For thi Agitator. I HIISS THEE. ! .JUour Witang.firefidei,.. , ~ " f ofy the meadow* ~., 'Antatqaet&^d*’ f ' v . tl»Wdw<)od,T , Tbw km»>to#T W«,.' For how twaaored a. tow thj, pernor; la , Nobs huowetn my flhUp oat God. ,' 1 ' '* l^*'',’ nofgauetea*' 1 A» mlndhaa baOtf erenow. '■”! ■■■■ HOW ! 6f &T. ! gctalle aclSchte, child, ! 1 i Thai Bfjfiio jlij find orobrece, child, ~ f ,, , '‘Gby fcotefepe rqHliO to ream'; ’’, . j y .; t is ttoftiWU'beartaot homo. ■ ■ > ■■’•' , Itm imju »ni.chingo from Ihe-anpny otto 'a ' ffia cJiaat’niDff rod, - Then thrtb thd'irmß that would fold Ihee— "Hriw Welt, Wone krtoweth Wt GOd." ' ... .... ... fbr tke Agitator. . 111. FBA¥ FOB THEE. Ab, jrei. though TOUBMynever hire One thought of me; When-morn'* fifft ray’e peep forth; I’U pray for tbse. If thouart on a-foreign shore , Or roam the restless sea ; At boob,' l'll seek some lone retreat And breathe a prayer far thee. . And if to one more fait you tell The, yrord* once told .to ms, At calm and holy twilight hours.. 11 till wlD'pray for thee. In future years in weal or woe Wbale’er lhy lot may bo, 1 At morning, noon and night ■ ' I’U erer pray for thee, 1 IOMISTIC STORY. AH ETEltliia AT HOME. The wood (ire burned, cheerfully in the lit tle Franklin stove, apd the polished brasses bright light. Not ashred was to be seen on the rag carpet.. The plain table was covered with a neat cloth and strewed with books. The muslin curtains were snowy white, and the plants that stood on the little stand were thrifty end well cared for.. On a small lounge, covered with certain calico, sat# lady who might have been twenty-five. She was pot beautiful, but her soft chestnut hair was braided so becomingly, there was so much expression in her dark eye, with its long lashes, such a simplicity and neatness in h'er attire, that one con Id scarce behold her without pronouncing her a lovely woman. By bar sitk sat a .plain but intellectual look ing mao,,some five years her. senior. One aim encircled hey waist, and his brown hand clasped hers as he bent towards her, and bis tones were low and tender, while ever and anon those eyes looked up to his confiding ly* The twilight deepened, and the flickering home cast but a faint light; still the lovers, (for such they really were, though twice twelve months had passed since they look the vows that united them,) noted not the coming shadows.... “It is so pleasant to be at our own home again,’’.said.Ellen, “And jt is quite as pleasant to have you hefe once more,’’ answered her husband: “I ram never consent to have you leave home for a whole week again. Why there has been a shadow upon everything. Ah, Ellen, you are (he light of my homo. But say dearest,” and a slight shade passed over his. open brow, “did you not sometimes sigh and amid the splendor of yonr cousin’s dwelling, when you thought of your plain home, and still plainer husband 1 And when you reflected that her splendid mansion might have been yours, hut for your girlish recklessness, to prefer a plodding farmer to a city merchant ?” ••Oh 1 Edward 1” answered his wife, a tear dimming her eye, “how can you speak so 1 You know I never loved William Spence— you' kqow I gave you my whole heart and have never repented it.” "Mo, my love,” answered her -husband* soothingly; “I did not mean that; I have never for a moment doubted your nflection. But when you saw your cousin surrounded with all the luxuries and elegance of life, with servants to do her bidding, and her bus* band dressed to the best advantage—and then thought of your own low roof, with its simp le furniture, with only your own self to be the maid of all work, when you saw Isabel la always at leisure, or only employed obout some pretty piece of finery* did you not think of the scrubbing, the booking, the patching, the darning, and all the etceteras that engros aedyour