davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
WHOLE NO 1923

The SENSE OF JUsTIcE.-The boys at
tending one OF our public schools, of the
/ average age OF seven years, had, in their
play Of bat and ball, broken one Of the
neighbors windows; but no clue to the Of
fender could be obtained as he would not
confess, nor would any Of his associates
expose him.
The ease troubled the governess, and
on the occasion Of a gentleman visiting
The school, she privately and briefly stated
the circumstance, and wished him, in
some remarks TO the school, to advert to
the principle involved in the case.
The address to the school had reference,
principally, TO the conduct ofboys in the
street and in their sports. The principles
of rectitude and kindness which should
govern them eyerywhere--eyen when a
lone. and when they thought no eye could
see, and there was no one present to OBJ
serve. The school seemed deeply interest
ed in the remarks.
A very short time after the visitor left
the school, little boy arose in his seat.
and said; Miss l., / batted the ball
that broke Mr. IS window. Another
boy threw the ball, and batted it and
struck the window. l am willing TO pay
for it,"
There was a death-like silence in the
school as the boy was speaking, and it
continued few minutes after he had clos
| ed.
"But it won't be right for to pay
the whole for the glass;" said another
boy, rising in his seat; "all of US that
were playing should pay something, be-
cause we were all engaged alike in the
play. I'll pay my part!'
"And l."
! "And l."
A thrill of pleasure seemed to run
through the school at this display of cor
rect feeling. The teachers heart was
touched, and she felt more than ever the
responsibility Of her charge.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
Affecting Romance.

With the death of Dennis Bryan, the
young man who died recently at Moreau
from having his legs crushed by the cars,
is connected an affecting bit of romance
which has been related to us as follows:
After his mangled limbs had been am
putated his mind aroused 10 the terrible
consciousness that he must die, and he i'm
plored the bystanders to "send for his
Lucy" "Where is she? must see ber
before 1 die-let me see her and l can die
in peace. were his frequently ejacula.
tons and entreaties. His parents were
asked what he meant-if he was married
to which they replied that he was not, and
that they knew nothing of the person he
named as Lucy" After his death il
came to light that he had been married a.
bout three months to lady belonging to
one of the first families in Lanshburg. His
wife's parents had opposed their marriage
on the ground of his lack of means; and
the consequence of this opposition was, the
young couple were clandestinely united
and their marriage kept profound secret.
Young Bryan had placed all his earnings,
$3.50 in the hands of his wife, it being
their intention when 5000 had been ac-
cumulated to publicly announce their mar
riage. But alas! the day on which they
intended to claim and expected to receive
the forgiveness of offended parents never
arrived. White Hall Chronicle, Nov. TO-
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
Thc neau,lfnI suieldc.

Beautiful exceedingly is the love Of
young girl who has sealed with her lips the
VOW whiehhas given her heart to another.
There Is no attribute or passion Of man
half SO pure or tender or holy She is in
one sense no longer herself since her
thought and sentiment is devoted 10 him
who calls her his o,On. How she clings to
him, howshe delights in his smiles, and
then, how she trembles lest passing shade
that may come over him betokens ID! And
if he be sick, how tenderly she watches
over his pillow and solaces him with her
gentle and angelic ministrations! You
might as well think TO uncoil from Ehef for
est tree, at sweep the hand, the strong
vine, which, with its purple clusters, hath
twined itselfaround the trunk and every
branch-as to rend or draw back TO her the
love she so intrustingly lavished upon him.
But let il chance, that though any whim or
caprice, he whom she idoliEes, becomes in
the slightest degreeindlferent to her-how
quickly the unsleeping eye of her heart
detects i'll And yet she will not whisper
her suspicious even to a sister-but retir-
ing to the secrecy of her chamber, shed
burning and bitter tears at the thought of
his deSertion from her. But if-if the
mere suspicion of in6delity, or determin-
alton to slight her, becomes, through any
thing which she observes, cruel reality
and if, further, it chances that he who won
her love, hath betrayed and finally spurned
her--oh, where is there in the wide world
more deSolate, heart-broken creature
than that confding girl. Is strange, one
may ask, that in the terrible phrenzy or
whirl of feeling which ensues, reason
should lose its balance and the poor girl, in
utter despair, should look to death--to the
grave and to the heaven beyond--as alone
offering any hope of release from present
suffering. fs=2ar3t. M .s .l..
No one need to be told that the instances
are not few in which the love of bcauti-
full girl is sought and won, for time re-
turned, and finally spurned. They who
thus treat confding woman are Jrates--
brutes in everything but shape. They are
strangers to honor,to feeling and to virtue.
They never could appreciate the untold
wealth Of woman's heart, nor be able to
say-(f we may coin verse -
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
MournfisI EyeEts.

