, JUW PES A.WW, INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE.
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r.'iiiS.iti iUoriunn, ftlnn 3, 18 3U.
.Jrittteii |lottrD.
OUR CHILDHOOD.
JT SKOBCE D- PRKNTICK.
. . J vvt sweet —ta li-ten
• . .ft w iad's sett tie -well,
:L :V we Rear the atu*ie
- ■ .1 know so well;
r our oat on the evea,
? :■ "jndltw nelds of air,
. j aj*in our boyish wisU
jvsu: like anifrta there !
- j-. ::iiny dreams of glaUnese
- ■; : arounJ the past,
;l,e t. tub of fcehn.r
. Lit- throngi nj fast—
: d.i- lV ff • >0 dearly,
: ! v da> now goue.
, uit.io.i atid lovely
- |j : t look upon.
hr.oi.t J: J lovely aiaudens
-i i - formed for L liss,
.md tv<. ht ,;vonl v
-r.::s' n r'.dasthis!
v, - . -,'; rk eyes -eeiEtd switnni lily
a ><■ i. E*ud light.
, I.ikj of - iu were streatniin;
s unny Urt^uu
- were like the ••tnshiae
: i :. r-tinte of the year—
, un- of Apni
•v eu t*v try ie.tr
.. . ..ke hope—away
v . ....s ,o\ -...es> liAe tied—-
. .. hvurt . ciourning
-: <-y ire .th the dead.
_'.t UvL of - tamer
li ■ . :r .at the ateai—
:- a . v ily death
fr, .1 eirth like them!
rhl > -addemn^
..- -uv ii as they—
.. . u-t .1. the beautiful
-t away 1
wh' at wv love
\ -ig luvast.
- : the cl'mriag vine ;
sh here they rest.
th' : k of these
._ . - Auo l gentle spring.
. . ut# tree. ir. *jvug o'er as.
v . :h. ■r- ire blossuming!
> ; w Lter's couiir.g
...- . i; and st.Ttny *ky
r Oeaaty aroon't ua
:• wh|tt to diel
HI isr tll unfo as.
[:> r.t No" York D:sp*Wh.]
Camp Meetings.
I s Sunday raorniusr. found one or tire
s seated >. the breahfa* table. dittu
. . - : i .'5 ar.ti demerits of t,e vari-. a>
a before them : tiling up the iattmb
"■ coffee, and general roMtb OO the incli
the wo.: ; r• itside. Oi.i >oi" had
tke clouds coqoeUiahiy,
•■'•c his face for a Mant, and thee duck*
; I md SMK OM of his ra;orv contpauions,
- - t i dvUrmmed to have a
- *. ~ of . i seek.
R r.r>y. what think TOO of tbewea
r ' acj of a drive over te Camp
r ' Wit vj j you r
* . ■ r * ma of oap tneetincs. I have
" r of them, aui always avoid
weather from all appearances I
- or no: rain ; ;sat*s my private
T expressed.
: i: - an opinion ; hot Charley, why
> .to caiup meetimrs * don't you
a ip- a wide ma rein for fun ?
. this morning 7 Car
• • : aecr up !"
• 's ali very well to say cheer up,
! so i* quite another matter.
- y ; -\ n "Jtwued the word camp
I lave ut I told yoa before.
• rought painful recollections
1 'hat f You, who I suppose
recc Ikctiuas of that kind, but
. :. • r origin in scenes of a
'• " asd juitkaltriy vrheu conuco
•• es But tell me about
i md story at the bottom
t yoa tu as. Come, Charley
• I re yoader chair to res: my re
- or. ami prepare yourself foe an
r I told you I Once had at
•-? .-.J for Lis eccentricities- —
■ eof miue was a devout
i ; i_ a general way a most e.\ ei
-' as an old fashioned ir.an.
