The Montrose Democrat. (Montrose, Pa.) 1849-1876, September 23, 1858, Image 1

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'Who'd `be
.: Bachelor Y
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,When 'a so transient,
,And rapid Tune's tread,
When niaidena are - plenty,.
And longingto.wed;
Who - would live single
And marriage decry?
•Who'd be a bachelor.? •
Who !—not I. ,
Whii does not wish for
A fond hearted wife! _
To - share. with the pleasures
• And sorrows Oflife I •
To cheer and sustain bim
When troubles are nigh,
Who'd be a bachelor!
Who ? 2 --not I.
MO, when his garments
Were tattered :Led torn;':
Could mend them himself,-
Without feelings forlorn!
When a thrifty wife's fingers
The needle.to ply;
So-neatly and cheerfully—
Whit ?--riot F. -
When the bodyia bed-rid •
I-And writhing in pain';
Whin the fever is_ raging,
Anebutningibe %brain;
:Who would not then •
For a -gentle wife sight
'Who'd he a bachelor?
Who?-4tot •
Lonely..old bachelor,
. Wretched indeed !
No one tO`conifort you,
Oiii_thing,you need..
Monk' you live happily,
Smiling through, life?,
Take 10 go - with yon '
"A true hearted wife.
isallantotts.
Miscellaneous Matters.
(Fron!."Titeomb's Letters. to Young People,
• Single or Married."
HOW A GOOD WRE IS TO BE WON
knOw that men naturally shrink from the
atteilipt to obtain companions who are, their
superiors ;but they will find that really Intel-.
ligent women', who possess the most desirable
tlualitiezcare uniformly mode 4 and bold their
(bairns in modest estimation. What such
women most admire in man is gallantry; not
the gallantry of courts and fops, but biddnees,
courage, devotion, decision, and refined-civil
ity. -man's - bearing wins ten superior
women where his booth t and brains win one.
If
, a ma an stands before wonian with respect
tor himself and fearlessness of ler, his suit. is
half won. The Test May safely be left to the
most Niosted.. Tbererore, never ue
afraid,of-a woman." Women are the most
huttnlessand agreeable creatures in the world,
to 'a man who shows that he has got a man's
soul in him. If yciu have not got thospitit
in you-lo come up to "
-a test like this,you have
not got thatin you which most pleases a
high-souled woman, - ,and you will obliged to
cinitnt yourself with the,sitnile girl who
a pliet way,is endeavoring toattract and ' fit s.
t .11 3 . 0 N. -
But don't be in a burry aboto the matter.
I ton% get into a feverish longLig foi• marriage.
It isn't Creditable - to. yet , EspeCially don't
imagine . that any t veappointment in love,
which` ta k es p late oefpre you are twenty-one
years old, will be bf spy material damage to
you. -The .ft 11'10;d:tat before a man is twenty
tive y e .rs old be does not know what he wants
Lip-self., So don't be , in a hurry. 'Thetnore
a Man you become, and the niore raanli
neta you,
o beconr. .capable of exhibiting.: in
your assoaation with women, the Letter wife
you- will-Le able to obtain; and one year's
Tiellsetalontif the - heart and hand 'of a really
noble specimen of hers sex is wortb -nine hun
dred . and_ ninety-nine years' . "
possession of a
sweet creature with tso ideas in her bead,
and nothing new to say about either of them.
"Better fifty sears of Europe than a cycle of
Oltibityl 4o l.O r titeln - a•-- - harroj say a
gain. 'on- don't' want a: vrifes.now, and you
have slit the slightest idea of • the kind of a
wife.you will want by . and by. GO into fe
laifie - wVelf-iri;bil can't find that which will
irnpioye you,lint ; not otherwise. You can
spend your time better. Seek the so ciety
of good min. That is soften more accessible
to you - than the other., and it is through , tbat
- mostly that you will find your wity to good
:female society.
THETIIILOSOPHY OF CLOTHES.
11elieve,iti dress.- I believe that it is the
:Thrty — ef )111: then—young and old—to. make
titeit dress, '6O fur is is.practicable ow possible,
agreeable to those with - whom they are thrown
into association. _ I mean by this that they
Audi not offend by.singularity nor by sloven
liness; that they shall "make a conscience"
of clean boots or - finger nails, change their
Enen twice a week, and' not show themselves.
_in their shirt-sleeves if they canlielp it. • Let
no man know by your dress what your busi
-ness is. You dress -vont person, not your
`trade. Yon are,if you know enough to mould,
=the fashion of the tinier() your own personal
•pectiliarities---;to make•lt your servant, and
not allow it to be yonr. roaster. Never dress
in extremes. Let there be alwayis a hint in
your dress that you know the style, hut, for
thZ best of ressons,disregard its more extreme
demands., The best possible impression. that
1 you can make by your dress is to make no
it separate ithpre sionnt hI4;. but so to harmon
ize' its material and shape with your personal
`. icy, that it becomes tributary in the general
- effect and so eiclusively tributary that people
cannot - tell,.ifter seeing-you, what kind 'of
clothes you wear. They will also remember
that you look well, and somehow •dress. be
, • •
comingly. _ • -
* I suppose that,l shall he met here with a
protest froti - employeri, and a kind-of protest
•
,froth the employed: Counsel to dims well 'is
darigerotis,:is it But everybody now dresses
. .extntiagently;rttlois an extravagant dress is
usually very far off from good dressing,
• think that the danger of exciting greater ex
traiagencejs very small. 1 may: be des
cending.Mtn pretty Small , particulars, but it
jspreper fiisay til t: some men can dress bet
feet' then others eau on
one hundred,-and for reaktnirflyich it is my
dity•l 6- 'discues- -•Thein am* .somethipg in
• thepdoctriniof 'the loafer •who maintained'
that "extremes justify the means,Tillustniting
his: position by wearing laultless hats - and
boots and leaving: the rest of his person ;n
. .
rags ; but he had not touched the real phileis
cpby of theniatter, , i •
_There is an every malt what . , may be called
a doses.ceater--a-neicletis from which the rest,
of the dress should he developed and unfolded.
