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Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

PARROTS IN lOwA.-lt is said that numbers
OF parrots resort annually to Decatur County,
Iowa, and are sometimes seen in fiocks oftwen-
~ and even more. Three of these birds were
she. one week during The late cold SPELL
lhey are about the size of the common tame
pigeon though moi quite so large round; their
tails are shorter, their plumage is green, tnged
on the back with blue; their wing feathers are
reu ana yellow, and the bill and tongue are the
same as IN all parrots. 1t is rather surprising
to find these birds SO far north and feeling SO
much at home.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

A PIGGIsH ILLUsTRATION.-A country girl,
several of whose sisters had married badly,
was about herself to take the moose.
How dare you get married." asked cou-
sin of hers" after having before you the unfor-
tunate example Of your sisters "
"a fudge for the example of my sisters =
exclaimed the girl, with splrl!--" choose to
make trial myself Did you ever see parcel
of pigs running TO trough Of hot swlll! The
first one sticks in his nose, gets 1t scalded,
aud then draws back and squeals The second
burns his nose, and stands squealing, the same
manner. The third follows suit, and he squeals
too. But still it makes no difference with those
behind They never take warning of those be-
fore; but all in turn thrust in their noses, just
as if the first hadn't got burnt or squeaed at all
So it is with girls in regard to matrmony
and now cousin, hope you are satisfied"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

MORTALITY IN SOUTHERN RUssIA.-A cor
respondent of the Austrian Gazette states that
the typus fever is making terrible havoc IN
Southern Russia. Among the troops and mill
tia stationed at Odessa and vicinity, it RACES
with frightful mortality, and is spreading among
the population to such an extent that all the
hospitals and many private dwellings are filled
with the sick of whom vast number die daily
More than twenty thousand soldiers are IN the
hospitals, and thousands have already died.
Among the victims there were in one week
twelve army surgeons and four physicians, OF
whom two were Americans, who had made
preparations TO return home. In the city pro-
per some fifteen hundred families are plunged
into the deepest poverty. and committees have
been appointed to supply them with food, cloth
ing and fuel; even among the better classes
great distress prevails, and the desire for peace
is universal. Not oRly Odessa, but all South
ern Russia, in the vicinity of the seat of war
is dccmated by this trghtful sconrge. Bakts-
chiserai, Simpheropol, Emerson, and particular
ly Nicolaieff, are almost depOpulated. Bessa'
rabia is likewise threatened with visitation
of the disease. The number of victims up t.
latest dates was estimated at not less than 100,
600.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

Be Careful of your Money.

....s i. -e 90 ul.. l.at5 It 1@fr -..t.'
When life is full of health and glee, =
Work, work as busy as a bee! e'a
And take this gentle hint from me. l...
BE careful Of your money! 4. -, ..-f e..-
You'll find it true, when friends are few,
When you are short of money. 80 -
The single grain cast in the mou!d shaa IS
May spring and give hundred fold; ..si"7
More precious than its weight in gold;
BE careful Of your money! 49,.
The grain you SOW 10 stacks may grow
Be careful of your money! r baa .iaIl
Bot do not shut sweet Mercy's doors
When sorrow pleads or want implores;
To he p to heal misforlune's sores, - .
BE careful of your money!
TO help the poor who = ei your door,
lie careful of your mon y! s... 49,.
Would you escape the beggar's lot,
The death.bed Of the tippling sot, sl-,A i.
And live in sweet coetenlment : cot!
b careful Of your money!
And If you need friend indeed,
Be ref. of your IN ne r.. y. TX
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

GENIUs.-That is a fine passage in Bunts
speech on behalf of Meagher for high treason.
9 | said the prisoner standing at your bar was
d man of genius. L said truly-his life, his elo-
quence, his words, his acts his virtues, his very
faults, attest it. Genius, that best, but too of
ten most fatal gift of God to man. Generous
and hdulgent should be the judgement oft
world upon the indiscretons to which it prompts,
remembering the virtues and the greatness by
which they are redeemed. Genius has its lofty
virtues, but it has also its great faults. II it
has the dari Q that achieves great things, It
has also the viii impulses that forget the cal
culations of prudence. If it brings with it fire
from Heaven, it brings with it, too, the penal.
ty that of old belonged to the man who stole
that forbidden fiame-to the Possessor, the vul-
ture and the rock, TO others, misery and wretch
edness. Most assnredly, to the man who has
this gift, it brings torture, and the brilllaHcy
which dazzles the world, consumes, with rest
less agony, the heart in which it burns. But
if there be one attribute of genius, which more
than another distinguishes it, it is the reckless
enthusiasm with which, in the utterance of Ian.
guage, il throws itself into the cause which il
espouses." :. .r4.s.a-. s.. ..lI fslss.-.l
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

