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VOLUME 111
THE LEHIGH REGISTER,
Is published in the borough of Allentown, Lehigh
County, Pa., every Thunday
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$2 00 if not-paid until the end of the year.
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Ur A liberal deduction will be made to those
who advertise by the year.
car Office in Hamilton Street, one door
of German Reformed Church, and nearly
opposite the “Priedenshothe Office."
RESOL
Relative to an Amendment of the Constitution
Resolved by the Senate and House of
Representatives of the Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania in General .dssembly mel,
That the Constitution of this Commonwealth
be amended in the second section of the fifth
article, so that it shall read as follows : The
Judges of the Supreme Court, of the several
Courts of Common Pleas, and of such other
Courts of RecOrd as are or shall be establish
ed by law, shall be elected by the qualified
electors of the Commonwealth in the manner
following, to wit 1 The Judgesof the Supreme
Court, by the qualified electors of the Coin-
monwValth at large. The President Judges
of the several Courts of Common Pleas and
of such other Courts of Record as are or
shall be established by law, and all other
Judges required to be learned in the law,
by the qualified electors of the respective
districts over which they are to preside or
act as Judges. And the Associate Judges
of the-Courts of Common Pleas by the (pal
'-'7lfied• electors of the counties respectively.
.4.4banimLoLlhySupreme Court shall hold
they shall so long behave themselves Well :
(subject to the allotment hereinafter provid
ed for, subsequent to the first election :) The
President Judges of the several Courts of
Common Pleas, and of such other courts of
Record as are or shall be established by law,
and all other Judges required to be learned
in the law,, shall hold their offices fur the
term of ten years, if they shall se long be
have themselves well : AsSociate Judg
es of the Courts of Common Pleas shall hold
their offices for the term of five years, if they
shall so long behave themselves well : all of
whom shall be commissioned by the Gover
nor, but for any reasonable cause which
shall not be sufficient grounds of impeach
' ment, the Governor shall remove any of
them on the address of two-thirds of each
branch of the Legislature. The first elec
tion shall take place nt the general election
of this Commonwealth next after the adop
tion bf this amendment, and the commis
sions of all the judges who may be then in
office shall expire on the first Monday of
December following, when the terms of the
new judges shall commence. The persons
who shall then be elected Judges of the Su
. reme Court shall hold their offices as fl
.. r one•of them for three years, one for
six years, one for nine years, one for twelve
years, and one for fifteen years ; the term of
each to be decided by lot by the said judges,
as soon after the election as convenient, and
• the result certified by them to the Governor.
that the commissions may be issued in ac
cordance thereto. The judge whose com
mission will first expire shall be ChieiJus
tice during his term, and thereafter each
judge whose commission shall first expire
shall in turn be the ChielJustice, And if two
or more commissions shall expire on the
same day, the judges holding them shall de
cide by lot which shall be the Chief Justice.
Any vacancies happening by death, resig
nation or otherwise, in anporthe said courts,
shall be filled by appointment by the Gov
ernor, to continue till
.the first Monday of
December succeeding the next general elec
tion. The Judges of the Supreme Court
and the Presidents. of the several Courts of
Common Pleas shall, at stated times, receive
for their services an adequate compensation,
to be fixed by law,which shall not be dimin
ished during their continuance in office, but
they shall receive no fees or perquisites of
office. nor hold any other office of profit un
der this Commonwialth, or under the gcni
ernment of the United States, or any other
State of this Union. The Judges of the Su
es= Court during their continuance in
Mee shall reside within this Commonwealth,
and the other Judges during their continu
ance in office shall reside within the dis
trict or county for which they were respect
ively elected.
WILLIAM F. PACKER,
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
• GEORGE DARSIE,
• Speaker of the
.Senate.
IV TIM SENATE", March 1, 1849.
Resolved, That this resolution pass,—Yeas
21 , Nays S. •
Extractfoum the Journal.
