■'American 101 Dnlnntccr :ii •* ; r il i Vt-M-'JV '. BY JOHN B. BRATTON. VOL, , 38. factual* OUR MINNIE. '' • .O, close with reverent care those eyes } : 'Their meek and sorrowing light hath fled, No trembling gleam, through mialof tears From those dimmed’orba will more beehed. ;< t ,t)raw down the thin and azure lid ; . No look of mule oppoaling pain, - No piercing,'anguished gaze on.heaven, . Will strike through thoso blue depths again. Now.gonlly smooth,her soft brown hair, Bhred.not those glossy, braids away, . .but pari the bright locks round her brow . As sweetly in their life they lay. tress one soft kiss on those sweet lips, Tliey thrill not now like flickering flame, .They'll ne’or unclose in troubled dreams, To breathe again that cherished name* But press thorn softly, still and cold, ■ They part not with tho sleeper's breath; Fear thou lb break the softened seal Left'by tho kindly touch of death. Wrap tho while shroud about her breast; ' No trembling throb shall siir its fold, No wild emotions wake to life, : Within that bosom snowy cold. Fold tenderly her fair young hands; The heart,beneath in stillness lies, They'll never strive with tightened clasp, Again to hUsii Us anguished cries. Ay, fold them now ; that-silent heart, What wild, high hopes crcwhilc have thrill'd, .Now hashed to rest,'her glorious dreams Lie with the icy pulses stilled. Oh !- fierce bat brief the storm that swept The bloom from this pale sleeper's brow, And keen tho pang that,rent apart '•Tito'bosom calmly shrouded now. Oh I smooth iier pillow soft and while, . Our Minnio hnlh forgot her pain; The hoarj that broke with broken fuith, ‘ . Now dreams its own sweet dream again. uaujccllnncous. KATE’S VALENTINE, Kate, my sprightly niece, like most young ladles of bar ago, has her own opinions nn matters und things currently transpiring. She thinks Indepen dently, and generally speaks what she thinks. Of course, her knowledge of humaq nature is mil very deep; nor is she as wise in all her-conclusions hb is she led to imagine. Ido not say this disparingly, for Kale has quite os good sense as ninoin loti'who have only numbered her years, which are about twanly-one. - On one subject, Kate had, far a year or two, been particularly decided in her expressions. The Vat. online epidemic, which has raged so violently, she considered a social disease emphatically. It was no healthy manifestation uf right feelings, in her esti mation. • ' At last St. Valentino's day approached, and the •lore windows and counters began to bo filled with emblematic.love missives of all kinds, from the most easily, delicate, end refined, down to tho cheapest, coarsest, end must vulgar, Kate exhibited more and more'strongly her antipathy to tho Custom about to be honored. *if;any ana were to ootid mo a Vilen line,’ said she, *1 would take It as a direct insult to my com* mo n'sense.* •Oh, as Tor that,* I replied, sportively, ‘lovers arc not so silly aa (o address, the common sense of those whi/se favor they desire to win.* •Whoever wine me,* was her prompt answer, ‘must appeal to that. At no other point will Ibe access!, ble.*. • *We shall see.* " ‘And we will see.* ‘l'll wager a hut against a spring bonnet,* said I, <thal you receive a-Volentine ibis year from a cer tain young man named ———. • Never mind; don't blush so; 1 won't name him.* - ' •I would discard spy one who Insulted me with a Valentino,’ replied Kale, indignantly. ‘Don't say that, for fear you will have cause to repent the indiscretion.’ ‘Vos, I do iay it. No nun of good sense would ■loop to. such trifling.* »| don't knuw. Kale. A little trifling now arid then, is relished by the best of men.* •That's a rhyme, which doea not always go hand in hand with reason.' •You’ll grow wiser, Kate, aa you grow older.* •If that's the. kind ul wisdom ago brings, I'm sure I don't want it. . ' 1 answered with a lough, fur to bo grave on suoh a theme was not in mo. As the fourteenth approach ed. Kate frequently repealed her expressions of dis gait at the silly custom of sending .Valentines; that had become so popular, and declared, over and over ■gain, that such a liberty with her would be taken as a direct insult, and resented accordingly. Among the visiting acquaintances of Kate, was a young man named Lorlng, for whom, I could see, •he had kinder feelings than for any oilier male friend; but, either in consequence of o natural reserve of chariot or, or because he was in doubt as to Kate's sentiments regarding himself, ho never seemed per fectly at ease in her company, though ho sought it on every proper' occasion. ■ I hud him in my mind when I suggested the reception of u Vulonll.no from a certain young' man,' and Kale understood me per- Wo’lli Valentino’s day oamo round. At dinner lime, I came home as usual, and almost the first word rpy wife said to me was— , •Wlul do you think? Kalo’s received a Valen tine.* ‘lndeed!' «ll»B true. Il oamo by the Dispatch Post. I gol It at Iho door and sent U up lo hor loom.’ «Hsve you seen her since?’ »No.’ •Of course; aho'e particularly indignant. *1 don’t know anything about that. It was a hand* Some one r Infer, from the size and envelope; end bad in It aomolhlng hard* which I look for jewelry —a breaatpln or a bracelet.' ‘Whore do you think It oamo from7’ said I. •I’ve guested young Lorlng,’ answered my wife. •If he haa sent It he boa committed a great mis. take,* 1 replied. - T ♦How so 7* ♦You know Kate’s antipathy lo Valonllnea. ‘Young ladies often talk a great deal without realty knowing what they say; and Kale te not alto, mlh.rH.