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I ThWEr a- Pmart , ‘4llo fellow of yours,"
said. gorillemakilianaOcr , Winsfow toe la-,
boriq man, who was called-in occasion:
,ally to do worit'about his.store. "Doeslie
tO school?" • - • - •
“N o t jaowv sir," replied .the poor-man. .
"Wby not; , Davis 1 s Ile.:= leeks like, a
bright .1ad;"
"110's jot goOtEports, sir," returned
father, "but,"
But what?" anted the gentleman, see
ing that the man hesitated.
"Times are rather hard now, sir, and I
have a largo family. It's about es much
as I can do to keep hunger- andcold away.
Ned reads.yery well, writes a tolerably fair
hand, considering all things, and , can fig
ure a little.. ;And that's all I can, do for
him.' The other children am coming, fOr
ward,.and I reckon he will ,have to go to a
trade middling soon."
"IloW - old is KO?" inquired Mr. Wins
"lle's,turned.of eleven."
"You won't put him to a Ade before
he's-thirteen or fourteen?
"Can't keep him at home idliog , about
all that time, Mr. WinsloW. It Would be
his ruination. It's' young to go out from
home to rough. it among strangers—there
wase slight unsteadiness in the poor-mares
veice—"buts sits better than doing noth
ing,"•
"Nedought , to
, go. to school' a year or,
two longer, Davis, said Mr. Winslow, with
some interest in his macnor. "And es
• you aro not able to pay, the quarter UN, I,
will lave to do it. What say.yon? If I
pay for Ned's. schooling can you keep him
at home two Or.three years longer?
"I didn't expect that of you, Mr. Wins
low," said the poor:man, and his voice
now trembled. HO uncovered his head as
he spoke, almost reverently. • "You ain't
bound to pay for schopling my boy. Ah,
sir !» .,
"But you havn't answered my question,
Davis. What say you ?"
"Oh sir, if you are really in earnest ?"
"tam in earnest. Ned ought to go to
School."
, .
"If yoa cap leep•him home a few years
lager I Will pay for his education during
the tittle.' •NKr—Mr. Winslow - spoke. to
the boy—"what say you ? Would you like
to go to school again !"
"Yes, indeed sir," quickly answered the
boy,- white his bright young face was, lit up
with - it gleam . Of intelligence.
"Then you shall go my fine fellow.—
There's the right kind of stuff in you or
I'm m istaken. We'll give you a trial at
any`rate."
Mr. Winslow was as good as his word.
Ned was immediately entered at an excel
lent school. , 'his boy, young as ho 'was,
appreciated the kind act of his benefactor,
and resolved to profit bar it to the full ex
tent.-
"I made an investment of ten dollars to
day," said Mr. Winskm, jestingly to a
mercsntile friend, some three months af
ter the occurrence just related took place,
'sand here's the c e r tificate."
He held up a small piece of paper as he
spoke.
"Ten dollars? 'A large s operation. In
what fund'!"
"A charity fund."
"Ohl" and the friend shrugged his
shoulders. "Don't do muchin that way
myself. No great faith in the security.
What dividend do you expect to receive ?"
"An hundred per cent at least."
'Bettor take some more of the stock if'
you think it is good. There is plenty in
market to bo bought at less than par.' l
Mr. Winslow smiled and said th4t, in
all probability he would invest a,few more
small sums in the same way and see how
it would turn out. The little piece of pa
per which he called a certificate of stock,
was the first quarter bill he had paid for
Ned's schooling. For four years these
bills were regularly paid, and then Ned,
who had well impreved the opportunities
so generously afforded him, was taken on
the recommendation of Mr. Winslow, into
a large importing house. He was at the
time in his.sixteenth year. Before the lad
could enter upon this employment, howev
er, Mr Winslow had to make another in
vestment in the charity fund. Ned's fath
er Was too poor to give him an outfit of
clothing such as was required in the new
position to. Which:he was to be elevated;
knowing this, the generous merchant came
forward again and furnished the needful
supply.