-grry of the Revolt:tx>: try
knee-buckles, and ail—
- lau-ortant occasions an loc
v i ma a vras well-to-do in the
rea hand and pocket for ali
. -c- and especially when the
~ Missionaries to the Foo
• :to sat ply the destitute infants
* *-tu 'due tooth corahs, ml-darnel
- *.d nxral tracts.' In physical
- •• as a perfect Jack Faistaff.
f. inches high, and the suae
l< • 41 d before, my uncle Jeantes
Metl ufii of the oki school. His
•cu ser than any others ; h s
; r -"v rt. and his drvotioa to the
• J y were sincere and ar
:~s shoulder to the wheel
- - - * ays moved forward. In
r g camp meetaag** he
. * e. aai had l: few su
y- L; chest seat near the
r>"i< J-ramr? said • let
THE BRADFORD REPORTER.
us pray,' every cue placed themselves iu the
most comfortable position possible for a long
prayer. Then the old gent would let himself
out. aud in his never tiring, never-ceasing way,
go through with his prayer, touch at the strong
points, giving his Satanic Majesty u thorough
overhauling, pitching into siu aud wiekeduess
generally, and particularly into the wicked sin
ners present, with a hearty good will, giving
them the full benefit of his exjwrieuce, and
well he knew their weak points, having been
himself, iu his younger days, a wild, dare-devil
youth, (so at least rumor had it,) a regular
brick.
" Well do 1 remember an intensely hot day
in August. Old Sol was pouring down his
burning rays upon the earth, and all inanimate
Nature sec met! crisped and parched, while eve
ry walking and creeping tiling had sought some
cooling retreat from the roasting heat of the
sun.
" That very morning my father had pro
jK)sed to his two boys a walk through the
woods to a camp meeting, some two or three
miles distant, aud like boys of six and eight,
(as we wore,) we were much elated with the
idea.
•• In due time we arrived at the eanping
grouud where we found people to the number
of 3.000. already assembled, anxiously await
ing the coming of tL? presiding eider, who soon
made his appearance and ascended the pulpit,
where were congregated some twenty or thirty
brother ministers.
•' Mv rcsp.cted uncle, attired in hi- Sunday
go-to-meeting suit, minus his coat and waist
coat. was as usual seated directly under the
droppings of the sanctuary. Oa every side from
the pulpit, as a general centre, extended rows
of rude scats, forming a sort of amphitheatre,
which were occupied by the attentive congre
gation. Consequently, Uncle Jeaiues una in
fuii view of every one.
"I am thus particular in order to impress you
fully with the ludicrousuess of the scene that
fallowed.
•' A* ill luck would have it. my father seat
ed himself und ids two boys on the seat iaiaie
diately behind the one occupied by our worth, v
uncle and aunt. As 1 said before, lite day was
iuteusely hot, and my uncle had thrown off his
coat and vest, the better to combat the great
enemy, leaving h * boots, unmentlo.iab'cs, and
one other garment, as the only covering to Lis
person.
"Now, these unmentionables depended for
support, entirely upon the adhesive properties
of a missive button behind, which constituted
their whole and only sustaining power. This
butlou was a perfect treasure in the eye of the
youngsters behind him, aud their curiosity was
raised to the highest pitch. It was a bronze
button, with a device of a hunter, with his
horse and dogs. The performance had now
reached the praying point, aud the old gectle
nt.n, with Lis brothers and sisters, w.re soon
•?u tbrir knees ; and he in spirit, at or.ee p-ac
imsclf outside this wicked world, forgetting
alike the sorrows of the present state of exis
tence and the mischievous boys on the bench
ehind him ; but we were not idle ;ina to k
■- 1 whipped out my 'bowlen knife' and sev
ered the ccnr.ecting fink between the parts and
the bronze button, quietly putting the tlt'MMO
iu my pocket, of course. I was too yc ung to
know that effects always followed causes. Af
ter a hearty Amen ! (bat G. order up another
before I make the awful disclosure—
there, that's right As I said before, aftern
hearty ainen. the old gent placed himself in au
upright position, and Lis pants went gently
dowi on h r * boot*
' Tb. -re was one wil l shout. My old anr.t,
who wis stand rig 1 y ais side, made a desper
ate effort to catch the receding pants, but miss
ed the mark and caught the only remaining
gailttlA, which in her nervous anxiety, she de
rated, an.l finely h.-M at his shooMers. believ
:-.g that she was hoi iing the aforesaid pant*.
Did 1 say there was one shout ? Weil, now,
<1 fo'lo-ved aft r*: it. until the welkin
rat g again and so .ri
" ML. . G . co Ss was. my father
wa!ke.l M tl.-0':_!. the w->three mil-s in
a*, out fbor auntttes, tad gave bk tie oasttm
f • :'-dod ihrxflrwg I ever got from that quarter.