« fiom Iho r.ull.' .sW mj wife. I readily enough assented to this. When the bell rung ft* dinner, Kate oamo down from her room.— Her ft»ce was rather more sober than usual, end she did not join In the conversation with her accustom, •d animation. She was first lo retire from the table. •I don’t think sh,e is mortally offended, * said 1 lo lf I am skilled In monlel Indications,* was replied. . , During the afternoon, two or three more love mis* ■Wss came; bet not a word touching tholr reception or the feeling* thereby, wee breathed by Kate. Il was plain, however, to one with oven half an eye, lhal she wee pleased with the mark of attention,'or. It might be, token of love. Evening, Instead of. be ing ptsfud as usual with the family, was spent by Kate In Her room. . T On the neat morning, at Iho breakfast table,-1 mentioned tho fact that a certain number of Vslen* tinea hid passed tbrqugh the post office on tho day before, This was in order to Introduce the subject, end call out some remarks from Kate; bql she. re mained silent on tho subject, though not without indication, by her heightened color and restless eye, (hat her thoughts wore busy enough. *1' rather think our young hdy has changed her opinions,* said I, smiling, alter Kale had left tho table. . 'Circumstances alter esses; you know,* replied my wife, smiling in turn* On the next evening young Loring called in.— Kate was longer then usual in making her appear* anoe, and when.she came into the parlor, was dross* ed with more than ordinary care. For the first lime, I noticed on her wrist a now and boantifni bracelet. She blushed slightly; as she met Loring; seemed a little embarrassed, but was soon oonvorsingwUh him in an animated style. • .' 1 'Did ynu sea I that new bracelet?’, asked my wife, when wo wore next alone. ‘I did.* •Where did il como from 7* . 'Didn’t you say that in ono of the Valentines she received there was something hard, like a piece of jewelry?* ‘Yes.’ . ‘That bracelet probably.* ‘No doubt of it.* .‘And, moreover,'said I, ‘ills plain ibal she be lieved tho Valentine came from.Lnnng; for at her first meeting him, she wears it fbr tho first time.* ‘Thus/ remarked my wife ‘notifying him that she receives Che token kindly.* ' I laughed aloud* for I could not help tj. ‘Why do you laugh,' enquired my wife. 'She wan going to discard any one who insulted her with n Valentino.'. ‘That was idle talk. I've hoard such things said befoio.* Two or three evenings went by, and Loringeamo again. Sinco his former visit, the now brOcolot had not bden seen. Now it was worn, again. .As we' know tho young man well, and liked him the butler tho more intimately we knew him, wo sad*no inu propriety in leaving tho young couplo alone in tho parlor. From that timelhoro was a marked change in my niece. Sho was less sprightly and moro absent min ded (Inin usual. Next, her appetite Tailed her, and she began'to grow, thin and lose her'color—our® signs of a heart disease. Meanwhile, Loriiig was a constant visitor; and whenever ho came the bracelet was displayed,evidently in token' that she knew from whence it came, and wished its full acceptance to bo understood. At last; I received a formal visit from the young man* and a formal offer, for ilia hand of Kate. Of course, I had no objections to orgo; Tho matter was, In my mind, fully settled. ' After that the bracelet afore.mentioned was al ways to bo soon on 4ho arm of Kate. ;Uns evening, it was about a month before her. wedding day, as I. sal talking with Kate, for whom my affection had always been, as tender as that of a father for hia child, ( look her hand, and auid, as I examined tho brace, let— •That is very, beautiful.*" •Yes 1 have always ndrnircd llvery much,* site replied, tho color growing warmer in her cheeks. *A love token, I presume.?’. And us I said (his I looked at her archly. Tho hue of her cheeks became still deeper. ‘A Valentine,* I added.* Tho blood mounted to her temples. •ftul it was nut an ordinary Valentino. It did not oomo from a (rifler, and.was not received as ap in* suit. I thought you wore not the girl, Kilo, to re ject a sincere offer. 1 Kale blushed still moro deeply. “This tittle love-token,dear Kale Is for tlicc; Accept it, amt keep it, amt wear it Cur me." As I repeated thistouplcl, (ho young girl started with surprise, and looked with inquiring earnestness in my face. •Bui l*m afraid, Kale,'said I, with a meaning smile, and u voice half regretful in its tone, ‘thalyou wore it less fur the real, than for an imaginary giver.* She did not reply, but looked at mo more earnest ly, while a sudden light appeared to break upon her mind. .•Dear, uncle,* said she, at length, bending towards mo, ‘had you seen this bracelet before you saw ilon my orm 7* •Yos, love,* was my tenderly spoken reply; and I pressed her pute forehead with my Mps aa 1 spoke. •And you sent it ?’ . She seemed half breathless, as she awaited my re. ply. ♦Yes, dear.' ' She covered her face suddenly with her hands, and sat motionless fur some minutes. In a Hltlo while, 1 saw a tear come stealing through her finger*.