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MY EON, THOU ART MY HEART'S
2 DELIGHT. " .
The following beautiful and touching line
were written by Daniel Webter, on th death
u um bu naries: , .
My on, thon wart my heart's delight ;
Thy BOm of life Was f.w anil rKn I
That morn had rushed to audden night,
1 ny lather a bouse i sad and dreary,
f hold thee an mv lrn m mn t
And kissed thee laughmg, kissed tllbe weeping J
nut an my i mte a ay Is done .
Thou'rt with thy angel sister sleeping.
The staff on which my years should lean,
Is broken ere those years come o'er me (
My funeral rite thou ihould'at have seen,
But thou art in the tomb before me.
Thou rear'at te me no filial stone.
No parent' grave with tear behoIJesl ;
Thou art my anceator, my ton !
'And atand'st in Heaven' account the oldest.
On earth my lot was soonest cast,
Thy generation after mine, ;
Thou hast thy predecessol past; ;.
Earlier eternity is thine. . :
I ahould have set before thin eyes
The road to Heaven, and shewed it clear;
But tbou, untaught, spring'st to the skies, .,
Anu leav st tay teacher lingering here.
Sweet seraph, I would learn of thee, ,
And hasten to partake thy bliast
And oh ! to thy world welcome me,
At oral l welcomed thee to lb is.
Dear Angel, thou art safe in Heaven; . , .
No prayers for thee need more be made;
Oh ! let thy prayers for those be given,
V ho oft have blessed thy head I .
My father ! I beheld thee born,
And led thy tottering steps with care (
Sffore me risen to Heaven s bright morn,
Mv son ! my father ! guide me there
A PANIC EPISODK.
TT.E "SORROWS or A MONEYED MAN.
One rnorriinp. not many days aince. Mr.
Von Muff conceived and executed the ides,
of rising at five o'clock. To the preat disgust
and indignation of Mrs. Yon Muff be contin
ued the practice ; to use ber own words, "bo
deprived ber qi her sleep, and exposed ber
to a cold draught before it was light."
She fol'ioved him one mortimfr, and found
bitn in a state of extreme Jftn&'fita, reading
tue i imeg. ....
"So this is your occupation, 13 ft, Mr. Von
MaffT It is to see the newsnanor. ia it. that
yon deprive tne of my rest,, and destroy my
health T Are you not esharrwd of yourself,
sir?. Why canS.yoa reaf'ihe papers after
ort-nKiast, iiKe otner ioiks, en7
Iiecaii9o there's a panic, Felicia, and I
want to find out who ware attacked with it
yesterday."
"I aoic, indeed I Yon re enough yoorsolf
to give any one a panic. I expect you will
havo to bury me before long, if this sort of
treatment, fa continued. Then, I suppose you
will be overjoyed."
"My dear .Felicia, don't agitate yonrself.
Tiut, really, our financial condition is fright,
fill. Nobody trusts anybody. I feel qnite
alarmed, for, as yon know, my money is all in
the Blunderbuss Bank, and if that Bhould
burst!"
"Serve yon right if it did, yon. fool! Wby
don't you put it into the 'Waterspout Bank'
that won't burst."
"No ; but there may be a run upon it."
Draw out the money altogether, then, and
lock it up in an iron ebest
"Why, yon see, if I did that people wouli)
laugh at ine ; though, upon my boul, if this
panic continues, I must." ..
"Really, Mr. Von Muff, yon are the most
inexplicable person I ever encountered.
Here we are, it seems, on the verge of ruin;
and yet you hare tbs beartlessness to get up
at five o'clock, and sit here quietly for. three
hours almost in a stile of nudity reading the
papers, , I'ni dgusted with you, sir. What
are yob gating at . Are, you going to make
no effort to save joqr 4nnecent family, from
destruction ? M'ul . you . sit there forever,
doing nothing but reading the papers ever
lastingly reading the papers V
Von Muff made no reply, bat dressed,
breakfasted, and took his leave. As ho
opened the front door a well known voice
called after him from the top of the stairs t
"Joseph"
"Yes, my dear." ..
"Draw that money out of tne Blunderbuss
Bank this very day, if yon don't wan't to find
yourself wifoless and childless within a week t"
With this awful threat she disappeared,
and Joseph bailed an omnibus. .
"Ah ! Von Muff, how d'je do!"
"Good morning, Crokur. Dreadful times,
these. '.What's the news f"
"You've seen the morning's papers? Enor
mous list of failures. Can't stand it much
longer, sir. Everything must go yon and I
most go everyining general smasn-nn.-
"Gracious! you can't mean it. Burely the
eity banks are safe. I have a hundred thou
sand deposited."
"Draw it at once, then. Don't hesitate
don't lose an instant. Perhaps you're too
late now. Get gold nothing but gold or
you're lost That's all I've got to say.
