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Dodge's Riterary “Basan.
73
Brack anp Wuitre.—This must not
be supposed to. be a political but a politic
paragraph. Honesty is the best policy, and
we therefore find it a pleasant duty to state
that we know of nothing whiter than the
robes of innocence or blacker than Weeks
& Rideout’s Ink. We have kept a bottle
on trial for over a week, and have fully
proved its excellence. It flows freely, is
black as night, and as free from grease as
one of Pharaoh’s lean kine. It is said to
have the merit of not molding in the ink-
stand or bottle; but of this, as we never
allow ink to stay still long enough to mold,
we shall never know by experience. We
can however reiterate its merits as above
told by itself, and hope its fame will become
as indelible. In a word, Weeks & Ltideout’s
U.S. Indelible Writing Fluid: suowld be
tried by the whole Iuman family, and re-
cord all human events, thoughts and feel-
ings till time shall be no more. Weeks
& Potter, 154 Washington street, are the
Boston agents.
Generosity. There * are) different
kinds of generosity, my friend,” said Old
Gray to us, one day last. week, “just as
there are different kinds of apples. Some
are sour, some are sweet and some are bit-
ter, some are juicy, some are dry and some
-are middling., ‘ Beware how you suspect the
motives of) any ‘man, ‘for thus you: may
-wrong the really good.: Still keep’ a bright
eye to the windward, as the sailors say, or
you may. be taken in, as the fellow said to
his comrade in the water, when he ‘saw the
shark a-coming.”’ And then Old Gray refer-
red us to the following instance. It is a
clincher: ©
A little boy had'a colt and a dog, and his
generosity was often tried by visitors asking
im— just to see what he would say "—to
give them one or both of his pets. One
‘day he told a gentleman present he might
- have’ his colt, reserving the, dog, much to
the surprise of his mother, who asked :
“Why, Jack, why didn’t you give him
the dog?”, : i
“ Say nothin,’ say nothin’, mother; when
he goes to get the colt, I'll set the dog on
him!”
Tur Wuetstones Wovutpy’t SELL.
—A subscriber sends us a good joke of a
penurious old farmer, who, breaking his
grindstone, and believing in the doctrine
‘that nothing‘ should be wasted, was easily
‘persuaded by a wag in the village to work
‘the pieces up into whetsones. The old fel-
‘low was delighted with the idea, and work-
‘ed early-and late in cutting up the pieces
of grindstone into the requisite size for
whetstones, and when finished, he improved
the first rainy day, (when it wouldn’t do
to work out doors,) to peddle his produc-
tions among the neighboring farmers.
When questioried about it, a few months
afterward, the old fellow said,
- “ Wall, boys, them whetstones was mighty
well worked, that’s so! and ef they’d
fetched me in a good price, I'd made a
good thing on it; but the darn’d things
‘wouldn't sell!”
> A rrieND who dwells in a neigh-
boring town, last week delighted us with
one of the most beautiful floral offerings
we ever saw, in the form and glory of an
_tunple boquet of blush roses, fresh from
the hand of God. They filled the sanctum
with their perfume. To the giver we say,
May your life Le as bright as your gift, and
when you die, may all the editors in the
land make your memory as swect.. We
are now ready for more boquets, from all of
our readers. Office hours from sunrise’ to
sunset, :
Orr, the Blower.
Orr, the Blower, or, as he is sometimes
called, the “ Angel Gabriel,” is the subject
of a biographical sketch, in the N. Y. Sun-
day Courier, written by a countryman of
the angelic trumpeter, and containing the
following paragraph, after describing his life
as a wandering preacher in Wales:
“ Growing tired of his rural position, and
having brought on a fit of dyspepsia by eat-
ing too heartily of Welsh rabbits, he disap-
peat one night, leaving a few debts be-
i im, as tokens of his affection, among
his parishioners, and taking with him, by
way of remembrance, the pewter tankard
which had been employed in the church
sacraments. He made his way for the near-
est seaport, which was Bristol, where he
shipped as cook on board a vessel bound for
Jamaica, and on his arrivalin that island he
again assumed the functions of a preacher;
but, finding that the Baptist persuasion was
more popular than the Methodists, he joined
that sect.” Ilow long he remained in Ja-
maica is not known, but probably not long,
for he taught a: dancing-school in the town
of McGrawsville a few years ago, after
which he became a convert to Mormonism.
