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Across the.dull.and litiockling night, .
A giant Mei- with demon
And.breath of u-reuthinglomo
Around him A' hirls the reeling plain,.
And kith a d. sh of grim •
lie cleaves he sunderes). ;rock.
li- •
swiimPs the. low .i,intl`stii-s
The bolt of blkiek, funeiCal hrs,
. That murmur - to the sky,! •
startled by his mad cailear; • .
They sem:tutu s keep a hush of fear
As if a god. swept lip 1'
• i •
Vhiough m:my a dark, k
uildilitart of heath,
O'er blooming brides, Nrhre-bdmittli
.A midnightrirer
By ruins, remnant of the p.ist,
Their ivies. trembling in t4binsfi
.13y singing waterfalls
The slamb'rer i . On his ,
ertirns.to the light his lonely . head;
Divested - irf : its dreams;
Long leagues of giocarrare. " [ hurried o'er,
Through tunnel sheptbs i . u7th iron roar,
And- shrill, night-rendino screams. I.
Pastludilling Lms, pastAying barns,
High furnace flames, As hose arms
Are g,riiiiplinrith the
He tears along receding lands',
To Where-the . kingly city stauds, , • s
Wrapped. in'a rtibe
Here round each wide andigushing. gate,
A crowd -of eager faces Watt, .
And every smile is kuoilt; ,
._. We thank you; 0 thou Titan train-7
Tlmt in the city once again, . - c .
We clasp the -loved at home! •
EiIIOREN TIES.
[What lis sadder than, to behold two
human beings u-ho Should be united in the:
bonds of affection; who sliould cherish and the_`
bonds
each other with tenderness and con- ;
staucy, separated apdlield , apart t)tron'gh
some perversity of mind or circumstance,
and ;thus passing &Awn the long vale of
life in all the bitterness and gloom of heart
isolation How powerful y and truly.
Coleridge bath drawn a ; ture of two
such friends in his poem o "Vhristabel:"]•
" Alas!. "they had been friends in youth
But whispering tongues can poison truth.;
, -
And constancy lie es iu r=e.alvis above,
And life is . thorny: "and yOuth is vain :
And to be wroth with one ;we love •
Moth loot-like madness in the brain.
And thus; it chanced as divine,
Witicßolana and Sir Leoline,:'
Each spoke words of high disdain
And insult to hiS beart's`beSt brother;
They yarteil—mfer . to meet Itgain`: •
.Bail never either found smith er
To free the hollow heart from paining—
They stood :doe, the Scars remaining..
Like cliffs which had beti';rent*.asunder ;
A dreary sea now flows between, . • -
But neither ln;at, nor fripst.;, nor thundit,- .
Shall wholly do away, I ween
The marks of that which once bath been."
Uut t~?y~yr_ tlt
t~
ter.
V' i t~Ru 1~l L Eil:7
FOR TIM MO "THOSE DEMOCRAT
IN • Mi4:3lotilAM.
.
The - readers of the Democrat have been . I " Sam,"Said Jerry, as soon as their fa
advised of the resolutions adopted at a titer had gone, "I will do that sum for
.. I. -
meeting of Teachers, to procure a menu- I you.' • - ,
y
meat for our late. County Superintendent, ll " N(4, ..
Jerry,7 returned the ounger
brother, but with a greateful look, "'that
B. F. Tewksbury ; and, perhaps, it ivouldsi.iii be deceiving father. I will try to do
not be worth While to call attention to the I I l e sum,:lnit I fear I shall not succeed."
sabject, in this public manner, were itnot, Samuel worked very bard, but all to no
mind was not on the sub
-
- as is slated, that a report has been circula- 1 parrose- ' His
& r. . ciect before him., The -roots and squares,
ted that Mr. T. died peer, in -debt,'
•• ' I the bases, bypothenuses and perpendien
that his near relatives are so povertv- liars,,.l
though - goinparatively simple, in
stricken as not to be able to &Word him themselves, were to him a mingled mass I
the memorial - usually furnished, to note '4f incomprehensible things, and the more'
the resting
he tried the more he beetme perplexed place of the dead. It is need-
I
and these r-umors, unjustbothered. -I .
_less to add, that as ' I
• -[i'' The truth was, his• ratites did not un-
they are contemptible, are sheer fabric-a- derstand him. - - i
Lions, void of even a semblance of truth ; I Samuel was ii'llriglit boy, and one un
and it is indeed lamentable that we hate (01tanonlY intelligent for• bis'age. 31r.
.
.
In our midst any one so lost to all feeling Winthrop was a thorough mathematician
=he never vet came across a problem Ire I
of self-respect, so apparently destitute of
_ co l
laid net s'olve, and' he' desired that his I
'the holier.impulses of man's liattwe, as to , ‘ , N . s should be like him, fcir he-considered I
Indulge in such splenetic ebullitions to- hat the acme, of educational perfection I
ward an indis : idual, especially after the
and iii the pourer of conquering Euclid,;
grave has closed Over his
remains.ins.
.Theand he , of.lenleßressed his opinion that,
o
were Euclid hying then, he, could "give
young men, who so generously initiated he geometrician -a' hard tusiel." lie
the movement• already indicated; were in- Seemed not to; 'comprehend that different
.flnenced solely by a desire to exhibit, in a nunds were msde with different capacities,
I:moth - mg manner, their high appreciation and.what one mind grasped with ease,
of the character and worth of the friend - another ; with equal power, wonld fail to
omprehend. Hence, because - Jeremiah
they had just seen buried[ from their sight.
