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PI/iiGIJRBD CITY,
tnV W. LONGFELLOW.
.a som6 bid niarvclous tale
jgentJ strange and vague,
of spectres pale
rod tho -oraUfl flf Prague. ,
Moldau'a stream,
3 wan moon oyej-bead,
»d, as in an ayful-df oam,
' of the 4ca4,
eoa-fog, landward bound,
jtffll camp ,wa9 aeon, '
a sorjroiyibl, deep sound,
‘.r flow’d betjaroen.;'
'oico nor sound was tlieyc,
m,' nor Sentry's pacej
ike banners clasp'd the aip,
Is with clouds embrace,
£ho pJ4 ppthpdral beljl
\*d tho siorouiff prayer,
ipyJUious jropp apd fclj
larmed aiiv .
•road valley fast and fur
jlcd ttrmy fled ;
i glorious sao/ning star,
itly host jrras dead.
- in tho marvelous jheart of man,
range and mystic, scroll,
u army of phantoms vast and wan*
leagurod tho human soul.
)jimp’d beside Life's rushing stream,
misty, light,-,
;£ntio shapes and shadows glcarty ..
’hrtoutious through the night ,
■ 'f
f itfl midnightijattlo-ground
ie spectral oatnp is rfoon,
i jnith a sorrowful deep sound,
'lows tho River of £ifo betJjreei^
jico, nor sound-is there,
•my of jtho grave; : .
iaijongo breaks the aift
rushing of Life's wav-e.
tb'ei solemn and deep ohuroh-boH
•the soul to pry, .
;h£ phantoms feol Ujo spoil,•- ■ ■
kVa away. :
<road Valo, ofToaraafar ’ \.
tral camp is fled j '
ith as a .morning star,
tly fears are dead.
.tettllantona.
‘OE PESOJJE, ..."
!KY CuIIOUS
’Jls withe Boundary of Another
Wom.” ' '
j3ir it. i>. ofl’Eir;
~ ; djru.ee; originally descended
irijmcih .pf the Scottish family of
as borne in hupablo oircumstan-.
close of tho last century, at;
_jrDay, » ; .ao South of England J: ap(i there,.
.^redi^i^Ma v seafaring life. ‘ '}
v thirty years' of age, to-wit, in
g i b; l ;yeafe'iB?9i ho was srst mate on a barque
jhiyerpool anjl St.
. ; Ojf .hor voyages bound westward, be
i, I fiye or six weeks out, and ha-.
. 1 i tlje.ppstern pprtion of the Banks
i the ,■captain ,aijd mate had'
;' at noon, taking an observation
') which they both Responded
day’s worlj.
iuinhodiatply.at;
(ina the Short s'tiiirw.ay
< >iiiW^ & '” .gthwart ships; £mmedi-
WW is stairway, just .beyond a
iho jnato’e State--
& vt tending .there were two
jl»‘ other; the ohd .opening aft
Hu/ other, fronting the atair
«pi -room. The desk in-tho
le forward part of it, close
any one sitting at it and
'.older, could see ipto tile
$ ip Ifls calailjition, which
expected, varying'cohsid
icL-reoboning, had not no
jnojions. JViien t ho had
he galled out with
“l ipake our latitude and
Can that be right! JJow
ing no reply, he repeated
>g .over his shoulder and
s'Vuv' 0 .Wptain huay
' • ®tul no answer.—
and, ns he fronted the
he h#d mistaken for the
head and disclosed, to the
the features of an entire
'ward; but sag ho mot, the
it him in grave silence, and
it it was no one whom ho
re, it was too much for him;
iping to question tho seem
|heiT upon deck in such ev
instantly attract the cap
,‘Why, Mr. Bruce,” said
in tho world is tho matter
irV. IV-Uo ia .that your
know of”
.< .‘‘But there is, sir; there’s a, strancor
Stranger 1 Why, man, you must he
d&Mqilte.i vXou must hayo seen the; steward
»Bond mate. . Who .else wild
rithout my orders V’ T ••
was sitting in your arm-chair,
jor, writing on your slate.—
up full in my face; and, if ev
plainly,and distinctly in this
I don’t: Tshw a man,
?; : had never seen in my life bir.
ho going crazy, Mr, Bruce, A
Ptrongcr and wo nearly six weeks out,!”
wjiml.
, “ I need not say,so,” rejoined tho other,
looking at it, “ for yon saw mo write it."
this ?" said the captain, turning the
•slgteoyer,
, I*-* l ® “ft ll looked first, at one writing, then at
the other, finite confounded. At last, “ What
is the moaning of this.?" said he. “I only
W^mL° n ? ef tnoso. Who wrote the other?"
1 hat ,s more than I can toll you, sir. My
mate hero says you wrote it, sitting at this
desk, at noon to-day.” •
Tho captain of the wrook and tho passen
ger looked at each other, “ exchanging glances
“ I know, sir; tpit then I saw, him.”
“Go down and see who,it' is.”
Brace hesitated, never was a believer
in ghosts,” ho said; “ but, if the truth iflust
he told sir, I’d rather not face it alone.”
“ Oopie, comp, n;an t Go down at once, and
don’t piakp fl, fool fif yourself bpforp t)ip
crew.”
. “ J hope yop’vp plways fopnd (no willing to
do what’s, reasonahle,” Bruce replied, ohapg;
Jpg color; “but if it’s all the same to you,
sir, J'd rfl.thor we shojild both go dOtyn togeth
er.” ,
ifhp captain descended the stairs, and the
matp followed him. Nobody in" the cabin 1—
They pxapiipe.4 the Btgtp-rooms, Not a soul
to bo found! . ‘
“Well, Mr. Bruce” said the captain, 4$
not I tell you you hpd been dreaming?”
