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Jan. Ist. 1840. tl 40
assggssSSE HSEb ME
DEACON PICKLE PICKLEBV.
in tiie undulating regions ol Litchfied
county and in the town ol Tonington, Con
necticut, about teu years ago, on “S.ibba
day’ morning, Deacon Pickle I'iekleby was
slowly riding, double-jaded, to the meeting- '
house, a mile distant bom ins farm and mill. J
His spouse being seated outlie pillion be
hind him, and 10 oilier being near linn, he
look up lhe .h ead ol discourse on family
affairs, whicii had beeu broken oil when tie
commenced shaving Saturday eveuiug, be
fore sunset.
•1 kalkilate our son Jabez wont never
stay to hum a single minnit artur be comes
of age; lie lias got a despot rovin notion ev
er siuce he saw that officerlookm man,
that slopped to our iiouso all nigbt, with
his cocked hat and tew edged sword.’
‘Law me! .Mr. Pickleby,’ said tiie mat
ron, ‘1 think it a nation pity we did’nt send
him to Yale College, aud make a minister
on him.*
*'l ii.it would never a done in the word,’
was toe reply, *1 couldn’t aif.-rd it without
lakin too much toil,' aud that is w.cked,
and they would find me out.’
• Wal, A1 r. Pitkleby.’sattl tiie good wo
man, ‘lhe Lotus will be done, and we must
pray that every tiling sliall turn out for tiie
best, if tiie find don', turn potlyiishum his
soul may be saved.’
There was a tong pause in tiie conversa
tion, w hile ilie old plough-nag toiled up a
siouey pathway, urged forward now and
then with an i dmoii.timi to tiiis effect —‘get
up. you oid tripe, ;oii ncedut lie iookm back
alter your colt, (or lie must laru to dew
without you, sooner or later.’
*i dew think Deacon Pickleby,’ resumed
the matron,’ that this ere mare is tender
footed, aud must be shod afore long.’
‘tvariiauly, as snoe as 1 can get a black
smith to dew it, aud take rye meal for pay,’
.ms eied the deacon. 'The times peaky
bard.’
It was only a few days after the conversa
tion above recorded, that the pale-visuged
youth refered to in ihe discourse between
D »< oil Pickleby and his wife, came into
the iiouse while the old people were at break
last, wiiu a siaiiri i hand, Winch he i.adjust
cut iu the orchard.
•Colne, J.abe/., sit down, we have been
waiting lor >nu,’ said Ills mother, Mud da -
dy has goT a i.espct deni lo du to-day, be
sides picking the null stuns. You must
jump round spry aud du eiiors; take your
tea, child, and some pork, putators, and
pickles, am! apple sass ; me deacon has
just asked a blessing.
‘.•lother’, said me young man, and bis
voice was tremulous, ri shard do any more
chores here.’
• W'hat on .brth is the mutter with the
boy/' saiii Deacon Pickleby, laying down
his knife and mil,, aud nosing ins specta
cles toent his lading vision unobstructed
play upon the now giuwmg leaturcs ol his
sou.
‘1 am of age, father,* wrs the reply, ‘and
I am going to seek my Iniiuue; that stick
i shall! sing my ounuic vi domes over toy
shoulder wi'ii, lor 1 have got a long jour
ney uelore, me, and 1 cut the suck irum the
apple-tree 1 planted; it will look like an
old friend.’
•Bring the big bride lieie, miunay,’ said
tiie deacon- -aud let os see it the boy is
"gut-’
As lhe old peop e had but one child, it
was not hard to find where, in a black lea ,
his birth was chronicled down, and il ap
pealed that he v.as iin.i day twenty-one
years of age.
‘iiad’iit you better stay at home, .labcz,’
said the kn.dheail u o;u man ; ri will give
you one third of the p.old* of the mil), ri
you will stay aud lend tu it.’
•Now, child,' said tiie allectioiiate moth
er, ’y o.i haunt ought m .cave daddy and me
in oui oid age : y..u vwi! stay, wont you:
ri would do any thing iu reason,' said the
young man, -but you are comloitable and
uidepeii lent heie , bolt here is nut enough
tut allot us. I may get rich away worn
where every body is going.