— My feelings were tduebed, for 1 feared leal I had done vlolcnco tn tiers by this little confession of the truth. But, ere 1 had looked fur composure of mind, alie witlidrovl iter hands from her face, on which an affectionate smile ehone like a rainbow amid tno parting drops of a summer shower, and said aa aha arose— * • •‘Henceforth. I will wear It forthe real giver.” Bending to kiss me eho loft a lour on my chock, and then glided from-tho room. * ■ On her wedding night, Kate wore her Valentine bracelet; and I uni weak enough to believe—ll the sentiment may bo called a weakness—that eho priz ed it even more highly than if Lorlng himself had been the giver. . BEAUTY IO MEN. or MRS. M. A. DENNISON. ‘I con tell when a woman'a face if beautiful,' laid a friend to ua the other day', 'but 1 donl know what you cull a handsome luan.' - Wo might have referred him to the popular ro mance* of the present duy for a description of manly beauty, but having little sympathy for those perfect beinga, expansive brows of snowy, whiteness, blue, bluck or gray eyes, finely clUsdled features, rich wavy curia and all the minullto of funded perfection, wo simply said wo believed there was no particular •laiidord of bounty recognised among the ladies with reference to |iis sox, and wn think that in suying so wo arc correct. “1 do not like a pretty man With pretty Ups und potty walk, With bunds that prettily sport a fan, And delicate lips that prettily Ulk." • The frunk open countenance, cheerful with the light of a sunshiny disposition; the thoughtful, placid brow or low lips, firm when in thought, yet flexible and smiling In conversation, iho goodness of a re* fined nature illuminating every lineament—give ns these in preference lo all your set fine faces. And even In Irregclsr features of what arc culled decided ly plain mun, wo have oven seen glow will* on cz. prcßshm absolutely beautiful as sumo all pervading ihomo of Interest lighted up tho face, so that the crooked nose, even .Iho heavy, shapeless forehead and the dull oyos, ti'nvo caught a reflection of Iho ln« nor loveliness, the beauty of tho soul. Then, gentlemen, remember, It does not need the air and face of an Adonis to please end Interest tho ladles. Only let us read upon the countenance the stamp of a cultivated mind, or the quick lighting up of the eye, ee some generous Impulse prompts to an act of klndnsss; let us behold ynu at once dignified and oorloous. gentle and refined to all alike, oven to the erring, delicate In your attentions (espooljilly to us ladies) unbending In your will only when In the absolute right, gentlemonly In your person, and wo will oil (thoso whose opinions ero of any value of course) pronounce you handsome without a dissent* Ing voice. . , . Remember thel the qualities of Iho heart and so. tionsof the life elemp tho foeluroe with an lnoff«oq. able mark either of goodness or vlloneas, and culti vate those affections end'habits which will write upon the lebleto of your countenance that which no oce reading can but love and admire. , A physician being out a gunning, without success, his servant aald'bo would go Into tbe next fifW, end If falrdw wee there ho would doctor thorn. ‘Doctor 'em, what do you moan by that 7’ Inquired the mas ter/ ‘Why, kill 'em lo bo sure,* replied the servant. " OUR COUNTRY—WAV IT ALWAYS BE RICHT-BUT RIGHT OR WRONG, OUR COUNTRY." CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1852. HJI A LITTLE BOUND BOY NOW. BY MRB. M. A. DENNISON. We do not know when wo have road anything so touching as the subjoined inoidont: "The Philadelphia Sun relates that as one of the Police officers of that city was proceeding along tbo sidewalk on Sundoy afternoon, whilst the snow was failing thick and the wind blowing in eddying gusts and piercingly cold, the sobs of a child .attracted hiv attention, Ho soon found a poor little boy in an el. ley standing up to his middle in the snow; and be numbed with cold., Tho lltlio fellow told the officer that he bad been sent to clear away the snow from the alloy.. I Go in the house,* said tho office,and tell your, mother that she ought to be ashamed ofhcrsolf. ‘My mother,* replied the boy, Is dead. ‘l’m a little bound boy now.'.. Poor little orphan! No kind mother- would have sent her own child to expose life#nnd health, even to earn a penny with which to buy bread; and no human heart bade the wretched boy go forth In such weather and such a storm. The condition of a friendless, motherless little one, Is to our mind the most deplorable on earth, and the being who could ill use or neglect an orphan must assuredly suffer— dther in this world or the future. • I'm a little bound boy, now :' alas ! how mourn fully eloquent these few words; 'l’m a 111110 bound boy, now. 1 : Did ho. remember the time' when the light of a mother's lovo was continually sunshine to him? when he was the star of her existence, when his little lips wreathcd'ln smiles, were pressed again and again by her lips, and his eyes were, mirrors for her love beaming face 7- Did ho remember the tin\o when a place on her bosom an whiuh to pillow, his head was recompense for ull his (roubles, when her sweet voice soothed him to slumber, and the depths of her beaming eyes were graves fur all his disquietudes 7 Then doubly heart rondinjf the thoughl'and.iho feeling that heis • a little bound boy, now ;* lie cannot leap over the door step ns of yore and fearlessly cling to the hand of his mother ; no ! ho moves -with n cringing trend within a stranger's domicil; ho starts at,the smallest request, for the l»no» wrm ethinfor .r. cnlfi HOfl iCJ! there IB no mii- i sic In them as there used to be in the volctror nm ; mother;,tho sweet request is changed into the per* I emptory command, and he flics over the pavement • to.execute the tyrannical order, us if every brick were a live coal beneath his feet. Perhaps ho remembers the lime when he hurried from school happy but hungry, and sure of tho wel come slico of good, sweet bread, but now when ho Is 'almost starving, ho dares not ask with that tilist ing familiarity of ono who knows his every reason able wish will be supplied. ‘-My mother is dead;* oh! the utter desolation of spirit which' ai child must experience an beholding the death cold,brow of an only, a darling parent.