%' .5e "k: . Paii;: . VtoOrictors.
tiett Vottrg..
smrow4l6,olicics.
" Hark! the wild north wind is' frolicking,
Idid the leaves that lie so low,
Antrim wstehing, Fin wateldr.g,
For the first filling of the snow?'
The clouds look dark and threateniag, - _
And chilling winds Aloes blow; '
Yet to mether's something cheering,
to the soft pure fakes of snow.
I love to see them dancing,
So lightly in the air, -
p'On every side they're glaneing,
- - There's ruseght so pure and fair,
They :bid us seek for happiness'
Around the home fireside ;
-Where busy hands, and loving hearts, ,
Make the moments swiftly glide;—
Then our quiet winter evenings, •
,When seated round the hearth;
With •hooks,—or music ringing,
Hearts ifilied with joy And mirth ;
&pone rif us feel lonely,
,Buktill rare comfort take;
And watch with joy each falling
Of, the soft pure snow-flake.
Thanks! td - ntkr Great Creator,
Who all our wants provide;
:Oh! may we nil remember Him,
Around that home fireside.',BEßTNA.
Vaisctilantous
z:1) •
TFE• a.V.t
, •
The Magic of RiOduesm.
-hits 'been nn uncommonly warm and
sultry day; and as the cool air of evening.
.
wept onward' and fanned4le broWs of the
heated lagoiers, they, one ; arid all, thanked
heaven, that_ the, - toil of *he- day • was over.—
Bet to-none ardong the hotnewaN bound did
the evening b'releze seeni.mer'e refreshing, than
to three whose ba'skets of , tools borne over
their shoulders, denoted them ;carpenters.--
rAt the entrance of the village where thet•
liVed,Jones,,Yater, and Fields separated,each
to seek : his own dwelling.
There Wits not.a cleaner or neater abode
in. tell Air than that awaiting the reception
of Jones. : Not a speck of dust dimmed • the
.brilliance of the windows; every article of
furnitnre was polished fill .it shone like a
mirror: iresh flowets breathed forth their
fragrance from the .chimney piece ; a spotless•
cloth covered thniittle supper table', and Mrs.
Jones and the children Was neat as - it :was
possible to -
' - Tar different . the scene • Which awaited
Yatee'l hiQ house was . in disorder and his
'wife absent." The-.last named evilwas; how
ever, scion rernedied,lor oneof -the children
was -d i spa tolled in quest of. :re o the r, . who
soon 'returned with her.
; Yaiihere i _already, he exclaimed,
frisbineins hreathiessly,in a dim dirty gown,
no idea it was so late- Light a fire,
that's'a goorl . :b6y, arid we'll have nipper.'
so tired, Mary, that I'd rather do
without slipper: said Yates throwing himself
upon a seat.
'Are yOu f Wel) then, make it ;' and
u st;e hurried to light the fire, more than
one piece of crockery was broken, which had
for tite . time, been put.in the wrong place. j
Where . hare you been inquired Yates.
Ictst next door to see poor Mrs. Brown's
sick baby.
'Mother his been gone erer since two,'
chimed in a youngster.
You abominable story-teller, take that ;'
and here the mother boxed the ears of the I
' -
Off vient.the.ebild in a crying fit; acid off
went Mrs.Natea to prepare the fr. upper. The
children became cross and sleepy, and when
tea was.at-last ready, she had to,go up stairs
and- put them to bed, then •returning, swat=
lowed bet:own meal hastily, and putting a
skle:the dirtr plates, declared that. she now
must go and crash : _
Wash 1, exclaimed the husband in aston
ishment, I thought you were to do that yes
,
tOrdaY 7 7 . -
',Well so I meant : but Mrs. Brown tame
in and prevented ' me. And now I must
wash, fo,r neither I nor tbe children have a
•oleari thing toiont on.'
`-$O . -it seems; said Yates, snrcantially. -
So , it seams.—indeed r she cried,-angrily,
I anppose,You expeCt. me to keep its.. cleat - I' r
and-neat as if I kept twenty servants.'
No, Mary,' said her huseand, gravely, '1 1 ,
form no such extraiegant notions; all I ask
is t'hrit tbe 'hours- T'm working to earn our
bread,nuty bespent by you in,a manner more 1 :
profititbk-than gtissiping; and so let me find]
a quiet and orderly, house on my tenant, awl I
a comlianion such as you u.led to be is the ":
days of our wedded life:'
,
But the affentionate tone of the last words
exernisied no softening influence on the towed
spirit-of the indignant wife,, and a quarrel en
'sued, which ended :in Yates faking his hat
and finding a public hottSe the:tomfort which
he could / not find at * hia own. •
Meanwhile Jones
,pase,ad through his trim
little garclen,eid bisplitty tottage
*MI Set** Jown his basket, mated .4itesetf
by the window.
.
