6erritson, -Vablipbtr.
Practice What You - Preach.
Telt me not of garbled sermons—
"
Elvrance of.thought style,
Heard trom ont your modern. pulpits,
Alan from error to beguile.
•
Eloquence may charm the fancy,
Summon•an admiring crowd,
.Who surround the gifted preacher,
" With their praises long and loud;
I:l4it if God's appointed servants,
Would their hearer's conscience reach,
Leading them to paths of wisdom;
They must practice' what they preach.
Pareuts,if your tender offspring
• - Yon would lead in ways of truth
Shielding them from the temptations '
That surround the paths of youth;
Count ne vain your time-worn maxima,
And, to make your teachings sure,
Guide them nut alone:by. precept, .
Bat Example, just and pure.
For, to_shelter from the tempests •
Sin's dark clouds would.cast round each
Tender'flower of - your protection,
You must-practice what you preach.
Teachers, if throughout your duties ;
Ever faithful you would be,
Not by words, but by your actions,
Teach in all sincerity. _
Youthful eyes are on you gazing,
Youthful hearts your thoughts receive ;
Eagerly they, catch your accents,
, Eagerly your Words 'believe.
Then beware!' lest by-your actions,
Untrue principles you teach,
And forget not that you must ever -
Strive ti) practice what you preach.
Ye who would redeem a brother
. Through a Saviour's pard'aing love,
Know that by your bright example,
You must lure to joys above.
. }lett& there' the world,sand wiser,
Full of goodnestand of truth,
If, throughout each generation, -
- Hoary age and buoyant youth,
-All who-preach the glorious gospel,
All.who ,goveku all who teach,.
Muhl but learn.•this-useful lesson,
Always practice what you preach
ANNIE LEE,
=E==l
giaiben
-o=-0 -7-7.
In . the neighborhood of . Liverpool there are
many pretty villages, quiet, unobtrusive
places, with a charming rural aspect;nowliere
else in the world to be seen lrut'in England.
In such -chauninoretreats--the more charm
ing because they derive some prosperity from
their contiguity to the. great sea-port—there I
is getierally.to be found a class of Persons,who,
to limited agricultural purstits,unite the btr.si
nessof a tradesman. Or this class was Mr.
Lee, a worthy, and to use the familiar phrase,
a "well-to-do man. He had married late
in life, and at somewhat advanced age had.
been left a_ widoWer with an only child, a
traaghter, and, according to the unanimous
testimony of the male portion of the cOrn
munity arnongst whom the dwelt, tl.e 'pride
of the village.'
Annie Lee well deseried this title, for she
was not only benutin person, but amisble
in disposition:land, for a young girl in' her
station of life exceedingly well educated. %Ze
will.not specify tie particular village, but we
'will-attempt ,to . :describe 44weet Annie Lee.
She tielonged to that class of-girls who in
personal appearance are decidedly English.
Of the middle height of her sex,she
: possessed
that poetic
: indescribable grace which we
~.ss4ate with a f‘rm
_whose modest pliancy
and moderate fullness at once imprea us with
the idea of a woman who has not very long
passed but of the sparkling buoyancy, of spor
. tire girlhood. Annie was twenty, and her
deportment had acquired that tinge of
seriousness natural to a girl of her years when
.the enitivation of the mind has not be t o neg- •
lected. Her face was extremely beautiful in
outline, although some of the features were
not classically regular. The rich lips when
in repose were rather &telly closed, and the
chin was a little_ too 'large for those critics
who look for perfection in every feature. But
the upper portion of Annie's face was unex—
ceptionable. Her straight nose, with slightly
,curved nostrils, above which beamed the light
lof dirk blue unfathomable ey e s, and. all
;crowned by a delicately - arched; white fore
head, on each side - of which repotted thick
bands of dark brown - hair, together with the
blushing bloom . of maiden health on 'her
,cheeks, rendered the- et sembie of her loveli
nm delightfully attractive. Annie, however,
hid an inward Beauty, 'Which manifested it
self in her daily life.' With the Most
eiqui
site tenderness there was linked a moral
dourage—an elevated moral courage—a sense
of duty to herself an
a l . others rarely to be found
in young women upon' whom natare.has
_lav
ished her favors, and who are, continually
exposed to • the iucense of flattery and ad
miration.
•As might havefieen expected Annie Lee
had. many lovers, but, there was one in the
throng upon whom shebad long ago bestow
ed her preference. He belonged to the same
village as herself; and their pecuniary pros
peas were about equal; with the difference;
that Frank Harvey was already in possession
of his patrimony,his parents being both dead.
The young man rented On , a tong lease a
small well-stocked farm,and had at command
moral hundred -pounds in money; so that
the.match apparently appeared a promising
one. " •
It was evening OD the market.day in Liver
pool, and Annie was slowly returning - from
the railway station about a mile from the sit
lage. - She had gone therti to meet her lover
on his retuuts_frowt - tnerket, but he had failed
to ;mop his Appointment. Hu : horses and
- cart passed- through the.'village in the afier
noon, and he ought not to have been Many
- bourn ifteriliens,' As she wondered at his
non•appearande She was troubled end not a
liUle.veaed, for it .was one-of the pleasure; of
- -• • •
their courtibtp this kte•ct Zete homewardaon
fine market clays. , As sheiriawalking along,
her pensiVe mood was disturbed by ats object
beforeber. It was- a man reeling from one
side of the road to ;theother. 'Annie recog
nized ininire the village tailor, ashoeking
drunkard, and a sensation of loathing
she flew psukChim. As entered the Village
she observed-his wife And three_ young
dreit standing at the wicket gate of tWir
humble eottage,evidently waiting for his cum - ,
ing.+..Wisat.i-consing 1 • Annie's heart. sunk
asshe kindly belie the woman good night,
and wheis she bed proceeded some distance
she IcsOked- back and saw the pisorirife . itill
looking for 'the cbming. l - , -
Annie did not - sleep soundly that nieit.
