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(a-A liberal deduction will be made to- those who advertise by the year.. rirOtlice in Hamilton St., one dour East of the German Reformed Church, nearly opposite the urriedensbote" Office. poetical IDepaxtment. Twenty Years Ago. I've wandered to the village, Tom, I've sat be neath the tree, Upon the school•house play.groond, which shel, tered you and me ; But none were there to greet me, Tom, a few were left to know, Thtit pilled with us upon the grass, some twen ty'years ago. The grass is just as . green, Tom; bare.footed boys at play,•%* Were sporting just as we did then, with spirits ' • just as gay ; But the ttMaster" sleeps upon the hill, which coa.• ted o'er with snow, Afrorded us a sliding•place,just twenty years ago. The old schoolhouse is altered some; the ben.. ches.are replaced, •• By new dhes, very like the - smite our penknives • ! had .defaoed. , • , .. • But The same old bricks are in the wall ; the bell swings to and fro, • Its music's just the same,dear Tom,'lwas twenty ,• years ago. • • . , . . The hoys are playing some old, game, ,beneath thpt same , - Ldo lomat th,eitainp NBA now you've played the same f • On that same , spot: %was played with knices, by . throwing so and so ; The leader had a task to do—there, twenty years 'The river's'runfiktigjust as still; the willows on " its side `Are larger than they Were, Tom; the stream ap pears less wide— But Pie graPe-vine swing is ruined now, where once we played the beau, .And,nwung,,oursweet-heatls-7vpretty,girls"— • • just twenty The sprang that liubbled netith the hill, elcise by spreading ' • ' t tr, very. igh— twas once so tow that we could ' almost relic • • 4*.lic n eeling ? doWn to get a drink, dear Torn, I .T . O.see liowintich.ll)4l atn changed, since itien• AY years, • . . bY the` upon an'elin;yodknow; I cat your name, Your sweetheart's just below it, Tom, 'and you did' mine the same.' Some . •heartless wretch had pealed the bark— ' 'twits dying sure but slow, Just.atthat gut whose name whs cut, died twen: ' : • • , : •.; r • .• 'My llPshave long been dry,Tom; blit tears came inlity eyes ;'.." :; • I thought of heel laved's° will—Lthose early bro_ :'• lien' ties.' •• 7' , visited the old church.Yard,afilttOok,iihrle flow. era to'bfrew. ' • litim the graves 'or these we loved some twenty. • -% years:ago. • are; in: the church , yard. laid—some 'sleep ,:t` . tierie . ath the sea ; Bitrieveireilift Of our old - class, excepting you Bud t. - • And !ben our thni 'shilleimie, Tom, and when we're called. to'go, , • • • I hope thet!illay us white we playe I, just twen - Yearl•ag.f?:,' , said:A . 44i headed blubber '..itt,g./griathee,,the, other:day. • yt "SOle hae.gia-me. the sack , by gra v y : . - • , :.f,,i,;,;:lbe4,,herfitiow,.V inquired his sympathiz• . • „ I ,4l9 f titt - ..eoft..ttottp:on her so ,thick-that the: 4 ;llqt'; glit..so,`Proud -she wouldn't speak ~to 01(4.147, . • • A man; -wants just,,tio much edge As to Ea no Ti e morq then you can digest '`, 113""Come. here my' dear:-4 wairif,to'eski you attolit/our sister. 'Mitt 611 . 6;0A • ...Kg,the.d9ctoy says elle,llll, A FAIVIIL Aliocellancpu.s Ztleftiong. IN a great many novels, the scenes of which are copieu .nore or less faithfully, from real life, the plot turns upon "marriage : of convenience." In such affairs there are no tender glances, honied words,beating heart's, or other signs that Cupid has been at work, but cupidity, instead, shows its traces. It is not love and beauty on one side, and chi valrous manly devotion on the other. The man does not take the woman for his "wed ded wife," but he takes a family alliance—: a union of titles—an estate 'within a - ring fence—or a seat for a borough. The wo man does not take the man for her ""wedded husband ;" she accepts instead a position in life—a carriage, a footman, the . power to give good parties, good pin money, and a large jointure. Another sort of marriage of convenience is where some withered tooth less old satyr of a slippered pantaloon casts "sheep's eyes" at youth and comeliness, and tempts her with jewels and magnifi cence, In this sort of January and May al liances, parents