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The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22
DIED.

In PheniI Village, (Warwick,) on Friday
last, Mrs, Phebe Il. Babcock, wife of Daniel
Babcock, a~d daughter of Jonathan p, Still.
uIan of this village aged 26 years and mos.
In Westmorland, N. Y, Jan. llth, Eva,
daughter of Matthew and Lydia Ann Barns
aged years and month,
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22

~ A negro named Richardson, in
Liberia, is making arrangements for ship
ping to the United States two hundred
hogsheads of sugar of bis own and FIRST
grinding.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22
Dividend.

AsHAwAY BANK,
Jan. II, 1857.
The Board Of Directors of this Bank have
declared a semi-annual dividend of per
cent ON the Capital Stock, payable on and
after the first day OF February next
By order of the Board,
POI j. l.. SPENCER, Cashier.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22

On Sunday, Dec %, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walton aud their grown son, of Pleas
ant Valley, Iowa, were lost in snow
storm on their prairie while returning
from church, and the mother aud son
perisbed. In Iowa city the storm was
so violent that people did not venture
abroad.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22

~ We invite attention to the ad-
vertisement Of the Boston Journal, one
of the best daily and weekly journals,
published in New England. Any per-
son taking this paper may depend upon
getting all the news Of the day.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22

n6y~ The Bengal tigers have made an
irruption into one fthe provinces of In
dia in such force that they have driven
the inhabitants away. An English vol
unteer expedition is to be raised for their
extirpation.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22

s@- Tho DR.. Jackson, who was so
hospitable to Mr.. Sumner, during his
stay at the Allegheny Mountains, has
been removed from his Office of the Post
master at Cresson, Pa.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22

s0- Our government lands cost one
dollar an acre on an average, aud cham
payne two dollars bottle How many
man dies landless, who during his life,
has swallowed township, trees aud all.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22

pd- A servant girl in the family Of
Col. Usher Of Medford, narrowly escap-
ed burning herself and the house by
taking a bot brick into her bed.
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22
MI A II RTE II .

In this village, on Tuesday, Jan. l3, by
Ed. John Taylor, Capt William S. Robinson
of Lorain, N. Y, to Miss Elizabeth II. Dickens
of Stonington, Ct
The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1857-01-22

sas- There is complaint in the largo
machine shops of Baltimore, because of
the scarcity of competent machinists.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-05
VALUE OF ONE LEAF.

There was once aravan crossing, think.
the north of India, and numbering in its ON
pany godly and devout missionary. As it
passed along, poor old man was overcome by
the heat and labors Of the journey, and, sink
Ing dowa, was left to perish on the road. The
missionary saw him, and kneeling down at
his side, when the rest had passed along,
whispered IN his ear, Brother, what is your
hopes The dying man raised himself lit
tie in answering.
sThe blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from
all snip and Immediately expired with the ef-
fort.
The missionary was greatly astonished at
the answer; and in the calm and peaceful ap-
pearance Of the man, he felt assured he had
died in christ. How, or where, he thought,
could this man, seemingly a heather, have got
his hope? And as he thought Of it, he observ-
ed piece Of paper grasped tightly in the hand
# the corpse, which he succeeded in getting
out What do you suppose was his surprise
and delight, when he found it was single leaf
OF the Bible, containing the first spistle of John,
in which these words occur. On that page
the man bad found the gospel.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-05
ANUNFORTUNATEQUO AN

BY our advices from Springfield, we learn
that our friend Eplel, the popular Democratic
Representative from this county, feeling the
necessity of putting Himself right on the rec
cord,' the other day made speech in the House
in opposition to Gov. Disselfs message, the
qsestion of printing the same being under con-
siaeration. In the perora:ion Of his speech
after he had used up all the usual classical
quotations, he attempted scrlptural one lie
spoke as near as we can learn as follows:
'Mr. Speaker, we are told 10 the Good Book,
that we should not 'cast pearls before swine'
Just al this moment the head Of the sGalena
Bricklayer,' Mr.. DEMO, popped up with the
remark
'Mr. Speaker, I can understand very well
that the Governors message is pearls bu
who does :he gentleman mean to call the
'swine'-this body 'or his constituent.?'
This was perfect crusher. The face of
sour member famed aud blazed the more he
was 'extinguished.'
We think the case Of the orator who com.
menced his address in the following style, en-.
yiable beside that OF our friend Epler:
'IA the beautiful and expressive language
Of the poet-(a ;ause) forget the name Of
The poet; (another pause3 and also what he
said'
The orator took his seat and thunders of ap-
plaase.-M Morgan N. jour. ~.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-05

