Hlcucitci ta Doliiic5, itcvaturc, Agriculture, Science, iHoraliti), nub aural 3tatcl!igcncc.
VOL 15.
STROUDSBURG, MONROE COUNTY, PA. AUGUST 23, 1355.
NO. 40.
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From Graham's Magazine.
Pop, Gods the Question.
Lift to me, sweet maiden, pray,
Pop goes the question I
Will you marry me, yea or nay ?
Pop goes the question !
I've no time to plead or sigh,
No patience to wait for bye and bye,
Snare me now, I'm sure to fly.
Pop goes the question !
"Ask papa," Oh, fiddle de deel
Pop goes the questton 1
Fathers and lovers can never agree,
Pop goes the question 1
He can't tell what I want to know,
"Whether you love me, sweet, or no
To ak him would be very slow,
Pop goes the question !
I thiuk we'd make such a charming pair,
Pop goes the question 1
For I'm good looking, and you're very fair,
Pop goes the question !
"We'll travel life's road in gallant style,
And you shall drivo every other mile,
Or if it please you. all the while,
Pop goes the question 1
If we don't have an enchanting time,
Pop goes the question 3
I'm sure it will be no fault of ciine,
"O -t-v rmnz tli o nil net inn ?
To be sure my funds make a feeble show, -'. WI1ICU glvu" -J
... , , M.heir name3. could have forseen "to what
iiUl 10VC IS UUUHSUJUg 1UUU, )uu iiuu.t,
And cottages rent uncommonly low,
Pop goes the question I
Then answer me quickly, darkling pray,
Pop goes the question !
Will you marry me, yea or nay!
Pop goes the question !
I've no time to plead or sigh,
No patience to wait for bye and bye,
Snare me now, Im sure to fly.
Pop goes the question !
Do Suckers Hain Down.
A correspondent of the Rochester Un
ion states facts and asks questions as fol
lows :
During the storm which occurred at A
von and vicinity on Thursday last, sever
al workmen engaged at Chandlers' shops
in the town named-saw a large fish a
f ucker about six inches long that de-
mii1ii1 it-tfTi lm rnln nnil lnrlrd nnfin flip
.rounds near by. And more remarkable things has been to perpetuate the memory
btill, the fih was alive when picked up.-,f tbe old frrve3ors wbo established it
Now, Messrs. Philosophers, 'where did he rare good fortune as regards their fame;
come from !' is the question. Arc suck- for, while the engineers who located the
ers of this magnitude sucked up by the road across the Simpleton have been for
: .:a ,!,..,. frnrn gotten m the all-absorbing renown of the
bUU W lie 11 It 1" nuiu iv uo ii4fcv.i
the earth? or have they a place up above
where they 'live and move and have a
bcinV as fishes do here below? And how;
lonou.ht a fish to live in the clouds if
the? arenot his proper habitation?
J 1 r j
Very Ungallant.
An old lashioned naval captain tioou
plain stood
up to go through a country dance uitn a iug U10uumentg. Charles Mason and Jer
very fine lady, who was shocked to ob- emiab DiXOn, who, eighty-six years ago,
serve that his huge and warm hands were raQ a liue through the forest, until the In
not covered according to etiquette. "Cap- ,;ana forbadc the further progress of chain
tain," said his fair partner, "you are pcr- 'aud con,oass, and whose greatest merit
hops not aware that you have not got your fiavn beeu that of accurate sur-
gloves on." " 0, never mind, Ma'am '
answered the commander, "never mind:"'
"I can wash my hands when we've done."
Laerer .bier Jow maae.
