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THIc, ON,
raitivey'aitb Puriderso vialisenir t 'or
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T 1 ILMEI—SI,I6 in adronee, or if paid within irk
manDle. 12,00 will be 0 i 4041, on all subentip.
' theilr ronoring_to the end' the yhar.
AD WialagiAßNlVllapod nipis sotlese 1.111.11 r;
0 d_stth e aloud fetes, And every deeorindon of '
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a" .5.._ 3 3 .
EXECUTED in the neatest aiiinner, at'the lowes t
privet, am' ' With DiW Offilibir Reepatalb: nay*
Pa:evied • lime Oelleetion of, typo, wo aro v re.
pared to sad , t the order, of our Monde.
nhwobßAtlO CRIbli D
' N.. 1. .goi4rmireptieo /Maim to all wen of
teh.teoer, slats or porsmatoso„relfrivath or polit.
scat • , -
JIM. 2. •Poaess; - Cow,* ere* and - heora - -frilinti•
sh,pibilk4ll Hareems ; * sotaateldgultia.treg with
1000.
•ki o f .`- r 4
No. 8. 'As nit_ 4 0 e - o/ . TerritorieJ to
a dna., (Ater' diir Nocfmrstle !lair".
No. 4. NOON riast 09tudity, the oorornixtstor .
of the roots out, the raett .f the sw•vorito to
• rie, lob , 4 theirloillisrOlt<J4.l,_/?.l'l ' ',/ expos 04.
Nirr - to 41 , 11404414114401-4 , 4 4 1144 •',4•`. 41 ."41.? '
S. •to sot rt,i,o ',yr!, ;oa. d oVic folills: -
;Ye 8 Freedom: of JzI . F od—lnwtonkof At
pre..;sod ottss•rol ettla.icia of inforourtion.
Nt. 7. PppoNtioa to aft .rrtet etiticaT p gat,
tza , toor and le on torroplloas is 7m1. - ti I.
:V.. 8 A socrod•presormtloss of the :' ,, f.. at
Connliatinit .rd ..o Iblig:rr.'t loos P. aft.
NO 9. No I • - tetry. or swide of co .. or • , -
1, o ' ctioss a1f_0.......4z4...:44.400reaa 1 . ..7.4.
NO.lO. Ileveft a Icf pl•olsctiots Or t ' .e tfghts - 1
p i A rt s
Ng. 11. The poetsei gotta. ftt
•Leotttf,.. •• os.
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Air.. 64, 01111 0 11 1 WWICIA • 4. , i••• 1••••! andmoaro 't
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to bit.L4NterWit to 7.04 of M. honsohold t 0,,..
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Parmeisl High School.
11fElf()R I A L
To the Hon. the Senate and House of Rep.
resentatives of Penney!pasta.
The memorial of the undersigned, True,
tees of the Farmers' High School of Penn
sylvania,".sespectfully presents . to the con
mderationsif your honorable bodies, thsfol 7 .
lowing statement of the establishment,
jecta, and condition of the institution.
Its establishment is originally due-to the
- aid. granted by the - Slide for the establish
ment of the PeanmfoasisAsereteiruralqoca.
eiv, a society which has benefitted all con
moment of the produce of the soil, by the
stimulus it has given to the mind and the
practice of farmers: by its great promo.
lion of their Ora ioasly estryllnsibal_• ••
costae; and, by the wide. dissemination of
improvements in the rising of bread and of
meat: through taThtioduction of breeds,
seeds, implements and methods, dirlaytd
at the annual exhibitions, and at the nu
merous country fairs' which hare grOwir
from the manna society.
The efficiency of do+ Sir ikly hAving SP
cured,thr confidence of the Is , lies.
son, he bequeathed to it in fur the es
tablishment of an Agricultural College the
sum of her thete,antiilufbers. Puldtc 'yid- I
ted tins( us in various putt' of the - State
second tins it 14.1,1aral Mkt of Mad for
a model and experimental farm, and others,
animated by a generous rivalry, subscribed
liberally toward"' its establishuient in their
rcepective'rounties.
The institution was incorporated by the
Act of April, 1855, and the State society was
authorised by the same pet to appropriate of
itt funds.% With generally known that the
several location offered or proposed were
carefully examined and compared by the
Trustees, and the farm offered by General
Tram, In centre county,' was chosen ea the
most eligible, combining the essential ad
mantagesaf -gundaol/-**4l--adaptxd, to all
tieseriptions- of field, garden, and prehard
air.iind a position - 'ree
mots from injurious influeues, yet eaqually
accessible from all parts of the State, being
alines% identicilly in ifs geopraphlui cep
tie.