An anxious Iciretsding weighing upon tier
new, tinsL when she did shunter At saw _in'
her perturbed - dreams a pale, withered face at
a_ wicket-gate, looking' down the road,
through scalding,blinding tears, for some one
coming. j
In themorning Harvey called and found
Annie in the shop serving some customem- r
She returned his cheerful salutation with that
reserve customary with young ladies when
addressed by. their lovers in the presence of
others• t but, when they were, alone, she re
proached him • for hilt neglect on the previous
evening. Harvey, with a slight blush, said
he bad missed the train.
"You must have missed' two," said Annie,
quietly.
"Only one; ip fact I was detained by busi
teSS beyond my usual time," was the hurried
reply.
What broad shoulders that same 'business'
must have to bear the enormous load 'that is
placed upon them
Annie looked her dissatisfaction as her fa
ther emerged from the little parlor behind
the shop,and,in-ii hearty English way,,invited
Harvey inside. The old man loved to hear
all he could about the market be had ceas
ed to attend, and what was stirring in Liver-
Harvey, for a man, was an excellent match
for Annie in appearance. He was a tall,man
ly, good-looking young fellow, of about four
and-twenty, with a slight dash of rusticity in
his manners, an - d
--that rather enhanced his
bonhommee. His features were regular and
shone with rude, health, while his dark eyes
and black curly hair caused many a pretty
maid to Wish she had such a 'beau. '
Forgiveness for his first transgression was
not difficult to*obtain ; -but, as the summer
months wore on-it was so often repeated, that
the once delightful meeting at the railway
station was at length wholly, relinquished.
I,That, coupled' with other matters of grave
import to the tranquility of Ann ie's pure
j bosom,
.caused her to feel very angry with
1 Harvey, and she expostulated with him on
I his conduct in warm and severe terms. In
1 truth, she had of late begun to observe him
• very narrowly. He! was frequently in
coherent in his language, very remiss in his
-engagements even with herself, and some
times absented himself from his farm for
whole days and nights. Rumors also came
to the' shop that he had been seen returning
home- on horseback iu a very , unsafe condi
tion; and that occsa'onally there were revel.
ries at the farni until an advanced hour in
!Abe morning.
' Filled With intense alarm —for Annie loved
him with an entire devotedness—she strove
by every *inning and persuasive way in her
power to lead him back to his former self.
• Instinctively she perceived the black,yaiyning.
gulf to which he was rapidly hastening. Her
heart leaped to keep him away from the hor
skid brink.
"Dear Frank," she would say,"you are not
the same as you used to be: Your face is
paler, and in the morning you are fluttered.
You know•We women are quick ih detecting
changes in those fur whom we have any re
gard."
'lam rot changed," he would carelessly
reply. "What makes you-think so ?'r
Annie shook her head and intimated a good
deal that made her think so. At length,irri
tated beyond endurance, she openly accused
him of being addicted to habits orintemper•
ance. This brought the blush of shame to
hia brow; but,instead of bringing contrition to
his heart, he willfully misappretsiated her mo
tives.
"I am not tb be schooled before mar
riage—time enough after," he said, with
asperity.
"Time enough,' certainly," replied Annie,
calmly; "that is when you are married."
This somewhat staggered the recklessyoung
man, and be asked :
"Is not our wedding day fixed for New
Year's day next r'
"It was," said Annie, "but I have altered ,
my mind and shall speak to'father about it."
- Harvey had ,been drinking.that morning,
and was not in a fit state to either reason or
listen to reason, and, as usual with such men,
he flew into n passion, and -charged Annie
With loving another. • _
"I do not love another," said Annie, with
, some scorn in her manner; "but I will never
marry a drunkard!" •
Ham/ regarded her with some amazement
' for a few moments, and then, bursting into a
I coarse laugh, uttered some maudlin nonsense,
I tried to take.ber hand„ but Annie firmly re
pulsed him, and left him ,to his own unpleas
ant meditat"..ll3. •
"Pshaw!" be muttered. "She'll soon come
"Besides, I only take a glass in modera•
'ads deluding himself be went on his way,
daily becoming iess liable to resist th'e dread
ful habit that was coiling around him in folds
as strong as those of boa-constrictor. An
nie prayed, entreated, held up to him exam
ples, warnings; and findingzall of no avail, to
her father's surprise,but not rezret,she caused
tier marriage to be indefinitely postponed.—
The.natatal purity of her nature revolted at
the idea of marrying a man who hid so far
forgotten'himielf. It must be admitted that
the neverlo.be-forgotten pale face at • the
wicket-gate, seen in the twilight, very much
influenced her determination.
"Hays you and Frank quarrelled I" in-
quired bet-father.
"No--that is, not mueb ; but be,keeps too
misch•compauy, and I am afraid—"
Annie did lot ctCutplete 'the
. sentence.
She 'still , loved tbesereing young man, and
would, not degrade him in ber parent's eyes.
for
with all love's eloquence , pleaded
for a reversal of the sentence; be promised
complete'coriformity to.her wishes, even to
taking - a pledge. • -
Annie, although her heart besit c riolently,
was unyielding ; all that she would grant was
ar year's probation. . .
