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SANDERSYILLE, GEORGIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1852.
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POETEY.
John Thompson’s Daughter.
The following clever parody on Campbell’s
ballad of “Lord Ullin’s Daughter,” we clip
from a Virginia paper:—
A fell ■'W near Kentucky’s clime,
Cries, “Boatman do not tarry,
And I’ll give thee a silver dime
* To row us o’er the ferry.”
“Now, who would cross the Ohio,
This dark and stormy water 1”
“O, I am this young lady’s beau,
And she, John Thompsons daughter.
“We’ve fled before her father’s spite
With great precipitation,
And should he find us here to night,
I’d lose my reputation.
“They’ve missed th e girl and purse beside
His horsemen hard have pressed me,
And who will cheer my bonny bride,
If yet they shall arrest me l
Out spake the boatman then in time,
«You shall n"t fail, don t feai it ;
I’ll go not for your silver dime,
But for your manly spirit.
“And by my word, the bonny bird
In danger shall not tarry,
For though a storm is coming on,
I’ll row you o’er the ferry.”
By this the wind more fiercely rose,
The boat was at the landing,
Arid with the drenching rain their clothes
Grew wet where they were standing.
But still, as wilder rose the wind,
And as the night grew drearer,
Just back a piece came the police,
Their tramping sounded nearer.
and in a laughing mood they started from
the studding sail on a race.
There was a loud ringing shout of joy on
their lips as they put off, and they started
through the water like fishes.—The sur
face of the sea was as smooth as glass,
though its bosom rose in long and heavy
swells that set in from the Atlantic.
The vessel was moored with a long
sweep from both cables, and the buoy of
the starboard anchor, was far away on the
starboard quarter, where it rose and fell
with the lazy swells like a drunken man.
Towards this buoy the two lads made
their way, Fred Fairbanks taking the lead;
but when they were within about twenty
or thirty fathoms of the buoy Tim shot a-
head and promised to win the race. The
old gunner watched the progress of his son
with a vast deal of pride, and when he saw
him drop behind, he leaped upon the poop,
and was on the point of urgii g him on by
a shout when a cry reached him that made
him start, as if he had been struck by a
cannon ball.
“A shark! a shark !” came from the
captain of the forecastle, and at the sound
of these terrible words the men who were
in the water leaped and plunged towards
the ship.
Right ahead, at the distauoe of three or
four cable’s in full length, a shark was seen
in the water, where the back of the monster
was visible. His course was for the boys.
For a moment the gunner stood like one
bereft of sense, but on the next he shouted
at the top of his voice for his boys to turn,
but the little fellows heard him not, stout
ly the two swimmers strove for the goal,
all unconscious of the bloody death spirit
that hovered so near them. Their merry
laugh still rang out over the waters, and at
length they both touched the buoy togeth-
er.
On, what drops of agony starred from
the brow of our old gunner. A boat had
put off but Fairbanks knew that it could not
reach them in season, and every moment be
expected to see the monster sink from sight
and then he knew that all hope would be
gone. At that moment a cry reached the
ship that went through every heart like a
stream of fire—the boys had discovered
their enemy.
The cry started old Fairbanks to his sen
ses, aud quicker than thought he sprang to
the quarter deck. The guns were all load
ed and shotted fore and aft and none knew
their temper better than he. With a stea
dy hand, made strong by a sudden hope,
the old gunner seized a priming wire and
picked the catridge ot one of ‘the quarter
guns; then he took from his pocket a per
cussion wafer and set it in its place and set
back the hammer of the patent lock. With
a steady giant strength, the old man sway
ed the breech of the heavy gun to its beat
ing, and then seizing the string ot the lock
he stood back and watched for the next
swell that would bring the shark in range.
He had aimed the piece some distance a-
head of his mark, but yet a single mo
ment would settle his hopes and fears.
Every breath was hushed, and every heart
in that old ship beat painfully. The boat
was yet some distance from the boys while
the horrible sea monster was fearfully near.
Suddenly the air was awoke by the
Conrtiiig in Right Style.
“Git eout you nasty puppy; let me alone
or I’ll tell your ma !” cried out Sally-
to her lover Jake , who sat about ten
“O, haste thee, haste!” the lady cries,
“It’s anything but funny,
I’ll leave tiie light of loving eyes,
But not iny father’s money!”
And still they hurried in the face
Of wind and rain unsparing ;
John Thompson reached the landing place
His wrath was turned to swearing.
For by the lightnings angry flash,
His child he did discover ;
One lovely hand held all his cash,
And one was round her lover!