This dress-center, - orxpritnary dress-idea, is
different id different persons, but, is always
above the waist. The cravat,the vest, the
hat, the bosom; the coat-collar, may .any of
them be this idea. It is always safe to locate
it about the chest and neck. A beautiful
cravat, sustaining a faultless dickey, is abont
all a min can sustain without damage,in the
way of elegant dress. This should form the
center. The vest ihould harmonize, but tile
modest,aud all other robing should be Shaded
off, until there -is not an obtrusive. feature.
Extremities will then only be noticed. These
should be faultlessly dressed,but in a manner
dither to satisfy than_ to attract attention.
Everything should be subordinated to this
idea ' • the whole dressshould bow to the cis',
vat. Every man who has made dress a'siuy
knows very well, that ten dollars a ye.r,
spent about the neck will go further
than fifty dollars spread upon the person.
Coarsest clothes, developed from an elegant
neck-tie, er an elegant central idea 'of any
kind,become - elegant themselves, and receive
and envolve a glory which. costs absolutsily
nothing at all, except a few brains, some con
aideration, and the reading of this letter.
One sees the demonstration of this in trav
eling. We meet multitudes from all quar
ters and of different nationalities. One, and
he is usually a Yankee, wears the best :of
broadcloth, end the costliest of coats, and
looks •vulgar, while another, with single
stamp of good taste upon him,at some central
point, is a. gentleman - at half price. Rib
elo lies are really a sign of mental poverty.
Let he secret of good dressing be thoroughly
leas ekand we shall bear comparatively little
of the cost of dress. Let each young man
choceie'his central idea, plant it and develop
it ; and if he has good cotumon sense be will
find that he can dress better than he 'ever
could before, with the expenditure of half the
n 3 :nsey it has usually cost him. -1,.•
SAWDUST PUDDING AND PLANK! ,
.BEDS.
.. I hare noticed that most • writers of books
for young trisn.have a good deal to say about
diet and regimen; and physical culture, and
all that sort of thing,those knowing the least
of these important_ subjects invariably being
the most, elaborate end specified in - their trept
meat of them. There have been some awful
sins committed - in this basiness. All the
square curses-I accumulate I dedicate to those
white-livered, hatched-faced, thin-blooded
scrawny reformers, who prescribe sawdust
puddings and ylank beds, and brief-sleepoind 1
early walks, and shorrcemmons for the rising
generation ; I despise them ; and if there is, a I
being who alwala_tpachea ornfoundest I
ueptos -or my syiyup.“,y, it is a young man
who has become a victim of their notior.,
It is,a; hard sight to see a young man with the
I pluck all taken out of him by a meagre diet
—his. whole nature starved, . degenerated,
1 emasculated.
I ropose to apply,a little common sense i
to this busineKs. If I bare a- Itke:r Durh a m
Linear, which I wb.li to have grow into a fell
I de‘e!opment of his breed,l keep him on sortie
thing .more than a limited_ quality of bog hay,
I do not - stir him np with apitch-fork before
-he has his wap oot, and insist on • his being
tit iren ten iidlesteco,re he has anything to eat.
Ido not take paina, to give him the - meane.st
bed can • find for him. I -know perfectly
well that the animal Will not grow pp strong
and sound, fat and.full,the pride.of the farm,
and the gem of the stal , l B - • unless I give him
an abundance 'of the best food, a clean and
comfortable place to sleep in; and just as long
nips as,,he sees fit to take. The horse, which
in its organization more nearly approaches
-man than the steer,• is still more sensitive to
the influence of isgenerciesliving. How much
pluck and spirit will a horse get out of a tun
of rye straw l The truth is, that a good and
abundantkliet is not essential to the Fighest
physical health and developMent of man, but
it modifies very importantly developement
and manifestauon of the souk A man can
not acquire courage by feeding on theories
and milk. An Ergiiibman cannot fight
without beef in his belly ; and .no more can
ally of us.
BEARDS;
Ishould s be unjust td the age were I to
omit the Mention of aspecial point of'physi
cal culture R " which has been neglected. You
_find as yot4 come into man's estate that hair
tan a tendency to grow upon. your face. it
is-the mark' by which God meant that men
and women should be distinguished from
each other in the crowd. The hair was plac
ed there in infinite wisdom,'but your fathers I
have been cutting it off from their'chins . in
smaltcrops from- thirty to fifty yea's, thus
imptigning nature's policy, wasting precious
time, drawing a , great deal of good blood,
creating a great deal of bad,and trying to eta%
from- their faces the difference which was
..in
tended to be maintained between them and
those of women. If you are a man,and have
a beard, wear it. 'You know it was made to
wear. It is'enougb to make a man with a
decent Corriplement of information- and a
common degree-of sensibility (and a hnnd
some-head) deny his kind,to see these smonth
:fuced hien around the
a treets, and actually
shoWing themselves in female society. , Let
us have one generation of beards.
TALKING IN ~ECSTATICS.
And now I am . on the subject of talk, it
will be well to say 'all I have to say upon it.
