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VOLUME 1.
PONOLA, PONOLA COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 1843.
NUMBER 4.
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MTER.YUY, DOMESTIC, & FA SI I ION A
II LI FAMILY MAIiAZITX'?.
Goilcy' Lnily's Hook,
For 1813.
isDITHI) II Y MIIS. S.J.1IAI.13& OTHERS
THE LO; ESTAHf.lsiIEl)
arbiter of gastt, ff.rslifou, an"a
The Belles Lett res.
FOlt TilE I.ADlES OF AMERICA.
GODEY'S LADY'S HOOK having been for
n long a series of years, nnivr'rsally recogni
ze.! as the exc.Kisive and indispotable guida to the
lair sex, in matters of taste, fashion, and litsra
t ,re tha only work conducted by dirtinguisWed
female. a'j&ocv whihaye won for. themselves a
Vi"lt place among tha g'lidin'' spirits of tha age
tlie only w ork which in point of lat has been ex
cliiively devoted to the ladies--i favor with its
I lir patrons hainntbsen less remarkable than its
perfect adapt itinn to t'leir CiMing WVl tasus and
their r-'iinireuisnw. In entering iipoaa flcwyaar,
the p'ttvMlicr, without diminishing i'fi the least that
starling and useful literature, which has so long re-a-iltsd
friin latinj ituder contribution tha native
ffvnl sens? and fdegaru fancy of o ir American Fe
male writsts, will, as each successive ivimbRr ap
pear, p-esent in the several departments of Liter
ature, Fashion, and Pictorial Embellishment, a
constant and ever raryift succession of new art!
striking features. Nor does he piomisa witoout
ample ability to parform. Tha bast literary tal
.,. tii-. hft nirnrts of the most distirtz lished artists
jn the country-and, to crown as well as adoni the
t':ie L VDY'S BOOK thattho forthcoming volume
will more than jiiftlfy its well earned title of the
Magazine of .Mngaziiv, for tha .adies of our
country.
It has passed into custom to assert ihatdres is
a inartar of trilling importance, but this every lady
knows to ba utterly false. Tasta in dress is uni
versally felt to be ths index of a thousand desirable
,nalities in woman, while a deficiency in this res
pact always injures one in the estiioat on of stran
ger", and even oilier intimate friends the beauty
of Helen and the wit of Aspasia, would hardly
commend t geneial favoranacknowledged oownv
in drtss. Hence the importance of an accraditwl
guiile to the Fashion.
This usefnl office, already filled for fourteen
years, with universal acceptance, by tha L.tdy's
llocjk, the publisher pledges himself to discharge in
ftiturs, in a style surpassingall his former efforts.
The ladies know perfectly well that our 31 agazine
is the highast authority in Fashion.
No lady considers herself well dressad who con
t'avencs th's authority, and, in our own city, in X.
York, Hoston, Baltimore, Cincinnat1, lonisville,
Lexington, St. Looij, New Orleans, 3Iohile, Rich
mond, Charleston, Savannah, and the other inetrop
olian cities of the various States, the tasteful
Fashion Plates of the Lady's Book dictate the laws
ofdress.
In future the figures will bejthrown into tasteful
groups, displaying the graces of dress to the best
advantage, and the back groundsof tho plates will
present interesting views, designed by the first
rate Artists.
As a farther assurance of thorough excellence in
this department, the publisher has secured the ser
vices of Miss LESLIE, who will illastrate the
Fashion Plates, in her nsual felicitous and graph
ic style, uniting a thorough knowledge of the sub
ject, with a clear, graceful and intelligible man
ner of treating it. Her descriptions are worthy of
the productions .of her own glowing pencil, which
drew the earliest Fashion Plates for the Lady's
Book.
The pnblisher's correspondent in Paris is pos
sessed of such ample means pf obtaining the real
and present Paris Fashions, and of transmitting
thmn in advance of all competitors, thatthe ladies
may continue, as they have always doiv, to copy
from our plates what has received tho sanction of
indisputable ton, the last, the newest, the best fash
ions, fresh from Paris.
