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"SSfsTABLE PATRIOT,
COMMERCIAL
^
ADVERTISER,
PUBLIS HED EVERY TUESDAY , A FEW DOORS
WEST OF THE COUliT HOUSE , BY
S. B. PHINNEY,
EDITOR AND PROPRIET OR.
W3I. D. LEWIS PRINTER.
rppRVlS—T wo dollars per year, in advance , or
•'thin three months—or two dollars and fifty cents at
Z\end of the year.
41 ADVER TISEMEN TS inserted on the most f avora-
hle t?r}ns-
g-j^-
Mo paper discontinued until all arrearages are
)aid > except at the option of the Publisher.
TO PURCHA SERS OF
©Hi CD ^
ii
t iiw®
AT WH OLESALE.
WHITING
~
&T KEHOE,
NOS. 40 and 42 ANN-STREET,
_g@gS©_J9
HAVE NEWLY MANUFACTURED FOR THE SPRING
' S_-L3S OF 1S50,
THE LARGEST AND MOST EXTENSIVE STOCK OF
READY-MADE
' C L O T H I N G ,
ever offered for sale in Boston.
Having, relinquise d thereto'? branch of our business
our attention it devoted exclusivel y to the wants of
' Traders, and Merchants may depend upon finding with
. us a better supp ly of
WELL MANUFACTURED GOODS ,
than at other Houses.
Onr stock includes articles adapte d to the wants of the
NEW ENGLAND,
Southe rn and Western Trade.
. The extent of our business enables us to offer all
Goods at the lowest market value ,—and to extend the
usual terms of credit. We have in Store
3000 CLOTH FROCK AND DRESS COATS.
5000 TWEED
10,000 PAIRS FANCY BUCKSKIN PANTS.
1
0 000 '• " LINEN
1
5,000 LINEN SACKS.
. ; BOYS' CLOTHING
*" IN GREAT VARIETY.
Tailors ' Trimmings and Piece Goods,
and a full assortment of
.ENjttLISIl , FEEMCH a«d GERMAN
Fancy Silk Handkerchiefs,
FANQY SILK CRAVATS AND SCARFS,
Bl'tItalian Hdkfs., Suspenders , Gloves,
AND
GENTS' FURNI SHING GOODS.
AGENTS FOR
"BENNETTS " Troy Shirt Manufactory.
A full and complete catalogue of our Stock may be
had by addressing us by mail.
1. I. WHITING. M. KEHOE , JK. C. W. GALLOUPE.
Boston , Maiv-h 26 3m
THE
BOYS5 CLOTHING
.. ESTABLISHMENT
IS NOW IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION AND
PREPARING FOR A
MUCH LARGER
¦®Fmm© ffifflKfl OTMMI1IB
BUSINESS
?M HAS EVER YET BEEN DOUE!
T'»« STORE , although previousl y extensive, has been
enlarged by the addition of a part of an
ADJOINING BUILDING ,
Thereby making the second story one of the
MOST SPA CIOUS
And Best Arranged Sales Booms
IN THE CITY.
¦
*"« Stock is much larger than at any former period ,
¦ ,»nd to which additions are constantl y being made.
It is, we believe, generall y admitted that the
BOYS' CLOTHING
- AT T H I S E S T A B L I S H M E N T
is better cut, better made, the sizes better assorted , and
as a whole in far better taste
THAN AT ANY STORE IN THIS CITY !
There is no want of attention to the
, . . Constant Changes of Fashion,
. An
£ Purchasers may rely with PERFECT CONFI-
DENCE on being able to find whatever is desira-
ble in this line.
THOSE WHO BUY AT
W H O L E S A LE
"'" find our assortment worthy of their attention !
- SUCH AS CANNOT BE MET WITH
ELSEWHE RE,
AND AT THE
> T(, LOWEST PRICES !
lhl5 Branch of the Trade is PARTICULARLYSO-
~ LICITED. The Terms hcing liberal.
™av®ir Mini(Qls®im & @®°&>
Battle, near court street,
*srch ffidDD^dDSJo tf
I For the Barnstable Patriot.J
Air—Wet and Windy.