It is a very, commorrthing.for a young woman
to indulge:in hyperbole. A pretty dress is
very apt to be "perfectly splendid-" a disa
greeable person is too often "perfectly ' hate
ful ;" a party in which the company enjoy
themselves, somehow becomes transmitted
into the "most delightful thing ever seen?' A
young Man of respelctable parts and Manly
bearing is very often "such a tna,gaiticent
fellow !" The_ adjective "perfect,"that stands
so much alone as never' to have the privilege
of help from comparatives and superfaiives,
is sadly o ff er-worked,in company with several
.othenkof the intense andarid extravagant order.
The result is
: Out,. by Abe use of such
lau
gu?►ge as this, your opinions Soon beneme
valueless.
A woman who deals -only° in soperktives
'demonstrates at once the fact that her judg
ment is inbordinate.te ber feelings, and that
here opinions are- entiiely. unreliable.
.1
language thus loses:iti power and .•
eanpe: The same words are . tronght{ into
use, to 'describe ribbons in a milliner's( window
OWE ARE ALL EQUAL BEFORE GOD AND 'I'RE eOASTITUTION: I9 .44Itintes lEttdbaniin.
Sontrost, Susquehanna County, 'Pia, Ckurshn grnitirOiiiiller 23; Int.
as are - employed in the endeavor to do justice
to Thilberg's execution of Beethoven's most
heavenly symphony. The use of hyperboki
is en common among women that a woman's
criticism is generally Without value. Let me
inaist upon this thing. - Be more economical
in the use of your mother tongue. Apply
your terms of praise with firecision4... use -epi
thets with some degree ofjudgment and fit
ness. Do not waste your best and highest
words upon inferior objects, and find that
when you have met with something which
really is superlatiVely great and good, the
terms by which you would distinguish it have
all been thrown.away upon inferior things—
that you are bankrupt in expression. If a
thing is siinply good, say so ; if fine, say so ;
if grand, say so , if sublime, say so ; if pretty,
say so; if magnificent, say so; if splendid,
say so. These words, all have diffe r ent mean
ings and -you may say them all of as many
different subjects,, and not use the word "per
fect" once. That is a very large word. You
will probably be obliged to save it for appli
cation to the Deity, or to his works, or to
that serene rest which remains for those who
love him.
THE YOUNG WIFE
Young wife, I talked 'to your hushand in
my last letter, I now address you. I told him
that you have a claim on his time and society.
There are'qualificittions of this claim which
concern you particularly, and so I speak to
you about them. Your husband labors all
day—every day and during the Waking hours,
between the conclusion of his labor at nights
•end its Commeneement in the morning, he
must have recreation of some kind ; and here
comes in your duty.
If you do not make his borne pleasant, so
that the fulfillment of his fluty to you'shall
beta sweet pleasure to him, You cririnot hope
much of his company, , What; his nature
craves it will have—it must have. Ile can
not be a slave all the time—p slave to his
work by day and a slave to you b y night. lie
must have hours of freedom .; an d happy are
you if, of his own choice, he take the enjoy
ment you offer in the place of anything which
the outside world has to give. I suppose
there are few men, *ho,..when their work is
over, and their supper eaten, do not have a
desire to go down town "to meet a -man or
visit the post-office." There is a natural de
sire in every heart to have,every day, an hour
of sOcial freedom—a few minutes, at least, to
walk in the open air, and contact with the
'minds of others men- This is entirely a neces
sary and natural thing ; and you should en
courage rather than to:seek to prevent it un
less your husband is inclined to visit bad
places, and associate with bad Companions.
Precisely here is a dangerous point for
bah husband and wife. The a ife has been
alone during the day, and thinks that her
husband ought to spend the whole evening
1 0 : 1is k le — bor r tai hu i s o b n a gf b r a e% - be
fsVe
aotnon whatever uncuttuAry ru,
to wander. Perhaps the wife thinks he has
no business to wander at all, and thkt his
custom•is to wander too widely and too long.
Sbe complains and becomes exacting. She
cannot bear to have her hushlnd out of sight'
for a moment, after be quits his work. Now,
if there is anything in all this world that will
make a husband hate his wife, it - is a constant
attempt on her part to monorolize all his
leisure time and all his society, to curtail his
freedom, and a tendency to be eternally fret
ting his ears with the statement that "she is
nothing, of course," "that he does not care
anything about her," and that he "dislikes
home." Treatment like this just as c e rtainly
rouse all the i e-ve a •ncas of a man's nut ire as
a spark will ignite gunpowder. Injustice and
inconsiderateness will not go down,especially
when-administered by a • man's. companion,
Ile knows that he loves his , home ; and that
he needs and has a right toe certain amount
of his time, away from home ; and if he be
treated as if ha possessed no such necessity
and right, be will soon learn to be all that
his wife represents him to be. I tell you .
that a man wabts a very careful handling.