SAIL. W PEARSON I Clcrl.•.
AF
Is THE HOUSE Hi' lIEPIIESENT ATI V En, April 2,1849.
Revolved, That this resolution pass.--Yeas
• 58, Nays 20.
Extract front the Journal.
• WM. JACK, Clerk.
Filed, April 5, 1819.
A. L. ItUSSEL, Dep. Secretary of the
ContinOlizve«lih.
PCM7B . /i/Varda, Ss :
1 DO cimmev that the above and foregoing
is a true and correct copy of the Original
Resolution of the General Assembly, entit
led "Resolution relative to an Amendment
of the Constitution," as the_same remains
on file in this office.
In testimony whereof I have
hereunto set my hand, and cans
ed to be affixed the seal of the
S's Office at Harrisbrg,
i 4 o
this ecretary eleventh day of June, A u nno
Domini, one thousand eight hundred and
forty-nine.
“JounsAL OF SENATE.”
"Resolution, No. 188, entitled "Resolu
tion relative to an amendment of the Consti
ttition," was read a third time. On the ques
tion, will the Senate ageee to the resolution ?
The Yeas and Nays were taken agreeably
to the Constitution, and were as follows,
viz :"
"YEAs—Messrs. Boas, Brawley, Crabb,
Cunningham, Forsyth, Hugus, Johnson,
Lawrence, Levis, Mason, Matthias, Weas
lin,llich, Richards, Sadler, Sankey, Savery.
Small, Smyser, Sterett and Stine-21."
"NAvs-Messrs. Best, Drum, Ffck, Ives,
King Konigmacher, Pottei and Darsie,
Speaker-8."
"So the question was determined in the af
firmatiire."
"Journal of Hy House of Repr6enlal ices,"
"Shall the resolution pass The yeas
tenthMioiro t ili l fatielniett UtLtt i titit
and are as follow, viz:" •
"Yens—Messrs. Gideon J. Ball, David
J. Bent, • Craig . Biddle, Peter D. Bloom,
David M. Bole, Thomas E . Bull, Jacob Cori,
John 11. Diehl, Nathaniel A. Elliot, Joseph
Emery, David G. Eshleman, William Evans,.
John Fausold, Samuel Fegely, Joseph
Fisher. Henry M. Fuller, Thomas Grove,
Robert Kunsan, George P. Ilem , zey, Timm
as J. Herring . , Joseph Higgins, Charles
Hortz. Joseph B. flower, Robert Klotz, Har
rison P. Laird, Abraham Lamberton, James
J. Lewis, James W. Long, Jacob M'Cart
nev, John F. M'Cullock, Hugh MlCee,
John M'Laughlin, Adam Martin, Samuel
Marx, John C. Myers, Edward Nickleson,
Stewart Pearce, James Porter, Henry C.
Pratt, Alonzo Robb, George Rupley, Theo
dore Hyman. Bernard S. Schoonover, Sam
uel Seibert, John Sharp, Christian Snively,
Thomas C. Steel. Jeremiah B. Stubbs, Jost
J. Stutzman, Marshall Swartzwelder, Sam
uel Taggart, George T. Thorn, Nicholas
Thorn, Arunah Wattles, Samuel Weirich,
Alonzo 1. Wilcox, Daniel Zerbey and Wil
liam F. Packer, Speaker.-55."
"NAvs—Messrs. Augustus K. Cornyn,
David M. Courtney, David Evans, Henry
S. Evans, John Fenton, John W. George,
Thomas Gillespie, John B. Gordon, William
Henry, James J• Kirk, Joseph Laubach,
Robert R. Little, John S. 111'Caltnont, John
M'Kee, William M'Sherry, Josiah Miller,
William T. Morrison, John A. Otto, Wil
liam Y. Roberts, John W. Roseberry, John
B. Rutherford, It. Rundle Smith, John
Smyth, John Souder, George Walters and
David F. Williams. `26."
