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Plirts PASTORAL.
It was a peace commissioner,
And his garb was sober drab;
His - hair was long and white, and he
• Ectmomised his gab,
In short, he was a reticent
And inoffensive slab.
Ma style was philantroplc,
And be bore.a carpet-bag,
In which be Mitred his oasts and soap,
And other peaceflil swag,
Which Indians patronize when was
And rattle-stealing lag.
Lone tlikt satin scant council, •
. Tian agent - arid the red, . ' •
Dilldl talking flabby, virtne;'-'
Till the sachem shook his bead,
As with doubt and dim suspicion ;
Then he grunted luw and said—
• Nat with eloquence of nature,
Not in metaphoric style,
But in simple fmnwr lingo,
Mingled slang and grammar vile— ,
"Na-ree-trow-zis; want sums whiskey;
Injun empty ; . • - driek a pile.".
Then that meek and lowly Quaker
Remonstrated with a tear;
Spoke of tire-water sod ruin
- With eloquence Severe;
Said, quite feelingly, that whiskey
Was a foe most insincere.
Spake once more the child of nature
Keeping down his growing bile;
"Has my brother brought tobacco?
Is there powder in his pile?'
But the
an
agent answered,
- With an uniuspecting smile:
"Bad my variegated brother
Ever studied dlt. Trask,
lie would never, I am certain,
Such a foolish question ask,
Read these pamphlets; they will teach you
In the light of truth to bask.
Powder I have none—nor whisky,
Nor the brain dtstroying leaf
But of moral trails and stories
hav;e many for tile chief."
Then the Indian, weeping sadly
Said it cost him bitter grief.
That his moral tense compelled him
To extra% his brothels hale;
Which he did with nix precision,
And a sadden stricken air;
And that hoperul peace commission
Terminated then and there. 7.
• —The Capital.
MISCELLANEOUS READING
“BLUE EYES AND BLACK ONES:,
Lenore Le Jour stood leaning against
one of the pillars of the piazza of her
lather's suburban residence. The ni..ou
wee shilinii.g very brightly, bu• she heed
ed not the beauty of the scene around het.
fur tier Lee was in such a storm of emo
tion'that one could p;uinly perceive that
her mind was rely far from surrounding
objects. Suddenly she murmured these
-
- Tell me, 0 loving heart
Dumont Eby mind oil see
The love that is thy life
Turn albgitly.frum thee,"
''Tell met, 0, ossion: warm ;
That doth my being all,
Why will a doubt creep in,
And turn my heart to chill r
IL ff bcovgLL,
/nowt Dvorrr.
AF she repeated the List four lines, a
shudder passed over her slender formand
her voice trembled from uncontrollable
emotion.
"Yes, why will this torturing doubt
creep in and so nearly freeze my heart?
Tell me, 0 Father in Heaven, why ? One
Sear ago to night, he left me, and how
perfect was my confidence in him I Did
think that fond faith could be shaken ?
Ah, if this be true. I will indeed pray to
find rest on that distant shore, where the
wicked cease from troubling, and the
"weary are at rest !"
She turned suddenly, and walked into
the house and up to herown iniora,Where,
throwing on a wr.tpper, she seated herself
before the dressing table, and began to
take the fastenings from her lung black
hair.
What-a magnificent creature she was,
with her black eyes flashing and sparkling
for a liniment, and suddenly • filling with
teunk The French blood that flowed in
ler•yiiiiis - was surging Over the beautifully
minded-cheeks, and - prod:mined her a
very queen of lore.
Taitiyeals before our story opens,' Le
-note, while visiting a fashionable place,
met a young ger demon of very promlsseas •
ing appearance, wine* name was Roy
Ellison. She was bathing one morning,
and, going out too far fur her strength
and esperh nee in swimming, was on the
point of drowning, when she was happily
rescued by a certain brave young,
who, bei n g near. Midifearing atilitan's
Try for lielp.vlunged.inouldbrought her
safely in his strong arms to shore. when"-
herlinother was waiting in agonizing sus
pense to receive her. This was how she
became lb be introduced to Roy Raison,
and the incident placed theta at once on
a familiar footing.
-'AY tile suinthei'eassed ;on; their -ac
quaintance drifted - into %a very pleasant
fnendship. Lenore teturned to her home
and in three weeks was followed by Roy
Ellison who asked her lather's consent to
pay his addresses in Lenore. This was
treelsi given, for. Mr. Le Jour knew Roy's
family, and _considered him in every way
worthy of Lentire, if he could Will firr.