_ “It’s all very well to say so, sir; but if |
didn’t see that man writing on yopr.,slij,tp,
may I never see my house and family again 1”
“Ah! writing on the slate! Thouitshould
ho there still.” And the captain took it up.
‘ f ßj he cxclainjed, “ here’s some
thing, sure enough! Is that your writing,
Mr. Bruce?”
The mate took tho slate; and there, ini plain,
legible .characters, stood the words, “ Steer .to
the Nor'west.” ' 1
“ Have you been, trifling with me, sir ?" ad
djcd tho captain, in a stern manner;
“On my word as a. man and as a sailor,
pir,” replied Bruce, “'I know, no more of this
■matter than you do. I have teld the exact
truth.” ’ ,
The captain sat down at his desk, the slate
before him, in deep thought.' 4-t last turning
the slate over arid pushing it towards Bruce,
he said, -“Writs down, ri Steer to thp nor*-
west.”’' .. . ..
The mate cojppjjed ; and the captain, after
narrriwly .comparing the two hand-writings,
said/ jjar/ Br.ufijs, go g-pfl fell tffe eegorid mate
to conjc down hero,”' ’
, lie camp; and, at tire captain's request, ho
also wr-rote the sau>® words. So did the stew
ard. . ; So, in succession, did every man, of tho
crew who could write at all. But not one of
tho various hands resembled, in any degree,
the mysterious writing.-
When tho crow retired, the captain sat deep
in thought. “ Could any one have been stow
ed away t’ at lasf ho said. “ Tho ship must
bo searched; and if I don’t find the fellow he
must boa good hand at hide-and-seek. .Or
der up all hands."
Every nook and corner of the vessel, from
-stern to stern, was thoroughly searched, and
that with all the eagerness of excited curiosi
ty—for the report had, gone out that a stran
ger had shown himself onboard; but not a
Jiving soul, beyond ..the crewpnd officers, was
found, ■ .
BoturpJjjg to the cabin after their fruitless
search, “ Mr. Bruce,” said the captain, “ what
the devil do you make of all this ?”
“ Can't tell, sir, I saw the man write ; you
see th,e writing. There must bo something in
it;"
, “ Woll, ifc would, sobn?i so. Wc havo iho
wind free, and I have a giriht : mind to keep
her away and see what will come of it.”
“ I surely would, sir, if I were in your
place. It’s only, a,few hours lost at the
worst.” 1 V
“Well, we'll see. Go on deck and give
the cojjrso nor’wost. And, Mr. Bruce,” ,he
added, as the mate rose to go, “have a look
out aloft, and let it ho a hand you can depend
on.”
Ilia orders were obeyed. About three
o’clock the look-out reported uu iceberg near
- ly ahead, and, shortly after, what ho thought
was a vessel of soipe kind close to it.
jJ.s tliey.approached, tho captain’s glass dis
closed the fact that it was a dismantled ship,
• apparently frozen to the ice, 'and with a good
j many, foeings on it. Shortly after,
i they, hove te.jipd sent out the fibyig jto the:
! relief of tfie sufferers." ' ■ ; I
; It proved to.Jje ,a yisscilfron)i/Quebec,;boiundi
cto Liverpool, with passengers on board. She
’ had gotfentangled in the ice, and finally fro
■; zen fast, and had .several weeks in a.
most pritiefil .situation. ’ She was stave, fieri
,■ docks fiictya mere wreck f all her,
5 proyisiops, and almost all her water, gone.—
Ifer .erew and passengers find lost all hopes of
being, sayed, and their gratitude for the unex
. poqted rescue was proportionately great,
' As one of the men who had been brought
away in the third boat that had reached the
wreck was ascending the ship's side, the mate,
catching a glimpse of his face, started back
in constofnatioit. : it tou tho very face he
had seen; three or four hours before, looking
up at hhn frtpfi the captain’s desk.
At first ho tried to .pfersUado himself it
might be fanfiy; b’it the more he examined
the fisivn the more euro ho became that he was
right; Not'only Orb ffico, but tfie person and
the dress, exactly ’corresponded; h
As .soon gs.the exhausted crow . and famish-!
cd passengerswere oared for, and the barque.
,du hor the mgto called the cap
tain aside; ‘'dt seems that was not a ghost 5
I saw to-day, sir; thii man’s alive.’”
“ What do you mean? Who’s alive?”
“ Why, sir, one of tho passengers wo have
just saved is the same mftn I saw writing on
your slabs [lt ndon, I would swear tp it i.u a
.court of justice,” .
■4“ Upon hfy word, jVIr. Bruce,” replied the
captain, “ this gets more and more puig-ular.
Jjet us .’go Jftnd.-pee this gentleman:” ’’ ’
■They fqund fiim ip obny.prsatiftp -jvfiifi tfie
captain of the resqqed ship.' /Theyboth ckme
forward, and expressed, in ’thowafnjest terms,
,their gratitude tor deliverance from a horrible
death -fiy .exposure and
starvation. ‘
The captain replied that lio had but,done
<what hei was certain tl>cy would have done
for hinj under the same circumstances,, and
asked thorn both to stop down into the cabin.