— He stood,perhaps, by her bedside, and full (ho heavy pressure of her' hand; heard her wild prayer, and clung to her cold, lifeless clay. Then, it moy be, he was consigned to tho house of charily* from thonoo ho was bound out. God help him, where tho miik of human kindness flowed not through human channels for him ; bound out; to toil where the children of his own age, in (ho same family, wore sheltered from the rough winds of houven, and eared for so ten dcrly. Tho vision of that desolate child, standing in the drifted show heaps, the tears, freezing on Kjs checks, his poor hands red and numb,his limbs oil troubling, ban often since obtruded U»s»tf Oil our vision \ und that plaintive wail, * l*ra a little bound bny, now,’ oh 1 how docs its searching pathos penetrate our in* moalsbul. Wo look sometimes upon the rosy ctiocke and sparkling eyes of those near and dear to us, and picture such a falo for them; and tlio hlood shrinks back to our heart. What! they sleep in the broken garret where tho snow sifts through? they fool the hard hand of anger upon their quivering flesh 7 they puss long, terrible days, end dark, lonely nights, and no sweet.kisk dimple (heir checks, no soil, loving arms enfold them, no heart boat.close to theirs 7 And yet, we shudder while wo write, such is (he i fate of thousands pnoo as carefully roared as they ; , nor older in years, but In biller experience, aged— their souls soured, blackened by unkindness; tho olt emenls of hatred burnt into their very hearts by the , cruel taunt, and the unfeeling sneer. Do, careful yo who hove charge of such unfortunates; be kind to . them for tho sake of your own dependant offspring, for ini God’s mysterious providence they may In fu ture years bo laid in’ the grave, leaving their little I ones to heartless charities. Wo hud rather bo docoiv , ud, thank God ! than turn from the child beggar with > a cutting scaroasm. or tell it to.goubout its business, I orstart backwith horror if its soiled garments touch i our ungloved hand ; yes, we had rather ten thousand , times bo deceived, and pity those unfortunates who » appeal to us for' sympathy by the very muteness of 0 their misery—pity,and aid them. 3 • ' I'm a little bound boy, now ;* the simple words need no gesture, no lours, nor groans, to give llum pathos; no, none of these. They look sorrowful, »nd speak volumes by their brevity. -Bound—to lear * uncomplainingly; bound to agonize moment by mu* ment; bound, perhaps, to .hunger and;vlco; heund J to master who knows not the moaning of the vot'd mercy. > Still art thou bound to humanity, poor little bound 1 boy, and Ho who sees the end from tho beginning, has bound thee to • llim«olf by lies that tho vbrld may tarnish but not break, for the suffering hive a Father and a consoler in Jesus Christ. Home Trnthe for Women* Dr. March says tho bust ouro for hysterics ta to discharge the servant girl. In hit opinion, there is nothing like ‘(lying around’ to keep tho normus system from becoming unstrung. Some wuiaen think they want a physician, ho says, when they only want a scrubbing brush. Another writer gives (his advice to the ladles j-— I ‘You onged birds of beaullfbl ptUmsgo l/ul sickly looks, you pale.pets of tho parlor, vegetating In an unhoalthv shade, with a greenish white complexion like that of u potato sprout In a dark cellar—why don't you go out In the open air and warm sunshine, and and lustre to your cheeks and vigor to your frames?. Take early mor. nlng oxcioiso—let loose your corset strings, and run up a hill on a wngor,and down again for fun. Roam in the Holds, climb the fences, leap (ho ditches, wade the brook, and go homo with an excellent appetite.' Liberty thus exorcised and enjoyed will render you healthy, blooming and beautiful.’ Women who arc notalraid ol household duties seldom troublednetsrs. Their hands may not bo quite so while, but why is lust op the hands is saved in paint on Ihq cheeky Those who prstn about tho. respect duo io women In demanding for her an exemption from household labor arc the worst enemies of the fomolo sox.! To those false prophets may be traced (ho oauao which sends one halfo( women kind to sn early grave filer a few years of suffering end disosse, r l hoso fvho work hard are always hoslthy, ohoorfiil. vjrlutms, and useful, while tho ‘lady* Is generally the rovVrso In all these particulars. The common sense uf o\ery woman who will ponder on those tilings will lelllior that her own end her IVlends happiness depends uson some active employment, 1 - Two boys, one or them blind in one eye; were discoursing on the merits ofthelr respective masters. ‘How many houie do you gel for. sleep V said one. 'Eight,* replied the other. ‘Eight 7 why I only get four!' 'Ah,'sold the first, ‘but rocollool you have only one eye to close,and 1 have two.