Von Mufl polled out his large red pocket
handkerchief and wiped the perspiration fron
his face. lie remained silent overcome by
reflections. When he left the omnibus at
Stone street, Crokur put bis head out of the
window and called after tbe retreating capi
talist: "Attend to thut at once, Von Muff, or
consider yourself a ruined man." ."
Von Muff entered bis office in Stone street
terribly perplexed. lie found Scrummage
there Scrummage, who knew the financial
condition of every institution in tbe country.
"Well, Scrummage, bow are the banks ?" -
"Bound to go before long. I've given a
week."
"What, do yo think so too, Scrummage?
And tha Blunderbuss?"
"Not better than tbe others. Got money
theroT
"Yes."
"Then draw it out immediately; that's my
advice."
And off be went to counsel some other
bewildered mortal.
Von Mud now began to realize tbe panic.
To think was only to make matters worse,
lie rnshed into the street ia frantic alarm
as ha harried along be saw an immense erowd
of people before the doors of the Waterspout.
"What is the matter bare?" be timidly
iUfjaiied of a by stander.
. -.- 1
Selecl Calc.
"Run on the bank." " . " ' ,
. "Goodness I you don't say so V "
, And onward he hastened. Two men. talk.
Ing in an eager, excited way, dashed by bim
tbe next . moment. ' He caogbt the word
"Blunderbuss ; .. this was the climax of bis
agony. He dfrected his steps at once to tbe
bank where hi treasure, was deposited.'
The quiet and repose that surrounded that
veteran institution somewhat reassured him.
His fears, however, were not to be dispelled.
"This is the calm,'.' he euid to himself, "that
Invariably precedes the storm. There is de
ception in It. I am just In time. So be
entered, drew his money in gold, and, with
the aid of several porters and a cart, bad it
conveyed to his office in Btone street. "
Anx.air of Immense satisfaction pervaded
Von Moil's ronnd, good-natured face when
he saw tbe last twenty dollar piece deposited
in bis safe boe of Chisselhem's iron, patent,
everlasting safes.;, to fear of that bursting
He lighted a cigar,, and porting forth the
smoke in a long succession of wreaths, he
turned to Feeks ahd jStnrp, confidential
clerks of many years' standing , in the boose
oi v on M nit v Co., and Whispered ! .
"All right now, boys ; let the banks breas
li tney like, and be hanged."
it was, or course, necessary that the large
amount of treasure recently transferred to
Mono street should be watched at night,
otherwise a burglary in tbe third degree
might be disastrous as the breaking of a bank.
Von M off himself, with tha enthusiasm of a
recruit, declared be was ready to mount guard
for a fortnight: be conld obtain sufficient
sleep in the eveninc and morning before and
after tbe fulfilment of his nocturnal duties ;
and those accommodating clerks, Feeks and
Sturp. consented to assist bim on condition
that tbey should be eunnlied with brandy
and cigars disrretion. These preliminaries
being settled. Von Muff went home to din
ner, lie looked ronnd onoh hia fellow-citi
zens with tbe air of e mad who bad just
achieved a coup d'etat.
Von Muff experienced a special glow of
pride that afternoon on entering the portals
of his spacious mansion in the avenue. In
the evening he returned to the office, taking
with bim, for defensive purposes, the mnsket
with which his sire performed prodigies of
valor in the Revolutionary war. lie thought
it prudent to inform his wife, throntrh the
domestic, that be would tot return borne
until the following day.
The first night's watch passed off tolerably
well. Cigars and stiff brandy and water were
provided, and the guard were kept awake
partly by the liqnor and partly by mysterious
noises like the picking of locks and other
burglarious sounds. On more than one occa
sioo Von Mnff brought op bis musket to the
"present," and took deadly, aim at the koob
of the door, and his two attendants nervously
bandied tbe revolvers tbey. had borrowed for
the emergency. They had no occasion, how.
ever, to use their weapons. Toward morning
Von Muff looked very haggard and fatigued.
He felt "confoundedly gone np," as he himself
expressed it; so. about six o'clock, after a
shave aad mntton-chop, he ensconced himself
in bis arm chair, and fell asleep. But neither
the attitude nor the place were favorable to a
comfortable snooze. - - - - .
People, toe. .commenced lo pour in, for the
news of the night's watch hnd by this time ex
tended throogbout the whole business com
munity, and the utmost cariesity was manifes
ted to know the result. Reporters of news
papers, especially, were orgentin their de.
mandsfor Von Muff's own statemeut of the
facts that had transpired.
"Well, , Vpn Mnff, how do you feel ofte;
your night'o work?" "Is your money safe yet.
How is it done op in bags or kegs?" "Take
my advice nnd never loose sight of it again
6leep on it." "Good praciouBl you don't
mean to say that yqn deposit your treasure in
One of Chisselhem's-safes ! Might as well
flidg it into tho Hudson!". "Keep up your
spirits, old boy ! the panic will not lest over
six months, and yon can watch it out!"
