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mm>n \_-~i_N^-1 JOHN CRAWFORD, ) • Pabluhfcr and Proprietor, j — $leig*i h itn party's affittr&nj ifttfotj, mt^ltonr $rttili mjrm'tr sip* hairs flic tnnij-/ -J IRA D. EROWX) Site. TOIe-l.- ONEIDA, MADISON CpUSTY,.N. Y., SATURDAY, AUGUST 19, 1854. No; 9. THE W*ill be published every Saturday atOo«*da,(bepot, Mudiauu Co., K. y. JOnX CRA.WF6.RD. Publisher * rrgprittor. —TrarDniKOW -N,' Editor. _ Ollicei— Puasii B LOCK, (3rd story,) Mill^trcct. r ' TEEMS: —To Villnije-subscribers; served-by Cnrrier ,\fir60 per year; Office and Mail subscrib'ei• 11 .25, payable in advance, or withtD tlnvec month*. If. not paid within that time, 26 cenu will be invariably added. Rutra of Advertising. One Square, 3 Weeks, \ • \ 3 Months, - • ..• .• '<\- •' 6 \ -.'.'.. .. ! year, ..... One(ouHh column, 3 Months, - - - 6 \ • • - \ •' 1 Vcnr.- : One-half' column, 3 Months, • - - •• \ c - - - $1 .00. S.tK>. 5 .00. 8 .00. 5 .00. 8 .00. j 15 00. • 8 00. 15 .00\. \ 1 Yenr, - - . . 25 .00. Professional or TlHsiiie?* Curds, per Year, 8 .00. Lc^nl Notice:) at the Statute price*. TI1E EYENIKG POST- PRIZE POEM*, rmsT-pnizE-(fc25) TO. W ALTER WILDRAKK. _MORSE'g TELECRAfH. , CONNECTING with all tTte principal cities and toy,,, in the United States and the CanaUas. Offict at the Post Offict, Oneida. IEA D. BROWN, ATTORNEY d:' COUNSELLOR AT LA W- O NEIDA. M AI)ISOX\('I.I:\TV X. V. f'. n llr,-iTr,,i, ,'., all parity if the State ivitl receive prompt attention. 'Office, No. '> P/ucnix Block—directly over Chopin's Jewelry Store-. ItJtf SHOE CRAFT & SNOW, . ATTORNEYS d- COUNSELLORS AT LA~W— Oneida, Maihsoii Co., N. Y. Office in Empire Bldck, over Rieeiiliurgh's Store. J OHN S NOW, Com missionfrof Detd* fur Michigan and Wisconsin. E. W. DODGE, ATTORNEY and Counsellor at Law, OncnU Castle, N. ~ DrTWT E^ITCH, BEING permanent/;/ located at Oiicida, respectfully Umitrs his services to the citizens vf this place and vicinity. -Office and residence on Main street, two doors south oj' the Baptist Church. \* • . J. G. ROSS, M. D., BOTANIC PHYSICIAN d- SURGEON, Can- a'stola, N. Y. Office at the Tobey House. Having bttnjmiqgedin the practice of'medicine over 'M years, Ae feels confidant of meriting and reerH.h>g a liberal, shore of public patronage. . !7i/' J. E. OSTRANDER, OA EI DA, Madison Count <i, N. Y.\ Office OK Main-sl., No. 1, Coc Block. All tcork warranted. \\J OHN SMITH, . DEALER in Drugs, Medicims,- Paints, Oils, Tut pentine. Burning Fluid, Hour, Meal, Groans. Provisions,' dx., dx., 2d door .East of S. II. Go,.d win's. Outida. R. J. STEWART, DEALER iti Groceries, Provisions, Drugs and Med ieines. fine door east of Guodiciu's tlorCinorth side of Milt street. - * COE & BOPEE, - DEALERS in Groceries. Provisions, Yankee No tions, Stationery, Trunks, Willow- Wure, Stone- Ware, Baskets, Emit, Fiour, Feed, d'e, etc., at the N EW V ^IUKTY bTnitK ,-!-CW Block, Oneida, JJ ^jDJTHOMPTstoK ^JC^ The Fall of Greytown. Ilail to Ilollnis I gallant skipper, , Kent by Franklin Pierce to it* to Conqtieriiijj proud Gnllinipper, a.voici|L£ii.of t Mosquito!. Upllie bay of S'nn Juan, (•\mi Juan Biirnnitied the nau«;frty,) Loiikinj: veVy fierce and haughty, Sailed he ill the sloop Cyane— And this message brought he : — \ You have trampled on our right— Dearest right—of shooting r:iggersl Ski'tors! you must pay or fiuht, (Twenty flionsimd !—them's the£guris,) Al>o. unto Mnsfei Borland • And the injidily Yankee nation .Muke inunedititc repavution, .Klse will 1 upon your shore land Bring Jes>olatiou. \ I jvill give your town one day,- By thefliipV chronometer,. Tins her rightful debt to pa/,, , . Ere I heave & bomb nt. tier. •^EJ MIS he spoke—and, shoving off, Threatened direct punishment, While, in admonishment, . \ Stood HieJclSrkies on tue~wharf ~ *\ In astonishments Fonr-nnd>tvienty hours hod.run, >- Yet from shore no answer cnine ; Fiercely, then, each frowning \gun Belching forfh witl| fire and flame, Rent tlie firmament amnini— Full six hours the cannons roared, Full six, liuiiiM tlm mioke wrenlhssoaradr-- r -• nt. ili8itnp ,.tri|wlwinf,Jn_ihffle,keeii.,tiiie«, liriglit. ly gilt. Helreld tUo thing byTle wodOen parr ^u1ck =lotflfat-my-^p«imen -K >dT—Only-one -alone;—• •———^.—„ — ., 1 ,i,,iur-»-f.>AiJ——= ——.— • — ' A vprjf .fine rod, I ,dare Mr. Cut wlint sre .tliese puriiciilar ptecautiotr*- 'of- jours,?- Ve t ^ r f l l\f jfft y o \^' er Gutters .the siitnting Miinls beating t'liToujrli !UTe s»»li. 1 will bar up? Are you mnd ? \fojow you not that yon iron bar, js a swift conductor ? \Desist.' 