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    NEWS & PLANTERS’ GAZETTE.
D. €r. COTTHACw, Editor.
No. 25.—NEW SERIES.]
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m IE Co-partnership heremiore existing iie
i ween the undersigned, under the firm ol
CALLAWAY, WILLIS & Cos., is this day
dissolved by mutual consent.
The business wiii be closed by M. P. Calla
way and C.L. Bolton.
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January, 1842. 20
wYMice*
ril iIE Co-partnersmp u_ Cozart & Woods,
j is this day dissolved by mutual consent.—
Green I’. Cozart, alone, is authorized to settle
the business of the lirm.
G. P COZART.
(JOHN G. WOODS.
Washington, January 8, 1842. 20
A LL persons niueuied to the Estate of Thoni
as Rlakey, late of Wilkes county, deceased,
I* are requested to make immediate payment, and
those having demands against the same will pre
sent them in terms of the law for payment.
WM. Q. ANDERSON, Adm’r.
January 27 22
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O” Take JYotice •
1 ! HOSE who are yet in arrears to the late
I I. Voncern of LANE &. WINGFIELD, are
MiturmoC that payment must be made by Janua
ry next. -Otherwise, their Notes will be left in
the hands of an Attorney for collection. I have
Snow been engaged four years in settling up said
■concern to (he neglect of much of my private
■business. The debts due us are of four to six
Byears standing, and longer indulgence cannot be
■Expected. A. S. WINGFIELD.
1” September 9, 1841. 2
§ NEW SHOES.
V inO-WIT, the following : Ladies’ Kid, Calf,
-MJL and Prunelle Walking Shoes ; Women’s
| Mow’d Kip Shoetees ; Boys’ Calf and Kip Shoes,
[Siw’d and peg’d ; Coarse Brogans, making my
Hisortment complete from the smallest size to
I Hie largest extra size, low for Cash’.
| ■ i A. L. LEWIS.
I H December 1(1. 1847. If,
I J
Our beautiful Mezzotint Engravings.
it alibrds us much sausiactioii io bo auie to
state, that we have made arrangements with Mr.
Sanain, the accomplished mezzotint engraver,
whose plates have contributed so much to Uie
beauty ot the Magazine heretoiore, by which we
i-ecure his spleiiUtu mezzotints lor tins work a
lone. No other Magazine ot this kind can have
them without permission irom us.
In addition to those, we ha ve secured the bu
rme oi another talenteu mezzotint engraver, li.
S. Sadd, Esq. of New-York—that there may be
no disappointment as to number or regularity.
These will be equal to any tiling published,'so
that we are auie confidently to promise a Mez
zotint in every number.
These beautilui engravings will, there,ore,
form a lea, ure m Graham’s Magazine, in even
number, so that we shall lie able > disutuu:
anything like competition on tins ground. Tnese
plates are the most expensive thai can be go. iq
ior a Magazine o, large circulation, in conse
quence oi the great price ot prim mg —being
more than double that ot hue engravings—amt
tiie necessity ot reduplicating the plates ; our e
diiioti already rendering it necessary that tuoot
three plates u; ,he same subject must be prepar
ed ior eVery number in winch they are used.—
We now print an edition greater than ihut ot any
cotemporary tor the last year, and confidently
assert tba. ,u the same rate ot increase wesiiai.
•sue, in 1042, an edition ol not less than 30,u60
copies monthly.
Our Splendid Steel Engravings.
VV e have also entered into a distinct and per
manent arrangement with Rawdou, Wright,
iia.ch & Smillie, and with A. L. Dick, Esq.
New- 1 orh, .or a series o, splendid engraving.-, ,
be go up in a styie unsurpassed by any that
nave ever been done in this country. The wide
spread lame o, those artists is a sufficient guar
antee or the character ot the work we shall re
ceive rrom their hands. Go that, with such an
organization, we may safely dety competition in
.tie way oi embellishments, show die world a pat
era tor others to follow, in ihe way ol liberal and
judicious expenditure, and nx anew era in die
history oi Magazine puuiishitig in this country.
