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THE POET AND THE STARS.
BY PRANCES BROWNE,
A sago of thff starry science sat
In his high and gudrdless tower,
And swept the night-heaven’s boundless real
With a glass of wondrous power:
He saw whero.far-off suns gave day
And the march of worlds went by.
Till a.wandering poet came and spake
To that watcher of the sky—
A moment turn thy migjity glass
Whefe the foamy Waters spread,
A let it, wing an exile’s sight.
To the land he may not tread.
Tile skies are high and the stars are bright,
But the bird will seek its nest;
There lies the home of my happier years
And the hearts that love mebest.
The sago smiled cold os the winter niooh,.
But he turned his glass of might.
And the exile saw his country’s cliffs
Like a mist wreath on the night.
Ae saw, and went, and the tong years passed,
As ever the years have gone,:—
The, world around his watch tower changed.
But the watcher still gazed-on;
At length to his far-exploring glass
The wanderer came again,—
The love was cold and the home was low,
And he turned to the bright stars then,
I greet thee well, quoth the scornful sage,
For an ancient art thou hast;
When the world below goes ill with men
They turn to the skies at last.
m , The glass can reach, the poet said,
To the planets’utmost goali ■
. Bat cannot give to thy sight the range
Of the winged and wandering, sold; ■
Thotf hast gazed and reckoned many a year
Where their distant splendors horned; ,
But the well-spring, of pi}’ song was there, .•
And my heart hath but returned.
Beside that fount !■ learned of them
What never was known to thee,
Till the light of an earthly home-fire came
Between the stars and me ;
For thus it is that the nearest.bond
: Hath power on the spirit’s wings,
And thus it is that'this weary world .
IsJull of partod.tliings. ;
The wise man parts, from wisdom here,
Ah(J the true man parts from truth, -a
The royal heart to clay conies down
From its golden hopes of youth,
The souls that were as brethren born
Grow Old and die alone, ■—
And the prophet love is not received ■
When he cometh to his own I .
They are reckoned among many a race
That pine for a far-off kin—
They are growing gray in many a home
That are strangers yet therein—
They have set them down witli stock and stone,
. They have toiled with herd and swain,
Who.se birth-right wa/ fhejovqliest realm
Of the graces fair domain^
So" is the world’s work marred and stayed,
Fertile soul is out of place, '
And life is a. burdened heritage,
And man is a troubled race—
At. strife for the fears that downward -strain.
For the hopes that upward go, <j(jK
And haunted's! ill by broken dream ‘ ■ ""
Of the time it was not so.
The carfli grows cheerless in her age,
For the parting time is long,
And brave hearts break on the prison bars,
Butthe bars are old and strong;
They grow by fortune,' they grow by tune,
By friendships and by wars.
Yet never may one abide that parts
, The poet from the stars. . ,
ftliwllumom
Romantic Breach of Premise
In fifteen hundred and thirty eight, when
France happened to beat peace, and nothing
was lalkid of at Court, say llicmemoif-wrhers,
but festivals, tournaments, carnivals, masque
yades, and so forth, one incident occurred to
, supply the town folks with talk. This Was’no
other than the action for brcaoh.of promise of
marriage, brought by the Marquis Jehan Lays,
of Saluces,. against Madame Philippes de Mon -
tespedonr widow of Marshall Monte-Jan. who
_ dlatf been governing Piedmont. Some of the
‘' details of this case are singular enough.to de
serves narrative on their own account: others'
are amusing chiefly because of their odd simi
larity with sentimental passages in the lives of
our own, country folks, from, time to time re,
. vealed to us in courts of law. •
Monte Jan died in Piedmont - , leaving
no children. His wife was instantly beseiged
with offers of marriage by various great lords
of that State—a circumstance at wliich we are
requested by the chroniclers ‘ not to marvel
for Madame Pbillippes was a very respectable
and virtuous lady, adorned with great beamy;
arid in the flower of her youth : she possessed.
moreover 1 , sixty thousand livers ot revenue in
herown right, besides considerable expectations.
First among the suitors who followed so closely
on the funeral, was the above mentioned Mar
quis of Saluces. who seems to have been a fool
ish fellow, and who certainly was most scanda
lously treated. -The narrator was on ihelady’s
side, but he naively states very damaging facts.
Madame Philbppes feigned to. acceptthe Mar
quis’ services because it would be convenient
to make use of his escort on the way back to
France, whither he was going by “express order
of the king.
Despite of her riches, the fair widow seems
to have been accidentally.without ready cash.
She allowed her suitor to pay her expenses all
the way from “Turin to Paris: and these cx-
E tenses were by - no means light.- All the house
old of her late husband, besides her-own, ac
companied her. The Marquis thought tie had
fhegomcin his own hands, and assiiriicd the
tone of a matter by anticipation—intimated that
the gentlemen, servants, and officers of the de
ceased should be dismissed and half those of
the lady herself, especially the women—for she
had, besides dames and .demoiselles, femmes.de
la chambre, and 1 others for different kinds of
Work, as many as fifteen or sixteen. But
Madame Phillippcs was so prudent that she ne
ver, it is-alleged, allowed a word 1 to escape that
would bind her:.-and yet so clever that she ob
tabled all the assistance she wanted. The Mar
quis, as soon as he got upon French ground, had
Ordered (Italian that he was) all his people to
be on the watch to prevent any communication
being brought' from a rival ; for, he did not
. do.ubt that such a rare pearlwou dbe eagerly
Sought aftei\ ■Kt7iFspir(f“or - airpfeeamiortsr
as soon as the party arrived at Lyons, aoourier
came from M. de Viellevillo, a relative of the
lady, and delivered his letters so secretly that
no one ever suspected their existence. These
letters contained the information that the court
had heard of the proposed marriage with the
'Marquis of Saluces, and believed the couple
were coming to Paris for the wedding. The
BY JOHN B. BRATTON.