Mrs. Sherwood, in her pleasant au.obiogra-
ply, adverts to this subject in speaking Of hel
mothers ea'ly days, when undignifed amuse-
ments were not declined by ladies Of any age.
One of these she describes as consisting Of the
following violent sort of fun: s...
A large strong table cloth was spread on the
upper steps Of the staircase, and upon tn the
ladies inclined to the frolic seated themselves
in rows Oh the steps. The gentlemen, or the
men, took hold Of the lower end of the cloth,
at.emting to pull it down stairs; the ladies re-
sisted this withall their might, and the geeatsr
the number Of these delicious creatures the Ion
ger the struggle was protracted. The contest,
however, invariably ended by the cloth and
the ladies being pulled down to the bottom of
the stars, when everything was found bruised
but modesty' High life below stairs could
hardly have been too rampant in its exposition,
If it really reflected what was going on above.
We can hardly realize the matter. We can
hardly do SO in fancyins we see good Lord
Shaftesbury, Admiral Ganbler, Baptist Noel
and DR.. Mcneil engaged in setting Miss Mar
tiDeau, Catharine Sinclair, the sAthoress OF
Amy Herbert and Mrs. Fry on a table-cloth
upon the stairs and hauling them down in q
heap TO the bottom. 1t would be highly
indecoIous; but am almost ashamed to say,
should like to see it.--Habls aud Nen.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-05
ELIHU BCRUI'TT.

EIihu Burritt is in all respects an extraor-
dinary man. He was bo.n in New Britain,
Conn.,, Dec. Sth, 1911, and is now in his forty
fifth year. He is the youngest Of five sons; is
members Of the Congregational Church and
is in all respects self made man. After the
age of sixteen he was apprenticed to black
smith OF his native town, having received
three months schooling previously. Having an
unexhaustible thirst for knowledge, he speedi-
ly made up for want of school opportunities
In the learning of languages he showed the
most remarkable aptitude, and obtained an
acquaintance with the Latin, French, Spanish
and Greek, before the expiring of his appren-
ticeship. He carried his Greek Grammer in
the crown. of his hat, and studied while the
metal was fusting from which he manufactur-
ed cow bells. German, Hebrew and the ORR
iental languages followed, till he be became
acquainted with more languages perhaps, than
any man in America.
In 1874 he commenced toe publication of
the ssChristian Citizen" devoted to the advo-
cacy OF all the great reforms of the age. His
efforts in favor of league Of Universal Broth.
erhood received the sanction OF the noblest in
tellects of the old and new world. His advo-
caey of the Ocean Penny Postage to bind to-
gether the people on both sides of the ATTAIN
tic have been unremitting, and viii most like.
ly be crowned with success. .-... ....
The blacksmith, we believe is still bache-
lor, and like all great men, neither pompous
nor dogmatc. Having steady faith in the
merits of the cause in which he is engaged, he
advocates it with an earnestness and modesty
which must be appreciated.
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PrOudhcn the Socialist, ON WO-
man'sSfihgts. = 23 -

s The following is an extract of letter from
Proudhon. the French Socialist, 90 the subject
OF the Woman's Rights movement:
'Iconsider the kind of crusade which num-
Der of worthy ladies in this and the other
hemisphere are carrying on in favor Of the
prerogative OF their sex, as a symptom OF the
general renovation which is taking place, but
an exaggerated symptom, crazy fit which pro-
ceeds from the very weakness Of the sex and
its ircapacitY to know andregulate itself.
i have read, Madame, some of your arti-
cles. have arrived at the conviction that
your intellect, your character, your knowledge,
place you decidedly above an in6aite number
Of men who enjoy only the provocative facnl-
ty Of their sex. In this respect, if your arti-
cles We're to be decided by a comparison of this
kind, there is no doubt that you would gain
your cause. -., .ss
But you have too much good sense not 10
understand that the case is not to be decided
by comparisons with individuals; that it is the
whole female sex that is to stand comparison
with the male, in order to know if these two
completed proportions Of androgyne humanity
are, or are not equal.
Sin accordance with this principle. do not
believe that your system-,hat OF equality or
its equivolent--can sustain itself, and look
upon it as weakness of our age
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-05

