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LABOR'S WAR_ SONG.
Cp,brothren, up ! the world is not
So - bad as some would make it;
AlthoUgh we till a stubborti lot,
Thesplough °f led can break it;
And whelt-:=a sea of amber froth--..
With - apple bloom andlltuthingeiterries,
Willoon replace the thilatle gtvwth.
And bittetbrarable berriesi
For life's a field, a goideti field,.
Were skill End length of lever
Can make the barren wilderness
An Eiden bower forever.
Wherever reason bids you.go
Be firm, resolved to follow?
NVer build a !Muse an Age's snow—
Tradition is bat - hollow.
With eyes that never, shun the light;
Although it shows your past Mischances,
Ride down' the phantom broad-of ribt
With troops of gallant fancies?
For life's a fight, a stubborn fight,
Where hope andfresh endeavOr
Can overcome. the_ host.of care;
For ever and for ever!
Resigned.in ant's despised retreat,
With friero and funds but scanty,
Filing - over the bread you eat, 1 .
That men may think you're pleat};
'Twits thus the Goth was drien fromßome;
And 'tis a maxim broadly-Romart—
Though Litter tears may fall at home,
Lauer loud before , Eyour foemaa !
For life's a , siege, a long drawn siege s
A fierce, protracted trial,
Whero'faith forever gives tbe, palm
To luipe and self
Should those Yon,friended in distress
Eorget the fashion—
Nc'er !et them know their worthlessness,.
And power to move their passion!
Be coot and smile—the War of life
Again rimy. place you far above them;
And,should you chance to meet in strife,
• Then prone how much you lore theta!
For life's a fight, - a,irarying figh4
- Defeat, and victory blend—
. .
.Though Wrong may triumph for a while,
Right.wina era- all_ is ended
Should she who shared your summer lot,
Non• shun your cold caresses, .
Oh, blame her not ! hurt. her not !-
But loose her golden tresses;
She never loved, no Bower on earth
Can changa awomans true atiection;
Nor is the haggard falcon worth
21 moment's sad dejection ;
Forget her frailty in the fight. •
Where brain an 3 blood , endeavor,
Still win at will a changeless crown
For ever and forever!
.
Avoid the fruitlessstrife)of creed, -
You cannot turn or griide it;
Let .Heaven award the vicar's moed,
And Priest with Priest &vide it !
Believe that lifeis fleecing breath,
Bo just to men and loie your neighbor,
And take this ritual for
- your faith—
" Truth, Temperance and Labor r
And thus the error-clouds that veil
The heaven of life will sever,
And God's approiing eye look down
On faith and Om Endeavor. •
Ii c lautuus,
NY FIRST AND LAST LOVE..
==l
"I lore my love with an-L,' ,said_l,,anda
way went the long`apple paring • over my
shoulder. 'There was a rash and'a scramble
to see. if my letter had-formed upon the floor,
and shouts that it was not ; but, instead, al-:
most every-other letter in the alphabet.
All the time I sat still, feeling extremely
shy and awkward. and not; at all relieved
when the . poiat under discus ion was decided
in favoe of the, L, altlioughq had chosen that
letter because- so far as knew it, •did not
'form, the'-initial of any bee ofthe young • men
pre.sint. But I began to be afraid: that I had
not chosen wisely after all, and that I might
be dalled upon for. some of tba ridiculous for
feits of the game, bow I trembled then„ When
I heard the shouts :;--•:*
"Here is the L. ' Leander Holmes, Miss•
Kate has chosen you! Look 1 see the L
the floor.
Somebody
*
upon .
Somebody was coming toward me. Some
body said: •
"Miss Betty— : -Mr. Holmes."
A tall figure bent before me and sat down
silently by my side.: All this I 'saw dimly
under eyelids that were cast down in real; not
affected shyness. kits* , grateful I was not to
find myself pulled into the centre of the.room
and kissed boisterously, as happened to many
of use girs present that, evening, and who
under the infliction only blushed a little and
tittered a good deal., .
This was my second party. I Lad suffered
tortures at the first, and expected to suffer
tortures at this. I felt that I bad escaped
'happily,if I might but he allowed to sit quiet
ly in
- the corner II 'had chosen. Even the
very silentpersoulat my ,sider did not partiii
ularly annoy mirso long as the noisy group
in the Centre of the - room would allow Ina to
be quiet: - ,
I had'been 'reared froM 'childhood •in the
house of a wealthy, childish Uncle in the city.
1 wa# „young:And had.: :a . dia..4?f-,eeciety, ex
ceps what 1 had gaittedlybeing a .looker-o•
at my aunt's semi-annual;;stiff and formal'
parties, where company Vas very decorous
and exclusively stupid. ,
died very -suddenly, without.
a will, and •his beir-at4aw bad taken- , posses
lion properti, my aunt with a
comparatively small income, while, I, after
having:bean reared until the:age of sixteen' in
the midst of wealth and luxury,ttias left. en
tirely unprovided for. ' • -
My . aunt went tol;se in. lodging!, and.l
ilia twig babk: to kny.. fatbpr, 760_
man, with . snapi„„ Aildreu," and
,`a
_scolding, wife,..wlio ,was, not, rey,ilother. Idv
I own mother tut('Aiorl vlberi I was in my in
fancy,-and it arus tai,l - my father had never
• • „- .
