For thi Agitator.
I HIISS THEE.
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Nobs huowetn my flhUp oat God. ,'
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Itm imju »ni.chingo from Ihe-anpny otto 'a
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- Then thrtb thd'irmß that would fold Ihee—
"Hriw Welt, Wone krtoweth Wt GOd." '
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. 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
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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
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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 <miok,'she I 'lays Us
prone lb forgetfulness. ’Or if be possible,
she does more' than this j'shei'carNise*. the
.tb«|e. (hat fe,d«(arfedby InacllYity.'
Besuitfiil sleep lip gpod filhe*fish-!
ioned us wiib eod Y?ondrpua iiajcii.
laiion of adjusimeht, opt lhe/|ea$ 'wpfljerfpl
is jthia. gppdness-pf his, in
keeping, in appending thee nurse, ip ihe ptpld
.manX. „rL .. .....
Oh, -sleep t..beautiful sleep 1 jfthuMbou
art to us a. tender mother, ti'mely and .fair
serving, how much more lovely must bo thy'
child, Death! If thou.au able to take.us,
world-wearied, and can’st so balra.jrefresh,
recreate, that ws rise, daily with new life, how
much more gmfeiul will he. that .ministry of
death,, .(hat. shall anoint the. spirit .10 a oew|
waking I How. downy seem iheahadows that;
veil thy lace, and the repose that thou ahull
bring afterlife’s wearisome pilgrimage] Beau
tiful Death! more’beautiful than sleep, for
■sleep restores again to the oft repeated strug
gle—the recurring anguish. But thou I thou
wilt reveal the Unseen, because eternal.'
Thou wilt restore, hot to the old ang&isti, but
to the divine peace, the serene beatitude, the
pure good which is at the bottom of all this
discord-rrwhich is the meaning of ,all .thjs
yearnjng—the spirit of all this letter of groans
flbd.ieara, by which the soul testifies,its ab
horrence of evil j its right ,tp the perfect; its
response to the beautiful. Therefore, 0 Death
with but a wing closing the portal that sepa
rates two worlds, J bless ihy beautiful min
jijstry, and fold, myself to the .arms of
pareat .Sleepj tiU .auch time .as,aba, will Jay
me in thy bosom, an o’erweaned, but trust-;
ing child.
Beautiful Death 1 Thou art but ft period, a
check,in the one-aspect, a revelation in an
other. I look to the. heavens—thou art not
there. Matter goes on with its laws of eler
nal import. Stars and constellations grow
dim in their courses, but only because they
belong tp relations universal. Those, that
shone on the solitary studies of the Magii,are
now no longer visible, having passed to other
spheres. The Pleiad—lost beauty of the
night’s coronal—has but gone to other skies,
taken, it may be, another shape, yet a Pleiad
still. The earth struggles for the beautiful,
and calls to all the elements to crown-hpr with
glory ; and the tree and the blossom "come,
and the water gives the lily and the rainbow
as its nearest response to the call. The
mountain sbames.tbe dull plain, and (ho riv
ers become harpsfrings to the cathedral hymn
of many waters, and then man risea to per
fection, and interprets this great soul bf beau
ty. Nature is how content; for with man
came death, the ultimate of change, and she
felt now that she was no isolated creation, but
linked to the eternal Alt. Beautiful.
XETBOPOUTAR SOCIETY.
■* Society is a, stagnant, pestilential pool,
thinly coaled with reeds and tall, rant weeds,
upon which man treads warily.. Ho does not
like to -sink his foot within, lest he exposes
his own rottenness and that of, bis neighbor,
and so all tread softly, knowing that while he
hides his neighbors,, wreak sppt,.hp covers,his
own also. At some time,, however, one Jess
cautious than (be rest, ezftqsq? bis part of the
pool, end (hep ihereia a h'ueapd cry., , Then
respectability!is up in arms; then mien de
nounce, and condemn, and'fell ,qf lh» good
society, and, the necessity of an example to
deter, others from a like exposure. Then edi
tors publish the fall from ban to fjeerabeba,
airing their dull pen with .virtuous maxima,
and wise old saws and warnings, in their sud
den religion (bey talk of (he Bible and the
church, and the rising generation. Oh this
paper piety', this tonguey . virtue, is a thing to
make (he fiends laugh, for it sets,every pin
nes, .nrmn and woman,'black and white, to
multiplying guardapnd cautions, so that, the
pool may . be. belter bridged, and they with
theii; secret vicep sjns,
may pass It ovet with an easy, decorous foot
ing.. Then the bis, longue and
gives forth.psalms, and straightens bis cravat,
and rent?: his pew; tben lho defaulter piulti
plies bis checks and balances, and keeps a
sharp 100k..00t,,50 that .only-.auspicjon‘looks
hint in tho facto, bpt. not fact,; then ite, false,
husband looks well to hjs night key, and
grows munificent to. the wife,, wheedle?, her
with sjiows and lickjes her with finery; then
the treacherous, wife walks, haughtily, and
studies conventionalities, and loiis in her car
riage, agd scatters her, malaria, does not
violate the rules. Ah I society 'is p nicely
adjusted,balance,,and it.is.yery well that the
holder of the scales is,blind of sight,’’. . ,
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COUNTKf AND 0177.
Here is an honest response to £ho emptiop;
which.every virtuous bosonq mpst cherish, of
love for nature in. her. brpsid, uninterrupted
fields, with faith ipi her power jp inspire ex
cellence of character, if she be hot interrupted
by thacankering careaandbaser-gralifiea
lions of every day.; and oftloatbing for. the.
beartlessness,< th* artificUlily;theaorrupliog
tendencies of compacted life in oiliesiM/Tbere
isialoving epiril-?a sober ireligidus.fpelipg in
■ the passage) .which mual iuve weilsinj^frotn
a devout .heartt r:
■< Men who'hare an cvUworfetodp. never
seek Its peroration, amid ihfi sfaleran hahDtp
of nature. True;' cr|pss sjre cpmjpilted there
botonly bjr the' brutally’ debravedrOr* those
whom k necessliyfbrgrll B«i WftnKewob’
1 choice of locality. - Nature bad W Calm,
holy book6rrbbuke,ttaerrihg trime.She!
*6isbor andtetil’l > 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,"
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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
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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<J^ t |f’ .
Cortb stmbnti s ho offspring of fortuitous :
circumstancewiibercsniit be Sequiredbf
Severe menial disciplrae apd trainingi niucV
jees.by the., ‘ft
is the,fruit of a end ijuid spiri'v aod is
Ihe mseporable or godrineev; • ’
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: Gbp*.teu mijL j i^p&pua^aro, the
lW»j?)tlhAfslhe
roo{W /ootway fif ihfl; •■'
f* C|iva me:neither :piovprty nor: r ic|ics,” was ■
one of lha ieisjMVpwyef.s t|jat»M 'eVe);'tit
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