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FRIDAY. MARCH 30. 1898.

looking affair. lie placed it on the chin.
ney. piece, where its beauties were pointed
out, and duly appreciated by Mrs. Flint,
whose admiration was about ending in a
proposal, when Mr.. Flint returned from
giving directions about the care Of the hors
es. The deacon praised the clock-hc tho't
1t handsome one but the deacon was a
prudent man. He had a watch, he was
sorry but he had no occasion for a clock.
guess you are in the wrong furrow
this time. deacon it aint for sae,' said Mr.
Slick. 'and if it was, reckon neighbor
SiocPs wife would have it, Tor she gives
me no peace about it,
Mrs. Flint said Mr.. Steel had enough 10
do, poor man, TO pay his interest, without
buying clocks for his wife.
rs no consarn of mine, said Mr.. Slick,
ms I0ng rs he pays me, what he has to do
but guess don't want to sell it--and be.
sides |, comes too high; that clock canno,
be made 10 Rhode Island under forty dol
lars. Why, it ain, possible, said the clock
maker, IN apparent surprise, looking at his
watch, why, as I'm alive, it's four o'clock
and II hav'n't been here two hours-how
on alrth shall we reach river Philip to night?
I'll tell you what Mrs Flint III leave the
clock in your care TIL return on my way
to the States. I'll put it q going and put
it to the right time
A soon as this operation was performed,
he delivered tho key TO the deacon, with a
serio -comco injunction to wind the clock
up every Saturday night, which Mrs. Flint
said she would take care should be done,
and promised TO remind her husband Of it
IN case he should chance TO forget it.
That, said the clock maker as soon as
we were mcuntnd-ihlt call human na-
iur. Now that clock is sold for forty dol
lars, it cost me Jest six dollars md fifty
cents, Mrs. Flint will never let Mrs.
Steel have the refusal, nor will the deacon
learn, until call for the clock, that once
having irdu'ged in the use of superilulty
how difficult it is to give it up. We can
do without any article of luxury we HAYS
never bad, bat when once obtained, it is not
IN ltuman natur' to surrender it voluntarily
or 900 sold in this province by mvscl
and partner, II 900 were left in this man.
ner, and only ten clocks weic ever re-
,urned--when we called for them they in
varlably bought them. We trust to Scf
Sd,cde.' to get them into the house, and Il
human natnr that they never come Gut OF it
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From the Philadelphia Gazette.
CATHARlNE McINNES, OR THE
WRONG LETTER BOX.

Amusing incidents often occur by persons
installing the letter box Of stores and Off
ces in this vicinity, for that OF the Pos,
Office. We sometimes find three or four
letters IN our own letter box, intended for
the mails. These we, Of course, put on
their way. Standing once at ourSfront
window, we observed young woman,
whose face was not visible to US, drop a
letter INTO our box, and on taking it out,
we found she had mistaken our establish
ment for That Of the Post Office. 1t was
directed to Thomas 49,, 10 ireland, and
the inland postage accompanied it. The
letter we caused TO be sent with some 9TH
ers to the Post Office, and gave the cir.
cum>tance no farther thought.
Busted a few months afterwards in eX.
aiming the contents Of our exchange pa
pers and inditing such paragraphs as they
suggested to US, we did not pay much at
tcnlion to gentle tap at the door o. our
private room until it was repeated. We
then too anxious to conclude our labors TO
open to the applicant, babe the one that
knocked "come in," and continued our la
bors without lifting an eye to the door,
which was opened quietly, as quietly closed.
We were startled at length with a
sweetly modulated voice, lrQuirlng sis there
letter here for me ?" We at once raised
our eyes, and saw female about eighteen
years OF age--or, as we have Of late lost
the art otiudglng closely in these matters,
perhaps twenty 1t did not make a dim
pies difference TO her face, and would not
it five years more had been added to them,
There was an oval face, with natures own
blush, and slight projection of the mouth
that told OF Ireland, even without the soft,
cned modulatlon of voice that belongs to
the women Of that Island Nealness was
all that could be ascrlbed TO her cress-it
deserved that.
