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BY W. BLAIR.
TOLEILE .26.
THE WAYEESS.OII4I I VILLAGE RECM
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY MORNING
By W. BLAIR.
TERMS=-Two Dollars per A,nnum if paid
within the year; Two Dollars and
Fifty cents atter the expiration
of the year.
ADVERTISEMENTS—One Square (10
lines) three insertions, $1,50; for
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discount made to yearly adver
tisers.
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itssiong
J. B. ANDERSON. M. D.,
J-tELYSECIAN AND SURGEON, •
WAYNESBORO', PAS
Offiee.at the Waynesboro' "Corner Drug
ore."
BR, ARM 611,
PHYSICIAN ANp SURGEON,
, Offers Ibis professional services to the pub
lic. Office in his residence, on West Main
street, Waynesboro'. april 24-tf
R. 17 33 7' N" Z.l ,
Has resumed the practice of Medicine.
OFFICE—In.the Walker Building—near
the Bowden House. Night calls should be
made ,at his residence on Main Street. ad
. I s
July 20—tf
—biT— SNI - V — P.Z.s 7 r, M 17-,
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
'W.AA'NESBORO' PA.
Office at his residence, nearly opposite
he Bowden House. Nov 2—tf.
JOSEPH DOUGLAS
ATTORNEY AT LAW, .
WAYNESBORO% PA.
Practices .in the several Courts of Franklin
.Ettid adjacent Counties.
N. 11—Real Estate leased and sold, and
Fire Insurance effected on reasonable terms.
December 10, 1871.
OR., It., N. StaIiCIRER,
(Foam., OF 31EIZCERSBUIZG, PA.,)
Professional services to the
citizens of Waynesboro' and vicinity.
S'eurcKmat has relinquished an exten
sive practice at Mercersbur.r, where he liar.
been prominently engaged for a number of
i
years in the practice of his profession.
lie has opened an Office in Waynesboro',
at the residence of George Besore, Esq.,
Father-in-law, where he can be fount' at al
times wiwn not, professionally ettgaged.
July 20, ,1871.—tf.
Jf . H. FORNEY & CO.
ProApee Comnas,sion Illerelifurts
No. 17 NORTII STREET,
• BALTIMORE, MD.
Pay particular attention to the sale of
Floor, Grain, seeds, &c.
Liberal advances mane oh consignments.
may 29-tf
Ml_ PYR.A_CKPaiIL;
PHOTOGRAPHER,
S. E. Corner of the Diamond,
WAYNESBORO', PA.,
TIAS at all times a fine assortment of Pie
litures Frames and Mouldings. Call and
eas specimen pictures. June tt:
EATI.NqG SALOON.
E subscriber informs the public that
lie has opened a first-(lass Eating Saloon
in the Basement of the Walker building,
which has been thoroughly cleansed and
repaintel. He will be regularly supplied
with Oysters, Tripe, Eggs; and other arti
cles in seas9n. He will also keep a good ar
ticle of Sweet Cider.
m1 , 4'14-3111
FRANKLIN KEAGY,
A\NID BUILDER,
CILAMBOSBURG, PENNA.
Designs, Plan. Elevations, Sections and
Details of Private or Public Buildings, Bills
of Quantities; Estimates of Costs ; Drawings
of Inventions, for Applications of Patents,
4c. Cliargos moderate. mayls-tf
J. H. WELSH
W. V LIPPINCOTT & CO,
AVIIOLFAA I,E DI ALERS IN
Hats, Caps, Furs and Straw Goods,
No. 531 Market Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Etpril 3-tf
THE BOWDEN HOUSE
MAIN STREET,
•
WAYNESBORO', PENN'A.
rrHE snlascriber having leased this
known property, announces to
the public that he has refurnished, re-pain
ted and papered it, and is now amply pre
pared to accommodate the traveling public
And others mho may be pleased to favor
him with their patronage. An attentive
hostler will at all times be in attendance.
May 23—tf SA3PL P. STONER.
MOM EMIL
Corner of Mein ft Queen Sts.,
CHAMBERSBURG, Penn'a.
