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Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24
Wiy not be Polite {?

How much does it cost TO say, 81 thank
you? Why not practice it at home to
your husband, 10 your children, and your do.
mestics? II stranger does you some little
&C, Of courtesy, how sweet your acknowledg.
ment! If your hus6and...oh, i, is matter
Of course; no need OF thanks.
Should an acquaintance happen to tread
on your dress, your very, very best, and by
acciden, tear it, how proiuse you are, with
your "nevel mind don't think Of it; ! do
not care at all.n # husband does it, he
gets frown: If child, ho is cliastised.
"Ah! these are l:l,lc things" you say
They tell nightly Npon the heart, lei US as.
sure you, little as they are.
A gentleman stops at friends house, and
finds it in confusion. lie don't see any
thing to apologize (or--never thinks Of such
little matters. Every thing is all rishs.--cold
supper, cold room, crying children, perfect.
ly comfortable. Goes home where the wife
has been taking care Of the sick ones, and
working her life almost out. DON, see why
things can't be kept in better order; there
never were such cross children before. No
apologies accepted at home.
Why not be polite at homc' Why not
use freely the golden coin of courtesy? How
sweet they sound, those little words. i
thank you,h or "you are very kind" Dou.
bly,, yes, thrice sweet from the lips we love,
when heart.smiles make the eyes sparkle
with the clear light Of affection.
Be polite TO your children. Do youleSpect
them to be mindful Of your welfare : To
bound away to do your pleasure before the
request is half spoken! Z! Then with all your
dignity and authority mingle pOliteness; give
it q niche in your household temple. Only
then will you have learned tho true secret
Of sending into the world really " finished
gentlemen and ladies'.
Wha, We say, VIC soy to all. be polite.
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was told by the people of one of

l was told by the people of one Of
these towns that during the month of
July last, the scarcity of water was SO
great that the people surrounded the
springs in hundreds, some from dis
tauco of three leagues, with their water
Jars, and were forced 10 wait for many
hours before they could take their turn
at them. and many who live in the town
frequently did not even go to bed but
waited oil night to get to the spring;
and Notwithstanding that the police in.
,erfered to keep peace many severe
contests were had during the rush for
water, while the most timid left in de.
spair. Corn was selling in some pla-
ces at So so per bushel. Notwithstan-
ding this drou,h, however, in general,
l learn the crops have been good, and
with cheap and rapid means of commu.
nication the dcarth would not be felt.
I was on my way short time since
10 the interior, and observing as | went
along the parched fields for many con-
secutiye miles, fell into conversation
with muleteer overlook on the road,
from whom | asceltained its extent and
duration. Among uther things upon his
relating to me the effect it had produced
upon a certain town, asked him what
the people had been doing or had left
uudone 10 cause their crops to fail. ~
know not" said he, "but two years ago
there was curate there who was ha-
ted by both rich and poor, so much SO
indeed that he, not being able to with
stand the neglect, pasquinades and in.
suits of the people, left the place, pro-
nounced curse against the inhabitants,
saying that their crops should fail for
three successive years" "rhis" said he,
sis the second of those fatal years"
The same tale was told nc by several
people of the town.
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THE MAiSE LAW seems 10 work ad.
m:rably in Michigan. A correspondent
of the Adpeytissr says;
This morning the worthy sheriff of
this county returned from Crosse isle
having been absent some eight or ten.
days. As lie passed along Jefferson
Avenue, he noticed ct one of the corners
group of three cous,ables, in earnest
consultation. As he approached them
they hailed him; and said they had just
been talking oftlo Maine Law-'hatit it
had eilec,ually used up their business, as
there had not been fight in the city
since it took effect The erlffreplied
at that be the case ! am in favor of;he
law" "Bu,," said they, "it will use up
your business also, and if i. continuesto
be enforced the Jail will soon be empty"
~ sincerely hope SO" said The sheriff.
"aud will, in such case, try to get a
living at some othe, business" Thisis
an unvarnished fact. Comment is up-
necessary.
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Chinese Calender.

