mux. NEW SERIES, VOL. 14, NO. 1. SUNBURY, NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY, PA -SATURDAY, MARCH 30, IS01. OLD SEIMES, VOL. 21. NO 27 The Sunbury American. rUBLISHED EVERY SATURDAY BY H. B. MASSER, Market Square, Sunbury, Ptnna. TERMS OF SUBS C R I V T I O N . TWO DOLLAR per annnrti to b paid half year y in udvance. NorarsR discontinued until all arresmgea ttie poid. TO CLUBSi Three Copies " addrea JJJJ ev.i do. do. 10 0U IMtceil do. do. ... SI) BO Five dollars in advance will pay fm thiea year's tub tilelion to (he American. . i .i.timi.tera will plraiK nci aa our Acrnia, mid frank Slier. containm ui..acription money. They ara puuiit lo.l in do tin. under lh I'"'1 ()ftc L,w- TKIIMS OF AltVEKIUMIl. One square of 13 litifi' 3 times, I'.vi-rv unlmcqueill in.crlliui, ( ine S inire, 3 montlia, hn month., .""" i Mie voir, H Alness Card, or Five lines, per annuin, ii'li:itp himI oltiera, adve: dame by the year, with the privilceeof iineiting ni"crent advei- I on s J no J 00 . e? IKI 3 uo III Oti iy- lirgei Advertiaement., per agreement. JOB rnlMTINO- We have connected with our cataldiahment a well e levied JUll (lI'I'IU-., which will enable nam execute tl, the nenieat t Ic, ever) vaimv of printing 's. " 2. masses... A T T 0 It N E V AT LAW, SUMBURT, PA. H.HinBM attended to in the Counties of Nor- i nberlaud, Futon, Lycoming Montour in.! C ilunibia. Jlet'nrencct in Philadelphia : Hon. lot R.Tvloll. ChM. l.H.l.. r .q.. Joiner. & Suodera.., I. inn tmith a- Co -V 1 1 o r n c u a t a w , .Vo. 12S llroadway. fw Yorlt. IVil eiHefuMr attend In Cotleotion. and all other mailer. ...muted t' In. cure. Mav 51. !!:. FRANKLIN lTOUSE, II KHl'l I.T AND H I". F PUNISH K I) , Cor nf' Howard and Franklin Streets, a J'e.ir Squares Wtst of the .V. C H. II. Depot, BALTIMORE f ims, l rr.n Hit O. I.F.IsKMIlNn. Proprietor. Jalv Ifl, IO. tf I'f'in Selm. Grove, Pa. W I I.I.I AM V.. IIMt.H t ii a i. k lk T soviEiis- G. SOMERS & SON Importers and Dealer in Cloths, Cassimeres. Vestings, Taylors Trimmings. &c, 'o 32 South Fourtli Street, between Murkci anil Cheanut Streets, rbilmlelpliia. Mrrchint otlirra viaitiiiR llie oily wonl.l fiml it to their ailvintnge to give ilieiu a call and ex inline their stock. March 10. IbtiO HARDWARE ! HARDWARE ! '. SU'ST received by A. W. fIHKR, at hi i'$ l'rug Store, Siiuiiuiy, i'a., SCOOPS. SHOVELS, PORKS. LOO CHAINS, MILL S.4 5, CUO.VS CUT SAWS. Also. Screws. Hutu. Door Knoba, I humb i I, .itches, and all hardware neceaaary for building. A aple mlid 1 ,1 of pocket and table cutlery, Mela nia, (Jerinan Silver SSpoona. I.oolilntr (InHM-N. A lare ato, k of Looking lilaaaea. received and f,., l by A. W. r lslIKlt. Sunbury, July 17, J. P. SHINDEL GOBIN, , ii ii . .. i riruiirary power, rt lucr. muu uceu luuuu Attorney 5 Counsellor at Law jjut caso f compiamt. BUNBUHY, pa j The list of appointaients is prepared during WILL attend faithfully to the collection of claims the session ot Coulnreuee, ami is kept strictly nod all prot'enioiial biiiiieHB in the comuiea .! secret ; so that no one knew, nor co-ild form Northumberland, Montour. I'nion and Snyder. ! eveu a probable gueej ot h.s fate. The mur-.ii:o-i l mveu in the (ie'nian language. j mur of voices was therefore hushed, and all Uihce one dour ci.t ol" ilia Pruilionotary's ; iistene i as with one ear wheu tbe bishop rose , in, e. ! to eiilld their riddles for them. .Sunbury, Mo S6, lC0. ly THE INTERNATIONAL HOTEL, L'AOADWAY, COHNKR OK Fit ANKI.IN STREET NEW TTORIC CITY, ff ra ui.bire,enia to Merchaie.i ard T 'uri.'. vninr.g rw Y.nk, uuunia.etd hy uny H'.tel in the Metr-ip'.li. 'ne lnll'iwiiiK arc among the adiuiituKe. wtlu-h it po.aea wi. and wnull will lie appreciated ! all travelers. Irr. A eenlriil loeatnin. convenient l pUcea oi btiameai, ia well n. place, nf ainu.emi-nt. id. Scrnpul m.ly clean, well fumiahed titling riHima, ,viih a magnificent Iidiel I'ailur, cuiamanding ail txten itve view llrnndway Jd. larije and aujieibly furnial.ed anting nmnia, with a injsn.fienl I'arlur, c anniainlinj ail exlen.ive view of IJ.tiudwny. (Hi. Bring endneled im the I uropeaa plan, vi.ilnrt ran live in me be.t .tyle, w ilh the gre;ileal ecmmn.y &th. It ii cnmieeted with Tajlor's (rlrbrntrd Saloons, wiiere vi.itor. can nave ineir mem., or, u ine, uc.u . inev wti' lie inrm.neu in llteir own rtetie.. 'h T fn:e.erved in the HiKv.n, and Hotel ia ac. knowledge.! hv epicaua. to U vaatly auperlur to that of "'woii'lhe..".;., the en., of hvin, in th. l.eernatiomil, l. much below thai ( anv oilier kr.t claa. ll iel. OlusiiS CO , I'Mpiietura Anemt (, !). lv L-t'Al.lH.i;'S Prepared Glue, and iielle)i Mucilage r Pmr per hottie and hrmh 'ii cent. O.rd.H Ki.m. of Ciaaya H-rk t Ueni.ne, for removing FOR 9 VI.F. AT THIS OFFICE. ("anbury, March H 1K)U A NEW LOT OF HARDWARE &. 8A1). DLERY. Alau, the but assortment of Iron Naila and Steel to he found in the county, at the Mammoth store of PR1LI.NG & GRST Sunbury, June ?, 1860. SKELETON SKIRTS AT tbe Mammoth Store will be found - very large assortment of Skeleton Skirts from seven hoops op to thirty. Oct. 6, 16G0. FRIL1NU 4 GRANT. KeroNPne Lamps. A VERY LARGE and cheap assortment will be found at the Mammoth filore of Dec. 15. I860. TRILINU A. GRANT. II O! YE LOVERS OP tiOl'P! Afresh supply of Macaroni and Confectionery at I KI1.1.MJ 4 GRANT'S. Hunbury, June 3, IRfiu. fT is important to the LADIES to know that Priling & Grant, have the beat and largest ctsortmenl of Dreas Goods in tbe county. Sunbury, June 3, I860. FRESH SUPPLY Of DRUGS at the Mammoth Stora. Also, a new lot of per fumery, Soaps and Paney A rticle. Very cheap, PHILINU k GRANT. Bunbury.May 56,1860. JATENT BRITTANIA STOPPERS fo bar pomes lor aaia oy H. R MA8SFR 15 AR Iron, fttael, Naila, Picks, Orub-Hoea and Maaon