KWE JOIN OURSELVES TO NO PARTY THAT DOES NOT CARIii TELE ELAG AND *REP STEP V 4). THE MUSIC Or TR I V1141(1N.:4
been himself since. lie had become dissi
pated, lost his habits of business, which were
fast bringing him wealth, and at last quitting
business - entirely had gone to live on a little
farm in the interior of the State, had married,
and was now stirroinadedby a large disorder
ly fami ly `lnto tins enoongenial house I was sudden
ly 'thrust from refinements of life in the house
of a wealthy citizen., I was shy and unhap
py. I never had been accustomed to the
companionship of chik , isen i but I soon found
whenever I shrank inv4untarily• from the
dirty,_ noisy clew around me, I gave offence
to the mother, and throigh her representa
tions, to my faiher, who-seemed completely
under her influence.
Every instinctive indulgence in the tastes
and habits in which 1 hart been been reared
was looked upon as an evidence or pride, and
I soon found all the influences of home array,
ed against me and my wishefi.
I had shrank through shyness from at
tending the first party, but had gone because
I could not resist my mother's sneers and my
father's commands . And so much had I
been terrified by the good-natured bolster.
ouseese of the young people assembled, that I
mentally resolved never to go again.
Notwithstanding-I found'myself once mere
in the same circle after a very trying scene at
home, and in my dread of the dirty pair of
eyes fixed •upon me had been drawn into their.
games.
I had not• yet g/ancea at the face of the
young man at my side, nor bad a word been
interchanged when a noisy group the
centre of the room broke up. ey came
crowding around me,uttring flroad but good
humored jests that I felt sent the blood flush
ing and burning into my face. My compan
ion must have felt me trembling too, for he
suddenly leaned forward and whispered to
me:
"Do not be afraid, Miss Kate, they do not
intend any barm, •and I will we that the;
do pot much annoy you."
I gave him one grateful glance, for I was
too near crying to dare trust my voice, and
emet a pair of brilliant. dark eyes, fixed_fnll
upon my face, very mirthful, yet a good deal
compassionate in expression. ' Suddenly he
'MSG up, •and drawing my. arm; within his,
turned to the bantering group.
"Miss Kate has chosen me this evening and
I take her under my protection. I shall be
a very great tyrant, and no one of you must
speak to her without my permission."
- So saying be led the way to an opposite
corner of the
,room. , There, seeing that, be
tween shyness and the annoyance just passed,
I was still unable to control my voice or
features, be stood before rue speaking calmly
and quietly of some unimportant subject.
liis pleasant voice and quiet manner 5000
helped me to control my agitation, and then
he sat down . besides me. I was amazed at
myself talking gaily with this stranger, and
still more amazed to find myself happy for
several &inns of the evening to which I look
ed forward with so much drcad,'and which
has commenced so suspiciously.
And when he brought several of the bright
ruddy looking girls to speak to me in the
course of the evening, I found what foolish
shyness had prevente me from learning be
fore, that tliey were amiable, warm-hearted
creatures, in spite of their lack of refinement.
So, on the wbole,the evening passed off pleas
antly, and I was never afraid to
. go again,
especially as, when they found I was not too
proud to join in their sports, they never at
temptedm drag mn into any I did not like.
But chief among the memories of that eve
ning was the kindness ofleander Holmes.
A pair - of dark eyes hahnted my thoughts
ftir many a day, and I never forgot thiisooth •
ing. impression Of his calm voice and• pleasant
manner.
Leander Holmes was the . son of the ;only
rich man in the neighborhood: lle had been
well educated, and that alone would have
rendered him infinitely ,superior to those a
round him, even if his winning manner bad
not been that of a perfect gentleman—refined,
courteous and nirtnll. .
Of course,-no one will wonder that I be
came deeply in love with Leander H01m...
his devotion has -nerd wavered from the first,
and long before the first winter in my father's
home was passed, I had promised th become
his wife. It would have been a,dreary•and
miserable winter without his presence and his
love, but with it, ab, even now that long
years have passed, I think of that,only • recur
ring to that time, and never of the comforts
that had, in the fullness of my happiness,
ceased to make me miserable.
My father and his wife were all smiles and
approval. But _when, toward spring, our en
gagement came to the knowledge of Leander's
father, be at once announced his decided dis
approbation. I beard that he asserted that
be would never, consent that his son should
marry the daughter of a lazy, dissipated man,
and he said that my city rearing was scarcely
a better prepaistion of the duties of mistress
of Mime Plate, than I should have received
at 'the ban& of that brawling slatternly
father's wife.
Leander was firm and talked of the future
and patient waiting. -But I felt that I had
been-scorned, and my indignation was un
bounded. I wrote to my--aunt, tetfing her
all in no measured phrase, and begged her to
send for me to live with-her again if posaible.
Her answer was to come at once, and I de
parted, much to - the consternation of my
father, and dm ill concealed delight of his
wife, who hated mimore than ewer, since she
heard of Col, Holmes remark.
I left, a little note for Leander, who was
absent at the , time, saying that the engage
ment had better end, and' released him fully
and unconditionally. I wrote and sealed the
note without hesitation or faltering, though
it cost me a, severe pang to do so. • •
I did not know until I bad been in my
aunt's home a week,• and my letters in a
*package - directed•.in Lea.nder's hand, arrived
without a line from bin3,how I hoped through
al} autt he would not consent to be relituied,
but would still cling to me.
