Des Arc citizen., March 08, 1866, Image 4

About Des Arc citizen. (Des Arc, Ark.) 1866-1867

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THERE ROUES \ TIHE.
There comes a time when we gro w old,
AWT'Wlt* * sunset down file e*.
Slope gradual, end the night winds cot 1
Come Whispering sad and lulling.y :
And looks arc gray
As winter’s day;
A nd eye* of saddest blue boltoid
The leave* *11 Wo«sff drift away.
The lip* of faded coral say,
There comes a time when Wc grow »W.
There comes a tithe when .Joyous hearts,
Which leaped as leaps the laughing main.
Are dead to a® save memory,
A prisoner in his dungeon chain;
And dawn of day
Has passed away,
Tho noon hath into darkness rolled,
And by tho ambers wan and gray,
{ hear a voice in whisper *ay.
There comes a time when we grow old,
Thera comes a time when manhood s prime
Is shrouded in the mist of yuan,
And baa,tty, fading like ft drontn,
Hath passed awlry in silent tears;
And (lien how dark I
But oh ! the spark
That kindled youth to hues of gold,
.Still burns with clear and steady ray.
And fond affect ion*, lingering, say,
There ootnes m tihif Witen we grow old.
There comes ,t Imo when tangling spHng **
And ifolden stimmer cense to be,
And w« put on the autumn rd»r
To tread the last declivity ;
But now the slope,
With lmsy Hope',
Beyofid the sifnsef we-behold
Another dawn with fairer light,
While waudit*.*whisper through lii iur,r
Art jp ''
wvf MetlHM or two poriauoH
tho tfissisHippi
AClaelrtnatl paper nates tJSnt an agent of •
tho Mississippi Valley Transportation Compa
ny has jnsf made tho purchase of a powerful j
steam tug iti that city for tho new lino about j
to bff established between the ports of St Louis
and New Orleans. Wo are on the eve of a
grand uud important improvement in trims -
port itlon facilities—-dno by no means in ad
vance of tfic demand for such an enterprise,
but, on theeorttrrary, already forced upon (ho
men of the day by tho lat Hy in -res-ed ! -dk
of agricultural commodities which tho rich
lands of the Nortwost avothrmvin x upon the
markets. No railroad aeon mm.' lations can
ho rendered sufficiently ado oihWo for the pur
poso, nor can such » method of transport an
be made economical enough for the service,
ft. is impossible to freight the cheap yet iwlls
p«n-#bto art into of corn from the interior of
Miunasota nr Illinois to New forts by rail artd
lcaveany profit whatever Mr tho producer,
and the alternative is pro-on;.'I of either
abandoning the cultivation of that great ce
real, or of finding out -.onto cheaper method of
distributing it among the distant consumers of ^
the country.
With remarkable unanimity the farmers up
tho river have concluded to abandon the arfi- ,
litfial channel* through which, at an enormous
expense, they have sought the sale of their;
produce, and adopt the'' grand inbihd sea of ;
tho continent—the broad and noble Missis-'
sippi—as the artery through which the life of ;
trade .and commerce is able to course its way.
no matter what gigantic proportions the re- j
sources of their teeming section may assume
It is to meet this expectation of the people of
the Northwest— to become a link in the chain
of connections which modern enterprise and
nocessi ties are stretching throughout the land
—that tho Mississippi Vai’tey Transportation
Company arc organising their energies and
resources. The plan is extremely simple in
design, and will, upon the first, presentation,
comment! itself to he approval of every otic.
The main object is to transport freight at the
least possible cost. To effect this*11 expenses
which can possibly die dispensed with arc to
be curtailed; and as those expenses are con
nected with tho cost of the ('mni.ivvtfl
and the expenditure; incurred in running
them, a reform in their construction, equip
roent and running outlays covers the entire
programe of tho arrangements. By di-pons
ing with the palatial robins of our ntcareers, !
and the retinue of servants required under
the existing s‘yle and system, one-half thy
* >*> fen he saved in t he balding of a hoof in
th* first place, and far more than thr.t io it
usual expenditures afterwards- A powerful
tug, wiht accommodations only for the neces
sary officers, and power sufficient to propel a
half dozen or morrpnrge barges, is tho method,
»s we traders;and it, of the new company for .
transporting grain and other articles to the
gulf ports. This system will admit of he;
most perfect and fat isiV.ctory scale of economy, |
and While (be river Is free, and e.tp AiT.rnTTfs"
properfions toinvita competition to any ex
tent, thero can exist no possibility for extor
tion in charges or inadequacy of facilities for
all limes to come. The links of connections
at the port of New Orleans with the leading
markets ol Now ¥ork and Boston are complete,
white others equally important with Phila
delphia. Baltimore and elsewhere arc in sne
ceisfttl formation.
