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Vf -v CW -y '.fr-gg $fi tiv : g - t -y nil ,iti XI VVy V V V III JE U CT-IJ 111 I ill I I. Ill J LI- ry , . i - , ; ; . ... onlf to be rained tti It It usefully employed." T 10LU3IE II.-NUMBER 31. ASHEVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUAEY 4, 18 WHOLE NUMBER 83. LAND MESSENGERS VRT FRIDAY MORNING, BY toiuuY c IIKISTir A CO.? -u dw fc published , rt T"' DoL" iSn Tcinu per annum, in advance ) or L tf parent be delayed after the Kirta iota Number from the time or suo. dbeontinucd (except at the op. P?Shc) until all arrearage are paid. rfKsMMMt. will be weened for One Kja, wiU be made from the regular price, for mtollanous. BarnaW DMdlenm. . Son d netghborthe honest er-lmpudence extraordtmn ft, Irishman inn quandiryThe jg ai Ike pppytte ktU tv itf i have before mentioned my o!J neigh. L-r;Slam.n(lttio ereai zest wu.i frty laugh o much, that lie would soon Ibave it his own expense, than not to '.eitit ill. Tim lived in 9 remarkably .K-ighborhood. Nearly an ins neign. Ilt belonged to the church ; indued fhey .excefdin2ly pious, that they could Mr engage in an ordinury convorsntion filnit interlarding their language with , .';n,M.M,hrttseo!ogy. Like the hypocrite ' , ,Hy Pollock, ' in scripture terms , i, ht, and sold and lied. But not :Mf the very atmosphere which uiliud was filled with piety, still awui mire there were rojrues sornewhero , it bim, for nearly every night did he miss tern to suspect. It he snouia mention to one nitile. S. .mm Dothinc, but watch the closer. fine u were sainU he know not whom to yS, he therefore tried to preserve the Imi seoresv till sucn a time as ne snouia : ; r- v i bo his "neigTibors, teh to one btii lib P'SL". rfmnswered with a quotation Trom raUIi, and JeUSoJnrrjjaucludeOeltnight not a pig, I II o a . . hn nlm hio Inil ' minutes, I'll break every bone in your body and I'll servo your master the sumo sauce when I catch him. . Tat protested both to his own and his master a innocence, and swore ' as true as St. Patrick, the animal was a puppy when he left home,' but the enraged gentleman would not listen for a moment, but giving him a kick, the effects of which ho felt for the Dcxt half hour, started liiin towards his master. : . , , . , Put trudged J6wards7bme in a dreadful quandary, 'finro,' sai4 he to himself, 'I saw my master! .the 'puppy " in the bag, and how the dev.. jie has changed to a pig, bates mo all ouf.Sinless, as I believe, he is the devil himself.' , ...,, Of course, the poor fellow could do no less than stop on his return, and tell the wonderful news to his quandam master Tim Slocum. Tim listened with much ap. pa rent astonishment, and when Pat had con cluded his story, be could offer do possible explanation.: While Pat stepped to. the well for a pitcher of cool water, the young porker was removed by Tim, and the dog put back to its old quarters. Pat took a strong glass of whiskey and started once more with the bag, which ho tremblingly said, ' ho was sure contained (ho devil hira. self.' On his arriving home he was accosted by his master, who was surprised at perceiv-1 nig somciiuug in me ong. . . r . . ' Why, Pul, what have you brought' in the bag?' - - ,- - 1 Sure aDd its the animal what you was after sending to the gentleman a divil a bit would ho have it. ; . ' , Not have it?' Why, it is the likeliest whelp in the country. Why would he not have it J' Whelp or no whelp, your honor, but bless mo if it wasn't a pig when I got there, and no little kicking did I get for that same,' A ui&! What do you mean, you stu pid scoundrel, to call that beautiful dog a you turn him out, and if he's II cat every ounce of him, not bartin his tail.' ." Clarke seized the bag nnd rolled the whelp out upon the floor.. There! what do you soy now, you Irish blockhead ?VjJ? .z , Tsui's eyes looked as if they would . start from their sockets as he staggered back, and raising both bands exclaimed, 1 By the holy St, Patrick, he can be pig or puppy as he pleases !' . , ' It was impossible for Clarke to fathom the mystery i but all his attempts to get Pat to repeat his journey, were fruitless, for he swore he would now require a hundred mas. es.tOj save, his, soul from purgatory for having carried the devil ; six miles on his houluer, and he would not do it again if bis dying mother should command it. In a few days the mystery was tultv ex- !1ained by Tim Slocum, and many a hearty augh did the anecdote give rise to ; but Put to this day believes or proresses to be. lieve, that Tim's story Is 4 fiction entirely, and that as sure as St. Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland, he carried the devil six fliiles-tft a 4we bushel ba Thb Pbintbr's Apprentice. A young' man was once apprenticed in this city as a printer. He" boarded at the house of his father, who was in easy circumstances, but I who required his son to pay for his board from the avails of special perquisites which furnished his fellow apprentices with a liber, al supply of funds for pleasure. This the young man thought was hard f but when he was of age, and master of his trade, his father called him and said Here my son is the entire amount of the money paid to me lor your board during your apprentice snip ; l never intended to retain it, but have reserved it for your use j with it I give you as much more, as a small capital to com. mence business." Tho wisdom of the old mar was now apparent to the son. His fellows had contracted bad habits in the ex penditure of similar perquisites which the father had withheld from him, and were now penuyless in vice. Ho was enabled with a good character to commence a small busi. nous, and now stands at the head of publish, ers in this country. Most of his compan. ions in apprenticeship are miserably poor, vicious and degraded. The same man has told me that he never was but once in a theatre. On that occa sion be had been persuadtd to go-by his fel. low laborers, who were accustomed to it, and who furnished him with a ticket. On taking his seat in the box he remembered' that it was precisely the hour his mother was accustomed to retire for prayer, and h6 I well knew that the bnrden of hetpraycre embraced the salvation of her children. He rushed from the room, and never return. ed to it. Those sons are privileged who have nravinff mothers, and fathers to disci. pline and restrain them. Faithful parents make their children to be blessings to the world, and crowns of glory to themselves. Who does hot honor the parents who are honored in their children? i convinced by ocula r demonstration ; who Je thief was. He was hot long kept in MfeDie. One night at about eleven o clock irmg occasion to go to nis ceua uuer rig of cider, he was not a little surprised i tfueovering one of the ciders 'wf the mi in the very act 6f filling tt bag from 'fflVpork barrel.' Tim stood riveted to letpot wUh astonishment ; expecting ev- h instant to see-the tbiet tall on ins Knees W implore for tnercy ; but his surprise aywell beiraagined when tne ewer, wun KtimoDious twang exclaimed, 1 The Med See when no man pursueth, hut the IjktoHaare at bold as a lion, at the same ime thrusting his hand io the barrel and mging forta another piece ot pork : lie joke was too good to bo lost. As loa as Tim recovered from bis surprise,' fc roared with laughtery at the same time Mawiing, Tou iniernai weezenaccoy Jrpocritical scoundrel your impudence can the devil by fifty per cent. It is a erfect curiosity, and worth paying for; ike the bag of pork in welcome, you have a rod it.' . c, Asd,'twid Tim, a he afterwards fre- (ueBUT rebtcd the utorv with a heartv I . . J . . 1 i: c I J.J1- u. . . I I t. . . l . : . .1 : . . 'Ihe racalflUi 8UiaHv-take UD tbe-l"' .ur"'''a i ,af;"" BUUU1D grci. uupi. uireciors niei anucuniiuuuu iu segsiuu iwu "g,Blaced it on his shoulder, and with a latelj sanctified walk, marched out of the e door be came in at, merely saying, gwa night neighbor Slocum.' Tim once bad an Irishman employed on tftwa, but after several years he become iwehol a toper, that Tim was obliged ' oucaarge him. He afterwards became title more steady and obtained an employ p a Mr. Clarke's, a couple of miles 7 iubi residence. It so happened 1 on a certain occasion , M r. Clarke be sw4e fortunate owner of a fino litter of wif dogs of a peculiar breed, " lie wos "ijoui to present one to a friend of his, 'WRsided amile south of our village; so "Sting a fevorite whelp, he placed it in a and writing a line to his friendrgave r wuume necessary directions, at r wme time charein!! him not to ston on rliiPM JlartedVbut having to pass, jw bouse of Tim Slocum. the recollection F ho8e excellent whiskey, was not to be fuastoo4bvamnilmnn rp.'. 