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TERMS OF THE PAPER.
cit. sascribers by the carrier, at
02.0 t I I
Bymail, or at the office, in navance. ISO i
gill not paid In advenee,or within tbreemouths from the it me l I
of subset 'bum, two dollars will be charged
.4)•..tillemiuunieations mast be post paid. ' 1
'RATES OF ADVERTISING. ,
cards not conceding 4 Imes, one year. 13.00
One square' , a• a• ~ 1100 '
do. do. six Months, COO
do. do. three months: . - 3.00
Thansient ad; eru.eruents.3o cents per 'square. of fifteen lines or
he.. for the first insertion. 23 cents for each subsequent insertion.
.. 171 - early advertisers have the privltette of-changing sit pleasure.
%tat no time amino% ed to occupy more than two squares, sad to
k. /mused re rinse inewsksts isurniass.
Advennements not hay lug otter directions. wilt-Ire inserted till
forbid and charged iccordi ugly. . .
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
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Da•LIMI in Classieal. School and NI iscellaneous Books, Illauk
Books, stationery, mid Printers Cards, Zip. 9. Brown's new i
Block. Erie Pa. -
• P. /Wail; , D. Y. SLOAN.
W. POYNTELL JOHNSTON M. D.
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Oilier at bikresidence en Bth Street. two doors %Vest of the
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Episcopal Church. i .
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JOHN B. COOK. --__
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PIA, i It in Staple lc Fancy Dry Goods, abd the Greatest variety 1
of :ass more in the City. Cheap Side, Erie. Pa. .
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STERRETT.A . , GRAY." I
fa NATOLI. Jobbers and retail Dealers in IVei and Dry Groceries
Prot :soon. l'roduee, Foreign and Iminestie Friss, Wooden,
(VII,. and Stant, Ware. Flour. l'l.ll. Salt. 01in... Nails. Pow- '
der.Shoi, Cap.. Safety Fuse. &c.. &c. French Street. oppo
site the Reed House. Erie. Pa. .
N. IL-SteaM and Canal Boat.. Vt....els. Hotels. and Private' •
Families supplied with any of the above articles with prouipt- ,
urn and ter, cheap.
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51. S. LANE.
- Attorney and Counsellor at Law.
1 , OFFICE laser Jackilm's store, at NontvEast corner of the Pub
lic Cquare.
Erie. A poi 6, li'sl.
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DOC I ORS Iik:LBE a: S I EW Alt l',
FRAI a 41. i Physicians anSurgeons. Office and Residences
Ses cuth & Sassafras St is. 4
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titter hours from: to S,
M.D. tillq: M; t,to 2,6 to 7. 1'; M.
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A. MI Lat. .. D. 1
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JOHN. illErkllN Or CO. __
F"RW•IInIsG and COtnintP•mn Merchants, dealer ili Coal,-
, n u m, Fish. and agent fur a daily line of upper lake Steauiers,
Public (tuck Eric Pa '
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. i • I LIDDELI, Sc .
Ri scamstroni, Manufacturers of Iron Fence. Railing. Steamboat
Coders.' &c :. Le_ State, between 7 h a!rid SM. Streets. Erie.
Dints. In Groceries, Provisions, Wines. Liquors.Caindiesi Fruit,
&c.. One Door below Loomis& Co's Sites eet. Erie. , i
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AMERICAN EXPRESS (:0N ANY.
Orrice Removed to No. 3 Reed Block. ale Street.
Eastern Express Cores at II 'elock, , A. M. '
. • Western •• '• ' 3 clock. P. M.
4). D, scan oti u, Agent
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GEORGE J. MORTON.
i'. „Lon of the flew of J. Hear. 4. CC...) ,
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F ,, IMAIRDIVU and Cm !M
omission erchant. Public Dock , Erie. Pa. l
be .ler in Coal, Sala. Fish, Flour and flamer.
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WALKER & TIIIBAk.S. ' • 1
nor. •inisn, produce and Crommiusiun Merchants, second Ware 1
Ilunael'F.ast of Ow Public 111.14)44.. sate Pa.
Ano-Ireliers in Coat. Salt, Plastri. Stucco, Frsh. Lime and Lime
Biome. Iron, Nails, Store., Castings, &c..11t.c.. with unsurpass
ed faellsares for shipping either by Steamboats, Propellers. I
- •schoonets, or by Rail Road. - I
D. R. 1.4•1.1 W/. L. N. TIBIAL,. ,
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r Mt". li. KNOWL'PON.
Weichniaker and Repairer, Dealer in Watches, Clocks. Jewelry.l
Illwinal lusarrimierds. If/Inking Glas•••• sad I:lth,Pfl Fanr ir Gond. i .
Segeonedoor west of the Reed House. 17
ARBUCKLE & Ki:PLER. ,
Desire in Dry. Goods. Groceries... Hardware, Crockery, &e. No ' t
3, Perry:Block. Rate sorm.LErse.• Pa. _ ___ i
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. . •A. M. JUDSON.
arroat.arAr L•)4* -Office on Park Ron, between Brown-'new '
. 1 Bowl and the Reed House. a;. spire., I
'G. ANDRE. . .
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I iar's of). /Ladle Offenbach-Depot of Foreign MUSIC and usu- '
meat Skueliandize. wholesale and retail, No.. 19, So Sall et. '
ab. Chestnut street. Philadelphia. I
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DR. - .C. BRANDLS. ,.
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Peer:cis. and Praacom--tarete earner of State and Seventh
i - filimeets: Residence on Eighth Street, between French arid '
Holland. gem. Pa.
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Meier. in Gukt.S/:%-es. Bank Noun. Drafts, Certificate. of De-
. ' pact. &c. Sight Exchange on the principal cities constantly , 1
for sale. °thee itt Really's Block , Public Square. Erie.
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T. HEROIN —
STUART. ,
sta.mor awn Pursuers's-Office , corner of French and Fifth
streets, owe Moses Koch•si store. Residence on Fourth street, ,
one door east of the old Apothecary Hall.