So we go. The spring, now vriih its foot
Upon the threshold of our temperate dime,
will witness tho inauguration and success of
this new eniorprUo from Bn,..Bonis thence to
New York and onward. There is no ground
for apprehension that the magnificent steam
ers of the Mia»i»Sippi will go*out of fashion
through this routine.-' ' .1 inn it
sfaaii still have passenger vessels ef the same
pieganeo of appointments and elaboratem ss
of finish—-very po-siVy, as they will be exclu
sively. nv more particularly dedicated to the
passenger bu«ine«S—of superior qualities. A
voyage on tho grande-' river in the world,
and through a eounrty of various latitudes
gn4 pre lactions, with a eomiunos 1 tie of
cities throughout its whole extent, will excite
the desire of that traveler for all lienee to
come. The new method Injures bo older
system—strikes at no rivalry—destroys uo
established interest—hut springs- up at a too
ment wuen iuereused developments of agricul
tnral resources nnd commercial necessities
demand it* facilities and economy.
)t!**X„rl I* well known that, an auction ol
unmarried ladies used to take place annually
in Babylon. “In every district there aescnib
led on a certain day ot every year all the
virgins ofwarringenble age." Tire most beau
lifttl was first put. tip, and the man who bid
i.ho largest, sum of motiy gnirfed possession ol
her. The second in personal appearance fol
lowed, nnd the bidders gratified themselves
with handsome wives, according to the depth
if their purses. But, alas! it seems that there
was in Babylon some ladies for which no
money was likely to be offered: yet these also
wore disposed of. so provident, were the
Babylonians. When all the beautiful virgins
were sold, the crier ordered the most deformed
:o stand up. and after he-had openly demanded
who would marry her for a small sum, she was
It length adjusted to the utan who would be
satisfied with the leaH.; and iu this manner
lio money arising front the sale of the hand
some served as a portion of those who were
•ither of disagreeable looks, or (hat had any
tnperfeclion. This custom prevailed about
Ivc hundred years before Christ,
CiikrsB.—From an address delivered before
lie Convention by X A. Billiard, Esq.,
alitor of the Otica Herald, we take the follow
ng extract.:
He showed from analysis that, cheese was
>ne of the most ntrtrftiofra articles of food in
. . .. hi m .. d pound
wioe ns nulricimis as beef, and yet the cost of
i pound of cheese was much less than yfo
sounds of beef. When the people began to
niderKt nnd that cheese was not only one of
he greatest luxurfbs for the table, but, at the
nine time cmlnined more nutrition than any
other a“ticl<^)f food, and-at, less cost, more
would he eat on on the score of economy. The
prices obtained for cheese had always been
too low. Cheese could not well he afforded
under 20 cents pojt pound, according as other
products were selling, and considering the
rates of gold, should bo made to reach that
figure. The cost of cheese to the formers t he
post season was a fraction less than W cents
per pound—not including the labor of the
farmer in personal supervision, etc., and yet
many were crying out against, the enormous
prices obtained for cheese. If interest on
capital and the cost of labor and all other
expenses were taken into account, the farmer
would not be found to bo piling up the vast
sums many fancied.
— - _ xsn-*-- —*
9f?3^My Pretty Little Dears, you are no
more tit for matrimony than a pullet is to
look aft er a family of fourteen chickens. The
trtt<ft is, my dear girls, you want more liberty
and Te«efashionable restraint, more kitchen
and less parlor: more leg exercise and less
sofa; more making pudding ar.d less piano:
more frankness and less bustle. I like the
buxom, bright-eyed rosy-choeked, fulibrrast
ed. bouncing lass, one who can darn stock
ings. make her own frocks, mend t-rowsers.
command a regiment of pots, and shoot nt
wild ducks as well as the Queen of Spain : and
be > lady withal in the drawing-room. Bn’
as far your pining, screwed-up, wasp-waisfed,
putt y-faeed, music-murdering, novel-devonr
ing daughters of fashion and idleness, with
your consumption-soiled silk stockings antf
calico shifts, you won't do for future wives and
mothers.
