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. Lent for the BARNSTABLE PATRIOT , and
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CAPE 001) BRANCH RAIL ROAD.
SUMMER ARRANGEMENT.
Pan from Boston leave the Depot of the Old Colony
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Rail Road.
An and after Monday, April I, 1850, Passenge
[f Trains will leave Boston and Sandwich daily
Sundays excopted, as follows , viz:
J^ave Boston for Sandwich
at 7.15 A.M. and 4.10
P'M" *
leave Sandwich for Boston at 5.45 A.M. and 3.15
P.-M.-iirttersecting with trains of the Fall River Road
at Middleboro'—which trains intersect with New Bed-
ford and Taunton Trains at Myrick's Station. _
.
Passengers by the 11 A.M. train from Sandwich can
jd to"Povidence, via Myrick's, reaching there about
5»P; M. „
A r,e<"ular Merchandize Train , with a Passenger Car
attached, will leave Sandwich daily, at 11 A.M. for
Jfiddleboro'—and returning will leave Middleboro at
'Stag
'es
'loave Sandwich on the arrival of the movninc
trains
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from Boston, for the Cape. _
Stage's leave Monument, daily, on the arrival ot trie
morning train from Boston, for Falmoath and interme-
diate places,—returning in season for P.M. trains tor
Rrre'betwcen Wareham and New Bedford , when
paid at the Ticket Office, 75 cents ; Sandwich and Bos-
ton $1 50. i o ,
"Local Merchandize Trains between Boston and band-
vleh dailv, Sundays excepted.
"SILVANUS BOURNE, Superintendent .
- Sandwich , March 27, 1850. [april 2
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and the public generally. p
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night.
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Plain and Ornamental Picture Frames,
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lof the nicest patterns, made in the best manner , and
the lowest prices.
Paintings by the best Artists for sale.
Suitable frames for the Art Union Engravings.
June 18
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POLITICAL.
Resolu tions
ADOPTED AT THE DEMOCR ATIC STATE CONVEN-
TION HOLDEN AT WORCESTKU ON THE 18TH
ULTIMO.
Mr. Kr.owlton , of Worcester , from the Committee
on Resolutio ns reported the following :—
Resolved by th is Convention, as the representatives
of the Massachusetts Democracy, That our organiza-
tion as a polilical party rests upon princ i ples that
are immutable and indestructible , and are not , like
the creeds of our Wh' ij:opponents , liable to the ac-
cident of becoming "obsolete ideas."
Resolved, now as in limes past , That the Democra-
cy of Massachusetts vwli not abandon or suspend
the ir or o
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fra nchisee].'
Resolved, That while the integrity of our numer-
ous corporations , as towns and cities , ought to be
preserved , justice demands some modification of the
basis of representation in the Senate and in the
House , by wh ich the whole State shall be repre-
sented in the Legislature , without n burdensome en-
lar gement of the number of Representatives. The
election of Senators by single Districts , and the re-
storation of the right of full representation to the
small towns , are stron gly commended to the consid-
eration of the who le people.
Resolved, That to obtain a fair and honest expres-
sion of the voice of the 'people in the elections , the
personal independence of the voter should be pro-
tected from espionage and assault , by the substitu-
tion of the seckft ballot, for the open ballot ,
which often fails to secure a true expression of indi-
vidual opin ion. Democrats sustain the proposition
with conclusive arguments. Whi gs oppose it with
vehemence ; as thoug h the secret ballot would rob
them of some franchise , special privilege , or political
advant age.
Resolved, That the expenses of the State govern-
ment are large and ought to be reduced ; and that
one important step in retrenchment would be a re-
duct ion of the expenses of the Legislature. Partial
and special legislation should be avoided . The Com-
monwealth should go back to the policy of genera l
laws. Such was the legislation under our Constitu-
tion down to a period within a quarter of a century.
But from that time the sessions of successive Legis-
latures, thoug h of exltaoidi nary length , have been
ennrossed by acts of special legislation , mainly for
thsT benefit of capital, and private charters in their
innumerab le forms.
Resolved, That the legislation in this State,by Ihe
Whi g part y,has been largel y for capita l at the ex-
pense,of industry, and has reversed the natural rela-
t ion between money and labor; and that while Dem-
ocrats wou ld deprive capitalists of none of their
ri ghts , they wou ld be false to their duty if, having
th'e power , they failed to make all reasonable efforts
to restore to labor its natura l right to be the em-
ployer of capital ; instead of being, as it now is, the
servant of an exacting master.