In Barnstable , of old renown ,
There lives a Mr. B.
Who thoug ht he'd have a little sport,
With one—Col. G.
Said Mr. B. to Col. G.,
You ever should be mute ,
Or dare to say, a word about
Our splendid— "Institute. "
Said Col. G. to Mr. B ,
How dare you hinder me,
From saying what I please, of
Its health , and "breathing free."
Said Mr. B. to Col. G.,
You 'r nothing but a "Qu ack?
And now unless you quit the field ,
I'll lash your— "naked back."
Said Col. G. to Mr. B.,
You surely "must be sick,"
And should such symptoms, not abate,
Shall lance you—in the "Neck."
So Mr. B. he fix 'd his tea,
And give the Col.—squills,
The Col. now , to pay the debt ,
Give B.—a dose of—Pills.
Said Mr. B. to Col. G.,
You cannot speak or write,
Without two "pedagogues " and "cate,"
To aid you—in the fight.
Said Col. G. to Mr. B.,
Unless you quiet keep's,
I who have shot , and hit Bull's eyes,
May chance , to hit a sheep's.
Now Mr. B. in agon-«e,
And boast ingly, did say,
Keep Pillsbury from the foremost ranks
I'll fight you , any day.
Now Col. G. assur'd B.,
He need not fear—or quail ,
For Pillsbury should not head his troops,
Or J. Prince , guard the "tail."
Now Mr. B. with courage free,
Without anger, or remorse,
He charg'd his piece, he fir 'd, and hit,
The Col's—wooden horse.
Said Col. G. to Mr. B.,
It does not sign ify,
And now unless, you mend my horse,
I shall you nullif y.
Now Mr. B. with X. and "Jack ,"
Gave a tremendous kick , .
But yet, we should not wonder , if
The Col. trumpt the trick.
Now all that G. and B. have said,
Perhaps, is all in joke ,
And should not be astonish'd , if
It ended, all in "smoke."
April , 1850. Alpha.
A Pa rod y.
[Correspondence of the Fall River News.]
San Francisco, Feb. 27, 1850.
The weather since the 3d of January has been de-
lightful. Rain has fallen but once. Our streets are
now in passable order , and business seems inclined
to revive a little. There is not much building going
on at present , notwithstanding the low price of lum-
ber, which is selling by the cargo for $100 to $125
per thousand ft., best quality. Carpenter 's wages
cont inue from $10 to $12 per day. Some are hired
for less. Common laborers get from $3 to $5 per
day.
The mines still continue to yield about the same
as last year. , Those who have wintered there have
done well , notwithstanding this has been the most
rigorous win ter there within the memory of the "old-
est inhabitant. " They are bringing down lumps
weighing from 4 to 6 pounds. They talk of some
weighing 22 pounds, and there is a report of a piece
ta ken out at the southern mines weighing 93 pounds.
The report is generall y cred ited here. At any rate
there is gold enoug h here, but it requires some la-
bor to get it, consequentl y those who expected to
pick it up by handfullsare wofull y disappointed. It
is something like a lottery in which there are at least
as many blanks as prizes.
The Chesapeake arrived here on the 20th , after a
good passage of 148 days from Fall River. She lost
two men— Mr. Bennet and Mr. Marble , (the latten
brother of the Captuin.) The rest of the company
are well, as far as I know. I believe that all the
Fall River people here are well , and there is a pret-
ty good number of them. I think Fall River has
furnished her quota for populating California. Mr.
Pease arrived here yesteaday, via Panama.
Our sty le of living is getting rather more civilized.
There are several boarding houses now in operation
where ladies grace the board. It is stated that there
are now u pwards of one thousand American females
in this city. This has a great tendency to civilize
an d smooth down us of the rougher sex. When I
arr ived here the flutter of a petticoat in our streets
was as much of a sight to us as that 93 pound lump
of gold would be to you. But "times a'int now as
they used to was." Now, every bright day brings
bright faces ; dry goods merchants look smilling, and
dimity has advanced at least 20 per cent.