The arrangements for producing a most brilliant
and attractive series of Line and Mezzotint En
gravings are now complete. Pictares fresh from
e easels of onr. first rate American Artists, are
bow actually in tha hands of the ablest American
engravers, the subjects embracing not only the usn
fcl popular and domestic topics, but others which
-r interwoven into the very heartstrings of Amer
ican nationality, treating as they do of 6tirring in
cidents in the glorious and heroic age of Amor
ica. With respect to the general literary and "moral
toneof the Lady's Book, for 1813, it will main
tain its usual consistent character of a domestic
and fashionable family magazine. While snch
contributor a 31iss lslie, 3Iiss Sedgwick, Mrs
Hall, Mr Embury, Mrs F. F Ellet, Mrs Sigour
nev. Mrs V E Howard, Mrs Seba Smith, Mrs A
M F Annan, MrsC Lee Hentz, Mrs Parsons, and
-Mrs S J Hals continue their contributions, tho
whole, the most parted arrangements lor ina re
ception of the American, 1 jniidon and Paris Fash
ions,, far in advance of any other publication in
this country, enable him to assure patrons of
beautiful and the rtseful, all that charMIS the fanf-v
and all that mends the heart and guides the best
affections of our nature, will continue to adonland
dignify our pages.
The lovers of historical romance, and thoie who
regard our nation's glory as the prime objects of
our nation's literature, will hare their peculiar
tastes gratified by the contributions of Dr Robert 31
Bird, the author of 'the Gladiator', 'Calvar &c.
The admirers of Southernscenery and manners
will recognise withpleasure,arnongourcorre8pond
ents,the name of WGilmoreSimms, the novelist,
author of 'Guy Rivers,' 4 Yemasses,' &.c.
Those who are partial to graceful, casy,noncha
halant, gentlemanly story telling, will always
hail with pleasure the monthly return of N P Wil
lis, the most piquant, lively and fertile of all mag
azine writers
The admirers of the high toned, moral and do
meftic Nouvellette, will recognise with pleasure,
among onr contributors, the name of T S Arthur,
author of 'Six Nights with the Washtngtonian,'
Arc. Contributions are also ready from the pens of
Professor Alexander Dallas Bache, late Principal
of the Philadelphia High School, Professor John
Sanderson, author of 'a Year in Pari,'. Professor
J ohn Frost, Iitor of the Voting People's Book.
Onr limits will not give us space enoogh to en
amsrata the names of a tithe of our contributors.
Our list of foreign contributors is enriched with
the names of
.loanna Bailie, Mary Russell Mitford,
3Iary Ilowitt. Maria Edgeworth,
Hon. JlrsC. Norton, Jlrs. S.C ITall, .
recognised in Europe as the elite of British female
anthors.
The publisher's means of increasing the beauty
and value of the Lady's Book are accumulating
year by year. To his already inestimable list of
contributors, he is constantly receiving accessions
both at home and abroad.
His arrangements with respect to Original
Paintings, from snch Artists as
Rothermel, Frankenstein, Croome,
Chapman, ,1aclise, Huntingdon,
are now complete, and he nombers among the en
gravers whose services are constantly retained,
Tncker, Smith, Warner,
Dick, Fadd, Ellis,
Classen, Gimbredge, Jones.
His whola system of arrangements with respect
to Fashion Plates is now developed and perfected.
The Lady's Book will therefore continue to main
tain that proud pre-eminence in merit and in pop
ularity, which fonrtaen years of nnintermitled at
tention on the part of the publisher has earned it
will still remain, as heretofore, tha favorite or
the r ah:.
Tkbms.
Godey's Ladv's Book, 1 year in advance,
do do 2jts both in advance
Two copies, one year,
Five copies, one year,
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l.ievcn conies, one rear.
L. A. GODEY,
Publishers' Hell, 101 Chestnut Street, Phil'a.
At Clinton Miss.
WILL commence the Fall and Winter ses
sion of five months on 3d of October next.
