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A TALE . OF,OLD LONDON BRIDGE
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The Thames, three centuries ago, liad
mete/fides essentially different from those
tbak - liiititiguish it at the present day. Gone
the!. places and gardens which,- from
Whitefriors to Weitminster, adorned its
banks; :the six-oared canopied barge has
-giyen, way to the smoky steamboat; the water
-m:0 occupation, by the erection of so =soy
bridges, like Othello s, 'is gonel '
and th e spirit
ort6mance has fairly 'mashed from the now
itnririp;'gasconi and 'tortured stream ;' in a
wordiiitraything has ut_ccittr.lbsd to the march
of triumphant utility. '
things, were not always 60. As still,on the
waters -that vvish the marble paliceS of sea
,bor,n 'Fettle*, :nusic nightly sounds, and love
'breathes his sigh- so, in-the good old times
that - shall never come again, did the gallant,
' gliding over the unpolluted' stream; woo his
tnbilress. Loie assignations were made there.
• The high_and the nobleidid not consider it
derogatory to their dignity to touch the gui
tar ; the woman's, silver voice_ was heard.
s
malting yet _more mooth,the unsexed and
tai sparest - bosom' the the "gentle Father
Thames." • •
The-moon shed it good of light c!Exin the
, single bridge, wiliest , spanning the noble
river, bore on its granite shoulders a hundred
'lto:uses; long shadows were cast eastward
this:tide, rushing through the arches, created
slumberous sound; the Globe Theatre,
,on
-the Bank-side,
_where Shakspeare personated
.lel4-1 - even:inameirtal creations, bad- closed its
(lairs, when an individual, uho had lately
flood *Uhl the Walls of that temple '
Theipis, proceeded to the nearest stairs, ;and
springing . into his's/berry, rowed leisur.eli out
into the stream. •
.711.4‘11.an t whom 'we are about to detcribe,
thotigh.on tenni of familiar, greeting: With
F.sstx, Raleigh, and the. choice Wits of the
; day, did not belong to the aristocratic - class;
.a.e, op his - person and bearing,_ nature's no
bilitir:-Irsta stamped; that lofty forehead spake
ad intelleetual seperiovity ; • the eye, though
-subdued, - , And somewhat downcast; through j
the mind's abstraction, 'had that searching
glance which can -- .read,inen's soul-; the brows '
were drawn from their natural arch almogt to
straight line.`,, and-gave to his physiognomy
an expression of sternnen., which, however,
was, redeemed by the humor that lurke,l
rouna_the thip I.ippedlhanclionre mouth the
jetty, beard was sthort and peaked ; conical
hat, pith a single feather, adorned his head
,his doublet was sashed; Fahil of the finest
- -bred?. cloth ruffles were of rich Flanders
lice; and the hilt of bhi:straightAsword--a
present trice the irreenwas'set with rubies.
And•thig wig the deer-stajher, of Stratford on
AVon—this
iThe Arr4ai.t.iftitkatist was now m the summer
tir hit days , and,if we litay be allowed the
Metaphor, the of hii rtinown had began
to pat forth those leave.s,the beauty and I-testi
ness of which have otiduredlor three centuries,.
Genius, as regaids its ularacion of. the IS
~ometimes cittait to feed ott ,r'e . .ims of ideal
'beauty,- But at this period of his life, the
'llard of.A.vort, it would F eern, was not antis
Aau with worshipping phanta4y: • Tetrarch
And lais,platanies afforde I nothing suited to
hisltemperament, Und he 3)elded to the pas
sions that will enthrall ordinary men. Love
for to object, warm, breathing:, living; had
kirCed its fire in his heap. "Cold "teemed
the creatures of his plastic fancy, td this love
ly incarnation orall his poetic dreamings—
this sweet palpable shtlili iNs'imenortal
.
sptnt
; and to pour-forth his loe-'.•litlrg; -and
to lines the lily hand oThis sweet .leAsy, did
Shak4peaie; on the night in question, urge his
whorl down ‘the.Tharnes.
iessy was the daughter of the cfeiiiised
people - who regard Abraham as their greet
progenitor. Her father was an usurer and
Jeweler, and hung out his sign on the Old
,boadonPidge. lit WES just above the third
arch from the city• side, ere . the Dutchman
Morris had erecttd his eater works, that old
Manasieb -dwelt. 'Ebert ret /Alt t*O tli!hgs
•the world dear unto hiin---bis money and
his daughter. From her - extreme lovelioess,
Jesey bad obtained •he - soubriquet of the
"Beauty of London 'Bridge." Many of the
Illustrious of her tribe bad sought her, hand
in marriage; but Jessy was deaf to each over
ture. Several Christians, also, offered to lay
their -titles and rici.e. at bet feet; but hce
Manaweb-ang,ily interposed, since,froni prin.
eiple,ws well 10. inclination, he bitterly loath
ed thefollowere otone 'whom his nation stig
`matizei at. the fake I.kfek,ialt. •Yes, tho' Jew
"meld have itcled, if possible,,r% steCher part
'than 'a'irirginius, be would liave strangled,
his anti and beloved child, ere he seen' her
pollatid by in_tmion with a Christian. -
• abaltapeare's wherry, glided on, and in a
few Minutes, Lavin°. entered the deep shadow
cif -the iiret,heland a ed on the wide, projecting .
starling... Icssy's sleeping apartment was fai
above; bat. the girl, 'unknown to her father,
had the; key , of,:a rdwer chamber which
opened ,upon a small bra - cony; and thence br
herself down into the aims of the enamored
poet.
Shalrepeare resigned his sculls7.to his young
attendant, who knew his duty too well, to lis
ten to the conversation. of the lovers. The
beautiful Jewess -was wrapped in • a velvet
mantel, bordered with
. miniver. • Her large,
dark; passionate eyes were now. raise& to the
heavens, spangled with stars,. and now flied
in melting tenderness on him who sat brter•
aide... And thus they glided oitsoft light
Above,m Lupin ri ng ‘ waters around—conversing
in trunnions whispers, and experienditir in
_those stolen Moments of reciprocated affection
all the bliMthat man is capable of wringing
frpui the Meeting boors of this fevered exist
ence.