But be, too, had his indignation--he was
hurt that I should have arranged for my de
•partnre without consulting him, and pained
at the coldness of my note. Ein, through the
faults of others,and misunderstanding of their
own, two hearts were severed. Alas I that
the story had so many counterparts
My aunt's -income suppotted ns, and had
enabled 'us to retain our place in the society,
Which - we had' been' accittstmed. ft'h
been more titan she anticipated ate - usher' bed
sent: me bow to my father, of site Would
ii ontrest, - 3usque4anna o.l,enutg, : run'4, : -
. t . Orzbag gtorni4,..'*qtt.iib.tr '.3):(,..',1A5t;
never have exposod me - to the trial I have
passed.
As the time passed•on, I had lovers,as any
, pretty girl will, for if I might believe my
mirror and my friends, I was not without t -
t racti ons, but none Touched my heart.
On looking back I can see that. I was al
ways waiting, waiting for something that.
never came. Was it for Leander that I
waited 2 If it was, I never acknowledged it
to myself, but it was with a terrible pang,
adamb, but real sorrow, that served as an
excuse for illness, it was so like it, that I
heard after two or three-years that he • was
maned,
My step mother wrote to me ihia wedding
- . news—dilating maliciously on the wealth
- and beautz of the bride, who had come from
a distant city to reside at flolmes Place.
Upon the planting and fencing, the painting,
glazing and beautifving the old. house, and
upon the loads of beautiful furniture, which
the bride's father had -sent to refurnish the
old rooms.
I answered very calmly that Leander
Holmes was worth the hand of any lady, and
bat• her to congratulate him in my name, if
she saw him; hoping thus, to disarm her sus
picion and convince him that I had forgotten
my love for him.
I went more into society after this, and it
was rema►ked that I was' gayer thk► I had
formerly been. I was not aware of it I on
ly knew that I was striving to forget; I had
no other object in life now, the-yeari seemed
'very long and weary. Society did not satis
fy me, and I came to be looked upon as
coquette, when, one after another I rejected
the suitors whom my gaiety mud brilliancy
-hro l ught to .my feet. I became restlessly un•
happy, with a craving from some -object for
thought and duty :that would not find satis
faction in the life led.
At that time my aunt had a severe illness,
and the new canes which then devolved upon
me were very good for me. From this illness
she never fully recovered,and for two °retiree
years before death came to relieve her from
suffering, and while I was busily engaged in
Ministering to her comfort, I grew more
patient.
Bv-and•by I was alone. I laid her who
bad been all that a mother could hive been
to me for many years, in the grave, and I
was left without care or duty. My means
were now ample, for my aunt had bequeath
ed her, property to tne, and except a tender
sorrow for the dead, I should have been very
happy- - •
But I was not.
I brought - one of my little sisters to live
with me, very glad to receive her from such
a born?. I went for her, and white on my
visit,attended the village church,and beneath
my black veil saw Leander Helms , and
the woman that occupied the place that should
have been mine. It was said she was un
happy, and that her husband treated her,
though always courteously, with great cool
ness. I felt a miserable, choking feeling,
—half delight, bitterness at the thought that
be did not love her, but I baffled even my
step mother's-curiosity-by my impenetrabili
ty. lam sure she did not learn whether I
took. any interest in the dwellers at Holmes
Place.
More years passed ' I still had offers,though
no longer young. At lait I determined to
accept one.
Arthur Meriden was' a man worthy of my
esteem—worthy of my love, only that I had
noiove to give. He was satisfied when I
told him all, and I promised to - become his
wife.
But as soon as I had promised, the old
wretched feeling came back. It seemed as
if I yap:idyl expected something to interpose
and prevent the consummation of that unholy
engagement. a Andes the day approached I
grew more and more wretched, till finally on
on a sudden impulse,l determined to go down
to my father's' to look once more 'upon the
old familiar scenes, the village church and
the Holmes Place,before I should have prom
ised away my freedom, miserable as it made
me thinking of the (Ytit love.
I went, and the first sawki that greeted
abo,m,x-enteved the village was the tolling
of the bell, and the carriage drew up beside
the road as a long funeral procession passed.
In the - first carriage sat Leander Holmes,very
mile, but calm I It was his wife—she whom
I had .always thought as occupyitig my
place—that they were conveying to the
tomb. •
I remained at my father's for many days,
not that I, hoped or wished to see Leander
Holmes, but because I literally lacked the
strength-and energy for my homeward jour
ney. My sole thought was that now Leander
is free: If be loved rite be might at. some
Mere time seek me, bul I Was about tb place
a barrier between us, any to become the rife
of one whom I now knew more than ever,
could not love,
At last, as the day came that I was to
start on my return, and I felt that I had gone
too far to- retract,a nd
, Must ful fi ll the promise
I had voluntarily made wan tion'orable man,
I little knew the freedomJ would have almost
.have given lifeitself to secure, was already
mine.
I had scarcely reached my home when a
mest43nger arrived to beg me in the name of
Arthur Meriden, to go at once to his borise.
