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I? P. D. ANDERSON'.
Earth has a.thousand happy hours, 1 - ."
To chair the dierkesi lot. •
A thousand blitsfhl memories
• Thatirill not be forgot ;. I
They.bloom around the wanderer's path
Where storms and tempests come
Late those sweet flowers that cluster round
:.* His childhood's happy hOme.
Our early home with all its joys *
The_streamlet and the mil!, • t
. The old oak tree 'neath which we play'd,
The singing. of the rill ;.„
The glad tones of our sister's coics,
Pure as the Zummer flowers " '
Are with ns still to make the earth
• Full of thole happy hours. I"
Earth's later scenes-when time - ha:retied.
eNind brought some loved-one near,-,`
The whispering of whose b•iiittest wind
Was happiness to We a sel ' . I '
The echo of whose footsteps nigh • ,!
Like Spring.time to the bowers; !-
Or bird and blossom to the tree;
- Fill'd earth with happy hours.
And then the mother's gladsome
The heaven within her eyes,
As seated in her vins.clad cot,
The loveliest.'netith the Fkies--.
She presses to her beating h eart
The image of that one i
Her heart has chosen for its . home, •
From all beneath the sun.'
Eve birngs a cheerio! round-1
The old familiar•hearth,
And sn.ny it happy, voice is heard
' In melody and mirth ; • •
No discord in that evening song,'
No jarring in that strain,
For heaven is bending down to ,bring
•
• Earth's happy.houri again. • i.
•
Night is not dark, for lore illumes
The cottage with its
Watches beside the sleeper's couch,
Lists while the mother prays ;
Constant as !lope it mingles in •
The image of each dream, . •
And lights the sleepers fancy with
Its - richest, rimiest gleam ? I
Earth's happy' hours upon life's tide'
Fall with a kindling glow, - .
As those bright stars that from above
. Fall oi - our path. below ; • I
A beacon &re amid - the storms
To steer our barque arizh t, •
.
And "thud around the sinking heart.
Their glory and their light. • ' . .
Tkei past bite many a.happy hour • .
On whiCh the pure heart dwells, •
And draws its sweetness drop by drop • .
From memory's honied cei:s. •
Thoughts of the loved, each look and word,
The cadence of each tone • .1.
Come back with 'happy; happy honrs,
We never are alone
Good deeds, bright thoughts on angel's wings
To make our spirits soar
Abinre the_rust and 'dross of earth, ;'•
Above the tempest's roar .
Into a milder" purer sky, •
Benetith a brighter sun.
And stars that shine in srladness down
, On happy hours begun.
Pisttilanctufs.
The Winter of the Heart.
Let it never come upon :.you. Lire so that
good angels-may protect you front thil, terri
ble evil—the ivinter.of the heart. 1.
Let no chilling influence freeze 14) the foun
dations of sympathy and -happiness in, its
depths; no,cold burthen settle - over its with
ered hopes, like snow on the faded . . flowers ;
no rude blasts Of discontent moati 4nd. skriek
through its desolate chambers. •• '
Your life-path may lead von amid. _trials,
which fora time seem utterly to impede your
progress, and shut out the, very light of heav
en from your anxious zaze. •
Penury may take the place, 'of. ease and'
plenty; your luxurious home may be exchaa-~
ged for a single lowly room--tbe soft couch
for the straw pallet—the richriands for the
coarse toad of the poor. • -Sumner friends may
forsake you, and- the unpitying world pass
T ou, with scarcely a look or word of compass,-
ton.
Yon.may"be forced to toil wearily, steadi
ty on, to earn i.livelihood ; 'you may.encoun
ter fraud and the base avarice 'which would
'extort the last :farthing, till you I , Vell-nigh .
'turn in. disgust from your fellow beings.
Deatli . may sever the dear des ihat bind
you to earth, and leave Yckti in featful dark-.
!less. That noble, manly - boy, the sole' hope .
lot yew declining years, .'may be taken from
you, while Your spirit clings to hiin With a .
wild tenacity, which even the- shadow of the 4
tomb cannot wholly subdue:
Ttle; amid alt thc..ze sorrows, do not. come
to the conclusion that nohodV was ever 56 .
deeply affected as you.are i and atando'n every
sweet anticipation of " better dalVs" in the Mal.
known future. -
• Do not lose:your firth in human elcellem.te;
because your confidence has sometimes .been
betrayed, nor believe that-friendship is.only a
delusion, and - love a bright phantom• which
glides away from your ... grasp.
Do not thinkAilyou - arelfated to be mis
erable because you are' disappointed in vOur
expectations, and batEed in your pursuits.—
fo not declare . that 'God has forsaken you,
when your
,wliy is hedged about with thorns,
nr repine sinfully,' when he calls your dear
ones to the land beyond the grave.
Keeps holy' trust in heaven through every
trial ;..bear adversity - with fortitude:and look
upward in hours-of teinvtation and suffering.
When your locks are white, your eyes' dim,
vuld your limbs weary; When your-steps-fal
ter on the verge of Death's gloomy Vale, still
*sin the freshnoss and. buoyancy' Of spirit,
wilt shield you-from the winter of the
keart; • • ~ . •
•Xiir Upon cominwinto the ofruie the oth
ley day,' we asked the . " devil" his ;rule' for
jninctuatioti. Said he, ."1 set up as tong as
can hold my breath, then put in a I comma
when i gape I insert a setni-colon c; when
.I
sneezeot colon ; and 'when I vvatitl another
thaw of tobacco, l_make a paragraph."
Air. Mrs. - Partington: adfases .young.
afflicted with the, : preitiration of the
n_pply: ,l l6' .. .a . laziet of ;Mustard in
traw - ont'ibeinfoimatton She saysj• ske has
newer known A &AUTO syttore. this doOop 'Was
folloWed.
A
FIREM4AI TOAST.---" TkeLacties-:—Their
• t
yes kindle the only flames which .sivannot
extinguish, and against which 'fisere , f:e no in
earante. ,
ittars:
'P>O7S FORTE.
••• 'o v.• Tiii
a.sunsptuously, furnished apartment of
owl, of the costly d'Wellings of New Y 'selecting, city, satttmiddle:aged ftintale. She was
some . patterns of.l.44eitde from an open owl
agti which lay upon the table before her.—
'Nehr bye with' his . cap in hand, stood a • boy,
whii seemed' to be 'Waiting the woman's niove
metit"&lne was fifteen years of age, and truth
er'Slighily built, thOugh his frame . Was vy no
.means Weakly, or lAcked firmness and durn
ility, The boy's COuntenante was eminent
ly handsome, and betrayetttnneh intclli ice
and ; quickness of thought ; and with this was
combioned :v look of honesty : and goOd tutture
wbieli Was,*not to . be mistaken. His tpurie,
tsar John Stanley, and he was a poor. orphan
Whom Mr. Josiah riand„ the husband or. the
lady just mention.4'.had taken. from the alms
house of a neighboring town, to brinti i
He bad !now been livililiving With Mr. Rand Seven
years. .-
. ,
•
Close by where the.boy stood sat zu.young
girl, a briglit eyed, gelded haired bei ng, it hose
smiling; virtue-lOVing features bore do age
marks i?f.feurteed years. Ever and :knob the
boy Wobld turn ,toward her to answer some
playful iqueiztii)Aan4 ia(such times his 4oan--
tenance:woUltt brighten, and a happieri look
would Steal; over Ins face. That gtrl was Jo
siah
"Here, JOhn,"i:said Mrs. Rand, as She hand- .
ed to the tieee which she had selected,
"tell my hitsband to send me twenty ytirds:'
The boy( tool; the pattern and Withdrew:.