We shall not detail at length the conver
sation which passed•between Shakspeare and
his leesy. Thus nightly they had met, and
breathed their vows of faith, and -in each
-other's presence had forgotten the world and
its cold restrictions. Jessy only trembled
lest .her father should discover her armour;
ks'rarely a day passed without Manssieh'S
bittecir main, sad heaping curses-on the
• Christians. • .
"if thou <teat late me," oil Shikspeare,
lorem . eing, the Maiden's' hand, "thole wilt .never
pas enter the habitation of one, who, 'lash,
Isgititeeteend cni#l;. ix misforthy ty call thee
&tighten -,teesy dear one, fond one, tpe
one flee with me th 6, night ; I will 'protect
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thee against a thousand tither,. This bosom
shall be th home ; and, in return, thy lo e
shall be MY paiadise."
"Not said the girl timidly,"l will pr
to him—l will strive to heed his will—an ,
perhaps; he will relent. I§l4reover, harsh
though be be, I gave my father, and woishi
not desert him in his old age." ,-
"Sweet one,4istress not thyself—be true to
thy sew-- continue to love me,. its I wo k.
ship thee, Iliad, whatever betide, I whin he t
happy."
The moon had nearly set,and a deep gloor#
was failingl over the river. lessy was anxiotis
to return, and the wherry - shot back to the
bridge.'
As they. Lapproacbed the bridge, ghakil
-1 peare perceived the figure of a man standink
I ou the brosidstarli,pg beneath . the Jew's resi
dence. . I
"It is only a waterman, love ; tlrere, he il
gone ; he has sprang, I doubt, not, into bits !
411:"
Jessy trembled but the man bad indeed
disappeared around the buttress, gicisg their
reason to belte l / 4 ve that he was no otger tha n
the indisidaal named. The beautiful Jewess
was lifted ' y Shakspeare out of the wbeiry;
the,starlin was damp throsigh the splashing
g l
of the tide, and he threw his rich docblet
en tlie4oo' -work for s the girl to step upon. 1
- Farewell, love, forget me not," whispere
the poet's 11 ivea,, kissing Jessy's fair for j
, head ;.but at that instant Shakspeare started,
fur he felt his arm seized and comrestda Ith
in a rice by a sinewy hams, while wood's likir
the following were hissed in his ear: I
" Christian,!_ dog ! hell-hound ! have ifound
thee!" - ,
I
' Shakspeare, by a violent efort; f.ung the
bureau viper from him::: and as the setting
'moon shed i a glimmerinr , ray through the
granite.arch, he recognized the father of his
iessy'l Ifisl first impulse was to- draw hi
sword, but he_inatantly placed a rein on h i
inclination. The fiehrew was so convulse
,dry tire passion that raged within- him, that,
for some minutes-, he Was unable to addres's
his trembling daughter or her lover; the
former taking licivantagesof the silence of her
father, fell on Ater knees before
_him, and be
seeched MM to restrain his anger. But ilt
Jew waved his hand, while his fury at lentil?.
burs , forth in `w-ord..
i " Beg one
.9 thou disgrace of thy tribe! WM;
i reproac h e to thy father!, or 'I iliall slay thee!"
The girh'sliadieri'ag and o'verawtd, crepi
to the little balcony, and in a few minute
I disappeared. The Jew seemed- suddenly Li
i ,have formed a tesolittibn-, his e:•e,s; Ih thii
darkness of IthiSiniglit, bfirned like coals of
tire; he muttered incoherent words, and
snatching,' from his gaberdine.a long,daggerl,
he dashed forward, exclaiming i 1 .
"Urtbel*er ! contemn'er.pt the l .aw 0 -
Moses! oppressor of our-race !it will be Iqo
crime to send thee now to that held Whither
thou would't but go at last!"
1
"The dagger grazed Shakspeare's breas
h e aultilitifi=ftieWit t rt,! aiGh4l4 , • '
'-'' bld man, t' Woo thy daughter honorably.
i ,
\ " Son of Belial! even thy honorable 10 0 '
would be infamy ! nut my dagger is gone—r•
can I have no revenge r . 1
With,the quickness of thought hesrnounted
to the balcony that projected over the star•
ling and dim the ladder, by which he had
atcended, after him. Shakspeare althotlgl
i.
he chained not *hat the Hebrew's motive
might be, waited the result of his action wit h,
extreme anxiety. Presently he heard a faint
cry like .a Supplication for mercy; then S
shriek broke on the stillness of the nig4. ,
The father and datighter appeared at this top;
most window which overlooked the Thamesi,
Jesse's sleeping-room was there, and it wait
fully apparent now what the incensed 24
maddened Jew Meditated doing. Strakspeare
§lti'lt•d to him to desist, and began in franti
ha=te P'i i.tlliblr to the balcony. . 1
j• hat bries on- thee and thy pa-ttmour!" e!;
~
ci
aimed the Hebrew, dragging , forth his
rstruggling child ; " thou_shalt not live to
bring this disgrace upon my name." t
It was over. The unnatural and atrociout
deed had been committed. The Jew's flash
ing eyes marked _his child sink into the r
rushing sititgrs far beneatli; a fiendish eiult
tation lit up' his countenance, and he smooth}
ell his beard—and laughed. Sink/Teats wad
thri!lt d wiAthoildi it what Ue . witinesied
be plunged into the stream to the rescue ot
her, the guililel one. He dived where sh
e.ank, bet the tide was flowing so rapidly
that the current had carried her through tb
Rich., She ibtated now at a distance—sank
again—the agonized swimmer reached her.at
length, and succeeded in plkcing her in hi
boat,
"Jessy my own Jessy 1 ." cried Shakspeare
straining the beautiful girl to his•beart, an
printing a kiss on her cold lips.• Her dar
even were closed, her fair ams dropped lifeless
and her long wet tresses enreloped her a 4
with a veil, What to the lover now wa.
vengeance on the :destroyer f—he though
only of the destroyed. In desperation he con
veyed her to the house oft medical man on th
Bankside ; but every effort to effect resuscita
tioo proved abortive,. The light of life wa.
quenched; the late warm heart would throb
with passion; rio more; and the.sweet flower+
which had bloomed on the arid soil of th.!
desert, was Plucked, by death, in the spring'
time of its brightness and fragrance.
