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Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

4 SAFE Man TO ISsURE-By steamboat
explosion on a Western river. passenger was
thrown unhurt into the water, and at once
struck out Justify for the shore, blowing Ike a
porpoise all the while. He reached the bank
almost exhausted, and was caught by by
stander and drawn out painting. well, old
fellow" said his friend, had hard time,
eh?" "Ye-yes, pre-pretty hard, cousiderin'
Wasn't doing it for myself, though: was a
workin' for one o them insurance offices in
New York. Got policy on my life, aud
wanted to save them | didn't care"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

SoNE PLoUGHING-Whenw we lived in Maine
said Uncle Ezra, helped to break up new
piece of ground {; we got the wood off in the
winter, and early in the spring we began to
ploughing ont 1t was so consarned rocky
that we had to get forty yoke Of oxen to one
plough, We did faith, and | held the plough
more'n a week-I thought | should die 1t
eenmost killed me, VOW Why one day l
was holdiu, and the plow hit stump which
measured just nine feet and a half through
hard and sound white oak. The plough hit it,
and | was going, straight through the stump,
when | happened to think it might snap to-
gether again, so threw my feet out, and had
no sooner done SO than il snapped together ta-
king smart hold of the seat of my pantaloons
OF course / was tight, but held on the plow
handles, and though the teamsters did all they
could, that team Of eighty oxen couldn't tear
my pantaloons, nor cause me to let 60 my
grip. At last, though after letting the cattle
breathe, they gave another strong pull all to-
gether, and the old stump came out about the
quickest. 1t had monstrous long roots too,
let NE tell you. Ny wife made the cloth for
them pantaloonS, and hain't worn any other
kind since.
The only reply made to this was, " sho'd
have thought it would have come hard on your
suspenders."
Powerful hard I"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

A KESrrCKY GIRL-When the Steamer
Aida was sinking from her collision with the
Fashion on Tuesday night and the passengers
in confusion, some preparing TO secure sale
retreat from the sinking craft, and some in the
water making their way 10 land, young girl
of about seventeen summers was standing
on the guard intently contemplating the scene
and looking anxiously to the shore A young
nan, in the rush of gallantry, stepped up to
her, and remarked, Miss, if You will put
yourself under nv protection | will convey you
safely 10 shore" I" Thank you,T replied the
Young heroine, but YOU need not trouble
yourself am only waiting for the crowd to
get out of the way, when l take care Of myself
aud reach the bank Soon the crowd
cleared the space, and she swan TO the oPpo-
site bank with apparent ease and without the
least perceptble fear
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

The For DAGUEREorYrED.-The following
portraiture is so true to life, that there is no
mistaking the character drawn:
The fop is a complete specimen of an out
side philosopher. He is one third collar, one
sixth patent leather, one-fourth walking-stick,
and the rest kid gloves and hair. As to his
remote ancestry there is some doubt but is
now pretty we'll settled that he is the son of a
tailor's goose He becomes exstatic at the
smell of new cloth. He is somewhat nervous,
and to dream of tailor bills gives him the
nightmare. BY his hair, one would Judge he
had been dipped like Achilles but evident
that the goddess must have held him by the
head instead of the heels Nevertheless, such
men are useful If there we're no tadpoles
there would be no frogs. They are not so en-
tirely to blame for being devoted to externalS
Paste diamonds must have splendid setting to
make them sell. Only it seems to be waste
ofEmaterials to put FIVE dollars worth of bea-
yer on FIVE cents worth of brains
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

GROWTH OF MISD.-We wonder, indeed
when We are told that one day we shall be as
the angels of God. l apprehend that as
great a wonder has been realized already on
the earth l apprehend that the distance be-
the mind of Newton and of Hottentot may
have been as great as between Newton and an
angel. There is another view still more strik-
Ing. Newton who lifted his calm sublime eye
to the heavens, and read among the planets
and stars the great law of material universe,
was, forty or fifty years before, an infant, with
out one clear perception. and unable to distin-
cush his nurses arm from the pillow on which
he slept Howard, too, who, under the strength
of allsacrifcing benevolence, explored the
depths of human suffering, was, forty years
before an infant, wholly absorbed in himself,
grasping at all he saw, and almost breaking
his little heart with fits of passion when the
idleSt toy was withheld. Has not man already
traversed as wide space as separates him
from angels ?-ChdHHlRg.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

