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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02
Mud Volcanoes on the Colorado River.

A correspondent, of the San Diego Herald
writing from "Mud Volcanoes" on the Col
orado Desert, in July las, says:
Here am, in the centre Of the ColoIado
Desert, and in the midst of the most daboli-
! cal hubub and ,umuh that old mother
Nature ever got ur in small way. II lie, N
short, convention of volcanoes, spoulipg,
spuucring, sleamng, putting aud tearing
A hundred hiocks, varying from four 10 lie n
feet in height, each one miniature Chimbo-
razo, send forth jets of steam and smoke, aud
now and again vomit volumes OF mud aud
melted sulphur. One sends up a column OF
bitter and scalIing water some thirty feet in
the air, falling in hot rain on every side, ren.
dering an approach ralhcr hazardous. lie is
President Of the convention, or, mayhsp, the
orator of the occasion; ha spouts well, any
how. On zach sdo Of him huge cauldron,
I50 feet in diameter, and sunk about eight
feet below tho surface Of tho plain, polls and
"hops" with II thick paslo OF mud aud water,
like the witches
"Hcll broth, thick and slab"
imagine Shaksperc had been hero the
day before he wrote Macbeth. Now and
again these witch kettles boil over, and the
ho, slime runs oil in a sluggish stream in al
eas,etly direction, following the slight incll-
nation olth PLAIN, On every side the lilto
mounds VIC with each Other IN throwing mud
aud epoutng tho water upon the unwaty Wis.
tier. You approach quiet and unprc'end'
ing liuo mound; no steam or smrke or any
fiery indication gives you warning al danger
you bend over it 10 peep into The miniature
crs,er, when slap goes II hsful of hot mud
and water into your face, and instantly TWEEN.
ly Other little volcanic devils pitch il 1; aud
while ous washes you with slime ;he other
plaslers you with mud, and you retreat, beat
out, like poor candidate Tor office who does
not belong 10 tho party.
The space occupied by these mud.spout.
ing politicians ot the desert is about 400
yards long by sSoin width, every fifty Zee,
square containing ore or more of them.
Some rsrm 20 hp forever 10 aeti,r others
intermittent, bursting ont every few hours !;
aud others again, perhaps have slept for
months, A hot, sutiocaIine vapor TENDERS
breathing difficult, and the smell Of sulphur.
cited hydrogen can he detected tor several
miles before YOU reach the sro'. The water
ejscloi is extremely huer and sulrhurous,
Around The vent Of the principal one ct thSse
MSSonj are beautiful stalaGmjtjc ccucre,ions,
coral. These MASSES are corioai and tubular,
and'frcm each a Hule jel o(s,earn issues with
wa,aains noise. obtained a specimen
with much difficulty, in consequence OF The
hot shower falling like magic circle sroupd
them. The ground frequently ,remeles, and
umhlins, suhietraueous noises tell Of fises
down below,
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

NFv WAY t. sET EI3 ~ 4 SATE-0n
Thlfsday morning las as s5sA EIrl Eas
o. het Esy 70 scbao., II PhiIs3eipt is, sst
vas nsi y sen'ssiF dressed yaung nEp,
who s1oPasd her and snqDired where sss WIS
gong. She rsp!is5 u school, when lie
vnun1 man asked Ibs name ni he nisiress
On being informed be reqDeslsd ihs hHis GU
ib convey snDals 70 hei, ri ihs same lir5s
Gardening hs1 10 cs-E II vsrr carrfnlly, rs
she nigh irsak H,-Shs max ne bundle
sna cszrisd 4 Silh gTsE csrs II ber lsscbsr-
v-hos up1n opening IL found EtIls cbild
apparently aopns iOur days did TIE Iras
ons wm prspsFlg fsksn csre q.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