1,- k .l t,,ere- Tim soon learned "whkt ! '? h'bag, and while the latter ip Crt - r 10 reP'eni8h Tim's whis.. 7WtIe Tim dexterously slipped out the D Z Lwwiuited a pig of about the same R Pat returned from the cellar, took f good pull at thn k..l 4 ' on hit journey, totally unconcious of frange metamorphos which had taken j" m BIS taff. Arrivintr nt lh r-tn nf prt " produced itie letter, and the ernan was mur.h ntoauail in (ait thnl 'ifKnd Clarke had sent him a dog of the -ew roundland breed. M6ine Utt e fe low nut npnfU A fjentleman addressing Pat.l 1 yinshman put his arm inthe bag, and ymewhat startled at hearing a grunt, Ib squeal; but when the animal ipTgM,iQU,e l,ghtnd proved to be mcouldDonlefpexc,aimj , SJJ, i'gn! iTitisnta pig may I be mtfgl 7.Q besure it s, you rascally exclaimed the centleman in . mem. Ifiiat8 tbal ae and his rvant were 'WS 40 ,r,8u't Wm-' nd if you I i toks it up and lh!s pln(;e in two IIoW TO ASCERTAIN THB AGS OF HoRSE. Al) e. toemcd eorreipondont requested ug to publiab di. Ycetions for discovering the age of horsee. The loiiowing answer must surtice lor tins monib when we find a better.we will pve tt i lrilurebasiriir'S tiorser'not the"least 'important matter is to be able to tell hit ace. In transfers sitions are often pra'cticM UpoU the crcduTooB and"; uninitiated purchaser. 1 Io prevent Una, to as (Trent an extent as possible for the future, is the object of this communication to the public The must cerium uicbub 01 aBccruiiijiiig tun age vi 9 horse lit to examine the changes which take place with tho teeth. The twelve front teeth begin to shoot fn about two weeks aftef the colt is foaled. These are called colt teeth and are shed at differ ent periods and replaced by others. When the colt is about two (cars and a half old, the four middle ones come out ; in about another year, four others are lost and in another year, or when the bone is four and a half years old, ths four last are shed. These last are replaced by what ro called corner teeth. ' They are hollow, and have a black mark in their cavjty. They are scarcely visible, and tho cavity deep, where the hone is four and a half years old ; they begin to fill when he is six and a half, ana the mark con. lioually diminishes and contracts till the horse is seven or eight yean old, when pie cavity fills up and thu black mark is obliterated. The horse acquires his canine teeth or toshes about his fifth year.' The two hi tbi lower jaw begin to appear when he is oeiween mrco or lour years 010 ana these in the jaw five ojr six months after. They continue very sharp pointed uu six. At ten, me upper seem blunted, worn out and long, the gum leaving them gradually ; the barer they are the older the horeo-From ten to fifteen, it is difficult to tell the horse's aga it is sufficient to know that be wold and Under the hard treatment which is given to horses generally, th eon elusion will be a safe one that he is worth but little. ' Annual Meeting of the American r Colonization oclet jrrci"' The twenty-fifth annual meeting of the American Colonization Society was held in the Fourth Presbyterian Church of this city on the 18th inst. The Hon. H. Clay was prevented by indisposition from attending the meeting, and the RevWm. Huwley , one of the V ice Presidents, presided.; The annual report was read , from which it op- Eears that the cause of Colonization is in a iirhly prosperous condition, both in this country ana in Africa. The report, how ever, will soon be published t and will speak for itself. - - ' The Rev. C. C. Vanarsdald, of Philadel phia, at the request of the Executive Com mittee, delivered a Jiighly Jnteresting and impressive discourse on the life, character, and death of the late Thomas Buchanan, Governor of the Commonwealth of Liberia , which will doubtless shortly be published, as the Board of Directors have requested a copy for this purpose. The Hon. H. Clay was re-elected Pre sident of the Society, and, the Vice Presi. dents of the last year were re-elected, with the following changes, viz. Major General mhetd -Scott was appointed, vieo Majo General Macombe, deceased; the Rev. President Wayland,f, Rhode Island, vice N.Brown, Esq. deceased; and the Rev. Thomas E, Bond, D. D. of New York, and the Rev. At Alexander, D. D. of New Jer sey Jworaadded to tho n umber.