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Tenn. . , . ....I find the - work the strongest and s most beau. cilui 1 have ever seen, made , either .by band or machine; • add - regard the Gooier & Itaker-Ma. thine as ones - if - the gresteit Wadi* to oar de:."—Mrs. Taylor, Nashville,Veni. • BEIND FOR. A CIRCIZAI.JI4. • . - 5310t0e.13 • ' 4 IIVIC ant otounnaris TO NO PARTY THAT DOES NOT CARRY TBE ruaa'AND -ZEE? STEP TOT MUSIC OP TUE . UNION: • Bll' A DIAN! Cease your whining,esase four fretting, Cease your railing at you'r lot; Theft's no time for uieless dreaming, These comPlainings profi , t not. • - Whit if life is not all pleasure, !Melting won't relieve the pain; Noble souls have never leisnre At toisfortaneto complain. Meet mfalbrtaaa's dumping ',willows,. As the Minor meets the storm; Just to ride upon its billow& Till they bear• him to his i)ouroe. Catch the breeze, or pull succeed cot; Life's for labor, sot for sport, Qutet r aeas thy way will speed 004 Calm wont bring thee iotO port. .1 If you would yourself le happy. You niubt. happiness impakt3 Bless your neighbors sit - around you, return to your own !heart. Let your sympathies flow outward, With ilia sorrowful ennd+; Let your smiles be like the sunshine,- Cheering every weary soul. - All "which you may be desiring, M a y not be within your po wer; l .1 Yet what . God is now requiring. Is do well he prevent hodel. Go, relieve life's present sorrhw, Let: not indolence prevail; He who waits until to morrow To do good Will barely fail ) Let your aim be high Sod And sour motives strong slid true; Life has - pleseuresfor the low'y, Life has aomething ad!! to do. Idle hands are always weary; Selfish nature kooks no joyl; Loving soul's are ever cheery: . Toiling spirits never cloy. A TOUCHING STullrf. THE WIDOW'S SON - Few were the Youths throughotitt the king dom of Frusia who were allowed to stay at home in the eventful year of 1814. - A war, more terrible, more vindictive thaU s any one that bad ever visited the continent of Eu rope was raging through the rand, and the country could spare none of itsj defenders. Alsotha king had called his people to arms by means of that famous Frochtmatimi, which willbe considered for evermore as one of the noblest documen ts in Geman history,' They were true to the call—old add young; Wily left their bones, they rushed ia the col- I ors, took up artnv, and never laid digit down walls sf Paris. - . I The inhabitants of Silesia, well known fur their loyalty and pattiolism, bad I not stood behind, amidst the general en tb stsialra. There was 'nut a family in the pmvince that bad not coottibuted its cotOngent to the inatimpti affaivand_many a bead. was Ihmb i tting pain fully, whenever a new intellig w ence as spread of another of those dreadful tiattles,l which by ridding the country °tan odious en my, threw sorrow and afflio: ion upon many al quiet and peaceful home. Oa a sultry summer evening, the year before mentioned, an. old 'woman was sitting before her bumble cottage In_ the Siles- . inn village of Burnbeirrs. She lid put. the distaff aside, and was reading the l3ible,which lay open on her knees. Whilst she was reading the holy words in lan sutiderto.ne to betself, - ber vitro caught the sound of quick footsteps, and a long shadow lenieiged ?tom behind tbepottage. -The old woman trem bled violeutlyl the Moment afterwards her uplifted eyes fell upon the figuie if a hand some and well-made lad inllmilitary attire:, ' How are you, muiher 1' She arose and threw bar tremiAiniarcos around his neck. 'God be - thanked, my boy, that 1 see thee again! But how pale and haggard thou lookst.' She went on, efter - s pau : e!,- 'To -he sure thou must be very tired,. and hungry toot' She led hint in the room to the old arm ehair,_and urged him to sit down land repoie himself a little, whilst: she herself ;would pre- , pare him stopper. , ' What did he like beat 1 Should she make. him an omelet, or mot him a t.thitiken 1 Oh, it wro. no irouhle at al!I I)ear nie.410 ,0 -X Olll,l he talk of 'rout.lel she axe b u i 1, 1 ? c, glad t o do ;Inv thing for . her ovriVae.T boy! Yes, she wood g" and get him a eitiekeih. The old woman, all hustle at4l activity, left the room. ' The youth 41 not betray adk much pleas. are, at . this hea r ty repepliun from l i2ii age d i purest . , as might hate been exia cned. He, was re.tle-a:and in . ~ ease; it teemed a. if ~a , a rt hiag w as heavily weighing upon lii+ heart; and when his wandering eye fell upon the portrait of his decert;ed fatlier t lerleiell was hinting right me & the chimney piece, I fr. "ening that w,cllttrc gentlernmt in the staff uniform worn by the Kir g's garcle de corps half a century agar, he felt as if the old arr. geant was looking at rum with a grite frown upon his Warm countenance; just es if he experienced i beady inclination to step out Of Ilia worm-eaten, rosewood frame, t.. Faze the old knotted rattle etiel io 'the corner, with the britse knob at the top, and apply it to . titc, batik of his otttpring for half an boor or so; as,- in fact, 'lie bad Lien lit the habit of doing, many a • day in hie life' ime, tome eight or feriyears ago. Ilialrestiess son - felt . 