the. outward appearance, which is a sight so
luxuriant to the soul, as it drinks in the glis-
tening rays Of the sun against its solid parti-
Giles; while Others rising gradually, whose sides
are decorated with the green moss here and
there scattered over them, the tall pines thckly
planted on its surface, shading the ground 1--WE
might say for niles, thus affordng place OF
resort for the weary animal to rest his tired
limbs, after browsing from their sides. Then
behold the ripping water-brook, as it wends its
course between these grand sceneres, playing
peacefully along through the valleys, thus en-
llvening the spectator as he witnesses the mag.
nifcence. ' f'+
But again, turn your face to the north and
silently listen to the faint voice of the rafting
of the cars--and, as it approaches nearer and
nearer, the sound falls heavier and more dis
tinctly upon your ears, till at last you see the
steam pouring from its place of confinement to
enjoy the spacious world around it next, the
cars themselves Gas suppose you have all wit
messed, ere this, speeding by your peaceful
town., till as they pass swiftly by you, and then
again lost to your vision behind some tall IN. I'M
tain; and then you look for long distance up
the track, by the side of this beautiful river,
thinking of the greatest piece of mans inge-
nuity, wondering why the all-wise Creator hath
thus endowed him (nan) with such mind, I'M
til you are completely absorbed aud lost, in thus
meditating and rejecting upon such Being as
has thus blest us with suc.l comprehension and
intellect as TO understand and develope his
wise designs. But we are compelled to quit
this -Point--this vision so rapturous, so
magnifcent-at the commanding tones of the
Institute-bell, and repair to our accustomed
daily pursuits, within the walls of the large
and spacious building, to take up our Hebrew OF
Greek. or whatever study may come first; and
how great the change, but not the less inter.
esting, aswe eagerly peruse the original tongue
the language of our ancestors. .7 ..-
But We must close, trusting to meet yor
again shortly, Yours, respectfully, FL"
THos. S. WILLIAMS.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

SMUGGLING LIQUOR INTO THE BRITfsH PRo-
yINcEs.-The Yarmouth IN. 81 Herald, of the
10th says As a number Of casks, consigned
to Messrs. Southland, and entered as containing
vegetables, were being landed from schooner
Mary Groton. Captain Sloane. from Boston, at
York Point, on Friday last, the tide being low
one of the casks, containing quantity oil nails,
&C., which had been swung high, fell on the
wharf with such force that the head New out
and among other articles that tumbled from IL
was small cask, which, on examination, the
Custom House officers found to contain alcoholic
liquor. This led to further examination and
about a dozen casks, containing from five to ten
gaIlons each. were found thus concealed The
Whole was seized and it is said the vessel also
Is liable TO forfeiture. The vessel is owned and
registered at st. John.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23
Etiquette of the Road.

1t is related of Mr. Webster and Mr.. Mason,
that they were once riding the circuit together
in the winter season. The snow was deep aud
the weather cold, and both were muffied in
buifaloes. Mr.. Mason was an uncommonly
tall man, and Mr. Webster, it is well known,
had very deep voice, amounting at times al
most to growl. On the road, where it was
not very easy turning out, they met bluff
countryman, with his OK team, who shook his
gOad at them and sang out" Turn out there
turn out :"
They gave him half the track, but he insist
ed upon the whole, and began to threaten,
when Mr.. Mason began to rise, and rise, until
he had got up six feet and more, and to the
astonished view of the teamster, seemed to be
going higher, when Mr.. Webster growled out
in his most bearish manner:
"Turn out yourself, sir!'
"Gee, geo." cried the teamster. "why don't
you gee?" putting the brad into his oxen as
he cleared the track for what, to his astonished
vision, appeared brace of giants.
This latter anecdote reminds us of the case
of the gentleman who was riding with a span
new turnout, when he was saIuted by team
ster he was about meeting, with an imperative
order" Turn out, there! turn out or | will
serve you as did the man the other day."
Our owner of the gay equipage, not caring
to risk his carriage in an encounter with an OK
cart, took up position on the extreme right
and waited patiently for the horrid despollei
of vehicles to pass. He could not, however
resist his curiosity to know what dreadful thing
the cartman did do: and so, leaning his head
out of the carriage, he accosted him with the
inquiry:
{" How did you serve the man the other day O.
How did | serve him % replied the team
ster; why, he wouldn't turn out, so turned
out myself" -BOStOn Transcript
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

