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W* V. WESTER, EDITOR. VOLUME IV. Sdau> f uLb. ” ‘W. 11. dab^ey, ATTORNEY AT LAW, CALIKHJjr; GA. mWTILL pracucem all the Courts of Law W ant J Equity in the Cherokee Circuit. September 6, 1855. ( * G. J. F AlJtf, Attorney and Counselor at Law, Calhoun,‘Geo., WILL practice in all the Courts of the Cherokee Circuit. fSept. 6, ’55. __ je.ssi; 4 gllenk.. j . Attorney At Law, DALTON, ga. julylo’sßn46—-ly \vm. v.W estT X Attorney at Law, CALHOON, GA. WILL practice 1n all the Counties of Gordon, Cass, Floyd, Chattooga, Walkev, Whitfield. Mnov. Catoosi, Dade, Pickens, Panniff and Gilmer. Prompt at teution to all business entrust} cl to his , care. 3ns*neßfc solicited. ~ft ‘ Office— 1 ” stairs K-urtli-east corner 1 Peeples’ old adjoining • Platform Office. jjP? ndsrptf* tß'>B A Attorney; at Law, . CAtnC-lijS. GEORGM \.| - wr ta,lc>o.ly’ J. E ‘anesßinr at law, CALHOUN ; GA., WILL practice in all the Courts in the Cberokee.Circuit. Prompt atten tion will be given to the collection of Notes n13v013 ly, W. R. HALFORD, Attorney at Law, Calhoun , Gordon Couuty , Ga. M. J. CRAWFORD, ATTORNEY. LAW,., A llincaAd. r -A* ” practice in nil the Cduntioa <St VV the Cherokee Circuit. Prompt at tention will be givon to all business entrus ted to his cate. Feb. 17th. 18-5 T. ly T. J. STORKS, Attorney At Law, ADAIRSVILLE , GA., ft ILL practice in all the Courts of the Cherokee Circuit Prompt attention will be given to the co lectiug business. References l MURPHY & CANDLER, l „ ~ J. T. WILSON, j Decatur, Ga. Jan. 14, 1858—ly LAGriffetli.M.lL, HAVING permanently located at ADAiRSVILLH, 6A, Would, through this medium, respectfully tender hia Professional services, in the va rioas branches of Medical Science, to the citizens and vicinity, and hope, by prompt •ad unremitting attention to business, to merit a liberal patronage. He may be found at his Office (over J. L. Neel’s Store,) both day and night, when not Professionally absent. Charges moderate in all oases. May 20th, 1858. nSßtf Cjb l/Ee cto’LlJ'. YOUNG, JACKSON &C<f, Dealers in Dry Goods and Groceries. CA HOUN, GEORGIA. -ffttW OmLIGIIM, DEALERS IN HONS & Fill!, CALHOU2&. GA. JAS. R. WYLIE,] [R. H. O’CALLAGHAN. March 3ist, ! 58—ly. B J HUTCHINS, RESIDENT MIIMWIST, CALHOUN, GA. PICTURES TAKEN FOR FIFTY CENTS. given in the Art, and Apparatus furnished upon reasonable terms. n27Marcn4th ts W. J. Key, CALHOUN, GA., DEALER IN STAPLE AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS AND GROCERIES. ALL fit which will be sold at a small ad ranee en CGBT—for CASK only. no 4 T. —ly. Fisk's Metallic Burial Cases OF all sizes, with SILVER or common Mounting. For sale by youNO, JACKSON & Cos, CALHOUN, GEORGIA, TMURMSAY, ‘ SEPTEMBER 0, 1858. f MJS( E!.LANEOUS. From the Montgomery Mail. “Another Hat Joel.” A short yarn spun to us last evening of and concerning the expes riments of mUtlirigi, of a couple of friends of ours, now or lately sojour- i ning for health and pleasure at the j Talladega Springs. It is unneces sary to give the names of these gen tlemen, but for convenience we will call them respectively, John and Jo el. They, it may be remarked, have t i areatMiradarivv of sas?e4.-e’ ! *__. ’fgf* ‘rrr~:. ■ ;■ •, -. JremSiifcj ••fishing l and every body knows that the.vjcinity of Talladega Springs of fers fin? to the skillful ; knight of the fly. Thus, John and Joel—there being j nu religious services at the Springs : that day—went out, Sunday before | lust, to the mill of Mr. P , a ! mile or the creek, with a view to a dinner of small trout and | bregtn. With them went their invi- ! ted guest, Mr. Smith, and “Miles” j “contrived” them down a bottle or | i two of wine. The party was snug ; the wind ! : was propitious: and the fish alto gether amiable. A cosy, nice din* ine of brown and crisp mountain, j fish soon washed down with a few g asses of champagne ; and then ci g.: rs >v> ro lit. As the smike untied . !.. ■ V Ffevat <::> i ■ Satan, - x wit*r wsM invisibly present, without an invitation,) suggested to John, that that mill was a “slow coach,” and couldn’t cut much lumber; and John expressed the same opinion to Joel. Joel thought differently, and so did Smith. “Let’s try her,” said John. “Agreed,” said Joel and Smith. It was short work ; a large pine log lay at right angles across the carriage of the mill, and it was a greed to -“let her rip” through this. Accordingly, the gate was raised and iimmediately the stillness of “the grand of woods” was broken by the rapid, sharp strokes of the saw. In a minute the lug was brought up and lltfc phN v;hj_.. ! ‘—f ~ -‘pj u-.x.