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-LET ALL THE ENDS THOU AIM'ST AT BE THY GOD'S, THY COUNTRY'8. AND TRUTH'S." *

VOL. IX. CAPE ISLAND. CAPE MAY COUNTY, NEW JERSEY, THURSDAY. JANUARY 28," 1884. NO, 30.

(% apt |ttai ©trim SSlatit U FVBUSHED 1VBKT XSUMDAT BY I. B. XAGOSACLE, Cape Island, CMC Xxy Coimtj, 5. jj UvUar uul • IUK P" »»«. ■ TUartda), Jannan M, 1H4. DIRECTORY. FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. >m»«l . Ateahxm Lincoln, at Wlsrt* SaSsssss fev«. SiertawfqC»M| Oldfna et Ow'wH. MMmt taetrel-Sloi. wrewvy «-!> .Man lead. * ABraay Gnftf-Uwanf Bates, o t XU-ouri. STATE or NEW JERSEY Aear^Crer^^-tU* T-.TTeMaamirscc-twiW Gowmt— U-m Fsirtn*. ZCwller— Hrery W. C.tee*. Ckrt niMwn i-IIIW Bmranf. iS^vr^rSsS:''"^ CMtf JWatfce-Utwart W. HMpllv *S2ta*JaMM»— BUM Bataiai Mi V— drtw,. I. u. r, tan. Itaa* Vr*0o»b«t». George H. taewo, V. Jl BZSh-jLV. Tm »Jtk. Wat. Wright . «th, A. J. Suaawt *1>. hehrmt-li rarry. CWMK v l: * /aWraul aiatriet, Wn>. J«mer<^ t"* Wn*iJ Bwmer-lat dtatrtet. Joalah Sparta, UmmWi Landing. OA UK MAY COUNTY. oJ * . wwSr'. | 53£aCZ?&d. 1 J1a«l><f*»i George W. WeoShulL £S0i!Evir Una a-Jooapt, l>- Chnttln, ."wtaos T. BimAft, Joba L 8ml lb. | . BOABD or MNMSH rKKKHOLMUf. j ' »ssstaeg^Bag«ar. j it" Ti"*?i'i "* *•**••, Samuel Y. War*. I ; 'HZtda*- £*#*> «■ laarh. Wtla. JL MUlat. I ./ twain. I, vrm TOwmmit SESn.-a-

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jFtUrt §ocfrg. THE PICkET-tiWRD. | "All .jaW along the Moaa," ts«j u(, "Cxaept ftow miJ than a *tr*r jnakal [ la allot, aa h* walk* aa Ma kaal to and fro, Bjr a HSraiaa MB la the tfelehet. ' 'Tla aoihiag-e prljala aa lao, bow and thee. I WHI ael *owav la the new* o< tae battle; Not aaoekackJat-aaiyoaaaflhr laaa Muaalac out, an alaoa, lha daalbnattla. Alienist akiag tta foirwi i i^alakL U'dmlka aoldian lla" paacrfalty diMatar. Or tkr K«kt of tbr araUk-Br* (Iraw mt- * tmaotoua • ffe, aa >ka(aatla ai»ki-»ioU Tbrou»k ttw faraat laaraa taftfjr la a H^K. » hUa .lata »a akafa, a lib ikau aUUai.t* • Jra, Kaaji jaaid— 6>a Ike amy la akridag Tbirrt oaly tha aouai of fha laaa aaatr) *a Uaad, At ka baaipa boa. Ika nwk to the I >uatala ; A ad tk.aka of Ik* two la Uw law iraadk M far away la Ika aolBa tha laoui lain M.'r auiakal falb ilacL— ku f .aa, dark aad (Ha, Ciowa aastla wtih baawrtaa laadar, Aa ba buttar* a pnyar for lha aklldiaa aalaaR— Baatbau balbai-bay baaaaa dilwd bar. Tha boas aaawa lo ahlaa Jual aahrlchlly aa Uwa, That aifbt whaa tka lora yat aaapobaa Wan. Madcad, to ka auM aabrakaa Thru drawiac Ua ataara roafhly car hi* rjm, H« daahaa ofl loan thai aia waillay, Aud gathrra til gna ckawi uy to Ita plarr, Aa irto karpdowa Ika haarlnwiUL-ig. ha paaaa* tha foaalala, Afca klAlad ylaa traa, Tha feotatap b umtac aad waaiy i Tra aaaoad be para. Ikraagh Uw broad habat Ugbt, Toward ika akada ml tka kwaal aa draary . Hark I ww It tka algkt-wiad that ruaOrrt Ika laarat W a. U aHwa tghi, ao a oadraaaly Oaaalag t It tooked Ilka ajtta— "Hal Marj. good byal" Aad Uw UbJBad la abbtag aad plaablag. •Ml quiet aloag the Potoaar tonight, Ka avaad aav* fkt ruah of Ika rtraai b Mhr ouft fall, tkr .law oo tka Cab of tka daad — Tka pirkafa off duly fotrrrr ! irlfft ^istrUang. WEAK Y. I Wearj I— of wbkt f Not t.f tint lutel? I infant in tbe ptoity wiekrT rrncHc, trilh I ,t( dimplrd binds pnttiog the *poU of ha nice pntchtrork qnHf, and Ita avft I -oolug *o!ea karpiag lima lo tbe rather inqat cut J*m which lb« mo tier oiI atuw* on the anfortnmile rocbara. Yea, Mr*. Eaile i* ni.noal naarj of her bab« jut wow In tnrh, tbe i« q lite in n morbid aUia of miod tbia omrnipg. E»arytlii«»g in Wb aeewia fo be tinged niih n aha tie of btoww ; although the day it u calm and at rent at lanabitin ran make it; and through the opaa -wiadowa of her sent aiuiog-room U|NM aiiHvn v» wo,

cum* lha merry carol of lirda, and the 1 langVur of aweet-roicod childrn. 4 Butab* f .id ia no tu. od io enjoy hrr ' I'lrMinga. Ilcr enn > and bunlnn. weigh 1 hrniily opon hrr apirMt. and aba teea no ' tad to the*. It la ia Let one of thoa- ' lifBt-a when all tbinga ap|a c lo go wrong * and far tha mind b .a ita die~ I run aa trail at tba body, a. d aympa- ' thitea with it— the wbuia nartoua »yaica ia anatrot.g. ( Aim. Bhria ia by ao mean* • poor I woman. U< r hatband ia ia a good way I ] of buinras, and makes a eomfottaWr j llTtng for kit family. It la wot hit fault i I that tba choowe to do thr greater (mtt * | of the bwnaework harulf; and "uiakra out" with a small servant lo tbe shape , ' of a girl of taalfa jenid of age, aban in ! fact ber nd arr out h >as. bold requires , i twp.or three pairs of bauds to guide it j aright ; .aiib a» many hands poi rsaiag j a iHurhsbup- nar atock of wiadwm timn i that of little Alice Bogus, thorn rhe hae ' taken as aa art nf charity Inm the J county ppor-huuia • ""Tt'ritb.-r Was It-Mr Earle'. ehtrle# that his Wf e, to aToid the occasional ijf|waac '•fa sraatgtma, should a|ifnd all bar erpDing*. and sometimea the grrat r i part uf ib* night, i# makii g and repairing his and the rtiiUrru'* gam.ent. ' We know that haabaods geaerafly bcrr , tbe l*tame of all this ; and poartim. s are 'nan they ate unthinking or t. guardlt rnwwgh %o aitew aoch acta tf- alf'< Sirrflce, e»et» when nreamsUwc » do not ran f«r tham. Mat ia this case the fault lay with Mrs. Earl* slow. Indied, she r«ther mj-yrd the making a W i"'"". •"> — I, Uj v quit, a nock , B !• (.uw .l-|K , .1.1 ll» 0(M Iv fote — tka haby tews ao fMfwb Tb*c if Eaty W.atwd a drit k twee, she wawed it a dorew itwwt ; aad to ctwwb all. jwat a* the wan getting Into a cwmfortable • dose, little Baa took a ap^l Bf the aaes<

ache, and scrratawd load ruough to ar-ke i tie Seiett Sleepers. Bat Mr. Earla i neser heard a hnraik »f it— men do sleep 1 so soundly. YuO couldn't roost him I now hardly If the boa* wete on fin- * No wonder that, with her self-impoard I i ii id night aewings, and afUr watche- i with brr okHdrm, not to sp<ak of her I early rising lo assist little Alice ia eo klag a aire hot breakfast fur ber kashaad t»t- for* ka want to the store. Mr*. Earle •hoald f. el weary — wparj of herself and i hi r cbiUrrn too. Lat goid and rpiriileas she had pn- ■ tided at ike hrepkfsst table; nut knowing or net eating t at tha w- 1 -co-had r lands and fragrant cnlT-e were worse tlikW t*a