Then, turning to the passenger, ho said, “ I
hope, air, you .will not tnink I am trifling with
you; but I would bo much obliged to you if
you would write a few words on this slate.”—
Ajfr iT e . v a ?ded hup th,o slate, with’ sido up bn
which the mysterious writing wOs not. “I
will do anything you ask/’.'replied the passon
gor; “but what shall I writ**?”
“A fow words arc all I. want. ipupposo
you write Steer to the nor’woat.-’ ” ‘
The passenger evidently puzzled to make
out this motive for such a request, did so, how
ever,.with a smile. The captain took up tho
slate and examined it closely; then stepping'
aside so ye to copceal the slate from the pas
senger, jio turned it over, and gave it to pim
i again with the other side up.
■‘You saythat ja your handwriting?" epid
of intelligence and surprise; and the former
asked tho latter, “ Did yog dream that ypu
wrote on this s]ato ?” ' . ’ ' ,
“ No, sir, not that f remember.”
f ‘ Yon speak of dreaming," said the captain
of tho barque, “ What wps this gentleman
gbout at noon to-day ?" .
“ Captain,” rejoined the other, “ tho wholo
thing is most mysterious and extraordinary
and I had intended to speak.to you about it
as soon as we got a little quiet. This gentle-:
man',” ((pointing to the passenger,)' “ being
much exhausted, foil into a heavy sleep, or
what seemed such, some time before noon.—:
4fter an hour or more ho awoke, and said to
mo, ” Captain, we shall be relieved this very
day.” When'l asked him what reason, ho
had for saying so, he replied that ho' had
dreamed that ho was oh board a barque, and
that she wqs coming to our rescue. He de
scribed hpr appearp-opfi and rig; and, to my
utter ostonisliipent/ whon your ypssol hove in
sight she corresponded exactly to lps
tion of her. W° bad not put much faith in
what ho said i yet still wp hoppd there might
bo something in it, for drowning men, you
know, will catch at straws. As it has turned
put, I cannot doubt that it was all arranged,
iii some incomprehensible way, by an overru :
ling Providence, so that we’ might bo saved,
To Him be all thanks -for his goodness to us.
“ There is not a doubt,” rejoined the other
captain, “ that tho writing on tho slate, let it
have come there as it may, saved all your
lives. I was steering. at tho time considero:
bly South of West, and I altered my course to
nor’west, and had a look-out aloft, to see what
would come of it. But you say,” ho added,
.turning to the passenger, “ that you did not
dream of writing on a slate J”
, “ No, sir. I nave no recollection whatever
of doing so. I got the impression that the
barqqp I saw in my dream was coming to the
rescue of us; but how that impression came
f cannot tpll. There is another very strange
thing about it,” ho added. “Every thing
hero on board seems to mo 1 quite familiar;
yet I am sqro that I never was in your vessel
before. It is a puzzle to me. What did
your mate spa?”
Thereupon Mr.Bruco related to them all
tho circumstances above detailed. Tho con
clusion they finally arrived at was, that it was.
a special interposition of Providence to save'
them from what seemed a hopeless fate.
The aboyo narrative was communicated to
mo by Captain *J. S, Clarke, of jthp p.ohooner
iJtdia Salloclf ,* who hgd it diiwtly from Sir.
■Bruce himself They sailed together for sev
enteen months, in tho years 1836 and ’37; sp
that Captain Clarke had the story from -the
male about eight years after the occurrence.
Ho has since lost sight of him; and does not :
ktfow whether ho is alive. All,ho has heard
of him since they wore shipmates is, that he
continued to tracts to New Brunswick, that; ;
ho became the master of tho brig Comet , and.
I'that she was lost.
I asked Captaip Clarke if he knew Bruce
well, and what sort of a. man he was. ...
■ A B ,truthful. and..straigditforwardia man.’’
hereplied, “as ever I met ih all my life.; We
were as intimate as brothers; and two men
can’t be together, shut up for seventeen mouths
in the same ship, without getting,to know
whether they can trpst one another’s word or
not. Ho always spoke of the circumstances
in terms of reverence, as of an incident that
seemed to bring him nearer to God .arid to an
other world. I’d stake my life upon it that
ho told mo no lie;”
*ln July, 51859. ‘The Julia Efallock was then ly
ing at. the foot of. Rutger's SHp, Now York and St.
Jagp, in tho island of Cuba. The captain allowed,
mo to use his name, and to rofer to him as evidence
for .the truth of what is boro sot down.
decidedly fool,
■ A Boston lady, who had somewhat of a
! Bace,haiialion spouse, resolved to frighten him
into temperance! She therefore engaged a
watchman, at a stipulated reward, to’ carry
A* Philander",'to the watch house while ho was;
in a stpto of insensibility, and frighten him a !
little when he recovered. In accordance with:
this anrangemorit he woke up in the watch
house about midnight and found himself on
his back. Ho looked around bewildered un
til his eyes'rested on a man sitting by a stove’
a cigar. ’ ‘
; “ Where am 1,-?” asked Philander.
“ In a medical college;” said the cigar epuK
kor.
What a doing there 1”
‘ Going to bo cut upf”
‘ Cut up!—how comes that ?'■’
‘tyhy, you died while drunk,
1 we nave brought your carcas from your
wife, who had a right to sell it, for it’s all the
good could over niake out of you. If
you’i;e hot dead it’s no fault of the' doctors,
and they will cut you up dead or alive!”
“Yob will, olif’-’ asked tho old sot.
“ To be sure wo will—now immediately,”
was the resolute answer.