,
Roy commen t add idemestiit task with
u zeal quite'worthy of hihi hive; and after
visiting Lenore fora' mon'h. she promis
ed, with many becoming blushes, to be
his wife. - -
Oue year from the time they first met,
they parted with many sweet assurances
of undying affliction 'and etrofidencsei lb'y
to go andlike hilt List course at a cele-
Pingo/IllediPui *id -Lenore to
- Stay iit s heme and - wait patiently "until the
time should come fur her betrothed to
claim : his bride.
The last letter she received from him
told her that he was coming to her
soot, and might he expected a week
or two. She bud gone into the garden to
watch the glorious sunset, and to read
this same letter for about the twentieth
time, whe.3 lying dfrectly in her path she
espied a part of another letter, and, like
a true daughter of Eve, picked it up and
bettan to read. It proved to he a letter
to her brother, from one of. the students
of the college that Boy was attending.—
MONTROSE, SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY, PA.. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 17, 1873.
POETRY.
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She read on until a deathly pallor settled
on her Mee, and her eyes dilated and
looked as though they would burn them
selves into the paper.
This is a portion of what she read :
"Our mutual friewl,Roy E— is play
ing a lofty hand with a certain little blue
eyed beauty, who seems created especially
for his bride. You should see them to
gether, my deur fellow, they suit each
other precisely. Madam Gruhdy says he
is engaged to a girl in some distant city
but, I Wnnut vouch for the truth of this
report. Blue eyes has the donuts, which,
I suppose, makes her doubly precious in
Buy a estimation, for, although he has
plenty of his own, you know the more
one has the wore one wante
I will ant attempt to describe Lenore's
feelittga as she finished reading ; I think
my pen is quite inadequate b portray
them. To careless observers she would
have app,..ared quite calm as she entered
the house and passed on to the pizza
where we first saw her; but there was a
restleashre in her eyes that told what a
tide of emotions was aurgmg in her soul.
After combing out her beautiful hair,
end pushing carolessly back into a
silken net, she seated herself before her
desk and begun to write. Hour after
hour were spent in writing letter after
letter, only to be discarded one after
another, until she produced one that she
thought would snit the occastou. It read
as follows:
"Ma. ELUSON : Circumeantial eviden
c• 8 conies within my reach to prove that
you are no longer worthy of my regard or
respect, your character being that of a
heartless flirt. This letter, therefore, to
intended to rend asunder all bonds that
heretofore united us.
I suppose no further explanation is
necessary, as you know how fur blue eyes
have usurped the place of black ores in
your mind, for the past few months. I
send tour letters to you and must ask you
to destroy mine as anon as this one '5 re
crived. Last= LE Jogu."
She sealed and directed this epistle,
and. binding it with the letters that a
few hours ago were so precious to her,she
prepared them for the post. Falling on
her knees she thanked God for the
strength that had been given her to do
whet cite considered her duty, and prayed
that woidd help her to b ar this great
trial patiently. When she arose it was
with that calm feeling' that always fol
lows an earnest prayer, and, though she
still felt her trouble 6on•ly, all that bitter
ness was gone, and she wept softly to her
sell, until exhausted nature was at lust
overcnme by sleep.
When she entered the breakfast room
next morning, her moth - r acid father
were already there, bu she felt the ab
sence of her brother Paul, who had gone
the day before on a hunting excursion
with some frieuds,to be gone two or three
weeks. Fier mother noticed her haggard
looks and pale face, and with the natural
anxiety of a loving mother, inquired the
Calm.
- Lenore only said,as an answer, that she
had suffered through the night with a se
vere headache; she might have said a se
vere heartache, which would have been
more strictly true, but she tdo't wish to
disclose the fact for the present.
"My little girl, why bare you been so
sad for the last few days ?" Mr. Le Jour
asked one day, soon after the above event.
'llus Roy written that he will not be
home so soon as he expected ?"
"No, father," she replied _calmly. "I
think I shall not receive another letter
from him; our engaizentent is ended."
"Why, my daughter, how is that?"
"Please don't ask me, father; rest as
sured there was a sufficient reason"
`Being accustomed to give her her own
wav,the indulgent parrot didn't preps her
fur the cause of what was a mystery to
him. but only expressed a regret that she
should have Ort , uble that he could not
help her to bear.