- - These, and a multitude of similar remarks,
from solicitous visitors disturbed tbe equili.
brium of Von Muff's mind as mnch as his
vigil bad disturbed the equilibrium of his
body. ' He was, therefore, ill at ease, when,
late in the afternoon, he found himself at
borne in ,the avenue, u -'
Mrs. Von Muff took no notice st first of
ber spouse's dejection, but in the course of
dinner she abrnptly broke out: . t.
"Mr. Von Muff, may I ask if .yon've been
drinking, for your conduct is inexplicable and
"My dear Felicia, I was up (,'1, night,"
am. reajly quite worn not. I most tcke some
sleep before I return." . ,
"I thought this would be the result pfyour
freak. A pretty exhibition yon are making
of yourself before your family, it wonld cer
tainly be, the wisest etep you could take to
go lo bed." ., .. . . , , , i
Ton Mnff thought. bo too. A frightful
yawn, that he tried in vain to repress, rather
nurried bis movements, and he withdrew
without further remonstrance ... ..T.
; He bad scarcely been asleep ap.honr, jiow.
ever, when he was toneed lo consciousness by
Mrs. Von Muff, who appeared to be alter
nately shaking bim and punching bis head.
"Do you bear tbat ?" she yelled ; "do you
bear that?"
"What ?'' tabbing Lis e.yes, . end full awa
kened to tbe presence of his spouse, if not to
anything else..
"What? Wfcy, the fire-bell, yon deaf ad
der 1 it has been ringing eight this half hour.
A pretty time for yon to be sleeping, when,
probably, your office is in asbes, and we are
ell beggars 1"
"Oh I dear met yon don't say so ! Where's
my bat and coat ?" and out be rushed reck
lessly, leaving bis wife in the middle of
sentence. .
Von Muff hurried down town at the top of
ois speea. tie asked everybody wnom be
met, in wild way, where tbe fire was ; and
s me wag, who recogoiied bin, called oat
"Stone street." This answer drove him
nearly mad. His perturbation, when be
reached tbe head of the street, and found it
actually blockaded by firemen, was over
whelming. He knocked people about, right
and left, and when be reached bis office, and
fjund that tbe fire was round the corner, the
reaction nearly produced an appoplectio fit
He sank into a chair, faint and exhausted
w th hi exertioos.
The watch tbat aigbt was a painful one.
Neither Von Muff nor his a S-t Cts could
help falling asleep. Brandy and water only
made them more drowsy. Tbey nodded at
each other like mandarins, and every now and
then Von Muff would start from a dream, in
which be bid been is impotent iec a oi
the robbery of his own safe. He passed an
agonising night, and when morning dawned
be looked as though be bad been dragged by
the legs along a corduroy road. -
"Sturp I"
"Yes, sir."
"I feel as if I couldn't pat one leg before the
other. I can't stand this aoit of thing any
longer. I think I'll take tbe money back to
bank ibis morning.')
' I bepe yon will, sir."
' "I'll think over It Sturp." ' " '. ;- :
- Toxin enterod the office about ten o'clock.
Toxiu was one of tbe first victims. ' The
panic had loft its impress on bis face and his
sole occupation now was to alarm other
people.-
"Von MnlTl" he Ahnntr-rl. "
"Is that yon toxin ?" was tbe faint aWnswer
from the inner omce. '
"How dy'e feel old fellerr : ? .
' "Fairly done op.".
- "Well, I've come to tell yon tbat you must
immediately get a new safe. ' At tbe fire, last
night, one of Chisselhem's ssft-s was bnrrted
to cinders, and poor t ripper lost ten tbou
Band, ib bard cash 1"
"Yoa dou't say so !" ' V- '
"Ye 'lis a fnrl IJnorl hv '
Poor Von Muff was now utterly bewildered
His money weighed bim down to the earth,
aod tbe fears for its loss that he felt in other
davs were liebt in comparison to tbe resnon
sibilities and perplexities that tormented .his
soul now. He visited the banks to see if any
ot tnem wonld accept bis gold as a special
deposit, but they all refused. He even im
plored the Waterspout Institution, npon
which there bad been such a run, to take pity
on bim, bnt without avail. Finally, he re'
solved to pocket pride, and redeposit his
money in the Ulunderbnss.
, His mind was relieved from an appalling
weight when tbi9 was done. A severe trial,
however, remained. How should be inform
Mrs. Von Muff of the course he bad pursued?
tie approached tr.9 subject timidly, as loon
as be reached home.
"Felicia, my dear I"
, - "Well ?" . . .
"1 have sent my money back to bank." '. .
"What! to the Blunderbuss?"
"Yes."
"Upon my word, iryoo aren't a fool," and
worse, I don't know who is."
"But what can do?"
'"Do! Canyon sit there and deliberately
tell mo you don't know what to do with money
when your wife and children are positively
going about in rags ? No wonder tbsre's a
panio, if all men are like you."
History saveth not what resnonse. if anv.
Joseph Von Muff made to this particular at
tack of his spouse. It is probable, however,
that he was too experienced a husband not to
find safety in Bight.
