1 7a37 TiIOMIDNKIVaI DMo The Widow's charge at her Daughter's Bridal. ax MIN. I. E. IfOOMINET s ► gently thou, whose band bath won Thi young bird from the nest away, here carless neath a vernal sun She gaily carolled day by day; e haunt is line—the heart must grieve, From whence her timid wing doth spar, e pensive list, at gush of eve, Yet hear her gushing song no more. ea t gently with her--thou art dear, Beyond what: vestal bpi bath told ; ed like a lanip, from fountain clear, She turns confiding to thy fold ; he, round thy sweet domestic bower, The wreaths of changeless love shall twine, Itch for thy step at vesper hour,- And blend her holiest prayer with thine.' en gently., thou, when far away. 'Mid stranger scenes her foot shall rove, ilor let thy tender cares decay ; The soul of woman lives on love ; ',And should'st thou, wondering, mark a tear Unconscious from her eyelid break, Be pitiful, end soothe the fear The man's strong heart can ne'er partake: A mother yields her gem to thee, On thy true breast to sparkle rare— She places 'need' thy household tree The idol of her fondest care ; And by thy trust to be forgiven When judgment wakes in terror wild, By all . the treasured hopes of heaven. Deal gently with the widow's child. Lrgal 14:hiskers. As o'er their wine and walnuts sat, Talking of this and then of that, wi s i,w, well learned in the law— That is, well skilled to find a flaw— Said one companion to the other, -How is it, most respected brother, That you of late have shaven away Those whiskers which for many a day 'l-l'ad ornamented much your cheek! Sure, 'twas an idle, silly freak." TO whom the other answer gave,. `With look half merryand half grave - - Though others be by whiskers graced, A lawyer can't be to barefaced ! Now tell me why,'! the other cried, "In whiskers you take so Erlich pride; Why such a mass of savage hair, Upon your " : face divine," you wear'!" To whom the other answer gave, With look half merry and half grave, " For the same reason that you say Caused you to shave yours all away.— Though some by whiskers are not graced, A lawyer can't be4oo Bear faced! . i Light of My Life. " Thus joy is o'er me, when in thy Endearing presence time is fleeing." When Night unfolds her sable wing, The streamlet moans—the forest sighs, And flowers no more their incense fling, Nor smile in all their gorgeous dies; But when the light of morn appears, The conscious rose , resumes Its hue; And from its branches shakes the teats Drop'd on its leaves by midnight dews. Light of my Life! 'Tis thus my hearts h dark when thou'rt'no longer near, While from its magic gloouis there start, A thousand shadowy farms of fear, • That, whispering thou halt ceased to love, But make me wish for morning's skies, When, like the light from Heaven above, Joy bursts in radiance from thine eyes Then Nature seems to smile Then the bright flowers of Hope unfold,— And then like courtiers round their Queen, And lobed in purple, pearl and gold♦ A thousand sweet emotions throng - My breast in pasaionate estacy, And poor, like morning's choral song; - Light of my Life, their strain to thee! The Farmet, 'Drive on, thou sturdy farmer, Drive cheerly o'er the field ; The pleasures of a farmer's life, 4. No other life can yield. Thou risest with the morning sun, To till the fruitful earth ; Arid when thy daily task is done, Thou seek'st thy peaceful hearth, Thoi )(west tot the gaudy town, With its tuaraltous roar ; Plenty and peace thy fireside crown, And thou dost ask no more: Monarchs with robes in crimson dyed, • .Are.low, compared with thee; - They are the pampered sons of pride, Theuet God's nobility. "Go on, thou sturdy farmer, Tread proudly on the s o d, Thy pond and goodly heritage, Thou chosen man of God. -- . .. . . Or . -% ... , ... ~, ••• .. ~...... c_ia,....,)_• . , .., ~. ,1 , ' =-'' 0 -;•: - - ' 7 , , . . . . ..• The Borderer'' Child; On, Washington at Eighteen. BY NARY V. SPENCER. It was a calm, sunny day, in the year 1750 . ; the scene; a piece of forest land on the Northern Neck of Virginia, contiguous to a noble stream of water. Implements of surveying were lying about, and several men, idly reclining under the trees, betokened by their dress and appearance that they com posed a party engaged in laying out the wild lands of the then frontier of the old Dominion. These persOns had apparently just finished their noontide meal, for the relic's of the banquit were scattered araind. Apart from the group walked a young man, evidently superior to his compan ions, though there was nothing obtru sive in his air, which, on the contrary, was ',distinguished by affability. A certain dignity of aspect, however, ac companied him. Added to this, he was a tall and compact frame, and mov ed with the elastic tread of one accus tomed to constant exercise in the open air. His countenance could not have been said to be handsome, but it wore a look of decision and manliness not usually found in one so young—for ap parently he was little over eighteen years of age. His hat had been cast off, as if for comfort, and he had paus ed, with one foot advanced, in a na tural and graceful attitude, at the mo ment that we