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MEM
THE HEART
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The heart, the heart! oh, let it be
A true and bounteous thing,
Ag kindly warm, as nobly free,
As eagle's nestling wing.
Oh, keep it not, like niisei:'s gold;
shut in front all beside;
lint let its precious sioreg unfold,
In mercy far and
The heart, the heart that's truly blest,
Is Weyer all its own;
No ray of glory lights the breast,
That be: fur self alone.
NOT ASHAMED OF RIDICULE
I shall never forget a lesson which
I received when quite a young lad, at
an Academy in 11—. A-Mong my
school fellows were Hardy and Jem
son. They were somewhat older than
myself. and to the latter I looked up
as a sort of leader in matters of opinion
as well as sport. He was not at heart
malicious, but he bad a foolish ambi
tion of being thought witty and 'sar
castic, and he made himself feared by
a besetting habit of turning things
into ridicule, so that he seemed con—
tinually ou the lookout for matter of
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4C11,.1011.
Hattly was a new scholar, and
little was known of him among the
boys. One morning as we were on
our way to school, lie was seen driving
-a cow along the road toward a neigh
boring field. group of boys, among
whom was Jemson, met him as he
was passing. The opportunity was
not to be lost by Jon.-on. "IIalloa!"
he exclaimed, "what's the mice of
milk I 1 say, Jonatharj„,---What do you
fodder on What will you tiske for
all the gold un her horns? Boys, if
you want to see the latest Pat is style,
look at those boots !"
Iketlly, Waving his hand . at us with
a Plea'a"tllitt't driving the cots
to the field, took down the bars of a
rail fence, saw her safely in the incle
sure, and then, putting up the bars,
came and entered the school with the
rest of us. After school in the after
noon, he let out the cow and drove
her off, none of us kn6V where. And
every day, for two or three weeks,
he went through the same task.
The boys of 13— Academy wet e
nearly all the sons of wealthy parents,
and some of them, among whom was
Jellison, were dunces enough to look
down with a sott of disdain, upon a
scholar who had to drive a cow. The
sneers and jeers of .lemson , were ac
cordingly often renewed. Ho once.
OD a plea that he did not like the odor
of the barn, refused to sit next to
Hardy. Occasionally he would in
quire after:' the cow's health, pro
nouncing the word "ke-ow," after
the manner of some of the country
people.
• With admirable good nature did
Muth , bear all these silly attempts to
~round and annoy him. I do not re
aler-111,er that he was even once be
trayed into a look or word of a ng . r y
retaliation. "I suppose, Hardy." said
Jemson one day, "your daddy means
to make a milkman of ypu 1" " Why
not!" asked Hartly.—"o, nothing;
only don't leave much water in the
tans after you rinse them—that's all!"
The boys all laughed, and }Tartly, not
in the least mortified, replied, "Never
fear; if ever I *should rise to be a
milkman, I'll give good measure and
good milk."
The day after this conversation
there was a public exhibition, at
which a number of ladies and gentle
men from neighboring cities were
present. Prizes were awarded by the
principal of our Academy, and both
Hardy and Jemson received.a credit
able number; for in respect to schol
arship, these two were about equal.
After the ceremony of distribution,
the principal remarked that there
was ono prize, .consisting of a gold
medal, which was rarely awarded, not
so much on account of its great- cost,
as because the instances were rare
which rendered its bestowal proper.
It was the prize for heroism. The
last boy who received one was young
Manners, who three years ago, res
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cues t. a blind•girl from drowning.'
Th. principal then said that, with
the ermission of the company, he
would relate a short story. "Not
long since, some scholars were, flying
a kite in the street just as a poor boy
on horseback rode by on. his way to
mill. The horse took fright and threw
the boy, injuring him_ so badly that he
was carried home, and confined some
weeks to his . bed. Of the scholars.
who had unintentionally caused the
disaster, none followed to learn the
fate of the wounded .boy. There was
one scholar, however ; who had wit
nessed the accident from the distance,
who not only went to make inquiries,.
but staied to render services.
This scholar soon learned that the
wounded boy was the grandson pf a
poor widow, whose sole means - of
support consisted in selling the milk
of a fine cow of which she was the
owner. Alas! what could she "do
now? She was old and lame, and
her grandson, on whom she depended
to drive the cow to pasture,- was now
on his back, helpless. "Never mind,
good woman," said the scholar, " I
can drive your cow." With bles
sings and thanks the old woman ac
cepted his °Wet.
