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OF GEORGIA LIBRARY 1 /amiltj &topajttr--l)niotrii to jfiflturaal anil Itate |tolitir0, literature, Smnsruitnts, Markets, Jareigtt nnfe Dnmestir Items, fcx. nt " - - ■ - " B7 JOHN W. BURKE, Editor and Proprietor. “BE JUST AND FEAR NOT.” TWO DOLLARS, per annum, in advance. VOL. IV. CASSVILLE, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, JULY 8. 1852. NO. 22. THE STANDARD, 43 PUBLI3IIKD EVERY THURSDAY, AT CASSVILLE. OA. Office.—S. IK. Corner of the Public Square. Terms.—Two dollars a-ycar, in advance, or Three dollars at the end of the year. No paper discontinued, except at the op tion of the editor, until all arrearages are paid. Miscellaneous advertisements inserted at $ 1 per square, for the first insertion, and 50 cents for each weekly continuance. Legal advertisements published at the usual rates. Advertisements not marked, will be pub lished until forbid, and charged accordingly. Letters on business must be addressed, post paid, to the editor. ADVERTISEMENTS. BUSINESS DIRECTORY. AUGUSTUS R. WRIGHT, CASSVILLE, OA., Wile practice Law in the several courts of Law and Equity in the Cherokee circuit. April 24. 12—ly. CHASTAIN & YOUNG, ATTeXtKTDBXS AT XA*W, ELLIJAY, OA., Wile practice in the counties of the Cher okee circuit. April 24. 12—ly- ROBERT H TATUM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, TRENTON, QEO. Business entrusted to his care in any of the Counties of the Cherokee Circuit, will meet with prompt attention. Nov. 21. 43—tf DANIEL S. PRINTUP, ATTORNEY AT LAW, HOME, OEO. Also Agent tor the Bank of the State of South Carolina, and will make advances on Cotton shipped to Charleston, only charging legalinterestforthe time the advauce is made Sept. 5, 1850.—tf. JAXX* MILnSC ~ ^ ' JOHN E. GLENN MliarSB, & GX3BJSTMT, Attorneys at Law, CASSVILLE, GA. March, 4, 1852. 4—tf. MARCUS A. HIGGS, A T l’ORNEY AT LAW, CASSVILLE, GA. Will attend promptly to all business con fided to his care. May 29, 1851. 17—tf. J. D. PHILLIPS, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CASSVILLE. GEO. 2-ly. Feb. 19. W M. T. WOFFORD, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CASSVILLE, GEO. March 15 tf E. 1). CHISOLM, ATTORNEY AT LAW, VANWEBT, GA. Will practice in the Cherokee circuit, and rill transact any business entrusted to his COME AND TRY MAC. AT ADA1RSVILLE, GA. D. m. HOOD, W OULD most respectfully inform the citizens of Adairsville, the surround ing country, the people in “gineral"—and the Ladies more especially, that he is now receiving and opening a very neat and care fully selected stock of Spring and Summer Goods, Dry Goods, Hats, Caps, Bonnets, Boots, Shoes, Hardware, Cutlery, Drugs and Med icines, Crockery and Glass-ware, Nails, Groceries, &c., all of which he most respect fully and emphatically offers at prices rea sonable, and to suit the times, which all will agree must, be low. He docs not pretend to say that he sells Goods cheaper than anybody in town—but there’s one thing he will say,—that if you will only try him once, you will be certain to come back and trade with him *' some more.” His motto is, and always has been, “ live and let live.” lie would earnestly request the Ladies and Gentlemen who trade at Adairsville, to give him a call and examine his Goods, and ask the prices, as he consideis it no trouble, but a pleasure to wait on all, whether they buy or not. Joe and Ben are always ready, and ex tremely anxious to wait on you at all times, and under any circumstances, and the truth is, these Boys,—Joe and Ben are mighty hard to beat; and when Joe is not other wise employed, he is what can do up your ‘‘Tooth Carpentering’ for you. He can “pull out" your Teeth, or fill them up either. Adairsville, Ga., April 15, 1852. NEW Plain and Ornamental BUGGIES FOR SALE! T HE undersigned having permanently lo cated himself in Cassville, and engaged the sendees of Mr. Robert Melson, who is well known as a first rate wood workman, and having procured a good stock of well seasoned timber, and good fashionable trim ming, he is prepared to make or repair all kinds of Buggies, Carriages, tie., in neat Northern style. All orders will be prompt ly attended ttyand no disappointment will be made to who may patronize him un less in ’casern sickness. Please call and see and judge for yourselves. WM. BRADLEY. N. B. He is also prepared for Glass cut ting, Gilding and painting signs, both plain and ornamental, and other ornamental work, such as Gilding, Bronzing, Painting, &c. His shop is near the north-east comer of the square, where he will do work low for cash; and produce will be taken at the market prices. May 6,1352. Jan. 29, 1852. 