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. OLIt'ER SPAFFORD.,- •
Boo:seller and Stationer. and Manufacturer of Bleak Books :.0.1 '
P. riling Ark. corner oldie Diamond and Sixth Wen • i
i - AUFII.7IS REED, ' .
Poseur in English.Ceennen and Auseescan Hardware and Cutlery, •
Alm, Nails, Anvils, Vrees, Iron and Steel Nu. 3 Reed House; I '
Lrie..Pa. . I
L. STRONG. NI. D. • I
. Orrict. one Door west of C. B.N'right's store. up stairs. t
C. SIEGEL. -
. VVentrs• rat and Retail dealer in Groceries. Provisions, Wines, 1
Liquors. Fens. ar.c.. i.e Corner of French and Fifth Streets, ,
opposite the Fanners' Hotel, Erse.
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J. GOALDING. : '
, liintrta.wrI iintrta.wr TA:Loa. anil Hank Maker-Shop.Nq. 1 Poor People's
Row oiii-si,iirs, over A. t.l. S. Walters' G,rodery shore) elate
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I Steelet Erie, pa.
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• J. W. WETNI()RE. _
ATTORNEY 47' L' AF. " . . I
....In Walker's Otlice. on Seventh Street. Erie. Pa t
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isirearses.Jolehers,"and Retail Dealers in-Dry Go - sls. Grocer..,
Cmckert, Glilflik are. t'arpeting. Ilanln are. Iron. Steel, Nati-.
• epikr.s. &c. Ermine Stores State .etreet, four duos, below
brow ix . .. Hotel, Er le.lra•
A lw-A nr its, % ices. Bellow 0, Axle A rms. eitnags, aid a general
_...insigqinent of Saddle and carriage Trimaings. •
\ c.. S. MERVIN SMITH. ,
iA TTInRAFT •T f..ur and lustier of the Peace. and Agent. for
the Key Stone Mutual Life Insurance Company -Office 3 doors
a est of Wright. :tore. Erie, Pa.
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.. ~ GEORGE 11. CUTLER,
aricauttiy sa I..w.Gdrard, Erie County. Pa. Collections and
_tidier business attended to with promptness and disuatch.
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JOSIAH KELLOGG,
Forwarding & COlLlarllllollMerchhot, on the Public Dock, east of
Male street.
Coll, Solt. Plaster and White Fish. constantly for Sale.
I. ROSENZWF.IG & Co:
ert........La•mte arrao. Or..auls in Foreign and Domestic Dry
4.00:11 , . ready inane CkAliina. Bouts and shoe.. am.. No. I
11 right's Block. State street. Erie.
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.. WILLIAMS do WRIGHT.
Minter and Exchange Broker. Dealer on Illitie of Exchange
Drain., tertinealesolf Lkmosite. Gold and silver coin. hoe.. arc
'Mice. Williams Block. corner of State-st.. an I Public Square .
. 1 "MARSHALL & VINCENT,
.' trtiiiiii, NI, Sr I AIIA--intwenp stairs in Tammany Ilan building
north of tne Prottionotarys office, Erie.
JoILTRRAY WIIALLQN,
ATTORICIT •lIDCOUSIIII.LbII •T Law-o ffi ce OVCr C. B. Wrig h t '.a .
Store, 'infante one door west- of State creel: on the Diamond.'
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TIBIIALS, diHAYES.
oa.l.Eps le Dry Guisis, Dry Gruceries..Crucliery.:Hards arc.. &e.
No. I. Brown's New Hanel.
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c•Lra an Dry Goods, Groceries. Dardware. Queens Irsre. Lune,
roti,Na Os, kr., 111, ebrapinde. Erie, Pa.
WILLM uuLET.
CAIItt7 N 1 mirk Upholster, an lAd
Un t dertaker, corner of State anJ
.kieventh everts. I:tie.
EDWIN J. lIELSOW.i:O — .
I AL. Forwarding. Produce and Coransison Merchants sdrakr.
II cu.itar and fine salt. Coal, Fluter, Shingles, &c. Putlic duck,
ear • .de id the bridge. Erie.
- 0. LOOMIS & CO.
Dr. tras In Watche.. Jeteetry. silver, German Nil vet., Plated and
Ware Cutlery . Mi litary and Fancy Howls, State street.
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matt) Domaine the Eagle. HOWL
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CASTER & BROT liE
eV it.rsace stud Retail deaden in Htugt. Medi
e l tuas Glass. RNo. e . a. Reed Hare. En
JAMES LYTLE:
Fop Merchant Tadot.o w the public
west of sure street Erie.
Hillr. filrif i roN - db. --
WH O LE/4 •an Ayr tri. dealers a Drug., 31edieinet. Dye Stun.
Grocenes. Na. S. Reed House. Eric •
DR. O. L e..LLIOTT,
Resident Dentist ; ONSee and dwelling in the
Il Beebe Bidet. on ow East vide of the Public
1.._11 , ' flo Square, Wk. Teeth inserted Gold nate,
w one to an enure sett. Oiriou On s teeth filled
wig , woe uuld, cud remixed to health and usefoloess. Teeth
,Itaaed Whitilueounisens rod Deltaic'''. as to leave *besot'
ttit6e id ctearnetv. All work werranled*
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OBSERVER
1 L From Chambers t.tinetigh Journal.
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,Su l r few' years ago , the+ resided in Long Acre an
ecce tric old Jew named simob Benjamin; he kept a seed :
ahop,ian which he likewine
,carried on—not a common
thing we-believe, in London—the sale of meal, and had '
risenkroui the lowest deep of poverty, by 'industry and
self-!denial, till he grew+ to be an affluent tradesman, lie
was, iideed,'- a rich - meth for, as he had iteiilier wife nor t
child [to spend his money, - um krth nor kin borrow it of
him, he had a great deal inure than he kno what to do
with.'' Lavish it on him4elf he could not , for his early
habits stuck to him, and his wants were re v. , Ile war
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always clean and decent in his dress, but h bad no to
for elegance or 'pleader in lily form, uor ad even the
pleasrres.of this table any charm for him; so that, though
he was no miser, his nimiey kept on -accumulating,
it .