He had been thrown from his horse that
afternoon and fatally injured. He was-still
living and sensible, and most anxious to see
are once more. C lod cool); knows bow 1 re
proached myself for the first intense feeling of
gladiress that flooded my noel as I heard these
'terrible things. - - -
I stood beside him-to the last, determined,
as a penance 'for my unfeeling joy to spare
myself not one of his painful, but very short
sufferings. In -a few hours, on , the very
morning that, was to have dawned upon our
wedding, he breathed his last. His death set
me free.
, Yes, I was free, but my freedom did not
bring me any 'hope. Leander had gone. to
Europe immediately.on the death of his wife.
'blase Place was closed, And it was said the
farm was getting in a ruinous condition as
years passed on and its master did,not return.
_He held no correspondence with any one
at boure,except in the briefest business letters. .
• So, more years passed Sway. I busied my
self in the education of my sister and intro
ducing her into society. as she grew up a
brilliant and beautiful girl, while I ceased -to
fee! sensible of the title • of !sold timid,' and
took my *lace, placidly•among the, elders,
and brushed my still luxuriant Bair,` now
thicify streaked With gray, beneath ' , a taste
ful cap.
" I had become satisfied with my lot, and
had-ceased to think very' frnquently of Le
amkr llolmea, wheel Was startled from my
usual placidity by bearing that he had re-4
turned to home. 'rho letter that brought
these tidings stated fartboi that he Was mak
ing many alterations and Improvements- in
the old place, and it wan conjectured that he
was sham about to bringa bride hither. •
"That old man I" exclaimed my pretty
sister, as she read the item; "sister Catherine
can you conceive of a man marrying of his
age I"-
I smiled, and reminded• the blooming little
beauty that the man ihecalled old ion!ci not
be over forty-five, although it seemed a great
age to hi. I sighed a little as I glanced at
the mirror, and saw my fated features as re
flected from its surface.
Soon after my sister married. I gave her
the man she had chosen, well pleised, for I
felt that he was worthy of my treasure. ,But,
it was with a very lonely, saddened heart,
that after the wedding breakfast was over,
and the newly, wedded pair and all the guests
had departed, I wont to shut myself ip my
room.
I wept a little, for I was growing old and
was all alone, and the . future seemed •very
dark and dreary to me as I. thought what
might halm been, had I beer loyal to my
heart's
My maid knocked at, my door. A gen
tleman was in the parlor and wished to se\3
me.
"`Did be send his card or name V'
' "No, _madam ; he said be was an old
friend, and would detain you but a few min
utes."
"Go back and say dial I can seeno'one
o-day, except , on very important business--
ell him that my sister had just left me—that
I am not well."
The girl went back and I listened as I lay
for the clang of the street door. But, -it was
with -a feeling of veiati , n that I heard foot
steps, returning. - She came• in, and, per
haps; seeing my impatience - of interruption,
laid a card in my hard and retired without
speaking
LEANDER HOLMES.
letieh swam before my eyes, and I
trembled so that I could , ' hardly stand, as I
tried. to adjust my cap before the mirror. - -
At length and with unsteady steps I des
cended to the parlor ; I opened the door and
stood in the presence of the man I had loved,
and from whom I had been separated so
long.
His hair was gray ; there were lines of suf
fering over all his face, only the bright, dark
eyes were unchanged. J gave him my
hand ; be looked at me steadfastly a little
while. Then he drew me towards him,
and without a word.l lay sobbing upon his
bosom.
"At bud—at last," he murmured.
Thus was I reunited to My first and last
love. We are happy now - tit Holm a Place.
My, husband is all that is good and noble,
and my life is spent in ministering to his hap
piness, 2nd in trying to fill a mother's place
to the long neglected - children of the wife he
had never loved.
Terrific Adventure in the Mam
moth Cave.
From the Lonisville Journal.
, At the supposed end of what has always
been considered the longest avenue of the
Mammoth Cave,nine miles from its. entrance,
there is a pit, dark and deep and terrible,
known as the Maelstrom. Tens of thousands
have gazed into it with awe, whilst bengal
lights were thrown down to make its fearful
depths visible, but none ever had the daring
to explore it. The celebrated guide, Stephens,
who was deemed insensible to fear, was offer
ed six hundred dollars. by the proprietors of
the Cave, if he would descend to the bottom
of it, but he shrank from the peril. A few
years ago, a Tennessee Professor, a learned
and bold man, resolved to do what none be•
fore.him bad done, and, making his arrange=
manta with great care and precaution, he had
himself lowered down by a strong rope a
hundred feet, but,. at that point, hie courage
failed him, and he called aloud to be drawn
out. No human power could ever have in
duced him to repeat the appalling experi
ment.
