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VOLUME XV.-Nmi-BER 27. WHITE CLOUD, KANSAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1871. WHOLE NUMBER, 755.

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TUE CL.OHIXG Eft.UT GTOBGB U. FRCVncE.

Tis mWnlfilit'a bolj hour; and silence now7a brooding, like a pmtle spirit, o'erThe --.till and pulaeiais world. Hark, on the winds,The bell s deep tunes sre swelling; 'tis the knellOf the departed year. So funeral trainIs sweeiing pst; vet on the stream and wood.With melancholy light, the moonbeams rest,3s Le a pale, spotless shroud : the air Is atirr'dAs hv a mourner a sigh ; and on von cloud,TfaatlDoats so still and placidly tnronch hearen,Tie iinU of the Seasons seem to standTonne Spring, bright Summer, Antamn's solemn form.And Winter, with his acel lock.- and breathe.In noornful cadences, that come abroad,jjle tbe far wind harp's wild and touching wall,

i mtUncholy dirge o er the dead 3 ear.Cone from the earth forever.

TUatimefor memory and for tears. 'Within tbe deep,

oII chambers of the heart, a spectre dim,1Tae tones are like the wizard voice of Time,Heard from the tomb of ages, points its coldAnd Molt mn finger to the beautifulAnd hIy visions that have pass'd away.And left no shadow of their Wellness(hi the dead waste of life. The spectre liftsTbe rmn lid of Hope, and Joy, and Love,And bending mournfully alio e the pale.Sweet forms that slumber there, scatters dead flowersO rr what has passed to nothingness.

The yearlias gone, and with it many a glorious throngOf happy dreams. Its mark U on each brow.Its ehadow In each heart. In Its awifrjirw,It waved its sceptre o'er the beautiful.And they are not. It laid its pallid handUpon tho strong man and the haughty formla fallen, and the flashing eye is dim.It trod the hall of revelry, where throngedThe bright and joyous; and the tearful wailOf stricken ones is heard, where erst the songAnd reckless shout resounded. It pass'd o'erThe battle-plain- , where sword, and spear, and shield.Hashed in tbe light of mid-da- and the strengthOf serried hosts is sblver'd, and the grass,Green from the soil of carnage, waves aboveThf crush'd and mouldering skeleton. It came,A nd faded like a wreath of mint at ve ,Yet, ere It melted in the viewless air.It heralded its millions to their home.In the dim land of dreams.

Remorseless Time!Fierce spirit of the glass and scythe! What powerCan stay him in his silent cminc, or meltIlia Iron heart to pity I On. still on.He presses, and forever. The proud bird.The condor of the Andes, that can soarThrough heaven's unfathomable depths, or braveThe fury of the northern hurricane.And bathe his plumage in the thunder's home,1 urla his broad wing at night falL, and sinks downTo rest upon his mountain crag; but TimeKnows not the weight of sleep or weariness;And Wight's deep darkness has no chain to bindIlls mailing pinion.

devolutions sweepO'er earth, like troubled visions o'er tbe breastOf dreaming sorrow; cities rim; and sinkLike bubbles on tbe water; fiery JidesMiring blazing from the ocean, and go backlo thrir mysterious caverns; mountains rearTo heaven their bold and blacken d cliffs, and bowTbtir tail heads to the plain; and empires rise.Gathering the strength of hoary centuries,And rush down, like the Alpine avalanche,startling the nations; and the very stars.Yon bright and glorious blazonry of God,Glitter awhile in their eternal depths.And, like the Pleiad, loveliest of their train,Mioot from their glorious spheres, and pass away.To darkle in the trackless void; yet Time,Time, the holds his fierce career,Dark, stern, all pitiless, and jiaues notAmid the mighty wrecks that strew path,To sit and muse, like other conqueror.Upon the fearful ruin he bath wrought.

Jtled Jtaff.JEDEDIAH PARSLEY'S

NEW YEAR'S PAKLN' BEE.Dear Sir: Perhaps yon never wont Diran

Kast, aliout muster tunc .iml Thanhxgiv in,' andin course yon don't know nothin' about hushmfrolics, and parin' bees, and suth like. In withcases, I'm into j on all about u particular meas-ure at all, scorn' it's j on, and I don't kiro if I letjou into miiuo sartin ilniu's in these parts, "thatconio off," as j on Yorkers say, next January willbo tn jears. Now, if I do tell the hull storv, Ishall d'epend on jour'-onor,- " (jind 1 Ualkilatethat's raj thcr bitter than Mississippy bond,) thatj on won't let out on me; cause if you did, 1

shonld have Hetty Gaw kins in my hair in no time,and may be sooner, and Prudence Farr w oiihln'tne cr let me May with her again in altercation.

.So here gocsj and as every thing lus a title now- -I go in for the

SOT YKAK'S rARIN" IlKK.

And you never went tu a Parin' Ueo! Will, tntell the fair truth, I never did tu only one, andpare mo into hoop poles if ever I dew agin. Itwas a rale screamer, for that matter, loth on ut

of what happened there, and what befel af-

terwards. I have been tn husKm' frolics, andquiltiu's, and muster, and fourth of Independ-

ence, and raisin's, bnt tu one ginowine, high pre-sume Parin Ilee, and blame the luck! bnt beforeI got threw, I had an all suflicieut gnat nortV

.scraped off inv shin bone, along with a pair ofnew boots all gouo tu smash, licsidca a pair of

.spoilt trowsero for mother to Mold about for a

.year afterwards. You sec, Col. Gristle made the"party. You know CoL Gristle. I 'spose. He's theMajor of our regimeut, tho' we call him Col., ontof compliment. Well, the Col. and his n ife andCoz. Becky make the frolic, and in course I had

.an invite, and so did all the gals and fellers fortnilds around. It was goin' tu lie a famous one,

.so mother she went to help Coz. Becky git up theitixins the dav afore and when she cum hum, thatmite, by goliy! if my mouth didn't water, whenisho told me over about the ovens-fu- ll of pumpkinpies, and tho piles of docnuts, tu sa notluu' about.the 'lasses cake and new cider, already stowedaway in the back butter-- . She said how the Col.was coin' tn set the two birth tobies in the foreroom, and kalkilatcd tu fix souio boards in thekitchen, tn put the rest of the vittles on, arterthev'd got done parin': and as they expectedabout 40, all told,, and there wasu't cheers ennffor all tu set, they had got tn cat standin', whichwas the most perlitcr way ; and the Col. he "rseir,

for he had been to the Legislature all last winter,and seed how the great folks dnn it. Gracious !

thawt I, if I don't make np for Hat, thow I caneat as much agin that way, it goes down so nrnclistrater. Well, towards nite the next day, whiloI was gittin' reddy, who should cum along bntJim Spooncr. Jim and I had allcrs been partythick, and told each other every thing.

"How air van, Jed f sex he."Oh, rite-a- s km I: "How"Jest about so, onlv a lectio taller goin' np to

the Knmel's ef ""Yes, by hokv!" sez I, "if Ian get these ere

tarnal boots on.""Pore some soft soap into them," sez he, "ana

IheVd go.on as smooth as ile."They was a bran new pair of calf-ski- and I

3iad been tnggin' at the strap half an hour aforeJim cum; so I rnn for tho soap dish, and in wentnear a pint of mother's best, and sure ennr, onIhcywtnt, squash 1

"Whv.jou darned fool!" sez Jim; "yonorterpored the soap ont afore yon stuck your feet in.