1 Sir,' 'said -I, bowing polilely t ' I Iiave t);e Jionor.of a visit from thai illustrious god Junker, Tonus? So* stood lift in tlie Greek statute of or bis jJEtwy, 1 huve to tlmtijc you- for tln> nobl.e stfipn you linve brewed mnotig otirtnonn- tiiins. Listen : That, was a glorious peal. All , to a lover of the majestic, ii-isngoo d thing to -have- tlio Thunderer himself .in one's cottage. The tliund«r-grows finer for that. But pray be seatudr --This—old—rtisb-boHotnexl^rmdTmrrir _ 'grant, is a poor Mibslituto for your evergreen \ nor ring a bell <3f any sort. r throne on old Greyjock; but, condescend to lie j ' ifor t only n liffhlninn dollar-«-foot^ -wilLnflL-of_purpose, nialrb'war pri'tiian's eanh. l l: E 3 -lrnpMi3-wrervh'+'-f()alnell-Uite.'lTMm^e enifigin the face as the rainbow beamed) 1 I vt -ill publis4t your infidel Rtrttfin*.' 4 Dogonc'. incvo quickly I if Quickly voiu'ftn. you tllal hhiue fortti into, sight in nuiisi times ltke the vyorm.' . _ —— 1 —-— ! Th*o scowl grew blncker on his face ;• the indi ..•Twill' simpjy cjpse the-shiitters then, and , go circles enlarged'round lint eTc.Vns the Mmin eHll-my-boj'-to Cnng me a woodeu bar. Pray, j ring round' the midnight moon. He sprang up touch the bell-pull theift.' '. • Are you frantic _? Th»t bell-wire might blast -—Nerertouch b*ll-wVreTu a thunder-storm Till from every face like rain, Perspiration poured. I ' * Bonili>, nnd,biiHi>, pnd grnpe-fli,ot fly, Mini, IIIIJ I rci 'd*, and lnunboo scattering ; Iliits-ine-torn and knocked nwny By tire cnuimn's ceaselefs* haltering, Still, those walls refuse to tumble I While the mango-groves from under, • Bearing forth in-stupid wonder, — Frightened \ hombres\ gaze and grumble : \llow -these Yankees thunder i\ DEA LERS in Dry O'oods. Groceries, Crockeru, Hard ware, Paints and Oils, Sash, Glass. Hals ami-Cap*, Boots and Shoes, dx., Ac. Mill Strck, 2d dooteatt of fhe Bridge, South side. Stoml-t h e-H3nptfl i n^t hfrr^amaredr; - That hiswoik had l c-on.no shorter, Cryilig mndly!»B.he gazed, \Oh ! for;solid brick and mctrtar! ! But. these lulls—I'm Mirel y purzled llow to hiii-li'li their disnsterl Yet, hylhejr bnnihoti nnd planter Shall our navv be bainli(Ki7.1i'i| t ^o'l They'll burn the fusterl\ - Quickly Jnrned hclhcn from shore, — hlrmit hrir<lown-t Irp-npeTrlmtvlres;; - Loiii'l-iilioVe-the eiiuiioii'sroar+—•„- — , \ Steward ' bring n box of matchesl Fii c t 1 ieuteunnt there! I Fay I You ilie-foreps shnll voniiiiiind ; Y.p, mi' hearties! be oil hand I Cut the culler loose ! Away! Hurry I for the land I\ . See lijjn landing 1 sec him pause I ''Jjw the dnuntle'-s Pickering; Kow llic Lucifer ho draws ; Xi'W tlie.tlauie is flii-I.ering! . Up mid do w n thnsti eetsof Oreytown; W-ilh a torch each sailor dashes; l.'midly the red light flashes-^ Soon the palm-leaf, mini anil hay-town \\ ill be nought but ashes! Burst the flames on every side. How on row of huts consuming— % Sprend.-Tthe conflagration wide, - Grove, and shore, and wave illuming, Licking e'en the vaulted sky, With the serpent tongues of fire, Wilder leaping now and higher; Yet, fliey blaze not lialf so high As the Captain's.ire! —- S. H. GOODWIN, DEA LER in Dry Goods, •Groceries. Hardware, Crock, try. Iron, Steel, Nails, Ac. Mill Street, Oneida. •T. G. SEELY, DEALER inDru Goods, Groceries, Hardicare, Crock- try. Boots and. Shoes, Hats and Caps, Carpels, <£v. Ao. 3 Empire JJlock. CLARK & STEWART, DEALERS IN Dry Goods, Groceries, Hard wire, Crockery, Paints, Oils, d'e, at'the \M BE iiivf.\ No. 2 Coe Block, Oneida, 'adisoti Co., N^Y, ^ ' J. A. BENNETT, MANUFACTUREk.of Tin, Copper an</ Sheet Iron Ware;and dialer in Stoves and Iron Ware-generally No. 4. Empire Block, Oneidat CHAPIN A.BECK, DEALERS in Watches, Clocks, Jcicctry dx. Also •Book* and Stationery. t3f~ Watches^ Cloeks-and- Jtteclr.y repared on short notice. No. 2. Phcenix Block. Oncidn. ' Z. E. NILES, DEALER in WatcJies, Clocks.,letielry. Silver- JKarr, Fancy Goods, dx.—one door East of the Bakcryrandopposite the Phoenix Block.on Mil Street. %jjf Watches and Clocks repaired and war rmmltd. .E. T. DEAN, FASHION A BLE TAILOR. Will attend promptly loall l bm-iness orders in his line. Cutting done OH .short notice, and warranted\o Jit WELL if properly made. Shop on Milt st„ a few doors east of S. II. Goodwin's store—saurt^ide, up stairs. ~ IltSURAffcb AGENCY. FOR SOUND AND RELIABLE COMPANIES. AT No. 2 PiKK.Mi .v B LOCK, O NKIIIA. The subscriber \ is Agent for the Granite Insurance Company, of Neu York City, and several other goad'Cbytpanies, said trill eject Insurance against lost by Fire, on the Stock or Mutual plan, at the'opttan of the applicants- I RA . J>. Bflp _»-N,_/»tJ!