. “Well, now look o’here, old feller, can’t
r ou let.ua have something to drink before you
login ?” ’ j '
Death of the “ Talking Fish.”—The pub-.
lie will be surprised to hear that this curious
■ performer lias-died. The recent hard frost'
affected it ; very severely, and on. Wednesday
afternoon; about hplf-paat six o’clock, it ceased
to signs'-of life; aAerJihe hard,
weather adt in it began to give indications of
being ‘ out of torts,’ and was very ill for three
days previous to its death, being unable to
perform. Jt wad covered with blankets, and
water was lot out of its tub. Several medical
gentlemen, acquainted with the natural’.bla
tory.of such animals; were sent for, and they
gave what advice they ooiuld, which rvas acted
upon. The animal, however, continued to
get worse, and on Wednesday afternoon, be
ing .unable to oat anything, the wife of the
proprietor wont in ,to see it. It distinctly re
cognized her, and answered her inquiry by
its peculiar grunt of “ Mammal” In trying
to raise itselrto come near her, the effort was
tpo much for it, and it fell over on its side and
expired. The loss will be a heavy one to the
proprietor, as he was deriving a good income
from its exhibition, and not long since was of
fered by a speculator the sum of £1,500 for
it.~Londoti Times, December 27,
BD* A : speaker enlarging on the rascality of
the devil, got off tho following. “ I tell .you
that the deyil is on old liar; for when . I wpa
about getting religion, ho told we that if f did
get religion, I could not go into gay company,
and lie; and .cheat, br any such thing; but I
hpy.o found him out to bo a groat liar," , ’
DC?* Oh, 'tia hard, indeed 1-rrA mpu flamed
Oats : was had up rocently for beating his.wife
end children. On being sentenced to impris
onment; tho 'brute remarked that it was very
hard a pian was not allowed to thrash his own
oats.. ' . .
C7* A passenger on a steamer had a roll of
canvass with him; in a. lurch of the boat it
rolled overboard.' Ho pitched in after it; on
seeing which, o, by-standor remarked, “As
that fellow is in’for a duck, ho is bound to
have the canvas-hack !”
-CARLISLE, PA., THURSDAY, MARCH 1, JB6Q.
pY FRANCIS DB tiAISS JANVIER.
ff Liberty and- Union,'now and forever, oro flpd
Jnscpefablo .'
, , Union 1 Tlio;Unioni
Tho hope of thq free! ,
powsoo'er wo mny diffor,
In this wo agree—
Our glorious, banner
No traitor shall mar,
. I}y effacing a stripo
Or destroying a star J
?ivision ! No# never J
ho Union forever I
' And cursed be tho hand
That our country would sever I
ITho Union! Tho Union! •
'Twas purchased 'with blood! -
£Hdo by side, to secure it,
Our forefathers stood—
From the Northto the South,
Through iho length of tho land,
pan the war-cry which summoned
That patriot band!
Division] No, neverl'
The Union forever I'
And cursed bo tho. hand
V That.our counlry'wpuld sevor!
The Union I Tho Union!
At Lexington, first,
Through the clouds of oppression,
Its radiance burst—
But, at Yorktown,'rolled back
The last yapory.crest,
And, a fright constellation, ,
It in.tho West! -
Division I *' No/ never I '
The Union forever]
And cursed bo the' hand
That our pouutry /yybuld sever I
Tho Union 1 The Union]
Its hcayonly light
Ohoers the hearts of the nations
Who grope in tho night— *
And, athwart the wide ocean, •
Falls, gliding tbo tidcs, ,
A path to the country’ ■>’
Where Freedom abides!
Division ! No, never!
Tho Union forever I .
And cursed bo the hand
That, our country would sever !
The Unitpjkrl Tho Union!
In God wfe jeposo! '■'
Wo confide in the power
That vanquished our.foes 1
Tho of bur fathers-7*
ph, still may Ho be .. .
The strength of the tlnion,
Tho hopo of, tho frfie i/
Division# ’No,.never.!'
Tho Union ibrbvcri ; ,
Ajid oure'ed be the hand. -
J?hqt our country would sever I
Tyro Ways to Save Money.
John Poland didri’t say; anything about the l
two animals ho had bought a ycarjmd a-balf
and the calf thoy had'yielded him, for
,wmph he had been offered ■mthin - tlui.Aveck
four. ImnrlreP
of stock over, arid above ,the < stock ■ owfted by
Lyman.. He turned the Subject of conversa
tion as quickly as possible, for he wanted tp
hear no more reasons from his friend* for riot
lending him (he money.. ■ ;■.
This afternoon he wont-over to see tho man
of whom he had bought this how stock, who
lent him the money ho needed readily.
" “What afool,!" said Lymati, as ho saw the
carpenters at work tearing away one whole
side of his neighbor’s barn,'preparatory to
adding an apartment capable of accommoda
ting fortyefive head of cattle. However, Po
land worked on, and tried* in; vain to get his
neighbor to listen to some of his advice.
“Don’t talk.to me," cried Lyman; at the end
of that second year. “I’ve got four hundred
dollars at interest. How much have- you
got?" : ■
“A thousand or .so,” returned the other,
“Eh? what do-you mean?" : 1
“Why all the money I have laid putonthis
plp.ee, is on interest.”
ah,.ha, hp., ha—rand howipuohiutc
rest bpye ,
“So. far I've lbft.it all rjiri at’ppjppound in
terest-put the interest right:ip' with the
principal, gnd there it lies/’ - 1 ’ “ ’.
