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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
Ancient Ladies Dresses.

Do not be deceived; we mean ladies OF
the ancient times, not ladies of oues.
tionable age. Goguet in his work on
the Manners and Customs of the An.
Gent" says:
THE ladies Of Athens were very care
full of their dress, and commonly employ
ed the whole morning on it. Their toll
cite consisted of numerous articles. The,
made pse of paint, and of all such drug.
as they imagined would cleanse and beau
tify the skin. They took also great care
of their teeth, backened their eve brows
and applied red to their lips. The ari
of composing head dresses was their usua
occupation. They employed the most
precious essences. in perfuming their hair,
which they usually died black or some
other color, and then arranged in various
curls, by means of hot irons a part of ii
was laid back and disposed upon the fore
head, the rest was suffered to flow loose
and play negligently upon the shoulders.
The dress Of the legs and feet of the Athe-
MAN ladies were extremely neat and ele-
giant. AS to their clothes they were
composed of very light and fine stuTs.-
They took care to always have their robes
close upon the bosom, and that they should
tageously show the shape"
A fair subject of inquiry would be, how
far have the moderns improved upon the
ancients
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
All is not Gold that Glitters.

Tie Pinchbeck family are a numerous
tribe. Pinchbeck has just returned from
Cape May where he and his family occ,t.
pied apartments at $72 per week. The
senior Pinchbek's purse overGowed like
the Nile, fertilizing walters palms and
the hotel-keeper's drawer. Once atbome
different character is assumed. To see
how Mrs. P. "splits the difference witt,
potato peddler over the price of a half
peck OF that escsient, one would imagine
that she had spent the summer anywhere
else but at Cape May. The poor washer.
woman " 3l must call again, and the grocer
settlements make long friends 'i
There are two sides to the fasb;onohIo
counterfeit; the gilt-edged side faces ' the
world of fashion and the hrayaY.1 foo sll5
trades people. '' "h's
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
Our Strip 8ook,
For the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
ENIGMA.

I am composed Of 40 letters.
My 4, Is, 10, I, ~, 16, 10, is very
useful tree.
Ny IS, 6, 8, IL, 80, %, is quite desert
island.
My %, IS, 5, /, is very powerful.
Ny 8, IA, A, 20, 26, is one of the most
tender things in tile human frame.
Ny 38, 8, 10, 33, 90, 81, II, "a, %, are
very fashionable for young ladies in the
summer time.
My IS, 2, 81, 80, 40, 10, is a very use
full animal.
Ny "a, SO, 81, %, belong to fish.
Ny %, is letter in the alphabet!
Ny whole is very useful in many places
BE- Answer next week.
MiddIeto,Un Point. ID. a. b.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26

sG- A Pennsylvania editor saws
somebody brought one bottle Of sonrod
water into our office with the reapest - ~
notice it as lemon beer If Esan uo ~
green enough to sell his birthright for 90 :.
mess OF pottage it does not prove thai =, We
will tell four shilling lie for five " csn |e
BsA= Punch says" A man who ooo.
to church to chew tobacco and sn;t so1o
floor, ought to be taken by the ba s "a :. slls
heels and scrubbed upon the soiled s ~na
until it is made clean.'' u spos
nsA- At late celebration Of Tho l..
bachelors at Bloomingdale, indiana t ylu
following villainous toast was draa, sne
The fair-saints in church-anoelIs" - y IL
ball-room-and devils in the kitchen ~ y 'Ne
Dsg% A bachelor friend of onrs ,..
that ne never attempted to make hn. oaysI
speech to woman, and then did no ot s Uuo
coed; twas beautiful MOONLIGHT po n; SdV'
and ne caught her hand and dronn ~ u sn ~,
his knees. He only saw streak of cal; IL
co as she went otter the bars. He did noK
see her again fos a fortnight. and; then a.
fellow was feeding her with n,olasses ca4s
dy and gingerseske at circus.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
Just Four Hundred Years.