The Bard ;of Avon knelt at the tomb of th
once lovely Jessy. His poetic fancy hear.]
her gen s tle voice in every- passing wind; an ;,
the flowers ; that decked her Wit seeirikl
hreathe the; perfume - of her sigh. In aftel
time, when grief for her whom he had loved
softened into a hallowed worship, he embalm',
ed mernOty ,imperishable verse. Yes ;
the Jessy tif Old London Bridge—and le.
none Irarshis gainsay our assettion—is th:
sWeetJessica r in the " Merchant of Venice"
and Lei diabolical father is the avaricious
tinreienting sbylock.
Age An Old 'woman raising, in rather en
thusiastic terms,. the sermon of a certain Rev
Dandy(luck,' who had acquired a great nam
for depth and sublimity: The suspicions o
her suitor vv*re a little Loused, and she yen,
tured to propose a question to her—
" Jenny, do you understand him r
"Understand him 1" holding up her hand
in astonishment at the question; "me under 4
seand him 1 I would I have the presumption
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ki* A fepetiods_felfovi, teilig very anxioutl
for the acquiiition of Cubtotais h'i(tit Willing td
help pay for ft., 'to help fight Kir it, and, if that
won't do, he'll go tot is tawitti o g to hew.
. Flee -4: .1'
or . cool, more coos; cool 144.
LYES TO NO PARTY THAT DOES NOT CARRY THE FLAG AND KEEP tiiP 14 6 7tHE NUS* SV Ale 1UNIIIIA.;."
Montrose, cSusluetranna Count , Dortiil4, #ol,l - ember 10, 1850
WllO TUE DEUCE WASITI--Brown tells us a
Vermont story which,he says, is as authentic
as the best of the Post 'anecdotes, and, cer
tainly nothieg swore can be required. A re
spectable gentleman in Windsor county,
many years ago,had an ambition to represent
his tows in the State Legislature. Though a
man of good character, and every way good
enough for the once he souchr, he happened ) ,
as Aunt Peggy used to say, to have "a great
many winning ways to make folks hate him,"
and was in fact the most unpopular man in
the town. Going to 'Squire X., an influen•
tial man who hajspeaed to Ise ((lei:it' lly to hiss,
he laid his plans before him, and asked his
influence; saying thrit he didn't expect help
without paying for it, and declaring that if
be could gel X.'s influence he was sure to be
elected. The squire " pbt in his best jumps"
for his man; but when the baLlot•bot was
turned,anotherbilin was declahli elected. The
disappointed man called Oat to know bow
the votes stood, and learnedthat he had'got
, just three votes! "But i don't *Unde'r - stand
it," Said he, turning to the 'Squire witt
chopfiillen countenance. "Nor I ..either,"
said the 'Squire, " I put in my •ote i you put
in another; but who the put in the
third is more than I can imagine r —Boston
Post.
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A FATTIER'S ALVVICE.—Many yens ago I
remember of a young man kaving his patern
al roof tolook. out (or himself. On the eve
Initling his-native vil!age,his father placed
a roll of bank notes isrhis hand, with the fol
lowing advice :
"Josiah, you are now about to go cut into
the wide world, Where it's a good deal wider
than 'Lis here, and no fence round it, neither.
Take them hills, and min.! yer Engers
- onto 'em tight, for the witid's mighty apt to
blow 'em where you'll never see 'ens again.
You hai&t gtt it hard finish etlitistioo, but
I tell Jou, Josiah, eonsnion-schOol learning is
jist as good as the harj finish, if you oQlv
know how to handle it. Don't swear, don't
throw the dips—don't play keards—don't
hang about taverns--but yes. may chew ter
barker some; 'cause yer dad does. • Don't
cheat anybody who can't afford to stand it;
them as can, you may put the hard finish
onto as thick as you like. K'eep a stiff upper
lip-, Josiah, and 'eon% let anybody impose on
ye. If they.do, fait. you bring out them hard
finish licks what yer old dad has guy ver for
'heritance l"
SNQIIING.--A Western statesman in one Of
his tonrs it! the lat. West, stopped all night
at 4. 116 1 .ts'd 4 .:.e.e.re lie was put .in the same
room with a or strangers. He was
very . - much annoyed by the snoring of two
persons. The block boy of the hotel entered
the rtio&, when ode naritter said to him
I,will give you five dollars if you
will kill that man next to me who snores so
dreadfully I"
"Can't kill him for five dollars, btit if
massa will advance the price, I'll' try what I
161br0."
iiy etialvd
fury. The'otber was - now ,to be
s quieted.
So stepping up to him, be awoke him, and
said:
"My friend, (he knew cisho be wasj you're
talking in your sleep, rat are exposing all
the secrets of the Brandon Bank ; (he was , a
dieector ;) you had better 4 carful."
He was careful, for he V. List go to sleep
that night. _
PRINTING sOrs - Ices.—When Dr. Franklin's
mother in law erst cliscovered that the young
man had a hankering for her daughter, that
good old lady said she did nct know so well
about givinr , her datlgiiier to a printer; there
here 'dreary two ,printing offices in the 'Unit
ed States, and she was notertairthe coun
try would support them. It was p i rtin young
Franklin would depend for his support on the
profits of a third, and tins wis
doubtful chance. If such an of was
urged to a would-be, son-in-law when there
Were but two printing oelces the United"
States, how Can a printer hope to ge't a wife
now, when the present census-shows the num
ber to be 15;007-.
jar Judge Moore, who many years ago
presided in the courts of several western
counties of Pennsylvania, was frequently flud-
ing fault with the lawyers for bringing on.
itnEortant suits in his courts.
On one opcasion he thus sharply addressed
the plaintiff's couniel, ii` young and .hopeful
or the laws:
"Mr. R.. why did you bring this suit to our
court I Why did you not leave it out to be
decided • by three honest men of the neigh
borhood f"
"Your honor," replied R., "I prefered that
hdneat then shouldn't try it."
