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VOLUME IX.
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Young Hearts vs. Old Heads.
Lose ago an elopement was considered quite
a remarkable event in the lives of the parties
,concerned, and usually served ns a topic for
conversation for the gossips for weeks and even
for months afterwards. But now, like almost
anything else., elopements have become com
mon, so much so in fact, that the simple an
nouncement of one of these ' Gretna Green' af
fairs fails to attract even the slightest notice un
less, coupled with the high-sounding title of
• Romance ia Real Life.' ,
Elopements are more frequent in Europe than
in America, yet they are frequent enough here
to cause vat ions surmises and conjectures as to
their cause. By some p.r.ions it is supposed
that the parents arc at fault, and by others
that it is just in keeping with the progressive
spirit of the age that characterizes this country
at present. But no matter as to the cause—
we want to describe ' one of the elopements'
in ' old times.'
DANIEL SAEGER.
£.-4w
Jonathan Greenleaf, the (Mitter of our hero,
emigrated from the land of his birth—Connec
ticut—to Pennsylvania, at an early age, where,
}irate strictest economy and the most untiring
attention to the legitimate business of manu
facturing shoe-pegs, he had acquired a just
proportion of the ' filthy lucre ;' sufficient at
all events to preserve him from \wait in after
years. But strange as it may appear, he was
not happy. True, he had money and friends,
but these do not insure happiness. He longed
!'• - n• some one whom he could call by a name
more endearing than that of friend; ono who
would share his joys and sorrows alike—in
short he wanted a wife.
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As Jonathan had peculiar notions as to what
a wife should be, and as the said notions did
not coincide with those of any of his neighbor
ing ladies, he was forced to leave for the ' land
of his childhood'—there to seek a partner for
life.
We will not detail the minutia of that court
ship ; suffice it to state that in six months af
ter Jonathan left home, he returned with• - one of
Connecticut's fair lasses, whom he had prom
ised to protect And nourish through life. The
Consequences attending this union was the
birth of the only son—Jonathan Greenleaf, Jr.
—the hero of our story.
As the pride of the Greenleaf family advanced
towards maturity, any one endowed with keen
perceptive facUlties could have perceived that
there was an attachment existing between him
and Clara Jones, the daughter of Jeremiah
,Tones, Esq., who resided at the time, our story
opens, about two miles cast of the iesidence of
the Greenleaf family:
Jeremiah Jones, Esq., was a member of the
Methodist church, and as a Chirstian and a be
liever in the oft-repeated proverb of Solomon,
concerning the training of childrerii ho was
pained to see his daughter associating with one
who was so much given to worldly affairs as
Jonathan ; so he accordingly took measures to
prevent the lovers from meeting and enjoying
comfortable tete-a-tetes , together.
At first Clara's father remonstrated with her
on the course she lid began, in a kind and
gentle manner ; but it was of no avail, for Jon
athan still officiated in the capacity of a gallant
on such occasions as singin's," apple-bees,'
&c., much to the chagrin of the old gentleman,
who now resolved to blast Jonathan's hopes
forever, and in accordance with the said resolu
tion, he took advantage of the next 'singin' to
inform Jonathan that in future his presence in
the family could be dispensed with.
This intelligence did not come altogether un
expected to Jonathan ; yet ho did not expect it
aeon ; consequently it surprised him a little,
' and forced him to give vent to his excited feel
ings by articulating some phritseS not found
in polite 'literature, as ho wended his way to
wards his home solitary and alone, whilst the
e oil of his affections, accompanied by her father,
brought up the rear.
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SPRING•
A bursting into greenness,
A waking as from sleep,
A twitter and a warble
That makes the pulses leap ;
A sense of renovation,
Of freshness and of health,
A casting oil' of sordid fear,
A carelessness of wealth.
A wit)ching as in childhood,
Fo • the flowers that one by ono
Open their golden petals ,
To woo the fitful sun ;
A gush, a flash, a gurgle,
A wish to shout and sing,
As filled with hope and gladness,
We shall have vernal Spring.
St Capitol sttirtl.
THE ELOPEMENT,
CHAPTER I
An honest talc speeds best being plainly told.'
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Coming events cast their shadows before.'
