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Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

MARRIAGE. CEREMONY IN SOUTH CARO-
LINA.--A case. of bigamy was recentlytried
in Cheraw county, South Carolina and dis
charged, In the charge. Of bis honor, Judge
Frest, to the jury, he remarked that there
was no law in the State, of South Carolina
prescribing atmarriage ceremonial. If Mr..
A, and Miss B. jump over broom, tine for
mer saying take this woman to be my
welded wife, ,and the latter I take this nan
to be my welded husband,and go to house
keeping, they are legally married, and have
entered into bond of union which cannot
be annulled, so long as they both do live.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

THE QUEENS OF FRANcE.--The Dublin
University Magazine for the lst Of March
has long leading article. entitled "The
French Crown Matrimonial in which ii
gives biographical sketch of all the
Queens and Empresses Of France, from the
wives Of CharleIaagne 10 the widow of Lou
is Philippe. Out of the sixty-seven royal
and imperial consorts, there are but thir-
teen on whose names there's no dark stain
of sorrow and sin. Eleven were divorced
two died by the executioner, seven were
very early widowed, three were cruelty tra-
duced, three were exiles, thirteen were bad
in different degrees of evil; the prisoners
and the heart-broken make up the rest
About twenty were buried at st. Denis,
who were denied the rest of tlfe, grave
their Femajns exposed to the insults of a
revolutlonized populace, and then flung in
to trench and covered with quick lime
Does history show any parallel to this list
of queens and empresses in any civilized
country?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

&% We see.so dqfkly into faturity we
never know when We have a zeal cause to
rejoice Cir lament, The worst appearances
have often happy consequences, as the best
lead many times into the greatest mlsfCr-
tunes.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

ags The average number of bees in a
hive, is from fifteen to twenty thousand.
Nineteen thousand four hundred and nine
ty-ntne are neuters or working bees, five
hundred are drones, and the remaining one
Is the queen or mother
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

@s- The soil of Siberia, at the close of
the summer, is found still frozen for fifty
six inches beaeath the surface, so that the
dead having lam in their collins for one
hundred and fifty years, have been taken
up unchanged In the least
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

A QUESTION OF TAsTE.-An exchange asks
the question Which would you rather
kiss, The Pope's toe or Mrs. Harriet Beeth.
or Stowe?
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

PRESERVING BvTrER.--The farmers of
Aberdeen, Scotland, are said to practice
the following hod fcuripg qtter,which
gives it great SUPERIORITY over their neigh
boris. Take quarts of best common salt
ounce of sugar, and ounce of salt-pe-
tre; take one ounce of the composition for
one pound Of butter, work it we'll into the
mass and close it up for use. 1t should
stand several weeks before using, in order
that the salts may become well blended
with the butter. 1t is said butter thus put
up will remain sweet for years.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

81 The French have been applying for
Napoleon's Will, deposited at Doctors
Commons. Now we should have thought
that the French had had more than enough
lately Of the will Of one Napoleon not to
have wished for another; but perhaps this
craving OF the French for the wills of other
persons may be accounted for by The fact
Of their having SO very little will of their
own.-PQnch.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

e Some ladies' will forgive Stiffness but
none ill-manners And there are but few
capable of Judging fyour learning ot your
geni,us /; but Ill Of your behaviour:
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

~ II don't believe there is any use to
vaccinate for small pox," said a back
woods Kentuckian, ''for had a child vac
cinated, and it fell out of window and
vas killed; in less than a week AFTER
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

s5- Sheridan told his son he would cut
him off with a shilling "Where Will you
get it y reioined the youth.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

s5--The waters of the Great Salt Lake
are so saturated with salt, and so dense that
persons float, cork-lihe, on the waters, or
stand suspended with'ease with the shout
ders exposed above the surface.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

sz- Nothing is more nauseous than appa-
rent self sufficiency. For it shows the
company two things which are extremely
dsagreeable. That you have high opln-
ion of yourself, and that you have compar-
atively, a mean opinion Of them.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

o. The scholar who "fell into reve-
rie" last week was immediately taken out,
and II Is said will recover.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

