1 73LUIE I - - NUMBER 36 WORK AND THINK. Hammer, and tongs, and anvils ringing, Waking echoes all day long. In a deep-toned voice are , singing • Thrifty Labor's iron song. From a thousand fly wheels bounding,. From ;a thousand ringing Igoms, Night and day the notes are sounding Through the misty fact'ry rooms. Listen I workman, to their playing— • • . There's advance in every click; Still they 're singing—still they 're saying, Whilst you labor, learn to think I" Think what power lies,within you, For what triumphs ye'are formed, If, in aid of bone and sinew, Hearts of emulation warmed, ' Mighty Thought ye-woo and cherish, !" What shall hold your spirits dOwn? What shall.make your high hope perish? Why shall ye mind fortunes frown? bo•}e wish for profit, pleasure? Thirst at'Learning's fount to drink Crave honor, fame or treasure? Ye the germs have—work and think Think I but9ot alone of living, Like the horse from day to day;, • Think l bat not alone of giving Health for pelf, or soul for pay; Think 1 0, be machines no longer— Engines made of flesh and blood Think! 'twill make you fresher, stronger; Link you to the great and good • . Thought exalts and lightens labor, Thought forbids the soul,to sinks i Self-respect and love of neighbor, Mark the men who work—and think! Think! and let the thought now nerve - you Think of 111C11 who've gone before Leaving luiteous names to serve youi 'routs the path they've plodded o'er; Freedonifights and Wir= her charter With the sword of thought—the pen 1 Tyranny)can find no quarter In the ranks of thinking men. tLitk:l for thought's. a woad of power— Powl lo make oppression shrink; :Grasp ye then the precious dower Poise it—wield it—rl; and think! /lola Tont-hands up, toiling brothers; ''longst us be it ne'er forgot, Ln . hor, for ourselves and others, is !hellion a noble lot. • I Nobler tar, and holier, hig`htf, Thou vain luxury can claim, If but zeal and worth inspire, And tiue greatness be our aim, ' ;Power tol t eotnpass this is given ,..Powo.t hat forms the strongest link I Twixt at upright man and Heaven, His noblestpower—the power to think Courtship and Cleaning House It was the most golden, sad glorious of September days. The. veil of blue haze banging like' a canopy over the distant Mils, seemed absolutely to quiver in the radiant glow of autumn sunshine, and the grapes, whose.atnethystine cluster blush ed through the trellis of clinging leaves, grew`deeper in color and more blootily, as if they had -stolen the imperial dye of :a thousand purple sunsets and brilliant dawns, as the sun mounted higher in the cloudless' domo of heaven. No frescoed Ceiling-hung with jeweled pendants was eve' tilore beautiful than this arbor of grape leaves,.where light and shadow mingled in fittul arabesque with :every. moving wind,and so thought Richard 4ayfie - ld, as he came slowly up the gar den path that led to his brother'eF / house. The mansion itself, however, Wits far e from presenting the gala aspect Which ,pervaded all nature, and our hero'senun tenance underwent a ludimous transform -alien, as he eyed the yawning windows and wide open doors • "By all the powers I" he said tci him `eelf—"if Isabel isn't cleaning house agliitt! Well , wonien are most unaceountab i le crea tures, I do believe they delight in tu ing things upside down,at.d making thin selves -and the rest of the world. unccitn- ! fortablo. What's the use of choking peo ple with dust, and deluging 'em with soap and water twice a year? However, let the poor enigmas have . their own way. I'm sure Tam the last person in the world to object." With these philosophical reflections yet in his mind, Mr. Mayfield !deftly threaded his wai i by a colony of white wash pails and lime kettles that surround ed the front, door, and entered upr l m the scene of action.. It was quite plain, froni the OITA with which the children !greet ed h' appearance, that he was a general' • fa • 'Moaning "Ballo, Uncle Diok, we're / house tr" cried Master 'Henry. AuOrectis . . . . • .- • : . , . ~ , . . , . , 1 . . ~ , • . . ..... - , , x . ~ - . ... . ..