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VO L. LXIV
- WE ARE GOING HOME
We said that the days were evil,
We felt that they might be few,
For low was our fortune's level,
And heavy the winter grew ;
Bat one who bad no possession
Looked up to the azure d ,, me,
And said, in his simple fashion,
"Dear friends, we are going home.
4, This world is the same dull market
Vitt wearied its earliest sage;
The times to the wine are dark yet,
And so hath been many an age.
And Hob grow the toiling nations,
And red grow the battle spears,
Aid dreary with desolations
Roll onward the laden years.
What need of the changeless story
Wtoob, time bath au ulten tuld,
The spectre that follows glory,
The canker that coulee with gold,
That wisdnm, suet gth and honor
Muer fade like the far sea-foam,
And death is the only winner?
But, friends, we are going home
" The hopes we had hoped to rest in
Were upon to sin and strife,
The dreams our youth was bleat in
Were not for the wear of life ;
For care can darken the cottage,
As well as the palace hearth,
And birthright, are soli for pottage
But never redeemed on earth.
"The sprirms have gone by in sorrow,
The summers were grieved away,
And ever we feared tomorrow,
And ever we blamed to-day.
In depths which the searcher sounded,
On hills which the high heart clomb,
have toil and trouble abounded :
But, friends, we aro going home.
"Our faith was the bravest builder,
But found not a stone of trust;
Our love was the fairest gilder,
But lavished its wealth on dust.
And time hath the fabric shaken,
And fortune the May bath shown,
For much they've changed and taken,
For nothing that was our own.
"The light that made us baser,
The paths which so many chose,
The gifts there was found no place for,
The riches we could not use;
The heart that when life was wintry
Found summer in strain and tone;
With these to our kin and country,
Dear triends,cwe are going home.''
A SMACK IN SCHOOL.
A District School not far away,
'Mid Berkshire hills, one winter's day,
Was humming with its wonted noise
Of threescore mingled girls and boys—
Some few upon their task intent,
But more on furtive mischief bent;
And while the master's downward look
Was fastened on a copy-book—
Rose loud and clear a rousit,g dukack!
As 'twas a battery of bliss
Lot oil in one tremendous kiss!
•• What's that ?" the startled master cries
That, thir.' a little imp replies.
Wath William Willith, if you pleathe—
I saw him kith Thothana Peothe
With frown to make a statue thrill,
The master thundered • hither, Will!"
Like wretch u'ertakeu on his track,
With stolen shuttles on his back,
Will hung his head in fear and shame,
And to the awful presence came—
A great. green, bashtul simpleton,
The butt of ell good-ontured too.
With smile buppress'd nod birch upraised,
The threatener faltered—" I'm amazed
That you, my biggest pupil, should
Be guilty of an act on rude!
Before the whole set school to boot—
What evil genius put you to't?''
‘' 'Twits she, herself, sir." sobbed the lad,
"I didn't mean to he so bad;
But when SUS/LIAM shook her curls,
And whispered I was 'fraid of girls,
And dursn't kiss a baby's doll,
I couldn't ctund it, sir, at
But up and kissed 11,:r On the spot.
know—boo huo—l. ought to nut,
But somehow from her looks—boo boo,
i thuught she kind u' wished me to!"
What Came of an Omnibus Ride--
One Pull to the Right.
Some time ago, kno matter when, little
folks shouldn't be curious,) I was riding
in an omnibus with some half dozen well
dressed ladies and white-kidded gentle
men.
At a signal from somebody on the side
walk, the driver reined up his horses, and
a very old man, with tremulous limbs and
silvery looks, presented himself at the door
for admission. The driver shouted through
the skylight Hem for one more, there,
inside ;' but the gentlemen looked at the
old man acd frowned, and the ladies
spread out their ruffled skirts, for his hat
was shabby, and his coat very threadbare.