poLrENGss BETWEEN BROTHERS AND
StSrERs.-By endeayoring TO acquire a
habit of pollteae$s, i will. soon become fa-
mIiar, and sit on you with ease, if not with
elegance. Let it never be forgotten that
genuine politeness is great foSterer OF
family love it alIays accidental irritation,
by preventing harsh retorts and rade con-
tradiction it soitens the boisterous, stimu-
lates the INDECENT, suppresses selfshness,
and by forming a habit Of consideration for
others, harmonizes The whole. Politeness
begets polteness, and brothers may easily
be won by it to leave off the rude ways
they bring home from school or college,
Sisters ought never TO receive any little at
tcntion without thanking them for It. never
to ash. a favor of them but Is courteous
terms, never to reply TO their questions in
monosylhbles, and they will soon be asham-
ed to do such things themselves. Both pre-
cept aud example ought 10 be laid under
contribution, TO CONVINCE them that no one
can have really good manners abroad who is
not habitually polite at home.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

"OLD FoGY." "A word that comes from
the Latin "fugor," meaning driven away
one who rs dorc fort is gone case with
him. and time he should be off.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

o. Egyptian mechanics begin TO work
at five o'clock III the morning; but they
never work in the evening.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

WHAT IS A SEo5?-"A sao6 is that
man or woman Who is always pretending
before the world to be something better
especially richer or more fashionable--than
they are. II is one who thinks his own po-
sition in life contemplate, and always
yearning and striving TO loyce himself into
one ahore, withoa: the education Or char
acteriStics which belong to ii, ole who looks
down upon, despises, and Qyer-rides his in
ferior, or even equals of his own standing,
and is ever ready to worship, fawn upon
and Aalter rich or titled m&n, not because
he is egQod man. wiYe or a christian man
but because he has the luck TO be rich or
conscquential.-I IHackcroy.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

sSS- In the narrative of the last voyage
TO the North Pole, to hunt up Sir John
Franklinlt was found that The intense cold
caused od sores, cuts and other wounds 10
open afresh and bleed, as though they were
done an hour before,
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

e. If you don't wish to get angry, never
argue with blockhead. Remember, the
duIler the razor tho more you oat yourself
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

o. The embalming Of human bodies has
arrived to-a high degree of perfection, and
is process becoming quite frequently re-
sorted to in New York, particularly IN the
warm season. i is done by opening the
large vein in the neck, and injecting ato;'t
two shsris of peculiar fluid into the sys-
TEN, Dr.. 1FIote, by whom it is practised,
has seen bcdts preserved for twenty years
in this lsaRnsf.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27
A Funny Commercial Trnsaction.

An old fellow living at Frankfort on-the-
Main sent to business correspondent at
Frankfort-on-the- Oder large consignment
of cotton stockings. and at the same time to
another correspondent at the same place an
equally large consignment of cotton night
caps, tie product Of his own manufacture.
He wrcte 10 each the price at which they
were to sell, but the sum designated was
found to be too large, of which fact they
took occasion to inform him. He yielded
a little in his demand, but still there was
no ofsr, for his fabrics. Again he writes,
in reply 10 other letters of his correspon-
dents, naming a yet smaller amount; but
weeks ,elapse, and yet no sales. AT length
he writes to each correspondent to make
some disposition of his manufactures if
they can't get money for them, at least to
exchange them, no matter at what reason
able sacrifice, for any other goods. Under
these instructions, the stocking factor calls
upon the nightcap agent, both unknown to
each other in connexion with their princi-
pal, and "names bis views ;"e,he wishes to
exchange lot Of superior cotton stockings
for. some. othel. goods. he is not particular
what kind, as the transaction is for a. friend,
who is desirous of .closng his Stock
The man.at first can think of nothing which
he would like to exchange for so large a
supply Of stockings; bat at length bright
though. strikes him. II have" SAID he,
"a consignment ofcctton nightcaps from
an old correspondent, which | shall not OBJ
ect to exchange for your stockings" :" The
bargain was soon closed, The stocking
factor wrote back, at once, that he had at
length been enabled to comply with the in
structons of his principal. He had ex-
changed his stockings for. "a superior. arti-
Gle of nightcap, "in an equal quantity which
he was assured were likely TO be much in |
demand before a great while. The next
day came letter from the. nightcap-agent,
his success, and appended to
the letter was big bill for commissions!
AS Yellowplush would say, Fanny that
gents feelings"
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

% Conclude, at least, nine parts in fen
of what is handed about By common fame
to be false.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27
An Immense City Of Dogs.