"Well, never mind," sez I, for I was in anor-fulhnrr-

cuzit was gittin' late; "never muiil,they feel cool and comfortable jest now; meobytheNipewillsofteutheleather;" andoff we start-ed. 1 had on my new drab trowsers. We hadj'stgnt the cloth hum from the mill, and auntKitty set up all nite to finish them for the a?"-5I- y

coat was onlv enmnun' tu year old, and I feltthat I wara't tu bo sneezed at by folks whathadn't got no noses. Jim and I had agreed aforehand that we'd borrcr Deacon Dimond's old mairand wagin, and so bring hnm some of the galls;o we went into the old Deacon's to git her, as we

went along.. The old man was pesky fcerM she'd cat np summfarml caper with in. enz, von see, she was sor--r

skittish like; besides, he' knew that Jim wasrayther a wild feller, and didu' kere no more fora nineiH-nc- e than a cat does when her back is tip,

nt I told him I'd drive and be keerful, and tolmch the matter, wo paid him tu shillins down,

an'l prnniwd the other the next day o he toldif we thought we ronld catch the beast we

raite trv it, and ont we went to the paster. Bnt" ld uiare was as shy as a black fox, and

mm t be come over so easy. She laid her ears"Wk on her neck, and rolled ont the white of her'Jts, as mnch as tn say, "nuthin' green here,- "nogster," and off she started on a tall trot, her

tall swltcliin this way and that, like all natur,clear tn the tnther eend of the paster. A wearychase we had of it, I tell on, before we could cor-ner her. At last we got her in between tbe fenceand a big stun, and Jim he crept np on one side,and I on the tnther, till at last I made a grab ather forctop.

Bnt no sooner did I lav mvhandnn lirr. thntishe wheeled on hur hind feet, in the twinklin' ofa urninsticK, and lauded me as much as 20 feet,eend o er eend, into a brush-hea- ' Consarn therip!' sez I, and I picked myself np almost thequickest and when I looked around for the mair,may I lie blasted if Jim wasn't on her back, with-o- nt

halter or bridle, gripnin her mane like de-struction, and she pnttiiin the licks the wustkind forthe orchard. Kide small, my lad! thinksI, or joull j;et the lint brushed off your broad(loth. Bnt she changed her mind when she gotthur, and turned for the barn-yar- Soon as shestopped, Jim slipped off and put tho bars up. Wesooiifixed the old vixen in the toggery, and start-ed. "Arter we got out of site ofthe Deacon's, Iguess he got pay for the lofty tumblin she mademe perform; and the way she tuk her feet awayfrom the ground, was a korshun to hos shews.

We seed, long before we got tu tho Kurnel'sthat thnr was tu be a lond one thur that evenln,for the w inders w as all lited up, both in the foreroom and in the kitchcu, and eery now andthen, as we got nearer, we could hcer somehody-or-nth- er

rore right out a laQiu."Put ou the lash, Jed," sez Jim; "they'll have

all the fuu out afure we git thur.""Not as on knows on," said I; "thnr's good fish

in the sea yit that's only Mike Longly laflin atsome of his own nonsense. I can tell Mike, as faras I can hear him a w hoopiu."

With that, weshoed npin the door, and Jimhe jumped out. I followed suit, but by the pow-ers, no sooner than my feet struck the ground, Icnrled up like a treed forkentme!

"Golly, gracious! Jim, if my feet ain't all jel-ly!" sez I.

"Well," said he, "didn't I tell you to pore itont" I shonld not wonder if they were allsopeafore momiu'.

And sure enuff, my feet felt jest like tu redblisters. I sot down on the stoop, and tried tupull my boots off, and Jim he tried, but theywould not start any more than the skin itself,and I mite jest as well a tried to pull the bonesont; so I still I must grin and bear it for thenite, for sartin. When we got in, they w nz bizzyenuff. Sum was parin, sum was corin, and sumwas striiigin, and they was all talkiu and laflinlike all natur. About half a doztu fellers wasdown on a bench, in one comer, with baskets ofapples rite alure tlicm, and if the panus did notfly off in what folks call a tangint, then I neverseed one. Then thur was aliout as many moregalls and fellers cuttiu oil' the butts and tips, anda parcel moarwas a cuttiu out the cores, whilean nlniity lot was a striiigin for life.

Many hands mako lite w ork, thinks I, so I madefor the long table, w hur thev was a stringin. Iseed the purtiest galls was all tu that table, andthey seemed tu hao the most fuu.

" Prudence, lend a feller a needle," sez I."Sorry tu pity jou, Mr. Parsley," sez she, "bnt

on see I hate lent the last one tu Sam Suooks.""Sam, hand me that needle, ifou please," stz

"See you blamed fust, Jed," sez Sam.Howsiiuiecr, I hunted round till I found a

needle; but as for gittin a placo to stnml at thetable, that was another sort of affair, and artertrj in all round, I thought I w ould gi e it up andgo tu corin. But w hilo I. had been tr in tu git aplaco by the long table, Jim Spoomr had insinu-ated himsclfjiitu the only vacant plate thnr, so Ihad tn go til cuttiu, or dew notluu. And whatmade it wnrsorthau all the rest, I had tn standalong side of Hetty Gaw kins. She was the mosthumliest gall in the parts; htr eyes and dispersi-tio- n

was pnrty much alike fliey was both atcross as a saw-bos- Her month was put on allof a skew, and her nose was so big that MikeLongly seil it tuk tu liankcrthitfs tn blow it. Idid not feci t ry gomTtaL-iture- myself, cuz for onething my toes was soar, and cuz for anotherthing I did mil take much of a shine tu Hetty.Howsumeer, we got along putty w ell consider-i- n,

cuz ou see, I could tork across the table, andif my tose had not kept me trtiliu,jest like a gan-der ou a cold momiu, fust on one and then mfather, I should felt tolerable contented. I wasorful glad when thev sell snppcr. Weed got thoapples all paired, anil strung, and pihil up iu theclothes-pres- s and a master hepe thnr was ofthem, tu; and then we went tu clcarin np, andcarried the corins and parins intn tho shed. Thegalls set tn and swept the skatterins iutuono corner, and IS.iln 1 broke luso when Col. Gris-tle says Supper! Jemiiia, heow quick they allstopt ! As w e w as sidtlin tords the kitchen, Icod a dandy sort of a felltr from the tillage

shiiicu up tn Prudence Parr, as much as tu saywith our Ieae, Miss, I will ledeyou out. ThinksI, now or never, so I stepped up pnrty quick, andin puttiu out one foot tu make a lmw, 1 struck itsmash agin one ofthe bench Iaigs.

Daraatiou! bed I; and did'nt I double up thequickest! The galls all tittered, and some of theplagy fellers laughed rite out.

By the time 1'de got strato agin, and wiped thetears out of my e c, Prudence had gone off withthe dandy, and as I felt a little mamblecmpt, Iconcluded not tu try it agin, but broke fur theeatables. The fillers helped the gals tn apple-sa- s

and crullers, gitfger tta and pies, and lots ofnn sider, and if I had not got my tose trod on, Ishould a tuk rale comfort. Arter while, theywent tn a drinkiu tostes, and kissin glasses, andcrossin tumlere, ic, and we was hat in crack fun,when Joe Spraig steps up to Sally Savage, audsed

" By yonr leve. Miss Sally, I would like tu takea cross handed drink of sider w ith yon."

