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^ S eptember 23,1848. THE NORTHERN STAR....
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^ S Eptember 23,1848. The Northern Star....
^ S eptember 23 , 1848 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 3
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& considerable time has elapsed since last we jive any collection of poetical compositions iu gise columns . Of late the sayings of politicians—10 f the earth earthy '—have usurped the space due to the inspired outpourings of the poets ; and the goings of roaring revolutionists $ ave left us no room for the rhymers * * wood-notes wild . ' Even now we have but little space to devote to the sons of song , jn the sharing of a newspaper as in the sharing of the earth [ see Schiller ] the poet is the last thought of , although we will venture to hope anything hut tbe least-cared for . In brief , we must have an eye to brevity ; and this must be our excuse for the very meagre notice we are about to give of the man from whose songs we propose to make our selections . That man Is the glorious poet
BERANGER . This faronrireof France and object of Europe ' s admiration , is a native of Paris , and was born in the year 1780 , at the house of his grandfather , a poor tailor . He lived nine years with his poor old grandfather , during which time he was let run wild without books or schooling . At nine years of age he tvas sent toHPeronne , there to live with an old grandaunt who kept a small publie-house , aud in whieh
house he officiated as waiter or pot-boy . The old woman taught her young relative to read . At the age of fourteen he was put apprentice to a printer , and it was in the practical attempts at learning his trade that he learned to spell , and made perfect the lessons given him by the old lady in her labours to make him acquainted with the art of reading . He now attended a primary school , and soon acquired considerable knowledge of the art of literary composition .
At seventeen years of age he returned to Pans to work as a journeyman compositor . Soon after his arrival in the capital the inclination came upon him to write verses . His poetical sensibility had early reve aled itself , for when a boy he had been affected to tears when , for the first time , he heard the Marseillaise sung by the enthusiastic Republicans of ' 92 . In his youthful musings he imagined a comedy , and subsequently an epic-poem , but did not carry out either . Probably the stern realities of life put to flight these dreams of poetical ambition . Work had failed and the Voung poet was reduced to the most deplorable state of destitution .
By the age of twenty-three , Beranger had written a great many songs and poems , but he could not afford to print them , and in his destitute and friendless condition it would have been iu vain to have sought a publisher . He therefore made up a packet of his poetry , which , together with a letter , he addressed to Lncien Buonaparte , brother of the Erst Consul . Lucien at once saw the genius of the poet , and wrote to him a letter full of encouragement ; nor did he stop there : he presented Beranger with the small pension which the poet continued to enjoy up to the year 1612 . Subsequently Beranger obtained literary employment as compiler of the ' Annals of the Museum , ' and afterwards obtained an appointment as copying clerk ia the University Office , which he retained for twelve vears .
His first collection of songs was published in 1 S 15 . ' Wine and women , mirth and laughter / were the main themes of his youthful effusions . These songs were , as Beranger has confessed , ' the mere caprices of a vagabond spirit ;* and yet , as he added— 'these are my most dearly cherished offspring . ' Between 1815 and 1 S 21 the productions of his pen began to be conceived in a more serious spiritoften assuming a political character . Not blind to the fatal results of Napoleon ' s anibitioi ., and fully conscious oi the grinding tyranny of his rule , still Beranger detested the Bourbons and regarded the Restoration in its true light—as a national calamity and profound humiliation for France . These feelings he gave expression to in the songs he composed between tbe vears we have above-named .
In 1821 Beranger published his second collection of songs , and the ten thousand copies printed were immediately bought up . His satirical political allusions left no room for doubt as to the parties aimed at ; the result was a government prosecution . He was condemned to three months imprisonment in St Pelagie , and to pay a fine of three hundred francs . Besides this sentence he was farther punished by being deprived of his employment as copying clerk in the University office . Bat Beranger ' s imprisonment was in fact a triumph . He was visited and condoled with by the first men ia France , and the public expressed a desire to pay ids fine by subscription , but this he would not permit .
His time was not idly spent in prison , for immediately after his release new and more vigorous political aud satirical productions of his pen were in universal circulation . New persecution of the poet failed in again consigning him to prison at that time . In 1825 he published a third collection of his songs . Lafitte the banker had offered him employment in his banking house , but he declined the offer , being anxious to maintain his independence even of the favours of friendship . In 182 S , on the publication of his fourth collection of songs , he was again prosecuted by the government , and was condemned to nine months'
incarceration in the prison of La Force , and to pay a fine of ten thousand francs . This fine was paid by public subscription , and this persecution of the people ' s favourite hard exalted him to the very pinnacle Of popularity . The revolution of 1 S 30 opened to him the path to political power and personal emolument . But both place and pension he nobly rejected . Unfortunately , ' says he , ' I have no love for sinecures , and all forced labour has become insupportable to n : e , unless perhaps it were that of my old occupation
of copying clerk . I conld not bear to have it said that I " was the pensioner of so and so , of Peter or of Paul , of James or of Philip . Besides , I would give no man , nor party , to whom I might thus place Eivself under obligations , the right to say t < j me—« Do this , or do that—go forwards , but you must only go thus far . ' How nobly Beranger contrasts with those thinns Southey and Wordsworth ! We may add , vriih his own countrymen Thiers and Guizqt , who have made their literary talents subserve their *> ersonal ambition , at the expense of the welfare of
their countrymen . The perfidy of Louis Philippe , and the crimes of the gang of sham Liberals who acquired power after the revolution of 1830 , thoroughly disgusted Beraneer , aud probably did much to induce the decision he came to in 1833 to retire into private life . In that vear he published his last collection of songs , and or / that occasion announced his retirement in the following words : —' I retire from the lists , while 1 have still the strength to leave . Often towards the evening of life we allow ourselves to be surprised !< v sleep in tbe arm-chair , in which we are fixed . Better go wait its visit in bed , where it is so Kuch needed . 1 haste to betake me to mine , even though it be a rather hard one . '
He chose the neighbourhood of Tours for the place of bis retreat , where he passed several successive years . Subsequently he returned to the capital , and has since resided ' at Passy , a village on the Seine , about four miles frem Paris . Notwithstanding his retirement the poet occasionally contributed new compositions , strongly tinctured with Republicanism , and which were not without effect in aiding the general feeling of hostiliiv to Louis Philippe , which preceded the
Revolution of February , 1 S 4 S . In the general election of the members of the National Assembly , Beranger was returned as one of the representatives of Paris , a touching compliment paid to him bv the people ; the crowning glory of his 'Jfc . But his " election had taken place in spite oi his earnest entreaties to the contrary , and v . ithiu the first week of the Assembly s at-^ ne * he resigned his seat and returned to his beloved cottage at Passy . The poet fairly pleaded a ? e and infirmities , and his inaptitude for the s'Wlcs of political life , as furnishing sufficient masons for resigning the distinction conferred upon h ' m . His admirers will doubtless conclude with us that he showed a wise discretion in refusing the honours of the tribune .