Ths_r,iqsens of Centre county subscribed
teti thousand dolls» ton'aids theLonniiiicin tip
the necessary buildings, and the_StikLe_ 13o•
elity appropriated Lea thousand dollare.—
Thaw lunotmteliedrthir
. .
emotion, make: tOentylve thousand dot.
kVA *hick is tie 'entire smount.of lands is
, .
yet coatributed. -;
~ ,
. Passims; Covisrmsiii--A substantial barn ,
on an Itaproyq plan, has ;been ,erected,
farraer'idwldlintheuse is nporlyiempleted,
wan lv*iiiill499ll/fd•ages havi , :b,va P"'
vided, the multitudes of the school edit •
ire nearly IhdabedriadAbout 6000 perch of
stespe,with alaige amount of
_dry_!milids
and other taptlerhthi, Are sow on the ground.
Qt. %dards of all the standard fruits have
heeq planted, with stocks for specimen treat
°Taff kbciwri vedette!' 'worthy of tried t ohm,
the perennial garden roots, hedge rows, and
• - • ofTall-treett o - ebruber and Swat
noessaaly to illustrate their habits And chair.
thing specimen, are, rapidly
accumulating. Collections of interesting
OltleCta at' reference and exatnination are
-very summary for the elucidation of culture
UN /ntf tlo tuner' filierality is simitirli
by Meade of this bind of improvement in
our Awn sad oilier States, that it gamy be
Imildill**-Alatsd that the only necessary
aidlity Waymire the advantages Of such col
let:4oas is provision for their proper man.
Asoominestuaisre. - 4
AU-the ,lseprovemenis have - been mde
ads& the insinedlate s direction and constant
aloe
of a committee of the Board of
the piinciples of true econo.
Aey havo 41114411 aulnlously studied and ap
plied.
The.ciptuditones,up to 18th Deacmber,
AMC wow 111144 77 and tb. Intlanoe in,
titn ratinonor i n haot.6 •38 1 t
"•e buy Awing icgo• oteert.4l for tbo /minx!:
101404 apt myth oarnkilly atudi44 sad cow-
paned. The owe selected shows v. front' of
228 feet , with centre - and iilinge extending
bee 128 and 78' &et.. , The 'ntyde of bqild•
•i -tigkaagjlett .atilljpidedeao
•• ~ .1171151 Alfa telt Out
restful' s . ; and for sheaf. 800 students. ' Addi.
Lions can readily ,be made. The 'number
us arranged to be provided. for, is the least
t, in thejtiftlkiment /if the Trustees could
10 prepared for with fair premipect of 'Wis. 1
factorylemulte. The following stately:loam
will show how totriensive the field and - atUdy
end praetice'must of necessity be, and the
nut:cher of students isboald boar - a certain
In'opefilion of it, or..ithe teaching moat be
coplpantliveli partial -and imperfeut. • The
-deal:act for . tfteecktxik building _ watt_
by Meerut Arno and, Natchtr of
at 1.85,00 , 0. 'ho complete tfle bUilding 'and
furnish mummy conveniences suilto stack,
the firm, a total.siim
wi.r it required: i t'less sum will not Mit
• --to-put-sbe-inatitution into operatista—so
scale at all commensurate with tIM wad
iidir Pia - eh* tabi.smpplied; Whim ortn
vd, it may be fairly expected to sukort
itself, at an estimated charge to Atai' pupil
Orp ! tiout $75 perdstunum."
• ,:—..oiktitam OF TR/ ISIRTTUTION.
The importance of that class of the com
munity which furnislign - the. eli:menta Ot
hod and 'clothong to the vantire‘population,
I. lind uporriehose.indastry,Skill and success
all depend fir the supply of daily wants,
ant fhe'skfuld - -mcanSroltlintildiitente,"l4 It
once acknowledged. When'ts,e•conaldc? the
proportion of mean. 'that is furnished by
them to 'the support of our in . 4 % . 011.1, our
sense of their value as a clap: ;e increased ;
and if we donsider the honest integrity and
moral strength that are their acknowledged
attributes, ind which spring froM their po.
sition 114 dwellers on broad fieldf, rulers of
eatatts. under God alone, and ditipensers of
his bounties to *ll weir fellow men, we can
appreciate how vast and general would be
the beneficial effect upon all elas . ..:ee of the
community of anYffeelideri - for their geizeral
improvenant in mind and, in practice, and
for theitlevation of their labors in the public,
Tvgard..
It is iiroposed4o teach practhal,- avails
blu inioisledge, and eapaciiWy alit relates
to the eidture or the son, bythesblest
pnc
sra-iii: -separaur-deparuitnts,—
A iuong She _
1101J101 . 5 PlO7OllliD TO in TAMP:, Ain
Mailsemates—lnvluding practical surrey
inz, leveling, Ind•tbe care and use of inttru•
mut a ,
NatuJal Pititosophy—The principles of aft
mvchaniam ; the Lowe of motion and force
tam 6A:trinity ; mapatiam: he.
hated by apparatus.