Resolved, That inasmuch as the State depends
largel y upon- its industrial classes for the main-
tenance of its prospei it y, justice and sound policy
demand of the Legislature the enactment of a lien
law for the protectio n of mechanics, and of all need-
ful laws to secure to the laboring classes the rewards
of llie irindus try, in whatever form of labor acquit ed.
Resolved, Thai justice to the woiking men of (he,
Cotnmonwea bh demands of the Legislature ihe en-
actment of a law fixing a standard of labor , by de-
clarin g the number of hours that shall const itute a
day's "
serv ice. There is as much propriety in fix-
ing by law Ihe number of hours of labor ihe laboring
classes shall give for specified wages, as in providing
by stfitute how many inches ihe manufacturer shall
give for a yard—how many pints Ihe trader shall
give for a gallon—and how many cents the banker
sha ll oive for a dollar.
Resolved, also, That a considerate legard for the
wel fare of the industrial classes requires of the Leg-
islature amp le prov ision fqr a wide diffus ion of the
privileg es and benefits of education. That every
means lor the att ainment ol a purpose so important
may be made avai lablp ,the Legislature should so re-
lorm and popu laiizo Hat vard College , and other in-
stitut ions of learning over which it may have ri ght-
ful control , us i hat the facilities for popular educa-
tion nt their disposa l m;>y be thrown open to sill
classes of ihe people, without refcience to contemp-
lated employment in the piofessions. but to qualif y
the youth of the State for the trades , the arts , as
teacher?, or for an y of the avocations of active life.'
This much needed"renovat ion of our oldest seminary
of learn ing could not have encountered a sterner op-
position from a promine nt portion of the Whi g par-
ty than it has encountered , if they had been in flu-
enced by the apprehension that laboring men , if
educated , wou ld forsake laboi , and, like themselves ,
attem pt to "live by their wits. "
Resolved, That our State government is not in-
tended as a patent machine for accumu lating wealth ,
but an organizat ion for securing to all men , as
equals , their rights of person as well as of pioperty.
Resolved, That the education of the peop le, the
intellectual and moral culture of all classes, shou ld
be an object of param ount importance with the gov-
ernment. As a matter of calculation , it is belier
economy to erect schoolhouses and support
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teac hers
t han to "build court houses and jails , and ma intain of-
ficers of justice. Education and viilue are the best
conservators of public ol der. Ignorance and vice
bli ght where they touch ; leave ruin in their path-
wav , and people pen itentiaries and mad houses with
degraded or unfortunate consumers of ihe people's
substance.
Resolved, That the history of political parties , in
this country, is a history of two leading and distinc-
tive classes—the party of monopolists ,and the piuty
of equality ; the loriner cherishing abuses by wh ich
thev profit; and the latter aiming for leforms and
progress ive improvement. All other parties have
been tem porary, and passed away with the causes
that gave them"being. The Democratic party is the
onl y one by which abuses can be corrected , or sub-
stantial reforms consummated.
Resolved, That the Whi gs have maintained their
ascendancy in this Commonwealth , and concealed
t heir abuses of power , by diverting the attention of
the people from State affairs, and engrossing it with
such matters as a National Bank to make paper
money—a Tariff, to protect machines to do the work
of men and women—Internal Improvements , for the
immediate benefit of other and distant sections of
the Union—an d such extraneous matters.
Resolved, That, maintaining, on all occasions ,the
Irut h of the solemn declaration that "all men are
born free and equal ," and ardent ly desiring the
preva lence of universal freedom and equality, we
cannot but believe that , as citizens of Massachusetts ,
our first care should be the institutions under which
we l ive , to give them such form and effect as to se-
cure to every ind ividual the most amp le possess ion
of every personal right , and the enjoyment of the
largest freedom that precludes licentiousness.
Resolved, That in order to combine all the ele-
ments that are Democratic in their tendencies , and
direct them to the improvement of the civil , social
and moral condition of all classes of the people,
Democrats should invite the co-operation of all who
accede to the propriety of our organization and the
justness of its purposes , in support of the candidates
they present for high and responsible offices in the
govern ment.
Resolved, That this Convention presents to the
Democrats of Massach usetts, George S. Bout-
well, of Groton , as their candidate for Governor ,
in the conviction that , in all earnestness they will
respond with their votes to the support of a gentle-
man of unble mished character and reputation , who
has labored with zeal and eflect for Democratic
princi ples, measures and men ; and to whom other
parties have libera lly accorded their confidence and
commendati on.