The first book ever printed with date
appeared in 1855, just four centuries age
this very year. Nine years after, the
Koran begun to be publicly read at Con
stantinople, and at the same time the Bi.
bic was sent forth on the wings of the
press, to the four quarters of the world
to counterfeit the baaefRl influence. And
from that day to this, the civilized world
of Europe and America is indebted for
that superiority which no second night OF
ignorance can darken, no new incursion
of Vandalism can overthrow, to an en-
lightened, conscientious, independent
press. Those four hundred years have
changed the face of the earth.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
The Secret Of Advertising.

Let all men read and ponder we'll the
following, which we find in the columns
of the New York Mercury:
The man in business who does not
advertise, cannot expect to prosper. In
all commercial communities, the publicity
thus given is the keystone of fortunes
arch. Americans are advertisers par ex.
cellence, and it is not to be doubted, that
our present position, and our progress, as
a nation, in all material points, are to be
traced to the sense of the argument We
have laid down.
The necessity for advertising once es-
tablished, the first query that must sug-
gest itself is what is the best medium to
select. Here many very sad mistakes
are made. tits the impression, Of numer-
GUS persons in trade, particularly of young
beginners, that the paper of highest circu-
lation (real or pretended is the best for
them. A few words. however, will dis
pei this delusion. 1t is not precisely the
aggregate Of readers, but the sort ofread-
ers, that an advertiser should consider
We could name many papers supposed to
sell forty thousand copies week, in
which a tradesman or a professional man
may advertise with less advantage to
himself than in others of ten or twelve
thousand. The reason of his apparent
anomaly must be sought in the adaptable
ity of the wares advertised, to the class
of persons appealed to.
Thus-and we are not travelling out
of our way for an example, these sort OF
things being governed on the same prin-
ciples all over the civilized world-a
London paper (the Eramipep) whosesre-
turns are seven thousand weekly, could
purchase three times over the advertising
interest of another London paper (the
Dispatch which sells eighty thousand
A glance at the two papers will show why
this is. The ordinary multitude read one;
the cultivated portion Of the community
the other who, without doubt, are the
principal patrons ofadvertisers in general
Many journals, we know, are started
in different places, on these presumed
claims on the advertisers patronage, and
to confirm what is nothing more than a
silly error at best, the proprietors' aim is
to give these sheets a fictitious eircula-
ton. Foolish people may be taken with
the bait but we believe that were ninety
nine out of every hundred of our really
practical men to be questioned on the
point, they would decide in accordance
with ourselves; that it is the sort of people
a paper goes among, who are most likely
to be its advertising friends-not the
rough numbers, even if established to the
last unit of the supposed sum total"
lTher eporter of the Boston Courier
after going through the white and the
black baby show in that. city, exclaims:
ave wish we had the powersof poetry to
describe the smell Of childhood which
one enjoys in passing through these curl
Gus exhibitions
The drollest thing Of these baby
shows, is white woman with a black in
fant at the Bateman bazaar" How it.
happened Mrs. Fowler or some other
learned lady may be able to teli;. to dds
child, it's all mystery
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
A Raftsman's First View of a Lo-
comotiYe.