"Why,, we may be all dead in that time!"
he exclaimed: 1 4 13esideli, better lo
sow my wild oats before marriiige, then
after r • . _ • -
Attie bai been .a great :readeriso she , in
dig:neatly refilled :
oats. indeed ! And do you expect
me to take fors Husband a Stan who has
been. soiled inlill.kinds of mite. You might
as--wellank me to lirein a house without roof
or windows: - Harvey, yob are much tnis
taken, if yonlitiikkj. would give iny_hend 'to
a Man wboliss not-been able to control hint
self. And as to wild oats, I phtioly tell you,
that, simple aMmity, gul. as I am, I
know that ifs man hu wild esti' before mar
rine,-he is:Surkto have tio abundmit, own of
4eno - afterwards.",
Harvey considered ' himself ill used, and
Annie did not see him fora week afterwards.
When she did;ehe was gratified and surprised
at a visible improvement in his appearance,
and this continued :throughout the ',infer,
and, art if to assure her that the change was
real, no more injurious• reports reached her
ear: But this ameadment was only artificial,
for Harvey, profiting by the evil counsels of
his companions, pursued his career of dissi
pation away from his native place. - This
hypocrisy, however, only served to harden his
nature and strengthen the awful habit into
which he had fallen. hits°, by inspiring in
him too much confidence in his power of en
durance, brought about Lis exposure and
punishment. -
"I'M seasoned now, and defy even Annie
to see there's anything the matter with me,"
he said, vain-gloriously, as one evening in
June he called at Annie's father's house, and
took his accustomed seat in the parlor:
Annie observed with horror that he was
very much intoxicated, and the memory of
the pate face at the wicket-gate came over
her - with sickening distinctness. Her: father,
although short-sighted, noticed something
strange in Harvey's - behavior, but bad the
latter confined - himself to.ordinary topics the
old man might not have known the cause. .
As the fumes of the poisonous compounds he
had swallowed to excess mounted to his
brain, Harvey became excited, and presently
all sense of discretion vanished in the vain
desire to communicate what he considered
good news.
"Congratulate roe," he exclaimed-, with
difficulty suppressing a hiccup, "congratulate
me !—I stand a chance of making three thou
sand pounds."
"Glad to hoar it," said Mr. Lee. "Through
kieceased relative, I sapprise
"Deceased fiddlesticks!" exclaimed Harvey.
"No. , Look you here I ,Annie and I are to
be married next year, so I thought I'd risk a
hundred' or two to make her a little mi?tre
comfortable like, so I took Tom Higgin's ad
vice, and laid 'em out on the next July cup.
Sure to win—so Tom rays—and although I
have lost to 'un, never venture, never win.
So you see, Annie, I shall put three thousand
pounds in your apron next month. What
do you, think of that, sweetheart I"
With this rhodomontade Harvey attempted
to'draw nearer to. Ann'.e, but she retreated
behind her father's chair, saying :
"Frank, go home, pray do."
Mr. Lee, now clearly perceiving the condi
tion of his intended son io-law, seconded the
request, but Harvey, like a man,blindly rush
ing upon his ruin, took no heed of the inti
mation, but began to talk about his bets end
horse-racing, and other matters connected
with the turf. Mr. Lee, at length, lost all pa
tience, and authoratively bade him make the
best of his way home.
"Home ? why, this is as much my home as
the farm,
isn't it r 'shouted Harvey, with
drunken levity.
•"Never," exclaimed Mr. Lee, thoroughly)
disgusted, "never shall it be a borne for a
drunkard and a gambler.• Leave the room—
leave the house ! I now see why my .vise,
good Annie put off the wedding. Oh Frank,
I did not think this of thee ! and right glad
am I that thy father is not living to see it—
it would have broken his heart. Leave the
house, I say, thou degenerate, ungodly-son
'of a virtuous and godly father and [nigher."
Stopified at these well-merited reproaches,
Harvey looked from father to datighter re
peatedly, but as be caught the sferu expres
sion of the old man's eyes fixed upon him, a
glimmering perception of his disgraceful state
stole into his mind, and withoututteting an
other- word be staggered from the room, out
of the shop, into the street, where he mounted
horse,and rode away in the direction of Liver
pool.
"My dear child,". said the old man, em
bracing his daughter, as she threw herself
sobbing on his breast, "my dear child, be
composed. This is a great deliveraoce,though
painful."
After soothing Annie as well as he could
by warm carressee and every endearing pa
rentalepithet,he opened the family Bible and
read a favorite chapter with him, when an
noyed or,perplexed. Afterwards, he remain
ed in a state of reflection for a few minutes,
and then, as he phrased it, "his- mind was
made up." There was a good deal of the
stern old puritan spirit in his disposition
(for remnanta of the old Cromwellian Inde•
pendents, perfect in all their features, form,
and costume, abound in the small towns and
villages and-remote' districts of,Lancathire,)
and when he bad determined on a course of
action he was inflexible. "The match was
broken off," but be would speak fatherly, and
gently to his beautiful Annie.
