t'' ' -"'"S rv " " ' k .,-. ' .".' ' - t ; ! I , . ' . . " . A, "w a-' " .. - 1 VOLMV NUMBER 12. 4 , , 'This PP"r .Is published at Two Dollam and y FirrtCssTS in advance or, Threa Dollara at the end of tueyaar. ' - ' ' ' '" A , ..ft jM-int-nU inserted at One Dollar per square ' "r,.r Hip flint, and Twrnty.Fiva Cent, for each Y eonlinuaneo. Court UrderS fin caarKtu twenty-five ftreont ei'ra. (vox tm MWKNoia.1 HOTELS YOUNG LADIES TB4BEIAGE, etc. A TRUE TALE. BY J. H. " - ;" In th.ar ot our Lord J833, 1 resided in. the city of A. in that of aong- and dreamthe sunny South. In thaity there lived a Miaa MM member of the Methodist Episcopal eh arch She combined in her pcrsoa nearly all that could bdcircd, young, accomplished. afStble, aocia. fclc, pious. Hr person waa "f the mediuuvie, gracefully formed; her "(Complexion fair, soft, and story way Interesting, ller hail lell and, cutred charmingly around a enow-while neck, and taking fceiall in all, I have acldom acen a mora- lovely firl anywhere. 8aahad,of course, multitudes of admirers, and many a heart had she smitten with an innocont smile. She had refused the heart Mid hand of a large number 6f ttu gentlemen, vrlio were her equals in all .reKpecle save her beau- ty, but she had found out that she was handume, (u most young ladies do) and come to the con elusion that aho eould get' any one, at any time. She was induced to believe this' from the fact uf bcr having so many admirers, oflfers, etc., ind the hijrli opinion she hud formed of her beauty and merits. She was, in that fair city, " the observed of all observers," and one apparently tf altogether lovely;" Many very vain and oolwcoinjili menu were paid her, all of which naturally tend ed to make hr. " think more highly of herself tLsn she ought." .She had been presented with some facinating' novels, and prevailed on lo read ttjem, Ibis she did with attention, and eagerness, srat tint time they suited her fancy exceedingly well. As soon as one was read she was presented , with another by some admirer as all seemed to vie with each otlier whd should do most to please tor fair Miaa M. She soon contracted a taste for them, and asw usual, they became the only works of any interest to her. Some grand exploit ky Paulina, Sir Edward, Hurgravc, etc., seemed to be the principal subjects of conversation with her. And she ead all as reahtiet, not at fiction; ut-Mth, not as faUehood, a distinction that ought h always to be made before and after reading a novel : but it is' one seldom made. She, however. continued her visits to the h devotions doubtless were on "cannot serve God and mammon," at the same time. The mother doted upon her farlitig child. and looked lo her as being one of God's best giftsJ la" her'; and, indeed, prued the daughter higher tban the daughter did hcrailf, for she considered her toe good for any one ! Miss M. had madea beau to suit her fancy from amtel! She had his size, form, features, man. ler, bis introduction; courtship,. marriage, and all lo her own fancy. She had learned from novels that to get married at home in the common way, without any romance, any grand exploit, any eoach, and niopi liglit meeting, anycape, was beneath the digniljjof 'a great belle who had been providentially spared from the offers of so great a number of gentlemen to become the beloved companion of a di stinguished nobleman, or status, an ..ox .great renown. . The hum ing sun of autumn had ceased to re. lect with such power; nature was fast eheding ker green mantle, and jolly winter appeared just at hand, when all should apprar around, a warm kcarth and blazing tiro a ain, to chat and sing Ike season ot cold away in mirth and pleasantry. Every thing seemed to invite gentlemen, ot liusi. km and pleasure to the city again. On a lovely Sabbath morning the church bell rang and the ether and danghlcr were seen in their usual place in- church. Amidst the usual number of admirers at ehurch, Miss M. seemed to cast a care ass glance at tfiem occasionally, and then rtvet r eye for a moment upoii