Fashionable Women.—Fashion kills more
women that, toil ami sorrow. Obedient to
fashion is a greater transgression of the laws
of woman's nature, a greater injury to her
physical and mental constitution, than the
hardships of poverty and neglect. The slave
woman at her task will live and grow old, and
see two or three generations of her mistresses
fade and pass away. The washerwoman, with
scarce a ray of hope to cheer her in her toils,
will live to see her fashionable sisters alt die
around her. The kitchen-maid is hearty and
strong, when her lady has to be nursed like a
sick baby, ft is a sad truth that fashion
pampered women are almost worthless for all
the good cads of human life. They have but
little force of character: they have still les
power of moral will, and quite as little physi.
vwi kj* * jf • f,- i- ’ r •
in life—they accowptHsfc no worthy ends
They are only doll-forms in the bands c
milliners and servants, to be dressed and f-v
to or*W. They dress nobody; they feet
nobody • they instruct nobody; they hies
nobody, and save nobody. They write n
boons; they set no rich examples of virtue am
womanly life. If they reav children, servant
and nnrses do all, save to conceive and giv
them birth. An l when reared, what ar
they? What do they ever amount to, hn
weaker scions of the old stock? Who eve
■h-n-1 of C f-.sliion -.hie Woman s ciiild exhibit
iny any virturo and power of mind for whie!
it become eminent ? Read the biographies o
onr great and good men and women. Not ont
of them had a fashionable mother. They
nearly all sprung from strong minded women
who had about as little to do with fashion a?
with ilia Charming clouds
Sew Sites of Medicse Treatbevt —A
! joint stock Company, with $50,000capital, is
; getting up in Buffalo, to establish an institu
tion to treat diseases by compr - se'i are.
; The operation consists In placing the patient
' in a sms 11 circtdsr roots, through wliich, bv
1 means of an air pomp, 100,000 cubie inches
| of pure air are forced every minute, under a
: pressure of fifteen pounds to the inch. TV.
: air, consequently, being compressed to one
' half its volume, the patient inhales double th<
amount of oxygen.
-- — — -
-“I am on the trail of a dear," as r
gentleman said when he trod on a lady',
[ dress.
-It Is a great blunder in the pursuit of
, happiness not to know when wo have got it
that is, not to be content with a reasonablt
»i»d possible measure of if.
Joining th<* Odd Fellows*
‘•Very well* Mr, Jenks. you know my opin
! ion of s-erctsocietidm”
“Perfeetdy,. my dear, perfectly,” said otir
friend, thrusting hi* band* into hi* pockets
| with all the energy he could "rtmtain.
j “And yon #10 join?”
“Don't you think it beet?”
“No sir, once for oil, I <lo not.
! “Consider, my dear, if you should bo left a
! widow, with nothing to support you, ’
“My denf!”
“Mrs. Jenks!''
“Will yon listen for a moment?”
“Certainly.”
“Well, then, much as I respect your wishes,
I and you know that, Clove you dearly, if will be
I impossible far mo to oblige you in this in
j stance. I have sent’ iu my document, anil to
night am to lie initiated.”
Mrs. Jenks opened her handsome eyes in
; amazement, and for a moment was lost in
j wonder..
“And so you are actually going to bo initia
| ted?”
“Well, will you tell me about it when you
j come home?”
| “Perhaps so.” t
Comforted by this assurance, tlic lady offer
I ed no further opposition, and oar hero took
his departure. About the hour after eleven lie
returned a W’-er if not a better man.
“Well, my dear,” exclaimed Mrs. Jenks,
“what, did they dq to you? what is it like?
1 were you much frightened? Come, toil me all
about if.”
“Don’t, ask me,” gravely replied our friend;
“T beg you won’t ask me.”
"Why not? I am ycuir wife, you know, and
wife and hatband are one. Why nob?
“Bark!” said Jenks; “did you hear any
thing'”’
“No, nothing.”
“Silence, my dear, remember what Shaks
peare says about sermons in stones, books and
running brooks. If I should divulge it.
,
“The patriarch of tiie tribes—even now he
may be at our own window.”
“Mercy on us,” ejaculated Mrs, Jenks;
“how you do terrify a body. I-I-I shiv-shiver
all over.”