-. ; ;• • '., -' -1 •' ' 1 -.• ,• • . : e . "7::: -- -7: 7 -______. . '. 1, .., . ;'' - . . 1 ' . O.IIIIII N -6 , • -..•...- :, - - 1 . : I -..: • •r ; . :; ,... -- ... -- 7...,_-4,i ! t ,ti.. :;-.. ..1 • .. , . :. - 1 , ,i. ,-..,..,... .. , • . t .. tit. - ... , . . • . ~.., .;.• . ~.. .. /-:.- -: f " ;----- 1.,. -- : -,, ;--;-- ; I_, A ' •-' • ' . --: - , - - l • .. , . 1•• , . ' .... Jo • , . ....„. .t, ~...,:.,[1,...1...,...i: • .. ...,.....,;;,.._., .o . .. . ... . , ..., • ~ . ._ . r il . : ; if: . • Il k - i - ; ~ - ,• • ' . 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Works, while'Mis Mayfield, half distracted by ; calls frotu divers directions, was toially tinconscions of the mischief being wrought " Lick, I. am au' puzzled and annoyed," she , said ; "bete 'is Jidm called to the city a by pressing law suit, and the whcde house upsidedown !" • "Thought that was what Cott ladies liked," said Dick, perching himself upon the top of the dining table,•and rescuing a shell basket, frOm the destructive grasp of the sruallest Mayfield of all: • "And my cook is gone, and the fire won't burn,and the wall whiteners haven't come this mornitrg,end the parlor ceiling is half unfinished. and you know the sew ing society is to be here tomorrow night --and, 0 Dick, what shall I*?" "Don't fret?" Said Richard, soothingly, I'll make the fire burn, or I'll know the reason why , and I'll finish !the ceing for you." 'You?" "Yes, I. Didn't I whiten my own room at College, when We•boys sru4cd it into ihe color of an old snuff-box.' And then I'll tack the carpet down and see about putting those dislocated bedsteads to getlrer." "But Dick, you must be too tired, 'after dancing till two o'clock at the pic-nic last night!' ' " Me tired? r! Fiddlestick - I Where's the refractot V stove I" The fire was liqt proof against Dick's determination. 'lt broke Into a cheerful blaze the moment be attacked the citadel. Isabel's face, briglitetied simiultaneousiy. The skjll with which he next erected a scaffolding and mounted thereon with a panoply of • thiteWash pails and brushes, was perfectly astounding, the more -so. as his slender fingers, rather 'pale complex- ion, aristocratically small feet and llamas, conveyed the, itlea of one *lio was adapted only to Broadway pavements' and glitter iug ball rooms. "I t►oppose the 'wor'kmen diatet leave their wardrobes when they went away last evening, Dell ?"..he asked when he had scaled the r9ther perilous height. "No," said his sister.in-laW, laughing. "Then just bind me that fold sbeet— and a piece of bed cord yonder. Now, don't you admire my tout ensemble ?"• "Uncle Dick looks like a ghost," said Master Henry Augustus. "No he. don't —he looks like the old miller doWn at The pond," struck in Miss Julia. . "Upon my word, I don't know which i 8 the most complimentary," obseived Richard drily. "Now theif clear the track every soul of you aud give me a chance !" . And he worked on, now rausing to sur vey his achievements, but atenest of all relapsing into' th nights of the beautiful :damssl at the pie-nic last night who bad been so studiously told And ;reserved to ward him. "Sheidon't like me," thought he, .'and I, for the life of um, can't tell why. Well, as 'I said before. women are Ltinaceo.uuta ble.concerns." "Amy," said Miss Browtileigh to her pretty young consin, "I wish you would just run over to Mrs. Mayfield's with this note. The children are at school, and have no one to send. • "Oh, im," said Amy, "while a fresh ,tingle suffused he. delicate etieek, want to encounter that superfine cone . giant' .• 3•Nonfense, be isn't there---he 18 stay ing with' Harry Franklin." 