LANTZ it UNGER, Proprietors
The UNION has been entirely refited
.and re-furnished in every department, and
under the supervision of the present pro
prietors, no .effcht will he spared to deserve
a liberal share of patronage:
Their tables will be spread with the
best the ;Market affords, and their Bar
will always contain the choicest Liquors.
The favor of the public solicited.
Extensive Stablingand attentive Hestlers.
Dec. 11-1-y
Have you a mother ? Love her well
While she is spared on earth ;
Wait not till death shall call her hence,
To know her previous worth. •
Wait not till she lies cold and still,
Most beautiful, though dead,
To think of what you should have done
Before her dear life fled.
—Think-now-how-nmeh-she-should-be-loved-
And prize her as you ought,
Or else your life when she is gone
With sorrow will be fraught.
Oh, watch her, guard her, with your love,
While with you she is left,
For when she leaves you, life will seem
Of every joy bereft.
Oh, soothe her in her hours of pain,
Be gentle and be mild ; ,
How sweet 'twill be for you to know.
You've been a-faithful child.
SPARE AND SPEND WELL,
Eila's and Lucy's husbands were each
hard working men, and had about the
same income, but the difference in, their
home comforts was very marked. If a
friend called to take tea • with Ella, she
was-al ways-thro wn-'ll`.( )=the-greatest- con
sternation and trouble. privati, she
opened her mind to her husband in no
measured tern's.
"She had nothing fit to set out her
table with. The only decent table cloth
was in the wash ; her dishes were cracked
and chipped, and nut enough of them ;
the coffee pot leaked;" and so on indefi
nitely. If a guest came to stay over night
her troubles were multiplied tenfold.
Now Lucy had none of these perplexi
ties. Though her stores were simple and
plain, they were sufficient -and always in
readiness. The cause of the difference
lay in the fact that Lucy had learned the
art of spending well. It is a greater vir
tue even than earning money. She made
every dime tell.
"What are you going to trim your
spring dress with, Lucy ?" asked herneigh
bor, running in one afternoon with her
sewing. as she often' did.
"0, some simple trimming made of the
material," said Lucy, indifferently. "I
mean to cover buttons for it out of a scrap
of silk I happen to have, which matches
nicely.'
"Now I would be a Quaker in earnest.
Are you not going to flounce it ?"
"0, no, I like a plain skirt as well.—
The flouncing would cost an extra dollar,
which I prefer putting into a nice covered
dish lam coveting for my table. It will
give me twice as much Measure there."
"Well, I expect to put two flounces on
mine, and a row of beautitnl trimming a
bove each flounce. I paid three dollars
for trimming, but wouldn't have Ned
know it for anything. He would think it
extrayagant."
"He wouldn't miss it much, would he, •
Ella? Now I can think of a dozen things
I should prefer to three dollars' worth of
trimming lbr my dress. You could buy
a nice table-cloth, with a set of respecta
ble napkins with it, or a new rocking
chair, or four nice pear trees, which would
soon furnish you with an abundance of
delicious fruit, or two nice calico dresses,
or any number of small permanent com
forts and conveniences about the house.—
Yod don't know how many nice things-I
have bought just by saving up milk pen
nies—that glass sugar bowl and cream
cup, covered butter dish, set of best cups
and saucers, preserve saucers—and I have
almost enough to buy me a halfdozen
soup plates; we have taken our soup in
saucers quite as long as I like."
"Why, you will need a china closet to
hold your dishes," looking at the nice
shelf full with a half-envious Aeling.
"I should like one, but this pantry shelf
must answer for the present. Fred has
one planned fin. rainy days work. I have
tacked this little curtain so it hangs down
over the shelf, and keeps out flies and
dust."
C. }TUFF MAN
"Well, I should never have thought of
that ; but it makes little difference. All
my dishes are in constant use, and have
no chance to get dusty. Did Fred make
these nice drawers below the lower
shelves ?"
"Yes ; this is one for table linen, and
this for kitchen towels and tea towels."
"Dear me, what a supply you have! I
don't know how you can afford it."