‘•If you don’t want, to be killed outright,
rak no more questions."
“Sure you can tell something about an
idea or two that would’nt ho divulged now."
■•What if you should in an, unguarded mo
ment, let. the secret, out?”
“Oh, trust me, it will be safe in my koep
ing.
“You will never tell."
“Never.”
••Not even /our mother'.’ You know how
gossiping ladies are.”
-1 wiii never open my lips to her •. n t ho
subject.”
“Hark!” exclaimed tanka, with a theatrical
start; “hear you nothing'.'”
“Nothing,” repeated his wife, with unfeign
ed alarm.
“Tie only the. wind,” mused our friend: “I
thought that it might..bo the grand bash -
armed with his Mrcumvcnter, covered wit lithe
curious devices of the order. Now, ha-uen, it
you love me—for the sacrifice I am about to
make is great—and you mun seal your lips
forever on the subject.”
“Weil, my dear,” said the lady, with along
drawn sigh.
“You have oftor hoard of the cat being let
out of the bag.”
“Yes.”
“Well, I saw that cat to-night.”
“A real live cat V'
“Yes. and an immense cat at that. But you
shall hear. You shall hear all. Ret me begin
at the beginning.
“That's right, exclaimed Mrs. tanks, boot
less with interest.
“On arrivin.gat the hall, I was immediately
I seized by four smart fellows, and taken upot
! the roof of the building. Here 1 was congm
; tied and compelled to answer about a huudre.
I questions, all having a direct bearing on tin
: science of astronomy.
J “What ft queer proceeding,” exclaimed Mrs
tanks.
“How I answered these qnc-.iions muss ev.
remain, 1 suppose a sly** jryr to myself*— cer
: tain it it, is, however, 1 did answer every om
—although T did not know it. till to-ntgn;
j there's a dipper and a chair, and a four imr.-u
j team, and t don't know what else, in the sky
’I Is it not a pity that this beautiful scheme i;
j so sadly neglected?”
> “Well, what then”'
* “V. hy, the next question is too subs nrd to ho
> repeated. They wanted to know whether I
1 took a newspaper, and if so. how much f owed
* : the pvinter. Fortunately. I had just then paid
' j my subscription; otherwise T must have been
! j rejected, as no man can become an Odd Fellow
: who owes a cent to the printer.''
‘•Well, f never:"’ exclaimed Mrs. .Tanks,
—- ■ ' i
! ! to be sure!”
“Exactly. Bar scarcely had I an-were!
these questions satisfactorily, when an im
mense. dame shot tip, and we as quickly shot
! down!”
“What! Through the roof?”
“Oh, no! I suppose we. took the stairs, but
as I was securely bound and tongue-tied i
; hardly know how we got down. The apart•
i meat into which I was ushered was pitch dark
and a strong odor of brimstone pervaded the
I room ”
“Brimstone, my dear?”
“Yes, It must have been brimstone; foi
nothing else could have produced such a sti
fling sensation.”
“Well, of all things!”
“Then began the roar of artillery, with at;
■ occasional volley of small arms. In the midst
| of the tumult I heard a low sweet voice chant
: ing a hymn of reace. ‘Man shall love hi,; fel
lows,' sang this angst—‘cruel war shall be
wsged no more—-peace shall reign—slaverj
, shall perish—industry shall meet its reward
|—charity fills the hearts o: men.* When this
happy singer had cease 1 a lend, cry for eheaj
i postage rent the air.”
“How very odd!”
“Yes, but jiraflike these Odd Fallows; they ;
i ,ixo real reformers,” replied our friend.
“Well, my dear!"
Well, then, lights wore prepared, and I .ngn- ■
j ed the constitution.”
“Well, what of the cat of which you were
speaking'? ”
j “Oh, nothing, my dear only they let her |
| out, and for a minute or two she appeared j
j quitehewildtered. It was the first time 1 bed ever
seen that cat- let out of the bag. Hut what
: struck mo with iho greatest awe, was the ap
1 pearance of the lost tribe and. the doulde-joint
j ed bashaw, who, in a load voice, continually
..•aid; “Hip’o is -hurt—prepare for that which
’ is to come. Het all men have charity', and love
their neighbors ns themselves, whereupon
' - he grtind patriarch, armed with the tail ofttte
great gran.1 lather’s authority, arose and im
I pressively adjourn H the meeting,”^
“Well, I declare!” ejaculated’ Wrs. Jenks,
••and'this is joining the Odd Fellows'? '
• •Yes. but remember to- keep what I have j
! t0i,i yon a profound1 stecret,” said.Tenlfs. witha
; hivlf SBiOthertMt chuckle. ait he buried his head
j in the ben clothes to keep from laughing out- ’
i right.
