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VcColhitu & 6erritson, I.lropritters.
Gitiett VoTttrß'.
P.V TikFiirE
wiindroli.4'strange, how - grdat the
Since I sits in inyteenN
Then Ilia(1 - .&-aux - and billei=dotix, '
And joined, the gayet - scenes; ; •
But lovers now ;'have'ceased to . vow,
No way tlltly'now -- i:tintrive
To poison; hang-et drown theinselvs--
TWenty-fire!
One, if the tight Wer& - e'er sn'bright,
I ne7er abroad could roam. - -
."Wittiout the the hon - or;
'of seeing you - safe , home." .
But now I go, through rain and, snow,
l'ent-ive. and seance
Through all theill'a Without n
Because I'm Twenty-five: - •
l'" '
They .wed fo,,call and ask-me:all
.. About:my health,•.so frail; •. • •
And thought -a tido would help me side,
And turn - inc cheek less palei
Butnow,Adatzi If lam ill, :
None carts that I revite, :-
And my pal&cheek inyain may speak—
Because. I'm Twenty-lire.- - • •
Now, if a ride impro've• my side,
~
I'm forced to take the 16.11.ige, : •
For *at is deemed quite proper for
A perstgi of my age.
And then no hatid•is - ofeted me
Tp help',me,out alive ; :
They think it won't hurt rive to - Tall—
Beeause•l'm Tw.;nty.,fiVe.
• ~. •
OE -dear ; 'tis very queer, that every ye.*
mote and . more,
For not a beau pretends . to show.
His head withitpour door;
Nore - ritle, nor card,•,nor soft tiddrcfst• •
.• spirits now revive, _
And one night near as well be. deaa
As sat-I'm Twenty-five! -
I?EVEIZIES
DY bYLV7.4. A. LAVCSO.N.
Summer's FUU is shining -o'er me,
Summer's flowers are round me now, .
• ,And a bright bird - swinzing o'er me,
'Warbles - Oft a - song 4:6 'cheer me,
from th 4 maple's.langing hough ; •
• - Soft
,the winds creep through the Jeives,
Singing with their voices low,
'Songs that angel minstrels weave •
Up arose the clouds of snow, -
Where the brightness of an Eden,
ties upon the changeless heaven.
Dine is nil the ,sky (this ftoiting,
green the earth"; fair hills,
And the yellow light is streaming •.
On it thousand leaping rills, •
That with voices of sweet laughter, .
On their - v. aver of silver water,
Glide down by the rumbling mills.
-Nature withlier thousand voices;
• NVhisperA in my list'ning ear.
And my Spirit glad 1 rejoices,
do the' breathings soft and clear.
And this morning as 1 wander, -
O'er the green old hills, and ponder
. On the Lles-ings all so dear,
Thai our-God bath kindly given.,
I, think of what must he in Heaven . ,
Nyhdrits fadeless leaves aud• flowers,
-All its - glorious vine-wreat hod boiverw,
•At;d the calm and perfeet rest,
That shall make our sphits
Alt, if earth is bright - t O-day ;. • -
Brighter far iS.lVaVen
'Why do ive: fear to flee awa:v;
Where s uchjoys are given, •
When an el bands weave love's bright chain;
Whose links sliall'beier unloose again I'
ALICE INA 17ti.or D
THE: BELLE OF: TILE SEASON.
There.was a buzz. of admiratio
the crowd which thronged the split did ball- 1
room of a line in the: upper part of i
• .New York, as , a Jail ; beautiful -girl entered
the door alpne,-..but with.an air of the 'most
per&vt.epr,fidenie and
Nor was. it anywise. surprising that- even
:the politeness and - self-restraiat of that soi
dissent aristocracy should be , _-utoved out 4 I
the fancies- conventional. coldness, and I
'Stirred to:something of 'ttatural..warnith, by I
the lovel t icess. ,of :that. fair - being.. For:elle.;
was indeed, aii.bkawiful as ever *as Creation-I
Of the. painter's art, conception „of the poet').
fancy, nor did she - lack. all . appearances: and
Means to bout' o set off her exquisite fea•
tUre4 and voluptuous form to the titnaosL
She was, as- I have said, very tall, with that I
peculiar: swanlike :neck, and - those falling
shoulders. which are SE) rare: and . even with
the most perfect specimens of wotnanhood.—
. Her head small and classically shaped, was
admirably: set on a point whit:h.:edits:snore
.to that peCuliar kind of gracis which we are.
accustomed toicallartstocracy :of figure and
'appearance. _ Nor was the. rest of her. form
.less perfect than the neck :and- Shoulders, fog
the soft rotindn'essArt..her. swelling bust; the
slender, and shapely symmetry of. her islandl
walk, and the voluptuous outlinesef.her lower
limbs as indicated, by many an ..undulatiog
'line and-sinuous motion of the • riCh.draperies
she wore, pot .surpassed by the proportions of
any Grecian marble 'that sprana to uncirtilli
ty from the touch of the auie chisel.
And if her person was incomparable, hew
radient was,the beauty of that matchless face
the livirimtisio of those regular . .:feititra,,--
"'The ricliledundeni,Waves :of the
whiell'paried .;-evenly above her . tale,
smooth brow, fell. in . a i flood of golden . ring 7
lets on.either" side : sof . thn '.glowittg :cheeks,
and down the 'white iteckand alabastei.shoul
dep -the bro Wit arid :nyelashei .as black as
. night, strange-Contrast .of her
corn pliziOn,, and ; the hne.:"Of. : fair . hair.—
the dark - unfithemable. eyee, which seemed
black "Soft - 413(171a1k e , -, ;144
viecerryntr ;they were,. .the -,1
; deipest !inlet
bitte n thertniiitiaight .nese 4 Wit.A. Its ttisMtte
neatiii..af : OnCe delicstn.atid r f!rouct--- tlte ripe
#01:4 .tact ~the: bus,
and eft hied wi h: the 441"..".-Of :dam*
Were - thoOliaims..t;at - Were„
the faCe it d forth of one the-fairest:a:MAD
. battan's daughters.