have introduced him to our reader. Suddenly there was a shriek, then another, and then several in rapid suc cession.. The voice was that of a wo man, and seemed to proceed from the other side of a dense thicket. At the first scream the outh turned his head in the direction whence the sound pro ceeded; but when it was repeated, he pushed aside the undergrowth which separated him from it, and quickening his footsteps as the cries succeed each other with alarming rapidity, he soon dashed into an open space or clear- Yrig," as the borderers even then called it, on the banks of the stream, in the centre of which a rude log cabin stood, whose well pole poised over one end, and smoke curling from the chimney, gave signs of habitation. As the young man, with a lace flushed by haste, broke from the undergr&•th, he saw his com panions crowded together on the bank of the river, while in their -midst a wo man, from whom proceeded the shrieks, was visible, held back by two of the : most athletic of the men, but still strug gling violently for freedom. It was the work of an instant to make his way through the crowd and, confront the female. The moment her eyes fell on him she exclaimed, 4 , 0 1 . sir--you will do something for me. Make them release me—for the love of-God ! My boy—my poor boy is drowning, • and they will not let me go . 79 4. It would be madness—she will jump into the river," said one of those who held her, as the frantic mother strove again to break from his grasp. The rapids would dash her to pieces in a minute." The youth had scarcely waited for these words. His eye took in at a sin gle glance the meaning of the sad group. He recollected the child of the woman, a bold htde fellow of four years old, whose handsome blue eyes A and flaxen ringlets made him a favorite with strangers, and filled the mother's heart ,with pride whenever she gazed on him. He had been accustomed to play, at will, in the little enclosure be fore the cabin ; but this morning the gate having been accidentally left open, he had stolen out when his mother's. back was turned, reached the edge of the bank, and was in the act of looking over when his parent's eye caught sight of him. The shriek which she uttered precipitated the catastrophe she feared, for the child, frightened at the cry, lost his balance and fell headlong into the stream, which here went foaming and roaring along innumerable rocks, con stituting the most dangerous rapids known in that section of the country,. Scream now followed scream in rapid succession, as the agonized parent rush ed to the bank. She arrived there simultaneously with the party whom we left reclining in the shade, and who weresacttered about him within a few . steps of the scene of accident. For Innate was it that they were so near' else the mother would have plunged in after her child, and both'been lost.— Several of the Men immediately ap proached the brink and were on the point of springing in after the child, when the sight of the sharp rocks-crowd Regardless of Denunciation from any. Quarter.—Goy. P,irivras. covw&Yrail. 9 mtzlorroma) COSLOVU'VEI ailoa.mult - aaa asistc. ing-the channel, the rush and whirl of the waters. and the want of an, know ledge where to look for the boy deterred them, and they gave , up the enterprise. - Not so with the youth- we have-in troduced. His first work was to throw off his coat; his next to spring-to -the edge of the bank. • Here he stood, for a second, running his eye rapid ly over . the scene below , and tak ing in with a glance the different cur rents .and the most dangerous of the rocks, in order to shape his course by them when in the stream. He had scarcely formed his conclusion, when his gaze rested on a white object in the water that he knew at once to be the boy's dress; and while his companions, aghast at his temerity, were prevented as much by consternation as by the awe with which he had already inspired them from interfering, he plunged head long into the wild and roaring rapids. Thank God ! he will save my child," gasped the woman ; see-4 there he is—oh ! my boy. my darling boy, how could I leave you !" Every one rushed to the brink of the precipice and was now following with eager eyes the perilous progress of the youth, as the current bore him onward like a feather in the embrace of a hur ricane. Now it seemed as title would be-dashed against a jutting rock over which the water flew in foam—and now a whirlpool would drag him in, from whose grasp escape seemed,im possible. At times the current bore him under, and he would be lost to sight; then. just as . the spectators gaie him up, he would re-appear, though far enough from where he vanished, still bulletting amid the vortex. Oh ! how that mother's straining eyes followed -him in his pgrilous career—how her heart sank when he went under—and with what a gush 'of iv she saw him emerge again from the waters, and fling the waves aside with his athletic arms, struggle on in pursuit of her boy, But it seemed as If hisigenerous efforts were to be of no avail, for though the current was bearing off the boy before his eyes, scarcely ten feet distant, he could not, despite his gigantic