Scm that period, as I told yon this morning.
I have had a perfect horror of Ua:np Meet-
N<> tvioos at Home:.—Above all lungs
there >i**u. Jbe no doom in t i.e home. The
-hadows of dark discontent and was'- fal fret-
Utmm MhanU eewer aw thothvwhakh throw
ing these large, black Bkt funeral pails
over the happy yoaag sprits gathered there.
If yon w 11. y ur bom- shast be a heaven and
every inmate an angel there. If you w ill too
shall sit on a throne and be the presiding
hous -hoid d'-tty. O 1 faithful wife, w i.at priv
f.iges—what treasures great-.r or purer than
thuie ?
And let the husband strive to forget his
cares as he w.ni- around the long, narrow
street and beho.J* the soft light ilinmiuiog
his lirtie parlor, s; reading its precious beams
on the red pare before it. He has been har
assed. pert xed. j* rerouted. He has borne
with many a cruel tone, many a cold word,
and : rve-i himself no to all energy so des
perate that his frame at i spirits are weaken
ed and depressed, aad h-s limbs ache with
weariness His temples throb w,;h the pa.o
tat caused by a too cer.*;ant appik-atioo.—
He scared v knows how to meet his wife with
a pieasant smile, or sit down cheerfully to their
utile rc- ai. a hick she has pron ku. w 4 ih so
much care.
IV:: th- ikvr is opened—the overcoat tbrcwr
has:, 'y off A sweet, siugrig voice fa. * epos:
ha •-■sr. aud the tones ore - - sot"; a .id glad ti at
hope, 1 kt- a wir-ged angel, flics right into ha
bosom and nestle* against his heart.
A hoate where gLx-m is .cd—presid
es.! over by one who has learned to rule her
self and her house ribb—Oh ! be is thrice coo
-oicd for all lis trials, lie c*ar>t be unhap
py. T. at sweetest, deArest. best solace is ho
—a cheerful borne IK* yoo woofer that the
man is strength. >;-ii anew for to-morrow -
PUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY AT TO WANDA, BRADFORD COUNTY, PA., BY E. O'MEARA GOODRICH.
" RE.VAr.DL.ESS OF DENUNCIATION FROM ANY QUARTER."
Physical Geography—The History of
the Earth.
Physical Geography is a new science. Its
rapid development during tho last thirty years
has r.-suked chiefly from the untiring labors
of the great Alexander Von Humboldt. It is
intimately connected with, and indeed, strictly
speaking, is a branch of geology. Giving to
the latter science its true definition, geology
is a description and physical history of the
globe—of the entire earth, including the his
tory of the animal and vegetable races ; of the
races that have once lived, but which have
long since passed away, as well as of those
that now have being.
But employed in a more restricted and
practical seuse, geology refers especially to the
interior of the earth, to the description and
formation of those vast beds of granite, sand
stone. slate, and limestone that make up what
is termed the crust of the earth ; aud also to
the innumerable fossil remains of animals and
plants which were entombed among them :
while physical geography is usually under
stood to embrace the study of the earth's ex
terior. f the surface, the study of the land, the
sea the atmosphere, and of the animals and
plants which they support.
•' But how differs physical geography from
common geography C some of our young
rc-i lers may inquire. There is quite a wide
difference between the two. Common, or, as
it may be more properly termed, statistical or
political geography, relates chiefly to mau and
his works, to the arbitrary division of the earth
into .-'.ates and empires, and tri .ts of the land,
the sea, and the air only so far as they refer
to man's inter.sts ; whereas physical geogra
phy treats only of the natural divisions of the
earth : and man is there regarded ouly as a
fellow-inhabitant of the globe, ia common with
other animals.
Scientific men are led to believe, from vari
ous geological and astronomical observations,
that the planet on which we live was once in
a melted state—that it was iu fact a Luge red
hot ball, eight thousand miles in diameter.—
While iu this melted or fusod condition, it is
evident that no water could exi<t ui>oo its sur
face, for it would then instantly be converted
into steam : and consequently the immense
volume of the ocean most then have existed
iu the state of vapor dispensed through the
air
The condition and appearance of our atmos
phere in those early times must have been sin
gular indeed. It hung over and shut in the
earth, like a great white shroud. But gradu
ally and very slowly the surface became cool
ed aud hardened, and a crust of granite or of
lava was formed, its thickness constantly in
creasing. Finally, after the lapse of great
periods of time, w hen the cooling had sufficient
ly advanced, the watery vapor floating through
the air became gradually condensed into the
liquid form, till at last the entire rtrfsce of the
iriobe was covered by one continuous heat oil
ocean, in which for a long time, prouat ly, no
drv iaud. nor even a roekv isict, was to be
found.