Two weeks from the time she sent the
letter, Lenore saw Roy Ellison's name
among the list of passengers aboard the
"St. Cloud," bound fur the distant shore
of the old world.
The weeks came &rid passed as usual ;
the birds sang their gay songs just. as
gaily as ever, and. to all outward appear
ances. Lenore's life was just as It had
always been. Spring gave tir her sweet
reign to her warmer sister, Sumner, and
still Paul Le Jour remained away
from home. His huntit g excursion
had been but the beginning of other
such follies, and the he,atititul leaves hail
all turned to scarlet and brown before he
thought himself of the wend and the
lit le sister who might be oting anxious
to.see him. and somewhat uneasy at his
long absence. So he concluded to quit
his sport and gay companions, and report
himself to them.
CHAPTER IL
Four years had pissed since the day
that Roy. Ellison. rescued Lenore Le Jour
from the cruel waire that tried au hard to
take away her sweet young life. Long
eitice'ehre . had, .made a confident of her
brother, and rfaiwtt him the letter that.
hail_ been the cause of her hasty condtict.
Paul had erplained the mistake she made
(feir by "Roy - was meant Roy
antithertnetlimilatiident.now hap.
pity marrile to .the blue eyed beauty,)
and although he sympathized with her
deeply ; he blamed her lot' tier want of
confidence, and for being so !tasty.
. Many changes-had. taken place in the
family of to Jour in the past two years.
Air. tie Jour bad lost the fourtune lie had,
accutritittted by his hard labor in the
days yo tth. Not being very- strong
minded, the trial proved too much for
him ; and only stew Weeks elapsed after
the hiss of his fortnne before - - a broken
hearted widen and two fatherless children
w44e2thrown upon , their own resources
fur their support. , .
• -.Thus Lenore is again in trodneed- to the
reader,!‘plying'her. and thread"
fori meagre subsiitence.
Paul was in a city iiot far away, work
iug with a willing ; heart, but with hands
idlstirely unused :to &nil:— The devoted
mother, had long, since: ft mid rest up o n
that — dietaiit tibure: - where Lenore - once
:pro* Iti. go, - ' -
. * * *
"Cousin Roy, will yon take this money
down to the back parlorfor me ?" I want to
finish this letter for the next mail, and
have only ten minutes more. You will
find my dressmaker there, to whew I
owe it fur the making of this dress. Look
ut it, isn't it lovely'! '
The speaker was a tall girl with gray
eyes, a profusion of blonde curls, arid a
generous, good-natured face. As she
turned toward a gentleman whom the
reader has already recognized as Boy
'Yes, Jessie, it's beautiful, I think,"
and u slight mist came oefiire his eyes, as
he remembered a ball that he had attend
ed once with Lenore, when she wore a
dress very nearly like this one.
"Give me the money and I will go and
do your errand fur you. Shall I tell her
how much you are pleased with the
dress P"
"Oh, yes, certainly. Tell her I have
another'one for her to make next week.
Now don't say any more—oae minute's
*me already.'
Roy entered the parlor with a polite
"god morning, madam." on his lips;
but before he had taken more than two or
three steps into the room, a slight gigue,.
turned from one of the windows, and he
recognized the said, sweet face as taut of
his long-lost Lenore.
"31y darling Lenore!" was all he could
say, as he cough( her in her arms, and
~'most smothered ho with his passionate
kisses. Then he suddenly released her.
as he thought of the explanation that
might be necessary before such words and
actions would he acceptable.
"Roy, can you ever forgive my cruel
doubts, and take me back to your heart
again ?"
Roy had no idea of what she meant,
but he really thought he could do as, she
asked him ; so, clasped iu • his arms, she
told him why she wrote that dreadful let
ter, begged him to forgive her, and pour
ed into his sympathizing ear the story of
all the tron!ites she had suffered in those
three years while they were separated.
He, in turn, explained to her how he
had read her letter over several times,
without in the least comprehending.ter
innueedo about "blue eyes and black
ones;" how his wounded pride at last
got the better of his love, and how, after
roaming about in his misery for a year,he
saw how foolishly he had acted, and at
once set out for home. Imagine his con
sternatiou 'Orr' he Caine to her old home
and found her not there!
He inquired for her, And heard of the
father's losses and death, and since then,
he had never ceased to search for her in
every conceivable place.
"And now, my Inche darling," he cot.-
tinued, "for fear I might lose you again.
von must consent for us to be married
to-night. WI you, Sweet ?"