A writer who visited Beranger four years ago , thus describes him : — « Tbe personal manner of the poet is full of unaffected urbanity . In person be is a little man , not more , I should say , than five feet five ? nches iuteight , of afirmmakeand apparently robust and health * . He has a high , intellectual forehead , re 2 ular and rather handsome features , and a quick soarkline eve . The principal expression of his face £ I think ' that ef kindness combined with shrewd - * ss He talks rapidly and earnestly , pouring a flood of information upon whatever subject occupies his attention , be it political , biograph . ca , or literary ; and possesses in an eminent degree the power of commanding the attention of his auditory .
We now come to Beranger ' s poetry . We have neither room nor inclination to affect ** £ ™ J *" iongs defv censure , and we despair to do him justice iu the way of praise . We mig ht as well presume
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" To gild refined gold , to paint the U ' y , To throw a perfume an the violet , " as attempt to add to Beranger ' s fame by saying one word in praise of the priceless gems he has lavished upon his countrymen , and mankind generally . We are indebted to the Dublin University Magazine for the following translation of
THE TAILOR AND THE FAT . [¦ lb Tiinsna et ia he . ] ' Dam cd Paris plefa d ' or et de mlsere , & c , ]' Here in Paris , so full of all squalor and gold , In seventeen hundred and eighty , a . d . At a tailor ' s—my grandfather , seedy and eld-When an infant , I ' ll toll you what happened to me . No portent foretold by my cradle of straw The feme of an Orpheus ; but , summoned one day By my cries , my poor grandfather hurried and saw His child hissed and dandled about by a fay ! And the Fairy's gay lullaby sung in my ears , With a charm that dispelled my first sorrows and tears . Then the hoseac old man , ia some little alarm , Would know what my fate in the future should be , ' There he is , by my wand's most infallible charm , A waiter , a printer , a clerk , ' replied she . 'A thunderbolt still adds a presage to mine , *
And he nearly has died on the threshold of home ; Bat the bird , so in revived by a mercy divine , Shall brave with its strains other tempests to come . ' And the Fairy's gay lullaby suug ia my ears , With a charm that dispelled my first sorrows and tears . * The sylphs of our youth , the gay pleasures , In throngs Shall awaken his lyre to the revels of night ; The hearts of the poor shall be glad in his tongs , And the long weary hours of the wealthy grow light . But a darkness o ' ershadons and sad Jens the strings , The bright da ; a of glory and empire are o ' er ; And hia voice is like that of a fisher that brings The news of a wreck in his grief to the shore / And the Fairy ' s gay lullaby sang in my ears , With a charm that dispelled my first sorrows and tears . The tailor cried out— ' Then my daughter has sent
But a maker of songs to compensate my care-Better work at my trade , day and night , thin he spent At last In rain sounds , like an echo in air . ' ' Hush , hush , ' said the fairy , ' thou ' rt wrong to complain—Though oft hare great talents the amallsst success—For the country shall cherish the bard , find bis strain Shall soften the tears of the exile's distress . ' And the Fairy's gay lullaby song In my ee » , With a charm that dispelled my first sorrows and tears . Last night , as I sat in a sullen repose , I eaw her again . With the air of a sage , She thoughtfully plucked off the leaves of a rose , And she said— 'Thou hast felt the approaches of age , Kind memories in Eid will give joy to tbe breast , As murages brighten the wilderness lone—The banquets of friendship await theea guest .
, Aad there bog lire over the days that are gone . And the Fairy ' s gay presages gusg in my ears , With a charm that dispelled all my sorrows and fears , We take the following version of Le Grenier from Thackeray ' s Paris Sketch Book' : —
THE GARRET . With pensive eyes the little room I view , Where , In my youth , I weathnred it so long ; With a wild mistress , a stanch friend or two , And a light heart still breaking into song : Slaking a mock of life , and all its cares , Rich in the glery of my rising sun , Lightly I vaulted up four pair of stairs , Is the brave days when I was twenty-one . Yes ; 'tis a garret—lot him knon ' t who will-There was my bed—full hard It was , asd small My table there—and I decipher stilt Half a lame couplet charcoaled on the wall . ^ Ye joys , that Time has swept with him away , Come to mine eyes , je dreams of lore and fun ; F « youl pawntd my watch how many a day , In the brave dajs when I was twenty-one . And see my little Jessy , first of all ;
She comes with pouting lips and sparkling eyes Behold , how roguishly she pins her shawl Across the narrow casement , cnrtaln-wlsej Xsw by the bed her petticoat glides down , And when did woman look tha worse ia noae 1 I have heard since who paid for many a gown , In the bra * e days whea I was twenty-one . One jolly evening , when my friends and I Usde hippy mnnc whh our » oag and cheers , A shout of triumph mounted up thus high , An 3 distant cannon opened on our ears : We rise—wo join In the triumphant strain—i Kapoleon conquers—Austeriitz is won—Tyrants shall never tread as down again , In the brave days when I was twenty-one . Let us ba gone—the place is sad and strange-How far , far off , these happy times apptar ; All that I hare to live I ' . l gladly change
For one such month as I have wasted here—To draw long dreams of beau'y , love and power , From founts of hope that never will outran , And drink all life's quintessence in an hour , trireme the days when I was twenty-one . We have given another version of this charming piece in our column of * Facts and Fancies , ' from 'Duffy ' s Catholic Magazine . ' We may here add , that it is to the poets of the suppressed ( Dublin ) Nation that we are indebted for translations of several of the pieces we propose to present to our readers .
