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WHO STOLE TOE BIRD'S NEST. 3
The following lines have, we hope, been read Ind
felt by every boy in the country, bat lest even one
boy has failed to see them, and also becalm they
are prettylenough to bear even a hundredth perusal,
we make room for them here, omitting the repetition
of thylquestionhefore each answer, as it is originally
written :
To whit! to whit! to whee !
Will you listen to me?
Who stole four eggs I laid,
And the nice nest I made?
Bob-a-link! Bob-a-link!
Now what do you think?
Who stole a nest away
From the plum tree to-day?
Not I, said the cow, moo-oo!
Such a thing I'd never do,
I gave you a wisp of hay,
And did not take your nest away;
Not I said the cow, moo-oo !
Such a thing I'd never do.
Not I, said the dog, bow-wow!
I wouldn't be so mean, I vow
I gave the hairs the nest to make,
But the nest I didn't take.
Not I, said the sheep ; Oh ! no,
I wouldn't treat a bird so;
1 gave the wool the nest to line,
But the nest was none of mine.
Baa, baa! said the sheep, Oh! no,
1 wouldn't treat a poor bird so.
Cluck, cluck, said the hen,
Don't ask me again.
Why I haven't a chink
Would do such a trick:
We all gave her a feather,
And she wove them together;
I'd scorn to intrude
On her and her brood.
Chirr-a-whirr ! Chirr-a-whirr !
We'll make a great stir,
Let us find out his name,
And all cry for shame.
I would not rob a bird,
Said little Mary Green ;
I think I never heard
Of anything so mean.
'Tie very cruel, too,
Said little Alice Neal ;
I wonder if he knew
How bad the bird would feel ?
A little boy hung down his head,
And went and hid behind the bed ;
For he stole that pretty nest
From poor little yellow-breast;
And be felt so full of shame,
He didn't like to tell his name.
THE BROKEN HEART
BY MRS. W. E. BENSON
I saw her once, and loved her,
For her face and form were fair,
No tear was then within her eye,
Nor on her brow a care.
1 saw she loved another,
And envied him his lot;
Oh, how I madly worshipp'd her!
But yet she knew it not.
Why did I let her give her heart,
So trusting, pure and kind,
To one who valued not the gift,
Nor the beauties of her mind?
He only loved her when she smiled,
Or when she look'd most fair;
Be sought not to retain her love
By a husband's watchful oars
I saw her weeping and alone,
Why dropt those tears so fast?
Was it the dread of griefs to come,
Or the tdemory of the past?
I felt that she too soon had found
His love upon the wane,
Though he vow'd to love and cherish her,
Beneath the holy fane.
When last I saw her, oh, how changed
Was that much-neglected one!
Too proud to utter a complaint,
Sad, silent, loving on.
I saw her pens a tiny form,
And watch'd her parting breath;
How fondly was that dear one held
In her cold embrace of death!
From the Philadelphia Press
REV. JOHN P. DURBIN, &D.
BY GRAYBEARD
Our last sketch had for its subject one
of the most eccentric divines in the Metho
dist Episcopal Church. The present will
be devoted to one of the most distin
guished, eloquent, and esteemed clergy
men in that wide spread and influential
denomination, the Rev. John Price Durbin,
D. D., than whom, comparatively few of
his profession in modern times have at
tained greater eminence. Dr. Durbin is
alike respected and admired as a divine, a
scholar, a traveller, and an author, and his
life affords a striking illustration of what,
under the fostering freedom of our insti
tutions, may be achieved by indomitable
energy, when under the direction of high,
manly purpose, and natural ability.
Before attempting to describe the
preacher, an outline of his biography will
be in place. He was born in October,
1800, of parents in moderate circumstances
residing in Bourbon county, Kentucky.
The Bible, Scott's First Lessons, and an
old English History, are said to have com
prised his father's library. He served a
three years' apprenticeship in a cabinet
maker's shop, worked one year at his trade,
and at the early age of eighteen com
menced his labors, a member of the West
ern Conference, as a pioneer preacher in
Ohio and Indiana. However the church
of his love may be accused of precipitancy
in making accessions to its membership,
it was certainly not so in the ease of our
present subject, as he came near being a
preacher before he was a member of the
church. While an apprentice he became
imbued with deep religious impressions.
But his own c< experience" differed so
essentially from that of others around him
that he was for a time perplexed as to its
true character. This probably accounts
for the fact that to this day the varied ex
periences of Christian penitents constitutes
one of his most favorite themes. Soon,
however, the reality of a new life removed
his doubts. He united with the church,
and, aroused by the pointed question of
his grandfather, the Rev. Benjamin Larkin,
(a pioneer of Methodism in Kentucky)
John, are you not concerned -about
preaching the Gospel?' he procured a
reoommendati onto the Quarterly Confer
ence, by whom he was immediately
licensed, and sent to Limestone Circuit.
This was within a fortnight after his ad
mission 'to church-membership. The, next
year hie place appointed by Conference
was in the northwestern corner of Ohio.
Having had only the commonest advan
tages of education up to this time, the
young preacher felt that study, was indis
pensable to his new and responsible posi
tion. Dr. Clarke's Commentary; wlaioh he
borrowed in numbers from an old German
on his circuit, afforded him a. text
. book.
Wesley's and Fletcher's works also fell
into his hands, which he read , studiously
on winter evenings by a pine -knot light.
The next year he removed to Indiana,
where he commenced the study of English
gronimar, doing his reading: prinoipally, on
horseback. Having soon after been -al.