YOL. 44.
news had much pleased the king, because he
had always heard that love bound a man to a
country more them anything, and thought the
. Marquis, having become a Frenchman by this
alliance, would be more faithful ever after'
wards. This was senlimentility not to be ex
pected from Francis the First. However, said
the correspondent, “ I think I '-3-011 are going to
marry more for the good of your own country
than your own good—if what I hear be true :
hut Icanno believe it : for it is hot likely that
1 j’ou would, after having been so happy in .your
first marriage, enter on another so hurridly
without even warning your friends.” -
Madame de Monte Jan in reply wrote a very
characteristic letter.. Among other things, she
said: I would rather die than do anydiing of
which I might-have reason to repent: yet I will
confess that the extreme necessity in which die
death of the late marshal left me. almost made
me trip in words. But Heaven has so helped me.
that here I am arrived in France without being
affianced, promised or contracted to any living
man. , T am very much surprised the king
should think I am going to bring him servants
at the expense of my good fortune, and against
my tastes. I will never be an Italian : and, if
I were, the last man, I should choose to make
the.so would be- the Marquis Johan Loy.s for
1 reasons which I will give you when we meet,
but, especially, because ho is hot, and; never
wil| be, a true Frenchman.’ 1 ■
But in spite of this declaration, the beautiful'
Madame Phillippcs remained at Lyons, tinder
the charge of this Marquis, who spent twelve
days.in making preparations, intending to ar
rive at court in magnificent style. When the
party at length set out. their baggage was so
eflormous, and their'train so numerous, that
six great boats were filled. They did all their
cooking oh board. ‘ With them they took a
band of .fiddlers, engaged by that Marquis to
amuse them on the river, and alleviate the cn
nui of the ladv for the loss of her husband.
They embarked on .the Loire at Ronahfie, and
sent by land the horses and mules, which ar
rived as, soon as they did at Briare.
, M. de Vielleville.had news of their movements
nearly every day, by the couriers who con
stantly'passed on their Way. from Piedmont to
their court ; he went’ out from Paris ns far as
, Corbeil, with about eighty horses, one the even
ing when the travellers arrived at Ersonne.—
He sent a messenger directly to Madame Phil
lippcs, informing her .of his movements, and
got back an answer not to show himself until
the next day. at the dinner that was io take
place at Juirzy. The lady appears to have
been afraid, that if the slightest suspicion of
her .intention had come tp the Marquis, he would
have seized her and married her by force.
' Y'ellcville politely kept out of the way until
dinner was over, and'then rode up wjih his
troop. There were great reverence and saluta
tions : and all those men began to talk as well
about the good cheer they had enjoyed by the
road, as about the adventures that necessarily
happen so long a journey.
At a fitting opportunity I .' however, the ladv
slipped away ; and secretly calling the Sieur
Plessis an Chat, a Breton gentleman in her
service; ordered him ns soon as they reached
the-Eusie,, Saint . Marccau,, to. disen lam-le her
train from that of her suite, and move along
the inoaf. in he direction of the Pone Saint-
Qhgnes, where they were to slop whilst she
bade adieu to the Marquis,
Soon, afterwards. every orre mounted. ladies
and all-: and this gorgeous, brilliant, tinin ar
rived in good lime ui Paris. At the galePles-
I sis au-Cbal earned oilt. his instructions, and
dexterously separated the lady’s people from
the others. The Marquis, surprised, called out
that they mistook the way. But now. Maoiimc
Phillippcs pulling up, 'said; •• Sir, they are
going where they ough : for ynuf lodging is
in the Hotel dcs Ursins, in the Cloister of Notre
Dame, and mine-is in the Hotel Saint Denys,
near the Augustines. M.y, honor commands me
not to lodge in your-hous'e. but to separate my
self from you, which is why f now bid you
adieu ; but not sir, without thanking yum ver
humbly for your good company by the road.--'
As to ray part of the expense, I have it, a]
down in writing. Your Maistre d’Hotes and
Plcssis-au Chat will settle matters so well to
gether, that before a week is over we shall be
' quits: I mean as far.as regards money: fnr,
my qbliga.ions to you will he eternal. Now, I
beg you to consider that this is only a bodilv
separation : I leave you my bean, which you
will be pleased to keep.” Sp saying, she kis
sed him, and said, ‘ Adieu, sir. we shall meet
to morrow at ilie kings lodgings.”
The Marq'nis was so as onished at this sud
den change, ihat for a long time he could not
utter a single word., His sobs and .sighs, how
ever, showed his anguish and his sadness At
last his presence of mind returned; and, looking
at the lady in anything but a loving manner,
he said ; “Madame, your adieu gave my heart
a pang ; but your last words, and the kiss
with which you have Itpnored me, have some
what revived me, though this sudden change
and prompt resolution seem strange. To-mor
row. as you say, we shall-meet; but bear in
mind the promise you havegivenme.”
Then the two companions parted : and Ma
dame Phillippcs joyfully took her way m liber
ty to the Hotel Saint Denys. The same even
ing Vtelleville bronght to iter and introduced as
a suitor the Prince de la Rochesuryson. who
was of royal brother to the Duke
of Montpensier. “If you will believe me. make
this gentleman, as soon-as possible, master of
your person and your wealth, for all delay will
be perilous,” tjaid he. The prince and Madame
Phillippcs were pleased with one another, and
exchanged promises.