lw;», unseasoned by swrcl «ai lies and pleasant looks Mr Etri* .iglird, as be to k his hat and look-d at his wife. But racctlig.no rcajionsler iflaocr, he wan; bis way with a tbsdoa • mi hit brow. Then tbe day's work commenced !u earnest, Tba house was to be swept and pot in complete ordtr. Her bosband's books and psjiera, with which be had amused himself (soother grievane. ) f tha Bight bef .ire ab-la »be sat and sawed, • era all to ba gathered up Bad laid aa.J. ••Men are so carrlem, was bar menial remark ; "here tbry are, just at they ; were thrown down, all to|isy-tor»j, Ii( wonder ir I could find leisure to read , oue in a lifetime. Mrs- Ksrls forgot thai ike had been , , too moody and discontented lo respond lo brr husband's endeavor* to enter into j couVrreaiien, when? his day's labor j , o»»r, be had auBgbtmrlaxalion and |dcm- ; -ore In tha borne circle; nor did ahr .remember that when tba children bad ' hern pot to bed, aud he had proposed 1 reading aloud, that aba bad aBi*ered fretfully, the waa "toe busy to li-tm, i-Kt wnalci I— 1 • "r* ■* ■■■l" 1 be bad batter re.d to M isrlf " By tbia time tha elder children ware , awake and clamorous for help. Susie , wanted lo ba dressed first, aod would , hot wait wbil- Alice lied little Benoy's froik. Thru Johnny bad taken b« aew , alioi -s' rings to whip his top. and they , w re both ia knots. Barran tinners , had to ba sean bed, and tbrlr conienu

toned about in the busty qoeat for others. Toor Alien reraived aBodry rtbuae* and sev.rsl smart rlaps becansa 1 slit eon Id not be in four places at tbe 1 ►ame time ; sad tears aad subs miagKd 1 with U--a ehikiisb smsll-talk Breakfast over, tha children wer^ to be made rmdj P»r sltp'ol. Ti-ee a oob- ■ »lat.t cry of "mother" w>s heard. " « • > "Motbtr, do come bo: ton my shoe. Conib n y hair, motb' r. Help n e to fii d my book, won't you, mother : SUa'u't Alhe gite ma pit for looch. Mother ? Oh. lure is a great rent in my apron ; yon most mend it joat bow, mother, or we shall ba too late." At last ike "little lormcnte," ea WM-Ir j mother ceied them, w. re hurried off; Beany m»d l^ate were seat into the ; g ■ risen wplwy; and afbr netting Alice lo scoar kbw ksdau and make ready tkc segetetlea fur dtaaer, Mra Barla yrw- : pared, ia no very iqueiale state of miad, 1 o wa»h and dress k> r baby. Bt t lo sa»il«* played o**r ber «mr»W'trw fedlusM as the fiCWlw Lllow trowed and da. i-<d in k-r wraoa. The otm bod•Iteg pearly tm.th was no longer • w«*. del wed n t-BT-by. She was weary, r-alieda. Mil uumliafirtJ. She did wnt know wkwt hknaings she bad in tka blooming health, tb« perf et limbs, thr Hit lit of ii.tallrct, tbwt Bashed firum wvrT) fc.tora of her babe. She wu not r. ckoning up ber jewel*.' Tha evening Mr. Eario rotomrd with a bvavb r >k*d"W on kle Uro" Theie waa rvidentty sowmtWvg ow his m>wd ; bat be said Nttle; -aad eaeept that be waa mote ihea usual Ir , diseasing and Under ia his manner to hia children, tin(bugs might not have been remarked. : Bai, out being iVgVberwl a dvuioaauai. ire man, kts <1u aiUegl wed woaadcrtff ; at it. , T>o oaoao wse sww twphstaei when. I the eerly badUtvC of kts liula owaa V i lag anived." they www dtamtwsii srlii , mock weLeawdbwUe to Uwir .lumbar* "Hanwab," aosd Mr. Earla, tawing I