LAGER BEER has been adopted by the Upper
Ten of New York, and bids fair to supersede
all other fashionable beverages. The N. fork
Mirror saws, that between the first and second
acts Of Don Giovanni, at the Academy oil Mu-
Sic the other night, no less than three hundred
and sixty glasses of Lager Beer were drunk IN
the saloon. 1t goes on to congratulate inc pup
lie upon its growing taste tor beverage wp,ch'
il seems to think, is very Wholesome, ana is uIs-
t;neS TO "driye rot-gut rum camphene brandy,
and vitriolic liquors generally, out of the mar
ket . IL il presumed that taste for Lager
poor will he one of the evidences of refinement
in New York, and that mans or woman s
standing in society will be adjusted according
10 the number of glasses that can be taken.--
The star of Lager Beer is evidently in the as
cendant 40
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

METHODIST GENERAL CoNPERENcp The
methodist General Conference, which comnri-
SEES delegations from all the Annual Conteren-
ces OF the Methodist Episcopal Church. will
assemble a,a at Indianapolis on the LIST of Nav next
Inc Indiana polls Sentinel furnishes the follow.
ing items relating to the nature and objects of
TINS powerful ecclesiastical body:
. Inc whole church North, which includes
the Baltimore Conference; the conference Of
delaware and part of Virginia, and all the
Northern' Eastern and Northeastern States.
are within its Jurisdiction. '''
~ a. cohVenes only every fourth year.
Inc number of regular delegates will be
aoout coO' besides irregular, or visiting dele
gates from England, Canada, &c. which viii
probably swell it to about $50.
Seven Bishops are expected to be in attend.
ance and probably large number of lay visi-
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23
:, ps,,ucxxi. 9, IS the expression: " tn

In PSALM cxxi., 6, is the expression: The
sun shall not snite thee by day, nor the moon
Inv nighL" In explanation Of. this somewhat
peculiar I passage, Mr.. Crane, in his " Letters
from the East,n says: The effect ofthe moon-
Ioht ON the eyes in this country (EgypD Is
sissguIarly injurious. The natives tell yop' as
/ fannd afterwards they also did in Arabia, to
slwavs cover your eyes when you sleep IN the
nona;r The moon here really strikes and
osssots the sight when you sleep exposed to It
Touch more than the sun. Indeed, The sight Of
!, nerson who should sleep with hls face exposed
=, night would soon be Impaired or loseTf
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23
Mechanics.

We have always been aware of the real i'm
portance Of our practical mechanics to the
other classes of the community. We have seen
that the merit of their services was not duly
appreciated, that they were denied their just
bearing in society, and excluded from privileges
which were emphatically their own. This, and
more than this we have seen and regretted =
The mechanic himself no doubt, has felt that
he was struggling with obloquy and prejudice,
and in too many instances has abandoned his
habits of industry, scorning to follow an en-
ployment which exposed him to ridicule and
contempt, however honorable in itself, or lucra-
tive it mi ght have been, and embarked in enter
prizes which were i'll calculated for his situa-
ton.
But the eyes of the community are at length
open, the real worth of the mechanic is begin
ming to be acknowledged, and he can now look
up amid his fellow-men, proudly and lndepen-
IDENTIFY. He can now pursue his calling, with
the anlmatIng consciousness of merltlng and
obtaining the esteem and confidence of his
neighbors; and with industry, temperance and
frugalty, he is certain of rising in the world, Of
obtaining an influence and an honest name, un-
borrowed from ancestral honors or hereditary
wealth.
Ii there is any situation truly enviable, it is
that of the Industrious mechanic, who by his
own unaided exertions, has established for him
self respectable place in society, who, COM
mencing in poverty, has been able by his owl
skill and perseverance to overcome every o6sta-
Gle, to vanquish every prejudice, and build VI
for himself a reputation, the value of which il
enhanced by the knowledge that it was unde
rived from others.
And let it be remembered that this situation
is attainable to all who have health anda pr%c
teal knowledge of their business Fortune
will, sooner or later, crown their efforts will
success, 1t is mistaken idea that she deal.
about her favors blindly and with reckless
hand. Industry and a virtuous ambition are
seldom extended in vain.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

