The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-12-28


which IS manufactured from a sort OF honey
dew or sugar coating, which falls on the leaves
OF the cottonwood trees, and resembles the iroS-
tag on cake. There have been several thousand
pounds Of sugar made from this substance with
IN few days, and it sells readily at forty cents
per pound.
OccuFATIoH--The following thoughts on oc-
cuPation we extract from Mrs. Stephens esOld
Homestead"
Occupation what glorious thing it is for
the human heart. Those who work bard sell
dom yield themselves entirely up 10 f4ncied or
real sorrow. When grief sits down, folds its
hands, aud mournfully feeds upon its own tears,
weaving the dim shadow, that little exprion
might sweep away, into a funeral pail, the
strong spirit is sborn Of its might, and sorrow
becomes our masters. When troubles aow upon
you, dark and heavAtoil not with the waves
wreStp not with The tdctent rather seek, BY
occupations, TO divert thr. dark waters that
threaten to oyerwfs'lm you, into a thousand
channels which theduties OF life always present
Before you dream Of it, those waters will frrti-
lize the present, and give birth to fresh flowers
that viii become pure and holy. in the sunshine
which ppneratps 10 the path ofduty, in spite Of
feeling and most selfish is the man who Yields
himself to the indulgence of any which bring no
JOY to his fellow man.
The GRAVE OF MADl~ox.-A correspon-
dent OF the Fredericksburg .Vctcs, in Cnlpepper
county, Va, gives melancholy picture Of the
illuStrious Madison. He lies win his family
in grave yard short distance from his housr,
upon his estate of Montpelier 3Ihe fan,iiy ce-
metery is surrounded by brick wal, and the
gate is entirely down. The correspondent SAYS
that not a stone marks the great mans resting
place dark, running green box wraps it with
vrrdur, and the tracery Of branches from an old
ehesnut tree, relieving itself against the warm
aEare sky, nod and wave over the mountain
lis a solemn, calm, and peaceful spot. The
correspondent adds that Mrs. MadiSon's remains
are in'thp vault of the Congressional burial
ground in Washington. Her direction was to
be inferred 5y the sidr Of her husband, but her
son has never fulfilled her request.
Pic HuHr ~ THE CRmEA.-.Carl Benson
ssnds the following. account Of an extraordiaaFv
hunt, cut from an English paper
Soon after getting into the village ] saw
most ludicrouS pig hunt. | heard shot fired,
followed by the furons squealing OF a pig, so ]
rushed on with my servant (whom | had ia
ken with me, with his muSket:) before | came
up 10 the French, heard pop, popping, in all
directions, bu the pig seemed 10 have a charm
ed life. and was only wounded. | came up to
him standing at bav, in the middle of pool of
water, and took deliberate shot, but missed him.
NV servant then fred and missed him. ! rush
ed on to get another shot, but fell fiat on my
face in the mud.
The pig then got into the middle Of the
French again, who fred one after the other,
missing him, and firing as usual without caring
the least Ia what direction, so that one heard the
not very pleasant ping of the MIME balls 60
ING in all directions Il think servant who
Went in, Of ours, got a slight scratch on the
hand from sling out of one OF their pieces. y
Well the undanted pig rushed on, followed by
the French, stab5ing at him by their bayonrts
and cutasSes, and falling over their faces
afterwards You never saw such scene: at
last, in doubling back. some one again wounded
him, and immediately about 90 sailors cutlaSSeS
and soldiers bayones were dashing into him
As they carried him past in triumph, he looked
more like piucushon than anything else.
REMARKABLE DEEAMs.-Thp belief that drcgms
are prophetic is held Icy many worthy and sem
sible people Perhaps none of US have escaped
the influence of what we call s.bad dream''-
the heavy dread OF some underlined calamity
pursuing US through the day following the
dream, perhaps many days afterwards The IA
miIar provprb ''drrams 90 by contrari-s'' adj
ministered almost invariably as some kind of
consolation under these circumstances, shows
how deep-seated and universal is thp supprsti-
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lers who infrSt our large cities, make the inter
pfetatiou OF dreams large and profitable share
Of their business The practice Of LAYING
piece of wedding cake under ones pillow IS
still extant, and many other illustrations might
b. given of the common belief in the prophetic
power Of dreams.
Ofcasps of remarkable dreams fulfilled. books
and newspapers are full-mos of these stories,
Of course, are apocrypha Wh~n the facts
admitted, mental philosophers explain them by
saving that a strong mental emotion is embodied
into dream and is fulfilled by some natural CO.
incidence. The case ralated OF the lady who
dreamed Of the loss of her husband in the Artc
and whose dream was fulfilled both as 10 the
time and as TO some of the circumstances of the
events NAV be explained, by the fact of her ner-
vous anxiety and that her husbands absence at
sea predispostd her TO dream OF wreck, &c
But authenticated cases are cited which hardly
admits of this explanation, and Abererombe
himself admits that analysis of az extensive col
lection OF we'll authenticated facts would unfold
principles of very great interest.
One remarkable case we are tempted to cite
both from the authority on which II rests, and as
an illustration Of class. 1t is related by De
Quiucey in his '.Literary "reminiscences late
ly re-ssued IN this country. lady of family
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