*!"—anlT - j But the mtU wouldn’ithe stopped, but went clattering aw.iy, as hard as ever! “Stop her. John, or by the Lord she’ll split herself in two,” —shout** cd Joel. But all the fixtures were obstinate and refused to yield to the exertions of John and Smith. On went the saw, while John and Joel s perspired. 1 ; Presently the carriage present* ed some metallic obstructions to the passage of the saw, but “true as steel,” it went against the obstruc tion— and then the teeth flew. — (Some pieces of mill iron had been left upon the carriage way.) But yet it ceased not up and down ! up and down i the true steel to the dull cast iron, until suddenly a small flame broke out emong the dust and splinters near the point of contact. “Great G-d, John,” said Joel; “the infernal machine is on fire. — What shall we do?” “Run down to the creek and bring up your hat full of water,” said John Joel looked affectionately at his handsome tile which is always kept neatly brushed, but submitting to a dire necessity he straightway made it a fire bucket and commenced fight ing the flames. John and Smith’s straws were unavailable ; neverthe less, they did ail those wild incon siderate things which most persons will do, in case of fire, when th#e<* is no possibility of doing any good. Still that toothless saw rippod on, singing a demon song as it scraped against the dull, cast iron. And the fire kept gaining a little. Joel labored faithfully, and every 1 two minutes brought up his hat full I of water and threw it upon the fire. John stood desparing leaning against a post in the. mill, and hallooed to his friend, as he seemed to pause at the brink of the stream — “Another hat full, Joel, for God’s sake ! The infernal thing will cost us at least SI2OO apiece, if it burns!” ‘•‘■Besides my hat,” said Joel; but he brought the water and poured it on. On went the devilish saw, raking,! rasping, and tearing itself to pieces. At this juncture, Mr. P., the ow ner of the mill, having seen the smoke, came down to the mill, and with great difficulty the saw was stopped and the fire puc out. Joel was grievously “blown” with carry ing water in lus hat, and John was quite used up with excitement, while Smith was breathless from his exer tions at some lever which he suppo sed might have some influence in quieting the demon saw. “Gentlemen,” said the proprietor, very politely, “it is easy enough to CIVIL AND KEIJWUS LIBERTY, see why you couldn’t Stop the saw after you set it a-going. This mill hes some new arrangements which I can easily explain-- v “For Heaven’s, Mr. P.,” said John, no explanations on that point! Its the first mill I ever set agoing and I shall never start another ! Just send os your bill for damages, and let’s say no more about it.” The “boys” paid S6O for hot knowing how to stop a saw, and that night John, m a feverish sleep, (he has had that blessing, chills and fever,) shouted to his room-mate—• “One more hat-full, JnelJP Caught on the Jury. The following, which we have heard tpld as a fact some time ago, is too.g’ood to be lost, and may be beneficial to some gentleman who young unsuspecting wife : A certain man, who lived - about ten miles from K , was in the habit of going to town about once a week and getting on a regular spree, and would not return until he had. time to “cool oft,” which was geners ally two or three days. His wife was ignorant of the cause of his staying out so long, and suffered greatly from anxiety about his wel fare. When would return, of course his • wife would enquire what had been the matter witn him, j and the invariable replV was, “that Tv* was C;.light on the jury and couldn't get off.” Having gathered his corn and placed it in a large heap, he, ac cording to custom, determined*to call in his neighbors and have a real corn shucking frolic. So lie gave Ned, a faithful servant, a jug ana an order to go to town and get a gallon of whiskey—a very necessa ry article on such occasions. Ned mounted a mule, and was soon in town, and, equipped with the whis key, and rei-mounted to set out for home, all buoyant with the prospect of fun at “shocking.” When he lied’proceeded a few hundred yards fn ic town he con cluded to try the ‘stuff,’ and not satisfied with once* ho kept try ing j rfVaThe I tktte iie went lo sleep arm the mule to grazing. It was now nearly right, and when Ned awoke it was just before the break o’day, and so j dark that he was unable to make I any start towards home until light. As soon as his bewilderment had subsided so that he could get the ‘point,’ he started with an empty jug, the whiskey having run out, and afoot, for the mule had gone home. Os course he was contem plating the application of a ‘two | year old hickory,’ or a piece of twis ted cowhide as he went on at the rate of two-forty. Ned reached home about breakfast time, and j ‘fetched up’ at the back door with a decidedly guilty countenance. ‘What in thunder have you been I at, you black rascal,’ said his mas ! ter. ! Ned, krt owing his master’s excuse to his wife when he got on a spree, determined to tell the truth if he died for it, and said: ‘Well, master, to tell the truth, I was kotch on the jury and couldn’t get off.’ Wonder if that jury ever hung.— Ed. Plat. The Cable and Scripture* The success in laying the Atlan . tic cable (says the New York Herald ) has impressed many with the idea that the year 1858 will ever remain a memorable era in the history of the world, but a little overhauling of the Scriptures will show that the idea, so far from being new or origi nal, is simply a fulfillment of proph* ecy, and carrying out of suggestions made by the inspired writers. We append a few ext. acts to convince the sceptical: Psalms, xix. : 14 —Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. Job, xxxyiii. : 36.—Canst thou send lightnings, that they may go, and ga7 unto thee, here we are. Revelations, x. : i.—And I saw another mighty angel come down from heaven, clothed with a cloud; and a rainbow was upon his head, and his face was as it were the sun, and his feet as pillars of fire. 2. And he had in his hand a little book open ; and he set hs rigt foot upon the sea and his left foot upon the earth. 3. And cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roareth; and when he had cried, seven thunders utter* ed their voices. 4. And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices, I was about to write, and I heard a voice from heaven, saying unto me, seal up these things which the seven thun ders uttered, and write them not. 5. And the 1 saw ‘ stand upon the upon the earth lifted up hie hMjgh heaven. 6 And .sware hfiK/j that liveth forever and heav- ‘ en aft4-the_ things ty therein are. and the earth anlßre things that, therein are, and ft V sea and the thing's which are ftWnr.. that there should be time ne LRger. Joß’, XXXVII.: directeth it (his voice) undei^tnM? hole heaven, and his lightning* ends of the earthy v^:. ‘Job, Efienhehad H; the thun Job, xxxviii. :W_Who hath divided a watercouM f or t h e over* flowing of waters, way for the lightning of thnndqfc Proverßs, viii. Mq He gave to the se. h J wree th , t , h , waters should not pj* his commalld _ The coincdenofT f thc geyen •thunders and j n the En vangehst s vision, j, h the Beten wires o. the cable’, even sions to the “way lightning;” the inquiry wliethe the htni can be made to ape* and (he di „ reel reference tojT ins „ laton of the cable by gmnjrJ- decree t 0 the •sea, that “the Wj*„ shou , d „ ot pass his eomioanm h . at once I V :1 0 TANARUS” SsJp? priority of tlie luea, conctrnli; J w hich there is now much wrong] . the ncwspas pers. \ erily, “thci Ij 8 Dot hing new under the sun. | Dangerous | ort on the Flairs A gt Loms Democrat, foliowin-jj g my, 340 miles irotuW eavenworth> Jyly 2nd, writes as l|q ows , Wolves are seen during the day, and just as*/ we came on j the camping ground, % j . one I was started. g j hound caught sight and ” j = u ed bun, overtook hP aII | touted a hair, he was ! of the wolf, dm • . v .| v f r i e nd- This ch’ i a herd, (/ or 8,) of dis*- cerned some two mises iff. Capt. Pleasanton, Gen. Barney s aid, set out in pursuit, by himself, armed only with a Colt’s repeater, and had a dangerous adventure. His pur pose was to run the grtae towards the camp. He succee*; din driving i them in the direction i at,vended, when i a. body of teamsters, des’fous of wit nessing the sport, car. ir; sight. The buffalo took frigfil and made for the it ills. The hufr- r pursued them, but. he rode a hoise which had never before seer, t buffalo, and which was hard to side.— I The hunter singled <>u- n bull, sir r him twice, and wonmhd him both times. By this time quite close to him on the verg_ us one of ■ those clayey which the place abounds. / The hunted animal siddodv ped, stretched out Jus t<7i elegs, arid wheeling upon them asjan a pivot, j thus bring himself face I with his i pursuors. The horse Mas unmana geable and rushed on tle*bull, who set his horns to meet tie onset. — The collision was tekbible. Cap tain Pleasanton, conscious of his sit uation, had disengaged ns feet from the stirrups, and just as the shock tood place, or p?rbaps a moment sooner, sprung upon the back of the bull, from which he rolled down the precice. The horse having been gored in the breast and belly, died instantly. The bull next charged on the dismounted r%*Tbut two more bullets from per suaded him to alter niUjiourse.