,'rapidly inhis mathematical
Progresse.d •
It was a spontaneous demonstration of studies, and could already survey apiece
that affection'and gratitude which binds 1 ,0 , f many'ngles, he imagined that because
friend to friend, -tvith a 'pore than Gordi- taamnel • made no progress in the same
an tie. This, voluntary and appropriate
' branch, he :was idle and careless, and
;treated tutu :accordingly. Ire never can
action on - the part of the Teachers and Id
_ idly conversed with his youngest son
_
friends of the late Superintendent, of with a view: O ascertain the true bent of
course, is dulyt appreciated by his family his mind, bn he had his-own standard of
and 'kindred. !It tends I to- console - a be- !the poWer o all minds, and he pertinaci
so
reared wife, who, from her chamber, l cmsly. adherefft it.
can There was another thing that - 3.1 r
look upon the gree n In fth e y pl ace d 2116v1e
,Winthrop Could not see, and that was that .
the husband of her youth ; itsirells - with ;Samuel,' was ;continually- pondering upon
emotions oft, ankfulness the host of a fa- isuoh I " fitab/ P ras-t-ter as.was interesting
Cher; *ho mourns the loss of an only ;on f t.° him, nnds
f th t at he was
e searcelv e% - er id
ever;
le
• helad regarded as the solace of his de- por did a her see; ither, that if
I le wished his bey to become i matbemti
clining years; (mother he had :not, on iti al ary' h e , w it ppra i tig th e ,e - coarse t o
earth—she had gone before him to the prevent suclia result. Instead of endear
; spirit-world.) It evokes benizons from i<mate aing to e the study interesting to
the lips of -sisters, •sorrowing,' like M ary I the child, he was making-ft obnoxious.
'Fhe diner,hnr came and Saltine.) bad
and Martha of old, because their brother . I
not worked on, t the sum. [His father was
/ 13 not. ' • I angry, and °blind the boy to tvo without
tc c
WE JOIN P A RTY THATCARRIES THE : FIAGy AND KEEPS STEP T.O..TE MUSIC OF THE. UNION.
IHI
whenzlnmor is duo," is an
obt bufjust maxiti; and while, ,doubtless,
others, as deserving a monument, as our
subject, are slebping in numaried graves
while the most gorgous mausoleum that
art Could•fedr, *mild add, nothing to his'
Tame, nor diffuse more widely the Ides;
sins
.of that cause for the promotion 'of
which his youttful energies were spent, it
is hoped the 6ommeimiable scheme origin
ated by frieints.of the deceased, to honor
hiS memory, will be crowned with success.
Surely no-friend Of popular education will
hesitate to geontriblite something for so
lendable an•object. s rt is-Well known that
by r honoring the, partizans of any Cause .
whatsoever, we honor the cause itself.—
Iktinkind :have -alwaYs signified their
regard for some cherished ' faith by
enlogiums on • its founder or its 'advo-:
Cates:: -And now that he is gone, in what
war ran our citizens better evince their
:respect for a faithful Servant, and, thro'
t•
this medium, -a deep-rooted love for the
''educational canse,than by liberally aiding
to•erect oyez..his asheS a column that shall
itMid as a laiting • memento of virtue and
itseftiluess, and' point the passing traveller
to the resting place ref inie•who enjoyed
while tiring, the •estimi and confidence of
hiS fellow-Men? S. W. T.
jt isceliantous.
THE YOUNd- PIIIIOSOPIiEII.
slr. Solomon, Winthrop was a plain old
farmer :an atisteke,--precise man, who dill
everything by'established rules .and could,
see no reasott why people should, grasp at,
things beyond what had been Teached, by
their great grandfathers. He -had three
children—two boys and a girl. There
-was Jeremiah, seventeen yearsold, , Samttel,
fifteen, and Fanny, fourteen. °
, It Was a cold winter's day. Samuel was
in the kitchen reading a book, mid so in-
leivsted ,that, be did not notice-the en
trance of his father. Jeriy was in an op
posite 'corner, engaged in ciphering out . a
sum he had folual in his arithmetic.
" Sam," said the father to his youngest
"have you worked put that sum yet?"
NO, sir," returned the boy, hesita
,
"‘l . )idn't I tell von to stick -to your
aritbmetie till you had doite it?". uttered I
3k. Winthrop, in a severe tone—
ISatnuel hunploWn his head, and looked
trimbled. : .
. 1" Why hav'n't yoti done it!" continued
t}tic_
"faiiicf.
I can't do it, sir," t remhl itOy returned ,
Samuel.
• "C-an't.do- it, :mil why not? .I.ook at
:Terry, there, witlthis,.slate and pencil. He
bad cipherediurtherihan you have, long
before he was as old as you are;
"Jerry- was always fond of. mathetnati- •
cal problems, sir, but I cannot fasten myl
mind on them. ~, They have no interest. for
• )
i"That's.bevanse yen deli t. try to feel an
.
interest in your studies. • Vhat hook is I
• that you are reading?"
• "it' • a work on philosophy, sit."
A -work on fiddle-sticks! Go, put it
aiyav this instant, and then get your slate,
and don't let me see you away from your
arithmetic. until you can work out those
riots. Do you understand me'?" _
ISamuel made no answer, butsitently '
1 ant away his philosophy, and then he - t ot
slate and sat down in. the chimney.
cbrner.
.His..nither lip -trembled, and his eye
InOistened for he wds unhappy. His lit
. titer had been, harsh toward him, and he
41t that it was without a cause.
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i,- - •
his dinner, at the same
time telling him be
was 'awhile, lazy Child. _ L . .