“Come back, come back,” he cried in wo?
Acroso the stormy water;
“But leave the purse and you may go,
My daughter, O my daughter.”
’Twaa vain; they reached the other shore,
(Such dooms the Fates assign us.)
The gold he piled went with his child,
And he was left there, minus.
MISCELLANEO US.
[FROM THE N. Y. SPIRIT OF THE TIMES.]
OUE GUNNEE’S SHOT.
A THRILLING INCIDENT OF OCEAN LIFE.
Our noble ship lay at anchor in the bay
of Tangier, a fortified town in the extreme
north-west of Africa. The day had been
extremely mild with a gentle breeze sweep
ing to the northward and westward, but
along towards the close of the afternoon
the seabreeze died away, and one of those
Sultry, even-like atmospheric breathings
came from the great sunburnt Sanara.
Half an hour be'fore sundown the cap
tain gave the order to the boatswain to cqll
the hands to go in swimming, and in less
than five minutes the forms of our tars
were seen leaping from the gangways, the
ports, the nettmgSj bowsprit, and some of
the more venturesome took their leap from
the arms of the lower yard.
' One of the studding sails had been low
ered into the water, with corners suspended
•from the main^ard arm and the swinging
boom, arid into these some of the swimmers
made their way. '
: Among those who seemed to be enjoy
ing the sport most were two of the boys.
Tim Wallace arid Fred Fairbanks, the lat
ter of whorii was tihe sou of our old gunner,
feet from her pulling dirt from the cbiney
jam.
“I arn’t techin’ on you, Sal,” responded
Jake.
“Well, perhaps you don’t mean to nuib-
er; doyer?”
“No, I don’t.”
“Cause you’re too tarnal scary, you long-
legged, lanterned-jawed slab-sided, pigeon-
toed, gangle-kneed, owl, you—you hain’t
got a tarnal bit o’ sense; get along home
with you.”
“Now, ^1,1 love you, and you can’t
help it, and ef you don’t let me stay and
court you, my daddy will sue your’n for
that cow he sold him t’other day. By jin
go, he said he’d do it.”
“Well, look here Jake—if you want to
court me, you’d better do it as a whiteraan
does thatthing—not set off there as if you
thought I was pizen.”
“How on airthis that Sal/”
“Why, sidle right up here, and hug and
kiss me, as if you really had some of the
bone and sinner of a man about you. Do
you spose a woman’s only made to look at,
you fool you ? No; they’re made for
“practical results,” as Kossuth says; to hug
and kiss, and sich like.”
“Well,” said Jake, drawing a long breath
‘if I must I must for I do love you Sal;”
and he commenced sidling up to her, like
a maple poker going to battle. Laying his
arm on Sal’s shoulder, we thought we
heard Sal say:
“That’s the way to do it, old boss; that is
acting like a white man orter.”
“Oh, Jerusalem -a-n-d pancakes!” ex
claimed Jake, if this ain’t better than any
apple sass ever marm made, a darned sight!
Crackee-e-e! buck-wheat cakes, slap-jacks
and lasses aint no whar ’long side of you,
Sal! oh, how I love !”—Here their lips
came together, and the report that follow
ed was like pulling a horse’s hoof out of the
mire.
a heavy gun, and as the old man knew his
shot was gone, he sank back upon the com
bining of the hatch, and covered his face
with his hands, as if afraid to see the re
sult of his efforts, for if he bad failed, he
knew that the boy was lost.
For a moment after the report of the gun
had died away upon the air, there was a
dead silence, but as the smoke arose
from the surface of the water, there was at
first, a low murmur breaking from the lips
of the men—that murmur grew louder and
stronger until it swelled to a joyous, deaf
ening shout. The old gunner - sprang to
his feet and gazed out upon the water, and
the first thing that met his view was the
huge carcass of the shark floating with his
belly up—a mingled mass.
In a few moments the boat reached the
darriugswimmers, and half dead with fright
they were brought on board. The old man
“Blind to Ills own Interest ”
A rather amusing incident came under
our observation a couple of days since,
which we volunteer to give to our readers:
One of Health’s sprinkling wagon3, used
to dampen the streets of our city by water
from a large reservoir, containing several
hogsheads, was proceeding slowly down
Fourth street, engaged in the laudable task
of flooring the dust, when the attention of
a raw Hoosier was attracted towards the
singular looking vehicle.
“Hallo, stranger,” said he addressing
himself quite audibly to the driver, ‘you’re
losing all of your water tbar !”