• As no wages were received by Ned for
the first two years, Mr. Winslow continu
ed to buy clothing, while his father still
gave him his board. On reaching the ago
of eighteen, Ned's exployers, who were
'muob pleased with his industry, intelli
gence, and attention to,his.business, put
him: on a salary of three hundred dollars.
This . made him at once independent. Ile
~ c ould pay shit; - own hording and find , his
clothes;, and• proud did he feel on the
day when advaneed to so desirable a posi
• •
"How comes on your investment 1",
;Asked Mr. Winslow's Mercantile friend
ut
,this time, He spoke jestingly.
"It piornises very well," was the smiling
.'lt is rising irt the gstrket, then ?"
, "Any, dividends , yet? l ,
certainly. Large dividends."
:.':' :,Ah,you surprise me. What. kind of
41Villends 1 ,
.14,More than a•hundred per cent,"
"Waal Not in money?"
s'”Ctb,, no.. But something. better . than
money. The satisfaction that flows from
'au act of bepcojeppe wisely done,"
"Oh, that's all." The Weed spoke*ith
iUo,,96ttledt-eotitstnpt.- -
'"Don't You call that something tr asked
lii:Winslr.f.) i
,oiewent)rely too unsubstantial for fora me,"
replied ithe'pther,. go in for returns of
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Volume 3,
a more' tangible character. Those you
speak of won't pay any notes." .
Mr. Winslow smiled and bade his friend
good morning.
"He knows nothing," said ho to himself,
as ho mused on the subject, "of the pleas
ure of doing good; and the loss is.also on
'his side. if we have the ability to secure
investments of this kind, they are among
the best we can make, and all aro able to
put at least some money in the fund of
good works, let it ho over so small an
amount. Have I suffered the abridgement
of a single comfort by what I have done ?
No. Have I gained in pleasant thoughts
and feelings by the,act? Largely. It has
been a source of perennial enjoyment. I
would not have believed that, at so small a
cost, I could have secured so much pleas
ure. And how great the good that may
flow from what 1 have done ! Instead of
a mere day laborer whose work in the
world goes not beyond the handling of
boxes, bales and barrels, or the manufac
ture of some article in common use, Ed
ward Davis, advanced by education, takes
a position of more extended usefulness and
by his higher ability and more intelligent
action in society, will be able if he rightly
use the power in his bands, to advance the
world's onward movement in a most im
portant degree."
Thus thought Mr. Winslow, and his
heart grew warm within him. Time prov
ed that he had not erred in affording the
lad an opportunity for obtaining a good ed
ucation. His quick mind acquired in the
position, in which he was placed, accurate
ideas of business, and industry and force'
of character made these ideas thoroughly
practical. Every year his employers ad
vanced in his wages, and on attaining his
majority, it was farther advanced to the
sum of one thousand dollars per annum.
With every increase the young man had
devoted a larger and larger propdrtion of
his income to improve the condition of his
father's family, and when it was raised to
the sum last mentioned, ho took a neat,
comfortable house, much larger than the
family had before lived in, and paid the
whole rent himself. Moreover through
his acquaintance and influence, he was
able to get a place for his - father at lighter
employment than he had heretofore been
engaged in, and at a higher rate of com
pensation.
"Any more dividends on your charity
investment?" *said Mr. Winslow's friend
about this time. He spoke' with the old
manner, and from the old feelings.
"Yes. ' Got a dividend to day-the fitrg
est yet received," replied the merchant
smiling.
"Did you? Hope it does you a great
deal of good."
"I' realize your wish my friend. It is
doing me a great deal of good," returned
Mr. Winslow.
"No cash I presume?" -
"Something far better. Let me ex
plain." •
"Do so if you please."
"You know the particulars of this in
vestment?" said Mr. Winslow.
"His friend shook his head and replied. I
"No. The fact is I never felt interest
enough in the matter to enquire the par
ticular.s."
"Oh, well. Then 1 must give you a lit
tle history."
"You knew old' Davis, who has'heen
working about our store fqr the last ten or
fifteen years?"
"Yes."
"My investment was in the education o
his son."
