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The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1858-10-29

We have long considered eating an impor-
tant Part OF our daily pleasure and duty. There
are rules to b. observed, which phySoog ogically
considered, are intimately connected with health
and life. and hence, Wuh our success anG char
acter. We should eat al regular tunes; eat
wholesome food, eaj slowly, masllcate we'll, be
ca.rrIul while we eat, drink but ItIle while
eating. eat TO live and not 10 Kill ourselves
But the thought on our mind Just now, is
relatively 10 the proprirlIes OF the table. mere
are many little courtesies and iehnemenls a.
mong wel-bred propie al the table, WHICH
many regard with indifference, that just no"
seem to u particularly appropriate and oecom-
ng We say Just nor, 0ecause we mad occa-
sion few DAYS since, 10 feed some Indians,
fresh from ;he forest. Their manner OF eating
was so hoggiSh, greedy, gnrmandIsh, as TO be
absolutely rypuIsive, not 10 say loathSome.-
That human beings could eat 50 like brutts, we
had not before dreamed. We had heard before
,i"boIilng food "IoughlGg II, ''taking II The
natural Nav &c, but we had no real Concep-
tiou the coarseneSs and brutality OF savage eat
mo We saW then the beauty OF the Tehne-
7nrn,s of the civilized table, as we had never
seen il before w realized senslbly the I'M
porlance Of Cultvaling a chaste and proper
manner of eating, refinement OF table etiquette
that shall be at once graceful and agreeable.
There are few places in which ones breed
inc shows Itself more cleaIly than at the table
A low bred man will generally be lll-lannereo
and coarse al the table. A selfish man wal
usually show his selfshness as soon at the les
tai board as elsewhere. An awkward man vii
be sure TO be doubly awkward at the table
4 bashful man is most bashful when be eats II
company Of others. 4 mean man Will be es
pecialiy mean at his own table. On the con
irary gentleman is especially gentleman
his meals The generous here shows h's gen
rrosity; the polite man his pollIeness; the well
bred man his good manners; the graceful MAJ
his polish; he dgniied man hls dignity.
With the American people, table etiquette
too much neglected. More attention 10 goo
manners 10 graceful and easy style of eating
to table poiteness and courtesy, would do mnc
10 polish our people, and make their commo
behavior more agreeable and satisfactory to then
selves. Our example and instruction beior
our children are5mportant TO them. There
such thing as excessive polItenesS, as an eXqu
site mannerism at the table, which IS TO be
voided, but we are more likely to offend w'i
our coarseness.
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! bic act of the Maras des Cygnes This was
! followed on the part OF Montgomery, by setting
! fire to the town of Fort Scott, in the middle OF
( the night, while the people were all asleep
j and then pouring in volleys of rifle balls TO pre-
! vent the people from eXtingushing the flames
! Although no serious consequences resulted from
! this act though several persons escaped very
narrowly, yet lis conception, know OF nothing
worse in the whole Ii isto'y OF Kansas. 1T such
! an act had been commit ed by band of hostile
! Indians, ii would have sent thrill OF horror
! throughout the whole coGHtry. Such have
been some of the troubles in this Territory, and
yet the perpetrators are running at large with
out an effort 10 arrest them, in counties where
the Free State men have ali the local Cttlcers,
upheld by portion of those calling themselves
Free State men, among the most active CT
whom have been the hired reporters Of III
Eastern newspaper press. II any further distur-
Dances occur in this Territory, these the
people who will be- Justly responsible for it.
The Free State party have a majority in every
county in the Territory, and they have the
sheriff and all other local officers 10 a II but two
or three OF The counties, and there is no county
IN which the sheriff cannot preserve peace If he
desires TO DO so.
You make another complaint against the
President, that he has twice postponed the
sales of the public lands. If mistake not, last |
Spring you complained because the sales were |
ordered for July. The first postponemeut was
made at the urgent solicitation Of the people I
IN al parts Of the Territory, and so anxious (
were they 10 have it done, that they sent on a
committee of three 10 see the President on the
subject, and the result OF their interview was
published by yon. The second post ponemcnt
was more necessary than the first, for money
had become more scarce IN the Territory, the
rates ofln'Prest had gone Up 10 5 and 10 per
cent, per month. and there was a good deal of
'lck1 IS throughout the whole country. BIZ h
adherng 10 the second order for the sales to take
place in November, the settler would be placed
II The mercy of the money lender, when to
postpone II the settler would have another year
within which to obtain the means to secarr a !
nome, without having TO give one-haf of his 3
and tor The money %th which to enter the {
'her hall. No good goveI nmeut woaId kaow- '
hglY impose such terms on her citizens, and S
renee the second postponenent of the land sales
NTH July next. It was measure demanded
" The Conditinn Of a.. Is~is 81 t,;eS /
were determined TO be dissatisfied with anytafas
nd everything the Administration might do,
nd few money-lenders whose percentage has
cen greatly reduced by it.