[Perjured Husband
JONATHAN Greenleaf was a believer in the old
adage, that faint heart never won fair lady,'
and as such, he resolved to visit the 'Squire's
mansion, notwithstanding the threatened ven
geance that was to fall on his head should he
ever darken' that worthy's door.
Accordingly, on the next Saturday night a
dark form might have been seen making
its ingress in beneath the upraised -sash of the
Squire's back kitchen window, which, on a
closer examination would have proven to have
been no other than our hero.
Thus a month passed away, during which
time Jonathan found it necessary to frequently
substitute the said window for a better place
for making his egress through, which now be
came regular Saturday night occurrences;
during which times the 'Squire, accompanied
by his better-half, were locked in the arms of
the sleepy god Morpheus, dreaming of that
promised land' situated immediately on the
other side of Jordan.'
It is generally admitted to be a true remark
that love, like murder, will out ;' at least, the
truth of the rem*: was tested on this occasion,
for, secret as our hero had been, it soon became
noised about that Jonathan had been forbid the
Squire's mansion, and was seen to enter the
back kitchen window on several ocsasious af
terwards.
This report, considerably variated of course,
soon reached the ears of Clara's parents, and,
as may be imagined, caused them no little un
easiness, for they thought, oh, lion ! it
might end in'an elopement, and in case it did,
it would undoubtedly bring disgrace on them,
and they would go down in sorrow to their
graves in their ' old days.'
But then again they knew that Clara loved
them, and they had confidence in her. They
also knew, or thought they knew, that Clara
would never leave them to elope with one so
worldly minded as Jonathan, who, in their es
timation, possessed no personal attractions
whatever. But in this they were mistaken, as
we will presently prove.
The confidence they had placed in Clara had
a tendency to calm their minds ; yet they were
not certain that true love might not triumph
over opposition, and in order to make the mat
ter more secure they nailed down the windows,
and gave Clara a severe reprimand, which
only served to prove more clearly their preju
dice against Jonathan, simply because he was
not a church member.
Numerous and affecting were the prayers ad:
dressed to the throne of grace on behalf of
Clara, during the night following the proceed
ings just narrated, as the worthy couple, with
sleepless eyes, lie on their couch thinking of the
consequences that would follow, should the two
lovers conclude to elope ; but never once think
ing that they were aiding the two lovers to do
the very thing they wished thein not to do, by
such direct opposition without just'eause.
4 The course of true love never did run smooth.'
Oti a calm moonlight night in August, 182-1,.
a solitary horseman—as G. P. R. James, Esq.,
would say might have been seen approaching the
old mansion, characterized for being the - abode
of the ancestors of the present Jones famiry, prior
to the Revolution. The horseman in question,
seated upon one horse and leading another, was
no other than Jonathan Greenleaf, Jr., fully
equipped for a regular secret elopement.
Jonathan, after quieting the dogs, fastened
the horses near the Squire's barn, and com
menced throwing small pebbles against Clara's
chamber window to awaken her ; but there
was no need of this, for Clara had been 'awake
ever since She . had retired, pondering over the
step site was about to take.
In a moment the window was raised and .
a Voice might have been heard whispering gen
tly, ' Jonathan, is that you ?' which was an
swered rather impatiently by Jonathan, who,
knew he was on dangerous grounds, and had
better limit his stay as much as possible.
Jonathan, by a well 'directed motion of his
arm, threw one end of a rope, provided for the
occasion, in . the chamber window, where it was
soon made fast and everything was put in
readiness preparatory to a ascension which
was soon to take place.
In a comparative short spice of time from
the time Jonathan arrived at the window, he
had the gratification of bearing the idol of his
affectioni down the aforesaid rope•ladder, and
of seeing her safely landed'on terra firma..
The necessary bundles, bandboxes, &c., con
taining the bride's dross and the etceteras be
longing thereto, were now brought down by
Jonathan, and fastened on tho saddle of the
horse intended for himself, after which, he
went back to the, window to adjust matters
previous to leaving for the residence of the jus
tice who was him and Clara to. make ' ono
flesh.
CHAP. II
CHAP. •111
[Shaksileare
L., APRIL 18, 1855.
Imagine, Jonathan's feelings when he found
that his horse had broken his rein and `had
ran away while he was absent at the window,
and that there was no alternative but to walk.
So without any further parleying, the loving
couple set out—Clara on the remaining horse,
and Jonathan on what is termed shank's
mare.'