He saw how it was, and why there was
no room,' and meekly turned about to go
down the steps, when a fine-looking young
man, who sat next to me, sprang to the
door, and seizing him by the arm, said :
Take my place, sir ; you are quite wel
come to it. lam young and hearty ; it
won't weary me to walk ;' and kindly lead
ing the old man to the vacant seat, he
leaped from the steps and walked briskly
down the street, while I looked admiring
ly after him, saying to myself, That
young man has had a good mother.'
We drove on, and the more I looked at
the old man's silver hairs, and fine, honest
face, the more indignant I felt at the way
he had been treated. Whether he read
my thoughts in my countenance, or not, I
can't say ; but, after most of the passen
gers had got out, he moved up to me and
said, ' Good boy—good boy, wasn't he 1—
My dear (and here his voice sunk to a con
fidential whisper) 1 have got money enough
to buy out all the upstart people that
filled this omnibus twenty times over, but
I like this old coat and hat. They are as
good as a crucible—help me to find out
the true metal. Good morning, my dear.
Thank you for your pity, just as much as
if 1 needed it '—and this old man pulled
the strap, got out of the omnibus, and
hobbled off down the next street.
Sometime after, I advertised for lodg
ings, and was answered by a widow lady.
1 liked the air of the house, it was so
neat and quiet, and the flowering plants
in the window were a letter of recommen
dation to me. Your cold-hearted, icicle
people never care for flowers ; (you may
write that in the fly-leaf of your prim- - -----
mer.) But what particularly pleased me JIMMY O'NElL.—When Gen. Jackson
at Mrs. Harris' was the devotion of her was President, Jimmy O'Neil, the porter,
son to his mother. I expected no less, was a marked character. He had his foi
because, the minute I opened the door, 11 bles, which were offensive to the fastidious
nsaw that he wag'the same young man who ness of Colonel Donelson, and caused his
gave up his seat in the omnibus to the old dismissal on an average of about once a
gentleman. week. But on appeal to the higher court,
John did all the marketing and provid- the verdict was invariably reversed by the
ing as well as if he was seventy instead of gooa nature of the old General. Once,
seventeen. He wheeled his mother's arm however, Jimmy was guilty of some flagrant
chair to the pleasantest corner; handed; offence, and was summoned before the
her the footstool, and newspaper and highest tribunal at once. The General,
specta.iles ; offered her his arm upstairs'after stating the details of the misdeed,
and down, instead of joining other young observed : Jimmy, I have borne with you
men in racing over the city to find ways for years, in spite of all complaints ; but in
to kill time. this act you have gone beyond my powers
It was a beautiful sight in these days, of endurance.' And do you believe the
when beardless boys come stamping and , story V asked Jimmy. Certainly,' an
whistling into their mother's presence, swered the General : I have just heard
with their hats on, and oall her the old it from two Senators.' Faith,' reto'rted
woman.' Jimmy, if I believe all that twenty Sen-
I spent a pleasant autumn under Mrs. ators say about you, it's little I'd think
Harris' quiet roof. And now, winter had you are fit to be President.' Pshaw !
set in with its nice long evenings. John Jimmy,' concluded the General ; 'clear
came into tea one night with his bright out, and go on duty, but be more careful
face overclouded. His mother was at his hereafter.' Jimmy remained with his kind
side in an instant. John's master had hearted pi , trou not only to the close of his
failed, and John was thrown out of em- Presidential term, but, accompanying him
ployment. to the Hermitage, was with him to the day
Then I learned that it was only by the of his death.
strictest economy, and hoarding of every
, cent of John's salary that the house rent Cr" The world makes us talkers, but
was paid, arni_ the table provided. I solitude makea, us thigh!".
And now, eo the widow said, the house
must be given up, for John might be a
long time getting' another place, clerk
ships were so difficult to obtain ; and they
must not think of running in debt.
rt was such a pity. We were all so
comfortable and happy there, iu that oozy
little prior, with its sunny bow window
full of flowers, and its bright. Lehigh fire,
and cosy cushioned chairs ; that cosy par
lor, where the little round table, with its
8110Wy cloth, had been so often spread ;
and the fragrant coffee, and delicate tea
biscuit, and racy newspapers, had been
so often discussed ; where John in hie
slippers and dresit ' a gown, with his dark
hair brushed off his broad forehead, read
to us page after page of some favorite au- ,
thor, while the wind was welcome to whis
tle itself dumb outside the threshhold,
and old Winter to pile up the snow at the
door till he got tired of it.