"Oh, line agrerablo as a chip basket," sez Sal-ly; so they filled up, and locked thur right arms,and begun tn swaller. But jest as Joe got his hafdoun, sum infarual cum Is hind him ami prickthim eenamost tn the bone! He shut his mouthand grinned, and tried tn choke it doun bnt itw asu't no go the sider skw irted ont of his noze,and through his teeth, and he fairly busted ritenp in Sally's face! Pollywogs. wasn't there amuss! I wouldent a bin in Joe's shoes for a hullkwart of beech nuts! Salbj's frock was spilte,and hur nu coller wilted doun jest like a whitebladder. Howsnmever, they wiped hur donnparty dry, and Cuzin Becky said she did notthink the sider would staue, if she. wonld pnt hnrthincs tu soke as sune as she cot hum. But the(laudy chap said as how it would take the culler J

out. Jiosannii.il cuicr w as asslicad, and thatassheads allcrs tuk the culler outer sich stuff, ifthey dident have some alkerly tu contract it.Col. Gristle dident relish it much to have his si-

der called an asshead ; he sed it dident ren comeout of a hogshead, but ont of a clean barrel, andhe himself seed tu the clensin of it. And as tohis he dident see any thing more ly

than "the fnrres the dandy cliap wore on oneside of bis face; and if he dident mind his eye,heed pull some of his out of him.

Bnt the village chap wamt to be put down so,hut went on tu explain how allkerlys ment sally-ratt- is

aud pcrTash, and all that are, and purswa-dedfhe- m

tnpntonsomepurlnzlran of sallyrattis.Sail said it wonld not dn tn pnt tew Sails tugcth-e- r,

for she dident believe they w ould agree anyheow, and as fur purlnzhun, they had got ennffof that aready. llowsuinever, they rubbed hurall over whnr the sider went, and that was pnrtyconsiderably all o er, and may I lie twisted intna pigtale, if in haf an our she dident look, as JimSpooner sed, like a whited sepulkcr freckled on-

lv wusser. Hnr frock was sorter pinkish, t)r sichlike and whnr the purluzhnu went, it tuk ont allthe 'culler, only the sider culler, and that was jestno cnUerat all. I gucssshe remembered the ilan-d- y

as long asjihe did poor Joe bnraig, who .slunkcorner, and never sed boo! nor nuthinall

the rest of the evenin.Wal, arter we'd ate and drunk as much as we

the gals turned tn and cleared off thednXaTandtheS we began the spree m arnest.Coh Gristle had got black Jake to cum and hd-d- le

laid out for tew sets, one m the foarsc. "D A .. ; jv-- vitchen. black Jake

or two jiggs; so rJfiV2irttry one f "stand up, I walked np to a "",

time," "May """L yon know, tat

something I didn't hear, when taming my ejes, Isted half a dozen fellers lookin' at me, eeanmostreddy to snort rite out. Jest then the dandychap i"tim stnittin' along with Prudence, and asthey got close tu me, Prudence sez she, in a sor-ter whisperr

"Jed, somebody's pinned the dish-clot- h on yonrback!"

Flamennation, bnt I felt mad ennf tn rare riteup nn end.

" Who on airth," sed I, " has did this ! "And I kitcbed it off in less than no time. It

was all w et aud greasy, and I felt a sorter chokiu'sinsation, jest as thow I cood have crammed itdown suniuody's neck, grease and all.

At that mihit, I seed a chap lookin' mity know-i- n'

and solemn, with a confounded ugly wink outofone comer of his eje. So, as I was bilin, I jestlet the dish-clot- h drive. One comer of it tooktbe sollnmn chap across the month, and slippin'on, tne nnu consarn went, slap: rite into tne nig-gers fiddle!

" Ki!" sez blacky, "who do datf trow dat tamnasty pot rag at a nigger f I say. Mass Gristle!snmliody chuck dis cuss nasty dish rag rite in disfiddle; be spiled him tirely; he greasy de bow allolier, and de tring, dere be no tnm turn in 'em."

I seed I was in for it, but I was tu mad tu backout.

"I threw it. Jake." sez I. "but not at von:"and I rolled lack the cuffs of my coat. "Now, ifany or yon want tn try titles, je--.t cum on ; I'llsettle with the nigger for the fiddle."

The solemn chap w iped his chops, but I seed hewinked ont of t'other comer of his eye. I felt soriled, I forgot all about my" toes; and jest thenCol. Gristle 'enm along, and I walked rite up tnhim, aud told him I didu't enm tu his house tn beinsulted in that way, and git in a mnss with anigger, and that I was goin' rite hum; so I wood,in less than tew niinits.

"Yon shan't du no sich thing, Jed," sez he; "Iaiut goin' tu hat e enny kwarrelin' in this place,so jest take my darter Liz, aud stand np alonjjwith the rest; 111 see that Jake tunes nn the &T-dle-."

I soon seed that a little spnnk goes a great waysnmtimcs. Liz, who had fit shy of me all thoevenin, now cum np tu tho work regular, andwe went at it, down outside, np the middle, castoff rite and left, pntting in tho donble shuffles andtoe and heel like all natnr. Jake, however, woodsumtiines make a slip on the high notes, and thenwe cood hear him, "tam te tish rag!" PrudenceParr and the dandy feller seemed mitv thick allthe time, and I didu't like it at all. Yon see, talters took a sorter Iikiu' to Prue', and I kinderthortshe liked rue tu: bnt I seed it was no usenow, so I concluded to hold on and watch 'em.Putty soon it cum their tnm to lead off, and ifAllcnrl didn't trot out fair, then no colt e cr did.He sartiuly did du it up iu putty good stile,

ho pnt in rather tn much mctaforiralwork; but as for the donble shuffles, ho comlu'thold a candle to some, on us. Prue was a loudone at the work, and the way she rattled theshen-leath- er was ominous of a swift destructionto heeltaps. Allcurly seemed to be putty ainbish-n- s

to throw off his passes, and jest as he got donntu the lower end, I seed him trjiu' tu dm tail apigeon wing mtn sum ot his queer craukums,when fetchm' doun one foot ra.vther hard, he trodon an apple parin', and both his heels tie w intothe air kwitker than you cood count half.

One of his settlers took Prudence in the stum-mac- k,

aud eennmost sent her thru one ofthe win-ders: tho 'othtr hit Ike Miles rite under thesmeller, and plagy near nocked his nose off; whileAlhurly cum down ker thump, rite on the Isdtomofhisb.uk. Crickety! how the dishes rattled!and sich a boss I.if, I guess ou never heenl on.

" Bring the chicken up tu the doe dish," sezJim Spotuu r. "Gitchim sum of the perlnshun,"sez Sail Saage: "it will catcract the asshead.""He'sgot pt rlusliun ennf, I gess," sez Mike Long-le-

"only jest look how his trowstrs is splitup, and busted out from his waistbands tleaudown, half way to hi boots! Airth and wiinns,how ho did look! His trousers was strapiieddonn orful tite, aud they was a snug tit besides,and so when be kinder got up-o- n his laigs, heclapt both his hands behind him, and sorter back-ed off to the kitchen, and tint last w e seed nn him,he w as out iu the rode, streakiu' for tho t illagulike destruction. I never seed any gal look moreshamderof herself than Prudeme Parr did for aconsiderable tune, artcrwanls; for what with themortification, and what with theribriser that AUturly gae hi r itaK she seemedjest like, a sic gosliu. As for Ike Miles, ho seilhis proboscis felt aliout the strangest ; it was asmuch as an inch shorter, and broad agin as everhe had noeil it afore.