.I„ru•ultsral Engineering and Meehanles
—The methods and materials used in cant
struotion ; what is good material and what is
good workmanship.
impt!dsente and Machinery—The princi
ples invplynd parts liable to wear or break;
adjustnient ; care ; repair ; specimens in the
museum,: mills.
Road Making Materials; methods; legal
regulations; bridging.
Building--Speciffeations contraels ;
prism; architectural taste and detail ; fin
ish.
Drawing—Of plans, implements, animals,
maps, mad:unary. &o. ' -
Convermestes—Forins; titles; procedaelf
Lan -wre end - Literature—Comparisons
of styles of expression : - spealting to an sa
dists*: wriaisi.ta-' the press ; criticisms.
\Prisrip/iref-Goverstiorest-4
stitotions : comparison with others ; duties
of township and county officers: laws of
vicinage, Lc
Accoisnis generally, and farm accdonta
specially formation ;oftainiattleal habits:by
daily practice at the - -
Farm Fronerny— , Expendttnres ind re
turns :determination of the most econotni;
work
Hydraulics—Methods of supplying Water
where wanted, and of preventing injury by
excess : machines ; pipes• 1 .
Drassegs—lts effects on en& I method.
of effoentig it.. .
4arippOurfl Chemistry,--Pyiatipal
; obeintorageatcand sipiratus.
—Usilogy4-1 1 .1iCtaiust tit tbsvoultilLialls of
all hinds ; liow folioed ; spectiOns 'ln the
MUIIOIIIII.
Gengraphy--Fea4rras of t h e earth's so
faoe, position of places, dupe, productions
sod peculiarities of-different reglom, .
sielitituendes of the
heavenly bodice,- envolOmulP, eleasens, CU-
=!
Meteorolko—Atmospittirie 'itadneneeit ;
electric andlnigenetio agsneies ; hest : oold
moisture :,drougilk.::_witadkkaitorold: sligitef;
counteriotion ; instrumented ; observations
dcduotions.
•
Mineralogy—identification of rare or val
uable minerals ; gipanin: finis, phosphate
or WIC cement limo, magnesia; coals ;
speeimens in 'the museum.‘
Botany--Arranriment of plants in fami
lies; nameibf individual species and parts
of plsnts ; ' or odic'r canaries in me-
SCUM- , • •
Voietable Phiselo;T—Tha structure of the
vegetable body, fitactions of roots, Keyes,
stern, barttretsp, 40. ftrobrtit of plants ; Ws
;
A4tiVal Pietio/ogy—The iiketteture of the
Alined holly; c o Riotp form sad Tune-
Lions of ' . 'murrain:teat ; growth.
neon/A.—Laws of 1i ; effects of expo-
Berea to which ,faianertilife rreaen•
thin of disease
'iDiuripuit
tighlok
inpariims, especially those Woes:so to ye
geteition t specimens in the Mailentri ,
freed. df SrodyPoullni .ye.—Their pe
cullitittes t points lite., specimett&'
F,'eedirg—Atatitint, quality, and prepats
tion of food ; exporiuientc, Bolling. ' •
Tratoing qf .Aximats—ef bursas, oiet►;
&c.
Dititure -of the litoithOisrletics of sills and
conditions; instruments 'and probcebesap
plicable.to various soils, crop, and icalions, ,
c. Mai ures--Pimparatlonand hums
:tiaiires tOrei/wind ar
tificial inisnurcs.• _" • .
Produce:—Pfeavervatlon and markatlntbf
sin, meat, fruit, roots, kc.
Agrictdiaro/ fflitory—Condition in differ.'
.cut t nationa i. and at different periods, canoes.
of improvement. ,
- Berthalb:we—The garden -thecolohani;
the nursery ; the yard : pruning, tysinitig,
grilling de. : best ..ahruhe, ,trett,,,d4cere.
fruits, vegetables t peculiarities of rariettb
as to habit"' tittirettitlitt
love of bolne: ,
.experinicnn—With miiur*progesulos:
"ed. 6 6 - record
cation pf Matti. ' • ti
;
Malpractice—Whit to rivoli¢ doing's
norore of prarea "oncirs; trhil or suppon4
brron. . ,
' labor is not degrading it . is a condition
of our existence, and - exereise in open air it
a necessity, of our nature. In this school
every student, Will, be required to practice
ivith his hands in the_ gander' ' the field or the
niutt.he learns in theory at the desk:
Underthe lead of teachers tralued to_skin
in interesting and inst .- meting youth, the
young minds, *Meet -fee knowledge, 'and
young limbs 'and kern senses, eager to hen;
die - and - to test every mahiputation and-sp
pli will naturally en joy it milile'of in.
