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MEMORIES.
Tur.nr.'s not a look, a work of thine
My aonl hnih e'er foigot ;
Tliou ne'er Imst bid n ringlet shinty
Nor civ'n Ihy locks one graceful tw ine,
Which I remember not !
There never yet a murmur fell
From that beguiling tongue,
Which did not, with a lingering spell,
Upon my charmed nenres chvsll,
Like something heaven had sung !
Ah! that I could, nt once, forget
All, all that haunts me so
And yet, thou witching girl ! and yet,
To dio were sweeter, than to let
The lov'd remembrance go!
No: if this slighted heart must se'i
lis faithful pulpe decay,
Oil! let it dip, remembering thee,
Ami, like the burnt aroma, be
Coiiitim'd in sweets awnv !
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HISTORY OF A HOUSEHOLD.
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My father's house was indeed a home, a
quiet, well regulated home-, where the
several gradations of parents, children and
servants were properly distinguished ; and
yet the lino of iliilerence was not so harshly
drawn as to give pain to any one. As well
might the human frame exist without a
head, as a family without a ruler. My
father was in truth the supreme guide and
sole arbiter of his own household. He
was gentle, but he could be firm at times ;
and if now and then his will was a little
arbitrary, it was better than no authority at
all. My mother was the sunshine of our
little garden of love ; though not gifted
with commanding talents, or with energy
' to enable her to steer through life alone,
yet, united to a man like my father, she
was all that is loveable in the character of
woman as wife and mother. Without him
as her guide and support, she might have
been nothing; with him, she was every
thing. I look back with nv mind's eye on that
dear old place, where I grew from infancy
to boyhood and from boyhood to youth.
It was a large, old rambling house, on the
slope of a hill ; not a bleak, picturesque
mountain, but a green undulation, high
a PAT.T. TO HOTIDEKEEPEHS
At tlie Cabinet Ware Hoom of
sepn uouirr k CO.
Market Square,
l,o nt the comer of Fawn fired J- the Railroad
SUNBURY, PA.
Thankful for llu patronage of his friends anil
tnatomcr, .luring the li years he has been ... bum
"a. in tl.ipla.e,heoluits fro.,, the public aeon
MnuancJof their favors. During t us per.od he
a. endeavored to kocp up w.U. the unprovc.nent
r.f ilia lav. and bus aecor.lii.Riy cxic.u i
ha.a in every branrl. nd variety
enough to overlook several miles of our
level country, and smooth enough, with i blooming, but except in poor Herbert's gen-
its soil grassy carpet, to tempt many a gay I tie lace, the resemblance between them
troop of children to roll down from the I was gone. Not so the love which is ever
summit to the fool of the bank. At the ! so stroiic; between twins : Herbert and Mar
back of our house rose this hill; in the ' o-aret were all in all to each ether, and it
Spring-time it was studded with lazy, hap- was a touching siht to see the diminutive
pv-Iooking cows, anil a.l summer long it and deformed boy cherished, tended and
was vocal with the meloilies ot birds mat protected bv Ins beautiful sister, whose care
built their nests in safety among the tall j he returned with an intense love that
The public arc
therefore invited to the attention of the present
C All! NET WARE AND CHAIRS,
Manufactured by
SEBASTIAN H0UPT & CO.
WW in addition to their former stock f the
..i.idi.liiiumt thov now manufacture
Mahogany, Walnut & Cane-Seat Chairs,
Vressiiia; Bureaus, Centre Tablet,
Marble Top Wash Stands,
and a variety of other
new style and
Fashionable Furniture.
ti... am-nrnl a Hean-c and made the neces.
iU f.w the liurnor.o, lin y are now
r.,-..r...l for l iiilereikins in all its brandies, in
this vicinity or ut any convenient distance.
Ye maida nml mialreaaea. nnd Innkinda M",
Here', furniture of every style and hue,
From aide tK-urda down to kiu beii Uibb-a,
From rocking clinira to nx-kina crudlea
Phould you not have the reudy Jons to pay,
We'll wait awhile for a In i-hter iMftler duy,
l)r lake pututoea, oala, coi n, wheat and rye j
Cark. hoop polea. atave., or luulber wet and dry,
Or any thing but yoke, mm iiirnaunuj "-,
Fiom pig. and turkioa down, to little qunili.
