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Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
Beautiful Little Allegorv.

A humming bird met a butterfly, and
being pleased with the beauty Of its per-
son, and the glory of its wing, made an
offer Of perpetual friendship.
II cannot think of it," was the reply,
+" as you once spurned me, and called ne
a drawing dolt."
Impossible = exclaimed the hummil g
bird, Il always entertained the highest
respect for such beautiful creatures as
you"
Perhaps you do now" said he other,
" but when you insulted me, | was a cut
erpillar. So let me give you a piece Of
advice never insult the humble, as they
may some day become your superior"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
Cholera Among the Diggers.

The subjoined extract is from Mrs.
Days Hesperian
In the fall of 1888, the cholera broke
out in California. and ragged with terri
BILE violence among the indians ; so great
was the mortality that they were unable
TO burn or bury the dead, and the air
was filled with the stencil of decompos-
ing humanity. A traveller who passed up
the Sacramento valley at this time, re.
lates that on his way up he passed place
where there Were about three hundred
Indians, with women Sand children, en-
camped when he returned, after an alb
sence Of three or four days, the ground
was literally strewed with dead bodies,
all having died except one little Indian
girl !; she occupied the camp alone, while
around her lay the fostering bodies of
her dead companions, and the air was
rendered noxious by the disgusting stencil
arising from the dead bodies which, not
alone in this camp, but everywhere
throughout the valley, strewed the
ground.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
Evaporation.

From the whole surface of the ocear.
says DR.. Dick, there arises every twelve
hours, no less than thirty million cubic
feet of water, which is more than suhi
cient to supply all the rivers on the earth
This immense body Of water is formed
into clouds. and carried over every part
of the continents ; and again it is con-
dansed into rain, snow, or dews, which
f~ertilize the earth. Should this process
pause, we might wash our clothes, but
centuries would not dry them, for evapc-
ration alone produces this effect; vege.
tation would wither ; rivers would swell
the ocean the operations of nature
would cease. So close is the connection
between the processes and vegetable ard
animal life. Praise the Lord for he
causeth the vapors to ascend from the
ends of the EARTH"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
Walking.

Welking is good, not merely stepping
from shop to shop, or from neighbor to
~neighbor, tut stretching out into the
country, to the freshest fields and highest
ridges, and quiet lanes. However sullen
the Imagination may have been among its
griefs at home, here it cheers up and
smiles. However listless the limbs may
have been sustaining a too heavy heart,
here they are braced, and the tagging
gait becomes buoyant again. However
perverse the memory may have been in
presenting all that was agonizing, and
insisting only on what cannot be re.
trieved. here it is first disregarded, and
then it sleeps and the sleep of the mem.
DRY is the day in Paradise to the unhappy.
The mere breathing of the cold wind on
the face of the commonest highway, is
rest and comfort. which must be felt at
such times to be believed.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
American ANTIQUITIES.

DR.. DeHass es timates that there are in
the United States 100000 tumuls. or
mounds, which are supposed 10 have been
constructed by some ancient race, mostly
as places Of sepulture. Their situation
indicates that tt e were built by an as
ricultural people indeed they are gen.
orally most numerous in those portions
of the Mississippi Valley which are new
most numerously settled. Many of these
mounds have been ascfrtained to hold hr-
man skeletons, though rarely more than
two in each. and with the skeletons are
sometimes found brass implements and
even pieces of clio h.. Some are thought
to have been mounds of sacrifice. of
worship, of observation and defence
One mound in Virginia is seventy feet
high by eight hundred in circumference,
and covered with forest trees. Who shall
tell the story Of the vanished race?
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

0nt Strap Cook
Death Of DR.. Lardener.