By giriag publicity to this, you viii correct
ONE erroneous impressions conveyed N 'hF
rIicIe alndod 10, and obIige yours, respectfully,
J. w. DENVER.
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4 BLOCK REPUBLICAN,.

Moses Perkins was a nan who had no SYM
pahy for the ''suftring A GIcans," and didn't
like 20 hear anything about the abolition OF Sla-
very. He dldu't think the "suGrling Africans
troubles were anything to hun, and was not
disposed TO bother about them. He had broth
rr-n-law who was Of a different stiiPe, and
here is told the way he served hin
81 had brotheIn-law," said Nose, 'who
was one Of the ravenIs, madd-s' taddeSt, hottest
. A5olIIIoHjstS you ever seed / liked the prsky
/ crlter well enough, and should have been very
glad 10 see him come and spend day, fetching
my sister TO see me and my wife, II he hadn I
! lowed his tongue to run 50 bout nlegeIs and
slavery, and the equality of the races, and the
duty OF overhowing the Constitution OF the I
nItcd States, and lot Of other things, some OF
which made me mad, and the beS! part OF en-
| right SICK. | puzzled my brains good deal
/ TO think how l could make him shut up his nor
| sy head bout Aboltionism.
swell, one time, when brohe r-inlaw came
over to stay, an idea struck me. hired mig
/ ger 10 help me through the baying time. He
I was the Biggest, strongest, greasIest niger /
ever seed Black he was blacker than a stack
OF black cats, and just as shiney as a new bea-
yer hat. spoke 10 him"
''Jake," sez |, 'when you hear the breakfast
bell ring don't say a word, but YOU come into
the Parlor and set right down among lhe folks
and eat your breakfast
The ngger's eyes stuck out Of his head 'bou.
feet,
You're iokin, nassa,' SCI he.
'Jokin,' sez |, 'l'm sober as a decon.'
But, sez he, i shan't have time TO wash my
self and change my shirt
so much the better,' sez l.
well breakfast came on, SO did Jake, and b
sat down long SIDE my brother-in-law.' HI
started, but he didn't say a word. There warn
no mistake bout it. Shut your eyes and yo
would know it-for he was loud tell you
There was first rate chance TO talk Abolition
ism, but my Orother-n-law never opened hi
mouth.
Jake SAYS II you be on hand at dinner time
and he was He had been working in tn
: medder all the forenoon-it was hot as hlckor,
and bilin' pitch, and-but | will leave the res
TO your Imagination. Wall, in the afernoo
D brother-ln-law came up 10 me madder than
= Short-lailed bull in hornet time.
D Moses sez he, Il want to speak TO you.'
1 'Sing ii out, sez /.
: q haven't but few words TO say sez ht
n 'but II that ere confounded niger comes to th
Y table while l'm stoppin' here, I'll clear out
n Jake ate his supper that night in the kitchir
r bot from that day TO this l never heard m
2 orother-ln-law open his mouth about Abolition
= ism. When the fugitive slave bill was passe'
/ thought he'd lei out some, but he didn't fc
= he knowed that Jake was still working on III
l. farm
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LITTLE .MIT7IE.
BY LIMA BELLE.
Groom, gentle flowers,
My child would pass TO Heaven.


"Tired, little one?''
Eyes, Aunt Nittie, oh, so tired And The
little hands push back the damp hair from the
pure white forehead, as the head sinks into its
favorite resting place-my lap.
What picture of beauty So child-like and
yet so unlike most children. gaze and yearn
for the gilt to transfer lis angelic sweetness to
canvas. The pure, biue-vened forehead, arched
by those delicate, dark brown, almost black,
browS, though the hair is light golden hue,
the long fringe-like eye lashes, long and
dark that they throw a rayed shadow on the
dove grey eyes, the little dimpled mouth,
wreathed with a quiet smile Of content, the
rose white, pink cheek, mot the purple pink, so
common in children, but the true rose hue,l
all these might be painted. But could that
spiritual expression, that shadow OF something
holy, that painters have SO esSayed TO do IN PIC
lures of the ChriSt-child Vain the attempt;
il is the spirit shadow that goes home with the
soul to Heaven.
at was so warm, but thought would moi
put il of any longer" And the pure eyes gave
me one of those coEfdlng, loving looks that al
ways sent thrill to my heart.
