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Tin; Better Laud.
BY MRS. HKMASS.
“ 1 bear thee speak of the better land,
Thou rall’st its children a happy band ;
Mother ! oil, where, is that radiant shore ?
Shall we not seek it, and weep no more ?
Is it where the flower of the oratige blows,
And the fireflies glance through tho myrtle
boughs ?”
—“Not there, not there, my child !"
“ Is it where tho feathery palm trees rise,
And the date grows ripe under sunny skies ?
Or 'midst the green islands of glittering seas,
Where fragrant forests perfume the breeze,
And s.range bright birds on their starry wings
Bear the rich hues of all glorious things?
—“ Not there, not there, my child !”
“ Is it far away, in some region old,
Where the rivers wander o’er sands of gold ?
Where the burning rays of the ruby shine,
And the diamond lights up the secret mine,
And the pearl gleams forth from the coral strand?
Is it there, sweet mother, that better land r”
—“ Not there, not there, my child !”
“ Eye hath not seen it, my gentle boy !
Ear hath not heard its deep songs of joy;
Dreams cannot picture a world so fair—
Sorrow and death may not enter there :
[ Time doth not breathe on its fadeless bloom,
I For beyond the clouds, and beyond the tomb,
—“ It is there, it is there, my child !"
A Good One.—The Home Journal re
lates the following good anecdote, to illus
trate the advantage of coolness under dis-
I Acuities.
One of the most charming women of
| Paris, not long since, happened to receive
an untimely call when her confidential
maid chanced to be out upon an errand.
! Never suspecting the person at her door
to be a gentleman whose attention had of
late somewhat pleased her, she herself an
| swered the door. But Madame was of
j those who never show themselves to the
world till Heaven’s original work upon
( them is entirely re-done —re painted, re-
I perfumed, and alabastered.
| ‘Ma—dame !’ stammered theutiexpect
ftcil corner as the door opened, and the ap
■ parition of the face, an, naturcl, was re
■ vealed to his half-recognizing vision.
‘Madame is not in !’ said she, with the
■ greatest coolness, suddenly shutting the
■ door without further parley, and leaving
■ the intruder to retire upon his suspicions.
1 he difference was so great between the
mlathj done and undone, however, that he
■ departed speculating on the gradual re
semblance which even an old dressing
■ Ina "l may acquire to her young mistress,
■ an <l convinced that Madame teas not in —a
■ simple f act which the lady herself assured
■ ”m of that same evening, with her infinite
I re 3 re t that it should have so happened !
A Politic At Weathercock.—A good
■ story i s told of a politician in a neighbor
■mg town, whom wo will designate as Mr.
I ' '• who is distinguished for changing
■ ( cn bom one party to another. A gen-
I th man ac< l ,,a ' ,ltancc > on entering
m s ‘s cars to go to Boston one morning, was
■ by another—
• r * ’ 111 politics now V
■ him o'" 1 *‘ u r eplied, ‘/haven’t seen
I n “'W morning.*
THE SOUTHERN TRIBUNE.
VOLUME I.
From the Quincy Whig.
Management of Love Affairs.
I’ve heard folks say that the wimmin
was contrary. Well, they is a leetle so;
hut if you manage ’em right—bawl in here
and let ’em out there, you can drive ’em
along without whip or spur, just which
way you want ’em to go.
When 1 lived down at Elton, there was
a good many fust rate gals down there, but
1 did’nt take a likinto any of’em till Squire
Cummins come down here to live. The
Squire had a mighty purty darter. I said
some of the gals was fust rate, but Nancy
Cummins was fust rate and a leetle more.
