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Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-03-03
DEATH OF A CHILD BY DRINK

DEATH OF A CHILD BY DRINKING
WHIsKEY-On Thursday last two little
boys in the Northern Liberties Of Holli-
daysburg, one the sou Of Mr. Albert, and
the other son of MIR. Meindell, while play
ing at the house of the former, by some
means got hold of bottle of whiskey, and
drank very large portion of it, without
the knowledge of any person. Both the
children were taken sick, and Meindell S
boy was thrown into commissions. Medical
aid was summoned, and everything done
that skill could suggest, but the unfortun-
ate sufferer died on Friday. \ sad warn
ing to parents. If they will keep poison
about their houses, they should at least
keep it out Of the reach of their innocent
and un inspecting children.-.S,dndard
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-03-03
5000 PERSO ONs

whom were a large nuaheF Of Ladies, who are pee a.
liariy sutject 20 Nervous Complaints, have been
o-,Alxy Hurod
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-03-03
Christie. GaIyanIe and Magnetic eura,I,e,

CnrBtbe'S 61Ndme anu nSsneus Nof atsd,
have been quietly working their way among Il.
most iI.el gent and respectable classst, aui a..
constantly achieving cures In an alarming ,rai.
diseases, which have for ages batfisd all the al Z
medicine and all the resources Of Science. Tas,.
diseases are called
Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1850-1859, 1854-03-03

NlARD'S Patent Gang Plow, supe-
w rior article, for sale al lhe Lewisburg
Foundry by Gedjes. Marsh & Co.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14
Our worla---Whnt Compo.es IL.

Owing 10 the iDdefatigable investigations
OF the analytical chemists. and 70 their zeal
IN the cause Of science, there is scarcely a
, substance in the world that has not passed
through The ordeal Of their crucibles and
Test tubes. From them we learn that our
world IS made up Of but comparatively few
substances, so few, indeed, that we are
struck with all wonder and astohibnent,
when we consider the inRumcrabIc variety
OF form and character into which those cl-
ements are capable q being moulded We
have all the animate and inanimatc crea-
'lon, the plants, the animals; we have the
rocks, the earth. the air, and water, in their
endless variety; and yet tic substances Of
which they are composed do not exceed
sixty. On closer examination our wonder
increases, as wclearn that of these elements
no less than forty six are metals, in tho or
dinary sense Of the word; FIVE are gaseous
bodies like the air--which, indeed, CON
Sists OF two gases out Of these five; and the
remainder arG'eubstances Of an intermedi-
ate character, Of which sulphur and char
coal are the types. Therefore everything
that We can see or touch pertaining to our
world is composed of one, two, or more Of
these elements. We know of no one sub
stance that contains more than six of these
elements, and in a general way there arc
rarely more than two or three blended to-
gether to produce one result. Thus, the
whole ofan egg is made of six elements: a
flint stone of only two; apiece of wood con
sists of three elements. These three mate
rials aro the types of the portions Of the
world to which they belong. Though one
stone differs from another stone, and one
wood from another wood, and one flesh
from another flesh, yet their composition is
similar and of nearly the same element. 1t
is the nature, quality, and property of
these several elements that constitute the
study of chemistry-not medicine. for that
is but a mere branch of chemistry-the
composition of all things. By analogy,
the analytical chemist can state with GER
tainty tho principal qualities and compo-
sition of everything placed in his hands,
what use to make ofit, and how it is to be
applied for the welfare and benefit of his
fellowman.-Court Journal. s,.j. ..t
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14
Beautiful IncidA..

A correspondent of the Preston (Eug-
land) Chronicle gives the following anec-
dote:
A good while ago boy named Charlie
had large dog which was very fond of
the water, and in hot weather he used to
swim across the river near which the boy
lived. One day the thought struck him
that it would be fine fun to make the dog
carry him across the river, SO he tied a
string to the dogs collar, and ran down
with him to the waters edge, where he
took off all his clothes; and then, holding
hard by the dogs neck and the bit of string,
he went into the water, and the dog pulled
him across Alter playing about on the
other side for some time, they returned in
the way they had come; but when Charlie
looked for his clothes, he could find moth
ing but his shoes! The wind had blown
all the rest into the water. The dog saw
what had happened, and making bis little
master let go the string, by making believe
TO bite him, he dashed into tho river. and
brought out first his coat, and then all the
rest in succession. Charlie dressed, and
went home in his wet clothes, and told his
mother what fun he and the dog had had.
His mother told him that he did very
wrong in going across the river as he had
done, and that he should thank God for
making the dog take him over and back a.
gain safely; for ifthe dog had made him let
90 in the river ho would most likely have
stink, and been crowned. Little Charlie
said, "Shall thank God now, mammal"
and he kneeled down at his mothers knee
and thanked God; ther getting up again,
he threw his arm aro1hd his dogs neck,
saying, II thank you too. dear doggic, for
not letting 60" Little Charlie is now Ad-
miral Sir CHARLES Napier.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14
Good Advice TO Readers.