51—ly DAWSON A. WALKER, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, Spring Place, Geo. Refers to Kerbs & Hope, Augusta, Ga., Wiley, Banks, & co n Charleston, S. C. A. Wells & co., Savannah. Ga. April 24. 12-1 y. JAMES 0. LONGSTREET, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CALHOUN, GA., Will practice in the several courts of the Cherokee circuit. Refer to Hon. John P. King, 1 Augusta, R. F. Poe, J Ga. Richard Peters, Esq., Atlanta, Ga. , W. Akin, Esq., Cassville, Ga. April 24. 12—ly. JONES & CRAWFORD, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, CALHOUN, GA. April 24. 12 —ly. mew goods. PATTON & TRIMBLE, ADAIRSVILLE, GA. H AVE the pleasure of announcing to their customers and the public generally, that they are now receiving a large and handsome stock of Spring and Summer Goods, selected with great care by one of the firm in New York, Philadelphia and Baltimore, which they are offering at unu sually low prices. Thankful for the liberal patronage heretofore extended to them, they would ask a continuance of the same, and think they can make it the interest of all to give them a call before buying elsewhere. We still continue to take in exchange for Goods, Com, Wheat, Peas, Bacon, Lard, Feathers, Beeswax, Tallow and Rags. Adairsville, April 14th, 1852. 9nr Daily Bnad. A beggar-boy stopped at a rich man’s door, » I am homeless and friendless, and faint and poor,” Said the beggar-boy, ns the tear-drop rolled j Down his thin cheek, blanched with want and cold, i iiOh! give me a crust from your board to-day, To help the beggar-boy on his way !” • Not a crust nor a crumb,’ the rich man said,; • Be off, and work for your daily bread !* , j The rich man went to the parish church— j His face grew grave as he trod the porch— ! And the thronging poor, the untaught mass, i Drew back to let the rich man pass. The service began—the choral hymn Arose, and swelled thro’ the long aisles dim;' Then the rich man knelt, and the words he : said Were—<• Give us this day our daily bread!” j the richest men in the Crescent City, and he owes, perhaps, the greater part of his pros perity to his act of politeness in the matter of crossing the streets. The Sumndrr of Canwallis. BY LIEUT CHUB. Many years ago it was a custom in the State of Maine, in most of the towns, to cele brate the memorable event of the surrender j i earne( i ^ ca u of Cornwallis, by going through a mock j now> and whenevcr they m «t they smoke performance representing that important their pipes and talk about.. that ar’ scrape,” cuperation on the part of a fallen foe, and in direct defiance of historical history he pitched into Washington like a thousand of brick, and in spite of the efforts of the men of both nations, succeeded in giving the .. im mortal” a tremendous licking. So the day that commenced so gloriously most in-glori- ously ended. For many years after the «« Surrender,” there was a coldness between the Deacon and ’Squire, but as time rolled on and their locks became frosted o’er with white, they joke.” Both are living like a couple of good, jolly old men, as they are.—-V. O. Picayune, fact in our country's history. The little town of Waterford, situated up on the banks of the broad and majestic << Crooked River,” resolved not to be behind hand in so great an affair. Accordingly a meeting was called at the old town-house on the hill, to make the necessary arrange ments. Deacon Moses Jones, as he was call ed, was chosen to enact the character of Text.