Meanwhile the Marshal Danncbtmd, who had
, succeeded Marshal Monte-Jan in his governor
ship. had formed the project of succeeding also
to his widow and property. He therefore had
written to theDaiiphine to plead his cause, and
to represent that, by putting their revenues lo
gether. they might make up a hundred t.hou
for nnl TreS \ ye&r ’. a vcr y '“re thing in France
withlbisl!* but a ,P rln J ce - TheDauphinecame
with this proposal, and strongly spoke in favor
ofDunnebund ' “ I know,” said* she, “ that
mT qU,S -! ) - r SaU,ccs ,s three times as rich!
but his position is more uncertain. Besides
he is very disagreeable in person, with .a bic
belly, fat, dirty, swarthy, and awkward
Whereas my candidate, as you know, is averv
presentable fellow.” . v, .savery
To this Madame Phillippcs replied by con
firming tier engagements with the prince, and
the Dauphine accordingly withdrew her propo
sal. and recommended her to marry as fast as
possible, because the king laid great stress on
the alliance, pnd might cxercise'his absolute au
thority. ’
The Marquis never passed a day without
calling to see his mistress ; instead of finding
her alone ho always met the Prince de la Roch
tsuryon, who thus became a very thorn in his
side. By no means whatever could he obtain
a tete-a-tete interview. So at last, unable to
mt-np-withhrs-annoying-poßition-anyJongiuv
1C suddenly began a legal action, andarraigned
, ” t^ore l * le Parliament of Paris. This ■
JJ e d, “ “Y express command of the king, who
had the marriage very much at heart, though
he did not like to use-.his own authority against
* «f ln j CrCStS a P r ' nce °f Ids own blood.
Madame Phillippcs was much disturbed bv
the prospect of being; forced to ally herself with i
her obstinate suitor ; and we may be sure there
were anxious consultations at the Hotel Saint
Denys. When the 'day of (rial came, she ap
peared, accompanied by M de Ycilleville, and
many other lords and gentlemen, ladies and
maidens. Everyone expteted a long and scan
dalous discussion. The First President began
the proceedings by telling Madame Phillippes
to raise her hand arid sWenr to tell the truth :
one then ashed her if she had not promised
marriage to Monsieur le Marquis Jehan-Loys
de Saluces. then present. The lady, forgetting
her bin’s and innendos. replied on her faith.
No The President was about to examine her
closely, and the greffler ltad taken up his pen,
when the fair defendant, Stepped forward, and
in a firm voice uttered the following speech :■
“ Messieurs this is the first time T have ever
been before a court of justice and, therefore, T
am afraid llnit timidity may make me contra
dict myself in mv answers But. to cm short
all the subtleties in wlfch von are proficient, T
now say and declare,, before yon gentlenien'and
all present, that I swear to (3nd and the King
—to God on the eternal damnation of my soul
—to the King on the confiscation of my honqj;.
land my life—-that. T never gave tnv promise of,
marriage' to Monsieur le Marquis Jihan-Loys of
Saluces: and. what is more, never thought, of
doing so m -rnylife. And if anyone says the
contrary, here, (taking Mi do Yiclleville hyjhe
hand.) here i,<my knight, who is ready, saving
the honor of this court, to prove that heviHain
bnslv lies!”
This warlike .demonstration, so much in har
mony with the character, of the period, and the
chivalry.-which-Francis the First was trying 10
revive, met with complete success. ,
Here’s a business !” exclaimed the Presi
dent, familiarly. “Greffien .you can pack up
your papers. There is no writing to do. Ma
dame la Mnrcchale has taken another road, and
a mqch shorter .one.-” Then addressing the
Marquis, he said:
“ Well. sir. what observation do you .make
on (his ineideut ?”
The Marquis had glanced at his own portly
person: and compared it with the martial as
pect of the lady’s knight.
I don’t Want it wife by force.” said ho, ’’if
she won’t have'me, why I won’t have her; and
there’s an end.”
With these words he made a low bow and
left the court. The M. de Yiclleville asked If
the lady were not free to marry whom she
liked, and being answered in the affirmative in
vited the.whole company’ to. come.and be pre
sent at the betrothal between. Madame Phillip
pcs and the Prince de !a Rooliesuryori. whinh
would take place immediately. But the wily
lawyers did not accept; saying, ihey-must de
liberate and -send a deputy to acquaint the
king with what had taken place: One of them
also whispered to the knight, “ You had a six.
months trial before you if you had pot bcen so
clover The Marquis had an interrogatory of
forty articles prepared as to., expressions that
had been publicly used'by the lady to him, and
Ins pyople : as to the kisses she hhd- given him;
by the way, especially the kiss at Porte Saint
Jnlieri fa circumstance that would have gone
much against her.) tlmtshc wnnld giye hiui .
chain of (Tvehiitidrcfi eenVfor the wedding;” ' T
. Well, well, said Yiclleville smiling, “ ail
wo need ,say now is, that a French woman has
outwitted a hundred .Italians.”
Thereupon, the betrothal between Madame
Phillippes and ; the prince immediately took
placo: and in two or three days they were
married at the Augustins without much cere
mony, the bride being a widow. They lived
happily together for twenty-five years, and had
a son and a daughter: but the princess survi
ved both her husband and her-children, and
died in 1578, forty years after her curious
journey from Turin to Paris.
Lapland marriages.
Every Laplander has his dozen or two doztn
drer, and the Hocks of a Lapp Croesus amount
sometimes to two hundred head. As soon as a
young lady is'born—after having been duly
rolled in the snow—she is dowered by her fath
er with a certain number of deer which arc im
mediately branded with her initials, and
thenceforth kept apart as her especial property.
In proportion -as they increase and .multiply
does her chance .improve of making a good,
match. Lapp courtships are conducted pretty
much in the same fashion as in other-parts of
the world: The. aspirant, as soon as lie discov
ers tfiat hejias lost Ins heart goes off in search
of a friend and a bottle of brandy: The friend
enters the tent, and opens simultaneously,the
bntridy and his business : while the lover re
mains outside.'engaged in hetying wood, or
some other menial employment.' "If. after the
brandy and the proposal have been duly dis
cussed . the eloquence of tiis friend prevails, he is
himself called into the conclave, and the young
people are allowed to rub noses. The bride
then accepts from her suitor a present of a
reindeer’s tongue; -and the espousals are con
sidered, concluded. The marriage does not
take place for two or three years afterwards,
and during the interval the intended is obliged
to labor in the service of his father-in-law.
'Truthfulness.