Come on then friends, come one and all,
Keep trade a moving, ao -'goes on tlie bull."
ty Orders from a di-tance promptly attended
to and work of all kinds delivered with dispatch.
Sunbury, March 9,ie50.tf
REFORM YOTO HABITS.
Come y, with faenenU bare and aredy,
Y bach'Uwa, widoVra and hustmad. too,
If, ia the outward man you'' seedy,
YV soon can make you at aa new.
THE suWilier respectfully informs his friend'
and the public, that ho will commence m tlu
place, on the 8th of April next, the
TAIXOUIXG I.USIXESS
in all its branches. He will I careful to see that
his work is made up in the best manner, and lie
flatter, himaclf, that he will be able to g.ve entire
:.. f rut. fit and style, as well
SAiiaiai iioii.i. . - i:.:,i,:
sin price. He therefore respectfully solicits his
friend, and the public generally to call and give
h' H-Vshop ia a new l.uildinj in Fawn .trcet be
low Weaver'. Hotel. Q BECK
Sunbury, March 30, 1850. 6.n
Yhat a sister was I hardly knew, but I
saw they all looked happy, and when my
father took me on his knee, and told me
that I must love my little sister, for that I
had one now, I clapped my nanus wiin de
light, and flew over the house, shouting to
every one, "Sister is come ! oh, sister is
come !"
Thus joyfully did I unconsciously hail
my best, my dearest companion, the sharer
of all my cares, the brighlener of all my
pleasures, my gentle, affectionate, true
hearted sister Kate.
Years passed on, and, one after another,
brothers and sisters were added to our house
hold. Alter Kate, came the twins Marga
ret and Herbert ; then a sturdy, frank, merry-hearted
hoy, Miles, and last of all the
youngest darling, bright-haired, blue-eyed
bora. We had a happy childhood; our
station in the world was high enough to
have all harmless pleasures and studies such
as the young require ; and yet we were un
chained by the forms to which a rich man's
child we're subjected. We had no costly
dresses to spoil ; we were suffered to run
out in the green fields to play without a
domestic's eye always upon us; the sun
was free to kiss our sister's fair cheeks, if it
liked, and the clear, shallow stream might
invite us boys to a pleasant bath without
fear of drowning. Our learning consisted
of what was useful and necessary to our
station, but without idle accomplishments;
my father thought it was better not to force
his boys to hard study, and my mother
loved better to see Kate ar.d Margaret using
their active fingers in fabricating garments
than in playins the harp. Yet never was
a sweeter voice, or a clearer tone than our
Margaret's when she enlivened the winter
evenings with her music, and long before
Kate grew to womanhood, she possessed
acquirements in literature of a sound and a
sterling' nature, above most of her sex.
In a large family, many are the diversi
ties of character that produce discoid ; and
varieties of mood and temper will always
bring passing clouds. Thus even in our
little Eden of innocence there were storms
now and then. Many a care did wild,
headstrong Miles give to our parents trom
his very childhood, and beautiful Marga
ret was often wilful and vain. Then there
was another sore grief. For five years the
twins had grown up together, the same in
beauty and health ; but there came a
change. An accident befel Herbert, and
the child rose up, from his bed of sickness
a pale and crippled beini, the shadow of
his former sell. 1 1 is sister grew up tall anil
would continue to dpvote herself for life to ' A bright smile illumined the fuce of the
her sick brother. But there seemed to betrothed bride ; Herbert knew well how
I come no change in her aflection, and Her- to make her sadness pass away. And the
trees of a tiny grove half-way up the ac
clivily. Then, too, we had the music of a
pebbly stream, that ran through ourorchard,
amounted almost to worship. To him she
was all perfect, and she, on her part, would
leave us all, in the midst ot our plays, to
and the distant and not unpleasant hum of i sit beside the frail, delicate boy, who could
my Tamers cotton mm, wnicn Drougni us no longer share them.
in our daily bread, and within whose mys- ye iad our yearly festivals our cow.
terious and dangerous precincts our anxious slip gatherinzs, our blackberry hun'ings,
mother ne'er allowed us to venture alone. ! 0ur hay-makings, all those delights so pre
There was something awful and strange in 1 cious to country children. Our five birth
that old mill, with its ever dinning sound days, too, were each a little epoch in the
and its ever moving wheels, like living ! years, to be signalized by simple presents,
creatures; near wnose devouring jaws we ; and evening merry-makings in tne garden
never dared approach. My father, as he or the house, as the season permitted. Her-
walked amongst his machinery, seemed ! bert's and Margaret's birth-day was the
like some superior being, whom these fear
ful creatures were lorced to obey.