The faculty consists of Rev. Alexander Campbell,
President; Rev. Robert M'Lain, I'rofessorol .Ma
thematics and Natnral Philosophy; Edward Pic
kett, 31. D., Professor of -hemlsty1 Revt V Par
ish, Professor of ncient Languages; L. W . .uof
fit. Principal of the Preparatory department.
Tuition payahle in advance.
Piimary division, per session. 12 00
Classical and scientific division, 18,00
Boarding and room per month , 8,011
Students are expected to farnish iheir rooms
with bedding, furniture, See. and procure their own
washing. Washing can be had in town at from
2.) to 37 J Cents per dozen. '
The femala Department, under the superinten
dence of the President of the College, assisted by
3Iiss. H. K. Gillespie, and others will commence
at the same tunc.
Tuition payable in advance.
Per session, in primary division, 12 0ft
U ; middle " 15 00
(i
it
it
it
in high "
irt music on piano,
in music on euitar.
If 00
25 00
yo oo
in painting, drawing, wax flowers, 15 00
Boarding and room per month, 9 00
Boarding and room, with fuel, light, bed
ding an J room furniture, washing, &.C &c.
per month, 11 00
Dr. Picket is expected during the win' or to de
liver a course of lectures on chemistry accompan
ied with t.xperiments, for the benefit of both
schools. '
By order of the Board ; COWLES MEAD.
President Board of Trustees, 31. C.
ninton,Jept.Jl4, S12. 33lOw
JOSEPH W- CARROLL.
FACTOR & COMMISSION MERCHANT,
No. 90 Magazine Street,
IVcw Orleans.
Refer to,
Jno. II. 3fcRao Esq. Grenada, Miss.
Jno.D.3IcLemore Esq. Oakland, 3Iiss.
J no. .1 . Binford Esq. Carroll county, 3Iis.
Commfssfon fBercfiant,
. PAXOLA, p
; Jlfusijsiiyn,
I laving a commodious Warehouse at the steam
boat landing, will pay strict attention to the Re
ceiving and Forwarding of 3Ierchandise, C tton
&.c, as well as the sales of Produce or Groceries,
on consignment.
March rjth, t843. ll-2m
J.R. JEFFERSON $ Co.
Commission Merchant,
COTTON & TOBACCO FACTORS,
No. 58, Camp Street,
NEW ORLEANS.
September 17, 1842. 37 4m
A. I. Gray & Campbell,
Commission and Forwarding
MERCHANTS,
No. 41, New Levee Street,
, New-Orleans.
Having engaged the services of Mr.
R. T. Bryarly, he, together with our
selves, will give particular attention to
the sale of Cotton, and the transaction
of business genorally, for account of -the
planters of North Mississippi.
A. P. GRAY & CAMPBELL.
NwQrleans, Dec. 5, 1842. 50-13w
"James Abernatliy At Co.,
Memphis, Tenn,
James Aliernathy,
New Orleans,
Offer their services o the public for
the sale of COTTON-, Selling, Receiv
in" and Forwarding Merchandize. " .
We have employed Mr. O. E. VV Ilcox,
who will serve his acquaintances in Mis
sissippi. December 31, 1842. Hf
TttANCE.
This Icrm htia long been used to sig
nify a state, in which the soul seems to
have passed out of the body into the
celestial regions; and we have seen per
sons who were subject to ccstacies which
were thought peculiar, only to those
who had actually left the body, and
passed into heaven.
We have often produced this state by
pathetism. The persons in whom it
is brought about, describe it as one of
the most delightful states imaginable.
But, frequently they manifest on unwill
ingness to describe it at all, as they say
it so far exceeds all our ordinary con
ceptions of what is elevated, refined,
beautiful, and heavenly.
We shall, hereafter, take occasion to
give some further account of some of
these cases of our own. and, in the mean
time, we present the following from the
life of the celebrated Rev. William
Tennent. There are persons "now liv
ing who remember this man, and some
who believe that he actually died and
went to heaven, in the trance narrated
below. N. V. Magnet.
After a regular course of study in
theology, Mr. Tennent, then with his
brother Gilbert, at New Brunswick, N.
