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rm PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY CII. C. RABOTEAU, EDITOR LVD PROPRIETOR. tiki IJnnni 9lJi TERMS: $2 50 PER ANNUM, IN ADVANCE, OR $3 90 IF P ATM EST 18 DELATED SIX .HOMES. VOL IT. RALEIGH, FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 1849. NO 27. E EiLEM-lIMESo Mjlll Ml TERMS. Tne Rilkigii Times will be sent to Subscribers at Two Dollars and a half per annum, if paid inad Vance. Three Dollars will Iw rharn.il, it' paj-SsAit in delayed fix months. These Terms will be. invaria bly adhered to. A DY RTISEMEVrs. For every Sixteen lines, or left. One Dollar for the first, and Twenty-live Cents for each subsequent in sertion. Court Ordeis, Ac. will be charged 3.1 per tvnt. higher; but a reasonable deduction will be made to those who advertise by the year. CT Letters on business, and all Communications intended for publication, luimt be addressed to the Kdttor, and fott paid. LOCO FOCO CONSISTENCY. The groans of the Loco Focos over the remov als made at Washington are characteristic of the party which gives them utterance. When Gen. Taylor was a candidate for the Presidency, he was denounced as unfit for any civil service, and un worthy of any civil office. No sooner had the people made choice of htm as the Chief Magistrate of the nation, than the tune is changed, and he i appealed to by these old enemies and revilera not only aa the source of all power, but as the dispen se: it great public favors. He was an out-and-out Whig, and, like General Harrison, an "old Granny," while a candidate for the President ; but no sooner has the candidate become the officer, than he is transformed into a very magnanimous, kind, and considerate gentleman. Some of these gentlemen even went so fur as to refuse a vote of thanks to General Taylor, unless accompanied by an insulting proviso rebuking the mercy and mod eration shown by him in the capitulation of Mon terey. All the service of the old hero was despis ed, and General Taylor's friends could not but be Whigs, and pretty ultra. Whigs, too, and the old General also, from the vory necessity of the case s incident to the storm of opposition he everywhere received from the Loco Fuco party. "Tray, Blanche, Sweetheart, little dog and all, They all did bark at him." And after these insults, those who were foremost in opposition to him change the mods of assault to one of appeal and address. They not only expect to be kept in office by the man they have condemn ed, but call him an imbecile, and a falsifier of bis word, while giving utterance to their expectations. They first have the audacity to assail a man un justly, and then the assurance to ask favors from the one they have abused. We are accustomed to expect moral courage in our opponents, and at least the appearance of a brave heart in defeat J but we see nothing of the sort among the leaders of the Loco Foco party.- Whining, scolding, coaxing and fretting, complain ing and foaming, are all we hear; and these per sona are even mean-spirited enough first to smite, and then to lieg of those they smite. They would have General Taylor entirely in the hands of his enemies, and are marvellously amazed that they are not to have all the offices at the disposal of the President We can tell. these complainants that, slow as the public are to sanction anything like ruthless pro scription, and regretting, as a high tuned public opinion always mnst, the origin and progress of a system-to wrong in principle, it is nevertheless im patient to see justice one to the Whig party, and to thousands of meritorious and distinguished indi viduals in the ranks of that party. The adminis tration may safely appeal to the people m turning out every brawling, noisy, incspable, negligent and dishonest partizan in office. It could even go fur ther, if it were necessary to do so, and insist that the Whig party, so long proscribed, should be put in possession of a majority of the offices, whereas now it has pota fifth part of the whole. By what rule of right have the Whigs always been kept out of place, and they who have sanctioned and prac- tised all ihie wroqg now complain 1 By what rule of good breeding do men suo tor invar irmn one whom they denounce as an "imbecile and "des titute of capacity?" The office-holders were at first faithless of the election of Gen. Taylor ; and in ail their recantations of original errors, they have but sinued the more in heaping repeated in juries upon repeated insults. .V. V. Express. DINNER