WEIGHT OF A MILLION DOLLARS IN GOLD.
—ln answer to the question, "what, is the
weight of a Million dollars in gold I" an of
ficer of the mint calculates as follows : ,
"The weight of one million of dollars of
United States currency in gold
_is 53,750
troy ounces. This makes 4479 pounds,
2 ounces—ot nearly two tons and a quarter,
reckoning 20b0 RA- only to, each too. As
weighty as this is we have no doubt that,
if the amount were offered to anybody who
sltould lift it, there would be enough persons
found ready to break their necks in the vain
attempt'.
DOIiESTIC DISEASE.-A couple (not long
married) where contending about what
Chould !:;48 the name of their trat Idol only
_
"William, my dear, I want to name him
Peter."
"Oh ! no, Inv !ore ; 1 dOn't like Peter—he
denied his Master. Let us call him .16-
seph."
"Why, I can't bear Joseph--he
denied his mistress."
THE DEVIL-A spea'ker in a meeting, n'et
long since, enlarged upon the rascalities of
the devil, hit of the following pithy words :
"I tell you that the devil is an old liar ;
for when, I was about
get
rejigion,_ he
told me that if I did get religion I Gould nht
go into' gay eatitparty. eteat A'r do
any suet, ding% but I have found him out to
be a great liar
or It is better to hug a pretty girl than
a bare illesioti'; sets So' e*bange. Of orufrso
it mi Oefty girl will nitato the coniliti•
taint,- irme illusion, will not.
Fe s ti, OYetai Ifot t eigi'2664 . that
the WI of the Weather mit be greatly Mo . -
dified after tinV iletroi+notimi• of so many
4,460,•
Agricultural.
Cultivate the Farmer, as weft is tie
What Mailers) shall i buy?
This not ea *amnial a question with
Western sveltiwittA,where there is an abund
ance <if rich orgiale mattes it A. virgin soil,
though, as we have already shown, and shall
stiH farther show; it behooves those baying
even the beet of tictils to husband the wealth
already in theirlind, instead of, wasting it
and thus imp:Sl - visiting their estates. But lb
all the older Stitet r and in the newer regions
where the soil is toktli moderately good, the
preseryktion-as 110 as theprocering of ma
muses is a esattei of .the utmost importance.
'Scarcely a day liallscs during the entire year,
iu which we areldbt asked by a Treater or
less number of Rtisons :• "Which one of the
many fertilizers Deed in market—all backed
up by abundant Certificates—would you ad
vise me to -bur r
On this point.we ale somewhat radical,
and consequently not in very good odor with
the Manufacrt*ers and sellers of artificial
Mantires; AIN asivvill be seen, generally steer
pretty clear of our advertising columns. We
know also, that o'fir ViewiCrit not accord with
those of the great mass Of so-ealletl"scienti&
writers ;" but having deVoted, perhaps, quite
as much time and expense as Most of them,
both on the farilaad tie 4 :aboratorb to
the careful investigation da this sukteet, we
must adhere to our own views oil the Matter,
unless they cart be shown to be erroneo&-
Our invariable rule is, to inquire or any
new 'fertilizer, first, how much organic matter
does it contain ; that is, ilow great a propor
ticri is its- animal or vegetable material
Second, how neatly does the organic matter
approach, in its compositiori; .4 (;' !ean desk;
or, in other wordl,- how mi ld iiiirogen does
it contain. Otkeis lay great stress upon the
phosphates and other mineral matters; while
we attach comparatively little sable to these,
ft.t• reasons foinierly set foith and to be dis.
cussed hereafter.
luding by these rules, we rank first,.flnely
I
ground unhunted bones, not those merely
••• broken4e•we buy nothing else, ecept for fruit
trees or sines, when those well broken are
good.
Next, we rankgennine Peruvian guano—
but no other kind, however high standing a
pame it may bear.
Of course, substances resembling the above
.110111 ales LIOUCI, „neStl,
wool, haft, fishilicAid Mid liquid excrements
of human Mid otter animals , when these sub
stances are not mhed up with too great a
quantity of wortVess materials, as is often the
case when they are Pet up for market. But
of this subjectAnore bereatter.-•Arnerican
subject .}
more
Economical Hints.
yOth' Itifixiatiisd;or la a little - Toodi,itt otrb one
of your barn. There are mane sins!! jobs in
the course of a year, which ally man , of com
ma lSPenuity can do as *al ;As a-professed ,
carPenter. And there are,' many rain days
and "odd spells" wheii ti*ie Jabs can
And bow tilueh rtinnlng to the village, and
bow much waiting and patience this would
save.
2. Have alace fpr everything, and eeery
thing lit its f ihfe.' Those to:oB. 7 —wby should
they he laying around, tbo anger here, the
jack'-plane there,and the saw yonder, and the
ads and screw driver nowhere 1 Doh't put
away a shovel, hoe, spade or any implement
without cleaning it. This Mal seem need•
leas care, but in the long run it is a saving
01 and money. Porrodes and
weakens the best Made too!: T here gre men
who leave their ploii itaßclini in the furrow,
Or lying besiae-of the felibb froth one year to
another. And tire bran new scythe is often
left dangling from the crotch of an apple-tree
month after month. Hear what a sensible
farther says
"Iltlrive in stout pins to bang . yotir 'y okes
Upon, nail stripe of board from joist to joist.,
to hang chains npon, make a rack overhead
for pitch-falls, rakes, turning stick," ikc.
To all which we respond—so let it be
Keeping Cabbagos.
There are a variety of good methods of
keeping them for family -use. Storing them
in the, house eellitr *AA *orlit: ;It is always
do wart for that, the outer leases drop off,
they crack open and rot, making an unpleas
ant odor from cellar to garret; Better throw
litter over them and let them stand in the
gardim than to do this.
When you i‘atit to keep them only a few
weeks the heads may be cut off and put in a
common flour harrel, sunk half way in the
earth. The to of the barrel - should be kept
as closely covered as prevent chan
ges in the temperature inside. The heads
will bear a very bard freezing if the frost ie
•
drawn out gradually. ' -
The beat method on the 'whole, is heeling
them in on the nort-h side of a fence or build
ing; where they will have as little sun as pos
sible.
