Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1853-11-11

from hand books and biographies that the man
cat ers live at considerable distance, yet / was
sometimes absolutely astonished that I had not
been murdered at least two or three times or the
way. Truly you first gain confidence in man
kind when, as stranger or guest, you surrender
yourself up to it at discretion. Man-haters are
always the most complete and narrow hearted ego
fists egotism is disease of the soul, which is
caused by always remaining in one place. Ifyou
wish to cure an egotist, send him on a journey
Change of air does the mind as much good as the
body.
When first saw Breczwezmcisl from the top
of the post-coach- looked in the distance like
dung hill rising out of the plain but Berlin
and Paris would not appearmuch more imposing
to one navigating among the clouds-ny heart
beat violently. There was the end of my jour
ney, the commencement of my public career and
the END Of it too perhaps, if the Poles, metamor-
phised into New East Prussians, should, in some
uproar, take it into their heads to make way
with me as a hireling oftheir oppressors. l knew
not q soul there, with the exception of Univer-
sity friend, named BuTkhardt, who had only
short time before been appointed chief taXgath-
ercr. He knew my arrival, and had hired lodg
ings for me, and prepared every thing ready for
my reception, because I had requested him 10 DO
30 This Burkhardt, IN whom | had never taken
much interest, with whom l had never had much
intercourse al the University, and whom, by the
adgice Of my mother, had rather avoided, be-
cause he had the reputation among the students
Of being hard drinker, gambler, and quar-
reIsome fellow, gained, in my esteem and friend
ship, the nearer approached Brcczwczmcisl.-
On the way, sy7ore to love him and be faithful
to him till death. He was indeed, the only one
Of my acquaintances in the Ito me) entirely
strange Polish town he seemed like ship
wrecked companion, who, by clinging to plank
had gained desert island.
I am not really superstitious, but sometimes I
cannot help paying regard to omens. When
none VIII appear make them for myself. I be
lievc every one does so when the mind is at lei
sure it is diversion that aInuses one for the mo-
ment Thus 1 proposed to myself to observe
carefully the first person / should issue from
the door of the town 1t should be young girl
I would take it as sign of good luck if one Of
the other sex, as an evil forboding. l had hardly
completed this arrangement in my mind when |
caught sight of the door from which came forth
what appeared 70 be very well built young
woman. Excellent! ] could
have flown down with my tired limbs, bruised
as tLcy were by the abominablc Prussian post
coach to have worshpped this Polish charsncr.
looked sharply at her, in order to impress my
self the more with her features, and wiped away
the last mote from my lorgnc.te-for l am some
what near sighted.
However, approached each other, soon I
perceived that the Venus of Brcczwezmcisl was
4r1I Ill y
sure, but almost like a skeleton dried up, bent /
over, and, o horror absolutely without any
nose, which member she must have lost By some /
accident. l could have sworn it /
was a deaths head had not something red pro-
traded from beneath the teeth of it. ] could hard
" believe my eyes. But when looked closer at
it through the glass, perceived that the patriot
ic Polish woman running out her tongue at
me as 4 sign of contempt. quickly Withdrew
my hat and thankedher very politely for the COM
pliment. Mine was probably as unexpected to
her, as hers was to me. She quickly drew in
her tongue and laughed 50 immediately, that |
she came near choking to death.
Under such pleasant circumstances entered .
the town The coach stopped before the post
house. The Prussian eagle, newly painted over
the door was almost covered with botches of
mud, thrown at it probably by some patriotic
street boy. The claws Of the royal bird were en-
tirely buried in the dirt either because the said
bird of prey does as much mischief
with its claws as with its beak, or because the
Poles wished to signify thereby that the Prus-
slams had gained no more in w-EastPrussia
than the painted eagle held in its claws.
TEE OLD STARGSTY.