A couple of weeks ago, however, it young
gentleman of Louisville, whose nerves never
tremble at mortal peril,being at the Mammoth
Cave with Prof. Wright of our city and other's ;
determined, no matter what the dangers and
difficulties might be, to explore the depths of
the Maelstrom. Mr. ProCtor,the enterprising
proprietor of the Cave, sent to Nashville and
procured a long rope of great strength ex
pressly for the purpose.' The rope and some
necessary timbers were borne by the guides
and others to the point of proposed explora
tion. The arrangement'being soon complet
ed, the rtge,:with a heavy fragment of rock
affixed to it, was let down and Swung to and
fro to dislodge any loose rock that would be
likely to fall at the touch. Several were thus
disloged, and the long continued reverbera
tions, rising up like distant thunders from
below, proclaimed the depth of- the horrid
chasm. Then the young hero of the occasion,
with seven! bats drawn over his head to pro
tect it as far as possible against any masses
falling from above, and 'with a light in his
hand, and the rope fastened around his body,
took his place over the awful pit and directed
the,halfidozeo men, who Lehi the end of the
rope;o fet him down inter the Cimmerian
gloom;
We have heard from Ws own lips an ac
count of his dekent. • Occasionally masses
of earth and rock went- whizzing past,
but
none struck him. Thirty, or forty feet from
the top, be saw a ;edge, from which; as he
judged ho appearances, two or three avenues
led off in . -different directions. About, htin
dred feet .from the top, a 'cataract from the
sides of the pit went rushing down the abyss,
and,as he descended by - the side of the falling
water and in the midst :of the spray, be felt
some apprehension that his light would be
extinguished,- but- his care prevented this.
He landed at the bottom of the pit, a. hun
dred and ninety fret from the top. Ha found
it almost perfectly circular, about 18'feet - in
diameter, with a small opening at one point,'
leading to a fine chamber of no great extent.
He found on the floor - beautiful specimens of
black silex of immense size, vastly larger then
were ever diseovered iit:any other part of the
MummothCave,azd also-a multitude of mini.
site formatioas as pore: and :white as virgin
enow., Making himself beard, • with great
1 effort, by his friends, be at length asked theta
to pull him•partly up, intending to stop on
the way and explore a cave that he bad oh%
served opening about forty . feet above the
bottom of the pit. Beaching the mouth of
that cave, he swung himself with ranch exer t
tion into it, a ‘ nd, holding the end otthe _rope
in his hied, heilicantionsly -AO, it go, and it
swung out apparently boyond his reach:. The
situation was a fearful one,, and his friends
above owed do nothing for bim. Soon how-
ever he made a hook to the .end of his lamp,
and, by - extending himself as lar over the
verge as possible without falling,he succeeded
in securing..the rope. , Fastemogit to a rock,
he followed , the avenue one hundred and fifty
to two. hundred yards to ,a point, where he
found it blocked by an impassable avalanche'
of rock and earth. , Returning t.o.the. , month
of this avenue, he 'beheld an almost exictly
similar mouth of another on the opposite . of
the pit, but net being able to swing himself
into it, he refastened the repo around his
body, suspended himself again over the abyss,
and shouted to his friends to raise him - to the
top. The pull was in exceedingly severe
one, and the ropes,being illy adjusted *rotted
his body,gave him the most excruciating pain:
But soon his pain was forgotten in a new apd
dreadful peril. When he was ninety fnet
from the mouth of the pit and one hundred
from the bottom, swaying and swinging in
mid-air, he beard rapid and excited words of
horror and' alarm above, ands soon learned
that, the rope.by'which be was upheld. had
taken fire from the friction of the timber over
which it passed. Several moments of.' awful
suspense to those above, and still more awful
to him ensued: To them and hint a fatal and
instant catastrophe seemed, inevitable. But
the fire was extinguished with a bottle , of
water, and then the party above,though most
exhausted by , their labors, succeeded in .draw
ing him to the top. - lie Weans calm and
self-possessed as upon his entrance ' into the
pit, but, all of his companions, overcome by
fatigue, sank down to the ground, and his
friend Professor Wright, from over-exertion
and excitettteut, fainted and remained for a
time insensible.
The young adventnrei left his name carved
in the depths of the Maelttrom—the name of
the first and only person that ever gazed upon
its mysteries.
CORRECT SPEAKING.—We advise all CRT
young people to acquire in early life , the
habit of using good language both'in speak ,
ing and writing, and to abandon as early as
possible any use of slang words and phrases.
The longer they live 'the mote - diffictilt , the
acquisition of such language will be ; and if
the golden age of youth, the properaeason
for the acquisition of knowledge, be passed
in its abuse, the unfortunate victim of neg
lected education issvery probably doomed to
talk slant,► fdr
Monelig not necessary to procure this
education. lie has merely ro Use the
language he reads, instead, of the slang which
he hears, to form his taste from the best
speakers and pciets of the country; t ? treasure
up choice phrases in his memckry . and to
babituatehimself to their use,ariding at the
same time the pedantic precision and botn=
bast, which show rather tbe meekness of a
vain ambition than the polish of an educated
mind.
1.1c4 beautiful and exalted are the
following sentiments of Do - Witt Clinton :
"Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity,
and power a pageant ; but knowledee is ec
static in enjoyment, perrenial in fame, un
limited in space, and indefinite in duration.
In the performance of itasacred offices it fears
no danger, spams no expense, omits no exer
tion.. It scales the mountain, looks into, the
ocean,pelforaMs the earth,encircles the globe,
explores sea and land, contemplates the
distant, ascends the sublime - . No place too
remote for its grasp, no heaven too exalted for
its reach."