Hammer., at low price. bpight 4 eo.N. Punbury, iune tl, I860. Select Ipoctrg. THE COCKNEY. BT JOUW O. (AX. It was in my foreign travel, At a famous Flemish inn, That 1 met a stnutinb person, With a very ruddy ekio j And his hair ionielhinp iandy, And m donn in knotty carls, Aod wui parted in the middle, In the manner of a girl's, lie was ihd in chequered tromer, Aod hit coat was of a sort To suggest a scanty pattern, It wis bobbed so very short ; And his cup was very little, ciuch as soldiers often use ; And he wore a pair of gaiters, A uil extremely heavy shoes. I addressed the man in English, And he auswered in the. same, Though he spoke it in a fusbiou That I thought a little lame ; Fur the aspirule was tnisrieg, Where'er the letter aliould have been, And where'er it whmi'i wauled, lie wus Kure to put it in. When I spoko with admiration Ul t t. I'eter's mighty dome, He remarked, "'Tia leally nothing To the bights we 'ave at 'time !'' And declared, upon his honor Tl.o' of courbe 'I was very queer That ho dmibled if the llomuns '.-1 J tlie 'urt of oiukitig boer. 'I'lien it. tulked of other countrifS, And he euid that be beard That .lUiencuoa epoke unglisb, Hut be deemed 11 quite Aabaurd ; Yet be fell lbs deepest Alumroot In the mieaiouary work, Anil would like to know if Oeotgia Was in Hualuu or New York. When 1 left Ibe man in-gaiters, Me wuk gruinbliug o'er hisgiu, At the charges of Ibe hotter 01 I hut famous Flemish itiu ; Aud he looked a very liiiton, (.So, melliitiks, 1 see bi:n atiil.) Aa be pocketed the tandie 1 bat was meutioued iu the bill. A STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. It was the list day of tho IaJiun Confer ence. A II business was dispatched, aud tho axsimtiled preachers waited only lor that last and most important announcement which should decido for each tho sceue of the next year s lain rs. la cur Mi thoditt communi on tbe bisbop who presides over tbei annual meeting called the "('otifi-r?nce" wiulds the appointing power. His word, in this matter, j ba4 been wisely made nupreme ; and tnougn, I with us degenerating .ieihoilint3 of the F.ast. the body of presiding elders prompts the ! wiBilom of their superior, while the largur and wealthier congregations go one step (arlber and usk privutely belurelunu lor the oiuu oi I their choice, in the generous West they slick , to the priuialive mode, trusting to thu ezpe ! rienco ol the bishop that be shall a Gt the ' men to tbo churches thai neither may be j wronged. j Nor, let it be said here to the bailor of 1 those venerable, men, who have now fur more than h.ilf a century exerevsed this somewhat I . i . . - i. . . i . - . t . .. u r .. .. .1 ! One by ouo tbe williug servants bowed ! lhu;r acci'ptiog heads, with a sigh of relief or j surrow, and lost their general curiosity in j their particular interest. Prost-tilly was leud j uut : j "siioTTovKtt Station ; Paci. Clifton." i Whereat a few of the elder brethren locked 1 over toward tbe young mull to named, scru tinizing him. ailu critical eyes, as though measuring hi. fitness for this "Sbottover Slalitiu" ; while others theyounger preachers, looked up with ill-conceived joy at their owo escape. I For thy were hard cases at Shot lover ' station. Tbe cburcb was small and weak ; j tbe "outsiders" a turbulent set, irreverent to I the last degree, exceedingly ahatp discovering I the piearher's weak poiola, and very reutly l0 lakt( HLlT,utti,e f ihein. A VerV StrnliC i , , , - , j bold of hatao was hbottOVer, where the pool i minister Uoed hope for but small pay and less j respect and .night think himself lucky ir be , got Oil Wllb Il0l8 buDeS. O DCel Or tWICP, I UJlHed in years past, they bad driven the newly appointed man away by force of their j brawny arms aod leathery lungs j aod once taking an exceeding dislike to a young man, , rom coeg?i B)J ,erTiDg bl,r9 blJ 0rst year (and who, as they cotoplaioed, "knew everything"), tbey had combined together ud literally starved bim Oil. Iberefore Sbottover was a place to be avoided by all means a plague spot wbicb had driven several tender besrled men ioto other conferences ; aod to which now for some years tbe youngest member was, by general agreement of tbe bishop with bis subordina tes, sent to make trial ol bis burning powers just as bojs who have run away from home to sea on their first voyage placed la charge of tbe sky-sails aod royal studding sails, to loose and furl them. Whereby at least those whose romance lies but skin-deep, and who were indeed called, but Dot chosen, grow to hate the glorious sea life io tbe precise pro portion aa tbey scrape tbe skin otf their ten der thus, aud are glad at tbe first port, to run away home again. w nicb 1 take to be a fine example of Mr. uarwin a recently advauced theory ol "Natu ral Selection." Paul Clifton, who sat in pleased uocoo scioosoess a little oo ooe side of the room (like a young bear, all his sorrows before bim,) was a recent acquisition to tbe Confer. oca. 11a bad trraduated with honor two years before at a Theological Institute in tbe r.asi j uaii preacbed experimentally, aod very acceptably, on various occasions, to difiereot city aod country congregations, bad leaeo a run over to Europe," and was Dow counted promising young man, whom aoy "",""""v-" -ouiii oa giao. to receive; wbeo lo I to 'be surprise and disappointment or bis friends, be set his (ace Westward, aod es chewing the flesb pots of New York, reso lutely wandered tots tbe desert of Indian another John Baptist, said Miss Tbomasioa Dobhs. a rmmi iit vnotig lady, who was shrewdly ,(.., .,.) : ,,. . v, ul,llD lle rt, erenil Paul's heart thotigh, very unlike John Baptist indeed, though the rough iloosier preachers, when tbey saw bim pull off bis neatly Deling kid gloves