Elegant Embossed Work.
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ty which will be thus introduced, will aiways be
novel and pleasing.
Richly Colored Fashions.
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o, our iady subsenuers, we shall furnish them
with a beautiful and correct plate ot FASH
ION'S, and shad also give the style lor gentle
men, which has been decidedly popular with both
sexes, and has rendered tiie work the Text Book
o; Fashion, the Union over. These, however,
shall in no wise interfere with the regular and
choice engravings and music which accompany
each number oi the Magazine, as we shall no:
suffer ourselves to be surpassed in number or
oeauty ot illustrations by any other work, but
shall maintain the position we have assumed, oi
leading all others m the richness, beauty, excel
lence, and variety ol Magazine embellishment.
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Id. F. Tatom, Lincolti
ton,
O. A. Luckett, Crawford
vilie,
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ton,
.S'. J. Bush, Jrwington,
Wilkinson,
| Dr. Cain, Cambridge,
I Abbeville District,
I South Carolina
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would be a sufficient guarantee tor he future;
but that it may be seen that nothing has been les
undone to maintain every department ot the
work, and to elevaie the literary, as well as the
pictorial department, we beg leave to announce
a tiost of talented and eiegant American writers.
List of Contributors.
In addition to the old contributors, whose
names and articles have given a high celebrity to
the Magazine, a number ot new ones, it will be
perceived, are added, of worth and note, so that
we may lairly say that we have the strength of
American talent enlisted in the work.
Theo. S. Fay, author of “ Norman Leslie, the
Countess Ida,” &c.
Miss E. Leslie, Morton McMichael, Esq.
Hon. Robert T. Conrad, Philadelphia,
Mrs. Ann S. Stephens, Chas. J. Peterson, Esq.
l)r. Reynoll Coates, Rev. Thos. 11. Stockton,
Mrs. R. S. Nichols, E. Armstrong, Esq.
Dr. J K. Mitchell, Park Benjamin, N.York,
Emma C. Embury, Douglas Jcrrold, Eng’d.
Geo. I’. Morris, James F. Ot:s, N. York.
John S. Du Solle, Esq. J. Ross Browne,
The Author of‘Stanley,’A. M’Makm, Esq.
Edgar A. Poe, Fhiladei. E. Holden, Esq.
TG. Spear, do. J. Beauchamp Jones,Bal-
Auihur of ‘Howard timore,
Pinckney,’ J. E. Dow, Wash’ll City,
Mrs. Catharine Esling, Mrs. E. F. Elliot, Boston,
Mrs. E. C. Stedman, Louis F. Tasistro,
Mrs. Lydia Jane Piers> ,11. W. IlerberJ, author
A. M. Ehvood, of ‘ Cromwell,’ ‘ The
J-R. Lowell. Brothers,’ fee.
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With more Splendid Embellishments than a
ny other Magazine in the Lilian.
This work,devoted to both sexes, opens a New
Volume with ihe number for January, 1842, wiih
an array ol Contributors of talent and lame,
which no periodical m the country can boast or
pretend to rival.
The Volume opens with anew and beautilui
type, tiie finest white paper, and with the nrst u.
anew series ol Embellishments, unsurpassed by
any w Inch have appeared m any Magazine.
The style 01 elegance, Uie beauty and finish
01 these illustrations, and lire extensive improve
ments which wnl he made in us typographical
appearance, and above all, the tone 01 ns Litera
ry Department given it by the brilliant array o.
.is Contributors, whose articles v\,n enrich .ue
pages 01 each number, win given a character ü
bove any Magazine m the Union.
