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Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-05
The Fox and the Pigs.

Much has been written to show the reason
ing powers of the brute creation but nothing
that have ever read of the dog, the horse, the
elephant, the spider, the ant, or the bee, seems
to prove more clearly that brutes or insects
think and also form conclusions, than that
which am now about to relate of the action of
foxes.
On certain day, many years ago, farmer
in the northern part of Connecticut, was wit
ness to the following proceedings on the part
of fox that had somewhere secured for him
self small pig, and was taking it on his back
to his burrow. On coming to a small, rapid
stream, he seemed to hesitate for while on
the bank, then laid down the pig, and went in
10 piece Of woods near by, from which he
soon returned with a stick of wood in his
mouth. He laid the wood down and took up
the pig, and then again laid the pig down and
took up the wood. Not seeming to be salts
fed with the trial, he went again to the woods
and brought back a larger stick than before
He made the same trial again, by taking up
the pig and comparing it with the wood he had
brought. Being apparently satisfied with the
trial, he took the wood in his mouth, and swan
across the stream, and then returned with it to
the side where the pig was lying on the bank !;
and laying it down, he took up the pig and
crossed the stream with it in safety, and bore
it away for his own breakfast or that of
his cubs. Let any one explain the action of
the fox as he may, the truth of the story may
be relied on.
At another time fox made his way into a
pen which was made of rails, in which was a
fine family of pigs, along with their natural
protector, the mother The fox was afraid to
attempt taking one of the pigs, until he was
quite sure that he could make his escape from
the pen with it in safety. So he took stick
in his mouth, and sprung through IN opening
between the rails with it, and then sprang back
again, and repeated the operation of springing
backward and forward with the stick in his
mouth, until he was satisfied that it would be a
safe prize. But he was mistaken. He had
not made the proper calculation for the differ
ence between straight stick, and living
struggling pig and before he could ge
through the aperture, he found himself in th,
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-05
The Comforts Of an Editor.

If he does not fill his paper with news OF
importance whether there may be any or not,
it is condemned for not being what il pur-
ports 10 be-a newspaper.
If he does not fill at least one column ev-
cry week with something laughable, his TO-
lilo is unin.eresting.
If public nuisance should exist, notice Of
il would offend and not TO notice il would
be censured.
If he does not publish all the marriages
and deaths for twenty miles round whelh-
er he hears of them or not, he is not Fl; for
an editor.
If every paper does not contain a goodly
portion Of Suicide, Horrid Murder, and Mel
nncboly Accident, it is dull and an unwel-
come visitor.
If half of the gloomy transactions which
occur are recorded, it is spurned as a vehicle
only of calamilles.
If the paper contain advertisements, the
general reader murmurs; if it does not, the
business men will not palronize it.
If he publishes the laws of the State, old
and young maids grumble if he does not,
civilians frown.
If he steers an impartial course, be is sure
to be besrneared.
If dozen kind friends call on him while
he is correcting his proof sheet, and one err
ror escapes detection, he is the greatest blum
der head in The world.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-05

spout or fume of narrow plank, stretching
from rock to rock down the mountain gorge.
Here it rests on rock, there high on the
branches of tree, and there again, high in
the air, it threads across the valley, supported
like telegraph wire. In four or five weeks,
the whole three miles are completed, alf built
in the most simple, cheap and substantial NAM
ner. A small stream of water is turned into
the fume, and twenty men 60 merrily to work
dashing in the heavy ties and timber; away
they fly on the wings Of the water over rock
and gulf, swifter than the wings Of DOVE
In four summer days that pile of $500 tons of
lumber is conveyed without cost from the Green
Mountains, In Peru, to the railroad in Dorset.
The finme still stands, and the thousand Of
acres hitherto worthless, can now be cleared Of
lumber and fuel, and will make the fortune of
the proprietor.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-05
How to grow Rich.