whitat occurred to hint now and then to wonder what
he atipuld do with it hereafter. One would think he need
not hkee wondered long, when th e were so inane peo
ple suffering from the want of hat he abounded in; but
Mr. flenjimin, honest man, had his crotches like other
folks.] In die first placeNie had less sympathy with w
arp;
,lian might have deer' expected, cpnstdering how
poor holliad Once been himself; but he hod a theory: jn.t
in the main, though by no means withoue its exceptions
—.that the indigent have geperally.theinsehres to thank
for their_prieations. Judging from his ewe experience.
he believed theta was bread fur everybody who, Would
take the tronblei on earning it; and as ha had had little
difficdlty .iii re4isting temptaiiaa him.* and wee see
pionempner etternem to allow for the vat ties et htiman
character.' hp had small compassion for tai se who injured
their peospects by yielding to it. Then he had found, on
more than one occasion, that even to the •pparontly well
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doing, assistance was not always service: le. Endeavor
was relaxed: and gratuities once received. were looked
for again. Oinbtless part 'of this evil result was to lin
sought in Mr. Benjamin's own defective mode of prd.
eeeding: but! repeat, ho was no philosopher;and in ma
tey' of this sort could dot sob' much farther than Ins nose,
whit!! wesohowever, a very long one. •
To public charities he soMetimes eubscribed liberally;
but his hand was frequently withheld by a doubt regard
ing the judicious expenditure of the fees. and this doubt
was especially fortified after Charming to see one i dey , as
he was passing the Crown and Anchor Tavern, • con
coarse of gentleman turn ent, With very noshed faces,
who had-beets dining together forth* benefit of corns pay
ages 'ln the Southern Pacific Ocean accused of devouting
hums Ilesh—aYoractioe so abberent to Mr. Benjamin.
that he had subscribed for their conversion. But failing
IA perceive the„ponneetion betwixt tha ' diener knel Jhat
desirable cousummation, lhis name appeared henceforth
less frequently in printed lusts, and he felt more uncertain
than before as to what branch of uukueirn posterity ho
should bequeath his fortune. -
In "he mean time, he kept pn the even tehur of his way,
standing behind his counter, and serving his customers,
whined by. a young eremite called Leah Lest, who acted
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as hi t s
shopwomam and in whom. on the whole, he felt
moreiinterest than in anjboily else in the world, inee
dineh that it even srimetimee glanced across his mind,
whether he should not Make her the heiress of all his
ereakii. He sever, however, gave her the least reason
to ei;pect such a thing. being himself incapable of cod-,
ceivieg. that ((he entertained thebotion, lie ought to prey
pare her by education fur the, good fortune that awaited
her. t But he neither temehred this necessity, nor, if he
haiLlould he have hit
liked to lose Ihe service of a perm
he hid been so long accustomed to, 1 ,
Atilength one day a new idea struck him. Ile had
been reading p story of his nemesake, Benjamin, in the
old:testament. and the question occurred to him how
many amongst his purchasere of the poorer class—and all
who came to his shop perspoally Were of that class—
would all brink back a plecei of money they might find
amoaget their meal, jand lie thought he shouild like to try
a fete of them that were Ws regular customees. The ex
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pert (pent would amuse his mind, and the money he Might
lose by it he did not ears fair. So he began with ahil
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linge slipping one in amongst the floor before he handed
it to fie purchaser.
ißut the shillings never came back
—Fie haps people did not think so small a sum worth
Miming: so hp went on lo half-Browns and Crown ,
rinov',and then, in very particular cases.'he ever
ed +Mum but it was alvvets with. he lair
the hanger he tried the more lie distill ,
any ictuesty in the world. sad the me'
to Neve all bid money to Leah Li
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pmitrtl unit 3}lirellanti.
%HI LITTLE SPRING . BIRD.
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r - Ill' r. .t. CYALIRet LAIN.
?he spectral cloud•. like frightened :boats,
Troop wildly o'er the leaden sap
And wind-roelisd trees. like angry hosts,,
Beaealb she dark *teen baffling lie:
And sadly moans the liouthern wind,
l As if dark tales of woe it bore. •
,' Or grieved that•bere iteannot And
Jhe verdure of the Weller shore.
The trees have not one leaf afrecn—
iNo fairy blossom tints the ground—
And ever domes. (homiest, between.
I'. The storm lashed waters' murmuring sound
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itly life is dark—nod u` . L its beavin
r Wild clouds, like ap+trarshadows sweep;
And tO'my spirit's chards are given .
Deep, wailing tones. that will not sleep.
Oh, (Mee loved harp, I bid thee take
'1„ 1 / 4, That spirit-strain uplonthy strings.
And with the mournfutburden break,
1 And lie amid.t*.rguttep things!
1 Yet list, sal owl. what'doat thou hear?
It re.es, sinks, and swells again.
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I And strangely.sweet —all heavenly clear.
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, - ,Afir tf earth'. breast - wre free from stain.
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Oh. minstrel bird. how bast thou won .
My spirit from its (41v. dark chains;
plke,thee, Inv htrp shah still breathe on
'Midst strife and glacial its sweetesli etraitH?
IWO KINDS OF HONESTY
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veriltur
lock.land
d there being
• disposed ha fel t
, who had lived Wills
hissi; so lung, aod, to bin belle( ad never wronged him
out Of a peimy.
" hat's that you ha pit into this gruel Mary?" said
,a pi 4., sickly.lookr mau.'one everting. taking some
thing oat of his. ..nth, which he held towards the feeble
gleants resin ; by • farthiegnrestilight stending on the
; diatiltelps • •
t is it. father?" inqeired a young girl, approach
,in lin. "Isn't the gruel r .
" the loud enough." replied the men; but here's some
thing in it; it's a shilling, I believe"
ool' i rra guinea. I declare!!' exclaimed the girl, as she
took th e coin from him and untrained it nearer the light.
