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IS IT C O M E P
TTho following is the poem that-attracted the at
tention ot the Marquis of I.ansdowne, and induced
him to make a present of £100 to the authoress,
Miss trances Brown.—Edinburg Ladies’ Thru ]
Is it ccmc- ? tliey said on the banks of the Nile
\Y ho look d t'ir the world’s long promised dav,
And saw but the stnie of Egypt’s toif,
YY itu the desert s sands and the granito grey.
From.the pyramid, temple, and treasured dead
Ai evaiely ask for her wisdom’s plan ;
I hey tell of the slave and tyrant’s dread,—
V et there was hope-when that day began.
Fhe Chaldee came with his starry lore,
1 na. built up Babylon's crown and creed :
Ano brieKS were stamped on the 'Tigris’ shore
YY itu signs which our sages scarce can read.
I rom Nmus Temple and Nimrod's Tow er
I he rule ol the old East's empire spread
Unreasoning-faith and unquestioned power—
But still, is it come! the Watcher said.
The light of the Persian’s worshipped dame
1 ue ancient bondage its splendor threw ;
And once on the YY e^t a sunrise came,
Yv hen Greeee to her freedom’s trust w as true.
YY ith dreams to fhe uttermost ages dear,
YY ith human gods and god-like men,
No marvel the far-off day seemed near,
I o eyes that looked through her laurels then.
Cue Romans conquered and revelled, too,
lill honor and faidi and power w ere gone,
And deeper oid Europe’s Jarkuess grew
As wave after wave the Gotli came on.
The gown was learning, the sword was law,
The people served in the oxen’s stead,
But ever some gleam the Watcher saw,
And evermore, Is it come? they said.
Poet and tseer that question caught
Above the din of life’s fears and frets ;
It marched with letters—it toiled w ith thought
lhrougu schools and creeds which the earth
forgets;
And statesmen trifle, and priests deceive,
And traders barter our world away ;
\ et hearts to that golden promise cleave,
And still,at times, Is it come ? they say.
The days of the nation bear no trace
Of all the sunshine so far foretold;
The cannon speaks iu tlie teacher’s place—
The age is weary with work and gold ;
And higher hopes wither and memories wane—
On hearths and altars the fires are dead ;
But that brave faiil hail; not lived in vain ;
And this is all that our YY’atelier said,
tBHsSsxltsmyfcltsJ,
From the Albany Police Tribune.
mss ELLIN AND HER UNCLE BENJAMIN ;
OR
The YFay a Honeymoon Trip Terminated.
Miss Ellis was formerly a resident of New
Hampshire. Sue is a very line-looking
young woman, and for a long while was
considered one of the best looking ladies
in New England. In August last, Mr. Ac
kerman of Utica went down to Newport,to
spend the Summer and indulge in sea
breezes. Among the guests then stopping
at that favorite watering place was “ Miss
Ellis of New Hampshire,” and her Uncle
Benjamin. Her uncle is a shrewd man ot
the world, and can sec as far into the wants
and peculiarities of other people, as the
next man. Mr. Ackerman of Utica, saw
Miss Ellis, and was so taken with her con
tour that he immediately made up his mind
that, if her beauty rested on a “ golden ba
sis,” he would “ go in and win.” To ascer
tain how Miss Ellis stood with regard to
the precious metals, Mr. A. came to the
conclusion that the Lest thing lie could do
was fo “pump” her uncle Benjamin. To
get uncle Benjamin under the pump, Mr.
Ackerman invited him in his parlor, and
partook of iced chainpaignc for several
dav? iu succession. During one of these
sociable sits Mr. A. bmached the subject
in the following manner:
“ That voung lady who sat at the table
near you this morning is a magnificent
creature. Do your know her name !”
“ Do you. mean the young lady with the
black ringlets ?”
“ The same. Are you acquainted with
her ?”
“Certainly. Her name is Ellis; she re
sides iu New Hampshire.”
-“ \n old family, the Ellises I believe ?”
“Yes. sir; and they have the rocks too.”
“ Possible ; and is MiS^lIis worth any
thing hi her own right V’
“ I rather think she is. She owns more
land than Lean see over from the top of a
flagstaff. In addition to this, she holds
some thirty thousand dollars worth of gov
ernment securities.”
“ Is it possible ?”
“True, every word of it, I am Ler un
cle,and ought to know V'
“Uncle! I beg ten thousand pardons
for my rudeness. Had 1 supposed that you
were in any way related to the, young la
dy, our conversation would have taken a
far different direction. You will pardon
the impropriety, I hope.”