— Capt. Pleasanton, I rejoiced, received no personal injury. He took the affair coolly, vnbuckeled the girths of his slaughtered steed, swung the saddle and accoutrements across his shoulder, and carried them into camp. No terreador or mata dor in the Spanish circus could have a more formidable antagonist or a narrower escape. Presidential Hair. In the Patent Office at Washing ton, there are many object.! of inter est connected with the government, and those who administtie 1 its afi* fairs in times gone by. (labile ex amining some of the obj*e. t of cu riosity when in Washinglfft in-De cember last, there was no|,hin£ that struck us so forcibly as the samples, or small locks of hair take® from the heads of different chief mtgistrates, from Washington down to’ Pierce, secured in frame covered Vith glass. Here is, in fact, a part om! parcel of what once constituted The living bodies of those illustrious iudividu als, whose names are as familiar as household words, but who now live only in history and the remembrance > of the .past. The hair of Washing-1 ton is nearly a pure white, fine and j smootth in its appearance. That of, John Adams is nearly the same co- i lor, though perhaps a little coarser, i .The hair of J fferson is a different character, being a mixture of white arid auburn, or a sandy brawn, and rather coarse. In his youth, Mr. Jefferson’s hair was remarkable for ; its bright color. The hair of Modi- -j son is coarse, and of a mixed white | and dark. The hair of Monroe is a handsome dark auburn, smooth, and free from any admixture whatever, j -4lfc 1S tfce • -cwty *<* nt T wiu .e hair nail’ form ergo n-3^ : no change in color. The hair of John Quincy Adams is somewhat peculiar, being coarse, and of a yel- i lowish gray color. The hair of: Jackson is almost a perfect white, ; but coarse in its character, as might be suppose'! by those who examined , the portraits of the old hero. The hair of Yan Buren is white and smooth i:; ■.ppearance. The hair of j General il;.rri<-n is a fine white, | with a slight admixture of black.— I The hair of John Tyler is a mixture of white jnd brown. The hair of! James K. Polk is almost a pure j white. The hair of General Taylor | is white with a slight admixture of! brown. The hair of Millard Fill more is, on the other hand, brown, with a slight admixture of white.— j The hair of Franklin Pierce is a | dark brown, of which he has a plen tiful crop. The hair of James Bu chanan is perfectly white and silken. How the business of Courts i s Done by Professional Jurors, There is always in attendance ups on every Court, a number of men who make it a business to sit upon | Juries, and earn a livelihood by this j “profession.” They are generally j of tne lazy, Falstaff stvle, who car. j en.dure a deal of sitting, particular ly if permitted to occupy a comfort- j able arm chair. An incident rela ted to us yesterday, illustrates the habits of the; e “professional ju rors.” We will givejiuraame with- i ‘! eon. A cause submitted j to the Jury in one of the courts of | the city, and as soon as they retired to their usual room to deliberate, ‘one of these professional jurors said : ‘I suppose we all understand this c se. 1 move fled a verdict for ttie defendant.’ ! The motion was put by the Fore ; man, and negatived. The same ins dividual jumped up again and moved that a verdict be found for the plains till ihe Foreman, who could’nt exactly understand the hasty change of the juryman, voted in the neo-a irvo, very much to the disappoint mem of the prof ssional juror. So finding that no foreman was about to discus-- some points of the evi dence. iu whispered in his ear. ‘L.-e jh agree. There’s another c >ur g ,i i". the Court ini'me ■ -iv and we’ll lose the chance of getting on the ju y !’ | That was j *sc what the Foreman | was desirous of avoiding, and there ! fore took his time. When the ver dict was finally agreed upon, and the jury returned to the court room —another jury had been sworn. The professional juror, observing the chairs already filled, stepped up to the Foreman and said, in a tone of deep disappointment. ‘There, I told you so !’ This incident furnishes suffeient condemnation of the pro essional juror system. —Cincinatti Commer mercial. To© GocJ to bo lost, Haiatl it Several days ago a well dressed scamp got upon the cars-at Ghatta- i nooga, and by some means escaped I the vigilance of the conductor until he reached Huntsville. Here con ductors changed and Mr. Fowler took charge of the train, and in mak ing the first round to collect tickets, between Madison and Huntsville, ke found the door of one of the pri vate Saloons fastened. The brakes mau assured him that there was a man in the saloon, and without sus pecting foul play he told the brake man to point out the man to him when he came out, so that he might collect his ticket. Fowler had no am ner made his round than out (mtnc tho gentleman, thinking all was safe. When he took his seat in the car, he removed his hat from his head, and put it under his seat, — When called on for his ticket here marked, that while in the saloon he poked his head out of the window to breathe fresh air, and was so unfor tunatc as to loose his hat, with his ticket in the band, and he could not think of paying twice. The con ductor told him ho regretted the circumstance very much, but, as it was one for which the railroad was not to blame, he Would be compell ed to make him pay a second time —or else make him leave the train at Madison station. The scamp wxis indignant—Fowler remonstra ted in his usual polite, but firm way, until the station was reached, when he iufdVtned him that he was at the end of his rope, and leave the cars he must. Finding there was no ! backing down, he reached under hia ? seat, drew out his hat and started to leave the care, when Fowlet told Jjtjci , he would have to exercise his CJITXiIaIC'.'JXC. Aigifcin'—- arrA-tFre i fact of his having lost his own, did not entitle him to take a fellow-travs eler’s hat —for that the company would bo responsible. Whereupon he took charge of the hat, and shov ed tho gentleman off the cars.— Huntsville Democrat. Insanity at Different Periods of Life.— The London Lancet says, that to determine the period of life, which furnishes the greatest number : of insane persons it is sufficient to I bring together the records, made up under different circumstances. One of these, made at the Bicetre, France where poor men only are received, another at the Salpetriere, a hospi tal for poor women, the third, an establishment devoted to the weal** thy, have been examined, and it ap pears that the age which furnishes the greatest number of insane, is— for men, that from thirty to forty years, while for women it is that from fifty to sixty years. The ages which furnish the least, for both ! sexes, childhood, youth, and advarn* ; ced age. Among women, insanity appears earlier than among men, indeed from twenty to thirty years lof age. The rich are more subject | to insanity in proportion than thc J poor.— Chronicle Sentinel. j Who is She ?— The Mankato ln- I dependent says : One of the Sioux ! chiefs recently returned from Wash ington, brought back with him an addition to his household in the shape wife—a, sc and fll’Oio ‘“Vc • oru of our citizens win/ Wont up to th<> agency on tho. same boat, we learn that she manifested considera ble disappointment at the aspect of j affairs on her arrival. The romance of the thing was pretty effectually { “squashed” by the appearance of i We inmates and surroundings of her I new home. She declined all offers ’ of assistance from thc officers of the boat, who wore anxious to return | her to civilized society, protesting her ability and intention to attend to her own business, and advising them to do likewise. They left her in an eight by ten feet mud hovel, in company with a couple of Daco-N +ab matrons, who, also, we believe, j‘ air i r,s upon the affections of the i chief ‘in buestion. j Useful Information.— The wash erwomen of Holland and Belgium, so proverbially clean, and who get up their linen so beautifully white, use refined borax as a washing pow der instead of soda, in the proportion of a large handful of borax powder to about ten gallons of boiling wa ter ; they save in soap nearly half. All the large washing establishments adopt the same inode. For laces, cambrics, &c., an extra quantity of the powder is used, and for crino i lines (required to bo made very stiff) | a strong solution is necessary. Bo l’aX being a neutral salt does not in | the slightest degree injure the tex ture of linen; its effect is to soften ■ the hardest water, and therefore it should be kept on every toilet toblc. To the taste it is rather sweet, is 1 used for cleaning hair, is an excel** I lent dentrifice, and in hot countries j is used in combination with tartaric ! acid and bi-carbonate of soda as a | cooling beverage. Good tea cannot be made with hard water ; all water may be made soft by adding a teas spoonful of borax powder to an or dinary sized kettle of water, in which it should boil. The saving in the quantity of tea used will be at least one fifth. To give to black tea the flavor o*’ the green tea, add a single leaf from the black current tree.