are popularly supposed to play a very active part, representing the advantages of opulence and. the. fleet ing joys of affection ,in invidious contrast ; more especially if there is a.young and poor lover—that ogre of match malting mothers —in the case. The arguments of the Scotch song are used, and often prevail— A quaint Yankee preacher once said that ladies were timid : they were afraid to sing when they were asked : afraid of taking cold ; afraid of snails or spiders—but he never knew one who was afraid. to bo mar ried. Possibly the sex will:reject that as a libel upon them, yet it certainly - hese foun dation. hitruth -arid nature."Alarriagc teYs • More into the'Ca . knintiOnS of . women than men.y. It rounds. Aheir deitiny.—Men gefindependent witliout.tahing upon.therd selves family cares. , 4 .Wornen, till at least later period of life, continue •to be, depen dents upon tho,lainily. . circle, if . .single. There are exceptions, but that is.rnostly the case, and it is. very natural that they should wish to be Sues in a - SySieni 'of their own rather than minor satellites of the parental home. Besides, to the earnest and sincere, marriage is necessary, as the avenue to the healthy. exercise of those affections which go.to make up so much of woman' s s natu're, and which are in other conditions left to stagnate, often into desease. And 'for .the giddy, the vanity of being married is a suf ficient inducement to look out for a match. We will "not insult the discerning reader by supposing that he or she does not know one of the'most obvious characteristics of hu= man nature. He or she is of course aware ' that 'the more difficult a thing, the more de sired, if not desirable, it becomes. Now it is a fact, that for seine years past, marriages have been regularly decreasing in frequen cy, in proporthin to elle numbers 'of the fe male population. We must not be slaved- - •ted of joking,• or of a tendency 'to satire, when we say that the disinclination is' not upon the side of the ladies. As we exam ine the subject, that will turn out to .be in their praise. The hanging back 'is upon the part of the men, and some of the motives are not much to their credit, because they are selfish ones. A medical writer in the Lancet has lately said that it is to be ascribed to the, progress of civilization, as the world becomes more refined, men get more selfish. They want to "keep up appearances,"— and that costs something. They want all their can • get: fOr ilitiniseryes. They must have good clothe6;.and jewelry, if it be only mosaic. • They : , .must go to the theatre sometimes; and their: dre other consequent outlets for money not to be hinted at. They prefer these things. , and a solitary two-pair , back at Islington or Camberwell to the cares and expenses 'of home. They say, when they put on their hats that their family is covered—and other selfish things. A bloom ing wife and laughing children are.in their catalogue not of comforts but of dangerous expenses. They feel that marriage is a s - riouideremony in more ways than one.—lt is not only an obligation to love and honor, tic.,Vut to furnish a house and pay bakers' bills:" That, too, civilization has wade more difficult. The appearances to be kept up are more onerous than they used to be.— The Jacks and Jills'of middle life are not to-day what they were in the times of our forefathers. They can no longer begin life in'tWo , roome; with wooden bottomed chairs, an• oaken table, and a French bedstead.— The establishment must spring up as com- plete'as,Aiinerva from the.brain -of JoVe.— The yeung_lady. has been to boarding school and got, liaccomplishmenteee' the, young gentleman has , acquired ideas of dignity:— They both 'stand in awe:of that Mrs: Barris ,of public life, Mrs. erundy:: : What. will .she say 1" To satisfy 'her they•mnst ,ln addition. to a. snug parlor ., a miniature drawing room with kniclOcnaoks.- There retest: be,gilding and glitter , 1/8 welL . aa.solid CoMfort.- -Tba 'young lady must not soil her . delicatei:+itndo-:with household work.