—If you are honest, honorable men, Oo the Payment of Debts. BY DOW, JR. CJie |tari|-€tllrr. b'LIUS X. PATTON. ABDA JOHNSON. PATTON A JOHNSON, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, Cassville, Geo. Will practice in the counties of Cass, lobb, Chattooga, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Fhitfield and Walker. (Feb 12. JOHN A. CRAWFORD. F. C. SHROPSHIRE. Another War with Mexico! VOLUNTEERS WANTED TO SERVE DU RING THE W.\R 1 \ ND also purchasers wanted for the fol- IlL lowing new woiks^ust received at the CHEROKEE BOOK STORE, CASSVILLE, GA. CatttP Fires of the Revolution, a large vol ume, SI 75. Tom Jones, by Felding, 50cts. l)re«.m Life, by lk Marvel, $1 50. Arvine's Moral and Religious Anecdotes, S3 00. Mahan’s True Believer, 7 jets. Kennedy's Swallow Barn, $2 00 Col. Vandcrbomb, 50c —Snarleyow, 25c. Polly Peablosscm’s Wedding, and other t&los 50c. Jacob Faithful, 25c.—Phantom Ship, 25c. Valley Farm, 25c.—Florence, 25c. Mormonism Exposed, 15c.—Satathiel. 50c. Prairie Bird, 30c.—Fowler's Phrenology, SI 00. Philosphy of Electro-Physiology, SI 00 Love and Parentage, 30c. Physiology, animal and mental, 75c- Self-<-ulturc, 75c.—Memory, 75c. Matrimony 30c.—Phrenology and Physi ology, 15c. All will be sold as early as practicable.— St. Mary's money, small bills, taken in ex change for Books. Call early or you may be too late. JOHN W. BURKE, AgT. Cassville, June 17,1352. CRAWFORD & SHROPSHIRE, ATTOfcftfiVS AT LAW, CASSVILLE, QEO. Business entrusted to their care in any of the-cbuuties of the Cherokee circuit, will with faithful attention. April 8. J* R. PARROTT, attorney at law, (BAIETSIEOTIO* March 11.5—ly. B. HU. ATTORNEY at lav, CASBVILLE, GEO. Is engaged in the practice of the Law in the counties of Cans, Floyd, Gordon, Whit field and Walker, in the Cherokee Circuit, and in Cobb. Cherokee and Gilmer of the BHe Ridge Circuit. Particular attention yuan to the collecting I May 6, 1852. HOWARD HOUSE. MARIETTA. GA. J OHN F. ARNOLD, formerly of the Ma rietta Hotel, is now at the Howard House, where he will be glad to entertain his former friends and patrons, and as many new friends as may favor him with a call. Breakfast always ready for the up train of Car* on arrivaL Marietta, Geo., May 6th, 1852. GENTLEMEN’S WEAR. A fine assortment of Cloths, Caasimers, Tweeds, Drap D’Ete, Silk Warp Cash- merette, Linces, Nankeens, tie. at PATTON k TRIMBLE'S. Adairsville, April' 14,1852. A. J. BRADY, (Whit* Boll ami,) ATLANTA, Geo. TbEALERin Hardware, Carriage Trim U mings, Mechanics and Fanners’ Tools, Groceries, Liquors, fie. [April It. The Sailor Boy'i Promotion. One day a sailor, roughly clad, was saun tering through the streets of New Orleans, then in rather a damp condition from recent rain, and the rise of the tide. Turning the corner of a much frequented and narrow alley, he observed a young lady standing in perplexity, apparently measuring the depth of the muddy water between her and the op posite side walk, with no very satisfied coun tenance. The sailor paused, for he was a great ad mirer of beauty, and certainly the fair face that peeped out from under a little chip hat, and the auburn curls hanging glossy and unconfined over her muslin dress, might tempt a curious or admiring glance. Per plexed, the lady put forth her little foot. The gallant sailor, with characteristic im pulsiveness, exclaimed, «That pretty foot, lady, should not be soiled with the filth of this lane; wait for a moment only and I will make you a path.” So springing past her into a carpenter's shop opposite, he bargained for a plank board that stood in the door way, and com ing back to the smiling girl, who was just coquettish enough to accept the services of the handsome sailor, he bridged the narrow black stream, and she tripped across with a merry < thank you,’ and a roguish smile, making her eyes as dazzling as they could be. Alas ! our young sailor was quite charm ed. What else could make him catch up and shoulder the plank, and follow the little witch to her home ? She twice performed the ceremony of walking the plank, and each time thanked him with one of her elo quent smiies. Presently our hero saw the young lady trip np the marble steps of a palace of a house and disappear within its rosewood entrance; for a full minute he stood still, looking at the door, and