"Aohie;Annie,child of thy devout mother,"
be said,"never marry a drunkard. The habit
is easily, frequently, innocently got, but hard
to be got rid - of. Look at that miserable
bodyolemmy Thompson . , wasting soul and
substance in a pot-house, and •his wife and
children starving at home ! (the good man
said nothing about a certain weekly allowance
of bread„&c.). 'And look, Annie, at our
churchyard—how many drunkards, how
early cue off, lie there. In a sterner, like a
dead dog, lies William Jackson—a praise
worthy man in 'same respects—but he was
bad' to himself, and be died in a road-side
ale-house. His Memory is jeered at by his
surviving -reprobate companions; and those
who kept themselves upright, speak of him
harshly, and never give him credit for the
real good that, was in him. Oh Annie, my
dear, darling Annie, never marry. a drunkard
—its a sin, a railing against "God's Provi
dew."
"Father, I never will,"replied Annie, firmly.
"I have told Frank told so repeatedly. But,
father, dear,l can't help feeling for him,be was
once so diffeient.
"The finest lad in the parisb,"said the old
man. "I must see him and admonish him of
the awful error of his ways."
When be was alone, be muttered :
"And so Flank has turned what they call
a 'good fellow 'nor lad—poor lad.l I
never . healthose words, but see looming in
the ghastly distance either s ticirkbouse or a
Anson." .
The proposed match was now definitely
broken . off, and Liars43Y's exceseis soon be
came so wild that pie more'respectable it:hat/-
hal:two!' the -locality began to shun W. com•
patty. Aonieeprted herself to reclaim him.
A true , women never despairs until' the grave
has noosed over the-object of her affections.
She wrote• bier the • most kind, affectiobeti
lettevs, employed argument and entreaty, Mit
all to no avail ; Harrey's only response was,
“ WE ARIcAiL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND THE tONSTFTI4IO N. 01 .-james
I .1, • r
tiantfose, Susquitanna Couittg, ifenn'a, ittirso;bag Stoning, August .:.5, 1851.
"Will von marry me=will you keel; your
promise I"
,When Annie—who at this - point felt so
acutely
,that her health suffered—examined
her own Courcience, she would-exchsitn,
cannot,'' And if kburst of womanly tender--
nem escaped her, the recollection of the pale
face at the wicket-gate subdued it in an in—
atauk ' tier moral courage was very strong,
for her love was full of warm pulsation and
tender clingiis.
Harveytwit she only met casually during
several month, and that only under circum
stances that did not:admit of a private inter
view. buring that time the infatuated young
man 111'0 become the talk of the neighbor
hood. His dissipation and gambling losses
bad involved him in pecuniary whininess:
runts unfortunately to a greater extent than
was generally surmised. At length they met.
It. was Suoday,and Annie was returning from
a school at some distance from her home, in,
which she occasionally ashisted as teacher.
The part of the road was secluded, and they
had often met there in the sunny days of
their love.
"Well, Frank !" said Annie, sorrowfully,
as she regarded his changed appearance, his
haggard feattires, sunken eyes, bud untidy
apparel.
Apparel.
'Forgive me, Annie !" he exclaimed. "I
know I have done wrong; but one kind word
from you, one of your sweet looks, will soon
make all right again."
"I have nothing to forgive," said Annie,
tremulously,for his pleading tones had touch
ed a cord that had never ceased to give forth
music. "I have only' to lament that we are
not the same' to each other, that we once
were."
"Why Fbould we not be so again ?" asked
"Ask yourself and judge," she replied.
Misinterpreting her subdued,almost tender
tone and :manner,he began passionately toem
treat fora renewal of their engagement. An
nie, though her heart beat violently as old
memories swelit through her brain, was firm
in her refusal. She had disciplined herself I
into the conviction that he bad no right t 9
demand any sacrifices on her'part. He was
the transgressor, and from him alone must
come the atonement. Would that all
girls, similarly placed, would think as Annie
did !
"You fore me no longer !" exclaimed Har
vey, bitterly.
du not lore the spectre of Frank Ilar
vey," abe replied, "Return to your former
self, and you will find Annie Lee still Annie
Lee."
Imagining she referred to his loss of prop
erty, he said, with a sneer, "I see bow it is—
you have heard of my misfortunes,and we are
not•equsil now. I am . ..poor. You scam me
because 1 am pour."
"Poor !" rejoined Ann'e, warmly. "You
are only poor.in character. Money of itself
does not make or confer worth. If you had
not 'a penny in your pocket, and were the
Frank Harvey of othertimes, r would gladly
give you my hand. and -my father would as
..ladly consent. Oh, Frank; Frank, whether
you have beer! led astray by yoi.ir own evil
promptibgs, or fallen before tenwtation,•there
is time to relent, time to change,time to turn
back to yobr formeeself, acd; I will say, time
to come and see Annie Lee as you did in the
bright days before you . fell away from me,
from yourself—and, oh ! Frank, think . of it—
from vour Maker !"
And so they pa-rted, without another word;
Harvey a prey to remorse, for, as he watched
her receding figure, the sound of -Sabbath
bells fell on his ear, and as they awoke the
past, they distufbed his stagnant and putrid
present,, and he wept. But the day °this
deliverance was not yet at band. Depravities
that stop short of edam punishable by the
laws are only corrected by the severest
chastisement and a !borough cleansing of
the moral being.
Self degradation will drive a man or wo
man to the most desprate extremities. In
some'stages of their disorder they are unable,
if willing, to beat up against the wind of
their difficulties.
