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JAMES F. lIIIUTCIIIIIIIIION, PHYSICIAN SURGEON, Successor to ltr Wen J reeve:tinily ten ders LIS peefestdenrgl service" , Ititer of I• 0 1 -1 Flt n M 11.1. S and a 00(11) 1 , 111, I• 04 the Lulu,' House ■A tl El. NH HOES, 1101 1 :,11 PAINTER AND 4;17410f1t AND PAPER 111N11 I,llt, liKl.l.l , VotITl', PA 11 111 totemd to till orders in Itts him aith prompt tie,. and despatch jelti & HU•il AVIOHNI I, AI L-11%, Ira t .1111.11.41 nod U uHonk hat ountertol tn. 111 , • 'll,llt nar. krp in no. prtoon, 04 ill. Law, uu dertLe name of Muria:ll A Itolll 31,11 11 lii t.ose prompt nottioroper nttentont to nil kronert uu ttoarol to )1110. w Iteplulds A feaile a Ilk Iho C. 0.( Hum.. Ilellefotily, :Vox ember Yf, It; If 0161.1 11.1.01111ANIS A I) ANUEItiIIJITV .alst ol .1 rr, (t xeel(i , 11(ttil(st(1110111 S I u J BAILNII I. In 1:0.1plontlid timloon. In tIo A re.le Blinding tot.l*, 1.01111 J AMINO 11. ItAllKllt, Al7OlO7El' AT LAW, yr% r nOn•e lltgh Street, Opp/Val, the rtAtelence of ..tettge Burteede ATWOOD A OR{ TottsEl :•• A l' , m A 11 , 1% I 4 r• offsre w Map, oppumat, the F. 111.1 'll rrllNn y?' I:tt•tittetti or all kiwi. p.iiaiuing t lite pro Icnsiori pr0...1;11.1 ntienc6•tl PATTER & MITIUMIEI.I6. YS[CI AN', rl 101 LON, b I la ICU 1. POTTLIt ill, It 1.111” ell in the Brick If. use threetly .IJisellio Ins fernier re4elesiee , and Jir .1 lii hot,. Init.ly oo•Norgl I, Wm Harris El.lng on Sin - lu* it 11111‘p. unit , I ;„4 chore Br Potter's reset tore, where iiiVy 1,11 I iiii, li. lttele.s prefessientdly etiloged J. D. ITIFIVATE, If I.tillaNT DENIIS9' t /Moe tool reeolonee on Itto Nth Bast Cot slo r of tho Iheasiontl lunar thu Court lloutot ty• \Val be found et hit .ollitte err...W.100 weeks in each month, emntneneing on the ft ntt 11.1vnd.y or th....,th triton he trill ho unity Idling prore,Mllel .1111101 t:nesErt ak nirmicEm, tom.. io,re 1.1 iV1101,1“ 11 C Aro Rr.roi. I/tore/I us • Drug. Ileifidnen, PerliiiiicQ Paints, Oils Ter emlits Dye StufD Toilet io.rfrv, Brushes, /lair and Tooth Br mititieh Fancy awl Totlet,,Articics, Trusscle end Fhouldor 11110 vs, Otir.l. II deeds Cuqtmnors will fled our stock complete anal fresh, roil all suit! at moilersie v.rme,. „and rhysictans from the country urn nvittuf to examine our .lock I 3321:=131 POSITS ME %YES r 'MANCH 13 AS% N B —Au Omnibus will run to and from the Depot end Packet Landmgu. to th,n, Hotel, freu of charge Sept 3-37-1 r _ mueollim_nedLur F.. C Ilum 11. N. 111GALLI8TKR W. M. 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Greyly of NEW MATERIALS, And the lateet and Most ittehlonable styje of Plain and Savoy Typ , e, and ore prepared to enceinte all kinds of BOOK AND FANCY JOB PRINTING, In the very neatest style, and at thershorteet notio• —sts as RA,NECIRCULARS, PORTehDILL ET HORNS- LS BILLS, BALL TICKETS, AUCTION 13ILLS, CARDS„ PARINIIITC , • ARCED:XS, • nOcalf • 011E010, BltcrW %11XiC • BLANES, MOGRAMMBS, he., he , ate cr-GoLD, SILVER and REAMER PRINTING 'red in the handsernest gannet. U. PRINTING IN tIOLORS,,in most bean • ten sod iktthhodttylid of art/ ' Sattidhelion guarantee( in retard neatness, chastisers and punelualtty in the lubitnent of all orders "THOU ART THE MAN." '; How can you reconcile it to your con science to Continue in yOUnpresont business, -Mr:Muddler ?" asked: a -venerable clergy man of a tavern-keeper, as,the two walked home from thefuneral of a young man who had died suildetily: I find no difficulty on that score," re plied the tavern-keeper. in a confident torte: 'My business is as necessary to the public as that of any other !min." "That part of it which regards the com fort and accommodation of travellers, I will grant- to ho Uscessary_ But. thorn is anoth, er portion of it which, you must pardon me for saying, is not only uncalled for )'y the ' real VI sot oldie community, but highly del riniental to health and good morals " “ And pray, Mr. Mildman, to what por tion of my business do you allude ?” •• I allude to that part of it which embra ces the sale of intoxicating drinks." " Indeed' the very best part of my hued ness. But, certainly, you do