Resolved
^
That for Lieutenant Governor we place
in nomination Henry W. Cushman,of Bernards-
ton , as eminentl y entitled to Ihe support of every
Democrat.
Resolved, furthermore , That this being the year
for the election of members of Congress , this Con-
vent ion commends to the consideration of the Demo-
crats, in the several Congressional Districts , the pro-
priety of holding Conventions at an early day, and
putting in nomination , as candidates , men of ac-
know ledged ability, independence , and probity; men
in whom the people have confidence , that if elected
they will support , in speech, in action , and on all
befitti ng occasions , the distinct ive principles, mea-
sures and policy of the Democratic party. Princi-
ples to which the country is mainl y indebted for the
splendid advancement it has made in all Ihat consti-
tutes a nation 's gruatness. Princi ples that comport
with a sound ciwl polity, and an enli ghtened hu-
man ity. Princi ples which , if allowed their full de-
velop ment , will , under the guidance of Providence ,
secure to every individual of the millions and mil-
lions withi n the compass of our broad domain ,every
desirab le right of person and of property ; freedom
to all , without any restrictions but such as the laws
impose , and a prosperity and happ iness,as a people,
without a parallel amon« the nations.
Resolved, That we welcome California into the
brotherhood of States.
Resolved, That the admission of California into
t he Union is a triump hant vindication of the right
contended for by the Democratic party—the right
of the people of a State to establish , for themselves,
such forms of civil and social life, as, in the exercise
of soverei gn power, they nviy choose to establish ,
without compulsion from beyond their limits.
Resolved, That while we deeply regret the failure
of the demonstrations for freedom in Hungary and
ol her portions of the Eastern world , we hail , with a
gratification the most intense , the rearing of the
"stars and stri pes" upon t he distant shores of the
Pacific , as an assurance that the years' are coming,
when liberty will make our country its peculiar
abode, consecrated to the equality and fraternity of
all men.
MISCELLANEOUS.
The Blacksmith .
AN INCIDENT AT THE BATTLE OF BRANDYWINK .
The hero of the following thrilling story was a
stout blacksmith—ay an humble blacksmith , but his
stout frame , hardened by toil , throbbed with as gen-
erous an impulse of freedom as ever beat in the bo-
som of a Lafayette , or throbbed around the heart of
mad Anlhony Wayne.
It was in the full tide of retreat , that a follower of
the American camp, who had at least shouldered a
cart-whi p in his country 's service ,was driving a bag-
gage wagon from the battle field , while some short
distance behind , a body of Continentals were rush-
ing forward with a troop of British in close pursuit.
The wagon had arrived at a narrow point of the
by road leading to the sout h, where two high banks
of rock and crai g arising on either side, afforded
just space sufficient for the passage of his wagon ,and
not an inch more.
His eye was arrested by the sight of a stout mus-
cular man ,some forty years of age, extended at the
foot of a tree at the very opening of this pass. He
was clad in the coarse attire of a mechanic . His
coat had been flung aside , and, with his shirt sleeves
rolle d up from his muscular avm .he lay extended on
the turf, with his rifle in his grasp, while the blood
streamed in a torrent from his right leg, broken at
the knee by a cannon ball.
The wagoner 's sympathies were arrested by the
sight—he would have paused in the very instant of
his fli ght , and placed the wounded blacksmith in his
wagon ; but the stout-heart ed mechanic refused.
"I will not get into your wagon ,1
' he exclaimed ,in
his rough way, "but I'll tell you what I will do. Do
you see yonder cherry tree on the top of that rock
that hangs over the road ? Do you think you could
lift a man of my build up there ? for you see neigh-
bor," he continued , while the blood flowed from his
wound , "I never meddled with the Britishers until
they came tramp ling over this valley, and burned
my house down. And now I'm riddled to pieces,
and haint got no more than fifteen minutes' life in
me ; but I've got three rifle balls in my cartrid ge-
box, and so just prop me up against that cherry
tre e, and I'll give 'em the whole three shots, and
then,"he exclaimed— "and then I'll die !
