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Pons the . Western Literary Messengei.
'PROGRESS, AND TRI.
VISIP O O OF CIIRISTIANSTY
IT J. W. NUM.
Peace rested o'er Judea,
And no more on hill or plain,
E c h oe d the charger's ringing tramp,
_ The warrior's shout again;
And Linos' Temple gates were closed,*
' Imperial Rome once more,
Had shaken from her brow the cloud
`Of years of etrre before:
Her banners gaily. proudly•waved
• Their ample folds oriligh!
And peace within her lordly halls,
L
Dwelt 'neath a cloudless sky.
Then rose upon the eastern heavens,
A bright and glowing flame;
From Bethlehem's star of hope and trust,
Its living radiance came.
'Teem greeted with a holy zeal •
Which knew no dawning ray,
It rested o'er the holy spot
Whetelue Redeemer lay.
• Those whie had watched that star reveal
Its glories in the sky,
sent forth a loud and thrilling strain
Of mingled harmony.
A shoat of praise and thinks to him
Who unto cerththad giyen,
-A beacon light to cheer.end guide
Out:wandering souls to heaven.
1 g,lorions hallelujah !
A loud resounding strain,
Bleat with the breeze o'er Juda's hills
And echoed back again.
They greet'ed soon that , blooming child -
Upon his lowly bed.
Who were by that bright, missive. star
Of hope and promiseled. ,
'Then - beettheir aged forms to earth,
Their hearts were freely given,
h warship to that holy one, -
thild of earth and heaven.
* * * * *
Bat time !cited on, the scene was changed, •
From infect years how far estranged,
Wes he Witose . ever guiding star
Pointed to heaven's high throne afar !
Whose onward patio manhood's clime
Had been to toil through weary time, •
And on his pure, white brow to wear
The signet of depressing care. •
Care whose hark sable hues had thrown
Their shadows o'er his pathway lone,
And deepening with each coming ray
Shed by the beaming God of day, '
Hid borne to earth his spirits down
(Who wears on high the palmy crown.)
Until he wept—kwas not that soon
He saw that garrien's hoer of gloom, •
The mocking leimag,e,—the deep scorn,—
The wreath with many a piercing thorn,
The Roman spear,—the blood,—the
The shrouded, sky, those scenes were all
In his deep prayer for others given,
Who sought no glowielg trust in heaven,
Remembered not,—or if there came
Those visions o'er his burning brain.
Bops' cheered him on,—hope pure and high
!Awl bright as the etheteal sky.'
Till
Till ahrank be not from that dread scene .
'Wild" ma far Calvary's height was seen,
When mole* convo6ive heaving,' appke
Of suffering othiea the dead awoke,
And that strong Templets walls were riven,
Viten rose that feeding prayer to heaven,
•Father forgieel—enk Chat dark scene
Comes o'er my spirit - es a dream,
Whets vivid Imes no passing elated
Nor time with its dark wings an shroud
• For fancied themory's burtiing ray
Which brighter; beams from &ay to day,
Decks with nioreetleer and lucid llama
Mount Cale:rife stem height " a gain
When shrinlAng not e the Eternal foowl '
His head before that wonderieg.erowd,
Yielding bis life thsettll •beloae,
His boundless love might feet and know.
Love whose deep fullness triumphed o'er -
T.he rayles ethuda His:l:Ail way bore.
Whose gushing fount had ne'er its birth
, Upon par ,green. our smiling earth,
Whose depth ihroogh•tinse was never known
Upon our earthly pathway thrown.
-Save when it found its liadelese rest,
Within our Saviour's pitying breast.
4 0ergavionr's love,—how deep--how strong,—
Sow pare its flow, enduring long,
'The 'scoffs which unto him veto :given—
Mae lave of earth, the heir of - heaven,
[Ave which methinks most brightly -shone,
When in that nnwatched honralone,
lin prayed until hie tionpe'setred
-I dewy moisture 4rangely real ;
ENV fain - ire would the should .pass,
That lie might longer mem the blast
And 'stones of earth, for others good—
Lee passed his spirit to that good - •
Cfendless light, where clOudless skies
In their calm majesty arise !:
Where sun, nor moon, nor stars are given,
To lied wit% light God's glorious heaven.
But liewito sits enthroned above,'
Ii The calm grandeur of his love,
Fill pct that i'ur Rek,emer's life
:Shoed be prok:oged 'midst storm and strife.
-And•caltod -him hence to that tail sphere,
I W,hose glories ua t to mortal tar
'Wire 'never lkonWo t—sye all Is pat •
-And rears hare Ilearo 'WI never cut, -
-A shide to dim thateord of love
Whartemdiates from the fountabeve.
'Then shout ye 'forth beim:met :—.421410
To'heaven a glorious sung of praise.
Sid the oad titling: swell each %remit
'MU warts far o'er the dark .blue items,
'Till every mition 'neath the ran
'Shalt bow to the .eternal one :---
.18hall hail him blest who mounts : the skies>
Shall hail tie 'King of Glory rite
`To Heaven, Hie home, whose mansions volt
No sorrows know, no clouds Oareast.
le that - far realm iwilieh:knovra no glooni,.