A correspondent Of the North China Her.
aid gives a procismstion by The lnsurgen
Chief in China Of new Calendar. 1t Is
heard as tho ''Thitd scar Of the Celcp,In
Dynasty Of T'hae Ping" and commences
"All high officers kneeling before our sove
reign and elder brother, the Celestial King
whom we wish to live for myriad: OF year.
added 10 myriOis OF years ard mYriads Of
years rcpor. that We have prepared Il calen
der and fixed the seasons.' This calender
makes every year 10 contain 366 days, every
odd month 81 days, and every even month
30 days. The seasons sarc-commencemen
Of Spring, beginning Feb. a.; clear and
bri2h! season, beginning April 5; period Of
bearded grain beginning June 6; commence.
ment Of autumn. Aug s, seasons Of cold dew,
date not given, and seasons Of great snow,
Dec. 7,h. ..
The editor Of the North China Herald re-
marks Of this new calendar, that it is under.
taken 10 form solar division Of the months
instead of that combination Of solar and ln-
mar which have existed from time mmemo.
raj. Each Of their months consist Of two
solar terms, or signs Of The zodiac. They also
make another error in making the solar year
consist Of three hundred and six;y.six days
every year, instead Of once in four years
They also make their Sabbath fall on Satur.
day.
Another par, Of the proclamation relative
TO lucky aud unIucky days, is SO 'eplele with
good sense that it may be read wilhaprotit
even by some in our more civilizedlaud3-
"All the corrupt doctrines and perverted
views of preceding almanacs are the resul,
Of the devils cunning devices 10 deceive and
deludc mankind; we. your majesty's servants
have therefore set them aside for the years,
months, days and hours are all determined BY
our Heavenly Father thus every year is
lucky and favorable, every mon'n IS lucky
and favorable, and every day as well as ev.
cry hour is lucky and favorable; how can
they be classified under good and bad, what
can be the use Of selecting one period above
another. Who ever truly venerates our
Heavenly. .Fathet the Supreme Lord and
great God, isunder the protection Of Heaven
and can engage in his duties whenever lie
thinks proper; easry season therefore, NAV
be considered as prosperous and favorable"
During the past year postage stamps aud
stamped envelopes to amount Of s3,50o,oo0
have been issued BY the Post office depart.
lnent at Washington. tThisfvast amount has
all been accounted fotwi,h the exception Of
about 800. S,|s
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ris,r. Of q sen Fsansiiseo l.ve1!e!.

rieps Of G sen FJaaciaco J!ere1gs.
"A merchant writes To The SanETap
:isco Times complaining in severe but
apparently truthful terms Of The recE:
Gssuess Of Eastern shippers, in forcing
mon that market merchandise forwhich
here is no immediate requirement. and
Shich. in most instances. cannot oe
sold forecast and charges. He concludes
as f,llows: \
California ctr promise you this year
seven milliuus Of dollars losses, surs.
We regret it deeply, but whom shai!
you thank but yourselves You have
designed, built aud cleared clippers in
ninety days, and We have done the sans
in warehouses, oil bu. the esaring, il,
thirty days. A
We ask you once more, asyou regard
your own credit and standing, to leave
US alone. We assure yo1sthat we have
stocks of some articles sufficient for ma
ny months and Of not o few tSat can.
not be consumed in year,. Nails,
drugs, pilot bread, ground coffee, butter.
boots and shoes; Goldfish, hardware of
all kinds, spices, ploughs, tin ware, sta.
lionery. are all like some of England's
outstanding consolidated finds. Hams.
bacon and lard arc in supply for elk
months, and there are still from the At.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24
Female Printers.