60 - Moab overamie by this litter resection thar,, when the old woman came bustling in again, after the lapse of some minute:, with the chicken under her some; shri found her own dear boy with bits head in his hands, leaning liathwely alion the table: 1 . .... - Be rat up when she came in. ut did not look at bar. Tberold woman nor atten tive. In the joy of her heart, eh had never tbought yet of 'arkirii him any :q done 'in cept Acee'concerning his appetite s Now, it began to strike bar that ..tbe promsnt period was rather a atiaitge time for* soldier to be eo lease of absence. •. - _ 1 --• '' Clingier 14..Diwer. -, - • i • The old 4 orrimaii i;einbled violently. - She dropped her burden, and walked straight up to him. ller honest, wrinkled ,enuntenaniie was full of anxiety and apprebensiOn. Look ing him full in the face, and erfrpPini her iatiditogether, she cried out in agony,: 'So belfrtne God, Otarles,you area deserter r ' 1 couldn't stud: it soy looser, mother,' uttered her wretched son, irrs broken voice, by way of apology,. 'You couldn't stand it !' said 'the old wo man, exasperated beyond all measure; you couldn't stand it! and hundreds of thousands of your brethren do!' Fy, for . shame!' and' with her old, _honest, trembling band, she grove him a Amick on the face. . 'Mother!' exclaimed the young man @tart• ins up, with the blood rushing to his fade. for shame!' she werii on, without 'heeding him in the - least, ' to bring such dis ' grace upon the whole village! What would he say I . —she pointed to where the old war rior was hanging over the chimney-piece, whose stern countenance, illuminated by the rays of the evening sun, seemed indeed to as sume an unusual expre;sion of solemn itlig nation. 'Sit down, sit down, I say! you— deserter! It shall not be said that your dead' father's house, in the village of Burnheim, is a place of refuge, for runaways, whilst the whole country is upi in arms Don't you stir sir!. I'll be back in a minute;' and with this, the brave old woman left the room, lock ing the, door after her, She ives not alone when s h e came hack abbot - half an hour afterwards; the country parson,. the schoolmaster, the country Judge, and half a dozen more of the dignitaries of the village, were with •her., The little roo m was quits full when all these distinguished vidtais had entered it. Charles eat in the old arm-chair. quite motionless, his face cov e-red with both his hands. The honest villagers had made up their minis at once what to do with' the deserter; triey looked upon his crime as .an Ignorniny, by which lie tad not only disgraced himself, but also - their community at large, and they were Out the men to pot up with such an af front. The schoolmaster, who was a politi cian, and to a newspaper, having informed them -that Op head-quarters of the cominande,-M-chief of the army were but about two days' march from the village, they bad resolved at once to escort him thither. The Judge_ proclaimed the ioung, man a prisoner in the name of his majesty the king, and called•upon hi-n to follow him to a place of security for the night, as on the follow ing mousing they w o uld in a body convey him to his Excellency the field marshal, Gen eral Blucher. He rose and followed. without opposition. When they were . all gone, the old woman took - up the holy scriptures once more; but it was in vain she strove to read; her eyes grew dird; and the letters were all swimming confusedly before them, as she put it down and wept bitterly. . Early on the following morning, 'a strange procession was seen emerging front the lit tle village of Burnheim —four old peasants I - escorting one young soldier. • The coontry judge; with grave, air, marched ahead ail:tem,. whilst:the Schoolinaster, who had obstinately ifithOlt ItTlNl,PeteiT."'rtniim.ller WILLI troWn cast eyea and fallen countenance, was-walk ing between4he two other patriots; and ns be had pledged his word not to tnake any at tempt at flight, they had consented to leave his bands untied, When the expedition, af ter a day's march, pt up for the night in a small hamlet, they -were told that all the villages around were cranaed full with French msn, so they were obliged to take a long roundabout way ; and it was net before the morning of the fifth day after - their departure, that they reached 'bead-quarters., Where is the residence of the commander-- in-chief , asked they of one of the ordinance officers, who were galloping throtigh the streets in every direction. ' Why; in the chateau, to be sure, where the two humus sv:sre mounting guard, on horseback." When they had entered the yard, they were not in the least discouraged at th e sight of the whole score of adjutants, and warty officers of every rank. and arm, all of whom seemed to, have some urgent busk nes.