Dig a trench a foot deep by'the fence, the
length proportot'ed to the nut*er of eatiliacre
you desire to store. Put in the cabbage an d
cover roots and stumps with earth, making a
second trench for a second tow of heads, - and
so on,until the whole is dnibl4. 'the nearer
square they arp left, the !ess it will take to
etiltir them. Place rails or small poles over
them, so• that they will not rest on the heads,
and cover with any old straw or litter a foot
deep. 2p mild weather ventilate. remoa
ing
iha litter You can' get et: ttie &tic?'
and remove few or deny as
„ pits your conve
nience. Some Martet garaners to this way
keep their cabbages until April.--Ameiicart
ilgr.
keepinggCltioi
A Dutchess county correspondent, Mr. S.
T. Belding,-of Dover Plains, writes to the N.
Y. Post : "I have found by elperiencethat:
the P est Way of saving winter apples is to
Pitoic - thern in lacers with ry#s of wheat straw:
Nit straw should never be used, as it ap
to collect dampness. Rye or, Wheat straw
has this effect, that if an apple becoines
ten, it aboitos the moisture, leaving the
n'ppre fit W reatiove without any soft rot."
Mr. BelditlEs apiSliee (es - Orliti this hest me
thods of keeping, rot' tile) , are verTiarev ad:d i
fine, and' attest I ttie fertilityi or ate
gion iii whiCh 'they are produced, as well
al
this care of onitivation.—New - Folk
ADDgESS.;
OrLIVERYD MORK .
SUSQUEHANNAGOONIttiteM.VCROOt
—sr— ' • . .
K. B. LITTLE , 'Esq.,
On Tuesday, Noe. 9th.
c iiT ,'• r:
llateativots to Youtlttot lUittlitro.n
LADIES SSD Glivirizmax :. "Knowledge is
power." Irani:tad, by universal content . , hate
laid this away as an aziorn,—a ,
. postulate.
Still the power of this truth is paver .fially
appreciated. By the side of this Viet, Vance
this olber 466,—that, ever ain't. ehe'Odine fell
,upon Adair, mail society has t einlivided
by great walls of caste ?. separated in daises,
between whom exists inetnal repulsion, non.
symif.ratty aid aversion. The law or brother
hood is broken,and man,sees sn.ene.uy in his
fellow-tiliaw. The world's history, "%tiro' all
her blood-stkined paigett ? youthafeeloAMpair
ing philarithr4ty 'not one exception to this
lamenlecl order of being. ' Against it,philoso
phy and religion have written anP sPiten i'e
vain. to some of the alternations of"power, i
incident to this eternal clash between the i
privileged awl unpriceleged classes, hTe has !
sometimes dawned upon the world. hist only i
to be extinguished by the next wave of rove-
lution; and leave her wrapped is deeper
gloom. The lower CURIA of igeteranee, and
toil with its immense physical power hais
muuered, and surged, and upheaved, in vain, I
—monopolized wealth and learning would 1
still rise to the surface and bask alone in the 1
air and inn, as soon as the storm passed and
the convulsion rested. Shall - the surface of
life be never planed, and mankind stand up
on one level I Virough all the vistas of
time, the burdened breeze wafts to our ears
the sigh, "Dever, never." !tin turns away
from this imagined taw, and asks for submis
mision, patience and consolation. Philoso
phy tells him that happiness is very equally
apportioned between the high and low, and
religion points him to a higher state of eing,
where, with amended natures and improved
faculties, the vain distinctions of this world
will no- longer exist.
Discouraging then -as the- effort may seem,
may we not inquire after the cause of this
condition, and so apply the . remedy. If this
order were God-m r i de, the n eubcnission is
virtue, but if it be man=made, then haste to
unmake it. God's. law is 'brotherhood'!--4
love the word—it means human equality.
Distinctions of wealth are got the cause, be
cause the_y are triilinu.:ehe4s&ir.=*••“.. , 6ln,
uestaes,"they depend very much upon distinc
tions of mihcl and kB - P,l'e'dte: this rich
have been-educated, and h ence they retained
a mystic power over poverty, toil and ignor
ance. I)isparity of condition always attends
disparity of knowledge. These are power.
Infuse into the -lower conditions of life the
same knowledge that pervades the stiperior
strata, and you need no convulsion to con
found
them together,—they will, "like kind-'
'swea=shswsisspl.......”---„La-1.-siwass.
r ee.se I r ma abamasos yr ,p-chor es. f ,
- is to transform the world !
Think you. my friends, if every shivh was
a Fred Douglass in knowledge, all tile chains
ever forged in all theme furnaces of earth, or
'hell, would retain theminPop4sti Theo,
as yon can't
,bring
i ritiwledie
_.do,rn, any
More than you pluck its hrightnipis from
the sun,the remedy is to raise ign'ciFiCh up.
The grandest results usually eprini trom
'canqes that appear simple. It would he inter
' eating, if I had time, to illustrate this.
But I pail tit l oiilitto . the reigedr, iiiiel
yea have alreafly . anti yins i ted,- 7 it
, is a,Jriatera
freeofeducation. It is die tanner. that
i.atreamil in light, the music of universal
brotherhood, the song of peace on ,earth,very
like that Chanted' bx , angels 1 'The Common
School Fillinteg at ev ery 6aii'l.i ileei,tliit' edu
cates Sligo the children of tb:i POor and rich,
that raises up Democracy of aiihd, that ;air
evels the world I This 13131,_ principle, just
diecoveixid after ages of groping in darkness;
that the rhiihi3 t y of Net °country shall educate
ice Minds of the iieuntry i will prove the great
i antidote to the ills of butnin sOciety,thtlei
thashall lift man out ot lAA darkness; dearer
(cd; ' " .