It was a fortunate circumstance that it was
past twilight when our couple were proceeding
on their mission of love, for they would have
appeared quite ludicrous to the occupants of
the numerous houses they passed, had it been
daylight instead of midnight. Yet, trying
as the circumstances were, under which the
lovers were situated, they never once thought
of despairing ; but, as Harry Hazel says in
' The Robber Chief,' they were as happy as
Lorenza and Jessica while seated on the banks
of their native stream talking of their love:
We will now leave the worthy couple to pur
sue their way in silence, whilst we conduct the
reader back to the mansion that they had just
left, in order if possible to note the excitement
usual on such occasions.
CHAP. IV.
' The word is said—that two arc one.'
A STIORT time after the lovers had started,
Mrs. Junes was awakened from her slumbers
by the barking of the dogs, who seemed
greatly enraged by the sudden appearance of
the fugitive horse near the barn. The old
lady lay for some moments; not knowing
whether to awaken her lord or rise herself, and
ascertain the cause of, the disturbance. But
after some hesitancy, she arose and raised the
windoW-sash and surveyed the surrounding
country iii vain, as she thought, when suddenly
she beheld the horse near the barn.
Thoughts of robbers, thieves, &c., now filled
her already excited mind, until she screamed
with affright,—which had the efll2et to awaken
the Squire, who was soon at the window
looking at the cause of their midnight disturb.;
ance.
A council was now held by the worthy pair,
and it,was decided that the Squire should arm
himself with the old fowling-piece, noted for
doing great service in our struggle for; liberty,
and ascertain, if possible, what was being
transpired at the barn. So accordingly he
started for the barn, while the old lady, who
was frightened to such a degree as to be
scarcely sensible of what was transpiring
around her, accompanied by one of the large
house-dogs remained in her chamber.
The Squire approached the.horse very cau
tiously, carrying his weapon of defence in the
best position to ward Min sudden attack from
the horse-thieves, whom lie supposed were in
the bans, selecting the best out of his stock of
horses.
His first thought was to retain what little
plate he possessed, which he doubted not was
contained in the bundles, fast to the saddle so
he commenced untying them, when to his sur-
prise he found they contained female apparel,
which, on a closer examination, proved to be
ms owx mummies !
The truth now dawned upon hirmind, and
almOst unmanned him ; but lie became more
calm, and ran up to the house and looked in
Clara's chamber, but found it vacant, and then
to the barn again, wheile he soon had one of
his horses harnessed in the family gig, and was
off for the township Squire's, whom he sup
posed could, at least, give him a elite to his
missing daughter.
The ceremony had just been concluded, when
the Squire, 'with a countenance livid with
anger, burst open the door and confronted the
assembly, which consisted of "our hero and
heroine, the Squire and his lady and several
children, exclaiming at the same titne'--
' Where's my daughter ! lrftere:s my (laugh
ter !'
Which exclamation was answered by Jona
than, by informing his father-in-law that ms
WIFE, the lady he had reference to, was there.
This was entirely too much for Squire Jones ;
he became insensible, and in that condition he
was removed to the old gig, and then conveycd.
to his home, where he was takensick with a
fever, which prostrated - him on his couch fir
six weeks, during which time he received the
most careful treatment from Clara, who
watched over him every night— thereby proving
that she loved him dearly, although she had
disregarded his'comMands.
The Squire and lady lived to a good old age
in peace and happiness ; never once regretting
the hasty marriage of their daughter ; but are.
now convinced that Young Hearts lire some
what wiser than Old Heads.
A Short Chapter on Sleep:
If one thinks of it, says the Brooklyn Eagle,
sleep in a great city is a queer thing. Think of
fifty thousand in this city, all sleeping at once.
Fifty thousand in tiers, one, two, three, four,
five deep—from cellar to garret, Fifty thou
sand in rows a mile long. Fift.y thousand in
red night caps—tasseled and untasseled. Ten.