"A lady having remarked that sawe is the
most delicious feeling wife can have toward:
q husband Fanny Fern thus comments:
awe Of man whose whiskers you have
trimmed, whose hair you have cut, whose era
watts you have tied, whose shirts ycu have
'put into the wash,' whose boots and shoes you
kicked into the closet, whose dressing gown
you have worn while eombing your hair; who
has bean down into the kitchen with you, a,
eleven o'clock at night to hunt for chicken
bone, who has hooked your dresses; unlacsd
your boots; fastened your bracelets, and tied
on your bonnet; who has stood before your
looking glass, with thumb and finger on his
probocis, scratching his chin; whom you have
battered, and sugared, and teasd; whom you
have seen asleep with his mouth wide open.-
RediculousP
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-05
LADIES IN BOOTS.

New York is now suffering from one of her
annual innundations of snow, mud, slush, filth
, and nastiness OF such quantity AID quality,
that even Webster fails to give language OF
sufficient expression to do the subject Justice.
The Ladies have taken to wearing high boots
| to guard their ieet from wet and their lungs
from consumption, and they may now be seen
daily trudging through slush and siop, eleva-
ting their hoops gracefully as if they did not
care how many people became aware that
they had the means Of locomotion; but forgive
me the use of the word gracefully, for the ell
ovation OF the greater part of the hoops make
them look like the bottom of a huge bell, at
all angle Of forty-fve degrees, the more beau
tifui the fit Of the top of the boot, the greater
the elevation of the hoops. They are about
as long, proportionally, as mans boot, but
are made with degre of neatuess which sets
off beautiful foot and handsome formed
ankle amazingly. This is certainly the most
sensible fashion to which the dear creatures
have of late taken an affection. They are
adopting the old sanitary adage, in literal ex-
act.ess, excepting the feet warm" with new.
fashionable high-top boots, and excepting the
head (very) COOP with the smallest gossamer
kind Of tiny boLnet.
The knowing ones say that we are soon to
have an sasy money market, a G geAeral imitation
Of banking facilities-a time of great specula-
tion-an expansion Of credit heretofore un-
known, to be followed in the Course of year
or two by general stringency and an univer-
sal bankruptcy. Two years of uninterrupted
prosperity will place our young tate beyond
the possibility Of such calamity Gate City
N. Y. Correspondence.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-05
st. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA.

We extract the following from letter to
the San, which will be quite interesting, par
ticularly the account Of The great works of the
Messrs. Winans, of Baltimore:
est. Petersburg is the most magnificent
I place have visited in the Old World, and as
regards the architectural capacity of the Rus
sians--if may judge from the perfect SYM
metry Of their public and private buildings
they cannot be surpassed anywhere. This
place, as you are aware, is comparatively a
new city, having been founded only short
time 10 advance Of Baltimore. II was laid out
in 1903, and is located on beautiful plain ;
the streets, being nearly level and crossing
each other at right angles, are by far the
widest streets Of any European city have
visited. A stranger need have no fear of being
lost here, or requiring the services Of a guide,
as is too often the case in other cities. The
public buildings here surpass any thing of the
sort in the United States, aud canno, see
how they could be excelled anywhere. The
imperial palace is situated in the centre of the
city, covering some ten acres; it contains l.
15l rooms, many Of which are of great dimen-
sions. visited the imperial picture gallery,
and was much gratified at the display OF art
here exhibited. am told this collection OF
paintings is the most valuable in the world
The building devoted to the officers of the ma
rine department is Of great magnitude, occu-
| pying front OF over two thousand feet, and
is situated on line with the palace, and fronts
| the summer garden. For architectural beau
| ty-it has no superior. The military academy
of ine arts and hospital are all on a scale of
grandeur which, to an American, appears tru-
| ly surprising. visited the immense machine
| shops of the Messrs. Winans, Harrison g. Wi
mans. They are located on the Neva, about
six miles from this city. found they we4
extensively engaged in building locomotives
cars, casting Of cannon, and making variety
of machinery for the government. You car
form some idea of their operations when
state they employ some four thousand opera.
tives. The almost perfect system which they
adopt renders it extremely pleasant to spend ;
few hours in their establishment. Everything
seems to move as regularly as their machinery
! The locomotives ard cars which examined
| OF their manufacture really caused me to fee
proud that our good city Of Baltimore was Sc
well aud ably represented here, they being
| Baltimoreans. found Mr.. William L. VIM
ans, our Consul, always ready and willing to
render aid to Americans. If all the consuls
OF our government would take but half the
pains to assist Americans as Mr.. William L.
Winans does, there would bel no cause Of CON-
plant for the want of attention. He is gen.
tleman. Through his influence l mainly at.
tribute my success in procuring contrac
with the Russian government to raise the ship.
which were sunk during the war, in the road
stead of Sebastopol. Iexpect to be in Balti.
more by the 18th of February, to arrange fol
the work Of raising during the summer, thu
ships of war which / have contracted to do.n
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LAUGHTER:

No one who has once heartily and wholly
laughed can be altogather irreclaimably bad
How much lies in lsughter-she cipher key
wherewith we decipher the whole mani Some
men wear an everlasting barren simper; In the
smile OF others lie acsld glitter Is OF ice; the
fewest are able to laugh what can be called
laughing, but only sniff and titte. aud sniggsr
from the throat outward, or at best produc.
some whiting husky cachination, as il they
We're laughing through wool; of none such
comes good. The man who cannot laugh is
not only fit for treason, stratagems, and spoi,,,
but his whole life is already . treason and a
stratagem.-Carlyls.
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THE LITTLE FLOWER.
A LEGEND OF HOLLAND.

Ali:tle child died, and the guardian angel
was bearing its soul to heaven. Already they
had passed the busy city, the fields of the
ripe corn, the forest where resounded the
woodman's axe, the canals where glided the
ladened vessels, and the angel had not looked
upon them; but when they came TO poor vii
lage, he hovered over it and looked into a
dark alley, running through cluster of decay
ed hu.s. There was grass growing through
the stones; there was broken pottery, and damp
straw, and piles Of cinders and ashes thrown
out The angel looked long at the deserted
| spot, when, espying suddenly pale flower in
the ruins, which had opened in the shade, he
gave cry of joy, stopped from the air, and
| plucked it. ss. gfs ss a av @
The soul Of the dead child asked him why
he had stopped for single field flower, with
| out beauty or fragrance ar-4 ~ (
| Thou seest at the bottom of this a lev cab
| in, with the roof broken down by the SHOWS,
and its walls seemed by the rain. There lived
once child Of thy age, afflicted from his birth.
When he quilted his little straw bed, leaning
on his willow crutches, he went two or three
times up and down the alley--it was ALL He
had never seen the sun but from his window.
When the, Summer brought back its bright
rays, the afflicted creature came and sat in their
light; he looked a, the blood circulating feebly
| ia his thin hands, and said Il am better.'. New
er had he seen the green meadows or the for
est, only the little children sometimes brought
J hiu,h hran re h. Ia 4
him on his bed. Then he would dream that he
was lying in the shade Of the woods, that the
sunshine was dancing through the leaves, and
the birds singing around. One day his Oldest
sister brought him little field flower, with its
root. He planted it in an old eartheu pot, and
| God prosperrd the plant tended by the weak
hand. 1t was the sick child's garden; the little
flower was to him the meadows, the woods
the waters, the creation. As long as he lived
he nursed 1t. He gave ii all the air and sun
shine that his little window suffered to enter
he watered it each evening, and told it good
bye till next morning, as If it were frend-
But when God called away the little martyr,
his family quilted the village, the alley was
abandoned, and the simple flower surrounded
with ruins. Then the providence of God pre-
served it where | have just gathered it,
who told you all that?' demanded the soul
of the child. ..
Il was MYSELF said the angel, the little sick
| child who walked on his willow cru.ches.-
God has taken Inc up to paradise, but / have
not forgotten the few humble joys had on
earth, and | would not give that simple flower
for the beautiful star in the sky now inhab-
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one Of the public schools, and her second son
has been admitted to the free academy He is
a noble scholar, and will study profession
There are two names upon the sign above
tie door Of the widows store--s'Ashland and
Stanley" There has been commercla lal crisis
"a crashing and falling Of the stately fabrics
of many fortune. ss., md
Mr. Ashland was one Of the sufferers. And
when all was over, he gladly gathered up the
wreck OF his fortune-a pitiful sum, indeed,
when compared with what he had lost--and
invested it in the small but thriving business
Of his sister in-law. Their fine house given
up, himself and wife now 1--we in lodging. But
they have found the bread which wss cast up
on the waters. The opening for business,
though small, was everything to the ruined
man and he often reminds his wife Of his
prophetic words three years ago.
Mrs. Thornton is a ehildless widow. Her
husband and children We're swept away in one
week by fearful epidemic; and she sckened
at the sight Of her msgnifcence. Her sister
Ann came to her side, with the comforting
words and deeds of a mother in her hour of
trial. Unable to bear Ler desolation, when
all was over, she sold the splendid house where
the voices Of her loved ones would no more be
heard, and gladly accepted room and home
beneath the humble roof Of her once Sispised
sister. 81. ..r -......-.. ..r 81. ....-..r ~
No greater change has taken place than that
wrought in the bosoms Of Mrs. Thornton and
Ashland Thoroughly subdued by misfortune,
they now bless the hand they once despised,
and now love their sister Ann as much as the Y
once disliked her. And both are grateful now,
to the husbands who discharged the duty
which they would have SO heartlessly neslec-
ted ..r..- r.. #--.aa... .s=- zs..F.
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scientific Agrfculture-GOv.
Wrighf.