Dear Sir.-Will you Be 50 kind as to in
form me whether one or two female printers
could, in case of emergency, be obtained in
your city, aud induced to come 10 this placer
ed, At wha, rates they work! and Sd, Whe.
,her they set type with facility, make clean
proof, &C.!
We receive every week, from all parts Of
the country, inquiries similar to the fore
going; and 10 save trouble tall ruundfp have
concluded, as Warren in Uncle Tom says.
to answer them in mass generally and
to reply to this ono from Tennessee "par''c'
ularly."
In Boston, probably there are some two
hundred girls employed in printing offices,
mos, Of whose families reside in this city or
in its immediate vicinity. They are princi-
paly in the offices Of weekly papers or mag
lzines. They can, il they have good COM
mou school education, learn TO set type with
facility in three months practice. Tie price
psid is from eighteen TO twenty cents per
thousand ems, or say two thirds tho price paid
TO men. A Agit can set type as fast as man
can; and in our Office, female composltors,
working eight or nine hours per day, earn
from seven to eight dollars per week.
Now for our friend "part!cuIOEly.' Every
sirl in Boston, who is old enough 10 work in
printing Office, or in any other Office, has r
lover, who she would be just as likely to trude
off for Tennessee article, as she would be
TO swap him off for a grizzly bear. The
idea Of q Boston girl, who goes 10 operas,
patronizes Julien's concerts. wa!tzes once a
week. eats ice creams, rides in the omnibus,
wears satin slippers, and sometimes kisses
the editor, going to Tennessee, except she
goes there as the ono Of your lirs,-class citi-
zens--edi,ors excep,ed-is truly ridiculous.
Wouldn't girl in silk dress, lace edged
and shiny gaiter boots, look well, trudsIng
through the mud and mire Of Nashville to an
old barn Of printing office, The walls OF
which are stuck all over with posters offering
rewards for runaway niggers, while in one
corner Of the room two old darkIes are jerk
ing away at a ramage press, and in the other
the editor is squirting lobaccojuice all over
the floor? Wouldn't she be in a nice fix
when the editor and sumet at brute oil a
fellow whom he had offended, got to playing
at the game Of shooting their revolvers a.
cross tho office at each others heads!-'
Who would make the fire when the devil
had run of aud the editor was drunk 2
would go home with her, dark nights! Who
would take her out riding Saturday after.
Moons and 90 to church with her on sundays'
No, sir-a Boston girl wouldn't 80 to Ten
nessec for love nor money. She can get
enough Of both nearer home'-BO''On ol'rs
Branch.
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Eyading tho Liquor License Law.

Peter Buckley, of Delaware City, Del, ha.
been convicted on four counts, and fined
slO4, for selling liquor without license. 1t
appears he attempted TO eyade the law, by
selling clacker or segar for ftp, and then
asking the purchaser 10 take drink. He
proved the sale Of scgar in ono instance,
and cracker in another, and conteuded,
that he had rist, to give away his liquor
to his customers. But it was proven ,ha:
the purchasers wen, to the house 10 get The
liquor, and The crackers or segars would not
have offered sufficient inducement 10 call
them there. hud the liquor not been in anti
cipation. The Court held that II was an at
tempt TO cvadc tho meaning ane spiri, oI
the law,
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24

a hotel keepetirOm Boston who took din
ner, a few days ago, at the Clarendon, says
that the pre,.ies, sight he saw in New York
was when,h The dining room doors were,hrown
open and Two rows of trim looking grlsl all
dressed in pink dresses aud white. aprons.
with their hair plated and trimmed in uni
form, presented themselves on either side of
the long tables, ready to wait on the guests
at dinner. a
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24
Can't do without 4 Paper

,o,,roovY...BY ZONE Of THE PEOPLE
What do without a paper' No!
I've tried it to my sorrow,
So to subscribe fer one III go.
Nor wait until tomorrow
Should lovers drown or hang themselves
Or other foolish capcr'
III never get to hear Of it.
| do not take the paper! .., .r.n
Why, there's my nc'sl'IoF' Toby Stout
=. lic always reads the news
And having news to talk about
lie never gets the blues"
While others yRwn in ennH''
His mind 10 light as SapoFi
The cause is plain to halt an eye
lie .akea hi, County fspeE
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NowAHD TnEN.-In 174l a Boston
newspaper contained the followinga ad.
ver,isemenl: 81
ITO be sold by the printer of,fis pa.
per, the very best Negro Woman in this
town, who has had the smallpox and
,hsmeasles;sis as hearty as a horse, Us
brisk.a d bird. aud will work like q
beaver. los, So. l-,-i-,
ITO DO sold by the printer of this pa.
per.a Negro Man about soyears old,
who can do both town and country bu.
siness very wsli, but will suit country,
best, where they have not so many
dram.shops as we have in Boston. Hes
has worked at the printing business IS
or 16 years;l can handle axe, saw,
spade, hoe, or other implement ofinduss
try, aswell as most men, and values him.
sclfand is valued by others, for his skill
incookery.' y. p
Times have changed. The Old Bay
State has long since ahjured slavery.
Boston has become tho ho,.bci ofabo-
litioni.m.
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The Last Gold Dollar.