% with the commander-in-chief, for no sooner' had any of 'them been despatched, than he was seen mounting again, and tear ing away with his horse's belly . , to the ground. It never entered their beads for one moment that the general might eon-ider their busi ness to be of somewhat smaller import:ance„ altnongh the schoolmaster argued from what be SSW that something of consequencewas going On just now. 'The worthy, :than 'was nett so fat; the commander-in-chief was about to give battle en the fO)owing day. When they had been waiting patiently for a couple of (toursand begun to feel tired and somewhat• hungi.y, the country. judge, con scious of the importance of - his mission„ven-. turgid at. last to accost one the officers of the general's staff, . who was pa-sing by with a packet of sealed' letters in his hand ;_ but that Hasty-functionary did not even stop to give ear to the address - of the head Man of the ru ral deputation, but merely grumbled 'Aonle : shing about the propriety of their going to Jericho—or further. s Our worthy inhabitants of Vurnheim, howe - Yer, were not the men to giva way so soon*. and renewed the charge accordingly. This time it was a middle-aged Inan, with n benevolent countenance, whom they made acquainted with their reqUest, to see't'he field- Marshal on most urgent businroa. • Why, they had chosen their time rather badly, itidetd:; the general was extremely busy, Couldn't one of the secretaries do as well!' • 'BY no moans—they must see the geherai - Wks it 'an information concerning the enemy which-they wanted to deliver 1" 0. no; something much n3ureimportant— from 13utnlielm; added the schoolmasfer. The middle-aged ofllrer with the benevo lent countenance, laughed, and said he would' try. After the lapse of . ..about half an hour, be came back and beckoned them to follow. They were ushered into an anterootti, and directed- to Walt foehis 'The door openell after another half hour's . waiting, and en old man, with gray hairs, iron cut feature., and bright eyes, entered. the room; it was the commander, Old Fa ther Bluclier c as the soldiers called him. The country judge stepped forward,and-bewed very low, delivered itie . Spti,ech abdut Which ise.had been pondiring.ever since they had left their.native place; and which, of course, be thought to be very eloquent.. He stated adj that has; been told'ilready in: the.course a' this narrative;. how the deserter's 'own mother bad, given information of ber son's crime; bow they bad resolved at once to bring him back ,to bead-quarters; and con 'eluded his address with A hope that his Br asile/ter would not be indoeed to think NIONTROSE, - PA., APRIL 18694 worse of their_ village, because of one that had rendered himself unworthy of the name of ,a Prussian. The tears came trickling down his honest rilreeks. The General looked very grave indeed. Those large bright eyes otbis roamed for an_ instantover his rural audience with a &make expression. lie knew at a glance what sort of men be bad to data with; and then his looks rested I'm a while on the bent figure of the your* man, who, with his downcast 13”2 and dare-worp face appeared the very im age of mi-ery and dejection.. He knew his • case to be a hopaleA one; deserting colors io time of war was a capital crime, and Father Bluoher, with bit iron will, was the last man to the world to be tadea With. On a sadder, the features of the old hero assumed an expressionef barthness. Turning ' round. towards the speaker of this singular deputation, be said in *rough voice and in a very abrupt manner: Judge, you are an ass.' The villager.; started ee if they had been stung. After all the anxiety, and trouble they Lad undergone for the cause which they con sidered to be,a just one, they had expected a somewhat more cordial reception.. 