"Knb it with soft sopc," sez Jim Spooncr, "andall the kinks will wipe ont as smooth as a dish-cloth.

"Xone of our sl.uk here, Jim," fez I, and gi vohim a look that soliered him about the quickest.

"Cum, grind away, old meal bag," sez I, "oryule never tam your dollar."

Nig rolled out his onion skin, rubbed on the ros-sn-

and what a spree! Wedanced the nigger fast asleep, but that didn'tmake any odds he kept the tid-rc- -i goin reglaras a tea party, and his head, as it nodded this wayand that way, kept time like a steam injnn.Prudence pit over her fit of AUturly, and I danc-ed with her, aud then she danced with me, andevcrjthing arterwanls went as smooth as a tal-ler candle. I forgot nil about my tons, and final-ly, as nobody axed Hetty tu diuoc, I thort Iwood. But the varmint told me slap! "showarn'tgoin' tn dance with me nor nobodv else, whenwe'd got clear donn tu the tale of the heap.""Jest as you like, Miss," sez I; "no offence, Ihope;" aud with that, Col. Gristle cum along,and m-- z he:

" Boys and gals, I guess you've had fun ennf forone spree, and perhaps you'd better think aboutgcttin' hnm, afore long."

I felt, for one, I'd got a belly full, and tn ritesI told him so and so sed the rest of the fellers;and so sed Prudent e Parr, and Sail Savage sedshe'd got perlnshun ennf, and she gessed Allcurlyhad tu, and so we concluded to mizzle. I kinderkept an ej e on Prudence, so as tn ax her tu ridehum with me, which wood be handy all ronnd,as her folks li veil jest beyond our house, aud thefust I nood, he was already, and whose armshood she be ou; but Jim Spooncr!

"Cum, Jed,' Hex he, "jiare np; the mare'swaitMi; whair's jour gal f I felt so dumfouudedlike, that I didn't no whaftu think. "The dogsshe is," sez I; " well, go rite ont and git in, andI'll be thair in tew seconds." But cum tn lookronnd, thair warn't nobody coin our way bntwhat had got fejlers, 'cept Hettv Gawkins.Thinks I, 111 stay all nite and cortLiz; bnt jestthen I seed Mike Longly with one arm roundLiz's waste, mid lookin as nocin as a coon in acom-fiel- so I seed it was ery plain that it wasHetty "or hnm alone, so tn make the matter short,axed her. She soil she didn't kere if she wentwith me, seeiu' as how I'd got a wagon, so wewent and tumbled in. Thair warn't only oneseat, and so I sot in Hetty's lap, and Jim sot iuPrudence's lap, and off we started. I didn't feellike bein very long on the road, and I guess theold marc didn't neither; for we hadn't gone fur,afore her tale begun tn whisk, whisk and herfoar feet kept cumin doun harder and harder, andputty soon she took tn a clear run, which madethe wagon jnmpfrom one stun to another, as if'twood shake yonr liver ont.

--"Hold the crittnr is; let her brake," sezJim.

"Never fear," sez I; "HI fetch her nj easy atenny time.

Jest then we enm tn a little peace of doun hill,which was as ruff as a cat's Iiack when she'sskeered, and I set "ont tn pull hemp, but themoar I pulled the wnsser she run. I braced aginthe fore part, and told Hetty tn hold on behind,and then give one almity twitch! sumthin' givewav. thow I cood n't tell what it was, but seeuiedas if I'd split the critter's jaws dear up tu heroars; bnf It did not stop her no moar than itwood dn tu tliane litenin. On she went, fasterand faster, and at c ery plunge, the old wagonseat and all there was on it would jnmp as muchas tew fret rite on end, sartin. The trees andfences flew by ns so quick we cood not countthem, anil the moon, which was almost donn,kept rollin and tnmblin aliout orfully, while asfor tbe stars, the sky was all envered with little8V lny ,,'Pr?V ""'l kept .danein and chitterweeinationtjest like the sparks in a blacksmith's chim-n-y.

The gals screamed, and Jim he got hold of!'! ,,oUell woa! and I gripped toth-e-r,

ami hollered whoa, but thair wm no whoa ina '"Ho tinier, and made thefire roU ont the stuns, terribly. I thort for at'?' " death?" """.the paleua When , got opposite old

Sqnare Gawkins', IU-tt- sung out like a pig undera gate to git on on out! She coodn't speak, atonce, ouno, on account oi me motion, ami suescreeched so on mont have heerd her tew miles.

"Holiour tung, jon infarnalvild cat!" sezJim, "or this old she devil hear ahead, will laudns intn etamity in less than no time."

Prudence blubbered, and pnt her arms aroundJim, and hngged about the closest. I kinder feltthat I shouldn't mnch care if we did all go tu theplace he sjmke of. if I could be in his seat itwood be a kind of satisfaction tube chawed upin a stnn beep, if the smash wood only cum whenI had tew sich pnrty arms ronnd me.

Bnt as for Hetty, she dng her long bony nnc-cl-es

into my ribs, and gripped as if she'd tair thebones out. It was Heaven's mercy how the oldmair kept the road, for we cood not steer her en-

ny moar than we cood a rinosecross, and thesmoke rolled out of her nostrils like Belzjbubhimself. Well, on we went, Vckerty smash, overthe stuns and eridirnnsr snmtimcs on one wheeland sumtiines ou nun at all. Jehu! bow shemade the gravel liy my teeth rattled in my headas if they w ns all loose in the socket. At last w ecum in site of Deacon Dimon's.

"Now," sez Jim, "hold her in, for if she turnsup the Deacon's lane, we are all gone snekers."

"Will, lend us a hand at this off rane," sez Iand we placed oursrh cs.

"Gio off the word. Jim," sez I."Now, then, together," sez he, and we settled

upon ht-r- .

But we mite jest as well tried tn hold a bullmoose by the tale. At that minit the rane broke,and let us batk on tu the gals.

"'Oh!" sez Prudence."Wangh!" sez Hetty."It's a cummin," sez Jim, and I seed it was,

for at that instant the old mair turned the cor-ner, like a wtnthor rooster iu a whirl-win-

"Hold on," sez I, and Hetty let in her breadhooks like the grip of deth tu a ded nigger. I felta sort of dizzy feclin, jest as a body duz afore tbeypuke so I drawd in my hed and shct my e es,and over we went! There was a jell, and then asmash, and then when I cum tu m) self, I wasstiih'n forked end up, drove clean o er my shoul-ders in a hecp of com fishier! As soon as I cooddig out, I lookt round for the fragments. Hettvwaslyiu ouhcr back, with near half the batkside of my trowstrs in her clntth, th.it she grlppi dand never let go on when the smash enm. Theold mair was gone with tho fore wheels, and therest ofthe wagon was bottom up in the ditth.Prudence wascnt hurt ninth she fell, as I did,nn the stock; bnt asfurpiHir Jim, I thort it wasall up with him. He lav deep in the fisldi r, andKitkcii masienr. i iioiiereit to mm, anil aiulhim if he was hurt, but he grunted and kickedwusser. At last I got hold of his Iaigs, and pul-led him nut; and siih a lookin site, I gess net orwas heerd ou iu these parts. Thare he lav. withhis head dmv clean np tu his shoulders iu one ofDeacon llimniurs hard shell puukins! and tu gitout agin he coodent nov how, but kept tlouuderinabout like cervthinc broko loose.