suddenly to hia wife, "do yon remember . tboae dhrte pretty children of th» , Clwrkr's, wht m we met at Bordcntowp Ustsammar?" - V Yes," aaxswred bis wifa, akmrwetad- :• r she sat 4-sp in the myster* -f j »ibi ramplicatad braidlhg pattern for < Httle K»t)'» f ork "TYvey are alltlrsd." "Dead I" repeated Mm. Earle. th* needle falling from h«r hands. ' Wbta , did they die f — and ken I" "Tbey all died la-d..y ; the'r dtarase, . diptberV Yesterday they acre ia I blooming health ; no* Hire, ltule C -ffi S | ataad aide by aide in tbe darkmcd pa<- . Inr. that so lately rt-icboed wlih tbeir metre voices " . Mra. Ernie made no ratnatk. Sin h»d M.I down her »ork, snd s aded her cye.irtth brr hand, lit r hosband aeut I ••c — "I met CI.* rice on t' e airret to-d-y. He was almost dlstr.cted. II- a-koi t*e to go in and ace the pitiful right. There lay the little dariii-g*— the ah.tr roecs and pair jumii.e flower* that were scatterad round them n«t more col -rlnui than their marble lo-tarts and prciiy Wffea hand* What a t.UI for the poor tnoihrr t What a silent, sorrowful house I" ! "And I have been wearThf my huppr ! cures," thought Mrs E»rla "What if ti>Wi.je*s 8' lo deprive tnc of my tile*- ' ! rings? What if the besom of dc* ruction should sweep my hoasa and make j It daaolntc ?" i That wav an hoar of d- ep self-uphrnld- | ing ; and not oaly ao.-Ekt Mrs Earle. j bka a good wife, confided her trouble to hrr husband, aid gave promise of faltffe amradmrnt. Her children should henceforward be ber first charge ; tbeir comfbn, the care of their health, tbeir pro- ' is tStlrtteixiSftkn 1',; l"" conrcrna of dom« stic economy ; althoagh ; these should not suffer ondar bar maaagrment. , "I tall yon what, Hannah," said Mr. , Earla. "you'll find you cannot do it. i I'll sea aad inquire to-morrow about ( thai first-rate housemaid of CtarkeV. ! They'll not want extra help now, yon

know, with sacb a small family " 1 Mra. Earle aighed. aa aba glanced 1 at the little aleeptr in tbe 1 ewdlv. How- did aba know bat bar I family might very eooa be aaiaeU < "Thee the text thing I t hxll do will | be AC lake yon to chooaa one of tba very ' iett family tawing machine* that money : ' can purchase. We will hava no more of theat nightly sawlnga. that wear your | tatapcr, sud steel away your good looks " Pcrhap* tbia last eoaoideration had i iu dee ac:gh< ; at any rata, Mr. E 'rlc < b<d hi* own way this lima, aod soon I r.aOud his reward in the agr eal>Ia j change that took |dace in his f. taily. I Horn his aifc had now both smiles and ! tklk to bestow upon him ; l.ow tbe rhil- j dran improied in mannera nod temper; boW the little tmlatwlca# Alice ia tit* I kitchco no loagcr drooped oi*r her i heavy tasks; bow the ahudoaed home became a happy one — bel.ingrtb oo fotther to ibis cbroniclu. MMKSTIC urrihlkfi. Depend an it, tb.re'a a great deal of dome-tic hwpptnew In a w^ll drta-ci : mutton chop, i t » tidy braakla-t table. Men grow sated «f masie, are tdira too , nrariid for crmveiMtion, however initl i I- ctaal ; but tbry rea alaray* apptvr.a