There were many dressed finer and looked
grander, hut there was something jam
about Nance that they could’nt hold a can
dleto. If a feller seed her once he could’nt
look at another gal for a week. 1 tuk a
iikin to her rite off, and we got as thick its
thieves. We used to go to the same meet
ing, and set in the same pew. It took me
to find sartns and hints for her; and we’d
swell ’em out in a manner shockened sin
ners ; and then we mosy home together,
while the gals and fellers kept a lookin’ on
us as though they’d like to mix in. I’d
always stay to supper; and the way she
could make injun cakes, and the way 1
could slick ’em with met lasses and put ’em
away was nothing to nobody. She was
dreadful civil, tew, always gettin some
thing nice for me. I was up to the hub
in love, and was goin’ in for it like a loco
motive. Well, things went on in this way
for a spell, till she had me tight enough.
Then she began to show oft - kinder inde
pendent like. When I’d go to the meetin,
there was no room in the pew; then slic'd
streak oft" with another chap, and left me
suckin, rny fingers at the door. Instead
of sticking to me as she used to do, she
got to cuttin round with all the other fel
lets, just as if she cared nothin’ about me
no more—none whatever.
I got considerably riled—and thought I
might as well cum to the end of it at once;
so down I went to have it out with her.—
There was a hull grist of fellers there.—
They seemed mighty quiet till I went in ;
then she got to talking all manner of non
sense—sed nothin’ to me, and darned little
of that. I tried to keep my dander down,
hut it warn’t any use— 1 kept movin about
as if I had a pin in my drawers; I sweat
as if 1 had been llirasin. My collar hung
donnas if it had been hung over my stock
to dry. I could’nt stand it; so I cleared
out as quickly as l could, for 1 seen ’twas
no use to say nothin' to her. 1 went strait
to bed and thought the matter over a spell
Thinks I, that gal is jest tryin* of me;
taiu’t no use of our playin’ possum; I*ll
take the kink out of her; if I don’t fetch
her out of that high grass, use tne for sas
sage meat.
I heard tell of a hoy wunce that got to
skewl late on Sunday mornin’. Master
sez,
‘You tarnal sleepiu’ critter what has
kept you so late V
‘Why,’ says the hoy, ‘it’s so everlasting
slippery out, I could’nt get along no how;
every step 1 took forward, I went two
steps backwards; and could’nt have got
here at all, it I had’nt turned hack to go
’tot her wav.’
Now that’s just my case. T have been
putting after that gal a considerable time.
Now, thinks 1, I’ll go ’tother way—she’s
been a slitein’ of tne, and now I’ll slite her.
What’s sass for the goose, is sass for the
gander.
Well, 1 went no more to Nancy’s. Next
Sabbath day, I sliked myself up, and I
dew say, when I get my fixins on, I took
the shine clear off of any specimen of hu
man natur in our parts. About meeting
time oft’ I put to Elder Dodge’s. Pati
ence Dodge was as nice a gal as you’d see
'twist here and yonder, any more than she
was’nt just like Nancy Cummins. Eph
raim Musscy had used to go and see her;
he was a clever feller, hut he was dreadful
jelus. Well, l went to meetin’ with Pa
tience, and set right afore Nancy; T did’nt
set my eyes on her till after meetin’; she
had a feller with her, who had a blazing
red head, and legs like a pair of compas
ses; she had a face as long as a thanksgiv
in’ dinner. 1 know’d who she was a flunk
in' about, and ’twasn’t the chap with the
red head, neither. Kept my eyes on
Nance, seed how the cat was jumpin’; she
did’nt cut about like she did, and looked
rather solemnly—she’d gin Iter tew eyes
to kiss and makeup. I kept it up till I
like to have got in a muss about Patience.
The critter thought I was going after her
for good, and got as proud as a tame tur
key.
One day Ephecum down to|to our place
looking as rathy as a militia officer on a
trainin’ day.
‘Look here,’ says he, ‘Sam Stokes,’ as
loud as a small clap of thunder, ‘l’ll he
darned .’
‘Hallo !’ says I, ‘what’s broke V
‘Why,’ says lie, ‘I came down to have
satisfaction about Patience Dodge. Here
I’ve been courtin ever since last year, and
she was just as good as mine, till you cum
a goin’ after her, and now I can't touch
her with a forty foot pole.’