` C) 4 ...Tones,_you never wined your - fe4t - when
YOU esine.iw . "-was his irifetiselutation •• whip
sheenietid to :room. i'' ^ • -. ;,
..... ... -
my dear. and if I, did not, the. re
cesid'bet - it* attid co
No, be, bound there's. plenty of I
dust on them, and.you know I hate dust.—
And here—Lord bless me if Soar dirty bm
ket.ain't set doWn ort.the clean wax cloth
What isihei use of my beings slave if this is
the Way you act 8'
13ut, Nell, fim'so tired' •
Tired, forsooth, and don't you think that
I get 'tired working about all day as I do 1'
You are indeed a very industrious wife;
Nell; yet even as he spoke he sighed, "for his
home, though it was-pleasant to look at, was
very uncomfortable.
• Mrs.-Jones was econscientiens and ind tlft
tliollg woman, and she esteemed it her duty
to work hard for. her husband and children.
But she perceived not hotv.her spirit of house
worshipinterfered with her duties as a wife
and, mother. The latter demanded her house
should be a home, the former that it should
be an idol, and she boWed unresistingly down
to the image she had herself Set up, without
Once suspecting that the mile word home'
was in her keeping but an empty sontid„ Her
hu.band, when . his hours of labor was over,
felt- as if be hnd fairly won a -happy evening . ,
but he Was ever i)fretidingagainst . her rules
of propriety, and therefore betook himself to ,
a public house, where le was . , an object ,of.
cOnSideration, Which he - never • Wait ' at hoine.
And thus,
i t hough. Mrs. Jones was eortside'red
a better wife than Mrs. Yates, they both, by
different_tneans,ficcoMplished one end,
of dri vi Irotu their homes domesticated-hits
.
bands. e
• Field 4 too had gained, his 'Mine; a neat
• -
little cottr'e, like those of his fellow': work-•I
Wen. \ Within; all was clean And neat, and
as;orderlyas the gambols of the children
would, perrnit, and the wife who advanced to
meet hint was ak neat a person
. as the eye i
would Wish to rest upon. •
' Well, Carrie,' Cried' Fields, gaily,' herel 1
. . .
nm, tired and hungry, wanting -my suPper—
do you .mean to give:me any r - -
• ' Whyif yon behave yourself I will; she
replied in the same tone,' and it is 'all ready
roe might as .Well , have., it, now. I should
think you needed it aftet so hot a day.'
At l.• 1
ength thecOmfortable though frugal .
meal was' ended", and the children put to bed. ,
and - then-the -little livrife came -gaily (lower 1
stairs. ' , Fields was wean-, and,had ',bleed his 1
feet npon a chair, but no frown - darkened Car- i
~
riesbroW at the sight. On the:COntrary; she i
advanced good humotedly to his side, and
inquired if she should go on 'with the' book
sholiad been reading the previous evening,
or if he would rather chat while she worked.
But the pleasure of listening to an int - m*ollg
book Was fayr,vreater to the weary man than
that of hearing. the village gossin, and soCar- •
'rie road on t till 11e.d time. .
..-.7
Time passed 4m, and with it Mrii: - Yates
-grew more Oreless and fond of gossip, Mrs. 1
Jones a innte devoted, loose slave,ttiel their I
husbands as s necessary,eOnsequerice 'grew 1
more atta-.:hed to ale-house corri - pat4'; white
Cat tie Fields punitied the even tenor of her 1
wa„':.contented,
.neat. and cheerful ? and good- I
tempered ;'• her mouse a haven of l peace and 1
happiness, to which her husband ever tettArrit
ed with pleasure, and herielf most happy in'i
making hirn,so: .
- -
Guc day parrie was btisilr engaged in
weeding herliittie‘g`anie - n, when Mrs. Yates
passed by, KM.seeing.her, paused • 'to chat a
-'
. ,
‘ You hare'• not seen t he new cloak Fields
bought me on my birtioday,' said Carrie. '
isro, rye not, but come in now,'. and
Urs.Yates entered.
Upon . my Word it. isi a pretty Cloak ;:I
wish I could affordsucli. , one,' • said Mrs.
Yates. •. 4 :And nieelyoit have everything
around, con. I wish I could be so comfort
able.' - ' • •.°-
` And why shotad you not ?`•said Carrie,
' your itushiind ha A i s the same wages as mine.'
'Alt I hutt vonr hushunfl does ;not, spend so
much of liSlmoneY at the public house.
• No, he never eUter,, it. .• • ; •
• ' And when' they were both Married,
i every Way said -mine was the best tittelt,!he
. cause Yates WAS tire 'steadiest *man. I can't
think bow youtoanage to keep him alt. home.'
' By making it, neat, clean and eonifortable
, by . letting him find- his supper waiting fur
him, and his wife and children read y l to wel
l-come
. him and keepifttn Coilipaity.'. 1 . . ..