time? And. then your laborious husband wilh his work a day attire—did not one sigh oicopal" nad.he looked half play. Ml/ half earnestly into her face. >‘No,Edward, never.. Jnever.loved Will jam, and of course could not have been hap py with him in any situation. Isabella does ioye him dearly, and her husband dotes on her, yet 1 doubt whether they have .half the real happiness (hat we enjoy. Isabella is a little, a very little fretful, and her servants' p/len vex her. Then cotlsin William is so particular about bis. food, and an overdone beefsteak is no more palatable from a silver fork, and heavy cake is no nicer from a siU. wer basket. lam glad you are not annoyed by trifles, Edward: I sbollknow how to ap preciate you now,” • ' - “And are yoo-qnile sure that J am not an noyed by trifles (” asked her husband arch ly- .“ Certainly, have I not proved it by two years’.experience T” ' am not sure of that Ellen. You have never'tried me with such' tHfles. 'Lqt me have my food half cooked.and ill-seasoned from the hands of a slatternly girl inateadbf life plain, Well cooked dishes prepared By OW p e al handed wife, nn'd see then—but 1 interrupted yqu. lam sore Isabella’must be' very* happy all the day, in the ?plendtdpar iorpwith a carpet so dainty'that it 'shems a breach of propriety to step on if, those enor mous'mirrors that betray all one’s awkward' movements, then those ‘antique chairs.’—J I '* * - * ; ;■ E. * - r • r. /■' I yil'V a*,\ UT )0: '■ •’"COBB, BTORRWi^ !, '-fc c Cttl , ' v '. : j ” r 'V;^ncnrp;^^s«' .raf, ‘ POTUBHEBS-&^PBOPBIE^)RS l! Vc 1 / -*{/ >•'-'•'l. ~v’«f ,- j5 ( >*hi >'! , .*_ . . U. _i * __ ,K ’_2l' t ■' .~L .1 _L- A 1 J_ I*_ 'l l ll L - *L'_ VOL 1; Relieve you, cai|; velvet,ana the loung^ibepi^,.the wrought your humble husband,does pot even. kooW (her pqmes.” „■,, •/.;: *:jj. 'A : ‘! ” “No,ho, PdwQrd,’V*aid Ellen./'you are hplqupe toignqrapt.aa you profeu; but it Is, of fhj(e worWJiWllh.-het jS#S#4-to saw Slylq ~ of, furoitbre, be cause we cbuniry people have, i fesroed Ihe .pamefy eqd pro beginpjpgto imUale the style —But ,we were speakingpMpabellp. ■. Ilhink, she is not as happy iiuho rpidst flfthia splen dor pa lam because! pm al.wpya’ busy. It is not necessary for Isabella, to’ labor. tmd it requires considerable decision of character to - keep, one’s self employed where - there- is no inceptive. , , . “if I set my pantry in order, I have no one to,disarrange.it, end I Bin more then re paid by the pleasure I lake in seeingJt tidy. If I stitpb the wrist baodrtfr darn the stocking, 1 know this will add to theconifort of him 1 love—tif I weed Pod. water my flowers, they always smile upon :me id return. .'Even in cooking, which so many count a drudgery, I am.alwsys thinking how i can make the best .article with the. least expense and trouble;— At qqasin Isabqjlji’a, the servants do aH this, and she takes na interest except to sgold them occasionally, when things are too bad. When id company Isabella is the gaiety, but I suspect there are when she sits alone in her splendid dpaftmeni, ; and sighs, though she cannot tell why. 1 am' far more inclined to pity than to envy I am sure.” ' v Mot (11. “Butyou say thoyilovecfcch other. Surely when evening comes, when, tbo brilliant chan delier is lighted in the. boll, and the parlor is illuminated—when the Heated air is diffused; so softly, when they-draw around the did coqtre table, strewed with engravings and’ periodicals, then Isabella roust be hap py." ■ .1. i- ■ . . “Yes, her dreamy eyes light np; and as William puls on his embroidered slippers and. seals himself beside her, kisses her fair cheek, and plays with her jewelled fingers, and calls her all sorts of fond names, she looks per fectly happy, but after a short time he takes a newspaper (the only reading be seems to have any taste for,) ond she looks over the last magazine, or does a little fancy work, and so the evening passes,. varied perhaps occasionally by some trifling conversation, or a dish of fondling.’’ , “You do not disapprove of affectionate manners altogether, do you, Mrs. Howell J" said the gentleman, with mock 'gravity. “No, you know 1 do not,” said' the wife, smiling; “but it is like rich cake; a little, min gled with plainer food, is delicious ; but were 1 to lire upon it I should soon get cloyed.— No, Bdward, when, alter having been busy all day, the evening comes, end we sit down in our own little sitting room, and read to gether, occasionally laying aside the book to interchange thoughts, ond give expression to ideaa and feelings we might never have had, if the reading had not given rise to them, 1 apt aura I enjoy a more exalted happiness than Isabella ever knew.” “But look, it has grown quite dark since we have been idling here. Let roe go till 1 bring lights, and then I will take my knitting work, which f have scarcely dared show at Cousio Isablla’s, and you will read to me from (hose charming Miscellanies of Mac auley’a once more,” The next morning, when Mr. Howell saw his wife in a neat morning dress, tripping lightly about (be bouse, nod hearing bar mu sical, voice dinging— “Ti« home where'er the bent in. Where’er the loved one* darell," he felt quite sure the heart contained a wealth of happiness, which money could iieVer have bestowed-. ’ . j, . . Tbs Experience of a. Sensitive Man in Hew Yobk. — 1 dined one day at the Ir ving House. The man next to me. said.to his neighbor, “How’s flour to-day ?” “Why, rising; we made a nice thing of it this morning—a few thousands.” , Dined next day at the Astor, Man next tome observed to bis friend, “Well, how’s Erie!” “Oh! down—dull; but there’s money in ■ Diced next day a(. St.. Nicholas. Mao next to me said to bis neighbor,, “Shipping, business bad, isn’t it I” “I should think so.; you can bpy a ship for a/ew thousands.leasthan you; cquld two months ego, and freights.are awful low.” . . Dined next day at the Metropolitan, :Man next to said to his neighbor; *>What’s the news from. Europe J” ‘(Consols have fallen one half, and money is tight.!’ 1 . Dined, the next da; at the New. York Ho tel. hfap next to me .said, to his neighbor, “By Jove, that’s a pretty girl yonder.”,, . “She. is. *9,-pod, besides she. i» worth a hundred I at once left thelaWe, : .Heavens! ex claimed i, is there no «pot;ia (bis. great city where a man can eat without' having such talk crammed witb bit food! Money—money—money. , _ ~ ; 7# ihe ’pitfseat age," diflhsimess Jjjf wdrds is genefally substituted for poyeriypf ideas, tbsl map deserves" the,highest credit,. >vbo can condense bis thoughts, within a par? row cpthpaaS, " Brevity : ,t(nd perspicuity are eyjdenpe'of p'poupd.undßr, staptlipg. Tou can .spp ptuph beUerthrough one pair pC'clear; trap3parant,g|*Bpps,’than if yoU-. had'a.'dozen, saddl’d' UPPU : ypnV nose, A’young lady who took evorybody’* eye bps bepn arrested for stealing., V il-'.-l ■ i ■ ■ BmJ 'I k;; Ti lc-. rn‘ Ui--! V4W\iSj « Jii'i v>i.-'ij.' ' J' ■■ ‘pi'-J'-'I (isifl,ton.« -W/ v, . >■' < wkjMBOKOUGH, BOCA v y T t -a ' 'l^||| i , | 1 '■'' i j'- S.y- : . \jjjjp ryfem/- t.'W»Sfc*M >rf«- iaH'tnii T .;rert&au3/$i -.' ~ .w>'it.;iii'»,'-;4»---- '• > '~-' "'* _ '"* "•"**^' l, "~ T-.