(rat>ri; Agent. ' As lieiore the dawn—'for shelter Flying with their houseln'ld goods, Men-and women!, belter shelter, ' • Sought protection in'thc'woods ; Carnage, there was none. norlilOod'alied ; \ None \wet c wounded—no one died*— (Save n lilekU'j-s monkey, tied *\ And forgotten in n woodshed By the water side j IJniT tollollins! ITail toPieree! Ilflil to Ma rev— H *nd-hU-patches4 Glory V the- «• heroes fierce! Pr 'aifC to Picketing mid the rnstches, TI IIISJI liliHidleni victory winning! , * May their, fanin fore'er increase! May suel'vcarfnre neviT eea*i ! For'lis but llicglad beginning Of tlicreiguof Peace,! W A LTCK WlLDBAkt. Seated.' While I thus pleasantly spoke, - 'he stranger eyed me,,hall' in wonder,and halt' in a strange sort o f horror; hut did\not move a foot. . 4 Do, sii'i he seated,; you need to be-dried ere going forth again.' I planted the chair, invitingly on the broad hearth, where a little tire had been kindled that nfiernoon to dissipate tho dampness, no t the' cold; for .it was early in the month of\Se|>- lemlicr. But without heeding rriy solicitation, and still standing in the \iiii.ddlo of the floor, the stranger gazed at me portentously and spoke. 4 Sir,' said lie.J.excuse.me, .biilins'tend-Of.my accepting your invitation -to-lte-seated-on-tlie hearth there, I solempTy warn yo 't ^VRSl -yon ac cept MHHiyaml stand with me in the middle of the rociin. Good heavens !' ho cried, starting— ' there's linother of those 'awful crashes. 1 warn you, sirpiuit the hearth.' 4 Mr. Jupiter Tunas,' said I , qtiTetly tolling my hoily on llm R J OIIP, ' T slanil tery WH II lu'rii' 4 Ar e yon so horridly ignorant, then,' h e eiied, 1 as no t to know., that by far the most dangerous part of a house duriti.tr SUL I I U Urn tic tempest as this, is- the fire place V 4 Nay , I did not know that,' involuntarily stepping upon the first hoard next to the stone. The t,tranger now assumed Mith an unpleasant- air of sticc.ssltil iidinomtiiiii, that—ijuite involun tarily again—I stepped luu.k - upoii the beartli, and threw himself into the erei'tot, proudest posture 1 cotrw>ii>Biiiaiid. But 1 said nothing. —^For-Heaven's sake,' be cried,-willi-a-strange- mixture of alarm and intimidation— 4 for Heav en's sake, get oil' of the hearth ! Know you' not that the lientcd air and soot are conductors ;— to say nothing of those immense iron fire dogs? Quit the spat,—I conjure you,— 1 command you.' - - ~ 4 Mr. Jupiter Tunas, I am not accustomed to be commanded in my own house:' LUilllJlliUiqt3 ^lii :iL _*i :ig :Lti _imtnc iliiU .ntu- profaiie\ in this time of teiTor.' _ > 4 Sir, \vil| you be so good as to tell nic 1 yoi^|) bllsiiicr-s,.? If you seek shelter from life stuiin. you are welcome, so long as _\oti I its ci\il; but il you o>mcon business,-upon it forthwith. Wh o ale-you V ~~ ' 1 am ti dealer in lightning roils,' saiil the -I'jaug'i'r, sol'iciiiiig his tpm:;» m\ speual business is- . Merciful lieaven ' : w-frnt-H i-ui -h !—» Hji'.'u \o .ir ever been struck—_\our pn lnises ^1 lean/ No? It's best to be provided ,' : —sig- anily rattling his metallic statl '.oii iliull «i (iV_; —'by li'ture, there are no ensiles in tlituTiler sloims; yet. say but the word, and of this cot tage 1 can make a Gibraltar.by a few waves of ihis wand. 'Hark, what lliiiiinalauis of con CUsMOIIS. !' ^ 4 Yo u interrupted yourself; your special busi ness you weie about to spunk of.' ' How very dull umare. My special business is to travel the country ft it- onlws for lightning- rods. This is my specimen, rod : ' tnppiiig his stall'; 'I hate the he.-! of refereitwy'—tniiihhno those in beifriea! Pray, will you tell me where and how on«< moy be safe in a time like this ? Is tliere. liny part of my housel may totiTrPwith hopes of my life ?' 4 There are; but not where you now stand.— Come away from tho wall.he. current will sometimes run down a wall, and—a man being a better conductor than a, wall—it would leave the wall and run into him. Swoop! That must have fallen very nigh. That iu\ust have been globular lightning.' 'Very probably. Tell me at once, which is. in ynnr opinion, 'the safest part of this house ?' ' This room, and this one spot in it where 1 stand. Come hither.' _ ' The reasons iirsLl .... prang ui on me ; his trifoiked thing-at itiy heart. .Tsejited.it; I snapped it} 1 da>|ied_it.;..l trod] -•-Hark-!—'after- the-flaslrthe^ust=thowlTes shiver—)he house, the house!—Come hither to me! ' —- . * Th e reasons, if you pleage,' , . * Come hjiher to me J • 4 Thank you again I .tjiiiik\ I will try my old stand,—the hearth. Alid now Mr. Lightning rod-inan, in tho pausg*—of—the— 4 HHideCj— 1 ie -sr>- *Tlii* will authenticated fact (which is ndt found in any of lite published reports) is supposed to have jbeen suppressed by order of the Oovernment, as'eal- dilated to injure, the A'dministrntion, From Putnam'.' -Jlontlily. The Lightning-Rod Man. What grand irregular -tlfunder, thought I, standing on inj hearthstone among the Acro- ceratiiiiau hills, as tho scattered bolts boomed overhead and crashed down among the, valleys', every bolt followed by zigzag irradiations, and r _ S3T \Why dim'.!, you wheul the barrow of co«l, Ked V quoth a learned vender of black diamonds, to hit man. 41 I t m not a very hard job —there is an inclined piano to 'relieve, you.'' s 4 4 Ay, masier,\ replied Ned, who hud more reli-Ii for »>it than work, \the plaub may belnchiied,bui hang me i f I am?' : :r T~—~ '.' '« B REA^ XS. B BED .