He did ti,ot4 notice the peculiar look Which
•thelady,glive him ; for at the moment lit cast
his eyes to , fards the,girl to give a nod Of un
derstanding of . a playful remark' she had just
made! ': •
At nig ,
ht when Mr. Itan4 came to stipper,
he brotig,liqthe brocade, with Ljtu. lii was.
.ltiin dCa nierchant,'and :had brottglit the.fab
ric froin litS own' store. his
_wife expikiSsed
hers'elf :Muth plered with the article, bit her
words Were! more cool and sedate than Ostia],
and 'her : littsband began to fear that Shl. was
in reality di,sati4l4.l with the" hrOeade,
•''"lllartha4," he said to his wife," I nrn lifraid
the I)f•oen.d4 does not suit you!! •
•
"It -does most assuredly," • rtittirnc(ll - Mrs.
Rana.
"Then why are you so thoughtful air]
ber ?
" I Will tO you, Josiah. lt's a 'very seri
ous matter which affects me n{ow--; and it is
ntattOr, 100, upon which I have
being severalitinies Of speaking with,lyou: •I;being
bore atlhorUe r motiee more that} you d and
s-lfave eouje to!...the conclusionthat John
fanley, must leave us." " . : f • •.
"John. Stanley leave us r reitetated the
merchint„ elevating his e y ebtowis in astibnish
'tient - Why, he is one of thebestUnThinost
faithful boys the world. Oti coUrsl you
are but trihing:" .
! -
" Tii), my hnsban.l ; I -assure yon Tthat I
have no thoup-Itts of trifling; I know that all
you say of the boy is true, but 13. r all we must
get rid !Of hitn some way."
" Wen t Martha, go on now and 4114
whatyOu mean, for I' am yatbtit itnxii3us to
hear it.", .
,
1.. ."Nfr. Rand," responded the Si - ife„".;: must
1 atins4 that John Stanley is an
excellent boy,
r but-how would .you like him fora son-in
-1 lair r , . : - ,
1 " Xott are not;jokingl" lie said. 1
.
1 la—indeed lam not: I hare- w:itehed
-
I illarrisOmetirites when she has been, iti com
-I:panywi'th the boy, and I haveas.sureli my
self that thete is a . very dangerous 4ttach.
merit spiingifig up between them. YOlt;know
What a *range Ming the human hearths."
Mr.:ltanp aCknoiiledgefl that 'he i kneW
somethiag about it,And then he Sank auto a
Istate of inedifation.:. At length he said: .
i
"I mast'isitit:See my,daughter fall inq, such
! an error', thiti . :, is' cellar. I will speak td.
:.
about this irtal warn h m.".
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-„That, wilflbeTthe-i orst thingyon can do,
ifor'yoti 'will only • by hat course add fuel to
' the flames..ti - You kn w John - has's'ereral
anes expre spd a mts to go.to sea. I Now
would it not4op , a gplan to obtain an op
: 1 - •
foriuMfr forPtrs.,to g ': • •
. " Perhaps 4 would But it - was ft:Mil years
ago, that the lad. scan , 4 to go to sea,,land I
00l
think he has ributgrown to ,wish hiy thi3 time.
But nererth4ss
.if matterskand n5. , 3•411 say
lier' do, it Mar he best that liNiould go."
I ‘:lt certainly is. I know i'rliat'Nflrs - tent,
perametit is, 'aud lknow that were tks . at- ,
tactiineat I t to icontinae and: Strutigthenl4,y';
few years!.lodger—and 'if 'Jcihn. 7rettnOs ~
surely will—she Would . be perfectly misera
ble to be 'separated from him. - ;And surely !
rather than- io make her Miserable, I Srould
!et her Miirryl a-virtuous, honest man. I[But if
I Wean be avoided now, I would prefer that it.
slioulti be." ' ' -
,
Mr. - -and Mrs. 'Baud Weie by no means' hard
.
hearted people.. nor 'would they lave. Willin
gly Wronged any one:. But. they had set their
hearts Upon an alliance for. their ' child with'
the 4On . of an intimate friend, and as that son
• was. both moral and rich, of coarse the pa
tenni .wished not to bil thwarted. Tliti iner
. i - . ~
iharit's wife was a clear sighted womay, and
I l she - knewshe was not . nistaken in het' suppo-
I,sition.„. . . •
Ft nder the. .circtinistances it, was decided
I, i
',that John Stanley Should go to sea, and On
the next-day Mr. Iland looked among 4 his
friends to find a berth. Rand
P - for hith. Mr,, /
rbroached the subject carefully and iktrlly,
and. thong,' John 'felt grateful for 'al l
,iii 4 tnas
tees-kindness, yet he could not but shed: tears
'when he was informed "of the arrangeint4i - i—.
,The merchant .was . .eonsiderably movjd by -
;those
those tears, but he feared that his daughter
was the eause.ef titem,'and he felt more;desi
-I.4zius than ever of having; his Charge le.ae 'the
city. There were other things, ,too, that/.
strengthened Mr. R. 114.1 in MS-determination.
I .
lie bad told 'his. daughter that. John was
:. i
going . away, and he had seen her tremble and
shed tears.. He congratulated his wife; that
Ae had discovered. the momentous secret as
shedid: ' - 1' •-, . --... . . 1
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All the arrangements had_ been ttlitde for
.„ .
young Stanley's.departitre. Theship in Whiell '
:he was tesail hat.Le.leareii, and-now lay out
. the Stream for 114. superearg4.
.EarlY on
the la at ivening.that Juba, was to, VC/ 1 1 ( 1 . 0 n .
il'ore i4ettous - to sailing,'l4Tiovit his way to,
'ards the dwelling of his former, mati#Wl. ,
Mid. two *asous forgoing there" . 13a9 left
-0 get,. and:cheu -
#e*. books Which he„wis, .. ,
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tie, hived le rout ...!P4 , 4 6 n1Y / 1 44 i Qum in o ro -
.)),
fore h e l e r,; . -.0.r, as yet he had no eleae idea
i s
405 . on her account that he sr* -.be
1 n a t. t: ri lt way - , , • , .
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WEyE t f.,7 l StI, L URNAL---DEVOrEED TO POLITICS' .tiEW6i trlEß4Ttle.t, SCIETiCE,
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IW AUSTIN ,C. BURDICK.
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Iftlautrase,..--snspiellituna Vtnit Cllctrshii Woritimg,l! %lob.. 2 1054 r,
,1 T 3,
'*.hen.he're:iehed the ►nerchnnt's'dw•elting I
he tremblingly ratig the bell, and the door ,
'l . 4,,s . .opened by one of the servants;
ltict Mrs::'•lttind are LOth;citit," 'said
the Servant.