It was hard'
John walked up and down the floor,
with his hands crossed behind, and Mrs.
Harris went round the room hunting after
her spectacles, when they were comforta
bly reposing on the bridge of her fine
Rout a nose.
A knock at the door '
A noo. for Johi. !
linelosed find $5OO to pay for Mr.
John Hairis' house rent, for the coaling
year. A FRIEND.'
John rubbed his eyes, and looked at
his mother ; his mother looked az me, and
I looked at both of them ; and then we
laughed and cried till we nearly had hys
teria+.
But who was the ' Friend ?' That was
the question. \\, e were all born Yankees,
and did our best at 4 guessing ;' but it
didn't help us. Well at any rate, it was
very nice all round. I hadn't to be routed.
No, nor John, nor his dear old mother.—
And pussy purred round us as if she had
as much reason to be glad as any one of
us ; and the canary trilled so sharp a
straid that we were obliged to muffle his
cage and his enthusiesm with John's red
silk pocket handkerchief.
Mrs. Harris and I had not got our fem-
Mine t )ngues still, the next day, when
John time back, in the middle of the fore
noon, with another riddle to drive our
womanly curiosity still more distracted.
He was requested to call immediately—so
a no!c he had just, icceived, read—at—
te Co's, and accept the head clerkship, at
a salary of z. , 1,401..) a year ; being highly
recommended by a person, whose name
Lis new eLcployer
That was a gr...ater gill. John
and his mother had rich relations to b.
sure ; but, though they had always been
interfering in all their plans for waking a
living, they never had been known to give
them anything—excel t advice, or to call
on them by daylight; and it wasn't at all
likely that 6 Om leopard would change hi,
spots at that late day. Nu, it could not
be John's rich leatives, who were always
iu such a panic lest the upper tentioni
should diseover Tirlt , h , ir cuu ins, tic
an unfashionable part
the city, dined at 0 ,0 o'clock, and noticed
tradespeople and mechanics.
We were too sensible to believe in
fairies, tbu who the mischief was emptying
the horn of plenty 'in that way our
feet 2
When we awoke the next morning, we
found in the back yard a barrel of apples,
a barrel of flour, a keg of butter, and a
bag of buckwheat, flour labelled ' For Mr.
John Harris,
John declared (After pinching hims,lf,
to bee if he really was John) that he fas
tened the gate inside, the very last thing
before he put his night-cap on. Mrs.
Harris said somebody must have climbed
over and unfastened it ; and I jumped
right up and down, for a bright thought
h.,d just struck nie, and I was determined
to hold ou to it, for I didn't have a bright
thought every day.
What now ?' said John, as I capered
round the roam.
4Oh ! nothing,' said I only it takes a
woman, after all, to find out a secret—and
to keep it too,' I added snapping my
fingers at him.
That day 1 thought it would do me
good to ride about in an omnibus. I tried
several. It didn't make much difference
to me whether they went up street or
down, or where they finally stopped. 1 was
looking more at the passengers.
By and by 1 saw the person 1 wanted.
Said 1, in a whisper, sitting down beside
him, House rent—clerksbip—flour—but
ter—buckwheat, all for giving you a seat
in an omnib is !'
Didn't I know that the fairy ' was the
nice old man with silver locks 2 Didn't
he bribe me to hold my tongue oy telling
me that he might get a peep at John and
his mother ? Didn't he come ? and didn't
I look as much astonished when he called
as if it hadn't all been settled two days
previous ! How was John to know when
he felt such an irresistible impulse to be
kind to the old man, that his hair had
grown white loving his mother ? How
was the old man to know why he loved
John so well, and thought him vie of the
finest young men he had ever seen 1 How
was 1 to know that 1 was to turn out to be
what I. always so mortally hated—a fem
inine match maker —Fan n y Fern.