11eidress,which was well suited to display
her glorious beauties, was'a full rube ofPeauli
colered satin; shot with the cl►angeful tints of
the .ttittle's neck,. - Claboiately einbt'oidered
and bedecked with knots of artificiartloWers,
e , oexqiiisitely wrought, that :they defied the.
eye to distinguish them . from natural bads
and blossoms. 'The low square - Cut' corsage
of:this splendid dress • revealed perhaps' too
mui;la . of.a neck; and •a hosom,as white as the
drifting .snow, through 'which tnenndered a
thousand tiny aitire t'"eins, proving the purity
and delicacy of her skin. Mumma also tier°
bare almost. to the AhOulders, and so beauti
fully rounded, and so softly did they taper
&own to the small, rosy' hand, and sl.ender i „ ,
fingers, that they might well erred for a I
sculptor's model. I
"Hew exquisitely. beautiful Alice Maitland I
looks . to.night,' whispered nnother'fair yenta;
girl.?.With sparkling 'bright eye', and a pro-,
fusion of black lisieto her partner,•A tall well- .
made young man, with an intelligent
ancl.a slight dark moustache on bis upper
-. . •
`.Yes., very beantrful certainly; he
answered, gazing on the fair creature with it
cool- and critical. eye--' vertu beautifiil, can
not be . tle,nied—and.yet—and
And yet, what, Sir critic? aske4l the -mat
what new lest ntajeste is this tho't
you •were one of the fair Alice's most 'laval•
maijc. , cts—nri' sworn champion, and per
. , .
mined . servant,' • •
• N.it I, indet-1, (Air replie,l the yottng
to n, his by :half crnshing with n bitter .sneer
--• you Avete necer more mistaken in eou•
`Since when, then most fake traitor, hive
you foresworn your allegiance V
Could not.finswear that which T hate
never sworn.' ~
'.For 'shame! for shame! you him man—
there is no truth in ton. 1)o -I not reutem-
ber - when you !Ad no oyes ttnt for her, no
longue bat to fing her praises, no hope . but
to linger at her feet in lowly admiration 3'
Iciteinated perhapa
. for a little while, by
her extraordinory beauty, and spell bound by
I; - _
tier seeming artlessness
-llrer seeming artiessnes*P
which is the perfection of a►t, I
Lave fluttered before. the eves of the beauti-
ful cold snake for a moment, but the spell
was soon broker, and the bird is free again'
And heart whole t' • -
'And heart whole., lady.'
But do you really believe her so cold and
artificial r
'As cold and- arti6cial as anything possi
bly can be. Look at the'very- sitly in which
She is got up—' .
'Got up! -a pretty way, truly to speak of
a fair young lady
'I can term . it-nothing el e. It is. the per
perfection of getting up. There is not a
single hair in those • exquisitely - trained
tirtglets that has not its . own proper end and
meaning—there is not a sidelong: glance of
those wonderful blue eyes, not a bashful drop
of the lids, not a bold open look but has its
'objec,t and its end. The 'very elaborate dis
plaY of that beautiful swot: is is s3si-0 6 . issto o d.
ed and calculated.' on, beforehand. Believe!
me,' APee Maitland .is a cold, calculatlng
h e iittesA eispiette. if she he nothing worse. I
should he very sorts. Julia, that. you sbotild
be intimate with h er .' .
'Should you' replied the gay young girl,
raising her quick black eyes to his face, and
letting them drop in-tantly, as she met his
admiring gate eidently. fived on her features—
'.shottld yOu,-indeed. Why she toes once a
great friend of mine, and once 1 thought—l
feared—no. -1 didn't mean that—l fancied
that you loved her.''
`Then she ceased tobe a great friend of
yours, hey I' he asked with a significant and
speaking Smile.
'Now -von are saucy,' answered Julia Arl
ington. With as answering ' and I will
not talk to yon any More. "Besides,. the -quedi
rine it= over,and ell the wadd is staring, at. us.
as we stand here all alone in the middle.---r
Come, take me to mamma, Sir Captious Crit
ical., and lo 3 if Miss Alice has not planted
herself beside her.' • •
The young man Said. no , more, but con
ducted his fair betrothed, for they indeed,
stood one to the other in that relation, to a
seat, close to Which the beautiful Alice !tlait
land bad enthroned betself, as vet surround
ed by adoret . s.- r As Julie Arlington :appeared
The blond beans' started -np, and slinking
'her hand earoerlv, as if their were the dear.-
"est friends in the 'world,- kissed her first on
one . cheek.-anti then on the °the', andwhis
pered someting in her ear .that made her
smile at fis , ,l,'-and then blush crimson.
Thenett moment Alice raised- her deep
eyeit.to• the face of Cinrenei. An-on, and inset
ing his eves . for a moment with a languid
look ; let fall her if.overcome
ed. raiwd them again, 'mid again met his
_Litre winch, was cold and mouruftil; if two
severe., with that same tottnid gate, Nil at i n .
tentibitni and olivh;ti-. pa .ion. Then a.- she
lOwe , ed the long." - flingerl la,lies fur
tiine; de.-p wai m " ince' midi - tied tier
eliet:h, her brow, her ho.som—tiay 1 her very
arms flushed to the finger; ends.
Truly had Clarence Anon said that het
artlessness was the very . perfection of art, and
yet though .r he knew her; thorong,hly, thmigh
he could reall'every thuught of bee ittiferni
nine heart,--though.he lied never lOvCd,, and
-no or.despiped Lcr, still she had power fur the
/foment to. 4:tistrest, nay, _Oven to .euibertass
he, - . too, colcired,high. 13ut it was
not with bashfulness; but with indignation
that his fine face flui.hed, and 'Perchance With
Sot:nettling-of shame and pity at'Aliee7s dis
play t l fuumitideuly and unladylike - passion.