The v. o. Christian AGeocase, recently
In reeapitulating the heavy misfortuEes
that have befallen our nation during the
present year, sums up the mournful tale in
language as full of truth as the year has
been for memorable events:
ave sing ofmercy and Judgment. The
year past will be signal in history for its
disasters. Drouth, in the best agricultu-
raj districts, cutting off millions of pro-
duce-fre in cities and forests-mountain
in blaze. Cholera invading from the sea
coast to the interior. Yellow fever raging
as never before. Disasters by railroads,
and greater ones By rivers and by sea-
Sailing vessels lost. and steamers, huge
and staunch, laundering mid ocean. or in
tempting view Of shore, or burning in hope
less distance of rescue. Thousands of lives
lost; moaning and wailing FIJI all the land.
Such events show Us that God does not
need wars; foes ofstsel and iron, serried
ranks of invading hosts and armed fleets,
like those that distress the other hemis-
pherc, in order to reduce the proud to hu-
milty, or to make his sovereignty known
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07

SERPENT FAsClNA TIoN.-A few weeks since
alittle boy who was known TO be frequently
absent from school, was noticed IN the
neighborhood Of Privet by shephered in
the employ of of--Msrtineau, Esq, to be
very busily engaged in the road. He ap-
preached nearer, and was surprised to see
him feeding two addersl The boy having
crumbled the bread in his satchel, spread
it out in his pinaforo, and the adders came
and eat the food from his lap, picking up
the crumbs with great dexterity. After
feeding them he lay on the ground and
played with them, all three seeming to en-
Joy the sport But if the little urchin re-
joiced in their company the shepherd did
not, for with much difficulty he killed the
adders to the great distress of their little
playmate, who wept bitterly at their de-
struction = Wiltshire Mirror.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07

gAccording to Prof. De Bow, the
native and foreign born free population of
some large cities is as follows: Baltimore,
native O.491; foreign 35.495. Boston,
native, 88, 948; foreign, 46,677. Charles
ton, native, 97,8O9; foreign, 4,643. Chi
cago, native, 13, ,669; foreign, 1852; Gin
cinnati, native, 60, 558; foreign, 54, 541-
New Orleans native, SO, 47O: foreign 49,
col. New York native, 977, ,759; foreign,
435, 1853, of which i33, ,730are Irish, Co.,
900 Germans, &c Philadelphia, native,
986, ,844; foreign, 12l 500.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07


NATRTaoSE.-'Well, Susan, what do you
think about married ladies' being happv?"
well. | think there are more aint than is
than is that oint.' ..
Susan shall apply to the Legislature
TO have your nams changed to Sapphira.
You are an unprincipaled female. Matri-
mony is another name for paradise, at least
in the Fern Dictionary.
Just ina Inc yourself Mrs Snip. 1t is
little prefix not be sneezed at. 1t is on
ly the privileged few who secure pair of
corduroys to mend, and trot by the side of;
or pair ofcoat flaps, alternately to darn
and hang to, amid the ,icissitudes of this
patch work existence.
Think Of the high price of fuel, Susan,
and the quantity it takes to warm low
spirited single woman; and then think Of
having all that found for youby your sleep
ing partner; and extra charge of gas
Think how pleasant to go to The closet and
find great bootack on your bonnet or to
"walk your passage" to the looking glass
every morning through set of dickeys,
vests, coats, combinations neck ties, think
of your nicely polished toilet table spotted
all over with shaving suds; think Of your
Guide TO Young Women used for a ra-
zor strap; fhiuk Of Mr.. Ships lips being
hermetically sealed day after day, except
to ask you if the coal was out, or If his
4 coat was mended Think Of coming up
from The kitchen in gasping state Of ex-
hausIion, after making batch Of bis favor
ite pies. and finding FIVE or six great drop
sical bags disemboweled on your cham Der
floor, from the contents ofwhich Mr.. Snip
had selected The pieces of your best silk
gown for "rags" TO clean his gun with
Think of your walking tie floor all night
with your fretful aling baby, hushed up
| to your cheek, lest it should disturb your
husbands slumbers, and think Of his com
ing home the next day and telling you
when YOU were exhausted with your virgils
"that he had just met his old love Lilly
Grey, looking as fresh as a daisy; that it
was unaccountable how much older you
look than she, although you were both the
same age" --
Think of all that, Susan, and see if you
| dare tell me again there's more aint than is
than is that aiht' happy married women.
| came very near bursting my bodice with
indignation at your impudent assertion
Fanny Fern.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
same age,

