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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
Bride and Groom a Century ago.

TIE begin with the lady. Her locks
we're strained oyer On immense cushion
that sat like an incubus en- her heed, and
plastersd owe with a shower Of white
powder. The height of this tower was
somewhat owe o foot. One single white
rosebud lay on its top like an eagle on a
hay stack. Over her neck and bosom
was, folded.a lace handkerchief fastened
in front by q bosom pin rather larger than
q dollar, containing the grandfather's
miniature set in virgin gold. Her airy
form was braeed up in 2 satin dress, the
sleeves as tight as the natural skin of the
arm, With q waist formed BY o bodice,
worn outside, from whence the skirt
flowed of, and was distepded at the top
by an ample hoop. Shoes Of white kid,
with peaked tes sad heels of two or
three inches elevation, inclosed her feet,
and glittered with s~pangles, as her little
pedal members peeped curiously out.
Now for the swain. His hair was
sleeked back and plentifully beaoured,
while his cue projected like the handle Of
a skillet. His coat was q sky blue silk,
lined with yellow (; his long vest of white
satin, embroidered with gold lace his
brooches Of the same material, and tied
at the knees With pink ribbons. White
silk stockings and pumps with lace and
ties of the sane hue completed the habit.
iments of his neither linen. Lace rufles
clustered around his waist, and a porten,
tous frill worked in correspondence, and
bearing the miniature of his beloved,
finished his truly genteel appearance.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
A Plucky Preacher.

methodist preacher we'll known 70"
his unrompromisint hostility to all intox
icating drinks. had made All appointment
to preach IN u neighhorhaod notorious Tor
it's intcnperance. 1t was generally un-
derstood that his remarks were to be
chiefly directed against the besetting sin
Of the district in which he was to preach.
and several noted DULLES lad given out
that thew intended to whip him il he
touched OH what they meant should be-
forbidden ground. The day appointed
for the preaching arrived. and the preach
er appeared on the stand. A large num-
Der of his friends from adjacent districts
hearing Of the threats against him, had
come to the meeting in order if necessary
to protect him from violence, but the
preacher had no intention that any Of his
friends should fight ON his account, as he
was able to do his own fghing. Accord
tingly, on mounting the stand, he had
thrown off his coat and vest and rolled up
his shirt sleeves, displaying the arm and
chest of a Hercules. he said he had
heard there were several men present who
had threatened to whip him that he had
many friends present who were able and
willing to protect him. He said that he
did not like fighting, but if there must be
fighting on his account, he would rather
do it himself than have his friends tight
for him, and that as he did not wish the
services Interrupted, he would prefer it
should take place before the meeting was
opened. And therefore," said he, 'Iif
there is any mar here who thinks he can
whip me and intends to try it, if he will
have the goodness to step forward, | will
fax him out with as much ease as ! now
lift brother Smith, saying which he seiz-
ed a preacher who stood by his side, and
who was a small sized man, by the waist
band of the breeches, and lifting him from
the ground, held him out at arms length
with one hand. This exhibition Of his
physical strength prevented any demon,
stration on the part of his enemies, and
the meeting proceeded without Interrupt
ton.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
4
MoNmOun COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSN.
Hot Weather and Teethine.

9" do 50 dread hot weather and the
baby cutting teeth too Charles do you
suppose he willliye through all this -
The hot weather would he enough with
out the other but his bowels are IN a
bad state. | wish / had not weaned
him But he il more than u year and II
half old aud he ought to be weaned.
Q dear what shall | do q exclaimed
Mrs. Jamison. Now we do no relish
the idea OF babys dying, so we will tell
her what to do.
Feed your child, regularly, with milk
and coarse bread. or with coarse bread
aud ripe fruit. keepits skin clean lis a
daily bath-let it run out of-doors arc
keep out of its stomach all medicine ~
Let its bowels be loose-lt is natural
when children are teething.-Lyfe Has.
trated.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

A SINGULAR SToRY.-An American lett
ter written in China relates that during
the attack of the English and French
fleets on the Chinese forts at the mouth
of the PHO river, as an English Purser
was coming on deck from below, q round
shot took off his hat in a most unceremo
nioas manner" Hillo !" he exclaimed,
" that was a close shavel" and the next
moment he fell dead. The conclusion OF
the atmosphere had destroyed his hold on
life, it seems, and left him time to make
the exclamation. Similar instances of
the effects of what is termed the wind OF
"a ball have been recorded.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
GEMS OF TRUTH.