But enoug h of this. I have probabl y written more
alread y than you will have time or disposition to
read, therefore farewell until next steamer.
Respectfully,
Benj . T. Chace.
Friendship.—The last and most sacred duty of
friendshi p is after we have stood upon the planks
round his grave. When my friend is dead , I will
not turn int o his grave and be stifled with his earth ,
but I will mourn for him , and perform his will ,_ aiid
take care of his relatives, and do for him as if he
were alive ;—and thus it is that friendshi ps never
die.—[South.
California.
Storming of tlie Chateau.
A SCENE IN THE LAST FRENCH REVOLUTION.
Opposite the Palais Royal , which is close upon
the Tuilleries , is an open Square, where stand , day
after day, some fifteen or twenty patient waiting
hacks, sleep ing in the sun. Beyond these , and
flan king the Square , is a hi gh , board barrier stuc k
over wit h such parti-colored placards of Theatre ,
Public Sales, Lottery Jardin d' Hiver—as the taste
of the hour may demand. Behind the board barrier ,
which is of modern date , being not over a year old ,
rise the battered and smoked remnants of a small ,
low, palace-l ike structure of stone. It is the ruin of
the Chateau d'Eau—the Water Palace.
In the middle of its front , from rustic-wroug ht al-
coves, used to gush out a fountain of water from
which dozens of stout water carriers filled, every
morn ing, their iron-rimmed , oaken pails. On either
side, were long windows double grated ; and at a
corner, a door of oak studded with iron spikes. Loop
holes, grated with square bars, were on each side of
this door ; and other loop holes pressed out here
and there from between the pilasters , and from amid
the rust ic worto of the Facade.
While the King was eating his last royal break-
fast, the throng of barricade builders had come upon
the Chateau d'Eau. The Chateau was strong, and
garn ished with a hundred and fifty troops, and the
officer who commanded them was of stern metal.—
He fired upon the advancing strenm of blouses, and
withdrew his men behind the heavy walls of his Pal-
ace. The people send up a shout of Vengeance.
The Ruo St. Honore traverses the Square before
th e Chateau , and three or four small streets open
upon it. Around all the corners formed by these
open ing alleys, the raging mass lie crouching like
ti gers at bay ! and from the windows around , guns
blaze , and bullets flatten on the true walls of stone.
From time to time the mob sways angril y behind ,
and dashes a wave of the mass out into open shot ;
the murderous slits blaze together , each doing its
dread ful work , and the wave of people falls back
with great groans, marking its outermost flow, with
scattered red sta ins, and fallen bodies. Thousands
are pressing up, and rage conquers fear. They
march out openl y, to take fair and full aim , if they
see even so much as a soldier's hand within ihe cruel
bars.
Bat it is dreadfull y unfair work ! One eide,
blouses, thin as Kentuck y jeans ; and the other ,
wal ls, a good yard th ick. One side,boasting Liber-
ty, reckless and maddened , unused to guns. The
ot her side, an easy working matter of Royal mechan-
ism. On one side, rage, King hate , and ven geance ;
on the other, coolness, life love, and discipline.
Will Vengeance win the day, or wi ll Discipline ?
Vengeance has now gained the Palais Royal , and
from upper windows , and from top of colonado , pours
in its shot upon the grated windows of Chateau d'
Bau. It is near by, not further than robin-killing
distance , but the bars are thick and it is doubtful if
yet a dozen within are disabled.
Is there no storming the place ? Some few, who
knov.' not of those doors studded with spikes—too
maddened to ask—rush throug h the firing, and beat
with stock of musket. One lays hand upon the win-
dow stanc hion , as if to wiench out good three inch
bar of iron ; but. while they look from beyond , his
hand stiffens round the stout iron—his musket clangs
upon the steps—his body sways inward , and the yel-
low stone trickle with blood. Brother and sister in
that crouching crowd are looking on !
Wel l for them if all smitten had died. Shoulders
are dreadfull y shattered ; hi ps broken with musket
ball , are making them fools with pain. The long
gallery d'Orleans is full of wreck—wrecked human-
ity. Each side they lie, and surgeons , with sleeves
rolled up, are passing, business like , from one to an-
ot her.