But his kindness did not stop here.
Money was wanted to get articles
from the apothecary. "1 have money
that my mother sent me to buy a pair
of boots with ; but I can do without
them for a while." "0, norsaid the
old woman, "I can't consent to that;
but here is a pair of cowhide boots
that I bought for Henry, who can't
wear them. If you would only buy
these, giving us what they cost, we
should get along nicely." The schol
ar bought the boots, clumsy as they
were, and has worn them up to this
time:
Well, when it was discovered by
other boys of the Academy, that our
scholar was in the habit of driving a
cow, he was every day assailed with
laughter and ridiculo. His cowhide
boots in particular were made matter .
of mirth: But he kept on cheerfully . -
and bravely, day after day, never
shunning observation, driving the wid
ow's cow, and wearing his cowhide
boots, contented in the thought that
lie was doing right; caring not for all
the jeers and sneers that .could be
uttered. lie never undertook to ex
plain why he drove the cow—for be
was, not inclined to make a v:Mnt
his charitable motives, and further
more, in his heart he had no - sympa
thy with the false Pride" that could
look with ridicule on any ireful em
ployment. It was by mere accident
that his course of kindness and self
denial was yesterday discovered. by
his teacher.
"Anti now, ladies and gentlemen, I
appeal to you, was there not true
moral heroism in this boy's conduct?
Nay, Mte.ter llartly, do not slink out
of sight behind tl.o black-boat d! You
are not afraid of ridicule, you must
not he afraid of praise. Come forth,
-come futth, Master Edward James
Hartly, and let us see your honest
face!"
A. Hartly, with blushing cheeks, •
rrride his appearance, what a round
of applause, in which the whole com
pany joined, spoke the general appro
bation of his conduct! The ladies
stood upon benches and waved their
handkerchiefs. The old men wiped
the gathering moisture from the cor
ners
of their eyes, and clapped their
hands. Those clumsy boots on Hart
ly's
feet,-seemed a prouder ornament
than a clown would have been on his
head. The medal was bestowed on •
him amid general acclamation:
Let me tell you a good thing of
Semson before I conclude. He was
heartily ashamed of his ill natured
raillery, and after we were dismissed,
he went with tears of manly - self
rebuke in his eyes, and tendered his.
hand to Hardy, making a handsome
apology for his past tll4nanners.
" Think no more of it, 91d fellow,"
said Hartly, with delightf6l cordiality,
"Ik us all go and have a ramble in
the woods,. before we 'break up for
vacation." The boys, one and all,
followed Jemson's example, and then
we set forth with liu?:zas into the
woods. What a happy day it was.;—
Christian Minas.
HorEntriess.—True hope is based
on energy of character. A strong
mind always hopes, and has always
cause to hope; because it knows the
mutability, of human affairs and
slight a circumstauco may change the
whole - course of events. Such a spirit,
too, rest upon itself; it is not confines!'
to partial views, or to
,one particular
object. And if at last. all should be.
lost, it has saved itself—lits own integ
rity and worth.
The only praise that ought to be relied on,
conies from competent judges without .temp
tution to flatter.
DEVOTED TO THE PRINCIPLES OF DEMOCIiACY, AND THE- DISSEMINATION OF. 3194ALITY,ILITERATURE, AND NEWS
COUDERSPORT, POTTER COUNTY; PA., AUGUST.I6, 1855
From tho.N. Y. Evening Post
MB. WHEELER'S SLAVES: ,
We have copied into another col
umn the affidavit of the slave woman
who recently made her escape, to
gether with. her two children, from
the hands of Mr. Wheeler, at Phila
delphia; As we' were present at
Judge Culver's office when this state
ment was prepared, we can speak'
from personal knowledge of the man
ner in which it was given. The wo
man herself is a comely-looking color-.
ed person, about thirty-five years of
age, of more than ordinary intelli
gence for d slave, and though unable
to read or write, well aware, appa
rently, of what she says, and of the
nature of an oath. Her children are
two little boys, one seven and the other
ten years of age. • ,
Her statements were made of her
own. accord, and taken down as nearly
as possible in her own language; and
when they were subsequently repeat
ed to her, she confirmed them without
hesitating, and with an unmistakable
air of truthfulness. In reply to the
interrogatories addressed to her by
some :of the gentlemen present, she
stated 'distinctly that she had long de
sired to be free, and had already made
up her mind; if she ever came to the
North, to " make a fuss about it," and
getfree. She had no hopes; on the
recent occasion, of getting free in
Pennsylvania, because she was nut
fully aware that Pennsylvania was a
free State. But she knew that New
York was free, and she had resolved
to rescue hefself, if she 'could, on her
arrival in this city.