I Mrs. Yates stood for a moment silent and
iself-convinced. She 'said little to Mrs.. Eields,
Ibut bidding her : soon 'good-bye` sped borne,
I nesolving . as She went that if her bmsband's
I reformation • depended on her, it should be
I -
I set about'without arty delay. •
1 :That evening'at the usual hour the . three
i men returneato Bell Air ; .Fields jesting on
the way, fot bis heart was light, the others
dull and weary, for they were exhausted by
I their day's work, and 'had no bright home-
I thoughts to cheer them. At length Yates
parted ftom his companions - cad sauntered •
sl ow ly hOtneward, knowing that however
!• .
late bemi,ght be, he was always too soon.,
• Al !ail be re:uihed his home, but stood still
! in astonishment- at. the scene before bin), _al
'tmist -doubting whether he bad not
.entered.
the wrong door.' The t:0In war: swept 'and
dusted, and every thing 'was put in its prop
er pla ' the supper ready and the children
neat. ' .
~
But fl next motnent hii wife entered, aid'
he knew his home again, for, her own dress'
was a matter that amid all b a r reformation
'ked.
she had suite. iwerloo - . But those •ahe
had ,effected tmfficed for thitime, for, pleased
*ilk etrWooted comfort her ist*tad - remain-
ett eemteatenteda trite**. :
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was Mrs. Yates. She looked upon the victo
ry as already gained; and great was her dis
appointment on the following : evening . Yates
Went to the public.house. . The.next..mor
rt,
.', ing she took her way to Mrs. Field's ;cot
age to communicate to her the hopes - and.
fears. Of the last t•wo OM
' You mast not below d u hearted, said Car
rie, only go on in the way you have begun,
and before long your busbnnd will sit at
home of an evening as happy and contented
as"mine.does:
Do you really think so t' said Mrs. Yates,
wiping away the tears.
To he surel do,
.said Carrie gaily, and
now I'll tell you what 111 do; 11l lend you
a hook; read a little of it to Mr. Yates of an
evening, and when It is ended you shall hare
another:.
Thank you,' and Mrs. Yates departed
Carrie looked after her a moment; anti then
calling* hei back exclaimed:
• i‘ Whatever you. do Mrs. Yates don't forget
to put - on a clean gown before evening.!
Mrs. Yates took both pieces of advice—she
put on a clean gown, and she read the book,
antl,they both answered excellently; Carrie
had proved a prophet, and at the end of a
yearnr two both seemed leformed, and were
as happy and peaceful in :their neat little cot
tage a;- any eimple in Bell. Air..
Meanwhile? months came_, and Went, - , and
brought no spell upon their wings; for Johe,;'
happiness. One evening there liad been the
usual display cf great anger fot little sins,
When Jones, +lry Of the share that fell up
on himself, puSlred back the chair, and rising;
turned. to leave the house.]
' And now, Observ.eil Mrs. Jones, drily, I
stippoe becaue you arc not allowed to make
ef(lytliing in a mess;,you are 'going to the
. publie : house to spend your tnOney.'
No, rviilied lie quietly, I am going down
to Yates': .
To Yates', tepiied his wife, contempt u=
ously. Truly' you luqe a good taste to
choose a dittv_hOuse like that!
- 4 MrS. Yates sloes not keep a dirty house
now ; it is as neat and clean r.s any one need
to see, and whatis more she lets her husband
lire inpeace and quietness and - goOd'tempe r.'
. - 1 3 eace, epliet !ICS!' and goodtemper. How
thele words echoed in Mrs.. - Joues' ears long
after her .husband had left the,house. Yet
peace, qujetrie.sliand good temper; conscience
whispered-to her; were not to bC
// found in
her dwelling. There was an error somewhere
and she' had always been used to 'itscribe' it
wholly : to her• husband, but could it be pos
sible that it existed as much, perha;;ts. more,
in herself ? -
Mrs. Jones took ebunsel of bone sas;e her
own heart and conscience, but in the end
th - ey . guidcd Ltr aright, .though Painful indeed
were the efforts made to follow their dictates
k i nd much it , cost •her sacrifice even in
part the habits which had irrown upon - her
until they ahnost seemed a part of herself.--
. Rut time and good intentions. on both sides
lobtrrlit back the peace Intl happiness which
s . eemed to)mve deserietd their dwelling,• 'and
at length the faces within grew as fright as
the tables which was ready to mirror .them;
for th.ti neatest'cottag . . e in I3ell. Air became
one of its cheerful best loved homes.
. .
• . At five o'elockron Than'kivitig morning,
Deacon Wilson arose as was his wont. No
holiday made any change in his house.' Yet
he no longer sprang from - his bed with the
nlacrity which changed . duty to pleasure; he
arose because imperious necessity commanded
it. There were the cattle to be fed and wa
tered, and the poultry to receive the same at
tention; and.there was, moreover. a fire to
be built in the huge old kitchen fire plitce.,
-Fo'r the deacon had .no servant or help
er, nnd:in the grey %slitter of his life; the
wl4 burthen of managing Its place hnd bit
ten Op his shoulders. Fortunately they were
-and strong—fortunately his constitu
tion vas good, his spirits elastic, and his
pi
-etc sincere, for his burthetts- and • trisls were
indetid weiglity. He had been comparative
ly was now in embaressed eircurn
stamies. He hat looked fot'ward to the-time
witeti a, son should relieve him of the most
lab,.”-lops of his toils, while a diughter
fAirmild the situae . kind .office for his wife.— -
Both ihad been disappointed—and -now the
Old'couple were the solitary tenants of that
old Niew-England farm-house.
