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BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1858.
NO. 16.'
VOL. 2.
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k TTORNEYS AT LAW. 1 Real Estate,
XV. City Lot and Claim bought and old.
Purchasers will do well to call at our office
and examine our list of City Lots, fcc, before
purchasing elsewhere. Oihc in Cook's new
building, corner of Fifth and Main streets.
I. L. Bowen.
TTORNKY AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW. Bollevue, N.-T. 1-tf
y-'' 8. A. Strickland,'
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
LAW. Bellevue, N. T. 1-tf
.', T. B. Lemon, . .
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT
XX LAW. Office, Fontenclle Bank, Bell
vu, Nebraeka lerritory.
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C. T. Holloway,
ATTORNEY' AND COUNSELLOR AT
IX. LAW, Beilevue, N. T..
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W. H. Cook. '
G
ENEttAL LAND AND REAL ESTATE
AGENT. Bellevu City, Nebraska. 1-tf
"W. H. Longsdorf, M. D
PHYSICIAN AND SURG EON. Offic on
Main, between Twenty-Fifth andTwenty-
fiixttt treet, Hellevue city. mi
, , i ,W. W. Harvey, .
BOUNTY SURVEYOR OF SARPY CO.,
vy-wlll attend to all business of Surveying,
laying out and dividing, land, surveying and
itlattine- town and roads. Oflic on Main
atreet, Bellevue, N. T 26-tf
B. P. Rankin,
ATTORNEY AND-COUNSNLLOR AT
LAW. La PI itt. N. T. 1-tf
J. P. Peck, M.D.
QUttGEON & PHYSICIAN, Omaha, Ne-
O br
ska Office and
residence on Dodge
Street.
or)
Peter A. Sarpy,
IORWARDING t COMMISSION MER
.V CHANT, i Bellevue, N. T., Wholesale
Dealer in Indian Goods, Horses, Mules, and
Cattl. 1-tf
. . D. J. Sullivan, M. D..
THYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office
jj. Head i Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
nov. 13 . t-ti.
ril a.lillTll. J. H. SMITH
I V
Smitn si Brother,
A TTORNEYS k COUNSELLORS at LAW
XX. and Dealers in Real Estate, Bellevue,
Nebraska Territory, will attend faithfully and
promptly to buying and selling Real Estate,
City Lots, Claims, and Land Warrant. Office
t the Benton House. . . 21.6m
THOS. MACOK. AVO. MACON,
Macon St Brother,
A TTORNEYS AT LAW fc LAND A GTS,
XI Omaha City, Nebraska. Offic on eor-
Mr of Farnham and Fourteenth Streets. 42tf
' D. H. olomon, : -
A TTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT
r. LAW. Glenwood, Mill Co.. Iowa, prae.
tice in all the Courts of western Iowa and
Nebraska, and th Supreme Court of Iowa.
Land. Agency not in th Programme, no 4-tf
r;, ! IT. LEE'S " -;!
T7ASIIION ABLE. Hair Cutting, Shaving,
a. JJying, and Bathing Kaloon, third door
wt of th Exchange Bank, Oinabl, N. T.
, uotana, uci. l, l7. 7
Oaatav Seeger, :
mOPOGRAPHic Avn nvir. f.nri
'L STEER, Execute Drawing and Painting
( vry styl and daeeriptUa. Also, all
business in b line. Offic aq Gregory street,
M17, Vills Cm-, lewa. l-7
THE PROPRIETOR OF THE ABOVE
LARGE AND POPULAR
HO T EL,
OFFERS EVERY
I To the Public, and will render
ASSIDUOUS ATTENTION
To the wants of HIS GUESTS.
J. T. ALLAN.
Bellevue, Oct. 23. 1856. 1-tf
j. ii nrtovrx,
ATTORNEY AXl 101MLL0R AT LAW
, GENERAL LANS A3 EXT,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
Plaitsmouih, Cats Co. JV. T.
ATTENDS to business in any of the Courts
of this Territory. Particular attention paid
to obtaining and locating Land Warrants, col
lection or debts, ane taxes paid. letters or
inquiry relative to any parts of the Territory
answered, II accompanied witn a ie.
REFERENCES :
Hon. Lyman Trumbull, U. S. S. from Ills.;
Hon. James Knox, M. C. "
Hon. O. H. Browning, Quiney, "
Hon. James W. Grimes, Governor of Iowa,
Hon. H. P. Bennett, Del to C. from N. T
Green. Weare &. Benton. Council Bluffs, I.
