Otor# A. 4 tt Last, ,abli44r', ottrg. , N ' An :Angel of Patience:. . • 'Beside the toitSodte. way, -I . -; - • . , Lowly and sad, by. fruits. and flower ablest, - Which my tone . feet tread Sadly, ti '' by 11 ~1 0 ;I- ... . 1 ' ' I.oaging in vain for relit. ; - i k i An angel softly Wallcs, • ' • ,With pale, aWeet Mee, and eyes cast meekly • down, 'The while• from withered leaves , and flowerless - stalks • " 'she *eaves My fitting crown: A slowitit ad patient graee„,_ A WI of firm endurance true and tried, Or suffering meekly borne, rests . on her face So pure—so glorified. 9, And when my fainting heart Desponds and murmurs at its adverse fate, Then quietly the nugel's-bright part, Murmuring-softly . 4 Wait.' Pfttleoceer she meekly saith— TePather's mercies never come too late, Gird thee with patient strength and trusting And firm endurance wait'." istellantons. illainors of the Rail. Passovers 1;y. the r likoad: who - travel Inuel:.t..have,--intlered not a little ; this • winter frOm . detentions occasioned .by l 'snow storms and snow drifts. We chanced to be one, of a coackload that was leleagued,,. a week or two ago, - for about three hours. on the., - Cen- Aral road.' - A light snow had fallen the night before upon the,mass of old ` snOw, - and the witfd springing up and blowing a gale, .the track was filled in in a deep cut. An army of knights of the shovel were soon on hand, And while- they were quarrelling with the drifts thepassengers:attempted to ' kill time.' They succeeded pretty'. well. tAnd elderly, jocund looking gentleman took 1 his turn to warm himself by the stove. While enjoying this luxury. he suddenly exelaiMed : • This is the meanest country 11 was ever. in . • • in my lifer .1 ' • .-. Presently he broke Out .• • I never did see such 'a mean; country as this is!. have heard Jell of York State, be fore. ThiS'is• the firsftime I . wa'seyer in it, • and' Ido hope it will .be the last :1' This remark aroused a cadaverous gentle. - man near by, who had been fOr fiYe minutes ~engaged in -devouring an -apple: • Said he: . • Don't see what you find to . Make • a ftis 'about--can't see anythine, from the windo,ks of the,cars that is derogatory to I New York al a State' • . . 'Can't .eh.?' exclaimed 'our grumbler.—,, Welk I can I see_enouth toclist,T s ust the with it, and to make me, wish Lli.sd never seen so -mean a State as Your State is! . At this a New Yorker fired and sung out: ' ' ~ • See heii; my friend'!'What is the mat ter with NeW:York I' ,_. -- .Mattel!' replied the other ;finntter elm A! "f ere is New York—the Empire . 0 S b bight and wealthiest State in the= r -., :,-' • We all know that-- Of course you do—no disputing: it ; but aid was saying --here .is New ,York, this 'great State, boasting of het square miles and her millious of population, and yet so mean that she eatet afford but three feet 0., snow on a level ! ! I detest such a State A roar of laughter followed this unexpect ed announcement, One old chap sung out : ' Say, Mister !' ' Say, what P . 'Say this. Yon talk about "snow. Ain't it, eep enough for you here 'I HOW deep is is where you cum from 1 Where did you co t r from I um a c nywayf' efrom the Superior Cunt r.y.' _ How deep's the snow tip your way r Deep ? Bless you; my .dear old boy We don't pretend to live anywhere where it ' ain't twentv-two feet on the level `and as to drifts! talk, about your Peak of T eneriffe and Himmalaya mountains ! Mere knolls com pareed with thein r They all idt , Old Superior' go, after that. Another old fellow insisted that the snow was deep enough in Otsego county to suit any body. He said' when: the third - storm came, the sclx)imaster was boarding out his peek with him. He stopped five.',weeks, and then began to' get uneasy. The school house was half a mile away. .One morning peda gogue determined 'to travel out - and find the _school rouse. He started en the icrust. and and after traversing the usual ronte, and get - Ping into what,..be believed to be the irn ;mediate vicinity' of the school house. he was pon-plussed., No building was in sight.— Ile thought it one timb that be hild found it but the object that attracted ,hiS attention turned out to he the top of a maple tree.—. Bearehing round further, he suddenly slump ed through the snow and laniel in the school room! Two days afterwards the trus tees drew him out with a rope ! Well: exclaimed another mat, 'this is a winter that Clay and Webster Would have enjoyed if they hadbeen alive? I Clay and Webster r cried out; a dozen ; ',what on earth'has this winter got to do with thetal !.. A good deal,' he replied ; it is a nation al winter. It knows' no north, nn south, no east, no west. Tbey are skatintr, in Florida, buried in snow in New Yoik, all ice and cold on the Mississippi, and are havitut considers- We winter down east. Just at this moment, the snow having been