Poor Shuttleli left the littclilm, and there
he at and 'cried. At length hig mind-,
1
seemed . t+ pasi from il'e.wrong lie had
sabred n the, hand of hi parent, and took
-another dun, and the - it arks of grief left
his' fitee,l° rhere. was- ti - large fire in the
room belOw his chambek, so that he *as
not eery hold, and getthig up- he went to a
small closet, and from beneath a lot of old
clotheshe took forth sot e strips of wood
and conOneneed whittling. It was not
for mere pastime that" hi whittled,. for he
was fashioning sonic curious alihir froM
those pieces of - wood. I He had bifs of
wire, little, scraps of a pl:ite, pieces of
I twine, and dozensl-of,snMll wheels that he
had made himself,. andihe seemed to be
working 1to• get them tOther.after seine
i
peculiar fashionof his o rn. - ' • . .
Half the afternoon . tad thus. passed
away, when his sister utered his cham
ber. She had her aprim gathered up in
her - hand; and-after closing the door soft
ly after - her, she apkoached: . the spot
where her brother sat. '1
"Here' Sammy—see,l I hese lsrought
you something tol eat, - II know you must
be hungry." . t - I '
As she-,snnt,;: -1
s slit; spoke, she opener ler apt,
and took out four takes,
a piece of pie,
and some cheese.. Thti boy-was hungry,
and ho' hesitate} not io avail himself of
his sister's kind ,effer. ilie kissed her a's
he took'the cakes, and thanked her.
"0, What a pretty hing . that is you
are makingr utteredi . . Fanny, as she
gazed uport - the result of her . brother's la
bor. ."Won't you givft it to me after it
is done?!' -. • • •.
-
"Not this TM, sister," returned the
boy with a unite, -"but as soon as I get
tinfe I will make you otte equally as pret-
. . . .
Fanny. thanked her bother, and shortly
afterwards left the room, - while _the boy
went on with hit work.; .7 .
.. .
Before long the variOns materials that
had been subject to Shmuel's jul-knife
'and pincers had assumo..form and come:
liness, and they were Fined And- grooved
,together' in a. curious m Muer.
'.The embryo philos,:)
)her,::!set the ma
chine—for it. looked very 'flinch like a ma*-
chine—Upon the floor, and then stood off
and gazed on it-. his i eye gleamed with
a peCuliar gloW of satisfliction, and he look
ed proud and happy. While he stood and
gazed upon the child Of his labors, the
door of his chamber opened and his father,
entered.' . - • - i
"What—are you ndt studying ?" ex
claimed 31y. Winthrop as he pot iced the
bov standing in the inllldie of the floor:.
illanniel tremillorl wh6 he heard his fa
flier's vOice„and turned pale with fear. -
' "1 Ea; ,what is this?" :laid Mr: Winthrop,
as lie elmight sight ofs:Ns curious construe
tivn on the floor.. "This is the secret of
pitty.idi v iit,.. ?cow 11 i,cp.ii,,,,, it is you
cannot mianter 'your siugies. You spend
pair time in masking play
.hoilso; and, fly
pens. 11l s:ce whet lier i you v ill learn Iv
att c;n4i io your lesson ~,r not. There!" ,
As th'e - father uttered this common in - .
janctioti, he placed Ins foot upon the ob
ject of his displeasure. l'rlie,loor uttered
a quick 'cry, and spran ...4(o-war(1, but too
int e. 'The - curious construction was, crush
ed to atoms—the .1:11+. of 'long weeks.
Looking at. thenulss of ruins, and then
covering his the with his hands, he-bUrSt
into tears., ' 1
° -" Aiu you ashamed?" said :Mr. Win
throp, '•:( great, hov likti you, to spend your
time in making clap-traps, :uid then -cry
about iv because I el:wise that you pliourd
attend to .your :Audit* Now go to the
barn and 11.lp Jerry shbll corn."
The! hoy was too la of grief to make
, any explanation; and \kith - out t word he
i-,l eft his i chamber, brit thr days low:- , after
wards he Was weary at down-hearted.
" Saninel,".said Mr... Winthrop, one - day,
after the spring had' opened,. "I have
seen,Mr. Young, - and he is willing to take,
,yon. as ian apprenthai Jerry and I rail
get. along op the farin,sind I think the best
thing .± on can do is to learn the 'Ark
smith's;trade: ( .1,-AraVit givep.up all hopes_
of ever making a: surveyor ont of you, and
if you had a gum yon would not know
bow to measure, it Or lay it out. Jerry
will now soon be able 0 - take My place as
, surveyor, and I haveF already made an,
rannniants for'. haying- him . sworn and
obtaining Ids cominission. But your trade
is. a . gond one, hower,er, and -I Imre no
'doubt you will he able to make a good
living at it:_" I - . .
Mr. young was
a'biliclismith in a neigh
, . boringlowni and ht..icarried, on quite an
1 extensivehusinesS. 3foreover, he had the
reputation- of being 'la very fine man.
Samuel was .delighted with *his father's
proposal,' and when he learned that Mr.
Young also carried o f ( - odic a large ma
chine shop, he-was in (estacies. ills trunk
;
was packed 7 -a god supply of clothes
having been provide(; and after kissing
1 his mother and sister,and shaking harids
i with his'father and bFother, he mounted
the stage and set off for hiS new destina-
Ltion. i
lle, found- Mr. Young Oho could wish,
and Went into his lmOness with an mssi
.duity. that surprised - li t is inaster:..