then, with a wonderful big sigh, turned away, disposed of his drawbridge, and wended his path back to the ship. The next day he was astonished with an order of promotion from the captain. Poqr Jack was speechless with amazement; he had not dreamed of being exalted to the dignity of a second mate’s office on one of the most splendid ships that sailed out of the port of New Orleans. On his rstqru from sea, he had purchased uooks and become quite a student; but he expected years to intervene before his ambi tious hopes would be realized. His superior officers seemed to look upoq hint with len iency, and gave him many a fair opportu nity to gather maritime knowledge, and in a year the handsome, gentlemanly young mate had acquired unusual favor in the eyes of tbe portly commander, Capt. Hume, who had first taken the little black-eyed fellow, with b<! neat tarpaulin and tidy bundle, as his cabin boy. One night the young man, with all the officers, was invited to an entertainment at the Captain's house. He went, and, to his astonishment, mounted the identical steps that, two years before, the brightest vision he had ever seen passed over—a vision he had never forgotten. Thump, thump, went his brave heart as he was ushered into the great parlor; and like a sledge hammer it beat again when Captain Hume brought for ward his blue-eyed daughter, and with a pleasant smile said, •< the young lady once indebted to you for a safe and dry walk.” His eyes were all a blaze and his brown cheeks flushed hotly, as the noble captain sauntered away, leaving fair Grace at his side. And in all that assembly there was not so handsome a couple aa the gallant sailor and the • pretty ladie.’ It was only a year from that time, that the second mate trod the quarter-deck, sec ond in command, and part owner with the Captain, sot only in his vessel, but in the aftetioos of his danghter, gentle Grace Hume, who had always cherished respect, to say nothing of love, for the black-eyed sailor. His homely but earnest act of politeness towards hiachild had fU.s.ii the though the youth knew it not, was theca toe of his first promotian. Bo that now the rid man has retired from bariwro*, Henry Wells Is captain Wells, and Grace Hue is, «c- cording to pofite parlance, Mrs. Wotls. La fact, our honest sailor is one of Washington, and ’Squire ’Bijer Wood the character of Cornwallis. The under officers, soldiers &c., were to be select-men, whose duty it was to furnish uniforms and pay such other expense as the affair should re quire Now, as Messrs. Jones and Wood are the principal heroes of this sketch, a short des cription of their characters may not be out of place. Deacon Jones was a wealthy far mer, proud and religious, at least lie thought he was, and was on the whole a very wor thy man. The worst thing about him was a bad habit of taking « a drop too much,” but then this was not thought a great deal Go yc and—pay the printer—Anon. My Hearers :—There arc many seeming trifles in this world which you are too apt to overlook on account of their apparent unim portance. the neglect of which has plunged thousands into the deepest mire of misery, and sunk their characters into inextricable degradation. Among these ostensible trifles, that of neglecting to pay one's honest debts is the most common, and attended with the worst of consequences. It takes off all the silken furze from the fine threads of feelin; —creates a sort of misanthropic coldness about the heart—skims off the cream that may chance to rise upon the milk of gener- of, for everybody in them days took suthiu' ! osity—and makes man look as savagely up- occasionally. ' j on his brother man as does a dog upon one Squire Wood was the village lawyer, very : of his species while engaged in the gratifying aristocratic, but withal a very clever man. | employment of eating his master’s dinner. The Squire imagined that he knew consul- j One debt begets anoolier. I have always •rably more than what liis neighbors gave j observed that he who owes a man a dollar is him credit for. This may be safely set sure also to owe him a grudge ; and he is down as his greatest fault. Both the Squire and the