I-. 4 guinea!" repeated the man; "well. that', the first
bit °Peek I've hail those ar+eu year, or more. It never
could bare come when we Wanted it worse. ?Mew it us
here;Mary."
"Sat it is not ours. father;" said Mary. "I paid away
the Ire shining we had for testi. sad here's the thugs.'.
"Oed his sent it to us, girl! • He saw our distress, and
he sent It to as ia His eery!" said the man; grasping
the Piens of gold with his thin bony fingers.
"if lama be Mr.' Benjamin*" returned the. "He
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mast have dropped it tato the meal.tub that stands by thi
counter."
"How do you know that'?" inquired the man. with at
impatient tone and a half angry glance. “Ilow can dos
tell how it,eame into the gruel? Peilisps it war lying at
the bottom of the baliu, or at the bottom of the •auee•pan.
Most likely it Was.
'• 0 no, father ! " said Marc; '• it is long silica we had
a guinea."
"A guinea that we know of;lbut I've had plenty hips.;
time, and bow do you know+ this is not one we had over
looked?" .
1 - wanted a guinea too muck to overlook one.":
answered she. "But never mind, father; est your grief,
and don't think of it; your checks are getting quite red
I from titlkinik so. and yOu wou't be able to sleep when you
go to bed."
Idon't exPeot to stoop." acid the man peevishly; "1
tallier do sleep."
"1 thitik you will; after that nice gruel!" said Mary,
thiowing her arm. around his neck, auli tenderly kissing
his cheek.
"And a guinea in it to give it a relish. too!" "returned
the father, with a feint smile and an expression of arch
ness, betokening an inner nature very nitTerent from the
exterior, which sorrow and poverty had incrustedlou it.
`Hie diughier then proposed that he should go to bad
and having assisted him to undress, and arrange her lit
tle household matters. she retired behind h tattered, drab
colored curtain, which shaded her own mattress, mud laid
herseldewn to rest.
The apartment in which this latio.liceile occurred. was
'on the attic story of a mean house, situated in one of the
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uarrotv couito Or alleys betwixt the Strand and Drury
Lane. The furniture a contained was of the poorest de
scription ; the cracked window panes' were coated with
dose; and the Scanty fire in the grate, although the eve
ning was culd enough to make a large ono desirable—all
combined•to testify to the poverty of the inhabitants. It
was a sorry retreat for' declining years and sickness, and
a sad and cheerless home for the fresh cheek and glad
hopes OClonth; and all the worse, that neither father nor
daughter was "to the manner born;" for poor John Glegr¢
had, as he said, had-plenty of guilt, as in. His time; at
le.ast, What should have been Plenty, R i d they been wise
ly husbanded . But John, to describ the thing ea he
saw it himself, had always...had Jock guinst Min." It
did not signify what he undertook, his undertakings in
variably turned out ill .
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lle was bore in &datum!. and had peeled a great por
tion of-hie life there; but. unfortunately fur him, he had
uo Scotch blood in hislains, or he might have beets bless
ed with some small' odicum of the caution', for which
o that nation is said to distinguished. ,Hrs !father had
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been a cooper, and•w en quite • young mail John had
succeeded to a well-i4ablished business in ,I:•lierdeen.
frieprincipal comnier4 connoted in fornisbing the retail
dealers with casks, *herein to pack their thick:Lush:, but
partly from goOd-uatare, , and partly frmi indolenco. he
allowed them to.run Birch Jong accounts that !they were
apt to overlook the debt:altogether its their caleulations,
and to hike refuge in bankruptcy when ilie diumpad was
pressed and the supply of goods withheld—his
thus proving. in its results. as injurious to the as to him
self. , Five hundred pounds embarked in a seheme pro
jected by a leo sanguine friend, fur eitoblishing a keel
newspaper, which "died ere it vras•born," ani'• fie..- --
"es.; a et si,tiMis that John had emilted to re 1... la.:.
aureate. ii•u venereal damaged his resetnices, when
some matter of business having taken him to the Isle of
Man. he,was agreeably surprised to find that his branch
of trade, which had of late years been alarmingly declin
ing in Aberdeeu, was there in'the most flouriehing con
flak'. Delighted with the prospect this Mats of affair,'
opeted, and eager to quit the spot where misllsrtune had
so durelentingly pursued bum. John, having first secured
a 'Muse at Ramsay, returned to fetch his wife, children
1 and merchandise to this new home. liavicg freighted
a smell vessel for tr eir conveyance, he expected to be de
posited at his own' door; but lie had unhappily forgotten
to ascertain the character of tile captain, who, under pri
j fence that if he entered the harbor ho would probably be
1 wiodbound for several weeks, persuaded them to go
ashore in a small boat, promising to lie to t;ll"they tied
landed their goods : but the boat had no sopner returned
! to the ship. thee, spreading his sails to the wind, he Was
iikon out or sight, leaving John. and his family on the
beach, with—to prim to tits own phraseology —"nothing
but what they aloud up in."
Having with difficulty fuundsikelter for the night; 014
i proceeded on the following morning in a boat to Ramsey.
1 but here it was; found that. owing to some informality.
the people whei had the possession of the house refused
to give it Up. 'gad the wanderers were obliged to take re
loge in an inn 4 -The next thing was to pursue. and re
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cover the lost Owls; but some weeks elapsed before au
opportunity of liking so could be found: and at length.
I When . John dill reach I.4yerpool, the captain had Lett it.
1 carrying awayith hint a considerable share of the pro
party.
With t ie remainJer Jahn, after many expenses
er
! and delays, ref reed to the Island, and resumed his bu
' siness. But ha soon discovered to his coot , that the cal
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! culations he hail made were quite fallacious. owing to his
; having neglectltd to inquire w e leiglirritt e late prosperous
as
seon tied beifti a normal o n exceptional one. Cu.
forainattely„ itiwais the bitter: and several very unfavor
able ones thi!tiucceedag. reduced the famili
tress; to great dis-
' ess; and filial yto utter loin.