Parsdies so close to their originals a.
the following, upon the Last Ro's q
Summer" by Moare, are very rare
For instance: fr
",Tis the las. golden dolla'I
Left shining alone;
All its brilliant companions
Are squandered and gone,
No coin Of its mintage
Reflects back its hue.
They went in mint iulep',
And this will 60 too.
all not keep thee-.hcu lone one
Too long In suspense;
Thy brothers were melted
Aud melt thou--two peace.
! ask for no quarter,
I'll spend and no. spare;
Till my old tu,tcrcd pocket
Hangs cen!less and bare!
So, soon may I 4" foller,"
When friendships decay,
And, from beggary's last dollar
The dimes drop away:
When tho Maine law has passed
Ind the groggeries sink,
wha, use would be dollars,
And nothing to drink :
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24
THE FAMILY SITTlNG-ROOM,

In recent address before one OF tho
county Agricultural Societies in Ohio,
Professor Fairchi!d, Of Oborlin, argues
the importance Of comfortable and tuste'
fal dwellings. He places the kitchen
frat and claims that it should be furnish
cd with .pll possible convenience for
making the necessary household labor
easy, and then goes on to say:
Next in order comes the family sit.
ting.room-a place where you aud the
wife and children may enjoy each 9th.
er's society, and help each other in the
right pursuits of life after the labors of
the day are over. A home is not home
without such arrangements, To eat
and sleep is not the chief end of man.
Even in reference to the present world
there arc higher enjoyments of which
we are capable, and nobler aspirations
which claim our regard. There are
social affections which, rightly cul,iya'-
ed, give us more elevated nature and
wider range Of enjoyment. 1t is for
such a cultivation, and for tho attain.
ment of such happiness, that "God
hath set the solitary in families" But
this object is, to great extent, lost,
without arrangements corresponding to
the end to be secured. There must be
time and place for quiet and social in
tercourse-with books and periodicals
and objects Of taste at hand, which shall
aid in the development Of the mind and
the heart. Tho place for these assocla-
,ions is the family silting-room. 1t is,
in fact, the centre of home, the point to
which the wanderer looks back, with
longing heart, when far from his faith.
er's house. You supply, then, great
family necessity. when you provide
comfortable, quiet, tasteful room, with
suitable furniture, in all particulars in-
viting as gathering place for your fam.
|ily at home. - /. g; = 4
Does any one object that such ar.
rangements are too nice and fanciful for
a farmers house :? that it is better TO
spend the evening before the old-fash.
ioued kitchen FIRE, where apples can be
pared and hickory-uuts cracked, and
axe-helves whitfield, without any fear Of
detriment to carpets and sofas2 Allow
me 10 suggest, my friend, that you are
the very one that needs that sitting
room, with its olevating and humanizing
influences. Nuts and apples, aud axe.
helrcs, are all good in their place. but
you and your children have hearts and
minds as well as stomachs. Unbcnd
your back little, and look up to the
blue heavens above you. The view shall
kindlc within you the latent spark of
Immortality. Look around upon the
brutes that perish, and acknowledge
that you are not like one ofthem. Drop
your axc.helves, then, and devote the
evening hour to your higher nature
The farmer who finds no use fora sitting
room is not the man for Northern Ohio
! in the latter half of tho nineteenth cen
,ury.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24

Singular Dis.ase,-Thc Middletown
(Md.) Wing says that that community
has been visited by singular disease,
which battles the learned and wise. 1t
is that Of sore eyes, and from the type
ithas assumed, appears to be contagious,
as whole families became afflicted with
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24
POETRY.
From Grahum'u Magazine for January, 1854.
THE VOICE OF AUTUMN.