She was repeatedly asked - whether
she had been advised to escape, during
her stay in Philadelphia ; to . which
she replied that she had not been—on '
the contrary, that she had communi
cated with no one till she saw a col
ored woman at liloodgood's Hotel, !
while her toaster was taking dinner,
tots horn she had gaid•she was a slave,
anxious to be free—and that after
ward. she said the same thing to a
colored man she met at the same
place: Mr. Williamson she had never
seen till. he came forward on the boat,
just as it was about to leave.
In reply to the questiori . whether
any violence had becu used in carry
ing her ft om the boat, she answered,
in the most emphatic manner, No !
but that she departed willingly, 'as
soon as'she knew she was free, taking
her children with her, one of whom,
her youngest, cried, being frightened,
and was carried on shore by a black '
man—but that both she and her chit
dreu were eager to_ obtain'their free
dom. She had not been, at any sub
sequent period, forcibly detained by
any body, but had . felt at liberty to
go where she pleased ; that she was
at that very moment free 'to return.to
slavery if she wanted to, but that she
would rather die than go back. The
very thought of being again reduced
to slavery, seemed to produce the
most depressing effect upon her mind.
Her entire atkount of the escape, as
well as of her previous life, was given
in the clearest terms, and with every
appearance of sincerity.
We append to this statement of the
slave, an account or the affair written
to the Tribune by Mr. Still, the colured
man who first communicated the facts
to Mr. - Williamson, - and who was
chiefly instrumental in the result. 'lt
appears from this that there was no
concert or conspiracy in the•case,.but.
that the escape was brought about by
simply informing the slaves of their
rights, and giving them the means of
avoiding any violent interference with
their design.. Mr. Williamson was
about to cm to Harrisburg on business,
when told of the matter, and went
down to the boat,' where he found
Still, and where he entered into con
versation with Wheeler, as reported.
He used no violent efforts in getting
the slave away; and. coramitted no•
greater offence than that of informing
the'poor mother of her rights under
the laws of the 'state. The men who
helped the woman and boys across
the-gang-plank,- and into the carriage,
Were the potters of the boat, who
acted upon the impulse of the moment,
under a very natural feeling of sym
pathy, and not a pre-arranged plan.
Mr. Still's statement, though it adds
several particulars - to that of Mr. John
son, confirms it in every . substantial
respect.
The statements, which aro the evi
dent truth of the case, effectually dis
pose of the assumptions . on which -
Judge Kane has ventured to imprison
-Mr. Williamson, and to utter one of
the most untenable decisions that ever
emanated even from a federal court.
They show that his.talk about "violent
abduction," ',forcible seizure," ”in
:voluntary detention,", .&c„ are
. utterly without ground, and that a
citizen of the State has been depi ived
of his personal liberty for• no greater
offence than - declaring to a
.slave-wo-
man who sought her liberty, that she
was free to. go where. she pleased. In
thin condition of things we cannot for
a moment doubt that the courts of
Pennsylvania will interpose to protect
the rights of a citizen so grossly out
raged.
"State of New York,• Gityand County of r :
"Jane Johnson being sworn, makes oath
and says: My name is Jane—Jane Johnson;
1 was the. slave of Mr. Wheeler Of Washing
ton; he bought me and my - two children about
two years ago, of Mr. Crew of
Va.; my youngest child is between six and
seven years old, the other -between ten and
eleven; I have one other child only, and he
is in Richmond: 1 have not semi - him for
about two years: never expect to see him
again; Mr. Wheeler brought ine and my two
children to Philadelphia, on the way to Nic
aragua, to wait on his wife; 1 didn't want to
go without my children, and he consented to
take them; we came to Philadelphia by the
cars;. stopped at Mr. Sully's, Mr. Wheeler's
father-in-taw, a few moments; then went to
the steamboat for New York at two . o'clock,
but were too late; we went into Bloodgood's
Hotel;., Mr.- Wheeler went to dinner; Mr.