NATURE THE TEac#ER-Hugh Miller says
in his last great work, " The Testimony of
the Rocks etc, that there is scarcely an ar
chitectural ornament of the Gothic or Grecian
styles, which may not be found as fossils exist
ing in the rocks The Illdendron, says Mr.
Miller, was sculptured into gracefully arrang
ed rows of pointed ard closely ilnbricated
leaves, similar TO those into which Roman ar
clitects frettet the torus of the Corinthian or
der. The SiggilIiara were futed columns, Or
nately carved in the line of the chanueled
flutes the Lepidodendra bore, according to
their species, sculptured scales or lozengeS, or
egg-hoows, set in frame, and relieved into
knobs and furrows all of them furnishing
examples Of a delicate diaper work. Ike that
so admired in our more ornate Gothic buildings
such as Westminster Abbey, or Canterbury
and Chinchester Cathe1ralS, only greatly
more exquisite in their design and finish
No one can raise from the peTESal of Mr.
Miller'S volume, without feeling convinced that
it is one of the most interesting and erudite
contribution to scientific literature Of modern
times.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

MANUFACTURE OF THk CELEBRATED RUSSIAN
LEATHER In the production of the well Unknown
Russian leather, the hides to be tanned
whether wet or dry-are first laid to soak for
three days and nights, in a solution of potash,
to which some quicklime is added. The pot
ash used is made of the common elm, which is
said to be preferable to any other, if not essen
tia it is not purified, so that is of a brown
color, and Of earthly appearance. About four
hundred and thirty-two pounds of this and
seventy-two pounds of lime, serve for one hun
dred skins. As they have no 9th er way of as
certaining the degree of cauctity of the alkali
but by its effect on the tongue, when they find
it weak, they let the skins lie longer in the So
luton. When the skins are taken out, they
are carried to the river and left under water
for day and night. Next, two and half
gallons of dogs ordure is boiled in as much
water as is enough to soak fifty skins but in
the winter time, when the ordure is frozen,
twice that quantity is found necessary. The
skins are put into this solution when it is about
as hot as the hand can BEAR and in this they
remain one day and one night. The skins are
then sewed up so as to leave no hole; in short,
so as to be water tight. About one-third of
what the skin will contain is then filled up with
the leaves and small twigs chopped together
ofthe plant called bearberry, which is brought
from the environs of Solikamskaga, aud the
skin is then filled mp with water.
Thus filled, they are laid one On the other
in large trough, and heavy stones upon them
to press the infusion through the pores of the
skin about four hours-the filling up being re-
peated ten times successfully, with the same
water, They are then taken to the river and
washed, and are ready for the dying-the viii
test 81 ins being laid aside for the red and yell
low leather The skins are softened after dye
ing, by being harrassed with knife, the
point of which curves upwards.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13
TOWANDA:
rbursoap alprninp, Ansnst Ia. 1852,
seIsttsS 4ottrg.
OUR HAPPIEST DAYS.

Tber tell me, love, that you and
onr happest days are seeing,
V-biIe vet is shut from either's eye
The change that waits on being;
Al, life. they says weary way,
With less of joy than sorrow,
For where the sunlight falls to-day,
ThereIl be a shade tomorrow.
If ours be love that will not bear
The test of change and sorrow,
And only deeper channels wear
In passing to each morrow;
Then better were it that to-day
We fervently were praying,
That what We have may pass away
While we the words were saying.
The heart hath depths of bitterness,
As well as depths of pleasure,
And those who love, love not unless
They both of these can measure.
There is time, and it will come,
When this they may discover,
And woe If either then be dumb
To power that moved the loyerl
Thxe are some sports where each will fall,
And each will need sustaining;
And suffering is the lot Of all,
And is et Gods ordaining;
Then wherefore 30 our hearts unite
In lou3S that zone can sever,
Ifno; to bless each changing light,
And siren gshen cach endeavor?
Then while these happy days we bless,
L.: Is no doubt be sowing;
Goi> mercy never will he less,
Though he should change the showing;
S1rh lt our faith Is on We tread,
Each truStisg and ebeying,
And two who by his haaf are led,
And hear what he Is saving.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13
sse A humorous old man fell in with 4

