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, srakin' Biddy Mulrooney,

from the gut her, widout rag to yer back, ye
vagabone. Augh! black was the day, an biz
ther was the lbour that l stopped to marry We,
Pether Muirooney; for yer "a her wa. ash
erwom.n, an yer mother was hanged Ter
horse
sAisy. aisy, Biddy Mulrooney, ser !. Sure,
tisn't daeent nor proper TO blisther my charack.
ther with the thrifin' failins' OF my ane rsttral
progeniiors. IT'S ashamed. an OF We Tor do
in that same, Biddy Mulrooney.'
sI'd scorn to do it, il ye didn't provoke me,
ser she.
.oehl but 't~as sore day passed tina.
same, an one Is quiet as 4 mouse in panthIy
II opened my mouth Al ali ii ali, up Jumps
Misihress Muroon.y wid-.Behaye yerself 1
say Sure, dunno how | KEEP my timper; bu,
twas through fear Of her wax sness, I dug be
thibkin'.
The next day wor Winsdsy. Oh! but have
raisou to reminder it Well, Sir afoTe vas
out ARMY bed, / heerd the patserins Of fee,
across tie door, an whin looked there we're
another dirty lille brat az boy, howldin'
Mfsthress Muirooney BY the gowni.
'Psthei?' sez she, this is Brian.'
sAugL?' sez |, sure It's = fonndiin' hospital,
I'm married to- &.
sPeihes!' sex Biddy, shis is Brian. Wbv
don't you speak TIL himy
Och, murthe. sez I. How will sitter be
spakin' when tits dumb haste am. m, INV
roiee is clicked inthirely wld the children IN
me :hroat?'
s .Faix! but ye will speak to Brian for all
tina ?, seq she.
sob, sure Iwill,' ser /. for the wakeness
wor con is' over Biddy, am thought il best
to scooter her.
sIsn't be patty boy, sez she.
sI'd be sorry for Ne man that nd call him
Ugly, mem, an yoa s;snain, by,, se1 !.
Fsceh, ye may eay thsf,' sex she, seonsiehes.
in the bssins he'd eit'
sSor.a BIZ o. Bad sae sasssd ny lips that
day, but ahressed myself w,thoa.l saying !
word, and wint est fss she benefit Of my con.
sshitnshna 3 s. s.. ..@. ag
soor ~ M little noon, and poipiin, Is ire
utsskes hing II .eattsests aiasse tAs other
'sAi!asFss, IN g ne. sfethes,s tkass Neifys
slsit ! esr1eso1a - /, ~ stAese ues I toseh
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Weekly hawk-eye and telegraph. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1855-1857, 1855-10-17

Music! Music!
NALL a: the Iowa Music Store, II you wants r
- selection of any kind of music, from dr't q
Piano down to capital good Jewsharp. THp 30
place to buy Singing Books for Choirs, sipgingscA .
Giee Clubs. Piano Stools, ac.
Violins, Guitars, Flutes, Flies, Banjos, Ia sborr
Flutinas, Accofdeons, Brass Instruments, Drums .
ether things "toO numerous to mention !" can ?
cured at all times at this The only Music si5s % Y
vicinity. rsept31 X. LAM
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04
MlSLELLlNICUS.
A .JeakCua MjfN

An anecdote is related ofa wife who
was very jealous Of her husband, who was
a worthy member oil the Masons, One
evening bundle came TO the house for him
aud labelled "Puvate." OF course this
was sufficient for female curiosity, and
therefore she INDUCED in an Inspection
Horror OF horrors. Blankets, baoys linen.
birds eve, &C., greeted her astoniShed
eyesight, and dreamt OF "two families"
iloated through her brain. The husband
sooa came IL, and, after tea, when his wife
discovered III his eye the treachery OF his
eoad0ct, as she supposed, he took the bun
die aud went ou,-but not alone, Tor The
iealou wife was on his track. The faith
less husband ltlle imagined that she. who
supposed herseIfso iouly wfonqed, was
hqyefiog after him. He stopped a, The
house OF a friend, who also joined him,
carry Ing similar bundle. The wife be-
came donbly exctled, for the prospect o.
having companion in misery did not
impress her " It'll the idea OF division oil
hei grief, but only an addition to it. She
follow ed closely, aud sno, they halted be
fore , small tenement, which they entered.
Here she paused 70 held council IF war.
What tactics 20 follow she WAS in doubt,
but determined to storm the citadel, she
knocked, aud hastily brushing b, the little
child ahd in second burst upon the as
oni>hed husband, the embodiment OF IN
jIred innocence. Her feelings were about
to express themselves when the scene be-
fore her caused her 70 reflect. A poor
woman IN sick bed, bahe net old en-
oush tor christening. achld in crib, two
little girl. in bed met her eye. She red
the story at a glance. and returned home
under the escort OF her lord aud his friend
" no assured her that she had discovered
the great secret of Masonry. She never
arrived at false conclusion from appear
ances again.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04
The Devil Right FOX Once.