• "Indeed I"
"His father took him from school when
ho was only eleven-years old, because he
could not afford to -send him any longer
and was about putting him out to learn a
trade. Something interested me in the
child, who was a bright lad, and acting
from a gond impulse that came over me at
the moment, I proposed to his father, to
send him to school for three or four years,
if he would board and clothe him during
the time. To this he readily agreed. So
I paid for Ned's schooling until ho was in
his . sixteenth -year and then got him into
Webb & Waldrons store, where' he has
been ever since, ",
"Webb & Waldron's l" said the friend
evincingsomo surprise.. "I know all their
clerks very•well for. wo do a great deal ofi
business with them. Which is the son of
'old Mr. Davisi . .
'The ono they call Edward."
- "Not that tell fine looking young man;
their leading saleSman 'I"
"The same." .• •
"Ip h Why ho is worth any
two clerks in the st*.'
"I know he is," . -
"For his ago there is not a better sales
man in thacity." • •
•
"So I believe,"aaid Mr.Wutslow,"nor,"
he- added,• • "a hettcr man."
, .
know little Qf his personal character,
beitii kn iilesa. his ace deceives me, it cannot
be but g00d.7
"It is goal !, Let, me say a •iwOril about
him: . The ''nlotnertt 'his '.salaty increased.
beyond . , what vvas absolutely required to
pay hiaboard - arid find
. puchclothing as
his
. positien made it necessary for , him to
Clearfield, Pa., July 2, 1852.
wear, ho devoted-the entire surplus to ren
dering his family more comfortable."
"Highly praiseworthy," said the friend.
"I had received already, many dividends
ou my investment," continued Mr. Wins
low, "but when that came to my knowl
edge, my dividend exceeded all the other
dividends put together."
The mercantile friend was silent. If'
over in his life ho had envied the reward of
a good deed it was at that moment.
"To-day," went on Mr. Winslow, "I
have received a still larger dividend. I
was passing along Buttonwood street when
I mot old Mr. Davis coming out of a house,
the rent of which, from its appearance,was
not less than two hundred and twenty.
five dollars. "You don't live here, of
course," said I, for I knew the old man's
income to be small—not over six or seven
dollars a week. "0, yes I do," he made
answer, with a smile. I turned and look
ed at the house again. "How comes this,"
I asked. "You must be getting better off
in the world." "So I am," was his reply.
, ;;Has any body left you a little fortune?"
I inquired. "No, but,you have helped me
to one," said 'he. 4 TI don't understand
you, Mr.-Davis," I made answer. "Ed
ward rents the house for us," said the old
man. "Do you understand now?"
"I understood him perfectly. It was
then that I received the largest dividend on
my investment, which has yet come' into
my hands. If they go on increasing at
, this rate I shall soon be rich."
"Rather unsubstantial kind of riches,"
was remarked by the friend.
"That which elevates and delights the
mind can hardly be called unsubstantial,"
replied Mr. Winslow. "Gold will not al
ways do this."
The friend sighed involuntarily. The
remarks of Mr. Winslow caused thoughts
to flit over his mind that were far from
being agreeable.
A. year or two more went by, and then
an addition was made to the firm of Webb
& Waldron. Edward Davis received the
offer of an interest in the business, which
he unhesitatingly accepted. From that
day he wasin the road to fortune. Three
years afterwards one of the partners died,
when his interest was increased.
Twenty-five years from tho time Mr.
Winslow, acting from a benevolent impulse
proposed to send young Davis to school,
have passed.
One day, about this period, Mr. Wins
low, who had met with a number of revers
es in business, was sitting-in his counting
room, with a troubled look on his face,
when the mercantile friend, before men
tioned, came in. His countenance was
pale and disturbed.
"We are ruined," said ho with much ag
itation.
Mr. Winslow started to his feet.
"Speak!" ho exclaimed. "What new
disaster is about to sweep over me?"
"The house of Toledo & Co„ in Rio,
has suspended."
Mr. Winslow struck his hands together,
and he sunk down into the chair from
which he had risen.
