feminine party of four seated round
Ia table spread w ith solid vivands ; the ae
| tresses have played their parts to perfec
j lion : not like unfortunate plavers, on tho
j mimic stage, who raise to their parched
! lips empty japan cups, and affect to eat
large slices of pasteboard turkeys. No,
they have in tiie fullest sense of the word,
denied ; and are in that delicious state of
dreamy repose, induced by a hearty meal,
about mid-duv in summer, after having ris
en early and “washed” till twelve ! It is at
this junction they hear the loud, quick ring
ofthe parlor bell. At such a moment when
1 Misssus know’d they was at dinner! A-
I gain, again, again ; nav the peal is contin
uous, and mingled with confusion and
screams. Terror and the cold beef com
bined, strong ulo and intense alarm, pre
vent them from stirring. Slill the bell
i rings, tlm screams continue, and grow more
I distinct! Sarah faints, Betsey manages a-
I bout half a fit. and Jane staggers a few
I paces and (alls into the arms of Robert
j the gardener. A jug of ale, which t ho
j cook mistakes for water, flung into the face
1 ofthe fair insensible, causes sensation that
j arouses the whole party ; and curiosity
overcoming fear, leads thorn towards the
j stairs, where, hushed and horror stricken ;
j they await tho dread intelligence that a
| great black beadle lias got info the parlour,”
his first appearance this season !
“ Had it been a mad dog, indeed !’ they
| all cry. Ys, and if it had been merely a
i tinv puppv with the smallest tin kettle tied
* to his tail, retreating affright* dly from ro
j guisli boys, ‘le y themselves would have
’ been tiirov. n into fright iHi!< ed. Their ill.
j stincts would have led to the cry, “Oh,
here’s a mad dog,” and to run right in his
'“V.
Every man has his “frights. ’ Toads
are exceedingly unpopular. The death,
watch, like conscience, doth make cowards
of us all. Spiders arc unwelcome visiters.
Rats (politics apart) ere eminently disa
greeable. One of a party who went out to
lull buffaloes, happen to run away just as
his courage was required, explained the
circumstance to his friend thus : “One man
dislikes this, and another man that animal;
gentlemen, antipathy is the buffalo. hut
in certain climates, people arc accustomed
to horrors; they sup full of them. Nohod v
there screams out, “Oh here s a scorpion.
or “Good gracious here’s an alligator.
The visits of such common places arc not
angelic, being neither few nor far between.
It fs only some rarer monster that can hope
to make a sensation. Now, a hippopota
| mus, once a season, would come with a for
j tv black beetle power to an evening party,
and a group of timid ladies, kicking the
mere crocodiles and rattlesnakes awa\,
may well be imagined rushing into a cor
ner, startled by an unlooked tor intruder,
and crying out. “Oh my! if here isn’t a
mammouth 1 Mamma 1 here’s a great largo
leviathan!”
The Bangor Whig, says—“ A yankee in
Boston has set up a one- horse thrashing ma
chine for the convenience of Barents and
| Guardians having unruly boys. He lick
j an urchin like thunder, for four-pence. -
! Small lickings done for two cents only, and
! .be most entire satisfaction warranted •
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