• 1 . 2"
Again, ti »i sebjeet,. apeeks_p jouth, the
forming period of lire; the seed-Pixie. Of the
soul. Joyous, happy youth ! Bow !title go
jot! retinae what out-reaching consequences
are to P r ictrit themselves. into the future,
from the head-springs of li'f'e ! Inionr brief,
sunny days, you enwrap i destiny I' The
thought staggers me: Be siir; your harvest
will be according to your sowing,in this your
spring-time. Be sure that something will be
rimplanted then. Guard , your youth. . Age
may he hitless, we::;:i4did, and yet recover,
but the errors of youth grave theinselves im
perishably upon the rill. A young spirit,
bliitted, Marred, perverted, isat wreck over
which angels might weep ,: Compared i ssrith
this, every other ruin is ihsigniecant and trif
ling. Oh, there is a deep meaning iii the
Divine injunction,—"rernember thy brother
in the days of thy youth." ,
The troVIA. is that tle,youngi . magine they
can reclaim, in the strength of age, the vices
of youth,and that in the sober twilight Of eve
ning, they may atone for the mis-deeds of the
morning. Vain deluSion ! Cah you exor
l'ise the past; or t i a6 What on Medieiry is
written, or wipe oh' froth' th.e gll•retaining soul.
what is ithprinted there I Can sloth, passion
and vice etch themselves upon the forming
spirit, and yet not dee r and More it,-
eita6ll,l6 with tigiiii l thli Wit is not, recall;
r
ed; and age slut miens did iigei
.04 Was
sown in youth. The playsieal; m anta ii . nd
moral nature sire to be effA i Egted t o birin i co . nl,
_ous development, in order to a self poised,
stione maehood. Suppose tirj o 4.7l/ 00 F7
fined and cramped throng* All CbildliiAd,
1 and in' n'i'aldre iegi its disCipline begins: : B a . oti,
1 siY he will die before he reaches age; or, i f
he lives, At will be to a life of _feebleness And
pain. The time to' cultivate Mir "Miffs!
p6Wein is in youth, that time lo'st, can' never
be reclaimed. It is so-with the mind and
' he4 rt.
,bie threefold eeture is to be diicillAimid;
then, in youth. Education indiscipline. All
discipline involve" self-denial and effort.. Nye,
inset never shrink from ; Wise'. providnu'ck
ordained' them 'as the ,oilly , nieana.or irowth.
El'e ligni a' 80. destiny for tis; only "a little
lower than the angels." Ile bids us climb,
end the steps of this ascent, from
,the dark
gulf wherein we are b9rwie . ptofi:eltonter-..
silire glory ; ore daps of toil. Tift "litet!iti t loi 6
dowb, but 40 most work who wonid cl imb '
up those dizzy steps whereon
~t read \the
angels:
Thertie a philosophy in work; I mean Qs
~
. .. .
,
effort, physical, mental, moral, of, deeper.
aieaning.than the world considers. Men k 0
;Ito 14,r0i,kr. work shop - by.coinpulsien, Ass
sleves_andar-the necessity merely of a.liveli-
hood. True,ontlaboireturns to us the com
forts ofjlifif," tu t these are Its to uses.
Back g tids,,,
_the pesience, the effort, the
trial; the ticipline, pore' is education in
its hi,gytist,iense. A man's heart should go
With torn ittlo his work. VA should shrink
fm no dirculty, for. the resolution with
wiehibst overcomes one, adds so his power,
r
w t
'en 14 Comes to te zreitier, o Ever, sue'.
carafe* - grapple' wit h. an obstae]c„, hecnines
its an element of 'trek/ib and chi'rester,—
an,added pinion to.the sonl-wiwg.,
~- 3 . ,
*hit a cella, 'eie r icple e f dieCi r pline and
poimpatbrotight i torth, in the wreck of ta
steamer ',A:rctif..., ,
! ifi r the moment
t otipiful
alarms, with *halfwit] ,41fisheesi o thatepos.
• • I ~. ~
semen men *hen lifism,to. peril, ,the of
rushed iOtp,tbet fffit-beate, leaving their posts
elt-dufy, when
! it. was post neegssag they
shoulterand Erni. STZWAIitrifoLLAND might
have r dnies the sage, thing; but We world not
puichistliti f,t, the
,experise of xtet . ..y.„ Oh,
.v . rtptt,;. moment of trial ! Every Moment the
galltynt vessel , wa expected to go, down.
Slope
wasiono.. trong men ley, in every
k t,
direction; faulted—
.- is...women sat 'cowering
together, in the istOPor , of desp ai r. • There was
not a single peison, , a mong those hundreds ;
to blip, to pheer, of to ,encourage. Sublime
in his, solitary heroism, Holland wood, for
three dreadful hours, at his post, firing the
minute gun of distress. Away swept the
litxriiiiiig cannon over the dark waters, but
it bru't no answering steals. , ilie powder
failed,and he we6t lo the .negazlne for a fresh
supply. this was locked, :and the key was
gone with the faithless locked,
I
eers. N seines
en 19n end breaks dow'n the d00r.......N0w be
returns to his ffily, and each successive_min
ute, the_great gun thunders over the sullen
deep, their awful distress. So, he stood, until
the fated vessel sunk beneath- the unpitying
waves, and all on board were food for the
monsters of the deeP.-
.. .
My frieuds t we are' all , mariners in that
trlt vesse l, iti4f is aching . upon the waters
of line! Proiridence,bas assigned to each
one of us a post, ifdttt7.. , And all true-edu
cation wil!, make us faith!'ul
, there, in storm,
as well as in 'calm, in tte presence of death,
as well as in the jay of life. . geroism in
• duty puts to sliame„lhe, false heroism of blood
1 and contfuesc •ftwiftliapclece si4., out of
1
sit, by the si d e Stewart r.olland. '
If •
LI to return from this digression. There I,
are no insentions to che"Pen, knowledge,,—
I no soft lady-paths to science,.for, then the ob
i ject,itself would be of ao ra l .ue,,to nit; fc'r ;rant
of :=4Pacity to receive and poises" it.
