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MOOllE’S IIUIIAL NEW-YOKKEIl: AN AGRICULTURAL AND FAMILY JOURNAL. 
OCTOBER. 
BY WM. C. BRYANT. 
Aye, thou art weTcome, Heaven’s delicious breath, 
When woods begin to wear the crimson loaf. 
And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow 
brief, • 
And the year smiles as it draws near its death. 
Wind of the sunny south ! oh still delay. 
In the gay woods and in the golden air. 
Like to a good old age released from care, 
Journeying, in long serenity, away. 
In such a bright, late quiet, would that I 
Might wear out life like thee, ’mid bowers and 
brooks, 
And, dearer yet, the eunshine of kind looks. 
And music of kind voices ever nigh; 
And when my last sand twinkled in the glass, 
Pass silently from men, as thou dost pass. 
Bttrnri] aiih Misullmwous. 
A THRILLING CASE AT THE llAR. 
BY CIIAHLES SUMMEKFIELD. 
I CAN never forget my first vision of John 
Taylor, the Timon of the backwoods bar 
and pulpit. It was in the court house at 
Lewisburgh, Conway County, Arkansas, in 
the summer of 1838. The occasion itself 
possessed terrible interest. A vast con¬ 
course of people had assembled to witness 
the trial of a young and beautiful girl, on 
an indictment for murder. The judge 
waited at the moment for the sheriff to bring 
in the prisoner, and the eyes of the impa¬ 
tient multitude all centered on the door; 
when suddenly a stranger entered, whose 
appearance riveted universal attention. 
Here is his portrat—a figure tall, lean,' 
sinewy, and straight as an arrow; a face 
sallow, bilious, and twitching incessantly, 
with nervous irritation; a brow broad, mas¬ 
sive, seamed, and filled with wrinkles, but 
not from age —, for he was scarcely forty; 
eyes, reddish yellow, like the wrathful ea 
gle, {18 bright and piercing; and finally, a 
mouth, with lips of cast iron, thin, curled, 
cold and sneering, the intense expression of 
which looked the living embodiment of an 
unbreathed curse. He was habited in a 
new suit of buckskin, ornamented after the 
fashion of Indian costume, with hues of ev¬ 
ery color of the rainbow. 
Elbowing his way slowly through the 
crowd, {ind unconscious that he was rcgiird- 
ed as a phenomenon, needing explanation, 
this singular being advanced, and with the 
haughty air of a king ascending the throne, 
seated himself within the bar, thronged as it 
was with the disciples of Coke and Bhu'k- 
stone, several of whom, it w'as known, es¬ 
teemed themselves as far superior to those 
old and famous masters. 
The contrast between the outhindish 
garb and disd{unful countenance of the 
stranger, excited, especially, the risibility of 
the lawyers; and the junior members be¬ 
gan a supj)rcssed titter, which grew louder, 
and swept the circle. They doubtless sup¬ 
posed the intruder to be some wild hunter 
of the mountains, who h{id never before 
seen the interior of a hall of justice. In¬ 
stantly perceiving the cause and object of 
the hiughter, he turned his head gradually, 
so as to give each laugher a look—his lips 
curled Avith a killing smile of infinite scorn 
—his yellow eyes shot arrows of lightning 
• —his tongue, protruding through his teeth, 
literally writhed like a serpent, and ejacula¬ 
ted his asp-like poison in a single word: 
“Savages!” No pen can describe the deli- 
ant force which he threw into that term; 
no pencil can paint the infernal furor of his 
utterance, although it hardly exceeded a 
whi.sper. But he accented every letter as if 
it were a separate emission of fire that 
scorched his quivering lips; laying a h'orri- 
ble emphasis on the s both at the beginning 
and end of the word, “Savages! ” • 
It Avas the growl of the red tiger in the 
liiss of a nittlcsnake. 