One evening after Sainnel \\inthrop
.htid been with his new master-six. mouths,
the - latter came into tie shop after all the
journeymen bid quit *ark and gime home,
and fi2und the.youth busily engaged in
fitting, apiece of iron. There were quite
a number of pieces .oil the i>ench by his
_side, and some were liuriontily rivited to
gether mid fixed with springs and slides,
while ether's appeared not yet ready for
their destined use. 3q. Young ascertained
- whatlite young workman was- up to, and
I he not,: only encouraged him in his under- •
taking, hut he stood for half an hour and
Watehed him at 'hist work. Next dap
Sanittel Winthrop was removed from the
1 blaeltimith's shop to the machine -shop.
Sapiuel often Visited his parents. At
the edd of two years lils.father -Was not a
littlesurprised when-kr. Young informed
liim tliat-Samnel was the most useful hand.
in hislemploy.- - I --- .- -
TiMe flew fast. Sarintel was twenty-one
—Jeremiah hid, been free ahnost - two
yearg; and Wait one off' the most" accurate
and trustworthy •surve' yors in the county ;
Mr, l Winthrop looked - upon • his eldest
son-wi.th pritle, , od often expressed. a with
PHIE9
that his other. ,
son couldhave heen like
him.• Samuel had come home to visit his .
parents, and. Mr. - Voting }fad come With:
MM. •
4 Mr."tronng," said Mr. Winthrop, af
ter.-the tea .things had-ht..exi- Cleared away - ,
IR 4 fing•factet' 7 . they have just.
erected in` your town." ' -
, Yes," returned. air. Young, "there
are three. of them, Audi - they are. doing-a
very heavy business." -. , •
--•.‘ I understand they have an extensive
. machine shop connected with the . facto
ries. Now if My boy . Satn• is as good • a
workman as you say helS,
.perhapo'he
Might get 'a first-rate situation'there. •
Young looked': at. Samuel and
"By the way," continued the . old farm
er, What is
,all this noise.l see and hear in
the paper's about those Winthrop looms ?
They tell me they go ahead of anything
that was, ever got up.before." .
" You may ask your son about that,"
said Mr. Young. : "That is ? t ome, of Samuel's
business."
" IS6? What my son? Some of Sam—"
The old titan stopped short • and gazed
at his-son, lie was.bowildered. It could
not be that his son-his idle son—was the
inventor of the great power loom that
hid taken the maufacturers by sur
prise. •
"What do your mean?" he at length
inquired.
411 1 t is simply this, fatler, that the •
is mine," returned Samuel, with censcions
pride. "I have invented it, and taken a
patent right, and haVe alie4y . been offin..- •
ell ten thousand dollars for the patent
rightin two adjoining States. Don't you.
remember that clap-trap you crushed with
your foot, sil7- years ago?" '- • - 1
"Yes," answered the Old man, whose'l
eyes were bent to • the floor,, and over'
whose mind a 116* light seemed breaking.
" continued Samuel, "that -NIA
niftiest. a .pattern, though, of course, I
have made much alteration and improve-,
meat, and there is room for more."
- "And that was .what you were, study
ing
. viten you used to stand'ana see Jne
;weave, and when yom fumbled about lily
loon so muehr - said Mrs. Winthrop.
"You are right, mother. ,Even then •I
had conceived the idea which I have since.
carried out." •
"And . that, is why You could not under
_
stand my mathematieal prableins," uttered
Mr. :Winthrop, as he started from his
chaii and took the youth by the liand.
"Samuel, my son, fdrgive me, for tho
harshness I have used towards von. I
, have. been blinded and now see how I
haVe infsunderi•tood you.• Whife I have l .
tormght you idle and careless, you were
solving a . philosnphical problem I could
Dever have I.omprehended. Forgive me,
t Samuel—l-meant well enough, bitt lacked
judgment and diserimination." .
of the 01i1 man had ;long before
beer corgi% l'or his harshness, mud his
mind waS,OptMed to n new lesson, in hu
man nature. It was hi:111,1 , this:
; DitThrent minds have different cap:tel
-1 ties, and tie mind can ever be driven to
I love that for which it has no taste. First,
seek 'to understand the natural
and dispositions of children,- and then, in
your management of 'their education for
after life, govern yourself ink . ordingly.
George - Cumin., the greatest nioral
losopher of this day, could hardy reckon
iti Finiple addition, and Colhtirn, the
mathematician, fould • not write, out a
commonplace :14(lress. •
- - - -
TI E LOST PATH IMON Y
• 1.11 A. L. infs.
!Iv patrimony Wlis a neat little tort tme,,,,
and I was just is enty-ohe when I came 1.
into possession of it. After duly shaking
my head to arouse any wisdom that might::
be slumbering there, I said to Myself:—
"I - have enough income.to -live a life of
leisure, add moderate luxury. I will
plunge into no business to drown my bestl
years in care. lam just at an age to en-, ;
joy the pleasures of life—and, When I get
tired . of theta, as folks say they .always do
—then I shall turn naturally to the excite,
went Of business for occupation. Time
enough to grow rich then. scout . the
idea, of being a mere money maker noW."
But at the end of the - first year I bad
not only used'my income, but had chipp
ed no small corner oft my principal. • I
continued to.nibble at' it .the next year,
and when December came- I said,
well, what remains is not worthsaving. - -
MT friends tell me that my,money - has Leon
"th l e ruin of me, and that I should have
heen better off WI had never had a cent I
didn't warn; so here goes with, the last of
it, to further my prospects, by leaving the
I nothing but hand and brain to depend up : ,
on: Pity I havn't had a jollier time spend
ing it though."
fly the end ofanother year,.l paid 'away
my last five dollar bill, having: Inscribed
thereon the whole'amount of regret I felt
at the necessity of parting 'With it, in the
half serious words "Go last r of thy , kind,
and find a better master." '
Then I looked about me, and rile up
my mind hoW to proted. To_ begin I
called up . my landlady, and said nondialat-
ly: - • . .