not pretend to licit I sin to be held accountable for the unavoidable excesses which sometimes grow WA of the use of hquois as a het eine ?'' I certainly must say, that iii my opin ion, a very large share of the responsibility rests upon your shoulders ,You not, only make it a business to sell liquors, but 3ou use e‘ery device in 3 our power to induce men to come and drink them. You (*went new compounds anti new and attractive names, or order to induce the indifferent or the lovers of variety, to frequent your bar room. —finthis way, }on too often draw - the weak into an excess of self indulgencedlat ends, alas! in drunk& nness and final rum of I.2dy and soul lon are not only respon sible for all this, Mt Muddler, but you bear the weight of afrarini responsibility '" " 1 cannot see the subject in that light, Mr Madman," the meet mkeeper sanbrath. er palely. Mine is au honest and honor able calling. and it is my duty to my faint ly and to society, to follow it with ilffigence and a volt of enterpi ise „/ w ank location, Mr Muddler f" Oh ) es, certainly many you may FEE enit that calling Lc an honest and hon orable one %Illicit takes sustenance front the community, anti 1 . 011, back nothing in re• turn • I do not know that I underldand the natthe of your ilue.d4on, "Consider then, sot rety, as a man In a large form, AS rt really is lrr this great body, is ui the les,er body of Mall, there are ‘aritrits functrosis of use and a reciprocity between the whole. Each I unction receives a portion of 11(e from tire others, and gives back Its ow•n proper share for the good of the w hole The hand dues not art for itself alone —revert rrg soul Hellishly appropriating it without returning its quota of good to the genet al system And so of the heart. and lungs and en cry other organ in the whole Bode. Reverse the order —and how soon is the entire system IhNeIIIFICIP Now, does that Member of the great body of the people act honestly and hororably, w•ho regularly receives his portion of good from the general social system, and gives nothing back in re turn ?" I=l To this the landlord made no reply, and .11r, 3,111,100 tn eontionetl--- •• But there is still a strongei liels to be taken %nose a member of the human body is diseased- a hurl, (or instance, in a prude! state of mortification Here there is a reception of Aire from the tfliole system in to that limb, avil a constant . gi%ing back of , disease that gradually pervades the entire body and, unless that body possesses ex traordinary vital energy, in the end destroys it. In like manner, if in the larger body there he one member nlio takes his share of life from thikwhole, and gives hack nothing but a poisonous principle, whose etreiL is disease and death, surely ho cannot be call. ed a good member-4er honest nor honora ble." JAS. T. lIALm A G CURTIN '• And ray, Mr. Miltiman," asked the • tavern keeper, 1" you find, in society, such an individual as yot describe ?" The minister paused at this question, and looked his companion steadily in, the face.— Then raising his long thin finger to give force to his remark, he said with deep em phasis—, - • " Thou art the man !" lilildman !me !" exclaimed/the Cavern-keeper, in swrise and displeasure " You surely cannot bolo earnest." _ _ " I utter but a solemn truth, Mr. Mud dler such is your position In society ! Yon receive food, and clothing, and comforts and luxuries of various kinds for • yourself and family from the social body, and what do you give back for all these I- A poison to steal away the health and happiness of that social body. You are far worse than a pertbctly dead member—you exist upon the great body a 4 moral gadgr one. Reflect calmly upon this subject. Go home, and in the 10. lence of your owiachamber, .enter into un impassioned and solemn communion with your heart. Bs honest with yourself. Ex clude the bias of selfish feelings l and selfish interests, and honest! y define to yourself „ your true pohition. ISttUatteattL' 13ELLEFONTE, CE TR 1. COW_ TIIJR-SDAY4 d -8:185R- 12MMMME The two men had pausedmearly in front of Mr. !timidler's ofp'readitt - Stabliphroent, and Hire