"Believe me, Ella, they do not cost half
what you spend in trifles that never show
for themselves afterward. Money put in
to substantials gives us tenfold the real
satisfaction that it does in fancy articles,
which no one cares for but, ourselves, or
scarcely notices. It was an old maxim
of my father's to 'spare well and to spend
well.' He had no idea of hoarding his
money, but he taught us from childhood
to spend our pennies in something that
would show where the money went. He
always encouraged us when little to buy
pretty toys rather than candies, and when
we grew older to get books and periodicals,
which would please and instruct us all
through the year rather than toys."'
"I wish I had been trained in a similar
manner ; but it is too late now," said the
tither with a sigh.
"No, no, Ella," said her friend earnest
gs.elect—pottrg.
RAVE YOU A MOTHER?
Aliscellaneons geading..
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A FAMILY NEWSPAPERTIEVOTED4O LITERATURE, LOCAL AND GENERAL.NE*S. ETC.
WAYNESBORO', FROXULN,COUNTY, PA., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1873.
ly. "It is never . too late to . mend habits:
You are just at the time'of life to take a
new start, ndw you. have a dear little home
of your own to beautify.. Inde c ed, I think
this habit of all others, is a very easy one
to change, 'When one really has a • strung
motive set before her. I remember of a
young man who had squandered all his
fine estates by dissipation,
setting out
to win them all back again. He resolved
to take the first work that was offered,
which chanced to be unloading Coal. He
saved the small sum - thus obtained, and
ate the lunch 'of cold.meat and bread giv
en him as a gratuity. So he saved. up
every penny e receive: en i con
be done, end at last tvort back not only
his large estates, but died a noted wealthy
miser. This is an extreme case, but shows
how one can completely turn about in the
matter of expenditure. knew a small
family-who ; before: the-war i nseil-to spend
about three thousand dollars a year, hav
ing every luxury of the season lavishly
provided for the table. But when every
one grew straightened their habtis chang
ed most remarkably.. The, cake in their
silver baskets was cut into boarding school.
slices. One chop was made to serve at
the family breakfast. ' The small garde&
plot was cultivated to the highest degree,
affording nearly all the summer vegeta
bles for the family. They moved in, the .
same fashionable circle as before, but with-,
in the home, rigid economy was observed.'
If this family could pint about as ,thor•
oughly, anybody can. 'Now take 'a Mo
tive strong enoogh, Ella, and see.if you
dollar wit out making . yourself give an,
account of it. Ned is a, good provider, I
know, and you can make your home just .
what you please, if you will only exercise
prudence and economy."
"Well, I will try to be honest, Lucy.,
A Sight of your nice pantry and drawees
of-linen-has just-stirred- up-my-ambition
Who is that stopping at your gate, Lucy?"
she-asked,looking out of the window.
"Why, that is the weaver with my new
carpet ; he is here sooner than I expected
but Fred left the money for it with me a,
week ago.
"I don't see how you could ever make
such a roll as this. said Ella, when the'
man had gone and the two unrolled a yard
or so of the fabric, to see how it looked.
"How many yards are there of it ?" •
"Twenty-one ; just enough for my sit .
ting room. It was all made up of odds and
ends. I have been sewing up scraps for
it, and sewing a ball when I could, this
long time. I had a large bagful sewed
when I was married."
• "That's just like you. But I don't be
lieve I have enough rags about the house
to make a yard. I sold all the old clothes
to an old Chinaman, and my husband
hasn',t *laid any article since but
says heltion't doubt the old Chinaman has
it. The scraps I sell for old tin, but I
never get enough for them' to pay for sav
ing."
"And you never will, Ella; but you
can make them into excellent common
carpets. I never missed the time I spent
over this ; but now it is done, and I am
very glad of it," and she looked at it with
as much pleasure as a house mistress ever
did at her nice' rolls of Brussells or Ax
minister. •
Ella went home that day quite thought
ful, and with a new purpose in her mind.
They turned over the triming she had lik
ed so well, and somehow it seemed to have
lost half its lustre.
"I wonder if the storekeeper would take
it back," she thought. It was the last of
the piece and he did not have to out it.—
I will try at least.," and, putting on her.
hat at once, she was soon at the counter.
Ella was ,a good cash customer, so the
smiling shopkeeper was very' ready to O
blige. Instead of a little package of trim
mings the could clasp in her hand, she
took a large parcel containing two sub
stantial table cloths. How delighted
she was with her purchase. , She had
hemmed them, before she went .to rest,
and taken the last pleased glance at them
as they lay neatly folded in a bureau
drawer. She had began to taste the pleas
ure of spending well.