Captain Marcy, ~ho was reported to have
been massactet with his party by the Indi-
ans on his recent exploration of Red river
discloses the following curious fact in a late
lecture before TIE New York Historical
Society. ..e, -. .,,..
After having Wing completed the axatnipation
of the north branch Of Red river, we turned
south, over an elevated waving prairie coun-
try, and travelling thirty miles, when we
reached the middle or salt fork Of the river
which we aseendedto its source, and again
resumed the south course, and marching
fity miles in this direction it brought us to
the valley of the south Or principle branch
of the Camanchies called Ke,, Gle al ghe-ho-
mo, or Prairie dog town' river, 50 named for
the reason, presume, that q vast number
of dogs are found along its valley: Indeed,
in one ,ie place near the head of the river, we
passed for twenty five miles through a con-
tinuous community of these qnadrureds.-
Surprising its extent 10 have been The same
in other directions, the town; would occupy
an area of 625 square miles. Or $1,000
acres with the burrows atthe usual distance
of about twenty yards apart and each con-
tanning a family of five, or six dogs, the ag-t
gregaie population would, / fancy. exceed
that of any city IN the world. This inter-
esting little specimen of the mammalia of
our country has otter been described by
travellers :; but some facts connected with
their history which | have never seen men,
toned tC any published account, may not
be considered out Of place here
In selecting a position or site tor their
towns they appear to have no regard to the
distance from water, which has induced
me to believe that they do not require that
element, which other animals SO frequent
Iy have occasion for, and without which
they inevitably perish. | have occasional
ly seen them upon the fable lands of New
Mexico, where there was no water on the
surface of the ground for twenty miles, and
where it did not seem probable that it could
be found by excavation. AS there are sell
dom any rams or dews, upon these plains
during the summer months, and as the an
mals never wander far from their burrows,
think I am warranted in. the conclusion that
hey require, no ether aqueous sustenance
han what they receive from their food,
which is grass. The rattlesnake is often
found with the dogs, and has by some been
,onsi sidered a welcome guest of the proprie-
or of the establishment; but this is an err
or, as he preys upon the dog, and is un-
regarded by him as an intruder.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

DENTISTRY IN FRANCE.-A Paris letter
in the New York Express says:
s.You have quack dentists in New York,
of course, as we have them in Paris but
doubt whether You can boast of such tre-
mendous operator as NJ. Duchesne, to whom
| have already alluded in your columns
This gentleman rides about town ina high
ly Illuminated wagon, with a roof 10 it
Upon the. roofis q. man dressed in the cos
tune Of the middle ages, and. armed with a
pair of cymbals and bass drum. The dem
list stands in front with a helmet and feath-
er and surrounded with the instruments of
his profession. 81 He stops in some frequent
ed place, collects crowd by means Of the
cymbal, and then invites the afflicted to ap-
ply at once for extraction and relief. "A
notice on the side of the wagon reads thus:
5000 francs if / miss tooth This is
surrounded by halo of double teeth the
roots of which are painted to resemble pars-
nips, and out of whose centres grow plen.
tiful crop of ladies' delights. As have
long since accustomed myself TO be surpris-
ed at nothing, | am never astonished to see
line 1ormed py the Vlctifns OF lhe lootn-
ache taking their turn at having the rebel
Iious nerve eradicated. This line some
times extends twice round the wagon
Each sufferer pays franc, and leaves his
tooth behind him. had always supposed
it required as much reflection to have a
tooth out as to jump into Vesuvius, But
the French do not think 50. 4 maid ser
want passes M. Duchesne's equipage, re-
members sore spot in her upper jaw, feels
IN her pocket for a franc, and joins the tail
end Of the line. Each applicant mounts
on the seat with NJ: nuehesaes who de de-
head is then inclined backwards, the mouth
opened, the tweezers inserted, and the tooth
snatclied from its CORY bed. 1t is held up
IN the air an instant for the admiration of
the multitude, and at each extraction the
drum Gives q banp of triumDhn -:
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