TO GOV. MANLY. It will be seen from the subjoined correspondence that a public dinner was tendered to Gov. Manly by the citizens of Washington, on the occasion of his visit there, to attend to the sale of Swamp Lands belonging to the State : Washington, May 21st, 1849. Sir : Theuhdersigned, on behalf of the citizens of Washington.beg leave to request that your Ex cellency will, during your present visit.cenfer upon in the favor of attending a public dinner, at such time as will be agreeable to you. We desire not only to testify our respect for the office, but to af ford the community an opportunity of being ac quainted with one so justly entitled to the regard of all who know him personally. Hoping your Excellency will accept this invita tion, we hare the honor to be, ate. JOHN MYERS, WILL. B. RODMAN, EDW. STANLY, T. J. SPARROW, Jr., S. T. BROWN, S. P. ALLEN. His Excellency, , , . Cu.is. Manlt. Washington, May 33d, 1849. Gentlemen : I have received your obliging note, inviting me on behalf of the citizens of Wash ington to attend a public dinner during my visit at this place. The official business which has called me here, deprives me of this pleasure. For the compliment intended to the public sta tion which I fill, and for the kind regard for me personally, manifested in your polite invitation.you will please accept for yourselves individually and for those whom you represent, my respectful ac knowledgements and sincere thanks. I have the honor to be, Yourob't scrv't. CHAS. MANLY. To Messrs. John Myitis, W. B, Rodman, Edw. Stanly, and others. MISCELLANEOUS. " SABBATH SCHOOLS. The following eloquent letter from Hon. John McLean, of Ohio, showing the influence which Sabbath Schools may be made to exert on the char acter and prosperity of the whole country, whs read at the Annniversry of the National Institution, to which it refers, at Philadelphia, a week or two ago: - Cincinnati, April 10, 1849. Peas Sut : Whilst I consider myself honored by the Board of Officers and Managers of the A merican Sunday School Union, in being placed nominally at their bead, I cannot repress a fear that, in accepting the position, I may stand in the way of some one of higher merit and of greater usefulness. The more I reflect upon Sabbath Schools, the more deeply am I impressed with their importance. Education without moral training may increase national knowledge, but it will add nothing to na tional virtue. By most intelligent and able re port, made some years ago by Guizot, ft appeared that in those departments of France where educa tion bad been most advanced crime was most conv And by later reports it is shown that in STATE RIGHTS. The Enquirer, speaking of the decision of the Supreme Court, in the cases of the emigrant laws in New York and Massachusetts, says': "We candidly believe that there be been no act of tlie Federal Government, since the adoption f'the Constitution, fraught with consequences at ll so dangerous to the right of the States. The decision in question strikes at the foundation f tale power and alinort of State existence." The angust tribunal, which delivered this re probated decision, is composed of tlie following gentlemen; Tay, Daniel, Woodbury, Nelson, Mi Lean, Catron, Grier, McKinley and Wayne. Every one npintod by Jackson and Van Buren, and all xe-pt oiie, utodiTn Demoon m These are the atftltors of this Kbnea assault upon tie rights and existence of the States I No min who lias paid regularly for Ms inn paper was ever kaawn to be bit by a mad dog. . Exchange. If the above be true and its reverse, that dread ful disease, the hydrophobia, will be tlie final r of some of our subscribers. . jS'tghfaiti Messenger. Prussia, Scotland, and England, where the means ot education has been greatly increased,ekpecially in Prussia and Scotland, criminal offences have increased. Making due allowance for the growth of population, and the aggregation of individuals in carrying on various nseful enterprises, the prin cipal cause of this is want of moral culture. . Knowledge without moral restraint only in creases tlie capacity of an individual for mischief. As a citizen, he is more dangerous to society, and does more to corrupt the public morals, than one without education. So selfish ii our nature, and so prone to evil, that we require chains, moral, or physical, to curb our propensities and passions.X Early impressions are always the most la.