The only answer he received wus a gen
tle pressure of the arms around his heck.
for at that moment Jessie entered the
room.
on seeing them she drewback,but Roy
called her to them, and told her all tha!
was neees.ary to make her throw he.
arms around Lenore, and through her
sympathetic tears, sysure her that she
would always lore her as Cousin Ray's
wtfe.
The next day Paul Le Jour received the
following telegraph :
DEMI. Pout: Your sister and my
self were married last evening, and will
pass through your city next 'furs.
clay, on our way to Europe. • Meet
on a t th e National Hotel at 3 o'clock P .
11., on that day. Your brother,
Rot Rttasott.
Too Sociable.
-_o_
A Nashville man had occasion to go
to Memphis ov.r the Northwestern road
last week. There was but few pas
senger,: at)oard, and during the night the
conductor came nod sat down by him.
. -
"Mighty rough road, ain't it f" queered
the condnctor, with a Yawn.
"Very," was the reply.
"last time I went over the road this
ear were in now was upset: and a man
was killed all to small." said the corn•
municative ticket puncher with another
yawn. Then he udded: "I've got the
most reckless engineer on the road with
me to-..ight, too, but I hope we won't
have an v um:dents."
"I e •itainly hope. we will not," resrpon
d.•d the passvnger with a feeling of on
etpiness.
"Well, I don't know as it would make
any difference to yon," said the enedue
tor cheerfully; "you'll die anyhow if
you're goin' to Itlemphig."
PANIC TAUB ...-it scrap of cony •reAtioll
in this %vier- was overheard in a Now York
office a h•+ dap ago :
‘•ll,iw's btitth•e:,:" /
"Dull 1 Awfally dull!"
"Doing any advertising?"
"No; took 'em all out a month ago."
"How long since business got dull ?"
"0, three or four weeks ago." . ..
"That is--aboo t the lime you Warped
advert is;ng." .. .
. _
(Merchant ruminates and cane:mar
hioks innocent.)
A Tot - No genthman in Wadetown late
lv made un evening call on a young 1114
and got rather shabbily treated. It was
getting along toward nine o'clock when
the young lady inquired the time of even
ing.
"Five minutes to nine," was the reply.
"How long will It take you to 0)
home.?"
" Five mirditee, judge." -
"Then." said the rung lady , "if you
irurf Ho w you'll be twine at' just nine
o'clock." Ite went.
A man at Princeton CAloge.believes to
having "a place for everything and every
thing snits pace. lie hails hie elippent
nn the wail, four feet up, and then ult he
has to do of an evening ns to wheel up hie
easy chair iu trout of them.
A postal card was received at P . ortland,
Me., reeently.liaeing a dollar bill Pewed'oil
one side of it, aluillirectle above Vie bill
was written ; qf this is stolen; it 'will be
after it laves the Kittery poet office."
3ARTII'3 4.DIGELI3.
Imever maw an angel
Sxoept the one ha books;
1 don't believe a mortal
.Knows how un angel looks.
We guess at something misty,
With trailing wings of white
With amber tress lloatmg.
And garments strangely bright.
But !believe earth's angels
Walk here in mortal guise,
Though we discern but faintly
Through heavy lidded eyes.
I can remember angels
Who seemed like common folks,
Who wore old fashioned Imnets
And (ailed winter olonice;
Who came when dire disaster
Crowned lesser home - mishaps
Or tired young claimants crowded
The dear Maternal lap ;
With curving arms wide t.pen
To take the weary in,
With patient love to listen
To childish want or ells—
What boner thing could angels
^ For children shiners do
Than listen to their story.
And bid them promise news
I think of fireside angels
Upon whose laded hair
There shone no crown of glory,
And yet the crown was there;
When tender love, true.hearted.
Forgave the wrongs it knew,
And patient voles gave answer
Th. days of trial through.
Ah me I the chllobb angel,
Who beckons as I write!
Perchance I should not know bins
In mystic robes or white. .
He wears a school boy's Janke,.
And caps. and bouts, to me;
And *lien we talk et twilight
His head 'lnman my knee. •
There are dear mother angels—
We each, perchance, know ono
Whose robes of better glory
Are daily being spun.
With loving bands to guide us,
With loving speech to cheer,
Say I not well, earth's angels
%Valk daily with us here ?
THANE.SO.I7IIYO SERMON.
Delivered in the N. B. Church, is Ilentrose, llce
• venkbe 21. 111711. by Par. J. O. Nina; it the
Presbyterian Minna,
[Publithad b ropiatj
"Happy is that people that is in Inch a rase."