standmethere when the tavern keeper commenced a reply to the minister's last remarks. He had uttered but the first C ).l word or two-, when he-was-interrupt by a pale, thinly-dressed female, who bd. little girl by the, hand. the came up before iim and looked him Atenday in the face foco a nib ment or two. ~ Mr. Muddler, I believe," she said I es, madam, that la Minatne," tom., hut reply •' I have come, Mr. Muddler, - the woman lhen said, with atm effort to smile anti etreet a polite Wank iruu_for_a_prusent. I rc crtvc•l last night." " Thank me, truolatim "flier° eertainly must be sonic mistake I never made you a present. Indeed, I have not the pleasure of your ae4inauttance " You said your name IVI7B Muddler, I be lieve I" Yes, madam, as I told you beforei that is my Immo." " Theo you are the man. You made my little girl, here, a present also, and we have both come with our thanks " " YOU deal in riddles, madam. Spcai out plainly." • As I said ' the woman replied I%i th bitter irony in her tones, ‘•1 have come with my /ittle girl to Illank you for the pres ent we received last ell& ;—a present of wretchedness and abuse." " I am still as far from understanding you as ever," the la% ern-keeper said—" I never abused You, madam. Ido not even knot you. But you know my husband, air ' You have enticed him to your bar, and for hia, money have pven him a poison that has changed him from one of the best and kind est of men, into a demon. To you, then, I owe a/1 the wretchedness I have suffered, and the brutal treatment I shared with my helpless children last night. It is for this thakl have come to thank you." "Surely, madam, you roust he beside r I ~441iing to arr with your • Nothing to do Kith Lim'" the woman elclanned, in au (celled tone. Would to heaven that it were so ' Before you opened your accursed gin iiihtre, he wal a Kobe r man, and the hest and kindest of husbands - but, enured by you, you' advertisement and dispay of fancy drinks, he n as tempted is 'thin the charmed circle of your bar-room- From that moment began his downfall : an il now lie is lost to self control , lost to feeling —lost to humanity "' As the woman sant this, she burst into tears, and then turned and walked slowly ISM ' To that painful illustration of the truth of what I have said," the ministEE remarked as the two stood once more alone; •' I have nothing to add. May the lesson sink deep into your heart. Between you and that wo man's husband exlatell a regular business transaction Did it result in a inul ual bene fit ? Answer that question to you own con- MIME How the 'merit-keeper answered it, we know not.. But if he „received no benefit from the double lesson, we trust that others may ; and in the hope that the practical truth we have endeavored briefly to illus trate, will fall somewhere upon good ground, e cast it forth fin the benefit of our fellow- IVE": 1161.1. MIMICS) 4, 1 CONT ROW -"I f a fellow attactcd my opinions in print would I reply t Not I Do you think I don't un derstand whet my friend, the professor, lung ago called the I9drostaiie paradox of con treversy f Don't know n hat that zyeans %Veil, I'll tell you You know that if you hail a bent tube, one arm of which was the size of a ptpo Hint and tl\e other big enough to hold the ocean, water would stand at the same height in ono as in &other. Gontro ?coy equalize*,-fools and wise men in the Side wity—and the foots know it." Talkie' o‘law," aaya Pompey, makes me think of what do mortal Cato, irtiTimilFit — lFOrufmr vara — agri;— said : Do law is like a green' glass winder, that give light enough to light us poor errin' mortals in do dark passage ob dis life t it would puzzle do debble himselflo see troo it." Does smoking offend you 1" ingdirod a, landlord of his newly , arrived boarder. "Not at aid, sir." "I am very glad to hear- it, as you will find your chimney very much given to that prtl&tiCtly"- _ tans As Goarit..