"Hold still, Jim," sez I, "and 111 fix it;" sowhen begot easy, I tnk a stun, and standin riteover him, you noe, I lithcrdrhe. I smashed thepuiikin, enny how, and cum plagy ni dri in Jim'ssmeller doun his thmwt, in tbebargin. But pnrtysoon he pit up, and liegnu tu spit, and chaw, anilsputter, and then he begun to cuss and sith or-

ful wicked words!"Dama-hu- n tn gollj grnshus!" sez he, "if

thismntjest thelastspreeleMTdidseo! Whoop!Chaw me intn shew strings! if I didnt think I

was clean intu next week, when I w as only inthat infarnal pnnkiu! Whew.' if this nint tholast pnnkiu sass I et er did eat, fur sartin, Jcnii-n- a!

Prudence, but your bonnit is nocked intu acocked up hat! With that, he wiped thegiirryoff from his face, and pulled the puukin seeds outof his lure.

"But Jul," sizhe, "w bar's the restofourtrowsis!"

"Sa.t notliin about the trow sis," sez I; "whir'sthe Deacon's nuirf "

" Sure oiiuf!'' sez Jim, and we started for her.We found lit ron her side, m the haniard, and

if she w.isent ns near ded as enny of ns, then hossflesh don't kick o or easy for as sure as aigs, thebits w as broke in the switel, and we'd pulled thehead-sta- ll ee inmost up tu the old xarpiut's shoul-ders, trying tu hold her iu! If she warent chokedforonie, then I'm mistaken. But hnwsnmot er,we got her up and tuk tlm harness off, and putthe wagin together; and when that was dun, theway the old mair went into the paster, was nuth-iu- g

to nobody.Thare is sum things connected with this Pairin

Bee, that I w ill necr tell tu nobody and that iswhether the Deacon ever got his other shillm;aud another, what mother seil almut my trowsis,next mnmin ; and another, how I got my liootsoff thow, tu be fare, I should say they was bothfound split up the instep, the next dav.

But thare is sum other things that I'd as lievesfolks wood iioe us not and one of them, is, thatmy shin w as scraptd from the nee haf way dountu the ankle, on the wagin railin when we wentovnr; auutber is, that Hetty Gawkins got a cuton the utter side of her fare, which makes hermouth draw doun on lsith sides alike, and nowshe is moar huniblier and crosscr than ever.Whether I ever used eimy moar soft sopc in myboots, Is nobody's bizinrss.

Respectfiillv. vonrs,JEDEDIAH PARSLEY.

Jeuncwary 1, 1845.

P. S. I forgot tn tell yon how the gals, andcspeshally Hetty Gawkins, got hum, that nite,and I gess I shant cuz arter what happened,enny body can gess.

CESTERAI. ROBERT MBEBim.Bratlsttrnmar the Haaitrr rr4rr Why

lie f.Tll VI. .naalirie, urn Whr He BMilfight the Saathcra peaple.The- writer of this, by imitation of Captain

Hartsteiue, who had command of tbe evacuationceremonies at Ft. Sander, was present on that in-

teresting occasion, a jubilee on water never be-

fore w ltnesscd in this country. We came ont ofthe fort with its commander, and subsequently,'ill tbe pilot-hous- e of the steamer General Clinch,to which he and his command were first trans-ferred, had a long and pleasant inten lew withthe vanquished soldier. He was most nnhappyaliout tbe differences that had sprang up betweenthe Government and his native South. .His situ-

ation as a Southern man hail been more trjing,bnt he considered tbe highest obligation uponhim was tn do his duty as a soldier without refer-ence to his feelings. He declared to ns that notinunistauce could hat e induced him to fire uponhis except iu defense. Thefirst shot came from them, and was directed atthe flag which he was pnt there to protect; hencenoalteraatite was left him. We inquired whatwonld lie his policy when he reached Washing-ton. He replied that all his Ialmra shonld be ontbe side of iearc In any event he"had no heart,he said, for war upon his own countrymen, and henever did again enter the field. We inqnired ofMajor Anderson why he abandoned Fort iloul-tri- e

after his positive engagement with a commit-tee of South Carolinians not to leave it. His re-

ply was that mutual obligations were entered in-

tohe to remain, and the Carolinians not to dis-

turb him while in possession of the fort. He be-

lieved those who gave the assurance acted ingood faith, but they could not control others.He left Fort Moultrie under reliable informationthat without tbe consent of the authorities ofCarolina a plot had been formed in Charlestonby the morn impulsive portion of the populationtn attack the fort in the rear. He had nnqnes-tionabl- e

et idence that such an ex'Hilition was oufoot, and believing that tbe work was not defen-sible, he et acnatrd it ant transferred his garri-son to Fort Sumter. SaraaX RrpmWea.

The punishment of keel-hauli- we lielieve, isexploded in all navies, except that of Holland. Itconsists of "hauling the culprit under the'keel ofhis vessel, ne is suspended by a line from thevard arm and another passes under the keel, bywhich he is drawn under and np to the otheryard arm.

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He that gives good advice, builds with onehand; he that gives good counsel and examplebuilds with the other; hot he that gives goodadmonition and bad example, builds with onehand and pulls down with the other. Baeon.

if . c.n.n Afmprvtsf thinks svimun ariih itiA

right of suffrage would be as miserable u a manliable to bear cnuarcn.

fttisrdtotw.fcXOW.

BT DAVID CUT.

Flawm npon the Sunraer lea.Daisies. ldaertnifL rjalestimn

Tbtae are suae from sea to sea.A many a darling rbrae discloses.

Tangled wood and hawthorn dale.In many a annjrfol snatch pRTafl tBat never yet. as well I mhad,la all their verses eaa I findA simple tune, with quiet flow,Tu match the Calling of the snow.

O. weary paased each wlnteT day.And wildly howled each winter eight ;

O, miry grew each viuage way.And misU enfolded every Detent;

And ever on the window pane,A froward gait blew down with rain.And day bj daj, in tawnr brown,The Lnggie stream camehearing downI eonld hare fallen asleep and dreamedUntil again Spring sunshine gleamed.

And what! said I; is this the modeThat Winter Unci it

The Robin keeps hia own abode.And pipe his independent lara.

I've aeen tbe day. on llerkland hffl.That snow has (alien with a will.Even in November! Now. alae!The whole rear ronnd we aee theA h. Winter now mar come and go.tvunoni x single iau oi snow.

It waa the latest day bat oneOf Winter, as I questioned thus ;

And anoth! an angry mood waa on.As at a thing mont seandalooa;

When to! some hailatonea on the pane.With sadden tinkle rang amain.Till in an ecstasy ofJot.

vl clapped and shootedlike a boy.(1. rain may come and rain may go,Bnt what can match the falling snow!

It draped the naked sycamoreOn Foordcmft hill, above the well ;

The elms of Rosebank o'er and o'erWere silvered richly aa it felL

The distant Campsie peaka were lost,Anil4irthtt Critttn, with hia hostOf gluomy pine-tree- disappeared,yor even a lonely ridre nprearrd.O. rain mav come amlrain may go.Bat what can match the falling snow t

Afar npnn the Solsfrirth monr,Kacli heather sprig of withered brown

Is fringed with thread of silver pare.Ah slow the soft flakes waver down;

And on Glencnnnor s lonely path.And Oartnbore'a still and open strath.It fallrlh, quiet as the birthOf morning o'er thtf quickening earth.O. rain may come and rain may go.But what can match the falling suow !