The late news from Europe brings In
telligence of the death of Dr.. Dionysius
Lardener, whose name is familiar to the
public through his works, and who will
be personally remembered by those who
made his acquaintance dnring his visit to
this country. DR.. Gardener was born IN
Wexford, Ireland, on the 22d of Februa
ry. 1890. An accident during his boy
hood, which prevented him from indul
ging in the athletic sports of which
youths are so generally fond, was the
means Of turning his attention to literary
and scientific pursuits. On his recovery
he entered Trinity College, Dublin, and
graduated with honors. About this time
he married Miss Cecilia Flood, an Irish
heiress, from whom he was subsequently
divorced. In 1927 he was elected Pro-
fessor Of Natural Philosophy and Astron-
envy in the London University, but did
not long retain the position, and for the
next ten or twelve years devoted himself
to the publication of the Cabinet Cyclic
p@dia, and to contributing to the various
periodicals Of the day.
In 1910 DR.. Lardener came to this
country, and after visiting Philadelphia,
in 1871, delivered a series Of popular lee
lures on scientific subjects at the Clinton
Hall, and subsequently at Niblo's, in New
York. These lectures were remarkably
successful, and were re-delivered in the
principal towns in the United States
In 1915 DR.. Gardener returned to Europe,
and has since resided in Paris.
oo4,Go uruIIon m 1o rHonn1
was laborious and painStaking, and, with
out offering any very novel or original
theories, was a successful exposition and
compiler. He has published a number
of works and articles on almost every
department Of science, including mathe-
mates in its various branches, hydrosta.
tics, pneumatics, Mesmerism, astronomy
animal physic, &c. He has also written
on the steam engine, though he is chiefly
associated with this branch Of mechanics
by his repeated assertions that steam a
igation could never be carried to such a
point as to make it a paying speculation,
1t has been said that he deemed the
crossing of the Atlantic by steam vessels
utterly i'm. Practicable, and that when thai
mechanical triumph was achieved, be
denied ever having said so. But it ap.
pears that he merely argued that, as a
commercial speculation. trans atlantic
navigation could not become successful
The private and social life of DR..
Lardener does..not bear Investigation
When he came to this country he was
obliged to leave England on account Of
his elopement with a Mrs. Heayyside. al
whose husbands house be was visiting
He subsequently, OF the death Of Cap
tain H~eavyside, married this lady.
The latest hobby Of DR.. Lardner was
the use of scientific instruments for the
wholesale destruction Of human life dur
ing the coming war. He advocated the
Introduction Of destructive chemical
agents in place of the rife and cannon
but whatever plans he may have formed,
or discoveries he may have made, it is
impossible to a y He died in his sixty
ninth year.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
Landmarks of Existence.

All along the way of human progress
multiform landmarks remain. The mas
sive pyramids, the mysterious tower, the
crunbling pillar, the shattered arch, the
rudely sculpturcd tomb and the rough,
commemorative stone-pile declares the
pathway of gone out life and intelligence.
New-discoyered countries reveal the
dwellings and burial places of races ex.
tinct, and skeletons Of creatures unknown
TO naturalists Of this time. T~heologians
and biologists nominate the time of crea-
ton, but the reflective woodsnan over
looking the deep chasm, seemingly cut
through solid rock, wonders if the world
is no older, and calculates what fraction
of an inch could the water cut from it's
hinty bed in a lifetime like his? The
traveller fingers by the subterranean fire
places of tue Muskingum and wonders if
the skeletons there found in loving en-
brace died because of Adams trangres-
sion and were buried at the mighty flu.
neral Of the Deluge Trinity Journal.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26


Bg@ Another remarkable discovery in
photography is announced. 1t consists
in the invention of an artificial light, so
wonderfully luminous and steady as to
completely supply the effect of the most
brilliant loontide sun in all photogra.
phic operations. The light being con
tanned in a portable apparatus, portraits
can be taken in a private residence, even
in the darkest room, wholly independent
of the state of the atmosphere aud those
parts of cathedrals or other picturesque
architectural monuments where the light
of the sun never penetrates, and which
in consequence, have been until now
wholly shut out from the photographer,
will be accessible to the artist as any
part Of the exterior.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
Singular Illusions.