You Must remember that he can owe rio duty
to you which does not involve a duty from
you. You Nava abo-vharge of the home, and
if. you expect - him to spend a portion, or all
of his evening in it, yip meat in* it attrac
tive. If you expect a man, as a matter of
duty, to give anit considerable amount, of ,
time to your society, daily, through A long
series of years, you are to see that that socie
ty
is worth something to him. Where are
your accomplishments 3 Where are your
bOoks 3' Where are your subjects for conver
sation I
But let us take up this question separately- :
How shall a wife make her home pleasant and
attractivei This, is- a short question, but a
full answer would make a book. I can only
touch a few points. In the first place she
must never , indulge in fault-finding. If a
man has learned that he will invariably be'
found fault with byhis wifi on his ret ern borne
and that the burden of her words svill.be com
plaint, he has absolutely no pleasure to anti
cipate and none to enjoy. There is but one
alternative for a husband in such- a case—
either to steel himself against complaints, or
to be harrowed up by them, and made snap
pish and waspish. They never produce a
good effect, under any circumstances what
ever. There should always be a pleasant
look and word ready for him who returns
i from the toils of the day, wearied with earns
ing the necessaries of the family. If a pretty
pair of slippers lie before the_fire ready for his
feet, so much the better. -
Then, again, the desire to be pleasing in 1
person should never leave a -wife for a day. I
The husband who comes home at night, and
finds his Wife dressed to receive him—dressed
neatly and tastefully, because she wishes to
be pleasant to his eye—cannot, unless he be
a brute, neglect her,. or slight her graceful
pains-taking. It is a compliment to him.
It displays a desire to maintain the charms
which first attracted him, and keep intact the
silken bonds which her tasteful girlhood has
fastened to his fancy. ' s
I have seen things managed very different
from this. I have known an undressed '-bead
of "horrid hair" worn all day long, because
nobody but•tbe husband would see it : I
have seen. breakfast dresses with sugar • plan.
tations on -therm of very respectable size, and '
most disagrpeable thickness. • bleb art I have
seen slatterns; whose kiss would not tempt the
' hungriest - hermit that ever forswore woman
and was sorry for it. I have seen them with
neither collar nor sone, with a person who
did' not possess a single charm. :to A hue
-1 band with his eyes open and in his -right
saiiad. This is ail wrong. young wife, for
there is no being in this world for whom it is
so much for *
o your "int4nist to dress as`foi r Your
husband: 'Your happininsa- lien& thilour
retaining not only: the esteem of your hos
band,-,but -his admiration., lie , should see
no greater neatness; and no.,,more
.taste in
material and /aims, in any woman's dress
thin'in yours ; and there
_is no individoal in
the `world before' whom you'Always appear
with more thorough tidiness of person than
your. huaband. If von, are careless in this
partieular, you absolutely throw away some
of the strongest and most channitig influenCes
which you possesi: 'What' is true of your
person_ is-also tree of 'yClut . :house. - If your
home is - disorderly ittlust 'over ;the :table,
and invite the critical finger to Yens
proper title ;-if the furniture loot as if it were
tossed into the room from a cart ; if your
table=cloth have a mom intimate acquaint
ance with, gravy than with soap, and from
cellar to garret there be no order, do you
'blame a husband for not wanting to sit
down and spend his evenings with you I I
should blame him, of course, on general
principles; but, as all inen are not so sensible
as I am, I should charitably entertain all
proper excuses.
Still, again, have'you anything,to talk a
bout—anything bettor than scandal—with
which to interest and refresh his weary mind?
I believe in the interchange of 'Caresses, as I
have told you before, but kisses are only the
spSce of life. You cannot always sit on pier
husband's knee, for in the first place it would
tire him, and in the second place he would.
get sick ofit. You should he one ;with your
huaband, but never shape of a parasite:
lie should be able to ties growth in your soul,
independent of him ; and Irhenever he truly
feels that he has received from you a stimu
li's to progress and to. goodness, you have
refreshed him and made a great advance in
to his heart. '
Ile should see that you really have 'a strong
desire to make him happy, and to retain for
ever the warmest place in his respect, his ad
miration And his affection. Enter . into all
his plans with interest. Sweeten all his
trqubles with your. sympathy. Make Lim
feel that there is one ear always open to the
revelation of his experiences, that there is one
heart that never misconstrues him, that there
is one refuge forJa!rn In all. circumstances ;
and that in all weariness of body and soul,
there - is one warm pillow for his head,beneath
which a heart is beating with the same un
varying truth and affection, through all glad
ness and sadness, as the faithful chronometer
suffers no perturbation of his-rhythm by shine
or shower.
A husband who has such- a wife as this,has
little temptation to spend muob time away
from home. He cannot stay away long at a
time. He may "meet a man;" but the man
will not long detain him from his wife! He
may go to the ':post•oftice," but he will not
call upon the friend's wife on the way. lie
wiil love his h GO' far' fkinuttr... ll ' Alai tic
neither be willing to have yotivisit your aunts
and cousins, nor, without a groan, accept an
invitation to tea at your neighbor's.
ENGLISH CHRISTIANITY FROH AL CHINESE
POINT oF.VrEw.—A correspondent of one of
the daily papers, writing from China; gives a
very interesting account of some of the inter
views between our Commissioner, Mr. Reed,
And the Chinese officials. The following in
cident„ which comes in by way of episode.
indicates that English Christianity does not
rank particularly high among the Celest•
ials:
"The Rev. Mr. Martin, Mr. Reed's inter:
preter, took occasion to distribute some
Christian Almanacs among the Mandarins
composing the Chinese commission. Wang
Yalaoyta turned over the leaves until he came
to the Ten Comtnandments, and ran his eve
hastily over them until it rested on the tenth,
when 11 - e exclaimed : • ° -
"Admirable 1 this is indeed equal to the
teachings of our holy sage Confucius. if all
men would obey this precept, how happy
the world Would be I"
- MG Martin, not forgetting his function ns
an-interpreter of the thy iDe•Law, took this
for a text, and recapitulating the_ whole Lice
alogue' _ discoursed to an attentive audience
of the first minds in the Province concerning
their relatibns as creatures of God, and Mem
bers-of the human family.
"But what nations," asked Wang, "besides
your honorable country, profess the Christian
faith r
- France, England, and—" .