And all aronnd our Merkland home.Is laid a sheet of virgin lawn ;

On fairer, softer, ne'er did roamThe nimble Oread or Faun.

There is a wonder in tbe air,A living beauty everywhere:As if the whole had ne'er been planned.Hut touched by Merlin's famoaa wand.Suddenly woke beneath his hand.To potent bliss in fairy showA mighty ravishment of snow!

isiinE "PEXMSTLTAXIA BCTCII."

A Harrisbnrg correspondent of the Xew YorkHerald his ln-e- visiting the Pennsylvania Ger-mans and furuidies some very interesting factsrespttting them. We quote:

WMH1K Illt TUB IIICII IM.TCH OIUOI.VATEl

To make a long story short, the PennsylvaniaDutih emigrated tn America, usually in a veryneedy condition, from both liauks of the Ithlue,from Saxonv, Korthcm Havana. German Switzer-land, and Hesse, almost immediately after Prunsucceeded to his prniureon tbe Delaware. I'ennw cut to w ork to get peaceable, frugal, honest peo-ple to buy his lauds and raise the alne of tractsunsold, pretty mnch as the North Pacific Kailro.uland the Western State emigration societies areproceeding at present. A considerable number ofGcnnau Protestants hail sought asylum in Eng-land during the religious wars on the continent,and l'enn took pains to make thefe his correspon-dents with the dense bnlk of their dissatisfiedneighliors still in Germany. Tho nature of hislands, and the equal anil, protecting laws of thenew province, were dulv noised abroad, and lilier-a-l

considerations for those da) s were offered toemigrants. For example, a family might get pas-sage free to Pennsylvania from HremcrhavenjDelft, Lubeck, Hamburg, or Amsterdam, providedthey w ould submit to be sold out for a term ofyears to do service on their arrival. A Tery largepercentage, probably one-thir- d of what are nowcalled Pvnns) Ivauia Dutch, (who can not nnraberaltogether less than three quarters of a millionsouls), are derived from these voluntary slaves ofthe reign of James II. Queens Mary and Anne, andthe early Georges.

Pcnn and his executors also turned to good usethe universal disposition among the more igno-rant Protestants of German blood in those timesto settle in sects and found missions in the NewWorld. Between Lutherans and Calvinists agreat number of new interpreters and theologianshad sprang np in Germany. Some of these, likethe Dunkers and Seven Day Baptists, were consci-entious about tbe precise day of tbe week forSunday; others were averse tn education and in-

ventions, and thought that a holy life ought tn becalm and conventual; some, like the new schoolof Moravians, as revived by Count Lutzendorf, inSaxony, believed in education under certain ic

restrictions and supervisions, and, final-ly, even thousands of plain orthodox Lutheransand Calvinists took tbe fever for a Western home,and paiked themselves away on board slow sail-ing rssels which delivered them np at Newcastle,Bristol, and Philadelphia, whence theyjwtased outbeyond the limits ofthe Quaker and Welsh farmsand settlements, bnt kept in the rear of those har-dy Indian lighters, the border Scotch-Iris- h. Thustbe Germans had speedily taken np the best landat the foot of the Bine Ridge, and by a quiet sys-

tem of expansion their descendants have spreadont on the limestone lands, and some of them maynow be found even in the valleys of the CentralAlleghany range. They have wandered less thanany of the original colonizing elements of tbe thir-tee- u

colonics, and the Germans of the Ohio Valleyand the Northwest are altogether a different peo-ple, thcprodnet of a more modem civilization, andwithout the qnaintness and peculiarities of theseancient Pennsylvanians.

Snch, tersely expressed, was the origin of thoPennsylvania Dutch, who rank among the oldestnat i e Americans iu our country. If any of themvote for Andrew Jackson, as is comically alleged,they do it npon long naturalization papers, cov-

ering at least five gencaations.the ciiiKT Towxs of Tin: strrcn.

The chief centres of population in the Dntchcountry are Allentown, Reading, Lancaster, andYork. The city of Frederick, in Maryland, al-

though idealized ami brightened by a mixture ofScotch and English, is also a pure Dutch town,and its market days are nearly as characteristic asthose of towns which lie along the same generalvalley to the northeastward. Anybody can

that one of the conspicuous points on theMarvland battlefield of Antietam. was an oldDnnker chnrch, a wcrshiping place for tbeea sameDutch. When John Brown descended npon Vir-

ginia, one of the first prisoners and hostages hetook, selecting him simultaneously with CoL Lewi-

s" Washington, was a Mr. Alstadt, who was alsoof this blood.

Dtrrcn rouncs.A retrospect of tbe politics of the Dutch country

will show that, next to Governor Shnnk, the xaostpopular politicians who have ever gained and re-

tained its affections have been Benjamin Franklinand Thaddens Stevens, both Yankees one fromBoston and the other from Vermont. LancasterCounty always went against Barbarian, andThad.Stevens ronld carry it whenever he liked, fortheDntih gate him iuthat district a clear majorityof 7,"XXi all the time. Even at this day a verypopular campaign paper published at Lancaster,in the Dutch dialect, is named"Fathr Abraham,"after I"resilient Lincoln. As a general rnl theScotch Irish carry off all the best offices by Dutchrotes, as witness the cases of Buchanan, JerryBlack. Glancv Jones, Curtin, Cameron, J"geWoodward, William D. Kelley, McPherson, Clerkofthe House; Geary, and McClure. Forney, how-

ever, the celebrated John Cessna, offame, and Mr. Getz, now the member from Bead-

ing, are of pore German blood.

iixrsTBiors ctchmex.AgoodmustrattonofthedociBtTrfthelntajihe

ri..: :. -r- -i i tn i. wfderr-kBOw- n

that the two great Connti-e-

rectly cratiartwiae at every t3tetiam-B- ctk tak

ing the Democratic shoot, Lancaster the Whigand there no way ofaccounting fur this siugnlirdifference, except by the fact that the best Kuglshpoliticians of Lancaster County were" Henry Claymen, while the corresponding politicians of Berkswere allies of Jackson. Thus the saying goes thatin Berks County they vote for Andrew Jackson tothis day, bnt it will be quite as proper to sav thatthe Lancaster Dntch vote as iguorantly for HenryClay, because Lancaster is even more of an agri-cultural country than Berks; it has less manufactures, and it pronounces for tana taxation, ne

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In the heart of the Dntch country was bomRobert Fulton, the renowned inventor of steamnavigation, and here, np to nearly the lieriod ofins oinn, iiveu tne parents oi Joini u. jainonn.Gens. Reynolds, Harstnff, and Hartranft, who fig-

ured in the late war, were Pennsylvania Dutch,but Andrew and Horace Porter, and W. S. Han-cock, though born here, were of a different origin.Congrussinen Myers and Haldeman, tbe aiUyjpro-ndnnee- d

freetraders who can be elected in" Penn-sylvania, are of the Dutch blood.

The country on the northern side of the BineMountains, separated by the anthracite coal re-gion from the Dutch, owes its settlement to a raceof far more driving character. The ConnecticutYankees peopled the Wjoming Valley andthe up-per waters of the Susquehanna before the revolution, and tne nourishing towns of Scranton,Wilkesbarre, and Wtlliamsport. are almost desti-tute of Pennsylvania traits, Pcunsyhania per-secuted those Connecticut chaps so ferocinuslvthat they scarcely felt injnred when the Britishaud Indians massacred them at Wjoming.