-- ME OM Marrying an Establishment. And ye shall walk in silk attire, And siller ha' to spare, If yell consent to be my bride, Nor think of Donald mair. ALLENTOWN, LEHIGH COUNTY, PA., JUNE 15, 1853. What.! Mary without a servant oh, hor rid l All theirmammasomd -half their mar riageable daughters. •would put their fingers in their ears to stop out the horrid sounds, Then dress makes greater demands than of old. Prettiness can no longer consent to ap pear in prints ; sentiment has an affinity to satin, and love some mysterious connection with lace. Really it is no wonder that the men, what with the greater selfishness pro duced by civilization, and the increased re quirements of matrimony,. are cautious,of , entering into that state. If-ladies must have establishments to start with—and that is un questionably the rage now—why they must merry them instead of men. They 'must not look for glossy locks and bright eyes--,_ for the possessors of these attractions have not yet had time to make little fortunes.— They must turn to grey hair and wrinkles, which have been successful—and they are both few and cautious ; so that what with the limits set by woman, and the coldness of the men, marrying "respectably" has be come difficult, and the scarcity of "good matches" makes it quite natural that there should be a scramble for establishments.i This is only half the truth. - Besides the men who will not marry'from selfish, or, if you please, prudential (that is the prettier term) motives, there nre others 'who cannot marry. The monasteries of other times made a great many celibates, but the com mercial celibacy of the present is far more extensive. There are more linen-drapers' shopmen and milliners' apprentices and workmen alone, to•say nothing of other clas ses, than there were monks anti nuns in the "merry days of yore." They do not mite vows not to marry, it is true, but they are bound to solitariness by necessity under aty- Jullienalties. The mali-marrying circle being thus car cumscribed by those who, mere or less sel fishly, will not marry, and those who cannot and. must not marry—what is to become of the,fetuttle marriageable surplus thus crea ted ? Take the instance of the tradesman's daughters 7 -the tradesman in' resmall way -who mak, manage to keep his family while he lives, but not provide for them of hid, death; of poor curates' daughters bronght up' with some mental refinement ; Of the daughters of the struggling profes sional man, who manages just to make both ends meet. If they do not marry, what is to become of them after the prop of the h,ouse dies ? They cannot sponge on the scanty *resources of poor relations--even if the poor relations are willing—if they have any sense 'of independence. The governess market and the "companion" occupation are alrea dy overcrowded by poor undeipaid ladies. Their pride revolts from household service. The life of the'needlewoman, with its star vation and exposure to temptation, as the avenue to something worse. What must they do They must marry if they can.— Well;!---or what the weld calls well, if pos sible,;--il riot, badly. The. neaeasity t of choosing'the lesser evil in strong upon They must not dream of love. They niust stifle personal likes and dislikes. If :they cannot catch an establishment, they inest, at leak, grasp at a home; and for a home—of ten a poor one—thousands of women _mar ry;a for a home—even a poor one—thou sands more pine. It is a sad state of things, but pity 'tis—'tis true. , So far from marriages of "convenience," , then, being confined to the upper classes of society, we see that they run through the middle section ; and if we go lower down we shall find the same causes and effects at work. Ladyirelvet, Miss Dimple and Pol ly, the housemaid, are equally desirous of being settled in the world. The reasons why are nearly the same in kind, though different in degree, They act with perhaps the most:force on the less cultivated world. At bottom the nature is the same, spite, of the aristocratic' languor of the one, "the accomplishments" of the second, aqd the rough hands of the third. They all want to be married as well as possible, but at all events to he married. They desire more 'freedom for domestic restraint—a position of some kind in the world, and a settled source from which