Uncle Benjamin promised to do so, al
though ho knew that Mr. Ackerman was
dealing in duplicity and falsehood the
whole time. Air. Ackerman and Uncle
Benjamin shook hands and parted. Tlie
latter walked toward the beach to lrave a
smoke. The former went to the barber’s
shop and ordered Mr. Pomatum to dress his
hair a la Julicn. Mr. Ackerman put him
self ‘‘on his shape,” at the earliest possible
moment. He then sought an introduction
to Miss Ellis. He got it through her “ Un
cle Benjamin.” The introduction ripened
into a flirtation, the flirtation into a court
ship, arid the courtship into a marriage.—
The latter came off two weeks ago last
Monday. The next day they started on
their honeymoon. They then visited
Boston, and remained there till Thurs
day of last week. They then started for
Albany. They arrived here on Friday
morning, having 6pent the previous night
at Springfield, where llioy laid over. On
their arrival in this city, they drove to
.Stapwix Hall, where they engaged a suite
a# rooms at the rate of sixty dollars per
week. On Monday of this week Mr. Ack
crjnau informed his wife that owing to
the non-arrival of funds, he would have to
trouble her for a small loan,
“ How much, dearest. ?”
“No great sain, rny duck—a couple of
hundred Yvill do at present ?”
“ A couple of hundred ! Why my dear,
that is more money than I have seen in the
last five years.”
“ What becomes of your interest money
IoTe i
“ What interest money, my soul I
“ Why, that interest money you derive
from those government sccuritcs.”
“ Government securities ! I don’t know
what you mean.
, “ Don't know what I mean ! Why, your
uncle Benjamin informed me that yon own
ed thirty thousand dollars’ worth.”
” II lie did, lie should be written to and
made to explain. It is all a riddle to
me.”
Air. A. coincided with Airs. A., and ad
mitted that L ncle Benjamin should be
written to. lie dropped him a letter that
very hour. On A\ ednesday he received
L ncle Benjamin’s answer—we annex it:—
Dear Nf.fhe"iy:—In answer to yonr’s of Mon
day last I send you tli s. I fear you have put a
construction upon mv Iniifrtinjre not warranted by
the facts. 1 said that Miss Ellis’s family was one
of the oldest in the State, and thatthev had lots of
“rocks.” This is literally so. Miss Ellis’s (parents
live on a fifty acre farm, nine-tenths of which are
covered with boulders of all possible magnitudes.—
It by “rocks" you imagined money, you have, I am
pained to say, deceived yourself. I said tiiat Miss
Ellis “owned more land than I could see over front
the top of a flag stall.’’ I admit I used this lan
guage. and the statement is true. As I am near
sighted, the quantity of land I can see from the'
top of a flag-staff is limited to half an acre. I am
sorry, if you understood me to mean more than
this. I also mentioned that my niece held some $30-
000 worth of Government securities. This is true,
every word ot it. The securities aforesaid were issued
by the first Congress, and are known as the far-
famed Continental money. It sells in Boston, at
the present time, at the rate often cents a peck.
Should it bring more than this in York State,
please drop me a line at your earliest convenience.
YY ith love to self and niece, I close with best
wishes forj-our prosperity.
Yours, B. S. Y. Elms.
The. first thing that Air. Ackerman did
when he received Uncle Benjamis letter
was to tear it open. The next thing he did
was to tear his hair and stamp upon the
floor. He asked Airs. Ackerman what it
all meant. Airs. A. replied that she did
not know, but supposed it all came from
the love of fun which Uncle Benjamin in
herited from his grandfather Zebulon El
lis, of Portland. Having done this, he
pronounced the whole marriage “ a cursed
swindle.” Mrs. Ackejman retorted, and
charged Air. Ackerman with being “ a mer
cenary adventurer.” Air. Ackerman saitj
lie would permit no woman to question
his honor. Airs. Ackerman retorted by
saying that lie “could not help himself.”—
This so irritated Air. Ackerman that he
walked up and slapped Airs. Ackerman’s
lace. Airs. Ackerman, not liking this sort
of thing, pronounced’her husband a brute,
soon after which she repaired to the Police
oflice and swore out a warrant against him
for assault and battery. It was issued by
Justice Parsons. AYhen theofBcer went to
serve it, however, it was discovered that
Air. Ackerman had flown. It is suposed
that he has gone either to Utica or Boston.
If to the latter place, “ Uncle Benjamin”
should expect an early visit from a Marct-
zek moustache and a duelling pistol.