I was the eldest child for a few years
grand era, for it was the sunny time of
May, and there were double rejoicings to
be made. The twins were exalted in our
the only one. It is a long effort of memory luburnum bower, set upon chairs, decorated
to look back sixty years, but I will strive to ; wj,n flowers, and crowned with wreaths.
do so. In early infancy, our life seems a j j fancy I see them now Margaret, in her
kind of sleep, in which appear a few vivid j girlish beauty, smiling under her brilliant
points, like portions of a dream. It is j garland, and" poor Herbert looking up to
strange that my first recollection of exist- u,r with his pale, sweet face,
ence, at least the existence of thought, is "How beautiful you are to-day, Marga
one of death. I remember playing one , rt.i ; I heard him once say to her, when
sunny morning in the garden, when, peer- j we were all gone away, to pluck more
inn into rose-bushes higher than mysell, l j flowers. cannot believe what they tell
lound a robin, lying stiff and cold. I won
dered much the beautiful bird did not fly
me, that you and I were once so much
alike, they could hardly distinguish one
away, as I had watched others do, but lay flom the other. You are so pretty, with
still in my hand. I brought it to mv mo
ther.
"Why does not pretty robin move ? Is
he asleep?"
"Mv little Bernard," said mv mother,
"he will not move again ;. he is dead ; we
must bury him."
"What is that, mother I what is being
ead ? And what will you do to the little
bird 1 Do make him fly J"
My mother took my hand in silence, and
led me to a flower bed, where I stood by
her side and watched her bury the poor
bird. When the last bright feather disap
peared under the brown soil I began to
weep.
"ouwill hurt the robin, mamma, by
putting it under the cold ground "
"He does not leel it, Bernaui," she an-
EDWIN IIAXL,
il.. oi Tai Fia or Watiixso &. Hall,)
JVb. 24 South Second Street,
Philadelphia,
IJEPPECTFULLY informs his old friends and
V .,tnmera. as well as the public generally,
that he h opened an entire new stock of elegant
styles of ,
Snrintr & Summer Lresi Goods.
ti :. .nrtnii-nt consists of the latest and most desl
rable styles of English, German, French &. A me
ricantJoods. Such as Delaines', Tissues, Dera
tes. Silks, Lawns, Muslins, Mia w Is, lldkus. moves,
nd every variety ol lncss unu rancj v.ui.u.
J'hlUd. March IB, l:. lv
your rosy cheeks and your brown hair, but
I " and Herbert glanced at his own
shrunken and meagre limbs, and the tears
came into his eyes.
Margaret's smiling face became mourn
ful: "lh rbert, dear, if you talk thus, I
shall be very unhappy. Do yon think I
am any better or prettier than you, because
I am strong and you are not, or that my
cheeks are red and yours pale V
"Ah! but il 1 could only run and leap
like Mile, there! See how he is carrying
little Dora over the stepping-stones at the
brook. Oh, Margaret, I am very helpless."
"I love you twenty times belter than I
do those o-reat. strong, rough boys!" cried
Margaret, passionately. "Don't say an
othes word. Herbert; I had rather have
swered, "he is as if he were ash ep, on)y you just as you are. ou are handsomer
that he will not wake again."
"Not awake again, nor sing, nor fly 1 Is
that being dead V
"Yes, my darling," said my mother, sad
ly. "He will never feel tired or hungry
again, or cold, as in that bitter frost not long
ago. bo do not weep for the robin, lier-
nard, and some day 1 will tell you more."
1 asked many questions, but my moiner
did not answer them; she judged right
that it is vain, almost wrong to let your
children hear of death. Their minds can
only comprehend its fearttilness, not its
calm, and hope, and holiness. Therefore,
it was long after that day when I learned
w hat death really was ; but still I could not
forget the poor bird ; and came day after
day to the flower bed, vainly expecting to
see it lilt up the brown mould and flyaway,
and thinking how it must feel to lie thus
with the flowers growing above it
Except thisoue memory, my early child
hood is a blank, until one day they told me
I was going to have a sister, and my uauy
heart danced with joy at the thought.-
than Bernard, with his ugly, brown face,
and better than Miles, with his rude tem
per ; and you are my own twin-brother,
and I will love you and take care of you
all my lile."