Deacon felt proud of their positions in this great affair, and both meant to do their best. The morning of the great day dawned beautifully. The Deacon dressed as Gen. Washington, and mounted on his «iron gray,” retired with his men dressed as «« Con tinentals true at an early hour, to a grove near the village, where the ceremony was to take place. Cornwallis (pro tem) was also np' and dressed before light, and stationed himself, with his men dressed as Britishers, behind the «. mils.” The programe of the day's performance was as follows: The two companies were to meet in front of the tavern, on the common, exchange shots, skirmish a little—in which Cornwallis was to be most essentially whip ped, and then ingloriously surrender. At early dawn thousands poured into the little village, to see the fun and celebrate the great day. Punch, rum flip and ginger bread were in great demand. At 0 o'clock the two companies marched into the village and arrayed themselves into fighting posi tion, reminding the spectator of the time when. .. Brave Wolf drew up his men In style most pretty, On the plains of Abraham, Before the city.” The two commanders were greatly excited, and Washington I regret to say, was in any thing but a fit condition to act out the great part he was to perform. He had been drink ing freely all the morning, and now, when the interesting ceremony was about to com mence, was so tight, or rather loose, that it *as with difficulty he could sit in his sad dle. He, however, did not know but what he was all right nor did his men. Corn wallis was not intoxicated, but a little agi tated or rather elated. Everything being ready the company ex changed shots. Bang! whang!! bang!!! went the guns, while the two commander* yelled like so many stuck pigs. ..That’s it (hie) my brave boys! give it to ’em them owdacious red coats!” bellowed Washington, ..On Romans!” yelled the excited Corn wallis, who had seen a theatrical exhibition once, and who remembered the heroic ap peals of the Thespian beligerants; ..breaths there a man so dead that won’t fight like thunder ..Go it Continentals!—down with taxa tion on tea !” bellowed Washington in a very patriotic voice, and narrowly escaped cut ting his hors's ear off with the flourish of his sword. The fighting now ceased, the com panies were drawn up in a straight line, and Cornwallis dismounted and presented his sword to Washington. .. Well, old boy,” said the immortal, as he cuffed his hors's ears with his cocked hat; .. what'n thunder do you want ?” •< Gen George Washington !” replied Corn wallis, «<T surrender up to you myself, sword and men!” .. Yon do, do ye r” sneeringly replied the General. always more ready to pay compound inter est on the latter than on the former. Oh, my friends, to be over head and ears in love is as bad a predicament as a person ought ever to be in; but to be so deeply in debt that you can’t sleep of nights without being haunted by the ghost of some insatiate cred itor, is enough to give a man the hydropho bia—make him bite a wheelbarrow—cause it to run mad, and create a great consterna tion among the lamp-posts. My dear friends—the debt that sits heav iest on the conscience of a mortal—provided he has any—is the debts due the printer.— It presses harder on one’s bosom than the nightmare—galls the soul—frets and chafes •very ennobling sentiment—squeezes all the juica of fraternal sympathy from the heart, and leaves it dryer than the surface of a roasted potatoe. A man who wrongs the printer out of a single cent can never expect to enjoy comfort in this world, and may well have doubts of finding happiness in any oth er. He will be sure to go down to the grave ere time shall have bedecked his brow with the silver blossoms of age; and the green leaves of hope will fall before the first bud of enjoyment has expanded. It is true the mushrooms of peace may spring up during a short night of forgetfulness, but they will all wither beneath the scorching rays of remorse. How can you, my friends, ever have the wickedness and cruelty to cheat the printer, when you consider how much he has done, and is every day doing, for you- He has poured into the treasuries of your minds sume of the most valuable gifts that anything short of a God can bestow; ay, riches with which you would not part for the possession of the whole world and a mortgage on a small corner of heaven.