The Northern star, and farmers' and mechanics' advocate. [volume] (Warren, R.I.) 1830-1834, 1830-12-18

} Comical Animal. But at any rat. ;
was one ofthe queersss things, that I -.
er did see. Why, Mr.. il was 20 .drol
that our Jethro hadn't read more than ".
or three pages, before the family was ii
up in ahubbub, and you may depend. !,
takesa considerable to make uncle Jeho.
iakim, aunt Tabitha and cousin Jemima
laugh much, tell you. Bot about the
time, Jethro entered the room, uncle Js-
hoiakim was cpnversing very lestnedly
on the probable effect the total eclipse,
which will take place in 1891, viii have,
on matters and things in. general moro
especially the weather. And aunt Tsbi-
tha was giving a lecture, the substanes Of
which, she had found DOT by her own ex-
Periencc, relsteing TO the best possibis
way Of obtaining all the news, whether
good, bad or indifferent !; and cousin Je.
mmia was setting up, looking won'drou,
wise, and remarkably serious. But Je.
thro's book changed the face ofthine. 4
mazingly, in 30 much, that uncle Jehoi,.
him became 30 much elsted, that one
would have imagined him new creature.
His spectacleswere thrown back upon Nj.
head, and he stretched back in his. chair.
and laughed, and laughed, and laughed,
till was actually afraid he would in some
way " discomboberste" his person. Ac
ler Aunt Tabitha had some whit recover
ed from her pAroxism, which was . cruel
hard spell, she looked as though white
'quall had struck her and carried away
'ome other running rigging, for her light
Kites were all flying, and she said, I" she
lever see such an odity in all her life
ong, before, ,and she rarly believed il come
rom over sea" All this time, Jemima
vas tee-heing and shaking Oh, new
=. ! thought she would have died laugh
'g. But when Jethro shew the pictures,
ZEN there was fun slive.b lAunt Tabitha
'mPed right up and down; uncle 'Jehoia-
i'm stood of at distance, and just speak
d." for fear what effect the sight might
ave on him and Jemima kept on gig
ling ;---and now, gentle reader, f you
ony believe the bill . trpe one, 60 and
lrchass Fihn's Comic Anasal, and ny
r yourself INK q
Is o ,gsn. -----SS--- q -.,s.ay, ~.
The New York Commercial Adyertis-
!, ofFriday, in commenting on the Pres
cnt's Message, says 5 aie 20 =
" 1t behoves every man of property
'ery man who has any thing at stake in
e community, in any way 70 be affected
: the insecurity Of our political institu-
,ns, to pause and reflect. We have ar
ped at point when good men, Of what
'er party, will act wisely to look about,
ID see whittier our rulers would lead
EN-. The shock in the money market
Is already been prodigious. The stock
the Bank ofthe' United States which,
the Goth ultimo was worth 1870 Ia per
are, has fallen nearly eight per centum.
wa, sold in this city, on Wednesdays al
2 l-4--to-day It is down to 1876 3D.
Philadelphia, il fell at a blow on We'd
sday, to 1913. Here, then, is an actu-
loss, to the stockholders of this Bank,
nearly too millions eight hundred Mos,.
d dollars! But we have no time to
'ell upon particular points this evening.
Two counterfeiters were arrested 10
lea, N. Y. recently, with q large lot Of
irious bills Of banks in the interior Of
w York, a $40, on the bank Of North
nerica, and $50 on Mechanics bank
Nv Haven.
"a, s.
John Scott, alias VIM. Teller, aias
m. I. Evans, recently sentenced TO tho
nnecticut State Prison, Is years, 70,
'sing counterfeit money, lately chopped
his right hand, thinking he shouldn't
ape work. He. has since been emplg
in turning a lathe and grindstons VIII
ien' r saaeeqa eaj iar,ios- ii.
4s a.lfta --ZZ-
VIM. Taylor and VIM. Smith al's
oud. who had stolen four horses in Nes