The glass roof shakes with groanings. There lie
the quick cutting saws, the bullet tongs , the long,
glitterin g knives , the delicate tweezers for fine bone
spli nters, t he n ice, coiled ligaments , th e baskets of
lint ; and still the work is going on.
Expensive Chateau d'Eau !
But now ,from throu gh dirty St. Tho?nas du Louvre
come th e royal carriages, harnessed to men in blouse.
Boys set fire to cushions , and as they come the blaze
catc hes the varnished tops. The mass hoot , and—
their invention quickened by fury—they push the
burnin g carriages against the oaken doors of Chateau
d'Eiiu. The women , from windows , throw down
bed, and baggage, and faggots. The daring ones,
here and there shot down , pile on the li ght < om bus-
tibles ; others , hid in smoke, rush up, and sett in g
muzzle in every grating, blaze off. The flames rise ,
and dry the fountain , and lick into the barred win-
dows—not fine enoug h to shut off flame. Oaken
shutters blister , and scorch , and crack, an d smoke,
and blaze out , bright and hot.
Still infuriated , blouses fire through smoke and
flame , at the blaz ing shutters , growing thin. With-
in , shots are diminishing. The crowd , ta king cour-
age, thicken over the Square. Away again , from
every window , and loop hole , bursts the murderous
fire.
A new howl—a last howl of vengeance—rises with
the smoke. Now Munici pals are indeed doomed.—
New fagots blaze ; there is a crash of falling timbers.
The spiked door opens—a score of bullets break into
t he narrow scape-hole. Blouses crowd up with
bayonets and thrust them at the door, if it so much
as creak on heated hinges.
No guns from Chateau d'Eau.
The burnt timbers crack ; at intervals there is a
li ght exp losion , as of burning cartrid ges ; Royal car-
riages are black cinders , with wheel tires wh ite with
heat ; window shutters are gone ; the lend pipe of
fountain is melted off, and the wate r runs into the
hissing embers, and bear ing ashes and black coal
flakes, rushes down the gutters , where the blood is
stragglin g.
Guns have stopped without , as well as within. —
The Chateau is the same dreadful ruin you see it
MISCELLANEOUS. now, bnt hot and smoking ; and fift y half burnt
bodies are now on the floor of the Guard room !
And now th is barrier between populace and pal-
ace is gone, and the crowd rolls on like great , wind
driven wave, tossing from seaward ; will it dash into
foam against other rock y ram part? or will it spend
itse lf on low beach—defenceless Tuilleries—throw-
ing up dr ift wood and wreck ?
Filial kindne ss is always beautiful. There is not
a more touchin g picture in t he Bible , than that ol
Ruth , while answer ing the entreaties of her mother-
in-law , Naomi , to return unto her own people.—
"Whither thou goest,/ will go, and where thou lodg-
est I will lodge—thy people shall be my people and
thy God my God. Where thou diest I will die, and
there will I be buried."
"I will never marry a man who does not treat his
mot her well ," said a livel y friend to us once. "And
why not .?" we queried. "If he is unkind to her to
whom he is so deeply indebted ," she replied , "what
need one expect from him ,to whom he owes compar-
ative ly not hi ng ?" There was sound philosop hy in
th is remark. Most of our trul y great men have
been noted for the kindness—j'ea reverence even ,
with which they have treated the ir mothers. Wash-
ington revered his—Roger Sherman treated his with
t he most marked attention , and it was one of the fa-
mous Jud ge Story 's last requests , that he might be
bu rried beside his mother in Mount Auburn. But
filial respect and love is not often rewarded as in the
followin g instance.
"Gustavus III.,King of Sweden ,passing one morn-
ing throug h a village .in the neighborhood of the cas-
tle, observed a young peasant girl of interesting ap-
pearance , draw ing water at a fountain at the wiiy-
sule. He went up to her,and asked her for a draug ht.