efforts, overtake the drowning child. On they flew, the youth and the child ; and it was miraculous how each escaped being dashed to pieces against the rocks l Twice the boy went out of sight, and a suppressed shriek es caped the_mother's lips—but twice he re-appeared, and then, with hands wrung wildly together, and breathless with anxiety, she followed his progress as his unresisting form was hurried on ward with the current. The youth now appeared to redouble 1 his exertions, for they were approach ing the most dangerous part of the river. where the rapids, contracting between narrowed shores, shot almost perpen dicularly down a declivity of fifteen feet. feet. The rush of the waters at this spot was tremendous, and no one ven tured to approach its vicinity, even in a canoe, lest they should be sucked in. What then would be the youth's fate, unless he speedily overtook the child ? He seemed fully sensible of the increas ing peril, and urged his way now through the foaming current with des petate strength. Three several times he was on the point of grasping the child, when the waters whirled the ,prize from him. The third effort was made just as they were about entering within the influence of the current above the fall, and when it failed, the, mother's heart sunk within her, and she groaned aloud, fully expecting to see the youth give up the task. But no ! he only pressed forward the more eagerly ; and as they breathlessly watched; they saw, amid the boiling waters, as if bearing a charmed life, the form of the brave youth following close after that of the boy. And now, pursuser and pursued shot like an arrow from the bow, to the brink of the precipice. An instant they hung there, distinctly visible amid the glassy waters that seemed to pause on the edge of the descent. Every brain grew dizzy at the sight. But a shout of involuntary exultation burst front the spectators when they saw the bo l, held aloft by the right arm of the yo 11,---a shout, alas ! that was suddenly checked by borrow when the rescuer and rescu ed vanished into the abyss ! A moment—rather, many moments elapsed, before a word.was spoken or a breath drawn. Each of the.group felt that to - look into the mother's face was impossible. She herself had started eagerly forward and now stood on the bank, a few paces nearer the cataract. where she could command • a view of itsfoot,',gazing thither with fixed eyes, as if her . all depended on what the , next momentihould reveal: 'Au:Wetly she gave a glad cry, There they are !" she exclaimed, is see ! they are safe—Great God, 1 thank thee !" and for a moment wildly turning her face to Heaven, she hurried with trembling steps along the side of the river in the direction of the fall. Every eye followed hers, and sure enough, there was the youth, stilllun harmed, and still buffeting the waters. He had just emerged from the boil ing vortex below the cataract. With one hand he held aloft the child, and with the other be was making for the shore. They ran, they shouted, they scarce ly knew what they did. until they reached his side, just as he had strug gled to the bank. They drew him out almost exhausted. The boy was sense less—but his mother declared he still lived, as she pressed him franticly to her bosom. His preserver, powerfully built and athletic as he was, could scarce ly stand, so faint was he from his exer tions. Who shall describe the scenes that followed : the mother's calmness while she strove to resuscitate her boy, and her wild gratitude to his preserver when the child was out of danger and sweetly sleeping in her arms ? Our pen shrinks at the task. But her words pronounced them—we may hope in the spirit of prophecy—were remembered after ward by more than one who heard them. God will reward you," said she, "as I cannot. He will do great things for you in return for this day's work— and the blessings of thousands beside mine, will attend you." And it was so. For to the hero of that hour were subsequently confided the destinies of a mighty nation. But throughout his long career, what tended perhaps most to make him honored and respected beyond all men, was the self-sacrificing spirit which in the rescue of that mother's child, as in the more august events of his life, characterized OUR WASHINGTON. The Philosopher and the Fereyman. A Philosopher stepped on board a ferry boat to cross a stream. On his passage, he inquired of the ferryman, if he understood arithmetic. The man looked astonished. • .. Arithmetic ? No sir. I never heard of it before." The philosopher replied." I am very sorry, for one quarter of your life is gone." A few minutes after he asked the fer ryman, "Do you know anything about mathematics ?" The boatman smiled, and again re plied, .` No." " Well then," said the philosopher. " another quarter of your life is lost." A third question was asked the fer ryman, " Do-you understand astrono my ?" "Oh ! no sir! never heard of such a thin g ?" Well, my friend. then another quar ter of your life is lost." Just at this moment, the boat ran on a snag, and was sinking, w,hen the fer ryman jumped up, pulled of his coat, and asked the philosopher with great earnestness of manner,' " Sir, can you swim ?" No," said the philosopher. 