e a »ill-««epl hearth aud att.ilmg comfort. . A aoniab may lova bar buabai'd dc*n i trdly, may awr.kce Lrtunv, frk-ad-, I f.mtly, country far him — -he may h»«e I Um genius of a Sappho, tka •< KmUiu . besutira of Armlda; but. melur.tbt.ly I fact, if wlrh these ebe fall to rnakv i Ik- - fame comfartable. bis V»rt wi|l .io*vi- . tafaty «enpe ber. And ddtntn live »o . -amtircir la tba affqrtiooe. that ehbtat f lore tkeir life is B void Better aohmit. then, to keovcfaild taste*, than doom . Toarealf to a'ldvakgs bona Wo»« ol - thebifWr ovder or mind wHlaotr.it, b this n*k ; tbey know that tbeir famlniaa tkctr domestic dwtfas, art tkair tret

X9CK ADVK'K. I The 8ei-rit'fir American thnv cowl ' I cwily gltta what it ct.ll* "Advice Or«ti- 1 t ! to tbe 8l«w-Ce«rh Family " "Doo't tske a dawspaper ; don'" 'eitl t J one .f any kind. If y"u bear pi raot a i d aena-ing this • r til it gr at battlr, a: k mapidly wb«t it ell unona. EmiiLiRip Van Wink c ; * ecp jour *«nxia it. uieinal and tuur-I uhltvion, und pay u» at'.ent'uD to what ix, j,a»stng a I. .out you Iu tbia way you may aa*u tao „r ttir«-« - doll ,r»— the J.r « ol a paper— aiid U.Oa. j j fi»e bonnrcd '.r fi*e Ibouaand d»l ara Uy I not Leiug inf. m.oi about mar t U- Hup- i j ,.ly and dmiai-d and thouaand othri j .uings ur. M»utl>l to et tcfprisii-g men , I •* light aud a,r If you have jlii d in ! dou'i t.ke any paper for tln-m ; till litem ! ' | book Uruiii' ai-.'i ao 'ivnut ' Let ihciu J | tnuit'le in ti-e liiaha.y uuwaahed, un- j Irutnhid, and in rugs and tatlvrs l1 ; ihi-y don't graduate in thv Siatv Prison | it will t>c kmuglt hi f alt < f y>ur*. I! ! yt>o are a f-nnrr. plow, sow, ami reap j as your old father did it* fore you; scoff i at ngrtcultursi pap- r*. and sneer and ' ' der-dr at progneas of all k nd* ; then it ' you do ool sneered in making other ; j |>»opU t kin k that Utry ar* all wrong, i aud that you aions are *3g.ieii'Os,*it j must be that the wurd is curiouvly awry j I and uct-ds rvfurmiug badly Tn« sooner ' too at dcr ako it the hit or. By not h reading paptr* you aili aoeeci'd, if tt f.tronr, iu having the fiutil crop if ' knotty wormy wppli s thai can be found ; j potato » thot auuld take the pnxc at 1 ■ | any fair for rdl ; cabbages that ure ul: . , li-aves and no head ; turuip* diatroynl hi in the shoot by worm* ; hay mouldy and , 1 inn*ty bteause yon despised tbo baro . | mrters, and cot it just as tha mercury . ; waa failing ; coru, half a i rop, Lt canse . > ^ yon rxhauAied the land with it for Tear*, i ! and *tarved nature to such a pilch that ■ ' ine ttaa aotnitig to yteia in retarn ; an i i these calamities aad many more W:l. j . j befall yon because you dou't keep pace j j with tbe times. Yon call ij hard luck,' I ; but men of common score call your , course by a name you hrard of— stupid- . [ ity ; thats mrirc 'book Lmln ' A man | that doe* not t»k« .% pa;^r of won kind ■ , or another iu thi* time of ibo world j