~ Hon. Theodore Frelinghuyseu, in is.
IL, Wing candidate for Vice President, now
President d Ru,gers's College, was married
on the s6,Aot Oct, TO Miss Harriet Pom
pelly, OF owego, Ny.
u Five hundred United State troops,
supposed 10 have belonged to the Utah Ex'
petition, are reported 10 have been attacked
and murdered by the Indians, near the
Missouri River,
~ Queen Victora's Crown weighs three
pounds three ounces and i've pennyweishts
Troy, 1t contains so, jewels, one OF which
is a mhy wom in tie heulei Of Henry V,
at The Battle OF Agins scurt.
u Mr., Henry Shiw, wealthy seuile.
man OF ST Louis, hk declared his Intention
TO req, a vacan, 10, snd Ill it with wood for
the benefit OF the |, ,or Of 81. Louis during
the coming winter. HIS is a noble exam.
pie.
u The Meihodiss have already thirty
i,inerants aud sevesl local preachers in
Kansas, and their canlp-meeGags this fall
have been very successful. The Me,ho.
dis;s have aid the :oundatioa Of university
Palmyra, called the HaSer university after
Bishop Baker.
Acer1TrAL OF THS CAPTAIN OF 7Hs STEAM.
kR orELousAs-Ness Orleans. Nov. a7.-Cap.
tain Ellis, Of The steamer opelorsas, who was
indicted for msnslarsh,er, in consequence
OF The recenl collision OF hi. resssl wAh TIE
Galveston, has been ecquiusd.
REsCxISG WoRK.-.-he Piusbnrg ''ps " Dis
pa,eA says tha; seveui Of be Sligo iron works
have resumed this week, and are nov ran.
ming half lime. Thh uil furnish employ
neliIo many Who hIvs bssa Idle for some
lime past. Several Q: The mills in The Fifta
Ward, also, The Dispatch says, Will star
Rgain shortly.
Important DErTzoS.-A recent trial ip
Bsoone county, n. 7, II WIS decided thai
passenger having prrehRsed q railroad
ticket from one Psiriso another, bad right
10 n5e o. sny train be chose-stoppins
over II any place o. ihe road = day or
more 81 hH pleasure The notics, tgood for
Ibis mp only," vas Of no lssaI iorce-
= 4 Rgssisa naB<of-vRr has been SINK
in the Gulf Of Finland, By which czianay
1, ADO lives we're lost.
Il Is easy 10 loak dozn On olhes; 70 lock
GOWN o. ourselves 10 ths difsnaly.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

The English Manufacturing Diarids.--Bos-
iness in the manufacturing districts 10 Eng
land IN nearly al stand still. Opt Of ninety
manufactures in Manchester, Blackburn, and
Burnley, only txo are working foil time. At
Bolton, Leeds, and Halifax, The spinners
have slspped work, ia whole or in pan.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02
Wheat for Oswego,

oswEGo, Nov. 2i.--rhe Times, this afcr-
noon, publishes list Of fifty vessels now on
their way from the upper lakes, for this por,
with 100000 bushels Of wheat, principally
from Chicago. II is estimated tha, half a
million of bushels will be here on the close
OF The canal. All the mills are in operation.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

SINGULAR CALCULATION MIR. Anderson. the
Wizard Of The North, says iha, during the
last twenty years he has paid f25, 1000 for
advertising, sss 900 for bill printing, E4i, 500
for bill posting. He has posted ss5, 900
square miles of paper on the walls Of Lon.
don, and in doing this he had used l., ,sss 900
pounds OF paste.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

NEw MODS OF STOPPING HoRsE.-A few
days since, fiery young horse, attached to
light carriage in which Two young men
were seated, took fright at the noise of
locomotive, at the railroad depot in Lancas-
Ter, Pa, and started TO run away, when one
OF The young men, leaning over the DASH
board, and seized the animals tall, which
had the effect of stopping him instantly.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02
q The eai,o. Of he Renah.ican orrrr

q The ediio- Of the Republican orrRr n
iowR Is gong INTO saasns ahou, Kansas he
thinks the acting edlor oi the SSsar' don:
read zny '-aooui Kansas. We Would no;
misrePresezi anything per-Aining 10 Kansas
affairs but Przri 1he 1r11i. Read or leads,
his week, i you please.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