— Galignams Messenger. It is now stated by ‘some extra** knowing ones, that an accredited agent, having full power to act, is said to be in Washington, for the purpose of offering the United States Government Sonora, Chua* hua, and Lower Calafornia, at a fair valuation. Should this be true and a bargain be struck, our domin ions will then belt the continent from east to west, with as large a seaboard upon the Atlantic as the Pacific oceans, and we shall have such a sufeitof territory as tfill put to rest the most insatiate fillibus** ter.— Ex. TERMS. TWO DOLLARS, in Advance. NUMBER 4. SCISSORISINGS. The perpetrator of the following is sai&fbbe safely enseonsed in the Toombs, there to be punished for the horrid crime r * When lovely woman shows her bosom, O’er dresses fashionably low, What man of passion could refuse ’em The homago of a look or so ? And when our arcffnt'gaxe retsrmog, * They scarce repress voluptuous sighs,* Is it strange our finger ends are burning To press—our hatß down o’er onr ^*^ Why is ft that the iadies appear so small during a thundferßtorm ?—- Exchange. You dolt I don't you know the “cause why V * Why, because being conscious of their attractive powers, they do not wish to add to the same, consequently they always shed their hoops upon the advent of a thunder* storm .—'Palladium. A tipsey loafer mistook a globe lamp with letters on it, for the queen of night, and exclaimed : “Well, I’m cussed if somebody hain’t stuck an advertisement on the moon.” The girls, somebody says, think i of Hymen and can’t help sighing. When lovers forsake them, they can’t help crying. They sit at the window, and can’t spying. They screw up their corsets, bring on con sumption, and can’t help dying. A farmer who had employed -ft green Emerald, ordered him to give a mule some corn in the ear. On his coming in, the farmer asked: ‘Well, Fat did you give him the corn ?’ ‘To be sure I did.’ ‘llow did you give it V ‘An, sure, as yez told me, in the ear.’ ‘But how much did you give?’ ‘W’ell, yez see the crayther would n’t hould still, and keep swithin his ears about so, I couldn’t git above : a fist full in both ears V ... .A 1 ■ tVogforn . I ‘nUL supposed that angels do not wear dresses. Our fashionable ladies are getting more and more angelic every ■ year.” Can’t Afford More. —‘So, here . I am, between two tailors,* said a fop at a public table where a couple of youDg tailors were seated, who had just begun business for them* selves. ‘True,’ was the reply, ‘we are new beginners, and can only afford to keep one goose between us “ Mr. Singlestick mystified ft tea* party by remarking that women are facts. When pressed to explain his meaning, he said “facts are stub* born things.” After a clergyman had united ft happy pair not long ago, an awiill silence ensued, which was broken by an impatient youth exclaiming, “D- n’t beso unspeakably happy. ’ “There is a divinity that shapes our ends,” as the pig remarked wnen he was contemplating the kink in his tail. Why is a drunkard like a bombs shell ? Because the moment he is out of reach he is “on a bust.” Dobster got married six months ago. He says that kissing has sav ed him fifty per cent in buying su* gar- A lady of fashion stepped into a shop not long since, and asked the owner if he had any “matrimonial baskets,” she being too polite to say cradles, The latest specimen of gallantry in the shape of a toast, is this: ‘The ladies—May their virtues be ample at their skirts, and their faults be smaller than their bonnets.” An incorrigible wag, who lent a minister a horse, which ran away and threw his clerical rider, thought he should have some credit for nis aid in spreading the gospel. There was much sound argument in the reply of a country lad to an idler, who boasted of his ancient family: “So much the worse for you,” said the peasant, “as we plow men say, the older the seed, the worse the crop.” A yankee baker has invented a new kind of yeast. It makes bread so light that a pound of it weighs on ly four ounces. A fop, is like a cinnamon tree— the bark is worth more than the body.