— 44 How very seldom it hop- pens,\ said- one' friend to another, 4 1 that wo find exlitori who are bred to the business.\- 4 4 Very,\ replied the other, 4 4 and have you not remarked \ how Mstdum the business is 'brvad to the edi- Z ^\A pious old gentleman told his sons not to go, under any circumstances, a fishing on tho Sabbath ; but if they did, ay all ineavt briny s A **j »e the fiih. - u ' . -N . swi.lt slants nt rain, which audibly rang, iikiTa chargo of spear-points, on m y low shingled roof. I supjHjsc. though, that the mountains hereabouts break.and churn' up thq thunder, so that it is far moro glorious here than on tint plain. Hark ! —spmo one at tho door. Who is this that chooses a time of thunder fur ntakilig calls?— •And\ why don't he, itfsiti fashion,-tew the knocker, instead of making, that doleful undertaker's, clatter^ with lils^ list against the tiolloiv jiaiiol ?--j Ah, fiero becomes 4 Good day; sir:' an entir-c \siranger. 4 Riay be seated.' What is that strange-lookmg walkingslick he carries :—'\A fine tlniiitler-stonii\ sir.' ' 4 Kine!—Awful'J' \ 4 You are wet. Stand here on the hearth be fore the fire.' 4 Not lor worlds ? The stranger *t'ooil in the exact middle of the cottage, wlii.i<) he had lii>t planted liunttelf.— liirt biiigulaiity uu |iullciL _a eloser scr-utiny^ A lean, gloomy figure. Hair durk and lailk, mat- tedly streaked over, his brow. His sunken pit- jalls\ of eyes were winged by indigo haloa, and played with an innocuous sort of lightning': tho gleam without the bolt. The whole man was stripping, <tlo *tonil in a puddle on. ,tha barn in his pinkels. 'In Criggan last mouth. I pui up thrcc-aiid twenty rodsoii only five building-.'' Let mo see. Was it not at Criggan last week, about iiiTdnight on \Saturday that the teeple, the big elm and the .wmbly-roon i cujii'la weie slrui-Jj ? Any «f your rods-there?' 4 Not on the tree an d cupola, but the steeple.' 4 O f what li.-e is _\our rod then ?' 4 Of life and death tiso. But my_ work^ian was h.eediess. In fitting the rod at tlicioirtoThY Tsteeplevlnr -allovverlTrTJaTrTn^herTlle^HTr^ th'e 'tin sheeting. Hence the accident. Kot my fault, but his, Haik! ' 4 Never tnjnd. That clap burst quite loud enough to ba heard without finger pom ling.— Did you hear'of'the event at Montreal lust year? A servantgitl struck at her bcd-sjde vviiha rosary in her Imlu] : the beads being metal'. Does your beat extend into the Cauadas V ' No. An d I hear that thero iron roJls-onlv are in use. Thev should \mv&jmwt, which are good as tp tell me your, reasons for esteemipg this one room of tho house the safest, and your own one standpoint there the safest spot in it.' There vvas now a little cessntio'ii-of the storm for a while. Th e Lightning-rod man\ seemed relieved, and replied 5— 4 Your house fs one-storied house, with an at- tic nud H cellar; this room is between. Hence lis comparative safety. Because lightiiing.soine- times passes -.from tho clouds to the eailli, and sometimes froin the earth to the clouds. D o ^pu'comprelieu'n—'ahd i n _ cliobs\e~t]ie _ tiiid«\ireW the room', because, if the lightning\should strike tho house HfT'all; it would 'come down the chimney or walls;, so, obviously, iho further you arc fioiu idem, the better. Come hither to me, novy., 4 Prcsenjly. . Something ,'you just said, instead of ulai tiling me, has sliangely inspired couti- deiici'.' ' I 4 What have I said ? 4 Yo u said that sometimes lightning \flushes from the earth, to the clouds.' 4 A u*, ft Im Teliirtiiu'g stroke, as it ja called; vv lieii-lhcV'nLtll, bejnjj oveirharged with tlic fluid, Hashes us supplies upward.' 4 Th e 'returning stroke ; that fs, from earth to sky. Better and better. But come here on the hearth and'dry yourself.' • I am better here, and belter wet.' - 4 Tlovv ?' '» 4 I t is tlio/sufcst thing you can do—Hark,\ again !T—to.get yourself thoroughly drenched in a thunder-storm. Wet clothes arelietter con ductors than the'body ; and so, if the lightning stnki', il might down the wet- clothes .without touching the body, Tho stor.ui deepens -again. Have you a rtig^ in the house ? Rugs are IIOII- coiitluctorB. Gel one, that I may stand on il here, iind you too. Th o skies blacken—it is dusk at noon. Hark !