-ni s iketchesbt oakes r-IsT; F.l'rtfSmKßb ,-’v* v i ''C\ 'vj ■> : *! ■ ’ * Ahlao, beatflifoVvs. life ginog I She.lakeft.jus frflro4he ,world, we, . bavereceiradjrougb UBage,;i(owa dhal.ifall heaTilyupon soul and body ; toil,grievoUs.lo isplrit bbdiflesh? usfeannholyilieetuse uncap.; genial; cootaclsrepugnanlttudcweßrisonje; passwnsthal; ennoble or ;■ nflodton* bleeding ib their intensity; and#lthab opiate touch,'* 1 losing 'moiherly abB‘aild Satyrs, 1 and Pduns, pwring Orftidlfo’twW bfstaifelyfrtifc/'aod tfiidiq£ilpDg cddl valleyiiind leaiyfel i&tJ “Gtol ochbingvo'icii break tier iwftl uleAeO, abteniii I& iior tii Ke 5 a f’ jfrio cKfe#ir* I ¥6ifct«»> M vrt&g,»» Safe!j]tre«l ffijtfie %QjnWit' tnoclw lifebifeaffiife 'jMpct'iif thp idtrudeV,* and the upipriogingt>iyd^ia a ‘ fty fog heavenward with llfe'felei' white'^Kdoi* God if ,ip the wood*, {Utd go npt. lhe.rt wuh t|>e wfUL.gr demonsgo to! the.' city, .where ,pvery, : /ace js markpd with forbidden longings for dpadly knowledge, and l|ia brow. la stamp* ed with|he,ae|l pf Cain; go therp whereroan is, and not God, where the idea, is preserved only ,by stately chuMws, closed sixdaya in seven! because men do not like to retain God in their; hearts, but all throughthe six daya the incarnate Satan goes up and down unre buked.” Terrible Bctribntlop, ' ' "t'kpfat' of. 4 ‘ Aboftl fly ybara ago in the western part of the State of New York, lived a lonely widow‘named .Mozjter. .Her husband had been dead many years ; her . only daughfer was grown up and' married, . living at. a dis tance, at a ntileer'.ltvo frqro the .family'niah- Sion, '■ .... Apd'thua the old lady.lived alone.' ip her conscious, innocence, and trusting in Provi dence, ehefelt safe and cheerful j did her work quietly durjng daylight, and at even tide lay down and slept sweetly. . .One morning, however, she awoke jrilb an extraordinary, and unwonted gloom upon her mind, which was impressed with the appre hension that something strange was about to happen to |ier others.. So (till was. she of (bis thought that she could not slay at home ■that day,-.but must go abroad to give vent to it, by unbosoming herself to her Triends— .especially.to her)daughter,' -With her spent the greatest partof the day; l and to her she repeated' the recital of her apprehension.— The daughter as often repeated that the good mother bad never done injury-to any person, andradded, I caooot think abybne would in jute you, for you have not an enemy in the World. - 1 As the day was deeliomgi Mrs. Mozher sought her 1 house, hut expressed the same asshe ieAher daughter’s hbnse. ’ On (be way home she called bn . a. neigh bor who lived, in (be .last hoiife before she reached her own. Here she made knownher continued apprehensions, which bad nearly ri pened into fear, and from theiady of the roan qiOOrShe received answers l similar (o (hose of her daughter. You bare harmed no one in y,put whole life time, aurely no one will, dis turb or molest you, go home in quiet and Ro< ver shall go with yon. . Here Rover,(said she to a stout watch dog that lay on the floor) here Rover go home with Mrs. Mozher and take care of her. Rover did as he was told; the widow went home, milked her nows, took care of everything out of doors and went to bed as usual. Rover bad not left her for an instant, when she was fairly in bed, he laid himself down upon the out aide of the bed, and as the widow relied on his fidelity, and perhaps chiding herself for needless fear, she fell asleep. Sometime in (he night she awoke, being 'startled, probably, by a slight noise outside the house. It was so light, however, that she Wait pot aware of being startled at all, biit heard, as she. awoke, a sound ljke the raising of a.wlndow bbar tho bed. Which was in a room on the ground flbor, The dbg neither barked nor moved,' Neitthero was another sound,.t|B if"some one tyais in the room and stepped cautiously, on the floor.