"My-den.r madam, I have the misfor
tune
to tell you that I have no more of
' the convenient commodity, called money.,
If I remain here, you have only 'the hope .
that, some day, I shall find employment,
and clear offarrearai.co.. Will you risk it?":
My landlady, Quaker, • and stoic as , she_
was, yet gavq way, to . a little change of
color, in surpriseitt this information. Not
without ponderingfor she doubted -my
story, for how could a gentleman reduced'
to his la't Benny have such a comfortable;
careless countenance?—not without pon
dering and hl•Shade of dubiety, : did she re-
fly :
I
"Thee's .always paid up readily. I don't
see what's the matter now ;• but, any way;
i
thee a-few weeks. • , •
' • .
I leouldn't Stomach that. I never aft&r-
I ward owed that Woman a cent, let what
I might go to pay her • 'and this _first ex per
bient_gave me a wholesome horror Of even
•
the smallest debt, Whether of money or as
sistance. I had net, chosen My.friends for
ivalities, which might be valuable to me .
'in adversity, and I preferred net putting
•
ap),, t of - then* to the primfbi any • ivay„ to
having :my:eyes opened painfully, -
looked abouteagerly non? 4'or soine
thtng to do.' I had aliraya said that. a man
'Mist be a fuel notto find Work but When
the thud mine to - 16okt for : it, foundf the
eseltrelt a diflicult-one. t So 'Many' ;diverse
things must concur, IStimp one in a bug,
miss 'lliked tatistbe iii want; of me. ; He
mast be ready. to give ine a Suflieidut 'sala
ry, and a post I was fitted for. He' Ipust
'hive a congenial teiniier; 'and principles I
co-Idd approve. He must demand no leap
ital of me, :yet - most ,tfrant position
in . , the firmsnot•derogatory - to 'my ,years,
'or dignity, fir social fo L osition„ as son land
heir of the hite'Mr. ; He must - be
tO suppose that my Oat course fit
tdd me.for trust, that being to dissi
patesa considerable fortune an a very port
time constituted me a basin* man, Vbein
it was desirable•to secure atlshnee, for. the
advantage of all parties conceived. V -
: Snell a person it wits not easy• to ineet
with. I-tried one of 2 two situations,: :but
owing to the suspicions almOst', eyeri one
entertained of 'my unsteadiness, - 1 found
them intolerable.. After:a year of change,
Make-shift, and harrassing mixiety, Ilfully
understood what a k:ey to success had
thrown away in my patrimony. :I had- a
newer, a lever Which would have lifted
diery obitacle from the. path. to -fortune,.
and now I had only Mv,per4onal force . to
cleat:Abe way for me. A mbunyless ;inan,
• with a - fortune, to make, is like a sculptor
With 'a'block - of marble and inn ideal forni
ia,his brain, but no chisel or Mallet-4-and
'none attainable---wiless he turn, 'tool Ma.;
ker, and fashion the* • _
'Sly friends kept judiciotily remarking
to nie, that if I would only put - if little
capital-into this buSiness, ,i)r that one,
which was wining geld, I should soon - fill
My pockets. . • .1 ' -
'lf it rains soup, and
you're no' spoon,
What odds is it to you?!nays the old.
TON orb. .
-; Finally I determined to become a real'
estate agent.. Tgot alicemle and an office,
hung out my shingle, and . •ndvertised. My
friends put some plaiTsinto- - my hands for
-side,- and I waited tor purchasers; They
Were atour in 'coming, and waiting Was.
dull work.... 3
I was too eager fdrbusinesa toread•
Sat impatiently fretting a week or So, niy
only amusement gaZing ctirionsly at the
ilwift..wbirl of business men past my win
do*, all with dalcrilating bOws, and faces
full of work-Lor, taking' constitutionals,
and coining back to 'see - nfk lonely.; office.
boy. undisturbed by callers, turning for
lorn sumniersetts oa the 'wide window
sill.. • • I H. ,
; I shona have goile distr'a oee"d with this
solitary Confinement, -if two fat Women*
pxhilpitors hart not - pitched' their taberna
des in my neighboroood. Large I paint
lugs of the rival be: stiretelied F along
; the- house fronts, flaunting defiance in.
each ether's them land challenging the
public't 4) a coMpari i ion of their charms.--- 7
Be l'ore one house.a ,and pfayed that potil•
ular and suggestive . ' time, 'ilk 0 ,, t, i/ . og or
Die;" While the rival nnisicians.
out, "Love Not," in' superatienis Warning
to all gaffers upon the charmer within.—
These tunes, alternated with-Yankee - 1)o0
dle by bOth bands, made day and' night
ridiculous ;"so I still could
My friends droppki in—hoWandthen 7 - ;
btu did not stay lOpg. I had .nol
cigar's, or sporting intel igence t give
them. They found me very"slow„" poor
•
A month passed.' My office rent became
due—my boy's wages---My
'and washi r-wommishills. jNo heliiforit,
my watch must go4-and it - Wept.
er month. 3Jy Monks
,went. \not her ni;entli. -My' wardrobe
must suffer—and it suffered. Another 1
Lluerdli, and I was asi tuna like a hang dog,
•
asia man can .be and keep , a' hat On, his
head. Mine was ;hist halaiiced, and that I
was all, so dejectedly lo.u- did . I . my
eountenarme: : •
But after all 'n'asi sold tbat I - could peis- ,
rsibly part -withcanil I had got over that
chaffering busiitess,ll, looked up again, ansl/
Leo-eked my hat as usual,. I got any :lanJ3lra
dv move np to tie garret, and Idoeked
oil' two meals a day., I (kid Well enough
with one,
; •
also letont half my oft Ito another
poor fellow:, who COttld nOt, afford to - rent
one: He was only abre.,' to pity; about
quarter the rent orinine; iso, to make All
square, he took niyi v oflice duties, mind
I that
_valiant hunter was; disthissed; not
without teat,dn his part.l.