Governor Wright, Of Indiana, has been in
The habit OF recommending himself to the
good graces ofthe Hoos,er farmers by spread
ing on scientific agriculture. Illustrative OF
his practicle knowledge Of that important pur-
suit, The Lafayette Journal tells the following
story:
Not many springs ago, His Excellency, in
company with another distinguished citizen Of
Indiana, was riding in the country. In pass
ing beautiful field Of grain just beginning to
head, the Governor reined up his horse and
burst into rapturous admiration Of the wheat.
Quo'h Ned Governor how much will that
wheat yield to the acre? p
sOh, from seventeen to twenty bishels.'
What kind Of seed is that from, Cover.
nor p sd
Common Winter. That is the best for
this SOIL ~ Eahs 20 36t&kf8s
'You are the Presiden, OF the Indiana Ag-
ricultural Society, are you not Governor?
Il am, sir.' ssIsEfA 8ssa
Delivered the address before the Asricul-
taral Society of New York last year. ?, E7o'
Yes SIR as= -avas ~ ,s
You are the author Of an eloquent passss.
about the cultivation Of roots and tops?,
"A mere trife, Ned.'f aF
Well, you are the only ass ever saw who
could not tell oats from vhea: - a Ea 1
A certain farmer, one OF the Governors
constituents, who had profound admiration
for ms talents and practical knowledge, wrote
to him for advise as to the best method Of i'm
proving his stock Of sheep The Governos's
answer was instant, brief, sententious, sincere:
" Get Hydrauiic Raps-better than the South
down for mutton, and equal to the Msrino for
wool.' s..fsa. ars-. fra ..E eae~a
The Express adds: 6 II this doesn't settle
the question, we have pumpkin story in re-
serve that may cast some light upon it., aa
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c. An attemp. was made few evenings
since to kidnapa young lady of IS, in the
streets of Boston, by two men who drove ur
an . sleigh and threw cloak over her head
Fortunately, two members Of tie Ravel
Troupe, who were on their way to the Thea
TIE, came along Just in time to rescue her. The
kidnappers sprang into their sleigh and drove
of
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-03-05

The Russian sable, the scarees,, and con.e-
quently, the dearest fur, is said to be smugglsd
into this county, its exportation being forbid
den by the Russian government. A small muif
of this fur costs $500, and the entire set, eos-
sisting Of cape and cuffs, is worth $780,
Next in importance comes the Hudsop's Bay
sable, its prices range from two hundred to
seven hundred the set, its value increasing as
lis color dsrkens.