"
The wagoner started his horses ahead , and then,
wit h a sudden effort of strength , dragged the black-
smit h along the sod, to the foot of the cherry tree
surmounting the rock by the road side. In a mo-
ment his back was propped against the tree , his face
was to the advancing troopers, and while hit shat-
tered leg hung over the bank , the wagoner rushed
on his way, while the blacksmith very coolly pro-
ceeded to load his rifle.
It was not long before a body of American soldiers
rushed by, with the British in pursuit. The black-
smit h greeted them with a shout , an d then raising
his rifle to his shoulder , he picked the foremost from
hi s steed, wit h the exclamation , "That 's for General
Washington !" In a moment tho rifle was loaded ,
again iAvas fired , and the pursuing British rode
over the body of another fallen officer. "That 's
for mvself!'" cried the backamith . And then wilh a
hand strong with the feeling of coming death, the
sturdy freeman again loaded , again raised his rifle.
He fired his last shot, and as another soldier kissed
the sod, a tear quivered in the eye of the dying
blacksmith. "And that ," he cried, with a husk y
voice which strengthene d into a shout , "and that's
for mad Anthony Wayne !"
Long after Ihe battle was past , the body was dis-
covered , propped against the tree, with the features
frozen in death , smiling griml y, while the right
hand still grasped the never failing rifle.
And thus died one of the thousands of brave me-
chanic heroes of the revolution—bra ve in the hour
of battle, undaun ted in the hour of retreat , and un-
dismayed in the hour of death.
The "ohlest inhabita nt " in Cincinnati , as ascer-
ta ined by the census takers , is a German woman ,
aged 113 years.
Law—what is it? —An ancient writer thus
defines it :—
"Law is law , and is, in such , and so forth , and
hereby, and aforesaid , provided always , neverthe-
less, notw ithstanding. "
A man was found at Trenton the other day mount-
ed on a ladder , with his li ps pressed to the telegrap h
wires. He was kissing his wife in Philadel phia "by
telegraph." It was found' afterwards that he waa a
newly married man .
Choosing Husb ands.
"When a girl marries , why do people talk of her
choice ? In ninety-nine case out of a hundred , has
she any choice ? Does not the man , probably the
last she would have chosen, select her V
A very clever correspondent has sent us a letter
containi ng this query ; and she makes out her case
very ably. She says : "I have been married many
years ; the match was considered a very good one,
suitable in every respect—age, position and fortune.
Every one said I had made a good choice. Wh y,
my dear Mr. Editor , I loved my husband when I
married hi m, because he had by unwear ied assidui-
ty, succeeded in gaining my affections ; but had
'choice' been my privilege , I certainl y should not
have chosen him. As I look at him in his easy chair,
sleeping before the fire , a huge dog at his feet, a
pipe peeping out of one of the many pockets of his
shooting coat , I can but think how different he is
from what I would have chosen. My first perchant
was for a fashionable clergyman—a perfect Adonis.
He was a flatterer , and cared but litt le for me,t hough
I have not yet forgotten the pang of his desertion.—
My next was a barrister ; a young man of immense
talent, smooth , insinuating manners ; but , he, too,
after talking, walking, dancing, and flirting, he left
me in the lurch. Either of these would have been
my 'choice,' had I so chosen ; but my present hus-
band chose me, and therefore I married him ; and
this I cannot help thinking, must be the way with
half the married folks of my acquaintance."
There is both sound sense and truth in this ; but
is it not belter that men should choose than they
should be chosen ? And is not our correspondent
probably much happier with her present husband ,
shooting-jacket , pipe and dog inclusive , than she
would have been with either the fashionable clergy-
man or the clever barrister ? Men are proverbial-
ly inconstant ; and , after marriage , when the .trouble
and inconvenience of children are beginning to be
felt, and when (the most try ing time of all) the wife
begins to neglect her husband for her children , un-
less there was ori ginall y a very strong attachment
on the husband's side, there is little chance of hap-
piness.
A wife's affection , on the contrary, always in-
creases after marriage ; and even if indifferen t be-
fore, no well disposed woman can help loving the
father of her children. Children , on her side, are a
bond of union, and though she may appear , for
them, to neglect some of those little attentions which
men sesm natura lly to expect , it is onl y because t he
child is tt\e more hel pless being of the two, and the
true womiin always takes the side of those who are
most feeble.