The general gaze, however was diverted 
by the advent of the fiiir prisoner, who then 
came in, surrounded by her guard. The 
apparition was enough to drive a saint mad; 
for there aviis a style of beauty to bewilder 
the tamest imagination, and melt the coldest 
heart, leaving in both imagination iind heart 
a gleaming picture, enameled in fire, and 
fixed in ja frame of gold from the stars. It 
was a spell of enchantment to be felt as 
well as seen. You might feel it in the 
flushes of her countenance, clear as a sun¬ 
beam, brilliant as the iris; in the contour of 
her features, symmetrical as if cut by the 
chisel of the artist; in her hair of rich au¬ 
burn ringlets, flowing Avithout a braid, soft¬ 
er than silk, finer than gossamer; in the eye, 
blue as the heaven of southern summer, 
large, liquid, beamy; in her motions, gnice- 
ful, SAvimming, like the gentle waftures of a 
bird’s wing in the sunny air; in the figure, 
slight, etherial — a sylph’s; and more than 
all, jn the everlasting smile of the rosy lips, 
so arched, so serene, so like star-light, and 
yet possessing the power of magic or of 
magnetism to thrill the beholder’s heart. 
As the unfortunate girl, so tasteful'y 
dressed, so incomparable as to personal 
charms, calm and smiling, took lier place 
before the bar of her judge, a murmur of 
admiration arose from the multitude, which 
the prompt interposition of the court, by a 
stern order of “ silence,” could scarcely re¬ 
press from swelling to a deafening cheer. 
The Judge turned to the prisoner—“ Em¬ 
ma Miner, the court has been informed that 
your counsel. Col. Linton, is sick; have you 
employed any other ? ” 
She answered in a voice as sweet as the 
warbling of the nightingale, and as clear as 
the song of the sky-lark— 
“ My enemies have bribed all the law¬ 
yers—even my own —to be sick; but God 
will defend the innocent! ” 
At this response, so touching in its sim¬ 
ple pathos, a portion of the audience buz¬ 
zed applause, and the rest wept 
On the instant, however, the stranger, 
whose appearance had previously excited 
such merriment, started to his feet, ap¬ 
proached the prisoner, and whispered some¬ 
thing in her ear. She bounded six inches 
from the floor, uttering a piercing shriek, 
and then stood trembling as if in the pres¬ 
ence of a ghost from eternity, while the sin¬ 
gular being who had caused her such un¬ 
accountable emotion, addressed the court 
in his sharp ringing voice, sonorous as the 
sound of bell-metal— '* 
“May it jflease your honor, I will assume 
the task of defending the lady.” 
“What!” excl.'iimed the astonished Judge, 
“ are you a licensed attorney ? ” 
“ The question is irrelevant and immate¬ 
rial,” replied the stranger with a venomous 
sneer, “ as the recent statute entitles any 
person to act as counsel at the request of a 
pai-ty” . 
“But does the prisoner request it?” in¬ 
quired the J udge. 
“ Let her speak for herself,” said he. 
“ I do,” was the answer, as a long draAvn 
sigh escaped, that seemed to rend her very 
heart-strings. , ,, 
The case immediately progressed; and 
as it had a tinge of romantic mystery, Ave 
will briefly epitomise the substance of the 
evidence. 
About twelve months before, the defen¬ 
dant had arrived in the village and opened 
an establishment for millinery. Residing in 
a row connected with her shop, and all 
alone, she prepared the articles connected 
with her highly respected and honorable 
trade with unwearied labor and consummate 
taste. Her habits were secluded, modest 
and retiring; and hAice she might, have 
hoped to avoid notoriety, but for the peril¬ 
ous gift, that extraordinary beauty, which 
too often, and to the poor and friendless al¬ 
ways, proves a curse. 
(She was soon sought after by all those 
glittering fire-flies of fashion. But the beau¬ 
tiful Blrangcr rejected them all with unut¬ 
terable scorn and loathing. Among those 
rejected admirers was one of a character 
from which the fair milliner had everything 
to fear. Hiram Shore was at once opulent, 
influential and dissipated. He was himself 
licentious, brave and ferociously revengeful. 
It Avas genenflly known that he had made 
advances to win the favor of the lonely 
Emma, and had shared the fate of all other 
wooers — a disdainful repulse. 