must expect to ba a prey to *11 kind* of windier*, a victim to bad mansgemrnt. | and out of epirita, out of pocket, 1 per^monty, ervdit— in sho t. ev.ry thing 1 ander the »ao that tai"1* *• n",ke If'j1 bio The newspaper Uviit Btraisst | ' educator of the people after all ; ao 1- 1 j , as then axelaim, 'T' c ptcea fotevsr.' B- i , j WTH BISKS. 1 I . ! ! To rha ol-'en time, le Fhlladelpkia, "h# j disciple* of William Penn InvanaMy *..r* , I tha *it gla hrgaxtvd drab ■ r -naff e"l^r»d j j mat. sad wYrif strict in their tint o» ah< ■»' I having th' button* thrrmf no th* Ii-Tt S'lta | wf the coat af-wi-Batt. A' a dinner g *■ n j I him, frii-nd Elia* Brea y had a ciitvd a big t, ork darki* to ••"tsnd labK" to tahom.bo ' gava ioiperaliva order* to band thing* to | ! | the guest* at tks left side. { "Tha* will alaaya kuow by tiwir coal t ; bullosa fm-ar. which ia »h» I- ft aid-." Am. n^ ta* gursls » a* a Ftvacb geotie- | . ' man »b" aura a itoul.lo breas<qd cnal— - a j , ; aordly garment. Tha lUikte. in haading ruuii.t tba anap, pao-etl behind Ike I'Viu-h | ' J gautl'Oian. Iiuikmi at hia coal and Sluod. i tor a mnti.vot, an au-ny agaloa of .le*|wtir, itreggliaa with doahr and a pU|w tf *uap. 'j. Proaaatly be yeVlevh oat, -Ma-aa 'Lia*— f j It'* ao ase— hutiena on b» IT »fdre." and i I Haodod the |da*a to *fa> Fr> nrh gwest over ' hia head, "bat* «»• N»t tteta 1 ever Brrd u ) man dot waa Irff baadsd an buff sidas ob i hia coot P' ( | _ The iifBecr i f tha d^ek on board a man • of war. aaked the man at lbs abaci una day. " i • llow .urovuhr head f". . It waa bloaiog a ' gal* or wicil. "Boath nyst," wptird Pw, * touching hi- hst, bat favasttlng to add ai.' ' ' to hu aaswer. " YoaM W'l.r fit a f*w t mots a'a in yuar ansvrr Jibrn J«r *p**k to r an ," »atd tha h>.ffy li-aireaot. • Ap, ay. I. *:r-r-r " trii rn-d tha witty Irttfaaian. A . day or tao after tbw iBcw cokut <Mt again * • How uo>t abr bead oow't" "B-'Utb-ay-i sad by aoBib, half wwub, aad a liillc vialbcrty, sir rs*. yMir boaor, qeM*®"1 - Tat ^ * — • u.-rr I lil» fa t<>r tak* bold well V in qaieaar a dwrk-y . who waa having a gcotia " aaaa km U>s ruaBlry. ' "Y- fwpli*d tha casta , a*, with ta*r>1 in hk . yos ; "it ukaa bold tnurak, but Idon't tat go worth aomt:"

} * T1K 114XL hil' ltOAH. j. At the session uf the 'fg el-tore lastWinter, an art was passed incorporating •he "\Ve»t Jrree.v M«ri arid ' Tswospoe* tution Company." Tbe„ object nf tbia association is tQ open tip the extensile tirri along the West J-rxey Ka iroad, 'o the agricultural r.gkn thrcugh which that road sud. it* br&nche* pa-re.-. — T iiinw'i n,e< ting wi;b mnrb difli. ullv for aunt of hands, the »c*rrtTy of psra, A e , the curupsov hare proceeded tigcreu^y j to Work. T.iey have bovgftt scma two hut. died acres of rluh taari iand on both j aide* of ti c Wvil ^t-r-ey Raiiruit , .bout ta o' inile* above Glassboro. This marl iics near the Mtrfcca, is ol eacelie-t 1 quality, and "li. a cuevtnieul for lp:ding on the cars. It i* contemplated to lav a railroad through tiiia r. gton , interI aertlng tbo West Jen cy Road Work ' men have for some time beeu engagcu on thi* toad, lu tbeir operations have j been aom.'wltst delayed by the necasaity ; of g-Uiu? tbf authority tf tbe court V. ' obtain some of the Und through which ! -he road is to p*as. A dwelling hou'o hat hern lately built by the company el - tbo