REsuANG NoEK.-Two of The shoe manu-
factories iE South Deerfsld, N. T., which
have been idle for some time, started on the
10Th. These establishments will give EN-.
p!oymeri for the winter 10 three hundred per.
sons, male and fethaie.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

& AnDrE mAnsEs ars gradrs1y bsnoning
easisf Dnlh N New York md Phlladslphls-
The Frlss oa spscuislivs znd ofhss aocks rs
slowly advancing
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

= The Philadelphia papers say :ha: the
boarded money Of those who gave way 70
Tie fears duung the Psnic Is coming inrth
ION rs hiding place and seeking for invest
nsn1
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02
IaoxsvaxSs ASa BIooM,Euns RaLRaIn-

This road IS iasi approaching completion:
Inc traoklayers have bat about five miles
mo-e oi road 10 lay with rats, when Il
Va. be finished and IN running order
S4orl& the weather remain favorable, IN
eiSAi q iaa days passenger Train viii he
.at-o3psea npaa L.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02
TMr. Henry Shlw, a wealth

man OF ST. Louis, has declared his in;eniol
to req; vacant 10; sBd I'll it with wood TO
the benefit OF the p,or Of 81. Louis durin!
the coming winter. His is noble exam,
pie.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

~ Queen victora's Crown weighs ,hret
pounds three ounces and i've pennyweishss
Troy, 1t contains sOs jewels, one OF which
is uby worn in tie hen,let Of Henry V,
at The Battle OF Aginsourt.
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

= 4 R1ssisa maBsof-vEr has bssa SINH
in the Gulf Of Finland. By which cziama;
I.aDD hres we're Io<t
The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1857-12-02

r Hon Theodore Freliughnyscn, in is
IL, Wing candidate for Vice President, nov
President 4 Ru,gers's College, was marie,
on the s6,Aoi Oct, TO Miss Harriet Pom
pelly, OF owego, Ny.
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

FLOWERS.
Th,re is a legend, old as EARTH

Th.re is legend, old as EARTH
But beautiful and true,
Which tells us how the flowers had birth,
And wherefore came the dew.
When Eve, through Satan's sore deceit
Touched the forbidden tree,
And tempted her good man. to eat
The Lord came angrily.
And straichtway turned from Eden's bowers
These first born sinners forth,
Away from all its smiling flowers,
Upon the barren earth.
But pitying. ere to heaven he passed,
His angels-brothers then
Der all the earth their foot prints cast
And hill and vale and glen
Spark with howers,earth's starry spheres
And on they fled from view,
They strewed the flowers with plying tears
Which since have passed for dew.
And thus. though Paradise we lost
By first of human kind,
Their children know, though sOrcly crossed
Gods love is left behind.
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March "a, 1857.
DEs. HAWKES. EsESEOEs y
Of
NORTH EAROLINA.

The Subscribers are now prepared to furnish
the LIST volume of this valuable work, which mas
receive d the highest commentator wherever 1t
has been read, not only for its literary execution
but for its typographical getting up 1t may d.
obtaiued either from or from our Ueneral
AGENT for the State, ii. w. Horne OF TINS place
or any of his Assistant Agents. The plce varies
according to style of binding: In handsome e.
cloth 81 % in Library Sheep j oo III nan
Calf Il 75. TITS SOLD ONLY FOR CASH. None
will be charged, either by ourselves or our
Accents. A liberal discount will be made Where
oHautitics are taken to sell again.
1t will be sent by mail to any part OF the coun-
try, on receipt of the price and "a cents to pay
postage. .o4;,,,,
There will probably be four or five volumes III All
The succeeding volumes will probabiy contain
about 500 pages each, and will be sold at pro-
portionally higher price, viz: half cent a page
for the cloth binding, % cents additional Tor
sheen and 50 cents additional for the hall can
binding. +. y; HALE ~ 0O1>'
Fayetteville, April 30, 1857
P. S.-The Agent and his Assistants design
to visit every county in the State, with the DOCK
ossoon as convenient In the mean time, orders
to him or to us, accompanied by the cash. will
receive prompt attention.
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Columbia Car Factory and
Machine Works,
CoIrMnIA- =. O.. Anril Oil. 1ShI.