No wise man eyer wished to be youn-
ger.
There are moments when the heart
vakens from q sleep 20 feel itself alone in
the dark.
Interest speaks all languages, and acts
all parts. even that Of disinterrestedness
He that loses his conscience has moth
ing left that is worth keeping.
Who cannot keep his own secret ought
not to complain il another tells it.
The greatest truths are the simplest,
and SO are the greatest men.
There is . nodessy in pure desires af.
ter excellence which aEectatiQn can new
er counterfeit.
He that dies u martyr proves that he is
not q kRaye, bpt by no means that he is
Q fool.
Graves are but tue prints Of the foot
steps of the angel Of eternal life.
There is no grief without SOM bensf.
cient provision to soften its intenseness.
There is but a breath of air and a beat
OF the heart betwixt this world and the
next.
The most splendid effort Of genius are
less the effect of inspiration than that of
profound thinking.
Few things are necessary for the wants
of this life, but it takes an infinite mum.
Der to satisfy the demands of opinion.
There is no lie that man will not be.
lieve there is no man that does not be-
lisye many lies and theFeis no man who
believes only lies.
People seldom love those who withstand
their prejadices and eadeayor to control
their passions.
The apparent motion of the earth is
from the rising to the setting sun, while
her real motion is from the setting sun
t towards the rising. So it is with man
be ~fancies himself jeurneying from life to
death, while in fact he is travelling from
death unto life.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
GansA for Praise

From the whole surface Of the ocean,
says Or. Dick. there arise, every twelve
hours, no less than thirty millions of mill
ions of cubic feet Of water which is more
than sufficient to supply all the rivers on
the earth. This immense quantity OF
water is formed iato clouds, and carried
over every part of the contiasnts ; and
again it is condensed into rain, now or
dews which water and f~ertilize the earth.
Should this process cease, we might wash
your clothes but centuries would not dry
them for evaporation alone produces
the effect vegetation would wither the
ryers would swell the ocean-the opera
tlons would cease. So close is the con
aecslcn between this process and Tegeta-
Die and animal life. Praise the Lord,
. Tor ne causeth the vapors to ascend
from the earth.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
i@A good paraon had been prea

t@-A good parson had been preach
ing, upon a certain Sunday morning from
a text including the parable of the two
houses, one of which stood upon a rock
and the other upon the sand !; a parable
which we may reasonably assume is not
unknown to any reader Of these pages.
He warmed with the force and beauty OF
his theme, until in the ardor of his dis.
course he carried away the wrong house
: The rains beat, the foods came, and the
winds blew upon the house that stood
upon the rock, and it fell, and great was
the fall thereof a mere accidental trans
position, of course, and doubtless not no.
ticed by one in fifty of his congregation.
" Uncle,p said the narrator. as the two
were walking home from church, "did
you not make o mistake in your sermon
to-day? Did you not, in one instance, re
verse the meaning of the beautiful para
BILE which formed its ~subjectf | looked
to see you rereYerse it,"
You are right, my son /; did make a
mistake am glad yoa were SO atten-
tive and watchful as to remark it car
ried away the wrong house, but | did not
make a mistake in not stopping to correct
it. Suppose had done SO I? Both houses
then would have been gone, and not one
would have been left To Illustrate the
parable. Few saw the error, I think f;
and this leads me to say, my son, that
when you find you have made a mistake,
let somebody else discoYerit. Now this
is q maxim worthy of heed.-Knicker-
hacker.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

We wish that every one would read
the following paragraph-whieh we clip
from Gedey's Lady s BOOB for August, and
govern themselves aecordingly.xW have
been obliged many a time to forego our
dinner at q pEblie house, by the ladiscre-
ton Of some fop who CHANGED to sit near
us, and whose handkerchief was saturated
with perfumery. 1t is a vile practice.
Nothing has SO good and wholesome a
saYor as clean linen ; and to attempt any
Improvement upon it is to " add perfume
TOD violet" Ills oven SO
MUsK.-We would advise people when
visiting the city not to use the vile stuff.
A wrong construction will be put upon
them. We once heard an elderly lady
say that ne one used it who had not some
thing more powerful to overcome. Any
person having the slightest degree of con-
sideration would not use it in an assem-
blage Of persons, for to many it is so of
fensiys as to cause headache.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
Saturday MIGHT.