The following must be an old story, but,
if so, it is good enough to pass" sec
ond reading :"
At most delightful country town in
New Jersey, called Bordentown, the Del
aware makes short turn to the west
ward, and has, in consequence thereof,
worked for itself quite a deep bay, on the
Jersey shore. This bay, from its being
protected from the wind and ont of the
| tide" is favorable harbor Of the RATS.
men who annually come down that noble
| river by the very source of the river, in
the State of New York.
Now, early in the spring of 49, when
the Camden and Amboy Railroad was
first put in operation, (the railroad, by
| the-by, runs around the edge of the above
mentioned bay) certain Sam Sims, with
a young man who rejoiced in the name OF
Ichabod Twodle, came down the river on
raft of white pine boards, and about s
o'clock, of cold, blustery, cloudy night
were busily engaged securing their raft
in the above mentioned bay, when Icha-
bod was startled by a sort of belching,
rumbling noise; he turned to Sam, and
with long, grave face, almost whisper
ed
What is that 2"
Sam shook his hoary head, but spake
not-the sound came nearer, but nothing
was to be seen; the occupants stood still
in amazement, the silence only broken 10y
the superhuman noise, and an occasional
exclamation of J-h-u-a from Ichabod.-
Both stood with their eyes in the direc-
ton of tire sound, when round the point
below, not 300 yards from them. came a
thing-a very demon belching out smoke
and fire, uttering the most horrid groans
and shrieks.
Oh Lord oh Lord !" shouted Icha-
bod. Sam, Sam, give me that axe
here comes the devil Give me that axe
you darned old fool /! eLord! Lord Lord
Will the folks to hum ever believe that
come down here to tide-water to be tuck
right off by the old devilW
Ichabod whirled the axe round his head
in regular backwoods fashion, and stood
his ground like man; but on came the
devil, apparently straight for the raft.
Oh, how the sparks flew they had not
Ihen lnFeADeQ the patent SparK-catcher-
Ichabod looked reand, cid Sam was
making for the out shore side of the raft;
there was no time to think about it, it
was freezing and cold, and the ice was
floating in small cakes down the river,
but Ichabod, dropping the ak and singing
out" You will have darned good swim
to catch mel made one jump to the side
of the raft and another overheard and
struck out for the Pennsylvania shore a
mile distant
In the meantime, Sam, inrunning across
the ref in hissfright, caught his foot and
down he went. He got up; looking
round, the devil had passed, and was
putting and Slowing up the hill beyond.
Sam called Ichaeod back and they pro
ceeded to a tavern where they related
their adventure, much to the amusement
of their fellow raftsmen.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
Advice to Youth. Gratis.

In climbing a ladder always look up
never doaon-for in doing the latter a
fall is imminent. So in life: aim to keep
company with those above you, rather
than those beneath you, in intellectual
capacity and requirement Emulate your
superiors. If you can't find them You
are blind; if You won't find them, you are
not fitted for their society, and better at
once turn attention to the reduction of
the dimensions of year ears, and immense
your muddy faculties in the mysteries of
poudrette, or putty making.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
Frightening a Rogue.

In the St. Louis Recorders Court, re-.
Gently, Alexander McManus was fined
live dollars for stealing wood from the
steamboat Hannibal and was asked to
F" fork over" by his horror.
Ocean t do il, muttered he, a-a-aint
got the p-p-pewter, your honor"
Are you married man, inquired the
"N-n-nOt'exactly $3.50 far gone y-y-yet,
. Well, I will have to send you to the
workhouse," said the Recorder.
-t-taint nothin' tito go there" said
Aleck, I-I-I'm. used to it; b-b-but when
you t-t-talked about m-m-marriage. old
fellow, you Enlightened me-"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
Written FOR the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
Our Fireside Home.
BIZ W. HOWARD poANE.

The eve was fair, the moon shope bright
Her pale and amber light,
AS we wandered forth to the early mound
Of the friend of our Fireside Home
She was gentle, fair, so kind and true,
We prayed she ne'er might GO;
That He who doeth all things well,
Would hear and answer so.
We prayed that she might stay to cheer
And bless our Fireside Home;
That we who never knew of grief
Might never know of acoe.
But OH our cries were all UNDECIDED,
And we were powerless to save,
Too soon we saw that blight and woe
Would mark our Fireside Home.
Alas it came and singled her
For whom we long had prayed,
And wrapt her in the icy folds
Of Deaths cold, cold embrace.
We laid her meath the willow tree,
And placed upon her grave;
The, lily, rose, and. violet fair,
To bloom and mark the place.
And when at evenings silent hour
We to the mound repair,
To catch the songster's soothing notes
And breathe an evening prayer,
cur thoughts revert to by gone scenes,
The happy Fireside Home;
While each for her In silence breathes
Al requiem on the mound
ruieh, Conn, 1855.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26

seA We would really like to know
only for information of course-tb, name
of the thrilling romance from which the
following moroccan is extracted:-
The considerate captain shook the
man with the boots OH, who was lying in
a berth, and intimated to him in the snest
gentle manner possible, that it was against
tile rules of the boat for gentlemen to.
wear their boots in bed. AS soon as the
Weakened owner was able to comprehend
the case, he said:
Oh, the bugs won't hurt 'em I guess,
they're an old pair. Let 'em RIP"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
Written for the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
Loves Labor.
BY FINLEY NsoN.