The New York correspondent Of the
Cong nationalist writes:
"Dr. r., who is pastor OF an Orthodo
church, had been for some time ann"ytd
by the forwardness OF a lay brother, to
speak whenever an opportunity was OIL
ferrd, to the frequent exclusion OF. those
whose remarks Fad aggregate tendency 20
edifcation. This had been carried so lar
that the pastor, whenever he stated thai
IAN opportunity would be afforded for any
brother TO offer an exhortation, had aiways
a secret dread of the loqgsrons neaber.-
Oa one special occasion the latter pre'aced
a piosv. incohe,eat harrangue. with an ac-
count of previous controversy he had
been carrying on with the Adversary
NV friends said he the devil and lhaHe
been fighting for more than twenty min
utes he told me mo-! r. speak Tonight, but
| determined I would be said some OF
the rest could speak better than |, but still |
felt ihat could not keep silent, he even
whispered tina, spoke TOO often. and that
nobody wanted TO bear me; bn' | vas not
TO b. put down IN that way, and now that
l have gained the victory must tell you
all that is in my heart Then followed
the tedious harrangue aforesaid. As they
were coming out Of the sece>siop room the
coed pastor inclined his head SO tha, his
mouth approached the year Of the militant
and whispered 'eIolheI, L
ink the Der;l ,cas righi F."
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04
A Fine Platform With no party to stand

on it.
The National Counsel of Know Nothing
has finally adjourned. Our news column
bring down lie story Of lis transactions t
the final dissolution. The country now see
with " hat truth the Democracy oil ID
South have denounced Know Nothlrgisn
as but anothe, form of Aooltioni,m. The,
see OF what vitality aud efficacy was tn
vaun,ed Third Degree OF the boa>te,
Union:saving Older. they see what sof
of thing is the nationality Of Know Moth.
ingism. They discover now, if they die
not understand belart, the secret agenc.
which defeated almost every national can
dlda,e at the North for the next House o
Representatives, and made the Nor,her1
! Congressional delegation a s2id phalanx o
Fteesoilers.
The Southern delegation prepared {
platform on the subject o. slavery: but nt
sooner did they carry II by majority o.
scaled votes, lhan, forthwith, every North
ern State, save one abandoned their COM
pany and spi, upon the Platform. The sol.
lary Northern State which remained Oh
the side OF the South-a State distinguish
cd for tue venaity of its pohticlans--"a as
sl1us characterized BY one OF the most Ell.
. ,uent and admired traitors OF the eonelave.
Said General Henry WILSON.
Massachusetts, cones here With SO, 0G0
at her back: but these men OF the Empire
State have nothing at their backs put their
clothes. William Il. Seward has his heels
upon their necks and will crush them out
50 soon as the people gel a chance at them.
They are as impotent IN influence as they are
b4egariy in chara ter. Nt,o York isfhorough-
IL AaH- NebrGshn, dad has so exhibited her
self in her elections for Congressman, and
in the unanimous declarations Of her Legis-
tire.
But enc Northern State STANDS upon the
pIatlorin--and such State When ask
ed for the evidences Of nationality of their
Order, the Southern Know Nothings will
point to those brethren of New York.
'.as impotent in influence as they are beg
gary III character When tainted with
having a national platform with Only
Southern party to stand on it, they VII
point to the Know Nothings OF New York
who secured the election Of SEWARD by
parceling to him enough OF their votes for
thai purpose, as the most fit represent
Of a State that has shown herself thor
oucblv Anti Nsbraska IN her elections to
Coppres, and IN The unanimous declarations
of her Legislature.
One Of their organs has made an exag-
cerateJ statistical statement Of tie Know
Nothing strength in the Union. Suppos.
ing the exae gera,ion to be equal for al, the
States, what sad story does it tell OF the
havoc which tho seeding, platform spurn.
ing delegations have made with the nation
aiiiy Of the Order. The following IS lhe
statement Of the Herald, en- brac;ng all the
States except South Carolina
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04

Ring Oh the fourth finger.

