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The star of the north. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1849-1866, 1859-07-13
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ment. Homer was myth, nearly every
historical character was a being oi imagina.
ton, and thus William Tell became myth.
IT would be we'll if these sophists had stop
ped here. But they laid hold upon the
word of God Moses became myth in
their hands ; Job vas a mere story in poe
try, like the "Arabian Nights )" Ecclesia-
sizes was the blating of a worn out debau.
chee, or of an Epicurean philosopher no
longer young. Thus every book of the BIZ
BILE was divested of all that was holy and
authoritative by men of real erudhion, as
well as by the shallowest oftyros. Good,
however, came out of this evil. The atten-
tion of the few eminent evangelical Chris
tians in Germany was led 10 examine the
basis on which the truth stands; the best
men Of England and America studied more
profoundly than ever the "fai:h once deiv-
cred 10 the saints J" and the result was, the
overthrow or the specious reasoning, and
the crude, and in some instances absurd
theories Of opponents OF the Bible.--jo,u. Of
Commerce.
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NUMBER ~.
Origin of Camp Meetings.

A correspondent OF the Boston Bee gives
the following version of the origin of these
popular religious gatherings lit has gen.
orally been supposed that camp meetings
originated with the Melhodisls, but history
informs us that the Presbyterians were frs,
IN The enterprise. not long since listened
TO- sermon upon the subject from which I
gathered the following facts Two brother
preachers, one Methodist the other a
Presbyterian, were travelling in the State OF
tennessee They stopped at village TO
spend the Sabbath. There being but one
church in the place "a Presbyterian } it was
agreed they should both preach in it /; the
Methodist ofiicia'ed in The afternoon. AS
they were very Jealous in the cause, they
concluded 10 hold meeting on Monday
The eysitement hGcame so, great that tho
house was not large enough TO accommo-
date the multitude, and they adjourned 10 a
grove near by, and the people came from
far and near some bringing tents, others
covered wagons and continued the meeting
a week. Hence the name OF camp meetings,
though The Presbyteriahs have never made
1t so prominent in their operations as the
Melhodsts yet they share equal in its ORR
gin. The Methodists have ever since OBJ
served it and as body feel as much oblig-
ed TO attend the annual camp meeting as
The Jews did their Feasts of Tabarnacles.
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Wouldn't Tell her Ace.

The N. o. Crescent says "A lady witness
in one of the District courts on Friday, was
asked her age. She Indignantly refused TO
tell, and rated the lawyer for impertinence.
The court explained that a knowledge of
her age was necessary 10 the case at issne,
and that it was not in any spirit of idle Gu
riosity or impertinence that the question
was asked. Still the lady prevericated, and
finally became naty stubborn. The court
told her she would have 10 answer the ques-
tion. She was twenty-five. The Court then
reprimanded her mildly for her obslnacy,
adding that twenty-five was youthful age,
and not an age for any lady 10 be ashamed
to acknowledge. The trial proceeded, and
after while the lady testified to incidents,
of her own knowledge and memory, which
occurred twenty seven years ago. In the
further course of the inquisition, the lady
became 80 disguised with the opposing
lawyer, our tall and handsome friend, the
Kentucky colonel, that IN replying TO his
question she turned her face aside, ard hid
it from his view with her fan. He request
ed her politely TO remove her fan and face
him when he spoke. She paid no attention
to the request. The Colonel then asked the
court TO ask the lady 10 do as he had asked.
The Court did so. That was the touch that
fired the lady completely. Dropping her
fan suddenly, and facing the Colonel, with
eyes flashing fire, she snapped at him, or
spat at him, as cat might spit at a dog
"Your'e too ugly 10 look at %
The Col. grimaced under the compliment,
but went on with his questions. Lawyers
do meet Tartars, sometimes.
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Slick and the Ladies'.

"Cousin John, how did your wife hurt
her back so? declare it makes me feel
awluIly to see what hump she's got grow
ing since she cum away from Connecticut
With that cousin John looked at her, and
laried little, but could see he didn't feel
just right and arter a mint he SAID sez he,
"Hush cousin, you must not speak so loud ;
it's true Mary has put on 100 much hustle,
but it's the fashion you see." looked
around, and, as true as you live, there
warn't gal in that room that hadn't her
back sticking out jest the same way
Such set of critters never did put my
eyes on, and yet they all stood about smil-
ing and talking 10 the fellers, as if nothing
allied them, poor things / never see set
of folks dressed so and SO awfully stuck up
as they were. Some of the gals had feath-
ers in their hair, and some had flowers or
gold chains twisted around their curls, and
didn't see one that wasn't dressed up in
her silks and satins, as could be. As for
men, thought should have haw hawed
right out a lain 10 see some OF them. lhere
was one chap talking to Miss Beehe, with
his hair parted from the top of his head
down each side of his face, and it hung
down behind all over his coat collar like a
young gals just before she begins TO wear
a comb, and there was two punches of hair
stuck out of his upper lip right under his
nose, like cats wskers when she begins
10 git her back up. Every time he spoke,
the hair riz up and moved about, till it was
enough to make one Grail all over 10 look at
him. Think seq |, if it wouldn't be fun 10
see that varmint try 10 eat. If he didn't get
his viciuals tangled up in that bunch Of hair,
he must know how 10 aim alfred staight
with his knife and fork.
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q b oife poetrn.
THE COTTAGE DOOR,