the preacher, and fain she would look aiitind tho assembly. In e of these glances her eye ell upon the immag. ry idol uf her heart; she blushed and with iw her eves, but repeatedly looked at the same Person, and every time she did so, she discovered bat he was intently esxini upon her. He waa tranwivof ordinary aixo, dressed in the top of fashion, tth a snow white handkerchief, a Noni and heathy appearance ; and above all, (be lovely Misa Meemei to merit his whole at tention: AU these things strengthened her belief ttmt he was the beau ideal of all her hopes. She kuwii rtt..M tnv and an uneasy nhjht. Her wboie inquiry was : " Who was that gentleman lat'safby Mr. ." Her inquiry.. was" finally answered; an -Introduction immediately nought ad obtained. .Fortune teemed to have fixed their fceeting and was soon to gratify their brightest tteipectationi Every advance of his was met by a modest re ponae. The company of every other gentleman II u discarded. As said before, the gentleman II s an entire stranger, but to nake amends for IL-. i i , . 1-:l tii-v. ka fhj n u'rllmn ne wouia aunosv uanj - . the young lady with a pretended love letter from ome fair damsel. ind-of course, would open Ksmile as he read while passing immediately klere her window. This confirmed ber belief that saentleman of great wealth, and alddy. l which, only inoreated her love for him. After Wianable courtship, a marriage- waa agreca "ob, the time set, and all preparation made for it "eeenl. The mother was consulted, but aatoninhed and repudiated the idea oh ac of so short anaoouainlance (lliree months) little knowledge aha bad of him, etc This "mads the heart grow warmer" and Mu ' em thought hcronantie) H would be to A Weekly Family to be driven off furiously in a coach with her In. tended, and the next interview consuntatt'd the plan. On the appointed day, at durk'a carriage waa at the door, and Miss M. in all Um bincyW of youth, love, and high arotight immaginatinn. left a mother's home to join (uts with another un. tried (riend. In a lew moments they were pro. nounccd ktubaad tad Viift. The mmanec was over it'' waa a reality Lodging! were priicured t the fimt hotel in the place, and the second night brought her husband to her room intoxicattd ! with the excuse that hit particular friend had kept him out, passing compliments upon bis sue cess, wishing him much joy, 6cc, 3lc, till he had for the first lime in life taken a little too riiuth Tlie story was believed, the off. nee forgiven, and all seemed right. But alas ! " how fortunes vary!'' Two month had not elapsed before the fact was divulged that she waa wed. il to a fopith drunk ard and a trifling man, in place of an ifimagina ry lard! He was found in the- lintel guilty of the vilest drunkenness and indecencicK, and lo fill her cup of sorrow he left her to mourn her sad misfortune without the least re murtc, and went to another city. NTho late Mill, M, . returned' diirraced to seek shelter 4n the bosom of an offended mother. Her feelmirs and aituution the reader mav immnirine, I will merely add jhat alia is still asud emblem of the bad effects that too of Un arise from the al lunnr effects of novel seawko. When her heart was taken she oufiht to hare reaigned herself to her moth er's guidance and not to novel immaglna- tion.- My fair reader, beware of strangers, and decoivcra, let thi m bo ever so attractive in inaa. uer or appearance. Oct. 7 , " Taking (lie Ccim iu Alabama. BY " A CHICKEN MAN " OF 1840. Th llWwing4iiiKmiu ketcrrr frnm the pep uf Johnson J. Hooper, Ksq., edi tor of tho " East Alabamia, published ut La Fayettt, Ala. Aa atroibtT chip re. marks, it ia " enough, tu provoke a luugti under the vory ribs ol'denih." Theitnia- sion and alteratiun of a few sentences tjki.n orway tiono oTitsrhurnor. Eds. Mess j The collociion uf statislicul inli.nnntiuii concerning the) resources and industry ol tlie country, by the assiatunt tilnrsliols who were rmpUiyeil totuko the last cmsus, wu a very difficult work. TIeo..puli.r IW. pressiuit that a trutnendous