An interesting lager bier trial came off
iu i'eters
interesti
brought
be believed. Mr. Solomon Keyser was
defendant, and was charged with keeping
a disorderly bier saloon. A yery respec-
uurg, a., on oamruay, in wun-u io survey tue uouuaary uuiwefii iuuu iu- t wui.j. .,
u"- lager bier statistics were spective grants: and these "two mathema- scared, replied: Uh, they h
out on oath, and may therefore ticians or surveyors" landed in Philadel- They are a damned ignor
table German witness in the case defined line did not vary au inch eastward or west- 7
what lager bier .was. He said it was, ward of that which had been established ; delicate Creature,
manufactured of malt and hops, and to by previous surveyors; "so that, after all," i Youthful Swell. "Now Charley, you re
make it bitter,, an extra amount of the says Mr. Latrobe, "the sighting along just in time for breakfast; haTc a cup of
latter was thrown in that was bier. 1 poles and the rude chain measurements of coffee?" n
This compound was placed in a barrel 1761 and 1762 would have answered ; Lanquid Swell. (Probably in a Cxov
lined with a casing of rosin, and was'every purpose, had the proprietors only ernraent office. "Thanks ! No ! I assure
laid in a cellar, from which laying in ' thought so." j yah my de-ah fellah ? if I was to take a
store was derived the name of lager. j He gives a minute account of the pro- . cup of coffee in the morning, it would
This was lager bier, or stock alc. The gress of this work from time to time, and keep me awake all day !"
witness thought it might burst a man.but thus continues : J .
would not make him drunk. no had , 'The lines whose history has thus been ' A horse shoe of novel construction has
known German ladies in New York and 'given were directed to be marked in par- , lately been biought forward. The main
Philadelphia to put 17 to 20 glasses , ticular manner, both by the agreements merit claimed for it is that it can be used
(pints) under their waistbands in one day, of the parties and the decree of Lord without the ordinary nails, the mode of
and never feel the effects. jllardwicke; and tho surveyors according- fastening it being by means of a thin iron
hy piantcd, at the end of every fifth mile, cap fitted as an external covering to the
rVUn A1k,nt7 TTninborVinril-pr fiflVR Mmf. n cfnno arnvon rt.n oT-mc nf flio PnnnS foot, to which the bod V of the fillOe iS ap-
iherc is a man in Grcenbush who believes'
in rotation of crops. One year he raises
nothing, the next year weeds.
Frorh the Natiotial Inlclligenbcr.
Mason and Dixon's Line.
These arc words which, it may well be
said without poetry, have been for years i
past more familiar iu men's mouths than
rtri rtUtinfTiiialinrl nf rlio rrnllmf- lnnrl
CVCn tUC distinguished Ot the gallant band
who shed their blood with Prince Hal OU
.
the mem
'wodou
; thoSO
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pealing tbcm over ever tooictne trouuie
,ot inquiring how the' originateu or what
! flin? mminf Tliij irio n fnsfc fnr flin mi.
rjous scoker into musty records and the
r , - 1 i i - i
forgotten annals of our colonial history;
au( the knowledge of them which has been
: . f l .
suits of the many Historical Societies scat- '
jtered over our union. Their learned and la- ;
borious researches have already illustrated
J many obscure passages in our early history;
i for,youngasouruation3etis,thecountry is
'old enough to bear within its bosom many
f monuments of a race infinitely superior in J
jail the arts of life to the aborigines found :
;here by Columbus, Cabot, or Smith, show- j
jing antecedents of a nature and character j
i to excite the interest not only of Ameri- j
.cans, but of tho world; which but for their
! profound investigations might have re
! mained, like the origin of the Gipsies, un
i known to tho present day. If it had been
made a penal offence in any one to utter
'a phrase or a word of which he could not
(interpret the meaning, what a multitude
;of culprits would "Mason aud Dixon's
I'Line" have caused to be called before the
j tribunal of justice ! And what a crowd
of mingled feelings must the repetition of
: them awaken in those who can remember
the evil uses made of them by the lovers
and promoters of excitement for excite
ment's sake ! Those words, we verily be
! lievc, had as much to do in bringing about
lour first sectional disputes and jealousies
as any other taunt, or all other irritating
! taunts together, ever uttered by North or
t South against each other. They were
the war cry of Hound leads end Cavil-
icrs; the tocsin that invited demagogues,
in and out of Congress to civil discord
the menace of separate aud independent
empire. And yet there never were words
of more harmless import in their origin
and meaning. If the venerable men
cro?
ed the Atlantic for the sole purpose
: of laving down this invissible and inno-
. i- 1 i : : .
base uses" it would be brought, we are
persuaded, little as we know of their char
acters, that even a royal mandate would
have failed iu moving them to undertake
it.