IliMMMita
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signed'aitatiori at Hamilton, twelve miles
from the Mimi University, he tonic. up
Greek and Latin, _spending from -.Monday
till Friday at the institution, and . giving
Saturday to his immediate - preparatione.for
the pulpit.' The diligence and "systeniatio
application einploYed by this, youthful
aspirant to , pulpit honors, during: these
years of his life, afford a model of . iare
value and instruction for the emulation ef
young men. While ,a member of the Cin
cinnati Conference, - he was admitted . to the
Cincinnati College, where he completed his
collegiate course, and received the degree
of Master of Arts._ We next find oar
horseback student of: English grammar
professor of languages in Augusta College,
Kentucky. In 1829 he was nominated for
the chaplaincy of the Senate of the United
States, but was defeated by the casting
vote of Mr. Calhoun. In 1831, however,
he was elected to that position by a large
vote, and on the 22d of February, 1832,
preached his celebrated sermon on the one
hundredth birth-day of Washington. After
hearing this discourse, it is said that Gov
ernor' Wickliffe, of Kentucky, congratu
lated the young orator upon it, and actu
ally advised him never to preach again, as
he could not reasonably expect ever to
achieve an equal triumph. Like most self
made men of real power, his course,
although apparently unsought, was rapidly
onward and upward. Toward the close of
1832 he was appointed professor of natural
sciences in Wesleyan University, from
whence he was soon after elected to the
editorship of the Christian Advocate and
Journal, the leading newspaper of that
denomination in the United States, and in
1834 was called to the Presidency of
Dickinson College. Daring 1842-3 he
visited Europe and the East. In 1844 he
took a prominent part in the great strug
gle, which resulted in a division of the
Church, acquitting himself with a degree
of ability in that remarkable contest, that
has placed his name among the most
powerful and controlling spirits in the
Methodist Episcopal Church: In 1845 he
resigned the presidency of Dickinson Col
lege, and removed to Philadelphia, having
been appointed Presiding Elder of the
churches in this city ; and in 1850 was
unanimously elected Corresponding Secre
tary of the Missionary Society of the M.
E. Church. In this arduous, and responsi
ble position he still continues.
Having presented in brief the biographic
mile-stones of our subject's career, 10b are
better prepared to appreciate his portrait.
Ninety-nine persons in a hundred, and,
perhaps, the hundredth, acquainted with
his name and fame, are disappointed in his
appearance. Instead of seeing a man of
splendid proportions and commanding
presence, the chances are that among
twenty clergymen on a public platform the
least noticeable person among them would
be Dr. Durbin. There are two reasons for
this : First, there is nothing striking in
his face or physique ; and second, he is so
decidedly plain and unassuming, that in
the company of the more pretending he is
easily eclipsed. He looks to be—is he
is—about sixty ; is of medium stature ;
has a head of iron grey hair, which he
wears in a sensible, ordinary way ; a tuft
of almost white hair under his chin • a
large head, much elongated in the Per
ceptive Region,' with finely arched eye
brows ; a large, finely-cut upper lip, full
of character ; a peculiar gray eye, (and
therein is the hiding of his facial power,)
susceptible of more and greater changes
than the moon, and rather prominent nose
and cheek bones, marking what phrenolo
gists designate as the motive or powerful
temperament. He dresses in black, and
wears a white cravat.
I presume this description would very
well answer to the face of more than one
who reads it; but this,is merely what Dr.
Durbin's face is in repose, as you see him
seated in the pulpit, perhaps fanning him
self, and sleepily observing the congrega
tion without turning his head. But there
is a spirit within those languid looking,
down-cast features that will presently set
every fibre of them in motion, and flash
magnetic lightning amid peals of mental
thunder that will startle you!
The first glance at Dr. Durbin in the
pulpit when he is about opening the ser
vices especially impresses one that he is
over timid. Be rises from his seat with as
much caution as if the success - of what he
is about to do depended wholly upon his
movements being unobserved; reads the
hymn holding his glasses ; enunciates so
gently that yon would suppose his vocal
organs were frail as gossamer ; utters his
words with a drawl, (reminding one some
what of Dr. Stockton,) as if it was not of
the slightest importance whether his more
distant auditors understood a word he
said. The hymn sung, he engages in
prayer. In this he is quiet, earnest, pa
thetic, conversational, and occasionally
ardent.
Taking his text, he lays down his glas
ses, carries one hand or the other slowly
to his bosom, and commences his discourse
(usually from a brief skeleton of notes) in
that same small whining voice peculiar to
his reading, although every word is artic
ulated with almost labored accuracy. For
a time, the stranger who ha happened in
to hear the distinguishedl Dr. Darbin,
mentally declares himself g sold.' The
stranger has probably read of Dr. D., heard
of his fame, and pictured the man to his
imagination. He is disappointed. There
can be no mistako about it. He need not
even take the trouble to assure himself by
inquiry. The man in the pulpit may be
somebody else, almost anybody else, but
he is not Dr. Durbin. Bat wait a moment.
The quiet, weak spoken, inanimate prea
cher has been gently dividing and going
over the ground-work of his discourse,
spoken indifferently it is true, yet it is fit
for printing every word and line and would
read tersely. Now his manner becomes
slightly changed. You are more hopeful,
almost pleased. He is commencing an
illustration. Mildly, gradually, intelli
gently, he is laying the train of it. The
audience are growing spell-bound with ex
pectation. The spealter'S frame begins to
dilate, as with his magic rhetorical torch
the train is at last fired, and the grand
climax is thundered forth upon the ears,
the understandings, and the hearts of 'his
hearers. The west{ voice in. the pulpit bas
suddenly expanded rnßo the voice of a giant;
his hands are brought violently together ,
the blood rushes to his 'pale face ; the slee
py eye is now large, white-ringed, and
piercing as an eagle's, and the common
sickly mannered preacher mounts to
an altitude, in• the estimation of his audi
ence, from which -he can never again
wholirdetmend:' The effect has been ab
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LANCASTER 3101IN1NG, ATTGrITST 20, 1861.,
solutely electrical. The songmationlias
felt a peculiar thrill, under which , perfect
silence is impraeticable.; the tears, which
a moment before ran down the: piaacher's
face, are now illumined with a smile die
more impressible give vent to their feel
ings as at once ajoyotts privilege, and even
the more staid and philosophiOal find it
difficult entirely to conceal their emotions.