Politeness in Men nnil Women.
A Cincinnati editor says that men are
more polite than women, and proceeds to
prove it in this wise :
Not long since we had occasion to ride a
short distance in one of the city omnibuses.
It was after dark, and the omnibus started
off, nearly filled with nlen Soon it stop
ped, and a woman opened the door ; in
stantly there was a move among the men ;
they crowded together and a seat was fur
nished the lady. After proceeding a
square or two further, another lady wish,
ed to get in ; an additional squeeze was
made, and she was accommodated’with a
seat. A similar application was again
soon made, and a gentleman instantly
gave up his seat and got on top. Another
soon followed, and another gentleman did
likewise. Repeated instances like this oc
curred, and the gentlemen, by crowding
together, holding market-baskets and chil
dren, accommodated every lady applicant,
till we counted inside—men, women and
children—nearly twenty persons. Then
the number began to diminish ; men and
oiii'.dren got out, and the omnibus was de
cently filled with women, there being but
two men inside, and they at the other end
completely blocked in by market baskets.
And no\Y a woman opened the door ; not a
lady stirred.
“Can I have seat,” modestly asked the
applicant. “I should like to see where
you’d sit,” said one lady. “Don’t you see
this bus is full ?” said another.. “YoO can
stand,” sneeringly said a third. “I can
walk,” replied the spunky applicant and
slamming the door, off she walked. Now
had the omnibus been as full of men as it
was ol women, that lady' would have been
furnished with a seat without a murmur.—
But it is not only' in the omnibus that men
show their politeness over women. In a
a rainy day, if we meet two men on a cros
sing, one instantly steps behind the other
and gives you a pass way. But if you
meet two ladies, ten chances to one hut
you will have to step in the mud. In a
crowded church men will squeeze together
to accomodate another man; but ladies
will not move an inch to accomodate one
of their own sex.
AVe state these as general cases. There
are exceptions, of course, but wc merely
wish to draw attention to the general fact
that while a man’s rudeness to woman is so
raie as to attract notice when it occurs, the
rudeness of a woman toward a man, or to
ward another woman; is so common 41s to
be considered a matter of course. If,
among other “woman’s rights.” which
some ladies are now striving to obtain, they
will engraft the right to be always courte
ous and polite to each other, we men will
take care of ourselves, and them too—Cod
bless ’em. With all their faults wc love
them still.
Bj) Love.
One of the queerest and funniest tilings
to think of ia after life, is boy-love. No
sooner docs a boy acquire a tolerable sta
ture than lie begins to imagine himself a
man, and to ape mannish ways. He casts
side glances at the tall girls he may meet,
becomes a regular attendant at church, or
meeting; carries a cane, holds his head
erect, and struts a little in his walk. Pres
ently and how very soon, he fall* in love;
yes falls is flic proper word, because it best
indicates his happy, delirious self-abase
ment. He lives now in a fairy region, some
what collateral to the world, and yet, blen
ded somehow inextricably with it. He
perfumes his hair with fragrant oils, scat
ters essence over his handkerchief, and
desperately shaves and anoints for a
beard. He quotes poetry, in which "love”
and “dove” and “heart” nnd “dart peculiar
ly predominate ; and he plunges deeper in
the delicious labyrinth, fancies himself fil
led with the divine afUatus, and suddenly
breaks into a scarlet rash—of rhyme. He
feeds Upon the looks of his beloved ; is
raised to the seventh heaven if she speaks
a pleasant word ; is betrayed into the most
astonishing extacies by a smile ; and is
plunged into the gloomiest regions of mis
anthropy by a frown.
lie believes himself the most devoted
lover in the world. There, was never such
another. There never will be. He is the
one great idolater ! He is the very type
of magnanimity and self abnegation.—
Wealth! he despises the groveling thought.
Poverty, wilh the adorable beloved, he
rapturously apotrophizes as the first of all
earthly blessings ; and “love in a cottage,
with water and a crust,” is his beau ideal
paradise of dainty delights.
He declares to himself, with the most
solemn emphasis, that he would go through
five and water ; undertake a pilgrimage to
China or Kamschatka; swim tossed oceans;
scale impassable mountains, and face le
gions of bayonets, for hut one sweet smile
Irom her sweet lips. He dotes upon a flow
er she has cast away. He cherishes her
glove—a little worn In tlie fingers—next
his heart. He sighs like a locomotive let
ting oft' steam. He scrawls her dear name
over quires of foolscap—a fitting medium
for his insanity. lie scornfully deprecates
the attention of other boys of his own age ;
cuts Peter Tibbets dead because he said
that the adorable Angelina had carrotty
hair; and passes Harry Bell contempt
uously for daring to compare “that gawkey
Alary Jane” with his incomparable Ange
lina.