THAT COUNTRY IS THE MOST PROSPEROUS WHERE LABOR 00BMAND8 THE 'BREATEST REWARD.' BUOHABA.N
LANCASTER CITY, PA., TUESDAY MORNING, JANUARY 6, 1864.
A SINGULAR ADVENTURE.—One.: upon
a time a traveler stepped into a stage
coa3h. He was - a young man starting in life
He found six passengers about him all
gray headed and extremely aped Men.
Tli,.; youngest appeared to have seen at
least eighty winters. Our young traveler,
struck with the singular mild and happy
aspect which distinguished ail his fellow
passengers, determined to ascertain the
secret of a long life and art of making old
age comfortable ; he addressed the one
apparently the eldest, who told him that
he had always ied a regular and abstemi
ous life, eating vegetables and drinking
water. The young man was rather daunted
at this, inasmuch as be liked the good
things of this life. He addressed the
second, who astonished him saying he had
always eaten roast beef, and gone to bed
regularly fuddled for the last seventy
years, adding that all depended on regu
larity. The third had prolonged his days
by never seeking or accepting office ; the
fourth by resolutely abstaining from all
political or religious controversies; and
the fifth by going to bed at sunset and
rising at dawn. The sixth was apparently
much younger than the other five—his hair
was less gray and there was more of it—
a placid smile denoting a perfectly easy
conscience mantled his face, and his voice
was jocund and :strong. They were all
surprised to learn that--the was by ten years
the oldest wan ire the coach.
4 How is it yon have thus preserved the
freshness of life r exclaimed our young
traveler.
The old gentleman immediately answer
ed the young traveler by saying :
I have drank water and wine—l. have
eaten meat and vegetables—l have dab
bled in polities and written religi .us
pamphlets—l have sometimes gone to bed
at midnight, and got up at sunrise and at
noon;' he then, fixing his eyes intensely
up n the young man, concluded with the
singular remark . : .c But I alway, pdy
promptly /,r my ii wspapers.'
ANGLING FOR A HUSBAND.
M ,dame Dubois, who resided at Chalon,
was a lady of the strictest character and of
a he - art proof against allurements. She
prided herself upon her great insensibility,
and her profound indifference had repulsed
all those zallants who had volunteered to
offer their addresses. The country was
for her a veritable retreat ; she shunned
reunions, and was only happy in solitude.
The charms of a chosen circle, the pleas
ures of the world, had for her uo attraction;
:“1 fay I•2:•realion •,f
an~lia ,an azir• worry of au ./ 71: eel.
inr woulan
SW: was aecustonwd every pleasant day
to station herself at the extrewity of the
lonely island of Chalon, and there, with her
book in one hand and her line is the other,
her thue was pa , ied in fishing, reading or
dreaming.
A lover who had always been intimida
ted by her c , toluess, and who had never
veniur,d on a or written declara
tion, ' , tit prised her at her favorite pursuit
one day, when he had conic to the island
for the purpo , e, of enjoying a swimwing,
bath.
He observed her for a long time with
out, discovery, and busied himself with
Ihiuliing, how he might turn to his advan
tage this lonely amusement of angling.—
His reverLs mire SO deep and s ) fortunate
that he at ;,Ist hit upon the desired plan
--a novel expedient, indeed, yet they
were always more successful with such
women as pretend to be invulnerable to
love.
The next day our amorous hero returned
to the island, studied the ground, made his
arrangements, and, when Madame Dubois
had resumed her accustomed place, he
slipped away to a remote and retired shel
ter, aud, after divesting himself of his
clothing, h; entered the stream. Being an
excellent swimmer and skilful diver, he
trusted to his aquatic talents for the success
of his enterprise. He swam to the end of
the island with the greatest precaution,
favored by the chances of the bank and
bushes, which hung their dense foliage
above the water. In his lips was a note
folded and sealed, ind; on arriving near
the spot where Madame Dubois was sitting,
he made a dive, and lightly seizing the
hook, he attached it to his letter.