J., was preparing for his examination
by the Presbytery as a candidate for
the gospel ministry. His intense ap
plication affected his health so much,
that his life was threatened. In this
situation his spirits failed him, and he
began to entertain doubts of his final
happiness: He. was conversing one
morning with his brother, in Latin, on
the state of his soul, when he fainted
and died away. After the usual timo,
he was laid out on a board, according to
the common practiceof the country, and
the neighborhood were invited to his
funeral on the next day. In the even
ing his physician, who was warmlv at
tached to him, returned from a ride in
the country, and was afflicted beyond
measure at the news of his death. lie
could not be persuaded that it was cer
tain: and, on beinir told that one of the
persons who assisted in laying out the
body though he had observed a little
tremor of theflesh under the arm, al
though the bod was cold and stiff, he
endeavored to ascertain the fact. He
first put his own hand into the warm
water, to make it as sensible as possible,
and then felt under the arm, and at the
heart, and affirmed lhat he felt an unu
sual warmth, though no one else could.
He had the body restored to a warm
bed, and insisted that the people who
had been invited to the funeral should
not attend. To this the brother objec
ted, as absurd, the eyes being sunk,
the lips discolored, and the whole body
ccfld and stiff. However, the doctor fi
nally prevailed, and all probable means
were used to discover symptoms of re
turning life. But the third day arriv
ed, and no hope was entertained of suc
cess by the doctor, who never left him,
night nor day. The people were a
gain invited, and assembled to attend the
funeral. The doctor still objected and
last confined his request for delay to one
i i t.ir "i j r...n..
liuur, iiicii nan uij iiuut, uiiu iiuaiiv iu;
n iinirlop nn linn Url-ion 11 Vlnll,or
came in, and insisted with earnestness,
that the funeral should proceed. At
this critical and important moment, the
bodv, to the great alarm and astonish
ment of all presuut, opened its eyes,
gave a dreadful groan. and sunk again
into apparent death. This put an end
to all thoughts of burying him, and eve
ry effort was again employed, in hopes
of bringing about a speedy resuscitation
In about an hour the eyes ngain opened,
a heavy groan proceeded from the body,
and again all appearance of animation
vanished. In another hour, life seemed
to return with more power, and a com
plete revival look place, to the great joy
of the family and friends, and to the no
small astonishment and conviction of
the very many who had been ridiculing
the idea of restoring life to a dead body.
The writer of these memoirs states
that on a favorable occasion he earnest
ly pressed Mr. Tennent for a minute ac
count of what his views and apprehen
sions were, while he lay in this extraor
dinary state of suspended animation.
He discovered great reluctance to en
ter into any explanation of his percep
tion and feelings at that time; but being
importunately urged to do it, he at
length consented, and proceeded with a
solemnity not to be described.
"While I was conversing with my
brother," said he, "on the state of my
soul and the fears I had entertained for
my future welfare, I found "myself in an
instant in another state of existence, un
der the direction of a superior Being,
who ordered me to follow him. I was
accordingly wafted along I know not
how, till I beheld at a distance an ineffa
ble glory, the impression of which on
my mind it is impossible to communicate
to mortal man. I immediately reflect
ed on my happy change, and thought
Well blessed be God! 1 am sale at
last, notwithstanding all my fears. I
saw an innumerable host of happy be
ing surrounding the inexpressible glory,
in acts o( adoration and joyous worship
-but I did not see any bodily shape or
representation in the glorious appear
ance. I heard things unutterable. I
heard their songs and hallelujahs of
thanksgiving and praise, with unspeak-
able rapture. 1 felt joy unutterable and
full of glory. I then applied to my con
ductor, and requested leave to join the
happy throng; on which he tapped me
on the shoulder, and said, 'You must re
turn to earth.1 This seemed like a
sword through my heart. In an instant
I recollect to have seen my brother stan
ding before me disputing with the doctor
The three days during which I appear
ed lifeless, seemed to be not more than
ten or twenty minutes. The idea of re
turning to this world of sorrow and trou
ble gave me such a shock, that I fainted
repeatedly." He added: ''Such was
the effect on my mind of what I baa
seen and heard, that if it be possible
for a human being, to live entirely a
bove the world and the things of it, for
sometime afterwards I was that person.