* Hooker Conversation.— 'Hollo stranger, you appeitr to be travelling.' * Yes, I always travel when on a Journey.* * I think that I have scon you somewhere.’ . 1 Very likely you have—l have often been'there.* VAnd prey what might bo your name V * Well, H might be Sam Patch, but It Isn’t.’ . 1 Have you been long In these parte T’ . * Never moro than at present—five feel nine.' ' Do you got anything new?’ * Yea, I bought a new whetitoho this morning.* *| thought so—you are the sharpest blade 1 have seen off this, rood.’ The way to Fortnn«»«6iv It la timer to Work apj »*. than to .Bog* Let no poor boy, after reading, the following into*, reeling faol, ever despair of making a respectable living. ’ ‘ A gentleman was once walking down one of the streets of P , when a beggar loudly craved for a 'few coppers for a nighl's lodging. 1 The gentleman looked earnestly at the poor man, and inquired,— 'Why do you not work? .you should bo ashamed of begging. 1 • *Oh! sir, t do not know where to get employ* ment. 1 ‘Nonsense!* replied the gentleman,'yon can work if you will. Now listen to mo. I was once a beg* gar like you. A gentleman gave to me a orown fleco and' said to me, ‘Work and don’t beg: God lulpa those who help themselves.* 1 immediately left P i. , end got out of the way of my old compa nions. I remembered the advice given mo.by mother bcfofo she died, and I began to pray to God, to keep mo from eiu.and to give mo his help day by day. I went tound to the houses in the country places, and with part of my five shillings bought old rags. .These I tank to the paper mills, and sold them at a profit. 1 was always willing to give a fair price for tho things I bought, and did not try to doll them for more than 1 believed they were worth. I dotormin. e<| to bo honest, and God prospered mo. My pur chases and profile became larger and larger,and now I have got more than ten thoutand crown piece t that I cun call my own. One groat tiring that has con. trihoted to my success is this —l hate kept from drink and tobacco.' As the gentleman spoke, ho took out his purse, and drew from it a five shilling piece, and handing it to (ho beggar, ho said, ‘Now you have the same chance of getting on in the world oo I had. Go and work, and never let mo see you bogging, again. If I dr>.l will hand you over to tho police.* Years passed awsyi, Thegentleman had forgot ten the circumstance, until ono day when traveling through I*-—-, he entered a respectable bookseller's shop, in order In purchase some books he wanted. flc had not been many minutes in conversation with (ho bookseller, before tho latter, eagerly look. Ing Into the face of his customer, inquired, 'Sir, aro jint nui «(><• goinronrnii wno.anm jtein ago, gave a five shilling piece lu a poor beggar at the end of this street 7* •Yes, I remember it well.* ■ 'Then, air, this house, this "Well stocked shop, U the fruit ofthat five shilling piece.' Tears of grati tude trickled.down hie cheeks, as ho introduced tho gentleman In his happy wife and children. .He was regarded as their benefactor. . Whan gathered round tho table, to partake of lea, the bookseller recounted his history from (he. above eventful day/ It was very similar to that of the welcome visitor. By In- honesty, and dependence on God’s help, he had risen, step by step, from buying rags to selling papers and tracts in the streets, then to keeping an old book shop, and ultimately to bo (ho owner of one of the best circulating libraries in (ho place. Before (lie happy party separated, the large old family Bi ble* was brought, out of which a psalm of thanksgiv ing was read, and (hen all bent round the family altar. Words could not express die feelings of those who formed (hat group. For some moments, inter mingled by subdued sobs, evidenced the gratitude to (ho Almighty Disposer of. ail events, which was as cending to heaven. When they rose, and hid each other farewell, the bookseller said—'Thank God! I have found your Urnnta In Jiqirnn. *C3n/t lialn lltna* wl.n t-alp »K«.r» •elves. 'lt t» belter to work than to beg,* Family Scerets, White ascending tho Mississippi, some eighteen monlhi since, on. board the . steamboat Huntsville, tho commander of that excellent vessel related (ho following anecdote of a couple of worthy desciplcs of old Father Miller: In Coles county there lived a man named Dodson, and liis wife, who wero both firm believers In the prophecy of old Father Miller; and not doubling (ora moment tlio correctness of their Prophet’s cal culations for (ho eventful day thAf was to terminate (ho existence of ull sublunary things. ’ j After having set their house in order, the folldwing conversation look place: ' ' ' . 1 My dear wife. I b Hove I have made every prop-, oration for to morrow, I have forgiven all mine enemies,and-pruyod for the forglvencsss of all my tins, and I Iccl perfectly calm and resigned. 1 j * Well husband, I bciievo 1 am ready for tho sound pf (ho trumpet.’ \‘l am rejoiced to hoar it. But my dear wife, 1 litvo no doubt Ihcre.aro many domestic accrela which we have hidden from each oilier, which, had (hoy bion known at the time*of their occurrence, might hive produced unpleasant feelings; but as wo have bat ono.day to live, I reckon it'i'llght to moke a olpm breast to esoh other. lam ready—you begin, hssbsnd.* c *'No, dear, you begin,* - 'No, husband, you begin—l can't.* •No—you know, my love, Paul says, husbands have tlio right to command (heir wives.’ It is your duty •is a Christian, woman, (6 obey your husband—tho father of your children—so, begin lovo.* ' In tho sight of God I reckon its right, so I will tell you, dour husband—your oldest son, William, is nut your child.' • 'Great God, Mary! I. never drompt of you being untrue to mo! Is that (rue 7* Yes, God forgiyu me, It Is true. 1 know that 1 did very wrong, but 1 am sorry for it, in an ovii hour I full, but (hero is no help fur it now,’ 'William nolmino I In the name of God whose child iw he •lie is Mr. Graham’*, the constables. The Lord bo ncor your poor wife !’ - *Bi> William ain't my child 7 Goon.* ‘Well, our daughter Mary named after mo, ain’t your's neither.' ‘Salvation! talk on, Mary— Como right out. Who’s Mary’s father?' •Mr. Grinder, tho man that built tho meeting house, and went to tho lower country.' 'Well, ns (hero is but one day more, I’ll boar it, so nn if you have anything else.' ♦Well, there is nur youngest— * ‘I suppose Jimmy, ain't mine?' •No, dear husband. Jimmy that we both lovo so well, ain't your's cither.* •Merciful Lord I Is U so? In the name of the Sa vlour whoso is he?’ • flo ir tho one-eyed shoe-maker's who lives at the forks of tho road.' . •Well, my God I Gabriel.blow, blow your horn i want to go NOW !’ CiiEEnFUi.Nßss.—Tho host thing about-a girl is cheerfulness. Wo don't osre how ruddy her cheeks may bo, or how velvety her lips, if she wears a scow), oven her friends will consider her ill-looking, while tho young Indy who illuminates her countenance with smiles, will bo considered as handsome, though her ouni|itttiion may bo onarse enough to grate n nutmeg on. Aa perfume is to the rpae, so Is good naluro to the lovely. Girls think of this. A Fact.—Wo have hoard a groat many queer sto ries about mean men, but none , that gave a more powerful idea of meanness (hnp the following fuel: A man once drove up ton Now Hampshire tavern, and oonly asked lljo landlord fora cent’s worth of hny. Tito landlord led his horse to tho shod, and lot (|,o poor frame of n boast stuff himself,and then fill* cd (he-wagon with loose hay. Meanwhile the own er onlled for a basin, of water and soap, and niter washing his bonds and face thoroughly, wiped him solfdry on n ‘spnnnleun towel,'laid down his cent and was moving off. '1 say ?’ said the landlord, 'won’t you take a drink before you go ?' , • •Well, seeing It’s you. I don’t oare If do,' was tho reply, end bark ho wool and took a drink, •You don’t llv? in these parte, 1 believe, stranger,’ said the tavOrnkoeper. •No,’ was the reply, and as you treated mo to well, this time, I'll call and patronize you again I' Wrestling with the Lord* Josey Dobson was a fisherman, and a great wrest* ler, his groat boast was that he could throw any man In‘his nook of woods.’ Josey was not an educated man; he look everything Htlorally and not figure* lively—ho despised ail tropes or figures of style. Onoooeaßion,duriog tbo boat of summer, Josey was in Now Orleans pursuing his honorable calling, when the hot southern sun proving rather too much Ibr bis iron constitution, he was taken with the yel. low fever.’ In a little while our hero found himself In the Charity Hospital, emaciated and shrunk up with disease, a mere shadow of what ho had been. The doctor did all he could for him, end finally told Josey that he must seek hie peace with Heaven by calling in a preacher. Accordingly the preacher was sent for, and like a good servant of hie master, visited the poor man's bedside, - 'Now,* says tho good man,‘you. must prepare.for death; there is no hope of your living.' , .'But I don't know how,* said tho 1 dying man. ‘You must wrestle with (ho Lord,* replied the preacher,'wrestle with him, wrestle night and day as did Jacob of old.' ‘What, roallo with (ho Lord,* said (he astonished Josey, looking down to his emaciated limbs,'rattle with those poor shrunken limbs? Why, he'd trip me into hell tho first pass!* I Don’t like his Looks* . Why 7 Because I don't. Powerful reasoning is it not? But aro you guilty of the same sin 7 Havo you not expressed your mind unfavorable towards an Individual with whom you had no acquaintance, because you were not pleased with his looks? Was U right? - You may as well judge • book by its covering—a pearl by the shell in which It is found. The roughest looking men, sometimes, are the pos sessors of the kindest hearts and the noblest feelings. The homliesl man of our acquaintance is one of the finest follows wo ever met with. Wo once thought we did not care to number him among our friends; now wo could not part with him. Ono of the plain est women (hat we have seen, it a meek and humble Christian, beloved by all who knew hor. We wish vn enitld i<ijt.Bi_raupk-rß».4h* anti pretty women who walk our streets and fill our thurchos. Tho face is not tho index of tho heart.— From the sholl.no ono con judge the meat. Pearls aro as often picked from the.dung-hill ss*a flower garden. Never, then, judge-by looks alone, hor speak disrespectfully or .unkindly of one who may not bo. beautiful to look upon. First become ac quainted with tho person, and then judge of tho dis position and.charactor, bul never before. . A Doautlfnl. Comparison! We do not wonder that leaves and trees and boughs, have ever been the material whereof poets have manufactured comparison iir imagery. One of the most beautiful wo over remember to have seen was by Dr.Clieovor. !Tha( tree, full leaved,and swelling up in the calm, blue summer air! Not a breath is stirring, and yet huw it waves and rooks in tlio sun. shino. Its shadows aro hung lavishly around it; birds sit and sing in its branches, and children seek rofugo beneath thorn. Human affections are (ho leaves, tlio foliage of our being—they catch every breath, and in tho burden and neat of the day, they make music and motion In a sultry world. Stripped of that foliage, how unsightly ia human nature.