0( all the happy households, that is the hap
piness where falsehood is never thought of.—
All peace is broken up when it happens that
there is a liar in the house. All comfort has;
gone when suspicion has once entered—when
there must be a reserve in. talk and reservation
in belief. Anxious parents, who are aware of
..the pains of suspicion, will place general confi
dence in their children, and receive what they
say freely' unless there is strong reason to dis
trust the truth of any. If such an occasion
should unhappily arise, they must keep the
suspicion from spreading as long as possible,
and avoid disgracing their poor child while, there
is a chance of its cure by their confidential as-'
sistanr.e. He should have their pity and assid
uous help, as if he were suffering under some
disgusting bodil v disorder. If he can be cured
he will become truly grateful for the treatment.
If the endeavor fail means must of course be ta
ken to prevent Ins example from doing harm :
and then, as I said, the family peace is broken
up, because the family confidenoe-is gone.
. CT”. A Dutchman having enlisted in the ser
vice at a military station, not a hundred miles
from New, York, was one evening placed on
guard. Seeing a couple of gentlemen ap
proaching, he challenged them with
"Friends withthe countersign,” was the re
ply-
“Veil, if you ish frents. and knows as 'Put'
ler is de gounter-sign, de gounler sign is cor
rect. Pass, frents, mit de gounter-sign.”
A melting sermon being preached in a
country church, all fell a weeping but one man,
who being asked why he'did not weep withthe
-rest—-uLbelong-tQ.anothcr.parish-"
0“ A Western editor much wishes (o know
whether the law recently enacted against the
carrying of deadly weapons, applied to doctors
with pills in their pockets. •
UTT 3 * Poverty is no disgrace, save in the eyes
of fools whose forefathers were paupers.
“pirn COUNTBT-tMAY IT ALWAYS BE bight—but bight on WRONG, oub country.”
CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER'26,IBS7.
Henry Ward Beecher on Boys. |
, A boy is a piece of existence quite separate
from all things else,' anti deserves separate chap
ters in the natural history of hian. The, real
lives of boys are 3 - et to be Written. The lives o(
pious and good boys, which enrich the cata
logues of great publishing houses, resemble a
boy’s life about .as much as a chicken picked
and larded upon a spit, and ready for delicious
eating, resembles a free fowl in the fields.—
AVith some few honorable they are
impossible boys, with increased goodness.—
Their piety is monstrous. ;A man’s experience
stuffed into a little boy, is Simply monstrous.—
Arid we are soundly sceptical of this yliolo
school of pa/e de foie pras piety. Apples.that
ripen long before,their timo’are either diseased
or worm-bitten. - i f
So long ns'boys'dro hbw much they
are cherished I But by-apd-by the cradle is
needed for another. Frdnnthc time a baby be
comes a boy, until ho is a -young man; he is in
an anomalous condition, fonyvhioh there is no
especial place assigned in nature. They are al
ways in the way. They arc inquisitive as mon
keys. and meddlesomojust d’licu you don’t wish
r-t|iem fn bo. Boys have a period ol mischief as
| much as they have measles :or. chicken pox.—
They invade your drawers, mix up your tooth
powder with hair oil; pull your laces and cpl
•lars from their repositories ; upset your ink up
on invaluable manuscripts) ? tear up precious
[ letters, scatter your wafers, stick everything up
with . experimental sealing wax,and spoil all
your pens in the effort, at,spoiling your paper.
Poor hoys I IWhat nro they good lor! It is
a fathomless mystery that we'come to our man
hood (as the Israelites reached Canaan) through
the wilderness of boyhood. They are , always
wanting something they must hot" have, going
where they ought pot to be.- homing where they
are not wanted, saying the most awkward things
at the most critical fimeln They will tell .lies
after infinite pains to tench {-lie obligations of
truth, they give us the full benefit ot frankness
and literalness by Muring ouf’sbefore compnny
a whole budget of family secrets. Would you
take a'quiet nap ? Slam banj? goes a whole
bevy of boys through fhehouse I Has the ner
vons-bahy at length after nil ’manner of sink
ings. (rollings..southings, and Maternal bosom
-opiates, just fallen asleep ? Bo sure an tiriman
ncrly boy Will bo on band to Bawl out Ctff 'per
mission to do something brother which' lie has
been doing all day without dreaming ol leave.
The restless activity of boysislbeirnecessity.
To restrain it is to thwart nature.. Wo need- to
provide for it. Not to attempt to find amuse
ment for them ; but to give them opportunity
to amuse themselves. It is astonishing to see
how 1 if lie it requires to boy’s nature...
First in the list, I piit strings. What grown
up people Slid in a thousand tonus of business
and society, a boy secures in a-slring 1 He ties
up the door for the exquisife jJlcasijie of unty
ing it again. Hb harnesses efiairs, ties up his
own fingers,' baiters his neck, coaxes a lesser
urchin, to become his horse, nmUirives stage—
which, with boys, is the top oflimnan attain
ment. Strings are. wanted for.snayes, for bows
and arrows, for whips, for eats’ cradles, for
kites, for (isbing.’nnd a hundred things more
than I can recollect. A knife ft more exciting
than- a string, but does not last long, and is not
so various.,, After a short lpst,or.bro-.
ken; or lms v cntd)tstnngersr"
i instrument of endless Vicos, aud-within the man
agement and ingenuity ofa'Goy. The first arti
cle that parents should lay in, on going to the
country, is a large ball of twine. ! The boys must
notfchowit. If they soo'n whole ball, the charin'
'•is broken. It 'must come tilltJi mysteriously, '
unexpectedly, and as if fhero'arbre no more.
For indoors, next, wo should placo upon the
list pencils and white paper., At least one hour
ih every day will be safely secured by that. A
slate and pencil are vety good. But as chil
dren ; always aspire to do what men do, they
count the usual half of a letter pud a hit of pen
cil to ho worth tWipeas much "as any shite.
Upon the whole, wo think a sale stream of
water near liy affords the greatest amount of en
joyment among all natural' objects. There is
wnding'and washing; there is throwing of stones
and finding of pebbles ; there is engineering of
the most laborious kind,, by .which stone and
mud are made to dam up the water, or to change
the Channel. Besides these things, boys are
I sensitive to that nameless attraction of beauty
which specially hovers about the side of streams;
and though they may not recognize the cause,
(hoy are persuaded of the fact that that they are
very happy when there are stones with gurgling
,'wpter around them, shady trees and succulent,
undergrowth, moss'and cress, insect, nnd bird,
aqd all the population of cool water courses.