Tho ravishing sound of the songs and
hallelujahs that Theard, and" the very
words that were uttered were not out
of my ears for at least three years.
All the kingdoms of the earth were, in
my sight, as nothing and vanity, and so
great were my ideas of hevenly glory,
lhat nothing which did not in some mea
sure, relate to it, could command my
serious attention."
Dr. Johnson and Miller.
When Dr. Johnson had finished the
copy of his Dictionary, in which he had
wearied Miller, his bookseller, exceed
ingly, the latter sent the following card
to .the Doctor: "Andrew Miller sends
his compliments to Mr. Samuel John
son, with the money for the last sheet
of the copy of the Dictionary, and thanks
God that he is done wiih him."1 The
Doctor sent the following brief reply:
"Mr. Samuel Johnson sends his compli
ments to Andrew Miller; he has re
ceived his note; and is happy to find that
Andrew Miller has the grace to thank
God fori,y t?g.
Digging for Money Mesmerism
In the town of Poplin, N. H. it seems
a tradition has been handed down among
the people of that place, stating that ma
ny years ago a man was murdered &
buried somewhere in that town; and al
so that a large sum of money lies buried
somewhere beneath the soil of lhat un
frequented village.
Not long since, it seems, some per
son had a dream, in which it was sun-
posed to Ikj revealed where the money
might be found. The consequence was
a number of-persons commenced dig
ging for it, but meeting with little suc
cess, they began to doubt whether or
not they had commenced in the right
place. At the suggession of one among
the wisest of them it was resolved to
call ia the aid of Mesmerism, which be
ing conceded, a lady, pliant to manipu
lation was brought from a neighboring
town and put into the Mesmeric state
by her husband, a man skilled in the
art. She informed them that sure
enough they had been digging m a
wrong spot, but to the surprise of some,
and in accordance with the confident ex
pectation of others, she pointed out an
other spot where thev micht diff for
'J wukhi u caurui iiieiews
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it is now aooui a lortnigui since op
erations have been commenced, and car
ried on in the poplin swamp. From a
dozen to twenty men have been pretty
constantly at wofk there, and sometimes
two or three hundred visit them in the
course otthe day, to witness their ac
tivity, perseverance and zeal. They
are stout, resolute, and athletic men
resolved that if money is to be found
there, to get money. And lhat money
is there they entertain no doubt."
At the last accounts they were still
digging with unabated percseverance
in mud and water some two or three
feet deep, and in sinking a crowbar to
its greatest depth something hard was
felt, supposed to be the iron chest con
taining the treasure, but which turned
out to be a rock. But the diggers still
kept ut work. Bait. Pal.
Appointments by the President
Edward Everett, as special Minister to
China.
W. W. Irwin. Charge d'Affairs to
Copenhagen.
John C. Spencer, as Secretary of the
Treasury.
James M. Porter, as Secretary of
war.
George Brown of Massachusetts,
to be Commissioner to the Sandwich ls
lands.
Albert Smith, of Maine, to be Com
missioner in conformity tothe sixth ar
ticle of the treaty between the U S. and
Great Britain concluded on the 9th Au
gust, 1842.
Alexander Campbell, the great Refor
mer, says that there are certain prophe
cies, made by the same authority lhat
Miller .founds his calculation upon, that
never have been fulfilled, and must be,
before' the "Son of Man" cometh a sec
ond time? This it would seem, throws
the Miller doctrine- into the shade, un
less those prophecies are fulfilled with
the.ne,xt year. Mr. Campbell, it is well
known, is a great debater, and sound
reasoner, and as he is said to have pro
pounded some difficult question ia Mr.
Miller, we may expect a learneu discus
siou upon the subject. Fill Ckrm,
Another Earthquake.
We don't know whereto locate the
following account of an earthquake. It
seems to be powerful, nnd the mere hea
ding of it shook. our sides a good deal.