on coming into the Conference room, and spread an immaculate pocket handkerchief on tbe dirty floor where ob to kneel at prayers. Tbe fact is, young Clifton bad been bred in ease, and bad the outside of a gontleniau, which is a disadvantage sometimes ; particu larly if the inside does not correspond, lie had a young mau's natural longing to go out ill the world, and see a little of the rougU side of it to try bis own wings, which he had now for some years been impatiently flutter ing on the edges of tbe paternal nest. Add to this tbo honest enthusiasm of a young fellow who believes liimeelf called to show tbe heavenly road (not as a finger post, as Jean Paul suggests, which ouly points tbe way, but does not move itself) Aud this tempered, perhaps, by the modest thought that it would be easier, lor him, a young and inexperienced ' man, to lead rougn uoosiurs op mis steep and narrow path than tho more reOnuii and intellectual congregations of the Fast a little mistake I bave knowo wiser men than the reverend Paul to make as though the wildest horses did not need the best drivers. Put these together, aud you bave, I suppose, nearly the mixture of motives which brought liiui to avoid tbe soft ease of a "first class city appointment," and join himself to this uiiknowu future of tbe backwoods. I lia bishop regarded bun with mild pity as be read bim his fate. A set custom could not be violated oo his account ; nor, indeed, did the venerable man believe thai this trial hud best be spared the young preacher. When the last hymn was sung, and tbe prayer and benediction had dismissed the membeis to their homes, he walked over to nbere Cliflou sal aud Blinking his hand encouragingly, said, AKeep up your spirits, lirother Paul! the awmd of tho Lord is on your sidu 'the i awon) of the Lord and of Uideou.' " I "Yes, yes," remarked an old fellow who ; overheard these words : "1 wish there was a little n.oD Gideon though while a bard featured circuil-ridi-r growled to bitnsnlf, "Tain't right, hardly. I've a mind to change places witb bun ; bo looks like a good young leliow." "You let bim aloug," interrupted old Father Sawyer ; "probable the bishop knows whul he's about. Lt thu young man lake I Uis chuncu. Tbe I.oid will provide.." I "1 don't believe tbe Lord kuows anything j about Sbottover," retorted the circuit rider, who had enough of Ciideoo about bun, at any rale ; and who probable would have rather enjoyed a tule with that devil of mischief, who was said to be so strougly eulruuebed io Paul Clifton's new station. In wbicb regard be differed much from Paul, who was not what you call a muscular Christian, forcing people heavenward by the fear of the Lord aud a big fist ; but emineutly a mild mannered niau, sleudor, and more given to his Greek Testament tbau to his dumb-bells. Old Peter Cartwnghl wuuld have couuted bim but small potatoes. Hut then, even Peter is mortal. In fact, 1 fiud nothing bo very uioital as muscle. That hi) might properly prepare himself for personal contest with tbe sous of Belial who made Shottover a by word and a re proach iu the mouths of tbe brethren, these took cars fully to inform brother Paul of tbe various disagreeables and trials he might expect his new slatioo. (Just in this way my grandmother used lo describe to mu beforehand, and witb great minuteness and conscientiousness, tbe nauseous horrors ol that inimitable flavor of disgust, an impen ding dose of castor oil as of grandmothers, and particularly those of the male sex.) Thus advised, aud io no very sanguine tern, per, Paul rode iulo Sbottover on the top uf stage, on a Saturday morning; and ol'tei relresliing bis inner and outer man at tbe hotel, he proceeded to view bis church. Now, to uu earnest aud unsophisticated Christian like the Reverend Paul Clifton, used all bis life lo the comfortably cushioned pews, carpeted aisles, aofa'd pulpits, and scrupulous cleuuliuess of our city churches, tho little meeting-house at Sbottover was like to be a shock. A shock certainly, lo bis sense of couil'ott and deceucy ; perhaps (who knows ?) to bn failb iu the Christian doctrine. It is unpleasantly situated in the extreme eilge of a bare aud sterile clay bauk dowo which, I verily believe, it will tumble some rainy day. Its low roof; its muj bespattereo walis, once uaiuleil u dirty woilo ; its narrow dour way, making uo allowance fur sinners in 1 crinoline; its raged wagon-shed, like Jack Straw's bouse, neither wiod tight oor water tight, aud through whose boarJ sides several generations of borses had gnawed sundry boles, which gave their successors occasional privileged squints into a cool meadow beyond thus pointing a Suuday lesson eveu to obstinate horse flesh, by this pleasant vision ol heavenly grass fields ; aud this flanked by an appalling architectural novelty a boll- lower, or embryo steeple, standing on Us owu base, and giving the impression to an unfa miliar eye thai it bad beeo lifted down by some light banded giant ail this does not promise well to a mau who holds bis laitu by the ties of mere use and comfort. Within, tbe narrow aisles are covered with a fine coating of ricb Indiaoa mud. The bard straight-backed, uocusbiooed peas afforded no rest for tbe wicked ; nor to the pious either, unless as ia some times tbe case, piety and adipose tissue are fouud in the same body. Tbe preaching stuud has at least tbe merit of consistency, beiug neither cleaner nor more oroamenlal than the rest of tbe cburcb. Uaiu staiued windows ; bare, white washed, and partly "peeled" walls, while where do stains ol tobacco betoken the resting-place of some saint who chews tbe cud ot V irgiuia content beneath tbe shadow of the preacher's loug arms ; and a huge stove, whose pipes stretch like vast arms aloDg tbe