'Never mind," returned John, 'ldeft some
bOOks in any room- and have come :for' them.-
riipose I may run 'up and get the*"
certainly. 7
.The boy hastened up to,the littl4 room that
had, been his' own for so many -.ye* and af
ter' he •gathered his few missing ibooks to
gether,
he 'sat lawn upon a chair. As his
•mind became busy with the nen. 6cpies that ;
were opening upon him. the - bin , tears oath
••
ered in his
.bright eyes. He was : just on
Ole point of raising from his seat, 'when he
beard a light foot fall , behind 'him, and in a
o:lenient-more a hand was laid 'von lusshoul=
der.• He looked up, and met the gaze of MA
tyjtand. It was a sudden impulseithat seiz-
ed!diim 'then—an impulse that had no seat in
his: thoughts—but only a sort of •lightning
pill of startled 'affection. He placed his
arms around the girls neck, and iinprinted a
;quick, warm kiss upon her lips. Mtiry Rand
;uttered no shriek, .nor did she even blush, but
the whole ardor of her loving soul she
returned the kiss and then sat • donli by the
. boy's side.
._ .
• i , Ari 3 you sorry I am going, away,;
usked . Jo4n; as he looked earnestly
; . . . , ~
;coffin:11110u s -lace. '
!• Yes—:thletid . I' am," replied .t.li,
• :
. • :' 1
girl ' L
"II did 'not think of this," eont!ti
wiping the tears frOm his fay
,suppose your father meant it nll ford
At least I hope it- will turn out so'."!
So do I hope it. will," returned !),fary.--‘-
And then in a 'l6wer tone, she ad&kd, chile
the.tearsLgathere'il in her 'eyes; t‘ you will, be
good than, John, you will come ;bnek/to me
:one of these' 'days as pure anl you
9,1!
tkre now.'" •:
" God :knows I will if I live," fet* ently ut
itered voting Stanley.
,
i ‘‘:oud have spoken more, btit!his mtter
aniae wit.clioked, and ere long 14 heard . the
IsoUilds of Mr. Itand's voice in the.ll4lll
llfi'pressed Mary's hand within his! own, im- .
priiitted one infiro kiss upOn her lips; and then
heglidid froni the room. , not wish
to see the tnerehant now, fol. he'lz4eiv.that hip
i eyes were swollen with weeping;:tnil without
.noise he left the home.-
S. -
That night as . young I it) i his
diainmock thinkin, of the last interview be
tween himself and Mary T:and,.a 'glimmer. of
the truth flashed across. his mind.!.. He had
been OthinkitivY, 'as he W;rs, that the.
wet girl loved him, and from this. l.'s mind
Iwent on to wonder how Mary's parePts' would
Ilocik upon. !Pelt it state (..f things. Then it was
!that' he remembered some wotds'lvhich Mr.
had let' drOp—words 'N'v,hicb lie ar net,
piider: , :tand, bat Which now equile td.. his mind
fall meaning:
Art,", he intirimirecl to himself, ".it was
'he.44:tuse they saw that there was lo4i between
;Mary and myself; and they Were n'frnitt that -
'when I became- old en0 . 0 ,, 1i ask her
-
of them for my wife.: p dear. dear - Mary ' T
‘s-711- see von again, hut-II shall be Gilder than
. 1 1 am noNI—I shall be al man then.
It was a 'deep, firm 4n4 lasting, resolution
iwhich young Stanley .t hi ck - to his, sou( that
pight—aiwolution which was to give color
;to the-whole of his after life, hnd triake him
what, he afterwards beeinue...
. ;
; John Stanley had been • three,iyeatsi oit
Poird 'the same ship in which he first sailed.
i. Rand had, no longer any interest iwthe
I ltiP,Ping busitkes_s,' for .some fluctijations in
trade had required him to contract his•opera
'liiins. Our sailor boy had not only: become
atkimhed to the captain and crew,l but they
had ;become 'equally attached . to him. He
had become studious too: riot only had he.
,paid attentioirto the working.-pna manage-;
Me* of the ship, 'but .he had studied naviga- 1
Boit; with eminent success, so that all be now
required_ was practice to make him master of.
the *eicince. . . . 1 .
'.- On the day that Stanley wasi nineteen
year; , of age he was made third nuite of the
0,i1),. and in this capacity begtarted on his
mirth voyage for the Indies. He had grown
6 be stouter and:'-stronger offramei than his
,oyhood promised, but Le. bad lost some of
[
the beautythat., opened •with his bidding
lonth. He had never forgotten the promise
ic . inatle to Mary Rand, nor. bad hi..t. for one .
inoinent ever lost sight of tire resolution, he'
iook on the night when he; first slept in a
hatanoi:k. . I • .
,i i It Was townidS' the close of a dny' s ithat was
ileniatkably 'plea's:lnt; though the Wind had
41`itolinted to but little spits elf :air frith inter
eititils,calins.. Shortly before the..disk of the
rn, toncl the horizon, and the fate of the
great orb Thwas changed to a :fearful -color.
V.relOn b , * •- rioerer, - the ship's creW:felt the
, .,. •
air grow more cobk, and aS the sun !Went out
P i •
ofsprbt, quite a ' braeZe had sprungli up from
, t ,
tne!east ward. : -..,._, , . . I.
, . 1 ,1. don't like this wind,Vr. Thonkas," said
. Captain Slmbrick, spenkinglb,his flist mate.
.":Neither do 1,," returned-Thor 1s"I am
i
afrid . We.shall hire a heavy blow.'N,.
•
I i '._Yes, and you may prepare for . t.N..you
inay send down all 'the light spears.. ilVe wiJl.
hare the top-gallant ma'sts' ondeck.7 .. N,
': In accordance with the .Captainis Order's
O l e A i ip w as prep are d for a smart gale, and
k the time it was fairly dark'she wits stand
i tg..t.m . her course nearly south-east, with the
Wind fre.4; . ott _ the larboard tack.' Under this
sail.she continued till -nearly midnight, but
all , that time the gale had increased ito such
ri -height, and the seas ran Sri high, !that the
siti.l4 were taken off and she lay' to udder the
fore-top sail:.r. • ' .
The mid-Wateli 'was kept hy-the . Second
mate and John Stanley. By two o'clock the
Talc seemed to have reached that!' point s'
be
yond which Wind cannot 0, but just as the
man at the wheel stuck the bell,',lleStar
'hoard sheet of the mi u - top-Sait parted at the
v r ird-arm. In a mordent the, sail sous Split
.
into ribbims and . the ship fell :off several
points. John Stanley sprang to th6, l h wheel,
bntlte found that 'the helm was already down,
no t ilthe - ship was gradually corning .uti again.
lie. spoke to the seednd mate 'but 601(00 -r
.the tempest dr0Wn4 ,1 ,!•,; , -"""'":
' - aMr e
.. ),,,A better get. the fore-toilSiiii or
1 ,1,:4, outed a steond time.. "She
,'don't lay
eitsvins she is . neW." ' ' ' !- •' ''d . • -
i' l l - a'st as you' think befit," 'returned -- the
iriAti, whose name was AldricV„, 4 I: think
'the fore-staysairlwill tuke'stime**ind.t
jMem4ingly the foretopsail waicwitli much
diglinity.elewed : up. and - furled; and the fore;
ititi.iall egaiii.set. The ship ii,le:e.44eiiioio
Theeiribbenti of the inizen-top sail! were snap=
, •
ping' Wildly in the gailti when Shubrieki and
Mr, - Thomas came on deek„The 4naner spoke
tci' Stanley,: whom he • happened to :see first, .
and 'eller- aseertaining what had, been done
ho gaVe his hearty approbation. IHe reques j.