The next morning Mr. Von Muff Reamed,
to bis despair, tbat all the banks, including
tne nluoderbU8S, had sutiiended specie rnv-
ment !
(From the Westminster Review tap October.
' i'EMALE DRESS FOR 1867,
We doubt whether tbe age of our national
history, or on any spot or the'globe, a more
indefensible mode of dress conld be poiuted
out than we have displayed before ub at this
moment in the Y orld of Fashion, published
by Simkin and Marshall, and (as the title
page declares) patronized by the Queen, and
the Ladies' Gazette of Fashion, distinguished
by its faithful presentments of tbe actual
mode of npper class dress. Putting aBide
Punch, and every kind of caricature, we have
plenty of priuta of existing ladies before us
every day to meditate npon with more leisure
titan tbo mind can obtain in parks, Crystal
Palaces and Cbiswick Gardens, were we have
met tbe origin&ls ; and a quiet contemplation
of the garb of 1857 cab leave no other con
viction, we are confident, than that, if our
ladies were rational five years ago, no more
reliance can be placed on reason than on ca
price. But tbe truth is, dress is not a mat
ter in which reason has ever yet bad much
concern. It may be occasionally reasonable j
but it is not tberefoce determined by reason.
A variety t f passions of feeling maybe Im
plicated in dress ; and any oue of them is
more likely than reason of equipoise or neu
trality, wheu the jndgment has a chance to
rule lor once. As judgment and taste go
together, it seems rather turpi ising than rea
sou should have so little to do with .dress ;
but tbe fact is so ; and, in tbe supposed realm
of taste, we see tbat arbiter set aside, to
gether with tbe judgment, on the first inter
ference of any emotion. The female world,
which, in tbe absence of any particular per
tubitlion, Borne years ago. dressed in gowns of
au easy length, and. breadth, of moderate
weight in the skirt, and a natural division at
the waist, now plays tbe fool in a costume
which barbarians might mock at ; and all
this because Paris is charming to. the imagi
nation and venerable jri the traditions of the
toilette, and because tbe womankind of Pan's
is now ruled by a second Josephine,, with
whom dress is her favorite branch of tha fine
arts, and who is also a sprightly witch, well
inclined to try how far she may go in caprice
with tbe wo rid at her heels, and to put to tbe
proof tbe power of ber beauty in making fools
of "all ladies in al) lands." A crowd of emo
tionscuriosity, wonder, admiration, and all
the feelings which. go to make np what we
call romance bave urged, tbe women of Eng
land, Russia,. America, and perhaps a good
many more, into extravagant exaggerations
of the caprices of an extravagant beauty.
One article alone, the full skirts, will remain
a mopament of their impressiplenessv It was
convenient for the graceful Empress, to dis
guise ber figure for a time, aod every dowager
aud every. young maiden just emerged from
the schoolroom, adopted tbe device without
any consciuasness of the absurdity of the imi
tation. Thus are our ladies proving them
selves no wiser than their great grandmothers
though tbey plumed themselves for a time
on being so. Their feelings bave carried
them away into a fanaticism of fashion which.
Punch msy expose, bnt can hardily carica
ture. '
Glancing at therushions for 1857, what do
we see ? On the bead is something, tbe pur
pose of which it wonld be difficult to discover
by reason a structure of silk or straw
adorned with flowers, ribbon and lace, crowd
ed on the angle of the jaws and tbe nape of
the neck, and with its forepart just teaching
tbe crown of tbe head. We bave Mr. Spur
geon'l authority for the effect to the eye of
tbe speetator in front Being advised to
preach against tbe prevailing folly in bead
gear, ba paused as he stood up on tbe plat
form, looked aronnd him and aeld "I have
been requested to rebuke tbe bonnets of the
day ; but npon my word, 1 dod't see any."
This is the bonnet of the summer of 1857,
pinned to the head of some troublesome way,
.erring the face exposed it a manner which
one need not be a Turkish parent to disap
prove, and causing the hair to be powdered
with dust, and the bead and face to be alter
nately heated and chilled by tori and fciud, so
that tbe physicians are easily believed when
tbey declare that caaes of eye disease, of
toothache, and neuralgic pains of the bead
and face are beyond all precedent in their
practice. For many months psst English
women aod the ladies of America, where the
extremes of beat and cold are greater than
with as, have been subjecting themselves to
the inconveniences of going out bareheaded,
with tbe added annoyance of an apparatus
which beats and worries tbe back ef the ncrk.
Tbe most delicate floweii lo tbe gaideo ate
cot off by the ladies' betns as they walk the
fiath, and the little green-house is no place
or such tragedy queens ; tbey cannot move'
without knocking down., have, a, dozeb pots.