This :deacon went mechanically about his
ucnini,r lalpors ; be drove the cattle to ..the
wateri t tank; he•supplied• them with fresh fod--
der, r#wl'after Seeing that they, were comfort
aide,. he returned to the old kitchen. By this
i
time the g ood life had prepared a breakfast,
•and a genial fire of walnut was diffusing its
heat through the apartment.
The old couple'sat down to/breakfast, af
ter* blesiing by Abe farmer, but the meal
passed off in silence. It Was, followed by . a
re t
fervent prayer and s the_rea ing of a 'portion
of the Scripture . After t tis, they adjourned ,
to the •sitting , :room, whe a good. fire was
burning, and where the dame . assumed her'
knitting, one of Acme incomprehensible pieces .
of female industry which seem to ; hive nei
ther beginning .or \end. _
• Well,' said she, with a sigh, ' this .is
Thstuksgiviug day. It dont' seem • like old
tunes at *lk We used to have is house full
of company, frolicsonie young folks and
cheerful old company—and now we are all
alone—alone!t
'Last Thanksgiving,' said the old man,
'TWO vilmefve with 11C, who Nome& ie wr.e,
Montrose, tonittn, yienn'a, parstrun sCorning, Pemba 13, 1855.
A Ski!lrk from Real Life.
old eyes, like an angel.,of light;, with
fairy golden hair - floating like glory on
,shoulders, and her.little foot making m
as she moved about the Louse. Bute e
then there was a hectic flush on. her ch
like the red upon the maple leaf in auto
When IheJanuaty snows lay deep upon
hills, and in the.hollows, we carried he
her last home-but God's will be done.'
, You forget that you 'laic another c
alive.' •
•
No, I do not forget it,' said the old
bitterly. '` There is : . one living somewh
who has brought disgrace upon'Our nam
who has folgotten hia parents and his G
who ha 4 drunk
. deep of the Zup of inip
and who has biougnt ruin and woe upon
name and family.'
Do not speak se harshly of poor Willi I
pleaded the mother. •
Why - ,shOuld I not! Was be not in
. Bible to kindness—steeled against affecti!
Did . he not eßatter my hard earnings to
winti I Is It not to him that I owe the p
pect , of beggary and destitution
ber the. first day of February. That is the
day of grace.. If the money comes not t
—and God knows from whence it is to ell
-=—we are driven from beneath this :roof. '
—a pair of homeless beggars., Who.
care for us then V • •
• God will care for us,' answered the
woman, going her eyes reverently to I
The 0141 man made no reply, for his u
ance Oas choked. At that moment the
clock that stood in the: corner, struck
hbur of nine. The de,a4ln arose, _
' It is time to harnesS up old •Dobbin,'
he for we. hale a long way to ride I to tat
log, and the roads are in a bad condition.'
i
- 4 Their preparations - were Soon made, and
the 9id couple, poorly but . decently' attired,
sallied forth to their public - devotion. The
services ended, the deacon and his wife, its
they, isstied from church; were kindly greeted .
by_Marty. old friends and neighbors, mote
than one of whoa) pressed them to come and .
partake of - their . Thanksgiving cheer. But
the deacon shook his head.
• ' Many thanks, friend,' he said,' b L itt ever
since I have been a householder I have kept
my Thanksgiving at liome,.and I shall cone
tinueto. do so, as long.as I have a house over
my head.' •
So . they rode home together.
.While the
d - eacOn• drove up to_tbe barn.to put up. his
• ,
horse, the old lady
.opened ; the baCk door,
avltirh .was always on the latch,. and entered
the kitchen. As she did so, she started back.
A stranger Was Seated. by the kitchen fire,
who rose on her entrance. •He was tali,
stalwart man dressed in a rough suit, with
a 'broad-leafed :hat, his countenance embroWn
i ed by exposure - to the 'sun and wind, and his.
1 upper lip almost concealed by a heavy and
i luxuriant black moustache.. _
luxuriant black
' Good In - omin.; ma'am' said- he with
:Some etobarres.snient.. ' Finding no one ari
-1 swered inykrocks,l took the liberty of walk
ingin. I believe 1 owe you no apology, for
I have offli?ated as turn-spitotnd . sayed your
' Thanksgivi . hg turkey' from . buroing.
' I, am vei l. much obliged to you, l a m sure,'
-
answered ti e old lady pulling of her mittens.
1
'But did you not Want to see me' or the
deacon r- I - ' • .
. ' Both oflyou,' answered the *stranger.,
' You hake a sea, I believe.'
' Pies,' replied. Mrs. Wi !son,. wi th hesitation,.
andasting-down her eyes. ' i
' r 1 171VC seen him lately.' .