--4- Alter the bociely adjourned, tne Board 01 ToiiciiiNO Incidintw Durinv bis speech in Fa. neuil Hall on Christmas evening, Mr. Hawkins re. tatei an instance of the terrible effect of intemper ance which bad recently come under his observa tion in Worcester county, A victim of this appetite bad driven his family from his miserable habitation and had parted with every thing be could sell, un- til only a laiuilul dog was ten, wno aepi uis mas ter from freeaing by lying on his feet at night The wretched man, to gratify the demon of thirst that raged within him, killed his dog, sold his skin to a tanner, and with the proceeds went to his hut, and held hit last 'level in drunkenness, and in the mbrninr was found dead, from intern- peranee and cold. The faithful dog was no longer tbere to keep warmth and life in bun i and when the coroner came to hold an inquest, the only food found in tne place was a ball pint 01 meal. - Imhovinent m Tiuvelu.no in Euaor-It is said that at the late opening of the Strasburg Railway, a grand dinner was riven at Mulhauaen. One inscription on the walls of th dining; rooms ran thus "la 1500. the journey from Mulhau. sen to Stnubur?. occupied eitrht davst in 1600. ait days 1 in 1700, four days; is 1800, two days ; days, dunhgliicRlue r transacted. . ' A very respectable number of delegates appeared from the differeetState Societies though several of the States entitled to deb egotes were not represented. . The Executive Committee laid before the Board a letter from Hon S. WUkeson, which they received in December last, ten. dering his resignation as a member of the Executive Committee; whereupon it was 1. EesohetVtioX the resignation of Judge Wiikerson be accepted. 2. Resolved, That the thanks of this Board be presented to Judge Wiikerson for his arduous services while General Agent of this Society and a member of the Execu. tiv 0mmittt. ahd esnociallv for his de- ' r : 1 j voted and 'gratuitous aid during a period of great difficulty ana embarrassment, and that hejbe assured of their high respect and eonfidence7wuhthe most "ardent wishes for his future welfare. .. . Committees were appointed on the finan- cial transactions of tliet year, the general state of the colony, ana other subjects, and made reports entirely satisfactory to tne Board. " '" On motion of Mr. Whittlesey, it was Resolved, That it is expedient to appoint for the present year a Corresponding Sec- retary, whose duty shall be denned oy tne Executive Committee, and whose services shall be under their control. ' Whereupon the Rev. R. R. Gurley was unanimously elected to that office. The following eentlemen were elected members to that office. -The following gentlemen were elected membera of the Executive Committee for the ensuing year, viz : W. W. Seaton," R. S. Coxe, M. St. C Claeke, ILlaspstr, - H. L. Eixswokth, R. R. GrjBLE, There was no person appointed to fitt the station occupied during the past year by Judge Wiikerson. After the transaction of much business of a minor character, the Board adjourned. fl"The greatest harmony prevailed during the meeting, and much good is expected to result from it. From the New Orleans Picayune. a none siory. Some newspaper celebrity has been be stowed upon an original bit of drollery, Culled "A Theatrical Auctiopeer," promulgated first In this paper, oome ten or twelve months ago. From the same humorous source we have another bit of facetia, though not of so sparkling a character us the other. Uur jocoje Uoston4uctioneer was called upon one day by a country horse-dealer from Vermont, Who wished to dispose of a horse. He as one of those distinctive characters peculiar to the section, with a countenance strangely indicative of both simplicity and shrewdness. y-u I say said he, " I want to see the auctioneer, that auctions off horses hereon Saturday." .. t . ' I'm the individual,"said the auctioneer; " what can 1 do for you ?" : , " Well, I've got a horse I want to sell, provided I can get enough for him ; don't want nothing faore than his value, neither. He's a good one, though just now he's a link thin ; but I reckon he ought to sell pretty smartly." Very good ; will you have him adver tised?" " Well, I guess I don't know 11bo.1t that. What do you ax?" - IfOne dollar first insertion; fifty cents for, every time after." " That's lew dollars for three times ; I reckon you may put him in the newspaper onc&, stranger, and after that Tudmm Tslide, " Very good; what color is he?" m ' Rather brown than otherwise.", 'J Id hesound?" ff Sound! O,soundasadolhr shouldn't like to warrant him, though." "All right; IU advertise him and sell him 'on Saturday. Have your " critter" at the mart 'by 12 0 clock. "1 jest want to tell, Mr. Auctioneer, I should like to have the animal limited at fifteen dollars ; but you may let hint go for live. " Exactly ! and you won't take a great deal more than is offered for him, will you?" . ... " Well no, I m not dispositioned to be hard any how ; I ruther calculate not." Saturday came,-and one dollar and a dred times within the courm nf ttm lt A trmntK thnt f finA flint n ana.il;iii.. must not exceed two thousand five hundred dollars a year." "I