Madame Dubois, perceiving the move
ment of her line, supposed that a fish was
biting.
The young man then retired as he came,
he doubled the cape which extended our
into the water separated them from each
other, and regained his shelter without the
least noise in his passage under the willow fs ,s.
The deed was done.
Madame Dubois pulled in her line, an'd
what was her surprise to observe dangling
upon the hook, not the expected fish, but
an unexpected letter.
This was, however, trifling ; but her sur
prise became stupefaction when, detaching
the transfixed billet, she read upon it—her
name.
So, then, this letter which she had fished
up was addressed to her.
This was somewhat miraculous. She
wa afraid. Her troubled glance scrutin
ized the surrounding, buCthere was nothing
to be seen or heard--all was still and
lonely, both on land and water.
She quitted her seat, but took away the
letter. As soon as she was home and
closeted by herself, and as soon as the
paper was dry—a paper perfectly water
proof and written upon with indelible ink
—she unsealed the letter and commenced
its perusal
' A declaration of love'.' cried she, at
the first words. ' What insolence !' A PUZZLED JUSTICE.---A man named
Still the insolence had come to her in Josh was brought before a country squire
such an extraordinary manner that her for stealing a hog, and three witnesses
curiosity would not suffer her to treat being examined swore they saw him steal
this letter as she had so many others— it. A wag having volunteered as counsel
pitilessly burn it up without a reading. for Josh, knowing the scope of the squire's
No—she read it quite through. The brain, arose and addressed him as fol
lover, who dated this letter from the but- lows ,
tom of the river, had skilfully adopted the ' May it please your honor, I can estab
allegory, and introduced himself as a lish this man's honesty beyond the shadow
grotesque inhabitant of the waters. The of a doubt, for I have twelve witnesses
fable was gracefully managed, and with ready to swear that they did not see him
th( jesting tone which he had adopted steal it.'
was mingled a true, serious, ardent senti- ihe squire 'rested his head for a few
ment, expressed with beauty and eio- moments upon his hand, as if in deep
quence. thought, and with great dignity arose, and,
The next day Madame Dubois returned brushing back his hair, said:
to the island, not without emotion and a 'lf there are twelve who did not see
trace of fear. him steal i, and only three who did, I
She threw out her line with a trembling discharge thei '
pr soner.
hand, and shuddered, as a moment after
she perceived a movement of the hook. 1t An old lady, who had a great
Is it a fish 1 Is it a letter? It was a letter aversion to rye in any form, says, ' That
Madame Dubois was no believer in magic now as,they have got to making it into
still there was something strange and sa- 1 whiskey, she can take a little now and
pernatnral in all this. , then.
She had an idea of throwing the letter
back in the stream, but relinquished it.
The most stubborn and haughty woman is
always disarmed in face of the mystery
which captivates her imagination.
The second letter was more tender, more
passlunate and more charming than the
Adame Dubois read it several times,
and could not help thinking about the de , '
iigktful merman that wrote snail bewitching
letters,
On the subsequent day she attached her
line to the bank, and left it swimming in
the water while she withdrew to a landing
place upon the extremity of the island.
She watched for a long time, but saw
nothing. She returned to the place, with
drew the line—and there was the letter.
This time an answer was requested. It
was rather premature, yet the audacious
request obtained a full success. The re
ply was written after some hesitation, and
the hook dropped into the stream, charged
with a letter that was intended to say
nothing and efbct.a sort of badinage—
which was, nevertheless, a bulletin of a
victory gained over the hard severity of a
woman till then unapproaChable.
Madame Dubois had tJo much shrewd
ness not to guess that her mysterious cor
n spondent employed, instead of magic,
the art of a skilful diver.
This game of letters amused her. At
first it pleased her intellect, and her cu
riosity became so great that she wrote—
, Let us give up this jesting, which
pleased me for the moment, but should
continue no longer, and come with your
apologies to me at Chalon.'
The lover answered—
' Yes, if you will add 'hope.'
if only a word is necessary to decide
you, be it so.'