'No," interrupted Wang, "not. England.
They - can't profess the Christian faith, for if
tlieydid, they timid observe the tenth com
mandment, and not covet our cities or lands;
and the sixth (sth) which they would not
violate as they do, kr • vending opium, and
diffusing death and misery throughout our
I provinces." , •
The idea of .England being 'a- Christian
l nation was too much for Wang's credulity.
Is stuck in his mind. .
Another meeting ccettred between Mr:
Mai:tin' And. some other - Americans and these
Mandarins the next day, and the letter writer
alluded to says that throughout. the whole
interview Wang sat with the Almanac
vitich be \ had received on the preceding day
before hith, and with his hand at the Dees
logue,re•asserted his corrviction that 'England
c annot be' a Christian nation:
Er The ,delicate and interesting_ opera
tion of transferrin g blood from one person to
anotber,has again _ successfully performed
by Dr. Wheatcraft, an. English surgeon, in
the case of a female patient. When appa
rently expiring from loss of blood, about two
pounds were transferred from the veins of her
husband into her veins, with the most, favor
able result. In a few - minutes after, the cur
rent of blood began ,to flcnv, and the
ebbing of life •IMS cheeTtecl, the circulation
being re-established, And the deliverance
from apparently certain and approaching -dis
solution secured. '‘•
Ma. Fon:lees Poucy.—The Philadeiphia
correspondent of the 'Anti-Slivery Standard,'
an acute observer of political movementaand
in no Way connected with the Republicans,
writes to that paper: - -
"Mr. Forney, of - The -Press, is pursuing a
somewhat different and rather safe course.—
Lest hopefel, or less desirous of restoration-to
the confidence of his party, his policy is elm;
ciliatoty towards the -Republic:runs ; abd, ..is
the tonne of sthrtismon to that.party' aro easy,
it:would not be surprising to•flwl hire and it
ere long in full fellowship." 4
- Oyautrumr 1'1 1 7,..,_;1,r - ;171. , St/itopt-110041.
It is common in seffoiCliOffsei lo
siderable oyetetutpirie° from the: stove, to
increase the means for. the radiatroit of heat.
Ent' in' ii4 .- opinion;beatthmwtt
firrieridirtilititge \ - itrUtakinra' foonrcomfora
table;-'frOd. 'does much injury to the health,
producing ti dpllifri table feeliog,of the head,
successive f returnik r ` cif ,siek.-Uericiae4dosis of
appetite fdefesid, and - aT'gridusit decline of
strength of body and vigor of -mind. The
svmpatliibetiewheid.and stomach is such,
that very.tiiii'. -- prtifittiWeiuiler . -:itriflength of
time where heat ts• radiated directly upon the'
head, without the di gestive organs ' being
affected, and :especially such as are; predis !
posed to 4, dyspeptiO:
~The- i feetmay
be kept warm. but the bead most belrept
cool, to enjoy health of body and vigor of
mind. It is not uncommon for teachers and
scholars io complain-that their school labors
wear upon health; but it is not the study and
leaching that impair it; rather these, proper
ly conducted in'arwell;regulated rooM; as to
heating and ventilation, tray become auxili•
aries to preserve bealtti.. In, my
_own school
room, the long readhLof horizontal 'pipe Over
head I have had taken down and placed a
short, distance alieve the floor . , extending
from the floor to the perpendicular that goes
up to the chimney. It has proved to add
much-to the comfort of the room.; the eppres:
siveness that was before felt - from' the heated
air is now done away. Every school-room
should be freed from overhead stove-pipe,
except what 'is required to reach vertically
to the chimney.-21 Teacher;in the Scientific
American. ,
.SitA at , Sliooltivo.—'lfatlier, what does . the
printer lives on r • . .
'Live on I—like other folks ; itiit do you
ask 1'
'pecans° you Raid you hadn't paid anything
for your paper in four years, and the printer
still sends it to you.'
'Wife, spank that boy !'
'shan't do
'Why 1'
'Because there's no reason:
'No reason ?—yea there is ; spank hint,
tell you.'
'I won't do any such thing.'
'He's too smart.' -
'That comes of marrying rue:
'How so I What do you mean I'
'1 mean just this, the boy is smarter thud
his father, and you can't deny it.'
'That's queer talk, and I wish—'
don't care what you wish ; the boy
'knows enough to see that a man,. printer or
not printer, can't live on nothing ; I should
think.you'd be ashartied - to cheat the por
printer,and then—'
bang g oes the doQr,and out goes the father
and husband, grumbling like a bear with a
-:orti head.
No s
_eptoNlimiii h app y-- i f
..,- you Would
see calmness and creness of tamper developed
in your children—if you wool\ s
lighten the
' s d
cares; and smooth the pall of th e ompanitm
of your bosom—do not irritate or scold, or
get -in a passion when your humor is crossed,
but remember thatothers have hearts as softas
yours,and let the sunshine of Christian meek
ness and gentleness. always beam'f: om your
eyes. How happy will be a circle in such a
case ! At!, this Christian temper is nbOut the
only requisite to make fireside's happy, places
which husbands and children will regret to
)eave, and be glad- to return to.--List the
husband be indulgent then to the annoyance
of his ever-working wife ; and let the wife
always meet him with Smiles when he comes.
borne perplexed with the cares of business ;
and let both be forbearing under their Mu.
tUal imperfections,-and home will be More as
God intended its
jar Mr. Jobes, who lately moved into a
splendid house on fifth Avenue, New York,
keeps teo negro servants, althougbAis family
consists of but hituself,wife and one daughter.