But: when Joe Smith went to Illinois, he
turned his face toward the Atlantic States,
and, after having been by turns check-taker
at a circus, an assistant iv a menagerie, a
temperance lecturer, a tin peddler, and ed-
itor of a nativist paper in Philadelphia, he
found hirhself in New York, with just mon-
ey enough, jn his pocket to purchase a brass
trumpet, aid with this for his stock in trade
he comimenced the Angel Gabriel line of
business,'which has proved so highly profit-
able, arid,made his name so famous. Ilis
career in this city is too well known to re-
quire any comments; but his future career
may be as varied and remarkable as his
past. We have had many a conversation
with him about old times, when we were
ys together, and le often reverts: with
gratitude to the day when the writer of
these lines saved him from an early death.
The Angel is a good fellow naturally, and,
though rather eccentric, means wel e is
not the only man who has made his way in
the world by blowing his own trumpet.”
/When we hear of a fellow who, like
Gabe, “means well,” but is continually en-
gaged in works of mischief, our compassion
for his “eccentricity” is very apt to be
smothered in impatience at his evil deeds.
Moreover, we have seen many a knave un-
der the sheltering disguise of au ‘eccen-
tric.” : . :
¥a> Turns isa very fine prospect of
fruit this season—for those who are able to
buy it. wolte
‘Currovs, Fact—If a man_ sneezes
twice, consecutively, it is a sign that he is
double-jointed. © .
£@> WE call the particular attention of
all our readers to the extract in another
column, entitled * Liserty AND Law.”
yos> Cooera has not done so much fatal
work in Boston as was anticipated, owing
to the completeness and wisdom of the mu-
nicipal sanitary regulations.
gas ONCE on a time,” an. Irishman
and a negro were fighting, and while grasp-
ing with each other, the Trishman exclaim-
ed, :
.“ You black divil, you, ery ‘enough!’
Til fight till I die!” -
“Soll I!” sang out the negro; “I al-
ways does.” .
gage A youna, lad in Baltimore was
shot on Thursday by the accidental dis-
charge of a pistol in his pocket. ‘The ball
was abstracted from his abdomen, and. it is
thought he will recover. He said he car-
ried the. pistol because it was the custom
for young men to do so. » He is about
twelve years of age. , .
f~ An exchange, out West, says that
“ Locusses are infesting northern Illinois in
myriads. . In many parts of that region they
cover every shrub, and make the woods vo-
cal with their singing.”
There are lots of low cusses in these
parts—’specially in the cities and on. Sun-
days—who make the air vocal with ‘their
disorderly, blasphemous and obscene lan-
guage. “The inciters to such noises, and the
low cusses themselves, are dangerous: to a
healthy state of society. They ought all to
be sent into the woods, along with the other
“ locusses.”,
LaFAYETTE’s GrAve—lIt is stated that
the remains of Gen. Lafayette lie in a neg-
lected grave-yard at Paris, with only a
plain horizontal slab to mark the spot. If
practicable, ‘it is the duty of Congress ‘to
remedy that neglect of the remains of the
benefactor of ‘America and the friend of
Washington. We have not the ‘slightest
doubt that the French Government would
readily admit of a suitable token of Amer-
ican gratitude being placed there.
EP A poG, supposed to be mad—
though what with we did not learn—was
lately killed by a policeman’ with an ax.
The owner was indignant on hearing of it,
and inquired of the M. P. why he. did it.
The latter, having read lots of old jokes,
put one to a good use by replying,
“To tell the truth, my dear sir, I was in
doubt whether your late lamented dog was
mad—and so I azed him!”
a> A LittLe’ fellow about five years
old ran across the street, and in’ his course
ran between the fore-legs of a horse; which
was rapidly passing along.