-
ted 04 the weather elety of the mikeni:top
sail should be secured,; and after this he went
up •ort ~to the poop felt owed by .thip first Mate,
Jtisit after the twolollirers bad gone . uP and
while the Men were getting . up' the • remain
big clew of the top Sail, the..shipl Wats struck I
upon:the quarter by - a in sea ;that i
-ktiotked her dead into the wind.l. :The 'after
part of the quarter deck and• . th poop were
sivepiliy the wild dead. ' . , .
.', John Stanley recovered from the sheet just
!•
in'tinte to i see that.the sails were -going to
'take . the wind upon 4,lte forward snrfacets; . and,(
Witliont waiting for Rhe Captitia'sl orders,! he
• : 1 ,
sang out to the rung at - the . wheel to put the.
Itelni . a-starboard and then he called the ! men
to Aie braises. In n anionient - more lie saw
that-the-ship was a ready getting sterttway,
',and! he•liad the hel put a-port.l The foie- .
I n
sta .. 13 .t wasl I d'over and in a minute
y.s et. - lBll (~ . ~.
• more the` Main•topsail was- hauled safely,' f in d
it t6(.4( the: wind lialdsomely: , . .
r AS: itionlaS the ship was easy upon the oth
-0.1:04 young Stanley sought the; captain hut,
titiiilit hot find. 1114; He hastened to the'
Iwbeerind asked tli, man there .iflie had seen ,
1 criptain Shubrick. 1 . .
I-- " Yes sit" replied the'helmsman • " I RAW
. , , 7 , ,
i bOth , llllll •;and Mr. Themes ~tan ing by the
! ginit.§."7 boat. When the sea ea e: t ktioeli
-4
! ed dew n all four oti'ite. T .et the weet,.-bat...tve
Stuck,:to the spokes and Saved outselvei.iYou
lee the' qitarter-boat the
i .
p-
1 k'aptu and Mr..Tlicitnas:: have gdne after
1 I haYe seem nothing of 'theirs' silnee .the - se
1 titnick us.", j
. 1 - . -
Thy 1110[111W" dawned and when -. the l
, • , n ,
: • PlZ*t:tilte gale.had passed. away 'with - and
i •
Its fury.' The ship bad. been bearehed bi
!hapt,iiti or; first matd,- could be &hind. t.
had been swept away into the !wild oe
and at a time, too, 'when no i !porta . ,
fi ,
i ,
1 eotiht-I.haVe helped' them. , ' • .
The wind had lauded somewhat ti
i.iiortii lof east, and after sail ,had been i
the ship twits pint upon her true _tiourse.
' il -I.'tl -'
stine ve ‘, le men path red - aft land see,
, 7 ,l
i itnXIOPS to! know what was to.be l done. • -. I _
" Mr. Aldrick," said Stanley, addressing the
i .i.econd mate' - " you Iwill have to take charge
`of the ship."
I • i ! 1-
" N-0, • ne,"quh..).:131 returned Alßrick "son
, ,
, nre the most .capable." ', .1 •• , '..
L
"-
'' Riit -you are th oldest ofheer,-and the •
tritstlalls legitimate y upon you.l' ' ' '
" And yet. I had r cher you world take it,"
'_Persisted Al.lriek... ' I know I• ant the . oldest
' Sailor;-but'you are the best nivitiator . ."•'!
At a tn;
~ A lengths the ttd to the
1 .• • erwas reLrre . .
~supetiearge. and he
.I. •!le.ft it to' the crew-;• and
;the reSult was- that °lin Staide) was Omni
-mou'sl)-• selected for t i aptain„ and it was (leter
')nined - that the -ship ! should proceed to India.
,-
,ItOlue time, the old ship 4trrivied .saf e ly -in
:Ne'ei . .roriv i --,-,4.--tne--e-ett,-;:ye the titne..te- , ...m.: 7 -• Are
i! Stanley reeeiveds',. tile' - highest
from . ' the Owners, an after'•soin
Lwith
, 1 .1. - 4 e supereargo4 who was an
~ the linsine . ss, our hero was eifei..
;,- - ~ ,
-!,eliarge of the ship, for another rot
'-
John Stanley's. -resolutionthe
',he tOok when tt . bot,--had not ',,'
!,gottiii; but it was el-er an operati
rhis mind and Upon its impulse, lii
j;tiallk rising to distinction and.ett '
iflieht the love and esteem of all
;.-liim,.„ltild When he sailed-the sea
i'coinnitinder of the ship, he had 1
,I'of tio hwriers.
ti h, i;: a n' s just after nOon,,in a coo
! fl . turnp i tliat Mr.-josiali Rand enter
- where 'his Wife anddaughter sat.
,3 ,
:,:i score of years old r than he di
1. , .1 .. ~
Law bin last, for he, vas all. worn lq,rial, and trouble. Mrs.! Rand In
!'too, iiiid there were'inarksof trout,
; . i1 '', eattires. ' Mary Rant. • ia .1 grown
ImanLLl . and to say' that: she .we
.‘,VoultreonVey but atfaint idea Ot
aess,that was really', hers. 'lt silt
her form and feature; bUtin.the!
dweiCio sweetly upOn her eou,nt`e .
: i
h a
ay_ Man had 'offered her his hea
'lfortnne, but she had'l,nevergiven i
•
,;consideration to ansi of: theit p
Elie had but one aqwer:Tor diet'
Ihad ne: heart to 6ve[thern.
Mary r.'
into his
young
ued
;buts
fly good.
. ,
"I‘iii husband," - 5:44-I.4rs. Plnd as she. no
. . p. .
.A:iCect ;bow pale . andi liamrar4 ' the merchant
lookedi "how does yionausiness itand I Ili:
'mot. afraid to tell me !tile WholOrUth; l _
s, ",pverything," . gr i oaned• Ir, 'Ranch - "I
ha s viS 'resolved that. 410: shado - of dishonest;
'Shall' I#eadded to nt3f misfortUne:
...
"GOd bless! you 14r-thitt 7 - exc:aime+l Ma- .
