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TO A F R,l£ N. f).
fl Be atilt and know that I am OtxL’'~.PBAU( 40n-10. ’
Ye mging paiaionai oeasq to rage, /
Ye feverish powers, remove toy clod;
Yc hearts of ytratbf Of hoary age,
“Bo still, and knpir chat lam Mod.” ~
Ye rebel children, cease tbj moon,
Andlighler lift thy ccosbless trod;
WWlo Itetcningto the whispered tooo,
*• Bo scill and know that I am (Jod.”
Ve hearts rejoice, and cease to weep,;
Ye contrite soul* with sorrow prosl;
Awake yo/ from tby deathly sleep, -
And aac to my redeeming breast.
No longer doubt my power to save;
Ko'hmgOt heed the tempter** voice.
Bat burst the bondage of the grave
And bid thy trembling heart rejoice.
Yea! tender hearts by Borrow riven.
Hejolrel that through the mouldering aod
Thy Saviour's voice Is breathed from honven—•
“ Be still, ami know that 1 am Owl.”
Wdhhoro, }* it.
Sflrit jswmttuims.
The merchant’s Test.
BY M.UIV L, MEASV
“ Dick, 1 am afraid the old man has taken
it into his head to set you adrift.”
“ V\'hy, what can you mean, Philip?”
11 Only that he was talking very earnestly
with Mr, Oglethorp os 1 went into bis room
lust now, and as they ceased very discreetly
on my entrance, 1 look the liberty of waiting
outside the door till the conversation was re
sumed, and 1 heard enough to satisfy me that
Oglethorp has a nephew who is about to take
your place.”
“ What did you overhear?”
“ Merely a sentence from each. Oglethorp
said, 1 So you think my nephew will have no
difficulty in filling the place o( your head
clerk and Beale replied, ‘None whatever;
the other clerk Philip'balden, bos been in
my establishment a long lime, and can give
him a little insight into our business affairs if
need be.’ 1 did not wait to hear more, but
that is enough I think,”
“ So it would seem,” was the reply in a
lone of deen despondency
11 It is mean in the old man to discharge
you, and equally strange : if it was me, now,
I shouldtnot think It so odd, but he has all
along seemed to think so much of you. But
it's just like him, always doing something
out of the common wav ” ■
Richard Wilkins was 100 sick at heart to
reply. He turned to the desk and endeavored
to concentrate Ins wandering thoughts upon
his work, but in vain. The pen dropped
from his lingers, and leaning his head on his
hand, he gave full scone to his sorrowful and
indignant feelings. VV hen the two gentlemen
emerged from Mr. Beale’s private room, he
started like one guilty of a secret crime, and
snatching the pen, pretended to be all ob.
sorbed in his duties. His (lurried manner, so
different from his usual oitiet composure, was
noticed by his employer, who drew his own
conclusions therefrom. Mr. Oglethorp was
returning to his home in B.ihimore. His
friend accompanied hifti to the steamboat, and
on returning, closely observed his two clerks
as he sauntered back and fo'th through the
store. Philip’s appearance indicated nothing
unusual ; but Richard, though he had par
tially regained Ins customary composure,
could not prevent a slight hesitancy and con
straint when replying to Mr. Beale’s casual
remarks
Several davs alier, Mi. Beale brought 1
Richard a Idler 10 seal and deposit in the'
post office as he went lo dinner. At the same I
lime he sent Philip lo a neighboring store on I
Business, which "would detain him some lime, 1
he then returned to his own private room, i
Left lo himself Richard gazed on the super-.'
scnplion of the letter long and earnestly. !
“ D, Oglethorp, Esq., Ballimore" —the words
seemed burned into his brain What would '
he not give to know tnc contents of that let
ter 1 Doubtless it related in the nephew who :
was lo supplant him. Why could he not
glance in it 1 li was not sealed—he would
betrav no confidence in doing so—most of
the business tellers were given him to answer,
and certainly lo no one livino would he re
veal the contents, whatever thev might he.— '
This reflection overcame his strong repug
nance to the act, and with n trembling hand
Pe opened the lelior and read—
11 Dead Sin—l wish tour nephew lo ar
rive if possible, bv Tuesday, the thirteenth,
ns on ihat day youn? Wilkin's year will have
expired, and n is desirable that his successor
should be on the spot lo enter immediately on
his duties
Truly voup ,1. Be a EE.