AI let much and earnest argument, pro
and eon, the old people became reconciled
by stem neccsity, and ihe careiul moth r
left iiei lea utriusied lo sly and spullei a
buut the bouse, to coll. u. the shirts aim
darn the stockings oi Jain /., that lie might
depart oil (be following mottling. II was a
sleepless night wnicliv me good old (oiks
passed, previous to liie n oiuitig of the par
ting.
Wriieu the wanderer was ready to leave
his paternal home, and had slung Ins bun
die over his suoulders ins mother wiped a
way a tailing tear, and compressing her
skinny lips, gave him a parting luss.
Deacon Pickleby insisted lout oe should
ride tiie y o.mg horse as tar the first turn
pike gale, and he would accompany him,
on the oid nag, to bring back tiie half uro
kuii atnmal referred to.
At me great turnpike barricade, the dea
con pronounced ins parting benediction in
tiie iollowiug terms:
‘My son, I have endeavored to breed
you up in tiie nurture aud admonition ot
the Loui ; take heed that you don’t stray
inio oy and forbidden paths; dew as you
would be done by, eschew evil company,
eider, braudy, wicked wimmin, flip aud
black stiap, aud above all, never gamine
nor aci smlul, aud the Lord have mercy oil
you. Come back as quick as ever you
get rich, and write your mammy a letter
j :st as olten as you can get a chance to send
it without costing a. y tl.n g. Good hy, Ja
hez, aud try aud bold up your head, and
keep tiie t rve vvtii human critters, and
folks in ginera'.’
it would be tedious and fatiguing to fol
low Jaoez Pickleby through ail lue sinu
osities ol Ills journey to the great west; but
his arrival iu a log village siiou.d net be
passed over without notice. Having toiled
outward with pndesiram independence, un
til within ten miles of the pla>.e of destiua-
1 lion, our hero laid is IvHi v a i iilj so
ed garments at a house of private enter
tainment, and in his holiday soil prepared
to take passage and emi Ds journey iu tiie
mail coach. His purpose was lo make la
vorahle impressions on those lie designed
to lake up his abode among, in a strange
laud.
When the stage coach (Pew up in front
of a two story double log cabin in Painter
vilte, Squire Guoisbaw, a colonel of mili
tia, came out, with his nat tilled a gillie lo
leeward, and witn a domestic, segar in Ins
mouth, accosted the strange gentleman. Mr.
Jabez Pickleby, in familiar terms.
‘Stranger, walk in; let me take your sail- '
dlebags; this way sir, into the bar room ; I
lake a cheer and sit down. Fine seasona
ble weather, stranger; you are travelling 1 j
allow,’ I
Having answered in the affirmative, |
| ihe officious landlord of the Painter iuu
proceeded to inquire into tile partictila.s. i
‘Vou ar from old 1 allow?’
‘No iam not,’ said Jabez, ‘1 came liom
down east, near Hartford, iu tire Shale ol
steady habits.’
•\\ ell stranger,’was the reply, ‘you nr no.
to blame for betug born iu Yankee land ; all
sorts ol people are welcome in oui biggin*,
and jest nal rly like the Yankees, they ar
so slick m a heap of fixensabout horse mil's
and carding macinues. 1 reckon you have
got a lee.le sprinkle of* patent riglits: or
may be you moot have a few clocks coining
on.’
‘No sir,’said Jabez,‘l am looking (hr a
school district,; do you want to hire a mas
ter io the place ?'
•I reckon we do, tny honey,’ said Squire
Guuishaw; *do you teach a loud or slid
schooll ?”
‘Just as the gentlemen please,’ said ilie
stranger, ‘but loud scnools are skers, in my
country ; 1 guess they had’lit on to have a
uy, the children make such a fuss, they
cant hear themselves think.”
‘You havejist lit down m ihe right trail,
said my bindl >rd, ‘we have finished daubing
the slickest kind of a cabin, 18 by 25 (eel
and all we want is a master; the Lord
knows we have got a right smart sprinkle of
tlnldreu. T ike a little ticker, stranger
i’il thank you to tell me yigur name, and
i’ll introduce you to my ’omam’
Jabez Pickleby gave tiie inquisitive land
lord his add> ess, but declined taking any ol
Uni long green which was pressed on him
w ith western frankness a..d well meant hos-
pitality.
•You ar right, Mr. Pickleby,’ said Squire
Gu nisliaw, ‘ldr the track iriakt s young peo
ple mighty kr ntaui crons ; but l eau take a
power ol blue ruing and never faze me.”