But hoys are not always hoys, All that is, in
us in leak is in them in nind. • The very yearn
ings. tlie rimsings, yea,the very questions which
occupy our. latter .years as serious tasks, are
found in the occasional hours of boyhood.'. We
have scarcely heard one moral problem discuss
ed in latter life that is questioned by children.
The creation of the world; the. origin of evil,
divine foreknowledge, human liberty, the ini
mortalitv ot the soul, and various', other ele
ments of elaborate systems belong to childhood.
Men trace the connections of truths and,their
ethical applications and relations, hut the am
ple elements of the recondite truths seem to
have gained in them very, little in tho progress
of years. , Indeed,-all truths whoso root and life
in the infinite and like the fixed stars,'which be
come no larger under the most powerful teles
cope than the natural eye. Their distance is
too-vast to. make any appreciable variation in
magnitude possible. They are a mere point of
light.
Boys have their soft aud gentle words too.
You would suppose by the morning racket that
nothing could bo more foreign in their nature
than romance and vague sadness, such as ideal
ity produces in adults.. But boys have hours of
great sinking sadness when kindnos and tender
ness are peculiarly.ncedtul to them.'
It is worthy of.notico, how soon a little kind
ness. a little’ consideration for their boy nature,
wins their to dldenco and caresses. Every boy
wants some one older than himself.to whom ho
may go in moods of confidence-ami yearning.
Tho neglect of tho child’s want by grown peo
ple. and the treating of children as rattling,
noisy imps, not yet subject to heart-throes, be
cause they are so frolicsome jn general, is a fer
.Ho source of snfil-rlng. One of the -common joined, wc have not seen It.;
forms of selfishness, is that which refuses to . Lord bless, and preserve that dear person
recognize any experience asworthy of attention u .] lnm ((, 01l hast chosen to be mv husband ; let
if it lies in a sphere below our own. this life be long and blessed, comfortable and
A thousand things ai o blamed on them sim- . . . i et afso become a great blessing
nlv because, measured by our manhood stand- “ ol ; v ’ a m lct 1 , ■ , “ b rclt oiessmg
ard. t'my are unfit, whtfleas upon the scale of and comlori unto Inn. a sharer m ail Ins sor
ehildhood they are congruous and proper. We row?- 3 meet help in all the accidents and cliau
donv children’s requests often upon the scale ges in the world; make me amiable and forever
of' our own likings and dlslikings. Wo attempt; dear to him. Umlehis heart tome in the dear
to'govern them by a man’s regimon and not by : esi love and holiness, and mine to him in all its
a child’s. . . I sweetness, charity and complacency. Keep me
; And yet badgered, and siihdi/ed and scolded from all ungentleness, all disconicntedncss, and
on the one hand ; petted, flattered and indulged unreasonableness of passion and humor; and
on the other—it is astonishing bow many chil- make me humble and obedient, useful and ob
dron work their way up to an honest manhood servant, that I may delight in each other accor
in spite ol parents mfr) friends; Human nature d j n g , 0 thy blessed word : and both,of us may
has groat elements of great toughness in if-~ rejoice in thee, having for our portion the love
When wo see what men are made of, our won- and service of God foiever.-” *
der is not that so many children are spoiled, but i
that so many are saved, ■--- T - . ,
The country is appointed of God. to bo the ( Cl/ If wo arc,to live after death, why don't
children’s nursery ; the city seems to bo, made wc have some certain knowledge of it said a
by malign spirits to destroy children in. They skeptic to a clerg3 ; mnn. ■»
Wo cramped forroom. denied exercise, restrain- “Why don’t you have some knowledge of
ed-of-wholoBoinc-Übcrfy-.ofJ)fldx._or t Jf_it iß_al-^_^hig_wQ I 'ld..before, you enmn iron ir 1" wns the
lowed, at (lid risk of morals. . . . . caustic reply.
Children are half educated who are allowed r J _
to ho familiar with the scones and experiences I ’ n _L D u '
of (ho open country. For this, if for no other u -y Funch says that the reason why editors
reason, parents might make ah effort cvcrv year aru 80 t 0 have their manners spoiled, is be
to remove (heir children from the city to the cause they receive from one correspondent and
country. For (lie heat effect is desirable that another such a Vast amount of evil cotnmnnica
thoy should utterly leave tho city behind thorn. , lions.
It is absurd to go info the country fo’ find the *
luxuries of n city. It is to gel rid of them Mint .
an , d A youn man> who lvas in isolli awaU ing
S4atS?.?3ttM» SS*?SI -k* r"', H r •"«» •« .«•<*», -»
counfry education. Wc send them to the Poly- I J®? s * r * ct education that ruined me. I
technique for eight months. But four months a.good home education, but I would beoul
we send them to God’s school in the openness ? f l “ c * ,ousc and 6° ofi with buys in ihc street,
and simplicityof the country. A diploma, in In l hestrcet;i learned to lounge.. Tntheslrcct
this school will be of sendee to body and mind learned to swear. In the street, I learned to
while lile lasts; • smoke.. In the street. I learned to gamble. In
tile street, I learned to steal !”