Hunt, in the last number of his Magazine,
says
When man takes more pleasure in acquir-
ing money than expendiug it, he has taken the
first step TO wealth. A farmer will receive a
few grains of an improved species of corn,
which he will not eat, but will plant them and
replant the product from year to year, till his
few grains will become hundreds of bushels
Money is increasable by analogous processes,
and success is within the power of any man
who shall attain to ordinary longevity. If a
man at the age of twenty years can save from
his earnings twenty-six cents every working
day, and annually invest the aggregate at COM
pound legal 7 per cent. interest, he will at the
age of seventy, possess $32, 900. Many men
who resort to life insurance, can save several
times twenty-six cents daily, and thus accumu-
late several times the above sum long before
age of seventy. Nearly all large fortunes are
the result of such accumulations; hence the
men who amass great fortunes are usually those
only who live long. The last few years of Gil
rard's and Astor's lives increased their wealth
more than scores of early years. To be in
haste to become rich by few great operations
is direct road to eventual poverty. We can
not, however, command long life, but we can
approximate thereto by commencing early the
process Of accumulation-and elongaton by ex-
tending backward being as efficacious as an
elongation forward.
Every hundred dollars expended by man
of the age of twenty years, is an expenditure
of what, at our legal rate of interest, would by
compounding il tannually, become $4,000, should
he live to the age of seventy. This is taught
practically by saving banks, and well counter
acts the fatal notion of the young, that old age
is the period for the accumulation, and youth
the period for expenditure. BY like principles
young man who pays annually premium for
life insurance loses not the premiums only, but
the immense increase which the money would
produce should he invest it at compound inter
est, and live to the ordinary limit of man S life.
Extremely old men, who have no length of
life in prospect, are the only persons, if any,
who should insure their lives, for the expense
oftheir insurance would be but little more than
the animal premiums. The true principle Of
the road to wealth is first the desire to gain,
and the second to become your own bank
er. Almost every man who really desires to
become rich, may do so, if governed by these
feelings and actions; and it is just as certain
that every person who takes more pleasure in
spending than he does in seeing his pile Of
treasure grow, will die poor
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-05
MISCELLANY Y.
Life in a Powder-Mill.
Dickens thus describes visit to the T

Dickens thus describes a visit to the Pow
der-Mill of Hounslow, near London:
&c In this silent region, amid whose ninety-
seven workplaces no human voice ever breaks
upon the ear, and where, indeed, no human
form is seen, except in the isolated house in
which his allotted task is performed, there are
secreted upwards of two hundred and ffty
work people. They are peculiar race, not,
OF course, by nature, in most cases, but by the
habit of years. The circumstances of momen-
tary destruction in which they live, added to
the most stringent and necessary regulations,
have subdued their minds a1)Eeeings to the
condition of their hire. There is seldom any
need TO enforce these regulations. Some ter
rife explosion here, or in works of a similar
kind elsewhere, leaves fixed mark in their
memories, and acts as constant warning
Here no shadow of practical joke, or caper of
animal spirit, ever transpires no witticism,
no oaths, no chafng, or slang. A laugh is
never heard smile seldom seen Even the
work is carried on by the men with as few
words as possible, and these uttered in low
tone. Not that anybody fancies that mere
sound will awaken the spirit of combustion, or
cause an explosion to take place, but that their
feelings are always kept subdued. If one man
wishes for anything from somebody at short
distance, he must 60 there; he is never per-
mitted to shout or call out There is partic-
ular reason for this last regulation Amid all
this silence, whenever a shout does occur, ev-
erybody knows that some imminent danger is
expected the next moment, and all rush away
headlong from the direction of the shout As
to running towards it to offer any assistance,
as common in all other cases, it is thoroughly
understood that none can be afforded An ac-
cldeht here is immediate and beyond remedy.
(for man might be drowning in a river,)
that might cause one or two of the boldest to
return but this would be very rare occur
renee. 1t is by no means to be inferred that
the men are selfish and insensible to the perils
of each other; on the contrary, they have the
greatest consideration for each other, as well
as for their employers, and think of the dan
ger to the lives of others, and of the property
at stake at all times, and more especially in all
the more dangerous houses The propretors
of the various gunpowder mills all display the
same consideration for each other, and when
even any improvement tending to lessen dan
ger is discovered by one, it is Immediately
communicated 10 all others. The wages of
The men are good, and the hours very short !;
10 artificial lights are ever used in the works.
They all wash themselves-black, white, and
bronse-and leave the mills at A I-2 in the af-
ternoon, winter and summer
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-05