THE WILL-O ' -THE-WISPS . ' 0 nait d'ete , paix da villsge , < fco , ' 0 village calm , 0 summer night , Pure sky , soft zephyr , streamlet clear , Ye made my happy childhood bright ; Yield to my age a solace here . A weary man , I tread the ground , Where every thing recais tbe past —• Even to these wandering wisps around . Oflca from these dancing fires , aghast , Fear weute hare borne me far , and fast ; I ' re lost my ignorance to-day ; Dance , merry meteors , dance away . How oft we heard in evening tales , Of feul , malicious things they did ; And how along the fields and vales ,
Their wondrous treasures all were bid , Goblins and ghosts , and demons fell , The magic , and the mystery—All these my youth bslieved too well . I ever saw fisree dragons fiy , O ' er castles old of days gone by ; Bnt young beliefs in age decay : Dance , marry meteors , dance away . One night , when scarcely ten years old , Wandering and wearied in a swamp , I saw their ltgar , and felt consoled : — It is my nurse ' s cottage lamp . The wonted cuke awaits ma there ! I fly rrtth young impatience flset , When to ! a shepherd cries beware !
Thatlisht conducts thy heedless faet To where the sprites and spectres meet , Thus thro' mj life ' twas all the way : Dance , merry metecrs , dance away . Once , at sixteen , X SiW the light Dance on tbe grave ef tho old priest . Sudden I cried , I ' ll pray to-night . Good father for thy spirit ' s rest . Methoeg ht he answered , ' child of sin , Doth love already mould the best Of thy youag visions from within ?' That night my frightened credence leant To future psin , nnd punisbmtBt , Old priest , hast thou aught else to say!—« Dance , iserry meteors , dance away ! When I wooed Rose to ba my bride , A little gold bad made as blest ; A wisp appears : be this my guide
To where the hidden treasures rest , I £ allow on : but as I fly Jfy rapid feet approach a pool-Floundering I fall , and cannot die ! ' The fi = Ed thea leashed etoud to ccol Yoar glowing race ! ' say , curious fool , Bnt Rose , without me , lived as gay ; Dance , merry meteor * , dance away . From all a thousand errors free , I ' o old before my time to-day . Ye transient , sparkling vapours , see , How time has turned my hair to gray . My eyes are opened by the wise ; But sweeter seemed the mora before I knew bo much about the skits . Reason expels , for everaaore , The sylphs that haunted as of yore . Still would I fear the gliding fay , Dance , merry meteors , dance away .
Here is a charming domestic sketch
;—THE BLIND MOTHEtt , Tout en filant voire lie , ho ' Child , as yon ply your spinning wheel , Give heed to what I shall n paat : At Colin ' s name I know you feel Your little heart begin to bea \ But ffar the youth : my eyes are dim , Yet is my hearing watchful J nay , I heard a sigh ; la that for him ! Ah ! he but wsos thee to betray . I hear the window opened : how 2 L ' zstte , yon are not spinning now . The chamber is so warm , you say , Bat don ' t stand there with ogling eye , To look at hia who , day by day .
Prewla round our cot alert and sly Yon say I scold—Ah ! I was young . And fair as jou , and I can say What snares are in a glezing tongue , How love will ever lead astray—There ' s some one at the door , I vow ! Lisetfa , you are not spinning now .
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Yen say the wind has stirred tha lock ; Ah J w it seems ; because , for this , Hy dog has got the hearty knock Which stops that nndergrowl ef nil . Yes : trust m » , Coiin ' a lore is brief . If then art wise I'd have thee fear Thy charms may yet be oanse of grief—Bat , bless me , what Is that I hear 1—That was a kiss , tho'hushed and low—Lbjette , you are not spinning now . Tls a bird only , you declare—Your favourite bird that you have kissed J Then bU yoar feird be silent there : No more such kisses , I Insist , Ahl theughdess conduct brings disgrace : Even he , on whom you lavish all , Laughs very often In your face ,
Let Prudence still arert your fall . Yon hasten towards your reom ; I trow , ttzette , you are not spinning new . You wish to go to bed , you cry ; Ah ! ' tis a triok ! I understand . Colin is here ; but let him fly , Or look in honour for your hand , Until your winning reprobate Shall lead you to the Church , a bride , Still keep your maidenly estate ; Sit hue , Lizette , nor quit my side , Till comes that time , or soon or slow , Spla on , as you are spinning now . But it is time we gave a specimen or two of the songs which brought down the wrath of the Bourbons upon the poet ' s head . We first quote' The Coronation of Charles the Simple , ' which the poet prefaced with the following explanation : —
Charles the Third , surname ! the Simple . one of the sue cessors of Charlemagne , was first drivenfrom tha throne by Eudes , Count ot Pari * . He took refuge in England , and afterwards in Germany ; But on the death of Eudes ( in 898 ) , the French Lords and Bishops attached themselves to Charles again , andrestored him the crown ; which he finally lost , when , on being betrayed by Herbert , Count of "Vermsndoia , he was put in prison at Pe * ronne , where he died in 921 . The applicability of the satire to the then reigning Bourbons will be sees at a glance .
CORONATION OF CHARLES THE SIMPLE . ' Frenchmen ! In Rbelms assemble all , Oa Uonijoy and Saint Denis coll ! Repair'd the holy phial see-Cur fathers' days again are come ; Sparrows in numerous flocks set free Flutter about the sacred dome ; The monarch ' s brow with pleasure beams , For broken bonds here Imag'd be—The people cry : Poor birds ! dream aot our foolish
dreams—Preserve—preserve your liberty ! Here are all ancient rights preferr'd . So I go back to Charles the Third—Whofollow'd Charlemagne , and well Daaerv'd < the Simple * name he bore— . Upon his flag no light-stream fell , When Germany he trarell'do ' er—When he was crown'd , a noisy crowd Of birds and flatterers sung with glee—The people cry : Ye birds I 0 slag not now so loud-Preserve—preserve your liberty !
Betizened with their fripperies , xaade From heavy imposts—the parade Of Kings and CourtUra marches by—Courtiers , who all net long ago , 'JTeath rebel standards floating high , Bow'd to a grand usurper , low ; Bat millions are not sbowet'd In vain , And faith well recompecs'd should be ; The people cry—Poor birds ! we dearly pay our chain , Preserve—preserve your liberty J Now gold . laced prelates bent before , Charles alters his confi' . eor ; They clothe him—kiss him— oil him—and Midst by mas dirinetbat fill the air , He on the Bible puts his hand ,
And big confesior bids him— ' Srvear I For Rome—whom such affairs eoncera , Has pardons for such peijury . ' The people cry—Poor birds ! thus government we learn , Preserve—preserve your liberty ! So—aping Charlemagne—when placed Tbe sword-belt round his royal waist , Upon the dust he flings him down , King , says a soldier , rouse the ? , king J j No , ' says the bishop , ' thee I crown-Now wealth into our coffvrs fling . What f ri'js : s command , that God records ; Long lire—Iosg live legit'macy !' The people cry—our lord is ruled by other lords ! Poor birds—preserve your liberty !