At nine o’clock on Christmas night, 1837, 
the people of LcAvisburgh were startled by 
a loud scream of mortal terror, Avhile fol¬ 
lowing, with scarcely an interval, came 
successive reports of fire-arms, one, two, 
tlyee, Avith a dozen deafening roar.s. — 
Tliey flcAV to the shop of the milliner, 
whence the sound proceeded; pushed 
back the unfastened door, and a scene of 
horror was presented. There she stood 
in the centre of the room' with a revolv¬ 
er in each hand, every barrel discharged, 
her features pale, her eyes flashed wild¬ 
ly, but her lips parted with a fearful 
smile. And there at her feet, weltering 
in his Avarm blood, his bosom literally 
riddled with bullets, hiy the all-dreaded 
duellist, Hiram Shore, gasping in his la.st 
agony. He ai'ticulated but a single 
sentence — 
“ Tell ‘my mother that I am dead and 
gone to hell! ” and instantly expired. 
“In the name of God, who did this?” 
exclaimed the appalled spectators. 
“I did it!” said the beautiful milliner 
—“ 1 did it to save my honor.” 
As may be readily imagined, the deed 
caused an immense sensation. Public 
opinion, however, was divided, the poorer 
classes, crediting tlie girl’s version of the 
facts, lauded her heroism in terms of 
mea.sureless eulogy. But the friends of 
the deceased, and his wealthy family, 
gave a diflerent and darker coloring to 
the affair, and denounced the lovely hom¬ 
icide as an atrocious criminal. Unfortu¬ 
nately for her, the officers of the laA\’, es¬ 
pecially the Judge and the Sheriftj Avere 
devoted comrades of the slain, and dis¬ 
played their feelings in revolting partial¬ 
ity. I'he Judge committed her Avithout 
the privilege of bail, and the Sheriff chain¬ 
ed her in the felon’s dungeon! 
Such is the brief abstract of the cir¬ 
cumstances developed in the examination 
of the witnesses. The testimony closed, 
and the pleading began. 
First of all, three advocates spoke in suc¬ 
cession for the prosecution; but neither 
their names nors their arguments are Avorth 
preserving. Orators of the blood and thun¬ 
der genius, tliey about equally partitioned 
their howling eloquence between the pris¬ 
oner and her leather-robed counsel, as if in 
doubt Avho of the tAvain was on trial. As 
for the stranger, he seemed to pay not the 
slightest attention to his opponents, but re¬ 
mained motionless, wilii his forehead bowed 
on his hands, like one buried in deep tho’t 
or slumber. 
When the proper time came, however, he 
suddenly sprang to his feet, crossed the bar 
and took his stand almost touching the jury. 
He then commenced in a Avhisper so wild, 
so clear, so unutterably ringing and distinct, 
as to fill the hull from floor to galleries.— 
At the outset he dealt in pure logic, sepa¬ 
rating and combining the proven facts, till 
the Avhole mass of confused evidence looked 
transparent as a globe of glass, through 
Avhich the innocence of his client shone, 
brilliant as a sunbeam; and the jurors 
nodded to each other of thorough convic¬ 
tion ; that thrilling Avhisper and fixed con¬ 
centration, imd the language, simple as a 
child’s, had convinced all. He then chang¬ 
ed his posture so as to SAveep the bar at a 
glance, and began to tear and rend his le¬ 
gal adversaries. His sallow face glowed as 
a heated furnace, his eyes resembling liv¬ 
ing coals; {ind his voice became the clangor 
of a trumpet. I have never before or since 
listened to such murderous dcnunciation.s. 
It Avas like Jove’s eagle charging a flock of 
croAvs. It Aviis like Jove himself, hurling 
red-hot thunder-bolts among the quaking 
ranks of conspiracy of inferior Gods! And 
yet in the highest tempest of his fury he 
seemed calm; he employed no gesture save 
one — the flash of a long forefinger direct 
in the eyes of his foes. He painted their 
venality and unmanly meanness in coalesc¬ 
ing for money, to hunt down a poor and 
friendless woman, till a shout of stifled rage 
.arose from the multitude, and even some 
of the jury cried out “Shame!” 
He changed the theme once m^-e. His 
voice grew mournful as a funcr.al song, and 
his eyes filled Avith tears, as he traced a vivid 
picture of man’s cruelties and Avoman’s 
wrongs, Avith peculi<ar illustrations in the 
case of his client, till one-half of the audi¬ 
ence Avept like children. But it was in the 
peroration that he reached the zenith, 
yt once, of terror and sublimity. His fea¬ 
tures Avere Yis livid .as those of a corpse; 
I his very hair appeared to stand on end; his 
! nerves shook as Avith a palsy; he tossed his 
hands Avildly tOAv.ards heiiven, each finger 
stretched apart, and quivering as the flame 
of a candle, as he closed with the last Avords 
of the deceased Hiram Shore—“Tell my 
mother that I am dead and gone to hell!” 