Eg 4 humorous old man fell in with an
ignorant and rather impertiren: young minis
ter, who proceeded to inform the gentleman,
in very positive terms. that be would never
reach heaven unless lie was bern again, and
added, II have experienced that change. and
now feel no anxiety" And have You been
born again ?" said his companion. ..YeS, /
trust | have We'll" said the old gentle
man, eyeing him very attentiyely, Il shouldn't
think it would hurt you to be born once
more"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

h@ There are very few original thinkers
in the world. or ever have been : the greatest
of those who are called philosophers, have
adopted the opinions of some who went before
them. and so having chosen their respective
guides, they maintain with zeal what they have
thus imbibed
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

IA There are some people, according to
Hazlitt. who are governed almost entirely by
an instinct of absuriity. From irritability of
nerve, the idea that thing is improper acts
as o. prpvocation to it, The dread Of some
thing wrong bsunts and r.vets their attention
to it they lose their self-possession, and are
hurried into the very mistakes they are anxioas
20 avoid
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

CoULDy'T HoLD OUT.-A girl who had be-
come tired OF single bIessedheSs, wrote to her
intended, thus
Dear Jim, come rite Of il you're cEmin' at
ali Ed. KeIdermau is inSistin' that / shall
hare him, and be ha-s and kisses me so con
tinaslIr that | can, held out rlueh longer :"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

SIMPLICITY, life is fritterel away by
detail. Simplicity, simpi city. simplicity say
let your affairs be as two or three, and not q
hundred, or thousand instead of a million
count halt dozen, and keep your accounts Oh
your thumb nail. In the midst OF this chop
ping sea Of civilized life, such are the clouds,
and storms, and quicksands, and thousand and
one items TO be allowed for, that a man has to
lire, If be would not founder and 60 the bot
ton, and not make his pert at aII. by dead
reckoning, and must be great calculator, in
deed, who succeeds Simplifv, simplify. Instead
OF three meals day, If it be necessary, eat
but one instead Of hundred dishes, FIVE
aud redEce other things in proportion. Our
l:fe is Ike German c0nfe,leracy, male up OF
patty States, with It's boundary forever fac
tuating 50 that German cannot tell how II
is bounded at any moment. Oar nation IL
self with ell so-caIled internal Improvements,
which, by the way, are all external and su-
Perfcial, is Just such an unTieldy and overgrov-
ing establishment claitered with furnatnre,
ard triTed up hF its own trapS-ruiDcd by
want Of calculation and worthy aim, as the
million house holds in the land and the OBiT
cure for il, as for them, is rigid economy.
stern an more than Spartan simplicity Of Eie.
and elevation q TaFpose. j. lives to .1-t.--
E-s-srs
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

kg A venerable young gentleman, four
years old, recently threw his maternal relative
into fit of admiration by the following speech
Il like all kinds of oskes-pound cake,
sponge cake, and jelly cake, bat l don't like
stomach ache"
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

BRoonTNG OVER TROUBLES-Man doubles all
the evils Of his fate by pondering over them
6 scratch becomes wognd slight an injury.
q jest an insult, a small pearl a great danger.
and slight sickness often ends in death-br0od-
ing apprehensions.
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

kr We paint our lives in fresco TIE
soft AMI faciIe plaster OF the moment hardeus
nader every stroke o. the brush into eternal
FcCk
Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-08-13

ASTroUrRY.-Too often collector of val
uables that are worth nothing. and re-
collector Of all that Time has been glad to
forget.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-01-07
Red Mountain Female Academy

fENHE sixth session Of this School will be resumed
on MONDAY the I'd Of February next, unde. the
charge Of Mr.. McIiwcher Lewis and Daughter.
MI. Lewis is native of Virginia; has had eighteen
years experience teacher OF youth, aud brings
testimonials Of high moral worth and classical attain.
menls from Rev. l.. Halliday, late President of Hamp.
den Sydney College, Va; DR.. $. Maup, Professor of
Chemistry in the University Of virginia Rev. John
Grammer, Episcopal minister Of Halifax Court House,
Va; Richard III. Logan, Senator for Halifax C1nniv
Va; Thomas j. Green, Of Halifax; Samuel q. An
derson, Of Prince Edward Va; Hon. John Hill, OF
Buckingham, Va. Maj. Nathan Reid, Of Patrick Va,
and many others.
The Academy Is situated in Orange County sixteen
miles from lIillshorough, twenty miles from Oxford
and sixteen miles from Durham's Depot on the North
Carolina Railroad 10 healthy. moral and intelligent
community, and could be esq ecialy recommended 10
parents and guardians in the low county, who have
daughters and wards that would be benefited By hill
country and saubrous climate.
TERMS, PER SESSION OF FIVE MONTHS:
Spelling, Reading and Writing, So 90
Higher English, Ancient and Modern Geog-
raphy, and other branches usually taught in
female seminaIes, 10 so
Latin and Greek, including the former, II so
Music on Piano, including use Of instrument, 30 90
Drawing and Painting, each, 5 90
Embroidery gratis.
Board can he had near the Academy, for from 81 TO
or eight boarders at So, lights, fuel, washing, &c.
included.
For further particulars apply 10
GEO. w. JONES, Sec'y,
Board Of Trustees.
Jannaty7 7l-6w
- Raleigh STANDARD, spfi, Of the Age, and Bibli-
cal Recorder insert six times
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-01-07