- yy; as iibe went and tsat down b Tier father,
arid pliced her aria about his neck. 'O, do.
riot iet ',this thing c-ri . ish vou. MOtbe; Old I
;
both`: liOve hands am i
nfin. : l'ou shall . not 1
. 1:loti no; matter liorfli
.13less you, my cl l
!iyejtionattal the..m.],
4 kissitpan the fair '
The''Fonduct of MI
1 ieinei or . her.dut v. 1
. •
s t. Upon her, but 'she
rhttoi 'it
, os beca me
. tii
1 tvent,a4ll sat down •
i tuitle, kim ,cheer up:
b . tmi soul :" i
O i
' . strained'
n"fe: . lie - h . :
i ;
heisiiin,i' 4 I had not' -.!
I SluilU take . heart
I piiie,i - Ailly,4,6tiki I ?'
1 ..;" Icoue of us shoo
tior-we cannot bette!
are only weak hear --
tri'llds.,, What God-1
f , eis-:-life, health, p '
'Father think of the ,
.that'triourn for. those
.:' llt . i' ' with a -lig!'
a
tihant W nt forth to 1
tifternosM,-an4 befoil
again, he had put eit
On thelnext nturuing
iiotiee of th 9
Sare. i;f:
41, eti i iI, and when'
Could - tips suppress t
I4er (;y4 -.•
;..- ".pO. - hot weep moti
OolinOttake ' away .
Ohild,"'q 1 - , - - •
.:',.."k know ft," return
her e,yele, " hut it d'oef
this - alO. ift was lit
and here' lave spent
my life. It lilt not th
1 . '
I sun
st of
It no
hey
an ;
en4Oniums
confeietwe
old 4alid at
to: thke
'• "
_
resolution
'et been for- ;
;we thing in
:e. was grad,
I i nenee;: He
who_ *new I
rnd: time as .1
!become oue
day in aul
4'the Loom
He loOked
id when we'
down Vith
lioked
ale upon her
to beni
wo
s beautiful
I. .the lOveli
s not till in .
that
`lance. !IL-.
't,
Propositions..
pop nl~ 'eve
'ylitin
I W."
fet%ept
kini)rilted
we Will helri,
tear us'eoini
I to hie ,i
ill,"bless yo
reliant", e,
as h
.
irl'sbr
aroused tl
I he .blow Ca l
• solved . that
true wile; a
the old ma'
Ili wife to a
ete bea - vily
IM P '.wt.uld
idl ahe;:too
A side. itnd
.- I •
,Urinured th4merehant
wife and 401 to his
pectd this. Thank +Pod
ow. Ilyou Rio not re=
d, repine," MOT -;
oumeives b t. those
Ihae sink b ieatli'sheh.
as evert us e still! f.9s
and for * 0 let, us
le~si g 3. wiTstill have
we 'have lost.'" i .
iter .1 . 16 f t -tint the itier
iueeti his ereditorSlhnt.
, ,
I, he bad 'retnped h9Ene
.rytititq into t ieir hands.
te !rapers ntained- a
36.ltand's i tagnifitient,
irs. 'Rand Saw it, She
.e tears thatsprank•tn
lier,"'urged 7,ll,tiry, tliey
our Ihusband or your,
I ;
ed'ltis: Rand, wipsng
•
sewn hard to.part viith
re thSt, I—ivots married.
the I happieist part - I - of
sunriptaoustitSs orthe
' I ,
dwelling that-iny heait clings to,''tis the roi
ple place that has so long been -my "home..'
knoit it I must he hard for you; ';iny
mother, ha do not let father see you weep;
for he, - poer mon':` needs all the consolation
we can Oil() hint." : •
Rand . .pt-etnised her daughter thatlaer
fathek shohld net 'see her shed tears, and al+t-
IY afterwaids they.both sat abeut.the._iask
of collecting and arranging their wardro.
At the [close of the third day after I,the
dwelling had been. advertised .for sale, ildr.
Rand entered the room where his. wife and
chiN were seated, and 'with a suppressed gt n
he sank back
.into a chair.
" Well 'ldartba " he suid, " the 'Lou is
ie
• , Ito-night will he. the last" wean.
spend ben•Oath this . roof." • • • d •
"and t'wlietu shall we. go I" asked. 2111..
Rind. • •
•i
" shall have to- oard out, a' while, at
least; mall I. can make sonee arrangement for
busifiegltTi. • - l.
"It is,: respectable place I hope 11 •
"Yes 4iirthrl ; but of 'course you
expect ; that it
,Ishould be a fashionable place.
Iha ye not the means for. plat.' • :
_
• Jintt •as Mrf. Rand ceased speaking ; t ithe
door bell.Ongf and in'a feW moments more,
the 'tioor.O . the parlor was thrown - open,ind
the - Only *mint Which . the merchant had re
tained, ushered'a strange gentleman, into the
room. Ile was ayoung man, yet tall . and
cornmanding in his look and bearing.
1 7 1 mr. Rand, I believe," he said. I .
"It is,l returned the merchant, "'will you
please to he seated 1"
The new.conier took the proffered seat s imd
then e•aidli. . •
'llll aktt ndt mistaken, this is the' honie I
have bouglet."l . i • f4N.
.":Ah, then YOM are the purchaser
Mr. Rand; while a
4 palor overspreadihis
• • 4 ,
fac4. • L H i I
Y I
.es, Ilia, l .e
bought it, and I thought I
. - , -,
woill4 come and look . at IL" . !,,
4 We shall 'rave it to-morrow, Sir . , and - 'then
: . t a k e 1- • r , - , •; •
you can. possession . , l ,l,
_ 4 Bat suppose I could not take • possesslon
; , ~
to-triorrow r 1.
•iThen i ? Sir,•you can easily find h tenarll.
There ark plenty of men who- are ready to
pa.V - a rent oriwo; thousand dollars a yea)-.r
" 1 Yes returned the stranger with a- snide,
" hut could I hot get you to remain and !take
, •
care of itluntil I want' it." - - • 1, r
4il Cannot afford it," said Mr, - Rand: ;"1
ampsensible of your kindness, hitt I had rath
er vacateiat . ohce." - • 1
4 i 1
Thenq mhst ask .Vour wife," contiatied
the
stranger;,- turning t'. - st•tuds•Mri. Rand
,- "1 slialrbe governed by 'my husbaud'S..
de
cision," returned the woman. . 1
,
t Thei4iny 1 last appeal I make to Mary
Rand.! I,ou Will-stop here, ladY l" ;. i l -L . ,
" tie lOoked into the frree of
_the beautiul
gir l as hei.spolie and, there w!'S a•sweet, Aw
-1
ful , smile Upon his . liandsop2 so n broWned.
1 ,
features. i Mary 1iar...1 trembled like an; as- -
1 i„,
per? : ; unconsq.,usly she arose from her chair.,
..wit ~hu4 theliopzed:upOnAhe man Wild, had
spl?ken tO. her; ir . ..r bbsom heaved, and, awhileof hope 4oke?aver her features. • i
' 6 Come r ' said 'he, ias he .arose and, openedd
hil arms. .” You are not mistaken, Marv, I
hare come . hriCk a man, and as trueand firitli
nt as when we parted: • Come r "' ; i I
n ,
another Moment the fair 'girl was Weep
ing - tears 'pfjoi upon the bosotn OfJohn Sian
le* . The. Love' of years was as strong land
fr*4,h as Ale bond; of hcaveu,.and iliosei two
hentts knew nothing! but truth and virttid.--
The parents gazed upon the scene r wonder
ing - silence. ',At length the old merchant
conaiirelren ledE who it. was that had. Mei to
4
sea him. ':
. . . ll
,' "John:Stanley" he said, .raisity , • fror•nihis
scat and extending his .hand, "do Ins 1 43• es
- . .
deeeive nir, oriare yclu in reality- whatTyon
seem I" ' ! ' .r, . ,
, .