His emphasis on the last Avord, embodied 
the acme and ideal of all horror; it Avas a 
wail of immeasurable despair. No language 
can depict the effect on us who heard it.— 
Men groaned, females screamed, and one 
poor mother fainted, and Avas borne away in 
convulsions. The whole speech occupied 
but .an hour. The jury returned a verdict 
of “ not guilty,” Avithout leaving the box; 
and three cheers, like successive roars of 
an earthquake, shook the whole court-house 
from the dome to the corner-stone, testify¬ 
ing the joy of the people. After the ad¬ 
journment, which occurred near sunset, the 
triumpluant advoc<atc arose and gave out an 
appointment. 
“I Avill pre.ach in this house to-night at 
eight o’clock.” 
He then glided off through the crowd, 
speaking- to no one, though many attomjitcd 
to draw him into conversation. 
At eight o’clock the court-house Avas 
again thronged, and the stranger, according 
to promise, delivered his sermon. It evin¬ 
ced the same attribute as his previous elo¬ 
quence at the bar; the siime compact logic, 
the same burning vehemence, and an in¬ 
creased bitterness of denunciation. 
FOEGETFULNESS, 
“ Henrv, did you bring that book down ?” 
“ No sir, I forgot it” 
“ Forgot it! This is the third time. You 
are indeed a heedless boy, and if I had time 
I would preach you a homily on forgetful¬ 
ness. When a person begins to forget, 
there is no knowing where he will end. — 
Why you need not forget—and there’s a 
better way to remember than to tie a string 
around your finger, or put a piece of paper 
in your hat Place it upon your mind, my 
boy, and there’s no danger. Do you ever 
forget to eat?. Never. When you are 
promised an excursion of pleasure, do you 
forget it? Never. You engrave it on 
your mind.' So it .should be with ever}’^- 
thing you Avish to recall. Be determined to 
do whatever you are told, and you will nev¬ 
er come to me with the excuse, ‘ I forgot it’ 
I hate those Avords. Remember boy, what 
I tell you, and be not heedless in future.— 
There, I have not time to say any more at 
present” 
Ugliness— an advantageous stimulus to 
the mind that it may make up for the defi¬ 
ciencies of the body. 
Public opinion is a jurisdiction which 
the wise man will never entirely recognize, 
or entirely deny. 
Our experience in grief costs ug little 
when Ave manage to get it second-h.and. 
Eschewing evil is but one-half of the 
work; we must also do good. 
iSiraiarous aiiii Imusing. 
A LOT OF BREAKS. 
Break up the haunts of vice and crime, 
Break rocks with Dupont’s powder ; 
Break up housekeeping, if you don’t 
Know how to nyiko a chowder. 
Break off bad habits, and break out 
Into a fit of laughter ; 
But if you break the Temperance Pledge, 
you’ll rue it ever after. 
Break not your promise or your pate— 
Affection’s ties ne’er sever ; 
Break not the ISabbath or your neck. 
In any case whatever. 
Break no glass lamps or wholesome laws. 
No crockery or cliina ; 
But break all vessels which contain 
'i'he stuff' that gets men 
Break open letters, eggs, and clams. 
And oysters fat and greasy ; 
Break off from women and your sins. 
And make your conscience easy. 
Break lobster’s claws, and nuts to find 
The meat that’s in them hidden ; 
But never break the Temperance Pledge, 
For that’s a thing forbidden. 
Break not a link in friendship’s chain. 
Break not your nose by falling. 
Break not the broomstick o’er the heads 
Of brats to stop their bawling. 
Break not a window-pane or sash. 
No shoe-string or suspenders ; 
But break away from tippling s/i 02 )s, 
And shun all toddi/ runders. 
Break up a piece of ground to plant, 
When all the ice and snow’s off. 
Then put an old rum hoitle in 
Your field to keep the crows off. 
ARKANSAS GIRLS. 