Edward had given her money for a
new hat some time before, but now she
was determined to see what could be done
with the pretty one worn last year.
The result was anotherfiandsorue saving,
which was speedily invested in some
pantry stores she greatly needed. 'She
was almost surprised at finding herself the
posessor of so many household comforts,
and was thoroughly a. believer in her
friend's philosophy. It was easier to
meud,her bad habits than she had sup-'
posed. The result was in the highest
degree satisfactory. •
Let any skeptical young .housekeeper,
who finds herself in constant straits for
needsfuls for home comfort, try a similar
experiment. '
THE GinLs.—The girls in the principal
cities in this country are noted as follows :
Baltimore, the handsomest.
Boston, the most intellectual.
New York, the gayest and most expen
sive in dress.
Philadelphia, the most refined and la
dy-like.
Washington, the most airy and superfi
cial.
Chicago, the fastest and most dissipated.
St. Louis, the 'most reckless.
New Orleans, the most truthful.
Cincinnati, the sweetest and most ami
able.
Louisville, the proudest. '
Detroit, the wildest.
Cleveland, the most graceful and enter
taining in conversation.
San Francisco, the most indifferent.
Some old fraud predicts forty snows
next winter. It would be a good idea to
kill him now, while the price of funerals
lis reasonable.
Eli=
'A 'Wonderful Clock;
Karl' Kettei, a poor german miner of
the Eicelsior' Colliery, which is situated
within alfew miles of Shamokin, Pa.,. exhib
ited a clock there during thenpast week of
,a most remarkable character. He has,
been three years 'constructing it-'-the first
two' years at inteivals of time, and the
last year he worked atit • day and night,
scarcely• taking time enough to sleep and
eat. ,He became almost a monomaniac
on the subject. The clock was in his mind
during' his waking hours and in his dreams
at night. He •"occupied slime a small
vondrtn, -hanty,where_he_w_orked,slept
and cooked his food. Whatever sleeping
And cooking he, did however was but lit
tle. It is thought he would have nearly
starved but for the kindly interest' which
his neighbors took in him and his clock.
They took him food and encouraged him
Ifillithors.
The chick which was made with no 'oth
er tads 'than 'two common jackknives, is
eight feet high and four broad. Its frame
is'of. the gothic style.of , architeCture. It
has sixteen , sides and is surmounted by a
globe, on top of which is attached a small
golden cross. On the front of the clock
are four dial plates ; one .shoids the day of
the •Week, another 'shows the day of the
month, another shows the minute and the
fraction of a . minute, and the other the
honi of the day.. These dials are carved
id a most unique manner, having emblem
atic figures'igion them and around them
of, almost every imaginable description.-
Above the dial plates is a semi-circular
vidth'of thWocli. Immediately in front,
in"the centre of thii semi-circular galleky,
is the ' carvedowooden figure of our Savi
our. 'l'
At the ends of. the gallery, on either
side, there is a small door, opening into
the hod• of the clock. Over th• 111 'I I-
the 'right hand side Of the clock, as you
stand facinglit, is . an eagle. Over the
door on the left hand side, is a chicken
cock. Twice a day, that is at 12:05 in
the day and 12:05 at night, a sweet chime
of bells begins to play, the small door on
the'right hand side opens, and the small
wooden figures, admirably carved, of the
twelve apostles, appear and walk out slow
ly and gravely in procession, Etter in the
lead. • Advancing along the gallery until
they get opposite the figure of Jesus, each
in turn,,except Judas, slowly turns around
and bows his head to the Ifaster, then re
covers his former position ; as Peter does
this the cock crows. They continue to
advance to the other' side of the gallery
and enter the small door on the left. As
Judas (who is in the rear), with his right
hand shielding hisface and his left• hand•
clasping the bag which is suppcs3d to con
tain the thirty pieces of silver, comes in
full - view of the cock, the cock crows a
gain-. By a. simple arrangement, this
procession. can, be made to come out and
pass around the gallery at any time desir
ed. On pedestals at the extreme corners
of the clock, are 'carved wooden statues
of Moses and Mai.