BENTON FOR THE NoMINEEs.-The 81
Louis Union, strong Benton paper, halls
the nomination with high satisfaction. lis
leading article concludes thus:
With these two distinguished names, the
success Of the Democracy Is as certain as
any forthcoming event can well be. They
are names which will prove sngularly happy
in harmonizing and uniting The great Dem
ocratic party of the Union. All individual
preferences for other candidates for this Of
fee will be forgotten by those who entertain
them, in the excellent nominations of the Con-
vention. Pierce and King 1.-THE one from
Democratic Free State, the other from a
Democratic Slave State)-will not only be
talismatic names for union and harmony, but
the great watchwords for brilliant and de-
cisive victory of the National Democracy
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-05

Too COOP TO BE Losr.-'Who was the
first free-school master2' asked a gifted friend
of ours the other day. with admirable gravity
We run mentally through Our whole range
of intelligence, biographical. historical and
statistical. in vain. then gave up. The Ser
pent; for did he not tell our great aDcestress
TO take knowledge from the lree acithout pay
ing for Cambridge Chronicle.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-05

ANrIPATHIEs. Some men do not like
onions: others cannot taste vinegar there
are those whom milk will nearly suffocatei
bu, the most ludicrous antipathy we noticed
in an eating house n few days ago. A Gus
toner had called for plate Of corned beef;
and some boiled cabbage, as usual. was
served with it. Take it away-take il
away he cried in a rage, 4 cannot bear
cabbage Those who knew him, and stood
by, laughed loudly, for he was tailor.
Eastern times. [volume] (Bath, Me.) 1846-1857, 1852-08-05

An Irish piper, who now and then in
dulged in a glass TOO much, was accosted 10y
a gentleman with, Pat, what makes your
face SO red1 Please your honor said Pat,
i always blush when spake TO gintleman.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14

The said llcence OF licences therein set forth, he
shall forthwith proceed to seize and sell a sufficient
amount of the property belonging to the person
or persons so refusing or which may be found up
Oh the premises, 10 satisfy the said licence and all
costs.
Resolved, that Adolph Babin be and he is hereby
appointed commissioner for the cut-otf road across
l~DefVlile Point, in place Of Joseph Walsh who de-
cilnes to serve.
Resolved that the President of the police iurv
he authorized to draw on the Parish Treasury for
the sum OF forty dollars due Mathew Cartigan for
making a levee as set tofth in the Inspectors Re-
port for tie ll1h District
Or motion Resolved that he line Ct 10 imposed
on Henry Sullivan constable, at the last meeting
OF the Police Jufy, he and tIe same hereby remit.
ted, he having furnished a valid excuse.
These being no further business before the Police
Jury. On motion adjourned until the next regular
session, 10 wit, the I'd Monday in April 1892.
THOMAS c. BROWN,
r. y. UITON.
lSAIE LEBLANC,
CHAS. a. SLACK.
WM. c. ADAMS.
LOUIS HEBERT,
J. A. DARDENNE, Pres't. pro tenn.
Attest, !ApoNIs PETIT. Clerk.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14
q. u. STEEL

LAS removed his Book, Printing, Binding and
- Stationery Establishment, from his old stand
No. IA to the more commodious and central pre-.
misses, No. 90 Camp street, nearly opposite the
New Commercial Alley.
Popular School Books,
for sale at the New Orleans Stationers' Ware
house, No. 60 Camp Street:
Royan's Modern French Reader;
Porney's syllabaire Francois;
Comley's English Grammar;
Bullion's First Lessons in English Grammar;
McGufy's Electric Readers;
Wilmsen's Reader, or the Children's Friend;
Goodrich's Child's History of the United States
Wilson's History of the United States;
Swans Instructive Reader;
Emerson's North American Arithmetis;
Smiths Arithmetic;
Mitchelps Primary Geography;
Morse's School Geography;
Worcester's Dictionary, abridged;
Smiths, Olney's, Mitchell's and Goodrich's School
Biographies;
Pixies, Smiley's, Davies and other Arithmetics.
f An extensive assortment OF Standard School
Books and Miscellaneous Works in every department
of Literature, Science and Art, together with ev-
cry variety of Stationery in general use. For
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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14
.ve,C Orleans S~tassonr,s, Iv.arehoase.