ENGLISH TR0uBLEs AT CANTos.-We have
China dates to October -. The Chinese al
Canton have been cutting OF the heads Of the
crew Of vessel un,ler English colors, and
there are intimitions that the British autho.
rites will take the occasion 10 settle long.
standing matters with the Chinese. The &C.
count is as follows:
~ serious disturbance had occurred a,
Canton. The Chinese mandarins seized 4
vessel under English colnrs. and cut OF the
heads of the crew. The British Consul de-
handed an explanation, bat the mandarins
had thought proper 10 give the Consul no re.
ply. Commodore b. Ellioi, of II. NJ. s.
sybile. seized mandarin junk aud sent her
into Hong Kong, from whence she managed
70 escape daring the night. II. NJ. steamer
sampson. Commander Hands, with II. NJ. s.
Encounter. left Hong Kong al p. NJ. Octo-
Der 18th. Tor Whampoa, with large force
Of marines and blue jackets. Admiral Sir
Michael Seymour is fortunately on The spot,
and. &c we may Judge BY his recent determin-
ed csnductin Japan. he will not be disposed
10 stand much IL any nonsense. II j. both
expected aud hoped that his Exrellrncy Sir
Johu lIowring will insist on the gates ol Can
ton being opened this time Tor. until free
admittance Is obtained into the city, we can
not luok Tor that respect aud security which
guaranty the continuance Of peace and the
advancement ~ trade. The Circumstance ol
our having large feet Of ships Of war in the
China seas offers very favorable opportuni-
" 10 adjust several matters which have re.
NAMED long outstanding"
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-01-07

PRosrERirY or iRELaSD.-The famine and
pestilence which rasaged Ireland and com.
PEELED an enormous emigration, were suppssrd
at the time to have plunged the country into
hopeless depression. The effect, however
was to relieve il Of lis surplus population
and the Encountered Estates Court. Il il
stated, has now disposed Of real estate
amounting TO one hundred millions Of dollars.
This has altered the entire state of things,
has transferred the land to those possessed
ct capital, and. having tie means of svsiling
themselves u skill, TO cultivate and improve
y. Contrary TO the general Impression. we
learn that not mUre than one sixth OF the
purchasers 1T these estates are English and
seeteh. tie immense majority being Irish ;
aud now, IN general. there are comfortable
and contented tensntry and laborers where
formerly there was nothing but idleness and
misery Throughout the whole island there
y not provincial paper that does not pro.
claim the great diminution Of the inmates IL
the poor.huuses. The change is such, from
the facilities for employment, that hardly any
are now 10 them except the aged. The niirm,
OF the orphaned. Dublin is the only place
which now complains of laupers, aud here
they are said 10 be little less In member than
10 the worst Of times. Two-thirds Of them
are descr'bcd n having been fvrced in from
the provinces. where they properly belong.
and as efihat class who resort 10 the poor.
houses for the asylum they Afford.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-01-07
WOODS HAIR REsroRATIvE.-we have NJ

WOODS HAIR REsroRATIvE.-we have ne.
yer known any other medicine win large share Of
pubic confidence il 20 short time as this has done
Il has not been Than year since first heard Of
o. aud Il now stands at the head Of all remedies OF the
kind We have never used any Of il ourselves. hay-
ing had no oceason. our crown Of glory not o.
as yet retains lis original color but gets more so-bui
some Of our friends have. aud have never known il
fail Of restoring the hair lis original color. We adj
sise such as ave becoming premaurey gray give tho
Restorative trial. Chester Illinois, Herald, June
1854.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-01-07