Letters are frequently asked for in a
newspaper Office IN repl to advertisement S
- so We babe the young woman 60 to the
front Office and inquire Of the clerks, She
had been there, and there was no one bu,
boy, who could not give her the informo
ton. So we inquired the name-"Klty
Mclnnes; but perhaps it will be Catharine
on the letter." said she, las that is my
name" We looked on the letter rack in
the front office, among the "A. BIS" the
*. WIS" the "P. Q's," &c. hut saw
none for Ca,harinc. Returning, we in.
CURED to what advertisement the letter was
to be an answer.
advertisement to no advertisement -
it would be IN answer to my letter"
"And from whom did you expect let
teri'
The young woman looked much confused
but apparently supposing the question
pertinent. she said
"From Thomas -"
We saw at once that she had, as hum
dreds before had done, mistaken our Office
for the Post Office, aud the name given was
that upon the letter which we had some
months before sent from our Office letter.
box to that of the Post Office.
"lle has not written them" said Ca'ha"
rine, IN low voice, evidently not intended
for our ear,
"But-he may have written"
"Then where's the letter." said she,
looking up.
"At the Post Office, perhaps"
And we took Calharne by the hand and
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New PRINTING MAcHrNE.-Mr. Thorn.
as Trench, of Ithaca, New York, is con-
structing his paten, Printing Press at the
Speedwel Works near Morrisown. The
JerSeyn,an mentions that it is 10 be attach.
ed to one of Paper Mills in the place, and
describes it as follows;
The Press takes the paper Immediately
from the Paper machine, prints it on both
sides, ard passes it through drying cylin-
deis, which presses 1t smooth thus in one
operation, and within the space of three
minutes, the pulp is taken from the mill and
a book OF $50 pages is ready for the binder.
| The paper Is printed in one continuous
sheet thus whole edition can readily be
! printed, rolled up, and sent any distance.
| Mr.. Trench had on his Press "CobJ's Ju-
cenile Reader," of GIG pages, of which he
presented us a sheet Of about 70 feet,
neatly printed, and which can be examined
at our office,
This new Printing machine will cause
a complete revolution in the art of printing,
aud greatly diminish the price of standard
works aud school books. Hereafter. we
suspect, orders will be given for Bibles,
Spelling books, &c. &c. by the mile, iu>
stead Of the rolume, as in former time; but
be that a, it may, a sheet of five miles in
length can be made with nearly the same
ease as one OF fifty or hundred feet"
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CURlous DIscovERY.-EX Extract of let
ter from practical chemist, in London, to
bis brother, in this city, dated 9th January
1888: IAN apparently most extraordinary
discovery has been made by Mr.. joyce,
gardener. 1t consists of heating APP
para,us adapted for all purposes, without
the production Of any smoke or any smell
positively production of heat alone. 1t
is, as have just seen it, contained in an
Urn, the sides of which are so hot that il
cannot be touched. 1t Is movable may
be taken into carriage or into room
like lamp, or in any other way. lave
closely examined it and can discover no
source Of heat. The fuel, they say, will
not, cost pence for - hours to heat q
large room; and this heat may be raised
TO such degre as to melt the vessel which
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MISS Angelina Grimke was present IN

Miss Angelina Grimke was present IN
the REPRESENTATIVES Hall, and addressed a
committee Of the legislature or slavery
last Wednesday afternoon in Boston. The
Sergeant at Arms, Mr.. Stevens, kindly
provided US with seat, where we could
watch unmolcsted the whole farce. The
Hall and galleries were thronged with Gu,
rlous ladies'. The alsles crowded with the
other sex, and over the whole house there
was gentle sprlnkllng Of the colored Pop
nlatlon. Miss Grlmke occupied the centre
aisle opposite the committee, and addressed
them IN speech about two and half
hours long. She was there in opposition
to the wishes of her anti.slavery friends.