144:15, first part.
We greet the light of another Thanksgiving
day, and it is fit that we now enter the Courts
of the Lord, and with praise recognise Bi 3 be
nignant care for another year. A survey of the
nation may now also be taken, that we may dis
cover what arils within it should be arrested.
what reforms should be inaugurated, as well as
notice the tokens of Cieri's munificent goodness.
And, cloribthss, many will on - this oomelan take
such a survey. From many a pulpit, on this.
day, the fearful corruption of the times will be
plainly rebuked; the moral aspects of great po
litical questions will be fisithlially exhibited; and
the virtue of the nation will hear appeals to rise
to 11 nobler hi.eht. And.lt Adis within the pro
vince' of the ministry not only so enumerate the
reasons for annual thanksgiving, but also to ex
pine, tied, so far as in them Huth. to exterminate
every nom of wrong that May be vitiating so
cial life, be regnant in the sphere of businets,and
be interwoven with question at politics. But
while claiming the right to take this wide sur
rey, we purpose on this occasion to , limit our
view, exclusively, to-our own neighborhood and
•ctreamstances. We select she condition of oar
;wives—meaning by ourselves both the inhatil.
tants of this village and of the adjacent mam—
as the theme of discourse.
When penning the text, the Prshnist caught
ttglowing vision o: a prosperous people. *. He
saw the worthy sons and daughters, the abund
ant garners, the exemption Born war, the inter
n tl general and joymis spirits at con
tentment. And, stirred by the delectable
tun, be exclaimed, "Happy is that people that is
ha inch a case." Bat we have the reality of the
animating Titian of David; hetx. d r we *Pro'
print° the text, as pertinent to ourselves.
1. Bemis cf the martin which we lea
The condithna of a people is very materially
affected by the region in which
.they dwell.
According to Its fertility are the contents of their
store-houses end the provisions for their , physi
cal wants. According to the eissots lathe health
of a people. E 0 essential is health to a people,
that without it,all other temporal possessions are
impotent to minister to their well being. The
declaration, "All that s man bath, will ha- give
for his life," applies with almost equal force to
his health. Man's nature, moreover, is permea
ted with sensibilities, through which he may be
the recipient of rich enjoyment. These sensi
bilities ere as the chords of a harp, which tate:
melodious notes at the performer's touch.• Front
the sensibilities spring emotions of beauty, of
sublimity, of grandeur, and of corresponding
delight. And these sensibilities, contribute •
very precious element to the work of life. But
the play of the sensibilities, and the !ma
turns born of -them, depend very . mach 'upon the
external world. They are awakened by the bean
tY of valleys, the undulation of hills, and the
majesty of mountains.
The acts now null ed ha"e a very important
bearing upbn the relation we sustain to the-re
gion In which we dwell. Some complain of our
region. The winters, exclaim they, are long;
the climate severe;-- and much of the land rug ,
god. They would exchange thole !momfor
abodes In a more fertile and genial _ tiot
this complaint Is not just. An ledelllgent atin:
vey of our region will discover muilithat stioUld
evoke our attachment and praise. Heri are
arcked compensations for whateier Is deemed
undesirable. The broad pnriries. of the Went,
we own, yield richer harvests , of wheat sod
corn In this regard; Our'itatyisle Arabino '
mewls stinted. The tardier can, alkiadtie Care.
secure hte bread. But what prairies Are adorned
with such luxuriant gmsis as that which over:
spreads, like royal. tapestry, our bills and -val
leys? As in. summer we look upon bur fields,
they morning by morning ; appear a have im
hthed new'vigor and .fre's.hpess tram de* and
shower. All the prOdurts indlgemous to our
soil are ample, and also fair equivalents to the
productS of other regions. Our golden erLd de
licions better is sprpeseed by the far-Anted
Orange county brand.. And than we may chat%
lenge- our whole cointevr-save where, speerai
Pains hive been taken —to exhibit such fineks
and herds es feed 'dont. fat matures,- ' And so
wt say that our region; .n its Way, Is produc.'
We.: Agriculture may. be remuneratlve,"and
so the haele fir the priaperity within reasonable
11 nits of every other legitimate btisinesatlone,
then, amongst us, who lid w ork, need be in
want; none who will Do easel, Med be pool
Terms { 1:7,::1 1 11.110 .173111.4
all may secure a competence, and the bleuimpi
of competence.