The blood mounted to Richard’s brow as
tie read. For an instant he forgot the conse
quences to himself of the threatened blow, in
indignation at his employer’s duplicity.
“ Four years ago,’’ ho murmured, bitterly,
“aye four years next Tuesday, F- enleted
Ibis store. ?Voi once since that day has he
bad occasion to reprove me for the slightest
neglect or oversight : stern and exacting as
he is, 1 have given him no cause for com
plaint, and this is the end—this is my re
ward. lamto be discharged lo make room
for me of his friend s connections, fam
thankful 1 opened the letter—now I can pre
pare for his treachery ” 1
W’llh a calmness that surprised himself
the clerk sealed Ihe teller and dropped it in
Ihe post office as he had been directed. Q n
his way back lo his employment, he called
at the counting-room of n merchant, whom
as one of Mr, Beale’s acquaintance he well
knew. Richard wished In make inquiries in
an indirect way for a silnation, but while he
was striving to form some question to this
end, the gentleman came to his relief, by
asking tf he knew any young man in need of
a situation whom he could recommend to
him ; as he had a vacancy for a clerk.—
Richard eagerly offered himself, Mr. Curtis
was surprised that fie should wish to leave
his old place but gladly accepted him, having
Hi
: KOeA“eOOSWrM;, THTOto MaßMai ’«•
long ddmireafahtf integrity adtrMrMf’apblictf
< tom of (He youflgrhanVwhbdey raises he'ha'd;
frequently heard (rcrmMr. Bbale. The yearly j
salary'wasnarhed ;-1t was one 1, hundred del
la re more than ’Richard' was hdw recfeWiiig"; l
and hnvingiengaged (oenfCr bif the dpties 6’f
hie now’ place qauheTbl lowing Tuesday',' he
went with a light'heart to' his ttfd'etjfiplb'y
ment. He didfibt mention his' iritbhtion to
■Mr. Beale, #nd so the week passed 'withdiit
Mr. Curtis Cisiting the store. " He-hqped thin
he had not met his employer, for Richard had
a wish that the latter should not' hear how his
treacherous scheme had been defeated till the
last moment.
Ou Monday evening he knocked at the
door of Mr. Beale’s rojm, and in as Tew
words os possible requested wages due to
him, as he was engaged lo‘ go' to another
house* on the morrow.
Morton.
“ I have known of your engngemetfPsince
Wednesday, 11 'replied Mr. Beale. “ Mr. Cur
tis informed me ofit.' May I ask the motive
of this secret and unusual proceeding on
your part? I bel'evc I gayo you no cause
for so sudden a determination to quit my em
ployment—did 1 ?”
No cause!” Richard repealed bitterly.
“Ob, no, sir, no cause, of course—the clerk
is only the dupe, the slave of the merchant,
and has no right lo complain of any conduct,’
however iniquitous, of which he is the vic
tim.”
“ Your sarcasm is rather out of place,
young.man,” replied Mr. Beale, coolly. “1
asked if 1 had giving any cause of offence.
I know I have not—you falsely imagine lhai
1 have, and those imaginings have done your
self a great injury. Nay, no questions—l
will tell you all. On the day that Mr. Ogle
tborp was here, I noticed a great alteration in
your looks, your words, your whole conduct.
I suspected at once that Philip had overheard
our conversation and repealed it to you in
consequence of which you were disturbed in
mind. Ttiis was natural, and I was far from
blaming you ; but it afforded ms opportunity
fora test which 1 had peculiar' reasons for
desiring to apply. I penned a brief note to
Mr. Oglethorp, gave it to you to seal, and
watched your after proceedings through that
window. 1 thought the temptation would
prove a severe one, and (hat if you arose su
perior to it 1 need never have any fears con
cerning you. I was right, the temptation was
strong—too strong for your honor and integ
rity to withstand ; Tsaw you open the letter,
it was enough. I did not at all wonder When
1 heard of your applying for a new situation ;
you thought I was acting treacherously to
you, and that you would outwit me.