This king miraculous , poor birds ! Will cure all scrofulas with words ; Bat you , the merriest things of ail , Had better speedily be gone ; Some sacrilege you might let fall In fluttering near this altar-throne ; For piety all meekly brings Murderers her sentinels to be . The people cry—Poor birds ! we envy you your wings-Preserve—preserve your liberty ! ' Turlupiu '—or 'Master Merryman—also gave great offence . Here is a specimen : — Come let us go' the King' to see-Not I , he said , I won ' t da that ! Will he take off his crown to me , When I to him take off my hat ? If I for somebody must cry , Then here ' s fcr him that makes my bread ! And men will answer'
I—I—I—Say what just Merrjman has said ! We must pass by the celebrated baSad entitled ' The Infinitely Little or the Greybeard Dynasty , ' in which the poet so admirably pictured the dwarfed condition of France under the restored Bourbons . 'TheDevil ' s Death' [ La Mori du Diabk ) excited a terrible uproar amongst the Jesuits and their friends , and was one of the songs on which was founded the government prosecutian . For the following transfation , as well as for that of the 'Coronation of Charles the Simple , ' we are indebted to an article by Colonel Thompson , in the IPfesfrntnster Review : —
THE DEVIL'S DEATH , I B ' mg to day a lay of lays , A glorious miracle you ' il see ; Give tbe great Saiat Ignatius praise , Of all small saints tbe patron he . A dirty trick—if saints caa trick , And . if the ttuth may all be said , Has done tbe business for Old Nick , The Deril ' a dead—tha Devil's dead ' . Old Nick went out one day to dine , And pledg'd the saint to drink his health , Ay ! said the suint—and in tbe wise Some holy poison dropp'd by stealth J Gripus seized tbe DjvII— : ruel sick-He swears , he storms , and hangs his head ; Then bars s like roasted heretic—The Devil ' s dead—* . heDMi's dead I Love is not half so strong as fear ,
F <« feat was etut & at with to guts ; Intolerance Is fading here , — Who now the blu-. ag torch uplifts ? If man from as should once be free , What light may beam upon his head I Gad greater than the Pops shall be—The Devil ' a slead—the Devil ' s dead ! Ignatius cam . 3— ' Lot me but take His place , his right , and see ; In brief-He bas mado men for ages quake , I'll make kings tremble like a leaf . With plagues , thefts , massacres , I'll ban Bjth north and soa > h ; where ' er I tread Leave raint both fcr God and man—The Dsvil ' a dead—the D ^ vit ' s dead !' ' Come blessed one , ' they uttered , ' come We hallow the most saintly gall . ' And cow bis order , sent from Rome ,
O ' erehadows , darkens , curses all . I heard a choir of Angeh tell Their evmpnth ' eg for men ; they said , ' Ignatius is tbe heir of bell , The Devil ' s dead—the Devil ' a dead I ' For this song the poet was denounced by the priests as an enemy of religion ; thus answered Beranger : — 'Some of my songs have been trea ted as impious , poor things ! by the King ' s Attorney-Generals and their substitutes , who are all very
religious people in their way . I can only here repeat what has been said a hundred times . When , as in our day , religion is made a political instrument of , its sacred character is apt to be disallowed . For it the most tolerant become intolerant . Believers , whose faith is not in what' the church' teaches , are sometimes driven , out of revenge , to attack it in its sanctuary . I , who am one of these believers , have never gone so far as that , but have been contented to make folks lau « h at the mere flunkey-livery of Catholicism . Is this impiety ?' Next week we shall conclude this selection from the verses of Beranger .
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Moaais , thk Pedestrian . —On Monday week last this celebrated pedestrian performed the following feat at Hanover :-First , he walked hslf-a-mjle , then ran half-a-mile , walked backwards half-a-mile , walked , backwards aud fotwarda half-a-mile , played a Tiolin half-a mile , played a tamborine half-a mile , ran a coach wheel half-a-mile , trundled a hoap halfa-mile , wheeled a barrow half a-mite , hopped one hundred yards , and then picked up one hundred stones placed a yard apart , fifty with his mouth , and fiity with his bands , and brought each atone to a basket . He completed this ia eight minutes less than an hour , in the presence of a large number of spectators , who were much amused and surprised at the performance of this extraordinary feat . —Car * marthin tornal .
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nviAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . hi ^? 5- J J m att * Ntt < H » at this place , we have ¦ » «?? i " 7 * feoture . accompanied by a work-ISft ° 2 , new hydrocarbon gag apparatus , E yfSfW ?* £ teDhen Wnite - which is exhibited in the theatre , fer tha mauufaoture of gas from water , and common tar , or resin , « bo . This apparatus isoneuand very simple , consisting of three retorts placed m a stove , two of them are fitted with charcoal and thin pieces of iron , and in the third aw placed chains hanging from a bar in the centre . In the two first ratorts the water is decomposed , which passes by means of a syphon pipe through the centre of the retort . The water passing through the heated material becomes converted into pure hydrogen fnd peroxide of carbon , thence it passes into the third retort , and combines with bi-carburate of hydrogen , which is made from resin , tar , or like substances , and dropping on the red hot chains from anotber syphon tube , bv whioh tha sutmlr i « r *™
• f * V Bases thus mixed are at once conveyed l Jtl ° J ;! S 880 . ] ' * for use , and no purifying appa-S « " Th important advantages ari-S ? * . TJ lnwn J'on , are portableness , simplir i nl nS ? a S ? T H PP «« tu 8 ; it gives a beau-SS « K « . ?• * free fwm those ' ^ purities which are ?^ t ^ l rd n ? ry - COal » ' »« " »«* the health ot i » p hSS' mmiL g ^ owtotitl goods ; bat this ga ? , however , may be used with perfect safety in pri-Iwnv , T £ ™ """ to P" of jewellers and drapers , in churches , hospitals , factories , institutions , & l This eas is another step in sanatory improvement , as its purity has been frequently and caretnlly tested by Dr Ryan . lne inventor has been indefatigable in ' ac complishing what the late Sir H . Davey predicted , that at some future time gas would be generated from water for general purposes , ' surpassing coal gas in brilliancy and purity .