'sWhat was the task that could not be pat eff,
Pet, that you must tire yourself walking in the
hot sua to do it,
81 have been over 10 the cemetery 10 fix Nr-
gie's grave. Something told me must do ii to-
day. That selfish myrtle had crawled all over
it, and almost smothered my sweet vioets--
| had trained it up around the fence and over
the post, but il would come down and crawl
all over the grass and nearly covered up the Vi
olets planted round dear Firgie's head. I've
got it all nice now Aunt Mittlr, and you shall
90 with me tomorrow 10 see it," That ''to-
morrow" never came.
v hte as the pillow on which she lies, the
long dark Iashes dropping on marble cheeks,
one OF which is piIIowed on little hand, while
the other lies like suow flake OH the coveriet,
so small and wasted that the little circles OF gold
that used to clasp The slender finger is now
slipping from it. Quiet, yet so quiet, but not
sleeping, for there is that expression, SO sweet
vet so holy gazed spell-bound. The large
eyes open slowly but so calmly. "Aunt Nit
tie, is mamma gone 2" Yes, pet. "The doctor
told her must die. | am sor ~ for mamma
and father and TIME and you, but ! am not sor-
ry for myself, think it will be SO nice 10 be in
ss1Sqyen and never have TO die ag ain. Heaven
funeral and don't let every Oody iRo.M' toll OF
violets Yirge loved them So" And then
those soft eyes look deep, deep into ny soul and
see wall of partition that had never been thrown
down, as the sweet voice murmered, 81 know
how you love Papa and TIME give all the love
YOU had for me 10 mamma" One hard stru q
gle and the sweet voice was sealed with ki IS
as she dropped her tiny ring in my hand.
ssGod gives US ministers of love,
Which we regard not being near,
Death takes them from Us, then we feel,
That angels have been with US here"
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OLD BACHELORS.
An exchange saws I,

An exchange says
Ill our maker thought it wrong for Adam to
live single when there was not woman upon
tue eartn. how crimlnally guilty are old oache-
lors, with the world tull OF pretty girls.'
The Savannah News meets the railing accusa-
tiion:
We protest against 1if.es # fua Adam old bachelors
ence between Adam and the old bachelors of
our day. Adam could afford TO narry-many
bachelors now a days cannot. What with
crInoiine, five hundred dollar shawls, diamond
bracelets, and pin money, ii is no small underta-
king at this age of the world. Eve had no
choIce-it was Adam or nobody. She had no
chance TO get up Irritation, tor thee was no
one to fllTt with. Seeing no other means OF
taniailzlhg her husband--a feminine peculiari-
ty from that day 10 his-she got him in a Scrape
by eating the forbidden fruit. sold bachelors
are crinlnaly guilty." are they Give sold
bachelors" the same chance Adam had, and our
word for it, a majority of them would put on
matrimoEy IN no time"
And then the Columbus Enquirer clinches
the matter
''Ihems our sentiments, 10 fraction. And
il is our opinion, further, that If some married
men were restricted 10 the same attractions
and temptations that Adam had, there would
be- fewer applications 10 put of matrimony when
once assumed. 0, for the good old days of ADJ
am and Eve"
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Ori9inal 11oetrn
For the Bedford Gazette.
INDIAN SUMNER.

INDIAN SUMMER.
"The melancholy days have come,
The saddest Of the year,
Sad Autumn with lis chilly frost,
Hath on the gale the leaflets tossed,
Aud strewn decay along the ground,
And spread desolation round -
And all is ruin-all is blight;
And YET, how beautifully bright
But It's the loyeliress Of those,
In whom Consump'jo ions hectic gIows-
Lies fairest, but its latest, spark,
Ere il departs, and all is dark!
lis Autumn--but not Autumn's breath
J. this, that fans the cheek of death,
And seems as tho il tain would strive
10 BAD the dying yea. revive;
The sun is red, as If with blood,
Serene the earth, and calm the flood;
And bluer seem the distant mountains,
More darkly deep the Silly fountains;
And all IS SOFT in lhis sweet time
known only to She Western Cline
Which thus rederns to season past,
One genial ray from wintry blast;
Aud smiles too brief for aught SO bland,
The ,.Indian SnmmeI'' Of our land
Ills summer--but without its flowers,
Pale monitors OF aeetiug hours;
lis ,ummer-but the leaves are sere,
The hoary hairs Of aged year.