Mr. Beale ceased, and looked fixedly at
Richard, whoso whole countenance was suf
fused with blushes as the true nature of fits
conduct was brought thus calmly lo his view,
fn his indignant feelings he had not fill this
moment thought of his direliction of ptinci
pte in opening a letter not intended for his in
spection; now he was overwhelmed with
shame and remorse, for he was naturally
upright and ingenuous. Afr. Beale saw his
confusion, and turned lo his desk’ lo pay
what was due of Richard’s salary, hut first
Inking some papers from a secret drawer,
throw them on the table before the young man.
“ All this is at an end now,” he said, “ but
you may see how unjust your supposition
was to me, how injurious lo yourself, as I
said a while ago.’’
Richard’s eyes were intently bent upon (be
papers. One was in tne merchant’s hand
writing, a notice of Richard Wilkins having
been admitted ns a junior partner into his old
and established business firm ; the others
were the necessary legal papers relating
thereto. Richard continued gazing on them
as if fascinated, till the merchant’s voice
broke the spell.
“ Well, young man, do you understand
the matter now j”
“ Oh, sir!” said Richard, turning his eyes
imploringly on him, and unable lo express
his tortured feelings, he bent his head on tWe
table lo conceal the fast gushing tears.
"Regret is unavailing now,” said Mr.
Beale, in his clear, cold tones, “ 1 had
every reason lo place confidence in you.—
During this four years 1 have observed your
conduct closely. It was such as to satisfy
me, and resolving lo reward your strict in
tegrity and faithfulness, I had decided to take
you into partnership, as you see by these
papers, prepared nearly two months ago, and
only wantingsignfliures and date. My friend
Mr. Oglelhrop, hfti frequently mentioned his
nephew, whom ho much desired me lo em
ploy. At his last visit 1 agreed lo do so. It
was my intention lo give you an agreeable
surprise to-morrow, and therefore, I desired
to keep all my arrangements secret, fortu
nately as 1 now see ; for my whim enabled
me lo test the strength of your principles.”
“Oh, if you could forgive me, Mr. Beale,”
exclaimed Richard, imploringly. “It was
my first error in this regard—l am sure it
will prove my last.”
“For all,” answered Mr. Beale, quietly
pushing (he money ho had counted over to
Richard, and picking up the papers, tore
them into small fragments. The young man
looked sadly at them, but knowing (hat re
monstrance or entreaty was alike unavailing
with the slerh man, he by a strong effort con
quered his emotion, and taking up the money,
bowed his thanks and farewell lo his late em
ployer, and turned lo leave the room. As
he laid his hand on the door knob, he paused
and asked, in a still faltering voice, -if My.
Curtis was informed of-all this.
“ No, F did not think it necessary to speak
of it,” said Mr. Beale, “ for I hadVeSkoittp
think ft was your first departure from the
straight road; and though all business con
nection betweenus has ceased, yet I would
not wish to injure your repmaiion by reveal
ing an act which ! thought you would re^fet.'
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You will find Mr. Curtis a mofeigdulgent
employer ihan ll ytrtt'irPB ,! tettyiWg, your salary
will be?latgetElflaD'ihslu»9:bfeen?;ffereF ? io (hat
oil the. whole,; perhapSryou'.Bre naiUwer.-'Bnd
I hope for your sake that your'first crramwill
; pt'o#e;ajaojJ'jbur>lasb’’;V . ; i, v y..,..,.,
Richard sadly left the store. OauMiertdr
row’ he enteStedonlhendUdesiof hisHewsilu
ation. It proved agreeable, and theiaddilion
to his previous-salary-wasdfgreat DSeto him;
hut what could silence remorse.lor lheiacl
by which he hot only lost sd mirch ;n aJpe
cuniary point of view, but.alpo sank immeas
urably in’ hia'own-estimation?-,-He profiled
by the lesson, however. Years after hefound
himself in a;position proaperous and ertvia
ble as that which he had forfeited in early
manhood. bjjl to his dying day he never tried
to banish the humiliation but salutary recdl
lection of his first and last deviation .from the
.straight forward path of manhood and in
tegrity.
From The NrY-JEvoning Post.