-1t editor who Utah weak arguments and strong epit bets makes quite as great a mistake as the landlady who furnishes her guest with weak tea and strong butter. Look out for spurious bills upon the Agri cultural Bank, Pittsfield, Masa. They are altered and improved from the old counter tuit plates. Why is a than when note Wig been pro tested like an ostrich in ;id. weather I Be cause he could'nt find the dust to cover his bill. ' Black cotton petticoats with red or blue stirpes, are now quite fashionable in Paris. A Word ftir Blowers. " To gel I, refilled goldrae paint the tiny, To throw new perfumes spun the violet, To smooth the fee or add another hue Unto the rainbow, or ttit a taper bright Te reek the beaultiour eye ititiiren to garnish, Is wastrel otki ri4settlatis.. ex erre Upon entering the garden, ono cold morn ing. not long ago, esri e jed nestling in us lit !lie bed of loses , * eyed violet. Look ing a little further, I flednd another ; and nally, returned with qiiite a little Croquet.- - They looked es fresh and heantifid as if j nourished under the EMI of dune, insteadof blooming in the midst of January. They brought 'charm e ith them ; they seemed to say that Sommer was coming soon ; that the oa.Wii;d, stornis of winter must soon give place 1p the gentle breezes of Spring ; and thoeigii our liorrizon might for a time be dnrken(fl, yet there was al ways brightness. poste and Aunty left in the woi Id. And I thought howlmany there were in the world to whom floirers were flowers and nothing more ; who wlisild 11e dbm , with heavy foot-steptli hpou one as to' take a little pains to avoid It. Use who would ruthlessly crush a timer has an inherent disposition to injure the feelmgs of others, and to be all around t - curse instead of a blessing. Such think It a great loss of time which might bo more 'f °flintily employed, a woman spends a tow moments in the garden or tries to preserve a few of her favorites through the ;Wiuter. The " Id mighty Dollar' is the itlol of their worship. But there is another tibias of persons who really do not think anything elad. them )(you direct their attention to any particu lar flower, they will say, " Yea, very pret ty," and yet they have no real love nor ap preciation of them. With the early Spring come the fragile add flowers, swaying to the o Inds of April, or seeking the shelter of some rock or tree. Then the vast variety that spring up and 'doom in that , lovely summer months the roses, verbenes. carnal , pinks, peonies and pansies, iminonne "'and geramunis, SWiiiikilOrte+h"O eidz Goer, that linger wi _Alto the last. There in iiothierr-, thratithes a more cheer ful. pleasant look to a bounq in is inter than a stand of flowery, fiesh and green, bringing happy thoughts and pleasant memories: well-spring of Joy :" companions, almost fneinls A hoquet of flowers would he the choisest ps esent that could he made to it lov er of them. And liowarn in a nick-room, I,i Ingo% hopes of returning health and hap piness, or harbinger, of that betttr world of fadeless dowers. " Hard Case of a Cincinnati Scoundrel, WHO PA.ISKiI TIIAT CITY FOR A iiRNTI.R Such is the heading of a letter which we have received from Lexington, Ky , the par ticulars of which are as follows Day before yesterday I happened to be at one of the negro jails of Bus city. The pro. prietor asked Inc to walk up stairs to set three negm girls he had just bonght of a Cincinnati gentleman We found, in the room, three negro girls, elm a remarkably beautiful, extreinsily modest and very intel lectual mulatto girl. When we went in,this girl seemed astounded when she was inform ed by the trailer that he had bought them, (the price aas $1 ,0011 a piece.) She et, claimed, "It cannot be possible "' But when she was told that such was the fact, she told the follow mg story . They be:oiled to a gentleman in Baltimore, who recently died, leaving his property to his nephew, in Cincinnati This man went on to Baltimore to take possession of thuestiit.e. lie showed them the papers of liberation, (which it is possible were genuine,,) and she nayshe was commended in the newspapers for his goner osityitnd kindness to thesirls, in proposing to take them to Cincipmaxind providing for them. They left Baltimore in full confi dence that their destination wait Cincinnati, and that they were free. But at Maysville thei all landed, and came immediately to Lexington. The poor - gir taim it was trharti - Cruel case ; that if he had made it known in Bkltitnore that they were r i6Ta; could easily have sold them there. She fi nally asid that all she had to' ask of him was to give her her certificate of church membership, which he had in his pocket. Commencupon suck cruel and hellish de ception is unnecessary. In a slave State, a regular negro trader who would be guilty of such conduct would be "dirtied by every luau ho met.