lax wuuld-suon lollow the minute invest igutiuti id tko n- vute a Hair 3 ol the people, caused tlio vi:ii. aus-tukur lo be viewed in nu b:tif r light .j-vat. .1' I... - nns l.uaA.a .tnti iiik.' ousc of MSliSiBiie waa, tout the information sought n tho decline, for wc . n- - , emirelv. or given with great reluctance. The returns therefore made by tli marsnuia ex.nouuu very imperfect view of the wealth und iu- duairial progn ss of the country. In sume portions ;of the country the excitement uguiiisljhe uuj'rtuniite ijflicers who were known as the " chicken men'1'1 m ide it nl. moat duncerous lor tln m lo procfi d nh the businuss of Inking the cetlsu f-ntid bit f ler were the taunts, IhreatH, unu iious. winch llit-jr received on all hands, nit most particularly from the old vom nl I he eountry.- t he aear ow oui uiu bear to be cutaclnsed aooui tne .priHiucu 01 their looms, poultry yardrf, tid duiriea ; and when they did " come d-wn upon theuiiforiunule inquisitor ,it was with a force and volubilitv tlmt were sure to leave tm irnprtnan. JWe speak front -xi.-ri nce, and feelingly in- this subject; for it so Imp. (Mined, tlmt tho Murshul ot ine o.iuiiieru District of Alubiim.i, " reposing vspcinl confidence " iu our ability, iuvesh-d us one day with all the poers of assistant Mur. shut, ana arming us wuu in jhujici ij ty of bhmks, st ilt us lortn to couni uw no ses ol all the men, women, chiliir;n, unn hiekens. resident upon these nine hundred quare milep of. rough cnuutry which con sthute the coynty ot I ullapoosn. - UlorioM? ! thought we; but-tl diun t turn cm SO. t r.ue we t?coR:u bings, although we cume uiipleusuutly.iH'iir f iiiclniiir a dozen, and only esttipod y verw uecu iirknat k we tiuvc ,01 '"!! . . . . i..j..... na;,f but then we were .qnjzzed, hiiigiteii t, abus;d, and nearly drowm d. Chtldr. n houtod Yonder goes the chic-keu iimti! Men said, li 1 s, hung him, nj 11 nner HeT taxes wwn ; 'and mo 01a woimu thntened, iL lie JBiO to iQqtnroittK.iit their chickens, " lo set the ilojjs on him, whilathe young women obs rveu t' im j fitn't bnnw whut a.'mun wanted ti be SO perlfc-lar about gals' ages for, with.ui h.' reminiscences of our peregrtMalions thai .;n t m hoioh at now. although lh oc currences with which thty ore Cortiifcted were, at the time, anything but inirtn-in- npinng to us. .. .. . We roue up one uoy o w i - a widow nither past ihe prime of li& (just that wr'wd at which nature supplies nH.st nbundanily tho oil which' lubricates iht- hinges of the female tongue) and iiiicnmg to the fence, walked into tbu-house GKd morning, madam, .in we m 1 li I A- ...MMImt intimlftltnO' our usual oianu, uuu wun.n " c nJun"!r- . ... i-, " Mornin'. said tne wiaow grumy. Drawing our blanks frm their case, wc proceeded" I am the man, madam, jipat lakes me ceusuof.Buu- i.tu ..hii-r vnu aie!" aaid the old IIBIiii.."- .- "Yes. lve beam1 of you: P.r.,n W. mid me Vou was coming, and I told him iist what 1 tell you, that if you said ' cloth,' soap,' ur 'chickens to me tj ..1 .k HooatiiS ve. Here. Bull! Jere Pornpr Two wolfish curt responded to I Newspaper, devoted U Christianity, theeail, Jor Bull and Pomp tame to the uoor, smelling ot our lect with a slight growl, and llieii laid dowu on the sleua - Now," - continued ivow, vontinuea tne old she savage, Iht m's Iht1 seven-si duos in this roumrv Luat wet k Bill 8tone ker,s two.v.ar..ilrf oteer jumpt'd my yard lencw, and Dull and Pomp luk him by the throat, sod tin y killed him a lore my boy a could break Yin loose, to suvei the world." . " Yes mo'iim," said we, rricekly ; Bull and Pomp seem to bet very fine dogs." " You may well nay that ; what I tells lliemlu do lin y do and if I was lo sick iIm in 011 your old horse yonder, they'd eat him up afore you could sy Jack Roberson. And its jist what I shell do, if you try to pry into my Consarns. They are none of your business, nor Van Buren's nuttier, I reckon. (,Oh, old Van Buren ! I wwh I had you here, you old riiM-al! Id ahuw yuu wliair-l d I d iiinke Bull and Pomp show you how to lie