, there it will lie. I don’t believe
you can paise fifty' dollars now in cash.”
“yon .are right Lyman—l cmild not raise
it withdnt aelhng something which J do not
wish at present to mrt with/’.
“I thought, so. ijut take your own way.”
Ere long Arison Lyman was astonished to
hear that his’rieighbor had subscribed for a
third paper, hesjdps. buying,a lot of bpoks for
his children; ‘ ’ ’* - '' ” ' ' ' s
“What’s the nee?” he sjiid, gs-be spijin his
neighbor’s front room, arid saw.fi jlarge pile of
books op the shelf. “I want my to
learn to work—not to bp sppuding.thpir time
over books. They getpchoQiingenpugb phen
our school is open.’’ ’ ■ “ ■ '
“So 1 moan that my children shall learn to
.work,” returned ; Polarid; /.‘but that shall not
prevent them from becoming .well educated. I
would, rather Jeave them with good health;
good characters arid good education, than with
akhpusands of dollars each miriiis tho educa
tion.”-''
“Oho'l that's the .way you njcan to lay up a
thousand dollars to have it in books and in
papers, ahd-new tic-ups and such like.”
“rou shall sco when the time is up.”
-•‘■Wo ” returned. Lyman, as ho turned
towards home.
Mr. Lyman had not fully realized how much
corn Poland had received from the' land ho
manured sp lipavily and so carefully, and
year ho only noticed that his
neighbor, had “extraordinary good luck” with
his wheat; getting about ninety bushels from
three acres. But hd had occasion to open his
byes on the third year; .
. Onp evening, just at sunset, he wept oyer
into Poland’s field, where,the nion wore just
finishing raking up the three acre piece where
the grain had been the year before—the firat
piece the present owner had plowed up and
dressed. ■
“Been piling some hay on hero?” said Ly
man, as ho saw the huge bunches of hay near
ly as thick as they could stapd.
• “No; this is hllout from those three ppres/’
returned' Poland.-
. Lyman counted the bundles, pud then es
timated their average weight, and ufion reck
oning up ho found.that tye land had yielded
not for from four tops .to the aero 1 Ho know
that-Ppljipd had got ipdvo'than ten bushels of
wheat per gore thgri.ho. had done,, and .also
more corn. Ho began to think;, but yet Ke
wpuld not’leave his monpy go fpy any such
•‘‘exnorimonta’ , eupon his place. :
The five years came .around, 1 and Ansop
Lyman went on that i'day, ,phd sold ifourteen
bushels of corn in order to getfoiirteon dollars
to put with nine hundred and eighty-six dob
fers, which he had at homer 1 , ,
“Well, Poland, I’ve got the prize I”, said
Lyman, entering the farmer’s barn in the. af
ternoon. It was early spring, just fiyo. years
from the day on which they bought.' “I've got
h thousand dollars; now wlnit hove you got?
. “Well, I have not far from four hundred ;
dollars in money.”
HE JJNtOlf,
/By pOBB.
“Aha—l thought so.”
“But, Anson Lyman,” said Poland, almost
fiternlyj ‘fare your pyep’not opened yot?”
“Opened | \yhat tfo yop mean?” r
“Well, I hipaii that my' farm tOrday will
sell for onp more than yours
will. Look at my I)ay mow. ’•’There arp ncar :
ly twenty tons qf ftay; yon Imvo noj tap. And
jnihd yoji, I have live hcpd of cattle iporp than
you have. Next season I shall cut more hoy
from twelve acres, which I have now regenc?
rpted, than you will cut upon your forty
acres; and you know my hay is worth far
more a pound than your hoy is, I told you I
had five more head of cattle than you had.
For these five creatures J can, within six
hours, take several hundred dollars cash, hut
no such money can purchase them of mo.
Ah, Lyman, you have keen saving money, hut
you have taken it from your farm without re
luming anything for it,”
“Never mind—l've got my thousand dol
lars, and I’ve got my farm as good os the day
I- bought it.”
" “Not quite, Lyman,”
■ “HowSO.”
“You have taken off two hundred cords of
good wood."
“Well—so you take off some,” •
“Aye—but what I took from my wood lot I
put back.upon my field, 1, did not take it
from my farm.”
Mr. Lyman wont away with new thoughts,
ipime passed on, and at the end of another
five years the eyes of Anson Lynian were
wholly opened; Poland had nowfailed quite
p. stock of noble cattle from his first purchase,
pud conjmejjced tq sell to the beef market.
’Two hundred dollars was the least spry one of
.them brought when fatted; and onp -bpllock
foiir’yeprs bid, brought him tln-po hundred
and tqn dollars. His twenty acre field was
Jiko a garden yielding, such as how mowed
an avorago qf three tons to the acre. In short,
his-whole farm wps under- the best training
and improvement, and now yielded him,back
a heavy interest ppon all that ho had expen
ded. : 'Di)fiqg one fall he took over a thousand
dollars tor stock and produce; and ho was of
fered five thousand dollars for his place, while
Lyman could not have fqund a purchaser at
fifteeij hundred !''; ’
, “Holly,’-’ said Anson lyman, sinking into a
chair, “I’ve been a fool! a fool I say,”
“Why, Anson? What do you mean?”
“Mean? Look at Poland’s farm."
“I have looked at it from the first, A-a sotl .”
“You have ? And,what have yoii seen ?”