will be supplied the wants of lifet-- , in fact,' an establishinent. ,Do you think Polly feels these longings 'less than either of her more refined compeers? No indeed, possibly more. A "day out" is to her a little paradise, and if she.was married she would have every Sunday, at all events: An hour's 'relaxation, "a' little bit of time to herself," as she save, between six and seven in the morning,.ar&anz tints at night, is as far offs vision , as the` golden 'tipples of the Hesperides. ,ff site was married she would not, she thinki;:baidniayto ditidging and slay-, ing ; and.then,leci; her future .proaßed— what is it'?;--§lient'fiesent.rejoices m her magnificeotil,t,t of:4ft year, "without tea or sugar. ' ' it,hard.eriough Make it do.' - , • • When she htavhad, thithiceesar3i quantity' of gowns; Ahentieta# - ami,other,utcpepopett... Wee. koriiiiihiough;.ear holidays; which' of course coettiomethiagthelas,aot many left. She -knowe s ':.'it - ehe itatmote,atMeeed driying• thought awitir.., thatiehe moat grow old - by-sad-4; anti then: - tha - stimetidatte-.419 a lear will.fail4-eTen if ahe 'cannot to commatai thrttlythile - Wlitit 'is, she to do? Of course, she, like her betters, must- marry. She does not __expect pi car riage or "a - drawing-room. She can put up with two rooms, or even one ; and wooden chairs, oak tattle, and French bed-stead will do. The baker's arid the butcher's man can command that. Or. K, 1024, who looks down the area, can manage it unless, as Polly says "lie's a supernumery, and they keeps them in barracks.'.' Mr. Timothy Pipeclay, the soldier, can get her the wash ing of his company, and contrive a home somehow, We are convinced that the mar riages of servants, those which are not the result of utterly thoughtless, reckless im pulse, mostly arise in this way ; and of _their results we need not say much, well understood as they are. • . From the highest to the lowest, there are thousands who marry establishments. Some of all grades—from the princely mansion to the confined attic, are taken ofor better, for worse:" Some obey custom, some are pres sed by ne9essity, some act from choice. Ilab 14%;Nanity and want, and:the feat of want, are always at work. 'There are the private ..w.xOnga.of selfishness and, ambition, and the dread of not being able_ to_ keep your place in the-world to zontribute their helps to the .system. Social evils there are, too, to strengthen it. . The dependence of -women —their want of the means of earning a sub ! sistence by honorable employment, which makes that dependence more galling—the - haste to be rich upon'the part of the meni— the commercial celibacy to whieli we have alluded, are among the foremost.' All con spire to produce a want of moral tone—to root out high feeling—to turn passages which will exist into an illegitimate direction —to nourish error and suffering.'• 'The remedies are a better mental moral traim. i4g.for the mass, and a wider and moreleriX.. prosperity. ,In fact, od upati ou and-RW*94 and . well paid labor are the onN..things.to, aubStitu to marriages of men newOrtien l for. scrambles for-establishment.. . • ••••- • Tho Some incidents' in the history , of a !anti= ly which I heard related hereabOuts, aro curiously romantic. A farmer, whom, we shall call May, whose means were ampler' than most new settlers', lived in 1812 in Il linois, about six miles from St. Louis. One morning early, a person then lodging in the house, who furnished this information, heard Mrs. May's voice in startled tones, calling to her husband to ask • What noise is that T' The drowsy husband answered, that the cry was probably that of an oppossum or a screech-owl. .A h, no, John 1' exclaimed the wife, -it is a young child !' She sprang from the lied, as did her husband, and both ran to the door; a basket was set on the door-sibp, covered with a blanket, which Mrs. May re inoved, and there lay, imbedded in snow white muslin and linen, a beautiful infant 1 Lifting it in her arms, she ran into the house, and laying it on her lap, examined its features with, deliihted curiosity. 