: J -~~-—
Stoxkwam. Jackson.—a Richmond letter
writer to the Mew 1 „rb *fotsfttttl of 0otnswrce,
■ in speaking of the peculiarities of Stonewall
Jackson, says:
i
General Jackson had a theory that “a man
j could do whatever he had a Will to. When
asked if he coulif write an epic, lie asserted
that ho eouldlf he had the will. This was one
of hi s eccentric ideas, but it. revealed a source
! of his power
He adtfrcsSed hiciself to' the tatirtt of public
prayer in religious meetings with indotnita de
determination to overcome certain natural
disqualifications, which would have discour
; aged an ordinary man, and excused himself -
; in the eyes of his friends'from the perform- j
j ance of the duty. Ho tailed, and failed again,
i but the Keenest, mortification did not. turn him
i .aside from the effort, and heat last succeeded, i
i With the same unconquerable spirit, ami with j
i just as humiliating feature*, he undertook to !
J become a public speaker in the debating had j
j of the village, amt tritn me siuue ™mm» ;
learned to speak well.
Tbb Philosophy ok AnrsitTratso.—It is a j
. well known maxim of polhieal economy that f
j desire creates demand, and that demand is the J
I stimulus of trade. Whatever, then, produces J
desire for tiie articles of trade promote* it.
| This theory is well understood by tailors and
: milliners. The former have tlieir “walking
I advertisements” in every community, who
display their fabrics and tits, and bring them
custom. The latter prospers notoriously by
introducing the “latest fashions,” and when
they have he decked some of the “leaders" in !
their richest and finest fabrics, or set. them off
with their “Love of a bonnet," their advertising |
is wisely done. For an acute observer has
said of the ladies, that they dress for each I
other's eyes, and what lady is willing to. be
surpassed in fine or fashionable Jrcs .* But :
i many tradesmen cannot avail themselves of |
the principle in this way. They must content
themselves with a display of their wares in .
sb ow cases or at shop doors and windows, or
if they wish to create a general desire for their j
commodities, they must advertise. Let the
| people thus know what : here is to sod, and;
j where it is to be had, and the people want it.
j Desire is engendered, and this creates demand
i Many of the most, successful merchants have ,
j " >
| made their fortunes by generous advertising. ;
| When one's name appears in all the papers, he. ’
! becomes known, as it were, to everybody.
When he advertises largely, to many it is :
prima /aeit evidence that he is selling largely'. I
that he-is successful in trade, that La has I
many patrons, that his large trade enables him !
to sell cheap, and everybody wants to buy at ■
! his popular, and especially at his cheap store. I
1 Regin a poor man, and let your first year's ;
: i profits be judiciously used in advertising, and
i you are worth more at the end of the second
; j year than if you had remained hid in your
: corner. Wa commend this philosophy to our ;
I readers—to advertisers of every class.
.‘•TnuofiLE with a Tigke-—One of the family j
! of Xel, residing on Mr Comley'a farm, near i
the Koonap, in Africa, had a t’arefut conflict l
| recently. Mr. Mel had boon annoyed for ‘
Home time by baboons, and took his gun on ‘
| the morning in question, wish the view of i
; shooting a few of these depredators. On,
i desponding a kloof he was surpr-jsd te see a ;
i dead bloebck, and at a short distance further 1
! rite carcass of a buck of a different species. ;
. booking cautiously round he spied a large j
i tiger in a bush close at hand, and raising his '
gun to his shoulder he fired. The shot only
grazed one oft he brute's paws, aid the infuria
i ted animal at once sprang on his assailant, i
| who was knocked to the ground, and hi.; gun |
; forced our of his hand, if el, seeing it was a '
struggle for life, courageously grappled with
| his foe, and being uppermost at. the commencc
, went, of the struggle, endeavored by main
! force to hold the animal by tie ears. A blow
I from one of its paws however, convinced Xel
! that he had overrated his strength,-or under*
1 rated that of the fierce brute, as he v. driven
: back soma distance, when the tiger again
I closed with him, and fastened on his right i
i shoulder, hi-';.,gin«j. him to the earth, this time j
fUndermost. Fortunately, the blow of the
I tiger's paw knocked N'el to tho spot where he
j had first dropped hfa gun, and summoning all
j his force and resolution to his aid, he manag
1 ed to lay hold of his weapon with his [eft arm.