If tou measure the value of study by the
insight you get into subjects, not BY the
power Of saying you have read many books,
you will soon perceives that no time is so
badly saved rs that which is saved by get
ting through book in hurry. For if to
the time you have given you adda little
more. the subject would have been fixed
ony your mind, and the whole time profta
bly, employed; whereas, upon your pres
ent arrangement, because you would not
give little more, you have lost all. Be-
sides, this isoverlooked by rapid and su-
perfcial readers-that the best way ofread-
ing books with rapidity is to acquire that
habit Of severe attention to what they con-
tain, that perpetually confines the mind to
the single object it has in Wow. When
you have read enough to have acquired
the habit of reading without suffering your
mind to wander, and when you can bring
to- boar upon your subject agrcat share of
previous knowledge, you may then read
with rapidity; before that. as yoa have
taken the wrong road, the faster you pro
ceod. the moro you WILDE sure to orr;-
ISufnea SD,ith
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

HENRY AND HIS Hale DoLLAR.-Henry
was the son of an industrious farmer in
W. He was prompt and active at play
when he could get recreation.
One day, when he was about thirteen,
he was at mill in his fathers neighbor-
hood, and an old man, who livos a few
miles up the river, camo to get small
quantity on credit The old man said his
aged wife was sick, and wanted little -four
to make her something she could eat; but
had no money topay for il. and wos OBJ
liged to ask credit for few weeks.
The miller positively refused to let him
have the flour, and tho poor man, dispirit-
cd and sad, turned toward his home. He
knew not what 10 do-disliked to 90 to his
neighborsand beg for bread; and he feared
.if he asked for credit he might meet with
the same repulse the miller had given him
Young Henry heard all that passed be-
tween the miller and the old man; and he
saw him leave the mill for his home, with
out flour to make even cake for bis sick
wife. He saw his sorrowful face and tear
full eye, and the boys heart was touched
AS soon as the old man was gone, Henry
went to the miller, and begged him to send
the old man some flour; but he would not
Then said tho generous hearted boy,
here is half dollar-it is the only money
l have in tho worll-give me its worth in
flour, and l will give it to that poor mans
wife
The miller measured up the -four, and
Henry took it oil his shoulder, and away
he went. He got tired and sat down and
rested, and then he arose and pushed on,
painting and tugging along with his load.
At last he reached the poor mans cabin
upon the bank Of the mill creek, Just as the
old man got home and told his tale 10 his
sick wife. He was sitting in the corner
in great detection of spirits; but shc, with
humble confidence in God, had just said,
The Lord will provide. She did not
murmur or complain, but told her husband
to be ofgood courage, and not despond.-
Just at that moment Henry entered with
his bag of -four and gave it 10 the old man.
The sick woman blessed him and prayed
for him; the old man was too full to say a
word, but shed tears ofgratituLe on the re-
ception of the unexpected favor from the
hands of his young benehctor.
Henry grew up to be man. The Lord
prospered him in business. He became
wealthy, but he never forgot the poor
He was always liberal in his donations for
benevolent purpososibut hate often heard
him say, tina: the bag of flour which he
gave to the poor sick woman when boy,
purchased with the only piece of money he
hal in the world, afforded him more real
pleasure than any act of his life. This was
a noble, generous decd. 1t argued well
for the man, and he turned out to be all
that such an act, at so early an age, indi-
Gated that he would be. lie was unselfsh,
kind-hcarted, and full of charitable deeds.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14
System AMI Order.

