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* What are we to do about suckling ? W e are then obliged to take ale.’ Perhaps nothing could be^ more preposterous iban such an idea. Did the various suckling animals ever take any such things? Whal. would be the tljpught of an old woman who would give her cow a gallon of ale, under (he idea that it would then be better able to suckle its calf? One of Itis most respectable patients had giv en up the use of all fermented drinks, add one consequence was that not a single dose of physic was pul down to her account in his day-book. She had a very fine child, ana the mother and . child were both doing remarkably well. • But whal, then, are we to suckle with ?’ It would be said, His reply was—with good beef and mutton, to be sure- If they would have punny, weak, sickly childten, let them drink ale. and other drinks containing alcohol, and, \ according to the usual plan, give the children a pprtion also. Hemet with a woman, aged 53, who in the course ofher life, had suckled twenty-four children, of her own or other people’s, some of the principal families in the place. He found that she had nol used any fermented drinks. He asked her what she had taken? Her reply was—broth, or whey, or milk. She was a fine, tall, stout, healthy old woman, and hid fair to live one hundred years. He had often greatly re gretted to find females who, according to their age, ought to be in the very prime of life, worn out. in consequence of their taking stimulants so freely to assist them, as they supposed, in suckling their children. He earnestly advised them not to take another drop: they might feel a little low at first, but a little barley-broth, and good beef and mutton, would ptove most effectual restora tives.” (£?* The Rev. N a t h a n B l u n t , of Pough keepsie, has, for some time past, been labor ing with great success among our colored population. The Temperance tefortn, which bas done its work quite thoroughly among them, prepared the way for the minister of the gospel, and when ho came, a revival followed, and as a consequence, they have organized a society, called the First Wesley an Methodist Church. T e m p e r a n c e C o n c e r t .— Mr. Hubbard gave a Temperance Concert at Catskill, on Monday evening last, before a highly respec table audience, who appeared much gratifi ed with his performance ;• some of his best pieces were warmly encored. This evening lie gives another at Coxsackie. , * ----- , M E E T IN G S TO COME. Mr. Haydock will make temperance ad dresses at the following places : On Thursday evening, at school-house, near Dr. Trimble’s, at Statjie. O d Friday, at the school-house at Blue Stores. On Saturday, at the school-house, near Mr. \Wey’s residence, in Livingston. On Sunday evening, at the Academy in the village of Clermont. T e m p e r a n c e M e e t i n g in t h e S o u n d .— A correspondent in the Boston Mercantile Journal, who left New York for Boston in the steamei New Haven, thus concludes liis let ter : “ In the evening we had a Temperance meeting in the after cabin ofthe steamboat. Deacon Colton of Norwich vvas called to the chair, and made some appropriate remarks. Mr. Parkhurst, of New York, also spoke for the edification of tlie company, and the Tem perance Reform appeared quite popular a- rnong the passengers. On the deck of the boat however, there is m a little miserable, bar. which the proprietors of this line would do well (if they consult the ' wishes nf a very large majority of the travel ling public) to abolish. The smell of rum and the noise of ditmken deck passengers, ate poor accompaniments to steamboats in these Temperance days. B E E F VS.. RUM. A little fellow, whose father and mo'lier had but recently signed tlie temperance pledge, on gening up one Sunday morning, happened to steal a glance into the pantry, when In! and behold! wliat should greet hi* ravished sight, hut an dftOfmotis piece of fresh beef 1 As enon as he recovered from thesltock, he stole gently to tlte side of his mother, and whispered to Iter very confidentially—” moth er, mother—is father going to set up a butch- er't shop?” •* Set vp a butcher's shop ! why, ■child, you must be crazy, what on earth do you mean ?” “ Why, Mother, don’t you know there is such a piece o f beef in the pan try I thought, to be sure, that father was go ing to keep a butcher’s shop!” Poor little fellow, he had never seen so much beef ns that in his father’s house in all his life. Il was quite a new era in the little chap’s existence. His father had often con- tribited towards buying meat for the rum- seller’s family, forgetting, poor deluded man, that he had one. of his own, which had a weightier claim upon his attention and sup port.