NO chilling bondage.of the total,
fading hues which inark decay,
Are 'myna Icif glory (redly given
Vo ell who teach that balmy heaven.
• Thervisountlesii harps are tanned to raise,
Andawell atiotriphint songs or prams
IThere every voice exeunt singe.
?And halts the Saviour, King 01
‘"Towasitia, Paste.; •
-nt la saltwater historteal feat that *oink, 0 0
brae - to ITV' and eiottaistioot, treit, at the time
lef the birth - of oar Redeemer, at palms with lily
libels world;' and the Tea* of lame st
Sots% (always :open is time of ant) was thee
ski:Adler the third time only dean a period
of acre th:o hundred years.
For the Democrat
THE APPLE OF SODOM. ,
DT NELLIE CLIFTON'.
re Palestine, the holy land hallowed in the
olden time , by the presence of ,Divinity, !and
which with the sacred associations that
duster around Bethlem, and Jerusalem, and
the Mount of Olives,—a land where the east-
ern sun shinok as gloriously, where the palm
and the.oliie grows as luxuriantly, and the
flowers bloom as brightly as. when; over
eighteen cduturies ago, the Nazarene carpen
ter, in his bumble garments, toiled in the lit
tle workshop of Joseph ; or ages farther back,
ere Time was old with the burden of rears.
when Mosel gazed float a lofty mountain
down upon the "promised land;"• then, as
fair and'beautiful, in.its primal vigor, as a
dream of Eden.
In the land of David, the land of Israel,
where the very air seemed full of inspiration,
and every echo a footfall of a Diety, there is
a lake, whose sluggish waters lie deep among
hills of solid granite, standing like grim, and
hoary sentinels ; with their bleached and
sterile fronts frowning defiance at each 'other
—so deep down that the blue, arched vault'
seems to rest on each craggy peak; and the
burning sun glances fiercely down upon their
bare,and broken sides, sometimes white as
crystal with saline incrustations, and again
red as though blood had-been mingled with
the plastic stone when the hand of Infinity
filled up those huge battlements.
No sound of animal life mingles with the
sullen flashing of the bitter waters as they
dash Upon the burning, arid beach As far
as eye can reach nothing but the blinding
glare of the sunlight, falling upon inonoto
mous stretch cf glittering, white sand, and
rock, and bill, can be seen or felt.. The air
is hot and clue, and the exhalations from
the Asphaltic Lake are nauseous and suffo
cating, for not one cool, odor •laden breeze
ever creeps across that molten tomb of
wealth, and pride, and magnificence; and if
the bituminous waves- break on the shore
at your feet, you almost fancy that it is the
.eath-wail of the impious revelers, who were
drunk- with crime.and wrong, and so featful
ly punished when the cup of iniquity was full.
You go back, in .thought to' the time when
the stately palm and -lofty cedar, the Oliie
and the sycamore, the vine and the fig tree
flourished on the.ineuntain side. When this
vale was flourishing like the ruse, and em
erald verdure and rarest flowers; sparkling
streams winding their. way among green
fields, and rich pastures sprinkl with lowing
herds to pay their tribute to the silvery lor
dan-7-all bathed in the golden sunlight, and
smiling beneath the deep, blue skY . --4ormed
1 •
a picture of unsurpassable beauty. When
1 city 'vied with city in glory and power, and
the din of belay multitudes was in the crowd
ed marts, in the streets ; sud tinging through
their proud balls and dwellings; and the ju
bilant shout of revelry mingled with daring
blasphemies. Their hislory is short but
_terribly suggestive.—Tkey sinned and died?
On the banks of this nauseous sea there is
• _
a stunted shrub tliat,Mirs a tempting, golden
fruit. •it is fair anilibeautifel to the eye,
with the soft down 44' ripe Niel), and the
faint blush of the stra . ir t berry oa its lucious
cheek. The dazzled; .11 , e_' wildered traveler is
longing for the juice of the grapes of Olivet,
or the iced sherbert of Damascus to 'cool his
parched lips; and as his eye falls n lSoe this
lovely fruit, seemingly the only redeeming
feature in that barren waste, he eagerly
stretches out his band and snatches the gold
en apple, thinking to cool his fevered tongue
with the refreshingjuice. One taste and the
illusive fruit crumbles to his touch, and biller
•
ashes is all he has tasted—so fair to view,
yet c-ontainin ally black, and acrid dust.
He has learned a severe but useful lesson.,
Such is humaif happiness: Who cannot
look back upon the past as the "Dead Sea'"
of all his buried hopes, and where the flow e r s
of promised pleasure once bloomed the bitter
waters of disappointment now roll I Well can
.he remember the tempting dreams of- happi •
nese, never realized; for just as his band was
outstretched to
_clasp the prize, like the apple
of Sodom, it crumbled in his grasp, and left
only-ashes to-his taste.