But the artful girl saw : his confusion, and
S' sidelong. glance of her .deep - eye also dis-
Covered that Julia Arlington had seen it,and
•was agitated, if nut-pained by the sight.
-Sholated Clarence Anson with-all the con
:Centratiid malice:of - woman - slighted,
Of an ace.redited beauty :11 . /bire charms had
been neglected. :She hated -Julia Arlington,
.becauie she bad won Auson's heart, not that.
she had cared for that , but, that she deemed
herself eclipsed,"iitid . looked -- upon .all,compe
:titioii with, hirself as the keenest
'acorn and bitterinitie4.
An now She resolved, .to
Oct "palit both "tier ,enennet; and to sew
'the seed ;of iliiseusion .and 'roisery,:lietWeen
two:fond'and trusting
Italiipg . :her genthi Ova; again to the 'fAce
",4Chileuce, she : said in hair rateat - voiee, yat
ro distinctly they laGai 16-t not itiglatic`..
Yew 'are a 'sad truant It • lr.Ahseti 'riot
~sad traitor.- Did I not at 'the bewailing of
"IVE AUE 'JUL' EQUAL BEFORE. GOD AND TUE CONSTlTllTEON."....jandiiiihialial4
Montrcce, Susquellanna VI, on*, feitn'a, VIZV.StatT ( guriting, ,%qttmber
. .
.
1114 stetson,lialtnit. yttu,to lay your hble
adOration,:at my feet;, and have you Dot de-
I Retied .me for a 'rival . biiautyl •I'do not
Iknow' the penalty l' might to inflict npOn yon
for your treason !—oh ! -now I know,' she
1 added as the-band struck; up
. the polka, ' I
will make von dance this time,with Me,which
will be killing two birds with one stone, pun
ishing yon by compelling You to 'dance with
a person you don't like, and taking' away,
from-leer a person she dues like.'
' Oh! Alice I for,,shanto! , Alice Maitland.
Bow- ;can you speak so wildly 1' exclaimed
poor Julia really grieved, and confused by
._ .
the cruel speech. • -
' Why you know, dear,"yon do like him,'
:so where's the harm of saying it. And you
know that be don't like me. I saw him tell
ing:pou as I' came into thC=Morn, !lOW much_
prettier you are than - I'-.said the bold artful
girl, casting a sidelong glance itt a tall.mit
rotwhich reflected the whole of her exquisite
pe#on. ' Well,' she continued, ' why don't
.YoU - lins*er• me, Mr.' Clarence Ansoult " Are
von not going to dance this polka with mo I'
'nom ..lotl ' h-li t reci ily u t..-1.,, -1,-+ - --'-i'l .1.-
loVer - orthe other fair girl sad; • but bow and
expres:i ltis Vappiness at being admitted to
such an honor. ..
.
..
Another moment , and the i;oluptnous and
amatory strains of the enlivening dance had
set halt the company in motion, and with his
arm mound the quivering w.tist of the siren,
att.l her 'oft hand thrilling between • his tin
gerF., Clarence was whirling the light beauty
around the room, half reluctant, and ..more
than half conscious cf the painlbe.was invol
untatily making in another and truer heart.
Around and around-they whisked in that
close embrace, and even the. beauty's soft
Twin' weighed-heavily en the •arm a Clar
ence, and her bosom,was drawn nearer to his
breast, till now they were almost in contact---,
her waving tref-tses fanned his cheek, her fra
grant lneath, from those deep led - half parted
Jim come like the south wind from a bed of
'violets. perfumed and warm into his face, her
&el) bltie eyes languished, .and beamed al
ternately with every form -of blandishment,
now shunning bashfully, and now encounter-
ing- boldly his half-fascinated, half-averted
eye.
But no man's senses can long resist such a
trial even though his heart is true,. and his
neadealin and houe-st, and ere long :Anson
. yielded himself to the pleasure of the moment
and to the intoxication of the enlivening
dance,' and so gave.a point- to the perfidy of'
the beautiful coquette.
And Julia .Arling,ton.sat there gating with
a pale cheek and panting heart • upon the
painful.speetacle of woman's levity and wo
man's weakness, and perhaps she irotild have,
given lieiself whop) , to the jealousy (rhieh'
was momentarily stealing upon her, Mid not
a good angel come to her aid in the sin of
a very noble looking man, who was knOin
to her as the accepted lover of Alice Mait
land. a
lie =at down by her side, and .addressine•
her a&ctionately,.yet reTectfully withal, fur
lie had knem n - Ler family long, and loved her
almok as ,i.tAr_ and lie waS an .old friend,
moreover, and a utie Blend of Clarence At,-
go n.
• Well,' he said half merrilv,but with some
thing of ineurnftil meaning in his tones
1-evehave changed partners, it seems to me .
But con are better off I think, .than I--fur
your friend.does not appear to muke much
atter uut or the raitf lady's fascinations, while'
•slle is doing her best to win hint.'
Julia gazed into his fice eagerly and•anx
iouslv, and then said in a voice whie.ll show
et' di the anguish of her . heal t, 'Oh I she
must --she must in him if she wishes it—
she is so beautiful—so more than beautiful.
But vou—you—what do you Mean when you •
si cal.: thus'—are you not engaged inr her 1----
Do you not love her?' . •.‘
' I was engaged to her—l did love her once'
he answered. • And God knows ho* tender
ly and truly. .
' Aad are you so—do so; no longer P
'No longer, on - my honor.' - -
'Then I am lost,' cried poor Julia, now-al
r tnest fainting, ' If she is free, she must win..