FANNY FERNS BEST TuING.-We think
Fanny Fern never wrote better pair OF
paragraphs than the following from the Ol-
i've Branch -" "Lo9k on Mis picture, amt
Mea on Mai.-'Father is coming and little
round faces grow long. and merry voices
are hushed, and toys are hustled into the
closet, and mamma glanccs nervously at
the dooy, and baby is bribed by lump Of
sugar to keep the peace; and fathers busf-
ness face reaxes not q muscle; and the
littls gyogp huddla like timid sheep in
corner. and tea IS despatched as silently as
if speaking were prohibited by the statute
book, and the children creep like culprits
to bed, marYelline that baby dare not crow
50 loud, now thai Father has come.
".Eathcr is comingP: and bright eyes
sparkle for JOY, and ting feet dance with
glee, and eager faces press against the win
dow-pane, and q. bevy Of rosy lips claim
kisses at the door, aRd picture books lie un-
rebukcd, Oh The table, and tops, and balls,
and dolls, and kites are discussed. and little
SuSy lays her sofl cheek against The nater-
nal whiskers with the most fearless 'aban-
DON and Charley gets love-pat for his
medal and mammals face grows radiant
and The eFening paperis read not (silently,
but aloud and tea, aud toast, and time
vanish with equal CELEBRITY, for jubilee has
arrived, and Father has come
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1853-04-27

that had fallen on its gentle inmate. With
equal delicacy and generosity he proiieretd
as loan the means of paying the harsh
creditors, assuring the poor wife that II her
husband should ever wake, he would give
him the means of repaying tue Pecunlary
obligation, The offer was Thankfully ac-
cepted, and the debt discharged. For the
following two days, Lord E. was
regular visitor to the parsonage.
Sunday morning again dawned-once
more the sunlight fell on the sleeper's pl-
low, and the bells called men to pray Be
side the couch were seated the miserable
wife and her. noble friend. :, The faint, re-
gular breathings ofthe trance-chained man
deepened, and to her anxious ear the dit,
ference was perceptible, though Lord
F. shook his head, as she told HIM OF
it. She bent eagerly over the pillow; there
was slight flutter of the eye-hds; she held
her breath, and clasped her hands IN an ag-
ony of expectation and dawning hope
The hand so long motionless, stirred the
eyes opened she could not speak for over
powering Joy. The sleeper raised HIS head,
slightly smiled on her, and observed: Il
thought had slept longer-the bell has not
yet ceased ringing!' -,,,
''He was unconscious that whole week
had elapsed SINCE its tones had soothed him
10 rest. The wife tainted and was con-
veyed from the chamber. The doctor was
summoned; he found his patient weak, but
not otherwise i'll. A still more eXtraordi-
nary mental cure had been effected by the
genius Of Sleep; he had totally forgotten
his threatened difficulties, and from that
hour recovered rapidly. Lord E con-
ferred living of some value on him and
when he was strong enough TO bear the dis
closure, his wife informed him of the loan
so nobly bestowed on them, and the suffer
ing from which he had been so marvellous
ly preserved. The lesson was not lost
the new rector hencelorward strove to u
mite prudence and generosity; and a career
of worldly prosperity, as well as the far
greater blessing Of an implicit and cheerful
faith in Providence, attended the renewed
life Of the sleeper awakened"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-05-07
HOUSE Rurnighing Goods.

}. l.. HOOD would inform the citizens of Worcester
and vcaiy, that the place 10 buy all kinds of House
hold Furnishing Goods,
~ He Unrest prices for Cash, at priUate safe
Is az The City Auction aud Genera. Furnishn Store No
Pearl street where may be found large assortment Of
new apd second hand Furnishing Gocds, Qf almost every
thg pertaining to housekeeping trunss, carpet bags
else where
N b. Those breaking up house. keeping, and Others
haviQg property TO dispose of will do well TO call ms
receive all Kinds Of property Consignment and in
urgeht cases will buy and pay cash, at the shortest
notice. ''
sales OF Real and Personal Property promptly attend
Ell 10, IN any part OF the County l.. HUOD
Aucloneer ana Commission Merchant
No Pearl sueet.
worcester, March 9Th, 1868 AR
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-05-07
Marbleized Iron MantIes, Columns. Ped.