The generou's, fiery youth, full of life, and
health, and high aspirations, paints' brigbi
pictures on the canvass of the future. hope
lends her aid in giving them a gorgeous col
oring. Dreams of ambition, of glory and
honor, tempt his foOtatep in wittier! paths;
and when he reaches the goal, and trium
phantly seizes the long hoped for, and eager
ly sought prize, he finds only bitterness
where he had vainly expected happiness: The
bubble .buoitr, and like the Asphaltic fruit, so
bright and golden to view, leaves ashes on
his lipa.---H.eroirs, warrior, statesmen and
even poets, have found this simile, alas! ,too
tree. From as Alexander too Bonaparte, or
Wolney and a Byron. One loaded with tri
umpb and cvnarned with victory ; with king
douse and nations as his heritage, satraps for
for his slaver, and the
, trotssures of.an Orient
ponied into his coffers, found
. his promised
bliss bet, a bitter dreg, and in a Babylonian
palace tasted the apple of Bodo:D-44nd died!
bapoleon *chained the etowbed heads of
1 •
Europa. to his triumphal chariot of human
Skulls, 4ttd riding OM , grumbling thrones
and tattering dynasties., through seas of blood,
nod torten nonvertibris tontinent into t bat
! tie Mod the Attit 4 ambitloh, that had
I tempted him on to onto* and wrong, to be
“ WE ARE ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND THE CONSTITUTION ".James Ruchkauslish
'Montrose, usquqannzt Connta, pnrshl gebrtrar g 20, 1857.
fair and golden to the eye, and at Waterlo
only ashes, and Litter dust, to the taste.
A Cardinal Wolsey, who crowned kings,
who bad nobles for his attendants; who built
temples for the Magi of learning, who imita
ted the magnificnce of royalty in the splendor
of his appointments, amid the agonies of his
dying bed, confessed•that human glory and
happiness were u illusive as the 'applf f of
Sodom. And a Byron with a genius that
gods might envy; with friends, and youth,
and high worldly rank, and a name that
Faith trumpeted to the farthermOst corners
of the earth; with ti future full of glorious
promise, and every opportunity for good and
noble deeds; on the very threshold of life,
after quaffing every cup of . pleasure to the
dregs, with bitter curses he pronounced them
all as false and unsatisfying as the apples of
Sodom.
Will hunianity never learn that the promi
ses of the siren llope are deoeitful ? Will they
never learn to look beyond the vain glitter
of earth's pomp and pageantry for-happiness?
Rather than reach with an ever.disappointed
grasp for perishable self-enjoyment, let the
hand be outstretched iu kindness auTd scm
pathy' to alleviate the suffering and misery
of our fellow beings ;:to wipe away the tears
of distress.; to aid a fallen brother in his up
ward struggle against sin and wrong, and
then will the fruit we pluck be sweet as that
which clusters ou the " tree of life" within
the garden of Paradise.
T1:Ilp TEST ;
OR LOVE IN 4 HOGSHEAD• ,
"They put everything on runners while
the snow lasts; for it does not tarry long.—
Buggy seatc, carriage tops, crockery crates—
all are in'question.. And.l even saw one of
the finest horses in the city drawing a hogs
head on wooden runners, in which were seat=
ed- a gentleman and lady. They were a fine .
looking Couple, and bore off the palm for
fast driving, as +Len. as the . most ludicrous
sleigh conveyance."—Letter from Chicago.
Ah, reader l and " thereby hangs a tale."
. It was New Year's day in that far-famed
city of the \Vest—even the New Year's day
of 'au. Since Christmas, winter had set in,
in good old-fashioned earnestness. Snow-. had
fallen to the depth of several inches, and, be
ing firm and hard, made excellent sleighing
—a rata thing iii the city.
Indeed, our winters seem sadly degenerate
of late, being much more mild and free from
t
snow, than the days of our fathers; per aps
to accommodate theta to our failing h lth
and strength; fur this latter is but too appa
rent.
* Yet this New Yeat's day- seemed more a
type of the old time. It . was cold, yet not
too cold, and the sleighing was excellek.—
Everybody that had a suitable conveyance,
or could get one, even at any price, was out
enjoying the rare sport; pot only the more
keenly for its very
_rarity. It was- indeed a
gala day; bright and beautiful overhead,
brighter and more beautiful still in the hu
tnEn hearts beating so joyously beneath
Earnest Hammond sat in his co4nting
room, busily engaged in attending to the re
ception of a large quantity of goods, just
rived. He was yoting yet, but fast rising in
1 wealth and position.
_Born iii the East,- he
I had brought with hini r all the habits of strict
attention to business which there generated.
While there was aught of that to claim his
attention, pleasure must be waived. There-
I fore, when be did give himself up to its en-
I joyments, it was with a'double zeal: Nat
urally warm hearted and impulsive, and so
, cial withal, as such persons must be, he
keenly enjoyod society. And when he en
tered it, he was ever a welcome companion,
both - With his own and the opposite sex.—
And now, clusing his books with a•look of
satisfaction and relief, lie determined to give
himself up to the pleasures of this annual ga-
in dnv.