Happy ! happy! fool l-u boy-love ! with
its joys and its hopes and its fears; its
sorrows ifs jealousies and delights; its rap
tures and its tortures ; its ecstatic fervors
and terrible heartburnings; its solemn lu
dicrousness and its inteusly prosaic termin
ation.
Prevcnling an Elopement.
A writer in the Democratic Quarterly
Review; in sketching life at Baden-Baden,
records the following incident:
A noble Hungarian lord, Count Chris
tian AY had come to pass the season at
Baden, accompanied by his daughter Hel
en. Ibung, beautiful,charming, and an heir
ess to an-immense fortune left her by her
mother, the young Countess soon found
herself surrounded by a host of admirers.
Adorers of all kinds were not wanting—
rich and poor, noble and obscure, tender and
passionate, grave and gay. It was a per
petual tournament, of which she was
tlie queen, and where the aspirants con
tended for her hand by exhibiting their
address, grace and seductive qualities.
When she entered her carriage, ten cava
liers were in the saddle caracoling around
her calcchc. At the ball, the most elegant
dancers were devoted to her. Tliey had
neither cares, attentions nor sighs, but for
her; whereat many beautiful .women—
French, English and Russian—were par
ticularly mortified. Amongst these press
ing suitors Helen selected the most worth
less. Tlie Chevalier Gaetan AI was,
it is true, a charming fellow, pale and del
icate, with fine blue eyes, and long black
wavy hair. In the place of true passion,
he had eloquence of look and word; in
slfort, lie dressed with taste, danced mar
velously, and sang like Iiubini. But, un
happily, these advantages were contrasted
by great vices. A dissipated gambler, and
unprinciple^, the Chevalier Gaetan had.
quitted Naples in consequence of some
scandalous adventures in which he had
been implicated. The Count, after having
informed himself of these facts, desired,
but too late, to put li is daughter on her guard
against a dangerous affection. Helen listen
ed neither to the advice, the prayers, nor the
orders ot her father. The man forwhem lie en
deavored tojdestroy her esteem was already
master of her heart, and she obstinately re
fused to believe in tlie disgraceful antece
dents of tlie young Italian. If’ Gaetan
had had to do with a father who lacked en-
ergy, perhaps he would have become the
happy husband of the young Countess, and
tlie peaceful possessor of'tke immense fortune
with which he was so frantically iu love.
But the Count knew how to carry his point
either by management or force. He was an
old lion. He had preserved all the vigor
of youth, and all the rude firmness of an
indomitable character, which nothing but
paternal tenderness had ever softened.
Self-willed in his resolutions, stern in Lis
execution of them, he cast about for means
to put hors rlu combat this carpet knight,
who had dared to undertake to become his
son-in-law in spite of him, when accident
threw into his hands a letter which Gae
tan liad written to Helen. The Chevalier,
impatient to attain the goal of his desires,
proposed in direct terms to the young
Countess, an elopement, and proposed a
clandestine meeting, at the hour when the
Count was in tlie habit of going out to play
whist with some gentlemen of his acquain
tance at the Conversation House.
A rose placed in Helen’s belt was to be
the signal of consent.
The young girl had not read *lie adroit
ly intercepted note. “Put this flower in
your belt,” said the Count to her, toffenng
arose, “and come with me.”
Helen smilingly obeyed, and took her
father's arm. In the course of their walk
they met Gaetan, who, seeing the rose, was
overjoyed.
Then the Count conducted his daughter
to tlie residence of one of their acquaintan
ces, and requested her to wait until he
came for her. That done, lie returned to
tlie little house in which he lived, at the
outskirts of Baden, on tlie Lichtcnthal
road, lie had sent away his servants,
and was alone. At the appointed hour
Gaetan arrived at the rendezvous, leaped
lightly over the wall of the garden, nnd,
finding the door shut, entered the house
through one of the low windows. Then
mounting the stairs, filled with pleasing
emotions, he directed his steps towards the
apartment of Helen. There, instead of
the daughter, he found the father, armed
with a brace of pistols. The Count closed
the door, and said to the wretched Guetan,
trembling with terror:
“ J could kill you ; 1 have the right to
do so. You have, entered my house at
night. You have broken into it. 1 could
treat you as a felon ; nothing could be
more natural.”