A* the surface became hardened, it became
also cracked and broken, and covered with
rugged elevations of rock. u;>on which the cur
rats of the new-formed ocean acted with
creat power, breaking them down, and grind
ing and wearing them into pebbles, sand aud
s .1 : tM sand and soil being depo-hted ever
the earth in great or strata, which finally
. v the action of great heat and other causes,
were converted into beds of solid rock, these
1a their turn being broken. ;rroaud. and worn
down by the sea. for the f rmation of other
strata, the sr.:.- Pr -re** being repeated many
trie * and Indeed being still continued in our
dav by the same old ocean.
II- w long the heated sea entirely covered
the ciiobe we can never know ; but eventually
reeky islands and small patches of dry land.
WW after another, emerged from the tepid wa
ter-. and new-born " firmaments" were lifted
up to greet the sen. This grand event was
eff *---i by ti.e agency of the earth's interna;
elev.:hig for res. the nature aria operation o
wiitc't ar, as yet fully miuersL-od, but
which, daring probab y the entire ihtwj of
our plauel, have be-.-a and ate acting with
constant and trcir.eu.iou* j-ower. This same
•o.vor i roiccv* not •• y the gradual elevation
tae laud aud mountain chains, but probably
explains the existence of volcanoes ami the
cause of earthquakes.
Ooe of the grandest and most interesting
truths of geology is that of the great an: quit j
of the glooe. It u.o>; cooij4et iy pp. res that
the aire of the earth must uot be reckoned by
•-!> i.ik bit by ml!!;*n. aud.: may be bii
!.ous. of years I IVirir.g these iinmense perio-L
--of :.3ie, its couiit.oa and appearance were
continually changing. What a*.* dry land .it
the beginning of one period of epoch, might
at the cad of that epo-.li. or in some succeeding
one, be the bottom o: a deep ocean, ami again,
in some sahscvjneiit period, be upraised atove
the waters. Irie very locality on which the
reader is now Lving has in aii probab;l.ty been
ibs- t time* covered by the water* the s.-a
But darug all the*e mighty changes, the
amount of dry land has bo-a slowly bu: cer
tairlv inoreas'rg. an-! >e- xnrig gradualvy
more and more fitted for the habitation of
nan. the !a*: created of all beings that hare
lived nr"?i the earth. The dry land at the
present time cover- abont one qaarter of the
globe.
The c-*:ng of the earth ha* advance-i with
extreme >k>woe#—so slowly, indeed, that at
thos time the thickness of t.ne era*: amounts
nrev.-ab.-y to cot x-*he than thirty miles, while
a.; be'ow i* yet in a melted state. I hiring a
L>ag. loag per,ad tot-re was ro i-v.u-g;.
the carta, i*: in tue fulloess o time, wheu
the sea ac J iani had become sufficiently cool
to sustain ao-atai kfe, the Creator placed in
t * rfei a few small sbeU-foh, together with
a f-.-w species vf f-kyjs and sea-plaats bidtliag
litem -'Be fruitful and ualup<y.~ Ii was the
beginning of terrestrial life, ami one of the
grand event* in the destiny of our planet.
To pavstcai geography zlAe a: that
epvh Vxe ao rrecaablance to tl* physical
1 ;\'en>"l' T of letbv There wa* thoi n-> gicat
body of laud ; islands only existed—these pro
bably of no great extent, anil destitute of ri
vers, aud lakes, and mountain chains. The
climate must have been intensely hot aHd
moist ; no change of seasons, no saow nor ice.
But the condition of the earth was all the
while changing, aud eventually it became un
fitted fur the existence of these first and sim
plest of created things, and they perished and
{Kissed away forever ; while other races of
creatures, animals, and plants, of large and
more complicated structure, and higher in the
scale of being, were called into existence, these
iu their turn to pass away and give place to
other species, still farther advanced, when
ever the mighty and uever -ccasiug chauges in
the physical geography of the globe made the
substitution necessary. And thus it went on
to the grand and glorious consummation—the
creation of n in. who, both in intellect and
bodily structure, is comparably superior to all
other earthly creatures that have yet lived.