strictiOn so consonant toout cominon - na
ture; and so rapidly instructive, because of
its enlisting all the senses and flimiltfes of
the body and the mind in theaptenshension
and firm retention of the lesson. Some
manual labor" schools which have been
instituted and have haled, were institutions
of a very different kind from what le here
proposed. - Thii - laboi,—inich is `sawing
wood or makiig shoes or cloths—was' mo
notomiwi, awakening no tbonghtorior bear
ing any relation at all to the studies pursued;
was perfbrnied, too,'ln the eompaii,y of
claiises of students exempt from any such
necessity, and it indicated poveitY, Mean
ness or inferiority. No ything man could be
expected to endure such a fasition.
lINLP-11411,107 AND LOY* QV 0011N111r. '
A young man who has been engaged for
three or four years in the study and practice
of there varied subjects, under instructor
ekillfnll in awakening interest, will And .
nothing so easy to his apprehension, or ;no
congenial tehis nature and his habits, as
the carrying out in hie own practice upon
the farm the lesson of the school. If di.
sorted tom any other persuit ho. will-be
reedy to 'resume this with seat': and, in any
case, ill tread around him a knowledge if
what science. ow:accomplish In -imprcrroti
culture. and siesta for-horticultural
iuzu
rice and enibellihmeats. Ile will set an ex
ample :411! it will be his. easiest itia most,
delightful recreativr-occupation to :decorate
his own home with the varied beauties of
vegetation, and to exchange with frieride,
and ha_will_naile a dianowlented meeker-ler
neirj boron' or new society, fir he will pose
sees peace and - satitaketion. It is a subject
of particular restst that we have se yet no
inititution in which the art of horticulture
-.the-moat innocent. humanizing, atuLson
set:Mateo of Iris, ie taught:- -
sontqw'r-RAWADIJCIATION#.L PlIOV(8102(
Nor in there any instjigilint : - WOurnonntry
smichilly - devoted - to - the einpvt:korrolytorng
men Who wish to become stiocesidbl 'clew
Ohm Agrictifitirdisis. 'Residents of towns
or cities, who mey wish their slum to -enter
the =relit, safest ; and happiest of iivoca.
Hone, can only hope to fit them for it.by, the
-seldom. practicable -mode of apprenticing
thern.t4iAbe farmer. The
_farmer mat be a.
, • • imam tiiiiiiiorfile'particuiatiphip, bat
it is tlid only Zile he can either illustrate or
**Ai ifg -intittlCAtreas teach at who
pa never learned tfie art of teaching youth,
wig) Is occupied with other concerns, and
who has no collections to refer to, nor spy
Pretensions either as a men of letters or
I Science.
- Atid - 41e;fortter,, wito wishes tds son tc , i ao
quire some of tbetie, acentOulationa of knowl
edge, seeing lunt mush owe is known of
eertain Arts and sefimees by men specially
devoted to them, than he knows himself has
now.no xesourcea.but to send his son to Rol
lege,.:which hi does, with a dim idea and
'sane hope that the wanted learning may be
embraced under some Or the strange terms
of the ixiurse. And much of itie, partially,
and, throughout, there is no connection bo
tween the farm and the books. On the con
trary there is repulsion. and the young man
goes home with new tastes and *levee, the
sympathetic cord 'between him and his home
is broken; ho usually enters the vortex of
Sews li(?, and the tither, dhisppointed
hopes andw.unded to the heart, denounces
books, les rrning, scato4i, and colligetOcr alt
aroma. him, es tliogorous 'arid
,otorrtipting
evils. • , . '•
DSPAATUFNT.
In the. amassment of the eotiod arm, h
few acres hayo been Net
• depirtment 'in which, l/ ,
ores or goodeo of , o4turp
d airl • tested *lad
gm
tent prNke rhclgis t ,V os :
~Bp itwo
port, for the.comtuon benefit, the results of
their experiinants. row farmers can devote
time or means to such examinations, for it
tequires years of time and syliteruitie,pro-,
Ordure end attention, whir. er
ssrtio- learn the results, and those who"do
ire not towered of their completeness n or re :
liability. It is easy to conceive the - ire.
mesetrdirantage,tp wittbigh will.eviee from
ati•eirly determination of ,thir time seine of
*ow stsede,Thrita, breeds, machines,
smote, meridiem and teethed* end hoot much
the iigen•„
or prtt . Vibe"ttoiedoe. rof ervell .„ extort , .
writs; and in hiving it fitted "with every'aie
pliortee and &mergence' trecemaryle.thor
oirghnesn, sod to dtssengnite information or,
the eroat .results_ favorable. o , otherwise,
hitting the - narrative,' this instttertimraalbsir
autbarity,'• "" ' •
ADFitNOII OF AaIIVOW:OML INFIOWCIOOFF
-4-The pradictredLem. -haat, emery fs now
considered ltr many as nearlT ect as pos.