No answer was made by the person ad
dressed.
“I say, old boss,” said the Hoosier,
“you’re losing your water right smart tbar,
I tell you, and I’ll be dog-on’d if your old
tub won’t be dry, next you know.”
The driver was still silent. The strang
er again addressed John;
“Look here, you fool, don’t you see that
something’s broke loose with your old cis
tern on wheels, and that all o’ your water
roar of is le akin’ out ?”
Still the driver was silent, and the Hoosier
turned away in disgust saying :
“I allow that that feller is little the big
gest fool I ever seed, but if he is so blind
to his own interest as to throw away his
labor in that thar way. let him do it and be
damned.”
The Fishery Troubles.
The Boston Courier of Wednesday pub
lishes the following additional document
connected with, the history of thq dispute
concerning the Northeastern fisheries, and
one which furnishes an important piece of
evidence in relation to the rights of the
American fishermen. It is sufficient of it
self, says the Courier, to place the British
government completely in the wrong, in
one branch, at least, of the claim they have
recently set up. It appears that the British
Secretary for Foreign Affairs, in 1845, made
an official avowal to our Minister at London,
that the privilege of the exclusive fishing in
the Bay of Fundy had been formal
ly renounced by the British government,
and that the fishing grounds of that Bay
were open to American vessels by virtue of
the Convention of 1818. Nothwitbstand-
ing this express renunciation, Lord Derby’s
cabinet have re-asserted the British claim to
the whole Bay, and have sent armed eruiz
ers to capture all American fishermen found
within its waters. One capture has already
been made there. The Courier adds:
It is, we believe, an entirely new princi
ple in international law, that an administra
tion, cabinet or government of a country, is
at liberty to disregard the stipulations or
concessions of an administration or govern
ment which has preceded it. Great Britain
is as strongly bound at this moment by the
acts of Sir Robert Peel’s ministry in their
dealings with foreign nations, as by the acts
of the ministry now in power.
By intelligence from the British provinces,
which will be found below, it will be
seen that quite a formidable force has been
equipped for this war upon the American
fishermen. The British pretensions aieso
manifestly unwarrantable, that a very high
degree of exasperation must be produced
among the people who suffer by these hos
tilities. The fishermen, we think, where the
odds are not desperately against them, will
resist force by force.
YYe mistake if the British'pivernment do
not see reason very speedily to regret the
rash step they have taken. We shall be
slow to believe that Lord Derby has been
guilty of the roily of putting forward these
absurd pretensions as a cover to a scheme
for fomenting a hostile feeling between the
two countries; and yet we have marked a
spirit and a temper running. through the
writings and public speeches of many indi
viduals of the high tory class in England,
which would give color to such a suspicion..
These persons have displayed great soreness
at witnessing the growth of the republican
spirit among the inhabitants of British At
merica, and have declared it as their opin
ion that nothing but a timely war with the
United States would save the colonies to
Great Britain. Whether Lord Derby has
taken this hint, and now attacks the Amer
ican fishermen as a coup d'essai in advance
of more serious hostile movement, we art
not prepared to say, but the result, we can
predict, will be any thing but profitable or
glorious to the nation that is now guided
by his counsels.
Boston, July 20th, 1852.
To the Editor of the Boston Courier:
Sir:—Since my return to the city this
morning I have received a copy of a dispatch
from Mr. Everett, then United States Minis
ter in London, to Mr. Buchanan, Secretary
of State, which adds a very important fea
ture to the subject of the fisheries, and which
I send to you for immediate publication.
Yours, very respectfully,
Daniel Webster.
Fashionable Suicide.—The Richmond
Republican, in the course of a sensible arti
cle on Fashion, gives these valuable hints to
the ladies:
Within a year or two past, corsets have
been partially abandoned, but a sabstitute
equally destructive to health has been a-
dopted. In old times, ladies used to wear
just enough petticoats to keep them com
fortable, and these were kept in their pla
ces by shoulder straps. But now, it’s no
uncommon thing to see a weakly, delicate
iuByvrcnjui«u.u»v,u U ™.». little creature perambulating the streets
clasped his boyln his arms, and then over- j with six or eight skirts—some of them thick
i xL . 1?a lnono/1 on/1 lifloitrr nnAllflrll for llOrSfi 1)13.11 K 6
come by the powerful excitement he leaned
upon the gun for support.
I have seen men in all. the phases of ex
citement and suspense, but never have I
seen three human beings more overcome
by thrilling emotions, than on that start
ling sight, when they first knew the effect
of our gunner’s shot.