Meetiuff a a country friend one day he invited
him to look over his new house. The friend
was shown the gorgeous rooms, with - tenni
fated floors - and Magnificent frescoed ceil
ings, and finally wan taken into the lower
rooms, in one of which he found the *amnia
seated,at a bountiful dinner. . On his return
home lie was asked by some friends if be had
seen Jones.
"011 res."
"What is he doing trow I"
"Well, I don't easeq know his business,
but 1. believe be's keeping a nigger boarding
house on Fifb Avenue rr,.
. - Or A rough common sense pervades the
following, in which there is certainly more
truth than poetry :
"Great men never swell._ h is only three
cent individuals ' wro are salaried at the' rate
of two hundred dollars a year, and dine on
potatoes, and dried_ berring,who put on flashy
waistcoats, swell, puffiblow, and endeavor to
give 'themselves a consequential appearance:
No discriminating person can ever mistake
the spurious for the genuine article. The
difference between the two is as great LIS that
between -a bottle of vinegar and that of.the
'pure juice of the grape.
ESIANCTPAT/ON or SLAVES. -00 N:Vednes
day. forty-nine slaves, 'having' been gra*liSti
their manumission by a Kentucky. lidy,
(whose name our informant bad forgotten ; )
passed through Covington in charge ,of
Price, an their way to Green county. they
cattle from 'gavotte county, ffentucky.: and
consisted mainly. of 'women and children'
Vith.tbia batch_ the .emancipated co!ony -of
Green county number now eight hundred
and forty nine.—G'ir't. Enq.
, • Or A man was charged with stealing.' a
piece of cloth, when the lawyer put in ti plea ,
that the individual charged, with stealing
could not see if f for it WAS AK IiVLSIBLE
GFiSEI4. •
VERY tornyy.—:An Illinois paper says there
is a man oat there so ARty that the Itaselssors
set him down as" real estate.".
A mail is most properly neril
for bftythiog 6 wheb he' is a little ma
,
tar Innocence is s Hower which. Withers.
When touched, but blooms not again though
Watered with tears. •
.
, Orr The:mit:o hots more. rcolosito iit thab
4106 t people thiuk.if they would fitrnitivl)*
, -
arirtntents... _ .
!IM=IMtCI
=WM
~! rxtuUurnl.
3 - - Coliivitte , ibe;FArmer„las well,as.the fiitn.
. .
W ehear many - complaints of the , total, or
partial. failure :Of the wheat,crop, in various
sections .of.the. country.. In some ; places-it
has. been winter kille4 in.others sriiitteri
last, and in -manyothers cut off by tbe-int,
sects.. The truth- prabobly that,., except
destroptintt!bYinsecta,there is about the seine
amount of ininrj : repeiyed frop , ,tifeitir sn'usces
as , occurs eite7 year.: The; bustneas of,collectz
ing...inforniation froin ;.i.lte>, wheat-growing
districts:is now so systematized, that we bear
much More - of at, failures, time we were. act:
distomed to, ten years.ago..:Mbote &damns
of reports are published in the daily ttrews
papersoind the rainy of failure in fifty, coup
ties of the Union makes a great impression.
Wheat has never been so certain a crop as
Indian corn. it is a more 'Captions plant in
its wants, and. Own brive more ctireful Sited
tioff. It deinands a porous soil, rich in vege.
table tatter, such as is. found in the newly
cleared lands . of the West.—ln old lands the
"mechanical firepiration of the soil" is a mat
ter of 'prime itupcirtanee. The more nearly
you saw shake it like-the virgin coil the bet
ter. If it be not already dry it should be
made so. The soil should be deeply stirred
with a subsoil plow to let the rains pass down
quickly and to give air to - the roots of the
plants; More wheat is winter by stag- -
nant water : freezing around , the plants, than
by any other cause. The deep : stirring of the
soil is also a help in Suminer tharcling the
crop against drouth, If the hand is .not under
drained it should be 'plowed in narrow lands,
with deep dead furrows to give the-. water a
chance to pass off itito theM.
Sow Early. The experience; of wheat
growers is • very uniformly in favor of early
,sowing. The sooner it , is put in after the first
,of this Month, the better. The roots have
time to get a strong hold of the soil and are i
not easily throws out by the fr'olt.
Select your Beeff.--This may tie done by
thrething the buntEes only partially. A few
strokes of the flail will knock - out the pluinp
ett kernels. Some of the fanning. mills have
riddles forstliis purpose; running the smallest
kernels through, and saving the large oiler;
for seed. Attention' to this matter is of great
importance it ion wish to keep up the repu
tation of any given variety. The early red
varieties, such as tlte_red Mediterranean are
most reliable againit insect ravages.
Use a Drill,—if you eultifate vrheit In any
considerable quantity: ft will Bobo pay for
itself, the saving it makes in the seed,, and in
the larger yield per acre. If without A drill,
plow in the•seed with a shallow furrow.
Manures.—Do,not ar-;-! ---1 , -;-a b ut•t•
IfithkifireSi -h anu lu s'ote would,
yield a tolerable crop. Barn yard manures
are - always good and safe. Ashes, tide, plas
ter; and clover torttedin - green will each .and
all pay, itt Certain' conditions of soil. A good
Wheat Can be grown now as ever, in the old
est parts of the country, if cultivators will
heed' these suggestions—except _where the
insect happena to abound for the time being.
To GROW Locust Tani‘s.—There are two
kinds of locust trees, the heal locust and
common locust. The mode of cultivation le
similar in hot% cases. Procure well-matured
seed in .Autumn,Oetober; you may sow them
either spring or fall, and during-the ensuing
summer thay. .will. sprout and grow. And
the next season remove from the nursery rows
into their final and permanent resting-place.