It was one of these Yankee Pennsylvanians,Obediah Gore, who discovered the first anthracitecoal in the State, and used it iuhis forge. JudgeJessee Fell, also a Connecticut chap, set np thefirst "stone coal" fire grate in America, at hisdwelling iu Wilkesbarre, 1808, and the chimneyplace is still one of the sights of the town. Thefirst considerable ports in the Unit-ed States were Marietta and Columbia, iu tbeSusquehanna Dutch country. Jacob Tome, justnominated by the Republicans for Governor ofMar) land, who is also Mr. Secretary Creswell'suncle, was originally a Pennsylvania Dutch coalaud lumber boatman on the Susquehanna.

The Lehigh coal, which has made Asa PaiKerthe richest man in tho State, was discovered by aDutch forester Philip Giutcr in 1791, and thegreat Lehigh Coal Company, at its incorporationin 1793, contained thouamesnf two native Ger-mans among the five organizers. ,

llie nrst boat said to have ilesceniliil tne Jlis--sissippi Valley from Pittsburg to New Orleanswas a Lancaster County Dutchman's venture.Many of these Germans are v ery expert and an- -tiquo bargemen, as, for example, on the Loner

Couestnga, Union, and other .IIIUIinsTho Susquehanna and its tributaries are grnerallydammed so as to afford slack watern.iv fromthe main stream np the deeper creeks to townslikeLancaster.

lleniiinghoff, the owner of the most valuablepctmltiim wells iu the Union, is of this rare.

Dr. Constantino Hering opened the first schisilto teach homeopathy iu the worn, at Allentown,iu ISM ; he is now Dean of the Hahnemann JJ ed-it al College, in Philadelphia.

David Kittcnhouse, of regular Dents ho stock,was born ou the Wissiliickou Creek, near ,

iu 1732, and became probably the most em-

inent Pennsj lvania German. He was the success-or of Franklin in tbe presidency of the AmericanPhilosophical Society, discovered independentlythe sciences of fluxions, and constructed a cele-brated orrery. From his astronomical platformin Independence Square, Philadelphia, w here hehadlnadeobservationson theocciiltatiou of Venus,was read the Declaration of Independence, soonafter its adoption. He died in 1793. '

Conrad Wtiser, the Indian intcrpretcrof the Rev-olution, whose adventures form a large part ofthe history of the New York prov iiicn, w as a Du ti hburgher of Reading.

John W. Forney, Collector of tho port of Phila-delphia, is of Pennsylvania, Dutih stock, bom nearLantaster.

John W. Garrett, President of the Baltimore ScOhio Railroad, is, on his maternal side, I'ennsx

German.Geddrs, the originator of the Erie canal, and

George Lanman, a celebrated railway contractoriu the United States aud the Cauadas, were of thisrace.

General Teter A. Mnhlenls-rg- , who led his con-gregation tn battle, preaching in full uniform,was a revolutionary Deiitscher, and his son, Hen-ry Muhlenberg, was our Minister toAnstria underJackson.

The first great turnpike road in America wasbnilt through the Dutch country from Philadel-phia to Lancaster in Y!92, and 1792 Rittenhousesurveyed and projected the Union canal.

Oue of the earliest glass aud iron furnaces inthe couutrv was erected near Manheim, in 1oG,by Baron Henry William 8teigel, a queer fellow,of much local renowd in the Dutch country.

The stock fanners of this region are celebratedthrough the country; 'they make trips throughOhio, Indiana, and Northern Kentucky in searchof marcs for draught stock, aud produce foalsfrom Hambcltonian sires. They supply the Bos-ton and great milling markets of the East withthe strongest and heaviest horses, and make di-

rect importations of Channel, Devonshire, andYorkshire sheep, rams, and cattle. The Colemanfarm, at Cornwall, is 900 acres in dimensions, andaliout 150 mares from all parts of tbe country pas-ture upon it. Its great Speedwell Hambletonianstallion is rated at $25,000.

The trotting track is a feature of every agricnl-tnr- al

society's grounds in this region, but thefairs, like that of Beamstown, have been

discontinued.Simon Snyder, Joseph Hiester, John Andrew

Shnlze, George Wolf, Joseph Ritner, William F.Packer and William Bigler, seven ont of the six-

teen Governors of Pennsylvania elected since 1791,when tbe State Constitution went intn operation,have been of Dntch blood and name.

Governor Wolf, who died in 1840, served sixyears, was Controller of the United States Treas-ury nnder Jackson, member of Congress and Col-

lector eTtbe Port of Philadelphia. He began life aschool teacher.

Governor Ritner was a Berks Comity man,but strong-wille- he was living a year

or two ago in the western part of the State, Heand Tha-- L Stevens comelh-- tbe Germans to paytheir school taxes and snpport education.

Governor Snyder was a queer stick, who keptthe Commonwealth in a gmsl deal of amusementand turmoil. "He held the gubernatorial office fornine years. Horace Greeley is in the habit ofquoting him on political economy, but the peopleof the State hardly kuow that ho existed,

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Nirr a SATisFJicToirr Fxreniitn-rr- . Hrre is abit of gntesqne humor from New Orleans:

Mr. Gray discovered a illumina-ting ttuiiL. To show how safe tbe new compoundwas, he invited a number of his friends to meetbim in bis rooms, whither he bad brought a liarrrlofthe fluid, which he at once proceeded to stirwith a red hot poker. Ashe went through theroof of his house, accompanied by his friends, heendeavored to explain to his nearest eompagnonde voyage that tbe particular fluid In the barrelhad too mnch benzine in it, but the gentlemansaid he hal an engagement higher np, and couldnot wait for an explanation. Mr. Gray continuedhis ascent nntil he met Mr. Jones, who Informedhim that there was no necessity for him tn go nphigher, aa everybody- - was coming down, no Mr.Graystarted back to lie with Hie party. Mr.Gray'swidow offers for sale tbo secret fur (be manufac-ture ofthe flnid at a redneed .rate,as she wishes tn raise money enough ro buy a sil-

ver handled coffin, with a gilt plate, for the lataMr. Gray. No cants.

Tin: last ghost story is told in a letter fromOwsley county, Kentucky, as. follows: "I wentto my npper farm tn see my tona-i- t, and found himprepared to move. On inquiring ttv cause, betold inn the lionso was haunted some personsswept it ever) night. He moved ont and I movedin in order tn dislodge; the ghost if rxawilile. Thethird uight, almut "midnight, th'J sweeping com-menced. I arose, fro it my bed as quick a 1 could,tn get light, and whilo I was getting a light theeat attacked th gh'sif, and a fight commenced.The eat was whipped pretty quick. 1 ran iu withtbe light, and there ay eye met a sight that mademy blood rnn cold in n-- veins tbe largest kind ofa rattleanake. in bis ooiL twistins and rattlinir at afearfalrate. Hehsddxtet-nrattlesandon- e button.'' I

Wmtom is the talent of baying vixtMaa pleas-nr- e

at the cheapest rate.

KNOWItVLUMi.

V r. X. IUSEK.

The old ml school bonne, draped with snow.Manila as it stmsl long tear ago;The school -- dfamWd.- with merry shout.The scholars all come pouring out.

With eager hands they moald the snow.And riving balls to and fro.Till wearied oat, or forced to ran.Or acvtdent has spoiled the fan.