The life of DR.. Noah Webster affords
striking illustration of the value ofsystem.
When a young man he conceived the idea
of producing new dictionary of the En-
glish language. Having determined to
make this the great business Of his life, he
set about preparing himself for it, by an
extensive course of study. Year after year
he laborod on ir patient obscurity, explor-
ing the fields ofliterature and science, and
gathering and arranging the materials for
his great work. Everything he read or
studied or accomplished, had a bearing on
the great object of his life, and this was the
grand secret of his success. Method, ]"
says his ,biographer, was the presiding
principle Of his life."
The love of order and system often man
ifests itself at an early age, and is praise
worthy and enyiable habit even at that pc
riod Of life. The boy who studies and
works by method, will accomplish much
more, by the same means, than another boy
of similar capacity, who acts on the "hel-
ter-skclter" principle. He knows what he
has to do, and he does it. He does not
begin twenty different things, and leave
them all unfinished. "One thing at time,
and a time for everything" is his motor.
If he has lesson to learn, he does not
neglect it unit the hour Of recitation has al
most arrived. He has season for play
aad another for work, and does not allow
the one to interfere with the other. You
think he has strange knack of doing
things easily, and wonder if he has not
stronger mind and body than other boys,
But his secrets, order and system. These
habits are his "labor-saving machinery"
which enable him to accomplish more
work than his fellows, iu better, manner
and in less time. t.l.- r...t
A very rich man. WHO had been quite
poor when, boy, was asked how he &C
quired his wealth.: He replied that his
father made him form the habit early in
life, Of doing everything in its timo; and it
was to this habit that he owed bis success.
We'll Spring. ara, iaH noless
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14
WHOLE NO 1924
Home and women.

Our homes-what are their corner stones
but the virtue ofwomen, aud on what does
social well-bSng rest, but on our homes?
Must we not trace all other blessings Of
tcivilized life to the doors Of our private
dwellings? Are not our hearth-stoues
guarded by holy forms of conjugal, filal,
and parental love, the corner stones of
! Church and State-more sacred than eli
ther, more necessary than both? Let our
temples crumble, let our public editices and
our halls Of justice be leyeled with the dust;
but spare our homes! Let no socialist in
wade them with his wild plans of cominu-
nifty. Man did not invent, aud he caHhot
improve or abrogatc them. A private shell
ter to cover in two hearts dearer to each
other than all the world; high walls to ex-
clude tho profanc eyes Of evory hurnah be.
ing; scclusion enough for children to feel
that mother is holy and peculiar name
this is home; and here is the birth place Of
every secret thought. Here the Church
and State must come for their origin and
support. Oh! spare our homes! Tie love
We experience there gives lis our faith III
anlnfnite goodness; the purity of disinter-
estedness of home is our foretaste and our
earliest Of a better world. In relations
there established and fostcred, do we find
through fife the chief solace and Joy of ex.
istence. What friends deserve the name,
compared with those whom b:rthright
gives US? One mother is worth thousand
friends; one sister truer than twenty init
mate companions. We who have played
on the sane hearth, under the light Of the
same smile, who date back to the same
scene and season Of irnocence and hope, in
whose veins runs the same blood, do we
no. find that years only make more sacred
and more important the tie that binds?-
Coldness may spring up; distance sepa.
ra'e g; different spheres may divide;but those
who can love anything. who continue to
love at all, must find that the friends whom
God himself gave are wholly unlike any
we can choose for ourselves, and that the
yearning for these is the strong spark in
our expiring affection.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14
Thursday Morning. Dec. IA, 1904
THE MARRIAGE vow.

Speak il not lighty--'ts q holy thing,
A bond enduring through long distant years,
When 10y o,er thine abode is hovoring,
Or when thine eye wet with bitterestt ttenrs,
Recorded by an angels pen on high'
And must be questioned in eternity
Speak ii not lightly though the young and gay
Are thronging round thee now with tones oil mir'h'
Let not the holy promise of to day
Fade like the clouds that with the morn have birth;
But ever bright and sacred may it be,
stored In the treasure cell Of memory.
life will not provo ALL sunShlne-there will como
Dark hours for all--oh, will ye, when the night
OF sorrow gathers thckly round your homes
Love- us ye did in times when calm and bright
Seem'd the sure path ye trod, untouch'd by care,
And doomed the future, like tho present, fair.
Eyes that now beam with health, may yet grow dim,
And checks of rosy-huc forget their glow;
Ianguor and pain asssil each active limb,
And lay, perchance, some worship'd beauty,
THEN will ye gaze upon the altered brow'
And love as fondly, faithfully, as now?
Should Fortune frown on yoar defen celcss head,
should storms o'ertake Your bark ON lfe's dark sea-
Pierce tempests rend the sail so gaily spread,
When hope her syren strain sang joyously,
viii We look up, though clouds your sky o'cr cast,
And say, TOGETHER we will bide the blast'
Age, with its silv'ry locks comes stealing on,
And brings the totterng step, the furrow'd cheek,
The cyo from which each lustrous glcam hath gonc,
And the pale lip, with accents low.and weak
Will yc THEN turn upon your life's gay prime,
And smiling, bid Love triumph over time.
Speak IT not lightly! oh! bcwarc, beware!
'Tis no vain promise; no unmcanng word;
Lo! yo men and angels list the faith ye swear,
And by the High and Holy one tits heard,
oh. then kneel humbly at His altar now,
And pray for strength to keep the marriage vow!
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