Nuckolls k. Co., Glenwood, Iowa. 23lf.
Ira A. W. Buck, '
T AND and General Agent Pre-Emptlon
J -J Paper prepared, Lnnd Warrants bought
and sold. Office in the Old Stat Home, over
uie u. s. Land umce.
REFER TO
' Hon. A. R. Gillmore, Receiver, Omnha.
Hon. fcnos Iovce, .
Hon. S. A. Strickland, Bellevue.
Hon. John Finney, " . .
Hon. J. Sterlitig Morton, Nebraska City
Omaha, June 20, 1857. 35
T. CLAIKC. A. K. CLARKE.
CLARKE & BRO..
FORWARDING a.d COMMISSION
MERCHANTS,
8TEMBOAT AND COLLECTING
A 6 C W T 8
BELLEVUE. NEBRASKA.
Dealeri in P'ne Lumber, Doors, Sash.,
Flour, Meal, Bacon, &o., &c.
Direct Goods care Clarke it Bro.
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BOYES & CO'S
WESTERN LITHOGRAPHIC
ESTABLISHMENT) , '
Florence, Nebraska, in Main SI.
Town Plat. Mans, Sketches,
Business Cards, Checks it Kills, Certificates,
and every description of plain and fancy en
graving, executed promptly in eastern style.
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Greene, Weare & Benton,
BANKERS AND LAW AGENTS, Council
Bluffs, Potowattamie comity, Iowa.
Greene & Weare, Cedar Rapids, Iowa;
Greene, Weaie it Rice, Fort Do Moines, Is,
Collections madei J axe paidi and innds
purchased and sold, in any part of Iowa. 1-tf
GEO. SNYDER. JOHN H. SHSSMAN.
Snyder & Sherman,
A TTORNEYS and OOU NSF.LLORS AT
LAW, and NOTARIK.H PUBLIC, Coun
cil Blulfs, Iowa, will practice (heir profession
in all the Courts or Iowa and rvenratika.
All collections entrusted to their care, at-
tended to promptly.
Lspecial attention given to buying and sell
ing real estate, and making pre-emptions In
Nebraska.
DeeJa, Mortages, and other Instruments of
writing drawn with dispatch j acknowledg
ments ie ken, etc., blc.
Tr Omce west side of Madison street,
just above Broadway.
nov 1J i-tr.
P. A. SARPY.
FORWARDING &. COMMISSION
' MERCHANT,
Still continue th above business at ' '
ST. MARYS, IOWA, St BELLEVUE,
N. T.
Merchants and Emigrant will find their
good promptly and carefully attendml to.
1. a. 1 nave trie omy w Aiir.tiuu&t. ror
storage at the above named landing.
St. Marys, Feb. 20tb,1857. 21-tf-I
Tootle & Jackson,
T70RWARDINO t COMMISSION MER.
-L CHANTS, Council Bluffs city, Iowa,
Having Large and Commodious Warehouse
on the Levee at th Council Bluff landing,
are now prepared to receive and store, all
Kind or merchandise and produce, will receive
and pay churge on all kiads of freigths so
that Steam Boat will not be detained a they
have been heretofore, in getting some on to
receive rreigni, wnan in consignees are aneeni,
- RiraECEs: I.ivcrmoor k. Cooley. S. C,
Daiit et Co. and Humphrey. Putt k. Tory, St.
Louis, Mo. 1 Tootle (t Faiiieigh. St. Joseph,
Mo. J. S. Chene worth . Co., Cincinnati Oh toi
W. F, Coulbcuxh, Birliugfis leva.
POETRY.
True Hand and True Hearts.
Y rANCI A. CARLE.
Give me the hand that is warm, kind and
ready,
Civ m the hand that Is calm, true and
tcady,
Give me th hand that will never deceive
me, - " .. ' ...
Civ tn the grasp that f may believe thee.
Soft is the palm of the delicate woman,
Hard is the hand of th rough, aturdy yeo
man 1
Soft palm or hard hand It mattsrs not
-never, '
Give me the grasp that is friendly forever.
Give me the hand that is true as a brother,
Give me the hand that has not harmed
another,
Give me the hand that has never for
sworn It,
Give me the hand that I may adore it.
Lovely th palm of th blue veined
maiden, Ugly th hand of th workman o'er gladen j
Lovely or ugly it matter not, never, .
Give me the hand that is friendly forever.