— Crystal Fount. D E A T H O F GEORGE S T E E R S . We have the sad duty to perform this week, of announcing the death of Mr. G e o r g e S t e e r s , one of the original Six re formed drunkards of Baltimore, who gave that impetus to the cause of Temperance, which has .sent, it over the land like adevour- ing flame. He died on Sunday last, aged forty-four. The labors ofthese tnen, and those who have adopted their principles, all over the country, have been crowned with large success, and -proved a blessing to humanity. The names of the Six are destined to an im mortality around which no blood-stained trophies will cluster—no tears of widows and orphans will dim its brightness. They have won an immortality of the purest and holi est character, aud the blessings and tears of thousands will sanctify their memory. The remains o f Mr; Steers were followed to the grave by a solemn and impressive array of friends, and the earth closed overa truefriend of this kind. We have shrouded ourcolumns in tlie usual badge of mourning, as vve con sider that the cause we advocate has sustained in the death of Mr. Steers a heavy loss.— N . Y. Organ. W ARNING TO R U M -SE L L E R S . The traffic in ardent spirit is a ruinous work. It often ruins the man who sells.— Garret Smith of Peterborough, N. Y.. a few years since made an examination in his own village lo test the effect of the spirit trade up on the man who sells. He found that in twenty-two years, twenty-nine persons had been engaged in the trade in that village.— O fthese, five had discontinued without loss or gain. Tw enty were still living, all poor and all drunkards. Similar examinations in other places we verily believe would bring to light similar facts. If so, how precatious the business of the rumseller. H is business is ruinous to those who buy, and while ruin ing others, he is in four cases out of five bringing destruction upon himself and dis grace upon his family.— W. R . Washingto nian. W h a t s h a l l w e d o w i t h o u r A p p l e s 1 Read the following, and then decide : A p p l e s .— -We conversed a few days since with a gentleman residing in the vicinity of Boston, who has upwards of thirty acres of land in orcharding, the trees in a fine heal thy state, and in full bearing. He whs then scouring the state for the purpose of buying young vigorous trees to enlarge his orchard much beyond its present extent. When we saw him he said he had eight hundred bar rels of apples on hand in prime order, for which he could have three dollarg and a half a barrel. He tells us that the demand for exportation is limited ooly by the supply: that to every part of the globe where Amer ican vessels go, they are a profitable article of export, and that to an almost unlimited e x tent. One merchant in Boston applied to him last fall for 500 bushels of Baldwin a p ples, al two dollars and a quarter a barrel, to ship to Calcutta, in the East Indies. He bad shipped about the same quantity for several previous seasons, and with uniform success. Shipments to England, the W est Indies, South America, the Mediterranean and other places, give equally good returns. The a p ples of New England keep much better than those raised further south, and are preferred for shipping on that account.- Worcester S p y. ” L E T T H E SOUND GO F O R T H .” That a man gains no credit by signing the pledge' for fun,’ and immediately violating it. Tha't any man who signs the pledge, and afterwards uses the weaker alcoholic drinks, such as beer, porter, ale, &e. violates tite pledge—although he may not drink a suffi cient quantity to become intoxicated. That Temperance Societies never cau prosper and be effective, unless the members generally attend the meetings thereof. That a t all meetings o f Temperance Soci eties, lectures should be delivered. They are calculated to do much good. That the drunkard maker is agrealercurse to community than the greatest druokard. That he who would first make a man drunk, and then turn him out of doors, is un- vvort hy o f the name of man. That certain rum-sellers, who have been very busy in electioneering against temper ance men, have gained but little credit by such acts, as a decrease of business will ere long testify. Tnnt whet) a tavern-keeper will stoop to meanness . in order to cany on his opposition to the temperance cause, he goes below his calling. That certain tavern-keepers ought first to take a view o fthe brandy pimples upon their own noses, before they charge temperance men with being “ red-faced hypocrites.” That tire above hints are intended to be ta ken. and no doubt will be, by those who un derstand them. Carrying a Joke toofar.— A late number of the Tennessee Review, states that a hill o f indictment had been found against Geotge Smith, John H. Tobb, Loften Duke, James Pearce, and Leroy Brown, for the murder o f a slave belonging to a Mr. Miller. They had all got into a drunken spree, and under the influence of liquor, enticed the negro into aloft, and hong him for fu n , intending to cut him down in a rnomentor two before life should be extinct. Their drunken frolic was carried too far—tbe negro died. From Knickerbocker’s Magazine. A TOUCHING SK E T C H OF P A R E N TAL SO R R O W . A few months ago I buried my eldest sob, a fine manly boy of eight years of age, who had never had a days illness until tbat which took him hence to be here no more. His death occurred under circumstances peculiar ly painful to me. A younger brother, the next in age to him. a delicate sickly child from a baby, had been down for nearly a fortnight with au epidemic fever. Inconse quence of the nature of the disease, I used every precaution lhat prudence suggested to guartl the other members of my family a- gainstit.