Her height is not great, her figure delicate,
and her voice, some what shriIl from cxer
ton, yet we doubt not mellow enough in
parlor. We differ with brother editor
who thought she would make more slaves
than she will emancipa.e, although her eye
Is dark her features pretty, aud her whole
form feminine and unpretendng. Her clio
cuion was ardent, and even imprisoned,
and sometimes her voice was obslructed by
feeling almost "too deep for tears."--
u
cy neck cloth, she stood up before that
immense audience, unabashed and over
her smoothly combed hair, quaker cap,
neatly crimped bordr was placed conceal
ing her chronological developments, The
tenor of her address to the committee, was
the wckedness and enormlty OF southern
slavery, such as she had seen and felt and
knows to exist beyond Mason and Dxon's
line" having been born among slaves, and
once having held III bondage herself male
and female negroes. We admired her ar
dor and concede the justice OF her cause,
but although not made of so sterp stuff as
to turn lndIiaren'ly away at woman's tears,
we declare we could not weep with Miss
Grmke She was beyond the province of
her seX-out Of that sphere which custom
ond propriety and even the Apostles as.
signed to woman Hence, although she
defended the right of her sex to influence
and public efforts, we could not believe, IN
opposition to preconceiyed notions, and
felt all the while more TO pity her deluslon
than to applaud her conduct. The mass
Of the audience we doubt not were of
similar opinion.
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PEA.SOUP.

or all the P's in Johnson's Dictionary
Peiard. Pe-ruse, Pe.ruke, Petitionary,
Pea. cock, Peculiar, Pe.danl, and Penal;
Pe.remptory, Pe.naes, and Petal;
Pe.cunary, Pe.riph'ry, and Perish;
Perennial, Pe-rescent, and Pevish;
The p most approve OF all the group
l. Pea, the son of Pod, and sire oil Soup.
Bet therefore mine TO sing, in measured lays,
That soup of soups, Pea Soups superior praise
Sage wan the nilgr i'm. fearing to refuse
walk with peas in both his sandal'd shoes
Who did far more than other sinner burst,
He put the peas n-but he boil'd them first,
Yes, he was wise who thus on priest craft stole,
And eased at once his body and his soul;
Yet wiser he who, scorning so to stoop,
Converted Pc.nance into rich Peasoup.
Saw, reveren, Genii of the cooking trade,
How NAV this famous compound best be made ?
But ere the secret thou uniodst, q muse!
Give more attention 10 youl rs than Us.
The vulgar mode produces potIage merely,
Split pease, and waler-bacon looking queerly:
Sagacious cooks, however, do not spare
The tender chicken, nor the imd hare;
Good beef they add, with celery and thyme,
And sundry healthlul condiments to rhyme.
If their due mixture you shall well conIrve,
Your toll and trouble cannot fail 10 thrive.
But first the compound mix with peas a lot,
Then 10 the fire drag the unwilling pot;
Upon a trivet let il simmer slow.
And keep the bubbling just upon the GO:
Stir frequently the heaving mass, to keep
Your peas alive; nor let them idly sleep,
Les, 'gansi the iron walls they rest and stick,
And get bedevill'd like II candle wick.
This would, indeed, be fatal TO the name
OF goodly soup, and proving shame.
Well boiled the pulpy mass both fine and tender,
Quickly your vegetable adiuncIs render,
Next work the whole together well, and strain
Through sieve of amis, or of muslin plains
So may your board be graced with soup delicious
Making all turtle soups appear Gsh-ous.
Fraser's Magazine.
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10 MAKE FARMING Some
farmers think that to make money they
have only to cultivate great farms-- OF
several hundred acres others think that
to raise and harvest crops at the least pos
slbe expense is the great secret; some
think again that covering their lands with
wheat crops, year after year, is to pocket
the most cash and others that to raise
cattle, or TO devote the farm entirely TO a
dairy. or to raising sheep, goes ahead Of
every thing else.
They are not all correct Which OF
them is? We will first say who is not
Cullivatng large farm is not profitable,
unless 1t is properly and thoroughly done,
for a man who makes nothing on one acre
will not be likely TO make more on thou
eand with the same kind OF CULTIVATION
Those who own very large farms, too fire..
quenty attempt to cultivate them with the
least possible expense, or else neglect them
entirely; and this superficial farming, is,
after all. the most expensive, as we shall
proceed to show. 1t is generally quite as
expensive to cultivate an acre of land
which is in q bad state, as one in fine con
dltlon, and often more so; if for instance,
the crop is so small that 1t is only worth
the expense of raising it, there is M profit
whatever; but if the land be good, the eX-
pense the same, and the crop twice as
great, one half Of course, will be clear
gain. Hence, the importance Of adopting
such course OF farming as to tend con-
stantly to the improvement Of the land
This course is not close cropping wheat
nor suffering it to remain constantly in
meadow or pasture.