TUc Downfall of Hoops.
Not many weeks since we sought lo enligh
ten our readers upon the perpjexingsubjoqt of
hoops and crinolines, by disclosing the secrets
of their manqfacture,'naming the more fash
ionable varieties, picturing their .future as it
rose glowing before us, odd making appropri
ate moral reflections, which we enforced and
illustrated by a copiouscilation of ancient and
modern authorities, both in prose and verse.
Wo hake now to record the untimely decease
of the fashion, Which Was then just expanding
into full bloom. She by whose fiat it sprung
into being has decreed its death, and hersell
became the executioner. The Empress Eu
genie has appeared in public without either
hoops or Crinolines'.' Paris will follow her
example, and New York will speedily copy
Paris. We are informed, indeed, by persons
conversant with such matters, that this mode
is even now on the decline here, and (hat our
ladies, with a prophetic anticipation of what
was coming, have already begun to contract
their dimensions, which had been steadily in
creasing till within a few days, to so great an
extent that most of them can now pass each
other on Broadway with safely. Authorities
differ on this point, Ijowever, but we would
fain hope that the above statement is the cor
rect one, as it implies independence and origi
nality where in such matters they are seldom
found.
'As the virtues of the departed were fully
commemorated in a previous article, there is
no need to enumerate them here. But in the
face of‘the maxim, "nil morluis nitibonurti"
we may mention one advantage ‘which"wo
shall now enjoy. Henceforth it will be less
difficult lo make the which has
ibeJeuip of the follow
ing paragraph from theTJkalona ('Miss] frai
rie News :
“ Nobody seems lo have heard of that chap
in Aberdeen who just come home from a year’s
absence in Nicaragua. On his way up from
the landing he met quite a number of ladies.
Afier kissing his sister, &c„ 1 pray,’ said he,
‘are the girls in Aberdeen married 1 I met
Mias A-:— 1 Why brother, Miss A——
isn’t married,’ 1 Not married I Nor 'Miss
B 1 nor Miss C 1 nor Miss ?’
1 Oh pshaw ! brother,’ said sis, just begin
ning to catch the idea, ‘that’s nothing but
hoops.’ ”
Other incidental benefits will suggest them
selves to husbands, fathers and lovers.
VVe.do not profess ourselves competent
even to speculate concerning the probable suc
cessor of the jcircle infinite. Let the Em
press Gugenje decide. . Let all those who
have suggestions to offer bring them forward.
Let Congress of Fashion and Dress-reform
Conventions meet at once and devise a new
style, so that ladles may not be forced to full
back on the old fashions, and thus tacitly ad
mit that crinolines jhave been merely episodi
cal, and not a necessary link in the history
of human progress, VVlmt do our ladies
for instance, to il|o costume in which the
members of the recent Canastota Reform
Convention appeared ? 7'heir dresses reach
ed no further down than the knee, The
Bloomer pantaletls were not worn, but in their
place were tv bite and flesh-colored silk stock
ings, filling closely to the leg, and laced half
way to the garter with gaiter strings. Many
of the dresses were made of rich velvets and
silks, and beneath the skirts were to be seen
the points of beautiful lace petticoats. This
style of dress certainly recommends itself to
the economist, and always to the lover of
neatness on such days as this ; though one
cannot but fancy with pain the condition in
which those flesh colored unmentionables
would be left after a brisk half-nour’s walk.
But while Fifth avenue and Gramercy
Park are bidding farwell to the defunct mode,
or less ambitioas.localities will adopt it-in their
turn. Crinolines will begin to figure.in the
laundry and kitchen ; Centre street will be
swept by expanded skirls, and country clowns
will crack the poor, jokes on the “costs and
circumference” of the village damsels.' Such
is the history of every style of costume. The
lower million don what the “ upper ten” are
just doffing; and several generations come to
bo represented by the different classes of- so
ciety.
f It may be, too, that, before this fashion.has
entirely disappeared, a- similar, necessity to
that which, it owes its birlh may arise, and the
Empress -.may again seek to hide the future
beneath her ample skirls.
There is some talk of the probability that
small bonnets willTollow hoops to-the grtive,
but the rumor is not yet- sufficiently definite
to afford excuse for cotnmenfi ' ■ !