' Relinquesliit his shop and has goods to his creditors.
John Clegg, it art-lick and Weary. sough a refuge iu
Lou,lon-*4 proeo.ling t,., which he was urged by no pru•
' dentiar tuntiv4, but rather by the desire to fly as far as
possible from the scenes of hilt vexations and disappoint
' /nam s'
e. and benauserhe had heard that the metropolis was
a place in which a man might ecnceal his poverty. and
suffer and starve at his ease, uutioubled by inipertinent
or offieiona binevuleneet and. above all balmy
-0o ha tha l spm where h..) IV.VI least likely to fall in
any of hin former acqnmotance.
1111Q18
MI
But here a new saltmity awaited him. worse titan all
; the rest. foi;ori biiike out in the clipiely •populated
neigliherli.md In which they had fiord their abode, and
first too of him three children took it, and died ; and
then himself and i lia. ife— tendered meet subjects for
infection by Aiixi4ty of . mind and poor living. were at
tacked with the disease. lie recovered ; at 4east he sur
vived, though with An enfeebled constitution, but he liist
his wife, a Wiee moil patient woman, w ho had beep his
comforter and ,sustainer, through all misfortunes—mis
fortunes whiclj, after vainly entleavoriug to avert. she
supported with heroic and uncomplaining 4ortituile ; but
I dying. she left;hint a precious legacy in Mary, who, with
a fine nature. and the benefit of her mother's precept and
example. had been to 'him ever; since a treasure df Abel
duty and tenderness.
A faint light dawned through the dirty window ou•the
morning succeeding the little event with which we open
ed our story, when Mary role softly - fi l ms her humble
c ouc h, and steppin g lightly to where her father's clothes
lay on a chair at the foot of hi. teed. she put her baud to
his waistort pocket. and extracting therefrom the guinea
which had besin found'in the gruel the preceding even
ing. she transferred it to her oWn. She then d d
herself. and having Ascertained that her father still slept
she quietly left the mom. The_ hour was yet so early
and the streetisso deserted. that Mary almost trembled to
find herself in them igloos ; but she was anxious. to do
what she considered her duty without the pain of cots.
tendon. Jelnal3llegg . was naturally an honest and well.
Intentioned men, but the weOntees that had blasted hie
SATURDAY
4 X D,...C1
ING, MAY 8, 1852,
i
iirl a ,
\
eau no 1
I I
I OP
`Pi i 010...
S meal at Mr. ttoeyamin'e; beeline
' 0 the quality of. that she nem-ar
il cm this ;'oecasien be had
• , he oertinoos of the hoer.
N aria; he was lot in It
restitatiem. but ad.
1 the counter. she
a ad the gains& ;
tin. withont,
net restor- 1
w rd ; the
• wail
-'. el
li
fe adhered to him still. They wow deabtless in terri
reed or the 'ohm'. end Maas it wai net by any
certain that the real owner wield, be found, he
vest harm in appropriatiiir it) but Mary west;
N(try on the matter. That the money wee not
and that they nad no right le retain
sdi so seeing, she acted 'aihssitat-
lad no iasul
legitimately il
:lit, wiz all she .
ingly on bier contrietonti.
She had' be; ght th 2
tier father complained .
led ia' the smaller shops. .
served her himself. Frost ;\
however, Mooch the shop Maii\
I when she arrived on herernd 1,
'dressing Leah Leet. who w dostial
mentioned the circemstsoce. and team
which the other took and d ems' Into t..
acknowledgment or.remark, Now Mary hat.,
i
led the money with any vie to Praise or raw'
thought of either had not ' ed to hero but 1
nevertheless palmed by the d 4. cold. thankless mat
with which the restitution wai accepted, and she felt tha
%little ciiility would not have been out of place en such
•
as occasion.
Sim was thinking of this on her way beck, when she,
ub t wh.n he heard et ilia sanitary movement, it occnr•
4/served Mr. Benjamin on the opposite side of !the
.1 red to ' linn;, th at if he did something towards rendering
qtreet. The fact was., that he did net sleep at the s hop,
his propertj more eligible and wholesome. be might let
bet in one of the suburbs of the metropolis. and he eras
his rooms to ! better class of tenants, anal that greater
mime proceeding from his residence to Long Acre. When
c
he einght her eye, he was stend.ng still on the psvenientertainte of par ent._ together with a little higher rent,
would remunerate
,ins for the expense of the cleaning
mail, looking, es it appearqd, at bor.'s, 'hi; dropped hi nt
and repair.. The it
a - toiartesy, -and wicked forward; while the old man
raid to himself ; • That's' the girl that got the guinea of gain and his hem
inlher meal yesterday; I wonder if she .has been to rili-, and proposed that h
min it r
tenements, in order
' It was Mary's pare, innocent, but dejected counts• should be dune, and
naiice. .that had induced him to make her the subject Of I inhabited by Glegg
oilier his moslebetly experiments. Ile thought if there one of them; the old
will such a thong es honesty in the world', that it would eveuts;found Meese
unconscious subject
fie. a fit refuge in that young boil. an ; and the early
was, and en it was lit
beer, and die direction i'n which she was coming, led
had elapsed since Its
lire to hope that he might sing Eureka st last. When coureged him. Th,
I etiutered the OM, Leah stood behind' the counter.; u
so evidentlydistingit
'lsiah looking very staid and demure ; but all she sail .
she looked so innoce!
*as " Good-morning ;" and when lie inquired if any
! that he thought if It
body had been there ,- she quietly answered t "No ; aro.
to suereed with anybody else.
body." ,
• , "Who lives in the attics?" lie maligned of Mt:. Her
' Mr. Benjamin was confirme d In his axiom ; . bat , he
her, the builder, ay they wersascendiog the stairs. -
cousoled himself anti the idea. that as the girl as •
"There's a-widow and her daughte'r and soncin•lave,
de btleesverY poor, the k ninea might be o f some us to with three, children inithe back room." answered Mr.
lu the -twee time Mary was boiling the gruel: or
Mr. Harker. "I believe the women go out charring.
h ther's breakfitst a the only food ow could afford him, and the man's a bricklayer. In Vie front, tißire'd a maul
lit e got a few shillings that wormeowin to her pr
ti e work.'