Margaret said these words with energy,
that almost amounted to impetuosity, em
bracing Herbert with strong allection.
The thick lilac-bushes did not reveal that
this little conversation had been overheard,
and though the allusion to "great, rough
boys," was anything but palatable, yet I
felt glad that poor Herbert was consoled,
and that his quiet pensive smile had return
ed. My grave and gentle sister Kate con
soled my wounded vanity.
"Bernard," she said, "you in your health
and strength, can hardly feel tenderly
enough for that poor boy. He has no
pleasures like you ; his only comfort is in
Marcarel's love. Let us be happy, that
she does" feel thus strongly for him, even if
it takes away somewhat of her love lor us."
I assented to all Kate said, but still I often
wondered il that young and beautiful "irl
bert passed from childhood to youth, with
the shadow of death evef hanging over
him, yet still kept away with untiring love.
No two could be more opposite in charac
ter than the twins, for Herbert, with the
natural tendency of a sensitive mind united
to a frail body, loved all intellectual pur
suits, while Margaret, gay, buoyant and
energetic perferred active employment, and
only loved books for his sake, that she
might amuse and converse with him on the
studies which were his delight.
Thus we all grew up associated as suited
our individual tastes the twins, Miles and
Dora, Kate and I. Christmas after Christ
mas we met around our father's table, for
he would never break through the good old
rule : and after short school absences, or
passing visits, the flock was always gathered
together on Christmas day. It was a hap
py festival, begun with devotion and ended
with fitiing mirth, we talked over the past
3'ear ; we pictured the coming one ; year
by year bringing over our hearts and
thoughts the change which is cast by ap
proaching maturity. Our childish cames
became imperceptibly merged into thought
ful talk ; we no longer danced eleelully
around the Christmas pudding, but began
at least we elder ones gravely to discuss
our childish frolics, and call them follies.
I have l arned since, that there is more
foolishness in the pleasures of alter life
than in the innocent sports of youth.
Let me then bid adieu to childhood with
my heart full of those dear old times, those
merry Christmas days.
There is always something a little sad in
the first wedding in a family. It shows
that they are no longer one household that
their childhood and its united pleasures are
passed away forever, and each now may
begin to think of a separate home, and oth
er dearer ties. One link is broken in the
family chain ; even though in the midst of
rejoicings and hope, still it is broken and
lorever.
The firs', who left us was Margaret.
How love stole into her heart, so lull as it
had been of the strongest sisterly devotion,
is more than I can tell; but it did. Her
betrothed was welcome to all, even to Her
bert, who had ever received from him that
sympathy and attention, which, coming
from a man of talent and goodness like
Mr. Worthinglon, was sure to gain regard.
It was bis Inst way to win Margaret, and
perhaps it was for this that siie first loved
him, luit sli.' did love him, and so fondly
that not even the pain of leaving Herbert
could prevent her from becoming his wife.
Not one word of regret did that atl'eclionate
brother breathe, to sully Margaret's happi
ness in her young love. He told her that
he never thought to keep her always bv
his side ; that he was quite content and
happy; that Kale and Dora would take
care oi him, and that she should sc him
grown a merry old bachelor when she re
turned to England ; for Margaret's intend'
ed husband was a soldier, and they were
going abroad
I well remember the evening before my
sister's wedding. We were all at home,
and alone; for that last evening not even
Margaret's lover was admitted into the
family party. Kate and the bride sat at
work on the adornments for to-morrow
but now and then a large tear fell from
Margaret's eyes on the white silk that lay
on her knee. JJora read in silence at my
mother's feet, and Miles was quieter than
usual. I glanced at Herbert, as he sat in
the shadow of the curtains, in his easy
chair ; he looked calm and not sorrowful
but ever now and then his eyes rested on
Margaret with an intense love, as if every
idea was swallowed up in the idea ol losin
her.
We talked a little, and then only in bro
ken observations, and on indifferent mat
ters ; there was a constraint over us all.
At last the bright sunset failed into twilight
and the girls put away their work. Mar
garet came beside Herbert.
"These Autumn evenings are getting
cold," she said softly ; "shall I move your
chair nearer to the fire !"