The Magazine lias become the standard oi
taste m matters 01 embellishment, and has ieu
tiie way in every dung really beautilui pubiisfieu
in the Magazine o. last year. The voice 01 the
public press, while it places the work at the bead
01 American Literature, is unanimous in the a.,-
nouncement, that no work ever started m cue
country iias been so elegantly embellished, or
iias so rapidly increased. For the new volume,
the most extensive arrangements have been made
w ith tiie most distinguished artists in the coun
try ior a supply ui elegant embellishments 01 ah
sorts.
WASHINGTON, (WILKES COUNTY, GA.,) FEBRUARY 17, I*l2.
I Robert Morris, .1. E. Snodgrass,
j l'liny Earle, M. I). Feme H Selton,
J. N. Freltgh, Herman l’rintzhoffj
11. l’ercival, Mrs. \ . E. Howard,
Mrs. Lambert, Mrs. E. Ashton,
Mrs. A. N. Whelpley, G. G. Brooks,
Mrs. M. S. il. Dana, Mart m Thayer,
George Lunt, E. G. Mallory,
.1. Topliam Evans, J. Tomlin,
R. M. Walsh, Thomas Ilanton,
VV. Gilmore .Simms, S. 1). Anderson,
Mrs. Ist. Leon Loud, J. VV. Forney,
H. Hastings Weld, 11. S. Vernon,
troiessor Ingraham, au-S. VV. Whelpley, A. M.
Dior o; La Fitte, William Duane,
i rolessor John Frost, Rufus Dawes,
l'hiladelpiua, CharlesWosi Thompson
Troiessor N. C. Brooks, J. 11. Dana,
Baltimore, A. A. Irvine.
In addition to this brilliant array of names
known to mine, the distinguished services of
best ol anonymous wr.ters ol no ordinary abiu
les will give worth and character to <lie pages
ul the Magazine. The series ol tiie wen-know .
nautical papers entitled “Cruizing m the W.
War,” and “ The Keeler ol ’76,” have hqd ;; run
unequalled by any senes published .n any M _
aznie lor years The an lior promises to ope .
..evv series ol “ Taies u. lie Me n” and irom
known abilities as a depict or of sea scenes and
me, much may be relied upon from him m main
i.i.iiig the popularity ol :he Magazine Taper
may be expected during die volume aiso, from
tiie aulhor ol tiie well-known articles entitled
“ l’he Logoi Old Ironsides,” besides a variety oi
choice articles in prose and verse, from various
writers ol celebrity, as Contributors to the pro
mment Magazines in the country.
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‘A\t,e Subscriber*
|Si viiVu purchased the entire interest o!
J e John G. Woo os, in the late firm oi CO-
Z.AR j’&, WOODS, intends continuing busi
ness at the same Store lormerly occupied by
said firm. He has a well-selected stock oi
GOODS on hand, which he will sell on very
reasonable terms.
The Subscriber earnestly requests all those
indebted to the late firm, either by Note or Ac
count, to call and settle immediately.
G. I>. COZART.
January 13, 1842 20
• Yoli.ee,
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JOHN 11. DYSON.
January 6, 1842. 19
Notice to Debtors and Creditors.
A LL persons indebted to the Estate ol Joseph
Henderson, late of Wilkes county, deceas
ed, are requested to make payment immediate
ly, and those having demands will present the
same in terms of law for payment, to
FELIX G. HENDERSON, / ,
MI I’CHEL HENDERSON, t, i
January 13, 7842 <i ■-'>
JYotice*
rrillE Subscriber having sold out his Stock of ]
1_ GROCERIES to .Mr. Edgar Vincent,
respectfully recommend him to tiie patronage oi
iiis friends and former customers.
GEORGE W. JARRETT.
February 8,1842. 3m
• Yoiiee*
HAVING purchased the Stock of GROCE- t
KIES of Mr. George W. Jarrett, the
Subscriber will continue the business at the
Store formerly occupied by Mr. Jarrett, and will
sell upon the most reasonable terms. Persons
in want oi Groceries are respectfully invited to
call. EDGAR VINCENT.