In the • rear are two obelisks of . the E
gyptian style; upon. which are •carved hi
eroglyphic characters . to represent the an
cient period'of the world's history. The
clock will run thirty-two hours without
winding. Mr. Ketter, who is a native of
Erieburg, in Baden, is very proud of his
workmanship. He can scarcely bear to
be away from it long enough to eat his
meals. He has been offered ten thousand
dollars for it by a party from New York,
but he refused it.
Mr. Better says he had often heard , of,
the celebrated clock in Strasbourg, Ger
many, but, he never saw it, and he has no
knowledge of how it was constructed,
neither has he ever had any instruction
in mechanics of any kind.
His purpose is to exhibit it for a few
months in this country, and then take it
with him to Germany.
Inexpensive Happiness.
The most perfect home I ever saw was
in a little . house into the sweet incense of
whose fires went no costly things. A thou
sand dollars served for a year's living of
father, mother, and three children.- Ent
the mother was .the creator of a home;
her relation with her children was the
most beautiful I have ever seen ; even a
dull and common-place man was lifted
up and enabled to do good work for souls
by the atmosphere which this woman
created ; every inmate of her house invol
untarily looked into'her face for the key
note of the day ; and it always rangclear.
The rose-bud or clover-leaf, which; in spite
of her hard hOusework, she always found
time to put by our plates at breakfast,
down to the story she had on hand to be
read iu the evening, there was no inter:.
mission of her influence: She 'has always
been and ' always will be my •ideal of a:
mother, wife, home-maker. If to her quick
brain, loving heart, and ,exquisite face
had been added the appliances of wealth
and the enlargements of Wider culture,
hers would have been absolutely the ideal
home.. .Asit was, it was the best I have
ever seen.—Helen Runt.
Nov FOR SALE.-If there is a tiny brook'
running.tbrough your farm or yard, a
stream, of clear,, living. water, never call
yourself poor., f you were to send that
gift ,of nature's to New York to
beautify 'some ri ch man's garden, he would
willingly give you thousands of dollars.
How is it .to be done ? inquires a poor
firmer, „whose place abounds in cool
springs, trout ponds and gurgling brooks.
At any rate you can comfort Yourself
that you own that which the rich covet.
Music hath charms to sooth the savggo
breast. That's the reason young. ladies
always play the piano or the organ when
their beaus call, Sometimes it sooths 'gin
too muchly.
For the Village Record.
II FACTORY.
BY J. HAIRY BABNIVEI.
I haVe lived in Good will Kingdom,
And for twenty years or more
I have owned this model factory—
Just step inside the door.
There are many unseen nailors
Busily at work within :
There are many wheels a-going,
But you hear no whir or din.
See the Heart-wheel in the centre,
arge an s ong an. never s
With magnetic power moving
All the other wheels at will.
,Love, the best of my nailers,
Turns'this mighty wheel my friend,
Cutting nails of countless beauty
Tratr — icchumanstrength can bend.
Round this wheel revolving swiftly, .
Watch the wheels of Hope and Joy,
And the triple wheels of duty °
Busy in my life's employ.
How the nailors cheer each other, •
And how quickly and how well
They obey Love's gentle orders,
It would take me long to tell.
in this high and sacions chamber,
With its windows paned with blue
See the Brain-wheel, wheel of magic,
Cutting nails of every hue.
Thought the wisest of my nailors,
va.•Nia;r; 4 . 0.1. i
Until sleep with wary fingers,
Steals the rod from his hands.
God upreareth this noble structure—
'Twas a God-like gift and free— •
And he put the wheels in motion
With this solemn charge to me :
"See you keep this building-holy:
Fair without and fhir within;
Keeithe wheels all brightand busy,
And your work unstained from sin."
But sometimes old Care, on crutches,
Hobbles in and clogs the wheels,
And then Sloth the cunning vagrant,
Follows close behindhis heels,
Witfia loathsome breath of canker,
And his wallet full of dust,
And with stealthy step approaching,
Specks each idle wheel with rust.
