Jeffersonian Republican. [volume] (Stroudsburg, Pa.) 1840-1853, 1840-02-29

Bird
The first of the winter, there was OBJ |
served at barn yard in this town
about flock of sheep, a black bird
about the size of martin. Since that
time this bird has been seen daily in
company with the sheep, flying abont
and lighting on their backs and often
standing on them while they walk
about the yard and into then pen seem
ing to say letus sweareternal friend
ship" Although the boys have more
than once pelted Miss Bird pretty Sc
verely with snow balls, for presuming
upon amalgamation so bold and unna
tural, she bears it like a philosopher,
and is not in the least discouraged in
her work Of love-, consoling herself
perhaps, with the saying that "the
course of true love never doth run
smooth" A probable reason of this
intimacy is that when the birds went
to the South, she by some means, was
left behind, and rather than live all a.
lone and have no one to talk to these
long evenings, took it into her head
to scrape acquaintance with animals so
disSimilar.
CAUTIoN.-Serious injury some
times results from insects creeping
into the ear, and there are many per-
sons affected with excruciating pains
IN the ear from this cause, who are
unable to account for the cause of
their torture and generally attribute
it to cold. An instance of this occur
red a short time since. A lady who
had lain downfor an hour or so, woke
up with a distressing sensation in one
of her ears. A physician was called
IN, who poured aquantity of sweet
oil into the ear, when a small red
spider vacated his lodging, probably
not admiring so fat a birth, and was
taken out The distressing symptom
were immediately telyrelieved--Bal Sun.
LAUGHABLE ANECDoTE.-La Fay
cite made me laugh with story which
he said the English officers had told
him of General Knyphausen, who
commanded the Hessian mercenaries
in l776. This officer, a rigid martin
ct, knew nothing of the sea, and not
much more of geography On the
voyage between England and America
he was in ship of Lord Howe, where
he passed some of the transports. At
length Knyphausen could contain
himself no longer, but, marching stiff1y
up tothe admiral one day, he commen-
ced-"My lord know it is the duty
of soldierto be submissive at sea; but,
being entrusted with the care of the
troops ofhis SereneHighness, my mas
ter, [ feel it my duty just to enquire if
it be not possible that, during some OF
of the dark nights we have lately had
we may have sailed past American
t BAD IS TIE BEsT.-Mr. Horace
Smith, while lecturing the other night
! at the Sussex Institution, Brighton
E took occasionto point out the necessity
: Of being content with one'slot Illus
trating the remark with the following
: bon mot =" A friend of mine" he said
> "a remarkably cool and philosophio
+ person, was lately travelling to Londor
o at a moment when he was laborine
$ $ under very severe cough which was
f extremely distressing to himself, ant
It also proved great annoyance to his
; fellow-passengers, till at last an ole
; gentleman ensconced in the corne
: observed,with much displeasure, Sir
n that's a very bad cough you've got
5 True Sir, replied the other, but iti
, tha best I've got"
e New MODE OF Travelling
a farmer ofthe old school, residing in tn,
ncighborhood of Wallingford, havin!
It had occasion to visit the metropolis, OF