'But your Excellency,'--remonstrated the amazed dignitary. "Hold your tongue, I say, you are an ass. I:know better ; ,in Burrtheim there a re no runaways. - And you, my son," be went on, with his - iron features relenting a little, and with That same strange expmessiott in his large, Might eye, "you will &bow them to. morrow, on the battle-field, what a Burnheim man ran do, %%ill you not I"' The young man dropped down on hisknees, snd was stammering. a few broken words, which the General did not 'bear, however, for when the lad ruse again with high -flush ed cheeks, and 1 parkliug eyes—a far ditler ent man.—Blucher bad already left the room. The worthy peasants, whose perceptive faculties were by no means equal to their honesty, began at last to get a glimpse of the General's real meaning. The country judge was the first to throw his cap high into the air s and to give three hearty cheers for Father Blucher, who, with one-aingle word, bad ex tinguished What they considered a di+ i Crow their beloved village; comforted the broken heart of a mother, and preserved a pair of airtts for the defence -of the coun try—arms that could not 'tail to do their duty now. r tet t viv r.e h hah : aasee r s i W yttyo.vhe i lolin e sa aj if U gn:t et: : nh :f ehet t e a e ehu y i7T r dept duu h a a e:tn el , i geoh r e : a7 m h r i f lit an v e im e ep a hnd n e r oi o, t ro l fw e dt t weot e h e vh_th n oc o oos t r r eh:G t itu e c t rue l ay n s,ror t ne , cas s a t ,aroa n i ain. : mgy d e li i i ral4 t i. a aunpt a k c e or e bat:, n c a o.. ns ed the yard, when they were overtaken by the them what in Heaven's name toes to do-now.- "Why, going back again, to be sure. To Burnheim, you know!" ejaculated theschool- - master. - And did they , think that his Excellency would allow anybody to leave head-quarters without havibg a dinner -first I Ile had al ready given orders to that effect; and they but had to follow this non-commissioned of- Omer here, who'would show them the way. They needed not to told twice, we may b_e sufe,; and when they were shown into a „kitchen room, where dinner was served up for them, with a bottle of wino standing be fore each cove; they felt very gratefully to his Excellency, and very-proud at the same time, because of the honor shown to the rep resentatives of . their village. Bat' when each of their) found a double Friederich'sd'or (a large gold piece) tinder hi 4 plate,titeir en thusiasm burst out afresh; and many were the healths drunk to the welfare of Old Father -Blucher. . ••, NVhen they .had all eaten and drunk their fill, and were about to take ,their leave, they fell in once more with their friend, the mid dle aged•officer' who gave them some advice cencorning the best way of reabbing their village, without running any danger; for, as be Zaid, the coming day would be an-event ful- one. lie accompanied them through the ytt'rd to the gateway, where he badelthern farewell, pointing, as be left, to onetrf the buzzars, who was mounted guard, on hen back, giefOre the-gate. • heavens, it . waaTtlie prisoner, the boy Charles, now fully Pardoned by his Excel lency, the co mmander-in-chief. How proud lie. looked, with flushed cheeks and sparklirg eyes ! Ire dared not address them, for he was on duty ; but he looked at them, as much as to say : "Wait and Yau shall see to-morrow !" Nor was he faithless to birs. vow. On the evening of the following day, the memorable 1611.1 of August, when the bloody victory at Katzback was gained, and' the fieldmarshal rodi through the thinned racks of his men, 'who greetedtim withenthusiastic cheers, he Iwas addressed by the commanding•officer of the 21i( Humus, who reported how greatly the private Charles Fisher had distinguiThid himself above all the rest, having taken a standard Trim the enemy, and made prisoner, with his own hands, tire commander of the FNuelt Regiment, The ,field-marshol stopped his horse, and talting.the iron cross from his own uniform, and affixing it, with bis own hands, to the breast of the young man; said, with a nheer ful voice, and with the saute strange espres sion in his large bright eyes: "Well done, my son! I knew I. wire right; fa Burnheim here are no runarrays.". • Nzwerstmas.—Raymond, of the Ulair Whig, sayi that to criticize a newspaper it an easy task, bat to priu L t one so as please eveip6odp and the rest of mankind, is no small undertaking. Those who find fault with every little item that doesnot suit their ideas-of Wright and _wrong, ebould buy type and publish an organ of ther oleo. .Let them try it for a while, and it they , dotf.t get some oew ideas on the subject, we are on judge of hu man tiattlie—that's all. Our sentiments exactly: A Wise Anevran,--"You roost; not play With tLnt little girt,inj 43ear, said an dicious parent. • " But Ina, I like beii she is , a good little girl, and I..ni sure she dtesied prettily as ever I do, and .she bas lota of toys." ' " I cannot, help that, my dear," responded