sendin'oiil men to take down what liitlo slvnT people's got," jist to tax i, when its taxed enough a'ready !" All this time we were perspiring through li ar of the fierce guardtuus uf the old wid ow s portal. Al leiiuih, when the widow p'uiised, we remarked that as she was de. termineti not to answer qnealhina nbiit the produce ut the iafm, we would just set down the age, sex, and complexion uf each member ol herfumily. . " No such a thing- you'll do no sich. a thing," said sl; ; I ve got five in family, and thut's allyou'U git from me. Old Van fJiiren must have a hean to do. the dratted old villyan, to wnd you to take down how old my cliildrtn is, I've got five in family, and (hey arc all btjlween five and a hundred years old,' l hey are aW a pln'guy sight whiter ban you, and whd her they are he or the, w DtmB-rjioiirtonsffTfis; . .We told her we should report her to the Murshul, aud she would be fined, but rt on ly augmented her wrath. . -.- .-' ? A, " Yes! send your Marshal, or your Mr. Van Buren here, it you're bad off to let em come let Mr. van Bort-D come ( looking as suvuge ns a' B ngul ligres) Oh, I wish ho uxmd come and her nostrils dilated, and her eyes gleamed 1 d cut his head on ! ' That might kill him," we ventured to remark, by way ol a joke. Kill him ! kill hnn oh it 1 had him here by the year 1 reckon 1 tcooYdkill him. A pretty fellow to be eating his vitiils out 11 gold spottiia that poor people's taxed for, and raisin' an army lo gel him made king l Afneriky the audacious, natflVf stink- jog, s?Id scamp !" She'psuScp ti' moinenT, and then rosumed, And now, mister, jist put down whul 1 ttfll you ou that paper, and don't be telling no lies to senrl to Wash, ington city. Jiirt put down Judy Tomp kins, ageable woman, and fotir children.' " We objected to making any, such entry, but the old hag vowed that it should b done, to prevent any misrepresentation of her case. We however were prelty reao. lute, until she appeuled to the couclianl whelps, Bull und Pomp.' At the first glimpse of their let til our courHgo gave uy, and we nmdtuhe entry iu' a bold hand across, jq blank scUedule- Judy Tompkins, ageable Woman, and lour chit dren," ' We now begged the old lady to dismiss her canine friends, that we might go out and depart ; pnd lorthniili mounting our old black, we determined to give tno 01a soul a purring fire. . 1 urnmg halt, rouud, in order to lace her, we shouted Old owun!" ' Who told you tocall me old Wan, you long-legged," hatchet-faced whelp, Joti f I'll make the doiistuke yU off lhat horse ii vim uive' me unv more sursc. What do .. j - r - J J . X. you wiillt t" l'it r':' "' v Do you Want to gel married ?" "Not to you, ifc J, do!" .. , J Plucinir oiir "riuht thumb on the n isal rx tremity of-our . countenance, w"e said, You needn't bo, uneasy, old 'on, on that score thoughijiou. might suit sore-legged Iick S '-- up our wsy, and should like to know what to tell him he might count on if he eume down next Sunday ! Here. Bull !'-'Bouiad the widow, "sick him, Pomp !'Tbut we cantered off, unwound ed, fortunately, by the langs. ol Bull and Pomb. who kept un the chase as long as lhi-y could henr the cheering voice of their mistriiis-i-" S-i-ck, Piiini sick, sick, t.i.ihim, Bull aulxy hsuboy ! suboy!' Our next adventure was decidedly a dan. gcrous one. Fording the TallMpooaa rjv, 1 r, whery i' is exutim ly uneven be. ing formed ol masses nl rox tun 01 sures and covered with slimy green moss, whenabout two thirds of the way across, we-were hailed by Sol Todd from the bank' we were approaching. yv sioppeu 10 hear him more distiwtly 1 u..u..wt little Houire. vou a-clucKtn hontinir to dav T" . - - 1 , . Re no- answered amrmntiveiy.ne con- tinned You better ruuid. the boles in themere rqeks if your horse a loot "gita ioirhml in 'em vou II never eet it out. I ou ee that bigblack nck down to your.right T We I. there s Bod bottom oown oeww ui. Strike down thar. outside that littla riffl nd now cut right into lhat siuootn waier andcorm- across ! -Wfioilcrwrdora duet: lions ta