. '
I' Where r inquired the mother, with in_
', creased azitation.
. .
' le California.' .
.. .1
' Was he doing well I'
I ' Admirably. Mother! mothet ? added,.
1 impetuously throwing back his hat,' don't
l you know me--don't . you know your Will
iam I' . . . , .
Efe 'rushed into Itis motiver'a anns and wail
clasped tolier beating heart, while the.. tears
streamed freely from the' eyes of both. , Af
ter the first passionate greeting was over, the.
~
young roan asked--
• Where is sister Emmy r • .
'.Gone ?answered the Mother as her tear&
flowed forth anew.. ' . '
William sank into a seat, and -hiding his .
face in his hands, wept bitterly . . The mother
did 'not attempt. to cheek - him. She knew
those tears were precious. _
' And my father r asked the young man,
when he had gained his composure.
'He is well. But you had better retire
for a while. Go to your old room; my son,
it is: justas you left it,'and wait until !I sum
mon you. . . „
.. ~
'lt was . with a fluttering heart that - the
[ overjoyed mother went about the* prepara
tions for -dinner, and when the - table wo
neatly set, every dish in its •plaes,, and the
turkey, smoking hot, waiting to be carved,
-she summoned the old man. He made his
appearance at once, and took-his, Seat.
Glancing round the table, he asked—
' What..is this, wife? you have set plateS- for,
three.
. .
' I thought perhaps somebody might drop,
in unexpectedly'
' There is little danger -7---hope, I mean, of
that,' answered the deacon sadly.
'At this juncture, Mrs:Wiison, with a Mys
terious expression.. rang the little hand Vell,
with which in happier days,she had wont to
summon her fluky children to their meals. ,
• Itlwei answered by the appearance of the
long folk Willis*. .
‘'
. Thideacoo ' who • rear/nixed hitit after a
aidavina, - 0261 - Oda itiaa with a Aka . tie,
IbUt a quivering lip that betrayed the force of
hiS ill-stippressed emotion.: •
- - .
So you have Come baac at last,' he said.
- ' Yes, father, but not as I left you. Fath
er,last Thanksgiying day - I went into my
lonely room adtihere falling on my knees
addressed rntiae . I? to Heaven, and solemnly . ab
jured the fatal cup Which had brought ruin
upon Mei and woe - upon this once happy fam
ily. Froth that day to this I have not•tuuch
ed adrop. IS my probation enough t . - Can
you now welcome back yonr son and bless
him I'
'Bless him-I yes I yes ! bless you, my- dear
dear'boy,' mid - the old deacon, placing his
tret
1.1
bring hand en the dark . locks of the
ple.d'er..-'You are welcome, William, though
yo have come only to witness the downfall
of Ur house.' • .
Not so, father,' answered the young man
>uslv. ' I bare come back to save you
- ~.
o atone for my prod i gality - for all my
emirs. It was this hope that sustained -me
in the lone heat of the Sierra Nevada, When I
ryas pantingwith thirst and dying of. hunger.
Thoughts of homes ofyou and mother, and
of her who is now one of Gods angels, ena
bled me to conquer fortune. I have' come
back with a store of guld—you . shall not be .
- a beggar in your old age; father,_ we 'shall
keep the farm.' -. ' . .
After this, it is unnecessary to add, that
joy entered the - old NeW-England homestead.
It was a chastened joy, for the shaclows of the
past yet mingled with the sunshine . of the
present, but the felicity- which - attended the
prodigal's return was enough to compensate
for many sorrows.—[Bostfin Olive Branch.
her
her
The. Three Jolly Husbands.
- Three jolly husbands, out itt - ;,the . country,
by .tl:e names of Titn Watson; - `J , )eßrown,
and Bill Walker, sat late one evening
.drink
ing at.the village tavern, until being 'pretty
well corned, they agreed that each One on
retiring home shoidd do the first thing that
his wife told him, •in default of Whie,h Ile
should the next morning pay — his bill. They
then separated fur the night, engaging to
meet again the,'ilext 'morning and give' an
ilionest, / aCCount of their' proceedings at'home„
so far as • they related to the bill. •The.: next
moraing.Walker and brown were early at
their posis, but it was some time before Wat
son made his -appearance. Walker began
hfirst : •
• .
"Idu see 'when I entered my house the
candle was out; and the fire giving (it/ ti
vlimerinfr light, I came near walkiric , into a
pot of batter' hat The pancakes were to
madel4 in the :naming. My wife,- who was
dreadfully out of Infludr- said i 6 me saretip.a.
calls: • : . •
"Bill, do put your foot in the bitter:"
"lust as you, say, Magay," I, and
without the least licitatioti. I put my; foot.in
the pot of batter, and then went tb,bed.!'
.‘"ext,Tye Brown told his story :
My wife bad already retired in our usual
sleeping room which adjoins the kitchen, the
door of which Was ajar; not being able to
navigate thornghly, you know, I thade a
dreadful clattering among the bousebiltl fur
niture, and my wife in no pleasant tone, bawl
ed our: -
"Do break the pudden p0t...!"