110* •IT FELT.-"A. lady friend of •ours
says the first time 'she was kissed she felt
like a big tub of roses swimming in honey,
cologne, nutmegs, and cranberries. She
also felt as if something Was running through
Her nerves on feet of diamonds, escorted by
several little Cupids in• cbariots, drawn by
angels, shaded by bonersuckles, and the
whole spreadwith melted rainbows. Jernsa,
lem ! what power there is in a full breasted
kiss!" _
BE JUST AND FEAR NOT.—This is a mot
to which our very soul loves. It is a noble,
manly and encouraging motto—adapted to
-all classes and conditions; to thesoung,to the
middle•aged and the hoary headed. Young
Man, we would persuade you to adapt Was
yours ; iCwill be a source of comfort—a stay
and prop to you through all the troubles,
turmoils and anxieties of life. When you
are convinced that you have• done right—
that you have acted justly—you can cop
fidently trust the result to -the all-wise
Ruler.
Everything must have altered very Much
in a 'short time; only a few years since, Gen.
Jackson, being veated between two ladies,
said he felt like a thorn surrounded with
roses. V. 8. Ilf•eayq; a few days ago, while
riding in'a ornnibikand being seated between
two ladies, he felt like a stave in a hogshead
of molasses, surrounded by hoops.
"Why, doCtoi," said a Vick 'lady, "you
give roe the same medicine as you are giving
to my husband—bows that
-"All right," replied the doctor T "whßt -is
sauce for the goose is
,aande for tlie gander!"
An editor- received a letter, in which
Weather was spelt 'Wetbur: said it was
the worst spell of weather he had ever seen:
Pretty ereusefor a. iffi•Beater—The trea
sure which we valeemost, we hide. •
The tobacco•chevier is maid to be like-a
goose in ajYateh oven--always On thespit.
EARLY -Rterao.-1:: hold thal it is not
natural.—With - urea as with pew, early ris
ing is -all si matter of forcing.
,"What are the chief ends of man r asked
a school teacher of his,- pupils. "Ilea and
feet," was the reply.. _
tar A lady was taken by_ aurpiae in Ilia
eisaipim him B. Surprise - waa
to A. Stock—"faney ' stock,"
we preautne. They will piol.•atly. have
- little
ofiurpriset," oecaeioaally.
- agricultttial.
°titivate, the Fakmer, as wall as, the Farm.
How-to Mato pod Cider.
There is ha idly tithe, of et !trade flow
that was made forty years. Many_ of
the* orchards have, ditml,tait,and the temp
meow ietOrili has prevented their. renewal.
The market' for fine traits has gieatly expand
ech and ites4ll* - 11 ktki ti* now planted 'are
for the prohetioti of iliitrket iiPtiles, it tdok
eighttpiebete et antes' to, xn#e a s brutrel - of
tider.and lb)) 004 1 Oki_ tOr 4314 $l. Apples
now bring every f ear from b 0 cents to p-a
itolllll4 part
. hardli be expect.:
tti
icrio lament " the cltingelliittle* sti
their imunikryinterpst: ; .
Yet 'Mei:4lloll4oBde all over the coAntry
in small quantities, some for the apple better,
some for vinegar, and still more for a bever
age. When bottled and j ,properly ha,ndled,
it is as palatabfe i end much more wholesome,
then most of the wines of commerce. In af
fections of tic; Abinoys..it. is an. excellent
remedy, and should bave a place in every
911 appointed,cellai.; It is a matter of some
importance, that what cider is made, should
be made in the best =Wrier:
Thiapples should be ;well . ripened, NO not
in the least appin with the
least speck of rot in it should be removed, if
you wish a first rate beverage. The decayed
and inferior apples may be reserved for mak
ing vinegar. Perfect cleanliness shottid,,be
observed in the grindint pyqqessoyfiich ihould
be performed two days bete presging, and
the pomace be permitted to sand and mellow
in the vat, until it assumes a, deep red color.
Clean dry straw should be used in forming
the cheese. If the straw beinttaty, the Savor
will be communicated to the Juice: If water
•be ridded,- it will make it., bard and unpleas-•
ant to the taste.. 'casks, also; in which
It is put for, fertnentation should be thorough
ly cleansed i and finished off with a fumigation
of brimstone. This is done by burning
the barrel a few 'strips of canvas, dipped
in melted brimstone. The .fu nee win -pene
trate all the pores-and.destroy the must and
correct the sourness. •
After the fertnentatfon is over draw off in
to clean barrels-and clarify it. This can be
done by , mixing a quart of clean, white sand.
With the whites of half a dozen eggs and a
pint of mustard seed and pouring it into the
'barrel. It may stand in the barrel, or if a
- nide article is
,wanted it should be put into
quart bottles and corked.
-
This cider will be fit to drink iti case of
sickness, and will always -bear. a- goad price
in mafket. It retails at twenty-five cents a
bottle, and would .at least bring two dollars
a dozen,bi the quantity, , This is mush` bet
ter business than to make a poor artitile from
decayed apples, in a slovenly mender ) and
sell it for two dollars• a barrel.--:-.2lnicritan
.4riculittrist.
Keeping Fruit.
• The'best method of keeping trait was dis
cussed at the meeting of the Cineinnitti
Horticultural Society , on Saturday evening.