While busineqs was pending be had dosed
his'. tears and eyes 'to all else; but now he.
could not fail to . heir the unusual stir in the
streets, and feel that while he bad been en.
gaged within doors, all bad been' life and
comm o tion without. When he came forth
the sweets presented a most novel scene. A
more rnotly, incongruous lot of vehicles it
were not easy to imagine• Such life and
hilarity are always infectious, and Earnest
soon caught the spirit. Ile, too, would join
the sledgers ; but bow! -
Ile inquired at several stables for a sleigh.
Nut one to 63 had. Yet he was not easily
discouraged, and :moreover, he had an unu
trod share of perseverance. He owned one
of the fittest horses in, the city ; of that he
was sure. He rernenihered, too, that in a re
mote part of the stable, where he had usually
kept him, he had one day noticed a pair of
wooden runners. He would see if in some
isay a conveyance could not be planned.—
His Yankee, ingenuity must be, brought to
the service.
lie soon reached the stable. The runners
were found, and in good order. But now for
the other pail, A hogshead that for some
reason Of other bad been sawed apart and
nicely cleaned stood before him. Instantly
a pin of it was on the runners . . In a few
minutes a comfortable seat was added, and
he was ready for a drive.
But utS)sr arose manlier difficulty, untbonght
Of before. He trust hare as companion-0
lady of course; else balf "tbe enjoyment
would be lost. But who would kbe I Who
would be seek even with Idio t ic such a con
veyance as that 'I Enure his vanity, reader
mine. U , : &mei be was a favorite. Irdeed,
ho could not help knoiging it. But this was
a special occasion. " All the world" was out.
Who could he find braves:tough to dare it, I-
He mnst see.
There were two nr thin young ladies who
had long claimed his ijecial regard, and he
felt sure he was not e9tirely indifferent to
them. He had even bleu observing them of
late, striving to learn the true character of
each. This be founa, is gentlemen and
ladies usually meet in Ulty life, rather difficult
matter. How he yearned to s e e through the
false surroundings int% tbe true and inner
life beneath. He was rather old fashioned is
his notions, it must be confessed ; but he did
care more for the real than the artificial—more
for the mind and heart than for the outer
adorning. But how siOuld it end I W . ould
he be wiser' than his so It was indeed a
difficult question ; but. he did not quite de.
. • .
spew.,
Ella Campbell had long been one of-the
first in his esteem. But recently he had
thought her vain and superficial, caring more
for the outer than the inner man, and had
been cautious in his attentions to her. He
would teet her now..
Driving briskly to the door and throwing
the reins over his horse, he quickly rang the
bell. A servant at once ushered him into
the parlor, where, sat the lady : of his thoughts.
She greeted hull warmly, but on hearing the
object of his visit and the 'unique conveyance
he had brought, she plead a previous engage
ment, and at once excused herself.
Earnest Hammond was gifted with. a good
share of penetration; and when not previous-
Iv ',nutlet!, read character well. Now, in
' stinctiwely feeling how it was, he politely
withdrew. And while he rode gaily sway,
Ella Cainpbell sat pouting in the room, ,un-
Ithought of and uncared fur by the moving
I mass without. •
Earnest's.next visit was to the home of
'Squire need. Here he bad long been a fre
quent and welcome visitor, and Was always
receivedjitite "like one of the family,
the Squire often said, 7 looking knowingly at
his two girls, Charlottl and" Bella.
Charlotte ivas the older and bandiomer of
the two ; and beauty is always 'Stfrictive,
especially with the men. She'was the fivOr
ite, too, in society. But at times Earnest bad
turned from her to the gentle, graceful Bella,
with Ler pure heart, and piquent, innocent
ways, almost with a feeling of love for the
latter. _
Der's was indeed a character to study.--
Timid and retiring when in the pretence of
strangers, she was yet singularly adieu and
confiding with those she best knew.
There was a dash of independence, too,
and a vein of romance in her heart, pleasant
and refreshing to meet. She was graceful
and pliant, it is true, but there was a charac.
ter and strength there, also. . Though 'her
sister might beat please in a crowd, she wo'd
be better known and loved at home.
All that Earnest felt ; still, beauty fasci
nated him. 'Not that Bella was ugly. Oh,
no! But the was not beautiful, either; at
least, "save in the loving eyes of those who
best knew her. Earnest liked them both. It
was difficult indeed , to deteimine which was
the favorite.
As he neared the door he said within him
*eif, as one often will, in cases of doubt,
" A look or wo:d shall decide between them.
Jf one or both refuse to tide with me, it shall
De - a sign that all is over. • But if one accepts
then, who knows what may come of
it I lam twenty-eight now ; old' enough,"
as my partner told me:' yesterday, "to be
married and have a home of my own," and
so I am.. We i 1.411 see—we *hall see—we
Stall- see.
