^elerteit -^netrq.Riding in the Stage.

Creeping through the valley,Crawling o'er the hill,

Splashing through the branches.Rumbling by the mill ;

Putting nervous gemmen'In a towering rage ;

What is no provokingAs.riding in a stage !

Feet are interlacing,Heads severely bumped,

Friend and foe together,Get their noses thumped ;

Dresses act as carpet*.listen to the aagv.

Life is but a journey,Taken in ti e stage.

Spinsters fair and forty.Maids in youthful charms,

Suddenly are cast in.To their neighbor's arms ;

Children shoot like squirrels.Darting through a cage ;

la'nt it delightful.Riding in a stage.

Married men are smiling.They are out of fright.

Thankful that the broomstick.Is nowhere in sight.

Young men wiah the d 1Would with fiendish rage

Take them, if again theyEver take a stage.

Bonnets crash around us.Hats look "worse for wear."

Teeth at each concussion,Fly t* take the air ;

Shrivelled maiden ladies,Past a certain age.'

Groan forlornly." DreadfulRiding in a stage.

Jolted.thnmped.distracted.Racked and quite forlorn.

" Oh ! " ho writhes." What dutiAre now laid on corn ! "

Mad.disgusted.angry.In a swearing rage,

Tis the very d 1Riding in the stage 1

'LBit unii iiumur.Power of Attraction.

A jovial set of fellows, fresh from a fyears cruise, were sitting together, Tbrt <hftrl belonged to m poor bHndfnan, la<dw»4; t*Eri no mantar, »n*i «

A Hew County. i iA very unworthy member ofa church in iigtiruitur

= ti^e,Weetorn pat orf this State, was in the,.habit of committing such offences, aa to From the Farmer andmake it necessary tor the chnrch to4 havehim up' often; and as often did they 'turn TunUp bnltur®hiinout,' and tell him he must do his first Messrs. Editors. As I 1work over. After joining the church for successful in getting a very firthe seventh time, one day, coming home this valuable vegetable, I haveto dinner, his wife was gone.just stcpoed not amiss ^ give you their minto a neighbors, for a moment. On lierreturn, she was met at the door by her ^urCigood husband, and on leaning forward The lot >n which they arc sto extend him that welcome, ro common in which I have kept my cattlwith a devoted wife, ho straightened out time, for the purpose of makinghis arm of muscles, and thrust her from u wa8 original|y a very inferhun, and with an oath, wished her in Pur- '

I gatorv. The news was soon spread thro' 8°,i» w,th 11 clayey 8iUtHI»l.nt II. I 1 I a J annnrv all flirt mannwi oiwl flirtvv . iiin^V) UIM i'J r. IlltU UVHV, nllU "f""6 "" ",v """ ,-"vcursed his wife, and wished she wan in Pur- the earth was scraped up aigatory. A meeting of the church was ou^called ; the offender arrained.he pleaded 0n the 10th August, there higuilty to the charge of having treated Ins , , , . .wife mutually, hut said he had never wish- a 8Ca8ont * ploughed it t ireeed she was in h 11 ; that ho thought a subsoil gopher.ploughing i'Purgatory1 was a new county recently directions each time.this toremade in some part of Eastern North the turfs of grass; ot which tlCarolina V lie was restored to member . (,ca, Two or^ dfty8ship, upon conditions^ tlwit lio lexirn tlic* , T *« « .meaning of the word Purgatory!.N. C. ploughmgs, I hitched two str

Giraffe. to one of Prouty and Mear's Iing ploughs, and broke it 10 in

luniiiUj fmhi\[}._: I then put it into rows, 18 in<

From the Star Spangled Banner. with a short small gopher, theReflect my SouL then sown pretty thick, and ear

ered with iron rakes, I then ruBV R. O. STAPLES.roller over them several times,

Reflect my soul! let earth present in a few days, and looked siHer thousand beauties to thee now ; bcaIthy tliree weekg after I tf,j,Behold them as they fade and die.31 .And learn from them to meekly bow to 8 or 9 inches apart.never 1Before the altar of thy God. one plant in a place.the giLook up and view tha arum sky. lhcn aonfl ovop_ Hlltl wdl 8tirrc

vmze on me starry vauucu neavcn. 0' »And bend the knee in silent prayer. hoes, as it had become hardThat all thy sins may be forgiven, from the copious rains of AuguEredM to f,«c thy .ovoreip. Lord, scnttercought back hi«log death-men came again, they found him sit- $50. The 'sold1 men offered tc»iy ting up in the bed! He is still alive, and sum, if the fortunate one who Ihns has enjoyed unusually good heal h. perty sufficient to pay hisJif.rt. L. Mi ChiM* would not tell of it in Boston.

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