February 10, 1842. 3m
To Hire ,
BY the Month or tor the balance of the Year,
two strong able-bodied NEGRt > MEN—
both tolerable good Carpenters. Apply to
WILLIAM A. QUIGLEY.
February 3,1842. 4
For Sale
A LIKELY young Woman, a Seamstress
and House-servant, about i8 years ot age,
and her child 8 months old. Enquire at this Of
fice. February 3,1842. 3t
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| BLACKWOOD AND THE V VNKEES.
The January number of Blackwood’s
| Magazine has a chapter on “ Foreigners in
! London,” including Frenchmen, Italians,
j Germans, Americans, and Jews. The fol
! lowing is the Yankee portion of it. The
picture is most laughable :
“ Americans are to he found in the com
mercial quarters of our world, hut by no
means in the numbers they contribute to i
Liverpool, where they may be lound at eve
ry evening party. As we do not in these
papers intend to inflict upon the reader de- 1
scriptions of that which we have not had l
leisure and opportunity to contemplate, we
cannot undertake to describe the American ,
in England. Once, and only once, had we
an opporluuitv of contemplating tli na
tive born Yankee, at the hospitable board
ot a commercial acquaintance in the city.
The biped was certainly curious, we ‘
might say unique ; though, us we have
said, we cannot undertake to describe the
species, we make no scruple of identifying
the individual, in the hope that our Zoologi
cal Society may secure the animal without
loss of time. The giitius in question was
attired in an amorphous blue coat, with
huge brass buttons, a flaming vest, profu
sion of projected shirt and doulde ruffle, |
boots shaped like fire-buckets, nankeen un- i
wliispc rubles fluttering about Ids limbs, re- :
sembling a purser’s couple of shirts on a
couple of handspikes, a white neckcloth
with loosi tie, and a churn-shaped castor
under his arm. At first, we concluded he
must be lunatic, but felt relieved upon hear
ing he was only republican. He ate much, 1
drank detip, talked loudly and incessantly;
Ins topics were varied, and, as we thought, j
somewhat tinctured with incongruity; from j
one subject he rattled to another, doginati- j
j zing and soliloquizing ; “ free and inde- I
: pendent—niggers ; rights of man—Lynch |
! law ; Fourth of Juiy—slave breeding; |
| civil and religious liberty—tar and loath- |
| ers ; John Tyler—Jim Crow ; (these he
called great men—the latter may 1). —corn |
laws—loafers; shin-plasters—Vanßutvn;
Congress —loco focas ; civilization—Ken
tucky ; ex-president Adams, and the pud- j
dings made by Cobbett’s corn and treacle, j
which he said Adams had every day for j
dinner; General Jackson—clam soup;
canvass hacks—Governor Biddle,” and so
on, from the beginning of the fish to the end
of the Madeira. On the retirement of the
ladies, this extraordinary mammel culled
lor brandy and cigars ; which, being forth
with provided, he began to imbibe and ex
hale, talking between his teeth in u high
nasal tone, expectorating, at short intervals,
between the bars of’the grate, with the piv
cision of a Chickasaw rifleman.
The impression produced upon the com
pany by the conduct and conversation ol
this sample of transatlantic humanity, ap
p. ared to be unqualified contempt with
Christopher Columbus tor having discover
ed America, and a general inclination to
take refuge with the ladies. We should
he sorry indeed to suppose that this remark
able item represented liis nation; on die
contrary, we imagine him to have been a
living caricature of the American citizen,
who is no doubt modest, well-bred, Clnis
tian like, and sensible, as becomes his Brit
ish origin. These ridiculous stories of
Lynch law, tar and feathers, John Tylers
and Jim Crows, we take tube merely little
imaginary extravaganzas, in which men
will at times indulge, who know that the
listener must travel four thousand miles to
contradict them.”
From the Knickerbocker.
EVENING BEFORE A WEDDING.
‘1 will tell you, continued her aunt to
Louisa, ‘two things which l have tully
proved. Tie first w ill go far towards pre
venting the possibility of any discord after
marriage ; the second is the best and sur
est preservative of feminine character.’