But to effect Improvement in land, it il
necessary to pursue course of rotation in
crops,---lo manure as much as is practical
BILE, either by stable manuring or by turn
ing under green crops, with o proper use
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CHOICE OF NAMEs.-We were once &C.
quainted with a couple WHO made choice
Of the most noted names of the day for all
their children, some ha'f dozen, and the
young Gracchi, would take every occasion
when strangers were within hearing, TO
call the rolf Of the great folks in somc-
thing Ike the following manner: You
Martha Washington! como here this mos
ment, and mind Andrew Jackson and VIII
liam Shakespeare, while Arthur Weling-
ton helps Napoleon Bonapar,e over that
mud puddle aud then run and call your
daddy to dnner
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VOL. XE--No. J62

contains it. The dIscovercr will not give
any information. as he intends taking oct
patent for oil tho countries in Europe
where he can be protected, and disposing
OF them all simultaneously. IF it is u
humbug, it is clever one. The heat will
last for thirty hears without any renewal.
The or y conjecture can form about it is,
first. that there is no fire whatever in tho
vessel, and no fuel consumed; secondly.
that 1t is some chemical process; and
thirdly, that it is produced by the action of
carbonic acid gas, which is subjected to
immense pressure, and thereby Iqnefed or
formed into solid carbonlc acid. by which
action an immense quantity of latent heat
would be converted Into sensible heat. All
this Is mere surmse of nine, can think
OF no other method but the condensation of
some Gas for the production Of heat alone.
ihe degree OF cold produced by Thlorcr,
IN making the converse experiment with
solid carbonc acid, was $40 degrees below
zero"
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To PRESERVE HAMS. Having tried
several methods Of preserving hams from
the ravages of bugs and flies, and all hav
ing failed, ! then tried the effect of pepper
ground some black pepper fine and put
II INTO box, and as soon as the hams were
well smoked, took them down and busted
the pepper over the raw part and over the
back, and hung them up in the smoke
house again. This have tried two sea-
sons, and neither flies nor bugs, touch
hem. am well satisfied in my own mind
that 1t Is sure remedy, and deserves to be
generally known: J. WooD.
PiRsgrare, Salem co., ~ j.
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NORTHAMPTON. (MAss.l MARCu

A beautiful Grotto formed of ice from
the drlppngs of the canal under the acque-
duct, has been all the rage, during the
past week, in this town. The acqueduct
has an elevation of from twenty 10 thirty
feet above Mill river; consequently tho
water congealIng as it fell, has reared up
massy ghttering pillars, which, as they
enlarged have nearly closed up the sides.
and formed, between each Of the abutments,
gorgeous and splendid large icy apartments.
The stalactltes hang in rich and variegated
clusters, varying from few inches to fifteen
feet in length, forming altogether a specla.
Gle OF dazzling richness and beauty, wheth
er seen by the glitter Of The sun or tho
radiance of torch light. Ono evening last
week some Of these gorgeous apartments
were prettIly Illuminated, and with the aid
OF the imagination and the Influence of the
AIRY beings who glIded among the pillars
of crystal with merry laugh and .buoyant
step, 1t was not difficult to mark It's resem,
b'aDce TO some of the beautiful scenes in
story. The Grotto of Anti paros, on one
OF the islands in the Archipelago, cannot
hold candle TO the crystal caves under
the canal aqueduct. Courier.
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A LApY's OpISloN,-The poet Camp
bell says he once heard lady Of dis,ln-
gushed beauty and rank defend Sir Thorn
as Lawrence from The charge Of having
been cnlpable in paying attentions to la.
dies without intending to follow them up
by an offer Of his hand. A gentleman re-
marked that he thought Sir Thomas highly
blameable. No. replied the lady who Is
said to have been herself the temporary
object OF the great painters attentions -
no. not eXac,ly-not SO much TO blame
said the lady, muslngly. way eXclaim-
ed the gentleman. you astonlsh the not
blame such conduct! No, not SO much
was still the lady's muslng response. Can
you really, madam SAID the gentleman
again defend such behavior as deserlion
- why, SIR interrupted the lady, to
confess The truth, am firmly of the opin-
ION, that the majority Of women would
rather be courted and jllted, than not
courled at ALL"
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led her to the door. and pointed out the
way TO the Post Office.