A Good Turn Off for a Sailor.—Will
iam IV. seemed in a momentaiy dilemma
one day, when at a table with several offi
cers, he ordered one of the waiters to “take
away that marine, there,” pointing to an
emptv bottle.
“Your Majesty !’ inquired a colonel of
marines, “do you compare an empty bottle
to a member of our branch of the service?’
“Yes,” replied the monarch, as if a
thought had struck .him; “I mean to say it
has done its duty onee, and is ready to do
it again.”
There is an old toper in Maine who is
making quite a fortune out of the anti-li
quor law. He goes into New Hampshire,
and gets fuddled, and when he comes back
charges his neighbors twelve and a half
cents’ for smelling his breath. He’ll do.
A Wag sometime ago advertised a car
riage to perform without horses, with one
wheel, and invited all curious mechanics to
see it. Many members of the society of
arts attended, and in their ardor of expec
tation, were shorvn a wheel barrow.
and heavy enough, for horse blankets—ti
ed tightly around her waist, thereby heat
ing the spine and creating a pressure upon
the abdomen, that if constantly applied to
the back of a mule, would kill him as dead
as Julius Caesar in less than a month. Ad
vise her against these things, and you are
answered, “it’s fashionable to dress so, and
one had as well be out of the world as out
of the fashion.” Fashion, the deuce. It’s
fashionable for some fools to kill themselves
outright, and be done with it. We there
fore advise those ladies who are willing to
die for fashion, to adopt that course, instead
of pursuing another equally certain, but
much slower—the only difference being,
that where they determine to commit su
icide by impioper dressing, the doctors have
the benefit of their decline, and the anguish
and anxiety-of friends and relations are kept
alive for months, while in the latter case
the blow falls heavily at first, but natural
ly wears off and is eventually forgotten.
coast of the Anglo- American dependencies
is a matter of negotiation between the two
governments. My notes of the 25th of
March, and 2d instant, will suggest for pre
senting the actual state of the controversy
in this form.
1 am, sir, with great respect,
Your obedient servant,
[Signed] Edward Everett.
Transmitted with dispatch No. 305.
The Earl of Aberdeen to Mr, Everett, 21
April, 1845.
Crops, Weather, &c.
The Alexandria (La.) Republican of the
17 th last, says that the crops of cotton, corn
and sugar in Rapides parish are only so so.
A month ago they were more promising
than they are now.
The Alexandria (La.) Democrat of the 14th
inst. says that on the Saturday previous
there, was a very severe storm in Rapides,
extending from a low point on Bayou Boeuf
a considerable distance on Bayou Robert.
Much corn was blown down, and in some
places were evidences of hfffL It was a real
nor’wester.
The Caddo Gazette of the the 10th savs
that the planters of that region are yet ex
ultinginthe prospect of an uncommonly
fine cotton crop. Appearances, too, are in
favor of their making a crop of corn such as
has not for many years been vouchsafed to
them.
The Mansfield (La.) Advertiser of the 3d
says: “Within the last ten days the plan
ters of DeSoto parish have been blessed with
about as much rain as they needed and pray
ed for. Appearances for abundant crops of
corn and cotton could not be more favorable
than they are at present. Mr. T. W. Brod-
nax has visited nearly all the plantations on
the river this week, and reports the crops
promising beyond any thi ng heretofoi e known
m the parish. He estimates the corn crop at
an average of sixty bushels to the acre: cot
ton in proportion.”
The Palmetto (S. C.) Sentinel says that
the average crop in Barnwell district is a
good one, though some planters have inferi
or prospect. Cotton has, it says, been much
retarded by the cool weather late in May,
which, in connection with the lice, and tre
mendous rains which rendered the land so
boggy that the ploughs could not run, has
greatly injured the appearance of the plant.
But there is time enough yet to make an ex
oallent crop, if the working is kept, and the
fall a late one, and moderately dry.
The Washington (Ark) Telegraph speaks
in the most flattering terms of the prospects
of large crops of corn and cotton in south
Arkansas. Similar intelligence reaches us
from almost every quarter of the State. The
recent rains appear to have done an incalcu
lable good to corn, cotton, &c.
The Carrollton (Miss.) Union Flag says
that the crops of corn in that section are ex
ceedingly fine. For a while in the latter
part of June, it was thought by the planters
that the exceeding great drought which at
that time prevailed was sufficient to injure
the corn crops to such an extent that the in
jury could not be repaired. However the
late rains have entirely repaired the injury
and there is a probability of a large crop
The cotton crops in that country are as good
as usual, perhaps better than last year. It
is too early, however, to make any specula
tions on the prospects of a large or a small
crop.