AmLnitile the ihmlitjon of
our knowledge, of comet:it. But when
we eoludder that, the mbthoet of culture
4°..*Tig
• hit dst'.i.rpd,Abeit oar
'Wog clay moils now contiewed the best of
ourfandsuld have remakied barren wile, -
and when we courider how unichosnr beet
'veers ire below the known capabilities
eel the soil, and how muck, we lack yet of
proving our mastery over the various agents
of injury to crops, it become clear that we
have much to reackkrward to and acquire,
fnd this kite improvem ts, socket the use
of iron Vougba, machinery,- Ouster,: he.,
mire but Ihterunnert of great improvements
to come, 7 „ ' .
. inkur commonwealth. where peal , Aloe
and_the entire rutieKiiiiri otehe government
le submittal to detertnivatton it the Wink
box act frequently, it,is necessary that every
voter should bezovided with the means of
acquiring the knowledge nseessiry to a It'll
understanding of his duties and' sponsibil•
hies as aoter. Penney • securee .
to heradt - thie n mg so
perfect 4, system of one _ and equal edu
cation, that when all the agents "of the sys
tem hive acquired the neoessm7 ability, no
school. nor ono sib*, onhontossi ha no.
gloried. The yeernairino 'it aim • 19tno Itre
especially her - asterisk ; ever true to TIN
tue, to liberty, and to hAellendeittakt - *Me/
are too holiest to admit, aftruPliaii, they
should alai 6. too intelligent ; but, 'telt is
they, have lees' opportunity or acquillns or
circulating intelligence than other classes,
and prevision for their into llectualimprove- .
inapt iiitTithurwill add direct strength to
th as tulwesks upon which the security and
pram 'nate* of of our insti tutiona depend.
It is the purpose of the • Board of True
,tes!thsts. w hen tits buildings shall have been
co bud the remption of students, the
igh School shall be a self-sustain
ins Institution ; that students atoll be aj
• 'tied from all the counties of the State.
and
..edues — Tea -- an explicit* within lb*
Means of small estate without a,}o.
iltegitimite privilege, but that e3i i share
its adtnntages alike.. The benefit to now
from the collections of seeds, plant", roots,
fruits, Insects, implements, &c.: and the
taste - and . analysis of soils, tiperimeats in
Ke!f,dopplori of culture, the establish•
moat of eortezt prod.* and the exposure of
xesulk to theadvantage of every
one who cultivates a fin", a garden; or a
tree, in tbesity as well ti the country.
A few Individuals have.devoted their time
the-attsientent 4lailList , -
portant object—the establishment of a school ,
to edultete farmers In their business of life,
.Tber:4kottet. sitoompliebAbis
deign with
out your aid. The Board of Trustees-et
Verniers' High School therefore prey your
Honorable bodies carehlty to examine the
subject, its importance, and the good it pro.
mises to :races of men wh depend
the science iirAgricultantahr" their since ,•
in life: They beg you. to aid thew' ,
areetlas -Ot-ahe asoisessy_ ' .• that
there may be one , sebool, issiaL, in . our
State, where a farmers son may be edu cated
in. hiroccupation• .• •
On Rai& of the Hoard' of Trueitees of thir
Farmers' Eligh School I Illfrerelnr honor to
bo the most baspectfully, ""'
?TED. WATTS,
Pirsident ortherSdard at Vrintriis: '
. LIVELY AI;COMMODATIOIf..--A wort* land
lord of our acquaintance, whose disposition
to acooalawdata ail is touch snore capacious
'thin his bowie, !wing appliWA to by a guest
for a bid - bylifinillcu; - - --
"I am sotry, air, bat it is im:r o l ui tt
night ; I hope soon to ba able to
all travelers."
" You ?repos* founding I Itlippooe bid the
guest,
"Mt, iinitinued the landkirik " but
as seen as the nights get liars:nolo that the
bed bugs sae able to get out, my laUrder s i,
will ill give up their - beds and sleep on the .
linen; then I can give my beds to travel-,
PCo7.ll..—Tho .hdidec Wit belie
statvotecn ic . "alitrib, but which they kick
sisidi do soon as they hove ;cached the at m.
snit ot their lagbitiod. . .
, , ,
with it view to
„le
_won-
IMMIX= op -Tar arms.