VesC Orleans S~fasSoners' Iv'arehoase.
Books, Stationery, Printing and Binding Es-
Enlistment, NO. so Camp street.
Books-Comprising the works of the best stand
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Cheap Publications-At the publishers prices, re-
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School Books-A large supply of all kinds in gen.
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Stationay-Consisting of the most approved kinds
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Blank Books-Of the most approved manufactured
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Paper and Cards-Letter, Foolscap, Folio Post.
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Printing and Bookbinding--In all their variou
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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14
State Of Louisiana--Parish Of IberriH
Succession Sale,

10y virtue of an order or decree, dated the
ID 2sth instant, to me directed from the Sixth
District Court of the State of Louisiana, in
and for the said parish, I will offer at public
sale to the highest and last bidder, On
Saturday, 2stll February,
1852, at 10 o'clock A NJ, at the court house of
the parish of lbereille, the following described
property, belonging to 10 the
Succession Of William Briggs, decd,
to wit:
A Tract of Land lying and situated in the
parish of Iberville, on the west side of the
Bayou Crosse Tete, measuring one arpent
front on said bayou by forty arpents more or
less in depth, bounded above by land now be-
longing to Charles Brooksh, and below by
land now belonging to Ursin Daigre, together
with all the buildings and improvements there
on being and thereunto belonging.
TERMS OF SALE.
The sum of six hundred dollars payable in
cash on the day Of sale, and the balance of the
price of adjudication payable in all the month
of March in the year 1854; special mortgage
to be retained on the land to secure the pay
ment of said balance, and in case of non-pay-
ment at maturity, to bear interest at the rate
of eight per cent per annum from time due un-
til paid.
J. L. PETIT, Sheriff.
Parish of Iherville, 2sth January, 1852.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14
On Monday 2ad day Of February,

next 1852, between the hours of 10 A. NJ, and
2 +. NJ, at the last residence Of
Mrs. Irene Arnandea decd.
in the town of Plaquemine, the following de-
scrIbed property belonging to the succession of
said deceased viz.
/. A lot Of ground situated in the town of
P~laqnemine measuring seventy five feet front on
P%laquemine street, by one hundred and twen-
the river by lot of Theodore O%riIlion, on the OPP
Scratchley, together with all the buildings and
improvements thereon being and belonging.
2. C~elestin, mulatto man aged IS years;
3. FRANCHISE, his wife, negro woman aged
81 years;
4. Jean Baptiste, their son. aged IA years;
(Deaf)
S. Frank, negro man aged 36 years;
6. Doria; his wife, negro woman aged 81
years;
7. Constance, their child, aged 5 years;
8. Paul, their son, aged 2 1-2 years;
9. Clementine, mulatto cir. aged 81 years;
and
10. Sophia, her child, aged 2 years;
IL. Maria, mulatto woman aged As years,
crippled in one hand;
a. cgi'aih, NeSIo 10Y aSeu II years,
10. Bill, negro boy aged IL years..
IA. A lot of movable property, consisting
in household and kitchen furniture; one cane
cart Iron axleO Cow, &c &.
TERMS OF SALE.
The movable property payable in all the
month of March next, 1852.
The lot of ground, and appurtenances and
slaves, payable one third in all March 1852, one
third in March 1858, and onethird in all March
1854. Purchasers to furnish their notes with
endorsers to the satisfaction Of the Administra-
tor of said succession, payable at the office of
the Recorder of the Parish of Iberviile, and in
case of non-payment at maturity, to bear inter-
est at the rate ofeight per cent per annum from
time due until paid. Special mortgage to be
retained on the lot and slaves to secure the pay
ment of the notes and all interests that may
accrue thereon. Acts of sale before the Recor-
der at the expense of the purchasers.
J. l.. PETIT, Sheriff.
Parish of Iberyille, Jan. %, 1852.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14