to know myself. and stand before you.
sueing forgiveness. Elizabeth have told
you all-my destiny is in your hands,
He was silent. She lifted her bowed
head, and her eyes were filed with tears,
but a smile Of ineifablc sweetness played
around her lips, as she advanced towards
him. One moment and William Carleton
clasped to his bosom the pure being whose
love had been his salvation.
When Elizabeth knelt with her hus-
band in after years at the alter Of worship
of their own erection the beautiful truths
and promises, which had supported her
while stcmming the surging billows Of
atfiiciion, grew doubly pricipus now that
she could say, He leade1 me Jesals Tie
still eaters Ht.a
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14
HUMBLE LIFE.

Tell me not usut he's poor man,
That his dress Il coarse ABd bare,
Tell me not his daily piitanee
1sa vorkmab's scsuty fAre;
Tell mo not his birth Is ham5ie,
That his parcutags Is low;
Isbe honest in bisnotions7
That Is all want 70 kBc+.
y his word 10 81 relied ONT
Has hls character no blamsg
Then care n0s " hs's low born
Then care hot whence his name;
Would he from aE unjusi action
Turn away Nilh scOThf5l eyei
WOald he, than defraud another,
sooner on q scaGoli dieY
Would hs ipend bis hsr'I-giansd earning.
On n brother in distresS
Would he succOF The Afflicted,
And tho weak oncis wrong rcdrcssf
Then be Ia man dssorEing
OF my lOyc and my esteem,
And care NOS Wha, his birth place
Ia tho eye Of man msJ seem
L'tiI be low thLtched howell
Lot II be clay -baIIt cot
Lot II be parish work b0us0--
In my eyes II matters not;
Aud Il others Will disoWn him,
A Inferior 10 their caste,
Lot shem do i'll befneud him,
Asa broihsr, 10 Ms last.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

Eg- -Selfshhess is poverty; it is the most
utter destitution bf human being 1t can
bring nothing to his relief; it adds soreness
to his sorrows; it sharpcns his pains; it
aggravates dll the losses be is liable to en-
dure, and when goaded to extremes; often
tttrhs destroyer and strikes its last blow on
himself. 1t gives us nothing to rest in Or
fly to In trouble; il turns our affection on
ourselves, self on self, as the sap on tree
descending out Of season from its heaven
word branches, and rnakitig not only its
life useless, but its growth downward
Herman Hooker, a;s 1 jia
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

MERCY. The first sentence of death the
young sovereign, Queeh Victoria; was re-
quired to sign, was that Of A Soldier con-
demned to death for desertidh. The Queen
read it and asked the minister who brought
it to her: Have you nothing to say IN be-
half of this manT Nothing was the re-
ply; he has deserted three times, but said
the veteran who relates the anecdote. see
ing her Majesty's anxiety,I added, though
he is very bad soldier, some WITNESSES
spoke Of his character, and, for ,aught I
knowto the contraryhe may be good man.
Oh! thank you for that a thodsaiid times
exclaimed the Queen, and hastily writing
'Pardoned' on th" paper, she put ir across
the table, with her fair hand trembling with
emotion!
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