What blessed things Saturday nights
are, and what would the world do with,
out themf Those breathing moments
in the march of life, those little twi
lights in the broad and garish glare oil
noon, when pale yesterday looked beau
tiful throagh the SHADOWS, and faces
changed long ago, smiling sweetly
again in the hush, when one remembers
/" the old folks at home." and the old
arm chair and the little brother that died
and the little sister that was "transla.
ted"
Saturday night make people human
sets their hearts to beating softly, as they
used to do before the world turned them
into wax drums. and Jared them to pie
ces with tattoos.
The ledger closes with q clash ; the
iroa doorSd vaults come to with a
bang ; up 60 the shutters with a will +;
click goes the key in the lock. 1t is Sat
urdaY night, and business brsathes free
again :. Homeward hiel The door that
has been ajar all tfsstsek, gently closes
behind him, the world is shut out Shut
III fdtu6Fs hoTo Dig t4S bECdSuEcS d1tGI
all, and not in tho vault, not in the bank
save the record in the old family bible
and not in the bank.
May be you are o bachelor, frosty and
Then, poor fellow. Saturday
are nothing to you, just as you are
nothing to anything. Get q wife, blue
eyed or black-eyed, bat above all a true
eyed one-get a home no matter how
little-spd Q little sofa, just large enough
to hold two, or two and q half in it or a
Saturday night, and then read this para,
graph by the light Of your wife's eyes,
and thank God and take courage.
The dim and dusty shops are swept up,
the hammer is thrown down, the apron
is DOTTED, and labor hastens with q light
step homeward bound.
Saturday night" family murmurs the
languishing, as she turns YEARLY on her
coach and there il another to com 2"
Saturday nigEF.ss last r. whispers the
weeping above the dying ; land it is
Saturday tomorrow, and tomorrow.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
The Last DEVILS walk.
BY HARLE DICKENS.

From his birthstone bed at break Of day
A devil has walking gone
To trample and char the fow'rs to death,
To infest the air with his ~pestilent breath,
And to cloud the morning sun.
And pray, how was this devil dress'd
Oh! he was cased in an iron vest;
!. His scales were close and his riyets true,
With never a chink for a spear to get through.
And over the hill, and over the dale,
, He walked, and over the plain,
And an air gun, elegant, polished, and round,
That would kill miles off, with never a sound,
He twirl'd like a harmless cane.
And over the laurels of full-blown Fame,
And the tender shoots of the young Good Name,
He stamp'd with his merciless hoof of shame,
And he left his print on each.
And backward and forward he wriggled his tail,
Throuoh rose.trimm'd garden and lilly-strewl
vale,
Marking his course by a loathsome trail,
Like a snail track over a peach.
He spied a laborer hard at work,
Early at his vocation.
His prominence offered a capital shot.
"Ohop ' quoth the devil, 1" he sees me moi"
So he shouldered bis peace and he aim'd Got wot
With terrible calculation
He saw young innocent folks at play,
Blameless, beautiful, wise and gay,
The prospect liked not him,
So a yitriol flask from his pouch he drew,
CTwas a devilish deed and the liquid threw
Ger the fair young group, whom he left a crew
Of monsters scarrd and grim.
He peered in a house; twas a goodly manse,
of time and weather had stood the chance,
And was still erect and fair.
"Aha! quoth the devil, " the pile looks well,
But I've fire works studied for nothing in hell,
fl can t find out when a match or a shell
Nav lead to combustion there"
That Devil could creep where no other tiends cal
He found an ungua ded spot,
Where he scraped a mine with his diligent hoof,
And-his train prepared-wall, pillar and roof
Blew I'D in the air like a shot!
That breach in the roof is mended now;
It's whereabouts few can tell.
But the Devil had done his work that day,
So he crawled him back for his masters pay,
Which he royalty spent in a jovial way,
With the lowest devils in He'll.
There are many devils that walk this world,
Devils great and devils small,
Devils with tails and devils without; )"
Devils who whisper. devils who shout,
Devils who mystify, devils who teach;
But the CALUMNY DEvIL-as hard to reach
As the snail who, now safe on some distant beach
Is d~igesting the core of my ~favorite peach
Is the shabbiest devil of all!
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
He's Coming.