Two faces were at the window ss•be drove
up., One brightened visibly, and the other
as visibly paled ; while a mingled exprsion
of scorn and disappointment passed over her
features.
" Good morning ladies, good morning I"
exclaimed he, as be eutered their presence.
u I find .myself in- rather an awkward posi
tion just now, and need some one to help me
out.. I must have a drive this morning, yet
I have been unable to obtain any conveyance
save the one you saw as I drove Up. What
shall 1 do.' and he . looked-4o Charlotte for
an answer.
"An awkward position, indeed !" answer
ed she. " You had better drive . alone."
"13ut_must I r he asked somewhat sor
rowfully..
Bella' looked up quickly ; but she'did not
speak.
" Surely, you do not think a lady would
be seen du such a conveyance r- continued
Charlotte, with a slight toss of her beautiful
head.
Again Bella looked up, while a painful
flush suffused her cheek. She was sorry her
sister ad spoken thus—sorry fur her, grieved
for Earnest. She felt, .sure too; that she
could not have denied him-;--whatever Ae
should ask would not , be improper or wrong.
Flow then could her sister speak thus
Char:Otto noticed the expression. and half
read its meaning. She did not much like
the reproof it conveyed; and, taming to her,
sksaid, somewhat scornfully t
"Perhaps nay sitter would go with you.—
Will you, Ballwin •
" Will . you Della r the young man iepeat
ed earnestly, as he bent on her a glance Abet
thrilled through every part of her being.
For a moment the blood rushed over her
brow and neck, the neat it receded, and sj
answered gaily—
And wbc not, indeed
"But will you go, Bells!" again askei
Earnest, in that straight forward manner
whiab ever characterized him.
" I should- like it of all things r' exclaimed
the enthusiastic girl, forgetting the emotion
of the moment before.
"But remember how we are to go," con
tinued Earnest quickly.
"You *ill be the observed of all observers,'
added Charlotte.
" And what of that V'- exiled back the de
lighted girl, as she was half, way up the
stairs. •
In a moment she was ready ; and gaily
bidding her sister good-bye, she was soon
seated by - theaide of Earnest, and they drove
rapidly awayr-
Charlotte half repented her momentary
pride when she 'saw . the tender glance of
Earnest, as he placed her 'carefully upon the
seat, and drew closer the fads of her large,
warrn shaarl, i in which she had shown the
goOd sense to wrap herself. But it was too
'late now; so, taking a book she prepared to
spend the morning alone. In the meat' time
Earnest and Bella had joined the =dy .
throng now Moving so rapidly through the
city..
Now they drove down close to the water's
edge, where far as the eye could teach, 'one
saw nothing but the clear, blue waters of the
lake, with its masts and sails, making one
think tie was upon the Atlantic coast,instead
of so many miles in the interior, Anon they
looked upon the wide spreading Prairie now
- pure and white with the new-fallen snow,and
stretching far away till it was lost where
earth and sky seemed to meet.. Then again
they were passing through the.wide and level
streets of the city.
Oh! there is life and exhiliration in giving
one's self up to- the enjoyment of the bOur!
Nature is a good mother to us all; and when
we give ourselves into her keeping, she will
ever fill the heart with joy and gladness.—
Would that more such exercises—more such
out-of-door exercises were freely enjoyed by
all This shutting one's self up so com
pletely within doors, as some do in winter, is
'enough to drive all the roses from the cheek,
all joy and gladness from the eye, and all
freshnessfrom the_heirt, making ona old be
fore his time.
The spell of the hour ivas 'upon them ; and
as they sp4d merrily along, Earnest felt his
heart warm more and more toward the art
less gitithy his side. lie had known het
long--be bad known her well; and she Led
erer seemed the same—ingenious, truthful
ape] good. He. wondered how, even for a
moment, he End ever thought of another: foe'
she seemed to him then, all that his hart
could ever wish or desire. But could she ev
er be his I or. was she destined for another I
The thought made him desperate. lie could
not endure it fur a moment. The question
must. be decided at once, and - with him, to
resolve was to act.
They bad been talking gaily of the scene
around them—or Bella had been talking, he
listening,lor amid the multitudes of vehicles
in the street each had
. to attend pretty care
fully to his own ; when turning to her with
another of those glances which thrilled thro
every fibre of her being, he said, and his
voice was low and earnest as he spoke.
Bella !
lam a business man and shall do
J
up things in a business fashion. I love yon.
Will you be my wife !"
The young girl looked up astonished. She
had long liked him—liked him better than
any other on'earth ; but she had never dream
ed of being his wife. He was so much older,
,so much wiser than she—for she was scarce
eighteen, and in heart a very child—why did
he not cake her sister! She could not com
prehend it all ; and' almost doubted if she
heard aright. For many moments she did
not reply; Earnest observed her clesely,and
read half in her face the unuttered thought.
IShe was about to speak when the.whole ludi
crossness of their position burst upon her,and
she laughed outright. It was tis turn to
look astonished now.'