Give me the grasp that Is honest and
hearty,
Free a the breeze and unshatcled by party;
Let friendship give me th grasp that
become her,
Close as the twine of the vine in summer.
Give m th h nd that is true as a brother,
Give me the hand that has not wronged
- another;
Soft p Im or hard band it matters not
never,
Civ me th h nd that is friendly forever. .
CAUL.
BT FLORENCE PERCY.
Up the sky, in silent; holy,
Comes the young inon, slowly, slowly,
Softly with her light divine
Filll g, like a cup with win. ' ' 1
On the broa?l bay falls her luster
Where the anchored vessels cluster
While their sails gleam snowy white,
' Brightened by her pearly light. '
Thou whose restless, high endeavor
Led the from my sight forever,
To thy home beyon 4 the sea
Comes there auy thougut of ms ? .
Only last year thou wert roaming
With me in the dewy gloaming, '
Talking with low-m.irmuring lips
. Of the moonlight and the ships. .
Now again I wander nightly 1
When the falling radianca whitely,
All across the sleeping bay ,..
.. Builds a broad aod shining tyay, .
But the scene so dreamy tfnder .
Loses half it mystic aplundor, .
Since ukm the whispering shore
Hi ou wilt walk with me no more.
For though fame and beauty ever -Crown
thin earnest life-endeavor, -
On the moon-ris and th tea
Thou hast looked thy last with uie.
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. For the Bellevu Gazette.
; ?: Enigma. ;
I'll lay a wager that I'll how,
A certain thing which we all know,
Yet knowing it we know it not, 7 -F'
r it's shrouded In. a inystsfious plot. t
Th thing is this ts will be ei
-Tliere was on time a living tbeme;
. That them tho dead, yet still it lives,
And query multiplied by query give.
That lived, was dead that wa not, lives,
And now is shaken through law' diassy
, . , slaves, ..,.. , , y ..... . , - ..,t
To find th end, yet know not th begin
' flag. "'
Tho' all conversant with th yarn Pa '
1 spinning. ' .
One is twain, yet is not twain, ; ,
If twain tt were, 'twere on again j
Yet twain tworid be, both fint and last,
But 'tis not, nor. was in th past," 1
- - -T
We know, don't know, do V now, loo,
J.if was, death is, life li the issue i
liingle, doublet, triplet all, ' ' '
Yt single, single, single UV,
Tis single, doublet, triplet, too,
'Tis both, 'li neither, yet 'ti tru j
It look all through, chamelion featured.
Tho' the last was not maturely creatured.
Solve my qnery and you'll find ,
A rl life' drama on your mind 1 '
Now in conclusion, Til merely tell tou.
Tber is ssore la this than Utters spell
yo 3.T.T-
MISCELLANEOUS.
Mi Harriet Hosnicr, the Amer
ican Sculptor.
Mhs Il.irnei llosiner, though bIiu lias
achieved ulrendy a hijfli ar istic reputa
tion, is cnlv in her twunty.si'Veitth year.
Her futh' r is a pliysiuiua of W'uti't iuwn,
Mam., and this mutliurless girl was left
in hii th'ire at ou i-arly uge. She was
a delicate child, nnd her lather' first cure
was to airenihuii lurcoiis iluiion. With
thu view. 114 eiicourngeu her to takti a."
much outdoor t-xuicim its ponMblo, and
bhe Mion louriu'd to lov tlioso excitiujj
tp ii tj usually iiiOiionliioJ hy toys and
young nnMi. Sin- wuilted, ruda on hor.e
Luck, polled nn t'ttr on ihu Charles River,
tired uns and pial clinr cd trues,
and prepared whli her own lmmlj the
bin cinif lis of naturnl lii.-iury which her
skill mijht secure. Among her early
uccompli.'Iuneiils were music and dfuuluj.
A coriespondciit of the New York
Mirror thus ptal of skiiio of her. hand i
wjrl. in Iter liomo at, aterunvu:
'There wertf lird' nest of vuiioiu kindj,
wiih their dirlerenl colored eygsj 0 e u
crow's nest she tlimlml forty feet to so
cure, theti having tied it to her lock, slip
ped down the ulmot Lranchlens ir mk.