For our attention being brought at this
time to the geographical significance of
this famous line we are indebted to the
researches of John H. B. Latrobe, of Bal
timore, a gentleman whose profound ac
quirements and literary taste have con-
itributed much to enrich the common stock
of knowledge. The subject was chosen
by him for an address before the Histor
ical Society of Pennsylvania; and, as we
presume but a very limited number af co
pies were printed for distribution, we shall
not subject ourselves to the charge of car
rying figs to Athens if we quote a few
pastages from it for the benefit of our
readers. Speaking of the political turn
given to a purely geographical question,
he says :
A consequence of this state 01 these
mastur "ho they served ; while, of the
thousand, who sail past the Eddystone
not one perhaps knows who it was that
erected, on a crag in the midst of the sea,
the wondrous light-house that has now
defied the tempests of a century ; while
oblivion has been the lot of other bencfac
fnrs nf mankind, whose works, of evcrv !
d utiiitv. should have been their endur-
utility
VCj0W have obtained a notoriety for their
Qamcs,ag iasting a3 ths history of our
couutrv." I
It was in 1763 that the proprietaries
' Pennsylvania and Maryland agreed
0f Pennsylvania and Maryland agree
with Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixson
phia in November of the same year, and
entered at once upon the "work agreed upon
According to their own account their new
on one side and of the Baltimore family
on the olherr marking tbe intermediate
mileE with smaller stones having a P 011
orablo " feast of Crispian " but te crests or an tne mountain ranges, nunc sKeetcrs Hummed arouna me nice a dcc in grandfather had been before hiu:
bt whether one in ten thousand of u.j, . .a. a - uiFijr uarii, l wiuxu juu ,,g with just knowledge enough
one side and M on the other. The stones
with the arms were all sent from England.
This was done on the parallel of latitude
as far as bidding Hill; but hero all wheel
transDortation ceasing in 1770. the fur-
ther marking of the line was the vista of
eight yards wide, with piles of stone on
line was marked by pots, around which
stones and earth were thrown the better
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to prebcrve inem.
All tho efforts of Mr. Latrobo to dis-
cover some information in regard to the
characters and personal appearance of
these two remarkable individuals proved
fruitless. "Their letters," he says, "arc
the merest business letters, their journal
is the most naked of records," and he,
thercfore, amused himself by divining
their characters from their respective au-
tographs. From these ho very ingenious-
ly deduces that "Mason was a cool, delib-
erate, pains-inaking man, never in a hur-
ry; a man of quiet courage, who crossed
tho Monongahela with fifteen men be-
cause it his duty to do so, though he would
at ins neeis. l'rom juixon s signature
he infers "that he was a younger man, a
more active man; a man of an impatient
spirit ana a nervous temperament; just
such a man as worked best with a sober-
aided colleague."
the Encyclopedia Americana died in Penn
sylvania in 1787. One of the stones
tuat wmcn marKCd tue norm east corner
of Mar'land being, undermined by a
flm liolilt nf ro. ulc 01 lIie "liegocny, oevona wuitu iul woo it was saiu it, ana wuanor ue uo ue .m n rs
in a note lie tells us tuat L-aiande, in , too muou for ho brcccue?, and de trun or ' through the dull, ploddin" life of those 1
finna nfiii: 'istronnmmur snvs thnf An f.-v-r- fine , 'nnn ho mind tvhon hr snnri i i . . i..r t.. nA nni,Ar,l, t. i "-""'"ri ,luu
TVrrtn trie Isnrii in n rnnl: in inn Un rllnfl I irlmt nn nlmlifrr t?t lm nnrdnrmrc lmrl 1 l J c :i 1:U1 -...1 i 0 aUUlllOnal Ulty
.it. Durham. Kncland. in 1777. hnt. Mason ' snsfninofl hxr not, tnlrnn .1 Rtitnli in time. I
... j 0 j ."... " j - j i SUlLU-UUUhj 1113 ilUl tl J i.uusicn.u uuuii. . -.j , . .
ciiri'i vnrl liim (on vonrc nurl nnfnrrlinrr tn trlmn ?f vnna nnlr n forn I r 1 i l.t.. .nrl. ! HO KQ0W3 SOIUCtul
orooK, in tuo course 01 time ien, anu was negun to snow nistrue colors 10 ue worm
removed to form part of a chimney to a frue do bust; den he had dem reseated,
neighboring farm house. Upon the stone ! and charged do same to do State dar
being missed Mr. Latrobe says "the Le- ! fore you see, my frens, if Marcy had only
gislatures of Pennsylvania, Maryland and studied do Almanack haff as much as
Delaware took the matter in hand, and a ! your poorly supported shepard, do Stato
joint commission was appointed, which j would be fifty cents better off to-day and
obtaining the services of Lieutenant Co- ! Marcy would not hah shown de wite fed
lonel James D. Graham, a distinguished j der, or radder do wite flag but sich is
officer of the Topographical Engineers of life. What am one man's rip am anud
the United State., caused the work of 1 der's sew up.