Wheeler-had told me iii .Washington to have
nothing to say to colored persons, and if any
of them spoke to me to say I was a free wo
man traveling with a minister; we -staid at
Bloodgood's till 5 o'clock; Mr. Wheeler kept
his eve on me all the time except when he
was at dinner ; he left his dinner to come and
see WI was safe, and then went back again;
while he was at dinner, 1 saw a colored we
man and told her I was a slave woman; that
my master had told ate not to speak to col
ored people, and that if any of them spoke to
me to say that I was free; but lam tot free,
but-1 want to be free; she said, Poor thing,
1 pity you after that 1 saw u colored man
and said the same thinm ' to him; he said he
would telegraph to New York', and two
pen would meet tun at 9 o'clock Mid take
me with them ; after that we went on board
the boat ; Mr. Wheeler sat beside tue on the
deck; I saw a colored gentleman come on
board; he beckoned to me; 1 nodded my
head, could not got. Mr. Wheeler was
beside me and 1 Was afraid; a white gentle
man then came and said. to Mr. Wheeler, '1
want to speak to your servant, and tell her of
her right;;' Mr. iVheeler. rose. and said, If
you have anythiug to say, say it to me—she
knows her rights the white gentleman asked
me if I wanted to be free; I said '1 do, bat I
belong to this gentleman and I ean't'have it;'
he replied 'Yes, you can, come with us, you
are es free us your master; if you want your
freedom, come now; if you go back to Wash
ington you may never get it;' 1 rose to go;
'Mr. Wheeler spoke and said, will give
you your freedom hut he had never prom
ised it before, and I knew he would never
give it me; the white gentleman held out his
hand and I went toward hiw; 1. was reaiy
for the word belbre it was given me; I took
the children by the hands, who both cried, for
they were frightened, but both stopped wirer
they got on shore:•.a colored man carried the
little one, 1 led the• Other by the hand; we
walked down the street till we got to a hack;
nobody foreed tne'away; nobody pulled me,
tied nobody led mite; I went away of my Own
free %%ill; alWays wished to be free and
meant to- be free when I ease North;
hardly expected it iu Philadelphia, but I
thought- 1 should get free in New York; I
have been coinfor;able and happy since I left
Mr. Wheeler, end so are the children; 1
don't wait to go back, i could have gone in
Pailadelph:a if I had wanted to; 1 could go.
now; hitt I had rather die titan go back 7 -1
Wish to make 11M; statement before a, magis
trate. beeau , e I understand that Mr. 1.1-Matti
son is in prison on my account, and I hove
the truth May be of benefit to hint. .
her
. "JANE JOHNSON.
marl.
"Sworn before me. this 31st July,
• "E. D. CULVER,
1 • City Judge of-Brooklyn."
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AN OLD h.trt.i•:.—There is an old
Arabian fable which runs thus : Just
after our first parents had sinned and
Were driven from Paradise, in their
wanderings they came upon the burn
ing sands,of Arabia. Their feet were
blistered; and sere, and weary and
sorroWfhl they sank down upon the I.
earth, and were lost in slumber.
While they lay there ; an angel passed
by, and 'pitying their desolate and
lonely. condition, scattered seeds -c,f
trees and flowers about them as they
slept, and then went 'on his way. .By
and by Satan in his wandering up and
down the earth, pasSed that way, dud
looking upon the sleepers, said, "Ad
' am I know, and Eve I know, and these
burning sands I know;" but looking
at the seeds he said, "What are thesel"
And not knowing what they were, he
thought it best to•cover them out of.
sight; so with his cloven foot he cov
ered them with earth. Prei;ently they
took root' and sprang up ; and when
our. fiist parents awoke they found
themselves iu the midst of a beautiful
oasis ; there were green- trees waving
over their heads, and flowers and fruits
around them, and everything was beau
tifUl. So the enemies of freedom have
been covering up the seeds of liberty
until they have taken root dowu•deep
in .the soil, and are now springing
forth ready to bear fruitS and flowers
in abundance, so. that we shall soon
find a green' oasis• where there was
naught but burning sands.
STEAM.-At a railway. rotation, an
old lady said to a pompous-looking
gentleman who was talking about
steam communication— , "Pray sir what
is•steam ?".
"Steam, ma'am, is, 'ah !—steam is
eh! ahl—yes, steam is—steam!"