“ But, sir," replied Gaetan, almost iuau-
dil>iy,“I am not a robber.
“ And what arc you, then ? You have
c5ine to steal my daughter—to steal nn
heiress 1 —to steal a fortune. Here is your
letter which unveiled to me your criminal
intention. I shall show you no mercy!
But to take your life, I had no need of this
trap. You know the skill ol tny right arm ;
a duel would have long ago rid mo of you.
To avoid scandal I did not widi a duel,
and now 1 slay you only at the last ex
tremity, if you refuse to obey me.”
“What is your will, sir?”
“ You must leave Baden, not in a few
days, not to-morrow, but this very instant.
A'ou must put two hundred leagues be
tween it and you, and never again come
into the presence of my daughter or myself.
As the price of your obedience, and to pay
your travelling expences, I will give you
twenty thousand franes.”
The Chevalier wished to speak.
“ Not a word !” cried the Count, in a
voice of thunder. “Y ou know me, under
stand ! 1 hold your life at my mercy,
and a moment’s hesitation will be punish
ed with death.”
“ I obey,” stammered the Chevalier.
“ In good time ! Your twenty thousand
francs are in that secretary; take them!”
“ Permit mo to decline your offer.”
An imperious gesture overcame the false
modesty which theChevalier expressed fee
bly,and like a man who declines for form’s
sake.
But,” said he, “the secretary is locked.”
“ Open it.”
“ There is no key in it.” •
“ Break the lock, then.”
“ AA'hat ! you wish me to ?”
“ Break tlie lock, or I’ll shoot you.”
The pistol was again presented, as an
argument which admitted no reply. Gae
tan obeyed.
“ It is well !” said the Count. “Take
that package of bank notes; they are
yours. Have you a pocket book!”
“ l r es.”
“ What does it contain ?”
“ Some papers—letters addressed to
me.”
“ Let your pocket book fall iu front of
the secretary you have broken open.”
“What!”
“ I must have proof which will couvict
you.”
“ But ”
“ But sir, I mean to have all the evi
dences of a burglary. I mean that the
robber shall be known. Robber, or death !
Choose ! Ah ! your choice is made. I
was sure you would be reasonable. Now
you are about to fly. You will go before
mo. I do not quit you until you are a
league from Baden. For tlie rest, make
yourself easy. I will return late, and will
enter no complaint until to-morrow. You
may easily escape pursuit, and if my pro
tection becomes necessary, reckon on me.
Begone!” ~
After this adventure, which made a great
noise, Helen could no longer doubt. Gae
tan was banished from her heart, and she
married one of her cousins, captain in a
regiment of cavalry in the service of the
Emperor of Austria.
A Missouri Lady of “Grit.”
Tlie Kansas ^correspondent of tlie St.
Louis Democrat, in the following sketch,
gives some little idea of the unpopularity
of Eastern people, even among the ladies,
in Alissouri and on the borders :
In walking from Independence towards
Lexington, 1 entered a house where enter
tainment was to be had. AV11 i 1 e the negro
was preparing dinner, I had a conversation
with the lady of the house—an elderly,
rather stout, matronly looking person, with
mildly-resolute, light gray eyes—a perfect
ideal of “fat. fair and forty” femininity.
She was siting by the fireside before a
“reel,” engaged in repairing clothing.
“How far have you come, Sir?” she
asked.
“ From Kansas.”
“You come .from Lawrence?” she in
quired. looking steadily, mildly, suspi- j
ciously at me through her light silver spec-1
taclcs. I saw that she expected me to say
no ; if she had been a younger lady, gallan
try would have prompted me to do so ; but
lier two hundred and fifty pounds avoirdu
pois, and forty years, kept n;e iu tiie path
of veracity.
“ Yes, ma’am,” I answered.
She looked surprised. “Yfiu’re a Yankee, j
I presume ? Going East ?” she said.
“ No madam, I’m not a Yankee ; I’m go
ing home—to St. Louis.”
“ Any news from there?” she continued.
“ They were expecting a fight there,” I
rejoined, “about a week since, but it blow
ed over.”
Her light gray eyes kindled suddenly.
I’ve got a will of my own, and I’m grit
straight through,” those* eyes said for the
fat, fair and forfy lady.
“ AYell, I expect they’ll get it, too, and
more on it than they like,” she said,
“they’ll get it hot and heavy before long—
the nigger thieving wooden nutmeg ma
kers.”
“ AVhew-w !” I said under my breath,
“I’ll bet on you, old girl!”