'ls it not a - beauty ?' she cried, looking up in her husband's face i • 'and the way it has come is so funny ! , ,The stern farmer rep i ned, that he could see no fun in having other people's brats thrust upon him ; but his grumbling was hushed by the benevolent woman, whose whcile soul went forth in kindness to wards the little helpless creature—evident ly not more than four weeks old—thus cast on her maternal care. Notwithstanding the displeasure of Mr. Mny, which she knew to be more in appearance than reality, she kept her resolution of adding the trouble of providing for it to the charge of her own four children. Matters went on thus for two or three years, and the foundling, increased in beau ty, became the pet of the household. Mr. May, however, treated the little girl with an indifference amounting to dislike, and man ifested annoyance particularly when his wife would tell her visiters-the child's history— always prefacing it by the exclamation. 'Tho way the dear little thing came to us was so funny !' One day while he was alone in the loom,• he was playing with little Mary, when hearing his wife's .step, -he set her ,down quickly, pushing her from him. The child cried : Mrs. May took her up, and spoke complainingly of her husband's un kind treatment of the little tlesolate creature, whom he seemed to hate: 'You are mista ;ken; Nancy,' replied the farmer • do not hate.the.child ; see, she knows farmer; her as inuall'as yourself,' and as he Smiled and held out his arms Mary sprang from the lap of:her proteetrdss and came to him, laugh ing merrily' • 413tit:Wityj'Ioliiiivdn'yon always treat the poor thing siiinkindly 1' 'risked the iiir Wife. "Will tell 3Mu'tiy, Nincl because y ou tell everybody all about her ; and it frets me to hive peOple,sappaie I am' bringing up no- . 'bodY•ltnoisArho, de my own I; ; besides it is , tt - disgtadilo , the" - hhild ! 'NOW if you %trill. agree; to:t4hiti•l:pkopose, I am 'willing,;; kr - the . ehild!i igood,lolstill out and move to One of.thir 'Ocrthifinlerrliii.iieti: - ,.Put * Ypu must, epilaitfettihritsi Wl6T'any Ta=te )(Ow era notthirixtrentili4o-he again Itidiptilahofuntii':way''irt",wliokshe come • • - , • , q.: , -11,4;" 'lktte:Mak4iteidili!igfeeilto ; the farmer Bolit.oitt;antheipuivaa to what was then the territory of Michigan.. We will now take up attather ei s tion of the_ In one of the Eastern cities., ' a Mr. L— and Miss C—, both of highly respectable families, had formed a matrimonial engage ment with their parents' consent. . But a wsalthier suitor came, to whom the. father, a stern and violent; man, determined to wed his daughter. The lovers were secretly married, and arrangements were made with a respectable family going to Missouri, to take the bride with them, the husband who called himself her brother, promising to join them shortly. • He left the city some time before Miss C--'s disap pearance, and all believed that he had gone on a sea voyage. Soon' after leaving home, Miss C—wrote to inform her parents she was safe with friends, and fled to avoid a compulsory mar riage. After a journey of -several weeks F - the young couple arrived at St. Louis. Not withstanding the pains taken to conceal their movements, in •11 few months the father learned that his daughter was in the wes tern country, •and wrote to her that her mother, almost heart-broken at her lois, had fallen into ill health. - SincerelY—regretting his own unfeeling conduct, he entreated her to return in spring._ et which time he - would send for her, having no suspicion that she was married: This' letter was received by Mrs. a short time previous to the birth Of an infant, who•was no other than the foundling aforementioned. • She resolv. ed to set off on her homeward journey as seen as .her strength permitted.., A journey in the spring, at that period, from Bt. Louis to Pittsburgh, was both difficult and danger ous ; Mr. L= expected to return, and he 1 thought _ it best to leave their child, urging ,that the parents of biaewife would be more ' cepciliated by her .returning apps as she had left them • exp laining all when she could ' Choose a favora ble time for se .The yoeng mcither could notheer the thought of peliing with her little, o ne. but feeling•that she.could never forgive.fleke• -belt-slum licr - ututtsur - Uprb.46-, return to receive her forgii•eness and ble_sa ing, it appeared her duty to sacrifice her own feelings, and she at last consented. Then occurred the question--with whom could the precious babe be trusted ? The inhabitants of the place were mostly French, and they knew no trustworthy person who could be prevailed on to take charge of it.