Abe (*winds Araerioan, " ,her father is a shoemaker," " Bat I don't play 'with her father, I pig with her, she aiu't si shoemaker." Trisant ift- Gmung. A very latereiting -volunie of foreign travel, with the above title, has been published re : cently, by Elcriboer,of t New York. The author is Miss Anna C. Johnson, an American lady, who appears to have made good use of her opportunities for seeing and observing the peculiarities of every -day life among, the Germans. We make the followiugcextracts from the work, as s fair speciiseu of the whole. -- GOING TO CHURCIi. One of our author's first experiences, as in duty bound, was in churcht . "We must golo church, of course, and see how people worship God in a strange land, and enter one of these grand old - cathedrals, founded-by Charlemagne,(it is marvelous bow many there are in Germany ibonsting the same honor) with the .richly•stained windows, and the great organ as large as a New• En gland meeti&g.bonsa. The service is Lutlieri an, and the clergymen of this denomination, though wearing gowns,perform their toilet at home instead of having, a looking-glass and dressing-table behind. ,the 'pulpit. They are seen walking through the streets in full cano nicals, and preach; and .sing, and pray, in the same dress. - The women of the congre gation do not sewn to be goretmed at all by Paul's instructittm in the matter of '`proper attire;" but sit in church with "uncovered heads," not seeming to think with the Apostle, that"it is a shame." . . • ."We stare about, and 'think how funny`! The floors are uncarptned, and the seats un cushioned ; and yet before our eyes are long rows of saints—and beatified men, that wepre surne-are rare and costly- works -of art, upon which we ought to gaze with profound ad miration; but we have not yet learned this species of homage. "The-choir consists of some thirty or forty little boys and girls in uniform—the former in blue jackets, with bright yellow collar and cuffs ; and the lir in black gowns, with white, tbree-cono ed kerchief crossed in front, and !nog white -aprons. A pretty sight, Beside th6e, the whole congregation join in' the singing The sermon We cannot understand, except! that it is about the bless edness of s freedom. After this comes the holy communion„ to -partake of which - all must be dressed in black, each one going to ilia altar-to receive it from the clergyman's band. "A large portion"of the congregation were soldiers in militaty,array, .present. according to the requisitions of r.overnrneht. On leaving the church, they assemble upon the parade ground; and two hours era spent in the evolutions which perfect them in the science of killing as many as possible with bath exhibition. " A Jaunt Into the Country. After performing her devotion, according to-the manner of the country, alio ready ‘fof an aftetnoon janut. : "Afterdinner we are invited to ride ; and without definitely undinstanding where or 'for what purpose, except that it ii in the country, where we. wish especially to go, we accept the invitation. - "At three o'clock there' comes to the door a big wagon ; so long and so broad that it will hold twenty people ; and as 'wc descend to take our seat in it, we are greeted' by • a little group of merry-hearted maidens. and find it is an excursion. There are eight gen tlemen and eight ladies, with an elderly lady to matronize, vs there must always be on such an occasion in Germany. Oui road i 4 through a succession of 'green 'fields and luxuriant gardens, dotted by fartn-bouses and peasant cots, and is itself bordered the whole length of the way by the oak,and elm, and lindeb, till we reach an open Plata in wood, - where are benches and tables to rest and tench. , • ",Tittle back is the domicile of ttio owner of this pleasant domain; and after walking. about a little, we outer the great door, and find ourselves in the great hall of avell-to do- nottbern German, farmer: tt is so large ilia% one is instantly reminded of an halt:tense barn in New England, and it „ is no more finished than many we bare seek, but yet has a sort of baronial grandeur, and exhibits the same ideas of architeci:ure as the palaces and castles, the most elegant-of which are reach ed by halls and staircate:s of the rudest des cription. On one side are 'Abe ftalls for the cows, whose Morns we see-above the sliding board, which is raised and lovreredasbecome.s necestary in feeding and - iileaniog them. They are munching their hay,andstook in the thrifty condition of cows which are kept for the purpose of the greatest possible product tireoess to the owner. On the other side °Mho ball,but not open ing directly Into it, are the pantries and . store-houses for the Onseholtl,- , a; the end of which,is the kitchen. It is very small for so big a bouse,and the stove occupies the whole length of one side, being at least from fifteen to twenty feet in length,, and bearing a little resemblance to the modern fringe, being- only about two feet in height. The cooking utOO sila.are arranged Around the sitlesofthe room, aect,engaged in the preparatien of the yariddn boils, and bakes, and stews, are half a. dozen women, lookiiig in no respect different from all women under the same circumstatices.