• "No sooner said than done, I seized hold
of the pot, and striking it against the chim
ney jamb, broke it in a hun.dred pieces. Af
ter this exploit, I retired to rest, and got a
curtain lecture all night for my pains."-
It was now Tim Watson's turn to give an
account of himself, which he did with a very
long'face as follows:
•" My wife gave me the most unlucky com
mand inthe.world : for I - was . bltindering •up
stairs in the dark, when . she eried ont : -
" Do break your neck, do, Tim !"
- " I'll be cursed. if I do, Kate," said 1,. as I
gathered myself uLi3. -" I'll sooner ..pay .the
bill." . And so landlord, here's the catli for
you ; and this is the last time I'll ever risk
five dollars on. the command of my Wife.
Popping the Qumtion:
Speaking of popping the question,' we
don't know but what it would be fairly in
order to' writing iu' the following from an
exchange:
‘ Bo sure before you comenee cooing. 7--
Our friends T—and S- 7 7--, one evea
ing met at the house of an acquaintance of .
some young ladies for wh - om both gentlemen
entertained tender feelings. In a - spirit Of
frolic one of the - young - ladies blew out the
lamp, and our friends thinking thisa favora
ble movement to make known their feelings
to the f;iir object of their regard, moved Seats.
at the same time, and placed . themselves as
they supposed by the lady's side, but she had
also moved, and the gentlemen were in real
ity seated next to each .other. As our fiends
could not whisper - without betraying
.their
svitereabouts they both gently took, as 'they
thought, the soft hand of the 'fair 'charmer
and which after a - while they ventured a
. .
gentle squeeze, each was surprised to . find . it
returned with an unmistakable pressure.—
It may be well - imagined that the . triOrnents
flew rapidly, in the . silentinterehange mu
tual affection. But the rest wondered at the
unusual silence of the gentlemen, one of them
noisleisly stepped out and suddenly returned'
with a light - , and there sat our friends'T
and most lovingly , squeezing each
others hand' and supreme 'delight beaming
in 'theireyes.. Their
_consternation,. and the
ecstacy - of the ladies, may be imagined,' but
not described. Both gentlemen sloped, and
-*as afterwards heard 0 say thathO
thought all the • while ll* felt
4i4.)
A Tough Witness.
_Proseenting. Attpruey—tMrs:, Parks, state
if you please, - Whether you have ever - known.
the defendant to follow any Profession." . •
," He's been sriiro&ssor ever .since- I bane
known him." • • • .. •
_
•"Prefessor of whit." _ •, - •. _
"Of religion."
" You don't, understand tue, Mr.
What does be do t" :
"Generally What.he pleases." • I
"Tell the jury, Mr: Parks, wbakthe defend- -
ant follows." • • ' . •
" Gentlemen of the jury, tIo defendant fol
lows the crowd when they go in to '
"Mr. Parks, tills kind of prevarication
will not, do. here. Now state how this defend
ant' supports himself."
." I saw Win last' night supporting himself
ar.,Painsta lamp-post - " - .
" May .it please your s4uor, •:this witness
has shown' a disposition .ito. with -the
Court." -•- •
Judge=" Mr. Parks, state!, if you know any
thing about it, What the dcfendant'a.occupa :
lion is." • - - r .
" Occupation' did you say V'
- Council—" Yes, what is !Ili occupation IT
If Lain't mistaken, be axupids a garret.
sornewherb in town" r . •
`,Tildes all, Mr: Parks."
Cross
•
Cross exiiminecl---"",Mr. Parks, I understand
you to say_that the i defendant is.a prof es sor
of religion. Does his practice correspond with
his profession I" - '-
"_ I never heard bf any . correspondent or let
ters passing between them." '
"You said - something abotrt, his proPensity
for drinking. Does ho drink hard i"
".No I think le drinks is,easy as any- man
I ever saw." • , '
- "One more question; fir. Parks. You have
known' the defendant rt•lf.ng /time; What
tire- his habits—loose. or 'n%thera'iser
:" The one he's got on now;• L thihk, is rath
er tight under the arms, and tovshortivaisted
for'the fashion." • _ _
You can take your seat, Mr. Parks."
AVOID SLANG WORDS.--‘ There is no wit,'.
says the 'anthor of:the behavior book. ',lnn'
lady to say snooze,'„ instetul of a nap—in
c Ring
.pantalooons pants,' or gentlemen
' gent saying Of a man whose dress' is,
old, that . he looks seedy,'-and - . in alluding
to an amusing anecdote, or la diverting
dent, to say that is rich.' All • slang words
are detestatie from the Ups of We
are always sorry to liear a young lady use - such
a word policing,' when she tells! of having
engaged in •a certain dunce; ,1.60 fashionable
not long since, but happily, new is going.out,
and ;din 04 banished from -
To her honor, beit-remembered, Queen 'Vic
toria has prohibited the polka being danced
in her presence. how can a genteel girl
bring herself to say, • Last• I was pOlkiug
with Mr, Bell,' or 9tr. Pope came and ask-;
ed me to Polk With him' Its coarse and ill
sounding name is worthy of the , dance.