The idea of wearing rings Oh the fourth
finger of the let hand, because ol suppos-
ed artery which went TO the heart, WAS car
red 50 far that according to Levnus Lem
Mus, his finger was called the Aledicls; md
the old physicians would stir up their
medicines and portions I" IT'D it, because 40
venom could sick upon the very utmost
part OF it, but i, will offend man and COM
mun,cate Itself to the heart 1t is said by
Swnhurn and others, that therefore it be-
came the wedding finger. The priesthood
KEEP, up this idea by still keeping it as the
wedding finger, bui it was got at through
the use ofthe Trinity, for in the ancient
ritual of the English marriages, the RAG
was placed by the husband on the top OF
the Thumb ofthe lett hand with the words
ain the name ofthe Father he then re-
moved it to the fore finger, saying or the
name OF the Son." then TO the middle fin
ger, adding, And of the Holy Ghost" fl
nall, he lett II as now. on the fourth finger
with the closing word "Amen.'
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04

NO 3 &

From the Chronicle and Sentinel.
Classification of the vote on the Passsss
% the Kansas Bill---Letter from a. H.
STEPHENS.
WASHINGTON, Ca, July g. 1855.
Mr.. JoNes IL notice in your publica-
ton of the speech made by me at Sparta.
a typographical error Of some importance.
which | wish corrected The sentence
allude to, as printed. reads thus:
eff this great Northern question, (Eefcr-
ring TO the Kansas and Nebraska bill.
then, had been submitted to the Southern
Democrats present in the House. when the
vote was taken, and to them only, with
out another vote for or against, eith~r
from the North or South. the Bill would
have passed
The error consists in putting Northern,
where Southern should be, and the sen
.ence corrected should read
IF this great Southern question. then.
had been submitted TO the Northers Demo-
Gratis present in the House when the vote
was takea. and to them only. without an
other vote fo- or against il. either from
the North or South, the Bill would haze
passed"
| will take this OCCASION. also, 70 correct
some erroneous and conflicting statements
which I have seen in the newspapers,
upon the subject of the exact vote on til.
Nebraska bill TIE following analysis
of the vote carefully prepared, may be
useful for future reference, and insert It:
On the possoge Of the bill III. r. No. 2s6,) s.Ts
organssette Territories Of Nebraska and Kaasas.''
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04
What is a Biusn d?

What is a blush Ii is an act Of the
heart in its extreme ramitication. the cap
illaties. These small vessels become dis
tended and ill with blood, and the face
and neck become red with the increased
quantity oil the vital fluid seen through
the transparent skin. What occasions
ihis. IN emotion OF the brain, YOU say.
The eve of the modest Young woman sees
the fern, or her ears hear the voice of
some interesting youth who is approach
ing or dose at hand, and her mother or
her asnt give her WAX, and her young
female friend gives her a humorous eau
ton, and behold, in moment her face
Pushes, and perhaps she even runs away
to hide her emotion, and the Young man
,nagnes he is avoided. 1t was the brain
that did It all, was it, Truly, without a
brain she could not have heen so affected,
but neither would she have beea so affect
ed without eyes or ears.
And vet no enc AYERS that the eyes and
ears are the seats of emotion. The direct
agent in flushing is the blood, and the
blood is in the heart the liquid of the
heart, as all the hlood.vessels are merely
its BRANCHES and its twgs. The heart also
palpitates with emotion-the pulse is al
fected directly by our feelings. The ear
even bursts with grief as the blood rushes
forcibly back upon it under the Influence
of excitement. Vear exhibits itself in
pasness, o! deficiency Of blood il the
capillaries; rage, Oh the contrary, exhih-
its itself IN redness or rushing of agitated
blood into them. In extreme cases il
amounts even to blartness. The veins
and the arteries swell or shrink with emo.
uon, the pulse tells the condition of the
body as well as of the mind. A fever.
ed body and fevered mind will boll
quicken it and tranquility 10 exhibited
in HE slow and The regular beat of The
| pendulum of life.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04