point of interred ion. This homo ! ia on the Wi-i>t xtdo of thr. Wei! jV;r«. y lUind, about two miles from Glaasboro, tri.d probaidy tear tl.n same distance lo low the Itarnsbnrn »ut:on. The supply of marl is* these b*d* ia very large, a d contracts have already bcrn 'oCeTtd the con, pat. j f r some thonssndi 6f toss per icotoh, f.,r a strin of ytara. The i improvement t f the hnw'Ltnd new acccs- | aible to markvt by the Cup-' May and othrr railroads, will causa a demand for a long itue fas Urge quantities of marl. Ttte value of tlria fertiliser is so welf j known that a large salu will he found it. jOihir sections, whenever tbo cotnpsny ; can obtain tbe COnVvriienr* fnr annutring it. The opening of tbia roud will I tance to that of the Wrvt Jersey Road | itfctlf, bj the eonveaicuce it afford* of ' | differing lha cheap and vuluable manure ^ ■ i ov. r a region which has heretofore bVeu . j considered beyond the palo of improv- • i | mrnt. That this will b« done is alrmdy I foreshadowed by the demand already I made for it

A PRACTICAL JOKE. - » . In a naighhoring roanty one of the p-Iit. iral parlies had, for twenty yrnys, been so I th* habit of holding the county nominating | eonvvD'.IoD at tha bottsc or Mr G— . He happened, on a r*c*at ocra-inn; S»r i thu Brat tint*, lo b« in wbva <h*y had 6aI shed t'nrlr !ru.in«»., and hvferd a lift fa diia- | gate m.T* that "this cubtcdiIou do cow . * wdjfurn out Mt." ••S,a« di*," amid M r. G , to a parson j *tandiM( Bgar, • whvrwia that t" . -W ay,- that is away op in tbo aorlkiro part of th* count.'," said his neighbor. • Hold on if jou pUoa*. Mr^ CAwmrnv. • | /aid G~ .Vaitli grout emphaai. ; "bold on, j,»lr. I would like to be heard on thai quvtI tfoo. I have kept a public hi, use for more .bun twen.y year*. I amv a poor man. I ! have always bwlnngvd to tha party, and f hava nev^r *pfct u>> ticket io.my lif*. Tbia I ia the moat central location in the county, j and it U where we bar., always bald our j caocusa-. I havo never had or asked at, I an important office, nud hav« wprked night ' ..nd day for th* party, aad now, I think, rir. it t* cunlvmptihlr to gn adjourning this coavration way wp to'aire Jf«," Ttim OF SPLKCB-KAKIXG, Hqaire J_ — -rtcautlj aapitwd to rvprL lent ha 'town ia tha nest Lrgl.lalurw, aud in ho," r of obtaining tne nomination h* aelsod every fe'vorablo opportanUy to addre*e the million. A fow nighlewtncr, ut a caoca* b-ld at the school-housa. SHoir. J— delivered oac of hi* 6o»eryspeechi-* i -bicb tertninaied somewhat *» Mlow» • •'I eay. falJoau iiiaaM, that thn iaxh.-a*-bl* rights of ia«n are paramouot and colaKMumt to all othwra, and ha who cannot put 1 htt bM'l on his Lcorl and say th.ro U noth- ■ ing rankling ahbis, AMeriiWie'lie in a bed — m ated— 1 aay, geutiemeo, tur deserve* . to lie in a bad — hi a bail—" "With rraekqr cramb* in it •" shouted the shrill voice of u pertuu amsiqae ta round I the period. The loagh w»« irrmvnduua. end it if»>faibtf«l If the Squire get* the n„BM^«» It is Supposed that the crack*v chimb man I* the r*th.-r .if a am^ff'fam. ity. and hex. experienced thu dobghu of . at|h a bod. — If wa miatrtsTTCrm, it i, bscmu* a