— With the keyes of magic, as it were, he has opened the iron-cased doors of the human un derstanding-dispelled the darkness of igno rance, and lit np the lamps of knowledge and wisdom. That mighty engine—the Press—is surrounded by true glory, and its effulgence extends all over the broad empire of the mind, illuminating the darkest ave nues of the heart; and yet the printer—the man who toils at the lever of this soul-en lightening instrument—is often robbed of his hard-earned bread by those whom he has delivered from mental bondage, and placed in a paradise to lay off and grow fat upon the fruits of his labor! Oh, you ungrateful sinner; if you have hearts moistened with the dew of mercy, in stead of gizzards filled with gravel, take heed what I say onto you. If there be one among you in this congregation whose ac count is not settled with the printer, go and adjust it immediately, and be able to hold up your head in society, like a giraffe; be respected by the wise and the good—free from the tortures of a guilty conscience—the mortification of repeated dans—and escape from falling into the clutches of those licens ed thieves, the lawyers. If yon are honest and honorable men, you will go forthwith and pay the printer. You will not wait for the morrow—because there is no to-morrow; it is but a visionary receptacle for unre deemed promises; an addled egg in the great nest of the future; the debtor's hope and ..Yes,General,” said Cornwallis, ..the British Lion prostrates himself at the foot the creditor's curse. If you are dishonest, of the American Eagle?” low-minded sons of Satan, I don't suppose ••Eagle! Eagle!” yelled Washington, rolling off his horse and hitting the Briton a tremendous blow on the head with the fiat ride of his sword; ..do ye call me an eagle!” Take that! ami that!! and that!!” yelled the infuriated Washington; ..peehapeyou'U Sail ms an e^le again, you Cornwallis was down, hut only M * m®- SMBt, for he jumped up sad shook himself, sad the*, with aa entirely ualooked for re- you will ever pay the printer,as you have no reputation to kae—no character to sustain —and no morals to cultivate. But, let me tell you, my friends, that if you don't do it your path to tbe tomb will be strewn with thorns—you will have to gather jour drily food from bramble*; your children well die ef dysentery, arid you yourselves will never enjoy the blessings of health. 1 once called on a sick person whom the doctors had giv es up aj a gone case. I asked him if be had made his peace with his maker ? He said he thought he had squared up. I inquired if he had forgiven all his enemies ? He replied, yes. I then asked him if he had made his peace with his printer ? He hesitated for a moment, and then said he believed he owed him something like about two dollars and : fifty cents, which he desired to have paid be fore he bid good-bye to the world. His de sire was immediately gratified; and from that moment he became convalescent. He is now living in the enjoyment of health and prosperity; at peace with his own conscience, his God. and the whole world. Let this be an example to you, my friends. Patronize the printer; take the papers; pay for them in advance; and your days will be long on earth, and overflowing with the honey of happiness. My hearers ! pay all your debts and keep an honorable reckoning with your fellow- men ; but, above all, keep paying, by daily instalments, the everlasting debt of grati tude which you owe to him from whom you obtained capital snflicicnt to bring the first transactions of life; so that, when you come to balance accounts at the day of general settlement, all things may appear fair and above board! So mote it be ! Yankre Inqnisitiyrnns. A gentleman riding in an Eastern rail road car, which was rather sparsely sup plied with passengers, observed in the seat before him a lean, slab-sided Yankee, every feature of whose face seemed to ask a ques tion ; and a little circumstance soon proved that he possessed a most .. inquiring mind.” Before him, occupying the entire seat, sat a lady dressed in deep black; and after shift ing his position several times, and maneeu- vering to get an opportunity to look at her in the face, he at length caught her eye.