— Like that same tree it stands, with shivering arms, tossing despair inglvluHea ««»,—• qlnrtnu«fluii«rtp» oi mo anawarmfb oeforo; an iron harp for the mm. slrela of tho wildest winds now.* Motives for Matrimony.—Goethe said ho married to obtain respectability. John Wilks declared lie married to please his friends.' Wycherley, In . his old age, took his servant girl to Flic, to spile hit re lations.' Tho Russians have a story of a widow who was so inconsolable for the loss of her husband, that she took another to keep from fretting to death ; end wo read of an Irishman who declared he would nsv erhave a second wife, but having a chanco to marry a Protestant girl, he just took her to bo (he means of saving her soul. A young and ralhorTast’ gen tleman of our acquaintance, married a lady nearly old enough to be bis grandmother, because he owed a debt of fifty dollars for board. Tho bargain ho afterwards described as a hard ( ono,declaring ho went off cheap—dog cheap.. PopuijUUtt. —Tho desire of obtaining the good will and esteem of our fellows, Is one which finds a place In the breast of all, and should be cultivated. Titcre ore various reasons why this should be. We aro all placed hero to worship God, end benefit uur follow men { and our, object should be to do all wo can in our allotted lime. Tho amount wo may ac complish, depends to a great degree on (he influence wo exert. A good name is one of the most impor tant instruments by which an influence can be oxer, led for good, ond (bis good name must be the result of a firm adherence to pure and holy principles.— Those who. 00l from principle, will at least bo re; •peeled by all around (hem, and In many instances attain a popularity which those who lakoolbor plans may never hopu to roach* Friuls Ficrr.—The gem of oil others which most enriches tho coronet nf the lady's character, Is unaffected piety. Nature may lavish much on her person, (ho enchantment of her countenance,-the gracefulness of her mien, or (ho strength of her in tellect, yet her (loveliness is uncrowned till piety throws around the whole the sweetness and the pnw or of Us oharms. She then becomes unearthly in her temper, unearthly in her desires and associations. The spoil which bound hor'nfieolions to things be. low, is broken, and she mounts on the silent wings of hope end fancy, In the hobitalion of God, where It is her delight to hold communion with the spirits that have been ransomed from the thraldom of earlh, and wreathed with* garland of glory. ■Her beauty may throw Us magical oharm. over many; prince* and conquerors may bow with admr. ration at the shrine of her riches;, the sons of science and poetry may embalm her memory in history and In song, yet piety must bo her ornuncni, her pearl. With such a treasure, every lofty gratification on earth may bo purchased; friendship will be doubly sweet; pain and sorrow shall lose (heir sting, end tho character will possess a price above rubles.— Life will bn hut a pleasant visit (n e-trih, and death an onttHce upon a joyful and perpetual homo. Such is piety. Like a tender dower, planted in the fertile of'a woman’s heart, It grows, expanding Its foliage, and imparting Us fragrance tool! around, tilt transplanted, It is'sel to bloom in perpetual vigor end unfading beauty in (he paradise of God, We taka the following good one from tho Oiddo. ford Herald: ‘ Tito Rev. Mr. E., who lived not a thousand miles from Portland, was preparing his discourse for the the next Sibbnth. Slopping occasionally to review what he hod written, and to erase that which ho was disposed, ho wus accosted by his little son, who h&d numbered but threo summers: •Father, deoa Gnd toll you what to preach ?' •Certainly, my child.' •Then, whit makee you aorateh It oat.* Anomioomee aomeilmei open ua.bMtwegooffini' or lo It t and Jnalead of rejecting It, we eal! li,*j4tir 1 iaa Woe that carries with it neither pleasure DM’ profit, nelilier honor nor security. A lady being aeked her opinion about mooataohtv replied, “I always sot roy face agalnai them.” M A thief being caught robbing a bank; whoii-aakod i what ho waa doing, anaworod “Only taklng.poica,’*,' There la a lady in Boston who ie aollredoTaingW : bieaaedncia.lhat alio deiiroa the prayers pfllyr oburpbi 1 in her behalf. ■ • •. :■ *••»,- , , ■ 3.i».d rife..; OO’An old b«ll«d tliin ■.!«. Snow—* which wp have been bloaaed with an abuo* gine. Tho moat of % m don't Want’ anything, aho J dtnoa t awye, and when they do thoy dooVgoi It. Girl*, never run away from your parent* till you are anre the young men you elope with don’t run a« way from you. Title advice ie worth a yoar'e eub. ■oripllon, but we will give it grail*. Tlje question, ‘why printer* do not auoceed in bue. ineaa a* well hi brewore, wne (hue answered,‘Be oau*o prinlire work for (ha head, and brewers lor (ho alumnoli' and whilst all men have •tuaiaolii, very few have head*.