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Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-15


Altst hare property toiN49Ie, will l'l.rsss s
S6rGllNEte tile Tettdig reliable expose 81 his on any
iOus jtied * TloutlUn For NteinesS, security aAl
T0Mplille, II has ever sV0 rs IN line o. TANGO
iluS@kll tOr ability and nl9lns @ attract 40 aEeo0
81 lie sltlfg public Ia CoNFlrDl their confidence N liz
e slRtfHGUt Il prepared any u6 can cont asE
dillon WIt. local aud Slate INSURANCE otes, 80 dts04'
rs lNyesibfRlS arc II HAT 91td 7" not 70
he materially Affected BY le late depression " sba| sssS
f6s Gsrtase Of lts capital slOck TO $6n0o, isa bona
i,c cash ullti0n1l 10 lie strength VI the CQIr0i ALTON.
ami pcrlatsvt Investment for Tie Psse AMI security o.
His and ltal benefits Of Insurance are wellfy-
onNSl III Tic fact tho company has lsl Cdt E0Ssas lH
lila lie paSl year, al lis western branch 9tIlee al1te N
tineiNsti 10 Ii sum OF $40 6g 0 MI 81 U which has
SSl pSiJ considerably liz hiv5Nto OF The lime legally que,
SEd Il las had IV sui or litigation II all aus U eSe
iScis a,o lucNneNls 10 hV cOhiatce ~ its yala bic
patronage OF It's Nclea&cl they VIII Id us agents
Sen 10 tho l6tOanS1t business IS heretofore,
Sptoppt al eSiaS0rsbe rpes anA terms as 70
SY''S @'' Y PETERSON, agSsSg,l, A.. .,
'Ihe kltna Insurance Company
oESt5Slt6iFEtEt1siiSi,l 5 SGlSiSo
,Yith Perpetual tlharttr Capital, al TAD IN, q
$500 600.
one ofthe 9ldest and heat u MS country
0optAe oI5 fGeIHR9E||Ss ySEyI'
sentt0-iyd Agent FOL Wheeling aud vicinity,
Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-02-15

HAVING pNrthattd lie above establishment ron ny
Ill brother, shall always kttl on ~ l a f[sslA
COCe selection oil faUily lilotcrlcai aud b16 In etr
Tie patronage Of lilo old customers OF y ttQeL aud as
Many now ones as me CALI knowing a8 do That
they Shall moi 10 away aNsatsfs.
Wheeling, lale GNsh, 1854. lcs0
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03
A rhcHELoR N 4 RAD Elk.

We den't like = joke II the expense q
la ael.eIoss. ba: tais story, t3id by the Mons
GcId Herald, ; TOO good 10 be lost:
ga morning or two since, cries for as
sistance were heard proceeding from the
room of highly respectable old Bachelor.
On bursting open the door he was found
froze fast in tub of water! Having been
troubled with bad cold, he thought he
would take bath in a tub of warm water
the night before, and felt SO comfortable
while sitting in it, that he droppeeto sleep
and did not wake until morning. Tie was,
of course, unable to stir, and was compel
led to call for help. To his great horror,
the first person who rushed to his aid was
an old maid who had felt partiality for
him. She, supposing he intended joke
upon her, broke into the street again, her
countenance filled with Indignation and
wounded vanity, and threw her hands vio-
lently about, exclaiming, 80, the hateful
william" His continued cries, however,
brought our friend speedy assistance, when,
by chopping him out with a hatchet and
turning him round and round like spit
before the fire, he was soon thawed out
He wishes us to say he is nova candidate
for matrimony.'
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03
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lie have, and they content themselves
With he thought that fincry cannot be dis
-. - with IN lieu OF such a eensure semi