"So the question was determined in the
affirmative."
SKCIIETAII Ir'S OFFICE,
liarris4urg,June 15, 1849.
Pennsylvania as:
0 , 1 , 4 Ino CERTIFY that the above and
e,
e foregoing is atrue and correct
g, o
s,, , , copy of the ".Yeas and "Nays,"
0t 0 ..-Av taken on the "Resolution relative
*xxvi " i
to an amendment of the Consti
tution," as the same appears on the Journals
of the two Houses of the General Assembly
of this CommOnwealth, for the session of
18 W.
Witness my hand and the seal of said of
rice, the fifteenth day of June, one thousand
eight hundred and forty-nine.
TOWNSEND lIAINES,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
June 21. 111-.13m
HATS! BATS! HATS!
Have just received a large and Fashion
able assortment of Moleskin, Silk and Bea
ver Hats, alio Leghorn, China Bmid, Palm
Lcnf and Woo !flats of every variety, which
they will sell cheap for cash.
June 7. •
Shoulders and Hams.
A large supply of Shoulders and Hams,
cured in Philadelphia, just received and for
sale by Mcwrz & LAND'S.
Aprils,
SEcn ETAII r ' s OFFICE
SECHETART ' S OFFICE
TOWNSEND HAINES;
Secretary/ af4lte Commonwealth
Lochntan Brother,
ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., AUGUST 9, 1849.
Great Bargains !
•Another Arrival
—or•—
cmEaFi GOODS,
!laving just returned from the city, are
now opening a handsome supply of fashion
able goods, with for beauty and neatness
of style will compare with any in market,
and which will be sold at the very lowest
prices. Their customers and the public in
general are invited to give them an early
call, as goods will be shown with much plea
sure and without charge.
DRY GOODS.
Just recived a lot of very fine Lawns,
Ginghams and Bareges, also Alapncas, Lin
en for Sacks, Linen drill, Mantilla and dress
fringe, with a rood supply of Cloths, Cos
simers, all kinds of Veging &c., for sale low
at the Store of
•
Groceries.
A general assortment of Coffee, Sugar,
Molasses, Honey, Teas, &C., for sale by
MER'rZ & LANDIS.
A quantity of ground, fine and dairy Salt,
just received and for sale by
MERTZ 4• LANDIS.
Queens:mire.
A.splendid assortment of Queens, (Hass,
and Earthenware, for sale by
NlEl3:rz .g• LANDIS,
• Looking Glasses.
A. good assortment of Mahogany frame
Looking Glasses A v. sale by
VIP MERTZ & LANDIS.
Wanted.
1000 bushels Flaxseed, for which the
I;i:ims! nuirket nrf4
e pant by L LA lb.
The inhabitants of Allentown can besup
plied with white or black oak wood, in any
quantity, if orders are left at the Store ac
companied with the CASH.
'MERTZ & LANDIS.
Window Blinds.
A tot of handSoine plain and figured win
dow blinds and window paper, for sale cheap
by AIERTZ & LANDIS.
• Carpets.
An assortment of Ingrain and Rag Car
pets and Carpet chains, for sale by
MERTZ & LANDIS.
Jiily 26.
TRIAL LIST )
FOR SEPTEMBER TERM. 1849
1. David Roth vs. George 8. Sander.
2. Daniel Weiss vs. Godfrey Roth.
3. Morrison Lumber Co. vs. Yardley &Bach
CM
4. Catharine Grim's use vs. Peter Schneider &
Terre Tenants.
5. Same vs. Henry Schneider & Terre Tenants.
6. Stewart &I-topkins vs. ThomVickert.
7. Eve Licht vs. Henry Sellers.
8. Thomas Craig vs. The Lehigh Crane Iron
' Co. & Sol. Butz.
9. James White vs. Eli Steckel and Edward
Sheckler.
10. Benjamin Fogel vs. Jacob Hart & Leah
Hart.