.Squire Gumsfiaw aval eri himself of the
volunteer gathering which the arrival ol lire
mail coucu caused m Hie village, and kind
ly introduced the stranger to twenty of Ins
neighbours. He assured them that although
lie wa-'a lull blooded Yankee, lie had a
heap of schoohnust' r learning, and not a sin
gle parent right in ins saddlebags.
Before tiie village visiters left the tavern,
it was agreed that a public meeting should
be called, by advertisement in the ‘Back
woo s Buster,’ the weekly paper, whicii
was issued every Friday.
Wht n a little negro girl, in a clean apron,
announced »up| cr, Squire Gumsiiaw whis
pered to Jabez Pickleby,
•Now skin your eye, siianger, for allsorts
of chickings fixings and flour doings, lot
my uiuau ami a.ow, when she spreads her
sell on Ghristnias fataudlius ; and tiie way
she manes eoliee is cine I ; none of youi
tiiree gram io tin-gallon truck, but louiih
proof, u will bear up an egg.’
At the town inceiiug, which was called
for tiie purpose ot electing a schoolmaster,
a candidate stood forth, ins own advocate
for employment. His acquirements being
, interior io those of Jabez Pickleby, tiie tat
ter prevailed, and, as a strobing player, or
shooting dramatic star would observe, lie
obtained e gagc.nent. llis competitor
could not aci,no.vu. igelhe propriety of the
transaction, and ins.sled that ms own uuud
was made unsteady !>y Hie ‘spree’ fie had
lust gone through ; ’and as lor cyphering,”
said he, ‘the 1 .uil.i es beat all creutiun, any
how it can be !;xeu.’
Willi the stead; and laudable purpose ot
achieving greatness, Jabez Pickleby enter
ed with spirit upon tils duties ol sc lootmas
ter, aud in a lew mouths gained so much
tit tiie estimation oj int employers, that
their hearts overflowed with grateful emo
tions, vviiile iris pupils multiplied iu num
ber. lie was not content to hunt ins exer
tions lo ihe log cxbut, where lie governed
thejuvenrie coummuily. lie devoted ins
leisure hours to in. stuuy ol the law ; aud
io a little more than two years, iu a country
where it is not u iusum io bill ready
made lawyers, as abundant as clothing in a
slop-shop, lie euleied upon the practice ol
tiie pr itssiun with eminent success.
One oilierbohi aud euimem measure Ja
btz Pic .leby court i ed to adopt, aud Uiat
w.,s me per pel ration ol imUmnuny . in me
compass of three years alier his arrival m
Painterville. he wasjoined in the holy bonus
of wedlock vv.lh bliss Fawn Greeobnar,
nd a plantation and seveuletu negroes.
Alter ins marriage, toe adventurer setved
two sessions m tiie legislature, and subse
quently made a lona stride into Congress.
When old Deacon Piekleoy was auvised
us tills last good torluuu ol his sou, he idled
up his huuus aud uttered a prayer ul ;ham,s
giving with ieiveni ami pious emotiou ; al
ter which lie dcvoicU an enure day m indi
ting the following letter to the successlu 1 as
piratit. ills w ile sat at his elbow ah tiie
time, koituti. witli spasmodic lorce on a
pair ol blue limb’s wool blockings, which
she designed as a present lor ‘the emigres
man.’
To the Honorable Jabez Pickleby.
Dutiful Son: —By the messiou ol provi
dence, you be despotly prospered ns trie
world. Your poor oiu daddy, when he
was a boy had but mile skuhm, but goon
moral instruction was issued oullo him. i
was taught tu train up a child iu tiie way
he shouui go, an . 1 did it, Uui l never ex
peeled to see him in tile Federal kongress.
An ow • tty son, don't he proud aud llltec
up,for liteie is uo knowing what you may
come tu. Yu it iiave heard leri of Aaron
Burr and Beuedn t Arnold. Your mother's
nullity paius are better and 1 iiave put anew
flutter w.ieel into the mill. Seth Phelps
lias married Nabby Dobbs ; lie hail too uew
u to avoid cost. There has beeu a flue
rrop of garden sass and buckwheat this
year.