,
' ..i` I ain ',JohWS.tanlev; sir,--the boy - whom
you . took Irian !the alias; house and..rna e a
man of.':. ' 1 • : • ' _ • ! ;1
.
. , . .:
circle] '
!` Then you are welcome to our circ llt
is'a sad 'One now, but yet we have Warm
hearts.forlon. SO ; yco meant to deceiye•us
a - little." 1 ' •'• i 1
• "Deeel6 roll! tkOw" - . ' 0
. •
. .
1
4 ,4 Why,l about buying the houSe." - • i
1,4 0 h, no sit . : 1 have in •very truth land
deed bought this dwelling, sir, - and paidlfor
it. I You look Sur i' d - 6
t I tr' •
prse , u h'is s 'es ar‘e
saici . .. - I...'_t me explain : , When last I steed
within these . Walls, that gentle''gill=-fiiieet
Mary Rand --made me promise . that- I wouldbel i e goodriunni—that,l would c ine back! to
hel as goal and pure as, then. With Qod
fo9my help, and they memory :oft my 'sweet
ancrel Many to Chetieltne on , Ih. ve kept.; r., L.. ...--. - , the' .±
promise.. ;Steadily have t.pursued object
of jays lieniq's resolve,' and step by step have
I ripen to it: The noble ship in which I first
sailtidcia . all. my own; and.. - I- ia.ive come':! to
meet MarY as I promised.: You 'Shall-
. .,not
leaVe this bourse, sir, for it is till - you • ihome,"
4 f Oh," murmured the Me dratr; as-he Ritz,
ed into Stilley't:i. face,." Imo • I hive suffered
•• :
for lit since,". • --; • 1 - - i
" I Hush,,sir,"linterrupted ,'t 'e. young - Op
lain. "Say poi more about.-that; I i knew
what you Mean land ',,1 tell you it has hi.t . i.m
the meant. partly meant of Making, me What,:r ana.•
I i+er blamed you, never. But. lam itilus
,
penst ; iny:. iapp l inessos yet in .your hands..!
Mr. 'Rand looked. enquiringly !Too the
, -
voong - man. 1 !'' ' ' ,-• ,
f "illeie is my hope," stanley
.continned,liat
t . •,
the ;same time Oats ing'Mary to his side. ,! .
• "lake irer-- - take .her,. and God' bless you
both !".marmured the old, man, as he caught
and; joineditheirillailds together. . e ' ,
"And you, mother !" -VaidStanley, lOokin - g
- -
towards*. Rand. i • • A- 2 il
i the
ade
In
wed
But the mother Could not-',speak: She
could ouly:raiseher!band,s 'towards them nd
blesa theta lin her !oohs., ' I
1 • the
.. Otf•the 4ay thO apt. Stanley becamee
husband of• Mart, :qr. EancVs, name appeaied
among thei•sub"gtlintial merchants of The gr4at
city. rili•rtiOblfs son-in-late placed in_ is
hant . ii.ii hill ear 4o Of valuable goods, anti he
ecnirpence4 blistriesti..nneF.:, Experience hild
i t ec.i his and he bad learned. •... •
John, aid ..4arY stanloy to. iNrlicsband,
one 4ay--- 7 ,Alortl)'l aftei he. - -hatl 'ret.urned.frOrri
a long voyage---pleite - telit.:n hight,' teifr• ju
hei.eye- a* she spoke, and slii — placed her Ar)ri
abo4t his stick4".fehu,• why need you -leriie
, • vi :I
me. *gam I,
. ti A - will no ''
wife!s'itias, ' I I
linhle ship; • i
Yone tither a 4
gutter., And :
i• Di
e repfPll- as be returned lila
eve the, .0.a y . and I /06 niy
I ',love better.+-
atit going in bustßesa
hilt I artirgoiag &Ea.
I .
rig
,Lelires 6fiAlat
. ,
. ' Ili JOHN- - F,'F: 0 AFF. - 11' 1
...
i ' 1 • • . 1 , t
[ • I
:Upon a sabLat li inOctobep r -fret , the 4 9 6 4 . 7 - :
icii. of my, childhood—it ist that, I, siti te !to:ti
the- text-hook otsluiromiding watt ',' ' 1
Oh fOr arrangers 'pen to! paint 4 , - e - Soleixin
beauty of God's thoughts
,hs they ', re! magi
fested in his, worlds aronia ! linsel It. the sea
son so typical of-the evetang-4 liff-so red
olent with heavenly
.eonfrael,-cengepial '',to
reflection and sober thonglit. I.tiiirAntnton!
the sweetest, lOveliest of all 'the
,yenr. 1.. - .
Alai, depart' n summer :that art!itillllinger=
ing in - the lap o fall; 'adieu! -de tit's 'fatal .
1
shadows- are hurryingiliee along 1, al snowy.
grave, yet only. to be beral. again u.' §pring,:.
!low sweet the thought ! how emblematic- . of
our own
,existence t. What 8641 Ilwritel
The God of . Nature, in me4lovi aceentsi see m s
to say "write not at all; but stay, rpnd gaze,
and think, love, enjoy in common:l wiith thy ,
kindred race." Then he ijt so, anclicome and
share the banquet with!. me. 1,e4 net this
golden season, One and go for no u ght.. It's:
grateful fumes inhale . ; its, beauties 100 -on'
bud admire; let its sober counsel
.ire the pilot
of the remaining years.' ' l. ' - , I ` . •• -
Yon have ofi-times heard-ofdoleidsounds;
Mournful mice*. and, • let:hoes-4f 'dreary
scenes, gloomy pictures aid saddeiling pros
pects, these we ihuve alb • combiried.,,lin _ the
season now before. tis.; not 4n .one iceii , leme:
• rated . soul depreising Masi;, but initli' r 'refinite
serie.s' of . God's henverify-Idispenstdroir,• ever
varied,'ever charming, all immersed fit .divine
love, that for the senses to behold land realize
.is to exclaim simultaneously, "Thy Ways. are
ways of plesantiiegs, and :all thy ;paths are
peace."' ; ',. • ' I ". ''
. . ,
, Much has been sai d Of.
of "the dying fOlittge of 'out
now humbly yet inajestici
cal grandeur before ine;'ll
their very midst, With a b.
my humble cou - ell.• •
Oh, for an age to imbil
this hallowed season I 1.1 i
• - The wild bird's of the "ferest. are. inie by- one
taking their departure. ] ?'he merry songsters
that but a few .months' since, greeted us iu
coming w r ztli theititnelodies of love, :are now
conseiouslof having fulfilled, - their :mission,
and are also taking tip their intuitive flight.