How sweet the rest that labor yields
The humble and the poor,
Where sits the patriarch of the fields
Before his cottage door
The lark is singing in the sky,
The swallows on the caves,
And love is beamIng IN each eye
Beneath the summer leaves
The air amid his fragrant bowers
Sapplies unpurchased health,
And hearts are bounding mid the, flowers
More dear 10 hun than wealth.
Peace like the blessed sunlight plays
Around his humble cot,
And happy aights and cheerful days
Divide his lowly lot.
And when the village sabbath bell
Rings out upon the gale,
The father bows his head TO tell
The music of lis tale
A fresher verdure seems TO fill
The fair and dewy sod,
And every infant tongue is still
To hear the word Of God.
o, happy hearts 10 Him who stills
The ravens when they cry,
And makes the lilly meath the hills
So glorious TO the eye
The trusting patriarch prays TO bless
His labors with increase
Such ways are "ways OF pleasantness,
And all such "paths are peace"
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hisi unceasing..--s endicaled shat. his
heart was also there. Mrs. Burns last ap.
proach to the barn ward found him stretched
on a mass of staw, looking abstraciedly on
planet which, in clear starry sky, "shone
like another moon," and having prevailed
'on him TO return into the house, he instant>
ly wrote, as they still stand, the following
sublime verses /" To Mary in Heaven"
which have thrilled through many breasts,
and drawn tears from many eyes, and which
will live the noblesl of the lyrics of Burns,
while sublimity and pathos have respond
ing charm in the heart of Scotchmen
TO MARY IN HEAVEN.
Thou lingering star with less'ning ray,
That lovst TO greet the early morn,
Again thou usher'st in the day
My Mary from my soul was torn.
% Mary dear departed shade!
Whereis thy place 81 blissfn rest 2
see'st thou thy lover lowiy laid, [breast
Hearst thou the groans that rend his
That sacred hour can forget?
Can forget the hallow'd grove,
Where by the winding Ayr we met,
To live one day.cf parting love
Eternity will not eface
Those records dear-of transport past
Thy image at our last embrace;
Ah little thought we twas our last :
Ayr gurging kissed his pebbled shore,
O'erhung with wild woods thick'ng green;
The fragrant birch, and hawthorn hoar,
Twin'd am'rous round the raptur'd scene.
The flowers sprang wanton 10 the prest,
The birds sang love on every spray
Till soon too soon, the glowing west
e Proclaimed the speed of winged day.
Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes,
And londly broods with mlser's care
Time but the impression deeper makes,
AS streams their channels deeper wear.
My Mary, dear departed shade
Where is thy blissful place of rest
See st thou thy lover lowly laid breast?
Hearst thou the groans that rend his
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THE NOBLE FARMER.

With hero from the battle strife,
With palms OF victory crown'd,
Fame's clarion music in his ear
From earth's remotest bound
What ruler over nalion's love
In majesty sublime
The first, the greatest in the realm,
A king in freedoms cline,
Returns.ro rural haunls 10 watch .
His ripeniug wheat fields wave?
A blessed gladness in the heart
That glory never gave.
Who, his acres broad and green,
Where plow-shares brake the sod,
Prefers in sylvan tolls 10 walk
With Nature and with God
There was but one, who thus retired
From couquesls, power and pride,
For which ambition hath so oft
In madness siriven ana died
There was but one, dpst ask his name
Meath fair Vitainia'ss sky,
Go, find Mount Vernon's sepulchre
And heed lis answering sigh.
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A CONSCIENTIOUS WIDow.-A poor peas.
ant OIL his deathbed made his will He call
ed his wife to him and told her of its pro-
visions. 81 have lefl," he said, "my horse
to my parents /; sell it, and hand over TO
them the money you receive. leave you
my dog take care of him and he will serve
you faithfully" The wife promised to obey,
and in due time set out to the neigbor-
ing market, with the horse and dog. elbow
much do you want for your horse 2" in
quired farmer. al cannot sell the horse
alone, but you may have both at reasonable
rate. Give me ten pounds for the dog and
five shlllings for the horse" The farmer
laughed, but as the terms were low, he
willingly accepted them. Then the worthy
woman gave to her husbands parents the
five shillings received for the horse, and
kept the ten pounds herself.
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Hints 10 Travellers.