BY FINLEY JOHNSON.
A fair young girl with an angels look,
Sat slowly reading an open book,
And the light of love from her eyes would shine :,
AS she read from page Of the book divine;
And in kindly tones she call'd a young child
Who was playing in glee midst fowrets wild,
And he in his young and childish pride
Came and nestled close to her side.
Then she cast on the child an anxious look
AS she turn'd a page of the holy book,
And sought to raise his thoughts to heaven
Rv the glorious IruJns wrIIcn yfoI fruu srror.,
For does not He in that gospel say,
From the contrite heart he turns not away I
And they who would seek his Fatherly care
Must offer to him child's fond prayer.
Then she kiss'd rose off the young child's cheek
And spoke to his heart so soft and meek,
That he in the shadow of silence there,
Knelt down and breathed penitent prayer
She then in persuasive tones of love,
Raised the thoughts of her charge above,
To Him who says in his book of truth,
/" Remember me in the day of youth
Then she placed on her knee that book divine,
And strove to teach his inquiring mind;
That, that was the book in which twas told,
The righteous shall their Savior behold;
That they who to God their hearts shall give,
And on him believe, shall eternally live.
The seed was sown, and such was the soil,
And amply repaid was she for her toll.
-For the boy grew up, and his footsteps trod
In the holy path mark d out by his God;
And he blessed the day with thankful leart,
When she to him the truth did impart;
When she smiled on him with cheerful look
And read from page of the holy book.
D. c., 1855.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
No Home.

q have no homep' What a host Of
mournful thoughts that brief sentence
awakens. No roof to shelter the weary
one when he seeks a refuge from the
storms Of misfortune Preside where
he can bask in the genial glow of sweet
intiuences-no household hand to welcome
him cordially, when other friends prove
false or hover around his pillow, when
his frame is raeked with. pain, and his
brain thronged with delirious fancies..
On, sad indeed is this, and from the
depths of our soul we sympathize with
those on whom such a lot has fallen,
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26


|. ia The residence of John B. Cough.
the Temperance Lecturer, is thus desert
bed by correspondent Of the Journal OF
Commerce. writing from Holden, Worces-
ter Co., Massachusetts,
" | have just had the pleasure of a visit
to the elegant residence of John B. Cough.
the noted temperance lecturer which is
situated short distance from here. in
the town of Boylston, and about six miles
from Worcester. Its appearance, associ-
ted with the hideous scenes Of his person.
al experience, as wildly portrayed in his
oratorical efforts, indicates an upward
flight i'll prosperity, as signal and rapid
as was his descent to apparent ruin. The
farm, which embraces So acres of excel
lent land. nearly all under high cultiva.
ton, is somewhat retired from the main
avenue of travel, and graced by an ele.
CANT residence, in the .Ameracan STYLE of
rustic architecture, with commodious out
buildings, a neat farmhouse, handsome
grayeled walks and flower beds, nurseries
OF young trees, &c.
1.-The whole is in charge of an expert
enced farmer, employing assistants, while
a terrific little black dog, about 8 inches
in length, whose righteousness in bark
ing is only equalled by his Aeetness in
running when danger threatens, takes
the responsibility of guarding the gates.
A good variety Of fowl, and domesticated
animals, with sundry improvements con-
stantly in progress, convey an impression
of thrift and luxurious ease pleasant to
experience. The proprietor has recently
returned from featuring tour in Europe
apparently improved in health and in
purse, and in a few months will probably
resume his transatlantic temperance ef-
forts, in which his wife, being childless,
accompanies him."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26

Be- A man in Connecticut who had
lost an only son by death, erected tc ME
memory handsome monument, bearing
this inscription
My son my son would to God | had
died for thee, rnJ 3on!"
A wag wrote on the opposite side vita
red chalk, Would to God you had y"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
Wanted to Know.