“ Do tliey think we’re going to let them
stay there ?” she asked—there was no
mildness in the light gray eyes now—
“and get up underground railroads to run
off with our property ? What do the Abo
litionists want with our Territory ? They’ve
no right to it. AVe don’t want them hero.
Why don’t they stay in their own States ?”
I ventured to suggest that their own
States were over-populated.
“So arc v e.” she responded.
“IIow much land ha\e you here, mad
am?” I asked.
“A mile along the river and two miles
back.”
“That's a lage farm.” I’m ashamed to
say 1 made this profound remark.
“No, Sir,” said the lady, "not in this
country. I had a son married and we gin
him a farm and he sold it. AVe’ve neigh
bors within three-quarters of a mile, and I
don’t like to he crowded that way ! I like
to have room to turn my elbows in and to
let my cattle have a good range.”
I .thought she had nn enlarged idea of
elbow room, and remarked:
“People in Europe would be surprised
to hear any one talking of being crowded
here.”
“Well, hut we’re not under England
now; wc fowt out of her once and that’s the
reason of all this trouble. It’s Britain.
She wants to get tis under her again.—
That’s the reason she sends them Yankees
out.— They're all Tories, every one. of
them ! She sent out the Mormons before.
But wc fowt thorn out. And wo fowt the
logins and whipped them. AV0’ 11 fight the
Yankees next. May bo wo can’t whip
them. (Ironically.) I don’t know. (Very
ironically.) But we’ll try.” (Proudly.)
“Were the. Mormons troublesome neigh
bors ?” I asked.
“Yes,” she quid, "had as the Yankees
intend to be / their impudence was insuffer
able. AVby, when they were only three
hundred strong they mnrehed upon Inde
pendence to take it. Their apostles told
them that the Lord would turn the powder
of the Missourians into ashes that would’nt
go ol§ But He dion’t.”
The last sentence was spoken in an em
phatic tone.
“But He didn’t,” she repeated.
“Guess not,” I rejoined,p
The light gray eyes looked mild again,
and the fat, fair and forty matron laughed
lazily.
“But the Yankees are no better,” she re
sumed, “theu'rc Mormons, event one of
tlum."
I thought of the Lawrence hoys, and re
membered their complaints of the lack of
ladies there, and said.
“Indeed, madam ! Why, now, I thought
the Mormons had several wives each, ami
in Lawrence tlie boys complain they can’t
get one ahead.”
“They’re Mormons, every one of them,”
said the lady again, without condescend
ing to notice my remark.
Trial Trip of lhe First Locomotive.
Major Horatio Allen, the Engineer pf
the New York and Erie Railroad, iu a
speech made during the recent festival oc
casion, gave the following account of the
first trip made by a locomotive on this con
tinent :
AA'lien was it ? AA T ho was it ? And who
awakened its energies—directed its move
ments ? It was in the year 1828, on the
banks erf the Lackawaxen at the commence
ment of the Railroad connecting the canal
of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Com
pany with their coal mines : and he who ad-
dressesyou, w<ts the only person on tliatloco-
motive. The circumstances which led to
my being alone on tlie engine, were these :
The road had been built in tlie summer,
the structure was of hemlock timbers, and
all of large dimensions notched on caps
placed far apart. The timber had cracked
and warped from exposure to tlie sun.
After about three hundred feet of straight
line the road crossed the Lackawaxen
Creek, on trestle work about 30 feet bigli
^ith a curve of 350 to 400 feet radius.
The impression was very general that this
monster would either break down the road
or it would leave the track at the curve
and plung into the creek. My reply to
such apprehensions was'that it was too
late to consider tlm probability ofs.icli oc
currences, there was no other course but
to have a trial made on the strange animal,
which had been brought here at great ex
pense ; but that it was not necessary that
more than one should be involved ill its fate:
that 1 would take the first ride alone and
the time would come when I should look
back to tlie incident with great interest.
As I placed my hand on the throttle
valve handle. I was undecided whether I
would move slowly 01* with a fair degree of
speed, but believing that the road would
prove safe, and preferring, if we did ’go
down, to go handsomely, and without any
evidence of timidity, I started with con
siderable velocity. { assed the curve over
the creek safely, and was soon out of hear
ing of the cheers of the vast assemblage.
At the end of two or three miles.I revers
ed the valve, and returned without acci
dent to the place of starting, having thus
made the first railroad trip by locomo
tive on the AVestern Hemisphere.