It was a common question, such as any
one might have asked ; but it brought with
it to both sisters and brother suth a tide of
reflections of trilling but tender offices dis
charged fur years, accepted and fulfilled
with equal love, which would be no more
bestowed nor received that neither could
maintain their calmness any longer. Her
bert looked up into his sister's face with an
expression of deepest sorrow, while lie held
her hand without a word. Margaret knelt
beside his chair and wept aloud.
"I will not leave you, Herbert ; not even
for him. I will stay and take care of you."
"Hush, Margaret," whispered Herbert,
"you must go, and be happy ; you have
another to think of beside me ;" and he
stooped over her, and talked to her for a
long time, in a low tone tnat no one eise
could hear. The consolation he gave was
known only to his own self-denying heart,
and to hers: but, after a time, Margaret
dried her tears, and her beautiful face looked
again happy. Never was the contrast be
tween the twins more striking than now as
Margaret knelt beside her brother, with his
arms thrown around her, as he talked in
low, earnest, tones. 1 hey were so much
alike the same features, hair and eyes;
but the one was all blooming health, the
other pale, thin and wasted. Herbert's
ei"hteeu years might have been double
that number, there was such a look of pre
mature age on his features. And yet there
was a beauty in that poor, wan face, the
majesty of intellect, the loveliness of a mild
and tender nature, anu oi a nouie iicuii.
"ow. Maivaret," said Herbert, cheer
(ullv. "wheel mv chair near the piano, and
sing me a song, like a dear, good girl the
song, whuh is mv favorite, and Edmund s
too."
whole of that evening, Margaret wept no
more, until the hour of rest came. It was
long past the invalid's time of retiring, but
when his mother had spoken to him, Her
bert answered with a whisper, "Not to
night, mother, it is the last night."
But now, when the last good-night must
be bid, we all felt the reality of the part
ing. My mother strained Margaret to her
bosom, while my father blessed In r in bro
ken words.
"My children," said he, "we tnay never
meet as a family on earth again, but we
have been and shall ever be a family in
love. Margaret, you have been a good
daughter, and will be a good wife; take
your father's blessing unto your husband's
home. You have loved Edmund as your
mother loved me; you are right to follow
him wheresoever he may go, even leaving
homo and kindred. (Jo, my child, and may
you live to bring up sons anil daughters,
and to see them around you as your mo
ther and I do this day. Yet, oh ! Marga
ret?" and my father's voice filtered, while
two large tears stole down his aged cheeks,
Margaret, you are the first who leaves us
do not forget us, wherever you may he."
He kissed her solemnly, and we all did
the same; and then her mother took Mar
garet away.
it was a glorious Autumn morning on
Margaret's wedding dav. We wi re all as
sembled when she came down stairs in her
marriage dress: the sun never shone upon
lovelier bride than Margaret Orgreve.
The same words that he had spoken on that
birthday long ago. "How beautitul you
ook !" came io Herbert's lips, but he could
not utter them. Perhaps he thought on
what she had said on the same day. But
he checked the sign and received her ten
der greeting without one seeming pang.
None ol us had time for much emotion,
for ere we could believe it was really our
sister's marriage day, she returned from the
church a bride. A few hours more, and
we had to say farewell. One alter another
Margaret parted from her brothers and sis-
ers; she had a gilt, a lew words of remem
brance for each. I believe we loved as
well as most brothers and sisters do, and all
of us, even stout-hearted Miles, when the
tune came, were grieved to part with our
gay, beautiful Margaret, the pride of the
family. But she and her twin brother had
been so engrossed bv each other, that it
was with Herbert that she felt the full bit
terness uf separation.
"Let me say one word to mv sister be
fore she goes, Edmund," taid Herbert, im
ploringly, to the handsome and happy
bridegroom. We all left the room, and
Edmund, too. What passed between them
I never knew; but Margaret came out of
the room pale, calm, and tearless, and in a
lew minutes the carnage had swept away,
and the bride was gone from her home forever.
Kate and I watched the whirling wheels
disappear, and then turned silently, and,
by a natural impulse, to where poor Her
bert sat alone. His head was bowed upon
his hands, and his whole attitude indicated
the deepest dejection, Kate laid her hand
softly on his shoulder; he started, and look
ed up.
"What do you want 1" he said, fretfully,
"are they gone V
"Yes, dear Herbert, and so Bernard and
I have come to you."