,-r-How often do. men mistake,the Ipve of
their own opinions for the love of Irutji. .
—Remember' that every' pirapti, however
low, has rights and’ feelirt'jjs; ■ i
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.. ifyott^oi^’mn^e'you^ mioV’ *
w. .» Ip the .world; .. -m ‘ »
Kor bo,Ml in'the dark .
'■ ’’ 1 '• By the worldy*'’ • - • r .
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Ami you may;
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. .In your wagr., r , t . , , ; ,
‘ -s j .
' ‘ And bunish all fetn ’’’l ~ '
a Pgr tho. right;, . • •
There’s nothing, 0, man,
;:i ' . To euro HI, * ■ •*
Like spying- 1 (on. .
Arid I will. ■ ’ 1 ” ■
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If a kingdom yon would own,
- Buie your mind;
’ *Tis a safe and lasting throno ,
Vou will find ;
But if that you would fill,
Ifo n map.
And shy that I will.
Since I can. V
©ommtmfcattonff.
Letter from tbe West.
{The subjoined letter is from a cfHzcd of this' Comity, how
traveling in Uiu West. A friend lias handed,ii in fur yubli
cation, together with seVernl others of the same series. TUo
reading will doubtless bo interesting to inanyour readers.]
Bn, An.
. Dear Wife: We left Crandall Prairie ibo
next morning; and after, traveling over (he
Prairie some seven or eight m>los> came lo
the Si. Croix River at the Falls, which is the
bead of steamboat navigation on'this stream.
Here we found a smart little town, and one
that is, from its situation, no doubt destined
to be of no small importance. We crossed the
St. Croix here to the west,, on Minesota side,
over a beautiful bridge of one span, reaching
from a ledge of rocks on-one side to acorres
ponding ledge on the other.
The rock hers is metallic or trapp, and is
the first we have found on our journey; it
indicates clear proximity to the copper region.
We here struck the Military, or Government
road from point Douglass to Superior, and
continued in it up tha river on the Minesota
side, through a country well limbered, but
somewhat uneven, some ten miles, to thei
head of the St. Croix rapids f here we took
dihner and purchased some provisions to last
us through lo Superior. 1 no' St. Croix is
navigable for batteaux, aodsmoll .boats from
this point nearly lo its source. After dinner
we pursued the uneven tenor of our way.lo a
stream by (he name of Sunrise, on (be banks
of .which there ore three houses, called the
“Village of Sunrise."
Here we staid all night—had very good
accommodations* and in the morning again
pursued our journey. From’lhis point there
was not snow enough for sllighing, and we
Were compelled to feb Onfoot, or as the boys
had it —“ by Fool & ‘Walker’s Line”—at
noon we took dinner at Rush River, aid nt
night arrived at Snake Station. Here we
sjiud nil,night, and in the morning learned
Inal Inis ttatf'ine last siuppM/g
milss. This place is some twenty-five miles
west of the St. Croix River, in the interior of
Minesota, and ninety miles from Superior.—
There" is here a town siie called Cheng-wa
low-na, or River of Pines, It contains , three
or four log houses and a sawmill. From
Sunrise to this place-istwenty-five miles; and
we were compelled lo walk all the way—the
snow being only about two inches deep, and
it was all our team could do to haul our bag
gage. We are all pretty sore fooled, as the
hubbs felt pretty sharp through our Mocca
sins.
The land from the Falls up the St. Croix
to this point is good, and well timbered with
hard wood of various kinds, and tolerably
well watered. We have seen to day a great
deal of Sugar Maple forest—as far as we can
judge from the routes we have traveled, so
fat we find Minesota the best country tec
hate passed through since we left home,
when taken as a whole. There are many
points in Wisconsin that one can find no fault
with ; but Minesota, as far as we have seen
it, is all a good country. We left Chengwa
tawna early in. the morning, npd after a hard
day’s travel on fool we arrived ft Deer Creek,
-15 miles from where we started in the morn
ing. Here we camped for ttie night. The
mercury stood 20 degrees below zero,—
We built a large fire and then made a hearty
supper of roast pork and crackers, and a little
tea —this being all the variety of stores we
could obtain, except whiskey, and this we de
clined to take.