The earth had finally become fitted for his
dwelling-place. It was for him, and him alone,
that all these vast aud long-continued prepu
tions had been going on.
riuch are the revelations in the history of
our planet, as record d by the geologist ; and
we know that his record is true. Of the mil
lions and myriads of animals and plants that
lived aud perished before man was placed in
the world, the eru.-t of the earth iu all parts
of the globe is filled with innumerable re
mains ; oftentimes are found the entire skele
tons of animals that bear no resemblance to
any now living.
A Storm on the Great African Desert
Mr. Lowth. in his " Travels in Africa," thus
describes one of the storms peculiar to that re
gion .-—" We had nearly gained the Wadv
Araba, when dark eioud* appeared to gather
in the south and west, and it was soon evident
that a storm was pursuing as and wonkl proba
bly be upon us U-fore long. I never saw
eloads gather so rapidly for a storm as these
dd. Tie baggage .aaiels were some little
distance behind u*. and as we halted for them
and the tent to protect u from the comimr
deluge, by iii-iuck the whole body of camels
iu p. dip of the ground took a wrong turn aud
followed a hollow leading away from u*. But
the storm was coming on fast—nothing could
be finer than Its advance. The air about us
was bright and sunny and still, and a mile
distance through the clear atmosphere was ap
proaching one enormous wall of sand ; from
rigl.t to l-'fi it extended with a widefront,and
from earth to h.aven, and behiud it we heard
the storm—the roll of the thunder and the
roar of the wind. It was angularly fine : but
the question was—which would be up with us
first ; the camels or the wall of sand ? Men
harried off acro*s the waving plain to check
the camel* iu their line, and we prepared to
receive the storm. We wrapped oorselres ia
our cloaks, put down oor dromedaries—their
bajs around us and ourselves under their lee.
aud so we sat ou the ground and waited.—
Fortunately the wall of sacd pru\ed to be a
little in advance of the rain, and this and the
cnmel- made a race of it. and ran a d*ad heat.
We were half blinded and choked by the sand
as it swept over us in a pass, but the animals
straggled in la the midst of it—ah bauds went
to work to get up oue small tent —the -tone
bellt-wed In our C 3- —in our blinded state we
cool i *ee nothing ri-yori ! a few yards—the
rain came down, but the tent spread its pro
tevt.ng folds—we huddled under it —and then
the storxn burst oa as ia ail its fury. The
ground w -.* c d holding ground, and the little
tent, though it threatened perpetnaily and
loudly to go reght away and on into the Wa
dy Araba. did n-H uo so, but stood fast. 1
a- vt-r knew heavier rain for twenty minutes,
but it d.d not penetrate the canvas. The rain
continue ! for about au hoar, and then it wa>
fine."
A few days iwo\ a eood old lady of
this village, meeting a farmer in our street oa
a load of hay. inquired of Lim if it was fir
-de ; ou being answered m the affirmative,
she a-k-xi I n: to tara his team around aud
drive to her husbands barn yard, some quar
ter of a mile -Tan?. Her request was com
plied with, and after the bani yard was reach
ed. the old buly informed the teamster that
she o ri, trjk'fd a ccmi's trorfA of' A;y for a
Arm's KO si, and that while he was throwing it
off she wonkl s?-; into the house and get the
g 1 Toe driver was ongwliant enough to
curse the oil lady aud her be as, refused to re
t.i.l his Lay.— l\ -:.ri hi T- .im-icrtpt.
T e SaII Ketost.—A sailor was cali
ed epea to stand as a wltn-*.*. •' *:r.~
*x : d the lawyer. " d> you k-sew the j>laint;!f
and defetktant ? ' " I uoa't know the drift of
them weras," aaswerei the sa . v " NViiat I
tiOt * low the plaint.ff ar.i defe last I" coa
tit.a-xi the lawyer : ' a pretty feC w yoa to
come here a* a wi :n. ss. Can tou tie:! m
vh'-re on boarei the si ip it was that taaa struck
the other one ?" " A'-aft the binnacle.** so.d
the sailor. " Abaft toe binnacle," said the
iiwyci ; what do y 5 mean by that " A
petty falkwr y- u," reiMedhd the sailor. "-x>me
here as a L*y r. and don't know what abaft
the binnacle means."
