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The Georgetown news., 1855-12-20

A REMARKABLE DoG.-The following
well authenticated incident, taken from
celebrated French work, entitled, al His
toire deS Chiens Celebres," shows that
well educated dog, under exciting circum-
stances, can not only reason and act with
wonderful decision and presence Of mind,
but can also manifest feeling of revenge,
which is not only foreign to his natural
character, but which can hardly be sur
passed in intensity by a Christian warrior:
"Mustapha, a strong and active grey
hound belonged to an artillerist of Dublin.
Raised from its birth in the midst of camps.
it always accompanied its master, and ex-
hlbited no alarm in the midst of battle. In
the hottest engagements it remained near
the cannon, and carried the match in its
mouth. At the memorable battle of FOn-
tenoi, when the square battalions of the
HanoverianS were broken, the master of
Mustapha received mortal wound. At
the moment when about to fire upon the en-
emy. lie and several Of his corps were
struck to the earth by discharge of artiI-
lery. Seeing his master extended lifeIess
and bleeding, the dog became desperate
and hOwled pite0usly. Just at that time a
body Of French soldiers were advancing to
gain possession of the piece, which was aim
ed at them from the top of small rising
ground Who would believe it, if the fact
were not attested by several witnesses wor-
thy Of credit? Doubtless with a view to
avenge his masters death, AIustapha seized
the lighted match with his paws, and set
fire to the cannon loaded with case-shot :
Seventy men fell on the spot, and the re-
mainder took to flight After this bold
stroke, the dog lay down sadly near the
dead body Of his master, licked his wounds,
and remained there twenty-four hours with
out sustenance. He was at length, with
difficulty, removed by the comrades of the
deceased. This courageous greyhound was
carried to London, and presented to George
II, who had him taken care Of as a brave
servant"
Byron thus apostrophizes this faithful
servant
'The poor dog in life the firmest friend
The first to welcome, foremost to defend;
Whose honest heart is still his masters own;
Who labors, fights lives bGeathes, for him alone"
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-20
A Good '4J starry.

The following bit of humor appears in
the last Stockton Republican, contributed
by forty-niner, who seems to look back up
on the good, old. rough-and-tumble days of
California as the only portion of its history
worth remembering:
Our PLoT-There were few river pilots
IN those steamboats,, of course, none.
Anxious to reach Stocktonin in the craft that
brought us from the New York dock, our
Capt. being ignorant Of the windings of the
San Joaquin, secured in San Francisco the
services Of an Individual who, in his own
language, ''had bin thar, and knowed a
heap" about the river. He turned out.
however, as the sequel will show, to have
been a Missouri OK driver. who, being On a
grand spree in San Francisco until his pile
had melted away, had the ingenuity to Sc
cure his passage free by engaging in the
above capacity. Missouri was intent on
playing his part through for as we entered
the narrow channel Of the river, seeing his
time for action had arrived, he placed him
selfnear the man at he wheel, when the
Captain surrendered to him the command
and went below. He evidently now felt
the weight of responsibility resting upor
him. After standing awhile on tiptoe
looking over the bow, he walked up to the
man at the wheel, and tapping him famil-
iarly on the shoulder, he whispered, Say
Mister, | reckon you'd better come haw q
little" Then running to the other side he
quickly changed his notion. "Gee," crieC
Missouri. Gee, gee, gee, J--s to J-s
we're sot." Then turning to the man at
the wheel, with hands upward, in a phrenzy
of despair he continued. Darn your pic
tur, if you'd only geed when you first hearr
me holler, we'd never struck nary time. >
"Shiyer my mizen!" said Jack, holding OF
to the wheel amazed, "if our skipper amt
shipped a native California pilot, and hed
ought to know [ don't speak word o.
their language" And sure enough we were
hard aground; our vessel never got any
nearer Stockton-in the language Of Mis-
souri,, mary time"
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-20

How THEY READ THE NEwsPAPERs.-It
is proof of the great variety of human de-
velopment to notice persons reading news
paper.
Mr.. General Intelligence first glances at
the telegraph, then at the editorial, and
then he goes into the correspondence.
Mr.. Sharper opens with stocks and mar
ket8, and ends with the advertisements for
wants, hoping to find victim.
Aunt Sukey first reads the stories-then
looks to see who is married
Miss Prim looks at the marriages first,
and then reads the stories.
Mr.. Marvellous is curious to see the list OF
accidents, murders, and the like.
Uncle Ned hunts up a funny thing, and
laughs with will.
Madam Gossip turns to the local depart
ment for her thunder, and having obtained
that, throws the paper aside.
Mrs. Friendly drops the first tear ofsym-
pathy over the deaths, and then over the
marriages; for, says she, one is about as bad
as the other.
Mr.. Politician dashes into the telegraph
from thence into the editorial, ending
with the speeches.
Our literary friend is eager for a nice
composition from the editor, or some kind
correspondent. After analyzing the rhet-
oric, grammar and logic of the production,
he turns a careless glance at the news de-
partment, and then takes to his Greek per
fectly satisfied.
The pleasure seeker examines the pro-
grammes Of the public entertainments, and
decides which will afford him the greatest
amount Of amusement.
The laborer searches among the wants for
a better opening in his business and-but
enough; an extension Of the list is useless.
There is just as much difference in readers
as in-anything.
But the worst is yet to come. If each
does not find column or less of his peculiar
liking, the editor has, of course, been lazy,
and is unworthy of patronage. Oh, who
wouldn't be an editor?
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-20
NO. 3.