"Then it is all over," he murmured.—
"All over!"
"It is all over with, me," said the other.
"A long struggle would, be fruitless. But
for this I might have weathered the storm.
Twenty thousand dollars of drafts drawn
against my last shipment are back pro
tested, and will be presented to-morrow.
I cannot lift them. So ends this matter.
So closes a business life of nearly forty
years, in commercial dishonor and ruin."
"Are you certain that they have failed 1"
asked Mr. Winslow, with something like
hope in the tone of his voice.
"It is true," was answered. "The Ce
lestie arrived this morning and her mail
bag was delivered at the post office halfan
hour ago. Have you received nothing by
her?" •
"I was not aware of her arrival. Bat I
will send immediately for my letter."
Too true was the information communi
cated by the friend. The largo commis
sion house of Toledo & Co. had failed, and
protested drafts had been returned to a very
heavy amount. Mr. Winslow was among
the sufferers, and to an extent that was
equivalent to ruin ; because' it threw Wick
upon him the necessity of lifting over fif
teen thousand dollars of protested paper,
,'when his'line of pSynients was already up
to his utmost ability.
For nearly five years everything had
seemed to go . against Mr. Winslow. At
the beginning of that period, a son, whom
he had set up in business, faded, involving
him in , a heavy loss. Then one disaster
after another followed, until he found him
self in imminent , danger of failure.
,From
this time te turned his mind to the consid
eration of his affairs with more earnestness
than ever, and made every transaction
with a degree of prudence and foresight
that seemed to guarantee success in what
ever he attempted. A deficient supply
,of
flour had caused him to venture a large
shipment to itio, The sale wasat a hand
sonin profit, but the failure of his consign
ees, before the'payrhent of his drafts for
the preceeds, entirely , prostrated him,
So hcpelesq did the merchant consider
his case, that` lie did .not, even mahe an
effort to get - temporary aid in hie extremity.
When the friend of Mr. Winslowcame
with the information that the house of To
ledo & Co., bad failed, the latter was
searching about in his mind for the means
of lifting about fivo thousand dollars worth
of paper, which fell duo on that day.- He
had two thousand dollars in Bank; the
balance of the sum would have to be raised
by borrowing. He had partly fixed upon
the resources from which this was to come,'
when the news of his ill fortune arrived.
Yes, it was ruin. Mr. Winslow saw
that in a'motaent, and his hands fell pow
erless by his side. Ho made no further
effort to lift his note, but after his mind
had recovered from his first shock, ho left
his store, and retired to his home, to seek
ih its quiet the calmness and fortitude of
which he stood so greatly in need. In this
home were his wife and two daughters who
all their lives had enjoyed the many ex
ternal comforts and elegancies that wealth
can procure. The heart of the father ach
ed as his eyes rested upon his children,
and he thought of the sad reverses that
awaited them.
On entering the dwelling, Mr. Winslow
sought the partner of his life, and commu
nicated to her without reserve, the painful
intelligeace of his approaching failure.
"Is it indeed so hopeless?"she asked,
tears filling her oyes.
"I am utterly prostrated," was the reply,
in a voice thatwas full of anguish. And in
the bitterness of the moment the unfortu
nate merchant wrung his hands.
To Mrs. Winslow the shock, so unex•
pected, was very severe; and it was some
time before her minck after her husband's
announcement, acquired any degree o
calmness.
About half an hour after Mr. Winslow's
return home, and .while both hisown heart
and that of his wife were quivering with
pain, a servant came and said that a gen
tleman had called and wished to see him.
"Who is it 1" asked the merchant.
"I did not understand his name," replied
the servant.
" Mr. Winslow forced as much external
composure as possible, and then descend
ed to the parlor.
"Mr. Davis," said he on entering.
"Mr. Winslow," returned the visitor, ta
king the merchant's hand, and grasping it
warmly.
As the two men sat down together, the
one addressed as Mr. Davis, said—
"l wassorry to learn a little while ago,
that you will lose by this failure of Rio.'
"Heavily.- It has ruined me!" replied
Mr. Winslow.