-ting. All experience conduces to establish this. Who has forgotten tlie scenes of his boyhood, or the pi ous Instructions of his parents T However they may be disregarded and condemned by an aban doned coarse, yet they cannot be consigned to ob livion. In the darkest hours of revelry they will light np in tlie memory and cause remorse. And this feeling will generally, sooner or later, lead to reformation. Whatever defect there may be of moral culture in our common schools, it is more than supplied in our Sabbath schools. Hero the whole training is of moral and religious character, entirely free from se Urian influences. Impressions thus made can never be eradicated. And it may not be aa extravagant calculation to suppose that every ten years five millions of person who bad been Sabbath school scliolars enter into active society. More or less, they may be supposed to be influenced by the prin ciples inculcated at those schools. Restrained themselves by moral considerations, tlieir example may have some influence on an equal number of their associates. Here, tlien, is an element of pow er which must be salutary on our social and polit ical relations. The good thus done cannot be ful ly know and appreciated, as the amount of evil which it prevent cannot be fully measured. It may be assumed as an axiom that free Gov ernment can rest on no other ba .is than moral power. France baa republic which is maintain ed by Wyonrts. And there is reason to apprehend that in that country thcrsj not a sufficient moral basis for the maintenance of a free Government. But are our own beloved institutions free from danger ? Who has not seen the "yawning chasms" in our own beautiful edifice ? Its pillars seem to be moved, its wall and its dome, and the contour of the fabric have suffered; and nothing can re store it to its pristine beauty and strength but a united and a continued effort of the intelligent and virtuous citiseas of our country. And we mnst increase the number of these by every possible means. Sabbath Schools must be relied on as a principal agent in this great work. Without their aid I should look to the future with little hope. Mere partyi9m should be discarded for principle, and moral power, founded as it must be on the justice and fitness of tilings, must bo made the ground of action. When I consider the mighty trust, moral and po litical, which has been committed to us ; when I reflect upon the extent and fertility of our country, its diversified and healthful climates, and its ca pacity for human enjoyment, I am overwhelmed with the vastness of the subject. Rapidly as we have advanced for the last thirty years in the do velopement of our physical resources, and in the arts and sciences, the bow of promise still abides in the future. But a nation maybe great in its physical power and in its mental attainments, without possessing tlie basis of moral power, which is the on'y founda tion for practical liberty. I have no fears of tint concentrated powero of the world. We could drive them from our shores without endangering our institutions. But, whilst I have no fears as to the permanency of our Government from influ ences and powers from without, I am not without apprehension from causes which arise among our selves. This is indeed a strange paradox. Can we' not trust ourselves ? "Is tliv servant a dog that he should do this thing 1" There is no security agninst the enormities of our race, which have so often disgraced the histo ry of the world, but a restraining influence which sets bounds to human passions. The superior civ ilization, moderation, nnd justice of modem times is attributable to the benign influences of Christi anity. The ancient republics were dislijute of this power. Physical force was the arbiter of right and the dispenser of justice. But now there is an element of moral power w hich more or less per vades all civilized nations, and which has its foun dation in the Bible. No nation can disregard this law with impunity. II it be not embodied in any published code, yet it is not tlie less powerful. Iy is written in tne Hearts ami understandings ot man kind. It shakes the thrones of despots who.through a line of ancestry of many centuries, have govern ed with an absolute power. To us as a nation are committed the great princi ples of free government, and we are responsible to those who shall come after us for a faithful dis charge of the trust. Now we must -continue to build upon the foundation of our fathers. They were equal to tlie crisis. Washington, and Han cock, and Adams, and their compatriots were good men as well as great men. They