Mr. Heaver deemed the subject of much,ius
portance, as from certain atmospheric causes
the fruit of the present - season seemed in
clined to ripen Much more rapidly thin
usual; and premature ripening is uniformly
attended by premature decay. He had found
it beneficial to gather the fruit in the morn
ing while cool, and keep it in a cool, airy
place. For keeping, pears should be gathered
before -fully ripe, and alloWed to mature ar•
ter pulling. The best position was in a cool,
clean, sweet cellar.- Fruit should not, be in •
masses, nor even in double tiers so as to press
upon each Other: Mr. Mother last year tried
tvio methods of preserving his pears, one by
putting 'them an, oats in barrels, the other
by first wrapping iu paper separately and
placing them in boxes. Thom in paper and
boxes keep much' the best. Wr. Buchanan
supposed the best method of keeping fruit
was in a tin box, in a cool, dark cellar. He
had now, in the middle of August, the Vir
ginia greening apple, perfectlrsotind, of last
year's growth, kept in -this way in his wine
cellar. Dr. Watdet said that frtfit being
placed in a dark duel place, conipleted
its issolation from the' usual causes of de
conwosition; - via: light, heat, air and mois•
tare. lie did not know that old newspapers
were especially dirty, hut at all events, he
would not even put up his prescription of
calomel and jalap in bits of old newspapers,
much lessibe fruit he expected to offer as a
delicacy to his trien4s. Mr. Laboyteux sta
ted this method of packing in
j separate papers
had been practiced with, great :success by
who put up and- shipped apples to
southern latitude:. One gentleman had pur
sued this Colima with great profft id shipping
apples- to our southern coast.
Raising Chestnuts.
*h i en ornament and utility combine in a
shade tree; it deserves universal reed:mend- -
ation. This is the case with the chestnut.
Its fruits is desirable, its timber kr valuable,
and its form and foliage Are pleasing to the
eye. , The tree is also of rapid grovith.
Many perscris,howeder,fail in their aktefript
to germinate :hefted. Their failure is C'wi lig
doubtless, •to their allowing the tfutitto, be
come dry before planting.• A toW Jrays' ex
posure to the sun And sngeient• to
shrivel the germ beyond recoiery. ,The only
sure way of growing them, is to Oralit them
soona as they are gathered-froth the tree,
or at. least to cover them land .
until the ground is prepared' for platitidg. In
planting cover title' awinelt-and a half deep,
if the soil is heavy or two inches if it is
sandy. ficnne recommend to follow nature a
little tWore closely and to' bury, the seed only
about an' ineh', anif then to spillid t oiei the
surface a Coat of rotten letties; keep the
ground :bast and soft.
•
Ifotis should-he eut oplor fattenin g as
early as poriiible, as they,gain more front the
same amount of food in Warm, or roodorate,
thee in 6otil weistbd. the yards and pens
shonfd be Irtieriscl i ntieds piilled_up before th e
seedesie ripe, and cithtir Matter *bleb ttury:
be worked up into manure. 'Fiji help to
pay the expenses bf making pork.
Ir fernYers wotild now 'their wheet.earlier'
thati do* and. ripen deeply
ploilgtsed,froely'prilverized arid,viell - tiriinured
ground; therk would 'lie lest complain t of
.wintea aid of the rrivegee oethe field
weevil ur midge. -
faint
kt - tiiiiti:i: n.
ItiinsotsititL
There is muc ,
. _
good 'sense in . nonsense.
As! Na Stiscii." - -- : Art. Eastern paper gives
the following as the recent gpeepli eta Re
publkftlfinuditlate %for Certgrese.,,Wisup,
Mess Abe. M 11.11. 0 1 6( qie.epenket - and of the
theatre of his eldinenerit - 7 , ' ' * ' .
. "Gentlemen, $ have:a very bed-cold, and ,
MY hmE B l / 90,1 i T
(4 . i ~t.4*.q been .to• New
1
Yorkln usir,lna - slien I returned'lwas
iPigAktt ,2 (; ilk , .iv ntme,pordelsitii '
otttat to • speak ~Ter .1 with imost, lidi
neat; - i an:tuf Piihlia
-Speaker: -.the moan
pultioti'was thrust. upon- me , . - i-i'Qu - areli -teed •
looking net'of Men, :1.1- :was : pleased. '_wbiesi,
Walking detvnlhiji road tot, see youeliouSei.
They:ate,a4ood deal l hetteethrinhe hits In
t 6 SontliY •. I •
.. , "....`.
- - [Here the spesker broke 'down,. - and jui n .
ed.round to Eldnr , Peek
.in , dismay,.....Tha
Elder - gave him a .tmdge,and,thoilih evident: ,
ly soared, he werit'on.] ..... • , ~. :.'
`g have ste,ti . A black - wornan - n ii o pinqta
tion in•the tiiiith; liiilditi . a plow wilful it
rained." , ~ ..-
[Here he mad an uneasy- inotion„ - asithis
.kbroke r i
coat, hurt him a 'ftillyAnder the at;mls,, , broke
down again, • we : . atmut. to. i tre, wllezt the
Elder - gave ? hi a wicked,..crok, , and, lie' _
plucked up: co rage . , and made one more .
.."There is l Fan6as ought to be tsken.esre
of: I know you must be tired after listening
to itiy friends, and therefore I give way." ~
[And he did Ova wi":1 . • ' '
SHARP Pirnericu.— ' The- Oneida, Chief rri:.
lates that.two,,ung, bucks of. Stockbridge;
started one Sunday on Clinton. The
weather wekkoll end Mbrttil' s and at kook
C orners they- clitic i luded•to go iti and 'Baker: .