"VIE FIVR•vOLDEN FA'ATIIERB
At the fpot of the lower Pyreheite, end pre
eiAely (hi; confluence of the noble river
• ' 4.000, 1 00 . *: 0 ,,
yorme. For Pbstd exist snywhenitbort"
turesque than thip celebrated s'enport,-2-*
Wests;ird. on looking towards the oscin e
the magnificent Bay*of illeciy opens . ha
wide arms to the Atlantic on the sbuth lies
the tall, interminable line of the Pyrenian
mountains; and on the north and east;- the
Isvelideacetiding slopes of the give bf Ole-.
ran iipri td their viriejiardi beneath
the eye , itf the 'gratified %rotator. •
SecludedArn the rest of the earth by
prod P of hills, rising, in nuceessivoi ridges
,behind each other, the resident of this ites
tigitifhl region, is naturally litnit'and
tinice,ntiitte: ifieFtione Within•hiakm9 .
here the hubliamilhinka only of hie' vrith,the
mother of he; children; thp lover of his rills-
Cress it seems the *cry landnf byre, where,
the hiirthisos Ibriver on one chosen object,
and life is but a long ti - cOneieri i ttimeilin en;
joYment.
Yet, tiers, as in other countries, the bent .
fits of Prwridence abound t hereto°, Sillier,-
.pity,, they excite those wants they were in.
tended to iittilt.j. ' irtrOtheoroak; 'lnd &r
-ests of the pine tree isid 'the fir, Zcreer:llie'
shelving sides of
tibisusticsi — tnateiist its f the Navies' et
17i181i6ii, ..
Tn thfis banditti ptcreinee,- and in ***MY
'tension - tit the tm►niteeif,lived tirennaltily
merchant, Bichot. ,
__Monsieur Bichot was one of the most pm
dent and sensible men,of Bayonne—nax, in
all Gascony : for, notwithstanding the ro-
mantic itenery amidst which he had estate ,
lished hinaSelf„ few merchants oonkl, exceed
him' driving a friligaltii 'and If *thought
ten, percettt. enormlms when ho
English merohindise',' lteocald tike fifty;
without winking, on his own cargoes.
The honemt merchant was am Abort and se
round as a Mitre of Ilearnese wine: his good
humored fhoeti3irsi - haro coot' Iwo a goOO
sum for it WWI as red and juicy as the vine
yard could make-it. 411aserife swilsaaminse
ly as himself- 2 -mA /bit less riiddy and her
shape was loltrmlai to - her Rego lord's that
they might hate eitheinged costumes at any
This worthy 000ple had bet one child, a
boy,-or; rather a young man of twenty
Who took but:little aßer either of his parents;
he 'had no color in his face, aril his Rigors
—long, slender and flexible-4euslnded you
wither of the pitmans, then the tisk; indeed
that face of his erse•not, May to
It was not the pale, Clive complexion of the
Spaniard, nor even the clear brown of the
southern Frenchman ; yet it was *dark ?id
ler, eel/Intim thenwartley.• Nothing could
be more brilliant than his eyes ; wady bleak,
Nil without being prominent, and indolently
still, like those of the Creole inrepoiee. - So
accurately ehiseled . were his features, wiper
fectly, neguher(thet his face—lea such faces
itnerilty do—would have wanted expres
sion, were it not that his slothfid dieposi
reition gave a languor to his countenance,
which is always interesting to women.
Adria& Bichnt, young as he was, had been
•to Praia, led had eorepleted - Bbt studies in
ant of the colleges founded b the great and
polities& Untie. mi. _who* weLLenit t reign
Was then drawing to a close. • Whilst Bring
in the ;spited, Adeline had fiver mixed in
its pleasures ; yet. be Medd talk ;bout them
all, havlngheard his locolasates =lam
enongh'en their own &destitute. He had
spent Oro years at the university without
taldirgitijr Wes Jo ikesqnheita hanumities.
and he kg", as much as his'ailiespehn
who was a very attentive hookworm • e
knowledge, like fortune, seems to
imikeited_friaolue People., '
Now, oar youthful Adrian •
Mona thitig la Itratipt i ber
ted.to make him a •
taste for business.
• , ,
bonepleinlof • , •-•
parlor wi ,
nose.
,1
u indolent
/ flintitttiVr walk"
Ant. but he had no
nerd oalno into the
So
...tap of ox-hides below ;the
Iw, Which (derided his delicate
ny Where; would have been very angry
eo infiu►iibis a youth, NO Monsieur
What, used to comfort iiiowele with the 74-
Eloooou OM -- Orion was atrewdy provided
t. why. should 1M /Mend his happy nod*
in 'trying to make a furlong, vines his for-
Uwe was made already 1 When Tam dad
he will have my , Ity Money, my house, and
my irMiards. Proor boy/ roust tat him
alone." ' • , 4 ; .
Madame ' llichot wili.qui4 sit easily Mea
l:fled to her son's - clekste for business. She
thought him--eue metherigeneraly do, when
they have bet one child- ,l quite a paragon of
a man, and never once reflected that, if
Monsieur lkiohot. had been as lazy In his
youth as her son then both he and sholnight
"hilt, where thebleak
wind blew into the chamber; instead of thak
snug comfortable dwelling-house. '
Still there was one thing that puzzled the
good woman, and on which she meditated
long and often. ' 'Mote was Adrian to get
married I t -
For you 800, my gentle and pretty read
ers, .ion then—and that is upwards of three
hundred years back=old ladies, who had
children to wed, used to plot sod counter
plot for their setpunout in ills, just se they
do now. Got married I wee the great do- .