The Memphis Express tells the folloAv- 
ing story of a friend of the editor of that 
paper Avho Avent over to Arkan.sas recently, 
to attend a “ break doAvn,” that is, a dance. 
'I’he ladies on thiit occasion were arrayed in 
their best, Avith fill the gay colors Avhich un¬ 
cultivated taste Avould suggest. 'I’he gen¬ 
tlemen Avere dressed in homespun clothes, 
and none but our friend had broadcloth up¬ 
on his back. During the evening, sweet 
potatoes of an enormous size, roasted in the 
ashes, were handed around to the company, 
together Avith a handful of salt for each 
guest. A beautiful young lady soon be¬ 
came smitten with our friend, (perhaps with 
his elegant moustache,) and resolved to 
dance Avith him. She thereupon turned to 
a friend, and addressed her Avith these 
AVords:—“Sal, hold my ’tater, Avhile I trot 
round Avith that nice boss, what’s got on 
store clothes.” Our friend was clinched 
accordingly; he could’nt extricate himself 
from the grip of lilie rustic beauty, and he 
was obliged to “ trot round ” after her for 
one mortal long hour, before lie could gain 
respite from his labors. 
ooMiaxinna riTirv. 
Foj'R clergymen—a Baptist, Presbyte¬ 
rian, Roman Catholic and Methodist—met 
by agreement to dine on a fish. Soon as 
“ Grace was said,” the Catholic rose, arm¬ 
ed with a knife and fork, and taking about 
one-third of the fish, comprehending the 
head, removed it to his plate, exclaiming £is 
he sat down, Avith great self-satisfaction:— 
“ Papa est caput ecclesiae ; ” the Pope is the 
head of the Church. Immediately the' 
Methodist arose, and helping himself to 
about one-third embracing the tail, seated 
himself, saying “ Finis coronal opus ; ” the 
end crowns the Avork. 'i’he Presbyterian 
now thought it Avas idiout time for him to 
move, and taking the remainder of the fish 
to his plate, exclaimed, “ In media est veri- 
tas ; ” truth lies between the two extremes. 
Our Baptist brother had nothing before him 
but an empty plate, and the prospect of a 
slim dinner; and snatching up the boAvl of 
draAvn [melted] butter, he dashed it over 
them all, exclaiming, “ JSffo haptiso vos ; ” I 
baptise you all! 
A CAPITAL ANECDOTE. 
Professor Rislev, who is now in Italy, 
says that recently, when he was in Venice, 
an American captain and an Englishman 
met at dinner. 
“ You are an American, sir ?” said the 
Englishman. 
“ I reckon I am,” returned the Captain. 
“ You have the name of being great 
warriors.” 
“Yes,” said the Yankee, “ Ave shoot pret¬ 
ty well.” 
“ But how is it you are so anxious to 
make peace with Mexico ? 'Ihis does not 
appear much like spunk.” 
“ You are an Englishman ?” interrogated 
the Yankee. 
“ Yes, replied the Englishman. 
“ Well,” said the Yankee, “ I don’t knoAV 
what our folks have offered to do with Mex¬ 
ico ; but stranger. I’ll just tell you one thing 
— I’ll be darned if Ave ever oft'ered to make 
peace with you!” 
This home thrust at the Englishman set 
the whole table in an uproar of laughter. 
Beware of meddlers and gossips, double- 
faced politicians, fiery serpents, lawyers, 
scolding Avomen, fire crackers and brandy- 
smashers. 
The last question before the “ Philo¬ 
sophical Society ” was “ the quantity of 
cream in the milky way, and whether it 
could be made available for liousehold pur¬ 
poses.” 
CDintr. 
“ Attempt the end, and never Btand to doubt; 
Nothing’s so hard, but search will llnd it out." 
ENIGMA. 
I am comjioscd of 9 letters: * 
My 4, 7, 6, 2 is a river that rises in the kingdom of 
Gojain. 
My 9, 2, •) is a title of the governor of .\lgiers. 
My 6, 7, 8, 2, 3 is a kind of amianth. 
My 1, 2, C, 6, 5, is the inspissated juice of fruit boil¬ 
ed with sugar. 
My fi, 7, 4, 2 is the twelfth part of an inch. 
My 6, 2, 5 is a meadow field. 
My whole is the name ofadistingtiished foreigner. 
