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The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21
Thursday Morning Dec. Fl, 1854
Good NIgha.

GooD NIGHT! aword so often said,
The needless mind forgcts its meaning;
'Tis only when some heart lies dead
On which our own was leaning,
I'VE hearin maddening music roll,
That last ''gOod night' along the soul.
Good night!--in tones that never die
1t peals along the quiclSening ear;
And tender gales Of memory
Forever wGft it near,
When stilled the voice-o crush ofpain!-
That ne'er shall breathe ''good nlght' again.
Good night! it moeks US from the grave
II overleaps that strong worlds bound
From whcncc there flows no backward wave
1t calls from out the ground,
One every side, around, above,
Good night" "good night,'' to life and love!
Good night! o, wherefore fades away
The light that lived in that dear wordg
Why follows that good night no day:
Why are our souls so StirredS
o, rather say, dull brain, once more,
Good night! thy time oftoil is o'er!''
Good nigie-now comoth gentle Sleep
And tears that fell like gentle rain,
Good night! o, holy blcst and deep,
Tho rest that follows pain.
How should we reach Gods uppcrlight
If Life's long day had no ''goOd night"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

OuT-DooR ExERcIsE.-It is owing main
ly, to their delight in outdoor exercise,
that the elevated classes in England reach
a patriarchal age, Notwithstanding their
habits of high living, ,oflate hours, Of wine
drinking, and many other health-destroy-
ing agencies; the death of their generals,
their birds, their earls and their dukes, are
chronicled almost every week, at 10 80 90
years; it is because they will be en- horse
back, the most elegant, rational and accom-
plished of all forms of mere exercise, both
for sons and daughters. But the whole
credit of longevity to these classes, must
not be given to their love of field sports; it
must be divided with the other not less
characteristic traits ofan English nobleman
-he will take the world easy; and could
we, as people, persuade ourselves to do
the same thing habitually, it would add
ten years to the average ofhuman life, and
save many broken heart, and broken for
tune and brokon constitution!-HdlPS Jour.
of Health.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

THE OLDEST INHABITAYT OF CLEVELAND
DEAD.-Mr. Benjamin Jones, the Oldest set
tier in Cleveland, died says the Herald, ,on
Monday. The cause OF his death was one
of those slight accidents, the fatal results
ofwhich are sources of wonders to all but
the surgeon. He ran small splinter into
the flesh of his finger, the inflammation Of
which, extending to his lungs, terminated
his life! Mr.. Jones was seventy-six years
of age; he settled in Cuyhoga county in
1904, at a place near his late residence
and was then the only. inbabitant of the
district now embraced in that county, He
assisted in raising the first frame house in
Cleveland, and the first church in Euclid.
He was a great hunter, and his venison was
eaten, in the earlier years his residence
there, with corn raised in holes dug with
out ploughing. a., !,
His aged wife, three sons and several
daughters survive him, all worthy mem
bers of society.
Thus, one by one, are passing away the
hardy pioneers from whose energy, endu-
rance and virtue sprang Western great
ness.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

A RATHER SINGULAR MARRIAGE contract
was entered into in Tennessee. The wife
is worth cool fifty thousand. The hus-
band is the rightful, owner of a magnificent
goatee. The contract was as follows: Art.
1st. The husband is to have no interest
in the wife's estate. Art. Cd He is not TO
collect any debts of the concern. Art Sd.
The beloved husband is not to chastise or
control any of her servants without the
wife's consent Art. 4th. The husband
binds himself to pay the wife one hundred
and fifty dollars per annum for board and
to have his lodging gratis.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

VALUE or AMERICAS PRoDucE, CATTLE,
&c.-The Louisville Journal says it was
stated by Professor Mapes, 1T recent
meeting Of the Farner's Club at Louisville,
that, "Lhe value Of live stock Of the United
States at this time is not less than $780,
100000, and this viii be increased by an
increase Of the grass and grain crops
More than 10000, 900 bushels of wheat
are annually grown, 1900. COO bushels Of
rye, l50,000,O1O bushels OF oats, 5000. =
900 bushels Of barley, 100000 bushels
of buckwheat; 800. 600, 600 pounds ofbut-
ter, are made, l05, 600, 900 pounds Of
cheese, and $4,000, OJ0 tons Of lay. These
estimates do not include Indian corn, po
tatOes, beans, fruits, tobacco, and various
other products equalling in value those we
have named.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