The seed lose their vitality wheel' exposed to
the air a few years; hence bury them pod and
seed, in dry soil, until needed for use. The
seed are inclosed in e horney Of shelly • peri
carp or hull, which mint he softened•by some
efficient 'processes, or germination will be
partially' or totally retarded. Some adrife
steeping for - several:-days b a strong Point ion
of alkali or ley, others to boil the mad i fcw
Minutes, and let cool .
-down giaduallv;then
select -- those seeds wbich - have expanded, e•
ienting the rest . es worthless. But such or
procedure reguires - th6 ntfikltpfeiaution' lest
the germ' be impaired or destroyed. , Cif cou'rse i
a little common ten - se, with ordinary experi
ence, will be indispensible.sCri 1 04,1.
suitable is - a good sandy IMuir, h
wholesome state of tillage. Let it be prepared
.
precisely as corn or potato land., , Furrow
out twenty-five or thirty inches apart, drop
the - seed IV °entire of inches or so distant in
!be roW, cover With Well pislver'eAd eftri If ode
or two inches deep. In one season the planti
Will grove three to roar feel. In antumn re
move- the largeit, tra'n'splanting carefully,' re
taining a large proportion of the s roug r e t e ss,
or rootlets. Fifteen feet apart will lie an ap._
propriate distance, or, if the soil .he light or
porous, plant twenty, feet apart,as the growth'
will be more luxuriant. in after-man,age
meat it is chiefly necessary , Dirt' to remoVe
all decayed wood and suckers. They seem
-not to require any special cultivation,thriting
cis well 111 sward as in tilth. In our loc ality
the locust is molested by insects tort !until
'retarded is its growth. • Sraiiiiiiiiiktrie black
aril- ,eats into the body of causing
them to decay and fall off. Sometimes an
excrescence like the enrcuiio in the 'plum on.
Curs ; but I Suppose due attention to this fact
itibuW obviate the evil.
F R vrr . TREts Vietxrry,,OF BARN
Yarws.—lt would be well if fartne:a woald
suiround their barn yards, imins, and pig
pens with fruit trees. Such trees bear
abundantly. and heavy: crops of plum's - can
often be ontathed in such places, as the stung
fruit is sure to be picked trp and devoured as'
soon as it falls; thus preventing the increase,
of the cumuli°. - Apples, pears, cherries,' and
- all other fruits; do well for the sane rea so n;
'and they are also provided, with • V.plentiful -
arnount Of - liciuldisiature from the 'drainage
of the barn . and'hartiyard.• geit Ci• oipt log
recollect this; and:plant some trees.-
AarLook ant for • your young tree*'
Careful examination' prove that ' more .
than half the, young. apple • trees ' are infested
with
,the d estructive ' - borer. Iruildredv. of
:tteeiake lost which `a little 'vigilance alight
ative: Mg them 'oat, or punch them' to death
in their hotekhuidoh't giva up'' till 'you've
7 g t itberro:'' Carer' tip thecaritiaa'jyritkeraft
'lag- Wei; when you -havic . it,' or wrap the
wounded . parte with tarred cloth. , ,
Ilinihtr
=ESA
KU' Yol:.
If you: would learn . ;—attaiv;• If you •wooki
ilcoome-karned,,Lpeattice what you laar . p. •
• 110' , ant or, the 5t12,661.' • ,
Ir liaptain , ... that ; lir distrid sChool was . .
kept- one year ,Y. a youngEnklishnido, named ';
Stanley. 1 /Efe , aa.soEile ,peculiar opinions on '
ice subject efl the- dinagethent .of .hay.i.-..-
Whatherlin Wiifight - or .not, J oantiotsay.
Innly.narrate 5 own experience - -_, ~,,,
• - Amang:the. holavtjwas Ethan 13ragg,, a
attfut . oyer-tio it 'boy', _who ,*as , iiit o ofa terrible
dance in" , 'Chi) laiiii a fairibre lyre
n
doors. Fni some cause; of which kwas tg-
norant, he Wok particulae,pleasure in mat;
treating' and annoying me.- I Could - not ,con'te
within' his' . .triahlt - , that; lid Would: not-Zither
knock my hat down rudely over my face,-cor,
trip me up, or !oil MY.
mud.clotheses with, a kick.
froth ii - rdiod irall.Charited Witlmud. - : -
Whether it! was that lie saw any physical
inability to rtist 'hint ' or that ballad a
wedge veins tile because I . was-always
above him in o ur claii; Ido not know. - I
was a full yea his
. elder, 'Wel made it. all
the more mortifying :4o
. ron'to be obliged to
submit to bri o ql-treatment: • '- -: I
One day, when I - had beet':',trticularly '
annoyed by Li catching me and slopping My, •
face; and the throwing ,my bat into a by
lane, weeping god miserable when, as I tlirn-
ed.to go homejl met my sisferMary. " Why,
whit is the tfiiitter; Paul I" she'exclaitneit.
" Yoti have be l en orying." ' -• . - TT !
Thus appealed to, -I was- obliged -ha dakti
a confessioo of I - my griefs. When •I,liad fin
ished., " Wellf .. lily ikor. Raul," said Mary,
"you must return good for-evil., . I will' tell,
you, what to -c/0.. Give`Etbari your bag of •
inaibles,l do not believe he will hurt Joti .
after flat." .1, .i. - ,
"But Diary," I repliW rro
," is there.apt sow- .
thing cowardl y . and: selfish in trying to---.liiuV
a-peace in the/ way I" • I. would like lci- . 4t3.!
turn: good foe etfil, hilt to do it in a way that
sh'oull let than know that I.do'not. do, it
from fear. I !think I -will talk With Mr.