11. Fogel & Slough vs. Same.
12. Same vs. Same.
13. Saw vs. Same.
14. William Fry vs. Amos Antrim.
15. Benjamin Orim vs. Elijah J. Owen.
1. George S. Elsenhard'a Executors vs. John
H. Helfrich Adm'r.&c.• -
2. Solomon •Buyer vs. Gaumer, Zerfass & Co.
3. George Wassum vs. George-Kern, George
Wassum arid Mt. Levers.
4. Daniel Remely vsi Same:. .
5. Jonathan Clase vs. Mathias Kerchner.
6. William Fry vs. Solomon Gangwere. • . ,
7. Peter Mauss and others vs. Herman &Ben
jamin Rupp. - t. . •
8. Daniel & Benjamin Oswald vs. Adam Reitz.
0. John Kidd vs. James Fuller.
~
10. Abraham Handwerk vs. rite': Wert.
11. Abraham Handwerk vis. Henry Peter Ad.
ministrator &c.
12. Joseph Laudenschlager vs. Isaac •Hains.
13. Michael Bastian & othersys.Wannemach ,
er & Fogel.
14. Charles S. Bush Executor vs. Henry Peter.
15. David Peter vs. John Hains.
16. Michael D. Eberhard vs. William Edelman.
17. John W. Patton vs. Wright & Andress.
18. Keck & Sumter vs. Conrail Roeder.:
19. Susan Able vs. , George S. Xander.
20. Robert E. Wright vs. Henry Lorask.
21. William Waip vs. Stephen Balliet Jr.
22. George Meitzler vs. George Brienig.
23. Meitzler & Erdman vs. George Breinig.
24. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs.
Benjamin Jarrett.
From the Records, Telle
NATHAN MILLER, Prothonotory..
• 1-4 t
New Telackere •
Aug. '2
New No 3. Macho:el in Barrels and half
Barrels, just received and ,for sale at
.the
store of , T. B. WILSONL
July 26
mEraz & LANDIS
SALT.
Wood.
I=3
SECOND WEEK
poetical. Mepartment.
From the New York Tribune
France and Rome.
For shame, 0, France ! was it for thee
To strike at Rome the despot's blew !
Thou - boagter - of thy liberty, -- -
To turn on Freedom as her foe!
For shame, thou braggart—'t was for thee
To lift the voice, and shake the steel,
And on the neck of Tyranny '
To place War's red and gory heel!
For shame ; 0, France! forever shame
Be on thy hand, and on thy brow,
Thou virgin—wed to Freedom, Fame,
But yesterday—a harlot now!
Oppression's pimp, and thou wouldst feed
Iler lust, and shield her loathed crown ;
Wouldst brea! in blood thy bridal oath,
And trample Rome and Freedom down !
For shame, 0, France! thy sword accurst
- Shall' ever, hear this damning stain;
And 'never,. as of yore, shall flaunt
Thy banner to the skies again:
For shame ! a thousand years of shame
Will leave the blot but darker still,
Thou fratricide—whateer thy name—,
In thought, in purpose, and in will !
•
Miscellaneous Zelcdions.
PRIVATE PUDDING,
O R
How the Hoosier Come it.
Many years ago a Hoosier, who had just
struck New Orleans for the first time, after
his Hat-boat was Made snug and fast, went
up to'see the sights of the city. Passing St.
Charles, he stopped immediately in front
the St. Charles Hotel, and looking up seem
ed`
to scrutinize the building with the e f
architectural conoisseur.
After satisfying his gaze, he ask d of a
passer-by what building it was. n being
told it was a hotel, he inquired for the en
trant...l and being. shown, he asce ded the
steep steps. Approaching the offi e, he in
quired for the landlord, of whom h asked if
he could get "a bite" to eat. Mr. .R.