looked to a superintending Providence,nd to the precepts of the Bible. There is enough of intelligence and virtue, and honest purpose in the nation, if embodied and made active, to free ns from the prevailing corruptions of the day. There is no agency more efficient to strengthen this state of the public mind than our Sabbath Schools, They are the nurseries of vir tue, of an elevated patriotism, and of religion. TIIE WIZARD OF ST. GABELLE. And what nobler motive could impel to human action 1 Compare it with the motives which led toother lines of action, and with their results. The aspiration of the mere politician begins and ends in himself. The benefits (if benefits tliey may be called) conferred on his supporters have no higher motive than this. The same remark will apply to many who are engaged in the pursuits of commerce.or in the prosecution of enterprises which ordinarily lead to tlie accumulation of individual Si national wealth. They may become great in this respect, and advince the wealth of their country, without being exemplary themselves, or Increasing the public virtue. And so of professional renown. How empty is that bauble which entwines the brow of the orator in the senate, at the bar, or in the pulpit, whose heart is not full of the kindly feelings of humanity ,and who does not endeavor to mitigate tlie suffering and increase the happiness of his race. . . . . . , If we desire to make our nation truly great, and to transmit to posterity oar Institutions in their primitive simplicity and force, we mnst imbue the minds of our youth with a pure and elevated mor ality, whicn shall influence tlieir whole lives. And I know of no means so well calculated to produce this result aa Sabbath Schools, I regret that my publio duties will prevent my being present a; your annual meeting; Wltb the greatest respect, I am, dear sir faith fully your, JOHN McLEAN. You wish to hear a ghost story,' said My Un cle Bayle one evening, as we gathered about his chair, ' you wish to bear ghost story ; very well, you shall have your wish. 1 will relate an inci dent of which I myself was witness, and which is, therefore, strictly truo.' We drew still closer to the old gentleman, and listened with the greatest interest as he related the following adventure: One evening in autumn, full forty years ago, I was returning from Toulouse ; I had travelled far that day, having already passed Autereve, where some friends of mine would have had me spend the night, but I was resolved to push on to Saverdum, which, vou know, ia three Intone distant nn the road. I had arrived in front of the monastery of Boulbronne, when suddenly there burst forth a terrible storm. In a moment the night became dark, and the road impassable. I should have asked shelter in the convent, but my horse, fright ened at a sudden clap of thunder, dashed into a narrow pathway to the left, and bore me away in spite of all I could do. Notwithstanding the speed at which he went, 1 soon perceived that we were on the direct road to St. Gabclle. And when, at last, my horse slackened his pace, which he did of his own good will, I found myself before the village inn. I entered. The guests were numerous, among whom I observed several Spanish merchants, and some hunters, who like myself,had been overtaken by the storm. We dried our clothes by tlie fire ; after which supper was announced, and we sat down to the table. The conversation first turned upon the stormy weather and the badness of the roads. One said he had been thrown from his horse ; another had been a full hour in extricating his horse and wagon from a mud hole. ' It is horrible weather,' said a third. 1 Just the time for ghosts and witches.' Although this was but a natural remarket gave j rise toa lively conversation. ' Sorcerers and spirits choose a clear moonlight r.ight to hold their orgies, in preference to such a one as this.' We turned to look at the author of thisobserva tiou and saw it wus one of the Spanish merchants, ' It would seem that tlie gentleman was familiar with the custom of ghosts,' exclaimed a yeung man by my side, ' and th .t they have told him that they like neither tn get muddy nor wet.' ' Young iimn,' said the Spaniard, casting a ter rible glance ut the last speaker, 'speak not so lightly on a subject with which you are littlo ac quainted.'; Would you like to make me believe in ghosts?' returned the young man disdainfully. ' Perhaps,' replied the Spaniard, 'if yOu have Mifticietit courage to look on them.' r lushed with auger the yonng man sprang to his feet. In a moment, however, be calmed him self and sat down again, saying ' You should pay dear for that remark, were it not uttered by a madman.' 