J got to extremities at (list; slept in my
office, inAs much cif :a bed as cduldbe
made out of my coat and :o'ol, hat. twelve
cents a day nourished mel
,/inquiries about the property I had for
'ade -came oceasionally. But what, ~ideas
•thiiy Bad!-31r. A-V-- held his place at
twelve thousand, (*orth six posinbly,) and
wouldn't, take a eentlesk 31r. B-±wint
ed it terribly—Woidd give three thousand I
for it, not. "a cent morel - between' them
-*antic to make 4' sales and realize . a
conrmissiori—exhaiisted every pOWer. of
mind, and body in Rersuasion, without ef
fecting a compromise. 14: two opponeays
held - nut, and continue tq do F.O ito this
day, to the torinent of the real-estate
agents who now haVe them on hand. -
One glorious day, I eile i cted an exchange
of two properties. I My iabit itched for
com-mission, which .31.r.-Q---• was,
by agreement to pay.. 4 wait an insignia:
cant one to be sure ; but it wasenougli to
regale me upon beefsteAs for a month to
come, offer my usual exp4nses. Sli it :was
a weighty matter to ine,l I planned-outa
whole day's nteal+yes, n"whole Week's—
son_s "to employ trtyleimire hour agreea
bly in a 'Way which rn. ;prospects now
rendered justifiable. Before, 04 it had
been breaking the, tenth. 'conunandment
even to think of befstealis. - I als4 dream
ed of anew en at.- 1 The, dne I were-4--m - y
.last was alight tjumniet cloth, 'and the
weather was now Tipping cold. .I;went,so
far in anticipatory extravagance, as to
throw away a blacking Ix, whiehhadyet
;:i rime of the precious c mpoundi around
its bottom edge, night.i have item ,nne
s triore,"l4it," as Biddy says, to-pry shoes.
It was long befor4 I bought another box,
for 31r. Q —: " --1. !-WE Palfi •
. After one week! of tedious dam with
light dinners, and:another seven Mays of
1 • ;
lagging - hOni.s imbeefiteaked; I made in= .
gnines aboutlr.'. and alas I. learn
ed:that never paving np Was. a little habit
.
of his, which NI; friends had ;vainly tried
to break Linn of. I.liTorediturs• r therefare,
had no hope, unless they had , the money
to make lum ,pay by the urgency of -. the
law. 1-
Things" took a turn at last.. I had a
beautiful little furnished. cottage, a few '
milei lipuf town, put into my bands.
was a-veiy- dedirable. property, and now
at last my office was llvelV„ with inquirers.
• One morning,. it handsome caqiage
stopped before my door, and from it stepp
ed a pretty widaw lady,' a. AIrS. •
whom I had often met: at parties, who had
indeed once been an acquaintance of Inv
mother's. She knew meat once ; and
ter some polite reference 4, to old times,
she asked about the cottage: . •
After I had told her all I .knew of the
terms, ‘tc., she Said, with 13 Dice
_sweet,
and coaxing in! its playful tones '
"I want that cottage ;exceedingly. I
must haVe it—biti no •npt want to. pay
cash for it. Indeed I cannot; unless" I
first sell my tiresome bro+ii stone • hotfte
-on Aveutre . , If you can only - effect a
change for itioh! I will be B(uteased t
I wit give you anything to 'do - it!" and
she named n_blindsome stun.' • • .
• My heart gave aleap for my throat.—
"I stall be haPpyto do my best for - you,'!
I said aloud, and thoughti, "ouly. , too hap-.
py.to get such a Windfall!" . .
_ I'howed her to her carriage. - There sat,
leaning - back,- i'a phantom of delight"—
her daughter.
. She, Was just as much .Of t, phantom to
me; and as attainable bYi me for having
mllioldhig, as if She . had been feinted of
ether, and was not the "4weetest piece of
painted flesh" that ever nature dyed. This,
.1 growled into my own comprehension, as
'I turned away alter the beiVildered stare
I bad given her, and Shut-my office door
. . - tipou the impertinent street,. that might
be disposed to tool: into my thee, perhaps,
and read its chagrin thero. 11er. mother
*had been a long time arranging her 'llona
ces upon entering theAmmage ; and 'be...
fOre I could shut its . door, I had stolen '
many, leaks into that' bewitching face,
quiteenough to have her image vividly
before me all. that day long:
Two , days afterward, 1 went with Mrs.
K---- to -look at the cottage. She called
fur me in her carriage; and - her daughter
was there tem I show ed them the grounds,
and rooms with zeal, and answered all
their pretty questions, with delight. I was
so happy that. thefates t (Mk offence at it.
lii pulling up a'Stiff, nisty bolt, which
held one of the long windows shut, I was
obliged to use some innscular strength,
and my treacherons'coat,!buttimed to hide
my , seetty vest, lutr4t down .pne of
;;shoulder blades, where. rtwas, worn im
p
)eominotd v. thin. - I
I AN ; ;IS 4 1i•speratc. I felt ebeehs sc•t
h:ud,':uul I Stall;e4 alio~i`t , tt•ith alnineli of
shirt st out at • one shoulder; the
mirrors, too, phowiiie: me the 'figure . I cut
at every turn. .