With month agspe. an nrrhln stands;N'ice snow halls till his rap and handAwaiting some good cbanre to lo!lle'a half sabatrgrd in falling snow.

Ills blinded ej ea eatiti glimpse of cnrls.His l ears hear laughing girls;llnwn druie the cap now fur a race.To catch the tawt, and wash her fare.OU afemory limkeil oa, and smile?:JTwas here lie porte't. when a chuM;Hen beat a preacher in a rare.And washed a gray haired matron s Ciev!

Here ancient KlrVham once befoggedA partly Judge, and gt him flogged:A critic met a "master s" frown.A port "spilled a whole school down."

For quarrelling, (it seems so queer,)Two editors were feruled bete!Upon tiwsie benches, made from slabs.Old Memory learned his -- a b aba."

BEAUTIFUL STORY.

"You were not here ycstenlaj ," said the gentleteacher ofthe village school, as she laid her handkindly on the curly head of oue of her pupils. Itwas recess time, but the little girl had not goneto frolic awaj the ten minutes, not even left herseat, but sat nhsnrlml in what seeuied a fruitlessattempt to nuke herself mistress or a sum in lougdivision.

Herface and nrtk crimsoned at the remark ofher teacher, but looking np, she si mid some-wh-at

by the kind glance tint methers. "No, ma'am,Iwasuot; but mv sister Nellywas."

"I remember there was a little girl, who cal-led herself Nelly Gray, came in yesterday, but Ididn't know she wa--s yonr sister. Hut whv didyou not conic f You seemtoluvu to study verymuch.''

"It was not c I did not want to mint,"was the earnest answer; ami then she paused, andthedecp Hush again tinged that fair brow " liut, "she continued, aftrr a moment of painful eiubar--

motiier cannot spare us isiiucouve--niently, and so we are going to take turns; I'm

' "oinir to school one day, and sister the next ; andI'm to teach Nelly all Pv e learned Ioh1.iv ;

'and to morrow uight she will teach me all she' learns w hilehere. It is the onlv way w e ran think

of and we want to study v ery mnch.so as tn sometimes keep school ourselves, andtake care of mother, because, she has to workvery hard tn take care of ns."

" Yon bad lietter go and take the air a moment ;ou hav e studied v ery hanl " said the tea-.ih-

as the little girl put np her slate."I luI rather not; 1 might tear my dress; I

w ill stand by the window, and watch the rest ofthe scholars."

There was such a peculiar tone in the voire ofthe pupil, asshesnid " I might tear my dims,"that Miss M. was led instinctively tonoticii it. Itwas nothing bnt a iiine-iiciiu- y print of deep blue,but wasncatlv made, and had nev er liecn w ash-ti- l.

And while looking at it, sho rememberedthat, during tbe previous fortnight Mary Grayattended sthisd regularly, she had never seen herwear but that one dress.

"Sho is a thoughtful little girl," said she tnherself, "and does not want to make her motheranv trouble. I wish I had more such stholars."

The next morning May was absent, but Iiersis-tr- roccupied her seat. There was something si

interesting in the two little sisters the one elev-en Jears old, the other eighteen months younger,agreeing tu tend schisil by turns, that Miss M.could not forbear observ ing them closely. Theywere lirettv fared children, of delicate form, andfairy-i:k- e hands aud feet ; the bier with dark,lustrous e.vcs, andthe other with orbs like thoJune sky, her white neck veiled by a wreath ofgolden ringlets. She observ cd in lsith thosanmclose attention to their studies, and as May hadtarried during play-tim- e, mi dnl Nelly; and uponspeaking to lier sister, siiu reteiveii mo same an-swer, "I might tear my dress."

Again the reply canned Miss thethe garb of tho sister. She saw at once it wasthe same piece as Marv's, and upon scrutinizing itclow ly, she become certain it was the same dress.It did not fit so closely on Nelly, it was too longfor her, and she was evidently not at rase, whenshe noticed her teacher looking at the brightflowers that were so thickly set ou the darkground.

The discovery was one that could not but in-

terest a heart so truly lienevolent as that whiihpulsated in the bosom of that village teacher. Sheascertained tbo residence of the mother, audthough sorely straightened by a narrow purse,that same uight, hav ing found at the onlystorsin the place a few yanls of the same material,

a dress fur little Nelly, and sent it toerin such a way that the donor tonld not be

detected.Very bright and hippy looked Marv Gray, on

Fridav morning, as she entered the school at nnearly hour. Sim waited isBy place her booksneatly on ber desk, and then approached MissM , aud whispered in a v nice iu spite of her ef-

forts to make it low ami deferential"After this week, Nelly is going to school every

day, and oh, I am so glad.""This is good news," replied the teacher, kind-

ly. "Nelly is fond of her lmoks, I see, and I amhappy to know she can have an opportunity tostudy her Issiks every nay."

Then she continued, a little good humored mis-chief encircling herejes:

"Bnt canv our mother spare yon both conve-niently f"

"O, yes, ma'am, she can now. Something hashappened which site didn't expect, and she U asglad to have ns come as we are to do so."

She hesitated a moment, bnt her heart wasfilled to the brim with joy; aud when a child ishappy, it is as natural for it tn tell the cause as itis for a bird to warble when the sun shines.

So ont of fullness of her heart she spolc,and told the teacher this little story:

Sho and her little sister were the only childrenofa poor widow, whoso health waa so feeble anddelicate tliat it was almost impossible to supportherself and daughters. She was obliged to keepthem out of school all Winter, liecause they hadno clothes to wear; bnt she told tbem if theycould earn enough by doing odd chores for thoneighbors to buy each of them a new dress, theymi r lit to in the SnriiicT. Very earnestly bad tholittle girls improved their stray chances, and verycarcfiillr laid bv tbe copper coins which nsnallvrepaid them. They bail each saved nearly enonghto buy a ralien dress, when Nelly was taken sick,and as the mother had no money beforehand, herown treasure bail to be expended fur medicine.

"O, I did feel so bad when school opem-d-. and

Nelly could not go. because she bail no dress," saidMary. "I told ber I wonld not gneither; bnt thosaid I had lietter, fori could then teach ber some,and it would lie better than nn schooling. Istood it for a fortnight, but Nelly's little faceseemed all the time looking at me on the way toschool, and I couldn't be happy a Wt; so flnallrtlionght of a way by which we could both go, andI told mother I would cotaeone day, and the nextday I would lend Nelly my dress, and rhe mightcome, and that is thai way we have done thisweek. But last night somebody sent sister a dressjust lik" miur, sail now she can come too. 0 ! ifI only knew who it was, 1 wonld get down on myknees and thank them, and so wonld 'Nelly ; butwe don't know, and we hsveilone all we couldfor them we pray for then; ami so, Miss M--, woare au glad now. Ain't yon, too V

"Indeed, lam," wasJbe empbatlo nnswer.And on the following Monday, when little Nellyentered the schtiol-root- ,hcr as arose in the sunshine, awl approached the teach-er's table, and she exclaimed, in toises as musicalas those of a freed fountain "I'm coming toschool no--

, and Tut so gladr ifMb) M. lelt as she had never felt that It waa

Bmre Messed to give than to receive. NonOU'on-air- e,

when he sawhi namein public pffatt, Maded.'for his thousand dollar rhairitica, was' aver halfso happy as that pnorarouoi leacaer, WDo.woreOlfl Cloves a uau a ouuinirr iimavv loaai saeoujr- -

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