EXAMINATION OF ATTORNEYs.-A corre-
spondent sends us the following racy exam
ination of candidate for admission to the
bar in Iowa:
Examiner-Do you smoke, sir?
Candidate-I do sir.
Ex-Have you a spare cigar?
Can.-Yes sir; Extending short six.)
Ex.-Now, sir, what is the FIRST duty Of
a lawyer?
Can.-To collect fees.
Ex.-Right What is the second?
Can.-To increase the number of his eli
ents.
Ex-When does your position towards
your client change?
Can.-When making bill of costs.
Ex.-EXplain.
Can.-We then occupy the antagonists
position; L assume the character Of plaintiff
and he becomes defendant
EX.-A suit decided, how do vou stand
with the lawyer conducting the other bill?
Can.-Cheek by iowl.
EA.-Enough, sir; you promise to be an
ornament to your profession, and wish YOU
success. Now, are you aware of the duty
you owe me?
Can.-PerfectIy.
Ex.-Describe the duty.
CAN'T is to invite you to drink.
EX-But suppose decline.
Can.-(Scratching his head) There is
no instance of the kind on record in the
books; cannot answer that question.
Ex.--You are right, and the confidence
with which you make the assertion shows
that you have read the law attentivelv;
let's take the drinks, and III sign your Ger
tificate.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-20

INFLUENCE OF A NEWSPAPER.-A school
teacher, who has been engaged a long time
In his profession, and witnessed the infu-
ence Of newspaper upon the minds of q
family OF children, writes to the editor of
the Ogdensburgh Sentinel the result of his
observation. He has found it to be uni
versal fact that those scholars, of both sexes
and all ages, who have had access to news
papers at home, when compared with those
who have not, are better readers, excelling
in pronunciation, and consequently read
more Understandings
They are better spoilers and define words
with ease and accuracy.
They obtain a practical knowledge of
geography, in almost half the time it re-
quires Others, as the newspaper has made
them familiar with the location of the i'm
portant places, their government and doings,
on the globe.
They are better grammarians, for having
become so familiar with every variety Of
style in the newspaper, from the common
place advertisement to the finished and clas-
sical grafton of the statesman, they more
readily comprehend the meaning of the text.
and consequently analyse its construction
with accuracy.
They write better compositions, using
better language, containing more thoughts.
more clearl y and cOnnectedly expressed.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-20

Now there is no necessity for all the
trouble | have named We should bet more
judiciously. We should watch our game
more closely, see that those who deal for us
don't 'stock" the cards; keep an eye on the
run of the papers, and never risk a dollar
until we have something more than mere
luck or the chances on our side. BY pur-
suing this course, people will soon find that
they win much oftener than lose, besides
feeling better about the head and stomach.
There was no earthly necessity for the young
man above alluded to, to bet high on his
new wife. 1t was doubtless piece of rash
ness which, like all rashness, must sooner or
later be paid for and mourned over. 1t is
quite true that she was a card in whom he
had full confidence. But did he know that
she was aC1nning card? Would any one
else bet on her? Where would she be when
a large amount of money was on the board?
Y You might win, Perkins, but if as [ sus-
pect, you go upon chances, she would be no.
where.
How perfectly natural is this betting pro-
pensityl 1t is glorious faculty, and yet
how few there are who exercise it judicious-
ly. History tells of man who so loved
this great idea of betting that he named one
of his fairest daughters Betty. The wisdom
of later ages, seeing with delight the eager
ness with which this name was embraced
by dOating parents and lavished upon their
daughters, rubbed out q portion Of it, so
that nowadays, no matter in what part of
| the world we may be cast, we can always
find Bet" The ecurtailment of this name
in order to make Bets common, was a stroke
of human wisdom and foresight but seldom
seen. Such Bets should, and doubtless will,
be all taken.
The subject on which | have been wri-
ting, Mr.. Editor, is inexhauStible, but the
length Of my letter reminds me that for the
present [ must close. 1t is matter that
has occupied my mind for many years, and
one, too, which has caused me much pain
on account of the neglect it has received at
the hands of philosophers and statesmen
The case of Wheeler VS.. Sharp was a pleas
ant one to me, because it gave me an OppOr-
tunity to ask whether or no the defendant
bet judiciously. [ was soon satisfied that
he did, and took the occasion to make known
my views. Wheeler, it will be remembered
expressed the opinion that the cause of
Sharp's conduct in not paying his rent was
his Uile habit Of betting, &c; yet, notwith-
standing the UiIeness Of the thing, | got a
bet of twenty-five dollars out of Wheeler
himself I mention this merely to show
that the disposition to bet is in us, and will
come out. Yours, A WINNING CARD.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-20
VIII Young Bullion ever be Rich.