3Iason and Dixon to be reviewed aa far j But my melting frens, de tex don't ply
t 1... lit" .. 1
as necessary. uolonel u-rauam s worK
iuu uiait; ui luaijiauu aiutu uu auuiLiun
to her territory of " one acre and eighty-
7.7 - .17. t.l
seven nunaraiis qj an acre, nut wuetuer
tne loss iell upon rcnnsylvania or ueia-
t .t
dividual so every way competent to its
satisfactory performance.
Lagislative Smartness.
In the early history of the State of In
diana, Sullivan county, a portion of the
State famed for its inflexible adherence
to democracy, elected Sol. Turman, of
Turman's Creek, to represent it in the
State Assembly. It was his first experi
ence in legislative life, but by holding hi3
tongue, and voting as his democratic
friends did. he managed to steer along
pretty well, until one day he 'brought the
house down as follows : lie happened
to come into the Hall m the midst ot some
business which rendered it necessary to
know the population of several of the
counties, and the speaker, not having the
documents at hand, was asking tho mem
bers for the information. As soon as his
eye foil upon Mr. Turman he addressed
him : 'Ah, Mr. Turman, what is the pop
ulation of your county' Mr. Turman,
taken entirely by surprise, said : 'Sir, we
have scarcely no poplar in the county;
the timber is all oak, hickory, birtch and
maple, with a very small chance of pop
lar in the bottom.' Mr. Speaker 'Yoi
ou
misunderstand me.
What is the census
very badly
ave no senses.
ant set, I assure
you V
An enthusiastic member from
Clay county immediately invited Mr. T.
out to drink.
pended, the whole being kept on the h
by a small nail-rod, attaching ikcsides-
their ends.
ware does not appear. Another 01 tue .in de lomos no would De saveu aurmg
errors corrected was of a-rather singular , the thread ob his existence but no ! he
character. Colonel Graham says in his would now and don bite it off wid de teef
report: "Mr. W. Smith, a gentleman who j of repentance and make a:'knot with res
has once served as a member of the Lc- olution only to rip it all out ober and 0
gislature of Delaware, resided a full half her again wid de sissers ob don't care a
mile within the State of Pennsylvania," milldam.
and Christiana church, by the same re- If de gambler had taken a stitch in
survey, was found to be in Pennsylvania, time, before his future and good name
These are all curious facts, well worthy had been ripped from him, what nites ob
be to made the subject of an address to poker aud torture, and daysob loafin and
any historical society; and the manner in regret would hab been 6avcd him.
which Mr. Latrobe executed his task If de young b'hoy, jis mingling on de
shows the discriminating judgment cf the (Bowery) stage ob action, would take a
Pennsylvania society in selecting au in- 'stitch in time' in him rum, tobacco and
Mr T
Professor Julius Cesar Hannibal's Lecture
on Economy.
Brudderen In studying do science,
ob de Almanack todder nito by de light'
ob de'moon and de fircflv. on de banks'
ob Coney Island, I come to dis tcx :,
'A Stitch in Time Saves Nine,' and as the
same.
!
I found upon deep reflection and a lief
j oo ae dook, cm H was uuercu aiova
! Sinccr discubered de sewing machine by
-i. i i. ;i ..u j .r..
a poor man named Eichard (who don t and to ca9fc up siluplo account3. There
know poor Richard, or seedy Dick as ho jlig literary education ended, and hence-
was wulgarly called in de days he print- fortli hia energies were devoted to that
ed de almanack in ole Boston, ni Bunk-;ldnd of labor vhiclj ia E0 nccessary to
cr's Hill? If any ob you am sich big!make a pnicticai farmer. On tho death
: fools as not to know dat Poor Eichard .Qf hig tbrifty father, he entered into pos-
was Massa Ben Franklin, do ole kite fly- 8ess;on 0f a uTtre and coori farm, and in
er, I am n't gwane to tell you, for you'd
, ort to know'd it long ago, when de free
' sohool am on ebory corner, and teacher's
! wages am so low.)