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CREMORNE GARDENS . The enterprising proprietor of these EJysian gardens seems to be never weary of providing for the entertainment of his patrons . On Monday evening last there was a grand night ascent of the 'Royal Cremorne Balloon' withadazz'ingldisplay of fireworks from the car . Shortly after ten o ' clock tho balloon slowly and gracefully ascended and was itself almost immediately lost to sight ; but far aloft , orery moment higher and higher , the pyrotechnic devices blaz ; d from the oar , exciting the wonder and admiration of all present . French jets , Chinese streams of fire , Italian gerbes , variegated diamond and Bangal lights , Roman Candles , & c , & o „ were included in this delightful display of pyroleohnic art . The unaninwua applause of the immense company present
testified their unbounded satisfaction ; In the early part of the evening Messrs Siivani , Milner , and Green went through their celebrated posture feats . In the vocal and instrumental concert Mr Ross , the clever comic singer , excited roars of laughter by his song of ' Happy Land . ' In the theatre Mr E , Green , 'the celebrated bottle sprite ' , proved his ri ; htfol claim to tbe title he has taken by a series of balancing performances on crystal bottles , decanters , & o ., which must ba seen to be comprehended ; and being teen cannot fail to be appreciated . The very crowded audience testified their approbation by
unanimous and enthusiastic applause . Jeannctte and Jeannot—thn best ballet of tho s-ason—was equally successful , and excited no small degree of mirth and evident satisfaction . The Gardens were more than ordinarily crowded , and as a natural consequence , those who delight in the waltz , the quadrille , and the polka mustered in great force . The whole coacluded at a quarter to twelve o ' clock with a gorgeous display of fireworks . As the seasoa is fast drawing to a close , we think it a duty to our metropolitan readers who may not yet have visited these delightful gardens to do so without further delay . We aresure they will not regret acting on cur advice .
Mr Kydd's Lectures. (From The Oxfordshir...
MR KYDD'S LECTURES . ( From the Oxfordshire Chronicle , ) Two lectures were delivered by permission of the Mayor , at oar Town Hall , by Mr S . Kydd , from Glasgow , on Monday and Tuesday week , which were nr > re numerously and respectably attended than we had expected , considering that the subject for consideration might have been regarded as a dry one . Tee lecturer , however , proved himself to bs a thorough master of the subject , aod , by his simple and forcible style of conveying his ideas , contrived to rivet the attention of his audience en both occasions for mo ? e Chan two hours . On Monday evening the lecturer sought to establish the following points : —1 st . Thai the land ot England is amply sufficient to maintain and profitably employ her whole
population . 2 nd . That one great cause of national distress is the depopulation of our agricultural districts . 3 rd . That no permanent relief can result from any scheme of emigration , however extensive , and that , probably , emigration may end in increasing the distress we desire to relieve . 4 th . That rn extensive system of home colonisation , based on a plan similar to the pauper colonies in Holland , would at once relieve the labour market of its surplus labourers , and lead to the certain abolition of poor rates . 5 th . That the internal industrial powers oi America , Belgium , and France are such as must prevent any system of Free Trade , however extensive , from bringing even a temporary relief to our manufacturing population in Yorkshire and Lancashire . < r . b . That the
employment of our able-bodied labourers on the waste lands known by the name of uncultivated and profitable , would , if cultivated , so increase our home trade as to make our home consumption of manufactured articles equal to our home and foreign trade unitedly , as they now exist . 7 th . That all the members ol a state have one common interest ; that this is not a question of Toryism , Whiggism , or Chartism , but a question apart from al ! party politics , which must stand or fall on its own merits—a question of industrial development . On Tuesday evening Mr Kydd took for his text a quotation from the great Lord Bacon , to this effect , that the four great pillars on which all national prosperity must rest , were Counsel , Religion , Treasure , and Justice ; and made an
excellent use of it . Ue made some witty remarks on the lack of counsel , and brought forward Mr Disraeli and Lord 2 . Russell , as witnesses to tha fact that in ten long months our Parliament had scarcely carried any geod measure . The lecturer made some remarks on the mutual interest which all classes of society have in each other . That while the wealthy could not safely neglect the poor , a & d suffer them , to sink deeper and deeper into poverty and crime , the consequence of poverty , the labouring classes could not expect either employment or provision , but by the maintenance of order and by submission to the laws . In his concluding remarks he made some very home thrusts at the present state of tbe law which afforded but little protection , except at a price which the poor could not afford to pay ; and stated bis conviction that , until the franchise was eo enlarged as to embrace every man of sane mind , good character , and
settled residence , those reforms would not ba obtained which this industrial age required , Ue boldly avowed his allegiance to the Charier . A vote of thanks to Mr Kydd having been moved by Mr Towle , and seconded by Mr Faulkner , three cheers were given to the Mayor for tho use of the ball , an A the meetinjr separated . Not subscribing our assent to all Mr Kydd ' s views , wo still consider that , taking the lectures as a whole , they were calculated to pour a flood of information in most clear and intelligible language on the minds of men too much occupied in business to study such questioss for themselves , and that their general tendency was to strengthen tbe bonds which hold society together , to uphold the constitution as established by Magna Charta , to expose those systems of corruption and oppression by which the common weal has been damaged and marred , and to exoito a spirit of enquiry , and a hope of better days for Old England in store .
Greenwich Hospital Schools— A.Malignant ...