, But fey} are left! In yonder glen; from the
withered. braneh of : the, silver Maple, is heard
the still solemn-Moan
. Of lieturtle dove, echo-_
ink its
.adieu—perhaps:fo rever. : , .
.. • , -
Near at hand, upon. the pinnaele of- a
heaven-ward brauc'h of, it sturdy oak, nicely
.poised, is a .rapacious 'has..:‘.l., with- ,Lis two
vigilant eyes sra.ri-eyin4 atvne time both hem-
I)he-r..; sof all i.reation, If6r his - prey. The
owl too sleeps, and drean s• in . deep regret:
. of
his starving - brethren W ii,Lst here lam greei•
ted with the farewell notes of the last deparz . •
tin , robin' of the Season ;!lie has alighted'lrrp2.
`on t h e " . e ..
on topmolt - branch, or: the tree -in ' which.
he has,- within his present viAt, twice reared :
his brood of young ; furlnowent he adjitst - s,
i
his • wings, then leisurely epeats - his wonted
chirp, followed by a shrill de-de-de-dee, , and.•
be too is off Upon his attritial tour to a more .
congenial clime. • - 1. .
', • Thus id'oes in'stinet, ciirleteci hy'' the hand
of God, "feed the yOUng.raven, and execute
his office of preservation.-j- -
" And 'reason raise o'er matiael. itS.yon tnn, - '
In this 'tis: \ God directs; in,that "tis man.". -'
. . , , ...._
. •
The -preparation .o f the itisbantintirn for the
approaching winter is now comt;lete ;.his barns
are filled with that which( 1:• - dt a few , months
since charmed- the . eit; g , ;, and', delighted
1
every beauty . loving Sen,se - .. - 'But; although ephemeral 'and transilory scene has 'van
ished, it has left the fulfill) agof a promise in
its stead.: .We mourn it ot t ',Mach: as we
1
delight to gaze
.upon
-the ra , trant flowers of
spring, and the.rich 'green' foliage . of • summer
tisl but the end of both! wel.seek - to realize.'" - :-
Oh-God, we thank thee] for a scene like
this—here in thy' spacious, temple of the, -fir
inament carpeted_ with! the: many • colors of
thy prOvidence; iliuminated , by the : king:_ of
lightothe blazing chfindelier of heaven ;' dec-I
orated with the thousand . huei ., of the. frost-1
stricken , forest; with;-banquet tables groaning;
beneath the weight'ef : thy- beneficence,= ana.
an altar, broad as the - universe itself, the . .burn-,
ing incense of which lathe heartfelt gratitude
of men, and surrounded on all sidei • by. - the
brilliant reflecting Mirror of our destiny:- ' ..'
A lovely 'habi fa ti on,! this, indeed'', were- we
not concious' of a.title to: a ,nobler - one—so
because incorruptibleHhigher, because holier,
and' more brilliant, - because ill Mai ned by_ the
Author of light." -' ' •
. • Here• God speaks faee to face; his Voiee is
heard, bis;rod is'felt,.and a stnile beamsTrom
his countenance that penetrates, every' aveene
of:the Christian's. soul. , Nor is this but the
fanc't-ed vision of a dream, Int a, r,.-ality '• that
tellS us what we are,and whither we are bound.
Yea, the mirror of oiir goal - nOW greets pur
vision: upon every side: . Titily;_" man .is is - ,
"grass, and his glori - as; the flower thereof"-.
he blooms but to fade, and:lives . but to die— i
yet there is a spiritual : inonitor, within, speak:l
ing loudly, cheering &hilly,singing :ever, I I
shall never know . death, - eternity%alone thy 1
race shall end, `' for me to live is Christ,..tO ;
die is gain " liark l-an ',angel whispers, " it'is
true all otirer-things whiclii,y it,;:,.kreat tith
er of all have been Created, were made bitt to
subserve the happiness I of. :this." . •And. well
it might be so. _ln s‘vllat might God. &light,
to love, even unto death, if not in lils . e*n Hu-
age, man. Oh; blessed man. !--- - -though cursed
by, fortune here below; j tis man, not tied; Ay
fate has planned ; but. !heed ,it not; though
trials and . hardships thi l 'e,k - thy path -beset, it
brilliant stat ya,in the distance, shines ; press 1
onward, then, the end will make it thine': ,
~.Bi. the rolia z e - 60,04f0te ti , in sim,: q . inspi
ring .. behtity is fast rOu Ming its -- primeval
state, so - -too may,it be *h . :prerogative - teelic;-
it: a holy.admirittiou frohi those around usi. in
prissing.through thirautumn'of life, even:in-
to the dark , valley 'of ‘ the shadoi . - of death.
the - end Of ',all " earthly!, things.' ' ' Oh' totafhl
what 'dOst thOtt.tissiimOhatrmeii. " should Tao I
dread" thce, 'And the gtive-#-Wherefew- is 'it
so saddening! -, Has, not death long since giv2.
ea up:his sting,:und .the' grtve, : its- : yietorx 1'
Then why Should Mortals' Weep. and; mourn
o'er this trilly lieniienj . dispensation et GO,
which iiiii'reality . no more thari-n' , ehemical
changeth physical ma*. l- i': -- Yesivierily; it life -
giving procesorrda la yr . 0 :09d, - , 49. mhi4 the
lea ye s oto in titeritt!nukiumnitinO,Gnwing ;
then let theitesample ineke.M . l-:ii , hte` in this.
-. t:lmeeptiati,' birth, lifi:i `o4iitii, oat*, -de'• '
nay 'and denomposi 064 aVel 'plainly 'seen tan
thO'Orilei of 'physical Inature t ! • Those :ate
honored-41, in yonder forest," - whose-, limbs
1 .
I
!
',••• • •
I 1 ••
• -
• be gorgeous colors
umn-41 these are
ally waving . in, co
I am 'in
air decayed log fOr
the ingpiratiorl of
tiolitint 11, 'Stigler 47.
have become Mussed wallne, .aud - fildm:loc
tops have grown; bald with dry, antiquity, : fries.-now passing - this 0rdea1,:. . ,. ,„:
, That sturdy oak ' which letigNeured i t sttut*.-..
he head, (as a land mark) to the ,elty,,.,b4s
after the. lapse. other score years and .3triir!,, ~
'sired its lastvital-spark ; a ghastly skeleton tt, - ,,.
stands i; un barked, nnleafed, its, 'fitcerated-,
limbs,With / brittle dryness, foxk like . - zirid
lightning in the . sky ; nature's severest scourge-
,!.
is no . moinfelt, by it ;, the dust rand
,decnyed
fragments tosi,falling from its branches ; Ate.,
nourishing bilis.Sideth the feeble plant:, Should.:
min not do as, Well 4 Does , he_ not Aeligixt: _
in the buoyant youth around him; anictni ilik .
not willing teleave to them his heritage I. ,_,, -
Alas for our:world when bloom - etpot-'v4ror.',.
are no where to be found l . AN,Or-040 4:09 4 :
my, sketCh widrou qui nting tnyonderyoUngi
but- most ; inzurient - willow, - now ,-broad and -
high, planted with my own hands, andgrew!! ;
to my expectation ;• its existeneC,' like -,the ,
hand of iis.plauter, will end in, dust. -, ,-
Wherri turn, my eyes. to yonder familiar'
habitation, I see heneath its weather-beaten:;' '
roof, a dear old man, with his locks.fasxfading
from the/sting of seasonable frost 7 4 too it'.
homervar4 bound:. ' -1 _
..... ' . .. -..