--: "hot arid greasy and blowsy I” and we are.re minded of the remark of the fashionable young lady, and begin to ask ourselves what wawa to.say to interest our readers about a blowsy old Frau malting Sauelera*, or frying ham. 'But we will see. -An. one 'corner of the great ball, upon hooka fastened in the beams corirheadotre some thirty or forty great hams, "hanging up to dry." •In another (sorrier, upon the floor e ,.is a ben-coop; anti the roost, for favorite fowls is-overhead.' Yet there' is an airy, healthful, obeerfof look and flavor, which gives - one thie fueling Of being in the midst-Of the utmost plenty and perfection of. comfort. - " "In "the store -room are butter otiose; pans of loaves of _ ryis hived two feet and rt, half •-• thick. The eartheniscire is the oonotion„white of Ameri can kit:oboes, with not so great a variety of anioles, ati the nucalasiof:disbes served on Inky occasion is by'nomeans so great's& in,a fenneee house' in New-England. "But we bass hot yet seen balf the boom Running the whole Width, forming with the first-mentioned apartments a cross,•is another ball, quite as spacious as the first, and more finished. There are cotofortable looking sofas and tables for' convenience in -Winter and rainy days, and the whole 'length of the ball, doors openidg into smaller rooms for sitting and sleeping, with painted wooden chairs and little earthen• ornaments upon the mantel-shelves and tables., All is clean and sweet, gastfref:lhospitable) as one 'need to "There is no public road within nearly a tali a mile, but bete and there sliady avenues leading to the highway ; and air'far as we are able to walk_ in every direction, tieldsof oats, rye, and bailey; a large garden as neat as .wax-work, where the rows of beats, onions, carrots, and 'Cabbages stand in, such juxta position as would be considered death in stead of life to them in•Americri, and yet ex hibiting such vigor add consciousness ortheir worth as we never saw in'"gardeu-sauce": be fore. "Our party has coma to enjoy themselves, wherejt is not necessary to dress or play the court lady.; and having taken a general view of the premises, we seat, ourselves under a clump of spreading oaks, when a consultation is held concerning what shall be ordered for our refreshment. -In consequence, appear directly six -bottles of bee, eight tumblers of milk, and a pot of cote with milk and sugar thereto. As often as twenty times a day, ever since we have been in Germany, we have found ourselves exclaiming, "how fun ny-!"and here we add, -what. would our good. friends in America say to , such a sight as this Y - 'When all have enten,and drunk-they dia pose themselves- for amusement. The, first play is something like what we remember to have heard called tag, when t) child,; each stands by a tree,. and one in the cotter will try to find himself a place as the others, run from tree to tree, and they try to change places so quickly that it shall be impossible. Afterwards comes "Blind \' Jacob." ; One being blinded and•standinein the ceritre of a ring, endeavors to, recognize the others,who keep moving around Ito bewilder him as much as possible. When weary with play they take another glass lo beer or cup of coffee, and then walk; cit.* g all the time so merry, so perfectly chile en in.'thelr sport, that if our eyes were shut a Id suppose they were from flee to to instead of from fifteen to twenty years of age. "At other • tables, and in!'other openings of the wood, are a dozen parties of, the same or different descriptions, and the airds filled with the echoes of their happy voices. They are not rude ; there-is no vulgar, °familiarity ; they are only merry ; the ezuberance,of their. spitits, like the foam of the beers as impos- i slide to reptee r s, and, it seems to us. 5t5.1..-....-- i less. There apiro ping aria Ottng .. , and various 'Land rolling on the grass, nil see.