1 must admonish you agin temptation in
th- Federal city. 1 hcv dew tell that it is
a Baby lon of a place aud tl.at kongress tnen
never mind pains and penalties, and drink
nigh on tew giils of blackstrap, or some
thin stronger every day of their, lives, and
go tu theatres an i other carnalities. Dew
lor merey’s sake. Jabez, eschew evil eoinpa
ne. 1 bought anew celskni queue us soon
as I heard you was married and goine tu
kongress, lor f kalkilated you would bring
your rich inauin, hum lo see ottr folks.
Your mother lias put up bran new curtains
lo I tie spare bed in tiro parlour aud squirm
ed nboios all unruiiil among ’em. She lias
goltew strings ol blue and white birds’eges
hanging under the hiking glass, and the
brass andliitons skewered up so that you
can see your face in utn.
When you git tu the Federall city, dew
try tu give someihin iu the widdera aud or
tins oi soldiers aud sai'ors, that fout agin
ihe Buttons I liave got your gratuller’s
ure* cornered scraper, blue coat and bull'
Indus, aud his t w edged sword, and you
an iiavd 'em tu wear in kongress. Your
not li r lias darned up aii the moth holes
iu tite coal, so iii.it she thinks it looks jest
as uew as it did when leftenant Pickleby
worit tu the baitle of While Plains.
1 si all send you by male, anew pair ol
otue mixed stockings, aud a pair ot knit
suspenders lhal ai«* kinder e. sy tor a pol
ly-tisn.n iu MpHim about in,— Your moth
er would send y,ma pot. of pickles and a
cheese but tiie stage dnver Says it is agin
the law.
Read your bible, Jabez, study tiie laws of
Moses, and don’t repeal any uu ’em ; mind
tiie leu command meats tu. and the ’leventii
likewise; and doth seil tlie -birth-right of
the yaukee nation for a mess of portage;
and the day may kum when you will be a
minister ol a penitentiary, or a secretary of
legatioii.
I am vour dutiful father,
' Pit RLE PICKLEBY.
YOUNG MEN, READ THIS.
A scene from •'Clement Falconer."
Mr. Grubbs entered ins office iate one
eveuiug, after having passed from the grave
to tiie gay, iu (its usual manner at the ta
ble ul a friend, tu.il throwing himself into
iris ow n chair, “C'lent,” said he, “lay aside
that book, and I t us talk.'’ And the vol
ume being depoMied on tiie table, lie con
tinued : • 1 have turned out of my office
a number ofvety clever, aud a lew veiy dis
tinguished men, ami whether you are to go
in advance of your predecessors, or to tall
heuiud them, must depend, in some meas
ure, upon nature, lo be sure, but mainly
upon yourself, i was silting in this place
one morning iu (lie tall ol tile year when in
stepped"a long, lank, limber young Yankee,
ills cane was thrown over his shoulder,
liom which depended down iiis back a ban
daua handkerchief, coutaiumg a nll tiie world
ly goods aud ciotl.es he possessed besides
those he i.ad on. He wore a slouched
beaver, a Hired-bare coat, linen pantaloons,
arid coarse shoes, and had travelled a foot
from the mountains ol New iiampsiiiiel
on iiis way tu the Wrist. But il had oc
curred to him that uioromg, as lie said, that
before lie arrived in the new Stales, he
would like lo study the law, and requested
permission to begin his studies forthwlilt,
m my office, desiring me to slate, at Hie
same time, what was tiie customary stu
dent's tee to these parts. Somewhat start
led at the apparition, i had tuuughts at first
oi not receiving him ; but (hero was some
thing in the quiet dtrteimmalton ot his eye,
atm the confluent business air with winch
he threw down his bundle, auJ opened trie
subject of Ins wishes, and still inon in tiie
hardy enterprise aud firmness ol puipose
implied in tiie whole eonouct of tiie young
man, that pleased me exceedingly, and t
told him tiiat tie was welcome tu tiie use
of my book*, and to such it'd as I could
afford Inin iu tiie prosecution of hisstudics.