Thousand in dingy ones that were white Mon-,
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NUMBER 28.
days and Mondays ago. Five thousand in
silken Ones. Some edged beautifully ; some
hemmed with a'sail needle, r n 1 some uncapped
altogether ; with locks disheveled, and ruffled
like quills upon the fretful porcupine. Five
thousand snoring alto, five thousand snoring
bass. Five thousand under rags. Twenty
thousand under calico. A hundred or so be
neath silk. Some weeping, some smiling in
their dreams, others dreamless as the grave.--
Ringlets twisted up in cigar lighters—tresses
streaming over the pillow, no tresses at all.—
.Some writhing under oyster supper nightmares ;
chased ill imagination by Salem witches with
snaky broomsticks, or creditors with judgments
and scarlet flags. Sleep, the sweet restorer,
equalises the condition of folks wonderfully.
The sewing girl enjoys an imaginary sleigh ride,
drawn by steeds of Morpheus, and dances with
nice young men, in ball rooms where the floor
manager is Mr. Nod; while the heiress,mayhap,
bewails a sick lap dog or a spoiled silk. Give
us pleasant dreams, and one-half of our lives
will wear a golden tinge, while we forget that
the other is spent in scraping together the
wherewithal to meet the demands of landlord's
and butcher's bills. Our life is two-fold as By
ron bath it, and sleep has its own world—
" We are such stulTas dreams are made of.
And our little life is rounded by a sleep."
Intereding to Think About.
&dentine writers assert that the number of
persons who have existed since the beginning
of time, 'amounts to 36,627,843,273,075,856 1
These figures, when divided by 3,095,000—the
number of square leagues of land on the
globe-L—leave 11,320,689,732 square miles of
of land, which, being divided as before, give
1,314,622,076 persons to each square mile.—
Let us now reduce miles to square rods, and
the number will be 1,553,174,600,000; which
being divided as before, will give 1,283 inhabi
tants to eath square rod, which, being reduced
to feet, will give about five persons to each
square foot of terra firma. Thus it will be per
ceived that our earth is a vast cemetery-1283
human beings lie buried on each square rod—
srcarcely sufficient for ten graves—each grave
must contain 128 persons. Thus it is easy seen
that the whole surface of our globe has been
dug over one hundred and twenty-eight times,
to bury its dead? 'How truthful the declara;
lion of the poet :
" There's not a dust that floats on air
But• once was living man."
A Horses Foot.
The fbot of a horse is one of the most inge
nious and singular pieces of mechanism in the
animal structure, and scarcely yielding to ant
in regularity and complexity of parts, under
simplicity of design. The hoof contains g se
ries of vertical and thin lamina of hoer, so nu
merous is to amount to about 500, and fotm
ing n cinplete lining to it. Into this are
fitted as many lamina belonging to the coffin
bone, which sets are elastic and adherent, The
edges of a quire of paper inserted leaf by leaf
one into another, will convey.a sufficient idea
of this arrangement. Thus the weight or the
animal is supported by as many elastic springs
as there are lamina in all the feet, amounting
to about four thousand, distributed in the most
secure manner, since every spring is acted
Upon in an oblique direction: Such i:i the con
•trivance of an animal destined to carry a great
er weight than that of its own body, and to
carry those, also, under the hazard of heavy
shocks.—M Culleug h.
The Printer's Ten Commandments.
.1. Thou shalt love the Printer for he is the
standard of thy country.
` 7 .'2. Thou shalt subscribe to his paper, for he
socked), much to obtain news of which ye may
not remain ignorant.
3. Thou shalt pay him fur his paper, for he
laboreth hard to give to. ye the news in due
season.
4. Thou shalt advertise that he may be able
to give ye the ptvr.
5. Thou shalt not visit him regardless of his
ollice . rules, deranging his papers, .
G. Thou shalt not touch anything that Will
give the printer trouble, that ho may not hold
thee guilty.
7. Thou shalt not read the manuscript in the
hands of the tompoSitor, for he will hold thee
8. Thou shalt not seek the news before it is
printed, for ho 1611 give it to thee in duo
seastn:
0. Thou shalt ask of him but few questions
in tho office—[aTrom -it thou shalt tell "loth-
ing..
10. Thou shalt not send abusive and threat
cuing letters to the editor.
1:-'Prosperity is no just scale ; adversity
is the only balance to weigh friends in.—
Plutarch.
ir7llrhy is a *married man like a candle ?
Because he sometimes goes out at night when
he oughten't to.
one „Comer' Vrpartmitti.