‘Why,’ says I, ‘what on airth are you
talkin’about ? I ain’t got nothing to do
with your gal; hut ’spose I had, there is
nothing for you to get wolfy about. 11
the gal has taken a liken’ to me, ’taint my
fault; if 1 have taken a likin’to her, taint
her fault; and if we’ve taken a likin’ to
each other, ’taint your fault; hut l ain’t so
almighty taken with her, ami you may get
MACON, (GA.,) SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1850.
her for all me ; so you you hadn't ought to
get savage about nothin’.”
‘Well,’ say3 he, rather cooled dawn, ‘I
am the unluckiest thing in creation. I
went tother day to a place where there
was an old woman died of the botts or
some such disease, and they were selling
out her things. Well, there was a thun
derin’ big chest of drawers, full of all sorts
of truck ; so 1 ho’t it, and thought I had
made a spec ; hut when I came to look at
’em, there vvarn't nothin’ in it worth a cent,
except an old silver thimble, and that was
all rusted up, so I sold it for less than I
gave for it. Well when tho chap that
buught it took it hum, he heard something
rattle—broke the old chist, and found lots
of gold in it, in a false bottom I hadn’t
seen. Now, if I had tuk that cliist hum,
I'd never found that money; or if I did
they’d all been counterfeit, and I’d been
tuk up for passing on ’em. Well, I jest
told Patience about it, and she rite up and
called me a tarnal fool.’
‘Well,’ says I, ‘Ephe, that is hard ; hut
never mind that—jest go on—you can get
her; and when you do get her, you can
file the rough edges off just as you please.’
That tickled him—it did—and away he
went a little better pleased.
Now, thinks I, it’s time to look after
Nancy. Next day down I went; Nancy
was all alone. I axed her if the Squire
was in. She said lie warn’t.
‘Cause,’ says 1, (making her believe I
wanted him,)‘our colt sprained his foot,
and 1 cum to see if the Squire won’t lend
me his mare to go to town.’
She sed she guessed he would—better
sit down till the Squire comes in. Down
1 sot; she looked sort of strange, and my
heart felt queer all around the edges. Af
ter a while sez I :
‘Air you going down to Betsey Mast
tings quiltin’ V
Sed she, ‘I did’nt know for sartaiii; at e
you goin V
Setl I, ‘reckoned I would.’
Ses she, ‘l spose you’d take Patience
Dodge.’
Sed I, ‘mout and agin tnout not.’
Sed she, ‘I learn you’re going to get
married.’
Ses I, ‘shoukl’nt wonder a hit—Pati
ence is nice gal.’
1 looked at her, [ seed the tears comin.’
Ses I, ‘maybe she’ll ax you to he brides
maid.’
She riz up, she did, her face as red as a
boiled beat. ‘Seth Stokes,’ says she, and
she could’nt say any more, she was so full.
‘Won’t you he bridesmaid V ses I.
‘No,’ ses she and she hurst rite out.
‘Well then,’ ses I, ‘if you, wont he
btidesmaid, will you he the bride I’
She looked up at me 1 swat 1 to man I
never seed anything so awful putty —I
took rite hold of her hand.
‘Yes or no,’ ses I, ‘rite off I .*
•Yes,’ ses she.
‘That’s your sort,’ ses I, aad I gave her
a buss and a hug. I soon fixed matters
with the Squire. We soon hitchsd traces
in double harness, for life, and 1 never had
cause to repent my bargain.
Nothing bit Fish. —Jemmy Whitley,
as he was familiarly called, itinerant Irish
manager, who flourished about eighty
years ago, was celebrated fer his eccen
tricities and his whimsicality. In the
course of his professional lours lie often
played in small villages where cash was
not always abundant, and in such cases
Jemmy was not particular as to wheather
he recieved the public suppoit in money
or in kind. Fie would take meat, fowl,
vegatables, &c., value them by scales, and
pass in the owner and friends for as many
admissions as it amounted to. Thus his
Treasury very often on a Satuaday resem
hied a butcher’s shop rather than a ban
ker’s. At a village on the coast, the in
habitants brought him nothing hut fish;
but as the company could not subsist with
out its concomitants of bread,potatoes,and
spirits, a general appeal was made to his
stomach and sympathies, and some altera
tion in the terms of admission required.