We have little tolerance for; young
ladies, who, having in•realityneither. wit nor
humor; set upfor both, and, having nothing
the right stock to' go upon; substitutes,
coarseness and itnpertinance,(not to say int
-pa lence.),and try to excite Daughter, and -
tract the attention of gentlemen, by - talking'
slang.
.Wheredo . they pick it -up f .Yront
low newspapers, or frOttrvulgar books ?
Surely not front low coMpanions. We
have
heard of one of these ladies, when her . collar
chanced - to be pinned awry, sar that it. WAS
pinned on drunk--also, that her bonnet was
drunk, meaning crooked on her - head, When
disconcerted; she was' floored' When sub- 7
mining to do a thingunwillingly,-she was.
brought to the scratch: • Sometimes she did
things on : the Sly.' She talked Or a certain
great vocalk 'singinglik%a beast' 4 7 .
lieved it very S mart and pitjunnt to us:4 , t4se
vile expressioni. It is true when at parties,
"she always had half a dozen gentlemen ahauf
.her, their cariosity being.eXcited' ipt
she would say next. - . .And :yet she was
man of many good qualities ;aiid One Who
boasted of having always lived . - in Society'
The Ladies. Paj7er.. . .
Timm; Ecos.—There is no difficulty
whatever in testing eggs. Take them into
a moderately dark room, and hold them be;
tween the eye and a candle or lamp. If the
egg is good—that is, if the albumen is' still:
unaffected,the light will shine throughwith a
reddish glow, while if the egg is'affected it
will be opaque or dark; A, very fear trials
Will show the simplicity of this method: In
Fulton an 3 Washigton markets a man may
be seen testing eggs at almost, any time in
the year. 'He has a tallow candle placed
under a counter 'or desk, and taking up the
eggs, three in each hand; passes. 'rapidly be,
fore the candle and deposits them in anotier,
box. His practised eye quiekly pereeitea
the least want of clearness in the egg* ' d
susOcious ones are re-exantinO, and thro, n
away or passed to a `'doubtful box.' .1.
The process, is so rapid, that we. -have seen
eggs inspected perfectly at the lite of onelto.
two hunted per minute,or as fast as they
could be shifted from one box : to, another
three at a time.—American .ttgricsatttrolisk
Sarmotorat,.-4,lrs. Child - once - heard
young girl remark to her ,
like of all things iii , be.morrieri,:jf kcould:be
gummy husbiad would dial') a lortUigbtitbea
I should acoid the clivreee of beiag, an: old
aud,get rid of the resiOut and trouble
of w married !ire! 79 01 0 3 49' h ad x.
&11 I;4'l' 6-(ooart4.l.lelAodo.,
+: . :i .:- ...4,, .'-'
attune _l2
Cheap -A4Terti#llll*
It ha's I.4come . quitel'ashioindae: for deftt v
era to paint their cards upon-side: aralles„
Yester4ay \we wain ailinsed nide lutndietsit
of iCHirte vrag,iisb
nesa - caid.'l;picted upon a flag4torie;-patietiiiii' 4l
over it hi flat black
IN itiliollY Rli
by- way of prefer. ' :: 1 - ' 'sl - !•'; ~;,,,
rieAW s'aw a man beat at this game it V4Ol--'
r; thi other d:s-..1 1 -Upcin the Mite. - wail
t epot, was painted in bigietteh, :-•'.--'1.•.`5.
04 TO MARIO/AMS . • • .
under Which 60113 . 46 , mi had painted;
IF YOU IVANT. TO BY Tams . risk.
This beati the "inak medicine man..
. TAKE DR. lIODENSICK I S .. TLLE AMR
along came : a track.vander, ,Lick, u
derit, so as to continuese
PREPARE TO Iran iroim oolk.
'A friend at our elbow suggests' 441!
saw in Brooklyn, the other! day, a postitx
reading, -
LECTURE To NIGHT Di DR. C: nit g ,
under which protruded, iii big red ettera,t;4
TES MOST succassrit VEKMITCGE 4 %t
gratis advertisers maras
Cross - readings ,-- Detroit Advertiser,
The Emperor of
~
Faith in his star is ge albtioatinating t''.4;
viction. tools XL had not firmer reliandiPi .
on his leaden angels' than Loofa Napoleiiii:
on a certain ' lucky' penny' he got from 11 - •
Norwood gipsey,.rapresenting herself 'ts the
grand-dauthier of that zingaro Who - foretold
that Jciftphine would be xi empress Pik' -
eribing his agnisitioti of 'that enchanted; coin,'
one day, shottly After his cicapttr from -Raul, '
when a very disconsollte;l66king ail' about'
.
town here , and being asked what he t a -
1 h tight ;
would becotne l pf.him4:--he replieit he 'bait.