That my charge for tucse young gentlemen
who were able to pay me conveniently,
was oue Hundred dollars per annum; but
those who could not afford tills expertuiiure,
1 willingly received without charge, lie
replied that lie hsu no money, unit could
only say, that nturhc should be qualified
to practice, and nad got into business,
which lie hoped he would not be long to
doing ; lie wuuid remit tny fee from tiie
West. He set in accordingly, paying ins
board, and providing liiinseil with clothing,
by taking a class ol y oung men, to Wdotn
lie gave instruction at in gilts, in Latin and
Gieek, and was neve, absent from the ol
lice one day lor thtee years, at which time
lie was admitted to the bar. lie now again
took up ins cane and bundle, continued
ins tramp over me mountains, and sat iiun
seif down iu the then territory ol Indiana,
w hence he remitted me in small sums, from
time to time, tite whole amount ul my lee.
i wrote to him, declaring that 1 was tiu
witliug to receive bis money, anil hoping
Hid lie would consider me satisfied; but tie
insisted upon ay mg me every tariffing.—
And now iiijit in in is a senator in Congress
from tlie West, building up a well-earned
fame among the A .it pity cl> ousol Ute Union.”
Levity—Authenticated Etymologies. —
When ihe seamen on board tite strip ol
GinDtopher Columbus, alter a series ol
fatigues came in sight ot B. Salvador, they
burst out into exuberant iiltrill and jollity.
‘ i'tie lads are in A merry key,' ereted me
commodore. America is now the name ol
halt tiie globe.
Autiquarians say, that an old Negro at
Cape God, wlieiikver ills master required
any thing tri him, would exclaim, Jllassa
cliuse it.' Thence in lime ttie name ol
Alassuchusctls
i lie gttls of Palmyra, when romping witli
Hie fellows, often cried out. 'The boys
scear us. This "gave rise to Hie word Buts
terous.
i tie city ol Albany was originally settled
by (Scotch people. When strangers on
rtietr arrival there asked bow Hie new colo
rs did? me answer uniformly was, "Albon
,y.' The spelling we find a * little altered,
Out not me sound.
When Julius Caesar's arry lay encamped
at Ticvnderoga. uear two thousand years
ago, the deserters were commonly tied upon
a battery ram and flogged: Wheu any
culprit was brought out, the ©ointßauffing
centurion would exclaim.
hc> <n.
•Te on the rogue !' The name we see
has worn well.
A lal laud-uniy who, about the time of
the light ol AC.hi,met liom Mecca, lived be
tween New Orleans and l».e Chickasaw
culls, was scarcely ever liiriurmsbeU with
Hie pigeon s*‘a pie ; anuji.cre got the name
ol Airs, sea pie. rite enormous uver
Mississippi owes its i a.i.c lo iffis lat land
lady.
in tire reign of Dernions C’Mullogli ta
the kingdom ot Couuought about the ue
gtuiimg o! the set ouu century, a noisy fel
low by the name of Pul liwl ntaoe Inn.self
very conspieious, ri’he wotd Putrua has
comedown to us perfect and unimpaired.
When Nebuchadnezzar look trie rout of
Asia, coming to tiie eastern pail ot it, he
was one day asked bx tRe cook, il his im
perial majesty could relish a chine ol pork ?
With :t brow Irowmng dark as Erebus unu
ilia vulce of tliuuder lire monarch cneu.
Clime! ha! 'lhe affrighted cook tied, anti
the exclamation became the name ol the
firs kingdom upon tfie face ol Hie earth.
The term liurrycant is supposed to lake
its rist from one Harry Kune, a turbulent
Iris.,m:m who lived at Antigua. Indeed tl;«
very name Antigu . is now well known lo be
derived rnm an avaricious old female plan
ter who once lived on the island and was
always culled by the sailors, Aunt Eager.
U hen Hie French li.st settled on tiie
banks of Hie bt. Lawrence, they w **tq stinted
by tiie intcudaut lo a can ul spruce beer a
day. Tite people thought mis measure
very scant and every moment articulated a
,Can a day!' It would be uugenetous in
our leaders to desire a inure tat tonal deriva
tion ol lire word Canada.
A joriy West iudtau, whenever the
neighbouring girls came to ins plantation
insisted on titcir sipping Ins eiio eest syrups
aud reiterated tite terms ‘Aly Lasses’,' these
Hie name ot tiiat syrup. Few words have
abberruted from their primaries less than
Hits.
A tippling ltussey of Grand Cairo in the
reign of Ptolotny irinladeiphus, was lorever
frequenting public houses aud sipping giu
and brandy without paying a single tariffing ;
and by this prudent management obtained
t be name o! Polly 'lien, ihe elder bcali
ger, Duns .Scolus, and Ensnius, all deciate,
lhal tiie w( il known word I'olitiik, or Poli
ticks, is derived from ibis artful trollop.