But nail th, as we nave Intimated, as well as
material prosperity, has a value. Disease turns
the gold of prosperity Into dross. And how
common for many regions termed lair and fer
tile to be unhealthillth - Over nearly every prairie
the miasma broods. Many a constitution that
gave prunihe of lasting vigor Is assailed by 'the
malaria and pertuaturely shattered. The ague
Li nearly as prevalent as the air the pen.
ple breathe. Or, turn we to older portions of
our Land, where years of culture seem to lave
.renroduced the lost Eden. Now often the Oath
nate fever sweeps there like devastating fire.—
Or does disease assume the terrific form of the
pestilence? It not unfrequently makes the Edon
places it first resort. But how signal inir vamp-
Con from the malaria, the fever, the plague.
True, metn, women; and children here sicken
and die; but tar less frequent the solemn toll of
the bell, announcing the , departure of the young
and of the middle-aged, than we have heard in
other communities ti? the same number of in
habitants. We have, pre-eminently, a salubri
ous climate. Call our winters long and severe; I
still, we have a tonic atmospaere that nerves the
body with vigor and cootributes to the length
of days. Few are the places where a large par
ty could gather, as awhile ago was gathered
here, of which the average age was three
score and ten. Strangers whia chance to enter
our Sabbath assemblies are impressed with the
number of aged people meeting with us. And
then of what summers we can boas , . Meet
days that may be fitly called Elysian. Bow we
really compress, Ina single day. the mere joy
or existenc e , which in many another place
weeks only can milord. Verily. judging of the
length of slimmers by the wealth of enjoyment
they minwter.we may call ours as !nag as , the hrait
and sweltering summers of the prairies of the
West, or of the plains of oar own' State. No
wonder that, when the dog star begins to grow
fleece, many who have heard of these: healthful
bights gladly hasten hither.
But further, we have spoken of the pleasures
affordeny central scenery; pleasures when
source we do nut always recognise, yet which
we learn to appreciate when we are separated
from them. it is said that certain Sole% sire are
forbidden in European armies, in which Ssel-
WM have enlisted. The Instant those airs salute
the ear the !tedious of their valleys and grand
eur of their Alps are arrayed before the (magi
nation of the Swiss soldiers, and then an ener
vating homesickness follows that unfits for mil
itary duties,- Now this exemplifies the feelings
of all persons whose iseusilillities have not been
dulled by worldliness or vie* when separated
from the beautiful and luspiring scenery amidst
which they Were reared. And. admittih that
Muse pleasures do contribute materially to the
charm and worth of life, we affirm that free are
the regionsso opulent in means to yield them as
ours. :Believing that the external world is a
'volume expressive of divine ideas and semi
meats, we claim ,that our Lord has uttered
himself in poetry in his works about us. Stand
upon any eminence,, wander where we will, and
we greet poetry itatheltarled. forma or hills and
vales. Yes, and fu certain moods we are quiek 7
ened, thrilled eves, aa when perauing • genuine
noble poem. As elOquent divine, when settles
forth his peculiar views of tie millennium, de
clared that he had beheld regions where -lie
would willingly spend thousands of years. Now
we may not choose to pass so protected s time
here. Yet, viewed in rwipeot of their !meaty
:and grandeur, we would doubtlese be pleased to'
pass a long life amidst these racemes. T thing,
then, mar region,,with all Its characteristic., its
fertility, its salubrity, sad its beauty, and we
may justly say, Happy are we because, of ti.e
mien in which we dwell.
9. Ws may deem ourass s AapAy Smuts of
our ;Ispitaiya qj good re wised from worthy eve
Wait
'ociety is organic. In the first place Itsmern-
hers are unikslty the bones of common Mite
lion, sympathy. and interest ; and In the next
place. it transmits ha peculiar chi ranterist
No tact) are more certainly Yerided, than that
the sentiments and example of pirenia deter
mine materially the characters and condition
of their children. 'When a member of a school
hoard Bald of a young man, "I know he will
make a good teacher because his mother
be tittered a conviction that witnessed to the
intimate end momentous relation between par
ent and otrapring. Not► grave facts. analogous
to these strikingly exhibited in the relation of
parents snd children, bold equality true in the
history ut communities. As really as the acorn
holds the future of the oak, so rellly td) the lists
of the founders of any community Involve. In a
large measure, the wear, or the 111, of their pos
terity._ If virtue, order, add all kindred paid
havecharacterised the founders - ol a comment.
ray, to their posterity will, all that "peel be
trantoaitted as a ..heritage ut blessing., But if
vice. diitorder, and kindred 'ivit have character-
Red thoie . foundeni, to their posterity will tie I
transmitted nil that evil as a baleful heritage.