'• • Nev e r,' replied the gentleman emphatical
ly..l"She can never win such a heart as
Clarence Auson'e, when she Inst such a heart
as mine, througWdelibernte and itrborn base.
ness. For she is base, Julia,
.and cold, even
cruel, and should it • be riece , .ssry, I should
+event these ir:i Alison. - But it will, not be
ueee-sary—for he knows,her even now, and
Sees her
. in her true light. He couli not
help d tucing with her, fur she asked him to
d 0 -so, and nu gentleman could refuse a lady,
and Anson is only dazzled for. a moment by
her. beauty, as by that•of a Sue statue or a.
glowing picture . But come, suppose we try
l a little counter poison.' Stipposet you take a 1
turn with me, and see if we cannot pique the i
-'-s•Old coquette a iitt le.' -. :. • . .-
• Yattien me-, I do not dance the polka.=—
hesides whidi it is over--and as she spoke
the dancers ceased from revolving in their
g.ddy rounds, and Alice Maitland returned
leaning on her partner's drm, - all flushed and
panting with the•excitement of the voluptu
ous dance: . • . •
But her cheek turned a little• pale, as her.
eye for upon the gentleman who was talking
to Julia Arling on, for she had not observed.
- that he was in the room before; and she now
read. a tale which she liked not in his com
pressed .lips and contracted -brow: .She ral
lied, however; as she joined: them,' and ad
dressee him in•her wxy.sparkling manner,biit
he replied but by a cool, courteOns bow. •
• What is the matter now,laie sir,' she said
half scornfully, hartrierrily, 'are you jealous
of only stupid, servant mine?', : ••
•' Not jealous and taut stupid, lady fair, nor
servant of yours any *more.
..
' Indeed, she replied with a prolid toss ,of
• her liend, - ' then lam Well rid of a false tali
. tor.' . •.
. .
' And I of a, cold cocittettel
Sir i
Madan'
‘ Axe you. in 'earnest
`Perfettly,ia eatnoe.' - "
1 . And wherefnre
'kor reasous,whick shall be yatirs in
vale'
a t , I Would 'bear thorn now. -
You hail better not. You would :mime
%tisk - that Julia .A.rlingtob and 'Clarence - An
son' shoilld'hiittr theta.'
I tare not a,atiltw iitbat 'Arlitikton
and Chiretv9i,Aiaithi . .'are, they to
"Ciarenco quietly ., ite •
withdrew --4 the. Arm' on
wilt& gte'had been 'leaning, and -inida
_het. a
Tory cool, low bow, while. Julia gazOd oi the
strange scene half incredulous with wide oyes
of wonder... ..
And all this :fuss is because tlificed the
',,.!got, all of it, Alice Maitland. Though
you well know what, aro tny opinions on that
scorp, No I I might panlonthoughtless lev
ity, rifts, even 'coquetry, but cold `drucity
cannot 'tolerate. -
Cold' cruelty, Charles Devereui. :in
heaven's name, what mean von .
.That dross—that beautiful dress—heart
less girl 1'
i di , as I 'what of my dress?' cried the
astonished betas, I believe you are mad--
or perhaps drank r she aetied.with scornful
laugh.
4 Who made it be ettuired sternly.
' Who made it! why the girl who Makes
all my dresses I MargarePtsliton. °
And is it paid for?' . • •
' No, it is not, and tIAt is the strange3t
part of it.,. She.brou - glit, itliOrne a
forthight
since, and wanted the money the same night;
and was in het, limit troublesome and in.
tnongh I tom. her to call again in
the morning, she never came agatn. Do you
know where she is 1'
-• 'She was starring ; the and her bed-rid
.den mother, literally starving. They might
have beeu-dead ere this, for all your tender
mercy 1'
. Great God I' and she fainted.' Cot.fusion
followed, •the ball•roorn - was.:distnibed • fur a
few minutei- 7 our parties left. the room, and
in half an hour: the momentary wonder was
forgoiteD.
But the severe lesien she had learned was
never forgotten by Alice Maitiand i - and . tho' .
her engagement with Charles Devereux. VMS
broken oil for the moment, he forgot all her
girlish follies, and.she became his wife at the
:rune altar before which -Clarence Anson
wedded his black. eyed Julia.
Since that, none of the parties, I. believe,
had aught to_ repent, fur 'happiness has been
their lot in a degree as large as 'evei falls to
the account cf mortals.
" MAY BE SO."
/MO
"Next time you go out You'll bity me a
wagon, won't you, mother "'..aid my little
boy to me one day. •
his
happydid not want to say no,' and destroy
happy feeting , , and - I was not prepared to say
' yes,' and so I gave the evasive repli, so of
ten tined under such - circninstatices- 1 May be
so,' and which was meaut rather in the neg
ative than the affirmative: The child was
satisfied ; for he gave my words.the wearing
be wished them toliave., •In a little while
after I had forLrotten all about it. Not so.
the bOy. —To him the c tray be sO,' was the
'yes,' and he had confidently set his heart.on
receiving the wnTer the next time I .should
go out. This haoened to he on. the ,after
noon of the same day. It was toward night
when I returned. In a moment I heard his
pattering feet and gleeful voice in the entry.
Where's my wagon.?" said he as I enter
ed a.ll:tile OTtfisJinnointment'falling sudden
,iv on_bla nappy lace.
" What wagon, dear . I asked. .
"My wagon. The wagon you promised to
me.' •
I didu't promise.to buy you a wagon my
£4:a1: "
'.-Oh, yes yon did mother. You_ promised
me this morning.",
Tears were already in his eyes, and • his,
face wore a look of - distressing disappoint
mer,t.• . . •
" I proinised to buy you a wagon I I am
sure ; remember nothing about it." 1 replied
confidently. "What in the work! put that
in yOur head !"
" Didint I ask you I • " said the child, the
kits now. overflowing his cheeks.
. Yes, I believe you did ask me something
about a wagon; but I didn't proroiso to. buy
you one."'
"'Oh; yes yoli dig, mother. You said May
"But may be sol.dosen't mean yes." •
,At this the little•fellow uttered .ii distress
ing cry. His heart was almo , t, broken by.the
disappointment.. He had interpreted my
words according to Own 'wishes, and not
according to their real meaning. - •
Unprepared. for nn occurrence of this kind
I was not iu the mood.tosympathize with my
child-fully. To be met thus, at the moment
of my return home, disturtd me. •
"I didn't promise tb buy year. a wagon;
and 'yeti must stop crying about it," said I
teeing that•he had given way Io his feelings
and was 'crying in a loud voice.