4. Well, then," said= the ferryman. ~ y our WII OLE life is lost, for the boat is going to the bottom." I sister. He who has never known a sister's kind administration, nor fell — his heart warming beneath her endearing smile and love beaming eye, has been unfor tunate indeed ; it is not to be wondered if the fountains of pure feelings flow in his bosom but sluggishly, or if the gen tler emotions of his 'nature be lost in the sterner attributes of manhood That man has grown up among kind and af fectionate sisters," 'I once heard a lady of much obsdrvation and experience re mark. And why 'do you think so ?" said I. 4 , Because of the rich develop ment of all the tender and more refined feelings of the heart which is so ap parent in every action—in every word,' A sister's influence is felt even in man hood's latter years, and the heart of him who has grown cold in its chilling contact with the world. will warm and thrill with a pure enjoyment, as soma incident awakens within the soft tones and glad melodies of his sister's voice: and he will turn, from purposes which a warped and false philosophy has rea soned into expediency, and even weep for the gentle influence which moved him in his early years. TRUTH is . mighty and twill, pre. nail," as the man said when he knock ed his wife down with the Bible. Ladies' Dress. • Only a few out of the great number of ladies one chances to see, in the street seem to dress with , any regard to a cor rect standard of taste. First, as' to 'the colors of their attire, they appear to have to have no idea of a harmony or agreeable assemblage of tints. You will observe a lady, for example, dress ed in a blue silk bonnet garnished with a red flower, a scarlet shawl daubed with green spots, and' gown of some Tieutrat tint, but marked strongly with pink and purple streaks. The object in dressing in this guise would deem to be the bringing together as many star ing colors as possible—a bit of bide, red, green, yellow, pink, orange, or any thing else which will make a dash and look pretty. Pretty is the only standard; a pretty bonnet, a pretty shawl, a pretty gown, &c.; let it be only pretty, and that is quite enough. Thus, when things are bought separate ly, although each may look tolerably well by itself, the whole will probably make up a most fantastic assemblage of colors, and really render the wearer ri dtcuhaus. If we should be permitted to offer an advice upon the very deli cate matter of a lady's dress, we should by all means, recommend the adoption of simple, not flashy colors. A high toned color is always dangerous; it may be quite a variance with the com plexion, and at least cannot easily be suited to other parts of a swarthy com plexion should on no account attempt blues, lavenders, or any other violent colors; the most suitable for them are whites, or any of the broken light tints. ' Sky blue and pea green are the most trying colors which can be worn. We have been told by manufacturers that they prepare dresses of certain colors for certain towns. In one place there is a demand for high colored goods,, and in another these goods could scarce ly find a purchas,r, but the demand would be nearly all for neutral tints ; in other words, the ladies in one exer cise a coarse indiscriminate taste, and in the other they are more refined in judgment. Effects of Kindness. I am almost convinced that there ne ver yet was an instance in which kind ness has been fairly exercised but that it has subdued the enmity opposed to it. Its first effort may not succeed any more than one shower' of rain can re claim the burning desert but let it re peatedly shed then the due of its holy influence upon the revengeful soul, and -it will soon become beautiful with every flower of tenderness. Let any person put the question to his soul, whether, under any circumstance, he can deliber ately resist continued kindness ? And a vice of affection will answer, that good is omnipotent in overcoming evil. If the angry and revengeful • person would only govern his passions, and light the lamp of affection in his heart that it might stream out in his features and actions, he would soon discover a wide difference in his communion with the world. The gentle would no lon ger avoid - him ; friends would not ap proach him with a frown ; the weak would no longer meet him with dread; children would no longer shrink from him with fear; he would find that his kindness wins all by its smile giving them confidence, and securing their frienhship. Christian Education. We are hoping to form new men and women by literature and science ; but all in vain. We shall learn in time that moral and religious culture is the foun dation and strength of all true cultiva tion ; that we are deforming human na- lure by the means relied on for its growth, and that the poor who receive a care which awakens their conscience and moral sentiments, start under: hap pier auspices than the prosperous, who place supreme dependence on the edu cation of the intellect anti taste. It is the kind,not the extent of knowledge, by which the advancement of a human