Permit me to adduce 'examples of ihe'grave i
point before us. ' I once 'Tossed' a Sabbath' in' a
village located beside a beautiful like. - fair.
er ceglon can scarcely be found. But, oh! the
Hideous Incongruity between the mass probe
People and their beautiful Lind. A. few devot
ed- oneigatbered nitniiat Stealthily into their
contracted places of svmaitip.: They ieetird to
be In fear, as ifenvlioned by Impious and taunt;
leg of the • mass • of - the .People
saute arrested their ordinary. work; but it, was
only to desecrate the Sabbath with wicked frol
ic. cOntincitri their secular toll es
vigorously as ever. Really, the butte of the
workshop and the ring of the anvil seem Aim.
usually loud, as it determined - to inakathe'sala
bath a nulity„and lomat* the Lord of the Snit.
bath. But across the tette, and cowering a no-
hie bill,ennther 'village was IR sight. At the
darielng of 'the` lablinth morning,' its:tpires
gleamed, IS if toncheti:bieilestial been* , All
secular affairs were'put aside, end 'a snered.qel
et reigned in the streets.- .coiicorelant bells
like Jubilant heralds, proclaimed. to 'all the re-
Ali g) Oi l ed that holy rime had ...Foam. the peo
ple thronged their.ennctnaries. indeed, the
plate and the time Because symbolic .the
better laud :anti its'eternal Sabbath, . And' now.
bow ♦setae veil de solemn the commit bet wPen
those two Ybingesl - And . bow. necoont I the
cost net ?, Ab, the selbets; of the one village
were yeiy tlifferent from the settlers of the oth
er.. Of the tires, they were wittier anti rough.
FOr'weithYrentirnenti they Led no afilnity ; to
;moral ()tilers, they were avene't to the sat).
bath, they were tool to theiOdaker, enemies,
As 4 their
,Impinus tral is anti, ,eue mew Wean
by the law of tranunisslon and the Jew of er T .
ample, the dire heritage of their descendants.—
Thus It was that a eodata fusocial beciugs a
NUMBER 51.
Bodomsn perpetuated. But the founders of the
village crowning the hill across the like,brought
with them the fear of God, and the virtues that
are bons of that tear. And at- once their new
'miaow's% took its worthy form froM heir no.
hie sentiments. And their descendants accept-
•1, with appreciative sympathy,.the heritage of
good from their ancestors. The sturdy virtues
and . mistoery of the latter were, reproduced
amongst their descendents, and cherished, tts In
tagtlia of honor, And so it came to peas- that
a Bethany founded, wt S a Bethany . perpettutt
ad.
The bearing of the examples before us Open
ourselves is very manifest. The ploneersWho
settled In this rerion were men and Women of
the noblest style They were descended from
the best Puritan stock. In their - veins Bowed
the blood of heroic ancestors Who had been Self
exiles to en uokhown land for righteousness'
sake And as tendencies are transmitted whit
grand tendencies were vital hs their souls. The
high sentiments they. cherished, the righteous
customs they inaugurated, and the solid-under
they established, - were the marked signals and
the rich fruitage of those v2ndancies. Of course
'lt Would be invidious to specify names, where
so many should receive honorable mention:, and
so I repeat, that more noble and brave men
and women never founded a community; than
were the fouuders of clam Bet fleetly . 1111 of
those founders are dead. They are, however,
as the dead that lira. They live in our remem
brance of their luminous elan:mil/4 they live in
the strong bias to social virtue end order which
we have Inherited from them; they live - in the
acute' social Virtue and order which are solinn
ly established - amongst us.. And are not these
more precious than legacies of sliver and gold 1 1 '
Is it not &choice privilege to dwell where the
reign of virtue end of order is more stable than
mandates of Kings; where Security encircles
us as the walls of a citadel; where generally
neighbor meets nelghbor 09 if they were kin
dred; where, on the Sabbath, temporal husinto
is suspended, and a holy .quiet rests upon the
place like • benediction tram the Lord t We
may have somewhat • meddled the good 'be
queathed by our pioneer ancestors- Accepting
it, we may have enlarged it. Stlii we am to
day the possessors of rare social and coal blow
ins', because of who: the illustrious tounders of
our community were. Likening our social fab
ric to a mageiticient temple, we must confess
ithat its stability and grandeur are very much
I what they are because our fathers and mothers
laid the foundations well, drew the plan with
sacred care, and wrought taithtully upon. the
structure. They labored scaleusly and right
eously. and we have entered abundantly into
their labors nappy, therefore, are we, betmusti
of our heritage from good-worthy ancestors,
& • We ars a happy pecib &mum of the eupaisp
sesicA Aare erre Item enjoyd Acre, Go mull:tau; as
isaillsgra eminent:4.