Mudge, who Was the host at that time, mid - -
who is a host at all times, humoring the fel
low, told him he could do so by paying a
'dollar. A fterconsidering a while on this item,
and gravely looking his host in the face, he
said.— •
"Well I'll go it. Thar's your dollar—
Whar's your dinner ?"
"Well, "said the other, with a smile, "it
is not ready yet ; but take a seat at the table
there, and you can amuse yourself with the
papers for half an hour, When you will hear
the gong, which will inform you that dinner
is ready."
"The gong ! What's that ?" asked the
Hoosier.
"Oh you will find when you hear it," re
plied Mudge.
Satisfied with this answer, the Hoosier,
after looking wildly around him,.sat down
and rummaged over the papers. Time
sped on at its customary rate, when sudden
ly the gong sounded, and as usual the crowd
moved for the dining-room.
Recovering from his astonishment at the
noise of the gong, and scenting the de
licious fumes of the dinner, the Hoosier
seat,
made a rush thron g
but being met by the host he was conducted
to his allotted chair. The gentlemen matted
on each side of him, as well as the gentle
man opposite him, had their wine before
them.
After finishing his soup, and having his
plate well filled, the Hoosier observed ,the
gentlemen, helping themselves freely to
wine ;• ardso, seizing the bottle of his right
hand neighbor, he attempted to help himself,
when he was modestly informed that the
vtlne was "private."
.The Hoosier did not comprehend, and
with a blank sort of look resumed his knife
and fork. On laying them down again and
having apparently come to the conclusion
that it could not all be "private" wine, he
seized hold of his left. hand friend's bottle.
"Stop, if you please sir," said the offend
ed individual with a fierce look, "that is pri
vate raffle," sir.
The Hoosier looked still more astonished,
and finding it a hard case, thought he would
make another trial any how. So reaching
across the table, he seized the bottle oppo
site to him, and was just in the act of filling
his 'glass, when his via-a-via re-echoed4..Pn
vale wine, sir, if feu please! "and withdrew
. the bottle from the fearful leakage it was
Oath to undergo. •
The "green un," becoming enraged at be
ing foiled on every side, and observing that
there was a general simpVringand tittering
among the waiters, turned on the servant
whir stood at the back of his chair, and who
had taken away his plate fbr the fifth or
'Sixth time, and cried out to him with an oath
to bring it back, and that if he took it away
again, •he'd be dod rod if lie did't draw his
picker on hien," and suiting the action to the
word, put his hand into his bosom, showing
the handle of a huge bowic-knife.
After this, things went on quietly till the
dessert was put on the table, when a large
dish of "Charlotte Posse" was set right be
fore the Hoosier. This he immediately drew
near his plate, and looking right and left
at his neighbors, he helped himself to a
large portion of it. Keeping an eye fixed
on the dish while eating he perceived his
right hand neighbor attempting to with
didw thVdish from him.
"No you don't, Mister." said the Iloosier
to him ; "that than puddite is private pad
din'."
The left hand gentleman, not observing
what had passed, then said—
"Allow me to take this sir?"
"No, you can't take that thar puddin',"
said the Hoosier with a scowl,"that's private
puddia'," and he re-helped himself.
Shortly after the gentleman opposite was
in the act of drawing the dish over to him.
"Hold on, Mister," said the Hoosier, with
a look of triumph, "I'd have you to know
that that puddin' is private puddin'," while
at the same time he put his thumb to his
nose and made sundry gyrations with his
fingers. "You can't come it over me," le
continued, feeling that a joke had been prac
tised upon him. "Private wine, eh !"
The attention of the table being attracted,
during the latter scene, the gentlemen around
burst into a roar of laughter, and soon the
whole story was whispered from one to an
other. The thing took so well that every
gentleman was induced, to send his bottle
to the I foosier with his compliments, and our
green 'un" soon became as merry as a lord.
Hiccoughing as he left the table, he turned
round to the gentlemen, and said :
"Well, you [hiccough] fellows, you,Thic
cough] couldn't [hiccough] come it over
[hiccough] me with your [hiccough] pri
vate wine."