will vouch for your having said so a thousand timesi'- rejoined our hostess. . ' I hear nothinbut retrench ment, economy and reform! The cry 11 as loud and frequent in this house as it used to be among the Harrison men before the election." Mrs. Tomson then addressed herself to us in particular : ' Why, air, I asked Mr. Tomson to order a quart of icj cream. He knew you would dine with us but no it would cost eighty -seven and a half cents and so he must economize, and now we have no ice cream!" After the delivery of this speech, Tomson took out his pocket book and made a memorandum in it. . We remarked that the streets had not looked very nice recently, and ventured to suggest that the new city administration had not yet got warm enough in their places to take a peep out of the windows and see what a dirty condition are the thorough, fares. To this remark Mrs. Tomson as. sen ted, and added that, for her part, she regretted nothing so much as the giving tip of her carriage. "Indeed," she added, " I hate cabs but this morning I was out shopping, and tli'a streets were so unclean that I got in one in Sccond-st. and rode home" " Were you tired, my dear, so that you could no walk? asked fomson. No but I didn't want to walk, and the cab was iouJy tweoty-five cental Tomsou took out his pocket book and made another memo random in it. " You were out, my dear, shopplg this morning, you say. What did you buy ?." inquired Tomson. "Nothing at all; 1 saw fifty things I wanted, but I knew you would begin a lecture about economy the instant you should see them." " Well, I admire your self-denial in buying nothing." "Nothing! Ohrno; I bought this little pink plush cravat for myself the cheapest thing I eversaw;they" ask a dollar and a quarter in Chesnut street for the same arti cle, and what do you think 1 gave for it ?" f Well," replied Tomson, ' have you not a pink silk one, and daryou need this new one?" "Not positively but then it was only three quarters of a dollar." Torn3on half bid for tho horse. ' How much more do I hear? One dollar and a half is only bid for the animal before you. One dollar and a half joinr iroing." " Sell him, sir, he's a dying " whispered tho Vermont horse-dealer into the ear of the knight of the hafnmer. ' Gonel" shouted the auctioneer, and down went the old horse at a dollar and a half. - - - After the sale tho horse-denier was the first one-up at the desk r4Kettloment.- - " Well, 1 recow it won t take long to set tle up this little trade of mine about the horse," said he. "Not long, said the clerk, " there s your account of sale ; you" have to pay us just fifty cents more than the horse-brought.' " jro-iitical obstruction ! exclaimed the Vermonter, with a humorous aftctatidn of astonishment: i tien-wttit-a-satiattoti ma ner he continued, " It's cheap enough f there's a fifty cent piece. Cluap enough ! I couldn t a gin lam away at no price, and it would have cost two dollars and a half to bury him. Just a half dollar saped. Good morning; MfrAnetioneers"7ij enough. A llOSIESTIC SKETCH ADAPTED TO THE TIMES. We dined with oOr friend Tomson the other day. It was "the first time we Jiad Beenlo see him since he quit his large house in Walnut street, and moved to his present small one. Every thing looked comforta bla enough about his new dwelling,- except Mrs. Tomson? and she declared there was not room to turn about in such a little hole. Tomson, however, Jiad borne his reverses with admirable fortitude and good humor, considering how immensely rich he was, or was supposed to be which is the same thing a few years ago,. Misery loves com pany. It is one thing to fail or curtail, now a days, when nearly everyone is doing the same thing ; out it was quite another thing four years ago, when all the world rode a hiirb liorso. To return to our friend Tom-. son fas lands, his loansthave turned out to have no more substance than the lather of Glen's saponaceous compound. . His fourteen sections .in Indiana and Illinois are, from Borne cause or other remote ness from the market, prevalence of milk sickness in the neighborhood, or something tif this kind worth less than the original government price. The Hug-a-m'ug and Derrydown rail road loan, and the stock of Fligflap bank, in which he was interested to the amount of forty .eight thousand dol. lars, are now quoted so low that he con siders thenr worth little or nothing. . "But as we remarked when we sat down to-disner, " everything has so depreciated in value that no man can tell what he is worth," and so wo place no estimate