If tbe children are younit. the parent dares not
commit more than one at a time to the charge
of a nursemaid, for a neighbor's child was ac
tually swept into tbe water from a bridge by
a stiff skirt,' which went flaunting by, tbe wea
rer being unconscious of the mischief.-. If be
Walks with his wife, he has to be on his guard
all the time. If the wind blows, be is fettered
by her superfluity of garments ; and if it rains
bo Umbrella can cover them both. H the
weather is settled fine, tbe lady's traiu raises
a cloud of dust, and sweeps the path of all
loose filth as they go. If they enter the parks
the steel rim of her petticoat cuts bis legs aa
they sqneer.o through the narrow gate ! krld
if they try the high road, there is too. hin.ch
probability that the whole apparatus may bo
come inverted by a sudden gust catching the
balloon. Umbrullus get turned wrong side
out; and tbe existing skirt is much more
essy to invert. If it is to be a drive and not
a walk, the good man runs the risk of being
dismissed as a haughty actress dismissed an
bid friend. With a vehement prohibitive
gesture, she drove him bark from the carriage
step, with "Pardon me I and my dress occu
py the carriage." Tbe same women Who in
tbeir youth marvelled bt tbe slavery to fashion
wbicb induced their grandmothers to kneel
in the carriage for a drive of many miles to
save their lofty head dresses, now banish
husband or father to tbe box, or compel them
to walk, to make room for the accommoda
tion of flounces or steel springs. Sunday is
changed. Tbe children cannot go to church
because mamma leaves no room for tbeni ;
and pnpa has to stand aside, in the face of
tbe congregation, while his lady is effecting
the difficult enterprise of entering her pew.
Are the ladies aware ..that tbo dullness of
church is relieved to bachelor gebtlemen by
tne amusement or watchinge-nnd arterwaras
discussing, the comparative skill ofthe.ladies
in passing their pew doors. We are concern
ed to find that a new method of getting np
prujer uuuks unu uiuics ior cnorcn use, ena
bles tbe ladies te find tbeir own amusement
while apparently engnged in worship, lit
seems to be really tbe fact that the ladies'
prayer books have a small mirror bound rip
with the cover probably of about the size aa
tbat in the hat-crowns of dandies which they
consult while devoutly coverinc faces on en
tering their pews.
In the present travelling season, tbe trip
is found a pursuit or pleasure nnder difficul
ties, unless the ladies will retrench their gar
ments. It is now a common thine: to take
more places everywhere than the number of
individuals requiring them ; and on cross roads
where coaches and posting are the only means
of conveyance, the gentlemen have no chance
of room unless the Indies take more places
than they want. On the Scotch, English and
Iri3h lakes, tbe decks of the small steamers
are unsafe for children and other unwary
passengers amidst tbe sweep of hoops and
bidden clotbes-lines. It is out Of the ques
tion for tbe ladies to trust themselves to a
pony for a mountain ride, wjiile carrying a
balloon about their waists: nnd tbey cannot
climb to the ridges in a dress as heavy as
themselves, and longer than their own heels.
If they venture on foreign travel, the prevail
ing fashion compels a kind and amount of
custom-bouse search highly distasteful to
y family man. And where is the recom
pense of all that ? lf.it is troublesome at
home tbat no wardrobe or closet will hold
the household gowns, it is no compensation
to witness the effect of those dresses in
company. An sdminiig father, who till
lately delighted in bis daughter's grace
and lightness, or movement, and, her elegant
figure, now sees her doformed and trammeled
whether at the piano, in the dance, or simply
sitting on tbe sofa. In the first case, she
can perform only at arm s length ; in tbe
second, she steers about like a great steamer
on the river, which all boats get out of the
way of with al speed ; and in the third case,
the spectator is reminded of nothing so much
as the old way of bathing at Bath; when tbe
ladies waded about in ponds, finely, dressed
to the shoulders, while boors and tbe waters
concealed all below tbe waist. A girl at a
f)artyrnow looks like a romp half bid !n a
laycock, or the aconite. pushing np bis blos
som between two leaves ; we fear we must
add like hunchback, all ruffed and frilled as
hunchbacks are wont to be. There is an an
ecdote to'd by a traveler in the United States
or a dressmaker in a New jvngland village
who. on being reproached about the fit of
the gosrns she made, replied that she did not
see bow sue coma on more man s'ie bad dune;
she had obtained the proportion; of tbe
Venas de Medici, and if the ladies were not
satisfied with what Would fit ber, why, then
tbeir taste -was not to pe admin d. What
would the Venus oe Medici aod bur devoted
dressmaker say to the spectacle of a pretty
slim girl so smothered in apparel that, as she
sits, she seems like a person uplo tbe arm'
pits In a feather bed ?