_Like dismasted ships they
drift helplessly on the lee-shore 'of ruin. It
was so with - Harvey. He was overtaken by
adversities, and could not bear up against
them, although he still bad the means. The
spirit of the gambler ., and tipler possessed
him, and his property wasted away like snow
in the sun. In himself hopelessly degenerate,
he hitd no hopeln the future, and became
reckless. Long after he had ceased to hold
any communicationwith Annie, or her father,
a glimmering of ,his actual position flashed
across his mind, and he vowed a reformation;-
but it is only a terrible shock that can rouse
such beings to a sense of their danger and
duty. It came with electric force. As he was
proceedinghotneward late one night; and
was passing the cottage of a miserable tailor,
'be was arrested by the piercing shrieks of a
woman and the cries of children—cries that
never appeal vainly to a man's heart. by an
impulse which he never afterwaids accounted
for, seeing the door open, he entered and be
htl d a spectacle that curdled his very blood.
On the the floor lay the tailor dead-=in a
fit of drunken passion he bad burst a blood
vessel and gone to his dreadful account. Isis
three children were cuing by his side, and
on some tap in the corner lay, hiawife pros
trate, dying in the last stage of consumption.
The crimson , and black clouds through
which' had looked at the world for
many a daY vanished—his foimer self started
up, like a bright angel, and be applied hint:
self vigorously to'the exigencies of the Oise.
He aroused the neighbors, procured the at
tendance of a medical' man, and bestowed
upon the afflicted family all the money he bad
about him.
"Annie will not let them starve," he men-,
tally observed R 4 'he proceeded, to the farm
,sad and thoughtful. He found an execution
on-the premises.' Ile was ruined, and knew,
it, but- did not lenient or bewail his misfor
tune. On _ the contrary be went to bed and
slept soundly. The catastrophe he bad
witnessed lied ets'mpletely revolutionized his,
morbid nature. In the course of the week'
he arraeged his affairs, patd i hie creditora a id
full, and, after giving up poseession of the
farm to the'landlord, found himseltwortb:
- fifty pounds. , With that in his poZket he dis
appeared.frOnt the neighborhood, and was
never seen in it again.; He bade adieu to none,'
not even to Anittie d ,fof *be was ashimed`or
himself. ' Ile did pause at a bend in the road ,
that commanded n view of her borne, and
- breathed *prayer for bee- welfare and bappi
oess. It was the sweetest; Wiest prayer be bad
uttered since he had knelt at his mother's feet,
,
Dia disappearance' did not create mattb
astonishment in the vintage, but to Annie Lit
was a source of deep, heart-breaking grief.
Despite her keit judenent,'she had hoped—
woman, ever does, even in the a v irest 'MOM
—wott now that. be Was gone, without a word
or token,
the little flower that . bad bitbertri
bloomed amid the winter of her disappoint
aunt, hung sictreftil and withered away. Site
herself drooped and the roses fled from her
cheeks, and she took alltelanc.holy pleasure
1 / 4
in visiting . the spots where, side b ,side, she
and Haney had passed some oft • delicious
&piing hoofs of their young. liveP • During
one of these :rambles she came to a retired
place some distance froth the villitge where
they bad often met to talk:of the future, and
indulge.in the poetry of courtship. It was
the margin of a brook, beside which stood
an aged -oak, in a certain hollow of which
they used to deposit their messages and little
love-tokens. Annie gazed upon it with mel
ancholy interest, and almost instiOttively put
her hand into the cleft. Vembling she drew
forth a letter, which she perused with a flut
ter of delight mingled with tearful sorrow. .
It ran thus :
~.
"DEAREST ANRIE:--Grieve not forme. lam
inworthy of you. I go - away to render myself
worthy of the past as regards your sweet self,
not with any views to the future. Ilow totild II
-My daily prayer shall be for your happiness, and
whether you wed another or not, I shall be faith
ful. I hare been so, and. that is the only self.
consolatiOn I can carry away with me; MY in
tention is to redeem my errors by honest indus
try, and not; sink-ander either regret or despSii.
I take with me some of your own strong. an
gelic - spirit. Farewell, God bless you, dearest
Annie!F. H.
• "P. S.-1 need not say to you that Jimmy
Thompson's children are fatherless apd
less. I know note what you meant by,the `pale
face at the wicket gate.'"
Wet and soiled as this missive was, Annie
°laced it, in her bosom as she mentally mid,
I shall see Frank Harvey agriin."
The orphan children were provided for.
Annie undertook the. charge of the eldest, a
girl, and the other two were placed by the
influential ladies of the neighborhood, in a
school where they could be reared and edu
cated until able to go forth-into the world.
Two years elapsed, during which •Annie
became thin, and very stiticrin her demeanor,
repulsing all suitors at once and dech.ively ;
still she was not unhappy, for the little flower
had again raised its head, and diffused a fra
grance throughout her soul. One day a let
ter arrived—it was direetwao herself. When
she bad read it, she, with a heightened color
and brighter eye, blinded it to her father.
The old man perused it with visible satisfac
tion, and to conceal some emotion, or proba
bly to correct what he .deemed a weakness,
he opened the old family Bible, and while
engaged over-the sacred volume, Annie was
in her chamber on. her knees, with her face
buried in the snow white coverlid of her bed.
After this letters came more frequently, and
at last regular once a. week, and it was no
ticeable that with each arrival 'the-bloom on
Annie:s cheek increased, her step became
firmer, and her voice more cheerful. She was
even occasionally heard to hum snatches of
old ballads. Mr. Lee, to the surprise of the
whole village, undertook a long journey, and
was away several weeks. The surprise deepen
ed into astonishment when, upon his return,
he announced his intention of disposing of
his property, and retiring for the remainder
of his days to another part of,England. His
arrangements were speedily.completed, and
father and,daughter departed amid the tears
of many. _
As the reader has anticipated, they had
gone to share in and augment the renovated
,fortunes of Harvey, who, to use-the old man's
to Ise expro.si_on, had "regenerated .himself."