Yet beauty-tho' in other guse;
For beauty chances never dies
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''What are they talking about!" said MEM
Der, during debate on the money question.
s'Theology," was the reply. Theology! Why
[ thought 1t was the money question:" "Well,
money is their deity, and they are discoursing
about that"
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II a journeyman dyer can earn two dollars
day by dyeiag what should 1t cost him to
iire7
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Il THRILLING INCIDENT.

Ofriday last, man named Wilson made
| an ansion from the Fair ground at Centralia,
ILL.,, a balloon, belonging TO Brooks, the
i1rout. He descended about eighteen miles
dis,a at the farm of Mr.. Harvey. After the
grazing iron had been made fast, Harvey, to
amo'hls children, one boy of four years, and
the her girl Of eight years, placed them in
thetsket car, and permitted them to ascend
sevll times as high as the rope would allow.
Unpectedly the graphing iron slipped from
thrther's hand, and the balloon with its pre-
cioDfrright was waited out of sight. The dis
treSof the parent knew no bounds. The per-
ilohlS children he considered imminent, for
w2t assurance had he that they would not be
tne into some dense forest, where they would
lovertaken with hunger before they could be
ind, or perhaps descend into some lake or
j, n and be drowned AZ soon as il was
Issioip an Extra was issued at CentralIa, and
te who'll neighborIng country placed on the
syt TO wat ch for the balloon and children.
Saturday i.iorning at day break, farmer
ner New Carthage, iorty-three miles distant
frn Mr.. Harvey's place, discovered the bal
loo suspended IN The air, attached by the Crap
pig rope TO a tree in his yard. He Imme-
dRpIy hauled the balloon down, and found the
yungeSt child asleep N the cotton OF the bas-
kl, and the eldest carefully watching ovei her
lille brother. They had been waited about by
dferent currents OF ar throughout the whole
nght, and had come to a halt but little While
DIore they were relieved.
The story the girl told was that, as the bal
on assembled she cried piteouslv to her father
cpnil it down. She said she passed over
avn where she saw great many people to
whom she hike wise appealed at the top OF
Ir voice. This place was CenlFalia. The bal
-on was seen 10 pass over there, but the peo-
le ll.te imagined il carried two persons in
'ch danger. Her little brother cried with
Did, aud the heroic girl tool. off her apron,
oveFFd him and got him to sleep. In hand
ng the ropes she happened TO pull one which
ad the effect of brogjng the balloon down,
nd although not understanding The philosophy
f the movement, she was content TO keep the
alive open, 50 long as by 50 dong, she found
be approached tue earth.
The young Grial voyagers were in the bal
ION about Thirteen hours and quarter. Ii may
{. easily imagined that among the ncIghbors
mind and loving conSidefafifSSP PP3ecls p, OF mucn
nay well entltle beI TO re.-,~..,I 4i'ce oi
he incident itself was of such remarkabksc1ai-
cter that We opne it will not soonTe Tor
often IN that section.
The boy and girl were conveyed home as
Don as practicable, and it is needless 10 say
we're received with outstretched arms.
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HOW TO EQUIP FOR 4 KANSAS TRIP,

A traveller in Kansas, who has evidently
..bush- whacked" before, for he talks like an old
Western pioneer, or a modern gold-mlner, thus
advises all who intend making Kansas tour
Nlv advice to all travellers is TO take along
sack Of cooked provisions, good bottle OF BRAN
DIV 10 mix with the water, for 1t is SO different,
sometimes frep-sone, sometimes limestone,
brook, branch creek, river and spIlng; that
you'll have thunder and lig htnlng below, IN
twenty-fo ur hours without IT. A AlSo a buffalo
robe or big blanket, with box OF matches, and
with your gun get your meat, camp ont, nave
a little bag of ground coffee and tin cup;
with these, YOU can travel from Jericho TO Je-
rusalern, and avoid the avernS, and other annoy
ances, otherwise encountered IN travelling IN new
countries. Boil or fry your meat on The Goals,
use bark for plate, if you have flour make up
the dough in a piece OF bark off tree, twist 1t
round bending stick, stick one end 10 the
Ground. while The dough end hangs over the
FIRE; when one sid is baked tuIn the other to
the fire until baked, and you have sweet bis
cult. A little bag will carry along all articles
necessary to be used, and you can squat down
any where, at any time, turn out your team TO
grass. and become in reality ''a squatter soyer-
eign."