—Cincinnati Enquirer. • EDWIN FonitllST.—The Newitik er says.—lt is reported that Edwin Forrest fees abandoned the stage, and proposes to open a liquor store in Chicago. Another report was quite current a few days since that the great Tragedian had re cently become oenverted at one of the rah. ~giona prayer meetings at Philadelphia, and that he had resolved to'hbandon the stage. We presume that both of tho above reports. can yeFy safely.be placed in the sumo cake gory—neither of them having 'the slightest foundation. r• The Pennsylvania Inquirer says that Mr. F. is now at his owl: residence in the city of Philadelphia, where he, hat been conflonB for some time, by yelp' se vere attack of indan3atory rheutnatis m. Triumph, of Kind over Matter. Tho human mind is oftenod weakened by its union with a fried and dimes-sea body, but sometimes it asserts its mastery oiler the frame that bolds it, and by its ovrm.mher- ent vigor compels that body to.osito service [whew it- imams ems the very brink of the I grave. Dr. Elder, in his biography of Dr Kane, gives an ilinkratron of thus. He says he once asked . De. Ernie, after hie return from the lust Artie expedition " Fur the best instance he knew orthe soul s powei over thu body: one that might push the hard•limked philosophy of Mate' ialtsm to the consciousness of its own idiocy " Dr. Kane paused for a moment,. and then ;laud, ,jth a spring The soul can lift the body out of its boots. sir When our cap , tam was dying, I say dying , 1 have seen ' scurvy enough to know , every old scar in his body was a running ulcer. If conscience I festers under its wounds correspondingly, hell is not hard to understand. I never saw a use so bad that either laved or died. Meta the of it usually long before they are so ill as nu was. 1 Here was kiwubje aboard; there might ho mutiny So eboh 'as the 'breath was out of his body no might. be at each other's throats. I felt that he owed even the repose of dying to the service. I went dow6 to his bunk, and shouted in his car, " Mutinr - rsiptain, mutiny '" Ile shook otT the cadaveric stupor; " Set me up," he said, " and order these fellows before me." Ile beard the compfaiqt, ordered punish ment, and from that hour convalesced. Keep that man awake with danger, and he wouldn't die of anything until his duty was done." Ashamed of his Mother. A few days since a young clerk was point ed out to the writer, in the city of •B oston , as an object of special curiosity, fur the fol lowing reasons Ile was handsome, but poor and proud.— The clothes on his hack and in his trunk were all that he was woith, and perhaps more. Ills mother was a pious widow, in sty humble eircumstances, and was much iraiti;lV4iiken lon end a dangerous fever ' followed. Ile was soon glad to sendlor his neglected parent to administer to his wants. Hie came, with a mother's love, and watch ed by his bedside by night and by day with a mother's tenderness Prov,dence inter posed and the young man recovered. One day a shopmate called to see him, when he introduced his own mother as hn nurse ! Ile was ashamed of her lowly appearance, because it disclosed his humble ondin, and he took this cruel, heathenish way to min kad his associate Nate such an example of downright barbarity in contrast with the filial devotion of Lawrence, and it seems like the deed of some untutored Ifindoo, or South Sea Islander. Ashamed to confess his humbleorigin ' The curse of God 'will fol low him to Ins grave, unless his life is mark ed by a change Every honorable sentiment of humanity coudemns such want of while it proves the apposite in the faithful Lawrence Men rldpise the one and admire the other. The Lawyers We laugh at 'em„ and respect 'ena We abuse 'em. and employ 'em. We call them knaves, mat get them to write our wills, and probably name a lawyer for one of the exe cutors. After all, the legal profession is a good ordeal to try a mail's capacity. If, af ter twenty yews practice, lie is esteemed a capable and honest man, you may trust him implicitly ; for he is a proved man ; and it lakes temptations to show what a man is.