It seems that the race of the "half
horse, half alligator" is not yet quite
ext;nct. Yesterday we were nassinc
by the Court House, where an election
was going on, when a real screamer
"from the Nobs," about six feet four in
ches in height, spraflg out of the rrowd
and. rolling up his shirt sleeves, com
menced the following tirade.
"This is me if it ain darn me and
no mistake! Billy Earthquake, Esquire,
commonly called Little Billy, all the way
from the North Fork of the Muddy Run!
Pm a small specimen as you see a re
mote circumstance, a mere yearling
but cuss me if I arn't of tho trus impor
ted breed, and can whip tiny man in this
section of country! Whoop! Won't
nobody come out und fight me! Come
out some of you and die decently, for I
am spileiug for a fight! . I han't had
one for more than a week, and if you
don't come out I'm "flyblowed before
sundown, to a certainty! so come up to
taw !
"May be you don't know who Little
Billy is. I'll tell you. I'm a poor man
it is a fact, and smell like a wet dog;
but I can't be run over! I'm the identi
cal individual that grinned a whole me
nagerie out of countenance, and made
the ribbed nose baboon hang down his
head and blush! Wh-o-o-p! I'm the
chap too, that towed the "Broad-horn
up Salt River, where the snags were so
thick that a fish coulJn't swim without
rtihbinrr his scales off fact, and if any
Krwttr flnm it. int lft Vm mn Ire their
will! Cock-a-doodle-doo! Mav be you
novnr heard o'f the time the horse kick-
nA rnn nnrt rmt tuith rf tii liine OUt of
lint ifit arn't true, cut me up lor
fish bait! Wh-o-o-n! Tm the r
infant that refused' ii's milk before tt s
eves were open, and called out for the
bottle of "old Rye!" Wh-(M-p! Per
haps loo, you never heard tell of a youth
that tried to look loving at a gal, and
threw her into spasmodics, and she is a
raving, roaring maniac to this dav.
Whoop! I'm that little Cupid! Talk
to me of grinning the bark off a tree!
'iaint nothing; one squint of mine at a
bullVheel would blister it! Cock-a-doo-dle-doo!
-Ot Pro one of your toughest
sort live forever4 and turn to a white
oak post. Look at me, (said he, slap
ping his hands on his thighs with the re
port of a pocket pistol,) VmiUe genetelne
article a real, double acting engine,
and I can out run, out jump, out swim
chaw 'more tobacco and spit less, and
drink mote whiskey and keep soberer,
than any other man in these localities!
Cock-a-doodle-doo! Darn it, (said Bill
walking offin disgust) if that donH make
'em fight nothing will. 1 wish t may be
kiln dried, and split up into wooden shoe
pegs, if I believe there's a chap among
'em that's got courage enough to collar
a hen. Well Pll go home and have an
other settlement v Joe Sykes Ilea's
a bad chauce for a fight it's true seeing
as how he's but one eye left to gouge at
and "underbil" out of both ears; but
poor fellow, he's willing to do his best,
and will stay a body's appetite tiM the
next shooting match Exit Little Billy
grumbling.
"Wellerismsi
Hail! wedded love!' as the man said
to his wife when she asked him what
was breaking the windows.
That motion is out of order as the
chairman of a political meeting said,
when a rowdy raised his arm to throw
an egg.
I'm very hard pushed these times, as
the wheelbarrow saidj .when going up
hill with a load.
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A new broom sweeps Clean, as the
widow said when her new husband ran
off with all her money.
I can be no follower of thine, as the
cripple said when the loafer ran ofFwith
his crutches.
I hope I have given satisfaction, as
the pistol ball said to the wounded duel
list. I'm getting up in the world, as the
shad said when drawn out of the wa
ter. Don't ttil speak at oitce, as the iristruc
tor said to his deaf and dumb pupils.
This must be looked into, as the spoilt
child said to his father's watch.
You can't come it, as the thief said 10
the chained bull dog.
This is sharp work, as the knife blade
said tothe grind stone.
Your goodness over powers me, as the
gentleman murmured to the champagne
while he rolled under the table.