LIFE SAVED BY BEING JILrEp'-A sVhHe-
man of Cincinnati has been ''dying by inches
of rheumatism, and after travelling for some
time he came home almost dead. He bad hr1n
engaged to be married, aud says the Cincinnati
Enquirer:
oWeary of physicians, attempted cures ana
lie itself, be came home 10 die, and again went
to the Spencer House, thinking be would there
receive from the kindly propretress all the
attendance he could at any place, moi IN every
sense home. lie was carried from the boat
10 the hotel, aud more dead than alive, placed
in the comfortable apartment he bad before
occupied On the sixth day after his return,
he learned that his Notwithstanding be
could not survive, and wishing probably 10
lose no time in her conuubai relations had
been married the day previous TO another per
son. more wealthy, if less meritorious than he
! All the friends of the diseased lover thought
that :his would prove fatal at once, in bis then
state ofbeallh, but instead Of their antIclpatIons
/ beiog realized, in week from the day of the
reception of the unsupported news, ne arose
/ from his bed and rapidly recovered, and in
/ less than month was as we'll as ever"
rEThe more polished s"ciety is the less tor
maliv there IS IN il.
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nyCharity obiiges not to mistrust a man
prudence no, 10 trust him before we know him.
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HY.M.}' or the .M.4RSEILL.4ISE.

IuJ MarseI!lalse was InSpiTt1 nv genius, pa
triolism, youth, beauty and champagne Rou-
get De Lisle was an officer OF the garrison al
Strasburs, and a native Of Mount Jura. lie
was an unknown poet and composer. lie bad
4 pleasant friend, named DietFick, whose vile
and daughters were the only critics and admi-
rers OF the soldier poets song. One night he
was at supper with his friends family, and they
had only coarse bread and a few slices OF ham,
Dietrich, looking Sorrowfully at De Lisle, said,
''Plpnty is not our feast, but We have the cour-
age OF a soldiers heart | have still one bottle
left ID the celIar-bring it, my daughter, and let
us drink to liberty aud our country !"
The young gill brought the bottle; it was
soon exhausted, and De Lise went staggering
to bed he could not sleep for cold, but his heart
was warm and iul of the beating OF genius and
patriotism. He took small clavicord and
tried to compose song sometimes the words
were composed fiISt--sometimes the air. Di-
rectIy he fell asleep over the instrument, and
waking al daylight, he wrote down what he
had conceived in the deIrium of the night
Then be woke the family, and sang his produc-
ton; al first the women turned pale, then they
wepi, then burst forth iEto cry OF enthusiasm
II vas the song OF the nation and of terror
Two months afterwards, Dietrich went 10
the scaliold, lsteniug TO the self same music,
composed under his own roof and by The inspI-
ration of his last boltle of wine. The people
sang il everywhere; it flew from city to city,
to every public orchestra. Marseilles adopted
the song at the opening and close of lis clubs
hence the name. "Hymn of the Marseil-
laise;" then it spread all over France. They
sung il IN their houses, in public assemblies, and
in the stormy street ConvocatIons. DE LIsie's
mother heard il and said TO her son, :" w hat IS
this revolutionary hymn, sung by bands G! bri-
gands, aud with which your name IS mingled !!
De Isle heard II and Shuddered as 1t sounded
through the streets of Paris, rung from the Al
pine passes, while he, a royalist, fled from the
lnfuriated people, frenzied by his own words
France was great amphltheatre oil anarchy
and blood, and De Lisle's song was the battle
cry.
There is no national air that will compare
with the AlarselIaise in subImity and power
il embraces the soft cadences full OF the peas
ants home, and the stormy c'angor ol SILVER
and steel when an empire is overthrown Il
endures the memory of the vine dressei's cot
tage. and makes the Frenchman, in his exile
cry ala belle France foTgetful OF the torch
and sword, and guilIotine, which have made
| his country spectre of blood in the eyes oil ma
/ lions. Nor can the foreigner listen to 1t, sung
! bv company Of exiles, executed by bant
! Of musicians, without feeling that II is the pl
! broch Of battle and war.
If YOU wish 10 be certain OF what you get
never marry girl named Ann 'an' rs an IN
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5~"Do You know Mr.---?" asked one
friend OF another, referring 10 an old gentleman
VIII was famous Tor his iondness of lhe extract
Of hops
g Yes sir, know him very we'll"
60 What kind Of man is be 60
" Why, 10 the morning, when he gets up,
he is beer barrel, and in the evening, when he
goes to bed, he is barrel ofbeer.