3 tOhlthen I will Sake the note," said Amy; raisingntadLokingnr i ound fur her :coquettish gipsey bat.; 'Aron are thestrangest.giil,Aniyrsaid . her cousin. "What can' be the reason you dislike RiOhard Mayfield-? Be is so hand.orse and so talentect'l "I don't fancy these mer ely ornamen ral: people," said Ainy . dea!urely. ' "My husbandnnuet be ofsoinewee in the world. COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY; PA., WEDNESDAX, AUGUST !Std. "How do you know but that Mr. May field is 7" • • • "Can't be possible," said Amy, archly shaking her curls. "His 'hands are too small for anything but lemon color kid gloVes. I'll wager a new. bonnet, Alice: that be never did anything more labori ous than 'to carry.a box of.cigars, in his life" Mis's Brownleigh laughed, and Amy passed out of the vine-wreathed porch, wondering within herself whether Mr. Richard May eld had been much vexed because s ,had refused to dance with him the evening before.' • Mr. ohn Mayfte house was at no vary great distant°, and as' Amy was TIRO intimate with that lady, and understood the domestic saturnalia that was at pre sent transpiring within her domain, she did not 'think it necessary to knock, but opened the door and walked in without • '7 aeretnony. There stood Dick, the apex'of a pyra midal scaffolding of boards, his fine broad cloth raiment obscured by a lime-splashed sheet Which was girdled round hiQ waist by a ponderous knot of rope, cud his black curls overshadowed by a coarse old straw hat, working away fir dear life. His back was toward 'he door, anii,surposing the step to be that of his sister-in he said gaily, without tuining the head-r— -" What ! is the carpet ready so soon, Bell? I'm jittt through here, End I'll come and tack it down in one minute !"- Not receiving .any answer, he threw down his brush and turned round. '•bliss trownleigh !" He never looked so handsome in his life—and that - was the first thought that rushed througt.A.my's mkt/ in the midst of all her embarrassments: for Dick had the advantage of the young lady in this respect—she was embarrassed and be was not. He sptang.laughingly,to the greiind, and thiew off his gtostly drapery. "YOu. must think I have a curious taste • to .eostume," said he,. archly, "but the truth is Isabel has been disappointed in her 44), and my mother is away from home, iso I am helping her clan house." "I did not know—l thought you had no tase"—:stammered Amy, unconscious ly, spe4king oat her thoughts. 1' You suppos - cd that I was' nothing more than an ornamental piece of tore. j Ask Isabel about that," said Dick, hillf piqued. half. smiling. "But can Ibe of use to you now ?" "I had a note from my cousin for Mrs. Ma;field."said Amy, still speaking scarce ly above her breath. "She has gone down to the farther or chard," said Dick. "It is some a tance and not a very straight path. If ;you will Wait until I remove a little of this lime, I shall be happy to escort you down there." Half an hoar ago Amy would have haughtily informed him it was quite un-, necessary for her to trouble him—now A° stood and waited. It ;was a long walk, under the over; spreading shadow of noble apple trees, bending with their weight of crimson and rustic fruit, And through meadows ankle deep in purple and bloom, and nodding plumes of golden red, vet, for :all that. Amy was quite surprised when Mr. May field game in sigbt, carrying a little basket of, rose ckeeked peaches from'a pet tree heyoad. We, believe it is one ofc woman's special and incontrovertable privileges to change her -Mind—therefore nobody was lunch astonished when three months subsej, quen - tly there was a rumor of the engage ment of Mr. Mayfield •and Miss Brown: leigh. Still, however, Dick liivays de clared that 'twas insoluable mystery to him that when serenades and schottishes, poetry and perfumes had all failed to win an entrance to the maiden's heart, a white-brush should have been the nom: mantic weapon which_ at last brought down the barricades. . • Why isthe bridegroom more expensive than the bride ? Because the bride is always "given away," and the bridegroon is frequently "sold." The two most precious things not ed. closed in hoops, are girls and ktgs of pow. der--dange,r—of , blowing pp from keep the larks away from them; Consolatjoil 1 i, 'reachiii,g. ,1 Amidst all the difbinflies. uitti ! which ;- the instructor his to ',contend, there is much to alleviate his ' _burdens, much to I , 1 : g cheer him in, his troublis and perplexi ties, much to eticonraga l. himin his eier dons True; he is siithiect to the CO. tempt of the iinomit 4. - :l4ocrat, the coU tutiiely of Abe; Or esinhud millionaire, .1 and the neglect of, t el a!Ubitions politic , ian. fie can rarely la4pir'e to the ion+ 1 axe land i of office, or to: the *and luxuries of wealth. But, tnpparently ais- I hearter.ing eireamst ncej; soUndlphiloso phy and gentiiiie philathropy only smil: There is a luxOry !lit doiiig good,. which abundantly couipnstitesi: for loamy de. privations.i .. 