J "When Massa Franklin sent out do
chunk ob wisdom, as found in de tex, he
, was in do act ob mending a seat in do hole
, r do day prcbiously bclorc in sKiving a,
; fence in cotching his kite, when it broke
loose at de time it was unfortunately
strucu oy ngutning. 11c uaa sput uem
, only a uay or two before in trying to
solve some sianhfic proverb, wineii proveu
Do samo idia 'eurred to Brudder Mar-
cy when he was bubner ob de btate ot
i rs'ew 1 one, Dut not tui de uoie seat od neighbor, who had turned his attention
he trowsers war ripped and gone, and heir", cu Kns;necS to farming with the
to torn trowsers only, as it wouia at iust
; u auuu iu uc scaui uu tr vi.vuiuubuu uv, ' j CCpt. J.aKing advantage OI n llal UU bli
sewing for heself and family, in time,and ipod a favorable opportunity, he eng
'. 1 '"' 7 7 .'.7 1 1 ...... 1 .111 - - ' V
toon a DacK stitcu wiu larger Deer anu
soger water, how meny ten oay3 sogourn
rn 1 1 1-11 . 1 JT
1 swearing, how much more his Lize would
j tink of him, and if she don't say so den
she'd be-Lize herseff.
j If do politicions would only take two
i stitches in deir conscience, dar would be
less rascality in de Po9t-officc, and Treas
ury bilding at Washington,
j If de. thief would take herrin-bone
i stitch backwards in his career, and make
! a good soled knot, and stop and break off
i his ways, but he won't until he finds de
knot under his left car, and den it will
! be too late when de fihereff hab got him,
, "nu ? 111 uu -Ub uu ,uuuuuuu "
j hig
Ll l, ... r , . ,,. . i
",.."' , ,. ,
'P c " ?ua6 TTZ Z7"
in it. De only ting m lite dat do tcx
dnn't touch, am lub and mv salary ; it
: don't make a bite ob difference how long
or how solid a scam you sow in de corse
ob true lub, de stronger do scam ob af
fection am dc longer it will last; dartore
do stouter do needle and bigger de tread
used dc bolter, so long as you don t 60W ' purchase, I wilfrefuml the fifty dollars,
wild oats. Tie knot arter knot in dojj fuU interest for tho whole time.'
string ob affection till it grows big as a j?arnjer lJurrit looked puzzled. He
cable, and then it will stand all de brak- rcspectcd his neighbor; he knew him to be
ers ob adwersity till one or de odder, slips d frienjj although he thought
it, ana am carncu 10 aoucibuciu u u
raleroad darfor, to de lubbers, l say,
lub on, sew away, and let ebbry stitch in
de tread of your existence be a link ob
true affection; and lastly, don't forgit dat
ebbry good sixpenco you put in de sasser,
am a stitch in time for my bord and
washin hill. Anty Clawson sez she's
tired ob countin free cent pieces, and la
ments wid your suspected shepard do in
irouuesuuu uu uuui in uib hum uu oiuuu,
kase ebbry one I git I lose free cents on.
May dc blessings ob a skeeteruet descend
on ui3 stingy koegregashun.
A Toast by a Printer.
At the Franklin Festival, receutly held
in T.atvoII Mm fnllnwinrr sentiment was
I ll J-J v II Wll) .
proposed, and most heartily responded to auout to uawn ou iarmcr
by the company : ' hold. The books were porchwed. le-
The Printer the master of all Trades. Eidcs some good religious books, lnciud
tt v...i;. fo.or. ,viM l.ia F:ih TW ' intr several bioirranhies, ho had seicctou
J1C JJUUL3 IliU nivu -.- wj
l, nnrnfnr wifh rzc. and the mason in
setting vp tall columns) he surpasses the
. ,, 1
' lawyer and doctor in attending to his case
I beats the parson in the management
m Devil. ,.
(Educational.
Fanner Burnt and his Library.