tne wt tor und nlunvinir into ihe smooth water, we r.,nnd it to be a basia surrounded with uteep ledpes of rock and deep enough to ;.r, ihP horse we rode. R-aind and round the wior old black toiled wit hout finding santJs? rtlflsA ftl W hkh he could effect a land- r -- - j ing, 0 precapiwui -were n Political Science, igricnlfnie and occaaionully asked us if th bottom was'ot first-rate," but did nothing lo help us. At length wo scrambled out, wot and chilled to ihe botie--for it waft. sharp Sep. lember morning and continued our .jour, ney not a little annoyed by the boisterbus, roaring laughter of the said Solomon, at our pictureaqtMt appearance. . v We bnd'ut mors than got out of bearing of Sol's cachinatory explosions, before we met one of his neighbors who gava us to understand lhat the ducking we had just re. reived, waa but the fulfillment of or threat of Sol's lo make the ''chicken-mao " lake a swim iu ihe 41 Buck Hole." He had heard of our stopping on the opposite side of the river, the night previous, and learn ing-oor intention to ford just where we did, fixed himself on Ihe bank to insure our find. ing the way into the " Buck Hole." This information brought our. tap right up, .and requesting Bill Splawn(lo stay where he was till we .returned, we galloped back to Sol's, and found that worthy, rod on shoulder, ready to leave on fishing ex cursion. V " - Sol, old fellow," said wo, " that was a most unfortunate lunge A made into that hole in the river 1 ve lost U'-io in specie out of my coat pocket, and I'm certain it's in that hole for I fell my pocket get light while I was scuffling about in there. I he money was tied up tight in a buckskin pouch, and I must get you to help me get 11." , This, of course, was a regular old-fashioned lie, as we had not seen the amount of cash mentioned as lust, in " a coon's age." It look, however, pretty well, and Sol con cluded, as it was a pretty cord spell of weather for tho season and the water was ulmoatiikJcejhninH jluic,on'tenlsof The buckskin pouch would be just about fair for recovering it.. Alter some chufluring we agreed that Sol should dive for the mo. ney " on shares,", and we went down with him, to the river, to point out the precise spot at which o'urpocjtef ' grew light." We did so with anxious exactness, and Sol soon denuded himself and weit under the water in the " Buck Hole, " like a shuf fler duck with his wing broke." Puff! puff! us he rose to the surface. " Got it Sol t" -"No dang it, here goes again"" and Sol disappeared a second time, run ! niifTJ and a considerable rattle of teeth as Sol once more rose into r upper air. ' Whnt luck, old horse!" "By jings, 1 felt it that time, but some how it slid out (rf-jny fiuirers." Down -went SuL again, and up Ite came afverthy lapse of a minutt still without, the pouch. ' " Aro you right sure squire, utai you lost 11 in. unn noie, said Sol, getting out upon a targe rocK, while the chattering of nis teeth divided his words into rather more than their legitimate number of syllables. "Oh perfectly cer. tain, Sol, perlecily certain. lou Know $25 iu hard dollurs weigh a pound or two. I didii l mention the circumstance when 1 first cume out of tho river because I was so scared and eonfused thai I didn't remember it but 1 kuoWnjust as well when the pouch broke through my cout pocket, as cau be!" Thus re-assured, bol took tlie water again, and as we were in a. hurry , we re quested him io bring the pouch and half llio money to jj iOeviue, 11 nis uivmg snoutu prove successlul. ' . " To be sure I will," said he and his blue lips'quivered with cold and his whole frame. shook from the same cpusc? The f river agcr" made Sol shake worse than that, that lalt ! Bui we left him diving for the pouch in dustriously, and no doubt he would have got it, if it had been there ! . Or.ce as wo Were about to leave a house at which we hud put up the night previous, one of the girls a buxom one of twenty followed us lu the. fence, and tho following Me-a-kle ensued ; " Now, 'squire, they say you know and I want you to tell me, ef you please- what tctfchickena De worlh this fullt" V ... How many have yout"- " The rise of seventy, and three hens a setlin'!" " Well now, Miss- Betsy,'? said wer " you know how much I, set by the old man your daddy and the' old lady, y oil know how she and tne always got along and Jim mid Dave, vou know we was always like brothers and you rselL. Miss Betsy, 1 coo ider my particular friend and as its you, II te vou ! Do. 