A NV ToY.-A Paris correspondent Of
the New Orleans pieayune speaks Of a new
toy which is making the fortune of lie Inyen.
tor, and is thus decribed.
His invention consists IN balloon, which
appears 10 be made Of bladder, coIored red
and inflated with hydrogen gas. but am a..
sured they are made Of gutia percha or India
rubber. The public gardens present a singu.
lar appearance with hundreds of these BAT.
Icons in the hands 81 children floating with
swhn.like grace yard abnvc their heads. Al
b,tle distance the string becomes invisible
anj they seem ID follow the children by i
sort 81 magnetic attraction. Now and then
negligent child let's the string slip out 81
bis baud, the balloan rises majesticaily, DIES.
pite the tears OF the nurse, and the " asi,a.
ton u the crowd. until Il is lost 10 sight.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-01-07
Book Agents Wanted.

rt'HE Subscriber, having taken The General Agency
for getting subscribers 10 and delivering Hawkes.
History Of North Carolina, now in process Of publica-
lion by Messrs T.. ]. Hale & Son Of Fayetteville. il
DESTROYS Of entering into an engagement with one or
more active intelligent and reliable persons 10 each OF
the Judicial Circuits 10 their respective paris Of
the State or particular counties, thoroughly. Imme.
date application il desired, sample copies Of the first
volume will be ready in a few DAYS.
Cndoubed testimonials TO character must accom-
pany each application. Address
ii. w. HORN.
Fayetteville, Dec. Q CO.
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WANTEDr-A situation as teacher Of the Eng.
- lIsh language, by young lady who has had
some experience in teaching, aud who possesses a
thorough English education. For further information,
apply a, this office.
Junulry7 7l--fw
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-01-07

~ wene authorized 10 announce Mt THOMAS
J. HANCOCK Is candidate fst the Office of Town
Constable, al the election % be held 10 the eoun house
on the df', Saturday 10 February next.
January !. si-tJs
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STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,
ORANGE COUNTY.

Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions,
November Term, A. ID. 1856.
John II. Riggs rs. William H. Campbell and Jacob
Brown.
Attachment hried on 6t IF cGpeaiers Tools.
appearing TO the satisfaction Of The Court, that
the defendants, William II. Campbell and Jacob
Brown, have removed from the State, or so abscond or
conceal themselves that the ordinary process OF Law
cannot be served them: il Is therefore, on notion
ordered by the Court that publication be made in the
ilshorough Recorder for six successive weeks notify
ing the said defendants that unless they appear al the
next term Of this Court TO be holden for the county Of
Orange, al the court house in Hillstorough, on the
fourth Monday in February next, and plead, answer
or demur 10 the said attachment they will be pro.
ceeded against in the same manner as If they had
been served with process and failed 10 appear aud
plead.
Witness. George Laws, Clerk of our said Court !,
the fourth Monday Of November. 1856.
GEO. LAWS, c. c. c.
December 81. 7O-ew
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MIR. wTEBoN's
Male and Female School

TSHE next session Of this School will commence on
THURSDAY, sih January, instant, aud will con-
tinue twenty-ane weeks.
Tuition will vary from 81 SO to SIS per session.
All scholars will be considered as entered for the SEES.
sion unless by special contract to the contrary and no
deduction will be made except in cases of proiracted
sickness. Tuition due from the beginning Of the
session.
January7. 7l-l,p
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WoSDgRruL PRoeREss. Philadelphia
Ledger thinks il is safe prediction that the
result Of the next Presidential election will
be known 10 all the principal cities Of
Europe, and possibly in India, on the morn
ing Of the next day after il has TRANSFERRED.
The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1857-01-07

THE lssEcr WORLD = Professor Agassiz
Gays thai more Than lifetime would he npressa.
~ 70 epameraic the various species or insects,
end describe their appearance. Meleer, Ger.
man. collected and described GOO species 81
nies, shieb he collected IN district Of ten
miles circumference. There have been col.
leeIed IN Europe 10000 species II insects prey.
ina on whssi. In Berlia ,wo Professors arc
engaged eollreiinr, observing. and describing
in.ee's aod their hsbiis. and aIready they have
pabIished Eve large volumes upon lie insects
which stssck forest uess.