1 1 1 1 .. The principhl enemiel against whidi: the histruc.or has to d(lniti.at, are vice .s cl ignorance. He is; thetethre, never call d upon to battle in any unjust cause. He never has to defeild the ,wrong in <Tip i sition to the light, iird his most efficient weapons from are blOodless s. Aloof fro 1 t , , the turmoilsorpolitic4 strife, beyond tie influence of ithat !u2s:t bewitching and , . , - 1 ;most deceitful of syrelis ambition for po: 4i. . , I Iliac:Al distinction; and rarely (jaundiced I; I by inordina.e thirst for gold, he is com paratively removed ;fr i in: tem i ptations to ;which other clhsses, of men are exposed. The legitimate object of his exertions, the end of his proper aspitiOns, is to impart andi develop the good and' the time; to 1 re press arid correct the eiTil and. the false, 1 i i to make mankind sviei, pur2r, holier. What a glolions goal for t ambit . fled fled from it.* gross and o'ionouf ; t The materials, tdo, Pidoei in! er's hands—what arei . .thpy 7- minds, in their tiaseen;t9nd ti• state, ready to betnoulddd int , undying beauty and perfeetion, ed into shapes of hideous and e ugliness. The sculptor inanimate marble into) nreFentmebt" Of a man, verts an ignerdnt and vi, well-informed and virtu ateA, :it ina . 4y be said. the self. The instructional] exhortations of the tier fall ineffectively upon di: , of the adult, and not too zeoeral and eon - lyre , .1 the feeble uncierstandin But the intelligent, kind can adapt his instruction hensioriand affections dil l ] Here, then, is it field wn est efforts of the wisest' husbandman. t , Besides, hoW cheerio to Ihe teacher are the subseqtient suceiss and respecta bility of his ptipils; ni possess sensibk evidence that we have ben intrumentlal in sending out into , f the l [world, men and voimen Whc Are an ornameni to their country and a blessing !lo their , race, is surely no slight entalicnsation , for the anxieties we may have sitifferefi, thel,toils we may . have endured, 'find the, putienbe and perseverance we mai haveexereistid. To feel that we have +cued. even one lndividual from an ignorainous or prema ture death, is More true and lasting. glory than to have won ;'a crown. And t4n the gratitude ;cherished' by his pupils throughout life, towards a feithfUl In structor, eomesto his heart like refresh ing dew-drops. Finally, the! teacher's - vocation is he coming more arid, mote apprecjited; and hehituself, as he iinproves chamfer and knowledge,' fulfils more faithfully and efficiently the sacral charge entrustedlio him, attains to, increased tespect and a higher remuneration for his services. With such motives to Cheerfulness a energetic action, let no teacher despn let none despise or slight his calling,; even the humble and obscure guide the lowest grade, of children, may be•, coniplishing the true purposes of life, more perfectly than be' who rides Niel rions over conquered nations, or he w sits in jeweled niajesty, sovereign over richest and broadest doeniinS.