'A madman !' echoed the other, arising in his turn. 'Listen:' he added striking the table with his fist, and throwing down a heavy leathern purse. 'Here are thirty quadruples which I am willing to lose, if, within an hour, I do not call up before your face the figure of any deceased person yoti shall name even through he has been dead ten years', and if, after recognizing him, you dam to allow linn to imprint a kiss upuu your lips. 'You will do that ?' said the young man with a scornful smile. 'Yes,' replied the Spaniard,' on condition that yon lose the same smount if I succeed.' 'Thirty quadruples, my worthy conjirer,' said the young man, gaily, after a moment's silence, 'is more than a student of Toulouse ever possessed but if you will reduce the stake to five, I am your man.' 'The Spaniard, took up his purse and 'Ah, you you refuse monsieur ?' l ret use .' echoed tne other, 1 it l only bad tne thirty quadruples, you would see.' 1 Here are four,' said I which I add to your stakes. Several others followed my example and soon the sum was made up. We'chose for the trial, a small pavilion in the garden so entirely isolated that the locality offered no chance for fraud. We made ourselves sure that there were but tw.o out lets, viz : a window, which was carefully closed and a door on the outside of which we were sta tioned. Upon tlie table bod been placed materials for writing, and the lights had been carrcd away, The voung man was shut up alone in the pavil- ion, the Spaniard remaining with us outside tlie door. A breathless silencs prevailed foramoment,when the Spaniard began to chant, in a soft, melancholy voice, a stanza which may be translated thus : "And the eoffm is broken with a crash : And the grave is opening. And the pale phantom's dark foot is placed Upon the verdant moss." After the first stanza, the Spaniard raised Stupified, we kept our eyes fixed upon the con jurer in silent awe as he proceeded to chat the third solemn stanza. - "Then says the phantom rising from the grave, That he may recognize me, I will go toward my friend, smiling, erect and . fair, " As in the days of my youth." The Spaniard finished, and asked immediately - imo terrible question : What do you see?' 'The figure advances.' replied the student. 'It lifts its veil. It is Francois Vialat! He approach es the table. He is writing his signature." 'Are you afraid?' ' No,' replied the young man, 'I am not afraid.' Immediately the Spaniard commenced singinc. or rather howling, this last and horrible stanza: "Then says the phantom to the jeering youth, iOms, let me touch thee now ; Place thy hand on my hand, thy heart against my neart, .: Thy lips upon my own." ' What do you see V cried the Spaniard, in a voice of thunder. ' He comes he pursues me he stretches out his arms bntjie will seize me. Oh, help, help !' ' Are you afraid V cried the conjuror, with sav age joy. A piercing cry, and then a stifled sob, were the only answer to this terrible question. ' I think I have won,' said the Spaniard, bitterly; ' but I am satisfied with having taught bim a les son. Let him keep the money and be more wise in future " So saying, he walked rapidly away. Fixed with horror, we re-opened the door, and found the young student seized with leartul convulsions, The pa per signed by Francois Vialat was upon the table. Recovering, the young man demanded the conjur er, and with an oath of vengence, rushed from the room. We saw neither him nor the Spaniard af My uncle finished. Trembling with terror, we dared not look about us. At last I summoned suf ficient courage to say : ' And why, after all this, do you not believe in ghotts 1 Because the neither the conjuror nor student ever returned, but ran off with the money we had ad vanced ; whence we conduced that they were two consummate vidians of whom we were tbe dupes. Believe me, my dear children, however probable a ghost story may appear, it will, in the end prove to be the result of an excited imagination, or a wil ful fraud. his A living minister, the Rev. Mr. Pitner, of the Illinois Conference, in a prayer introductory to one of his maiden efforts at a camp meeting, in a (train of rapid eloquence, gave utterance to the following sublime invocation: "Q Lord, i-oms down here like a thnndergust of woodpecker!, and tear all die kirk off these sassafrai'." voice and