"Iou will ask at the window" said we
-"but as the clerks are young men, you
need not tell them from whom you expect
the letter."
mot for the world" said she, looking
INTO our face with glance that seemed to
say there was no harm in telling as.
We must have used less than our usual
precision in directing Catharine to the
Post Office, as quite half an hour after
wards, when visiting the place. we saw her
at the window, receiving the change and
letter from one ofthe clerks, and the impa
tlence (shal| we say of woman, or of love-
induced Catharine to break the seal at he
door. glow of pleasure was on the
cheek OF the happy girl. We would not
nave gwen penny to be informed that
Thomas was well, and was coming in the
next packet.
We felt anxious TO know whether Thorn
as would come, out the names of such per.
sons rarely appear among the passengers
OF the Liverpool packets, being commonly
included in that comprehensive line. land
about two hundred in the Storage" SO
we gave up all hopes of knowing when
Thomas would arrive, but concluded that
we should see the name with that of Cath.
arne in the Marriage list. to which we had
determined to keep steady look. 1t was
but short time afterwards that we did
indeed see the name of Thomas in the pa
pers. He was one Of the passengers IN the
snip cas-, away below New York, Of whom
nearly every soul persisted, and Thomas
among the rest.
We had never seen Thomas, but had
| somehow cherished such an interest in his
fate, that we felt severe shock at lis an.
nunc'aton-and what must have been the
feelings OF Catharne with her sauguine,
Irish temperament! Loving deeply as she
must have loved, and hoping arden;ly as
she must have hoped, what must have been
her feelings!
We paused few weeks afterwards. to
mar. the Young grass shooting, green and
thick, 10 Ronaldson's grave yard, and to
see the buds swelling on the branches OF
the trees that decorate that populous city
OF the dead, when a funeral, numerously
attended, wound Slowly around the
corner OF the street, and passed into
the enclosure. It was the funeral of an
Irish pcrson-we knew by the numbers
that a'endcd-and as tire sexton lowered
the coffin down into he narrow house, the
place appointed for all the living, we saw
engraved upon simple plate, "Ca,barine
Mcinnes."
The story was told. The small sum Of
money which Ca.harne had deposited in
the saving fund to give a little consequence
to her marriage festival, had been with
drawn TO give her "decent burial"
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LINES ON AN OLD GENTLEMAN.
by o. W. HOLMES.

by o, W. HOLMES.
Isaw him once before;
As he passed. by the door,
And again,
The pavement stones resOund
As he lolters DER the ground
With his cane.
They say that in his prime,
Ere the pruning knife Of Time
Cut him down,
Not better man was found
BY the crier on his round
Through the town,
But now he walks the streets,
And looks at all he meets,
So forlorn;
And he shakes his feeble head,
That il seems as il he said,
"They are gone ~
The messy marbles rest
On the lips that he press'd
In their bloom:
And The names he loved to hear
Have been carv'd for many year
On his tomb.
NV grand.mamma has said
poor old lady, she is dead
Long ago)-
That he had IA Roman nose,
And his cheek was like rose,
In the snow.
But now his nose is thin,
And it rests upon his chin
Like IA staff;
And crook is in his back,
And a melancholy crack
In his laugh.
l know it is a sin
For me to sit and grin
At him here:
But the old three corner'd hat,
And the breeches all that,
Are SO queer?
And If I should live to be
The last leaf upon the tree
In the Spring!
Let them smile, as ] do now,
At the old lorsaken bough,
Where | cling.
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"lf were SO unuchy," SAID an officer,
"as TO have stupid sou, would certainly,
by all means, make him u parson," A
clergyman, who was in the company, calm
ly replied, "you think differently, sir, from
your father"
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Miliaer This word is a corruption of
'M'ianer,' which sgnliled person from
Milan IN Italy, from whence at one time
came certain female fashions, introduced
by person from That city, After while
every one who pursued the business was
called Il Mlaner and afterwards, as the
origin of the word became forgotten,
Mllllncr.