“Why I saw that John Poland was making
a comfortable home for himself and family,
and increasing the value of his farm ten
fold,” - - ■
“And why didn’t you tell me so 7”
• “I did tell you so, husband, and you said I
was a fool.” ,
“I remember. Well, never mind. ’Han't
ton late nojv.”
Qn tJjo next morning Mr. Lyman vent over
to his neighbor’s and frankly said;,
~ “Poland, you, must help me, I want to
"Jojirn tO'bo a farmer.” v“. ■
■ "wiU b ( ?lp you with pleasure; Anson; and
you, mb' begin far more easily thaji I, did;'for
yon have money.” ' "
And iLyman commenced. The thousand
dcjlara was nearly all expended in the work,
but in the end ho found nimself the gainer,
his ddllars came back to him with interest,
,t\vlce. told.. Ho had learned a.
many might follow with profit.
Dr. jFffljJkJiu on Dontb,
Wo have lost a , most dear and" valuable re
lation. But it is the will of God and nature
that these mortal bodies bo laid aside when
the soul is to enter real life. This is rather
the embyro state; a preparation for living.
A man is not completely born until he is dead.
Why should wo grieve when a now child is
Born to the immortals? We ars spirits! That
bodies should bo lent us while they can afford
i}S pleasure, assist us in acquiring knowledge,
or doing good to our fellow' creatures, is a
kind, benevolent act of God.' When they be
come unfit for these purposes qnd afford us •
pain instead of of aid be
come ah answer none of
the intentions for which they were given—it
is equally kind and benevolent that a way is
provided Jay which wo may get rid of them.
Death is that Wo ourselves, in some
cases..choos.o "a partial death, A jangled,
painful limb, ‘which cannot be restored, we
willingly cut off. Ho who pjuoka out a.tooth
parts with it freely since pain goes with it;
and ho who quits the whole body parts at once
yyith all the pains and diseases it was liable
to or capable of pjaking.
Pur friends and we were invited abroad on
.a parly of pleasure, which is to last forever.
His chair was ready first and he has gone be
fore pa; we. could not conveniently start to
gether. Why should you and Ibo grieved at
this, since we are soon, to follow, and know
where to find him.
The Secret of Happiness. —The most
common error of men and women is that of
looking for happiness somewhere outside of
useful work. It has never yet been found
when thus sought, and never will be while
the world stands, and the sooner this truth is
learned the better for every one. If you doubt
the proposition, glance around among your
friends and acquaintances, and select those;
who appear to; have the. most onjoymppi in
life. Are they the idlers and pleasure aeCk
ors or the earnest workers 1 Wo know what
your answer will be.. ’
Of all the miserable hjjtpan -bpiegs it has
boon our fortjine, or misfortune, to know.they
were the most wretched who had retired from
gsoful. employments in. order to .enjoy them
selves. Why, the slave, at his enforced labor,
or the hungry toiler for bread, wero supreme
ly happy in comparison; ‘
Earnestly would wo inipress upon young
minds the truth wo have stated. It lies at
the foundation of dll, well-doing and well-be
ing; , It gives tranquility and pleasure to the
youth just stepping across the threshold of
rational life, as well as the man whose years
beginning to rest upon his' stempphouldors.
Be oyer .engaged in useful work ir yon would
pd happy. This is tjie great sdoreti
■ ■ ’. Arthurs Magazine ■.
CST If yop cannot reason or persuade & naan
into the truth, never attempt tpforoe him into
it. -Times are alteredhenctos i ‘ fire and fag-.
got, .putting of bars; drowning witches, and
Other holy games-. Jut the same spirit still
lives ip opi* midst.
[CP 1 A- negro was fined §lO nt. St. Louis On
Tuesday, and ordered to leave the Slate with
in* throe days, for being in Missouri without
a license.;
' A woman in Louisa county, lowa, com
mitted suicide, by jumping into a well, from
depression,; because her husband was involved
in d law suit; ,
DCa* At Ocohmowac; Wis.; last week a nian
named Eivgen, quarreled with Joseph Mills;
and struck him n powerful blow under tho
jaw with his fist, killing him instantly. ;
A Negro Dijcnssioa about Fggs.
Genova, the lovely village on Seneca Lake,
furnishes the following specimen of parlia
mentary rpling;
In the fairest village of Western New York
the “culled ppssons, in imitation of their
white tuptlirpn, fptnipd a debating society for
the purpose of improving thqip' rpmds by the
discussion of hjslrpoliye and entertaining top
ics. _ 'file deliberations of thq society were
presided over by a venerable dartey-j who
performed his duties with the utmost dignity
pecujifir to his color. The subject for discus
sion oh the occasion on which we write, was:
“What am dq mpddqr ob de chickens—do
hen what lay de eggs or do hen what hatch
do chicks ?”
The question was warmly debated, and
many reasons, pro -and con, were urged and
combated by the excited disputants. Those
in favor of thq latter proposition were evident
ly in the majority, and the President made ho
attempt to conceal that his sympathies wqro
were with the dominant party,' At length (in
intelligent darkey rose from the minority
side, and.begged leave to state a proposition
to this effect: •
“Spbse," said ho, “dat you set one dozen
duck eggs under a hen, and dey hatch, which
am de mpdder— de duck op'do hen ?”