We have now left- the Government Road,
as it is not cut out any further than a little
this side of Snake River. We are now fol
lowing an old Indian (rail, and it id-all we
can do to get our team and baggage through,
over the logs and rocks and through the
ravines brush, &c. The country through
which we have passed to-day is well timber
ed with Pine, Spruce, Tamarac, Birch, As
pen, &c., but is not very good for agricultur
al purposes and not very inviting to settlers,
being principally inhabited by wolves and In
dians—a party of Whom we met just before
oty encampment, the first we have met with
on our journey. We met here also a party of
Engineers, surveying's, Roil Road route from
Superior to St. Paul, Oiirparty are very sbi;e
fooled fr<?m walking in Moccasins over the
frozen ground, '.fi. few flakes of snow fell
just at dark, but the. performance was soon
discontinued. . In the, morning w.e again star
ted on our joupoey, j; and afier .another hard
day’s travel wa camped a,l Kettle River, hav
ing traveled only 15 miles, the roads.being so
bad that it was wilhgtepl difficulty .we made
any progress,
Here we were soon surrounded by Chippe
wa Indians, there being-a number of wig
wams just up the bank of the-river from our
camp. They area hard looking sot,filthy,
indolent and living most by .begging. During
the evening severalof pur party vtsiiecP their
wigwams.
made a hariy repast of pork npu crackers,
and laid dbwn for vlio n'gh’f.' ‘l'Siaryg^i'was
by fir the coldest we had yet expericncr-tf^’
PUBLISHERS; fe .ERORRIETORS.,
the mercury.standing 32 degrees below zero;
aodtertwosso 'cold I 'wo cbiildnmsteeprand
-having burnt op.dut Btrpply of Wbod, we m 2
■o’clock A.- Mty ogaitv”siatletf l on'otji‘‘journey
by the lighl-ofthemood. '■We i ’cotHtnue’iJ on
our morning walk untii T hnirpasi ien A.,JV1.,:
Late and ele ‘(or,QUt d|nner wjjjtfprovisions
wo hadjk“fl r and/, again, tbpk u up ~our line, ol
.m.arctt.',, ~A,ls,rk tvp attived'a} a place!, call
ed Black Hoof, .having..traveled tpiriy.-lwo
miles. .Here.we found,.a,,little, log shanlep,
10 x 12 (ee.t.in size, occupied by iwp .ypung
men. It was open between the logs as a log
barn in-Pennsylvania, and had noflobrabove
or below,'nor fireplace; but a lire was-built
in one. end and a hole left in the roof for the
smoke to escape. Here we engaged lodgings
and supper, "and after some delay' the young
men mixed some flour and water and baked
it in a tin pan before the fire. They also*
boiled in a pail » few frozen potatoes, and
.fried a very small piece of pork; and of these
things they broke and handed each one a
piece and called it supper. You may think
this hard fare, but there was this mitigating
circumstances in connection with it, viz ;
there was but little of it -; one man could have
easily disposed of the whole, had it been prop
erly cooked.' At bed; time we (aid down
but could sleep but little for the cold, and at
daylight, having paid our bill (only 84,25 for
six of us) we : again Journeyed on, six miles
to Twin Lakes, when we got our breakfast.—
This also was cooked by men, and only a
slight advance on ourj supper in quality.—
They only charged us 50 cts apiece, hut we
had by this time got used to the skinning
process and it didn’t hurt much. The coun
try through which we passed yesterday and
the day before, will answer to the descrip
tion given to the counrty from to
Deer Creek.
At Twin Lakes we again came upon the
Government Road, ii-being opened from this
t'pbini lo Superior, twenty-one miles. Here
Wo lound l a I ill le more snow; as it com
menced snowing about this lime and we were
very tired, we called it sleighing and rqde
from there lo Superior in our sleigh, where
we arrived a little after dark, having been up-!
on the road a hide over four weeks, and made
an overland passage from Lacrosse here, of
a little over .400 .miles. . We put up at the
11 Superior House,” which, for this country,
is a first-class hotel. The snow here is about
six inches deep and the sleighing quite good.