But he cried on. I went up stairs to lay
off my things, and he follosied,.
". You must hush now," said I more , posi
tively; '" I cannot p.Hrmit this, I never prom
ised to buy you a wagon."
'"llay be so,' and.' ves' two different
things, If I had said . l would buy you -a
wagon there
. would be some reason in I your
idisappointiiient, but I :have. Said no; such
thing.' -
life paused to listen ; but when I ceased speak' :
i ing his crying - was renewed.
1 - " You must stop this now. There .is no
useiri it, and not jiave it," said I, ,reso-i
lutelv.
Mv: boy choked down tot a few thoixiOnts
at this, and half stitlld his grief; bat over
mastering him, it flowed on again- as wildly
as ever:- I felt impatient. .
"Stop this moment, I say!" and I ".took
Vold . of his arm firmly. My Will is strOng,
and vtilen a little excited it often leads Me
beyoitd where I would go in - Moments Of re
flection. By my way of speaking, he saw
that I was in earnest, aid if he did not obey
we, pnuishment would follow. SO with what
must have been a powerful effort for 0ne...50
young, he "titled the utterance or bisgrief.—y
'But the storm raged within none the less' , vi
nlentlyi as I could bee his little frame quiver
as be strove to repress the rising sobs.
• Turning away- from we; he weut and
,sat
'down ou a low seat in the corner of the room.
saw hii form 'in.the glass 410 stood before
it to - airing&niy hair; titter laying aside' my'
•bonnet ; andloi the first -.
.time 'my- feelings
were touched. Thera was an abandonment
,in his Whole - attitude ; of grief cahoot
,biro ;bat atr4cted me with pity : and. tenth*.
Peis• , ,
Poor cliii4.l . ,"l,sigba. • "Ilia heart istil-
Mtist broken. rought to have'sisid . yes or
no; and then woild'hirto been settled.
Coine;". laid I after a few, mowents,reaolt -
ing myshand towards ; tbe'Ph*l; "Jet us - go
down andloOk out for father. lie will soon
be home."
I 'poke kindly and cheerfully. But. he
never" moved, looked
. np, nor gave a sign that
he heard me
• a - Oh;siell," . sahl I; with some impatience
in my .voice," it doesn't matter at alt.
_lf you
had rather sit-there than oome - down, into the.
parlor and look for dear fither,you can please
yourself."
Turning as I 'spoie Y left` chamber, and
went down stairs. Seating myself atw win
dow; I looked forth, and:endeavored feet
unconcerned and cheerful. 1: saw nothing
but the ace of my drieving child, and could
think of nnthing but his sorrowa and disap
pointment - •
"Nancy," said I to one of my doniestics
who
tneso ll m ap e pe l n u e es d ti t o O come i w lt i t s o h thi ppu pa w r o lo u r ld to ask
run
down to the store next block, anifbuy Neddy
a wagon. Ms heart is almost broken about
°l 3 Cie girl, nowa y .. _ -
en to, runoff to obey my wish, and in a Halo
while came back with the *tilde wanted
'`‘ Now," said I," go up to: my room and
tell'Reddy that rye something for "bim.
Don't mention the wagon; I-want to -take
him by surprise."
Nancy bounded up the stairs,. and I set the
wagon in the centre of.the , room where it
would meet the child's eyes on the moment
".,f his entrance, and then at down to 'await
his coming, and enjoyshis surprise and de
light. _
After the lapse of about a minute, I beard
Nancy coming slowly. _
"Neddy's asleep," said she looking in at
the door. -
" Asleep-I" I.felt-greatly disappointed.
" Yes ma'am. He_ was on' the floor asleep.
I tool; hi►n up aild laid him oil the bee.
"Then he is Ove.his troubles,7,saal I, at
tempting to find relief fur tnfowiiteelings in
this utterance. But no such relief carne.' •
Taking the wagon in mr.hand I went 'up
'to the chamber - *here he lay, and bent over
him.
.The signs of grief were still upon,. his
innocent fave,and . .every_ now and-I - Hon a Taint
or sob gave evidence that even sleep had
not yet 12shed entirely, the storm which had
g‘Nept over him.
..Neddy I spoke to.hi tn. in .a voice of
b.‘-nderne...ls,hopi 4 pg that my words might reach
his ears. . .
Tint his senses were locked, Taking 'him
er, I undroa:ed him, and then, after kissing
his lips, brow and cheeks, laid him in -Ids lit
tle bed, and placed the wagon en the pillow
bride
Even until the late hour at which 1 retired
on that evening weie tr.y feelings oppressed
by the incident I have described.
-My May be uttered in order to avoid
the direct answer my . child wanted,
had. occasioned him far more pain than a .pos
itive refusal of his . request by ~: a ny means
could hive done.
"I will he more careful in'future, said
as I lay thinking abont'the occurrence, "how
I create false hopes. My yea shall be 'y ea,aod
my nay, nay. Of these comet,' not evil."
In the morning wlteu I awoke found Ned
dy in posstssion. of Ids wagon. Ile run
-a as i f
*a tear had never teen
,upon
looked af him, for many ,minutes witbont
speaking- At last, seeing tbat.i was awake
he bounded up to the bed aide, and -kissing
me said :-- • .
"Thank you, my dear mother • for busing
me this wagon i You are a goof mother !"
I must own to haveelt some doubts on the
subject of Noddy's compliment, at the time.
Since this little 'experience, I have been more
careful how . I answered. the petitions of my
children; and avoid the' May' be iso,' - "I'll
see about it," and other such evasive answers
that come so ready to the lips. The good re
sults I have experienced in many instances.