Having offered his services to a distant min
i Live in Yorkshire, they had been aCeeptea,
and his knowledge of modern farming having
proved so really excellent, in the course of a
few years, with his savings and influential re
commendations, he.. found little difficulty in
obtaining a farm for himself. In fact his
cultivated intelligence in all matttrs relating
to what is termed high farming, bad procur
ed for him the substantial favor of one of the .
most popular noblemen 'and laud owners
in England.., So situated, he , did not scruple
on 13 ( more to offer his hand to Arinie, and it
ias accepted, her father volunteering a liberal
advance of money. l i
We must pass over a few yeias, and intro
duce our readers to the last scene in this little
domestic drama witch fell under ouriotiee.
Let them imagine a tolerable-sized residence,
with a flower garden before it, fronting a good
road and flanked by orchards. In the rear
there are kitchen-gardenssand beyond them
a large farmyard, surrohisded on three sides
by buildings, and in the ‘, diStance flelds
stretching far and side. At the front
of the house stands the owner talking . to
a gentleman on b'otseback._. The latter waves
a courteous adien,ind the-owner, a tall, portly,
handsome Englishman, ebtrut the middlle lige,
opens a door in one of the orchard walls, and
gazes within. 'ender a tree sib; , a white
haired old man laughing. at he gambols of
some rosy children playing cm he grass, and
Inot far from him. sits, a beautiful English
woman, who looks mach :younger- than she
really is. Her figure, although fall, is still
pester-On symmetry, anknot aline Marks.her
bright beaming face. Her lips are rosy, and
her eyes sparkle with animation.. By her side
stands ; , a flue boy of some twelve years old,
who is attentively listening to a book she is.
reading, the value o(whichahe is.attempting
'to impress upon his youthful mind. .
The, looker-on dwelling, on_ this scene as if
it we're the most . precious painting, in 'the
world L--and soit . was-to bina—advaneed.
"Annie, dear, what do you think,his lora
shit) waetisr said he cheerfully, but vrith st
slight 'huskiness of tone. The -lady smiled
her ignorance, and the speaker continued,
"Why, he said he would attend our next
titirvest.bome, lint only on, condition . that We
give the farm it name" , ~
.
“That, would not - be ve rydif&ul," replied
the lady in rich accents.p "Suppose we mill
it !Hapriy Laud."
"No," - replied the , deligli • ted hasband, kiss-,.
ing his wife'd smooth cheek, "Isan do better
than thit. I shall call it'sorrietliing in honor
of 'ecertain Lancastevrwitch, - whose spells
belled it into existence: At Mimi,' rtti beloved
wife, shall be 4 Mimes Frisitiitai t '-'ind as it
is a right good tnglish orate, ; ttbsCit' wilt
endure through" many ontetatiOiet. ' -.-•
. _ • . ,
- Its' Is tailing the lietirt "above despair;
a ea - fiddle is worth four - doeteiri tiro
d rug FL
- . , ~, • . rev 0 OCrO . ,-
;while Mr. : Raney is charging his pupils
ten guineas for instructing them , the'art of
Gorse-breaking, a London publisher has is
sued : a pamphlet written by Raney. beforetbe
dreamed et; l 4eiera 116 0 , giving the whole
information-for. 12 cents„ The following is
the.theory
.4 Mr:Rayey 1 , ~ , .r,
Ist.—That he (tbe,horse),o so constituted
by nature that he wil l, not offer -*stance in
any: demand made Of him which he rally
comprehends, if in to - a, way consistent
With the laws of his n tore. •
ad,r
2d..—Tbat be has , ,u ,00nsciou,sness of his
strength beyond . . hi& - eiperience,,and. can. be
handled according
. to our will without force.
'3J.-That we can in compliance with the
laws of his-nature by which .he examines all
things new- to him,. take : any objeci, however
frightful, brihnd over 'or.on him, that does
nokiittlict - pain_without causing hinkto fear.
The horse, though possessed of some4facul
ties superior to Mao's, being . deficient.in rea
soning pave.* lis'ne•kisowledge of right or
wrong, of free will
. and independent gcdern
ment, and knows not of-ally ffhposition prac-,
'deed upon him, hovreyer unreasonable these
impositioni may be. Consequently, be can;
net come to any decision as to what be should
or should not do, I;esrilise he lies not the rea
soning faculties of man to argue the justice
of the thing demanded of him. If be had,
taking into conisiderattob his superior strength
he would be useless to man al, a servant.
Every one.that has ever paid any attention
to the Stein hasnotined his_natural incline:,
lion to smell everythiug which to him looks
opw and frightful. This is his strange mode ,
of examining everything. „And,. wheh he i§
frightened at , anythibg, tholfgh he looks at
it sharply, he seems to have no confidence in
this optical examination alone, but. must tetra
it with thonose before be is entirely satisfied;
and, as soon as this is done alt is right.
We might very naturally
. suppose, froth
the fact of the horse's applying his nose to
everything new to him, that he always does
so for the purpose of smelling these objects.
But 1 believe that it is 'as much and more
for the Purpose,of feeling, and that he makes
use of his nose, or muzzle (as it is sometimes
called,) as we would of our hands, because it
is the only organ by which be can touch or
feel anything with such susceptibility.