1
• i
" Well, father dear, how are you this morning?" I called Gregg and his . deciliter. 1 fancy the re people
that have been better off at some time of t' i it lives. Ho
has been a tradesman—a cooper, he tel me; but thin ge
"I scarce know, Mary. I've been dreaming, an it
went badly with him, and mime he • me here, his wire
was so like reality that I can loudly believe vet it wa s a died of the fever, mad he's beans weakly ever since he
dreem ;" and his eyes wandered over the room, as if
looking for something.
had it; that he can earn uotlini . Ilia diauliter lave. by
1 •i 1- I
• ier laredle.", . ....
•" What is it, father? 'Do you want your.breakfeet T 1
"I•i e been dreaming of a roast fowl and glass.) of Nlary was o at; she hifione to take home some work, will be reedy iu five minutes." •
' 1 'in hoses of getting ins ciliate paymentfor it. A couple
of shillings would p rchase them coal and food. and they
See h ale. Mary. I *tight you came in with the fowl,! were much in is of both. John was sitting by a scan
ned bottle in your hand , •nd . eaid : ••• See. father, ilia
t fire , with his daughter's shawl over his shoulders, look:
is at l'es bought with the guinea we found in the'
ing wau„ wasted, and desponding.
me ts2:l
M
, 4 "r. Boajaatiu.' the landlord. M Gait,"r. said Her
snag/sit do th at. father, von know. It wouldn b .,„ •
........„..,.. moncre• ay arra - s••• vs..l” kr:Pwirel... 5ee.....j•
1 • John keen they owed allude rent, and was afraid the.
•• Nonsense , answered Joith. " Whose money i.l it. ; had come. !to demand it. I've sorry my daugsters out.
I should like to know 1 Whet helonvi to. no One, e tir
1 gentlentels,' he said. "Willyou be pleased to take a
may as well claim as any bedy else."
'i chair." .
•
•• Bat it mast belong to somebody, and, as I know i t I ,•
Mr Benjamin is going round his property, said Har-'
was not ours, I've carried it back,to Mr. Ilenjamla."!
i _ker. "He is proposing to niake . a few repairs and do iv
" Yon have ?" said Glegg, sittiug lip in•bed.
,t.little painting and whitew'ashiug; to make the rooms
.• Yes. I have, bather. Don't be angry. I'm sobs You ,
1 spore a iryac rd
comfortable."
won't when you think better of it,".
' 1 ` 1 "That will be acgood thing. sir," answered Glegg—"a
But John *MS very angry indeed. He waadreadfkl.
very good thing: lur I believe it is the closeness of the
ly disappointed et losihg the delicacies that his sick sp•
place that in Ake, us country folks ill when we come to
peiiie hungered for, and which. he fancied. would Wu
London. I'm sure I've never had a day's health since
more to restore hiM than 'all the doctors' stuff in Loh.
I've lived here." . •
duo ; and, so far. he was perhaps right. .• He bitterly de
"You've been very unlucky, indeed, Mr. Ging." void
P r ched Msry
for
want
of sympathy
with his sufferings .. ` l larker. ••But you know. if we lay out monek , we shal l '
ps all day. At night, however, '
look fur a Ws must raise your rent."
his ever nature regained the ascendant ; and when he
aniv
relent'. tt
"Ali. sir, I seppoiraso.". answered John with a sigh;
saw the poor girl wipe the tear from ;her eyes, as ter
"and how we're to pay it, I don't know, ilf I could An
nimble needle flair Omagh the seems ors shirt she was'
, lv get well, I should•nt mind; for I'd rather brake stones
making fora cheep warehouse. in the Strand, his heart
On the road, or sweep a crossing, than see itiy poor girt,
relented, and holding out his hand, he drew her finally
slaving from morning to night for such a pittance."
towards him.
I *.lf we were to throw dosu this partition, and Opel* a
but.. You're right, Mary," he maid, "'end I'm wvontt
T , `nether window tirra," said Harker to I , lr. Benjamin, -it
I'm not myself with 'this long illness, and I oftsit
would makes comfortable apartment unit, Tuere would
think if I had good food I should get well,
,end be agile
be room then fur a bed in the :veers."
to du something for myself. It fella hard upon you, ay .
Mr Benjeraiu, hewer •r, was at that moment engaged
girl: and often when .1 see )on dating to support tty
in the Contemplation of nu' ill-painted portrait of • girl,
useless life, I wish I was dead and out of the way; a d
i , that was attached by a pin over the chimeric piece. It
then
you
could
do
very well "in" ' ana I think a-
was without a froane: for die respectable guilt clue that
pretty face of yours wouldiget you a husband perhap s`"
had formerly encircled it had been taken off end sold to
And Mary flung her arms nhout his Deck, and told bile'
boy breod. Nothing could be coarser than the eaten
-I.how willing the .was to e4ark Ark him, and how foriesm
i lion of the thing, but as le nut unirtiquently the case naafi
she should be without him, and desired she might never
1 hear any inure of ouch wicked witih'es. Still, she had sin such productions. the likeness Islas striking; Sell Mr.
k a Benisinin, being slow its the hebit of seams Mari, aho
a rde n t deshe to glee him the fowl and It.° ale he k
"---
longed 'or, for his next Saturday's dallier; but, alas :silie. boa. „ h , all the clonal ono) use at In.; shop, recognized it
„ 1 at ouce.
I could . • 1 ,
net compass it. But on that fiery Sunday, the ore
*.That•ii your &tighter. is ' l !
PT” be said.
that sumoiMed these little events. Lash beet appeaTd
with a mean new bonnet and gown, et a tea-party O **Yes, sir; she's mien at,' your place for meal; •and if
rby Mel:kakis:Mu to three or four of his Mamma hien .