1t has become very much the fashion,
nowadays, to say, "Oh, young Bullion
will be rich when his father dies" and to
understand thereby that young Bullion is
sure to be rich one of these DAYS.
But the proverb concerning a "slip be-
tween the cup and the lip" holds good in
this case as in all others, and Young Bullion
may die before old Bullion does. in which
case he would never become rich-in this
worlds goods, at any rate. Nor is his
chance of living so much greater than the
governors las he terms him. as may be at
the first glance imagined.
Suppose old Bullion to be fifty-ive years
of age, young Bullion twenty-five Old
Bullion is bank director-young Bullion
is zone of the bhoys;" old Bullion turns in
every night at ten-young Bullion is son a
time" till A. NJ. Balance of health is in
favor of old Bullion.
Old Bullion takes a glass of brandy and
water, and don't eat anything going to bed;
young Bullion devOurs oysters, woodcock,
broiled chicken, at horribly indigcstibIe
hours, and drinks champagne, champagne
brandy and Scotch ale, till he blesseS the
man that invented soda water, when he
wakes up next morning. Balance of health
in favor of old Bullion again.
Old Bullion goes down to the Bank in an
omnibus about 10 A. NJ. About the same
time young Bullion is going 1t with fast
horse to ''the great race, mcurring the dan
ger Of being run over, Of being run away
with, and of running over somebody else
and getting split. Balance Of safety in IA
yor of old Bullion.
You don't find old Bullion promenading
very often-the gOut won't allow it; young
Bullion is all the time on a tramp, over
sidewalks under which are steam engines,
across streets where runnings over are fire.
quent. Old Bullion don't go travelling
young Bullion is on the move all summer;
and steamboat blowings up and railroad col
lisions are frequent nowadays. Balance
of safety still in favor of old Bullion.
Old Bullion is never out after dark
young Bullion, like cats, travels principal
ly at night, and stands very fair chance
in the present state of society, Of having
his head and a slungshOt acquainted some
dark night.
Old Bullion has against him thirty years
and the gout; young Bullion has the risk Of
late hours, champagne suppers, fast horses
"piSt0ls and coffee for two" p" street-croSSingS
boiler-bursting, railroad smash-ups, and frac-
tured craniums.
So the chances, you see, are not so very
much in young Bullion's favor, after all.
Waverly Magazine.
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-20

AN EXTRAORDINARY INUDENT.-The n
Y. Tribune relates the following of a young
and blooming married woman Of that city
who entered the bonds of matrimony about
year ago:
Last Friday she was suddenly taken sick
and her mother, being with her, sent Tor the
doctor. believing that she had touch of
the cholera. Not finding DIR. j. r. Wood,
she called in a strange doctor, who, upon
entering ollt s the room, said to her: Madame is
Your Your daughter married. The mother an
swered: Certainly, sir; do you not see her
bow living there, just eleven weeks old to-
day?' eleven weeks old! replied he; why
woman she is going to present her husband
with another childr And so it turned
ont: instead of cholera there appeared a
bouncing lat girl, who is thriving and do
inc we'll. The writer of this knows the
facts to be true, although they may appear
very strange"
The Georgetown news., 1855-12-20

''BY-AND- Y."-There's music enough in
those three words for the burden of song.
There is hope wrapped up in them, the ar
ticulate beat of the human heart.
By-and-by!
We heard it as long ago as we can re-
member, when we made brief bpt perilous
journeys from chair to table, and from table
to chair again.
We heard it the other day, when two
parted that had been glowing in their lives"
one to California, the other to her lonely
home.
Everybody says it some time Or other
The little boy whispers it when he dreams
of exchanging the little stubbed boots for
those like man.
The man murmurs it-when in life's mid
dlewatch, he sees his plans half finished, and
his hopes, yet in the bud, waving in the cold
late spring.
The old man says it-when he thinks of
putting off the mortal for the immortal. to-
day for tomorrow.
The weary watch for morning, and while
away the time with "by-and-by."
Sometimes it sounds like a song; some
times there is throb or a sigh in it
What wouldn't the world give to find it in
almanacs-set down somewhere, no matter
if the dead Of December-to know that it
would surely come? But fairy-lille as it is,
fitting like sunbeam over the dewy shad-
ows of years, nobody can spare it, and we
look upon the many times these words have
beguied us, the memory of the silver "by-
and-by," as like the sunrise of Osssian.
pheasant but mournful to the SOUL