— Yet the bad members of the profession sinoticA the whole flock, and so the old jokes, true and false, against the lawyers, never die. Who ever saw a lawyer on the stage that. wasn't represented as a sneaking, mous ing, pusillaniuntus scamp, whom the very bailiff despised 1 And tkbe Old pools, too, had their rap at. him - Wben I from my 'lumbers wake My first prayer in the morn 1 / 1 , Itmtp me tram the davit, Lmd, - - - • litut chiefly from attorneys"' limetv-RrStv/0.-- ,4 - He who rise& late may trot all daz . and not overtake his business," . We have watched those fellows who are early risers, and as a general thing they are thy:Bret, chaps who go to the grocery of a morning. It's all moonshine about the smartest and the greatest men being the early risers." • ". Is a man and his wife both one 7" asked the wife of a certain gentleman, in a state of stupefaction, as she was holding his aching • •in both hazels. _ " Yes, suppose- ! O..!: was tho reply. " Well, then," said she,"l came home drunk last night, and I ought to be ashamed of myself." The man who did not think it respectable to bring up his "hildren to work, has just heard from his three sons. Ono of them was a driver on a canal, anothar had been taken up as a vagrant, and the third had gone to a public institution to learn the shoo business under*. keeper. (0 - We see In a Bloomsburg paper that 'Br. John P. 'Taggart,f of tines place, former ly of Northumberland, has been appointed VT*. Pennsylvania Railroad Company to a rearionsible and honorable position. Home and Harmony. " Affection. kindness, the sweet ethers (11' love •nd duty are to all es neotlNl A. our daily bread " hi one of our [twat popular comedies of the day an effort is made to depict, the horrors of a cold, cheerless and heartless home a home in nvnc only ;in brief, one that re pels rather than attracts We fear that , there aro very many such within the limit's of every great eity.dumeslie and family cm ele in which the demon of discoritor the foul fiend of an evil temper is the pi essing spirit; and thus lweires of agitation and urger are of constant occurrence. Is it a pouter of surprise that the 'young and light-hearted I shrink and turn away, that they escape whenever they can, and that even the older Ile rribtrs often seek some excuse for absence , 1111 N for the poor wretch who is compelled to go through his daily round of toil in the out door world, whether as the president or the runner of some leading estableshment, who, on returning to his hearth and se hold, tremblon with apprehension at a 1 " acono," and from a consciousness that an &t i e FW iri ll l- 1 - 1: 1 I tie:ll°4A a rt: ides thne'remrlTl7t his welcome, instead of bring kindly an af lectionate, generous and cordial„„is likely to prove cold and repulsive, severe and cap tious ! And yet these temples of (*mimetic disquiet are by no means rare Forbearance and appreciation arc price less virtues ; while confidence and good-will courtesy and kindness, cannot be too sedu ously cultivated with friends and relatives, 1 and especially among members of the same houselmakt. It is, we concede, difficult at all times, and tinder ail eircunattanees, to be cheerful and good natured. The business world has its claims and an'xieties, and all are liable to private griefs. We may, more over, experience some sudden disaster, be attacked by some painful malady, be an noyed by some falsehood or treachery, and hence feel depression of mind, irritation of disposition. And thus, while in a thoughtful and melancholy mood, how dul ling is harshness, and how refreshing and soothing aro gentieneamourtfsy and allec , art. pledged to