with he thought that finery cannot be dis
ser.ss:si with In lieu OF such a eensure semi
|ntr ally.
An4 there IS bachelor Ben, % vei.s,sa siie
new wear opens al sun siine. Tie lady
with pretty foot sent him a pair OF en-
broidered slippers, accompanied by neat
little note which is carefully laid away in
loek-up. Miss Billings, the heiress,
made him present Of a set OF toilet ap-
paratus, and gave him a keen shot about
shaving, which he considers '.leetle' In
delicate in young lady to address a gen
tleinan. Eel tie razor, brush, combs, and
eteeieras, are III so useful that they brought
ota Z note On gold-tinted paper, and an
OK IeSs.on--bat, TO matter-the bachelor
means to be married this year, certainly.
Miss Tibbs looks back upon the past
year with peculiar complacency. During
this period she has become engaged to such
ga love Of fellow" He has no particu-
lar business considered very rich
will never expect her to labor more than
a wax doll-admires her trills-goes with
her daily to the confectioner's- to
marry soon and pass the honeymoon
''abroad." A 'ssplendid year awaits Miss
Tibbs.
Mrs. Mark has accomplished all she ex-
nactaS bo 1ou Che hoe ro ,,o1d 1a1
her drawing rooms, and added antiqe fur
niture-her darling son has become en-
gagged to charming girl. She feels less
gloomy on account of her husbands de-
cease, and receives call from an esteemed
gentleman on the morning of the opening
year. Her mourning veil is decidedly in
the way with, her clumsy furs. She is hap
py in the future.
And so we might 60 on sletching an
infinite variety more who have begun the
year rariously, not one of whom, we fear,
has taken an inventory of their athraal
condition. They have white-washed and
rubbed all the spots off the exterior dwell
ling-have been diligent in improving
their compilations and apparel; but how
many, we ask in kindness, have resolved
to subdue all jealousy, envy, and evil
speaking, and have determined to become
more pure and bright within2 To adop,
such resolutions and then carry them out
without any further preamble, would cause
another year to open with most sunny as.
pect upon many renegade character
Let us try it.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03
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"Noah's ark!' retorted the other, in
contempt, "who ever heard of a Mclean
that had not boat of his own?"

Ey "A humorous young man was driv-
ing horse which was in the habit OF
stopping at every house on the road side.
Passing country tavern, where were col
lccted together some dozen countrymen
the beast as usual ran opposite the door
and then stopped in spite of the young
man, who applied the whip with all his
might to drive the horse on. The men on
the porch commenced a hearty laugh, and
some inquired if he would sell the horse
"Yes," replied the young man, ''but / can
not recommend him, as he once belonged
to butcher, and stops wherever he hears
the calves bleat." The crowd retired tc
the bar in silence.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03
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SERIES FOR 1855.
THE HOME JOURNAL.


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Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03
HOW THE YEAR CAME IN.

The old year has past, and new one
dawns over the citizens of Kansas Terri
tory, and .sthe rest of mankind" Our
friend Jerry facetiously remarks that there
would not be so free an interchange of
ssthe compliments of the season" if the wish
cost anything-for he observes that all
asthmatical people, and all having "bron-
chial tendencies" or that breath through
respirators-in fact, when it costs an effort,
nobody makes it.
But we need stopping place every now
and then in our journey, and the New
Year is always pointed at as sort Of inn
where we may halt, rebrush ourselves, and
perhaps pat ON change of apparel, :and
thus re-invigorate ourseEesfor the remain
ing way before us. We like the practice,
only it gets absurd now and then.
There is Fleetwood kind of grumb-
Ter over the past. He is defeated politi-
cian-his party is somewhat "used up
he lost some bets during the late election,
and he so utters his Jeremical with loud
lamentation about last year--snorrns over
his country-says all the fire of patriotism
is dying out-seems unreconciied to the
loss of departed statesmen-imagines we
are all going to ruin, and though full of
feshy infrmities which remind him that he
too will join his head leaders in that better
country, yet that common fact seems to be
far out of sight in the distance. The New
Year brought little pleasure to him.
There is Mr.. Smalwood, the Specula.
tor. He is in little better condition.
The money market is ''decidedly easier
and must continue so. Australia opens as
rich as ,isaal-California continues to dis
gorge weli-prices have an "upward ten
dency"-''the margin is still large" Mr..
SmafIwood is full of hepe-this year open
ed very auspiciousiy.
Mr.. Gum, the capitalist, never felt bet
ter He wished a happy New Year to
every body he met-and why? Why,
mortgages were in good demand-divi-
dends came quite mp to his expectations
building is going on with spirit, and enter
prise always counts well in has pocket.
And there is the Prospectus Of what our
numerous friends intend to do-alI indicat-
| ing Iaudable and self-sacri6cing devotion
to their several occupations, and all the en-
gagged corps of contributors are charged
with flashes of wit, profound4hought, or
learned analysis, adapted to all classes and
all wants. Why should one grumbIe if
they are not included among this choice
array Il should only make him or her
whet up their thonghts, and be brought out
in future as particular star among lesser
consultations.
i Now as the world is wagging on SO
beautifully, and everything is moving Sc
lharmoniously, why should there be any
gr,mbIers, croakers, and fretters to add io
our catalogue Yet We are sorry to say
we encounter some such
One man is fretting about the numer-
Gus little bills" that s.are flying shout a,
this time. He scolds his family just twice
year about extravagance In dress, viz
in July and yanuary-g generally the hot
test and coolest days in the year. But as
a settlement generally is succeeded BY 81
; long season of quiet, madam and the
| girls" conclude that the present wants must
be attended to, and so they early COM
lmence on new score. 1t is way some
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03
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TO- Il wish was ghost, blamed if
! don't" said poor covey, the other night,
as he sat soliloquizing in the cold. "They
go wherever they r-@ase, toll free; they
don't owe nobody nothing, and that's a
comfort. Whoever heard tell of a man
who had bill against ghosts Nobody.
They never buys hats, wittals, or icker,
nor has to saw wood or run arrants, as
do. Their shirts never gets dirty, nor
their trousers out at the knees, as | ever
heard tell on. Ghosts is the only inde-
pendent people knows on. / rally wish
es / was one.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03