PRAcTIcAL CouNsEL.--A Amos Lawrence,
of Boston, in his DAIRY and correspon-
den2e,' gives the following characteristic
counsel -
"At the commencement of your Journey,
the difference between gong just right OF
a iitie rrong. Will be the difference be-
tween finding yourself in gaod quarters or
in a miserable bog or slough at the end OF
it. Do not cheat yourself By doing what
you suspect may be wreng. You are as
much ateounla5le to your Maker for an
enlightened exercise Of your concience as
you would be to me to Use diligence in
taking care Of bag Of money which |
nigh, send BY yop.' Good principles,
and good temper, and GOOD manners. Ill
carry man through the " oIid much better
than he can get along witt. the absence
ofeither. The mos, important is good pF'n'
ciples." ''Temptation. If successfully Ie-
sisted, strengthens the character; but II
should always be avoided" The moral
taste. like the natural, is viiated BY abuse
"ile whose life ends at thirty may have
done much while he who has reached. the
the age OF one hundred may have done
little" Bring home no foreign fancies
which are inapplicable TO our state of soei-
ptt ),
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04
POETRY.
HOW'D TREE ONCE.

LOVED rI1EE ONCE.
loved thee once-but have learned
To Danish hence thai thought
To check the heart which vainly burned
" it'll love that was unsought;
Tie flames which lit my spirit first,
In youths bright dreamy hour
Which awhile 50 iondl Y nursed,
Hath lost its former power!
loved thee-but that love ween
Was to thee all unknown;
B, the nnheeded and unseen,
thought Of thee alone.
How oft amid the throng I've wept
For one glance from thine eye;
There by me thou hast often stepped,
Unconscious | was nigh!
loved thee oncc-oft have gazed
Upon thy beaming brow,
Till thence methought radienee biazed
Too bright for aught below;
And | have listened to the song,
And viewed thy smiling face,
Till seemed borne on wings along,
Thro' heavens ierial space.
loved thee oncc-bpt tears no moro
Shall dim mine eve for thee,
In other ears thy battery poor
lis nothing now to me.
Nor will thy memory cause smart,
For the last tie Is riven,
And possess once more tho heart
So idly to thee given.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04
THE SUN sggNIs OVER ALL.

When hope is heart forsakiug
Go forth in the open day,
And watch the sunbeans breaking
As the dark clouds roll away.
Then mark how they tinga and brighten
Each dark SPOT where they fall,
And thy heart Of each care vii. tighten,
For the sunshines over ali!
When thine eyes with tear drops slisten,
And each tender chord is stirred,
Then ME tn the woods and listen
To the sweet song OF the bird;
Aud mark how he sings eontented,
AZ the leaves around him rail-
You'll forget what You 'amented,
For the sweet birds sing Tor all.
When all You fondly cherished
las passed, like a dream. away;
Tie love you chung to pellshed,
The friendship known decay;
Seek then the woodland flowers,
They will all the past recall,
And point to happier hours,
For the bright flowers bloom for all.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04
Majority of.ecessionists,
10 i55

AIdl0IlIf oil seceSslOElSt3, 1920
Such is the picture of the nationality of
the Know Nothngs. The Southern men,
bers erected platform for the Order, but;
suddenly as i, was al Babel, their speech
WAS conrounded, and they turned their
backs on each other and on the tower. Tht
platform is as useless for every practical pur-
pose as the pyramids Of Egypt, or the pill
lars and intels Of stanahenge, or galows
after The ielon has escaped, or a splenGid
mill without water 70 turn its wheels, or a
cart without beasts to draw it. 1t is p ma
tional platform for the use of but section
Of the organization. II is like complete
garment upon a body that has beer prun-
ed by amputaiion, the cloth being there,
but the limbs wanting. To call the Order
national after the whole North has sece-
ded from the platform is like calling
hall the whole, or a pint Of brandy quart
because 1t is in a quart bottle.
The Southern delegates need no: have
gone to the distance ofPhiladelpbia 10
frame such platform as they have got
1t could have been constructed and adop-
led by the Southern delegations just as
well in Richmond Or Nashville, OF New
Orleans, as in Philadelphia. Their going
North to vote themstl lives a national plat
form was superlluous labor and undiver-
ting farce. II they had not gone 50 far
they would not have heard SC much abuse
of slavery and shareholders. insult aud
*Thc fullest and appsreptly the most accurate
Of the ayes and noes onthe majority slave
~ resolutions sets down Missouri III the negatice-
three of her delegates remaining silent, and four
casting hor vote against the Seuthern platform. II
this be So as we think it is the change in tho above
figures will be 50, 900 against the Patformsts
The vote of New York in favor of the majority re-
port was not unanmous-s.so delegates vctan. inthe
negative, and four in the affirmative,
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04