" Why, Bella , - svhat is the matter!" be
soon - asked, sometihat' hurt .
"Only think I :making love in a hogsbeadr
laughed the mischievous girl, more merrily
than before. " Whoever heard of such a
thing I" and this time Earnest joined her,
even at his own expense. . _
" Well, well, no matter where," continued
be, taking the little band that lay for a tno-
went outside her shawl. "Do you love 'me,
Bella! and will Yon be my wife I Answer
me truly ; Will you be mine
"Yea, Earnest, yes! but I must laugh,
nevertheless. The scene is, so entirely and
wholly ludicrous. Quite, a new order of to
mance I" tend again her laugh
_rang out ,
loud and clear as the song of a' bird.
And this time Earnest Joined in it asheart
ily as she. lie could 'well laugh- now ; • for
had'she not promised to be his ! No wet
ter where the promise. had been made; no
matter bets; she washis; all hist And its
be pressed her hallo:fat parting he said ;
"Laugh, now, as mach !is you
_please; tut
to-night Ishall come tu appoint, the' wedding
day, and arrange 'for Its. oeTergi;)ohis. : :8o
good morning, dearest rt and in As axament
be wen gonih
That night - all was atoned; Squitißail
and bis wife giving,i WI and free' ixamiesti
and i;ijuiteit weal' frier that ti n es, Aga
R9ed heoarask Mrs.. Earnest Rawnoad. .
SillOmoty does not mom isseisaltirag your,
Wittig& alk ocOatiowc, but in ding to-übes
Wows uoula be •consumble tad falletioos
MeXC unable.
ELECTION STORY-HOW SHE , WON THE
I haves good Story to tell you, and rui
must read rise patiently to the end, in order
that you,:teti,
.may enjoy what made
_poor sides eche with laughter, as'
.thei have
not done for many day; You remember
pretty little Mrs: L., who you .met here an..
day.last summer! Did I, - or did = I trot tell'
you what a . perfect witch she is, , and how shit,
contrives to twist her husband and everybody
elsearound ber finger almost without aueffortl
Well, she came dancing, in here yesterday
morning, wearing the-4°st superb set of as.
bles ; they, must have cost a little Airtime.—
No one but myself would Jove seen them, for
the bright face above thern r was radiant with
beauty and gladness, and would have rivited
the gaze of the coldoit cynic in creation.— .
But I have been presenting T for a set of er
mines, and of course . , my eyes tell : updtk the
sables, anu I exclaimed— - -.
"You extravag,ant creaturei Where did
you get them f
"Extravagant!" said she. "Not' s bit of
it. Where did yon git diem f M 7 husband
I\of course. See what - beauties they are !
They must have cost an. immensity—poor
fellow! But then be bad to do it. -
"Because you fascinated biro !".said t
"No, indeed ! I woit them on election : 1 ,
'On the election How ! You haven't cer
tainly been betting on Buchanan 1"
"Not 1..1 would'nt have bet a pia on Lim;
though they say he, has gained the , day.
tell you all abotit it; but first let me , take
this thing off my neck—your.parlor's like an
oven."
So saying, she pitched her cape at the cat,
and, laughing to see how the creature's - back
rose at the insult began thus :
"You know how George and I have fought
about this election--he *ai for Fillmore,and
I was for Fremont; and how many times be
has tried to silence me by . saying 'that !Iwo:
men know nothing of politics'--Which,by the
way, I don't in the least believe. Do look at
the cat.' -
"Never mind - the cat; go on with your
stoic." _ -
•
"Yes, certainly.. Where was I 1 o,yes.
Well, as I said,we did everything but devour
each otber. It was such a mortification to
me to have him vote for. Mrs who . would '
"stoop to conquer," as Fillmore has done.—
So one day I said : Well I shan't let .you
vote: I sball keep yount home.. Ile laugh
ed heartily, and replied : -
"That's more than you can do, my dear."
','Will, you . give Ane)eave to try I" ..
-"Yes, and more. I'll promise you. a set Of
sables if I don't cast my vote for Fillmore on
the Fourth of November." . - -
"Honestly and truly r -
"He protnised—Tes.' That was two weeks
before the election. Just book at the cat;
here, puss, puss." It was' lain she would
never get along with her st ry while the cat
remained in the room, so'l picked up pussy
without saying s word and put - her-tut.
"That, mans 'go on' I suppose i " laughed
Sophie. "Well, as I said before, this was
two weeks belore the' fourth, and from that
time I didn't open my : \ lips to George upon
the subject : The next day the re came - to
make us a visit, and our time was - so cein
ple.tely occupied catering for their amusement
that the election was scat'vely alluded to ";-as as I
for my part it was quite forgotten. . But you
may be sure my brain was busy enough, re
volving ways and means to win the sables. - -?