Greenwich Hospital Schools— A . malignant fever , believed to be of the typhus kind , recently broke out in the upper school belonging to this institutisn . The boys returned , after the usual vacation , on the loth ult ., and shortly afterwards symptoms of a bad sort presented themselves , attacking a great many boys belonging to the Nautical School , in which there are upwards of 490 pupils . The medical gentlemen took steps to check the disease , but notwithstanding two died , and upwards of forty are stated to be badly affected , and others likely to dio in the infirmary . 300 of the scholars have return ? d to their parents and guardians , in consequence of a circular having baen forwarded announcing the unpleasant news . Numbers continue to leave tha asylum , and not moro than ferty remain , and those owing to their relatives
resicing at a great distance . The boys in the lower school nho , about 400 in number , are said to be not affected by the lever ; but such are their iears that they have urgently desired to return to their friends , but tuey have been refused . In consequence a mutinous spirit has evinced itself , followed by a general smashing of the windows of the school . Inquiry having been made into tho circumstances , the ringleaders were discovered , and punished by being put under bread and water diet and severely flogged . It is reported that one of the boys brought the complaint from Portsmouth , where ho had been to rpend his vacation with hi . s parents . Some , however , attributed it to the crowded state of the burying ground , in which the remains of the pensioners are deposited . "Observer .
Caution . —Mushrooms being now in season , and plentiful , a correspondent favours us with the subjoined , which may probably be the means of adding a few years to the lives of thoao who indulge in that rural dainty :- * In cooking mushrooms for the table always boil them with an onion stripped of its entire gkin . If in the process the onion becomes black or blue do not use the musbrroms ; if they are harmless the onion will remain white . '—Bristol Mirror . The Siambbb Twins , —Tho Philadelphia Ambbican mentions that the Siameie twins , after being in private life for ten years , are about t % start on a tour of exhibition . As they each have a wife and three children , they probably find it necessary to pxovide for their increasing families ,
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!? ! ? ' ; ™ fwr day owe , a youth , worfflw at the Petwyn Works , Pontypool , after completing his daily toil , amused himself by flyia " a paper fat * and while walking backwards / vfeg killed mohne > he m i ° to » coalpit and was Talking- Pe-waas op tbb House op Commons . —It appears that the speeehes delivered in the House ef Commons from the 23 rd of November to the 9 th of June last , fill no less than 6 . 420 columns of Hansard measuring 1 , 432 ' yards , or nearly one mile ! Franklin aud Washington never spoke longer than ten minutes at a time , a good example for modern orators .
* How speedily , ' observes Dr Knos , 'does the Anglo-Saxon show his real character when relieved from the pressure of Three Estates . In America he will net allow a blaokman So be a free man ; in Australia be deems him entirely below bis notice ; and iu rasmania he swept him , and at once , entirely from thelaod of his birth . Sir Walter Scott ' s favourite abode , Abbotsford , is now open to the public on Wednesdays and Fridays , Mr Easam , of Sutton-upon-Trent , haa fcuudth & t mustard sown amongst wheat is an effectual cure for the wire worms . '
Two swallows hare built their nests under one of the paddle-boxes of a steamer which plies between Yarmouth harbour and Yarmouth reads , and the hen hasalready laid three ejjgs in this singular place . Wans or TASTK .-The Mbbical Times states that carnivorous quadrupeds always eat men in preference to women , sparing . the latterjin mostinslatcesv This only shows they are brutes and want taste . Gauomani says : — < In the evening of Sunday week last , between seven asd eight , a globe of fire of splendid brilliancy illuminated the atmosphere to the wnUwrart of Yvecot ( Seine Inferieure ) . At first it took an ascending direction , but then came down again towards the earth , scattering glittering sparks around . ' It is said that the Company of Moneyers in the Mint is to be done away with , which will effect a saving of £ 10 , 000 .
A Gbkat Fact—Seventeen per cent , of the population of Great Britain and Ireland receive parochial relief . In Great Britain alone it is ten per cent . only . The poor rates of Great Britain are nearly eight millions and a half . This must come out of the industry of the working classes in a great measure . A national poor-rate is almost inevitable . It is stated that William and Mary Howitt con * template leaving England , and taking up their residence in the west . They have had relatives in Ohio for many years .
A woman in humble life , naired Mary Moohtry , residing at Boredell , sear Rathdowney , made a cake for herself and daughter ou Thursday evening . Soda was solicited and ( as the unfortunate females thought ) procured from a neighbour to leaven the flour—unfortunately it was arsenic instead of soda . Shortly after partaking of tbe cake the woman died in ex treme agony , and her daughter took violently ill , and is not expected to recover . Pbison Manufacture . —It appears from an official document just issued that during the year 1847 , upon a daily average of 1 , 056 prisoners in Milbank Prison their earnings amounted to £ 5 , 150 91 . 10 h 4 . The expense of the manufactory was £ 852 7 j . 6 p ., making the net profits' by prisoners' earnings , £ 4 , 298 2 s . 3 Jd . showing the annual earnings per head to have been £ 4 . Is . 4 Jd .
Soldiers' Provisions . —The contract fer supplying her Majesty ' s troops with beef in the city aad county of Limerick for the next six months has been taken at 2 Jd . per lb . —Limeriek Examiner . The steamer Euxine , which arrived at Southampton on Wednesday week last , has brought £ 170 . 000 in gold from Constantinople . Mr James Wallackis named asthostage-manajcr for the ensuing Uaymsrket Season . Jenny Lind has been singing to erowded houses in Liverpool and Birmingham . Conundrum . —Why are the fair sex like the letter L ?—Because you cannot make love without th < rain the course of the session there have been no less than 255 divisions in the House of Commons . The Manx herring fishery has of late proved exceedinsly productive . Braham , now 75 years of ago , sang at a concert in Birmingham tbe week before last .
State op Nottingham . —There are at thia mDment 700 houses and shops untenanted in the parish of St Mary's , Nottingham . An entire cargo of filberts , consisting of 2 , 260 baskets , was imported into London , on Monday week , tr « m Rotterdam . A reduction of £ 3 , 000 is to be made in the wages of the shipwright department at Woolwich this year , and £ 20 000 in wages for the factory establishment . The accounts from the wine districts of Franco and Italy are very favourable .
The contract for the thirty thousand tons of iron pipes required for the water-works of Liverpool , has been effected , at about £ 4 10 j . a ton . The atmospheric principle , during the time it was applied to the South Devon Railway , cost £ 108 to carry £ 100 worth of passengers . —Wakefield Journal . A Slight Mistake . —A woman in Philadelphia , who , in April last , was deserted by her husband three days after marriage , had a man arrested the other day , erroneously supposing him to be her renegade spouse . Mrll . Briggs , of Halifax , has obtained the gold medal awarded for botanical knowledge by the London University College .