"I knew that chap couldn't tell ye,"
said a rough-looking, fellow ; "steam.
is a bucket of water in tremendous
perspiration."
From the'Harristrarg ttniou
REMOVA.T.. OF GOV; REEDER. ..
.A.blow which will recoil with ter.:
rible effect, has been struck by the
National Administration. Whether it
was the impulse of a galvanized-im
becility, ill-judging counsellors, malice,
or disappointinent, we little care. A
gross and flagrant wrong has, howev
er, been perpetrated, a wrong which
ere long will. bring shame and re
proach upon those who were its insti
gators and • its doers. The hour has
passed when • a specious tale will de
ceive the people. No puerile chart .•
of land speculations can•buffet au in
stant against the storm of wrath which
tivill be aroused:
• A
. high-minded,
honorable, fearless,_ and determined
man, has been wantonly and basely
stricken . doWn, because he assetted
and Would vindicate the rights of free
men against a horde of lawless and
law-breaking ruffians. Because Gov-
Reeder sought : to throw around the
ballot-box the shield and the guards
which our republican laws create nod
ordain, because has had the courage
to be a just and manly executive, re
gardless-of menaces and even personal
violence; he has been removed (*nen
his position, and another has been
sought' out to fill the place he lets
made so honorable. Ostracism has
not been an Athenian - custom alone,
nor. has Aristides been its only vic
tim.
The consequences of the act of Pre;-
ident Pierce ,can to some extrent
foreseen. The same Pennsylvania •
which so cheerfully cast for him her
electoral vote, having faith in the New ,
Hampshire man, will shrink from bith
with aversion. To him she looked fur
a hearty approval and endorsement of ,
the.means taken'by one of her sons to
semi e to the settler-the rights attach
ing to him as an American citizen.
Grievously has she been disappointed,
and she will mourn to think how_ her
confidence has been misplaced, and
how her trust has .been ruthlessly shat
tered. Pennsylvania will not stand
alone in the rebuke to be uttered ;
around her 1611 chister many of her
sister States, until that administration
which was borne into power upon the
topmost wave of the popular will, ‘vill
sink so low that there will be, none so
poor as to do it reverence. As its
death will be that of the suicide, there
• wi)l neither be the mockery of monn, 7
er6.nor the burlesque of a funeral. It
does seem passing strange, that so Eir
forgetful of the place of his birth; his I
youth, and his manhood, forgetful of!
the - great, free North, it was a flee
gone conclusion in the mind of the
President, that in defiance of whatever :
might be the voice of her people, ;
Kansas was to be doomed to slavery. '.
And to what other 'conclusion must we
come ? The deplorable scenes
nessed at every election district whe:u
members of the Territtnial Legislati•re
were chosen, are sadly familiar wher
ever the expression of an unshackled
press.has been,heard. The peaceable
citizen was overawed in the exerci:c
Of the most sacred prerogative of
freeman, by the presence and inot
unlawful interference of aimed ruf
flans, the 'spawn of an adjoining State.
Where civilization is, that elemeat of
political justice, as enunciated by
Godwin, is recugulized . to he a truism,
• that " to endeavor to impose our stn-
timents by forc,e, is the most detesta
ble species of persecution." Ai d
what other than this were the high- .
handed proceedings !of the Missouri
mob ? They Were not content that
those who had alone the right, should
detetmine fur . themselves under the
-law, their own institutions ; but by
violence were sentiments other than
their own to be forced upon the Kan
sas settlers. Earnestly did the press
of-our land inveigh against en - outrage
so monstrous, and a burning spirit cf
indignation was kindled in the breast
of every man whose sense of justice
was unclouded. - . And withal', our
President has cast his official influence
—and we are gratified that it has
grown so 'smallLwith the
fiers.
Although another of Pennsylvania's
gifted sons is called to be the success
or of Gov. Reeder, it affords no con
solation. It brings not a ray of light
through the thick darkness of her re
grets.
Her sorrow is too deep in the
removal of one animated by a. high
feeling of truth and justice, to feel any
joy in the very . doubtful honor paid to
another. - But the voice of the Key
stone State will make itself clearly
heard. Blind giant as she is, her cry
will corne.up throughout her extended
borders,' for vengeance. Let him
upon whose- head it falls •beware !