So you- see, my children, the 'street ruined
. that youth. It seemed pleasant to him, as it
, Above-all things there should be nogloom in ' d °“ t .° somc °f T? u - Jo spend his houre abroad,
the home. The-shadows of dark discontent and J'.'th idle, lads. ]No doubt he tho t
wasting freffulncss should never cross the Hires- hls ' atllcr and mother were too strict, too par
hold, throwing their large black shapes, like licular, too notional when they wished him not
funeral palls, over the happy youngapirits there, to frequent the street; and thinking so, ho
If you will, your home shall he heaven, and ’ choose to have his own way even at the price
every inmate as an angel there. If you will, of disobeying his parents.’ He did have his
you shall sit on a throne and he the presiding own way. To what did it lead hipi ? To de
household deity. 01 faithful wife, what pri. j struction ! I think he paid too high a price al
vileges, what treasures, greater or purer than : together for having his own way. ' Do you
"? o i, . - agree with mo in this-opinion ?If so, beware
u nd .-° , ■ ma j a n d s , tnve *° forget llis oares ! how-you-imitate him. Beware-how, you chcr-
narrow street, and , ish a loye for the street and street companions.
d Sir * *•
less” peihapsmd l u“e' , Deceu S ihe o r l gu"t d battks f You°may depend upon it, hoys and girls,that
with the .worn skirts of his old overcoat, and Jo P?ss safely along the ways of life you must
snatches with a rude hand and willing cry, at tho bc careful of , your, steps. It will not do for
rusty haf that has servud him many a year. lie y° n to tread a pV b merely because flowers
has been harassed, perplexed, persecuted; He grow’in it and you feel a’desire to pluck them,
has borne with many a cruel tone, many a cold The most flowery paths often lead 10 the most
word, and nerved himself up. to an energy so dangerous places. You must seek, therefore,
desperate and depressed-; and. now his Timbs for the right rather than the pleasant, way. In-,
acjie with weariness; his temples throb with the deed the right path is always the mogt,pleasant
pain beat as caused by a too constant applica- in the end. ', t
tion; he scarcely knows how to meet his wife To find-the right way, and thus lo avotd the
)V ~ pJJ; Ciasant smile or sit down, cheerfully to dangers of the wrong one, you need a guide for
much cl 1C lias P roVlded «» hs o, your feet. I have.rend somewhere. thati oh a
*k ' part of theseashbreiii % Eng!and, there are steep
£ SWftteSflSC * rv’-TV*? 5 * “S To w
and tho tones me so soft and Had that hope like smugglers from landing foreign goods on which
a winged angel flies right into his bosom and dutl — kavc not been paid, aguard is stationed
nestles against his heart. to watch night midday. The men composing
The latch is lifted and the smiling face of his f l,is S uard lla ve 10 ascend and descend the dills
wife gives an earnest welcome. The shining in tlie-nigllt. The path is very narrow, and
hair is over her fair brow; indeed she stoic a lit- runs dose to the edge of the cliff.. A single.
No Gloom, at Home.
tie coquettish glance nt the mirror hanging in
its narrow frame just to see if she looked neat
and-pretty before she came out. Iter eye beams
with Ipvßj her. dress is Wasteful —ai]d —what ?
Why l| ho forgets all the trials of that long, long
day as he folds her .in his arms and imprints a
kiss upon her brow.
A home where gloom is banished, presided
over by one'who lias learned to rule herseK'and
her household, Christianity!—oh ho is thrice
consoled for all his trials'.- He cannot be un
happy. Theat sweetest, best, dearest solace is
his—a cheerful homo. Do. you wonder that
the man is strengthened anew for to-morrow’s*
.cares?.
5 ; Simplicity of English Dress.
In the families of many of the nobility and
gentry of England, possessing an annual income
which of itself wqiid.he an ample fortune, there
is greater economy,of dross, and more „simolic
> dtytfrthtrfnriljs 'thaw 'thtrte
is in many of the houses .of the citizens who arc
barely able to supply the wants of their families
bj'the closest attention to their business. A
friend of ours, who sojourned not long since,
several months in the vicinity, of some of the
wealthy landed aristocracy of-England* whose /
ample rent rolls would have warranted a high I
style of fashion, was surprlscd at the simplicity
of manners practiced. Servants were much
more numerous than with us, but the ladies j
made more account of one silk dress than would <
be thought here of a dozen. They were gener
ally clothed'in good substantial stuffs, and a
display of fine clothing and jewelry was reserv- (
ed for great occasions. The furniture of the 1
mansions, instead.of being turned out of doors
every.few years for new and fashionable styles,
was the same which the ancestors of the fami
lies for several generations had possessed—sub
stantial and in excellent preservation, but plain,
and without any pretentions to elegance.’ Even
the carpets on many suits of parlors, had been
on the floors for fifty.years, and were expected
to do service for another half century. Willf
us lid tv different is the state qf things.' TTe ore
wasting an amount of wealth in this country, on
show and fashion, which, if rightly applied, ;
would renovate the condition of the whole pop- i
illation of the world, and christianize, civilize i
and educate all mankinds— Culcndr.r»
A Short Story by Dickens.
Dickens tolls the following story of an Amer-
ican sea captain :
On his last voyage homo the captain had on
board a young-lady of remarkable personal at
tractions—a phrase I use as one being entirely
new, and one you hover met with in the news:
papers. This young lady was beloved intensely
by live young gentleman passengers, and in re
turn she was in lovowith them all very ardently,
but without any particular preference for eith
er. Not knowing how to make up the determ
ination in this dilemha she consulted my friend
the captain. The captain being a man of an
original turn of mind says to the young lady.
“Jump overboard, and marry the manwhojmnps
after you.” The young lady, struck -with the
idea, and being naturally fond of bathing, es
pecially in warm weather as it then was, took
the anyice of the captain Who had a boat mann
ed in case of accident. Accordingly, next mor
ning the five lovers being oh deckhand looking
deyontedly at tho young lady, she plunged into
the sea head foremost. Four of tho lovers im
mediately jumped in after her. When the
young lady and her lovers were got out again,
she says to the captain : .“.what am I to dohow,
they are so wet ?” Says the captain, “take the
dry one?” And the young lady did and she
married him.
4 Wife’s Prayer.
If there is anything that comes nearer to the
imploration of Ruth and Naomi, than the sub-
AT $2,00 PER ANNUM
“ The Wages of Sin is Death.”
misstep would cause a man to fall over On to
the beach, and be dashed to pkccp.
’ How do you suppose the men of that guard
find their way up and down tl ose dills at night
in safety ? If you.were tb examine their path,
you would see a row of very white stones set
in all the way up from the beach. These
stones can be seen in the darkest night. The.
men look for them, and thus traverse the giddy.-
path with safety.