Jemmy, acordingly, having admitted nine
teen person one evening at a shad a piece,
stopped at the twentieth, and said, ‘I beg
your pardon, my darling, I am extremely
sorry to refuse you ; hut if we ate any
more fish, by the powers, we shall he all
turned into mermaids.
Sooted to the Climate. —We see the
announcement of anew kind of Fresco
painting which has been discovered in
Berlin. The proof of its durability is,
that a painting executed in it by Koulbach
was put up a chimney for a year, and found
perfectly fresh and in good personation
after being thus smoked. Applying this
test, we may promise ourselves that the
works in the Vernon Gallery are certain
to he durable, for no chimney can be dar
ker and few sootier than the hole which
they occupy.
Mrs. Milllk. —This unfortunate lady,
the Richmond Republican says who, as it
no ip appears, did not throw herself into
the falls of Niagara, hut has probably been
engulphed in a fall mo v e deplorably deep,
was seen on hoard of the steamer plying
between Norfolk and Port W ulthall, on
Friday last. She was recognised by an
acquaintance, and was supposed to he ac
companied by a young man whose name
appeared on the tea) bill as ‘Mr. Brown.’
Mrs. M. and her companion were seen
to leave the boat at City Point, wheie they
took the cars for Petersburg, ami they are
by this time, pretty far south.
j A Scene at‘Stewarts. —Noah’s New
; \ork Messenger gives the following pic
, ture of an amusing scene that lately occur
i od at Stewart’s gorgeous, palace like store,
m Broadway. New-York :
An honest countryman, from Putnam
county dropped into the store, with his
wife hanging on one arm, his daughter on
the other, and his son Dick clinging to bis
I coat tail—the whole group singularly an
tiquated and out of fashion. After a long
and eager stare at the goods, the candela
bras, and mirrors, &c, and with looks of
astonishment at the bustle and confusion
—they were courteously asked by one of
the clerks whether ho should have the
pleasure of waiting upon thorn.
‘Well, now, that’s polite in you,’ said
the old man. ‘My daughter would like to
have a shawl, to go to the village church.’
1 he clerk, who looked like a wag, pro
duced a package carefully made up ; from
which be selected a large yellow shawl,
with a broad rich border.
‘Well, now said the old lady, ‘I vow !
this feels like the back of a mouse—so soft
and velvety ! Feel of it, Jonna.’
The young lady felt of it, and said it felt
mighty smooth and soft. Site asked if the
colors would last, and was assured that
they would never run or wash out. Dick
creptsoftly up and had a feel of it. Finally,
the clerk threw it gracefully over her shoul
ders and took her to a mirror, where she
saw herself at full length, and was highly
pleased with the beautiful article. The
whole family passed an opinion on its beau
ty and becoming colors, and after a long
conferance, they resolved to have it.
‘What might be the price of this ‘ere
shawl V said the honest farmer.
‘Fifteen hundred dollars, sir,’ lie said.
It was a camel’s hair shawl from Circas
sia one of the richest and most costly arti
cles ever imported. The farmer looked
at his wife, and the wife looked significant
ly at the daughter, who hung down hot
head despairingly, while little Dick, with
one finger in his mouth, had been awed to
silence by the awful price.
‘Bless me, sir,’ said the countryman,
drawing a long breath ; ‘would you believe
it, sir 1 why that ere shawl is the price of
my farm in old Putnam county; thirty
two acres, house barn and piggery.’
The clerk smiled, the old mart looked
frightened, and the whole party slid over
the store in terror.