‘Tell me!’ said Louisa, anxiously.
‘Thefi i st is this, to demand of your bride
groom, us soou as the marriage ceremony
is over, a solemn vow, and promise your
self nevt r even in jest, to dispute or express
any disagreement. 1 tell you never !—for
what begins in mere bantering will lead to
serious earnest. Avoid expressing any ir
ritation at one another’s words. Mutual
forbearance is the great secret of domes
tic happiness. If you have erred, confess
it freely, even if confession costs you some
tears. Farther, promise faithfully and so
lemnly never, upon arty pretext or excuse,
to have any secrets or concealments from
each other ; but to keep your private affairs
from father, mother, brother, sister, rela
tions and the world. Let them be known
only to each other and your God. Re
member that any third person admitted into
your confidence becomes a party to stand
between you, and will naturally side with
one or the other. Promise to avoid this,
and renew the vow upon every temptation.
It will preserve that perfect confidence,
that union, which will indeed make you
one. Oh, if the newly married would but
practice this spring of connubial peace, how
many unions would be happy, which are
now miserable.’
We are exceedingly sorry to say any
thing against the ladies, but we have lately
heard thievish reports about them. It is
currently reported and generally believed
of the whole sex, that they do not scruple to
hook each other’s frocks 1
BARNABY DIDDLEUM.
Tim Slocum and his neighbors—the honest
poik stealer — impudence Extraordinary ;
the Irishman in a quandary—the pig and
the puppy—the deni in a tiro bushel bag.
I have before mentioned my old neigh
bor Tim Slocum, and the great zest with
which he always enjoyed a joke, lie liked
a hearty laugh so much, that he would
sooner have it at his own expense, than not
have it at all. Tim lived in a remarkably
honest neighborhood. Nearly all of his
neighbors belonged to the church ; indeed
they were so exceedingly pious, that they
could hardly engage in an ordinary con
versation, without interlarding their lan
guage with scripture phraseology. Like
the hypocrite described by Pollock, “in
scripture terms they bought, and sold and
lied.’’ But notwithstanding the very at
mosphere which T m breathed was filled
with piety, still Tim was sure there were
rogues somewhere near him, for nearly
every night did In miss pork from the bar
rel in his cellar. He knew not whom to
suspect. If lie should mention it to one of
his neighbors, ten to one but lie would be
answered with a quotation from tile Bible.
So Tim concluded be might better say no
thing. but watch the closer. Where all
were saints he knew not wliom to suspect,
he therefore tried to preserve the utmost se
crecy till such a time as lie should be con
vinced by occular demonstration, who tin
thief was. Me was not long kept in sus
pense. One night at about J 1 o’clock, hav
ing occasion to go to his cellar after a mug
of cider, he was not a little surprised in
discovering one of the elders of the church
in the very act of filling a bag from Tim's
pork barrel. Tim stood riveted to the spot
with astonishment; expecting every instant
to see the thief fall on his knees and im
plore for mercy ; but his surprise may well
be imagini and when the elder with a sanctl
monious twang, exclaimed, “ The wicked
flee when no man pursueih. hut the right
eous are as hold us a lion,” at tin- same
time thrusting his hand in the barrel and
bringing forth another piece of pork !
Th“ joke was too good to be lost. A
soon as Tim recovered from his surprise,
he roared with laughter, at tin- same time
exclaiming, •• You infernal weazel-faoed,
hypocritical scoundrel, vour impudence
beats the devil by fifty per cent. It is a
perfect curiosity, and worth paying for ;
take the hag of pork in welcome, you have
earned it.”