Munding besido the ueA, or parched up
on the window casing:), us if jinit ulihted,
are bird.i killed, cured nnd curled t.y her
1 1 1 1 f . 1 1 : . - 1 1
own lianui; .Minerva uiru 1 percuuu
over the door, besido which, on u rustic :
lab'.e covered with mosj, her lovonte
white hen will ever siand surrouuded by
her chickens and her put kitten, 'mount
ed and wired by her own hnnds, stands
ready to purr in the comer. At leost
live hundred rpecies of butterflies, artis
tically arranged, form one picture, so to
speak, between the front windows; vari
ous reptiles, preserved in alcohol, are her
center-table ornorntnts; deer-antlers, with
cured ex-shelis on thu brunches, are her
car.dclnbras; a lluejay her inkstand; a
turtlr.rh"ll, suspended by a chuiu, her
card-receiver; thr e half lemons trim-
m'd with gold leaf, bound tojether, uie
her,wiifer-box,'Safjd-box, etc. ' Here; too, 1
are hi r. first eiiprts ut Uravviug. paintiog,
nnd in plaster; (her first nun ble.but,
Nupjli oii, is in her father's liln-aiy.) As
we gazed around ' the ' parlor which her
mind fashioned ui.d her hands arranged,!
and fell the orinhty (tu which -pen wf
111 1 no cannot do justice, ) of all its little de
tail., we invohininrily did homage to her
genius nnd felt a lirmcr faith in her fu
ture. '
Some years ago, she evinced a decided
taste uiid't ileiit for sculpture, and wrought
a bust .from the marble 1 with' her . own
hands. Her fa;her accordingly decided
to send her to Italy to study; and at Homo
sho placed herself uuder tho tuiiio t of
(Jibson. Among' the works she sent
home as proofs of her industry and skill,
were a statue of the nvninh (Enne, and
statue of Puck. In Europe, she execu-i
ted a medallion heud if Ludy ConiUncc
Tulbot, und a monument to an halm 11 girl
in the chunh of Andre della Fraure.
This design represents a young girl sleep
ing on a couch which retts utou a sar
cophagus; the drapery nnd altitude ore
described a admirable, and the likeness
striking. But her chef a" auort is tho
Beatrice Cenci, a full -length statute,
which attracted ercnt attention and elicit-
ed warm iirai in londod, and ' which
has recently been exhibited vvh ' na loss
mrxets in this citv. Wlicu she bad com-
pitted tlm work, h-r master, liibson, de!
clared ihat he had nothing more to teach
her. The fttttut) represents the unfortn. j
iiate lientrica n t!e eve ot " etveutun.
Her biographer tells us that the jailor, in
entering nor 'con, round ner tranqmiiy uttacheu thereto, tliei tt imii oe lawtui
asleep. It is this point of time in her for any agent or agents, to bo appointed
sad tory that Miss Hosuier lias selected j by the Governor of siid .Territory, to se
for iliu 1 ration. The wretched girl, worn ; lect, subject to the approval cf" the Secre-
out bv physical and moral suffering, hat'
yielded to the pressure of exhaustion.
One hand, relaxed and drooping, yet holds
her rosary ; the o lier lies under htr
droonin'f head. I na sweet counienauce
is modelled aftr (ha - famous picture of
(juido, nd to have bean painted immedi-
atelv after seeins Bennies on her. way to
the scaffold. The limbs urn arrnuged
with great ?race. and the lines ore flow -
inff.l fnin! whatever point . iof liew Uin
work is examined. ' The drapery is beam partiof sections designated by ocd num
lifully wrought, and deliumg and half ber us. afore 1 id; and appropriated as
revruluig ihe limbs beneath. - There is aforesaid,) lm!l be held by UiO Territory
little to criticize in the design ami ixecu. 0f Nebraska, for the um and "purpo.-e
tion, and its completeness and fkvsh give aforesaid; Provided, Uie land so to Ui lo
britliant augury of the future of the gift cut-di &hall in no case be further than fif
ed artist. . VYe might fear that the ap- teen miles from ihe line of lands granted
plause which this work has elided would 10 said road , and selected for and oul ac
injure the prospects cf Miss Ilosmer, did ' rounl of tuch of said roads: Provided,
we not know her firm and self-reliant na. ! further, that the lauds hereby granted for
lure. Sha has a masculine strength of ; and on account of (aid roads severally,
i miad; which i proof against the daugerf!
, of flattery, anJ a vary high conception of
I ilie aunbniea of her, art. ; Before she
ve.iinred to oppcar as an urtbLshe went
throng 1 a severe preliminary training,'
' fen st'tdring anetcmy in the dist'nj-'
room, to fit herself forthetusk before her.