(LJ’ Answer in two weeks. 
ENIGMA. 
I am composed of 13 letters. 
My 4, 7, 9, 4, .'i is an earthen vessel. 
My 5, G, 13, 2 is an Irish footman or soldier. 
My 13, 9, 8 is the inspissated juice of ripe fruit mix¬ 
ed with honey or sugar to consistence of a 
conserve. 
My 7, 9, 4, 1 is a species of vulture or condor. 
My 2, 3, 0 is the bill or beak of a fowl. 
My 13, 12, 10, 11 is a transitive verb. 
.My whole is the title of a pojiular periodical pub¬ 
lished in the United .Stales. g. w. m. 
[L'J’ Answer in two Avecks. 
PUZZLE. 
A sounding vessel, one of the Middle States, a 
great illuminator, an amphibious animal, a place in 
the Fcjcc Islands, a proper name of a male. The 
initials of these will spell the name of a city in 
America; the finals, one in England. 
03’ Answer in tAvo weeks. 
ANSWERS TO ENIGMAS IN NO. 41. 
Answer to Naval Enigma.— Fka.ncis Lightfoot 
Lee. 
Answer to (loogmphical Enigma.—W ii.mam 
Gii.more .Simms. 
The American Seed Store, 
No. 4, Main Street, Chirtis’ Block, 
ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
T he subscriher, (formerly Proprietor of the 
“ Rochester .Seed Store,’’) has recently open¬ 
ed the above establishment, wliere lie will keep 
constantly on hand a large, various, and general as¬ 
sortment of 
CHOICE GARDEN 8KEDS, 
principally raised by himself, in his Garden near the 
First l.ock, in the town of Brighton. Those who 
desire to purchase good seeds, which can bo relied 
upon with perfect safety, will do Avell to call on the 
subscriber. 
He also kecjjs Clover and Timothy Seed, early 
and late Peas, Beans, Potatoes, Corn, and all other 
kinds of Field .Seeds, that are worthy of cultivation. 
Also, Green House and Ilot-Bcd Plants, Fruit and 
Ornamental 'J’recs, in their season. 
All articles sold will be warranted as represented. 
N. B.—The subscriber is the Agent for Ross & 
Smith’s justly celebrated and unrivalled Mineral 
Composition Machine Belting, the best and cheap¬ 
est article in use. C. F. CRO.SMA.'V. 
[18-tf.] 
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D. B. T. MOORE, Proprieter. 
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Members of Agricultural .Societies, and other influ¬ 
ential persons, of all jirofcssions—friends of Mental 
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are respectfully solicited to obtain and forAvard sub¬ 
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Subscription money, projierly enclosed, may 
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Publishing Agents, 
WHO WILL RECEIVB SUBSCRIPTIONS, AND FURNISH COPIES 
OF THE RURAL NKW-VORKER: 
ELON COM.STOCK, Rome, N. Y. 
Mr. C. is also general agent for Oneida County. 
T. .S. HAWKS, Buffalo. 
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(O’ Also Agent for Najiles and Hornellsville. 
E. HOPKIN.S, Lyons, N. Y. 
STEAM PRESS OF A. STRONG & CO. 
Mr. .Moore; —Please give the folloAving puzzle 
in the Rural. It is from a Boston paper of recent 
date;— 
1 am a Avord of only five hitters, and am the name 
of sometliing that possesses some curious (pialitics. 
1 can run very fust, and very easily too, without 
feet or legs! .Sometimes I ascend into the air and 
remain fora long lime*, nnd.yct I have no wings.— 
'I'licrc have been instances of my being discovered 
at a great depth under ground, though I never dig. 
I am very plenty in the cold regions of the Arctic 
Ocean, and am also found in great quantities among 
tho South Sea Islands. I usually dispense health 
and hajipiness to those who choose to receive me, 
but sometimes 1 do not hesitate to destroy the lives 
of many persons at a time. If it will aid you in 
finding out my name, I will add in regard to my 
letters, that my 4, 2, 5 i)! a medium tlirough Avhich 
we often receive communications from our friends. 
My 1, 2, 5 is dangerous. My 5, 2, 3 i.s one who 
never intends to pay for his board. 
Oj’ Answer in two weeks. 
REBUS. 