“ And,” says Tim, as he afterwards fro
qu-ntlv related the story with a hearty
laugh, “the rascal did actually tak up
the hag, placed it on his should- r. and with
a stately sanctified walk, marched out of
the sain door he cam ■ in at, merely sav
ing, ‘good night neighbor Slocum.’ ”
Tim once had an Irishman employed on
his farm, but afters* veral years he became
so much of’ a toper, that Tim was obliged
to discharge linn 1! afterwards In-cam
a little more steadv, and obtained employ,
ment at a Mr. Clarke’s, a couple of miles
north of Tim’s residence. It so happened
that on a certain occasion, Mr Clarke be
came the fortunate owner of a fine litter of
young dogs of a peculiar breed. He was
anxious to present one to a friend of his,
who resided a mile south of our village;
so selecting a favorite whelp, he placed it
in a bag, and writing a line to his friend,
gave it to Pat with tic- necessary dir ctions.
at the same time char;ir:g him not to stop
on the way. Pat started, hut having to
pass the house of Tim Slocum, tin- recollec
tion of whose excellent whiskey, was not
to be withstood bv a gentleman of Pat’s
taste, he made a halt there. Tim soon
learned what Pat had in his bag, and while
tiie latter went into the cellar to replenish
Tim’s whiskey bottle. Tim dexterously
slipped out tiie dog and substituted a pig of
about the same weight. Pat returned from
the cellar, took a good puli at the whiskey
bottle, and proceeded on his journey, totally
unconscious of th • strange metamorphose
which had taken place in his hag. Arriv
ing at the place of destination he produced
the letter, and the gentleman was much
pleased to learn that his friend Clarke had
sent him a dog of the real Newfoundland
breed.
“ Take the little fellow out gently,” said
the gentleman, addressing Pat.
l'he Irishman put his arm in the bag, and
was somewhat startled at hearing a grunt,
and then a squeal ; but when the animal
was brought to the light and proved to be
a pig, Pat could not help exclaiming.
‘Holy Virgin !if it isn’t a pig may I be
hanged!’
*A pig 1 To be sure it is, you rascally
knave,’ exclaimed the gentleman in a rage,
supposing that Clarke and his servant were
thus attempting to insult him—‘and if you
do not take it up and leave this place in
two minutes: I’ll break every bone in your
body, and I’ll serve your master the same
sauce when I catch him.’
Pat protested both to his own and his
master’s innocence, and swore ‘as true as
St. Patrick, the animal was a puppy when
he left home,’ but the enraged gentleman
would not listen for a moment, but giving
him a kick, the effoctsof which he felt the
next half hour, started him towards his
master.
Pat trudged towards home in a dreadful
quandary. ‘Sure,’said he to himself, I
saw my master put the puppy in the bag,
and how the divil he has changed to a pig,
bates me all out, unless, as I believe, he is
the divil himself.’
Os course, the poor fellow could do no
less than stop on his return, and toll the
M, .1. kAI*I* Il L, J 9 riii ter .
j wonderful news to hisquandam master Tim
Slocum. Tim listened with much appa
rent astonishment, and when Pat had con
cluded his story, he could offer no possible
explanation. While Pat stepped to the
j well fora pitcher of cool water, the young
porker was removed by Tim, and the dog
put hack to its old quarters. Pat took a
j strong glass of whiskey and started once
I more with the hag, which he tremblingly
said, -he was sure contained the divil him
self.’
On his arriving home he was accosted by
his master, who was supprised at percei
ving something in the nag.
•Why, Pat. what have you brought in the
bag?’
‘Sure and its the animal what you was
after sending to the gentleman ; and a divil
a hit would he have it.’
•Not have it ?’ Why it is the likeliest
whelp in the county. Why would he not
have it V
■Whelp or not whelp, your honor, but
be ‘S nte if it wasn't a pig when I cot there
and no little kicking did 1 get for that same.’
V pig ‘ What do you mean, you stupid
scoundrel, to call that beautiful dog a pig?
‘Faith and you turn him out, and if lie’s
not a pig, I’ll eat every ounce of him, not
barrin his tail.’
Clark seized the bag and rolled the whelp
out upon the floor. There! what do you
say now. vou Irish blockhead ?