The whole world, however, was not
made of such economical stuff. There
were some ladies who did not faint at a
thousand dollar shawl, ora three hundred
dollar dress of Indian muslin worked with
gold ; and were it not for those who have,
or imagine they have purses, how could
this marble place have been built, or what
is of equal importance, how could it be
sustained/ Twelve thousand dollars a
year rent, must ho made by asking stern
prices on everything, and as sternly refu
sed any abatement.
Savages first seeing a Watcii. —One
morning, during Finnow’s stay at this
island, some of the natives brought Mr.
Mariner’s watch, which they had procured
from his chest, and with looks of curiosity,
inquired what it was. He took it from
them, wound it up,put it to the oar of one
of them, and returned it. Every hand
was now outstretched with eagerness to
take hold of it; —it was applied by turns
to their ears ; they were astonished at the
noise it made ; —they listened again to it,
turned it on every side, and exclaimed,
“Mo-ooi!” (It is alive !) They then pinch
ed and hit it, as if expecting it would speak
out. They looked at each other with won
der, laughed aloud, and snapped their fin
gers. One brought a sharp stone for Mr.
Mariner to force it open with. He open
ed it in the proper way, and showed them
the works. Several endevored to seize
hold of it at once, hut one ran off' with it,
and all the rest after him. About an hour
afterwards they returned with the watch
completely broken to pieces ; and giving
him the fragments, made signs to make
him do as it did before. Upon his making
them understand that they had killed it,
anil that it was impossible to bring it to
life again, the man, who considered it as
his property, exclaiming mow mow (spoil
ed !) and making a hissing noise, express
ive of disappointment, accused the rest of
using violence, and they in return
accused him and each other. Whilst they
were in high dispute, another native ap
proached, who had seen and learned the
use of a watch on board of a French ship.
Understanding the cause of their dispute,
he called them all cow rule (a pack offools,)
and explained in the following manner,
the use of the watch : making a circle in
the sand, with sundry marks about itscir
cumferance, and turning a stick about the
centre of the circle, to represent an index,
he informed them that the use of the watch
was to tell where the sun was : that when
the 3un was in the east, the watch would
point to such a mark, and when the sun
was highest it would point there,and when
in the west it would point there; and this,
he said, the watch would do, although it
was in a house and could not sec the sun ;
adding, that in the night-time it would tell
what portion of a day’s length it would
be before the sun would rise again. It
would he difficult to convey an adequate
idea of their astonishment. One said it
was an animal, another said it was a plant;
hut when he told them it was manufactur
ed they all exclaimed, “ Foonnooa hoto /”
(What an ingenious people !) — Mariner's
Account ts the Tonga Islands.
A Secret Wonli Knowing.
‘ Truth is strange—stranger than Fiction.
Under this heading the Long Island
Star publishes and interesting tale, for
tho extended details of which we cannot
find room, hut must content'ourselves with
giving the leading facts in a condensed
form, for the benefit of our readers.
A young grocer of good character and
correct habits, commenced business in a
good and improving neighborhood. His
stock was small, as were his means, and
his stock of customers was still smaller.
His sales hard ley met his expenses, and he
was evidently going ‘down hill,’ and an
old grocct on the opposite corner predic
ted that he would soon be at the bottom.
That the young grocer had reason to
regret this odium of the old grocer, will
appear. The latter had a daughter who
had won tho heart of the former. He of
fered himself to her and was rejected. It
was done, however, with the assurance
that he was the man ofherchoise, but that
she acted in obedience to her father’s com
mands.
Assured of the affections of the woman
of his choice, he set himself about remo
ving the only obstacle in the way of their
union—the father’s objection to his pecu
niary prospects.
A year had elapsed, and 10, what a
change! The young grocer was now
going up hill with tire power of a steam
locomotive ; customers flocked to his store
from all quarters, and even many had left
the old established stand on the opposite
corner, for the younger favorite. There
was a mystery about it which puzzled the
old grocer sorely, but which he could not
unravel. He at length became nearly sick
with losses and aggravations, and vain at
tempts to discover the secret of his neigh
bor’s success.