"Not so bad 'as that, I hope," said Mr.
Davis.
"Yes, it has removed the last prop I
leaned on, Mr. Davis. The very last one,
and now the worst must come to the worst.
It is impossible for me to take up fifteen
thousand dollars worth of returned drafts."
"Fifteen thousand is the amount?"
"Yes."
Mt. Davis smiled encouragingly.
"If that is all," said he,,"there is no dif
ficulty in the way. I can easily get you
the money."
Mr. Winslow started and a warm flush
went over his face.
"Why didn't you come to me," asked'
Mr. Davis, "the moment you found your
self in such a difficulty? "Surely,' and
his voice slightly trembled, "sure you did
not think it possible for me to forget the
past ! Do I not owe you everything 1 and
would I not be ono of the basest of men if
I forgot my obligation ? If your need were
twice fifteen thousand, and it required the
division of my last dollar with you, not a
hair of your head should be injured. I
did not know it was possible for you to get
into such an extremity until I heard it
whispered a little while ago."
So unexpected n turn in. his affairs com
pletely unmanned Mr. Winslow. He coy
ored.his face and wept for some time, with
the uncontrollable passion of a child.
"Ali! Sir," said ho at last, in a broken
voice, "1 did not expect that Mr. Davis."
"You had a right to expect it," replied
the young man. "Were Ito do less than
sustain you in any extremity not too great
for my ability, I would be unworthy the
name of a man. And now, Winslow, let
your heart be at rest: , You need not fall
under the blew. Your drafts will proba
bly come back to you to-morrow?"
"Yes."
"Very. well. I will see' that yeti are
provided with the means to lift them. In
the mean time, if you, are in want of any
sum towards" your payments today, just
let me know." -
"I can probably get through to-day by
my own efforts," said Mr. Winslow.
"Probably? How much do you want,"
asked Mr. Davis.
"In the neighborhood of three thousand
dollars."'"
• “I send you round a check for that
sum immediately," promptly 'returned the
young man, rising as he spoke and draw,
ing forth his watch.- •
“It is nearly, two o'clock now," he add
od, "so I will bid you good day. fif
teen minutes you will find atheck tat . your
store.'? •
And with this Pavis•retired..
.All this, .which passed In a brief spinet&
time, seemed like .a . dreaim to Mr- Whiff
Number 29.
low. Ho could hardly realize its truth.
But it was a reality, and he comprehended
it more fully on reaching his store. Ho
found there the promised check for three
thousand dollars.
On the next dny the - protested drafts
came in, but thanks to the grateful kind
ness of Mr. Davis, now 'a merchant with
the command of large money facilities, he
was able take them up. The friend, be
fore intftduced, was less fortunate. There
was no one to step forward and save him
from ruin, and he sunk under the sudden
pressuta that came upon him.
A few days after his failure, ho met Mr.
Winslow.
"How is this?" said ho. "How do you,
weather the storm that drove mo under? I
thought your condition was as hopeless ns
mine."
"So did I," answered Mr. Winslow.—
Mit I had forgotten a small investment
made years ago. I have spoken of it to
you before."
The other looked slightly puzzled.
"Have you forgotten that investment in
the charity fund, which you thought mon
ey thrown away'!"
"Oh I" Light broke in upon his mind.
"You educated Davis ; I remember now."
"And Davis, hearing of my extremity,
stepped forward and saved me. That was
the best investment I ever made."
The friend dropped his eyes to thepave
ment, stood for a moment without speak
ing, sighed, and then moved on. How
many opportunities for similar investments
had he neglected!
From the Bs!Moore Primp Current
The Lumber Points of the Susquehanna.