Bc.ctift'L annocvcewevt of srsiNf, —The
f.iforaFilj beautiful arr.onrK-ecieo; of Spring,
ripped from a very od -jook. which cannot '.
too often read. > very appropriate to the s* a
soo dow opening uioa us -.
"Ia the winter ? pa.**e^i: t?*e rain Is or?r
am! gone : the fi -w- rs appear ca the earth,
tae ivaae of tae ssugtsg of tirds as cocee. an-i
ti.e uirde 'ts heard ic the lar.-I; the Eg tree
putteth forth her green figs, and the v.rts with
the trader grape jive a g>i sm'll."
No cKttierw wr.ter caa excel this beautiful
kscripttoo of the remtar -q-rlng
te?" V k-<os v*Dpaay is as ilangv-r y* as an
>ufect aod c*>ntagw>a* uitroier. awQ t.nere
f-vc o-:ghl to L-. .arvfU'y ;udastr.c':-ly
avxdmJ.
"Wot Bra? More. 'Tnout it's Sweetened/'
[From the Moutgouicrv M.dl ]
It is astonishing how firmly certain words
and phrases become incorporated in oi:r ver
i naeuiar. by the chance telliug of an anecdote,
!or anything- of that sort. A very common
i metaphorical expression is contained the words,
" petting the hang." It is of universal appli
, cation and convenience, and became popular
• from the day of its " first appearance" in the
New Orleans Picayune, ten years ago, as the
nub of a story of a western gambler iu asteam
! boat who refused to refund certain monies frau
dulently obtained, although made fast to apis
-1 ton rod of the machinery, and complied, every
I second, alternately, to plunge and jump back
! wards, to prevent, in the one case, his head
from being jerked off, aud iu the other, his
brains from being dashed out by the regular
i powerful stroke.
" Let me aloue ; I'm just getting the hang
of the machinery," he exclaimed, when it
was demanded, 4 " Won't you payback, now?"
And so in law. polities, reiigiou and taorais.
science and art. the American people have been
getting the hang ever since.
" .V t a drap more, 'thoul it's sicectened," is a
household phrase in a part of Georgia end
Alabama. A man declines, with it, to renew
a game of cards at which he has been unsuc
cessful ; a rustic expresses, by the elegant
periphrasis, his determination to drop the ac
quaintance of some cruel beaaty ; the little
politician vows, iu these term?, to abstain, in
future, from some particular course which has
proven unprofitable ; and so on. through a
thousand phases and cases of common-place
life, it answers its purpose? of a playful, but
decided negation or declension for the party
using it. In fact, it is a rather liberal render
ing of the
and thou lorrst mo." though mostly by those
who never read Shaksjieare.
We believe that our friend. Co!. L Haralson,
formerly of Georgia, is entitled to the credit of
the story out of which grew the expression.—
He tells it about thus :
Twenty years ago, it was the en-torn in north
western Georgia, as indeed it was throughout
the southwest, for dry goods dealers to keep a
barrel of " spem*t " iu the back RU JUS, and to
" treat liberal customers to a g!a*s whenever
desired."
F iens ami Dewberry were such dealers in
I one of the small towns iudicated : and they
■ had for a customer a clever. frollickiDg old fel
; low named J >e Denny, who drank whiskey in
1 prefer tice to water, always, and whose wife
was " M--a of his flesh " iu that particular
Tue old couple woma come to town, trade quite
. freely, and quite as freely imbibe the spirits
' in the back room of the dealers we have
named.
Ou one occasion both the old man and old
woman continued their potation? inordinately;
and a? F.deus observed that his goods went
better the drunker the old woman became, he
pressed her ;o drink.
At ia>: she r.fused unless he "would sweet
en it with a Idtie store sugar." The amiable
shop-keeper indulged her, and when the old
|eopk started home in the evening late, the
: -.•id man could scarcely mount his horse, ana
the good w *fe h.:d actually to be l.fted aud
placed or the pillion behind Liu. Happily,
she ieaiie>l one way. a.id her husband the otl
ther. -o that the gravitiag joint was between
them ; and as *Lo sing to him instinctively
they pass -d oat of the village safely.