Eg'"Thy Necessity is greater than
mine" This saying of the gallant Sir
Philip Sydney, on the field Of Zufphen,
when mortally wounded and faint with the
loss of blood, to the poor soldier who he
was carried by, taking the untasted cup
from his own lips and presenting it to him,
has often been cited at as an act of great
magnanimity-end such undoubtedly it
was. A parallel instance may be found in
one of the victims of the late railroad dis.
aster in Canada, as related by Mr. Meagh4
er, who was an eyewitness of that awful
wreck of humanity. A brakeman, by the
name ofJohn Martin, was fcrcibly driven
in from his post at the tinie Of this concus-
sion. On procuring lamp, It was found
that he had both thighs and arms broken,
the latter above his elbows-his head also
to bsve been dreadfully bruised.
Upon going to him when the morning
broke, and offering to remove him to COM
Portable situation, he answered, "Never
mind me-help those who are living, for
I am done for" Somewhat later, upon
bringing him drink of water, he asked
Meagher to turn him on his side a little
more, so he might die quietly. "Never
mind me-help these who are living. -
Can the most callous read this without O.
motion, oven amid tho cold -blooded selfish
ness that so abounds? Such instances el-
evate us in the scale of creation. and should
not pass unnoticed. They show thore is
some portion Of Gods image left in Ills
creatutes-in world where yet "Maa's
to man makes countless thou.
sands mourn" That same John Martins
family, ifso unfortunate as to have left
any. should not bo forgotten among ether
sufferers. " Times. ,s. = .-,tr'
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

RE- An Irishman who was SerF fieaf
sighted aboutto fight duel insisted that
heshould stand six PAGES nearer to his an
tag0nist than the other did to him, and
they were to FIRE at the same time This
beats Sheridan's telling ola fat man who
was going to tight athin one, thatthc lat
ter's slim figure ought to be chalked on the
others portly person. and il the bullet hit
him outside the chalk line, it waste go for
nothing. ..,teml m
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14
why don't He do ItI

When the Farmer knows, that gate is
better, and as time and labor saving fix
turc, cheaper than set Of bars and posts
and without calling on carpenter he can
himself make one, Why don't he do i9
When he has no other fastenings to his
gates and barn doors than stone rolled a.
gainst them and in a single evening after
supper is able to make better one, VIM
don't he do 1T
Or when he sees the boards dropping
from his barns and out buildings, and like
heaps of rubbish lying in piles about his
premises and need only mailing on again,
Why don't he do IL?
Or if he is afraid Of the expense of nails
and is always crying up the maxim of DIR:
Franklin; to "save the pence and the pounds
will tako care of themselves, "ahd heknows
that the same DIR. Franklin also said that
"many men are penny wise and pound
foolish" and he is not careful to think of
the preGebt contained in the latter, VIII
don't he do a'
fit is saving Of nearly half the manure
of a farmers stock by keeping them shut
up in yards, instead of rlnning at large
through most of the winter, Why don'thS
do its
If he knows that many of his fields would
be greatly improved by ditching, and by
the removal of large stumps and stones;
Why dohThe do it,
And when he knows that his pastures
would yield nearly double the feed, and of
a better quality. ifthG bushes We're ali cut
and subdued, Why-donthe do ite
And if he can add fifty per cent 10 the
product Of his elover-6elds; and even
his pastures, by the use of gypsum, Why
pt he do IL?
{ a farnerof fifty acreshas (ashc should
nA use for good corn-shellef and one
Of many improved tanning mills. and
he s not already obtained both, Why don1
he a t5
ASdifit is cheaper, actually cheaper to
burn dry wood than green, and to use a
stove instead Of an open fireplace, Why
IL
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

"Why don't you wheel the barrel OF
Goals. Ned?" quotha learned vender Of
bIAck diamonds to his man. 'It is not a
very hard job-thcre is an inclined plane to
relieve you" !,
-"Aye, master, replied Ned, who had
moro relish for wit than work, "the plane
man De inclined, btit hang me if | am "
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

b Not long since an Easternma while on
his way to Boston, was stopped by rob
Der, and requested to hand over his money,
or haveehis brains blown out. %, said
the traveller, quietly 'blow away! It's
better to go to Boston without brains than
without money" ~ a,tf AoN,,l .1 i
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

O, sin, how you paint your facel how
you latter us poor mortals. unto deathI-
You never appear to the sinner in your
trde character; you make fair promises but
you never fulfill ohe;yeur tongueis smooth
er than oil, bat the poison of aspsis under
your lips. - e 7afo3 {I'f5 5fN s.s't',
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-14

Mother, said ashttle boy looking at hi,
parent making bread, is It youthey call /
ioaferp Sally, takethis boy out with You
and bring me some chips aaegnsilIi