Now, my* dear children, God meant this holy
book to be to,you, on your life journey, what
those white stones are to the men who guard
tlje cliff in England. It tells you where to go
anu where not to go, what to do and what 10
avoid. Ifiyou wish, then, for safety, you must
both study and obey the Bible. If you will
not, why, like the.young man in the prison,
you must find paid, shame, and death in your
pathway. —Sunday School. Advocate.
A Speculator.
A few days since, two gentlemen whoso coun
tenances betrayed.the fact that they wcio inter
ested in the condition of stocks, were convers
ing, and standing, in Third street,'-near fhooor-
I ner of Dock. One was a great speculator, de
veloping the plan of a magnificent project, the
other a dazzled capitalist, ready to snap at (lie
bait. He hesitated a little, but was Just, yield
ing, merely making a few objections for consci
ence sake.
Directly there, appeared, fn front of the show
window of ,a tobacco' and cigar- store, a couple
of newsboys, who begad'an intense scrutiny of
the interior.
“By thunder! I'd like to smoko a cent’s
worth of Tobacco!”
“Well, said the other, buy a cents .worth.”
“Yes, but I hain’t got nairy cent.”
. “Hold on, I’ve got two .-cents.”
“That’s the ticket! just the thing—one for
the" pipe, and one'for tobacco.” .
“Oh yes!-but what am X-to do ?” '
■ “You? Oh, you can be the stockholder and do
the spiltin ?”
It Was a flash of light. The capitalist thrust
Ids hands into bis pockets and fled. The spec
ulator cast a furious look at the ttvo newsboys,
and turned down the street. 1
Aristocratic Wealth in England.
' The Marquis of Brendalbane rides out of his
house a hundred miles in a straight lino lo the
sea, on his own property. The Duke of Suth
erland '.owns the country of Southerland,
stretching across Scotland from 'sea to sea.—
The Duke of Devonshire, besides his other es
tates, owns 06.000 acres in the county‘of Der
by. The Duke of Richmond has 40,000 acres
at Goodwood, and 300,000 at Gordan Castle.
The Duke of Norfolk's Dark, in Sussex, is 15
miles in circuit. . An agriculturalist bought
lately the island of Lewis, in the Hebrides ; it
contains 500,000 acres. Their laigo domains
are growing larger. The great estates arc ab
sorbing the small freeholds. Tn 1786, the soil
of England was owned by 200,000 corporations
and proprietors, and in 1822 by 32,000. ■ These
broad estates, find room on this narrow island.
All over England, scattered at short intervals
among ship-yards, mines and forges, are the
paradises of the nobles where the livelong repose
and refinement are heightened by the contrast
with the oar of industry and necessity out of
which yon have stepped.— English.Trails,
DC7' A man went to a photographic artist and
said, “I want my head taken olt: and j’ou must
do it immediately, ’cos I want to; send it by
railway ?”
O”An Irishman, who was troubled with
the toothache, determined to have the old of
fender extracted ; but there being no dentist
near, he resolved to do the job himself; he fill
ed the cjccavacalion with powder, but being
afraid to touch ifoft, he put a slow match to
it, and then ran to get out of the way.
03” “Young man, do you believe in a future
state ?” “In course I does—and what’s more I
intend entering it ns soon as Betsey gets her
things ready.” “Go to, young man, you are in
corrigible—go to,”;. “Go, two / If it wasn’t
for the law against bigamy, whip mo if I would
not go a dozen. But who supposed, deaconj
that a man of your age Would give such advice
to a young man just entering into life.”
. An Irishman addicted to telling strange
stories, said ho saw a man beheaded with his
hands tied behind him, who directly picked up
his head and put it on his shoulders in the place.
“Ha, ha, ha!” laughed a bystander, ‘how could
he pick up his head when his hands w.ere tied
behind him ?’ ‘And sure, what a fool ye are?’
said Pat, “an’ couldn’t ho pick it up with his
teethV To old Nick wid yer botheration!”
• lt is impossible to-diminish poTtffrAjr
ftp* Washington seldom indulged in ft joke the multiplication of goods ; for manage tis?wo
or a sarcasm, but when ho did ho always made may, misery and suffering will always cleave to
iniecTdeirinn I)TiTihg*tho , *dobafoin ; (he~eBfab dho-bordcr.of —
lishment of the federal army, a jnembor of Con- ,* s ti lo government Of heaven‘W*
gross offered a resolution, limiting it to three pleasures among men, and just is tbo '•
thousand men; to which Washington suggested evoringil -„g law that hath wedded happiness to
an amendment, providing flint no enemy should v j r j uo<
ever invade the country with mono than two
thousand men. The laughter which ensued OTP*It is pasy to look down on others; to.
smothered the resolution. look down on ourselves is the-difficulty.
| Shingling a Bme^
James fl wasa young man who cowmen.
ccrl lift) with ovory flattering prospect, and a
wile and lovely children soon blessed him. Un.
liapily by alow degrees ho became—to make a
long matter short—a drunkard. One evening
lie loft his wife in tears, as was'fdo cOmraon, re.
paired to fho house of a man vVho sold hitn the
deadly poison, and drank so much thafho sank
down in a kind of stupefaction easily.mistaken
fo,r sleep. All his Companions had deserted
him. Near midnight tho landlord’s wilp camo
into file har-room and told him :
“ I wish that man Would go hotne, if he’s got
one to go to.”
“Hush! hush!” says Hie landlord, “lie will
call foi something else directly.” . '
“ I wish lie would make haste about il, then,
for it is time every lionost .person was in bed,”,
said Ids wife.
NO. 24.
“ He’s taking tho shingles off Ids house and
pulling diem on ours,” said the landlord.
At this time James began to .come to his
! senses, and comnioiiced nibbing ids eyes, and
stretched’ himself, as if he had just awoke, aay- :
ing, “I believe I’ll go.” .
“Don’t be id'a' hurry, James,” said the land
loard.
“ O yes, I most go,” says James, “ so good
nigiit 1” and dir he started.