uponj proprfrty, W e nave said the house is com fortableand 80 it is, He has persuaded Mrs. Tomson to part with a few of the most splendid articles of her furniture, purchased within the laM five 7ears, because Mrs. Tomson has the good taste to see that they do hot become her present contracted esta blishment. ; As we were dining the conver. sption was partly about the change jn, Mr. Tomson's style of living. We have always been very intimate, and he tells us all about hisaffairsrf T " T v T hliM fnM Mm Tnmonn fin 11 hn in I the course of the talk, " at least one hun. nd thus took out hk pokeLbfcairiJTnUde another memorandum in it. " Well, Mrs. Tomson," said we, " yofl certainly have not given your husband cause to lecture you to-day on retrenchment, eco nomy and reform, if three quarters of a dollar is the amount of all your shopping." " Stop " exclaimed the lady ; " I have not shown you one purchase I made -cheaper than the plush cravat. Do you see this pair of mitts? what do" you TUiirik Tgave for them?" We could not guess, but Mr. Tomson asked of what use they were. "Oh, none at all," answered his wife: " but they are so pretty and so very cheap. I gave only half a dollar for them. Tom son again took out his pocket book and made another memorandum in it., " Tomson ! what are you writing in that book?" we asked inquisitively. " Wlill, I will show you," said he, nnd then placed Mho book in our hands, when. wo read, in pencil, the following entries ; n. . October 25. Credit 'T. for ice-cream not bought, 87 J cts. Ch'ge Mr. T. for cab hire when blie could walk, - - - - . only 25 .' .for link flush cmvat, not ; gajiU ea, - - j - . - uuiy u " for mitts, not wanted, only 50 .,.., .quLa. After we liad examined these entries, during which time Mr. and Mrs. Tomson sat silent, ho took the book, wrote some thing mora in it, and then returned it to us, with this calculation : $1 50 Multiplied by 365, the whole number of days in a vear. 5-17 50 Five hundred and forty-seven dollars and fifty cents a year. " You see," said Tomson, " only twen-ty-five cents, only seventy-five cents, only half a dollar, is at the rato of more than I' i , i i i it . . . . . . c . 1. nve nunareu uouurs u yeur oui.ui uiy pucn et more than one filth of tho sum that I am able, as so libnest man, to spend, and all for things not wanted !" - It was time for us to go-when Mr. Tom son had concluded this remark ; so we left him and the imprudent Mrs. Tomson. But we remembered the last item in tho pocket book again" only half a dollar," and we thought if all -our friends,. in these hard times, would only remember how feiv cents a day make a hundred dollars a year, they would look well at it before they would spend " only half a dollar." Tn DsexKAsn's Wiu I leave to society a mined character, a wretched example, and a memory that will soon rot. .... 1 leave to my parent, during- the rest of their lives, as much sorrow as humanity, io a feeble and decrepid state, can sustain. I U ave my wife a broken heart, a life of wretch, ednesa, a shame to weep over me, and premature death. I give and bequeath to each of my children poverty, ignorance, a low character, and the re, meniberance that their father was a monster. Baltimort Clipper. Fai!BJiAsocBV in Engi-and. -" His Roval Hieh. t the Duke of Sussex, .it is said, is about to resign the Grand Mastership of the Ancient Or. der of Freemasons and it is also rumored that his Royal Highness Prince Albert will be offered that distinguished honorary appointment." The Hartford Eagle thinks that the mem bers of Congress' had better got up a fist ical agent todo their fighting. If two mem. bers get by the ears, let the agent nog tnem equalize tne e.xcnangei. ' 03" We call attention to the following article, which we find in the South-Western Christian Advocate. And with the editor we exclaim what a shame ! what a burning shame ! Yet, here is one thing1 we have long noticed : wherever a man is long in the habit of making or dealing in spirits, he is sure to involve either himself or some of his children we rarely see it fail As a proof of it, scores of instances might be brought forward in this section of the coun try ; and how illy he deserves to be called other, who will sacrifice the virtue, morals. character, and every true interest of his child, both here and hereafter, for the sake of paltry gain ! for the sake of a few four- pence Jia -pennies ! A Youso Tofee. Dr. S called at our office few days since, and related to us the following fact, which occurred with, in the range of his