No. 305 London, 23 April, 1845.
James Buchanan, Esq., Secretary of State:
Sir:—with my despatch No. 278, of 25
March, 1 transmitted the note of Lord Ab
erdeen of the 10th of March, communica
ting the important information that this
government had come to the determination
to concede to Amercan fishermen the right
of pursuing their occupation within the Bay
of Funday. It was left somewhat uncertain
by Lotd Aberdeen’s note, whether this con
cussion was intended to be confined to the
Bay of Funday, or to extend to other por
tions of the coast of the Anglo-American
possessions, to which the principles conten
ded for by the government of the United
States equally apply, and particularly to the
waters on the north eastern shores of Cape
Breton, where the “Argus” wa§captured. In
my notes of the 25th ultimo and 2d instant,
on the subject of the “Washington” and the
“Argus,” I was careful to point out to Lord
Abderdeen that all the reasons for admitting
the right of Americans to fish in the Bay of
Funday, apply to those waters and with su
perior force, inasmuch' as they are less land
locked than the Bay of Funday, and to ex
press the hope that the concession was meant
to extend to them, which there was some
reason to think, from the mode in which
Lord Aberdeen expressed himself, was the
case.
Well, Dinah, said a would-be belle, to a
black girl, they say that beauty soon fades,
but do you see any of my bloom fading ?—
now I want you to say plainly, witout any
compliments.
Oh! no, missus,- but me‘kinder tink—
Think what, Dinah ? you’re bashful.
Oh! no, me no bashful; but den, me kin
der tinks as how, young missus dont retain
all ob her culler quite 60 well as de cullered
ladies.
I received, last evening, the answer of his
lordship, informing me that my two notes
had been referred to the colonial office, and
that a final reply could not be returned till
he should be made acquainted with the re
sult of that reference; and that, in the mean
time, the concession must be understood to
be limited to the Bay of Funday .
The merits of the question are so clear
that I cannot but anticipate that the decis
ion of the colonial office will be in favor of
the literal construction, of the convention.
In the meantime I beg leave to suggest that,
in any public notice which maf be given
that the Bay of Funday is henceforth open
to American fishermen, it should be care
fully stated that the extension of the same
privilege to the other great bays on the
Extradition Meeting in 5. Fork.
Those opposed to the giving up of Thos.
Kaine, held a large and enthusiastic meet
ing at Tammany Hall on the 22d inst., for
the purpose of protesting against*his ex
tradition. About twelve hundred persons
were present, and about 8 o’clock the meet
ing was organized by the appointment of
Janies T. Brady, Esq., Chairman, Messrs.
Lynch and Phalon, Vice Presidents, and
Edward Mallon, Esq., Secretary. The
Chairman briefly addressed the meeting,
stating the object for which they had as
sembled. He also stated that the Com
mittee who called the meeting had not in
tended to hold it in a place used by any
political association, but they had been un#
able to obtain any other place which they
deemed sufficiently large. This explana
tion he made because he had seen it stated
that this was to be a Tammany Hall dodge
Speeches were made, and an address,
and the following resolutions were unani
mously adopted:—
Resolved, That a Committee of six per
sons be appointed to take ilnmediate and
effective measures for the repeal or essen
tial modifications of the act of Congress of
1850, authorizing the transportation of
American citizens to Great Britain on ex
parte testimony.
Resolved, That a fund be provided not
only to effectuate the proceeding resolution
but also to defray the expenses attendant
upon securing to Thomas Kaine the legal
rights to which he is entitled under the
American Constitution and laws, and an
able and thorough defence if he be sent
back to Ireland.
Resolved, That contributions to such
fund be now received, and that a Commit
tee of three be appointed to collect moneys
for the same object from the public at large.
Resolved, That we deprecate the incon
siderate and hurried action of the State
Department, in awarding a warrant for the
surrender of Kaine to the British authori
ties before his case was finally passed upon
in the judicial tribunals, and in such man
ner that his right to the ultimate judgment
of the Court of last resort,’may be taken a-
way.
Resolved, That we invite our fellow-citi
zens, throughout the Union, to hold meet
ings, and take ail measures deemed advisa
ble to accomplish the object for which we
are here assembled.
A Whisper to GeiitleiHctf.’
BY FANNY FERN.