I whispered the secret to the T's,wbo - entered
into my feeling -
. entirely. And no wonder,
for one of them had no furs at_all, and the
other carries a muff which she declarei is sev-,,
en generations old.' We concluded to" invite
company for Monday evening, and soon the
morning of that day we drove around among
our sympathising—that is our Fremont--
friends and neighbors, and 'gathered up at
many as we could get at conveniently. In
the evening we mustered twenty, ourselves
included, alf on tip-toe to dance till morning,
if necessary, to the success of our plans.—
George, who dearly loves Mani-making,. was
delighted at the prospect of a romp,_ though
be wished I had deferred t it: until after- the
election, when it would serve as a celebra
tion of the approaching Fillmoreeictory.i
Here I interrupted Sophie, I. tell her how
ridiculous such an idea was and I added.that
I thought that her husband knew better--
She flew at me in a miaata. .
- "There, now don't laugh at m y husband.
that's my privilege - alone, madame."' - :* '
It was still a-• aniOnse, and she went on :
"But to: make a short .and a long night as
short as possible, we danced till four o'clock
in the-morning, when I told George if :be
wanted to be its town early be had better *.
tire—He took the hint slid hefUre tartar rain
uteche was sleeping like a tov Torept up
to his room - and qui;ily closing the, abutters,
and succeeded in 'll iwing' down tha 0,1.640
till "ii was as dark es Erehtri. s 'telkiii'll Oi
not, you. laelles IbePt.ata,m. l4 l4 .04- flour
in the, afternoon! We -kept , Abt-Itonse IS
quiet as possible, and abotitftsii?elaakt bad
the table set as CST. biiilifisst:aid..iiat,3/44 to
call hins.' tie yawned ;144. asked ' the time.
4Pire Imes t 1 40;APiidgad04.0 3 -5,4*.im
for•thagida Audi am hatigrp.„ •Iretkingite
made. his ippesitince 'ha:the . broddiFK , tuoiu,
honing4iiiii . inerniiii tb'ek 4 ttrnittwe
nleait!hil.e #0 1 4,Y!
_liSkl*-6A ll 4('eliiiAls
ittenyvilw; Ll l O O O4 out ,;0111-004K,1141144.
be was , ,qiitieiitiq nneetki dailaringlaugpbb
bauded , .4ie sup' 10 '4 101;', 4 4 . 1 0. 4 404
ii ilia . 1111mairi &One' in' se oritinieit 'it*
, Altich , iie s,cresund with IsiUghter arialif
fottit-14;--Ssabii,‘_ - 7:fi= , _
any muse togive raid-tow pips apogees-
lima. It grew darker an 4 darks!, tilt
ly we iould scarcely - Gene Me:
walked te tkewimdow . 111 k. n .
1)
A 1 0
opifl 12'14 1
. 4 " 47.1.134 --; 4 "
inn Ic l s l 4twhat- a attallgef ":1 41 f ,
in the , ?low, Pet* 400101, 41
Ike tun, and lf-i hndastiad'Att ne w, 4 1 04 41
from set,Onirrptfig!kor!le - ma" sd -
wondered. and atiggated:lnonkOdeelr 5" ,
tire, or iomeliody'a haiatae&—as - :4yOustif that
would keep him loitetiugaid•-patitgA.
sway time. We watched thaiight , o44-Pet
ded away, and Pit at %ease mood sway .
from she . WindoW,l4lng that b.
au dark a day; little IlLeity
in. He"ran to' his halt '44, and 00401140! -4
for Mying:' .41
"Dood - riight; ' papi, " -
"Rood. Lao ruipg,yop.infislN I,ittlie4l:4l ll 4
'mid George, laughing. :
"No, zio, flood , pfnillt94: the fb#A,
"aunty, put H um to bed."
I. A light broke in up n 1 11 7 biYo'Ll
brain.: 11. turned, and fe44llglo - 7
iaid:
"Ts it true, Sophie fir T. '
"Yon've seen the - Slll2 set,*l.teplied ;snow -
'you owe Me a set`of sablest."-
" Yen Haver Nig si man *to istleriy4illsolll# ,
fitted'as George:: was quit* to late-for: e
hizn JO rsiaob toira before this eking Of-she , ,l
- 11 felt so sorry for Igsldliappaintaniinbci
that' I wished , ha my-heart altihersablii:tretiim
in the Red Bea, and the tiaarfilreCiny
in spite of me; Ele saw . leltet'weulpaslillg -
in my miud, and draining.sed--td;;*
me—before them all, too, I wasso aaltamed7'
"Never mind, &Thiel" atid. beg -10
fair sad square; YOu harearaglisfad- •
I must iay, adelirsdAYS too;'' _
"The next day he brought me these. ". sables..
which are rosily snpesb—jaet Seelrthat ettff"
"Yess - 1 see.; bet did i nt saikiou bait
you made him sleep 114 keg !l e
" Certainly , he did;' . •
"And whet did yon.tall hinsr
. " That kpa morphine intd his thicken sal-
WHAT 116: THE 'HIE ;Or 1110 W IP
The snow was proverbially alled`theo-poor:
farmer's'ininiini," 'heroin
Ilia- shown that if contained 'a larger: per
.