It grows dark, as the negro said of
his youngest child.
not keep hot long, a3 Henry VHL
said when he took off Ann Doleynfs
head
Youfll get me into a snarl,- as the dog
said tothe boy poking; sticks at hirrw
These are hard times, as the man said
when he was turned out of jail becaui
his creditors could not jjy his jail
fees.
Items.
Narrow escape of the Devil. --A pistol
ball lately entered the window of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, and was very near .
inning tic devil.
A woman's tongue has been found ort
actual experiment, lately, to move 1G20
times in a minute. - t
A skeleton has been found in Missou- .
ri forty feet long and twenty eight feet
high, with tusks 13 feet long.
Why was Eve like a profligate fellow?
Because she was shiftless . " ;
" Eleven" small children belonging to
one family is a crying evil.
Parker, a member of Congress from
Houston county, introduced a bill pro
viding that but two lawyers shall be al
lowed to practice in each county, and
that they shall be elected by the people!
Boots for ladies are now made of India
rubber, requiring neither lacing nor
buttoning, and exactly fitting the foot.
The emigrants from Belfast, amount
ed during the last three years, to 18,
U40.
A well dressed young gentleman at a
ball, in whisking about the room, run
his head against a fair lady. He began
to apologise. "Not a word sir," cried
she, "it is not hard enough to hurt any
body.
An officer in battle, happening to bow,
a cannon ball passed over his head, and
took off the head of a soldier who stood
behind him. You see, said he, a man
never loses by politeness.
The adjutant of-a volunteer company
doubtful whether he had distributed mus
kets to all his men, cried out all you
that are without arms, will please hold
up your hands.
Do you believe in specific gravity?
as the monkey in ihe tree asked the
traveller, when he dropped a cocoa nut
upon his head by way of attracting his
attention.
There is a colored cenPemnn in Nova
"Sooiia so Mack that he rubs off, and his
shirt collar is as much soolet! as ifit had
come in contact wiih nn iron pot.
A preacher, discoursing on the pres
enl fashions, remarked, that there were
more corset boards in the assembly be
fore htm than would shingle a hen roost!
The editor of the Kcw York Sunday
Mercury has seen a negro whoc wool
curled so tightlv thatii made htm round
shouldered. -PiCx
Art old lady in Bangor has drunn toa
until the tea plant has U-guh to sprout
out between her shoulders.
Words are things, as much ftsifthey
had the weight of lead or gold. Let
them be used ith caution. Upon the
shutting of the lips may depend the conv
fort of many days to Come.
Scarcely have I ever heard or read
the introductory phrase. "I may say
without Vanity," but some striking and
characteristic instance of vanity has im
mediately followed' Franklin.
A Wifi) whd loses her patience, musl
not expect to keep her husband heart.
BY CAMPBELL.
On Horcba rock the pfophet stood
The Lord before hint pass'd;
A hurricane, in angry mood,
- Swept by him strong and fast; .
1116 forest fell before its force,
The rocks Were shivered in its course;
God Was not in the blast.
'Twasbut the Whirlwind of his breath
Announcing dangcf, wreck, arid death;
tt ceased. The air grew mute a cloud
Came muffling up ihe sun ;
When through the mountains, deep
dnd loiidj
An earthquake thundered on;
The frightened eagte spring in air,
The wolf rah howling from his lair;
God Wa6 not in the storm.
4Twas but the rolling or his car
The tf amplfug of his steeds from far
Twas stilt again and Nature stood
And calm'd. her ruffled frame,
VVhen swift from heaven a fiery flock!
To earth devouring came.
Down to the depih the ocean fted,
Tho sickening sun look'd Wari dnd deadf
Yet God filled not the flame.
Twtts but the terror of his ejrfei
That lightened through the trdublerj sky;
At last a tolce, alt stilt and small,
litose sweetly on the-jredr;
Yet rose so-shrill and clear, that all
In heaVen and earth might hear. .
It spoke of peace', it spoke of love,
It spoke as angels speak above: '
And God himself was there. 1
But oh! it was a father's voice",
That bade the trembling earth rejowrcv
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