Will effect a perfect cure; is SO constructed as to
be worn with perfect security in the worst cases;
and when once properly fitted, is warranted to an
swer in every case.
gSold only at his Office, 10 St. Charles street,
opposite Union. For further information, observe
the lengthy advertisement in another place in this
paper. dec6-1y
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14

THE wheeJ Of Fortune.-Gen. Cavaienac is
now a prisoner in the fortress of Ham, in the
very apartment formerly occupied by Louis Ma
po'eon. Louis lhi ippi, ''the citizens king"who
condemned Louis Napoleon to death, and after.
wards, who was weak enough to spare him.
died an ext e, while Louis seizes the reins of
absolute power in France on the anniversary
of the coronation Of the Emperor, and the bat
tie OF acknowledgements.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14

IVA woman was lately buried in a grave
ward, near London, who had been dead upwards
offve years, a near relation having left her an
annuity of sol. to be paid on the first day Of
each and every year, so long as she should re-
main on earth. In consequence of this legacy,
her surviving husband hired a little room over
a stable inthe neighborhood of his dwelling,
where she was kept in a lead coffin until after
his death.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14
Law Books,

Just received at the Nea0 Orleans Stationers' Ware
hoase-NO. 60 CAMP STREET:
Railroad Laws and Charters, by w. P. Glegg and
b. Pond vol Svo;
English Laws and Equity Digest vols;
English Laws and Equity Reports-2 vols;
Story on the Laws OF Partnership-new edition;
Abbott on Shipping-new edition;
Domat's Civil Law-2 vols;
Whites Land Laws of Mexico, Spain and Califor-
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schmidt's Land Laws of Mexico, Spain and Cali
formal vol.
Also, at greatly reduced prices
Robinson's Reports, complete in IL vols, either in
complete sets or any of the volumes separate;
Greiner's Code of Practice-new edition;
Benjamin & Slidell's Digest-new and improved
edition; enlarged;
Deslix's Digest, being a continuation of Benjamin
& SIidelts;
Deslix's Louisiana Supreme Court General Index;
American State Papers, relative to Public Lands,
in 5 vols. For sale by
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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14

u The health of Henry Clay has so far i'm
proved as to allow him to ride out on the 2sth
ult. That the glorious old patriot may be fully
restored, is the anxious prayer of millions of
grateful fellow citizens.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14
Bayou Sara Packet.

,EacaAaA For Bayou Sara, Port Hudson, Baton
AlSsea=71ss$MSs' Rouge and Coast-the splendid pas
EssisSEsSzEss senger steamer NEW LATONA,
J. G. LANDRY, master, will leave New Orleans for
Bayou Sara and intermediate landings every
MONDAY, at 5 o'clock ?. NJ, and every FRI.
DAY. at 8 O'Clock A. NJ. Returning, leaves Bayou
Sara every Tuesday and Saturday after the arrival
of the Railroad cars. For freight or passage,
having fine accommodations, apply on board or to
J. A. BRAUD & LANBRY, is Bienville st
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14

The Wing National Conuenio ut is sup
posed that the Wing members Of Congress
will very soon select some day in June or July
for holding a National Convention. No day
was fixed at the Wing Convention in Pliiadei-
phia, which nominated Gen. Taylor. The
place to be sele ted will probably cause some
diversity Of opinion. e1
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1852-02-14
soNyMERM sEAyAAAAs

~ Hard water often produces diseases in
animals, and all who have watched me p sn'ss
Of horses and other domestic animals, must
bave observed how generally they will prefer
80 y dirty pool of soft water to the sciearest
onJ freshest hard water that can be gwen 70
,ben. The same remark applies to poultry,
pigeons, and other birds, who all select sou
water when left to their own eholce.