The address of a fire when it goes out.
Whether a treble singer does three simes
the work, or is paid three times as much
as another. Whether lawyer ever faint.
ed under the burden of conveying house.
How many beams the sun rests upon. who
had the contract for applying them. and
what wood they were made of. When
the day breaks what becomes of the
fragments?
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
"A little nonsense, now and then,
Is relished by the wisest men,"

esa- A man walking on the railroad,
thus addressed son Of the Emerald isle,
who was working on the track l..
Pat, how far is it to Jamesburg ?"
How did yee's know my name was
PATTI" exclaimed the Irishman.
| guessed at it" replied the traveller.
Well, SEEM you're so good at guessin9
'spose you guess the DISTANCE to Jeems-
boorg p
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26

alarmed the enemy, and he lbe down
upon US.
"Mercyl mercyp cried Clsssen.
All was in vain. The moose was slip
ped over his head; they strung him up,
and there he was left a corpse. The burn
ing of the willows had been avenged.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
Written for the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
Gone Before
BY DELL HARDY, JR

BY DELL HARDY, JR.
They Knocked me-they told me she was dead
That she sleeping in earth-clad bed;
That the trusting smile from her lip had fed;
That the spirit pure from this earth had sped,
H And her voice was hushed forever!
They told me, too her eye had lost its light,
That beamed with love and hope so purely bright
That her song was hushed-but in raiment white
Methinks she has joined the angels of light,
In songs to the great Eternal.
Altar in that bright and beautiful land,
Methinlzs see the Flowed and lost one stand
All radiant mid glorious band,
And golden tyre is in her hand,
For she joins in rne angel chorus.
Cortland academy, Homer, NJ Y.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1855-09-26
Written for the Monmouth Weekly Herald.
Autumn.
BY MRS. M. D. WILLIAMS.

BY MRS Nj. D. WILLIAMS.
Again the breath of Autumn comes
My dropping soul to cheer;
love its pure and gushing tones,
Its cadence soft ana clear.
Joy to hear the welcome noise,
Which oft, in other years,
Has made my youthful heart rejoice
$500 And staid the coming tears.
There is in Autumns minstreisy
A soul-pervading power,
Which oft hath yielded unto me
A balm in sorrows hour;
And oft those deep and trilling tones
A yigor doth impart,
TIE quell the sickness of the soul,
And calm the throbbing heart.
And tho it speaks in every breath
Of change and swift decay
Of frosts, whose chilling touch is death,
Till all shall pass away.
do not love the music less.
OF Autumns minstresy,
Because its teachings doth impress
These lessons unto me.
Again, the breath of Autumn comes,
I put it on my brow,
feel the influence of its tones
Pervade my spirit now.
hear, with rapture's genial glow,
The soul-responsive voice,
Ofminds whose cadence soft and low
My kindred heart rejoice.
Almighty Father unto thee,
My grateful heart l raise,
And join with natures minstrelsy
To chant thy love and praise;
For Autumn's fruits of golden hue,
For Winters social hours,
For Springs return Of showers and dew,
And Summers blooming flowers.
Febster, Michigan.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-17
~ A sH MUS SIC oREi


NJ ~ BT0adFay (0pp0site he PaFkD
addition The reduction already msde their
nor copyright Mu,c decided TO mske important reductions
their copyright which consist o. I'll III" principal work. Of
the t.yotr and hrateG composers, VIM NuceDt Neae
Geo + Root. J. FoWl-r, Etsuc's II Brown, VIM Dress
lfr a. lage rajcuij of ne musc publishers ~ New
NDk Boston Pbadel phii and Baltimore. having combined
aaic IN order prevent The public from receiving tho
benefit q sta reduction. have refused supply
cen for ii iii music sell music OF pubcaion
10 sell 10 any reI,ou no ul sell AZ the duced prices For
short stock oe incomplete bat we will st once
proceed Fuhh t hc copNreh pieces OF their ca,
reduced prices; ana We have no doubt that 80
will find those who viii b. ~innr 70 supply AL
wants are determined sell the public
rrres consistent with ersye pfcht the Publisher
ocalsr teacher aud will neher cutter into o. submit to
ANY combination for contrary purpose corrected edition
Of cur rev catalogue az the reduced prices will be ready
few days ard viii be forwarded to anv part Of the un cd
states nee cf charge Dealers seuinsres aud teachers sup
nIird o the lnwest terms.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-17

4 CADEMY OF MUSIC - VIII be LET for
N Or.toos Concerts Lectures and Balls The Floor aud
Deeor.tous Bale will surpsss anytime q The stnd es
4, hi. country or In Rurope Apply a No q Wal Ct
JAMES PHALEg. Prsddsat