As to tbe bidden apparatus requisite for
tbe management or such a mass of clothing,
it is really too well known to reqnlre much
description. When a man has gained 10,-
000 by such an invention as a lady's petticoat
nia commodity becomes aa object or study
at once ; and no oonoi tne gentlemen have
contemplated lue petticoats m tbe shop win
dows crinoline, gotta percba, and steel
with as much intcvest as the lady customers
wttbia. the gutta percba tubing (to be In
Rated bv Tiersocs who despise their1 ancestors
fr stuffing their nether garments with bran)
soenis not to answer very well, judging by the
proposals made to buy it on for transatlantic
telegraphic purposes. Not only may the
steel bird-cage which seems tbe most eligible,
td be seen of drawing np the hoops by a string
over tbe left shoulder, lo enable the wearer
to sit down. . More harmless were the hoops
or tbe Graodison days, when, as Harriet By
ron shows us, tbe ladies made room for the
gentlemen in carriages, and for their own cir
cumference in sedan chairs, by slipping the
hoop ppon the left shoulder. , ,
It would be well for women if tbey could
perceive the wisdom of conformity to that or
der in their own cdse : - for it. is iricoctestible
that tbe grace which they lose in making
disss more tbati an adjunct .caunot be com
pensated for by anythiug in tbe dress itsolf.
Let tbem try for tbemselve in regard to the
most graceful creatures of other races.
Wrap dp an Arabian horse in . tbe gayest
trappings of the eld bobby bones, and what
isnhe efleet? Dee se a dress for tbe deer
which shall trommel tbeir limbs, and where
is tbeir charm, be their caparisoa never so
splonded? It is the hooded falcon more
beautiful with its pert feathers on its crown,
than when it can use its br 1 iant eyeg at will?
Imagine for a moment the absurdity of sub
jecting any other creatures, as our women
subject themselves, to the race oi tne day.
We call ours an iron age. We bave our iron
railways and ships, our palaeea framed ia iron
aod our iron stair-cases, and even bouses, as
a security against Ore ; oar iron cables and
telegraph wires letting girdle round the
earth ; aod we tauuet slop here, bat frane
end case the female form In iron', as the cur
rier would defend his besieged town with an
aparatus of leather. The stays and steel
fotiffehirigs before and now tbe head-dress can
io kept on only by a profuse employment bf
obg pins. , The bonquet has a metalio foun
dation like everything else, and each blossom
and leaf is . Supported on a wire ; and so is
each prominence and movement of the prodi
gious skirts for our ladiei are actually cog
ea in sieei, and merely Cover their cnge wite
gorgeous silks, which are no more realry
clothing wbicb the bronnham in which Ihev
ride. It is a mournM climax with whictf na
ture cops the absurdity. . $
When the tender crealnrea are wortt ptt
with the weary toil and folly of their unnatur
al mode of life, and their pale blood and lax
fibre most be restored, the iron must be ta
ken as medicine the steel goes into,the stomach.-
Pjace the most bewitching of the an
imal creation antler similar conditions of ar
tificiality, and what will become of their grace
abd charm ? Everywhere else tba,n iri tbe hu
man case tbe valne and beauty of ohjncts re
side in themselves, and not in their accesso
ries ; and so it should be with the bnmai) ob
ject, Whose accessories shout J alwoygbotoo
subordinate for distinct notice. This is.Vhat
Dr. Johnson meant when ha said thnt itin.a
persons ore best dressed of whore dress no ac
count could afterwards be given. This J
nuav una oruuiinuii meant wneu ne ram
that a man .whose . dress yon notice in the
street is an ill-dror.aed mao. 1'his is what
our countrywomen will perceive to be true
when their minds are duly brought to bear on
a subject to which a most unnecessary amount
of time is at present devoted without any
creditable result..;
'.We ftfb bonrid to the course bf French
fashiobs in tbe matter of dress ; ', and we see
no sign anywhere; from the higlieBt lady in
tho land to tbe maid of all work, of an impulse
to independence, strictly persobul as the mat
ter is.
It is otherwiso in another conntry, where
the fine ladies are even more enslaved to Pa
ris fashions than in onr own. In tho United
Slates tbo dress reform association has been
for some time organized, and it appears to be
prospering wel). Physicians of eminence
support it, end that is a ravoreble sign.
: . v Country Girls. -
Mrs. Victoria Fuller, in' the Ohio Coltiva
tor in a sisterly way, thus talks to country
gins: .. .. .
The farmers' dauhLers are soon to be tbe
life, as well as pride of tbe country ; a glo
rious race or woman wbicu oo other land can
show. I seek not to flatter thorn ;. for before
tbey can become this tbey will have to tnake
earnest efforts of one or two kinds, .. There
are some who depreciate their condition, and
some who bave a false pride in it, because
tbey demand more consideration than they
merit. A want of intelligence upon all sub
jects, and of refined education, ia no more to
be excused in a country than a town bred girl
in this age of books and newspapers.
Many girls are discouraged. .because .they
cannot Detent away irom uomo to .boarding
schools ; bnt men or superior minds and
knowledge of the world would rather have
for wives women well and properly, educated
at home. And this education can be bad
wherever tbe desire is not wauting. . A
taste for reading does wonders, and an earnest
thirst after knowledge is almost certain to
attain aeweet draught of the "pierian spring.!'