Fanny Fern’s Advice to Hotel AYait-
i:rs.—Should you see .“^female at the table
digging down to the bottom of the salt-cellar,
as if the top stratum was too plebeian, or
ordering ninety-nine messes (turning aside
from each with affected airs of disgust), or
rolling up the whites of her eyes, declaring
that she never sat down to a dinner-table
before minus “finger glasses,” you may be
sure that her aristocratic blood is nourish
ed. hit home,on herrings and brown bread.
AYhen a masculine comes iu with a white
vest, flashy neck tie, ex/rwdinary-looking
plaid Dowsers, several yards of gold chain
festooned over his breastworks, and amapi-
moth seal ring on his little finger, you may
he sure his tailor and his laundress are
both on the anxious-seat ; and whenever
you see travelers of either sex peregrinating
the country in tlicir “best bib and tucker,”
you can set them down for unmitigated
“snobs,” for the “quality” can’t ajfurtl to be
so extravagant!
Mrs. Caroline Lee llentz, whose decease
has been announced, was born in Lancas
ter, AYorccster county, Mass. Her father
was Gen. John AARiiting, of the United
States Army. She had two brothers who
were also officers in the army, and one
of them, Gen. Henry AA’hiting was aid-de-
camp to General Taylor in the Mexican
AA'ar. Miss AA’hiting, before she had reach
ed her thirteenth year, composed a poem, a
novel and a trqgedy, in five acts. She was
married to Prof. N. 11. Hentz, and then,
with her husband, removed to Chapil Hill,
North Carolina. After residing at that
place a few years, they removed to Ohio,
and took charge of a flourshing Female
Academy near Cincinnati. Afterward she
resided near Florence, Alabama, and thence
removed to Tuscaloosa in the same State.
“l)e Lara, or the Aloorish Bride,” was the
first work which she published, for-which
8500 and a gold medal were awarded to
her in Philadelphia as the. author of the
host original tragedy. She has written two
other tragedies, “Lamorah, ortho AYestcrn
World,” nnd “Constance of Werden-
berg”—neither of which, we believe, was
ever published, although the first was act
ed at Cincinnati. She has written several
minor poems; hut she, is most widely
known by her prose tales and novelettes,
which have been printed in different peri
odicals. “Aunt Patty’s Scrap Bag” and
the “Mob Cap,” obtained for her a prize of
$200, and we presume have been very
generally read. Beside these she wrote
••Aunt Mercy,” “The Blind Girl,” The
Pedlar,”“The Village Anthem,” And a no
vel called “Lovell’sFolly. As an instruc
tress, she was eminently successful, and in
social intercourse wax easy and dignified.
She was prepossessing in appearance,
arid her conversational powers were of
a high nrdci.
A Pleasant Discovery,—During the
late, prevalence of the epidemic at Norfolk,
a gentleman and bis wile were both re
moved by death, leaving two fine little
bo-.-s wbo were taken into the Howard
Asylum. The family were very poor.
Home nrticles of old furniture, appraised
n<W30, belonging to Mrs. Meekly, were
ordered bv the Court to behold for the ben
efit of the children. and were accordingly
sent to the auctioneers to he sold. Among
the articles whs an old bureau with a desk
drawer at the top, and for want of a key
ho desk wax fibred open previous to ptu-
t.ing it np for sale upon the suggestion that
it might contain something of value ; and
such was the fact—for on opening it the
pleasant discovery was made of 8150 in
gold, neatly tied up in a little bag!
A Modern Samson,—J. AA'illiams, a
Welshman, employed in straightening rails
at the iron works on the Conestoga, Lan
caster Co., Pa., uses for that purpose a
sledge-hammer weighing “ninety pounds.”
Every rail made requires at least “seven”
blows with this immense hammer to
straighten it, and as alltkerailsare straight
ened by him, he is compelled to give nearly
“one thousand blows with it every day.”
It would seem as though the human frame
was not capable of such tremendous exer
tion, yet Mr. AA’illiams enjoys excellent
health, and apparently grows stronger
with e\ery day’s exercise. Every seven
blows he strikes, he raises 630 lbs.; and
thus he raises 90,000 pounds a day, or
540,000 pounds a week.
How AA omen will Deceive.—Our land
lords arc getting mighty particular about
their tenants, as well as their rents. If a
body has half a dozen children, and of
course more need of a house than if he had
none at all; he is very coolly told that ho
cannot the have the premises.
“Have you children, mad a me ?” inquir
ed one of these sharpers of a lady in a
modest black, who was looking at one of
his houses just finished and iti perfect or
der.