- But of this one, my eldest, T had but little fear; he was so rugged and so gen erally healthy. Still, however, I kept a vig ilant eye upon him, and especially forbade his going into the pools aud docks netfh his school, which he was prone to visit. One evening I came home wearied with a long day’s hard labor, and vexed at some lit tle disappointments, and found lhat he had also just come into the house, and that he was wet and' covered with dock mud. 1 taxed him with disobedience and .scolded him severely—more so than I had ever done be fore; and then harshly ordered him to his bed. He opened his lips, for an exculpatory reply as I supposed, but I .sternly checked him ; when with a mute, sorrowful counte nance and a swelling breast, he turned away and went slowly to hischamber. My heart smote tne even at the moment, though I felt conscious of doing a father’s duty. But how much keener did I feel the pang when I was informed in the course of the evening by a neighbor, that my boy had gone to the dock at the earnest solicitation of a younger and favorite playmate, arid 6y the especial pet- mission of itis school-master, in order to re cover a cap belonging to the former, whicli had blown over the wharf. Thus I learned that what I had treated with unwonted se venty as a fault, was hut the impulse of a generous nature which, forgetful of self, had hazarded perhaps life for another. It was but the quick prompting of that manly spir it whicli I had always endeavored to engraft upon his susceptible miud, and which, young as he was, had already manifested itself on more titan one occasion. How bitterly did I regret my harshness, and resolved to make amends to his grieved spirit in the morning! Alas! that morning never came to hitn in health. Before retir ing for the night however, I crept to his low cot and bent ovet him. A tear had stolen down ppon his cheek, and rested there. I kissed it off; but he slept so sweetly and so calmly, that I did not ventuie todisturb him. The next day he awoke with a raging fever on bis brain, and in forty-eight hours was no more ! He did not know me when I was first called to bis bed-side nor at any moment afterward, though in silent agony I bent over him till death aod darkness closed the scene. 1 would have given worlds to have whisper ed one kind wotd in his ear, and have been answered ; bul it was not permitted. Once indeed a smile, J thought of recognition, light ed in his eye, and 1 leaned eagerly forward. Bui il passed quickly away,and was succeed ed by the cold, unmeaning glare, ’and the wild tossing of the fevered limbs, and lasted till death caine to his relief. Every thing I now see that belonged to hirn reminds me of tbe lost one. Yesterday I found some rude pencil sketches which it was itis delight to make for the amusement ofltis younger biother; to-day, in rumma ging an old closet I came across his boots, still coveted with dock mud as when he last wore them ; and every morning and evening 1 pass the ground where Iti3 voice rang the merriest among his playmates. All these things speak to me vividly of hi3 active life ; but I cannot, though I often try, recall any other expression ofhis father, than that mute, mournful one with which he turned from me on the night I so harshly repulsed him __ Then my heart bleeds afresh. O ! how care ful should we all be, that in our daily con duct toward those little beings sent us by a kind Providence, we ore not laying up for ourselves the sources of many a future bit ter tear! How cautious that neither by in considerate word or look we unjustly grieve their generous feeling! And how guardedly ought we to weigh every action against its motive, lest in a moment of excitement we be led to mete out to the venial errors of the heart the punishment due only to wilful crime! Alas! few' parents suspect how of ten the sudden blow, the fierce rebuke, is an swered in their children by the (ears, not of passion, not of physical or mental pain, but of a loving but grieved or outraged nature. G r e a t R e f o r m a t i o n . —This is a won derful age we live in, and wonderful things are happening every day. A few’ days ago we met an old friend who had been dead, as we supposed, for a number of years, but a hard squeeze of the hand gave undoubted as surance of his vitality. His story was soon told; hehas been raised by the power of cold •water. He had scarcely left us, before an other individual claimed our attention, whose face seemed familiar, but yet, so altered, that we did not at first recognize the happy being who carried it. The features were tbe same that we remembered, except one great fea ture, the eye, which in other days was so badly twisted as to show little else than its white—now, it is straight, brilliant, and beau tiful. The explanation of bis metamorpho sis was brief but satisfactory.. D r. D ix o n bad straighted his eye, by an operation per formed in three seconds. A few days after we met a lady, who had always looked cross eyed al us, and as she