Thete is a farmer's daughter in this very
room in wbicb l am writing, a beautiiul re,
fined and intellectual woman, in whose cirl
hood, books were not as plentiful as sow. and
who gained her fine education under circum
stances which would bave discouraged any
one but ono who bad as true a love of study.
I will state why I think the country girls
are yet to prove the hope of tbe country.
The women of towns and cities are becoming
so uuiversaiiy uunealtny, and so alasost eni'
vers ally extravagant foolish aid fashionable,
that men, are almost in des; air of obtaining
wives who, are not invalids, and providing
them with what they demand after tbey bave
married tbem. Unless the young man has
tbe fortune fsrood or badl to be the Inheritor
of wealth, he must spend the best bloom of
bis youth to acquire enongn to "start npon,"
as people are expected to begin npw-a-aays.
Many even in high places would go to the
country for their choice if tbey met tbeir equal
rennement and intelligence. Women are
preparing to taise a noble stand in history,
una tney cannot do it in ignorance.
Town girls have tbe. advantage of more
bigbly polished manners and greater accom
plishments ; but country girls have infinitely
more to recommend them as rivals of their
lair city sisters. Tbey have more truth,
uouseooia Knowledge and economy, health,
and consequently beauty, simplicity, affection
and freshness of impulse and thought When
tbey bave cultivated minds there Bra more
chances in tbeir favor for good sense aod real
ability, because so much is not demanded by
tho fnvolties of society. The added lustre
of foreign accomplishments could easily be
caught by such a mind from every httle con
tact with tho music,
I would not etieak as. though onr farmers'
daughters were deficient in education. Mauy
brilliant scholars end talented women may
be found among tbem ; in New England this
is especially so ; but I would seek to awake
the ambition of all to become that admired
aud favored class which they ought to be, if
tbey will but unite refined culture aitb their
excellent graces. ... . ,
A sweet country bouse, with roses and
honey-suckles trained to climb oter it, with
good taste, beauty and intelligence Jwithin ;
toil enough to. insure beaHh, ar.d leisute to
court acquaintance with books and flowers,
and tbe loveliness of nature; with peace, plen
ty and love, is sure't one of the paradises
which Heaven bat left
, for the attainment of
man. .
Singular. W beard of a singular circum
stance the other day which occurred a few
mile uo tbe Lehieb. -A little girl about four
years old awoke in the middle of the eight
and told her father tbat there wes tt negro in
the cellar He endeavored ttf quiet ber by
tolling ber tbat she bad been dreaming but
she resolutely insisted that Sae saw tbe man
go in and was positive that be was there.' In
order to quiet lbs child, therefore be arose
from bis bed. looked out of the window (which
commanded a vteW of the cellar door,) . and
to bis surprise saw it open. He then weut
downstair jdit in time to see a man coming
out with a pot of milk lo bis hand. Tbe thief
on thus being caught dropped the milk jump,
ed over the fence and mad tracks, lie stop-'
ped however and begged off, on threats or
being shot This occurrence took eluce or)
Thursday night last, fry what' means was
this knowledge communkated to the child ?
Was it through tbat presence or evil w&ich it
is said sometimes warns ns or danger in our
sleeping hoars ? lfno-it Dmocrut.
James G. Birtiey died on Wednesday at
hit residence at Esgletwood Perth Am boy.
' Ftnti the Germaritov
' . . Thcr Chinese S
fy. 'Editor, Having
with Mr. J. F; Lukens, I ant
bis statement, as published in v
br the 21st olt., is correct ahd tfifc
yield be alluded to but, I think il'
ilsp to say that he had there if we i
closely about one-sixth or an acre tiiore
one and a sixth acres of cane, Instoad or'b-.
1 procured some bf bis simp, est did from
other who bad grown tbe cane, and hnd to
reduce it one-tcnth to seperate the foreign
matter from it; then, it graded nearly with
the Steward sirup as Sold Usually by grocers
In general use. . . ' ' 6 '
i Wj I.?8i,u', Bl8n('8 "M- "d thus re
duced. at 39 degrees (Baume's Hydrometer
for sirup purposes,) and hot at ot; degrees.
1 he sample 1 gent jou of mine, at cold,
and 40 hot. .
MBki" J110 aboTe deductions, We bave tho
yield of 1 17 gullons of rich sirup as the result
br bis arce, and a Bplendid yield it is.
Unless wo reduce tbe sirup to the a btiiforrrt
grndo or quality, it is hardily fair to givo the
yields as furnished by many farmers ; enough,
is certainly known, however, to assure the
rarmer of a lucrative remuneration fer his lime
and labor In growing the cane and producing
th?,8'ruUP-Jr.ar- F. SlEffiKT.
& t' i, 11 ou,tl be ns we" to state
tBat Lonrnes Hydrometer forSirnps, cao be
, ;.u V A""er s I'hilo.opblcal depot;
- v.VB.auuw obtcvb, Kb uuy cent.