'wiuire. ef vou nlease: they say Vatt Buren s going to feed his big army 00 fowlaiaiid.sonjwJolkssayhegoiPgJaIkBJ 'em without navin' for 'em, and some say he I aim and l thoueht in eourse, ef he did pay for 'em the price vouU rise !" . " well, tne laci is uui uou 1 anv uum no about it the. army wtobe fed on fowls ; the roosters will be given to the officers to muke 'im brave, and the hens to the com- vn anldiera. because, you see: they aint as good.!' ' " In course ! So vou see. the liens will be worth about three bits, and roosters a half dol lar. and ready sale, at thai. . She was perfectly deligntea, ana we 00 not hesitate to sy would have rewarded us with a kiss,' if We had have asked it ; out inthosedays, modesty was the bright trait in intLcharacler.t-AS 11 was-.neonty w sisted oft our inking " a bit of something " in" our safdle.baes. in case we should reach town too lato tor amner. Our next encounter was with sn old lady notorious in her neighborhood, Tdr her gar rulity and simple-mindedness. Her lo quachy ktitw no bounds; it was comtanl General Intelligence. unreniiuing interminuble, and som tnn laughably silly. She was intt rested in quiu? a large Chancery suit which had bei n " dragging its slow length along " for seve. eral years, and furuisfied her with a eon. versational fur.d which she drew upon ex tensively, under the . idea that its merits could never be sufficiently discussed. Hav ing been warned of her propensity .'and be ing somewhat hurried wpeu we, called upon her, wa were disposed to get through busi nessas soon as posssible, and without hear ing her enumeration of the strong points of 1m r law caso. Striding into the house, and drawing our papers .. . t . ' Taking the census, ma'am!" quoth we. ": '"Ah! well f yes! bless your oi7, hon ey,take a seat. Now do! Are you the gentleman' thai Mr. Van Bureti has aeM out lo take the sensis ? I wonder! well, how was Mr. Van Buren and family when, you seed him 7 ' ' Wo explained that we had newar seen the President, didn't ' know bim from a side of sole leather; and. we had been written lo, to luke llitji census. Well, now, thar an'in! Love your soul !" Well, I 'apose Mr. Van Buren writ you a" lettered ho 1 No7 Well, I sup pose some of his oflioers done it bless my soul? . Well, theres mighty little here to take down times is hard, and it looks like people can't git their " jet rights in this country ; and the law ufl for the rich and hone for the poor. Did you ever hear tell of that case my "boys has got ngin 01a .Simpson ? Looks like they uever will gir tollieeendon it,;, iho cimuren wilt sui fer, I'm mightily afeard. Did ypcTever sei. Judge-. 13 ' yes 7 Did ,you ever heairJhAinsaijvha hejvnsagwwlg to do in I the boys' case agin Simpson T No f Well, 'Squire, will you ax him the nex! lime you see htm, and write me word ;'4nd n 11 him what I say ; I'm nothiug but a poor" widow, and mv bovs hae cot no. larnin. and bid Simpson tuk 'em in. It's a mighty hard case on my boys any how. They ought to ha had a mighty good start, all on tin, oui that old man used 'em up 'till ihey aint able to buy icrceiur to plough with. Its a mighty bard case, and the will oughtn't never to a been broke, but" . Here we interposed and told the old lady that our time was precious, that we wished to lake down the number ol her family, and the produce ruised by her last year, and be off. After a good deal of trouble wo got through with die descriptions of the Ijkernb9rtfv.lici'.4aiiwly "d the "Statisti- Bl M1UIC, u mi U IIW I -1. .w.... How many, yards of cotton cloth, did you weave in 1840, ma'am " Well now! Less see! know Sully Higgins that used to liveown in the Smith settlement ? poor thing, her daddy druv. her eff on the 'count of her havin a little 'un, poor creetur ! iioor gal, she couldn't help it, I dare say. Well. SuJIy she comedo slaylong jvjmuwlieri 1 jhe old marTdruV her awuy, and ahe was a pow. rful good hand to weave, anil I (ltd lliiuu he'd help me a powerw Well artor shed bin here awhile, her baby .hit took sick and old Miss Striniier aotinifertiik to help it she's a poweiful gixid hand, old Miss String er, on roots and yearbs mid sich like ! Slie made a sort of a tea as 1 was a. saying, and he gin it to Sally's baby, but it got wuas the poor creetur and she gin it lea, and gin it tea, and it looked lifre the more she gift Tt 1ea7the rnort1 " . . My dear madam, I am in a hurry please tell me how many yards, of cotton cloth you wove in 1840! I ' want to get through with you and go on !" Well wet! ! who d a thought you d a in so snappish T Well.uslwasu sayin , Sail's child hit kept a gellih Wuss, and old ... r-i. V . 4... 1 X : : 1 : I... k,nn-l. miss stringer, sua aepi a jjitim ow j " tea tell at lust the child fait looked' like hit uxWd dieany how. And boot the tin li the child was at its wust, old D.uf.ly Sykes he cume along, and he said if we d . git some night-siied berries and stew 'ertt with little cream and some nog s laro now old Daddy Sykes is a miglity hkie old jnan aud he gin the boys a heap of mighty good counsel about that case boys, says he, 1 1! tell voir what you doj you go "V ' Good lady, said we, tell about your cloth. and lei the sick child and Mis String er, Daddy Sykes Ihe boys, ai d ti e law-suit go to the dogs;1 1 tn iu a Hurry ! JrGracious, ' bless your soul d m't git aggrawated, 1 was jest a tellin',.you1iow il ostnu. f Hilln'l UIHHVM till doth lHt Veai.' - A ... a.A t vH'll ex. on to the next article.", , Yeal you soe the child hit begun to swell ana turn vauer, nu mi nepi a wuim . I, j... 1 . . . i. iu mm and a moantn . and. I k no wed eyes . 11 " Never mmd about the child just tell me the valpe of the poultry you raised last year. . " Uh. wen yes me cnicifeiis mean! wny, 1 reexon you never m j"ui born days seen a jKXir creelur havethe4u k that I did and loks like wo nevet-ehall have good luck agin; for ever since old Simnaon tuk that case up to the Chancery Hour! 1 " ?'JIever mir.d the case ; let s hear aooui tho f-hif-tpns. if vou Dlease. Bless vou, honey, the otels destroyed wand about the"bestinlf what I did rjs Fverv blessed nicht the Lord sent they nn arul u-t on the come of the house and hoo.hoo.hoo. and one night partiklar Temember. I had jist got dp to get the night she'd Halve W W the littla gni wit WQOLE IVUiMBEH 1C8T W j, well, what waatbe valui o Wiial you did rinse."' Th. got so bad the owls' did that they tuck (lie ed htiu, as well 's the younir chickens. 'I'lie nii.t I y us ifllllig Unii, I lieurn somethm' squall! . quul'f and says I, I l U t ilim's old Spj ek ill o 11 fly oud.iChius owl'a got, for I "seeii her gu. to hmh'I With her chicken flip in the plum tree, fornesl the smoke hi rtiSc." So I wiiif lo Wiir old MTm Siringei was sr. 1 ini'. t no ta) t ,Hiss Sirjiigt r! OA .'' Mi , Ulnuger,' you-' re horn, ttmt s u.kiu ul'. got old Speck oui'ii the olum tree ; well old MIbh Stringer she turned over 'poll her side, like, and suys she what did )ou say, Mis. Sfukes? and- aajs I'' We begun to gi t vi ry tired, hnd signified the same to 'he old lady, and begg. d alio yvu d answer us directly and without cir- cuiiiiocuiioti. . " liless your dear htVrt, lim ey, I'm telliu' ou as I'vsi us 1 kin. 