The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1849-07-20
"S.a-a-r-ch the Skripters-ah."

the effects Of poor widow, who had been
LETT comparatively destitute at the death Of
her husband, had been seized by the sheriff
for debt, and were being sold at auction a.
mong these old effects, all old family bible
was put up for sale. She begged the con.
stable to spare this dear nto Of her no.
nored parents, but he vas memorable. The
Good Book was about going for few shii.
ilnes, when the widow suddenly sna,ched
1t, sand declaring that she would have some
relic Of those she loved, cut the slender
thread that held the brown linen cover, with
the intention Of retaining il. The cover fell
into her hands, and with it, two pieces Of
fla', thin, dirty paper. Surprised at the cir
cnmstance, she examined them, and what
was her joy and delight that they each call.
ed for five hundred pounds on the Bank of
England! On the back Of one IN her moth
ers handwriting, were the follow ing " crds;
When sorrow over'aketh you, seek your bi.
bile. And on the other, in her fathers ha nd:
Your Fathers ears are never deaf The
sale was imne diately stopped, and the fam
lily bible given TO its faithful owner. Hence
we Wow, is the corolary derived from this
incident by several religious journals, the
great good to be derived from examining the
ecdotp, reminds us very forcihly of story,
which our departed friend, the lamcnted
Henry Iuman, used TO relate With inimtable
effect, of an illitera'e English minister at
the west, who, one night, AT q meeting, re-
lated the following affecting Circumstance (:
II is but little while ah, since was tray
cling along one Of your great rivers an. sur
rounded by the deep forests. ! stopped at n
rude shanty by the riverside .ah, and there
found a family in the era. attest affection
all. They we're al sick their children
were shivrring and starving; their heads
frowzy and dirty and was informed BY
their mother that they had lost their fine
tooth comb. oh They were ignorant Of
the go.ospel, and didn't seem to care about
il, 'ither; for when reasoned with tn. IN an
the woman was all the time amrntinr the
loss Of her fine tooth conb.ah! Have ycu
the bible in Your cabin ? said to her. SAYS
Lab; Yes, theer it is, up ,heer on the catch
allah. pointing 10 narrow shelfovsr the
smoky fire. place, but we don't often read in
to it-sh ha'ntrsad any out but once't, v hen
little Bill died of ager, for as much as tsw
months-ah.' | got into a dye-tub, nv
friends, that stood in the corner, and reach
ed mp and took down the blessed Book all
covered with dust. sh and what do YOU
think it vas that / opened to.a What do
you think il was that found there. a b. 10
satisfy the loneings of that poor woman. ali?
1t was the long lost, the long wanted fine.
tooth comb. an Oh my he.a rers, s'd arch
the skripfers- all Ifshe had only s'a. n.rehed
the skripters, how her mind would'a been
eased-ah! 1t seems TO us that the m oral
OF searching the scriptures for money is not
far removed in absurd''y from the nouca.
ton above recorded.-K nickerbockr.
african Odor.-A fragrance like that Of
five thousand roses filled the police Office as
Waterman led up to the bar a short, stout
colortd man, in the dress Of a porter, who
was registered on the docket by the name
Of Charles Buck.
NGgor-Where does that strong smell
come iromI Has any body broken bottle
of rose. water?
BHtk (the prisoner)-Its me, massa, you
smell, l'spose. inou, as well own Tie tIufe
at once.
Mayor-Iou smell like rose. water? Do
you think to impose on me that way? Hnw
dare you tell me such q falshocdP | under.
stand African perfumes too well for that
Buck-Massa Mayor. dosen't purtend
10 say dat de natur ob do niger is to smell
dat way
Mdyor-No know il isn't.
Buck-And OATS the very reason why
get into dis sciape. ltry to improve on
nature by correction de disagreeable it,
flnvium OBJ de colorsd persfora,ion, and dey
duck me up for il.
Wdtchmdn-He was employed TO carry
home some perfumery which a gentleman
bought in Second street.
Buck-Yes, and did carry nm home,
TOO, only made mistake and toa,ed um
to my own home instead Oh do genple.
mans.
Mayor What did you do that forP
Buck was very anxious to try fzilosif.
powerful, de smell oh de rose. wstsr or dc
smell OBJ de niger.
Vdtchmdn.--H He had used up four large
bottles of cologne water, by'prnklng him.
self all over.
Buck-Ds white people is always rom
plainin' dat de smell oh de Niger make
dem sick at de tomaeh and den il de niger
try to make himself smell better, dey git
mad and want to pnt UNI in jail. Niger
cant do muffin TO pleas de white people.
-hUyOT.- lHtNts are gPnefRllS Said To
be in "bsd odor," but here isa thief who
smells swe~ter than half dozen Of the mi.
NEST dsndies in ball room. The motive
is some excuipa,ion for the offender; he
wished TO make himself more agreeable TO
the public, and stole the cologne for tina,
purpose. The offence cannot be called n
"rank" one, and if sit smells 10 heaven"
as Shakespeare says, the SAVIOR will be SO
grateful to the recording angel that IL may
induce him to blot out the record. If Buck
will pay fo- the cologne, and promise to re.
tain his natural odor until he can honestly
acquire better one, he may be discharged.
This arrangement WAS made, the pros
pcutor was satisfied, and the prisoner left
the Office, di.insng sweets very unusual in
that atmosphere. as he made his progress
,o;he door.-Peansy lrdnian.
MARRYING FOR MoSEy.--A prudent and
well disposed member Of the Society of
Friends once gave the folloing friendly I'D.
vice:
'John,' said he, Il hear thou art going to
be married.
'Y@, replied John, Il am
'Well,' rejoned the man Of drnb, Il have
only one little piece Of advice to give thee,
and that is, never marry woman worth
more than thou art. When l married my