A doctor who saw the occurrence, ran
and snatched the boy, supposing that he
was injured in the attempt; but the unhurt
pertly ejaculated,
“Let him keep his horse out of my way ;
what do I care?”
rag" Esen. Toursec, of Fall River, is
doing a splendid busines in the department
of music, this season. All the choicest
pieces are furnished by him at Boston
prices, as soon as published. He is also
agent for Brown & Allen’s, and Chicker-
ing’s pianofortes. | The lovers of true har-
mony will do well to give Mr. Tourjee a
call when they wish to purchase.
Manuscript Sermons.—European di-
vines never use written sermons. If the
European clergy, Catholic or Protestant,
write their discourses, they nevertheless de-
liver them memoriter. In like manner did
the old and unrivaled pulpit orators of
France, Massilon, Boussuet, Bourdaloue,
Fletcher, and Fenelon, eschew the manu-
script.
ram Mi y, the p I fighter,
who didn’t win the fight—fairly, at least—
with Sullivan—lately insulted Hyer, the
“retired” victor of the old veteran. A
challenge is said to be refused by Hyer,
who is sick.. This is the first “sporting”
paragraph we have written for a long time.
Let our “fancy” readers make the most
of it. .
ga Tuk firm of Ward & Talcott, Mid-
dletown, Ct., have one of the finest clothing
establishments in that city. Every garment
they sell is warranted to fit, and their goods
are furnished on the most reasonable terms.
“Gross Levity or tHe Czar.—When
Nicholas compelled the Jews to serve in his
army, he took a very unwarrantable meth-
_ | od to increase his Levies—Punch.
Contents of this Number.
TALES AND SKETCHES:
Jacl, the Martyr (continued)...
The Bear's Skeleton...
Marrying a Fortuu
Editl’s Story...
“RW. BOL
EDITORIA
News Items and Spicy Paragraphs.
POETRY:
The Polar Star...
The Winter Burial
The Cock of the Wal!
Faith's Dying Forgiveness.
Song of the British Admiral...
MUSIC:
The Happy Farmer.....++s0-s00+-00++ eee BO
MISCELLANEOUS:
Liberty and Law.
Orr, the Blower.
The Female Doctor.
The Great Tree .
Gentlemen at Church.
King Richard HI.
G! BanG!—30,000 bushels of India
fire-crackers were exploded in Boston on
the 4th. a
¥3> WE are obstinate creatures, resisting
friendly compulsion, submitting to hostile
tyranny.
E> THe youngest son of Patrick Henry
recently died in Floyd County, Va., in ex-
treme poverty.
Tne Jews.—It is said there is not a sin-
gle. Jew in the United States engaged in
agriculture. Most of tlem are traders.
£§> Tne traveling public should patron-
ize C. F. Chadwick, Bristol,: R.-I..: He
keeps ‘a fine hotel, and does everything to
make his guests comfortable and happy.
His terms are always reasonable.
ga- A sartor had received strict or-
ders not to keep any prisoners in solitary
confinement. Once, when he had but two
in charge, one escaped, and he was obliged,
in consequence, to kick the other out of
doors, to comply with the regulations.
xeb= Tere is a great complaint in the
Black and Baltic Seas, that the -two fleets
are kept in delightful ignorance of one
another's good or ill-luck. But for a news-
paper dropped by a merchant steamer, the
Baltic fleet might not yet have heard a
word about the bombardment of Odessa.
rog= Grant THorsurn’s next chapter
of incidents in his life, written expressly
fer the Aluseum, by himself, now over 81
years of age, will appear in our next num-
ber. His letters are highly complimented
as alike interesting for their original refer-
ences to the past and for their geniality and
£> 330 AMERICANS and Englishmen,
with three twelve-pound howitzers, in an
hour-and-a-half engagement, at Shanghae,
completely routed 10,000 Chincse imperial-
ists, from three fortifications, lately, with
great slaughter, and destroyed the forts,
The victors had but 2 killed and 6 wounded.
The Chinese were the aggressors. -
“ Swert ARE THE Uses oF ApVERs-
1Ty,”—The oft-repeated philosophy of the
saying that “ Whom the Lord: loveth He
chasteneth,” has never been better express
ed than in the following metaphorical lines:
_ “The moment a sapling becomes united
to Christ, that moment the sapling becomes
a fruit-bearer; and if you are the trees of
the Lord, do not be surprised if you feel his
pruning-knife :—all his fruit-bearers feed it.”