At this juncture, Angelica—for that
was the daughter’s name—contrived to
bring about an apparently accidental in
terview between the parties. After the
old man had become, through the interven
tion of the daughter, tolerably good hu
mored, he inquired with great eat nestness
of the young man, how he had contrived
to effect so much in a single year; to thus
extend his business and draw off' the cus
tomers from the older stands.
The young man evaded an answer—
but inquired if he had any further objec
tions to his union with Angelica. ‘Norte,’
he replied, ‘provided you reveal the secret
of your success.’ This the young man
promised when his happiness was made
complete. The old man commended his
prudence on this point. The affair was
all settled and the marriage soon took place.
The friends of the young couple were
all assembled, and among them many of
the customers of the two stories. Angeli
ca and Thomas looked as happy as well
could be, and the old gentleman was, if
possible, happier than they. The bridal
cake was about to be cut, when the old
man called out for ‘the secret.’
‘Aye, the secret,’ ‘the secret,’ exclaim
ed fifty others.
‘lt is a very simple matter,’ said Thom
as, ‘I ADVERTISE ! ! !’
The old gentleman was very, very old
fashioned, and while he shook Thomas
heartily by the hand, and kissed Angelica
fifty times over, he Merely muttered,
‘ Why the dickens did'nt I think of that V
A Bctciier Outwitted. —A butcher,
in a provincial town, called the otliey day
upon his lawyer, to consult him upon the
j following point:—A lady had just been
in his shop buying a choice hit of beef for
her worthy husband’s dinner. Her pet
dog, which accompanied her, forgetting his
good manners in the shop, either in snuf
fing at, or tasting a nice roast, tumbled it
among the sawdust wherewith the floor
was strewn, and soiled it. His question
to the lawyer was, ‘ls this lady bound to
pay me for and receive the said roast 1 and
if so, how may payment he enforced V
The lawyer inquired if the lady was a
good customer ; and being answered in
the affirmative lie said, ‘My advice to you
as a friend would be, not to enforce pay
ment of the 7s 6d., (for that was the full
value of the roast,) because, if you do,
you will most likely lose the family’s cus
tom, and that of some of their friends.—
But, when the lady’s husband looks in, you
may take an opportunity of mentioning
the circumstauces to him, and very proba
bly he will pay it at once.’ ‘I dare say
you’re right; I'll just follow your advice,
and take the liberty of telling you the lady
was your own wife.’ The lawyer gave a
goodnatured laugh, put his hand into his
pocket, and paid the 7s (id. The butcher
went away in great glee; for he was
proud of his shrewdness in doing the lawy
er. In his exultation he hurried to his
neighbors, the confectioner, the grocer,
and the apothecary, to tell them of the
capital joke; and great was the chuckling
of these cronies over it. The butcher’s
dreams that night were pleasant, and on
the morrow his temper was placid and
serene ; lie mused of spending the half
crowns in treating the grocer, confection
ry, and apothecary. While in this deligh
ted mood, the postman handed him a note.
It was from his friend the lawyer, and con
tained an account: —“A debtor to I). To
consultation, c£l Is.’
Bellow is it the trees put on a new
dress, without opening their trunks ?”
Ans.— Because they leave out their
summer clothing.
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NUMBER 1.
Husband Catching. —Of a certain di
vine an anecdote is told,which Hook used
to’say exceeded any specimen of cool assu
rance that he had ever seen exhibited. A
young clerical friend of his, staying at his
house, happened to he sitting up
one night reading, after the family,
as he supposed, had retired to rest. The
door opened, and his excellent host re-ap
peared in his dressing gown and slippers,
i ‘‘My dear hoy,” said the latter, seating
himself, and looking pathetically at his
I guest, ‘‘l have a few words to say—don’t
j look alarmed—they will prove agieeable
enough to you, rely upon it. The lact is
Mrs —and my self have for some time ob
| served the attention which you have paid
to Hetsy. We can make every allowance,
knowing your excellent principles as we
do, for the diffidence which has hitherto
I tied your tongue, but it has been carried
I fur enough. Jn a worldly point of view,
j Betsy, of course, might do better, yet wo
have all the highest esteem for your char
acter and disposition —put then our daugh
ter-she is dear to us—and where her hap
piness is at slake all minor considerations
must he give way. We have, therefore,
after due deliberation —l must own not
altogether without hesitation —made up
our minds to the match. What must be,
must he; you are a worthy fellow, and
therefore, in a word, you have our free
and cordial consent. Only make our child
happy, and wo ask no more.’