A REMARKABLE MAN.-There is gem
lleman residing in this city. who came
here tweniyihree years ago from Eng land
and brought with him some three hHndred
guineas of his own hard earnings, with
which he commenced business as a grocer
Oh small scals. Little BY little he in-
creased his trade. and At the present fine
he is probably worth asare ;hah any other
man in Massachusetts, in the saEls line ei
business. During the period Of twenty
three years. he never gave a note at hand
or took one; he never sued man and was
sued himself nor ever called on to the wit
ness stand IN any count during the whole
period. He Was never naturaiizcd, and OF
course never voted, although he hes paid
thousands of dollars for State and country
taxes. He has been known to buy car
go of West India goods amounting 10 500.
600, for which he paid cash on delivery.
He never deals in or drinks intoxicating
lquo,s;inever gives a dollar for charata.
biz pu, poses where he thinks his name
will sppear in the newspapers although
ne has distributed thousands to the dis
iressts of his fellow men. Can such an
other man be found in this or any other
country Boston Times.
Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1855-08-04

Warranted to cure and no danger from exposure
to cold.
Applied to burns at once, it leaves no scar.
&s- Price 50 and 10 cents bottle.
DOVER co.
Sole Proprietors. Richmond Va.
RicHaoNp, Jan. 49, 1855.
1iessrs. Dove & Co. For abou. seven wears my me-
GRO boy, Simon, had ulcer on the shin bone of
of his legs he has had the very best medical
sore has been repeatedly poulticed ard burnt with
caustic at intervals whilst giving APPLYING medi-
cine, he has been kept ON low diet and also kept per-
ieutiy quiet, with the limb elevated sometimes the
sore would be as large az the palm OF mans hand,
and at others no larger than half dime. and even
when i has attained this snail size would break out
again. became certainly discouraged about it, and
one day. while in your store, asked you what
piust do for it, you give a bottle of your Turf
OIL and after using 5 bottles (by the direction it
was entirely headed. Previous to the time of usin.
t. he had lost months from his work, but since he
has never lost a single day. l will add that have
etrended uselessly, on his limb, about two hundred
sad aity dollars. and it gives me pleasure to add to
she mar YOU have, this testimonial Of the virtues
Of Jodf FUR. Oil. Very respectfully.
5. L, SHELTON.
e congratulated by permission from lady Of
thu city.
RICHMOND, Nov. Il, 1854
aIessrs. Dove & Co.-Gentiemon IL used a por-
ton of bottle of Turf Oil, which you very kindly
presented WITH and take pleasure in saying
that found it eeetual in removing eruption Of
the skin, for which had been practsed upon for
seseral years by physicians, without receiving the
least benefit | also recommended it to n friend of
mine, Who Tor some wears has been annoyed with
similar eruption OF the skin, and he informed me a
few days since that from the of one bottle, he
had been entirely cured. Respectfully,
dec.i. II. LEtfWlCH.
BIa IsbsSp, Va, Nov. ], 1854.
Aessrs. Dove & co.-t:entlemen IL used about
ene-four.h of a bottle of seur "Tnft OH upon the
back OF my horse; the worst back almost saw,
entirely raw, place nearly rs large as my hand
ard this single application onle applied it once)
cured it up entirely and permanently / really was
surprised at the qnckucss OF its curative properties
and think it more prompt and eilieaeions than any
thing of the kind ever aud have sold thou
sands of bottles OF other prenaratons for sinar
purposes. Respectfully