Dyadic law of 1514, as ft is a 1857:
How often had . ft happened, whilii - .IBC
youthful Adrian listlessly, on his own
brow; Astir, tending the pretty
_icruce of
Clement Marut, the poet bi tliat age, and
smiling at his lively wit and fun—how often
had it happened, that, hie anxious mother
mitt opposite to 'him, watelling his &yokes
=I
edi l"
• But when the looked into that free Ind
innocent countenanoi , ' on which care had
never once *mired, sinietssac her head and
swallowed the ,
Theh to--stimulate • hies. She
gave parfileiLL she invited . ' all the belles of
Bayonne; she even sett 'is 'far as -to--Pau
and to Tarbes for the prettiest and
datneels, and the merriest chatters in Gas•
. •
But it would not le— Adrian .esw and
conversetk with them all ; ho even danced
With.the.Mih the werht summer eveninge,,,,pn
Alm little bowling-green' utitlur, tbg pirkir
window. He wont through all the, perils o
YouthfbliMptation without being tempted
lie neither saar nor felt his danger. - It was
in vain thalliwbees sighed and pressed his
arm in vain that Flora looked into his eyes
and blushed ; invein that Voudance oohed
urn to read poetry in the secluded arbor at
the end of-the garden. All this _he bore
Without reiponse—lhe arrows of Live could
not penstrott him. 2.... .
Magdalen beseiged•him viers eleaely—she
beerved his indolence, and took to some qj
Jitia babtta l She Whilst oomeddwit to.'broak:,
laat'a Slsyea- &ski*, *bee the bO,a wag
being laid nut for dinner veils yawned, en
Shut her aye. tisanes as he did, and oven
in danciiik she senuired,the torpid tread of
the merchant's son.
Lydia saw that all these tricks passed fur
minticry,.and tried tke opposite coarse. She
danced and 'skipped about like a butterfly.
She gat forithn at -WA., halpe4 hip to the
nicest dishes and fruits ; she sang to him
knd played on the lute, which was his 0211
bit which he seldom totithed.- She cdfored
to be his instructor; but even the' tempta
tion of that offer could not. move his apathy.
It was the saine . with the rest--Rosaniond
and Mend, Prudence and Julia ; *ay all
giadatbasame assault upon his heart, with
the 111 - tili want 01 success.
There was onefevorile, however, that Ad
rise had, indi which he seemed winch at
tached to. Add Una was a litUst bird of
reddish color, slightly speckled with grey
spots, with s round tail, consisting of a few
gold-colored feathers.- -'
This pretty bird hail hopped isgo the par.
for ono day, and,"tiot being molested, hop.'
ped about and became wespotioted with the
many •after all I ho - cant marry the little
"I wish I wax a little bird!" said
MEM
And thus the summer passed stray, and
the autumn, and the winter too. Thr little
igad.aas now &matte:stud:Ate - hada small
- house or. mumigaloo fur him--sobb cages as
were made awe hundred years, agor-sid
lisetLeafirelywith Adrian.
- - One diy,inet - avrthe warelosing,
and the spring of 1.515 coming on, Adrian
was dozing in his chair-by the hearth. His
boolplay operi on his lap, and once'or twioe'
he he Mt 'the honk of hii-little favoHyt
nippin,,r,.his',llngers as he,docod. 114 wail&
used to these gambobr , thai hi; would iipealc
bo Jt erften;te heilid-*hen, without opening
his oyes. "DO still, !" he cried, and
&hi, seemed' to understand him; me he sud
denly nipped very aotly ; then ottlyrieho'nip
and then nipped no, more. '
Adrian *eras very drowsy-that morning,
and slept till they come to tell him that,din
net was reedy,,,, _
'' , l3ibi !V Said ho, waking N) and half
opening his eyes.
But Bibs did not whistle in reply
Adrian put hie hand out and fett far Bibi;
snd the little bird lay dead on the ens
:Whatiristrangtrehing-kaheliarnaaluiart!
The eight of that poor little creature, aS it
lay there ntmensajous ()this affeotionmened
the springs of. his sympathy for. the first
time, and his tars fell dowu upon the bird
as be kissed its wings. ' '
And then thereon:is out of the little round
tail one of its (CO 3 / 4 11001 - or gold, And it fell
softly down on Cho book. lle took it up aid
exsiiiiiedc.it, and pressed the silky 'plume
slowlyioves,hiennouth and chock.