Before reaching their h me. however, th y
had to cross a small eretk. ar.d when their
. |,.. r . • -tepped in to drink, the old lady having
reached released her hold, and
quietly baaed in the stream below. Occupied
with his thoughts, the old man did u .-t perceive
- loss, but jigged slowly homeward. Arrived
' there, t'.> eh ireu inquired anxiously for
nr.!my," but the old man could only niv that
-he ha i been on the critter," ar.d the "crit
ter hadn't kicked up nary time, so he couldn't
say w ere she raout be 1" and threw himself
stupi 3 on a bed.
tj.ris a:sl boys Sow along the road the old
•nan bad come, yelling .jt.' --* .' but of
* cour-e no rsty rvsj /a(ied.
When they arrived at the creek, the oldest
girl si uted " yonder she La, sitring dowa to
the creek 1" And there she ti,' seated com
fortably in the water, which came nearly up to
her mouth. A- si e swayed back arid forth,
, low ri iding to tl • of the stream.
' and now renting it with some success, the
I muddy fluid would x her hps,
an! each time it did -o, she would faintly ex
claim with a grim eff.rt to smile :
" Not a drap mo:.-. Mr. F.lhu s, 'thou: it's
-w.- ter._ t." An<l it is to this romantic littlc
!uci :;nt : the Lfe of the venerable Mr? J>e
Per y. ?'.->• we are in lebtcd for ore of oar
m.<s: - mar r ..oru.ai phrases.
fry" "In oar Canary Court." writes an Ex
tern friend, " one of oar smart young lawyers
#evs well come np with the other day. A wit
ness. in a case of assault, was asked by the
junior counsel. "llow far was y-no. 4r from
the parties when the a..e-ged assault took
place ?"
" F -.r feet five inches and a half." was the
answer prx-mptly given. *
" Ah 1" fiercely demanded the lawyer. " haw
! can** yoa to be so very exact as all thb V
" Be i.n-e." said the witness, very coolie, " I
expected tn*r some confounded ass wo rk! like
y a; r t a- i me, awl so I w ?: aa-I measur
ed it."
fry" It s to the vlrtce? aud errors of c-nr
tots versa t on and ordinary deportment we owe
xh our enemies and oar frois, oar good or
j • *-! .' abroad. oar d cncstie pace aud
| tr-u , s.ar-i In a high degree the urprore
seut acd depravation of our minds.
trf I* anv one can convince me thai I am
wr ; g ia any point of seatLneu or practice.
I ... a.:- r with ad my heart, for i; .truth
I >tk. aud that caa hurt nobody, it b oey
' jwer---£; -r 3 error <.r ig-r-jexnce that am hurt
VOL. XVL—NO. 47.
Lazy Boys.
A lazy boy makes a lazy roan, just as cure
as a crooked twig makes a crooked tree. Who
; ever shiv ,a boy grow up ia idleness, that did
j no', make a shiftless vagabond when he became
! a man, unless ne had a fortune to keep op ap
: pes ranees ? The great mass of thieves, pau
j pers and criminals that £ll our penitentiaries
and altus-houses, have came up to what they
are being brought up iu idleness. Those who
constitute the business part ot the comiuunity,
those who make our great and useful men,
were trained up in their boy-hood to be iudus
trious.
When a boy is old enough to betriu to play
i in the .street, then he i-> old enough to be taught
j how to work. Of course, we would not de
prive children of healthful, playful exercises, or
the time they should spend in study, but teach
them to work, littie by little, as a child is taught
at school. In this way he will acquire habits
of iddustry which will not forsake him when he
grows up.
Many persons who are poor let their children
; grow up to fourteen or sixteen years of age, or
till they can support them no ionger, before
(they put them to labor. Such children, not
j having any idea of what work is, and having
acquired habits of idleness, go forth to impose
J upon their employers with laziness. There is
& repuisiveness ia aii work set before them,
and to get it done, no matter how, is their on
ly aim. They are ambitious at play, but dull
at work. The consequence is they do not
stick to one thing bat a short time ; they rova
about the worid, get into mischief, and "finally
find their way to the state prison or alms
| house.