— The dog neither barked nor moved. Next thpre was another sound, as if sotne one was ip the room and stepped cautiously.on the floor, The woman saw nothing;..but now .for the first lime felt the dpg moye.ni be made A vi olent spring, from the bed; and .at the same instant something fell on the floor,, sounding like.p heavy log; Then followed other noi ses, like the pawnig of the dog’s feet; but soon all, was still again, and the dog resumed bis plane on the bed -without- having - growled or barked at alt. This lime the widow did toot go (a sleep immediately, bntlay awake [wondering, yet not deeming it best to get up. Diit at last ahV dropped asleep,&nd whpn snd nitvoke'ihe sun was shining. SJjd'hastily ouibfbed, and there ley .the body of a mao ''extended on the floor, dead, iiiih a targe knife in his hand, which was evennbw extended, The dog had seized bi|p by the IbfiQat with a grasp of death j and, neither dian nor dog could ut (er a bound till aliens man ias the widow’Blsonlm.Uw f ibo ,liuBb9pd qf her daikhteT.'.'Hi? govern .hp' r lijtlestore,q[ felf .tattle,^ Apdjpsjigatpd; by this sotdid impatience,>be could pot wali ifor .ihe, decay of naiure (b give hee, property; tifctq; bint flfld his, as; the only heir* .apparent, but. made this stealthy visit to do jdto.deed.of darkness in the gloom of night. A fearfulratribulion awaited him.t Th 9 wjdow’e' i apprebetuipDs. communicsied to her mipd and Impresfed.-ijpon her nprveft by what.' unseen power vwe.knoprnot, the sympathy,of tboiother woman ..who.-loaned, her dogj and the certain but silent watch of the dog nimself, 1 formed a chain ! 6f events wbichbrougbtihe«nuiderei’«;blQodapon his; own head. and whicharadiffldiflt'tobe plainedwithont ; refeie'hcetothat'iProVidence who overruloa us, numbers thee"hairiof Opf heads, watches' the spi rim #V falf, anfshapes our end», rbu|h‘bew ibepi ds/w'e^ill," ;r. y <;. / nJiff OWi *1 hfb jot by o-i-i ii} r i! P'Si) v/>. ■ ■'>> J KM iv\ M 4'* ' v= ''i s ' l; 1 JiaT§-> ■■•■:'•. fiMf-' ' — .biol/p in )u ujt 1 'C - 1 Coßiulriialtsal I/oafer. A fellow Id tffcwpplete suit of-faded cor,. ;duroy*4fitf.»ery dirtywiihal, tumbldoffihe steps pf :An3reir’« church, just as” the watchman arrived at the spot, and making two 'dr three 11 revolutions onthe pavement, *inppe«7(l<*'fip»attft teroW’ tho officer, and. propounded VW folhrtrldg 'qdery; ’ •'/ A ri i , “I say, watchtt ire yoif jtretly shafp at cppupcfrumeT ' .jVby am I liken blacksliding Christian j.j That Vs pretty lough one you ihjpk-t/iWeU dcntpujile. It’s because 1 fell arny foun tWchorcb, and am likely to be picked,op by ibetbedevil at last/*.' I The watchman, without thanking him for (be infernal compliment, picked him up.— On the route down Chestnut street, the cap tive addressed captor aghitf i- ■ 1 “Waichy, I’H'lry you With' ajjdfheri Why am. I like, the Emperor. of.lJayii V , 1 “Becauee you are a sassy scoundrel-’* - . ‘iNo, because Ins attended by a black guatd,”: ‘‘And because you are a* big a yourself as could be picked up in a year’s travel*” <■ ,*: Nothing more was said (ill they came in front of Col. Wood’s Museum, when (he cor dury mao once more addressed the man of (be reace and rattle. - - - “Dontgejnut of heart, watchy. Better luck next time. Why is- the Quaker Giant ,aod myself like the god of . marriage 3” “Because, you are humbugs.” “Bab I no. ..Because we are high men.— (flymen*), “Do you call yourself a high man ?” “Yes, I do.. I’m pretty high, I think ; if ten'Bwallers of whisky can make me so. Be sides I'm a trump; an- ace of trumps, and you know that’s always high.” “Ay, ip the garpe of All Fours.” “‘That’s the game I was playing when you came across me.’* “Yhti were playing low, I think; for you were flat oq your back..'. But. I’ll play .the deuce with you,'and that will be low'enough if. you dont get along without any rqore talk.” “You are not as bright, old fellow, as I thought you were; bqt here’s one I guess that you pan chats. Why are you like sugar can dy?” “I cant exactly say,” replied the watch man, a little flattered by the sacharioe com parison. “Well, it’s because I’d like to lick you, if I had a chance,”.said the prisoner at the very moment he was thrust into the cage. This morning, when the conundrum-ma ker answered, to the nopie Simon Pearce, the watchman’s evidence, was beard and a commitment, for vagrancy was speedily made out. . .