When I - heard Dr. Durbin (the_ first and ,
only time, in the pulpit) at the = Old Brick'
Chuich, Xensington, some months ago, I
was greatly struck with this peonliarity of
his style. His power over the audience,
when he chose to exert it, seemed irresis
tible, and it was curious to observe the
gifted orator, instead of fanning the fires
kindled by his bursts of eloquence, at once
descending into = the even tenor of
way,' as if to cheek the ardor he had un-,
wittingly kindled, and allow time and op
portunity for sober reflection.
Excepting at the culmination of these
flights, his gestures are-in keeping with his
slow and measured Style ; though his' cli
maxes seem to take fall possession of his
body and soul, and, for the time being, to
control them, in motion, sound, and sense.
The language employed by Dr. Durbin
is always clear, chaste, and appropriate,
evincing culture and scholarship. If it
were possible in a minister of the Gospel,
I should say, that he was modest and un
assuming to a fault. Even his most, üb
lime passages indicate a freedom from show
or permeditated display that marks him as
a natural orator of his own peculiar stamp.
The few imitations of Dr. Durbin's style,
by the way, attempted by his clerical ad
mirers, have been wretched failures, as im
itations generally are.
In theology he stands high with his
school, though he has no sympathy with
sectarian bigots, in his own denomination
or any other. In dissecting a text, he shows
strong powers of analysis. Tre reasons
plausibly, yet not always conclusively, but
possesses in a high degree the power of
carrying with him an audience. His
face while speaking, although grave, wears
a pleasant expression, and it needs but a
single look to proclaim him as one of , the
most gentle, amiable, and innocent of men.
As a Christian minister,
the visible fruits
of his labors designate him as one of the
foremost of his age.
Industrious, observing, and an able
writer, Dr. Durbin is naturally adapted to
travel, with interest to his readers of which
there is ample proof in the great success
of his Observations in the East,' and
his Observations in Europe, princi
pally in France and Great Britain,'contain
ing an account of his two years' travel in
those countries, in the years - 1842-3, which
has been already referred to. His writings
are graphic, thoughtful, and suggestive,
and possess the excellent merit, in books of
travel especially, of being unencumbered
with words about merely personal matters
and unimportant details. Dr. Durbin
carries us with him through his bo.iks,
shows us everything that is worth seeing,
and tells us all about them that is worth
remembering, and no more. He can be
dignified and philosophic; is occasionally
familiar, but never commonplace. His
book on the East,' chiefly in Egypt,
Palestine, Syria, and Asia Minor, publish
ed in 1845, is certainly one of the most
readable and instructive of its class; and,
after having re-read it, with the view of
forming a more correct estimate of its
author, I am of opinion that the next thing
to visiting those lands in person, is to read
Durbin's description of them. I am indebt
ed to Allibone's Dictionary of Authors for
the fact that, in addition to the authorship
of the above-named volumes Dr. D. edited
the American edition of Wood's Mosaic
History of the Creation, with copious notes,
published in New York in 1831. He has
also been an industrious contributor to
several periodicals of the .day.
THE SCOLD.
There were,not long since, two youths,
male and female, who were so affectionately
attached, that it appeared to them that they
could not live happy without eaoh other,
and consequently they soon became man
and wife. But it is always the case with
both men and women, that during courtship
they keep concealed many little traits and
qualities, which after marriage soon dis
cover themselves, and the defeats of the
parties are both mutually known. The
husband soon learned that his wife, with
all her beauty, possessed also an evil and
scorching tongue, which the slightest cause
set in motion. She loved her husband with
all her soul, and of this he was of a chol
eric disposition, and sometimes replied to
his wife's upbraidings in a manner which
he was afterwards sorry for.
To free himself from home, and while
wandering hither and thither, in company
with friends, he became addicted to the
bottle. On his return at evening, after
having decided upon the quality of various
wines, with swollen eyes and stammering
tongue, one may well imagine the reception
she gave him. As soon as she heard the
key turn in the door, she would station
herself at the top of the stairs and over—
whelm him with a torrent of reproaches.
He, half stunned with the clamor, and
stupefied with the wine in his head, after
some efforts at retorting in her own style,
would sneak off to bed. Finally, the evil
increased to such a degree that they saw
each other little, for the drunken husband
slept -by himself, and sometimes did not
even come home all night, but slept in the
tavern. The wife, in despair, went to a
gifted lady,' 'and asked advice of her.
From this dealer in forbidden knowledge
she obtained a phial of very limpid water.
which she said had been brought from
beyond .the seas, by a pilgrim of the great
est virtue and holiness, with the instruc—
tion, that when her husband came, she
must immediately fill her month with it,
taking care neither to swallow nor spit it out
bat keep her mouth closed. The lady
thanked her cordially; and then hastened
home to await the arrival of her husband,
and make a trial of the virtues of the water.
At length the husband, with fear and
dread, enters the house, and is astonished
to find his wife, whose mouth was full of
the charmed water, perfectly quiet. He
addresses a few words to het, but she , says
nothing. The husband became pleasant;
she says to herself, behold the effects of
the charmed water, and is delighted.
Her husband asks her what has happened;
and she acts courteous and looks pleasant,
but , makes no reply. Peace is soon made
between them. The:. water lasted many
days, during which time they lived as
harmonious as doves. The husband went
not. abroad, bat found happiness at hod.