ailaciate and mingle from day to day. An if, on the other hand, we enjoy an exemption from the misfortunes and disadvantages to which we have re ferred, how bound are we, by generosity and by duty, to imagine that such troubles may afflict others who may gem to UPI lees cheerful than they might be; and, there fore, how incumbent on us it is to extend to them the same degree of support which would be so well appreciated by us under similar (Iron:Detain-es There is nothing like kindness in the orld. It is the very principle of love, an emanation of the heart which softens and gladdens, and should be inculcated and en couraged in all our intercourse with our fel low ben," It is impoinnide to reatst .'oft tinned kindness, We may in a inmnant of potulence or passion, manifest coldness to the exhibition of good will on the part of a new acquaintance ; but let him persist, let him continue to prove himself really benkvo lent of heart, generously and kindly dispos ed, and wo will find our stubborn nature giving way, even unconsciously to ourstk es If this be the result of kindness among cem• parative strangers, how much more certain and delightful wiN be the exerviA of the feelings at home, within the charmed circle of friends and rel-atives Home enjoyments, home elections, h ome courtesies, cannot he too carefully or steadi ly 'cultivated. They form the ,Innshitic of the heart They bless and sanclitt our pri• vote circle They heconie a source of calm delight to the man of business a Ito, toil . they teach the merchant, — the trader, the working ms,n, that there is something purer; more precious eten than the gains of indus try. They twine that/solves. round the heart, call forth its best and purest =lotions and resources, enable us to be more virtuous, more upright, more Christian in all our re lations of • Iyo sea In he little beings around us the . elements of kentlenesa, of truth, and the beauty of fldelity and religion, A day of toil is robbed of many of its cares, -by-the , thought that in the evening we may return filivtrintimingte - with - the - famity - ftenntehold , There, at least, our experience teaches us we may find confiding and loving bosoms, those who look up to and lean on us, and those also to whom we may look.for counsel and encouragement. We say to our friends, one and all, culti vate the home virtues, the household beau ties of existence. 'Endeavor to make the little circle of domestic life a cheerful, an intelligent, a kindly and happy one. W4t eviii• however arduous may be the struggle fbr fame or fortune, lot nothing mar the purity of reciprocal love,"or throw into its harmo nious. existence the apple of discord. The winter evenings afford many hours for read ing, for conversation, the communion of heart and spirit, and such hours should bo devoted as much as possible, not only to mental and moral improvement, bu,t to the cultivation . of what may emphaticaty bo termed the home virtues. They are bolding policeman'sprayer meet ing* in. New York. Some of the " stare" antecmvertlng Eery badly, irwe are to be lieve all we reed in the papers about them. _xLx.xx-_61.3 The l'ittitburg Dispatch give." an install 70 • au a sleigh ride with an exciting and novel termination, in Hanover towdship Wash• ington calmly, on the 9th bigt. A:pipty of ladle. and gentlemen assembled at the resit deuce of Mr. W-, deierni fled to im prove the last show of the season. • The learn was brought nut atul the pert! titaried, but bad not proceelled.dlie when the •liserioe of Nhaugis bells was noted, and they 'tacked. round to procnire the of rings," Ure gentle• tuna appropriated a,liell lit longing to a en 1.V•11 ,. .