ceiling oo both sideB, as though preparing to shed a fervid blessing on tbe assemblage : truly here was found cause suf ficient for series of shocks to Christians of weak faith or seusitive nerves. Nevertheless, though cleanliness Is next to eodlineBS. dirty shirt is not evidence of tbe unpardonable siu ; and, tnanK uou i i nave knowo tneu whose bard bands and soiled clothes bid a soul so clean that, if you were not wretchedly Dear sighted, and could see all through coatiog of clean dirt, von at ouce took such to yoor beart. Such aa ooe was Farmer leigntoo. a tall, raw-booed, bard-featured mao. witb the awkward stragling gait, uucertaio poise of body, aod splay feet, which are the rewards of aa inscrutable Providence for a life of sever toil perhaps to teach us to look be oeatb lb surface for the truest worth ; per haps also to tell os that man does not live by bread alone, and tbat Mary did indeed choose oaucr pari man serviceable Martha. rarmer Leightoa was now a well-to-do per.nnage io his little world. A man of ;o in ti'My nve summers, io most of which corn planting haymaking reaping and hous ing crops the inuliifrinus, never censing toils of the farm ban left their marks not lightly upoD him t with scant, grizzled side whiskers, and a chin wretchedly shaven by a dull razor aod aa unsteady, wearied band ; hair of that tawny sandy bue which betokens several generations of rough struggle with forest life, banging down in straight and tangled locks about bis ears and coat collar ; aod a Sunday suit of blue Reutncky jeans, home-made, aod ingeniously contrived toshnw every angle aod rongh knot and ungraceful line in tbe poor, ill-used body beueulh. 'I bis was tbe man whose harsh cracked voice, with s querulous quaver in it at lirst, and a strange after tone of protecting and longing love, called out, 'Now then, old Indy ! At which a bright bay mare, harnessed to a mud splashed buggy, standing near tbe hitching post at the gute, pricked op her ears and wondered what she hud done now, As though there were oo other old lady in tbe world. "In a mionte," answered a voice from within doors, having in it also a certain tin. certain tremble a quaver, however, which stood for tbe Tearfulness of a long and much loving heart, whose meek bnbit was to tit its motions to the convenience of others ; a voice soft and ogreeublo, even though it was cracked, and hinting of mar y cares and much housewifely forecast. Ami presently Bp. peared in the covered way of the comfortable double, cabin a portly dame to whom this voice belonged. Here followed a young girl, 'blue-eyed and fair-haired, as tbey are iu Indiana, and of such buxom and shapely form, combining both strength and grace, as is the natural result of "bog aod boininy," plenty of fresh air, and a total lack of servants and other incentives to a luzy life. Her name is Mi randa Leigbton for which I am sorry, for I can not but believe that she should bave been called by some such honest and plain name as Susan, Jane, or Kliza. ISut the Iloosier farmers, having little other grandeur to be Blow upon their children, are pretty sure to give them grand and outlandish names. And 1 have a respect for fuels, which ore stubborn tbinga, but useful in thoir way. j Miranda uofutteund her pony from a rack I beueath the wagon shed, where he bad stood ' under shelter lucky beust ? and leading i ' liuu up to ibe horse block, leaped lightly into the saddle. As she settled herself there, I helped by her father's kiudly bauds, a horse- mau rode into tbe opening by a turn of tbe ' road. "There's John now," said Mrs. Leigbton. ! "John, come, go to church with us." j "I'm goin'," suid he. "There's to be a new . minister, ain't thar t" j "Yes; aud no tricks now, Jobu," urged; his mother, beseechingly. j "No, indeed: we're going to listen cee . what stuff he's made of. Guess the boys 'II be still enough to day." "I'll warrant they'll ull be thar," grumbled old man Leigbton. Which was a piifo gness. For, next to a circus, Doming draws so largo u crowd in an lodiana village as public speaking of any 1 kind ; and above all, a new preacher. A talent for oratory is worshipped by ull the ' West; and a man who really bus something , to say, and knows how to say it us though bo ; believed it with all his beart, could not have. a more appreciative audience thun these rough, unlettered Indiana farmers. Nor will you fiud any where sharper or more relentless j critics thuti tbeso. As logical as children, and as impatient of humbug, they are ever ready with a biting word, which iuevitubly pierces 10 the core of some conscious mis statement, or sophistry which ihu speukur is uol himself taken iu by. So the sister and hrother rode off together in advance, while Ibu old folks followed al such leisurely pace as buited the bny mare, who bud had her own way so many years that she took it now as a matter ol right. Miranda had just returned from school. In Indiana tho boys must work, and their; schooling comes, if at all, by fits aod starts us they say lawyers get to heaven. It is ! theirs to battle with the primal curse from their earliest years, and such learning as they get is picked up ut odd times, ami chit fly from their Bibles aud the agricultural papers. Hut tbe girls go to school. For them money is laid by ; aod as tbey grow up to young womanhood, poor indeed must be ibe farmer who does not send bis daughter away to a boarding school iu some city or larger town, where she has, at any rate, the opportunity to gather such of the ways, and thoughts, and accomplishments of a more finished cul ture as may assimilate be$t to her nature. W lib these advantages lue daughter becomes the oracle of the house, cherished by ull as a being of superior mould, aud greatly held in