being must be tneasured, and that kind which, alone - exalts a man is placed within the reach Of all. Moral and re ligious truth—this is the treasure of the intellect, and all are poor without it. This transcends physical truth as fat as the Heavens is lifted above the Earth. Mtittamon.,-4acitus says. early marriage makes us immortal., It is the soul and chief prop of empires. The man who resolves to live without wo man, and the vvOman who resolves to live witliout man, are enemies to the community in which they dwell, in jurious to thellaelves, destructive to the whole world; apostates from nature„, and rebeli against heaven and earth. Etre 154 1 30 ° R eat di titeatii Courtship Abolished( Height)! for the cominggenerationt: The great Reform broom which has swept and "is being" swept so fierce.; ly throughbut the world.=-brushing down old cobweb notions, and kicking such a dust in every quarter6-proseribz ing eatables, drinkable,. wearablesi sleepables, and all kind of bles, has got at last into "Love's own bower.' Courting has been seriously *cited down in r solemn conclave ! A resolution " against nightly courtships " has re cently been discussed in a Freo Will Baptist Convention, sitting in Boston, and_ passed unanimously. A reverend Elder lifted up his voice against the wicked practice of courting, " the ma.' Rim of keeping company in the night, after the usual hour of retirement, is corrupting" and that it "ought to be dolnyfiay with." Nine o'clock is the usual bed time. Now if we understand the. elder, a " fellow " may GG liters company" with a gal until the belt rings, but every moment he remains afterwards he, is guilty of sin. But let us hear the reverend gentleman's ob.; jections in full. Here they are: " My objections to it are as follows 1. It lowers the dignity of the matrimo: nial institution. 2. It subjects to great temptation. 3. It disqualifies the mind for deliberate action.--W hat merchant could you induce to close a bargain .after thelatigue and excitement of a night', watching ? Were he to purchase a horse, he would say that he was not fitted to conclude the bargain till he had taken some rest. And if all men are so cautious _ as to a trifling engagement; how foolish and wicked is the custom of nightly watching to negociate en=_ gagements important as life itself ?" The elder reasons like a book. We don't like his idea altogether of making courtship a mere Gs business transae , lion," however. It takes away a huge slice from the romance_of the thing.— We don't fancy this negociating for a wife as we would for a horse or a quar ter of beef. It smacks so much of the shop. In our courting days. - ‘ , long time ago"—we did not consider it so very very G. foolish and wicked" ababit we had of sitting up o' nights. It de pends, however, on the temperament and motives.—the moral standing of a man ; and our elder may have felt very " foolish and wicked" in certain aim.; ticns. while we, placed in similar ones, would have felt uncommonly sensible and innocent. It all depends upon one's bringing up. Major Noah says. and we half coincide with him, that man's courting days are his happiest and we will put the Major against the. Elder any day in the matter o' Court:. ship.. Raising fruit for Swine Mr. Foote states that fruit is excellent for swine ; they prefer it to potatoes or corn. It was likewise good for neat cattle, make exciting flesh, and cows fed with a peck of apples a day, would give more and better milk. Some say that they are better than potatoes for this - purpose. Some persons suppose that the nutritive power of sweet ap ples is greater than that of sour, but this - is not correct. Sour apples should be cooked and Indian meal mixed with them. As to profit in raising fruit, a few statistics will show a favorable re sult.. It setting trees 40 feet opart there will be 40 to the acre, which be= fore arriving to maturity would product! 10 bushels each, making 400 bushels to - the acre, which, at 25 cents per boa shel, would bring $lOO. A farmer in this vicinity has received $l,OOO a "reef for the produce of sit acres. THE SCOTCH Trturrz.E.4--The origin of this national badge is thus handed down by tradition : Whet: the Danes invaded Scotland * it was deemed unwar= like to attack an enemy in the pitch Auk , ness of night, instead of a pitched battle by day; but on one .occasion the inva ders resolved to avail themselves of this stratagem ; and in order tb pretent their tramp from being heard, they marched barefooted. They had thus neared the Scottish force unobserted, when aDane unluckily stepped upon a superbly prick , ed thistle, and instinctively uttered, a cry of pain which discovered the assailants to the Scots, who ran to their arms, and defeated the foe with great slaughter. The thistle was immediately adopted as the insignia of Scotland." GENzus.—Genins can atone compre hend genius, and only a noble mind understands one of its own stamp ; at the' same time•l it sees ignoble spirits, mote clearly than they do themeetTe&„ He who seat. understands the blind man ; but the blind man otonotcompre-: bend him. IS 2 . 0.4
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