-Timms WISE AND OTTIERSVISE.-A Boston
lady, having a drunken husband, resolved to
frighten him inter temperance. She therefore
engaged a watchman, for a stipulated reward
to carry " Phllander"ato the watch-bouse
while in a state of insensibility,and to ' fright
en him' a little' when be recovered.
In, consequence of this arrangement, be WM
wako up about eleven o'clock at aieit, and
found himself lying, on a: pine bench, in a
strange and dim apartment Raising him
self on his elbo w , he looked around; until his
eye rested on a man sitting by • a store, and
smoking a cigar..
here aro I P. asked rhilapaer.
Ia a medical college l' said the Cigar
smoker.' .
• Vhat a-doilig there i' _ ' .
_' Going to be eat Up!' .. • .
'.Cut up f—bow comes that i' ' _
• ' Why, you died yesterday, while you Were
drunk, and we haviybrought you here to Make
a inatody l' . '..
`.lt's a lie—l ain't dead I'. I ~ ,
No matter; we bought you carcass, any
hOw,from your wife, who had n right to sell
it, fur it's all the good she , could ever make
out of you. I you are not dead, it's no - fault
of the doctor's, as they'll'eut yen up; dead or
anus , • •
,
',You will dolt, eh P. asked the old sot..
'TO be sure we wilt—houi --immediately ;
was the regolute reply. .
- , •
' Wa!st,look'o' here; - can't you let us tore
something to dririk before you begin P-- - ... .
r
A llz,in Nnouo,--When the cholera was
at its, worst in 1849, in New Orl3ins, an old
negr6 who had weathered the yellow fever
Many titruis, at length got frightened at the
initoc which the disease *as making among
all classes. Ilia,maiter one night heard him
praying to ',de angel, of , de Lord" by the light
eta tallow candle. " to spare him die time--*
to lef him live `a little tenger den take
him to - glory." , But he ceneltided .his prayer
4)y professing perfect submission to, the will
nof the " angel , of the Lord," even should. he
be called to go immediately on ,his long Jour
ney. Samba's Mister determined to teat • the
sincerity of this hiit 'profession. Ho knocked
at the door; " Who:dart', said Spabo,
'. The angel , of the. Lord," was answered."—
"_ Who,do you want ft? I have called for
gatubo r The toaster
_heard the candletind
dent), extinguished- with - a tohoof and - Sanitto
'energetically ausritired-" - He not lure .dat
444 , 43rer. 1.4 been dead free •
'The r pnn; a conTorsa
lien on Mis. Cunningham is - drawl; riOnell
marked that the ittethyt. 'visa a 'decided - fail
ure, and has -resulted in nothing but-= cholera
morbua. "Pilo P-strid Brownµ You are alto
gather wrong, ;it was a decided casciet-lidm:e
ra infuntum."
ITU THE
~ ODD 'FEL-
LOWS.'
. .
The Lodge Of of 0. F. it Woodstovin,
determined tdhavo the Lodge room' done up
clean and nice, and: it was resolSed utiant
mowily that' Uri. K. should be employed to
ao theljob. • •
After- the meeting; adjourned; the 'guardian,
who knew-the' inquisitive elniraeter of Mrs. ,
K, procured abilly•gast, and placed it in the
closet that •was kept up as, a reservoir for the
secret things. IL then informed the lady of
the wishes of the Lodge, and requester her
to come early next morning is he then 'would
ba,at leisure to show her ;hat was and was
not tcibe done. Morning Clime, and - with it
Madame K., with Ler broom, brushes, .pAls,
bibs, (kc.,prepared and armed for , the job, and
fotind the guardian waitin,„o . for her.
"Now, madam," said be, "I'll tell you
what we want done, and how we came_ to
cutt - to gut A.:we.. jt urn.% p i %
be medling with the-.secrets -in that t
closet; we have -lost the key, and cannot
find it to lock the door. I assured them you
could be•dipended on."
"Depended on I" said she, "1 guess - I Can.
My poor dead` and gone husband, who be
lonvl to the Free Masons, -or Anti-Masons,
I, don't know which, used to tell we all the
secrets of the e;oncern, and when he showed
tne. all. the marks' the gridiron bad made
when be was initiated, and told me how they
had fixed poor Morgan,.l never told a living
sotil to this, day. It nobody troubles—your
closet to find out your secrets till I do , they'll
lay there till they rot—they will." -
'I thought so," said, the guardian, " and
now I want you to commence in that corner,
and give the whole room. a decent cleaning,
and I have pledged my word and honor for
your fidelit' to your promise; now don't go
into that Closet ;" and then he left the lady
to herself.
NO, sooner, bad she heard the sound of his
foot upon the last step of the stairs . than , be
eiclaimed, - " Don't go into that closetl rit
warrant there is a gridiron, or some other
nonsense dust like the Anti-Masons for all the
world, I'll be bound. I. will just take &peep;
nobody will he the wiser as 1." can keep it to
myself." -
Suiting the action to the Word, she Stepped .
lightly to the forbidden - closet—trurned the
button—which was no sooner done, than dal,
a ent the billy-goat, uith a spring to regain
his liberty which came near upsetting her la
dyship. Both started to the door, but it waS
filled with implenieni for house cleinins,and
all were swept to the bottom of the stairs.
_ .
This ,noise and confusion - occasioned by
such unceremonious getting -down stairs,
drew half of the town to witness Mrs. H.'s
efforts to got from under the Tule .
tubs, blooms and brushes into the'streat.
Who should be the first on the spot but the
rascally doorkeeper, who after relen4og the
goat, which was crippled for life, and-uplift
ing the rubbish that bound the good woman
to the earth anxiously enquired, if she had
been taking the dt.'grees_l .