The glasses fairly danced upon the table
with die uproar and laughter which this last
remark created, and the Hoosier, staggering
'out of the room, made the best oihis way to
his boat.—N. 0. Picayune.
A Lawyer's Bar Room Speech.
Jerry Wilkins, formerly kept a Jersey
tavern, and although one 'of the cleverest
fellows in the world, and universally esteem
ed for his social and convivial qualities, was
full of vanity and of most inordinate conceit,
n&the main point upon which he plumed
himself was the important fact of his claim
ing the paternity of an interesting little suc
cession of fifteen Wilkinses, who, lisping,
'called him sire," and although in those
days phrenology and numberless other olo
gies slumbered in undiscovery non-exist
ence, yet it cannot be doubted that the bump
of philoprogentivenesiWas developed in Jer
ry's cranium, to a very remarkable extent,
and in fact, after he had entertained an ap
preciating circle of bar-room listeners with
the best jokes he could remember or manu
facture for the occasion he would invariably
wind up with an eulogium on the various
accomplishments of his numerous progeny
in general, and descant, largely on the vast
amount of credit "due, or about to fall due,"
to himself in particular, for the paternity of
so large and so promising a brood, especially
emphasizing the number of tender pledges,
This little fobile, by frequent repetition.
became a kind of second nature with Jerry,
and he at length became so habituated to
bragging of the number and quality of the
scions of the house of Wilkins, that his as
sociates, who were well aware of his pecul
iarity, would invariably leave their coat but
- . .
.nd whenever they perceiv
-7,s epilogue,
tons in
ed an approach to t.
and, like Joseph of old, be glad to eizZ. ll
minus the necessary fragment of clothing.
Lawyer S—, in travelling to and from
the courts of several of the 'neighboring coun
ties, invariably stopped with Jerry, and like
him the fund of conversational amusement
he enjoped in his society , and withall, was
well aware of h is besetting sin, having
heard the old song sung to the same tune
until he was tired of the monotonous repeti
tion, and determined, the first good opportu
nity, to give Jerry a quietus.
On one occasion the bar room was filled
with judges and lawyers, returning from
Gloucester court, and jokes and stories had
circulated until the congregation had attain
ed to a very respectable degree of hilarity.
Jerry at last got on his favorite hobby, and
bragging battery upon S—, with an ap
parent determination to spare neither friend
nor foe. The lawyer listened with the
grave and attentive air of a most learned
judge deciding a case involving points of
law of the most abstruse and incomprehen
sible character, and patiently heard Jerry
out "even unto the end."
He then arose, and with the most imper
tumble gravity, observed : i.May it please
the Court—You have heard the case of the
plaintiff, Jerry Wilkins, who has, somewhat
contrary to the usages of our courts, plead
his own cause. Tho case is an important
one, in which Jerry claims of this Common
wealth large damages for the important ser
vices he has rendered to his country by his
paternal exertions in fathering so numerous
a progeny of Wilkinses. The nature and
Magnitude of those services, arid their im
portant bearing upon the great interests of
posterity, if allowed, would command the
highest honors a nation could-bestow. His
Statement of the facts of the case are plain
NUMBER 44.
and lucid ; but, gentlemen of the jury, it is
but a statement, and assertion is not proof ,
—it needs corroboration, and in all courts of
justice in this enlightened and patriotic
State, every statement Must be sustained by
the direct and positive testimony of one or
more credible witnesses; and in
_order to
Wow to the court, and especially to the
plaintiff, the extreme importance of such evi
dence in eves having a direct bearing upon
the great population question, already of in• -
creasing interest, I will quote a case in
point, which came under my own immedi
ate observation.
