The Sierra citizen., 1854-10-21
No. q.
New Looks.

the DOwnlevllle bookstore Another
medley of fun and froIic. sunshine and
shadow, from Fanny F'ern, which one
cannot read without thinking that the
world is brighter and h,tpicr than before.
Fanny is perfect mistress e.f her readers
sjympathies. The Leaves remind one
of the mountain fern, half de:,,lened BY
the autumn frost, with here amt there :.
bunch still green and luxuriant, us in
early spring. A brief extract or two
= Clasp the hands meeky over the still
breast-they'vc m mere york to do;--
close those sunkcn eyes; they've 10
more tears to shed; Part the damp
locks--theres no more pain to bear
o! if in that stilled heart you have ruth.
lessly planted thorn; If from that plead
ing eye you have carelcs~ly ,urned; if your
loving glance and kindly word, and clasp
ing hapa have come uU too lase-thea
Cod forgive you,'
Who has not Thought of this when
standing by the bier? But here is a
streak OF snnshine--" ii srug,Jle from The
(H) Altar
This Is tae second day I've eomc hous.
to dinner without sha. pink ribbon fos
Mrs. Pendennis. Now we shall have Il
broil not down on the bin Of fare. Julius
Caesar, if she knew how much / had to
do! I'll try to reason with her, she talks
round and round in circle, like kitten
chasing its tail. Ill set my arms kimbo,
and look threatening, she settles into fit
Of the sulks, to which November drizzlc
of fortnight's duration is i millennium.
If l try to gcl round her by petting, she
is as impudent as the - yes, just
about. Jerusalem what thing it is to
be married! And yet if an inscrutible
Providence should bcreaye me Of Mrs.
Pendennis, am not at all sure
Good gracious, here she comes! Bo you
know, I'd rather face one of Colts reyeL
vers this minute, than four fee, of woman.
hood ?"
Heaven preserve us how nervous one
feels after snch q description of domestic
felicity. No more moonlit walks, no Peri
standing at the Gate Of. Eden, but the real
Mrs. Pendennis, looking askance at the
poker, ..
A FxvoKABLE NorTCE.- Some s3ar
Francisco quack doctor has. sent us vile
publication under the guse of a medical
work, with the modest request that we
should give it a favorable notice, which
we do with the greatest pleasure. In the
first place, if our Chinese devil, who is by
no means pattern of morality, should so
far forget his national dignity as to be
found reading the book, we should unhes-
tatingly give him over to the evil one, and
cause him to describe an arc from the
second story window. In the second place,
we are not in the habit of reviewing OBJ
scene books, or putting quack nostrumsA
VIII this philanthropic doctor offer his
book for sale at Chinese brothel, or in a
hospital oflepers, where it can do no harm?
Don't trouble us with any more such de-
lectable publications, or We may be temp
ted to say something nneisil.
TowRB'S EnsaENTs OF ENGLISH GRAM
MAR.-From the publishers, Daniel Bur-
ges & Co., New York, an elementary
work designed for children Its defni-
tions are in simple language and can be
by amy child of ordinary in
telligence. The papil is required to COM
NIT too much to memory before he is ex-
ercised in parsingr too much Interrogation
and too few examples