Without delay she lifted up her pitcher , and wit h
art less simp licity put it to the li ps of the monarch.—
Having satisfied his thirst , and courteous ly thanked
hi s benefactress , he said , "My girl , if you would ac-
company me to Stockholm , I would endeavor to fix
you in a more agreable situation. "
"Ah , sir ,'1
replied the girl , "I cannot accept your
proposal. I am not anxions to rise above the state
of life in which the providence of God has placed
ne ; but if I were , 1could not for an instant hesi-
tate. "
"And why ?" rejoined the King, somewhat sur-
prised.
"Because," answered the girl ,coloring, "my moth-
er is poor and sickl y,and has no one but me to assist
or comfort her under her many afflictions ; and no
earth ly br ibe could induce me to leave her or to
neg lect the duties which affection requires from me,"
Where is your mother?' asked the monarch.
"In that little cabin ," replied t he girl , pointing to
a wretched hovel beside her.
The King, whose feelings were interested in fa-
vor of his companion , went in , and beheld stretched
on a bedstead ,whose onl y covering was a little straw ,
an aged female weighed down wit h years, and sink-
ing under infirmities. Moved at the sight ,the mon-
arch addressed her.
"I am sorry, my poor woman , to find you in so
dest itute and afflicted a condition. "
" Alas, sir," answered t he venerable sufferer, "I
should be indeed to be pitied , had I not that kind
and attent ive girl , who labors to support me, and
omils nothing she thinks can afford me relief. May
a gracious God remember it for her good,"she added,
wi ping away a tear.
Never, per haps , was Gustavus more sensible than
at that moment , of the pleasure of possessing an ex-
alted station ; and putting a purse into the hand of
the young villager , he could onl y say, "Continue to
take good care of your mot her ; I shall soon enable
you to do so more effectuall y. Good by, my amia-
ble girl , you may depend on the promise of your
king. "
On his return to Stockholm , Gustavus settled a
pension for life on her mother , with the reversion to
her daug hter , at her death.
The Hon. Joseph T. Bucking ham , who exhibits
more common sense than is usuall y found in a Mas-
sachusetts legislator , says "the passion for improving
our common schools,, has become a complete mad-
ness, and if it should grow upon us a few years long-
er, as it has a few years past, every cou nty in the
State will need an insane hospital , and every dis-
tr ict school house will become a receptacle for the
furiousl y, if not the incurabl y mad attempts that
have been made * to introduce text books of Anato-
my, Botany, Geology, Chemistry, and other sciences
into the public schools. A knowled ge of these sci-
ences is desirable; but the common school is not
t he place where that knowled ge is to be acquired .
It has recentl y been proposed in the Legislature
that Physiology and Hygiene should be taug ht in
the public schools, and that every teacher should be
exam ined in those sciences before he attempts to
teach ; but there is one defect in the project , name-
ly, it is not decided who is to examine the teachers.
This however will not prevent the passage of the
law. It will onl y afford an opportunity for some
friend to the common schools to come forward next
year , and propose to send some fift y or a hundred
agents around the Commonwealth to examine the
school com mittees of the several towns , and teach
them how to investi gate the qualifications of teach-
ers. If any one should dare to oppose such a pro-
ject, he would be noted , marked and shunned as a
disci ple of Satan , and the common enemy of man-
kind."— [Greenfield Democrat.
Sir Thomas Moore , when his head was on the
bloc k, just as the executioner was about to strike,
gentl y raised his head , and drawin g his hair and
beard from his neck , said— " This hath not offended
the King."
'Sir , you are no gentleman. ' 'T hat may be, sir ,
but my wife says that I am a gentleman , and I shall
believe my wife" before you , for, if a man cannot be-
lieve his own wife , pray, who can he believe ?'
Be Kind to your Mother.