-- A young man, Mr. L—'s only intimate friend, was acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. May, and suggeSied that they would be cer tainto treat the child with all the tenderness itsown parents could lavish on it, if their humanity were appealed to in its behalf as a deserted foundling. He engaged to de posit the infant, with all due circumstances of mystery, at their door; and report the manner of . its reception ; also to look after it faithfully in the absence of its parents. The mother consented to the romantic scheme, and, packing the basket with as many clothes as it•would holdplacing in the bottom a purse full of money—she set out with her husband and his friend, in the night, for May's house. Within a short distance of this they stopped, and , with fore boding anguisti, both kissed the baby's smooth cheek, and resigned it to their friends, endeavoring to console themselves with the belief that a year, at the furthest, would restore their darling to their arms.--: In a few days their friend called on Mr. May, saw how well the child was doing, heard the foster-mother say she loved and would cherish it as her own, and made a satisfactory report to its anxious , parents. Mr. and Mrs. L immediately set off for the East, separating a few days before their arrival at the house of the wife's fath er. She was joyfully welcomed, and Mr. L soon after received .a letter inviting him to join her. It was now about the commencement of the war with Great Britain, and as ,it was known the Indians would be troublesome on the frontier, it was arranged that Mr. L-- shmild go immediately to the West, and bring the child to its mother. He'reached St. Louis at a time when a general panic on account of the Indians had scattered the in habitants. His , friend had joined the ran gers, and could nowhere be found: Mr. May's family had also disappeared; the neighbors had taken refuge in forts ;""and . the most dilligent inquiries•failed . in procur ing the desiredinformition. 'After some har-' row escapes from the Indians,* was oblig ed to abandon the search, andleturn, disap pointed and dispirited, to his unhappy wife. , At the end of the war, both set out for the West, and landed at Shaweeetewn. From this point they..tratiellitiViiorthward through Illinois, making dillignnt inittiries in every direction :_for the hope offindingthe lot/vont) wu not yet extinct in l ttie - Mother's breast.' After travelling country, , for, nearly a , year, they disooveledtiity,Tfzresir donee, and had the happlitiesier (unli oleitid the; Child! kshbiliJoarOkiiii?'', had endeared, t 4 them, vireirmypni attire ;:bittiotiful than the promise of, her:ofssoy, and,y4l httpitY . syst,hr,her Bind fOstorlaronut 3+0 0 : 'hid' Peer' preserved ,and prospered. through,all the 'troubles and dangers by whibhr they had' been surrounded; NUMBER 37; May was one of the most thriving farmers: of Michigan: This little romantic episode in his 'history may not he — kn Own to bta neighbois—for he was never very comma nicative--but it was the ground of a lasting friendship between his family and that bt the little adopted one ; both ackawledgini from it a profitable lesson in life.• The Pattern Wife. Winnie Winlove is not a beauty, but she . ' has a sensible, loveable face. which is not only good looking, but looks good ; and then her dress is always so neat; her:smiles so bright, and her voice so sweet Nit ',though she would attract no attentiori,at ti theatre' or ball, she is the dearetW drtitirhent of a hus band's home. .. ."