Emioration . —More than 200 young women , chiefly orphans , have been selected in the Irish workhouses , asd have been embarked as emigrants on board a vessel which is about to sail for Ssuth Australia . A poor man in Cionmel has invented a winnowing machine which feeds itself and fills the racks with winnowed cora at the same time . He has not the means to procure patents . Vert ArpROPWATE . —At a market town in Rutlandshire the following placard is affixed to tha shutters of a watchmaker , who has decamped leaving his creditors minus t- * - ' Wound up , and the mainspring broke . ' A Roland fob an Oliver . — ' Well Mary , ' said a lawyer to a witness , 'if I . may credit what I hear , I may venture to address you by the name of Black Moll . ' 'Faith you may , Mister Lawyer , ' said she , ' for I am always called ss by the blackguards . '
Milton Clark , a fugitive slave , said at a meeting in Northampton , Massachusetts , that General Taylor owned 200 slaves , seventy-Eve of whom were his wives . One of the audience remarked . ' Zachary is an Old Testament Cftmttan . '—North Star . A Great Country . —Oregon is said to contain about 218 , 535 , 320 acres ; California and New Mexico contains 500 . 000 square miles . They and the other territorios of tha Union equal at least 1 , 000 , 000 square miles , or 1 , 024 , 000 , 000 square acr , es . —American Paper , Irish Wit . — ' Faith , ' said an Irishman who could not get into his oabin at Balingarry , his wife having turned the key-upon h ' * m ; 'faith , but I'm regularly locked in . ' ' In ! ' said his companion , ' in where ?' 'Why , in the street !'
Cure for Cramp . —A stick of stone of brimstone held tightly in each hand will instantly relieve this tormenting complaint . It is also recommended that the feet be kept warm iu bed as a preventive . An enormous fresh water trout , taken in Loch Nca was exhibited in the Exchange News-room on Friday week . It weighed 22 Kbs . —Liverpool Paper . Practical Satire . —During the joint-stock mania of 1842 , a wag advertised a company for draining the Red Sea , and recovering the valuables dropt therein by the children of Israel in their passage and the Egyptians in their pursuit .
Important to Artists . —With a view to putting a stop to certain nefarious practices , a plan is iu agitation for registering every picture that may be painted . Tho registry being effected by the artist , the forgery of the registration mark would be felony . Fair at Cootshill . —The fair hold hereon the Sth inst . was a very bad one , there being no demand for cattle of any description in consequence of the scarcity of money . —Cavan Advertiser . Mr Bailey , poulterer , of London , states that one London salesman sells £ 100 , 000 worth of poultry , that he himself pai d £ 81 , 000 last year for poultry , aud that £ 15 . 000 are paid yearly at Aylesbury for y ? ung ducklings .
A Poacher , —A few days since as John Grahaffl , the notorious poacher of tha south of Scotland , was iu Falaaill Ian lighting his pipe , something caught the trigger of a gun which was laying on the table , and it exploded . The contents lodged in Graham ' s knee , and he was immediately sent to Edinburgh Infirmary . On the way , however , he died from the lo ? sof blood , the artery not having been tied before he was placed in the cart . Graham was the same man who about a year ago was pursued several weeks by an officer , aad apprehended in Fife , with a stolen gun in his | hand , who while in the act of { being brought across the Firth , pretended to want a shot at some duoks , threw it into the sea , thus escaping punishment for want of a proof .
An Esormous Rat . —There was killed by a cat at Kinellan Disgwall , Kent , a few days ago , a rat , whioh measured from the snout to the tip of the tail fully twenty inches , which was one of the-largest oi those noxious vermin we have heard of . " Truth and Kindness . —In tho minds of the best of men there is , always has been , aud always will be , some differeuca of opinion as to what is true ; but everybody knows and feels what is kind . The Parson and his Jack . Asb . —The Gateshead Odsbrvbr says , that a Rector in the county of Durham em ploys an ass to drag the roller- along hia garden walks , and clothes tha animal ' s legs in boots , m order that its feet may leave no marks on the gravel . The Hbaht . —Continual prosperity hardens the heart , as continual sunshine does tho earth ; but wbea tho one is softened by ( he tears of sorrow , > nd tho other by genial showers , they yield those fruits whioh the necessities of man require .
A Queer way to Promote Civilisation . —It is announ ced in the Paris papers , that the Pope , with a view to extend civiKaation in Madagascar , has appointed a bishop to that island ,
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• We Cull The Choicest.' Burke And Fheri...
• We cull the choicest . ' BURKE AND FHERIDAN . It is well known that the celebrated Edmund Burke , oa bis first debut in life , improved himself not a little under the banners and patronage of the opposition ; for which purpose he was a constant frequenter of the various debates and disputation * held at the houae of one Seacocke , a baker , but who , notwithstanding his situation in life , was gifted with such a veil of eloquence , that he was unanimously constituted perpetual President of the famous dia . puting society held at the Robin flood , near Temple Bar . On a certain memorable occasion in the House of Commons , Mr Burke , exclaiming , ' / quit the camp , ' suddenly left the opposition benches , and , going over to the Treasury side of tbe house , tbun * dcred violent
a philippic against his former friend ! and associates . Mr Sheridan concluded a spirited reply to that unlooked-for attack nearly in tbe following words : 'That gentleman , to use his 0 WO expression , has qvstited the camp ; but he will recel lect that he has quitted it as a deserter , and I sin . cerely hope that he will never return as a spy . But I , for one , ' , he continued , ' cannot sympathise in the astonishment with whioh so flagrant an aotoi apostaey has electrified tho house , for neither I no * that gentleman have fergottcn from whom he has borrowed those weapons which he now nses against us . So far , therefore , from being astonished at that gentleman ' s present tergiversation , I consider it not only characteristic , but consistent ; for it is but na « tural that he , who on his firet starting in life should commit so gross a blunder as to goto * baker ' s fer bis eloquence , should conclude such a career , by coming to the House of Commons for his Bread . '
Love and Marriage . — 'Never marry but for love , says William Penn in his Reflections and Maxims , ' but see that thou lovest what is lovely . '
HOPS . Hope is the golden cord that tethers man to this existence ; once destroy that ligament , and instead of introspecting with all tbe anxious eagerness excited by happy anticipations , gloomy retrospection ! supervene , and the mind deciduates into the lowest depths of chaotic despair . Hope , like the neyer > failing goide ^ of the pathless ocean , the compass , even in the midst of most gloomy despondency , keeps steady to its point , and prompts as to look forward to a happy soaclnsion of " a tempestuous voyage . THE GARRET .