PolsOSING BY VISITING CARDs.-In a
recent journal we have observed reports
of four cases Of poisoning in children, by
the introduction Of visiting cards into the
mouth. They all recovered although the
symptoms were all Of an alarming charac-
ter. 1t should be generally known that
in the manufacture Of carIs-in the ell
ameling and coloring-various salts Of
arsenic, copper and lead are used, which
are capable of producing serious sickness,
and even death. Children should no. be
allowed to play with them.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

A Curious SURPRIsE-A SEVEN YEARS
SLEEP "A letter from San Francisco to
Mr.. r. r. Harris, of this city, from his
brother, relates curious incident that oc-
Cured there a short time since, which we
do not recollect to have seen in print
Her Britannia Majesty's exploring ship
Plover arrived at San Francisco a short
time since from the Polar sea, where she
had been ice bound since 1847.
When she left SAN Frncisco, some years
ago, it was a mere trading station, resorted
to by few vessels in pursuit of hides, and
the town or place contained only few
abode houses. The captain and crew ol
the Plover expected to see the same San
Francisco in 1854 that they left in 1847.
The captain therefore, sailed into the bay
without pilot and approached the city in
the evening. He. was much amazed at the
numerous lights he saw.
When he awoke from his dream of sew
en- years the next morning, he found a
noble city occupying the site of the anc'em
San Francisco, He had known nothing OF
the Mexican war, and cession of Calitor-
MIA to the United States, and the many
other great events that had taken place
during the time he had been looked up IN
the frozen region of the North.-ROch.
UniOn.
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This tame, yielding spirit--this do
ing 'as the rest did''--has ruined thou
sands.
A young man is invited by vicious COM
panions to visit the theatre, or the gam
bling room, or other haunts of licentious-
ness. He becomes dissipated, spends his
time, looses his credit, spends his property,
and at last sinks into an untimely grave.
What ruined him? Simply doing cas- the
rest did"
A father has family of sons. lie is
wealthy. Other children in Tie same sit
uation of life do so and so-are INDUCED in
this and that. He INDUCES his own in
the same way. They grow up idlers,
trihers, and fops. The fatherwonders why
his children do not succeed better He
has spent so much money on their educa-
ton, has. given them great advantages;
but they are only q source of vexalion
and trouble. Poor man, he is Just
paying the penalty of doing as the rest
did"
The poor mother Strives hard to bring
up her daughters gente6lly. They learn
what others do, to paint, to sing, to play,
to dance, and several other useful matters.
In time they marry; their husbands are
unable to support their extravaganza, and
they are soon reduced TO poverty and
wretchedness. The good woman is aston
ished. "Truly" says she, Il did as the
rest did"
The sinner following the example Of 9th
crs, puts off repentance, and neglccts to
prepare for death. He passes along
through life till, unawares, death stikes the
fatal blow. He has no time left now to pre-
pare. And he goes down to destruction,
because he is SO foolish as to "do as the
rest did, 4"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

D1osENEs has an ILLUSTRATION, represent
ing John Bull comfortably seated before a
fire, in room, the walls of which are or
namented with map of the Crimea. John
is perusing an account of glorious VIC
tory" in which 5000 were killed or
wounded. His glee is suddenly interrupt
ed by the enterance of servant who an
nounces most unwelcome visitor in the
words, "Ifyou please, sir, here's the tax
gatherer"
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

CoNvEnsAroN.-Anybody can talk
who has the usual organs of speech-but
70 converse is different thing, and to con-
verse well very high and rare accomplish
ment. Conversation as one may zee by the
.etymology OF The word. suppo5es at least
two parties to the discourse, and requires
>. listener as well as a talker. Johnson and
Parr have argued Coleridge preached Mad
ame de Stael disputed, Curran sparkled
with wit and fancy, Burke conversed like
a gentleman, and was at once brilliant and
proiound--a good talker-a good listener,
and altogether a model conYersationist.-
Shakespeare Experimentation should be
pleasant without scuFility, witty without
aflectation, learned without pedantry novel
without falsehood." Rochefoucault says,
''the reason why SO few persons are agree
able in conversation is, that every one
thinks more ofwhat he has 10 say, than in
answering what is said to him." Burns
must have been a charming conversation
ist The dutchess of Gordon said of his
conversation, that "it too fairly lifted her
off her seat'-a powerful kind of discourse
we should say, and scarcely proper to
dutchess.-Bost0n POsE
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