said solemnly "yon have asked to see your friend Francois Vialat, who was drowned in the sea three years age what do you behold ?" "A whitish licht arising near the window.? re plied tlie young student, "but it is only a shapeless wavering mist." . "Are you afraid ?" asked the item voice of the Spaniard. And the young man answered, "I am not af raid!" We were stupified, breathlesswith suspense. The conjurer wss silent for a moment. Then stamping thrice with bis foot upon the ground be chanted in a louder and more solemn tone than be fore : "And the white phantom, whose features pale Have been discolered by the waves Presses the water from his e lollies sud hair, , With Siii vindiiig sheet." The chant ended. The Spaniard turned again toward tlie door, and cried in the same solemn lone: "Yon would seek to dive into the mysteries of the grave wMt do yon see?" VVe listened anxiously, while tlie student replied in a calm voice, and like one who describes an in cident as it is taking pUce. "Tlie mist spreads itself, and takes shape like a phantom. The head ia covered with a long veil. It moves not from the spot on which it rtc,M "Are yoa afrtiu?" asked the Spaniard, And tfii yotin-' man ansewered,"! am not af ORIGIN OF THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET. We came in possession last week of an anecdote respecting the origin of Samuel F. Woodworth's famous ballad of that name, which appears to aa to possess so much interest, that we cannot with hold it from our readers especially as it has be fore been in print. Some years ago, when Woodworth.the printer, and other 'old New-Y orkers,' were brother typea in a priiiting-office,situated at the corner of Chatham sjreet and Chambers, there were very few places in this city were one could enjoy the luxury of really "good drink." Among the few places most worthy of patronage, was an establishment kept 6y Mallory, in Frankfort-street, on or about the same spot where St. John's Hall recently stood. Woodworth in company with several particular friends, bad "dropped in" at this place one after noon, for the partaking of tome brandy and water, which Mallory waa famous for keeping. The li quor was super-excellent, and Woodworth seemed inspired by it ; for, after taking a draught, hi set his glass upon tlie table, (remember reader, if you please, that in those "ran old times," a man rare ly met with a friend without inviting to imbibe 0 and, amacLiug his lipsrdeclared that Mallory's era it vie was superior to anything he had ever tasted, No," said Mallor, "yoa are mistaken ; there was one thing which, in both our estimations, far surpassed this in the way of drinking." What waa that?" asked Woodworth; dubiously. "The draught of pure, fresh, spring water, that we need to drink from the old oaken bucket that hang in the well, after our return from labors of the field on a sultry day in the s immer." Tlie tear drop glis tened for a moment in Woodworth's eye. "True true !" he replied, and shortly after quitted the place. He immediately returned to the office.thrcw down his stick, grasped a pen.and, tn half an boar, 'The Old Oaken Bucket,' one of the most delight ful compositions in oar language waa ready in manuscript, to be embalmed in the memories of succeeding generation. SONS OF TEMPERANCE. The Grand Scribe of the order in this State.has laid upon our table a copy of the Proceedings of the Grand Division, at its April session. We are glad to tee that tlie Order is rapidly increasing and extending its borders in North Carolina, and promisee fair to have a Division in every County and Town in the State. At the beginning of the present year, there were only 16 Divisions, with a membership of 618 ; the Grid Scribe reported to the April Session, 30 Divisions numbering 904 members. During the first three monthi of thi year, the receipts or the Order were 1203 30; paid for benefits and contingencies $741 55; ensb on hand $1273 07. Since the report of the Grand Scribe to the April session waa made, we learn that Sixteen Charter have been Issued, mikh' 46 Divisions now in North Carolina- with a mem bership, it Is believed, of between 1200 and 1800, RfffiVer, A LEGAL ANECDOTE. Recently, while attending a court held in J country, where Judge S. presided, a very plain question wss presented for the decision of the court. It was argued elaborately on the wrong side, and when the opposite attorney (a real Paddy, who bad just waded through BUckstone and Chitty, so as to enable him to obtain a license) rose to