And well, too, does she •itnol,v bow to
reward her faithful. Her son so foully
•treated when in the noble discharge
of - duty as the Executive in a newly
fledged Territory, may yet act as the.
honored Executive- of the State sec
ond in wealth, power, and p6pulation,
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Or represent her intereAs in . the Sen
ate of the nation. The once rejected;
Minister Plenipotentiary became the
President of the United States. The
lesson has. noftbiost its meaning: - . a.
homily of like import may, yet be read
to an administratien upon whose front- .
lct its own fatuity has written "DOOM-
Frzrgn
From the Kansas Tribune, of July:
11, we gather some additional facts
about the Kansas Legislature.. It'
seems that the Pro-slavery members.,
who N'vere chosen by the Missouri
mob, declined to present the Govern
or's certificates • as . evidence of their :
election, - but contented themselves .
With filing a return Of the fraudulent:
votes polled for them. The Free
State members presented the Govern
or's certificates as their credentials,
which were referred to a committee.
The Tribune, tells the remainder oE
the story thus:
"On Wednesday,morning tho House
Committee on Credentials reported
against all the Free State then obtain
ing seats. They were ejected unani
mously, except one vote—a Free State
man whose seat was undisputed.—
The house adopted the Missouri Code
of laws, (but the Senate had not acted
upon it,) when they adjourned to the
Missouri State line—,Shawnee Mission
—to enjoy the healthful breezes of
the Westport (Mo.) Frog Pond, and
other fumes equally reviving, always
to be found in that enterprising neigh
borhood.
"The action of the Council was very
similar. The Free State men wore
vjected by about the same . process,
hot.one man voting again . st it—Mr. T.
Chapman, of this place.
" B o th Houses refused to consider
or heal= the protests and- affidavits, in
relation to the first election, and de
nied the right to go behind the first
Judge's certificate of election. Such
was the position taken by 'all the Pro-
SlaVery speakers. They were bitter
in their denunciation of Free State
men, and declared that so long as they
lived, Kansas should not be a Free
State any how.
"The action of this self-styled Leg
islature is but the carrying out of the
fraud and villany perpetrated at the
polls-- , -outrages unparallelled in the
history of this Government?'
And so the Free State members
legally. cho2en were expelled, aiid the
Misseuri.men claiming seats admitted
in their stead. The Governor's cer
lificate3 'were treated with utter con
tenlipt. The Legislature is now corn
po:ed almost exclusively .of Missouri
men, the citizens of Kansas being ex.
eluded from all participation in it.
The Tribune adds:
"The adoption of the Missouri code
we suppose, recognizes Slavery in
Kansas; and for aught we• know—and
by easier construction of law than
some we have heard—makes us a col-
on 2- of, Missouri. Let them work.
The people cannot be made -to suc
cumb to invaders—their ion ues .can
not be silenced ; but they will con
tinue to proclaim their honest senti
ments, and act their honest convic.: .
buns, despite of Missouri fire-eating
mobs, whether they assume the brag
gadocio, and tyrant in the shape' of
legislative bodies or as armed invaders
'ol'tbe soil. They will,probably make
it treason to denounce slavery as a
moral or political • evil. Let them.
Who cares ? -For our part, sot long
as we have control Of a free press, we
,shall continue to denounce it as 'the
sum of all villanies,' and to prove
that it . deserves - the appellation by the
conduct of this corrupt, self-styled
; - Legi;-lature. We seek to invade no.
, man's rights, but the rights of tbe-peci
ple cannot be trampled upon, and we
shall regard enactments of the body
in session
,at Westport as it as Much
binding, and no more, as acts of the
Leavenworth mob, or the resolutions
of the Weston Self-befensive Associ
atiou=to be heeded as the ravings of
'infuriated and-misguided.men."
EVER grain of sand goes to make' a
heap. Agold digger takes the arnallevit
nuggets, and is not fool enough to
throw them
. away because he hopes
to find a . large heap sometime: . So, in
acquiring knowedge, we should never
despise an opportunity, however un
promising. :If there is a moment's
lesiure spend it over a good book, or
in instructive conversation. .
"You must not play with that little
girl, niy dear," said an injudicicius
parent.
"Bat, pa, I like her, she is a good
little girl, and I'm sure she dresses as
prettily as I do, and she has lots of toys."
"I cannot, help that; my dear; her
father is a shoemaker." •
"But I dun'x play with her father ;
play with her ; size aia't a shoemaker?,
NO; 13.