"1 wish you would go away. I had
rather be alone."
The tears stood in Kate's eyes. "Indeed,
Herbert, I love you almost as well as she
could. Do not send me away."
Herbert could not withstand her sweet
ness. "Forgive me, Kate, I will try to be
content," he said gently. "You are very
good, Bernard ; you were always kind to
me, though you are strong, and I so help
less." He took a hand of each as we stood
' before him, ami thus formed a silent com
pact of airection, which was never bro
ken while Herbert lived.
(From Hear!, nnd H.iw.-J
G1C.M r ASS .!:.
Sympathy. As tho remote, unheeded
dropping of some, little; mountain streamlet,
far awny amongst untrodden solitude?, finds
welcome nnd companionship with others still
until they dance together down the mountain's
side, collecting other streamlets ns they ?o;
and thus rejoicing in accumulated strength
and power to fertilize and beautify the valleys
where they roil, lifter having grown into a
deep, united, broad, ami swelling river, sn
the small streams of human existence, re
mote from observation; unknown nnd unnc
knowledged by the world's great family,
meet in the loneliness of sonic vast social so
litude for even society han solitudes more
desert nnd more bare than ever yet wns trod
by camel's weary foot, or tenured by hungry
lion in its fruitles thiist fur prey o the
small streams of human life and feeiing meet
and mix their sympathies, and jrrow into
sweet fellowship, and welcome to their bo
som other hidden and neglected streams, un
til th" force of such united waters comes to
be a noble river, f !i.v i :i :r. full, and beriu'.ilul
wanting no aid nor miui-'trv in its Ivnelieent
and L'raeeful course, but iill-suliicient of itself
to bear and to dispense the social blessings
of a rational existence, with a!! the suiter
amenities and mote intense enjoyment's of
indi"oluble union, harmony, and peace.
Those who have sr.llciod deeply best know
tin; happiness of such union such peace,
l'oihaps it is Tirrosvon to have sulieuJ, in
order fully to appreciate the blessing. Per
haps it is necessary to have been ciin'.eiiine l'
in order to feel the happinesj of a firm foot
ing, and an honorable place, among the heaits
and homes of human kind. lYrhaps it i ne
cessary to have been cast nil', in oider t". illy
to appreciate the happiness ofcouli.i! ivcuu
nitiou. Peihaps it is necessary to have been
lonely and desolate tohave stood, ns il weir
amidst a mountain solitude, heat ing no sound
but the throbbing of one'sown full heart, and
listening in vain to find its echo pi-ihaps it
is necessary to have looked abroad nmiiUt
such stiluiess. am! sren no sluitene.g root,
nor smoke of hospitable hearth, but ever and
ever the stern aspect ui cold snows, and eiag
gy rocks, and so ptzed on, tern Iocs, and
voiceless, ju order fully to unib'is'aiid tin
beauty of the peopled valley, tin: L-al hi ring
in of social fellowship, tho welcome voice
which says, '-Come in, poor weary one. thy
feet are bleeding with our morutaiti cra::s :
I, too, have wandered far ami. I yon s 1 1 i '. t ..!-."
and o.;t my way; come in. and dwell nniono't
us. and lake cotnfott. There is re nn enonli
fur thee ; come in. b doved child, arid be no
more an orphan and i'loue.''
Kinpm'.ss. Kindness! vc mock the gra
cious word by oar interpretation of its mean
r.otn C.'ltoi,'. i Oe' k and Tort."
THE W ASH Ti ll.
Wednesday, Jan. 7. t encountered to-day
on a large public square within tho environs
of Uie, a washing scene, w hich was rather
primitive. The square is carpeted with preen
grass, inedalliouctl with flowers, and shaded
here nnd there with clusters of forest trees.
In the midst stands a fountain, from which
the water falls in light showers into an im
mense basin, fn this basin some two hun
dred females, of every nge, clime, nnd color,
were dashing- their clothes, and rubbing them
on the great sweep of the cutb stone. Thuir
apparel, what little they had on, was fastened
above the; knee : the water in tho basin was
a pool of feaniing suds, and they were jump
ing about in it like the Nereids of the Nile.