This was a poser, was well put, aijd non
plussed the other side, even staggering the
President, who plainly saw the force of the
smoke meat’s argument, and had committed
himself too far to yield without a struggle; so,
after cogitating and-scratching his woll a few
moments, a bright idea Struck hjnj. Rising
in his chair, with all the coneeiopsnesa qf su
periority, be announced; ' ' '
“Ducks am not before’ do house; chiekpns
am do question; derefo’ I rule do dueks out,”
and do it ho did, to the, complete overthrow
'of his opponents,' -* • ■
Shun Affectation.— There is nothing more
beautiful in the young than simplicity of char
acter. It is honest, frank and attractive.—
How different is affectation 1 The simple
minded are always natural. They are at the
samp time original. The affected are never
natural," And as for originality, if they ever
had it, they have crushed it out, and hurried
it from sight utterly. . Be yourself then, young
friend I To . attempt to bo anybody else ,is
worse than folly. It,is an impostibility to at
tain it. It is contemptible ,to try. But sup
pose you could succeed in imitating the great
est'man that ever, figured in history, would
thatmakoyoK any the greater ? By no meats.
You should always, suffer in comparison with
the imitated png, pnd be-thought of only as a
1 shadow of a Coho of ;a real
sound—the counterfeit of a pure coin I, Dr.,
Johnson aptly considered the heartless imi
tator (for such is he who affects the character,
of another) to the Empress of Jluaaia, when
she had done the freakish .thing of erecting a
palace of ice,. It was splendid ,and eonspicu-.
chis while it lasted j' bpt the s,uu goon- ipolted :
it, tvndcauaedita attraetionS te dissolve into.
common watef, : while the humblest stone cot
tage stood firm and unharmed, let the fab-,
rio, though over so'humble,; be at least reah-^
. Avoid affecting the character of another, how-;
ever great. Build your own; 'Bo'what God
intended you to bo—yourself, .and not some
body else. Shun affectation. ’
The Wife;— : There is a groat deal of truth
in the following lines, written by one who has
unquestionably had experience, and utters
what he considers the truth: .
It needs ho guilt to break a husband’s heart..
The absence Of icohjtent; Jthe of
spleen, the ijijitidyrdfes,s 'and cheerless home,
the forbidding scowl and:de?e'rtcd h®artb—•
these, and of per nameless neglects without a
.crime among them,’ hoyo harrowed to’ the
quick the hparl’p. core of many a man and
planted there, beyond the reach of cure, the
germ of dark despair. 0, may woman, before
the sight arrives, dwell on the recollections of
her youth, and cherishing the dear idea of that
tuneful time, awaken and keep alive tlje pro
mise she so kindly gave. though she
may bo the injured, not' the injuring one—the
forgotten and not the forgetting wife—a hap
py, allusion to the hour of peaceful love—a
kindly welcome to a comfortable home—a
smile of love to banish hostile words—a kiss
of peace to pardon all the past, and the hard
est heart that ever looked itself within the
breast of selfish man, will Soften to her charms,
and bid her live, as she had hoped, her years
of matchless bliss, loved, loving, and contonl
—the source of comfort, and the spring of joy,
An Ohio editor gives his yiowS of tho
several dances which he lately witnessed at a
ball in, Washington. He says :
“The want of variety in "this metropolitan
dancing was, however;' fully made up by tho
fancy things, such as' ££e waltz and polka.
These were absolutely barbarous; Tho old
fashioned wait?, the morality of which even
Byron called into Question, is hero ignored as
altogether too.cold and distant. The lady lays
her head on the gentleman’s bosom, pitta one
hand on liis, and tlio other on his coat tail
pocket, and resigns herself to his embraces,
and goes to sleep, all but her feet, which when
carried by him clear off the floor, go pat
.tipg around bn tho toes; Tho gentleman thus
■bntwined, throws his head back arid his eyes
up; like a dying calf; his body .bent in tho
shape of a figure 4, ho whirls, backs tip, swings.
around, swoons, to all appearances, dashes
forward, and leaves tho ring, to the delight of
all decent people.
Negro Excitement in Newburgh. —On
Tuesday a man visited Newburgh and endea
vored to got an insane negro woman into the
aayluin therc. For some reason her admis
sion was declined, and the man .proceeded to
the yillogd with'the. woman'. A rumor
spread 'through the town that the woman was
a fugitive .slave, and that the man was her J
owner, and was about faking her back to sla
very. v 1 "
•• A large Crowd, headed by the moat pronii
nent Abolitionists of the place, congregated at
the hotel. -The cum Jkept perfectly coo,l du
ring the excitement, respectfully refusing to
answer any inf the numerous questions that
wore nut to him by the crowd, tie said, how
ever, that tho woman was cwy, apd that ho
I was anxious to place her in a proper retreat.
This was not satisfactory. The crowd said
( they must liberate her, and they at length
I made themselves so disagreeable that thC inan
I took out his well-Hnod pocket-book, and said
that ho would give any man in the crowd,
who could give satisfactory evidence of his
responsibility and kindness, S2OO to take tho
woman off his hands. ’ Nobody took up tho oR
for and the man loft. ,We understand ho is
from Kentucky, and that tho .woman is a
slave.—Cleveland Plaiiidealer, 16 th.
; JET” Plain >s the strongest word in the fem
inine vocabulary to express ill looks; Some
think it mild, but it is powerfully, though del
icately, expressive; That which is plain is
conspicuous., It means, therefore,' remarka
bly ugly. A lady never calls a bull-dog plain,
but a baboon; That would bo too severe.
anb .(ffitob?..
O’ Speak little and well, and people will
take you for somebody.
[C7 - Thoae who attempt nothing themselves
think everything performed.