After an absence of soldo time, the landlord
ono day met arid accosted him. ‘ . ,
“ Halloo, Jim, why hat'cfl’t y.oii been to SCO
us ?”
“ Why,” says James, “I harf taken shingles
onougli off my house, and'it began t - leak, so l
thought it was time to stop t|ie leak, and I’Ve
done it I” •
The tavern-keeper asldnishorf, went home to
fell Ids wifo about it, and James has. s'iuftC - let
rum alone, and attended to Ids own business.—.
He is now irhappy man, and his wife add chil
dren are happier than ever..
Says a writer in the Ohio CvUivald'r, and
proceeds 10 argue the wherefore in this sensible
wise:—“ln the course, of life I have s«;n a good
many horse, some, too, that were called ugly
horses. ; Now, it is my opinion that there is do
use in owning what might be called an ugly
horse. Use the whip and spur.less, and hi
their, place put kindness. Three grains 6f
kindness are worth all in the world in breaking ~
a colt.. There are a great many horse? injured’ -
for want of kindness. . This I am sure, no otib
will .pretend to deny. The colt has never been 1
handled. The man, with "several, others toll'd]) '
him. drives the colt into the stable.. Be then 1
forces a bit into his mouth, and if there iS otie
among them that dares, he jumps upon his
back, well armed with a stout.whip, and very
often a spur: these he docs not forget to use.
He clings, to thecolt’s back as long as he is
able, but is finally thrown ofl.'. Dairies again '
and .again, until, completely exhausted, the'
colt is obliged to yield, that is for the'time be
ing. Is this, the way to break colts T No, t a
be sure it is not.. The golden idle will apply
here as well as anywhere. So be kind to your
horses, my gentle friend.
Printer's “Lingo.”—lt is well known that
every profession has its technical terms and ns
a matter of course it is expected that the Prin
.tor has a “bit” which, is only intelligible to
themselves. .We..will: for a moment imagine -
our renders to be in a printing, office and hear
the order of the foreman. “ Tom put George .
Washington on the galley and finish the mur
der of.the woman and two children in New Or
leans.'.Distribute the Choloral and Small Pox. ,
Pitt up the great fire in Philadelphia. Be sure
to get the great drouth in this week. John'
take up Franklin Pierce and let the Devil prac
tice on distributing, him.” 'That Faust was
burned for-inventing the art of printing who
wonders at it 1
Write down Your Experience.—Repeat
edly we have suggested to the farmers who are
constant readers of our paper, to'Write down ‘
their every-day experience in their’ lilisincss. so
far as they may bo interesting and' useful to
-oiboro r tmd-corriiimnicatc them to their brother
farmers-and the: public, (and we can assure
them they, will be read by nine-tenths of
the community who arc not-fanners,) thro’ the
medium of this paper. We devote weekly a
large space to the exclusive benefit of farmers,
and we think it ought to be their pride and plea
sure to assist us in making it ns valuable and in
teresting as possible. .We are satisfied that wo
hare accomplished great good, in the qunrtcrof'
a century we have ceaselessly labored to advance’
the farming inlertlts of pur country ; and U is
our determination'to leave no means untried to
increase this usefulness and lo deserve the help
and sympathy of at least the farmers of Pcnnsyl- .
Vania.— Ex.
v
Mvi.tum in Pa.rvo —lt is the general receiv
ed opinion tliat fine,goods come in little packa
ges, and, upon the strength of that dogma, lit
tle women, jf they are handsome,- are preferred
by many. For all such, the following verse is
a settler; . , . -
A little bee has Inaqy Sweets, but wh le upon
the wing.
If you attempt to change its course, you’ll find
it has a s’ing.
Audiso a little woman, if you dare lo “put her
out,”'
Will show a piece of devil, such as “ffe read
about!” ..
tCT" At a political meeting in Pike Go., Pa.,
while the,.committee were out writing resolu
tions, a sturdy old' farmer roSe and addressed
the chair.
“Mr. President, roout I say- a Word ?” asked
“The meeting will be proud 1 to hear from
■on, Mr, Subsoil.
“Well, Mr. President, enduren of the time of
the committee’s out, couldn’t yoii tell us all how
yon’cc bedded your Inters /”
There was a great laugh, at Subsoil’s ex
pense, but his question involved a matlcr of
more practical impoitancc than such as often
come before political meetings.
D~F~ When Judge Henderson, of Texas, was_
first a candidate, be visited a frontier
in which he ws, except by reputation, a stian.
ger. Hearing tbit a trial of felony would lake
place in a few days,’ho determined to volunteer:
for the defence. The prisoner was charged
with having stolen a pistol; the defence was
“ not guilty.” The volunteer counsel conduct
ed the defence with great ability. Xleconfuscd .
the witnesses, palawrcd the court, and made an
able, eloquent, and successful argument. The
prisoner was acquitted! he had not stolen the’
pistol. The counsel received the enthusiastic
applause of the audience. His innocent client,
availed himself of the earliest interval in tfo
hurricane of congratulation to take his coiimol
asi le. “My dear sir,” said he, “you have
saved me, and I am very grateful, I have no mo
ney, do not expect to have any, and do not ex
pect, to see you again; hut to show yon tbit I
appreciate your seiViccs in getting me off, “you
shall have the pislol.” So saving lie drew from
his pocket and presented to the astonished at
torney the very pistol the attorney had shown
he had never stolen or Jmd in his possession.
Not Available. —“ Yon eiiH that good,'dont'
yon t” said Mr. Funehaw, offvring a five dollar
note on a Providence bank at the bar of one of
onr hotels.. “0, yes,” replied the attendant,
“it sgood, undoubtedly, but, Deacon Cfm
fon’s piety when bo gets swearing mad, if is nb(
immediately available.” ;V.
IC7* Coleman, the dramatist, was asked if ho
knew Theodore Hook. “Yes.” replied the wit,
“Hook and eye are old associates.”
(C r Four hoses governs the world—the cat
ridge box, the ballot box, the jury box, and tho
bandbox.
Be kind to your Ilorscs.