awe by youuger brothers, who submit, with what grace may be, to ber dominion. .Mi randa, as 1 suid, bad just returned from ecbooi. The free air aud pleasant sunshine of this Sunday morning, and the exhilarating canter of tbe pony, raised ber spirits, and gave ber courage io administer a scolding to Jobo, some of whose tricks she hud heard ol on b'T return from School at Louisville. "Don't you see it's very wrong?" she asked, witb such a sparkle in ber eyes as made it vaguely doubtful to contrite John, whether It was nearly so wrong as he bad before thought, to tie a kitten under the bench occupied by the young ladies' Bible class io cburcb, where it had miawttt dismally at every pause iu tbe sermou, to the great distress of tbe young ladies aud tbe inluDse delight of ibe boys. "Don't you see its wrong !" she repeated. Didn't mother always tull you to be a good boy; aod didu't 1 always tell you to bu bave ?" "I'm going to be as good as pie, now you've come back, Sis," said Jobu, turning toward tbe pleused Mirauda, face really txpiessive or vast amount ol contrition. Hut alas ! as be turned in tbe saddle a bonifying screech of foliue agouy iuterropiud this charming scene. O Lord!" exclaimed John, slidiug nimbly off bis horse, and making a desperate grab after bis coat-tails, from a pocket iu one of wbicb presently emerged good-sized cat, spitting out in evideot rage at bur treatment. and with eyes sparkling, bead down, uud tail erect, lushed into the woods. There was dead aud ominous silence for the space of twenty interminable seconds. "Now J Ull N I at last exclaimed Miranda, very slowly, aud with an injured air; "mow JOHN I" Aod theo the little witch could bold ler grave face do longer, but burst out ioto such peal of laughter tbat the pony was really at loss to know what it all meant, while tbe bav roar hurried op ber lagging paces, very much surprised indeed, aud anxious to disco ver the cause of such suddeu merriment. "Yon sad. wickeu bov I" exclaimed Mi- randa. catcbiuff ojoaieut's breath, aud wilb it crave face ; but seeing John still stand ing by bis bursa, with red face, aud bauds closely held to bit tuat tails, she broke sway again into a laugh which the woods were very glad indeed to echo. "1 didn't mean to've sot on her," said John respectfully, willing to mollify bis sister ; "guess she aiu't hurt much." "I'll cotch ber if you like," he added, sud denly, in the hope that bu offer of service, of whatever kind, would help him out. " 'Tain't that, you dreadful boy. You know very well," laughed M iranda, trying to assume that severity of countenance which she felt the occasion and the offence de manded. "What was the ral doing in your pocket, you dreadful fellow?" "Can't a feller take bis cat to church with out yon pilchin' into him T ' retorted John, in injured tones ; and then feeling that defense was worse than useless in bis case, and see ing, besides, the bay mare approaching, wilb father aud mother peering curiously at their children, he judged it prudent to remount his horso and rule off at such pnen that he was not likely to bo caught. Hut as he rode Miranda noticed, witb a chujkle of satisfac tion, Hint hn still held one band carefully near t lie coal-pocket which bad contained the luckless cat. 1 1 1. The Reverend Paul Clifton rose parly on this Sunday uioruing, uud was the first man, after the sexton, M euler the church. To say that he felt coinlortable wuuld be to make bim out a fool, which he was not. It was a novel situation ; and I dare say it costs a geollemao more serious thought to preach to a conerega ou o: inuiaua i.rniers ,ao does Peter Cuitwr.gb t toexpoom his Gospel to a I - ,rth avenue audience. W hen he hi.d a congrpgatiou of Indiana Isrmers than it seen his church (or meeling house) when he had Hindu the acquaintance of the sexton, ami some others of the leading members when be had slept upon his impressions and now, on this bright Sunday morning, was arrived at the climax of his troubles, the reailur who cuti realize that the Reverend Poul wob not only un honest young fellow, but also a man who thought modestly i l Ins owu abilities, will not be surprised that he sat in uncomfortable) anxiety for the result. For to fail here was to fail utterly. 1 am ashamed to refer tigaiii to Mr. Darwin (whose philosophy, by-lhe-way, 1 distinctly repudi ate,) but hero was what thai eminent natu ralist very properly culls a "struggle for lito. II was omy in ineso , v uy,ai solemn question, W hat is the full force meaning of this ollice have taken upon , mysell? begun to crowd upon him m ail ita ( wide and serious beariues. And what, indeed, il is to ho what we cull inddlerently preacher, pastor missionary ? , i. a -1 .1 ..a al... still to bo written. 1 do not intend to boro the sufficiently inipitietit reader by interpo lating in this place any attempl ul so impor tant u work. Hut pending tbe advent ol the great ecclesiastical Agussiz, who shall pre vet.t mo from Retting down here my little preliminary ' Kssay ou CUssilicatiou ? ' Hue ; there is, 1. Tho wishy-washy young man, who would starve in any other calling, aud therefore li t-rtl 1 y "preaches lor a living ; 'J. The fluent young man, who preaches because that is tbo most impressive way of saying nothing ; il. The ambitions young mau, who tees thai the prefix Reverend gives, eveu in our Protestant America, a certain power uud influence to its possessor ; 4 The wide awak-. young mail, whokuows that tur h i in there la no such easy wuy to gum breud uud butter and honor (aud a rich wife.) as the pulpit ; 5. The 6tudious young moil, who turns clergyman that he may guiu leisuie for his favorite books and sluuit-s ; li. The young man who has a certain in tellectual theory oT Christianity, with