Take one fourth more moLey than your
actual estimated expenses.
Have good supply Of change, and have
no bill or piece higher than ten dollars, that
you may not take counterfeit change.
Dress substantially better be too hot for
two or three hours at noon, than to be too
cold for the remainder of the twenty-four.
Be at the place Of fstarting fifteen or twen-
iy minutes before the time.
Do not commence days travel before
breakfast even if that has 20 be eaten at day
light. Dinner or supper, or both can be
more healthy dispensed with than a good
warm breakfast.
Put your purse and watch in your vest
pocket, and put all under your pillow, and
you are not likely to leave either.
The most secure fastening of your cham.
Der door is a common bolt on the inside :;
if there be none, lock the door, turn the key
so that it can be drawn partly out and put
The wash basin under it thus any attempt
TO use jimmy or put in another key will
push it out, and cause racket among the
csockery, and which will be pretty certain
10 rouse the sleeper, and rout the robber.
A sixpenny sandwich eaten lesurely in The
cars is hener for you than dollar dinner
bolted at "station.h
Take with you months supply of pa
tience, and think thirteen times before you
reply once 10 any supposed rudeness, or in
suit, or inatention.
Do not suppose yourself specially and
designedly neglected, if walters a. hotels do
not bring you what you call for in double
quick time nothing so distinctly marks
the well bred man as quiet waiting Il
such occasions passion proves the puppy.
DO not allow yourself 10 converse in a
tone loud enough to be heard by person
two or three seats from you it is the mark
of boor, if in man, and the want of re-
finement and lady like delcacy, if in wo-
man. A gentlemen is not noisy, and ladies
are serene.
Comply cheerfully and gracefully with
the customs of conveyance in which you
travel, and the place where you stop.
Respect yourself by exhibiting the man.
ners of gentleman and lady, if you wish
to be treated as such, and then you will re-
ceive the respect of others.
Travel is a great leveller take tie posi-
tion which othe,s assign you from your con-
duct rather than from your pretension.-
Halls Journal of Health.
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Is your horse perfectly gentle, Mr.. Dab
ster ?"-" Perfectly gentle sir; the only
fault he has sot-if that be a faults a
playful habit of extending his hinder hools
now and them" "By extending his hinder
hoofs you don't mean kicking, | hope ?'-
"Some people call it kicking, MIR. Green /;
but it's only slight reaction ofthe muscles,
a disease rather than vice."
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A PUZZLE FOR THE CURioUs.-Those of our
readers who may happen TO have more
time on their hands than they can conven-
ienily make use of, will, no doubt, be much
Obliged to us for the following curious
statement. We magazine that few will
find it "possr." A gentleman married a
lady, whose brother soon after married the
husbands daughter in course of time each
psIII had child,th former daughter, the
latter on,--iherefore the first mentioned
lady is mother TO her brother, sister TO her
daughfer, and grandmother to her nephew ;
hes httle daughter is neice TO her sister,
nun' % her cousin, sister 10 her uncle; the
young man is sbfeihsr to his father and moth
er, son 10 his sister, uncle TO his VIE, and
brother to his niece his wife is sister TO
her father and mother, daughter TO her sis
ter, his little son is grandson to his aunt the
older lady, and cousin to'his aunt The little
girl
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Down on the "Eastern Shore of Virginia
there is an editor, who is also his own COM
positor and pressman, who makes occasion.
al voyages along the coast, TO Norfolk, as
captain of the schooner Polly, who preach
es Oh Sunday, teaches school on week days,
and still finds time to take care of wife
and sixteen children.
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ONCE on time an Irlshman and negro
where fighting, and when graphing with
each other. the lrishman exclaimed:
aye devil of black nagur cry enough,
or I'll fight till die w
"So'll ], boss" sung out the darky, "l
alters does"
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LAY OF THE DESERTED -"An unfortunate
husband" having been deprived of the So
ciely OF his charming wife, who had lef
for parts. unknown, thus gives mis- vent tc
his feelings through the medium of an ad
vertisement
"My wife has left my bed and board,
For few days-lew days;
She sloped from here of her own accord,
While was away from home.
"I warn the world that no amount
Nova. a.days-now-a-days.
Will pay on the iabe's account,
For home she never come"
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The editor of the Sandlsky Pioneer has
been presented with a fine shirt collar. He
is waiting for some one 10 give him shirt,
SO that he can put the collar 10 some use
AT present it is perfect superhuity to him.
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i Chinese He'll.