PUNGExT REToRr.-Said purse proud
man just getting into lis carriage, with
his wife and daughter, Haunting in velvet
and furs, to poor laborer, who was SHOW
cling coal into his vault:
Joe, ifyou had not drank rum, you
might now have been riding in my car
riage-for nothing else could have prevent
ed a man Of your talents and education
from making money
True enough was the reply of the poor
man, and If you had not sold rum. .and in
dgced me and others to become drunkards,
you might have been my driver, for rum
selling was the only business by which
you ever made a dollar in your life.'
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

SAD STATE OF AFFAIRS Chicago las
been infested with a gang Of juvenile rob
bers. These boys, it appears, are the or
Phan children OF persons who had died du-
ring the summer Of cholera They were
regularly organized, had their chief, their
signal, rendezvous, DC, and appeared to
have followed theprofession ofrobbery with
a sangtroidwhich indicatedan entire indif-
ference to all principles of right or wrong.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

EE-Some sort of charity will swallow
the egg and give away the she'll.
Men often blush to hear of what they
were not ashamed to act.
If folly were apain there would begroan-
ing in every house.
Opinions grounded upon prejudice are
always maintained with the greatest vio-
lence.
If thou art master, be sometimes blind:
if a servant, be sometimes deaf.
The groat is ill saved which shames its
master.
He says all he likes, shall often hea what
he does not like.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

EpItis peculiar misfortune Of women
resulting from the relative position which
they occupy in society, that they never can
seemore than one side ola mans character.
Of course, the fair side is always presented
towards them, and all tire darker traits and
wilder extravagances are sedulously con
cealed on the reverse. This makes it so
doubly dangerous for a girl to consult on
ly her own preferences, snd her own will,
in making her choice for life and this also
proves the expediency, on all occasions, of
the advice ofsome experienced counselor.
Many a man may shine in the saloon by
his wit, taste, elegance and address, or
good breeding; and yet, when lie quits So
society and revolyes upon his axis, the dark
er half of his day may be passed in the
kennel, the stable, or the gambling house.
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EgThe Hlmbolt (Cal.) Times tells of
a tree in that country which furnished
lumber enough to build two two story
houses, each fifty feet square, furnishing
all he timber, plank, boards and shingles,
necessary for the purpose.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21
The Harvest Hymn.


God Ofthe rolling yeAf- 10 Thee
Our song shall rise; whose bounty pours,
In many g0Odiy gin, with free
And libernl haud, our autumn stores
No lrstlings Of our fosk We siay,
No soaring elouds OF incense rise,
But on ny haiio~ed shrine We lay
Our grateful hearts in sacrifice.
Borne on t.y breath, tho lap Of spring
Was lsaIed with many blooming flower;
aud smiling summerJoved 70 bring
The srnsbinc and the gentle shower;
And GutuiRn's Fieh llxlriages nov,
The rpeEiHg seed, the bursting shsu,
The golden sherf and laden bouSh,
Tie fllIness ofiby bounty tell.
30 menial throns, 10 phneely DONG,
Hsrs wait titled lord's 5ehes,,
But many a fair ard peaceful home
Hl,h won Thy peasefsiI dove guest;
No groves or palm Or aslds sdom,
No myrtle shades or orange bowers,
Eut rusiling Hieads ofgolden corn,
And asids Of weying grain are ours.
SAFE in thy care the landscape DER,
Our hoeks and herds securely stray,
5oiyraEt master claims our store,
No ruthless robbcF rcuds away;
40 G;rcc volcanoes wi:hehns shower,
No fsIl simeon. with poisonous, breath,
Nor burning sunsvitn baieful power,
Awake The Esry plagIes ofdeuth.
And here shall rise our song to Thee,
Where heightened vale and Pastures lie,
4 ID streaf ms - .frgftlsr VIVA ard f,as
Beneath 4 blue and sailing s,s;
Where meter was reared mortal throne,
Where crowned oprressors nsre5 iroi,
Here, at the throne o. Heay IN alone,
Shall man IL reverence bow 10 God.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