Well—what Odds was it? Tite'y likCd
the place too Well to be 'very nice in the
bargain ibrit. The Owner ao•reed to ex
change itfor city property, and I won my
commission, ; ,
That night I did thy first, and last job at
tailoring., and the next 'day, in my mend
- eCoat,.l waited•upon Mrs. K---, to lee
her know the final resell. •of my negotia
tions. She was out, lint her daught6 re
reived me; and'hadstill Much 1'4).4 about'
that "lovely cottage." Myy any Hers were 1
all long onus. ,The nex6layAsat in my
office, savage, beeause the/ excitement of
the atliiir.behe , over, I.lolleisare to' think 1
what a fool I had Ike thin throWin . b. away 1
a fortune, thick iroftld have ielinitled - me
to dreani as I 1,1960 a l a cert.; in lady ;
when the carriage .drove'sup" igain, and
looking over/the half curtain,-1 saw that
Miss K. sa.(in it alone.. I hastimed out.
.She greeted use with• some einbarmsS.
inen /and I colored up too—ory because
sit • did—(far gone you See.)
"Minima was too ill' to coie (mt . to
day," Al! said, "so she sent me with this
, 11
letter and package Ilk. You. ...he did not
send it by John, because she Iwished me
to tell you, as well as I 'could; how very.
much she thanks you for your. obliging
zeal in securing ns the• Pretty 'ttage we'
had both set our min 4 upon. She also
e :
begs that you Will give lus the pleasure of
your company to a little t party, We
give at our new hontie Ivamug two
weeks from next Wednesday: -' She ' hopes
you till come." - I rr
. • .-
.
I ain seldom flustered, and can general.'
,ply "behave myself befor'e folks" so - 1 an--'
1
kwered'properly, accepting th'einvitation:
upon the strength of the newt snit I felt ;
must come out of the pheket I held-in my
hand-and bowed an adieu.
, Having the office to
.myself Just then, I;
tore off, the envelope„..and therOn I found;
'the specified sum IQ gold and bills. 1.4a-1
ressed the strangers. I never:knew coon
ey to look really pretty . before, but this;
- did—it *as beautiful. I After-Iliad couat=l
ed, and stowed away the gold, I took up;
the paper envelope, and for the sake or
the slight sweet perlinne left by the glov-!
ed hand! had received it froM, I kissed it,
devotedly. I then began to Told tip the
notes, anghing a little at the woman's;
way - o sending the money itself,
.instead
of a e eck on a bank-i—when iSomilthing ;
caught m eye. It was a five dollar bill'
with writing on the back, -_
of: thy
kind, and find a better master."
' `,` Well," said I, giving. it a :spiteful;
twist,
"here, you are again! Be PQ slip-. -
pery-miothertinte, will You ?"', Then •I;
elinctled at a conceit dint occurred to me.:
,{ u m ve•got my old fortune by :the 'tail," :.1
I said, "and clap cars and bells upon me;
if I don't hold fast, and haul it backward,)
tall clutch it again I" r I did so—no neeft
to tell my ups and doWii, s—but the 'reivilt
of my tiriresting effort*, - anthey pertina4
citrus resolution, is rroiierty to about the
same:amowit as myTuther left me.
. I sit in the library 01l the 'IX-.. eottagg,
. .
inditing this, after a ..lapse of five - yeaiii
from the date of rece!iying tny-first earn
inks. Close at hand ia-the rhantora .ot
Delight. - She is. ratting nfirOush towelS:
on a siewin e ,mi machine.- Thais 'Written, iitt
4
promptn, for her eye; ip answer to a ques4
tion put an hour agoy her. - 4 • ;
..She asked for some'honey to 11'4 "nu*
I
JOBAtiIMNG otALL KiliDe,
4 DONE AT THE OFFICE OF THE
3,lEnkir CP a ri..AL,rig,
NEATLY An PROEFFiY,
40.2k.p.T "LIVE. AND LET LIVE" PRIM.
THE office of die Montrose Demoirat
. recently been supplied with *new and choice variety
ityr i etc a sind we are now prepsreditoprint - perephlet
c_
''7
~ etc., mitre hest style , oi short notice. .
~ e
,
Handbills, Posters, Programines, and
other kinds of work in this line, dowser:ending to coder. - 1
Business, Wedding, • and Ball CAnns,
Tickets, etc., printed with neatness and despatch—
•
Justices' and OmstaUjes' Blanks,.Notes,
Deeds, mut all other Blanks, on Caul, or rioted to order. " z
----.4.-------- .. -----------.--,—,
WV& 'wort and Minks, tobe paid fot ot . l delivery.
1 NO. 32.
Charles'''. a coral and silver tootlectdter,
I gave her an old five - dollar She
pored over it, and exclaimed, "Oh, poor
tclloiv! it almos - ttnakes.me err! lee here i
love! his last.. I wish ,I, could give . it
back to him l Who . did you get it from ?" '
rift - ell - you by-and.by,".. I said,' and -
tOok , ' this sheet •of paper, 'Yes,rlear, dear
girl 'pitying, sweet. heart—you did once
give the poor fellow who wrote :these •
'Words,'not Ably his•note again, hat With
it the heart to win all the boundless tree,-
snrestm now . possesses! * * *t .