W The Carbon Democrat reports case of
Tar and feathering in Weistport, in which the
parties were all women. The CHARGE of the
ProsecutrIx in the case, alleges that the defen-
dants' three persons of her own sex, persuaded
her into house, and there applied coat oftar
ana feathers to portion of her person. The
testimony OF the prosecutrix was of a yerv
deicate and modest character, and created con-
siderable merrlment. The defendants were
pound over to the next term of court to answer.
some interesting developments may be antici-
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

MAN WITH NINE WIvEs-The notorious
Nathan Brown, the most remarkable bigamist
ever known IN America, was brought by officer
Elliott the other day, from near JetFersonviIle.
Indiana under requisition from Gov. Chase
lie Is rePuted to have nine living wives! His
practice has been to live with each about three
months get hold of their property and desert
Them lie is now safe in Butter county Jail.
at the instance of his seventh wife, resident
OF this city. The old scamp is fifty-three wears
oil age and has married three wives within two
years
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selrt.t :sflils:i,telIa'lnEpIJ,.

:, RAT KDs.-An exchange, which is evident
ly not among those posted up on the more re
cent "Awful Disclosures " of fashionable life
informs il readers with anna cement that kid
gloves at the prese!t day, are to great extent
made of rat skins, and that the price of rats is
rapidly going up, Of course it is A rat skin
makes better and more durable glove than an
indifferently tanned bit of kid, and as much al
three years ago, the skins of Norway rats were
worth in Paris two francs per hundred more
than those of any other sort of the veru1n -
The first quality of " Jouvin's ladies' goves'
are now retailed for a dollar, and as the demai,d
for the article is world wide, while the supply
of kids is very limited, it follows that manu-
facturers must either take to "ratting" or else
give up the business. Perhaps even the supply
of rats may give out, but we have such faith in
science that we make no question but by that
time our saUans will have discovered the art OF
manufacturing something superior to the most
elaborate gauts de Paris now made out of raw
hides or pine planks. Meanwhile, we would
suggest to some enterPrising genius the expe-
diency Of establishing q /" rattery," where
| glove-makers could procure material for their
manufactures. Then since the Boston aboli-
tionists have gone into the Cooley business, il
i is not unlikely that they may bring swarms OF
Celestials to our country tosupplant the South.
ern slaves whom they intend taking under THEN
own fostering care, in which case the batteries
in question may not only furnish gloves but even
d tavorite staple of food for the. Chinese il
Question Beyond doubt. the rat business il
lpromising. 1t is not many years since Ger
man made fortune by setting up black ca
"a plantation" on q sslone isle" in the Elbe
selling their furs, we believe, for sables, aud
u catskin car, be dyed into a sable, we can Sc
no reasen why ratskin should not pass f.
kid. Enterprising young MEN in search Of
fortune please notice! ilsa 'saussDqiaoI - 81
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WHOLE NO., 265.