One of the cleverest tricks of swindling has lately
been developed in Paris,and created no little amuse-
ment in the court of the Police Correctionelle ,where
the case was investi gated. Louis Bregu ,alias Velole ,
with half a dozen other aliases, was charged with
robbing Marie Corresui of money and wearin g ap-
parel to the amount of about 200 francs. From the
statement of the comp la inant , it appears that earl y
in January, she read an advert isement in the Mon-
iteur for a wife, which she answered , she being at
t ime desirous to enter the bonds of matrimony. The
advert isement set forth that the applicant was a man
of agreeable manners , wel l to do in the world , and
who chose this way of obtaining a companion , as he
had no acquaintance among the female sex. Miss
Correau ,who is a comely woman of about thirty-five ,
and enjoys a small life rent , left to her by a relative ,
bespoke a tete-a-tete with the advertiser , and met
him t he following evening in the Place Concorde ,
where they settled the first preliminaries of a mar-
riage , which they agreed upon. She was at that
time living alon^t n apartments near the Luxem-
bourg , and she permitted her admirer , Bregu , to
come and see her there. This individual seems to
have given no account whatever of himself ; and
Marie , probabl y, forgot, in the first trances of love,
to ask who he was, and what he did for a living. —
Certain it is, however, t hat Bregu took Marie out
every Sunday ; they had walks and drives on the
Champs Elysees, on which occasions the lover paid
the ex penseSjthereby giving her a favorable opinion
of himself. The marriage had been fixed upon to
come off in the month of February, and meanwhile
Marie told Bregu what money she had , and even
showed it to him , so that there could be no mistake.
He invariabl y protested his disinterested motives in
making love to her, swore that he would rather take
her without a sous, an d begged she wou ld no t allude
an y more to money matters. It seems, however ,
that he himself went on a different princi ple, for,on
t he 12th of February,a few days before the marriage
was to come off, he came during her absence to her
lod gings, nodded familiarl y to the Portiere ,probabl y
to impress her with an idea that he was privileged
in coming, and walked up stairs with perfect non-
cha lance. What he did up stairs can onl y be ascer-
ta ined by the state in which Marie found her rooms
and property when she rcturned ,half an hour after-
ward. The door had been broken into and the room
ransacked. From a bureau , some sil ver pieces
and a watc h had been taken , together with sev-
era l dresses, to the value of near two hundred
francs. Another sum of money, which Marie
had putj in the farthest corner of her bereau ,
had been overlooked by the thief ,and was thus saved
for the poor girl. From that time , she did not see
Bregu till the following Sunday, when she met him
on the Boulevard in company with another woman,
dhe immediatel y went up to him , and he let go the
arm of his fair lad y and ran for his life,but was over-
taken and conveyed to the lock-up. The woman ,
who was found with him , had also been arrested at
the instance of Marie , who identified the dress she
wore as one of those stolen from her by Bregu.—
She was subsequentl y discharged , on bring ing proof
that Bregu had made her a present of the dress,
whic h he said he had boug ht at a certain store. It
appears that this woman too was an applicant to the
marr iage advertisement ,and their wedding had been
fixed upon for the same day on which that of Marie
was to come off. She had not been robbed by her
lover , but undoubtedl y would have been so, if the
developments relative to Bregu had taken place a
few weeks later.
The prisoner being found guilty,he was sentenced
to one year imprisonment with hard labor.
Swindling Trick upon a Girl who want-
ed to get Married.
Two young gentlemen met , a few evenings ago,
at t he house of an acquaintance , some young ladies ,
for one of whom both gent lemen entertained tender
feelings. In a spir it of frolic one of the young la-
dies blew out the lamp, and our two friends , think-
ing it a favorable moment to make known the state
of their feelings to the fair object ol their regard ,
moved seats at the same instant , and placed them-
selves, as the y supposed , at the lady's side ; but she
had also moved ,and the gentlemen were in reality
next each other. As our friends could not whisper
without betray ing whereabouts , they both gentl y
took, as they thought , the soft little hand of the
charmer , and when , after a while t hey ventured to
give a tender pressure each was enraptured to find
it returned by an unm istakable squeeze. It may
wel l be imag ined that the moments flew rapidl y, in
the silent interc hange of mutual affection. But the
rest , wonder ing at the unusual silence of the gen-
tlemen , one of them noiselessl y sli pped out , and
suddenl y returne d with a light—there sat our friends
most lov ing ly squeezing each other 's hands , and
supreme deli ght beaming in their eyes. Their con-
sternation and the ecstacy of the ladies may be im-
agined , but not described. Both gent lemen bolted ,
and one was afterwards heard to say that he "thoug ht
all the while Miss 's hand felt rat her hard."