Farmer Burrit was a plain, lionet
Pennsylvania husbandman, w4io had been
brought up very much as his father and
that
to make
pectable tiller of the soil. For
uornrnl winrnrs xvfifii fnrm ivnrlr wns
ln.u i. linnn S(int tn p'trv
scbool ana having some aptitude, he
i ,i n
due time married. At the time to which
wo now refer, he had six children, all
young, who had come into the world al
ternately boys and girls, and their father
never dreamed of their being brought up
in any other way than he and his ances
tors had been. J'jach ono was destined-
a little schooling
aud
to do a
rl (ji nf wnri. sn:rpri to ,ilc;r rcSr)ec-
jvc agCg s is unhappily tho case
too many farm-houses, there was but
a (jjm jQ tuat dwelling
There was
" thought of cultivatinc the hbher fac
ujtjcs 0f jt3 inmatcs
j.ney were to o
IIGCqSSVlV1 annuaf almanac. It was
jn tjj;s stato 0f affairs that an intelligent
view of recruiting his health, became ac
quainted with Mr. Burrit, and deeply in
terested in his family. The confidence
he inspired, and the kindly feelings he
1 linn
manifested,, made bin, 11 welcome visitor jmlices ainst tho various impr0ve
and gave him no small influence. In the . . .9. , . , j i,.,a
course of many conversations, he threw
out occasional hints about the proper
training of children, and the advantages
resulting from cultivating their mental
faculties and moral powers. Although
he found farmer Burrit and his wife rath-
dull scholars, who with difiiculty
ieJ one (iav :n thc followinf conversation
. wjtk tue farmer:
'.Neighbor Burrit, I was thiuking to-day
that you were ono of our most substantial
i ii.-.--: '
'Thank you; I am pretty well to do in
the world, but it is because I work my
way. I have no idle folks about me.'
'True, friend Burrit; and it is commen
dable in you; but you will excuse me if I
say I have felt some surprise that you
, J . ,i .fJWi,;i, o o-ri
have not all the imp omenta which a good
1U1 UJU1 DUUU1U UUTU
'Haven't I, though? I guess if you
will look about, you'll find I have all I
need.'
'WpII T Imrp hpo.n looking about, and
I have not found half a dozen good books
in the house.'
'Oh! that's it; and what do I want with
books? What's the use of them? I guess
they can't teach mc farming. Your book
farmers aren't worth much always try
ing something new, and coming out with
'short crops.'
'Ah! but, friend Burrit, books teach
many good and useful things besides farm
ing; and to tell you the truth, I really
think they would be very useful to your
children, whom I know you love, and
would like to sec a.little more iutclligent
than their neighbors'. Now, if you would
spend fifty dollars in good books, I will
make such a selection as I am sure would
be instructive to your children.'
'Whew! fifty dollars laid out in books!
Why, you must be joki ng !'
No, I am not; I never was more seri
ous in my life. My only motive for sug-
gesting it if, the interest 1 ieel in your
1 ieel
family; and I will promise you that if at
tlm nnd of six Years vou reoent of the
tb(J auEiyoaflon a foolish one, yet he was
touched at the kind interoft expressed in
his children. After a silence of some few
minutes, as if he knew not what to say,
he replied '.Well, well, I will think of it.'
A day or two afterwards, the same
friend visited the farmer, and beioro he
had had time to return to-the conversa
tion, ihe farmer said, 'I have been think
ing nf what vou said, and out of respect
tQ y0Uj nero are tuc uity uoiiars ior me 1
Ihooksj'it's a foolish affair; and I wouldn't j
1 jjbe tQ j,avo it t ahroad; but,' added Le, '
laughing, Til hold you to your piomUc
ot paying principal ana interest ni uit
end of six years.'
ITisfriend took tho money with greut
pleasure, and ho saw that a
new light was
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I a choioo volume or two on agriculture
and gardening, several on general histo
ry and natural history, a few good books
of travels, and various other books, some
to entertain and others to awaken thought.
Tn due time tl.-y were properly disposed
in a little case, and tho kind friend, al
ready futi.ih ir with the children, now
carefully showed them how books were to
be used, enticed them to read, and even
made th-m promise to spend some of their
leisure time in finding out what the books
contained. After some difficulty, he got
things into a right; both boys aud girls
began to be interested.