OR OF EMPLoYMENT.-Out Of employ
ment! The exclamation is almost as com
mon as the notices Of so let on new
houses. Why out Of employment? Has
ingenuity reached its end that flesh and
blood must waste as flowers wilt when
pucked from the stem? Energy may
be seen any day in the week at street
corner sharpening knives. Apple stands
yield profit enough to pay for an upper
room and something approaching to com
fort. Matches industriously offered have
purchased house and lot. Tripe and
sausage meat enable the dealer to keep
cool in warm weather, and more than pay
for Goals. An Ethiopian swill collector
has qualified himselfto exercise the elect
i've franchise by pursuing his slopy voca-
ton with vigor. Who can know who or
what you are if you stand at the corner
moping and wondering why stranger
does not step forward and extend a helping
haDd9 Never hope to Jumps at once into
prosperity for the chasm between industry
and idleness is of frightful width. Never
allow pride to bring blush to your cheek
because your business is humble, Pride
is not reliable in all cases. If you labor
you produce and are certain of reward in
some form. If you are cheated of your
money, an honest man may hear of your
tslamity, and with generous heart Offer
you position. Never say out of en-
because no reasonable excuse
can be offered therefor The world is
wide, the people daily find rest in Gem
eteries. and places must be supplied
There is work enough forall, while integ
rity and sincerityare characteristics. Try
again,-Al6qny KnioeyJocker.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07

Ey"How could you do so imprudent {
thing?" said curate to very poor Taffy
",What reason could you have for marry
ing, a girl so completely stepped in poverty
as yourself, and both without the slight,
e3t prospect of provision?" why, SIR
replied the Benedict, "we had very good
reason. We had blanket piece, and as 4.
the cold weather was coming on, we tho
that putting them together would be warm
er.N q, ..,.t, -e a.-.4.f .a
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07

To MAKE CRAcKERs.-One quart OF
flour with two ounces Of butter rubbed in;
one teaspoonFul of saleratus in wine glass
ofwarm water; half teaspoonful Of salt.
and milk enough to run it out. Beat in
half. an hour with pestle, cutit into thin
round cakes, prick them, and set them in
the oven when other things are taken out
Let them bake till crisp.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
Thursday Morning Dec. Z, 1854
WE AnE COMING OLD.

a.. ~ ,hN Nuutll ID
sFo"i"s oiu'-,.o" 1'''s ~ ~,
Hhon CLANCY . Or0A ,,',,o
w sone ,ons reuio"'o'o" 'P''
II may be the shrine of our earthly VOWS,
Or the tomb of our early tears;
But it seems like a far of isle to us,
In the stormy sea of years.
On oon' Hiue M anu wiz aro 'ii' "H'oS '""' P@''
oer Steps IRON Us sieeHneS'"V"'
ana we miss tne JOY oi many "e"S
For deem o,er many n stately bark
Have The whelminS billows rolled ~ .44
That steered with us from that early mark,
Oh frjends, we are growing old. Pei 1858 By
.s.q ra
Old in the dimness Of the dust
of our daily tolls ana cares -.,.t..,
Old IN the wrecks OF love ana trus'
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
mUmBLE LEE.

Teiirne not that he's poor man,
That his dress iseOarse and bare,
Tsll me not biz dali! pittAnce
Il wOrkmaE's scan;y fare;
Tell me not his birth Is humble,
That bis pareniage is low;
Is he honest In his notlonsY
That Is All want 70 know.
Tr uai --.
Is his wosdt 70 be relied on?
Has his character no Glamef
Then care not II he'slo@ born
Then care not whence his name
Would he form an unjusi action
d T1rnHWsy with sconnful eye?
Would he, f5aE defraud another,
Sooner on seaEold die1
Would be spend his hard-gAIned earnings
ona brother in distress;
Would be suceOr the afflicted,
Ahdthe weak ones wrong redress9
Thenhe is men deserving
or my lore and my esteem,
And care not whAt his birth place
In the eye Of man may seem.
Lei it be low ihatched hove!- .. D..
Letit be a elay-buill cot
Let it be parish work house.
Ia my eyes Il matters not:
Aud il others will disown him,
Asinfenor to their caste,
Let them 90 doit-Ibcfriend him,
As brother, TO the last. .
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
nzy- Go where YOU viii the broad earth