centage "of ammonia than rale. - The skis` " •
serves; as a protecting mantle to the tendero
herbage and roots of plants - againstthe fierce
...
blas6 and - cold 'Winter:, An entiminitioir or) ,
snow in Siberia showed - that-`wen the tertiw;r'
perat of - sno w ,
:a' li ttle-below thesu rfitce'
-
was twenty - nine degttie belielein.4vertter
hundred degrees difference. The snow-`eeps 1
the earth just ' below' the surface in a eondiait- - :
fion to take on chit:elk:al change., which
would not happen if 'the grounit:leielmred
and frozen to a great depth. Th. artow„rt.yenta ezbalatiowsfrom the earth, And
,ta,,a,,,
powerful absorbant,,retaining . and t urning,
to the earth gasses : arising _ -from ,Tege4l°•i
awl animal decomposition. _ .. )
. 1
The, snow, though it fella heavily at t h ethe
door of the "P°ort and beings death '4.ld .tar = :._
vatioa to the fowl! of the air, ,and . . here*
. qi. .
the field : is yet-, of
.rnealculeble heuffit,4! et . )
climate like ours, and, especially At, this
, time,-,,
when the .deep !Trier of: the
,aerth-Irke!. / .
failing, and
,the millstreams
,erlrerefUefUg:',"„
their motive, Power Cs_,. the '•9" l . o S . . -a PP ett i ,‘,l:
of man. If during the last roon*t#o9qqa:
bad dropped - rain instead of snow . we niiis ,,,
have pumped. and bored 041 - _earth *ii
rib :iin ,
for water, but with a foot of, 11114;11,urionIK
earth', and many, feet „upon
.the nteuntaitte; - :
the bum of the mill -stones and the - her:di ,
notes of the saw-wilLsoon and long:tes i t t lfitoi
its, benifisence. Bridges , earthritir,lts:,4_
thnengineering skill mid toil Tel' he;aireol
away hut man will still rejoicela the genet:4'
good, and adorn the henevolence'CfAim . o47
orderetb all things , aright.
.The- snow"ii,i -- 1:1,2
great purifier.:of the atmouPhere•-_,Tbei: „
solfittot:.P o ;*er or the` eePilllftrYitt .
„*4i
..
of allow is like that of a sponge-
Intmediately after tnow:bas fellen,inett.
,ii ler
u clean vessel, and taste ki,andlyint'ilif - tta l
immediately, evidence of its impnritY.' TT
come,' 4 , *OP, or two. q!dt..ae4- . it , ,bi . .C .4 4o"eie
nauseous, especially, in cities. . , Sabi - water
mattes
mattestbe Mouth berrlaud :tlrY.' . 4:. li4:,,l ' ii
same egTe4 upon . the... 4 01 1, 41 ,4 :a . Pil 2 ,Oft
hands and *a._ Tradtices the palatal . oito t ,
of chilblain°, ~._ The, fP ll 9,ing easy ...Oil k,
went beautifully illustrates the - shaorhe*
property., of 'ono!! .Take a lump ..of sno w, :,;
(apiecc oflialaw crust inalrees, l 4 l 4i'4*
or feu!. inches in tenet ! and hOld it: :iii t , 14.
flame At tt lamp; -but the. 11 1 4 -1 ..4, fi - _ff 4 Tis ii
-
is formed will Peeet l - 11 c.";.1 4 4rart ' PP:4 I 44
the- Itti4l4:-er snow bY , eartf.#4; attraction; -
*
thus tPtll!.Firill'i* tb,e,lt tmosp h
. efelli:0 1 4 1
sorhiet end-rePthdug 4 , a IXOSiOtteS. -1' : 0)1. eet! - ti
gar4f4.aqdt odors -... - ~.i,, , ,,,•iA , , ----_,,
41,41(qat:Iil from -.-A,.:lft6V#*
Xatipui 1 1 41 31 0kelicv,Tkale i ,..tii,1, t
profealqr of hick ive'r ..- t n! .. Me be -,A:!..,k
• ToTtici , Wirgistais on a gni Schein:
z.s. Ty: itrii - tiusers ==lottiass'iowilitiiiiii
7f 1
ii4i 4 j'ir:,(iikie° lll , 4l r Alii
' ‘ 1 .40 : -. o . 4 J i ggio, '
Sielitt esa
'Ow 4,4ooo 4 3ll frokikis ok,‘,4oOrmi. :14 . rs, •
6 0 10.1 4, - takketr ot
i v il k 4 *** l l o 4:o* -
: ';Ugh :,
ltii,; i
. ilia).;whew etililli tk-;
!i,b ( # ll oi: -lkOt!'k':iit4nt.' - ':lc , ''fii*iiik
MOW;Ir sil l "
4 ;44^
. 14 k . !_ 1 ..4 :' .-.. . -,,„.
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itiiiinuo - siii4terat b 7 I asillii4slii-
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