TRUTH STRANGER THAN FlC
'i ION.
Wc copy tiie following detail from tite
doings ol me St. Louts police ollice, as re
ported in Hie Buletiu of tite Brit uit.
Georgia Mortimer Wardwell, a genteel
and itiielligeni young man, of about 30
yeans ol age, was brought upthis morning i a
a charge ol being drunk in the streets, and
disturbing the peace. He pleaded guilty to
the charge, ami evidently labored under the
gratest emotion. When n-qucsted to give
some account of hintself lie replied:
“Sir—l have now arrived ft that extrem
ity ol degradation, which, long ago, i be
came satisfied would one day or other be
come my position. Sir, i do not believe I
was born lo (his. In my youth, when I
first started iu tiie world, my prospects aud
tny hopes were us bright as me st y which
bent over me. 1 mairied a beaulitut wne
when I was 28 years old, and bad acquired a
considerable competence feit 1 need not tell
you Itow I loved Iter ! I see „y yourcuuut
enauee that you kuow something ol human
nature, aud are already satisfied that l atn
not a comtiivit loafar that 1 iiave been driv
en to the present extremity by some extra
ordinary circumstances. But i wiii proceed
w itb my story.
“Two years after! was married to my
wife—wbo was a young English lady of
handsome expectations •• m; In-.d a bcauti
lul buy to bless me with • unocent endear
ments, we received letter, Horn England,
announcing tite death ol my wit's lather aud
soliciting me to eotnc to England immedi
ately, for tue purpose ( t settling up the al
l.irsuftlir deuastd, and .ere,vu g n.y por
tion of the estaic. i tiitmeiifinely n aJe
preparations for my departur*, and leaving
my wile under the protection ol an iutimale
friend, whose name was Henry Anson Y\ i!l
--oughby, (d —u hint ’) 1 set sat lor England.
My business detained me longer than 1 had
anticipated, aud 1 began to feci tite mus in
tense aim, ty in regad to my luntily T iie
letters whi' h i received from my wile grew
brief and unfreqneut, sometimes startling
me with their abruptness. Just before the
fiutl s’.eps in regard to my wi e portion w here
about to be completed. 1 received a iettr
from America, written by an old friend of
my lather’s family, wanting -me to hasten
home il 1 wo .Id preserve my luture happi
ness and the hot or ot ntvwile! immagiu
my dismay ! I hurried home, leaving my
business still unsettled, and arrived in tune
to find my hearth desolate, my wife eloped
witli tny friend Willoughby, and my boy
—darling boy--io the Glrptiau Asylum—
an object of public ciiarity !
“Willoughby had represented himself as
a licit planter from Alahamuia, and that ho
was sojourning at tiie north lor tiie pnrpo.se
of regaining bis health. Plating my child
under proper protection,! Hew in pinson of
(lie destroyer of my peace, with my heart
bursting with revenge. At Montgomery.
Uahatnma. 1 learned that Willoughby u.ld
been there, iu company with a Inuy, who lie
eallad bis wife—that lie had been lor years
a notorious black-leg aud swindler and had
gone to Mobile, leaving his wile {tny w ile !)
behind, in (ireumstances of destitution.
Alter waiting for some time, and bearing
nd big troin her base paramour, sbuborrow—
ed money ji some of lhe citizens and follow
ed him.
“Mad with rage and disappointment, 1
persned. At Mobile I lost all traces m Hitt
villain and his wretched victim. I proceeded
to New Orleans; and ou making cuquires
of tile different boa s. I was ;om by tnc cap
tain of one of them engaged in running ;u
tri. Louts, that a woman answering the dis
oiptioii I gave, had gone up i:i r river o»
hisboat long since. I iimnedi. t, i\ emjinked
tor tins (dace, sir and my money uciua ntiir
ly exhausted, 1 was c.oiiipnfieii to take p:r«r
oil (leek. 1 arrived here tu a*[ ,i e or complete
and stuntion ; and being enable to lean, ney
thing of my wife or tire vih.on vVril ughl'r'
l became discouraged and disiiurM n«tl.
Trite bottle was my resort, i iningfi o
the vilest us the vile ; and, last m.b »w (fV-t
suaded by several others', »o <iott a box;sv «?
tH fame.