EE Go where you viii the broad earth
bears the beautiful; it springs like hope
from sorrow over the ashes of the dead =
1t lies nesting upon the bosomofthe moth
'er; it is with us, when we open our eyes in
the morning, and the curtain OF night shuts
its vision in our hearts. 1t springs like the
flower out of happy thought. 1t floats
down like Elijah's mantle, and the angels
fold it about us when we kneslatthe shrine
of prayer. 'g3 !, ''''"' 'i5" s'ts 81 ''i
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
Waters falling day BY day,
Wear the hardest rock away.

"Did you go to pr--,to have him
cure you of lisping?' said a gentleman in
Louisville to a little boy who had been
tongue tied, or something Of the sort
"Yeth,.. thir,' answered. the lad. What
did he do to you?' He cut little thring
there wath under my tongue Did he
cure your Yeth, thir.' why you are
lisping noso9' Am thir?' Well, / don't
perthieve that lisp. eaahept atsn 4 go 70
fhay MicG4hpentA. Then l always 'notithe
ito
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07

Eg-A Young man in this city, says the
Alexandria Sentinel, has been frequently
observed, after dinner, to take a. piece Of
fresh mutton, cooked, weighing about two
pounds, and proceed to the Potomic. rAf-
ter, going through snndry gesticulations,
with marks and crosses on his breast, he
throws it into the river. Welearn, he gives
as his reason for SO doing, that he has been
informed from some source, that he is re-
quired to minister to the wants oftwo souls
in the other world, who were probably
drowned, In all other respects this young
man is entirely sane, and industrious, and
works as the jewelers. tradewith constancy
and attention, ae,s2a ,s y ~. q s, q s-' h'f
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07

THE IMMoRTALfTY OF AFFECTION. Who
in the course Of his life, hath not been 50
bewitched. and worsbipped some idol or
another? Years after this passion has been
dead and buried, along with a thousand
other worldly cares and ambitions, he who
felt it can recall it out of its grave, and adj
mire, almost as fondly as he did in his
youth, that lovely, queenly creature. / in
woke that beautiful spirit from the shade,
and love her still; or rather | should saw
such..a past is always present to a man such
passion, once felt, forms part of his
whole being, and cannot be separated from
it; it becomes portion of the man of to-
day, just as any faith or conviction the dis
covery of poetry, theawakenng of religion,
ever afterwards influencing him; Just as
the wound l had at Blenheim, of which
wear the scar, hath become part of my
frame and influenced my whole body--nay,
spirit, subsequently, though twas got and
healed forty years ago. Parting and for
gettingl What faithful heart can do these?
Our great thoughts, our great affections,
the truths of our life, never leave us
Surely We cannot separate them from our
consciousness, They shall follow it with
ersoever that shall go; and become part of
their nature, divine and immortal. .--TAack-
erdy's Esmond.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07

HAVE read books enough, and observ.
ed and conversed enough of eminent and
snlendidly cultivated minds too, in my
time; but, / assure you l have heard high
er sentiments from thelips Of poor unedu-
Gated men and women, when exerting the
spirit Of severe yet gentle heroism under
difficulties and affections, or speaking their
simple thoughts as to circumstances IN the
lot Of friends and neighbors than ] ever
met without the pagesof the Bible SIR
Waller ScoTr. y -.-I.-l - .---L- -1-t
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07

PICTURE OF LIFE.-In youth we seem to
be climbing hill, on whose top eternal
sunshine appears to rest How eagerly
we pant to attain its submits! But when
we have attained it how different is the
prospect on the other sidei We sigh as
we contemplate the drcary waste before us,
and look back, witha wistful eye upon the
lowery path we have passed, but may
never more retract.h Life is'a portentous
cloud, fradght with thunder, storm and
rain; but religion, like those streaming
rays ofsunshine, will clothe it with light as
with garment, and fringe its. shadowy
skirts with gold. r.q g..r..........
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
NIOdeSty.