'Ihe owls they got- worse; -alter they had swept old Speck iniil nil her gnnr, they went, to work ,on '(others ; und Bryant (that's one nl my b'y ,) he Vw ! he'd sIimo the j est. rsiane. ereeturt and a 1 one mgqt urter that, wu I. earn one I10II1 r, and Bryant, ho tuk the old musket uud went out, and sure enough there wusoicry, (us he thought,) a seltin' ou the enmh ol tho house- so he blazed away and down come -r'wliiil on airthdid cmne down, do you leCKon, nhen Btyant shol 7" 'I'lie nwl, I hiippose.'' " No sich a thing! no siph! the owl 4-wsrn'l thar 'Twus inv old house cat come a lumbliu' down, hpittm', kpotterin' and scrutchui', and the lurr a flyiu' every lime slii- jump'd, like" Vou d a busted a leather bed open ! Bryant he said thewjivlMMCoin? wlmtioT TfTio cHTTniendtTlTieowl, lie seed something nhiti ; " ' Mrs, Stokes, give me the value of your poultry, or say you will not ! Do one thing o.r the.otberJ' " Oh well, dear, love your heart, I reck on I hnd. last yeur nigh about . tliu eaiqe as I've'gTOHli.sy " TheiiJcJI me how many dollars' worlh you have uow.atiJ the thing's s tiled." Til lt you see for yourself," said the widow Stokes, mid taking an ear of cum out of a crack between tin logs of the cabin knd shelling off a handful, she commenced scattering the grain, all ihe while screaming or "rather .schreechmg " chick chick chick chick-eechick-ee chick eeee! Here they erne, roosters and hens nil pulletsuuu lititechicks crowing, cack. ling, chirping, flung aud fliitti ring over beds, chairs, and tables; aligliling .n the old woman's head and shoulders, fijttering ngaiust her sides, pecking at her hands, and i-reaiing a din and confuMioii altogether ia describuble. The ild ludy sc med delight- . . 1 .. k .i r . . . 1 I, ed, inns toexliilill ner lenuiereu stock, and would occaaionully oxcluim "a nico patsel, ain'l they a nice pause!!'' Hut' lie uever would sav whut Ibev-weru worth ; no prrnmaion could bring herM tho Hiinl ; nd our papers at W iisliuigtoii contain no estimate el the value ol . tin- w ulnw Mokes poultry , ihough as she said heraelf she hud a mighty nice passel. vr ' 'I'vuiplalltfU. . ! M irk the .elm racier oi i v. ry nssociale: 00k into il with a pent inning ve, andif ou M-e ihe 1 noilil.rniiii ol Ins mi ml oegin. ning to fall 011 tin: side of imiiioriiliiyand vicct foraku is-ompiuiyluiniiitly lest you b UNsimilated lino his practiced, aud druan.impi rei'pttbly into liiosrf pstns whfe:h you now iMihl anil ulilior Yield but "Viico to the lempior ahd a luiusaiid ;liuiictsw one unit you lire uuuoiie. sou iriiicttil'Vjhui have Ih.h 11 iuruleatyil in child- hood; andNillowed up day 'by' day, and ' yeur.by yi'ilr, will hi; forsuki a, and the gray hairs of tiiose who have" loved uml cherish- d you will bo brought in sorrow to tho gruvu. I'erliaps youllillia tlie luuguogo or those who adtlnaa Vou fa mo strong lhat ; riieir fear are groundless.- CatTitlW! An angef'a eloqii. noeVould.no'. las too pow. erlul, wIk-u such a gem as ilto immortal miyd isat atuke. Were you trenibiingon tlie verge1 of a crumbling precipieyou might as will say, that strong eaertainsiD, vour lx hull were vttiii and luiilc. li is not your body alone that 1 in jeopanly. It ie the unweti principle waiiiu; tliu spirx 111 up by the D by him If; hich the Ail .niio cannot qtieiiCli, nor Hie Alps conceal Then consider no exei tiuus Im great ra their part U save the gi m. uit'erniahed u immaculste and bnuhl aa a hen it came ; th.'rwlMllit bursts away fmm ita fril pastel ii mv winii t"- way to hiilier worlils, to ahme Willi increasing splendor when the uui ra- is Molted from existence. We apH-al to VOU, young men, and ponder the question wtlj, can you bo too careful nl entertug into icmpiatKWv Turn away with disgust from the appear- nnre ol evil. I'arley not witu it. Ijook from it. and vou will Ixf safe ; and many eyca.swll'begladih nc.i to see you come foith intonctrve hie punned by adherence to ino advice of ilrm; in whom Mshould put . implicit conliilenco. '- ' ' Perfection. -1-A c h hV iicd prenchcr having; rcffiiTTkcd in his sermon tlmt every. thing'made hy (i-xVwiis lerlcrt, " What Think you of met" said a diTiwwd man in a pew bein ath, who anae from hW seat, and pointed l his own bjick. " Think of you? " reiterated the preacher ; " why,. lhat you are the most prreel hunchback my eyes ever beheld." 1 ' I reverence a young wan, becanae ha atybe xatMw1llalUs-lV. - .'V

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