The principal Lumber points of the Sus.
quehanna river are Harrisburg, Middle
town, Marietta, Columbia and Wrightsville,
in Pennsylvania and Port Deposit, in Ma
ryland. About 200,000,000 feet of the
manufactured article, as an average pass
down the Susquehanna to these points ev
ry year, besides a large quantity which
comes via the Canals. Of this quantity it
is estimated that about' 70,000,000 feet
will arrive at Baltimore during the current
year. It is not easy to get at the exact
amount of business done in this rapidly in
creasing article of trade, in consequence
of the imperfect data required by law to
be kept, but it is generally conceded that
the receipts of the year ending on the 30th
of April last reached very nearly 250,-
000,000 feet, which is but little more than
one-half the total number of feet which ar
rived at Albany N. Y., (one of the great-
est lumber markets in the United States)
during the year 1851, which amounted to
not less than 400,000,000 feet, a large por
tion of which, however, came from Cana
da, whilst all that is brought down the
Susquehanna is from Southern New York
and Pennsylvania.
At Harrisburg the lumber is purchased
to supply that city and the adjacent coun
try, embracing the Cumberland. Valley.—
A large portion is also purchased at the
other points mentioned. Tho towns of
Columbia and Wrightsville, opposite, are
depots for purchasing and piling lumber
to season for the Baltimore and. Philadel
phia markets, as well as for the supply of
all the manufacturing towns along the lines
Of the railroads thence to both cities,whilst
Port Deposit, being et the head of tide wa
ter affords facilities for shipping to all mar
kets southward, as well as those on the
Delaware, and many buyers and manu
facturers meet here—a large quantity of
lumber consequently changes hands at
this point. The following is an approxi
mation to the quantity sold in each Market
which we have enumerated :—Harrisburg,
5,000,000 feet ; Middletown' 25,000,000
feet ; Marietta, 10,000,000 feet ; Colum
bia, 50,00,000 feet i Wrightsville, 10,000,-
000 feet ; Port Deposit, 50,000,000 feet ;
total, 150,00,000 feet. Besides which
50,000,000 feet are shipped from Colum-
Ina and Port Deposit for Baltimore and
Philadelphia. All this amount is exclus
ive of an average of 1200 rails of square
timber, the greatest portion of which goes
to Philadelphia and New York.
A SUBLIME INCIDENT.---When the Into
well known Dr. Barth, preached for the
first time in' his native. city, Leipsic, he
disdained the usual precaution of having
his sermon placed in his bible before him,
to refer to in case ofneed. A violeritthun
der storm suddenly arising, just as he was
in the middle of his discourse, and. a tre
mendous peal of thunder causing himla
lose the thread 'of his argument, with great
composure and dignity he *shut the Bible,
saying.with strong emphasis,
"When God speaks, man must hold his
peace.”
'He then descended from the pulpit, while
the whole congregation looked on him with
admiration and wonder.
PERBEVEMADier,.—A beautiful Oriental
proverb runs thus:—"With time and pa.
tience , the mulberry leaf becomes satin.
How encouraging is this , lesson to, the
impatient and despond.ing. And what dif
ficulty is thero at which man should quail,
when,rt worm can accomplish so much
foam the leaf ofa mulberry 'l l°
btrlie.who oppresses ( honesty never
had any . hinuelfJ • • '
"DOING THE AGREEABLE."
There is a class of young mettle evecy ,
village whose principle ambitionis to make
themselves agreeable in society, and it is
often quite amusing to watch the various
"figures they cut" in trying to accomplish
this end. What system of means, think
you, they unifohnly adopt? Why, first
of all, they take care to be al ways genteelly
and fashionably dressed. The tont is in
the latest cut, the pants exhibit the perfec
tion of the tailor's art, the well brushed hat
is in the tip-top of tho newest style, and
the delicately pointed boot shines With the
lustre of Day & Martin like a polished mir
ror, without a wrinkle. Next to the caire
of adorning their persons, is that of embra
cing every opportunity of being attentive
and polite—especially to the ladies. They
mingle much in genteel society, go to all
balls and parties, attend every pleasure ex ! .
cursion, and are. punctiliously regular in
morning calls. They attend young ladies•
in their morning walks, help them into
and out of carriages, accompany them
home from chinch and parties, and are
ready to wait upon them to any place where
they may choose to go.