The astonished divine, half petrified
laid down his hook.
“My dear sir,” he murmured, “here
is some dreadful mistake, /really never
thought, that is, never intended—”
“No !no ! /know you did not. Your
modesty, indeed, is one of those traits
which has made you so deservedly a favor
ite with us all. But, my dear hoy, a pa
' rent’s eyes are chary. Anxiety sharpens
them. We saw well enough what you
thought so well concealed. Betsy, too, is
just the girl to he so won. Well! well!
say no more about it; it’s all over now.—
God bless you both ! Only make her a
good husband—here she is. I have told
M is. to bring her down again : for
thesooner young people are put outofsus
pence the better- Settle the matter as
soon as as you like; we will leave you to
geatlier.”
Thus saying the considerate parent be
stowed a most affectionate kiss upon his
daughter, who was at this juncture led in
to the room by her mother, both en disha
bille, shook his future son-in-law cordially
by the hand, and with a “There, there,
go along, Mrs. ,” turned his wife out
of the room, and left the lovers to their
tele a tete.
What is to be done 1 Common human
ity, to say nothing of politeness, demands
ed nothing less than a proposal; it wa
tendered accordingly, and we need
scarcely add, very graciously recieved.
A Phenomenon in a Hurricane.—
There is a curiosity in the possession of
Dr. Beck, Professor of Chemistry in Rut
ger’s College, New Brunswick, consisting
of a pane of glass with a 'noie in the cen
tre, making a circle as perfect as if drawn
on mathematical principles. It was per
forated by the extraordiny hurricane which
passed over New Brunswick about sixteen
years ago, levelling in its path a streak of
houses the whole length of the town. In
one of the windows this pane was discov
ered with a hole in it, and what is remark
able about it, is, that the permiter of tho
whole is as smooth as a polished gem. so
that the finger may he rubbed around it
with impunity. It has the appearance of
being forced out while the glass was in
fusion, hence the theory to explain it,
namely, that the current of air had a spiral
motion in the centre of the column, the
astonishing velocity of which had collected
a ncucleus of electricity equivalent to a
voltaic pile of gigantic construction, this
heat being opposed by the glass sufficient
ly ahsored it to prevent the communica
tion of fire to other elements in its path,
while the suddenness of contact with this
amazing heat caused the perforotion ol a
a cavity so perfectly circular and smooth.
The pane was taken from the window, and
now occupies a place in the Doctor’s cab
inet.
Homicide in Lick-skillet.— *. utj
day night 25th ult. says the Rome Buletin,
in Tick-skillet, a little town situated about
half a mile South of Rome, a young man
hv the name of Johnson came to his death
by the hands of a man named W. It. Craw
ford with whom he was boarding. When
the scream of Mrs. Crowford brought the
neighbors to the place, Johnson was found
lying on the floor in his night clothes—
his head mashed and mangled in the most
shocking manner. Crawford had left the
house when the neighbors came, hut teas
not out of hearing. To the statement of
his wife that he was the person who had
done the killing, he replied that he did,
and woulcj, do it again, unedr similar cir
cumstances. He made his escape, hut
has since been arrested and committed.
Jealously is supposed to he the cause.
Tub imposibie Omelet.-You produce
some butter, eggs, and other ingredients
for making an omelet, with a frying
pan, in a room where there is fire, and
offer to bet a wager, that the cleverost
cook will not be able tc make an omelet
with them. The wager is won by having
previously cused the eggs to he boiled
very hard.