He's coming, the blushing rose
Whispers it low to me,
And the starlight hastens with It,
Over the twilight sea.
On light winds hurrying past,
And my own heart, quickly beating
Coming, coming at last.
The softlipped waves of the ocean,
Gathering at my feet,
Breeze born from the coral island,
Murmus the secret sweet.
There's not a dew stepped blossom,
Or glistening orange tree,
But furnish its leaves glee laden,
To breath this joy to me.
List! that is the sound Of rowing
Stealing along the air,
j must gather round my temples
The weight of this braided hair;
And trust to the glowing darkness,
And evening shadows dim,
To hide with their wings the traces
0ftears I've she'd forfim.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

1T An old lady possessing a fine for
tune, and noted for pehchant for her the
use of fguratiye expressions, one day as
sembled her grand children, when the
following conversation took place
my children said the lady, Il am
the root and ye are the branches"
f" Grandma" said one.
What, my child
g" was thinking how much better the
branches would flourish if the root was
under the ground"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

pg. How easily vain men are dattered.
When Ali Pach told Lord Byron that he
knew he was of noble lineage, by the
delicacy of his hands, and the sm~allness
of his ears, the poet was manifestly bet
tor pleased than if the barbarian infer
red from his physiognomy, that he was
the possessor Of amiable dispositions and
~yirtuous sentiments. So Incompatible is
vanity with worth, that men never are
vain IN virtue, and seldom of anything,
save Imaginary or superficial claims to
distinction.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

Rabelais, the celebrated French Oar
matte writer, when lying on lis ~deathbed,
and observing q number Of his friends
weeping around him said: Thank heaven,
if i were to die ten times over, I should
never make yoR cry half SO much as |
have made you laugh.
Verify, there is q bit of sonnd philoso-
ply in that, too, although, no doubt, there
is a time for everything. According to
the old adage, however, "it is better to
laugh than to cry" Rabelais was re-
joiced that he had done his share Of the
former.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09
The Earrem.

We had hopes that rose as proudly,
As each sculptured marble shine,
And our prophets spake as loudly
As their oracles divine.
Grand resolves of giant daring
Such as Tittans breathed of old,
Brilliant aims their front appearing,
Like a tempted rooted with gold.
Souls of fire, like columns pointing,
FrameIike upward to the skies;
Glorious brows which Gods amounting
Consecrated altar-wise
Stainless hearts. like temples olden
None but the priests hath ever trod
Hands as pure as were the golden
Slaves which bore the ark of God.
Oh, they built up radiant visions,
Like an iris after rain;
How all Paradise traditions
Might be made to live again;
0fhumanity's sad story
How their hand should turn the page,
And the ancient primal glory
Fling upon the latter age.
How with God-like aspirations,
Up the souls of men would climb,
Till the fallen, enslaved nations
Trod in rythmatic march sublime;
Reaching heights the people knew not.
Till their prophet Leaders led
Bathed in light that mortals view not,
While the spirit life lies dead.
How the pallid sons of labor,
They should toll and toll to raise
Till a glory like to Tabor,
Once more should meet earth's gaze.
How the poor no longer keeping
Count Of life alone by groans,
With the strong cry Of their weeping,
Start the angels on their thrones.
All, that visions bright ordeal,
Must it fade and perish thus
Must its fall alone be real2
Are its ruins trod by US?
All, they dreamed an Ell Dorado.
Given not to mortal sight;
Yet the souls that walk in shadow
Still bend forward to the light.
Earnest dreamers, sooth we blame not
If ye failed to reach the goal
If the glorious real came not
At the strong prayer,of your seul.
BY the path ye've trod to duty,
Blessings yet to man may flow,
Through the proud and stately beauty
Of your structure lieth low.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

"Oh, Mr.. HILL" said one of Rev. Row.
land Hills hearers, how is it that you
say such out-oftAe-way things in your
sermons ?" "AhI" said the eccentric
divine, how is it that you are such out
ofthe way sinners ?"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