which he thinks it desirable to quiet the world. This one, 1 s midlines lluuU, lacks only a little true piety lo bu indeed the uiudel clergyman of the uge ; Aud, lusliy uol to mane tins list too long there is your man who, leeliug not only his niljghboi's, but his own pride, uud selfishness, uu,j ttrr0gunce, and lorgi tfulutss of God, ond 0r Bi eo0li words and woike, fuels also that above all mere dickering for place, or powei or superfluous bread and butter, or uny low Hit.liiliiin whatever, is the d.viuu ollice of lettdiii"'bis fellows from those abysses, where devils lie in wu:t for their souls, to those green fields wheie Christ the Shepherd, ivt-r waits his sheep. To such uieu lie said of old. and says to-duy, "Go ye into ull tbe world nod proclaim 'he Gospel to eveiy creature, ieiiunini ct Jerusalem." To such, Christ is lie who "came into the wotld to save sinners, of whom I urn cliuj'." These are they, the true ministers of lis Word, follow ing and teaching llun with that divine love and charity which compels the rudest souls. Sbull we complain if uny such go forth com prehending tbeir great work vaguely looking out upon it us through a glass, darkly' Doobliug-hesiltttiiig-in fear uud trembling? Like Gideon, tbo sou of Joash, ar-king vain BiL'us of their Lord? 1 think few uieu ever set out on Iheir life work if it ba anything higher than mure selfish toil with uny cleat j ideas of what they ord lo do. Your logieal man is your thorough rascal. So let us uut doubt of Paul Clilton, if his heart sank uon into his boots as be sat iu his pulpit uu thai Suuday morning, watching the eutranco of his congregation ; who now began lo suae iu little awkward squads of six or seven, bash fully examining "Ihe uew minister" as they pushed up tbe au-los iulo tueir seula. They need not strain their eye to see bun. Here was no dim religious light, such aB some of our city churches ailed, and wbicb is so admirable au unuoyance lual 1 uon t won der weary Wall street cultivates il. Ibe broad pleasant suushine pours ID Ouldiy through that part of ibe open and rurtainless windows, not obstructed by the opaque bodies ot sundry Iloosier lads who prulerred a seal ill the window ledges a luxury relnsed them ou week days, when subsided Jehoram Ua ker, the Yankee pedagogue, here taught the young idea bow to shoot. And now as Miranda, her face composed, aod her band boldiug ber brother's arm, marched the reluctant youth up the aisle, ber dress caught one ot tbe intellectual popguns which lay at random about tbe floor ; where at small boy, coming behind wilb his mo ther, gave au auxious glance, then dove down desperately iuto the urowd, crying out in bis shrill treble, "Dog on it. that's uiy speller !" The brandished aloft the piecious dog eared viiume be bad rescued, aud was luconliuent If suppressed by bis irate mother, who looked uiatuiual thunder at the unlucky urchin who bad dared to "holler out in uieetiu ! Paul smiled as his eyes took iu the scene, who grotesque humor relieved bun for a mo ment from his load of anxiety. A man who has really a laugh in biru uever carries it nearer the surface tbao when be is thorough ly wretched. Aod now tbe service began. If you think I am going to give you tbe sermon or auy part of il yon are oiistkeo. A mere sermon don't often rooverl anybody out eveo the preacher Old Jwhtt Wesley augured badly of Ibe man who told him that he (Wesley) had converted bim ; and begged him to pray Ibe Lord to do it over. Webster defines a sermon to be a pious aud iustruc tive discourse. Now, it cau't be pious with out being instructive ; and moreover, Dr. Webster's delini'.ion excludes a considerable class of sermons, which are neither pious uor instructive, but only logical, or tbengical. which is worse. For I believe, witb one of our greatest preachers, that all theology enmes ot the devil ; and when a man gets nto bis pulpit and begins to lay out the Christian doctrine te me by role of thumb, or by any other rule but that golden one of which Christ said that he who keeps this ful fills all the law an 4 the prophets then 1 try very hard to run my thoughts off on some li'.tle side track of my own, where tbey may quietly take another truin and go tea quite diil'ereut place from tbe preacher's. When Paul roe he reud aloed those beau tiful promises ol Christ nn the Mount. Aud as be read, his heart, so long Onmb with fear before Ibis strouge people, grew Strang aod full with the dear love which spouts io every hue of those blessed words. Il is not so much words a speaker needs as thoughts ; uud eo much thoughts as thu one great in spiring thought which shall bind his audience lo him, and make In in uud them from that time kindred and ol one spirit. Iu this sign j we conquer, A ud this sign ? I'll call it (ym ! pulhy. He called it love. In what manner j should he spunk ? How should he tonnage to I please them? Had been Paul's troubled , j, hl- uow ,h(,y were DO longer they, No Urmr ruJ uncoulbi petulur, (ll;em,.bul nu 61lJ bM.Uren 0f tne saoie I biiuuuia, Lite raiurj uujjes, too eiiiuo lumrj, ) the same heaven-born aspirations. Not sirau ! gers but kindred, saved by the sauie blood, ,i.. .1... - . i.n..An i. r...... reap lliue same prom ses, leu.p.eu hi uu .i- ii , ,. ' , ,, ,, . i l ungs, even as was He who suUured a that i j we might follow him. "He you all things to ull men," said the Apostle; lo whom this 1 I . .1 ...e.l ... i . L. .. .. I : coiiimunu was uuuuiiess piuiuer iuuu lu auuiu ; Do you think words full the man whose ; beart is lull to bursting ? Words these were ! of Paul's, ueitber brilliant, uor hue, nor pro- fouud, uor trashy ; but very simple indeed, j Aud though this ycung man had satisfacto- rily displayed his taleuts before divers culli- , valed city