J ubiter Ammon! don't I wish I was a man
just to show the masculines how to play
their part m the world a little better! In
the first place, there ain’t a mother’s sow of
you that has got as far as A B C in the aft
of making love,, (and I have seen a few : abor
tions in that way, myself, as well as therest
of the sisters.)’ What woman? wants to be
told that “her feet and eyes are pretty,” or
“her form' and smiles bewitching?” Just as
if she didn’t know all her fine points as soon
as she is tall enough to peep in a looking-
glass!
No, you ineffiable donkey, if you must use
the small coin' of flattery to pay toll at the
bridge of your affections, let me whisper a
secret into’ your long ears. Compliment her
upon some mental attraction she does not
possess, (if you can find’ one!)and don’t wear
the knees of your pet pants threadbare at
her feet trying to make her believe that she
is your “first love.” We all know that is
among the things that were r out of jackets
and trowsers.
What a splendiferous husband I (Fanny)-
should make, to be sure! had Providence on
ly so ordained it! Do you suppose when
the mother of my glorious boys wanted a
sixpence to buy their shoe-strings, I’d scowl
at her like a hyena, and pull my porte-mo-
nie out of my pocket as if I were drawing a
tooth? Do you suppose, when her blue
eyes grew lustreless, and the rose paled on
her cheek, trotliDg around the domestic
treadmill day after day, that I’d come home
at night sulky and silent, and smoke my
cigar in her face till her eyes are os red as a.
rabbits? or take myself off to a club, or a
game at nine pins, or any other game, and
leave her to the exhilarating relaxation of
darning my stockings.
Do you suppose I’d trot along, like a
loose pony at her side, is the street, and.
leave her to keep up with me or not, as her
strength would permit? Do you suppose
I’d fly into a passion and utter words to
crush the life out of her young heart, and
then insult her by offering a healing plaster
in the shape of a new bonnet? And don’t
yon suppose when the anniversary our wed
ding day came round, I’d write a dainty,
little note and leave it on her toilet table, to
let her know that I was still a married lov
er?
Pshaw! I’m sick of you all! You don’t
deserve the love of a generous high sooled
women! If you want a housekeeper, get one,
and be done with it. If you want a wife—
but you don’t.
One woman will answer’as well as anotb
er; to sew on your buttons, and straps, and
strings, and make your paddings and:—so
on and so forth.
Do you suppose we have cultivated our
minds and improved the bright and glorious
gift of intellect to the best of our capacity,
to minister only to your physical wants?
not a bit of it! when that’s over we want
something rational. Do you ever think of
that, you selfish wretch! when you sit, with
your feet on the mantle piece; reading the
newspaper all to yourself, or sit from tea
time till ten o’clock, staring the ashes in the
grate out of countenance?
Lord Harry! if I had such a block of a
husband, I’d scare up the ghost of a lover,
somewhere, if there’s any wit in woman.
Good Advice.—There is such good sense
in the following, which although old, de
serves to be repeated once a year:
“If anything in the world will make a
man feel badly, except pmching his fingers
in the. crack of a door, it is unquestionably a
quarrel. No man ever fails to think less
of himself after, than, he did before one—
it degrades him in the eyes of others, and
what is worse, blunts his sensibility to dis •
grace on the one hand, and increases the
power and passionate irratability on the
other. The'truth is the more quietly and
peaceably we all get on, the better; the
better for us, and the better for our neigh
bors. In nine cases out of ten, the wisest
course is, if a man cheat you, to quit deal
ing with him; if he be abusive, quit, his
company; if he slanders you take care to
live so nobody will believe him. No mat
ter who he is, or how he misuses you—the
wisest way is to just let him alone; for
there is nothing better than r this cool, and
quiet way of dealing with the wrongs we
meet with.”
A noble lojd having a grand gala, his
tailor was among the company, whom his
lordship addressed; “My dear sir, I remem
ber your face but forget your name;” when
the tailor whispered: “I made your breech
es!” The nobleman, taking him by the
hand, said aloud: “Major Bridges, I am
very glad to see you.”
Change of Name.-—Punch says: It may .
be proper to state that the distinguished in
dividual known among the ancients .as'Ctf-' ■'
pid, has recently changed his name to Cu
pidity; and will hereafter devote his atten
tions to matters of money as well as matri
mony. / x
£3T Dr. Francis says if young people
would avoid palpitation of the heart, they
must give up hugging and kissing. Youths
who whorsliip moonlight, will please notice.
like our con
stitutional laws?
Because they
msn.
the hearts of every