She has`read it, and boxed My ears . lke a
stout-Sonth breeze; for not kissing the en-- .
velopo before rconated the gold—woman,
For this infringentent of my dignity,
have tined her five 'dollars, and - recovered
My bill. : Site, in revenge, declares that
this scrap shall be fashioned into "an arti ,
and ,given by, her own intrepid hands
to the publio.., I record this to - her confu
sion • and here Write downmy opinion
that ;
is welcome to all the five dollar
hills' she ever gets thr it, and that we shall •
see if she dares, carry out her threat. = •
Signed,• J. Q. b.
(You see sir! A. Cl. ' .
A swede naineil G. F. Wirson, recently
gave - ,. an ethibitien before the . faculty of
the :Medical College at Atlanta, - Ga. to
.convince them that there is such a thing
as charming - snakes. His. operations arc
thus described by the Atlanta Intelligen
" A box containing, some twenty-five
snakes, among which was a :rattle-snake
with seven rattles, a -- large cotton-mouth
moccasin, the copperhead or rattlesnake's
pilot, two different - species of the viper,..
and several, species of water moccasin,
Was opened: Ile took first the rattle-
Snake in hig hand, shook his-rattles; play
ed with him, and coiled him -about his.
:'neck.. He. next took 'the cotton-mouth .
moccasin, - and.. went through the same ma
.petivres with him;-and so on through:with ,
all the others: 116' had at one time the
whole twenty-live
_crawling; around his
tieekshoulders- and;head,. playing with
.touching •his whiskers with their
tongues, and' actually.' kissing bim: He
-put them on the, floor, and • tormented ,
-them. in a way we could call erneljonnot
:one of them. attempted to bite him, or to
:show the slightest :urger, no matter- what
•herdid. Ile picked them up-and put them
into his bosom,l where'they crawled and
coiled for five minutes. They were then
:restored to •their bOx - every one satisfied
of one thin , * that is, kris complete contra
.over - theni. • •
t s mail stout dog,- ut least fWir ye rs
old, was then brought in, when I.llrAVir
. son took out the rattlesnake, and awin
smut the, rattles were in notio i n;and the'
ti
angclr of the , fike amused . fir. W. held
hini in his hainl - While he pit the dog.,
i r twice, lie then. coiled the raffia-snake
around his neck; and took out the cotton
month moccasin, which hit the dog once
fiercely. From tl/moment tlie4o ,, was
bitten, undhe appeared in excellent health
before, lie looleed dull and drooped, and
died in 'atiftintr. This was to a satis
fitaory eynlenee that the snakes were yen-,
cuious u but perfectly eh - finned'. and inno
cent . 11 the hands of Mr: Wirson."
.
'APE'4 OP orn Panue Mr.s.—President
11tiebanaii wns 69 - years old the sth day
of •Noveznbur, 1559.. -
Vice . President. Breekitiridge was 33
vims old isu the 17th day - of January,
.1360." -
Shrum Cmneren fa in lifs 60thy6w.-
. Stephen A. 1./Oughts ty:ui :t0 years' old
on the 2ad day of April last.
Abraham T,ineohn is 54 years.old.' -
William. 11. Sewaid, is - 6U years old, -
Lewis ('ass is nearly 87 - years old.
Caleb Cushing is in hls 60th - year..
Franklin. Pierce is 51 years old. •
• Robert, Field.Stoektou is 49 years old.
John'tl. Fremont was 50- years•of age•
nti t,he uth day of January last. •
John,Rell is 62 yearsold..
.. John J. Crittenden is 83 years 91d. ,
Alexander IL Stephens will be 58 yeat#
old -next February.
- 'James. L. Orr was 47 yearti old op the:
12th of May list. •
Jesae D. Bright is in.his 4F year:
Augustua C. Dodge is'about.4?;
James Shields is 65: -
Isaac Toney is - 61.
.- Henry A. 'Wise 53.. ,
R. M. T, Hunter is -
. . . .
Robert Toombti was 50 on the .7th of
July last. •
. "Daniel a•Diekinson is 50. .. -
- Horatio Seymour is about 50.. •
Sohn E: Wool iii• 55. - . . . , •
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. . YUANICI.IN'S • I'uov - tauts,--The crtse4on
tent ed man finds na easy chair. .
' When prosperity was well Mounteksher
let go the bridle * and came tambling out
of the saddle . .. . . -
. The master's' eyes wilt, do more( work
than hoth his hands. • . -
A eh'ange of fortune hart - a
. iarise`ln A n
no more than a change in the moon.
. ATlse - friend - and a shadow attord only
while the sun shines.
Nothing dries sooner than a tea...
Scarlet, silk and velvet Lave pitt.mt the
kitchen fire, • .
The-. idle man • the devil's hireling;
whose livery is ragi', whose diet and wages!
are famine and disgrace. . .
lilies a fool that njakes the doctor
heir.'
SNAKE CIIARIUNG.
. Never take a.wite.. till thou hinita house
to pnt her in.
Hunger ney.er Mlaw hail-bread.
Grt.tulkersdittle doers.. •
If you would keep your secret froin
enemy, tell it not to 31 friend.
Days TO BE Bores ors .
Born on a Sunday, a gentleman,-
• Born on a_Monday, fair in - face;
Born on a Tuesday, full of grace; -
Born on a Wednesday, sour and gram ;
Born on a Thursday, welcome home;
-Born oda Friday, sure to be hang;
- Born on aSaturday,worit for your living.
We d'o not, remember the day we were
bores lon, but-. according to tho above, it
mist have been ou Saturday, ,
. .
ZirThat youpgmsli who, drink, bets,
svioars, guables, and idles away his time,
is en s thin place in the ice. • • '