The country from Twin Lakes • here is one
continued Tamarac Swamp, with a small mix
ture of Pine, Spruce, Balsam, White Cedar
and While and Yellow Birch, &c. The aur
face is a level plain, and the timber Very
thick, straight and tall, and from two lo ten
inches in diameter. The land, I think, will
be good for grazing purposes and perhaps
some or u r»r «imf kinds ofgrain. The whole
country from Lacrosse to Superior and
throughout Wisconsin and Mineso’a, is dolled
w.th beautiful Lakes from a few rods to as
many miles in extent, filled wilh a variety of
fish. A large majority of these Lakes have
no outlet, and many of them no inlet, while
contiguous Lakes here frequently present
surfaces of vastly different level. Game of
all kinds is plenty along this route, Prairie
Chickens, Deer, Elk, Moose, Bear, Wolves,
&c, Wtf have seen some Bears that bad
been killed by hunters us we came along, and
also a large quantities of Deer—frequently
meeting sleighs loaded with them piled up as
you would a load of cord wood. These were
novel sigh's lo us aLfirst, but soon ceased to
be a novelty. There are many other things
of interest I would likelo mcn'ion,but cannot
for want of space. Ai some future lime, per
haps, i will give you a description of Superior
and surrounding country, jo the mean lime
I remain yours affectionately, ;
Superior, Doug. Co. VVis., > C. V. E,
Dec. 1856. \
The Man wmr a Snake in ms Hat.—
Dr. Dixon, in his New York Monthly Scnpel,
states that a gentleman of the “ highest ve
racily,” related to him the following snake]
story, which beats anything that we have 1
seen lately: Going into an ordinary (or his
dinner, he was surprised to observe the extra
care with which a gentleman who look the
seat opposite to him, took off his hat; he
turned his head ns nearly upside down as
possible without breaking his neck ; then
placing his hand over the inside of his hat, he
again turned, and received its carefully guar
ded contents, concealed in a pockct-hnnker
chief, bn his hand ; then gently lay ing the
back of his hand on the cushion, he slid the
hat and the contents off, and commenced his
dinner. The attention of my friend was ir
tesistibly directed toward the hat; and his
surprise greatly increased the reader may
imagine, on observing Ihe head of a sizeable
'snake thrust out and looking sharply about
The gentleman, perceiving the discov
ery, addressed him. “My dear sir, I was in
hopes to have dined alone, and not annoyed
any one with my popr pet. Allow me to ex
plain ; he is perfectly harmless; only a com
mon black snake. I was advised to carry
him on my head for rheumatism, I have done
so for u few weeks and I am cured—positive
ly cured from n most agonizing malady. 1
dare hot yet part with him; the memory of
iny sufferings are too vivid ; nil my care is
to avoid discovery, and to treat my pet os
well ns possible in his irksome confinement.
I feed-him on milk and eggs, and he does not
seem to suffer. Pitvdon mo for my annoy-,
ance—you have my-sioty ;it is true. lam
thankful to the informer for my cure; and to
you for your courtesy in not leaving your
dinner disgusted.”
■' If you want lq knb.w the way to t(ie Peni
tentiary, follow the' man whti believes that
the world owes hmVa'living,
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. „ Here comes ..out of fur eastern woods,
; a. 3' o W?g, ; . p/p.Mghhay—with open .brow, and
‘dark, searching ,eye v and hardy sinews, Hi*
fpS l afft (he pavement, wallet
fs empty—a little, .hqncile (fed up in ft checked
l(afldl(erchieiVjoniaiqs the sum total of his
worldly ,possessions. .As he stands,all about
him that is not- Ainwel/V plight bring less, than
a dollar at the auction block. He patiently
goes ip and.qqt seeking honest labor. The
shop boys make no,,effort (o conceal their
tmrthful appreciation of the rural. quality of
his aspectsometimes' utter something in his
ear (hat shows their forgetfulness of the gol
den rule. JPatient, he perseveres, till in some
gr.eat hive of commercial industry, be gels a
chance to become a working hep. His mas
ter discovers that he is indefatigable, and
tonost and shrewd, and never spends any
thing. He trusts him, and does it safely.—
Year by year his salary increases qnd his
value to the establishment; junior partner—
chief man—sole manager, he successively
becomes, as the years roll on—and others die.