congregations, this was in truth! tbe first sermou of bis which went to his own ' bourt. j,0 ,ou know whal Curlhl B,eaut when be suid to tbeu. : "Go and ye preach M , M uullou 9 b,,ginniuij 6l Jcru. faeiJJ jBht,ra.n Baker. Ihe callous Yankee peda- w)o Cuud s(i()d mnM M b , . wa(j .ated ( bis customary nsp that morning. I be pco pie were very muck surprised. Tbey didn't i ; quite utiderttund it. That is to say they ' did. When Paul came among them otter i service it was not as "the new minister," but ' j us uu old friend. He needed no introduction I to tneu uud women whose hearts be had j touched so uearly. lie was one themselves, i No fine city gentleman come to teach rough , lluosiers what they knew perhups better; ) than be. Nor any rude soldier of the Cross, i so overwhelming tuctn witu the thunder ol bis gospel artillery os to leave uo hearing for the soil loving voice of the great Cuptam of IllJIiUCI Ul our salvation, who wills uol the death of sin ners (and surely never wished to see them dunuied before tbey were dead ) Nor, lastly, wus bu, to their conception, any Iheulogicul mummy, stiff with the wrappings of formulas, and wilb dry busks where live uieu keep their hearts. Only a gentleman. I hope nobody will atk me to scy"Chiis tian geulleuiau ;" because then I shall think u.y corrector does not know wbut it is lo be a gentleman. And do you think a gentleman cannot pre vail witb such plain folks as these witoout i bluster, and casting away his owu true tia ' tnro 1 Does not the greater contain the less? And who told you that this old iloo sier farmer, in cowhide boats and homespun clothes, slow of speech and awkward in man ner, is not tho truest gentleman God ever made ? IV. 'Father says you must cume home with us," suid Miranda Leighton, pointing lo where "Fa ther" stood before the intetiiig-house duor holding J the mure, who was restive for her dinner. '1 here were a plenty ot imitations lo "come anil amy with ua,-'' but "Squire Leighton" carried llie day, boie oti Paul, who found nim.elf pre.ently in a con.l.irtaMe farm house, where his host presented bun in farmer fashion : "This ia the old lady; this ia Miranda; and this is John, my hoy; I wish be waau'i such a bad hoy. Make yourself at home, and try to like us and our ways. They aiu't very fine; hut tve nii jii what we say," "In what way ia John such a bad fellow " Paul ventured to inquire, by way of a liiog linn self at ease with that young man, who looked at tne certain degree oi auepiciori, as one oi uia nai- uiai enemies. vtnerupon jo in s motner maue sorrow. u cm- I'P" " ' i-hiiri Ii ..I hiu l.iit.litfaia ftv liair Hnvs 1 1 1 .1 h W s hi ill : i i , i , . ,.,."11., .. and Miranda completed the display ol Johns ut.er depravity by relating the ... cidc.it of the cat. At which the heverend Paul laughed ... heart- i'.y that even glum John tcntureJ on a aiudu, and .Miranda bad her tun all oer again When dinner w over, and while the old Mk aiuokej tin ir pipes, Paul pe'auaded lolm uiln himovir the Urm. The ronsequenoe of which showing waa that John relumed to Miranda with a puzzled look, and the remark thai "that thar iiuniater warn'l a bit Ilka any other he saw Why Si-," said the poor fellow, "he laughs just like other people; and nude me lell bim about everything un llie place. And he hkes fishing. and I in going lo show In in llie rreeu. And ne didu'i know what a barrow waa till I lold lino ;" added John with chuckle, "auJ I'm to .how luiu how to plow." So you llunk he II Uo ! querned .Miranda, quietly. "I d uniio yet" said John, raaunihig 111. cautious look ; "I duniio yel hul I think'" Having won oer John, Paul' fume aoou went through all the country -aide ; ami aa he prutrd biniaelf a tolerable hl, a good li.hcrii.au, and a a aen.ible fellow geuurally, "the boys," who had been ao long Ihe plag'ie of Slicltover meeting h'use, presently made him their honored rapiaiu. without whoae presence or rnunieniii.ee ,. ( in could rosper, while lliey delighted lo do lor tn.it a guard, olieli more xcaloua than wise. But what avails lo recount al length thr peace ful liiumphs of tbo Reverend ('lit on. HialirM victory derided ihe campaign; aud be surprised Ibe brethren at the next annual Cuiilrrei.ee meet ing by requesting (unlet some one elae wi.hed tha ula lo he cuiuinueJ" in Shulloer another r ' . year "What Paul Clifton could have found in Miot. Invar !" waa a que.liou which puzzled fery body but Paul Clilton himself, till one day Pair, aud gentle, and dearly beloved reader, you gueaaed it long ago, didn't you I And I am not such an ungrateful bore aa to disappoint vou till one day the bishop was invited lo dedicate a new meeting house in bholtover ; and (his dona, waa requested "lo unit iu th holy band of mat j rimony d (which bonda lhaj war lignity ui uu. ihf. nr.vr.nrvn rict ci irTO.v AK Mias hiramu ir.imiTos. John was prearnt. in a ureal alate of tninil ar J shirt coilnt. anJ ef er the crrsmonv wss over. and the company had adjoursed, privately hn stoweu Ilia bleating on Miranda, ileclarini that 'She'll rrnt th l,l f, liar thai .it, I. ..i-.t I".