—the rug the rug!' ' I gave him one; while thehooded niotmtains seemed .closing and tumbling into the cottage. 4 And uow, sjn.ee our belng^duTTib will not help us,' said I, resuming my'place, 4 let me hear }our precautions in travelling during thun der storms.' 4 Wait till this one is passed.' 4 Nay, proceed with-tho precautions. Yo u stand in the safest possible place according to your own account. Go on.' 4 Briefly then t I avoid pine trees, high houses, lonely barns, upland pastures; running' water, floclcs~of~cattle and sheep, a crowd, o f men. If my door ( thing his elbowed, copper scepter aflei him. . • - But spite of my treatment, and spite of m\ dissuasive _i,<tlk of him to my neighbor-;, the Lightning rod man >t,i1l. d'wvU.s in the hind ; still travels in s'tbim tune, and drives a \bravo trade with (ho fears of man. . 5 ir-CTriasitjTdJlT- more distracted'.' Ho was requested to call! itm- -inGdiateLy^-so.vnnto heMiad-just-received-.raiidjat' Mr. it Co.'s, and 4 accept the heattej***-- 4sfp, ;rt a-w*hirv-ttf-*i ;4<)0 a vertr, behny-hifhljr rceoiiiini'Ufltd.bv.a.|.M'i>ou. who^namehiaiiaW. eitlplov 'i 'i'.-j di-chnexTgiv ni'<j.' [—J-hui. w;:s a greater puz/Ie still. John and hk mothei'Miad rich relations ^ but, though tbiajr bad always been intop/ering in all tteirplsin* for making a living, they had never been known to i/ice lliciii nn\ thing except— advtbq, or to call oa ibein h'j tliuthyht ; and 1\ vvasu't vimlHikaif-— it; and^a^fTiggnig^hfr-drrrk-hgliTmn^kwg-T^ t-lmnge- his *pota,'-at_ What Came of an. Omnibtu Ride, 4 * ASU O.N K TILL TO TUB IIIOUT.\\ ' S OJJE lime ago, (no nmtter whin ; little folk^ shotihl't be curious!) I vvas riding m an omni bus with some half dozen well dressed ladies, and wl.ut'c kidded gi'iitl.-inen. -At a signal from somebody on tho side.-walk, the diiver reined up his hor.-ps, and a very old man wiTlr treii'iiiliius'ti'inbTamrsilverv loekT. pTo' sented himself for admission. The diivcrshotil- Cdihroiigh the sky-light, 4 Room Ibr-ono inmo, there, iiisuln ;'—hut,the gentlemen looked at the old man and frowned, an d tho ladies -spread im t their ruflli'd skirts, for his hat vvas shabhy.niiil his, coat very tin Pad bare. He*avv how il was, and how there was 'no room,'and meekly turned about lo go down tho ste[i», when a line looking \'iiuiig-maii, wh o sat next to me . spiai .^to the iloor, an d si izing linn b y the in in, \>anl \ T;iki- my pl.iee, sir ; you are iptite welcome to it ; I am young and hearty ; i t won't Hie mo to Walk'—and kindly leadn g th e old man to the vacant seat, ho leaped from th e s|.'p> aird. walk ed bn.-kf} dowrr-thestreet, while I looked .iiliin ring-\alter htm, sTiyui\; to mjsell, ' Tliat_ ynling' man has had a good-mother. 1 WodnJve on, and the more I 'lookvd at tin* old man's silvery hairs, and fine. lh.>neM _facej. tho more indignant I fell ai'the way In* had been treHted. Whether ho read my ihoiighiMii mv that late day.. No; i l couldn't ho JolinV rich ri'lalives, who were alvvaja in such a panic that ilieir cniisiii'-. th e IJniii.-e-*. lived in an uofaakv [ liiii .'tliie; part of tho town, ihned at ono o 'cioik, and noticed trades-peophj an d mechanics. W'e were to o .-eiiiiUitr to boliuvc in fsirie*, taad who tliR mischief was emplv-ng the 'horn' ot pjeiiiy' lli.it way -at our feet, vvas the question. \Vli«n we awoke next iiijoniing, we found ia tlio'liaik vanl, u b.tfrvl <»f apple.*, a barrel of Ilotrr, a keg of Innier. and a bag o f bnckwh«at tloiir, labelled, 4 For Joh n Harris, sttfOBt.^ John 11ei l.ire*l (il 'ii .r pint'liiiiyf himself to see if he n, illy Wei. * John.) th.it h e fastened the gate the very last thin* before-.he put on hi* ( night cap. Mrs. Harris said somebody muat havo-c-lnnb«l—over—aiRf-uuf'ast«ned-it-;— awl-I— jiimpt'iliighi up and down, for'a bfiglnrihougnl,\ - lr:t »l jti^tsii 'tii kine, and 1 Was determined to hold- i it, for 1 didn't have a bright thought every da>, 4 What now,' said John, as *I .capefad round ibc rooin.\ ' Oli, n<•ilniitr.\ s.'tid I , • cnlv it takes a vvotjpan alt, lo Iro.l ,, m r,.l Mln -f I,, kfp if.toQ^ '4 countenance or not, I Caii'i s.-iy ; but alii'i' ino-i of tho passengi'i's. had got out, he mdvpil im to me and sanl, ' Gomj bov—wii-n'l he Mv dear (and hero his voice sunk-to a c>>iilidehTi.il v\hih jier,) I'havogo l lnoiiey i-iiough lo buy out' ali t ihe upstart ]ieo|H.* tliitl tilled this oiiiiiihu**, | twenty times over, but 1 like tins coat and hat. | They are iis\tfiioil as a-crucibleT^ Help uie l.'i 1 find out iho Hue metal. ^Uood-iuoriiiiFg, ni\ I .-nbleil, *-iii.ppnij; my linger al hirti. - 'Ib.it'.liv I lie i**.*ht it w i a hi do niQ good to ride>' al'oui in air-omiiibii\. 1 ji led several. I t didn 't in ike much ditleienco whether, they went 'up Mi cot i r down, or win re they, finally stopped I W.