-saatn6 while swinging 1 ' 1... nd virli. less fu ny then the lunch.; Before erlaas pot son is se plate, knife arid fork, and pewter spoon, the -- ds being a large- dish piled n \tskitut....o.43 with alia=s of ra am, which is a favorite article of food in Germany, and 'wlficb - they eat cut in little `junks,'l and placed between rye or black 'Biterbrod: This'we :cannot -swallow. But what is this iri brown earthen Pans, holding about two quoits, and given ; one to every two persor,s I . Bonny-Clabber, i covered with powdered sugar and cinnamon —a delicaey well known and duly appreci ated in the Southern States of America,• but not in the :earth. Oh, yes; we; cans,relish this very wall,-.provided our dish is Shared with a relishable person. -P e ach takes .a. table-spoon,.aud placing the pan between, 'they dip alternately and smack their lips- a's if it were custard, and we are quite willing to.proriounce . it very good. -After this we drink a glass of fresh milk, then follow. a dance on the green, -in s;riaich the old lady joins, and ne are ready to return to the city. On the way they sing, in a more softened strain, being weary and 'influenced by the creepiog shadows of the .---, . ."Moon-beamemysty light." And at eleven we are agaiikipon the rattling pavements,' and among . the dingy walls of be town.",. . An Agricultural Fair: .•. "An Agricultural Fair in Germany is in many respects a more showy exhibition, then 'can be, produced , in -America. One which took placeriear Carlsruho, which the residence of the Grand Duke of Baden, will give an idea, where a similar, attempt is made at a grand exposition. "Upon a large plstz in, the depths - of the "Ilartzwald," Or, forest of the Bartz Moun- ' tains, were the , preparationsfor the fete,wbere the most conspicuous object, upon approach ing, wasa graceful pavilion constructed for the occasiob, the covering ,being Of white linen—for it was to shelter royalty—and the knotted trunks -of ' oaks and "fir, wieatbed with vises and -11oWers of every 'mt.. Around the lawn was a wide ;prome nade ; and when a salute of three guns an nounced the arrival of-the royal , coitege,the throngs of peasantry that had come through the forest in every direction fromi the diff*- - ent provinces of the Duchy, formed the - selves sato a_procission behind the long file of carriages thatcomposed .the 6ourt, and . when they had marched three times around with music and flying, colors, the royal car riage stopped in front of the paillioq, before Which the Grand ,fluke and' his suite alight ed, and the multitude arranged] , themselves in groups around the. long' tables which covered the square, loaded with the produc tions of each province. • , 'Tut no; only the: dominions of the Duke of Baden Were represented, but 600ps, ftorn the Odenwald - 01e Verstawald, the Valley. of 'the - Rhine; and the Palatinate, could be re cognited- by their several 'es:attunes. fie( in the pr s cseession the women, maide'eas sad little girls; were .the' first- otitis toyiil party and • members of the soientiGo Congress, not only gay ,vrith the many colois. of their national cliesOnt crowned , with wreaths 'and beating gimes; There Was the broad petticoats and variegated bodices - of the' Brieigau; a . long "row of yellow-painted. straw bats, with the Aerating hue a little relieved'l4.t sprigs of green from another.;llistriet ittlte_ Black Poreit , 'l led in Striking contrast, a troop ;of yenng - girls 'from the SaisiCantons; with a ailiectixavettisti f g rtti,tbe little. red petticoats more jauetly Worn, and set off by 'a socartrbite apron. MorOightly, too, VOLUME, klii, NUFAB6I.-i6.- they trip on their way ; and we therefore fancy have lighter hearts. •. "After the maidens ci►me, the young meo, Dot as fanciful, but not-less distinct in the-. Characteristics of the land *here they dwell. Fis=t, the peasantry of the valley of Kinxig, • with thick, heavy boots, and stout, gray: roundabouts. Then those whose toils allow a hghier costume and,gayer mien, and which we have before seen among the extensive hop.. fields of the Palatine.. They are followed, by the shepherds .af the Black. Forest, walking ' aide by side with the miners of swarthy tint. Each group ethibits in' its March, that for which its district is &Mous. • Ora is leading a spirited horse, with gay bridle ' ; another a yok-e of fat oxen. "Some are holding Aloft sheaves of wheat, oihere clusteil of grapes, and st ill others, -; string 'of 'vegetables. There are flocks of sheeps and herds of 'swine, goats from the hills and, herds 'from the Valleyti, and rep rusentatives from-the feathered tenants - of the farni-yard. 