•• ' • when .yo u She is never tteOught," call w h en yoti will; for heehouie, like herself. is the pink of neatness not that stiff',-:uncomfortable "kin; vihrOh - iiiakes one-d read - polished' furniture ; but". an: easy, all pervad ing order, :which -scorns so natural ono scarcely wonders,„at it. If in 'accomplish , ihg thiciher servants give her unusual,trou , We, ttshe does not fight:-her battlest .o 4 er again, for the entertainment of. her. hes-. band , or -visitors . ; :She is not, in the usual' sense of, the term accomplished—does not perfornajirilliant fantasies upon , the piano forte,"'or, sing incomprehensible Italian bra vuraai-but she plays sensiblesaccompania mentkor clance, - cotiectly, with taste; and in perfect time; sings an English ballad Witte feelltiiv and expression; and does either,' Whenrequ'ested; without putting on airs or requiring the stimulus of a large audience. She has actually been known to play and sing'far more than an hour with no listeners but her husband antifamily ! She does not dance, but as her husband does and likes "to, she willingly attends balls and danding parties, where her observing ,mind, keen appreciation •of the ludicrous and genial good humor, find no lack of entertainment. §ho:4loesnot speak, atoll the modern, lan- Olges,". but her English is well worth !la tent, - (were this Ultiney sketch, she would be, but as it irriain.r t uait, the truth must be told ;) but she has'illiehrtfelt love of the good, the true and the beaiiiiful and does the duty which lies nearest her to the best of her ability. Cheer fulness is her chief characteristic ;.and pro moting the.happihess.of her husband and family the business:of .her life. In, matters of importance, if she iincl:her, husband differ ' in. opinion, she states her's calmly, and lis tens to his reasoning with a mind open to conviction ; but in trifles, his wish isher Is she ready for visiting or shopping, and he thinks it looks like rain, she.layO,o(l her honnet and stays at home. Is she some what tired and indisposed'for exertion, and he, requests her to go out, She coinphes.— Has she a new, dress or , cap to which he ob jects, it disappears., , She never wants to read ,when: he wants her to talk, nor .to talk when he wants to read ; never complains of her nerves;: never replies when he hints that brat:Vast. is alit ' the late ; never objects to his smoking; never teazes Wm to give her new furnithre, dress, &c., knowing that when he can afloid them, he will do so without being asked. She never looks grum, or calls _hire ttmy dear," in that carefully softened but portentous tone which strikes terror to the heart of the •hen pecked husband, if he bringsati.unexpected visitor to dinner; never asks What,litipt,him when he comes home late; and;:ilitimmol wifely amiability, 'never ,objehts.toliickiii,s ing all the young ladies .who visit the* ! Her health never compels to, leave him four or five months every summer to the house-keeping of, servants, and the en-. nui of loneliness ; or, worse Still, the :discom- fory of boarding, and the society •of his ba ielor friends. - Her children—of coarse she has.,Plenty —are never tormented about keepingclean and taking care of their clothes, and nor screamed over and petted when they hap pen to fall; nor paraded far exhibition -, when they get new garments, nor scolded or neg lected at any time. They are govern ed, well bred, active, healthy and' happy. -Her-faults, of course she: has , some, are mostly those that leati'to - vittite's: side, and are, in her husband's estimation, amply counterbalanced by the antittietidal• virtues of - . being fontk yet •reasonable t ofeerligh-' tad, yet confiding •; wise, yet riltatily.Y of moial • . most mg,oase. $ ter ,pitudo,is,minted by,the,Liantera::.,Oherofthe prisopeie licentlyiconvicted„ and' con veyastiSing - his brother was a ,Newyork Alderman, an d 'he roam'! asham edoo;viari luraticd.wrmili under deb& footsie ttiegitiliititoWtair:Mnitn:—, whyakNi(r-10)440itlilie et In n 'nch Mind* titihWr . tbnifnetiiii letinieniker [leo' ifironi l ll,!Epicqqtateitthel.ripposite. 0,-I'l4 fellow 000113 io the , city to tee•fdli intended.wife, iod . :far a !Ong time 01011d - 'tbink of , nothing:te.say. Mint a great enoyi*ftilling; 'he took occasion to tell Abet; him father's 'beep 44 "Wells" all be un done.— Wellei raid theAlindlyi. taking him by-the hand, 44'11 , kieli.one of them."
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