PROPOSALS are invited until the 2Oth inst
for the delivery at Davidson College, NC, of
one thousand four hundred perehcs (IIU0) Rub
Bile Rock for foundation OF Improvements to said
College.
Also. for one thousand two hundred 1900
feet of Rock for ASHER work.
Also, for one thousand seven hundred (I7OO)
feet cut Stone. for Betting OF water table and
window SlS
Also, for fifteen thousand (15,00O) bushels
Lime.
Also, for one thousand Q000) loads Sand
Proposals will also be received until the LIST
of May for the delivery above, of one and a
half millions of BRICK in all of this year
Proposals must be addressed to J. N Scofield.
Agent, at Davidson College. n. c., who will
give al necessary information. Material to be
such specified by the Architect and subject
to his approval or rejection.
Payments made monthly through the Bank of
Charlotte.
Tim J. n. ROBERTSON & co.
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& CASTOR RAILROAD.
y Is
S CASTOR II. Es. Office,

Raleigh s. CASTOR IL. Ec. office,
RALEIGH, Feb. 8, 1856. )
q S THE NORTH CAROLINA RAIL
- ROAD is now completed to Charlotte, no.
tice is hereby given, that
Goods sszRsa Produce
Brought down that Road, intended for transport
tation over the Raleigh & CASTOR Railroad, will
be received by this Company at the North-Caro
lima Railroad Depot in Raleigh (owned jointly
by the two Companies) and will be transported
thence without delay or extra charge; and goods
designed for the Western Merchants and others
along that Road, will likewise be delivered at the
same point.
All dues for freight must be paid at Petersburg
or Portsmouth, except on way freight, which
must be paid in advance or on delivery OF the
goods.
Avery effort will be made by the Officers and
gents of tha Co mpany to give satisfaction ID
he transportation OF Goods and Produce.
Owners and shippers of Goods are requested to
have them distinctly marked, so that their desti-
nation may be known.
R. A. HAMILTON, President.
FEB. left
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AN Quo EDrToR ON Fashionable
DANcING.-An Ohio Editor gives his views
Of several dances which he witnessed at
the Inauguration Ball at Washington,
thus:
"The want Of variety in this Metropolitan
dancing. was, however, fully made up by
the fancy things, such as the waltz and
polka. These were absolutely barbarous.
The old fashioned waltz, the morality of
which even Byron called in question. is here
ignored as altogether too cool and distant.
The lady here lays her head on the gentle
mans bosom, puts one hand in his coat tail
pocket, then resigns herself to his embraces.
and goes to sleer, all but her feet, which,
when not carried by him clear off the floor,
goes patting around on her toes. The
gentleman thus entwined throws his head
back, and his ewes up, like dying calf;
hs body lent in the shape of fgue 4, he
whirls, backs up, swirg round, swoons to
all appearances, pushes forward, and leaves
the ring, to the delight of all decent people"
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12
CHARLOTTE
EARD