The younger ones wore full of mischief, and
displayed their agility in tripping each other
up. Tito fall of one into tho suds was fol
lowed by a general shout. How they escaped
having their clothes inextricably mixed up
in this ceneral melee of the (jreat wash tub,
was a mystery to mi".
u the greet, were hundreds of others oc
cupied with th'-ir clothes. Soma Were snap
ping them in the wind; some spreading them
on the grass to dry ; some folding them up
and depositing them in baskets, to bo trans'1
ported on their heads home; and others were
under the shade of the trees asleep. Soma
trick, however, such a dash of water from tho
howl, was sure to wait tho dreamer; and
then another laugh ouhl lie thrown on thtl
wind. Astwili-lu came on, all this pano
rama of life, with its breathing forms, its tri
uinph.T in laundry, and its merriments disap
peaicd. Nothing but the whisper of the leaf
or the bubble, which still floated on the foun
tain, remained to tell where such a bustlo
had lnvtl.
bat n in.tgniiK-cr.t wash tub one of our
gtonl western lakes would make! It would
hold all thw clothes, clean and unclean,
which cover the human race. There is only
ono dilliculty in the way of this arrangement;
it would be a little nu kwatd to have the lako
freeze over in the. dead of winter. This,
however, might be prevented by introducing
under it tho volcano of Vesuvius, which is of
no use where it now stands. But our women
will never consent to havo the small clothft
pi'iilled in Lake Superior, so there ti an end
to the u hole business.
;Ti;r- iu.;ht or yiomi:x nt acticallV
I i:i:mi'liiii:d.
j Thi; uw Yoik Mirrnr jives the following
account of a feminine transaction in that city
I '-On Saturday a portion of the good folks
I ol Hudson f trm t, were much alarmed on
hearing the repot toft wo pistols simultaneous'
y, and upon investigation, discovered that a
ing and its worth, as one of the great elements I duel had been fought by two young ladies in
Tiir.nr. are three springs in Totter county,
l'a., lining within three miles of each oilier,
the waler of ono of which Inula its way to
the ocean by tho Allegheny, Ohio, and Mis
sissippi riveis, and the Gulf of Mexico ; an
other, by way of the Susquehanna rivei and
Chesapeake Hay ; and tho lliird by way of
the (Jtinesee river. Lake Ontario and river St.
Lawrence.
A good atory was recently told nt a Tem
perance meeting in .New Hampshire. A
stranger came up to a Washiugtonian with
the inquiry :
"Can you tell me where I can get anything
to drink 1''
"Oh," said iho other, "follow me."
The man followed him through twoor three
streets, till he began to be discouraged.
"How much farther shall I go V said ho
"Only a few steps further," said tho Wash-
ingtonian, "there is tho pump!"
Tho man turned about and "moved his
boots."
A wag walking through a street, noticed a
cluster of second hand boots hanging at a
door, indicating one of those shops w here old
boots aro bought, repaired, and resold.
"Come," eaiit ho to his friend, "let us look
in here; perhaps we can make a trade. Are
these boola for salo V inquired the wag of
the proprietor.
"Yea, sir."
"It will not take long to dispose oi them,
then, for 1 seo they are nearly all half-soled
already."
AiiTI-dcntonism. An Anil Kenton paper
is to be established in St Louis, Mo., and tho
editorial charga is to bo undertaken by Judge
W.ilkerj of the Nt-w Oitean I'elia
of human happiness. We fret, and pine, and
wear ourselves away in mnrmnrhigs and
complaints, because we are not the recipients
of kindness, when our entire disease and ma
lady is this that we ourselves, in our own
habits, modes of thinking, and in the actions
of our daily lives, are not kind eiwn :h. The
soothing, tone, the gentle manner the deli
cately oliorcd service, even when no great
attraction wins it from us the prompt un
shrinking effort on occasions of more pressing
urgency the generous thought that makes
allowance for all human faults and weakness,
and ihe humility that leads to reverence "of
all good, wherever found these all are hea
ven appointed medicines tor iho mind diseas
ed, which would ilu more to cuie the secret
sorrows of the craving soul, than if that soul
were in itself tho soli; recipient of all the
kindness ever practised in this wor! I.
Life. Ah! the pilgiiinage of life is not
u,ihappij, if wo only would not think it so if
wo only would not mole it so; and there are
green spots upon the bosom of this despised
and down-trodden earth, wheie vast multi
tudes are walking wilh feet so restless and
weary, seeking the gold they cannot find,
ana ever trampling upon the flowers and ver
dure unheeded in their search there are
green spots upon which a waudeiiug aiicel
might pause and smile, because thu beauty
and thu balm dilfused around bear evidence
of belonging to a holier ami a happier sphere.