“Can I say a word or two t” asked Si mon. . “Certainly,” answered the Mayor. “Why,”., said the incorrigible, offender, “why is a small bob tail horse, with a blaze face,, like Gov. Bigler I” “Take him away,” said his honor, and the last conundrum remains without solution to exetbise the guessing faculties of our rea ders. . . Poos Fellow. —A .most definite mark of cold weather was presented at Cape Elizabeth, near. Portland, last week, as we learn from one who knows the fact. On one of the cold nights, a person having a bag of meal more than be could manage threw it over a high railing to rest until .the nest morning. There appears to have been another apprised of (he fact, and in (He eburse of the night; when all was quiet be weal forth with felonious intent; After disturbing the contents of the bag, the thief heedlessly touched bis tongue to the fri gid iron bar over which the bag was hung. Thai was a contact from which there was l no release. His tortgUe was at once frozen to the iron, from which no effort could extricate it. His whole body was swung off, and by its weight dangled back and forth, starting the tongue at its roots—hut the frost' was inex. oroide, and would not relinquish its hold. Ip this horrible maimer (he thief was bung until life was extinct. Many the next morning .witnessed the sad catastrophe of a (bier brought to the iron bar of justice, and bung, not by Jock Cade, but by the veritable Jack Frost himself! This is probably the first mouse which ever thus game to, his end. 'Rescbbeotjok.—We find an account.ip the Bast' Brooklyn Timet, of a new method of “raising the. wind,” as well asjhe dead, to that city, which takes down anything in jbe diddling line pt the season, and indicates ibe pressure of. ihe hqrd. tiroes. ' A female called a few days since on a, lady of some influence m Brooklyn. and lold a sad apd plaintive story,of suffering- end privation, and .more* over, that. her. husband had just died and that she lacked thonfßansof a decent burial. Her. tale of woe so wrought upon (he lady (hat she ‘proceeded to visit her.ifpmediately, to satisfy herself thpre was.no imposture. On entering the apartment she beheld the coffin, and was; satisfied all was right, and not wishing to har* row the feelings Of the bereaved woman, she left her a considerable sum of money, Sind immediately departed;*' 'After-passing two or three blocks from the. dwelling, thinking pi I the' wag of lho. we she,raised her pocket jjandker, chief aid returned-iospa if aim. had not drop* ped it injM.house... The slairawere ascend ed hastily and (heropmentered.witbnut much oensmonyi, when what r djd wotpaoV jhusband sitting up in the .coffin, epontjog pyegthe jpopey, f > , .-.-y,,, * No' prbfe*«bnal man Uve® 80 jhupb f; b»»4 W rn°ytfi *? * 4?s’^ - ' ‘i “ Strange Quahbkl, emultino in the death of a Man!—We Wo Wireframe : gemlemanof v montgomery,m ihU^nHy, which Thursday dfooeof-nw i coune (kT iaiftjf hot poochdown Wjbackpfooc of tbe guests. Tbereupqn Mf, Carew’a ipß pqj Miil»{ W«gfc «?A of se bouse hf, mam Ibe P*sf without wpr, Upn.-.,. V; 1-1 ■■ r T.'iH i*i «+ •: I .The ne*t day,- bjpvafor (i< >|g^D|^ ; |a l & ■•'W ft M v&wtek' fed at the Mr,&rßtyapd (feipandmi satisfaction. He first accMiedyouog Qar*^ with a.Wow, Jenlly ilill«pa!JgO ,W«a booched : He then felNponhjm afid beqihim until, ps .the result »howed,be .had:! reramppuwdi hhjF ft® aril h ijfi- sailaot.' Sad to l relate, Millapftugb afteiwards,’ and died -Uio*.. -Tpheage of deceased was 4l ■*m • Gascttfr. ,■ ■-.; -, ~■>.,;i, V i r^S a:-P\. A;.":-// ' K 0.35. The Local tedimr, oftbpL IJufiild iUpui A lie baa ipafle' ofthe inlraqrtajq by the ppbUpat\dn of al.' discovery Whloh, he has recently, made, of great importaooe, tfl mothers; ‘ It iVanibiallihle