Wo pass over two years. The seed had.
been sown, was there any prospect of a
harvest? No one can pass Mr. Burrit's
farm without perceiving some improve
ment. The external aspect of tho old
homestead has a more cheerful and com
fortable appearance. "Instead of tho
straggling and unsightly objects which
used to be seen around the house, every
thing has a tidy look. T lie grass is grow
ing, tho flowering shrubery creeps up the
walls and adorns tho pathway, the vege
table garden is in better taste, the orun
mental accompanies the useful, and gives
evidence that the youngsters of the fami
ly have been studying the books on gar
dening. A glance inside shows a better
regulated family, aud more obedient and.
well-dressed children. Farmer Burrit
acknowledges that Thomas, his oldest
boy, has got something out of bid books
which has aaved labor and improved his
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' utucr years pass, ana iuu mipiutuuiuuo
1 , , f , . .lpfiv,,.., t,s ;.eGn
vcllous to tell, has spent
dollars in books. His
eeome more intelligent.
ng besides farnnng,and
whole manner has undergone a favor
able change. The religious books havo
accomplished their mission. Iteligion
dwells in that household, and has its al
tar there. There can be no complaint
that books have rendered the children
idle, for they have been a new stimulus
to industry. The farm prospers more
than ever, and the farmer has abandoned
mums 111 ugi luuiuui ;u uiipn- jjitui,
obtained a good insight into the advan
tages of agricultural chemistry. Mrs.
Burrit has become proud of her girls and
boy3 and well she may be, for there are
none like them in the neighborhood so
sensible, so refined in manners, so atton-
he had never lost sight of the Burrits.
Some ten or twelve years after our nar
rative begins, he spent a week or two
with his old friends. How did he find
things then! Changed, most agreeably
changed. James, the third son, was ob
taining a good practice, as the best phy
sician in the neighborhood; Thomas, the
eldest, was the farmer, and looked up to
as an oracle in all agricultural matters,
and had exerted a happy influence in
raising the characters of all the farmers
7 7 ' ' nd Ton
. arouud him, and Kobcrt, the second son
; . Sabbat
on
anv
vehicles are on the road that leads to tho
stone church : the house becomes crowd
ed. In the front pew sits an anxious
family it is the Burrits; tho cause U
; soon apparent
Eobcrt is to preach tor
the
ffrst time in the old church, and in
the
presence of many a ono who knew
him when a little bov. Although with
some signs of timidity, he commenced the
service, and before he had closed, there
was many a moist eye in that assembly.
He bad spoken to them in an earnest, af
fectionate, and impressive manner ono
of tho most promising young ministers of
the day. Elder Burrit, for so he was now
designated, and his kind hearted wife,
were almost overcome with emotion, as
many a strong hand grasped theirs, ac
companied by hearty congratulations.
Next day, the city friend smilingly in
quired of farmer Burrit why he had not
called on him for the fifty dollars with
interest in full? With a tearful eye, and
a strong grasp of the hand, he eaid,
'Look at these sons, look at these beloved
daughters, look at my prosperous busi
ness, look in upon our minds and chang
ed heart., and you will get the answer.'
I'resbytcria n .
Wages in Germany.
CWks in mercantile house get from
g200 to 600 per year; wages of a car
penter (per day) in summer, 29 cents net;
in winter 27 cents net; of a mason (per
day) iu summer, 29 cents net; in winter,
27 cents net; of a blacksmith per day 40
ceuts, or 50 cents per week, and boarded;
coopers -IS cents per week, and board;
bakers, 40 cents per week and boarded.
House servants women from 1 to S2,40
all Drieos, from SS and
57. 1n.rn tn flieir board ouly.
Never marry a man uutil yon have seen
him eat. Let the candidate ior your nana
j tiir0ll(rh the ordeal of eating soft
, v-led ca3 jf he can do it and leave
the table spread, the napkin, aud his shirt
unspotted take him. Try him next wud
a spare-rib. If he accomplishes this feat
without putting out one of his own eyes, or
pitching the bones into your lap, name tho
wedding-day at once he will do to tie to.
The man who imogined himself wi.40
because he detected some typographical
.rm in a ncwspsrer, is goitig East tor
get a perpendicular a!cw of the rainhaw.
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