It is a strange , but melanchol y fact, that when
young girls fancy themselves in love, t hey are sel-
dom if ever happy, if they marry the object of their
choice. The fact is, in most cases, they find the
husband they have chosen quite a different person
as an individua l , from the imaginary object he ap-
peared as a lover. The imagin ation in most girls is
stronger than the ju dgment ; and a9 soon as the first
idea of love is awakened in a female heart ,the imag-
ination is set to work to fancy a lover, and possible
perfections are assembled together in the young
girl's mind to endow the object of her secret idola-
try. The first man whose appearance and manners
attract a girl on her entrance into society, is gener-
ally invested by her wilh fhe halo of these secret
thoug hts, and she fancies herself violentl y in love
without the least real knowledge of the man she
supposes herself in love with. No wonder, then, if
she marries , she is miserable. The object of her
love is vanished, never to return ; and she finds her-
self chained for life to a man she detests, because
she fancies she has been deceived in him.
On the other hand , the man who, with very par-
donable vanity, fancied himself loved (or his own
merits, and who was perfectl y unconscious of the
secret delusions of the girl , becomes, when he finds
her changed, after marriage , quite indi gna nt at her
capr ice. The friends and relations on both sides
share in the same feelings. 'What would she have ?'
they cry—'she married for love, and see th e conse-
quence.'
The consequences are, indeed , in such cases gen-
erall y sad enoug h. When the first delusion is dissi-
pated, and the truth , in all its hard and slern reali-
ty, comes forth from the veil that had been thrown
round it , both parties feel indi gnant at the false po-
sition in which they find themselves. Mutual re-
criminations take place, each accusing the olher of
deceit and ingratitud e ; while the apparent injustice
of these accusations, whic h is felt by each party al-
ternately, first wounds the feeling, and then , if re-
peated, rankles in the wound till it becomes incura-
ble.—[Bucket.
The Potato Rot.—It appears that the crop in
ihe ground is severel y affected in nearly all parts of
New England . Rhode Island papers are now join-
ing in the complaints. In Warren and the vicinity
the disease is making sad havoc. In and about
Providence the decay commenced suddenl y, t hat
growing vegetable having looked finel y but a few
days bef ore, and man y fields are not worth digging.
In Worcester , the heart of the commonwealth , the
crop in some towns is an entire failure. Some of
the potatoes, which are apparentl y sound when dug,
begin to rot within a few days afterward s. Much
more ground has been planted with potatoes this
year than usual , and the loss to the farmers must be
proportionabl y large. A gentleman from Norfolk
county informs us that the rot is very bad there.
[Boston Post.
To get angry at nothi ng, and to be sur prised at
nothing, are said to constitute two steps toward per-
fection.
A Call as is a Call.—Rev. Dr. Hawks has
accepted the call to preach at Calvary Church , 4th
Avenue ,N. Y. Salary, $5000, and his debts paid.
Great talent renders a man famous ; great merit
produces respect ; great learning gains esteem ;
Igood breeding alone,insures love and affection.
Inhumanity at Sea.
Within six months past, the crews of no less than
three vessels run down and sunk by coasters, have
landed on Cape Ann ; having escaped wilh great
exertion and rare good fortune the fate to which
they were left by the inhumanity of monsters as
worthy of the gallows as any murderer that ever
swung. Seamen are proverbiall y generous and hu-
mane, and we unwilling ly record aught that may
cast a stigma upon their fame as a class, but so ma-
ny instances of criminal inhumanity upon the sea
are every day occurrin g that it is quite time to call
pub lic attention to the matter. In the three cases
above ment ioned , the vessels were run down by
large coasters, and sunk in less than fifteen minutes
after the collision : in all thiee cases the masters of
t he vessels which wrought the mischief , were aware
t hat Ihe craft they struck were in a sinking condi-
tion, and yet refused to lie by or render the least as-
sistance, but kept on , leaving in each instance eight
or ten of their fellow beings to destruction , or the
Tncertainty of reaching the land during the dark-
ness and storm, in a schooner 's boat or on sni ps of
di ift wood.
It will be remembered by all our Gloucester read-
ers that the. schooner Levi Woodbury, a stau nch
new vessel, with a crew of ten men, left this port
last fall on a mackerel cruise, and nev er returned.
For weeks and months the widows and children of
these ill fated men clung to the hope that their hus-
bands and fathers would yet return from some for-
eign port where they might have been taken by an
outward bound vessel ; but at last a Gloucester fish-
erman , who had been in the Levi Woodbury on a
previous tri p, was accost ed by a sailor in Boston to
whom he was known , and informe d that Ihe Glou-
cest er people need not expect ever to see one of the
missing crew , for their vessel was run down by an
eastern coaste r, in which he (the informa nt) sailed.