And sometimes old Mother Gossip,
Gadding where'er she doth choose,
On her way from Tittle-Tattle,
Saunters in to tell the news;
And the giddy, coquette, Pleasure,
On her way 'to Folly-town,
Stops to show her gaudy trinkets
And the fashion of her gown.
And sometimes poor scowling Envy
Comes to tell me with a whine
That my neighbor owns a fbctory
'Twice as large and fine as mine,
But these visitors come seldom,
And they do not tarry where
They must stand in . mortarterior
Of my Watchman, Faith and Prayer.
So I live peace and quiet,
Aii'd when anything goes wrong,
Or the days seem long and weary ;
Take my guitar and sing a song
For my nailors nail the faster
And the wheels turn swifter,
When I touch my guitar with gladness
And awake a cheerful sound.
Prrrssuce, Sept. 18, 1873.
A Family Picture.
You know her, says the Danbury News.
She lives on your street. Her features
are either pinched, or full and frowsy.—
Her dress is wet, ill:fitting, and of no par
ticular pattern ; her slippers are broken
down ; her hair is uncombed ; her voice
is either shrill or coarse. You have seen
her stand out in the backyard and put a
bare arm up to her eyes, and under it
peer out to the fence or barn, where a
man in an. ill-fitting coat is searching for
something, and have heard her shout—
" John, can't George bring me some wa
ter ?" .P.nd you have heard him cry back
—"lf he don't get that water I will take.
every inch of flesh from his bones." And
when you have looked at her again, does
it seem possible that those angry eyes
have drooped in maidenly reserve, or rais
ed in coquettish light to the face]of the man
in the ill-fitting coat? Can you, by any
possible .wrench of the imagination, con
ceive Obis taking that hand in his and
bashfully squeezing it ?• But it was so.—
Many, a "God bless you" has been utter
ed above that bare bead, many a kiss
pressed on that uncombed hair. The
tightly-compressed lips have loveingly
framed tender invitations to hint to take
another bite of cake and , pickle. The
hands that are now parboiled and blister
ed and marked with scars from the bread
knife, and scratches from the last setting
hen, were once twined lovingly about his
neck, and the nose which is now peaked
and red, and looks as if it would stand on
its legs and scream with rage, once fol
lowed the figures of his new vest pattern,
or bore heavily against his jugular vein.
As littleprobably as this seems,to you, it
seems less to her. , She has forgotten it.—
She won't hear it talked of by others. She
cannot bear to see it acted bpothers. Two
lovers are to her a "passel' of f0015.?'..40d
7 -but George is,rubbing his bead; ansil i we d
turn aside while our heroine reixdjuste her
slipper.
• Let. your promiges he sincere, and so
prudently considered as not to exceed the
reach of your ability. He who promises
more than he can perform, is false to
himself,, and liezrh_sk does not perform,
what he has pr4taW is lidse to lus.friend.
1
Lost and Found
The meeting was 'ended. Some of the
audience were passing out through the
door, d others were passing up around
the pulpit, "just to speak. to Mr. Burnell,"
among the latter a man who thrust into
the preacher's hand the card-likeness of
a fair-faced boy. "Mr. Burnell," he earn
estly exclaimed, "that is 'my boy. We
don't know where he is. Can't you find
him 7. Look at his face 1 It isn't a bad
face, is it. What do you think, Mr. Bur
nell, won't you look for him ou the cars,
and in the stations, and in the streets of
the-great-.cities.
It was the old story. The boy, perhaps, ,
restive of home influence, ambitious to
get out into the wide world, thinking
that ha could do better for himself than
father and mother could do for him, yun
ning away, and being swallowed up_ in the
great muhiiiide which - Wis — Tfig - Ter tolinnt
His fresh young form is lost to the eye in
the busy passing to and fro. His cheery,
singing voice is lost to "the ear in the din
which fills . the air. "We don't know where
he is !" A lost sou ; lost to those _who
perhaps prized him most; lost by his own
choice. Lost to himself? Let us hope
not, but that now he may be somewhere
leading a useful and honorable life, to be
come an upright citizen, and in the end to"
bring joy again to the desolated home.