* 11 My father Ie the Northern. Wind, My mother’* namo wai Waipf j Old Parson Winter married them— And Tm their hopeful daughter,” AT $2 00 PER ANNUM. ©BJja anß Sotn>». A Warning to Newspaper Borrowers.—' The Boston Post announces the decease of a ;oltiaen of. New Hampshire, occasioned as it avers By a news* paper which the gentleman had borrowed, and was carrying home, and the wind took.it away. He chased U through the drifted snow, and died of fa tigue soon after recovering it. ' Pleasant.— To open your wife’s Jewel box and! discover a strange gentleman** hair'dbne up as a keep-sake. We know of nothing that makes ao ardent temperament feel more “koifey.*£ The best “life preserver” is a wife.* Who was the most industrious manf. “Job.” It is a sad house when the hen otOws loader than the cock. , - .•- - Whatever you undertake, go into It alToVer, less it be diving into the sea of trouble.* A gambler is a 1 rogue amongst fools, and a foot amongst'rogues. - v ' Louis Napoleon has had his carriage made bul let proof for fear of assassination. Thera are two things modest men shoUfd octet undertake—>lo borrow money or study la#. '' -' Who was the most Jonah, for ho was “sucked 4 ‘; ; ' J According to the laws of N. Y„ Forresi cannot marry again, although hia wife can. . . . The stockholders of the United Stales- Bank have voted to finally “wind it op"-*il has been run down long enough. • . Thera have been 600 rnurdefaln Texas fn ther Inst four years, and hut of this startling number not six have been convicted. Females are earning from $4O to $lOO per month in the cities of (he Pauifin, and husbands are as plentiful aa flies in a sugar hogshead. .■ /' ■ ‘ 'A Whftr orfltnrout west, asserts.“wfthatu I**/ of contradiction,” that the principles of his party are as progressive as the eternal rock of Gibraltar. What clear, bright,beautiful weather. It spans the Wretched, muddy, filthy and detestable Streets like heatity bending over slh. The Washington Union slates the Atlantic post age In 1851 exceeded that of by itrorO'(had two hundred thousand dollars.- . The United Slates has ground enough (o be col op into ninety.ftve States, each as large as Great Britain proper. < - - The oldest man*of>Wßr in active service.was launched in the year 1790. She fs called' the Ocean, carries 120 guns and belongs to the French Navy. Seventeen lawyers have died fn Philadelphia is the last year. Among them have been soma of the most talented members of the bar. ,'•' The editor of the Somerset, I*B., “Visitor, ’* has lost his breastpin. What business has an editor with a breast pint 1 lalelyl*in to rSnfrer*Briputa lion of tho leg necessary. Tho total number of emigrants who arrived In N. Y. for January was ln January of last year, 17,204. Decrease, 4,531. President Roberts, of Liberis,has received ,/rbm the Prussian Minister at the Court ofSt. i dispatch containing a formal recognition of the In* dependence of Liberia by the governments. Twenty thonaand women of bad chtfraotet exist in London. . What a depraved state of morale must exist among the male popolation if these fig* ures prove correct. S-aayl—Do you believe , ia the JCholchester Rockers 1. Do you love figs 1 peel f Do yop love lambs' lungs ?' Do you live near tbe’shoteepry’s pop ? Did you ever ride in a wsgage bsgtfon f "Kossuth Pudding," is the name of a dish pla carded at one of the eating houses in Neqr->York* It is supposed to be a very good sort of pudding for Hungary [hungry] people. Ninety persona were killed in the Stale ofNew Yorkj by railway accidents, during the last year* and forty-seven wounded. Not one person In his seal in the cars was killed. The gold medal lo.be presented Iq Neal Dow, of Maine,.the author of Ibtreelebrated liquor law, by the N. V. Temperance Society,lp said to have cost $250. The Tammany Society, in N. V., have deter* mined to sel< the "old wigwam" on the corner of Frankfort street and City Hall Square, at piabllc[ auction, and build another hall further up town. The natives of France, residing In N, Y. have appointed a committee of 91 to draft an address to all Frenchmen in (he U. S.« suggesting theforma (ion. of a general association in that branches throughout the Union, in order to afford relief to all political refugees who may come from France. An old experienced editor say* that there ire throe tilings which affect a man** spirils«adull day, an empty pocket and being Jo. love, Wo know by experience (hat one of these will, f Every heart has its secret'sorrows,*whlMt (ho world knows not; and oftentimes wo call s man cold when ho is only sad. ;1 It has been beautifully said, that "the veil which' covers tho face of futurity Is woven by the hand of mercy." Mrs. Swlsshelm declares that "the colldfsn anaconda would make a better girdle for a yhong woman's waist than tho arm of a druuken bus band." Gan. Casa wns inched ivoonlly, wlijla ai Irevll lf*, MlrHmto drink. “No/'aald the GanefaL’ “I never used liquor nor used tobacooiahtTltio 1 not wish to begin at CentreilUe,” OCjrThe following by bond la descriptive of an Knglihmnn traveling in Franco, without understand* log tlie languagei— , ii ;„. Chaisca eland for chairs. They ohrleten letter* They call their mothera marts, And all their daughter*,/lUir* . , . *Oh dour!’ exclaimed anuroHln Wbol/ad SeoV chewing green apple*, , IVo ewe Hawed an odd 'fat. low ?’ ‘An odd fellow ?’ *Vc», ho If giving ma tb§ grip,' • . m f t'-t- NO. 40;'
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