-I-, |o,,k n '4' moie al the ]>;:-.-engers. U\ an I Iv I .-;iw tin* pi i*\!! iTiiuted. Said! I in a. til.i>j .iT. sli HI i I'IO W ii !>e-ride Inm, • Houeet tent —eli'iUliip — tl'iiir—bnt:er-*-crack,ers aud Inn kw licit K.all for omii'lii)-!' —H1ilTfrl ~\iiow iiTrr'-f.'irv' wjis tlrtm iee _ okl\ in.in with v'haI s / Di.iii't ho bribe mettf fTfrh-l—my lo :yr \e, hi i,..liner oie llmt Im wnllhl giving you a scat i * a o f«*l .1 peep ,ll Jojlll oine ! and iln.n'L 1 vvdieii lie c .i ii-v Hiotlier ( Didn't ha ik as much astonished as if it li.iiln'l been tellled tw o dai s pii.*vi'iu«.' Jim how wa s 1 to know that Mi;,. 1! iins would (urn out i n bo an old love of Isi — ' llnw w.i-. Jo!.ii to\ 1.now, when he felt t £-(-}-OO I dear. Thank you for voiir pl'.v.iu-t as much a* til—on Lv-U >-bo-k; n d -1 o-lh e old— ih.it^ii li-.iir bid oiinvn white loving hia II.,' and the old man puljed l!iestr;tp, the ouimbiis and hobbled oli' douu if 1 net dud got out of street. • Some time after 1 ndvort>.-.ed for Imbuing'-*, and wa s iiu^weied by a Widow la.lv. 1 [rked the air of i'.- hiiii-i*, i l wa s s o ne.it and quiet : and tliijn, l!.c lliivveiing plants in \'tm wimiovv, were si letter nt rrcoiitiii<*iiil.itiou t o me. .'Yiiiir cold-hearted, icn.li>-people never vfi.ru lor .flowera But what jiariie.ul.iiiv ple .-Lsed 'ine, at Mr^. Ti• ir *.t.e oi 'iJ ir.'jn to ktrou whjr I. .fid thought him one of j loan I iiiotlicT?— -How was ho loi 'eii .'i im - o V.T t.iri* ( '. ii.ii: 4 *'ien I- \ ha i I'Vi r seen ? How was 1 |,, , know ii th .1 I was to turn out to» be what I alwn\i so li.ol'l.dl V h.llcd—a fcminiM in.itch maker I . Wili-. tho Ml h\ all . mi The Stolen Hide3. : : i*. i a:: i in nont preacher' among . w .ii ,i t .iimor by tntJe, and kuownf oi'<* who w.ilk i d huinbly' with hi*. Oi.c i.i^lit a iMhintii y o f Indiis.was ito - . , - - , .- , t i 1 v. w... >'i.\ i .i - in, ii ,t ,i,i .iii .i vi iiui»>n« li w r ..i , was tho dev-olion ot her sot. to J.i, ir.oll.ii'. ,,. lTT „ im tl Vt.,mi. rv, and iiJ ha.l reason to ba- I expected no less becaiiso llio minute ho opened tho door, I saw that he was tin.\young lii.ni v\h6 gave up his seat in the omnibus to tbu gentle man. John did fill the marketing and provided a t wisely and as well as if ho were seventy, instead of seventeen. H e wheeled his mother's arm chair lo the pfea.iautor corner ; handed her loot- [.stool, aud iievv.-papcr and spectacles ; olfcrod •vy (ho liii. fwin- a <jiiair\!soir)e Jrunkerr iieigU'n.ir. w ho, n 1 A I I.I' I ia!l* John Siuitli. Tha ue\'t vucl. ll.e lo'lovviiig .vivel'-'selllctit appeared in the coiiniv iiev^papir : — » 1 4 Whoever sto.o a. ••.itintity of hici:son tha' fifth of the piiM nt nioiiili , i-> heft by informed that the owner h .;.i a .-inceio wish—to bo his friend. If povbitv' tempted hint to this falaa heK-liiiwrnn- uu-;t.iiMflii.UlJwi r 4in .Up«ni iu i+ - t \l , • ^ \ u \ , ' r ^I' 1 , k \' '* .\^ • wl ': J '° \ rmt1oa f evenlnirs by her sukM^.ead of joiuin- oilur ^reUMiH vdl s I.i.|I> put h -'* m the way of young'men II, racing over th o e,iy to kilhlliuu j ;- D «»\''\Jf h mean, mo.e I.Lcly to br»«- • - * - • ° - - 1 him |ie:ice ot rni'il.' -I-nTin-el-on-foot,—as lo-dny—I do not'walk fast; if in my buggy, I touch not its back or sides; if on horseback, I dismount and load the horse. But of all things I nvouj tall men.' , 4 Do I dream V Man avoid man ? and in danger time too:' 4 Tall ineji_,in a .tliunder ^torm I avoid.' Ar e you so grossly ignoraift as not to know, that the height o f a six. footer is sufficient- to discharge an electric cluud upon bu n i Arc no* lonely Kenltiekians ploughing, smit in the unfinished copiKT. Iron is easily fused. Then they dravvl^rrow ? Nay, if t|,e six footer, stand by run out the Md. M .almWtfiirt=in^ w,il wnitHimw.^lilUL 'enough .'.Tconduet the full electric current— | Us conductor to that running water. Hark. : Sure, yo n black pinnacle is split. Yes, a man is it good conductor. The lightning goes through and through a man, but only peels a tree. But sir, you have kept me so long answering your questions, that 1 have not Te l come l o hu^iiiessT Will you order one o f m y roils.? Look at this speeirujen one? ,See:~it is of the be>t of cop per. Copper's the tiest conductor. Your house oak floor; his strango walking stick-vertically Testing at/his side'. It was a T-olislifiiL^copper. rod, four feet lorjg, lengthwiae 'attaphed to p neat wooden staff, by insertion, into' two \balls of greenish glass, ringed with copperibands.' 