Upon examining the edge of the sharpest razor
or lance with a microscope, it will appear full y as
broad as the back of a knife—roug h, uneven , and
fu ll of notches and furrows. An exceeding ly smal l
need le resembles an iron bar. But the sling of a
bee seen throug h the same instrument exhibits eve-
ryw here the most beautiful polish , without the least
flaw , blem ish, or ine quality, and it ends in a point
too fine to be discerned. The threa ds of a fine lawn
seem coarser than the yarn with which ropes are
made for anchors. But a silk worm 's web appears
per fectl y smooth and shining and everywhere equal.
The smallest dot that is made uith a pen appears ir-
V?
gM4§ and uneve n , but the little specks on the
wings or bodies of insects are found to be the most
accurate circle. How magnificent is the system of
natu re !
Young Indies, to have good health , should see the
sun rise every morn ing. Not, however , when re-
turning from a ball, but from their chamber window.
Laughable Blunder.
The origin of this now common and expressive
phrase, is thus described in one of our exchanges.
Some thirty years since at one of the Philadel-
phia Theatres , a pageant was in rehearsal in which
it was necessary to have an elephant. No elephant
was to be had 1 The "wild beasts" were all travel-
in g, and the property man , stage director , and man-
agers almost had fits when they thoug ht of it. Days
passed in the hopeless task of try ing to secure one,
when at last Yankee ingenuity triump hed , as in-
deed it always doos, and an elephant was made to
order , of wood, skins painted and varnished , thus
far the matter was all well , but , as yet, they had
found no way to make the combination travel. Here
aga in the genius of the manager , property man and
stage director stuck out and two of the "broths ,
were dul y installed as legs. Ned C- , one of the
true "b'lioys," heM th« responsible station of Jw£
legs, and for several nights he p1aye<3 -that feeavy part
to Ihe entire satisfaction ,ef the managers -m*d ¦$«
deli ght of the audience. The part however «ww «
tedious one, ns the elephant " wae obli ged to fee *
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the stage for about an hour , and Ned wa« auflherias
(find of the bottle to remain so long witiioat "wetifktg
his whistle ," so he sets his wits to work to find A
way to carry a wee drop with him. The eyes of fhe
elephant bein g made of two porter bottles , with the
necks in , Ned conceived the brilliant idea of filling
them with good stuff. This he finall y carr ied out,
and elated with success, wil ling ly underteok to plasy
fore legs again.
Night came—t he Theatre was crowded with the
den izens of the Quaker city—the music played its
sweetest stra ins—the music whistle sounded—the
curta in rose, and the play began. The elephant
was greeted with round upon round of applause.—
The decoration , the trapp in gs were gorgeous—the
prince seated upon his back , the elephant all loud ly
cheered. The play proceeded ; the elephant was
marched round and round the stage. The fore legs
got dry, withdrew one of the corks— treated the hind
legs, and dran k the health of the audience in a
bumper of genuine elephant eye whisky, a brand , by
the way, till then unknown. On went the play,and
on went Ned drinking. The concluding march was
to be made—t he signal was given , and the fore legs
8ta«<"cre' sma11 advance
X he cost, viz :
^°a Otter Caps for $5 00 former price
$8
00
i<° Pur Seal do 4 00 do do 6 00
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° Niura do 2 00 do do 3 00
U° Hock Otter 2 50 do do 4 00
M, " Muskr atdo 75 do do 1 25
. Jl,,«r, • evei7 descri ption from 50 cents to $10.
. j?"^lo Robes, do do S3 to $5.
°f '6ur°~'A lavge lot of Cloth CaPs with F"r Trimmings,
Q3»A
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vimarlufacture
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wh?ch we will sell cheap.
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