There is resistIess charm in modest
demeanor, which is worth more than all
the arts with which designing women
seek to captivate the opposite sex. Mere
tricious attractions may chance to please
to day; but native excellence, with the
simple setting of modesty, will delight to-
morrow, and next day, and so on, without
interruption. Moreover, the pleasure which
we derive from spurious or shallow charms
is almost certainly followed by disgust,
when we come to see that we have been
imposed upon. 1t is not agreeable to us
toknow or feel that we have been cheated.
The old paradox about "beauty unadorn-
ed" has much truth in it, and is very
pointedly and prottily rendered in the fol-
lowing epigfam:
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07

I EE-The wags are having their sport
| over the elections. Boston is full of puns
and plays, and Albany responds. z .g1
! CoNFAD. .-"What is the news. from Mas
sachusetts?' .t'aH IN 20 ie0' g. .E'n
From rheres - F 9ta "'c b se.l r.
/ From Massachusetts. 7rH 1''
Don't know any such State.' .-Fi @-t
Don't know i11dsSachuSens:' ye.f.;t
s-- No, sir-r.' i1 -i.7si LIS .s-'-,- sH +n
Never heard of such StateY r'.'s.
Never
Where have youIlived since you were
fbol no u sossfEs} 5is-1 su.gl
In the United States .... .,,-..
And never heard of the Old Bay State?
'Oh, yes! have heard of the Old Bay ,
'WallFain't that Massachusetts,?
1t used to be, but it amt now e.j
b. 'Ain'tnow? What on earth isit then
10 They've seen Sam over there-dont
you think they haveg n .w m5
'Wall--yes. L reckon they have
Then its no longer Massachusetts,
a., What is .it2' ..,s.....i ...--v-..
'Sam-achusetts, and nothing else -
Whooray for Hail Columbia & Co.. ia
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07

SINGING AND THE LUNGs.--The eminent
Dr. Rush says that the exercise Of the or
gans of the breast by singing, contributes
to defend them very much from those dis
eases to which the climate and other caus-
es expose them The Germans are seldom
afflicted with consumption, and splitting Of
blood is almost unknown among them--a
fact attributed by DR.. Rush, in part, to the
strength which their lungs acquire by ex-
ercising them SO frequently in vocal mu.
sic, which constitutes an essential branch
of their education, from their earliest
years. ''' e' ','"''
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-07
A Solemn Appeal.

We copy the following from the Council
Bluffs Bugls Of Oct 81: a.,as5
Last week our sanctum was grAced with
dozen chiefs and braves of the Omaha
nation. Tall, portly and majestic, and as
straight as the forest caks, whose foliage
deck the wildwood. Poor fellows! they
looked sorrowful, though their pride for
bade their STOPPING to receive the pity for
their savage and unciyilized condition, we
wero disposed to bcstow, They said they
came to have TALK with us, and a half
breed, half-educated boy undertook TO in
terpret for us. "White Crow" an orator
chief Of six feet high, and covered with
scars, addressed us in substance: "Friend,
we are now little, very small. We were
once great, and feared not the Sioux, nor
any other foe. We had abundance ofgame
and knew no want. We were content and
happy, and our young men and women
.sported on the green grass under the shade
of our own forests. . Die +,,y
"The white man came among us. He
brought the fatal fire-water, and incurable
diseases. We believed the pale faces were
sent by the Great Spirit, and we listened to
them. Ny people have. learned all the
bad things of the white men, but could not
understand the good that they spoke Of
The Great Spirit became offended, and
killed our people by great numbers, He
sent oarJenemies upon us, who also killed
our kindred and warriors. He drove a
way our flocks Of game, and now we are
notb;nr Tho asvinA on the -nraire will al
most blow usaway. Our horses are taken
from us; we have nothing to eat;our hearts
fail us; we, arc menn longer. Our young
men look toward the ground; they cannot
look up. What shall we do? We look to-
ward our white brothers for counsel; shall
i.ws be blotted out, and known no longer a
morg onr red brethren? ..3'e.s ., = . . ia
The Great Spirit whispers, not that we
must do as the pale faces; plant more corn,
raise cattle, and make whatwe need to use
Our lands are sold to the Great Father
1--WE believe that he will be kind to his red
.chil drehI, and teach them all useful things,
md be patient with our young men; they
are children and know nothing. We ask
55t6e Great Spirit TO keep the fre:water a.
3way from our young mens The white
s.nlan gives him the, bad drink, and then
takes his horse, gum and blanket. Then
he has nothing Brother, will you ask the
osGreat Father toswatch the white children
: We want the things he has promised us,
and then wa leave our pleasant homes and
a.our fathers graves" the old man wept
and was silent. .sI ~ l- .e4.s.T 's.ae.t
81 . .