—.Ma chusetts Teacher. • . . There are shunt twenty-eight' ponn of blood in the human body apd this passes thro the heart, according to pli ologists, once in about every,minute a `, - Obey Orders.; Ilihe iillowing extract, !froth: this letter of-w fatl er to bis FOO, a young' : volunteer, conkains good advice, and may be of im ...1 pertane to volunteers generally : I Wh n the soldier shoulders his trifle. under he flag of ins country , he must surren es unto that country his will, his whihns,jtastes, fancies and prejudices . ; the firet, inighestl i i and most Soleirin duty to his eouistry, is the most implieit obedience (:. to all o ders of his superior Cificem: If nu Ord r is issued that must be an end of . The success of a battle or cam my epend upon the concealment I)urp se of the command, and -it t . fcome necessary to punish With n otniSston Whieh may seem to be impro l per order to the soldier who t understand it. Aeon issued an order that. the nappy paign ri of'the may b dealt a very ' does n, HE ligbts at ,eig bainin bodr person was w ter. `He told the Etil:ieror he had ,ionsly broken the ' law for - one mo ment, k ind tins was done in the enthusi win, oflaffeclion, by the thou g hts of home. L • , "Voschl that letter," said the Emperor "and write as I dictate." ,'The officer ob , iyci:i and wrote as follows :, "I die toiniorrosv morning,' at eight o'- I 1 clock, for, violating the laws of the canip by not eatin l guishing the light in my tent at tile precise time I was commanded to du it.l .thalt decision may havO seemed savage and ba iberons,but when you Oonsider how TOO i depend l s upon snbordinanion and rigid oidherence to the camp„ you will see thatapt could i onlY be just to the Is n thOusai ds o lives under his,,care by as -. . , SUMlli r a the appearance of cruelty to this one, deil i juju' nt . - l' -- bbOieti e is not servility4it is-dlt.Y. i ‘ It is dieref re not cowardly.! bat bbnor. able. The camp is no place for the soft mann s o the drawing-room, and sol diers re p i ovcrbially blunt i' therefore, do not imagine if an offiner speaks sharp ly to ,you, he wants to , insult or brow beat you. of a le UI3COU non, purl- I eleuient,! the teach- Immortal ost pliant ,s' forms of Or distoit- er during s out the miE unterreq MR e who con . bild ioto a MEI tizen:cre man hint-. ,bition and 1118 C real whet 1 ltoo ofr tc1:1 a ted bedrt ently, are tyma intin Ifrery • to reach A tieautiful Pictewe. 1 The matt who stands upon ,his 'own I soil—who*ls that by the laws of theland in ivhich he lives—by the laws of civil ized nations—he is rightfuland exclusive 1 ' owner of the land which he tills, is by the constt utiun of our nature under a whole some influence, not easily imbibed by any oilier' source He feel—otlier. things being cqual l —mpre strongly than another,_ the character of a man Who is the lord of aninaltimat l e world. Of this great and I , 1 vionder,ul sphere which, fashioned by the -hand f God, and upheici by his power. is 1 , rolitn I thro l gh the heavns, a part of his --his rom he centre to the sky. It is she sp ce on which the generation before him ved in its rornd of duties, and he. feels I imself connected by a visible link tf ensir' . of he youtir.... heart d teacher, 13 to tl e cot-14)11e is t'eu er charge. thy of the high- I nd most skill‘l I Houston is acting as a private in are 1 eon:many at Texas. Saw are tlte migh y fallen.! I. of the camp must be eitingullhed o'ClOck, and otiseeln" a light rg'iti the tent of on Officer, after that ld_ 4sed, be repaired: thither in and entered his ;tent just as he his wife's ilame' l on the back BM ose who follow him, and to whom Ito .transmit a honie. Perhaps his as come down to Ihim from his fa- They have gone to their last home; an trace their last footst l ePs over ate of his daily labors. - The roof which I • him was reared by thOie to -whom, I • s his Meg. - Some interesting •do tradition is connected! with every [ I re. The favoritei fruit was plant-. r Ms -father's hand.: sported in d - beside the bivoliHibich still through the meadoWs. Through ds lies the path ta.the village school ly d4s. He still' hears from his I w the voice of the S'abbath bell called his fathers' to the house-of mi near at hat rd is the spot where rents: laid down to rest; and where, hae . .totoa,,,bp 'shall be' laid children' tiese.laie ;the feelings . • • owners of the:soil.; • .Words cannot them; gold canna, buy them they !at of; the deepest fountaini'af the hthey are the life-springs of afresh, y. and . generouS character.:44d,' _ =1 TEIURB. 