Marching up - td the bar, they called aloud
the name of ; .whia• they ,most desired, bii
were informed by; the landlord that according
to the Statutes of the State ; ho could not pall
_on the Lord's .daY; "but,7,Sajd he, "you just
call for a- rze, and it'll be all right."—This
was significant ; the bucks aforesaid 'sharp
ened their iappetite, for “duthin wet," and
,thought in their . ) heart!
,what a jolly good
fellow our, andlords mast_ be r So they re. ,
paired' to th,e ditlng room and) worried dowe •
a whole pie: •
whole
my aove,""f4td ts 3 bucks; "well
take a little brandy."
"I told you t sold no liquor on Sunday
pie cott..A to twenty-five cents."
All, the words in Webster's Unabridged
`would fail of gibing ate idea of thikeipression
which gatlieredllike a itoritt cloud over-the
faces of the travelers, as one muttered •
"You dift,Ahink - we ate 'eausi we
Was hungry, did yo,u r
riEW SPECIES OF ProfessorDUG.-- -Ad
ans, of .Amber4CCOle,,,, w s zkst..a great auto
urologist. Sorrie.wicked students thought to
quiz the old gel i ntleman, and, witha,great- '
deal of care and labor, succeeded in manti
facturing a tiondeSeript inicet, by, taking the
body \ of a beetle' and .gluino to it, t.le.legit of
a gtasshopper, the wings of -it, butterfly, and ,
the horns of. a dragon ; fly. - With this' new
style of bug,' th,eY . proceeded to the Study of
the professor, nttl:l sold him - that Oaf; of
number'. had &nit& strange animal which
they were, Mit'alile to classify, and requesting
him to aid there; in defi+g its position. The'
Professoi put on i his spectacles, and after ex,
amining the spenimea carefully, paid, ".Nell,
young gentlemeh, this is a curious bugy I
am inclined to Hiiak it' is Whitt naturalists
call a ktiFttizig. . . • •
,
TUN MAN WIT'R A SR . AWCN EED . NOT A PPLY.
—We find is tlresdosiie/.(Maine) .Bartik r. the
following 'advert*ineat
" L desiroini of securing the servicesof
two Male teachers to teach school the' coM
ing Sr-Inter.. I Italie this method thereto&
of making kndivn the fat .Ifthis,nOtied
meets the eye an' Mari '(I Mean . physical
as well as nientst)• as willing to feaa
as well as keep 3Ieholi)1;1' skettld
see him:
pn' nu?' whe'tvears ,dind;
speetcrclet, ,teollki with a cane; need-apply,.,
as satErcient irititintion.frorn . that ellfs.s bait i
alre my been had; H. B. MAYNARD, Agtd. I
lierichtll's Mil s, July 10th, 1858.' i•
How To -PUX ii x Mix. l -" Judge, you say
if I punch a man in fun he Can take use up
for assault and, battery ?"
" Yes, sir,, I said that, ina what 84 I 1
• •
repeat: it yea : u
t nch 6 man you' aie guilty
of a breach of th peace, - and can' bi irrested-!
for it."
lo exceptions 1
•*ceptions wh,tor'er.:" .
"f..gtiess you hiti
nee; I should' Gr i a'ndy. punch
,
"Aint there t I
"No, sir, no .
"Now,.Tudel
suppose, for ins
him, what then'
Court, Rif: N nerift expose
atmosphere. neat
_ •
"No levity i
this man td Hitt
caw."
rigo 1.6.. Jones who has Ixen
lass anti going horrid
'nnibrells; and , Wrhen.hipir
a loosened hif sat up in:bed'
ead out-the•piApectn.:
)u_ going fo_ do , with that
.
A few. nights
out.. taliirghi g
late, Harrowed"
wile's tongue, wS
and suddenly spi
'What • ate pi '
thing,' said she.'
iN l VirS',' UV" de
storm to-night,
.•
exiiecited a very heavy
nd so I come preOred. 1 -
iro minutes Mrs.-Jones wan;
In- less than
fact asleep.
AnToglish nohleinan stopping at the gt:'
Nicholas Hotel, New York,boasted abOut his;
•acquaintance With Mr. Dallas, the Ame r ican
Minister, anil ,professed * to expects dispatch .
frimrl443 by tlmlAtlanticCableiSome waggiall
Yorker sent a 1)y. to his "room at midnight,,
with the.dispat over the Atlantic cable; for ,
which he . paid p?,22 'l4 with gro { it.
But!My:lord!; tipienzed late at the breakfitati
table the, : nott .ornieg, * and tikes glootny"
V.
eWe 01 She erican - character, •
Or,. who iotaided to iSompli-,
candidate for County; Com-I
him to a racer who had'
. ith vigor, ."effectually show-I
Smitbera says that it is not'
'ticians of that latitude' ja:er3
in that waYz ,
;An . 6hio edit
went a favorini
minsioneri earn,
.run hie course
ing his bottom.'
unusual for poll'
pose themselves!
or fw - ph_
irit
A waZ . ohs(' ving 'A itilagor Tor a house
the - IMMO i m
eleiens, Tearked . tisai
it pet him in ' md of a donblebarreietf gun,
for, if one she's cl, the *othei week! be sure' to
kill: • . I
EMMI
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