ing babies, from |wo to ten months' ol|,.perj (belly quiet for hours, ‘fpeqiodbs operand] is as fqllpf S{-5 •'; '“ “As soon qs the squalier awake?, tes. the child up,proppcdby ptllowii, if Jtjcaooot sit alone and anieqy jts Rogers itb lbioit molefr ses. Theq pul half a.dojqp fealhersinto itqp hands, apd the young ope wifi .qjt and,.pipk the feathers frpm'ope Ijand to tbs olhpf, pjptij it drops asleep. As ,soon as h awahes, (npoe molasses and more feathers, and in place of ever-astounding yells, ihpre wilf |jj> sjlepcp and enjoyinept unspeakable I*l . ... ’ j . «*, v> n- - f - - ; s ~.;3 Tim* to op toßbd.—Joseph was 4 JmuJ boy. He had sqcpeedod ia .blinding fy* ppolht erfor some lime as to bis imbTbififi. DCPjwoj sides. One night Joseph came in old lady had retired.,' jA« sat dofl-ty aa£ with that look of eprni t into'iicaied began conversing about the goodness of,sp crops and ftther mailers. He got along very well until he espjed what fie to.jhn acigafqn the mknlel-piece.j be, caugbiJjl, and placing one pnjd in'bis mquth,.)iegan. ye? ry, gwely it a£se capdie, ; % drgw and puffed until bp Was getting red ip the fac#, The old lady’s eyes opened, end ahead; dressed him: “If tj»ee that teqpepny pqij for a cigar,;it js tipre thee Vent to bed.,’:, livEßif popular oralor.should receive lha applauses of large osseipbliee with .the same patience and equanimity that be would, Ipjteg to the noise of.the oqeah waves. He should be careful not to spread the bails of vanity to catch the popular bree«e, lest hebowgjied from bis tnopfings, and hnd bis barkslrapded on the shoals of self-conceit had folly. Hia business i? to convince, instruct, enlighten and persuade his audience ini a the pursuit of truth onfl virtue; not to seek after .the eptpty bub ble of huthannnpiause, whifch breaksnnd djea with the occasion that gives it birth. Cheating DEATH.—Gpratid during jhp prevalence of an epirlertiiCi was inconsianj dread of a calf from the grim tnessenger/, \ wag bearing Jiirt) at his prevert obepight spoke to him ip sepulchral Voice thrbitgh g knot-holer . "(li »‘6umbo!” ' " / ' ’ * “Who 'dar?” said the n(frighted darkey, “Deiilh t" ‘•M’hdl'he warill” SWaril Gumbo.” Blowing oulbis with awfiew— such nigger heah. Oat bigger been 4ea4 v dis IWo three week." 1 “ • *’ ’ “ I VPSP," said a country curate te Trie flock, “ when I explained to you in my* las) sermon that, philanthropy isa love-of your species, you most have understood me lo eay specie, which may account for t)A> emellness of the collection, •-Ydawill prove,' fhope, by your present contribution that i)o longer laboring-under the same mistake. Philosophy without religion; 1* like the dull, cold, light of t|ie moon. ft may enable us to perceive important truth* with sothe de> gree.of clearness and accuracy { but We shall find that the.life, the beauty, the warimijtand (be vividness, whicbtrue religion alone is cs, pabla of impar|jng to them, will be wanting, No? he who talks the most, accomplishes the greatest airjouni of noise of the elements willnot make a singfatjlade of grass grow. .But. let tbe.dew.fall cons, family, silently, and. ImpercepiiWy, and:>yoo tfill,sea the whole vegeiatttajdnptamof as, tare revive and flourish Opdcr its might* (ft, flpepce. • r v v*in£ - »• ... —, . _ • lIW t'f-'-i jnerql* agues, ((onoftime.. If { had come,.into twenty years before'my father, l.ihjjjht ’.po»t albty nave been bis father.',, „ , ,, Ah, indeed.. according jo ; of argumepi/if you had come twenty years before tbat, you mtght Hsre&n' your owp gregt grapdfsther. . . Hr Who thinks wiSely.mßyriWhighVhe who speaks wisely .still higher; hut jfearhtj acts wisely.may reach the Wiioh ii) life. To sum it all up—ibibKib'g,' Bpisak]hg, u acting irisely, at all times, coftBtllt)le l{» highestdegrieeoT human jterfes;-•••."? V t. .*.> u f'l'ii. • • f from 1. f