FENHE subscribers having formed themselves
d into company, respectfully tender their
services to the people of Charlotte and the coun-
try generally in their line of business They are
prepared to furnish Monuments, Gravestones, Man
tie Pieces, Furniture Marble, Table Slabs, Marble
stems. 10 any pattern cut from Marble, according
to the most approved taste and Styles and upon
the most accommodating terms ever offered inthe
southern country. They will keep constantly
on hand the best description of Egyptian, Italian
and American Marble.
All orders, for any article, addressed to the sub
scribers, will meet with prompt attention, and will
he. hacked and forwarded with the utmost care
and despatch.
The ward is situated on the northwest corner
of the Charlotte Depot Yard
WIN TIDDY & SONS.
Jan. 6, 1S57.-1y
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TurwAy TO RAISE CoLLEcTIox.-The
R;rminoham Journal tells the following
story of the Rev. w. Bennett, of that town.
deceased:
Upon one of the occasions, when
collection was to be made, which, by the
wav, was an operation very frequently
rerformed. he gave out hymn, and said,
during the singing of this hymn; Our
friends will make a collection, at which
announcement several of the audience, as
is usual, began to leave their seats, when he
said, in a sly, confident tone. You need
not leave your seats, for you cannot get
out until the collection Is over, as the doors
are locked-The HYMN was sung, the
collection made. and the money summed
M. After being informed of its amount,
he slowly rose in the pulpit. and said: My
! friends. the collection amounts to the sum
| Of ga I.r sd, making the R23 emphatic
! | say the collection amounts to t23 Us. ID
making the shillings emphatic. Now say
there is some mistake; the collection ha;
been made with too much haste, and some
one has been missed Go round again, and
do it carefully and deliberately, said he
address ~ the collectors; eve vii! sing two
HYMNS this time, so that we need not hurry
The HYMNS were sung, and the collection
summed up. All, said he, [ was sure som
one hal been missed; it now amount
To GA eds / | sd.
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Notice.

The TAX LISTS for 1856 are no" IN
my hands ready for inspection. request
all persons to inform me OF any l a1aoics
and pay your Taxes.
n. B.-Delinquents for 1854-55 80
YOU ever intend to pay your taxes II you
do. now is a favorable time; II you go mot'
come. and / will take pleasure in handing
over your receipts, Us they are accumuiat-
ing on my hands. , c,,e
March 80, 1857. t9-u
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

.WELIyEIN DEEDS, NOTIN 1EARS.'-A
pleasant, cheerful, generous. charitable
minded woman is never old. Her heart is
as Young at sixty or seventy as it was at
eighteen or twenty; and they who are old
at sixty or seventy are not made old by
time. They are made old by the ravages
of passion, and feelings of an unsocial, and
ungenerOus nature, which have cankered
their minds, wrinkled their spirits, and
withered their souls. They are made old
by envy. by jealousy. by hatred, by susPi-
cions, by uncharitable feelings; by SANDER
ing; scandaliz;ng, i'll bred habits, which. if
they avoid, they preserve their youth to the
very last so that the child shall die, as the
Scripture says. Il hundred years old. There
are many old women who pride themselves
Oh being eighteen or twenty. Pride Is an
old passion, and vanity is gray as the
mountain they are dry, heartless, dull.
cold, Indifferent: they want the well spring
of youthful affection, which is always cheer
full, always active, always engaged in some
labor of love that is calculated to promote
and distribute enjoyment. There is an old
age of the heart that is possessed by many
who have no suspicion that there is any
thing old about them; and there is a youth
which never grows old, a lover who is ever
q boy, Psyche who is ever e girl.
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NOTICES.

THE undersigned having purchased the entir,
interest of NJ. ID l. Mcleod in the firm of Springs
& Mcleod, will continue the business at III,
old stand, where he will be pleased to his for
mer friends and customers and hopes to meet
large share of the patronage. Mr.. Mcleod will
still remain with me and will at all times be ready
TO wall upon our friends.
LEROY SPRINGS.
Charlotte, April -, 1857 3m
The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1857-05-12

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Lamb once re-
marked, on seeing some boys at play, ''what
n pity to think that some of those fine, in
nocent fellows. may some day come to be
the following dialogue appears to entertain
a similar idea of legislative dignity:
Anxious father-"Wha am to do with
you, sir-what am | to do with you. Do
you know if you continue your present
course of cruelty and recklessness you will
be fit for nothing but member of Con-
gress 2"
Distracted Mother-"Oh, don't say that,
father, don't father!-you will humiliate
the boy % ,
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INDEEGE.