j his right hand being utterly powerless, The !
j tiger still held Mel in bis teeth, and was !
| making great, havoc with his body—a minute
\ more and all would be over -.but Nel was deter
mined to make* one struggle more, and getting !
his gun ffortun vtcly a double-barrelled one) :
against the body of his antagonist, while the
latter still retained his hold, managed to pull
the trigger of the remaining barrel with his j
teeth The shot (old, the tiger rolled over
’ dead, and Nel was saved : saved at least from ,
; instant death, but the poor fellow was so ’
drea<lfu!Jy lacer&tod that he vflth difficulty got
h otne.
future: ting EffWfer f omMrs. Stonewall
Jackson,
Til* following,*tetter &on» '’uiS estimable!
lady explaitt»-itself:
Cotta re Home, ft. 0., -bin id, .18(50.
Mr Dead. Sib:—-Your letter ot r.be tidinst
was forwarded to me from Lexington. ' «■■ 1
imvo delayed an answer for a few days, hoping
to receive the paper to which you referred,
but, it, lias not yet, reached me. and I' hare not
yet had the pleasure ofreadingyour editorial;
but,, judging from the remarke in your letter.
I suppose it is a similar publication to what i
lias recently appeared in many of the news
papers. representing the family of Genera!
Jackson as suffering for the necessities of life,
and appealing to the public for their relief.
It is a source of deep regret and mortification .
to me, and to myfamily and friends, that such j
a misunderstanding should exist, in regard to
my circumstances. If is true that almost the
whole of my little fortune has been swept i
away. My noble husband, actuated by pat- ,
riot,fsm, invested in Confederate bonds, to
assist the Government, and I following his ex
ample, the consequence was the loss ot nearly
Mi o’ whole ofhis estate : but God has still left .
me one of the kindest of fathers, who has the j
means of providing all the comforts of life for i
me and my orphan child. The pecuniary
sufferings of others in our afflicted land have
been so much greater than my own that, in
this respect, I have only need of a more thank
ful heart. And I, of all others, should have 1
no fears fer the future, for the covenant keep
ing God of my husband has watched over* us
heretofore, and the lave of this great people j
*o rri ■ and my little child, on his account, fills
ny heart with grateful joy.
While it is one of the- greatest, comforts of;
ny desolated life to see the many beaut iful j
md eloquent tributes to the memory of my j
leloved husband, and I would gratefully ac
•ept any offerings that arc voluntarily given as 1
'i'ltirmnials of lore and gratitude to him. yet the •
mntribntions that are now called for arc given ;
lnder a felne. imjnreaeinn, and it is inconsistent
with my ideas- of honor and rectitude to j
receive them. I would therefore beg that all j
efforts that are made to raise a fund for my i
“relief," both in Charleston and elsewhere, be j
unuieaiai-c.ty rcoppeu.
With thanks to the warm-hearted and gener
ous citizen of Charleston and for thir kind j
feelings towards mo and mine,
I remain yours, very truly,
M i at Ass Jackson.
Geo. H. Cathaart, Editor Charleston Dally
if/ni’s. '
■Sly address is Charlotte, M. C , care of Mr.
James P. Irwin.
Tits Otse.-.r M>.» is ran United States-,— !
There is now in Kansas City in this State, ft i
man, Josepenno, who, the Kansas City Jo>mm! j
declares, is the oldest mare ire the United j
States, ife does not know exactly when he j
was born' nor what his age is: but his experi
ence. as related by himself,, tend strongly to
confirm the Jonnuil’s statement. He was a
man at the time Canada was-invaded by Gen.