'One might have thought Noah had not only opened the windows ,but doors of the ark, and let all that were within go forth. - "13efore the pavilion was erected * "triumphal column," constructed by a fanci- . ful scaffolding, covered with branches 9f fir and cypress,:and filing from top to bottom with every species of grain and fruit- and vegetable which the duchy preduces. What milonts,,what'peaches,. - what pears—what temptation, those ripe and purple clusters, and with_ what exquisite taste has all been arranged, so that the somber - and green come in pleasing contrast with bright and mellow hues." - NAMES OF DAYS-4NEIS ORIGIN; t - The idols which our Saxon itoceitora wor libipped; and from ~erltich the days of the wleek• derive their names, were various.; and'', were the principal objects of their adoration. TOE IDOL OF' - HE Stmt. - ' t ' he idol wh . ich represented the glorious luminary of the day, was the chief object of their worship. It is descrlbed like the bust of a man, set-upon a pillar, boldiog with outstretched arms, a burning wheel before his breast The first day of -the week was especially dedicated • to its adoration, which they termed the gim's Daeg ; hence is deriir. ed the word Pundap THE IDOL OF TEE! Moot. „ The next was the, Idol of the Moon, Which they worshipped on the second day of the week, called by them Noon's Daeg ; and since by us, Monday,_ • The form of this Idol is , intended to Mi.. resent a woman, habited in a st'horVo' t; arid b a ood, and two long ears . he moon which sheholds in,:har-10... Tuisco was at, first deified• es thejathetanel, niter of the Teutonic race, but ih course of , time he Was sCorshipped as the ion of tboeartb. From this•time the Baked words, ruiscol , tsdar. • He is repretelife4 stwootug fin ' r osiest/a, as an old and venerable sags ._olothed skin of an online!, and 'bolding a sceptre in the right hood. • • „.... ill; IDOL WOVEN, OR ODIN.. ,!-, *oden, or Odin, was the snpreme aivipity of the Northern natitios.• This hero is sop babe emigrated from the East, but • from ;bat country, or• at what time is not• known. llis exploits from the greatest part of themyqloldgical creed of llofthern ' na tions, and his achhivements are magnificent beyond all credibility. The name of tbefourth day, tile week called byitheSaxons Waif:diet Daly, and by Us Stednesday is derived from this personage. 'Woden is represented in b d andmar tial attitude ' clad in armor,with a broadawird uplifted, in his right hand... ', • = , TEE IDOL THOR ; Thor, the oldest and bravest of the lona of Roden and Friga, was, after his parenis,con sidered as the greatest god aroongthe §axon's and Danes. To him the fifth day of the week, embed ;by, them- , Thor's Drug, and by 4. - Ifrors;Jay; was consecrated. • • . Thor is represented as sitting on a thrime with a crown of gold on ;hitt head, adorned with 1-circle ie frout,wherii set twalve bright burniSbed gold stars, and with a Tegal sceptre io his right band. . , ; TIIIIDOIC ?RIGA OR rsex, Frigs Or Fere was the wife, et Woderi of 1 • Odin, and next to him the most. revered di vinity among the beathen,Sasons, Danes and other northern nations. In the most ancient ~ tittles, Friga or Fers, was the same with the`" ' goddess llertha or iuth: To bei the sixth day of the week was consecrataid, whielk . by the Saxons was written triga's Daeg; cot responding to our Friday. • • . . Friga is repreiented with,* drawn swore id i her 1 right hand and khow do her left. ~ . TOE IDOL Stkaft, --. The idol Seater is repreaeatedoha pedestal; wherion it placed a Perch, on the sharp prickled back of which he stood. Ills head • was Recovered and leis visage lean. In hie left band he , held up a wheel, and, in his right band wait a pail of water, itheinin were flowers Cid fruits ; and his dress tonsiated of a long coats girded with liner... , The appelation given to the day of- bits celebration is still retained, the' Saxons and,: Danes named it Statir's Daeg, which wa , call Saturday. . . . "A ruffian shot• at me. Jasknight, w saict pen u demi gentleman, "ind my. life was saved by the bail's striking a silver dollar , in.my pocket?' 4 " Whoever takes true aim at yonv heart is verr certain to bit a dollar,nsaid one *he kzear. OrA . n honest on of Fein, green from Lis - peregrinations,e put his head into a lawyeen office and. asked the Inmate: • 4 Ao' sitbat do you sill - beret' 'Blockheads,' replied the limb of the low., Ooh, thin, to .be sure,'aaid Pat, it must be *toed tradeifOr I'see there is s lost at* of them " ' - Tobaccio leaves pit round the body Of peUli trees, just banal ibs su e of the "grount4sre recommended lf i te. u freientiva." of the Pesch worm. or A wit- bating beers 'asked by an - otker person what'"? IA would advise bins to- lead' ' a &Wain friend of biimoney, said: Whitt tt , : teed bias money, You mightliee, biraCiaks, smith, and be wouldn't. retsina %V Pro yid. for Our present, iicassities,
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