Ile wee in the habit of giving such smell inexpensive en
'
than wasn't ouo to
tvon o 'c gr ou e l e d t a liar
r
he ltlietr. ' I
woulds
to s o mesort ak uu. t
o feno s p i l'O it
you jtnet
i 'crudamente. Mid he made it a point to invite Leah: that s better than cue ing; fur it's a hard life. sir, in this
I iartly because she made the tea for hint. sod partly be
! the free ct.untry air; not that Mary '
winds work, but the
close plies fur a ) slang creature that wee brought up mu
Icause In washed to keep her out of tabor society, lest . ,
little
time
„milt,,
and it's
. worst ma, thole esoto b e g ot by
: she shoild get married and leave him—a thing he much
,
' deprecated un all accouets. She was accustomed to hie cuch close coufineinent,"
buntline. he was eccustomed to her, rand . above all, she Mr. Beejsinin's mind, during this address of poor
was luneit I it;iegg , s
was
running
on Itie guinea• lie felts distrust
But there sio various kinds of honesty. Mary: GlsOs
was of the pure sort ; it was such as nature and tier
mother liad instilled into her; it was the honesty of high
prinriph. But Leah Was honest because she had bebu
taught Plat honesty is the best holm); and as the bed tier
hsinq tp earn, it was 'extremely necessary that she.
should he guided by Vie axiom. or Jto !then cJrne i 'lo
poverty and want bread, like others she saw. w h o Nat
good 'illations fic in fasting iu this pacticulpa.
Nuw.after all. this is Lut a sandy foundation for bolo
esty, because a person who is not actuated by a Iligtkr
motive will naturally hale no objection to a little speciu-'1•
lotion it a safe way—that is. when they think there is no
possible chance of being found out. is short, such
*sty is tut a counterfeit. and Itke all counterfeits it . will 1
not staid tile wear and tear of the genuine article. Spilt ;
however, was Leah's; who had bats bred op by worl,d
ly- ivise teachers. who neither taught not knew any bet
ter. Entirely ignorkut of Mr. Benjamin's eccentric
method of seeking, what tarp thonoaud, years ago 1)4o- 1,
genes Owned it worth while to look for with a lantern,
she co.etidered that the guinea brought back by Mary
ill wcias
• w, which might be appropriated without the email st
danger of being celled to accouotfor it. It lied propab.
shelammed. been dropped into the meal tub by so ars
careless customer.' who would , not know:how he had list
it : and, even if it were . her master's, hi mast
quite alscie
qu ignorant of the 'evident that had, lated it wh ere
it was found. The girl •was a stranger iu the shop ; she
had t! ever been there_ till the day befare.and might nev
er bi then againt'and it ale were. it was ttot likely she
weeld speak to Mr. Bdujemin. Bo there sionld be leo
risk. a far aio she toe* ace t and the "tow jeet-to
iprepoo to petsbooo owes new attire that the shaegeof
eoaeoe tendered desirable •
Many carnal now alive can remember }ho begioning.of
what is called the sanitary movement previous ut whipt
era. as nothing was said about the wretched du:fillings of
the poor. nobody thought of them, nor wan the dl con.
B,4lll6llitisii of their dirty, crowded roome r sea bad MI6 •
Wien avail apprediated.
At length the idea attack somebody who wrote a
pamphlet about it, which the public did not read; but as
the anther Cent it to the newspaper-editors, they borrow
' ed the hint, euJ took op the subject, the importance of
Which, by slow degrees, peostrated the London mind.—
Now, amongst the aturcee l of wealth poasesed by Mr,
Benjamin were a'great many houses, which, by having
money at his command, he had bought cheap from those
who could not afford to wait; and many of these were
situated in sipailad neighborhoods, and were inhabited
by miserably poor people; hot as these people did-not fall
under his eve, hp had never thought of them—Le had
only thought of their rent., which he received with more
or less regularity through the hags of his agent. Th e
sums due, however, were often deficient, fur sometimes
the tenants were uthible to pay them, because they were.
so sick they could not work; and sometimes they died,
viiig nothing behind! them toseimo for their
Mr. Benjamin had loiked upon this evil as irremediable;
of her honesty, or rather of-the honesty of both father and
daughter; thud )01, bemug fir from • held-hearted person.
their evident distrer i g and the man's •tcituess disi.card
h iiii to 111211ke allowance fur thrum. "Tory couldn't know
that the motley belonged to we, thought he—adltug
Maud:
"Have yon n 2 friendn herr in Landon?"
"No. sir. mle. I was unfortun mte iu iisimmess in the
count!), sod urine here itopm.!g.for be:ter c s; but Inc's
•nd been ale to do any
nese occrtook us. and we've never
good. But Mary. my daughter. dia...sn't want for educa.
hon. air; and a iiibre honest girl never lived!"
••ltonest. is she?" said Mr. Benkanilu, looking Clegg
in the face.
ar.swer fot her, sir," answered John. who thought
the old gentleintin was going to assist her to a situation.
excuse Ole mentifiultm it, sir, but perhaps it is
not ever y body, distressed as we were. that would-have
carried liack, that money she round in the incal;-,bnt Ma
ry would do it, iho' I said that perhaps it wasn't yours,
and that nobody'. might knew whose it_was; which
ws
very wrong of tie. uo doubt: bat one's mind gets wea
kened by illness and want. and I couldn't help pinking
of the food it would buy us; but Mary - would oat hear of
it. I'm sure you might hurl Mrry with untold gold, sir;
aid it would be • real charity to help her to a tru,tiou.
if you knew of each a thing."
Little dreamed Leah that aturisiig. as she ha ded Ma
ry.ber gout of meal and the change for her h Sensed
shilling. that she had spoiled her own tongues. ad that
she would.. l ere might; be called upon to atulitutto r stool
behied theicoonter In favor'sif that humble test 'mei wad
yet sa it was. Mr. Benjamin cold set forgive es dere
-IWlel r, sad the more he had tr tad her.
the chock to hip ceitaileP Weever.