My grandmother, gentlemen of the jury,
had a favorite turkey lien, and a remarka
bly fine hen she was, I assure you, and the
entire family of turkeys in the possession of
my venerable progentrix, was this lien and
her husband and co -mate, n consequential,
conceited, strutting old gobbler. My grand
mother was anxious to raise a large brood of
young turkeys from her 'favorite, but, gen
tlemen, front some camp not appearing in
the evidence, she laid lfut six eggs during
that season; and after the usual delay pre
scribed by etiquette on such occasions, she
evinced a desire to set, and it was deemed
inexpedient for the bird to waste her ener
gies on six turkey eggs, and there being
none easily procured, a full setting was ob
tained, consisting of a variety, some geese,
some ducks, and some common hens' eggs,
and after the usual period of incubation had
elapsed, the turkey hen came off her nest
with a fine, large, but motley brood of tur
keys, geese, ducks and chickens. The old
gobbler hailed her public re-appearance with
the most lively expressions of joy, and with
a great show of strutting, and swelling, and
putfing,•proudly claimed. the paternal pre
rogative 'over the whole family. Gentle
men of the jury, there was not a shadow of
evidence, either in law or equity,. as you
have perceived, to prove his right of pater
nity to more than the six turkeys ; but the
conceited old fool believed he was father of
the whole flock !"
Lawyer S—, leaving the astonished
plaintiff and the highly intelligent jury to
draw their own conclusions, took his seat
amid plaudits which had nearly brought
down "Jove from high Olympus," to seo
what was to pay. The Court fined Jerry'
drinks for all hands, the penalty to be doub
led of every repetition of the offence. Let
it sulfide to add that Jerry's hobby was turn
ed out to grass " for the rest of tho•season.
Forbearance.
If the peculiarities of our feelings and
faculties be the effect of variety of excite
ment through n diversity of organization, it
should tend to produce in us mutual for
bearance and toleration. We should per
ceive how nearly impossible it is that per
sons should feel and think exactly alike on
any subject. We should not arrogantly
pride ourselves upon our virtues and knowl
edge, nor condemn the errors and weakness
of others, since they may depend upon cau
ses which we can neither produce nor easi
ly counteract. No one, judging from his
own feelings and powers can be aware of
the kind or degree of temptation or terror,
or the seeming incapacity to 'resist them,
which may induce others to deviate.
The Voice of Nature:
..God has written upon the flowers that
sweeten the air—on the breeze that rocks
the flowers on the stem—upon the ocgan
that rocks every swimmer in its deep cham
he that refreshes]
ET&
sprig of moss that bits iw neu t % • r.-
ert—upon every penciled Shell that sleeps
in the caverns of the deep, no loss than upon
the mighty sun that warms and cheers mil- .
lions of creatures that live in its lightupon•
his works he has written, "None of us liveth
to , himself !" And probably were we wise .
enough to understand these works we should
find that there is nothing from"the cold stone
in the earth to the minutest creature that
breathes, which may not in some way add
to the happiness of some living creature.
We admire and praise the flower that best
answers the end for which. it •vias . created,•
and the treeihat bears fruit, the most rich
and abundant; the star which is the most
useful in the heavens weadmire . the most.
"And is it Ann reasonable that man, for
whom the whole creationtrom the flower up
to the spangled heavens, all minister—man:
who has the power of conferring deeper'
misery and higher happiness than any be
ing on earth—man, who has can act like God
if he will ,;• is it not reasonable that ho should .
live for the noble end ofliVing—not for'hitrk
self, but for others P'
ClPSmall acts of kindness, In,* pleasant and -
desirable do they make life l'Every dark taw
ject is made light by them, and every tear of
sorrow is brushed away. When ifi 3 Oli t earf ,
is sad; and despondency sits at_ih'W entrance
of the soul, a little kindness away des
pairoind makes the path cheerfull and plea
sant. Who will refuse a kind • act ? It cost
the giver nothing, but it is invaluable to the•
sad and sorrowing. It raises from..misery'
and degradation, and thr9ws around the soul
those hallowed joys that were lost in. Para,
disc.
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