The strange illusions with which hypo-
.chondricas and insane persons are often
times affected are not a little amusing 10
the unconcerned spectator, however un-
comfortable they may be to the patient
himself. There are many anecdotes re-
specting these illusions related by medical
authors.
Marcus DaDatus informs us that a bak r
of FerIara believed he va, made of but
ter, and on that account would not az
proach the oven, lest he should melt.
The same author relates that a person
by the name Of Vicentinus imagined he
was of such enormous size that he could
not go through the door of his apartment.
His physician gave orders that he should
be led forcibly through it, which was
done accordingly, but not without a fatal
eject, for Vieentinus cried out, as he was
forced along, that the flesh was torn from
his bones, and that his limbs were broken
off, Of which terrible impression he died
in a few days, accusing those who con
Quoted him of being his murderers.
Tulpius tells US that the wife of one
Solomon Galmus fancied she was dead,
but that God had sent her back to the
world without a heart, for He had kept
it in Heaven. On this account she was
extremely unhappy, and more miserable
than any creature on earth.
Grunner relates the case of a German
student of theology, by the name of Rau.
Imagining himself the subject Of a Divine
call, without waiting for holy orders, he
commenced preaching. The following is
the conclusion Of one Of his %discourses I:
9" He who believes in witches does not
believe in the devil he who does not be.
lieve in the devil does not believe in God;
he who believes not in God must be
damned.
Hypochondriacs have sometimes mag
ined themselves a frail article of china
and, of course have been in constant feal
Of being dashed to pieces, by the careless
ness of serya:t Is or the forgetfulncss OIL
friends.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
An Irish Ranartaa.

The Irish mind is a never falling
source of wit. The following is the last
specimen Patrick-- is baggage
master on the Georgian Railroad, and
always attentive to his business. A few
evenings since while at his post, he was
%accosted by an excited passenger, who in
a rude and bo'sterous manner demanded
repeatedly to know the whereabouts Of
his trunk. After several times replying
to the in~terrogatory he at length lost his
patience, and put an esd to the strangers
troublesome questioning:
Och, mister, I wish in my soul you
were an elephant instead OF a jackass for
then you'd have your frank always I'M
der your eye.'
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
A Curious Custom.

The Cleaner gives an account of a curl
Gus custom which obtains at Vienna. The
Turko Israelitish community bury, every
eighth year, the copies of the sacred
books which are no longer servicable.-
The pious and charitable pay large sums
for the privilege Of possessing the place
where the books are buried, for the hon
or of digging the pit, and for that of
placing the books therein i: and besides
this the books themselves are sold, like
the above privileges, at auction to the
highest bidder. The burial then pro
ceeds amid certain solemnities, and the
money realized is used for charitable
purposes.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

FATAL EFFECTS OF STEEL STAYs.-The
London Court Journal says "A regu.
lar crusade has been entered into by the
doctors of Paris against the ~frightful
fashion of steel stays, brought in with the
new cut of dress now in vogue. Atten-
ton has been drawn to the subject, and a
report sent to the Accadmey Of Medi
cine in consequence of sudden death of the
two young ladies employed in one of the
fashionable stores in Paris to show off
the fashions. These young ladies', whose
sole business was to walk up and down
the Magasin, where the wonders Of the
Imagination of the proprietors are dis
played, wing witfpeach other in the de-
gree to which torture could be borne,
had gradually accustomed to be drawn
so tight that in one case the bursting Of
a blood vessel was the consequence, ard
in the other congestion of the lungs
carried off the victim in a few hours
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
Annabel Lee.
BY G A. POE.

1t was many and many a year. ago,
In a kingdom by the sea,
That a maiden there lived, whom you may know.
By the name of Annabel Lee.
And this maiden she lived with no other thought
Than to love, and be loved by me.
I was a child, and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love
I and my Annabel Lee
With a love that the winged Seraphs of Heaven
Coveted her and me.
Ard this was the reason that, long ago,
49, In this kingdom by the sea,
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her high-born kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To shut her up in a sepulchre,
In this kingdom by the sea.
The angels, not half so happy in Heaven,
Went envying her and me-
Yes that was the reason Gall men know
In this kingdom by the sea-
That the wind blew out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our love it was stronger, by far, than the love
Of those who were older than We
Of many far wiser than We
And neither the angels in heaven above,
lor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever discover my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee.
Fer the moon never beams without bringing m'
dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the stars never rise. but | feel the bright eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And SO, all the night tide, 1 lie down by the side
Of my darling-my darling-my life, and my
bride,
In her sepulchre there by the sea-
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