5 - The metal .rod** terminated jugh lire metal melts; tho building is destroyed My copper rods never act so. Those Canadians are fools. Some of them knob tho rod at tiie top, which risks a deadly explosion, instisad of imperceptibly carrjing down the current m- to~the earth, as this sort of rod does. Mine is tho only true rod.' Lookal it. Only ono dollar a foot.'' 4 Tins abuso of your Own calling irt another might make ono dislruatful with respect to your-\ »elt.' •'Iafk! The thunder beeorhps less mirrtcr- ing. I t is nearjiig us, and Hearing iho earth too. Hark! Quo Crammed crash I Al l the vibrations fiinde one by nearness. Another flash. Hold:' 4 What do you V Lsaid. seeming him now,\in- slantaneotisly relinquii-hiug his staff, lean intently forvvaids towards tlio^vviuijoiv, wuh his right lofe and middle fingers on hi* Jolt Wrist.\ But ere tho woriFs'TSi^l' well escaped me, .another exclamation escapciTliim*^ . 4 Ci'ash f only tlireo p^lses^dess/ than 8 third of a mile off—yonder, somewhere in'that wood., _ . I passed three btricktjn oaks t.henj, ripped out | hajjered horse, burnt in his sUll;—and all in new an d ghtlenng. Th e oak draws lightnine- vn( i '*\ a6 ' 1 \ more than olheriiinber, having iron iti solution in>its SIITI . Your floor here .seems oak.'. .. . . \ -J J&BtUUd o**k. From—the*peei|har:-lime-of- your call upon me, I suppose you purposely It vvas a beautiful sight' HI these days, when i beardle -s. bovs eaino stamping and vvhi-ti'iig in- J liii singul ir to their mother's presence Willi their haLs on,' •''•'hie aiti'iitioii ; but t 'je 'culpi.t alouo knew and calling her'the old woman' * i 1:1 \'\ '•\ ' '-' V '' r - ' \he n ho read it,- 1 spent a plea-ant autum n uiidiix Mrs. Harrii'; hi - bii ^v-m ^te,| .*\i.t.i.i h.m, ajij ho vvas tilled- miicl roof. Alid now winter bad set in, w ilh it- -soioo v f..r what, he I .id d.oi!3. A few nice fong oveTim^i?-' .roTTn came in to tea, i.iie \Hglit-al'. nvaid-, -is the tanlifir 's family wer* night, wiliriiis bright fic -ij over cloii.leil . H,. | about le.nuigto r -st, they h .Mi 'd a timid knock r, nt aCnicteil contsid- JoTiu • mother was a! his side in an iii-lant. master had failed, and'John wab thrown out ol employment ! Trrni When the door ua-t ojii'iiedrthure stood Jolu i isi'iitli, w.iih a load of hides on his shoul der. Without looking u p ho sard, \ I h*»«i — Tlnsii 1 learned that i t Was by the strictest biought tlie-e baek, Mr. S-wery.; whorO shall I ' economy and hoarding of every cent of John'-,' 'ficiu.'-'' \ W.-ni till 1 e.iji get a lantern, and small sa'larv. that the house rent was paid and ' 1 u ' ;1 £<> |,J tl*« b-ini wu h thee,\ ho replied ;— ihe table provided. - 1\ , '\- >n * 1'ei'h.ipsThou wilt tome in,and tell mer 'And now, ' so tho vyidovv sniil, •tlm house 1 ,low tj\\ hu'p ^0 'i._ Wo will see what can be lli list b o given up, for Job II might bo a long | done U.r (lire.' while g-etimg aiioiher placo ; deiUnps are so | A ^ -- 0 \ 1 ' ! '. s they wer- g.)ii.» out . his wife pre- • diilicull to obtain ; and they iniis i not think of ruuniiijr into -debt.' -JUs siich.a_pity.. We were nil so comfojlti blc anil-happy llierej in tho ertzy httlo' parlor. pared soine Imt coll.-j ai -1 pl.ucd pies mid meat* •on llio table. )\ lien they 'ri tinned from ther- barn, she.said : 4 \ 2s\ig l ibi.'r !Siiiitli f I thought sumo 1ml supper would be good for thee.\ \H *r . - - . . , , ,, -. . .itiirnod his biuik toward her, an d did not SDeak. vvfth Its'suiiuv bow Wiuuovv full of tloweis, and f . , . . , . ., C K\~* i Alter leaning against llio tirl*p!aco ill Slleaoe av ils - biight Lehigh tiie, and snfllj•eii-hioiied\ lew iiioiin ni.-, In* s.nd m a chunked voice :' 4 4 It- is l'jw ; but be.iiig on tho mountains, that lo'vv- ness .xloes noCone whit, depress it. You moun taiueers aro mo-t ex|H)-ed. In nioiiiitainoii- countries the lightning rod man should have most business. Look at the specimen, sir. One rod will answer for ti house so small as this. Look over tliese reco'miiientdatioiis. C^nly ono rod,! sir; ico-t, oidy twenty dollars^ Hark ! There go all the gran tic Tacouics u_nd Hoysics dashed together like pebbles. By tlm sound, thai uiu-t have struck somelliTriif, chuffs; that cozy parlor, vv hero the httlu round , . .. , . , , . . . ., J ' i .i i i i ^ r. i- th e first Hum l ever sto o uuyibiuc. and £ have tabe T with is snowy dull, li.ul been'so o en ' .... J t>!\ .«*««™ , i .i r \ - . a- . i . i i- . . lelt very bad about it.' I am -sure 1 ilidu t onroa - spread ; and tho fragrant coftee, the delicate tea-' , i ; . T i ~i i . i , T ,'..'. s ... • , . i -thiiik that I should ever come to what. I am.-*- bistuit^ntid racv ii«wst )atM *r had been so *iflcti , , ... . * ,. ,. ~r~~ i \ II'I i ,i T Bu t I -took t o drinking, and tlien to qtiarrehnffv discussed ; where John in bl-v slipper -i ami dren .. p' * ^•\ cl |*'l' , i , . • '.' -, . , lrr hitii'i! I began lo ir') dowu.hlll, Creryhod-V-fftMe iiuf-!