Serious, sad, and grave are , the irarniatr_,
sounds of autnmn. 'fhb Strange new songnf
love forsaken birds, the drooping of, the 'asks
rex of summer; the rustling of the fast . fall
, ing leaf, as th e t-billing fall ; winds 'hurry '4l
through tbe branciltes, .now . : paralyzed .-,yith •
frost; the many , pointers to the, closing year ;,„
the dying' of an old max.; and all these ting-,,
ed with the ruddy ray of the setting sun,
i constitute a picture no less istructive _than_
isolemn, and one which , ,. above , all ;other earth-
ly topics, most, tends to raise our thoughts-, :tor.•
Him who d:iolto!say..9 Metes Souli, and formed ,
the autumn le a f. 1 , - -1 \:• - •• • -
Neve - ir
,Desjitise voter laisitsiss*.
, : .
'-'...“ 'No - trian of s I, ense, ,l,
it has
_.be observed, :
I "despises his bread and'hutter." It is only.,
the weak who 'are ,ishained of 'laboring for 0,
liveliihood, or NV 'do affect to scorn _the brittle];
of busines's wjiich they especially pfirslie.- - -
The•firstduty 'which a. man owes te' L liimsel4::;
to his fa ily v and to his felloW citizens, is uctii
to beeorn a btirden pecuniairilv-to soCiety..—
That coin eoneefilth also is die ntost, flour- •
ishing in which thel proporti o n of drones -is:,.
-
the feWes ; indeed the ideanf it Perfect gtate.
involves
,t e ,necessity of every member -it`
p
being a oducerl Renee it is that: ork is.
always ho °table: . The , mist ordinary has-
I dieraft, en phr.ment is.as worthy, ifexereised.,-
lionestle; s the professioes of law or medi."
nine. 'Eseli citizen follows:that,:avecittionefor
which hs beSt suited, and when he does,
this be fulfils the ~ law of his, existence; but.
never otherwise. A bad lawyer •is less truly .
I respectable, than a good mechanic, and an .
lable doctor. is Ino more ineriteriotts-than a n .
honest labor*.
_To do one's, ditty, in the- -
walk'where one can 'be the most efficient, is
to be 114inorafile; to neglect it, or to seek
'some Other walk, is 'to become really dist-gulp.; °
I eSI- BS' thi - i sandard, and this only, should : .
Iwe judge of m4ti's rOpectability. It'
. is time
i that we republican's :banished the arbitrary :
lines of caste, applied to the pursuits Of life,
which are &rived frnm feudal Europe.. - • ':
c, Yet there are thousands of men who are itt,
heart ashamed of- their business.. Are Abey-:
retail venders i They scorn ',continuiag4W
make money in their own way, and loter,..to
embark-in the;Wholesale line. Arethey Joke , ?
bets ? - _They think if;ticey could only be ship ;
Peri their'glorywcaild - enlmitiate. Aii 64 ,
mechanics ? They
r egret that they: amnot
lawyers. - Are-they : farmers 'I
They wish to ,
- be it husiness in town:' Such persons, in.tteli_
hearts, worship 'alistirddistinctions,,inherited
from ;the social life of• England, and . regitet,
the' physician, ,ihe politician; and ..the.bituket;
as really greater than common liunia
,n elfif,.
' '
Aese a what r Thaekeray calls "snobsir
men of 'pretence and weak folly;;,,men• who despise their own breed "and' , butter. ; The
wise man on , the contrary, seeks indefendenne
by ' steadily attending to his btisiness, well
aware that an independence; hotieitly acgitirl
ed, is, his best;! claim ,to, - ,his esteem. - It ~iii,
Young men, or ratherlads, that:nre ctite,ne.iti
victims to this 'weakness.: , . Tens of thousands
bas e been shiPwreeked rn:;lloftotn.'haiing
chosen a pursuit unSuitabie t!ii.theiri,..tenyted,
thereto by faliknotions of thn:vulgitritiofee
trade, and the . strperiini dignity Of.iciiiitnercifie;
OT a ptofessien.' - ; _ • ,
,
-Aar Our JiM, of the - Boston 'Poit;jlievrie .
, trated- the following..cincthe. marriaper -Of
Thomas Ilanek,; of Mansfield to 'Miss Santlill
t • r
Dore . ,
• "It isn't often that pitr see
Su queer a -kind' of love; 1 -
0 u;bat nsavage must - '
,
To Tolii'my-ff,airk •cg Dore
• ,
.. . _
,tM.:. , - A Country . editei •received :ff:temit•
- tatica with a rJquest to,, "vend :the papal!'nit
lon as- the money lasted.".:lle indulged iti
a 't of a "spi+" the next:4mA 'got trolte
. •
nn - respectfully*! announced -to - hi& aubiatibet;
thil according to -
hit - own tetins,liasublierig.
iron was out:' l' I - . . • - --. ;,
1
:VT The-iinickertio ekes .- tells the'.lollowi
ifig: A little bey aftr listening Some tiineto
his mother's efferts tO'get a pedlar to "throw_
in something" witirekrerytiiin g she purchased
Cast hisiongin„, o4 iiyesiongoide' - prittigite 'fit the
trunk. \The *lei read hiS' 'wishes, onsiof-..
fered to give hir i a one. . The little fellow' het=
hated _lint when:uriell r don't kiitoil
as can % take if unless you ; i►ill:'tllro , R~ti
sornfiliiner"-: ' - •
=olo. Iwo
JCS' exchange in describing ateuxiter=
icit bill, says the vignette is cattle.-and hogr.'.
ivith a &arch in the distance.' yery goost
illustration tif,the , siorki's doing&t..l,
Sir A-,wttnt, named AVaigia *Rai ,
et/la-the stand to give -his wilt:way; Eratir ,
ipg 'taken ploe,
,bect:urrto4, w the . bar, No:
tem , 4 l l.ifyipmatiodoOneatiyinquirodOlVisioh:
side am:/. DU : "'• - .
Air his,xemprlcable„that r 4_41 JinoliV , l
ed gW the, *i s t , i o Vort'int, 0e. 4, -knoNledgi
Orselv ' ek t 4 '4,1, 13 P5t
_ _ -
thing, this Fltper#
na4, if ini►n" steals: 411 4" 1
r *O. *et*"
~ - . ,
'" , ;•iiii;A:r - O»: a' uis .- :orttiliedAke
Mitsiptipti! Ai Itikk town - , of:'.CheitOk' - .111.;‘ , 71iy
iiiviin!iiingabe the, - airt'-cit '. - stiiiiii:lo - f,4 - .46eite
. •
lair An::em. ;;sy~i
-mss:-$ .not to be
snefliriel'itt;• 2 7 Cr 7. •
IMIEEM