Pat’s eyes looked as if they would start
from their sockets as he staggered back,
and raising both his hands exclaimed, ‘By
the holy St. Patrick, hecati be pig or puppy
just as h pleases!’
It was impossible for Clark to fathom the
i mystery ; hut all his attempts to get Pat to
I repeat his journey, were fruitless, for lie
j swore he would now require a hundred
j masses to save his soul from Purgatory,
’ for having carried the devil six miles on
j his shoulder, and he would not do it again
j if Ids dying mother should command it.
i In a few days the mystery was fully ex
. plained by Tim Slocum, and many a hear
j ty laugh did the anecdote give rise to ; hut
j Pat to this dav believes or professes to be
i lieve, that Tim’s story is fiction entirely,
; and that as sure as St. Patrick drove
the snakes from Ireland, he carried the di
| vil six miles in a two bushel bag.
A JACKDAW IN CHURCH.
On Sunday lust, two sermons were
j preached at the parish church, Newport,
| I’agnell, in aid of the Church Missionary
: Society, by the Rov. Mr. Grimsliawc, M.
! A. of Biddenhaw. Just us the morning ser
j vice was about to commence, Miss Beat*
; ty s jackdaw flew in at the door and perch
ed herself on her (Miss IPs.) family table.
He was pretty quiet till the Litany was be
ing said, looking very serious. As soon as
it was finished, he called out ‘Frank,’ loud
j enough to be heard all over the church,
| and sonn thou, lit it was Amen. They
tried to drive him out, lout he only laughed
|at them, calling out “Frank, Frank.” to
| tin 1 no small amusement of the congrega
! tion. During the most part of the sermon
ihe was pretty quiet except hopping from
one pew to another ; but as soon as the bell
j began to chime from one o’clock, he flew
! from the sounding hoard to the top of the
| organ, calling out “dinner ’ most lustily,
: w Inch set all the congregation in a titter.—
I At that tint he tried to get out of the church
; and as soon as the service was over, half
: |iast one, flew out of the window.— English
j Taper.
Curious Astronomical Theory. —We state
the following on the authority of M. Arago,
the emimnt French astronomer: If we
place, in a horizontal line, a series of fig
ures, of which the law is evident, each dou
bling the preceding :
0 B (i 12 24 48 90 192
—and afterwards adds lour to each, we
should have a series denoting the relative
distances of the planets from the sun. Thus:
4 7 II) 16 28 52 100 190
Mercury, Venus, Barth, Mars, Jupiter, Sa
turn, Uranus. If 10 represents the dis
tance of the Earth. 4 will be that of Mercu
ry, 7 Venus, 10 Mars, and 52, 100, and
190, the respective distance of Jupiter, Sa
turn, and Uranus. This law was known
as far as lOObefore the discovery of Ura
nus ; and the distance of that planet being
found to correspond, affords a very remark
able confirmation of its truth. But, it will
be observed, there will be a deficiency of
one term between Mars and Jupiter ; at the
proportional distance of2B from the Sun.—
At this point a small planet was some time
since discovered. This planet was named
Ceres ; and since, three others have been
found—Pallas, Juno, and Vesta; all of
which have their orbits so near each other
as to lead astronomers to believe that they
are fragments of a larger planet, which had
been shattered into pieces by some internal
explosion, or the shock of a comet.
“Jim,” said Abner Phelps, the other
clay, to his son, “ Jim, you are lazy—what
on earth do you ex pect to do for a living V
“ Why, father, I’ve been thinking as how
1 would be a Revolutionary Pensioner !”
‘ 1 understand,’ said a deacon to a neigh
bor, • that you are becoming a hard drink
er.’ ‘ That is a slander,’ replied the neigh
bor, 4 for no man can drink easier.’
Newspaper Borrowers —May theirs be a
life of single blessedness ; may their path
be carpeted by cross-eyed snakes, and thei i
nights be haunted by knock-kneed tem
■ “-cats ‘ —[ Fe\
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