She will not rest content with her first
achievements ; slirt Mill pies onward
with the constu ncy of the iruo artist, '
whose ideal becomes moro t levnted with
every freh nituiiunent, nlluring to n yet
higher and higher stnndnoiut of excel
leiice and greatnuji liailou't Pictorial.
a 11111
Making n grant of nltcrnat sections of
. the public hinds to tho Territory of Ne
braska to aid in tho construction of ver
tain llailrouds in said Tsmiory, and
for other purposes.
Sic, 1.
? tt siircW 6y
House, of Rrnresrndiiivfs of
Ullllttl I
Siules of ,'lmcrka in Congress anscmbled,
That there b nnd is hereby grumed to
the Territory of Nebraska, for 1I10 pur.
po-u of iiidin in the construction of Hail
Hoadii. from tho Missouri river wyMward
ly, to tho western boundary of said Ter
ritory, as follows : From some1 point on
ihc Mis-souri river north of the mouth of
the Platte river, taking thenco the most
eiiihlu route into nnd elong tho valley of
said Piatto river, to the western boundary
of 'sniJ Territory. From the Missouri
river, at some point between' tho Kansas
line and the mouth of the Plutto river to
intersect with the firt uained roud at or
near Fort Kearney, and from the Mis
souri river at some point between the
northern boundary of the Omuha Indian
lls-rVution, as nt present established, and
n point ut or near the tnoutn ot tna ink
biurah river, up and along said Niobra
ra li river, or any other eligible route, to
the most convenient point of intersection
with the first named road, in the neigh
borhood of Fort Lnrnmie, or at some oth
er eligible point, tith a branch running
through the 13lnck Hills along Dupont
und Sulphur rivers, in a northwesterly
direction from Fort Laramie, to the west
line of said Territory. Alternate sections
of land on eaoh side of said road, to be
designated by odd numlicrs, to. the -extent
r.ud 111 the manner following, 'that' is .to
say: to tho lirst nnmeu rona along trie
Platte Valley, twelve sections in width 011
each side of said road to Fort Kearney,
or tho poii.t at which the eecoud iiained
road shall intersect it, and fioin thence
onward, twenty sections in widiu On each
side, to tho point where tha third named
l oad, a'oug the NioHrarali, iptorects ;
aud from thence onward, tweniy-fivi sec
lions in width on each side, to the western
boundary of the Territory ; to tho second
named road, starting between tho Kansas
lino aud the mouth of the Platte river,
twelve suctions in width on each aide
thereof. Provided, from the poiut of
convergence with the Platte Valley road,
where the lands appropriated would con
flict, alternate sections on the south side of
this road may be taken to make tip the
defkieiK y occasioned by the appropriations
,i0 the Platte Valley road. To the third
numed ' road, starling at some point be-
twef-n the' Omnha Indian Heservaiion,
and a point at or near tho mouth of' the
Nubraiab river, twelve sections iu width
on each side thereof ; Provnled, uai from
the noint of convergence with ihc Piatto
Valley road, where the lands appropri
nted would conllict, alternate sections on
the north tide of this road may be taken
to muke up the deficiency .occasioned by
.the orpronriation to the l'latie all ;
y
road i and to the northwesterly lrnit;h
thrmih Tlie lllack Feet Pass,' twelva ftc-
uon in width on fach side thereof. out
it casa it shall app-ar that tho United
Staves have, when the lines or routes of
6aid road ' are definitely fix d, sold any
sections or purls thereof, granteo as afore-
aid, or that the right of pre-emption has
tnrv of the Interior, from the tanls'tif
, the United States, nearest to the tiers of
section abovo specified, so inoch land 10
ulterjiate lection or parts ot sections, as
: haU be eoual to such lauds as the United
Si lies hp.ve sold or otherwise appropriated,
or to w hich tho rights of - pre-emption
have ajtached as aforesaid, (which lands
thus selected in lieu of those sold, and to
1 Mhivh pre euiptiou rights have attached as
, aforesaid, together w ith the sections and
ahall be exclusively applied in the con-
' strucnon of that road tor and on ' account
of which tuch lands ar hereby granted,
and shall bt) dipa4 6f only as the work
progresse;, aud the same shall be sppUd
to no o'hr ptirpw ha,ever Ani pro-
viilod further, that any and all lands her
toforo reserved to thu United Slates by
auy Act of CungraM, cr in any ulhsr maa-
tier, by coinpt nt authority, for anjr law (
ful purpose whatsoever, be and the same
are hereby reserved to the United States
from the operations of this act, except so
far as may be found necessary to locat '
the routes of said rail roads through such 1
reserved lands, in which case th right of.,
way only shall be granted, subject to th (
approval of the President of tho United
Stales. - i
Sic. S. Jtni bt it further tnacltd, That
tin hliernnte section and parts of section
t ln.,.1 ..tin II p.innin Is, fit ITmiIAI
whh h9 ieclions and
hfifl r9 auflirkna liArotitf ttnlnliil tr. ' if A
ferritory of Nebraska, shall not be sold
P .-1. ... KT . I l. l ll . L . I J
for Isms than doubla the minimum pries of ,
tho public lauds, when sold ; and the ,
sumo shall be subject to private entry and i
pre- emption, the same as other lands at '
such double minimum price.