reply, he was stopped by his honor, who informed him that his opinion was' made up against him, and that he would have no further argument. Paddy laid his hand slowly upon a volume ef Blackitone, and opened where the leaf was carefully turned down, and commenced reading the law directly in conflict with the opinion of tlie court. "Stop, sir," cried the Judge, "I have decided the case, and my mind is no longer open to conviction, nor will I have any lurther argument in the case." "Oh," said the lawyer, "I did not intend to ar gue the point.nr did I expect to convince your hon orI only wanted to shew the court what a blas ted fool old Blackstone was." Such a shout of laughter ai went up from every part of the court house, was beyond the mean of the Sheriff or the court to control for some minutes, when Paddy was fined a dollar for hi slander of Blackstone, and the court then adjourned liquor. - CHARITY. Charity is no intermittent thing, that now and then breaks out into brilliant munificence, and then retires to slumber in the lap of sensuality and sel fish repose: that, like a burning mountain dart out occasionally shoots and flashes of splendor, and then rolls up nothing but smoke and darkness; it is a lamp that always is burning, sometimes with brighter, sometimes with a fainter light, bat that is never out. : It is a vital principle, a generous life, the pulses of which are eontiuually proceeding.now with stronger, new with more languid beats, but never stopping. Tlie life of a charitable man con sists not merely of a few detached acts of desulto ry bounty separated from each other by long Inter vals; his heart is a benignant fountain that pours from it a flow of benefits, either large or little; that supplies a current of kind attentions; that s!ndi forth a stream of services to his fellow crea tares, few of which can be signal, but all of which, though separately considered, may seem bat small, yet collectively received, are of large amount. a Favcett. A paper is about to be started in Montreal, Can ada, to adweate annexation to the y uilcd .States, DREAMS. Those who believe in dreams, as foreshadowing coming events, will give us their eternal thank wi trust, for copying the annexed list of "signs." Every one of them has been tried, and proved i fallible: ' To dream of a millstone round your neck, i a sign of what you may expect, if yoa marry an ex travagant wife. . To see apples in dream, betokens redding; because where you find apples, you may reasona bly expect pairs. To dream that yoa are lame, is a token that yoa will get into a bobble. Wben a young lady dream of a coffin, il beto ken that (be ilwufd instantly discontinae the as of tight stays, and always g warmly and thickly shod in wet weather. : If you dream of a clock, it I a token that toa will gain great credit that is, tick. To dream of fire is a sign that if yoa are wise yoa will see tlwt all the light in your boas are out before yoa go to bed. To dream of, walking barefoot, denote a jour ney that will be bootless. To dream of eggs, is a sign that yoa will discov- er a mar' nest. AN EAR FOR MUSIC. A young lady in a boarding house very vain of her musical talent, was one day entertaining the company with a song, when a crusty old bacheler came oat of bis room on tlie next floor and bawled from the top of tlie stair : "What are you doing with that pis? Do turn that pig into the street !" "What pig ?" cried severaL , The old bachelor descended tlie stairs, looked into the room, and said "I thought I heard a pig squealing In tills room!" The girl never aag afterward without first ascertaining that the old bachelor waa absent. O'FLAUERTY AND TIIE BEE3. There happened to grow np between Patrick and a bragging downeaster, a fierce contest a to the comparative size of different animals and In- ecu, in this and the "ould country," wbea Mr. U Jrlaberty declared that ia Ire hind the " baas were a big a a happ." " Very well," inUtmrliJ I.hnbod, how Vg are the hives f " As big as yjuru, be j.Ww-r ! , . , " Then how do bevs get into their lives ?" ' Paddy scratched his hewi,', soil, after a fi r moments reflection, replied, " Oh, that's tlieir ImX out" A jollyhusband not a thousand bvUs tea Tn gut, who had been out on a "L't t-f a. t ," was laluted by bis better half on t :1 v illi "Oh, yoa bard-hearted wref.'..!" T:,s L ' i4 meekly replied that ho didn't think hi heart could be Very vd,for be'd been " soalwg iC fr ti e Inst forty-fight hours!
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