But whence comes the verdure of thee.,
green spots in the pili imago of life! It
conies not out of beds of gold It comes not
out of Ihuso jarring elements of strife v hich
stir tho bosom of society, and lifi, if not the
arm of mnn against his brother, yet lift his
heart and his energies, his bitter and malig
nant tongue ; and hers, that should be soft.
and musical, and kind, making it 'speak
daggers," where sho "date not use them,"
and wound where it is afraid to kill. The
green spots of human life were never cultiva
ted by such means as these, nor found by
any who employed them.
No; tho beauty and tho verdure with
which even this world might bo life, como
from the seeds of kindness, of brotherly love,
of charity, ot faith. They como up unsought
in the palh of the lowly I'hiiotian, who tocctk
much; and who, in simplicity of heart, seeks
first tho kingdom of heaven, before the
wealth, tho luxury, or ihe distinction of the
woild. For such it is impossible to walk tin
niest obscure nnd unfrequented ways, with
out finding verdure and flowers, without be
ing regaled by odors, enchanted with beauty,
and welcomed to repose. They may not
geek these) verdant spots, nor make it an ob
ject in what they think and do to find eilher
enjoyment or rest; but the beauty springs up
of ilself, the happiness is a portion of their
existence, nature, and position ; and iho rest
is a foretaste of llial eternal felicity, which
thiswoild of ilself, even uilh all its gold, its
flattery, and its dislinttion. i .in nr ilhei jjive
a very respectable boarding house in that
street. It appears that a very fashionable
and prepossessing young ' blood," named
Williams, was in Iho habit of visiting and
paying very marked attention to both ladies,
and on Saturday evening he was lo call upon,
one of them and lake her out for a walk.
The other, who was preparing to go out that
afternoon, on becoming acquainted wilh this
iact, postponed her visit, and said she would
stop at home to receive Mr. W. The other,
on hearing this, of course felt highly indig
uant, being desirous of Mr. W.'g society ex
chiciveiy, and instantly demanded satisfac
tion of her rival who said she was perfectly
willing to give it, and a duel was decided
upon. By this time their little tempers wer
pretty well agitated and ono ran lo tho room
of a gentleman boarder, who was absent, and
obtained his brace of pistols, which she laid
before her antagonist to take her choice. Sho
did so, and tlteweapons being loaded, each
look Iter place and prepared to fire. By this
time a gentleman boarder camo in, for before
this there was more to witness tho solemn
scene but the servant girl, who waa almost
in hysterics, and threatening to make an alarm
if they proceeded much further; but they
had managed lo keep her silent. Tho gen
tleman. immediately interfered; but they
were not to be baulked, nnd threhtened to
tire nt him unless ho made himself scarce,
which he did, and quickly loo.
The bloody thirsty feminine ihen proceed
ed to the garret, to be more out of the wny
of interruption and each taking her place, at
far distant as the walls would permit, to
iho word "lire"' was given both pistol were
discharged, and both of iho ladies fell.
The alarn was instantly given, and the
persons in the house rushed to the room. Both
of the girls were lying on tho floor insensible
with the servant leaning over them, scream
ing the most frightful screams. It appeared
however, that no serious injury had taken
place, their nerves only having suffered ; and
after the application of restoratives they r.
covered. They looked a little abashed when
they camo to their senses, but at once flew
into each others arms, nnd after a brief hyt
terical display, calmed down sufficiently to
congratulate each other in iheir fortunate
escape, nnd mutually resolved to repudiate
henceforth tho gay deceiver, and cause of
this bloodless tragedy.
noi t ike aw.iv
A Xf.at bct severe Rr.rARTEE. In repljr
to some observations of Mr. Dundas, in Ihe
House of Commons, Sheridan observed, "The
Kight Honorable gentleman is indebted te
his memory for his jest, and to his imagina.
tion for hi facts."
An iufiaVl remarked, twithin the hearing of
a litile pill of thirteen, that all things came
by chance, and tuo woild, like a mushroom,
p;jng up in tho night. ' I should like to know
mi ," h ake I. ' hie the seed rnni from.