Bat at last the Water of the vial was ex-
MEM
ii: - " -- they lia*,
feldiof *kneetio• strife. The 'wife. again
.re 14434. Ao Bat thi s
,- -4, 403:f the vase in which I kept the
,Waitiria broken , What is to be done V
teked the other. $ ,
I :•sll6lsfigtitimotith,' reiilied, the Sylbil,
kereetly as if you had the water in it,
your success will be the same.'
Every rierou•similarlysittexted is advised
to the experiment: Every sort of
itate,islielbried to he equally_good, and
- even - without water, it is thought' the - same
arid nklia r diAaitked.
..THE GOOD - UNE COMING.
:_Mr. Jones was married. He had been
married alopt time, ever since he could
imeemher, almost. The first Mrs. Jones
was a pretty' school-boy love, and - died
early. Mr. ' Tones was inconsolable for
-More than size months,' and then finding
"the burden ,of his grief too great to be
borne alone, deoided to share his regrets
with feminine friend.. The
commotion Was a happy one for many
years, but, alas for the 'mutability of earth
ly -pleasures, Mr. Jones was again a
widower at the Age of forty, and being, ex
tremely loriely, - and having a habit of mar
rying, he offered hie broken life and
bereaved affections to Miss Patience Nor
cross, a mature.young lady of thirty.
We have-said that,Mr. Jones had a habit
-of being: married,' and - it had grown upon
him so that, had Providence opened the
-vay, he:lnaild in all probability have. fol
lowed-a series of bereavements with a sue
tiession of consolations. But in selecting
Miss-Patience he'ad no regard to cote
of temper. He had never thought
anything abinit' it. His other marriages
had been happy accidents, and, so far as
he knew or reflected, that was the order of
natare. But Mies Patience had a habit,
too, and it was .in accordance with her
name, for it was the habit of endurance.
-It was a failing that leaned to virtue's
side, and beyond it. She lived in the re
mote and the future. The present; with
her, was never anything but a make-shift,
a mere temporary expedient till better
times, Distance not only lent enchantment
to her objects of pursuit, bat was -abso
lutely the only charm to which she was
sensitive. he really liked Mr. Jones al
most up to the hour of his proposal ; she
meekly tolerated him ever after.
They were boarding for a time, and the
wife said submissively to all her friends :
' Oh, yes, it is very comfortable for the
present, until we feel able to keep house.'
Mr. Jukes, after the remark had been
-roitarated for the fiftieth time, asserted
that he Mus able tOltvep house. To prove
this, he engaged and furnished a tasteful
tenement, and another year saw Mistress
Patience the patient mistress of her own
fireside.
' What a pleasant situation,' said Dame
Grundy, as she called on a tour of inspec
tion.
Why, yes,' returned Mrs. Jones, it
is all we can expect in a house we hire. If
we were to build we would plan very dif
ferently, of course. And then you know
one could have the heart to make improve
ments in shrubbery and fruit trees. 0,
Mrs. Grundy, I hope to live long enough
to have a house of my own.'
Mr. Jones was well-to-do and good
natured. Moreover he was a little obtuse,
we have seen, and did not perceive that
something to put up with is, with most of
us, a practical necessity. So he said, very
generously, Mrs. Jones, in another year
you shall have a house of your own.'
I am afraid you cannot afford to build
such a house as I would like.'
can and will. You shall modify the
plan yourself, or draw a new one, if you
prefer.'
. Mrs, Jones sighed, glt will take so long
in building;' and from that hour every
rational enjoyment was deferred until they
should get in the new dwelling. There
were the usual delays and disappointments,
and Mrs. Jones' endurance was fully
gratified. as she was regaled with a linger
ing sweetness long drawn out.' At length
the house was built and furnished, the
grounds laid oat and planted, and the
wheels of the new establishment fairly in
motion. Moreover, by rare good luck,
there was very little to alter and undo ;
most of the arrangements were desirable
and the experiments successes.
I hope, my dear,' said Mr. Jones
benevolently, that we are now in a condi
tion to take comfort.'
If we ever get settled,' answered Mrs.
Jones, with a sigh.
Well, years rolled on, and they were
settled. The flowers bloomed and the
fruits ripined. The turf thickenedinto vel
vet, and the trees grew tall and oast a
welcome shade. Strangers paused to ad
mire the premises as they passed, and
neighbois paid their various tributes of
envy and admiration. Mr. Jones smoked
his prime cigars in the bank piazza, and
grew to look portly and contented. Not
so with Mrs. Jones. To all the encomi
ums lavished upon her residence she re
plied submissively, ' Yes, it's a pretty
plane, bat we don't know who we built it
for. We have no children to come after
us, and are just putting up improvements
for strangers to pull down.
Was ever woman so favored If an indul
gent fortune g Within a year from the
utterance of this remark, Mrs. Jones was
the happy —no, the patient mother of a
real, genuine, glorious baby. Mr. Jones,
who had, with difficulty, refrained from
happiness before, was uncontrollably jubi
lant now. The boy was healthy, and
handsome, and bright. There was no
mistake about him; he was a fixed feet, a
star of the first magnitude. He had wants,
it is true, for which the fond father was
intensely thankful, for to gratify and pre
vent them was his supreme delight.
And the mother I Alas, her's were all
mother's cares, anxieties and forebodings.
Until he was weaned she scarcely left the
house, or indulged in the simplest luxur
ies of diet. Then there was the long pe
riod of teeth-cutting, during which her
maternal apprehensions were never appea
sed. Then she lived in fear of the measles,
whooping-cough and scarlet fever, until
the young hero met and conquered them
all. He grew round and rosy, and she
thin aed r anxious, but still unalterably pa
tient. At 'school she feared he might study
too much or too little, and as her fears
were pretty equally divided between the
two perils, it is presumed that he avoided
Anith. Then she had a general misgiving
lest he.should be spoiled, and from too
anaoh-►etting at home become an indolent
abd beeleei member of society. Bat Wm&
Eli=
the reader may:share her fears iathis re
gard. Master Jones falsified them a11.,
Indulgence and opportunity seemed to
agree with him. He was ambitions and
aelf-ieliant, and. not objectionably
w ilful.W
When at last he decided to study for,:a
profession,the mother fitted out his ward
robe with reluctant cardPand his first let
ter -from oollegn was moistened rather
more than the fttll‘pmortion with natural
tears.