Os inalimt
• -
81504 T 111•11, in •dvsae
IWURT
his shon-sighted views of human nature. and h
city for comprehending all its ioflnite shades a
lift. ceased him to extend hts ilfopiuivu feithor
Jetinquent merited. In spite other protestations.
not believe 111.1 rite was herfirst misdemeanor;
eluded that; like many other people in We world
only been reputed honest. because shelled not be
out. Loll% amen fottod hefself in the very dile
had deprecated, t d thi4apprehension of which
her so preeticelly nest—without a situation, a
damaged chareliter.
As Mary ouueritood4%ok•keeping, the duti
s pw office were /Don learned, and the oily wrill
ing it was that she codld not take care or burst
determined not to lose her. Mr. Benjamin teen •
to reconcile the difficulty by giving them a room'
the shop. where they lived very comfortablyvtilll
recovering some portiOn ol'his health, wu able
a little at hie trade.
In process of tune. however, as infirmity beg .1
able Mr. Benjamin for the daily walk from hi
hence to his shop, he left the -whole monogamy'
business to thi father and daughtermeeiving ay
ling of the profits, except the moderate salaries i
Then, which were suf fi cient to furnish them wit , 1
eeessaries of life. though nothing beyond.
the old gentleman died, and his will was opine
round that he had left every thing he possessed
Clegg, except one guinea, which,-without alb
lesson, he bequeathed to Leah Leet.
Buried Alive. •
The last number of the London Weekly Times
the following singular story:
An lancer of artillery, a man of gigantic stow
rohOst health, being thrown from au unnianageab
received a very severe contusion upon the head
rendered him insensible at (Mee! The eke
slightly fractured; but no immediate danger appri
ed. Trepaning was .accomplished successfully. t
bled, and 'many other of the ordinary me •of ref
adopted. -Griidoally, however, he fell - 41 Inc
more helpless state or stupor; ■nd finally 0 Wee 1.1
that he died. The•weather was warm. and be a
rued, with indecent haste in one of the public came
is funeral took place on Thursday.'
On the iSundax following the grounds of the cei
clear that kie mai
sham an heir, while inhumed. before lapsing into
sibilitY. The grave was carelessly and hiesely all
a lour, porous soil; and thus some air was nee.
admitted. lie heard the footsteps of the crowd ov
and eudeavoned to snake himself heard in turn.
the tumult within the grounds of the cemetery. h
which appeared to awaken him from a deep el -
no sooner was he awake than he became Telly a
of the . awful horrors of hi. position.
Tinznascr. —Abimelech.eame home one Su
lade later than usual to dinner, •which recalled
Slow's mind the fact that he had not seen his bpi
family pew during the reading of the "lethargy
both facts suggested to him the bare possibility
had not been at ehurcit.
••Bimelech," said Mr. Slow, solemnly, as b
with his back towards the rate; '• Simelech i
been to mestin . 7"
" Yes, sir," ssici Ab;melech, stonily, "I've b
the Unilrerialist."
"We'Lmy sun, I ain't like 'a good manly tath
don't want their children to go any where bet just
Ikea Z4V. No, my son. I ain't one of these. To!
is my motin—largest liberty. and all that—that 0
fathers fit and bled fir. Yes, my son, go whe
Please to meow'. I 0.1% care; only this I re'
that if I ketch you goin' to thit meetin' again. 1
your hide off:"
This practical.lecture, so sound end liberal in i
seer, wrought 'so effectually upon Abimelech • s
that he cheerfully abstained from wandering, a.
(lured to go inside a ruirersalist church again.
Fclosta.Soctsrv.—You know my opinion of
society: without it we should degirierate into br
This observation appliee, with ten-fold force. ti
men, and those. who are in the prime- or manhood
slier a.certsin time of life. the literary man rn
shift te poor one, I grant) to do without thesocieti
dies To a young man nothing is so important ai a sm•
rif of devotion (next to his Creator) to some amirdide we-'
nab. v ! huse image may occupy his heart, and 'aid it
from the pollution that besets it on all sides. man
ought to choose his wife as a irs. Primrose did h ewed.
ding-gown, for qualities that will "wear-well." One
thing at least is true. that.if matrimony has its carvis.
Lelibacy has no pleasures. A Newton. or a mere scho
lar. may find edjnyment in study; a Man of literar ytastel
can receive in books a powerful' auxiliary: but a maul
must have a bosom friend , and children around him, to
- k
cherish and support the dreariness of old age.
As 'Cs istaLissatv• Win..—The tot:owing sketCh of •
Wife. by Jean Paul Richter, may have been amirrinet,
though p-ohalily an .isolate'd one even in his day; kg
there are certainly mine possetsiit similar qualifications
to be found at this period—or at toast in this region:
Sh could count the strokes of the town clock be
her husband's kiwies, and could listen and run o
saucepan that yeas bulling over. with the big tear . *
e)es which he had p d out of het melting be
toueliiiiistary or sermo s. She accompanied is
yution the Sunday 1”,:mos, which echoed,. loudly f •
iisighboring apartments; and in the midst of a se
would, intervene the prosaic question:—..What
warm up for supperl" and he could bonito'
his remembrance that once when she was quite t•
and listened to his erhinet discourse upon death a •
city, she looked ikorightfully. but towards his feet
length said:—"Don't put on the left shicking
-.4 Most Grit dull it." 1
11 , 1 A DILIT.NMA.W We were much amused by a'
dent related the ot ,, er day. A gentian:tin who h
absent for a e krisiderable time, sad .who daring
.sence had r iced a pretty lotterleot 'crop of wil l
m oustaches 'lca.. visited a reletive..wheee eh
avtlen little girl of five or six tears—he was
of, The We girl made no detradtretratieom tow
iug hito ids a biog. - as easel. •
i
..wh . child." said the soother. "dea l t yea
'ran nele Mesas ? Why des% yds give hies a I
;thy, au." relented the lite girl.. With
Glut Weepfseity. '4 ilea`keee asr Om:"
111
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