And the word was written.
The young man appeared, and was not
the loser. The gift of pleasing belonged
to his person as much as to his style, and
he had wade suce rapid progress under
water that it was easy to complete his
conquest on land. They were soon mar
ried.
A PLUMP I,IUESTION.—The late gallant
General Suiruer, about twenty years ago,
was captain I.f a company of cavalry, and
commanded Fort Atkinson, in lowa.
One of his men, Billy G—, had re
ceived an excellent education, was of a
good family, but an unfortunate. habit of
mixing to much water with his whisky had
so reduced him in circumstances that out
of desperation he enlisted. Captain Sum
ntir 091.1 valifhations, cud
aq lm was a good accoun (ant and excellent
penman he made him his confidential clerk.
At times the old habit would overcome
Billy's good resolutions, and a spree would
be the result. Captain Sumner, though a
rigid di , ciplinariau, disliked to punish him
severely, and privately gave hint much
good advice (after a good sobering in the
guard-house), receiving in return many
thanks ana promises of amendment ; but
his sprees became more and more frequent.
One day, after Billy had been on a
bender, the Captain determined on giving
him a severe reprimand, and ordered Billy
into his presence before he was fully sober.
Billy came with his eyes all bloodshot and
head hanging down, when the Captain ac
costed him with :
So, sir, you have been drunk again,
and I have to say that this canduct must
cease. You are a man of good family,
good education, ordinarily a good soldier,
neat, cleanly, and genteel in appearance,
of good addre,s, and a valuable man ; yet
you will get drunk. Now I shall tell you,
once for all, that—'
Here Billy's eyes sparkled, and he in
terrupted his superior- with :
4 Beg pardon, captain, did you say that'
—hic —4 I was a man of good birth and
education V
Yes, I did.'
And that I was a good soldier r
Certainly.'
That usually I-I—am neat and 'gou
t eel ?'
Yes, Billy.'
And that I am a valuable man ?'
Yes ; but you will get drunk.'
Billy drew himself up with great dignity,
and throwing himself on his reserved
rights, indignantly exclaimed :
Well, nos, Captain Sumner, do you
really think Uncle Saw expects—to—to
—to get all t h e cardinal vilti.,e4 for
twelve dollae. a month."
DRY WALKS FOR WINTER.—The G-tr
mantown Telegraph remarks : We should
be remiss in uur duty were we to neglect,
at this season of the year, to repeat our
counsel as to the great comfort and con
venience which dry walks insure about
dwellings, barns and outhouses, generally
in winter and early spring. We are pained
sometimes to see the utter negligence pre
vailing upon some premises in this respect.
A few old boards, or a few dollars' worth
of new boards, nice flat stones, or a liberal
supply of coal ashes, would save ten times
the cost in shoe leather, damp feet, colds,
doctors' bills, and loss of time. Coal
ashes laid on dry ground to the depth of
three or four inches, after removing the
mud, make a firstrate walk, and they can
be put to no better use. The difference to
be seen upon premises where dry walks
are provided wherever needed, when com
pared to others where this moral influence
, has no abiding place, is enough to make
us shiver as well as to cause us to feel for
the absence of social charities in the family.
A Christian man exhibits the effects of the
religion he professes in everything, and in
nothing more than his domestic relations.'
DELAWARE LAW CASE.—Some years
ago, in Newcastle County, Delaware, an
Irishman was knocked down and robbed.
He accused a man of having committed
the robbery, and in• due time the case
came to trial. The Irishman being upon
the stand, was arose-examined, after hav
ing sworn positively to the guilt of the
prisoner, by one of the keenest lawyers,
and something like the following was the
result :
You say the prisoner at the bar is the
man who assaulted and .robbed you r
Yes.'
Was it moonlight when the oeaurrenee
took lace V
Divil a bit iv it
Was it starlight 1'
Not a whit ; it was so dark that you
could not have seen' your hand before
you.'
Was there any light shining from any
house near by
Divil a bit iv a house was there any
where about.'