S£AI!,E TUE BIRDS.—The swallows are the
natural enemies of the swarming insects living
almost entirely upon them, taking their food
upon the wing. The common martin devours
great quantities of wasps, beetles, and gold
smiths. A single bird will devour live thousand
b tterfles in EP week. The moral of this is
t - • - • • • •uld cUltivo"
ts, and t
of jays will consume 20,000 of these in a sea
son of three months.
The woodpeckers are armed with 'a stout.
long hill,-to penetrate the 'Wood of trees, whero
the borers deposit their lgrvre. They live al
most entirely upon these worms.
For the insects which come abroad only
during the night, nature has provided a check
in the nocturnal birds, of the whipporwill tribe
and the little barn owl, which - take their'food
upon the wing.
How wonderful is the provision of Providence
for the restraint of the depredators that live
upon the labors of man ; and how careful we
should be not to dispute that-beneficial law of
compensation by which all thingsa74reserved
in their just relations and proportions.—(Antc
rican Jig ric tin twist.
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LIN/7 TNT AaltlCULTUßE.—Professor Johnson
says, " the elThcts of lime are greatest when
well mixed with the soil, and kept near the
surface within easy reach of the atmosphere.—
Its value is greater upon newly plowed arable
surface soils. Such soils usually contain a,
large amount of vegetable and other organio
matter, hence the rule that lime ought always
to precede putrescent manure when leas aro
broken up for cultivation. It produces a great
er proportional improvement on poor soils in
their natural state, than on such as are richer ;
as naturally poor soils contain a greater or less
quantity of organic matter, but are nearly
destitute of lime. On the other hand, on poor
arable lands which have been worn out by re
pealed liming and cropping, it does no good
whatever, as such soils, if they do not already
abound in lime, are generally destitute of other .
kinds of food, organic and inorganic, by which
Realty plants are nourished, and they can only
be restored to fertility by a judicious mixture
of all. On all lands in which vegetable matter
is wanting, lime may even do harm to the im
mediate crops. A consideration of the circum
stances above adverted to are sufficient to in
duce the entire abandonment of it. Where soil
has been impoverished through its unskilful ap
plication, or by large admixtures of limo and
marl for a scrips of years, new additions aro a.
waste of material and labor. When natural
causes have removed the superabundance,
and produced an accumulation of those other
substances which, when associated with limo
increase the productiveness of the soil, its use
may be resumed."
Turn or Sowrxr; Oxrs.L=The sooner this crop
caw be got in after the frost is out of the ground
the better. It is futile to attempt to prescribo
any particular time to sow oats, the time must
be determined by locality. As a general -rule,
it may be laid down that the proper time to sow
oats is when the plowing can be well done.
QUANTITY Or SEED PER ACRE.—Not less than
two bUshels of sce.l per acre, should be sown on
any ground tit for the cultivation of oats. To
sow oats on poor land, without manuring
it is one of those fitllacies which delude but to
deceive one. To grow a good crop of oats,
naturally good land is necessary or land well
maimed, Where it may not be naturally fertile
Miumw oN Goosimmtniss.—The largo vari
ety, called, we believe, the " Green Walnut,"
is very subject to mildew ; while the English
Silver variet.y4klled, we believe, " Woodward's
Whitesmith," escarcely ever affected with it.
The best remedy, however, is to plant your
Lushes ftec from all shade, thin them out every
spring, and keep them,at all times well mulched.
Mulching will affqd them sufficient aliment,
free the ground abo'ut them from all grass and
weeds, and keep it light and the probability is
that you will never see mildew upon your goes
berries. •
POULTRY.-If you desire your hens to lay,
give flesh of some kind twice or thrice a week,
chopped up with their food, fresh fish boiled
and cut flue, wilt answer es well. Fowls should
at all times be supplied ivith•lime or.old mortar,
broken fine,, sand and askes ; their pen house
should be kept clean, their nests clean, and oc
casionally supplied with fresh hay or straw.
GARDEN Worm.--Ecaly Peas.—lmmediately
plant a feiv rows of garden peas, and at inter
vals of ten days throughout the month, plant
more rows, in order to insure a continuous
supply. •
Sowing 4.sparagns Sccd.—Now, if you have
no asparagus beds in your garden, sow seed to -
grow plants to• from one, for every garden
should have asparagus beds. •
Beans.—Plant a few rows of dwarf beans
and plant a few rows more every ten days
throughout the month.