— lie noded familiarly to her, and asked, with a nasal twang utterly incapable of being imitated. .. In affliction ?” .. Yes, sir,” replied the lady. .. Pa-rents—father or mother r” .«No, sir.” <« Child, perhaps ? boy or gal ?” »• No, sir—not a child. I have no chil dren.” .. Husband ?” .. Yes.” .. Hem : cliolery ? a trading-man, may be ?” .. My husband was a sea-faring man—the captain of a vessel. He didn’t die of the cholera; he was drowned.” .. O, drown-ed, ch ?” pursued the inquisi tor, hesitating for an instant. « Save his chist ?” he asked. .. Yes, the vessel was saved, and my hus band's effects.” .. Was they;” asked the Yankee, his eyes brightened up .. Pious man he continued. .. He was; a member of the Methodist church.” The next question was a little delayed ; but it came. «. Don’t you think you’ve great cause to be thankful that he was a pious man, and saved his chist 7” .. I do,” said the widow, abruptly, turn ing her head to look out of the car window. The indefatigable ..pump'’ changed his position, held the widow by his .. glittering eye” once more, and propounded one more query, in a lower tone, with his head slight ly inclined forward over the back of th* seat. . Was you cariating to get married, a- gin 7” .. Sir!” said the widow, indignantly, ..you are impertinent!” And she left her seat, and took another on the opposite side of the car. «<. Pears to be a little huffy !” said the bore, turning to our narator, behind him. own bosom,.. is lawfully mine own, for it is the price of the cock ?” .. And what did your neighbors say of the transaction ? Did they not think this rich man an arrant rogue ?” .. Rogue!” said my friend, repeating my last words with amazement, .. they consid ered him a pious and a clever man.” Sharp enough, thought I; but delicate a- bout exposing my ignorance, I judiciously held my peace. Agrifiitturr. .. Nathan, where is the shovel ? Here I’ve been hunting long enough to do my work twice over, and can’t find the shovel.” The farmer was wroth. .. I don't know Where ’tis, father, sum mers about, I suppose.” The two ruined in the search. .. Nathan, yott have left the shovel where you have worked, I know. Why don't you always put the tools in their places ?” ..Where is the place for the shovel, I would like to know, father ?” He could'nt tell. He had no place.— Sometimes it was laid in the wagon, and oc casionally accompanied that vehicle when harnessed in a hurry. Sometimes it was bung up with the harness, to fall down when not wanted, or get covered up when it was. A great deal of shoe-leather had come to naught by the shovel. It had at times more than the oblivionsness of Sir John Franklin, and defied discovery. So it was with all the other tools. They would seem to vanish at times, and then come to light rusty as old anchors. The farmer's barn was crowded. He had no .. spare room” there There was several in his dwelling. But the barn waa always crammed—it was a kind of mammoth saus- sage—stuffed every year. So there was no room for a special apartment for the tools. In his imagination he never saw his hoes hung on a long cleat, his chains all regular in a row, his rakes and his long fork over head; certaialy he was never anxious for such a convenient room, Why? His father never had a tool house, and his father was called a good farmer. So he was, then—in his day—but there arc better husbandmen now, let me say, and I desire to shock no one's veneration. Did they find the shovel ? No! they might as well have searched for the philosopher's stone, seemingly. Nathan started for Mr. Goodman's to borrow one. Their work must be done, and borrow he must. I don't know as you can find one in my tool house,” replied Mr. Goodman. Nathan noticed that he bore down on some of his words like a man on a plow beam.