I am glad he is doing well,' abe said,
in reply to a remark from her husband,
but i miss him more than I can tell you.
Since we have only one, we could wish he
could have staid with us. The seven years
of hia student-life are very long to wait;'
4 Wait for what r inquired Mr. Jones.
For the good time coming,' replied his
wife.
' Why, woman, the good time has come,
long ago. Can't you see it I We've been
having it all along.'
It may be so with you, Mr. Jones,tut
I have never been free from anxiety for a
minute in my life.'
And never will be, my dear,' returned
the husband, as he shook the ashes from
his oigar. It is positively your strong
point, and I have an admiration for your
skill in it. You will find more to submit
to in any given circumstances than any
woman I have ever known'
Mrs. Jones raised her eyes to her hus—
band in meek surprise. She forgave him,
and was silent.
CURIOSITIES OF COURTSHIP.
A proposal was sent by the post in the
days when letters traveled at the rate of
ten miles an hour on thb mail coach. The
anxious lover for the first week breathlessly
expected the reply, but it did not come.
The next week he pined, and was sleepless ;
still no answer. The third week he beeame
indignant. 'A oivail acknowledgment was
his due. She was heartless, and a flirt.'
The next week he despised her, and con
gratulated himself on his escape, and, when
at the end of it he' received his own letter
back from the dead letter office, he had so
completely outlived his love that he never
proposed to that lady at all.
I once saw a middle-aged invalid making
love to a young lady. After making great
efforts to secure an opportunity of meeting
her he drew his chair close to hers, looked
into her face, sighed heavily, drew his chair
still closer, and while she looked at him in
astonishment, and I in the distance strained
my ears to hear what tender remark follow
ed all this preparation, I heard him whisper
with great emphasis, (Who is your doctor l'
I need hardly say that the proposal failed
which followed this well-judgd commence
ment. A more pardonable case of man's
absorption in his own pursuits was that of
a shy lover, whose one idea was -horses.
He never , found courage to propose till he
had persuaded the lady to go into the stable
and look at his favorite horses. There he
spoke, and there she answered yes. but
this was natural and pardonable ; a shy
man may need this vantage-ground, and
feeling his own inferiority in the drawing
room, may yet be aware of his superior
knowledge and superior power in the stable,
where his horses make himself king.
A marriage took place not many years ago,
in the great world, where two lovers ( long
attached, but separated by the desire of
their parents,) met under an arch while
each was taking refuge, in London, from a
sudden shower of rain. Neither of them
had the least idea of the neighborhood of
the other, when the sudden meeting oo
ourred which decided the future course of
their lives. In another case the engage
ment was broken off on account of limited
means, and the gentleman went abroad.
Returning after some years' absence, he
arrived late on the railway platform, and
rushed into the first carriage he reached,
just as the train was in motion. In it he
found ( with her mother) the lady ho had
been so long vainly endeavoring to forget,
and the meeting ended in one of the hap
piest marriages.
• Hans Anderson gives, in one of his
books, an amusing account of a young man,
newly-appointed to some official position at
the Court of Copenhagen, ordering his
court-dress in great haste, that he might
be present at a ball where he meant to
declare his attachment to a beautiful girl
whom he had long loved. All went smooth
ly until he was on the point of proposing,
nay, had spoken a few preliminary words,
when a button gave way on tho hastily
made court-dress. The lover rushed ab
ruptly away, and the lady, hurt at his
unlooked-for departure, made an engage
ment for a sleighing party next day, where
she received and accepted the offer of
another lover.
Thus love as well as life, often hangs
upon a thread. Always secure your retreat
in love as in war ; this is a precaution never
to be neglltioted. Mr. A—, a brother to
the late Lord Z—, whose proud and
haughty temper was proverbial, proposed
to a lady in Portman Square Gardens.
After being refused, the rejected lover
turned from her in great indignation, but
finding the gates of the garden looked, was
obliged to return to the lady to petition
for the key. Another case, still more
trying, was that of a gentleman traveling
in North America, who after being hospita
bly received in the house of an officer high
in command there, 'imposed to the host's
daughter the evening before his departure,
and was refused. A deep fall of snow
came on in the night ; the roads became
impassable ; and the poor man, to his un
speakable mortification, was detained for
a week in the house with the lady who
had rejected him.
INFIRMITIES OF THE GREAT.--Hlllldol,
Milton, and Delile were blind ; Lucretius,
Taaao, Siiift,Cowper, Roasean, and Chat
terton, are melancholy cases of insanity.
Richelieu had occasional attacks of in
sanity, in which he fancied himself a horse ;
he would prance around the billiard table,
neighing, kicking. out his servants, and
making a great noise, until, exhausted by
fatigue he suffered himself to be , put to
bed and well covered. On awaking, he
remembered nothing that had passed.
Shelly had hallucinations. Benardin St.
Pierre, while writing one of his works was
attacked by a strange illness. Lights
flashed before his eyes ; objects appeared
double and in motion ; he imagined all the
passers by to be his enemies. Heine died
of a• chronic disease of the spine. Meta
statio early snfferd from nervous affections.
Moliere was liable to convulsions;
Pagd
nini.was cataleptic at four yeaxs old.
Mozart died of water on the brain. Beet
oven was bizarreOrrittible, hypos:olmph);
acaL_ ,Donisettir died in an asylum.