-1 It In o u t' of Iho horses, and they stetted, full of life anti merriment. on their exesiihion. Presently. they passed a far ts where a Durban, hull aas ktid. The mou , nd of that ht II %as familiar to his Cara, anu 'growtolr, ttrelg - ov ttca "Intßtour greie lousier, he look, fetus the enclosure. mad. his ti a) over fences reached the sleigh, and u.ndered furious by disappointment, emu menced ail indiscriminate attack on the pleasure party. lie insisted that they 'Omuta take. R horn," tt hich was temperately tle• dined, as it is a '• rum custom" to refusals. ai i e l f-- tCl e i lirelini e trg .11;11'41 tar;llrltg..7:7Vitlt'it was added the bellouieg of the infuri ated animal, which mounded as though all the bulls of Dash an had been let loose in 111 arena. The horses took fright. ran distanc tug the animal, and saved the party grunt injury by turning a sharp curve in thehirti, , and emptying ly*auscellantokm dititiM,4( crinolme, robes. overesatts,boots, pants.&tt., unto a snow drift. The horses were. loon after : overhauled. the sleigh righted,- flap bell quietly deposited in the sleigh, and the party returned home, fully satisfied with their tide and adventure. Terrible Tragedy Ceased by Religions In sanity'. incyst hrutal, cold-blooded and horrid molder nas committed in the town of Plymplon, on the Grand Trunk Railway, near Port Sarnia, Canada, on Thursday last, resulting from reh;ziotts excitement. man ,„,whosa-,natin e had always been mild and in. offensive, named EljiTiy Hardy, and to;r7 tong dolt Another man named Mirtin Jackson, was working nut far oft who came up to get some tire. when Hardy attacked him u ith his axe and literally cut him to pieces, and piling cord wood over the body, set the pile on fire ' Mc(7iegor and another roan attempted to interfere to stop the botch. ery, but had to Hee to save their lives.— They neat l y the neighboring houses fur . help, and %%hen they returned, they found Hardy at the nearest house, %el) comptisedly talking of his act, and asked the by•standera to hang loin. The testimony of lit brother• in law, ltlcelregur, and others, where he pied, showed that he had been laboring un der rchoms insanity at times for several days, caused by undue religious excitement in the. umghborhood -that he was a _poison 14 temperate and exemplary Waits. and. mild temper. When the party returned to the locality of the tragedy they found rho body partly horned up. - Long Faoes‘ What a hail mistalke it is to auposr that • mail should be gloomy because he is devout; avLif misery were aeceptahle to God, un its own account, and happintss an einen r .• against lei dignity 1 modern writer, of much wisdom and pith of writing says • There is a serret belief amongst some men that God is displeased with men's harini nes., and so they slink about creation. ashaintil and afraid to enjoy any thing '''- - These arc the people of wnom Hood says— Tht y think the, re pions N 1 hems they're only hallow " A good man ia-atmost alwarr-u-etwerful one. It IS Ilt that had men should acowl. and look blue, end be melancholy ; but he who has hail's smile of approbation upon him, should show its radiance in his counte• mince. I). Johnson said he "never knew a villian m his life that tram not on the whole, an unhappy dop e ,." And well he may that. en honest man-the man *Ma good conscience-let Arm enjoy his sleep, and his dinner. and the love of his with and tho prettle•ot his children, and show a beaming faco to his neighbor. fru-ielY--I.We-Ts-iio-' worse theolog thin that which teichas that w o has given suc noes o .y and birds delights in the misery of men or. that having filled our hearts with glodncrw, a;a ought to give the lie to his goodness by wearing faces beclouded with woo, and fur rowed with pretended unhappiness. A FARMER IN VIRC/INIA, who had been digs ' ging a well, was called away from ,horne, leaving none but two boys on the premises. I".hgjpg his absoaec, a throrite horstly) 119:_ cident got into the well, which wee about twelve feet deep, and of sufficient diameter to allow the horse standing room. The boys set their young brides to work to get him out. Their hill of "way; and means" was almost eirltiustog, *hut the -leitelfeeti only nine years old,suggeatedt. which was immediately adopted:-`l9irie quantities of striw teem conietdeht. which the bbyn pitched in to MI the well, the Asia. mum tramping it down antil ho oindd_eralit right out upon straw bail, Cretrri may be'frotto by site*:pilitilits it into • glass vestal, and whole in en old bachelor's bosom. :.: Ina
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