'Stanley on thelsubject."
Hardly were thik words out of my mouth '
ere, we met g... Stanley approaching, and I
twirling a big ' stick as if .to keep his hands
in practice.
" Vv`hat now, Paul i i ' said he. " Your eyes
.. ,:
are the color of beets."
Mary answered his inquiry by telling my
story for me; and -then asked. bin, to inter-' :
fere, and inev;nt any further anoyances on I
the part Of Ethan Bragg. '
. '
"Nonsense:l Paul is old eno ug h to protect
himself: - 1 ,
"But tie is not stron,g'enougb," said Mary. •
" That jihisioWn fault," replied the schooV-
&aster,' •` did for that
,he de-,.:ves- all the !
Puni-silyriirktrltcPihy - eyes end' inf earl - too.
i ..
ov a .
.. v...,-.... •J., J o mean, sir i" I - exclaimed.
"Mean," said -the master, "that, instead of
,trying to invigorate -your body by healthy .
out-door ererc se, this fine weather, you keep
111 the hou'se oer the fi re, contenting yourself
with: 'in-doiir • ames, books and pictures.-- I
Theseare rye ', enough i n ''their season, but
in order to be s whole man, proPerly develop
ed,
you must exercise the body as well as the
mind. Bragg is a coward,' like all bulliec.
He sees you are feeble physically, so he wor
ries aol plagues you ;-,' aod I - hope he will ;
Continue to do: sir - till hi cures: you of voor '
immoral negklat of your bodily energies."
" Immoral 0
" Yes I Tqra may a ititnorality in the
negfeet -of dam. bixly; as en as of the mind..
If the fault Were not yo V own-Lif Yon - were !
lame or ill, did Ethan ere to tyranize Over ,
you--I shoehLtakegrea satisfaction in
. ptra-
~
islti rig lii)i. But, as it is, you have only your
self to thank ! for your sufferingii. Look:you, -
Paul—
" 1 .
1 1 ,
. Mr. Stanley l finished t e sentence ilia torso,
that Mary diji, not hear, end-turned on his
heels andslefti us. : ' . ,
l'hat a fternbod for the first time, I put, on
use, i
pair,of siatee that my node had given de,
era 'rriss'ed a ou'pril of !rods iti practice .
With 1
them on-the ii:e. The next day there was a' -
snow suirrn, and ,I shoveled paths all around
the house. ' Ntithoht neglecting my - lessons
f kept in_thei open air a good portion nt th:, , .
tim-. I con .rived some gymnastic fixtnres.
and rose an _hour earlieuevery morning and
exercised.
1 melt especial' pains to -develop the mos-
des of my-hands and wrisle. Catching hold !.
I of the hough of the tree, I would lift my bod? 1 -- ,
I up till my clfn was on a level with my bands.
I-was carefu l ,. however not to over-task my - '
itiatip,th.' I new that I must NI very grad- .
nal in- my e orta . I 'was methodical , and ,-.-
'regular in t ese habits of Mit-door exeroise, I
allowing no i clernenay of weather to inter-;
fere with the . My , parents soon began to! -
wonder at
. tie marked improvement in myi
health. My c leeks *ere no longer palid..Tlie ;
cough, wit . which J had been constantly -
troubled, left de, all at once,. I slept welt; '
and I gained so hi strength that I could wit',: ,
ease lift a barrel - of flour into it cart. - : ,
. For nine or ten "monthsl had been faith
fully-at thisystem, whet, one day, is I was ;
1
pissing ?don - a:secluded road that, skirted',
our village;' heard loud as from one' in'
fear and tiisti•ess. Turning a-bend in the road,';-
,- I
I saw a boy on the ground, with anotner, ••
I over him, belaboring him with, hearty blo'wo;,_
1 The rictoridis _assailant :wasi"the ' butclier'a
!-boy of 'the slillage, and the Unfortunate Ire-
I c ipieut of the! Vows was thy old enemy, Ethan.
1 Wittiont esitatioil, I'rusheclio ilia, scene
of the-comb t, and pulled master . .lacrib, !the
hatcher% 'boy, off from, his vidiiii. Jacob -
thereupon pilled up hikaleerea-anew, a n al re i.
marked thatihiwould give inn ",fi'..5 . ,." , ; .,..'llie4
like a young buffalo became at me - .'' Bul,"'aS
he flourished his aims 'in the ()diet, I eatiz,ht
Lim by the:T . 649ooli a vice. . ' 1
In vain did, he struggle.",l -pulled Um on -
bis knees, an t ' that 'be' couldneither kick,ntir -
; bite; then, - pressing his hands till he yelled . ,
;with pain t asked him if he" had. enoug h
31cOb . wis in a Very great rage, it sitas evident,
but, did,noticare, about having another turn .._
of the 'sere Fait upon his' bands. And - so,
when I flail 1
enquired if he would go borne',
without ma inr, any-rnore Entity he answered
yes, and-kept his word. .
As for Ettian, he eould not' hate teen 'more
transfixed yr th wonder if be- had seen t o ne. fly
'Up' in- the air; or do'any other ' ma r velous
thing; As approached him, he' was stupid
.3.
`with silent' stomshinerit. • ''
4
9 1
-4 4Ithan ' said , carelessly, "yob tree I
have turn over a new leaf. Itereaiter.. arty
'one - who v tures to impose upon sr!, CWIIIIIIII
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