DURATION OF A FLASH OF LIGHrNINe In.
A5ago's Meteorological Essays, lately publish
ca many latitudes are given where the pbe-
nomena ofthunder and lightning are unknown. .
those among the inhabitants of Lima and perm
i ior instance who had never travelled, can from
'helr own experience have no idea of thunder
ana they are equally unacquainted with light.
nlng' Tor even noiseless sheet lightnings never
appear IN the lower atmosphere of lower perm
often moist but never showing true clouds -
Arago sums up his inquiry by saying that The
most brilliant and extensive flashes of LIGHT
nlng' which appear to embrace the whole ex-
tent OF the visible horizon, have not duration
equal the thousandth part ola second of time
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

BEET STEAKs.-The beets, after being wash
ed carefully, may be baked either whole like
sweet potatoes, or in slices, and then served
up hot with butter. pepper, &C., to suit the taste.
There is a delicious favor in beets cooked
in this way, which is lost when they are boiled.
The best sorts for this purpose, are Bassano.
Waiie's dwarf black, and turnip blood blood
beet Ohio Cultiuator.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

tbs Coal TRADE.-The Mauch Chunk Gg-
zette says the demand for coal for immediate
use is beyond the supply. The price in New
York has advanced one dollar per ton since
the first of March. 1t also says the shipments
from Honesdale will not probably commence
before the first of May. The snow in Susque-
hanna, Wayne and Bradford is still three and
four feet deep in many places.
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

WEsTwARD, Howe learn from the Chi
cago Press that during the forty-eight hours
ending Saturday morning, the eight trains ON
the Michigan Southern Road brought eighty
one coaches, containing 1000 passengers: and
IN the same time the SIX trains over the Mich Z.
gan Central took into that city sixty-three
coaches, containing 1862 passengers--nearly
nine thousand passengers arrived in two DAYS.
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y - - --I31-lII|-1E T-I-7I-' I'd " I@-l.I y
Correspondence of the Smyrna Times.
,GoScoKD, NiEw HAMPSHIRE,
,II----.lH-l hllIoa April 18th, 1856. \

Gfpatste sFHa8gfs 81 aath8ussHa fpif 81 gsa4r
:, Dear Times,-I again resume the effort in
attempting TO commune with my friends in Della
ware, through your valuable paper. and begin
where / left off in my last and now imagine
yourself standing upon the banks Of the Merri-
mack, with your face toward the East, and ms
you gaze upon Old Sol, coming up from behind
It's deep blue waters, whose bright rays are
Kissing the deep blue waters, whose bright rays
are kissing off the dew from the grass, bidding
all nature TO rejoice at the return Of new
morning, which brings with II the tolls and Ia
bors Of another day; and while you are thus
contemplating this animating scene, and behold
with delight this. the first beauty Of nature, the
faculties, the reasoning powers ola human be-
ing are brought into exercise, and almost M
voluntarily Ted to excIaim, how beautiful aiid
wonderful arc thy works, o Lord God AL
mighty "a i<oTATOq yHz via
But take another view--turnl to your right
add behold the lofty mountains, towering higl
i into the balmy air Of pleasant April morning
some, rising abruptly, composed almost entlrel,
{ Of huge rocks; hut none the less bsaussai u
lahe eye, as il vaply endsayors 70 penetrate thea
solid coplI ositloa, has to be content WY
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SHARPE's RIFLEs.-It is stated that SEarpe's
rifles sell IN Kansas for mere trifle. Some
Keen Yankees there, the Dayton Empire in
forms U.S. have been buying them up, almost
from the hrst month of their introduction, ship
ping them East, and reselling them to the hum
plugged, to be again sent back as said to Kan
Sas'" 1t is supposed that large number of
these famous weapons have been paid for by
the Beechers and others half dozen times
over,
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Strike AMONG CANAL LABoRERs-O utrages
Of the Sirikers.-ToRoNTo. April l4.-T6ere
was a strike among the laborers on the Chats
Canal, at Bytown, on Thursday last Thee
tractors barns we're set ire to ana one hundred
tons OF hay, two hundred bushels of oats and
many valuable houses destroyed. Further de-
struction Of property is anticipated. fsa p Ven
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FREDERIcK THE GREATS MANNER OF Thar
ING LIBELs.-l1e saw one day, from his window
number of people reading u paper that was
pasted up, and directed one of his pages TO see
what were its contents. The page, on his re-
turn, told him that 1t was a satirical writing
against himself alt is too high" said he
Go and take IT down, and place it lower, that
they may read it more at their ease"
Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1856-04-23

OF California is emphatically mineral
country. The latest discovery is that of salt
mine in Yoio county, whore fossil salt is found
is not known, but it is asserted that there i
more than enough to supply the State for fiftv
ye rs; and il is ready for use as it is dug out.