"Taking the degrees?" - exclaiined the
lady; "if . yousalliumbilicr.from the. bottom
tne .ftertl.-atter you, taing
things by degrees, I hare them; -and if. you
frighten folks as „you have me, and hurt them
to boot, I'll warrant make as much
noise as I did:,
"I hope you did not open The closet, mad:
am !" said the keeper.. •
"Open the closet!. Eve ate the apple she
was forbidd - en! If you want a vloman to do
anything, tell her net to do it and she'll do
it certain. I could not stand the temptation.
The secret was there. :I wanted to know it.
I opened the door, and out popped the tarnal
critter right into _ my face. I . thought the
devil had me, and I broke for the stairs, as
you found me all in a heap."
"But, madam," said the door keeper," you
are in possession of the great - secret of tt:e
Order, and you must go up and be initiated ;
'swore, and then go in, the regular way."
"Regular . way !" - the lady,
"_then 'do you suppose I ;am going near the
tarnal place again and ride that ar critter,
without a bridle or a lady's saddleli . No,
never ! I don't want nothing to do with that
man that tides it. look nice
_perched on
a billy-goat; wouldn't I l No, never! I'll
never go
_nigh it again - , nor your hall nuttier=
if‘l can prevent it, tte lady shall ever join the
Odd Fellows. Why\ lid. sooner be :a: Free
Mason, and broil on 'a gridiron as long- as fio
could belput under it, and pulled from-g arret
to 'cellar with a halter , in a pair
.of old
breeches and slippers, just as my poor dead
husband wire; he lived over it, but I.could
never out-live such another ride as took le
day." ,
Zer A man recently purchased ten pounds
of powdered sugar, but on examining, it lie
found that the grocer had mixed with it",nt
least a pound.of Buie. On the following rI4
he advertisedas follows in the public print's
"Should the'grocer who sold me a pOund of
limalong with nine pounds of sugar, not
brig me the pound ho cheated me of, I shall
forthwi
? I
h disclose his name in - the papers,'
The n xt day the man-received nine pounds
of su ar frnm different grocers who had sim
liar ctions on theii consciences, and feared
publ city.
.• _
EESALTIMST COLINTRY
,IN TItE WORLD.
—De Bow's mortality statistics show that the
people of the United States are the healthiest
on the globe: The deaths are throe hundred
and twenty thousand ,per year, _or oce and
One third per cent of the population. Iu Eng
land the ratio is over iwo per cot, and in
France it, is near three per cent. Virginia
rind North Carolina aro the healthiest of the
the States,and have six hundred and-thirty
eight in habitants over one hundred years of
age. •
-jui- A shrewd old.tentlenian once said-to
his daughter, 4 :13e sure, ny dear, that yen
never martra p:g)r, man; =but remember the
poorest man in the world is the one that has
money and'nothing else." 'There mtieh
truth - in this and we noinmendiCto the - la-
Spnggins says he:a ways,travels inch
•a sulky'-that is, be - always goes With' his,
intitrires to'be obstinate and- out
humor from the time theyl. leave home till
they get where they are vette. The :only
tithe sha ever smiled, lie sayi,:was when be
broke his Ankle, •
_ _
tar' man wlui wide an ipipressloti'iya
ttio beaVt of a coquette, ha* Wien •out)i.iat
4lat for stone-cuttioft.
-. l :Viiiii;*o4 , ;S'iii4iifl:;o . :
LESS NA'OIVIVREAtONS-1 7 0,1t WELL.
- . KAYO Mir TRUTHS.' :,`..: - :--
The longei, the heanCerilplow the letri.' -r s
1 power is required to:; draw tha - Phisil lkohiiiKc-
rs the beam,is a Ittiet,,,thniugh .whitsh the - PO* ~. ~
',
Ifr is ' eiOrtd-rar4i:Clgie4,Airg..the . ..blew, th 4 -- ..-
long of the fever is lengthened,nnd levers :4... ,
Is thereby increase/1 The - cable is. true (04
!many other inipleinents And , tirOW.;.-.± - stich
spades,
.pitchforks; -- . - wheelharroirsc 'pia `
screwdrivers, augers., - gimbhits;*c...
1 -, The' grer t ter the diaineter of ilizt,')vi
a carman the lesapoier it reqUiree.,4 ,
come th; :equalities of a . roika n ;k4O t tt
b 7
b
the leverage- is increased by length th:-.;
spoltes„'or radii of tin whiela;*bick are::: :-.-..-;•..-
long arms of the leven„ whereby. iffie;pOwer i,a
exerted, and becerisis. the' steepness- or abrept
tiess of the obstructions present - ea to the wheel - -
is lessened:6Y the= greater'- oircituf4enco -- , A. ;
the wheels. .13ut, there is; a .near limit to tc:-.-.. . !
size of the wheels, .!woad ihiph no advati ,
point of draught, on - the sauna ift For ionz . 1 . -
the power exerted Mereiraddatn the weigh:
or pressure, of the carriageluport . thegrenand ; • •
and the_ portion lost ineretiste - With',do.. . .
hoisht of the axles abovethe horizontal line - c -- -
draught..Besides, the increasing Vol. .
enlarged -Wheels. soon more than counteramti - ...,
the advantages gained by increasingil.:**: • .
ameter. . , • _. ', ~. ... 1 -.,-,',„--,.