Of It is chiefly young ladies of narrow un
derstanding' wjjq year plybea too tight for themv
O’ Try to let everybody's faults b 6 forget
ton, as you wish yours tp be. " ’
O’ Your character cahpot be essentially
injured, except by your own aots.
_O’ Kindness is the golden chain which
hinds society together. . ’■
O’ What did a blind wood sawer take td
restore his.'sight ? He took his horsfi and Saw.
O’, He that cannot fqrgivc othera breaks
the bridge over which he himself must pass.
O’ Why are good husbands like dough f
women (k) heed them.
O’ Look out for paint,".ah the girl said
when a fellow went to kiss her.
O' Why is g cat’s tail like a swan’s bo
som? Because it’grows dowiv
DO The reporter who took rough notes is
having them, smoothed' dowm ■ v
' O’ It should be remembered that a bare
assertion js not fieoossarily'the naked truth.
O’ One ought to have dptes at one’s fin
iidr’s ends, seeing they' groyinpon the palm'.
[O’ If you wish to collect together all . the
pretty girls in town, advertise a “ lecture to
young men.’’
O’ “What’s in a dress?’’ asks ii popular
writer. Sometimes a great deal, and some
tiines a precious littlfr.
DO* “ I must leave in dis gust,” as the dar
key said when he'bid his friend “goodnight’’
during & thunder storm.
_0” The man who is fond of. puddings and.
pies places himself fearfully in the power of
nig wife. .
DT7* Sydney Smith compares the whistle of
a locomotive to the’squeal of an attorney when
Satan first gets hirih ' '
E 7” The man who was hemmed in by' a
crowd, has been troubled with a stitch in his
side over since.
XT” So long,as meh are imprudent in their.
diet and their business, doctors and lawyers
will ride in cariagoa.
. OCT” “ What have you to remark, madam;
about my singing ?” “ Nothing, sir, it is not
remarkable.”
C7* The “ first” business of. tynn ?S £he '
manufacture of shoes'. That, however, is ul
i timately connected with the, “ last” business;
CC7* Wo know sWo men, who, when they
are perplexed in argument, get oht just as
poor debtors,got
O’ Elderly .unmarried ladies are .consid
ered by sods pefsons'the lepst enviable of,all
kinds of waiting rAaids-.
O’ A child froze .to death in its cradle at
Milwaukee, on the night of the 30th ult;, the
mercury being 24° below zero;
Fat Office.— Froitt statistics pilbliahed it is
inferred that the income of the Sheriff of,Now-
Fork is at least $60,000 a year I. -
OC7” Don’t force a man to take your advice!
I You ‘can advise him’to take a bath without
pitching him into the liver. ' ,
.yoji fall into misfortune, disengage
yourself aS well as you Pan; Creep through
the bushes that have tli‘6 fewest briars. '
0?ln France love is a comedy; ini England
ji. tragedy; in Italy an opera.; in (Scrniany a'
melodrama. '
DCT” It may seem a paradox, but it is never
theless truth, that, Hit a man upon whatever'
part of the body you will; the blow is sure to
go against the stomach; '
OCT” Twenty-six persons, Aged one hundred
and over, have died within the United. States
in 1859. The oldest was Caesar, a colored'
man in sged J3B. ' . . 1
OdfUerirri in childhood, if yoii can, that
happiness is not outside;' but inside. ' A good
heart and a clear conscience bring happiness;
no riches or circumstances alone ever do;
DCT” Fashionable circles were never so nu
merous as they are , now. Almost every lady
that appears in the streets is the centra of
one; ■'
OZh Why is a fool in a high station like a
man in a balloon ? Because everybody apr
pears little to hini, arid he appears little to
everybody. ; ; ' ■ 1 ■
OCT” A Poet sajrs tliat the wind kisses the
waves. That; wo suppose; is. the celebrated
“ kiss for h blow" about which he have-heard
so much;
There lire doforriiitieswhieh attract no
particular attention, but a man born without
eot must necessarily bo a hento-rioua oharae-
An Ice iJmjndlsr.— '-A s.entiinentftllady-vis
itor to Mount Vornon was found weeping bib
torly over the icc-biuse—mistaking it fir tho
tomb of ~ . .
Titaowixa jthje gen jo fde VpUAtE.-ySince
holiday .week; the drygoods retailers, like tho
mariners of Jonah’s ship, sink their profit ra
ther than .shorten their sales.'
keep eggs from spoiling, oat them:
while they ire fresh. Wo have tried all kinds
of methods,’ but this wo think is tho only one ;
to be relied on “ in any climate:" ,
I H ST A sensible writer advises those who
i would enjoy good eating to keep good natur-.
od; “for," says ho, “ an ailgrytrian can’t tell
whether he,is eating boiled cabbage or stewed
umbrellas."
BST, A poor fellow, having got His skull
fractured, was told by tKo doctor that the
brain was visible, when ho remarked," Do
write to father, for ho always declared I had
nono.”
, CT" A Yankee bragging of, having killed a i -
young panther whoso tail was “three feet
long,’’ Brown observed that tho amiraal died
seasonably, (Is the tail was jtiat long enough
not “ to be continued.”
Tho only " liberty cap,” edya a clev
er and witty author, is the "night-cap;” In
it men visit, ono third, of their fives, the land
Of sleep—the only land where they arc always
free and ecpial.” "
i Well, J and, this is a queer world/’
said Joe to his wife; “a sect or women phi-r
losophors has just sprung up.'”. "Indeed,"
said Jane, “ and what do, they hqld/"
strangest thing is nature,” said he, their
tongues?”
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