Man possesses both Intellect and "beast. end
both should receive a generous culture. And
white spiritual culture Is We crown of man's
dignity. Intellectual culture is a very important
part at .bis vesture of honor: It is by a true
ilevelopement of both heart and mind that man
proves that he was "created a little lower than
the angels." But retetving far the •preiriet
what we 'mire to'<ay of spiritual culture we at•
firm that the in:ellectual Is worthy of due atten•
lion. D fental discipline and knowledge have a
golden value for their own suite, far the sake of
their uses, and ler the sake of their. attendant
t has
And the value of intellizence and Or cal
tore it involves by been d ily appreested frOm
the firvt in this place. So wort as ..irCunistances
permitted common schools were established,and
th-y. have been prc4perously sustained.. So rib
merles have our common schools houses' be.
cume,and well coostructed,tlutt retnay point
to them witn a New Englander's pride, and like
Nes, Englanders, say, They are generous sour
whence in part our. .nobility has sprang.y7
And then. en soon, as circumstances demanded.
an academy was founded here ; and with ace!)•
lion of a .few brief intervms itistmetors have
been employed who were enmpetent to lead the
mind into what is termed the, domain of liberal
study. And the rich .results of the, educating
And enlightening int:Meares "four academy and
of our common schools are as apparent as the
abundant harvest that follows the thorough till
ing of theearth. Fe* are the hisses from which,
owning to the academic stimulua,so ta any y Rung
men h o ve gone toaillege. Few the tsiwns when,
tl.e average intelligence tanks as high as here.
Few the towns where in many instructive and
nutritious books are read, and where there Is .a
better acquaintance with the best current.liter.
game. ,Few the.monis whom the people are so
well posted in tue news of the day.
.The com
mon echoOl and the academy.have brought forth.
gMat fruit, anti much of it. And we may deeta
otirselves happy because we are so
,copiously
reaping the fruitage. And our present facilities
for education will In post respects col:Maim! fa
eoranly.ivitit the facilities of the past. , Our
High School is esPeilally wore by commendation.
The teachers are competent; and mite the lire=
it'd the means a thorough prattled education
can here be still obtnined. :There is need, bow.
ever:of the donation or Of the purchase of:ap
paratus Sufficient hi Illustrate a' fourteen week,'"
course of matins) philosophy and of cheinistry.*
The more thorough education of our
,children
itnnerativelydeminds Such in amottut oliappn
rates. Money so invested would yield more
than compound interest hi the hniadenedknowl•
edire of our children.' Tillable matter I would
pre , a upon the attention of the people; let such
apparatus be placed in the hands of the teach=
era ;let ail the real necile of the High School bo
met, and - it Will certainly rank"its" a peer With
the best institutions of like grade our Com
monwealth.
,As Intelligent People'then let,
us generously provide all reasonable . means for
thorough educatior.; that our children may also
lie well initructed and well qualilled for the
practical
_affairs Of life.
4: . Ira may gam- ourtelm Arlppf bee-aug eae
e..mout td4 r ions reads 'w/lich have attended cur
litWory, • •
The prime elements, utter" all, of Substantial
welfare Is . go:Hine:is. When the Scriptures at
finer that "righteousness exalteth a nation." that
ram of rightenusness Is meant of whirls the
loyal fear of the Lord is‘tho essence.. This iti
the rich snit in . , atich virtue and its
hic
dred order are rooted, and. fn m:which they de
rive their invtgorant nutriment.. Disard this
and alt tonne arrangetnents for. the weifare
men wither and die. Time fear, of the Ltird is
not only the beginning but tlio promoter of
wisdom., It , eutphasizes the - enuscience
manatee the golden Jule, makes the heart s t
• .
•In the item/Mon Lunn the Aeademj ,
'High S_thnol. tile Tipper: mu of the termer Wu
Imeunzcoatiaago way lest or destroxa