practice during the last few weekp.: An infant, about two years old, was strangely diseased. The doctor was called on for . medical advice. Ho examined the patient , and found it in a helpless condition. It was bloated and swollen until it present ed a very unnatural appearance. In the course of examination, the child called for a dram ! This at once aroused the doctor, and he made particular inquiry into the mat ter, when the father informed hirn ihal, Abe child was in the habit of taking laige quan tities every day. The father kept liquor for salo ; and whenever he supplied his cus tomer, he gave the child a small portion, until it acquired a love for the poison, and couldTdriuk it in large quantities without any apparent inconvenience. The secret was told. The doctor prescribed strict temperance rules, and the child has recov ered , and is doing well. Many children are made drunkards by their parents before they-are--takerwutof ' the fading-strings. What a shame ! what a pity ! Nj wonder so many sons prove a curse to their parents, when they train them from itifancy to love ardent spirits., -Parents, be watchful. Valiiable'rccipes. Those who make candles, will find it a great improvement to steep the wicks in . . .!., ., ...Ill !. ...,l .1.,. ..II .. lliiiu , nicy win uuui vicor, uiiu mofoiiuw will not ' run.' Brittania ware should be first rubbed gently with a woollen cloth and sweet oil, then washed in warm suds and rubbed with soft leather and whiting. Thus treated, it will retain' its beauty to the last. New iron should be very gradually beat I ed at first ; after it has become inured to me item, u is nqi iiKeiy locracic. It is a good plan to put new earthen ware into cold water, and let it heat gradually until it boils, then cool again. The oftener carpets are shaken the long er they will wear ; tho dirt that collects under them grinds out the threads. Do not wrap knives and forks in woolens wrap them in a good strong paper. Steel is injured by laying in woolens. Brass andirons should be. cleansed, done up in papers, and put in dry places during the summer. It is easy to have a supply of horse ra dish all winter. Havo a quantity grated while the root is in perfection, put it into bottlesfiH it with vinegarndkeejp it cork ed tight Wi'sienrjuirinerT" """" "A sixGUtiR wbasei. stoev. A friend gives i us ilmHbllowing-tofyy-therutbef--which is vouched for. Two gentlemen, -who were passing near the cemetery re cently, observed a weasel and a rabbit whoso singular movements attracted their ntten. tiou. The were " eyeing " each other very intently, ul a short distance from the observers. The weasel was evidently aim ing to drive the rabbit into a wall that lie might entrap him. The rabbit, not liking the appoarunce of things, seemed to avoid his adversary. Tho two creatures kep their stations for some time, casting horri ble glances towards each other, and neither being willing to move-lest tho-other should guin, some advantages. The ground was covered with light snow, which was several inches deep. Suddenly the weasel disap peared the observers did not notice the direction he took. The rabbit; perhaps, suspicious still of the movements of his ad versary, and not knowing in what direction to look fur him, and fearing that he might fall into his devouringjaws, kept still upon the spot. In a few moments on the spot where the rabbit stood, the weasel and, rab bit were seen in deadly conflict The lat. . ter became the victim. The observers tp pronched tho spot; the rabbit was dead, anif tne weasel had " taken to his heels. On examination it was found that the wea sel haoVentered the snow at the place here he was first seen, and worked his way be neath it and come out again exactly under the unwary rabbit By this cunning course he had succeeded in capturing him. L. Courier. - . Cruelty to a Locofoco. A well k nown individual (now a resident of Kentucky,) who" oncirwent abroad to dispose of the State stocks of Illinois, and managed, by means best known to himself, to make one hundred thousand dollars out of the trans action, was exhibiting a fine blooded horse, not long since, near this city. " Come, gentlemen." said he, " I gave 820,000 for this horse in Europe. I should like to know your opinion of him." " Well," said a tall Kentuckian, ' rny opinion is, that be looks as if he hai tco mueh IHinms stock in him." i i 7!
Highland Messenger (Asheville, N.C.)
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Feb. 4, 1842, edition 1
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