What a mistake parents make, whoi
to'l
ito amass wealth fur their children ! The
child very early..learns that be is an heir to
wealth and ease, andie that way knowledge
finds no-excuse for indolence, which soon be
gets vicious indulgennit.,. ii.t,hest;,-,he grows
.....enereated. !lei lined .paixesitet, a. ".l2.tehasolot '
or n ir m. ~- I ney.ati setter pta
qrvo em,, ,py 1
earl% disc ipline and trial,to Meet life's storms,
and bullet its billows, like strong, self-poised
men, tlpin . to lay for them a coach of ease
w4, 121 .-f i l find,, man and their - own souls,
pi l l
demand t env° work,..work, work. Oh no,
givede t e men and women that entered up-,
on life, the tiled and diegihfined heirs of
honest toil. ,
From such sources "preng nil that has been
great and good in - toe world. From hence
trickled, hose„lstieams y ;of zetormation and
progresp- , at grew afterwards till they pour
ed their road waters beside, the cities end
I t
palaCei of earth. Not only does all human
experience vindicate this fact,, but, higher
still, the God-man - taught it by his life and
p ! efsionoaught itiralie temple, by, the way
side, and On this' mount. .... I , -
In these general views, it would.:ct be ex
pected that., the details,,of youthfUl celtufe
should be emisideopd: Matheniati'cid stUdy
is necessary to eudtinste eh?. i.c.:,1411.i the ,
fibres of miu'd, - so as to give it a close grasp,
the study of the languages gives flow, orna.,
meet and richnsss to tbs skeet', del, it is on
ly the drinking at
youths rho , de , ep, fnuntai;is a'
Nature that inspires you,, with the diyieer
thirst to knoti,—iii itself an . instinct of the
skies.
• ' ' if f l would inspere i could, a love ler ,, Ne :
hind Science; hitherio so .. .qtAirrion s r,i` in the
Coalman School: Why not introdcen there
elements of Astronomy, Chemistry,
Mineralogy, Geology, Botany ? and 4 I 4101
ogy I Such stgily,,9pands and ptuiffes both
the Mental and moral nature. How dark
t are those minds that stand in this
o great
Temple ofNature, unused to contemplate hir
works." We live ,on a theatre of wonders,
dod's own temple , of ecience i ,Hirselt the
teacher ; where men' eat, and" , sie:,p, and
dream, and die—too stupid to !earn. too self
ish to gii ' cut o f diet: own dark narrowness,
even to meet God. Self is thneternal chain,
• tii,t binds the strugglin,,soul to the 'smoke
and dest . of ibiS Cabin ia life. All tight edu-.
cation takes us out of self ; and so 'fits us for
duty.. Besidei, no manwasq7er nappy with ;
in himself; no man 47114 ever unhappy out
of self ; and We . may etip pose that ie the
highest perfeetion
J ig being; . the life is not in
find ter self; b& 15 anif', for the criotriitt, and
the te,OlV.d.
Let us Stand 13 moment in the ve.aihule of
this Temple, add behold its glory. Let roe '
quote thus! "The earth on the one side. end
the, sir, with'ifs 14tili Can'4y, on th'e plter,
shite out tr'iig ni, daring the day; the visible
universe:. 'then let:4s leave this earth, and
tafninrie tar stitia; where telescopic vision
is unobstructed. As we rise away abOve our
monntlin tops ]
. how the verdant fi elds, the
cities, rivers and forest" grow dia l and yet .
dimmer; until they fade away, and
. we see
the &it's' ibid . ( wheeling on its resistless
course, and reflecting from its surface ; a sil
ver* light. As we get beyond the laic' wave
Of its atdospVere; it, is all unbroken night;
With a sky stretching all aroud us,_and,bring
ing to view, in every direction, innumerable
and interminable vistas of u sters.,, They look
fainter and fainter in the dtetanie, until they
are lost in mearinrelessamace.
~I n one quarter
Ohtp i nce - 44 do indeed - see sour, sun, Shining
matchless in his glory, but as ihernis no at•
mosphere around us , to reflect pis s rays, they
reflect no general ight, and the daiiling
e tendor '
of hie disk beams out (tons . a dark
' . The ail beeond, i ! send to , qs ttestr
&Mk iiii'oesViAtia l tti'llis igiyi., oh; lyrist
i 7
, 1,.., • •
a panoramisof power, wonder and glory! In
another qisartei we see alive planet; whose
surface we could not trams In a lhousind
7ssrs, but it beams mildl7 tiros us from its
. .
mt Itinutrir'
_ . .
s ., •
distant orbit, like sfittle.gilded bal,h
~Thers
are four_ br,ight' uts, i ii,Alse skii• , r it,
two . cm each side, so minute . a 1 ac Maly to
FT . ••
be seen * rid Yet shining with ii. 'a oaf. aria
steady li * rid
ght, exceOt• when in. their Moiler
revolution aiounditheir pareinyvrb„ . .9. ; die-
vi er I,4 l {Wit. .biro, . 'WO iiire,,,ltra.;iiii
shadow. The,Wholpgropp, the mpg Aid Alto
planet around wbilch they revolve, eep;on
in their annual eir6it, with nearly t relocr
ity of lighintogiAttit tert ir trisesut ess 4 7
tance their-enottOn is so itoperceptib a. to. , us,
_that we nluit watch them days and eakik; to
t
discover that they Move at aIL hi *hiss
distapcel
.pq l 4.,ilistqrapttir trY titemovotge
bas snae a a min capable 'to in l iar the
bounds'of their - orbits. Its distaaei sitanAr.-
i
ad, and its mass wsigbeitl; as accuratei
y its itty .
1 lar ir
k 413. any weight can be * ascertained,
unta, cafeillisnoi Will -tell. biefif,
i inets
whit situation at any instant, hui titrixls of •
years hence; the lanet itself, ati4 every Om
of its satellites Wihois . :ptakets,. „The Meier
of this machinery * t it mmotion at tenet 6000
years ago, and yet IBCt il ' eoniaa iind,extict is the
regularity with which he carries it ii...441t
1 I ts motions are now the very standar,pf.ex 7
actness.amoegtom II:. By these rev Intipa,
an observer in the emotest landa,lni'rns iiittt.
is the exact, time a his distant holm., ,ItAS,
as it were, an ilia inated clock, wb ch God
has placed in :t
~1,4 , ,,,r1 , , q . rege atediby
iti s as to 4 ,.::e an narnngguide toittinl''
ljut {'et us desc nd firm thin t rapt.
and took into her inilter.Wtirks; to
only th e casinos.% f.creative power,
skill, industry and taste, displayed
yond microscopic vision, in the
atoms. Nyonderfe ~. whether_sle. a
continent with th earthquake, or
lightning , froim' el ud to clobd, o
out, like - .banners from, the battle 44
heaven, gorgeous certaina over *
or clothes , a fonts with . verdure, an
out-its Millions '0 buds, or paints,
and cautious'tou hes, the petals
floweromd the .wit of every ins ect.