We know from expetience, that i 1 a horse
sees and smells a robe a short distauce from
him, he is very much frightened (unless he is
used to it) until he , ouches or feels it, with
his nose; which is a positive proof that feel
ing is the controlling sense in this case.
It is a prevailing opinion among Iso•ssmen
general a that the sense of smell is the goy
erniense of ,the horse. And
. Faucher, as
well as others, has with that view, got up re
ceipts of strong smelling
s oils &e., to tame
the horse, sometime using the chestnut of
his legs, whiCh they dry, grind - into powder,
and blow into his Costrils, sometimes using
the oils of rhodium, organum, &v., that are
noted for their strong smell; and sometimes
they scent the hand with tffe dsvi , at from un
der the arm, or blow their breath into his
ncstrils,'&c., &c., all of which, as far as the
scent goes,have no effect whatever Cif gatling
the horse or conveying any ided to his mind ;
though the acts that accompany these efforts
—handling him, torching him about the nose
and head, and pat ti ng him, as they direct you
should, after administering'the articles, may
bavis a very great effect of Abe ingredients
used.
Now, reader, can yen or any one else, give
one single reason how scent can convey any
idea to the horse% mind ofWhat we want him
to do I If not, then of course strong scents
are of no avail in taming the unbroken horse,
- In order to obtain perfect obedience from
any horse, we must first hate him fear es, for
our motto is, fear, love, and 'otter ; • and we
must have the fultilnient of the two first be-
fore we can expect' the latter for it ig lic
our philosophy of creating fear; love and Con
fidence that we govern to our will every kind
of hone whatever. 1 shoulit not want, for
myself, more than. half' or tlkee quarters of
an hour handle ant, colt and have butt
running, about in the stable after me slough
I would advise a Dew beginner,to take more
time, and not be itr„too much of a hurry.—
When you have entered - the stable stand still,
and let ytidt,horse fork at you for a minute
or two, and as, soon as he\is settled in elle
plece,"ripprogeh lam slcrwty ' with year arms
stationify,•your right hand hinging ti yein'r
side, bolding the why o ft's directed, and the
left bent et the elbow, with the hand project
ing,. as you approach him, go not too near
his head or croup, so as not to make him
mum backward or forthird, thus keeping this
horse stationary; if he does, not move either
fiirward or Inckward;step a hide to - the right
or left, very cautiously ; this Will keep him
in oneplace. As you get very near to him,
draw a little to his shottlder and, stop a few
second& If you Oa Very near ban, he will
turn his head and smell you hand, not that
be' has any prefe'iettce for your band, but - be
cause that is projecting, and is the nearest
portion of your body,,te the.horse. This all
colts will, do, and they will smell your naked
hand just as quickly as they will anything
that you can put in it, and with just as good
ameffeet,howevet much sonso.usen may have
preached the doctrine of taming horses by
giving the animals the scent of' articias frortt
the, hand, havo r already made it appear
that the notion is a mistake.
As \ 'soon as helouebes his nose to your
hand _caress.._ him as: before. directed, always
using tiler:) , soft Jight : bind, merely touch
ing the horse, always ?tithing the way die
hair lies, so that yinir,liand•will pass along
as amoothitas , poesible. As you• stand by
his aide, you - 'ay find it more convenient to .
rub his neek.or„ the side of, his bead,. which
plll anelver.the same.purpose aa rubbing his
forehead. ,- Favot every inclination, of the
home to touch orstnell you . siktb his nosy
Always follow each totteb or domnillni6ation ,
of-this kind' with the\most tender and 'free-.
donate caresses, accompanied with a itind ,
look rind a pleasant word.orsome eortorueit
as ".00,1 my little boy, my litttle boy !"
"PrettOtry !! lady,!" or something;
of the kind e constantlyi repeating Abe same
words,-with the same kind, steady, tone of
voice; for the horse soon learriktolead„tha
expression, Of the 'face andd vordif o and will
know as vtailwhen feerclove, , ot,anger-pre
rails, as you know ,your • own • feelings ; two
or vibielt, fear .and augeria :godd horseman
should never reel.
If potty home, instead of being Mildinetjais
to be of a stubborn . or mulish disrlosition,; i
he lays 'hack his ears as you approach him,
of tarns his heels-to kick you, he has .not thkt
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regard or fear of man that be should have,
to enablet,yntr to , handle him quietly and
Oasily; And it !Deft be well to give..bior .
few sharp cuts with the Whip, about the legs,
pretty, qose s to the body. It will.crack keen
ly as it,pi; around his legs ; and the crack
of The whip will' affect, him as much as the
stroke; besides, one'sharp cut ,about. his legs
will affect him more than two or three over
his back', the sEitrkori their Mer part of the
legs or about the `flank • being thinner and
more tinder than oh his back. But do not
whip him much. ;
'HOW TO BMSDLE A COLT,
Any one dian who understands this th'eory
can pupil saddle on the wildest colt that ever
grew without arty help and without , scaring
hitn. The first thing will be to tie each stir
rap.'straptiti3J-- ioose • knot to make. them
'short and . prevent } the' stirrOps front flying
about anti hitting him; Thep - double Op the
skirts
. and take the Saddle Wider your right
AIM so Its not to frighten hint with it when '
you apprciabh.. When you, get to him rub
him gently a few. tlitteswith your band, and
then raise the saddle very slowly:until he
can see it. and feel it and smell it with his
nose. Then let dm skirt loose and rub it
very gently against his neck, the way the
hair lies, letting him feel - the rattle of the
skirts as he feels them agaipst him, each time
getting.a little farther back. Shake -it a lit=
tie with pier hand, and in, less than five
iSiautes youCAßrattle it about over his back
a , i'muCh as You- please, and pull it off and.
throw it on again, without his paying Mach
attention to it., •
HOW TO SIOONT TfTE COLT.