Why on earth don't you get up ear
lier, my son ?" said an anxious father to
his sluggard boy; don't you see the flow
ers aver spring out of their bed at early
dawn?
Yes, father said the boy, see they
do, and l would do the same if l had as
dirty a bed as they have
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

An eccentric wealthy gentleman stuck
up a board in q field upon his estate, on
which was painted the following will
give this field to any man who is con
tented" He o had an applicant
swell, sir, are you a oontented man 2"
Yes, sir, very" "Then what do you
want with my field ?" The applicant did
not reply.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

A young carpenter having been told
that the course Of true love never did run
smooth, resolved on going to court Ills
sweetheart with a fore plane under his
arm.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

Observation-Disclosures tells us that he
met, one day, in his travels, with a naked
Indian, who had painted his body SO as
to represent a blue jacket and trousers
with black buttons.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

We have at last discovered the reason
gentlemen of the present day stoop so it
on account of their being constantly
bent upon pleasure.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

What is the difference between an auc-
ton and sea-sickness =? One is the sale Of
effects, and the other the effects Of the
sail.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

The surest way to lose your health, is
to be all the time drinking that Of other
folks. x -" :
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

T" Why don't you wear your ring,
my dear, when you go out walking ~
9 Because, papa, it hurts me when any
one squeezes my hand"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

HG- 1t is a mistake to suppose that ev-
cry man we see with a brick in his hat is
q mason.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1858-09-09

q A little nonsense. Icw ard II tn.
Is relislicd by the wisest men
The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-28
Form. q cuarantes
For All Parts Of the West.
BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD


THREE TRAINS DAILY from Baltimore, for Cum
i berland Wheeling and all parts Of tho west
The ACCOMMODATION TRAIN will leave Except Sunday
m connecting with rhiiadcphia
Washington Juncoa) will fintions and arrive s Cum
berland O'Clock y. ~ ft i3ss w
TRAIN isaves Camden Station daily Except Sunday
aud reaches Whcding BY A. connecting Ben
vile Cleveland Toledo, Detroit Chicago ~ Louis Cairo and inter
mediate peus go bfsfg sAFt' aE4igt ti4
EXPRESS daily y p M, ccnncctiDg
express st. iu- Cairo CbcnEo
defiance Cincinnati nnd oihsr central and south
places miles than by any
The TO heso placos II also un2Qualled
checked through Columbus Cincinnati Indianapolis, md
81 louis.
Passengers baggage oil pcints free
THROUGH fkETs will be sold all the large in the West
thu lowest possible tho ticket Office Camden StatioD
Washington city
second class car is attached 10 the mail train.
Passengers from Imore Washington he etse rad
w daylight by taking mail lying
Cumberland tkand They by tho
train which leaves Cumberland 250 m, and rches Wheeling
at2 tg9 ts
Passengers Washington ample
pgon Junction. 7.tl. .t.s ssttst sR asfsgt
This the only by which through baggage
can he obtained IN Washington.
FOR WAY PASSENGERS
The accommodation will
Cumberland and The going
fAstwardy the mail train leaves Wheeling M
probation leaves Cumberland NJ $40 reaching Rlmoe
The FREDERICK TRAIN a. stunning
at IL 80, afssF ,5i9T '7H
Tho E1cUTS MILLS TRAIN Camden Station a g. A. M
and $50, Leaves Eicotts Mills m and 7.3o D. m
except sanday ~ y
VS. WOoIslDE
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The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1858-04-28

PRxsExrArloN or A WAsAL Cur no Mr.. CHARLEs
DrcKxss On March 10th Charles Dickens gave read
ing OF his 'ChrstmAs Carol in the Music Hall, Endin
bugh before the members and subscribers of the Fhilo-
sop hical Institution, with whom the halls and galleries
were dcnscIy crowded M
At the conclusion Of the reading very mssive slvcr
wassail cup brought in amidst general checring
The cup is Of exceedingly elegant shape. It has
chased with subjects, representing rural scenery with
hill and dale trees, dogs, birds, &c. supported base
encrclcd with wrcAths and punches Of wheat and
The inside Of the cup richly gilt and the inscription
il is simply ITO Charles Dickens, from the rhlosophi
cal Institution. Eiinburg, March 26, 1s5s''