1
, is a. ; wonderful in
,stars.. Cain . .
gases; either one eparate, or 0,4!
ed in different pro unions, instankly
I all\ animal, life. ut they are unt
exaciproportiOns- uited to respirati
I will quote one more: There is ,
with its„stopiith, . tight skip,, So ,
; frfim . rain, and en hie it to grow a,
W . bat design is ev rjyrbere! It is s ib
; hard, u4itil
. viiti b glee it.:, ‘ writ! then I I
soft. What i cti a ge bare yoii . 611 .
i i
`interior? A pie e of wood, or sto
no t b e 8P..-A°4Pe by 140.wi., f!Y
I the juice tuns out; bad
. you done a 6 4
I a 'drop would hasp fal t len. The sw
bad been. carefully' elaborated, and
litEle,cells, syh t ich, itom.pesedtbe sti
1
Is tiza huh, and they s afe l y , be,ld it u
' bruising kit broken .tberr, all a
miugled.their. qpntinta totether. tit
how busy 2,i,ature is every summer'
ten thousand orchards, '
carrying th
into every tree, apportienimkts p r,
ta.msscirssoss.AWata4paiOwsf,aa ,
to isr,wwc rzonwse;itairunst. e r i t -
Tbevine ramlilds about in steadli
on which to cling. i It puts out, jus
point. most needi g sapport k little
that grow quite long,atalltraight, u
touch an . ot/rt, th.cs Ate,.w.i . pd roe
often, thl4 they ill bread. rather
' loc .. .rae ;heir hold. !How delicate
rnechanismpf fibrcis, so oontrived tit
contact curls then 4 into n 61113 grasp .
There lies a cirnof dew, in a litti
i „
tetion on. the leaf i f that vine. Its
exact, not by clurcr3,..fo . r . every clt
of slew iri . i ttre *garden, .ntiy, tr; all
has,.,thlit „saint spheric fornh . aud it
rainbow, tears' tsucli..the NaNr, an.
away withitslit4 mimic world of
and is law., Yet tilos . spot ou that le
it lay many hours, is (try: IhOu
, downy fibres had held it-up; and ev
' d -..
- . I the a 014 f
an stepy..n a vey , raut,-e...a 0..
jcee4red i inth the; same deliesite din .
1,1 14 .1eaf itself is! a great study:ll'
is micer than art; can tint, and is
adapted to the contort and healtbo t
ther serve n tliei e sturaior; ergs. a '
61
table life, led tak from th,e‘air, e
tatted ti. animal respiration, / tbeir` t
a grace, and their ;structuie;a(psyster
Once more. The water:in this gl .
very common ancf s i mple, and- set .
would nut unfoldllte Wonders of its,*
ism. . This very' mechanism adopts
Itt"'V . l.: sll h, 5.4,te 1 a it performs in t
ow, Il i r0 . 41,0n ;n beauty and maje
we call it ii river. Now, it heaves a I
in great ,
white. billows, that dash i
the proudest slru tures of man,
,and
it ocean/ Now; i takes an irresisa
that hy its expa
i sive - powei, driv
migktiest enginery with resisttess fo
ws calf jt stekiii: .. llow; it takes the f
blight, fleecy .cl o ud, and evolves al
and forms \of Keitiity, and decks th
eler.y.ive and . lending of light, c
shade, ever Changing, ever,,sew. , A
falls in pure, while fiates, until it en
the earth, and eslery one of these c 4
flakes is fashioned in the likeuess of
every one ,s toad In tit, same ela
every part s icle in iis precise place, eves
of the beautiful star , has its proper AC
no one of these cou'ioless initlions o
Bakers n'eltie.'liel;VU't arch is form(
as much care as( if e!cprw:4‘); desigi
human study and iqilmirstioit. Vet '
al
congealed,. ;
is and thin change of i
requires utor,e sac • than7.lien lq‘ii,l,.
the ice
,cryst4iin tafe: , ha . ped . lllto a
They must take tliat t, , tiape;,and if tes
see the tremendouf power of - Foos:F.
But, in conclu4on , let me add, all
lion is •vaiO the does not point th
oit,tu pi! t , o T i t ri: quii.., ii. s iyoutiop,pri k .s
our ironic:agility; 14nd a life starred an
ous-where,we groiv into all knewled
learned infilel—What a paradox! .
the vimment will s .came, even in t
when his faith will fail him. Etlia
was gloriousla ,w l.,tis, physical, strength;
Ws mental imi; hq, ,he wrote an
.
ook. }lts dang,iter,..whom he loy
thelate, of death. , she called j 1,1 . i
side, and said "dear father, I am just
the dark river, chi tell me, shall Efean,
dreadful Motnentj on , the faith of my
medlar, or tilionl, the doctrines you
The strong m*rt *sa weak in the pres
the dread viAti*nl. -,,Her i bes s itMed.a
diet} said, trust. to.your .mother:a f
and wept in Itisdesolasier! ofApirxt;;„
T hope the youth preliani will he la
a study of Nat*, and so enrieli.usi
heart, by * better" knowledge of it* At
• ' - '.
ram
goners
see, not'
ien, bey
odd of
na.kr'''‘‘
crartirituif
hangs
logiito of
RIPPels
~i)ripgr.
I tl i itaclr
("irony
Iwo
oimbiek:
fatal to
d in the ,
n' apple,
9.1 6 0 4
-„:(
,tua4,y rc.
)ottriJar.c l .,
t is 'Aiart.t'
in the
444 put it, ,
6fore not,
etliquid
utoip in ,
fatice of
tif,your
ay, aud.
•
day, id
Jules -3
atislesaye
°Net; t. 4
at ttiii
tendrils,
til they
d it c`o
ban ,ua
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