ia Over fourteen hundred iysorisnnen
are said to be at present busify at work In
the Gosport, (Va.,) navy yard. They are
building two of the six steam frigates Or
dered by Congress, the Colorado and Ro-
anoke, and fitting out the Constellation,
Raritan and Potomac. besides which they
are erecting a foundry, sheds, quay
wall, sc.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03

s@- An old gentleman travelling some
years ago, inside the Bath mail, had two
ladies, sisters, for his companions. The
younger an invalid, soon fell asleep, and
the old gentleman expressed his regret to
see SO charming young lady i'll ill health.
"Ah, yes, indeedr' sighed the elder sis
ter, ''a disease Of the heart"
"Dear me- was the sympathetic re-
sponse, sat her age! Ossifcation, per-
haps2 Ossif-!"
80. no. lieutenant ~
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03
nWF Shillaber, of the Carpet Bag, tells

Fa1- Shillaber, of the Carpet Bag, tells
tells the following outrageous gun story:
'Speaking to day with a son Of gun
regarding some cunning exploits, he told
me of a singular instance of gun hanging
fire, which were it not for his well known
veracity, should feel disposed to doubt
He had snapped his gun at grey squir-
rel, and the cap had exploded, but the
piece not going off he took it from his
shoulder, looked down into the barrel, and
saw the charge just starting, when, bring
ing it to his shoulder again, it went off and
killed the squirrel?'
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03
qaa Ess2Egsp II LED.

EFis .Gese cs5a5ilasa ire one night,
lis,eF yrss hso-e8,-.sesfsee;
Tor eegein, ffie..d s.la9 parasite.
lis very dag, departed.
One faithfai sill remained; tfe cat,
With melancholy newing;
Increased his sorrows as he sat
Beside the smoking ruin.
s:Art thoul'' he sighed, ssmy friend inneed?
By others now forsslSen;
Then eat with me, though poor, indeed,
OF this half-roasted bacon.
aCome, share the treasure" Aret cried;
.E'Tis moist with fears shed.''
s'That's what | smeiled," the cat replied,
And snapped it up and fled.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03
JEWS IN THE HOLY LAND.

In 1858, there were over 10000 Jews
in Jerusalem. This number has lately
greatly increased, and they are supported
by Jews In other parts Of the world, par
ticularly those in America and Holland
These Jews reside chiefly ON the rugged
slope Of Mount Zion, over against the
temple. Many of them are supported by
annuities, which they receive from their
friends in Europe, to whom they have
made over their property with that stipuia-
ton. This money is renitted to rich
Jewish merchant at Amsterdam, who is
called the president Of the Holy Land,
and the average amount which he receives
may be near 100000. Instead of doing
good it seems to engender strife and idle
ness. These Jews still anticipate the
speedy coming of the Messiah.
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03

s3- "Young man, do you know what
relation you sustain in this world 2" said a
minister Of our acquaintance to young
man of the church. eyes, SIR said the
hopeful convert, .'two cousins and grand
mother, but don't intend to sustain them
much longer"
Squatter sovereign., 1855-02-03

Es ssWould yos. like to- subscribe for
Dickens Household Wordss 2" inquired a
sombre magazine agent. g Household
words have played the dickens with me
long enough!' p was the feeling reply. The
agent absconded.