The inhuman monster who commanded this vessel
was hailed and told that the victim s of his careless-
ness would inevitab l y go down in a few moments ,
yet he kept on and left ten men to perish , whom he
coul d easily have saved ; his motive for such con-
duct is easil y explained—if the men were rescued,
his vessel would be known and held responsible for
da mages. The person who communicated this in-
telli gence refused to give more : whether his story
is entitled to belief , we leave our readers to ju dge.
The. boat and a part of the davits of the Levi Wood-
bur y were picked up, and the bolts in t he latte r
were so bent as to convince people who saw them
thatihey had sustained a heavy collision. It is hard
to beliftve that such barbar ity is practice d on the
ocean , but the instances we have mentioned above ,
and the dail y marine reports of our journa ls too
plainl y establish the fact. It is firml y believed here
by most of our fishermen that nearl y all the vessels
lost from this port of late , were run down by coast- !
ers, which are notoriousl y negli ge nt about keep ing
a proper watch on deck , and in many instances ,
crimina ll y indifferent as to the escape or destruction
of human beings they have placed in peril. Such
creatures are trul y a disgrace to the noble,class of
men among whom they intrude ; thoug h, perhaps ,
not amenable to the laws , they are murder ers in
the sight of heaven , and should bo held up to the
execration of human ity. —[Gloucester News.
Music on the Pacific—No ono can be in
Monterey a single night , without being startled and
aw ed by the deep, solemn crashes of ihe surf as it
breaks along the shore. There is no cont inuous
roar of the plung in g waves, as we hear on the At-
lantic sea-board ; the slow, regular swel ls—quick
pulsations of the great Pacific's heart-roll inward
in unbroken lines , and fall, with sing le grand crash-
es, with;inter vals of dead silence between. They
may be heard throug h the day, if one listens , lik e a
solemn undertone to all Ihe shallow noises of the
town ; but at midnight, when all else are still , those
successive shocks fall upon the ear with a sensation
of inexpressible solemnity. All the air , from the
pine forests to Ihe sea, is filled with a light tr emor,
and the intermitti ng beats of sound are strong
enoug h to jar a delicate ear. Their constant repe-
tition at last produces a feeling something like ter-
ror. A spirit worn and weakened by some scath-
ing sorrow , could scarcely bear the icveibera lions.
A Spoilkd Child.—As a gentle hint to others
similarl y anno yed , we record the,rebuke of a visitor ,
to whom a mother expressed her apprehension that
he was disturbed by the cry ing of her spoiled brat.
"Not at all , madam," was the reply, "I am always
delighted to hear such children cry." "Indeed i
wh y
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so?" "Because in all well regulate d families
they aie immediatel y sent out of Ihe room."
A man was broug ht up by a fanner and accused
of stealing some ducks. Tho farmer said he should
know them anywhere , and went on to describe, their
pecu liarity. "Wh y," said the counsel for the pris-
oner,"they can 't be*$u.ch a rare breed— I have some
very like them in my yard." "That 's very likel y,
sir ," said the farmer , "these are not the onl y ducks
of the sort 1 have had stolen latel y."
What a debt of grat itude the doctors owe that
man who first invented carriages ! One half the
medici ne, we use is onl y a substitute for walkin g-—
Who ever heard of a wood-sawyer being troubled
with indi gestion or the gout?
The editor of the Knoxville Whi g says he is for
Clay for President , and if he should die , he would
go for the man who last talked with him.
The man who likes widely, for the most part ,
likes trul y,
It is always safer to err in favor of others than of
ourselves. .
"I say, Tom, how is your wife ?" "She ain 't ns
better , '
i thank you, Doctor."
He who is left to himself has many difficulties to
struggle with ; but he who is saved every strugg le
is in a still more unfortunate position*
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Summer Retreat--New Boarding House.
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The subscriber hereby informs his friends
and the public, that he lias opened his House,
in West Barnstable, for the accommodation of
Boarders. It has large and airy rooms—is
pleasantly located for sportsmen and others from Bos-
ton—and is in every respect a very desirable place lor
those desiring a summer retreat upon the shores of the
©ape; He will make every effort for the convenience
aild;comfort of his Boarders, and his charges will be
reasonable.
WASHBURN BTJRSLEY.
West Barnstable, July 23, 1850.