American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1855-07-12

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wicket; and therefore shame can never as
turb an innocent aud yirtuous mind.-SAer-
lotk. Z
II NAV serve as a comfort TO us in all our !
calamiiies and Affections that he that loses
any thing and gets wisdom by tits gamer |
by the loss.-L' Estrange:
He who thinks no man above him forh his
virtue, nor any below him for his vice, can
never be obsequiousor assumingin wrong
place -TdHIsr.
IT'S the fancy, not the reason Of things
that makes us so uneasy. 1t is not the place
nor the condition, but the mind alone, that
can make any body happy or miserable'--
L'Estrangs.
God and love are everywhere; in llght,ln
colors, in flowers. in the beauty OF man. in
tbehappiness OF animals inthe human mind,
in the endless spheres, as'the sun shines on
all, alike yet differently. and is mljestic on
the ocean, sparkling in adewdrop, ruddy on
the ripe fruit, silver on the stream, many
colored in the rainbow, and pale and trem-
ulous'in the moon.
Avarice the accumulation Of wealth for
its own sake, brings with Tits own pun
ishment in the drying up Of every lie with
which the charities of life are bound and
in the conversion Of the heart intea sub
stance "harder than the neither mill stone. !"
Music serves TO make home pleasant
by engaging many of its inmates in de-
. hghtlul recreation, and thus dispelling the
sourness aud gloom which frequently arise
from petty disputes, from mortified vanity,
from discomfort and envy.
GT DiogeneS paints Lord John Russell
as the dove thatcame back to the ark with
out an olive leaf. Palmerston is looking
out OF the window; Punch has Lord John
as servant who has been absent on an err
rand ever SO long, and who has returned
with "no answer, ma'am."
EE- Mother, said Jomima Spy to hei
venerable maternal relative, Sam Film
wants to come courting me 10 night. =
well. you jale. what did you tell him?
'Od, | told him he might come, want
ed to see how The fool wonLd actP
The MISSISSIPPI Mississippi il
getting to he quite a temperance stream
10 HAS hOh Occu htJb thio : SpilH5' hHu iiCu
accounts received from its source it is no
probable that there will bo much. a"Jun
fresh" Navigation on the Upper Mississ
ippi hprecarious, aud the prices of freigh
are very high. Steam boats are constant
ly getting aground. and much delay is thu
consequence, From Keokuk to Monrose
there is twelve mile portage-the wate
on the rapids being extremely low. Th'
government has made an appropriation 0
10000 dollars 10 remove the rocks at ihes,
rapids. But 1t is feared that all the mon
ey will be expendedby the officials in pros
pection and experimenting, and that moth
ing Of real utility will be accomplished
1t would be much better to let out the joI
to Mons. Mailart, who so speedily remov
cd the rocks from New York harbor, an
who is now engaged up on the obstructio
in the st. Lawerence, He would do th
work while the officials are talking an
writing about It,
The Mississippi is evidently falling
Every year will witness diminulion Oft
volume. This diminnution may not b
material in any single year, but in ten year
it will be marked. AS the country aroun
its aifiuents become cultivated, evapori
ton will take place to u greater extent. an
as result the Mississippi will eventual
become ofvery little comparative const
quenee rs commercial stream, But
substitute is Mt hand--ralroads will tai
its place Chicago Democrat.
"WhOse Ale Is IT,"
will you give me a glass Of a
please? asked n rather scedyish lookil
person, with an old but well brush
coat, aud most too shiny hat.
1t was produced by the bar-tendt
creaming over the edge of the tut
bier
Thank ye' said the recipient, as
placed it to hislips. Hsving finished
at swallow, he smaeked his lips, a
said: That is very Gne ale-pery. WhC
iSiL?
1T is Harman's ale,
'Ah Harman's, eh2 Wsll, give us I
other glass of it,
1t was done; and holding it up to
light and looking through it, the como
seur sail: Pom my word it is superb
-superU clear as Maderia. must la
somo more of that. Give me mug
it, ,..
The mug was furnished; but before p
ting il to his lips the imbibcr said: .Wh
alc did you say this was?
'Harman's' repeated the bartender
The mug was exhausted aud also
vocabulary of praise; and ii only remain
for the apprecialve gentleman to say,
he wiped his mouth and went toward
door; 'Harman's ale, is it? kaow II
man very well; shall see him soon. a
settle with him for two glasses and "A m
of this incompatible brew! Good NAV
ing!--Rnick.
a SCENE ON THE STAGE.-Susan a
Kate Denim were playing Romeo and .
liet at the Troy n. Y, Museum, a {
evenings since, when some Of their o,
mica began to hiss Kate. There was gr
excitement, and angry exhibitions W
made between the partsans and oppone
of the actresses, when Kate, who was pl
ing Juliet, burst into tears. This tur
the tide in her favor. At this junct
Susan came upon the stage, and plac
her arm about her sisters waist, turnet
the audience and exclaimed
"What has my sister done? Who
say anything against my sister? Ave-