A Coon REAsoS. There was once a
clergyman in New Hamsphire noted for
his long sermons and indolent habits
How IS it, said man to his neighbor,
that Parson -, the LATEST man living,
writes theseinterminable sermons| Why
said the other, 'he probably gets to writing
and is. too lazy to stop NHt f
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EEThe lion called the sheep to ask il his
breath sn1elt. She said, yes He bit her
head off fora fool. He called the wolf and
asked him. He said "nay." He tore him
in pieces for fatterer. Atlast he called
for the fox and asked him. "Truly, said
he, - have got a cold, and cannot
smell"
Moral-Wisem men say nothing in danger
GUS times.
The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1854-12-21

Egone great reason why men practice
generosity so little in the world is, their
Rrding So little there: generosity is catch
inc; and if SO many escape it, it is, in a
great degree, from the same reason that
countrymen escape the small pox-because
they meet no one to give it to them.
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:
were accustomed to meet every night TO
play carls-one Of them--Anloine-
a widower, end lie had charming daugh-
Ter named Sophie. The other-Philippe
vas ten years younger than bis friend
unmarried, and the possessor of an easy
fortune.
Sophie, accustomed every day to see
Philippe, at last became greatly attached
to him; perhaps somewha! attached to his
little fortune, although Philippe was well
preserved, Notwithstanding lie had reach
ed certain age. However, their mar
riage was agreed upon; but as the day of
its celebrations drew near, Philippe be-
gan TO grow cool, ard and when the par
lies came before the civil authority who was
to tie the nup.ial knot, he replied with a
strongly accented No. when asked if he
would take Sophie to be his wife.
As may be we'll supposed, the anger of
Antoine was very violent, and Sophie was
greatly distressed, and the consequence
was thatthe evening card party was broken
up. At the end Of some weeks, Philippe
met Sophie and thus addressed her.
Believe me my dear child, had no in
tcntion TO insult you, and greatly regret
the breaking up of our friendship and the
card parties; but how shall make Pere
Antoine forget TIE insult he thinks have
put upon him. | assure you l repFoagL
myself with it every day
4 think, replied Sophie, that I can dis
cover means. Go and speak to my faith
er; say you repento of what you have done;
and that you are willing to marry me, and
fix upon an early day for the wedding, and
when we come before the Mayor, will in
my turn say No. and we shall be
quits
Charmed with the idea Of SO eheaply
recovering the means of pursueing his
fvorite recreation Of cards, Philippe
threw himself atthe feet of his old friend;
asked all sorts Of pardods, and begged
that lie would suffer him to lead his daugh-
ter before the Mayor as soon as posi-
bic. ..,....
After some hesitation, the:dd man show
ed himself generous, and rendered his hand
TO his future son-in-law.
On the Sunday following, Philippe,
Sophie, and Antoine presented themselves
before the Mayor.
'Philppe--,' said the Mayor, do
you consent to take for your lawful wife
Sophie here PRESENT.
Yes replied Philippe. .,...
And you, Sophie--, do you con-
sent to take for your lawful husband
Philippe?
Yes monsieur. replied the young maid
en-, loudly and firmly.
The deceitful bridegroom was fairly
caught. Sophie was his wife in spite of
him. He made the best of it, and it is
said, never had reason to regret the trick
that was played upon him. He passed his
days happily played cards every evening
with his father-in- law, and lived to be him
self the father of happy family Of chill
en.-C0urier deS Etats Unis.
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TiA tRRlrABLE MAN.-Hood gives .
graphic picture of an irritable man thus
.'He lies like a hedgehog rolled up IN the
wrong way, tormenting himself with his
pricklss."
Liberality and generosity Of feeling are
the snrest test ofa gentlemar.
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l,pon the floor. The bullet had passed