( From the French of Beranger . ) ' Je viens revolr l ' aslle cu ma jeunesse De la mlsere a eabi les keens , < Jsc . ' I am come to revisit my youth ' s first asylum , ¦ W here I learnt to bow patiently tronhle and oare ; I'd some very good friends , I bad songs lo beguile ' em , I wee twtnty , my mistress was fond and was fair . Not regarding the world , nor Us wrongs nor Its rights , With no faiare before me , yonng , buoyant and bold , With footstep elastic I mounted six flights-One is well in a garret at twenty j « ars old ! 'Tis a garret Indeed , and I wish you to know it ; And there stood my bed , roagh with bill end with hole ; And there was my taHe ; and see tho young poet Scored bis lines on tho well , and his pen was a coal ! Re-appear , 30 gaj pleasures , that eoriitst dawn'd
Thoagh time long has borne ye off distant and cold 5 Ah how oft to procure jmi . my natch hna toon pAWnVJ , One is well in a garret at twenty years old . Above all , my fair Tizzy , should here re appear As she was in those days , frwsb , nnd mirthful , and yonng ! It was hero , that across tho e-mail window tho dear Her siiowl for a curtain eo oftentimes hung , And her gown on our bod for a coverlet tbreTr— . Oh , Love , have rctpect for Ub every fold ! Who paid for her wardrobe I then little knew—One is well in a garret at twenty years old .
One day wo were feasting , oar laughter was loud , And the chorus was raised , and tbe song was begun , When we learnt by tbo shouts of tbe deafening crowd That Napoleon the fight of Marongo hod won ! Loud thundor'd tho cannon ! our sung was ronsw'd , And we praised the loved chief and hia exploits 80 bold , And we said tba ' , our Franco could ba never subdued—Oae is well in a garret at twenty years old , Lat us pans from this roof where say faltering roaaon Tho thoughts of those times so beloved can boar ; I freely would glvo all ray life ' s coming season For two months of suoh days and deliglr . a as thea were !¦ For droaains of glory , oflovo , nnd of pleasure , And for selling eur life for some joya quickly told , And for fixing our hopes on some ezqulsito treasure , One is well in a garret ai twenty years old .
COAT AND ARM 3 . Fawcet , who had chambers in the Temple , having called a ticket-purler to carry a moisaze , he asked his name ; he said it was Raspell . ' dndpray , ~ said the comedian jccularly , 'is your coat of arms tha same as the Duke of Bedford's ?'— ' As to our arms , your honour , ' says the porter , ' I believe they are pretty much alike , but there is a d d deal of difference between our coats ' Love , Death , amd thb Lottert . — Early in the reign of George II . the footman of a lady of quality , under the absurd infatuation of a dream , disposed of the savings of the last twenty years of his life in two lottery tickets , which , proving blanks , after a few melancholy days he put an end to his life . In hli box was found the following plan of the manner ia
which he should spend tbe five thousand pound prize , which his mistress preserved as a curiosity ! - ' As soon as I have received the money I will marry Grace Towers ; but as she has been cross and cy » J will use her as a servant . Every morning she shall get me a mug of strong beer , with a t ^ ast , nutmeg , and sugar in it ; thon I will sloe ? till ^ after : which I will have a tee sack posset . My dinner shall be on the table by one , and never without a pudding . I will bava a stock of wine and brandy laid in . About five in tho afternoon I will have tarU and jellies , and a gallon bowl of punch ; at ton a bet supper of tws dishes . If I am in a good humour , and Graco behaves herself , she shall sit down with me . To bod about twelve . ' Speculators in' Derby sweeps' may take a lesson from this .
FATHER CHANGE . There passed down the lane of life—Line irregular and narrow—An anclsnt follow , eagla bsalted , Trundling such a barrow ' . Heaped and heaped , and otvr heapeJ , Never was a load so motiy , And tbuj lis kept exclaiming still , Pressed hawover hotly , — 'Doaths and vfed .-iings 1 dsatha and wsd « ding *! Useless old thing ta ' en for navr ! Something here foravcryfcody ! Passing through ! 'Boin time , dojp ! baintiais !
Hero you have « 11 softs of things : Schoolbags , busings ; gnni uud losses ; Dolls , and nurringe ling . s ; Bridecakes , coffios , cradles , erulchcs ; Gaiety and sadness ; Health and richness , want and weakness , Rjason—ay , and madness . Bigs and velvets , crusts and banquets , Ilobby horses not a fen- ! Now ' a your tlmo for making bargains , Passing through !' Oal they came , the silly people , Oat by windows and by doors ; O ' er the roofs , up from the cellar ? , Scores succeediag scores . Open mouthe 4 and open handed ,
Eager ail for something strange ; Pushing sidelong , hold and timid , Xo old Father ( hangs . « Deaths and weddings 1 shrouds tn-1 chip . lets ! Lots of notions , false and trui ; Fame !'—he binled this to tho garrets' Passing through ' . ' Children bringing hoops and marbles , . Careless words and merry looks , Held thom up , rtoiiving for them , Knitted brows and books . Youths , to purchase learning ' * honour , Brought a load of midnight hours , Rudiy cheeks and social pleasures , Open airs and ihwers . 4 Education ; application ; Thoughts above the common crew ;
Hollow chests nnd heavy foreheads , Passing through !' Maidens brought familiar features , Old ailooiions ttied and a'rengi Lightest bosom ? , iray companions , Merry dance and song . For a heart and hand untested , For a vsry wcrld of carqp , Newnlatlonn , new pursuits , and Most csporii need oira ! ' Bridal dresses ; splashed postillions ; Cips and lays , and curses too ; Bo like otheri , ' aires end mothers , Passing through !' At an open attic cas ; m . nt , A phttosophtr who heard Ail tho bustle , smiled profoundly As ha Etrokcd lua beard .
• Crowding out alout him , ' quoth nf , » 'T « l'l ba long era I go thx-co , ' As he spoke be heard a step And voice upon t ' iO stair' Deslbs and weddiegs I deaths nr . d diugs ! Ueelcea old things 'a ' en for new ; Something hire for everybody , Passu . ' ! , ' through 1 . '
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 23, 1848, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23091848/page/3/
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