Weigh the burden on that father's heart
and his sense of loss, his longing for the'
recovery of his son, the eagerness with
which he lays hold of one who may be a
ble to seek and to save. "Can't you find
What dc what hor- what
An — ct .. not iesire, what tope expectation in those words. Ah, if our
good brother from the West, whoSe par
ish is the broad land, shouZd find that
lamb lost in the wilderness, will he not
lay it on his shoulder rejoicing that he
may bring it back to the father's arms?
Yet there is a Father whose love and
longing surpasses any. thing of this kind.
The children whom he has nourished and
brought up have rebelled against him
calling for their portion of good and de
parting into - the far country. But not to
he forgotten. There is a Love that would
seek them out and save them?. There is
a Hand which would lead them back to
the h'me they have deserted. There is a
Heart which would rejoice over their re
turn with joy. unspeakable.
Lost 1 How many will join in the
search ? Who will take upon themselves
the impress of some human soul, and nev
er give up that soul until it is brought to
its Redeemer ? With such an incident as
this in mind, no one can lack an illustra
tion of the condition of the wanderer, or
of the love which would reclaim ; or an
incentive to the blessed work to which ev
ery servant is invited by his Lord.—The
Congregationalist.
Wise and Otherwise.
Great is he who enjoys his earthenware
as if it were plate, and not less great is
the man to whom all his plate is thimore
than earthenware.
• The old maxim, "A man is known by
the company he keeps," is as true as it is
trite. Water will seek its level. So do
the various elements of society.
The reason why people know not their
duty on great occasions, is that they will
not take the trouble of doing their duty
on little occasions.
There are some people that live without
any design at all, and pass through the
world like straws on a river—they do not
go, but are carried.
Prayer is very profitable ; at night it is
our covering—in the mornino , it is our ar
mour. Prayer should be the key of the
day and the lock Cf the night.
No doctrine is good for anything that
does not leave behind it an ethereal fur
row ready for the planting of seed which
shall bear abundant harvest.
Fame is an undertaker that pays but
little attention to the living, but bedizens
the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and
follows them to the grave.
There is no truth more important and
few less thought of than this : the more
we forsake simplicityin anything the more
we multiply the means of corruption and
error.
Let us, if we must have great actions,
make our own so. All action is of of in
finite elasticity, and the least admits of
being inflated with the celestial air, until
it eclipses the sun and moon. Let us seek
our peace by fidelity.
Marriage should be the spontaneous un
ion of hearts as well as hands. Then the
relation contains the elements of happi
ness, but not otherwise. It has no prom
ise for those who enter into it solely fr"om
cold calculations of advantage.
Mirth is the lubricating oil with which
all should annoint themselves. Grim care,
moroseness, anxiety, all this of life, ought
to be scourged off by the oil of mirth. A
man without mirth is like a wagon with
out springs, in which one is caused disa
greeably to jolt by every little pebble o
ver which it runs.
Wherever unselfish love is the main
spring of men's actions—wherever happi
ness is placed; not on what we can gain
for ourselves, but what we can impart to
others—wherever we place our highest
satisfaction in gratifying others,'we are
sure to attain all the happiness te world
gall; be4lll/.
A. young man writing home to his
mother to select a wife for him expi.msed
himself in the following lang uage ; "Now
mother, I want you for te w b 'pick out a
girl for me, for I want one tew be my
wife. She must hey dark ize, lite hare,
purl teeth, rosy cheeks and a 'roaming
nose; and I think Susan Jane Summers
fills 'tlie deskripshun.
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'alit and I n ut.o r
Moss uitoes are the smallest fowl that
navagate the air. Although they do not
soar as high as other Ain's , they make the
foulest sores.
During a thunder storm an insurance ,
agent was struck on the cheek bya-flash'
of lightning, but it glanced off; leaving_
him entirely uninjured.
A youth of ni. etpone recently led to
the alter a charnai _ • ride of one hundred
I . 2- nitult is repo • t, a iey were
married without the i onsent of their pa
rents; . ,
A mother has no right to bring up it,
daughter without teaching her 'how to
-keep-house ' -and-if—she las—arrintell igent—
regard for her daughter's happiness, she
will pay her particular attention in this
respect.