The WAR OF THE THREE SovERIGNs.--
1t is a singular coincidence, that during
the first campaign Of the French Empire
in 1905, in which the French army OBJ
tanned the appellation lie grand armee,"
there were three. soverigns in the field
the Emperor Napoleon, the Emperor of
Austria, and the Emperor of Russia. On
this account the battle Of Austerlitz was
baptized, The Battle of Three Emper-
ors." Now, in 1859, Napoleon Ill, the
Emperor of Austria and the King of
Sardinia are expected to fight at the
head Of their respective armies, and their
first engagement will probably be called
The Battle Of the Three Soyereigns."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
A Humane Sentiment.

l know that the world, the great, big wotld,
From the peasant up to the king,
Has a different tale from the tale I tell,
And a different song to sing.
But for me-and | care not a fig
If they say l am wrong or am right
l shall alH avs go for the weaker dog
For the under dog in the fight.
I know that the world, the great, big world,
Will never a moment stop
To see which dog may be in the fault,
. But will shout for the dog on top.
But for me, I never shall pause to ask
Which dog may be in the right,
For my heart will beat, while it beats at all,
For the under dog in tie fight.
Perchance what I've said, 1 had better not said,
Or htwere better l had said it incog,
But with heart and with glass fld up to the brin
Here's health to the bottom dog.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
In Mernoriam.

In all the arts that humanize mankind,
In liberal views and a well-balanced mind,
The ~virtuous HARDY greatly did excel,
And if his merits We should speak full well,
What though he rose not in the might of arms,
Nor sought from Fame, the wild, bedizzening
charms
With which false Glory leads her ~votaries on,
His was the need of Charity alone.
Crowned with her heavenly gifts, he needs bays,
No trump of Fame to sound his worldly praise;
His deeds, his honors, rest in God above,
The Holy Fountain of Eternal Love.
LITcHFIELD, May q, 1859.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
Heart S~pectres.

Who fears a sheeted spectre
Up the hall stairs gliding slow2
Or a warrior lone, half steel, half bone.
In the tower that rocketh so?
The purblind nurse, the infant heir,
But not a MAJ, l trow.
Not from without, but from within
Come spectres to appall-
The heart alone is the haunted tower,
And the goblin-trodden hall,
Where the shadows of the long ago
Upon the present fall.
There youthful feelings from the death
OF youth itself revived,
And buried hopes and wasted thoughts
In n emory's charnal hiyed,
Starting, unsummoncd, Ito life,
Wander like souls unshrived.
And stalwart men Of dauntless mienJ
0. iron nerve and limb,
Knowing of fear, but as a name
For something vague and dim,
Pause at its portal, as twere watched
By flaming caerubim!
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

be- Mrs. Darlington says, that just
before the last war with England, circum-
stances were seen around the moon night
ty, shooting stars perambulated the
earth, the desk of the sun was covered
with black spots of ink, and comments
swept the horizon with their operic tails.
Everybody said it p~roRigated war. and
enough it did come. Its c~ostiyeness
was felt t. roughout the land. but the
bravery of General Jackson expiated the
American citizens, and foreign dominoes
soon became a by-word."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

BA Mr.. Brown said a constable
to this ubiquitous parsonage the other
day. How many cows do you own?7
Why do you ask?' was the query.
Because | wish to levy ON them" was
the prompt rejoinder
Well, let ne see" said Mr.. B. alb.
stractedly, how many COWS does the
law allow me!'
Two" said Mr.. B with good natured
astonishment s. well if the law allows me
two, | wish it would make haste and
send the other along, as have but one."
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

SINGULAR.-It is generally observed
that persons Of about forty years. especial
ly young ladies of that age, are very for
getful of those with whom they we're ac-
quainted in childhood. This remarkable
dimness of memory has been appropriate.
ly styled Tho darkness of the middle
ages
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