A Correspondent of Baltimore paper
thus describes representation of the pun
ishment OF the wicked after death, accord
ing 10 the Buddhi isht theology, which he
witnessed in the suburbs of Canton
CATER walk of about mile, we came
10 the "1emple OF Horrors" This is a
horrible place-that is, the scenes are mid
eous. The Intention is TO represent what
bad man would suffer after death. It ID
composed of ten different groups of statua-
ry, made of clay, and many of them are
crumbling 10 pieces. The first group rep
resents the trial of the mau he is surround.
ed by his family and friends who are.,rying
10 defend him the second, where he is
condemned and given over to the execu-
toner; in the third he is undergoing semi
transformation from the man TO the brute;
the fourth, where he is put into mill, head
down@ards, and being ground up; his dug
is by the mill, licking up his blood.
In the fifth scene he is packed between
two boards, and is being sawed down
lenglhwise sixth, he is under large bell,
which is rung until the Conclusion Kills
him seventh, the man is placed upon
rack, and the executioners are tearing his
flesh with red-hot pincers; ninth, he is in
cauldron of boiling lead, and the tenth
scene represents him on eridron, under
going the process of roasting. In all these
scenes his family are present; also, large
figure who represents the Judge, execution
ers, little devils, and various instruments of
torture
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~ WISH was ghost, blame if l DON'T"
said q poor covy, the other night, as he was
soliloquizlng in the cold. &c They goes
wherever they please, toll free ; they don't
owe nobody no,hin', and that's comiof.-
Who ever heard tell of man who hao d
bill against ghost. Nobody. lhey never
buy hats and witals, nor has 10 saw WOOD
nor run arrants, as do"
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g "Atten.ion ? How many beans are
there in SIX"
"Six, sir. May I ask a question, if you
please, sir ?'
"Certainly."
"How many white beans are there in six
black oues :"
"None, of course"
dyes, sir, there is"
"Well, smartee, will you tell me how
manyw
"Yes, sir. There's six il you SKIN them ~
"Go 10 your seat, or l'll.skin YOU"
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A very polite young man Wishing to ask
a young lady if he might speak . her a few
moments, wanted 10 know 'if hec ould roll
the wheel of conversation around The axle
tree OF her understanding for Few mo-
ments" The young lady''fainted,
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Mrs. Partington says she did not marry
her second husband because she loved the
male sex, but just because he was the siHe
of her first protector, and would wear n''
old clothes out
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A spiteful writer says at is about as
hopeless task TO get a rich woman to live
life of common-sense, as it is 10 get a
rich man into the kingdom of heaven.
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A young fellow in Chicopee, who al.
tempted to kiss young lady, slipped and
fell, losing the kiss and two front teeth
Poor fellow--what disappointment 10 the
young lady.
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The old woman who opens the pew at
the church says, she used 10 have only to
open the doors, but now she has 10 push
the dresses in, too.
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A lady being about TO marry a small man
was told that he was a very bad fellow
"Well," said she, eff he is SO bad, there's
comiort-there is very little of him!"
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A friend of ours was congratulatlng him
self upon having recently taken very
nIa,sant trip. Upon inquiry we found that
ha had ,riped and fell into a young lady's
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AN irritable man is like hedge hog roll
ed up the wrong way, tormenting himself
with his own prickles.
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The Mayor of certain town ou' "e''
proposes 10 kill half the dogs OF his town.
and tan their hides with the bark OF the 9TH
er half.
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A woman with no friends can't be ex-
pected 10 sit down and enjoy comfortable
smoke, for she hasn't got any "to back
herr
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4 Mr. Hen has just started new paper
:. ,a,ra He says he hopes by hard scratch
- ~ make living for himself and little
chickens.
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A modes: young lady who is about TO be
married, vows she'll take chloroform when
the time comes.
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AWFUL CoNDrrloN.-"Well there is a
row over at our house"
"What on arth's the matter. you little
sarpint p
"Why dads drunk, mothers dead, the
old cows got a calf, Jerusha's married
primer aud run away with the spoons. Pete
swallowed pin, and Luis looked at the
Aurora Borax till he's got the delirium TIL
angles.
"That ain't all neither"
"What else, upon airth :"
"Rose split the batterbox, and broke lie
pancakes, and one of the Maltese kittens
has got her head into the molases cup and
can't get it out And oh, how hungry am
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THE Doom OF THE WoRLD.-The North
British Review, discoursng on the doom of
the world, has the following remarks:
"What this change is we dare not even
conjecture but we see in the heavens
themselves some traces of destructive ele-
ments, and some indications of their power
the fragments of broken planets-the de.
scent of meteoric stones upon our globe
the whirling comets yielding their loose
material at the solar surface-the volcanic
eruption in our own satelite-the appear
ance of new stars and the disappearance of
others, are all foreshadows of that impend-
ing convulsion 10 which the world is DOOM
ed. Thus placed on planet which is 10
be burned up, and under heavens which
are to pass away thus residing, as it were,
on the concentrates and dwelling upon the
mausolems of former worlds, let us learn
the lesson of humility and wisdom, if we
have not already been taugh, in the school
of revelation