•
4 r *" lt is relatpd that an Irishman Once viS'-
ited New Hampshire, and after having
spected the numerous hills and mountain.'
ranges, exclaimed :" Beda4 1. I niver was
in a country before where they had so,
much land that they had to stack it."
' An Irishmrn writing &Sill Philadelphia
the other day tolls timid in the old coun
try, concludes a letter thus: 'lf iver it's
me good fortune to: live till I dy—and
God nose whether it is so—l'll visit ould,
Irel. I • • ' • I. ' •
.
A man one hundred years old went l to
have a pair of shoes made. • The Shop.;
keeper suggested that he might not..live
to wear them out, when the old man re , ,
torted that he commenced this one
,hun-,,
dred years a godd deal' stronger than' he
did the-last-one.
Two Milesians, were standing at.,,t)xel
Fairmount water-works in Philadelphia,
watching the big' wheels splashing the
water in every direction, when one of tlmm
remarked : "Mike isn't this a qOare
thry, where they have to grindtheir Water
before they'can use it ' " • ' '
Daniel Webster is not the only bright
boy born in New ,llampshire. The Bos
ton Globe has heard of another youth
residing in Dover—who refused to take a
pill. His . crafty mother thereupon se
cretly placed the pill in a preserved pear,
and gave it to him. Presently she asked,
"Tom, have you eaten the pear ?" He
said, "Yes, mother, all but the seed."
A. colored debating society in , Trenton,'
Tenn., has just debated the : question,
"Which is the most profit to man-7—mon
ey or education ?" One of the debaters
argued that if it had not been for educa
tion, the world Would have not been half
so large as it is. This clincher was met,''
however by the ,argument that "If it.
wasn't for money, bow you gwiva to, ride:
on de kyars ?" It was at once decided in
favor of money.
"Will you keep an eye on my horse,
my son, while I step in and get a drink ?"
Stranger goes in and gets his drink;
comes out finds his horse missing. Where
is my horse, boy ?" •
"Ile runned away, sir."
"Didn't I tell you to take care oPhim,
you young scamp ?"
".%) sir; you told me to keep, an, eye
on him, and so I did till he got clair out
of sight:" •
A story is told , of a negro in Virginia.
'whose master threatened to give him a
flogging if he boiled ,his eggs hard any
more. Next morning the eggs came to
the table harder than before. 'You rris.
cal," shouted the enraged planter, "didn't
I tell you to cook these eggs soft ?" "Yes.
massa," said the frightened ,slave, "ate .X
got up at two o,clock this mornin', .and,
biled 'em five hours an' and it seems 'to
me I uebber can get dese eggs softer!"
A Nashville man was awakened the
other night bra, pain in hisstomach, and
thinking the cholera was at hand 4,
clutched for a bottle of camphor which
he kept-on the table, ready for instant
use, and commenced to apyly it with'vigi
orous rubbing to his abdomen. He ex-.
perienced considerably relief, bat was con-,
siderably surprised at not perceiving the,
strong scent of camphor. Suspecting'
that he had male a mistake he lig,hted•
the gas, and made an inspection which,
resulted in Abe highly satisthctory ,disco-.
very that instead of comphor he had used
ink.
A gentlenian asks theladiesthe follow
ing pointed questhinsl "Could you love
a man who wore false / hllir on his. head
when he had enough of his, own'? .Who,
painted his face and improved his form
as you improve'(?) yours ? Who pinched"'
his feet with small shoes, his hands , with.
small gloves, his waist with corsets ; and
then,, as if he had not already deformed,
himself enough, tied a . htige bustle to
his back, and .thrust tiny mohntains 'of
wire into his &sem ? In. replflo which
a lady responds:— J 7. •
',Could you loge a.:girl who fl4lO,Nr,
mouth with tobaco, and. .10a41 tk air
with fames of':eigars Who . • itiiiteied
home several times a week the Worse for
liquor? Who,indulged in fast horses,'bet
high at rapes, and swaggered around , the.
streets with questionable companions ?
Which picture wears , the most alluring
colors ?" We!also see it reported that
Mrs. Van Cottlsays-ifshehad all the mo•
ney ever paid ,for liquor she could buy
every foot of land in the world. Very,
likely, and if she lidd the money paid
by women for back - hair, she could buy
every drop of liquor in the World;