Now all this is very well of itself,gentle,
youth, and may occasionally win you, the
praise of beim . ? a " nice young man,"
but
a great deal afore is necessary before you
can be looked upon by sensible ladies as an
agreeable man. Perhaps you have given
no time to mental cultivation—you have
never stored your mind with the treasures
of knowledge, but go into the evening circle
without having gained a stock of ideas. In
your scrupulous attention to dress' and
manners, you have overlooked the neces
sity of reading and thinking, and when the
common trifles of conversation cease to.en
gross the attention of the assembly, and
you are expected
. to speak with pungency
and point on some topic of moment, you
find yourself nonplussed for want of some
thing sensible to say. The pretty girl to
whom you are repeating the same soft
nothings you poured into the ear of anoth
er pretty girl, four years ago, can hardly
(refrain from yawning while she listens to
your chaffy small-talk, and turns her eyes
to.that plain-dressed and slightly awakened
gentleman, standing near her, whose mind,
having been long employed' in study and .
reflection, is full of original ideas, and now
excited by the brilliancy and animation of
the scene around him, rises to an unwonted
pitch of liveliness, and overflows in t
stream of eloquent, sparkling, and witty
conversa ion.
Strike out a now course, then and take
this man as your guide. Cultivate your
brains and let your whiskers and curls
alone. Lot mental improvement, instead
of elegance of dress, be the object of your
solicitude, and this u bother you haverint
uml talent or not. Remember It . is edu
cation that gives fecundity of thought, co
piousness of illustration, that decorates
common things in conversation, and gives
the power of trifling without being undigni
fied and absurd. A mind, full of ideas,
and possessed of that elastic spring which
only the love — fif knOwledge conveys, iEI
perpetual source of exhileration & amuse.
ment to all that come within its reach.—,
The young and beautiful will cluster around
an eloquent talker, when Appollo himself,
if lacking in conversational talent, will be
left'to admire his own face in the glasi,—
Get learning, then, by all means, even if
you have to lock yourself up in your room
all day—and let the girls find their.way
home alone. Depend upon it, this is tho
wisest course you can pursue, and you
will never repent of following it. To con
verse with brilliancy and good sense for a
single evening, will win you more sincem
applause, even from the most worldlir . and
fashionable woman that ever twirled in
waltz, than decking your person and dan
cing attendance upon the se will gain in
a life time.
THE WHEAT CROP.-A correspondent
writes to the Baltimore Price Current as
follows :--"We have made particular' irtr
quiry about the growing crop of wheat l --- -- 2.
and the resulP is that we hclievo 'Otetre
will be nearly, it' not quite an averagecroi:
in our own state we find very few crams
that are extensively injured; framers gen.
erally say that their neighbor's crops are
very much injured, but that their own will
be a fuircrop. An experienced gentleman,
just from Kent, says ho made dilligent in
quiry, and judging from his own observa
tion, there will be a good crop--this coun
lty was pronounced as scarcely worth cut
ting. A Virginian at our side, says a
I number of farmers commenced cuttingtheir
early wheat last Monday,•and that by next
Monday the harvest will be general. „In
Albermarle and Orange counties, Vn r ,
they complain loudly; Green, Madisonand
Louisia, they say, ate much injured, yet
in those Very counties there is a great ,deal
of prime wheat, and the balance Of the
State' will make more . than an average
crop."
The Richmond Whig has the following:
"Accounts from all quarters of our brold
Union concur in representing the wirnat
crop of 1852 as the largest as well as the
most promising ever grown in the Unitad
States."
The following question was recently put
by, a hoot of gents to et newly imported
son of the Emerald. Islp: • ,
"If the devil should bq told ho 'might
have and of us, which would he 'first
choose r • •
"Whit, mo to be sure I" responded Pat.
"And why, so'?"
"Faith he knows ho could get_aither_of
you any lime:'
The gents were satisfied arid adjpurned.
clz;rThe story of the man who had a
nose so large that he could not blow it with
out the use of gunpowder, has turned out
to be a hoax. . .
o:trße not angry that you Cannot make
°there AS yoh wish *gin to be, SIPCO YOU
cannot make youtrg whit you witikto