Chattertou and Gilbert committed suicide.
Chateaubriand , was troubled with suicidal'
thoughts; and George Sand confeases to
the same. , Sophoclea was accused of
imbeCility by his son,„but this .was after he
Was eighty. _Pope: ,deformed, and,
to. Atterbury, , he had,, masa
curva,is coqpre curvo. He believed that'
ho once saw an arm projeoting from the wall'
of his room.
had fits „of hipoohondria Dr:
Francis was nnequitiocally insaue. Dr,
Johnson was hypochondriacal, and declared
that he - mice distinctly heard his mother
call to him 'Samuel !' when she was many
miles distant Rossein was certainly insane .
Bt. Simon Is said to have committed suicide
under circumstances indicating insanity.
Fourier passed his life in a continual hal
lucination. Carden, Swedenborg, Lavater,
Zimmermann, Mahomet, Van lielmont,
Loyola, St. Franois Xavier, St. Dominic,
all had visions. Even Luther had his hal
lucinations; Satan frequently appeared,
not only to have inkstands thrown at his
sophistical head, but to get into the refor
mer's bed 'and lie beside him. Jeanne
D'Aro gloried in her celestial visions.
THE Samos. AND THE AOTHESS.-- 4 When
I was a poor girl,' said the Duchess of
St. Albans, 'working very hard for my
thirty shillings a week, I went down to
Liverpool during the holidays, were I was
always kindly received. I was to perform
in a new piece, something like those pretty
little affecting dramas they get up now at
our minor theatres; and in my character
I. represented a poor, friendless orphan
girl, reduced to the most wretched poverty.
A heartless tradesman prosecutes the sad
heroine for a. heavy debt, and insists on
putting her, in prison, unless some one will
be bail for her.
'The girl replies, 'Then I have no hope.
I have not a friend in the world.' 'What,
will no one be bail for' you, to' save you
from prison asks the stern creditor. _
have told you I have not a friend on earth,'
was my reply. But just as I was uttering
the words, I saw a sailor in the upper gal
lery springing over the railing, letting
himself down from one tier to another,until
he bounded clear over the orchestra and
placed himself. beside me in a moment.
Yes, you shall have one , friend, at least,
my poor young woman," said he, with the
greatest expression in his honest, sunburnt
countenance. gI will go bail for yon to
any amount. And as for you,
( turning to
the frightened actor ) if you don't bear a
hand and shift your moorings, you lubber,
it will be worse for you when I come
athwart your bows.' Every creature in the
house rose ; the uproar was indescribable ;
peals of laughter, screams of terror, cheers
from his tawny messmate in the gallery,
preparatory scraping of the violins from
the orchestra, and amidst the universal din,
there stood the unconscious cause of it
sheltering me, 'the poor, distressed young
woman, and breathing defiance and des
truction against my mimic persecutor.
He was only persuaded to relinquish his
oare of me by the manager pretending to
arrive and rescue me with a profusion of
theatrical bank-notes.'
THE LAW VINDICATED.—Judge D—
was fond of card-playing, and occasionally
indulged in the amusement. During the
period he occupied a seat on the bench, the
legislature of Georgia passed very strin
gent laws to prevent gambling, and made
it imperative on the Judges to charge the
grand juries, at the opening of each session
of the court, to present all who were known
as gamblers, etc. The Judge had confor
med to the requirements of the law, but
none were presented, and gambling seemed
to flourish as it ever had.
On one occasion when the Judge was on
his circuit, and after his usual charge to
the grand jury, and, as usual, no notice
taken of the charge, Judge D—ascer
tained there was a faro-bank in successful
operation in the very preoinets of the oourt.
The Judge thought he would indulge his
propensity for play, and visited the bank.
He played, and was very successful, as was
his wont ; he won all the money,and broke
up the establishment. After he had pock
eted his winnings, and was about retiring,
he perceived several of the grand jary in
the room, who had likewise been engaged
in the game. Judge D— observed to
them :
"Gentlemen of the grand jury, the law
requires me to do all in my power to sup
press the vice of gambling. Ihave charged
the grand juries upon the subject time after
time, without any good effect. It was time
for me to aot, and see if I could not enforce
the law. I have done so , and the most ef
fectual way of doing it is to break the bank,
which I have done to-night. I do not think
these fellows will treble the public for some
time to come, and the law in me is vindi
cated. Gentlemen, 1 bid you good night."
TRIO LANCASTER INTELLIQENCER
JOB PRINTING ESTABLISHMENT,
No. 8 NORTH DUKE STREET, LANCASTER, PA.
The Jobbing Department Is thoroughly furnished With
new and elegant type of every description,
and Is under
the charge of practical and experienced Job Printer..—
The Proprietors are prepared to
PRINT CHECKS,
NOTES, LEGAL BLANKS,
CARDS AND CM:MARS,
BILL HEADS AND HANDBILLS,
PROGRAMMES AND POSTERS,
PAPER BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS,
BALL TICKETS AND. INVITATIONS,
PRINTING IN COLORS AND PLAIN PRINTING,
with neatness accuracy and dispatch, on the most reasons.
ble terms, and In a manner not excelled by any establish
ment in the city.
Mir Orders from it distance, by mail or otherwise,
promptly attended to. Address
GRO. SANDERSON & BON,
Intelligencer Office,
No. 8 North Duke street, Lancaster, Pa.
sPEGIAL NOTI.CE.
---
WENTZ BROS
Offer every possible inducement to
CASH BUYERS OF DRY GOODS.
Determined to reduce their stock, they give
• GOOD BARGAINS:
BEAUTIFUL FANCY SILKS,
At 33, 151:1,16. worth 'double tile money.