Well, then, if there was no moon,
stars, nor light from any house, and so
dark that you could not see your hand
before you how are you able to swear that
the prisoner was the man ? How could
you see him ?'
Wh.y, yer honor, when the spalpeen
struck me, the fire flew out uv me eyes so
bright you might have seen to pick up a
pin, you might.'
The court, jury, counsel and spectators
exploded with shouts at this quaint idea,
but th'e prisoner was directly after declared
not guilty.
I was acquainted wi , h a well dis
posed young gentleman of large fortune,
whose only fault was the habit of swearing
—such a habit that he often declared he
would give half his fortune to be rid of it.
This desire came to the ears of a Quaker,
who thereupon had an interview with the
young gentleman, and said :
fo;Li oure thee of that bad habit.'
Whereupon the yout caught hold of the
Quaker's hand and gyve it a hearty shake,
saying :
How can you perform the miracle
I can tell thee. I see that thou art
abjut my size ; nobody will know thee ;
thou shalt come to my hous.3, put on the
cocked hat, the coat without buttons, the
knee-breeches, the shoe-buckles ; and thou
shalt find that the strangeness of the
dress will have such an effect on thee when
thou art going to talk, that it will re
strain thee from swearing—as thou perhaps
kuo;;;;st, my friend, that we Quakers never
swear.'
The young man cheerfully assented to
the proposal, and accompanied the Quaker
to his home, where, after changing his
clothes, he took his departure in the garb
of a Quaker, and went on his way rejoic
ing. The period of the young man's
tour elapsed, and the Quaker, all anxiety,
started to meet him. Having met him he
aid :
Well, friend, bow bast thou got on ?'
Very well,' replied the young man.'
Hast thou sworn so much with that
dress on 7 :
The young man, rubbing the sleeves of
his coat, replied :
Certainly not; but I felt a—great in
clination to lie !'
A PLEASED HUSBAND.—In a quiet
town in Maine, a few Sabbaths since, there
occurred an incident in the Methodist
Church, which it will perhaps do no harm
to relate. A friend of the settled minister
having officiated during the morning, as is
customary, some of the members took oc
casion after the discourse to exhort the
brethren to say a iv( rd of encouragement.
Among others was the pastor's wife, who
stated substantially that she believed her
days were numbered—that she should soon
be ' home,' and at rest with those who
had gone before, whom she should soon
meet, &c. Her husband, who occupied
the pulpit during these remarks, eat rub
bing his hands, apparently with great
satisfaction, and shouting Amen !'—
Glory to God " A broad smile was seen
on the faces of that congregation
Kr The Rev. Sydney Smith once said,
in writing of kissing, We are in fa,vor
of a certain degree of shyness when a kiss
is proposed, but it should not be continued
too long ; and when the fair one gives it,
let it be ..dmiuistered with warmth and
energy. Let there be soul in it. If she
clo,es her eyes, and ,ighs deeply immedi
ately after it, the effect is greater. She
should be careful not to slobber a kiss,
but give it as a humming bird runs his bill
into v honey-suckle—deep but delicate.—
There is much virtue in a kiss when well
delivered. We have had the memory of
one we received in our youth, which has
lasted us forty years, and we believe it will
be one of the last things we will think of
when we die.'
Fanny Fern says 'if one-half of the
girls knew the previous life of the men
they marry, the list of old maids would be
wonderfully increased.' If the men knew,
Fanny, wh t their future lives were to be,
wouldn't it increase the list of old maids
still further •
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JOB PRI.VTLYG ESTABLISHMEITT,
NORTH DUNE STREET. LANCASTE.R, PA.
The Jobbing Department is thoroughly furnished wish
nee and elegant type c,` every description, and ie ruder
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BILL HEADS AND HANDBILLS,
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who believe that the only hope of restoring the:Onion and
the authority of the Constitution over a now illitreeted
and divided country, lies in wresting power from the
hands of those whose fkiraUcism has helped to
_Provoke,
invite, and prolong the war; and that to accomplish' this
aid, no moans Is so effective maths diffusion. through Ibis
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