upon the floor. The bullet had passed
through his brain.
For an instant the two remaining viii
lains were confounded, but they quickly
comprehended the nature and position OF
their enemy, and they sprang for the lad
der. They did not reach it however, for
at that instant the outer door was flung
open and the hounds, four in number,
sprang into the house. With deep. wild
yell, the animals leaped upon the villains,
and they had drawn them upon the floor
just as the old hunter came from his room.
Help US! help! father, cried Philip, as he
hurried down the ladder. Pve shot one of
tleml They are rhurderers rcbbefs!-
Hold EN-! hold 'emv the boy continued,
clapping his hands to the dogs. Old Sla-
ter comprehended the nature of the scene
in moment, and sprang to The spot where
the hounds had the two men on the floor.
The villains had both lost their knives, and
the dogs had so wounded them that they
were incapable of resistance. With much
difficulty the animals were called of and
the two men were lifted to seat. There
was no need of binding them, for they
needed some restorative agent, as the dogs
bad made quick work in disabling them!
After they had been looked to, the old
man cast his eyes about the room. They
rested moment upon the body Of him
who had been shot, end then turned upon
the boys. Philip told him all that had
happened. 1t seemed some time before
the old hunter could crowd the whole teem-
ing truth into his mind; but as he gradual
ly comprehended it all, soft, grateful,
proud light broke over his features, and he
held his arms out to his sons.
Noble, noble boys' he uttered as he
claspcd them to his bosom. God bless
you for this. o. l dreamed not that you
had such hearts"
For long time the old man gazed on
his boys in silence; while tears of love and
gratitude rolled downhis checks, and his
whole face was lighted up with the Most
joyous, ,.holy pride.
The boy heroes are now men, living on
the banks Of the Ohio.
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WHOLE NO 1926
Intetcstlng ErperIrnent.

Two hundred pounds ofearth were dried
IN an oven. and afterwards put into large
earthen vessel; the vessel was then moist
ened with soft water and willow tree.
weighing five pounds, was placed therein
During the space Of ffveyesrs the earth WAS
carefully moistcned with rain water or pure
water The willow grew and fiourished
and TO prevent the earth being mixed with
fresh earth, or dust blown into by winds
It was covered with metal plate, perfora-
ted with great number Of holes, suitable
Tor free admission Of pure air only. After
growing in the earth for FIVE wears, the will
low tree was removed, and found to weigh
one hundred and six y-nine pounds and a,
bout three ounces. The leaves which fell
from the tree every autumn were not in
cluded IN this weight. The earth was then
removed from the vessel, again dried in
the oven, and afterwards weighed; it was
discovered ohayelos only about two ounc-
es offs original we light. Thus one hun
dred and sixty-four pounds Of lignin or
woody fibre; bark, etc, were certainly pro-
duced from the air.
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How TO CONQUER SUFFERrNG.--I have
thought that by analyzing a pain, have
been able to find an element of pleasure in
it. l have thought too, that by looking a
pain fully in the face. and comprehending
it, l have diminished its intensity. Dis
tinct perception, instead of aggrayating de-
creases evil. This have found when
reading accounts ofterrible accidents, which
have at first made me shudder. By TAX
ing them to pieces, and conceivng each
part distinctly, | have been able to think OF
them calmly, and to feel that I, too, could
pass through them. Sympathy increas-
es by the process, but not fear. The
sympathy weakens the fear; but this is not
the whole explanation. The soul, by re-
sistng the first shudder, and by placing
itself near the terrible, through an act OF
the will puts forth energies which reveal it
to itself, and makes it conscious of some
thing within, mightier than suffering. The
power ofdistinct knowledge in giving cour-
age | have never seen insisted on. and yet
it is part Of my experience. The un-
known, the vague, the dark, what imag-
nation invests with infnity-this terri
ies; and the remark applies not to phys
ical evil alone, but to all CAan-
ming.
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woh expectation fails, and most oft
where it most promises.
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EFFEoTs OF TYRANNY.-A wicked gov
ernment makes agony epidemic in space
and chronic in duration. 1t strikes blow
that stuns humanity for ages. Napoleon
shortened the average stature Of French
men two inches, by selecting all the taller
of his thirty millions of subjects and Kill
ling them in war. The British govern
ment lowered the forehead of the Irish
Catholic peasantry two inches, by making
it an Office punishable with fine, imprison-
ment, and with traitors ignomihious
death, to be the teacher of children in
school; and by the cruel administration of
her cruel laws. she transposed their brain
from the intellectual forehead to the ami
maIhind-head. False religions have dwarf
ed the hearts ofmen in an equal degree by
their bloody rites and the shriveling terrors
of,superstition. Such, hitherto, has been
the current history of the world. Such is
the condition, to-day, of tho far greater
portion of the world. .-Mann's Inaugural
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