said, for a very good reason, but a recent visit to Dr. Bison, had1 taught her better manners,improved her beau ty, and perfected her sight. We advise all' who desire to see strait, lo visit D r. Dixon,, whose operations have not the least squint ing towards quackery. We had intended to prolong this article,'but seeing our friend of the Republican has not been sightless upon this subject, we will give, the public an op portunity of seeing wliat he says. M r . D ix o n , of New-York, who has ope- ted successfully on a number of the citizens of Hudson for squinting and other infirmities ofthe eye, has repeated successfully at. his Institution, the experiments of Mr. Turnbull, of London, in removing films and specks, and slopping inflamation of the eye, by the fumes of Prussic Acid. Mr. Dwight A. Hall, of Columbus. Georgia, has been restored from complete blindness of three years stand ing, requiring to be led during that time.— He now walks alone, and will cheerfully an swer any communications made on that sub ject. Mr. Hall resides in New-York. The application of the Acid is productive of extraordinary results. Whilst all the seeming effectsof increased inflammation are produced, the patient feels only the most de lightful and soothing effect, and the eye is left in that state. Each application produ ces a visible effect in cases of moderate in tensity, and it is not hoping too much, after Mr. H a ll’s case, to anticipate tbe complete . cure o f many cases now deemed hopeless. Dr. D ix o n on his recent Vvisil performed : the operation for squinting successfully, on another of our citizens. There are at'least twenty more persons in I he city who should,, by all means, submit to tbe operation. e t r , On the 11th inst.,by the Rev. Hiram Wheeler, Mr. Andrew Al. Pulver, to Miss Margaret Miller, both of Claverack. In Coxsackie,on the 12th inst., by the Rev. J . C. Vandervoort, Air. Peter I. Philip, of Mellenville, to Aliss Angelica C. Vandenburgh, daughter of Robert Vandenburgh. Esq. of the former placet! At Red Hook, on the 33th inst., by the Rev. Atr. Creagh, Air. Whiting B. Sheldon,“of Livingston, for merly of this city, to Miss Caroline Williams, of Liv ingston, formerly of Windsor, Ct. . At Livingston on the 20th inst.. by the Rev. Mr. Fonda, Mr. Peter Smith, to Aliss Deborah Ham. In Stockport, on tho 1.1th inst.,by the Rev. A. Sco- vel,Alr. A. B. Slinnklutul, merchant of Albany, to Miss Sarah E. ScoveI, Principal of the Pennington Female Seminary, New Jersey. 291 e if, In this city, on tlie 24th inst. George R. son of ’ Stephen W. and Sarah Ann Crandell, aged 3 years 3 months and 21 days. COM MON SCH O O L S . ’ A County Convention of Teachers of Common Schools, in accordance with their expressed wish, will be held at the Court House, in Hudson, on T hurs day, the 24th day o f November, at 10 o’clock, A.M. An Address may be expected from DavidG. Woodin, the County Superintendent. The friends of education are respectfully invited to attend. [Oct. 27.] 27-4t ------------- «i---------------------------------------------- STATE OF NEW YORK, > S e c r e t a r i e s O f f i c e . J A l b a n y , August 31,1842. To the Sheriff ofthe County of Columbia: Sir—Notice is hereby given that at the next general' election to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November next, tbe following Officers a»e to be elected, to wit: A Governorand Lieutenant Governor of this St« te. A Senator for the Third Senatorial District, to sup ply the vacancy which will accrueby the expiration o f ' the term of service of Alonzo C . Paige, on the last day of December next. Also, the following County Officers, to wit: Three Members o f Assembly. Yours, respectfully, 20-te S , YOUNG, Secretary o f State. STATE OF NEW YORK, S e c r e t a r y ’ s O f f i c e . A LBANY, September 7,1842. To the Sheriff of the County of Columbia: Sir—Notice is hereby given that at the next General' Election to be held on the Tuesday succeeding the first Monday of November next, a Representative in the 28th Congressof the United States is to be elected for the E l e v e n t h Congressional District, consisting of the Counties of Columbittand Greene. Yours, respectfully, 20-te S. YOUNG, Secrotary of State.. D Y A R ’S CLOCK, LAM P <fc LOOK ING GLASS Wholesale and Retail Store,. Warren-street, Hudson, nearly opposite the Farmers’ Bank, or next door below Seymour’s Hardware store where may be found CLOCKS ofevery price, ofhis own and other manufacturers, and warranted fbr time.. Likewise. Clocks o f every description thoroughly re-, paired, bv an experienced workman. Also, C arr’s, Patent and other .Lamps, for bunng Camphene Oil. Common Oil, Church and Astral Lamps altered to burn Camphene. Lamps construct ed for burning common Lard. The purest Camphene Oil constantly on hand and for sale, delivered free o f charge to any part o f the city, once a week or often- «r, and the old replaced with new. Looking Glasses, gilt or plain—Portrait and pic ture Frames made to order at abort notice. Old Frames re-gilt, op new frames p u t to old plates. Also,, broken plates set to old frames.^ 03? His personal attention will be given, to. rr.gtir