More carriages meet,than- CiV4rfae::a. p i •
destrain, on a road :
~ .'simply talcanififitiot
Wngth of road citfering - the opportunity: tO ,
meet, is the 821176 . of the distance passetrorei, 1
by the opposite trirelleis,While - the length ~ ..4 '
.
the road offering the opportunity to overtant..._ .
is only the diference ;of - , the.distence.pas4f:l:
over by the pedestrairt and the dtivers...-..,,Th.,), -
...hence-- in the one case -at* reckoned. by f... , .1
sum; and in the other case by the'difireric_ , •
of tlespeed of the walker and tbistiffer;4ff. l . , -..; - •
1 The breeze; in the groves, on a - still.'`dsk, ,
are explained' by. the trunks, branclies,,,wri -
leaves of the trees offering the obstruction r;',.
their oppoi,sing surfaces" to wlriterer.dintlM `_
the air. may have,tbrireby simply eausinet
greater velocity through - the fpaces betWeei-,
them. - ' . i ' : -i
_1
i'''Myintls produce cold in -several - ways. ".. Thy .--
act of blowing implies the detifut upon, iIY
motion over the earth, of ete*t - ' air; to. ocou .. .
py the room of -that' which it , displaees. I.
also incisaset the evaporation of moisture froze
the
the earth, and thus conveys, aWaY l eonsideit
hie beat.. This increased 'eraporationit:lnt:
the mixture of warm - . and cold air, tutteall--
produce a condensation of repent in therni.
tnosphere; hence the formation of Ctielidelint
the consequent detention of the beat,brongly,
by the rays of the'sun. And - whiten* ,al. - .
in niei:on is colder than: the nitrth;brin
bodies with which it Cornea in : c0nt304. 6 1 4 '4': -
tion of their heat is imparted tc - -the air.
1 " Ail signs -- of rain fail •in -- - a dry time ';'' -
" wet begets more wet." These• is real :phi
, losoPhy ia these proverbs: In. a .dir time .
comparatively little evaporation pea:T.:l:4z
place from Abe parched card', and the itinetr.
1 !there becomes but slOwly chargeffwitkMoi.•
ture--the source of rain. -In vret:thrie era -
oration : koes on rapidly 'from- the "saturate . '
- car vui • *iru- inr.n.--,..”. ~
*WI in oistUre:, ...., f - : '= ' ' li; --.- 2
~ The cold-inederatei immediately puce:lit:4, .
*Jell of snow ; because' - the 'ravor. in the at
niosphere,, in
_the apt' of atengealing intiittinif .
par is with many degrees of .heat, - whielithefor!
were latent, and which are at once
to the . surrountlingatinosphere.. The sarnef..!.
' true in respect to the , condensation oflvaio
in rain; but the amoa nt'of latent heat therish - :
made sensible is Much ICS'S thin lathe act t - ..-,
freezing, and itis g . eneially_ compensated b
the loss of ' heat in:the 'evaporationtakir, -
place from the,earth'nfter th e rain; falls._:..
,IF.
ring „the fall both of ,rein' and artow,..the s it l i:.,
mosphere Usually , „tee:tames gradually poltik. - 7 ,
!because the source - of tkit derived; l'iedi et ,
sunshine is, for the iiitte„Lentnif,-411" fly: ~
not -supply the loss. , bylivaporatien. anti` r '
diation from, the earth., ..I,tain ant snow' &a:.
also, usually accompanied by wnd,_it-coaaitir. : .,. -
of heat. , : '..• , . . 2.; - . - -,T
It is lesS tiresome to -.w.aik -,
thin to - staz..
still a given length Of timel: for in walkir -:- -
each, set of muscled is resting half of thntini.,,,
but..when standingatill,- the muscles -ate Cir.
tinually exerted. The exertion of =mui ciee, - ''..
the effort . of - walking is net twice as great ~-.-;
in standing still; benne, the former is ,r!•. 7
equal to th e . double Continuation of the latt , ;',: - .
A - considerable quantity-Of food i taken
one time; into. the sfomach; ilk:. MOO 441. .etri::
digested than a very, small quitatity; beeetii.._
in the former, case; thelood._coming..lll C(if.','
tact with; the entire inner: - surface ; of,(-
stomach ‘ excites the action , of the - organ, )Ir. '
occasions "the secretion of gastric fluid'ord
verily sufficient for digesting • but' in the la'. -
ter, ease thcre_ is not. ettouih foOd .itv , ta, ,
stomach, to .excite its action.- This :Setscrew -
for the fact - often affording a mat* Of en,:
, prise, that persona- are freltiontry . inade Vet
1 ill b y taking into the .i.tornaeit a very -'flim'. 1 -
quantity of food; when it is' remarked th
the same personsilaye _ frequently taken,nutt.
larger quantities- of .the_satue. kinds of-4.:
• with impunity'. . ~, '- ~'- • = '
The,fUr Of bait , of animal , effect' tually"pr -
tects it. frem cold, not so much by_ coverir .-
the body and - abutting in - the heat, as - 'tif p-_,
vonting'the circulation of - air it;:- -- r,
that the heat. pannot be .rails, otstrioy'.:
away... And, thearrati&lettr of. hairs, pf: .
pendichlar or,nearly ete,,on the 'suttee° Of
. ti ..
holly, ~ ,b y the. law
_of - .retlictiein - permit* t..
radiratoe ot .. .bnt :verY little - -heat: riaikii..i.
body. - - ~ ~. -. ..- . '.....-:?,.: s- - - -.---: _
The himen system, inite,iitta or exinsenty.,r .
power,
_is' - very analogous to - enr i eli*witrai,...,
chine.. Dampness dispels: ' 14 6 , for*ilt4
• ,bk --
apparently- in the - same !Ai, .11 - et4,k9.0-1 1, -
bilttating effect.of hot weittper,Canseillainii.
pally by excessive pirapirattOir. ElheAlittint...:
ty. Ofperspiration can boirrel . fly lessened b:-
refraining from ntiziecessary.dralking - ZAtitem
can soon. school hiMself tote 1'V0N.4,4,01Y
of several tiiiiei iera ) 1 400 1 "t i 11: 6:11 1 1 ,,u 411 - --
iceustothed 'to 40iik; by. taklnkfitilf a tuna
qierertitrat- - once,: end- -re* : ttintit - only - 4,
often Mk :thirst is felt .- The Pets~ cii4d , tht ..a1.7
- .
yi Y 4;
term iQrniertY.c- 1 44
Ilia ,er !itt4l.4f tte' paid' foellis,
ref aid tbe4l*-ceilie.paelr.
140,r a Tilton
-1 it.**Graiit is .4tia l
springs the . tree, ,
• jar Ile wYeAriekikk44 heatkot9i
bode' drink* a‘ray -
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