GRENEDINE AND BEREGB GOODS,
About ono-half their value. Every. variety and style of
SPRING.. AND.. SUMMER DRESS GOODS,
SHAWL., SILK AND CLOTH CLOAKS AND MANTLES,
FRENCH LACE MANTLES, •
Feints, Shawls, Borneo& Stigmas, French and Chantilla
Lace Goode Id every style—without regard to cost.
6-4 and 8-4 Super BlackidEß.lNO AND Dui.ava/E for
Shawls
. SUN UMBRELLAS AND PARASOLS.
MEN'S AND BOYS' WERE,
AT LW THAN MAWNIATIM[VEI PUTT& -
A great sacrifice in a lot of
BEBEGES AND LAWNS,
Which are closing out at 12% cents—one half price.
G rea t bargains in COLLARS and SLEEVES from Auction.
WEN.TZ BROS.,
June 18 8t 28] East }Ling and antra liquaria-
ADD CATTLE POWDER.
JUL TATTBRSAVS HORSE POWDER,
MUTE POWDER,
ROSIN,
PENNITGRESK
SULPHUR,
OEM&
- - catif.rerres,
r OOPP AMER Sc.,
lor iela itamotrAs nr.,m,AmPs
fed DIM 4 Clisozdeal Store, West Bing sheet, Liner.
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I:IIFHOLEDIALEI GIROOMIS, AND DEALERS DI DODD
niT.PIRODUOS,' WINES AND 4,14110/18,
' ' Ncis:lN6 and 117 NQtB 11.iond rtcsat,
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nrs STAR-4CIUNGZKD BANNER ErAn
TIEN WASHINGTON HAT,
THB NATTY BIIMPPir HAT,
T11:8•Rn i rAN-WLITX.LE HAT,
more beautiful beyond comparison then mitiyathig Ist,thht
lble hitherto-offered. licientificailY. 7entßsisdi :national,
and eminently suggestive of v ,eriotbon, arritomtotihii to
be the Banner Eat for our oug men Thoy =at tti Dean
to be appreciated.
A beautiful assortment of all styles of
STRAW HATS,
MILITARY BA.TIGUR -0•P13,
TN AIJ, STYLES AND QITALIyIB9,
Which we are prepared to sell at
MOST ILEABONABLB PRICES,
either
SINGLE OAPB
may 14 tt 18] North Queen street, Linoutor
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Nor the beat Boots, go to it
BBXN MAN'S, W. King Street.
For the beet Worneses Shoes, go to
ItSENEMAIPS, W. King Street.
Tor the best Children's Shoes, go to
BRENERAN'S, W. sing Street.
Nor the meet oomtbrtable fit, go to
BassEtterre, W. nig sheet.
for work that will not rip, go to
BRANltlitAli'B, W. Bing am' t.
•
Vor Boots that will not le . t Io water, go to
1111ENEMAYS, W. Xing Street
For the largest Stock le town, go to
BBENEhLSIS'B, W. Sing Street.
Nor the but stock In town, go to
BRENEMANT, W. King Shalt.
All In want of Boota and Shoes, go to
BILENEMAN'S, W. King Street.
Everybody In the country go to
apr 2 tf 12}
BANKING HOUSE OP RE/11,117 1 , HEIM.
DERSON & 00.—On the 26th of MANOR, instant,
the undersigned, under the firm 'of BEND, HENDERSON
& CO., will commence the Banknt Business, in its usual
branches at the office hitherto occupied by John K. Heed
& Co., at the corner of East King and Duke streets, be.
twee the Court House and Sprecher's Hotel, Lancaster, Pat
They will pay interest on deposits at the following rates.
6 , i 4 per cent. for 6 months and longer.
". 30 days and longer.
They will buy and sell Stocks and Beal Estate on com
mission, negotiate Loans for others, purchase and sell Bills
of Exchange,. Promissory Notes, Drafts, &0., &c.. &c.
The undersigned will be individually liable to the extent
of their means, for all deposits and other obligations of
lissnitason & Co. JOHN H. BRED
mar 20 tf 101
TTONIGBIACHEH & BAUMAN, T;ilkN
ners and Curriers Store, back of Robt. idoderwell's
Commission Warehouse, fronting on the Railroad and
North Prince street. Cheap for Cash or approved credit.—
Constantly on hand a full assortment of all kinds Saddler's
and Shoemaker's Leather, of superior quality, including
Boner's celebrated Sole Leather," also, Leather Bands,
well stretched, suitable for all kinds of machinery, of any
length and width requtt'ed, made of a superior quality of
Leather, Furnace Bellows, Band and Lacing Leather, Gar
den Hose, Tanner's Oil, Currier's Tools, Moroccoa, Shoe
Findings, etc.
All kinds old Leather bought In the rough; highest prices
given lor Hides and Skins in cash; orders will be prompt
attended to . tab ly 6
VTAN INGEN t. SNYDER,
DESIGNERS AND ENGRAVERS ON WOOD,
N. E. CORNER STH LED CHELTRIST STREETS,
PHILADELPHIA.•
Execute all kinds of WOOD ENGRAVING, with beauty,
correctness and despatch—Original Designs furnished for
Fine Book Illustrations—Persons wishing Cute, by sending
a Photograph or Daguerreotype, can have views of
COLLEGES, CHURCHES,
OOTTAGEB, STORE FRONTS,
PORTRAITS, MACHINES,
STOVES, PATENTS, Ac.
Engraved as well as on personal application.
FANCY ENVELOPES, LABELS, BILL HEADINGS,
SHOW BILLS, VISITING, BUSINESS and - other CARDS,
engraved in the highest style of the Art, and at thalowest
prices.