>own. with hi t dark haft pu-lir-il otl Irr-. i • v ™ .i .- . ' f , 7 ^ . broad forehead, nnd to us\ page alt»*r p'g 'i ol -oine fnvoiiie aiilhor, wlnlii llio wiild w-a .i wel eofiiw ti> wht-lle il-elf dumb oiil-fih.* the thle-l IKihfl JfhT othred inc. a helping hainh ' My wife is sicklr*- and my chi-lieu aie starving. You have sent seleiit stormy weather for your journeys. When the thunder is roaring, you dee'm \it an hour peculiarly favorable for producing impression's favorable to youY trade.' 4 Hark ?—Awful!' '-V>*V •For ono who would arm others with fearloss- nes*, you seem unbeseemingly timorous \yourself. CQmmon|men choose fairweatberforthetr trareK: .you choose thtinder-storms.; alid yet-: ' 4 That 1 traVej m thundef-alorm*, I grant but not .without particular precaution; such a» An elevation of live fei'C abovo the house, vyill protect twenty feel, radius all «boul tho rod. Only twenty dolhus, sir—a dollar a foot; Hark !-*-'Dreadtui 1— Wdlj you bhyk Shall I jiut down\ Think of bohig a heaj) of charred offal, hko n ' You pretended envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to and from Jnniter ^Vnans ^HUgJK'dJ ^iyoti-niefe -misiKhererlo -pui kou and your jiipe sti m between tlay and sky, 'doytra I lain 1c thai because you can strike a bit of green light-from tho Li *yden jar, that you [.can thoroughly alien tho sujiemal liolt? Your rod rusts, or breaks, or where aro you 1 Wh o has um |Hiwered you,-you Telzel, to [Hiddl p rniind. - - i. « fin your indulgences frum divine ordmatioiis? Th e hairs of ourheads are numliered. and the* days of \our lives. In thunder as in sunshine, I stand in -ease at the band* of my God. .False negotiator. »w*y! See, tbe' kcroll of (he storm is rpl.led back; the houie.ia unharmed; add in the. blue -TI in • , . i ,i . _ . , i t' ei\ many a iia.d ; God bless vo n ; and yet I old Winter t o pile up tho SIIOV T at the . /. . ' . .. /. i ' . . .... . . i ,- . - -- • i-t.de the t.idii. urn 1 tell you tho truth, when |f*or til he go l red ot it. , • i , , , J . . -.'„ ' IM . I I, s.iv it i .i ;hu ln.-t tune I was ever a thief.\ It was Ii ml. .r -fl' „t i* 1 4 Lei u be tho hist time,-m v friend,\ replied John waikci tip-aiii diiM'ii lb-llnor, with h.-i .. . . . ' - ... . . . , '. • . •** .... ir—-ii 1 Willi.mi f-iverv. \ Hie Secret still rematus be- I 'r«niise >no*ihiit thou wilt' 1 twee 11 Hlhll hands cji's.cil In hi;nl him. -while Mrs. llain- went round'the nioni hunting after her -pecia <.,,.<*-. . r , , , . . , II ' ,i , , »oi driiili aiiy-iiitii-Jicating hnuor for a year, and eli's. when t lev wei\ coiiiforlalilv runosiiiiT on tile I , ' . ^ 1 . J ' . , , '~rr •, „' . ; — ^ — pt -wTTT -rmTpiriy thee to-nTorrovv, on gc^-wagea.- bridtro ot her tl'iu Koiyjiu nose. 1 1 - - • • ' ° - ^ A knock al 'the dour ! A note to Jolui ! . - \ 'Enclosed find $000 to pay John HaitiV houao.reiif the'coming Jear.. A'FlrTITSTJ.\ i wiil einjilny tbee to-mon _ ' I'hu liule.'bu) 'can juck up stor.iTs. But'eat a bit now aud xfriiik sotinj hot coiFee. Perharr* it will keeji llieo tiosil eriiTingjin y tiling stronger to night. -Uoiiblleis thou wilt-lind it-bard to a .b- -I slam at liist; but keep up n brjj^heart, for the John rubbod his eyes and looked at his moth* I .-ako of thy wife 'and >! ml, or ; his mother looked at trie, aint 1 looked at | become ea.-y. Wh«.'i the both o f them ; and then we laughed and cried nil we nearly had regular hysterics'. But who was tho ' Friend ?' \.Uial. was'ihe. question. Wo wcro all born Yankee , and did our (test at 4 guessing ;.' but\ it didn't help u-. Well, at any rate, it was vory IIICQ .ail round.— I hadn't to be routed. N». nor Jolui, nor his dear bid mother, Ar.d pussy purred, around tinif she hadraa much reason lo bo glad as tlio rest of u<; ,_will soon' ooti lull M.in, ami-she wiil,il< _ Tho poor felbov tried the loi.d ,-ecuicil to choke •Tying\ to cniiipostt Ins IcolTrrJ'Hio 'bowed ho.ul 6^! iluTuibli* ainjiwept iiko a child. After a while he ale ;rtid drank, and his host patted wuh bun for tho flight,\ wuh tho kindly word* 3 \Try to do wel!, John, and thou wilt alwajr* Iind a friend in mo.'-' -Ho eotered into bw *»||- aild the\ canary ilinlled so sliarp-.a>stni were obliged* to muzzle* his cagiTnnd en^itefaSW with John's red silk poeTiol-hiindkerclTTetT Mrs.\Harris and I liKtl 'not 'got our feminine tongues still, the next djvy, when John came home in'the middle of 'the afternoon with auoth- tlm iR'\idiiy,',uiidteiii.iiire'd.wrthhiiiijf>fay years, a sober, honest aud faithful man. The i eruFof tho theft was kept between them ; -b«t- afier John's deatj^Wtlham Savory sometiltMe told\ thu\sTory ftove tliat evil might bar oc-ujo with good. ^ • ) . v - . - *t.. Mi £