RA During ar elect on time, ore Of
the candidates called upon a tradesmans
and solicited his vote. " would sooner
vote for the devil than for you !" was the
reply. But in that case, should YOUR
friend not come forward" said the can,
didate, Knight l not count on your as.
s~istance 2"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

B9- My Son." said an old turbaned'
Furk, one day, taking his child up by the.
hand in the streets of Cairo, and point
ing out to him on the opposite side a
Frenchman just imported, in al the elc--
gance of a Partisan custome-"My son,
look there if you ever forget God and
the Prophet, you may come to look like
that"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

BsA A teacher one day, e~ndeavorfng
to make a pupil understand the nature
and application of a passive verb, said
A passive verb is expressive of the nature
of receiving an action as Peter is beaten.
Now. what did Peter do p We'll, I
don't know" answered the boy, pausing
& moment, viii ;he gravest co1ntenance
possible, " without he hollered -
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

a- The Franklin Agricultural Society, of
County, will hold it's next Fair on
the 4th, 9Th, and 9th of October, The ar
contemplate a more liberal award
of premiums than ever before.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26
The Golden Hand.
&
BY JOHN }. rLATr.

BY joHN j.. rLArT.
From out the city's heart and dust
A Golden Hand is ever thrust,
Uplifting, from a spire, on high,
A golden finger in the sky.
t see it when the morning brings
Fresh tides of life in living things,
And the great world awakes; behold
That quiet Hand in morning gold!
l see it when the noontide beats
Pulses of FIRE in busy streets;
The dust flies in the, flaming air:
Above. the Golden hand is there.
I see it when the twilight clings
Around the earth with rosy wings;
Flashing with the last futtering ray
That Golden Hand remembers Day.
The midnight comes-the holy hour;
The city like a giant flower
Sleeps full of dew: That hand, in light
Of moen or stars, how strangely bright!
Below in many a noisy street
Are toiling hands and striving feet:
The weakest rise-the stroL gest fall;
That Golden Hand is over all
Below men wage the war of Trade.
Fortunes are lost and fortunes made;
The rich the poor their slaves enthrall;
That Golden Hand is over all!
Below, in courts to guard the land,
Gold buys the tongue and binds the hand;
Stealing in Justice, scales the gold.
That Golden Hand above. behold!
Bslow, the Sabbaths walk serene
With the great dust of Days between;
Preachers within their pulpits stand,
And over all that Golden Hand!
The week dust, in the crowded air
Below, arises never there;
Like one whose language cannot speak
That hand makes Sabbath all the week.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

Bay A clergyman, while engaged in
c~atechising a number Of boys in a class,
asked one of them for a definition of mat
rimony. The reply was
"a place Of punishment where some
folks suffer for a time before they can go
to heaven"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

AA A whole military company in
Dayton Ohio, fell in love with a beau'i,
full young lady, a Jewess, and as they all
couldn't have her, they compromised the
matter by selecting her as captain.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

aeg- To try sausages, take up one in
YOUR fingers, at the same time give a
sharp whistle. and if there be a slight
drop said sausage and make
for the door.
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

BA The wit of the peasant was Illus
trated by the remark ola beggar on being
told by a gentleman that be never gave
aims to strangers. "Sure, then, your
honor will never relieve an angel"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

E@- "You can't even tell who made
the monkey, for all you pretend to know
so much," said an Experiment fop to a
clergyman, who had ~reproyed him for
profanity.
Yes can" said the clergyman.
Well, then, who made the monkey ~
He who made you"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

BsA A gentleman asked a negro if he
would not have a pinch of snuff mo"
replied the darkey, respectfully. "me
tank you-Pomp's nose not hungry"
Monmouth weekly herald. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1854-1860, 1859-05-26

DENTIST TO HIS PATIENT.-Ahem |
Very odd, l must have made some mis-.
take there's nothing the matter with
this tooth Never mind, III try again..
OF course | wont charge you for pulling
more than one of them-no matter how
many | take out"