The subscriber desires to keep the pub
lie informed of the fact that he keeps at
OUR House."
Opposite the Court House. something for
the inner man, which. if taken in moderate
quantities, will make those who imbibe feel
decidedly better, if not little more so.
He feels for lis fellow men, and therefore
elItcrtans the earnest desire that they will
feel for him, and patronze his saloon with
their peaceful presence, always remember
ing that his terms are cash and no ques-
tions asked. May be found among other
things
Hot Whiskey Punch for cold weather.
Cold . for warm weather.
Brandy To-day, Gin, and Rum, and other
things that will make good feelings come
4 choice lot ofSPANISH CIGARS ofevery
qualify ana price.
J. DULS.
N B.--LIQUORS Of all kinds and qualities
will be sold by the Gallon or Barrel ct the low
est market price. FOR CASH. J. D.
Charlotte, Giarch p, 1857 If
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REM, Franklin anti Prof. DeGrath.

Franklin brought electricity from the
heavens to earth, but it remained Tor Pfo,'
De Grath TO apply that electricity TO the re-
lief of diseased and suffering mortals-dls-
eases that heretolora batfled the physicians
old treatment, suck as Neura ga, Rheuma-
tism. Pains. Stiff Joints, Deafness, Sweillngs,
Palsy. Piles. Skin Diseases, &C., are now
cured bv Prof De Grath's elec trio oil In one
o1J t,co dgus Read this letter from physl
6 an no has practiseu since 1S26-(too well
known for commonly:
Prof DE GRArH, Philadelphia.
S1r:-At intervals, during thirty years
past. my wife has been subject TO rheumatism
of thu. most violent cast lsay oar times
vear1-sometim, ST. S, veIe is tOmake 1t ne
cessary to admin ster large doses OF the tine
ture OF guacum and morphIa a q 10 rock hef
like an infant in a large locking char, 10 In
duce any repose. Havng frequent cores
respondence with my son, (\o. lob hesnuf
street of Vrur citV) | info med him OF an at
tack she had about the middle of last monh,
,January.l which was of such severity as to
completely paral, Sc the system. He, In his
anxi ty of his mothers welfare, sent me Il
bottle of your Electric Oil bat as am one
Of the prac itioners OF medicine IN our pl'ce,
and not a proseIyt t. any kind of patent me-
d,cine. did estate to give it a trlal; how
ever, on r, Election, conclud o try it, which
| did. ct persiOma, directly up the ter, ana
after the third or fourth app icat:on she be-
came rather passive, and before one-thi' of
the bottle was used not Il sngle vestlge OF
the disease renamed in the system, and she
It'll con inues well, although ne lode out a
distance of fourteen miles WI hont ii renewal
of any of the symptoms. | therefore feel 1t
my duty, for the SAKE O. suffering unar'ty;
| and also fully believing tina, merit, under all
| circumstances. should be rewarded. to forward
| tn testimonial. | am yours truly.
| JosrPH P. ELKINTON, NJ. ID.
| New Gretna P o., Burlington Co., n.
| CArTIoN.-There are hume Gus limitations
sprung up on the reputation that my article
has acquired. The public must beware
They are worthless.
o. For sale in Charlotte by DIR. II. NJ.
PRITCIIARD, Druggist, sole Agent, and
by Druggists and country merchants gen
orally in the United States.
/ March 13. Pm.
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. - . . -

DRAWING A PENsION.-''Well, my lad,
where are you travelling this stormy wealth
er alone 2" asked an inquisitive landlord in
the north of Vermont during the last war,
of a small lad, whose father was engaged in
smuggling, and had sent him, young as he
was, with an important message in advance
of the party.
"Going to draw my pension" was the
reply.
"Pension!'' echoed the astonished land
lord, 'What does so small q boy as you
draw pension for %
"Minding my own business. anu letting
that of others alone -
The landlord sIoped.