Montgomery hi 177”. but does not remember
his age a: fh-stdaf1* ' i he renoilec: ;h 1 h
was in the woods sr-Citinjr rails, when the j
news came oflhe advance of Montgomery upon {
Gut-beck. At the c! we of the American
Revolution, he left. Canada, and settled in tfc ;
then Louisiana Territory, west of the Miss' r_
sippi, from which rime be was almost comin- •
ually for some fifty years in the employment
of various-fur companies as a trapp er, in tin:
mounting regions of the west. During ibis
time be was at the battle of Mew Orleans,
under General Jack-on, and states then (IS 15}
lie was very grey-headed. About thirty
years ago he hired out as a trapper to the
late Major Dripps, a well known mountain
trader—the father-in-law of Mr. Wm. Mu!key. :
with whom the old man now resides His
services for .Major Dripps continued until
some seventeen years ago, since which time |
he has not attempted to hunt. The history of i
his long life in the mountins is replete with
strange aud startling incidents, of hairbreadth
escapes from Indians and wild beasts, of star
vation anti suffering ire the mountain snows,
and other scenes peculiar to the life of a ,
trapper. He is nearley the last ofihe old;
stock of the tappers. Bent, Carson, Bridger,
etc,, are but boys to him. and he will scarcely
permit; to them the appellatioA of “mountain
men.” For toe lust fifteen years, sines he
become too old to hunt, he has been kindly
oared for by the daughter of Major Dripps and !
her husband, who have furnished him a
comfortable house, and have his meals regul
arly sent to him. The old man is in excellent
health, ard always ch"erfttl and happy—never
was sick a day in his life, attends church
(Catholic) with great regularity, and takes j
much interest in all that is going on. His
second childhood is happy and refreshingly j
innocent. * Last summer he went with the I
family to see the cars running on the railroad,
a sight he had never before witnessed. After
i 1 ■' on l '.-f won lerlngly. ho rorn.ar- !
ked, “I will tell God I have seen a railroad. '
1 [.sous InnEtiLARiTtEs.—Dr Corvesart, cele
brated for his knowledge and treatment of
diseases of the heart, was, like so many |
others, a lover of champagne wine, which
ho drank feed at dinner. The effects on
him were some what of a contrasted nature.
At the beginning of dinner, while the other
guests were busy eating, he was jovial, and
indulged freely in stories and anecdotes.
At desert,, on the other hand, when the con
versation at the table had become animated,
the doctor fell into a serious, taciturn and
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reuce, and many other of like tenure, the
author of the Dbysiology of Tu,te draws,
with becoming gravity, this conclusion :
Champagne wine, which is exciting in its first
effects, is stupefying in its suhseijnest op
eration. Ho finds the cause and explanation
in tite sparkling gas, or corbonic acid of thr
wine, which produces analogous results.
-A Lady’s dressiag-tabls is perhaps
called »-toilet been use it is there that most of
her toil i- generally performed.
_Persona mailing letters nr*. wanted
;Uac if they jut an inanfficiett* number of
stamps on them, they will nut be forwarded
except to t he Dead Letter office, Heretofore
the deficient postage has been charged atui
collected at the delivery office; but postage
•A-lil henceforth be required in full at the point
of mailing. This will be a serious inconveni
ence to persons not skilled in guessing at half
ounces, and without scales for weighing >hejr
Letters,
-A boy named Monahan, in Chicago, at
tempted to shoot his father. A younger
brother -topped before his parent, and re
ived the ball in his abdomen. The wound
is pronounced mortal.
- Gen. Foster commanding the Depart
ment of Florida, has issued an order revo
king the restrictions heretofore placed upon l
the sale of arras and ammunition by the mil
it ary authorities.
-CIov. Patton, of Alabama, has Issued a
proclamation, granting amnesty and pardon
to all persons who have been or are liable to
be indicted or prosecuted for offenses com*
miffed against the Taws of tbe State—the i
crimes of rape and murder excepted. The
provisions of fue proclamation cover the
ground from the 1st. day of April, 1861. to
the 20th day of July, 1805.
-A man named Devlin, in Maine, has
bulged a complaint, against his wife for play,
ir.g practical jokes on him while drunk. TVa
advise her to quit her Devlin.
-Some boys were recently trying to as
certain to which elasss of trees the Tree of
Knowledge belonged, when one little fellow
gave it as bis opinion that it. must be a birch
tree.
-Chorus for a man who has to sleep in
the fields—‘-Too-rural! Too-rural! Too-rtt
rai-way. f
ALFRED BOYD. ) AB'M BOYD,
of Paducah, Ky. ] of Paducah. Kt. B
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