The shop-boys who laughed at him, are now,
some in the graves of libertines and drunk
ards—some in the last stages of commercial
consumption—one is not ashamed to beg a
daily sixpence at his counting-room door.
His yearly business amounts to hundreds
of thousand* of dollars. He is troubled to
find safe investments of his profits. Some
are in swift ships—some in those leviathan
steamers that ferry the ocean in the great
lines of travel. Some in granite warehouses
ahd stately mansions-r-some in huge factories,
the din of whoso spindles chimes lenorliko
with the buss of the river, as it-, roars over
ils dam.
He is a while-hhired man. His name is
great on ’Change, and as he passes through
State Street, all make obeisance. The flood
of wealth keeps pouring in, and he. has his
hands full to know what to do with it. The
pile of litle deeds is too large for his deepest
pigeon hole, and his safe is crammed with
bonds and mortgage notes. Ha begins seri
ously to consider what is to be done with all
his accumulated affluence. He looks ‘about
him to see who shall receive it from him.—
Child he has none, for he never foundtime
to marry. All those immediate relatives
whom he once loyetf, are underage sod of the
graveyard where he used to sti%ll with curi
ous mind in his boyish days—as he ale his
Sunday dinner between services in the gray
old church..
He sitF'down to plan a legal instrument
that shall devise his estates to uses of public
benefit. He will make inquiries concerning
this and that. Ho lays by the half sbekt,
half covered, and taking another proceeds to
calculate how many millions the total is,
which is to be thus divided—and with par
donable self-esteem, says to himself, 11 It is
pretty well for a bare-footed boy.”
The next day the coffee is growing cold on
the breakfast table, and his housekeeper,
nervous at his strange want of punctuality,
goes up to knock unanswered at his door—
goes in to find him'steeping the long sleep
upon his customary couch. A coroner’s
jury .would say, “ It is a visitation of God,”
as'if it had not been the “ visitation of God”
that had kept off death for three score years
and ten.
They bury him with great honour, and the
undertaker disregards expense. His next
friends open his desk to see who are to put
into their garners that which he has raked
together. They find the half sheet with thfe'
sum total, and smile with pleasant expecta
tion. They find the half sheet with the un
finished programme of possible charities, and
smile cm. But they find no will, and look
blank and troubled. The law empties all
his pigeon holes, and seizing bonds and title
deeds and notes and mortgages in . ils iron
hand, it places them in the greedy, though
as onished clutch of distant and low-lived
heirs at law, whom it has hunted up In (he
back no&ds, and who disperse the same
among grogshops, and gambiers, and broth
els, until having contrived to come out even
with their unanticipated property, they sink
into graves which are paid for by their last
inherited cent.
That transaction is now square with the
world. The birefooled boy got a heap of
gold, and his twentieth cousins spent it—and
all is us it was before* is as it was before
—save that his soul will be likely to have
some eternal modification in consequence of
the gelling, and theirs in consequence of the
spending.
But his name is down on the list of hon
orable merchants, and fathers point tlx sir
suns to Ins example as a proof of what can
be done by trying—as a splendid mercantile
success.
Jj-’ok once again at your merchant puree
sa he stands at the bar of God and is asked
for.his reckoning of the ten pounds—the tea
millions—which God lent him while on earth.
He denies the loan—says he was a barefooted
boy, and earned his money, and no' thanks
to anybody! Alas I who gave him those
calm, dark eyes, and l - that clear, long head,
and that cool patience? Who gave him the
mother’s guidance, ihe memory of which
kept him from the quicksands of the city !
Who sustained him honest and healthy, and
opened all avenues to wealth before him,and
blew his ships into sale and profitable har,
bouts, and kept him sane and cautious, and
brought him on without a single reverse,
while others went to the madhouse and the
poorhousc, and the tomb? He denies the
loan ! He has never thought of it m that
light.
He will have leisure to understand it all!
We hear a voice that spake once on ear'h —
saying, “ Gust ye the unprofitable servant
into outer darkness, there shall bo weeping
and gnashing of teeth.”