Sudden: he heard a milky sound in the
aif, soft° an any music of harp, or lute,
or. laimor ; and it said :
He listened again, and again ho heard
"Hoop the pities-feather •
EMI
-• g 1,4
L/.1111(-0
trriTY. :ill
NO.
Ilu histoned al titiod &ad 14 alltatt
sod'yoice continued ,
"Adaian Adrian ! there is ".0, irotOßltif
. „
httalieii•tiio•a Aden Vas* Aflind . l4.4 ;
fitott a ti Ori , 1 1 : 11 1 1 ,
dAdriib ! onnioAO dinner !" .
Then holissed the little yiryi nap; Icook
out the foUr or rive prtlty, feathers
eomponing.ll4.4lll. qil. put,thitt body eC Wit
depezted favorite into itt woo hon .neip4 tied
followed Madame Biehot into the djpisem
moot •
• - N. • ' . 0 1? I
* • • •
•• • •
wit; l .4bout a month. after, .this f
esjainity that 11 1 / 1 41111110 Biehot, pfmiletio4n ,
her,4etermination to see hei':son."ealapit - ,"
pie a smelt-party. Amongst the friends
who aniirerdd 4400,00a:ea, ,nntl,dognet
the house, were four of tho Betkienoeutieped
beauttes—constateen, Arabella, Lytii•-•*),-
litagdalen. Besides those, there vuopiroth
er young girl ; her name ems Sophia ; tend
she was far lose fively'lhau the itut.
Adrian had altered• very much sine° 'Mir
death,of BHA ; he wanted a favorite to .sup
ply the plays othis little bird. lie had ha.
gun to think and feel more. •
ild'eounted the pretty girl that, he maw
eolketrd on • tho bowling•green....wheofip
dances began.. •
!" Add' he ;-, ,, h0w Nitigular! There
is fist nee gold &ethers 9'114 Atom. biol.
Opooi I, will • 40
Then he opened - the beU with
How sweetly, tioscriohly, she maned lop
on Wm ! TO, ju ige•by her looks, bar ping
words, her soft.igookaltdoes,:Le WM i the
sod of het klolatry—she thought , opty of
him.
Irian now began to think. them amp/
tomptbing to live for ; that the irothl 40.
vcry .nico wrilk - arisr ap4 that fa an
may be very happy It he choosta. Ile 011-
errett that Arabella - baclittkne eleetatabert.
that it wt* dan‘erous.to look at atulthatahe
had ,h° v° 63o snd VitnPer °1...kw:11E4!
-"Bare you ever levedy-weauteous -Armlet
la IP he raid, thatity: - •• •
She bluarn4l, bens heir eyes wodestla&siitt,"'
and then, in tones so low tut leads hifievaion
der that he could still hear them
she replied : •
Never—that is, never
Then she stopped short, •
i•Till when t" asks 1 Adrian. ' - '
Till this evening!" she noriumt, *kW
ly.
loveill
She looked at biro e refireiehAtlW,;:iNtopt
awaking.
lie repotted the quettlion,
(.Atas " she Whet Lite oandidl 4
"I Acme loved—dare't-vp,01.1+,.,, r,Attki 7 ,
~ills beset meek liosviko idol eita.
oiiiaslifilinie
con jliM4o_ lll „bfr
At t eth he tittbodll't • • • ••,.1
.:;"
*duo:o4li, mei 1847 oR jos
yo .1 Lave laved l" .• , T ,
• If.l,botot -ter nagh.l!" :;114111Witoin.ildV
0011 4 Om looktd.timidly on grit ff,oo, - 14 4
Wouteous noclk flut44, ii-4f
- aszteurtioatnett et thininowenliii%tilitS4
won &beet the Mho of their it;qiiiTel4ce.
Withlatmet-tnergy,_ end— west degree of
hope, ho linked : . • .
-And the happy man's name, if I nut,' be.
40 bold 1" -
"Adrian !" she said, glortng upirin hipl
with an evu that mliefivi4 An eltetrii t 1 111
through his irholo being. • .
lie pftioied her hand with ttirldi gyo t tittio,
and then tried a wend g01ifen.414410;71114
against her breast ? - • But, strange, thatbaart
did not btitAike Ma! • '
“Triist her' not,” ea — the: myiddribuit
ready she has broken the spirits'o6...kwo
ounggentlemen - whe hid yielddd teller
fascination. She Would dotert you to.naSc'-
tow fur a wealthier admirer."
The &refit:Anted youth applied the same
test to. Ly dia and Magdalen , with like en
laverable-reemits.
Then ho become • moody siwir.ittWof
sdone, mid lootradondistrostingly whilst the
'iariquii couples weto!tnilitiol , l4t,
fleraptal upolyloolitotlikr. A,(l,
&Athens were tried Lut,onto, .170. 1t rre•
, • hertwoonr bhrfttigorsiiindriretrOvr to
both, and tlt do*n'bySop)do.',' '
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