7 -$lOO PER ANDIIIIIL • A PATRIOTIC SPRECII: 6'oo alledged bad treatment by the State ad thorities; the Erie Ilei, , ime:tit; near Pitta• burgh, began! to display a rather ugly; mutinous spirit, whereitpciti their Colonel (McLane) addressed them iii; the follow: lug pithy'and pi:triode speech i•Gentletnen, there is onething you to rtnderitand, and tbat is, that 1 tend to' command this Reg i r inent. I un; derstand there are a number of you dish satisfied and Uneasy hecause your pay moots have been stopped, There is no doubt but that we have been badly treat ed; and by' the Eternal, the time shall J come whdn-ive ehall havi our rights, aid our wrongs shall .be redressed. In the, meantime, I advise you to act like soldiers and gentlemen. If the State refuses r tO , do its ddty towdtds us, let \ uS do ours, and that they can "hat.e bo fault to find' with us. If there is any among you who wants to leave,.he can do so, and I will give him a free pass home. - f hope there is no one who will desert his post novfsand who rates his patriotism at the paltry sum of $l7 23. • I have . srigiit $lOO.O, and have not received a cent in return, but. I am determined tb do my duty; and if the State or Pennsylvania is too petit.' to repay me, I will make a gift of my services to her." • „„ C,OLONEL-FRANZ SIEGEL.-1 ms onmer; wh i t) commands the. Union Troops near Cailthaid, Mo., is a naive of the Grand DuebY of Baden, entered its army in, 1840, held, the rank of Adjutant General in the provisional army. He was the ac tualcommander in the campaign of 1849, and maintained an able brit unsuccessful opposition to the Prussian army. In the battle of Rastadt he bad but 10,000 men to 37,000, and was overcome by nttaibers; when he retired to Switzerland and was taken prisoner. In 1852 he was obliged to emigrate id America, and has sine lived in St. Louis.. Ite was one of thd first to answer the call of the President; for troops. an organized ti .German regi ment. , The brief outlines of his life - that we have given shows that 'his brilliant success at Carthage Was no lucky acci dent but the result of experience and ed.: ucated ability. He is now nearly forty - years of age. Col. 'Max Weber, whose regiment is nos' with General Butler at Fortress Monroe, Was a Lieutenant in the . Baden artily, and saw service with Siegel in the popular movement againit tfoi Grand Duke. NAJOB,-GEN: ACIIIEUT PATTtRSON.---: Major Gen.'Robert Patterson was born in ' Ireland in 1792, and emigrated to, thii country when quite young, taking ,up abode in l'hilCdelphia. 113 received a collegiate education, and early manifested' military inclination : a'. After graduating at colleKhe was appointed. Flee: Lied tenant in the 53d Regiment of- Yeeulif U. S. Infantry, in April, 1831, he was* transferred to the 32d Infantry; appoint ed Aisistant Deputy quaker-master-Geri: eral (with the rank of captain)iJanuary,' 1831, and captain•in-line, 1841, and thereoon relinquished r4nk in the afar; He retired froM the army in the sane year upon the disbandment of his yegi: ment. Subsequently folloWed the p,ro- - _ fesl4on of the law in his adoiJted city,' and for many years -he wasi r connected with the military of Philadelphia. In*, 1847,, he was appointed Major-General of volunteers, and proceeded to Mexico and assumed command_uf bis division. Ho was actively eneaged in the Beige of Vera' Cruz, but shortly afterward his hcaltli failed, and he returned to the United States, and was therefore unable to take: part in' the well contested battle ib the' upper part of ?deiico, wbitit CroWneci: the Atherican army with glory and con: queted peace. , CONTENTION.--F never" ; love Balm:eau: ders that are never Well but when they : ale in the fire of contention. I will rah , ' er stiffer, a thunsand wrongs than offer one—l will suffer a - hundred rather than' return one—l will su r many; -ere" I will ebinplain of one, .and endeavor to fight it' by dori . tending. hayi3 ever found tint' to strive with my superior, is furions-r- - with' my ocinalt,,doubtfulr—tvith my, infel. rier, sordid ina ,babet--wlth ai full of' unroietness.—Bp. Said. E
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