Tint gentle bum welf on both sides; about
the saddle, and all over, until he will stand
still without - holding; and is not afraid•to
see You anywhere about him.
'As soon as he: will , hear this- without '
alarm, untie the stirrup. strap, and--stand
square over it, holding your knee against
the horse, and your toe• out, so as to ttiuth'
him under the shoulder with the toe of your
boot. Place ypur right hand tin the front of
tho , siddle, and on the opposite side of you,
taking hold of a portion of the mane and the
reins, as they hang loosely over his neck, with.'
your _left hind ; then gradually bear your
weight on the stirrup, arid on your right,
hand, the horse feels your whole:weight on 1
the saddle; repeat this several times, each
time raising yourself a ',little higher . from *the
block, until he will. allow you to raise your
leg over his croup and place yourself in the*
saddle. • - . •
By the process - of raying your weight in
the stirrups, and on your baud, you can grad-.
ually accustom - him to'your weight, so as not
to frighten him by having hid] . feei it at once.
And, in the third place, the block elevates
you so that you will not have to — tualte s
spring in
,order to get on the hotse's back,
j but from it yOu can graduallY_raise yourself
in the,saddle. When you take these precati
dons, there is no horse so wild but that you
~.can mount him without making the jump.—
I have tried it on the worst hor.es that could
be found, and have never 'failed in any case.
HOW TO MAE A lIORBE LIE DOWN.
Everything we want to teach the horse
mast be .commenced in some way to giie;
him atridea of • what you want- him., to do,
and the' be repeated till he learns it perfectly.,
To diate a horse lie down, bend his left fore
leg and slip a loop over it, s 6 that . l:4 cannot
get it down. Then put a surcingle -around
his bedf, and fasten one end of along . strap
around the other foreleg, just above the hoer.
Place the other' end
. under,the surcingle,
as Ceti , the straP in 6eright diet:T.ode ;
take a short hold of it will: roar tight band ;
stand On `the left side of the horse, gasp the.
bit in . the left hand. pull steadily on the, strap
With your right; bear tigtinst his shoulder
till you cause him to move. A's soon as he
lifts his-weight; your pulling sitl raise stile
other foot; mid be Wilt have; to come on his
knees. 'Reap, the'. strap tight in your band,
so that he catiliet straighten his leg if be
rises up.' Held him in this position, and turn
his had towards yaw bear against is side_
witlr,yoUr shoulder, not hard,'but with It
sieady eirtar pressure; Odin Omit ten min
utes he will lie down. As soon as be, lies
downi,he will be, completely congtipretkand
you can handle _him as you please. '
11 . eunt.tont: Latccu.---II there is any, creed
held sacred by the Black Republican party,
it is the doctrine of the equality of the negro
with the white race. In proof of this we need
only. infOint our readers that, the House of '
Representatives irr,Connecticut, by a-vote of
one hundred and tWelve to' ninety four, has
pissed a bill' to' amend the Constitution of
that Btire'so . es to allow negtoes to vote.—
gvery 13iack Republican voted• for it and ev
ery Perreocrat against it.. An amendment
was_proposed by the same conimitiee so-that
it4ihotild be required by the State Constitn : ,
lion, that futeieers
,should remain in the
State twenty one years before being allowed
to vote' tinder the operation of such a law,
the most filthy, ragged, or ignorant fugitive
alavelyill .be allowed to vote at once, while ;
the foreigner, no odds how intelligent, must
wait his twenty-one_ years. Thol wliiie for
is disfranchised while the negro is ca
mase&and allowed tobecolne, a
,41titen gt
once;, 'PM; same thing has „heel' done, in
Massachusetts and - 9,oer New guilainl,States.`
A siiriihtt anondment ; has been ptoposed to
the Constittition of ptio. ; It is,, useless for
thaekl-RePublican prints to' deny this as be
ing one d the fendarkental doetnnesvof their i
party. It is in taut 3 .tbe only principle. upon
which' they are United, and which holds them
together ars a party.--4Lnneaster Inteltegmer.
ETIMOPLAtt iv* OF, Ttindt .. .t.--...(` Der
aray rait agiw women as Mut s-tley'like,
butthety can't set me•agiu dew.. , .bab al
waya,ta my. life found dem to be fust in:rub;
rust ittAquarrel,Just in de dance, find in do
ine-creftna saloon and de fast, , best, and de
task iß,t4tl:biok room*. 'What would we poor
poordebili.do Widout dem. :Lo u t, be born\
Asoyoung; as ugly, and as helpless - es we pleas*,
and a woman's anal Am open to receibe us.
She it'am wit° gabs us our lust dose of castor
oil ; and puts Ooze 'pon our' helplessly .nakedr
limbs; and s oubbem up our loots and
she, long fl annel
. petticoats; and it am as
we grow up, who .glls oar dialler baskets aid
donuts and apples is' we , titan to 01601.
licks us Whin ire tears our trousis, 4 • '
_ -
irat Tax Werbttra - Zt'ud,getthiiika.thera
banal considiralpl i e " wire•pulliog" (stela
tween England lad the United Statcs,