, 1 kaS?aSo Association whose object
Is to facilitate, tho recovery of lost baggage
and freight has been in session during tha
past two days at tbe Scott House in Pitts
burg, Pa. The following companies and cor
porut!on3 presented; New-York Central,
Great Western, Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and
Chicago and Rock Islund, Chicago Burlington
and Quincy, Galena and Chicago Union, Dix
ooand 1 Air-Line, Michigan Central, Cleveland
rind Erie, Grand Trunk, Chicago Omnibus
line. After the usual busioees was transac
ied which resulted in the finding of a largo
number of pieces of valuable friegbt and bag
gogo the meeting adjournrd to meet in Chi
tttgo, Illinois ou Wednesday, June 2, 1S58.
1
From the Germnntnwn Telripaph )
, . Choice Eeceiptb.
ici? th,a weel soa,e choice receipts for
the Housekeeper, in. the hope that, at IbiS
season, when people tci'H indulge a littlb more
than usual in tho good things or lifij, tbey
may understand bow to make them in their
own households.
To Cindy Frtit.
After pedebes, plums, cilroDs, br quinces
bave been preserved, tuke the fruit from tbe
mrup; drain it on a. sieve; to a pound of
loar soger. put hair a teasup or water; when
it is dissolved, set it over a moderate fire;
when boiling hot, put in the fruit; stir it
continually until the sugar, 13 candied about
it; then tuke it upon a sieve, and dry it in a
warm oven, or before a fire : rennut. this wn
or three times ir you wish.
Fbuit in JcLtr.
Put in a basin half a.pint of calf foot jelly,
and when it has becoma stiff !. . ki.
of grapes with tbe stelkd unwards ; over this
put a rew vine leaves, and' fill up the bowl
with warm jelly; let it eland till next day
and then set the bowl in water up to tho
brim for a moment, then turn ont.rnr.rnii
it is a very elegant looking dish.
Excsll!:!;t F.hiit Cake.
One cup of butter, one tif broa'n unrran xn.'
of molasses, oue of sweet milk, tbree of flour
and foureces. Ooa An.. ...tr r..n .
or cream of turtar, and one or soda. Two
pounds or raisius, chopped fine; one nutmeg
and a little brandy, ir yon choose. This will
ume i.g gooo sized loaves, which will keep
moist without liquor from four to six week
when it iu properly covered.
- Sro.soK Cask.
One enp of sugar; I teospoonfull cream cf
tartar ; 1
cup 01 noor; i teospoonfull of
or
soda; 3 eggs, well beaten. The cream of
tartar should be Hell mixed in the flour,' and
tbe flour stirred very gradually into tbe
beaten eggs and sngar. Tbe soda shnnM i.
dissolved in a tabiespoonrulls of milk or
cream, aud added just before putting into tbi
oven.
SlI.VKR C'aKK.
The whites of 8 eggs;
1 cup or buttul,
.- 2 do. sugar;
3 do. flour,
1 do. sweet tnilk,
1
teaspoonrull crecm of tartar.
i do. eoila,
KxcELtENT Plain- Cake.
One Cup of sweet milk : 1 of suirar 1 rf
molasses : 1 bf butter : 3 of flour i fist 11 n it
chopped ruisitis; 2 teaspoonfuiU cream of
tartar ; 1 of soda ; 1 of salt : 1 of cloves t
tl cinnamon ; 1 or nutmeg. Extroct or leoien
or rose-water, ir desired. Mix the cream of
tartar thoroughly into the Uour. and dissnlru
the soda in milk. Mix as usuul. One-half
lard can be used instead or all butter ttt
shortening.
La-MON PlK.
Take 3 good Sited lemons, saneeza tha'
joice, and chop the peel, and mix with 2 cup
ol molasses, 1 cup of mtrar. 2 eeira. ami
ilthi salt. Pastry, ns for any pie. Ctmp
the bottom Crust with a moderate thickness
of tbe prepared lemons: place over thia .
second crast ; then place more or the prepaied
lemon, and cover with top crust
Extb Nice Bakkd Aipi.es.
Tuke soot apples those of a leen AW
aad to every square tin filled with tbem, pour
over a (eacupfull or Water, aad a teaeuprull
of srrgar. Bake slowly a 1 11 done. Kut with
ream, and tbe juice that cooks from tbem
This is, iod d, cxce?leut
To Mask Uimukb Ssaps.
Take ere tublespoonfull cf pina-er am r
lard, one teaspooufull of saVratus, half a
pint of molasses, half a teaeuprull or water
With e Sufficiency of flour. Kuead soft, roh
thin, and bake in a quick oven.-
To Mask Dot omits.
One pint of milk, eoe toaeopfull of ahnrt'.-
ening, two ofsuar, odo of yeast, three epgw,
two toaspoonfulls of cinnamon, ene of salt! -Beat
the eggs, sugar and spice well together,
and stir in tbe other ingredients, with a u(&
eieury of flour. Pry in bot lard.
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