“Yes,” said the gentle mother, “I have
seven sir, but they are all in the church
yard!” A sigh and the dew of a tear gave
impressiveness to the painful remark, and
without further parley the bargain was
closed. Her little flock were waiting for
her in the churchyard around the corner,
and w ere delighted to hear that she had
found a snug house so speedily. The land
lord says lie will never trust a woman in
black after this.
A Healthy Occupation.—Some years
since a committee was appointed 111 Paris
to investigate the influence on the public
health, ot tlie stench generated by the
workshops of the “Knackers.” The occupa
tion of tlie knackers consists in “.the con
version of dead horses to useful purposes”
(!) In one establishment, that of Mont-
faucon, no fewer than from twelve to four
teen thousand horses are disposed of an
nually, and as a consequence, the air in
and about it is constantly charged with
effluvia from animal remains in every pos
sible statejof decomposition. Tlie commit
tee reported in every examination made of
fhis and similar establishments, that while
the atmosphere was most “offensive and
disgusting :” there w ere no facts to show
that it was unwholesome. On the contra
ry, it was inferred that this" and other call
ings, which expose to animal effluvia iu its
utmost intensity were conducive to health.
During the prevalence of an epidemic fe
ver, it was observed that not one case oc
curred among the great number ot w ork
men in the Montfaucon establishment, and
fewer in the neighborhood than in similar
localities in other parts of the city. M.
Parent tells also that “they were tsingular
ly exemptfrom cholera during its prevalence."
“In fact,” says he, “I found the men en
joying good health, the women hatful,
and the children pictures of healthful en
ergy.” m
Agricultural College of Maryland.—
A bill has just passed the Legislature of
Maryland, and will doubtless receive
the Executive sanction, “to establish and
endow an Agricultural College and Model
Farm.” This bill stipulates that as soon as
at least two thousand shares of the stock
of such college, at twenty-five dollars per
share, (making an aggregate ot fifty thous
and dollars,) shall have been subscribed,
such subscribers shall be constituted an
incorporated company for the purposes set
forth p-and as soon as organized under this
act, and annually thereafter, they shall re
ceive from tlie treasury ot the State of
Maryland the sum of six thousand dollars
in aid of its objects. The commissioners
are appointed to receive subscriptions.
Mourning Stores.— It is said when a
lady enters a fashionabld^nonming store,
in London, she is asked w hether she w ish
es mourning for “ deep grief” or mitigated
affliction.”
r l his reminds us of a conversation we
once heard in a store of the kind in New
A ork. A servant stepped in hurriedly and
asked: “Arc the bonnets ready?” “Not
ret; is the gentleman dead?” “No, but
be can’t possibly live three hours.” “A T erv
well, the bonnets shall be ready in time,
I’ll send them up ibis evening.”
The servant having retired, wo inno
cently inquired, if the people iri New York
got their mourning lor friends before they
were dead/ “O yes; the man can’t possi
bly live, and they want to have their bon
nets ready for tlie funeral.”—C/uis. Mer.
A New Version.—Louis Kossuth thus
interprets the Central American Treaty;
“'Two travellers had but one horse; one
of them proposed an agreement on these
terms: the first half hour you shall walk
and I will ride; the second half an hour I
will ride, and you shall walk". Just such
would be the Central American treaty, ac
cording to the English interpretation
Mormon Wheelbarrow Emigration.—
An item has lately come to knowledge
which we know to be a fiut, and that
is a wheelbarrow emigration nog the
Saints, over the Plains, to Salt Lake
in the spring. And w ith a view « f accom
modating and expediting their transit to
their new home, tlie wheel airffw expedi
ent has been suggested nnd noted niton.
An establishriient in this city b;. received
an order, and are now inaniitactui eg about
five hundred of these vehicles. H is pro
posed that many young men, ami those
with strength and physical energy to en
dure the trip, can pack their kit m provi
sions in a wheelbarrow, and trudge along
to the Valley of the 8aints. The experi
ment. nl all events, will he tried.—St.
Lott is R< publican.
Economy.—Sound economy is a sound
understanding brought into action; it is
calculation realized; il is the doctrine of
proportion reduced to practico; it is the
foreseeing of contingencies ami providing
against them'; it is expecting contingen
cies and being prepared for them.
“One hour iu the bath,” Napoleon used
to say, “refresh** me more than four hours
of sleep” A saying worth quoting.
The excesses of youth are drat'is upon
old ago, payable thirty years after, with
interest.
Any body that pretends to le n man
can be guilty of no meaner net than sqirt-
ing tobaccoo juice on a lady’s d/riss in the
street.