"U ith the habit of idleness, vice may gener
ally, if not invariably, be found. When the
minds and hands are not occupied in some use
ful employment, an evil genius finds them
enough to do. Thej are found in tha streets
t;ll late in the evening, learning vulgar and
I profane habits from their eidt-rs ia vice. They
may be seen hanging around groceries, bar
rooms and stores, where crowds congregate,
but they are seldom if ever found engaged ia
A lazy boy, is not on'y a bad boy. but a
disgrace to Lis parents, for it is through their
neglect he becomes thus. *>-"o parents, hew
! ever poor, in these times of cheap books and
nw s: •upers. cc-.-d let their children grow up in
idleness. If they cannot be kept at manual
labor, let their minds be kept at work, make
them industrious scholars, they will be ia-
J-1.-IR.JUS iu aay business they may undertake
j ia after life.
We knew of many boy;—young men—oki
enough to do business for themselves, w ho can
not read, ana much iess, write their own names.
T. ey too. are lazy, for ignorance and laziness
are twin brothers. We always feel sorry for
such young men—their habit; are for life—the
; twig bent iu childhood has grown a distorted
! tree, and there is no remedy for it. They must
• pi:; through life us they Lave bred—in lazi
ne? aid ignorance. Taink of it young reader,
aai t-ke her . that jour habits and character
be not formed like theirs.
As. AT Lr-.s.—Henry Ward Bcecher, in a
recent lecture, says :
i " I may here, as well as anywhere, impart
. s- "ret of w;;at is cai!'*d good luck and bad
: inch Tut*re are men *ho supposing Providence
to have an in placable spite against them, be
. moan in ; verty to a wretched old age the
m .-fortune of tb-ir lives. Lock forever ran
against them and for others.
•' One with a good profession. 10-t his luck
iu the r.ver. wuere he idled away his timefish
. g when he should hare been in the office.—
A. ther. w.th a g->.*i trade, perpetually burnt
up his lack by his hot temper, which D revoked
A: . a employees to i-ave him. Another.with
* ;u rat.ve o.i-.ness, ..--t his luck by amazing
•~! genec at everything cat his badness. Aa
.r. wh -tea . y followed Lis trade, aa stea
•d. A" fallowed the bottle. Another. who was
kajwrt and constant at his work, erred by per
p*-t :al misjcdguients ; he lacked dl-cretioa.—
if': drvd- lose ti.-.lr lack by endorsing. bvsaa
uu .e speculations ; by trusting fraudulent
men—and by dishonest gains. A man never
ha? good luck who has a bad wife. I never
knew an early rising, hard w.-.rklag mas. eare
of h : s earnings, and strictly honest, who
-orr-plaiued of bud luck. A good character,
I gooo habits and iroc industry, are izepregna
b'> to the assaults of all the Hi lack that fook
ever 'ireamed of. Bat when I see a tatterde
malion creeping out of a grocery lite ia the
f -"noon. w;th L - hands -tuck into Us pockets,
th: rim of his hat tamed cp, sad the crown
k:. > ked in I know he has had '*ad lock—for
| the worst of a!! luck is to be a sluggard, a
kirsTe or & t:w
fair There is & chap oat *re'. o mean that
he *'b two boce tattoos is a ptat of water.
- beta kia ok- moot a. He
La* u-ed the buttons so k*r.r that be has boil
ed s!i the boles wis of tbeca He keeps warm
a tue witter t. _>• by standing under h_s cext
.Jvr neighbor's gas-samp.
A gentienaa rode sp to a pnblie Vn?e
is tb* eoastrr and asked. - Who is the mas
ter of th-s house V "I am. sir,* replied the
'so ; i. ** my - *:*-• has bee-, dead atoat three
weeks."*
frr " The deepest waters are tbe most si
u" empty vessels make the greatest *niwi
a: I tzri r JJXZ.- > tue worst uuu*:. Tbej
'as th'._k .east, covmoolj speak mt.
SHsT T" o httband of a beaat.fal wife, sp
■yn reserving c:e day, wi sset by ooe
of bis -ff>prin. ad s'< >9, dapping bis bands
. tad -syinr. - Pa. Mr B has beeo bere—
he's soeh I ake mas—a-; kisr t as all round,
aad i? - 'v** foe "
The man wbo lately a ~ k*ck
i * air "is cz the I • vo fac a key to iu