. Sec. 3. And It it further enacted, Thai '
the lands hereby grained to the said Ter :
ritory shall be subject to the disposal of .
the Legislature thereof, for the purposes 1
aforesaid, and no other." And the said '
rail roads shall be and remain publio high
ways for the use of the . Government of 1
the Uni'cd States, free from toll or other ..
chargo upon the transportation of. any
property 0: troops of the United States.'
Sr.c. 4. flnd6iMrAermacifd,Tb.at '
the lands hereby granted to Mild Territory '
shall be disposed of by said Territory ooly :
in the manner as follows, that is to say: ,
that when twenty continuous miles of any
of such roads shall be completed, the land '
granted by this act, lying opposite to such '
continuous twenty miles of road, may be
sold; and whenever any additional eon-
tiuuous twenty miles of any of said roads ,
shall bo completed, the lands granted by
this act. lying opposite to such additional'
twenty miles, may be sold, and so from
time o time until all are completed. . And t
if any of such roads are not completed ,
within : years, nq further sale shall ,
1 t t .1 s a. iiaBa.
oe mauo, ana tne lanas unsoia snau re
vert to tho United States. : , 1 "
Src. a. Jini be it further enacUd,ThX r
the United State mails shall be transport'
ed over said roads, under the direction of,
the Post Office Department, at such price
as Congress may by law direct: Provided '
that until such price is fixed by lavy, the
Post Master General shall hare the power
to determine the same.
Sec 0. Jndbeit fur tktr enacted, That
should a State Government be formed io
said Territory of Nebraska, the grant
hereby made t-hall inure to the benefit ot
such State, subject o all the conditions, i
restrictions, limitations and provisions of '
this act.' ti ; ! .. yu
. . )
MouMTAiKccas are generally uncon-
3uerable, not 1 0 much on account of the'
efence , offered by their craggy nights, ;
as from their patriotism and hardy babitav'
In high a ad barren places, maa'soompaa1
ions renders him conversant with Mitre V
an intercourse which attaches him to the
inourtain nymph, sweet Liberty." High-1
landers," when worsted are renovated,"
like Antssus, by a touch of their native'
earth; and so we might be, when' attacked '
by the fares and sickliness of money get'
ting and enohey spending, ' if we would
quit the crowded cities, lake a walk in the
fields, mid touch the fresh green earth.
When the leafless and embittering me
trepolia turns our moral honey .into fall,:
vca may always rcrerse tae prcc;a vf
straying among the flowers of the country.-
' s ' ' :' I
Undo . Robert J writes a reader
from up the river,, was a - character wall
known for his oddities.' Somewhat igno
rant, too, was this : same Uncle '. Robert,'
and - not gifted with a keen insight into
matters and things, v. ' 1 vJ
" Billy," said he one day to: friend.
who had dropped in to uke a smoke with
him ' Billy they've been and 'lectod mej
to an offic is the church. " ; 1 '. U 1
. ," Well, Uncle Bob, what waa itV . ,t't
"Brier!" i
. Brier! What do you tneejiP-.'v.V
Brier T . - v (
w I guess you mean Elder, Uncle Bob1
" Elder ! Elder ! that's it, " said : h
brishteniog op, I iaougot n was aome
thine; sjrean !" : - . ,! I .-. . ' .,
. .. ' 1 - 1 .111 . , M 'r
Why is a cowardly soldier like butter t
Because he's sure to run when exposed to
Are. , ru-' ' ? '
The present is a rery artificial state of
society, as the monkey' raid when hf
master jmt breeches on him. ' "' '" lJ '
Hope a sentiment exhibited in a doj's
tail whenAvaiung pr a bone. 1
I r.
" ' have heard of a fellow who waa
determined to commit tui-.ide, even if he
perihcd in the attctrp.