-. - 1..... and ef he aa a ureachrr. Crt.KsriAi. Codkeky When anxious to cook a lamb in the highest style of arl, the Chinese build a low mud wall, enclosing a space of two or three feet across, end another wall outside, forming a circus of about tw.i feet wide, in wh.ch they set pots containing wine, vinegar, soy sauce and ao forth. In th inrer space they light a good fire, and in lb circus thus prepared, pot a live lamb. Tha larrib naturally becomes thirsly from tbe great beat o. the fiie, and drinks what bo finds as he runs backward and forward 10 search of means of escope. When the drinka are all swallowed and di ied into the animal's flesh, the lamb becomes exhausted, falls down dead, and in a very short time is completely roasted. Turtle may be prppared, accordif-.g to the same authority by placing it over the fire in a pot of water, fn the lid ol'which Ibero is a hole large enough to allow the turtle to put out his head. As the water becomes hot tho turtle naturally thrusti his hoad out to get at tbe cool air, when be is fed with spineil wine and soy sauce, which he driuks readilv as a relief from the heat. This cors on a I long as he has strength to keep his bead up, I and as the turtle doe? not part with lile easily, u seldom im Id to go ou elulliiig himself till he is cooked. A Hkvv of children were tllini their fa. tl'.er what they got at school. Tbe eldest got reading, snellinv and definition. "Ami what -. j:,, n . i j a . reading, spelling and det rition j , do you get little one ?" said the father lo a rosy cheeked little fellow, nlio at the time was slyly driving a tenpenny null into the door Panel Me? Oh. 1 cets reudin' (net. ' One day, at a ferm-honsit, a wag saw an old gobler trying to eot the strings of some night CUPS that lay on tbb ground to bleach. " ' hut," suid he, is what 1 call iulioducicj; Cfitton into Turkey." A Victim of Dipthfiua. Dr. J. P. Hodg don, an eclectic iihysiciaii of Hto,i ,be,l ?r week of diplherin. He took the disease from a young man whom he attended, and died ufitr au illness of six dj s. A liltle hoy iu Vermont, who awalluwed a cent las, summer, is din;; slowly of copper p"ison. His legs bave become ncle.s. farmers1 fpartoicnt. Manaokvknt of Pui't.Titv Agreeably to promise 1 pioceed to give my experience as regards the feeding of hens. Ju the first place it is highly necessary that ibey should have an abundant supply ol frash, clear water. If there is a running streuui near by they ar wen suppiiuu ; u not, tueresuould be several ' """eea at-i properly , ,1e1J ,u "r, l'r l'"" ,,bu LpBS ,n." di :B! I, I 11 oi luein suu noi iu or stand in them to . muddy the water. In regard to the sob : stances for food, I would say ; Boil about half a peck of wasle or lubbistt potatoes or ; turnips, (or the rinds of either wheu well dono : w.U do,) and while hot put them iuto a pan j or bucket, and udd thereto half a gallon of I ship sttifl'or wheat brau, a shovelful cf liva coals from the fire, half a teaspoonM of fine ; salt, or a small portion cf sulphur ; masu and mix these thoroughly ut.d feed in (troughs. The above is a feed for fifty hers , If tbe ship slutf is not at band, use whent ! screenings iusteud, boiled witb the potatoes until they are both well done, which is the j best feed for them 1 have ever used. Mixed as above stated, uiy plan is to feed, acroid icgtoliie forgoing, ouo morning with corn aud screenings, (half galloii of each,) the next 1 morning Ite same, and rj ou. Tbe reBult is. , 1 am uow gelling Iroiu L'j to 30 egg a day, j and have one cue-fourth of my hens, out of . titty, getting, leaving only 7 to lay. : l lie kind of troughs 1 use are as follows : ! two bourn! s like liicui t wide jointed and nailed together, with a piece across the ends and u ! strip one inch wide, lengthwise acro.s the lop j in order to keep the hens from staodiug or walking in them, which 1 find suits tbe pur l pose well. It is also quite necessary to keep ' a moderate supply of lime or burnt oyster i shells iu or ubudl the yard; and further I keep n y hen-house Iboruughly clean and of I leu whitewashed, and well ventilated in miid and warm Weaiiier, io older to promote the j general health of the lowls, without which llu-y will never lay properly. The arrange. I muni of the nests and loosting apaitments I JSultimore A'u sliouid claim special attention. . 1 U. , i ,,,,. i .... A hout tbe mid- ; J;e uf Urt.U r fiist ot Apr.l last, I put out , Bhnn lilt .ir ntlr I.xit.o .a t si... -.. - " a ("ecu ui Kiasa lliuj mill wa.1 Jio rf r , ,,,.' w , b j n B01lldJ M , piece of grass laud lhat was poorly set and worth Bow. waa that 1 the ground : ia beautifully set in glass and grealiy in. i proved in tvery respect. I) i f C I ) f 5 a AanriciAi Hoait Rutins With this anybody can make honey, in uuitulion of that of the "bu.y bes," at a co.l al only C cents a pound. Take 10 p ui.ds ol sugar, add 3 pounds of water, Id grains ol cream of tartar, 1 ounce of rhppery elm diaaolved in I i;i!l of water, 10 dl'ips ofessenre ol iperuinit, 3 l!a. ol comb honey. First dia solve the aug.ir in the water, and then remove the coin aii-ing (herefrom. Then dis. olve the cream ol tartur in a little warm water, which you wul add with a litile .lining then add Ihe honey heal lo boiling point and stir il lor a lew momenta. Bt.0 Hum P.na is. Scotch aniilT mixed with a. fl.o.ip. it applied l-i il.e parts llicy Irt queut, will be au ell' dual cine. Wash oa f'li.csi.w Brandy, Ij ouncea (or apirila ol w ine, I ounce;) water, 9 ounces diluted ; murinlia acid, a tea spoonful . mix. Then add I ounce ol orange llo er water, or twoouin.es ol of alige Muter. iu I'l tu llt-caa mi Scaid. Manypeojl are mil aware f the iii.laiilaueuua relief that ia all'oideJ hr apply Ilia colj water ! (lie all'ecleJ I'- N woulj adie any una who ahoutd have .... i i... i .... i . . 1.1..1 ... an ail toe-lit. uaiirii u ueiBi; I'Uiili ' w.iuvu use coid water. Wrap the pari adccied hi a aliip ol iiiu.lin or linen and keep il wei until cure..' ; iiiiinrdisle relief will lliue he aiforded. Ciniui Ecu Pi sit. Peel the plara, soak ill .all and water 10 minutes, Iheu strain five mill' ulea. Make a batter or 1 pint of sweet milk, 4 rup of butler, i eggs, I Iraapoonful cream of tartar, ) do. of a.ida ; mil with flour to (he con i.leucy lner t akea ; dip the altera and fry I tiu'u-f (a a lilil broiaii We i a. I ll.oui Vc
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