For Specimens of Fine Engraving, see the Illustrated
Works of J. B. LIPPINCOTT A Co., E. H. BUTLER k Co.,
Ac., Ac. root 23 ly 41
ANDREW JACKSON'S REMEDY
Changing the subject, Dr. Edgar asked him what he
would have done with Calhoun and other nullifiers it they
had kept on. •
"Hung them, sir, as high as Haman," was the instan
taneous reply. "They should have been a terror to trai
tors to all time, and postekty would have pronounced It
the beet act of my life"
Ae he said these words, he bait rose In his bed, and all
the old are glowed in his old eyes again.
Bee PARTON'S LIRE OF JACKSON, p. 670, at
ELIAS BARR k CO'S
New Book Store.
dec 18 tf 49]
MIIIRNITUILEI OF 7G VERY DEscRIP
.I‘ Lion, warranted u good as the beet, and cheaper than
the cbeapeet-at KETCHAM'S, Nowa Qua= OTanIT,
poeite Shenk's National House, Lancaster.
N. B. To any one purchasing $OO worth tefore the first
of November next, 10 per cent. will be allowed for CUE.
aux 31 tfBi
ATTENTION I MILITARY BOONS FOE
THE MILLION.
HARDEE'S RIFLE AND INFANTRY TAOTIOS.
GILHAM'S MANUAL.
BAXTER'S VOLUNTEER'S MAN - UAL—English and Ger-
MAIL
ELLSWORTH'S ZOIINVE DlLL—with a sketch of him
life.
THE "VOLUNTEER'S TEXT BOOK, containing most valu
able information for Officers. Volunteers, and Militia, In
the Oamp, Field, or on the March.
BEADLE'S DIME SQUAD DRILL BOOK.
BEADLE'S SONGS FO THE WAS.
- STARS AND STRIPES SONGSTER.
Allthe above, and a variety of Union Paper, Envelopes,: ,
&c., to., for sale at 2. AL WE3THASPIER'S
jun. 4 tf 21) Corner N. Queen and Orange streets.
CCAROLINAYELLO W PINE FLOOR
ING BOARDS. 50,000 Feet Carolina Yellow Piro,
Dressed Flooring Boards.
30,000 Feet Do. Undressed.
50,000 CYPRESS SHINGLES, No.l and 2.
50,000 BANGOR PLASTERING LATHS,
ALA rewired and for sale at Greed's Landing, on the
Conestoga. Apply to GEO 'oexama 5 Go.,
(Moe East Orange at, near N. Queen et, Lancaster
lege 4111
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A NECESSITY IN EVERY HOUSEHOLD!!!
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The only article of the kind ever produced which will
withstand Water.
Every housekeeper should have a supply. of. Johns h
Crosley's American Cement Glue."—Nme York Tana.
"It is so convenient to have in the house."—Nero York
Express.
.It is always ready; this commends it to everybody."—
N. Y. indispentknt.
" We have tried it, and find it as useful In our house as
water."—WE/cu' Spirit' of the Taw.
PRIOR TWENTY-FIVE CENTS PER BOTTLE.
Very Liberal Reductions to Wholesale Dealers.
TERMS CASH.
Kir- For sale by all Druggists and Storekeepers generally
througt out th e Wan
• .LOHNS . & °BOSLEY,
(Sole Mautifacturers,)
78 WILLIAM ST., (Corner of Liberty St.,) NEW YORK
july 9 1 26
VETZELT £ WEVOT, STILL 'CON
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thine the MERCHANT TAILORING BUSINESS in the
THE GRANITE BUILDING
No. B North Queen St. Our stock colutieta of the choic
est MINCH moms, such as Batoluee, &monies and
Neils:ions finest Clothe of various oalors; the; Choked
French Classimeres; Black Doeekin Cassimares; Nancy
Camdmeres, the beat selection; Vesting,' of all descriptions,
and a large assortment of
GENTLEMEN'S PITENIBIEING GOODS.
We tfully ask a continuance of the patronage so
bestowed upon our predecessor, and tray by
strict attention to business to receive it. •
One of the firm has had considerable experience in one
the largest and most fashionable Merchant Tailoring Er
tablishments in Philadelphia, and flatters that be
will be able to render satiafaction to the patrons of , the
firm. nrezatir Mog TOL
apl 7 IS 12
I NFANTS' lialess PRESERVER/
PA T.IINT.
This newly discovered invention Preserves the Criothes
from being Soiled, renders Nursing., safe from Joull"
vonience, and is a great comfort to Anthers and'Tfories.
ST To be had at ALL LADIES' STORES, - and sent free
by post, direct from the inventor, Has. ARSIIIIIILD, No.
512 Twelfth street, , Washington, D. 0., by rflull!dzlii the
amoun t PEßM; ONE DOLLAR EMIL. - ,
-LADYA - 02`KNTS WANTED.
air A liberal
,ialknedire made to the trod& - -
oat 2 .
PENNBYL \TANI& PATENT BtaitENVZlrt
J. FRANKLIN REIGART, of Lanader Mtn obtain,
Letters Patent from the 11. B. Patent 0111416,•Mk:the mod
reasonable
. terms. Drserings of. all bil4dli•uf
Architeoturei or Burleys, correctly e4eoutelibillint: TA,
Wide Deem% Bonds and otharinstrutiMnts of writing:',
Oillee—Agricultoral; and) (Bp r odu l ea
apr
Building"; ) North Queen street, Lancaster.
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SO •
ANIIAL ND , ,1 , 7 01 z
the use of all A Volunteers and Militia, mime I*.
rested, Aral adapted lo the diselpUnaroflhe aildies-orthe
present' day, b . ; . an °Mow la the Unlied-,Statia Artny,„
ffn • • • -At "--= MitallIMPIV
maymay 14 tf •-
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NO 32
,BY me mummer
SUULTZ At DRO4
BRENEBSAWS,
OPPosite 0 4 0 Pees notal
AMOS S. HENDERSON
ISAAC E. HIESTER.