Br wE. CULLEN BRYANT.
There comes, from yondcr height,
A soa repining sound,
Where forest leaves are bright
And fall, like fakes of light,
To the ground.
II 10 the Autumn breeze,
That, lightly floating on.
Just skins the weedy lees,
Just stirs the glowing trees.
" And i. gone.
ilc moans by scdgy brook.
And visits, with sigh,
The last pale flowers that loNk
From out their sunny nook
At the sky
Ger shouting children aics
, That light October wind,
And, kissing checks md eyes,
lie leaves their merry cries
.t- Far behind;
And wanders on to make
That solt uneasy sound
By distant wood and lake,
! Where distant fountains break 4.
81. From the ground.
No bower where maidcns dwell! .#
Can win a moments stay;
Nor fair unttodden dell:
lie sweeps the upland swell,
And away
Mourn'st thou thy homeless state
Oh, sol, repiiing wind!
Tha. early seck'st and late
The rest il is thy fate
No. to find
Not on the mountains breast,
Not on the oceans shore,
In all the East and wes.;--
The wind that stops TO rest ,.
Is no more. =
By.valleys, woods and springs,
No wonder thou shouldst griesH
For all the glorious things
Thon touches. with thy wings
And must leave.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24

Matches are now split by the mos. ap,
proved machine, at the rate of sixty
thousand minute. An exchangethinks
this will be gratifying news % oSPcrsons
ebou, to uprly for divorce
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24

|, is said they have in Marseilles,
France, Bank, in which commodities
are made the medium of trade, instead
of cash. They exchange butter for boots
and boots for bnttor, candles for chick
ems, and chickens for candles, sc. This
is going back to first principles.
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THE MoNoNGALIA MIRROR

Is published every Saturday morning, a, the
Office on Front street, next door to n. Madcra's
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A genius out west has just patented
machine for making chesnuts out of
sweet potatoes. He is a brother Of tho
old gentleman whoput handles oPrick-
ly pears and sold them for curry combs.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24

Some ladies' appear to regard them
selyes as sort Of houses, and to think
the moro they paint,he better they look.
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24

The Maine law went intu operation 10
Michigan on Friday last,
Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-12-24

No licsnseshaveaeen granted in Rs.
leigb N. O.. during the present year for
the retail ofin,oxicating drinks.
Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1853-10-15
Georgetown Correspondence.

GEoRGETowN, October To-
We have been requested by Mr. Henry Burrows.
cl'lzen OF our city, TO give publicity the follow
ing statements:
From certain information in nv posspssion am
led TO believe that or more of the Inventions
when have been gotten up of late, for breaks to pre-
vent disastrous collisions UPON railroads, have been
mainly taken from plan which | presented to an
Individual for Inspection some nine months ago.
would therefore inform the public that intend al an
early day, 10 make application for a patent for said
invention And IN connection with this, will also
state what j expect to accomplish WITH it, | Will
start two trains Of cars at the highest speci which
mas been attained on any road said trains shall run
IN opposite dirert0ns on the saline track without any
conductor, or other manager, and when they come
Within one hundred feet OF each other when every
wheel on each in each train shall refuse to turn
or a near IL is possible without being locked can
either Lick them suddenly by degrees at pleasure
MS l. 10 prevent destruction upon collisions. The
invention can also be use: a common car brake
We would also state that Mr.. Burrows is anxious
that persons understanding such matters should in
veStIgatr his plan, and As his means limited as
SLIT him IN bringing II into Use.
The death of the Rev. Mr.. BrvsOn il much lament
ed ia our city, not only by the congregation over
which he has Tor nearly two years presided but BY
all classes who have had the pleasure Of his ac-
qua n aBce. We learn from person who went to
Baltimore Ia attend his funeral that his remains
were followed TO their last resting place in Mount
ovet Cemetry, by an immense conc curse of sympa-
thiSing friends and acquaintance. His last words
were, II shall go safely To Heaven. if not trium-
phanily.'
Canal 1fGde.-Durns the week ending to day. As
boats from Cumberland with coal have arrived
bringing 500 tons of coal.
The supply of beef cattle at nrovers Rest, for the
week ending TO day. has been large, amounting in
all 70 900 head, 300 of which were taken by Dis
IlIct h;ichers. al - 30 "a SO 50 ~ 100 pounds gross
The balance were driven north. Sheep, 50 ID 81 a.
head: supply large, over 600 Hogs. 81.
Flour and GrGin HGrket.-Sales Yesterday Of 700
barrels extra brands at Sc %. Buyers this morning
offering So - a Sc q H. Holders ask more.
rrime white wheat, 81 10 a 81 40; red, 81 81 a
81 40; but little arriving, owing 10 tie fact thai the
farmers generally are busy seeding. Sales this morn
while, AT soc. SPECTATOR