— Didn’t he mean something ? Nathan went to the tool room thoughtfully. A door on wheels opened with a slight push, and there were Goodman's tools—enough, Nathan thought, to equip a company of Sappers and miners! Hatchets, axes, saws, tree-scrapers, grafting tools, hoes, diggers, shovels, spades, pick-axes, crow-bars, plows, harrows, culti vators, seed-sowers, sieves, trowels, rakes, pitch-forks, flails, chains, yokes, muzzles, ropes, crow-twinc, baskets, measures, all were there, neatly and compactly arranged. It was Goodman’s ark—to save him from the deluge of unthrift! Here every night the tools were brought in and wiped clean and hnng np in their places. The next morning a job could be commenced at once, Good man knew. He partitioned off a large room in his new barn for tools It was central and easy of access. It was a pleasant place for a visitor; the tools were the host of their kind. Every new shovel or rake, or fork, before used, was well eiled with linseed oil, which left the wood smooth and impervious to water. Goodman often says, •« I had rather have the few hundred dollars I have spent for tools so invested than the same in .. She needn’t be mad; I didn't want to ; rail road stock. It pays bettor. ’ hurt her feelius- What did they make you j Now there is no patent ou Goodman s plan, pay for that tunbrel you've gut in your j and I hope many will go into it; the more hand? It's a real pooty one!” !..successful imitations’ the better. Com- , real jwoty Craft. There was in his native village a wealthy Jew, who was seized with a dangerous ill ness. Seeing death approach, in spite of the Physician's skill, he bethought him of a vow; so he solemnly promised that if God would restore him to health, he, on his part, on his recovery, would sell a certain fat beast in his stall, and devote the proceeds to the Lord. The man recovered, and in due time appeared before the door of the synagogue, driving before him a goodly ox. .. This ox,” replied the owner,.«I value at two shillings (I substitute English money,) but this cock,” he added, ostentatiously ex hibiting a chanticleer, ,< I estimate at twen ty pounds.” The butchers laughed at him; they thought he was joking. However, as he gravely persisted that he was in earnest, one of them taking him at his word, put down two shillings for the ox. »• Softly my good friend,” rejoined the seller, *• I have made a vow not to sell the ox without the cock; you must buy both or be content with neither.” Great was the surprise of the bystander*, who could not conceive what perversity pos sessed their wealthy neighbor. Bat the cock bang valued for two shillings, and the ox for twenty pounds, the bargain waa con cluded and the money paid. Our worthy Jew now walks to the Rabbi, cash in band. .. This,” said he, handing the two shillings, .. I devote to the service of the synagogue, being the price of the ox which 1 had vowed; anl this, placing the twenty pounds in his monveealth. A Yankee in Italy.—A correspondent of the Boston Transcript, writing from Na ples, thus describes an amusing interview with a live Yankee; . The other day, on reaching the top of Vesuvius, I descried a man sitting astride of a block of lava. I don't know why, but I marked him at once for one of my country men. As I advanced towards him I could not help noticing the cool manner in whieh he and Vesuvius were taking a smoke togeth er. ffis . long nine’ was run out like a bow sprit, an 1 he took the whole affair as calmly as one could look at a kitchen fire at home. As soon as I came up with him he bawled out Hullo, stranger! pooty considerable lot of lavy around here! Any news from down below ? You hain t tuckered out yet, be ye ?’ On asking him if he had looked in the crater, he replied, • Yaas! but I burnt tbe legs off my trousers, though, I tell yew? He. turned out to be a man from New En gland, who came up from Marseilles to see the volcano. Importance or Emphasis,—A stranger from the country observing an ordinary rol ling rule on a table, took it up, and « in quiring its use, was answered— It is a rule for Counting-houses ” Too well-bread, as he construed politeness, to ask unnecessary questions, he turned it over and over, and up and down repeatedly, and at last, in a