I gaze upon thy beauteous vistas
          Far and wide;
    I see the day-break beautifully paint thy
          Rugged side: 
    I see AURORA show the panorama
          Night did hide: 
    I see the lazy Hudson grad-u-
          Ally glide,
    Reluctant to abandon thee, and seek
          The salt sea tide. 
    I think almost excusingly of that tough
          Two dollar ride;
    And only for my wallet’s sake, I longer
          Would abide.

III.

    Nature has kindly gifted thee with meadow,
          Lake and dell,
    And for the Falls of Kauterskill I know no
          Parallel: 
    Humanity has crowned thee with this festive
          Gay Hotel,
    Where Fame and Fashion eager wait to hear
          Thy dinner bell: 
    O Mount!  O view! thy beauties now I can no
          Longer tell,
    For, after breakfast, I must say—­O Katskill! 
          Fare thee well! 
    And leave thee—­in one of those abominable stages,
          “which I wish it”
              Was in H------eaven!

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Extraordinary Ledger-demain.

The Soldiers’ Monument at Cambridge is the result of the combined efforts of CYRUS and DARIUS COBB, whereas, SYLVANUS, alone and unassisted, is able to raise, every week, a tall column on the surface of the N.Y.  Ledger.

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Censor of the Press.

The unfortunate official who sought reliable information, the other day, respecting the age and immense property possessions of PUNCHINELLO, on comparing his notes subsequently, remarked to a friend that he felt as if he had temporarily lost his Census.

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Appropriate.

DANA, of the Sun, is about to open an undertaker’s establishment for the arrangement of murderer’s obsequies.  Motto—­“Pinking done here.”

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The Wrong Mouth.

A LITTLE Fourth-of-Julyer in Pittsburgh, going along with his mouth open, (after the manner of boys), caught a fire-cracker therein, just as the cracker was going off.  He had often had crackers in his mouth, but preceding ones had proved nourishing and non-explosive; whereas, this cracker was quite the reverse.  As a consequence, the boy has lost his voice, but (what is curious, certainly,) is otherwise all sound.

Were we certain that heaving a fire-cracker into an open mouth would always produce such a result, we should certainly hire some one to shut up the noisier of our public nuisances—­such as G.F.  TRAIN, and several members of Congress.  This could be easily done, as their mouths are always open, and usually are very large ones.  We invite proposals from boys, relating to next season’s operations.