not the. El niallesi doubt the-ptedieticiiiof tiiii i -
fortune-teller would be fulfilled, that het woidd'-' ' ',
.
become Eniperorof the F4nch, the - - arbi , teik- 4 ..
l
i.
of Europe, and dioby the , and of o •sromaul . :'
'now redicalone, you exel im. - Well, 'is--it"'
any more so than his . who c career for 'tie
last 'seven years would have sounded if rists;."
i .
kenof as a thin g of possibility: seven pistil:-
-\ -
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ITIMIS FOR inn LADIES.—Lt!dy Tender! wilt::'
the following - hints' be useful I ,I3rittai4a,.l .
should be fir 4 rubbed .. geutliwith- a teciol,:',k
cloth and sweet oil; then washred in warm eude, . .1
and rubbed with soft- leather and _whiling:.
Thus treated, it will retain its. beauty. tir...the . ,
last. , New' itodshould he gradually: beetk .. .
first; after it I_hecOm l O inured with ~ th i e ~
-heat it iii not li 13 , to crack. It is a. good
Ifplan to put ne ,earthen . ware . into *liter and :.....
let it heat. gradually until it..boils- 7 thert,- cool
again. , Brown earthen ~ ware,. particullOy,..: -.-
may be toughened in this way4A Inendful, ,, ,
.of - Wheakor rye bran thrown in while boiling.., '
11 = - thel so ,th a t ' it . ll i.b
'al ,pre.erNeg ;mug s . , t rat ert ;no
._ 1, .
destroyed by-acid or salt: • Clean a brass'ket t .',
Ile before u-.mg it for cooking, with salf_andi
rine , Yar. The Oftener - e'h
ken the
~ carpets 4T 8 a ~
longer they will wear:. The dirt-that college
under them grinds out 'the - threads.... If pit .. 1
wish to preserve fine teeth, alwaysclean them
~
throughly after you have eaten your last peel
at, night. Woolen . should- h - e washed in very 1 .
hot suds, and noiiinsed.- - --Luelewerm ' . :Oretei... ,
shrinks. woolen goods. Never allow asheiitii,be':.
takep up in wood or,,Pnfinto woOd. -- Allays . •
have Your matches apd lampreedy kte......* :
- of sudden Marin. Havelinperia it P ‘ atteoelt . .
together,where you can lay you bitude.,..o. 3 , _
them at once in case of fire. rtto i)rA . , irrao . _ - /J
knives and forks in woolens.... Steel_is injured' .
by laying in, woolees• ...Old bread : =Sy be.:
..,
made'almost as geodes new by dipping :t4 . , , - .
loaf in cold water, then puttingit in'tcert ,
after the bread indrawn,:or in. a itorre . *kii k -
let it heat through. Isinglass is mmost. de.ti;'...
salt;,` satesate starch m
for fine muslin. , _When boiling .
common atarch, sprinkle in a little fine t;
it will prevent its -sticking:- Some ' *0 '64'.
An iMfOrtunate vietim'of unrequited - rotiii•-•
signs in this lamentable strain -
"I'll throw myself into the deep `lrint',
ocean, "where mud-eels and eat-ikh :on Inv.
body shall riot; there Roundly' slumbitiL ,
beneath the. rough billow, and 'dabs withocat..-
number; crawl o'ei my -pillow.' But
spirit Shill wander through gay anal bowenv
and frisk with the ennaids-4-it shall, 14 th. ,
e
,
,
rn
powere - - '
Zir At an'auotion sa)e Ina .101011 tArirai:-
a-trunk wu - putup;_wheu one a a-PartY.
Irish laborers observed ton cotniNstkinu7.7"-.Pat,, ,
I thinic,you should .buy that. truak t •-• ..! 1 •413e, •
what.ahou4 dh with it r replied I, ll at, witk,
some degree of, astonishz,nent:,"rm, raih
eloth:3s le it>" _acs hip.
gazed on hint with a rook bwriab,:s4
then, with that ',Annie 'elf-4 4miv . ,
. 14004
peculiar to a sou of the Lirootd Isle t iaetakopt,
--" an sto,uctked:'
Any - zot. toro. -100,, aie raid.
s ' - -.to- ~ - b o- --4'
'
:kind lnd gftlieras if -there `
is.: 4-4Y.'''at•
school who has a club fOot s .dclet /et lii9/ knOlt ,
19 11.- t?0? Say/ it. 11 . - thorf . il4 ; I. boy ,wit h
, MP .
god- clothe, Aon't. talk about ragsi, lii : kop, ,i -
ine. ' If t here is a lame boy l i Aafga -44,..?14* -
some part of tbo game whie ciaff.pp . ktkriNr
ruutiing. If Owns is It hupglypw-g!.**4
part, of you!. dinner; -1 ,f,t4 1 ik a . 4ukiep*,,.
1
help bite get, ii !lheetafit - * ll- _
,tI4, 101 5 1 ,1:; f
will'abow by tbeire.otokbpwkbes, how lifp!at.,..
better_ it is to tom 4 41tott* tbait
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