Union County star and Lewisburg chronicle. [volume] (Lewisburg, Pa.) 1859-1864, 1859-07-29
The Contented Farmer.

Once upon a time, Frederick. King
ofPrussia. .surnamcd "Oli Fritz took
ride and c-picd an Oil farmer
ploughing his acre by the way side,
chcerily singing his melody. You
must be we'll off, old man, said the
King. Does this acre belong 10
YOU, on which you 50 indu-triou>ly
labor" No sir, replied the farmer.
who knew not that it was the kin".
Il am not 30 rich as that, | plough
for wages" "IIow much do you geJ
4 dav?' asked the King, further.
Eight groschcn,' (about twenty
cents said the farmer. That is not
much," replied the King, can You
get along with this ?' Get along g?
and have something lcft.' How IS
lhat?' The farmer smiled and said :;
Well if | must tell two gro~chcn
are for myself and wife with two |
pay my old debts, two | lend away
and two | give away for the Lords
sake" This is a mystery which |
cannot solve, replied the King. Then
will solve it for you, said the far
mcr. Il have two old parents at
home, who kept me when | was weak
and needed help and now that they
are weak and need help | keep them.
This is my debt toward which | pay
two gro,chcn day. Thrill pair Of
groschcn which | lend away spend
for my children that they may learn
something good and receive Christian
instruction. This Will come handy
to mo and my wife when We get old.
With the last two sro>rhca | main
tain two sisters, whom wou.l hot
be compelled to kcep-thls | give Tor
the Lords sake
The King, well pleased with his
answer, said Brayely spoken. oil
man. Now | will also give You some
thing to guess. Have you ever seen
me beforc?7 Never" said the far
mer. In less than live minutes yoI
shall see me fifty times. and carry in
your pocket fifty Of my likeucs-es.
This is riddle which | can not I'm
ravcl," said the farmer. Then will
do it for you,' replied the King.
Thrusting his hand into his pocket
and counting him fifty bran-ney gold
pieces into his hand, stamped with his
roval Likeness. he said to the aston
ished farmer. who knew not what was
coming. The coin is gcnuiuc, for 1t
also comes from our Lord God, and
his paymaStcr. | bid YOU adicu.
We find the following ''tit bit in the
Democratic Ulltcimqn of last week We
think that after Mr. buchanan has squlu-
dered over one hundred thousand dollars
Of the peoples money, i; is about time to
commence a reform. But we do not ,hiLk
turning poor clerks out Of Olli-e Is the way
to begin.
"WHoLEsALE DECAPITATIoy.-N Ninety
FIVE C'erkS were discharged from the NV
York Custom House on the 3j-h alt.
Their united salaries make over 500 OoJ
year. This is in pursuance ot the work
of retrenchment which i uOw guIn. ou ~
all the Departments Of the GcucI-. GOV
ernmen,."
The Harrisburg Sentinel, Gov. Packers
organ, which ought to be good . uOcra'ic
authority, appears to think about is we DO
on this subject.
ACCIDENTAL PoIsoyING Il Gently
Mrs. Jacob Devices and 4 Nr Davidson
and lady, of Centre county, visitors ot the
former, were suddenly taken III, after has
Ing eaten of 4 cake The symptom. SlEt
those Of violent poison. Or. l.. y. Craw-
ford, was called in, anl from the cilcum-
stances and symptoms, concluded that the
cake contained arsenic, and that 1t had
been used instead Of cream tartar. The
antidote for arsenic was administered aud
they are now convalescins. The cake has
since been analyzed aud found TO contain
large quantity Of arscenic.
ra-A sailor calling upon a goldsmith
III -NCW 1 uIh ItCeut4N dsAcH NH"N III '-o'
be the value of an ingot Of gold as Ii: as
your arm. The shop keeper beckoned
him into back room and primed him
with grog. He then asked to see the in-
got. "Oh," said Jack, IL hayn't got it
yet, but I'm going to Pixies Peak aud
would like to know the value of such L
lump before start" The js~eIer imme-
dately ordered TIE salt water gentlemen
to sect out"
Scotch journals are trying to make out
that Garlbaldi is CaIciouian. His faith
er, they say, was shoemaker at the
Aud Brig o'Stirling, aud his name was
Garrcw His sons Cbristiln Batuc was
Baldie-a common Christian name in
some districts of Scotland In conse-
quence Of some freak or other, the sou
went to Italy; and the natives Of that
sunny cline, being unable to pronounce
the names of Baldie Garrow, translated
them into the more meli1uous Glribaiil.
prrrp C.crrp thu rraat lbarv no.