~ IloI AIlsl IAHLE TUPs, &c, &c.
FENHE SALAMANDER MARBLE co. invite public
A attention to their Marblered ION; MS one of the
greatest discoveries Of the age and for which they re-.
celVed the GOLD MED4L ut the last Fax OF The
American Institute, md HE MEDAL at the Fair Of
me metropolitan Mechanics Institute held at Washing
ton m February and March of this year
ihls material having metallic basis Is more dura-
ole ma cheaper than Marble its representations of
precious stores and the choicest Marbles, in more than
slAy inherent varieties, are exact and surprisingly
peauu It is capable of resisting greater degree of
oil. SiIAs +, HEppIWr "
Inc manufacturing department Of this Co. isunder
me superintendent OF +. Il J. +. Williams, the in
business department that Of JoHN RusToN to whom all
communicating may be addressed, at the Principal
apr d.{ros
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1853-05-07
orcester and Nashua Railroad.


lib Z sl;sss; 5ls z.ssss
Passenger Trains will run as follows:
Leave Arrive at Groton Arrive at
worcester at Junctionat Nashua and Lowellai
$50 am. g O5 Il m. & 40 ain. e.5Oa.m.
ll.l5 m IL 30pm. l.lRp.m I.IO pm
4;l5pm 5.s5 pm. 6IsP.m % NJ
Nashua and Lowell Jnnction Worcesie,
7.30a.m Is am. s.05am el5am
lbs am. lI.39 am. 1870 pan. I5Qnm
sos pm. AS pm. 535 pm ZOO m
CONNECTIONS win OTHER ROADS :"
Trains arriving al Nashua connect directly with trans
Of Concord, Boston Concord and Montreal Northern
Passumpsic, and Vermont Central Hanoads. The FIST
and second trains from Nash1a cnnnect with down
trains Of all the above roaJsthe hir train with those
Of the Boston Concord and Montreal ana Concord Rail
roads Each train and from rona Jngction fexoen,
thai 81 1850 r. ~ 10 Nashua, which has connection
win upward fHchbnrs iran leas ing Boston at - m
connects wlth upward and dnwnw ard trains o Fitch
burg Railroad, and Stony Brook Raroad to and from
Lowell
At Worcester $40 q. M train connects with s,eom.
boat train from York via Norwich li.i5a M con.
nects Vi h Boston and Worcester. PROVIDENCE and Wor
cesteF, AoFwieh and worcester, and Weston Rarrond
tans AIS y, M. connects wtttrans from IN above
named roads, including the Espress Tram from New
York and Albany. Train arriving NJ g. n A. N. connects
with the a. M trans of IN the above Funds ineludnu
E&plesa frantic New YORK and Albany. That arriving
al p m with D. m. trains Of above roads That ar.
Iiylng ~ M with the New York Steamboat Train
FlTCHBURG AND woRCEs TER Il. n. TRAINs =
running In connection with Wore ester and Nashua taInS
hsaF' fi'chlurg az t545, and 8 ~ 1910 and 5q5 p
Leave Worcester a, 80 and Ills ami H. so and D.
FREIGHT TRAINS rua daIy each wny between
burg '"''ui' "o"eii ana rl'eh-
~ FOR connections wish the other road at Worces
sol, v,olon Iuhcton, aud Neshaa, Snow and Will
dsrs Pathfinder aud Railway 6 sde
W ihrough Tickets ase issued nj Worcester for Euy
lington, Montpelier Wells River aud Waite River JnSc,
on ~ ihe sunni ARE by each Of the different routes Wis
Nashua and Fchburg but NO change Of cars h MAJ
on the Nashua route. % '"u'
freight Train with passenger uttached etonplne
and starting from Lincoln square.
". sTOwELL, supt
Worcester, Nov. i. l554 leg dawf